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Out of 26 million Texans, you may have an idea to change the world. You may have had several ideas to change the world. But only a tiny minority of you pushed through the U.S. Patent office from application to successful patent. We've seen Texans change the world many times over. Jack Kilby did it with Texas Instruments in 1958 with the integrated circuit, causing the start of the digital revolution, which, in part, is why you can read these words over your electronic device.
Over the last few years, Texas Business has brought its feature: Texas Business Patent of the Day. This list is of the ones that were either extremely clever, odd or strange. One thing becomes apparent from these patents and the patent that runs daily in Texas Business—Texans have a unique mind set.
Though the history of the Corn Dog is disputed, the State Fair of Texas claims to have introduced the Corny Dog sometime between 1938 and 1942. As a paean to that invention that now sits in the freezer section of every grocery store in the southwest, here are the fried foods the State Fair of Texas has introduced, or tried to introduce, in the last seven years.
Dead Texas musicians live on every time you hear their songs. Their songs play everywhere, so the dead Texas musicians appear to be immortal. Here's the short list.
Don't get caught up with John Wayne religion. For one thing, he's not Texan. He's in some fine movies involving Texas, most notably The Searchers, but none of his movies can make the best cut of Texas movies. Here's the short list.
Tourist Traps. Some are absurdly large. All are monuments to the bizarre notions of the human spirit.
The short simple list.
Nothing to agonize over. Simply the best.
Texas Business Patent of the Day: Proper Posture is not just a matter of etiquette. It's a way to prevent sports injuries. Texas man developed a device to encourage proper posture for playing football.
Mike Olivarez of Pflugerville, Texas, recently received U.S. Patent 8,201,277 for "Posture Aid for Contact Sports."
Olivarez applied for the patent almost three years ago on August 14, 2009.
His invention relates in general to a posture aid for use with a protective helmet, such as a football helmet, that promotes proper posture for contact during a sport activity, according to the patent documents.
Some contact sports, and in particular the sport of American football, require that participants wear protective helmets in order to protect the participants' heads from injuries. Currently, football helmets used in American football have a rigid polycarbonate alloy outer shell, a cushioning liner within the shell, a faceguard, and a chin strap to secure the helmet to the participant's head. While football helmets protect participants from certain types of head injuries, the very protection provided by the rigidity of the football helmet and the cushioning provided by the liner can lead both offensive and defensive players to consciously or subconsciously initiate contact with an opposing player using their helmets.
Injury resulting from such contact, while statistically infrequent, can be severe and result in spinal injury or paralysis. Consequently, coaches following best practices train their players to overcome the natural reflex to drop their heads prior to impact and to make contact in a proper "heads up" posture. In addition to verbal instruction and contact drills, specially designed motion-restricting training devices can be used in practice situations to restrain players from assuming head and neck positions that are more likely to result in injury. Such motion restricting devices typically employ one or more rigid motion-restricting struts or brackets that rigidly or semi-rigidly link the back or bottom of the helmet to the player's shoulder pads.
Known motion restricting training devices generally require expensive, specially designed helmets and/or shoulder pads and can be time consuming to install and remove. Such specially designed motion-restricting training devices generally do not meet the equipment regulations for protective equipment promulgated by the sport's governing bodies. The expense and difficulty generally associated with using conventional motion-restricting training devices also discourage their use, leaving players vulnerable to injury. Olivarez' invention is a posture aid apparatus that includes a protective helmet having a shell including a face opening and a crown, a strap bracket coupled to the shell intermediate the face opening and the crown, and at least one strap coupled to the strap bracket.
At least one strap has a first connector adapted to be coupled to a first shoulder pad of a pair of shoulder pads and a second connector adapted to be coupled to a second shoulder pad of the pair of shoulder pads, such that proper posture for contact is promoted.
The Texas News Scrawl is a handy reference to stories Texas Business recommends from other news sources. Some of the stories that Texas Business currently suggests include: Texas regulators not aware of potential CFTC manipulation probe, Irving spends incentive dollars to lure two corporate headquarters and almost 2,000 jobs; Hotels, restaurant operators prep for record Final Four; Star-Telegram presses roll one last time; Robert Rodriguez breathes new life into an old vampire favorite; ClubCorp buys Prestonwood Country Club in Dallas and Plano; Office Depot overcharged Dallas by up to $3.6 million, city auditor finds; Texas power market monitor resigns amid unresolved reform debate; and more.

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Needlephobes, cower no more! Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a vaccine-delivery patch that dissolves painlessly into your skin — no muss, no fuss, and no hypodermic needles or sharps to dispose of. You don't even need medical personnel to inoculate someone. Slapping on the patch is virtually idiot-proof, allowing self-administration of vaccines during a pandemic or large-scale, walk-through immunization programs in developing nations.
A single patch contains hundreds of microscopic needles — each only 650 microns long — made from a polymerized blend of vinyl pyrrolidone and freeze-dried vaccine. Pressed against the epidermis, the microneedles quickly dissolve in bodily fluids, leaving behind only a thin backing that washes away in water.
