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Spring Security GAE Application
This application demonstrates the integration of Spring Security with the services provided by Google App Engine. It shows how to:
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- Supplement the information from Google Accounts with application–specific roles.
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The Legendary Boonville Beer Festival is upon us once again. Saturday, May 3rd is the day when the population of Boonville increases by about 1 million percent, as beer lovers descend on the tiny town to participate in the 18th Boonville Beer Festival, hosted by Anderson Valley Brewing Company. Once again, over 80 breweries will be pouring at the fest, with representation from local, Northern California breweries as well as a good amount of out-of-market breweries. Advance tickets are $40 (tickets are $55 at the door) and include unlimited samples of delicious beer. If you're interested in camping, get there early, as the camp ground fills up pretty quickly.
This is a beer fest that everyone should attend at least once in their life, and camping is a necessity (bonus points for being able to attend the legendary Brewer's Camp). If you've never been, there is no better time than the present. But bring some sunscreen and water; looks like it'll be a hot one in Boonville this weekend.
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Earlier this year, Austin-based Red Fly Studio--the team behind the Wii version of Sega's Thor: God of Thunder--laid off 30 staff members due to the unexpected cancelation of "a large, high-profile project."
It now appears that the project may have been a Star Wars title, with the online resume of an ex-Red Fly developer (discovered first by Superannuation) revealing he had worked on a "next-gen Star Wars title" from January to June 2011, after the studio's completion of Thor: God of Thunder for the Wii.
Red Fly is best known for 2008's original Mushroom Men games on the Wii and DS. Its highest-profile games to date have been Wii versions of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, and Thor: God of Thunder.


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David Boreanaz Makes New Year's Resolution, Promptly Breaks It
File this one away in the "Twitter claims another victim" cabinet!
"I hate New Years resolutions," David Boreanaz (Booth) tweeted on December 31... and if we had to guess, we'd say that he tweeted it rather loudly. "Ok, how bout No social media or cell phone for a whole year! Who's in?"
Now, monitoring Twitter is part of what we at Wetpaint love, so we couldn't join Boreanaz in anti-social media solidarity. But we can't help wondering how many other poor souls said "challenge accepted"... only to find Boreanaz heralding in the new year not twenty-four hours later via Twitter!
Then again, we guess that the people who took DB up on his offer would have no way of knowing that he's succumbed to the Twitter temptress — assuming, at least, that they're taking their resolutions more seriously!
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I have a love/hate relationship with compact face and eye palettes. I love the thought of them, but most of the time I only like and use one or two colors and the rest is a waste of space. I also can't stand the little tins of lip gloss that get all over everything, and make the compact a mess. See!! Love/hate at it's best.
But, recently I was able to try out Senna Cosmetics Get A Nude Attitude Face Palettes. I received the Warm Sultry Palette and instantly fell in love! Not only were the colors super wearable, but there wasn't a needless color in the bunch. All six colors were neutral, and blended together to create oodles of options.


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Now that the PS4 and Xbox One have been released, what do gamers have to look forward to?
Well, The Verge just shared some cool new projects that may not have a future in mainstream gaming but if they were used in adult gaming…who knows what kind of crazy virtual sex the average adult gamer could be having on a daily/nightly basis?
So what are these cool new projects? Butt and tongue controllers. Let me show you what they're all about.
Butt Controller
This "posture-based" controller was developed by Valve engineer Ben Krasnow. It allows players to move around and interact with the virtual game world by sitting on the device and shifting their weight. Check out this demo video:
You'd think that the ability to control your character by shifting your weight would translate perfectly to controlling a character in a virtual sex simulation. Would you not be able to shift your weight back and forth to simulate the thrusting motions of sex?
But what do I know? I'm not an engineer. The tongue controller on the other hand seems perfect for some kind of oral sex simulator…
Tongue Controller
Krasnow's tongue controller is basically a retainer with an optical sensor underneath so that the tongue can control what's happening on screen. But don't just take my word for it! Watch this demo video:
"For swiping and for gross movements … there could be some possibilities there," Krasnow says when describing potential in-game uses…
What could that possibly refer to other than performing oral sex during virtual sex?
Maybe I'm just obsessed with sex, but I can't see how you would be able to incorporate these devices into mainstream video games or casual games. This is the kind of immersive technology that we've always needed to have real virtual sex.


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An AIGA Seed Awards Interactive Application by Dan Luo
An AIGA Seed Awards Interactive Application by Dan Luo
Dan Luo, a New Jersey-based graphic, interaction and UI designer, created this interactive application for AIGA Atlanta to present 2011's SEED award winners. The application allows users to navigate the competition's 14 interaction design winners through a touch screen interface.
With the goals of presenting the winners' work and information clearly and conveniently, Dan knew problems would arise if users went online to view the interactive designs. Since the unpredictable and varied navigation could get unruly and leave the next user in an unintuitive experience, she wanted to find a way to keep the user in a single, seamless experience.
In order to solve this problem, she instead chose to introduce each piece using a video capture of the winning design in action, displaying video and design in tandem with info about the designer and project. Thus users would get a taste of the design and experience and learn more about the project's background.
In keeping with the playful branding of the competition, Dan created 14 unique but coordinating graphic buttons that seem to interact with each other on the screen space, building a dynamic composition that blended with the exhibition space. The interface helped convey the theme of the exhibition — "modulation." Clicking a transparent button navigates the user to one of the winning entries.
Curious about the competition finalists? Dan's interface isn't available online, but you can see the 2011 winners at the SEED Awards page.
Some other hand-picked posts you might enjoy on our Design Blog:
An Interactive and Animated Starry Night by Petros Vrellis
LAIKA: A Dynamic and Responsive Typeface
The HoloDesk: Microsoft Researching Virtual 3D Interaction
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Awesome new handset and I'm sure it will sell like mad. But do you think it will actually be as rugged as the I530? I mean with the subLCD and it seams to not have quite as much rubber on it either…?
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Kumasi — Journalists and Civil Society Organisations in the country have been encouraged to intensify the crusade for the amendment and subsequent passage of the Right to Information Bill, which is currently before Parliament.
The Executive Director of Youth and Child's Rights Development, Mr. Jonathan Osei-Wusu, who made the call at a forum organised by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), in collaboration with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), said it was only strong advocacy and participation that would ensure the immediate rectifications of the bill, to prepare the way for its eventual passage into law.
He said, at the moment, there were so many exemptions in the drafted bill, which if not amended, would pose serious challenges to media practitioners and other stakeholders who will be seeking to operate with the law after its passage.
Mr. Osei-Wusu said there were several considerations that ought to be incorporated in the drafted bill to ensure its efficiency, some of which include Maximum Disclosure, Timely Access, Fees Structure, Independent Enforcement and Monitoring Mechanism, Penalties, Implementation, and Record-Keeping, amongst others.
According to him, the passage of the bill into law will grant many benefits to Ghanaians, which amongst them, will include the regulation of the way information can be accessed, particularly, that which is held by government in all types of storage and retrieval systems.
