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Is all particles moving and forever?
Can the movement of particles be stoped ?
Is all particles moving and forever?
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I don't know exactly what you are asking. Anyways, it is impossible for any particle to stop moving completely. If it stops the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics will be violated since in that case both position and its conjugate momentum of the particle will be known with certainty. therefore all particles have to have minimum amount of movement in accordance with the uncertainty principle. For an harmonic oscillator this minimum movement contributes to the zero point energy.
Orbital electron in hydrogen atom is moving forever. Orbital electrons are moving in atoms even at a very low temperature in Bose-Einstein condensate.
Movement itself is a relative quantity. A particle at rest in one frame of reference is moving at a constant velocity in another frame of reference. Rest is never absolute.
In many ways, particles will never stop moving. Not only is the universe undergoing expansion,but as long as energy is fundamental to our universe, movement should not cease. In another light, without "motion", the meaning of time would break down, as we would have no way of telling the past from the future.
Theoretically speaking, particles move so time can exist, or vice versa.
As long as fields exist, gravitational at any range of distance, and electromagnetic field at short range, the particles will keep moving. But the particles themselves are the sources of the fields, and IMO, under modern theoretical grounds the particles 'are' fields.
So, as particles exists => fields exists => and interaction at a distance exists => they move.
Interaction is a sort of communication between particles: 'come here' or 'get lost' are the messages. The other way of communication is thru exchange of energy packets: 'photons'. The accepted theoretical particle for gravitational exchange is the graviton. But GR does not imply it, as space itself is enough to convey the message 'come here'. We can only know the momentum or position of any particle thru a measurement, and this is only possible thru an interaction. Actually all measurements that I know of are thru photons exchange that carry away energy from one system/particle to another. So, we see that particles are condemned to say, each one to all others, 'come here' or 'get lost'.
Now I will try to see what can be a immobile world: lets put the particles far way one from the others, to consider just the gravitational interaction, and so 'frozen' that we can say : the temperature is 0, equivalent to say that the kinetic energy is zero. Absolutely homogeneous is this world that each particle sense the same attracting force from each direction and would stay imobile forever in the same 'location'.
Is this immobile world, with no definable time, stable forever? No, because the slightest deviation of one particle from his position, due to any quantum fluctuation, will lead, with time, to a circus on all others.
Finally, the only possible conclusion is: particles are condemned to motion, as long as they exist.


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I'm currently using 12.04.1 64-bit. I prefer to use the title bar action buttons (min/max/close) on right side. Sure I can make them appear on right side from Ubuntu Tweak but it wont work in full screen mode. Shifting between right and left is lot of pain and is one of the main issues preventing me from using Ubuntu.
There is already a bug report here. It affects many people. I believe these kind of settings needs to be versatile, but seems there is nothing much can be done till Unity adds this feature.
I would request for a similar alternate solution which I think is definitely possible.
What I want is when I double click on a title bar, the window shouldn't maximize, instead it should fill the entire screen excluding launcher and Unity panel.
I actually used something similar to this in Compiz Configuration Settings Manager, where desktop binding to the top had filled the screen. But I couldn't find it in Compiz now, maybe it has upgraded.
Please provide a solution for assigning title bar double click to fill screen excluding launcher and unity panel, so that I can have the action buttons on right side always.

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College Hockey:SLU Comes Back To Down Harvard
Trevelyan Leads Way For Saints
CANTON, N.Y. — T.J. Trevelyan scored two goals, the second into an empty net, as St. Lawrence scored four unanswered goals for a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Harvard Friday night.
The Saints, now 7-6-1 overall and 3-3-0 in the ECACHL, snapped Harvard's four-game win streak and dropped the Crimson to 4-3-1 overall and 2-3-1 in the ECACHL. The Saints exorcised some post-Thanksgiving and post-Clarkson game demons with the win over the Crimson.
SLU had not won the game after playing Clarkson in its last seven tries and was 2-15 on Thanksgiving weekend games going into Friday night.
"Each team is different, so in reality, that kind of statistic doesn't really mean much," said Saint coach Joe Marsh. "But tonight's game was certainly one of our best post-Thanksgiving performances in quite a while. It was a gritty effort across the board against a very good hockey team."
The Crimson were on the wrong end of a 14-8 shot count in the first period, but on the right end of a 2-0 score with an even-strength goal on a rebound by Tom Cavanagh, his fourth of the season, at 11:48 and a power-play blast from the point by Noah Welch four minutes later.
"Our guys did an excellent job defensively, but Harvard took advantage of its opportunities," said Marsh. "You can't fault Mike McKenna on either of the goals and we certainly had our share of chances at the other end. The guys didn't get down about it and just kept on working hard."
The Saints continued their shot domination in the second period, outshooting Harvard 11-2, and finally got a puck behind Crimson goalie Dov Grumet-Morris as Trevelyan picked the upper corner on a five-on-three power play at 5:08 to make it a 2-1 Harvard lead after two periods.
Stace Page pulled the Saints even 3:17 into the third period when he took a feed from defenseman Chase Trull and put the puck past Grumet-Morris and Drew Bagnall pinched in from the point and fired the puck into a wide-open net for the eventual game winner at 8:48.
Harvard pulled Grumet-Morris for the extra attacker in the final minute, but the Saints iced it when Trevelyan slid the puck into the net with one second remaining on the clock.
"Those were two huge goals for us," Marsh said. "Chase did a great job in setting up Stace's goal and Max Taylor made a nice play to get the puck to Drew for the go-ahead goal. Harvard really turned it up with the forecheck after we got the third one, and I think the guys did a pretty good job of alleviating pressure in our end, and Mike McKenna took care of the rest with a very strong period."
Grumet-Morris finished with 33 saves for Harvard while senior Mike McKenna made 23 saves for the Saints, 15 of them in the third period.
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Tim Rogers spelled out the matter in our May print product. The toll road that promised to bring with it transportation dollars that proponents said were the linchpin to making the entire Trinity River Corridor Project a reality won't be built.
