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United Launch Alliance
ULA Launching NASA into the Future
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) lifted off November 26, 2011. MSL was the last of five critical missions ULA launched for NASA within a six month period. The five missions were launched both successfully and on-time as a result of the exceptional performance and teamwork demonstrated by the combined ULA, mission partner, and NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) team. ULA is proud to support the global science community in this campaign unprecedented not only for its reach across the solar system, but also for its tempo and precision.
The MSL mission was launched aboard an Atlas V 541 configuration vehicle, which includes a 5-meter diameter RUAG Space payload fairing along with four Aerojet solid rocket motors attached to the Atlas booster. The Atlas booster was powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 engine and the Centaur upper stage was powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RL10A engine.
With more than 50 years of service to the nation, the Atlas launch vehicle has a rich history supporting NASA's planetary missions. The Atlas launch vehicle and its Centaur upper stage have boosted missions to every planet in our solar system. The Atlas V 541 vehicle was selected as the launcher for the Mars Science Laboratory mission for its liftoff capability combined with its certification to launch the nuclear-powered generators required for the MSL mission.
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is the nation's rocket company, launching the most reliable and successful launch vehicles—Atlas and Delta—that have supported America's presence in space for more than 50 years. ULA delivers critical payloads to orbit from national security satellites to deep space and exploration missions.
Daily Briefing
Chris Carberry: One Year of Curiosity - Are We Any Closer to Sending Humans to Mars?...Read More
Read the results of a national opinion poll about human and robotic exploration of Mars....Read More
Learn about the Humans to Mars Summit and watch the live webcast on May 6-8, 2013!...Read More
Has Curiosity found clues to life's building blocks on Mars?...Read More
As we all expected one of the Mars satellites imaged the area where Curiosity landed in greater detail...Read More
Bill Nye's reaction to the Rover's landing as he watches it from PlanetFest in California...Read More
Christopher Carberry, head of a Beverly-based nonprofit organization pushing for human exploration of Mars by 2030, was in Pasadena, CA...Read More
It's time for NASA to set its sight on sending a human to the red planet...Read More
Jeff Horwich interviewing Chris Carberry, Executive Director of Explore Mars, on his thoughts on the future of Mars expeditions...Read More
'Landing Parties "See we're not all geeks" '...Read More
Image of descending Curiosity by HiRISE on MRORead More
T-0 Days: Landing - Today is the day! Will the landing be successful? Go Curiosity!...Read More
Chris Carberry blog in Huffington Post: "Humans on Mars by 2030 can and should be our next goal."...Read More
T-1 Days: Entry, Descent and Landing ...Read More
T-2 Days: Navigation - Each rover we send to Mars is more autonomous in its navigation than the previous rovers...Read More
Explore Mars' Chris Carberry spoke on NPR's Morning Edition about excitement around Curiosity's landing...Read More
Forbes' Alex Knapp on the upcoming landing of the Mars Probe Curiosity...Read More
T-3 Days: Communications and its importance on the 23 month mission. Without communications no mission; it is a simple as that...Read More
T-4 Days: Analysis of the Curiosity rover wheels and the necessary power to allow the rover to travel across the rough Mars terrain...Read More
T-5 Days: New possibilities of a more hospitable Martian past have emerged...Read More
NPR's Diane Rehm: The U.S. Mission To Mars. Get Curious at 45:20!...Read More
"Mars Rock" lands at Houston City Hall...Read More
The Martian Invasion starts with "7 Minutes of Terror" Aug 5 2012 at Space Center Houston Landing Party...Read More
We could not drive large distances with the first mars rover; scientists named the first rock Sojourner visited "Yogi."...Read More
Landing in 1997, a bouncing method of airbags was used to land Mars Pathfinder after having been slowed with a parachute. ...Read More
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We are not living in ordinary times, and the stakes have never been higher for a Mars landing ......Read More
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June's Hot Summer Photo Contest winner
West Milford resident wins Devils puck signed by John Madden
Sunday, 06.29.2008 / 10:50 AM ET / Fan Zone
By Anthony Oliva
The first month of the Devils Legion Hot Summer Photo Contest is in the books, and Debbie B. of West Milford, N.J., is the winner for June!
Debbie's photo was taken while on vacation in Alaska. She and her niece, Sarah, rocked their red from head to toe in the Kenai Peninsula, running into a trail called Devil's Creek. It was certainly the most "devilish" photo of the month, and has earned her an autographed John Madden puck. Other great entries from the Devils Legion included shots taken in Singapore, Thailand, Egypt, and the Jersey shore.
Keep the photos coming because the contest heats up in July, with the winning entry receiving an autographed puck from Patrik Elias.
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E3 2011: BATTLEFIELD 3 Leads Pack of Sequels for EA Games
E3 2011: BATTLEFIELD 3 Leads EA Lineup
[See all our E3 2011 coverage at our index page!]While the stars of Electronic Arts' showing at E3 2011 were arguably BioWare's role-playing behemoths Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic (both winning Best of awards from us, see all our picks here), that doesn't mean it was the only thing they brought to the expo. We also took a look at Battlefield 3 and a few other sequels as EA continues to build the franchises that rule their catalog, and a lot of gamers'.
There will be a lot of hype by some game sites over the course of the next few months about a perceived competition between Battlefield 3 and other war-game sequels. We're here to tell you today that there is no competition, because this is a game clearly at a level above the others.Many companies, including EA with last year's Medal of Honor have tried to make claims of realism, but none of them have really come through. Ultimately, while there are some great and exciting and very fun cinematic moments in many of these games, they all still just feel distinctly like a video game. By now, most fans have seen some of the cinematic trailers to Battlefield 3 and probably scoffed, thinking "Well the actual game won't look that good." Well, it does. In fact, this may well be one of the best looking games released to date.
The yearly sports titles always run a danger of merely being more of the same, with a couple of cosmetic changes and the new roster for the new season. Madden 11 bucked that trend with new gameplay, new animations, and a faster-paced yet deeper football experience than ever before delivered. Unfortunately, that means there's less they can really do this year, and it showed in our brief hands-on with the next installment. There were really no discernible changes as I played a quarter, feeling like it was just me sitting on my couch playing 11. Further hands-on or a guided tour by developers may reveal something more, but for now this seems like it's just Madden, for better or for worse.
If it seems like forever since an SSX game was on the shelves, that's not far off. SSX On Tour in 2005 was the last full-featured game, which came out for the consoles of the last generation. While that edition added skiers, it also subtracted online play, which fans and critics reacted poorly to. SSX Blur in 2007 was a Wii exclusive that had no new tracks and voiceless characters. So when EA announced a new SSX would be coming in January 2012, fans of the franchise, or at least of what it once was in its PlayStation 2 heyday, were excited. Seeing an early build of the game showed plenty to be excited about, with three modes and some big changes. This time around, you'll be able to go down virtually any major mountain in the world. The mountains have been replicated in detail using NASA imagery and topography data, making this the most realistic setting for a game of its kind yet. The realism doesn't stop there, with the new Survive it avalanche mode. The avalanche is randomized, with all of the snow being "real" with its own unique physics. It actually reacts logically to how you and other snow hits it, a fact they showed off in the quick demo. Big crazy tricks and intense high speed racing will be back as well, along with all your favorite classic characters like Mac, Elise, and Kaori. While our hands-on time with the very early build was a little glitchy and the controls seem changed for the worse at this stage (honestly, it was probably just too early to bring a hands-on demo), this is still one we'll be watching for some winter fun early next year.Courtney Woods)
"There is no other game quite like the Sims that lets you play with life." That's what EA had to say about the best-selling PC franchise of all time as they introduced the latest expansion (and in consoles' cases new edition). For many, life is not complete without pets. This is not the first time Sims have been allowed to own pets, but this is the first time that man's best friend is basically a Sim himself. In Sims Pets, dogs, cats, and horses are not only fully customizable, but also playable. At your command, your Sim Pet can damage property, find your Sim a date, or even "woohoo" with other Sim Pets… Yes, that's right, let the retelling of Lady and the Tramp begin Sims Style. Or if you are more into Scooby Doo, your Sim and his Sim Pet can solve mysteries together. At their E3 booth, EA showed off the customization feature. While it is fun to create a bizarre looking animal (all colors, including purple and teal, are available), some might find it more fun to memorialize their own pet in the Sims universe. I know I got a kick out of seeing my pug, Gentleman Jack, as a Sim. I could even give him accurate personality traits: Piggy, Lazy, and Loyal.


