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Oscar Alzate, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Physicist: University of Antioquia - Medellín, Colombia.
- Mathematician: Pontifical Bolivariana University - Medellín, Colombia
- M.Sc. (Biophysics): The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH. USA
- Ph.D. (Mol. Biophysics): The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH. USA.
- Post-doc. (Biochemistry/Proteomics): The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH. USA.
- Diploma. (Neurophysics). International Centre for Theoretical Physics - Trieste, Italy.
Research Interests
The Alzate Laboratory for Neuroproteomics and Neurodegeneration at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, has two major interests:
1. Understanding the "Dynamics" of specific proteomes (PROTEOME DYNAMICS), under the influence of environmental and genetic factors. In particular we seek to understand how a proteome changes under oxidative stress. Findings that we seek to apply to any biological system under "normal" and "disease" conditions.
- A proteome, contrary to popular culture, is not the "complement" of a genome. The genome of a cell or organism is pretty much well-established from birth. However, the proteome is the "permanently-changing", set of ALL the proteins that define each cell and organ at any give time. Therefore, the proteome IS NOT defined by the genome. The Genome only determines the proteins that will be synthesized from this genetic code at the beginning. Once the proteins are synthesized, they will undergo significant changes that will make the proteome a product of environmental factors (such as temperature, pH, oxidative stress, ionic strength, etc), protein-protein interactions, protein-D/RNA interactions, and posttranslational modifications. Taking into consideration how many conditions act upon any cell or organism, it is clear that there is NOT a single proteome.
- Our laboratory discovered that the mitochondrial Heat Shock protein 70 (aka MORTALIN, PBP74, GRP75, mtHsp70, p66sh, among other names) is differentially regulated in the brains of human APOE targeted replacement (hApoE-TR) mice. These mice were originally developed at the laboratory of Dr. Oliver Smithies at UNC, these mice express either of the human APOE isoforms of this protein (APOE2, APOE3, and APOE4) and are used as animal models to study the biological role played by ApoE. The finding that mortalin is differentially expressed in these mice became relevant for neurodegeneration research because APOE is the only human gene known to confere a risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). Following this initial finding, we analyzed brain tissues from AD patients and found that mortalin is also differentially regulated in these brains as a function of both, the genotype (APOE3/3, and APOE4/4) and the disease state. We found that mortalin is expressed in the human brain as four isoforms that can be fractionated using Isoelectric focusing, which suggested that such isoforms may be differentially phosphorylated between disease and non-disease states; hypothesis that we have not demosntrated despite extensive analysis of mortalin isoforms using LC-MS/MS and MALDI-MS/MS spectrometry.
- We have tried to implement several approaches to understand the biological role played by mortalin in neurodegeneration. As our initial approach, and based in an extensive literature existing on mortalin structure and function, we proposed that mortalin undergoes post-translational modifications as a cellular response to avoid deleterious effects from oxidative stress, therefore, mortalin would be a perfect target to understand the physiological effects of oxidative stress, and other mechanisms that alter the cell's homeostasis. We started by constructing clones intended at over expressing mortalin in mouse-derived astrocytes (APOE3/3 and APOE4/4), and vectors whose aim was to decrease mortalin expression by shRNA-targeted gene silencing.
2. We seek to develop techniques to isolate, identify and characterize proteomes and subproteomes.


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Tamra Barney Addresses Why She Invited Slade Smiley to Her Bunco Party
A lot of questions were raised on Tuesday's jam-packed Real Housewives of Orange County episode, but the biggest question on everyone's mind was: Who invited Slade Smiley to the party?
Housewife and party hostess Tamra Barney took to her Bravo blog to clear up some issues about the Bunco party, including addressing why Slade — who performed a comedy act the prior episode in which he compared Tamra to the Michelin Man and Vicki to Miss Piggy — was gifted an invite. Tamra explains the invites were handed out before she heard about the improv, adding that she "wasn't even sure" Slade would have the gall to show his face after what he did. (Clearly, she does not know Slade Smiley.)
But that wasn't all. The other Housewives (and many viewers) have accused Tamra of defending her former enemies Slade and Gretchen when Slade's comedy act is brought up at the party. Orange County's tiniest starlet says she was hardly defending them, and in fact she still thinks her other pint-sized pal might have known what was in Slade's routine.
"I'm not 100 percent convinced that [Gretchen] did not know he was going to use us in his act, after all me and Vicki were not invited for a reason," Tamra writes, but adds that the event "has not impacted [their] friendship in the long run."
While Tamra and Slade will never be besties, she says she plans to "kill him with kindness" from now on, even though it's not always easy. "Being the bigger person is sometimes much harder," she writes.
Still, it sounds like taking the high road is paying off, as least when it comes to keeping her friendship with Gretchen: Tamra says she and Slade are in a much better place now, and Gretchen is her "really good friend." Sadly, we don't think we can say the same for Vicki. Let's not get ahead of ourselves!
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Electric car maker Tesla's second-quarter deliveries surged 52 percent to set a company record exceeding 11,000 vehicles.
The Palo Alto, California, company had surpassed 10,000 vehicles for the first time in the first three months of the year and on Thursday said it had broken that record, delivering 11,507 vehicles.
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The Obama administration on Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama in his second-term drive to reduce pollution blamed for global warming.
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Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, together have benefited from an estimated $4.9 billion in...Read more
DETROIT General Motors declared that the auto industry's future is electric just as Americans' rekindled demand for pickup trucks, SUVs and crossovers are driving the bulk of the automaker's profits.
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While Chevrolet is touting this as $1,200 below the price of the 2015 model, Chevy dealers are carrying a large inventory of unsold 2015 Volts, which was more than a half-year's supply at the end of March, according to WardsAuto.com
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The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that several foreign workers are suing The Swan and Dolphin Resort at WDW, saying that they were not paid for a months worth of work. The workers (room cleaners and launderers) were never hired by the resort though, but were instead hired by a third party contractor, Very Reliable Services.
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Roy Barford has lived in more than 10 cities and towns around the world, but decided to settle in Cape Town. He loves the fact that he can enjoy both urban and natural adventures every day, surrounded by creativity and tranquility.
He is a sports fanatic who can often be found at Newlands rugby and cricket stadiums, while he also enjoys outdoor adventure activities and exploring Cape Town's vast nightlife options.
Roy has written for publications such as the Sunday Tribune, Cape Argus and the Star, and has also blogged for websites such as Southafrica.net, Tablemountain.net.
The National Geographic Channel is currently screening a documentary called The World in Two Cities, in which travel expert Andrew Evans explores Cape Town and Durban. The documentary airs around the world on various dates for the next few weeks, including countries such as England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and France. See the schedule here.
