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Possible hardware problem perhaps? Are you able to run a "burn-in" test on the machine?What is that? How can I perform that? (Tomorrow the machine will be free, I can play with it.) I can imagine that the processor is overheated and so the frequency was reduced by the BIOS. But that does not explain why I cannot see the process using the CPU. An invisible process eating up CPU time cannot be a hardware problem, can it?
Stabbing in the dark really.
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I really like the Feast of the Flowering Moon. I have always thought Chillicothe was so very lucky to have both the Feast and "Tecumseh!" in our county.
This year, and for the past few years, I have become more and more disappointed with our festival. This is a Native American/mountain man celebration. I have been so proud of the people that have come to dance, sing and play music. What happened to them? Each year there are fewer and fewer of them. I listened, and others were also disappointed, with the festival this year. We used to have a man forging iron, musicians in the encampment, plenty of trading posts. The Native Americans used to have various items for sale. Where is our festival going? There should never be any vendors, except the Native Americans and the mountain men and women in the park area ... at least not where they are set up.
Last year, I stopped at the main tent and asked to be a volunteer on their committee, just to be told - not very nicely - that they did not need any more help. Apparently they do, or our wonderful festival would not be disappearing. Please, let's all try to keep the Feast as it is meant to be. Let's not lose our festival!
It is a very great thing for our children and grandchildren to be able be involved in and to see and learn about the heritage of our people. Please try and bring the festival back it to what it used to be. There is a lot of learning for us all if we just watch and listen. People can share in the beauty of our park. The woodcarver was a nice added touch. Please take a look back and restore our wonderful festival.
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A collaborative project between community volunteer, local high school and college students, nonprofits and government agencies has created an exhibit of spectacular wildlife photography.
The Wild by Wild 2012 Exhibit on Oct. 6 involves the work of hundreds of local students and volunteers who learned to use remote camera technology to take photos and to record data that assist experts in wildlife research.
The event is hosted by the Rocky Mountain Cat Conservatory to highlight the project called Communities, Cameras and Conservation.
"This event is intended to showcase the full range of large wildlife species that inhabit nearby parks and forests, featuring captivating images of wild animals in their natural settings," Don Hunter, Ph.D., big cat biologist with the RMCC, said in a statement. "Each photograph was actually taken by the animal in the image, self-triggering a heat- and motion-activated camera. From thousands of photographs collected each year, the Wild by Wild gallery collection includes only the most unique images for the public to enjoy," Hunter added.
The wildlife photography exhibit features dramatic images of the most common species in action in their natural habitats, including mountain lions, bears, coyotes and foxes. The public will also have the opportunity to tour interactive wildlife booths by outdoor sports and wildlife sponsors and bid on outdoor and wildlife items at the silent auction, according to the statement.


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|June 1 2013, 11:56 PM
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Wise, wise words.
The Enterprise is my TARDIS.
|June 2 2013, 02:25 AM
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|June 2 2013, 02:48 AM
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Re: Have cultural standards gotten lower?
Add to that Sturgeon's law, that 90% of everything is crap.
People love to express themselves, but most people have nothing really that important to say, but a lot of people don't care whether they say anything important as long as it is in some way mildly amusing.
When you think of what people prefer to spend their time doing online, what they are doing, more than anything else, is a form of chatting. We're doing it right here. And most chat is disposable small-talk. Which is, arguing about "x is better than y" (like JJ fans vs. the purists). Now, is anybody's post on this subject a work of art?
How about the lengthy comments under youtube videos? How about the ideological flamewars underneath news stories?
Now let's take the next leap up. Internet celebrities who have developed massive followings via merely running off at the mouth about things they probably don't know very much about, but since they exhibit some sort of quirk or wit, people somehow become interested enough in them to sub. Like this guy:
The next step up you have Jersey Shore or AM talk personalities like Rush Limbaugh.
At what point does expression cross over and have some sort of artistic merit? And how many people really care one way or the other?
Just as it might be entertaining to have a beer and listen to your obnoxious friend make a fool of himself by being obnoxious, celebrity these days seems to be driven more often than not by simply being a fool or being shocking, but not really exhibiting any particular talent.
I mean, we're at a stage where memes like Grumpy Cat are getting movie deals.
That's the difference now vs. the time of Plato. Back in Plato's time, only a small elite in Greek society were well versed in the arts. The majority of people were living agrarian lifestyles and they had little knowledge of the arts, because it was long before the printing press.
But now, the field is completely level and democratic. You'd think that the cream would rise to the top, but it doesn't, because like I said, people, by and large, are not looking for transcendent experiences. They are looking for a steady stream of novelty and amusement. And lots of people are capable of doing that.
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|June 2 2013, 07:44 AM
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Kanye West is overrated and a little irritating but he is good at mixing samples.
|June 2 2013, 12:08 PM
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Scientist. Gentleman. Teacher. Fighter. Lover. Father.
|June 2 2013, 01:04 PM
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Hello to Jason Isaacs!
|June 2 2013, 01:10 PM
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You and Hitler oughta get together
You oughta learn to knit and wear matching sweaters
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|June 2 2013, 03:37 PM
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|June 3 2013, 03:52 AM
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Also, that video sent me off on a spree of watching similar videos.
Luna: "They're quite gentle, really... But people avoid them because they're a bit..."
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|June 3 2013, 08:06 AM
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- There are stories about what happened.
- It's true. All of it. TNZ, Hulk, ModMan. They're real.
|June 3 2013, 08:59 AM
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Scientist. Gentleman. Teacher. Fighter. Lover. Father.
|June 3 2013, 04:41 PM
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Luna: "They're quite gentle, really... But people avoid them because they're a bit..."
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|June 4 2013, 12:54 AM
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Re: Have cultural standards gotten lower?
Look at the controversy surrounding Kramer and Tracy Morgan. Look how fast they were dismissed from the party. Look at the problems the Rush Limbaugh show had, or even 12 years ago with Bill Maher.
You have to search to find someone who isn't saying the same things over and over again. That adds to the collective consciousness. Controversy is the death of a lot of entertainment now.
Therefore, we hear and see the same old, tride-and-true things every day. Even shows I like (Newsroom, Smash) are formulaic. The celebrity culture around someone like Mel Gibson or Britney Spears means every word, every inch and pound, every movement is followed and it leads to the same scrutiny that kills any truth in politics. Every politician now lines up to say "This celebrity represents the worst in society." The country is also divided pretty evenly, so you can't get away with anything that might offend half of the country.
When was the last time we had a show like "All in the Family?" We don't need a lot, just one. We don't have any (and why I want a new Star Trek show).
Our attention is divided by the internet, netflix, cable channels galore, having to work all the time to make ends meet, etc. This means that shows getting 2-3 million viewers can stay on the CW. 10 million is a lot. Everyone multi-tasks and no one wants to sit through a sermon or a lecture, much less an intelligent piece of fiction. And who has the time anymore?
Romanticize or not, we had indie artists in the 1990s. Someone at least was allowed to comment on how bad we had it. We had movies like the Blair Witch Project that came out of nowhere. We had something outside the mainstream. We had innovative movies that changed the way stories were told. When was the last time we had a blockbuster hit that didn't rely on a superhero premise?