Unlike traditional hypothermic needles, which deliver the vaccine into muscle, the patch penetrates the outer layers of the skin. Still, the latter may be a better point of entry, according to Richard Compans, professor of microbiology and immunology at Emory University School of Medicine. "The skin is a particularly attractive site for immunization because it contains an abundance of the types of cells that are important in generating immune responses to vaccines," he says.
Although mice that were vaccinated by skin patch fought off an infection just as well as mice that were injected, researchers noted they also had far less viral activity in their lungs than their injected brethren. This suggests that the patch encourages a more effective immune response.
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Homemade orange chicken. There's no way it could ever be as good as takeout, right?
Orange chicken is one of those dishes that hubby and I get a craving for every now and then. But, rather than going down the street and eating at Panda Express and loading up on salt, MSG, soybean oil, canola oil, etc., why not make it at home? It is much easier than I once thought and I don't know if I want to eat takeout orange chicken ever again! Served with steamed rice and veggies, you've got a meal that is sure to satisfy! Honestly though, the chicken is delicious on it's own and I often just snack on it by itself!
A couple notes about this recipe. First, you can use whatever flour you have on hand, but I have found that brown rice flour and sprouted quinoa flour yield the crispiest chicken pieces (affiliate links). The palm shortening (affiliate link) is a great fat for frying because it is very stable at high heats and has a neutral flavor that is not transferred to the chicken. Also, if you don't want to use corn starch, you can use arrowroot, tapioca, etc., but, please note that I have not tried those, so they are merely suggestions. My family tolerates non-GMO corn just fine, so that's what I prefer to use, but I know some of my readers have to avoid corn.
The key to crispy fried chicken is the process of coating it. You want to do dry > wet > dry. In my recipe's instructions, that would be corn starch > egg > flour. Also, some people have seemed concerned about the amount of sugar in this recipe. Let's not forget that a dish like this should be considered a treat and is not one you want to consume regularly. If you want to reduce the sugar, you can reduce the amount of honey. Since we don't consume high-sugar foods often, I don't mind eating extra honey for this meal.
Better Than Take Out: Homemade Orange Chicken
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Orange Sauce
1 cup chicken stock (preferably homemade)
1/2 cup mild honey (clover or wildflower is nice)
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
2 1/2 tbsp. gluten free tamari
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. fresh ginger grated or minced (or more, if you like it gingery, like me!)
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
pinch of red chili flakes
zest of one orange
zest of one lemon
3 tbsp. GMO-free corn starch, mixed with 2 tbsp. cold chicken stock or cold water
Instructions (sauce)
1. In a medium sauce pan, combine all ingredients, except the corn starch and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, while whisking regularly to keep the honey from burning.
2. In a small bowl or cup, mix the corn starch with the chicken stock or water. Mix well until there are no clumps.
3. Slowly pour the corn starch mixture into the orange sauce, while whisking vigorously. Lower heat to medium-low and continue to stir. Once the sauce has reached your desired thickness, you can reduce the heat to low, or turn the burner off. If you leave the burner on, make sure you stir it regularly. I usually turn off the burner and let the sauce stand while I am preparing the chicken. It will stay hot for quite some time! If it has cooled off too much by the time you have your chicken ready, just re-heat over low heat and stir often.
Make Ahead Tip: You can make this sauce in large batches ahead of time and freeze for fast dinners. The key is to prepare the sauce as directed, except do not add the corn starch. Portion and freeze. When you're ready to prepare it, re-heat and add the corn starch as directed above.
Crispy Fried Chicken
1 pound chicken breasts cut into bite-sized chunks and dried off
4 tbsp. GMO-free corn starch
2 cups flour (your choice – I use sprouted quinoa flour or brown rice flour)
3 pastured eggs beaten well
2 tbsp. cultured buttermilk
Palm shortening for frying
Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Skin of one orange, most of the white removed, and sliced into small slivers (optional)
Instructions (chicken)
1. In a large frying pan, start heating two cups of palm shortening over medium to medium-high heat.
2. Cut your chicken into bite sized pieces and dry off.
3. Place the corn starch in a Ziploc bag and add the chicken. Toss the chicken pieces around until they are completely coated. Like I mentioned above, you don't have to use corn starch. I find that tossing the chicken in corn starch first yields a much crispier breading. If you don't want to use corn starch, you can substitute whatever flour you want.
4. In a bowl, whisk the eggs and buttermilk together.
5. In a separate bowl, mix your flour, sea salt, and pepper together.
6. Remove about 1/3 of the chicken pieces from the Ziploc bag and place them in the egg mixture. Coat each piece of egg and then place in the flour mixture. Coat each piece in the flour.
7. Shake off any excess flour and place chicken in the hot oil, careful not to overcrowd the pan. I usually fry mine in 3 batches to ensure each piece gets crispy and golden.
