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Japan's third largest city, Osaka is a command centre for the Japanese economy. As the country's leading commercial hub, the metropolis is alive with industry and trade, and experiences an influx of more than one million business travellers every day.
Owing to its status as an economic powerhouse, Osaka hosts an incredible array of things to see and do. Ancient structures like the majestic Osaka Castle are proudly juxtaposed against exciting contemporary developments like Universal Studios Japan. Bustling commercial districts vie for attention with historic parks and shrines. While locals go about their day at a fast and feverish pace, but with friendly charm.
Population: Approx 2.9 million (metropolitan area)
Area (city): 223.00 km2
Time Zone: GMT +9
Languages: Japanese (official)
Currency: Yen (JPY)
Electricity: 100v 60Hz
Osaka has a humid subtropical climate, and as a result experiences four distinct seasons. Winter is mild, with temperatures rarely dropping below 2°C and low snowfall. Early April is celebrated as the best time to visit the city, as Japan's famous cherry blossoms burst into full bloom, signifying the arrival of spring with cascading hues of crimson. Summer is hot and humid, with daytime temperatures peaking in the mid-30s (°C), and cooling slightly in the evenings to around 25°C.
Name: Kansai International Airport
Address: Senshūkūkōkita , Izumisano-shi, Ōsaka-fu, Japan
Website: Kansai International Airport Website
Airport Transport
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Taxi: Taxi stands are located outside the international arrivals area on level one. Standard taxi fare from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to central Osaka is around 14,000 JPY and the trip takes approx. one hour.
Bus Transfers: Tickets for buses departing KIX can be purchased from the vending machines, located outside the Passenger Terminal Building on the first floor.
Train: Rail travel is an easy and efficient way to get to and from the airport, with JR West's Airport Express HARUKA line and Kansai Airport Rapid Service.
High Speed Ferry: This service runs between KIX and Kobe Airport at a cost of 1,800 JPY. The trip takes approx. 30 minutes and a free shuttle bus runs passengers between Kansai airport and the ferry terminal.
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Located on the prominent shopping boulevard of Mido-suji, and ideally situated above Namba Train Station, the Swissotel Nankai provides easy access to some of Osaka's most talked-about attractions. The hotel has more than 500 spacious rooms and suites and six onsite restaurants – including one that offers a 360-degree view of the city.
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The Ritz Carlton Hotel is located in Nishi-Umeda, one of Osaka's premier business and shopping districts, and close to Umeda Station, providing easy access to many of Osaka's highlights. The hotel particularly caters for corporate travellers with facilities like faxing services, conference rooms and a business centre.
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ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel is located on Yodoyabashi Street, amid one of Osaka's most vibrant business districts, and close by the famous Kitashinchi dining and entertainment district. A hotspot for leisure and business travellers alike, the hotel is within easy reach of some of the city's most celebrated drawcards.
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The Chisun Hotel Shinsaibashi is perfect for travellers looking to experience the best Osaka has to offer, without blowing the budget on a bed for the night. Ideally located within walking distance to popular shopping areas such as Shinsaibashi and Dōtombori, the hotel is also just five minutes by train to picturesque Osaka Castle.
Osaka's reputation as a food capital has attracted many top international chefs to set up shop in the city. Embracing cuisines from all over the world – covering everything from French and Italian, to Turkish, Peruvian, and Nepalese – options to suit every diner abound.
Dotombori is Osaka's gastronomic Mecca. A single street decorated with giant cows, crabs and blowfish, and bright neon signs, Dotombori truly highlights Osaka's local food culture. Opportunities exist to explore local delicacies such as takoyaki (small octopus dumplings), okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes), and kitsune udon (noodles with fried tofu). Those feeling adventurous can even tempt fate with a serving of fugu (poisonous blowfish) – a dish that is prepared with extreme caution or it will prove fatal.
Major transit centre, Namba is also a great place to sample Osaka's unique cuisine. An abundance of cafes and restaurants dot the area; a number of which are within the train station itself. When the food has served its purpose the district offers up a fantastic environment in which to experience local lifestyle – featuring an array of karaoke bars, arcades and pachinko parlours.
As is common in most Japanese cities, shopping is a popular pastime in Osaka – so much so that department stores can even be found within train stations throughout the city. Most shopping areas are located within easy walking distance of each other, making Osaka a hazardous holiday destination for those with a habit to spend big.
Everything from small boutiques to high-end couture and department stores can be found on Shinsaibashi-suji – located within Osaka's most vibrant shopping and entertainment district, Shinsaibashi. Nearby, Amerikamura or "American Village" is the city's youth culture hub, brimming with westernised fashion outlets, bars, and nightclubs. While just a short walk away, Ebisubashi-suji features a myriad of unique souvenir stores and hidden culinary gems.
Sennichimae Doguya-suji is where Osaka's reputation as "kitchen of the world" comes together. A masterchef's dream, the street is lined with speciality stores filled with every cooking utensil and kitchen item imaginable.
Just a quick jaunt down the road, Mido-suji Brand Street is a hive for fashion devotees, featuring high-end brands such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Further south, Nipponbashi Denden Town is packed with electronic equipment discount stores, overflowing with the latest and greatest technological gadgets.
Boasting more than 600 stores, Tenjinbashisuji Shotengai is Osaka's most prominent and Japan's longest shopping street. Spanning for over 2.6km, the sheltered arcade showcases everything from unique treasures to traditional souvenirs, such as chinaware, ancient knives and kimonos.
Osaka's most modern shopping experience, Rinku Premium Outlets can be found just one stop before the Kansai Airport – making it a perfect last minute option for a retail fix.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
February 25, 2009
Federal Regulators Allow Transmission Lines Funded by Wind Developers
Access to transmission lines is a critical factor for renewable energy development in much of the United States.
Independent companies that intend to build new transmission lines face a financing dilemma: under current federal rules, they must open all access to that transmission line to a competitive bidding process, but they need to make significant investments prior to reaching that point. In other words, they need to attract investors before they have a single customer. They also face a chicken-and-egg dilemma: power generators won't support a transmission line unless a utility says it needs the line to supply its customers, and utilities won't support a transmission line unless there is a power generator backing it up. So two companies—Chinook Power Transmission, LLC and Zephyr Power Transmission, LLC, both of which are owned by TransCanada Corporation—proposed to take a new approach, entering into an agreement to provide half of the capacity on their proposed new transmission lines to wind developers. The agreement will help finance the transmission lines and convince utilities that the project is viable, while still leaving half of the transmission line capacity available for other power generators.
On February 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the new approach, allowing the two projects to go forward. FERC noted that it needs to show greater flexibility for such "merchant" power line projects, because the project developers assume all the market risks, and unlike electric utilities, they have no set pool of customers from which they can recover their project costs. The two projects include a 1,100-mile transmission line running from Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to just south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and a 1,000-mile transmission line that runs from Harlowtown, Montana, to the same ending point in Nevada. Each transmission line will have a capacity of 3,000 megawatts (MW), which means that each line has an agreement with a wind power developer that plans to build 1,500 MW of wind power by the time the lines are completed in 2014. For comparison, at the end of 2008, Montana had only 272 MW of wind power capacity, while Wyoming had 676 MW of wind capacity. The companies did not name the wind power developers, although several wind developers intervened in favor of the proposal. See the FERC press release and decision (PDF 116 KB), as well as the most recent list of wind power projects from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Download Adobe Reader.
The proposed transmission lines are significant for a number of technical reasons, as well. They will be the first transmission lines to ship large amounts of wind power from windy northern states to distant customers in the Southwest. To achieve this feat without losing too much energy, the lines will be high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) lines, operating at voltages of 500 kilovolts. Such HVDC lines can carry 3,000 MW of power on a single string of towers, while multiple towers would be needed for traditional lines using alternating current. According to TransCanada, each transmission line will cost about $3 billion, even though they follow the same path from Boise, Idaho, through Nevada. The construction of such "green power superhighways" is advocated in a white paper that was released on February 17 by AWEA and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Incidentally, FERC will also hold a technical conference on March 2 to examine how large amounts of renewable generation can be integrated into the U.S. electrical grid. See TransCanada's project description, the AWEA press release and white paper (PDF 3.0 MKB), and FERC's announcement about its technical conference, which will be webcast live at no cost.


