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JERUSALEM, Israel -- When the Syrian uprising turned into a civil war in 2011, most of the trouble stayed inside Syria's borders, but that's changing.
This week armored personnel carriers rushed to Beirut, Lebanon, to prevent fighting between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. It's a sign the war has spread well beyond Syria's borders. Another sign: at an election rally last Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan praised the Turkish air force for shooting down a Syrian plane after it violated Turkey's air space. "If you violate our border, our slap will be hard. Therefore, I congratulate firstly our chief of general staff, and our pilots," Erdogan said. Also last week, Israeli warplanes struck Syrian military posts in the Golan Heights after a roadside bombing wounded four Israeli soldiers. It was some of the worst fighting on Israel's border with Syria in decades.
Israel doesn't want a war with Syria, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has tried to steer clear of the fight between Assad and his opposition. But the conflict is expanding anyway.
"I think we can already consider now that the Israeli-Syria border is back, is a conflict border once again," Middle East expert Jonathan Spyer, with the Gloria Institute, said.
"And what we're going to see I think as in common with Israel's other conflict borders -- for example vis-a-vis the Hamas statelet -- is that we will have periodic rounds of violence in which the Hezbollah or the Assad regime or whoever it is or perhaps in other sectors of the border the Sunni jihadists on the rebel side will try and redress the balance against Israel," he explained. Muslim rebel groups, some backed by al Qaeda, are gaining ground near the Turkish border. Recently, they entered a deserted Armenian Christian town.
"Victory from God, we shall soon conquer!" they shouted.
A short time later, they gained their first foothold on the shores of the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, Israel has been treating Syrians injured in the fighting.
In February, Netanyahu visited a field hospital and met with some of the Syrian wounded. He also pointed to Iran as Assad's chief sponsor in the widening war.
"Who is supplying these bombs? Who's supplying these weapons? Iran. Who's giving the instructions? Iran. Who's giving the backing for this butchery? Iran," the prime minister said. Middle East analysts like Spyer warn an Assad victory in Syria is a victory for Iran. "This would be an enormous victory for the Iran-led regional block. It would mean Iran then conclusively established of a single pro-Iranian block stretching effectively from western Afghanistan from the Iranian-Afghan border all the way to Mediterranean Sea," Spyer said.
"This would be an immense victory for the Iranians, and therefore, an immense defeat for the U.S. interests, which sees, or at least ought to see -- I'm not quite sure if the U.S. does right now see it this way -- but ought to see the Iranian regional block as the most potent and powerful challenge to Western interests and Western allies in the Middle East," he warned.
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The fact that Julia skated 2 great programs
and Mao SP 3 axel < and horrible LP WON HER OVER JULIA by over 10 points is RIDICULOUS.
This is how it's going to look at the Olympics.
Figure skating needs to get their **** together and START FROM SCRATCH. This just makes new skaters not want to skate and become the best because even so, it's not enough, not even close. I'm so mad. The 6.0 system is much better.
Miria with the skates of her life 190.15
Mao with her totally off days over 200+
It's very discouraging!
This is exactly why this sport is no longer exciting.
Why are we still looking forward to the Olympics if we already know perfect from ANYONE will not beat bad Mao except Yuna?
How exciting.
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LADIES FREE SKATE - VIDEOS - (By Starting Order) - Updated
1. Anna POGORILAYA (RUS) Free Skate
2. Elena RADIONOVA (RUS) Free Skate
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA (RUS) Free Skate, 2nd copy, 3rd Copy
4. Ashley WAGNER (USA) Free Skate, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
5. Adelina SOTNIKOVA (RUS) Free Skate, 2nd Copy
6. Mao ASADA (JPN) Free Skate, 2nd Copy, 3rd Copy
Complete Free Skate, Medal Ceremony
Overall Result, Segment Result, Protocols
Mao is amazing. Nothing more left to say about this particular GPF.
1) Mao underrotated 3 jumps in her SP as well so her lead was already too big in that part of the competition.
2) I agree that Mao is a more mature skater but her lead over Julia shouldn't be that high (8 points) when she doesn't skate and well and Julia does skate well.
The underrotation calls were shockingly accurate here. I think Mao's jumps were properly scored after getting to see replays. The only jump call that I think was wrong in this Ladies LP was Ashley's second 3Flip. That jump was fine, it was actually the 2T in combination that was underrotated.
However, Mao's final spin shouldn't have been called Level 4. She didn't get low enough down into basic sit position in that combination spin. In general her GOE on spins and even steps is too high. And of course the PCS were much too high for that performance.
Bright side for Wagner: no hip pointer/injury this time!
Better here than in Sochi at least. Don't want to peak too soon, but at least she avoided disaster (i.e. didn't finish last).
I know I'm gonna get it for saying this, but - I think on the world stage, to some degree Wagner still remains the "almost girl".

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Regular Maintenance If you really think about it, much of our lives involve some type of maintenance (I have found this to be especially true since I bought a home and now deal with an older house, a lawn and a landscape). If you buy a saltwater aquarium, be prepared for more maintenance activities — and if you get a nano reef, be ready to do them even more religiously. Because of their smaller water volume, nano-reef aquariums are less forgiving than their larger counterparts. So if you don't have the time or inclination to do these regular duties (or you don't want to pay someone to do them for you), you may want to reconsider acquiring a nano reef. For those who are up to the challenge, here are some things to consider.
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LANCASTER — Valencia junior Jay Jay Wilson called this one his Hart game.
The wide receiver/safety grew up in Palmdale, played Pop Warner football with current Falcons and Friday he returned home to help the Vikings defeat Palmdale 29-20 in Valencia's season opener.
Wilson intercepted two passes in a Valencia defensive showcase featuring seven sacks, a safety and a fumble recovery.
Valencia shut Palmdale out 17-0 in the second half.
"Our defense struggled early against the top running back in California. We had our butterflies," Wilson said of Palmdale superstar back Demario Richard. "But we had to get 11 hats on the ball. He was going to break a couple. But we turned it around."
Richard had 89 yards on 13 carries in the first half with two touchdowns and he intercepted two Jake Wallace passes.
All that pushed Palmdale (1-1) to a 20-12 lead at halftime.
Richard carried the ball just five times in the second half for seven yards as the Falcons couldn't find an offensive rhythm.
"Our quarterback (Lathaniel Myles) hurt his hip before halftime, and I think that really tied our hands," said Palmdale head coach Jeff Williams. "We weren't effective throwing the football and they were getting to our quarterback too quickly."
Late in the third quarter, Myles had to chase a bad snap in his own end zone then Valencia's Ryan Ferrone fell on him for a safety to cut Palmdale's lead to 20-16.
That led to an 11-yard touchdown pass from Wallace, in his first varsity start, to Wilson on the first play of the fourth quarter to give the Vikings (1-0) a 23-20 lead.
Wallace was 21-of-30 for 210 yards with two touchdown passes and the two interceptions.
There were times he held onto the ball too long, which resulted in five Palmdale sacks. But Wallace kept the last two Viking scoring drives alive with his legs.
"The defense bailed me out," Wallace said. "But it was a W."
Palmdale went three and out on its first drive of the final quarter because of sacks by Josh Stanton and Jordan Nguyen.
That eventually led to a 2-yard Stone Jackson touchdown run with 7:46 to play to set the final score at 29-20.
Wilson intercepted a pass with 32 seconds to stop Palmdale.
It was an emotional win for him, he said, playing against so many friends.
"They're probably not going to talk to me any more," he joked.
Vikings Josh Semko and Justin Son each had 1 1/2 sacks.
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It's another installment of proposition bet time! We're taking odd pop culture events and turning them into side bets just for fun! Check out some of the craziness with pro golfer Tiger Woods, the latest in the Spider-Man 4 saga, Conan O'Brian's next move, and the latest in American Idol.