You can download the five-day Cape Town National Geographic itinerary and use it to explore the Mother City, as Andrew did.
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HOPES that symptoms of Down's syndrome could be reversed have been raised by the silencing of the extra chromosome that causes the condition.
Jeanne Lawrence at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester took skin cells from men with the condition and "rewound" them into an embryonic state.
People with Down's have an extra copy of chromosome 21, altering the way they develop. Into this extra chromosome, her team inserted a copy of a gene called XIST. This gene has a silencing function and is normally found on the X chromosome, where it is needed to suppress one of the two X chromosomes in females.
With XIST activated, the extra chromosome 21 seemed silenced. These cells developed normally, and within two weeks had formed neural rosettes, clusters of cells that form the central nervous system. None had done so in untreated cells.
XIST activation also prevented the expression of an APP gene present on the extra chromosome that makes beta-amyloid – a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease and which hastens the progression of Down's syndrome (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature12394).
Intervening in a live embryo is not likely, though. "I can't see how it could be done in all relevant cells in an embryo at the time Down's would be diagnosed," says Robin Lovell-Badge of London's National Institute of Medical Research.
Victor Tybulewicz, also at the NIMR, thinks the therapy's value will be in explaining what goes wrong. "It can be used to switch off the chromosome at different times, to understand if some consequences could be reversed," he says.
Elizabeth Fisher at University College London says it might be possible to treat some symptoms by silencing the chromosome in certain areas of the body.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Could symptoms of Down's be reversed?"
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Mar 19, 2007
LEGO Innovators
The LEGO Company was one of several companies highlighted in tonight's episode of The Business of Innovation on CNBC. The focus of the episode, titled New Tricks & Old Dogs, was on how successful companies use their customers to innovate. Christopher R. Smith, from this blog, was interviewed. There was also a wicked cool video of an RCX LEGO Car Factory in the background of the episode that you can see on YouTube here.
The podcast of Episode 3, New Tricks & Old Dogs, should be available soon and you can also visit the series' homepage.
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The videos are now posted at CNBC(four segments of the 1-hour episode 3)
To the Viewers...I feel a little bad about the half-dead mouse I was kicking to get the words to come out. He is usually pretty sharp. But, that was a sign of me being a little over-worked.
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Withdrawing from a Class
Students withdraw from a class when a decision has been made to stop attending after the last day of Late Registration. The Office of the Registrar is the official office of notification for withdrawal from classes.
If a student withdraws from a class:
- After the end of Late Registration but before the semester midpoint, the course will appear on the student's transcript and a grade of either W or WF must be assigned at the instructor's discretion when grades are entered at the end of term; or
- After the midpoint of the semester, but before the final two weeks of scheduled classes, the course will appear on the student's transcript and a grade of WF will be assigned. For the only exception to this policy, see the Hardship Withdrawal heading in this section
Involuntary Withdrawal
Students are expected to observe all policies governing the class. Faculty must clearly state these policies in the course syllabus. When a faculty member determines that a student is in violation of one of the class policies (e.g., has missed a required assignment or has excessive absences), that faculty member may withdraw the student from the course. Students involuntarily withdrawn prior to the midpoint of the course will be assigned a grade of W or WF by the instructor. Students involuntarily withdrawn after the midpoint of the course will be assigned a grade of WF. Note that a WF is treated as an F for GPA calculation purposes. The instructor will notify, in writing, a student who is involuntarily withdrawn, and within ten days of this notification, the student may petition to the department chair for reinstatement in the course.
Hardship Withdrawal
Students may be granted hardship withdrawals after the midpoint of the semester when nonacademic emergency situations which prevent them from completing their course work occur.
Hardship withdrawals are subject to the following restrictions:
- Students are not eligible for hardship withdrawals in any course in which they have completed the course requirements (e.g., taking the final exam or submitting the final project).
- Students must initiate an application for a hardship withdrawal no later than one academic year after the semester in which the courses were taken.
- Hardship status normally applies to all the courses a student took in a semester but in some cases may be granted for some of a student's courses. Students requesting a hardship withdrawal in some but not all of their courses must provide documentation to justify such a partial withdrawal. If a student is granted a hardship withdrawal (full or partial), the instructors of the courses from which the student is withdrawing must award a grade of "W" or "WF," depending on whether the student was doing passing work as of the effective date of the hardship.
Hardship approval usually comes in the form of a letter from the Dean's Office indicating that the student has been awarded a hardship withdrawal. This means that the student's personal plea to the instructor alone is not sufficient. In cases of partial withdrawal, instructors may receive a letter from the dean's office asking for an evaluation as to whether a hardship is appropriate for a particular student. The instructor's assessment may be a factor in determining approval of a hardship withdrawal.
Decisions regarding hardship withdrawals shall be made by the Dean of Students. The Dean of Students is not authorized to grant exceptions to the two restrictions above. If the student or the faculty members involved in a case wish to appeal the decision of the Dean of Students, or if the Dean of Students feels that an exception to the two restrictions above is justified, the student's case shall be considered by the Hardship Withdrawal Appeals Committee. If the Hardship Withdrawals Appeals Committee is considering granting an exception to the two restrictions above, the instructor of the course(s) in question shall be contacted in advance of the Committee's meeting and offered the opportunity to write a letter to the Committee stating anything the instructor feels is relevant to the case. Appeals of the decisions of the Committee may be initiated by either the faculty or the students involved in the case and shall be heard by the Provost.
Administrative Withdrawal
A student may be administratively withdrawn from the university, when, in the judgment of the Dean of Students, the director of the Counseling Center, and the university physician, if any, and after consultation with the student's parents and/or personal physician, if any, it is determined that the student suffers from a physical, mental, emotional, or psychological health condition which:
- poses a significant danger or threat of physical harm to the student or to the person or property of others;
- causes the student to interfere with the rights of other members of the university community or with the exercise of any proper activities or functions of the university or its personnel; or
- causes the student to be unable to meet institutional requirements for admission and continued enrollment, as defined in the fee payment rules of the university, Student Conduct Code and Policies, and other academic policies of the university.
- Except in some situations, a student shall, upon request, be accorded an appropriate hearing prior to the final decision concerning his or her continued enrollment at the university. Students who are administratively withdrawn will be assigned a grade of W or WF by the instructor if they are withdrawn before the semester midpoint and a WF if they are withdrawn after the semester midpoint.
Limits on Withdrawals with a Grade of W
- Students are allowed to withdraw with a grade of W a maximum of six times in their undergraduate careers at Georgia State.
- The limit on withdrawals does not apply if a student withdraws from all classes during a term before the midpoint. However, students are only allowed to withdraw from all classes prior to the midpoint twice without having their withdrawals count against the limit. Students who withdraw from all classes a third or subsequent time will automatically receive a grade of WF in their classes if they have reached their limit of Ws.
