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The Watsons (original 1957; edition 1977)
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The Watsons (completed by John Coates) by Jane Austen (1957)
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Think I read the original unfinished version. Short but sweet, would have been a good story had it been finished.
This is for the 1958 completion of Austen's fragment by John Coates.
After making her name with Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, but before writing Mansfield Park, Emma or Persuasion, Jane Austen started a story about a family by the name of Watson. She never returned to finish this work in progress, completing only the first six chapters, but the unfinished manuscript has been tantalising Janeites ever since her nephew published the fragment in 1871. Coates himself acknowledges two earlier versions, and the dreaded Joan Aiken took a stab at the novel in 1996, so the field is open and the guidelines are limited to Austen's opening chapters, but I need search no further: The Watsons by John Coates is a delight.
The basic premise of the original story will be fairly familiar to anyone who has read at least one of Austen's books. Emma - renamed Emily by Coates, to avoid confusion with her successor, Miss Woodhouse - is the daughter of an impoverished and ailing clergyman, who has been struggling to raise his children since the death of his wife. With three older sisters at home, Emily herself was farmed out to a wealthy aunt at a young age, and the story begins with her return to the parsonage in Surrey after her aunt's hasty second marriage. The eldest daughter, Elizabeth, is caring and motherly, but at nearly thirty has given her own youth to raising her brothers and sisters. Penelope, who reminds me a lot of Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park, has also been staying with friends, but comes home to get to know Emily. Margaret is a manipulative diva reminiscent of Lydia in P+P, and there are also two grown and independent brothers, Robert - married to the very Eltonish Jane - and Sam the young doctor. Not surprisingly, with so many offspring, Mr Watson spends most of the time hiding in his room. (An early essay by Dr Chapman suggested that The Watsons is actually an early draft of Emma, but Elizabeth is the doting daughter, not Emily, in this case.) At the start of the seventh chapter, where Austen put down her pen for Coates to resume the story, the family has been introduced to the reader, and Emily meets three potential suitors at a ball. The Darcy-esque Lord Osborne, who lives in a castle with his forthright mother and sister, Osborne's tutor and friend Mr Howard, and the local flirt Tom Musgrave all take a shine to the new attraction, but Emily is drawn to only one man. Who will she marry?
There is really no telling how Austen would have continued the story, but she could surely find no fault in the style or fidelity of Mr Coates' continuation. At times, I had to keep reminding myself that the bulk of the narrative was actually written a good 150 years after Austen abandoned her work in progress! Coates captures the cadence, pace and even the humour of the original, and manages to coax a cast of endearing characters out of the briefest introductions. As with Austen's own novels, I took a while to make sense of all the names and relationships, but about midway through, everything suddenly came together and I fell in love. Emily is nothing like Emma Woodhouse, but neither is she another Fanny Price, a fate that Mr Coates thankfully saved her from, and Penelope is great fun - she says what she thinks, and has a very droll, teasing sense of humour. I also loved the growing friendship between the two sisters, who have grown up apart and barely know each other. Of the three suitors, I preferred Lord Osborne, but Coates keeps his readers guessing right until the final chapters, and all of the sisters find a suitable match in the end. Osborne's mother and Mr Howard's young nephew are two more brilliant creations who really come to life in the capable hands of Mr Coates.
Although Jane Austen gave up on The Watsons, I am eternally grateful that John Coates did not. Now I have another entertaining addition to complement the original classics, and fuel my love of all things Austen!
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451075226, Mass Market Paperback)Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist. Her novels were all written and set around Regency Era. The theme of her stories centered upon the limited provincial world in which she lived for the first twenty-six years of her life. She never married and died at age 41. She began writing her first novel in 1789. Her family life was conducive to writing; the Austen family often enacted plays, which gave her an opportunity to present her stories. Her close analysis of character displayed both a warm sense of humour and a hardy realism: vanity, selfishness and a lack of self-knowledge are among the faults most severely judged in her novels. Criticized for being repetitive, her plots are nonetheless well structured, and reveal a sincere love of perfection and minutiae of detail that she believed was one of the prerogatives of any potential writer. Amongst her famous works are: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818).
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- The man entering the White House today is many dubious things, and here is one: he's an avid golfer, so much so that he's just appeared on the cover of Golf Digest as our "golfer-in-chief." Let me be clear: I don't trust golfers. They have an almost coagulated aura of excess leisure about them, like pet beds or angina. If your idea of a good time involves puttering around manicured country-club greens in an ill-fitting polo shirt, teeing off with the rich and idle while the hired help lugs your heavy bags of long metal rods, then, brother, you are no friend of mine. The Wall Street Journal has cut to the golfer's rubberized core with a report on their collective obsession with Kirkland-brand golf balls—you know, from Costco. Such balls are so ideally plotted on the affordability-quality matrix (unit price $1.25) that they're the envy of every Palm Beach–dwelling retired partner from Deloitte. Brian Costa writes, "What made the balls a hot item among fanatical golfers is the revelation that, by some accounts, they perform like rivals that sell for more than twice as much … That idea sent shock waves through a billion-dollar industry, left Costco out of stock for weeks at a time and caused secondary-market prices for the ball to soar. Its popularity is threatening one of the sport's long-held consumer beliefs: when it comes to the quality of golf balls, you generally get what you pay for … The ball was such a curiosity to one major equipment company that employees there cut one in half to study its interior, hoping to discern more about its origin and composition."