8. Flip each piece and allow to cook until the outside is golden brown. You may need to adjust your burner, depending on your stove. I sometimes have to lower my burner down to medium from medium-high. The pieces should be pretty small, so they will cook through in just a couple minutes.
9. Remove the chicken from the pan and repeat for the rest of the chicken pieces. If I'm making a really big batch, I'll keep my cooked chicken on a sheet pan in a warm oven.
10. If you want, when you're done frying the chicken, you can fry the slivers of orange peel. That is one thing that sometimes sets take out orange chicken apart. You get these crunchy bits of fried orange peel and I really enjoy those somewhat bitter morsels. My husband doesn't like them, so this is totally an optional step!
11. You're ready to serve! We like to just add the sauce over our chicken, rice, and veggies. You can toss the chicken in the sauce if you'd like, but it will get soggy rather quickly.
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I think the fundamental problem is/was the lack of forward thinking. Every BGfL subscribing school has a Cisco 3550 which had its End of Life announced May 11th 2005, with the last date of support May 2nd 2011.
If Link2ICT had planned ahead to upgrade those switches in batches, it wouldn't be such a big deal today, but instead a huge financial commitment is now required in a short period of time. If you compare the price of a Cisco 2960, it averages at about £500 per site, multiply that by the number of schools and you have a huge bill on your hands!
They need to decide do we roll out transparent proxy support throughout (costing a lot), or roll it out slowly for sites that want it, making it logistically difficult managing two slightly different methods of deploying proxy support. As I say, if it had been better managed/thought out, we wouldn't be in this predicament today. The use of consumer devices has been on the rise for years, as well as the popularity or interest in BYOD, yet it's only now they're investigating. I'm pretty sure I logged calls discussing these issues over 2 years ago.
Unfortunately I think my predictions were right. It is literally going to take another few years for Link2ICT to deploy all these new services by default. Time for plan B me thinks.
My transparent proxy request was opened in 2012 and closed a year later -
(sic)Spoke to Chris and advised that the call will be closed for now as there are no further updates on the transparent proxy. We are witing for the completion of the firewall migration.
Hr portal works outside of bgfl. For the others they say they are working on a solution using any comms plus but who knows how long that will be.
In the mean time I am planning to have another adsl line from link and just use it on a standalone machine to get these files etc. well that's the plan.
I have proved that HR Portal works without the BGFL connection, quite what it would cost though is a different matter. FCS is the killer for me.
What exactly does FCS do, can it be circumvented ?
Revealed? Whats there to reveal. According to them they are proposing to use a software called Any Comms plus for secure ftp transfers. If you know of anything else it would be helpful to share it with the rest of us.
There must be a way to VPN for GroupCall and FCSLogin.
How much are they charging for the Office 365 migration? I've had the bumf through today.
google edu ...? -> free and about 2 days to migrate / set up
I can't be much being as it's a free service. It's purely a case of changing an MX record and doing a migrate after uploading a CSV of usernames. It does worry me how well they would do it though as when I phone up asking for any changes to do with Office365 it seems it's the first time they have ever heard of it.
Ask @Michael as he has great knowledge of Microsoft systems and 365 we moved over to google 2 Years ago and haven't looked back since. Migration on the whole was painless main issue was staff training as they had used Zimbra 5 since it was introduced.
Michael (18th June 2014)
Yammer and other Office 365 functionality
Yammer is a closed communication suite that is being integrated into Office 365 that would
give a level of social networking within the school account, at an additional cost. Office 365
already has a range of messaging and discussion tools included that provide much of this
functionality with no additional cost. If there is interest from schools to trial the Yammer
integration, then we would look into this later in the autumn term.
Taken from the e-briefing document - It stats that Yammer is at an additional cost. I'm interested to see how you may get charged for this as it is free within the Office 365 tenancy when it is enabled.
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ANSYS To Release First Quarter 2012 Earnings On May 3, 2012
PITTSBURGH, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS) announced today that the Company expects to release its first quarter 2012 earnings on Thursday, May 3, 2012. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer, and Maria T. Shields, chief financial officer, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss first quarter 2012 results and future outlook.
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What: ANSYS First Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference CallWhen: May 3, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time Where: http://investors.ansys.com The conference call dial-in numbers are (800) 860-2442 (US) or (412) 858-4600 (CAN and INT'L) Passcode: ANSYS The call will be recorded with replay available within two hours after the call at http://investors.ansys.com or at (877) 344-7529 (US) or (412) 317-0088 (CAN and INT'L) Passcode: 10012904 About ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS brings clarity and insight to customers' most complex design challenges through fast, accurate and reliable engineering simulation. Our technology enables organizations ― no matter their industry ― to predict with confidence that their products will thrive in the real world. Customers trust our software to help ensure product integrity and drive business success through innovation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs more than 2,100 professionals, many of them experts in engineering fields such as finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, and design optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 60 strategic sales locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information. ANSS-F SOURCE ANSYS, Inc.
