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The world was white. No sky, no ground, no horizon. No features to settle ones eyes upon, no markings to act as reference. Just pure, blemishless, uncorrupted white.
Somewhere in the midst of it all sat a man. It didnt help that he dressed in cloak and robes of ivory cotton wrapped tightly around his slender form, or that his gaunt features faded to ghostly translucent pallour beneath his hood. Insignificant, irrelevant, only the thick black frames of his glasses stood out as a clear indicator of his existence.
Somewhere opposite him sat a woman. She too dressed in robes of white, but unlike her counterpart her very presence gave off a glow so golden as to illuminate the entirety of the blank slate that surrounded her. Majestic wings of soft feathery white folded against her back, pinions the length of a grown mans forearm drooping past her knees.
We have given you a glimpse into the future, a view of the skeins of fate. The voice seemed to echo from everywhere at once: gentle and comforting, strident and stentorian. The woman had not even opened her mouth. We would know your thoughts.
Four of infinity? he argued. No doubt what you wished to show me, of course.
A weighted distribution, we agree.
Desperate times, desperate measures. One bushy eyebrow rose tiredly, certain that the woman could read his mind anyways, and that anything he said would only be used to judge him against his thoughts. The small smile playing about her lips confirmed his suspicions. Why me?
We ask, why not?
The man shrugged in weary resignation, indicating his battered and powerless frame. He hid his scars and bruises beneath the clothes he wore, but the lenses balanced precariously upon his nose did little to hide the haunted shadows beneath his eyes, or the darkness that dwelt within.
Somebody has to do something, and I suppose that everybody has their part to play. I just cant help but think that there are heroes out there far better qualified for the job than myself. Someone who isnt as likely to botch it.
We note your lack of confidence as your defining quality, the darel spoke again, folding her hands in her lap. Second only to your determination to do what is right, and to protect the one you hold dear.
So Im least likely to abuse any power that I might acquire along the way?
We do realise that you have little aspiration for yourself beyond protecting others.
The young man actually laughed, rueful and sorrowful as it sounded. Im expendable no, not only that. Im willing to be expended.
The demi-Thaynes silence told him all he needed to know.
I suppose thats fair enough he sighed in the end. Little had marked the passage of time save for the barely existent rise and fall of his chest; even the air settled still and lifeless against his bare cheeks. The four visions played through his mind again and again, one after another, until the details of their deaths branded like scars upon his brain.
We never did save her, then, did we
He paused, a soft cough escaping his lungs.
Or at least, we were unable to save her in those futures.
We ask, would you do so differently given a second chance?
Who knows? he replied without hesitation, his shy sheepish smile creeping slowly across his features. I would trust myself to at least try to make the best possible decisions at the appropriate times, even if I were not able to follow them through. It is difficult to say that I would do anything differently.
He transferred his brown-eyed gaze to his hands, noting the frostbite starting to nibble on his digits. It seemed that the depths of the Berevaran winter had begun to take their toll on his body. He had come this far in spite of inadequate protection against the subzero wind, hunger and thirst, festering wounds, lack of sleep, and solitude, but now at long last his spiritual reserves ran low. Once he exhausted their final dregs, and the subconscious wards that maintained his body temperature above death-inducing gave way
But one mans actions might have a ripple effect on those of others. Changing the past in such a way may be difficult, especially if everybody elses response is set in stone. But the future the future is a blank slate, fluid and slippery. I doubt that even you could safely say that what youve shown me will come to pass.
Indeed we cannot.
In which case, I can only do what we humans do best.
We see that you will not give up.
I will never give up, he promised, through the wracking throes of another set of coughs. That, too, held true in the visions that you showed me.
Indeed it did. The Celestial smiled from otherwise unmoving lips. We wish you fortune.
Well done, the man told himself as he watched the robed lady and her ethereal beauty fade away into the white. In moments he sat alone once more. You just signed up for solitary suicide on the basis of your stupidity and stubbornness.
Interestingly, no matter how he interrogated his soul, he found that he had absolutely no regrets. In the end, it was the best way the only way to try to save what he fought for.
The light of her presence dissipated and died, and gradually he grew aware of the seeping cold hidden in the dark shadows that now cocooned him on all sides. Then the comfortable silence shattered like an illusion, replaced by an incessant background howl that almost immediately threatened to drive him insane. The whiteness of his world turned into reality: a tomb of thickly packed snow, blown onto and around his seated form by a wind so powerful he could not even stand against it. His thoughts came to him slowly, as if wading through a quicksand quagmire, not particularly complimentary even when they finally did arrive.
You were hallucinating again. You have to stop
Deep inside, on the basis of primal instincts he hadnt realised he possessed, he also knew that he had to keep moving. The cocooning snow kept him relatively warm and safe for now, but by nightfall if such a concept existed in this winter wasteland it would bury him so deep that he would not emerge again until summer. By then, it would be too late.
Despite the excruciating pain and fatigue carved upon his features, he rose to his knees. Miniature mountains of snow cascaded like avalanches from his shoulders as he squared up once more to the journey ahead. One agonising step at a time he began to crawl, nearly buried up to his shoulders in the frost, fighting to keep the feeling in his extremities. Almost immediately his lungs tried to escape from his body once more, and only because he ran out of the strength to continue did they finally calm down.
He was so cold. What parts of his body he could still feel slowly succumbed to the infectious numbness, the insidious chill dulling the flow of life within his veins. The thick flurries rendered him blind and the ceaseless wind robbed him of his hearing, and his hands almost visibly blackened with the frost. The flames of his soul flickered, nearly dead, and only sheer force of will kept them in place for now.
He was so hungry. His stomach gnawed away at his insides like a ravenous beast, slowly but surely eating away at the rest of his vital organs. Urges that had settled into the background hubbub now returned to the fore in frenzied need, and he found it more and more difficult to ignore the frequent dizzy spells and the overall weakness of his body. And the cough the incessant hacking cough that accompanied any form of physical effort the bloody phlegm that clogged the pits of his lungs
He was in so much pain. The world spun crazily with every move he made, agony the only sensation that penetrated the numbness. The corrupted scar on his chest pulsated with each haggard breath, to the point where he almost found it preferable not to breathe at all. The stench of rotten decay only worsened the burning throbbing barely contained within the confines of his head.
He was so tired. For how long had he wandered the frozen far reaches, pressing on towards his distant goal? For how long had he wandered the eternal darkness, fighting the winds and enduring the storms? For how long had he forgone food and drink, heat and sleep, all those basic necessities that he took for granted even in a war zone?
He was so alone. Here more than ever his existence meant absolutely nothing, his presence fading to absolute insignificance. Here more than ever his powers paled in comparison to those brought to bear against him, and the knowledge that he had accumulated over years of painstaking effort perished to naught. Here more than ever, the home hed given up seemed so far away.
He had consciously chosen the perilous land route north and east, since it decreased the chances of collateral damage and of involving any more innocent lives in battles aimed to ensnare him. He had thought himself somewhat accustomed to the dangers that such a solitary journey entailed, thought it an acceptable risk given the consequences. And now, in the end, he supposed that the gamble had failed; what little luck he could count on had deserted him.