- It is possible that a student will withdraw from more than one class in a particular semester and not have enough Ws left to use a W in all those classes. In that case, classes will be awarded a W based on the date and time the student initiated the withdrawal from that class. For example, if a student had taken five Ws in their career at Georgia State and then withdrew from three of the four classes in which the student is enrolled, the student's sixth W allowed would be assigned to the class from which the student withdrew first. The student would receive a WF in the other two classes. In these cases, students may make an appeal to the Student Advisement Center or their Office of Academic Advisement to shift the W from one class to another. Such requests must be made no later than the end of the semester after the semester in which the student withdrew from the classes. (Whether a student is enrolled in the semester after the semester in which the student withdrew from the classes does not change this time limit.) Students may not shift Ws between semesters.
- The following sorts of withdrawals do not count against the limit on withdrawals with a grade of W.
- Hardship withdrawals
- Grades of WF (withdrawal failing)
- Grade of WM (withdrawal military)
- Withdrawals taken in semesters before Fall Semester 2006
- Withdrawals taken at other institutions
- This policy applies to all degree seeking undergraduate students. It does not apply to non-degree students (such as post baccalaureate students).
Students formally withdrawing from all classes may be entitled to a refund of a portion of their fees (see Section 1210).
In an emergency situation that precludes personal action to withdraw from classes, a student may communicate with the Office of the Dean of Students.


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On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 Patrick B. Lickiss wrote:
> The scam is very simple...Western Digital makes some of the least
> drives I've ever used. I, for one, would much rather pay the extra
> and get something that's not going to make a rather unpleasant
> noise when I turn the computer on after having used the drive for
3 months.
> I've actually lost three WD drives to this same problem, all different
> and different models. Not only to their drives suck, but their
> service is laughable. In short, I think people are figuring this out
> finally and that's why WD has such huge rebates, to try and drum
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I've got 4 WD drives right now (20gb and three 10gb). I've had them
for years with no problems, although one of the 10gb had to be retired
a while back after being shipped so poorly the casing was damaged
(let's just say one should chose their co-locs wisely as this one
didn't ship the machine back in the same condition I sent it to them).
Just a question, did you purchase all the drives from the same store?
Perhaps it is a problem with how merchandise is handled by the store
rather than a problem with the drive manufacturing process. Hard
drives can be quite messed up if treated roughly, for example, getting
dropped or thrown around excessively. The damage also isn't always
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BLONDE ROOTS, A prose novel in which Africans enslave Europeans.
Penguin UK, 2008 & Penguin USA, 2010
Bernardine's first fully-prose novel BLONDE ROOTS (Penguin UK 2008/USA 2009) is an original and often satirical take on slavery in which Africans are the masters and Europeans are their slaves. The protagonist is a captured white woman from Europa who tries to escape slavery in the United Kingdom of Great Ambossa.
Available as an unabridged audio book by Whole Story Audio Books (Amazon).
LARA, Bloodaxe Books, 2009.
A semi-autobiographical verse novel based on the author's family history. The cover photograph is of her parents' wedding day in Camberwell, London, 1955. (This new edition of the book is revised and expanded by a third from the 1997 edition.) The novel travels back over 150 years, seven generations and three continents. The eponymous Lara grows up as the mixed raced daughter of an Englishwoman and a Nigerian man in London of the 60s and 70s, and the novel shifts backwards from the past to the present, including the stories of her parent's childhood and inter-racial marriage and her predecessors in England, Nigeria, Ireland, Germany and Brazil.
THE EMPEROR'S BABE, Penguin, 2001
A verse novel about a black girl growing up in Roman London 1800 years ago.
Londinium, 211 AD. A city of slum tenements and sumptuous villas, of orgy queens, drag queens and drama queens. A city where the currency is often sex, where children go to work aged five and marriage is a career move. Through the bustling city, we follow Zuleika – feisty and precocious daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good. Married off at eleven to Felix, a rich Roman three times her age, perpetually away on business, Zuleika drifts about his villa, bored, until one night several years later when Septimius Severus, the Roman emperor, newly arrived in town, spots her at the theatre…
SOUL TOURISTS, Penguin, 2005
An experimental novel mixing prose, poetry, prose-poetry, scripts and other non-fiction devices. Soul Tourists is about a mismatched black British couple who go on an indefinite car journey across Europe and end up in the Middle East. The man, Stanley, meets ghosts of colour from European history along the way who transform his understanding of the continent and his sense of belonging. These include Pushkin and his African great-grandfather, the mixed-race Alessandro de' Medici of Florence, the Chevalier de St. Georges, Mary Seacole and Hannibal of Carthage.
HELLO MUM, Penguin, 2010
An epistolary novella told in the voice of a 14 year old boy writing to his mother who lives on a London estate and gets into trouble with a gang. In this fiction the issue of gang culture is neither demonised or glamourised. Instead, his story deepens our understanding of the context of his life and the decisions he makes that shapes it.
Bernardine was the Suffolk Big Read author in 2010 and 40,000 copies of Hello Mum were distributed throughout the county including to every school. Over 70,000 copies of the novella have been sold to date, through non-traditional outlets.
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British supermodel Naomi Campbell chose to celebrate her 42nd birthday with a trip to Israel, and she wished for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the Middle East.
Flanked by security guards, Campbell's entourage — her longtime boyfriend, Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin, and 15 close friends — toured around Bethlehem and lit candles in the Church of the Nativity. They also visited the Western Wall and the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City.
Campbell is one of the most iconic supermodels in the international fashion world. She made her debut at the age of 15 and was the first black Vogue Paris cover model. Since then she has graced the covers of countless fashion magazines around the world.
"As much traveling as I've done, I've never come here," Campbell told a Palestinian television station. The supermodel also said she hoped for peace. "I'm happy to be here. Weapons and war, greed and oil … I hope it all stops. I care about health, about good vibrations, not destruction."
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CWD continues moving north
January 3, 2013 at 10:15 am in Pierce County Herald
Outdoor News — Chronic wasting disease continues to move northward in Wisconsin's deer herd. The DNR said yesterday that two deer in the wild were confirmed to have the fatal brain disease. They were shot by deer hunters in Juneau and Portage counties on November 18th. Continue Reading


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American Idol
Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj Play Dress-Up in "Up Out My Face" Music Video: Flashback! (VIDEO)
Long before American Idol judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj were rumored to be bickering behind the scenes, the two joined forces for one of Mariah's hit songs from 2010 and even filmed a music video together.