Tiger Woods Bisexual Odds
Tiger Woods has put through the ringer over the last few months as his mistress count has climbed into double digits, his marriage has fallen apart, and now new claims have surfaced from former mistress and playboy model Loredana Jolie that the golfer is bi-sexual. With speculation once again hitting fever pitch levels with regard to Tiger, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS posted odds on the latest rumors:
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Spider-Man 4 Scandal
The wildly popular Spider-Man franchise was fully enmeshed in the Hollywood rumor mill this week as reports surfaced from Sony that Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi won't reprise their roles on the project for the fourth installment. Fans are in an uproar and speculation is through the roof as to who might replace lead actor Maguire. Always providing their fans with answers to the latest pop-culture questions, BetUS posted odds:
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- Logan Lerman 8/1
- Aaron Johnson 10/1
- Zac Efron 6/1
- Andrew Garfield 8/1
- Daniel Radcliffe 10/1
- Penn Badgley 8/1
- Anton Yelchin 10/1
Spider Man 4 Worldwide Gross
- Over 860,000,000 10/13
- Under 860,000,000 10/11
Will Spider-Man 4 outsell "The Dark Knight"
- Yes 3/2
- No 1/2
The Tonight Show and Conan O'Brian Late Night
The late night circuit hit the Hollywood rumor and speculation mill big time this week as reports surfaced that a shake up in time slots angered Conan O'Brien enough to have him show himself the door at NBC. With a huge following wondering where their favorite late night host will end up, BetUS posted odds on Conan's next stop.
Where will Conan O'Brien End Up?
- Internet 5/1
Simon Cowell Leaving American Idol
With the size of the following the hit TV show American Idol has garnered over the years Simon Cowell's announcement that he would be leaving the show after the season was met with a ton of buzz and speculation amongst fans. Questions continue to swirl amongst the show's fan base as to who if anyone might replace him. With a history of unparalleled action taken on the popular singing contest show, BetUS once again beat everyone to the punch and posted odds on Simon's replacement, as well as a few other 'Idol' specific gems!
Gender of Winner
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- Female 5/6
Will any judge have an affair with a contestant
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- No 1/5
Which judge most likely to have an affair
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- Randy Jackson 5/1
- Kara DioGuardi 2/1
- Ellen DeGeneres 3/1
First album sales of winner
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- 3,500,001 – 4,500,000 5/1
- 2,500,001 – 3,500,000 7/2
- 1,500,001 – 2,500,000 2/1
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(Totals do not include EPs, digital-only albums or pre-Idol recordings. (US Sales ONLY) Gold, Platinum, and/or Multi-platinum)
American Idol ratings this season (Nielsen Ratings)
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- Under 33.2 Million Viewers 5/6
Who will replace Simon Cowell in American Idol?
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- Sean "Diddy" Combs 3/1
- Quincy Jones 4/1
- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 4/1
- Conan O'Brien 5/1
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quote: Although with intels stupid tdp system they probably measure the tdp by the average of the whole series of cpu's (excluding the X version) so the chances are the 3ghz version draws a higher tdp than it is rated.
quote: The TDP is typically set not to be the most power the chip could ever draw , but rather the maximum power that it would draw when running real applications


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By Martha Kang • Sep 4, 2013
For Forrest Sargent, a picture is worth a thousand words left unsaid. Sargent, 22, is autistic and unable to speak. He can communicate through a letterboard, but because the task requires training and patience, it limits his world to a very small circle.
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Hypophysectomy in patients with. diabetic retinopathy does not appear to have a exacerbate effect on diabetic nephropathy, although clearance of inulin and p-aminohippuric acid are decreased, the fifth congress of the International Diabetes Federation was told.
Andre Gonda, MD, McGill University Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, said the reduced clearance functions were probably due to lack of human growth hormone and not progression of renal disease.
Gonda reported on the results of renal studies carried out in connection with hypophysectomies performed in ten patients. Definitive tests of renal function and renal biopsy were included in the preoperative assessment and at intervals after operation.
The patients were five men and five women, ranging in age from 17 to 54 years. Eight patients had diabetes of long duration with mostly poor control.
"In all patients insulin requirements were significantly decreased after operation," Gonda said. "Nine patients showed objective improvement in vision after
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COLUMBIA - Six members from the House and Senate have been tasked with hashing out the differences in a bill that could establish the Lowcountry's first comprehensive research university.
Sens. Darrell Jackson, D- Hopkins, Sen. Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, and Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, have been appointed by the Senate, while the House has appointed Reps. Brian White, R-Anderson, Jim Merrill, R-Charleston, and Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg.
The bill that would create an expanded University of Charleston and fulfill a decades-long goal of a comprehensive research university in the area is attached to another related matter. Called the Clemson University Enterprise Act, it would allow Clemson and perhaps other schools less state oversight in pursuing capital projects.
The bill is controversial in its own right. Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Charleston, has said he has heard that even supporters of the Charleston-related measure may try to block the act, which some say would offer too much autonomy for Clemson. Since the two go together, that could also mean the end for the U of C bill.
The members of the committee are expected to meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. They will consider both versions of the bill. The House version contains the language Grooms has been pushing for.
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K+: us
|Strong, weak, electromagnetic, gravitational
|K±: ±0.013 MeV/c2493.667
K0: ±0.022 MeV/c2497.648
|Electric charge
|K±: ±1 e
K0: 0 e
In particle physics, a kaon /ˈkeɪ.ɒn/, also called a K meson and denoted K,[nb 1] is any of a group of four mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness. In the quark model they are understood to be bound states of a strange quark (or antiquark) and an up or down antiquark (or quark).
Kaons have proved to be a copious source of information on the nature of fundamental interactions since their discovery in cosmic rays in 1947. They were essential in establishing the foundations of the Standard Model of particle physics, such as the quark model of hadrons and the theory of quark mixing (the latter was acknowledged by a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008). Kaons have played a distinguished role in our understanding of fundamental conservation laws: CP violation, a phenomenon generating the observed matter–antimatter asymmetry of the universe, was discovered in the kaon system in 1964 (which was acknowledged by a Nobel Prize in 1980). Moreover, direct CP violation was discovered in the kaon decays in the early 2000s by the NA48 and KTeV experiments at CERN and Fermilab.
Basic properties[edit]
The four kaons are :
- K−, negatively charged (containing a strange quark and an up antiquark) has mass ±0.013 MeV and 493.667mean lifetime ±0.0024)×10−8 s. (1.2384
- K+ (antiparticle of above) positively charged (containing an up quark and a strange antiquark) must (by CPT invariance) have mass and lifetime equal to that of K−. The mass difference is ±0.090 MeV, consistent with zero. The difference in lifetime is 0.032±0.09)×10−8 s. (0.11
- K0, neutrally charged (containing a down quark and a strange antiquark) has mass ±0.022 MeV. It has mean squared charge radius of 497.648±0.01 fm2. −0.076
- K0, neutrally charged (antiparticle of above) (containing a strange quark and a down antiquark) has the same mass.
It is clear from the quark model assignments that the kaons form two doublets of isospin; that is, they belong to the fundamental representation of SU(2) called the 2. One doublet of strangeness +1 contains the K+ and the K0. The antiparticles form the other doublet (of strangeness −1).
|Particle name
|Rest mass (MeV/c2)
|Mean lifetime (s)
|Commonly decays to
(>5% of decays)
|μ+ + ν
μ or
π+ + π0 or
π+ + π+ + π− or
π0 + e+ + ν
|π+ + π− or
π0 + π0
|π± + e∓ + ν
e or
π± + μ∓ + ν
μ or
π0 + π0 + π0 or
π+ + π0 + π−
[a] ^ Strong eigenstate. No definite lifetime (see kaon notes below)
[b] ^ Weak eigenstate. Makeup is missing small CP–violating term (see notes on neutral kaons below).