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AbCheck licenses mAB technology
14.11.2012 - Plzen-based AbCheck s.r.o.has licensed an affinity maturation and antibody optimisation platform from US bioinformatics company Distributed Bio LCC.
Under the terms of the exclusive, worldwide agreement, AbCheck will apply Distributed Bio LCC's proprietary computational library design algorithms to address the affinity maturation, therapeutic 'developability' and stability optimisation of antibodies in a one-step process. According to the Czech antibody specialist, the platform of the US bioinformatics specialist makes it possible to deliver functional, "GMP ready", antibodies with significantly increased affinities with minimal mutations from fully human frameworks from its phage and yeast display antibody libraries
AbCheck CEO Volker Lang stressed: "By combining the strength of both technologies we have created a platform that exactly addresses current market needs." "Library design algorithms redefine the full potential of high throughput screening," said Jacob Glanville, Scientific Director of Distributed Bio. "Distributed Bio's library design algorithms encode years of protein engineering directly into the library designs. We are delighted to bring this technology forward with AbCheck: their leading edge expertise in antibody engineering and library development make them an ideal partner for introducing this new technology to the market.
Abcheck uses its AbSieve platform to develop antibodies for partners in all antibody formats, and its AbAccel algorithm for affinity maturation and optimisation. Distributed Bio provides antibody informatics, including: sequence & structural analysis; affinity maturation & humanisation; NextGen repertoire sequencing; phage display panning and library analysis.
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3.10-3 Product Liability - Comparative
Responsibility (Causation)
New March 1, 2009
If you find the defendant
liable under the instructions I just gave you, based upon findings that its
product was defective and that the defect was a proximate cause of the
plaintiff's alleged injuries, you must go on to consider the defendant's special
defense of comparative responsibility. To establish this defense, the defendant
must prove by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff bears at
least partial responsibility for (his/her) own injuries because (he/she) engaged
in (negligent/reckless/intentional) conduct of the kind alleged in the special
defense and such conduct, like the defendant's defective product, was also a
proximate cause of those injuries. Under our law, the plaintiff's recovery of
damages for injuries proximately caused by a defective product is not barred if
such injuries are also shown to have been caused by the plaintiff's own
(negligence/recklessness/intentionally tortious) conduct. Instead, in such
circumstances, (his/her) award of damages must be diminished by a percentage
representing the measure of (his/her) own responsibility for those injuries
compared to the combined responsibility of all parties, including
(himself/herself), who have been shown to bear some responsibility for those
injuries. If the defendant persuades you that the plaintiff did indeed engage
in (negligent/reckless/intentional) conduct of the sort here alleged, and
further that such conduct proximately caused the injuries (he/she) complains of
in this case, then you must go on to determine the percentage of responsibility
(he/she) personally must bear for those injuries, determined as a percentage of
the combined responsibility of all parties found responsible for those injuries
in this case.
Here, the defendant has
alleged that the plaintiff bears at least partial responsibility for (his/her)
own alleged injuries by engaging in the following acts of
(negligence/recklessness/intentional) misconduct, which (he/she) claims to have
proximately caused those alleged injuries: <quote the specifications of
negligence, recklessness or intentionally tortious conduct set forth in the
special defense for which at least some evidence has been presented at trial>.
Under our law, a person engages in (negligence/recklessness/intentional tortious)
conduct when <here describe the elements of negligence or of any other type
of tortious conduct by which the plaintiff is claimed to have caused (his/her)
own injuries in the case>. To prove that the plaintiff engaged in
negligence [or other pleaded form of tortious conduct], in the manner described
in the special defense, the defendant must prove the following essential
elements by a fair preponderance of the evidence: <here list the essential
elements of the defendant's claim of negligence or other tortious conduct, as
pleaded in the special defense>.1
(Negligence/Recklessness/Intentionally tortious) conduct is a proximate cause of
an alleged injury when it is a substantial factor in bringing that injury about.
In determining if the defendant has proved this second element of its claim of
comparative responsibility, you must apply the same general instructions on
legal causation which I previously gave you on the causation element of the
plaintiff's product liability claim.
If the defendant persuades
you by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff engaged in
(negligent/reckless/intentionally tortious) conduct in the manner here alleged
and that such conduct proximately caused (his/her) alleged injuries, you must
next determine the comparative responsibility of all parties for those
injuries. The comparative responsibility of each party who is shown to have
been responsible for the plaintiff's proven injuries must be determined by
assigning him a percentage of the combined responsibility of all parties you
find to be responsible for such injuries, totaling 100%. Because comparative
responsibility is a special defense, the defendant bears the burden of proving
the extent of the plaintiff's proportionate responsibility for (his/her) own
injuries, expressed as a percentage of the combined responsibility of all
parties whose responsibility for such injuries has been proved at trial.
In determining the
comparative responsibility of the parties for the plaintiff's alleged injuries,
you must consider, on a comparative basis, both the nature and the quality of
each party's proven conduct.2 Factors for assigning percentages of
responsibility to each party whose legal responsibility has been established
include the nature of the party's risk-creating conduct, including any awareness
or indifference with respect to the risks created by the conduct and any intent
with respect to the harm created by the conduct, as well as the strength of the
causal connection between the party's risk-creating conduct and the harm.3
The nature of a responsible party's risk-creating conduct includes such things
as how unreasonable the conduct was under the circumstances, in light of the
extent to which it deviated from the legal standard applicable to it in this
case; the circumstances surrounding the conduct; each party's abilities and
disabilities; and each party's awareness, intent, or indifference with respect
to the risks.4 The comparative strength of the causal connection and
the harm depends on how attenuated the causal connection was, the timing of each
person's conduct in causing the harm, and a comparison of the risks created by
the conduct and the actual harm suffered by the plaintiff.5 Your
task, after considering the responsible parties' proven conduct in light of
these factors, is to assign to each party a percentage representing (his/her)
proportion of the combined responsibility of all parties for the plaintiff's
proven injuries, with the total of such individual percentages of responsibility
equaling 100%.
Before instructing on any particular specification of negligence (or other
tortious conduct) set forth in the special defense, the court must obviously
determine if the alleged conduct could support the proposed finding as a matter
of law. See generally, Barry v. Quality Steel Products, Inc., 280 Conn.
1, 22 (2006) (finding no error in the trial court's refusal to instruct that
roof workers who fell and were injured due to the failure of the defendant's
defective roof brackets could be found negligent, for comparative responsibility
purposes, based upon their alleged failure to anticipate the failure of the
brackets and to use backup systems to guard against the possible dangers
resulting therefrom).
This language comes directly from General Statutes § 52-572o (c).
This language comes directly from § 8 of Restatement (Third), Torts,
Apportionment of Liability, which our Supreme Court referenced with approval in
Barry v. Quality Steel Products, Inc., supra, 280 Conn. at 21
(prescribing the manner in which a jury should be instructed as to the
plaintiff's alleged negligence when it is pleaded as a basis for asserting the
special defense of comparative responsibility). That Section, which sets forth
generally applicable rules apportioning responsibility among joint tortfeasors,
applies directly to the apportionment of responsibility between the sellers of
defective products which injure plaintiffs and plaintiffs whose tortious conduct
contributes to their own product-related injuries under § 17 of the Restatement
(Third), Apportionment of Liability. Section 17 provides as follows:
17. Apportionment of Responsibility Between or Among Plaintiff, Sellers and
Distributors of Defective Products, and Others.
(a) A plaintiff's recovery of damages for harm caused by a product defect may be
reduced if the conduct of the plaintiff combines with the product defect to
cause the harm and the plaintiff's conduct fails to conform to generally
applicable rules establishing appropriate standards of care.
(b) The manner and extent of the reduction under Subsection (a) and the
apportionment of plaintiff's recovery among multiple defendants are governed by
generally applicable rules apportioning responsibility.
This language comes directly from Comment c to § 8 of the Restatement (Third),
Torts, Apportionment of Responsibility.