Part of being an artist is taking risks--saying things that could offend, saying things that could lose your audience, trying to be ahead of your time, and being good at your craft while doing it. This is worse that the Blacklist, in my opinion. That was just the government, not an entire country coming down on you.
They burned Lebron James' jersey in the street and all he did was change teams. How is he supposed to stand out there and say anything deeper than "Schools good, violence bad?" he's not an artist, but he's hurting his brand, his money, his audience, by standing up and saying anything that someone might disagree with. He's no Muhammad Ali.
So money, our vehement, divided politics, celebrity gossip, divided attention, all threaten to make these people unemployed. That's not a strong environment for controversy or to say something meaningful. And this is true from artists and performers to journalists, musicians, etc.
"Cogley was old-fashioned, preferring paper books to computers. He had an extensive collection of books, he claimed never to use the computer in his office."
|June 4 2013, 03:35 AM
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AT least three flood alerts in place across southern Derbyshire as heavy rain is predicted later today.
Sawley Marina, Cavendish Bridge and Swarkestone, all along the River Trent have a flood warning in place from the Environment Agency.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad have won two out five matches so far and now will battle it out to secure the third win. RCB will host SRH in their first game on Indian soil this season, we take a look at some trivia involving the two teams.
1) Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad have faced each other twice, both teams have won one match each.
2) In RCB-SRH matches team winning the toss has went on to lose the match.
3) Virat Kohli's unbeaten 93 is the highest individual score by a Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
4) RP Singh who was not picked in this year's auction by any team has the best bowling figures in an innings by a RCB bowler vs. SRH, he picked 3-27 last season.
5) 162 is the highest team total by RCB against SRH, it came while batting second.
6) Cameron White is the only SRH batsman to score 50 or more against RCB. He scored 52 in his outing against RCB.
7) Ishant Sharma's 3-27 is the best bowling performance by a SRH bowler against RCB.
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Public Opinion on Alcohol Policy: A Review of U.S. Research
Greenfield, Thomas K., Johnson, Suzanne P., Giesbrecht, Norman, Contemporary Drug Problems
Public opinion on alcohol policy has received little research attention until recently, although a coherent research agenda in this area holds promise of a better understanding of the public health policymaking process. This paper reviews and critiques the major analyses of policy opinion in the United States, discusses national support for specific policy options, and addresses trends in policy opinion. The dynamics of policy opinion are complex, allowing for few generalizations. Environmentally based alcohol policies receive mixed levels of public support, and, overall, support decreased somewhat throughout the early 1990s. Recommendations for continued monitoring and improved assessment of policy opinions are made.
KEY WORDS: Alcohol, policy, United States, public opinion, research.
Although public sentiments concerning alcohol issues have long been a subject of historical and social research, public opinion in relation to specific alcohol policies has only recently emerged as a research area in its own right. In the late 1970s, Goodstadt et al. stated, "[apparently, no sophisticated studies of public attitudes towards [policies regarding] the pricing of alcoholic beverages have been completed" (1978: p. 1630). Approximately ten years later, while Crawford (1987) reviewed 266 studies of a variety of attitudes towards alcohol use and misuse, another review turned up "no published studies of public opinion on alcohol policy in the scientific literature" (Wagenaar & Streff, 1990: p. 190). (Wagenaar has subsequently added to the literature, as discussed later.) Leedham (1987: p. 935) observed that "public opinion data on alcohol and tobacco policy are rarely collected on a regular basis by policymakers. Only where the data feed into decision making in other policy areas, such as taxation policy, is the information collected as part of a data base." Leedham adds that tobacco policy has received more attention than alcohol policy. Thus it would appear that attention given to policy opinions per se has lagged behind that given to generic attitudes towards alcohol. Although the body of literature in this area has been growing, especially subsequent to the U.S. policy development project discussed in this special issue (Greenfield et al., 2004), the literature remains fragmented. Our intention here is to critically review major analyses of public opinion on alcohol policies in an effort to set a benchmark for the field and make suggestions for future research.
The emergence of a coherent agenda for alcohol policy opinion research has the potential to improve both theoretical understanding of the role played by public opinion in public policy making (Greenfield, 1994) and the evaluation of which public health policy strategies hold the greatest promise of support (Room et al., 1995). While public opinion in and of itself is seldom the central determinant in policy agenda setting, it is in principle an important part of the policymaking mix. A considerable literature in political science addresses the role of public opinion in policymaking (Arnold, 1990; Gozenbach, 1996; Kingdon, 1995, p. 1994; Stimson et al., 1994). Leedham's succinct description is that public opinion "forms part of the context within which strategy is determined and provides an aspect of legitimacy for a chosen course of action," playing a validating role in the policymaking process (Leedham, 1987, p. 935). From a public health perspective, policy opinion research also has the potential to reveal gaps in public understanding of health issues and opportunities for enhanced educational efforts aimed at helping the public understand the rationales for particular policies.
To some extent, the growth of interest in alcohol policy opinion research reflects the shift, begun in the 1970s and established by the mid-1980s, from an alcoholism focus in research literature to an alcohol problems focus generative of a diverse array of public policy proposals directed toward strengthening environmental controls (Edwards et al. …


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As the Spring semester draws to a close, Wesley Theological Seminary celebrates the arts with an exhibition drawn from the life of our own community. Whether the artwork was made by members of the faculty, staff or student body, the works reflect a desire to express ourselves creatively in the hopes of arriving at a greater understanding of ourselves and the world in which we dwell, whatever the medium.
This year, as in previous years, The Seminary Celebrates is made possible by a generous endowment given in memory of Constance
Sherridan Hefner. Constance was the only daughter of Jean and Tom Hefner, who were members of the Council for the Arts and Religion in the 1990s, and who continue to be gracious supporters of the arts and the seminary. The portrait of Constance was painted Glen Hill, who is well known in the local art community. We are grateful to the Hefners, and to the members of our community who made this exhibition possible.
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What would cause this? I have a lot of lumbar & hip pain, as well as neck issues. I'm getting a neck xray next week & have an appt with my DO about my low back.
The pain is getting worse over time, especially early in the am. I've got burning going on from hips to knees on both sides. My left hip has been a problem for years, but it's so much worse now.
My low back is really hurting. The newest symptom is my legs feel like they are shaking when I'm sitting. It's not visible, just a feeling.
And my feet hurt, especially my right. It feels like the bones are out of place or something.
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"Steampunk Extravaganza" a fine art exhibit of science fiction and fantasy will be presented Jan. 7-30 at the ARTgarage, 1400 Cedar St. Steampunk is concerned with Victorian history when steampower and mechanical clockwork dominated technology. Featured artists for this exhibit are Steve Bowles, Larry LaMalfa, Shannon Hoffman, Katrina Blasingame, Elaine Klopke and Twig Noir. A free reception, which is open to the public, for the artist is set for 5-8 p.m. Jan. 9. Information is available by sending an email to the ARTgarage at email@example.com or by calling (920) 448-6800.


