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Customers are growing impatient as they wait for new features, however; whereas Windows 8 will soon receive a substantial overhaul with Windows 8.1, an equivalent upgrade for Windows Phone 8 isn't expected to arrive until 2014.
Last weekend, a user complained in a Microsoft forum that GDR2, a relatively minor Windows Phone update that began rolling out this month, doesn't add any of the features that customers have demanded. The criticism provoked hundreds of responses and even compelled Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore to chime in.
"We're listening to you folks," he wrote, promising there is "more coming later this year, and still more after that."
[ Are there enough mobile apps to make Microsoft's smartphone worthwhile? Read Windows Phone Scores More Key Apps. ]
GDR2 enables Data Sense, which tracks data usage. It also adds FM radio support, the ability to set third-party apps as the default camera controls, and better synching between Windows Phone 8 devices and Google services.
A more substantial, Windows 8.1-like update is rumored to include a notification center and multi-tasking improvements. Similar functions will feature prominently also in Apple's iOS 7, which is slated to reach iPhone users later this year.
There have also been indications that Microsoft is readying a personal assistant app in the vein of Apple's Siri, though details have been scant.
In the meantime, Microsoft hopes that improved Nokia hardware will deter users from jumping to iOS or Android. By most accounts, the new Nokia Lumia 1020 sets a new standard in smartphone cameras. Microsoft has pushed compatibility with its Office software as one of the prime advantages of both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, but because neither platform can compete with iOS and Android when it comes to mobile apps, consumers have been largely indifferent to Microsoft's pitch.
The Lumia 1020's camera, though, offers a different sort of appeal. It's a potentially killer feature that mass market users might actually care about, and that no Android or iOS device can replicate.
At first glance, the 1020's 41-megapixel sensor is more than most people need; the world's most-pixel-rich DSLR, the Nokia D800, has only 36 megapixels. But Nokia's implementation is clever, driven less by pixel-peeping than by versatility.
The camera zooms by cropping the image, for example. Unlike the digital zoom found in most smartphones, this strategy preserves fine details and color gradations. The camera also creates 5-megapixel JPEGS by oversampling the original image. This should lead to noise-free images, even in low light, and better tonal ranges throughout the image.
Time will tell if non-photographers are tempted, but early images suggest the camera delivers.
The 1010 faces at least one potential roadblock: At $299.99, its premium price could dissuade many casual shoppers. Nokia is also producing budget Windows Phone 8 devices, though, such as the recently announced Lumia 625, which packs a 4.7-inch display and LTE support.
These models are still more expensive than the entry-level Android options, however. Many of them also suffer from compromises. The 625's big screen is somewhat subverted by its modest 800-pixel-by-480-pixel resolution, for example.
Still, important as the hardware is, the platform's future still comes back to software.
Steve Ballmer's reorganized Microsoft is dedicated to a rapid software release cycle, with updates pushed out at regular intervals, rather than in huge chunks every three or so years. This goal could help Microsoft compete with Google, Samsung and Apple for consumers and BYOD workers. But it's easier said than done.
Belfiore emphasized that it will take time to develop the Windows Phone platform, a comment that echoes CFO Amy Hood's remarks following last week's disappointing earnings report.
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Brandon Jenner Spoofs Kim K: Who Did Hair Toss Better?
Kim Kardashian may have been on vacation in Thailand, but she certainly didn't let her social media fall by the wayside!
The reality star posted multiple videos of some snazzy slow-motion hair flips in the pool set to her fiancé, Kanye West's music (watch below).
Her step-brother Brandon Jenner took it as the perfect opportunity to poke fun at her and made his own spoof video of himself tossing his long hair around, which he captioned, "We all know who's the hottest @Kimkardashian."
Kim's original videos were captioned "Coming soon" and "I'm in it":
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Recently benchslapped attorney Francis Malofiy has hopped right back on that horse and followed through on his threat and filed a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin, alleging they stole the guitar riff from Stairway to Heaven.
Apparently, Malofiy failed to take to heart the admonitions of the judge in the Usher case, because this complaint also plays fast and loose with traditional formatting.
So what's the bustle in this guy's hedgerow?
If you're anything like me, when you think of Led Zeppelin, one riff immediately comes to mind.
Oops. Not that story (and if you don't know what that story is, click the link and enjoy your nightmare fuel).
But if you haven't been following the story about the famous Stairway to Heaven riff, Malofiy and his client, the trustee for the heirs of musician Randy California, made some noise a few weeks ago about Led Zeppelin having stole Stairway to Heaven from Randy California's band Spirit. While Spirit isn't as famous today as Led Zeppelin, in the late 60s, Led Zeppelin used to open for Spirit. In the words of the complaint, the members of Led Zeppelin were "[n]ot yet immortal rock legends." Here's the song in question, Taurus. The allegedly infringing part starts around 50 seconds in:
I leave it to you to decide if that's stealing. Still, of all the legal trouble to get leveled against Led Zeppelin, it's crazy to think "used a similar guitar riff" is a bigger deal than "kidnapping a 14-year-old girl."
At least Malofiy doesn't call Led Zeppelin "Cry Babies" like he called the defendants in the Usher suit. Still, Malofiy's decision to go crazy with downloadable fonts while drafting a court filing proves he's still got the "inexperience" and "need of a "mentor" we read about in the Usher decision. As the Hollywood Reporter remarks, Malofiy "is apparently unaware of the rash of copyright cases targeting font infringement." Here's the title of the complaint:
He even signs the thing with a weird symbol like he's trying to be a Zeppelin fanboy with a personal sigil. Is it possible this guy just sues musicians so he can hang out with them at depositions like some kind of lawyer groupie? If so, beware when they mark the mudshark exhibit, buddy.
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Saratoga County could feasibly be the home of a new equestrian arena designed to hold 6,000 spectators, according to new findings in an ongoing feasibility study.
Minnesota-based Markin Consulting has been researching the area since May, and President Rod Markin gave the update on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during a visit to the area, where he made his presentation before a Saratoga Chamber of Commerce meeting and at a 4-H training center.
The preliminary assessment suggests an indoor arena with 4,000 to 6,000 seats, two covered arenas, five to seven outside rings, two to three warm-up or schooling rings, a 100- to 150-site campground, 600 permanent stalls and a variety of support structures like offices and veterinary facilities.
