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1. i7 2600k, 16GB Ram, Windows 7 64bit. Using PMS 1.50.0
2. Streaming to PS3
3. Wired and wireless connection via Dlink DGL-4500 router. Tried both. Just did a test on speedtest.com: 16.5Mbps down, 0.36Mbps up.
Pulling my hair out trying to figure out why this won't stream. PS3 Media server shows up fine on my PS3, I can browse all of my files, but when I go to stream it will sit there with a black screen for about 30 seconds... and then either not play or start playing with stutter. I've tried all sorts of files. 1080p MKV Planet Earth, 720p tv shows, standard dvd rips... nothing.
Read through troubleshooting guides but no avail. Please help! Thanks so much.


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How Alicia Keys Sang the Story of BlackBerry
The saddest mobile industry breakup since Apple said goodbye to Google Maps, via the WSJ's Judy McKinnon:
BlackBerry said it will part ways with singer Alicia Keys at the end of this month, a year after the Canadian company signed her up as its global creative director in a widely publicized move.
"BlackBerry and Alicia Keys have completed our year-long collaboration," the Waterloo, Ont.-based company said in an emailed statement.
BlackBerry tapped the musician last year as its new Global Creative Director, an announcement that coincided with the launch of its newest BlackBerry 10 smartphone line, which has failed to gain traction with consumers.
Even Alicia Keys couldn't bring BlackBerry's troubled product lineup out of the death spiral. And that says a lot, because a look through her back catalogue shows Alicia Keys is well familiar with the storm of emotional and existential questions facing the company.
In that spirit, we found the four Alicia Keys lyrics most relevant to BlackBerry's troubled condition.
First, an ode to the number of people who bought a BlackBerry Playbook tablet: "No one, no one, no one…"
Or this 2003 jam on the company's market share in recent years: "I keep on fallin'…"
Alicia knows what it feels like to be on top of the world, the 2006-era BlackBerry running the mobile email game, only to see a horde of challengers come charging through the gates: "All the king's horses and all the king's men /Came charging to get what we got"
In 2010, with Drake helping out, Alicia outlined the thought process behind the tough decisions needing to be made at BlackBerry: Sell the company? Exit the handset business? License out BlackBerry Messenger to other handset makers? "If we do the unthinkable would it make us look crazy?"
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Meet Your New BlackBerry Global Creative Director: Alicia Keys – Speakeasy

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Each year the Department of Computer Science and Engineering invites prominent computer scientists and computer engineers to visit Texas A&M and speak about their research. This distinguished lecture series is sponsored by academia and industry.
Reception Invitation: Everyone is invited to attend an open reception for the guest speaker immediately preceding or following the lecture.
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Yale N. Patt, The University of Texas at Austin
2 Fri. 11:00 a.m. (Rm 2005 Emerging Technologies Building)The correct FIRST course in computing for serious students
2 Fri. 4:00 p.m. (Rm 2005 Emerging Technologies Building)Parallelism: A Serious Goal or a Silly Mantra (... and what else is needed for the Microprocessor of 2024)Open Reception immediately following Dr. Patt's 4:00pm presentation
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Dr. Richard M. Karp, UC Berkeley
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These lectures are jointly sponsored by the Maxson Lecture Series in the Department of Mathematics. The receptions on Monday and Tuesday are co-sponsored by the Institute for Applied Math and Computational Science and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, respectively.
28 Fri. 4:10pm (Geren Auditorium, Langford Architecture Center Building B)Dr. Steve Swanson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)General Updates and Mission Details from NASA
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23 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Elisa Bertino, Purdue UniversityProtecting Information Systems from Insider Threats - Concepts and Issues
15 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Lance Fortnow, Northwestern UniversityBounding Rationality by Computational Complexity
2 Fri. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Ragunathan "Raj" Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon UniversityCyber-Physical Systems: A Convergence of Engineering and Computer Science
13 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Alexander A. Shvartsman, University of ConnecticutDistributed Cooperation and Adversity: Complexity Trade-Offs
3 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Dilma Da Silva, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research CenterMemory Overcommitment for Cloud Environments
24 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Xavier Leroy, The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA)The CompCert formally verified compiler
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18 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Dinesh Manocha, University of North CarolinaInteractive Sound Rendering
11 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Brian Marcus, University of British ColumbiaComputing the Entropy of Two-dimensional Shifts of Finite Type
15 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Srinivas Aluru, Iowa State UniversityThe new era in genomics: Opportunities and challenges for high performance computing
ECE Leaders and Innovators series30 Tue. 3:55pm (Rm 103B Zachry)Dr. Yale N. Patt, University of Texas at AustinMulti-core, Many-core, Mega-nonsense
31 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Yale N. Patt, University of Texas at AustinHigh Performance Microprocessors ten years from now: What are the problems? How do we solve them?
7 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Fran Allen, IBM T. J. Watson Research LaboratoryThe Challenge of the Multicores
17 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Burton J. Smith MicrosoftReinventing Computing
21 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Ben Shneiderman University of MarylandInformation Visualization for Knowledge Discovery
26 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos University of MinnesotaCamera Networks for Security Applications
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5 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Jin-Yi Cai, The University of Wisconsin-MadisonDevelopments in Holographic Algorithms
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19 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Siddhartha Chatterjee, IBM Austin Research LaboratoryTM and the Art of Parallel Programming
28 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Dr. Josep Torrellas, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMultiprocessor Architectures for Speculative Multithreading
4 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Bud Mishra, Courant Institute, NYU School of Medicine, & Mt. Sinai School of MedicineDude, Where is my genome? Past, Present and Future of Genomics Technologies
27 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Manish Gupta, IBMMassively Parallel Systems: Ready or Not, Here They Come
4 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Michael T. Goodrich, University of California, IrvineEfficiency and Security Issues for Distributed Data Structures
19 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB) (tentative)Rosalind W. Picard, Director, Affective Computing Research Group; Co-Director, Things that Think Consortium, M.I.T. Media LaboratoryEmotional Intelligence Technology and the Death of Clippy
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17 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Don Towsley University of Massachusetts, AmherstCombined Multipath Routing and Congestion Control: a Robust Internet Architecture
14 Tue. 1:30pm (Rm 302 HRBB)Alfred Z. Spector IBM ResearchIAP Series: Software and Systems Research at IBM
19 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Sorin Istrail Celera GenomicsComparative Genomics Algorithms: From Genomics to Protein Folding and to Systems
9 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Neil J.A. Sloane AT&T ResearchFrom Packing Planes in 4-Space to Quantum Error-Correcting Codes
16 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Jarek Rossignac Georgia TechCompressing Surfaces, Volumes, and Animations
18 Fri. 2:00pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Sharon L. NunesIBMAWICS Series: Global Technology Outlook — Future Technology Directions and Implications for Innovation
28 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Prasun Dewan The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillArchitectures of Distributed Collaborative Applications
10 Fri. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)David A. Patterson University of California at BerkeleyRecovery Oriented Computing (ROC)
5 Thu. 4:00pm (Rm 302 HRBB)Michi Henning ZeroC, Inc.A New Approach to Object-Oriented Middleware
9 Mon. 2:00pm (Rm 302 HRBB)Devika Subramanian Rice UniversityAWICS Series: Statistical Machine Learning and Its Applications in Science and Engineering
18 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Gene H. Golub Stanford UniversityShape from Moments
2003 is an anniversary year for the Department of Computer Science. In celebration of 20 years as a department and 40 years of graduate degrees awarded within the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University, our department invites eminent computer scientists to share in the celebration.