He further indicated that the passage of the bill will help ensure the individual's right to access information concerning the governance their affairs in areas such as food, shelter, clean water, health care, education and equitable distribution of the resources that are available.
"The Right to Information Law will inform the individual about the whole range of government policies, decisions and activities needed to become more involved in the political and decision-making processes," he emphasised.
Mr. Osei-Wusu, therefore, noted that the CDD, in collaboration with Youth and Child's Rights and Development, decided to engage the media and CSOs through advocacy programmes, and explain to them the need to get involved in the amendments, and subsequent passage of the bill.
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Most perturbation theory calculation methods for neutron transport problems are based on the assumption that the solution to the adjoint transport problem is known. Here we develop an adjoint transport solution based on the method of cyclic characteristics (MOCC) for two-dimensional fuel assembly problems with isotropic scattering. The main advantages of the MOCC method are (a) it requires lower computing time and memory spaces than the collision probability (CP) method and (b) it does not require the boundary surface currents as for the method of characteristics with isotropic tracking. In the MOCC the adjoint characteristics equations associated with a cyclic tracking line are formulated in such a way that a closed form for the adjoint angular function can be obtained. The mathematical relationship between the adjoint function obtained by CP method and the adjoint function by MOCC is also presented. In order to speed up the MOCC solution algorithm, group-reduction and group-splitting techniques based on the structure of the adjoint scattering matrix are implemented. In addition, a combined forward flux/adjoint function iteration scheme, based on the group-splitting technique and the common use of large numbers of variables storing tracking-line data and exponential values, is proposed to reduce the computing time. To demonstrate the efficiency of these algorithms, calculations are performed on a 17 × 17 pressurized water reactor lattice, a 37-pin CANDU [Canada deuterium uranium reactor] cell, and the Watanabe-Maynard benchmark. Comparisons of adjoint function and keff results obtained by the MOCC and the CP method are presented.
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Is there a way to import an OBJ mesh with deformations and morph it from a mesh without deformations inside Carrara?
For example a flat mesh plane in Carrara that can be morphed into a plane with a raised logo (imported OBJ mesh)?
Seems as if the new DCG Importer can import sequenced OBJ files and if there is a way to create your own sequenced OBJ files manually this can be quite useful for my purposes. Any thoughts on this?
I believe the workaround is to do this using morph targets in Poser, save and import into Carrara but if there is a way to do this within Carrara I'd like to hear some ideas. Thanks


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THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED! CONGRATULATIONS TOAction Comics #1FOR WINNING THIS COMMUNITY-WIDE VOTE! PLEASE READ MY BLOG DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT: (ACTION COMICS #1 VOTED COMIC VINE'S MOST ICONIC COMIC BOOK COVER!)
A couple of days ago, I put forward my idea for the community to vote for 'the most iconic comic book cover of all time.'
(Please refresh your memory by clicking following the link: http://www.comicvine.com/forums/gen-discussion/1/comicvine-votes-the-most-iconic-comic-book-cover-of-all-time/675949/).
After 92 nominations, the nominators have voted for the top-32 most iconic comic book covers of all time - with these covers now proceeding to the knock-out round, where the entire community shall vote round by round for the most iconic comic book cover of all time.
...and an special big thanks tofor his guidance, advice, and nominating. Thanks buddy!
The 32 nominees are:
Action Comics #1 (1938) - WINNER
Artist: Joe Schuster and Jack Adler
Probably the most iconic cover in comic book history, the first sight of Superman that the first comic book fans saw that has been used as inspiration for comic book covers for years. The iconic picture of Superman stopping corrupt bankers and bosses is something that can be seen as inspiration for many especially in the curent day with all of the financial problems going on in the world at the moment.
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) ELIMINATED
Artist: Jack Kirby
This cover is seen by many as one of the most iconic covers of all time. It introduced Spider-Man to the world, Spidey is now one of the most important and well known characters in the comic book universe and the real universe as well. I'm sure there have been many covers that were inspired by this one.
Astonishing X-Men #51 (2012) ELIMINATED
Artist: Marko Djurdjevic
This cover shows an extremely controversial topic called gay marriage.
Batman #1 (1940) ELIMINATED
Artist: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
This is a cover that has Batman and Robin posing in typical crimefighter-style. Nothing special. Except that, this is the cover for Batman nro. 1. The landmark issue that has the first appearances of Joker, Catwoman and Hugo Strange. This is the cover of the first issue of the second most popular Batman-series ever (most likely). This is drawn by Bob Kane (and inked and colored by some persons). This has been showed all around the world, in movies, hands of children, internet...This is one of the most iconic comic-covers ever. I doubt that it`s the most iconic one - but it`s certainly one of the most iconic.
Batman #9 (1942) ELIMINATED
Artist: Bob Kane
This image of the dynamic duo has appeared in so many adaptations throughout the years. This relatively simple cover is arguably the iconic image that many fans have of Batman and Robin.
Batman #404 (1987) ELIMINATED
Artist: David Mazzuccelli
Batman year 1 story arc, the cover that shows Bruce kneeling by his dead parents. Very impactful and iconic 'nuff said :)
Batman #497 (1993) ELIMINATED
Artist: Kelley Jones
Historic issue that featured 'The Breaking of the Bat'
Batman: A Death in the Family (TPB) (1989) ELIMINATED
Artist: Jim Aparo
This is the paperback version, but I think this has to be the most iconic Batman cover in history. It's amazingly done, showing Bruce holdding Jason Todd with the absultely dark background.
Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) ELIMINATED
Artist: Brian Bolland
The Joker is one creepy dude and alongside some covers from 'A Death in the Family', ' The Killing Joke' is a cover which shows that creepiness on a new level. For me, it is more scary to have Mr. J holding a camera than if he were to be holding a gun. It sort of leaves you wondering: who or what is he taking a picture of? Most people know the story within this comic and how significant is for the life of Barbara Gordon, so it makes sense this cover would be very significant in the history of Batman.
Brave and The Bold #28 (1960) ELIMINATED
Artist: Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson
Justice League first working together.
The JLA - a brainchild of legendary DC editor, Julie Schwartz, was responsible for not only saving DC but also Marvel for inspiring the creation of the Fantastic Four.
Captain America Comics #1 (1941) ELIMINATED
Artist: Jack Kirby
The iconic picture of Captain America punching the leader of the Nazis, Hitler, in the face has stuck in the minds of many people around the world for years. Even people who aren't American can see this as a sign of hope to people having a rough time during WWII. A superhero taking out a real life source of evil is not something we see very often in modern comics and it's interesting to see that comics used to send messages such as "You can get through this" or "It'll all be alight in the end" to the readers in that era.
Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (1986) ELIMINATED
Artist: George Perez
Detective Comics #27 (1939) ELIMINATED
Artist: Bob Kane
The first appearance of Batman! This cover , I think, shows how much characters can change over the years, Batman looks more ruthlessin this cover, I know that the same could be said about Batman today but I think that he looks very violent for 30s comics. It also has had many spoofs and covers based on it which spreads the knowledge of the existence of this cover.