Markin's company which has done a number of similar studies around the country was contracted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension to the tune of $90,000 to examine the demand for a horse park and the economic feasibility and impact of such a project. To that end, an online survey has been on the firm's Web site and the update incorporated information and suggestions from that information. The presentation and survey results can be viewed at www.markinconsulting.com/Saratoga.htm.
Locally, there has been a strong showing of support for the horse park. Town of Charlton Supervisor Alan Grattidge thinks a park would complement the Saratoga racetrack and keep with the county's agricultural character.
"We have plenty of activity in the summer months because of the track, but nothing in between," said Grattidge. "This could be a really good facility for the area to go along with the agricultural facilities we already have and to go with the horse industry we already have."
Saratoga County has the highest equine population in the state with approximately 11,000 horses.
Town of Ballston Supervisor Patti Southworth said she would welcome a horse park to the area as an excellent way to preserve open space while still contributing to the town and county.
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After struggling to find a suitable name for his Hrithik-Aishwarya starrer, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is reported to have finalized a title - it's 'Guzaarish'.
Following the success of Jodhaa Akbar many directors were more than keen to sign the amazing on-screen couple of Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai together. And the first to do it was Sanjay Leela Bhansali, for his untitled film. The movie is still in nascent stages and will go on floors only by next year.
For 'Guzaarish', Bhansali is tying up with producers UTV Motion Pictures; coincidentally, they were also the producers of 'Jodhaa Akbar'. Earlier it was said that Bhansali will team up with BIG Pictures or Sony Pictures to make the film. But now the picture is clear; it's UTV.
The movie is believed to be a remake of the 2006 Hollywood film 'The Prestige', which was directed by the 'The Dark Knight' director Christopher Nolan. It's reported that Bhansali has adapted the script in Indian context, which is about two rival magicians.
And now, some interesting part. According to a recent buzz, Bhansali's good old friend Salman Khan is rumoured to be miffed with the director. Why? Actually, it was Salman who suggested the story idea to Bhansali and now the director is making the film with Hrithik instead of him.
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The Tigray region of Ethiopia converted to Christianity in the fourth century and became a very important ally of the Byzantine empire, ruled from Constantinople (Istanbul), in controlling the trade routes to India. Tigray also maintained contacts with other Christian communities of the eastern Mediterranean, including those in Syria and Egypt. The compelling images on this double-sided leaf are from a group of early fourteenth-century Gospels that feature a revival of motifs that reached Ethiopia from the eastern Mediterranean, probably in the seventh century.
Both sides of the leaf are inscribed in Ge'ez, the ancient language of Ethiopia. On the front is a dramatic octagonal Fountain of Life flanked by peacocks, which are identified in the inscriptions as "ostriches" (royal birds in Ethiopia), and gazellelike "babula." The text within the domed space refers to the arrangement of the Eusebian Canon Tables, or index to the Gospels, which preceded the image in the original manuscript. On the reverse, the Crucifixion is represented by a monumental jeweled cross topped by a Lamb of God, symbol of Christ's sacrifice. At the sides are the two thieves bound to their crosses. Other leaves from this Gospel are in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton urged people to participate in service projects, saying there's a chain of service that links generations of Americans from all across the country.
Clinton is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. On Saturday she spoke at a summit on the National Mall for the National Day of Service.
Clinton said she was inspired by the volunteer work of her grandmother, Dorothy Rodham, who began as a child volunteer teaching migrant workers English and kept up her volunteer efforts for her entire life.
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are participating in service projects throughout the Washington area.
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Random act of Valentine-ness: What a child gave to strangersFebruary 14, 2014 at 9:00 pm | In Holidays, West Seattle news, West Seattle people | 7 Comments
Thanks to Tracey for sharing the heartwarming photo and report:
While my husband and I (and four others) were waiting for Circa to open its doors tonight, a young boy walked by with his mom and started handing out these valentines. It was such a sweet gesture and nice surprise! We don't know his name, but wanted everyone in West Seattle to know how thoughtful he is and that his random act of kindness was appreciated. Oh, and our dinner was DELICIOUS! Happy Valentine's Day!
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Comment by Dale — 9:13 pm February 14, 2014 #
Random act of cuteness!
Comment by Jeannie — 12:59 am February 15, 2014 #
That is really, really sweet!
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How cool!
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The little boy in this article name is Michael. He is a very special child with an advanced clarity on love and genuine communication. Way to go Michael, just reading this this morning warmed my heart and completely made my day !
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We could ALL use some "advanced clarity on love and genuine communication," heaven knows. Thanks, Melissa. – Tracy
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The state Supreme Court has thrown out the 2009 conviction of a man observed selling drugs on the street in Belltown by a team of Seattle police officers, saying the wrong officer took the man into custody.
In the ruling involving the arrest of Gregorio Ortega, the unanimous high court said police and prosecutors stretched a well-established precept of common law — and the state statute born from it — requiring police to have a warrant to arrest someone for a misdemeanor crime unless the arresting officer personally witnesses the illegal act.
In this case, the team of officers, responding to complaints of street-corner drug dealing in Belltown, set up surveillance on a corner from a second-story office window in March 2009.
An officer using binoculars said he witnessed Ortega making several exchanges that made the officer believe he was selling drugs.
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According to the ruling and briefs in the case, the officer directed two other officers on the street to apprehend Ortega.
They did and found nearly $800 in cash and drugs on Ortega, according to court documents.
However, state law is clear that, with very few exceptions, a police officer cannot make a misdemeanor arrest unless the arresting officer witnesses the illegal act, or the officer has a warrant.
The idea is that misdemeanor crimes generally pose less of a threat to society, and therefore the interest of the accused carries more weight.
The court, in an opinion written by Justice Stephen Gonzalez, found that the observing officer did not have the right to pass his arresting authority to other officers in this instance.
There are several exceptions to the rule — written into the statute by the Legislature — one being when an officer witnesses a traffic violation and has another officer stop the vehicle, the opinion said.
The court noted, however, that police could have sidestepped this issue by having the street officers briefly detain Ortega without arrest or a search, pending the arrival of the officer who actually observed the transaction.