23 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Sorin Istrail Celera GenomicsShell Series: Inferring Gene Transcription Networks: The Davidson Model
2 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Alexander Stepanov20th Anniversary: Greatest Common Measure: The Last 2500 Years
7 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Keshav Pingali Cornell University20th Anniversary: Intelligent Software Systems
22 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Gerhard Fischer University of Colorado at BoulderShell Series: Social Creativity and Meta-Design in Lifelong Learning Communities
5 Wed 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Gabby Silberman IBM Center for Advanced Studies, IBM TJ WatsonShell Series: Deep Blue: IBM's Massively Parallel Chess Machine
14 Mon. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Avi Silberschatz Bell Laboratories125th Anniversary Series in IT: Next-Generation Information Networking
23 Wed. 4:10pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Alan Borning University of WashingtonShell Series: UrbanSim: Integrated Land Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling
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25 Mon. 4:00pm (Rm 124 HRBB)Marc Snir IBM T.J. Watson Research CenterShell Series: Scalable Parallel Computers, Symmetric Multiprocessors and Clusters
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Liverpool Message Board
Excuse me;;
Just dropping by, not a Liverpool supporter by any stretch of the imagination. After the last match with the great Stevie G. goal we were hearing cries of EUREKA! from Brendan Rodgers as though he had just discovered the mystical formulae which resulted in the win. He was trying to give the impression that something (his) had been discovered.
Not at all trying to sound patronising... Liverpool do this. Players like SG and Suarez do this..Liverpool used to have a reputation of constantly doing this for decades (until after rafa and the american connections). As Kenny said - there's no need to try and reinvent the game. The reputation of the club to attract players, it's system of attracting and developing local talent which there must masses of, the club systems built on its traditions and history.. yet again BR speaks about going back to basics and reinventing the wheel... FFS! We've all heard about the manuals, abseiling and the teambuilding pizza parties and all that #$%$ but he's living in a dreamworld. If you were to ask any manager what his recipe for success without the transfer fees and huges local support was he would say: Youth policy, stable management system, good crowds, enthusiasm (like keegan types). good reputation = success. That is how Liverpool and a couple of other clubs worked (MU/Spurs and errrh?) Now clubs is people have short- cutted the system to buy success (Chelsea/Man City) and we have massive influx of foreign players which has wiped out the hopes of hundeds of English kids. How many clubs in Brazil or even France send scouts to England to look for talent??
So how the F can BR say that - he has a recipe for success.
After today's debacle at Southampton my guess is he will say that team didn't work to his methods .. or didn't understand the charts/ pictures - he put on the wall at half time..... time for a nother pizza night out to build up team spirit!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Brian Clough was once quoted that he thought the recipe for success was to have players with natural ability and then get them to RELAX THE DAY BEFORE THE GAME so that that ability would flow out of them on game day he said this around the time Forest won two back to back European Cups back when u had to win the old first division title to get in it ! He used to buy them a pint the day before the game sit and RELAX with them...pretty mature stuff eh ?
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It's not about reinventing anything BUT IT IS about turning a failing club around and setting out the way a club does things. Basically for the first time since Joe Fagan left we have a plan.
Here's what Rodgers has said recently
"When I came in I sold the owners that idea so that if it doesn't work out for me, at least you bring in a different manager who wants to play the same style and then it evolves," says Rodgers. "I want to create a shortcut so that everyone who comes in immediately understands what is expected in terms of style of play. It saves time, money and effort. This is the first year of that and, naturally, there are growing pains.
"The alternative is you have no plan. You start one way, that doesn't work so you bring in another manager who wants it completely different. Half your squad plays one way, the other half another. All you get then is stockpiling of players. Then it's the club's fault if you're not successful, not the players."
I said that we haven't had a strategy since Fagan left. It's completely true. In Dalglish's first stint he didn't build for the future and the club failed to embrace the new media age and the PL. Souness tore it all apart, the rest were simply scrambling. It makes complete sense and needs to be seen through. If it isn't Rodgers fine, but at least get someone in that follws the same ideals and principles. There is that much work to do at Liverpool!


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Well music, anyway.
The wub-hit wonder spoke with The Daily Beast recently, and revealed that he and Kanye collaborated on a track earlier this year.
"I did some music with Kanye and from what I know, it's actually going to be the first song on his new album," Skrillex told the website.
West actually has two new albums on the horizon: GOOD Music's Curel Summer compilation, which is due out September 4th, and a sixth studio album with no title or firm release date as of yet.
Yeezy caused a stir recently when he confirmed that his latest joint, "Perfect Bitch," was dedicated to girlfriend Kim Kardashian. The reality TV starlet reportedly told her friends she was "honored" to have inspired the song.
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OLATHE - Apparently, making regionals wasn't that tough after all.
After years of butting its collective head against the wall that was the district semifinals, Vail Christian boys basketball, made it look easy Friday night, downing Plateau Valley, 60-29.
The Saints will play Norwood today at 3:30 p.m.. for the Class 1A District Tournament championship. More importantly, Vail Christian is moving on to regionals in Glenwood Springs next Saturday for the first time in school history.
"Oh, man, reverse the curse. We reversed the curse of Friday night at districts," Saints coach Sheldon Kuhns, who has coached the boys varsity team for all 13 years it's been going. "It's a hurdle we've tried to clear for 13 years, and we finally did it."
Friday at districts has been the bane of Vail Christian's existence - the girls finally broke through last year. In years when the Saints were considerable underdogs, they nearly pulled the upset often. In seasons when Kuhns' crew seemed to have a legitimate chance of advancing, heartbreak followed.
Vail Christian (16-4) finally did the deed, doing what it's been doing for a lot of the 2012-13 season - playing defense. The Saints' Gunnar Wilson held the Cowboys' leading scorer, Kyler Smith (a season average of 18 points per game) to just eight points. Vail Christian won the battle of the boards as well.
"Complete team effort on defense and offense," Kuhns said. "Defensively, to hold someone to 29 points is remarkable."
Kevin Boselli led the Saints with 14 points, while Robby Bowles had 10. Luke Berger and Branden Currey each had eight.
And so the Saints will play on Saturday at districts, with a regional berth already in hand. As seems to be customary in Vail Christian sports, it will be Norwood. The Saints did beat the Mavericks, 62-37, on Dec. 1.
"They're a different team," Kuhns said. "We expect them to slow it down. It should be a complete slugfest in the 40s or the 50s. The kids are excited. As a program, we've been working for this for 13 years, but the seniors have also been working hard for four years to get over this hurdle."
Devils fall to No. 1 D'Evelyn
DENVER - Cinderella nearly pulled it off.
Eagle Valley boys basketball gave No. 1 D'Evelyn all it could handle Friday night as the Jaguars came away with a 57-51 win in the second round of the state playoffs in Denver.
The Devils, who finished the season with a mark of 16-8, held the high-powered Jaguars to a season-low of 57 points. D'Evelyn (22-1) had been averaging 81 points per game.
Eagle Valley jumped on D'Evelyn, winning the first quarter. Travis Edgar, who finished the night with a team-high 13 points, started the game with a put back and Juan Baca struck from downtown for 5-2 lead. By the time Ryan Werner and Ayren Hart had buckets inside, the Devils led 9-8 after the first quarter.
The Devils were down 30-21 in the third quarter, when Edgar had a three-point play. Edgar had another layup, and then Hart scored six-straight points to pull to within 35-33. Baca's baseline jumper tied it at 35.
Sam Lounsberry sunk both ends of a 1-and-1 and he staked the Devils to a 40-35 advantage with a 3. Lounsberry hit his second trey in the fourth and the Devils were up 43-38, before D'Evelyn's Ty McGee scored five in a row of his own to tie it.
Edgar's put-back gave the Devils their last lead at 45-43. The Jaguars' Connor Skelton gave his team the lead for good with a three-point play.
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Cheerios® can be more than snacks--and floor confetti. Use them to make Tasha's ears. Wondering how to make her head? Beneath the icing is an oblong cookie.