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- Oct 10:
- Oakland A's hitters praise Justin Verlander
- Josh Donaldson, Brandon Moss come up empty
- A's Sonny Gray pays for his mistake vs. Tigers
- Purdy: A's again never could get going against Tigers' Verlander
- Oakland A's lose to Detroit Tigers 3-0 in deciding game of ALDS
- Dennis Eckersley says Oakland A's are underdogs in Game 5
- A's manager Bob Melvin faces uncertainty in bullpen
- A's pitcher A.J. Griffin on the mend
- A's outfielder Yoenis Cespedes batting cleanup in Game 5 against Justin Verlander
- Oakland A's hitters need to get Justin Verlander out comfort zone
OAKLAND -- Justin Verlander is a bad, bad man who keeps crushing the A's--their hopes, their ALDS dreams and their seasons.
He's their arch enemy, the most feared rival and, after Thursday, Verlander is the bane of this franchise's current existence.
And he's not apologizing for it, by the way. Does the Road Runner ever apologize to Wile E. Coyote?
"I just go out there when my team needs me the most," Verlander said after taking the Tigers to the ALCS against Boston.
In another Game 5 masterpiece, Verlander threw blurry fastballs, devastated the A's hitters, led the Tigers to a 3-0 victory, and eliminated the A's, all at once.
Then, in the Tigers clubhouse, Verlander was surrounded by his teammates, who dumped enough non-alcoholic champagne on his head to create a little sticky lake in there.
They were acknowledging their ace and leader, and the man they knew the A's just could not defeat.
Not in last year's ALDS Game 5, when Verlander went nine shut out innings also at the Coliseum, and not on Thursday.
Probably not ever, if it's do or die. Because Verlander doesn't die, not when it's against the A's.
"Feels fantastic," Verlander said later of the near-drowning. "No better feeling than to have your teammates surround you and pour champagne on you after a big game.
"Your emotions are running so high the whole game, and it's just kind of a sigh of relief after the game is over and you've won."
Throwing mostly unhittable fastballs, Verlander struck out 10 A's in eight shut out innings and carried a no-hitter into the seventh--which was finally broken up by a Yoenis Cespedes single with two outs in the inning.
He was in total control. He had no crisis moments. Once Miguel Cabrera's two-run homer off A's starter Sonny Gray gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the fourth, it was cruise control.
What is it about the Coliseum that fuels Verlander's best performances?
"I think it's very hostile and it's a lot of fun, really, to be on the mound," Verlander said of the Coliseum environment.
"Everybody in the ballpark, 50,000 are rooting against me and yelling as loud as they can. That's fun for me. I enjoy it just as much as being at home and having that atmosphere as well. You thrive off it."
Verlander even acknowledged the fans near the Tigers bullpen who were taunting him with giant pictures of model Kate Upton (a rumored ex-girlfriend of his) and Pablo Sandoval (who hit two homers against Verlander in the Giants' Game 1 World Series victory last season).
"I did notice that," Verlander said with a smile. "No comment."
The performance extended Verlander's streak of scoreless postseason innings against the A's to 30, and it's hard to imagine how the A's are ever going to actually end that skid.
It's not really their fault. When Verlander is pitching like this--humming 97-mph fastballs and mixing in some off-speed stuff--he cannot be hit, and he keeps doing it exactly when the A's can't survive it.
"Justin rises to the occasion," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "I can usually tell by the look on his face and his demeanor before a game when he's zeroed in and locked in and he was locked in tonight."
Yes, this is the same guy who gave up those Sandoval homers along the way to five runs in four innings against the Giants last October at AT&T Park.
Verlander lost to Barry Zito on that day. Obviously, his Bay Area magic is restricted to this side of the water.
He had the mojo early on Thursday--Verlander said that once he started blowing his fastball past the A's hitters in the first few innings, he decided to stick with the hard stuff.
Again: Why not?
"He was on it early," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "We weren't getting very good swings on him.
"I thought maybe when it started to get darker (in the night), we would get better swings, but he kept throwing fastballs ...
"Surprising how many fastballs he threw that we swung through, because we're a very good fastball"'hitting team."
But that's Verlander--who threw seven shut out innings in Game 2, which the A's won when Gray was even better, and who apparently cannot pitch poorly in October in Oakland.
When it's time to extinguish the A's, there is nobody the A's would less like to see. He's the supervillain, he's the nightmare.
"One of the best all-time," Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter said of Verlander amid the champagne storm.
He's the man the A's can't get past, the last pitcher they'd ever want to face with their season at stake. The A's hoped Gray would be their version of Verlander on Thursday, but he just couldn't match the zeros.
It was all about Verlander again on Thursday, throwing rockets and staring down the A's.
He is their season-killer, and there is no way for the A's to get around that. Or him.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at email@example.com.


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I'm running Ubuntu Heron Server and noticed the following error in the trace logs while I navigate folders using the PS3. I'm guessing this has something to with thumbnails?
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[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.709 Exception in thread "pool-172-thread-1" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.java2d.Disposer
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.709 at javax.imageio.stream.FileCacheImageInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.709 at com.sun.imageio.spi.InputStreamImageInputStreamSpi.createInputStreamInstance(Unknown Source)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.709 at javax.imageio.ImageIO.createImageInputStream(Unknown Source)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(Unknown Source)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at net.pms.dlna.DLNAMediaInfo.parse(DLNAMediaInfo.java:688)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at net.pms.formats.Format.parse(Format.java:108)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at net.pms.dlna.RealFile.resolve(RealFile.java:245)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at net.pms.dlna.DLNAResource$1.run(DLNAResource.java:339)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.710 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
[pool-172-thread-1] TRACE 12:11:43.711 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
PMS is running in console mode as such:
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GUI environment no available
Switching to console mode
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.815 Starting Java PS3 Media Server v1.10.5
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.817 by shagrath / 2008-2009
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.817 http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.818 http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.818
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.818 Java 1.6.0_12-Sun Microsystems Inc.
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.818 OS Linux i386 2.6.24-19-server
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.819 Encoding: UTF-8
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.833 Temp folder: /tmp/javaps3media
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.890 Registering transcoding engine FFmpeg Audio
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.926 Registering transcoding engine MEncoder
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.928 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Audio
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.929 Registering transcoding engine MEncoder Web
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.930 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Video Dump
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.931 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Web
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.938 Registering transcoding engine TsMuxer
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.939 Registering transcoding engine Audio High Fidelity
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.940 Registering transcoding engine VideoLan Audio Streaming
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.941 Registering transcoding engine VideoLan Video Streaming
[main] TRACE 22:07:51.942 Registering transcoding engine Raws Thumbnailer
[main] TRACE 22:07:52.122 Scanning network interface eth0 / eth0
Could this be why I have no thumbnails? Also there appears to be a problem between PMS and mencoder. Videos playback fine with tsMuxer, but with mencoder I get:
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[Thread-1851] TRACE 12:11:58.904 Starting transcode/remux of Eq.mp4
[Thread-1867] TRACE 12:12:11.349 Starting transcode/remux of Eq.mp4
with the playstation eventually failing to playback comlplaining that the file is corrupt.
Mencoder appears to be able to transcode files on its own outside of PMS. Does a lack of processing speed ever result in this error? I am running with dual 1.2 Ghz CPUs and mencoder compiled to support multi-threading.
I think its probably because the GUI has never run (always console mode) but I created a PMS.conf in the same directory and added the line "nbcores = 2" attempting to tell PMS this in case its needed for spawning the transcoder.


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Micro-documentary on Seva
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Steve Jobs, before he was famous, provided the funds that started Seva. Today, nearly 4 million people who were blind have had their vision restored!
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Hundreds of artists have raised millions of dollars to support Seva's work over the past 37 years.
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Seva Foundation's history of Compassion in Action
In 1978, a remarkable conference of friends and colleagues gathered at the Waldenwoods Conference Center, near Ann Arbor, Michigan to consider this question: How could they be of service?
The answer turned out to be Seva Foundation.
In 1978, after working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to end smallpox in India, Dr. Larry Brilliant (currently President, Skoll Global Threats Fund), and his wife Girija Brilliant, a public health specialist, published an article entitled Death of a Killer Disease. It was a personal account of their decade in Asia, first as youthful travelers, then as spiritual seekers, and eventually as part of WHO's successful smallpox eradication team.
They concluded the article with an appeal to readers to find the compassion and understanding to support international health programs to benefit those struggling with poverty.
Readers were moved, and soon $20,000 of donations arrived in Larry and Girija's mailbox — with the first $5,000 coming from not-yet-famous computer inventor, Steve Jobs.
