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Belted Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) as seen in our Estuary Trail exhibit.
This animal is not part of an Aquarium exhibit, but is rather a wild
species that lives along the Estuary Trail at the edge of the Yaquina Bay.
These small, beautiful birds are commonly spotted around the Yaquina Bay during the winter months. About the size of a pigeon, the Belted Kingfisher can be easily identified by the brush-like crest on the top of its head. Both males and females of the species are colored a bluish-gray with a white chest. Females will usually have a chestnut-colored band that runs across the belly as well. Kingfishers hunt a variety of aquatic animals, including crabs, crayfish and salamanders. As a result, they are usually found near large bodies of salt water or along other waterways like rivers and streams. They will often hover over the water's surface searching for prey. Once spotted, the kingfisher will plunge vertically into the water and snap up its food with its dagger-like bill.
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The Belted Kingfisher can be found from Alaska east to southern Canada and throughout most of the western part of the United States. They like to winter along the Pacific Coast. In Newport, they are often seen around the Yaquina Bay where food sources are plentiful.
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New report shows "Right to Work" is wrong for Michigan
In a new report released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 'Right to work': The wrong answer for Michigan's economy, Gordon Lafer, a labor economist with the University of Oregon, says such legislation does nothing to encourage job growth and ends up lowering wages by an average of $1,500 per year. This is the case for union and non-union workers in right-to-work-states.
The EPI is a national non-partisan think tank.
In a presentation to labor union representatives and legislators, Lafer said, "Evidence shows that claims that 'Right-to-Work' will significantly increase job growth and wages people earn, are completely without scientific foundation."
Lafer also noted that Right-to-Work laws decrease the likelihood that employees will get either health insurance or pension through their jobs—again this applies to both union and non-union workers. With 85 percent of Michigan's economy concentrated in non-manufacturing industries, wage and benefit cuts would have significant negative effects.
And the effect of such laws impacts more than just workers who have less discretionary income to spend. Lafer said, "Every $1 million in wage cuts translates into an additional six jobs lost in the economy."
Lafer's research shows that there is no reason to believe that people move from one state to another or that employers will flock to Michigan because of "Right to Work." There are many other factors.
"What factor is the most influential on job growth?" asked Lafer. "Improving the state's education system would be one way to benefit the job market."


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All Blacks and Hurricanes stalwart Conrad Smith may be forced to rethink his glittering career after yet another massive knock left him unconscious for just under a minute.
While officials adopted a 'wait and see' attitude, Smith has previously said that he would reconsider his future if he suffered regular head knocks.
And a medical adviser for the Neurological Foundation has said Smith might have to take a year out from the sport - or give up altogether.
The 31-year-old Hurricanes centre was knocked out cold during yesterday morning's 48-14 loss to the Bulls in Pretoria.
Although scans cleared him of a neck injury, the effect of being unconscious for at least 45 seconds will take its toll.
This is not the first serious head knock the All Black has suffered. He blacked out during a match in 2010 and only six weeks ago failed a pitch-side concussion test after an onfield collision.
Though Smith later said he did not think he'd been concussed, he confirmed he'd been "stunned" twice during the match. He also said he would have major concerns if they became regular.
In the latest knock, Smith was unconscious before he hit the ground after putting his head on the wrong side in a tackle.
He regained consciousness after being taken to the sideline and rejoined his team at their hotel after being discharged from hospital.
The team doctor was assessing him last night to establish whether he should return to New Zealand a week before the rest of his Hurricanes team-mates.
Coach Mark Hammett said it was impossible to judge how long his skipper would be out of action for, but confirmed he wouldn't be considered for the next match.
Neurological Foundation medical adviser Jon Simcock said any sportsman who sustained repeated concussions should think about giving up their sport.
The prognosis for any sportsman depended on how long it took to recover from the knocks, how long it took to regain consciousness, full brain function, the ability to concentrate and the absence of drowsiness and headaches.
If Smith recovered quickly the chances of brain damage were low, but if it took days then he should be stopped from playing rugby for a year, Dr Simcock said.
Rugby Union medical director Ian Murphy said rugby abided by international guidelines for the handling of head injuries.
"The most important thing with any injury and the biggest risk factor is to not fully recover and clearly now for Conrad we must ensure he is fully recovered to everyone's satisfaction from this episode."
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Conrad Smith's mother is relieved she didn't watch the game where a neck-crunching tackle left her son unconscious for nearly a minute from a severe concussion in Pretoria.
"Thank goodness I didn't ... This is something every mum doesn't want to see," Marian Smith said yesterday after her son was put in the recovery position on the South African field.
She had since received a text message from Smith saying he was "OK and in good hands".


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In a couple days, the President will convene a jobs summit, amidst pervasive calls to deal with the budget deficit during a recession. Sadly, both the issue of jobs and the deficit are being dealt with in Congress through conservative frames, with policies like across-the-board, untargeted tax cuts for job creation, or "entitlement reform" commissions basically oriented to cutting social services programs for the deficit, favored by centrists and the lobbyists who love them.
However, a wealth of policies that would seek to create perhaps millions of jobs, while responsibly paying for the investment and then some, are taking shape on Capitol Hill. Democratic leaders and the White House simply cannot say there are no ideas on the shelf but tax cuts and cat food commissions that would accomplish the same goal. Here's just a sampling:
• The American Jobs Plan: Conceived by the Economic Policy Institute, the five-point plan includes the following provisions: 1) stregthening the social safety net by extending unemployment benefits, the COBRA subsidy and food stamps benefits, giving people economic security and some money to spend; 2) aid for state and local governments, which are facing cutbacks of at least 900,000 jobs in the next fiscal year if they receive no federal help; 3) public investment in transportation infrastructure and educational facility repair to the tune of at least $30 billion; 4) direct employment through public service jobs through the Community Development Block Grant program, jobs like cleaning up vacant lots or staffing child care and Head Start programs or renovating and maintaining public spaces; 5) a two-year job creation tax credit equal to 15% of expanded payroll costs.