But still he found his fate to be an acceptable one in comparison with the alternative. Better he die alone and without causing trouble to others, than in the midst of devastation and death that would not have occurred had he not been present.
And always like a stowaway in the back of his mind lingered the question: what price would he be asked to pay this time? Benign, or malignant? Deadly, or harmless? Critical, or dispensable? The only saving grace, perhaps, was that it would undoubtedly manifest as something he could bear alone
I suppose that I am unworthy of fortune, then.
He doubled up in sudden agony, curling foetal upon the frigid snow plains. The excretions of his latest bout of coughing blossomed like crimson flowers upon the blemishless white, visible even in the infinite darkness. His eyes strained to focus, and said flowers wavered in and out of his sight until they dominated his blurry field of vision. Slowly they then melted away beneath his fevered panting, as once again he tried to muster the strength to soldier on.
Still, I will never give up
Even if his next step took him an hour, or a day, or
Never give
Even if his next breath came in minutes, or in years, or
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I would be very leery about any product that would encourage you to put your finger in the trigger guard before you've made the decision to shoot.
This is a discussion on Armalaser within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Does anybody have any experience with these. I looked one over at a gun show in Raleigh this past weekend and it looks promising. The ...
Does anybody have any experience with these. I looked one over at a gun show in Raleigh this past weekend and it looks promising. The laser activates when a person's finger goes inside the triggerguard and touchs a sensor pad. Deactivates in approx. 8 seconds when the finger is removed. Right now they are being made for Glocks, Kel-Tec, and Kahr's. According to their website they are coming out with a model for the XD in July. According to their website the unit is made in the US. It looks like a pretty durable unit, but looks can be decieving.
I would be very leery about any product that would encourage you to put your finger in the trigger guard before you've made the decision to shoot.
I don't generally like lasers on firearms, I think money would be better spent on training ammo. For a little bit more cash you could get either a Crimson Trace or Lasermaxx, either of which you would be able to use a standard holster with probably, unlike the unit you are looking at. The other two companies have pretty good reputations too.
I don't like that you have to put your finger in the trigger guard before ready to shoot if you have to pull your firearm you don't want to have your trigger finger flailing around trying to hit the laser then back to the trigger, too much room for error when the same thing can be accomplished better with a different system. Or the fact that it has a set limited duration to stay on, too likely to not be on when you want it, or be on when you don't want it.
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They have a very sensitive "ON" you do not need to put your finger completely in the trigger guard or actually on the trigger.
But, really though that is where your finger should be once you've made a decision to shoot and that is when the laser instantly comes on.
Seems workable to me.
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Unlike the Crimson Trace laser, which I have on my Taurus 850, the Armalaser, which my wife and I both have on our Kel-Tec 32s, only remains on for 12 seconds after you place your finger on the trigger. Therefore, putting your finger on the trigger prematurely could cause the laser to go off just when you need it. We practice keeping our finger off the trigger until we are ready to shoot. This seems to work well.
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Hi all, thought I would just chime in. The ArmaLaser is designed so that you can either turn on the laser in those very quick defensive situations where it is ''draw and fire'' while not having to perform a secondary action such as hunt for a switch or change your grip pressure. Our purpose was to have the laser turn on as you are ready to fire.
However, if you do have the time to be tactical, you can turn the laser on without having to put the trigger finger into the trigger guard:
Using a modified Weaver stance (shooting hand on grip, trigger finger on the side of pistol, while the opposite hand is supporting the pistol and trigger hand) extend the thumb of your non-trigger hand to hit the touch sensor strip.
This way, your trigger finger stays out of the trigger guard, and your laser is actuated.
It was designbed to have the best of both worlds, instant-on when needed, stealthy and tactical if time permits.
Hope that helps.

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The commercial cement truck hit the back passenger side of my 2006 lexus es330 while I was sitting at a light. I now have a herniated disc and 2 bulging discs. They have assumed full liability. Ive been going to treatment for a month now. What Is ...
You are going to receive a lot of answers given the type of case you have and the serious injuries you have sustained. Do this for yourself - look up that lawyer on his website and think to yourself is this someone I want on my side on my team. If that's me, terrific. If it's someone else that's good too. Give that lawyer a call and meet. You'll get a lot of your answers.See question
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The psychiatrist began sharing personal information to a vulnerable patient. The psychiatrist and patient stopped therapy for the purpose of engaging in a personal then sexual relationship. A few weeks elapsed before the 'outside' relationship beg...
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I was at fault in a car accident and hit a guy, and since my bodily injury limits was $25,000/person, which was considered not enough for him, so he is now making an Uninsured motorist bodily injury claim to his carrier. On the other side, his att...
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Out of all the attorneys? Just wondering, thanks.
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I was involved in a hit and run early Saturday morning around 1:45AM. I followed the guy and got the tag number. At the time of the accident I had a minor headache. I woke up Saturday afternoon in serious pain. Went to urgent care and got an exam ...
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The Philips press conference room was pretty slick, with LCD panels lining the walls and cool lighting creating an ambience. The talk was of a 'connected planet' as demonstrated by products such as its Wi-fi enabled Stremium line.
Philips was very proud of its new 'Ambilight 4' flat-panel TV technology, which is claims has enabled it to reach a double digit market share in North America. This is essentially lights attached to the back of the TV that glow and change colour in response to the colour content on the screen. If that's sounds flash, gimmicky and very Las Vegas you'd be right, but it's surprisingly effective. It's certainly a good example of, quite literally, thinking outside of the box, and really is something that no other manufacturer offers.
Ambilight 4 differs from version 3 by dint of the fact that the TV is set onto its own white frame, so as to ensure that the effect works when the TV is mounted on dark walls or even on a stand away from a wall. This adds to the size of the TV though, and t the moment Ambilight is only available on screen sizes of 42in and above. However, the US Product Manager told me that there will be a more European wall friendly 37in version launched in the middle of the year.
When Ambilight is combined with its ClearLCD, for smoothing out motion, and improving contrast and viewing angle along with its new PixelPlus 3 technology that adds detail, Philips' TVs should really be a force to be reckoned with in the image quality stakes.
But how about a flat TV that looks like a mirror but turns into a LCD TV at the touch of a button. This has got to take the plaudits for the most wife friendly TV on the planet. The MiraVision is available in 32in and 42in sizes. Philips had one on display at the stand and I took a picture but I'm not showing you that as it's got my mug reflected in it. Have these press shots instead.


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In a rematch, middleweight Marcos Nader (17-0-1, 2 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Roberto Santos (18-7-3, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Multiversum in Schwechat, Austria. The light-punching Nader combined ring movement and quick, accurate blows to seize Santos' EBU-EU middleweight title by scores of 116-112, 116-112, 115-113. Their first bout ended in a draw.
In a clash of unbeaten heavyweights, Erkan Teper (10-0, 6 KOs) won on points over eight rounds against Timur Musafarov (6-1, 5 KOs).