[c] ^ The mass of the K0
L and K0
S are given as that of the K0. However, it is known that a difference between the masses of the K0
L and K0
S on the order of ×10−12 MeV/c2 exists. 3.5[4]
Although the K0 and its antiparticle K0 are usually produced via the strong force, they decay weakly. Thus, once created the two are better thought of as superpositions of two weak eigenstates which have vastly different lifetimes:
- The long-lived neutral kaon is called the K
L ("K-long"), decays primarily into three pions, and has a mean lifetime of ×10−8 s. 5.18
- The short-lived neutral kaon is called the K
S ("K-short"), decays primarily into two pions, and has a mean lifetime ×10−11 s. 8.958
(See discussion of neutral kaon mixing below.)
An experimental observation made in 1964 that K-longs rarely decay into two pions was the discovery of CP violation (see below).
Main decay modes for K+:
Results Mode Branching ratio μ+ ν
leptonic ±0.11%63.55 π+ π0 hadronic ±0.08%20.66 π+ π+ π− hadronic ±0.04%5.59 π+ π0 π0 hadronic ±0.022%1.761 π0 e+ ν
semileptonic ±0.04%5.07 π0 μ+ ν
semileptonic ±0.034%3.353
Decay modes for the K− are charge conjugates of the ones above.
The discovery of hadrons with the internal quantum number "strangeness" marks the beginning of a most exciting epoch in particle physics that even now, fifty years later, has not yet found its conclusion ... by and large experiments have driven the development, and that major discoveries came unexpectedly or even against expectations expressed by theorists. — I.I. Bigi and A.I. Sanda, CP violation, (ISBN 0-521-44349-0)
In 1947, G. D. Rochester and Clifford Charles Butler of the University of Manchester published two cloud chamber photographs of cosmic ray-induced events, one showing what appeared to be a neutral particle decaying into two charged pions, and one which appeared to be a charged particle decaying into a charged pion and something neutral. The estimated mass of the new particles was very rough, about half a proton's mass. More examples of these "V-particles" were slow in coming.
The first breakthrough was obtained at Caltech, where a cloud chamber was taken up Mount Wilson, for greater cosmic ray exposure. In 1950, 30 charged and 4 neutral V-particles were reported. Inspired by this, numerous mountaintop observations were made over the next several years, and by 1953, the following terminology was adopted: "L-meson" meant muon or pion. "K meson" meant a particle intermediate in mass between the pion and nucleon. "Hyperon" meant any particle heavier than a nucleon.
The decays were extremely slow; typical lifetimes are of the order of . However, production in 10−10 spion-proton reactions proceeds much faster, with a time scale of . The problem of this mismatch was solved by 10−23 sAbraham Pais who postulated the new quantum number called "strangeness" which is conserved in strong interactions but violated by the weak interactions. Strange particles appear copiously due to "associated production" of a strange and an antistrange particle together. It was soon shown that this could not be a multiplicative quantum number, because that would allow reactions which were never seen in the new synchrotrons which were commissioned in Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1953 and in the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in 1955.
Parity violation[edit]
Two different decays were found for charged strange mesons:
Θ+ → π+ + π0 τ+ → π+ + π+ + π−
The intrinsic parity of a pion is P = −1, and parity is a multiplicative quantum number. Therefore, the two final states have different parity (P = +1 and P = −1, respectively). It was thought that the initial states should also have different parities, and hence be two distinct particles. However, with increasingly precise measurements, no difference was found between the masses and lifetimes of each, respectively, indicating that they are the same particle. This was known as the τ–θ puzzle. It was resolved only by the discovery of parity violation in weak interactions. Since the mesons decay through weak interactions, parity is not conserved, and the two decays are actually decays of the same particle,[5] now called the K+.
CP violation in neutral meson oscillations[edit]
Initially it was thought that although parity was violated, CP (charge parity) symmetry was conserved. In order to understand the discovery of CP violation, it is necessary to understand the mixing of neutral kaons; this phenomenon does not require CP violation, but it is the context in which CP violation was first observed.
Neutral kaon mixing[edit]
Since neutral kaons carry strangeness, they cannot be their own antiparticles. There must be then two different neutral kaons, differing by two units of strangeness. The question was then how to establish the presence of these two mesons. The solution used a phenomenon called neutral particle oscillations, by which these two kinds of mesons can turn from one into another through the weak interactions, which cause them to decay into pions (see the adjacent figure).
These oscillations were first investigated by Murray Gell-Mann and Abraham Pais together. They considered the CP-invariant time evolution of states with opposite strangeness. In matrix notation one can write
where ψ is a quantum state of the system specified by the amplitudes of being in each of the two basis states (which are a and b at time t = 0). The diagonal elements (M) of the Hamiltonian are due to strong interaction physics which conserves strangeness. The two diagonal elements must be equal, since the particle and antiparticle have equal masses in the absence of the weak interactions. The off-diagonal elements, which mix opposite strangeness particles, are due to weak interactions; CP symmetry requires them to be real.
The consequence of the matrix H being real is that the probabilities of the two states will forever oscillate back and forth. However, if any part of the matrix were imaginary, as is forbidden by CP symmetry, then part of the combination will diminish over time. The diminishing part can be either one component (a) or the other (b), or a mixture of the two.
The eigenstates are obtained by diagonalizing this matrix. This gives new eigenvectors, which we can call K1 which is the sum of the two states of opposite strangeness, and K2, which is the difference. The two are eigenstates of CP with opposite eigenvalues; K1 has CP = +1, and K2 has CP = −1 Since the two-pion final state also has CP = +1, only the K1 can decay this way. The K2 must decay into three pions. Since the mass of K2 is just a little larger than the sum of the masses of three pions, this decay proceeds very slowly, about 600 times slower than the decay of K1 into two pions. These two different modes of decay were observed by Leon Lederman and his coworkers in 1956, establishing the existence of the two weak eigenstates (states with definite lifetimes under decays via the weak force) of the neutral kaons.
These two weak eigenstates are called the K
L (K-long) and K
S (K-short). CP symmetry, which was assumed at the time, implies that K
S = K1 and K
An initially pure beam of K0 will turn into its antiparticle while propagating, which will turn back into the original particle, and so on. This is called particle oscillation. On observing the weak decay into leptons, it was found that a K0 always decayed into an electron, whereas the antiparticle K0 decayed into the positron. The earlier analysis yielded a relation between the rate of electron and positron production from sources of pure K0 and its antiparticle K0. Analysis of the time dependence of this semileptonic decay showed the phenomenon of oscillation, and allowed the extraction of the mass splitting between the K
S and K
L. Since this is due to weak interactions it is very small, 10−15 times the mass of each state.
A beam of neutral kaons decays in flight so that the short-lived K
S disappears, leaving a beam of pure long-lived K
L. If this beam is shot into matter, then the K0 and its antiparticle K0 interact differently with the nuclei. The K0 undergoes quasi-elastic scattering with nucleons, whereas its antiparticle can create hyperons. Due to the different interactions of the two components, quantum coherence between the two particles is lost. The emerging beam then contains different linear superpositions of the K0 and K0. Such a superposition is a mixture of K
L and K
S; the K
S is regenerated by passing a neutral kaon beam through matter. Regeneration was observed by Oreste Piccioni and his collaborators at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Soon thereafter, Robert Adair and his coworkers reported excess K
S regeneration, thus opening a new chapter in this history.
CP violation[edit]
While trying to verify Adair's results, J. Christenson, James Cronin, Val Fitch and Rene Turlay of Princeton University found decays of K
L into two pions (CP = +1) in an experiment performed in 1964 at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at the Brookhaven laboratory.[6] As explained in an earlier section, this required the assumed initial and final states to have different values of CP, and hence immediately suggested CP violation. Alternative explanations such as non-linear quantum mechanics and a new unobserved particle were soon ruled out, leaving CP violation as the only possibility. Cronin and Fitch received the Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery in 1980.