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The average independent Mexican restaurant in the US serves lunch and dinner, offers take-out, has sales between $500,000 and $1 million.... more »
The year was 1996. On a quiet section of North Broadway in Chicago, Antonio Estrada opened a cozy, 10-table Mexican restaurant he called El Mariachi. It was, he admits, a risk: the area, several blocks from Wrigley Field in East Lakeview, was then a more »
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Educating India – Making Money!!! Investment Opportunities in Education Sector in India
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Frost & Sullivan's Financial Benchmarking and Analysis (FBA) service presents various trends and outlook for the investment in the Indian Educational Services Market. It is analyses the current state of education industry in India and the various implications of recent happenings. It is comprehensive study encompassing market statistics such as outlook, segmentation of the industry and favorable working models for participants. It also studies the various Market Drivers, Market Restraints and the various challenges faced by the market participants. The study also has a section on various Funding Deals and Mergers & Acquisitions.
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Educating India – Making Money!!! Investment Opportunities in Education Sector in India encompasses information on market segmentation and growth potential of various segments. It discusses various working models adopted by key participants. It has a detailed analysis on the financing deals that have taken place from 2006 to 2010 in various segments of the market.
Market Overview
Education Emerges as Boom Sector for Canny Investors
The education sector in India can be divided into formal and non-formal segments. The formal segment refers to K-12 and higher education. Although the formal segment constitutes more than 80 percent of the market size, the opportunities to invest in this sector remain limited due to strict regulations that prevent the participants from distributing profits. The non-formal space is relatively small in size, but the low levels of regulations allow the participants to distribute profits. There have been close to 60 deals worth more than $640 million since 2006 in this sector. Out of these deals, there have been 21 deals amounting to $250 million in the first half of 2010 alone.
"Due to the innovative business models that have emerged in the education sector, investors can benefit from profits repatriated from subsidiaries," notes the analyst of this research. "Emergence of these working models coupled with scalable and sustainable business opportunities have attracted private equity (PE) firms to this sector." The increased interest of PE/VC in the education sector is because of high levels of profitability and freedom in pricing of services. In addition, stable cash flows unrelated to business cycles and low penetration of organized participants make this an attractive market. "This sector is expected to be driven by the increasing propensity of the middle class to spend on education," adds the analyst. "The low penetration levels of education in India and the absence of adequate infrastructure have led to significant opportunities for investment into this sector."
Relaxation of Regulatory Barriers Necessary to Create More Receptive Environment for Investors
The value of most of the deals in the sector is in the range of $20 million. The participation of investors has so far been low due to regulatory barriers in the formal education segment. "To facilitate PE investment in this sector, either regulations need to be relaxed or participants will have to adopt innovative models to distribute profits," remarks the analyst. "Even though there have been only 5 exits, the exits have given 7.2x returns, making the sector a highly attractive option for investors."
The deal size in the formal segment is higher than in the non-formal segment. The non-formal segment tends to be asset light in nature. It is not capital intensive and the operational leverage kicks in once the business achieves a considerable scale. The gestation period for such businesses is lower than those in the formal space. Investors in the formal segment (physical space) are expected to have a longer investment horizon of five to seven years to realize better valuation and higher exit multiples. "Currently, given the scale of operations, the education sector can be of significant interest to growth stage VCs, who usually have a longer time frame," concludes the analyst. "Once the startups achieve a considerable scale in 2-3 years, the segment will be attractive to PE investors."
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
- Formal education
- Non-formal education SHOW LESS READ MORE >
1. Introduction
2. Market Segmentation and Growth
3. Favorable Working Models
4. Financial Climate and Investment Analysis
5. Conclusion
List of Figures:
Financial Expenses for Higher Education
List Of Charts:
Public spending on education as a percentage of GDP
Education outlay in the five year plans
Spending on Education
Teachers Base
Market segmentation
Estimated Consumption of Private Education services (Formal)
Estimated Consumption of Education services (Non Formal)
Opportunities in K-12 Segment
Market Revenue in K-12
Favorable Model
Total Schools Using multimedia Products
Share of Various Segments of Test Preparation
Teacher Pupil Ratio
Group Structure of Manipal Universal Learning
Group Structure of Educomp
Group Structure of of Everonn
Group Structure of NIIT
Bank Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks
M&A and PE/VC deals in the Sector
Deals in Various segments
Exit Multiples in Various sector
Performance of Listed Participants from the education sector
Key Investment Criteria
Attractiveness of the education sector


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The No. 8-ranked Washburn Ichabods will look to rebound from their first loss of the season as they wrap up the non-conference slate against Emporia State on Jan. 2 in Lee Arena. The Ichabods and Hornets are in different MIAA pods. The match up between rivals on Feb. 28 in Emporia will count in the MIAA standings. The Ichabods are coming off a 86-69 loss at undefeated Newman and the Hornets have been idle since topping Southwestern on Dec. 15 in a 110-69 win. The Ichabods will then begin a three-game road trip beginning at Central Oklahoma on Jan. 5. The Ichabods will not return for a home game until Jan. 16 against Truman in the middle of a six-of-seven game stretch on the road for the Ichabods.
Opening Tip
Game Notes: Washburn | Emporia State
Date: Jan. 2, 2012
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Topeka, Kan..
Arena: Schendel Court at Lee Arena (3,970)
Radio: KTPK 106.9 FM
Online Audio: Through wusports.com (free)
Online Video: Through wusports.com (fee associated)
Television: None
Live Stats: Through wusports.com
Media Stats: Through wusports.com
Twitter Updates: twitter.com/wusports
Series: WU 103-98
'Bod Quick notes
• The last time the Ichabods faced the Hornets in a regular season non-conference game was on Jan. 21, 1991 when the Ichabods won at Emporia State 72-69 when the Ichabods had made the move to the NCAA while the Hornets remained in the NAIA. The Hornets won the first meeting that season 84-71 in Topeka on Dec. 8, 1990.
• The Ichabods have won 23 consecutive non-conference regular season games. Washburn's last loss in a regular season non-MIAA game on on Nov. 29, 2005 to Central Oklahoma 83-67.
• Washburn had its 15-game winning streak snapped in the loss at Newman last time out.
Ichabods on radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on 106.9 FM KTPK with Mark Elliott and Jake Lebahn. The game will also be streamed live on the wusports.com website by following the listen live links on the men's basketball schedule page.
The coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman
• He is in his 34th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
• Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman is a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
• He is 728-297 overall.
• He has 487 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA, the most of any conference school since the 1989-90 season.
• Has led the Ichabods to 12 MIAA regular season titles and a MIAA-coaching tops of five postseason tournament championships.
• He has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
• In home games, he is 421-77 going 368-66 in Lee Arena.
• He is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
• His 728 coaching wins is 25th in all-time NCAA coaches at all levels.
• He led the Ichabods to the 1987 NAIA National Championship and a 2001 NCAA National game, which was later vacated by Kentucky Wesleyan.
• Chipman played for legendary coach Jack Hartman earning two letters.
• He is 49-22 against Emporia State. The 49 wins ties the most by Chipman against any team along with the 49 he has picked up against Pittsburg State.
Emporia State head coach Shaun Vandiver . . .
• is 13-22 in his second season at Emporia State.
• was a first round draft pick by the Golden State Warriors in 1991 spent ten years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level.
• as a player he was a key component in Hutchinson CC's tournament run to the 1988 NJCAA National Championship before earning first-team All-Big 8 honors at Colorado.
