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LSU Men's Golf opens in 23rd place at NCAA Championships
After racing out to a fast start in Tuesday's opening round of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, the No. 10-seeded LSU men's golf team posted a first-round score of 18-over par 306 to finish the day tied for 23rd place in the event being held at Karsten Creek Golf Club.
Senior Andrew Loupe and junior Austin Gutgsell each opened with eagle 3s on the par-five first hole with junior Sang Yi adding a birdie to lead the Tigers to a 3-under par team score through the first three holes.
Yi then added back-to-back birdies on the par-four fifth and sixth holes, before making the turn at 2-under par 34 for his round following a bogey at the par-three seventh hole. Yi followed with a 6-over 42 on the back nine en route to an opening-round score of 4-over 76 to finish the day in a tie for 75th place overall.
It was senior John Peterson who rebounded from a difficult 6-over par 42 on the front nine with a brilliant 4-under 32 on the back nine to lead the way for the Tigers in the first round of this year's tournament with a 2-over 74. Peterson carded a team-high five birdies coming in for the back nine, after picking up strokes at the 10th, 11th, 14th, 16th and 18th holes to finish his first round in a tie for 47th place on the leaderboard.
Loupe added a 5-over 77 to finish the day in a tie for 90th place, while fellow senior Ken Looper shot a 7-over 79 toward LSU's team score to wrap up Tuesday's competition in a tie for 121st place. Gutgsell went out in 2-over 38 and came back in with a 7-over 43 en route to a 9-over par score of 81.
LSU will look to rebound in Wednesday's second round and Thursday's third round of medal play as they compete for a top-eight finish in 54 holes to advance to the match play tournament for the national title.
Georgia Tech jumped out to an early three-stroke lead after the first round as the Yellow Jackets fired a 5-under 283 at the difficult par-72 layout at Karsten Creek Golf Club. UCLA was the only other squad in the 30-team field to break par in the opening round as it posted a 2-under 286 to finish the round just three strokes behind the Yellow Jackets in second place in the team standings.
Rounding out the current top eight of the team standings after the first round are Alabama in third place at even-par 288; Texas A&M in fourth place at 1-over 289; Georgia, Illinois and Ohio State in a tie for fifth place at 3-over 291 and tournament host and No. 1 seed Oklahoma State in eighth place at 4-over 292.
Georgia Tech star James White fired an opening-round 5-under par 67 to take a one stroke advantage over Texas A&M's Cameron Peck in the race for the NCAA individual championship.
The Tigers will play as part of the morning wave in Wednesday's second round as they will tee it up with Georgia and Texas on the back nine beginning at 8:10 a.m. CDT. The NCAA will provide live scoring for both the second and third rounds on its website at www.NCAA.com.


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Questions and Answers
Following Questions were emailed to OIT by October 24, 2006.
1) Will the RFP Maine expects to issue in early 2007 include the LMR system, towers, site work, and microwave etc.? Or will the RFP's be separate for each system?
Yes, the State plans to release in early 2007 one RFP for the entire MSCommNet system inclusive of all tower, site work, radio and microwave equipment.
2) If the entire system is bid as a single RFP, will vendors be allowed to bid selected portions of the system?
No, the State plans to seek a single vendor from the RFP procurement process.
3) Microwave infrastructure - Will the new system be solely TDM based or will a packet-based system be explored?
At the current time this decision has not been made. The State will consider recommendations; however the new system will be required integrate with the State's legacy system/equipment.
4) Microwave infrastructure - The microwave reports specify a 3 DS3 system; will there be bandwidth requirements beyond 2 DS3 for data and 1 DS3 for voice? Would the state consider OC-3?
The State is currently reviewing, and might possibly consider for the RFP, the requirement for OC-3 bandwidth.
5) Microwave infrastructure - Is video conferencing or video surveillance a requirement now or in the future, if yes, will the microwave network be used to carry the video?
No. Video conferencing or video surveillance is not a requirement currently.
6) Microwave infrastructure - The microwave reports specify the entire system supporting SNMP; will that include microwave radios, MUX's, Channel banks, etc.?
a. Would the state consider a single non-SNMP based management system?
The required protocol for this system has not been finalized by the State at this time.
b. Would the state consider multiple management systems?
The State would prefer to have all systems that are part of MSCommNet be managed from one network monitoring system.
7) Do the Site Development cost estimates contained in the MACRO report address all of the anticipated site development costs including things like access road improvements, site electrical upgrades, relocation of existing equipment, etc.?
Yes, the Site Development cost estimates are intended to include all of the anticipated site development costs, including factors such as access road improvements, site electrical upgrades, relocation of existing equipment, etc.
8) At the Bidder's conference it was mentioned that talks were to be held with municipal and local users regarding their potential participation in the project. Can you report on the outcome of these meetings and what impact they may have on the overall project?
The questions and answers from the municipal and local information meetings are attached. The MSCommNet system design effort includes scalability to accommodate municipal and county collaboration with the State's infrastructure. The State anticipates minimum impact on the project.
9) The MACRO report identified approximately $4M for a Radio Project Office. What is the role of this office and would this budget be used to fund a System Integrator if that is the approach that the state chooses to pursue?
The Radio Project Office (RPO) budget does not include funds for a system integrator. The function of the RPO is to manage the project efforts for the duration of the MSCommNet program. The RPO will provide the State's project managers for all projects, provide the project leadership role, represent the project at all organizational levels, provide project status reporting, etc. The RPO will be staffed either with internal or external resources depending on need. Refer to the Systems Design Report Section I for further information.
10) The MACRO report suggests a functional implementation plan e.g. Site development followed by Backhaul implementation followed by LMR radio installation. Has any consideration been given to the potential cost savings that may be realized by a regional implementation approach? The functional implementation approach requires multiple visits to each radio site. A regional implementation plan that performs all required work (site upgrades, backhaul installation and LMR radio installation) at the same time would seem to offer the potential for reduced costs as a result of the simpler logistics and improved efficiencies achieved, for example, by performing all tower related work at the same time. This is especially true at the remote sites that require helicopter access where significant savings may be achieved through the fewer number of helicopter visits.
The State has not ruled out any implémentation approach. The procurement process is to solicit the best and most cost effective way for implementation to proceed. The RFP is currently planned to seek the installation of a single, MSCommNet system, including site improvement and the installation of VHF radio and microwave interconnect equipment, as a single turn-key implementation.
11) Is it correct to assume that the site development and backhaul implementations could be separate procurements, and could be under separate warranty and maintenance than the LMR system? Has any consideration been given to warranty and maintenance issues associated with procuring these phases either as separate procurements or as a single procurement phased over three or four years?