Four of the five are unquestionably progressive; the fifth, the job creation tax credit, I still have trouble with because it's likely to be easily gamed, but it couldn't hurt at this crisis stage.
• Small business lending through remaining TARP funds. The only part of the AFL-CIO's jobs package not overlapped by EPI's recommendations is this idea, which would take the over $200 billion in the TARP and distribute it to community banks to lend to small businesses, which are still having trouble finding capital in the tight credit markets.
• small-bore "Cash for Caulkers"-type programs. Cash for Clunkers was unquestionably successful in creating economic activity and moving out some auto inventory. There are even better ideas for using direct funds – encouraging energy checks of homes, or painting energy-efficient white roofs, or trading in energy-sucking appliances – that would probably lead to even more job creation than Cash for Clunkers did.
There are other ideas, like fast-tracking the transportation bill, or increased physical infrastructure spending, but in general, you can envision a dozen ideas or more to create lots of jobs in America.
Deficit Reduction
• Financial transaction tax. EPI's American Jobs Plan is financed entirely through a financial transaction tax beginning three years after implementation, which would pay for the entire program. Brad DeLong thinks that it must be applied everywhere in the world at once or jobs from the financial sector would leak, but 1) they wouldn't be missed and 2) the world has already proposed this kind of tax, only to be rebuffed by Timothy Geithner. Some Democrats continue to fight for this policy, which would assess a tiny tax on all stock, futures, derivatives and other trades. Peter DeFazio and Ed Perlmutter have even come up with a catchy name: "Let Wall Street Pay for The Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009."
The financial transactions tax is basically a tax on speculators – practically nobody else would feel it, and it would discourage rampant trading that has no social utility and needlessly burns through capital that could go to job creation ends. It would slow down the casino on Wall Street and raise tens of billions.
• War surtax. The President will announce his way forward in Afghanistan today, and David Obey and some other House leaders want him to pay for it, on budget, with a graduated tax. Much of our deficits since 2001 have come from financing two wars on credit cards. Unfortunately, this looks like only a talking point for Democrats rather than a legitimate strategy. But make no mistake – there's no reason to hide the real cost of war through borrowing. If it's worth fighting, it's worth funding, and a graduated tax would accomplish that goal (in addition to forking Republicans politically, which is why they hate it so much).
• Gas tax increase. The Obama Administration should know about this – their own Transportation Secretary endorsed it yesterday.
Congress must consider raising the federal gas tax for the first time since 1993, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday morning during a transportation summit in Fort Worth […]
"To index the federal fuel tax, that's something Congress is going to have to decide. As we get into the reauthorization bill, the debate will be how we fund all the things we want to do. You can raise a lot of money with tolling. Another means of funding can be the infrastructural bank. You can sell bonds and set aside money for big projects, multibillion-dollar projects. Another way is (charging a fee to motorists for) vehicle miles traveled. The idea of indexing the taxes that are collected at the gas pump is something I believe Congress will debate. When the gas tax was raised in 1992 or 1993, in the Clinton administration, there was a big debate whether it should be indexed. At that time, they thought there'd be a sufficient amount of money collected. Now we know that isn't the case. That is one way to keep up with the decline in driving, and more fuel-efficient cars."
LaHood offered several financing ideas right there.
I would add one other policy that could reduce deficits and create jobs over the long-term: Cramdown. There is no bigger drag on the economy right now than foreclosures, which cost a quarter of a million dollars apiece in economic activity by some accounts. The pretty-please approach to converting loan modifications to permanent status isn't working; as Diane Thompson of the National Consumer Law Center said, trying to publicly shame bad servicers as the "only tool for accountability" is "a fundamental problem in the way the program is set up." It's time to bring back cramdown, which would let bankruptcy judges modify payments on primary residences the way they can on vacation homes and yachts. This would shore up the housing market, fixing the economy. And the predictability of the housing market would reduce federal exposure to more bailouts and bank failures, cutting their deficit exposure.
Nobody is saying that any or all of these programs would fix the unemployment rate in a week, or completely eliminate the federal deficit (although if you reduced the defense budget, maybe you'd get somewhere). But they would all be a far more powerful corrective than plans that come from the some conservative orientation that brought us into this mess, or the mushy-middle "centrism" that has provided a jobless recovery. There are literally dozens of ways to provide jobs and revenue in ways that are balanced and reasonable; the only thing missing is political will.


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Blaine Brownell, AIA LEED AP
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University of Minnesota School of Architecture
Blaine Brownell is an architect, author, educator, and former Fulbright scholar. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a Certificate in East Asian Studies at Princeton University in 1992, and a Master in Architecture from Rice University in 1998.
Brownell is considered one of the preeminent scholars of advanced materials for architecture and design, having authored the Transmaterial series with Princeton Architectural Press (2006-2010), in addition to an online material catalog that has been likened to "a twenty-first century version of The Grammar of Ornament." Brownell has been published in over forty design, business, and science journals, and has lectured widely in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Brownell was a visiting research fellow at the Tokyo University of Science as a Fulbright recipient (2006-07), and the visiting professor of sustainable design at the University of Michigan (2007-08). He is currently an associate professor and director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Minnesota (2008-present).
His most recent books, Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) and Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012), seek to elucidate the fundamental connections between material use and design innovation. His upcoming book Hypernatural, co-authored with Marc Swackhamer, addresses architecture's new relationship with nature (Princeton Architectural Press, 2015).
