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Location: HFA Recital Hall
The music discipline of the University of Minnesota, Morris is delighted to welcome the Schubert Trio featuring special guest violist Aaron Janse. The performance is Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in the HFA Recital Hall, with a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. The intimate and exciting chamber music program features trios and quartets of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frank Bridge, and Johannes Brahms.
The Schubert Trio members are violinist Helen Chang Haertzen, cellist Thomas Rosenberg, and pianist Daniel Rieppel. Aaron Janse is a violist with the world-renowned Minnesota Orchestra.
Violinist Helen Chang Haertzen appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Esplanade, Minnesota Orchestra, and orchestras in Europe. She also performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Walden Chamber Players. As a recitalist she performed on the Heifetz Gaurneri violin at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco as well as the Goethe Institute and Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston. An active chamber musician in the Twin Cities, Helen performs regularly with the Isles Ensemble. Haertzen is now in her ninth season with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Thomas Rosenberg is a faculty member at Macalester College and Carleton College teaching cello and coaching chamber music. He also served as String Chamber Music Coordinator and primary coach for the University of Minnesota School of Music. He led chamber music "informances" to audiences around the U.S., and recently presented a series of lectures about the Beethoven String Quartets. Rosenberg's freelance activities include numerous solo and chamber music recitals, performances with the Schubert Piano Trio, the Isles Ensemble and performances as an extra musician with the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He was solo cello of the New York Chamber Ensemble performing in all of the major concert halls in New York City and appeared at many music festivals including Aspen, Newport, Banff, South Mountain, Cape May, the Grand Tetons, and the International Music Festival in San Jose, Costa Rica.
With support from the Lake Region Arts Council (LRAC), this activity is funded by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

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On offense, South Carolina ranks fifth in the SEC in rushing (205.2), sixth in passing (248.2), and seventh in total yards (453.5) and scoring (34.1). The Gamecocks are on pace to shatter the 2010 school record for total yards (5,499) as this season's squad currently sits at 5,442. Directing the potent offense is quarterback Connor Shaw and running back Mike Davis. With 5,762 yards passing and 1,636 yards rushing, Shaw became not only the first 4,000-1,000 yard player in school history, but the first 5,000-1,000. He is the school's all-time leader in completion percentage at 64.7 percent, is second with 53 touchdown passes, and is fourth in total offense with 7,398 yards. He has completed 61 percent of his 259 attempts this year, throwing 21 touchdowns to only one interception. Davis, a second-team All-SEC selection, has put together seven 100-yard rushing games this season. He is fourth in the SEC in both rushing (103.1) and all-purpose yardage (134.2). Davis has scored a touchdown in eight games this season with a team-high total of 11 TDs. In the air, Shaw likes to spread the wealth as 19 different players have hauled in passes this season and four different players have led the team in receiving at least one. Bruce Ellington (635 yds, 6 TDs), Damiere Byrd (575 yds, 4 TDs), Shaq Roland (343 yds, 5 TDs) and Nick Jones (256 yds, 5 TDs) have been some of Shaw's primary targets, but he'll be without the services of Byrd in the postseason as he has required season-ending knee surgery.
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Larry's Venn Diagram
Larry provides his Venn Diagram with this explanation:
Here's my cut at a Venn diagram for categorizing UFO reports. I have chosen logical categories in such a way that no more than 2 of them overlap simultaneously, so I can use rectangles rather than circles, but this diagram conveys the same basic logic.
Some explanations and definitions:
I define an honest observer as one who will report his/her observations with no intention to deceive or mislead. It is assumed that all UFO reporters except those who are psychologically impaired will know whether or not there was an objectively real stimulus present in their environment that gave rise to their report. An honest UFO reporter would make no report of any kind if they had not witnessed some objectively real stimulus.
A rationally dishonest observer is someone who is not psychologically impaired and is therefore capable of knowing whether or not there was an objectively real stimulus present in their environment that gave rise to their report but nevertheless chooses to create a false UFO report in order to accomplish some rational objective (fame, fortune, disinformation, prank, ego satisfaction, etc.) in the absence of such a stimulus.
A psychologically impaired individual is someone who does not reliably and systematically operate on the reality principle, for whatever reason. He/she may not understand the distinction between truth and falsity, may be a pathological (as compared to a rational) liar, may be subject to hallucinations and delusions, etc. Hence, a UFO report made by such an individual may contain nothing but truth, nothing but falsity, or any combination of the two.
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Some of the more relevant Academic Policies and Procedures and the Academic Honesty policy.
Interested in exploring new approaches to teaching? Stop by and check something out of the CTE library.
Eric Mazur, Physics professor at Harvard, has developed and popularized methods of teaching very large science classes through non-traditional means.
"Peer Instruction engages students during class through activities that require each student to apply the core concepts being presented, and then to explain those con- cepts to their fellow students. Unlike the common practice of asking informal ques- tions during a traditional lecture, which typically engages only a few highly motivated students, PI incorporates a more structured questioning process that involves every student in the class. A similar questioning process is also used with Thornton and Sokoloff's Interactive Lecture Demonstrations."
Read more about the benefits of peer instruction, and how to incorporate some of these ideas into your own class. And remember to start small. You do not have to redesign an entire course to gain some of the benefits of peer instruction.
Initially developed to teach undergraduate Chemistry, POGIL is appropriate for a variety of disciplines. POGIL uses guided inquiry – a learning cycle of exploration, concept invention and application – as the basis for many of the carefully designed materials that students use to guide them to construct new knowledge. POGIL is a student-centered strategy; students work in small groups with individual roles to ensure that all students are fully engaged in the learning process.
The College's General Education curriculum is central to the College's mission to support the development of students into well-rounded, actively engaged critical thinkers and lifelong learners. While any general education course has a home in a discipline, teachers may endeavor to foster in students a different relationship with disciplinary content and practices as compared with courses in a student's major. These differences can be built into the design of the course, which itself is derived from course goals and intended outcomes.
This introduction to GenEd instructors at Harvard provides some very helpful ideas for thinking about, designing, and communicating to students the unique approach and goals of a GenEd course.
This introduction to GenEd course at Earldom College, a small, liberal arts college in Indiana, also provides guidance on designing and teaching GenEd courses. They remind us that in "a world that is increasingly interconnected, diverse and complex," we must all "be able to grasp and make use of new and unfamiliar ideas and to make significant connections not only within traditional spheres of knowledge, but across different intellectual and experiential boundaries."
Bryn Mawr's Serendip Studio offers resources for college science teachers and students.
Interactive labs, free webcasts, and other resources for all sciences at Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive.
Stanford University's Virtual Labs Project offers interactive tutorials and hands-on activities for Biology, Medicine, Health, and Humanities.
Developed at the Purdue University Department of Chemistry, Conceptual Questions and Challenge Problems is a library of materials that you can incorporate into your course to teach and assess conceptual understanding and problem solving in chemistry. Here you can find a library of free response and multiple choice conceptual questions and challenge problems, tips for writing these questions and problems, and a discussion of types of concept questions. This site is intended to be a means of sharing conceptual questions and challenge problems among chemical educators.
Carnegie-Mellon's ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests.
ConcepTests and Peer Instruction
If you are teaching In the Geosciences, you too can create greater opportunities for active student engagement, even in large classes, with ConcepTests and Peer Instruction. Carleton College provides their own take on ConcepTests and how to use them in your course.
Geology Online Labs: Skill building in "observation, measurement, and data analysis."
Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence. This is perhaps my favorite online resource. It is clean and absolutely loaded with interesting and challenging ideas for improving teaching. The "Using Technology" section is especially interesting; the tools and examples of teaching with technology make sense and are very engaging. The IrYdium Project and ChemCollective are fascinating sources of science tutorials, virtual labs, and advice for teaching in the sciences.