The plan is bad. The federal highway people aren't crazy about the location. And, most significantly, we don't have the money to build it. Yet a few local officials have continued to insist it's a necessity.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Fun In The Mountains
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How nice to hear all of the great places to eat in Blowing Rock! It's been years since I've been there. What's not to love about it? Can't wait to see more pics from your visit there. So glad that y'all had a nice time.ReplyDelete
All the food looks wonderful, makes me so hungry. Sounds like you had such a great time. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
Wow. It pays to communicate! I really enjoyed seeing your meals...they look marvelous. I suppose that it really wouldn't have been too romantic taking your camera along for your anniversary dinner...sigh. =DReplyDelete
I am a Jan Karon fan. Loved her Mitford Series! Sounds like a great place. Glad you had a memorable time!ReplyDelete
Happy belated anniversary, Penny! Your dinner looks amazing and the bottle of wine gift from the second restaurant owners was such a nice gesture!ReplyDelete
What a lovely way to celebrate, Penny. I have long been a Jan Karon fan and am presently reading In The Company of Others - reading slowly, as it's the book on my bedside table!ReplyDelete
What a lovely place to celebrate, very sweet of the owners!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary, I'm happy you had a wonderful time.
I loved the Mitford books. So fun to go to Blowing Rock! A beautiful part of our beautiful country. MimiReplyDelete
What a beautiful place to celebrate your anniversary dinner. And a bottle of wine gift...how nice!ReplyDelete
The food in the first two photos look delicious. Blowing Rock is such a nice place.
This sounds like our kind of triop too. Love trying new restaurants and finding special places to explore together! The restaurant owners were wonderful to give you the wine. Isn't the world full of nice people?ReplyDelete
Belated Happy Anniversary wishes. The food looks delicious. Yum on the scallops and the shrimp kabobs and grits cake, too.ReplyDelete
I'm a fan of the Jan Karon books..so what do you think? Does Blowing Rock remind you of Mitford?
Happy Anniversary!ReplyDelete
That was really nice of the owners to make your dinner there so special! Wish everyone provided such lovely service to customers.
What a wonderful place to celebrate your anniversary. Blowing Rock is one of my favorite places. Looking forward to getting together soon. Happy Anniversary to the two of you.ReplyDelete
Happy Belated Anniversary, Penny.♥ We love Blowing Rock, too, and I am so glad the two of you had such a great time.ReplyDelete
Where did you stay?
Love the grits cake with the shrimp as well as the big scallops. What beautiful presentations.ReplyDelete
Blowing Rock is a fabulous place. Happy anniversary to you both.
What a wonderful anniversary dinner, shows it pays to ask when making reservations. I find most nice dining spots try to accommodate their customers - the bottle of wine was the best finishing touch. I'll bet they stay in business a long time.ReplyDelete
Happy belated anniversary! The food you pictured looks absolutely delicious. How nice of the other restaurant owners to give you a romantic booth and then gift you with a bottle of wine. That kind of thoughtfulness and service is hard to find nowadays.ReplyDelete


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- mm
- mil (informal)
Unit of:
- Length
Worldwide use:
- The millimetre, as part of the metric system, is used as a measure of length across the globe. The most notable exception is the United States, where the imperial system is still used for most purposes.
The millimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to one thousandth of a metre (the SI base unit of length).
Common references:
- There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch.
- The head of a pin is approximately 2mm diameter.
- A CD is approximately 1.2mm thick.
- 00 gauge model railways measure 16.5mm between rails.
- Grade 1 hair clippers will cut hair to approximately 3 mm in length (grade 2 cuts to 6 mm, grade 3 to 9 mm etc)
Usage context:
Millimetres are used as a standard measure of length in all manner of engineering and commercial applications where accuracy greater than the closest centimetre is required.
Where even greater accuracy must be measured or expressed, fractions of a millimetre are used to three decimal places.
Millimetres are commonly used to describe the calibre of small munitions and the weaponry used to fire them, for example the Uzi 9 mm assault rifle.
Component units:
- 1/1,000 mm = one micrometre
- 1/1,000,000 mm = one nanometre
- Further, progressively small units include the picometre, femtometre, attometre, zeptometre and yoctometre.
- There are numerous units for expressing multiples of the millimetre, but these are defined by their relationship to the metre (the SI base unit of length), rather than the millimetre.
- 10 mm = 1 centimetre (cm)
- 1000mm = 1 metre (m)


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Andrea R. Milner is an associate professor in the Teacher Education department as well as director of the Institute for Education. To view her full CV, click here.Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Curriculum & Instruction, August 2008. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio (http://www.utoledo.edu/index.html)
Dissertation title: The Effects of Constructivist Classroom Contextual Factors in a Life Science Laboratory and a Traditional Science Classroom on Elementary Students' Motivation and Learning Strategies
Master of Education, Elementary & Early Childhood Education, May 2001. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
Bachelor of Education, Elementary Education, March 1993. The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.License
Current State of Ohio Teaching License (Grades 1-8); Generalist (http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDefaultPage.aspx?page=1)Line of inquiry
Research on the effects constructivist classroom contextual factors have on student motivation and learning strategy use. Investigations of innovative strategies, techniques, and methods to facilitate learning environments that will ignite motivation and stimulate learning strategy use in a manner that will positively transform students' experience of education within the classroom and enable students to then transfer that experience to their life out in the "real world".


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Our OhioHealth family of associates is a collaborative group that discovers and succeeds together. Our culture is defined by our mission and OhioHealth values of excellence, compassion, integrity and stewardship. For our seventh consecutive year, OhioHealth has been named to FORTUNE magazine's list of the nation's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2013. Being a Best Company is about our culture and how we engage one another. Our recognitions are a measure of our success in achieving a part of our vision — to be an organization "where people want to work." Riverside Methodist Hospital is the FIRST hospital in Ohio to achieve Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification. We were also the first and have the largest telemedicine stroke network in the state. We have opportunities available for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physicians Assistants. We invite you to meet our providers and tour our new state of the art neuroscience patient tower.
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Monday, December 16th at 5:00pm
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Janet W. Bay, MD, is a Cleveland Clinic Foundation-trained neurosurgeon who specializes in brain tumors, skull base surgery and complex spine work, including spinal instrumentation. Currently a staff neurosurgeon at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Dr. Bay was a past president of the Riverside Methodist medical staff, and is also affiliated with Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, OH. Prior to that, Dr. Bay was on staff for seven years at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Bay received her doctor of medicine degree cum laude from The Ohio State University. Her surgical internship was at the University of Michigan Medical Center. After a year of neurology residency at New York University, she completed a neurosurgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
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You may be wondering when summer weather will return. There have been steady coldfronts with average low temperatures of 38.5 just last week in what should be a season of warmth. It's almost like an episode of the twilight zone. You have many obstacles in front of you to make it to the beach season including your diet. Nothing can be done about the former, so you might as well jump on the latter.
