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On Monday, [artist id="783″]Blink-182[/artist] and [artist id="1231843″]My Chemical Romance[/artist] firmed up their summer plans when they both committed to the 2011 Honda Civic Tour , a 40-plus date trek that runs from early August until mid-October.
And the timing of the tour is key … because it's during those dates that Blink will finally , totally, 100 percent-ly release their long-in-the-works new album. For real.
"We are very excited to kick off the tour. We're excited to have a new record be coming out while we're on this tour, and we're super excited to take it out on the road," Blink's Mark Hoppus told MTV News Monday night in Los Angeles, before a press conference to announce the tour dates. "We absolutely have to turn the record in by July 31 — that's the rule."
Of course, he tempered all that enthusiasm by joking, "At this point, we'll be ready to turn it in my mid-September." But in all seriousness, the Blink album is nearing completion (drummer Travis Barker estimated that it was "70 percent finished") and they plan on promoting it on the road this summer. And unlike their 2009 reunion tour , this time they'll even be playing new songs, with the help of — at long last — lasers.
"I just want lasers. That's what I said last time, though, so we'll see," Tom DeLonge laughed. "I'm excited [because] I think on this next tour we're going to be able to have a lot more options of what we can do, because the music is going to afford a little more latitude, just because we've been doing some really cool stuff and different stuff with the new record. So I'm really excited to bring that out.
"I know for a fact that there's a really good chance that whatever Travis does on drums , I'll be on that with him, maybe holding off of him, or I'll be inside him as he spins around," he added. "We're excited. The whole record, the tour and everything is going to be A-plus."
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GlobalEcon Expert Robert Ian McEwin's Upcoming Events
By R. Ian McEwin on June 21, 2011
R. Ian McEwin will be participating in the following upcoming events:
1. Speaking at the Malaysian launch of ASEAN Competition Law (Edited by Ian McEwin and Kala Anandarajah and published by Lexis-Nexis) on 27th June 2011, which will be officially launched by Y.B. Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, the Malaysian Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-Operatives and Consumerism at the JW Marriott, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Invited speaker to the Competition Commission of Singapore "Competition Policy" plenary session held as part of the biennial conference organized by The Singapore Economic Review from 4 to 6 August 2011 at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore.
3. Invited Keynote Speaker on "Competition Law in New Jurisdictions: Trends and Challenges" at the East Asia Conference (EAC) on Competition Policy and Law on 16 September 2011 (held in conjunction with the 7th East Asia Top Level Official's (EATOP) Meeting on Competition Policy on 15 September 2011 – which includes delegates from competition agencies in East Asia and ASEAN


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Bettendorff-Bakman, D E; Schmid, P; Lunkenheimer, P P; Niederer, P (2008). Diastolic ventricular aspiration: a mechanism supporting the rapid filling phase of the human ventricles. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 250(4):581-592.
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During the rapid filling phase of the heart cycle, the internal volumes of the two ventricular cavities approximately double, while the intraventricular pressures rise typically only by an amount of less than 1 kPa. Such a small pressure increase cannot be the sole driving mechanism for the large inflow of blood associated with ventricular expansion during this period. Instead, the rapid filling phase is to be interpreted as being mediated primarily by the heart recoiling elastically from its contracted state, causing blood to be aspirated rapidly into the ventricles. In order to study the role of this mechanism, elastic finite element (FE) simulations of ventricular expansion were performed, taking into account the large deformations occurring during this period and the effective compressibility of the myocardium due to intramural fluid flow. Thereby, a realistic three-dimensional geometry derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of both human ventricles was used. To validate our FE analyses, the results were compared with published measurements relating to the rapid filling phase of the human left ventricle. Our study shows that, under normal physiological conditions, ventricular aspiration plays a key role in the ventricular filling process.
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Screening the Herbal Pharmacy
Searching for new anti-cancer drugs, scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) are systematically analyzing the constituents of medicinal plants used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Curing cancer with natural products a case for shamans and herb women? Not at all, for many chemotherapies to fight cancer applied in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on the basis of natural substances. Thus, taxanes used in prostate and breast cancer treatment are made from yew trees. The popular periwinkle plant, which grows along the ground of many front yards, is the source of vinca alkaloids that are effective, for example, against malignant lymphomas. The modern anti-cancer drugs topotecan and irinotecan are derived from a constituent of the Chinese Happy Tree.
Looking for new compounds, doctors and scientists are increasingly focusing on substances from plants used in traditional medicine. About three quarters of the natural pharmaceutical compounds commonly used today are derived from plants of the traditional medicine of the people in various parts of the world. The chances of finding new substances with interesting working profiles in traditional medicinal plants are better than in common-or-garden botany.
In his search for active ingredients, Professor Dr. Thomas Efferth of the DKFZ has been concentrating on herbal remedies from traditional Chinese medicine with particularly well documented application range. Working together with colleagues in Mainz and Düsseldorf, Germany, Graz, Austria and Kunming in China, he launched a systematic compound search in 76 Chinese medicinal plants that are believed to be effective against malignant tumors and other growths. First results of this study have now been published.
Extracts from 18 of the plants under investigation were found to substantially suppress the growth of a cancer cell line in the culture dish. "With this success rate of about 24 percent, we are way above the results that could be expected from searching through large chemical substance libraries," Thomas Efferth explains.
The scientists proceeded to chemically separate, step by step, all active extracts, tracing the active component after each separation step by cell tests. The chemical structure of the compounds is analyzed using nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy. "We are combining natural substance research with advanced analytical and molecular-biological methods", Efferth explains. "Plant constituents that seem particularly promising are immediately subjected to further tests." Such constituents include, for example, substances derived from the Rangoon Creeper, an ornamental plant with red flowers, or from Red-Root Sage. The latter contains three ingredients with powerful anti-tumor activity. The substances were found to suppress the growth of a specific tumor cell line that is particularly resistant to many commonly used cytotoxins due to overproduction of a transport protein in the cell wall. In contrast, a whole range of standard anti-cancer drugs fail to be effective against this cell.
