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System Dynamics (4th Edition)Author:
Katsuhiko Ogata
Edition: 4
Pub Date: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Summary: A course in system dynamics that deals with mathematical modeling and response analyses of dynamic systems is required in most mechanical and other engineering curricula. This book is written as a textbook for such a course. It is written at the junior level and presents a comprehensive treatment of modeling and analyses of dynamic systems and an introduction to control systems. Prerequisites for studying this book a...re first courses in linear algebra, introductory differential equations, introductory vector-matrix analysis, mechanics, circuit analysis, and thermodynamics. Thermodynamics may be studied simultaneously. Main revisions made in this edition are to shift the state space approach to modeling dynamic systems to Chapter 5, right next to the transfer function approach to modeling dynamic systems, and to add numerous examples for modeling and response analyses of dynamic systems. All plottings of response curves are done with MATLAB. Detailed MATLAB programs are provided for MATLAB works presented in this book. This text is organized into 11 chapters and four appendixes. Chapter 1 presents an introduction to system dynamics. Chapter 2 deals with Laplace transforms of commonly encountered time functions and some theorems on Laplace transform that are useful in analyzing dynamic systems. Chapter 3 discusses details of mechanical elements and simple mechanical systems. This chapter includes introductory discussions of work, energy, and power. Chapter 4 discusses the transfer function approach to modeling dynamic systems. Transient responses of various mechanical systems are studied and MATLAB is used to obtain response curves. Chapter 5 presents state space modeling of dynamic systems. Numerous examples are considered. Responses of systems in the state space form are discussed in detail and response curves are obtained with MATLAB. Chapter 6 treats electrical systems and electromechanical systems. Here we included mechanical-electrical analogies and operational amplifier systems. Chapter 7 deals with mathematical modeling of fluid systems (such as liquid-level systems, pneumatic systems, and hydraulic systems) and thermal systems. A linearization technique for nonlinear systems is presented in this chapter. Chapter 8 deals with the time-domain analysis of dynamic systems. Transient-response analysis of first-order systems, second-order systems, and higher order systems is discussed in detail. This chapter includes analytical solutions of state-space equations. Chapter 9 treats the frequency-domain analysis of dynamic systems. We first present the sinusoidal transfer function, followed by vibration analysis of mechanical systems and discussions on dynamic vibration absorbers. Then we discuss modes of vibration in two or more degrees-of-freedom systems. Chapter 10 presents the analysis and design of control systems in the time domain. After giving introductory materials on control systems, this chapter discusses transient-response analysis of control systems, followed by stability analysis, rootlocus analysis, and design of control systems. Finally, we conclude this chapter by giving tuning rules for PID controllers. Chapter 11 treats the analysis and design of control systems in the frequency domain. Bode diagrams, Nyquist plots, and the Nyquist stability criterion are discussed in detail. Several design problems using Bode diagrams are treated in detail. MATLAB is used to obtain Bode diagrams and Nyquist plots. Appendix A summarizes systems of units used in engineering analyses. Appendix B provides useful conversion tables. Appendix C reviews briefly a basic vector-matrix algebra. Appendix D gives introductory materials on MATLAB. If the reader has no prior experience with MATLAB, it is recommended that he/she study Appendix D before attempting to write MATLAB programs. Throughout the book, examples are presented at strategic points so that the reader will have a bett [read more]
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Mark your calendars! Alleged Wikileaker Bradley Manning has his first court date, 1 1/2 years after being imprisoned. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for December 16th, where his defense team will "evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of the government's case" against him, according to a blog post by his lawyer, David E. Coombs.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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Irving's case on meaning
2.9Of greater substance is the question of what interpretation readers would have placed upon the references to Irving in Lipstadt's book. The burden rests on Irving to establish that, as a matter of probability, the passages of which he complains are defamatory of him, that is, that the ordinary reasonable reader of Denying the Holocaust would think the worse of him as a result of reading those passages. Irving is further required, as a matter of practice, to spell out what he contends are the specific defamatory meanings borne by those passages.
2.10 The contention of Irving is that the passages in question would in their natural and ordinary meaning (that is, without imputing any special extraneous knowledge to the reader) have been understood to bear the following defamatory meanings:
- (i)
that the (Claimant) is a dangerous spokesman for Holocaust denial forces who deliberately and knowingly consorts and consorted with anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and Holocaust denial forces and who contracted to attend a world anti-Zionist conference in Sweden in November 1992 thereby agreeing to appear in public in support of and alongside violent and extremist speakers including representatives of the violent and extremist anti-Semitic Russian group Pamyat and of the Iranian backed Hezbollah and of the fundamentalist Islamic organisation Hamas and including the black Muslim minister Louis Farrakhan, born Louis Eugene Walcott, who is known as a Jew-baiting black agitator, as a leader of the U.S. Nation of Islam, as an admirer of Hitler and who is in the pay of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi;
- (ii)
that the (Claimant) is an historian who has inexplicably misled academic historians like Ernst Nolte into quoting historically invalid points contained in his writings and who applauds the internment of Jews in Nazi concentration camps;
- (iii)
that the (Claimant) routinely perversely and by way of his profession but essentially in order to serve his own reprehensible purposes ideological meanings and/or political agenda
- distorts accurate historical evidence and information
- misstates
- misconstrues
- misquotes
- falsifies statistics
- falsely attributes conclusions to reliable sources
- manipulates documents
- wrongfully quotes from books that directly contradict his arguments in such a manner as completely to distort the their authors' objectives and while counting on the ignorance or indolence of the majority of readers not to realise this;
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that the (Claimant) is an Adolf Hitler partisan who wears blinkers and skews documents and misrepresents data in order to reach historically untenable conclusions specifically those that exonerate Hitler;
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that the (Claimant) is an ardent admirer of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and conceives himself as carrying on Hitler's criminal legacy and had placed a self-portrait of Hitler over his desk and has described a visit to Hitler's mountain-top retreat as a spiritual experience and had described himself as a moderate fascist;
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that before Zundel's trial began in 1988 in Toronto the (Claimant), compromising his integrity as an historian and in an attempt to pervert the course of justice, and one Faurisson wrongfully and/or fraudulently conspired together to invite an American prison warden and thereafter one Fred A. Leuchter an engineer who is depicted by the Defendants as a charlatan to testify as a tactic for proving that the gas chambers were a myth.
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That the (Claimant) after attending Zundel's trial in 1988 in Toronto having previously hovered on the brink now denies the murder by the Nazis of the Jews;
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That the (Claimant) described the memorial to the dead at Auschwitz as a "tourist attraction".
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That the (Claimant) was branded by the British House of Commons as "Hitler's heir" and denounced as a "Nazi propagandist and long time Hitler apologist" and accused by them of publishing a "fascist publication" and that this marked the end of the (Claimant's) reputation in England.
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That some other person had discovered in a Russian archive in 1992 the Goebbels diaries and that it was assumed that these would shed light on the conduct of the Final Solution but that the (Claimant) was hired and paid a significant sum by the London Sunday Times to transcribe and translate them although he was a discredited and ignominious figure and although by hiring the (Claimant) the newspaper threw its task as a gatekeeper of the truth and of journalistic ethics to the winds and thereby increased the danger that the (Claimant) would in order to serve his own reprehensible purposes misstate, construe misquote falsify distort and/or manipulate these sets of documents which others had not seen in order to propagate his reprehensible views and that the (Claimant) was unfit to perform such a function for this newspaper.
- (xi) That the (Claimant) violated an agreement with the Russian archives and took and copied many plates without permission causing significant damage them and rendering them of limited use to subsequent researchers.
2.11 Irving contends in the alternative that the passages bear by innuendo, that is, by virtue of extrinsic facts which would have been known to readers or to some of them, the meaning that he is a person unfit to be allowed access to archival collections and that he is a person who should properly be banned from foreign countries. The extrinsic facts on which he relies in support of the innuendo meanings are in essence as follows:
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that a Holocaust denier is someone who wilfully, perversely and in disregard of the evidence denies the mass murder by whatever means of the Jewish people;
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that Hezbollah is an international terrorist organisation whose guerillas kill Israeli civilians and soldiers;
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that Hamas is an Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organisation
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Sen. Hatch Pushes Pension Overhaul
WASHINGTON–Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, will outline a plan Tuesday to ease financial strains on state and local governments by revamping public-pension rules.