Please refer to the State's response to Question #1.
12) Will the RFP specify an implementation approach or will the specific approach be left up to the bidder to propose?
The implementation approach will be left up to the bidder.
13) The report does not address the transition, or cutover, between the existing system and the new system which is a critical issue in terms of maintaining continuity of service during the transition. Has any planning been done on how to execute this transition? Will it be the responsibility of the vendor/System Integration to develop and execute the transition plan?
The State believes that the old microwave will need to remain operational until the point in time that the new microwave system is tested, accepted and placed into service. The State currently plans that the RFP will require proposers to present an outline of their respective transition/migration approach.
14) Section D 2 of the report mentions Remote Site Interconnect; besides status/alarm reporting and dispatching, are there other operational needs for interconnection such as wide area calling (other than that supported through console patching)? If so, how often would wide area calls be required, between what agencies at what sites, how many simultaneous calls would be required, and how would wide area calls be managed?
Operational issues and any associated designs that would support wide area calling will be the responsibility of the integrator, which would be addressed during their final design phase of the project.
15) Will the State please allow until November 30, 2006 for additional questions?
The deadline for vendor questions was October 24, 2006. The procurement process will allow for additional questions after release of the RFP.
16) Can the State please share their proposal evaluation process? Specifically, can the State provide details including:-Will pricing and technology sections of the RFP be considered separately? Which one will be evaluated first? And, will a different set of evaluators be assigned to review each separately? Will the State use a point system for scoring? Will the State provide a public bid opening or will bids be held as non-public documents until after the evaluation process?
The proposal evaluation process will be explained in the forthcoming RFP. In keeping within the rules of the Division of Purchases, which are available at www.maine.gov, all of the above questions should be addressed at that time.
17) What is the process that will be used to determine the criteria used to design the SI model for the January 2007 RFP? Who will make the decision of what type of SI model to use and will that decision be made between now and RFP release?
OIT and their business partners plan to base the SI model decision on requirements and funding. The decision will be provided in the RFP.
18) How will recent State Police purchases impact the proposal evaluation process?
The recent State Police purchases will have no impact on the proposal evaluation process.
19) Will the State allow other vendors to join the State contract and provide competitive pricing to Statewide agencies? If so, please provide details including the process and contact person information?
At this time, the procurement process for the implementation phase is intended to result in one system integration being chosen utilizing a competitive process.
20) Can the State ensure that additional State contract purchases be made through a competitive procurement process from the time of RFP release through final contract signing to allow for a fair proposal evaluation process?
The State will consider a temporary suspension of procurement on radio equipment (except for emergencies) from RFP release thru awarded contract.
21) The 900 page report released by Macro appears to be primarily technical. Is it the State's intent to provide functional requirements along with technical requirements in the upcoming RFP?
Yes. The State is intending to have a performance/functional based specification in the RFP.
22) Will there be a migration strategy required for forward compatibility of equipment purchased in the past 6 months as well as equipment purchased in the future?
Yes. The State will require a migration strategy for all components being supplied as part of the new MSCommNet system.
23) Although OIT has conceptualized a phased deployment plan which begins with several years of site development, then the Microwave System being built after that is completed and finally upgrading the LMR System, will OIT be receptive to different perspectives for the phased approach? A phased approach that combines site development improvements, interoperability enhancements and radio communications upgrades and replacement, would not only save the State money, but would demonstrate real time development to Maine's State and Local entities while utilizing the existing budget.
The State is receptive to all approaches that are submitted with vendor proposals. The State plans to express its expectations in the forthcoming RFP.
24) It was mentioned that the State of Maine is working on a Statement of Work. When can this document be issued pre-RFP to the vendors?
The Statement of Work will be released as part of the RFP.
25) Will the State provide a coverage requirement for the entire State or will each agency provide their own coverage requirement? If the intent is for each agency to provide their own coverage requirement, can the State ensure that each agency provides the same requirement, for example, 95%?
All State agencies operating on the MSCommNet system are expected to experience the same coverage performance.
26) Will there be a requirement for radio coverage within specific buildings within the State?
No. The requirement for radio coverage within specific buildings within the State is not a current requirement for this project.
27) Will frequency allocation stay the same, or will agency frequencies be reallocated to provide coverage throughout the entire State?
Microwave will require re-licensing for the new microwave system. The State is currently narrowbanding the current VHF licenses, and intends to utilize them in their existing locations.
28) In terms of traffic loading for the State Police radio system, can the State provide the total number of State Police units that will be on the system?
The amount of DPS subscribers expected by the time the RFP is released would be in the range of 1000 to 1300 units.
29) Does the State have an interoperability plan in the OIT or a commencement of a plan to meet federal guidelines that can be shared with vendors? If so, will the State please define their system interoperability requirements, if any? Please provide details, including: -Will there be agency to agency interoperability? How will this be accomplished? Will there be Statewide interoperability for first responders to these State systems? If so, please State the functional requirements describing this process? Has the State considered other interoperability solutions besides mutual aid or State frequencies?
At this time the State is compliant. We have six channels for common frequencies. Refer to MEMA's website at the following URL: http://www.maine.gov/mema/homeland/home_library.shtml
30) Will there be a requirement for new Dispatch Communications Equipment for the four RCC locations? Are there any plans to consolidate any of the RCC locations? Will any of the RCC locations be home to Land Mobile Radio equipment? Are these RCC locations capable of housing Land Mobile Radio equipment if it increases an agency's coverage footprint?
No. The Four RCCs are being upgraded with IPC consoles at this time.
No. The State is not planning to consolidate the RCC locations.
Yes. All of the RCC's will be home to Land Mobile Radio equipment.
Yes. The RCC locations are capable of housing the equipment.
31) Does OIT plan to use a Design-Build (DB) approach or the traditional Design-Bid build (DBB) approach?
The State currently plans to issue a single RFP for the final design, installation, test, and maintenance support of, the entire, "turnkey" MSCommNet system. This most closely resembles the Design Build approach.
32) Does OIT plan to develop a Continuity of Operations (COOP) plan?
33) What role does OIT plan to play with respect to the systems integrator?
The OIT will provide project management oversight of the MSCommNet project through its Radio Project Office.
Following Questions were asked at the 9/26/2006 vendor information meeting:
Yes, the decision will be made on a direction of construction prior to the RFP release.
It depends on the implementation approach selected.
Written communication using email with MSCommNet in the subject line. The State team will use caution, around proprietary questions, which will be addressed. However we will indicate the approach used to deal with the proprietary information.
Magenta is the towers we believe need to be replaced.
Black are the existing towers that we believe are sufficient to be utilized.
Blue Squares are the Maine State Police regional communication centers.