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Inspired by the supportive response, the Brilliants convened a conference of friends and colleagues to consider what to do next now that smallpox had been eradicated — how could they best be of service?
Using their personal Rolodex of health professionals and cultural activists, the Brilliants invited an eclectic group that included the World Health Organization's Dr. Nicole Grasset, spiritual teacher Ram Dass, and Berkeley activists Wavy Gravy and Jahanara Romney.
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Dr. Grasset introduced the group to Dr. G. Venkataswamy, a retired eye surgeon in India known as "Dr. V" who was just setting out to fulfill his vision of making cataract surgery as "ubiquitous as McDonalds," and therefore affordable to the poor. That was the beginning of Seva's partnership in the high-volume eye clinic that would become the internationally known Aravind Eye Care Systems.
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St. Paul police confirm an online photograph shows one of its policemen dressed as a Muslim woman.
Police spokesman Howie Padilla says the officer is still assigned to the K-9 unit.
The officer's name was not released Monday. Padilla says the matter is still under investigation.
St. Paul Police Chief Tom Smith released a statement saying his department has worked hard to establish "a strong and respectful relationship with our Muslim communities," and he will not allow these types of images "to erode that relationship."
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says the officer should undergo diversity training.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/XjvGLZ ) reports Mukhtar Ibrahim, a journalist in Washington, D.C., had directed a Tweet at the St. Paul Police Twitter account, asking about the photo.
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UNC Asheville wins big over Winthrop
Bulldogs in first place
Published: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 10:51 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 10:51 p.m.
ASHEVILLE -- With first place on the line and with Winthrop going on a late run Wednesday night, UNC Asheville sophomore Sam Hughes stumbled and committed a turnover.
But he responded with the defensive play of the night.
Joab Jerome was going up for a layup that could've cut the lead to seven, but Hughes elevated for a huge block that brought the 1,741 fans to their feet. He then dished off to Jaron Lane for an easy bucket, and the Bulldogs rode the momentum to an 81-66 Big South Conference win.
"I wasn't happy with his turnover that caused that play, but I was happy how he responded," UNC Asheville coach Nick McDevitt said. "Instead of hanging his head, he made the block and then made a great tip pass to Lane on the other end. It was a pivotal point in the game."
Lane led all scorers with 22 points, as he went 10-of-14 from the free-throw line and 6-of-9 from the field. Andrew Rowsey missed some shots early but found his range, going 4-of-8 from the 3-point line to finish with 17 points.
Three other Bulldogs hit double digits: Hughes with 12, David Robertson with 11 and Jaleel Roberts with 10.
Asheville was without their big center, D.J. Cunningham, who was out with the flu. Despite that lack of size, the Bulldogs still outrebounded Winthrop 47-29.
"Winthrop is a small team but they were focused on rebounding with us. When you take away Cunningham, that's taking away a 10-rebound-per-night guy. So we were a rebound by committee tonight," McDevitt said.
Roberts led the way with eight rebounds, and Hughes and Chudier Pal each pulled down seven.
The Eagles fall to 9-8 and 3-2 in the BSC, while the Bulldogs improve to 10-9 and 4-1, holding the top spot in the BSC's Southern Division.
Asheville returns to action Saturday at High Point and then comes back to Kimmel Arena on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. game with VMI.
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New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed three energy bills into law on March 4th, including a "Renewable Energy Act" that sets minimum requirements for renewable energy use by the state's public utilities. Governor Richardson also signed a bill for the state to invest in hydrogen and other cutting-edge energy sources, and to provide "clean energy grants" to state agencies and local governments; public schools and other educational institutions; and tribal entities. The third bill exempts from excise taxes any purchase of a new hybrid-electric car that achieves a fuel economy rating of at least 27.5 miles per gallon. See the governor's press release (PDF 131 KB). Download Acrobat Reader.
The state's new "Renewable Energy Act" requires public utilities to draw on renewable energy resources for 5 percent of the electricity they sell starting in 2006, increasing by 1 percent each year until 2011, when the renewable requirement will hold steady at 10 percent of retail sales. The utilities can meet their renewable energy requirement using solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and select biomass energy resources, as well as by using fuel cells powered with something other than fossil fuels. However, the law allows the New Mexico Public Service Commission to set a "reasonable cost threshold" for renewable energy, and allows utilities to fall short of their requirements if meeting them would result in exceeding the cost threshold. The law also allows the Commission to give utilities extra credit for using some types of renewable energy, and allows the Commission to reduce the renewable energy requirement for commercial and industrial customers. The law codifies rules established by the Commission in late 2002. See the New Mexico Legislature Web site for the full text of Senate Bill 43, House Bill 251, and Senate Bill 86, and for background on the Commission's 2002 rules, see the article from the January 8th, 2003, edition of the EERE Network News.


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Fresh off his much-talked-about small-club show at South by Southwest, Prince has confirmed he's about to kick off a West Coast tour that reportedly includes four shows in two nights at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco.
The tour is slated to launch in mid-April, and includes two shows each on April 23 and 24 at the DNA Lounge. Ticket information has not been released yet. The DNA Lounge, an intimate (by Prince's standards) club at 375 11th St. in San Francisco's South of Market district, had not listed the shows on its calendar as of Thursday (March 21) afternoon.
Prince announced the tour -- which so far is limited to 7 cites and small to mid-size clubs -- in a Wednesday night video chat with blogger Dr. Funkenberry, the Los Angeles Times reported. Also present were members of Prince's backing band 3rd Eye Girl.
Other cites on the tour, according to Dr. Funkenberry's website, include Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego, Tempe, Ariz., and Anaheim.
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Research Leader
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Dr. Lay was raised in central Virginia, on a traditional family farm, consisting of cattle, swine, and horses. Dr. Donald C. Lay Jr. received a B.S. degree in Animal Science from Virginia Tech in 1985. To pursue studies in ethology, he went to Texas A & M earning his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Science in 1990 and 1995, respectively. While at Texas A & M, his research efforts concentrated on determining the relative painfulness of freeze and hot-iron branding in cattle and on determining what effects stress may have on the developing fetus.
Upon graduation, Dr. Lay accepted a position at Iowa State University as Assistant Professor specializing in Behavioral Physiology. There, he taught two courses, Companion Animal Science, and Domestic Animal Behavior and Well-Being. He is co-author of the textbook "Animal Well-Being: Stress Physiology, Applied Ethology, and Environmental Design". He is on the editorial board for the Environment and Behavior, and the Physiology and Endocrinology sections of the Journal of Animal Science, Domestic Animal Endocrinology, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science and for Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Dr. Lay has chaired the Mid-west section ASAS, Environment and Behavior committee, the national ASAS Animal Behavior and Well-Being section, as well as the NCR-131, Animal Care and Behavior committee. His reputation as an ethologist led to him being appointed to chair the first Animal Behavior, Housing, & Well-Being section at the Mid-West Animal Science meetings held in March, 2001.
His peers have recognized his excellent performance in research as evidenced by his invitation to speak at: 1) the International Conference on the Biology of Animal Stress; 2) the European Assoc. for Animal Production meeting in Budapest; 3) 8 Universities; 4) 4 American Society of Animal Science meetings and as the Key Note speaker at the 2005 Stress and Behavior conference in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In 2000 he won the Iowa State University College of Agriculture Early Achievement in Teaching Award and in 2003 he won the Area Early Career Research Scientist of the Year award for ARS. Dr. Lay has authored and co-authored 1 text book, 2 book chapters, 60 articles of which approximately 40 are peer reviewed, and 67 abstracts. In addition he currently has one patent pending: Ovarian Regression and Recrudescence in the Hen Using Melengestrol Acetate, 0174.03. D.C. Lay Jr. and M. E. Wilson. 2005.
Dr. Lay is the Research Leader of the USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit in West Lafayette, IN and the Location Coordinator for the ARS West Lafayette location which includes research units on soil erosion and crop and pest management. The majority of his time is spent conducting research in applied ethology. His interests are in optimizing the well-being of swine, examining the mechanisms of maternal behavior in swine, investigating alternative housing and management systems for swine production, and elucidating the effects of prenatal stress.
Selected Publications
Hobbies and InterestAll animals both domestic and wild, biking, hiking, backpacking, diving, travel, and gardening.
