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Advising Tech Companies
One important thing I learned from the tech startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley is the importance of advisory relationships. They are a form of glue that help startups make better decisions faster. A startup's investors are advisors. Other advisors are previously successful entrepreneurs/executives that have knowledge and connections that can materially help the startup. Advisors are compensated in stock options not cash.
Who do I advise?
My background is in the engineering of online consumer products, including online marketing. I have been involved in startup financing from angel investors, strategic corporate investors, and venture capital firms. I have hired dozens of excellent employees and consider hiring one of my best tactical strengths.
I formally advise 5 technology companies.
- CommunityLend
- Ampush Media (blog post)
- SmartHippo
- TasteKid
- and 1 other
I informally help other companies and entrepreneurs directly and by hosting/participating in events like The Founder's Lunch.
Who Advises Me?
Malgosia Green & I usually work together. She is strong on strategy, operations and product. She is also quite strong on legal and accounting matters, despite not being a lawyer or accountant.
My company Savvica has 3 formal advisors, Shantanu Prakash, Drew Green, and Jim Pitkow.


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Triggering a Mouse's Happy Memories With Lasers Gives It the Will To Struggle On 66 66
June 30th Leap Second Could Trigger Unexpected Issues 233 233
The original author of the NTP protocol, Prof. David Mills at the University of Delaware, set a direct and simple way to add the second: Count the last second of June 30 twice, using a special notation on the second count for the record. Google will use a different approach: Over a 20-hour period on June 30, Google will add a couple of milliseconds to each of its NTP servers' updates. By the end of the day, a full second has been added. As the NTP protocol and Google timekeepers enter the first second of July, their methods may differ, but they both agree on the time.
But that could also be problematic. In adding a second to its NTP servers in 2005, Google ran into timekeeping problems on some of its widely distributed systems. The Mills sleight-of-hand was confusing to some of its clusters, as they fell out of synch with NTP time. Does Google's smear approach make more sense to you, or does Mills's idea of counting the last second twice work better? Do you have a better idea of how to handle this?
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Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US 866 866
Comment: Re:Management, not Millenials (Score 1) 405 405
It's not the Millenials. They're a bit more demanding, yes, but not significantly so compared to all the other groups of clueless users I've dealt with over the last 3 decades...
I think the point is that it's the Millenials who have gotten jobs in IT; they're actually supposed to know stuff.
Comment: Re:Um... (Score 1) 405 405
I'd say by "expert" they are familiar with the basic interfaces used on many operating systems. Do they know how to create a word document without hand holding? More than likely. Can they create a basic spreadsheet? Probably. Do they understand how to use office (MS or open or whatever version you pick) to its fullest? No. My experience is that many millennials seem to think "expert" knowledge of such software suites comes easy and they actually have it but get frustrated quickly when asked to do something complicated (like db links, mutli-sheet vlookup or *gasp* vb macros ).
Many (most?) of these so-called "expert" Millenials don't know shit. All they know is how to click on FB. Fortunately there are a few who have actually grokked IT, and those are the ones to employ. Unfortunately, most PHBs don't know this...
Comment: Re: It won't work (Score 1) 135 135
Actually if your servers are in Ireland, the US government needs to comply with EU law to get the data and US law doesn't apply.
I don't think that actually worries the NSA.
Comment: Re:That's not a security move (Score 1) 135 135
... plus how long would it take for the US govt. to bully the Irish one into allowing them full access to the Irish network backbone to download so they can archive every byte that passes through it
Already done. No bullying needed, just a private chat between senior officials, plus the gross digital ignorance of our [Irish] politicians. Anyone who believes that the NSA doesn't scan all Irish traffic is living in cloud-cuckoo land.
Shape of the Universe Determined To Be Really, Really Flat 235 235
Comment: Re:Scientifically driven politics (Score 1) 347 347
I honestly think scientists as politicians wouldn't be so bad.
Too many of them would be too inexperienced or even naive, methinks. Most scientists just want the politicians to get the fuck out of the lab so they can get on with doing science.

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Despite its title, Tagebuch is not a diary. Instead it is a notebook of texts compiled over several years, including Frisch's exercises in writing and thinking: impressions of particular days, attempts to clarify a question that occupies him, imaginative sketches and even fairly advanced scenarios for literary works. Frisch remarkes: "Die Form des Tagebuchs, so wie ich es für mich entwickelt habe, [...] ist eigentümlich für den Verfasser meines Namens" ["Diary form, as I have developed it for myself, is peculiar to the author bearing my name"]. Following the early serialisations of his diaries in the leading …
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Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote
On June 4, 2014, we issued a press release announcing that our Board of Directors (the Board) had expanded the Board to eight members from seven and subsequently appointed Dag Skattum to fill the newly created vacancy.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Skattum's appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr. Skattum, age 53, will receive the same compensation as other members of the Board:
† annual retainer of $100,000 (no additional amounts are paid for attendance at meetings);
† any director may elect to receive immediately vested stock options, in lieu of any cash payments, valued at the amount of the payment; and
† 12,000 restricted shares upon initial appointment to the Board, as well as an annual grant of 15,000 restricted shares, which vest over a three-year period.
Directors are also parties to an indemnification agreement with the Company.
Mr. Skattum will be a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Oversight Committee.
The annual general meeting of shareholders of Nabors Industries Ltd. was held on June 3, 2014. Holders of 289,907,963 shares, representing 88.9% of our outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote as of the record date for the meeting, participated in person or by proxy.
As explained in our proxy statement relating to the meeting:
† Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. In the event a nominee does not receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares voted in connection with his election, he must promptly tender his resignation from the Board, which the Board will accept unless it determines that it would not be in the Company's best interests to do so.*
† Approval of the other matters considered at the meeting required the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting, with abstentions and broker nonvotes having the effect of votes against a proposal.
The matters voted upon at the meeting were:
1. Election of Directors
Shares For Shares Withheld Nonvotes Result James R. Crane 207,304,407 63,756,067 18,847,489 Elected John P. Kotts 266,501,602 4,558,872 18,847,489 Elected Michael C. Linn 134,387,097 136,673,377 18,847,489 Elected John V. Lombardi 125,795,556 145,264,918 18,847,489 Elected Anthony G. Petrello 203,405,835 67,654,639 18,847,849 Elected Howard Wolf 195,368,769 75,691,705 18,847,489 Elected John Yearwood 125,838,311 145,222,163 18,847,489 Elected
Messrs. Linn, Yearwood and Dr. Lombardi have been directors since 2012, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Their contributions have played an important role in the Company's enhanced strategic focus and improved market position. Further, their actions have directly resulted in significant enhancements to Nabors' corporate governance and, in particular, executive compensation practices. As members of the Compensation Committee, they were instrumental in implementing the drastic changes in management compensation which now place Nabors within the range of comparable oilfield services companies in terms of management compensation levels. In particular, these changes materially reduced the CEO's anticipated forward annual compensation and eliminated the severance feature about which shareholders had expressed concern. Feedback received from shareholders led the Board to conclude that the shareholder vote reflects concerns that relate primarily to the CEO's prior years' compensation. None of these directors were involved in the design or negotiation of the prior compensation program. For these reasons, the Board declined to accept the resignations.
Mindful of shareholder concerns, however, the Board took two steps in response to the shareholder vote for directors to directly address those concerns. First, the Board determined that a change in the composition of the Compensation Committee was warranted. Accordingly, Dr. Lombardi and Mr. Yearwood were removed from the Compensation Committee and replaced by Messrs. Crane and Kotts. Mr. Linn was retained as a member of the Compensation Committee to maintain some functional continuity over committee operations and because he received a significant percentage of "For" votes. Second, as described in Item 5.02 above and in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1, the Board expanded its size from seven to eight directors and added a new, independent director recommended by our largest shareholder. The Board determined that an additional independent voice with diverse experience and the support of our largest shareholder would provide an additional element of independent oversight that would mitigate any remaining concerns over Board composition.
2. Approval and Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Our Independent Auditor and Authorization for the Audit Committee To Set the Auditor's Remuneration
For 285,625,379 Against 4,028,914 Abstain 253,670
RESULT: Approved (98.5% For)
3. Advisory Vote on Shareholder Rights Plan
For 101,995,190 Against 168,751,371 Abstain 313,913 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Not approved (35.2% For)
4. Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers
For 108,890,657 Against 161,264,830 Abstain 904,987 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Not approved (37.6% For)
5. Shareholder Proposal To Require Shareholder Approval of Specific Performance Metrics
For 67,686,422 Against 202,820,942 Abstain 553,110 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Not approved (23.4% For)
6. Shareholder Proposal To Adopt a Share-Retention Requirement
For 64,794,542 Against 205,722,203 Abstain 543,729 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Not approved (22.4% For)
7. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Sustainability Reporting
For 107,093,457 Against 139,330,503 Abstain 24,636,514 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Not approved (36.9% For)
8. Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Vote Standard for Director Elections
For 169,070,081 Against 101,513,210 Abstain 477,183 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Approved (58.32% For)
9. Shareholder Proposal To Adopt a Proxy Access Bye-law
For 140,142,737 Against 130,394,676 Abstain 523,061 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Not approved (48.3% For)
10. Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Vote Standard on all Matters Except Director Elections
For 167,376,978 Against 103,093,199 Abstain 590,297 Nonvotes 18,847,489
RESULT: Approved (57.74% For)
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press Release issued by Nabors Industries Ltd. on June 4, 2014 regarding appointment of new director.