This is a classic in Educational Development. L. Dee Fink's "A Self-directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning" is a 34 page document that provides a reflective, step-by-step blueprint for course design and assessment.
Creating a teaching portfolio? The Ohio State University Center for the Advancement of Teaching has a wealth of resources and suggestions to help you document your teaching principles, practices, and development.
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Purpose of Assessment
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Teachers are constantly collecting informal and formal information about what and how their students are learning. They check student tests and assignments, listen to small-group activities, and observe students engaged in structured and unstructured activities. They use this information for a variety of purposes, ranging from communicating with parents to meeting standards and benchmarks. However, when teachers systematically collect the right kinds of information and use it effectively, they can help their students grow as thinkers and learners.
In some contexts, the terms assessment and evaluation are interchangeable. Here we use the term "assessment" to refer specifically to all kinds of methods and strategies that provide information about a student's learning. Formative assessment provides learners with feedback about how they are doing throughout the learning process. Summative assessment takes place at the end of a unit or project and gives students and teachers information about the skills and knowledge that students have acquired.
Using a broader variety of ongoing assessment throughout the instructional cycle can provide much more valuable information to both the teacher and learners. Formative assessment can be used to:
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- Encourage self-direction and collaboration
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- Demonstrate understanding and skill
The overarching purpose of assessment is to give teachers the information they need to provide quality instruction. Embedded and on-going assessment is at the heart of project-based learning and provides a way for students to show and discover what they know in different ways. With assessment integrated throughout a unit of instruction, teachers learn more about their students' needs and can adjust instruction to improve student achievement. McMillan (2000) explains, "When assessment is integrated with instruction, it informs teachers about what activities and assignments will be most useful, what level of teaching is most appropriate, and how summative assessments provide diagnostic information."
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The 2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 got an early preview today (no, another service manual was not leaked ahead of schedule), as a model of the bike was on-hand for the Piaggio Group's grand opening of its new office in Milan. Releasing the first official image of the Dorsoduro 1200, Aprilia hasn't dropped too many surprises on us. Noticeable in the shot is the optional ABS package, and we get news that the 2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 will use a different traction control system that will be found on the 2011 Aprilia RSV4 Factory.
Next up on our diatribe of motorcycle marketing gone bad, we have Italian manufacturer Aprilia Motorcycles. In an attempt to latch onto this whole "internet" thing they've been hearing people talk about outside of the office, the Piaggio Group member has discovered the FaceTubeSpace's of the .com revolution as a great marketing medium. Hoping for just one killer hit on the interwebs, we have the following video, aptly titled "Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 Factory viral", which clearly shows the intent behind its production.
Aprilia, here's a free tip: viral videos historic never include the word "viral" in the title. The video isn't a bad concept at all (does everyone get the part about how riding the Dorsoduro Factory is like a roller-coaster?), and we love the 2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory as a bike, but with low production budgeting, and 300 views as of this writing, we're thinking this advertisement isn't quite living up to its hype. Check the video out after the jump (and be sure to send it to all your friends).
Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 Factory Euro Pricing – €9,990
The fine folks of Noale have finally added the 2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory to their official line-up and removed any doubts that the good Factory name means less today than it used to in the good ol'days. Tacking on a €900 premium for the "upgraded" Dorsoduro Factory model, riders will see an increase in carbon fiber, but only a limited change to the performance of the street tard. Despite this, the 2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 Factory makes a strong rival for the Ducati Hypermotard 796. See why after the jump, along with a bevy of photos and a video.
Well it didn't take long for the rumors about the 2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory edition to come true, as we now have photos of the new bike leaked ahead of next week's EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. It's a little disappointing what Aprilia has done to the bike to make it stand-out from its base model, with the obvious differences between the two being just the Factory's carbon body panels and red trellis frame. Continue on for more details and photos.
The sometimes reliable MCN is reporting that they have information that Aprilia will be launching a Factory version of their Dorsoduro street-tard at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan in two weeks time. Also expected at EICMA is a revised version of the Aprilia Shiver.
Europe Starts Hypermoto Racing Series
Bikes like the Ducati Hypermotard, KTM SuperDuke, and Aprilia Dorsoduro have been gaining in popularity not only in the United States, but also abroad. It is only a logical progression then that there would be some desire to start a formal racing series for these big-bore "hypermotards", and Europe's UEM European Supermoto Championship has that answer with a new "Hypermoto" racing class. The Hypermoto class will be open to motorcycles of 600cc and larger, with 1 or 2 cylinders, and can be either 2-strokes or 4-strokes. Races will take place on the same tracks as the Supermoto Championship (S1), minus the dirt sections. All riders will use Dunlop tires (eight tires per weekend), and have to be over the age of 16.
Source: Supermoto Central & Motoblog.it
Aprilia SMV 750 Dorsoduro Comes to the US
Not content to let KTM and Ducati play in the big displacement motard segment by themselves, Aprilia is bringing their Shiver based SMV 750 Dorsoduro motard state-side for 2009. The Dorsoduro's 90°, 750cc, 8-valve, v-twin makes 92 hp (at 8,750 rpm) and 61 lb•ft of torque (at 4,500 rpm), and with a claimed dry weight of 409lbs, it would seem to be an ideal hooligan machine. Read more for the full details on the Dorsoduro with pictures.
X Offroad Forum has managed to get ahold of photos showing Aprilia's weapon of choice for Hypermoto racing. The Dorsoduro RR race bike will be piloted by Alessandro Tognaccini in the 2009 Hypermoto Series. Weighing just over 300lbs and putting out over 100hp, the RR is a substantial improvement over the stock Dorsoduro. Add-on goodies include Shiver forks, Öhlins rear shock, STM slipper clutch, and a Silmotor exhaust. The wheels are Marchesinis with Galfer Tsunami pads and calipers. Watch out Ducati Hypermotard, we just found something to replace you with in our dreams.
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A few weeks ago I mentioned how I thought Adrian Peterson was overrated. Again, I'd like to point out that I know he is an incredible athlete, I was just pointing out why he was not worthy of a top two or even three pick. This put the wheels in my mind in motion and drove me to thinking about who else was an overrated player. I don't believe these players to be worthless to their teams in a real life situation, I am calling them overrated based on how they perform in a fantasy universe.
Which QB's often get overvalued?
Last season, Roethlisberger threw 32 TD's and only 11 INT's. His previous high was 18 TD's which occurred in 2006. Roethlisberger's sudden ability to find the end zone only happened due to Willie Parker's inabilty to find the end zone (2 rushing TD's). With new rookie Rashard Mendenhall in the backfield, expect more goal line carries instead of goal line passes. Also, 20 of Roethlisberger's TD's came in the first 8 games of 2007 and in the last 8 games, he topped 200 yds only twice.
I have no idea why people are so high on this man. Anybody who has almost twice as many INTs as TDs is not worthy of praise. His 2007 numbers were appalling (9 TDs, 17 INTs), but he did manage 395 rushing yds and 3 rushing TDs. If the man didn't have wheels, he wouldn't be worthy of drafting. Yeah, I said it! Young will bounce back because he can't have another terrible season like that again. On the field, he is a leader and the Titans did win 10 games last season. That result really wasn't due to Young though. The Titans were 5th in the NFL in rushing last season with 131.8 rush yds per game and had a 1,110 yd back in Lendale White. Also, the Titans defense allowed 291.6 yds per game which was 5th best in the league. The point is, you can't say the Titans are good because of Young. At best, you can expect 13 TDs and about 400 rushing yds.