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I travel every day to the CL office by bike – a 30-minute ride from home through some rather busy streets but definitely the best way to start the morning and avoid the stresses of travelling by public transport. At this time of year, I love to cycle around the countryside at weekends, too, although the speed of traffic on some roads always takes me by surprise. So I was recently delighted to come across a copy of Lost Lanes by Jack Thurston. It includes 36 glorious bike rides around southern England, which wind their way around narrow lanes, off-road paths and tracks, through pastures, meadows, ancient woods and heathlands. There's no need to pack the book as each map can be downloaded from the website, and there are plenty of pit stops at traditional tearooms and inns along the way, plus each starting point is accessible by train
I'm determined to try out the following three Kent-based routes, as I can reach these easily from home, but there are some wonderful rides around Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, the Thames Valley, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, as well as Suffolk and Essex. Or plan your own itinerary by digging out an Ordnance Survey map and plotting a route along the thin yellow lines.
1. Between Downs & Weald
A meandering ride following the twists and turns of the River Eden, through the tiny village of Crowhurst (home to a giant yew tree) past Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, and along the most beautiful lane in Kent complete with a rambling old farmhouse and dovecote.
2. The Fifth Continent
A weekend exploration of the mysterious Romney Marsh (above) and Dungeness – the bleakly beautiful 'land's end' of south-east England. Narrow lanes criss-cross ancient sheep-grazed marshland towards the isolated tip of Dungeness and Derek Jarman's famous shingle garden (below).
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A spin around the Hoo, a remote north Kent peninsula, where the River Thames ends and the Thames Estuary begins. Beginning on a straight, traffic-free path along an abandoned canal and then railway line, this ride passes three nature reserves run by the RSPB including Northward Hill, which has Britain's biggest colony of little egrets.
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Painters finished staining and painting the deck at the non-profit's John Tarleton Campus on Saturday morning. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett asked the Painters Union Local 437 to help make improvements to that deck. Burchett said crews would have to tear it down if not for that work.
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somebody put this on WSHH lmao
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The Film Daily Yearbook;1941 and 1943 editions give a seating capacity of 450.
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My wife Barbara and I first visited Bethany in June 2009. After spending two days meeting with faculty and staff I returned home even more uncertain. Did I really want to devote the time this program required? Was I willing to learn computer skills that didn't even exist when I finished college in 1972? Was I willing to make the eight-hour drive that would occasionally be necessary? Was this really what God was calling me to do at this time in my life? From the very beginning, I came as I am, but went not as I came. Little did I know how this Bethany tag line would time and time again ring true for my educational experience.
I did enroll at Bethany in the fall of 2009 as a Master of Divinity Connections student. One of the most transforming experiences in my life came during this January's two-week intensive, a class entitled "Varieties of Christian Peace Witness," taught by Scott Holland, Professor of Theology and Culture and Director of Peace Studies and Cross Cultural Studies. I knew that the Church of the Brethren was a peace church, but did not observe it in the churches within my district. I was surprised by Professor Holland's statement that eighty percent of Brethren did not actively support the witness of peace.
Throughout this class, I came to realize that I belong within that eighty percent. Never before had I considered where I, or Jesus, stood on peace. I never took the time to explore the meaning of nonresistance, just war, or just peace, nor had I ever listened to stories of friends killed in war. Eventually, I began to more fully understand another tag line: "When Jesus said, 'Love your enemies,' I'm pretty sure he meant don't kill them." While this class focused primarily on these aspects of peace, at Bethany, peace runs deeper than anti-war: it begins with our own awakening, our own transformation. That eight-hour drive back home felt like no time at all. Come as you are, Go not as you came. . . .


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I became, to my surprise, a single mother, all of the sudden divorced,
with two sons and a daughter. The boys wanted to earn their own spending
money, and I tried to help them. When their father left, he left an old
green pickup truck that we bought from Michigan State University. The school
used it on the campus ground. The boys wanted to use it to move people,
so I put a little ad in our local shopping guide, and thatÕs how
it all started. The first line of the ad was Two Men and A Truck, though
they weren't men. Brig, the older, was just 16, and John was 13.
I also made a form for the boys so they could track of things -- people's
addresses, what they wanted moved. I sat down a the kitchen table and drew
a logo on top of the moving sheet. It's still our logo, a stick
figure, black-and-white drawing of the front of a truck with two people
sitting in front. It was a silly moving sheet. On the list of items to
move, I included an elephant.
The boys charged $25 an hour, and every time they moved someone they
had to put three dollars in a little dish in the kitchen to buy gas. They
split the rest, which was pretty good spending money for kids. After they
both went off to college, the phone calls still kept coming in. It's
amazing how the name caught on and people took it to heart. So I decided
to buy a used truck, very used, and continue the moving. It was in May,
1985, and the truck cost $350. I advertised in the local paper and hired
two men at $10 an hour. I let them know each day whether they had a moving
job and paid them in cash every night.
May Ellen Sheets was an accidental entrepreneur who practiced just-in-time
learning, staying one step ahead of the consequences of any missteps that
were the result of not knowing the rules and regulations. You can say her
moving business just happened, but you can't say she was not equipped for
business. Her work as a systems analyst prepared her to design an efficient
and well-organized moving system. Her stint as an office manager had developed
administrative skills. She knew how to analyze numbers and deal with data.
Her volunteer work handling the phones in a hospital crisis-intervention
center honed skills in dealing with people on the phone. In developing
Two Men and A Truck, she emerged as a smart, savvy, hard-working entrepreneur
who identified opportunity and went where it took her - from local mover
to national franchiser.
In one sense, her success was cumulative, not really haphazard. Built
on unbridled ambition? Not at all. Bottom line-focused? Only as necessary.
At the end of her first year in business, she shelled up $1000 in profits
and gave it all away in 10 charity donations so she wouldn't have to deal
with taxes. Committed? Unquestionably -- and she remembers distinctly the
upsetting night she became aware of her commitment:
Several years ago, while we were limited to local moving, a man phoned
after we had damaged his furniture. He just got madder and madder, I tried
to calm him down, using skills I had learned as a counselor who listened
to people on the phone. When someone is really upset, let them unload and
they will calm down. But it didn't work with him. He just got madder. Finally,
he said that he was on the going to call the local newspaper and tell them
what a terrible company we were.
It was quite late a tonight and it left me so shaken that I called
my brother. I told him, "I'm just so upset. This guy's gonna ruin
my business," and my brother said, "Mary Ellen, sell that stupid business.