Transmaterial, Transmaterial 2, Transmaterial 3, Matter in the Floating World, Material Strategies
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1000 Ideas by 100 Architects, Design Ecologies, Everything Must Move, Major Choices, Materials Experience, Seattle Case Study Homes, The Things They've Done, Worldchanging
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Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Kent State University, The Ohio State University, Monash University, Rice University, Southern Illinois University, Seattle Art Institute, Syracuse University, The Technical University of Vienna, Tianjin University, Tokyo University of Science, Tongji University, The University of British Columbia, The University of Illinois, The University of Maryland, The University of Michigan, The University of Minnesota, The University of Southern California, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Tokyo, The University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis
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I believe this one is from MegaMan X, 1 of the 24 pictures I use for desktop wallpaper.
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September 4, 2007
can we get an ''amen''?
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- Elizabeth McClung said...
Okay, I'm back - and you forgot my favorite fundie cure-all - Bee-pollen (sometimes Queen bee-pollen) - I am not sure why it is so good but it is in every fundy mag next to adverts on buying gold.
Ah you highlight so well the frustration (and guilt) of talking to one of the holier than thou - since they were told they had 14 minutes to live until they turned to the lord and (insert whichever cure here). These are one of the many groups that make me feel like a slacker in being ill. Have you tried taking 20,000 milligrams a day of Vitamin C? No? I guess you don't really want to get better then? (actually I just don't want my skin to turn orange, thanks!) Grrr.
- September 10, 2007
- Donimo said...
Glad you're back! I'm not yet done with the sure-cure list. The buzz around bee pollen deserves a treatment card, for sure.
It's funny (odd, that is) how even though we know health is more complicated than a simple cure suggests, we can feel guilty when faced with someone telling us the KEY THING that we really need to do. Is it because we sort of wish for a key and feel guilty that we do want things to be simple? Is it that drug companies have convinced us that a single thing will make us "well" (or at least enable us to function)? Whatever. I'd rather just laugh at the "fundies" right now.
- September 11, 2007
- Chayil said...
:-D Today I feel lousy and started to search for other blogs from chronicly Ill. I have to say you brought a smile to my face okay not a smile I have tears running down my cheeks from laughter! People can be so insensitive!
Here are some of my favorites:
* a glass of horsemilk a day will cure you..
* Try "oil-pulling" it will draw all the illness out of you..
* Your blood needs "sour" add a lil vinegar in all you eat and drink..
** off to drink my horsemilk with vinegar **
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Office Management 101 is a satirical business sim / tycoon game that puts you in charge of a consumer electronics company. You are responsible for designing and building the offices, hiring staff and managing projects, while trying to make a profit by selling products made by your company. Office Management 101 is being developed by tulevik.EU.
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Neighbors Withdraw Apartment Lawsuit
Posted: November 15, 2012 at 3:32 a.m.
An apartment complex off the north edge of the University of Arkansas campus will end up in university hands one way or another, principals involved said Wednesday.
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Written Statement
Beverly and Archie Schaffer and Susan and Ken Garner issued the following statement after dropping their lawsuit Wednesday:
"Today, we have put an end to our appeal of the Fayetteville City Council's decision to approve Project Cleveland.
"We filed our appeal of the city's decision in and effort to protect the quality of life in our historic neighborhood. A private student dormitory and a six-story parking deck do not belong on a residential street next door to a landmark elementary school in an established neighborhood.
"While we were successful in winning a de novo, or brand new, review of this project by a jury of our peers, recent events render the continued pursuit of this appeal pointless. In the face of the announcement that the University of Arkansas intends to acquire a large part of the property that would have comprised Project Cleveland, proceeding with our efforts would amount to a fool's errand. We don't wish to burden the parties further with either the expense of an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court or a jury trial.
"Attached is a copy of the Order of Dismissal Without Prejudice. We are grateful for the hard work and encouragement of our attorneys and to the circuit court judge for the prompt and thoughtful attention given to the complex issues presented in this appeal."
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Re: Adopting a new, older mix and my JRTPosted by: Marie Evans
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: However, for some time now I've been thinking he could benefit from having a friend in the household. I volunteer at my local SPCA and have been keeping my eye out for a good playmate and companion. I recently found an older, female dog that is extremely friendly, great temperament and loves dogs, cats and kids. She is spayed and is between 7 and 9 years of age but is still playful even though she is quite calm. I'm thinking that she might set a good example for him.
: I know that she will be a wonderful addtition to my life, but how accepting will Rudy be? Although he can be submissive with other dogs, he loves to play and I think this dog might fill a void that I cannot.
: I'm wondering if you have had any experience with a situation like this one? I know that every dog is an individual, but can you give me any insight?
So glad to hear that Rudy is such a good boy!
As far as getting a second dog, here is what I advise people:
Make sure to really examine why you want a second dog. Chances are if it's to have a play-mate for your other dog it might not be the best of reasons.
Many dogs prefer to be the "only" dog and adding another dog can lead to some tough times ahead. Chances are your first dog will feel it has to now vie for your attention. This can create some resentment towards the new family member.
Some dogs will never accept another dog in the house and either will always be at each other's throats or just won't become the new dog's best pal.
It's always better to want a second dog because YOU want one. This way it's easier to work through any problems and their won't be as many disappointments. If it's YOU that wants the dog you won't be nearly as devastated when (in this case) Rudy decides he really doesn't want any part of the newest addition.
Case in point, I have two JRTs. Had my first one for a couple of years before deciding on adding another one. Didn't do it so it would be a "playmate" for my first, did it because I am insane lol!
Anyway, the first week was a nightmare (not because of my first terrier, it was actually my rescue that was the aggressor), it got better after a couple of months.