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UCSD professors named to National Academy of Sciences
Three UCSD professors have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers.
Herbert Levine, J. Andrew McCammon and David T. Sandwell were among the 72 new members and 18 foreign associates elected to the academy today "in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
They join 89 current members of the UCSD faculty who previously had been named to membership in the academy, which was established by Congress in 1863 to serve as an official adviser to the federal government on matters of science and technology.
— Herbert Levine, a professor of physics, has long been a leader in the theory of complex systems, particularly in the formation of patterns.
— Andrew McCammon, the Joseph E. Mayer Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and pharmacology, has invented theoretical methods for accurately predicting and interpreting how molecules interact with one another, methods that play a growing role in the design of new drugs and other materials.
— David Sandwell, a professor of geophysics in the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, studies geological structures of deep-ocean basins.


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Definition of control in English:
1The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events: the whole operation is under the control of a production manager the situation was slipping out of her control
More example sentences
- The fact that they failed to do so was dictated to some degree by events outside their direct control.
- It is doubtful whether he had any particular control over the course of events.
- The director would not have day-to-day control or financial power over the other agencies.
jurisdiction, sway, power, authority, command, dominance, government, mastery, leadership, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, ascendancy;
charge, management, direction, supervision, superintendence
1.1The ability to manage a machine, vehicle, or other moving object: he lost control of his car improve your ball control
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- Parked cars were damaged when the driver of a car lost control on a roundabout and collided with them yesterday.
- It is understood that around 10 am, the driver of the car lost control after colliding with a lorry.
- Last December a car lost control and hit the wall near the village hall.
1.2The restriction of an activity, tendency, or phenomenon: pest control
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- Their fields of activity include soil conservation, gardening, and natural pest control.
- To continue, hunts would have to meet the twin tests of preventing cruelty and being necessary for pest control.
- Severely infested grains and cheese usually require fumigation to achieve control of these pests.
restraint, constraint, limitation, restriction, check, curb, brake, rein;
1.3The power to restrain something, especially one's own emotions or actions: give children time to get control of their emotions
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- He says that no matter how tough these guys appear there often comes a time when they lose control of their emotions.
- Sometimes I think that it would be good to be one of those people who are in total control of their emotions.
- She knew she was losing control over her emotions.
self-control, self-restraint, self-possession, self-command, composure, calmness
informal cool
1.4 (often controls) A means of limiting or regulating something: growing controls on local spending
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- The market will become unfettered by regulation - the modest controls on the internet to protect consumers, for example, are to be dumped on the grounds that they impose burdens on business.
- The department, which is responsible for official controls on animal feed, did not disclose where the contaminated premixture was found.
- In the 1920s the state imposed controls on freight charges.
1.5A switch or other device by which a machine is regulated: the volume control
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- Even the cheapest alarms have an on/off switch and a volume control, something that many people seem to forget.
- Voice dialling and other key phone functions can be activated using the vehicles' steering wheel controls.
- Many complain that the modern car is home to a confusing and unnecessary multitude of buttons, switches and controls.
1.6The place where a particular item is verified: passport control
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- All this means is that passport control can verify that you are who you say you are.
- In the shop after passport control, some goods were being sold at high-street prices.
- If you get your visa in the UK before you go, you can skip this queue, go direct to passport control and be first in the baggage reclaim queue.
headquarters, HQ, base, center of operations, command post, nerve center
1.7The base from which a system or activity is directed: communications could be established with central control mission control
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- Our reporter is at mission control in Houston.
- How do you stay calm in mission control when the lives of human beings rest on the decisions you will make next?
- All the monitors in mission control blacked out.
1.8 Bridge A high card that will prevent opponents from establishing a particular suit.
1.9 Computing short for control key.
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- Now hit Control + E three times.
- is there a way to disable the windows key (to the right of the left control) on the keyboard?
- Later we can use CONTROL to remove colours and SHIFT to add them.
2 Statistics A group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment: they saw no difference between the cancer patients and the controls
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- Intact leaves selected the evening before the experiments served as controls.
- Compared with controls, significant results remained for deliberate self-harm in moderately and severely victimized individuals.
- Dr Duncan found that only one of the groups, the third group, showed any apparent effect in comparison with the control group.
3A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy.
Example sentences
- The title refers to the time when an outside spy has to 'come in from the cold' and take a sedentary job as another spy's control or even some menial desk assignment until the mandatory age limit forces retirement.
- Blunt joined MI5, now allowing him to expand his services beyond recruiting and giving him opportunities to transmit secret documents to his KGB control.
- He detests the amorality of his C.I.A. control.
verb (controls, controlling, controlled)
1 [with object] Determine the behavior or supervise the running of: he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy
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- In addition to the presidential race, November's election will determine which party controls the next Congress.
- A small number of states could determine which party controls the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
- If the election is as tight as it promises to be, they could well determine who controls the US Senate.
be in charge of, run, manage, direct, administer, head, preside over, supervise, superintend, steer;
informal head up, be in the driver's seat, run the show
1.1Maintain influence or authority over: you shouldn't have dogs if you can't control them
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- The whole point of a blog is that its author controls its content.
- In London, many people defied a request by police to avoid meeting in Trafalgar Square, where authorities often have trouble controlling the rowdier celebrants.
- By controlling influential committees, the Prime Minister can also ensure that he drives the policies of these committees.
1.2Limit the level, intensity, or numbers of: he had to control his temper
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- By tightly controlling your blood sugar levels, intensive insulin therapy can help prevent long-term diabetes complications such as kidney damage.
- Mr Keaney said noise and dust generated by the quarry could be controlled by conditions limiting the hours of operation and the cleaning of the public roads.
- He also called upon the citizens to launch a green revolution to control increasing pollution levels in the City.
restrain, keep in check, curb, check, contain, hold back, bridle, rein in, suppress, repress, master
informal put the brakes on
1.3 (control oneself) Remain calm and reasonable despite provocation: he made an effort to control himself
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- I was walking away, thinking how silly I was to have reacted like that, next time I should be calmer, and control myself.
- Section 3 requires that the accused should have made reasonable efforts to control himself within the limits of what he is reasonably able to do.
- Visibly struggling to control himself, he finally calmed down somewhat and began to pace.
1.4Regulate (a mechanical or scientific process): the airflow is controlled by a fan
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- Scientists believe they will be able to develop treatments for deafness due to the discovery of the gene they believe controls the process that enables us to hear.
- The researchers' initial goal was to learn what controls this process.
- This aspect of the process was controlled through separate instrumentation.
1.5 (as adjective controlled) (Of a drug) restricted by law with respect to use and possession: a sentence for possessing controlled substances
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- This would mean that a controlled drug could not be changed to a restricted substance without the controlled drug classification being removed by Parliament first.
- On 6th September 1996 he had been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.
- However, late in the day police began to wind down the operation after arresting a man for possession of controlled drugs.
2 [no object] Statistics (control for) Take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect results) when performing an experiment: no attempt was made to control for variations (as adjective controlled) a controlled trial
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- However, dialect was not a significant predictor of male mating success when controlling for other factors that might affect paternity.
- When researchers controlled for socioeconomic factors, the differences were more subtle but still there.
- The within-subjects design of this experiment controls for any differences in sex and age.
2.1Check; verify.
Example sentences
- This is also the third year that we rigorously controlled the results to check and verify that every vote, totaling more than 20,000, was legitimate.
in control
- Able to direct a situation, person, or activity: I felt calm and in controlMore example sentences
- It's all very efficient but strange for me to not be in control of a situation for the first time.
- People need to feel that they are in control of their health and that what they do directly impinges on it.
- He can decide on the spur of the moment whether to do a concert or not and is totally in control of his life.
out of control
- No longer possible to manage: fires burning out of controlMore example sentences
- They also attended the larger organised events to make sure the fires were not burning out of control.
- Health service chiefs were accused today of allowing hospital superbugs to run out of control.
- A motorist whose car spun out of control and smashed into a tree on a country road near York has died in hospital.
under control
- (Of a danger or emergency) being dealt with successfully and competently: it took two hours to bring the blaze under controlMore example sentences
- The fire brigade soon had the blaze under control and were able to extinguish it swiftly.
- Her husband attempted to battle the flames but was forced back and wasn't able to bring it under control.
- If tax rises are to be avoided, Government spending needs to be brought under control.
Late Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'check or verify accounts', especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller 'keep a copy of a roll of accounts', from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus 'copy of a roll', from contra- 'against' + rotulus 'a roll'. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle.
The early sense of this was 'check or verify accounts': usually by making reference to a duplicate register. It is from Anglo-Norman French contreroller 'keep a copy of a roll of accounts', from Latin contrarotulus 'copy of a roll'.
Words that rhyme with controlbarcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole
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KODAK CAROUSEL Slide Projector
With the lock ring firmly in place, turn the 140-slide tray upside down. Retract the tray release latch in the direction of the arrow and align the index hole with the index notch. (For an 80-slide tray, rotate the metal plate until it locks into position.) Put the tray aside.
Remove the slide or object from the projector gate by pressing the forward button or removing the slide manually.
Remount damaged slides to protect your projector and slides from subsequent damage.
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The Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC) hosted its ACTION Party on March 8, 2013 at the Arcadian Court.
An incident at the event involving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Sarah Thomson, referred to over social media as "buttgate," was subsequently covered by media sources which interviewed Omar Ha-Redeye:
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says groping allegations 'absolutely, completely false'
Another guest at the function, lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye, said in an interview that Ms. Thomson did (Read more…)
. . . → Read More: Toronto Lawyer | Omar Ha-Redeye, J.D. » Politics: 2013 CJPAC Action and "Buttgate"