Why is he being drafted with the expectations of another 4,000 yd season? In case you missed it, Mike Martz doesn't run the Detroit offense anymore. With the drafting of rookie Kevin Smith, the Lions have decided to become a more run-heavy offense. Even if they weren't, Kitna still isn't a good first QB on your team. Yes, the 4,000 yds are pretty but, the 18 TDs are crap. In both his season's in Detroit, he had more picks than TDs. I mean come on, the man plays his home games indoors and his career numbers on turf are 67 TDs, 71 INTs.
Who are the most overvalued RB's?
In 2007, Jacobs averaged 5.0 yards-per-carry and passed the 1,000 yd mark. That seems impressive, but if you look closer you see that Jacobs was constantly injured in 2007 and missed five games. Yes, when he is healthy he is god-like, but he is not healthy enough to be a dependable back taken in the first round or even the second. Plus, the Giants backfield has now become a committee situation. Reuben Droughns, Ahmad Bradshaw, and Derrick Ward are all going to figure into the mix. If Jacobs isn't durable enough or putting up big numbers week to week, he might become at best a #3 back.
If your hoping for a 1,000 yd back and double digit TD, then please look elsewhere. Graham made a splash by scoring 10 rushing TD and rushing for 898 yds despite not beginning the season as a starter. Well who cares? Graham only average 59.9 yds per game and barely average 4.0 yds per carry. Hell, that backfield is crowded enough with Michael Pittman, Warrick Dunn, Michael Bennett and a rehabbing Cadillac Williams. He adds a small amount of value due to his 49 receptions but it isn't enough for this guy.
Brown was the best fantasy RB until he tore his ACL in week seven against New England. He was averaging 5.1 yds per carry before the fall. Now, he is rebounding from his injury and a torn ACL is nothing you should gamble on. The Dolphins probably won't give Brown a huge load of carries until he is fully healed and Ricky Williams has reportedly been looking good in camp and in Miami's preseason game. To sum it up, torn ACL recovery + splitting carries = don't draft early.
Tags: Adrian Peterson, Ben Roethlisberger, Brandon Jacobs, Detroit Lions, Earnest Graham, Fantasy, Jon Kitna, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Ronnie Brown, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, TGIF, Vince Young, Warrick Dunn
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So. Christmas is done and dusted. The pressies have been opened and played with, the crackers have been pulled and binned, the Queen's Speech has been heard and forgotten, and the turkey's been digested and..., well, you know. Hello Mr Hankey.
Time, then, to start thinking of the January sales. And since a pre-Christmas poll on Sky News suggested that a swanky new 3D TV was the most desired Christmas present - ahead, remarkably, of even the iPad - we thought it would be a nice idea to present our favourite 10 TVs of the year - including a healthy number or 3D models. We might even have tried to stick totally with 3D TVs were it not for the fact that we couldn't actually come up with enough that we really, really liked...
Please note that the TVs we've selected here have been chosen purely on the grounds of how much affection they generated in us as we looked back over the list of all the TVs we've seen this year. The choices haven't been made with any great thoughts of price or size categories in mind - if you want a more 'structured' approach like that, check out the TV sections of the 2010 Trusted Reviews Awards.
Anyway, let's get down to business. Here's hoping this helps you with the big spendathon you're all supposed to be up for as we enter 2011.
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It's unusual for a TV as relatively long in the tooth as the 40EX503 to make an annual 'favourite TV' list. But oddly, despite Sony serving up all manner of more glamorous models as the year's gone on, this model still stands out to us for its combination of quality, features and price.
Doubtless there's a touch of nostalgia associated with this, as the 40EX503 gave us both our first experience of Freeview HD and our first experience of the truly groundbreaking Bravia Internet Video online service. But you know, its simple CCFL LCD screen design also delivered arguably Sony's most consistently good picture quality of the year.
From £3,550, from approved Loewe dealers
Loewe has long been on the cutting edge of TV design, but hasn't always kept up with the Joneses on the performance and feature fronts. However, the brand finally managed to put all the pieces together with its spectacular new Individual 40 Compose.{/h2}
Obviously it looked amazing, thanks to its edge LED-induced slimness and gorgeous build quality. What's more, with multiple colour options, inlay designs and stand/mounting options you can even design one to suit your personal tastes.
But what really blew us away was the exceptional picture quality it achieved from that edge LED engine, and the frankly astonishing sound quality we got from the optional Sound Projector attachment we tested.
Given that the TV starts at £3,550, we'd recommend dosing yourself up on a potent combination of mulled wine and Baileys before heading down to your local Loewe dealer to buy one. But this set shows that the luxury TV market is still alive and well, and for some reason that makes us happy.
From the interesting, to the exciting and on to the truly awesome, great and logical review/s, a treat to read.
I did intend to enthrall readers and staff with my epic search for something in white with a small screen for the kitchen, but I really can't be ar$ed as it's a holiday, I will therefore just wish all who venture here a Great and Happy 2011.
hey, why you didn't include sharp's quattron tv....i think it should be one of the top lcd tv...better than samsung lg and sony...thats unfair....
The Phillips with perfect pixel engine is just to die for. At £3000 worth every penny- How good can you get with TV.
If I win the lottery I would add this to my basket.
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In the first part of our exclusive coverage on EA and DICE's Mirror's Edge Catalyst, we chatted with the game's Narrative Director to get some info on "The Rise of Faith."
Cerie Bullivant, a spokesperson for human rights group CAGE, stormed off Sky News accusing Kay Burley of racism. Bullivant wouldn't condemn ISIS beheadings.
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The Guns N' Roses frontman doesn't usually give interviews, so this should be good.
Kyle is the most awkward interviewer in the world. He takes his special skill-set to the beaches of Miami to interview Heat fans at the team's victory rally. Prepare to cringe.
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USC 2013 Football Season Tickets On Sale Now
Feb. 14, 2013
LOS ANGELES - Season tickets for the 2013 USC football season are now on sale.
Fans can go to GetTrojanTix.com/Football to purchase or renew season tickets.
Current ticketholders who renew their seats online will receive free tickets to USC's Spring Game on April 13 in the Coliseum.
Additionally, those who renew online by March 16 will be entered into USC's "30 Days of Winning" contest. Each day beginning on Feb. 15, a winner will be chosen for prizes that include airfare and tickets to the 2013 road football game at California, courtside tickets to the upcoming USC-UCLA men's basketball game, pre-game Coliseum field passes, Coliseum seat upgrades, Galen Center suite tickets at men's basketball games, a private lockerroom tour at the John McKay Center, autographed memorabilia, gift cards and more. The earlier that a ticketholder renews, the more days they have a chance to win. For more details, go to USCTrojans.com/30days.
All season ticket purchasers receive a discount over the cost of single game tickets for the Trojans' seven-game home schedule, which includes non-conference opponent Boston College, Bay Area foe Stanford and crosstown rival UCLA.
Those who purchase or renew season tickets by the April 6 deadline will receive priority to purchase bowl game tickets. They also can buy a USC T-shirt available exclusively to season ticketholders and, in a new Coliseum feature this year, they can purchase a seat cushion that will be affixed permanently to their seat.
USC begins its 2013 Coliseum slate by playing its Pac-12 opener against Washington State on Sept. 7, the first of three consecutive home games. The Trojans then welcome a pair of squads that last visited the Coliseum in the 1980s: Boston College on Sept. 14 and defending Western Athletic Conference champion Utah State on Sept. 21.
Troy then hosts Arizona in a Thursday night contest on Oct. 10, the first-ever non-Thanksgiving or non-bowl Thursday game USC has played in the Coliseum. It will be the first USC weekday game at home since the 2002 opener against Auburn on Labor Day.