"We can expect to find many interesting, yet unknown working mechanisms among the chemically highly diverse natural substances. Currently, we are aligning the effectiveness of the substances on 60 different cancer cell lines with the gene activity profiles of these cells. Thus, we can determine the exact gene products that are the cellular targets of our compounds. Thereby, it may be possible to discover whole new Achilles heels of the cancer cell," said Efferth describing the next steps.
Thomas Efferth, Stefan Kahl, Kerstin Paulus, Michael Adams, Rolf Rauh, Herbert Boechzelt, Xiaojiang Hao, Bernd Kaina and Rudolf Bauer: Phytochemistry and Pharmacogenomics of Natural products derived from traditional Chinese medica with activity against tumor cells. Molecular Cancer Therapy 7 (1) 2008, page 152
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) with its more than 3,000 employees is the largest biomedical research institute in Germany. At DKFZ, more than 1,000 scientists investigate how cancer develops, identify cancer risk factors and endeavor to find new strategies to prevent people from getting cancer. They develop novel approaches to make tumor diagnosis more precise and treatment of cancer patients more successful. The staff of the Cancer Information Service (KID) offers information about the widespread disease of cancer for patients, their families, and the general public. Jointly with Heidelberg University Hospital, DKFZ has established the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, where promising approaches from cancer research are translated into the clinic. In the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), one of six German Centers for Health Research, DKFZ maintains translational centers at seven university partnering sites. Combining excellent university hospitals with high-profile research at a Helmholtz Center is an important contribution to improving the chances of cancer patients. DKFZ is a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers, with ninety percent of its funding coming from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the remaining ten percent from the State of Baden-Württemberg.


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Verizon HTC Thunderbolt to be launched on March 8?
While we all know that the HTC Thunderbolt is going to be released very soon by Verizon, no one knows for certain when exactly this will happen.
Well, the launch date may be March 8 – that's what a BestBuy rep said, according to this Tweet.
Of course, this is by no means confirmed, but at least we've got a photo from a BestBuy store (taken a few days ago), which tells us that the price of the Thunderbolt will be $249 (on contract):
At the same time, the latest BestBuy circular (found at the retailer's website) shows the price to be $299:
Again, all this is a bit confusing. One thing's sure, though: you'll have to pay more than $200 if you want Verizon's very first LTE smartphone when it finally becomes available.


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Financing a car is what we all do, it is part of our culture. Mathematically, an automobile is the worst purchase to finance. So why do we do it?
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Since I was 21 years old, I have had three auto loans and two auto leases. Why? I have no idea except that it's what everyone does so I followed the culture. By nature, I am a math nerd, but until a few years ago, I didn't understand the true mathematics of an auto loan.
The Math of a Car Loan
- Annual Percentage Rate: The cost of your credit as a yearly rate
- Finance Charge: The dollar amount the credit will cost you
- Total Payments: The amount you will have paid after you have made all payments as scheduled
- Depreciation: The amount or percent a new vehicle loses value. A new automobile loses about 60-80% of its value in the first four years.
Here is an example of how much it would cost to finance a new Toyota Camry LE over 5 years with standard options (which I did in 2006):
- Price to purchase: $21,344
- Annual Percentage Rate: 6%
- Finance Charge: $1281
- Total Payments: $22625
- Depreciation: $16628
- Net loss per year: $3326
At the end of 5 years, you would have spent $22625 for a car that is worth $4716. That is assuming that you drive around 15000 miles a year. I drive more than that so the depreciation is even greater. The math shows a net loss of 79%!
The depreciation of $16628 is like flushing $277 down the toilet monthly. Now that is some expensive toilet paper!
Is There a Better Option?
The purchase of a vehicle is not an investment and you will lose money. However, you can limit the damage by doing the following:
- Buy with cash and buy to avoid finance charges
- Buy used. You can buy a reliable used car that is 2 to 5 years old. Most of the depreciation will have been realized and will save you some cash.
Here is an example of how much it would cost (if buying with cash) to purchase a 2009 Toyota Camry from a private party and hold it for 5 years:
- Price: $12,727
- Depreciation: $5549
- Finance Charges: ZERO
- Car worth at the end of 5 years: $7178
- Net loss per year: $1109
Instead of flushing $277 down the toilet monthly for a new car, you would be flushing $92 a month.
Reasons Why We Engage in the Stupidity
I believe Americans engage in this madness because:
- It is the culture
- We don't pay attention the math
- We lack discipline and patience and we want it now
- We want to look good in our new vehicles
- We believe a new vehicle is more reliable. This is a myth, if you take good care of your vehicle, it will take you a long way. I have a 2006 Camry that has $170,000 miles on it and it is running very well.
Question: If you have an auto loan, what rational did you use to finance the purchase? Is it based on math or the culture? Follow @robertjacobs01


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On losing Loren Woods for the rest of the season:
We will continue to miss him as we have the last month, but these guys are playing awful well without him. We've had to adjust what we do defensively, because the whole defensive game plan was that we had a great shot blocker back there and we would be able to do something as a result of that. Since he's been out we don't have the size that we had but Stanford's inside three are pretty tough and out guys did a great job defensively against them.
On Jackson State's Vincent Jones:
He reminds me a little big of Loren Woods. The guy is a great shot blocker, has tremendous timing and goes for everything that's up there. He has a nice shooting touch, runs the court like a guard and that will be an obvious concern for us. All there big guys really run the court well.