You can lose up to 9 pounds in two weeks. Dont go assuming it will be easy like the spam emails you are constantly recieving say. In general it is agreed that adults should eat around 1500 calories a day. For this diet you"ll need to cut out about 300 calories. Thats probably equal to half that big mac you just had. The purpose of the diet like any other diet is to train your stomach to lose weight.
There unfortunately isn't necessarily a specific pilates diet. However there are principles. Pilates revolves highly around the "powerhouse", the core. In our body's we have a tool that stores carbs. If one stores more than needed the idle carbs will be stored in the body as fat. Unfortunately a lot of that fat goes straight to the belly and quickly. (Imagine yourself as Coyote and the carbs as Road runner). So monitering carb intake is necessary. Protein 1 gram per pound is good for building lean muscle. One would want to make sure to include servings from all food groups as well.
On a low calorie diet it is good to eat multiple times during the day, small meals but more frequently. In fact it's better to eat that way whether one is on a diet or not. Obviously exercise is necessary. Walking, running, biking, and especially swimming are good cardio excercises to burn calories. Walking several miles daily is a necessary part of this diet principles that will help you lose weight. While pilates will burn calories it is more focused on strenthening your muscles and rehabilitating them. Other good workouts include: Calisthenics and Olympic workouts. While the weather is holding you back, try to get ahead on your diet.
For more info: Gainesville Health and Fitness has dietitian consults.


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Mr Vandair, to the shock and horror of everyone and quite possibly his own, was dead.
They found him hanging from the iron railing of his tenth-floor tower residence's balcony. Suicide was out of the question; he had a noose around his neck made out of his own intestines.
By the time Larandus arrived at the scene, the man had been well and truly dead for at least five hours. A pair of ravens had already begun to make a meal out of him. Larandus had them chased off, and the body cut down. Vandair was the ninth victim in a spate of similar hangings all across the city. Thus far, there was no pattern to them, no motive to speak of, nothing to connect the victims to each other. After nine deaths, Larandus found that disturbing.
'Search his rooms,' he said to Siel, his aide and formerly one of the most notorious manhunters of Dockside. 'I want an inventory of everything. Get Dansh up here if you can.'
While Siel did as he asked, Larandus searched the body, kneeling on the iron platform of the balcony to do it. It was unlikely that anything would be left on Vandair's person, but it never hurt to check. He knew more than one case that had been solved because of a clue left on the body. This time, he was disappointed. Nothing but an old coin, worn with age to the point where the milling had all but disappeared, and the Emperor and Eagle on its two faces had been smoothed into invisibility. Larandus pocketed it.
Standing up and wincing slightly from sore knees, Larandus went back inside the apartment. It was small: two rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom around a parlour. Vandair lived alone, a merchant and ex-Imperial Army. There was an old musket resting across a pair of hooks on the wall, with a bayonet in its sheath hanging beside it. Vandair had mounted his service medals on a blackwood plaque which rested on a bookshelf. The only signs of a struggle in the room were the overturned table and chair and a spill of food nearby. The dirty work was done outside, on the balcony.
His neighbours only thought to check on him when a woman hanging her laundry out on the balcony below noticed blood dripping on her clothes. By then, the killer was long gone.
'Nothing,' Siel told him as she stepped out of the bedroom. 'Just the usual stuff: clothes, shoes, underwear of about six different girls, you know the thing.' She looked tired, her clothing accentuating the dark circles under her eyes. None of them were sleeping very well. 'Dansh is coming up now.'
'Any ideas?' he asked her. Even after fifteen years of investigative work, Larandus still valued her opinion as something of an expert in manslaughter and murder in general, having had hands-on experience in the field, as it were. It had taken a lot of convincing at gunpoint to finally turn her over to his cause. It was worth it, as he was continually reminded.
She shrugged. 'Nothing to link him to any of the others. Just killed, nothing taken. Money's still there, jewellery still there. If it was me, I'd have taken his piece, at least,' she indicated the musket. 'Old, but still pricey on the black market.'
'You're not taking anything, Siel,' Larandus told her pointedly.
'Says you,' she retorted, taking an apple from a basket in the kitchen and taking a bite out of it.
The door opened, and Dansh walked in, looking pathetic and frail in the heavy coat he affected. He was to Larandus what a mage would be to any other investigator. Because the city was blanketed by a powerful wild magic field, however, Larandus found Dansh to be far more useful than any spell-caster. A telepath, and a brutally intelligent one, at that, Dansh managed to do with his mind tricks the things that would only leave a normal wizard as a smear on the wall from backlash. Most considered him a freak, which suited Larandus' purposes fine.
'You need something,' he said, stating the obvious.
'What do you hear, Dansh?' Larandus asked him by way of reply.
The telepath paused for a moment, turning his tousle-haired head this way and that, his squinted blue eyes looking beyond the normal bounds of space and time. Larandus could tell he was using his powers, partly from nine years' work with him, but mostly because the wooden flooring he stood on had suddenly filmed over with ice.
'Nothing,' Dansh eventually remarked with a shrug. 'Unless you want to hear about psychic screams of dying people again. A lot of killing is connected with that musket.'
'As well there should be,' Larandus told him. 'Service to the Emperor, and all that. Anything else? At all?' he tapped his booted foot impatiently. Four months, and they had turned up nothing.
'I'll check his records once we're back at the office,' Dansh offered. 'I doubt there will be anything that he has in common with any of the others, besides that they breathed the same air.'
Larandus sighed in disgust. 'Alright, we're done here. Get the browncoats up to clean this mess.'
They spent the next week making inquiries and sifting through the Imperial Archives for Vandair's personal file, cross-referencing it with those of the other victims. There were tantalising clues as to possible relationships, but nothing concrete. Larandus had an affinity for making connections that others would miss, but these murders had him puzzled.
'Is it some kind of ritual?' he mused while he sat with Dansh and Siel at a small café near the old barbican. 'I don't think anything else explains the brutality of the victims' treatment. Unless it's supposed to be a deterrent.'
'They're spaced too far apart for any rituals I know of,' Dansh said, his thin fingers tapping a steady rhythm on the table. 'Not even the death-priests of Amardia do things like this, at least not without leaving obvious signs of their work.'
'Agreed,' Larandus nodded. 'Unless it's a splinter sect. How about a mob action?'