You've got a good job, work at it."
I got so mad at my brother. It was like: "Are you crazy? I'm not
selling this business." I realized then that I really loved the business.
Once the business got started, I tweaked it here and there and saw it improve.
I just tried to do something everyday to make it a little better. I just
loved it. Owning a business is like owning the greatest toy in the world.
By instinct more than design, Mary Ellen was developing a niche in the
moving industry with a distinctive formula that would make her the country's
only franchiser of local movers and owner of the fourth-largest U.S. residential
moving company. She had stumbled onto a major market, which is largely
ignored by big moving companies. About 40 million individuals or families
move in the United States each year, and almost half of the moves are strictly
local. The fixed overhead of large companies makes the local moving market
difficult and expensive for them. They have big expensive trucks and storage
facilities to maintain and ICC licenses and state permits to deal with.
They also have substantial costs of sales forces and national advertising.
On the marketing angle alone, Mary Ellen Sheets soon discovered a selling
edge -- the sight of her trucks. People started to call in from their car
phones, intrigued by the name on the side of a truck they were following.
Her simple black logo and her company name on a white background carried
the implicit message: "We're a low-overhead, hometown, family-style operation.
We're not big, busy, and expensive."
The image worked, and it was true. Mary Ellen's billing formula was
customer friendly. Instead of charging by weight (as was standard), she
charged by the hour, which made her prices highly competitive. Two Men
and A Truck did not reimburse the customer at the paltry industry standard
of $0.60 per pound for damage; it made sure the damage was fixed to the
customer's satisfaction.
As the business got going, Mary Ellen made sure her movers didn't share
the stereotyped reputation of local movers as muscle men wearing dirty
undershirts, sporting tattoos of dancing girls in grass skirts. She cleaned
up the image of her moving men. They arrive on time, introduce themselves,
look neat and clean and behave in a friendly, polite manner. Her trucks
are impeccable and, after the first bumpy years, in good running condition.
She recalls the first time she decided to upgrade to a new truck:
After my first year, I decided to buy a new truck. I went to the
local Chevy dealer, I was so nervous. I didn't know if he would sell a
woman a truck. But they were very nice and did sell me a truck. When I
went to pick it, it wouldn't run! I went to another Chevy dealer and bought
my truck there. Then I bought a new truck every year. Every time I did,
my business would increase. It was another moving billboard on the street,
complete with name and phone number.
After Mary Ellen was in business for two years, her movers would sometimes
go beyond city limits to move customers north to Travers City, even to
Detroit or Ohio. This brought her face-to-face with the complexities of
governmental regulation and led to a characteristic Mary Ellen Sheets solution.
State police stopped one of her trucks for not having a license for out-of-town
moving, defined as going seven miles out of any municipality. During her
lunch hours, Mary Ellen, who was still working downtown, visited four different
attorneys who specialized in transportation law: "I asked them if they
could explain the law to me, and they all gave me different answers. It
was just crazy, and they probably thought I was crazy. So what I did was
take a soup can and use it to draw a circle on a city map of Lansing. I
told my drivers not to go outside the circle."
By the time she switched in 1989 from running a local moving company
in Lansing to franchising, the Two Men and A Truck formula was refined
and ready to roll out all over the country in one town or city after another.
Still, she hesitated over franchising until she participated in a business
Someone at Michigan State University asked me if I would join a panel
discussion about business. There was another lady there who, when she heard
about my moving business, told me I should franchise it. I told her that
I didn't know how I could, since all I had was the truck and the moving
men. She had a pet feeding service, and she said: "Well, all I do is feed
dogs, so for God's sake if I can franchise you can, too." So she gave me
the name of her attorney. I went to see him and told him all about my business,
and he said he would help me franchise it. I didn't even know what franchising
was. He charged me something like $27,000 which I paid over time out of
the money from my Lansing operation. I read all those stories about people
investing $200,000 and $300,000 to get a franchising company started. We
never had that kind of money.
As everyone knows, moving and trucking are mostly men's business,
but I didn't let it make any difference to me. I went my own way
and re-invented the wheel. We did our own thing and we benefited from word
of mouth, which is how most of our franchises were sold.
In converting her business from local mover to national franchiser,
Mary Ellen kept overhead to a minimum, operating out of her apartment and
handling the administrative details herself. She finally quit her job to
plunge into franchising. It wasn't until 1993 that she moved out of the
apartment to an office in an old house, and 1998 when the company moved
into a new building it had put up for nearly $600,000.
To get help in running the company, Mary Ellen didn't have to look far.
Her daughter, Melanie, who was a well-paid pharmaceutical rep, quit her
job to join her mother in 1994. She had a strong track record in marketing
and already knew the moving business as moonlighting owner of a company
franchise in Detroit. In 1994, Melanie became company president, an ideal
match for CEO Mary Ellen. Mind-the-store daughter works with creative,
idea-generating mother -- the two traits that build in longevity for start-up
companies. She describes her mother as the quintessential "free spirit
who enjoys life and does what she wants to do." But also someone who "knows
how to make tough decisions."
Although Mary Ellen owns the company, business decisions are a family
affair, involving mother, daughter, and the original movers, sons Brig
and Jon -- the company's board of directors. Brig works full-time at headquarters
as a franchise recruiter for the company, while Jon has a franchise in
Grand Rapids and also runs his mother's Lansing franchise.
The four of them meet every week to discuss the business. The consensus
approach and the checks and balances of the four family members have carried
Two Men and A Truck passed the pitfalls of many entrepreneurial companies
that achieve early momentum and falter in the later stages as they stabilize
their operations.
Gregory K. Ericksen is the National Director of Entrepreneurial Services
of Ernst & Young, which provides tax, business advisory and consulting
services for domestic and global clients. He is also Chairman of the Entrepreneur
Of The Year Institute. He is also the author of What's Luck Got to Do With
It?: 12 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Secrets Behind Their Success (Wiley; 1997).
Reprinted with permission from
Women Entrepreneurs Only: 12 Women Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories
of Their Success by Gregory K. Ericksen
Copyright 1999 by Ernst & Young LLP
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Adapted with permission of the author and John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. May not be modified, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted,
or distributed in any manner.