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Menongue — The minister of Hotels and Tourism, Pedro Mutindi, has said in Menongue City, Kuando Kubango Province, that soon his sector will start implementing the plans related to the Okavango-Zambeza tourism project, with gains for the country, especially this south-western region of Angola.
According to the minister, "it is often said that the Kuando Kubango territory is an aquarium-lung located between the Cuando and Cuvango rivers, with exceptional conditions to develop, at optimum level, the tourism sector".
He revealed that the Hotels and Tourism Ministry will join the efforts of the provincial government to transform this ideal in practical measures, able to show the nation and the world that tourism in Kuando Kubango is a fact.
The minister stressed that this is a reality that both the population and government want, aimed at collecting revenues, but also promoting the image of the province in Africa and the world.


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Trend Talk by Amin Marts
A View From the Clouds
Part 2 of a 2-part series
Welcome back for the second part of this two-part series, SaaS to PaaS. Last month we talked through the value proposition and relevance of Software as a Service (SaaS). This month, the name of the game is PaaS, or Platform as a Service.
Picking up where we left off, two points discussed in this article include identification of who the PaaS players are and the relationship and impact PaaS has on the application development model.
What is PaaS?
Platform as a Service can be best thought of as a method of development coupled with a delivery mechanism. Similar to SaaS, PaaS is a technique of leveraging the portability, reliability and power of the "cloud"; the cloud being the Internet and its supportive, disaggregated applications and platforms which supply the processing power for various tasks and procedures.
Interestingly, this movement toward cloud processing has major computer hardware vendors taking notice.
The best answer lies in the recent change in how knowledge workers compute. Cloud computing is changing the types of computers the masses use. Prior to the shift toward cloud computing, laptops and desktops were engineered to provide as much processing power as possible to the knowledge worker because the application lived locally.
Even as applications migrated from the desktop to the datacenter there was little change in how machines were engineered. Fast forward two or three years and add the catalysts of pervasive broadband, globalization, the rise of the small to medium enterprise, the concept of small being the new big, and the growth of mixed source solutions, and the stage is set for a computing revolution. Laptops and desktops now require less computing power because the bulk of processing is handled in the cloud a la the datacenter that resides in either a building across campus or halfway across the world. In this scenario, the machine is nothing more than a conduit to a power plant.
What the Future Holds
On the horizon in 2009, the market will see a number of these conduit machines or "cloudbooks," become available to a wider audience. Although these computers won't be as powerful as today's hogs, they promise to be smaller, cheaper, more portable and more energy efficient than their predecessors. Cloud computing is changing not only the way software is developed, but it's also having a fundamental impact on trends in computer manufacturing.
Let's turn our attention to the application development model PaaS provides, starting with conventional application development. The conventional model is riddled with inefficiencies surrounding building and supporting multiple environments, including a test and production environment that requires the application in development to be migrated between the two. Additionally, this method of development doesn't work optimally in a collaborative sense. Not to demean the value proposition of collaborative solutions, but from a 30,000-foot perspective, being able to easily include and remove individuals from the development process does create a positive economy based on principles of higher productivity and efficiency.
The opposing view of application development is the modern or contemporary model. Much like the application model, the development process walks through the processes of building, testing and launching.
Subprocesses of each step are exponentially fewer and simpler. These steps can all be satisfied via the use of one platform as opposed to building and maintaining a test and production environment. Developing services that will be consumed via the Web within that same platform reduces development costs and speeds time to market.
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PaaS also simplifies developers' ability to collaborate with each other throughout the project. Working within such an environment also makes it easy for project managers to track the project and keep it on schedule. In addition, the same principles that ease the tracking of the project also provide the mechanisms for compliance auditing and usage charge back.
PaaS solutions, which to some degree are based on SaaS solutions, are inherently transparent, opening the door to a multitude of options relating to integration points, compliance scenarios across geographies and regions, and collaborative production and production management scenarios.
Who to Watch
A major leader in the PaaS market space is Salesforce.com. They have had a large role in defining the technical vision for not only themselves but for the entire industry.
Salesforce.com entered the market right from the inception of the idea of computing on the Web. Lately, they've leveraged the model even further by taking advantage of the PaaS development schema. Few companies have been able to seamlessly evolve their platform delivery and development mechanisms as effortlessly as they have.
Another PaaS leader is Bungee Labs. They leverage the PaaS model of development to facilitate software development on a broader scale. They provide the framework, including a single development environment that unites the steps of building, testing and launching to one location.
In closing the conversation of SaaS and PaaS is bigger than a simple discussion about development platforms. The development mechanisms and computing model of modern computing demand a portable collaborative structure. Those organizations that are able to migrate their applications and services to the cloud will be the ultimate winners. Cloud computing is upon us, and it's best we all understand and leverage this model.