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Apex-Player 3 years ago#11
Say what you will but that was the first console I ever had break on me and in record setting time.
That's what stopped me from buying every product on the shelf.
Then you look at the vision MS had for gaming this gen and the choice becomes obvious,
a few decent games is not worth supporting a company that would have undoubtedly killed my favorite hobby.
I'll buy MS products used for sure, but handing my money to MS directly is something I won't do willingly.
The most I see MS getting is a subscription of Live out of me and that's if I bother with it at all.
Sony and Nintendo are like every other company out to make money, but you can tell they love gaming.
MS is out for money, games are just there to get you in the door.
(Sony has a diverse set of games, most sell pretty badly but they cover every base.
MS looks for what sells and milks it until it bleeds.)
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SigmaLongshot posted...
I admit pre-emptively that my theory may be personal/circumstantial, but that's mentioned in the original post.
I don't know, seems to fit with my experiences also.
Born in '81.
3rd gen I had a Sega Master System.
4th gen I went Super Nintendo
5th gen I went Playstation
6th gen PS2 was my main gaming console but this was the gen I had enough money to play with and bought 4 consoles.
7th gen Primarily played PS3 but owned all 3 consoles.
Current gen: So far PS4 is my only console. I expect I'll have a Wii U and Xbone in due course, it's also too soon to say which I'll game most on.
Also note, when I only owned 1 system? I still played all the systems as my friends didn't have the same system I did all the time. Had tons of fun for instance on Genesis, in fact one of my favourite games from that gen? Crusader of Centi, a Genesis exclusive.
I've noticed though, as online gaming started getting prominence is when the console wars started getting even more ridiculous, because at that time if your friends didn't have the same console as you? You couldn't play with them online.
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SigmaLongshot (Topic Creator)3 years ago#13
The odd thing is that Sony fanboys have a different stance to, say, Microsoft, Nintendo or Apple fanboys.
Sega fanboys such as myself tend to revel in the Xbox brand for being the spiritual successor to Sega's legacy by means of the Dreamcast-Xbox collaboration.
Nintendo fanboys view Xbox as "Sony Lite"; a company like Sony that encroached aggressively on the territory, only to a lesser degree and much later.
Apple fanboys hate Xbox for precisely the same reason Xbox fanboys despise iTunes.
Microsoft fanboys dislike Xbox for making their company "impure" (console).
Only Sony-only people are as aggressive and persistent as they are, in my experience.*
*experience limited to objective, subjective human opinion based solely on personal stance and experiences
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cheezedadada 3 years ago#14
*1981 high five*
XBL- cheezedadada PSN- cheezedadadada
PC, Xbox One, PS4 and everything else.
ILikesCheese 3 years ago#15
SigmaLongshot posted...
It's an odd fellow; though I've seen people psychotically obsessive about, say, Nintendo, I see more people with the inverse reaction to the Xbox.
You are confusing Fanboyism with Critical Thinking.
Critical thinking leads Bob to the conclusion that after his friend Tom punches him in the face, steals his wallet, kisses his girlfriend, and frames Bob murder, Tom might not be Bob's friend anymore. If he ever was.
Also, don't confuse a brand (Xbox) with the machinations of the company behind it (Microsoft.) The hate you see lobbed at Microsoft for the past year has been very simply earned due to corporate greed and anti-consumer practices. Of course corporations exist to make a profit, but they must balance the tight rope of earning revenue while not alienating their consumer base.
It's not that hard to understand if you actually try and are willing.
If you're omnipotent and all-powerful...why would you need to REST? On the 7th or ANY day?
SigmaLongshot (Topic Creator)3 years ago#16
Enclave posted...
SigmaLongshot posted...I admit pre-emptively that my theory may be personal/circumstantial, but that's mentioned in the original post.
Pethaps an arbitrary (or perhaps not?) detail to fixate upon; you mentioned online gaming making rivalries stronger. Back in about 2004, our gaming group fragmented as some of us moved to everyday Halo 2, whilst the rest stuck to Counter Strike PC. Both camps got absurdly defensive!
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ILikesCheese 3 years ago#17
Skynet82997 posted...