On losing Loren Woods:
It's been difficult, but coach Olson has us ready and focused on our goals and that was to win a Pac-10 championship and hopefully win a national championship so he's has us focused and no matter what team we had out on the floor, regardless of who's hurt, who's playing or who's not playing, we have to focus on what we have to do.
On matching up with Jackson State:
They are a very good team. They won their conference tournament and they have to be confident coming in. No 16 seed has ever beaten a one-seed. I'm not saying that they're not going to beat us but we're confident that we match-up with their players. You can't fear anyone or think they have better athletes, you just have to go in thinking that you have the best team on the floor.
On losing Loren Woods:
...we knew there was going to be a slim chance that Loren was going to return and it's going to be hard to pick up the slack from his 15 points and 17 rebounds and four blocked shots and we just need to be focused and play every game one at a time.
On matching up with Jackson State:
Jackson State doesn't have anything to lose. They're the 16 seed playing against the one-seed and they think they can give us a pretty good run. We're going to have to come out and play and put more points on the board than they are.


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Exploring Ancient Inca Ruins
This story is a chapter of Kinga Freespirit's book: "Led by Destiny – Hitchhiking around the World"
editor's note: It's the beginning of Kinga and Chopin's third year on the road, hitchhiking around the world. After North and Central America, they are now in Peru, finding themselves… buying a horse to hike across the Andes.
16 Oct 2000
The winding road leads through snow-covered mountains, green valleys, and little mountain villages. Our truck stops to pick up an Indian family carrying bags of llama wool and leather to Cuzco.
The men hop in the back, and we share the already cramped cabin with a woman and her baby daughter. She tells us she carries the wool as a side business, but her main business is smuggling cigarettes from Bolivia. I hope she's joking when she makes me an offer.
"Do you want to swap? I'll give you my little one," she says pointing to her baby girl, "in exchange for a car. It doesn't have to be a big one, just any car, so that I don't have to drag along with these slow trucks anymore."
I point out that we too are 'dragging along' – in the same truck that she is, and for the same reason – we don't own a car. But the Indian woman just gives me a doubtful look that says: "You can't tell me that you gringos can't afford a car."
We're breaking some new records here – it's already the third day in this truck, and there are still a few hundred kilometers to Cuzco . The ride is slow, but beautiful – until the end of the paved road. Then, it becomes slow and painful. The truck has lost whatever shock absorbers it once had, and the road is so bumpy that there has been no chance for a nap – through the entire night of driving.
Only frequent repair breaks bring us brief relief. Today we stop again with yet another tire puncture, and the driver walks off, telling us that we'll continue in a few hours. We've had enough. We thank him and say goodbye. Luckily, we're not in the middle of nowhere, but in a town called Abancay, where we can finally get a decent meal of rice and beans at the local market.
Inca Fortifications
We don't know it yet, but there is a reason why we stopped here. At a gas station outside the town a local man tells us about some intriguing ruins. They are Inca fortifications, comparable with the famous Machu Picchu , only totally unspoiled, hidden deep in the jungle. That's enough to fire up our imaginations. We turn off of the main road towards the village of Cachora where the trail to the ruins starts.
In the village, we find out that from the ruins of Choquequirao, you can trek all the way to Machu Picchu . Some people say it takes twelve days, others say you can do it in six – all you need is a guide and a horse to carry your supplies. A few people offer their guiding services, and they have horses for rent – for astronomical prices. We weigh the options and come up with a better idea. We figure that we can buy a horse for the trip, then sell it later. Let's do it!
In Search of a Horse
Walking around the village in search of a horse we get plenty of offers. One man wants to sell us a twenty-five year old mule; another, a blind mare. Yet another one tries to convince us that the best thing would be to buy two of his donkeys. But the owner of the little corner shop warns us:
"Only not a donkey! Donkeys are afraid of the water, and there's nothing in the world that will make them cross a river or a stream."
So we finally strike bargain with this shop owner. He offers to sell us an eight year old horse for a hundred dollars. He'll bring him here in the morning. If the horse is alright, we'll start tomorrow.
A hundred dollar bill and a beautiful horse change hands.
"He's a strong, brave horse. His name is Alasan," the shop owner tells us.
He shows Chopin how to secure our backpacks onto the horse's back, and while they're fastening the ropes, I feed Alasan some alfalfa. We are also lucky to find an excellent topographical map of the area – and with that, we're ready to go.
A New Adventure
As we leave the village, Alasan is still a little wary, but we are not surprised, considering the way animals are treated here. He doesn't yet know that we will treat him well. With every step, I breathe in the air of a new adventure. There are high mountains all around, a deep canyon, a narrow path, Alasan, and us.
We reach a place which is completely enveloped with mist and clouds. We grope our way through the clouds, trusting the path, not quite knowing where it will lead us. We push on for a few hours, then the mist clears away and we are presented with a breathtaking view of a lush green valley, with a river winding through it at the bottom and a high mountain range on the other side. We know that the ruins lie behind that range, but this isn't relevant now. Right now every step on the way to our destination is just as interesting.
After a full day of hard climbing, we reached the ruins of Choquequirao last night, but only briefly saw the setting sun cast its orange light on the Inca ruins before disappearing behind the snowy peaks. We camped at an Incan terrace at the bottom of the fortification, where Alasan found plenty of grass.
Today we get up at sunrise to visit the ruins. What's most incredible about them is their beautiful, remote location among total wilderness. As we walk through the crumbled walls and stone buildings, we meet a local archeologist. He is the only person here, along with a few helpers, and they are astonished to see us. He tells us that the Choquequirao complex is even more remarkable than what we can see now since most of it is still covered by jungle, waiting patiently to be unearthed. However, due to the lack of funds, the excavation work is slow-going.