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Tint one can of the vanilla frosting green. Spoon 1 cup of the green frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a small star tip; set it aside. Spoon 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into a resealable bag; set it aside. Tint 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting a brown/yellow with the food colors and spoon into a resealable bag. Tint the remaining vanilla frosting a pale yellow.
Trim 1/4-inch on one short side of the cookie using a serrated knife. Place the cookies on a wire rack placed over a wax-paper-lined sheet pan. Heat the pale-yellow frosting in a microwave-proof measuring cup for five seconds, or until it's the texture of slightly whipped cream. (Do not overheat!) Pour the frosting over the cookies to cover completely. Reheat the excess if necessary. Let the cookies dry for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile frost the tops of the cupcakes with the green frosting. Transfer the cookies to the center of each cupcake. Pipe several patches of "grass" with the frosting in the pastry bag with the star tip.
Pipe dots of the vanilla frosting for the eyes and attach the mini chocolate chips, flat-side up. Add a small dot of vanilla frosting onto the chocolate chip. Attach the cereal rings as the ears. Snip a small corner from the bag with the brown/yellow frosting and pipe Tasha's nose, mouth, and eyebrows and lashes. Continue with the remaining cupcakes and ingredients.
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Write on Kew 2016 Our literary festival returns on 22-25 September 2016, with a line-up of over 70 authors.
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LODI - Tokay High School has won the Central Valley Regional High School Science Bowl and will compete in the national competition in Washington, D.C., for the sixth time in the past eight years.
Team coach Susan Heberle, a retired Tokay science teacher, said Tokay High's Gold Team was able to edge out the school's Purple Team, which placed third, and second place Mount Whitney High School of Visalia in the regional competition that took place on Saturday, sponsored by the Department of Energy.
The Tokay Gold team is composed of captain Douglas Boyle, Alexa Abdallah, Gagan Bedi, Paramveer Birring and Rachael Boyle.
The Science Bowl is a quiz-type competition that tests five-player teams on their knowledge in the following categories of science: biology, earth & space science, chemistry, physics, energy, and math.
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WHat is an effective way to free up space or start a drive when your defender pressures all the way up on you, like is showed in the picture?
Because i was playing pickup today and i had this good defender on me and everytime he came up on my like this i would lose the ball but if he gave me some room i could drive on him.
What I'd do is do a strong dribble back to make space, then i'd drive strong and fast, and since i know my man is overplaying, i'd pull the ball back like wade and watch him fly. But if he's able to recover after my last move, as he's coming back on me I'd go back that same way real fast. Hope that helps.
thanks gonna try it out
If someone is that close, what I like to do is to seal him as if you were posting him up come back (at this point there will be a good amount of space to cross your defender up), hesitate, then cross over. For me it works everytime. Well, the seal to get space anyway. I have to change the way I break my defenders ankles every now and then
One of the best ways to deal with a defender who crowds you is to be ready to execute the moment you catch the ball....ie be ready to shoot, pass or go by your defender before he has a chance to get up on you. If you are standing with the ball in an unathletic position, you give your defender time to get up in your face with tough defensive pressure.
If your defender is already up tight on you, be ready to claim your space. You have the right to the cylinder of space around you....and if the defender sticks his hands or face in this space, it's your job to take it back. Making sure you are in athletic stance, hold the ball firmly, lead with your elbows and pivot through to create space. Don't swing your elbows....that's a foul...but leading with them while making a strong sweep and pivot is perfectly legal and will create the space you need, like Kobe is about to do here.
I think the best way to free up space with an aggressive defender is to use lots of fakes and change up your speeds. You should be hesitating before your moves and exploding past him. Attack his hip and go right back at him hard. Since he is aggressive he will probably fall for some fakes too. Here is a great page of Basketball Dribbling Moves with videos and instructions for you to learn from.
Here is the link: https://onlinebasketballcamp.com/simplepage/basketball-dribbling-moves
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Emergency unemployment compensation to end, affect hundreds in region
Published: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
More than 700 unemployed workers in Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties will lose financial assistance when the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program ends Dec. 29.
In February 2012, Congress extended the program through the week ending Dec. 29. The end of the EUC program will affect about 75,000 to 87,000 North Carolina claimants, the N.C. Division of Employment Security said in a news release.
As of Oct. 27, there were 530 EUC recipients in Henderson County, 89 in Polk County and 150 in Transylvania County, according to the release.
Claimants currently on regular unemployment insurance benefits will not experience an interruption in their claim. Only those in the federal EUC extension program will be affected.
Prior authorizations of the EUC program provided for a graduated phase-out of eligibility for claimants receiving benefits on the scheduled expiration date. In this case, however, there will be no phase out and EUC benefits will stop.
"Our focus is on assisting these claimants and working with Department of Employment Security workforce partners to ensure resources are available when these benefits end," DES Assistant Secretary Dempsey Benton said in the release. "DES plans to work with other state and local resources such as county Departments of Social Services and the community college system to help those who are affected transition back into the workforce."
DES is currently paying about $25 million a week in EUC benefits.
For immediate assistance with services available to help unemployed individuals and job seekers, claimants are encouraged to visit their local Employment Service office. Available at 90 locations statewide, these offices offer a wide range of reemployment services, as well as connections to other community resources.
A directory of NC Employment Service offices is available at www.ncesc1.com/locator/locatormain.asp.
Once the EUC program ends, the maximum eligibility available to claimants will be 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits. There will be no other extension programs in place.
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The PFA to Assist Suarez in His Transfer Request - Gordon Taylore
"These buy-out clauses have caused no end of problems in the past and they continue to do so because of the way they were drafted at the time," he said.
"He believes the £40m amount that is mentioned, if that is offered that gives him the right to go.
"Liverpool, from their side, are saying that is a minimum figure from which they will consider negotiation and of course they will want to keep the player, unless they replace the player with someone as good or better, which is not going to be easy in a short period of time.
"We have raised this issue with the Premier League, that buy-out clauses should have a great deal more clarity because I've never seen one yet that hasn't caused trouble.
"It's also down to discussions Luis had with the manager as well and of course you have the owners involved.
"There are different ways it can be interpreted. If it goes to the Premier League it will take time and the window is then closed. It is a delicate situation and we are trying to help.
"We have been asked to try and help to sort the situation out and we have been trying to do that.
"The lad has had a chequered past but he is also an extremely good footballer and this is about a situation on the interpretation of a contract.
"You want contracts to be straight forward and clear and on this issue it is not clear. It is open to different interpretation by lawyers so, at the end of the day, it is about if an agreement can be reached."Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
The only agreement would be if somebody bids 50+ for the mercenary. I just don't believe we would sell to the team which is arguably the most vulnerable of the top 4 clubs to being usurped. If we do, we're scrapping with Spurs for fifth and that's i really believe if we don't make it this year we are screwed for a long time. Sell abroad, not to rivals.
It seems to me here that the PFA only care about the players wishes and not the contract. In other words they are biased and should have no power here. Why hasn't he put in a transfer request yet? Because he's worried about his money that's why. If he cared about his careerso much he should have handed one in at the end of last season.
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Aug 8, 2013 22:30 Flag
Based on Taylor's statement you might be wrong about the second half of this one, although to be honest I was sure like you that he'd side with the player over the club. He's spent the last 18 months having a go at Suarez, but rarely takes the side of any club when their is a dispute.
But on the first part, I'm in full agreement with you. Full market value or nothing. Why should the club have to suffer because he wants a change. If he's so desperate to get out he's free to make up the difference by buying out his contract himself. The only exception to this is maybe a discount to a foreign club (or premium to a competitor).
My only other thoughts are what happens if this drags on past next Monday when Arsenal have to submit their squad names for their CL qualifier. Do they back off if they can't get him in time? What happens if Arsenal in fact don't qualify (no guarantees coming in 4th), how will Suarez react to that?