Siel shook her head this time, her pale locks waving as she did so and catching the eye of some passing workmen. Larandus envied them. Whatever thoughts he might have engendered of romance with her, for she was certainly attractive in both appearance and manner, were dispelled early on. She was a cold killer. 'None that I can think of,' she was saying. 'Besides, we've been through that possibility, boss. No mob links on any of the victims. I'd know.'
Dansh gave a sudden start, and ice momentarily coated the table near him. Larandus raised an eyebrow. 'Message from the Palace,' said Dansh. 'They found another one.'
This one was in a smeltery. His co-workers had found him hanging from a crossbeam as they were coming in for the first shift of the day, still dripping blood onto a stack of iron ingots. A search of his home turned up nothing, as with all the others.
The body was left where it was found. The local watch cordoned off the area, and the smeltery workers avoided it, hurrying past when they had no choice but to walk near it. Larandus and Siel looked at the supervisors' records, while Dansh was running an identity check remotely, communing with other telepaths in the Palace who had ready access to the Archives.
It took two hours to complete the process. Telepathic communication was not the most reliable of methods, but Larandus did not want to waste time trekking back to the Palace just to look at more files. In the time it took for Dansh to run the background check, they found scraps of information about the victim from the smeltery records.
He was Toleyn Kleis, labourer, father of two. He had made no enemies in his fifteen years at the smeltery, other than a supervisor who died of disease a few months ago. He had no criminal record to speak of, and was a diligent worker, his efforts ensuring that the Emperor's forges were stocked with metals for swords, guns and armour. That was what the boss said. Dansh's check revealed nothing else.
There were still no leads. But a flash of inspiration suddenly granted Larandus with a hunch.
Acting purely on instinct, Larandus searched the body. There was nothing.
Frustrated, he was about to walk away when he saw an odd glint of light between two ingots. Kneeling down for a closer look, he found the coin, smooth and worn. He pocketed it. Two might just be a coincidence, but he was sure that if he searched the other victims and their surroundings more carefully, he would find more.
He did. Three more coins of the same sort turned up in one day. Larandus had Dansh check them over for psychic signatures. While the telepath did so, he took Siel into the Archives to run a quick search on known groups who used similar markers to identify its members.
It took hours. Hunting through the musty caverns of shelving and filing cabinets beneath the Imperial Palace, they went back further and further into the past, taking notes on everything they came across. It was tedious work. Servants had brought down food and drinks, but they were left untouched on the large, circular table Larandus had co-opted for their use.
Finally, after records became illegible some four hundred years into the past - Larandus made a mental note that the archivists be told to restore them - they stopped. By this point they had a stack of parchment half a foot high, covered in barely legible writing. The air-ducting system was whining audibly, and from the clock near the stairwell, it was close to midnight.
'Eight groups,' he said, breaking the whining silence. 'Two of them secret societies, the rest anarchists. Only two used blank coins, both anarchist cells, and one of them disappeared forty years ago.'
Siel stared at him blankly. This work was not her sort of thing, he knew.
'If we haven't found our killer, at least we know who they're killing,' he elucidated for her. 'Next, we find out why, but we'll leave that for later. Let's go. I'm hungry.'
The raid happened at midnight, two days later. It was a ground-level apartment, and to most observers appeared to have been boarded up and abandoned for several years. The front door was jammed so that even if the wooden planks over it were removed, it would not open short of being blown out of its hinges. The other entrance, a back door opening out into a dingy alleyway, was more cooperative. At the best of times, this place was enveloped in shadow. At high noon, sunlight would struggle to reach down here, past the many bridges and clotheslines strung between neighbouring towers high above, and the ever-present smog. At night, lamplight from the street would have to be physically thrown into the alleyway and start a fire before it would penetrate the gloom.
Larandus was not at all bothered. He was used to working in dark places. As were Siel and Dansh, after working with him for so long.
There had been a guard posted in the shadows near the back door. It would have been difficult to see him even in the daytime, but he was no trouble. By the time Larandus and Dansh reached the door, Siel was already wiping the guard's blood from her knife. Larandus had Dansh scan the area with his mind, doing nothing to help the autumn chill. He shivered a little in his long, grey coat. Standing too close to a telepath at work would do that to the greatest men.
'Nothing,' Dansh said after a moment, perplexed.
Larandus cursed. 'We can't be at the wrong place. They had a guard out.'
'They might have psy-shielded the place,' Dansh explained. That was an even worse alternative for Larandus. It meant that this cell had more resources than they knew about. Moreover, it meant they had their own telepath or telepaths.
'Cover us,' he told Dansh as he pulled his revolver from its holster, checked that it was loaded, then eased his sword in its scabbard. Larandus felt the chill once more as Dansh reached out with his mind and covered the three of them against psychic detection.
Larandus kicked the door down, sending splinters of wood flying inwards as he swept the room with the nose of his revolver. 'In the name of the Emperor, surrender yourselves to his justice!' he bellowed before he could even see through the dust. There was a lamp in here, and a soft orange glow permeated the small room. There were three more guards.
Larandus shot one in the throat, his revolver kicking and making a sound like a wine glass exploding as a tongue of blue flame licked from its barrel. The guard's neck exploded in a red mist as the large calibre round tore through it. The next guard barely had the time to pull a knife from his belt before Larandus put a bullet into his chest, knocking him onto his back and leaving a gaping hole where his sternum had been. The third one had pulled an old single-shot pistol from under his battered coat, but never had the chance to fire it. From behind Larandus, Siel had put a knife into the guard's wrist. A second later, and another knife was lodged into the man's larynx.
There was another door in the room, opening out into a stairwell leading downwards. Nobody had heard the commotion, or if they had, they had wisely decided not to charge upstairs for a look.
'Let's go,' said Larandus as he hurried down the stairs, Siel behind him and Dansh at the rear. Siel had taken the pistol off the dead guard upstairs, along with some propellant charges and lead balls he had in a pouch.
The stairwell turned at least ten times before they reached the bottom of it. There was a door with a little window built into it, which could be closed with a wooden hatch. Trying it carefully, Larandus found that it was locked. He had Siel pick it while he reloaded his revolver and tried to listen to what was beyond. It was silent.
Her work done, Siel stepped back from the door. Again, Larandus kicked it open with a bang, yelling 'Interior Ministry! Hands in the air where I can see them!'