Blue Boundary Lines represent to Maine State Police zones.
Presently DOT is tasked to do all of the site permitting and land acquisition via their legal department. They have the experience and expertise in this area.
Yes, unless we have areas that are not sufficiently covered.
As we move forward a formal process will be created to consider how these partnerships will be implemented.
We are hoping for summer 2007, however we can't guarantee this. It is a competitive process and we may be held up with an appeal.
No, the $4million dollars is for overall management by OIT for the entire MSCommNet project for the duration.
No there is no sunset on the funding and there is no timeframe for the completion of the project. In all probability it will be three to five years. In the event that we do not get the additional funding, we will use the $20million to stabilize existing infrastructure. We will have to be sure not to strand investment. We will know in the July timeframe if we have the rest of the funding. We will put out the RFP with the assumption that we will receive all of the funding.
Yes, that would be a great idea.
We will distribute the list.
For the Department of Public Safety to be able to communicate on the system with durability and efficiency. When the trooper "keys the mike" it needs to work, and it needs to be redundant. The current expectation is that the State will maintain the system once it is place.

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Houston, TX – For nineteen years, the Greek Festival has brought a touch of Greece straight to the bayou city! Held in mid-May, the annual event features authentic cuisine, live dancers, an outdoor marketplace, and plenty of family-friendly activities. Currently, St Basil's has over 450 families who are active members of the community and we continue to grow year after year. Houston Greek Fest is our largest fund raiser and all proceeds benefit the Parish to fund upkeep of the Church and the many Ministries and community activities we provide. The festival gives us the opportunity to share our Greek Heritage with Houston and the surrounding communities.
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At this event visitors can enjoy tours of the Church, dance performances, delicious Greek cuisine and beverages, unique Greek art, jewelry and imported gifts. Best of all, you get to hang out with some really great people! Last year we had over 6,000 visitors and we plan to top that number this year! Don't miss your chance to support a Parish that has been a strong presence in Texas for 20 years and to give your business some recognition in the local community.
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International Journal of Geophysics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 216315, 13 pages
Seismic Imaging and Seismicity Analysis in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Region
1Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
2School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Received 13 December 2010; Revised 22 March 2011; Accepted 20 May 2011
Academic Editor: Yu Zhang
Copyright © 2011 Xiangwei Yu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In this study a new tomographic method is applied to over 43,400 high-quality absolute direct P arrival times and 200,660 relative P arrival times to determine detailed 3D crustal velocity structures as well as the absolute and relative hypocenter parameters of 2809 seismic events under the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan region. The inferred velocity model of the upper crust correlates well with the surface geological and topographic features in the BTT region. In the North China Basin, the depression and uplift areas are imaged as slow and fast velocities, respectively. After relocation, the double-difference tomography method provides a sharp picture of the seismicity in the BTT region, which is concentrated along with the major faults. A broad low-velocity anomaly exists in Tangshan and surrounding area from 20 km down to 30 km depth. Our results suggest that the top boundary of low-velocity anomalies is at about 25.4 km depth. The event relocations inverted from double-difference tomography are clusted tightly along the Tangshan-Dacheng Fault and form three clusters on the vertical slice. The maximum focal depth after relocation is about 25 km depth in the Tangshan area.
1. Introduction
Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan (BTT) region (114°E~120°E, 37.5°N~41.5°N) is situated in the northern part of North China. Figure 1 shows the major geological structure in the BTT region. This study region is under complex tectonic process with the Taihangshan uplift in the west, the Yanshan uplift in the northeast, and the North China Basin in the middle portion, which is a large continental basin and is characterized as an alternate uplift and depression zone [7, 8]. As shown in Figure 1, in the North China Basin and Taihangshan uplift, there are several active Cenozoic faults, such as Weixian-Yanqing Fault, Tongxian-Nanyuan Fault, Xiadian-Fengheying-Caojiawu Fault, and Tangshan-Dacheng Fault, that are oriented in NE-SW direction. There are also some active faults in NW-SE direction in the BTT region, such as Western Luanxian Fault, Laishui Fault, Ninghe Fault, and Nankou-Sanhe Fault.
The BTT region is a very active area with high seismicity. In this region, earthquakes are concentrated in four seismic zones: Zhangjiakou-Bohai seismic zone, Tangshan-Hejian-Cixian seismic zone, Sanhe-Linshou seismic zone, and Huailai-Weixian seismic zone. The Zhangjiakou-Bohai seismic zone in NW-SE direction is most active with a majority of large earthquakes in the BTT region. The other three seismic zones are parallel to each other in the NE-SW direction. Historically, strong earthquakes occurred frequently in this region. So far, more than 100 earthquakes with magnitude equal to and larger than 5.0 have occurred there since 780 BC. Thirty-four of them are with magnitudes larger than 6.0 and seven with magnitudes larger than 7.0. The great Tangshan earthquake () in 1976 is one of the most destructive earthquakes in history, which totally destroyed Tangshan city and caused a casualty of ~240,000. Therefore, a detailed investigation of the crustal structure and seismicity of the BTT region is very important not only for the understanding of physics of continental earthquakes but also for the assessment and mitigation of seismic hazard.
A lot of studies have been performed in the past three decades to invert for the three-dimensional (3D) seismic velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath this region using arrival times from local and/or teleseismic events [2, 9–15] as well as the seismicity in this region [16–24]. However, the spatial resolution and the accuracy of event location are limited by using only the absolute arrival times. To improve the resolution of regional tomography, some seismic tomographic techniques have been developed, such as double-difference tomography (tomoDD) [6], which uses both absolute and relative arrival time data to determine a 3D velocity structure jointly with the absolute and relative event location. Furthermore, most of the previous efforts have focused on the crustal and mantle structure [2, 9–15] whereas little effort has been devoted to the study of relationship between seismicity of small earthquakes and velocity anomaly. Where is the location of top boundary of low velocity beneath Tangshan area? What is the deepest focal depth of the relocated earthquakes inverted by tomography? What is the main dynamic source for the great Tangshan earthquake? The detailed structure of hypocentral area is still unclear beneath the Tangshan area. Determining a high-resolution 3D velocity model of the crust and upper mantle beneath this region is the key for answering these questions. The tomoDD imaging has the potential to bring substantial insight into them by using both absolute and relative arrival time data.
In this study, we apply the tomoDD method to combine absolute and relative arrival time data to invert for the detailed 3D crustal P wave velocity structure jointly with absolute and relative event locations in the BTT region. Our results will shed new light on the relationship between relocated seismicity and the 3D velocity structure.