States and local governments nationwide have targeted public pensions for cost-cutting after funds struggled through the recession, which brought budget cuts and a backlash against public-employee compensation.
Mr. Hatch plans to introduce a bill that would allow governments to invest in annuity contracts with state-licensed insurance companies. The annuities would pay a guaranteed benefit, but the risk would be borne by insurers, rather than governments.
That's a shift away from defined-benefit plans–the standard for public pensions–where an employer pays its employee a specific benefit for life starting at retirement. Such plans have led to more than $4 trillion in public pension obligations, Mr. Hatch said.
A study by the Pew Center on the States earlier this year estimated that 61 of the most populous cities in the U.S. faced a gap of more than $217 billion between what they had promised their workers in pensions and retiree health care and what they had saved to pay that bill. The gap for states topped $1 trillion, according to an earlier Pew study.
Stockton, Calif., became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy last year after the recession, pension obligations and other mounting costs caused its finances to crumble.
"America cannot continue sleepwalking into the financial disaster that awaits us if we do not get the public-pension debt crisis under control," Mr. Hatch is set to say in prepared remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday. "The problem is getting more serious every day and cannot be remedied merely by fine-tuning the existing pension structures available to public employers."
Mr. Hatch said his proposal, which would not be mandatory for governments, offers cost certainty for state and local governments and steady retirement income for their employees.
MetLife Inc. and other insurers, which could gain significant business, and major business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have written letters endorsing Mr. Hatch's concept.
It's less clear if the bill will catch on with unions or their allies in a Democratic-controlled Senate. Mr. Hatch plans to introduce the bill and then work to gather congressional supporters.


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SAN DIEGO -- The Raiders ended the season the way they started it, losing to the San Diego Chargers and then professing hope for the future.
Rallying from a 24-7 third-quarter deficit and losing 24-21 at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday enabled the Raiders to feel a little better about themselves, although their 4-12 season was the fourth in the last 10 years, the same as under Bill Callahan in 2003, Norv Turner in 2005 and Lane Kiffin in 2007.
"It says a lot about some of the guys in this locker room," Raiders coach Dennis Allen said. "There's no quit in these guys. They continued to compete, and we gave ourselves an opportunity and a chance in the game. We just didn't get it done."
Quarterback Terrelle Pryor did enough to whet the Raiders' appetite as a keeper for next season by throwing touchdown passes of 9 yards to Darrius Heyward-Bey and 5 yards to Denarius Moore to go along with a 3-yard touchdown run.
The last score came with 1:52 to play after Coye Francies blocked a Mike Scifres punt, with Kaelin Burnett recovering at the San Diego 11-yard line.
Mike Spurlock, who opened the game with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, then ended it by recovering Sebastian Janikowski's onsides kick. With the Raiders out of timeouts, the Chargers kneeled on the ball until time expired to finish the season 7-9.
"When I saw the blocked punt, I thought, 'We're going to win the game,' " Pryor said. "It didn't go that way, but I commend everyone for not stopping."
Pryor was 13 of 28 for 150 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception by Quentin Jammer in the end zone on the first play of the third quarter when the Raiders had driven to the San Diego 28.
The second-year player from Ohio State had some issues with accuracy, although Raiders receivers dropped at least three relatively easy passes and couldn't come up with a few that would have been difficult plays.
Pryor, in addition to his 3-yard TD run, effectively managed the game in terms of getting his team in and out of the huddle.
The Raiders played well defensively for the third straight game, giving up just 210 yards of total offense and stuffing the Chargers running game (31 carries, 70 yards). The lone blemish was surrendering an 81-yard, 14-play drive capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers to Antonio Gates that took 9:23 off the clock in the second quarter.
In the end, Spurlock's game-opening kickoff return and TD passes by Rivers to Gates and an 34-yard strike to Danorio Alexander and a 30-yard field goal by Nick Novak proved to be enough in what is reportedly Turner's last game as San Diego's coach.
"I don't think my opinion matters," Turner said. "We are going to meet tomorrow with the team, and I'm sure they'll start looking for a new coach."
Allen, one year into a four-year contract, would seem to be safe in that regard.
"I don't want to comment on any type of speculation," Allen said. "I'm ready to try and get this team going better into the future."
With that in mind, Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie and Allen will begin the process of identifying which assistant coaches and players fit into the future following a season they hope paid dividends in terms of a foundation that didn't show up in the won-loss record.
"We have to continue to do the same things that we're doing and the same things that we believe in," Allen said. "We have to try and get the right people. We're looking for guys that love football, that are willing to work and willing to put the team first. We're going to get as many of those guys as we can."
Center Stefen Wisniewski, asked if a foundation for success had been laid, was having a hard time getting past the bottom line.
"I know it would be hard to look back on the season and say it was a success," Wisniewski said. "I would think to lay a solid foundation would be to win more games than that, play a little bit better than we did."
Left tackle Jared Veldheer said, "We progressed in some areas. There's a lot we have to get better at. But we never came apart, no one talked behind people's backs, we didn't come unglued. I realize it's hard for people to see that."
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on twitter at Twitter.com/Jerrymcd.


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As the 49ers began preparing Monday for their playoff showdown with the Green Bay Packers, cornerback Carlos Rogers headed for an MRI exam on his injured right hamstring.
That means the 49ers might be doing a secondary shuffle before facing a Packers passing attack that ranked sixth in the NFL -- even without quarterback Aaron Rodgers for much of the season.
The 49ers bolstered their defensive backfield Monday by signing cornerback Perrish Cox, although coach Jim Harbaugh said the team planned to make that transaction even before Rogers went down late in Sunday's victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
Harbaugh sounded undaunted by any hurdles Monday, calmly defusing questions about Rogers' injury, Lambeau Field's chilly weather and the possibility of needing three consecutive road victories to reach the Super Bowl.
"Being in the playoffs is a chance at the ultimate chance," the coach said. "Our guys have been in that position before, so they understand the magnitude of the challenge."
The fifth-seeded 49ers (12-4) will play the fourth-seeded Packers (8-7-1), a team they have defeated three consecutive times, including last year's playoffs when quarterback Colin Kaepernick ran wild for 181 yards.
That game was at Candlestick Park. The forecast for Green Bay on Sunday calls for a high of 19 degrees.
"We'll keep our bodies warm by playing hard," Harbaugh shrugged. "Football weather is any weather."
Since Harbaugh took over as coach in 2011, the 49ers are 17-7 on the road. That .708 winning percentage ties the Denver Broncos for the best in the NFL during that span.
The 49ers went 6-2 on the road this season, losing at Seattle (Sept. 15) and New Orleans (Nov. 17).
This time, they will go against a Packers team coming off a rousing victory to clinch a playoff spot. Rodgers, returning from a broken left collarbone, threw for 318 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown to Randall Cobb with 38 seconds left.
Harbaugh's review of how the three-time Pro Bowl passer looked?
"Very good," he said, and left it at that.
With Rogers ailing, Harbaugh acknowledged that the 49ers might have to tinker with their secondary. Veterans Tarell Brown and Tramaine Brock would start, with Eric Wright covering the slot receiver in nickel situations.
Cox spent the early part of this season with the 49ers before being signed by Seattle. The Seahawks released him Friday, and Harbaugh said that's when the 49ers saw an opportunity to bring him back.
The 49ers pass defense has looked vulnerable in recent weeks, surrendering 407 yards to Arizona's Carson Palmer and 348 to the Atlanta Falcons' Matt Ryan.
"We all want to improve," Harbaugh said when asked about the pass defense. "No. 1, win the game. Just win. And then always looking to improve any phase of the game you can."
Under that scenario, the 49ers might not head home from the Midwest. Harbaugh left open the possibility of practicing in Youngstown, Ohio, during the week, just as the 49ers have on previous occasions when they wanted to cut down on cross-country travel.
"I've given it some thought," Harbaugh said. "I'll keep you posted."
Staff writer Cam Inman contributed to this report.
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Definition of one-shot in English:
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1Achieved with a single attempt or action: there is no one-shot solution to the problem
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- His one-shot feat was achieved in a friendly four-ball using a seven wood.
1.1Done, produced, or occurring only once: a one-shot deal
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Alabama softball places three on preseason All-SEC team
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 5:29 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 5:29 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama softball team, the preseason coaches' pick to win the Southeastern Conference, placed three players on the SEC preseason team.