In response, the four men in the room opened fire with crossbows and pistols from behind various pieces of furniture. Larandus rolled into cover behind a filing cabinet as shots zipped through the air where his head had been a moment ago. Siel overturned a table and hid behind it, pistol in hand. Dansh remained outside the door, out of sight. Besides the four shooters, Larandus marked a cloaked and hooded figure and another man in a green coat. He had little doubt that the hooded one was a telepath. They would know that another telepath was here, but they would at least be unable to shoot Dansh. During the mad rush for cover, Larandus had lost his peaked hat.
The shooting paused for a moment while their opponents reloaded. Larandus leaned to the side, picked out a man behind another upturned table and shot him through his meagre cover. Larandus' revolver fired rounds which were better designed for penetration than their own pistols, and the bullet tore through the table. The man screamed, tried to rise again to shoot back, and Siel put a bullet into his skull. The other three leapt out of cover with swords in hand, thinking to overwhelm Larandus and Siel with numbers. The man in the green coat followed shortly after with his own sword and a pistol.
Larandus shot the first attacker in the leg as he pulled his sword from his belt. Stumbling forward, the bigger man still managed to take a swing with his sword, which was nothing more than a huge meat cleaver in Larandus' eyes. He knocked it aside with the basket hilt of his sabre, then emptied his revolver into the man's chest, reducing it to an unrecognisable pulp. The next attacker leapt over his fallen comrade and made a series of practised cuts and thrusts at Larandus, which he, no blademaster himself, parried to the best of his ability, receiving a few painful gashes for his effort. Larandus capitalised on a sudden opening and skewered the man with his sabre. On the other side of the room, Siel grappled with the last of the thugs. The telepath was nowhere to be seen, but an open door on the far side of the room showed that he had escaped. The man in the green coat was slowly backing into the opening, his pistol aimed where Larandus wisely stayed behind cover.
He was just about to enter the passage beyond when Dansh stepped into the room and froze him by some power of the mind. Pulled out of the passage as though by some unseen hand, the man was hurled through the air and against the wall as Dansh applied pressure to hold him there. Brickwork cracked under him.
While Siel finished off her attacker, Larandus stood, nodded his thanks to Dansh and calmly reloaded his revolver in front of their prisoner. He pointed it casually at the man's stomach as he fixed him with a stare as he presented his badge of office.
'I am Larandus Zekar, Imperial Service. By the mandate of the Emperor, I take you into custody. Henceforth, you have no rights. I will demand answers and you will provide them. Do you understand?'
The man had fainted. Dansh released him, and he fell clumsily to the floor.
'Take him away,' said Larandus.


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Feb. 24, 2013
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina's softball team (6-7) dropped games to Notre Dame (8-5) and Liberty (3-6) on the final day of the Pirate Invitational on Sunday, Feb. 24, at ECU Softball Stadium. ECU fell to the Fighting Irish by a 6-0 score in the first game of the afternoon and then lost a close 5-4 contest to Liberty in the second.
Senior Kai Clark led the offense on the afternoon with three hits including a double. Cicely Lopez, Alex Fieldhouse, Kristi Oshiro, Jordan Lewis and Jill Jelnick all recorded two hits between the two games. Fieldhouse also drove in a pair of runs with her home run.
Freshman Mary Beth Smith (1-1) lost in the first contest for ECU after giving up all six runs (one earned) in a complete game against Notre Dame. Courtney Smith (0-2) was tagged with a loss in the second game after surrendering three earned runs in her two innings of work. Sophomore Sarah Christian came in relief for the Pirates against the Flames and threw five innings and only allowed two runs (one earned) with five strikeouts.
ECU, after winning its first game of the tournament, has now lost four games in a row. The 6-0 win by Notre Dame marked the first time that ECU has been shutout this season. The loss to Liberty in today's game was only the fourth in 40 all-time games against the Flames.
The Pirates will now spend nearly the next month on the road and travel to four different cities starting on Wednesday, Feb. 27, with a trip to take on Elon at 5 p.m.
Game 1
For the second straight game against ECU, the Fighting Irish again took a first-inning lead as Kelsey Thornton reached on a fielding error from the Pirate first baseman, stole second and scored on Emilee Koerner's double to left for the first tally. Lauren Winter then reached base on a fielder's choice as Koerner was tagged out going back to the bag at second for the first out. The Irish quickly loaded the bases on a walk to Katey Haus and a hit by pitch by Lauren Stuhr. Amy Buntin followed with a single up the middle to drive in a pair of runs. Casey Africano plated the final two tallies of the frame on her double to right field.
Jelnick started the East Carolina first inning with a single to left field for a promising beginning. She quickly moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Oshiro and then took third on a ground out, but was stranded to end the opening inning and keep the score at 5-0 Notre Dame.
The Pirates again threatened in the second, as both seniors Kai Clark and Cicely Lopez reached on two-out infield singles, but the next ECU batter was retired on strikes to keep the deficit at five.
ECU loaded the bases and again threatened to breakthrough in the third inning. After the first two had been retired in order, Fieldhouse reached on an infield single and moved all the way to third on a Lewis' double. Freshman Casey Alcorn then walked to load the bases, but again Notre Dame stood strong and recorded the third out before any more damage could be done.
Fieldhouse reached base for the second time in the game with a two-out walk in the fifth inning, but again the ECU offense could not move her home.
In the sixth, the Pirates again mounted a potential rally with Clark reaching on a two-out double and Lopez pushing a single through the left side to put runners on the corners. The next ECU batter was retired on a strikeout to end the threat though.
Notre Dame added a single tally to the score in the top of the seventh inning on Cassidy Whidden's home run to center field. The run represented the only earned run that Mary Beth Smith allowed in the game.
Game 2
Liberty scored first with two in the opening frame. Holly Siez and Sammi Shivock homered back-to-back to give the Flames the early 2-0 lead.
The ECU offense put two runners on base in the first inning. Jelnick reached on a lead-off single, stole second and took third on a wild pitch. Lewis walked and followed with a steal of her own to put a pair of runners in scoring position, but the Pirates were thwarted on an infield ground out.
The Flames added two runs to the lead in the third inning. Zavody singled to short and moved all the way to third on Siez's single to right field. Shivock then drove in Zavody with a single of her own. After a fielder's choice ground out, Shivock scored the second run of the inning on an ECU fielding error.
The Pirates scored their first runs of the day in the third inning. Oshiro was hit by a pitch and scored ahead of Alex Fieldhouse's blast to left field. The home run was the third of the season for the California native.