Welterweight Timo Schwarzkopf (11-0, 7 KOs) scored a second round KO Over Istvan Kiss (11-8, 7 KOs)
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05' 645ci convertible Logic 7 Amplifier Replacement
i come from Germany-Berlin
I got a 645ci and my sub from left, rear side are sound like he blowing up
its the amp 100% but now i tryed to open the plastic trunk cover but there's one problem:
I removed all screws etc,,, but theres 1 fiber cable that hold the cover?
how i remove him??, and
DOES Somebody have a nice guide how to replace amp????? this would be nice!!!!
gretting's from hauptstadt berlin
Please could someone help me!!
I used the search function but only found 1 thread and there's no guide how to replace :/
Here are the TIS instructions: Online TIS Logic 7 Amp Removal
I'll go take a few screenshots of the missing first 2 steps. I'll need to get those from my local copy of the TIS.
Here is a step by step set of instructions, no pictures but it explains that you need to unplug the fibre optic cable. coug60's Logic 7 amp install DIY
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Make sure you reattach all the way, this has something to do with the convertible top if memory serves me correctly.
EDIT: On a side note, the TIS program also has a special warning you should be aware of. When removing and installing the Wheel Arch Cover take extra care and confirm that the convertible drain hose is still attached. It is easy to knock it off and then you will have water ruin your electronics in the trunk.
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Here are a few more TIS instruction pages. First 2 on how to remove trim and last is how to remove the amp.
Omg, Thanks to all who help me!!, it helped me allot!
This is the best helpful forum in the world for Beamers;)
Thanks again...
Now i removed the whole cover (trim or w/e) , And Removed 5 Screws
But the Amp Dont move a bit!!!
Now i Explore , Behind the Amp are 2 screws more
But how the hell i get the screws removed?? my fingers are fat and even with the pincers i cant get it drilled
Here i tryed to show u what screws i removed:
I'm now @home
I will make later a Photo with my M-O-B-I-L-E P-HoNE
Sry for my bad english =)
hmmm, I have never gone so far as to have to pull the amp out. I had removed the back carpet and arch for another issue so I am no help there. There must be something you are missing, perhaps you do not need to remove those behind the amp? The TIS shows some releases in the front.
Good luck.
I Fixxed the problem was i dont removed the plates under the amp
Now the amp is removed and i try to fix this by a local hifi dealer
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INDIAN ROCKS — Tampa Prep left little doubt it's the team to catch in Class A-7 after a convincing 4-0 win Tuesday over Indian Rocks Christian. Shaddy Douidar scored two goals and had an assist and Michael Spezza added two goals to help the Terrapins remain undefeated in the district.
"We've got some great individual players but we've been focused lately on making sure they work together," Tampa Prep coach Doug Smith said. "We were able to work together in the second half, and that was encouraging."
It was more like the Douidar show in the first half. In the ninth minute, he made a run down the middle, carving through defenders before he broke open in the 18-yard box. IRC goalkeeper Shane Haas came out to defend Douidar, who made a move to the left about 8 yards in front of the goal.
Haas dove and tripped Douidar, setting up a penalty kick. Douidar nailed the shot into the right corner.
His second goal came in the 40th minute. After Gregg Suglia made a run at the goal and earned a corner kick, he passed to Douidar in the left corner of the 18-yard box. His blast beat a diving Haas and made it 2-0 at halftime.
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The Terrapins (11-1-1) stepped up the offense in the second half. After several near misses, Spezza found the net in the 67th minute. He settled a loose ball just outside the 18-yard box and took an uncontested right-footer that sailed into the right corner.
The final goal came in the 75th minute as Spezza scored again after sliding onto a perfect cross in front of the goal by Douidar.
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B.A. University of Notre Dame, 1983
J.D., cum laude, Syracuse University College of Law, 1986
Professor Henke began his legal career as a judicial law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey. In 1987 he was appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court as Special Master for the asbestos litigation in New Jersey. Subsequently, he was appointed as Special Master in other mass tort litigation, including major landfill cases and the silicone gel breast implant litigation.
In 1991, Professor Henke became an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School. There he taught Products Liability and Toxic Torts, an elective he developed for upper term students. He has published several articles in the field of Products Liability, co-authored a chapter of a Products Liability casebook, and written an article in the area of family law. In 2005, Professor Henke was elected to the American Law Institute.
Professor Henke came to Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1996. A multiple-time winner of the Stanley E. Beattie Award for excellence in teaching, and a member of the Cooley Legal Author Society, Professor Henke teaches Torts I and II, Environmental Torts, Equities & Remedies, and Products Liability.
Henke, Richard C., "Workers' Compensation in New Jersey: Toward a Removal of Workers from the Sacrificial Altar of Production Quotas", 56 Rutgers L Rev 789 (2004).
Henke, Richard C., "Comparative Fault in Products Liability: Comparing California and New Jersey", 19 T M COOLEY L REV 301(2002).
Henke, Richard C., "The Heeding Presumption in Failure to Warn Cases: Opening Pandora's Box?", 30 SETON HALL L REV 174(1999).
Henke, Richard C. and Tortoreti, Philip A., "The Continuing Viability of Santor v. Karagheusian: Does Strict Liability Apply to Direct Economic Loss Cases Involving Consumers and Commercial Entities? ", NEW JERSEY LAWYER (Summer 1998).
Henke, Richard C. and Keefe, John E. "Presumed Knowledge of Danger: Legal Fiction Gone Awry? ", 19 SETON HALL L REV 174(1989).
Henke, Richard C. and Witt, Philip "Child Custody Evaluations: Legal Standards", III NEW JERSEY TRIAL LAWYER,12 (October 1989).
Books and Chapters in Books
Henke, Richard C. and Smith, Frederick T., "Damages and the Problems of Apportionment", (Chapter 9) New Jersey Product Liability Law, (1996).
Henke, Richard C., "Contribution and Indemnification in Products Liability Litigation" in NEW JERSEY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION by John McGoldrick and Frederick T. Smith. Newark, NJ: New Jersey Law Journal Book.
Henke, Richard C., panelist, "Products Liability: Update 1996," presented to Recent Case Law Development in Products Liability Seminar, ICLE, New Brunswick, NJ (April 27, 1996).
Henke, Richard C., panelist, "Mass Torts Update," presented to Recent Case Law Development in Mass Torts Seminar, ICLE, New Brunswick, NJ (April 23, 1994).
Henke, Richard C., panelist, "The New Jersey Product Liability Act: Plaintiff and Defense Viewpoints," presented to Aspects of Common Law Products Liability in New Jersey and its Codification and Modification of the Products Liability Act Seminar. ICLE, New Brunswick, NJ (June 20, 1992).
Henke, Richard C., guest speaker, "The Special Master's Role in Toxic Tort Litigation," presented to Resolution Program for Visiting Justices from India and Sri Lanka Concerning Mass Tort Litigation, Center for Negotiation and Conflict. Newark, NJ (October 10, 1990).
Henke, Richard C., panelist, "Symposium on Critical Issues in Alternate Dispute Resolution," presented to Use of Court-Appointed Mediators and Special Masters Program. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (December 7, 1987).