Senior outfielder Kayla Braud, junior pitcher/hitter Jackie Traina and junior shortstop Kaila Hunt were selected to the 12-player team, chosen by league coaches and released Tuesday.
Alabama landed the No. 1 spot in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 preseason poll, also released Tuesday. The defending national champion — and three-time defending SEC champion — Crimson Tide received 13 of a possible 20 first-place votes in the preseason national poll. Oklahoma, ranked second, received the other seven votes. Cal, Arizona State and Tennessee round out the top five, followed by Oregon, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and South Florida. Other SEC teams ranked in the preseason poll include LSU at No. 12, Florida at No. 15 and Texas A&M at No. 17.
UA was also ranked No. 1 in the preseason USA Today/NFCA coaches' poll, released last week.
Braud, a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America selection and a three-time All-SEC pick, enters her senior season ranked second in program history in career batting average (.427), on-base percentage (.507) and stolen bases (144).
Traina, also a two-time All-American and the 2012 SEC Pitcher of the Year, led the nation in wins last year with 42. She set a single-season UA record with 361 strikeouts as well as with her 42 wins. The was voted Most Outstanding Player at the Women's College World Series.
Hunt hit 21 home runs and had 77 RBIs, each mark good enough for second place all-time in the Alabama single-season record book. She also earned All-America honors.
Alabama will host its Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday at Rhoads Stadium. The Bama Softball Diamond Backers booster club will provide a buffet for fans in UA's indoor practice facility from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Coach Patrick Murphy will preview the season during the luncheon, with an open team practice to follow. Players will sign autographs on the field for 45 minutes after practice.
Fans must enter through the main gate to purchase buffet tickets, which are priced at $10 for booster club members and $15 for nonmembers. Tickets for children 12 and under will be $5. The 2012 national championship trophy will be on display, and UA will give away schedule cards and poster cards.
Alabama will open its season Feb. 8 in the UNI Dome Tournament in Cedar Falls, Iowa, against Illinois.
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This is what our nation has done
Published: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 11:29 p.m.
Recently so many of us sat dumbfounded in astounded bewilderment at the news about the Connecticut school shooting.
How sad, especially when those poor little bodies were being moved to the morgue.
How could anyone do such a horrible thing?
After some reflection, it occurred to me that this is clearly another signal that our country is in a moral free-fall.
Let us step back out of the trees and look at the forest for a minute.
With atheism fast becoming the de facto religion of the country and with our public schools forbidden to teach children morals, integrity and the basic rules of religion upon which our country was founded, this is only the inherent consequence.
Thou shalt not kill is a lie, because 3,500 little pre-born babies are killed every day, not by a crazy gunman but by their own mothers and with impunity.
All without a single gunshot.
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- Sep 4:
- 49ers' Colin Kaepernick denies U.S. soccer player Sydney Leroux is his girlfriend
- 49ers star linebacker Aldon Smith faces possible criminal charges
- Ex-49ers quarterbacks Scott Tolzien, Seneca Wallace may help Packers gain an edge against San Francisco
- Is Green Bay Packers' defense ready to stop Colin Kaepernick?
SANTA CLARA — Patrick Willis has only missed four games in his 49ers career and he doesn't plan on making it five come Sunday's season opener.
A month after breaking his right hand in a training-camp drill, Willis intends to play against the Green Bay Packers, whom the 49ers beat to start both the 2012 regular season and the ensuing playoffs.
"They say it takes eight weeks for a bone to heal great, and this will be five weeks since my surgery and the doctor says it looks good," Willis said Wednesday.
Willis did not play any exhibition games because of his injury, although he has experience on that front. He's previously played three times with a cast on that right hand, dating back to his college days at Mississippi. This fracture didn't come in the same spot as a previous one.
The last time Willis returned from an injury — a three-game, hamstring-induced hiatus late in the 2011 season — he admitted considerable rust in a win at St. Louis.
"I really feel if I'm on the field, I can't let it affect my play. No excuses," Willis said.
This most recent break may require him to wear a cast, although "hopefully it could be nothing," Willis said.
The injury occurred during a one-on-one blocking drill with fullback Bruce Miller and Willis said he initially tried to absorb the pain. "But I knew something wasn't right."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Twitter's High Valuation? Don't Sweat It: Analyst
Wall Street analysts for weeks have been downgrading their investment ratings on Twitter, predominantly on valuation concerns.
Now, one analyst says don't sweat it.
Jordan Rohan of Stifel Nicolaus calls Twitter a buy, saying "it is far too early to be focused solely on valuation." He initiated coverage of the microblogging site with a buy rating and a $75 price target.
"Twitter is both revolutionary and disruptive," Mr. Rohan wrote to clients. "We believe Twitter is the most powerful, flexible and disruptive of the social media platforms, giving it significant scarcity value."
Twitter shares rose as much as 6.8% to $64.69 on Friday. The stock has more than doubled from its $26 initial public offering price in November. Shares peaked at $74.73 late last month and have been choppy ever since.
Twitter trades at 46 times its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and 125 times fresh cash flow based on 2016 estimates, according to Mr. Rohan.
"It would be easier, perhaps, to initiate coverage of Twitter with a neutral or negative view," he said. "After all, any rational discussion of the business metrics that drive Twitter's valuation will show risk from current levels…That said, many of the same valuation-based arguments against Twitter relative to high-growth or social media peers were valid at lower levels.
"But as Twitter shares extended to new highs we believe that these arguments became less defendable," he added. "Although there is perhaps a certain amount of speculative fervor priced into Twitter shares, investors should remember our job is not to make the convenient or easy call. It is to make a stock call based on where we believe the shares are likely to head, with identifiable catalysts guiding our decision process."
That thought process is what Mr. Rohan says led him to the $75 price target.
Mr. Rohan's call comes as most Twitter analysts remain unusually pessimistic on the stock. Only seven of the 30 analysts that cover Twitter have buy-equivalent ratings on the stock, according to Thomson Reuters, with the rest recommending clients to either hold or sell the stock.
Mr. Rohan optimism comes ahead of Twitter's first quarterly report as a publicly traded company, scheduled for Feb. 5 after the closing bell.
He says investors should value the unprofitable Twitter on its future potential as opposed to current results. Twitter has "only" 232 million users, he says, a fraction of Facebook 1.2 billion users, which suggests the company has "years of user growth ahead."
Mr. Rohan says Twitter's advertising platform is "still in its infancy." He predicts Twitter's ad revenue could grow six-fold over the next four years.
"We believe this value is hard to quantify and does not yet show up in earnings," he says. "Over time, we believe the company will harness the power of this strategic position, benefiting consumers and shareholders alike."
In addition, the structure of Twitter's IPO could also work in the stock's favor. The relatively low public float of available shares "should enable the premium valuation to persist."


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Lotte - 0 to 12 years in under 3 minutes
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Posted: Apr 30th 2012
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This is taking timelapse to another level!
Frans Hofmeester filmed his daughter every week from birth until she turned 12. There's more to come but you may have to wait another 12 years for the next instalment.
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Year's Best Meteor Show Arrives Sunday Night
(NEWSER) – The annual Perseid meteor shower is upon us, and if you don't know much about astronomy, a NASA rep simplifies it for you: "The Perseids are the good ones." Visible to the naked eye, the August shower will peak Sunday and Monday, with optimal viewing time between midnight and dawn, reports USA Today. What does "optimal viewing" mean? As many as 70 meteors an hour. The Northeast is the country's prime viewing location, with the mid-Atlantic on the edge; clouds may dim the view on the West Coast and in the South, according toAccuWeather.com.
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Actress, activist, and eastern Kentucky native Ashley Judd calls mountaintop removal the "Rape of Appalachia"
Judd made the comments during a speech to the White House Press Club.
Ashley Judd says in a 1 hour long speech, mountaintop removal is environmental genocide and should stop.
Local leaders and people whose livelihood depend on coal are upset she made these comments on a national stage.
"I am very proud to be a Kentuckian. and, of the many things my creator has seen fit to allow me to accomplish, being an eastern Kentuckian is the simple fact that brings me the most honor, the greatest sense of self. I love and am proud of being a hillbilly," Judd said.
Ashley Judd tells the White House Press Club mountaintop removal is destroying the Appalachian Mountains she loves.