It is Trojan Family Weekend when Utah visits the Coliseum on Oct. 26. USC then hosts defending Pac-12 champ Stanford on Nov. 16 on Homecoming/Reunion Weekend.
The Trojans conclude their regular season by hosting UCLA in a Thanksgiving weekend battle on Nov. 30.
Game times will be announced at a later date when television networks make their broadcast selections.
USC returns 16 starters from its 2012 squad, including unanimous All-American first teamer and Biletnikoff Award-winning wide receiver Marqise Lee, who set Pac-12 season records for receptions (118) and receiving yards (1,721) while finishing fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, along with Hendricks Award finalist defensive end Morgan Breslin, Freshman All-American first teamers Leonard Williams at defensive tackle and Max Tuerk on the offensive line, 2,000-yard tailback Silas Redd and 2-year starting linebackers Dion Bailey and Hayes Pullard.
Troy also signed a recruiting class that includes the USA Today National Offensive (quarterback Max Browne) and Defensive (defensive back Su'a Cravens) Players of the Year.
The Trojans are coming off a 7-6 season in which they started off 6-1 before dropping five of their final six games.
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even cheap candy will look amazing in this bowl. the size, the heft, the smoothness, the finish, the look. perfect.
There's something about clear glass mundane items like this unsealed ziplock bag vase and glass water bottles and milk cartons that I love. It's one part art and one part functionality that equals perfection.Tags: gifts, humor, kitchen, accessories, glass, unusual, kitchen tools, bowls, candyAdded 8 Years Ago from Chiasso
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Use these for creamer and sugar or opt for small snacks and condiments.
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I cant concentrate because i'm too tired or i'm distracted. I can only focus for 15 minutes at a time can anyone help with this. Also does anyone have vitamins that could help with focusing.
Often the lack of Iron in a teenage diet is a cause of lack of concentration and tiredness; Mild Anaemia.
I recommend you get your bloods tested and if it is observed that you have a lack of Iron, please take Iron Supplements, and go outside in the sun more in order for you to get Vit D, aiding with the intake of Iron.
Before doing this you should ensure that you get atleast 8/9 hours sleep, preferably 10 hours and you don't have any phone or devices nearby when you study and when you sleep.
Also make sure that you have a fixed sleep schedule and that you actually stick to it on the weekends.
I know that it's hard to resist staying up late on weekends but I promise that it'll help you wake up and fall asleep more easily on weekdays.
What I like to do is just go to sleep at the same time everyday, but on weekends I just turn off my alarm to get a little bit more rest.
Also , once you really get used to a sleep schedule, you won't even need an alarm; I tend to always wake up right before my alarm goes off when I'm deep into a school term
The pharmaton tablets are brilliant. You have to take one every day and not forget. They can take about 5 days to start noticeably working but I've been taking them since we went back to school and I feel great all the time. They probably help the immune system as well because a load of people in my school are sick atm and I usually catch it but Ive been grand.
Get a regular sleep schedule and don't sleep really late at weekends because that throws everything out of joint. Drink water constantly to keep hydrated. During every 30 minute study session I do I drink a glass of water and I drink minimum 1 litre of water during school and more when I come home and its great as well.
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Bald Eagles and the C&O Canal National Historical Park
The Bald Eagle, once listed for nearly 30 years as a federally endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is now listed as threatened. Bald Eagle populations plummeted in the 1960s and '70s due to effects of the pesticide DDT, habitat destruction, and lead poisoning from eating hunter-shot waterfowl containing lead shot. By the mid-70s, fewer than 500 pairs of Bald Eagles remained in the lower 48 states. About 300 of those were in Florida; about 70 pairs were in the Chesapeake Bay area. Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) documented 41 pairs in the state's first aerial count in 1977.
DDT was banned from use in the U.S. in 1972 and the use of lead shot was finally phased out in 1991. Since then, the species has steadily recovered to the point it could be reclassified. Reclassifying a species from endangered to threatened status means the species has not fully recovered, but is no longer in immediate danger of extinction.
Recent population estimates show there are about 40,000 Bald Eagles in Alaska and about 4,500 nesting pairs in the lower 48 states. In Maryland, the number of nesting pairs of Bald Eagles has steadily risen topping 300 in 2001 with 315 pairs documented by the Maryland DNR.
Success Rate of Conn Island Nest*
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|*Data source: Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
|**Observations by local birdwatchers show 1 in 1996; 2 in 1997.
Bald Eagles have nested on Conn Island in the Potomac River, near Potomac, Maryland since 1986. That year the pair were probably a first year breeding pair (about 5 years old). Eagles are known to form long-term bonds, so it is probable this is the same pair that has returned every year since then to nest here. In 1988, the eggs failed and the nest tree fell over. When the pair returned in 1989, they built a replacement nest in the tree presently used and fledged two young.
Conn Island was donated to the Nature Conservancy (TNC) by PEPCO in 1997. TNC, a non-profit organization, plans to donate the island to the C&O Canal National Historical Park in the near future. It will then be incorporated into the park's official boundary.
The Conn Island Bald Eagle nest is one of the few eagle nests in Maryland located on non-tidal water. Most are located on tidal water where their main food supply, fish, is more stable. Conn Island is also one of the furthest west of all documented active Bald Eagle nest sites in Maryland.
Identifying Characteristics
Adult Bald Eagles are 3' or more in length head to tail with a 6-7 1/2' wing span and weigh around 10 pounds. Females are larger than males. Both sexes are very large, dark brown-colored birds with a distinctive white head and tail. Immature birds are dark brown all over and somewhat mottled, not attaining adult plumage until reaching maturity around 4-5 years of age. Balds may live 30 years or more in the wild, possibly longer in captivity. They build massive stick nests in the tops of trees that are reused year after year. Some nests may reach as much as 10 feet across and weigh between 1,000-5,000 pounds!
Similar species such as Osprey, Turkey Vultures, and Black Vultures are often confused with Bald Eagles in the field:
- Bald Eagles, in addition to the description above, have the largest wings and slowest wingbeats of any bird in this area - slower than Great Blue Herons and Turkey Vultures.
- Ospreys are smaller than vultures and eagles. In flight, Ospreys are all white underneath with a black patch on the underwing. They primarily eat fish.
- Turkey Vultures, also a large dark-brown bird, eat primarily carrion. Turkey Vultures show a two-toned underwing in flight and have a slow wingbeat.
- Black Vultures are large, black-colored birds that eat primarily carrion. They are all dark underneath with a patch of white on the wing tips (primaries), and have a distinctly short tail.
Viewing Eagles
Lucky for us! The Conn Island birds and their nest can be viewed with relative ease and little disturbance to the birds from the Washington Aqueduct Observation Deck located near Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center, C&O Canal National Historical Park, Potomac, Maryland. Use a spotting scope to view inside the nest or basic binoculars to view the birds at a distance. Sometimes the birds fly right overhead. Who needs binoculars!
The birds can see activity on the observation deck, but are far enough away that they seem to tolerate it. People, boats, and helicopters can cause eagles to abandon nest sites if the disturbance is too close for too long. The critical time for the birds is January 1 - June 15. During this period courtship, mating, nest building, egg laying and incubation occur. After this critical period, the young are almost ready to be on their own.
The Natural History of Bald Eagles
The Bald Eagle's diet consists primarily of fish. Eagles catch fish in their talons as the fish swim near the surface. Bald Eagles are notorious for pirating, or stealing, fish from other birds, but this behavior is less prevalent than once thought. They will also eat small mammals such as muskrats, squirrels, rabbits, and other birds such as ducks, coots, mergansers, and even gulls.