It's mostly insecure teenage boys and young men - they always get like this - could be over anything - sports teams, lifting methodology, cars - it's all the same crap.
You're describing yourself and the Microsoft-Can-Do-No-Wrong-Camp, right?
Sure sounds like it.
If you're omnipotent and all-powerful...why would you need to REST? On the 7th or ANY day?
regsantotomas 3 years ago#18
While I wouldn't pool an entire generation of gamers together based solely on age; I do think that there is a disparity at times with gamers who have been part of this hobby for much longer.
At the same time, I am always wary of being an old codger that can't relate to the needs of a new generation.
At the end of the day, I still strongly believe in voting with my wallet. In this case, I wasn't on the same side as the free market with regards to how a solution like Xbox One resonates with me. That's OK.
I still look generally positively at this industry as it has provided me years of enjoyment and will continue to do so. I'm in my 40s now and don't plan on quitting any time soon.
the bitter truth is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. ~ Anton Ego
ILikesCheese 3 years ago#19
SigmaLongshot posted...
I have a theory; debunk or dismiss it as necessary.
First off I'm at least 15 years older than you.
Secondly I was a huge N64 fan, then a huge PS2 fan, then a huge Xbox 360 fan. (To clarify: FAN, not FANBOY. Those were simply the consoles I preferred at the time with the games I liked the most.)
I was eagerly expecting great things from Microsoft's "Xbox 720" Launch event last May....and about five minutes after it was over my dislike of that company and their plans for the "next" (now "this") generation of video game consoles began.
Age has little to do with the Playstation vs Xbox scenario or specifically "Xbox Hate." A little common sense and a lack of bias is all you need.
If you're omnipotent and all-powerful...why would you need to REST? On the 7th or ANY day?
So now the Xbox One has lost an entire generation of gamers ...
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Co-authors tried to publish a book, but the UT publishers cancelled it within days of publication because one of the authors (who is gay) wanted to put that he lives with his partner–saying that their projected LDS audience wouldn't buy it with the word "partner" in bio section of the book.
This PDF explains it and has the attached emails that clearly show discrimination based on sexual preference. I'm very offended by the publishers' remarks and how the situation was handled.
The publishers aren't affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so this was not a "Church" decision. In fact, the church's official statement on homosexuality, taken from MormonsAndGays.org, is:
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I've been disturbed by the way we humans treat our fellow inhabitants of planet Earth since I was a young teenager. In fact, during my senior year of high school, it was the subject of my first published article, which ran in the school paper.
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I guess for the first time T showed up, tap was simply too obvious. Kudos to Vollick1979 to calling it out...
However, as I started to write this, I didn't realize how much research was needed to cover the beginning of Magic from a technical view. Looking over the litigious history behind Magic was enough to give me the creeps, hence the slight delay...
And, without further ado, here is the first embodiment of United States Patent 5662332... (Warning: The patent itself has lots of verbose and technical words, sufficient to induce headaches, nausea, nosebleeds, and migraines.)
For purposes of the topic, here's Claim #1...Quote:
United States Patent 5662332
1. A method of playing games involving two or more players, the method being suitable for games having rules for game play that include instructions on drawing, playing, and discarding game components, and a reservoir of multiple copies of a plurality of game components, the method comprising the steps of:
each player constructing their own library of a predetermined number of game components by examining and selecting game components from the reservoir of game components;
each player obtaining an initial hand of a predetermined number of game components by shuffling the library of game components and drawing at random game components from the player's library of game components; and
each player executing turns in sequence with other players by drawing, playing, and discarding game components in accordance with the rules until the game ends, said step of executing a turn comprises:
(a) making one or more game components from the player's hand of game components available for play by taking the one or more game components from the player's hand and placing the one or more game components on a playing surface; and
(b) bringing into play one or more of the available game components by:
(i) selecting one or more game components; and
(ii) designating the one or more game components being brought into play by rotating the one or more game components from an original orientation to a second orientation.
The bolded part is the heart of tapping. Claim #2 would give the act of "rotating game components from an original orientation to a second orientation" the name tapping. Further sections of the patent describe it further, including...Quote:
United States Patent 5662332
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said step of designating one or more of the cards comprises rotating the one or more cards on the playing surface from an original orientation to a second orientation.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein said second orientation is 90 degrees from the first orientation.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein said step of executing a turn comprises the initial step of rotating the player's cards previously designated in a prior turn from the second orientation to the original orientation.
I don't think you can circumvent the patent by having cards turn 89 degrees or even 45 degrees; the wording is about changing from one orientation to another.) Even if you manage to bypass the tap mechanic itself like VS or Yu-Gi-Oh! has, it is still held by Claim #2 of the patent, which does not pertain to tapping.