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Workers' Ed Society opens in St. Louis
The St. Louis Workers' Education Society recently purchased its new headquarters - a historic, beautiful, 10,000 square-foot union hall located in south St. Louis City.
Fast food giants cost America $7 billion in McTaxes
Two recently published reports shed damning light on the high cost of low wages in the fast food industry.
Unions, not "right to work" laws, bring back an automaker
The labor movement is a key part of a recently successful effort to get a company to build a plant here that will produce diesel/electric vehicles.


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The view from Bald Hill Lookout
Overlooking the famous Sea Cliff Bridge and Stanwell Park Beach, Bald Hill Lookout Reserve is perched on the headland of Stanwell Tops and is one of the most popular lookouts on the NSW South Coast. The views here are dramatic and spectacular, and it's also ideal for hang gliding.
About Stanwell Park
Stanwell Park is the first of several pretty coastal towns south of the Royal National Park, on Lawrence Hargrave Drive. A picturesque town at the northernmost tip of Wollongong, it's nestled in a valley and set dramatically against the steep, forested escarpment cliffs, cradling Stanwell Park Beach.
Stanwell Park Beach is popular beach for surfing and picnics and an easy day trip from Sydney. There's a lovely park right on the beach, which also includes an off-leash area for dogs. You can walk your dog (on-leash) at certain times on the beach itself as well. Backed by steep, forested slopes, it's the ideal balance of secluded and accessible, with barbecues and picnic tables. Surf lifesavers patrol the beach.
To the north of the beach is Stanwell Tops. The hills that rise sharply from the coast to the escarpment and the strong air currents make it a prime spot for hang gliding and paragliding. Local adventure tour operators can take you along for the ride of a lifetime on a tandem flight, and most are happy to pick you up from the nearby Stanwell Park railway station. Alternatively sit back and enjoy the panoramic views from Bald Hill Lookout.
The Grand Pacific Drive passes through Stanwell Park on its spectacular route along the coast to the South Coast. Be sure to stop at Sea Cliff Bridge, located between Coalcliff and Clifton, for a walk along this engineering masterpiece. The bridge winds along the coast with the ocean below it. A truly spectacular sight.


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MARTINSBURG-Bumbling idiots, star-crossed lovers and fools will take the stage at the Apollo Civic Theatre's production of "Pirates of Penzance," a comedic opera written by Gilbert and Sullivan.
After being released from an apprenticeship to a band of pirates, Frederic, the hero, realizes he has been duped and must reenter his servitude. There is just one complication-Frederic has fallen in love with a girl named Mabel who promises to wait the many years he has left to serve. In Frederic's attempt to destroy the pirates and return to his love, chaos ensues.
Director Terri Magers described "Pirates of Penzance" as a slapstick show, true to the roots of physical comedy found in silent films.
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Maj. General, played by Raoul Anderson, takes the stage in 'Pirates of Penzance'—the latest production at the Apollo Civic Theatre.
"If you want a good laugh, this definitely the show to come see," she said.
Lead actor Alan Harner agreed, saying audiences "can expect a good time, to enjoy themselves and most importantly to laugh."
The play, said lead actress Brianna Galligan, was one innovative production.
"It's one of the first times they integrated scenes with an opera score, so it actually paved the way for most modern day musicals," said Galligan, who plays Mabel.
Chris Steele, who plays the Pirate King, gave positive remarks on the quick pace of the show.
"There's not a whole lot of dialogue; it's mostly music. It moves fairly quickly, so people aren't going to get bored," Steele said.
The production's cast is proving to be a showcase of talent and commitment.
"I've been lucky to have some of the best singers around audition for this show. I've got a very strong group of performers," Magers said.
A community theater, the Apollo's shows are open to anyone who wants to be involved, whether with acting or tech.
"There's always a job for somebody if they want to be involved," Magers said.
Shows at the Apollo Civic Theatre provide not only entertainment for the community at large, but also a creative outlet for area youth who might not otherwise be able to participate.
"(In) this particular show, a lot of the younger kids ... are actually home-schooled. So it gives them a way to be in theater since they're not in public or private schools. There's things that they can do as far as showing their talents," Magers said.
"Pirates of Penzance" shows Fridays and Saturdays, May 11, 12 and 18, 19 at 8 p.m. Matinee performances will be held on Sundays, May 13 and 20 at 2:30 p.m. Adult admission is $15 on Friday and Saturday and $12 on Sunday. Student admission is $7 for all performances.
For more tickets and more information, call the Apollo Civic Theatre's Box Office at 304-263-6766 or visit www.apollo-theatre.org.