Do they play together? Sometimes. They normally don't cuddle together because they are both busy trying to cuddle with me! They don't sleep together. When Brody was in the hospital for four days, did my other one pine and look for him? Not in your life! He was happy to have his "parents" to himself! LOL!
Also be prepared for each of them to learn each other's bad habits haha! They so seldom pick up each other's good ones ;)
If you still decide to add this other dog to your house, make sure that their temperaments compliment each other. Don't bring two alpha personalities together because you will more than likely have problems. There will be some normally jockeying for pack status anyway so you don't want things to get real ugly.
And make sure if you bring this dog home to make sure you spend LOTS of quality time with Rudy. He will be worried about his status and you will need to reassure him that he is still top dog in your heart. Those two will sort out top dog as far as pack order goes, once that's established you can treat each of them accordingly.
Good luck and I think it's great you want to adopt one of the more senior dogs, wish more people would.
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1949 Chevrolet Fleetline "Rosie"
Chevrolet's Postwar-era Classics have never been short on popularity. From the Fleetmaster to the Bel Airs and Nomads, Classic Chevy's will always be in style and desirable. Just after WWII Chevrolet's model line styling picked up where it left off in 1941. Buoyant-looking fenders and domed tops became more streamlined, grilles and chrome trim became more abundant. Roomy Interiors, swept back contours, and a variety of accessories — this styling trend was most noticeable in the 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline. The '49 Chevrolet Fleetline presented here was restored to "her former glory", according to her proud owner. Mechanically, everything is stock and details are kept in their original fashion as much as possible
"…better to ask for forgiveness than permission." Which is how powertourpacer approached his family when his prize Fleetline was brought home. Luckily, he has a forgiving family and was fully supported during the restoration process.
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I've owned 9 of these the last one I pro streets. Big block chevy. Mustang two front. Tubbeb it. Ford rear.


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We helped our friends at www.sactownradio.com compile tracks for their 4/20 broadcast and in the process thought they'd make for a clean mix. 80min. of music that is sure to have you stuck in traffic!
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i swear i make up a quarter of these 100 plays, this mix is the shit, and does anyone know where i can find super sized game from big pooh and young willz? that how i ended up here
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That is a tuff one to find if you are looking for a hard copy CD.
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We might still have a couple of hard copies of this mix if you are interested


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Although neutron decay is typically considered as a three-body process, in the radiative correction it is always accompanied by inner-bremsstrahlung (IB) soft photons, n → e− + p + νe + γ.
While IB has been measured in nuclear beta decay and electron capture decays, it has only recently been observed in free neutron beta decay. In 2006, we reported the first observation of this radiative decay mode in the journal Nature. The experiment was completed at the NG-6 fundamental physics end station. Since that time, we upgraded the apparatus to enable us to make a precision measurement (≈1%) of both the branching ratio and energy spectrum of the decay photons. The experiment operated by detecting an electron in prompt coincidence with a photon followed by a delayed proton. The requirement that there be a triple coincidence provided a powerful suppression of background events. This was critical because the very low rate of these events was insufficient to make it measurable above the large rate of random coincidences. A beam of cold neutrons passed through the bore of a superconducting solenoid. Decay electrons and protons were guided out of the beam by the magnetic field and detected by a silicon detector. The primary improvement was increasing the solid angle of photon detection by constructing a 12-element annular BGO detector that surrounded the decay region of the cold neutron beam (Figure 1). The new detector allowed us to upgrade the apparatus (Figure 2), and we completed the data acquisition in November of 2009. The photon detector performed very well as did a second detector consisting of bare photodiodes. This detector allowed us to lower the energy detection threshold to about 200 eV, significantly lower than the 15 keV from the first run. In 2012 with published a paper on operation of the detector. In addition, we published papers on anomalous behavior of avalanche photodiodes in high magnetic fields and at low temperatures and on the response of large area avalanche photodiodes to low energy x rays.
In this second run of the experiment, we expect to measure the radiative decay branching ratio to a 1% total uncertainty. We have completed an initial analysis of all the data. We are currently in the process of refining the analysis and studying the systematic effects. Statistically speaking, we should be able to reach our goal of
approximately 1% and are optimistic that we will be able to quantify the systematics at a similar level of uncertainty. This experiment represents an important exploration to future precision radiative decay experiments below 1 % uncertainty.
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Figure 1: Photon detection is done by twelve BGO crystals viewed by avalanche photodiodes forming an annular ring around the neutron beam.
Figure 2: Photograph of the apparatus assembled on the NG-6 beam line. The superconducting solenoid is in the center and the beam line is seen entering near the bottom.
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FBI Shuts Down/Raids Marvelous Pizza
H Street's Marvelous Pizza (which wasn't all that Marvelous, at least after they changed ownership) was shut down today. MPD stood guard outside as federal agents boxed up and removed papers from the establishment.
This was first reported by the neighborhood blog Titan of Trinidad via Twitter.
BREAKING: Marvelous Pizza on #HStNE shut down. Lots of MPD guarding the outside, crime scene tape up. #hstne pic.twitter.com/MyFAAMT3nK
— Titan of Trinidad (@ToTville) July 31, 2013
UPDATE: Feds are at Marvelous Pizza. Guy on scene: "They'll be closed. Take your pick of charges." #HStNE pic.twitter.com/H6XCXQ87TS
— Titan of Trinidad (@ToTville) July 31, 2013
Authorities inside boxing up Marvelous Pizza paperwork in banker's boxes. MPD guarding outside. #HStNE pic.twitter.com/XhDchDyKlI
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DCist has the full story on what turned out to be an FBI raid related to multiple charges.


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Mike Glennon Talks NFL, Wolfpack Memories
Dec. 3, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. - In a relatively short period of time, former NC State quarterback Mike Glennon has built a rather impressive resume in his initial season as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer in the National Football League.