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Our New Years Eve party at Abbey last year was amazing with over 500 people partying away right till the end of the night and had an atmosphere that was so good that we can't wait to return there and do it all over again this New Years.
On the night expect to hear the Sexiest RnB, Funky House, some Club Classics and of course all the London Groove party tunes.
Think Lady Gaga to Rihanna to Michael Jackson & Cameo all on one dance floor with a thumping sound system and light show to get you in the party mood...
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It's back.
It's officially called Stage IV colon cancer, metastatic to the right lower lobe of my liver.
The unofficial name is heartbreak. I know I am not alone in a fight like this and I thought the folks who check in with this blog deserve some info, too. Here is part of an e-mail I sent to the staff at Cumulus, Knoxville.
It started with a visit to our long time family physician Dr. Dean Mire, with a complaint of a cold.
On a scheduled check of my CEA test, it showed a near doubling of the factor, from 3.1 to 6.1.
Dr, Midis scheduled a PET scan, and it indicates a mass in my liver. The scan also showed why I lost my voice. I have pneumonia.
Treatment of the pneumonia started immediately (I had already called in sick because I sounded so cruddy).
My commanding general in this fight is Dr. Greg Midis, a Fort Sanders physician who is known as a hot shot who comes from M.D. Anderson hospital. He is also a friend and a listener of Newstalk 98.7.
Proving once again the doctor's care and effectiveness, he called me last night, saying he had been thinking about me, rather my cancer treatment, all day.
Here is the battle plan:
It will definitely involve liver surgery. Which is quite painful, I understand. God put our important parts inside the ribcage, and it has to e moved in order to get the job done. The doctor says then, the liver is pulled down and cut upon. There's about a twelve inch incision.
Then, there is around five weeks recovery.
It will definitely involve chemotherapy. The question is whether is comes before or after surgery.
For those who might not be familiar with how this operates, so to speak, Thompson Cancer Survival Center has a cancer committee. Doctors present their cases for consideration on Tuesday mornings. That brings more minds into the fight, and its ia good thing. I'll be assigned an oncologist who will be Dr. Midis' wing in the fight. My treatment is in their hands.
For now, I'm working hard to beat the pneumonia which is essential before any other treatment begins. Pneumonia is dangerous in, and of, itself.
This time, I am scared, and worried. Not scared of my ultimate destination from this life, but scared of the pain, as any normal human might be. and worried over what my family will have to do with endless "work around" and compensation for my down time.
So that is exactly where I stand right now, in my jammies, loaded with Levaquin and Combivent,
and pondering these words from Jereimiah:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
And I'll hang my hat on that promise any day.
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The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will hold a county strategic planning session at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse.
The session will serve as a county-focused follow up to a November joint strategic planning session between the city of Starkville and Oktibbeha County.
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Screensaver Bad Company 2 38 Wallpapers, Bad Company 2 Soundtrack (XP/Vista/Seven)
Bad Company 2 brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments". New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield, and with the Frostbite Destruction 2.0 system, you can take down entire buildings and create your own fire points by blasting holes through cover.
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Sorry for the large gap in updates, but I had stopped at version 1.2a for a while due to a lot of things going on in my life. About a month ago I contacted File Planet after noticing that my launcher was featured in one of their weekly updates. I then contacted the writer of the article and told him that I would perform an update to fix all the loose ends in the launcher. Well that update came and it was a File Planet exclusive for a while. Now it's time for the release on ModDB.
I hope you guys/girls all enjoy this release as it most likely will be the last. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has downloaded any version of my launcher. I've recieved over 30,000 downloads in total (over various sites) and actually got a donation of $7.00USD from somebody. I really appreciate everything! Thanks a bundle guys!
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o- Add Medal Of Honour Support o- Added change log o- Added Ai1 News o- Added icon onto splash screen o- Updated Program images o- Changed cursor on Fastlinks...
New Updates Version 1.4.1 o- Reload contact form after close o- Steam support o- Auto reloads Ai1 after the message use to say "reload Ai1" o- Fixed icon...
==1.2a== * minor update - disabled DBX file editing (because of errors) until it is fixed
New Updates Version 1.4.0 o- After choosing location with browse button it auto adds o- New splash screen o- Speed up Ai1 load time o- Fixed minor errors...
New Updates Version 1.3.1 o- Launch options o- Ai1 now in system tray o- Launch BC2 with full cpu o- close program when launching bc2 or minimize o- hover...
im so gonna get this game!
You mean you don't have it already?
every thing in the game is awsome but no BOTS :(
also, I don't like most of weapon models :(
What I hate alot is that you can't make the resolution any smaller than you can, and I really need to that, since I've got the graphics on the lowest and it's still not running smooth.
haven´t you tried Gossammer´s launcher or FioPro´s?
looks like a good game
Arica Harbor - Best map in the game!
Quoted for truth.
it's so funny during the singleplayer when you're just sitting around they just start talking about the most random things.. like john lennon and his glasses. seriously, they actually started talking about that!
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Great European Trainer Vincent O'Brien Dies
Vincent O'Brien, widely acknowledged as the greatest European trainer ever, died June 1 at the age of 92 at his home in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
The Irishman started training in 1943 and first made his reputation with jump horses, winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup in England four times, landing a hat-trick in the Champion Hurdle, also staged at the Cheltenham Festival, and gaining an amazing Grand National three-timer at Aintree with Early Mist (1953), Royal Tan (1954), and Quare Times (1955) before switching his focus to flat racing.
The first of his six Epsom Derby (Eng-I) triumphs from his Irish base of Ballydoyle came in 1962 when Larkspur kept his feet while seven rivals fell on the descent to Tattenham Corner. Larkspur was the first of two Derby winners trained by O'Brien for Raymond Guest, the U.S. ambassador to Ireland.
The second was the brilliant Sir Ivor, who took the Epsom Classic in 1968 with a devastating burst of acceleration that carried him clear of the runner-up, Connaught.
O'Brien saddled the great Nijinsky II to win the British Classic two years later before becoming the first English Triple Crown winner since Bahram in 1935 and the latest colt to achieve this feat.
Lester Piggott, who partnered both Sir Ivor and Nijinsky II, was at his best when driving home Roberto for a thrilling short-head triumph over Rheingold to give O'Brien his fourth Derby success in 1972.
During the 1970s, O'Brien, owner Robert Sangster, and O'Brien's son-in-law, John Magnier, worked hard to find and train top-class racehorses that would then become leading stallions, centered on Coolmore Stud in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
O'Brien's final two Derby winners carried the colors of Robert Sangster. The Minstrel prevailed in 1977, again with Piggott determinedly driving home the Ballydoyle colt to edge out Hot Grove, while the fragile but exceptional Golden Fleece could not have won with more ease under Pat Eddery in 1982.
The Sangster/O'Brien/Eddery combination almost won the Derby again two years later when El Gran Senor went down by a short-head to Secreto. However, this defeat was also a proud moment for O'Brien — his son David trained Secreto.
The trainer's last Epsom Derby runner was Fatherland, who finished ninth under Lester Piggott in 1993. He retired the following year with a phenomenal record of 16 English classic victories, 27 Irish classic wins, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) successes and 25 Royal Ascot triumphs.
A statement issued on behalf of his family said: "He and his wife Jacqueline have been spending their winters in Perth, Australia, where their son David is now living with his family.
A statement from O'Brien's daughter, Sue Magnier, and her husband John and their family said, "Dad's racing career speaks for itself and needs no elaboration. There was nobody like him. Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle are the results of his vision and testament to his success.
Ballymoss won the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe in 1958 and was the first of O'Brien's three victories in the top French race which Alleged won in consecutive years - 1977 and 1978.
O'Brien, invited by Epsom Downs Racecourse, was guest of honor at the 2008 Derby and said then: "There is no doubt that winning the six Derbys gave me the six greatest thrills of my life.
"The 3-year -old colt has just one chance at this race, one day only in his life and I have been so fortunate to have trained the six great horses who won the race for me.
"It is over 65 years since I took out my first trainer's license and so much has changed at Epsom during that time — starting stalls, supplementary entries, even greater prize money, patrol cameras, watering, elaborate grandstands, improvements to the track and even a Saturday Derby.
"But some things have never changed — the pounding heartbeat one feels as the horses come round Tattenham Corner and the thrill of the uphill finish, whether the victory is easy like Nijinsky's or by an inch like Roberto's.
"For me an Epsom Derby win is the greatest prize of all — the ultimate goal for a trainer — and it has been thus for over 200 years."
The Racing Post newspaper in Britain held a poll to find the top 100 racing greats in 2001. O'Brien was voted number one with 28% of the vote.
He sent out Royal Academy, given a brilliant ride by Piggott, to win the 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I) at Belmont Park.
Ireland's current multiple champion trainer Aidan O'Brien, no relation to Vincent O'Brien, who took over at Ballydoyle,
O'Brien is survived by his wife Jacqueline and five children, Elizabeth, Susan, Jane, David, and Charles.
His funeral will take place at noon June 4 at St Conleth's Church, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.
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Bryan Cranston: 'Never Say Never' To More Breaking Bad
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Just when "Breaking Bad" fans were finally starting to come to terms with the death of Walter White, actor Bryan Cranston suggested that maybe the show's finale wasn't as final as it seemed.
Last night during an interview on CNN, Bryan was asked if his character was really dead. Cranston replied that he did not know and that no one ever saw him zipped up in a body bag. When asked if there could be another installment of the hit show, he said, "Never say never."
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News of the Station Biologique de Roscoff
COLUMBUS Marine Biological Resources Knowledge Fellow position
Position at the Roscoff Marine Biological Station for a period of two years in the context of the H2020 project COLUMBUS.
Funded positions at the Algal Genetics Group, Roscoff, FRANCE
- Research assistant position ERC Starting Grant SEXSEA (24 month)
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2015
- Postdoctoral fellowship on brown algal molecular biology ( 24 month)
Deadline for applications: 16th February 2015.
Perspectives in Phycology , a new journal on current and emerging topics on the field of Phycology
New Publication : Outstanding Marine Molecules: Chemistry, Biology, Analysis
Using a number of outstanding examples, this text introduces readers to the immense variety of marine natural compounds, the methodologies to characterize them, and the approaches to explore their industrial potential. Care is also taken to discuss the function and ecological context of the compounds. Meticulously produced and easy to read, this book serves students and professionals wishing to familiarize themselves with the field, and is ideally suited as a course book for both industry and academia.
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Patterns of Rare and Abundant Marine Microbial Eukaryotes
Current Biology , Volume 24, Issue 8, pR315–R317, 14 April 2014
Logares et al. 2014
10th Summer Course on Marine Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics
From May 25th to June 7th, 2014.
at the Roscoff Biological Station
This Summer Course is sponsored by EMBRC-France, the French node of the European Marine Bioresources Center (www.embrc.eu).
Application deadline - April 8th 2014, 8am CET
Marine summer schools
Every summer the Roscoff Biological Station propose 3 intensive courses on scientific diving and taxonomy of the fauna and flora of the marine environment. The courses involve students and teachers from all over Europe and are part of the University Pierre et Marie Curie masters program.
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New Publication
Marine Glycobiology group (Research department : Marine plant and biomolécules, CNRS /UPMC) has just published in "Journal of Biological Chemistry" the biochemical and structural characterization of the first genuine laminarinase from an algae-associated bacterium (24th January 2014)
RNAi-mediated gene silencing in Fucus embryos
Within the framework of the Interreg project Marinexus, the Algal Genetics Team (SBR) and colleagues of the Marine Biological Association (MBA) in Plymouth have demonstrated for the first time gene silencing via RNA interference (RNAi) in the brown alga Fucus serratus.
Online access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12096/full
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La vie en rouge
An international consortium of scientists has sequenced the complete genome of a multicellular red seaweed throwing light on 1500 million years of plant evolution.
In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by the Station Biologique de Roscoff (CNRS/UPMC*) in Brittany explains how sequencing the genome of the common red alga Irish moss (Chondrus crispus) has revealed more about the evolution of plants and algae than was previously understood.
Marine summer schools 2013
Scientific Diving, Taxonomy of Marine Fauna / Flora
1rst-10th of July : Scientific diving for coastal ecology (3 ECTS)
10th-31rst of July : Taxonomy of Marine Flora (6 ECTS)
6th-28th of : August Taxonomy of Marine Fauna (6 ECTS)
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ASSEMBLE offers subsidized onsite access to researchers specialised in marine research and scientists willing to perform their research with marine models and associated state-of-the-art facilities.You are invited to submit applications prior to FEBRUARY 28, 2013 for visits taking place from June to November 2013. To apply and for more information about the 9 Assemble stations and accessible services: www.assemblemarine.org
Unveiling the mystery of "chameleon" cyanobacteria
Some strains of marine Synechococcus are capable of "chromatic acclimation", that is to modify their light-harvesting capacity to match the dominant color of their habitat. Thus, when grown in green light, these cyanobacteria can synthesize pigments that specifically catch this color, but when shifted to blue light they can, in less than a week, change their pigmentation to catch this new color.
New publication
"The translational repressor 4E-BP mediates hypoxiainduced defects in myotome cells"
Magdalena Hidalgo, Ronan Le Bouffant, Valérie Bello, Nicolas Buisson, Patrick Cormier, Michèle Beaudry, and Thierry Darribère
Journal of Cell Science (2012) 125, 3989–4000
PhD defense of Florentine RIQUET
23rd October .9.30 am. Conference room
Title of the PhD thesis : "Micro-evolutionary processes in the marine invasive Crepidula fornicata".
During his PhD, Florentine RIQUET was in the Research Group Diversity and Connectivity in Coastal Marine Landscapes >>>website
PhD defense of Alok ARUN
9th October 2012 - Conference room - 14 h
Title of the PhD thesis : Genetic and molecular analysis of the regulation of the life cycle of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus
During his PhD, Alok Arun was in the research team Algal Genetics of the Station biologique de Roscoff >>>website
A new type of symbiosis among marine planktonic microbes discovered
The paper by Anne W. Thompson, Rachel A. Foster, Andreas Krupke, Brandon J. Carter, Niculina Musat, Daniel Vaulot, Marcel MM Kuypers, & Jonathan P. Zehr published in Science on September 21, 2012 (download >>> pdf) describes a new type of symbiosis between a cyanobacterium that can fix nitrogen and a eukaryotic alga belonging to the prymnesiophytes, which cannot fix it.
Summer schools Taxonomy of marine flora / Taxonomy of marine fauna
This course is open to 3rd year undergraduate students, 1rst year master students and superior level from French or foreign universities,
All courses are given in english These courses are validated with 6 credit ECTS and are part of UPMC Science of Universe, environment and Ecology program
Registration for the Flora and/or Fauna course is handled after the application has been accepted by the head instructors.
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I have been playing around in hexagon again and it really is second to none for many features and speed modelling.
Not sure why for hexagon 2.5 it says on its for sale page that its not a universal app. If that was correct it would not be running at all on my mac.
It runs stable. I have not had any crashes at all in over a week of continuous modelling although I have turned of all the graphical fancies like reflective surfaces while modelling.
How did this lose its way. It should be in every ones arsenal.
Watching this video reminded me again why Hexagon drifting by most people is crazy. http://blip.tv/cgdreams/hexagons-most-liked-features-1107138