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Played at Velvet last night @ the Donald Glaude party. I honestly felt like I was going to yak beforehand, though. I was so nervous. The CDJs were shitty, mixer sucked, monitor sucked... but I made the best out of it and played the best I could. The first 30 minutes were rocky, to say the least but I feel like I nailed it the last 30. All of the good friends were there the whole time... looking like they were having a good time... and that meant the world to me. It was just me and the music during that hour. Nothing else mattered :)


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Hi ladies!
Tonight is the second time in the last week that I've had this horrible L. side pain. Its like a sharp constant pain in my left side, below my rib cage, that kind of radiates to my L. lower back. I've been told it could possibly be the baby pressing on my L. kidney? I've been trying to shake him off that side and that did help a little bit. Anyone have any thoughts/ suggestions?
It's most likely just those muscles stretching from your growing belly. (They wrap around to your back.) It always felt like that for me, and also like my muscles were being pulled away from my ribs. Fun stuff
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|Dear all,
When I was in North, the fragrance I loved was Lilac. It is very hard to replace it as I moved to South, even though we can now buy Southern Lilac (Syringa vulgaris ) such as Lavender Lady, Angel White, etc.
One of my plant book suggested California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus) for South. Sure, the bloom is very similar to Lilac's and it says it is good for my zone. But does it have any fragrance? Can you please share your thought?
Thank you,
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|This Pacific Slope native seems most unlikely to survive there. And no, it is no substitute for Syringa vulgaris. If you can grow lilacs at all, stick with those.
|For tables that might include something of interest...
Here is a link that might be useful: Recommended Ornamental Plants for Southeast Texas Including Houston and Beaumont
- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Tue, Feb 24, 09 at 13:15
|Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) smells great if I remember correctly. We had them in Phoenix.
I have never noticed any fragrance from Ceanothus.
Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Mountain Laurel
|Are there any local nurseries that you can check with to see if they've had success with common lilacs -- because there's really no substitute for the smell of lilacs, there are a lot of people interested in developing heat tolerant cultivars, I just don't know how successful they've been.
Like buyorsell sez, I don't think any ceanothus are fragrant, although visually they may be a good substitute; I doubt most would do well in hot Texas summers.
- Posted by mbuckmaster 7B/NC (My Page) on Fri, Feb 27, 09 at 17:56
|I grow ceonanthus here in NC, and there is no fragrance. The butterflies seem to like them OK. Bees love them. They sulk in my clay soil, though...not sure if they'll make this next summer.
|Dear all,
Thank you very much for your thought about Lilac and California Lilac.
I had tried Lavender Lady when I started gardening, about 7 years ago. Being such a gardening newbie, I planted in full sun because "tag said full sun"! Needless to say, it was too much sun to this poor Southern Lavender did not make it.
I also tried Texas Mountain Laurel, and I ended up pulling it because of the slow growth. It sit on the site for about 2 years and refused to grow for me. I planted Gardenia (Augustus) in the same hole, and this one is growing no problem.
I guess I will stock up Lavender scented candles and be content.
|I'd think 'Lavender Lady' would refer to the color of the flowers rather than their aroma. California lilacs (Ceanothus) do have a floral aroma but it is nothing like that of Syringa vulgaris. There's a deciduous ceanothus species native to the eastern states that has had some involvement in the production of summer-blooming deciduous garden hybrids; these do not have the same ornamental character and cultural needs as the evergreen, spring-blooming kinds - the great majority of which originate in coastal California or were developed from species native there and requiring similar conditions to thrive and persist.
- Posted by hoosierquilt N. San Diego County (My Page) on Sun, Mar 8, 09 at 9:42
I've included a link to a great article from Sunset Magazine for you. You might want to try a newer cultivar, 'Blue Skies' which was developed by rose hybridizer, Ralph Moore, who lives in Visalia, CA. Visalia can have some blistering summer heat, so perhaps this particular cultivar, if planted in an area that gets some shade in the afternoon might work for you?
Here is a link that might be useful: Mild Climate Lilacs - Sunset,com
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Travel around the USA, from the casino mecca of Las Vegas, through the desert of Arizona and towards Monument Valley. See the Grand Canyon, witness the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles and experience the cowboy spirit of the USA.
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Travel from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, via Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon
The United States is one of the most passionately unified nations in the world, but with every state comes a totally different way of life. With modern-day cowboys in the south, Hollywood standbys in Los Angeles and suit-clad moneymen in New York, there is no doubt that this is one incredibly diverse country. Explore the glitz and glamour of casino jockeys in Las Vegas before entering the desert landscape of Arizona. Saloon hop on Whiskey Row and be dumbstruck by the titanic gorge of the Grand Canyon. Finish up in California for some beachside sun.
