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Great Classroom Action
September 27th, 2013 by Dan Meyer
Bob Lochel has his statistics students take a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" prediction robot down:
Anyway, the NY Times online Science section has shared an online game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors", where you can play against a choice of computer opponents. The "Novice" opponent has no understanding of your previous moves or stratgey. But, the "Veteran" option has gathered data on over 200,00 moves, and will try to use its database to crush your spirit Here's what we did.
Sarah Hagan links up the definition of a function to dating advice:
After this short conversation, I think I saw some light-bulbs come on. There was laughter, and I heard several girls discussing how they were going to ask the next guy they were interested in if he was a function or non-function. They decided this was problematic, though, because he wouldn't know what they were talking about if he hadn't taken Algebra 2.
Campaigns for "Literacy / Numeracy Across The Curriculum" always seem to wind up a joyless exercise in box-checking for teachers outside those disciplines, but Bruce Ferrington's school approached schoolwide numeracy with some whimsy:
The boss has decided that teachers are going to wear a number around their necks. No, we are not all convicts doing time. It's a cunning plan to get the kids to look at numbers in new ways. The whole idea is that the students are not allowed to use the names of the teachers. They need to call them by a number combination or calculation that equals their number.
Bryan Meyer takes a rote numerical calculation (multiplying numbers in scientific notation) and adds several mathematical practices with an extremely canny, extremely simple makeover:
We decided that if we wanted kids to talk, they needed to have something rich and complex to talk about and make sense of. After brainstorming some different options, we turned the computational question into a conceptual one.
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Josh Perkins will be on his second tour of duty as the Caldwell Reskins varsity football boss when the season kicks off in August.
The 1993 CHS graduate first had the reins from 2001 to 2004. During that span, the 'Skins posted a 13-27 record.
Back in March, Perkins received a one-year supplemental contract to coach the 2011 Redskins football team from the Caldwell Exempted Village Board of Education.
Perkins will be succeeding mentor and legendary coach Mike DeVol, who stepped down from the helm earlier this year. DeVol, incidentally, is also a Caldwell grad (1967), and also guided the Redskins on the gridiron on two separate occasions.
It happens more often than you might think, where a former student/athlete returns to his high school alma mater to teach and coach. Not every grad bolts for the big city and bright lights after earning first their prep and then later college diploma.
There's something very appealing - magical even - about the small, rural town and the slower pace of life. Of course, economic opportunity is always a big consideration. You go to where your job leads you to - and many times that may be in large urban areas like Columbus or Charleston (W.Va.).
Fortunately, though, many high schools in this area have had its share of "returnees" - and several individuals come to mind.
At Marietta High, for instance, Larry Burke (co-baseball skipper), Todd Morris (boys soccer coach), Ron Kidder (volleyball), B.J. Mayer (boys track), and Mollie Schramm (girls track) are all former Tiger student/athletes.
At Warren, there's Nathan Evans (golf coach).
At Frontier, Roger Kirkpatrick (AD and boys basketball) and Todd Bradford (football) are both former Cougars.
At Waterford, Jerry Close (girls basketball) was an ex-Wildcat football and boys basketball player.
At Fort Frye, Eric Huck (football) once competed on the Cadet gridiron.
Across the Ohio River, Scott Sauro (boys basketball) once starred on the Williamstown hardwood, and Jodi Mote (football) was a punishing running back at St. Marys in Pleasants County.
Kristen Schreiber (girls soccer) was an all-stater on the pitch at Parkersburg High, and Don Reeves (football) is an ex-Big Reds quarterback.
The list probably could go on and on.
To their credit, all of the aforementioned coaches "returned home," so to speak, to where it all began.
In this day and age, prep student/athletes really don't have to look any further than their own teachers and coaches as role models, especially the ones who once strolled the same high school corridors.
When Perkins played at Caldwell back in the early 1990s, he was a standout on the gridiron. Very fast, very gifted.
Last year, Caldwell was 9-1 and didn't even qualify for the playoffs. The Redskins took a graduation hit (Doesn't every school?), but still return a nice nucleus of players.
Maybe Perkins can get them over the hump and back into postseason play.
You just know that he's going to give it his best shot.
Ron Johnston is the Marietta Times sports editor and can be reached at 376-5441 or at email@example.com

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Josh Morgan
Height: 6-0 Weight: 219 Age: 31
Born: 6/20/1985 Washington , DC
College: Virginia Tech
Experience: Season
Draft 2008
Pick No.174
Selected By: San Francisco 49ers
Round: 6
Pick (Overall): 8 (174)
Pick Analysis:
Josh Morgan was an enigmatic performer at Virginia Tech, showing flashes of brilliance with some sensational catches, only to frustrate a moment later by dropping an easy throw. Blessed with the size, speed and strength to be a go-to target for any pro team, only character and work ethic stand in the way of him realizing his vast potential.
A two-year starter, Morgan accounted for 79 of his 122 career catches over the past two seasons. He has also shown the ability to fill in capably on special teams as a punt and kickoff returner. His exceptional leaping ability also proved to be an asset for that unit, as he blocked two kicks during his junior campaign.
Morgan competed as a quarterback, wide receiver and cornerback at H.D. Woodson High School, where he earned All-DCIAA honors as a senior. He made eight catches for 275 yards and three touchdowns in a game vs. Glen Mills High, as he also contributed four sacks and blocked a punt. In his junior year, he passed for 987 yards and five touchdowns rushed for 898, including eight scores. He also excelled in basketball, earning MVP honors in two tournaments while playing for the hoops team.
Due to academics, Morgan spent the 2003 season at Fork Union Military Academy. He caught 33 passes for 845 yards and eight touchdowns on offense and blocked four punts while also returning a punt for a touchdown. He enrolled at Virginia Tech in January 2004, going through the team's winter conditioning program, but was sidelined in May after undergoing surgery to repair a left foot fracture.
Morgan played in 12 games at Tech in 2004, starting vs. Miami. He finished with 15 catches for 346 yards (23.1-yard average) and three touchdowns. In 2005, he started once vs. North Carolina at slot receiver, appearing in 13 games. He grabbed 28 passes for 471 yards (16.8-yard average) and four touchdowns, as he also performed on special teams. The sophomore totaled 105 yards on nine punt returns (11.7 avg) and 67 yards on four kickoff returns (16.8 avg) while collecting a pair of solo tackles.