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Today's Photo A Day Challenge prompt is "Magic". This was a tough one for me…so I enlisted Gumby and Pokey to help. "Gumby, pick a card, any card. Show the audience but don't show me…"
(silly I know, and thank you picmonkey for the bokeh stars that made it look just a bit more "magical". :) )
I'll give a quick menu rundown, then share a few shots from the day. So glad to be feeling better, but my appetite is still a bit "bland". This morning, I had a weight watcher's bagel with light cheese, I also had a glass of green juice, my work bag had crackers, pea soup, applesauce, a banana and some blueberries (that were past their prime, so most were tossed). Dinner tonight was some whole wheat pasta baked some shrimp, fake crab, light alfredo and sun dried tomato pesto that we had on hand. I topped it with corn flake crumbs and we had a bun on the side.
In case you missed the picture of my tattoo above….here you go! HA! So kidding….I was just looking at some images and saw this.
I'm a couple of weeks away from my 6 week "touch up", but so far so good. Namaste!
It was POURING here today. Today's photos are drippy. And my umbrella broke about 15 minutes into my lunchtime walk. It was unfixable, so I tossed it in a dumpster, put my hood up and carried on. Wanna put your hood up and come with me! :)
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I am a terrible blogspot blogger, and prefer the spontaneity of Tumblr posting. I have also been busy, busy doing not much at all, but I have some very exciting news.
As of today, I start a new job, over at Rookie!
I'm still in shock, and very excited.
I'm also very angry about what's happened with Pussy Riot. Ughhh.
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I need to find the balance between blogging on different sites, work, and schoolwork.
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What's the Internet's favorite animal?
The lynx.
November 22 - GWAR
December 13 - Bell Witch
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Knowing who Daft Punk is = Legitimate EDM opinion
i think Guy-Man died in 2003 and it's actually Busy P under the helmet..
well, in '08 at HHM under the helmet was DJ AM.
he's dead. now we know why they haven't toured, and all that's been recorded is Bangalter doing movie soundtrack work. lolz
it wasnt emphazed.
you guys are cool.
wo he fuck cares about the killers
So some one finally figured out where emphazed came from.. and its not from daft punk
Go fuck yourself.
rob da bank, who runs the Bestival festival in the UK said in an interview: "We got told months ago that Daft Punk were definitely not touring next year."
(taken from the bestival thread)
DP isn't going to play at Coachella this year. I know that might be mind boggling for some of you, but seriously, get over it.
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Bellevue slugs OC in softball
Olympic College softball coach Jessica Cabato read the stat line following her team's second game against Bellevue on Wednesday.
Bellevue's Nicole Rogers hit three home runs in the first three at-bats and finished with eight runs batted in.
"We really should have walked her," Cabato said. "How do you even let that happen?"
It seems like the Rangers have more questions than answers right now after losing to Bellevue 16-0 and 14-1 in a pair of five-inning NWAACC games at the Fairgrounds.
Cabato didn't take anything away from Bellevue, which improved to 19-1 overall and 8-0 in league.
"I think they are the strongest team we've faced this year," Cabato said.
But the coach isn't happy that the Rangers (5-8, 3-5) appeared to go through the motions while getting blown out.
"We're not playing fast and hard enough," she said. "I don't know what to do right now. ... They are content with losing."
OC travels to Everett on Friday for a 2 p.m. doubleheader.
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Bellevue 244 24—16 14 0
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Christman and Rogers. Corinne Kleeberger, Jillian Stewart (3) and Stormy Keffeler. W—Christman. L—Kleeberger.
Leading hitters—Bel: Hardy 3-5 (2R), Barney 2-4 (4RBI,3R). Oly: Olivia Markovich 1-2 (2B).
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Orvella and Rogers. Melonie Walsworth, Corinne Kleeberger (4) and Stormy Keffeler. W—Orvella. L—Walsworth.
Leading hitters—Bel: Rogers 3-3 (3HR,8RBI), Gwires 2-4 (22B,2R). Oly: Lexi Orteza 2-2, Jessica Klump 2-2.
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Chicago Bears in London
Little late on this as usual, but today I finally got to uploading some Chicago Bears fan photos from London to the Chicago Bears Facebook Group. Thanks Stuart and Bill for contributing them. Please someone let me know if I forgot anyone that sent me something!
Here are Stuart's comments on his experience. Thanks for sharing!
Quite simply I can't quite believe I have seen Da Bears! Ok, so it wasn't a real Bears and NFL experience – you couldn't call the tailgate party a real tailgate, and the crowd at the game was pretty confused at times, not knowing when to make noise or not and seeming to find it hard to know which team to back, but hey, I don't care! I saw Da Bears and they won. I didn't quite get everything from my wish list – Hester didn't score a kick return TD, but Forte was on fire (he should be signed to a new contract as soon as possible), Cutler looked pretty good and certainly showed himself to be a good leader, and the D was ok. I can't believe the speed and strength of Peppers, and Urlacher and Briggs were everywhere! And then there was the bonus of seeing Otis Wilson and Richard Dent and hearing them talk about their playing days, and standing next to the Superbowl XX Vince Lombardi trophy. Oh, and how could I forget the wonder that is Staley the Bear – he is hilarious. At one point in the match he was dressed as a London policeman, poking fun at the security men around the field and chasing the Buc's mascot!
I said on Twitter as I left the stadium, it was amazing to see Da Bears and one day I will see them again, only it will be in Chicago. I turn 40 next year, so you never know, it could be a wonderful birthday present!


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Game 1
As soon as they sat down, a crowd started to form, and soon people were craning their necks to read Garfield's hand-drawn cards. Garfield set the tone of the match early, playing an island and The Ol' Switcheroo.
The Ol' Switcheroo
Take a card at random from target opponent's hand and put it in yours, then put The Ol' Switcheroo into their hand.
Forsythe gamely tried it out on his turn, winding up with an Exchange Student.
Exchange Student
Creature – Human
When Exchange Student comes into play, exchange control of it for target creature an opponent controls. 1/3
Garfield's second play was Merfolk Saboteur.
Merfolk Saboteur
Creature – Merfolk
: Take the top card of target opponent's library and put it into your hand. Put Merfolk Saboteur on top of that player's library. 1/2
Forsythe evoked Mulldrifter for two cards, then passed it back, and again had to read a card.
The Drifting Land
: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Exchange control of The Drifting Land and target land an opponent controls.