Since taking over as the Bucs starting QB in Week 4, Glennon has set new rookie franchise records in passing yards (1,962) and touchdowns (13), still with four games remaining. Glennon also established a new NFL record, as he passed for at least one touchdown in each of his first eight career starts, a streak that ended this past weekend.
"The more I see of Mike Glennon, the more I like him," commented illustrious NFL writer Peter King in a Monday Morning Quarterback feature.
The NFL named Glennon the Offensive Player of the Month in November, after he led the Bucs to a 3-1 record with the only loss in overtime on the road to powerful Seattle -- quarterbacked by former Pack teammate Russell Wilson.
In those four games, Glennon completed 70.5 percent of his passes (62 of 88) for 785 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception. He produced a quarterback passing rating of 119.7 – a number that is not only remarkable for a rookie with four previous starts, but also a best by any NFL signal-caller during that span.
"Each week I'm learning a lot," Glennon noted in a phone interview after a recent Buccaneer practice. "That builds confidence. Still, a lot of things are new to me."
He also led the NFL in November in touchdown percentage and yards per pass attempt (8.92) while ranking second in completion percentage and seventh in interception percentage.
The third draft choice entered the 2013 season in much the same fashion as he found himself in the 2009 collegiate season in Raleigh as a redshirt freshman. He was drafted as a backup to starting quarterback Josh Freeman, just as he backed up Wilson at State.
"I had to be prepared to play behind Russell and I prepared to step in here," he said.
Glennon recalled the State coaching staff having no idea of how he or Wilson would ultimately perform. But after Wilson won the starting job, Glennon said he "worked hard to contribute" in the same manner that he has prepared at Tampa Bay.
"Having two good quarterbacks was a tough situation at State," he continued. "With the quarterback position, only one can play. It's not like other positions. But it was a great competition. And looking back, it was a great experience being with Russell. We pushed each other."
The 6-foot-7 signal caller said he spends more hours preparing for a game in the NFL. "There is no limit on hours here like there is in college with the NCAA. But I worked a lot of hours at State preparing to play."
That preparation is a process, according to Glennon and that "translated" beautifully from his days in Raleigh to the Tampa Bay practice facility.
Going down memory lane, Glennon reflected on his early commitment to NC State when he was the quarterback in Centreville, Va., helping lead Chantilly Westfield to the state Division 6 AAA championship and a 15-0 record. After his commitment, he wrote a published, on-going diary of that season and what he was looking forward to at NC State.
Glennon's Favorite Wolfpack Memories
And Glennon's favorite Wolfpack memory?
"It was the victory over Florida State," he said without hesitation. "FSU was ranked No. 3 and undefeated, and we scored with like 15 seconds to go."
"That is one of the best feelings that I've ever had," he recalled.
It was Florida State's only conference loss of the 2012 campaign.
Another favorite Glennon memory is the Pack's come-from-behind victory over Maryland in 2011 in the regular-season finale at Carter-Finley. The Wolfpack trailed the Terps by 27 points in the second half (41-14) but roared back to win, 56-41.
"We went to our hurry-up offense," Glennon remembered. "That was a lot of fun. Everyone on the team did a good job."
The lanky signal-caller hurled a career-high five aerial strikes and rushed for a touchdown himself in the most famous rally in Wolfpack history. The Glennon-led Pack scored 27 points in the fourth quarter.
Glennon joined Philip Rivers in an exclusive Pack statistical category – accounting for six touchdowns individually in one game.
Wolfpack Career Recap
In recapping Glennon's college career, the Virginia native started his final 26 games in Raleigh and appeared in 36 contests.
He completed 646 of 1,069 passes (60.4 percent) for 7,411 yards and 63 touchdowns. Glennon finished his career in the top five all-time passing touchdowns (third), pass completions (third), passing yards (fourth) and passing attempts (fourth).
Glennon is tied for the ninth most career touchdown passes in ACC history and his 7,411 yards ranks 25th in the conference record books.
During his senior season, his 564 attempted passes ranked second in league history and his 330 completions ranked third. Glennon's 4,031 yards during his final season ranked fourth in ACC history and his 31 touchdowns ranked fifth.
He joins Rivers as the only passers in school history to throw over 4,000 yards in a single season.
Glennon is only one of three quarterbacks at NC State to complete 300 plus passes in a single season (Rivers and Wilson).
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management and a master's degree in liberal studies.
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Find a Poem Online
There is a great deal of older and contemporary poetry easily accessible on the web. Here are a few fulltext websites especially recommended for poetry:
- Bartleby.com - The poetry here is in the public domain (not copyrighted), published before 1923.
- Poets.org - This site is sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and features many contemporary poets as well as earlier ones.
- The University of Michigan Digital Library Text Collections has three collections of interest. Choose Browse from the main page, then scroll down to the Poetry section for links to the individual collections. They can be searched or browsed.
- American Verse Project
- British Women Romantic Poets
- Williams Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience
- Contemporary American Poetry - Out of print contemporary volumes are archived here. See "about the archive" for conditions of use.
- American Verse Project - The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
- Representative Poetry Online - This anthology gives you individual poems in English that critics, teachers, and students have thought unusually good. The editors of this collection, which have included Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye, are selective. Includes bibliographic sources for all poems. Version 3.0 " includes 3,162 English poems by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the verge of copyright in the twentieth century." May be searched by title, poet, first line, or keyword. Does not include famous modern poets whose works are still copyrighted. For those poets, you could try searching Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
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Long, separately published poems, such as The Faerie Queene, Paradise Lost, La Chanson de Roland, El Cid Campeador, the Waste Land, or The Odyssey, can be found in the HSU Library catalog by title and by author.