The litigation between Wizards of the Coast and Nintendo over the publishing of the Pokemon TCG has very little to do with challenging the patent, as The Pokemon Company initially asked WotC to create the game. The litigation does have its share of drama, including claims of "patent infringement, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortuous interference with a business relationship, and unjust enrichment," among others. The last three items may have something to do with the pirating of former Wizards employees...
As it is, you pretty much have to pony up to Wizards if you want to get into the CCG market.
Enough about law and order...
While we may not turn our creatures sideways and push them forward in the exaggerated manner that the pros do on video, it is completely unlikely that you can win a game without turning a single card sideways.
The tap symbol, however, would not exist until Revised. For anything that tapped, it would have to be written out...
The turned T would be obsoleted come 4th Edition in favor of an arrow, complete with turn direction.
Basic lands would lose the written text in favor of the huge mana symbol come 6th Edition, but everything else would keep the tap symbol. A cleaner tap symbol emerged with the change of the card frames, but the tap symbol will remain unchanged after that. Below are the three symbols over the years, courtesy of an Arcana article from magicthegathering.com...
Image from The Changing Tap Symbol, July 12, 2004, Magic Arcana, magicthegathering.com
While the patent, and eventually the rules of tournament play, covered how to tap, players didn't always tap 90 degrees.
Some players would keep all their cards in one orientation, and use beads or counters to keep track of what is tapped and what is untapped. This is patently true if you played on any unpolished surface and had cards, like say a Mox Ruby, that you tapped on a regular basis. Of course, this was before card sleeves became a must-have product, and thankfully the practice died out. Imagine the shenanigans when playing with the levelers of Rise of the Eldrazi block, or Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block with their +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters...
As for direction, it is a reflection of our handedness. According to a survey, 80% tap clockwise, 14.5% counterclockwise, and 5.5% taps any which way they can.
In the early days of playing Magic, we played with tap based on the following (mis)conceptions...
- Creatures dealt damage, tapped or untapped, attacker or blocker. (Ironically, this would become the correct way to play come Sixth Edition.)
- You can attack with a land-turned-creature on the same turn it comes into play; this made Mishra's Factory even better than it needed to be. (Of course, the rules of "summoning sickness" became clearer over time.)
- You can tap someone's land before he could use the mana to cast the spell, in a kind of "I shouted it first" means of gaining priority...
For our playgroup, that last bit applied to just one card...
... and it would not be until I returned to Magic after a long hiatus that I learned that the last bit was wrong.
As for things being tapped, we tend to take it for granted as we always got to untap them at the start of our turn. It was when players started getting serious that we saw these two cards...
(On a side note, I'm surprised PETA didn't have a field day over Winter Orb...)
And it is this that catapulted this card from good to great...
Of course, it was probably the number of counterspells that supported this lock, especially this one counter...
What used to be the best way to force an opponent empty and set up a back-breaking Stasis has now been nerfed by the rules. Where you couldn't respond to this by casting anything other than another interrupt, you could now just cast any other instant or activated ability. How the mighty have fallen...
We used to Twiddle stuff in the old days, but the ability to tap wholesale defined the Ravnica - Time Spiral Standard, especially with the http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiver... deck, and it was Gigadrowse that defined the last two games of the 2006 Worlds Final blowout.
These days, we don't see so much tapping except on creatures as activated abilities.
Which tap symbol do you like best?
How do you tap? For that matter, do you play with lands in front of permanents or permanents in front of lands?
Do you think Richard Garfield should've been able to patent what is today the CCG concept? Should it extend to tapping as a mechanic?
The letter "U" is probably going to be Urza, but after talking about him a bit earlier in "P", could there be another topic? (Except Untap... for obvious reasons.)


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In previous years we've always delivered Megacon orders (on request) to your table at the show. Megacon is our local convention and the Orange Count Convention center is very close to our offices and it seemed like a small thing we could do that would save you a little bit of money.
Last year however the order volume was sooo heavy that we literally had one person – me — spend the entire first day of the show delivering orders. Order volume is even heavier this year … so we're going to have to do things a bit differently from here on out. We simply can't personally deliver any more orders to the convention center. So what we're going to do instead is to allow anyone attending Megacon to stop by our offices and pickup their books.
Now there are a couple of caveats to this offer however so please read this next bit very carefully …
1) Pickup is by appointment ONLY. Our lease does not permit walk-in business and as our offices are adjacent to the leasing office we have to be sticklers about that. So if you'd like to pick up your order from us, then you MUST let us know you're coming.
2) Orders will be available for pickup on the evenings of Wednesday March 23rd from 6pm to 10pm and again on Thursday March 24 from 6pm to 10pm. There will be absolutely NO personal order delivery at Megacon this year, nor will you be able to pick up your order before or after those designated times. If none of those times work for you then you MUST have your shipped to you.
3) This offer is for Megacon 2011 orders ONLY. We do not permit order pickup from our offices at any other time.