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Day 1 Las Vegas
Kick off this American adventure in style in the world's capital of gambling, where the casinos provide a lot more than just blackjack tables and pokies. Why not put on a poker face and hit the casino floor, watch a mind-blowing show or stroll the fabulous shopping districts. Famous for all-you-can-eat buffets and a raging nightlife, Vegas has something for everyone.
Day 2 Lake Powell
Leave behind the 'city on lights' and enter the desert of Arizona. Enjoy the wide open spaces and sleep overnight in a ranch hand's bunkhouse at Lake Powell. Relax in a sandstone cave, walk around the area or get active on the lake, whether in flippers or on a kayak or boat.
Days 3-4 Monument Valley
Learn about the Navajo Indians, the largest Native American tribe in the US, at Monument Valley, where more than 200,000 native people live. Go for a walk past giant sandstone pillars and rock pinnacles in this truly unique and breathtaking landscape.
Days 5-6 Grand Canyon National Park
Taking between three and six million years to form, the incredible Grand Canyon is the US's most famous national landmark and stretches 28 km wide, 365 km long and more than 1.6 km deep. Explore this site on foot while walking the South Rim Trail or hiking to Plateau Point. Alternatively, opt to take to the skies on a scenic helicopter ride over the spectacular valley.
Day 7 Prescott
Once the capital of Arizona, Prescott is now a small town with a whole lot of charm. Stroll though Prescott's historic downtown and head to Whiskey Row, a place where America's most famous cowboys and notorious outlaws once came to drink. Perhaps head to Prescott National Forest, see the stunning Willow and Watson lakes or hang about in town and watch a true blue rodeo show.
Days 8-9 Los Angeles
Journey to the 'City of Angels' to see the Hollywood sign, shop on Rodeo Drive or laze on Venice Beach. Explore the impressive collection at the Getty Center, including the art works of Van Gogh and Monet, or chase down the city's best food trucks before this feisty adventure ends.
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The only reason I have given a 4 and not a 5 is due to the booking experience, in particular the pricing. When I first saw the trip it was discounted and I booked my flights on that basis on the Friday afternoon. When I went to confirm my trip booking on the Monday morning the price had gone back to full price. If I had not already booked my flights I might have reviewed my options. In the end there were only 4 people on the trip so the pricing strategy does not seem to have worked in this case. Our small group was actually nice but from previous trip experiences it is better to have a few more numbers for variety.
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Fantastic tour to some very unique locations.
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Ghana: 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations
6 March 2007
It's Ghana 's 50th Independence anniversary on 6th March 2007 and Aburi Botanic Gardens, which was originally the home of all Governors who arrived from Britain, is helping them celebrate.
Aburi Botanic Gardens was the home of all Governors who arrived from Britain in the then Gold coast (now Ghana). A Sanitorium was built in the Gardens in 1875 for Government officials.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles planted Commemorative trees in the Gardens when they visited Ghana in 1961 and 1979 respectively. A special tea house was built in Gardens in 1961 when the Queen visited.
This is just some short historic facts linking our Gardens to Ghana's Independence. The gardens will be hosting a visit of some dignitaries including 5 other visiting Heads of State.
BGCI – Celebrating 20 Years of Securing Plant Diversity
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) was first established in 1987 as the Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat. In a mere 20 years, BGCI has grown to become the leading international organisation working to save the world's imperilled flora.
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This has only been available on VHS and it isn't very easy to obtain a copy. With the recent success of 'Iron Man' interest has risen in this documentary where Robert Downey, Jr. gives reports and interviews with other stars about the Democratic National Convention in 1992. I for one would love to see this since I have only seen clips on youtube. If I get enough interest I will be sending this petition to the films production company and distributors. Your signature is much appreciated.
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Samsung SDI 1Q Net Profit Up 42.3% On Strong Battery Business, Equity Investment Gains
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- Samsung SDI Co. (006400.SE) said Friday its first-quarter net profit rose 42.3% from a year earlier, largely helped by higher equity investment gains from its display joint venture, Samsung Mobile Display, and strong performance of its rechargeable battery operations.
The Korean maker of rechargeable batteries and plasma displays made a net profit of KRW112 billion ($99 million) in the three months ended March 31, versus KRW78.7 billion a year earlier.
Samsung SDI, which supplies rechargeable batteries to global technology giants, including Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. (AAPL), said its operating profit rose 11.1% to KRW67 billion from KRW60.3 billion.
Sales rose 13.9% to KRW1.38 trillion from KRW1.21 trillion, helped by brisk demand for its rechargeable batteries, mainly used for high-margin mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers.
Analysts expect the Korean firm to continue benefiting from brisk sales of its rechargeable polymer batteries for new mobile devices.
"From the second quarter, the average selling price of its rechargeable batteries is expected to continue rising while its profit margin is also likely to improve further on new iPad sales and (Samsung Electronics') new Galaxy S smartphones," said Dongbu Securities in a recent report.