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With the discovery of an official car kit in the works, we're wondering quite how strong a lead in Nexus One accessories Google plan to take. The undisputed trailblazer for courting third-party accessories is Apple, and they've created a huge ecosystem around the iPhone and the iPod; so far add-ons for Android devices have been pretty much left to the whims of their respective manufacturers, but Google's newly focussed involvement might change all that. Our prediction: some sort of "made for Nexus" tagline.
Right now, Android lacks a certification program - a "Made for Android" tag, as it were - in the same manner as Apple's, and aside from the openness of the platform itself the devices that have used it generally adopt standardized connectors and adapters. True, it took HTC a few iterations to get that down-pat, but going by the leaked roadmap we saw last week they've now got fully on board with things like microUSB. As Google climb aboard the device train, however, it might make sense for them to qualify what's like to become a rush of third-party Nexus One accessories with an official seal.
Any sort of Android accessories certification would, we reckon, take a similar route as the "with Google" branding on the smartphones themselves. Manufacturers would be free to commit to Google's guidelines or do something different, but only those that toe the "perfect Google Phone" line would get a mention on the company's Nexus One accessories page.
It would also give Google the chance to more closely control the end-user experience, something they seem to be keen on doing in the creation of this "perfect" Google Phone. Just as the OS the Nexus One launches with will be the vision of what the search giant reckon is the ideal smartphone, the peripherals and accessories used with it will also come under intense scrutiny. It's a niche within a niche, certainly, but given the lure of the Google brand-name it seems likely that manufacturers and customers alike will get onboard.


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I am currently going through a modification for time sharing and child support with my ex husband. I am now remarried and am a stay at home mother. I am wondering how I fil out the child support guidelines worksheet since I do not work. I have my ex husbands income from his financial affidavit. I have heard that since I am unemployed that they will impute my income at minimum wage, so my question is do I go ahead and do that on the child support guidelines worksheet myself or do I put $0 like it says on my financial affidavit? It says to transfer the net income amount from your financial affidavit to the worksheet, but I didn't know if I was supposed to go ahead an figure minimum wage for me or does the court do that later and I figure it at $0 for now?
Divorce / Separation Lawyer
Based upon the limited information provided, it is likely that the court will impute minimum wage, however, you may want to prepare two guidelines worksheets, one with minimum wage imputed to you and the other with zero income for you. This would leave the door open for you to make an argument to the court that income should not be imputed.
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Gov. Scott's plan for Black businesses
Roger Caldwell | 12/19/2013, 9 a.m.
Since Governor Scott has taken office in 2010, the state unemployment numbers have dropped from 11.1 to 6.7 percent and there have been 440,000 private sector jobs created. Based on our governor's numbers the good times are here again in Florida. It would appear that the recession is over, jobs are plentiful and the middle class is booming. But everywhere I look prices keep going up, sales are down and my friends keep getting laid off or having their hours cut. Everyone is worried and everyone is cutting back. Instead of going out to the restaurant two days a week, families are going out once every two weeks while restaurant workers idly stand around.
When Scott took office, he called himself the jobs governor and he promised the state that he would create 700,000 jobs in seven. Now it seems that he is having problems. Every week our governor goes to a photo-op where he cuts a ribbon to highlight the promise of new jobs.
Steve Bousquet of the Times/Herald says, "Governor Scott makes big jobs promises but so far gains are small. Of the jobs Scott can influence most only a fraction now exists. Scott has pledged $266 million in tax breaks and other incentives in return for 45,256 new jobs. But 96 percent of the jobs have yet to materialize, according to state data."
Two years after Scott agreed to spend $250,000 renovating a Kissimmee warehouse, the building remains empty. Eighteen months after Florida offered $700,000 in incentives for Global Voter Solutions to hire 127 people for a civic website, the project remains stalled. Klausner Holdings, Inc. planned to shift 410 jobs from Spokane, Wash, to Panama City, and received $400,000. The jobs never arrived and the money is gone.
There are hundreds of other projects the majority of which were unsuccessful. After the photo-op there is no transparency and no one gets a report stating whether the project has been completed or not.
As a Black entrepreneur in Florida, I wonder if the state makes an effort to help offer more Black businesses an opportunity to succeed. In order to be successful in business it takes tax breaks and incentives. Businesses in the Black community are not productivity because they don't understand that they must develop a comprehensive business plan that includes tax breaks and incentives. The challenge in Florida is for more Black businesses to develop good business ideas that provide jobs in the community. Once the ideas and plan are formulated, it is necessary to get more assistance from the state. Our governor never talks about the jobs that have been created in the Black community. Where his plan or to assist us or does he have one?
Roger Caldwell is the CEO of On Point Media Group in Orlando.


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Veterans and family members who have received a "purple heart" are invited to attend the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Ladies Auxiliary Military Order of the Purple Heart meeting to be held at 10 a.m. today at the Clarion Inn, 4219 Waterloo Road, Stockton.
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Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Branch Library will host an important community dialogue entitled "Generation Change" at 6 p.m. Monday, at the Cesar Chavez Central Library, 605 N. El Dorado St., Stockton. Generation Change is a youth-driven global network dedicated to fostering the next generation of innovators and leaders in Muslim Communities around the world.
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text: 24 February 2009 archive See all show photos DRESSES that act as paparazzi bait are what Ashley Isham does best, and while this morning's show featured more than a few nine to five options, there was enough old school Isham to keep his red carpet fans happy. The straight-laced glamour of the Forties (in the form of polite brocade two-piece suits, a prim winter white coat and demure pencil skirts), fused with the hard edged attitude of the Eighties (which came courtesy of graphic monochrome looks, printed chiffon that looked as though it had been acid washed, and huge New Romantic Teddy Boy quiffs). Ticking the brocade trend box, Isham used a luxe grape and then navy brocade to create a series of looks that made the most of his construction and tailoring skills, while amethyst and citrine jewels created a modern Pearly Queen look. But pretty dresses were what we were craving and, early in the show, they came in a washed-out black and white floral print and, later, we were treated to some sexy flashes of red and rose-pink draped jersey cocktail dresses before a quick fire succession of gala-ready gowns in pale ivory, copper and gold. One dress in particular, which swept gracefully down the catwalk, was covered in gilded flowers and had us all hankering for a suitable affair to which to wear it and, naturally, a suitably dapper date to escort us there. SEE THE ASHLEY ISHAM SHOW ARCHIVE Julia Neel Continue reading Back to top