Just read that Taylor agrees with Liverpool that the clause only obliges them to discuss the situation not sell. I guess the ball is back in the Suarez camp now but I wonder how Arsenal feel about all this? I assume they were sold a pup by Suarez/his agents.


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Finding and applying for college scholarships and grants can be a lengthy and tiring process. Filling out applications, tracking down personal information, and writing essays can really take up a lot of time.
When I was a college student and looking to receive free aid, I would look for the easiest and quickest ways to do it. One of the best perks to using online applications is that unlike the resources your university usually gives out, they save a lot of time. Through a bit of searching, I found quite a few websites that ended up being some of my favorites:
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iCal allows you to choose between viewing your schedule by day, week or month. And it's easy to find things on your calendar using iCal's powerful search feature.
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Really works smoothly now that Google Calendar syncing has been implemented properly. I use it with three Macs and an iPhone and everything is just transparently synced in the background. After using a web-based calendar for a couple of years, the iCal interface is a pleasure to use as well.
I use it only because my events natively sync to my iPod with iTunes.
No recurring to-dos? Simply unacceptable.
There's an excellent essay by John Gruber on why events handling is at best mediocre in iCal http://daringfireball.net/2007/03/deal_with_it
The reminder interface works like ASS. I've almost missed landmark events because of faulty reminder input on my parts. Unfortunately, Apple has cornered the market on this one, so I guess I'll have to live with it and adapt.
iCal is THE starting point for all my other calendars. I upload some of my iCal calendars to google calendar and from there I synchronize with my friends (not all of them own a Mac) and with my company.
I'm very pleased to see that iCal uses existing standards.
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Something has to give when Wofford meets NDSU
Published: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 12:38 a.m.
It's a classic case of what has been an unstoppable force against an immovable object.
What: Wofford (9-3) at No. 1 seed North Dakota State (11-1)
When: 3 p.m. (ET) Saturday
Where: Fargo, N.D.
Radio: 910 AM, 1440 AM, 105.7 FM
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Video: ESPN3
Other quarterfinal games:
No. 5 seed Georgia Southern (9-3) at No. 4 Old Dominion (11-1)
Sam Houston State (9-3) at No. 3 seed Montana State (11-1)
Illinois State (9-3) at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington (10-2)
The challenge for Wofford's triple-option offense in the FCS quarterfinals is to run up against a defense that has been a human version of brick wall.
North Dakota State (11-1) leads the country in fewest rushing yards allowed, only 63.2 per game and 2.3 per carry. Wofford (9-3), meanwhile, ranks second nationally with 357 yards per game.
Those two sides will clash at 3 p.m. (ET) Saturday in Fargo, N.D, with the winner advancing to the semifinals next week. The Bison are top-ranked and seeded No. 1 overall in the tournament.
"They do a great job of stopping the run," said Wofford running back Eric Breitenstein, who has rushed for 1,900 yards this season and is one of three finalists for Walter Payton Award given to the best offensive player on the FCS level. "... We'll have our work cut out for us."
North Dakota State has allowed more than 90 yards in a game only twice this season, 127 by Missouri State and 111 by Illinois State. Four times the Bison have held their opponent to fewer than 50 yards.
Southern Illinois had 11 yards on 17 rushes. South Dakota had 17 yards on 27 carries and then improved to 21 yards on 23 attempts in the rematch. South Dakota State has 21 yards on 23 attempts. Even Colorado State of the FBS Mountain West Conference struggled to run the ball against North Dakota State, managing only 72 yards on 24 tries in a 22-7 loss.
"They are pretty stout on defense," Wofford wide receiver Jeff Ashley said. "They are very impressive. That's the main reason they are where they are."
But what about facing a triple-option team? The Terriers usually believe they have an advantage in the playoffs because most teams haven't faced that sort of offense. Last week, Wofford ran for 454 yards against New Hampshire. In the previous playoff game, last year against Northern Iowa, the Terriers ran for 457.
North Dakota State doesn't see the option much, either, but shut it down in a 35-7 win against Georgia Southern in the FCS semifinals. The Eagles ran for 186 yards, but that was about half their average.
"We've seen them against Georgia Southern and they stopped Georgia Southern," Wofford head coach Mike Ayers said. "They did a great job. We've very similar, but we have a few small differences and, hopefully, we learned from watching that."
New Hampshire had an open date prior to playing Wofford and still allowed Breitenstein to rush for 237 yards and three touchdowns. And he didn't play much in the second half.
"Thank God we had two weeks (to prepare)," Wildcats head coach Sean McDonnell said afterward. "If we had only three days, (Breitenstein) might have had a little bit more."
Ayers said he believes that North Dakota State, even with only a week to get ready, will be a much stiffer test for the Terriers.
"North Dakota State is going to have a plan," Ayers said. "They are very well-coached and have some great players. The first thing we have to do is get a first down. Then we take it from there. We just need to stay on schedule. If we can just get three and a half yards every time, we move the sticks."
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From Pea Plants to Stem Cell Research
The roots of Czech biotechnology and life sciences go back to the 19th century when Gregor Mendel discovered the three laws of heredity, named in his honour. Today, more than 15 years after the Velvet Revolution, big foreign biotech and pharmaceutical companies have invested considerably into the establishment of manufacturing facilities. While Czech pharma companies rather focus on generics than on developing new drugs, the number and size of core biotech companies is still small. However, the government aims at providing investment incentives - it implemented the legal protection of biotechnological inventions already in 2000 and recently passed a new law providing tax benefits for research and development. Yet the biotech sector has way to grow.
Even though he did not know it at that time, the Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel, a Moravian native, laid the foundations for classical and molecular genetics. In 1865 he discovered the principles of hereditary transmission of specific characteristics in succesive generations of cross-bred hybrid pea plants. The principles which came to be known as Mendel's Laws went largely unnoticed by contemporary scientists, until his findings were rediscovered in 1900, some 16 years after his death. But this accomplishment does not mark the only success in Czech life sciences. Though the country is not among the pioneers of molecular biology according to Jiri Vanacek from the Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences CR, some laboratories have very good results to show for in the field of modern biotechnology. Dr. Antonin Holy, director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Academy of Sciences, synthesized nucleotide derivatives which have improved the therapy of diseases such as AIDS or hepatitis B. The hepatitis B drug Hepsera, produced by Gilead Sciences and approved by the FDA in 2002, is for instance based on a compound discovered by Holy's laboratory - as well as the active ingredient in Gilead's likewise FDA-approved Viread® for AIDS. Most recently Czech scientist got into media focus for generating the first embryonic stem cell lines in the country (see EuroBiotechNews 11/04). Czech scientists led by Prof. Blanka Rihova have co-developed an anti-cancer treatment which aims at avoiding side effects of chemotherapy by specifically targeting receptors on cancer cells. The method is currently clinically tested in the UK and USA.
While most Czech biotech and pharma companies are located in and around Prague, R&D centres are also located at larger university cities like Brno, Olomouc, Hradec Kralove, Plzen and Ceske Budejovice. Research facilities are part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR), the universities or the Ministry of Health.
The Czech legislation concerning intellectual property rights - including the protection of biotechnology inventions - has been harmonized with the EU regulations. It covers patent protection of drugs valid for 15 years and European supplemental protection certificates for pharmaceutical products. After the country's accession to the EU in 2004 the responsibility for drug registration has been transferred from the State Institute for Drug Control to the EU authorities. The use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is regulated by an act from 2000 which, similarly to EU measures, limits their introduction into the environment to government-registered users and requires a clear label for GMOs destined for both import and export.