To select the pickup option (for Megacon orders ONLY, please) simply include a note on the notes field of your order saying that you'd like to pick up your order. You don't have to decide which night you want to stop by just yet (we assume most of you will probably chose Thursday), but we MUST know you're going to be picking up BEFORE we invoice you and you must let us know which day you want to pick up at least 48 hours in advance. Please don't tell us Thursday and then show up on Wednesday. Your order may not yet be ready.
If you're order is already in queue then you let us know if the Message Center if you'd like to pickup and we'll adjust your invoice as need be. By picking up your books you will not be billed for shipping, however our standard 3% handling charge still applies, as do Florida sales taxes if you are a FL resident.
Our offices are about 2 miles from the convention center. We'll post a map with driving directions as the convention dates near.


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Colloquia Schedule Spring 2014
Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B
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"The Connection between Star Formation and the Cold Interstellar Medium in Nearby Galaxies"
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"The Unusual Eclipser of the Young Star J1407: Moon-forming Circumplanetary Disk?"
University of Rochester
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"A Calibration of the Stellar-mass Fundamental Plane at
So-called "stellar" masses for early type galaxies are almost always
determined by one of two methods: either they are estimated from
spectra (and sometimes only broad band colors) or they are deduced by
subtracting the contribution of an assumed dark matter profile from a
combined mass inferred from kinematic (and sometimes macro-lensing)
measurements. Both methods have shortcomings. We describe a third
method: the analysis of flux ratio anomalies caused by the
micro-lensing of quadruply imaged quasars by the stellar graininess of
the lensing galaxy (Schechter and Wambsganss 2004). We use X-ray
observations from the Chandra Observatory (Pooley et al 2012) to
measure flux ratio anomalies and the "stellar mass fundamental plane"
of Hyde and Bernardi (2009) to average results obtained at
different radii from galaxies of different sizes and at different
redshifts. We infer limits on the underlying stellar intial mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
host: Pawan Kumar
Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Interstellar Matter Group
"Volatiles in Protoplanetary Disks"
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
host: Neal Evans
DeVaucouleurs Medalist: COLLOQUIUM
"Connecting Gas to Stars in Galaxies"
University of Cambridge, UK
host: Neal Evans
DeVaucouleurs Medalist: PUBLIC LECTURE
"The Hidden Universe Revealed"
University of Cambridge, UK
host: Neal Evans
"The Seeds of Massive Galaxies"
University of Edinburgh
host: Shardha Jogee
"Our Galactic Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*: The Ideal Testbed for Theories of Accretion and Black Hole Life Cycles"
University of Amsterdam
host: Pawan Kumar
Spring Break: 10-14 March: No talk scheduled.
"Rest-frame Optical Spectra: A Window into Galaxy Formation at z~2"
University of California, Los Angeles
host: Steve Finkelstein
Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Stars Group
"Hunting the First Generations of Stars and Galaxies"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
host: Fritz Benedict
"Shadows of Their Future Selves: Accretion and Obscuration in Young Stellar Objects"
Lowell Observatory
host: Adam Kraus
"Head in the Clouds: Decoding the Spectral Features Produced by Brown Dwarf and Exoplanent Atmospheres"
Hunter College/AMNH
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PhD Defense Presentation
"Measuring Dark Matter Profiles Non-Parametrically in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies"
University of Texas at Austin
"Hunting the First Galaxies with Gravitational Lensing"
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
host: Steve Finkelstein
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"Adventures in Cosmic Star Formation"
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
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"MaNGA: Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory An IFU Survey of 10,000 Galaxies"
University of Tokyo, IPMU
host: Niv Drory
Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Planets Group
"Extrasolar Planets with Small Telescopes"
Princeton University
host: Mike Endl
No talk scheduled.
"Stark Broadening of Hydrogen Spectral Lines in Plasmas: Advanced Theories, Benchmark Experiments, Astrophysical Applications"
Auburn University
host: Don Winget
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Recently I embarked on one of my regular jaunts around YouTube, just randomly going where the recommended videos section takes me, as I am want to do at 2 am when the insomnia strikes. It was in my perusal of those recommendations that I got back in touch with an old friend from days long past. Remember this one?
It might be difficult for all my Gen-X cohorts to comprehend, but that video turns 20 years old next year. Hard to believe that the start of my love affair with both Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone could have aged so far so fast. I seem to find my way back to it every once in a while and it always proves to be one of the best ways to transport me back to 1994. There have been a lot of great videos over the years, but I still think that one is my favorite. Not because it's particularly well made or even all that clever, but for the obvious reason - Liv and Alicia were incredibly hot in it.