It turns out that although the K
L and K
S are weak eigenstates (because they have definite lifetimes for decay by way of the weak force), they are not quite CP eigenstates. Instead, for small ε (and up to normalization),
L = K2 + εK1
and similarly for K
S. Thus occasionally the K
L decays as a K1 with CP = +1, and likewise the K
S can decay with CP = −1. This is known as indirect CP violation, CP violation due to mixing of K0 and its antiparticle. There is also a direct CP violation effect, in which the CP violation occurs during the decay itself. Both are present, because both mixing and decay arise from the same interaction with the W boson and thus have CP violation predicted by the CKM matrix. Direct CP violation was discovered in the kaon decays in the early 2000s by the NA48 and KTeV experiments at CERN and Fermilab.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- Hadrons, mesons, hyperons and flavour
- Strange quark and the quark model
- Parity (physics), charge conjugation, time reversal symmetry, CPT invariance and CP violation
- Neutrino oscillation
- Neutral particle oscillation
Notes and references[edit]
- Notes
- ^ The positively charged kaon used to be called τ+ and θ+, as it was supposed to be two different particles until the 1960s. See the parity violation section.
- References
- ^ J. Beringer et al. (2012): Particle listings – K±
- ^ J. Beringer et al. (2012): Particle listings – K0
- ^ J. Beringer et al. (2012): Particle listings – K0
- ^ a b J. Beringer et al. (2012): Particle listings – K0
- ^ Lee, T. D.; Yang, C. N. (1 October 1956). "Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions". Physical Review. 104 (1): 254. Bibcode:1956PhRv..104..254L. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.104.254.
One way out of the difficulty is to assume that parity is not strictly conserved, so that Θ+ and τ+ are two different decay modes of the same particle, which necessarily has a single mass value and a single lifetime.
- ^ http://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.138
- Amsler, C.; et al. (Particle Data Group) (2008). "Review of Particle Physics". Physics Letters B. 667 (1): 1–1340. Bibcode:2008PhLB..667....1P. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.07.018.
- Eidelman, S.; et al. (Particle Data Group) (2004). "Review of Particle Physics 2004 – Strange Mesons".
- Eidelman, S.; et al. (Particle Data Group) (2004). "Review of Particle Physics". Physics Letters B. 592 (1): 1. arXiv:astro-ph/0406663. Bibcode:2004PhLB..592....1P. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.001.
- The quark model, by J.J.J. Kokkedee
- Sozzi, M. S. (2008). Discrete symmetries and CP violation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-929666-8.
- Bigi, I. I.; Sanda, A. I. (2000). CP violation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-44349-0.
- Griffiths, D. J. (1987). Introduction to Elementary Particle. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-60386-4.


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Police: Elderly driver hits firefighter at accident scene in Weare
Alice Grenier, 91, faces charges
Published 8:18 AM EST Jan 10, 2013
A Weare firefighter is recovering after he was hit by an elderly driver Wednesday morning.
Jeff Lewis, 31, was at the scene of an accident between a car and a truck on Route 77.
He was directing traffic when he was hit by a car driven by 91-year-old Alice Grenier of Weare, police said.
Lewis was taken to the hospital. His injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Grenier was charged with vehicular assault and reckless operation.
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We are renewing our focus on great architects and designers with a project involving the revisitation of furniture and other objects designed by Gio Ponti, the grand master of the 20th century.
Flexibility and functionality is the basis of the 505 project. It is a carrier shoulder system with an extensive range of modular furnishings in, designed to house books and a television.See product
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Great Americans
"People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get." This is a quote from Frederick Douglass, a great American and registered Republican, no different than Jesse Owens, Joe Louis and yes, Martin Luther King. All were great Americans, including the man we have today, Clarence Thomas.
A good sign
I'm so glad to see in the paper where those billboards are coming down in Orange Beach. There's one thing about Baldwin County that bothers me so much: It's the billboards. If they extend the Foley Beach Express, I just hope they will try to limit how many of those obnoxious billboards they put on there. It's like littering.
Kudos to education groups
I just wanted to thank our education foundations in Baldwin County for all their work and for their initiative in taking on the "Yes We Can" campaign. These volunteers are taking time from their own families, jobs and lives to work on finding new and innovative ways to help our schools. It's very encouraging to see our communities come together for the shared interest of meeting the needs of the education system in Baldwin County. I am so glad we have people who care enough to do more than just complain; they are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.
Shorten death sentence
When an obviously guilty murderer has been tried and convicted by evidence and sentenced to death without the possibility of an appeal, they should have 30 days to live and the only thing they should be allowed to do is send out an apology letter. There's no reason for a convicted, guilty person to go on living 15 years, milking taxpayers who foot his living and health care expense and food and having him write appeal after appeal and have his attorney get money all the time. Of course the lawyers won't be for this because they'll be out of money for those 15 years.
Animals react to owners
In response to "Glad of dog control": I totally agree with you, but it is not the pit bull that is the problem. Pit bulls can be used for therapy, for tracking and they can be used for search and rescue. It's people that make them mean and go after human beings. It's about time this realization has come to Alabama.
Be thankful for U.S., leaders
After reading about the uprisings in other countries and the terrible governments they live under, we should be thanking God for the wise people we chose to guide our country and for the wonderful lives we live in America today instead of constantly finding fault.
Alabama voters 'duped'
People of Alabama, we've been duped again. Robert Bentley was going to get more jobs, Luther Strange was going to help bingo, and now they're trying to close it down and put more people out of work. Look, we've been duped again.
No officers near signals
I've been driving for 52 years and most accidents I've witnessed occur at traffic lights. Why then do we never see police officers observing major intersections and ticketing those drivers running red lights? My wife almost got slammed by a lady running a red light on a cell phone and my wife's car was third in line proceeding on a green light.
Round of applause
I saw a letter the other day complimenting the new roundabout in Daphne by the YMCA. I want to second that compliment. That roundabout is great. People are driving through it properly. It saves time and gas and wear and tear on your car. It's just a really nice installation. I think more four-way stops need to be looked at and considered.
It's called a speed zone
The person complaining about the speed trap in front of the high school at 7 a.m. should realize that it is a high school; therefore, it's not a speed trap. It's called a speed zone.


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The Limits of Empathy
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We are surrounded by people trying to make the world a better place. Peace activists bring enemies together so they can get to know one another and feel each other's pain. School leaders try to attract a diverse set of students so each can understand what it's like to walk in the others' shoes. Religious and community groups try to cultivate empathy.
As Steven Pinker writes in his mind-altering new book, "The Better Angels of Our Nature," we are living in the middle of an "empathy craze." There are shelfloads of books about it: "The Age of Empathy," "The Empathy Gap," "The Empathic Civilization," "Teaching Empathy." There's even a brain theory that we have mirror neurons in our heads that enable us to feel what's in other people's heads and that these neurons lead to sympathetic care and moral action.
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Monday, 11 March 2013
Real-Life Lichtenstein
I've always loved Roy Lichtenstein's comic-book-style art (and he shares my birthday too yay!) so I was impressed when I saw this blog post from Helen Glory where his artworks were turned into real holdable items using foam board and acrylics - how cool?!
And if you're a fan of Lichtenstein too, you have to look at these photos taken at the current exhibition going on in London.
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Andy Wirth just posted an email announcing that "Squaw has been selected by the U.S. Ski Team to host the U.S. Alpine National Ski Championships for 2013 and 2014."
Wouldn't it be great if NASTAR would run the Nationals in conjunction?
Wouldn't it be great if NASTAR was as prompt about anouncing next years location as the US Ski team is?? Hello HQ!!!


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HUBBARD - A number of cadets will soon be certified in the safe and proper use of rifles.
Thanks to a grant valued at nearly $250,000, the first group of cadets from Youngstown State University's Basic Peace Officer Training Academy has started training with M-16 rifles.
Eleven rifles donated from the Howland and Austintown police departments are being repurposed for the cadets to prepare them for a career in law enforcement.