LU's Amber Donovan scored the team's fifth run of the game in the fifth inning on Kelby Allen's single past the ECU shortstop. Donovan started the rally with a one-out double and moved to third on Grace Nordan's single.
ECU's offense broke through for two runs in the fifth inning to draw to within a run, but also left the bases loaded. After freshman Meredith Mitchell recorded her first career hit, a single to left field, Jelnick hit a fielder's choice grounder up the middle that was fielded cleanly, but also thrown away to allow Mitchell to safely take second. Oshiro then ripped a double down the left field line to score Mitchell. After an intentional walk to Fieldhouse to load the bases and a strikeout, Alcorn blooped a single to right to score Jelnick with the second run. Unfortunately, the next two were retired in order on a pop out to the pitcher and soft ground out to second to keep the Pirates' deficit at one, 5-4, heading into the sixth.
The Pirates put the tying run on base in the seventh as Oshiro led off the frame with a double to right, but after a fly out she was thrown out stealing third for the second out. Lewis then singled up the middle to again put the tying run on base, but a fielder's choice ground out ended the game and ECU's chances.
Liberty's Annah Jo Brittingham (2-2) was the victor for the Flames in throwing a complete game and surrendering eight hits and four runs (three earned).


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Nittany Lion Women's Hockey Rips Sacred Heart, 8-2 * BOX SCORE
Recap By Jeremy S. Fallis * Penn State Athletic Communications
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State women's hockey earned its first series sweep in program history, defeating Sacred Heart, 8-2, on Saturday afternoon at Greenberg Ice Pavilion. Eight different Nittany Lions tallied a goal with Jess Desorcie (Westford, Vt.), Taylor Gross(Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Shannon Yoxheimer (Jackson, Mich.) notching three-point days. Yoxheimer scored a goal in her sixth consecutive game on Saturday.
"I think Kendra Rasmussen, Jenna Welch and Tess Weaver had an awesome weekend," Head coach Josh Brandwene said. "They certainly had an awesome game today, great games back-to-back. They got rewarded for it with a couple nice goals out there."
Penn State (4-5-1) and Sacred Heart (1-6-0) were deadlocked in a 1-1 game until Gross's second-period tally put PSU in front for good. Her third goal of the year was assisted by Desorcie and Yoxheimer after the latter two pegged shots at SHU goaltender Mandy Montgomery (56 saves). Yoxheimer opened the scoring in the first period from Desorcie, while SHU's Melissa Robbins scored 13 seconds into the second period.
Two minutes later at 8:29, Kendra Rasmussen (Sartell, Minn.) lit the lamp with a nifty display of stick handling that beat Montgomery. Her linemates, Jenna Welch (Austin, Texas) and Tess Weaver (Windber, Pa.) notched assists on the play, Weaver cashing in on her first points at the NCAA Division I level.
Photo by Steve Hass. Captain Taylor Gross and Penn State sweep Sacred Heart
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Recap By BRITTANY McCORMICK * Syracuse Athletic Communications
The Syracuse ice hockey split its series at the Union this
weekend after falling to the Dutchwomen, 4-2, this afternoon.
Senior forward Holly
Carrie-Mattimoe and junior Nicole Ferarra's each
notched a goal for SU. Ferrara (1g, 1a) and Kaillie
Goodnough (2a) each had multipoint games. The Orange
(5-5-0, 2-0-0 CHA) defeated Union last night, 2-1.
"Union did a very good job against us defensively," said head coach Paul Flanagan. "They scored some timely goals and were the better team today. We have to regroup on Monday and do a good job of preparing for RIT next weekend."
Union scored its first goal of the night at 15:44 in the first period, when Camille Corbin notched her first goal of the season. The Dutchwomen then jumped to a two-goal lead, at 12:01 in the second period off of a power play goal. It was the first power play goal that the SU penalty killing unit allowed this weekend. Rhianna Kurio was credited with the tally.
Carrie-Mattimoe pulled the Orange within one at 2-1 when she scored her fifth goal of the season at 14:46 in the second. Carrie-Mattimoe is now tied for first on SU's all-time career list with 34 career goals. Goodnough and Ferrara each had assists on the tallies.......
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Dingeldein Scores Hat Trick; #5 Women's Hockey Blanks Lions 6-0 * BOX SCORE
Recap by Sydney Cuscino * Mercyhurst Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant
ERIE, Pa. – Freshman Jenna
Dingeldein scored her first hat trick to lead
fifth-ranked Mercyhurst to a 6-0 victory over Lindenwood on
Saturday afternoon. The Lakers continued their winning streak
to five, and improve to a record of 10-1-1. Lindenwood falls
to 0-8-0 in their season and drop their first two conference
Dingeldein joins teammate's junior captain Christine Bestland and freshman Emily Janiga, by scoring her first hat trick of her college career this season.
Lindenwood's goaltender Taylor Fairchild stopped 19 goals to hold the Lakers tied at 0 heading into the first period. The Lakers outshot Lindenwood 19 to five, with two power-play opportuntites.
One minute into the second, sophomore Vaila Higson scored her second goal of the season and the first Mercyhurst goal. She was assisted by junior Kaleigh Chippy and senior assistant captain Kelsey Welch. Dingeldein scored less than a minute later from senior assistant captain Gina Buquet and freshman Emily Janiga.
READ COMPLETE STORY AT Hurstathletics.com
Women's Hockey Drops 6-0 Decision To No. 5 Mercyhurst * BOX SCORE
RECAP BY Daniel Newton * LINDENWOOD Sports Information Director
The Lindenwood women's hockey team fell to No. 5 Mercyhurst on
Saturday afternoon at the Lindenwood Ice Arena. The Lady Lions were
outshot 64-17 and lost 6-0.
Penalties hurt Lindenwood as they were on the penalty kill eight times in the game. It only gave up two power-play goals, but both came on five-on-three opportunities within 1:07 of each other late in the second period. Those pair of goals made the game 4-0 and the Lady Lions could not get back into the game after that.
Taylor Fairchild made 58 saves in the game and Allysson Arcibal led the team with four shots on goal. Brett Lobreau and Chelsea Witwicke each had two blocks.
Lindenwood falls to 0-8-0 on the season and 0-2-0 in CHA play. The Lady Lions travel to St. Cloud State next weekend for a two-game series.