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Race: Vettel
Season: Sebastian Vettel 9 - Mark Webber 1
Last race Mark Webber was on for a great result, challenging Sebastian Vettel for the win, but then Mark's Lap 9 pit-stop debacle managed to separate the two of them quite conveniently. On Friday in Hungary, Mark showed every possibility of matching or beating Seb in qualifying - come Saturday, he picked up a KERS and a gearbox issue.
Those old Red Bull 'gremlins' keep on denying us a head-to-head between the two team-mates and the longer it goes on, the more you think there might be something in it. It'd be great if someone could work out the statistical likelihood of Mark getting technical problems at circuits where he is close to Sebastian on Friday and the similar likelihood at tracks where he can't match Seb's pace.
Vettel duly carved another notch.
Race: Button
Season: Jenson Button 7 - Sergio Perez 3
McLaren are edging back into the TV pictures and in a couple of races should banish Force India to sixth place in the Constructors' table. In Budapest Sergio pulled off a great surprise by edging Jenson out in qualifying at a track where Button has been supreme in the past. That didn't last longer than the sprint to the first corner, but it was impressive in itself.
In the race Jenson had his car assaulted by Vettel and Grosjean yet Button chose to moan about the Frenchman and not the World Champion who could have easily given him a rear puncture. Had that happened It would have been essential for the stewards to give Vettel a drive-through for causing the collision, seeing as they were so picky about Grosjean's transgression of the white line.
Race: Hamilton
Season: Lewis Hamilton 7 - Nico Rosberg 3
Rosberg paid the price for a fairly wild start. In fairness, the Hungarian GP is known as a race where you have to make up places quickly or suffer (or stop fewer times) and so his first lap collision with Massa was caused by a desire not to get stuck behind Felipe's gearbox for eight laps. The result was a swift move down to 12th place from which he never recovered.
Lewis didn't have to make up places he just had to keep his nose clean and very sensibly he didn't charge away, edging out a gap from 0.5 to 0.5 to 0.7 and 0.9 in the first four laps. For a team that hadn't tested the new Pirellis going into the weekend it was a doubly impressive result.
Race: Massa
Season: Fernando Alonso 8 - Felipe Massa 2
Fernando's in big boss Luigi Montezemolo's bad books after suggesting that he'd like another car for his birthday. The Scuderia didn't take too kindly when Alain Prost described his Ferrari as "a truck", and the prospect of their 2011 and 2012 saviour walking off to their main rivals was like a red rag to a bull - or should that be 'the toerag' to Red Bull.
As George from Seinfeld (Luca Colajanni in the Ferrari press office) told the world's press, Fernando was "rebuked" and had his "ear tweaked".
Post-race, Fernando came up with gems like: "We didn't have the pace with the soft tyre and we didn't have the pace with the medium tyre." But he still had a lot more pace than Felipe Massa and a lot more of his front wing.
Race: Raikkonen
Season: Kimi Raikkonen 8 - Romain Grosjean 2
As in Germany, it was a case of what might have been for Romain Grosjean. Unlike the Red Bull, the Lotus had no problem following other cars very closely and Romain was attached to the rears of Vettel and Button and Alonso at various stages in the race. His pass of Massa was epic and he deserved leeway for making sure he didn't come back too soon on Felipe who was on his inside. That was countered by the very clumsy overtake on Jenson Button.
Sky do all their in-depth post-race analysis and they should really be following their football coverage by analysing the incidents and asking why the referees (the stewards) punish someone like Grosjean twice yet Felipe Massa can be involved in two incidents where cars actually impact his Ferrari yet they're not investigated. Is it because in a race full of contact that there would be too many FIA messages on the screen?
Kimi said after the race that "we" paid the price for poor qualifying, but in Romain's hands the car was capable of third on the grid, so it's definitely down to him.
Force India
Race: Sutil
Season: Paul Di Resta 6 - Adrian Sutil 4
Sutil outqualified Paul Di Resta by some margin, but got a dog of a start, while Paul Di Resta was left moaning "what happened?" into team radio on Saturday, but got a slingshot of a start. Adrian was ahead when his hydraulics packed up, though the strategy hadn't played out.
Race: Hulkenberg
Season: Nico Hulkenberg 9 - Esteban Gutierrez 1
Force India's sudden drop in pace has thrust them backwards into prime Sauber territory. Hulkenberg resumed hostilities with his former team, having brushed aside the challenge of team-mate Gutierrez.
If we thought that Esteban was young and inexperienced, Sauber have gone and signed a foetus for next season. The idea that Sergey Sirotkin should be allowed near an F1 race next year is an expensive joke. At the weekend Monisha Kaltenborn was trying to prepare the ground by saying that they brought Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa into the team at very early ages - but they were brought through because they had sheer talent not an oligarch's cash stuffed up their romper suits.
Race: Maldonado
Season: Maldonado 7 - Bottas 3
Maldonado got a point for Williams. Given Pastor's ability around the tight, twisty Monaco circuit then it figures he should be at his best around tight twisty Budapest.