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Armed cadets line up in front of their targets Tuesday as they prepare to qualify with their rifles in Youngstown State University's peace officer training at the Hubbard shooting range.
Ed Villone, commander of YSU's training academy, sought out the grant that allowed the cadets to receive hands-on training with the weapons. It is his hope that he will be able to obtain an additional 19 so that there will be enough rifles to go around to all 30 cadets.
"The concept here is that recently the federal government has been partnering up with the state and local law enforcement with the repurposing of military equipment. What nobody has been doing in the state is training the cadets with rifles ... before they go to the police department," he said.
Villone said the cadets have an exceptional training opportunity since their head instructor, Bob Paterniti, also helped develop a rifle instruction program when he worked for the FBI.
Although some of the cadets are ex-military and had experience shooting rifles, others were doing so for the first time Tuesday at the Hubbard Gun Range while Paterniti and others gave them pointers.
Among the students were Slayman Awadallah, 21; Mike Conway, 23; and Bernice Cintron, 23. After a series of exercises, the students inspected their targets.
Out of eight shots, Awadallah found that six had hit in optimal areas, including one head shot.
Villone said the exercises serve to elevate YSU's police academy to offer the best training.
"Our cadets will be trained and can be placed in a cruiser with a rifle one day without any additional training. Our guys are ready to go," he said.
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Warm and dry weather has caused thousands of fish to die in the eastern Iowa community of Marengo.
KCRG-TV reports the fish died in a small pond at Gateway Park in Marengo.
The pond usually connects to the Iowa River, but that access was cut off when the river level dropped, causing a drop in oxygen levels.
Brad Baker, of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says similar fish kills have happened in the area before.
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In Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID helps make the U.S. and the hemisphere more peaceful, secure, and prosperous by strengthening the capacity of governments and private entities to combat crime, improve governance, address climate change, and create an economic environment in which the private sector can flourish and create jobs.
Throughout the region, USAID has 17 field offices, 4 regional programs, and Washington-based programs focusing on Cuba and Venezuela.
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I am getting sick and tired of the ad against Senate Bill 5. Union paid firefighters say they won't be able to do their job if they can't tell their employer how many men to hire. My understanding of the bill is to have them pay 15 percent of their health insurance. Do people know that only about 10 percent of firemen are paid and have benefits?
My son is a volunteer firefighter who gets no pay or benefits yet he will rush into a fire and do the job that needs to be done. He is self-employed and pays his own health insurance, 100 percent.
The other thing I think SB5 does is that they can't strike. They shouldn't be able to strike, they are public employees for the health and safety of others. Also, nurses and teachers are saying they won't be able to do their jobs if they can't tell the hospitals how many nurses should be on the job or how many students should be in the classroom.
A recent survey, I just heard about, shows that larger classrooms do better than smaller ones. If they can't do their jobs they should be fired.
These are union scare tactics, just to scare you. Don't let the unions bully you. They are spending millions of dollars to do just that. Ohio is going broke. Should they have to spend millions to fight these lies?
Do your part to save our great state of Ohio, vote to save SB5.
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Hi Guys,
Just a quick guide in how to configure an External Drive ie External Harddrive(HDD) or Flash Drive .
1.Make sure you plug your device into a spare usb port on the console.
2.Go to the dashboard on your xbox and scroll all the way to the right until you get to settings.
3.Go into Memory and find the drive inserted.
4.You may be prompted to format the drive ( You must do this in order for the xbox to read it).
5. Once the format is done you may now plug it back into your computer and fill it with music and movies even game saves.
6. You may be prompted to download an update in order for the console to play the videos.
If you have an questions please reply in this post
Enjoy :)
That's great that you made a guide for people to follow. As it is helpful.Not trying to down your post or anything but a full step-by-step can be found in the support section.http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/accessories/usb-flash-drive


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100 Hottest WAGS? Hottest Women Athletes?
It seems that fans are more curious about the women who are linked to their favorite athletes than the athletes themselves or how hot an athlete is just because she's a woman.
And why not? It's human nature to want to look at beautiful people...especially in photographs where the human level is turned up a notch.
But does anyone wonder what some of these athletes do in their off time?
I've compiled a list of the 20 hottest footballers past and present who have proved they are as photogenic in a fashion ad or on a catwalk as they are on the pitch.
—and speaking of pitches: These images are more than just photographs, they a significant piece of pop culture. Influenced by mass media, these images appeal to the daily lives of the consumer:
If your favorite player wears Calvin Klein or drinks Pepsi—you will too.


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A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that Montreal police cannot have access to university research involving Luka Magnotta who stands trial this fall in the murder and dismemberment of Concordia student Jun Lin.
A 2007 interview with Luka Magnotta was included in the sex work research by University of Ottawa professors.
In her 37-page ruling rendered yesterday, Quebec Superior Court Justice Sophie Bourque said they have to make case-by-case decisions and concluded that in this case, the benefits of researcher-participant privilege outweighed those argued by lawyers for Montreal police.
Bourque ruled that the video interviews would be of minimal use for investigators who said it would help them if Magnotta used the defence of non-criminal responsibility by reason of mental disorder.
"She looked at the minimal assistance this would give to the police investigation versus the very substantial intrusion that this would have been on the research participant's privacy," Jacobsen told CJAD 800 News.
Jacobsen said he likens the relationship between researchers and participants to that of reporters and their confidential sources. He said the ruling sets a precedent.
"It's absolutely essential in circumstances where participants would not be inclined to give frank and honest answers if they thought their confidentiality was going to be breached," Jaconbsen said.
"It gives those participants the assurance that the academic community will go to bat for them and that's very important."
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For the Birds
Outside Seattle, a modern home sits as lightly as possible on the land and provides a refuge for birds and beasts and two people who love to watch
By Susan Hines
With its curving concrete walls lending modern sculptural appeal,
the Birdwatcher's Residence near Seattle hardly seems the type of
structure built by nature lovers—people we tend to associate with
earth homes, straw bale construction, and geodesic domes. But despite
its architectural flair, this house and its landscape unite to serve
a single and very determined purpose—to allow the residents to live
intimately with the land and the natural rhythms that govern it.
Driven by the vision of the owners, a couple retired from Seattle's high-tech industry who currently devote themselves to their passions, among them bird-watching
and art collecting, the Birdwatcher's Residence confounded expectations from its inception. The landscape is by the 10-person Seattle office of Belt Collins,
a 300-person firm based in Honolulu and known primarily for resort planning and design, while the house is the product of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
Architects, a local firm noted for its museum work. The collaboration is an unusual combination that makes sense only if you think carefully about it.
And the owners put tremendous thought into every phase of their home's design and construction. Their strong vision and full participation in the design
process ensured that the Birdwatcher's Residence pays constant tribute to its natural environment.
The owners searched three and a half months for the site. Located outside Seattle's
urban growth boundary, the five-acre property had been partially logged and was littered with rusty equipment and trash. Yet, meadow, wetlands, and woods
survived the onslaught and the property's three distinct ecosystems continued to provide refuge for a rich variety of wildlife and had the potential to
nurture even more when restored.
Belt Collins came on board about halfway through construction, after the couple
realized the "landscape issue" needed to be addressed soon. They had worked with a landscape architect on their former residence—a far more conventional
home in a far more ordinary suburban setting. The couple was determined to avoid what the husband describes as the "Disneyland" look of flowerbeds and
turf. "We wanted something natural that wouldn't put a burden on the land," the husband says. In fact, he was planning to say good-bye to his lawnmower
on moving day—a parting that did indeed come to pass.
When the wife reported on Belt Collins's expertise in "golfscaping," her husband
grew alarmed at the thought of getting a fairway or putting green. He calmed as his wife explained that the firm works with golf courses to design everything
around the fairway and the greens to minimize maintenance and maximize the natural beauty of the setting. "It was a synergy," the owners now say about
their working relationship with the firm. "We knew what we wanted in terms of the concept, and we had several good ideas, but it was a real exchange
of ideas."