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Pharmaceutical Production
Most of the Czech - in the European comparison few - biotechnology companies are small. They mainly focus on the production of monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and diagnostic tools, as well as on vaccines and biodegradation (see above). And, as in many European countries, they face insufficient capitalization. It remains to be seen what proportion of the Euro348 million funding - earmarked for the Czech economy by the European Union's Structural Funds and the Czech Government last summer - will be spent on biotechnology. However, considerable investments have been made by foreign biotech and pharma companies into manu-facturing plants. Last year Baxter International opened a state-of-the-art facility for the production of cell culture-derived and recombinant vaccines against influenza, while Lonza Biotec s.r.o., the largest biotech company in the Czech Republic, has been expanding its facilities in with $60 million. Czech pharma companies rather produce generics and pharmaceutical ingredients than develop new drugs. According to Jiri Vanacek, even though some new drugs found their way to the market thanks to the interest of pharma companies and some others are patented and being clinically tested, many promising compounds "are still sitting in the drawers" for lack of commercialization possibilities.
Biotechnology Cluster
In order to remedy this, parties from universities, research institutes, the public sector (e.g. the Investment and Business Development Agency CzechInvest and the Ministry of Industry and Trade), the private sector as well as technology transfer (Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences CR) have proposed last April a biotechnology cluster in order to bundle know-how and attract investors (see
EuroBiotechNews 5/04). The initiative highlights a shift in how driving forces of economic development are seen - collaborative processes involving the aforementioned players rather than governmental policies and incentives. The biotechnology sector is not organized into a lobbying association because the primary aim is not the representation of companies.
Currently a new campus named MediPark worth Euro120 million is being set up in Brno by the Masaryk University Brno and the South Moravian Region - financed by a European Investment Bank loan and also substantially by the university. The campus, which is slated to support the creation of incubators and spin-off centres as well as to attract biotechnology investors to the region, will serve the fields of biology, medicine and chemistry. Jan Slovak, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Development at Masaryk University is optimistic about the schedule: "The Integrated Labs for Biomedical and Environmental Technologies will host scientists in August 2005, while the entire space of 70,000 m2 will grow within a few years. Next to the university buildings the INBIT incubator for biotechnology will be available in 2007 and we look forward to breeding new companies."
Already well established is the Technology Centre in Prague, which aims at promoting the commercialization of university-based R&D and the development of small life science businesses.
Eventually, 140 years after Mendel's discoveries, a circle will be closed. Parts of the old cloister in Brno where the scientist monk worked will be developed into a modern conference and research centre - and a museum of genetics.
Investment and Business Development Agency CzechInvest;
Jiri Vanacek: "Pharmacy and biotechnology in the Czech Republic", Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences CR, Prague;
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Dallas Fed's Richard Fisher talks about weather, jobs and economic stimulus taper
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher today said bad weather across much of the country for the past two months has "literally frozen" consumers, affecting employment and other economic indicators.
The Labor Department today reported that the U.S. economy added a weaker-than-expected 113,000 jobs. Economists had expected 180,000 new jobs.
"The real question is momentum and the economy," Fisher told CNBC today. Because the start of the year is typically slower, it's hard to tell yet if the job numbers resulted solely from bad weather and seasonal changes or something more, he said.
Fisher said he and other central bankers aren't influenced by one number for one month. The Fed is on the right course in tapering its stimulus program, he said. (See video below.)
The Fed's policy setting committee voted, of which Fisher is a member this year, voted to reduce its $85 billion-a-month in bond buying by $10 billion in each of the last two meetings. The next Fed meeting will be March 18-19.
Barclays Research chief U.S. economist Michael Gapen said in a report today that January's mixed jobs report increases the likelihood that the Fed will skip another taper reduction next month.
However, Gapen expects the Fed to taper its asset purchases by $10 billion at each meeting through September and take a final $15 billion reduction in October to end the stimulus program.
The issue is whether the stimulus, which was designed to keep interest rates low to spur the economy and hiring, has been effective, the hawkish Fisher said. He has argued since last spring that the government's third round of bond-buying was not effective.
"Ask real business people … is the issue more money at a cheaper rate or is there something else holding them them back from employing people," Fisher said. " How much can monetary policy do" vs. fiscal policy?


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Cork native Ron Clifford found himself in the World Trade Center lobby by coincidence on September 11, 2001. What he didn't know as chaos and fire erupted around him that morning was that his sister Ruth Clifford McCourt, 45, and her child Juliana, only four, were on the plane that hit the South Tower.
Now, nearly 11 years since losing them, Clifford will face the men who masterminded the attacks that killed his relatives and 2,975 other confirmed victims.
Clifford will testify at the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has claimed he planned the attacks, and his associates, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam Al Hawsawi.
"We need to prove these people are culpable. They planned this, orchestrated it, carried it out to a tee," Clifford told the Irish Voice in an exclusive interview.
"They've had an incredibly negative effect on humanity as we know it.
"I miss my sister and my niece every day. I wonder on their birthdays what they would be like at this age."
The next hearings are scheduled for August 22-24 and 26-28 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to court documents. Clifford couldn't say when he expects to appear in court beyond "probably toward the middle of the trial."
Clifford said he usually avoids bringing back memories of September 11. He can't bring himself to visit the memorial at Ground Zero, although he says it's a "wonderful tribute." As a victim family member, Clifford has clearance to view the military trial proceedings via CCTV, but has no intention of doing so.
"Why put yourself in that upsetting situation?" he asked.
"I would just want to walk into court, say my piece, and know that he [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed] was judged and sentenced accordingly," Clifford said. "I don't think emotionally I could go through it every day and watch it. I think I'd just get very angry."
But Clifford is willing to relive the day the towers fell one more time for the sake of justice. He also testified at the 2006 trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his involvement in the September 11 attacks and other terrorist plots.
Testifying "brings you right there again, it brings you right to all the stuff we've had to endure," Clifford said. "It brings you to all the stuff we've been trying to live and forget."
Clifford's testimony in 2006 helped him and his family better come to terms with the tragedy, he said. His daughter, who was 15 at the time—and had turned 11 on September 11, 2001—accompanied him and sat across from Moussaoui as, for the first time, she heard her father's story.
"A cloud left our family," Clifford said. "It was not the unspeakable thing any more. We were able to discuss aspects of the trial and the law, and what happened to me that day."
Though testifying could make Clifford a target for violence, he said he chooses not to worry about the risks.
"I've often wondered, will someone come up and shoot me as a result?" he said. "I don't think I could live in that kind of paranoia."
When profiled in Irish Voice founding publisher Niall O'Dowd's 2002 book "Fire in the Morning," Clifford expressed Christian mercy toward the plot's masterminds. But time has now hardened his views.
"My attitude has changed," he told the Irish Voice. "I do believe in forgiveness, but they don't want to be forgiven. They want to be martyred.
"They're getting more and more radical by the day," he said. "For me it comes down to murdering people in cold blood."
The interrogation techniques used on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other defendants, techniques labeled in some venues as torture, were necessary, according to Clifford.
"Without the use of force and torture, the U.S. would have been unable to avert other catastrophic events and find out who was behind these events," he said. "I think that was the only course in extracting this information."
The Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial, for Clifford, is a necessary element to justice, but one that he's looking forward to having behind him.
"The big thing is my belief in the American system of justice, at any level, whether it's federal or military, it's a very good, fair system," Clifford said. "I'm confident they will get a fair trial, as Moussaoui did. He got a fair trial and we watched it."
Clifford was against the short-lived push to move the trial from Guantanamo Bay to New York City because some necessary evidence wouldn't have been constitutionally admissible in a criminal court, he said. Regardless of the venue, he said the trial will be cathartic for both victims and the nation as a whole.


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USC baseball wins opener in coach Holbrook's debut
Published: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:25 p.m.
COLUMBIA — South Carolina relied on clutch pitching and its ability to win close games to win back-to-back national titles and make the College World Series finals each of the past three seasons. That same formula was a recipe for success in its season opener Friday against Liberty.