The Trail to Machu Picchu
Reluctantly, we decide that it's time to move on. We pack up, the archeologist wishes us luck and we're on the trail again towards Machu Picchu . The path isn't as clear now as the one leading to the ruins was, so we have to be careful not to lose it. We descend to the next valley and have to cross a fast flowing but luckily shallow mountain river. We take off our shoes and pants, and wade across, congratulating ourselves on not having bought the donkeys. Our brave Alasan has no problem crossing here.
Finding the right path on the other side of the river isn't easy; there are no signs, and nobody around to ask. We survey the area with our map and compass until we finally come across what we think is the right path – leading upwards. It took us half a day to get down to this point, only to have to start climbing up again now.
Stumbling Through Darkness
The narrow, zigzagging path climbs steeply up the side of a mountain, covered in thick jungle. It's getting dark and there's nowhere to camp, not even a small piece of flat ground. All we can do is keep climbing. We stumble through the darkness for what seems like eternity.
Finally, sweaty, exhausted and hungry, we reach a piece of flat ground with remains of a straw roof. We don't need more – right now it seems better than a five star hotel; in fact as we fall asleep we marvel at the sky above us, full of exceptionally bright stars.
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genre: Action Adventure
|ESRB rating: T
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Complete each requirement to get the alloted Trophies.
100% Clear (Platinum): Unlock all Trophies available in Overlord II.
Adversary (Bronze): Kill an opposing Overlord 20 times in one versus match.
Armed and Dangerous (Bronze): Forge one weapon.
Big Chopper (Bronze): Achieve 50 melee kills.
Blue Bringer (Bronze): Find the Blue Minions.
Blue Steel Look (Bronze): Forged the Elemental helmet and armor.
Conqueror (Bronze): Win one Dominate map.
Crystal Collector (Bronze): Collect 50% of all Dark Crystals.
Dark Emperor (Silver): Kill Solarius.
Gnome Grinder (Bronze): Kill 1000 Gnomes.
Green Grabber (Bronze): Find the Green Minions.
Industrious Magic (Bronze): Achieve 50 kills by overcharging your Evil Presence Spell.
Kitted Out (Bronze): Forge the Infernal helmet and armor.
Master Builder (Bronze): Build 50% of the Tower buildables.
Mayhem Maker (Bronze): Cause mayhem during the Prelude.
Minion Captain (Bronze): Rescue all the Minion crew from the spider webs.
Minion Gatherer (Bronze): Gather 250 Lifeforce orbs.
Minion Harvester (Bronze): Gather 10 Lifeforce orbs.
Minion Hoarder (Bronze): Gather 1000 Lifeforce orbs.
Minion Lover (Silver): Gather 5000 Lifeforce orbs.
New World Order (Silver): Enslave both Nordberg and Everlight.
Perfect Horde (Silver): Fully upgrade all 50 Minions in your Horde.
Pillager (Bronze): Win ten Pirate Plunder maps.
Red Rescuer (Bronze): Find the Red Minions.
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Tom Leonard is one of Scotland's leading poets. Early
in his career, Leonard was influenced by R.D. Laing, particularly
his book, The Divided Self. He was interested in Laing's
attempts to let the voice of the mentally ill be heard. In Laing's
opinion, official psychiatric discourse led to the patient being
treated as an object, rather than a person with a particular
Just as the mentally ill were denied a voice,
so, Leonard contended, people who did not speak in a certain manner
were ignored or considered as inferior. In his poetry he has
concentrated on the people from his own background, that of working
class Glasgow. He has deliberately written many of his poems in the
Glaswegian vernacular to emphasise the neglect by official
discourse of "non-standard" English modes of expression. Leonard
has questioned underlying assumptions about the innate superiority
of "standard" English.
However, in the poem entitled, "A Priest came
on Merkland Street", Leonard does not employ the Glasgow vernacular
and here the focus is on using language to reflect the narrator's
inner turmoil. The poem is described as "being a canonical penance
for sufferers of psychosomatic asthma", and it gives a compelling
account of the symptoms of anxiety, obsessional rumination and
panic. The action takes place on the Glasgow Underground, which is
known locally as "the clockwork orange", because of the colour of
the trains and because they run a comparatively short distance in a
circle round the city. They resemble toy trains, which are wound up
like clockwork.
The narrator is sitting in one of the train
carriages when a priest gets on. This provokes a panic attack in
the narrator, because it brings to the surface his ever-present
fears about death. Religion, guilt and sex are all caught up in his
anxieties. He tries desperately to manage his distress by
attempting to distract himself from his disturbing thoughts. The
claustrophobic nature of the Underground only adds to his
The poem begins:
oh no
holy buttons
sad but dignified
and sitting straight across from me
This immediately brings out avoidance tactics
in the author:
a bit of Mahler's Seventh might drown him
dah dum, dad um dah dee,
dah dah dah DAH dah ah
da DAH, dah DEE da da da
DUM DUM dah dee
But to no avail. The narrator's fundamental
fear comes to the fore:
when I'm dead
when I think I'm dead
and I'm in my box
and it's all dark
and I'm wondering where the air's coming
I'll see this curtain
and it will move to the side
and your great horrible leering face
how many times my son
and how long ago was this
bless me father for I am
The theme of the "box" or coffin returns
throughout the poem as the narrator battles with his recurrent,
intrusive thoughts of death. He refers to his use of alcohol - "I
am tinned" - to combat his fears. He tries to ingratiate himself
with the priest by smiling at him, in fact, giving him "the nicest
smile in the world". But he is careful to emphasise that there will
be "absolutely no sex". Then he imagines that he and the priest are
five years old:
we will both be five years old
and we'll go to school together
play at weekends together
and you'll climb inside my box
lying together in the dark
innocent as hell
like after lights out in a school
cosy but exciting
However he is unable to sustain this childhood
reverie. Thoughts of death intrude once again:
and maybe God will look round the curtain
hello there
softly as God would say it
and we'll all go away together
away through the door
for ever
I always spoil it
The narrator then imagines that he and the
priest are mechanical, and are wound up, like "the clockwork
orange". But this doesn't help either, and he is back in the box.