Torro Rosso
Race: Vergne
Season: Daniel Ricciardo 5 - Jean-Eric Vergne 5
Helmut Marko redundant because why develop new drivers if you're never going to employ them.
Race: Bianchi
Season: Jules Bianchi 10 - Max Chilton 0
Max Chilton was only 0.2 behind Bianchi after qualifying but at times it's still like Carry On F1 for Max. In practice we got:
Max: The engine's gone
Engineer: Find a safe place to park up...
Engineer: (Who can see from the telemetry that it's still working) Is the engine okay, Max?
Max: I think I might have pressed the pitlane speed limiter by mistake...
Race: van der Garde
Season: Giedo van der Garde 3 - Charles Pic 7
The Nutcase Brothers were at it again in Hungary. Giedo won out this time.
The Kimi is Disappointed File: "We gained a few points so it's always a bonus."
Star of the Race
Alonso 2, Hamilton 2, Sutil 1, Brawn 1, Perez 1, Rosberg 1, Vettel 1, Grosjean 1
Overtaking Move of the Race
Vettel 2, Grosjean 2, Raikkonen 1, Alonso 1, Button 1, Bottas 1, Webber, Hamilton 1
Dull vs Exciting GPs
Exciting 9 - Dull 1
Sat on the Naughty Step
Van der Garde 2, Maldonado 1, Vettel 1, Red Bull 1, Gutierrez 1, Hulkenberg 1, Grosjean 1, Hembery 1, Stewards 1
Media Watch
The BBC's excellent James Allen in commentary with technical expert Gary Anderson after Gary had just made the noise "Boof!" - "Boof! Boof! We like your Boofs!"
Jenny Gow talking to a Mercedes strategist in the minutes after Lewis had got his first win for Merc; "Surely this is the fruition of a moment when a door opens...?"
Now that's deep.
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Here's your chance to join the super-secret Data Squad and battle evil on an incredible Digimon Adventure! Kids are mysteriously disappearing, and 14-year-old Marcus Damon and his DATS team are investigating. Help Marcus and his squad track down the missing kids and defeat Seven Demon Kings in 12 digi-stages. Collect and train over 140 Digimon and use more than 250 items that'll help you battle evil and solve puzzles. World Data Squad features cel-shaded animation, voice actors from the TV show, and an easy-to-use Digivolution system to evolve your Digimon. And don't forget about the unique emotion engine that lets Digimon detail battle plans and react to how you treat them.
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Yes, but swapping the CPU and mobo directly will mean a rebuild of Windows (unless you want the fun of clearing out the drivers and hoping you can get it to boot). Therefore, you had a different Windows install. Even my antiquated AMD setup with a GTX 680 would not be beaten by those margins versus a Haswell i7, on a like for like fresh OS install.
Personal experience is valuable, but not definitive!
With AM3, you can even put a Thuban core Phenom II (x4 cores with the 960T or x6 with the 1090T etc). These brought some more advances to the architecture, including Turbo-Core. They're fairly quick, and beat out Bulldozer and Piledriver in some benchmarks.
See what eBay may bring, there doesn't seem to be any stock left at the usual suspects.
See how you run with your existing CPU first though, it may not bring you many gains now you've upped your GPU.
Id say your AMD install was messed up with those kind of framerates....see my sig for my AMD spec, I get aroun 80fps in BF3 and in 1080p you wont notice a massive difference in any framerate over 60 because your eyes just dont detect the difference
Its a shame its not an AM3+ slot because the FX range are pretty good especially for the price...perhaps the highest phenom you can get your hands on is the best bet, even the highest end x4s are reasonably priced now
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I'm commonly clocking at least 60fps as a minimum on my rig (spec on previous page) and that's an AMD
Having Windows 8 Installed helps your Framerate too...i saw a boost of 10-15fps on W8 over W7
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Movie fanatics come in all shapes and sizes, but given the hours they spend burrowed away in the dark, they tend not to be the most glamorous people on earth. Michael Pitt, the young star of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers, is playing an obsessive film aficionado in late-'60s Paris, the kind of guy who haunts the front rows of the Cinémathèque and can quote dialogue from the most obscure thriller directed by Nicholas Ray. Right from the start, though, something is off. Pitt, who costarred in ''Murder by Numbers'' and was the angelic love object of ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch,'' has a beautiful doe-eyed face, with dirty blond hair swept back in a way that makes him look like a hulkier Leonardo DiCaprio. He's not a bad actor, but he's passive and a tad glazed, without a trace of intellectual fire. He comes off less like a film buff than like a model in an Interview magazine spread devoted to '60s film-buff nostalgia.