"And it gets bigger with every Appalachian mountaintop that is blown up, every holler that is filled, every stream that is buried, every wild thing that is wantonly and recklessly killed, every ecosystem that is diminished, every job that is lost to mechanization, every family that is pitted one against the other by the state-sanctioned, federal government-supported coal industry-operated rape of Appalachia: mountaintop removal coal mining," Judd said.
"Ashley Judd is an egotistical brat from California who doesn't understand the culture, the heritage of what she calls hillbillies, and we're proud to be hillbillies," Pike County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford said.
Judd calls mountain top removal environmental genocide and accuses coal companies of spreading "propaganda" to show reclaimed mine sites are good for the area and mentions development on some sites like the Federal Penitentiary in Martin County and the Stonecrest Golf Course in Floyd County.
"On another site they built a golf course. I'm not to keen on reinforcing stereotypes about my people, but I don't know a lot of hillbillies who golf," Judd said.
"I'm a hillbilly and I love to play golf," State Senator Johnny Ray Turner said.
Stonecrest officials say 26,000 rounds of golf were played there last year and they bring in one million dollars of revenue per year.
"I think the statements she made are off base and I'm not trying to bash her, but I think mountaintop removal has been good for eastern Kentucky and the economy in eastern Kentucky," Senator Turner said.
"She doesn't realize it when she gets up with lights, the lights she uses to put on her make-up, the lights come from coal," Rutherford said.
Judd ends her speech saying she will continue to fight the permit process and look for new clean energy sources.
Senator Johnny Ray Turner and Prestonsburg Tourism officials are inviting Judd to play a round of golf at Stonecrest and tour the area and discuss her concerns.
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February 12, 2014
Energy Department Awards New ARPA-E Solar Projects
The Energy Department on February 6 announced $30 million in funding to 12 ARPA-E projects to develop transformational hybrid solar energy technologies that deliver cost-effective power even when the sun is not shining. These projects—in Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, and Washington—will help advance solar energy beyond current photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies to drive lower-cost, reliable solar energy deployment.
The Energy Department awarded funding through ARPA-E's Full-Spectrum Optimized Conversion and Utilization of Sunlight (FOCUS) program, which is aimed at developing new hybrid solar energy converters and hybrid energy storage systems that can deliver low-cost, high-efficiency solar energy on demand. Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use. The FOCUS program will also support innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources.
For example, Sharp Labs of America will receive about $4 million to develop a hybrid solar converter that could enable utilities to provide on-demand and low-cost solar electricity. MicroLink Devices, based in Niles, Illinois, will receive about $3.6 million to develop high-efficiency solar cells that can operate at temperatures above 750°F and can extract the most energy possible from sunlight when integrated with hybrid solar converters. See the Energy Department news release, the complete project list, and the ARPA-E website.


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Menarini catches ADC fever
30.10.2012 - Italian Menarini Group and Oxford Biotherapeutics want to jointly develop five antibody-based drugs. The deal is worth €800m.
"I am very pleased to announce this novel strategic alliance, which foresees the development and manufacture of up to five cancer treatment programmes and a total investment of €800m", said Alberto Giovanni Aleotti, a member of the Board of Florence-based Menarini Group, on 29 October 2012. The ally comes from the UK. The biotech company Oxford Biotherapeutics (OBT) will contribute five of its about 25 antibody and antibody drug conjugate (ADC) programmes, each of which addresses a different cancer indication via a different novel oncology target. Menarini, however, brings in its clinical knowledge so that under the agreements of the collaboration, the Italian pharma corporation will lead the efforts in the manufacture and clinical development of each programme, while OBT will provide the proprietary cancer target, antibody and arming technologies.
The companies plan to work together for about 10 years. Once clinical proof of concept of one or the other programme has been achieved, OBT will complete the clinical development and commercialise these novel antibody-based products in North America and Japan, whilst Menarini will develop and commercialise the products in Europe, CIS, Asia and Latin America. Menarini's fortitude comes a bit as a surprise because the pharma business has already burned its fingers in antibody-based drugs: Just 16 months ago a Phase III trial of abagovomab, a mouse anti-idiotype monoclonal antibody mimicking the CA-125 antigen found on ovarian cancer cells, could not fulfil the expectations raised in previous studies.
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1A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on: I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch
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- Furniture includes chairs and couches upholstered in amber, magenta, and burgundy.
- These prices are inclusive of a full furniture package to include beds, wardrobes, couches, curtains, tables and chairs.
- The only actual piece of furniture was a worn couch placed in the middle of the room, facing the far wall.
British put-you-up;
North American day bed, davenport, studio couch, sectional;
French canapé, tête-à-tête
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1.1A reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment: the child was lying on the examination couch
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- They enter his office to be faced with a comfortable leather sofa and an examination couch, complete with stirrups.
- Although I had never encountered status asthmaticus, the patient struggling for breath on the examination couch fitted the image locked in my memory.
- One UK department introduced a system where a doctor saw all patients with minor injuries that did not need an examination couch or an urgent intervention.
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- Many of these claims for interactivity are couched in terms that cast the individual as a consumer rather than a citizen.
express, phrase, word, frame, put, formulate, style, render, set forth, put across, convey, communicate, say, state, utter, voice
4 (usually as noun couching) chiefly historical Treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
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- The surgeon performed a type of cataract surgery known as couching.
- The successful removal of the cataract by the couching method that he advocated and practised as early as in the 18th Century was perhaps as stunning an achievement as those of his British and European counterparts of that era.
5(In embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread: gold and silver threads couched by hand
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- Try pin-tucking fabric, or couching down decorative threads, embroider by hand or by machine on the fronts, or even try beading an evening vest.
- Nine five-clawed dragons are couched in gold thread.
- Machine or hand embellishments, from elaborate beading and embroidery to couching with glitzy cords or braids, will enhance your appliqué.
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Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense 'lay something down'): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare 'place together' (see collocate).
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A coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.
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- Raspberries creep underground like couch grass, though unfortunately not so rampantly.
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Autism in the News – Monday, 04.26.10
Nadia Bloom: 'I Thought I Was Never Going To Be Found Out There' (ABC News)
The 11-year-old girl who was missing for four days described how she survived the dangerous Florida swamp and said she was scared and worried no one would ever find her. Read more.
Class helps autistic kids learn to socialize (Mansfield, Ohio)
Several programs tackle educational or physical barriers, but the Friendly House and the Independent Living Center know there's more to living for children with autism and attention deficit disorders. Read more.
Jury's task is unenviable (Boston.com)
There's an old, classic movie — "Twelve Angry Men'' — in which the dozen members of the jury bring all their life experiences into the jury room. It makes for gripping drama. Read more.
Autism and its effects on siblings, family members and the community (Brownsville, Texas)
"Tommy" walked down the aisle at his favorite store, Target. He spotted what he was after, a small toy elephant. Tommy loves elephants. He turned to his parents and his sister "Jenny". Read more.
Police say missing autistic teen has been found (Canada)
Toronto Police say a missing autistic teen who went missing from a home in Scarborough Saturday has been found. Read more.
Rodney Peete learns from autistic son (ESPN.com)
Last month I took my 13-year-old to the mall to buy jeans. Then he ate a burger, took a nap and now I need to buy new, larger jeans. Read more.
April 26, 2010 at 4:44 pm
New York State has issued a 10% pay cut to all home based providers that help children w/ ASD. This means all ABA, Speech, OT and PT therapists have gotten a pay cut effective April 1, 2010- an interesting month to chose since April is Autism Awareness month. All parents, grandparents, and friends should get involved and write to our elected officials and tell them that this is NOT okay. These very young children need home based services that are one on one w/ the child and therapist. This is why the outcomes of children with ASD are getting better everyday- especially as the diagnosis's are being given earlier. If we do not reverse they pay cuts qualified therapists will leave to find other work. Please get involved and tell Albany that this is not right.
April 26, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Who in the hell do these people and Goveners think they are not wanting to help children and peole with Autism.My son Michael who is 7yrs old has Autism he can't talk are do much and it kills me when people in office don't care for them. Oh but if they had a child or family member with Autism they would. It just hurt to read or here on the news stuff like this. My oldest daughter how is deaf is putting together fundraiser at her school with the help of friends to help kids with autism. She wants to name her fund raiser For my brother michael and all children with Autism. God Bless her. She even took her money for the J.R prom and donated it Saturday at the walk for Autism in Pasadina C.A she said it was from michael her littel brother.