Bald Eagles live along seacoasts, lakes, rivers and marches. Their breeding range spans from northern Alaska through Canada and the Great Lakes region and includes the east and west coasts of the U.S. Their winter range spans throughout the lower 48 states down to northern mexico, especially along major river systems of the interior U.S.
The Bald Eagle's courtship begins in December or January. Nest Building and spectacular aerial courtship displays are good indications that a pair will soon nest. Typically, 2-3 eggs are laid in February and hatch in late March; both parents share in the incubation of the eggs and feeding of the young. It is not uncommon for nests to fail due to severe weather, predation, and other factors. The young begin flight in June and will stay in the area until September, when they leave permanently.
A Stewardship Message
The recovery of the Bald Eagle is an Endangered Species Act (ESA) success story. Other species such as Peregrine Falcons, have or may soon follow suit. however, it must be said that DDT is still used in other countries and Kelthane, another pesticide containing small amounts of DDT, is still legal in the U.S.
Additionally, habitat loss is a continuing threat to the recovery and survival of Bald Eagles and other wildlife species. The ESA and other laws that protect wildlife are essential for preserving our natural heritage.
For more information
Call or Write:
C&O Canal NHP
1850 Dual Highway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone 301-739-4200


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Bedlam's Bard (1991)
by Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon
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Originally published in two different parts: Knight of Ghosts and Shadows; Summoned to Tourney
This is a wonderful tales of magic, love, loss, and growth.
This book is in fact two short book-ettes jammed into one paperback, but both are about the same characters, and in fact they are books one and two of a series of... five-ish? Unlike The Chrome Borne, which has books one and four of seven, just to confuse everyone.
The first story is about how some evil elf wants to kill all the other elves who live in '80s California so that he can rule all the elves. Well, the ones who aren't dead. I think. And our three heroes, some elf guy called Korendil and a couple of Ren Faire musicians (Beth, a witch, and Eric, a Bard, some kind of wizard who uses music to cast spells), try to stop him. Oh, also Eric angsts about how he's totally in love with Beth and Kory, but they're already dating each other and Kory is an elf and a man and omg, his life is so hard.
The second story is about the same three trying to stop a different bad guy. Well, first they try to stop him kidnapping psychic people... which ends up with loads of people dying and the bad guy being possessed by some kind of weird monster from another dimension. Then they try to stop the possessed bad guy from deliberately starting an earthquake to destroy San Francisco. Which will somehow allow all the other weird monsters to come into this dimension. Or something.
Anyway! A highly odd book, as expected from Mercedes Lackey, but actually less crazy than The Chrome Borne. And pretty amusing.
Okay, I'm sure it's not the best book in the world, but it's still one of my favorites and better than most of the rest in the series.
excellent series!
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Hoffenheim issue Amauri ultimatum to Parma
Bundesliga club Hoffenheim have issued Parma with an ultimatum regarding their interest in signing striker Amauri, according to Tuttosport.
Although sporting director Pietro Leonardi has denied claims that both the former Juventus man and defender Gabriel Paletta, who has also been linked with a move away, could be set to leave Emilia Romagna before the end of the transfer window.
Hoffenheim are eager to take the 32-year-old away from the peninsula and are believed to have triggered the release clause within his contract.
The Ducali have been warned that they must give the German side an answer to the deal by tonight and are set to offer Amauri a three-and-a-half year contract worth €1.5m net.
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An appetizer: a simple final and unified theory
Physics on a T-shirt
Enjoying physics
The flow of the story
Table of contents
Open issues in fundamental physics
Requirements for a final theory
Predictions of the strand model
Status of the predictions
Discussion wiki
What determines colours? What is motion?
All colours in nature derive from the fine structure
constant 1/137.035 999 1(1). This is the most famous unexplained number in
nature. What determines its value?
All motion in nature is described either by Einstein's general relativity or by quantum theory with the standard model of particle physics, two theories that contradict each other. How can they be unified in a final theory?
If you enjoy exploring ideas and checking them against the real world, you might like this volume. It first explains why the past proposals for a final, unified theory of physics – the so-called 'theory of everything' – have failed. Then the text presents a better proposal, called the strand model. This model agrees with all experimental data known so far and makes clear, falsifiable predictions. They are being tested in experiments around the world. The strand model
– is based on one simple fundamental principle – and thus is lean and beautiful,
– predicts general relativity – and allows no alternative or extension,
– predicts quantum theory and quantum field theory – and allows no alternative or extension,
– predicts the standard model of particle physics – and allows no alternative or extension,
– and promises to solve the open issues of the standard model, gravitation and cosmology, including the explanation of all fundamental constants.
All these results follow from the fundamental principle. Prepare yourself for a roller coaster ride trough modern physics, and for the excitement of solving one of the oldest physics puzzles known. This is an adventure that leads beyond space and time – right to the limits of human thought. For example, the adventure shows that the term 'theory of everything' is wrong, whereas 'final theory' is correct.
Fast reading: for a quick overview of the book, read the summary of each chapter.
The colour pdf file with embedded animations, shown just below, is free. If you want a paper version delivered to your address, or a Kindle edition, click the links at the top left of this page.
An appetizer: a simple final and unified theory
The text presents an approach to the final, unified theory of physics with a simple basis but intriguing implications. The model is based on featureless strands that form space, particles and horizons; the model sums up textbook physics in a single fundamental principle: events and Planck units are crossing switches of strands.
Surprisingly, this fundamental principle, which works in three dimensions only, allows deducing Dirac's equation (from the belt trick), the principles of thermodynamics and Einstein's field equations (from the thermodynamics of strand crossing switches). As a result, quantum theory and general relativity are found to be low-energy approximations of processes at the Planck scale. In particular, strands explain the entropy of black holes (including the numerical factor).
As a further surprise, in the same approximation, the fundamental principle yields the three gauge groups and the Lagrangians of quantum electrodynamics, of the strong and of the weak interaction, including maximal parity violation and SU(2) breaking. The three Lagrangians appear as a natural consequence of the three Reidemeister moves of knot theory. The strand model does not permit any further interaction, gauge group or symmetry group. The strand model might even be the first unified model predicting the three gauge interactions – and the lack of other ones.
In QED, the strand model proposes a simple understanding of Feynman diagrams and of Schwinger's formula for the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron and the muon.
As a final surprise, the fundamental principle predicts three fermion generations, the Higgs boson, and the lack of any unknown elementary particles. The strand model thus predicts that the standard model is the final description of particle physics. The quark model and the construction of all mesons and baryons are shown to follow from strands. In other words, tangles of strands and their crossing switches explain all known elementary particles, all their quantum numbers, and the lack of any other elementary particles. The strand model might be the first unified model predicting the elementary particle spectrum.
A natural method for the calculation of coupling constants, particle masses and mixing angles appears. So far, mass sequences, several mass ratios, the weak mixing angle and the order of magnitude of coupling constants are predicted correctly. Again, the strand model might be the first unified model allowing such calculations. More calculations are under way; the volume is regularly updated.
Physics on a T-shirt
The strand model thus fulfils a famous wish about the final theory of motion: it fits on a T-shirt. This wish is less frivolous than it sounds, because it asks for a clear and simple fundamental principle. To support the project, you can buy the T-shirt here.
Enjoying physics
The search for a unified description of all motion in nature is a fascinating and beautiful adventure. Numerous wonders of nature are encountered, including unexpected and captivating views on determinism, on induction, on the axiomatization of physics and on the mass gap in gauge theories. The search is indeed fascinating, but is not more than that: unification has no application in technology or in business and confers no power whatsoever. Anybody who assigns to unification more importance than to a riddle is already on the wrong track. Searching for unification is like looking for a beautiful flower in a large field during a walk through the countryside. The search is a pure pastime.