2. Data and Method
Both absolute and relative arrival times are used in this study. We carefully select the data such that each event has at least 6 recordings (8 in the Tangshan area). The resulting data include over 43,400 high-quality absolute direct P arrival times and 200,660 relative P arrival times from 3,983 earthquakes recorded by one or more of the 112 stations of the North China Telemetry Seismic Network (NCTSN) and the Capital Digital Seismic Network (CDSN) from 1993 to 2004 in the BTT region (Figure 2). The accuracy of the first P arrival time picking is estimated to be 0.2~0.3 s. The focal depth varies from ground surface down to about 30 km depth. The ray path coverage is generally good except Bohai Bay where no seismic station is present (Figure 3).
The tomoDD, developed by Zhang and Thurber [6], is used in this study to determine a 3D velocity structure jointly with the absolute and relative event location, which is based on the hypoDD of Waldhauser and Ellsworth [5] and also uses both absolute and relative arrival time data. With standard tomography, event locations will be somewhat scattered due to imprecise picks and origin-time errors. The tomoDD method uses the differential arrival times which are free from origin-time errors, and thus it removes some fuzziness from the velocity model.
Our starting 1D model is inferred from a minimum 1D velocity model [2] for the crust (0~25 km depth) and from deep seismic soundings [25, 26] for the deeper crust and upper mantle (25~40 km depth) (Figure 4). A 3D regular grid is used in this study [27]. The velocity values are interpolated by using a trilinear interpolation method. The model has been parameterized into an optimal grid spacing of 50 km laterally and 5 km vertically after a number of resolution tests for different grid spacing. Distance weighting is used in this study to control the maximum separation between event pairs. For closer event pairs a larger weight is applied. Considering the trade-off between the roughness and the stabilization of the model, we choose the model using smoothing weight of 5 as the preferred model. Velocity structure and hypocentral parameters of the local earthquakes are all taken to be unknown parameters in the inversion. A detailed description of the method is given by Zhang and Thurber [6].
3. Seismic Tomography
Local (regional) earthquake tomography (LET) plays an important role in studying the velocity structure of the Earth's interior, which has become a relatively routine application for use in seismically active regions covered by one or more dense seismic network.
We conduct many inversions using different values of damping parameter for the variance of the velocity perturbations and root-mean-square (rms) travel time residuals. We find that the best value of the damping parameter is 150. In order to confirm the main features of our tomographic image, we conduct a resolution test to assess the adequacy of the ray coverage and to evaluate the resolution [28, 29]. An initial checkerboard velocity model is created by assigning alternately positive and negative velocity anomalies (3%) to the 3D grid nodes in the model space. Synthetic travel times are calculated for the checkerboard model using the real event and receiver locations. A random noise with zero mean and standard deviation of 0.1 s is added to the synthetic data. The resolution is considered to be good for regions where the checkerboard image is well recovered. Figure 5 shows the result. The checkerboard pattern is recovered for almost the entire study region except for Bohai Bay and the edge of the BTT region (Figures 5(a)–5(f)). Areas with low resolution are excluded from the resulting tomographic images (Figure 6). The best resolution is in the depth range of 5–20 km (Figures 5(a)–5(d)), where the amplitude of velocity anomalies is well recovered across the whole region. The resolution is reduced below 30 km depth. But the checkerboard positive and negative patterns are basically recovered.
In order to show more clearly the continuous variations of velocity anomalies in the depth direction, our resulting tomographic images are presented in Figure 6. In general, the results reveal strong lateral heterogeneities in both of the crust and uppermost mantle. It is noted that the media beneath the Tangshan area are very different from adjacent areas throughout the crust and upper mantle. In the shallow depth (Figures 6(a) and 6(b)), the inversion results are consistent with the local geological settings and follow the trend of active faults in the BTT region. The tomographic images illustrate that the low P velocity (low-) anomalies exist beneath depressions and basins (such as the North China Basin) and high P velocity (high-) anomalies exist beneath mountains and uplifts (such as Yanshan uplift and Taihangshan uplift), which is consistent with the previous standard tomographic studies [2, 9–15]. But our model has sharper velocity contrasts near the boundary between low- and high- anomalies than previous tomography models do. Although the Tangshan area is located in the North China Basin, it is an uplifted block beside the Zhangjiakou-Bohai seismic zone [21]; hence, it shows up as high- anomaly. At the 35 km depth, our present result has revealed that a broad and prominent low- anomaly exists beneath the Taihangshan uplift area and the Tangshan area, and high- anomaly exists beneath the Yanshan uplift and the North China Basin. These results are consistent with the tomographic results [15, 30, 31].
Several cross-sections along the different longitudes (115.5°E, 116.5°E, 117.5°E, and 118.5°E) and latitudes (40.5°N, 39.8°N, and 39.0°N) are presented in Figure 7. At shallow depth (5~10 km), the boundary between the low- anomaly and high- anomaly is well consistent with the boundary between mountain/uplift and plain/basin, such as the 39.5°N area at the 115.5°E profile (Figure 5(a)) and 118.0°E area at the 39.8°N profile (Figure 7(b)). Our tomoDD model shows a high- anomaly of ~90 km length at 10~20 km depth under the Beijing, Tianjin, and the Tangshan area at the profile of 116.5°E, 117.5°E, and 118.5°E (Figure 5(a)). A prominent broad low- anomaly is discovered from 20 km to 30 km both beneath Yanshan uplift, the North China Basin area at the profile of 115.5°E (Figure 5(a)), and beneath the Tangshan area at the profile of 118.5°E (Figure 5(a)). At the profile of 39.8°N (Figure 5(b)), the P velocity is high beneath the east of the Tangshan area, where there is uplift block near the Zhangjiakou-Bohai seismic zone. Moreover, it can also be found that a broad high- anomaly beneath the Taihangshan uplift extends toward the east and down to ~20 km depth beneath the Beijing area.
4. Relationship between Seismicity and Tomography Image in the BTT Region
An advantage of the tomoDD is that it determines the 3D velocity model as well as the absolute and relative event location compared with standard tomography. We analyzed 3,983 earthquakes with magnitudes from M 1.0 to 6.2 recorded by 112 stations. An event will be excluded from the inversion if it cannot be connected to any other events, and as a result only 2,809 hypocentral parameters of both absolute and relative locations are given by the tomoDD. The weighted rms travel-time residuals decrease from 1.2 s to 0.3 s. Figure 2 shows the catalog locations, which are scattered along major active fault zone both in horizontal direction and depth direction due to imprecise picks, origin-time errors, and simple 1D velocity model. After relocation, the tomoDD method provides a sharp picture of the seismicity in the BTT region, which is concentrated along with the major faults in a shape of alignment (Figure 8).