For the single "Up Out of My Face," Mariah and Nicki play doll versions of themselves trapped in plastic-wrapped boxes. Once they free themselves, their inner divas run wild going on shopping sprees, drinking cocktails, and getting manicures.
With multiple costume changes, matching outfits, and funny little moments in the video, Mariah and Nicki seem to be having a ball without an ounce of cattiness in sight.
Considering Nicki recently called her co-judge a "legend" and "a woman who I've looked up to since I can remember enjoying music," we're beginning to think things are just peachy between the two!


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The mayor of Seaside Heights is contemplating saving part of the resort city's storm repair costs by leaving some of the damage alone.
Mayor Bill Akers believes that the roller coaster Hurricane Sandy washed into the Atlantic Ocean could be used as a tourist attraction.
According to USA Today, no decision has been made about tearing down the roller coaster, but he is working with the Coast Guard to determine if the coaster is stable where it sits.
The ride is sitting right side up in the Atlantic. Telegraph reported that only four of the 44 rides on the Seaside Heights pier were not damaged by Sandy. The log flume attraction was torn in half.
The remains of the Seaside Heights boardwalk have been removed.
An Associated Press report on StarTribune.com says construction on a new boardwalk should start in January, and it is expected to be completed by Memorial Day, according to Akers.
Some of the boardwalk's former businessmen are looking to start again. According to NBC New York, Mike Mergott of Mad Mike's Amusements said he plans to rebuild because he is "one hundred per cent sure" families want to return to the boardwalk. And Jim Loundy lost several buildings due to Sandy, but believes he won't see a similar hurricane for "another fifty or sixty years."


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Apple revamps appearance of third-party accessories at Retail Stores
As part of a larger redesign, Apple will design its own packaging for third-party accessories sold at Apple Retail Stores.
How to configure an Apple Watch for a typical business day
Apple's new Watch is more than a fashion statement or just a fancy new gadget. With a few tweaks, the Watch proves a powerful partner helping navigate the typical business day.
Pro tip: How to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows on OS X
Jesus Vigo reviews the steps required in creating a bootable USB flash drive used to install a modern version of Windows on your computer.
Pro tip: Find and remove storage-hogging apps on watchOS
WatchOS has a lot of great controls that you might not have used before. Cory Bohon shows you how to find out which apps are using the storage on your Apple Watch.
Apple Music and Beats 1 launches to the world
iPhone (and Mac and iPad) owners get three months of free access to a ton of music, plus Beats 1. Jordan Golson provides the details.
Apple Watch review: Style, but little business substance yet
Apple's entry into the wearable market is typically elegant, and expensive. However, its reliance on a companion iPhone can make it seem like an optional extra rather than a 'must-have' item.
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What's in OS X El Capitan for business?
Apple's next OS X release, El Capitan, is due in the fall. The new release packs several features business users will appreciate, including Pinned Sites, Mail improvements, and noticeable performance ...
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Two weeks of travelling across the world have proven the iPad can legitimately function as a primary computer for an executive -- if you're willing to put up with some minor frustrations.
Pro tip: 5 more commands Mac admins should know
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Apple to revive the radio star with Beats 1
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Wozniak talks: Self-driving cars, Apple Watch, and how AI will benefit humanity
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Inertial Confinement Fusion capsule designs incorporating beryllium are becoming attractive for use in implosion experiments designed for modest energy gain. This paper explores the feasibility of chemical vapor deposition of organo-beryllium precursors to form coating materials of interest as ablators and fuel containers. Experiments were performed in a surrogate chemical system utilizing tetramethylgermane as the organometallic precursor. Coatings with up to 3.4 g cm−3 germanium have been produced with germanium-to-carbon ratios of at least 1:1. These coatings compare favorably with polymer-like organo-germanium films previously reported in the literature and provide confidence that a similar deposition process with an organo-beryllium precursor would be successful.
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Hoosiers Head to Liz Murphey Collegiate
April 2, 2014
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana women's golf team will play in its penultimate regular season tournament of the year this weekend at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, April 4-6 at the UGA Golf Couse in Athens, Ga.
This weekend's tournament will not be your typical stroke play event. The 16-team field will play one qualifying round of stroke play on Friday. From that the top eight teams will move to the Red bracket and the remaining eight teams into the Black bracket. There will then be two rounds of match play on Saturday and one on Sunday.
Joining the Hoosiers at the event are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Daytona State, Denver Georgetown, Iowa State, Michigan State, Mississippi State, N.C. State, Northwestern, USC, Texas A&M, Troy and the host Bulldogs.
Indiana will pair with Arkansas in Friday's stroke play with first tee time at 9:15 a.m. ET. Live results can be found at BirdieFire.com.
The match play event mimics the format change the women's NCAA Championships will make starting with the 2014-15 season.
The Hoosiers are coming off a spring break trip that saw them finish eighth at the BYU at Entrada Classic, and 14th at the Briar's Creek Invitational. With the match play format, head coach Clint Wallman has shaken up his lineup. Playing in the No. 1 spot will be junior Kamryn Klawitter. Klawitter finished tied for 79th at Briar's Creek and has appeared in six tournaments this season.
Junior Elizabeth Tong will play in the No. 2 spot. Tong is second on the team in stroke average at 76.43 and has three top-25 finishes this season. In the third spot is sophomore Maria Mancini. Mancini carded the low round of the tournament at Briar's Creek with a 73 in the final round and has played all 23 rounds for IU this season.
Sophomore Camille Chevalier will play in the fourth spot. Chevalier led Indiana with a top-25 finish at Briar's Creek and the native of France is a match play veteran. Another Hoosier with strong match play experience due to her European background is freshman Ana Sanjuan. Sanjuan will play in the fifth spot and is currently tops on the team in stroke average (75.47) and top-25 finishes (five).
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Bill Clinton's masterful speech this year at the DNC was hailed by friends and foes alike as cinching the deal for President Obama, though 44 was also a superior candidate with a superior tech team. But Clinton wasn't always such a great communicator. The 1988 introduction of then-Governor Clinton on a national stage was a fiasco as he droned on and on while nominating Michael Dukakis at the DNC. He did damage control with a full-on charm offensive during a subsequent chat with Johnny Carson.
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Bill Clinton gave a pretty masterful if overlong speech. It's funny how every great Bill Clinton speech is on the verge of being a terrible Bill Clinton speech because he goes on and on. But he showed you can actually work policy into a convention address, put aside his ego (somewhat) in acknowledging that he couldn't have done any better with the collapsed economy than Obama, and refuted every GOP charge against the President (save criticism of the stimulus).