Research Goal and PhilosophyThe ultimate goal of my research program is to discover information that will allow for both optimum animal welfare and animal production. Society, animal researchers, and livestock producers are concerned about the stress to which animals are subjected, and they all wish to have this stress minimized. Yet we still struggle to define stress and interpret animal behavior in order to assess the state of our livestock. Decreasing animal stress and increasing animal welfare is a noble goal and a surmountable challenge. My research program is designed to meet this challenge and to produce a lasting contribution to both science and society.
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Five areas of expertise stand out as demonstrating the high degree of
originality of Dr. Lay: 1) work on pre-natal stress, 2) maternal behavior
of sows, 3) work on Salmonella infection in swine, 4) measuring subjective
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5) developing a novel method of assessing stress using heart rate variability.
"Prenatal" stress is a phenomenon that occurs when a pregnant animal is
stressed and this in some way alters the behavior and the physiology of
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Z-Max, an engine additive that is part of the same corporate family as Charlotte Motor Speedway, INEX, and US Legends Cars International, the manufacturer formerly known as 600 Racing, has posted $200,000 sponsorship for both the INEX Legends national point fund and track point funds across the country. Z-Max will contribute $1,000 to the Shangri-La II Motor Speedway INEX Legends point fund.
The INEX Legends appeared twice last season at the Concrete Castle and kept the fans on the edge of their seats as they drafted Talladega-style around the big half mile. Mike Alcaro, the New Jersey driver who is the track champion at Bethel Motorsports Park, one of the smallest paved tracks in country (and the only track where you can visit the site of the original Woodstock Music Festival during the races) was the big winner. This year the miniature coupes and coaches powered by sealed Yamaha engines have booked seven dates at Shangri-La II, starting with the ROC'n Concrete Rumble on Sunday, May 16.
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I ordered the chicken off of the gluten free menu. I asked questions before ordering to make sure everything was GF. Well, I reacted in a big way. Maybe cross contamination, maybe bad info...whatever it was I'm not going back.
Large selection of gf items.
3500 Mount Moriah Road, Durham, NC 27707
Love going here! The staff is trained in what to do when someone orders from the gf menu. They have a separate prep area, utensils, change gloves, etc. My dad and I (both of us have celiac) can eat here with no problems. It's great to have this option!
505 Highland Oaks Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27103
They now take gf very seriously, have a dedicated gf menu and I have never gotten sick!! Love it and go at least twice a month!
5769 SR 303 NE, Bremerton, WA 98311
Gotten sick every single time!
722 Jamacha Rd, El Cajon, CA 92019
Nice that they have a GF menu. My steak was good but the potato (home style mashed) were super salty. Wish they had some type of GR bread. It took a while to get our food-it was busy-and the other members of my party had 2 loaves of the outback bread while waiting. It would be nice if they offered a GF option.
6840 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN 37209
Outback is our go-to when we want a safe meal with no surprises. This was one more location we enjoyed with no concerns. Kudos to Outback for providing consistency when it is needed.
305 N. Frontage Rd., New London, CT 06320
It's pretty much the same as any other Outback, but the waitress was really friendly and I had no gluten issues. I ordered the chicken on the barbie with a baked potato and house salad (no croutons of course). I just hope Outback eventually starts carrying GF bread.
3168 Linden Dr., Bristol, VA 24202
Great steaks, ribs, and Alice Springs Chicken! Awesome salads, but sometimes they put croutons on them- and I am very allergic to gluten. We have had to send a few back, but usually, staff is very welcoming and knowledgable.
601 Gregory Street, Pensacola, FL 32501
The food was good and no reaction! We love the dessert . Outback is one of our "go to places" when traveling, for the most part they are knowledgeable and have good options . This location did a great job!
11950 Sheldon Rd., Tampa, FL 33626
I am GF and DF, so I ordered the grilled chicken with a sweet potato with no butter. It was good,. but not much food.
2615 Capital Mall Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502
Emphasize that you are celiac/gluten free. Extensive gf menu. undergoing major renovation now .
601 Gregory Street, Pensacola, FL 32501
Had lunch there today - the staff was super-they we very happy to take care of me GF order. They are flexible and will work with you on custom requests. I normally get the wedge salad and substitute GF ranch and add blue cheese crumbles which are on other items. But, the staff were standouts. Them made my meal very nice, really wanting to give me a great GF meal. 👏
3660 State Road 26, Lafayette, IN 47905
Waitress was very accommodating to dietary restrictions and was very careful to make certain food was prepared correctly. Excellent service. We will be back.
3930 Hwy. 54, Osage Beach, MO 65065
Love that they have a good selection of gluten free options...especially the brownie dessert option.
1801 Towne Park Dr., Troy, OH 45373
Has a gf menu. Staff was willing to find out if one of their seasonal item was gf.
150 Dorset Street, S. Burlington, VT 05403
We had a great meal and was impressed with the amount of GF options available, they have an extensive separate GF menu. Megan, our server was very good, she went out of her way to answer our questions and even went back to the kitchen (more then once) to talk to the chefs. We were able to get the shrimp on the barbie that was not on the GF menu. I had the grilled salmon and my boyfriend had the Porter house and with the pecan brownie for dessert. Error, the manager even came over and spoke with us.
6819 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, WA 99336
They had a great GF menu! Even the GF dessert was good!
4220 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL 34293
Outback is always awesome... I always get a steak and potato combo.... The salads are always really good there too.
909 N Elmhurst Rd, Mt Prospect, IL 60056
not for celiacs ! my kid been so sick after eating there :-(
2925 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301
We were in a rush but service was excellent and the bartender was kind and attentive. Always love the chocolate thunder gluten free dessert. My chicken salad was fresh and delicious.
481 W. Bay Area Blvd., Webster, TX 77598
This location is closed, as in torn down.
3110 E. 36th St., Joplin, MO 64804
Excellent option in Joplin. Nice choices and I felt great. Over several visits I've enjoyed the pork chop, the salmon and the Cobb Salad with grilled chicken. Servers are knowledgeable.
Hwy. 35 & Woodland Dr., Middletown, NJ 07748
The food tasted good but I believe they gave me a steak that was from the full menu and not the gf menu. Normally I pick up on seasonings that are suspicious but I did not and ate it without question. I was sick for 10 days. If ever I go back I will be more proactive.
1650 S. Clearview Ave., Mesa, AZ 85208
Told the server I had allergies and she didn't write down anything or seem to care. My salad came back with crouton crumbs twice. I didn't want to send it back again so my husband ate it and I went hungry. I am not going back. I have had similar experiences here in the past and do not think they are celiac friendly or allergen friendly in general.
3527 Union Deposit Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17109
Plenty of GF choices, but the service was terrible when we were there and the restaurant was filthy.
4215 Ebenezer Road, Baltimore, MD 21236
Staff are knowledgeable and helpful
12741 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City, MD 21842
Nice and know what GF is with menus choices
586 Park Way, Flowood, MS 39232
Waitress very knowable. Was very pleased. Going back soon.
15765 Eureka Road, Southgate, MI 48195-2623
great options and a delicious gf dessert.
536 Paul Huff Pkwy., Cleveland, TN 37312
I've eaten there a number of times. Manager and staff take it seriously. Safe for Celiac's.
160 Aiken Mall Rd., Aiken, SC 29801
Usually they have been good at making plain steaks and salads without croutons. However I have had occasional servers who did not have a clue about gluten free.
3270 Hwy. 17 S., Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Another good result at an Outback. Good food and options for me GF son including the brownie dessert. No illness afterwards.
10933 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
Teresa, the owner, always makes sure my wife's gluten-free dinner is handled properly in the kitchen. She even takes time to make sure her salad is made special to avoid cross-contamination.
3670 McKinley Parkway, Blasdell, NY 14219
Enjoyed, wine, ribs , chicken and mash potatoes from a gluten free menu. The gluten-free menu had no prices listed which I thought would be more expensive but actually was the same prices as regular menu. would come here again.
4208 US 98 North, Lakeland, FL 33809
very knowledgeable on celiac disease and very cautious on how serious it is for me .finally had a great meal without getting sick.i I actually feel better now I thank the staff for all there help bartender Brooke and mgr Lindsey were awesome
279 Junction Road, Madison, WI 53717
didn't have any issues. love their steaks!
194 Stonebrook Place, Jackson, TN 38305
Our son has Celiac and we have consistently eaten at this Outback without any cross contamination issues.