Fantastic Four #1 (1961) ELIMINATED
Artist: Dick Ayers
The monumental first outing of the Fantastic Four
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975) ELIMINATED
Artist: Dave Cockrum, Gil Kane
The Uncanny line up was a legend born into comics. This team of X-Men took comics by storm and quickly became the best selling title in comics.
Green Lantern #52 (1967) ELIMINATED
Artist: Gil Kane
I think it's a great cover that shows the two opposing sides (Hal Jordan and Sinestro) revealing how similar they are to each other.
Green Lantern #85 (1971) ELIMINATED
Artist: Neal Adams
This very famous cover by Neal Adams exhibited to the world that comic books dealt with very serious and very real social issues. Many non-readers tend to associate comics with unrealistic superheroes with limitless powers. However, covers such as these had started to change the way people viewed comic books.
Marvel Graphic Novel #1 (1982) ELIMINATED
Artist: Jim Starlin
No, not Mar-Vell, he, he can't be dead... Surely there'll be a clever trick inside. He can't die, not him. Please not him.
Sensation Comics #1 (1942) ELIMINATED
Artist: Jon L. Blummer
Sensation indeed! This comic introduced the world to arguably the most ICONIC female character in the world of comics: Wonder Woman. This founding member of the Justice League made her debut in 1942, and later played an important role in the U.S. war effort - being a popular comic book character amongst U.S. soldiers during the Second World War.
Showcase #4 (1956) ELIMINATED
Artist: Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert
We recently had a major revamp of the DC Universe. However, the New 52 is not the first reboot. The very first reboot DC ever did was in the 1950's and this issue was one of the first to introduce the the world to a new generation of heroes. In this issue, we met The Flash, but this wasn't the Jay Garrick Flash of the 30s and 40s. No, this was a new Flash of a new age: the Silver Age and his name was Barry Allen. The cover itself reminds me slightly of Detective comics 38 with the introduction of Dick Grayson as Robin with the ripping effect, but this version of the effect shows his speed. It is an iconic cover, which a lot of Flash fans recognise.
Superman #75 (1993) ELIMINATED
Artist: Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding
And he stayed dead, too. Okay, maybe not, but I'm sure no one could remain completely unemotional when they first saw that forlorn scrap of cape blowing in the wind.
Superman #233 (1971) ELIMINATED
Artist: Neal Adams
Neal Adams did a really great job on this cover. Back in 2010 on the eve of Superman's 700th issue they did an alternate cover homage to this particular cover, but just looking at this one you can't help but say you can not beat the original. The comic begins with the words, "Beginning... A Return to Greatness! Superman. An old majesty... in a stunningly new tale of thrills, tragedy -- and heroism!" and you can tell all those statements are true just by looking at this cover. It is simple, but nice. It marks the beginning of Supes' modern era adventures.
The Amazing Spider-Man #39 (1966) ELIMINATED
Artist: John Romita Sr.
You have to admit, pretty much every one of the Spider-Man covers that featured the Green Goblin were amazing. This particular one is especially brilliant due to the emotion that it evokes, and the questions and concerns that it raises: How Will Peter get out of this one?
The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (1967) ELIMINATED
Artist: John Romita Sr.
A landmark issue, when peter gives up being spidey plus it's a pretty iconic comic cover that is used a lot in other issues.
We really feel the emotional turmoil Peter Parker is experiencing in this iconic cover. The whole idea of a hero just giving up on being a hero really emphasized how Marvel was changing superhero comics.
The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1974) ELIMINATED
Artist: John Romita
I had to put this one there primarily because it's the first time The Punisher appears on a comic book cover. And the image itself has become one of the most recognizable ones of all time.
The Dark Knight Returns #1 (1986) ELIMINATED
Artist: Klaus Janson
This has to be one of the most iconic covers with Batman ever. I mean it is a popular cover to homage and even Darkwing Duck managed to have a parody cover based on this image. It's pretty simple when you look at it. There are only two colors (blue and black) and you don't have that much details: only a figure jumping in the air with a lightening bolt behind the figure. Perhaps its simplicity that makes this cover so iconic. I'm not sure, but I know this cover should be included in this project.
The Flash #123 (1961) ELIMINATED
Artist: Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson
This historic cover featured both of the beloved speedsters of the DC Universe: Jay Garrick - the original, Golden Age Flash and Barry Allen - the Silver Age Flash. This cover has been parodied several times - highlighting just how iconic the comics has become through the ages.
The Incredible Hulk #1 (1962) ELIMINATED
Artist: Jack Kirby
I was genuinely surprised this had not been nominated. It's the first ever Incredible Hulk issue, and the image of Hulk (this was when normal Hulk was still gray) standing over Banner is almost instantly recognizable.
The Punisher: Welcome Back #1 (2000) ELIMINATED
Artist: Tim Bradstreet
It's no big secret that Bradstreet is one of my absolute favorite cover artists. His realistic style is beautiful and has become a trademark of Punisher covers for the past decade. When I think of modern Punisher covers, I think of this cover.
Watchmen #12 (1987) ELIMINATED
Artist: Dave Gibbons
This cover to me is the epitome of saving the best for last, great final cover for the original Watchmen.
Wolverine #1 (1982) ELIMINATED
Artist: Frank Miller, Joe Rubinstein
C'mere bub, I got some claws for ya. Wolverine finally got his own series and his trademarked attitude just oozed off the cover.
X-Men #101 (1976) ELIMINATED
Artist: Dave Cockrum, Dan Crespi
This cover was the start of one of the most influential stories in comics. The 101st Uncanny X-Men is one of the most recognizable covers to this day.
How this will work:
- The above 32 covers have been drawn against each other in a knock-out round format, giving us a total of 5 rounds
- Voting is open to all members
- Each user can votes for a winner in each of the match ups
- Each member can only assign one vote to each of their choices
- Each round will last roughly 24 hours
- Each round will be signified by a post by me (first one is below)
- May the most iconic comic book cover win
Here's a look at the knock-out bracket:
PREVIOUS ROUNDS (winners in bold):
Action Comics #1 vs. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Final Score: 20-8) <-- Biggest turnout!
- Action Comics #1 vs. Giant Size X-Men #1 (Final Score: 16-3)
- Captain America Comics #1 vs. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Final Score: 5-15)
- Action Comics #1 vs. Batman: A Death in the Family (Final Score: 15-5)
- Giant Size X-Men #1 vs. Crisis on Infinite Earths (Final Score: 11-9)
- Captain America Comics #1 vs. The Dark Knight Returns #1 (Final Score: 13-7)
- Superman #75 vs. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Final Score: 8-12)
- Action Comics #1 vs. The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Final Score: 14-2)
- Brave and the Bold #28 vs. Batman: A Death in the Family (Final Score: 6-9)
- Sensation Comics #1 vs. Giant Size X-Men #1 (Final Score: 4-12)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 vs. Batman #1 (Final Score: 13-3)
- Captain America Comics #1 vs. The Amazing Spider-Man #39 (Final Score: 11-5)
- The Dark Knight Returns #1 vs. Watchmen #12 (Final Score: 13-3)
- Detective Comics #27 vs. Superman #75 (Final Score: 6-10)
- The Incredible Hulk #1 vs. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Final Score: 2-14)
- Action Comics #1 vs Batman #497 (Final Score: 19-2)
- The Amazing Spider-Man #129 vs. The Flash #123 (Final Score: 12-8)
- Fantastic Four #1 vs. Brave and the Bold #28 (Final Score: 9-11)
- Wolverine #1 vs. Batman: A Death in the Family (Final Score: 8-12)
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Of course it has been a while since I have written. I just can't remember on a daily basis as if it were my email, facebook or myspace. Those have now been apart of life for what seems to be years. Perhaps someday this will be too!