It's amazing someone as bright as Clinton wasn't a better President. He was above average in a few ways, but far below in others. Certainly not a disaster like his successor but sort of underwhelming considering his gifts. He was undisciplined and unfocused in foreign policy, and made plenty of bad cabinet appointments. To his credit, he was able to work with some of the very same creeps who tried to railroad him out of office, but he truly was the recent Democratic President who led from behind, at least domestically. And you can triangulate your way into a second term but not greatness.
The Obama charge that rankled Clinton so much–that he was a transitional President instead of a transformative one–still rings true. But no one has ever questioned Clinton's party loyalty and last night he put aside his chilly relationship with the President the way a senior statesman will. The GOP has no analogue to him and its poorer for that.•
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The Hillary Clinton portion of the famous campaign appearance that Bubba made with Arsenio Hall in 1992, when the future President played sax.
I think if you look at their first terms side by side, President Obama has been a far more sure-handed leader than Bill Clinton with far fewer miscues–and during a much more challenging time. Hillary herself, as Secretary of State, has been more commanding than her husband was in foreign affairs. But during this appearance, she was in a supporting role.
I often think of how different relations between the sexes would be in America if at this point in our nation's history roughly half the Presidents had been men and half women. Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, I know, but I don't think the disconnect is merely because of some celestial difference. I think when you live in an unequal society, things become weird for all involved.
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President Obama has been criticized for not communicating his message well enough to the American people during his first term, but perhaps that effort would have been time wasted. There are probably moments when an American President can define the narrative, but usually they're just being led by it, at best framing it. You've probably already read "The Unpersuaded," Ezra Klein's smart New Yorker piece on the topic, but here's an excerpt:
"No President worked harder to persuade the public, Edwards says, than Bill Clinton. Between his first inauguration, in January, 1993, and his first midterm election, in November, 1994, he travelled to nearly two hundred cities and towns, and made more than two hundred appearances, to sell his Presidency, his legislative initiatives (notably his health-care bill), and his party. But his poll numbers fell, the health-care bill failed, and, in the next election, the Republicans took control of the House of Representatives for the first time in more than forty years. Yet Clinton never gave up on the idea that all he needed was a few more speeches, or a slightly better message. 'I've got to . . . spend more time communicating with the American people,' the President said in a 1994 interview. Edwards notes, 'It seems never to have occurred to him or his staff that his basic strategy may have been inherently flawed.'"
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In a Financial Times article in which he elaborately kisses the ass of President Bill Clinton, historian Simon Schama also elicits some fine political analysis from 42. An excerpt about the Tea Party:
"'The Tea Party,' Clinton says, 'is the most extreme incarnation of the 30-year cycle that began when Ronald Reagan said in his first inaugural that government isn't the answer, government is the problem. But the real issue is not that the Tea Party is in control of the country, has captured the airwaves or represents a majority of public sentiment; the problem is that something [the deal-making system] that has worked for the American people in the past isn't working now.'
And the ideologues haven't had their 'Waterloo moment to break the fever,' such as the two shut-downs of the federal government engineered by Speaker Newt Gingrich and the incoming House Republicans in 1995. That triumphant phalanx assembled beneath the banner of the Contract with America to which they vowed to remain uncompromisingly faithful. But the public hated the shut-downs and blamed Republicans to the point when it became apparent they had actually taken out a contract on themselves. It was Gingrich, not Clinton, who was ousted, the president winning re-election a year later. The manufactured spat earlier this year over raising the debt ceiling had Waterloo-moment promise, but the prospect of the US defaulting for the only time in its history and the risk of sending the already stressed bond market over the cliff meant that Obama, unlike Clinton, couldn't call the naysayers' bluff.
So what can be done about this latest edition of Know-Nothings? 'You can't convert the ideologues because they don't care what the facts are. With the world as it is, you have to fight the fight you can win, and the fight you can win is economics.' He gets intense at this point. 'There isn't a single example of a successful country on the planet today – if you define success as lower rates of unemployment, higher rates of job growth, less income inequality and a health system that produces the same or better care at lower cost – that doesn't have both a strong economy and effective government that find some way to work in harness with each other … If you don't do that, if you don't have a system by which the poor can work their way into it, then you lose the social cohesion necessary to hold the country together and that is a big problem."
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Bill Clinton is on a strict vegan diet these days, which is bad news for certain restaurants. According to an amusing article by David Segal in the New York Times, eateries where the former President has stuffed his piehole continue to benefit from his visit for years. An excerpt:
"Bill Clinton has dined at Bukhara, an upscale restaurant in New Delhi, on just two occasions, but the afterglow of those visits has never worn off. The clientele, it seems, won't let it.
Since that first meal, in 2000, so many customers have uttered some variation of 'Give us what the president had,' that the restaurant has started serving a mixed-meat sampler — a one-off prepared for Mr. Clinton and his guests — as a nightly special. The Bill Clinton platter, as it is known, is an aromatic spread of mixed meats, lentils and oven-baked bread.
Price: 5,000 rupees, or about $110.
For those who can't handle that much minced lamb and chicken tandoori, a night at Bukhara can still have a Clintonian cast. Just ask for 'the Clinton table,' the six-seater said to be Mr. Clinton's perch of choice in the middle of the restaurant, with an unhindered view of the open-air kitchen.
But be sure to call ahead."
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Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, Mark Strong, William Hurt
When Richard the Lionheart is killed in battle, Robin Longstride and his band of weary men break away from the army and head straight for the coast. On route they witness the King's second-in-command, Robert Loxley, being ambushed by a gang of French troops lead by a treacherous British courtier, Godfrey. After rescuing the crown and sneaking back to England to break the bad news, Robin decides to fulfil Loxley's dying wish by returning his father's sword to their family seat in Nottingham.
Loxley's father begs Robin to stay, explaining that if anybody finds out his son has died, they will lose their land and find themselves at the mercy of the Sheriff. Robin agrees to masquerade as Loxley, an idea that Loxley's wife, Marion, is not immediately attracted to. Gradually, as Robin helps to rebuild their shattered community, Marion comes to appreciate him; but trouble is stirring in London, as Godfrey worms his way into a position of power in King John's court. Godfrey intentionally stirs up a civil war with the Northern Barons so that the English army will be distracted while his friend, Prince Phillip of France, invades from the South. And so the stage is set for Robin Hood to fulfil his heroic destiny; saving the woman he loves, and rescuing his noble countrymen from the greedy hands of tyranny.
If this all sounds slightly formulaic and emotionless… then I have pitched the story perfectly! Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe must have known, when they teamed up to make another historical epic about an outlawed warrior, that there would be an avalanche of comparisons to their genre-defining millennial smash hit Gladiator. All the masterful conveyance of tone and the eye-watering ferocity of the action sequences are recreated here in the forests and beaches of 12th Century England (although not much has matured or developed over the past decade); but there is simply no emotional heart here, and the absence is made all the more disappointing when compared to the guttural tragedy at the heart of Gladiator.