261 University Blvd., Harrisonburg, VA 22801
It has a gluten free menu. My son is a celiac he got steak and sweet potatoe. It's limited but it's good and gluten free.
740 US Highway 130, Hamilton, NJ 08691
Had a great gluten free chicken meal.. Just look on the gluten free menu online.. Also gluten free brownie desert, yum!!
3371 US HWY 1, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Looked up their gluten free options online.. I had one of their chicken options and it was amazing. Also gluten free brownie desert!!
3215 S.W. College Road, Ocala, FL 34474
They have a gluten free menu, good selection of bad service and the worst food poisoning to take home. Just got steak, potatoes and the gluten free desert. Was extremely ill from bad food handling.
3700 S. US Highway 41, Terre Haute, IN 47802
Wonderful staff that know about food allergies! Great GF menu and say how things Are prepared separately from other foods even before asking.
5690 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117
They provide a celiac menu (available online if you want to look ahead). We asked for BBQ sauce and bacon bits after the fact. I was worried these might get us sick, but either the waiter remembered or they were GF already. Either way, this was a good dining experience for us.
2076 Interchange Rd. Mill Creek Pavilion, Erie, PA 16565
I love eating here. I have been here dozens of times and have never been disappointed. They have a huge menu for gluten free including a volcano flourless cake. I highly recommend it for any of my fellow celiac's.
3101 S.E. Federal Hwy., Stuart, FL 34994
I love Outback because they take Celiac seriously and offer safe gluten free options. The food is consistently good, the drinks are a healthy pour, and the staff is always accommodating and fun. I highly recommend Outback for a safe dining experience.
101 W. 34th, Anchorage, AK 99503
Outback is pretty much what you would expect from a chain restaurant with gluten free options. They have a decent small selection. The food is okay and they try to make sure your food is safe. Can't complain.
1110 N. Germantown Pkwy, Cordova, TN 38016
Celiac Friendly...no problems just wish that they had a broader menu
4902 N President George Bush Hwy, Garland, TX 75040
I've eaten he many times and enjoy it. My son and i, both celiac, will share a filet and add a later tail. Not cheap but very good. I would have given 5 stars except I recently ate at a Saltgrass steakhouse and they were just as good bit had GF bread. So Saltgrass gets the 5th star. If only the was one in North Garland ...
4510 East State Rd 64, Bradenton, FL 34208
Seems like they are careful about GF. I eat here often and never had a problem ( no reactions). Very pleased
Hwy. 35 & Woodland Dr., Middletown, NJ 07748
Had a great steak and baked potato last night and did not get sick and I have celiac . Waiter was very attentive and steak was cooked in foil on the grill . I will definitely go back.
261 Merritt Sq Mall, 777 Merritt Is Cwy, Merritt Island, FL 32952
Server was knowledgeable about celiac.
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I have seen the future winner of the 2015 Academy Award for best picture and its name is "RoboCop" (the remake).
OK, so, perhaps I'm going a little overboard with that prediction. Yet, I do feel confident in saying that "RoboCop" will be the finest action-adventure remake released to theaters on Feb. 12. Unless, of course, I am forgetting about some other action-adventure remake slated to hit the big screen that same day. Then, "RoboCop" might well turn out to be the second finest action-adventure remake released on Feb. 12.
In honor of the occasion, I have come up with the ultimate "RoboCop" playlist. Here are the top 10 robot songs (listed alphabetically):
"Blunts and Robots," Crystal Method: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, thankfully.
"I Robot," The Alan Parsons Project: If I had a nickel for every songwriter who turned to Isaac Asimov for inspiration ... .
"Ladytron," Roxy Music: Yes, I will use any excuse to plug my favorite band.
"Mr. Roboto," Styx: Astoundingly, this isn't even the worst song on the album "Kilroy Was Here."
"Paranoid Android," Radiohead: I'm not quite sure what the lyrics mean. But I never let that stop me when it comes to Radiohead.
"Robots," Flight of the Conchords: Best. Binary. Solo. Ever.
"The Robots," Kraftwerk: You knew Kraftwerk would make the list, right?
"Robot Parade," They Might Be Giants; I love a parade.
"We Don't Allow No Robots in Sunday School," The Fugs: The title alone secures this song a spot on my list.
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1," The Flaming Lips: This isn't the one about jelly. It's the other one.
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Officials were examining whether the Indian Mujahideen, which is thought to have a link with militants in neighboring Pakistan, might have carried out the attack, an investigator told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal details of the probe. India's recent execution of an Islamic militant is being examined as a possible motive for the bombings, he said.
Police have not yet detained anyone in connection with the Thursday evening attack, the first major terror bombing in India since 2011.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said there was a general alert about the possibility of an attack somewhere in India for the past three days. "But there was no specific intelligence about a particular place," he said as he toured the site Friday morning.
The bombs were attached to two bicycles about 150 meters (500 feet) apart in Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar district, Shinde said. He said in addition to the dead, 119 others were injured.
The bombs exploded minutes apart in a crowded shopping area. The blasts shattered storefronts, scattered food and plates from roadside restaurants and left tangles of dead bodies.
"This is a dastardly attack; the guilty will not go unpunished," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. He appealed to the public to remain calm.
Top state police officer V. Dinesh Reddy said improvised explosive devices with nitrogen compound were used in the blasts, which he blamed on a ''terrorist network."
On Friday morning, police with cameras, gloves and plastic evidence bags used pointers to gingerly look through the debris.
India has been under a heightened state of alert over the hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri militant nearly two weeks ago. He was executed for his involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that killed 14 people, including five of the gunmen.
Since the execution, near-daily protests have rocked Indian-ruled Kashmir, where many people believe Guru did not receive a fair trial. Anger in a region where anti-India sentiment runs deep was further fueled by the secrecy with which the execution was carried out.
Mahesh Kumar, a 21-year-old student, was heading home from a tutoring class when one of the bombs went off.
"I heard a huge sound and something hit me, I fell down, and somebody brought me to the hospital," said Kumar, who suffered shrapnel wounds.
Hyderabad, a city of 10 million in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is a hub of India's information technology industry and has a mixed population of Muslims and Hindus.
"This (attack) is to disturb the peaceful living of all communities in Andhra Pradesh," said Kiran Kumar Reddy, the state's chief minister.
The explosions were the first major terror attack in since a September 2011 blast outside the High Court in New Delhi killed 13 people. The government has been heavily criticized for its failure to arrest the masterminds behind previous bombings.
The attack was the second bombing in the Hindu-dominated area, following a 2000 blast outside a Hindu temple that killed two people. In 2007, a twin bombing killed 40 people in two other Hyderabad districts.
The United States, whose Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Thursday in Washington with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, condemned the attack.
"The United States stands with India in combating the scourge of terrorism and we also prepared to offer any and all assistance Indian authorities may need," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a news briefing.
Rana Banerji, a former security official, said India remains vulnerable to such attacks because there is poor coordination between the national government and the states. Police reforms are also moving very slowly and the quality of intelligence gathering is poor, he said.
"The concept of homeland security should be made effective, on a war footing," he said.
Associated Press writers Ashok Sharma in New Delhi and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.


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- May 30:
- DA: No charges in fatal friendly-fire shooting of BART police detective
- Jan 29:
- BART police shooting: Family offers message of grief and gratitude
- BART police shooting: Thousands mourn at funeral for slain police sergeant
- Jan 28:
- BART police shooting: Hundreds come to pay respects to slain officer at visitation
- Jan 27:
- BART police shooting: Officers required to get written approval before future searches
- Jan 25:
- Police: Media reports on details of fatal shooting of BART sergeant last week 'inaccurate'
- Jan 24:
- BART officer shooting: Detective who killed partner was a 'by the book' careful cop, family says
- Herhold: Some thoughts about the BART police tragedy
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- BART police shooting: Tom Smith killed by bullet that passed through gap in bulletproof vest, autopsy finds
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- Reforms didn't prepare BART police for latest tragedy
- BART police shooting: Still unclear whether fellow officer mistook sergeant for threat
- Mercury News editorial: BART officer's tragic death cries out for answers
- BART officers mourn slain comrade; questions persist in shooting incident
- BART police sergeant shot and killed by fellow officer during search in Dublin
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- BART police officer fatally shot by fellow officer during apartment search
SAN RAMON -- The Smith brothers -- Tommy, Patrick and Edward, all cops -- swapped stories the last time they got together Sunday night, at a restaurant bar after they had watched the 49ers game.