It's just one hot moment after another, starting out with Alicia in the schoolgirl outfit, then out of the school girl outfit, proceeding to Liv pumping gas in leather pants, the two of them stripping in the photo booth for the hippie checkout guy, then some not-so-vaguely lesbian overtones at the titty bar complete with Liv on the stripper pole imitating her dad, followed by an all night romp back at the motel and finally a dip in the pond. Best road trip ever? What wouldn't any hormonally supercharged young teen have given to tag along for that? These days I'm closer to the creepy lecher at the gas station, but I don't think I'll ever stop wanting to tag along with those two. Liv and Alicia have since moved on to bigger things, but I'll never be as fond of anything they do as I am of that video. As far as I'm concerned, it was their best work.
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HTC Announces $100M Fund For VR Accelerator Program 'Vive X'
HTC has announced $100 million funds for virtual reality accelerator program called Vive X. Vive X is designed for helping the developers in order to ensure the growth of virtual reality around the world.
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Android fans across the world have been waiting long and finally Google has declared Android 5.0 Lollipop along with the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9 tablet and new Nexus Player device.
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HTC Announced Mid-range Smartphone Desire 820, Possibly Could Change The Fate
Until now, Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has released so many mid-range smartphones. Very few of them massively attracted users, while most haven't. But lately, HTC has announced another mid-range smartphone named Desire 820, the successor to the popular HTC Desire 816, which the company claims could change the fate of the company.
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HTC One M8 Launched, Expected To Change The Game
HTC has officially unveiled HTC One M8 which is the successor of HTC One. The specialty of this handset is it comes with two rear cameras. It is being expected that the handset is about to change the game of HTC.
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HTC Desire 816 With 13-Megapixel Camera Will Cost Less Than $300
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More Leaked Images Of The Upcoming HTC All New One Hit The Web
HTC is expected to unveil its next flagship smartphone on its March 25 event. However, just ahead of the event, more leaked images of the anticipated HTC All New One have hit the web.
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HTC Readies Wearables Devices Including A Google Now Smartwatch
HTC has been on a downward spiral in terms of sales and profits. But the company now plans to stop this decline by offering a range of wearable devices. Among these, sources claim, is a Google Now smartwatch.
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About a year ago, Taiwanese manufacturer HTC launched Butterfly, the very first phone of its series. The phone comes with a 1080p screen and became very popular in countries in which it was released. However, now a rumor is swirling around that HTC may launch Butterfly 2, the successor of Butterfly in January of next year.
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Images Leaked: HTC Might Be Making Gold Colored HTC One
Apple has unveiled iPhone 5S in three colors, including gold colored. And now it seems like HTC One is the next to be coming in gold color. Lately, some images of this phone have been leaked.
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Lenovo May Acquire HTC Soon, Rumors Say
HTC has long been cited as the sick child of the smartphone market. The company started with an excellent potential and a brand value that put it up there among the top players but over time, HTC's smartphone market and its stock value has plummeted. Now, rumor has it that the Chinese company Lenovo may acquire HTC soon.
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HTC To Bring 5.9-Inch HTC One Max Phablet [Rumor]
Taiwanese website ePrice has published a photo of a device larger than and similar to HTC One. The device is speculated to be the HTC One Max Phablet. HTC's phablet will probably compete with Samsung's Galaxy Note series. The smartphone-tablet hybrid is codenamed T6, and packs a 5.9-inch, 1080p display.
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Haunted Halloween Trains begin runs today
Haunted Halloween Trains, run by the Medina Railroad Museum, debut today for a two-hour excursion from Medina to Lockport, along the Erie Canal.
The trains will pass the locations of ghost sightings, crop circles, and other things associated with ghosts, spirits and the supernatural. Passengers will hear recountings by supernatural historian and storyteller Mason Winfield about odd historical incidents that have happened along the rail line.
The run will be repeated Friday and next Saturday.
Trains leave at 5:30 p.m. from the Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave. Coach tickets are $35; first class is $52 and features table seating in the museum's vintage 1949 dining car.
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Mild weather and modest warming should dominate the Orange County weather picture through Wednesday, the National Weather Service says.
Then we're in for a significant cooling trend as a high-pressure air system that has kept the region unseasonably warm for weeks begins to weaken, at last giving way to low pressure.
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The 30th annual Outlaw Trail 100 Cycling Tour will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Old Settlers Park at the Dell Diamond.
Saddle up Pardner for the 30th Annual Outlaw Trail 100 Cycling Tour scheduled for Saturday, October 8th starting 8am in Old Settlers Park. 10 mile, 25 mile, 40 mile, 50 mile, 100 km and 100 mile loop courses will meander through historic eastern Williamson County. Aid stations, bike repair and sag wagon support will be on all courses to assist cyclists on their journey.
Register online now at www.roundrockrecreation.com, www.active.com or download the registration form to mail.
10 mile course map.