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Charlie Sheen has a new goddess.
It was really only a matter of time, when you think about it.
TMZ reported Tuesday that Sheen, 47 (going on 60), and 24-year-old porn star Georgia Jones got together in October and wasted very little time in moving their, er, relationship forward. Jones moved in with Sheen almost immediately and has been there since.
And to show how far Sheen has come when it comes to old-fashioned values, know that he especially likes Jones because she only does films with other women. Which wasn't the case with his last porn star girlfriend, Bree Jones.
According to sources, this isn't just some fling, says TMZ. Sheen likes this girl a lot. Obviously, since he hasn't even tried bringing another woman into the relationship yet.
Sheen and Jones made their public debut last week while on vacation in Mexico. Sheen told TMZ, "I was a big fan before we met, and now I'm an even bigger one ... nose to toes, she's as 'top shelf' as they get."
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If there's anything Gordon Ramsay knows lots about besides cooking, it's yelling. Or so he thinks. The MasterChef Junior finalists have a little advice for the bad boy Brit, and they don't mince words when it comes to his reputation for screaming at chefs. In particular, 9-year-old Sarah, who's known for a bit of her own yelling, has choice words for Ramsay. Champ Luca Manfe's MasterChef Junior premiere recapWhat's her insight into raising your voice? You'd be surprised. Check out the exclusive "Small Bites of Advice for Gordon Ramsay" below:
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Monday is deadline to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Here's a state-by-state look at enrollment through March 1, which is the most recent data available by state.
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria is threatening to use chemical and biological weapons in case of a foreign attack, but says it would never use them against its own citizens.
The statement today from a Foreign Ministry spokesman was Syria's first acknowledgement that it possesses weapons of mass destruction, something that's long been suspected.
The spokesman said in a televised news conference that "all of these types of weapons are in storage and under security" and that they "will never be used unless Syria is exposed to external aggression."
Later, the government claimed the remarks were taken out of context. It sent journalists an amended statement that attempted to back away from the announcement and revert to its previous position of neither confirming nor denying the existence of unconventional weapons.
Syria is believed to have nerve agents as well as mustard gas, Scud missiles capable of delivering lethal chemicals and a variety of advanced conventional arms, including portable anti-aircraft missiles.
Israel has said it won't rule out military action to keep such weapons from falling into the hands of its enemies.


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In a little over a decade, Silicon Valley has witnessed two nearly $20 billion deals.
In 2002, Hewlett-Packard paid $19 billion for rival PC maker Compaq, in a bid by the storied Silicon Valley company to resuscitate its fortunes. And of course there is now Facebook's bid this week to buy WhatsApp, a hot mobile messaging service based in Mountain View.
Both deals helped define their eras -- but that's about where the similarities end. And their differences illustrate just how much the valley has changed in such a short period of time.
For HP, the Compaq deal was about grabbing market share. It was about cutting costs and finding those ever-elusive "synergies" that corporate types like to talk about. It was a defining deal for the era because it was an effort by the valley's largest company to try to do something bold for boldness's sake and thereby ensure its survival in the post dot-com bust world. Whether it helped or not is debatable; HP became the No. 1 global seller of personal computers, but the PC is no longer the dominant device in the tech industry.
Now what matters are Internet speed, high risk and fast growth, all spurred by users shifting to the uncharted mobile market. Deals aren't about the economics, they're about users and momentum. Worried that its growth is slowing, Facebook saw WhatsApp as a rocket it needed to ride even though the destination -- how it will integrate with Facebook and make money -- remains unknown. And we're in the midst of a boom, not a bust. The WhatsApp deal defines this era because it's the most ambitious attempt so far by a dominant valley company to fend off a future in which it's no longer dominant, an issue that worries all the giants of tech these days.
"It's equally quixotic," said Michael S. Malone, who wrote "Bill and Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company."
The valley is still getting its bearings with the price tag for WhatsApp. The deal, potentially worth up to $19 billion, has inflamed talk of a bubble, although that does not seem to concern Wall Street, which is quite bullish on the big tech companies.
But this is a strange new valley, in which apps are born and grow in what seems like obscurity, only to emerge announcing they already dominate the planet. A common reaction for all but a few after the news Thursday seemed to be "WhatsApp? What's that?" Try one of the fastest-growing mobile messaging services ever, with 450 million users and on track to have a billion by the end of this year. "It's the only app we've ever seen with higher engagement than Facebook itself," said CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Sure, HP of the early 2000s and Facebook today are vastly different companies.
Founded in 1939, HP is a global tech giant with an extensive array of products and services. For a period of time after the Compaq deal it was the largest tech company on the planet, measured by revenue. But it suffered then, and does now, with the impression that its glory days are behind it.
Facebook is just 10, but it dominates our social Web lives. It does one thing really well, operating a social network that includes a significant fraction of humanity, and under Zuckerberg's laser direction it has executed on a straightforward business model focused on advertising.
And the deals are different. Although the HP-Compaq merger led to a big shareholder battle over whether the two companies' business lines and cultures were a good fit, one could argue that the deal made some business sense. Compaq, founded in 1982, had a strong balance sheet, extensive sales channels and thousands of paying customers. Like HP, it had problems but it felt like a business.
Forget that playbook.
Rather than months, Zuckerberg made the deal in less than two weeks, perhaps pushed by rumors of Google's interest. And there won't be a shareholder revolt; Zuckerberg holds all the cards.
Unlike the HP-Compaq deal, Facebook isn't talking about WhatsApp's balance sheet (does it have one?) or how to weave the companies together or cut costs. It wants WhatsApp as a front-row seat to watch and shape the future.
In the "old valley," companies talked about the future but really looked to the past. Combine big companies, offer a complete menu of products and services to customers, and cut costs.
In the "new valley," companies jump at new services that may not have revenue but are wildly popular. "It's a land grab for users," said John Furrier, an entrepreneur who founded Silicon Angle.
"The HP-Compaq deal was about desperately trying to not fall into the past; Facebook-WhatsApp is all about fleeing into the future," said Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley forecaster. "The old strategy was to purchase synergy; the new strategy is to buy velocity."
Business school metrics and strategies dominated discussions around the HP-Compaq merger. But that was a fading industry move, a consolidation deal between two old fighters who leaned into each other to soldier on.
Zuckerberg doesn't want to be in that position. With WhatsApp, he is bolting a piece of the future on to his company. Who knows where it will take him?
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OAKLAND -- The Warriors do not have a pick in the NBA draft Thursday, and it's possible they also could stand on the sideline as Minnesota trades Kevin Love in a deal including another team's draft picks.
General manager Bob Myers declined to comment Tuesday on a report that a potential Warriors deal for Love was "dead" as the Timberwolves weigh their options with the star forward. As for obtaining a draft pick, Myers said last week that it would be improbable.
"I think unlikely is how I would gauge it, but everything's pretty fluid, so I never want to rule it out, but I think it will be difficult to get one this year," Myers said.
The Warriors entered last year's draft without a pick and ended up making a series of trades to acquire the rights to guard Nemanja Nedovic. But this year the odds are against them getting in on the festivities, to be kicked off by Cleveland making a decision on the No. 1 overall pick.
That's because in July the Warriors included $3.2 million and this year's first-round pick to Utah to complete a three-way trade for Andre Iguodala. The $3.2 million is the exact amount the NBA's collective bargaining agreement limits in trades for this year, so the Warriors can't spend cash as they did to help acquire Nedovic.
"We don't have a ton of tools to obtain a pick," Myers said.
The pick-less Warriors still did their homework despite top prospects choosing not to come in for workouts in Oakland. For instance, they sent a scout to go watch potential lottery picks in Creighton's Doug McDermott and Michigan's Nik Stauskas.
"You never know on draft night what may or may not occur, but what you can't do is sit there and get presented with whatever pick it is and say, 'Well, I haven't seen that guy, so I can't make a decision,' " said Myers, adding that the Warriors saw most of the top 20 prospects perform in workouts outside of Oakland.
Myers said the Warriors -- who are pursuing established players such as Love and already have plenty of young players -- aren't necessarily in need of a pick.