As the global film community stumbles helplessly into the vortex of 3-D and all the other gluttonous vices that technology offers, there is something admirable about a summer 'blockbuster' that values small-scale fight sequences and realistic locations. Scott's film is certainly a timely reminder that mere humans – without the shortcuts of CGI – can still make visceral and epic films that astound the senses.
Anyone hoping for an Errol Flynn throwback will be shocked and even terrified by this gruelling, bloody film. The feathered caps and bright tights of old are replaced by muddy, sweaty chainmail; and the gay old 'Merry Men' have given way to a band of outlawed, highly-skilled warriors returning home from war to a country they barely recognise. There is no denying that the 'look' of the film is masterful; but we have moved on from Gladiator, and all the integrity in the world cannot make up for the fact that this film is as damp and calcified as the cliffs that overlook the films fast-paced climax.
The acting is average; but when the acting is 'average' in a film with a cast like this, you know something is wrong. Poor performances have become a Ridley Scott trope as he tumbles into his winter years. He seems to have grown tired – or scared – of the questioning glances of his desperately confused actors; preferring instead to fawn over the stuntmen and choreographers that will garner him praise for his mastery of 'action sequences'. The cast is enviable, and every one of them wasted.
The accents forced out by these A-list actors are cringe-worthy if you aren't taking the film seriously, and downright distracting if you are. Crowe's ear for dialects is usually impeccable, but here he sways maniacally between a leering Liverpudlian longshoreman (I hate alliteration, but I like that image), a timid Mancunian farmhand, and a gruff Berkshire nobleman. And yet, despite this inconsistent mash of identities, you spend the entire film constantly reminding yourself that this isn't Maximus Decimus Meridius and he isn't father to a murdered son or husband to a murdered wife. Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, and William Hurt follow suit, so that the question that begs to be asked is surely, "couldn't you have cast ONE English actor in a leading role?"
All things considered, there will be much worse films than this released throughout the summer. Ridley Scott is still a master of tightly edited action sequences; his attention to detail is enviable, and his confidence in his own ability means that we are treated to climactic battle scene with 1,000 real human beings (which is surely more evocative than 5,000,000 computer generated ones). But none of this makes up for the fact that this film lacks the powerful emotional underpinnings of it's Roman older brother; and without a real story, no amount of colour grading can make up for the fact that this is still just the story of some men in tights.


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|Company has on its corporate records the names of the following individuals who each own [NUMBER] shares of common stock which constitute all the issue and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of this date.
|The Company has furnished to the Note Holders an Offering Circular which is attached hereto as Exhibit B. The financial statements contained therein are true and correct and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently followed throughout the period indicated.
|There is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company before any court or administrative agency, the determination of which might result in any material adverse change in the business of the Company.
|The Company has title to the respective properties and assets including the properties and assets reflected on the financial statement for the year ending [DATE] and which assets and properties are subject to no liens, mortgages, encumbrances or charges except a security interest to [SPECIFY].
|The Company is not a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any restriction which materially and adversely affects its business, property or assets, or financial condition, and neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the confirmation of the transactions contemplated herein, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof, nor the compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes, will conflict with or result in the breach of the terms, conditions or provisions or constitute a default, under the Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the Company or of any Agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a party.
|The Company has not declared, set aside, paid or made any dividend or other distributions with respect to its capital stock and has not made or caused to be made directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution of any nature whatsoever to any of the holders of its capital stock except for regular salary payments for services rendered and the reimbursement of business expenses.
|All of the equipment and automobiles of the Company are in good condition and repair.
|There are no outstanding options or rights to purchase shares of the Company and no outstanding securities with the right of conversion into shares of the Company.
|The Company owns or possesses adequate licenses or other rights to use, all patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, and copyrights used in its business. No one has asserted to the Company that its operations infringe on the patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other rights utilized in the operation of its business.
|Neither the Company nor any agent or employee acting in its behalf has offered the Notes or the Stock or any portion thereof for sale to or solicited in any offer to buy the same or any thereof from any person or persons other than the purchasers listed in the attached Exhibit A and [NUMBER] other persons, and neither the Company nor any agent or employee acting in its behalf will sell or offer for sale the Notes or Stock or any portion thereof to or solicit any offer to buy the Notes or the Stock from any person or persons so as to bring the issuance or sale thereof within the provisions of Section [NUMBER] of the [ACT].
|The Note Holders are subscribing for the Notes and Stock for investment purposes and not with the view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and that they have no present intent to sell, give or otherwise transfer the Notes or Stock.
|The Note Holders state that they are and residents of the State of [STATE/PROVINCE ].
|The Note Holders understand that this is a highly speculative investment in a Company which is insolvent both from a legal and an equity standpoint.
|Individuals represent and warrant that they have a net worth in excess of [AMOUNT] exclusive of their residences and that they are sophisticated investors who are knowledgeable about the [SPECIFY] business.
|Note Holders state that they will be active in the affairs of the business of the Company.
|The Holder of any of the Notes at any time up to and including the maturity date (or, as to any of the Notes to which notice of prepayment shall have been given, at any time up to the close of business on the third business day prior to the day fixed for prepayment)but not thereafter may convert the Notes in whole or in part into as many fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company as the principal amount of the Note so converted in a multiple of [SPECIFY ] per share, and upon surrender of the certificate representing the Notes to the Company at its principal office in the City of [CITY]. If any of the Notes shall be converted in part, the Company shall, at its option and without charge to the Holder, either (I) execute and deliver to the Holder Notes for the balance of the principal amount so converted, or (ii)make note thereon of the principal of the amount converted.
|Upon conversion of any of the Notes, all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount converted shall be paid to the Holder by the Company.
|The Company shall take all necessary steps to maintain the registration for the shares held subject to the conversion privilege as described in this section.
|In the case the Company shall issue or sell any share of its Common Stock (other than the Stock Shares issued upon conversion of any of the Notes)without consideration or for consideration per share less than the conversion price of [PRICE ] per share, then forthwith upon such issuance or sale, the conversion price shall be adjusted to a price (computed to the nearest cent)determined by dividing (i)an amount equal to the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by [SPECIFY ] and the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issue or sale, by (ii)the total amount of shares of Common Stock immediately outstanding after such issue or sale.
|In case the Company shall at any time divide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the conversion price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision should be proportionately reduced, and, conversely, in the case of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the actual conversion price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
|In case the Company shall declare a dividend or make a distribution of any Stock of the Company payable in Common Stock or in Convertible Securities, the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution, or upon conversion of or in exchange for such Convertible Securities issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution, shall be deemed to have been issued or sold without consideration.