To illuminate the relationship between seismicity and velocity anomaly, we present our tomographic images together with hypocentral locations of both relocated earthquakes within 5 km off each layer depth and historic earthquakes (M ≥ 6.0) that occurred in the BTT region (Figure 9). Although we do not know the accurate focal depths of the historic earthquakes, the statistic analysis of focal depth after the tomoDD relocation [32] suggests that most of earthquakes that occurred in the middle and lower crust under the BTT region and the North China are mainly clustered at 1~24 km depth. In the tomographic image of 10 km and 15 km depth (Figure 9), both the relocated earthquakes and historic earthquakes have a similar feature, that is, most of the earthquakes are located in the conjunctional areas of low- and high- anomalies. They are slightly closer to the high- anomaly areas. The epicentral location of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, the 1976 Luanxian earthquake, and the 1679 Sanhe earthquake is in the transitional area closer to the high- anomalies. It is notable that the distribution of relocated small earthquakes is consistent with the trend of high- anomalies under the Beijing-Tangshan area. Maybe it suggests that the conjunctional zones of low- and high- anomalies represent weak sections of the seismogenic crust. The tectonic stresses are prone to being accumulated in the "brittle" high- anomalies area, and hence the earthquake ruptures happened closer to the high- anomalies zones. The locations of earthquakes, especially destructive earthquakes, are not random and are related closely to their deep structure of crust and upper mantle.
Figure 10(a) shows a cross-section along profile AA′ (Figure 10(c)) passing through the Tangshan-Hejian-Cixian seismic zone. A prominent high- anomaly zone about 100 km in length is visible from 10 km down to 20 km depth along the Tangshan-Tianjin area, while a broad low- anomaly exists in Tangshan and the north of the Tangshan area from 20 km down to 30 km, which is in agreement with the tomographic results of Huang and Zhao [15] using local crustal earthquakes, controlled seismic explosions, and quarry blasts. Due to the differential arrival time data used to improve the precision of event location in the tomoDD, we obtained similar tomographic image only with local earthquakes. In the upper crust, the cross-sectional images show that discontinuous low- anomalies exist under the Tangshan-Hejian-Cixian seismic zone, while, in the middle and lower crust, the low- anomalies change to high- anomalies. Under the Tangshan area, the maximum focal depth locates at the boundary of low- anomaly in the middle and lower crust.
Figure 10(b) shows a cross-section along profile BB′ passing through the Zhangiakou-Bohai seismic zone. Under the Tangshan area, our result displays a transitional zone of low- anomaly in the northwest and high- anomaly in the southeast in the upper crust, while a very prominent low- anomaly exists in the middle and lower crust (20~30 km depth). The focal depth of relocated earthquakes that occurred in the Tangshan area is distributed in the transitional zones of low- anomaly and high- anomaly. In the Zhangjiakou area, the northwest of profile BB′, the deepest focal depth of relocated earthquakes with magnitude ≥ 4.0 is about 15 km, which occurred on the margin of high- anomalies.
The Tangshan area, in the about 160 km southeast of Beijing, has the highest level of seismicity in BTT region. In this area numerous small earthquakes have occurred frequently since the great Tangshan earthquake in 1976. During 1993~2004, 118 earthquakes with ≥ 3.0 occurred in the area, 17 of them were larger than 4.0, such as the earthquake with 5.9 on 6 October 1995 and 5.0 on 20 January 2004 in the northeast of Tangshan.
Figure 11 shows the epicenters of earthquakes before (open circles) and after relocation (solid circles) using the tomoDD in the Tangshan area. Compared with the catalog locations, which are scattered along the fault zone, relocated hypocenters appear more clustered in the NE-SW direction along Tangshan-Dacheng fault. Figure 11 shows three clusters in different colors: the Tangshan cluster oriented in the NE-SW direction (grey solid circles), the Luanxian cluster oriented nearly in the E-W direction (green solid circles), and the Qian'an cluster oriented in the NE-SW direction (blue solid circles).
In the cross-section along profile TT′ (Figure 12), the distribution of hypocenters displays a big difference between the catalog location, which is layered and scattered without clear cluster characteristic (Figure 12(a)), and the relocated location with the tomoDD, which is clustered clearly as cluster A, cluster B, and cluster C (Figure 12(b)). The Tangshan cluster (Figures 11 and 12(b), grey solid circles) becomes two clusters in depth: cluster A and cluster B. In addition, an earthquake (5.9) without depth parameter before relocation is relocated in cluster A with focal depth 6.3 km.
In the cross-section along profile MN, perpendicular to TT′, the distribution of hypocenters before and after relocation using the tomoDD is also very different (Figure 13). Most of the tomoDD locations are centralized on a narrow zone within 10 km off the profile TT′ (Figure 13(b)). The earthquake relocation with ≥ 4.0 (Figure 13(b), stars) shows a near-vertical plane between 5 km and 15 km and a slight west dip between 15 km and 25 km, which is in agreement with the results of deep seismic soundings (DSSs) [33]. This indicates that the Tangshan fault is near-vertical in the shallow depth and west dip in the depth of about 22 km.
For comparison, we also relocate the events by using the DD location method, and extract the hypocenter parameters of earthquakes that occurred in the Tangshan area from previous results of the two standard tomography methods [2, 4]. The same minimum 1D velocity model [2] is used for both standard tomography and tomoDD as the initial model, which is also used for DD event location.
Figure 14 shows the event locations along profile TT′ in the Tangshan area inferred from different methods. Figure 14(a) shows the catalog locations by NCTSN. Figures 14(b) and 11(c) show the event relocations [2, 4] by the two standard tomography methods by Thurber [1] and Zhao et al. [3], respectively, where only the absolute arrival times were used for the inversion. The event locations are still scattered, similar to the catalog locations (Figure 14(a)).
Figures 14(d) and 11(e) show the event relocations by the DD location method [5] and the tomoDD method [6], respectively. In the DD location method, the weighted rms residuals decrease from 1.0 s to 0.6 s, while, in the tomoDD method, the weighted rms residuals decrease from 1.2 s to 0.3 s. After the relocation, both the DD methods provide similar features, three typical clusters under the Tangshan area. Although most of the relative event locations from the two DD methods are quite similar, there are some differences between them in detail. First, it can be noted that the absolute event locations with ≥ 4.0 are different between the two methods. The focal depth of earthquakes with ≥ 4.0 varies from 0 km to 20 km in the DD location method. In the tomoDD method, however, it varies from 5 km to 20 km. Second, in the tomoDD, earthquake relocations with ≥ 4.0 show a near-vertical plane between 5 km and 15 km and a slight west dip between 15 km and 25 km, which is in agreement with the results of deep seismic soundings (DSS) [33], while no such dipping is observed in the DD location method.