Morgan and defensive end Chris Ellis was arrested on Sept. 24, 2006. Morgan was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing justice and Ellis was charged with obstructing justice, all misdemeanors. Police responded to a disturbance call along Blacksburg's Draper Road, a stretch of bars and restaurants, about 1:50 a.m. on a Sunday after getting a report that a large crowd had gathered and a fight may have been about to start.
An officer saw Morgan run into the road and punch at the glass on the driver's side door of a passing truck, according to a police report. He then opened the truck's door as if he was going to assault the driver, police said. Police told Morgan he was under arrest. Morgan, however, began to back up into the crowd and refused to submit to the arrest. Police were forced to use a single burst of pepper spray to subdue Morgan and then took him into custody. Head coach Fran Beamer then suspended both players for the following game vs. Georgia Tech, citing a violation of team policy.
In 12 games at split end, Morgan snared 33 passes for 448 yards (13.6-yard average) and four touchdowns. He added 31 yards on four punt returns and 107 yards on six kickoff returns (17.8 avg). Starting 11 games on offense, he also registered a solo tackle and blocked a pair of kicks.
As a senior, Morgan started 11 of 14 games at split end, leading the Hokies with 46 receptions for 552 yards (12.0-yard average) and five touchdowns. He also totaled 276 yards on 16 kickoff returns (17.2 avg), as he added a 12-yard punt return and four carries for 11 yards (2.8 avg).
Morgan started 24 of 51 games at Virginia Tech. He ranks second in school history with 122 receptions, fourth with 1,817 yards (14.9-yard average) and fourth with 16 touchdown grabs. He had six rushing attempts for 20 yards (3.3 avg) and recorded four solo tackles with a pair of blocked kicks. He gained 148 yards on 14 punt returns (10.6 avg) and 450 yards on 26 kickoff returns (17.3 avg), scoring 98 points. He finished with 2,435 all-purpose yards, an average of 47.75 yards per game.


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Can I somehow query if the current context is Core profile or compatibility profile and so on?
Edit: Yes, GL.GetInteger(GetPName.ContextFlags, out contextFlags); and GL.GetInteger((GetPName)(All.ContextProfileMask), out contextProfileMask); are useful. ContextProfileMask probably should be added to GetPName.
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Gleek Out Your Nails: Sephora, Fox Team For 'Glee'-Themed Nail Polish
How much "Glee" is too much? Now you can wear your love for Sue Sylvester on your nails. OPI is teaming up with Sephora to produce a "Glee"-themed nail polish collection. Shades that run the gamut from Miss Bossy Pants magenta to turquoise Slushied will be available at both brick and mortar Sephora stores and sephora.com beginning February 3. ("Glee," it should be noted, returns to Fox on February 8.)
Sephora and Fox began collaborating on the collection last summer. Cast members didn't have a say in the names or the shades, but maybe Kurt will share his opinion on the hot pink "Diva In Training" shade. We say it's worthy of a duet with Blaine. As in hot.
News Corp. owns both Fox and the Wall Street Journal.
Sephora spokesperson Lindsay Tansky says it's the first Sephora by OPI Collection that has been produced surrounding a television show. But they did produce a Gossip Girl collection with Nicole by OPI this summer and don't forget that Justin Bieber collection. No, we're not kidding. It was called "One Less Lonely Girl."
We'd have loved to be part of the Glee polish naming collection. Because really, do you want to tell people you're wearing "Who Let the Dorks Out" ($9.50) the "Celibacy Club" ($22 for six minis) collection on your hands? Maybe that one is best saved for summer toes.


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Breea Govenar
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Curriculum Vita
Academic BackgroundPh.D., Pennsylvania State University
Courses TaughtBIOL 109 Fundamental Concepts of Biology
BIOL 321 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL 460 Biology Senior Seminar
FYS 100 Symbiosis
Research InterestsCommunity ecology and ecosystem function in marine and deep-sea habitats, including hydrothermal vents; causes and consequences of species diversity; trophic ecology and food web dynamics; evolution and diversity of invertebrates
Selected Publications
- Govenar, B. (2010) Shaping Vent and Seep Communities: Habitat Provision and Modification by Foundation Species in "Vent and Seep Biology", Steffen Kiel, Ed.
- Govenar, B. and C.R. Fisher. (2007) Experimental evidence of habitat provision by aggregations of Riftia pachyptila at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. Marine Ecology 28: 3-14.
- Gollner, S., J. Zekely, B. Govenar, H.L. Nemeschkal, N. Le Bris, C.R. Fisher, and M. Bright. (2007) Tubeworm-associated permanent meiobenthic communities from two chemically different hydrothermal vent sites on the East Pacific Rise. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337: 39-49.
- Le Bris, N., B. Govenar, C. Le Gall, and C.R. Fisher. (2006) Variability of physico-chemical conditions in 9°50'N EPR diffuse flow vent habitats. Marine Chemistry 98: 167-182.
- Govenar, B., N. Le Bris, S. Gollner, J. Glanville, A.B. Aperghis, S. Hourdez and C.R. Fisher. (2005) Epifaunal community structure associated with Riftia pachyptila in chemically different hydrothermal vent habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 67-77.
- Govenar, B., M. Freeman, D.C. Bergquist, G.A. Johnson, and C.R. Fisher. (2004) Composition of a one-year old Riftia pachyptila community following a clearance experiment: insight to succession patterns at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Biological Bulletin 207: 177-182.
- Govenar, B. (2012) Energy transfer through food webs at hydrothermal vents: linking the lithosphere to the biosphere. Oceanography 25(1):246–255, http://www.tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-1_govenar.html
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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 188.8.131.52
Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & aakk9999 & andy langton & goodroi
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I don't think Google realises that if they lower PR, then webmasters have to add content, redesign (which costs) and basically wastes people's time. Not only this, but PageRank totally governs whether people will do business with sites at all.
It's time someone put Google out of the game once and for all. Pagerank seriously messes with people's websites, successes and lives - it isn't right.
So the PR showing now might be based on the earlier Backward links not the latest one.
I don't think so. I keep track of PR and also backlinks on about 30 sites I manage. The backlinks have steadily decreased over the last year (because Google is reporting less and less) but only once did they revert back to an earlier update a few updates ago. And the only sites that actually increased in backlinks this time were those sites where agressive link gathering was going on (doesn't reflect actual links however). None of those sites dropped in PR and about 1/3 rose in PR.