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A new international survey has confirmed what we've long suspected about the sexual preferences of men and women. Women like experienced lovers, whereas men prefer virgins. That shouldn't be too surprising given the outrageous sums of money some men are willing to pay in those online virginity auctions that are all the rage.
While both sexes wanted their partners to be fun-loving and energetic (as opposed to fun-hating and lazy? C'mon survey, what the fuck? Give us some interesting results. No one wants to date someone fun-hating and lazy…unless of course she's the misery chick.), women were interested in men who were actively dating because they're more comfortable and confident as partners.
Meanwhile, men expressed a preference for the innocent "girl next door" type who had little or no sexual experience. NO WONDER MEN AND WOMEN HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME GETTING ALONG, RIGHT?
It's hard for me to take these results seriously for two reasons.
2. If men prefer "girl next door" types with little or no sexual experience, then why are MILFs consistently popular?
If you ask me, there's nothing fun about having sex with a virgin. It's clumsy and awkward and ultimately a huge disappointment for the virgin because sex has been so overhyped for her entire life. I suppose there are men in this world egotistical enough to want to be a woman's first, because taking someone's virginity allows you to think that they'll remember you forever, which must help with some delusions of self-importance or immortality fantasies some men have.
Or worse yet, maybe men prefer virgins because they are "purer" or "cleaner" than women with experience. If that's how you think, then get over yourself. There's nothing wrong with an experienced woman. If you've never had sex with an experienced woman, I'm willing to bet that you have no idea that you're actually having terrible sex.
So in short, us men have a lot to learn about our sexual partner preferences from women. Women, always a step ahead of men.
If you're a man that prefers virgins, please explain why in the comments.