Figure 15 shows the velocity perturbations, resulting from the tomoDD, along the vertical cross-section of profile TT′ passing through the Tangshan area and the seismicity in this area. Only earthquakes that occurred within 0.25° off profile TT′ are chosen to project on the vertical slice. It can be clearly seen that all of the three clusters (Figure 12(b)) are relocated in the conjunctional area of low- and high- anomalies, slightly closer to the high- anomaly zones. Only a few earthquakes have ever occurred within the low- anomalies. The maximum focal depth (about 25.4 km) locates in the uppermost boundary of low- anomaly from 20 km to 30 km under the Tangshan area. Our results suggest that the top boundary of low- anomalies is at about 25.4 km depth in the Tangshan area, which is different from results obtained by previous standard tomography studies [15]. This indicates that the top boundary of low- anomalies is at 20 km depth in the Tangshan area, which is consistent with the maximum of focal depth of relocation by the tomoDD.
Our tomographic results show an evident low-velocity anomaly in the lower crust beneath the BTT region (Figures 6, 7, 10(a), and 10(b)), specially beneath the Tangshan area. The results of S structure by using receiver function method [34] showed that there exist obvious heterogeneous low- media in the upper mantle and middle crust and the crust-mantle boundary had an obvious uplift beneath the Tangshan area. Thus the existence of prominent low- anomalies in the lower crust may suggest that there is probably massive intrusion derived from the upper mantle beneath the Tangshan area. Our tomographic results of the crust and upper mantle support such a conclusion. The main dynamic source for the Tangshan earthquake is the vertical movement of the upper mantle, which leads to material and energy exchange between the crust and upper mantle [34]. The long-term influence of the upwelling of mantle materials on the seismogenic layer would change the stress distribution and compositional evolution of fault zones, and the stresses are easier to concentrate on the high- media, which would lead to the mechanical failure and the earthquake occurrence.
5. Conclusions
The tomoDD method is efficient in relocating a large number of earthquakes accurately and in characterizing the local velocity structure with high resolution. With this approach a high-resolution tomography model of crust and upper mantle under the BTT region has been obtained by using both absolute and relative arrival times of local earthquakes recorded by NCTSN or DCSN. Simultaneously, our results provide accurate hypocentral parameters of both absolute and relative event locations in the BTT region. The velocity images of the upper crust correlate well with the surface geological and topographic features. In the North China Basin, the depression and uplift areas are imaged as slow and fast velocities, respectively. A broad low- anomaly exists in Tangshan and the north of the Tangshan area from 20 km down to 30 km depth, which suggests that there is probably massive intrusion derived from the upper mantle beneath the Tangshan area. Our results suggest that the top boundary of low- anomalies is at about 25.4 km depth in the Tangshan area.
After relocation, the tomoDD method provides a sharp picture of the seismicity in the BTT region, which is concentrated along with the major faults in a shape of alignment. The seismicity of both the relocated earthquake hypocenters and the historic earthquakes shows that majority of the hypocenters are located in the conjunctional areas of low and high P wave velocity anomalies. And they are slightly closer to the high P wave velocity abnormal areas. Only a few earthquakes have epicenters in either high or low P wave velocity areas. It might suggest that the conjunctional zones of low- and high- anomalies represent weak sections of the seismogenic crust. The tectonic stresses are prone to being accumulated in the "brittle" high- anomalies area and hence the earthquake ruptures happened closer to the high- anomalies zones.
The surface event relocations in the Tangshan area are centered along the Tangshan-Dacheng fault. In the vertical slice along profile TT′, all the earthquakes are clustered in three clusters as shown in Figure 9(b), two clusters lie beneath the Tangshan-Ninghe fault, and another one lies beneath the Luanxian area. The maximum of focal depth of relocated earthquakes is 25 km, where there is the top boundary of low- anomalies beneath the Tangshan area.
The authors thank Dr. Haijiang Zhang for providing his tomoDD code and thoughtful discussions. This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundations of China (40404002) to X. Yu as well as a grant from the National Natural Science Foundations of China (90715019) to W. Zhang and by the Special Research Project in Earthquake Science, CEA, to Y.-T. Chen (no. 200808068). The figures were made by using GMT [35]. They also thank the editor (Professor Y. Zhang) and four anonymous referees for their constructive comments and suggestions which improved the paper.
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Sep 2nd, 2003, 09:40 PM
What happened to Mhari Neish and Frances Hendry? They were both in the ranking lists, but they have disappeared. We need more Scottish up-and-comers! :)
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Sep 2nd, 2003, 09:53 PM
What happened to Mhari Neish and Frances Hendry? They were both in the ranking lists, but they have disappeared. We need more Scottish up-and-comers! :)
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Sep 2nd, 2003, 11:22 PM
Thanks lots! :worship:
Sep 3rd, 2003, 06:48 PM
Mhari has been injured most of this year and lost her ranking last week.
Frances hasn't played much this year as she is studying at Millfield School.
She'd have been better off going to College in teh USA IMO.
Mhari Brown has again receieved all-american honours at Arizona State and again voted one of teh best players in the collegiate system. I thin she's in her last year.
Nicola Allan has been doing school stuff this year I guess, and that's why she hasn't played much.
Karen P is still heading up teh ranks.
Linzi Reilly has been struggling, but should hopefully turn things around soon.
Sep 3rd, 2003, 09:53 PM
I noticed that Karen Paterson had reached the final of the futures event in Wrexham, which is good, got her into the top 500. She could be pretty good....thanks paul_masterton for the info!
Sep 3rd, 2003, 10:09 PM
Karen P does have potential to be pretty good :D But the problem could lie mentally and she relies a lot on her strong baseline play, making her opponent run, but if she is made to run she will probably end up losing most of the points hitting them low into the net, from what I saw at Wrexham. I like Karen P, she has a great on court personality :)
Sep 3rd, 2003, 10:20 PM
Yeah, i totally agree. She showed that in an event in Edinburgh that I was at. She got to the QF there, and i was quite impressed. She is ranked 491 at the moment, hopefully she can improve that quickly!! :) Scottish tennis is actually pretty healthy, with Baltacha and Paterson with potential! Everyone has that though, just converting it is the problem!
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to value mortgages and it looks like delinquencies are
going through the roof.
This has been going on for a while and this Administration has done little to resolve the growing problem. So the question is:
"Will the federal housing agency soon seek a taxpayer rescue?.
Obama Administration has postponed all kinds of business past Election
Day, so expect to see more than one November surprise in the coming
weeks. One of the more unpleasant could come from the Federal Housing
Administration, which now guarantees about 15% of all U.S. mortgages.