• is 0-3 against Washburn.
Last time out for the Ichabods • Newman 86, #2 Washburn 69 • 12/15/12
WICHITA, Kan. -- The No. 2-ranked Washburn Ichabods fell for the first time this season losing at Newman 86-69 in a battle of undefeated teams.
The Jets (8-0) led from start to finish as they hit 5 of their first 6 shots from the field jumping out to a 7-2 lead just over two minutes into the game. Washburn rallied and cut the Jets lead to 7-6 after a pair of Will McNeillfree throws. Again the Jets jumped out to a five-point lead, but the Ichabods came back to tie the score at 11 with 14:26 left in the first half. A 10-2 run by the Jets over the next three minutes pushed the Newman lead back out to eight, but again the Ichabods trimmed the lead back to one at 22-21. The Jets pushed out to a six-point lead at 32-26 before the Ichabods for the third time cut the lead back to a one-point lead at 32-31 just before the half. However the Jets would go on a 10-4 run to end the half with a 45-37 lead for the first Ichabod deficit at the half of the season.
In the second half, the Ichabods came out and cut the Jets' lead to three at 45-42 and to six at 60-54 and at 62-56 but would get no closer as the Jets picked up the win.
Washburn was led by McNeill's 20 points as he finished 14 of 17 from the free throw line collecting five steals.Martin Mitchell had 10 points. Alex North returned to the court for the first time since suffering a concussion in the Bethany game prior to Thanksgiving scoring nine points off the bench hitting a pair of three pointers.Bobby Chipman led the Ichabods with seven rebounds scoring seven.
Darrell Traylor and Shamar Acuay scored 15 off the bench for the Jets.
Washburn turned the ball over 18 times leading to 16 points for Newman. Newman also outrebounded the Ichabods 40 to 33 in the game. The Jets finished 46 percent from the field hitting nine 3-pointers. Washburn was 39 percent from the field and 2 of 16 from 3-point range. Both teams finished 25 of 37 from the free throw line. Newman's bench outscored the Ichabod bench 41 to 15.
Series history with Emporia State
• The meeting on Jan. 2 will be the 202nd meeting between these two schools and the Ichabods lead at 103-98. This is the most-played series for Washburn.
• The Ichabods have won the last three in the series sweeping the Hornets in the regular season and winning in the first round of the MIAA tournament.
• The two teams started the series in 1905-06, Washburn's first recorded year of basketball, and they have met every year since the 1945-46 season.
• This will be the 68th straight year they have played each other at least once.
• The Ichabods are 20-8 against the Hornets in Lee Arena.
• Washburn is 27-13 against ESU in MIAA games.
• Washburn is 4-1 against ESU in MIAA Postseason tournament games.
About Emporia State
• The Hornets are 5-4 this season after winning four-of-five to start the season.
• ESU lost at Northeastern State 63-56 and at Central Missouri 72-65 in MIAA play.
• The Hornets topped Southwestern 110-69 in their last game on Dec. 15.
• Kaleb Wright leads the team with 17.8 ppg adding 4.7 rpg and 2.3 apg. In the two MIAA games, he is averaging 10.0 ppg.
• Gavin Brown leads the team with 7.4 rpg averaging 7.3 ppg.
Last Time out for Emporia State
Dec. 15 -The Emporia State men's basketball team started its Holiday Break with a resounding 110-69 victory over Southwestern on Saturday night in White Auditorium. Kaleb Wright scored a game high 25 points to lead five Hornets in double figures.
The game was tied at 14-14 at the first media timeout when Terrence Moore ignited the White Auditorium crowd with six straight points including a pair of dunks on the fast break. A Tre Boutilier dunk on the break gave Emporia State a 22-14 lead and the Hornets would take a 48-33 lead into halftime.
The Hornets opened the second half on a 10-1 run to go ahead 58-34 on Paul Bunch's dunk with 16:48 left in the game. Emporia State would have 14-0 and 12-0 runs later in the half and took their biggest lead of the game at 94-47 with 8:11 left in the game.
Wright was joined in double figures by Moore with 19 points on nine of ten shooting, Bunch with 14 points, Boutilier with 12 and Michael Harris with 11 points. The Hornets shot .597 from the field for the game including a blistering .658 in the second half. Taylro Euler, Moore and Micha Swank each had five assists as Emporia State dished a season high 27 assists. They also connected on a season high 14 three pointers but were outscored 11-4 from the free throw line.
Last meeting with Emporia State
(March 2, 2012) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods advanced in the first round of the MIAA Tournament with a 67-51 win over Emporia State.
Will McNeill jump started a Washburn run turning a one-point Emporia State lead at 36-35 into a 11-point Ichabod lead while going on a 14-2 run with a traditional 3-point play. McNeill started at the run 15:05 mark of the second half and Martin Mitchell hit a pair of 3-pointers in the run and McNeill added a three of his own to stake Washburn to a 49-38 lead with 12:21.
Emporia State's Troy Pierce cut the lead to nine to stop the run with a layup. Washburn stretched the lead out to 14 after a jumper by McNeill and a jumper by Mitchell with just under seven minutes to play. After a free throw by the Hornets' Tola Lawal, the Ichabods would go on an 8-0 run pulling out to a 65-44 lead with 2:37 to play and continue on to the 16-point win.
The teams were tied at the break after the teams struggled from the field as Washburn was 9 of 28 (32 percent) and the Hornets were 10 of 25 (40 percent). The Ichabods improved to 49 percent in the second half hitting 16 of 33 shots to finish 25 of 61 from the field for the game.
Washburn also took care of the ball committing only four turnovers in the game while forcing the Hornets into 19 turnovers converting those into 24 points.
McNeill led the ichabods with 27 points collecting six rebounds and two steals to push his single season total 71 - two shy of tying the Ichabod single season record. Mitchell joined the Ichabods in double figures with 14 on 6 of 13 going 2 of 4 from 3-point range. Bobby Chipman had nine points and a team-high eight rebounds with five offensive boards.
Taylor Euler scored 12 to lead the Hornets.
Bod bits
• Will McNeill was named a preseason All-American by the Basketball Times. He is the first Ichabod to receive preseason All-American honors since Travis Robbins prior to the 2004-05 season.
• Will McNeill has been named the MIAA Player of the Week twice on Nov. 26 and on Dec. 3.
• The Ichabods are +19.6 in scoring margin this season.
• The three freshman on the Ichabod roster (Khai Hutchinson, Evan Robinson and Colton Anderson) are all redshirting this season.
• Alex North saw his first action at Newman since suffering a concussion on Nov. 19 when he was undercut by a Bethany player. He scored nine points off the bench in 21 minutes hitting a pair of 3-pointers.