I raise the issue only because ''The Dreamers,'' which comes close to fetishizing the past it shows us, never re-creates that past in any convincing detail. Adapted from Gilbert Adair's novel ''The Holy Innocents,'' the film is set on the eve of the May 1968 student uprisings that led, it's been said, to a reconfiguration of France's political soul. Matthew (Pitt), an American student, arrives in Paris and hooks up with Isabelle (Eva Green), a saucy beauty, and Theo (Louis Garrel), her moodily self-absorbed companion, moving right into their apartment. Isabelle and Theo are so close we assume they must be lovers; actually, they're brother and sister. But that initial assumption, while not literally true, isn't wrong, exactly. ''The Dreamers'' is an erotic triangle mired in deeply swank notions of love, politics, cinema, and forbidden games. A filmmaker, of course, has every right to evoke his previous work, but Bertolucci is so drunk on déjá vu he has made a movie that's really a flossy assemblage of Bertolucci signifiers. Sexual perversity in France (''Last Tango in Paris''). The call of leftist fervor (his early, poetic Marxist dramas). Incest (''Luna''). Just add water and you'll have a masterpiece.
With its NC-17 rating, ''The Dreamers'' may evoke a twinge of longing for an era when art films offered fearless explorations of adult sexuality. In the age of HBO, however, Bertolucci may be trying too hard. He gives us explicit shots of genitalia and more nudity than the MPAA likes to let by, but all this ''freedom'' decorates what is in essence a contrived aristocratic vampire movie. Matthew and Isabelle begin to sleep together, and while Theo natters on about revolution, his most visible passion is for masturbating in front of his sister -- a scene too showy to be convincing in its decadence. Matthew, witnessing such kink, is meant to be exploring his own nature. But in contrast to, say, Brando in ''Last Tango,'' who enacted a lifetime of desire, hope, and pain through the catharsis of sex, Pitt's erotic pilgrim just seems a callow kid seduced by siblings who flirt with fooling around because...that's what dissolute Eurotrash do. In ''The Dreamers,'' Bertolucci wants to take us back to a more revolutionary time, but mostly he ends up recalling the faded revolution of his own glory days.


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Sun Breaks Through Clouds, Acquires Q-Layer
Sun Microsystems has acquired Belgian company Q-Layer, which specializes in cloud computing.
At the heart of Q-Layer's product palette is the NephOS platform that provides an abstraction layer on top of existing hardware and virtualization solutions. It should enable data centers to transition to a cloud computing infrastructure with the corresponding service offerings, such as for storage, virtual servers and website hosting, with usage-based chargeback possibilities. Even intranets should benefit from the NephOS solution.
Beside resource planning, NephOS provides a data center abstraction layer and Qshell, a Python-based cross-platform scripting environment. The supported virtualization technologies include VMware, ESX, Xen, Sun XVM Virtualbox and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Sun is holding back on financial data related to the purchase of Q-Layer, founded in 2005, but refers to its Cloud Computing website for details.
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While I understand, that is part of being famous and it obviously wasn't a deal breaker for her.
However, for those of us who enjoy our anonymity texting whole address books or facebooking updates on the labor of others can be really annoying and uncalled for.
AimnJus917:I agree with pp's. I also feel bad when people still call her Kate Middleton. She's been the Duchess of Cambridge for over 2 years. It's kind of disrespectful.
Me too. Not that I think she would care about being addressed by a formal title, but she got married! I'd be irritated if people refused to use my married name and kept calling me by my maiden.


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Nicol, David and Coen, Michael (2003) A model for evaluating the institutional costs and benefits of ICT initiatives in teaching and learning in higher education. Research in Learning Technology, 11 (2). pp. 46-60. ISSN 0968-7769
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Significant investments are being made in the application of new information and communications technologies (ICT) to teaching and learning in higher education. However until recently, there has been little progress in devising an integrated costbenefit model that decision-makers can use to appraise ICT investment options from the wider institutional perspective. This paper describes and illustrates a model that has been developed to enable evaluations of the costs and benefits of the use of ICT. The strengths and limitations of the model are highlighted and discussed.
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Louis Vorster has been shooting South Africa's people and plains for over a decade. He works from a small portrait studio in Woodstock - Cape Town, but is essentially a social and fashion documentary photographer, with an interest in landscapes. His photographs offer an unglossed look at life in South Africa; ranging vastly from intimate portraits and drunk nights with friends, to formal studio work, to sobering documentary photos of impoverished communities, gang members and young prostitutes. After receiving his National Diploma (Industrial Design) in Johannesburg in 1996, Louis moved to Cape Town where he received a Higher Diploma (Industrial Design) the following year. He taught at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the Vaal University of Technology for a few years before his visual communication background got him interested in photography. He honed his skills assisting top photographers in Cape Town and Joburg and has since had his work published in various local and international publications spanning advertising and editorial, to documentary and fine art.
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The Manchester, Conn.-based five-piece Johnny Mainstream (pictured) hosts a release party for their second album, Ghost Broadway, this Friday night at the Main Pub. It's sure to be filled with friends and well-wishers, and also some serious Americana-turned-punk. The quintet last toured behind Shipwrecked! and will likely do it again; catch them before they head out.
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