They didn't talk about when they'd meet next. Families in law enforcement rarely do.
"We were just fantasizing about what we were going to do, our three lives together, with the wives and the kids," said Patrick Smith, a Newark police officer.
When they parted that night, the tight-knit brothers said goodbye like they always do.
"Love you," they said. "Stay safe."
On Wednesday, brothers Patrick and Edward were left to say goodbye to their little brother, Tommy, one last time. He was killed by a fellow BART officer Tuesday during a search of a robbery suspect's apartment in Dublin.
The surviving Smith brothers gathered with their wives and children Wednesday at Tommy's hillside home in San Ramon, trying to make sense of the shocking tragedy that left their family suffering. Even as they grieved, they thought of the officer who had fired the fatal shot, and the impact the incident would have on his family.
"It's a tragic loss for us and a tragedy for them," Patrick Smith said. "I can't imagine what they're going through."
BART officers were stationed Wednesday outside the East Bay home of Officer Michael Maes, who sources confirmed is the colleague who shot Smith. An officer outside Maes' home said the family would not comment and asked that the family's privacy be respected.
Exactly how and why Smith, 42, was killed in the friendly-fire incident is still a mystery. BART officials said little at a news conference Wednesday. The investigation is being conducted by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, the same office where the oldest Smith brother works as a deputy.
The three brothers graduated from Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward and all lived within 20 minutes of each other in the East Bay; in their 20s, they all played on the same softball team. Their father, who ran the family's office supply company until he died four years ago, sponsored the team. Their mother kept score. On Friday nights, they would all gather for pizza and beer.
Although the youngest of the three, Tommy Smith was the first to join law enforcement, signing on as a cadet for BART police when he was just 19. He worked his way up to sergeant, leading the detective unit at the time of his death and earning the admiration of his colleagues.
BART police Sgt. Jason Ledford remembered one time in particular when Smith was searching for a robbery suspect on a stopped BART train in North Oakland. Smith pulled his patrol car to the shoulder of a freeway adjacent to the tracks. When he heard what sounded like a shot fired, he jumped over a barbed wire fence, jumped the third rail, crossed the tracks and climbed up on the platform, scrambling to back up his fellow officer and protect the public he was sworn to serve.
"He thought I was involved in a shooting," Ledford said. "Afterward I thought about that. That's wild, to do what he did."
Smith had their backs, and all the guys on the force knew it.
Lt. Lance Haight, a 17-year veteran on BART police, said that Smith, like all the officers, knew the inherent dangers of the job.
Still, he said, "I can remember more than once him commenting that BART police never had a fatality and how fortunate we were for that."
Smith was part of the team working to improve the training of BART officers in the aftermath of the Oscar Grant shooting, when a BART police officer shot Grant in the back on New Year's Day 2009. That officer, now no longer with the BART police, told investigators that he meant to reach for a stun gun.
When a BART officer fatally shot a homeless man at a San Francisco station in 2011, it was Smith who was tasked to explain the agency's response to a citizen advisory board.
"We had some members who were anti-police, regardless of how well the job was done," said Suzanne Angeli, a member of that board who also worked at BART for decades. "He handled those people extremely well. He handled racial issues extremely well. He didn't let things fluster him."
Smith and his wife and daughter were always together, neighbors said, playing in the front yard, washing the family cars or taking their dog, Boris, a retired K-9 German Shepherd, on walks. Last summer, they watched as Smith taught his daughter to ride a two-wheeler. On Christmas, the trio walked across the street to share a plate of Christmas cookies with the Patel family.
"He was a great family man," said Sejal Patel, 40. "He was such a down-to-earth person. You wouldn't think he was a cop. He was very soft-spoken."
At Smith's neatly landscaped home in a newer development, his brother Patrick said the family can't imagine life without him. The retirement the three brothers talked about sharing that Sunday night at the restaurant, the years they would play golf together and go to high school football games when their kids are teenagers won't happen the way they envisioned.
"Nobody knows what to do," he said.
The little cousins have lost their "Uncle Tommy," who was the first one to pitch them whiffle balls, shoot hoops or drive through two hours of traffic to watch one of their sports games.
"He was a hell of a father, a hell of a son, uncle and brother," he said. "What are you going to do? You can't replace that."
Staff writer Matt O'Brien contributed to this report. Contact Julia Prodis-Sulek at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her at Twitter.com/juliasulek. Contact David DeBolt at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.


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Monday's letters: Limited government
Published: Monday, December 31, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 8:04 p.m.
To the editor: Columnist Stephen Black, among others, tells us the tea party types are wingnut cases and the country would do well to see their demise. Specifics of their agenda, however, are never truthfully explained.
If Black had bothered to do one iota of research, he would have found that the tea party originated with 2008 protests over the massive government bailouts. This grew into resistance to funding unlimited government with open-ended borrowing, taxing and printing.
I dont belong to the tea party, but unlike Black apparently, I have read many of tea partyers protest signs. I have also attended several events. The common thread is resistance to a government that increasingly grows by catering to the favored at the expense of everyone else. Surprisingly, this concern was directed at the local as well as national level of government.
Are those the radical ideas Black is so opposed to? Since when did limited government, subject to the peoples consent, become nut-case thinking? Tea party detractors appear instead to favor the continued slide back to the absolute rule of a 1775 divine right government. Who, then, are the real nut cases?
Anthony Jeric
Its about money
To the editor: Regarding the National Rifle Association proposal to put armed guards in every school (page A3, Dec. 22 Times-News), dont be fooled. Not only is this outrageous, it isnt even about protecting our children. It isnt about Second Amendment rights, either.
Its about money. The money that the gun manufacturers will get from selling all those extra weapons to teachers, principals and school crossing guards. Where are these guns supposed to come from? Whos going to pay for them?
It would be one thing if the NRA and the gun makers were willing to donate for free all those extra weapons; but no, they expect you, the taxpayer, to buy them, using your school tax dollars that otherwise would go for books or teachers salaries or band uniforms or football jerseys.
Whos kidding whom? The profits of the gun manufacturers go to pay the high salaries of the NRA officials who lobby Congress and push programs to buy more guns. And you and I, the taxpayers, put up with this?
Theres a word for this kind of behavior. Its called self-serving hypocrisy.
Philip Rakita
Skip the rhetoric
To the editor: Now you have done it. You have added Dawn Kucera to your columnists. Her introductory column did not identify her as a local Democratic player, but my Google search did. Thank you so much for adding her. Now she can help the Mud Creek Rambler, Steven Black, try to re-educate all these misguided conservatives.
I just hope she doesnt take to berating the customers, like Black does, when we say something he doesnt agree with. The position of columnist should elicit a bit more originality than the Bush lied rhetoric of years gone by. We can hear that from any ultraliberal Washington pundit.
Art Hudson
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News 12 First at Five / Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Thanksgiving is just one week away, and one event is feeding families with a Feast Before the Feast.
This year there are three locations where you can go and get a delicious early Thanksgiving meal. The event takes 200 volunteers, 150 turkeys, 200 hams, 300 pounds of cabbage and 2,000 cupcakes.
After weeks of getting ready, it's finally time to eat.
"It's the Feast Before the Feast; it's that meal that you get leading up to Thanksgiving," explained organizer and Richmond County Council of PTA's President Monique Braswell.
Charles Hall is volunteering to help make the day special for thousands of local families.
"I helped with it last year; it was a great success. It was very touching 'cause there was a lot that I didn't know about this area that I learned last year so I'm looking forward to it this year," Hall said. "Just the amount of people that were low and no income in the Augusta area."
Turkey and potatoes, collard greens and dessert ... 100 percent fresh and homemade.
"People leave here and actually say that the food is delicious," Braswell said.
"The spread is going to be huge," Hall said.
With two locations last year, organizers are adding Cherry Tree Crossing Community Center to the list this year.
"This is our way of kissing hunger goodbye. We've been working in partnership with the Richmond County Council of PTA's for a number of years and this is our way of showing how grateful we are for the people in the community," explained Cher Best with 96.3 Kiss FM.
"We just thought that this would be a good time to get the parents involved, the students and the community," Braswell said.