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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 1592
Maldives In Brief : No single rape case taken to criminal court in four years
Not a single case of rape has been taken to the criminal court in four years, in the Maldives.
"However numerous cases have been reported to the police and several arrests made during this period of time," Minivan news reported quoting the Judiciary's website.
Meanwhile, former President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has expressed concern over "false information" being spread by Islamic scholars in the country concerning women's rights.
There was "no religious justification" for the inequality of women and that Islam "does not limit a woman's equal rights in society," Gayoom told a ceremony marking the International Women's day, Minivan news said.
Alhan urges sacking Adhaalath from Cabinet
The ruling MDP parliamentarian Alhan Fahmy has called on the government to sack the Adhaalath members from the cabinet if they continue to intimidate the Nasheed administration, Miadhu reported.
Alhan said "it is a responsibility of the Adhaalathu Party to work with the government as they pledged to do so," according to Miadhu.
The Adhaalath party holding the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in the government has proved to be an uneasy coalition partner in the Nasheed administration, of late.
The party comprising religious scholars backed President Nasheed in the second round of presidential polls in October 2008.
Despite the coalition, the party has strongly criticized the government over normalizing ties with Israel and regulations on the sale of alcohol and pork in inhabited islands, prompting the government to withdraw the rules.
Rahul Mahajan to get passport to visit Maldives for honeymoon
The son of slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and Indian reality TV star, Rahul Mahajan was allowed by a Delhi court to get back his passport to visit the Maldives for honeymoon.
"Mahajan, who was arrested on June 5, 2006 under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, has been on bail in the case since June 14 that year," PTI reported
"The court asked him to furnish a fixed deposit of Rs. five lakh and a personal bond of same amount for the release of his passport, which was deposited while he was granted bail in a pending drug abuse case against him," PTI said.
Rahul also has given an undertaking to the court that he will not indulge in any type of shooting during his honeymoon period from March 9 to 30, according to PTI.
The 35 year old Mahajan got married on Saturday to 21 year old Dimpy Ganguly, in a television show.
HRCM issues annual report 2009
The Human Rights Council of the Maldives has released its annual report for 2009, assessing the country's health sector as well as the issue of human trafficking amongst many others.
At a news conference held on Tuesday, HRCM President Ahmed Saleem also called on the government to draft necessary laws to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, Miadhu newspaper reported.
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Definition of nebula in English:
noun (plural nebulae /ˈnɛbjʊliː/ or nebulas)
1 Astronomy A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
Example sentences
- Evolutionists believe that the solar system condensed out of a cloud of gas and dust called a nebula, hence the nebular hypothesis.
- We have missions that include active nebulas, swirling dust clouds, moving asteroids and asteroid fields.
- A planetary nebula forms when Sun-like stars gently eject their outer gaseous layers to form bright nebulae with amazing twisted shapes.
1.1 dated A galaxy.
Example sentences
- Then Edward Hubble discovered that the nebulae were other galaxies like ours only much further away than was thought possible.
- In further studies, he showed that these nebulas are actually other galaxies, and he went on to classify them.
- Hubble realized that these spiral nebulae were so far away they were actually galaxies - separate cities of stars - far beyond our own Milky Way.
2 Medicine A clouded spot on the cornea causing defective vision.
Example sentences
- The bruise over his eye had settled in to a purple nearly matching the nebula itself, but the swelling had reduced dramatically.
- It treats conjunctivitis, pterygium, nebula and pain in the eyes.
Mid 17th century (as a medical term): from Latin, literally 'mist'.
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Inherit the Wind
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Character Role Analysis
Bert is at the center of the play's controversy, and is present onstage almost throughout it. He's the one whose fate we care about most, and the one who gets the girl in the end. Even though he doesn't do all the talking—we leave that to the lawyers—he clearly has the most important role in Inherit the Wind; all of the action revolves around him.


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Technical Feature
Targeted cancer therapies focus on molecular and cellular changes that are specific to cancer and hold the promise of harming fewer normal cells, reducing side effects, and improving the quality of life. One major challenge in cancer nanotechnology is how to selectively deliver nanoparticles to diseased tissues while simultaneously minimizing the accumulation onto the nanoparticle of unwanted materials (e.g., proteins in the blood) during the delivery process. Once therapeutic nanoparticles have been created, very often they are linked or coated to other molecules that assist in targeting the delivery of nanoparticles to different cell types of the body. These linkers or coatings have been termed targeting ligands or "smart molecules" because of their inherent ability to direct selective binding to cell types or states and, therefore, confer "smartness" to nanoparticles. Likewise, "smartness" can be imparted to the nanoparticles to selectively repel unwanted entities in the body. To date, such smart molecules can consist of peptides, antibodies, engineered proteins, nucleic acid aptamers, or small organic molecules. This review describes how such smart molecules are discovered, enhanced, and anchored to nanoparticles, with an emphasis on how to minimize nonspecific interactions of nanoparticles to unintended targets.
Rihe Liu Rihe Liu can be reached at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; tel. 919–843–3635; and e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Liu is an associate professor of medicinal chemistry and genome sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received his BSc degree in polymer physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (1988) and his PhD degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego (1996). From 1997 to 2001, Liu was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in December 2001. His research interests include the identification and investigation of proteins with desired biological functions from natural proteome libraries, identification of drug targets using chemical biology approaches, and screening for bio-marker-binding affinity molecules from synthetic peptide or protein domain libraries using in vitro protein selection strategies.
Brian Kay can be reached at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607–7060, USA; tel. 312–996–4249; e-mail: email@example.com.
Kay received his PhD and postdoctoral training at Yale University and the National Institutes of Health, respectively. He has been on the faculty at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Argonne National Laboratory before joining the Department of Biological Sciences as professor and head at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 2005. His research interests include mapping protein-protein interactions with combinatorial peptide libraries, antibody engineering, designer affinity reagents, biosensors, and biotechnology.
Shaoyi Jiang can be reached at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; tel. 206–616–6509; fax 206–685–3451; and e-mail email@example.com.
Jiang is the Boeing-Roundhill Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his PhD degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 1993. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, between 1993 and 1994 and a research fellow at California Institute of Technology between 1994 and 1996 both in chemistry. His research focuses on biomolecular interfaces, biomaterials, and biosensors, particularly the molecular understanding, design, and development of zwitterionic-based materials for biomedical and engineering applications.
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> I just downloaded all the securiy patches from SGI for 6.5.19m
> What is the best way to install them ?
Unpack all .tar/.tardist files into a single directory (lets say
/usr/dist/patches-6.5.19m/) and point the SoftwareManager to it:
swmgr -f /usr/dist/patches-6.5.19m/
> I am new to sgi.
Be sure to only install the patches that fit to your 6.5.19m system :-).
Install only the patches that you really need ("don't fix what ain't
> IS there a way to list the patches installed on a system
> and the software installed on a system (like sort of pkg_info for sun?)
Beside browsing the installed software using the swmgr GUI you have a
few tools for that task. Starting from a very simple approach using "ls
/var/inst" you can also use "showprods patch*" or the textmode installer
"inst" and list alle poducts in there.
PGP2 Key-ID: 666R/36540865 1997-06-09 Marcus Herbert
GPG Key-ID: 1024D/2E2DAB44 2000-01-30
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Gunman sought in Deer Park bank robbery
UPDATED 6:15 PM EDT Oct 22, 2012
Police are seeking a man who robbed a Deer Park bank Monday afternoon at gunpoint.
Officers said the gunman robbed First Financial Bank about 4:30 p.m. in the 7200 block of Blue Ash Road.
He was described as a white man about 20 years old with a revolver handgun. He was wearing a maroon hooded sweatshirt under a lime green windbreaker.
No one was injured in the robbery, which remains under investigation.
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Lamoriello statement on Rafalski retirement
Wednesday, 05.25.2011 / 3:13 PM ET / News
New Jersey Devils
"Brian is a quality individual, whose character, commitment, work ethic, and team-first attitude made him the player and person he is. We were fortunate to have him in a Devils' sweater for seven seasons, including two Stanley Cup Championships. We wish Brian, Felicity, and their three sons well as they move on to the next chapter in their lives."
Rafalski, 37, recorded 44 goals and 267 assists for 311 points and 180 penalty minutes in 541 regular-season games with New Jersey. His goal, assist, and point-totals each ranks fourth among defensemen in franchise history. Rafalski added 17 goals and 43 assists for 60 points and 37 penalty minutes in 102 playoff games as a Devil. The native of Dearborn, MI appeared in three Olympic Winter Games, the 2004 World Cup, two NHL All-Star Games, and was named to the league's 1999-00 All-Rookie Team. He was also a member of Detroit's 2008 Stanley Cup Championship team. Not drafted, Rafalski signed with New Jersey as a free agent on June 18, 1999.