Bod tweets . . . 140-character or less notes on the Ichabods
• The Ichabods led for 39:43 of the game against Rockhurst, 39:49 of the game against Bethany, 39:40 of the game against Peru State, 33:29 against St. Mary's, 38:25 against Minnesota Duluth, 37:57 against Bellevue and 39:37 against Southwest Baptist in their seven games this season. #Domination
• That translates to 96.3 percent of the season #MathFact
• The game against Newman was the first time the Ichabods did not lead at any point in a game since Feb. 17, 2010 in a 77-54 loss at Missouri Southern #PlayingFromBehind
• Will McNeill is eighth on all-time scoring chart with 1,335 points in 98 games #Buckets
• Next on the chart is Ron Berkholtz (1,342 - 1965-69) in seventh on the all-time chart #SelectCompany
• Will McNeill's 453 field goals is eighth all-time at Washburn #Scorer
• Bobby Chipman's 195 3-point attempts is 23rd in school history #FromWayDowntown
• Bobby Chipman's 65 career blocks is seventh all-time at Washburn and can move into the top five with three more #RejectionCity
• Will McNeill's 373 free throw made is fourth at Washburn #GetToTheLine
• Will McNeill's 473 free throw attempts is sixth at Washburn #LineTime
• Will McNeill's 195 career steals is first at Washburn #NoBodyInFrontOfHim
• The MIAA record for career steals is 383 by Eddin Santiago #FastHands
Ichabod Basketball HIstory
• Washburn is 1,438-970-2 all-time in 2,410 games played
• The 2012-13 season is Washburn's 107th of basketball.
• Washburn is the ninth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history.
• The Ichabods are 487-213 since joining the NCAA Division II ranks, which is the most wins by any program in the MIAA since the 1989-90 season.
• Washburn has won ten MIAA regular season championships and 21 conference championships in school history.
• The Ichabods previously won the MIAA regular season championship in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2012.
Ichabods in the national rankings
• The Washburn Ichabods dropped to the eighth-spot after their loss at undefeated Newman who jumped from unranked to No. 18 in the poll.
• The Ichabods have been in the top 10 in the national rankings 50 times while being ranked in the top 25 a total of 92 times since joining the NCAA.
Home sweet home
• The Ichabods are 368-66 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
• The 2012-13 season marks the 28th season of play in Lee Arena.
• The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
?Up Next
The Ichabods will return to action on Jan. 5 at Central Oklahoma beginning a three-game road trip and a stretch of six-of-seven on the road with the lone home game in the middle on Jan. 16 against Truman.


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Posted: September 13, 2012|
STUDENTS entered the new art and design building at Truro College as they began the academic year, enjoying the accommodation and facilities in the White Building, completed earlier this month.
David Walrond, principal of Truro and Penwith College commented: "We knew it was a very exciting design, and the finished White Building is every bit as stunning an environment in reality as we had hoped and planned.
"The reactions of new art and design students as they enter it for the first time really say it all.
"It gives them and their staff great new spaces and outstanding specialist facilities to work in.
"A very busy summer extending our science areas and laboratories into the space freed up by the new art facilities has also allowed us to welcome a record number of science A level, IB and vocational students joining us from across Cornwall this term."
The new art construction has large teaching studio spaces with double aspect windows, an atrium on the ground floor, ceramics and kiln rooms, textiles, graphics and photography dark rooms, mac suites, display spaces and a large gallery space.
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Midas Construction, who won the building contract managed by Capita Symons, have been working to the designs of architects Poynton, Bradbury, Wynter, Cole.


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ok so here it is, my training log for 2012.
pre note: last year 2011 was my first year racing(got a road bike mid 2010)
started training at Sundrive velodrome in summer past, 3 weeks before the first league. hadn't done much training before that as I had a serious ankle injury. trained most Monday nights at Sundrive in C group, raced wed nights. week 4 I crashed and was out injured. that night I felt powerful and was ready to perform, I had to wait a while..
after my recovery I had a better fitting bike and started to get much faster and fitter. week 4 I was moved to B group and won 2 races that night. won B league with an anticlimax, trained wrong during the last 2 weeks and picked too large a gear for last night of racing and had bad luck almost crashed out in keirin as the group slowed down coming into the first corner. chased them down and finished 4th while still accelerating. I was a little down for the next few weeks even tho I achieved what I set out to do. (actually felt down for a while as it triggered a bit of depression but have sorted out things now)
watched the nationals a week or 2 later, specifically the match sprints. decided that day I wanted to be there next summer and win a medal.
goals for 2012: podium finish in national match sprint.
(unlikely to finish high in A league, too many very experienced cyclists, just want to not get dropped!) I wanted to do B league in 2012 but since I won that already I automatically get promoted
training: gym: weights, stretching
home: 500m, 1km tt's with kurt kinetic road machine and garmin 500
keirin training, recovery rides, self myofiscal release
sundrive: track work= pacing, standing starts, accelerations
nutrition/diet: brown breads, nuts, seeds, berries, oats, honey, 1.5L milk(quit in summer), 85% cocoa chocolate, cheese,lean meats, basmati rice, baked beans
couple of scoops of protein, 450mg magnesium, 50mg zinc, 500mg/1-2g vitamin c, multivitamin, 2-3litres water
(1 cheat day but no binges!)
gym: main work is deadlifts, clean and press & various versions of single legged press with supplementary exercises(instinctive training) 2-3 days per week.
had a problem with squats that will need to be addressed in future, possible asymmetrical imbalance in my physique, 1 shorter leg maybe, my Vastus lateralis(outer part of quads) begins 2 inches higher on right thigh. when I squat I feel off balance all the time, I struggle when I go heavy so that's an injury risk at the moment, deadlifts work fine tho.
*I completely changed my diet for 2012, gave up sweets, was a huge sugar addict partly due to medications, but also bad habits. feel much better now. gonna try Udos oil again soon
I will be logging my gym sessions here, TT data with HR, Lactic threshold etc,


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I'm Chris Mills, and I work for web browser company and general geek haven, Opera Software! I have been taking part in little projects at Madlab for over a year now, and have always found them to be welcoming, innovative, creative and very much in agreement with my philosophy of open source information sharing to help everyone improve their skills and get ahead!
I therefore decided to help them out by running a course as part of their Omniversity programme. The course is about web design/development, but before you go running for your nerd shields, please just consider what I have to say.
I believe that the Web is the most important communication and expression mechanism the world has ever known. It allows anyone to communicate with others, regardless of locale, ability or any other personal considerations. That is, if it is populated by web sites that are built properly, according to best practices and guidelines. More on that later.
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May 21, 2008 by admin
Hey everyone. The response from the net this week has been phenomenal, which means we're a bit swamped with emails. Many of them are offers to volunteer or form collaborative relationships, which is great! We have a big vision, a small staff, and a small budget, so your help is crucial in bringing this dea into reality.
We're a bit overwhelmed right now, so we won't be able to get back to y'all as fast as we'd like (especially since this is not yet a full-time job for Wayne or I), but we hope to find some time over the upcoming 3-day weekend to sort through and respond to everything.
Keep the emails coming – we need your help!
Weekly Snippets, 5/19/2008
May 20, 2008 by admin
Biggest thing this week is tons of web traffic today due to links from high-traffic sites (13K visits so far today). We've got some graphs below.
2008 Conference Date/Location Feedback!
May 20, 2008 by admin
We're considering a couple different locations and dates for our first annual conference in the fall, and would like your feedback. We're tentatively planning for October 5th or 12th, in the SF Bay Area. So please let us know if there is another major related event that conflicts with these dates.
For location, we have two main possible areas:
Call For Volunteers!