So, it is Thanksgiving week. I am sitting at work on the computer today (Wednesday) doing nothing. I'm not use to sitting in an office anymore...rather boring. Tomorrow we will go to Brent's Aunt's for lunch, then by his dad's for snacks, then to his mom & step-dad's for appetizers and desserts at night. So my day should be full of food and drinks. The scary part is we are planning to wake up and leave town by 8am on Friday morning. I want to beat the traffic and get home in time to shop with my shopping mother. We will spend the weekend in Texarkana with my family. On Saturday, I have Amy's Bridal shower...then, we will leave early Sunday morning because I have Kristen's Bridal shower on Sunday in Tulsa.
My life has been consumed by weddings, bridal showers, couple's showers, bachelorette parties and everything else!!! I LOVE IT!!! I think they are all so fun. I wouldn't trade the days or the thousands of dollars (at least $600 alone on bridesmaid's dresses) for ANYTHING in the world :) The times will never come again!
So lets see what else has been going on. We went to our last Razorback football game this season a few weekends ago. Sad that is over. It was a wonderful time. We still plan to visit Fayetteville regularly. We've attended some wonderful weddings. Halloween was fun as always...Brent was a cow and I was a cowgirl. We hung out with our little nieces. Speaking of, baby Taylor, the youngest one, went into the hospital last night with pnemonia. So, pray for her :( It was so sad.
Well I better get going. More soon! I'll upload a few pics to go along with this post later! Have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! :) LOVE ~ Megan
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Villarreal finally recorded their first away win of the season coming from behind to win 2-1 at Atletico Madrid on Sunday thanks to Joseba Llorente's last minute winner.
Portuguese international Simao had shot Atletico into a first half lead but David Fuster equalised early in the second period and both sides had chances before Llorente bundled in a 90th minute header to stun the home fans at the Vicente Calderon.
It boosts Villarreal's chances of European football after enduring the worst start in their history and the club climb to 10th. For Atletico it was a seventh defeat of the campaign and they lie just a point above the relegation zone.
Atletico were without top-scorer Sergio "Kun" Aguero due to injury but winger Simao opened the scoring on 36 minutes. Simao ran onto a great pass from Jose Antonio Reyes and showed good composure to curl home into the corner.
Maxi Rodriguez missed a golden chance to make it 2-0 close to half-time and Villarreal responded by equalising three minutes after the interval with Fuster heading in from close range after some poor defending.
Substitute Llorente then popped up with the winner in stoppage time and Atletico jeered their losing team off after the final whistle.
Earlier Real Mallorca finally notched their first away win of the season with a 1-0 triumph at Osasuna on Sunday to move level on points with fourth-placed Sevilla in the Spanish league standings.
Incredibly Mallorca had never won against Osasuna in Pamplona before but Gonzalo Castro's fantastic left-footed strike ended that hoodoo and left coach Gregorio Manzano a happy man.
"We have put an end to this poor run which had lasted 17 years and this is a great day for Mallorca because we broke this jinx at a stadium where we had never won before," said Manzano.
Deportivo La Coruna were leapfrogged by Mallorca after a 1-1 draw at Almeria, as they missed the chance to take advantage of Valencia's 3-2 loss to Real Madrid on Saturday.
Depor could have moved level on points with third-placed Valencia but had to settle for a point that drops them to sixth place after substitute Pablo Alvarez cancelled out Kalu Uche's opener.
Elsewhere, Xerez stay rooted to the bottom of the table, six points from safety, after a 3-2 loss at Racing Santander.
Racing moved out of the bottom three with the win, at the expense of Real Zaragoza, who fired coach Marcelino following Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Athletic Bilbao.
Barcelona will be be top of the table for Christmas after a 1-0 derby win over Espanyol on Saturday in their final league match of 2009 and now head to the FIFA World Club Cup in Abu Dhabi looking for a sixth trophy inside a year.
"It wasn't a great game but the three points are what count," said Barca captain Carles Puyol. "Now we need to focus on the World Club Championship. It is an important tournament for us." Real Madrid are five points behind Barca with a game in hand after beating Valencia 3-2 on Saturday but it came at a cost with key defender Pepe sustaining a cruciate knee injury that is expected to rule him out for the rest of the season.
"Pepe is irreplaceable," said Real general director Jorge Valdano. "There is no-one on the market like him but from tomorrow (Monday) we will discuss if we need to bring someone in."
Sevilla are also in action later on Sunday, hoping to move back above Valencia into third with a win at high-flying Sporting Gijon.


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Indications emerged at the weekend that the Federal Government may find it difficult to carry members of the organised private sector along in its plans to float a new national carrier in partnership with one of Europe's mega carriers.
There were feelers that the Ministry of Aviation with full support of the Presidency had concluded plans to float a new national carrier with a mega carrier, whose identity is still being kept under wraps.
But reacting to the government's move, Chairman, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr. Foluso Phillips, told THISDAY in an interview that such attempt by the government to go into the business of running a national carrier would fail.
The NESG Chairman, who insisted that past experience in the country had shown that government has no business in running such a business venture, said the best thing the Federal Government could do to revive the ailing aviation industry was to provide the needed framework and to encourage the private sector.
He said: "We heard recently that government wanted to start an airline, I can tell you that it will fail. Government has no business in running business. It should tighten regulation and smoothen the entire framework around airline business to enable operators to come up and thrive. They should ask relevant questions. Why is it that most of you are so broke? Why are you so much in debt? Do you have the right system? What is going on that these things are not working well?"
Phillips said the organised private sector is solidly behind the ongoing privatisation programme but expressed the fear that government may not want to fully relinquish its hold on some of the organisations initially slated for sale.
"Privatisation is very key, it is something that we support but will government release them, will it let go? It is obvious that government itself panics saying this is my own source of income, we must be there, we must be seen to be in charge of something. They don't know how to manage these things. This is because a man in government is managing how to spend the money while a man in the private sector is managing how to generate income. This is why a typical civil servant will say I have not been able to spend my vote. Theirs is how to spend money," he explained.
Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Aviation, Joe Obi, was quoted as saying that the proposed national carrier would be wholly privately owned and would operate in partnership with an international airline. But THISDAY learnt that government is no more considering building up a domestic airline into a national carrier because of the inherent problem in such an arrangement, which may include the initial owner insisting on having some control and possibly sabotaging the new plan.