READ COMPLETE STORY AT Lindenwoodlions.com
St. Louis, Thomas Lead Colonials over Catamounts * BOX SCORE
ROBERT MORRIS RECAP by Jessica Calderone Sports Information Graduate Assistant
Burlington, Vt. - The Robert Morris University women's hockey team earned its second victory of the 2012-13 campaign in a Saturday afternoon contest versus the Vermont Catamounts, 6-2. Junior defenseman Kylie St. Louis (Windsor, Ontario / Southwest Wildcats) led the RMU scoring extravaganza as she tallied three points. For the second time in three games, senior forward Kelsey Thomas (Hamilton, Ontario / Hamilton Hawks) finished the game as Robert Morris' leading goal scorer.
St. Louis notched a goal and two assists in the contest to tie a career single game-high for points. St. Louis' two assists marks a career single-game record as well. The three point effort is the third multi-point game of the defenseman's career.
For the second time is just three games, Thomas has scored at least two goals for RMU. Thomas' fourth and fifth goals of the season move her into a tie for fifth place in all-time goals scored in program history with 28. The two goals also allowed Thomas to move into sole possession of sixth place for career points with 59.
The first score of the game came off the stick of St. Louis after a pass from junior forward Kristen Richards (Toronto, Ontario / Niagara University) just 1:14 into play. With the assist, Richards has now registered four points in RMU's five games this season......
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In conjunction with Carolyn's adventure, we're running a very special contest. The prize: One lucky U.K. resident will win a seven-night autumn Mediterranean cruise for two aboard MSC Fantasia (plus airfare).
Carolyn may be back on land, but you can still read about her adventure and, more importantly, enter -- until 31 January 2009 -- to win the cruise. Here's how:
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Who or what is your primary focus? (Weddings, portraits, commercial work, editorial, etc.)
Portraits (families, children, and babies)
Film or digital?
All digital.
How long have you been shooting professionally?
About three years.
Do you shoot on-location, in-studio, or both?
Almost all of my sessions are on-location, but I have a small studio room for newborns and babies.
What drew you to photography initially?
A friend of mine had six children- the youngest three were babies when I got to know the family well. I wanted to capture every ounce of their cuteness because I loved them so much!
Who has influenced your work, style and/or approach to photography?
My style and approach is completely influenced by my own childhood. I did not feel loved growing up, so I feel this drive to capture/document love within families. I try to imagine the children I photograph looking at the photos in 30 years and how amazing it will be for them to see how much they were loved and to be able to feel and experience those emotions again.
Who or what continues to inspire you most, personally and professionally?
I am continually amazed by God.
What do you enjoy most about being a professional photographer? What do you enjoy least?
I really like seeing how every family has its own personality. I dislike answering emails, as anyone who has emailed me in the past year knows.
How would you describe your photographic style?
Relaxed and loving.
Do you have any formal training or education in photography?
What camera do you use in your work? What lens is your most used? Most fun?
5D Mark II. My main lenses are the 50mm 1.4, 28-75mm 2.8, and 135mm 2.0
In which mode do you prefer to shoot?
Always manual mode.
RAW or JPG?
Always raw.
Any additional equipment or gear that you just can't live without?
My Macbook Pro!
What program(s) do you use for post-processing? What is your favorite tip you can share with our readers regarding post-processing?
Photoshop CS5. Selective color is a great tool for reducing over-saturated colors.
Do you prefer color or black and white images? What determines how you'll process each image (or which film you'll use)?
I usually prefer color images. The expressions of the subjects/mood of the image determines processing for me.
Do you ever find yourself in a creative rut? How do you overcome this?
Yes- checking out art outside of the online photography community is great for inspiration.
What has been the best piece of advice you've ever been given regarding photography?
Getting images correct while shooting is the best- relying on Photoshop to fix images after the fact will just lead to frustration.
Tell us about your most favorite portrait session, most fun commercial assignment or dream wedding.
I don't know that I have a favorite session- but I love sessions with "big kids" who are 5 years and older.
What is your favorite personal indulgence or treat?
I fully embrace my inner child- I love cartoons and sweet cereals.
Where is your dream getaway? And… would you take your camera with you, or leave it at home and enjoy the moment?
I have always wanted to go to Australia- I would definitely have my camera with me!


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Potbelly's (NASDAQ:PBPB) shares derailed last week, falling 25% as the sandwich maker pre-announced gloomy second quarter results and lowered its annual forecast. Potbelly surged 120% on its IPO, thanks to wishful hopes that it would become a "new" Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG), but it has delivered mostly bad news ever since.
Potbelly's stock price is near an all-time low. Here's what you need to know before you consider buying this "dip."
Potbelly's management's glimmer of hope
Potbelly's stock sank because the restaurant chain pre-released weaker than expected second-quarter sales and earnings. Potbelly now expects to deliver negative same-store sales, down 1.6%, and a profit of 6 cents per share for its second quarter. The results are half of previous earnings expectations (12 cents per share), and revenue was guided down $3 million ($83.6 million vs. expectations of $86.7 million).
Even worse was Potbelly's full-year guidance for 2014. Potbelly expects 2014 EPS between 18 cents to 21 cents. In May, Potbelly's management told investors it expected 2014 EPS to be 25-35% higher than 2013's total (0.34/share). Just two months later, somehow, that expectation has pulled a "180."
So, is there any hope for Potbelly shareholders? Well, top-line sales for the quarter did rise 6.9%, but that's simply a result of revenues from new stores. Management said it still plans to open 40-48 stores this year, which may give some investors a glimmer of hope.
Something doesn't taste right
For some reason, Potbelly's growth story never adds up to me. Management is developing a track record of selling investors really great hopes that don't taste quite right.
Just last week (before Potbelly's earnings release) I wrote that Potbelly's long-standing growth plan didn't make sense. The idea that any restaurant could expand rapidly, even though it has weak same-store sales, is unheard of. How can such a small chain plan to have net income growth of 20%, and new unit growth of 10%, with same-store sales only in the low single digits? It doesn't add up; it never has. With only 305 locations, Potbelly should have much higher demand at each of its existing stores.
Moreover, I am troubled that management is still planning on opening 40-48 stores for the year. I thought this was a scary approach when Potbelly was guiding for comparable sales in the low single digits; it's an awful plan now that it's guiding comps either flat or slightly negative. When a management team opens new stores rapidly, even as demand in existing stores wanes, it seems reckless.
To avoid hyperbole, let me walk you through a useful example. Take a moment to digest Chipotle's most recent quarter.