It is fun to find out how playing with strands at Planck scale reproduces quantum theory, general relativity and the standard model, including its gauge groups and its particle spectrum. If desired, the strand model can also be called 'spaghetti model'. But the model is not related to loop quantum gravity nor to string theory.
The text entertains and surprises on every page, while being written as simply as possible. It only presupposes knowledge about the concepts of electric charge, particle, Lagrangian, wave function, gauge symmetry and space curvature. If you need to learn about these topics, read the previous five volumes of the Motion Mountain series; they provide an introduction to these concepts – and to established physics in general – with as little math and as much pleasure as possible.
Enjoy the reading!
The flow of the story
The text starts by listing all open issues in fundamental physics since the year 2000. They are given in the table of the millennium issues below. The text then presents various unsuccessful approaches to solve these issues. To find a better approach, modern physics is first simplified as much as possible. The results of this simplification are used to deduce the full list of requirements that any final theory must fulfil. These requirements also explain why the previous approaches failed. In particular, it is shown in detail that the main requirement for a final theory is the extension of nature's constituents.
Then the strand model is introduced and discussed; it is shown, step by step, that it satisfies each requirement, that it solves all open issues, and that it agrees with all experimental data. In particular, the strand model is based on Planck units, uses neither continuity nor discreteness as fundamental concepts, and does not assume that points or sets exist at Planck scale. The model has no free parameters, is unique and unmodifiable, and works in three spatial dimensions only. However, dimensionality is not a parameter, but a result of the model: other numbers of dimensions are impossible.
As required from any final theory, the strand model makes definite experimental predictions, also given below. The predictions are quite unpopular and contradict those of other unification proposals, but so far, none is falsified by experiment.
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|From millennium physics to unification – the open issues of fundamental physics
|Physics in limit statements – simplifying physics as much as possible
|General relativity versus quantum theory – their contradictions and our quest
|Does matter differ from vacuum? Not always – first requirements for any final theory
|What is the difference between the universe and nothing? – More requirements for any final theory
|The shape of points – extension in nature – an essential requirement for any final theory
|The basis of the strand model – and the full list of requirements for any final theory
|Quantum theory of matter deduced from strands
|The three gauge interactions deduced from strands
|General relativity deduced from strands
|The particle spectrum deduced from strands – and the lack of new physics
|Particle properties deduced from strands – and all predictions of the strand model
|The top of the mountain – the beauty and some new sights
Open issues in fundamental physics
This is the full list of questions that are unsolved in fundamental physics since the year 2000, the so-called millennium list of open issues. (In fact, they are unsolved for an even longer period of time.) A correct description of nature must solve each of these questions. Only such a description qualifies as a unified and final theory.
|1/137.0359991(1), the low energy value of the electromagnetic coupling constant
|αw (or θw)
|the low energy value of the weak coupling constant (or of the weak mixing angle)
|αs, θCP
|the value of the strong coupling constant at one specific energy value and the strong CP violation constant
|the values of the 6 quark masses
|the values of 6 lepton masses
|the value of the mass of the W vector boson
|the value of the mass of the scalar Higgs boson
|θ12, θ13, θ23
|the value of the three quark mixing angles
|the value of the CP violating phase for quarks
|θ'12, θ'13, θ'23
|the value of the three neutrino mixing angles
|δ', α1, α2
|the value of the three CP violating phases for neutrinos
|3 x 4
|the number of fermion generations and of particles in each generation
|J, P, C, etc.
|the origin of all quantum numbers of each fermion and each boson
|c, ħ, k
|the origin of the invariant Planck units of quantum field theory
|the number of dimensions of physical space and time
|the origin of Lorentz and Poincaré symmetry (i.e., of spin, position, energy, momentum)
|the origin of particle identity, i.e., of permutation symmetry
|the origin of the electromagnetic gauge group (i.e., of the quantization of electric charge, as well as the vanishing of magnetic charge)
|the origin of weak interaction gauge group and its breaking
|the origin of strong interaction gauge group
|Ren. group
|the origin of renormalization properties
|δW = 0
|the origin of wave functions and of the least action principle in quantum theory
|W = ∫ LSM dt
|the origin of the Lagrangian of the standard model of particle physics
|the observed flatness, i.e., vanishing curvature, of the universe
|1.2 ⋅ 1026 m
|the distance of the horizon, i.e., the 'size' of the universe
|ρde = Λc4/(8πG) ≈ 0.5 nJ/m3
|the value and nature of the observed vacuum energy density, also called 'dark energy' or 'cosmological constant'
|(5 ± 4) x 1079
|the number of baryons in the universe, i.e., the average visible matter density in the universe
|f0(1, ..., c. 1090)
|the initial conditions for c. 1090 particle fields in the universe (if or as long as they make sense), including the homogeneity and isotropy of matter distribution, and the density fluctuations at the origin of galaxies
|the density and nature of dark matter
|c, G
|the origin of the invariant Planck units of general relativity
|δ ∫ LGR dt
|the origin of curvature, of the least action principle and of the Lagrangian of general relativity
|the observed topology of the universe
As shown in the text, the strand model proposes an answer to each of these open issues. Each answer follows unambiguously from the single, fundamental principle that strand crossing switches define the Planck units.
Requirements for a final theory
Any final theory must fulfil certain requirements. The first half of the text shows how each requirement follows from the expressions for the Compton wavelength and for the Schwarzschild radius, i.e., when quantum theory and general relativity are combined. The full list of requirements that arise is given in the text. That full list can be summarized in the following way:
These two requirements, and all those of the full list, appear only when quantum physics and general relativity are combined. No requirement follows from one theory alone. This makes the search for the final theory a special challenge; in a sense, the requirements for the final theory contradict both quantum physics and general relativity. The final theory therefore contradicts each part of 20th century physics.
The second half of the text shows, step by step, that the strand model fulfils the full list of requirements. In fact, the strand model is the only present candidate for a final theory that fulfils them. In addition, the strand model makes several predictions that can be tested against observation.
Predictions of the strand model
All predictions (except the corrected one) of the strand model were made in 2008/2009, i.e., before any experiment at the LHC in Geneva, or on neutrinos, on forbidden muon decays, on electric dipole moments, on QCD, on dark matter searches, or in astrophysics. The predictions that are typeset in bold characters (and a few others) are unique to the strand model:
Risk of these predictions: additional tangles that were unaccounted for or overlooked until now could arise, and with them yet unknown particles or dark matter states.
Status of the predictions
So far, not a single experimental result contradicts the predictions of the strand model deduced from the fundamental principle. The most recent results from the LHC at CERN have confirmed the standard model of particle physics up to an energy of around 2 TeV. They found no supersymmetry, no higher dimensions, nor anything unexpected. Neither did the many recent dark matter experiments around the world find any deviations. Also every experiment that tested gravity, including the detection by LIGO of gravitational waves, fully confirmed general relativity, and thus confirmed the strand model.
Of course, upcoming experiments still have many possibilities to falsify the strand model: a single observation that disagrees is sufficient, because all predictions follow from a single principle. So far, no such falsifying observation is known, and the T-shirt with the fundamental principle describes correctly all known observations.
To verify the strand model, there is only one possibility: to calculate the constants of the standard model. This project is under way. The first crude approximation of 2013 yielded a fine structure constant value of 1/191, instead of the measured value 1/137.036(1). The result, possibly the first known estimate from first principles, is not too disappointing.
In the summer of 2014, a reader suggested that the original tangles proposed for the W and Z might be wrong, out of aesthetic and consistency reasons. In 2016, his criticism lead to new tangles and thus to new Z/Higgs and the W/Higgs mass ratios. They are near the observed ones. The updated calculation of the fine structure constant still needs to be performed. On the other hand, the proposed tangles for the leptons most probably need improvement, and the origin of particle spin and particle mass needs to be clarified. The strand model thus remains a work in progress. The remaining effort for these topics is estimated to be 2 man-years.