An industry operator who spoke with THISDAY said government had changed its initial plan due to the recent development in the industry and would float an entirely new airline with foreign partnership that would manage the carrier, train Nigerian personnel and contribute to the development and expansion of the curriculum at the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria.
Meanwhile, Phillips, who is also the Chairman, Phillips Consulting, a human resource and management consulting company with headquarters in Lagos and Johannesburg, said Nigeria would have fared better without the discovery of crude oil.
He maintained that Nigeria in the 60's had a comparative advantage in agriculture but failed to fully tap the potentials due to the allure of oil revenue over the years. "It has been said over and over that oil is like a curse for this country. I believe that our life as a nation would have been better off if we don't have oil because before the oil boom we thrived successfully as a major agriculture producer.
There is something we call competence, we say a country has a national competence and the national competence translates to corporate competence, down to individual competence. The national competence of Nigeria way back in the late 50s and early 60s was agriculture. I say national because it involved everybody. That was what we were nationally competent to do.
"Our banks then thrive on it, National Bank and WEMA supported Cocoa, and Bank of the North supported grains, New Nigerian Bank in the eastern part of the country focused on oil palm. That is to say our banking system also have strong links with agriculture.
Even railway supported agriculture on transportation. Then we started supporting agriculture with industrial estates; Agbara Industrial Estate, Ikeja Industrial Estate, Government Reservation Areas in all parts of the country. It occurred to the leaders then that if we were to build these structures we would need cement and so they came up with the idea of establishing a cement factory. The industrial estates were adding value to our raw materials.
"Then suddenly oil turned up and we began to ask ourselves, why are we farming and other things. Then we started talking of visions," he said.
According to him, "It would have been a different story entirely if we had used the revenue from oil and pump it into agriculture, manufacturing and others things we were doing before it came, then we will not be where we are now. I read a book by Awolowo, where he spoke about the need to build industrial sites, GRA and if we are going to build that we are going to need cement so let us build cement factories.
The point I'm raising is that we get to think of how we can go back to those things that offer our true national competence. I don't believe necessarily oil can employ maximum more than let's say one million people, directly or indirectly.
It generates a lot of revenue but we should take that revenue, every penny from that oil revenue must go into capital expenditure. If you want to earn money, if you want to run government, earn it from taxes and your fiscal means and let it support the size of employment that it can cover".


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Physics 308 2008 Lecture summaries and lecture notes.
These are the lecture notes for Physics 308 - Mechaics of Discrete and Contnuous Systems taught in Fall 2008. This course was taught from Taylor - a wonderful text
How to read these lecture notes:
Each page has 4 panels, representing a chunk of blackboard about 3 feet wide. The sequence of panels on a page is TL, TR, BL, BR. A 55 minute lecture is usually ten panels, 2.5 pages.
Note on errata:
I'd be grateful, if you find a mistake, if you let me know so I can note it here.
Thanks to Kay Warner for scanning these notes.
Lecture 1
09/03/2008 Newtons laws and their domain of validity. Inertial Frames. Conservation of Momentum. Reading:
Newtons laws: Inertial frames pp 15-17. Range of validity of Newton's first and second laws pp 17. The Third law and conservation of momentum pp 17-21. Validity of the third law pp 21-23.
Lecture 2
09/05/2008 Rockets. Choice of coordinates: center of mass and two-dimensional polar coordinates.
Rockets pp 85-87. Center of mass coordinates pp 87-89. Two dimensional polar coordinates pp 26-33.
Lecture 3
09/08/2008 Angular momentum. Reading:
Angular Momentum for a single particle pp 90-93. Angular momentum for several particles pp 93-98.
Lecture 4
09/10/2008 Kinetic energy, Work and potential energy. Path independence and Conservative forces. Reading:
4.1 Kinetic energy and Work pp 105-109, 4.2 Potential energy and conservative forces pp 109-116
Lecture 5
09/12/2008 Force as the gradient of PE. Conditions for a force to be conservative. Time dependent potentials. Reading:
4.4 The Second Condition that F be Conservative pp 118-121 4.5 Time-Dependent Potential Energy pp 121-123
Lecture 6
09/54/2008 Energy in one dimensional systems and multiparticle systems. Reading:
Curvilinear One-Dimensional Systems pp 129-133 Energy in Multiparticle systems pp 144 - 148
Lecture 7
09/17/2008 Calculus of variations - shortest distance between two points. Reading:
6.2 The Euler-Lagrange Equation pp 218-221
Lecture 8
09/19/2008 Frechet (or functional) derivatives. Applications: optics from Fermat's principle. Reading:
6.3 Applications of the Euler-Lagrange Equation pp 221-226
Lecture 9
09/22/2008 More than one variable. First integrals. Reading:
6.4 More than Two Variables pp 226-229
Lecture 10
09/24/2008 Newtonian mechanics from a variational principle: Hamilton's principle and the Lagrangian. From Lagrange to Newton in Cartesian and Polar Coordinates. Example: projectile motion. Reading:
7.1 Lagrange's equations for unconstrained motion. pp 237-245
Lecture 11
09/26/2008 Degrees of freedom. Generalized coordinates. Holonomy and holonomic systems. Lagranges equations with constraints. Reading:
Degrees of freedom pp 249 7.4 Proof of Lagrange's equations with constraints pp 250-254
Lecture 12
09/29/2008 Examples. Reading:
7.5 Examples of Lagrange's equations pp 254-260
Lecture 13
10/01/2008 Ball in a surface of revolution. Physics from the Lagrangian Reading:
7.5 Examples of Lagrange's equations pp 254-260 7.6 Generalized momenta and ignorable coordinates pp 266-267 Conclusions p 267
Lecture 14
10/03/2008 Noethers theorem. Symmetries and conservation laws. Reading:
7.8 More about conservation laws. pp 268-272
Lecture 15
10/06/2008 Constraints and the Lagrange multiplier approach. Reading:
7.10 Lagrange multipliers and Constraint forces pp275-280
Lecture 16
10/08/2008 Action principles for other forces. The lagrangian for electro-magnetic systems Reading:
Section 7.9 pp 272-275
Lecture 17
10/10/2008 More on the vector potential. Motion in a uniform field. Reading:
Section 7.9 pp 272-275
Lecture 18
10/13/2008 Center of mass frame. Reduced mass. Angular momentum in COM frame.
Section 8.1 pp 293-295 Section 8.2 CM and Relative Coordinates; Reduced Mass pp295-297. Section 8.3 The equations of motion pp 297-300
Lecture 19
10/22/2008 The equivalent one-dimensional problem for central forces. Centrifugal barrier. Small oscillations near a circular orbit. Reading:
Section 8.4 The equivalent one-dimensional problem pp 300-305.
Lecture 20
10/24/2008 Finding orbits. Conic Sections. The Kepler orbits. Parabolic orbits and galaxy collisions. Reading:
Section 8.5 The Equation of the Orbit pp 305-308 Section 8.6 The Kepler Orbits pp 308-313
Lecture 21
10/28/2008 Unbounded orbits. Changes of orbit. Mission planning. Reading:
Section 8.7 The unbounded Kepler orbits pp 313-315. Section 8.8 Changes of orbit pp 315-319
Lecture 22
10/29/2008 Class visit by Robin Selinger, Kent State University
Lecture 23 10/31/2008 Class Cancelled
Lecture 24
11/03/2008 Changes of orbit - mission planning. Reading:
Section 8.8 pp 315-319.