There is no way to accurately determine how many days /months before... there are a lot or internal pages that are only a few days old that already have PR.
That should be a good determinant of when the update was cut off. I have one client's site that was redesigned and online June 6 and he's been adding pages steadily ever since. Those original pages all have PR (they were non existant before that as he previously only had a home page). Any new pages added after June 29 have no PR. A new custom site went online June 22 and all those pages have PR. So sometime after June 22 and by June 29 may be the cutoff date. If others check their records for new pages this can be narrowed down.
Are there any decent online PR tools which can tell you the PR of more than 1 page at a time?
I use PHPliveSupport where you can add 20 urls at a time and also gives the backlinks.
Mathematical explanation of the PR losings:
There is a much less complicated explanation for those of us who are mathematically challenged --Google Page Rank and How to Get it--explains the logarithmic calculation of Page Rank as far as backlinks are concerned.
I suspect that those who are on the "cusp" of one PR may wobble back and forth depending on the actual links on the update, i.e., a few links can push them over the edge.
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I'm so fed up with this PR crap. My site is good, I know it's good and that's all there is to it.
In that case, you don't have to worry about PR. :-)
Google has been controlling people's websites since day 1, and it's all about money for them.
No, it's about delivering quality search results, which is how Google attracts the "eyeballs" that generate revenue for Google and its advertisers. Also, PR is just one of many factors that go into search rankings. (And if you examine Google's search results closely, you'll often find lower-PR pages ranking higher than higher-PR pages.)
I don't think Google realises that if they lower PR, then webmasters have to add content, redesign (which costs) and basically wastes people's time.
Google doesn't "lower" PageRank; PR is determined by a mathematical formula that's based on your incoming links and internal links. If you aren't happy with your PageRank, complain to the owners of Web sites that aren't linking to yours. :-)
You are absolutely right in your conclusions. As more and more sites are indexed the scale increases and PR appears to fall.
I also suspect that another contributing factor to decreasing PR is that the quality of new sites today is better than it was a few years ago. This means that what was once an average site which had a (say) PR5, now is below average and may fall into the PR4 band. In effect there is more competition and you have to fight just to stay still.
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what business are you in? If you sell links, I could see it, but otherwise PR itself shouldn't matter.
If you sell links, I could see it, but otherwise PR itself shouldn't matter.
PR seems to also be important in the site buying/selling business - PR has PR value (Public relations) and it affects how visitors/ customers/ other webmasters see your business. It is believed that certain levels of PR influence how often the bot visits. Apart from selling links it's very important for those working on link exchanging. A higher PR comes in handy if anyone 302 hijacks you. There may be one or two other advantages to having a higher PR over a lower one. And, there may still be a small consideration for PR in the algo.
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I don't! but others do..... Which is my point.
There are those out there that assume a business isn't worth dealing with unless it has a certain PR, and I've had emails from site owners requesting these ranks or they won't exchange, so this isn't fantasy.
On checking out their site, many don't even touch mine for quality, services or technology, yet they won't link. It's incredibly difficult to start a company as it is, without decent pagerank, and because of this PR worship mentality, my business suffers as it becomes very tough to get links out there. Thus I cannot grow.
PS - I don't 'sell' links.
This site was all over the top spots before the new year shuffle for various search phrase permutations. Still doing well on Yahoo and MSN so it must be search engine friendly! uk-credit-cards-today.co.uk
My other site has dropped from PR5 to 4 but the BL's are up (by less than 1/4 of those added!) My main competitors' PR remains untouched but their BL's have also risen... Think I'm going to end up with a 4 after all this... creditmarket.co.uk
One thing I would like help on is getting more internal pages cached, they seem to perform better when google knows what's on them! - Equally, pages that are indexed but not cached do appear as BL's....
If only these sites hadn't become my livelihood....
Oh the minefield that is SEO....
The toolbar in IE at home still shows 0. Some PR checker sites show 5 and others show 0.
Why is this and can expect everything to go to 5 or drop down to 0 again. My site is www.friskybits.co.uk. I'd be interested to hear what it shows as in other people's toolbars.
On checking out their site, many don't even touch mine for quality, services or technology, yet they won't link. It's incredibly difficult to start a company as it is, without decent pagerank, and because of this PR worship mentality, my business suffers as it becomes very tough to get links out there. Thus I cannot grow.
You can grow when you decide to operate your business as a business using real business strategies and not subjugate yourself to the whims of fickle webmasters who buy into every myth that comes down the pike.
BTW, did you know that Google changed the log scale for PR with this update?
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I try not to, but lot's follow and obey the PR, as a mark of a site's quality/usefulness or whatever and that has to be taken as a rule to be followed if traffic/advertisers are to view my site as succesful etc. Personally, I don't think PageRank should be viewed or used in this way, but it is.
That's not sensible, but it's a kind of reality and whatever happens to Google or Pagerank, Google's achieved what it's set out to do. I don't believe the Pagerank system's been designed for the good of anyone except Google and the respect for genuinely useful sites is controlled by them. People do judge a site solely by PageRank and that's never been hidden.
I see the toolbar and PageRank as a very clever viral, hypnotic marketing tool. It's powerful, controlling and ensures Google's power for years to come. At the same time it influences people's buying/trust decision making processes - and that's very underhand indeed.
Google loses my vote of confidence, and I don't think for a second they have my interests at heart.
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Why do people do these stunts? It's not helpful or funny.
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The dot-com boom was over years ago folks. We all have to work for a living just like everyone else.
It doesn't matter what our PageRank is. This only matters to sites who sell advertising based on their pagerank. I assert that's a bad idea.
Instead, you should sell advertising based on your advertisers' return on investment. If an advertiser can make money by advertising on your site, then they will pay to advertise there, and they won't care a whit what your pagerank is. You can raise your price until just below your advertisers' break-even points. If your site delivers the kind of quality, targeted traffic your advertisers need to sell their widgets, they will pay.
I've never considered flogging adspace on my site directly based on PageRank. Instead, if I do it, I will offer limited ad placements that advertisers can use for test marketing. If it works for them, they'll pay for larger placements. If it doesn't work for them, then they're just not the right customer for me, and I'm not the right website for them.
That's how it worked back when I was doing direct mail in the early 90's. When my company started direct mail, they sent test mailings of just a hundred pieces at a time, both to refine our offer and to measure the response of different mailing lists, which we mostly rented from magazines that our target market were likely to read.