|No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any of the Notes. If any Holder of the Notes shall have converted all the Notes held by him other than a principal amount so small that less than a whole share of Common Stock would be issuable upon conversion thereof, the Company may elect to prepay such balance, with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for prepayment, or leave the same outstanding until the maturity of the Note.
|In any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes (other than a change in stated value or from no par to par value)or in the case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with any other corporation, or in the case of the sale and conveyance to another to another corporation or person of the property of the Company in its entirety or substantially as an entirety, the Company shall, as a condition precedent to such transaction, case effective provisions to be made that each Holder of the Notes then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to convert the Notes into the kind and amount of shares of Stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock in the Company into which such Notes might have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
|The Company covenants that so long as the Notes are in existence, it will deliver to the Holders thereof (i)as soon as practical, in any event within [NUMBER] days after the end of such quarterly period, in each fiscal year, consolidated income and surplus statements of the Company; (ii)as soon as practical, and in any event within [NUMBER] days after the end of each fiscal year, a consolidated income and surplus statement of the Company, and (iii)with reasonable promptness, such other financial data as the Holders may request in writing.
|The Company covenants that, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, it will permit any Holder of the Notes to visit and inspect, at the Holder's expense, any of the property of the Company, including its books and records, and to discuss affairs, finances and accounts with its officers.
|The Company covenants that, without the written consent of the Holders of [SPECIFY] in principal amount of the Notes, it will not:
|Create or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind on any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired except for (i)mortgages, encumbrances, liens or charges which are now in existence; (ii)mortgages, liens, charges and encumbrances (a)for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on property of the Company if the same shall not be due or delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; (b)of mechanics and material men for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; or (c)in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other state employment legislation.
|Make any loan or advance to any person, firm or corporation.
|Assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable in connection with the obligations, stock or dividends of any person, firm or corporation except in the ordinary course of business by endorsement of a negotiable instrument in the course of collection.
|Merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell, lease or transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial part of its assets to any person, firm or corporation.
|Enter into any material transaction in which any stockholder owning of record or beneficially more than [%] of the Common Stock of the Company shall have, at the time, a beneficial interest, direct or indirect.
|The breach of any of the events or conditions contained in Section 7 of this Agreement shall constitute an event of default under this Agreement. Any one or more of the Holders of the Notes may give written notice of such breach and if the Company shall within [NUMBER] days after receipt of such written notice have failed to correct such occurrence or condition, then the Holder of any one of the Notes may, at its option and without notice, declare the entire principal and interest accrued thereon immediately due and payable and may proceed with collection.
|If the Company has made a material misrepresentation in connection with this Agreement or with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if the Company makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or a trustee or receiver is appointed for the Company; or if any proceeding involving the Company is commenced under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, statute or law, such event shall be deemed a default which will immediately entitled Holders of the Notes, at their option and without notice, to declare the entire amount of interest accrued thereon immediately due and payable and proceed to enforce the collection thereof.
|In case of default in the payment of any installment or principal, the Holders of the Notes may, at their option and without notice, declare the entire principal and the interest accrued thereof immediately due and payable and may proceed to enforce the collection thereof.
|Any and all notices, approvals or other communications to be sent to the parties shall be deemed validly and properly given if made in writing and delivered by hand or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at its principal office or to the Holders of the Notes at the addresses given to the Company by such Note Holders.
|This Agreement may not be modified, amended or terminated except by written agreement executed by all the parties hereto.
|The waiver of any breach or default hereunder shall not be considered valid unless in writing and signed by the party giving such notice and no waiver shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of same.
|The paragraph headings contained herein are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of such.
|The validity, construction, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement and the Notes executed pursuant to this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of [STATE/PROVINCE].
|This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the company and its successors and assigns.
|This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
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BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sun July 29th, 2012
The first iOlympics arrived, as did OS X Mountain Lion. These stories and more made news this week.
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BY Elizabeth Woodard on Fri July 27th, 2012
Apple and Olympics enthusiasts should be pleased to see iOS devices receiving several official and unofficial apps to follow the games. Yes, that's right, you can track your favorite athletes, sports, countries, and even watch live events with your iPhone and iPad. If you follow our list, you're guaranteed not to miss a minute of your preferred events!
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BY Joe White on Fri July 27th, 2012
A number of Apple Stores within the City of London are handing out free, Olympic-themed pins to customers, according to MacRumors.
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BY Aldrin Calimlim on Tue July 24th, 2012
Microsoft is the latest company to jump on the London-centric iOS app bandwagon with the launch today of Bing Get MeThere.
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BY Aldrin Calimlim on Sat July 21st, 2012
With just a few days left before the commencement of this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, London 2012: Official Results App has today received an "athletic" update.
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BY Aldrin Calimlim on Fri July 06th, 2012
It was the British lexicographer Samuel Johnson who once said that "when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." If you're either unable or unwilling to agree with Dr. Johnson's famous pronouncement, perhaps a new iPad app called London - A City Through Time can change your mind.
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Represent your country in this sports themed universal game based on the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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AppFresh Daily features the best apps we've noticed that have been released in the last 24 hours.
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The London 2012 Olympic Games aren't far away, and in celebration of the event an official mobile game has appeared in the App Store.
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Universal Wing Technologies Inc., formerly Austin Developments Corp, is a unmanned air vehicle technology company. Previously, it was participated in the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas properties. Currently, the company is focusing on the civilian use Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sector. Universal Wing is aiming to provide services to industries, whose looks to seek benefit from unmanned technology. These industries could be pipeline and hydro line surveillance and monitoring, fisheries and any other sector, which currently fly fixed wing or helicopter surveys. Universal Wing Technologies has developed Venturer, a Unmanned Air Vehicle system (UAV). The company operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Universal Wing Geophysics Corp., an airborne surveying company serving the oil & gas and mineral exploration
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Arne Duncan, the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, will be our nation's next education secretary.
The New York Times says Duncan "represents a compromise choice in the debate that has divided Democrats in recent months over the proper course for public-school policy after the Bush years."
Catalyst Chicago, which covers education reform in the Windy City, says improvements in the city's public schools have been modest under Duncan's leadership. A story published yesterday about Obama's education pick reports:
Duncan's oft-stated goal was to create the "best urban school district in the nation." Yet here, as elsewhere, high schools have made little progress.
This morning, I received press releases from the American Association of School Administrators and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools praising the selection.
Judging by some of the posts on the Oakland Education Association's listserv, however — and on this forum, by OEA executive board member Steve Neat — I gather that the choice wasn't well received by the local union leadership.
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A professional ice sculptor demonstrated his skill for onlookers on State Street Friday morning.