By now you can see how this match would progress: In a spiral, further and further into madness. Garfield put his Saboteur on top of Forsythe's library for a card, played another, then showed his deck's darker side.
Harmonic Barbs
Whenever an opponent draws a card they do not own, Harmonic Barbs deals 2 damage to that player.
Not exactly a quick path to victory with the Saboteur, but doubtless there were other interactions in store. Forsythe, ever the killjoy, played Bitterblossom and the Saboteur. Garfield had no fourth-turn play and Sabotaged Forsythe again. Forsythe returned the favor and played out Reveillark.
Now Garfield played the Fathom Trawl he'd nicked from Forsythe, and showed the crowd three more goodies.
Wall of Confusion
Creature – Wall
When Wall of Confusion blocks a creature, exchange control of that creature and Wall of Confusion.
Tax Assesor
Creature – Human
: Target player loses 1 life for each card in hand they do not own. 1/3
Mixed Thoughts
Choose one – Draw a card, or draw a card after the rest of this spell resolves. Exchange hands with target player. Then, the player with fewer cards takes cards from the other player's hand until they have as many cards in hand as they had before the exchange.
Unfortunately, he had no flying defense, and Forsythe's beaters were bringing the pain. Worse still, Forsythe's Saboteur had stolen one of the deck's bombs:
Forked Armageddon
Choose an opponent. Put all lands you control into that player's hand. That player may shuffle any number of them into his deck. Put all lands that player controls into your hand. You may shuffle any number of them into your deck.
Between Bitterblossom and the 4/3 Reveillark, the game was over.
Forsythe 1, Garfield 0
Game 2
Richard started Game 2 with the following two cards.
Disputed Island Farm
: Add or to your mana pool. Whenever a land would come into play under an opponent's control, that player may take control of this, untapped. If they do, that land comes into play under your control instead.
Merfolk Agent
Creature - Merfolk
: Take a card at random from target opponent's hand and put it in yours. They gain control of Merfolk Agent. 1/1
Forsythe Pondered, and Garfield played out Merfolk Saboteur. Over the next two turns he mixed things up for both players, giving Forsythe the Agent, and getting via the Agent the third land he so desperately needed. He used it to play Knight of Meadowgrain. Garfield was ready with another tricky play.
Creature – Jellyfish
When Man-O-Warp comes into play, put target creature an opponent controls into your hand, then put a creature you control into that player's hand. 2/2
It gave Forsythe the Agent and Garfield the Knight of Meadowgrain. They played out the other's cards. On his next turn, Forsythe tapped four.
"I'll cast Clone."
Garfield looked puzzled. "Clone?"
Forsythe narrowed his eyes at him. "It's one of your children!"
Clone entered play as Man-O-Warp, getting Knight of Meadowgrain back home and giving Garfield his Merfolk Agent. Garfield played out Reveillark from Forsythe's deck. Forsythe had Oblivion Ring handy. Garfield tapped five and announced "Gunk for four."
Shuffle Gunk Cards into target opponent's library. (A Gunk Card has no game text. It cannot be played.) Draw a card.
He grabbed four blank cards with "GUNK!!" written diagonally across them and stuffed them in Forsythe's deck. Forsythe was more direct. Wispmare killed Oblivion Ring, and Reveillark returned to play under HIS control. Garfield was displeased. He needed more powerful cards, so he cast Mixed Thoughts. This got him a Reveillark of his own, and they smashed into each other.
Clone returned to play as Knight of the Meadowgrain, and Man-O-Warp gave it to Garfield, with a lowly Agent for Forsythe. He needed more heavy hitters, and so played Peacemaker, stolen from Garfield's deck.
Creature – Human Soldier
If Peacemaker deals damage to an opponent, you may exchange control of it for target creature that player controls. 3/4
Garfield seemed to struggle. Forsythe's attacks continued and Garfield's life fell. Wall of Illusion got Garfield the Knight of Meadowgrain, however, and with the help of Elspeth, Knight Errant, began to fly overtop, gaining life in 5-point chunks. He no longer had enough creatures to attack profitably.
Garfield continued his stabilization and showed off another mindbending trick.
Cultural Exchange
You and target opponent set your hands aside. Take cards from your opponent's deck equal to the number of cards you set aside and put them in your hand, then put the cards you set aside on top of that player's deck in a random order. Your opponent does the same with your deck.
The next turn a Merfolk Agent on Forsythe's side found him a second copy, and he decided to return the favor. The bad news was that Garfield had drawn a pair of Forsythe's new Gunk Cards, which he was all to happy to give back in exchange for the Merfolk Agent. He also let Garfield steal Windbrisk Heights with The Drifting Land and attack with enough creatures to activate it, getting out Reveillark. That just cleared the path for a Sower of Temptation to steal the Reveillark back. At this point there was no telling what side of the board cards were supposed to be on.
Man-O-Warp finally got the Knight back from Garfield and stopped his life gain. Garfield made tokens and stayed on the defensive, getting ready to activate Elspeth's ultimate ability. He did so, and flashed a Wrath of God stolen from the top of Forsythe's deck. Forsythe, ever the wet blanket, had Negate to stop it.
Now Forsythe's flyers had free reign, and Garfield couldn't find answers in either player's deck. Two turns later Forsythe had taken the match.
Forsythe 2, Garfield 0
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|Carnitine deprivation adversely affects cardiac performance in the lipopolysaccharide- and hypoxia/reoxygenation-stressed piglet heart.