He thinks of Shelley's famous poem, "Ozymandias", which warns that
even the powerful have to die and that their achievements will be
reduced to ruins one day. Leonard relocates Ozmandias, who in
Shelley's original poem is to be found in the sands of an "antique
land", to a working class district of Glasgow:
my name is Ozymandias
king of Leithland Road
Glasgow SW3
The post code adds a prosaic and decidedly
unheroic detail to the narrator's circumstances. However, he thinks
about obtaining help from the local psychiatric services, from "the
Lansdowne Clinic for Functional Disorders", "the Southern General
Hospital Department of Psychological Medicine", or "Leverndale
formerly known as Hawkhead Asylum". He considers writing to a
dear sir
and then there's the box
yours sincerely
maybe faithfully would be better
And he adds in a PS: "I don't know what people
are for", a line which seems to capture the narrator's existential
bewilderment. He is so overwhelmed by thinking about the world,
that he is unable to act. He tries to devise cognitive strategies
to manage his obsession with death:
Maybe I think about the box too much
Maybe nobody else thinks about the box at
At least not for long
Not more than five minutes a day
Or maybe ten minutes at the weekend
… maybe I should do the same
I could draw up a plan
I could up a list of things to think about
Everything but the box
And I'd think about them all day
I wouldn't think about the box at all
But he suspects that this wouldn't work
either. From here onwards the narrator progressively loses control
over his anxiety and this is reflected in the increasing
disintegration of the structure of the poem. Themes of being a
child, a clockwork mechanism and Ozymandias interrupt each other.
There are snatches of Mahler and the narrator repeats his mantra,
"I'm going to die". The poem ends with the lines, "tick tock
tick". Is this the relentless passing of time as it moves ever
closer to death? Is it the clockwork train? Is it the narrator,
reduced to mere mechanism? Is it all three, and more? Leonard has
produced a striking poetical rendering of acute anxiety and managed
to do so with great humour.
Allan Beveridge
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Stanford: A standout long distance runner and five-time All-American while on The Farm ... Ranked in the national top 10 every year in each of his events ... Finished 11th or higher during his first three NCAA Cross Country Championship appearances, including a second-place finish in 2006 to lead the Cardinal men to fourth place in team competition ... Stanford's top cross country finisher in each of his first three NCAA competitions ... Will be a vital component of the Big Meet Dual as he looks to remain unbeaten in the 5,000 meters ... A solid postseason competitor who will continue to provide leadership to his squad in 2008.
2007 Track & Field Season (Junior): Competed for the Cardinal during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons in the 5,000 meters.
2006 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Finished 17th in the 10,000 meters at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Notched a third-place finish in the 10,000 meters and ninth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the 2006 Pac-10 Outdoor Championships ... Ran his fastest 10,000 meter time of the season at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in 28:27.43, qualifying him for the NCAA championships ... Also ran a season- best 14:12.94 in the 5,000 meters at the Big Meet ... Indoors, finished 14th in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Runnerup in the 3,000 meters at the MPSF Championships in a season-best 7:56.11 ... Also ran an indoor-best 13:52.81 in the 5,000 meters at the Arkansas Tyson Invitational.
2005 Track & Field Season (Freshman): Competed in the 5,000 meters at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished tenth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West Region Championships ... Recorded a thirdplace finish in the 10,000 meters at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships in a season-best time of 29:32.83 ... Ran a season-best time of 13:44.78 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational ... Indoors, finished 11th in the 3,000 meters at the Arkansas Indoor Invitational.
2004 Track & Field Season:Redshirted the outdoor season ... Indoors, placed 11th in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Indoor Invitational in an NCAA provisional time of 8:00.29 ... Runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Pac-10 Indoor Invitational in an NCAA provisional time of 13:56.49 ... Finished eighth in the 3,000 meters at the MPSF Championships.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, IN ... Indiana State champion in the 3,200 meters as a junior ... 2001 and 2002 Indiana State high school cross country champion in addition to helping his team to the 2002 state championship ... Two-time Footlocker national finalist with a fourth-place finish in 2002 ... Runnerup in the 3,200 meters at the 2002 Adidas Outdoor National Championships.
Cardinal Catalogue: Communication major ... Parents are Araia and Lemlem Hadgu ... Named to the 2006 USTFCCCA All-Academic track and field team ... 2005 Pac-10 All-Academic track & field selection, as well as a 2006 Pac-10 track & field All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Named to the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Pac-10 All-Academic cross country teams


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Nov. 10, 2003
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
The statement is a Chinese Proverb but it could very well be the axiom for the Washington State women's basketball team. And although the record may not reflect it, the Cougars took several steps in their rebuilding journey last season.
"Sometimes the end result is overemphasized and the process to get there is underemphasized," WSU Head Coach Sherri Murrell said. "It is a process. It is not going to happen overnight but I think we took a step in the right direction last season."
That step proved to be elusive throughout much of the season but it finally materialized when the Cougars defeated California 67-64, Feb. 13.
Ironically; however, the biggest step the Cougars may have taken last season came in a loss.
Going into their Pac-10 Tournament match-up against USC, the Cougars were not given much chance of victory.
Why? Because in the team's two prior regular season meetings, USC defeated WSU by decisive margins.
However, the third game proved to be a different story as the Cougars held an advantage with less than five minutes remaining before falling to the Women of Troy 53-46.
"Our Pac-10 tournament game against USC was a great indicator on how much the team improved over the year and never lost its will to win," Murrell said.