May 19, 2008 by admin
Like many non-profits, we have ambitious goals and limited resources, and volunteer assistance is crucial for making up the difference. Seasteading attracts some amazingly talented people, and I hope that a few of you have the free time to lend us a hand. I've posted our current set of requests here, and am reproducing the list below. Each job title links to its description on the volunteer page.
TSI 2008 Strategy
May 19, 2008 by admin
The Strategic Area sections have been updated with our goals for 2008, and they are also included below:
Reagan's Shining Cities on the High Seas
May 15, 2008 by admin
(A guest post from Joe Lonsdale, Chairman of the Board here at TSI)
At first glance, it might appear that an American working to create new systems of government on the high seas is not very pro-America. How could working to create new, separate systems of government, external to our national sovereignty, be a loyal act? We're a diverse community – not every seasteader loves America or his or her home country, and many might be eager to escape. Others will come looking for profit or adventure. But in fact, many of us who are passionate about the cause of Seasteading are patriots, proud to serve and die for our country.
Weekly Snippets, 5/12/2008
May 13, 2008 by admin
America's first cement ocean-going vessel "Faith" was built in a Redwood City shipyard and launched from the port there in 1918. It never saw military action as the Armistice was signed a few months later (Redwood City Public Library). (Coincidentally, we are thinking of holding our fall conference in Redwood City, and perhaps locating our offices there as well).
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May 12, 2008 by admin
Patri Friedman's Trip Report
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It's National Peanut Butter Day! Let's make it weird…
After reading one too many moms on my Facebook feed describe the lovingly-made sandwiches they packed in their kids lunches for the back to school season, something in me snapped. I don't know what got into me, but suddenly I thought it would be fun to write an article that rounded up all of the awesome variations on the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"There's got to be a lot of great combinations out there," I thought, calling Nutella, artisan jams and homemade sourdough bread to mind. And, to make things really interesting, why not try them all myself and write fun, pithy reactions about the nostalgia attached to eating a childhood sandwich. Ambitious and excited, I crowd sourced: I asked everyone on my Facebook and Twitter feed about their favorite versions of the old favorite. It was then I realized just how wrong I was. This was not going to be fun at all.
"Peanut butter and scrambled egg," one of my (now ex-) friends immediately offered. "Just jelly and mayonnaise!" someone else chimed in. By the time I got to peanut butter and jalapeños, I was ready to do some serious de-friending.
But I had committed to the project, so I took a trip to the grocery store to stock up on ingredients. As a disclaimer, I kind of hacked this project. I did buy sprouted whole grain bread, French cornichons instead of pickles, and a few varieties of thick, seed-packed jams in addition to the smallest jar of grape jelly I could find. Essentially, I made choices that solidified the fact that my future children are going to hate me a whole lot.
I also want to confess the fact that I started a small kitchen fire while assembling the sandwiches. I would give you the details but honestly, all you really need to know is that I'm down one tea towel but still have all of my eyebrows and lashes. It was a relatively minor loss.
You're really interested in the peanut butter bonzana, though, aren't you? Well, if you so insist on reaping enjoyment out of my misery, we might as well do it with pictures.


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News about Emotions, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Oct. 26, 2015
Ambivalence in a marriage is sometimes inevitable, but research shows that couples with mixed levels of support and negativity pay a price in terms of health compared to those in fully supportive marriages. MORE
Aug. 2, 2015
Gray Matter column by Prof Lisa Feldman Barrett details work of Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, which she directs, has done to try and find location in brain for varying emotions, and whether emotions display distinct body patterns; notes there is no evidence of definite neurological or physical patterns to emotions, and more fruitful line of inquiry would be determining how brain constructs emotional states. MORE
Jul. 28, 2015
David Brooks Op-Ed column examines emotion of gratitude, and way that some people have of maintaining grateful disposition; suggests that emotion is particularly useful in capitalistic meritocracy, as it emphasizes degree to which each person is perpetually dependent on others. MORE
Jul. 21, 2015
Growing number of musicologists are studying way in which musical technique affects emotion of listeners, using optical motion capture technique employed by animation industry; some studies have focused on difference between 19th-century and modern playing techniques. MORE
Jul. 5, 2015
Gray Matter column by Profs Dacher Keltner and Paul Ekman describes acting as scientific consultants for Pixar film Inside Out, describing how scientific research served as underpinnings for how emotions are depicted in film; praises film's treatment of human emotions, particularly of sadness. MORE
May. 24, 2015
Gray Matter column by Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner describes their research on why humans experience awe, which will be published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; reports that they found that feelings of awe spur collaborative action and strengthens communities. MORE
Apr. 26, 2015
Op-Ed article by Vivian Gornick describes joyous intensity of feelings that filled the void created by giving up daydreaming. MORE
Apr. 20, 2015
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is a popular pain reliever, but it may also blunt emotions, both positive and negative, a new study shows. MORE
Apr. 14, 2015
Stanford Literary Lab uses 'computational criticism' to categorize feelings conveyed in literature at specific locations for data mining project Mapping Emotions in Victorian London. MORE
Apr. 12, 2015
Psychologist Daniel Goleman proffers leadership abilities checklist based on emotional intelligence. MORE
Mar. 1, 2015
Op-Ed article by psychiatrist Julie Holland warns that many women are turning to psychiatric medication because of society stigmatizing women's emotionality, which is sign of health, not disease; calls for an end to labeling sadness and anxiety as symptoms of disorder, rather than appreciating them as part of healthy biology. MORE
Feb. 24, 2015
Media analysis published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by the University of Vermont and the Mitre Corporation finds that news articles, books, websites, social media posts and other forms of communication contain more positive words than negative words; finding confirms Pollyanna theory of positivity bias and upends perception of negative news dominance. MORE
Feb. 22, 2015
Ana Brenda Contreras, veteran of Mexican soap operas, offers tips for how to cry on command. MORE
Dec. 21, 2014
Gray Matter column by Prof Keith Oatley and researcher Maja Djikic describes studies they have conducted suggesting that artistic literature can transform readers' personality traits and emotions, allowing them to start thinking about themselves, and their lives, in new ways. MORE
Nov. 23, 2014
Gray Matter column by psychology Prof David DeSteno argues that best defense against manipulative holiday marketing lies in essential message of Thanksgiving Day itself; says gratitude, an emotion that stresses long-term value of short-term sacrifice and deferred pleasure, can be key to avoiding impulse buying. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Research published in journal Nature suggests that memories and feelings associated with them are not permanently connected; using a technique in which light is used to switch neurons on and off, neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology appear to have unlocked some secrets about how the brain attaches emotions to memories and how emotions can be adjusted. MORE
Jul. 1, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Jaron Lanier expresses concern about a University of California, San Francisco, Cornell and Facebook study finding that social networks can manipulate the emotions of users by tweaking their news feeds; argues that it is troubling that participants were not openly notified of their involvement in study, calling for a modernized process of informed content MORE
Jun. 30, 2014
Facebook faces widespread backlash after revealing that it manipulated news feeds of over half a million users to change the number of positive and negative posts they saw; experiment was part of psychological study to examine how emotions can be spread on social media. MORE
May. 4, 2014