Their 2012 draft picks -- Harrison Barnes, Festus Ezeli, Draymond Green and Ognjen Kuzmic -- remain on the roster. Myers said he'd like to see Kuzmic and Nedovic get more playing time rather than be pushed down on the depth chart.
"I'd like to have a pick, for sure," Myers said. "I think it's a nice thing to have and continue to stock the cupboard, but we're pretty young."
For more on the Warriors, see the Inside the Warriors blog at ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow Diamond Leung on Twitter at twitter.com/diamond83.
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4. Orlando
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HI, I have recently started having issues with my PS3 media server.
PC: i7 9300 @2.4ghz, 16gb RAM, windows 7 using ps3 media server 1.72.0
i am streaming, or trying to, to my ps3 which is wired to a gigabit router which is wired to my PC.
The problem is odd. I will start PS3 media server and it will start and find my PS3 do all the usual stuff, and it will sit there and be fine. However as soon as i try to access it from my PS3 the program just closes. no error pops up and the debug log gets wiped clean so i can't post a copy of that. All i did glimpse before closing was something about "cant parse value 0 returning default value 2" in the trace screen but then the program just closes i have attached a screenshot taken just before it closed this sentence is always displayed just before closing. If i restart the PC it will work fine, but when i turn PS3 off and on again or after a prolonged period of no streaming the same problem, and if i restart the PS3 media server program it doesn't solve anything i have to reboot the PC. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing but to no avail.
The only change i have made recently is updating java to version 7.build 15, so i suspect that may be a problem but i'm not sure.
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SANTA CLARA -- Justin Smith said Wednesday his left arm is "feeling all right, feeling pretty good" despite playing with a partially torn triceps tendon in the 49ers' two playoff wins.
Smith and his teammates participated in their first practice -- a light, one-hour session — since winning the NFC Championship game Sunday and clinching a berth in the Feb. 3 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
This will be the first Super Bowl that Smith will play in -- or even attend -- in his 12-year career.
"I figured if I ever go, I could go when I was done playing, but I wanted to go as a player," Smith said. "To get that opportunity now is going to be awesome."
Wednesday's tasks also included studying film of their opponent, the Baltimore Ravens, who Smith anticipates will feature a more balanced approach than the pass-happy Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons, who the 49ers defeated in their first two playoff games.
"We realize we have one game left," Smith said. "We made it too far not to seal it off."
Asked why the 49ers' defense has been giving up more yards and points than usual, Smith credited the 49ers' opponents. "Atlanta had weapons all over the field. Green Bay had weapons all over the field. These guys do, too. It's part of it, as long as we come out on top."


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The flu is quickly starting to pread across Mid-Missouri, but doctors say it's off to a slower start this year compared to last year.
"At this time last year, there were about 3,000 cases compared to about 600 cases in Missouri at this point this year," said Dr. Eric Bettis with Broadway Urgent Care.
Some doctors told ABC 17 News they believe the slower start could mean a better season with fewer cases of the illness.
Bettis said he has seen patients who have many viruses that seem like the flu, but haven't tested positive for influenza. He said if anyone has flu-like symptoms, it's a good idea to head to the doctor.
"The flu can be fatal from the complications it causes," Bettis said. "It's especially dangerous for people with asthma or other illnesses that cause their immune system to be compromised."
The only real medication for the virus is Tamiflu. It works to shorten the span of the illness by one or two days.


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Fifty years ago Blue River was a sleepy little village of second-home owners and peace-loving locals hidden on the southern rim of a county not yet discovered by the ski industry.
But surrounded by breathtaking vistas and miles of backcountry access, within range of local resorts and with somewhat lower real estate prices than neighboring areas, the tiny settlement wasn't going to stay a secret forever.
Today, as Blue River approaches its 50th birthday, it is a town in transition.
"It's flip-flopped," Mayor Lindsay Backas said. "It used to be mostly second-home owners. Now we believe that it's mostly permanent residents."
Approximately 800 of them, according to the most recent census data. And while Blue River still doesn't have any commercial businesses within the town limits, it is evolving and developing in other ways.
Perhaps the best evidence of the changing tide came last April, when the town hosted its first municipal election in decades. Since approximately 1978, there had been no need to have a vote in Blue River, because candidates for the board of trustees always ran unopposed. In 2012, two Blue RIver residents stepped up to challenge the incumbents, and one of them won a seat on the board in an election that drew nearly 150 voters to the polls.
At about the same time, the town finished construction on Blue River's first park - now something of a community-gathering place - and began a public push for Summit Stage bus service to be extended to the south end of the county.
Now, with a growing number of permanent residents demanding more services, town officials are looking at bigger projects, including a recreation path that would run through Blue River and up Hoosier Pass, a contract for additional law enforcement and a comprehensive plan for the future of the town.
The comprehensive plan, a process of determining the community's goals for future development, is still in the early stages, but will likely be completed this year with input from local residents, Blue River officials said.
"It's sort of an overall municipal plan that deals with all aspects," town Trustee Rob Theobald said. "We'll be looking at immediate changes, three to five years and then 10-25 years."
The plan will likely confront some of Blue River's biggest questions: whether to allow commercial business operations in the town limits, how to address backcountry access and a possible three-mile plan examining how the town will interact with its neighbors in the future.
The plan is still in its infancy, but will likely be completed this year. Town officials say they do plan to incorporate the input and priorities of Blue River residents.
The process of evolving from the quiet cluster of vacation homes that incorporated in the 1960s to an active community of permanent residents has had its ups and downs.
Blue River officials have thus far been stymied in their ongoing efforts to give the town some autonomy in the form of a bus route and a zip code of its own.
For some residents, the growth and development come along with what might be an inevitable sense of apprehension that the nature of the town they love, and have chosen to live in, may change.
"When I was a kid I really remember Blue River being kind of a world away from Breckenridge. It was its own residential area where residents would go to really escape the bustling world of Breckenridge," resident Toby Babich said. "I worry that making changes just for the sake of change may go against the character of the town."
But while the comprehensive plan does have far-reaching goals, there are some things town officials say are not on the discussion table.
"I don't think we're envisioning any major change to the sort of mountain rural aesthetic," Theobald said. "We're not looking to become another Breckenridge or another Highlands neighborhood. We're looking to improve what we have."
Information on public meetings around the comprehensive plan will be forthcoming, Blue River officials said.


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TEGC bylaws v4
S. The Teacher Education Governing Council
Duties and Responsibilities of the committee shall include:
- Developing and reviewing policies on issues affecting teacher education programs including overall program philosophy and framework, and unit assessment.
- Establishing, in consultation with departments or colleges, standards pertaining to certification requirements, candidate review policy, admission requirements, exit requirements and enrollment management.
- Reviewing, in consultation with departments or colleges, proposals for new teacher education programs or changes in current teacher education programs, and forwarding recommendations to the appropriate curriculum committee.
- Monitoring and maintaining the Strategic Plan for the School of Teacher Education.
- Providing advice to the Director of the School of Education.
- Serving as an advocate for teacher education on campus and in the community.
- Reviewing accreditation and program approval reports for teacher education programs.
Voting membership of the committee shall consist of the Director of the School of Education, nine faculty members, one teacher education student chosen by the Student Senate, and three professional educators from outside the university chosen by the Director of the School of Education. The faculty membership shall include:
a. one representative from each of the four professional education programs in the College of Education, Exercise Science, Health and Recreation (CEESHR). The professional programs are Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle Level Education, Middle Level/Secondary Education, Physical Education Teacher Education, and School Health Education.
b. one representative from a CEESHR graduate program leading to certification.
c. four representatives with teaching or advising responsibility for teacher education in their discipline from the College of Liberal Studies, the College of Science and Allied Health, or the College of Business Administration.
The Director of General Education, the Assistant to the Director of the School of Education, the Director of Student Teaching/Internships, and the Assistant to the Dean of CEESHR shall serve as administrative consultants to the committee. The committee shall elect its chair. The Director of the School of Education shall serve as convener. Terms of membership shall be three years, staggered so that three members retire and are replaced every year. A committee member shall abstain from voting on the approval of any policy or programmatic proposal if the committee member or the committee determines that the proposal presents a conflict of interest for the committee member.


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Angelina Jolie says she'll have another surgery to lessen the chance she'll get cancer.