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Happy Friday!
TGIF! I hope everyone had a great week so far, and that the week-end will be even better…Today I am starting a Woman of Interest Series, which I'm super excited about! We all know these women, apparently ordinary women around us, who are soing so many extraordinary things, have traveled the world and are just endless sources of inspiration for us. Yes, those women we often don't think about, yet they are right there in our backyards, on our Facebooks friends list, a phone call away…We all know at least one that makes us smile and hope and laugh, I know I do many…So I decided to show their beautiful faces and smiles and actions, and enjoy them telling their stories for us to hear…
My girl and fellow blogger Amina Shabani is one of them. I met Amina at Suffolk University where we both were college students. I was immediately attracted to Amina's smile, her singing voice, and her incredible kindness. Amina is a true globalista, having traveled the world over, speaking numerous languages from Swahili, to French, English and Spanish, and having interests are varied as crochet and knitting to the world of beauty… Check out her fabulous beauty blog Coup de Coeur at www.mwatum.com. But enough of my ranting, here we go, mic check 1,2….
1. Amina, tell us a bit about yourself and what you do?
This is always a tough question for me as I am never too sure where to start. Well, I am Amina J I was born in Belgium and lived there for six years. My father was doing his PhD and once he finished, he decided to move back to Burundi. We stayed there for five years then moved to Ghana for four years, Kenya for a year and back to West Africa. I lived in Senegal for three years and came to the US to pursue my undergraduate studies. Meanwhile my parents stayed in Dakar for 5 years then relocated to Zimbabwe for 7 years and now they are in Mali. "Where are you from?" is such a complicated question for me. I have multiple homes but I am also aware that I am a foreigner wherever I go. I've been living in the US since 2000. I spent 5 years in Boston and I've been living in Southern Indiana for the past 7 years.
I am a PhD student majoring in Hispanic Literatures and minoring in African Studies and Portuguese. I teach a variety of Spanish courses at the college level, from elementary to conversation, culture and introduction to Literature. I am also a knitter, I crochet, I love gardening and baking among other hobbies.
2. Why Coup de Coeur? How did you come up with the idea? What made you want to blog?
I've always enjoyed beauty products especially hair and bath &body products. I started wearing makeup when I turned 21. It was actually an intervention! Slowly, I found myself spending hours on Specktra admiring FOTD looks (Face Of the Day) and reading about makeup.
I never planned to blog as I didn't trust my voice for a long time. Coup de Coeur was started on an impulse. Initially, it was meant to be hair journal where I document my journey to growing an afro.
I was inspired by Eva to start blogging about makeup.
When she started her makeup blog in 2008, I was reading it every single day and simply loved her passion. She was so encouraging, positive and really happy for me when I started my own blog. She also introduced me to her own readers and that meant so much to me! She believes that there is room for everyone to shine and that is not often the norm in the beauty world.
The name "Coup de coeur" reflected my own spontaneity when it comes to purchasing beauty products in general. I also couldn't come up with an English name. Even though I've been living in English Speaking countries since I was 11, I express myself better in French.
3. What do you love about blogging?
I love the conversations that I have with fellow bloggers and readers. In my every day life, I don't talk about makeup at all, it is very rare. I also enjoy learning about new techniques, product development and simply sharing what I love. For the past year, I haven't been blogging much about beauty products due to work, school, new interests and also evolving as a person. Nonetheless, readers have been so supportive and still want to follow my blog. I am very grateful for that!
Blogging has also allowed me to go outside of my comfort zone too. A few years ago, I used to do Youtube videos and as someone who is shy and reserved, it was very difficult at first. It all started with a reader request.
I have also met wonderful bloggers who are now great friends and inspire me in different ways. Last but not least, blogging proved to be a stepping stone to thrilling experiences. Two years ago, I participated in Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful Compaign and I was among the top 3 finalists. I was completely speechless. The same year, I attended the makeup show in New York for the first time and met makeup artists whom I admire so much. Coup de Coeur has taken a life of its own and I never imagined any of this J
4. What is your life mantra as a woman?
My mantra right now is doing something creative every day. When I wake up, I knit or spin yarn for a few minutes. I need that transition before looking at my to-do-list.
I can be quite a workaholic (thank you Dad) to the point where I forget that there is a life outside of work. By being creative, I slow down and enjoy the process. By working with my hands, I am kinder to myself and stop chasing perfection. I embrace mistakes J
Most importantly by prioritizing creativity, I remember that everyone has their own outlook on life and there are no right answers. The one-size-fits-all formula doesn't exist and that's important for me as it is often tempting to compare myself to others and feel unfulfilled. Creativity nurtures me and helps me keep things in perspective.
5. What words of advice or inspiration do you have for the global woman reading you?
Please, try to do something completely out of your comfort zone. Just once. You might hate it or it might open doors to enriching experiences. For instance, I've always wanted to learn how to play piano. I didn't have access to that opportunity but I played the recorder in my teens. For some silly reasons, I thought that you had to learn piano as a child, at 4- 8 years old or it was too late.
The year before my big 3-0, I decided to enroll in piano classes. I regret not doing it sooner! I am happier and piano has completely changed my life. Of course, it is a journey full of frustrations, tears (I spent one year…yes one full year learning a Schumann piece) and several moments when I almost gave up. However, there is also so much joy and beauty. I am currently learning "A River Flows" by Yurima. I've been on the first page for the past 4 months but I am determined to learn it!
So yes, my word of advice is doing something completely out of your comfort zone. You will definitely learn more about yourself.
My second advice is to give back to your community in any way you can. My father is one of the most generous men that I know and he has always taught us to be humble, grateful and giving. You don't have to do anything extreme, small is good.
Last but not least, be kind to yourself. I think many of us (including myself) tend to be too hard with ourselves especially when we face deadlines.
Those advices are also on my vision board!
Thank you so much for having me Solange and the opportunity to be featured in your wonderful blog! You are such a talented writer, an inspiration to remain true to ourselves and I can relate to most of your posts! Merci!
Thank you so much, Amina! Your words are true inspiration. Any questions for Amina? Please don't forget to check out her blog Coup de Coeur.
On this inspirational note, have yourself a schnazzy Friday!


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The administration of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has drilled 150 boreholes in different communities to provide potable water for the people since its inception in May 2011. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Maiduguri and signed by Alhaji Mai Sheriff, the commissioner for Water Resources. Sheriff said the government also rehabilitated about 250 non-functional boreholes during the period, to boost the availability of portable water for both human and animal consumption. (NAN)
Nigeria: Borno Constructs 150 Boreholes
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Anaheim Theme Park Transport: SeaWorld San Diego
Please note: Admission to SeaWorld San Diego is not included; this is a transportation-only option.
- Round-trip transport to SeaWorld San Diego aboard a luxury coach
- Skip the hassle of driving and parking and enjoy a scenic drive down the California coast
- Spend approximately 7 hours at your leisure enjoying the delights of the theme park
- See killer whales, bottlenose dolphins, sharks, otters, turtles and more!
- Option to include transport to Universal Studios Hollywood, LEGOLAND® California or the San Diego Zoo
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from your Anaheim hotel
What You Can Expect
Some SeaWorld San Diego attractions include:
- Forbidden Reef: Touch and feed California bat rays and come face-to-face with moray eels.
- Manatee Rescue: Manatee Rescue is one of only three US locations outside Florida displaying the endangered Florida manatee.
- Penguin Encounter: Chill out with nearly 350 Antarctic penguins at the Penguin Encounter, a snow-filled habitat where penguins swim and waddle in 25°F (-4°C) temperatures.
- Shark Encounter: This attraction features a 57-foot (17.5 meter) walk through an acrylic tube running the length of the sharks' habitat.
- Journey to Atlantis: Travel through uncharted waters where mysterious mists and unpredictable drops lurk around every turn!
- Shipwreck Rapids: Spin and splash through river rapids, plunge through an underground cavern, and dodge dripping cargo nets as you swirl around a tropical island.
- Wild Arctic: Board a simulated jet helicopter for an unforgettable motion-based 'flight' to a remote research station called Base Station Wild Arctic.
Customer Reviews
May 2015
The transport service was efficient and on-time.
March 2015
Easy way to get to and from seaWorld, we were there just on opening and the bus left just as the park was closing, so we didn't feel like we missed anything!!


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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday paid a visit to Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi at the Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he is recuperating from injuries he sustained in an autocrash on Dec. 28.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jonathan, who was accompanied by some of his aides, was received at the private hospital, which is located in Garki 2, by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu.
Also on ground to receive him was the hospital's Chief Medical Director, Dr Felix Ogedengbe, who ushered the entourage into the governor's ward.
NAN reports that the president, who spent about 15 minutes with the governor, declined to speak to newsmen on his way out.
However, Ogedengbe told newsmen shortly after the visit that the governor was doing well after a surgery and would be discharged from hospital "in a few days time".
He is doing very well at the moment.
You know it was a severe injury.
"We have continued to watch out for any other problem that he might have, but at this stage, we have not seen any other problem at all.
"From the medical point of view, he is quite healthy and he should be ready to go back home in a couple of days.
"I can only at this stage tell you that he will be ready to go back home in a few days but I won't be able to tell you specifically which day.
"He is not going to be in the hospital for weeks, he does not need to be here for weeks," he stressed.
Mr Jacob Edi, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Strategy, said the governor had undergone a successful surgery to fix the broken bone in his thigh.
"He has been receiving high profile visitors and to cap it all, is the visit of Mr President," he said.
Edi reiterated that the governor would not be flown abroad for further medical treatment as he was receiving adequate medical attention at the hospital.
He said that the governor had confidence in the nation's health system.
On the governor's security in the hospital, Edi said although the hospital was small, "his security is in the hands of God".
"We believe that God will protect him."
NAN recalls that the governor's Aide-de-Camp died on the spot when the governor's convoy was involved in an accident, while returning to Lokoja, the state capital, from an official assignment.


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Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code named "Operation Pluto Shield" intensified its security operations against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region with a multiple raid on over 218 illegal refineries along the waterways and creeks of Delta and Rivers states, arresting eighteen persons in the raid.
The raid is coming few days after a similar security operation along Sombreiro River with the interception and arrest of 26 international illegal oil bunkerers on board two vessels christened MT ANE and MT OXO.
According to the report on the operation, the men of the JTF stormed 218 sites of illegal refineries in Oporoza village, Escravos in Delta State and the Alakiri waterside and the adjoining creeks of Sombreiro river at Abonema, Rivers State.