"It was a bittersweet ending," Murrell added. "The kids were really disappointed because it was right in their hands; that was the bitter part, they knew they could win the game. It was sweet in the sense that they thought 'Wow, look at what we accomplished.' No one in that arena, except for us, thought that we could win when we started the game. I think it is going to springboard us right into this season."
Landing on that springboard is a group of eight returning letterwinners, including four seniors, and five newcomers to make up a team determined on building on the improvements made last year.
Heading the list of returners is senior 6-foot-1 forward Bianca McCall. McCall, who was Murrell's first recruit to WSU, turned in a stellar 2002-03 season, which was capped by an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention selection. McCall concluded the season ranked in the top 10 in the conference in five categories and her six 20-point games finished tied for eighth in the conference.
The senior quartet is completed by 5-foot-11 guard Kim Dugan, 5-foot-9 guard Lindsey Egeland and 6-foot-2 center Candace Fields.
Egeland walked-on the team as a freshman in 2000 and has worked her way into a starting position. She started 27 of 28 games last year and was fourth on the team in scoring averaging 6.8 points a contest.
Despite missing eight games during the middle of the season with a left foot stress fracture, Fields was second on the team in rebounding (6.0/game) and third in scoring (7.7 points/game) last year.
Dugan missed the season's final 19 games with a left wrist fracture. Prior to her injury, Dugan averaged 6.8 points in nine games.
The junior trio is made up of 6-foot forward Jami Clevenger, 6-foot-2 forward Emma Joneby and 5-foot-6 guard Jessica Perry.
Running the point, Perry started 25 of 26 games, missing the season's first two games with mononucleosis. Perry recorded three games of 20 points or more including a career-high 25 points at Stanford, Jan. 16. She finished the season ninth in the conference in assists (3.27) and steals (1.92/game).
Both Clevenger and Joneby saw extensive action throughout the season as Clevenger started 17 of the 27 games played while Joneby saw action in all 28 games starting 10.
Rounding out the returning group is sophomore Charmaine Jones. Jones, a 5-foot-6 guard, played a vast amount as a freshman seeing action in 20 games including the final 19 of the season.
The returning contingent includes six players with at least two years playing for the Cougars. According to Murrell, the experiences this group has gone through will serve them well in 2003-04.
"I believe what the players went through last year will only feed their hunger for winning," Murrell said. "I believe that experience is going to be great for us this year because they will have this undeniable sense of a will to win."
Coming into the 2003-04 season, Murrell has brought in five newcomers, including two from the state of Washington.
Murrell's first fall recruiting class is made up of a sophomore (Kolleen Horton), and four freshmen (Kate Benz, Adriane Ferguson, Stephanie Singer and Nikki Stratton).
The freshmen class includes Adriane Ferguson, a 6-foot guard out of Spokane, Wash., who was a first team All-State selection while averaging 15.8 points a game her senior season, and Kate Benz, a 6-foot-2 forward from Portland, Ore, who was a first team All-State honoree as well with averages of 15.9 points and 12.7 rebounds a contest.
The class continues with Nikki Stratton of Colorado Springs, Colo., a 5-foot-10 guard who garnered first team All-State recognition posting a 16 points per game average while leading the state of Colorado with an assist average of 6.1 per outing, and Stephanie Singer, a 5-foot-7 point guard out of Eugene, Ore., who received first team All-State honors while putting up 15 points per game and dishing out seven assists.
Horton, a 6-foot-4 center out of Blanchet High School in Seattle, was originally recruited by Murrell at Pacific and comes to the Cougars after a year at Umpqua Community College where she averaged 11.7 points and eight rebounds in 2002-03.
The addition of the newcomers will bring to the Cougars depth - something that Murrell says was missing last year.
"We have depth now," Murrell said. "Each of these individuals will provide immediate help in needed areas as well as create a competitive practice atmosphere."
Along with added depth and increased competition in practice, Murrell says that the make-up of the team will translate into increased offensive options on the floor.
"With the addition of shooters from the outside we are not just going to be an inside team now," Murrell said. "We'll be able to hit the shot from the outside. One thing that really hurt us toward the second half of the Pac-10 was that everybody was double and triple teaming Bianca and we didn't have that outside threat to counteract that."
In addition to the outside game, turnovers and a lack of a defensive presence hurt the Cougars last season. WSU struggled in scoring defense (76 points/game) and turnover margin (-6.32/game) in 2002-03.
"We cannot average the turnovers that we did and expect to win ballgames; defensively we allowed too many points," Murrell said. "I think changes that we're making as a coaching staff defensively are going to set up our kids to succeed."
The Cougars did have several chances to succeed last year but could not close the deal. On five occasions, the Cougars held or were within two points of the lead with less than two minutes remaining and could not pull out victory.
"A key for us is knowing how to win and closing out a game," Murrell said. "We were so close. We must be able to finish games out."
Once again, WSU will be faced with a challenging schedule. Last year, the Cougars' schedule was 30th in the nation according to the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association)/Summerville RPI strength of schedule ratings. That ranking was as high as second during the course of the season.
WSU will play nine teams that advanced to postseason play last year. The Cougars play four teams - Utah, Arizona, Stanford, Washington - that reached the NCAA Tournament and five - Arizona State, Baylor, Fresno State, Oregon State, Wyoming - that competed in the WNIT.
"We have a good challenging schedule lined up that includes nine teams that reached postseason play this past season," Murrell said."The more our young players learn early and we stay healthy, the more the wins will come for us.
"Last year was probably the most successful "unsuccessful" season I've had," Murrell added. "We collectively had a group of kids that never gave up and they were a pleasure to coach too. They are ready to win; and we will."