Maurie Pearson of Black River Ice Sculptures in La Crosse said he's not very good with a pencil and paper, but when he's carving a 300-pound block of ice, it just seems to come easily from his brain to his hands.
Pearson sculpted a sleigh our of ice in front of a crowd outside 452 State St. His demo was planned from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A local business group, Madison's Central Business Improvement District, sponsored the event as part of a series of holiday events Friday and Saturday.
Pearson said he doesn't worry about his artwork disappearing, as ice will do. Pearson said the fact that ice melts, and that his work of art is only temporary, doesn't bother him. He said when he used to work in as a chef, he created art there that was also gone more quickly than through other artistic media.
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The Investigation Into A Death List Continues
The investigation into a Sparta student's arrest last week for compiling a Death list with 26 students names on it, is far from over. That from school Superintendent, John Hendricks. In the meantime, he says since these situations are scarce in the district, there were some things the district will take from it.
Hendricks says the district is working with Sparta Police and the state to understand why a 16 year old sophomore compiled the list of male and female students that he wanted to kill. The male student is now undergoing a psychological examine out of the area.


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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006 at 11:11 am in Uncategorized.
I always promise to let people know about good, affordable and FUN wine classes, and there's one coming up. I've taken Monica's classes before and she's top notch, a class act from an Italian wine family. She worked at Wine.com before the bust, when they had a lot of money and tasted everything. I'm particularly interested in this class, which helps you put words to the flavors in wine. A must-attend. To sign up visit the Lafayette Community Center site. Click on Winter Recreation and open the PDF class schedule. Here are the basics:
Putting Wine into Words: Friday, February 23rd 6:30 to 9PM. Cost: $27 plus $15 supply fee.
Tasting is, of course, an extremely subjective exercise and you must ultimately let your own palate be your guide. Nobody is born knowing how to taste wine. But tasting is a skill you can learn, just as you learn to dance or play tennis. Unless you want others to tell you what to drink all your life, you'll need to develop the ability to taste. It's easy, and practicing is a pleasure.
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Classic botanical prints are the inspiration for this colour scheme, with a mix of sage green, faded linen and whitewashed wood, plus accents of rose pink dotted around the room.
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The Xbox One can automatically detect if it is overheating and can cool itself down to counteract the thermal pressure, according to Xbox general manager of console development Leo del Castillo.
Speaking with Gizmodo, del Castillo said Microsoft can't do anything to prevent users from putting pizza boxes on the Xbox One, but the system is designed to stay cool.
"We can't prevent misuse of the product," del Castillo said. "But we can certainly anticipate it. The way we designed the box, we don't actually intend it to ever have to go to maximum speed under normal environmental conditions. But there is overhead."
The Xbox One can scale back its power usage if an overheating scenario is detected, del Castillo said, adding that such a feature was not possible on the Xbox 360.
"One thing that we have more flexibility with…with the architecture of the Xbox One, is that we can dial back the power of the box considerably," he said. "We had a little less flexibility with the 360. And so basically, if we couldn't dissipate the heat, there wasn't a whole lot of leverage we could pull to keep the heat from being generated, so we had a limited amount of time before it just shut down. Xbox One can actually dial it back to a lower power state, so low in fact that it can [be] in a mode that uses virtually no air flow."
It isn't clear if this lower Xbox One power state is achievable in games, or only in applications and other media functions. del Castillo explained that he isn't sure how a potential overheating scenario will look for users, but said an audio cue like increased fan noise may do the trick.
"I don't know the exact details of how it'll show up to the user," del Castillo said. "But we try to be as transparent to the user as possible. We'll allow the fan to go all the way up to maximum speed. They might notice the extra noise, and that will help to self-correct the condition."
"If we get to the point where that is no longer enough, we have the mechanism, the interface, to deal with that," he added, though he didn't provide details as to how this would work.
The Xbox One launches in November for $500. Those attending Gamescom next week in Cologne, Germany can go hands-on with the device and some of its upcoming games, like Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome. Microsoft will also announce "exciting news" at the event.


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Extra large pack of premium roasted sushi nori seaweed in a handy resealable packet. Containing 50 sheets, this pack is just the thing if you are planning a sushi party, own a restaurant or catering firm or simply love nori! Sliver grade nori is more flexible than green grade nori sheets, meaning it's easier to avoid mid-roll sushi cracking disasters. Can be used in whole sheets or torn along the perforated lines to create 6 separate strips. Made in China.
Nori seaweed is one of the healthiest Japanese foods, full of protein and vitamins. Nori is created by harvesting huge amounts of seaweed from special nori seaweed farms in Japan, then drying and pressing into sheets in a similar fashion to making paper.
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Date of Stay: March, 2012
At the Southeastern edge of the Ocala National Forest, just outside the community of Paisley, Florida this is a well run campground. The camp host is friendly and informative. Delivery of firewood bundles to your site upon purchase, and ice is available for sale at the gatehouse. The hot showers are clean occasionally has some sand from people coming from the beach at the lake and can't rinse the floor after themselves. Very nice dish washing sink and counter between bathrooms. Water throughout the park between most sites. A few sites have water/electric. for RV'ers. The sites are spacious and shady with a large high canopy of oaks and pines. We even had an orange tree on our site with fruit. Roads are paved as are driveways to site to parking bumper. We came in on motorcycles, 2 tents 3 adults and 1 child and had a nice weekend. Quite a few other motorcycles here also tent camping. Easy ride to Daytona for end of bike week or ride through the forest rural roads. One family group adjacent was rather loud and obnoxious the first night, however 2nd night was on close watch to keep it down which they did. Voices carry easily in the quiet of the night through the trees. Beautiful park, everyone was pretty friendly and lots of families with kids. Nice beach and lake, not huge but nice. I would recommend keeping to the high side of the park as you get closer to the lake there is a definite down hill and if one of our Florida thundershowers comes through, could see how those would be in the path of the runoff. We were on site #5. We'll definitely go here again.
Date of Stay: March, 2012
This park is part of the Ocala National Forest through recreation.gov. It's rustic and quiet and each site is quite private with heavy vegetation between sites. The restrooms are clean and showers are hot. Water spigots are conveniently placed between each campsite at the road. Nice dish washing pantry at the bath house. Camp hosts are extremely nice, stopping to chat or answer questions. Bear/raccoon proof trash containers are everywhere. Dirt sites and interior roads however that didn't deter our group on Touring motorcycles. Great riding in the area and stores are up the road. A firewood vendor up the road delivered firewood to our site for a couple bucks. We had a great time with 18 people and 12 bikes all tenting. There was a beach and a lake, very clean and nice. Sites all had lantern hangers, metal lattice picnic tables, fire rings and shade trees. We'd stay again, it's quiet and back to nature.