By the time I got my job there, we'd be running ten or twenty tests of a thousand pieces all at once, with two full time marketing staff tracking them in a big spreadsheet. It was not uncommon for us to roll out campaigns with one or two hundred thousand pieces all at once. At our peak, a company of ten people grossed three million dollars a year in sales of widgets that retailed for $29.95 or so.
What you need to do to attract advertisers to your website is to emphasize the importance of such market studies, and then make it easy for your advertisers to perform them.
I'm completely convinced that the real reason for the dot-com crash was that many if not most major advertisers failed to do test marketing on the web. Instead, they'd drop a million dollars into banner ads without testing their ads, their offer, or the websites where they placed their ads at all.
Now, back to my first point: what you have to realize is that our competition increases every day. In order to just tread water, we have to invest time and money into our sites continuously. How many commercial websites are there now that didn't exist before the last Google update? How about compared to a year ago? These people are competing for our traffic, and if you want to maintain your income, you have to continuously improve your site so that you can maintain your market share against a steadily increasing pool of competing websites.
But really, I don't find that so bad. I find that what I have to do to maintain interest in my website - write articles - is what I like to do best. Maybe you find that's not the case for you. My suggestion would be to change your focus in such a way that creating content for your site is more enjoyable to you, or at least pays off more from the labor you put in.
If you run a b0ndage p0rn site, you are not likely enjoy your work unless you yourself enjoy b0ndage. Maybe you have more conventional tastes, but found that occupying that niche paid off handsomely in the early days. Maybe your best choice would be to put your current site on autopilot for now while you develop a site that you would find more personally rewarding. Do you like flower gardening? How about a site about flowers? Garden supplies are a huge business you know!
The race we are all in is not to the swift, or to the strong, but to the clever!
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How do you pay your bills, with Google PR or with the cash you make from the visitors ;)?
Here's some help: Don't do anything.


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Products such as light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, as well as remote monitoring using telemetry for environmental applications, represent a growing market for off-grid power. These applications typically serve river gauging stations, earthquake and tsunami monitoring sites, and weather stations, but their primary use is in the oil and gas industry to pursue exploration and production in more remote environments.
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Another security-related concern: PR risk
Lots of services these days include an online component if only for customer service and marketing. Companies are no doubt attuned to the security risks that their online services entail, especially when PII or any information at all about children is involved. There are others as well, including PR and headline risk.
A great example comes from the New York Times article on Edmodo, which offers free software to educators to set up virtual environments where they can conduct classroom activity virtually. These sorts of sites are popular these days
But they also allow users to add names, photos and other details, and that has raised some concerns. An engineer at Cisco Systems, examined Edmodo's data security practices by registering himself on the site as a fictional home-school teacher and soon discovered that Edmodo did not encrypt user sessions using Secure Sockets Layer protocols, which led him to worry about "the potential for a stranger to gain access to student information, and thus hypothetically be able to identify or even contact students."
These concerns made it to a reporter for the Times, which produced an article. The company had a nice response, noting that "any school that chooses" had been able to use a completely encrypted version of the site since 2011" and that the company "is working to ensure that all of our users are using an SSL-encrypted version."
The lesson here is that security is such a hot-button issue these days that you pretty much have to count on bending over backwards. There could well be some school districts that think twice about using the software because of the article. At this point, companies will have to reconsider rolling out an online service without some form of encryption. The last thing you want is to end up being featured in the media for your security practices rather than your products.
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Behind the Babbleby Cheryl C. Ong and Iya P. Joson
ROME WAS not built in a day. Those low, striking cries we hear echoing from various points in the campus, that heart-thumping bass confidently pounding in the hallowed dome of the Araneta Coliseum, and those glorious cheers of the Ateneo we yell out with pride, were not cre- ated with one swift beat of the drum.
The exact year the Ate- neo's cheers were written and the people behind them still remain a mystery, but current captain of the Ateneo Blue Babble Batallion, Mat- thew Quiros, explains that the cheers have been influ- enced by the glorious Roman civilization."The logic behind this was, Ateneans thought them- selves to be a great breed of people. They wanted to pattern their cheers after a great civilization, the people of Rome," Matthew says.
The Romans always welcomed their homecoming heroes with celebrations, accompanied by often incomprehensible cheers. The ovation, despite lacking sense, remained one-of-a- kind, and the hero never failed to recognize his people's call.
Contrary to popular belief, the cheers them- selves have no underlying meaning. Crowd favorites, like Fabilioh and Halikinu, are neither Greek nor Latin.
Drew Nadal, a sophomore Babble member, says, "[Fabilioh and Halikinu] have no meaning to them. It's just random babble. It has a psychological effect, when a whole stadium of Ateneans is shouting 'Oh! Fabilioh!' over and over again. So the opponents of the Ateneo team, natatakot sila (get scared)."
The people who com- prise the Ateneo crowd may have changed over the decades, but the same old cheers reverberate throughout the games. This is not because the Blue Babble Batallion has ne- glected the idea of coming up with cheers, but rather, the classics have made such an indelible mark in history that replacing them would not do them justice.
Apart from that, it is but difficult to both create and learn a new cheer be- cause of its marketability to the crowd, its impact in the games, and the time to disseminate this certain in- formation to the multitude, among others. According to Sev Sar- menta, an ex-Blue Babble Batallion captain, "We're cheering these [the old cheers] because we don't have time to study new ones even if we go to PE and teach them. It's hard."
"The nice thing about the old cheers is that when we watch, the whole commu- nity, nasa isang buong side tayo ng Araneta. 'Pagsigaw ng Blue Eagle Spelling, ev- erybody knows that (we're on one side of the Araneta. When someone shouts Blue Eagle Spelling, everybody knows that)," he says. Because of certain com- plications, what the Blue Babble has been doing instead is experimenting with the current cheers and making a few alterations on the routines that accom- pany these, as well as how they're being chanted.
In the end, it is not exactly about how many attempts have been made to bring in new cheers, but about integrating some- thing new while continuing to live a tradition.


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May 08, 2014
Ecologist Alison Leslie has collected more than 40,000 photographs of the Majete Wildlife Reserve. This mountain of data comes from camera traps—remote cameras placed throughout the reserve that automatically take and save photos of anything that moves past. While sorting through a batch of photos in search of wildlife—a job often done by Earthwatch volunteers—two of her colleagues found something they did not expect. An image of two men, not wearing park uniforms, carrying makeshift weapons. Poachers.