For Jerry Coburn, asla, Belt Collins's lead landscape architect on the project,
the Birdwatcher's Residence was a chance to bring years of experience as a globetrotting designer and resort planner to bear on a unique residential
project. Since its founding eight years ago, the Seattle office of the 50-year-old
firm has responded to economic vagaries like the 1997 financial crisis in Asia—one of Belt Collins's major markets—and the post-9/11 slump by proving
its design flexibility.
Coburn says, "It was an educational process for our office to learn about bird
science, to identify plant material that birds want to roost in or collect under, and to find vegetation that draws them in not only for food but also
for protection." He adds, "And, we didn't have to do a lawn. When the clients told me that, I really wanted this project."
The house that Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen designed for the property was situated
to minimize damage to the landscape. The residence could have been sited much farther from the neighbors, but instead it was placed near the old logging
road to minimize damage to the property, and the existing road was recycled as the entrance drive. During the design stage, the couple reduced the proposed
square footage of the house, and their concerted efforts to protect the natural legacy of the site meant that only three trees were removed during construction.
One of them—a safety hazard—would have had to come down anyway.
The owners wanted a basement. To keep the resulting dirt and the construction debris out of landfill, an earth sculpture was commissioned on the edge of the meadow adjacent to the house. "We had to do something with the dirt, and
one of my pet peeves is a dump truck," the husband says. "I see no sense in moving dirt around just for the sake of getting it off your property."
Located near an established elk trail that skirts the meadow, the three rings of the earthwork provide a spot for deer and elk to bed down for the night
in addition to hiding the wellhead. "When the lupine is in bloom in the meadow and on the hills [of the earthwork] it's fabulous," the husband says. "We're
trying to keep it as natural as possible, so we don't come out here with our lawn chairs, but we do use it to observe nature."
Neighboring deer and other animals don't have access to the couple's highly productive vegetable garden because it is incorporated into the design of
the house. Located on a roof deck next to a second-story greenhouse, the roof garden is the husband's clever solution to what could have been an insurmountable
deer problem. When he first proposed the idea, his spouse blurted out, "That's crazy!" In practice, however, gardening on the roof and in the adjacent greenhouse
has been wonderful, she says. The dozen or so large fiberglass planters that contain 11.5 tons of soil enriched with material from nearby composting and
worm bins are incredibly productive. "Last year, I froze 20 pounds of different varieties of green beans," she says. "And that first hot year, I got over
70 pounds of tomatoes from just three containers."
Even on the deck, efforts were made to minimize negative effects on the environment.
"You see these pavers," the husband points out to me. "Below you is about six to eight inches of air, then the real roof, so water falls and gets collected
and becomes the source for the reflecting pool. We are recycling the water all the time."
In fact, all rainwater is retained on site. And flow from neighboring properties
near the entry to the residence is diverted to a retention pond. Designed around an existing big leaf maple, the drive encircles the pond, which serves
as the focal point of the view from the entry to the road. Surrounded with rocks and planted with ornamental grasses, including blue oat grass, feather
reed grass, and two varieties of fountain grass, this natural-looking water feature provides seasonal interest, too. Bulbs appear in the spring while
lavender, sedum, and rudbeckia make for an extended show throughout the area's long growing season. Just a few years after installation, the pond looks as
if the drive were designed to accommodate it as much as the tree.
Part of Belt Collins's efforts to heal the site included restoring the original
drainage patterns where possible. Water from the retention pond is diverted
through the meadow to a bioswale. Reestablishing drainage patterns was particularly
important because the site is inundated with runoff from nearby properties.
Despite the fact that rainfall had hit record lows in the months prior to
Landscape Architecture's late-winter visit, the pond still held ample
Most of the grading took place in areas near the entry road and house. "The
circular drive and its interface with the meadow required subtle feathering
to get it to blend back into the meadow," Coburn notes. Pictures of the entry
court taken during construction bear witness to the level of disturbance that
construction wrought and make clear that restoring a natural appearance to
areas immediately around the house was a significant part of the design challenge
that Belt Collins faced.
At the rear of the house, on the forested side of the property, Belt Collins
convinced the owners to "avoid big or heavy hardscaping in the interest of
making the home and site blend." As a result, meandering walkways were laid
with gravel and scaled to forest path dimensions—the kind people or animals
naturally would make as they travel the land. Ferns, bleeding heart, and more
delicately textured ground covers ease the transition between forest and home.
On the meadow side, the goal was to bring the field right up to the foundation.
In a third viewshed, which contains the architect-designed horizontal reflecting
pool, an area of naturalized grasses makes reference to nearby wetlands.
Belt Collins did not include an irrigation system in the plan—another aspect
of the project that makes it interesting and unusual for Coburn because of
the region's dry summers. "People don't think you need to have irrigation
in Washington," he notes. "But you really have to have a system unless you
very carefully select the plants. I don't have too many projects without irrigation."
Restoration of the existing landscape involved mitigating the impact of invasive
species, especially in areas previously disturbed by logging. The meadow is
a case in point. Seeded with a 50/50 mix of native fescue and rye, the latter
added to speed establishment, the renaturalized meadow requires little work
other than tearing out blackberries. It has been mowed to simulate fire only
once since seeding in fall 2001.
In an effort to overwhelm the blackberries and other noxious interlopers, the
planting plan was ruled by a strong emphasis on natives, which Coburn estimates
comprise 80 percent of the installed plants. To the existing tree stock of
cedar, fir, hemlock, and maple, Belt Collins added seven western red cedars,
used mainly for screening utilities and nearby houses. Thirty-five vine maples
were planted, adding to the native tree canopy. Deciduous shrubs, including
serviceberry, red huckleberry, and red elderberry, provide fresh bird food
and seasonal interest. The primary understory growth of salal, fern, huckleberry,
mahonia, and grasses was supplemented with a large planting of kinnikinick
or bearberry—another excellent food source for birds—as well as additional
salal and Oregon grape.
There are a few nonnative ornamental species, many planted for sentimental
reasons. A family member provided a lilac, for example, and wisteria was planted
on the large trellis perpendicular to the house. "We wanted to have some seasonality,"
notes the husband, an East Coast transplant. "We thought one way to accomplish
that was to have a deciduous vine on the trellis—when it blooms, it changes
the whole house." In summer, the wisteria provides some cooling green in an
area of the concrete structure that captures the heat of the afternoon sun.
As the landscape neared completion, fallen logs were brought back in and set
by hand around the pond and in other key areas. Snags for birds to land on
were placed in and near water features and the new stormwater detention basins.
"We went back and forth on how many snags to use," Coburn says. Fearing that
purchased snags could have been poached from natural landscapes or even derived
from living trees, a decision was made to use only material available on site.
A big windstorm in the fall of 2003 took down some trees on a nearby property
and provided an additional source of snags. "I talked my neighbor into giving
me some logs," the husband reports. "I hauled them back here and placed them
as naturally as possible."
Maintenance of the installed landscape is minimal—two or three hours a month,
according to the husband. "I come out here and I weed beds. Is that maintenance?"
the wife asks. "I'm out here enjoying the sun and listening to the birds."
Their shared emphasis on stewardship of the land inspires
continuous efforts at restoration. "We wanted to do this in phases," the
husband reports. "If nothing else, I want to live here for a while to
understand the rhythms of nature here." Right now, the owners are researching
nonchemical means of ridding a natural drainage swale of reed canary grass and
establishing native willow in its place.
What about the birds? Ironically, the Birdwatcher's Residence is something
of a victim of its own success. As they have for many years, the owners participate
in Cornell University's Backyard Bird Count. So far they have counted close
to 45 different species at their current home, among them three different
species of woodpecker. Over the 19 years they lived at their previous home
in the suburbs, the couple identified more birds, 72 species to be exact.
"Of course, we have been here only a few years," the wife admits with a smile.