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|Sepsis and hypoxia are important stressors for the neonate. Newborn infants receiving total parenteral nutrition are routinely deprived of carnitine and develop low carnitine plasma and tissue levels. Because of its high metabolic rate and dependence on fatty acids for energy, the newborn heart may be particularly vulnerable to stress in the face of an inadequate carnitine supply. To investigate whether carnitine deprivation affects cardiac performance under stress, 23 neonatal piglets received parenteral nutrition for 2-3 weeks that was either carnitine free (CARN -) or supplemented (CARN +) with L-carnitine (400 mg/L). Bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide (LPS), 250 microg/kg intravenous bolus) or saline vehicle was administered to anesthetized piglets 3 h prior to study of isolated perfused hearts. Left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), left ventricular end diastolic pressure, and left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) were measured in vitro under aerobic, hypoxic, and reoxygenation conditions in all animals. Plasma and tissue carnitine values were lower in CARN - than in CARN + piglets. In hearts from LPS-treated animals prior to hypoxia, there was no difference in ventricular compliance between CARN - and CARN + groups. LVSP and LVDP were lower in CARN - than CARN + hearts. During hypoxia, LVSP and LVDP fell, but left ventricular end diastolic pressure increased in hearts from both LPS- and saline- treated piglets. Reoxygenation led to poorer recovery in CARN - than CARN + hearts from LPS-treated animals, but not from saline controls. During hypoxia/reoxygenation, lactate efflux initially rose and then fell, while carnitine efflux increased continually. Acetyl- and medium-chain acylcarnitines were detected in the coronary effluent. Our findings suggest that carnitine deprivation diminishes heart carnitine concentrations and impairs cardiac recovery from combined endotoxic and hypoxic stress. Possible mechanisms include reduced acyl buffering and/or impaired transport of fatty acyl groups into mitochondria.
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Carnitine / deficiency*, metabolism, pharmacology
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Brenda Jarrott, deputy clerk supervisor at the Minnehaha courthouse, sits in front of boxes of traffic tickets the county stores. All court records in the state will be stored electronically. / Elisha Page / Argus Leader
Boxes of traffic tickets line a hallway at the Minnehaha County Courthouse. / Elisha Page / Argus Leader
Boxes of traffic tickets line a hallway at the Minnehaha County Courthouse. / Elisha Page / Argus Leader
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The state of South Dakota reached a milestone in its effort to modernize its antiquated court management system this month when West River clerks began scanning and saving paper court records into a statewide database.
The counties in the 4th and 7th judicial circuits were the last in the state to make the conversion to the states new Odyssey software system, which promises to shepherd in a new, paperless era of electronic record-keeping.
Soon, almost anyone will be able to file and answer lawsuits from any computer with an Internet connection, traffic tickets will be filed from police cruisers, and statistics on every crime from drunken driving to homicide will be easier to find and compile.
With every county now filing every case in the same searchable database, clerks of court can begin to prepare for the larger changes.
Its really just that first step, said Greg Sattizahn, legal counsel for the Unified Judicial System. We now have a platform we can all work on.
The Unified Judicial System also rolled out a new website this month, designed to help users learn about and use the states court system. Much of the information was available before, Sattizahn said, but it was really hard to find.
Helping battered partners learn how to get a protection orders, connecting fathers to custody guidelines and instructing users on how to find and file pro se forms provides newfound advantages for those who cant afford to hire lawyers for their legal struggles, said Brad Reynolds of East River Legal Services in Sioux Falls.
Those charged with a crime are guaranteed access to a lawyer. Those involved in divorce, child custody or rental disputes are not.
The fact that theres a place where people can get answers is huge, said Reynolds, a staff lawyer with the nonprofit organization.
The milestone has been heralded as a major step forward by Chief Justice David Gilbertson, but the transition has not been entirely smooth. The switch was paid for in part by an increase last year in the fee for court record searches, from $15 to $20 per name.
Representatives from the South Dakota Multi-Housing Association argued against the change, which was approved by the Legislature with Unified Judicial System backing, saying the fees essentially balance the court budget on the backs of the landlords and renters who want to keep their properties safe.
Iowa and Minnesota records are viewable online at no cost.
Dave Bordewyk, director of the South Dakota Newspaper Association, said the fees are frustrating, but they pay for a necessary change.
Obviously, its great that theyre making these changes, but use costs are an issue, Bordewyk said. For better or worse, these search fees are the way were paying for this modernization.
Supreme Court's paperless transition
The South Dakota Supreme Court plans to take up the issue of how to switch to electronic filing during a rules hearing Aug. 28. The rules will dictate how long paper court filings are kept before being shredded and discarded.
All of the counties in the state now scan every document filed in every case into the Odyssey system, but the paper files are maintained.
For Minnehaha County, that means a million pages every year, stuck into files and piled up throughout the building.
Traffic tickets line one hallway for 30 feet on the first floor, for example. The hallway is only one part of the 2.13 miles of the shelving it takes to house the two to five years of records held at the courthouse in Sioux Falls.
Older files 5,151 boxes of them are held by Record Keepers Inc. at an average cost of $43,000 per year for storage and retrieval.
Another 400 boxes of court records and exhibits are held at the Minnehaha County Jail.
Karl Thoennes, court administrator for Minnehaha and Lincoln counties, said hes looking forward to a rule change that will stop the files from piling any higher.
Were finally going to be able to get rid of all that paper, Thoennes said.
In Sioux Falls, in particular, the paper has become unnecessary, said chief civil clerk Kim Erickson. The civil division began scanning court files in 2008, meaning electronic copies of every document in every file from that year forward can be pulled up with the click of a mouse by clerks.
Those who have case numbers can find the documents themselves at public terminals across the state. All documents in the state since the conversion are accessible at such a terminal, one of which is on the fourth floor of the Minnehaha County Courthouse.
Judges have access to the files from the bench.
A few of our judges have started running the courtrooms paperless, Erickson said.
'Don't have to come to the courthouse'
The next step is to eliminate the paper from the process altogether, and Sioux Falls lawyer Ron Parsons looks forward to that. In federal court, all documents are submitted electronically. Parsons works at Johnson Heidepriem Abdallah, one of the states largest private law firms.
Electronic filing eases deadline pressure, Parsons said, because documents can be filed late into the evening. Before the federal system became available on the Web in 2001, there was always a rush at the end of the day to get things in on time.
I think everyone welcomes e-filing, and everyone is pleased that were moving in that direction, Parsons said. The experience with the federal system has made us comfortable with it.
North Dakota, which began its conversion to the Odyssey system in 2009, mandated electronic filing for almost all court documents in April. Sally Holewa, state court administrator for North Dakota, said anyone who completes a training webinar on e-filing can create an account and file civil cases.
They dont even have to come to the courthouse, Holewa said.
Those who choose to represent themselves generally are offered help getting their initial paper filing into the system by clerks then directed toward the e-filing system, which allows the self-represented to track and manage their case remotely.
The Aug. 28 rules meeting will outline the e-filing guidelines for South Dakota. As proposed, e-filing would be piloted for some cases in September and roll out slowly until becoming mandatory July 1, 2014.