Ripken's son redshirts
The son of baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken did not make the final roster for South Carolina and will redshirt this season.
The Gamecocks roster was released Friday, a few hours before the team opened the season against Liberty. Ryan Ripken was taken in the 20th round of last year's Major League Baseball draft by his father's team, the Baltimore Orioles. Ryan Ripken took part in the team's preseason scrimmages, but was not among the players first-year manager Chad Holbrook kept on the roster.
Ryan Ripken is a 6-foot-5 first baseman who hit .377 and drove in 25 runs as a senior at Gilman High School in Baltimore last season.
-- The Associated Press
Coach Ray Tanner is gone, as are former stars Michael Roth, Matt Price and Christian Walker, but the new-look Gamecocks did just enough on the mound and at the plate to hold on for a 4-3 victory over the Flames at Carolina Stadium.
L.B. Dantzler homered and added a sacrifice fly and Jordan Montgomery pitched six scoreless innings as first-year head coach Chad Holbrook earned the first win of his head coaching career.
"I've been coaching for 19 years. It means a lot to win the first one," Holbrook said. "We've gotta get better. We've got a lot of work to do."
Montgomery, who will take over Roth's spot as USC's ace, struck out five and walked two in his first start of the season.
He also allowed five hits and was constantly in jams thanks in part to his defense, which committed three errors, but made pitches when he needed to and earned the win.
"Jordan was terrific. He bowed his neck several times. He is unflappable and we knew that last year when he pitched against Clemson and Arkansas and pitched with our season on the line," Holbrook said. "He is an unflappable kid and you feel good about having him out there when things are not going your way or if he is not getting the calls he normally gets. You just feel good about Jordan out there."
Montgomery added that he wasn't upset with his teammates for booting balls and often extending innings.
"I know the defense is out there trying their best and I'm not going to hold anything against them," he said. "Things happen and I know they are going to make up for it. You just have to forgive and forget I guess."
Dantzler, who had struggled throughout the preseason and even during batting practice on Friday, appeared in top form against Liberty, hitting a home run in the second inning to give USC a 1-0 lead and adding a sacrifice fly in the sixth to extend the lead to 2-0.
Carolina tacked on two more runs in the seventh despite having just one hit in the inning as T.J. Costen scored on a wild pitch and freshman Max Schrock knocked in Chase Vergason on an RBI groundout to give USC a 4-0 lead.
Liberty came storming back in the top of the eighth, though, scoring three runs to cut the lead to 4-3. USC closer Tyler Webb, who is replacing Matt Price, came on to get the final five outs without allowing a hit.
"I felt good and tried to go in there and throw strikes. I wanted to focus more on executing the pitch than how big the situation was," Webb said.
Carolina will host Liberty today at 1:30 p.m. in a game that Holbrook expects his team to play better in after struggling at times in its opener.
"I don't think the way we played necessarily today was indicative of the type of team we will have," he said. "I think we were a little bit uptight. I didn't do a very good job of relaxing my team, and I'll try harder to do that (today)."
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Peary Arctic Expedition
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
After several failed attempts, 23 years of effort, and a lifetime of obsession with the Arctic, Admiral Robert Peary led in April 1909 what was then believed to be the first successful expedition to the North Pole. His stalwart crew, pictured here, included Inuits Ooqeah, Ootah, Egingwah, and Seeglo and fellow American Matthew Henson. Later studies found that Peary was actually 30 to 60 miles (50 to 100 kilometers) short of the Pole.
March to the North Pole
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
One day's march from their destination, members of Admiral Robert Peary's Arctic expedition tote flags across the polar ice. In the early morning hours of April 6, 1909, a triumphant Peary and his team—now just two sleds and five companions—reached what they believed was the North Pole.
Searching for the North Pole
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
Buffeted by wind and snow on Greenland's northernmost point, Kap Morris Jesup, Admiral Robert Peary surveys his route. In the years before his final Arctic expedition, Peary made several trips to Greenland to collect giant meteorites, which he hauled back to the U.S. to use in fund-raising lecture circuits. Some of these meteorites, including a 4.5-billion-year-old, 34-ton specimen, are now displayed in New York's American Museum of Natural History.
Crossing the Arctic
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
Riding behind a supply sled pulled by dogs, a member of Admiral Robert Peary's Arctic expedition team makes his way across a thin stretch of young ice on the Arctic Ocean, near 87° north. Peary's team covered 475 miles (764 kilometers) from their main camp on Ellesmere Island's Cape Columbia to the North Pole. They preferred flat terrain, pictured here, but often encountered pressure ridges, craggy mountains of ice formed from colliding ice floes.
Roosevelt Moored in Arctic
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
Admiral Robert Peary's third and final attempt to the North Pole began aboard the Roosevelt, a steam-engined battering ram with a reinforced bow designed to smash through Arctic ice. After departing from Oyster Bay, Long Island (where namesake President Theodore Roosevelt was among the onlookers), Peary and his crew steamed to Cape Sheridan, the northeastern point of Canada's Ellesmere Island. Here they began building camp and breaking trail to the Pole.
Arctic Ice Bridge
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
Members of Admiral Robert Peary's team survey their route over a frozen stretch of the Arctic Ocean. Years of experience trekking the Arctic led Peary to adopt an Inuit lifestyle to adjust to the extreme Arctic environment. He and his crew, most of whom were Inuit, wore Inuit garb, slept in igloos, nourished themselves with whale meat and blubber, and traveled by dogsled.
Measuring North Pole Depth
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
On April 7, 1909, expedition members dole out 1,500 fathoms (9,000 feet/2,740 meters) of line in an attempt to find bottom near the Pole. After taking the sounding, the 80-pound (36-kilogram) apparatus was left in order to lighten one of the sledges.
Ellesmere Island Iceberg
Photograph by Admiral Robert E. Peary
Supplies from the Roosevelt scatter the base of an iceberg between Cape Sheridan and Cape Columbia on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. Among the ship's crew and cargo were Matthew Henson, Peary's longtime assistant; 49 Inuit men, women, and children; 246 sled dogs; 70 tons of whale meat; and the blubber of 50 walruses.
Polar Landscape
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
Spread with craggy hummocks of ice, the Arctic is a stark terrain of glaciers, snow, and ice, seen here from a plane en route from Eureka, Northwest Territories, Canada, to the North Pole. There is actually no land beneath the North Pole, just a shifting pack of sea ice, six to ten feet (two to three meters) thick, floating above the Arctic Ocean.
Arctic Ice Sleds
Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
A weak Arctic sun provides little warmth to two expedition members pulling supply-laden sleds across the Arctic ice. Since Robert Peary made his Arctic expedition in 1909, others have made novel attempts to the Pole—by airship in 1926, by plane in 1952, and by submarine in 1959. The North Pole continues to lure explorers into the 21st century.
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It is soon April which once again means Community Health Fair time. The theme for 2013 is "Hello to Health". As usual there will be screenings and health tips, free demonstrations and healthy food choices available for all ages. The Kilowatt Community Center in Granite Falls will be the site for the fair again this year and all are invited to attend on Thursday, April 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
While at the Health Fair be sure to stop at the Countryside Public Health booth and observe or experience driving distraction in it various forms including visual, manual and cognitive distractions. The Distract-A-Match-2 will let you experience how distraction potentially interferes with your ability to perform driving tasks without error. Learn how to minimize risks while driving.
So say "Hello to Health" and join us at the Community Health Fair. Remember – it is free and there is something for everyone! Come with your questions, take advantage of the free and low cost screenings, and enjoy the health food and free demonstrations. Join with others who are learning to be healthy. Granite Falls Municipal Hospital, Home Health Care, Senior Advocacy, and Living at Home Block Nursing along with many others will also be present. Hope to see you on April 11 at the Kilowatt Community Center.
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when using QCad 220.127.116.11, I cannot read or create fie- or directorynames containing german umlauts.