Other theoretical work
In general relativity and quantum gravity, and after the strand model was proposed, completely independent theoretical investigations appear to confirm several aspects of the strand model. Examples are Botta Cantcheff's fluctuating strings in space, Susskind's speculations of black holes as single wound-up strings, Carlip's fluctuating lines in space, Verlinde's emergent gravity, Kempf's model with both continuity and discreteness, and recent cosmological models with a time-dependent cosmological constant.
In particle physics, the strand model turned out to confirm unpopular ideas that are scattered through the research literature. Examples are Weinberg's suggestion that the standard model plus general relativity is all there is, and the 1980 paper by Battey-Pratt and Racey deducing the Dirac equation from a tethered ball. The various calculations showing that the Higgs boson has exactly the mass value that is required to make the standard model valid up to Planck energy can also be listed here.
Detailed status on the Higgs – with the lessons from a past mistake
In 2012, two experiments at the LHC in Geneva have observed a neutral boson with a mass of 125 GeV. It has spin 0, positive parity and is elementary.
Assuming that the observed boson is indeed the Higgs boson - and there is no reason to question this - the 'dirty trick' candidate tangle shown on the left of Figure 85 on page 291 seems to apply to it. The candidate tangle shown in that figure is part of the text since it was published in 2009 and was always mentioned as possible Higgs boson tangle. In 2009, it was argued that the candidate tangle could not be correct and thus the lack of a Higgs was predicted. The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 required a check of those arguments. The check showed that the arguments were wrong. Correcting the arguments, a more detailed and improved prediction is possible:
– Assuming that the Higgs tangle on the left-hand side of Figure 91
on page 318 is correct, then the tangle implies a Higgs boson with vanishing
charge, positive parity and being elementary.
– If only one standard-model Higgs boson exists and if the tangle of Figure 91 is correct, the strand model agrees with all data.
– The tangle, together with the new W and Z tangles, suggests a crude mass approximation for the Higgs boson of 121 to 128 GeV.
– If several Higgs bosons exist or if the tangle of Figure 91 does not apply, the strand model is in trouble.
– The strand model continues to predict the lack of supersymmetry.
– In the case that effects or particles or interactions beyond the standard model are observed, the strand model is in trouble.
A longer evaluation is found in the text. After correction of the mistaken prediction, there is no contradiction between experiment and the strand model. In tabloid terms, the strand model continues to predict the so-called 'high-energy desert', also called the 'nightmare scenario': up to almost the Planck scale, high-energy physics is completely described by the standard model of particle physics - and by nothing else.
You can support the project by solving one or several challenges from list C on the prize challenge page – and even earn prizes doing so.
You can also sponsor the project with a donation to our charitable non-profit association. The use of your donation is controlled by the German tax authority. Your donation will be used to complete the research project. This will take another one or two person-years of effort.
Every donor is acknowledged by email and, if desired, in the book, on the site, or even more.
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Feel free to contribute issues, criticisms or suggestions to the wiki at https://sites.google.com/site/motionmountainsuggestions/.
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WBCBoxing.tv will present a live boxing webcast – free of charge – from Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, on Saturday, March 6, at 10:30 P.M. (22:30 hrs) Central Standard Time. Everyone is invited to watch. Please note: the webcast is not available in Mexico. In the main event scheduled for 10 rounds, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, 30-0-1 with 22 knockouts, of Juanacatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, will defend the North American Boxing Federation welterweight title against Brian "The Golden Greek" Camechis, 19-2 with 8 knockouts, of Glouster, Ohio.
Only 19 years old, Alvarez is already a four-year pro and is considered by many to be one of boxing's top young prospects. He won the vacant NABF title in January, 2009, and is making his fifth title defense. He also holds the WBC Youth welterweight title and is ranked No. 4 by the WBC at 147 pounds.
Camechis, 31 years old, is a hard working pressure-style fighter who is always in top condition and makes exciting fights. A five-year professional veteran, he has won two fights in a row.
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God — and South Carolina voters — decided Tuesday to give disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford a second chance. At least that's the impression left by news coverage of the state's most famous adulterer, who won back his old seat in Congress with 54 percent of the vote. The war-size headline on the front page [Read More…]
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One's sweetheart; beloved: It was a dithering meditation on a lackluster Don Juan. Are Reynolds and Edwards such unmanly lambie-pies? (1940s+)
Come yer ways in, lambie, an' Lisbeth'll gie ye some nice supper, for nae tea ye've had.
"Now you be goin' and gettin' into that dress, lambie," said Katy.
lambie shouted to me: "Let's make a dash, Hales," and we made it.
I care for you, my lambie, and Ill be kind to you; Ill be as kind as your father.
A comparatively short career had Mr. lambie on Hampden Park, but it was fraught with much distinction.
lambie appeared against England in 1888, and is now an active member of the Corinthians.
You go in and see her for yourself, lambie, before ye come to any decision.
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While voting in Chicago, President Obama and a couple, got into friendly exchange, after the man told the president "don't touch my girlfriend".
Ron Klain has been named as America's Ebola czar by President Obama. He served as Joe Biden and Al Gore's chief of staff.
Obama has cancelled travel to NJ and CT today to call a meeting of his Cabinet to discuss the White House response to Ebola.
In shocking new allegations regarding the infamous 2012 Secret Service hooker scandal, a senior White House aide named Jonathan Dach may also have gotten in on the act.
It's time for President Obama to spin the wheel and decide who the next head of the Department of Justice will be.
Eric Holder has had his share of controversies in his six years as attorney general, but why is he quitting now?
Eric Holder, the nation's first black Attorney General, will resign on September 25.
A decorated Army veteran who jumped the White House fence and made it through the front door had been arrested last month with a car full of guns.
In a primetime speech Wednesday night, President Barack Obama laid out the case for a campaign of air strikes to take out ISIS.
President Obama's speech tonight laid out his plans for decimating ISIS, the Islamic State. Read the transcript here.
What time is Obama's ISIS speech on September 10? What channel will it air on?
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There are many options for watching President Obama's ISIS speech on September 10.
The President said, "Hitting a woman is not something a real man does, and that's true whether or not an act of violence happens in the public eye, or, far too often, behind closed doors."
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It's a trend I've noticed… New year, new marketing. Right around the holidays, or at the jump start of January, the clients come a-callin'. They are ready to start that new website or are finally ready to build that product that's been lurking in the back of their minds since last summer. With the Christmas gifts paid off and an enthusiastic eye toward the new year, they are ready to embark upon that next step project that will elevate them further in their business.
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Here are a few things to consider when you are asking yourself, "What's next for my marketing?"
- Think of marketing materials as profitability tools. What items would help increase your bottom line in an obvious or even unusual way? Can you answer more questions on your web site to save you or your assistants some bandwidth in phone calls? Have you considered adding affiliate marketing for products you love to your quarterly newsletter? Perhaps a pile of business cards in the hands of just the right referring client can get you some incredible results?
- Go with the biggest bang for your buck. Maybe for you having a kickass illustrated logo isn't as important as having a baseline website out there so people can start finding you. Or perhaps your industry is better served by placing a few strategic listings on websites like Citysearch and Yelp than starting right away with a full-blown web site. Be strategic in how you use your cash, especially if it's tight. Get some outside advice from various sources on where you should start first, and work your way outward. Sometimes it's okay to take it one step at a time.