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So You Want to Organize a Conference?
I've always known that writing my dissertation was the most all-consuming period of my academic career. Nothing else came close to the sustained effort required for that task. Nothing, that is, until I decided to organize an academic conference.
That conference commemorated the 50th anniversary of Japan Study, a partnership between Waseda University at Tokyo and two Midwestern consortia representing 27 liberal-arts colleges. I figured I would get two or three participants from each college and put together a conference of about 75 people. How hard could it be? I've taught courses with enrollment that approached that number.
Fortunately, I scheduled the conference for early October, which allowed plenty of time to work out last-minute details over the summer. Still, in the weeks leading up to the conference, I rode an emotional roller coaster from confidence to despair and finally, once the proceedings were under way, to exuberance followed by exhaustion. Here's what I learned along the way.
Let the participants take the lead. I figured that a group of prominent professors, politicians, and artists would attract a good crowd. So my initial idea was to have five or six speakers (over a few days) asking each of them to make two-hour presentations. But estimates of the cost of honoraria, transportation, and lodging for those speakers shifted my thinking, and, in the end, I sent out a call for papers. Of the 70 faculty members who attended, almost everyone presented at a session. Younger faculty members especially seemed to appreciate the opportunity to present. Another line on the CV never hurts as the tenure decision approaches.
Never on a Sunday. "Don't have sessions on Sunday," was advice I received from many sources. "People don't want to give up their entire weekend." I didn't quite ignore the advice, but I didn't follow it either. The conference went from Friday evening to Sunday noon. My concern was that people would leave late Saturday and skip the Sunday sessions. So I decided to use food as an incentive to stay. On the conference registration form, people could reserve a free sack lunch after the last session. We still had some early departures, but about 70 percent of the participants picked up a lunch on the way out the door.
Ask for help. On Saturday evening, we invited a koto performer from New York City to give a concert on the stringed instrument that is the national instrument of Japan. I made the initial contact with the musician and then informed our campus events coordinator who asked me whether I would like her office to run the event. Because it was part of our conference—and I'm a bit of a micromanager—I initially said that I would take care of all the arrangements.
A few days later, the events coordinator sent me a planning checklist, which led me to change my mind. And I'm glad that I did. With her office in charge, all I had to do was list the performance in the conference schedule. She handled tickets, ushers, the venue, the green room, hotels, local transportation, meals, a master class with the music-department students, and countless other arrangements, including the extra airline ticket for the koto (whew!).
Get a grant and spend it wisely. We were fortunate to receive a grant. That money, along with our program's contribution, allowed us to offer transportation and two nights' lodging to conference participants. I had hoped that people would agree to share rooms, but, without a financial incentive, most people chose a single. We were more successful with our approach to transportation. By limiting airline fares to $400, we encouraged early ticketing. For those who came to the conference by car, we offered 30 cents a mile if you drove alone and 50 cents a mile if you came with another participant.
One of my concerns was that people would register for the conference over the leisurely summer months and then decide to cancel once they got caught up in the busyness of the new academic year. My solution was to require a $75 nonrefundable, registration fee, hoping that a small financial investment would make people more committed to attending. In the end, everyone who registered showed up.
Start slowly. I knew that people wouldn't arrive at the same time, so I began the conference with a 90-minute reception in our library gallery. Our Japanese art historian agreed to install an exhibition from the college's East Asian art collection, and many people gathered there upon arrival. After the reception, we went directly to dinner. The official beginning came with the keynote addresses at 7 p.m., and most people had arrived by then.
Communicate with your speakers. For the keynote addresses, I invited two former college presidents. One, who was about to turn 99 years of age, spoke of the history of our consortial program; the other about the future of East Asian studies at liberal-arts colleges. I was worried about the stamina of our centenarian, so I told him that he shouldn't feel obligated to join us for dinner. To my surprise, he was one of the first people to arrive at the opening reception and had met most of the participants before we left for dinner.
The other former president also had me worried. We had been communicating fairly regularly in the months leading up to the conference, but about three weeks prior he stopped returning my e-mails. During the week before the conference, I started a list of potential replacement speakers. Then his e-mail arrived. It turned out that he and his wife were travelling with limited Internet access, and a message he had sent me about that got caught in my spam folder.
In the end, their talks set just the right tone for the rest of the weekend. So my advice would be to invite people who are engaging speakers, to share with them in detail your expectations for their talks, and to find out whether they're coming to dinner. Then trust that they'll show up. Better still, ask them for contact information during the weeks before your conference.
Be ready for phone calls. On the day of the conference, we made sure to have someone at the office phone to receive last-minute questions. Calls came in from food service, tech support, and the participants themselves. The funniest involved two people who couldn't find each other at the airport. We had arranged for them to share ground transportation, but they had never met before. I walked into the office and watched our administrative assistant on the phone repeating commands back and forth between the two travelers as they wandered the terminals at O'Hare Airport: "Tell me what you see now." "Keep walking." And finally, "Hold up your hand." They met and arrived on time.
Write a call for papers. I posted a long list of possible topics on the conference Web site. But it took quite an effort to secure enough proposals. Over half of the panels came from personal invitations and introductions I made between people on various campuses who share similar interests. I also posted possible presentation styles including lightening talks and PechaKucha. I'm still not exactly sure what those are, but the lists of presentation topics and styles let people know that we were hoping for more than the reading of a research paper.
Beware of politicians. About a year before the conference, I contacted our regional Consulate General of Japan and invited the Consul General to give an opening address on the topic of Japan's changing role in East Asia. He accepted, but a few months later I received word that his talk would have to start a bit earlier as he needed to fly to another location that same evening. Not long after, I received an e-mail stating that the Consul General couldn't come at all, but his deputy would take his place. A few more e-mail exchanges assured me that the content of the talk would not change. Then, during the summer, the Consul General was called back to Tokyo due to an emerging political crisis.
With that change we lost the deputy whose scheduled appearance at our conference was replaced with another official. He proposed a new topic, one that I knew most of the conference participants would not find engaging, so I canceled the opening keynote and added the reception in the art gallery.
To smooth things out with the Consulate General's office, we hope to host the new Consul General for a campus lecture as soon as he is appointed. Our plan is to make it a local, stand-alone event in case the schedule needs to be changed.
Expect miscellaneous issues. No matter how carefully you plan, unforeseen things arise: technology glitches, laptops forgotten in hotel rooms, dead car batteries, and locked meeting rooms. You need to have at least one person at the conference dedicated to nothing but problem solving—24/7 for the entire conference.
Follow your instincts. Listening to colleagues share information at panel sessions and during informal conversations gave me great pleasure, but the most gratifying part of the conference came from a last-minute decision. The week before the conference, I invited a couple of long-retired faculty members who live nearby to join the two former presidents for Saturday dinner. Their exuberant conversations, peppered with stories about the old days, fit well into the festive banquet atmosphere. I can see myself at such a dinner in my retirement future, talking with similar enthusiasm about the nuts and bolts of organizing an academic conference.