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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Food shows up everywhere in Twelfth Night, so we've broken it down into a couple of categories below. (Be sure to check out the relationship between "Food" and "Fluids" above.)
Cakes and Ale
When Malvolio criticizes Sir Toby Belch and company for their partying ways and lack of propriety Toby asks "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, / there shall be no more cakes and ale?" (2.3.114-115). In other words, Toby and his pals aren't about to change their ways just because Malvolio disapproves. "Cakes and ale" were popular treats associated with Carnival-like festivities such as Twelfth Night. In the play, they become a symbol of the festival atmosphere and bodily excess.
Love and Gluttony
You've probably already guessed that Toby's "cakes and ale" are related to other food imagery in the play. In the opening scene, for example, Duke Orsino calls for more music, which he refers to as "food" that fuels his excessive appetite for "love." Orsino's gluttonous addiction to "love," then, is linked to Toby's partying, which involves lots and lots of eating and drinking. Both the Duke and Toby are bingers and, while the play is all for fun and love, it seems to warn against over-indulgence.


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The venture finance operation that raised money for crony capitalist investors Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, and their green tech firms like electric car company Fisker Automotive ($193 million paid in stimulus loan guarantees) and fuel cell manufacturer Bloom Energy, is shutting down, according to a Fortune report.
The top private equity raiser for troubled electric automaker Fisker Automotive, which has been the subject of investigations by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities and Exchange Commission, has reportedly removed its co-founder and CEO.
Crain's Chicago Business, citing "a company insider," reported Friday that Advanced Equities Inc. has reached an agreement with Dwight Badger for him to leave the investment firm. The separation follows a demand by a FINRA arbitration panel for Advanced Equities to pay $4.5 million to one of its former brokers, John Galinsky, over breach of contract claims. Galinsky brought his complaint against the firm, Badger, and his co-founding partner, Keith Daubenspeck.


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Danger Zone: products that could harm your baby
Just because a baby product looks and seems safe, doesn't mean that it is. Use caution, and be aware of what products fall into the baby care danger zone.
Smile, Baby!
It's easy to overlook our dental health when there is a baby on the way. But taking care of your teeth could hold a key to a healthy baby and pregnancy.
Coping with the tragedy of miscarriage
Miscarriages devastate and destroy many women's hopes for children. Let's share our feelings and let others know they aren't alone.
CDC Urges Pregnant Moms to Get Pertussis Vaccine
The CDC is considering recommendations that would give mothers the pertussis vaccine earlier--in an attempt to prevent this deadly condition.
Baby on a budget–ways to save
Preparing for junior's arrival doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg--here are some simple tips to save your hard-earned money and still have the best for baby.


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Lungile has a one-on-one with the King-Don-Father of Kwaito music.
Kasi 101 celebrates Kwaito music and showcases it's evolution. Today, Lungsta sits with the seasoned self-acclaimed King Don Father of Kwaito and hit maker, Spikiri. Mandla Spikiri is one of the founding members of Trompies and co-owner of Kalawa Jazzmee, a stable renowned for pioneering kwaito and introducing iconic groups like Boom Shaka, Bongo Maffin, Trompies and many other Kwaito contributions over the years.
Spikiri, is celebrating 25 years in music and has worked with almost all the big names in the music industry including Skwatta Kamp, Louie Vega, Busi Mhlongo, Oskido , Hugh Masekela, Don Laka and has produced hit tracks such as Current, Trompies' Sgiya Nengoma, Vokol by Alaska, Vat & Sit and many many more. In 2011, to celebrate his quarter century in the business, whilst still at the top of his game,he released King Don 2.5 with the first single Ngeke Balunge featuring Teargas, Bricks, Madluphuthu, Skhokho and Brown Dash.


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kgo wrote:
> I just bought an HP pavillion a1250n multimedia pc. I didn't really
> want the XP media center OS but wanted to try out the Athlon 64 X2
> processor and the price seemed pretty good. So, I went home and popped
> in my XP Pro install media and began the process. The install media
> booted like normal. It came to the partition table and I deleted the
> existing partition, created a new one, formatted it and told it to
> install XP there. It made it to the point where it would normally
> reboot from the hard drive and continue with setup. After the reboot,
> the screen just goes blank and nothing happened. Called HP and they
> said they don't support upgrading the OS and that, in fact, it voids
> the warranty. Nice. Then, of course, the line went silent...
> The system has an on-board video chipset so I thought maybe it was
> video drivers or something weird there. I found an old pci video card,
> plugged it in and got the same behavior. I've done this lots of times
> and never had a problem with other systems. Anyone else out there
> tried this yet?
First of all, the drivers for your on-board card are gone. If
you are going to install the PCI graphics card, you must boot
into BIOS and select the Advanced tab. There you should see a
Primary Video option. Make sure you select PCI rather than
Onboard. If the PCI card has the smarts, you should be able to
boot as normal. If you get to that point, you should be able to
install new drivers for the onboard or disable it and carry on
with the PCI card.
I know mine may be a little different but that's how I got it to
work with my NVIDIA. Hp are real piss-asses when it comes to
helping with anything outside what they provide. They're not
all that damn good at supporting their own stuff either. When I
called regarding my new PCI card, they told me I couldn't do it.
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Word Problems
At a Glance - Expressions
Expressions are strings of mathematical symbols that describe quantities. Want to know how many apps there are for the iPhone? There's an expression for that.
Expressions consist of mathematical operations (+ , – , ×, ÷), numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.), parentheses (( )), and variables (x, y, z, etc.). Many different English phrases translate into each of these mathematical symbols. You'll find as we go along that there is a distinct relationship between between math and English. It's like they're married: they have a lot in common and you'll often find them together, but each speaks a totally different language.
English is ambiguous in that one word can have two or more meanings, while mathematics is precise and unambiguous. In other words, if we write ×, we mean ×. If you come across the word "times" in English, it could be talking about the time of day, measuring someone's sprinting speed, or referring to a newspaper. English can sometimes be harder to keep up with than a frazzled 6-year-old. Calm down, Billy. Now tell us, where did Shaggy dig up a human femur again?
We can think of translating English into mathematical symbols as clearing away the ambiguity so we can tell what's going on. Lifting the fog. Rubbing the side of our fist across the shower door.