"But it is harder for us to determine how many birds are here because there
is so much for them in the landscape that they don't come to the feeders the
way they did at our last place."
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Gregariousness and a sense of mischief may combine today to lead you to some good-natured teasing of your friends and loved ones. Your sense of humor is likely to be infectious and you could find yourself on the receiving end of jokes as well. When humor is intended to bring laughter rather than to demean, it is a way of forging bonds and helping us to lighten up and not take ourselves so seriously. There are times and issues that may be too sensitive to be joked about, but when we are in a positive mood and aim to share our joy with those close to us, we may not have to worry about filtering these out. Instead today you can allow yourself to freely enjoy your mischievous sense of humor and the bonding it brings.
Because we all know that laughter is some of the best medicine, we can acknowledge that sharing it is good for the well-being of all those around us. In addition to lifting the mood and making life more fun, laughter and happiness ease tension and stress and relax our bodies. Even though a good belly laugh can leave us feeling tired, we can remind ourselves that our organs just received a good massage. By sharing your sense of fun today, you allow yourself to get in touch with your inner child and remember that life can be a game, and you help others to do so as well.
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Volvo CE participated in the Expoles exhibition which was held 28 and 30 of May in the city of Tver'.
The exhibition was supported by The Timberman and Timberexporters Union and The Forestry Agency of the Tver' region.
Forest and woodusing industries are most perspective at the region economy. That is why the main exhibition purposes and goals were to demonstrate the newest developments and technologies in woodworking, harvesting equipment, new instruments, devices and apparatus, investment projects.
The Volvo stand not far from the entrance to the exhibition was decorated with a L110F Loader in harvesting configuration.This machine is ideal for working in the most difficult conditions. At the Volvo stand clients got comprehensive information about the Volvo construction equipment and qualified help in choosing it.


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The steady rain may be over, but clouds will hold tough through week's end.
Wednesday's rain lasted all day and totaled 1.48″ in Hingham. Combined with rain and snow melt from the rest of February, the month's total climbed to 6.7″. That's nearly 3″ greater than average!
Thursday will remain mainly cloudy and mainly dry. A few random, hit or miss showers will still roam through. Temperatures will reach the upper 40s.
As temperatures fall overnight Thursday into Friday, keep in mind that any random rain showers will turn to snow showers. A few places may pick up a dusting-1″, especially southwest of Boston.
The daylight hours of Friday will also be cloudy and primarily dry. Like Thursday, a few random hit or miss showers are possible.
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Heisaku is a normal dude: he attends night classes at the local university and goes out drinking with his friends. However, the student has an unusual hobby that nobody knows about: he is obsessed with "in-between spaces". He loves wandering around and peering between buildings, musing over the items that end up in these spaces, and imagining what could be hidden from view behind corners and walls. Naturally, when the girl that lives across the way leaves her curtains slightly open, Heisaku can't help but peer in at his neighbor, and imagine what she's like despite only seeing a few inches of her at a time. But little does he know, she's spying on him too…
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Representation by an Arlington DUI attorney is essential if you're facing drunk-driving charges in Virginia. Virginia's DUI laws are some of the toughest in the nation. According to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the penalty for a first-time DUI offender in Virginia includes a mandatory $250 fine and a year-long driver's license revocation. Those who are charged with more than one DUI in Virginia face sentences including higher fines, longer revocations, and potential jail time. Someone convicted of their fourth or more DUI will face a year behind bars and is required to permanently forfeit their vehicle. Those facing their second or subsequent drunk driving charge in Virginia must ensure that they hire an Arlington DUI attorney who has experience defending repeat DUI offenders.
Tracy Michael Decker's Mugshot from the Virginia Beach Police Dept.
A man who recently appeared in Virginia Beach Circuit Court gives new meaning to the term "repeat DUI offender." Earlier this month, a judge sentenced 39-year-old Tracy Michael Decker to seven years in prison for what, it turns out, was his 25th drunk driving arrest. Per the Daily Press, Decker's drunk driving arrests were received in multiple states, and it's unclear how many resulted in DUI convictions.
The defendant's most recent Virginia Beach DUI arrest took place in January of 2006, after police responded to an altercation that he was involved in with a toll-booth employee at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Decker registered a blood-alcohol level of more than three times the legal limit, and also had an open container of alcohol and two children in his car. Although he received a 20-year prison sentence for that incident, 15 years of it was suspended, and he was released from prison in August of 2010. He has since had 4 DUI arrests in Alabama. Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge Stephen C. Mahan revoked and then re-suspended a portion of Decker's previous sentence, resulting in a seven-year prison term left to serve. Decker is also required to undergo substance abuse treatment and will be unable to drive for 20 years following his release from prison. It's unknown whether or not the defendant was represented by an Arlington DUI attorney.
It's not only repeat offenders who require the assistance of a skilled Arlington DUI attorney. Virginia's drunk driving laws are both strict and complex. The legal BAC limit for drunk driving in Virginia is .08. Yet, you can still be convicted of a DUI in Virginia even if your BAC is below the legal limit if law enforcement officials determine that your ability to drive is impaired by drugs or alcohol. Additional penalties are imposed for those convicted of driving with an open container of alcohol in the car, transporting minors while under the influence of alcohol, or drinking or possessing alcohol on school grounds. Virginia also has a zero-tolerance law for underage drinkers. Someone under the age of 21 can be convicted of a DUI if they have any amount of alcohol in their system. Last, drunk driving is a criminal offense in Virginia. This means that a DUI conviction could result in a permanent criminal record.
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Neobatrachus aquilonius
Northern Burrowing Frog
|family: Myobatrachidae
subfamily: Limnodynastinae
Distribution and Habitat
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Australia
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Trends and Threats
Conservation Measures
Barker, J., Grigg, G. C., and Tyler, M. J. (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty and Sons, New South Wales.
Cogger, H.G. (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books, New South Wales.
Tyler, M.J., Smith, L.A., and Johnstone, R.E. (1994). Frogs of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Written by J-M Hero et al. (m.hero AT mailbox.gu.edu.au), Griffith University
First submitted 2002-04-05
Edited by Ambika Sopory (2008-09-24)
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Citation: AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2016. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Sep 28, 2016).
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Dynamics of Partial Differential Equations
ISSN Print 1548-159X ISSN Online 2163-7873
4 issues per year
Charles Li (University of Missouri - Columbia)
Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)
Publishes novel results in the areas of partial differential equations and dynamical systems in general, with priority given to dynamical system theory or dynamical aspects of partial differential equations.
Publishing since 2004.
4 issues per year, in March, June, September and December.
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a dickslap across the face
от KKKenival 03 март 2004
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Originated in Tony Danza's mythic early days as a porn star. His signature move was said to be a mushroom welt (cockslap), during which he'd shout out his surname.
*wet slapping sound.* DANZA!
от Prof. DT 18 май 2006
using your dick to slap any part of the body orignated by Tony Danza in his years before t.v. while in porn
God your going to get the danza!
от the originator 11 април 2005
Alternatively, you can say "Who's the Boss" rather than "Danza".
See above. Or below. Whatever.
от jseale1978 06 август 2004
the name given to the part of ones hair cut that covers the top part or top half of the ear.
check out most pictures of 1980s actor TONY DANZA.....wow, check out that dudes danzas!
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A less derogatory word describing a person from italian descent.
"yo check out that danza eating pasta over there"
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The patch of hair on a man's ass just above the butt crack. Reference old Who's The Boss episodes where Tony Danza wears swim trunks.
Dude! Pull up your pants...I can clearly see your Danza!