Most poems are not published individually and are instead included in anthologies, periodicals, or in collections of a single author's work. The library has indexes that cover some poetry anthologies and poetry in periodicals. Below are some examples in the Reference Collection on the 1st floor. For help in using these indexes, please come to the Research Help Desk.
- Subject Index to Poetry REF PN 1021 B7
- Granger's Index to Poetry REF PN 1022 G7
- Hoffman's Index to Poetry: European and Latin American Poetry in Anthologies REF PN 1022 H627
- Index to Poetry for Children and Young People REF PN 1023 B72
- Women's Poetry Index REF PN 1024 G89
- Index to Black Poetry REF PN 1025 C5
- Index to Poetry by Black American Women REF PS 153 N5 C43
Books of Poems in the HSU Library
The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai
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American Women Poets
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Women's Poetry and Popular Culture
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The Betrayed Town and Other Poems
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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will present its ninth Cantonese Opera Day on November 27 (Sunday) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
An entertaining programme with free admission and a variety of activities will start at 1.15pm. The programme will include performances of Cantonese opera excerpts and operatic songs, talks and workshops on stylised movements of Cantonese opera, stall games and other activities. Cantonese opera virtuosos Liza Wang, Lee Lung, Sun Kim-long, Ng Chin-fung, Wong Chiu-kwan, Chan Kim-sing, Nam Fung, Lau Wai-ming, Tang Mei-ling, Loong Koon-tin, Wan Fai-yin, Wai Chun-fai, Chan Wing-yee and others will also be present for autograph signing. Additionally, to further Hong Kong's image as a centre of Chinese and Western culture, an English guided tour of the event will be offered for the first time to introduce this legendary art form to overseas visitors.
The cultural sectors of Guangdong, Macau and Hong Kong have designated the last Sunday of every November as Cantonese Opera Day to promote the development of the valuable vernacular art of Cantonese opera. Through the staging of this territory-wide activity on a regular basis, it is hoped that a broader audience base can be built to hold the torch of Cantonese opera alight for future generations.
To prepare for the 10th Cantonese Opera Day in 2012, the LCSD has invited people to contribute their snapshots of happy and memorable moments at the event taken over the years. Please see the Cantonese Opera Day leaflets and website for details. Pictures selected will be included in an exhibition to be held in November and December 2012.
For programme details, please refer to the programme leaflet or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/chinese_opera/00000300.html. For enquiries, please call 2268 7325.
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TV's Most Crushworthy News/Talk Show hosts: Jon Stewart vs. Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres vs. Kelly Ripa
Last week, Zap2it asked our readers to narrow down their TV News or Talk Show personality in our TV's Most Crushworthy competition. This week, it's runoff time as we seek out the Ultimate TV Crush.
The men's category was quite the close one - "Late Night's" Jimmy Fallon eked out a first-place finish over "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart by a mere three votes. Should be a hotly-contested run-off for the ultimate male host/anchor title. The women's race was a little more lopsided, though still close. Ellen DeGeneres of her eponymous show won, with Kelly Ripa of "Live with Kelly" right on her heels.
So who takes the Crushworthy prize? It's late-night men and daytime women facing off to move to the Ultimate TV Crush poll. Vote below -- but do so by Monday (Feb. 27), because the polls close then.
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YIELD: Makes 6 to 8 servings
For soup:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook skin side down until skin is golden, 8-10 minutes; transfer to a plate.
Carefully drain all but 2 tablespoons fat from pot. Add carrots, celery root, onion, and leek; stir frequently until softened and beginning to brown, 8-10 minutes.
Add butter; stir until melted. Add flour and stir constantly until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add wine and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until liquid is reduced by half, 5-8 minutes.
Add chicken, broth, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer until chicken is fork-tender, 35-40 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate. Let cool slightly; shred meat, discarding skin and bones.
Return shredded chicken to soup. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar. Season with salt, pepper, and more vinegar, if desired. DO AHEAD: Soup can be made 2 days ahead. Let cool slightly; chill until cold. Cover and keep chilled. Reheat before serving.
For biscuits:
Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl. Add butter. Using your fingertips, blend until pea-size lumps form. Add buttermilk, crème fraîche, and chives. Using a fork, mix until just combined. Gather mixture into a ball and knead in bowl just until a shaggy dough forms, 3 or 4 times.
Transfer dough to a floured work surface and pat into a 3/4"- to 1"-thick round. Cut out rounds with a 2" biscuit cutter or small glass. Gather dough and repeat patting and cutting. Transfer to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet; brush with egg.
Bake biscuits until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. DO AHEAD: Biscuits can be made 8 hours ahead. Let cool completely and store airtight at room temperature.
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Hanging our framed photograph collection of friends and family in the new house really made the space feel like home. As I hung each photo, my emotions took over: memories of family events, friends' weddings, younger days and people no longer with us. Having a designated space for family pictures, i.e. either on a wall, resting on easels atop a console, is a very nice way to take in memories at a glance. I'm looking forward to adding more photos as we explore new places, meet new friends and host old ones already dear to us. Below are some before and after shots of our new family wall and a sneak peek at the one we had in Cambridge.
Moving Mode: A Family Wall Before And After
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- August 28, 2012 at 4:09 pm
home sweet home. great photos!
- August 28, 2012 at 4:20 pm
You have a wonderful talent for making a house a home.
- August 29, 2012 at 3:01 am
LOVE it. I like how the photos are covering whole wall. It would change my relationship with "the wall". I would want to scrunch down and tipee toe upward and walk beside the wall to interact with all the images. Really like it.
