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When Steve Jobs died, many people heralded him during his passing in an almost reverent way, and yet during his life he did a few things that weren't what I would call cool. (I understand why outsourcing happens, but I do not understand why any company president would ignore that employees from his outsourced plants were being horrendously abused. I think this was completely inexcusable.) Bill Gates has also participated in actions over the years that I do not agree with, such as violating antitrust law. But Bill Gates has redeemed himself in my eyes. Over the years, I have come to view Gates as a throwback of industry, a present-day Andrew Carnegie: a man who made an empire with means that were not completely kosher, but then used the empire to change the world for the better. We at Poop Report have a friend in Bill Gates.
What is he worried about these days? Poop and world sanitation. Gates, who has also spoken out about attempting to find a cure for malaria, has set his sights on issues higher than many of the corrupt CEOs of our time. He recognized that 2.6 billion of the people on our planet do not have access to sanitation, and this, in turn, is killing men, women, and children daily... children especially. Of the 2.6 billion people in our world with nowhere to pee or poop but out in the open, over one billion of them are children. And one of them dies every twenty seconds. Yes, every twenty seconds. By the time you finish reading this article and (hopefully) viewing the video at its end, five to eight children will have died because they did not have access to proper sanitation or clean water.
Gates has a plan. With a contest already in the works, and grants given to scientists and colleges, he is seeking to do "something that hasn't been done for centuries: reinventing the toilet." According to an article that posted today on ABC news by Donna Gordon Blankenship, new ideas have been plopping up already. One that caught my eye was a design to use black soldier fly larvae to eat poop. This design is being tested in Cape Town, Africa, as we speak, one of the places in our world where poor sanitation exists. The scientists who developed this particular method of cheap sanitation state the end result of the flies is actually an animal feed. (We will surely report on this topic later this week.)
Gates expects new designs for a working toilet within the next three years and has already set aside 370 million dollars for reaching that goal.
Following is a video that runs for about one minute and thirty seconds from his blog about what he hopes to accomplish. The video is a bit overrun with cute references to shit, but in this way it allows for a transition to links directly below the video, ones which I have included here:
Extra links from the Gates' blog: You can read more about Bill and Melinda Gates' concerns about water, sanitation, and hygiene at this page from the Gates Foundation website. You can also read a nicely illustrated article about the world sanitation issue here, written by Co.Exist editor Morgan Clendaniel.
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Wow, i really like your take on Bill Gates. If Gates is Carnegie, can Jobs be Hughes at least?
I think there are some better things you can spend 370 million dollars on than inventing a new toilet. Yes, its for sanitation, but I still don't see the purpose. I'd rather spend that money on actually sanitizing the places or giving out already designed toilets. *disapprove*
Well now anonymous disapprover, I think you didn't read the material carefully enough. We're talking about three deaths every minute, 24 hours a day.
Most existing toilets use water as a flushing medium and that is a luxury that we can not afford on a worldwide basis. As sources of fresh water are competed for globally this precious resource needs to be protected. One approach to this problem would be to stop pissing and shitting in it.
Aquifers all over the world are being depleted at a rate faster than they can be replenished by nature. It will only be a matter of time before wars are fought over water rights.
Bill Gates is doing the world a great favor by trying to redesign the method we use to dispose of our body wastes. Remember, pollution is a resource that has been misplaced. Poop that has been composted and reintroduced to the food cycle as fertilizer is a good idea. Crapping in the very limited water supply is a bad idea.
If I had two faces do you think I'd be wearing this one?
So, when these black fly larvae mature and you need to update the larvae supply, is Bill Gates going to charge you $150 for the newest version? Larvae 8, anyone? :P
An apple a day keeps the ExLax away!
Bill Gates is right on the money with his effort to re-invent the head. Ecological sanitation is the future!
Spreading the turd one poop at a time.
Sanitation investment: Good! Public education turning into privatization with funds and agenda from The Gates Foundation as a business model: Disaster. There's good intent in the foundation, but there are some aspects we need be careful of.
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This may be a confusion of language -- I wonder if he (or you) is confusing "wind direction" and the direction in which a storm moves. (I've tried to write that more clearly several time but it's so difficult for me to put into words that make any sense.) Wind direction is reported by the direction from which it originates. For example, a northerly wind blows from the north to the south. I wonder if he has in his mind that the wind direction for storms is southeast, which means the wind blows from the southeast toward the northeast, but saying the storms "head" southeast.