Outlaw Trail isn't competitive; it is an opportunity to join cyclists from across Texas for a ride across Williamson County. There are rest stops set up along the trail for cyclists to grab some snacks or a drink. Riders can ride at their own pace and rely on support from sag wagons and rest stops throughout their ride. The tour closes at 5 p.m. so cyclists should select a course they can finish within that time period.
This event is Saturday, Oct. 8, with 100 mile riders taking off at 8 a.m. with a staggered start. No rider will start after 8:30 a.m. The course will close at 5 p.m. Parking is available in the Dell Diamond parking lot (at park entrance).
Course information
The start/finish line will be located on Harrell Parkway by the Dell Diamond in front of the Old Settlers Tabernacle. Cyclists will park in the Dell Diamond parking lot and walk to the Old Settlers Tabernacle for packet pickup on event day and/or registration.
Please arrive early so you can go to the Tabernacle, get your packet, get your bike, and be ready to take off on time.
Tailgate Party
Starting at 10:30 a.m., registered cyclists can grab some grub and wet their whistle with various beverages, including beer for those 21+, at our Post-Ride Tailgate
Party. Various tailgate games will be set up along with live football viewing for you to enjoy and cheer on fellow riders who are returning. The party will end at 5 p.m.
Rentsch Brewery from Georgetown, Texas will be featured offering various varieties of craft beer for those 21+ throughout the Tailgate Party. Rentsch Brewery is a Texas born craft brewery incorporating Old World German with New World American styles.
First 750 bandits receive an Outlaw Trail 100 shirt, 30th anniversary loot, a ticket to the Cyclist Social Pasta Dinner, and other miscellaneous items. Plus, as a rider you enjoy sag wagon support on the course, fruit and sports drinks, and a meal after the tour!
Packet Pick-up
Thursday, October 6 (8am-5pm)
Saturday, October 8 (6:30am-7:30am)
Cost for participation in the Outlaw Trail is outlined below:
- Early registration ends on or before October 2: $35
- Late registration October 3 to October 8: $45
Grub & Pasta Dinner
There is a Pasta Dinner for registered cyclists at the Old Settlers Association Tabernacle on Friday, October 7 from 5pm to 8pm. Guests can purchase tickets at the door. Cyclists must pick up their packet and pasta dinner ticket prior to entering the dinner. Saturday morning munchies will be provided, and following your ride, we'll have more grub for you to enjoy.
Travel Assistance
Sag wagons from Round Rock Parks and Recreation will provide road assistance and transport for those unable to complete the tour. Bicycle Sport Shop will provide emergency bicycle repair on the course; however, be prepared to handle your own flats and minor repairs. Remember, the course closes at 5 p.m.
Watering Holes
Rest areas will be located at 12-14 mile intervals. Water, fruit and other snacks will be provided in addition to portable toilets and medical assistance.
This event will be held rain or shine unless extremely dangerous conditions exist. No refunds will be made. Participants will be started according to distance traveling – longest distance riders will leave first. All traffic laws must be obeyed at all times. Helmets are required. Please ride only what you have trained for. 100 mile cyclist need to pass Aid Station #2 and be on the way to Aid Station #3 by 9:45 am.
Whether this is your first time riding in a tour, or you're a seasoned rider, please review the safety guidelines and recommendations for Outlaw Trail. There's no such thing as being too careful! All cyclists are expected to know the rules of the road and obey them!
If you are new to cycling, you may want to consider a training course from Bicycle Sport Shop and/or joining their riding group on a few pre-rides to make sure you're ready to ride in a large event. First and foremost, we want you to be careful and enjoy a safe ride.
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Vacation is over, so it's back to our regularly scheduled motoblogging.
This vacation was a cruise to Mexico. I mention this because it was interesting to see the differences in the motorcycling communities in other countries.
Mexico is definitely NOT a sportbike or cruiser environment. I saw exactly one sportbike, a CBR1000RR that was on sale in Mazatlan. I saw a couple of cruisers, including one Harley-Davidson, in Mazatlan as well. The remainder were scooters or 125-250cc dual sports. In Puerto Vallarta, it's almost entirely dual sports.
That city is a special case, though, because it sits at the foot of the jungle, with huge amounts of water runoff from the rain forest. As such, many of the streets consist not of asphalt pavement, but fist-sized stones set in concrete. City driving there is much like a well-maintained fire road here. You need a Dual Sport just to drive around downtown, as the even the best-maintained stone roads are suspension-punishing monsters.
Motorcyclists in Mexico also ride with a mix of elan and courage that is…well…frightening. But then, automobile drivers do, too.
They have mandatory helmet laws in Mexico, but they certainly aren't fanatics about it. That is to say, most motorcyclists obey it…at least with some kind of helmet, anyway. Whether it's a motorcycle helmet is a different story.
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Some 2002-2005 Explorer/Mountaineer and 2003-2005 Aviator vehicles may exhibit a damaged/cracked plastic applique without liftgate glass damage.