- February 22, 2013 at 10:15 pm
I love this post, Debra. Hanging photos of family and friends was one of the first things I did after the furniture was in place after our move. I loved going through our archives, and luckily our going-away party provided lots of recent photos. It helped me to not feel so alone in a new place. And when we move into a new house this summer, I'll have photos of all the new friends we've made to hang up, too. =)
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Book your room at Camino Real Aeropuerto Mexico
Deluxe RoomMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 2 infants)
Camino Real ClubMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 2 infants)
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Get an overview of this hotelHealth club, restaurants, internal airport access
Connected to airport
The Camino Real Aeropuerto Mexico is connected by a pedestrian bridge to domestic terminal 1, gate B, of Benito Juárez International Airport. Complimentary transportation to terminal 2 is offered.
Business center, bank
The hotel features an indoor pool, fitness center with dry saunas, 3 restaurants, and 24-hour business center. A bank, beauty salon, and 6 massage treatment rooms are also on site.
Internet, US stations
Guestrooms offer high-speed Internet access, cable TVs with pay movies and US stations, minibars, and digital safes. Camino Real Club rooms offer access to a lounge with personalized services.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Amenities
This hotel is 20 minutes from downtown Mexico City and 25 minutes from the business and entertainment district of Polanco. The hotel is connected to the Mexico City International Airport via a covered pedestrian walkway. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez race track is a 15 minute drive from the hotel.
The hotel's health club has a fitness room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the airport, a heated indoor pool, and men's and women's locker rooms with dry saunas. Three restaurants, a bank, and a 24-hour business center with computer access (surcharge) are also on site, while a beauty salon and six massage treatment rooms provide a welcome haven for weary travelers (advanced reservation is required for massages). Wired and wireless Internet access is available in public areas (surcharge), including inside the conference center.
Guests of Camino Real Club have access to a lounge where a complimentary breakfast, domestic beverages, and appetizers are provided daily. This hotel is smoke-free.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
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- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
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- Indoor pool
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- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Number of floors - 8
- Number of restaurants - 3
- One meeting room
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- Smoke-free property
- Spa treatment room(s)
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- Television in lobby
- Total number of rooms - 600
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
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Family Friendly Amenities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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Available in all rooms: WiFi (surcharge) , Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge) , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
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- Cable TV service
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- Free toiletries
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- Daily housekeeping
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- In-room massage available
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Where to Eat
Bice-Bistro - Italian cuisine and seafood. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open daily from morning to late night.
La Huerta - International dishes. Buffet breakfast, buffet lunch, and dinner à la carte. Open from early morning to late evening.
Cualli - Mexican cuisine. Lunch and dinner. Open from early afternoon to late evening.
Lobby Bar - Appetizers and drinks. Open from morning to late night.
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A health club, complimentary to guests, is located on the eighth floor. Included is a fitness room with floor-to-ceiling windows and airport views, a heated indoor pool, and dry saunas in men's and women's locker rooms.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 1 PM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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As quoted in the press release:
The seismic program is key to providing geological information and direction in planning future exploration and development on the Riverside property. The Company has initiated processing and interpretation of the data and anticipates conclusion of that process before the end of October.
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Successful Exercise Noble Mariner Finishes
Response Force (NRF) has successfully completed the maritime Exercise
Noble Mariner off the coast of Spain. The exercise involved about 3,500
NATO personnel from 11 countries, 20 warships, including Spanish Command
Ship SPS Castilla, frigates, tankers and mine counter measure vessels,
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Exercise Noble Mariner Underway
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Reversible H2 storage near room temperature and pressure with pH as the 'switch' for controlling the direction of the reaction has been demonstrated using a bio-inspired proton-responsive Ir(III) dimer. Several similar mononuclear Ir(III) catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation were prepared to gain mechanistic insight through investigation of the factors that control the effective generation of formate. These factors include: (1) kinetic isotope effects by water, hydrogen, and bicarbonate; (2) position and number of hydroxyl groups on bpy-type ligands; and (3) mono- vs di-nuclear iridium complexes. We have, for the first time, obtained clear evidence from kinetic isotope effects and computational studies of the involvement of a water molecule in the rate-determining heterolysis of H2, and accelerated proton transfer by formation of a water bridge in CO2 hydrogenation catalyzed by bio-inspired complexes bearing a pendent base. A more significant enhancement of the catalytic activity was observed from electron donation by the ligand than on the number of the active metal centers.
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Racing towards that rejection letter #1: Sounds crazy but it is true
One of my goals for this new year is to get a rejection letter this year for a piece of long fiction either a novella or a novel. And that might sound like a totally crazy and stupid thing to do but let me explain and it might make more sense. I am a writer. … Continue reading
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Theodore Hanchey is the President of Southeast Texas Enterprises, Inc. and inactive roles in one additional company .
Southeast Texas Enterprises, Inc. filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas filed on Thursday, December 16, 2004. This corporation is approximately eleven years old according to documents filed with Texas Secretary of State.
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oilVision Systems Ltd. is to provide cutting-edge software products to geotechnical engineers, soil scientists, and geological engineers worldwide. Our products are the most technically advanced suite of 1D/2D/3D geotechnical software currently available and apply new technologies such as automatic mesh refinement, unsaturated soils, and 3D analysis. Our software ...
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RockWare, Inc., incorporated in 1983, creates and markets affordable geo-scientific computer applications. In-house developed products include RockWorks, RockWorks GIS Link, and LogPlot. RockWare also markets and distributes third party products through its catalog and web site. Industries include oil & gas, aggregates, industrial minerals, uranium, coal bed gas ...
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Lynn Spence is the developer of the RISC software for environmental risk assessment and contaminant transport modeling. Spence provides internet and short course training as well as consulting services. RISC is a software for performing human health risk assessments for contaminated sites. Fate and transport models are available to estimate receptor point concentrations ...