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Mechanical Deformation Behavior of Nonpolar GaN Thick Films by Berkovich Nanoindentation
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In this study, the deformation mechanisms of nonpolar GaN thick films grown on m-sapphire by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) are investigated using nanoindentation with a Berkovich indenter, cathodoluminescence (CL), and Raman microscopy. Results show that nonpolar GaN is more susceptible to plastic deformation and has lower hardness thanc-plane GaN. After indentation, lateral cracks emerge on the nonpolar GaN surface and preferentially propagate parallel to the Open image in new window orientation due to anisotropic defect-related stresses. Moreover, the quenching of CL luminescence can be observed to extend exclusively out from the center of the indentations along the Open image in new window orientation, a trend which is consistent with the evolution of cracks. The recrystallization process happens in the indented regions for the load of 500 mN. Raman area mapping indicates that the distribution of strain field coincides well with the profile of defect-expanded dark regions, while the enhanced compressive stress mainly concentrates in the facets of the indentation.
KeywordsGaN Nonpolar HVPE Nanoindentation Cathodoluminescence Raman mapping
GaN-related III-nitride materials have drawn much attention over the last decade owing to its highly expected potential in short-wavelength optoelectronic devices, optical detectors, and semiconductor lasers [1, 2]. In order to further improve the performance of these devices, besides the optical and electrical properties of materials, mechanical characteristics and deformation behavior are also crucial for solving the problems of residual stress/strain introduced by heteroepitaxial films and multiple-layer device structures. Furthermore, semiconductor device processing involves extensively with surface contact, cracking, film delamination, and propagation of dislocations, which may degrade the performance of these devices. Consequently, significant interest in determining the mechanical characterizations of GaN materials is motivated, in particular at the nanoscale level, both in basic research and technological applications.
In this respect, nanoindentation has proven to be a powerful technique for probing the information on the mechanical properties of GaN thin films and substrates with characteristic dimensions in the sub-micron regime, such as hardness and elastic modulus, creep resistance, fracture toughness, and adhesion [3, 4, 5, 6]. The load–displacement curves also reveal the various structural changes within the indented materials during nanoindentation [7, 8]. However, most of the nanoindentation studies were carried out on c-plane GaN films or bulk single crystals at present. To our knowledge, there are only few reports available on the mechanical deformation behavior of nonpolar GaN epitaxial layers, which have been receiving considerable attention to alleviate the spontaneous and strain-induced piezoelectric polarization effects. Such knowledge is of great importance for realizing better manufacturing processes and device stability of nonpolar GaN. In this study, we investigate the main deformation features of nonpolar m-plane GaN thick films during nanoindentation. Moreover, we also discuss how these features correlate with indentation-produced defect microstructures revealed by Raman scattering and cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy.
Experimental Details
The undoped wurtzite m-plane and c-plane GaN epilayers with a thickness of nearly 50 μm, grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method, was used in this study. The detailed growth procedures and structural characterization of the GaN epitaxial layers could be found elsewhere [9]. The nanoindentation tests were performed on MTS Nano Indenter XP system with a continuous contact stiffness measurement (CSM) technique. A diamond pyramid-shaped Berkovich-type indenter tip, whose radius of curvature is approximately 50 nm, was employed for the indentation experiments. All necessary experimental parameters, such as the tip area function and frame compliance, were calibrated prior to each set of experiments using a standard fused silica specimen. A series of continuous load–unload indents were carried out at the load range of 5–500 mN. At least five independent measurements were made for one experimental point. Each indentation was separated by 50 μm to avoid possible interferences between neighboring indents. Here, all indents were performed at room temperature. The analytic method developed by Oliver and Pharr was adopted to determine the hardness (H) and Young's modulus (E) of GaN films from the load–displacement curves [10].
After indentation, the contact-induced defect microstructures were analyzed using CL and Raman scattering. The CL observation was performed using a Gatan MonoCL3 plus equipment, installed on a scanning electron microscope (SEM) (FEI Quanta 200FEG) at room temperature. Finally, a LabRam HR800 spectrometer with an automatized XY table of acquisition was used to record the Raman spectra with excitation wavelength of 532 nm of Ar+laser. Raman area mapping was also recorded for the indentation. The laser beam was focused on the sample with a spot diameter of about 1 μm and the spectral resolution was better than 0.1 cm−1. All the Raman spectra were obtained in backscattering geometry.
Results and Discussion
Figure 3 also shows corresponding CL images of the m-plane indented regions at the load of 500 mN. These CL images clearly illustrate the distribution of deformation-induced extended defects which act as efficient nonradiative recombination centers and dramatically suppress CL emission. The quenching of luminescence can be observed to extend exclusively out from the center of the indentations along the Open image in new window orientation, a trend which is consistent with the evolution of cracks as discussed above. Additionally, in the perpendicular and parallel cases toward the surface slates, dark expanded regions obviously differ, as shown in Fig. 3b and e. This is comprehensible since the different distributions of stress near the indentations are produced at the two modes. In contrast, Jian et al. found an indentation pattern called "rosette" by CL emission, with a sixfold structure symmetry reflecting the hexagonal symmetry of c-plane GaN film subjected to Berkovich nanoindentation [20]. The origin of this discrepancy can be ascribed to in-plane anisotropic defects propagation on the nonpolar m-plane GaN surface.
Figure 4b shows a map of the E2 (high) phonon frequency from the region of the indentation in Fig. 3a. In the indentation regions, it is apparent that the enhanced compressive stress mainly concentrates in the facets. The stress at the center is partly released due to the heavily deformed and strain-hardened lattice structure, suffered from the highest pressure under the indenter tip. Therefore, the high defect structure leads to the Raman shift shown in green at the indentation center. Outside the indentation, the formation of cracks does not cause the local stress relaxation as expected and instead leads to the increase of stress. Furthermore, a comparison of CL and Raman mapping clearly illustrates that the size of the dark defect-expanded regions observed in CL images around indentation coincides well with the profile of red regions with high compressive stress. However, in the defect-expanded regions outside the imprint, the E2 (high) mode remains still symmetric and slightly broadened, and no A1 (LO) mode can be observed as shown in Fig. 4c. It is thus deduced that the recrystallization process does not happen in the defect-expanded regions despite the high residual stress.
In order to summarize, details of nanoindentation-induced mechanical deformation of nonpolarm-plane GaN thick films fabricated by HVPE method have been studied by nanoindentation in combination with CL and Raman. In comparison withc-plane GaN, nonpolar GaN has the longer pop-in length and lower hardness, confirming that the orientation of the basal planes plays a key role in defining the mechanical properties of hexagonal GaN. Indentation at high load can produce slip lines and lateral cracks, preferentially propagating along the Open image in new window orientation. The comparison of CL and Raman mapping clearly illustrates that defect-expanded regions observed in CL images are in agreement with the profile of regions with high compressive stress, which represents anisotropic pattern. Finally, the recrystallization behavior is observed in the indented regions of nonpolar GaN at a maximum load up to 500 mN.
This study was supported by the National High Technology Program of China under Grant No. 2006AA03A143, the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China under Grant No. 60806001, and the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No. ISCAS2008T03. We would also like to thank Professor Li Chen of Peking University for his assistance in the Cathodoluminescence experiments.