Replace the applique as necessary. It is no longer necessary to replace the entire liftgate glass assembly to correct this condition. Refer to the following Service Procedure for details.
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The perfect point-to-point cycling adventure.
Corsica's colourful Italian and French history, and rebellious, independent spirit make this beautiful island feel a world away from mainland France. With a thousand kilometres of unspoilt palm-fringed coastline, spine of wild, rugged mountains soaring to 3,000m, and an almost unlimited choice of challenging, winding roads – not to mention a robust and delicious local cuisine – it's an utterly seductive destination for cyclists.
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Let us challenge and inspire you, and fuel your passion for cycling. Using our vast experience of road riding and our love of the history of the sport, we have created Rapha Randonnées: point-to-point itineraries in cycling's classic territories, and in select destinations across the world. Take on mythical climbs in the Alps, Pyrenees and Dolomites, or cycle the road less travelled through the beautiful landscapes of Japan, California or Corsica. Whichever you choose, you will experience the same levels of service and support. Rapha Travel team cars and experienced guides will be on hand with local knowledge, a morale-boosting chat or a full bidon every pedal-stroke of the way. And, at the end of the day, you'll simply hand your bike over to our mechanics, who will return them in top condition the next morning. In the evenings all you have to do is enjoy your appointment with our pro-level soigneur, sample the regional wines and cuisine, and relax in our carefully chosen accommodation.
Flights, bike hire and travel insurance are not included
Single occupancy as standard
Randonnées are a real challenge, often climbing the same cols used in the biggest races in the world. But because they're fully supported, they can be enjoyed by everyone from veteran riders with years of experience to relative newcomers who have put in the training and committed themselves to achieving something special.
|Arrival Day Porto Vecchio — Quick Spin
|Day 1 Porto Vecchio — Sartène — Porto Vecchio
|Day 2 Porto Vecchio — Porticcio
|Day 3 Porticcio - Cargese
|Day 4 Cargese - Corte
|Day 5 Corte — Corte
|Day 6 Corte — Calvi
|Day 7 Calvi
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Flights into Figari Sud Airport where you will be met by a member of Rapha Travel.Our adventure begins with a quick, undulating spin. A perfect opportunity to get to know your riding companions for the week before enjoying your first night on the island, in the city that hosted the Tour de France's Grand Départ in 2013.
Hotel Mariosa
From Porto Vecchio's white-sand beaches, we ride into the wild southern interior – dense, forested hills with unexpected vistas around every corner. Returning from Sartène, we take the spectacular red-rocked coast road, with beautiful views out over the Mediterranean.
Hotel Mariosa
Col de Bacinu (803m), Foce di Mezzo (507m)
On our second day in the saddle we'll traverse to the western side of the island via the rugged Parc Natural Régional de la Corse – cool pine forests and fragrant scrubland dominated by 2,000m-plus peaks. Then a long descent to a magnificent bay for sunset over the sea.
Sofitel Porticcio Thalassa
A journey into the heart of the island via the coastal corniche road made famous by the 2013 Tour de France. We will head toward the Mont de Cervello, before descending to the sea and finish the day in Cargese
A 30km climb takes us to the Col de Vergio, at 1,478m the island's highest road, before descending to the luxurious, tranquil Hôtel Dominique Colonna in the Restonica river valley.
Hotel Dominique Colonna
Col de Vergio (1,478m)
For our fourth day, riders may choose between two routes, both departing from and returning to Corte. Two punchy rides taking in the high road across the spine of the island. Charming perched villages, deserted back roads, river gorges and, for long-route riders, the spectacular Col de Sorba.
Hotel Dominique Colonna
Col de Sorba (1,316m)
Our final ride takes us from the island's interior back to the sea. To finish there's a fast descent and some stunning panoramas of the city of Calvi. It's the perfect way to cap to a magnificent week on the wild and beautiful island of Corsica.
Hotel La Villa
Bocca Capanna (843m), Bocca di Battaglia (1,099m)
Transfer back from the hotel to Calvi Airport
The team.. James, Nico, Vicki and Livio just blew my mind and exceeded my expectations. They were sooo patient even at my lowest energy point when I perhaps wasn't at my finest the team was always there for me!
— Randonnee Dolomites, July 2016
It truly was an adventure and a testing one at that. Your companionship made the trip pure pleasure. To sit and eat (steak after steak after steak) and laugh with you all after what were very challenging days will make the trip live long in my memory. Our greatest thanks goes to the Rapha Travel Team. Thank you Ben, Greg, Joe and Francois. I know it's very calm on the surface but I also know that so much goes on behind the scenes. Not only on the trip but back in the office as well. I knew what to expect. But even knowing that my expectations were exceeded. Thank you so much guys.
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