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U-turn as D-Day veterans charged £27.50 by IWM Duxford for this weekend's air show commemorating Normandy landings can get in for free
Posted: May 23, 2014|
The war museum at Duxford has reversed its policy to charge D-Day veterans full price for entry into an air show marking the 70th anniversary of the landings.
Veterans of the Normandy campaign will be able to get into this weekend's air show at the Imperial War Museum for free after the News' exclusive story on Second World War hero Kenneth Bright, who was being asked to cough up £27.50.
Mr Bright, who has lived in Cambridge all his life, said it was "wrong" that veterans did not even get a discount. He said despite the u-turn he will not be taking IWM up on their offer.
He said: "I don't want to go. I'm happy to watch the Red Arrows from my back garden. I'll have the best view of everybody.
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"My determination was to get this changed and I'm pleased that has happened. I will now write to my MP to try and get all museums covering D-Day to let D-Day veterans in for free."
The 91-year-old Cambridge United fan served in the Royal Navy's Landing Craft Infantry, who were at risk of being sunk by German submarines and warships as they transported soldiers across the Channel to the beaches of occupied France on June 6, 1944.
A spokeswoman for IWM said: "We have listened to feedback and now realise that on this special occasion it is more appropriate to make an exception for our D-Day veterans and we would be delighted to welcome them at IWM Duxford this weekend without charge."


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BASEBALL: NOTEBOOK; In Booth or Behind the Plate, Girardi Will Join the Yankees
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: February 5, 2004
Joe Girardi is so prepared for his life after baseball that he is starting it before he retires. The YES Network announced yesterday that Girardi would work more than 50 Yankees games this season. At the same time, the Yankees announced that Girardi would be active during spring training as a catcher.
''Either way, I'm going to be a part of the Yankees, and that was important to me,'' Girardi said on a conference call. ''I wanted to be a part of this organization when I was done playing. If things don't work out as a player, I'm still around. Hopefully, one day, I can do a lot with this organization.''
For Girardi, 39, those aspirations include managing. Girardi played for the Yankees from 1996 to 1999 and was a favorite of Manager Joe Torre. He has never made a secret of his desire to manage.
''I've always talked about managing ever since I've been playing,'' Girardi said. ''It's been something that has sparked my interest. It's just a matter of when. I think someday, I will try to give it a try.''
Girardi's chances of making the major league team probably depend on the status of last year's reserve catcher, John Flaherty. The Yankees were pleased with Flaherty and re-signed him to a one-year, $775,000 deal. If Flaherty stays healthy, he will almost certainly return as Jorge Posada's backup.
Girardi would then head to the broadcast booth, where he is scheduled to work more than 50 games as an analyst during, before and after games. He played for the Chicago Cubs from 2000 to 2002 and was limited to 16 games for the St. Louis Cardinals last season because of a herniated disk in his back.
Familiar Faces in Camp
Joe Girardi was one of 16 players the Yankees officially invited to spring training yesterday. One of Girardi's teammates on the Yankees' 1998 championship team, Homer Bush, is among them. Bush, a reserve infielder for the Yankees in 1997 and 1998, did not play last season after splitting 2002 between Toronto and Florida.
Others with major league experience include Donovan Osborne, a left-hander who pitched for Joe Torre with the Cardinals in the 1990's, infielder Felix Escalona, catcher Sal Fasano and the right-hander Jim Mann. The Yankees have also acknowledged signing infielder Tyler Houston and outfielder Darren Bragg.
The Yankees have not announced their trade for another third-base candidate, Mike Lamb. The Texas Rangers have agreed to send Lamb, who was designated for assignment, to the Yankees for the Class A pitcher Jose Garcia. Lamb is a .282 career hitter, but he hit just .132 for Texas last season after Hank Blalock, who emerged as an All-Star, took his job.
Lamb, 28, will join the Yankees' growing list of third basemen in the absence of Aaron Boone, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee playing basketball on Jan. 16. Enrique Wilson, Erick Almonte, Miguel Cairo and Houston will also compete for the job. The Yankees may try to use the best defensive third baseman among those candidates until the market for a proven full-time player expands during the season.
Floyd Says He'll Be Healthy
Mets left fielder Cliff Floyd said yesterday that he expected to open spring training without any physical limitations. Floyd had surgery last Aug. 29 to remove a bone spur under his right Achilles' tendon.
''By the time six months comes up, I should be 100 percent,'' Floyd said on a conference call.
Floyd has been working out regularly at a Miami hotel and said that with spring training approaching, he would wear spikes today for the first time since the injury. Floyd said he had been doing yoga and pilates exercises in an effort to be less bulky.
He said he was looking forward to playing beside center fielder Mike Cameron this season. The Mets signed Cameron, a two-time Gold Glove winner, to a three-year contract as a free agent.
''He's an Andruw Jones type of guy out there in center field,'' Floyd said. ''You want to keep the ball away from him. When you hit the ball to him, you just run for the heck of it, because you know he's going to catch it.''
Mets and Erickson Agree
Scott Erickson and the Mets agreed on a minor-league contract yesterday, capping an exciting week for him.
Erickson celebrated his 36th birthday Monday. On Tuesday, he married Lisa Guerrero, the ''Monday Night Football'' sideline reporter.
Erickson has missed two of the past three seasons because of injuries. He was out in 2001 after having Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and was out last year after a shoulder operation.
He is expected to be ready for spring training. The Mets are hoping Erickson can compete for the fifth spot in the rotation, behind Al Leiter, Tom Glavine, Steve Trachsel and Jae Weong Seo. (AP)


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Rodale Inc. Names Mary Ann Naples VP/Publisher, Rodale Books
Rodale Inc., the world's leading healthy lifestyle publisher, announced today that Mary Ann Naples has been named VP/Publisher, Rodale Books, effective March 4, 2013.
As VP/Publisher of the Books Group, Naples will oversee North American trade and direct book publishing operations, including editorial, marketing, and distribution channels. She will also collaborate with Rodale's award-winning brands, including international editions, to expand the scope of the Rodale Books list into new areas. She will report to Maria Rodale, Chairman & CEO, Rodale Inc., and will join the company's senior management team.
Said CEO Maria Rodale: "Mary Ann's breadth of experience at the nexus of tech and talent, at traditional publishing houses as well as at groundbreaking start-ups, positions her perfectly to drive the Rodale Books business into the future. Her experience as an editor, agent, and business development professional will move our core categories forward and broaden our list strategically."
Most recently, Naples was Chief of Business Development for Zola Books, a social e-book retail site dedicated to building connections between authors, readers, booksellers, publishers, and book lovers, where she will continue to hold a position on the start-up's advisory board. Prior to Zola, Naples was Vice President of Talent and Business Development at OpenSky, a social retail platform named one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world by Fast Company magazine. Mary Ann's roots in publishing are deep; she was cofounder of The Creative Culture, Inc., a boutique literary agency known for its emphasis on lifestyle books; strong, branded nonfiction; and authors with platforms (including bestsellers such as Joel Fuhrman, MD's Eat to Live, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes, Danica McKellar's math series, and Lauren Conrad's YA books). Before that, Naples was an editor at Simon & Schuster, Hyperion, and Doubleday.
Said Naples: "As publisher, I'll look to build on Rodale's incredible assets, as well as create opportunities for growth across new categories and initiatives. My background as an author advocate with a long publishing history, coupled with my branding and start-up experience, will help me forge new paths for Rodale in this fast-shifting digital publishing landscape. I'm honored to join a company whose mission is to inspire its customers and truly make a difference in their lives."
In the last year, Rodale Books has added Wheat Belly to its collection of New York Times bestselling titles (52 weeks on the list, also a Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller), as well as the companion Wheat Belly Cookbook, which debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestsellers list last month. Rodale is preparing to publish Jessica Alba's debut book The Honest Life in March and has signed Alicia Silverstone for two more titles, The Kind Mama and The Kind Diet Cookbook-follow-ups to her #1 New York Times bestseller The Kind Diet (also published by Rodale Books).
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THE Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU) has lodged an appeal before the Court of Appeal challenging the decision by the High Court's Labour Division which declared that the teachers' strike staged in July, this year, was illegal.
In its appeal the union advanced seven grounds to challenge the said decision. The teachers had taken industrial action that started on July 30 demanding better salaries and other perks before it was called off four days later, after the court's ruling delivered on August 2 by High Court Judge Sophia Wambura.
"It is proposed to ask the court for an order that the ruling of the court be set aside with costs and the strike by the appellants (TTU) be declared lawful," reads part of records of the appeal filed before the court in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday.
In her decision, apart from directing the teachers to resume their duties with immediate effect, Judge Wambura had ordered the union to pay damages monetarily or by compensating students for the classes they missed during the unlawful strike.
According to the judge, the strike was illegal because the notice given to support the same was insufficient. She noted that according to the law, TTU was required to provide 48 hours notice to the employer prior to the commencement of the strike.
But, she said, the notice was given on Friday evening, which falls on the weekend and the employer did not get enough time to safeguard his properties as required by law.
"To make it worse, the notice does not state when the strike will end. The strike which is indefinite is by itself unlawful," Judge Wambura had declared.
She further held that the motive behind the ballot which teachers were told to cast was conducted in bad faith. Teachers, she said, were not properly informed whether they were supporting the strike or demands for better salaries. But in the memorandum of appeal, TTU stated that the High Court Judge erred in law and facts by holding that the strike was unlawful and the notice to strike was bad in law because it was issued on a weekend.
TTU also stated that the Judge erred in law and facts in holding that teachers should have specified the duration of the industrial action and that the ballot was not properly conducted. "The High Court Judge erred in law in condemning the appellant to pay damages without proof of the said damages and to the students who were not party to the proceedings and without affording the appellant an opportunity to be heard," TTU further stated.