- Make do with something simple, if money is tight. Often we want to put out the best image we can for our business, and there are times when getting a slick image together from the get go is extremely important. But maybe you can start out with less than you think. You might want the perfect web site pronto, but while you're gathering the cash and seeing the project through, you might be missing some important opportunities because no one can find you yet. If you are building a blog, for instance, getting your content out there and building traffic is more important than having the most beautiful blog site west of the Mississippi. Building a blog audience takes time and committed content generation, and the longer you are out there, the more friends you will find.
- Do it yourself. There are lots of resources out there that can get you started. And who knows, maybe the rudimentary site you build on SquareSpace.com will be the baseline structure and content for YourSite 2.0. At least what you create will make the next revision that much easier. You can hire a designer or web developer and give them a running start with the site you've built yourself. And you will feel empowered by knowing a bit more about what they are going to need from you over the course of a project.
Don't get me wrong… There's no replacement for sound advice from colleagues or consultants, and there is nothing like having the right designer or developer there to build you the masterpiece you need to stand out. But trust your gut when it nudges you in the direction of your next step. If you are just starting out, don't fall into the trap of thinking that you need an identity system, web site, and business cards first and foremost, "Because that's what you are supposed to do." The internet marketing landscape is more complex than that, and you have a business with unique needs. Either start with small, bite-sized tasks or build outward from a relevant and strong need. After all, your business is also evolving in its needs, vision, and voice and taking a more subtle approach to building your marketing will support you organically and help you save money and frustration over the long term.
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The Faces of Lee Harvey Oswald provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of Lee Harvey's Oswald's role in the JFK assassination. Scott P. Johnson objectively examines the various narratives of Lee Harvey Oswald created by researchers and authors over the last fifty years. He finds that at first glance any theory related to Oswald's role appears as convincing as the next, particularly when researchers carefully select information that only advances their preferred theory. In reality, however, Oswald's role in the assassination offers little certainty when one looks at the mystery surrounding Oswald's life and death as well as the complexity and ambiguity surrounding the murder of President Kennedy.
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Hello my fellow zinesters, comics, illustrators, writers, etc... I
am heading a Zine Show in January at an awesome handmade brick and mortar shop in my town, Fresno, CA. We are looking for zine submissions to display at the show. Anything and everything is welcome. Our goal is to expose Fresno to the wonderful world of zines.
If you are interested in submitting for the event please send your zines to:
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Hi all. I'm new to this forum and just got an Orient Blue Mako that I like a lot.
I have a question for you veterans: Without getting into the question of subjective dollar value, what i'm curious to know is Which mid price watch (e.g. under $650-700 retail discounted price) do you believe to be so well built, designed, and finished that even an expert would easily think it fully comparable to a multi thousand dollar high end watch if no logo were displayed?
I'm not denying that top brands have cachet, reputation, collectability etc. But if this mid priced watch were unknown and suddenly turned out to have been made by a top, top brand, everyone would just nod their heads and go, "Yes, I thought it was one of theirs" because there was nothing about the physical watch itself that gave away its plebeian origins.


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England Under-16 forward Jordan Brown said that concerns about a lack of opportunities prompted his decision to quit Arsenal for West Ham.
The 16-year-old scored regularly in Arsenal's youth set-up and was promoted into the Under-18 side last season.
At international level, Brown has scored three goals in seven games for the England Under-16 team.
However the youngster feared slipping between the cracks at the Emirates, something he had seen happen to other players at Arsenal.
"I'd been at Arsenal at eight years and they wanted to keep me, but I sat down with my parents and my agents and we thought it was a better decision to come to West Ham," he said.
"The opportunities are here and I thought, at Arsenal, maybe I could have faded away because I've seen it happen before.
"I thought, the opportunity was there for me at West Ham and it has the attributes for me to be what I want to be in football."
The 16-year-old will sign with West Ham on a scholarship from July 1.
Brown joins nine other West Ham schoolboys, who have signed scholarships at the club, and he is keen to make an instant impact for his new team.
"I'm a No9 and my objective in a game is to score goals," he said. "I want to help the team out and to lead from the front. I'm quick and strong and I think I can run with the ball as well. I'm an attacker.
"My plan is to go in hard at the start of pre-season and really just try to impress people from there.
"I've obviously got to score goals whenever I can because I'm a striker, whichever age-group I am put into. Whether it's Under-18s or Under-21s, I've just got to do my best."
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As the summer season quickly approaches, and you can no longer hide your unwanted body hair under layers of warm clothing, many New Zealand women (and men) are starting to look into effective hair removal options. With beautiful summer dresses, tiny bikinis and shorts now starting to be worn on a daily basis, it's only natural that you want to look down and see silky smooth skin – whether it's on your legs, arms, face or underarms.
Waxing is no longer just an option or choice for women – many men are beginning to use and reap the benefits of hair removal through waxing. While some men embrace their hairiness, others want to feel silky smooth in certain places of their bodies. With many men visiting the beach and swimming pools over the summer season, they also might want to address unwanted hair that may be considered "a bit gross", such as back, neck and upper arm hair.
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Shaving – this is one of the most popular options for hair removal, mainly because it's quick, effective, cheap and can all be done within the home. While quick and easy, many argue that regular shaving can cause your hair to grow back quicker, thicker and darker. Although this is not proven, it's something to keep in mind before choosing shaving as your chosen hair removal option!
Laser hair removal – this is becoming increasingly popular around New Zealand. Several regular sessions of laser hair removal can actually permanently remove unwanted hair! The option is ideal for those who have the money, time and commitment to going to regular laser removal treatments.
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Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes
By Conor Humphries
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.
Frank Buckley built the apartment in the lobby of a Dublin office building that has lain vacant since its completion four years ago at the peak of an ill-fated construction boom, using bricks of shredded euro notes he borrowed from Ireland's national mint.
"It's a reflection of the whole madness that gripped us," Buckley said of what he calls his "billion-euro home."
"People were pouring billions into buildings now worth nothing," he said. "I wanted to create something from nothing."
A wave of cheap credit flowed into Ireland in the early 2000s after Ireland joined the currency zone fuelling a huge property bubble that transformed the country.
The bubble's collapse since 2007 plunged Ireland into the deepest recession in the industrialized world, forcing the former "Celtic Tiger" to accept a humiliating bailout from the EU and the IMF.
Buckley was given a 100 percent mortgage at the peak of the boom to buy a 365,000 euro home on the far reaches of Dublin's commuter belt, despite the fact he had no steady income.
He has separated from his wife who lives in the home, which has since lost at least one-third of its value. Continued...


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Wrestlers fall
The Tallmadge wrestling team lost a 39-25 decision to Stow-Munroe Falls in its regular-season finale Feb. 6 at James O. Maddox Court.
Terrell Grant earned a pin in 3 minutes, 51 seconds at 112 pounds for the Blue Devils. Teammate Travis Darago also scored a pin in 2:23 at 195.
Senior Danny Amato earned an 11-0 major decision for the Blue Devils at 145.
Other wins for Tallmadge came from Chris Musci (4-2 at 138) and Alex Williams (forfeit at 106).
Amato and senior statistician Brianna Wise were honored on Senior Night.
The Blue Devils were scheduled to compete in a Division II sectional tournament Feb. 14 and 15 at Northwest High School in Canal Fulton. Results were not available at press time.
The district competition is set to take place Feb. 21 and 22 at Alliance High School.
Banners needed
The Tallmadge Athletic Boosters is conducting its annual "Fence Advertising Sales Campaign."
Large banners are expected to be hung on either the baseball or softball home run fences beginning in the spring.
Advertisers can choose either location based on their target audience.
After the baseball and softball seasons conclude, all banners are expected to be moved to the football field for the upcoming fall season.
Once the fall season ends, the banners are expected to be taken down for the winter.
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