Researchers are working toward equipping computers with sensors that can let them interpret users' emotions and respond accordingly. MORE
Mar. 2, 2014
Gray Matter column by Prof Lisa Feldman Barrett, director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Library, describes research the lab has published in journal Emotion that suggests that human facial expressions are not universally understood; contends findings challenge theory that facial movements might be evolved behaviors for expressing emotion. MORE
Dec. 1, 2013
Anne Eisenberg Novelties column; companies are developing software to analyze subtle, fleeting facial expressions and to get at the emotions behind them; technology is already finding use in media--to test ads, movie trailers and television shows; face-reading software has much potential, but it also raises many questions about privacy and surveillance. MORE
Oct. 13, 2013
Natasha Singer Technophoria column; new techniques in computational voice analysis are promising to help machines identify emotions behind a person's voice; developers are offering nascent software as deeper approach for call centers and other customer services that seek to read and respond to consumers' emotions in real time. MORE
Oct. 3, 2013
A new study found that reading literary fiction leads to better performance on tests of empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence. MORE
Sep. 22, 2013
Gray Matter column by postdoctoral fellow Ai Kawakami describes her research into music and emotions, particularly sad music, which was published in journal Frontiers in Psychology; calls for more research about vicarious emotions, like when one weeps listening to sad music. MORE
Sep. 15, 2013
Jennifer Kahn article focuses on social-emotional learning, educational strategy based on idea that emotional skills are crucial to academic performance; describes how these specific, noncognitive skills are being taught in classrooms. MORE
Jun. 2, 2013
Jenna Wortham Bits column contends that emotional artificial intelligence, also called affective computing, may be on its way; says devices and apps may one day respond when we are frustrated, bored or too busy to be interrupted; points out, however, they would also be intrusive in ways that cannot be fathomed today. MORE
Mar. 26, 2013
Tara Siegel Bernard Your Money column introduces special section examining interaction of emotion and money. MORE
Mar. 26, 2013
Entrepreneurs who have followed personal passion in making career changes describe joys, hardships and financial pitfalls of pursuing their dreams. MORE
Mar. 25, 2013
Using Google's enormous Ngram database, researchers at three British universities tracked the use of "mood" words over the 20th century. MORE
Nov. 6, 2012
David Brooks Op-Ed column highlights results of intensive Grant Study at Harvard University, which tracked 268 students from 1938 to present, underscoring the power of relationships in people's lives; observes that one of biggest findings is that childhood does not totally determine a life, and that many of men became more emotionally attuned as they aged. MORE
Oct. 16, 2012
Efforts are under way to expand affective programming, a way of teaching computers to recognize emotions by analyzing facial expressions; some researchers argue that without a grasp of emotions, computers will never reach their full ability to assist people. MORE
Apr. 24, 2012
Dr Stefanie Brassen study in journal Science on brain activity related to regret posits that by understanding the biological mechanism behind the emotion, it may be possible to provide exercises and training in emotion regulation. MORE
Jan. 24, 2012
Human emotion of disgust, an emotion long neglected by psychologists, has become the subject of a flurry of new books and papers by scientists; evolutionary psychologists are now looking at disgust as an important and complicated adaptation to avoid disease-causing microbes and parasites that involves not only taste and smell but also sight and touch. MORE
Dec. 4, 2011
Anne Eisenberg Novelties column observes that researchers are teaching computers how to spot deception in people's speech — using cues like loudness, changes in pitch and nervous laughs; notes programs that succeed at spotting people's submerged emotions may someday have many practical uses. MORE
Oct. 23, 2011
Many business people have begun to use emoticons in their email correspondence as way to ensure that their tone is not misconstrued; others deplore these whimsical signifiers as lazy and unprofessional. MORE
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Yawning and the Tears That Follow
Yawning often increases the secretion of tears because of muscular tension, and it can cause a runny nose, too.
December 1, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Yawning , Eyes and Eyesight , Crying , Face
Helping Our Young Children Prepare for Life
Educators write about the need to teach social and emotional skills to young children.
November 23, 2015, Monday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Education (K-12) , Emotions
Choose to Be Grateful. It Will Make You Happier.
In concept, saying you're grateful even if you're not seems bourgeois and saccharine. But it's actually a tool to a better end.
November 22, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Happiness , Thanksgiving Day , Psychology and Psychologists , Emotions , Research
The Price of Fear
In the reaction and overreaction to terrorism comes the risk that society will lose its way.
November 21, 2015, Saturday
Fearing Fear Itself
Terrorists won't bring down Western civilization, and the tradeoffs we make to counter it should not include giving in to the panic they hope to create.
November 16, 2015, Monday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Paris Attacks (November 2015) , Terrorism , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Fear (Emotion)
Teaching Peace in Elementary School
Many educators believe that children need to learn emotional intelligence to reach their full academic potential.
November 15, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Mental Health and Disorders , Education (K-12) , United States , Children and Childhood , Emotions , Social Conditions and Trends
One Bouquet of Fleeting Beauty, Please
A former florist shares lessons learned from work and a loss of her own.
November 15, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Flowers and Plants , Florists , Love (Emotion) , Deaths (Fatalities)
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to articles in Science Times.
November 10, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Emotions , Anxiety and Stress , Suicides and Suicide Attempts , Psychology and Psychologists
The Case for Melancholy
A writer wonders: Whatever happened to experiencing the grace of deeply tinted blue moods, which require reflection and mental steeping, like tea?
November 8, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON EMOTIONS AND: Grief (Emotion) , Mental Health and Disorders , Depression (Mental) , Emotions
La neuropolítica: cómo las campañas están usando nuevas tecnologías para leer tu mente
Las campañas políticas están usando neurociencia para obtener información y así asegurar la victoria.
November 4, 2015, Wednesday
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Kenny Watson is Jesus in "The Cross and the Light," playing through Sunday at Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.
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"The Cross and the Light": A musical dramatization of the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, 3 & 8 p.m. Thu. & Sat., noon & 8 p.m. Fri., 7:30 p.m. Sun. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison, Detroit. 313-887-8500. www.musichall.org. $35-$100. Story at www.freep.com. ...


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Horizon Elementary School fourth-grader Matt Sheridan, son of Jeff and Sandi Sheridan of Plymouth and a student of Peggi Gnadt, competed with 47 other students at the state spelling bee, held March 29 in Madison and finished 14th. The winner advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Matt, who correctly spelled "karate" to be named regional champ Feb. 3 in Sheboygan, successfully completed nine spelling and two oral vocabulary rounds at the State Bee before being eliminated.


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MP3: The Death Set – "Yo David Chase, You P.O.V. Shot Me In The Head (feat. Diplo)"
Founded by Gold Coast natives, Johnny Siera and Beau Velasco, before relocating to Stringer Bell's playground of Baltimore, The Death Set were on the verge of big things when their debut dropped in 2008 (as I'm sure anyone who caught their exclusive Australian shows with Santigold would attest).
So it was devestating when news of Velasco's death emerged last year. Could the group survive without one of its core members? Would Siera even want to?
Luckily for us, Siera soldiered on and has revamped the line-up with longtime touring members, Daniel Walker and Jahphet Landis. He's even recruited Spank Rock producer and Baltimore buddy, XXXChange, behind the boards to add even more layers to their distinctively hyperactive brand of spazz-punk.