Last May, the actress had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery after discovering she had an 87 percent chance of getting cancer as a result of having the BRCA1 gene, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"There's still another surgery to have, which I haven't yet. I'll get advice from all these wonderful people who I've been talking to, to get through that next stage," she told the magazine.
"I was very fortunate to have great doctors and very, very fortunate to have a good recovery and have a project like 'Unbroken' to have something to be really focused on, to be getting healthy for, and to be able to just get right back to work," she said, referring to the movie she is directing.
"I was very, very moved by all the support and kindness from so many people."
The 38-year-old mother of six lost her own mother to ovarian cancer and her aunt to breast cancer. She went public with her experience in a New York Times Op-Ed.
"Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could," she wrote. "I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex."
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Women living in rural areas of Morocco not only face the challenges posed by a male-dominated society, but also have to survive in environments where basic infrastructure is a luxury. Nevertheless, they remain very active, perhaps even more so than their urban counterparts, attending to unpaid work that includes household and field chores, child-rearing and looking after livestock.
In recent years, the establishment of cooperatives has empowered Morocco's rural women by helping them to succeed in making their own mark in economic development. Despite the problems they confront, such as marketing their products, women's cooperatives have played a leading role in improving the conditions of rural life.
Women running businesses in underdeveloped and remote regions of the country have been getting help from a project implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The project has used an innovative approach, combining technological, technical, managerial and commercial support, to help transform some of Morocco's traditional products from artisanal to semi-industrial production.
As a result, women producers have become better organized, are making better use of local raw materials and are able to sell more of their products locally and internationally. The project has helped to economically empower women: they now create wealth and employ others, and their standing within their families and communities has improved.
As part of the project, which was financed by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and implemented together with the national Ministry of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, UNIDO provided women's associations and cooperatives engaged in the small-scale production of olive oil, textiles, and dried fruits and vegetables with support to help them improve management, access to technology and commercialization expertise.
One of the beneficiaries of the project was the Femmes du Rif economic interest group, composed of 192 women, organized in 10 associations and cooperatives located in the Ouazzane and Chefchaouen provinces of northern Morocco. The main activity of the Femmes du Rif group is the production, processing and commercialization of olive oil.
Recently, the group achieved a major success when the extra virgin olive oil that they produce was given protected geographical indication (PGI) accreditation. The status, awarded during Morocco's main agricultural fair (Le Salon International de l'Agriculture du Maroc) held last year in the city of Meknès, will boost income-generating opportunities and help empower women olive oil producers in these rural areas.
As the UNIDO representative in Morocco, Jaime Moll de Alba, explains, the PGI accreditation, 'Huile d'olive extra vierge Ouazzane', will both reward and stimulate the group. "In practice, this accreditation will help the Femmes du Rif economic interest group to further valorize their extra virgin olive oil on the market, thereby strengthening their operations and maintaining the traditional craft specificity of their activities. This success is recognition of the group's effective organization and the strong commitment of its members."
A geographical indication is a sign used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, reputation or characteristics that are essentially attributable to that place of origin. The right to a geographical indication enables those who have the right to use it to prevent its use by a third party whose product does not conform to the applicable standards. Geographical indications are protected in different countries and regional systems through a wide variety of approaches – often by a combination of two or more approaches. For those who have the right to use the indication, an important potential benefit is that consumers understand it to denote the origin and quality of the product, and therefore may decide to purchase it, rather than a similar product. (For more information, see WIPO's Geographical Indications: an introduction)
For the Femmes de Rif group, the PGI accreditation will be a significant development. According to UNIDO's Moll de Alba, "This recognition will contribute to the further development of the identity of the olive oil they produce and thus it will become more competitive on the market."
It should also benefit the Ouazzane and Chefchaouen regions as a whole, says Moll de Alba. "Such an accreditation helps to protect, control and valorize traditional products. It enables the creation of value chains whose actors are organized around products that enjoy a high reputation, thanks to their specific characteristics and production processes. These value chains play a leading role in the development of their host regions."
At the national level, the olive oil sector contributes up to 5 per cent of Morocco's agricultural GDP and accounts for 15 per cent of the country's total agricultural foodstuff exports. Morocco is the world's seventh largest producer of olive oil, following Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria and Tunisia (FAOSTAT 2012). With a growing global demand for olive oil, the sector is a focus for the Plan Maroc Vert, the Moroccan government's 2008-2015 plan to improve agricultural and agribusiness productivity.
For more information, please contact:
Jaime MOLL DE ALBA CABOT
UNIDO Representative to Morocco
By Charles Arthur and ZHONG Xingfei
Posted March 2014


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Through a partnership between SUNY Plattsburgh's expeditionary studies program and two leading outdoor leadership program providers, you can earn up to a full semester of credit while completing a field experience. The International Wilderness Leadership School and National Outdoor Leadership School offer destinations across the world focused on outdoor skills, leadership, and environmental studies.
There are hundreds of locations to choose from, and travel dates are available during regular semesters and throughout the year. One of your first steps you must take is to meet with the chair of the expeditionary studies department. Together you will choose an IWLS or NOLS program that meets your needs.
Due to the individual nature of each students program, it is important to meet with Professor Isaak at least 6 months prior to your expected date of departure. You will work together to plan which program(s) to participate in, how long you will be abroad, how much credit you can earn from your program, and the academic work you must submit to him to receive graded credit. Completing these arrangements with enough advance notice to reserve your spot in a program is your responsibility. In order to receive credit you will enroll in EXP304. You can earn between 3 and 15 credits. EXP 304 is a SUNY Plattsburgh course, so your letter grade will appear on your transcript and factor into your GPA.
You must submit the SUNY Study Abroad Application in paper form to the SUNY Plattsburgh office of study abroad and exchanges at least 5 months prior to your expected date of departure. A nonrefundable $35 application fee is expected at that time. If your application is approved you will work with the study abroad and exchanges office to complete the NOLS or IWLS application forms necessary to process your application further. (Additional application fees apply — please contact us for more information).
Important note: If you want to receive credit through SUNY for your expeditionary studies experience you must apply through our office first. It is possible to apply directly to NOLS or IWLS but you will not receive academic credit if you do not follow these instructions correctly.
You are required to pay a deposit to accept your place at NOLS or IWLS. The NOLS deposit is currently $500 for semester programs and $250 for part-time programs. SUNY Plattsburgh will bill you for your NOLS program, however NOLS sets the prices. SUNY Plattsburgh will add a $1,00 semester abroad fee for semester long programs and a $500 fee for summer and winter programs to the total cost of your NOLS program. You will be billed according to SUNY Plattsburgh's normal semester billing cycles, and your total fees will appear split between SUNY tuition and a semester abroad fee. For example, if NOLS's price is $10,000 and SUNY NYS resident tuition is $2,935, your SUNY Plattsburgh will read SUNY tuition $2,935 and Semester Abroad Fee $8,065 for a total of $11,000.
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GDP: $1.556 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 2.4% (2005 est.)
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OAKLAND -- It will not take a de-coder and a large dose of truth serum to decipher Steve Kerr's detailed vision for the Warriors.
He'll tell you, in plain words, usually accompanied by a shrug and plenty of crystalline -- and calming -- perspective.
Or at least that's what Kerr did on Tuesday, after the formalities of his official introduction as the new Warriors coach.
At first, Kerr said he hasn't discussed any ideas for personnel changes because he's new, he's not the general manager, and he really likes the current roster.
But then, after I pressed just a bit about all the information and questions he brought to the three-hour meeting with Warriors brass last week that got him this job (and convinced him he should spurn the Knicks), Kerr smiled and relented.
"I take that back: I did tell them I think this team could use a stretch 4," Kerr said, referring to a 3-point-specialist power forward.
"I think a shooting 4 could really make things difficult on the opposition. We saw what Draymond (Green) did in that Clipper series at the end. He made five 3s in Game 7 ...
"That's the one nugget I can give you that we actually have talked about. A stretch 4 would be great. But in terms of names, we really haven't gotten into that."
Kevin Love? Well, that would be the first name on anybody's mind for that description, and he may be available, if Minnesota finds the right deal.
Point of fact: The Warriors probably don't have as much trade ammunition as some other teams, and it will take a lot to land Love; but they always find a way to dabble in all potential big possibilities.
"You know, we're not shy," co-owner Joe Lacob reminded me on Tuesday.