Well then I guess that proves you were correct all along. Is he still trying to argue that the storm has passed you?
Can I piggy back on kherbert05's question with a related one? (Actually I already am so I guess that question is answered )Do environmental factors affect the incidence of tonsillitis? I lived for three years in a town where tonsillitis was MUCH more common that I have experienced elsewhere. I'm certain that it wasn't just a misdiagnosing doctor for many reasons, one of which being my own symptoms (and I've never had tonsillitis at any other time in my life, but twice in this town), but there are many more. I've always wondered if it could be environmental conditions. My own particular suspect was the water supply, which was a unique water supply exclusively used by this town, but that's based on nothing but its uniqueness.
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Today, January 22, is the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. This day began a time when women were given freedom over their productive rights: whether or not they should continue an unwanted pregnancy. Today, this right is under fire by people who are determined to take it away as soon as possible.
I honestly don't know how I feel about abortion. I have more and more questions about it as I grow older. My passionate 18 year old self might not be impressed with the questions of my 45 year old. But those are my personal feelings. I am happy I have enjoyed the right to choose during my adult life.
One thing I do not believe is that the right to choose is anything but a woman's personal choice. I cannot ever be part of a movement with the primary goal of eradicating the right for a woman to have power over her own body.
Currently, women are in a wonderful place. They can get an education of desired. They can marry if they desire. They can delay pregnancy if they desire. They can work. They can mother. They can supervise. They can own. Gone are the days where women are considered men's chattel with no rights to vote, be employed, or not get married.
Ladies! Wake up! If you are willing to let women lose the right to choose whether they will or will not carry out a pregnancy, you are opening the door to the eradication of other women's rights. Next up, the right to use birth control. What will come next? The right for women with children to be employed? The right for women to own property?
Some of you might be laughing to yourselves, thinking this would never happen. It's just about stopping the murder of innocent babies! No, it is about control from a religious right agenda that has highjacked our political system.
Honestly, do you think these people who want to be in power truly have women's needs at heart? Let me point out their idea of idea female political candidates: Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman. They parade these political jokes before the American people to appease the suggestion that they are anti-female, leaving the truly eloquent and more-than-capable women behind. (I really wanted to provide some names here, but when I googled "moderate Republican women" the first articles are from several years ago.)
Once we give up a right, others will go much easier. Are we willing to open that door?
I believe that women are the most sympathetic when it comes to the choices other women have had to make in their lives. I believe this because each and every woman who has been pregnant–wanted or unwanted–and then mothered, understands what a tremendously difficult job this is. It is not something that should be pressed upon someone who is not ready for whatever reasons.
I will continue to support pro-choice candidates monetarily and otherwise. I will sign every petition regarding this issue that passes by me. I will re-tweet and post to Facebook my thoughts on these issues. I will do my due diligence before voting for a candidate, reassuring myself that he or she has the best interests of women at heart. I will question those who claim to know morally what is right or wrong for a complete stranger.
At the heart of my passion (apparently some remains!) over this issue, remains the basic right of choice. Women have a right to choose what their bodies will and won't do.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (PDT)
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Before Ellen...before Harvey...there was José Sarria...
In the early 1960s, José Julio Sarria proclaimed himself Empress of San Francisco, The Widow Norton. He founded the international Imperial Court system and from the stage of the Black Cat bar in North Beach, he spoke out against the vice squad. In 1961 he became the first openly gay man in the country to run for public office.
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31 May is World Smokefree Day 2013 – Quit now, it's about whanau
"We say: ' Quit now!' You can do it with the right support!" said Angela Francis, chief executive of the Asthma Foundation.
Saturday, 31 May is World Smokefree Day and the Asthma Foundation is urging New Zealanders who smoke to quit, and give their lungs a chance. An estimated 170,000 New Zealanders live with respiratory problems due to smoking.
"Lower smoking rates are a critical factor in our efforts to reduce the burden of respiratory disease in the community," said Dr Kyle Perrin, medical director for the Asthma Foundation.
As well as causing 5,000 deaths each year, smoking has many negative health effects for those with a respiratory condition, including it being the main cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Smoking is a major asthma trigger for some people and can make asthma control harder to achieve while increasing the need for medication.