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Re: Yanmar and No Start
As you now know, you might see a "surface' reading on your meter but with so much resistance in a bad connection and trying to pull a heavy load through it, no go. A similar condition can exist when grounding a spark plug outside an engine to check for spark. If the high tension voltage is marginal you might see spark but when you put it back in the engine the compression adds more resistance and the plug won't fire.
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Thanks for the update. Good reminder that one of the first things to do when you have such problems is to clean all the battery connections.
One bit of information to other Yanmar owners is that they are noted for having a starting problem if the cable run from the engine to the panel is too long. Voltage drop to the solenoid can cause an intermittent no-start issue. The solution is to add a starting relay in the circuit. Any Yanmar dealer can help with details.
Re: Yanmar and No Start
Similar diagnosis but different problem.
I was checking out a friends boat whose electrical system was not working properly (no running lights, cabin lights and several other switches on the main board did not function).
It was not the first thing I checked but I opened up the battery locker to have a look. The fittings on the battery terminals did not look great but seemed ok. I noticed that one wire was not connected to the 2nd battery's neg (-) terminal. Apparently that wire supplied the ground to one of the negative buses so nothing attached to that bus worked until we shined up the connector and attached it to the battery.
Yanmar and No Start
Great follow up, thanks for the info.
The mechanic reported that the main battery ground, the one connected to the engine, was corroded and bad. He removed the connections, cleaned, and re-installed. Presto chango, the engine starts right up.
I was fooled because I was able to see voltage. I have no way of measuring current, so this one got me.
In the future I will be a lot more careful about checking ground connections.
Yanmar and No Start
The boat I race on has an older yanmar engine. I don't know the model, but it makes around 14 HP. Anyway, I've been racing on this boat for a few years and the engine is easiest starting diesel I've ever seen. The owner turns the key, presses the start button and the engine starts in 1 second.
This year the owner reported that the engine would not start. He would press the start button and nothing happened. He did some troubleshooting and determined the starter was bad. I assisted him and we were not able to get the engine to turn over. So I removed the starter (which wasn't too hard to do) and he bought a rebuild. We put it in this past Monday and the engine started right up. He raced that night. We had race practice Tuesday, and raced Thursday. The engine started and ran great. Thursday night, after the racing was over, the engine would not turn over. We sailed back to the mooring.
Friday I helped trouble shoot. The batteries were a little low (12.4V) so I tried my jump pack. No go. Then I removed one of my new group 27 batteries from my boat and connected that. No go. We gave up and I went home.
Today we tried again: perhaps the rebuilt starter was no good. I removed it and we powered it up sitting on the cabin sole. It spun nicely when I applied power to the main terminal and solenoid. I put the starter back in and nothing. I checked power at the solenoid and when the start switch was activated I saw 12.3V at the solenoid. I measured power at the starter on the heavy wire from the battery and also saw 12.3V. The power was a little low, but I thought it would be enough to turn the engine over.
At this point I have exhausted my knowledge so we went home. The owner got a mechanic to look at the boat and he had it running in about 15 minutes.
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Thank you for your question. I am out right now, but will answer you as soon as possible. Thanks for your understanding.
EMDR is a therapy that uses cognitive behavior therapy in combination with rapid eye movements, usually created when the person follows the therapists finger back and forth in front of them.
The theories vary as to why the eye movement is affective. Some researchers feel it relates to the rapid eye movement during sleep (REM), others feel it helps the body process trauma similar to that of someone watching a movie.
There are no studies that conclusively prove that EMDR works. My belief is that EMDR provides a distraction for the person in therapy as they process traumatic events, allowing them to process these events as a distant memory rather than something they are sitting there and concentrating on. EMDR may be a good tool that works for some people, but unless you are able to believe it works and you can work with the distraction of someone moving a finger in front of your eyes, it may not work for you. It is more likely that talking about the traumatic events or problems you have is more effective than just EMDR by itself. Movement of the eyes will do nothing if not accompanied by therapy.
In any case, it is worth a try if you have attempted other therapies and they have not been affective for you. There have been cases where EMDR is very effective. And as long as it is not harmful, it is worth a try.
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I just returned from yet another weekend road trip. My father passed away last year and my mother is currently in poor health. I have traveled 250 miles each way every weekend for 5 of the past 6 weeks to help get her situated into a new assisted living facitity. I will be gone for the Thanksgiving weekend also.
The weekend travelling and my hectic work schedule (50+ hours per week) have left little time for Tubelab. I have no control over my work schedule (most employees my age have already been "downsized"), or my family obligations. There is no e-mail access at the locations where I have been staying. Although I have been working on web site updates on my laptop while travelling. Answering "e-mail related to secondary employment" is forbidden from work, though limited forum access is not (yet). I get 5 to 20 serious e-mails per day, and a bunch of spam.
Due to my limited time, I have given priority to e-mails from customers that have purchased boards and have questions. I have sold about 25 TubelabSE boards, since their inception. I explained on the web site that this board was never intended to be a beginners project. I also explained that the assembly manual was written for people with some vacuum tube construction experience. In spite of this, most of the purchasers of the TubelabSE turned out to be first time builders. Many had no problems assembling their amplifiers and some wrote glowing e-mails explaining their first experiences of DHT bliss.
On the other hand, I had a few customers who sent e-mails about everything from what kind of soldering iron or digital meter to buy, to what brand of caps, wire, resistors ... to use. Many asked questions that are answered in the manual, or asked me to help them with custom modifications. I answered this mail as politely and accurately as possible, but this consumed almost all of my available time. At this time, I believe that all customers that have contacted me have completed their amplifiers.
Some also made suggestions about how the construction could be made easier, and a few said that they had no idea that building a DHT amplifier could be so expensive. I listened to these requests and created the SimpleSE. This board IS designed for an inexperienced builder, and I have written the manual with this in mind.
The TubelabSE board has detailed instructions to assemble the board, but limited information about physically assembling an amplifier. This is being added to both manuals (SimpleSE first).
Because of my inability to adequately support these boards, I have tried to avoid selling them for the past 6 weeks, since I have limited e-mail access. I have sold a few to repeat customers who already know how to build them. I will continue to sell them to builders who feel confident that they can assemble their amplifier from the instructions given on the web site. I would prefer that beginners start with the SimpleSE board.
I have been catching up on e-mail, and I expect to get through most of them (including yours) in the next week. At this time, I believe that most of my family obligations are taken care of, and I may actually have some time off of work in late December.
At this time I plan to start selling the SimpleSE board as soon as I have time to support it (2 to 3 weeks), and figure out how to set up the shopping cart feature on my web site. I am still a rookie web designer. I plan to add the TubelabSE to the shopping cart as soon as I update its assembly manual. I am doing the SimpleSE first because it generates 5 times more e-mail than the TubelabSE.
There have been a few recurrent questions that I have answered on the web site, but the e-mail still pours in, so I will reitterate here:
The TubelabSE and the SimpleSE are TWO DIFFERENT boards. If you e-mail me saying that you want to purchase "the SE board", I don't know which one that you want.