Department of Housing and Urban Development is scheduled to file its
annual, independent actuarial report on the FHA this month, and market
scuttlebutt is anticipating a big financial hole. The agency was
careening toward a taxpayer bailout earlier this year until the feds and
state Attorneys General plugged the hole with about $1 billion from a
$25 billion bank settlement.
it's reasonable to forecast that the red ink could run heavy, which
could mean the agency has to go hat in hand to taxpayers for the first
time in its 78-year history. From 2007 to 2009, the FHA doled out
insurance on low down payment loans to borrowers with high debt ratios—a
risky strategy even when markets are healthy. As of June 30, 25.82% of
FHA's 2007 loans, 24.88% of its 2008 loans, and 12.18% of its 2009 loans
were seriously delinquent.
FHA has been raising premiums and writing new business with ostensibly
better customers, but the new income may not be enough to offset losses
from the earlier loans. American Enterprise Institute scholar Ed Pinto
estimates some 80% of the FHA's loans are four years old or younger, yet the agency had a negative $1.7 billion cash flow in the fiscal third quarter ended June 30.
Obama Administration has been downplaying the FHA's woes until
recently. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan told a Senate committee in February he was "confident" the feds were "taking responsible steps to
protect the FHA fund." The same day, acting FHA Commissioner Carol
Galante told a House committee the "FHA is not broke.""
a WSJ article earlier this year, the WSJ showing that the OMB estimated
FHA reserves at $4.7Billion and now the agency is burning through about
"The estimates by the White House's Office of Management and Budget show that the FHA's capital reserves, which stood at $4.7 billion in October, would be wiped out in the coming year, forcing the agency to seek nearly $700 million from the U.S. Treasury."


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Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Note III at IFA 2013. As expected, the device has a 5.7 inch full HD 1080p AMOLED screen, and at 168 grams and 8.3mm, it is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, Galaxy Note II.
It will be available in three colours – Jet Black, Blush Pink and Classic White. Samsung will also have back covers available in multiple colours, so that customers can "express their personality and taste."
There will be two variants – 3G and LTE. There isn't much difference between two models. The only difference is CPUs. Other than that, everything is the same. The specs are given below.
- Screen: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.7 inches (386 ppi)
- Storage: 32/64 GB + Micro SD (up to 64GB)
- Rear facing Camera:13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
- Front facing camera: 2 MP, 1080p
- Processor: 2.3Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (LTE)/Octa core Exynos (3G)
- Battery: 3200 mAh
In terms of availability, Samsung will start shipping the device on September 25th in over 140 countries, while in October for North America and Japan.
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Hunting with dogs is better for foxes than a novice with a gun
Posted: November 07, 2011
|As the hunting season opens, and the Government discusses a possible free vote on repealing the Hunting Act, Westcountryman Henry Chalfont argues in favour of a ban on the ban.
If I were a fox, and thought like a human, which of course foxes don't, then I'd vote for a return of hunting.
Sounds bonkers, doesn't it: like the turkeys-longing-for-Christmas syndrome. But it's not.
You see there are no old folks' homes for geriatric wild animals; no Welfare State that will see them housed, fed and watered until the Grim Reaper finally carries them away. In nature they die of disease and starvation, unable to feed themselves, and prey to a whole multitude of enemies.
That was where hunting foxes and hares with packs of hounds worked so well. Because it was such a thoroughly inefficient way of killing the wildlife, it worked as a highly effective culling system – generally catching only the very old, the sick and the infirm. One in ten of the animals found by the hounds would be caught. So several days of hunting might pass without a kill.
That's what's made the ban, surely the nastiest piece of socialist dogma to reach the Statute Book under New Labour, so counter-productive, particularly to animal welfare and the health of the fox and hare populations up and down rural England. For without the safeguard of hunting, and the knowledge that the fox population would be controlled through the hunting version of natural wastage, virtually anyone can have the excuse to go out and shoot foxes. Invariably that means the use of shotguns, and inevitably that means a large percentage of animals limping away wounded, to die horribly of gangrene and starvation. Now that's real cruelty.
Nor is that system going to result in a realistic cull.
A man with a gun is not going to know, or care, if he is shooting a fit young fox, a cub, or a pregnant vixen. And, unlike hunting, there is no closed season. It happens all the time.
The result has been a consequent diminution in the fox and hare populations since the hunting ban was introduced.
The "Antis" can produce whatever piffling statistics they can dream up; if you live in fox country you will know full well that there just aren't the numbers about that there were – you're not seeing or hearing them to the extent that you did previously.
It was all so unnecessary and silly, an urban perception, fostered by the Anti organisations, of red-coated plutocrats charging around the countryside causing damage, with packs of wild dogs tearing poor little fluffy foxes to bits.
Total bunkum. It is natural for a wild animal to run away from humans and dogs, and when foxes and hares were caught by hunting they were killed with a swift nip on the back of the neck, all over in two seconds. In fact, few hunting people ever saw a kill before the ban. And they were certainly not the "blood-junkies" that the Anti organisations liked to claim.
Now the Antis say they are out to prove that the rules are being broken. But I have followed hunts up and down the country since the ban, and they have all assiduously stuck to the law, being meticulous in laying trails simulating foxes or hares (depending on whether they are foxhound or beagle packs), so that their followers can yet enjoy the ride or run across country and the pleasure of watching the hounds working the line of the trail in varying scenting conditions.
At meets of hounds there is always an announcement about who is laying (or has laid), the trail, either on horseback, from a quad-bike, or on foot, and how the day's sport will proceed. The trail layers are recorded on timed and dated film or video going about their task, as proof that the rules are being obeyed.
Just as it's in the interests of the Anti groups that they should come up with claims of law-breaking (it is, after all, their raison-d'etre), so it is vital to the hunting organisations that their members are policed properly and the image of hunting should remain squeaky clean, and the law observed in the minutest detail.
And speaking of police, there is an agency completely and collectively cheesed off with a ludicrous and badly drafted law, that has proved highly divisive and virtually impossible to administer. Before the ban came in one chief constable went on record as saying his force would treat claimed breaches on the Hunting Act with about the same attention as complaints about dropping chewing gum on pavements or letting fireworks off after midnight.
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On 20 November 2014, a Panama registered bulk carrier, Big Glory, contacted the wharf at Cape Flattery, Queensland causing minor damage to the vessel.
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The ATSB has commenced an investigation into the incident and will collect evidence from relevant parties on the ship and ashore.
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There were no injuries sustained during the derailment, but about 100 m of track infrastructure was damaged, and the main line between Darwin and Tarcoola was blocked for about 5 days.