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SEVIEW 6.3 SESOIL & AT123D Integrated Contaminant Transport and Fate Modeling System. Founded in 1996 and privately held, Environmental Software Consultants, Inc. (ESCI) develops and markets SEVIEW, an integrated contaminant transport and fate modeling system. SEVIEW was developed as we recognized that the market was dominated by costly and complex solutions that were ...
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HI-Q Environmental Products Company (HI-Q) has been a leading manufacturer of Air Sampling & Radiation Monitoring Equipment, Systems & Accessories since 1973. HI-Q started primarily as a manufacturer of activated carbon cartridges and high/low volume air sampling pumps intended to be used as "Record Samplers" in the collection of radioiodine and radioactive dust ...
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Video: Tayyib Ali – Keystone State of MindMarch 2nd, 2011
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WITH less than 60 days to go before world leaders meet in Copenhagen to thrash out a new global climate deal, how do the chips already on the table stack up?
Not very well, according to the latest estimate of the carbon cuts promised by rich nations, which shows that the pledges made so far fall short of what is needed to avoid dangerous climate change.
The promises were analysed by the World Resources Institute (WRI), an environmental think tank in Washington DC
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Development and programming is the act of making a program as opposed to using the features that are already in a program or app.
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SOMETIMES it's hard enough just to find your shoes in the morning. Now you'll have to get used to the fact that tying the laces can entangle you in aspects of quantum theory.
A Polish physicist has recently made the remarkable observation that, just like matter and energy, knots are quantised. The implications are still not well understood, but it has added a new twist to the branch of mathematics known as knot theory, and may have applications elsewhere. It could help unravel the mysteries of how DNA coils itself into tight tangles to fit inside a cell nucleus. And it might even shed light on quantum physics.
This surprising discovery began when Piotr Pieranski of the Poznan University of Technology in Poland wrote a computer program that takes a given knot and, simulating a process in which the rope shrinks, produces what knot theorists call its "ideal" configuration.
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Video streaming service Aereo loses at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Web-based video streaming service Aereo, which rebroadcasts over-the-air television through antenna farms, violates the copyrights of TV networks.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Web-based video streaming service Aereo, which rebroadcasts over-the-air television through antenna farms, violates the copyrights of TV networks.
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week could have a huge impact on business-method and software patents, with some experts concerned that the court could put significant limits on what can be patented.
The U.S. Supreme Court could wipe out a whole swath of software and business-method patents if justices invalidate four electronic-trading patents, an attorney for patent-owner Alice said.
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Removing Audio Problems Part 1: The Basics
We've all been there before. You have a great shoot, and you get back to your editing system and discover that there was a problem with audio that you didn't notice when you were filming. It sucks, because what are you going to do? Reshoot the whole thing? Of course not, and that means working with what you have.
It's a common and difficult problem, so we are going to do a series of articles on how to deal with different types of audio problems and with what programs. But before we get fancy, we have do get down to some basics.
I like to sit down and enjoy an episode of a procedural crime drama like "CSI: Miami" or "CSI: Someplace" every once in a while, but I have to laugh when they deal with anything audio or visual. The common use of technology that doesn't exist is the "enhance!" feature where a blurry security camera is somehow enhanced to allow us to read a license plate off the back of a car. It's fun, but it's stupid, because you can't do that in real life. It's just technically impossible to create data where there is none.
The same goes for their treatment of audio. Usually, a garbled piece of audio is brought into their A/V department and it comes out pristine, so they can get the one piece of evidence they need. Usually this can be done with Horatio standing over the technician's shoulder.
Like the video part, the audio treatment is completely fabricated, but it plays into a common misconception about audio in general: that you can "remove" something from it or "enhance" a part of it easily.
Can you do those things? Yes, but it is much more difficult than TV has led everyone to believe.
Audio Soup
Think of your audio track like a big pot of soup. There are spices, carrots, peas, chicken, and a bunch of other stuff all mixed together. It's delicious, but has a flavor problem. It would be much better if we took the carrots out. Okay, no big deal. You can see the carrots – they're orange. You get a spoon and start picking them out.
So you start taking the carrots out, and you soon find out it's not as easy as you thought. You keep removing parts of the soup you didn't intend to, like some broth. But after a while, you manage to get them all out. You took some of the soup with it, but that's going to be okay.
Now, for your next assignment, you have to take the oregano out.
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Audio is like the soup – all mixed together and messy. You can't just "remove" something easily and without consequences, but if you know exactly what you need to get, you can take it out with some work if you don't mind losing a little bit of other audio in the process.
What makes something a carrot? It has to be something that is uniform throughout the audio, like a hum or a hiss. Something that can be easily identified and is always there. The carrots are still in the soup, they are just identifiable.
Obviously, it's impossible to remove the oregano because it's too much a part of the soup. If you really wanted to take it out, you'd damage the soup heavily, and you'd have a hard time figuring out what is oregano and what isn't. There would probably be some left in there when you're done too.
The oregano elements in audio are things like a cough or a car in the distance during dialogue. It's too embedded in the sound to be completely removed.
Next: Removing the Carrots
Soon, we'll be posting round 2 of talkin' about audio, with a list of tools to remove carrot-like audio problems, and some methods. Stay tuned!
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The Bath Shop at Sears Canada offers a wide range of products to suit any bathroom décor, including towels, shower curtains, boutique collections and accessories.
Your bath should be a relaxing, spa-like oasis; however, with so many accessories and coordinates to buy, it can be a confusing place to decorate in a functional way. Towels are for both display and regular use and need to feel great to touch while also maximizing absorption. Bathroom accessories need to suit your décor scheme, without overwhelming the small space and making your bathroom look cluttered. Learn more about how to intelligently shop for your bathroom.
Colour isn't the only factor you should keep in mind when buying towels. Construction, sizing and usage are important elements to consider before purchasing.Construction
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