The Hunt for the Hunters
The camera that "trapped" the poachers faced a remote waterhole in the northwest corner of the park, which Dr. Leslie's Animals of Malawi in the Majete Wildlife Reserve team had been watching for the previous eight months. While it wasn't clear what exact animals they targeted or why—maybe for food, or for goods to sell on the black market—Dr. Leslie says, "My guess is that they were actually hunting or checking snares they may have set." In one photo, one of the men looks directly into the camera without seeming to know what he is seeing.
The researchers passed the photos to African Parks, the organization that manages the reserve. Staff members then began circulating the photos to their connections in local villages to find out the identity of the suspects. Which meant the word was out to any would-be poachers that the Majete Wildlife Reserve was under 24-hour surveillance.
This left Dr. Leslie and her team worried for their expensive equipment. "We figured it would go one of two ways," she says. "Either they would start trashing our cameras in the park, or they would get such a fright that poaching might be reduced. We haven't lost any cameras, so we're hoping that people are now just very scared that there are cameras all over the park."
The Questions Behind the Cameras
There are indeed cameras all over the park. Since the poaching incident, Dr. Leslie and her team have, for research purposes, increased their camera trap coverage to include the entire reserve. "Everywhere we put these things, new species are popping up," she says.
Camera traps allow researchers to watch wildlife without actually being present themselves to disrupt the natural behavior of animals. Camera traps also provide widespread, 24-hour coverage of remote areas, which would be nearly impossible to achieve through direct observation.
In Majete, where park management needs to carefully manage animal populations, camera traps have revealed all sorts of surprises to the researchers: more bushpigs than they believed lived there, for example, and species they didn't know were present at all, such as the caracal and serval (both small, cat-like predators).
Spotted hyenas gave the team one of their biggest jolts. "When we first got to the reserve, we thought there were eight or so hyenas," Dr. Leslie says. The camera trap images, though, suggested that there were more like "wild guess—30 plus individuals," each distinguishable by the unique pattern of spots it bears.
Keeping Predators and Prey in Balance
This hyena news could reshape how African Parks manages the reserve. "Having predators that we did not know we had is quite important," says Dr. Leslie. "We were thinking of bringing in a few more lions at some stage, but we don't want to put any extra pressure on the ungulate [hoofed mammal] population. We've got to be very careful about if we do bring in new predators—what they might be and how many."
To help African Parks develop their management strategy, the Animals of Malawi team has added a new component to their 2014 Earthwatch teams: more in-depth hyena research. "We're wondering what sort of competition is going to arise between the hyenas and lions—eternal enemies—that are in there," says Dr. Leslie.
To that end, her team is investigating "how many hyenas there are, how many clans, and where they are in the park." They are also looking at hyena diet. Already, the researchers believe that the hyenas in the park act more like hunters than like scavengers (as they do in other places)—which means more pressure on prey animals. "This is why it is so important to determine the actual size of the hyena population," says Dr. Leslie. "We do not want things out of balance in Majete."
Poachers Face the Consequences
A village leader eventually identified the two men, and African Parks called in the police to arrest them. Here, they hit a bump—the suspects would not reveal the location of their homemade firearms, which meant the camera trap images were the only evidence against them.
But the photos were evidence enough. In February of 2014, the men were tried and convicted for, according to African Parks' report, "illegal entry into a protected area and illegally conveying firearms in a protected area." Their punishment? Either pay a fine of 20,000 Malawi kwacha each (about 50 U.S. dollars) or spend eight months in prison. They have since both paid fines.
African Parks celebrated the conviction, which they called "a landmark decision." But they weren't completely satisfied: "We were extremely disappointed with the leniency of the sentence as the Wildlife Act [the 1992 Malawi National Parks and Wildlife Act] sets guidelines for a fine of K100,000 and imprisonment for a term of up to ten years for these offenses."
Protecting Majete's Wildlife, Today and Tomorrow
The camera trap images certainly cracked this case, and they could help cut down on similar crimes, says Dr. Leslie: "People now assume that the cameras automatically send a picture to us, so hopefully they will help with reducing future incidents."
But her camera traps are really about understanding the animals of the Majete Wildlife Reserve over time, not protecting them from crime. To truly deter poaching, according to the African Parks report, more is needed: "the backing and support of the judiciary is critical in imposing suitable sentences as a deterrent."
They know what's at stake. When African Parks first took over the reserve's management in 2003, nearly all of its animals—its lions, its elephants, its zebras—had been hunted into oblivion. Only a few crocodiles and a hippos remained. It took a decade to bring back the thriving wildlife population the reserve has now, and it would be a tragedy to see that work undone.
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Rietha Crafford | 13 May 2014
Shoot all the darn poachers, no questions asked, weather it is for food, medicinal collection or whatever reason.................Don't ask questions and if you need to ask, ask the questions after they are all DEAD!!!!!Rietha
Andrew Miller | 13 May 2014
It's good to know that the camera traps (of which I help set some up) are doing a great job.Majete is a wonderful reserve. Long may it remain so.Well done on convicting the poachers, shame on the light sentence. Much tougher sentences are needed though, not just in Malawi but all over Africa. We MUST protect our wildlife. Shooting the poachers would be a good deterrent.Andrew.
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She worked for the former New England Telephone Company and then AT&T for over 34 years in the Boston area as an On Site Tech. support for business investing in new technical communications, retiring in 1989.
Mrs. Copley was an avid golfer and swimmer.
Surviving: 1 son: Dana T. Copley and his wife Nancy of Somerset, 1 step-son: Robert D. Copley of Salem, NH, twin grandchildren: Colin J. and Connor M. Copley, step grandchildren: Kimberly, Jessica and Nicole Copley, 2 sisters: Helen Anger of Barrington, RI and Margaret Coulombe and her husband Robert of New Bedford.
Her funeral will be held Thursday, February 20, 2014, at 9:30 AM from the WARING-SULLIVAN HOME OF MEMORIAL TRIBUTE AT DARTMOUTH, 230 Russells Mills Rd., Dartmouth with a funeral mass at 11AM in St. Mary's Church, 783 Dartmouth St. Contributions in her honor may be made to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Oncology Dept., 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215. Burial is private.