In previous versions I also could not use umlauts in names of layers or in textboxes, but this works now.
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System is debian sid (sidux).
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Open Washoe County, an online program for public input and feedback, is asking residents how they prefer to communicate with their local county government.
The open forum is accessible through the Washoe County website at www.washoecounty.us/openwashoe and also by texting "subscribe" to 775-835-4540. Individuals can make comments, suggestions and read what other community members are saying about a particular issue.
Feedback from the following question will be submitted to Commissioners before recommendations are made next month regarding citizen involvement:
What ways are you most likely to interact with your Washoe County government?
Write an email
• Write a letter
• Online services
• Call my Commissioner or other County official
• Visit a County office
• Attend a County Commission or public meeting
• Attend a County-sponsored community meeting in my neighborhood
• Watch Washoe Channel Television (WCTV), Charter 217 or Digital 80.9
• Engage through Social Media: Facebook, Twitter or others
• Attend a telephone town hall meeting with a presentation from an elected official
• Other
"Citizen engagement and public participation are high priorities for the Washoe County Commissioners and are included in the strategic goals for 2013-14," said Washoe County Commissioner Bonnie Weber. "During the past nine months, the Citizen Involvement Revitalization Project has brought the issue to the forefront as new ideas of engaging citizens are being discussed and studied by staff and the Board."
At the end of March, commissioners will be presented with recommendations that may include new or additional opportunities for Washoe County residents to become involved with the county.
Learn more at www.washoecounty.us/openwashoe.


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The Mt. Eden High girls volleyball team's hopes of winning the West Alameda County Conference-Shoreline Division title took a hit Tuesday night as the Monarchs lost 25-19, 18-25, 25-12, 25-18 to host San Lorenzo.
With Mt. Eden's loss, the division champion will be determined Thursday, the last day of the regular season. Mt. Eden, Arroyo and Encinal are all still alive for the title and with it, the automatic berth into next week's North Coast Section playoffs. On Thursday, Mt. Eden hosts Arroyo and Encinal hosts San Lorenzo.
Although San Lorenzo (10-18, 6-9 WACC) is not in the mix for the division championship, Tuesday's win demonstrated how far the program has come in 12 months.
"It was a great senior night win," San Lorenzo coach Vivian Parks said. "After winning just two matches last year, to get to 10 wins makes it a great season."
San Lorenzo nearly swept the match. Besides winning the first and third sets, the Rebels held a 15-10 lead in the second set before the Monarchs (11-13, 8-7) rallied to score 15 of the final 18 points to even the match. The Rebels erased an early deficit in the fourth set to win the match.
Dijour Ledbetter, Dakota Targett, Hunter Misi and Katrya Traylor combined for 30 kills to lead San Lorenzo. Angelica Leano led Mt. Eden with 10 kills.
Heritage d. Freedom: The Patriots clinched the Bay Valley Athletic League title outright with a 25-8, 25-21, 25-20 win over the visiting Falcons (8-28, 2-7 BVAL).
Senior Colleen Hannigan had 15 kills and eight digs and Megan Fleischmann had six kills and six aces for Heritage (25-8, 9-0), which can wrap up a perfect league record with a victory at Pittsburg on Thursday.
-- Staff
If there is a varsity or community college athlete on your team who is signing a National Letter of Intent next week, please let us know. Coaches and athletic directors in the East Bay can contact this newspaper at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Heady Rally Unlikely to Repeat Next Year
U.S. stocks' amazing run in 2013 raises the stakes for next year. Will markets keep rising, powered by steady economic growth and low interest rates, or will they take a breather after the Federal Reserve begins paring back economic stimulus?
That is the question on the minds of bullish and bearish investors alike as the year winds down. Friday's 1.3% gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average following a positive employment report left money managers hoping for a strong finish to what so far is the best year for stocks in a decade. The Dow is up 22%.
History seems to support the idea that 2014 will be less historic than 2013. Since 1927, there have been 23 years in which the S&P 500 has risen 20% or more, according to Birinyi Associates. It averaged a further gain of 6.4% in the next year. That is only slightly better than the 5.5% gain the S&P averaged for all years since 1927.
As a result, even some bulls are warning clients not to anticipate stocks will match these rampaging gains next year.
"We certainly don't expect any kind of return next year to be close to what we have seen so far this year," said Scott Wren, senior stock strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, which oversees $1.3 trillion as the brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Co.
Mr. Wren is hardly a bear. He projects more gains in 2014, but his target for the S&P 500 stock index a year from now is 1850 to 1900, a gain of only 2% to 5% from where the index stands today. That compares with a 27% run-up in the S&P 500 so far this year.
Mr. Wren's reasoning is simple: His market models, which take into account 200 factors including inflation, interest rates, industrial production and even scrap-metal prices, show the S&P 500 today stands 6% above what all those economic factors suggest. It is overdue for a pause.
Mr. Wren is one of many bullish analysts saying stocks' gains going forward might be limited.
Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, which oversees $66 billion in Chicago, told clients that he is "tiptoeing with trepidation into 2014 with a full equity weighting," meaning his firm holds a lot of stocks despite his concerns.
He said the market is fueled by momentum and central-bank support, and "appears to have defied fundamentals." A mathematical regression based on the ratio of stock prices to sales at S&P component companies suggests the S&P index should gain "3.4% per year over the next three years," he said.
But Mr. Ablin isn't one to fight the market. "The bottom line is that momentum and liquidity are important factors. While we believe market valuations are stretched, investors that exit based on valuations alone may be leaving money on the table," he said. Although he will monitor market conditions closely and bite his nails, he said, "for now, we are enjoying the gains."
Ned Davis Research, which has been bullish through most of the current bull market, also is beginning to sound downright uncomfortable.
While the firm remains bullish, it warns that risks will rise in 2014.
"We could be facing the most restrictive combination of monetary and fiscal policy since before the financial crisis," said Ed Clissold, the firm's U.S. market strategist.
Stocks have benefited from the $85 billion in stimulus the Fed has pumped into financial markets each month since late last year. Stocks have been able to overcome deteriorating fundamentals, Mr. Clissold said. But now, the S&P 500 is trading at about 18 times its companies' earnings for the past year, above the historical average of 16, and both earnings and sales are growing at sluggish rates.
The Fed, meanwhile, is preparing to wind down its stimulus. Friday's strong employment news made some economists think the Fed could announce stimulus cuts as soon as its next meeting, in about 10 days. Most prognosticators think it will delay a little longer to be sure the data continue their positive path.
But in the coming months, barring an economic setback or fresh Washington turmoil, the Fed is widely expected to reduce and eventually eliminate its stimulus. The Fed will remain supportive of stocks, and could well resume stimulus if markets began to drop, but its stance would be the least supportive at least since 2011.
And Congress is reported to be heading toward an agreement that would continue to restrict federal spending, meaning that the net effect of Washington policy could be harsher in 2014 than at any time in years.
Like Messrs. Wren and Ablin, Mr. Clissold isn't predicting disaster. He expects stocks to be up by the end of 2014, but he worries that there could be a hiccup in the middle.
On only one of those 23 occasions of 20%-plus annual gains did the S&P improve its performance in the following year. In 1997 it rose 31% after a 20% gain in 1996. It rose again in 1998, by 27%, and in 1999, by 20%. Those were the days.
The S&P 500 has been known to decline in the year after a 20% gain. That has happened eight times. Six times it put in another 20% gain.
Data comparing the expansion of the S&P 500′s price/earnings ratio with past years, and comparing the performance at the current stage in the economic cycle, suggest gains of 6% to 9%.
It is possible that 2014 will be another year like 1997 and stocks will rise even faster than in 2013. Many in the market think the new Fed chairwoman, Janet Yellen, slated to take office Feb. 1 pending Senate confirmation, will delay withdrawing stimulus and fuel another big market year.