There might be other, less glamorous and expensive options out there -- Phoenix's Channing Frye or New Orleans' Ryan Anderson.
For now, the Warriors can only wait to see how the trade market develops, and survey what other players might be suitable.
"Look, we're going to take into account whatever he is interested in," Lacob said of Kerr's "stretch 4" thoughts.
"It doesn't surprise me that he would say that because even in his interview with us, spacing is really important. And look at the way the Spurs play -- he's influenced by that. A lot of spacing. And a lot of ball movement.
"So it could make sense. We'll have to talk about it."
This all fits Kerr's stated plan to move the Warriors away from Mark Jackson's reliance on stationary "isolation" sets and to a flowing, passing style similar to the Spurs' current blockbuster operation.
You need passers and smart players to do that, and ideally you could use a big man who can pull the defense out to the 3-point line.
That is not necessarily David Lee, the Warriors' much-favored, highly paid incumbent power forward.
OK, to be clear, Kerr said he likes the Warriors' entire starting lineup, including Lee; and Lacob defended Lee, as usual, again on Tuesday.
But it's natural to conclude that if there's a spot to upgrade, it's to add somebody better than Lee. If possible.
This is another departure from the way Jackson entered the scene and operated throughout.
No knock on him, but Jackson would never admit that his team had a single specific need area.
That was part of his motivational process, but also part of his stubbornness and probably part of the frustration for Warriors executives.
The top execs could never quite pin down Jackson on what he really wanted from them.
The Warriors, I can safely conclude after one day, will not have this problem with Kerr, nor he with them. He might not win big, who knows. But he won't be confusing.
The communication will be clean, clear and without need for extrapolation.
On Tuesday, Kerr also said he loves the defensive mentality that Jackson instilled in this team and that he wants at least one assistant with head coaching experience.
He also said he wants to run more, and to flow into secondary offensive sets to free up Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson even when the fast break isn't quite there.
It really doesn't get clearer than that for a first-time coach on his first official day.
No braggadocio -- that was necessary three years ago, to jolt this franchise back to life.
This time, with this coach, it's about reasonable approaches to reasonable questions.
And that has carried over to ownership, too.
Joe Lacob, after winning 51 games and then firing your coach this season, would 51 wins and a first-round loss next season be a failure?
"No," Lacob said emphatically. "Absolutely not the case. We are in this for the long-term with Steve."
It was just one day, but it was a different kind of day for the Warriors, who have been so amped up and aggravated for a few years now.
I think it'll be more like this from now on. Call it the Steve Kerr Calming Effect.
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Marketplace: Iraq's Supply and Demand
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When the demand for goods and services is greater than the supply, the choices of governments, private companies, and individuals are affected. In this lesson, you will learn how the high demand for and low supply of workers in Iraq is affecting the hiring process and the people of Iraq.
In this lesson, you will listen to an audio file about supply and demand in Iraq. While listening, you will use an interactive note-taker to record supporting details about three of the story's main ideas. Then, using your notes, you will answer questions related to the story.
Activity 1
Listen to the Marketplace audio file about Iraq's Supply and Demand.
While listening, use the note-taker to find supporting details for three main ideas. The three main ideas you will focus on today are these:
1. Demand for Civilian Workers in Iraq
2. Obstacles to Hiring Qualified Workers
3. Failure to Meet the High Demands of Iraqi Society
Additionally, as you listen to the segment, record any words which you don't know or which you think are important economic terms.
Then listen to the audio file again to gather additional supporting details and possible definitions of the vocabulary words using context clues; record these in your note-taker.
Finally, you will be asked a series of questions related to the story. If you wish to do so, you may listen to the clip again to make sure that you have a good grasp of the information and ideas in question.
Activity 2
Work with a partner to discuss the following questions and record your ideas.
The news story you just heard highlighted some main causes and effects of the high demand for and low supply of foreign workers in Iraq. If you were a contractor in Iraq looking for workers, what are some obstacles you would face and how would you attract workers? Consider the following:
-What are some obstacles not mentioned in the news clip that you might face when trying to attract workers?
-How would you prioritize the work that needs to be completed (i.e., what work needs to be completed first)?
-If the supply of workers remains low and the demand continues to rise, what will most likely happen to workers' salaries?
-What could you do to attract workers to Iraq?
-Would you consider hiring Iraqi civilians?
-Are you more concerned with the quality of the workers or with the workers' ability to pass the security clearance process?
By the conclusion of this lesson, you should be able to identify at least three causes for the high demand for workers in Iraq and three main causes for the low supply of workers in Iraq.
You should be able to identify ways in which the laws of supply and demand affect society.
1. Hand in your note-taker. Your work should reflect an understanding of the laws of supply and demand and the effect they have had on Iraq in 2004.
2. Discuss Activity 2 with your partner and turn in your recorded ideas. Your discussions and work should focus on how the laws of supply and demand affect decision-making.
Learn more about supply and demand by completing, What Do People Want to Wear? and Economics in the Headlines.


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It's possible to get YouTube HD with PS3 Media Player on Bravia EX (2011)? With plugin "channel" YT works well, but don't know why it's only 720x480 (output) when input is 1280x720.
I noticed that ffmpeg have param "ntsc-dvd" but i don't know where I can change it.
Starting cmd.exe /C C:\PS3MediaServer-SHB\extras\bin\youtube-dl.exe --max-quality 37 --quiet -o - "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCwH3RUUyM" | win32\ffmpeg.exe -v 0 -y -threads 2 -i - -threads 2 -target ntsc-dvd \\.\pipe\pmsencoder_transcoder_out_1316622700984_244


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STOCKTON - Police arrested two people in connection with a burglary that occurred about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of West Walnut Street, officers said.
The burglars stole several electronic devices and jewelry before fleeing the residence, authorities said. During their investigation, officers learned some of the electronic equipment had been taken to an area near North San Joaquin and East Magnolia streets, police said. Officers conducted a probation search of a home in the 1000 block of North San Joaquin Street and located some of the stolen property, which was returned to the owner.
Lataurean Conway, 30, was arrested on suspicion of burglary, possession of stolen property and probation violation, authorities said. Primotivo Savedra, 18, was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property, police said.
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By Elite-City Standards, New York Is a 'Relative Bargain'
A stronger dollar and the rising price of goods has pushed New York City up in the ranks of the world's most expensive cities, but living in the five boroughs remains relatively affordable on a cost-of-living list compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Financial instability in Europe and a slow recovery from the recession in the U.S. has resulted in a stronger dollar and an increase in prices, boosting New York 19 places in the latest survey and lifting the ranks of all 16 U.S. cities profiled. New York is currently the 27th most expensive out of 131 cities in the study, up from 48 two years ago.
The Big Apple looks like a "relative bargain" compared to a decade ago, when it was the 10th most expensive city in the world, said survey editor Jon Copestake. Vancouver tops the new list as the most expensive city in North America.
The Worldwide Cost of Living survey, issued every other year, is designed to help expat workers, business travelers and companies weighing relocation decisions for its personnel. The survey uses New York as a baseline in its international comparisons.
Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia and Oslo in Norway were listed as the top five most expensive cities in the world on the Economist cost-of-living list. In the U.S., Cleveland and Atlanta offered the most value, both 30% cheaper than New York.
New studies released in recent months have pointed to New York City's financial recovery and relative affordability. The city's real-estate market has rebounded strongly from a post-recession dip, but apartment prices adjusted for inflation are their lowest since 2004, The Wall Street Journal reported last month. And when housing and transportation costs are weighed together, New York City is one of the more affordable in the U.S. for middle-income families, according to an October 2012 study.
But New York remains a challenging place to live for lower-income families, who have had to deal with a 16% rise in food prices since 2007, according to the Food Bank of New York City. Income levels have been stagnant or declining, and more New Yorkers are unemployed or settling for lesser-paid jobs than prior to the recession, said Jonathan Bowles, director of the New York-based Center for an Urban Future.
New York City's job market "has held up much better than most other cities in the U.S. but the people that are doing the best are those with at least a four-year degree," Bowles explained. "New York City has a growing technology sector, there's high-end business services. But for a lot of people in the middle class with lower levels of educational attainment, they're not doing well."
A rise in living costs exacerbates an already difficult situation for middle- to lower-income families. "It's made a city that's never cheap, that much more out of reach," Bowles said.


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