The TubelabSE is a single ended amplifier board that uses DHT's like the 45, the 2A3, or the 300B. It is not intended as a first vacuum tube project. Yes, I did use a TubelabSE for many of the experiments involving sweep tubes, but these were temporary experiments. I will not offer schematics for these experiments. I blew up one amplifier, and it is too easy for you to fry some parts too.
The SimpleSE is a single ended amplifier board that uses indirectly heated tubes like the 6L6, the KT88, the EL34, and the 6550. They can be operated in triode Ultralinear, or even pentode mode. It is intended for builders of all skill levels.
At this time we do not sell individual parts, kits or complete amplifiers. We simply do not have the time or financial resources to catalog all of the different items. We MAY offer kits at a later date, that decision has not been made yet.
I will add some tube and transformer recommendations to the manuals as soon as they are compiled. This is all based on measured data. I don't plan to go any further down this road. I spent almost $2000 on tubes and transformers for the testing. I can not make component recommendations based on listening tests for someone in a different listening enviornment than mine.
There may be other projects in development. I have learned not to discuss them until they are ready. The unavoidable delays only cause dissapointment to potential customers. There are other projects that can be made with these boards, again I will not discuss them until they are completed.
I have no plans to produce the PowerDrive or the Power Supply boards for the 845SE. These boards have a small demand, and their develompent costs will never be recovered. The 845SE project is too dangerous for most builders. Those who are experienced enough to build am amp of this magnitude should be able to build it from the information given.
One more thing, if the moderators approve, I can start a thread dealing with the SimpleSE. This could be one thread, or two, one to deal with The PC board assembly, and one to deal with building an amplifier with your new board, even a third could be for tweaks and upgrades. I could do the same thing for the TubelabSE as well. Moderators?
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The M40 is a bolt-action rifle used by snipers of the US Marine Corps. Introduced by Remington in 1966, it has had four versions: the M40, M40-A1, M40-A3, and M40-A5. It is a lightweight, recoilless rifle that fires 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Win) cartridges. The changeover to the A1 model was completed in the 1970s, the A3 in the 2000s, and the A5 in 2009. This rifle was used by renowned American snipers and war heroes in the Vietnam War, such as Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney, Adelbert F Waldron, Carlos Hathcock, and Eric R England.
A total of 995 M40 sniper rifles were built by Remington for US Marine Corps to be used in Vietnam. Original M40s were built on Remingtons' model 700BDL actions, with one piece wooden stocks. Today each M40 is built from the Remington 700 bolt-action rifle, and is modified by USMC 2112 (Armorers) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, using components from a number of suppliers. New M40A3s are being built, and A1s are upgraded to A3s as they rotate into the armory for service and repair. The rifles have had many sub-variations in telescopic sights, and smaller user modifications. The M40A5 will incorporate a detachable magazine and a threaded barrel to allow for the use of a sound suppressor or other muzzle device.
Specifications of the M40 Sniper Rifle
Caliber: 7.62mm (.308)
Cartridge: 7.62x51mm NATO
Action: Bolt-action
Barrel length: 610mm or 24 in
Effective range: 800 m
Sights: Scout Sniper Day Scope (SSDS), which is a modified version of the Schmidt & Bender 3-12 x 50 Police Marksman LP II scope.
Weight: M40A1: 6.57 kg (14.48 lb)
Feed: 5 rounds in detachable box magazine
M40-A1 Rifle
M40 Rifle on the range (video)


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More Than 2,000 People Freed After Wrongful Convictions Since 1989
A landmark report from the National Registry of Exonerations has revealed that more than 2,000 wrongfully convicted individuals have been exonerated since 1989. Of those, fully half were African-Americans.
The National Registry of Exonerations, a groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, released its report on Monday. It contains a detailed and up-to-date list of 891 exonerations in the United States since 1989 and is the largest database of exonerations ever compiled.
The report uses a conservative definition of exoneration. Only formal decisions by courts and executive officers count. It also highlights at least 1,170 defendants whose convictions were thrown out in group exonerations, usually resulting from police scandals, bringing the total number to over 2,000. Those freed in group exonerations, however, are not included in the National Registry.
Of the 873 who are covered in the report, 93 percent are men. Half are African-Americans. Thirty-seven percent were exonerated due to DNA evidence.
Since 2000, there has been an average of one exoneration per week in the United States. But those who languish behind bars have spent more than 10,000 collective years in prison for crimes they did not commit, an average of more than 11 years per person.
According to the report, the main causes of exoneration are perjury or false accusation (51 percent), followed by mistaken eyewitness identification (43 percent), official misconduct (42 percent), false or misleading forensic evidence (24 percent) and false confession (16 percent).
Juvenile and mentally disabled individuals who were freed were, respectively, five and nine time more likely to falsely confess, sometimes under duress, than other groups.
Most exoneration cases involve rape and murder, including 12 percent in death penalty cases. That last statistic implicitly raises the possibility that innocent men may be awaiting execution on death rows across America. Some may even have been wrongfully executed.
"The most important thing we know about false convictions is that they happen and on a regular basis," University of Michigan law professors Samuel Gross and Michael Schaffer, co-authors of the study, said in the report.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia famously declared, in Kansas v. Marsh (2006), that in the modern American judicial system there has not been "a single case… in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occurred in recent years, we would not have to hunt for it; the innocent's name would be shouted from the rooftops."
The release of the National Registry of Exonerations just happens to coincide with some very loud shouting from some very credible rooftops. On May 15, Columbia University law professor James Liebman and a team of his students published a study proving that Texas likely executed an innocent man, Carlos DeLuna, in 1989.
Then, days later, Texas judge Charlie Baird came forward to admit he planned on posthumously exonerating Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004 for the 1991 arson deaths of his three daughters. That case was marred by the recantation of a key state's witness and forensic testimony later determined to be "junk science." Willingham's exoneration was thwarted by a state appeals court.
The Death Penalty Information Center counts 140 individuals exonerated and released from death rows across America since 1973.
As of January 1, 2012, there were 3,189 people awaiting execution in the United States, which executed 43 people in 2011. Only four other countries– China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq– put more people to death,according to Amnesty International.
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SNL Promos: Martin Short and Fred Armisen
Posted on December 13, 2012Martin Short is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Paul McCartney. Martin is joined by Fred Armisen for these promos for the show. We love the flashback to when Martin goes full Diva on an unlucky assistant who brought him a Cobb salad instead of the iceberg wedge he requested. Take a look:
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Last year, Apple abandoned MobileMe, which had trouble from day one. Those users though did have 20GB of free online storage while Apple's new iCloud only offered 5GB. Apple did however make up the 15GB difference for one year to those switching over, but alas, that one year ended within the last few days (though some have extensions until September 30th). As a result, Apple sent out "downgrade" notices to people notifying them that they are losing that 15GB. Users can either accept that or pay to keep the extra 15GB.