But before betting that 2014 will be better than 2013, investors might consider that it has happened once since 1927.


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At the moment PMS recognizes the windows phone client and I can reproduce all the videos already correctly encoded, the problem is that I can't understand how to set the correct transcoding options for the others.
Windows Phone supports .mp4 and .wmv files as described here.
If I understand correctly there's no way to transcode using as video codec WMV3 so wmv is excluded, using a command like this:
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"C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -sn -i "D:\input.avi" -vcodec libx264 -f mp4 -acodec aac -strict experimental -g 1 -qscale 1 -qmin 2 -ab 320k -threads 8 -muxpreload 0 -y "D:\output.mp4"
I obtain a correctly transcoded file, how can I make PMS produce something similar through the .conf file?
At the moment I have this:
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# PS3 Media Server renderer configuration profile for Windows Phone Devices
RendererName = Windows Phone
RendererIcon = WindowsPhone.png
UserAgentSearch = NativeHost|WindowsPhone
#UserAgentAdditionalHeader = X-AV-Client-Info
#UserAgentAdditionalHeaderSearch =
Video = true
Audio = true
Image = true
# SeekByTime: Set to true to use the DLNA feature seek by time instead of by
# range.
SeekByTime = false
# DLNALocalizationRequired: Serve different flavors of localization in the
# DLNA parameters (PAL/NTSC, NA/EU/JP) to allow every world wide renderer to
# see the files. Important for Sony Bravia TVs.
#DLNALocalizationRequired = false
# CBRVideoBitrate is useful for renderers without SeekByTime support. It does time2byte conversion to support FF/RW.
# Only possibility how to predict where we are when seeking is using CBR bitrate instead of VBR used by default
# Making CBR stream by MEnocder is 3 times slower than using VBR so count with it if you have poor computer!
# Speed can be hopefully optimized little bit in the future:
# http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8883&p=53706&hilit=ditlew#p53700
# http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11284&p=62765&hilit=1835#p62765
# CBRVideoBitrate=15000
# ByteToTimeseekRewindSeconds is used for finetuning so default is 0
# ByteToTimeseekRewindSeconds=0
# MediaInfo: Set to "true" if PMS should parse files with MediaInfo. This will
# give PMS more accurate information, speed up browsing and prevent potential
# playback errors. It also enables the use of "Supported" to more accurately
# define the supported formats for the renderer.
MediaInfo = true
# Se impostato a true vengono restituite cartelle vuote
CreateDLNATreeFaster = false
# TranscodeVideo: Codec to use for video transcoding.
# Currently supported: "MPEGAC3", "MPEGTSAC3" or "WMV".
TranscodeVideo = MPEGTSAC3
# TranscodeAudio: Codec to use for audio transcoding.
# Currently supported: "LPCM", "MP3" or "WAV".
TranscodeAudio = MP3
# DefaultVBVBufSize: Whether or not to use the default DVD buffer size. Setting
# this to "false" means a greater bit rate and faster encoding, but it can
# generate incompatible videos dependent on the renderer.
#DefaultVBVBufSize = false
# WrapDTSIntoPCM: Set to "true" if the media renderer supports DTS wrapped
# into LPCM in a MPEG file.
WrapDTSIntoPCM = false
# MuxLPCMToMpeg: Set to "true" if the media renderer supports LPCM in a MPEG
# file. Ignored if MediaInfo = true.
MuxLPCMToMpeg = false
# MaxVideoBitrateMbps: The maximum bit rate supported by the media renderer.
# Setting to "0" means unlimited.
# If computer is low on resources it is better to avoid using bandwidth limit which is much CPU demanding
# It is better to lower quality settings by defining "CustomMencoderQualitySettings".
# By lowering quality also bitrate is decreased but it is not so CPU aggresive so it is preferred to use it this way
MaxVideoBitrateMbps = 2
# MaxVideoWidth: Maximum width supported by the media renderer. Setting to "0"
# means unlimited. This setting is ignored for files matching "Supported"
# formats when MediaInfo = true.
MaxVideoWidth = 800
# MaxVideoHeight: Maximum height supported by the media renderer. Setting to
# "0" means unlimited. This setting is ignored for files matching "Supported"
# formats when MediaInfo = true.
MaxVideoHeight = 480
# H264Level41Limited: Set to "true" if the media renderer supports only H264
# L4.1 at most.
H264Level41Limited = true
# TranscodeAudioTo441kHz: Set to "true" if music files need to be resampled at
# 44.1kHz.
TranscodeAudioTo441kHz = false
# TranscodeFastStart: Set to "true" if the renderer has a short timeout delay
# and needs to receive transcoded video with minimal delay. If set to "false",
# PMS will take some time to buffer some of the transcoded video.
TranscodeFastStart = true
# TranscodeExtensions: Comma separated list of file extensions that are forced
# to be transcoded and never streamed. Best left empty if MediaInfo = true,
# and define "Supported" formats instead.
TranscodeExtensions =
# StreamExtensions: Comma separated list of file extensions that are forced
# to be streamed and never transcoded. Best left empty if MediaInfo = true,
# and define "Supported" formats instead.
StreamExtensions =
# ForceJPGThumbnails: Some renderers require thumbnails to be represented as
# JPEGs (JPEG_TN) in the DLNA directory XML (e.g. Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-ray
# players). Set this to true to force PMS to use this representation. Note:
# this has no effect on thumbnail file formats or content-type headers.
ForceJPGThumbnails = false
# ChunkedTransfer: Some renderers are particular about the "Content-Length"
# headers in requests (e.g. Sony Blu-ray players). By default, PMS will send
# a "Content-Length" that refers to the total media size, even if the exact
# length is unknown. Default value is false. Set this option to true to omit
# sending a length when it is unknown.
ChunkedTransfer = false
# CustomMencoderQualitySettings: Overrides the MEncoder transcoding quality
# settings in PMS for this renderer. Default is empty, which means the PMS
# settings will be used.
CustomMencoderQualitySettings =
# CustomMencoderOptions: Overrides the MEncoder custom options in PMS for
# this renderer. Default is empty, which means the PMS
# settings will be used.
CustomMencoderOptions = -lavfopts format=mp4 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:acodec=libmp3lame:abitrate=320
# AutoExifRotate: Many cameras store information in the image file about the
# orientation of the camera while the picture was taken, allowing viewers to
# know which way was up. Set this option to "true" to allow PMS to rotate JPEG
# files based on EXIF information contained in the file, and relieve the
# renderer of that task.
AutoExifRotate = true
# [Supported video formats]:
Supported = f:mp4 v:h264 a:aac n:2 m:video/mp4 w:800 h:480
#Supported = f:mp4 v:mp4 a:mp3 n:2 m:video/mp4 w:800 h:480
Supported = f:wmv v:wmv|vc1 a:wma n:2 m:video/x-ms-wmv w:800 h:480
# [Supported audio formats]:
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Trailer park shooting: Police searching for man wanted for attempted murder
Published: Friday, November 1, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 1, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.
Authorities are searching for a man they say shot a woman at mobile home park in Tuscaloosa County on Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses identified Joseph Marcum, 21, as the suspect who shot a 30-year-old woman in the leg at Hillcrest Villa at 3 p.m.
The victim, who was treated for a wound that was not life-threatening, has been released from DCH Regional Medical Center, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Sgt. Dale Phillips.
The shooting occurred after an argument about an unwanted guest escalated and a physical altercation ensued, Phillips said.
Marcum, who goes by Joey, left the mobile home park and, as of Friday morning, has not been apprehended.
Investigators have obtained arrest warrant to charge him with attempted murder.
Police are asking anyone with information about the suspect's whereabouts to call the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's office at 205-464-8600, the Homicide unit at 205-464-8690 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 205-752-STOP (7867).
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