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(WOMENSENEWS)--The Miss America Pageant has always revealed the nation's attitude toward women. Originally a bathing suit contest on the beach, it began in 1921 as an attempt by Atlantic City businessmen to attract tourists to the New Jersey resort after Labor Day; 1921 was less than a year after U.S. women won the right to vote. So two currents ran side by side from 1921 until now: a valuation of women for what white men judged as "beauty," and the expansion of female possibilities for respect and fame into uncharted realms.
The first Miss America was Margaret Gorman, a baby-faced 16-year-old with blond ringlets from Washington, D.C. By the 1930s, contest winners looked like the buxom Mae West. But as World War II ended, women having proved competent on the home front and abroad, the mold was broken. For the first time, the terms of the competition were expanded beyond bathing suits to include talent and poise. Also for the first time, the winner received a college scholarship.
Bess Myerson, Miss America of 1945, was a tall, willowy brunette, an accomplished pianist, a Hunter College graduate and a Jew, the first and still believed to be the only Jew to win the title. The 21-year-old daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants had grown up in the Bronx, N.Y., hoping to become a musical conductor. Her coronation was hailed by the public as a statement of the United States' post-war rejection of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.
Myerson herself had staked a strong claim to her ethnic identity, rejecting the pageant director's suggestion that she change her name to the more neutral Beth Merrick. That she was chosen in spite of a rule restricting contestants to women "in good health and of the white race" was seen as a landmark in the Jewish community's progress from outsiders to insiders in American culture.
Yet the contradictions that plagued the contest also plagued Myerson. Sponsoring companies withdrew their support from her post-pageant tour. Some venues refused to let her appear. Audiences often booed her and, at one appearance, demanded she play the piano in a bathing suit. Almost abruptly, she turned her back on entertaining appearances and began to talk about prejudice, leading to many decades of activism with the Anti-Defamation League.
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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner Betrayal Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I thought about a comment Rahim Khan had made just before we hung up. Made it in passing, almost as an afterthought. I closed my eyes and saw him at the other end of the scratchy long-distance line, saw him with his lips slightly parted, head tilted to one side. And again, something in his bottomless black eyes hinted at an unspoken secret between us. Except now I knew he knew. My suspicions had been right all those years. He knew about Assef, the kite, the money, the watch with the lightning bolt hands. He had always known.
Come. There is a way to be good again, Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up. Said it in passing, almost as an afterthought. (14.18-19)
It's fitting that Rahim Khan points Amir toward Sohrab – a boy who's being abused by Assef – as a way to redeem himself. ("There is a way to be good again.") Basically, Rahim Khan is saying to Amir: "Here's how you can undo the damage you lavished on Hassan." By saving Sohrab, intervention will replace passivity for Amir. While we're on the topic of redemption: voice also replaces silence through Amir's narration of the novel. After all these years, Amir has said nary a word about the alleyway and the mattress and now he lets loose 371 pages worth of words. The man needs some redemption.
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I felt like a man sliding down a steep cliff, clutching at shrubs and tangles of brambles and coming up empty-handed. The room was swooping up and down, swaying side to side. "Did Hassan know?" I said through lips that didn't feel like my own. Rahim Khan closed his eyes. Shook his head. [...]
"Please think, Amir Jan. It was a shameful situation. People would talk. All that a man had back then, all that he was, was his honor, his name, and if people talked...We couldn't tell anyone, surely you can see that." He reached for me, but I shed his hand. Headed for the door. [...]
I opened the door and turned to him. "Why? What can you possibly say to me? I'm thirty-eight years old and I've just found out my whole life is one big fucking lie! What can you possibly say to make things better? Nothing. Not a goddamn thing!" (17.57-63)
Rahim Khan tells Amir about Baba's betrayal of him, Hassan, and Ali. Here's the story: Baba slept with Sanaubar, Ali's wife, and fathered Hassan. But Baba never told Amir or Hassan about it. We wonder if Rahim Khan's revelation makes life easier or harder for Amir. On the one hand, Amir sees, for the first time, the similarities between himself and his father. Now he knows he wasn't the only one walking around with a ton of bricks (a.k.a. secret guilt). But does this really help Amir? Is it comforting at all to know his father made similar mistakes? Amir's betrayal of Hassan brings him closer to Baba in ways he couldn't have predicted. Although the two don't share the same secrets, they do share the secrecy of guilt.
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We said our good-byes early the next morning. Just before I climbed into the Land Cruiser, I thanked Wahid for his hospitality. He pointed to the little house behind him. "This is your home," he said. His three sons were standing in the doorway watching us. The little one was wearing the watch – it dangled around his twiggy wrist. (19.113)
To undo his actions – or pardon himself – Amir gives Wahid's sons a watch. Where did we see a watch before in this novel? Oh yeah, the time Amir put a watch under Hassan's mattress in order to get his half-brother dismissed from the household. Now that we think about it, this story has a lot in common with Oedipus the King and other Greek tragedies. (Here, let me betray you. What's that? You're my brother? Flip.)