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Adventure into a new world of aesthetics. Journey into time motion
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Creating art, abstract art, or abstract art paintings is not a series of technical expertise acquired to imitate life and nature, but rather a weaving of a cornucopia of physical, sensual, spiritual and intellectual skills and abilities to tap into the core essence of the spirit and imagination and become truly inspired by life and nature to create art, especially abstract art. The driving force of this endeavor is the spiritual, emotional, intellectual and philosophical intention behind abstract art, particularly expressionist art - a carrier wave penetrating through a purified and refined spirit, expressing itself through the magic and the splendor of life and nature.
I have written the following articles about art - particularly abstract art and abstract paintings - to create a greater philosophical understanding about art - again placing great emphasis on abstract art - as the highest form of communication and with the intention of conveying a body of simple truth and fascinating thoughts about life itself as the greatest canvas of art; but most significantly I am simply sharing my own personal evolution as an artist, as my journey has been a fascinating discovery of my own true self and the best friend I could ever have - Myself!
Whether you are an artist or an admirer of modern or contemporary abstract art and abstract paintings, the following articles have been written with you in mind; as any enlightenment shared and experienced with others sparks a new light in the direction of a better tomorrow. Enjoy!
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Abstract Art, Abstract Paintings: A panoramic Vista Cultivated With Mystery, Thrived On Veracity.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In irony worthy of an Alanis Morissette song, health insurance companies such as Aetna (AET - Get Report), Cigna (CI - Get Report), Humana (HUM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), WellPoint (WLP) and others should be sorry to see Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) go. The 20-term Congressman announced several months ago that he would not seek reelection. A liberal Democrat from Los Angeles, Waxman was a foe of the health insurance industry as he supported a single-payer system. But without Waxman, the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, would never have become law.
From ObamaCare, health insurers have done very well thanks to the millions of new customers.
Much of what the Obama administration has accomplished can be directly attributed to Henry Waxman. When his retirement was announced, an article in The New York Times reported that, "One of his most notable accomplishments, the Affordable Care Act, which he was instrumental in writing, is shaping up as the centerpiece of campaigns all over the country...." There was no secret to the success of Waxman as he stated that, "you outlast [the opposition]. You keep working. You keep looking for combinations."
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How To Coupon: April Deals!
Here's what's blowing in on brisk March winds … lots of great April sales!
Sales on Easter foods are already in full swing and will continue. Look for good prices on ham, baking supplies, eggs, egg-coloring kits, and Easter candies and gifts. But don't settle for just the sale price. You can find coupons — either online or in your local inserts — to combine with sales on Easter candy and baking supplies for even bigger savings. Some Passover foods will be on sale, too, but coupons are not usually widely available.
Don't forget that even before Easter Sunday most Easter candy will already be on clearance. You can often coupon on Easter-specific items even if the coupon is not for the Easter version of the item. A coupon for Hershey's Kisses will usually work on any bag, so if the Kisses are the Easter kisses marked down, you can get them for next to nothing. (I tried this last month and got bags of Valentine's M&M's for free. February 14 was long gone, but my kids were still thrilled when I surprised them with the treats during a long car trip.) You can also score great deals on decorations and baskets just after the holiday. If the baskets aren't over-the-top with the Easter theme, you can even use them right around the corner as gift baskets for Mother's Day, baby showers and end-of-the-year teacher gifts.
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Samsung has scheduled a "Samsung GALAXY Event" for Aug. 15 in New York, and many are speculating that the leading gadget manufacturer [2] will unveil a new tablet called the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [3].
The event's invite includes a sketch of either a tablet or a super-sized phone. Previous reports have suggested that Samsung will lift the curtain on the Galaxy Note 2 on Aug. 29 at its Unpacked event [4] in Berlin, making it more likely that the company will show off a new tablet or other device at the New York event.
Although Samsung only started emailing press invites with the image above today, the company previously told CNET [5] that there will be "a major announcement and unveiling of the newest GALAXY device" on Aug. 15.
Samsung previewed the Galaxy Note 10.1 in February [6] at the Mobile World Congress. That version included an S Pen stylus, Photoshop for Android and "proper voice calling functionality."
The Note 2 is expected to feature a 5.5-inch touch screen, slightly larger than the original Note's 5.3-inch screen. I'm still hoping the company will release a hybrid smartphone/tablet device similar to the Asus PadFone [7].
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[2] leading gadget manufacturer: http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_21191906/iphone-appeal-dims-samsung-shines
[3] Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZwvley-qz4
[4] Galaxy Note 2 on Aug. 29 at its Unpacked event: http://www.christianpost.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-2-unveiling-confirmed-for-aug-29-by-samsung-79425/
[5] previously told CNET: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57476920-94/samsung-could-launch-galaxy-note-10.1-tablet-august-15/
[6] Galaxy Note 10.1 in February: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_at_mwc_2012-review-726p2.php
[7] Asus PadFone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmDeN-OiRh4
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Knight News Challenge 101: Why Mobile?
Cross-posted from newschallenge.org When we decided to create categories for the 2011 Knight News Challenge, it didn't take us long to settle on Mobile as one of them. Here are some illustrations on why we think the mobile device is such an important tool for the production, delivery, consumption and sharing of news and information:
- There's been lots of discussion about the new TSA body scanners, but John Tyner put the issue front and center when he left his camera phone running last week. (I won't enter the debate as to whether John's video counts as "journalism"-- that's what conferences are for.)
- Like millions of others, I followed last week's British #demo2010 student protests from my phone. Via the Guardian, I found'Asif Khan's gripping Flickr'videos of the storming of Millbank Tower, at least portions of which were shot on an iPhone.
- Amanda Lenhart gave a presentation to the Family Online Safety Institute on teens and mobile phones. Two of Amanda's figures reminded me how that the mobile world is still new,and we have a lot to learn.'I was surprised that only 80% of teens, and 40% of teens from homes of less than $30,000, have cell phones. What's it like to be the one kid out of five without a phone? Second, 41%'of low-income teens use their phones to go online, compared to around a quarter of all other teens.
- The mHealthSummit was held in DC earlier last week. 'A Lancet study discussed at the conference claims that mobile phones can have a positive impact on public health:
"The study on mobile phone usage to treat HIV positive clients in Kenya...indicates that simple "how are you" texts delivered weekly increase the likelihood that Kenyans who are HIV positive will follow their medication regime..."Considering the ubiquity of mobile phones and the minimal expense in sending text messages, this practice can be an extremely cost-effective way of improving outcomes for HIV patients... Dr. [Richard] Lester said.
As has been said before, we don't know what we're looking for-- we're waiting for you to tell us.
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