- Chipotle's revenue increased 24.4%
- Chipotle's same-store sales increased 13.4%
- Net income rose 8.5%
Potbelly just told us that it now expects earnings and same-store sales to decline dramatically this year; should it still be expanding so rapidly?
Potbelly needs a new story
This is a really great restaurant, with great food, and a tremendous atmosphere. It has a huge opportunity; sandwich shops hold 18% of the store count for all U.S. restaurants. Still, for some reason, customers aren't as keen on Potbelly as they once were. Management needs to forget its rapid growth story, and focus on what matters once again -- delighting customers.
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Sept. 3, 2010
The start of classes on campus has also brought about the start of fall workouts, as the men's basketball program continues its march toward the 2010-11 season.
What's noticeably absent from the efforts this season is the swirl of change throughout the program. Year two of the Sean Miller era is more focused and familiar. And that familiarity makes a huge difference as the Cats move forward.
"This is much more about everybody coming back a year older, more ready and with a greater understanding of all that we do and better prepared to be successful," said Miller.
Nowhere is that understanding better displayed than with the team's strength and conditioning efforts.
Under the direction of Chris Rounds, UA's associate director of performance enhancement, the Cats continue to build themselves into better basketball shape one repetition at a time.
Over the last 16 months, Arizona players cumulatively have gained more than 130 pounds of muscle, while losing more than 77 pounds of fat.
Additionally, the lean body mass (LBM) - the weight of everything in your body except fat - of every player has increased his lean body mass since working out under Rounds' watchful eye.
Here is a quick look at the transformation of four Cats with all measurements taken since July 2009:
Junior guard Kyle Fogg has seen his weight increase from 179 pounds to its current 185. In that same span his body fat percentage has dropped from 7.3 to 5.7 while his LBM has increased by 7.6 pounds.
Sophomore guard Lamont Jones' body weight has dropped just three pounds, but his body fat percentage has dropped from 11.7 to 6.9 while his LBM has increased by 6.5 pounds.
Sophomore center Kyryl Natyazhko has dropped a total of six pounds of body weight, but his body fat percentage has dropped by 5.4 percentage points while his LBM has risen by nearly 10 pounds.
Sophomore forward Derrick Williams' body weight has risen from 228 to 244 pounds, while his body fat percentage has decreased 2.3 percent to 11.9 percent. The 2010 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year has seen his LBM increase by 19.4 pounds.
Each of these players has accomplished a noticeable goal: cutting fat and adding muscle. Most importantly, the players have added functional strength, i.e. the kind of strength that helps athletes do what they do best. In this case, that's an improved ability to run, jump, rebound and defend.
That's why the LBM measure is a key in Rounds' eye.
"I really pay attention to lean body mass," said Rounds. "Obviously, we have these guys working our all year, so you know the strength gains will be functional. The goal is to keep the LBM numbers moving in a positive and consistent direction."
None of these numbers is lost on Coach Miller, who sees much-needed progress in the results.
"When players get stronger in the right way, a lot of the times guys become better basketball players," Miller said. "Losing weight, lowering body fat and gaining strength are things our team needs, and we've seen some huge strides so far over the summer."


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RAID has been becoming quite the buzz-word lately, and IDE is doing a fine job of showing up those high proces SCSI solutions; and X-bit Laboratories wants to tell you all about the Promise FastTrak100 TX2 Pro IDE RAID Controller. here's a snip:
"The controller performed brilliantly fast in all the benchmarks, having significantly improved the performance of its predecessors. The controller proved especially efficient in multi-drive configurations and worked perfectly with PCI32 66MHz. Yeah, and don't forget about the two SuperSwap chassises: the coolest thing ever!"


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LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A Weyerhaeuser Co. spokesman says a powdery cloud of nonhazardous calcium carbonate was released from a Longview, Wash., newsprint mill and dusted nearby homes.
Spokesman Anthony Chavez tells The Daily News (http://is.gd/OJiyZ7) that the chalky-looking substance spread across the Norpac mill site Tuesday morning because a water mist eliminator wasn't working properly.
Chavez says the company notified the Washington Department of Ecology and the Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency. He said the chemical is not harmful to people but can damage vehicles.
Chavez says any residents who notice such damage should contact Weyerhaeuser.
Information from: The Daily News, http://www.tdn.com


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Kelly Bishop Movies and Career Information
Feb 28, 1944
Colorado Springs
Feb 28, 1944
Colorado Springs
Carole "Kelly" Bishop is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and as the mother of Jennifer Grey's character in the film Dirty Dancing. Bishop created the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line, for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. She also starred as Fanny Flowers in the ABC Family short-lived comedy-drama series Bunheads.
- Kelly Bishop Movies before 2015
- Novel Romance 2011
- Wonder Boys 2000
- Private Parts 1997
- Six Degrees of Separation 1993
- Dirty Dancing 1987
- Miami Rhapsody
- An Unmarried Woman


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CBP / U.S. Border Patrol Agents in El Paso discovered a crude man-made tunnel underneath the Rio Grande River near the Bridge of the Americas Port of Entry.
At approximately 1:30 a.m. CBP Border Patrol agents working near the Bridge of the Americas thwarted a narcotics smuggling attempt after becoming aware of suspicious activity in the city storm drain system. Upon closer investigation, agents discovered a juvenile suspect in possession of more than 200 pounds of marijuana.
"This is another example of smuggling organizations actively recruiting juveniles to smuggle narcotics and humans," El Paso Sector Chief Randy R. Hill. "These organizations are exploiting the youth of Mexico and putting their lives in danger."
The Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) is in charge of this investigation. BEST is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE-led initiative that operates along the U.S.-Mexico border charged with enforcing a wide array of immigration and customs laws, including those related to securing the border and combating criminal smuggling. The BEST unit is comprised of several Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies.
CBP Border Patrol and ICE agents working jointly initiated an in-depth investigation of the city storm drainage system and discovered an illicit man-made tunnel underneath the concrete lined Rio Grande River. Federal authorities from Mexico also responded to the scene and assisted with the identification of the exit point of the tunnel in Mexico.
This tunneling attempt illustrates the desperation that narcotic and alien smuggling organizations are resorting to in an attempt to continue their criminal enterprises.
"The discovery of this underground passageway bears witness to the solid collaboration between ICE, its law enforcement partners and the Government of Mexico," said Manuel Oyola-Torres, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in El Paso.