As everyone gives thanks this holiday season, some are just thankful to have a hot meal.
"There's some of our families, right here in the CSRA that may not be as fortunate as us," Best said.
"It is worth it in the end, just seeing the smiling faces and for someone to come up afterwards and say, 'Thank you for giving me probably the only meal I'll have this year for Thanksgiving,' that does mean a lot," Hall said.
They expect to feed at least 5,000 people.
"We're looking for as many people in the community as would like to join us, we'd be happy to have you," Best said.
"The meal is free to anyone. Everyone -- old, young, you name it -- you should be here," Braswell said.
The Feast Before the Feast goes until 8 p.m. Thursday night. They're serving up dishes at Cherry Tree, Olmstead Homes and Oak Pointe Community Centers. Anyone is invited. About a dozen different organizations help to make these events possible.


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The health and biomedical industries in Silicon Valley saw a 15.5 percent increase in profits in 2013 -- representing $4.4 billion -- but, perhaps more importantly, venture capital also began flowing after nearly five years of lean investments.
As a group, the health and biomedical fields in 2013 grew twice the rate of the SV 150 with $23.4 billion in sales representing an 8 percent increase over 2012.
Hiring also was up 5 percent for a total of 37,148 employees.
Foster City-based giant Gilead Sciences again dominated the health and biomedical sector with $11.2 billion in sales, which represented a 15 percent increase compared to 2012.
Gilead's $438 million profit for 2013 also represented a 19 percent increase from the year before. And the company's 2013 sales performance moved Gilead up one spot to the eighth-place ranking in the overall SV 150.
"Gilead is growing by leaps and bounds and, overall, the biotech index has done better than the overall market," said Gail Maderis, president and CEO of BayBio, Northern California's life science industry organization. "Following the 2008 economic downturn, capital had been constrained until the middle of last year. We had seen private companies who were told, 'You need to position the company for sale and make a quick exit.' VCs are now saying, 'We can let this ride. We believe in what you're doing. The pressure's off. Build the company for success and you can pursue your choice, whether you're building for sale or building to go public.'"
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Bank of America feels just awful about it's role in packaging and selling a bunch of junk mortgages and inflating the economy with bad debt until the bottom fell out and more than 5 million people lost their jobs and more than 2.5 million went on food stamps, except for BofA's executives, who still got paid. So it's decided to pay $14 billion to BlackRock, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and a bunch of other extremely wealthy institutions to make up for it. Are we square?
BofA is setting aside $14 billion to settle claims that Countrywide Financial, the mortgage giant that it bought in 2008, lied about the value of billions of dollars worth of subprime mortgages it sold prior to the real estate meltdown. At least $8.5 billion of that will go to BlackRock—an asset management firm with a $3.6 trillion portfolio—the Bank of New York, PIMCO, and other huge institutional investors.
The rest will go to families who were forced into foreclosure after they lost their jobs as a result of the crisis sparked in part by Countrywide's negligence. Just kidding! The rest will go to other really wealthy investors.
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This fall the Common Reader program at Colorado Mountain College invites the community to learn together about a significant time in our state's labor history by reading the Colorado Book Award winner "Ludlow."
This novel in verse chronicles the state's mining tragedy of 1914, bringing to life the epic story of a handful of immigrant mine workers. It was written by Colorado's poet laureate, David Mason.
Named to the state honor by Governor Bill Ritter in 2010, Mason has also published several collections of poetry, two books of essays and a memoir. He also writes opera libretti, and "The Scarlet Letter," an opera he wrote with composer Lori Laitman, will have its professional premiere at Opera Colorado in Denver in May 2013. His work has appeared in such esteemed periodicals as "Harper's Magazine," "Poetry" and "The Hudson Review."
Community members are encouraged to read "Ludlow." Copies are available at local bookstores and libraries.
Colorado College professor Mason will visit seven Colorado Mountain College locations for public talks or visits with students Oct. 29-30 and Nov. 5-8. In addition to the author's appearances, the Common Reader program will host showings of a mining documentary, "Way Down in the Hole," at several of the college's campuses Oct. 18-Nov. 1
Through the Common Reader program, the college is also sponsoring an art and creative writing contest titled Poetry in Everyday Life. All entries inspired by the book or the October and November author's talks are due Nov. 26. The contest is open to students and community members and cash prizes will be awarded.
More information is available at www.coloradomtn.edu/commonreader. The book is available for purchase at the Bookworm of Edwards.


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Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:49 a.m.
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MARSHALL, N.C. (AP) — A Madison County woman has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of her infant daughter.
Sheriff Buddy Harwood says 25-year-old Brandi Rae Cochran was charged early Sunday.
Harwood says 6-month-old Kali Cochran died Friday night from brain injuries. Investigators think the injuries happened Tuesday night at Brandi Cochran's home near Hot Springs.
Deputies say the woman called 911 Wednesday night and said her daughter was having trouble breathing. The girl was flown to the Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee.
She was then flown to East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., where she died.
Cochran was being held at the Madison County jail. It was not clear if she has an attorney.
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Longwood history professor co-edits book of Union cavalryman's letters
September 7, 2012
But for the formal elegance of the prose, it could have been a note written home by a soldier in Afghanistan.
"What Glorious news that will be...And then the soldiers [will] be permitted to return to their beloved homes. Me to my Dear Wife never more to leave her while life remains. I wish that day were here and I know you do too. We will have to wait."
This note, however, was written in October 1864 by Lt. John H. Black as he waited expectantly for the end to the fighting in the Civil War. Black kept up a regular correspondence with his wife, Jennie, at home in Pennsylvania throughout his service in the Union cavalry. He would have to endure another six months, during which time he was shot and paralyzed, before the war ended and he could see her again.
Black's letters are the basis of a new book co-edited by Dr. David Coles, professor of history, A Yankee Horseman in the Shenandoah Valley: The Civil War Letters of John H. Black, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Coles compiled and edited the book with a fellow Florida State University graduate, Dr. Stephen Engle, a professor at Florida Atlantic University.
The book chronicles Black's letters, as a Union infantryman, then commissioned to a cavalry officer. Coles said it is rare to have such a cache of letters from a Union cavalryman because there were not many Union cavalry units.
"It provides perspective on the relationship between the home front and the battle front," Coles said. "It's interesting to see Lt. Black weigh the decision to re-enlist after he was eligible for discharge."
Black wrote to his fiancée in January 1864, reaffirming his promise to leave the Army once his service was up.
"I am at all times ready & willing to do my duty as a soldier," he writes. "... It is for your sake alone that I will forsake a soldier's life at the expiration of my three years. ... So rest easy, if others do reenlist, you can safely say that there is one in the Army that loves you so dearly that for your sake he will not reenlist."
Black did re-enlist as a commissioned officer in February 1864, breaking his promise. On furlough that April, however, he married Jennie and returned to war later that month. Duty to country took precedence, but didn't stop Black from wishing he were home.
"Jennie, I have parted with you six times all together, but the last time was the hardest to bear. I thought it could hardly be that I was to leave you after being married, but you know duty called me away, and it had to be done," he wrote on May 6, 1864.
Black served in the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry until March 1865, when he was shot in the back during an ambush by Confederate John Mosby's command.
Coles, a Civil War historian, can be heard on a weekly Civil War podcast broadcast on WMLU. The book, published by the University of Tennessee Press, is available at the Longwood University Bookstore and also at major online bookstores.


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Caution should be used in selecting decorative lighting. Since they are mounted at 12' instead of the 25' for standard light, lighting patterns may not provide full coverage of a street with dark spots present. Unlike standard fixtures, which focus light on the roadway, the most common decorative fixtures shine omni-directional, which some may find objectionable.
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So I used to think I could consistently throw 300-350 feet. Now reality is starting to sink in and I think it is more like 250-300 feet. I pretty much throw max weight discs. Up until a couple days ago I was almost always going to my champion teebird. I picked up a couple more disc recently (star beast/teebird). Pretty much throwing them just as long if not longer than my old champion teebird. I want to get alot more distance so my latest crazy thought is stepping down the weight of my discs.
How light is too light? I am really thinking about ordering a couple 170 or 165 teebirds or valkyries.
I know regardless I want to order a couple more star teebirds just so I can go throw 3 or 4 shots with the same plastic/mold to try and figure out what I am doing right/wrong.