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20 Burpees
Whole class WOD: In stadium style: 2 rounds for time:
20 Burpees
20 Pull Ups
20 Wall Balls (no heavier than (20/14)
20 Box Jumps (no higher than 24/20)
20 Kettlebell Swings (no heavier than 24/16)
20 Weighted Lunges (no heavier than 45/25)
20 Hang Power Clean (no heavier than 95/65)
20 Kick Outs
If this working is baffling you, or you cannot find something appropriate in google that will explain stadium style, allow me to interpret:
- Class lines up
- First person does 20 Burpees
- When that person is done they move on to 20 Pull Ups and the next person in line starts their 20 Burpees
- Once both of them have finished, the person doing Pull Ups moves on to Wall Balls, the person doing Burpees moves onto Pull Ups, and the third person in line begins their Burpees.
- Once the first person finishes the seventh exercise, they will go to the back of the line and start again in their second round.
- No one can move on until everyone has completed the twenty reps of their appropriate exercise
- When the last person has finished the Kick Outs on the second round, time will stop
- Work as a team
- Don't "game" anyone station
- You have to have the appropriate amount of fun doing this
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Chapter 3
receptor protein
A protein on the cell membrane that recognizes and binds to specific substances is called a(n) ___?
Which of the following instruments produces highly magnified three-dimensional images of a cell's surface?
answer: transport proteins
_________ __________ in the cell membrane aid the movement of substances into and out of a cell.
answer: central vacoule
In plant cels, rigidity is provided by a large, membrane-bound sac called the ___ _____.
answer: nucleus pores
______ ______ allow certain substances to pass into and out of the nucleus of a cell.
answer: polar, non-polar
The "head: of a phospholipid is _______, so it is attracted to water, while the "tails" are ________, so they are repelled by water.
answer: 500
If a compound microscope has a 50x objective lens and a 10x ocular lens, a viewed image appears _____ times larger than its actual size.


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The Best Movies Available on Disney Movies AnywhereKristen Howerton
This month, Disney launched a new free app and service that makes collecting and watching its movies much easier. The app is called Disney Movies Anywhere, and it allows you to buy a Disney, Pixar, or Marvel movie once — just once — and then watch it anywhere. On your computer. On your iOS devices like iPhone or iPad. On your web-connected TV. The launch of this service is conveniently timed with the iTunes release of the hit movie Frozen. Even more enticing, for a limited time, Disney is giving away a digital copy of The Incredibles for free to everyone who signs up for the cloud-based service.
Here's how it works. To start using the service, you download the DMA app or set up an account with the DMA site. Then you can import the supported films from your iTunes account. If you've purchased a newer DVD, you can type in the digital rights code from the packaging. Once you've done that, the movie is available for you to stream or download anytime, anywhere. For parents, it even lets you control which movies a kid can see based on MPAA ratings.
Just to give you an idea of the movies supported by the service, I've compiled some favorites from Disney's list of at least 420 films.
- Piglet's BIG Movie
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Tigger Movie
- Tarzan
- The Rescuers
- The Little Mermaid
- A Bug's Life
- Toy Story 1, 2, and 3
- Brave
- Up
- Cars 1 and 2
- Finding Nemo
- Monsters Inc.
Disney Classics:
- Oliver and Company
- Robin Hood
- The Aristocats
- Mary Poppins
- Peter Pan
- Bambi
Marvel Universe:
- The Avengers
- Captain America
- Iron Man (all of them)
- Thor
- Secretariat
- The Game Plan
- Ice Princess
- Air Buds (all kajillion of them)
- The Mighty Ducks
- Remember the Titans
- Herbie (yay!)
If it's got "Muppet" in the title, it's in here, from The Great Muppet Caper to the one with Jason Segel.
Inspired by True Stories:
- Saving Mr. Banks
- Miracle
- Glory Road
- Squanto
- Night Crossing
- Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
- The True Life Adventures series
- Endurance
- Sacred Planet
Go ahead and browse the site. You'll find a bunch of categories — Disney Fairies, Mickey and Friends, Princesses AND SO MANY MORE. It makes finding what you want so easy. I'm excited about this.


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I may have been out of the game too long, but in my day I probably wouldn't want my party to be associated with state-sponsored vaginal probes.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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THREE games. Two hundred and seventy minutes. Four-and-a-half hours. Call it what you will, the title is tantalisingly close. You can almost touch it. With Chelsea – still fresh from their poetic Stamford Bridge collapse to a Fabio Borini-inspired Sunderland – to come to Fortress Anfield on Sunday, we lead the table by five points after a club-record equaling 11 wins in a row. We're a good side. We're a great side. Even the neutrals love us. And we're on the precipice of one of – if not the greatest achievements in the 122-year history of the club. And yet the torture continues. It's been 24 years. Can't someone just tell us what happens?
We're blowing sides away, scoring goals for fun, steaming out of the traps and bowling teams over before they've had a chance to straighten their shirts. And yet it still isn't in the bag. There's still that doubt, that niggly finger in the ribs, that imaginary sucker punch that leaves you sat bolt upright in bed with beads of sweat on your forehead. At 4am. On a work night. Whatever happens, it's been a great season. But we've come this far. We're that close. Only Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Newcastle stand in our way.
But this fight. This battle. This nail-destroying marathon to glory. It all goes to show just how hard this league is to win. And it also explains the sleepless nights, the fresh batch of grey hair, the relapse of smoking habits and the new reliance on alcohol. This is simultaneously the best of seasons and the worst of seasons. The best because Liverpool are back as a force to be reckoned with. The Red Machine is in full effect. Competing. Restoring our pride. Playing the best football in the land. Qualifying for the Champions League. Making us dream. But we want more. And we can get more. Think about the football we've been playing. Think about the goals we've been scoring. Think about the determination etched on the faces of Martin Skrtel, Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez. We want it and so do they. Why not us?
The worst? The worst because of the unknown. The doubt. The worry. The anguish. The limbo. The waiting. What do we do here? It seems no-one knows. The cool old-school Reds? Their heads have gone. They're staggering around in the street with an incredulous expression slapped across their faces just like you are. The new generation? They've lost it as well. They're bouncing around with a permanent grin singing "We Are Liverpool" at all-comers. The rest of world thinks we're crazy. We know we are.
This is unprecedented. Ask anyone who was there the last time we won the league in 1990 and they'll tell you it was met with almost a shrug. It was clinched with a 2-1 win over QPR at Anfield with two games to spare in front of 37,758. A polite clap, a clench of the fist. Same time next year, lads. We expected it. We were the best. It had become almost routine – winning the league was what we did.
Then it changed. We went backwards. Almost went bust. We haven't won it since Happy Mondays, Adamski and Snap! were in the top 10. So now? No-one predicted this and no-one knows what to do. Before a ball was kicked this season, Neil Atkinson asked loads of Anfield Wrap contributors for their thoughts on how the season would go for the website. I make it that 16 of us answered on Liverpool. Two went for a third-placed finish, three went for fourth, six went for fifth and five went for sixth. A title challenge? Not a hint of it. That was crazy talk. We (I said sixth) were with Steven Gerrard on this. It was too much too soon. We were in transition. We were building. We couldn't compete with the club paying the biggest wages in sport. The squad was too small. But no-one told Brendan Rodgers. No-one told the players. No-one told Steve Peters.
And now look.
The red half of Liverpool right now is a big bottle waiting to be popped. It's been shaken for almost a quarter of a century and the city's bars await its opening with welcoming arms. It's got to be drunk. It has to be. And imagine the taste.
Anyone fortunate enough to be in the ground for the Manchester City game, or in Liverpool afterwards, will know exactly what I mean. This isn't something people are dispassionately consuming and going about their business. This is something we are part of, excited by, consumed by. We're willing it to happen and it's happening. Look at the flags, the banners, the scarfs. Listen to that primeval roar that has been tumbling from The Kop. Look at the thousands lining the streets to greet the team to home games. This doesn't happen anywhere else. We're the story. If City or Chelsea win the league, who's arsed? If Liverpool win it? It's a fairytale. Another one. And we're in it. This magic has even woken the Main Stand from its slumber. This is special and we're a part of it. This is football.
So now we go again. Remember "the power of Anfield Road"? Wait until Sunday.