Also review Taylor Section 8.6 The Kepler Orbits pp 308-313
Lecture 25
11/05/2008 Geometry of bound orbits. Transfer orbits.
Lecture 26
11/07/2008 Hamiltonian mechanics. Canonically Conjugate variables. Liouville's Theorem. Symplectic structure of Hamiltons equations Reading:
Taylor 13.1 The Basic Variables pp 522-523.
Taylor 13.2 Hamilton's equations for one-dimensional systems. pp 524-528
Lecture 27
11/10/2008 The time evolution operator. Geometric interpretation of symplectic structure. The Poisson bracket. Reading:
Hamilton's equations in several dimensions pp 528-535, Taylor Section 13.6 Phase-space orbits pp 538-543 Taylor section 13.7 Liouville's theorem pp 543-549
Lecture 28
11/12/2008 Hamiltonian Mechanics - more than one degree of freedom. Geometric meaning of symplecticness. The Poisson Bracket. Canonical Brackets. Canonical transformations are bracket preserving. Reading:
Numerical Hamiltonian problems, J. M. Sanz -Serna and M. P. Calvopp, Chapter 1 pp 1-3 Chapter 2 pp15-23. Elements of Hamiltonian Mechanics, Ter Haar, Chapter 5 pp 95-114
Lecture 29
11/14/2008 Observables on phase space are a Lie algebra. Lie operators. The Hamiltonian generates time evolution. From Poisson Brackets to commutators. Flows - basic concepts. The material derivative. Reading:
Numerical Hamiltonian problems, J. M. Sanz -Serna and M. P. Calvopp, Chapter 2 pp15-23. D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics pp 48-55
Circulation and vorticity. Divergence and incompressible flows. Euler's equation.
Lecture 30
11/17/2008 Point vortices. Equation for vorticity in an ideal fluid. How do point vortices move in the flow they define? From vorticity to velocity in 2 − D. Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics pp 81-88
Lecture 31
11/19/2007 Point vortex motion. Equations of Motion. Hamiltonian Structure. Flow due to one vortex. Motion of two vortices. Reading:
Review reading for Lectures 28 and 29.
Lecture 32
11/21/2007 Viscous forces and the Navier Stokes equation. Newtonian Fluids. Reading:
Tritton, Section 5.6, The Navier Stokes equations pp 55-61
Lecture 33
11/24/2007 Flows with vorticity everywhere: channel flow. Reading:
Tritton, Chapter 2, Sections 2.1, 2.2 Channel flow
Lecture 34
12/01/2008 Flow rate in channel flow. Transition to turbulence in channel flow. Reynolds number. Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics, pp 7-20
Lecture 35
12/03/2008 Stream function, streamlines, streaklines etc. Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics, Chapter 6, pp 73-80
Lecture 36
12/05/2008 Exact solutions. Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics, Chapter 9, pp 106-112
Lecture 37
12/08/2008 Stokes flow past a sphere. Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics, pp 109-111
Lecture 38
11/26/2008 Dynamical Similarity. Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics, pp 89-95
Lecture 39
11/28/2008 Turbulence Reading:
D. J. Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics, pp 295-311


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Zimbabwe is asking its neighbours to help pay for its general elections, which are three weeks away.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti told reporters Wednesday he has spoken to the head of the Southern African Development Community and officials in four regional countries about raising money for the vote.
Zimbabwe is due to hold elections for president, parliament and other offices on July 31. Biti has said the country needs at least $85 million to carry out the polls.
"But we are far away from meeting the target," he said. "We do not have the money, and we can not borrow."
The finance minister has repeatedly said the government is cash-poor because revenue from diamond fields in the east, which are controlled by the military, does not reach the treasury.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 89, is seeking another term.
Rights groups have raised concern the pro-Mugabe security forces are trying to intimidate his opponents, in hopes of securing victory for the president and his ZANU-PF party.
The last elections in 2008 were marred by beatings, torture and killings of members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party.
Mugabe was declared the winner of the 2008 presidential poll, but regional leaders rejected the result and forced him to form a power-sharing government with the MDC and its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who became prime minister.
Tsvangirai is also running for president this year, his third attempt to unseat Mugabe.
Tsvangirai had pushed for the elections to be delayed, saying reforms of electoral laws and the security forces were needed to ensure the vote is free and fair.


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James Franco Premieres GAY TOWN Berlin Art Exhibit
Continually proving he can attempt to do it all, actor/director/artist/etc. James Franco unveiled his new art exhibit in Berlin this weekend, titled GAY TOWN. Featuring 1980s-style fonts, fluorescent lights (in a sign stating "F*cking James Franco," no less) and stacks upon stacks of TV screens, in addition to magazines, newspapers, trash, original paintings and murals as well as much more, it is a true head-scratcher of a series of installations, to say the least - and clearly meant to incite discussion. Clearly, the homosexual and pornographic themes of the project tie in with his current film, the self-directed gay bar-themed CRUISING prequel INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR., which recently premiered at Sundance to mostly negative reception.
The website for Peres Projects, the German venue holding the premiere of Franco's exhibit describes GAY TOWN as such: "GAY TOWN explores a variety of themes that are central to Franco's artistic practice, mainly issues related to adolescence, public and private persona, stereotypes and other societal concerns such as society's preoccupation with celebrity.
Franco created most of the works for GAY TOWN over the past two years, making many of the works in hotel rooms, makeshift studios and other temporary locations whilst completing other projects, mainly motion pictures. Franco makes reference to several of his motion picture work and related projects in parts of the installations and other works on view in GAY TOWN."
GAY TOWN is on exhibit through March 9 at Peres Projects in Berlin, Germany.
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THE media should promote genuine democracy, Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu has said.
He urged Africa to tell its story through its own media.
Speaking at the launch of terrestrial television, Go TV, Minister Shamu implored media organisations to fulfil the African vision of founding fathers such as President Mugabe, former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and former Tanzanian President the late Julius Nyerere.
"Africa should tell its own story through its eyes and media organisations should strive to be accessed by ordinary citizens," said Minister Shamu.
Go TV is a digital terrestrial TV.
Multichoice chief executive Mr Lovemore Mangwende described Go TV as a low-cost digital television service, offering the greatest selection of local channels, made in Africa for Africans as well as the best international channels .
The new TV service offers over 20 channels per frequency and will feature in its bouquet TV channels such as Africa Magic Plus, Discovery, Disney Junior, E-Africa, Nickelodeon, Select Sport, Style, BBC World News and Al Jazeera among other channels.
ZTV Channel 1 and 2 and all ZBC radio stations would be available on the bouquet.
Unlike other terrestrial channels, Go TV does not need a satellite dish and it would be transmitted by TransMedia Corporation.