Featuring a killer keyboard line from Diplo, "Yo David Chase, You P.O.V. Shot Me In The Head" is the first track to emerge from their eagerly-awaited 2011 album, 'Michel Poiccard'. It's quick. It's chaotic. It glows with sonic pulses and gamma rays and Saturday morning cartoon colours. Munch this down with your Fruit Loops/ecstasy.
MP3: The Death Set – "Yo David Chase, You P.O.V. Shot Me In The Head (feat. Diplo)"
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The Death Set's 'Michel Poiccard' is out February 2011 on Counter Records.


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'Full package' needed to win Miss SAComment on this story
A WOMAN with goals and clear views of her role within society.
A woman who will shine as a role model and ambassador. A woman who is the "full package".
And while the 12 finalists of the Miss South Africa 2014 pageant may certainly fit this bill of what pageant organisers want from the country's leading lady, there can only be one winner.
The finalists – who were announced at Sun City on Sunday – come from across the country.
Abigail de Jager (Mpumalanga), Anzél Stofberg (Stellenbosch), Caylene Marais (Roodepoort), Dipalesa Mbola (Bloemfontein), Jade Hubner (Cape Town), Julia Petersen (Durban), Matlala Mokoko (Marogwe, Limpopo), Mishka Patel (Cape Town), Rolene Strauss (Bloemfontein), Tidimalo Sehlako (Vereeniging), Tshegofatso Monggae (Roodepoort) and Ziphozonke Zokufa (Port Elizabeth) will be going to head for the top spot.
Many of the women have completed or are studying towards their business degrees. One finalist, Strauss, is on her way to becoming a medical doctor, one has national colours for netball, and another finalist has worked for a while as a professional singer.
Alison Mckie of Sun International, which presents the pageant, said: "We believe we have a very strong top 12, a group of young women who are passionate about competing, and who have the intelligence and dedication to be a winner."
About her experience during the shooting of the reality show The Road to Miss SA, which airs on Mzansi Magic on Sundays, Stofberg said: "Magic happens outside of your comfort zone.
"I learnt that by taking chances in life, you develop as a person.
"If you want to grow as a person and be a better you, say yes to risks."
When asked why she had entered the pageant, Strauss said that, whenever someone said "South Africa", she would get goosebumps because of her passion for the country.
The pageant will take place at Sun City on March 30. – Mercury Correspondent
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Qualcomm pushes mirasol back to early 2011
updated 12:30 pm EDT, Sun October 3, 2010
Qualcomm says mirasol not ready in 2010
Qualcomm at the Mobilize conference this week quietly said that its mirasol display technology wouldn't be ready this year. Originally promised for 2010, the unique technology now won't ship until early 2011, the company mentioned to GigaOM. No reason has yet surfaced for the delay, though the format is still considered very new.
Mirasol works based on the same principles as the color of a butterfly's wings, which use interference with refracted light to generate certain colors while blocking others. The technique promises the extreme low power of an e-paper display but with the expected color and much faster update rates. Screens using mirasol should eventually be fast enough to display full-speed video and thus work for usual computing tasks.
The first mainstream products to be based on mirasol should be e-readers and tablets, though as it advances it might be used for computers and other more advanced devices.


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I would have been perfectly satisfied with a "NO"
I searched for awhile and couldn't find anything... so if the answer is too obvious please don't hurt me
I have a 05 scion tC... it's been posted on before, but I think I've got a lot more headway into the project than that guy did...
But I'll cut to the chase. The dash already has a head unit cover door making it perfect for LCD displays except for this one detail: it's 8 inches wide but it's only 4 inches tall, making an impossible fit for any LCD on the market (with case stilll on) that I am aware of.
I know the Eclipse AVN unit is only 4 inches tall, as is the kenwood display unit that is housed in dash.
Does anyone know of a VGA/USB touchscreen unit that is 4 inches tall or less?
I made my own out of a PSone screen and touch overlay. Click on the link in my sig. It's a little over 3.5" tall.
Try RevFE
The best resurrected frontend I've ever used, period.
If I wanted to bondo and stuff I would just remove the casing from a xenarc... but thanks for the suggestion...
How hard was it to put down the touch screen overlay on that PSone monitor?


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Got hubby to take a few shots while I rode possum tonight. I know of a few things I need to work on
1. Keeping my thumbs up. I don't always do it
2. Toes in. Don't always do that either :)
3. Every now and then in a transition I put my shoulders slightly forward but working on that :)
Please critique me and my girl but be nice


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Mummy said she has made this B&W for me
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Nice one
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Nice one Chelsea.
The composition works because the bridge is not across the midlle of the shot but on the third (ask you Mum about the 'rule of thirds'. It also stops the viewers gaze from running out of the top of the picture.
If the bridge had been at the bottom of the shot it wouldn't have worked because it would have 'stopped' the viewer from going into the picture.
Lesson over!
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Nice shot! The tones and lighting are really nice...as is the composition. You need to tell Mummy to give you her camera if you take shots as good as these! Keep this up and you'll be giving her a good run for her money!
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Hi Chelsea - you have done a good job here and you have exposed the snow well too... its nice and white.
Well done.
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This is good in B&W - it shows up the contrast of the snow with the trees and bridge - and makes me wish we had more snow down here in Cambridgeshire!
There are a lot of lovely shots that can be make with snow that blankets everything, but in my mind this 'half snow' with grass and stuff peeking through is more what we are used to in England and is lovely in its own right.
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I am enjoying looking at your work Chelsea as you have some beautiful shots...I like the Winter best for taking photos so this is how I would have taken the shot...Beautiful.
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|RCT comparing implants with turned and anodically oxidized surfaces: A pilot study, a 3-year follow-up.
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|PMID: 23151294 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|AIM: This 3-year prospective randomized controlled trial compared the clinical, microbiological and biochemical outcome of minimally (Turned, Tur) and moderately rough (TiUnite(®) , TiU) implant surfaces in a split-mouth design.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study population included 14 subjects: nine fully edentulous and five partially edentulous subjects with a history of periodontitis. Implants (n = 78, 39 Tur and 39 TiU) were installed randomly in each patient. Peri-implant clinical parameters and intra-oral radiographs were recorded after 3 years of loading. Subgingival plaque and peri-implant crevicular fluid samples were collected and analysed using culture and quantitative polymerase chain reaction for the biofilm, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the concentration of osteoprotegerin and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand, respectively.
RESULTS: No statistically significant differences in clinical, microbiological and biochemical parameters could be observed when comparing the Tur and TiU implant surfaces.
CONCLUSION: After 3 years of loading, in periodontitis susceptible patients, the moderately rough, TiU implants demonstrated a similar clinical outcome compared with the smoother, turned implants. Longer follow-up and studies using different implant types are needed to confirm the statement that minimally and moderately rough implant surfaces perform similar, both from a clinical and from a microbiological point of view.
|Elena A Nicu; Nele Van Assche; Wim Coucke; Wim Teughels; Marc Quirynen
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|Title: Journal of clinical periodontology Volume: 39 ISSN: 1600-051X ISO Abbreviation: J. Clin. Periodontol. Publication Date: 2012 Dec
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|Created Date: 2012-11-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: -
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|Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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