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iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 2
The iPhone 5 squares up to Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 'phablet'
We take a look at the forthcoming Galaxy Note 2 'phablet' to see how it compares with Apple's iPhone 5.
iPhone 5 - 123.8x58.6x7.6mm, 112g
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - 151.1x80.5x9.4mm, 180g
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 follows the company's Galaxy S3 flagship and the larger Note 10.1 tablet with Samsung's carefully tailored new style.
The aesthetic includes a metallic surround on the outer edge, a smooth back panel and neatly contoured corners.
Overall however, it is very similar to its predecessor, the original Galaxy Note, though it is a bit bigger and slightly curvier. The bezel around the screen is thinner than before and the solid home button is more rounded. Despite the use of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean the handset still sports capacitive controls on either side of the home button.
The Note 2 is pleasing to the eye, but less so to the hand as, like Samsung's other recent devices the plastic used has a tacky feeling to it.
Being bigger than the original Galaxy Note, the Note 2 is also going to be more difficult to handle, especially for users with smaller hands. There is also the issue of holding such a large phone to your ear and whether or not this makes you feel daft. If not, more power to you, but otherwise there's always hands-free kits.
The iPhone 5 is similarly not that much of a re-invention from Apple's existing catalogue. It's a bit bigger lengthways to make room for the enlarged 4-inch display and instead of a glass back panel with an aluminium surround you've got a complete aluminium unibody.
The charging port is now smaller to work with Apple's newly designed 'Lightning' charging and data cable and the 3.5mm audio jack has been moved from the top panel to the bottom.
It's worth pointing out that Apple is releasing an adaptor for the Lightning cable which will convert it to Micro USB, although according to reports it will only work as a charger in this mode rather than for transferring data.
In terms of build quality Apple has delivered its usual high standard. The Galaxy Note 2 is not a flimsy device at all but it doesn't have the same reassuring feel, although it is more visually interesting.
This one's a draw.
Winner - Draw
Both handsets have a full set of three options for internal storage: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. While the iPhone 5 sticks to Apple's habit of not including Micro SD card support, the Galaxy Note 2 does have a card slot and supports both Micro SD and Micro SDHC, up to 32GB and 64GB respectively.
The Galaxy Note 2 takes the win here easily.
Winner – Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 is larger than its predecessor with a 5.55-inch Super AMOLED display at 1280x720 pixels, which gives a pixel density of 267 pixels-per-inch (ppi).
While it's not quite up there with Apple's Retina display in terms of pixel density it's still extremely high for a touchscreen of this size and delivers fantastic visual quality. The picture is sharp and colours are vivid. It's also reinforced with Gorilla Glass 2.
Apple has expanded the iPhone's display from 3.5-inches to an even 4-inches. The scale is certainly nicer to look at for things like web browsing and films, though not as satisfyingly vast as the Note 2's swathe of glass.
But, on the plus side it hasn't lost any of its ease-of-use and thumbing your way round the screen with one hand is still a breeze.
In terms of picture quality, Apple has avoided rocking the boat by delivering a similarly high pixel density to the previous, smaller-screened iPhone models.
It's still an IPS LCD Retina display and has a higher resolution than its predecessors at 1136x640 pixels, giving a pixel density of 326ppi (slightly lower than the previous 330ppi).
Both displays have 16:9 widescreen aspect ratios in landscape orientation.
The question here is whether you want to trade-off some visual clarity for a larger screen and that's a very personal choice. Both are delivering premium-level display quality so we're calling it a draw.
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A few quick odds and ends from the week that was in rapid-fire fashion.
Especially when they're doctors. Here's proof/a joke that I like inappropriately:
That this page falls in between is proof that Dr. McNinja is god's gift to web comics. And if anyone disagrees, it is proof that they have no soul. These are facts.
I was going to try and do in depth reviews of every issue of Simoson's legendary run on Marvel's Thunder God. Then I realized that really, who was I kidding? I do have some thoughts related to the first year's worth of the run, though (337-350, to be exact. It's a baker's year!). That as close as I care to get to depth, thank you.
Spoiler Disclaimer: I'm gonna go ahead and talk about certain plot details from this comic run that is almost exactly as old as I am. So, if you haven't read it yet (I can't act all that snobby, since I just started reading it last week), you may want to sit this one out. Continue Reading »
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Karen Braddy, general manager Manheim Specialty and Heavy Truck & Equipment, on what she gleaned from 2010.
Dealernews: What is your game plan for taking on 2011? What specific changes are you making?
Karen Braddy: We are always exploring options for new products and services that provide value to our customers. In 2011, we plan to:
• Roll out MC/PS certified inspections.
• Continue our focus on dealer education and provide our customers with key metrics and data that help them understand industry trends and pricing.
• Further enhance our auction operations and standardization initiatives, so our customers enjoy a consistent and positive experience at our locations, whether they attend in person or online.
DN: Based on those experiences, what are you going to do differently in 2011?
Braddy: One of our keys for success will be to stay close to the customer. To succeed, we have to seek feedback, stay engaged and understand the needs of retailers, always making sure we meet and exceed them. We have to remain fully committed to their success. If they come up with a new strategy or request a new tool for navigating the marketplace, we'll succeed by recognizing that and finding ways in which we can help them.
DN: 2010 wasn't a great year for most of our industry, but how did the market or economic conditions specifically affect you or your business?
Braddy:Despite the tough economic conditions, our motorcycle sales have seen strong growth this year. Sales are up by 23 percent over 2009. We attribute this increase in sales to the focus we put on dealer education in the past few years. It's starting to pay dividends, as we see our motorcycle buyer base continuing to increase and look to auctions for their inventory. Also, the continued decrease in new units being manufactured has caused dealers to enter the used space or expand their used-product offering. Dealers are realizing how they can make used sales an integral and strategic part of their business model.
DN: What would you add that we didn't cover?
Braddy: Until we pull out of these rough economic waters, fresh inventory at fair value is what it's all about. Every specialty retailer already has been forced to reduce operational costs wherever possible. There's not much fat for them to cut there. At the same time, they are still expected to offer customers up-to-date and attractively priced units. Helping dealers make that possible, and very affordably so, is where auctions really shine. We recognize that the type of inventory for a dealer is changing and that "used" is getting to be more and more a part of their product offering to retail customers. It's our job to be sure that we are helping dealers understand how to maximize their profits and opportunities at Manheim Specialty auctions, so they can meet the growing needs of the used vehicle buyers that come to their dealerships every day.