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1. Dip: to incline downward from the plane of the horizon; Veer: a change in course or direction
[origin: dip: before 12th century; Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan; akin to Old High German tupfen to wash, Lithuanian dubus deep]
veer: ca. 1610; Middle English veren, of Low German or Dutch origin; akin to Middle Dutch vieren to slacken, Middle Low German vīren]
The sun was brazen in the sky,
Like fire the sullen waves were red;
We watched the droning sea-gulls fly
About the lurching main-mast head.
Each swaying oar against the banks
Cadenced a steady, creaking strum.
Across the world in marching ranks
We watched the restless surges come.
From off the waves the hell-heat flowed,
The very sails seemed scorched and sere;
They sweated, screeched and fought, who rowed,
As on we plied with dip and veer.
[from "The Lost Galley"; to read the complete poem see The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard, p. 148; Singers in the Shadows, p. 45; and Robert E. Howard Selected Poems, p. 313]


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Frederick Soddy (2 September 1877 – 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist.
In 1900 he became a demonstrator in chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he worked with Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity. He and Rutherford realized that the anomalous behaviour of radioactive elements was because they decayed into other elements. This decay also produced alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. When radioactivity was first discovered, no one was sure what the cause was. It needed careful work by Soddy and Rutherford to prove that atomic transmutation was in fact occurring.
His work and essays popularising the new understanding of radioactivity was the main inspiration for H. G. Wells's The World Set Free (1914), which features atomic bombs dropped from biplanes in a war set many years in the future. Wells's novel is also known as The Last War and imagines a peaceful world emerging from the chaos. In Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt Soddy praises Wells's The World Set Free. He also says that radioactive processes probably power the stars.
In 1903, with Sir William Ramsay at University College London, Soddy verified that the decay of radium produced alpha particles composed of positively charged nuclei of helium. In the experiment a sample of radium was enclosed in a thin walled glass envelope sited within an evacuated glass bulb. Alpha particles could pass through the thin glass wall but were contained within the surrounding glass envelope. After leaving the experiment running for a long period of time a spectral analysis of the contents of the former evacuated space revealed the presence of helium. This element had recently been discovered in the solar spectrum by Bunsen and Kirchoff.
From 1904 to 1914, he was a lecturer at the University of Glasgow and while there he showed that uranium decays to radium. It was here also that he showed that a radioactive element may have more than one atomic mass though the chemical properties are identical. He named this concept isotope meaning 'same place' - the word 'isotope' was initially suggested to him by Margaret Todd. Soddy later showed that non-radioactive elements also could have multiple isotopes. In addition he showed that an atom moves lower in atomic number by two places on alpha emission, higher by one place on beta emission. This was a fundamental step toward understanding the relationships among families of radioactive elements.
Soddy published The Interpretation of Radium (1909) and Atomic Transmutation (1953).
In 1914 he was appointed to a chair at the University of Aberdeen, where he worked on research related to World War I.
In 1919 he moved to Oxford University as Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry, where, in the period up till 1936, he reorganized the laboratories and the syllabus in chemistry.
He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research in radioactive decay and particularly for his formulation of the theory of isotopes.
Soddy was also interested in Technocracy and the social credit movement, which is evidenced by his publication Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt (George Allen & Unwin 1926), which is used as a footnote reference in the Technocracy Study Course. Soddy himself, in a newsreel interview taken in his office and laboratory, presented in the early 30's a very nice admission and commendation for the development of Technocratic ideas in the United States.In Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt, Soddy turned his attention to the role of energy in economic systems. He criticized the focus on monetary flows in economics, arguing that "real" wealth was derived from the use of energy to transform materials into physical goods and services. Soddy's economic writings were largely ignored in his time, but would later be applied to the development of biophysical economics and ecological economics and also bioeconomics in the late 20th century.
He rediscovered the Descartes' theorem in 1936 and published it as poem. The kissing circles in this problem are sometimes known as Soddy circles.
The lunar crater Soddy is named after him. He died in Brighton, England.