TransMedia Corporation chief executive Ms Florence Sigudu-Matambo said funds generated from the pay per view television would be used for digitalisation.
"TransMedia is required to digitalise by August 2013 by SADC and Go TV through Multichoice would act as a funding partner," she said.
The roll out phase would start in Harare and spread to other towns.
ZBC chief executive Mr Happison Muchechetere said the digital television would be "handy" during the referendum and forthcoming elections.
A terrestrial implementation of digital television technology uses an aerial to broadcast to a conventional television antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable television connections.


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While appearing on "The Jonathan Ross Show" to promote "Star Trek Into Darkness," Zoe Saldana was asked about another well-known franchise she's at the center of. Saldana starred in 2009's "Avatar" from director James Cameron. The director has said repeatedly that he plans to make sequels, which makes sense since it's the highest-grossing movie of all time. Already planned is a trilogy, with even a possible fourth movie eventually.
Now, the second and third movies have a time frame, as Saldana reveals she's scheduled to begin filming them back-to-back, beginning in early 2014. "Because if we just do two and then wait, I'll probably be 45 or 50 by the time we get to part three. It takes a long time, it's a very hard process," she says.
The first "Avatar" sequel is tentatively scheduled to be released sometime in 2015. Whenever Cameron finished up with the series, he's announced he'll direct "The Informationalist." So, look for that in the year 2035.
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By MATTHEW STEVENS
The playoff hopes for the Starkville High baseball team are still alive after crushing their rival at home.
The Yellowjackets offense hung 12 runs in five innings on Falcons ace pitcher Christian Dale to win 12-0 in run-rule fashion after five innings of play.
Less than a month after losing to the same Columbus team with the same pitcher on the mound 8-2 on Yellowjacket Field, Starkville's bats woke up on Senior Night to the tune of five runs through the first three innings and then the flood gates opened with a seven-run fourth frame.
"We were just more mentally ready to play tonight than we have been in the past and our kids have bought into what we're trying to teach them," Starkville High head coach Danny Carlisle said. "Honestly, I don't feel like we've been out of any but two games all season. We're just playing hot right now."
SHS (8-10, 2-5 in Region 2) needs to win its final two games against Tupelo and South Panola in order to qualify for the postseason but recognize they control their own destiny in that regard.
"We're on life support and we know that," Carlisle said. "Nobody can unplug it but us though."
Starkville's gameplan at the plate was evident from the opening pitch as Carlisle had instructed his hitters to attack Dale's first-pitch fastballs and that plan worked by pounding pitches left over the middle of the plate.
"We're hitting fastballs and as long as we keep fouling off pitches, he's bound to leave one in our zone," junior shortstop Max Bartlett said.
Bartlett led the Yellowjackets offense with a 2-for-2 effort at the plate with three RBIs and two stolen bases.
"We got mad (over previous games against Columbus) and it showed tonight," Bartlett said.
Dale, a 170-pound sophomore, got frustrated over his fielders committing five errors in front of him and then the nightmare of an outing just got worse. The 6-foot tall right-hander that can usually command the plate with three pitches allowed all 12 runs on 10 hits in just 3 1/3 innings of work that included 85 pitches.
"He's got to mature a little bit," Columbus head coach Jeffrey Cook said. "He's got to be more of a leader even if he's our number one guy."
Starkville got a more than solid outing out of senior right-hander Garrett Batson after he held the Columbus offense to just one hit in a complete game five innings of work. The only time a Falcons base runner got past first base was on what everybody thought would be a leadoff triple in the third inning but junior outifielder Aaron Cooks failed to touch first base while rounding the bases and was ruled out on the play.
"To be honest it's real easy to pitch when there's so many runs on the board by my teammates and I didn't even have anything working but my fastball," Batson said. "We want to make the playoffs so bad that we're giving our heart out there every game."
Senior Wesley Montgomery, who normally catches but was moved to third base Tuesday night, went 2-for-2 at the plate with a walk and made a athletic jumping catch on a bullet off the bat of Columbus infielder Dylan Patel.
"I think this team is realizing that they're as good as anybody they've faced this season and didn't really play up to its potential early on," Carlisle said.
With the loss, Columbus fell to 11-11 overall and 2-5 in the region.
Starkville will return to their home field Friday for a matchup with region leader Tupelo with the varsity starting at 6 p.m.


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Photographs taken of the Newton Crater seem to show a liquid discharge occurring during warmer months. Could bottled Mars Water be in the near future?
- The possible salty discharge as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image has been color-enhanced and reprojected. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)
After peering at images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter season after season, scientists have grown to believe that there is water flowing on Mars.
However, if it exists, the water's not likely to be the kind of abundant, thirst-slaking enjoyment that is agua on Earth. Rather, a thirsty Mars cosmonaut would have to suck it out of rusty red sands, and the taste would be salty, perhaps like seawater or pickle juice.
Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Tucson, explained the water theory in a paper published last Thursday in the journal Science. McEwen's the guy in charge of the spacecraft's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, which since its kick-off has documented the Red Planet's various wrinkles and scars in fine detail. Now the scientist and his team believe they've come across suggestive photographic evidence that Mars cries briny tears during its warm seasons.
Deep rivets and gullies on Mars indicate that water flowed quite powerfully over the surface at one time, and perhaps even supported life. But few traces of liquid are evident today, with the popular thought being that any water on Mars is frozen beneath the ground. But repeated imaging of the Newton Crater by McEwen's crew reveal that dark somethings move across the planet's surface as the days tick by.
These so-called "recurring slope lineae" are up to five yards wide and grow from bedrock on the crater's southern hemisphere. As the surface heats up during the Martian spring and summer, approaching a sultry 80 degrees Fahrenheit, new lines appear and lengthen.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Four Hoosiers represented the IU men's tennis team at the Crimson Tide Fall Invitational this weekend, and all four advanced to the semifinals of their respective singles brackets. The Hoosiers finished the weekend 8-4 in singles play and advanced one doubles tandem to the tournament's semifinals.
Josh MacTaggart advanced to the semifinals of the Bear Bryant Draw, defeating UAB's Danny Manlow (6-3, 6-2) and Greg Andrews of Notre Dame (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) before falling to Mateo Fago of Tennessee (6-3, 6-3). Stephen Vogl, competing in the Hannah Draw, defeated Vanderbilt's Alex DiValerio (6-3, 6-3) and Cedric DeZuter of Memphis (4-6, 6-4, 6-0) before a semifinal loss to Sami Ghorbel of Troy (2-6, 6-4, 6-2).
The pair of Hoosiers also advanced to the semis in the White Draw Doubles. The defeated Leonardo Lapentti and Adam Lawton of Virginia Tech (8-1) as well as Cedric DeZuter and KC Griffen of Memphis (9-7) before falling to Ryan Bandy and Sean Tan of Notre Dame in the semis (8-6)
Santiago Gruter defeated Rodrigo Rappaccioli of Tulane (6-1, 6-4) and Patrick Daciek of Virginia Tech to advance to the semis of the Stabler flight. He fell to Charlie Jones of Vanderbilt (7-6, 7-5).