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DODDS Pacific officials have spoken. The masses have pushed back. And the debate will likely continue for awhile in the wake of last week's announcement that Far East tournaments in the future will undergo a major transformation.
Length to be cut, pool play to be eliminated and the program to be brought more in line with DODDS Europe in the name of saving money and cutting time missed by students out of the classroom.
Folks have had many chances to speak out on the subject and they have, some not so charitably. Perhaps the least popular aspect among those reacting was the so-called "Europization" of DODDS Pacific athletics. And perhaps the most outspoken was Jay Gilbo, who used to coach in both the Pacific and Europe.
"Each side has its OWN set of circumstances and logistics," he said in a comment to a Facebook post I created last Friday, adding that everything from travel to tournament formats differ in each theater for a reason. "Each side should be governed by its own set of circumstances and logistics. Trying to make it equal is absurd. … Each area should NOT be compared to each other for the sake of appearance in creating a policy of equality. It is that very appearance that makes people upset, especially the athletes, parents and coaches."
"I wish we would bring our sports here in Europe more in line with the Pacific," added Brian Swenty, who formerly coached girls volleyball at Osan American, winning a Division II championship before doing the same at Vilseck, Germany.
Now, it's my turn to be equally candid. Let me take each point one by one, my views on the subjects and those expressed in comments made to my Facebook page and in e-mail messages:
-- Budget savings: They're called adjustments, DODDS Pacific spokesman Charly Hoff and Far East Athletics Coordinator Don Hobbs said. Adjustments made in an effort to ensure that student-athletes continue to get something of the same athletics events that they've gotten every year since 1980-81, when almost the entire Far East tournament slate got slashed due to budget cuts.
Money needs to be saved, yes. That's a fact of life, whether the automatic sequestration cuts come into play on Dec. 31 or not (I'd imagine more cuts will be made if that happens, but that's another story for another day).
But how much money is actually being saved? The cost of airline tickets remains the same. Students and their families pay for room and board while they're away at Far East. Some savings would be realized due to one- or two-days cuts in per diem for coaches and chaperones, substitute teachers, on-site maintenance, referees and bus drivers would be needed for fewer days.
I'm sure there are variables, such as the exchange rate and allowances that are sometimes granted to make up for shortfalls caused by exchange rates. But to me, the savings, while visible and demonstrative of DODDS Pacific making change, seem somewhat token, and others chimed in to agree:
"I don't get it because the travel costs are the same and the kids pay for lodging," former Osan American assistant volleyball coach Christine Vega said.
On the other side of the coin, former Seoul American football hero Joseph L. McLean II said: "I just feel as if they are making every conscious effort to ensure that the student-athletes receive the same exposure and opportunities as would those in the U.S."
Budgetary pressures are something DODDS Pacific faces each year. It is what it is.
-- Bringing DODDS Pacific more in line with DODDS Europe: This caused the most angst and comment, both on Facebook and in e-mail. And that has long been a sore point with me since 1998, when DODDS Pacific last attempted "Europization" of its Far East tournament program.
Why? Why must it be "Europe good, Pacific bad?" Is there anything preventing DODEA as a whole from going the opposite way, standardizing both theaters by using the Pacific template? As former Yokota boys basketball coach John Thek said in 1998 when DODDS Pacific volleyball tournaments were shortened from six days to three: "If we were so wrong for so long, how come we didn't notice any sooner?"
You have a unique atmosphere in Far East tournaments, something you don't get in any state tournament championship back home or within DODDS Europe. A week-long sports festival, in which Team Military plays games against Team Well-Heeled, Team Missionary and Team Micronesia. People from all walks, all creeds, all colors, all backgrounds,, lower, middle and upper class, names that are nigh onto impossible to pronounce, stories of upbringing that bridge all corners of the world.
Footnote: The three-day experiment in 1998 ended with those very volleyball tournaments. They kept the same number of teams and the combined pool and elimination format. The result was an unmitigated disaster, in particular on Guam; match sets were forced to be cut to 11 points each and teams were in the gym literally from dawn until well after dusk. Play and sleep. Play and sleep. The organizers did the best they could, but it couldn't possibly work. And coaches steamed about it for months afterward.
Fast forward back to 2012.
First of all, eliminating pool play does NOT bring DODDS Pacific in line with Europe. For pool play is the very bedrock of DODDS Europe tournaments, with the top two teams qualifying for the championship. DODDS Pacific plans to do away with pool play and going strictly with double-elimination tournaments.
Secondly, how do you equitably seed teams into a double-elimination tournament without those doing the seeding actually having seen every team play? Blind draw is out of the conversation; what if Kubasaki faces Kadena or Yokota plays Kinnick in the first round? Going by win-loss records is far from scientific; some leagues are stronger than others and vice versa, and some leagues are stronger in some sports than others. You absolutely can't go on the previous year's tournament results; too many players come and go in the interim. You could do it by negotiation, say, by video teleconference, but you're always going to have a coach or six who will be unhappy about whatever the seeding ends up being.
In an imperfect world, pool play is THE most scientific way to seed teams into any tournament. It gives coaches and players a chance to scout other teams, those they might conceivably face in elimination play. And it gives more bench players an opportunity to compete; in a strictly elimination environment, coaches invariably shorten their benches and only six or seven of their top players see court time.
"Too bad," Vega said. "It was a great setup and a great opportunity to really work on your game skills and gave many on the team chances to play."
-- Shortening basketball tournaments by two days: Not a very popular move with anybody, particularly over the cutting of pool-play games.
But there's another factor I don't think DODDS Pacific considered: the invited-guest teams from independent, international and missionary schools which, unlike DODDS Pacific which has its freight paid for by the taxpayer, must raise funds to travel to Far East tournaments and must be judicious in the use of those raised funds.
Already, there's been chatter among some of those schools, particularly the missionary academies, about forming their own separate conference to complete in Pacific tournaments apart from DODDS.
"We are looking at … forming a tournament/league of our own after this year," said one athletics director who asked not to be identified. "We attend Far East because it's a quality event. If that's declining, it's not worth the money to us. We pay a lot to go for what, three days? Maybe three games? Not worth it. I think other international schools will see it the same way."
The last time that happened was in January 1994, at a principals meeting at Tokyo's New Sanno Hotel, at which the enrollment cap for Division II Tournament eligibility was lowered from 300 to 250 in answer to a letter from a DODDS coach questioning the higher cap. I foresaw trouble in that decision, and before I was escorted rather roughly from the room, I said to those in attendance: "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."
They got it. That decision spurred Canadian Academy of Kobe, Seoul Foreign, International School Beijing, Shanghai American, Brent International School and Senri Osaka International – the first two of which were longtime Far East tournament participants and the next three frequent ones, to form the Asia-Pacific Activities Conference. A closed conference, in which the member schools just play each other over two weekends, an in-season home-stay mini-tournament and the APAC tournament at season's end. Of those five schools, Seoul Foreign attended a Far East D-I basketball tournament late last decade (and took quite a bit of guff from APAC leadership, I'm told).
I'm just afraid that cutting the Far Easts in duration might spur other schools to seek lengthier competitions elsewhere and diminish the size of Far Easts even further. "This may end up a DODDS only tournament in the future if this is the way they're going with it," said the athletics director.
-- Cutting basketball, volleyball teams from 10 players to nine: Noble in concept, but again, doesn't match what Europe does. According to Scott Davis, who used to coach basketball at Kadena before moving on to Kaiserslautern, Germany, DODDS Europe permits 12 players, a manager and two coaches for basketball.
-- Cutting Division II soccer tournaments from five days to three, while Division I only gets cut one day: This gives the shaft to Division II teams, big time. Last spring, there were MORE D-II boys teams than there were D-I. In fact, the D-I boys had seven teams, D-I girls had eight, D-II boys eight and D-II girls seven. Seems to me they could do each tournament in four days or three, if they're trying to be equal about things. Or since the maximum number of teams permitted in D-I soccer is 16, how about holding a combined tournament for all teams, regardless of level? And before people start screaming enrollment size, keep in mind, Matthew C. Perry is currently the pre-eminent power in soccer in the Pacific. The boys and girls have regularly faced up to their D-I foes over the past few years. I know Christian Academy Japan's boys and American School In Japan's girls might have something to say about that, but I think it could work.
"Small schools getting dumped on as they always are," Samurai boys coach Mark Lange said in a Facebook comment.
-- Cutting soccer team size from 15 to 14 players. That needs to be revisited. Basketball teams can live with the cutdown to nine players, but not soccer teams. You're already playing 11 on the field; coaches were already griping, rightfully, that 15 weren't enough. Now, you can only bring three bench players? You're four players away from playing down a man the rest of the week.
-- Missed classroom time: I've been over this again and again, and I'll go over it one more time. I get the fact that no missed portion of any classroom session can be satisfactorily made up. I know what school is for. There's a reason the word student comes before the word athlete. I also know what co-curricular activities are for: To give student-athletes that which they don't get in the classroom. Learning to win with grace and honor, learning to lose with resolution and determination; all are part of the education process, and those you don't get by balling and chaining students to the classroom. Four days, five days, six days – what's the difference? You're out of school the whole week anyway, or almost; if you start a three- or four-day tournament on Wednesday, you're traveling on Tuesday and Saturday or Sunday and you're only in school on Monday.
"Missed class time is going to occur on both sides of the world," Gilbo said.
The point, once again, is I believe educators are selling the student-athletes short. For the most part, they follow the code of conduct, they have proven time and again they can crack the hoops as well as the books and also have the most motivation to keep their grades up. They must, after all, stay eligible.
Oh, and for those citizens against virtually everything who constantly bring up the bad apples, the itty-bitty, teeny-weeny minority who do misbehave and are held up as examples as to why we need to cut Far East tournaments altogether and make after-school club programs … listen in the background … you'll hear the majority of those who do hold up the academic, athletic and conduct end chanting: "We … are … the 99 percent! We … are … the 99 percent!"
-- Football format to remain the same: Great decision. But I get the rumblings from those who feel the "everybody-plays-everybody" format, all D-I and D-II teams play each other at least once with two title-game berths at stake per division, is probably not sustainable, especially in this budget-cutting environment. Especially if sequestration does come into play. For the moment, Hobbs says the football format will continue next season just as it did this past. And was it ever an exciting one. To those who constantly ping on the format, suggesting it's a classic example of fraud, waste and abuse, how about attending a game or three?
-- Revisiting the adjustments in the future: They'd better. Every year. If there's any way possible that Far East tournaments can be restored to 2011-12 levels, by all means, make it happen.
Overall, the changes were made with noble intent. I can absolutely not argue with the budgetary concerns; the bottom line tends to push back quite hard. But the debate about everything else will likely rage for a long time.


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Google hopes its new digital-music service in China will surpass the expectations of users accustomed to the broken links and hit-or-miss quality that comes with ilegitimate downloads, but it's already surprised music industry executives.
The company flexed its engineering muscle Monday when it unveiled Google Music Search in its full form. Just as in beta, mainland China users can download or stream licensed music for free, from a database that now has 350,000 tracks from around the globe, including songs from Hong Kong pop star Jacky Cheung to American R&B singer Usher.
In addition to its basic function, however, Google has added a tool that recommends music based on genre, language and singer's gender. It also has an automated system that suggests new music based on a listener's preferences for tempo or sound saturation (think: live Linkin Park concert vs. a boys-choir's rendition of "Ave Maria").
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"You have to realize that not all consumers are musically knowledgeable. A lot of people need help to find out what they want. Radio is not the force it used to be to recommend music to you," he says. "So, this to me, is a medium."
Google and its Chinese partner, Top100.cn, expect in coming months to offer more than one million tracks. They'll come from 140 record labels, including the world's four biggest: Warner Music Group, Vivendi's Universal Music, EMI Group and Sony's Sony Music Entertainment.
Label executives, who were in attendance at Google's launch event, said the new search would also provide the much-needed metrics on which artists are most popular, which has been hard to determine because of unreliable data.
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Kai-Fu Lee, Google's Greater China president, said Music Search users were already downloading or streaming songs 1.5 million times a day.