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ND farm family to shift more to new sawfly-resistanceRICHARDTON, N.D. — Vern Tormaschy was putting on anhydrous ammonia, preparing ground for the Mott variety of spring wheat in 2012. Going to Mott is a strategy that worked in 2011 after losing half of his yield to sawfly in 2010.
By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek
RICHARDTON, N.D. — Vern Tormaschy was putting on anhydrous ammonia, preparing ground for the Mott variety of spring wheat in 2012. Going to Mott is a strategy that worked in 2011 after losing half of his yield to sawfly in 2010.
Tormaschy and his son, Jason, farm together. They produce mostly spring wheat and a little barley and oats. The oats and barley are used in the family's cattle operation. Vern's oldest son, Toby, runs a dairy operation that is on the farm where Vern's father, Victor, still lives, and they all work together, more or less.
Sawfly has become an increasing problem in Tormaschy's region in the last decade. In "2010, it was my turn," Tormaschy says. In 2011, he found at least a partial solution in the Mott variety that was released by North Dakota State University in 2009.
"I like to raise spring wheat because it's an earlier crop, as far as harvesting goes," Tormaschy says. "I wouldn't mind trying some corn, but when you get into late October and the snow is flying, I'd just as soon have my combine cleaned up and put in the shed."
Saw what?
Sawfly isn't a fly at all, but is actually a wasp, says Patrick Beauzay, a North Dakota State University entomology research specialist.
Adults are nearly a half-inch long. The female crawls along a suitable host plant. They like wheat when it is in the so-called elongation stage. She'll insert her ovipositor into the stem and lay an egg in the lumen, the hollow part of the stem, in late June and into early July.
"One thing with the sawfly flight period, it can last quite awhile, so you can see sawfly at potentially damaging levels for two to three weeks, which makes insecticides fairly ineffective," Beauzay says.
The larvae tunnel up and down through the stem, causing damage. First, they feed on vascular plant tissue, which cuts seed weight in yield. Second, when the larva is mature, later in the season, they'll tunnel to the base of the plant and construct a pupation chamber. Then they'll turn around, chew the plant off at the base and plug up the hole with its own "frass," or feces. Then they'll overwinter in that little stub in the soil.
"The rest of the plant that it just chewed off, when the wind blow, it will lodge over. It might get harvested; it might not."
Tormaschy says sawfly seems ubiquitous in his neighborhood.
"I think it's almost everywhere," he says. "They've had it many years, and it isn't going away." He thinks he typically has a 10 to 15 percent yield loss because of it, but in 2010, it "really got me." He says he could spray for it, but it would be cost-prohibitive.
Tracking a pest
North Dakota State University is keeping track of the sawfly situation. In 2009, a survey of county Extension Service agents determined a significant amount of damage from sawfly. On the conservative side, the sawfly damage that year caused $25 million for the state's farmers, and perhaps as much as $70 million, depending on assumptions. Among the assumptions were the value of wheat lost and the range of damage attributed to the pest.
Eric Eriksmoen, an agronomist at the NDSU Research and Extension Center in Hettinger, and Janet Knodel, NDSU Extension Service entomologist, are two of the university's key experts, but neither was immediately available to talk about the issue. Eriksmoen and others, including Knodel and David Weaver of Montana State University, organized a wheat stem focus group in February 2010, involving a number of constituents — growers, crop consultants and others — to assess the situation for possible action.
Beauzay, who works with Knodel, says the university has just finished processing 25,000 wheat stem samples from the 2011 crop, which compare about 20 wheat varieties at five locations. Mott, an NDSU variety released in 2009, and Choteau, a Montana State University variety, both have resistance.
Mott is a solid-stemmed variety, which impedes sawfly egg-laying. It also may have some chemical constituents that increase sawfly deaths.
The study looks at both hollow-stem varieties and some of the solid-stem varieties grown in a randomized design. Three of the locations are in the southwest part of the state. Another is farther north near Makoti, N.D. A fifth location would have been in Williston, although that plot didn't get planted this year because of untimely moisture.
Beauzay says his part of the study is to collect the samples from small research plots and split the stems to look at damage. This is the fourth year of the study, which is funded partly by the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education and partly from the North Dakota Wheat Commission.
He also says Knodel and others are discussing the feasibility of coming up with a survey, similar to an annual survey done with wheat midge. One idea is to sample wheat stubble and determine the percentage of sawfly larvae. The midge study is done on a grid, using Extension Service agents.
Changing strategy
Tormaschy says he'd been seeding a Pioneer variety since 1996 or 1997.
"The thing I like about my Pioneer is that it's an early-maturing variety," he says. "It's produced well — good protein, good weight."
But in 2010, he lost 50 percent of the crop because of the pest.
This winter he bought 1,000 bushels of Mott wheat and seeded a little over 700 acres. The Mott wheat averaged 30.1 bushels an acre, and all standing up.
"The Pioneer didn't go down bad this year from the sawfly, but went about 18.5 bushels an acre," he says. "I had a 12-bushel-per-acre increase by going to Mott."
Next year, Tormaschy's going to seed 80 to 90 percent Mott.
"We'll still seed a small amount of Pioneer," he says. "The thing about my Pioneer is that it's an early-maturing variety. So I can get started on that Pioneer. And if I get it in early, it don't go down to sawfly. But as time goes on, it just keeps going down worse, especially if you've got a lot of wind. Mott stays up, but it's a slower-maturing variety."
The Tormaschys run about 150 head of beef cows — Charolais cross with red Angus and Gelbveigh. Toby raises silage corn and raises oats and peas.
"We chop that and he feeds that to his dairy herd, and he uses distiller's grain from" the ethanol plant Red Trail Energy L.L.C., Vern says.
The silage corn in 2011 ran 20.1 tons an acre, with some huge cobs.
"If we'd have harvested that, I think it would have pushed 200 bushels an acre," Vern says. "On the lowest side, it would have done 135. For this part of the state that's unreal. It makes me think I should plant some 'grain corn,' but . . . well, no."
Bread and beef
Tormaschy sold his calves on Oct. 20, at Stockmen's Livestock Exchange in Dickinson, N.D. He had two groups of steers. They averaged $1.43 per pound. His first group of steers averaged 677 pounds and the second group was 612 pounds. That's as much as he's ever sold calves for, he acknowledges, but half-jokes, "it's still not quite enough."
Last year, his first 30 steers weighed an average of 698 pounds.
"They're a little lighter this year. I think the grass is greener this year. There's not as much 'push' in that green grass. I think they gained a lot better last year, so they're 25 to 30 pounds a head lighter this year than they were last year," Tormaschy says.
Wheat prices have tumbled recently. That doesn't make sense to him, so he's going to hang onto it as long as he can, until the bank says he has to crack open a bin or two.
He says that even at $8.46 per bushel for 14 protein wheat, he's "amazed" that it's that low, considering the number of prevented-planting acres and the relatively low yield.
"For the price of the fertilizer and everything, this grain should be at $10 a bushel, if not more. I think you're break-even point is going to be close to $10 a bushel," he says.
"I sold the cattle. I've got some cash to go on and I want to do my fall anhydrous (application) thing. I try to get everything anhydrous in the fall if I can. It kind of knocks the stubble down and dries out the fields in the spring because they don't hold so much snow. But anhydrous is $850 a ton. That's going to soak up all that money them calves made me."
It would help if he could keep ahead of the sawfly. Maybe Mott will help in 2012.
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i heard about the new ongoing research project where they're trying to add solar panels besides the touchscreen to convert the light emitted by the screen into stored energy again helping extend batt life by a few years. i think we're still years away from getting that so knowing that processors extend batt life is a very good thing too.
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Slate Tiles?
Anyone use slate in their oven?
I was thinking it would hold up fine since it's a natural "earth fired product"
(metamorphic rock that is)
....just an inquiring mind with some slate tiles saved from the dump.
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X Jim,
I was told to only use natural stone or porcelain. We have issues here of freezing and ceramics / slates will pop. I was even advised to stay away from granite but I know people that have used it.
Re: Slate Tiles?
for a product to be used outdoors it has to hve the ability to resist the absorbtion of water...a porcelian tile is very dense..its fired differently than a ceramic or vitreous tile..which makes it acceptable for outdoor use....slate is a very dense natural product which resists the absortion of water and to my understanding its also acceptable for outdoor use...the other thing i would be sure of is the mortar used for installation..i'd be sure that it also is for outdoor use
Re: Slate Tiles?
I would be concerned with the slate cleaving during the heating and cooling cycles of an oven. Yes slate is metamorphosized shale, but the planes of a piece of slate are still oriented as very thin layers or "leaves". Water and moisture can easily get in between the layers and force them apart. This is why slate tiles can flake apart.
My 0.02.
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I think I would try firing a few of the tiles in the WFO off to one side and see what happens. The slate I have had experience with has varied from poor quality (usually with layers of limonite---iron oxide) which splits easily, to some high quality stuff used in pool tables.
The slate used in pool tables is of high quality and sometimes can be had for hauling away especially on the one piece tables (oh yeah, you have to get it out of the basement or other difficult location...or the felt is rotten, went thru a flood, usual stuff... that's why it's free etc. etc.) Also check with your local pool shop. The slates on three piece tables are serial numbered matched sets and if one is broken the others in the set are useless. I have recently acquired a three piece table and moved and installed it and can attest the slate is far better than any tile one might see at a home improvement shop.
Pool table slate might make for a good pizza stone for an indoor oven too, as the material is easily cut with a diamond blade and the temperatures involved are lower. Info: a one inch thick 4 x 8 slate weighs about 450 lbs and individual slates (three piece tables) weigh a third that each.
Re: Slate Tiles?
I wouldn't build with slate
...I was thinking about cooking dish trays...like for fish
Re: Slate Tiles?
I used slate tiles only as a work surface on the hearth. I was concerned with the heat from the oven popping the slate b/c they flaked easily, but after about four months of use, it has held up fine. I used mortar to set the tiles and sealed them with three coats of clear concrete sealer. It has held up beautifully.
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Our lovely government !!!
Good day all. I've been listening to Korn for quite some time now, and after watching the video Spike In My Veins I decided to register on this site and express my most humble opinion.
I absolutely love what Korn is doing with regards to attempting to OPEN OUR EYES to what is happening in our country. Are our civil liberties in jeopardy? I am no political analyst nor do I have any interest in politics, but I grew up in this country, I love it and I have never seen things so freakin screwed up as what I am seeing now.
I'm not going to finger-point or call myself an Obamanator...it is all OUR responsibility for being so damn quite and complacent. The people run the country, yet we lay down to sleep every night and ignore the CRAP our government is dishing out every day.
If Korn is on the road towards creating some kind of movement to fill up that bucket of cold water and throw it in everyone's face...sign me up. Just tell me when and where and I'm there!!


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Of the cleansing techniques, even Jala Neti is noted for its beneficial effect to the eyes.
But the cleansing technique directly related to the eyes is known as Trataka or Yogic Gazing.
While Trataka has been classified as a cleansing (Shatkriya or Shatkarma) technique, it is also put under the category of Pratyahara techniques for its helpful effect in developing concentration and visual powers.


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