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Summary of the Question-and-Answer Session at Seiko Epson's Announcement of Consolidated Results for the Third Quarter (ended December 31, 2012).
Q&A summary
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Information-related equipment
How did you manage to improve profitability in the information-related equipment segment in the third quarter?
Epson doesn't disclose its currency sensitivity by quarter. At this point, though, we haven't adjusted our outlook for full-year operating income sensitivity, which is a positive impact of USD200 million and EUR1.2 billion for every 1 yen depreciation.
We understand there will be a significant impact if you recalculate the fourth quarter results based on present foreign exchange rates. However, Epson believes the overall impact of foreign exchange will be limited because of the change in expected expenses caused by ongoing fluctuations in the market and competitive environment.
Our sales and manufacturing teams are working closely together to normalize the situation by March 2013. Although the impact of the weakened yen meant we were unable to meet our end of December 2012 targets for inventory reduction, we have made definite inroads in reducing inventory since the peak in October.
We are currently controlling manufacturing levels to reflect the sales situation and believe that we can reach our planned inventory levels by the end of March.
The bulk of our capital expenditure is focused on inkjet printers, and is investment aimed at securing the future growth of the business.
Information-related equipment
How did you manage to improve profitability in the information-related equipment segment in the third quarter?
This was mainly achieved by improving profitability in inkjet printer hardware. Profitability improvements were achieved by changing the model mix, maintaining prices, and cutting costs through measures such as introducing more compact models to the market.
We were also able to increase consumables sales volumes.
We are looking to improve the model mix by focusing on inkjet printers for the office and on high-capacity ink tank printers for customers in emerging economies. We will also accelerate our efforts to introduce compact printers to the market with the aim of improving the competitiveness and profitability of our products.


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2011-12 Stanford Athletics Year In Review
Honors and awards for the 2011-12 season
Marielle Higgins Named Pac-12 Women's Rowing Scholar-Athlete Of The Year
Higgins earned three NCAA and four conference medals with the Cardinal II Eight
Stanford Women Has 22 Earn Pac-12 All-Academic Recognition
Cardinal lands 10 first-team selections
Stanford Women Take Ninth At NCAA Championships
Cardinal I Eight takes second in Petite Final Sunday
Stanford's I And II Eights To Compete In Sunday's Petite Finals
Cardinal boats each finish fifth in Saturday's semifinals, fall short of Grand Finals
2010-11:Won gold at the NCAA Championships and Pac-10 Championships with the Cardinal II Eight ... recorded an undefeated weekend at the Lake Natoma Invitational ... named to Pac-10 All-Academic first team ... CRCA National Scholar-Athlete.2009-2010: Won silver at the NCAA Championships and gold at the Pac-10 Championships with the Cardinal II Eight ... named to Pac-10 All-Academic second team ... CRCA National Scholar-Athlete.
2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion rowing team ... finished fifth at the NCAA Championships in the varsity four and second at the Pac-10s with the II Eight.
Personal: Born in Glen Ridge, N.J. ... parents are Thomas and Mariann Higgins ... has three siblings, Tim, Claire and Greg ... both brothers played lacrosse in college, Tim for Lehigh and Gregg played for Denison University ... human biology major.
Getting to Know Marielle Higgins:
|Thomas and Mariann Higgins
|Tim, Claire, Greg
|Contemplated Profession
|Doctor, teacher, psychiatrist
|Other hobbies outside of Stanford
|The beach, reading, watching movies, hanging out with friends
|I was introduced to rowing by
|My sister and my mom
|I would describe myself as:
|friendly, outgoing, kind, funny
|What people don't know about me is:
|I am addicted to reality television
|The reason I love rowing is:
|the friendship, hard work and competition
|The thing I love most about rowing is:
|the friendships
|The thing I love most about sports is:
|that dedication and hard work always pays off
|My favorite food is
|glazed doughnuts from the Macaroon Shop
|Favorite Movie
|Cool Runnings
|If I could spend a day with anyone, it would be:
|Rob and Big
|The best advice I've ever received was:
|Be yourself
|The reason I chose Stanford
|the academics, the rowing and the weather
|The people who have had the greatest influence on my life are:
|My family
|My most prized possession is:
|The Red Dragon...my 1996 Jeep with 127,000 miles on it
|If I were not a collegiate rower I would be:
|A pastry chef
|Favorite Sports Team
|The Giants
|The Place I'd Most Like To Visit
|Favorite Sport Other Than Rowing
|Favorite Place I've Ever Visited
|Dublin, Ireland


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Just saw a wonderful documentary – Reclaiming the Blade. I've known this was in production for some time but I never knew that it was actually finished and available. Reclaiming the Blade is primarily about the renewed interest in Western Martial Arts (WMA). Although it does include some Eastern Martial Arts in the form of Korean historical fencing (Haedong Kumdo) and Japanese batto-do, some of the old, historical fencing texts are referenced. How those texts are being used as the basis for an historical fencing movement throughout the Western world is the focus of the film. The following is from the website:
Narrated by acclaimed Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies(Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings), Reclaiming the Blade features Viggo Mortensen (History of Violence), Karl Urban (JJ Abram's Star Trek) and and Star Wars/Pirates of the Caribbean sword-master Bob Anderson. The film explores both European and Asian historic swordplay and offers an in-depth look at the fascinating world of stage combat on the silver screen.
Included in the 2-disc DVD edition (recommended) is a companion disc that has several special features on WMA training with the sword. There is also a section on happo giri (cutting in 8 directions) from batto-do. Frankly, the companion disc rivals the main disc in interest, as I found the documentary, itself, to be somewhat shallow. Of course, this may have been because of my interest in the subject and I just wanted more. What was presented was well presented.