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American Chemical Society Honors WNYC
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Dr. Edgar C. Britton, president of the American Chemical Society honors WNYC for the show "Headlines in Chemistry." He presents a plaque to WNYC on the 5th anniversary of "Headlines in Chemistry." Mayor Impellitteri responds with gratitude for the honor.
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Beverly Hills single family home sales looks fairly strong. The number of homes sold and median price are up significantly and the days on the market of those homes is down by 31%. The median price sold vs the median list price is down considerably, but in such a high-priced market, one overpriced home can skew the figures. The months supply of inventory is up by two months.


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DESCOVY may cause serious side effects:
- Buildup of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical emergency. Symptoms of lactic acidosis include feeling very weak or tired, unusual muscle pain, trouble breathing, stomach pain with nausea or vomiting, feeling cold (especially in your arms and legs), feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat.
- Serious liver problems. The liver may become large and fatty. Symptoms of liver problems include your skin or the white part of your eyes turning yellow (jaundice); dark "tea-colored" urine; light-colored bowel movements (stools); loss of appetite; nausea; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area.
- You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems if you are female, very overweight, or have been taking DESCOVY for a long time. In some cases, lactic acidosis and serious liver problems have led to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these conditions.
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- Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.
- Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark "tea-colored" urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking DESCOVY?
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May 24, 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Senior Vilmarie Castellvi of the University of Tennessee Lady Vol tennis squad saw her run in the NCAA Singles Championship come to an end Saturday, as rookie Amber Liu of Stanford knocked the veteran out in the title match, 7-6(5), 6-2. Castellvi came into the contest as the tournament's No. 1 seed and the nation's top-ranked player, while Liu held a seeding of fifth and a rating of fourth. The match was played on the University of Florida's Linder Stadium Courts at Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Fla.
Castellvi and Liu were no strangers to one another heading into the contest, as it marked their fourth meeting of the 2002-03 campaign. Liu handed Castellvi her first loss of the year in October in the second round of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. The next two meetings, however, belonged to Castellvi. Less than one month after their match on the West Coast, Castellvi dispatched of Liu in a three-set battle in the Omni Hotels Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in Farmers Branch, Texas, by a 6-7(1), 6-1, 7-6(4) count. Castellvi took their bout in January for the singles title at the Collegiate Tennis Kickoff in Las Vegas, Nev., by a score of 6-4, 6-3.
Liu came out a bit shaky in the first game on Castellvi's serve. Three of the four points claimed by Castellvi during the frame came as a result of unforced errors by Liu. Castellvi had a 15-30 lead in the next game thanks to a pair of backhand winners, but Liu recovered with a couple of winners herself on the forehand side, and a miscue by Castellvi knotted the first set at 1-1. The tone for the set had been decided at that point-long, tiring rallies and capitalizing on the points that mattered most.
Liu tallied the first service break of the match the next game after three deuces. Castellvi led, 40-30, but could not convert on game point as Liu ripped a backhand crosscourt for a clean winner. Castellvi was up and down during the game, hitting winners to put the score back at deuce but giving Liu break opportunities with unforced errors. In the end, it was Castellvi's second double fault of the game and match that gave Liu the upper hand. The Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, native finished with a highly uncharacteristic eight doubles on the day, but she stated it was not the sun that bothered her.
"I just wasn't hitting my serve," Castellvi said.
Castellvi rallied to tie the first set back up at 2-2 with a break of Liu, who reverted back to her play in the opening game by beating herself. The next game featured a hold for Castellvi to put the match back on serve, 3-2, heading to the changeover. Neither player was able to break the other in the following two games, but the eighth game did not follow suit. Castellvi began grinding away on the rallies, forcing Liu to continuously hit one more ball. It worked to perfection and Castellvi was able to snatch the game at love with all of her points coming via Liu's errant shots.
With a sizeable 5-3 lead, Castellvi appeared poised to get the first set under her belt, but Liu would not go away that easily. The Cardinal freshman quickly put her opponent in a 0-40 hole, however, Castellvi was ready to mount a comeback, which was jumped started with a picturesque crosscourt slice forehand drop shot. Liu handed Castellvi the next point when she banged a return on second serve into the middle of the net. Still looking for one more point to send the game to deuce, Castellvi's hunt was dismissed when Liu dictated the next rally, keeping her foe pinned six feet behind the baseline until it resulted in Castellvi mishitting a forehand.
Castellvi was still hungry for the first set and took the first point of the next game, but Liu ran off four straight points from there for an easy hold. Trailing 15-40 on her serve in the ensuing game, Castellvi double faulted to give Liu a 6-5 lead. Liu, however, could not serve out the set, which sent things into a tiebreaker.
The first point of the breaker belonged to Castellvi when Liu tried to hit an off forehand but could not get enough elevation on the ball. Liu continued to stick to her strategy of keeping Castellvi deep behind the baseline and it was beginning to pay serious dividends, as she found herself with a favorable 3-1 margin. Castellvi managed to deadlock the tiebreaker, 3-3, for the first changeover after banging a running forehand passing shot down the line that Liu could only touch with the frame of her racket.
The tension in the match was now getting greater after every point, which was not helped by the fact that the first set was still completely up in the air. Suddenly, Liu decided to switch things up on Castellvi by looking to approach the net on every opportunity and her choice turned out to be a good one. Two of the four points she grabbed to win the breaker were put-aways at the net.
"I wanted to play aggressive in the match because I didn't want to let (Castellvi) dictate the pace of the match," Liu stated. "I came to the net a few times to change it up. I hit the ball hard on the backline. I wanted to try and keep her off her game. She is a great competitor, and I knew what she could do if she was able to play her style of game."
After an incredible opening stanza, it seemed as though the fans would be in for a real treat in round two, but that was not the case. Liu kept Castellvi on her heels the entire set, running her side-to-side and commanding the way the points would be contested. The closest the UT star would get was when she tied things up at 1-1. Castellvi was able to notch one more game to her credit after Liu ripped off four in a row before succumbing by a 6-2 score. Afterwards, Castellvi explained what happened to her game in the second set.
"(Liu) made me miss, basically," said Castellvi. "I was trying to finish the points early. In the first set, I didn't do that and she won the set. I tried to change my game a little bit. I tried to go for too much and started making errors. She played really consistent. I didn't try to do much, she just made me miss. She did that the whole match. During certain games it was always the same thing. I should have played smarter."
Despite the loss, Castellvi still finished her career with the Orange and White as the winningest player in school history thanks to a 140-51 record. She concluded her final season at UT with a 45-5 slate and won 34 of 36 matches during the spring season. Castellvi also went 20-2 against Top-25 opponents this year.
Castellvi will now return to Knoxville to finish two summer courses in order to earn her degree in marketing. Upon her graduation, she plans to train with longtime tennis pro Gigi Fernandez in preparation for her professional career. Fernandez was a top doubles player during her tenure on the tour, winning 17 Grand Slam titles and holding the world's No. 1 ranking eight times from 1991-1995. Currently, Fernandez is the head coach for the University of South Florida's women's squad.
Highlights of the entire NCAA Championships, which includes the team and individual tournaments, will be shown May 25 on ESPN2 at 2 p.m.


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