Greater access through self-help
Judges in North Dakota can make exceptions to the e-filing mandate on a case-by-case basis, Holewa said, to insure those without computer skills or access to a computer can competently represent themselves.
Sattizahn said the new Unified Judicial System website in South Dakota was designed with self-help in mind, as a way to insure that those on the lower end of the economic scale arent left out of the system. For Reynolds, every step the state takes to make self-representation easier is one in the right direction.
Divorce and custody cases can be extraordinarily frustrating for those who cant afford to fight back in court, he said.
Just think about domestic violence survivors, Reynolds said. How many times does the guy hold the purse strings and close out the shared bank account? He can hire a lawyer and be prepared for the hearing, but shes on her own.
Custody visitation guidelines online
Visitation guidelines are available online as well, and parents can print out the checklist, draw up the documents and file the forms themselves, he said. If the other parent doesnt answer or doesnt dispute the claims, that parent then has a visitation agreement in writing.
Accessibility online is important, too, Reynolds said, even though some of his clients need to visit libraries or borrow a computer from a friend to get it. Those who live miles from the nearest courthouse or have disabilities that make trips there difficult benefit from online information.
Mental and physical health are bigger problems on the lower end of the economic scale, he said. Being able to get online and educate yourself is huge.
The plans in South Dakota do not include free access to records, however. Anyone who wishes to do a background search can be charged up to $20 to find a case number. The case number then can be used to search for documents.
The states multi-housing association has spoken out about the fee, saying it puts a burden on property owners trying to keep tenants safe.
Association representative Trisha Swenson wrote in a guest column in the Argus Leader that the proposed fee hike would destroy the states crime-free housing program by dissuading landlords from doing searches.
Shay Robison, a data processor with Reliable Screening in Salt Lake City, works credit and criminal record checks for the South Dakota Multi-Housing Association. She said South Dakotas hefty fee makes it one of four states in the country classified as red states, meaning information is difficult to get and free records are scarce.
I could see a lot more people doing a lot more searches more often if records were online, Robison said.
Employers and media also regularly use the record search system. Bordewyk said he hopes to see access less expensive once the system is paid for. The investment is worthwhile, he said, but the cost is a burden.
The question is, at what cost do we access public information in South Dakota? he said. Thats the debate, and the debate will continue.


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Michigan State and Michigan love to quote each other, and MSU's football building features a new sign with some motivational words from U-M football coach Brady Hoke and athletic director David Brandon.
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What We Don't Know in Physics
MIT physicists seek the origins of mass, the nature of dark matter, and beautiful equations to describe the universe.
Standing on the fire escape of his office in Geneva, Switzerland, assistant professor of physics Steven Nahn, PhD '98, enjoys the evening air as he enumerates some of the universe's greatest mysteries. The question he's working on, he says, is so simple a child could ask it: "Where does mass come from?"
Answering it requires explaining why the fundamental particles that make up all the matter in the universe have mass. So Nahn and about 30 other MIT researchers and students are working on experiments to run on the Large Hadron Collider, the new particle accelerator based at the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The LHC is an exercise in extremes: at temperatures near absolute zero, it will accelerate particles to the highest energies ever achieved experimentally, its thousands of powerful magnets guiding protons along a circular path 27 kilometers in circumference until they collide. The instrument is slated to be fully operational later this year, and Nahn figures he'll spend half of the year working there; his students and other researchers are spending most of their time at the LHC. Each wants to be part of the team investigating one the biggest questions in physics.
"I find it ironic," muses Nahn. "It seems like a very simple question, but it takes an enormous accelerator and thousands of physicists working on it to try to find out the right answer."
Many of the other questions driving MIT physicists are just as basic. Another big one that LHC experiments could resolve concerns the nature of about 23 percent of the universe–the so-called dark matter, whose existence is inferred from gravitational effects on visible objects. Physicists simply don't know what it is. "Where is all the stuff?" Nahn says, half joking. "You'd think we'd know."
To be a physicist is to puzzle over what the rest of us take for granted–that objects have mass, that the universe consists of matter instead of antimatter, that gravity works.
Physicists around the world are now working to expand and revise the parts list of the universe–what's known as the standard model, a compact distillation of about 100 years of research, which attempts to describe the particles and forces that account for all physical phenomena. The standard model includes 12 fundamental particles that constitute matter as we know it, plus their equal but opposite antiparticles. It includes the four fundamental forces governing interactions between particles: gravity, electromagnetism (which is responsible for light, magnetism, and electricity), and the strong and weak forces (which mediate the interactions within atomic nuclei). And it includes particles that carry the four forces–although the one carrying gravity remains hypothetical.
This framework ties together everything that particle physicists know to be true. It tells us that atomic nuclei, once thought to be indivisible, are made up of protons and neutrons; protons and neutrons are further divisible into particles called quarks, which are held together by the strong force, whose carrier is the gluon.


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Nolan Ryan, the Hall of Famer, is long gone from the Texas Rangers, but they will continue to give an award in his honor to their top minor-league pitcher.
The club on Tuesday designed right-hander Luke Jackson as the Nolan Ryan pitcher of the year for 2013. Jackson, 22, was a combined 11-4 with a 2.04 ERA and 134 strikeouts in 128 innings at the Class A and Double-A levels last season.
The other award-winners are second baseman Rougned Odor as Tom Grieve player of the year, outfielder Jake Skole as defender of the year and left-hander Alexander Claudio, as reliever of the year.
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The regatta between May 26 and 31 will also feature a full programme of shoreside entertainment to supplement the racing.
Greg Perkins, captain of Adela, said: "Compared to other regattas we have competed in, the racing is good, as generally there is plenty of wind and the tidal waters make it tactically challenging.
"The shore side is also great fun, with plenty of social events making for an exciting atmosphere."
The event welcomes entries from classic and modern superyachts, with race management provided by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club.
Sailing officer Peter Craig, who oversees the event, said: "I've been involved in both grand prix and superyacht racing events for more than 20 years now and 2012 was my first Pendennis Cup.
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• Strong visual communication and layout skills
• Candidate must be flexible and able to work independently and focus on projects as well as work well with other team members
• Reliable and results oriented; ability to work well under pressure and deliver results within tight deadlines
• Great attention to details
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient knowledge of Web Standards and CSS Based Layouts –
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the digital media landscape, including various social media websites