Comparisons with historical fencing, sport (Olympic) fencing, and fencing for stage and screen are made. There are interviews with members of the Society for Creative Anachronisms and the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts, as well as an interview with the president of the Clemson University fencing club and Thomas Urso, who teaches Korean historical fencing, kumdo, and batto-do, also at Clemson U.
I have known Tom for several years (via internet) through our association with the Haidong Gumdo Forum and his presentation in the film is well done. As the only representative of Eastern historical fencing, he does a fine job.
Several WMA fencing clubs are highlighted in the documentary. Interviews with their members show the intense interest in WMA that is beginning to surface throughout the Western world, as diverse groups are discovering a sense of nationalism through the fencing methods of their ancestors.
In the companion disc, there is even a short film on the Jedi movement. The Jedi movement is basically a bunch of folks who run around pretending to be fantasy/scifi characters and swinging mock light sabers. While I prefer real blades and historical methods, I am in favor of anything that gets people off of their rears, out of the front of their computer screens and out studying some form of fencing with other real people, so more power to them, or, rather – the Force rules! They're following their bliss and anyone who does that and doesn't hurt anyone else in the process is okay in my book.
This is why I like Reclaiming the Blade. It sparks a renewed interest in fencing in a variety of forms. Check it out!
If you are interested in sport fencing then please check out the University of Tennessee Fencing Club or the Smoky Mountain Fencing Club. If you're interested in Korean historical fencing then contact me!
See you on the piste. En garde!


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16 Jan 00:25 2004
Macro payments through domain names?
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Hi everyone, This list has previously discussed micropayments for emails. I recently had a related idea which I haven't seen discussed. How about using the cost of buying top level domains as the base of more of a macro payment system? Here we go: Put the hash (eg., md5) of a public pgp/gpg key used for signing emails in a DNS entry derivable from the email address. Enforce the DNS lookup to be in two steps. The first lookup returns the reference to an external top level domain; the 'eMail Authorization Domain' (mad). The second lookup is a TXT query towards this 'mad' which must return the hash of the public key of the email signature (where the public key and the signature data is included in the end of the email as usual). Now use a system of blacklists similar to how it works today, but for sent spam, blacklist the involved 'mad' instead of the domain of the sending email address. This makes a 'mad' used for spamming "unusable" for further emailing, and someone will have to pay for a new domain that isn't yet on the blacklists; but when doing so one will be able to keep using the same email address as before (which is important if some other user under your domain was responsible for the spamming). Spammers paying for their own 'mad's will have a hard time to make profit, and will be traceable by whois data. Spammers using hacked systems will really push people towards higher computer security since such incidents now leads to a real monetary cost. However, the(Continue reading)


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I would like to fetch a remote web site, alter the contents slightly, and then display the final, altered contents to the end-user. Is this possible, and what would be the best way to go about doing this?
We are running Apache. Is it possible to accomplish this using mod_proxy? It doesn't appear so. What about Squid-Cache?
Any tips you can provide on this topic would be appreciated.


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Child abuse and child neglect is a growing epidemic in the United States. It's hard to rationalize, but statistics show a child is abused every 10 seconds and 5 children die each day due to violence and neglect. As heartbreaking as it is these statistics are increasing daily.
Today WNEP.com reported Pennsylvania State Police have charged 22 year old Tara Paltanavage with abuse of corpse and concealing the death of a baby girl.
Pennsylvania State Police spent several hours searching through a trash covered lawn for evidence after a baby was found dead in the trash at a local residence.
The coroner told WNEP the "body of a newborn was found in the trash early Tuesday morning along Winfield Drive near Middleport." It remains unclear how the baby girl died, but an autopsy on the infant is scheduled for Wednesday.
"I think it's a horrible thing. How could you do something to that? It's such a precious thing you know, being so little," said neighbor Brittany Burg.
"So many people who want to adopt babies and stuff, to throw it away don't make sense," added Frances Nazar.
Tonight Paltanavage remains locked up in the Schuylkill County prison on $250,000 bail.
Learn how to protect your children from abuse by learning the signs and symptoms of child abuse. One local organization making a difference in the lives of children is Dreamcatchers for Abused Children. Dreamcatchers is a 501 (c) 3 Michigan based non-profit child abuse and neglect awareness organization, dedicated to educating the public on the signs, symptoms, statics, intervention, prevention to assist victims and survivors in locating the proper resources to help achieve and enable a full recovery. This amazing organization is ran by two moms on a mission to end violence towards children.
For more information on Dreamcatchers for Abused Children, visit their website at: http://dreamcatchersforabusedchildren.com


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Environment and Social Change in the North Atlantic Arc
A study of linkages between environment and social change in four fisheries-dependent regions of the northern Atlantic: Newfoundland/Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and Norway. The project integrates natural science (oceanography and biology) with both quantitative and qualitative social science. In two stages, it has been supported mainly by grants from the
Arctic System Science
(1996-2000) and
Arctic Social Sciences
(2000-2003) programs of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Project goals:
document changes in fisheries-dependent societies; also in ocean climate, and associated shifts in fish distribution and fish community structure;
construct a detailed picture of common patterns and regional differences in the dynamics of human-environment interactions;
explore hypotheses about individual, community and enterprise adaptations to large-scale environmental change; and
develop empirical knowledge and models for evaluating possible policy responses.
Main research activities:
assembling and analyzing oceanographic, biological, fisheries and socioeconomic databases, at the finest practical scales, for each of the four study regions;
conducting two in-depth and four overview community case studies; and
developing an integrated environment/fisheries/employment model for policy research.
List and abstracts of related articles
Downloadable datasets
Principal Investigators:
Lawrence C. Hamilton
, University of New Hampshire
Benjamin C. Brown
, University of New Hampshire
Richard L. Haedrich
, Memorial University of Newfoundland