Travis Neilson took out Trey Walston of Alabama (7-5, 6-3) and James Crawford of Tennessee Tech (6-4, 6-1) before running into Jon Pine of Virginia Tech (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the semis of the Sheely Draw.
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What a great night Wednesday night was at the Convention! Great speech after great speech — Condi Rice, Gov,. Susana Martinez, and others – culminated by our new GOP Star –V.P. NOMINEE PAUL RYAN! His clearly heart-felt speech was a real game-changer. I just got really emotional when he kept saying, "We can do this! We can do this!" Yes, we can and we must!
This morning, the TX delegation and our guests were treated to a breakfast with great speeches from Congressmen Jeb Hensearling and Michael Burgess. Then, Gov. Perry brought us to our feet time and time again with his enthusiastic and impassioned remarks. State Senator Dan Patrick closed with a preview of legislation he will carry next session in Austin — enactment f a school voucher system. It received a very enthusiastic response from our delegation.
One of our Rules delegates, Melinda Fredrick (also RPT vice chairman) explained that the Rules which were adopted Tuesday night had been changed in a Rules Committee meeting to remove the ability of a presumptive nominee to "disavow" any duly elected national convention delegate. Thus we had a big win for grassroots conservatives.
Weather today is gorgeous – and we are all looking forward to tonight's formal acceptance by Mitt Romney of the GOP Presidential nomination. It will be a great celebration and officially kick off our 2012 Victory campaign. The main stream media have not been carrying all of the convention although FOX News channel has been covering the entire proceedings – with some breaks for commentary. Watch for our Texans – probably not many hats tonight as we are to wear dark suits and some didn't want to top those off with cowboy hats. (Shucks, we know that in Texas, hats and boots go with ANYTHING! Just ask former Highland Village Mayor Dianne Costa about her bling-y boots which she wears with her very professional business suit for tonight's festivities)
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THE HUNT for a gene or genes that control intelligence may be doomed to failure. According to American researchers, symmetrical people are brainier suggesting that the inherited part of IQ may be due to genetic resistance to stress during early development.
Bryant Furlow and his colleagues at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque say their research shows that the influence of genes on cognitive ability may be indirect. Rather than determining intelligence per se, the genes involved may instead affect the ability of the developing body and brain to withstand environmental stresses.
The more vulnerable a growing human is to stresses such as malnutrition, infection or pollution, the more lopsided it will become. So the researchers measured "fluctuating asymmetry" (FA), or the degree to which bilateral traits such as ears, hands and eyes deviate from the symmetrical, in 240 undergraduates. They found a "modest" negative correlation between FA and ...
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Accra — City Link Airline of CTK Network aviation Ltd., on Sunday launched a new Hawker 900XP business jet charter services into the country in Accra.
The eight seater aircraft which was based in Portugal and manufactured in the United States of America will fly from Accra to Lagos, Dakar, and Bamako, Monrovia, Niamey and some other countries across the west coast at afforded rates.
Speaking at the launch of the business jet, Capt.Tei Azu, the Managing Director of CTK Ltd, stated that the jet will allow business executives, top government officials as well as leaders of major institutions to meet their critical schedule deadlines by way of ensuring safe and comfortable travel.
CTK has provided executive charter services for business, governmental and non-governmental organisations in West Africa hitherto. Over a period of ten years, City Link has offered internal travels in Ghana from Tamale, Kumasi, Takoradi and Sunyani.
The introduction of a new business jet, according to officials, will take care of immigration and airport clearances to help its clients concentrate on their businesses whiles on board.
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FootballPartyGame.com Offers Live Trivia Game Designed For Your Football Watch Party
A game designed to be played during Super Bowl watch parties is now available from Bendy Tree, an app design company. Partygoers answer 20 questions before kickoff such as "Will the national anthem last over 94 seconds?" and "Which team will lead at half time?" As questions are answered throughout the football game, points are awarded for correct guesses. An online leader board shows live standings, and a winner is declared when the football game ends. Available for $4.99, the game is offered on the iPhone and iPad through the App Store. The game is also available for other devices at FootballPartyGame.com.
Only one person from a particular party needs to purchase an account. After signing up, the party organizer invites up to 25 friends to join the group. These friends are not charged to play and will receive an email with instructions on making their picks. Picks are made through any web browser or smart device and must be submitted before the national anthem begins. The questions and their point values are based loosely on propositional BET odds. The game is available online, so it also works for groups who aren't watching the game in the same geographic location.
"Many people love the friends, food, and commercials but don't care much about the teams. At over four hours their interest starts to wane, and hosts are left scrambling for party ideas to entertain their guests", said Josh Wright, founder of Bendy Tree. "For the price of a bowl of salsa, this game offers an easy way to entertain your guests and keep them engaged."
The questions include topics like commercials, entertainment, the football game itself, and trivial events like the color of Gatorade poured on the winning coach. Points are awarded automatically for correct answers, so there is no burden on a host to track of the outcome of each question.
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Best of AOP - Solar System
Millions of asteroids populate the inner solar system and many more at much greater distances. These rocky inhabitants casually orbit the Sun and with feebleness reflect sunlight. All of the asteroids in this frame are part of the main asteroid belt- a collection of thousands of irregular shaped rocks (1-4km in size) between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (approximately 4 AU, or 4 Earth-Sun distances).
This is a large animated GIF (700K). I could not find a way to compress the images without losing too much information. In this image you will find 5 asteroids. Try to find them on your own, and then click on the SOLUTION to see the answer with the names of the asteroids labeled. You will see many artifacts. Some are caused by the detector, such as bright pixels which shift because the images are shifted. Others are caused by cosmic rays which are only evident in a single frame. Ignore these things to find the asteroids which look like moving "stars."
You will also find a handful of dim fuzzy oval objects which are all background galaxies hundreds of millions of light years away. Click HERE to see the most recent example of an asteroid's motion against the background stars. This is a 2 megabyte animated GIF.
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The image was taken binned 2x2.
One of the frames (the first) is a little noisier (probably a cloud) but better focused (or steadier seeing).
Capturing 5 asteroids in a single frame is not typical. However, discovering one going through a frame when taking
pictures from our telescope is fairly common when imaging near the ecliptic.
The "new discovery" never got a designation as it was not observed (followed-up) again. Many amateur
astronomers devote their lives to finding and following this solar system interlopers. But on the night that we
observed the "new discovery"- we may have been the first people in the world to have ever seen its feeble light!
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It's not difficult to guess it was not Dakar or Chile :) It was specially made kinda..clear in video, no? It takes a bit longer than helicopter ride to get to Brazil or Chile...
There is no doubt with this kind of riding they did have constant tech support on the ground etc.
But even if they used 4 bikes - ones in at least 90% of shots where you can make it out are same two by looks of it. Perhaps they messed up 2 first, then used 2 spare to make clean shots. I wonder how many riders they used :)
For me it was more about bikes reaction to that kind of terrain and speeds. Kinda surprisingly composed. I guess many other bikes would look same good in similar video.
One thing they failed to do - to properly promote their gear...despite that was objective
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