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Bend Euro Moto
Dothan Powersports
Doug Douglas Motorcycles
Erico Motorsports
House of Harley-Davidson
Indian Motorcycle Charlotte
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Ive been hunting Corbett but its so pressured with black powder going on now that I think I need to find a new spot to hunt. Ive only hunted Corbett and really dont know a whole lot about the area around here as ive just moved from the middle of the state. If you can give me any help with this it would be greatly appreciated. By the way Im fairly new to bow hunting so if Im just not in the right spot in Corbett (camp p) please let me know.


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The mission of the Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory (SEWRL) is to develop the scientific understanding and associated technologies of watershed systems essential to maintaining/enhancing the environmental and natural resource base upon which a viable, sustainable, and productive agricultural economy depends. The focus of the Laboratory is primarily on the Coastal Plain region of the southeastern U.S., a region with low-gradient drainage systems and extensive nearstream riparian areas. Specific objectives are to develop: (a) conceptual understanding of responses in natural resource and environmental systems based on physical, chemical, and biological processes; (b) methodologies to direct optimal use of soil and water resources in the production of quality food and fiberwhile maintaining short-and-long term productivity requirements, ecosystem stability, and environmental quality; and (c) models and information based systems to guide responsible management decisions for action and regulatory agencies at field, farm, and watershed scales.
Senate Document 59 stated that special attention should be given to hydrologic research on agricultural watersheds. The Document recommended the establishment of watershed centers at Boise, ID; Tucson, AZ; Chickasha, OK; Columbia, MO; State College, PA; and Athens, GA. The Southeast Watershed Center was authorized and organized in 1966 and was guided by the Document's recognition that there was an urgent need for information on rainfall-runoff relationship for the various soils and land uses in the Coastal Plain of the southeast.
Relevant elements of watershed science for the Laboratory are to conduct research and develop technology required for protecting, enhancing, and sustaining natural resources to insure supplies of food, fiber, and water with emphasis on farms, watersheds, and agroecosystems in the Southeastern U.S. Over the years the Laboratory has adjusted it programs to meet political, societal and technological pressures.
In 1970, research concerned with levels of nutrients, iron, chloride, and selected pesticides in surface runoff and streamflow from coastal plain areas was initiated. A laboratory with pesticide analytic capabilities was established in 1976. With this capacity research involving inorganic chemistry and sediment transport was initiated. In 1978, studies began on nutrient cycling in agricultural watershed ecosystems.
In 1980, the Laboratory assumed the responsibility of research and technology transfer activities associated with the CREAMS model (Chemical, Runoff, Erosion from Agricultural Management Systems). In response to concerns about pesticides in groundwater the GLEAMS model (Groundwater Loading Effects of Agricultural Management Systems) was developed in 1986.
With the increased concern in the mid to late 1980's regarding the potential for pollution of groundwater by agricultural use of nutrients and pesticides, the Laboratory entered into a joint project with USGS, USEPA, and University of Georgia. The project generated a major interagency data base for studying the transport of nutrient and pesticides to groundwater.
Recognizing the importance of riparian zone vegetation and wetlands for maintaining streamflow water quality, research in this area has been expanded. The effectiveness of riparian vegetation in filtering and processing upland nonpoint source agrochemicals is being studied. The fate of pollutants in dairy and swine waste through riparian systems is included. A model (REMM-Riparian Ecosystem Management Model) is under development and testing that provides the capability for simulating physical and biological processes in riparian areas.
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We like to think that the United States and China have become so inter-dependent, their economies so entwined, as to rule out any major armed conflict between them.
But that's a dangerous assumption to rely upon because it omits other factors and forces at play that drive U.S.-Chinese tensions. We seem to be in that stage where both sides are at the gravest risk of misreading the other.
..there is a deepening hypersensitivity about borders in general and a sense that a "rightfully ours" patch of Chinese influence extends along an ill defined length of the western
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There's always something going on at Stratton Mountain. Check out the line up of music, fitness challenges and festivals.
The soulful groove and hip-hop-inspired sound of Lettuce will have you on your feet. Special guest Kung Fu will be opening.More Info
Now in its 38th year, it's a "must do" New England Race. The Maple Leaf Half Marathon and Kotler 5K will run on Saturday, September 10, 2016, in nearby Manchester.More Info
It's that time of the year again. Grab your 4-player teams and get ready for the SWSC Fall Classic & silent auction. Scramble Format.
Join Lolë Stratton and Ambassador Anne Reynolds for an intensive core workout with Hoop Fit! Meet-up will begin at the Lolë Store in Stratton Village at 2:45pm before walking to the Commons for a 3-4pm class. Hoops are available. All participants will receive an exclusive in-store discount and Lolë gift bag.More Info


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In this May 11, 2012 photo, Honduras' former Police Chief Ricardo Ramirez del Cid is seen in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ramirez del Cid was replaced late Monday May 21, 2012 by Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, known as "El Tigre" or "The Tiger." Ramirez del Cid was dismissed in the middle of a controversy over possible police involvement in the killing of one of Honduras best-known journalists, Alfredo Villatoro. Villatoro, a close advisor to President Porfirio Lobo, was abducted May 9 and showed up dead six days later. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)


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Violence has increased in Alabama's crowded prisons and experts fear it may get worse as the correction system absorbs more budget cuts.
The Birmingham News reports that three inmates have been killed in Alabama prisons since the state's fiscal year started in October. During the last four years, there was usually one killing at most.
In the last year, the prison system counted 1,397 fights and nonsexual assaults, up about 400 from the previous year. Assaults leading to serious injuries doubled, rising from 47 to 95.
Prison officials said the larger numbers reflect better records keeping. Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said inmates are telling him that violence has gotten worse in the last two or three years.


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Every investor has a distinct investment style which makes him take certain decisions. This style is the combined outcome of several factors-personal traits, perceptions and previous investing experience. Take this quiz to know what is your investment style and how it impacts your investments.
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The University of Montenegro was founded on 29 April 1974. when three faculties (Faculty of Economics, of Engineering and the Faculty of Law from Titograd), two colleges (Teaching College and Maritime Studies College) and three independent scientific institutes (for History, for Agriculture and for Biological and Medical Research), signed an Agreement on Association into the University in Titograd. A year after it was founded, it changed its name into the University "Veljko Vlahović", and since 1992 it has its present name. The seat of the University of Montenegro is in Podgorica (www.podgorica.me), the capital of Montenegro, with a population of around 200.000. The University of Montenegro has developed in accordance with the spirit of time and the growing needs of Montenegro.
History reveals that people have lived in the region of Podgorica since the prehistoric period so that this is the city with rich history and cultural heritage. Due to the tumultuous war history and frequent devastations, the town has been deprived of most of its old buildings. Over the last ten years, the town has been developing fast, making it a modern, administrative and business centre of the country. Cetinje is the old capital of Montenegro, with immense historical heritage. It was founded in 15th century.
In this town, faculties of fine arts and drama, as well as Music Academy are situated. Kotor is a town on the coast, with long history, dating back to ancient Romans. Over the centuries, different cultures were settled here, but today, there is predominant influence of Venetians. Two of the UoM units are situated there: Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management and Marine Studies.
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It is again time to remind everyone of our collar-and-tag procedure and to ask you not to be cross if we suggest this and send you away with the cat after you have gone to the effort of catching it.
We appreciate you feel you have done a good thing but that fat, healthy cat more than likely belongs to someone down the street.
We do care about that cat but it is important that we give it the best chance possible of going home.
Cats can travel many kilometres on a daily basis. They're very smart and, if they think there is the possibility of food at the other end, they will return again and again. But that does not mean they aren't going to head home at the end of the day.
We always inquire if you asked all your neighbours and often get the reply: "Yes, we've done that." Then someone who lives down the street comes in to claim the cat, saying they were never approached.
We also have limited cage space and can't take in every healthy cat the public brings us.
The constant flow is great and we must focus on the sick and injured and animals in need.
We are definitely not here to take in that nuisance cat. If it continues dig holes in your garden, find the owner and talk to him. Don't bring the cat to us - you will be asked to return it.
If you bring us a healthy cat we will ask you to place a collar and tag on the cat saying: "If this is your cat please call (your number)."
And the cat may not go home if you are continually feeding it.
All of this gives an owner a chance to see the collar and give you a call.
We will put the details on our database in case someone calls who has lost their cat.
If after seven days the cat is still around with the collar on then we will take it in - provided we have the space. Please ring us first.
If at any time you feel the cat's health has taken a turn for the worse then call us, this procedure only applies to healthy cats - we will take in any sick or injured cats who have no owners.
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TORONTO - Film star Harrison Ford isn't taking sides in the ongoing late-night saga at NBC, but he says soon-to-be-former "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien is getting a raw deal.
"He's getting the shaft in a way," Ford told The Canadian Press on Thursday during a promotional stop in Toronto for his new drama, "Extraordinary Measures."
Ford says he and O'Brien aren't friends and have only met a couple times - most recently because their kids go to the same California school.
"I mean, poor guy moved out to Los Angeles to do this show and moved his whole family out there. Put his kids in a new school," Ford said.
While they aren't close, Ford has been a memorable guest on O'Brien's old program, "Late Night."
The otherwise friendly star mocked his own image in interviews with O'Brien, during which he acted surly and dismissive.
When O'Brien asked if he kept any memorabilia from the "Indiana Jones" films, for instance, Ford responded: "I don't want all that crap around my house . . . I'm a very rich man."
Once, at the host's urging, he directed one of his trademark burning stares at the camera - while circus music looped in the background.
He also recorded a pre-taped bit in which he sat alone in a room with a bottle of liquor and pretended to spill his innermost secrets.
While Ford says he only "vaguely remembers" the bits, he had fond words for O'Brien.
"He is a good guy," Ford said. "But so is Jay Leno, I enjoy his company. And so is Dave Letterman.
"It's just a tough, tough world."
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Philly, like any large city, has its pockets of good, bad, and ugly. But what exactly makes those certain "good" sections so, well, good? More importantly, what actually makes a piece of Philadelphia beautiful?
If you've got time to kill (if you've stumbled across Aroundphilly, you most certainly do), check out OpenPlan's Beautiful Streets project and help solve this pressing question.
In an effort to better gauge beauty in the eye of the beholder, local tech-heads, Mjumbe Poe and Aaron Ogle are asking participants to scroll through 200 images highlighting different areas of Philadelphia. On their site, two Google Maps street shots are posted side-by-side so that you can vote for whichever image you find more "beautiful."
Sometimes, it's a no-brainer; smooth, dark asphalt on a wide street with well-kept, single homes versus a tiny street with crumbling houses, cracked sidewalk, and random pieces of chain-link fence.
Other times, it's not so simple.
Grey, faded asphalt, and paint-chipped wooden fences surrounding front yards versus wasteland areas with a few scattered, dilapidated houses and a single, abandoned Jetta. It's these type of comparisons that really challenge one's definition of beauty.
Data collected from the project will, hopefully, pave the way toward some noticeable improvements for Philadelphia in the near future.
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Framfab has probably become the UK largest interactive full service business following the acquisition last week of Oyster Partners. Both companies have competed in the UK market for several years. Now operations in Oyster and Framfab UK will be fully integrated following the acquisition.
The One Show Interactive awards have been assigned last week but only a few online publications have decided to comment the event. AdWeek dedicates a brief overview to the winning campaigns, talking about Nec Corporation "Best of the Show Web Site" and the successful performance of San Francisco's agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners who received five Pencils. Nike was nominated One Show Interactive's Advertiser of the Year for the second year in a row. It won the Gold Pencil in the category "Brand Gaming" for the advergame "Goooal" created by Framfab Denmark. As explained in the agency's press release the "Goooooal!" game is a turn-based real-time multi-player Flash football game, where the objective, unsurprisingly for a football game, is to outscore your opponent. The game can be still played online at Nikefootball.com.
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|HylaFAX The world's most advanced open source fax server
FYI - it's the other way round for Mac users. Single page TIFF is OK (the excellent "Graphic Converter" program will handle it. Multi-page TIFFs (as in faxes) are a pain. However, since pdf is based on Postscript it has been used on Macs for ages - pdf support would be very valuable. Iain on 19/2/00 11:27 am, David Woolley at firstname.lastname@example.com wrote: >> I prefered pdf because it's easy to print and to forward (e.g. by mail). > > Most business Windows users don't have Acrobat (MS doesn't want to > encourage competitors to Word as a portable document format), but > do have the tools for viewing TIFF fax images.


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Police officers investigate the crime scene after a gunman fired shots at U.S. soldiers on the bus outside Frankfurt airport, Germany, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 killing two airmen and wounding two before being taken into custody. The two killed were the bus driver and a passenger. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)