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people of the dangers involved."
"Every cigarette does damage," says Dr Perrin. "Whatever age you are, however long you have smoked, whether you have been diagnosed with COPD or not, quitting can make a meaningful difference to you and your whanau."
This World Smokefree Day, Quitline is encouraging anyone who has tried to quit before to get back in touch with them. "It is really normal to take several attempts to quit smoking and it is important that people don't feel like they have failed - I personally took four serious attempts before I quit for good", says Quitline chief executive, Paula Snowden.
The good news is that there's more support available than ever. Through Quitline, smokers get to talk to advisors, get on-line advice, have quitting tips and supportive messages texted to their mobile phone or receive daily email updates on how much money they are saving by not smoking.
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East Lake had a ceremony befitting one of Pinellas County's top programs with seven players who signed with colleges.
The school turned it into an event with the band playing and video highlights before each player was introduced in the auditorium. A rap song put together by defensive back Aylwyn Young played before the introductions.
Three of the seven – defensive back Devin Abraham (USF), offensive lineman Mason Cole (Michigan) and receiver Artavis Scott (Clemson) – had already graduated and were enrolled in college. They came home for the ceremony and to attend the team banquet, which was held Tuesday night.
"Signing day is big for me, and I wanted these guys to be a part of it," East Lake coach Bob Hudson said. "I talked to their college coaches and they agreed to let them come down. But they all have to go back (Wednesday)."
They were joined by offensive lineman Jared Gleason (Stetson), defensive lineman Leo Jeter (Southeastern), defensive lineman Hunter Snyder (Florida Atlantic) and offensive lineman Drew Stryjewski (Southeastern).
The 2014 class was the most successful in the school's history with three straight region final appearances. This past season was the most successful with school records for wins (13), points scored (603), points allowed (114), most shutouts (five) and first state semifinal berth.
Afterward, the players posed for pictures. Abraham, Cole and Scott even signed some autographs for students.
"It's good to be back and be here with my teammates," Scott said. "I always enjoyed everyone here."
And there could be as many as five more players from this class who could eventually sign.
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Moreover, Alicia Silverstone is hired to star in the comedy which already has Jennifer Garner and Ashley Greene as the cast members.
"Butter" has made a good start by tapping a number of A-list stars. The film which will be produced by Jennifer Garner alongside Michael De Luca and Alissa Phillips has just added Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman and Alicia Silverstone on the list of actors.
Movieline reports the "The O.C." star is set to play a tattooed stripper who is the mistress to a term-limited butter-carving champion played by Ty Burrell. Garner, in the meantime, also stars as the champion's wife, who decides to take the crown for herself.
As for the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" hunk, he will be seen playing an old flame of Garner's character. Silverstone, meanwhile, is cast as the adoptive mother of a girl who is going to be up against Garner's character in the competition. The young girl is portrayed by Yara Shahidi.
Previously, "Butter" has made Ashley Greene inking a deal to star in it. The "Twilight" beauty is set to take the role of a rebellious high school teenager named Kaitlen Pickler. The story itself will follow a number of competitive characters in a small Midwestern town as they become entwined in an annual butter-carving contest.
"She's Out of My League" director Jim Field Smith will serve behind the lens for this political satire with the script provided by Jason A. Micallef. Shooting is planned to start later this month but no release date has been locked yet.


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Marcel Fairbairn is a 20-year veteran of the entertainment-lighting industry. As a teenager, Fairbairn was a singer and bass player for several Canadian heavy rock bands. At age 19, he sold musical instruments at two music stores in Calgary, and later went on to hold top management positions at several automated lighting companies.
After seeing the potential of light-emitting diode (LED) technology as a replacement for incandescent and halogen bulbs, Fairbairn left rock 'n roll to co-found his own commercial lighting business, LED Source, specializing in full-scale evaluations and retrofits of lighting in offices, schools, churches, theaters, art galleries, restaurants, and other spaces.
When LED Source opened a franchise program in 2009, it became the first and only franchisor of LED lighting in North America. The company has grown consistently at a yearly rate of 40 percent (as measured by annual gross revenue) since its launch in 2005.
Fairbairn admits he's made some mistakes, but his experience has led him to move quickly to expand his market and to simplify business processes wherever he can. The Intuit Small Business Blog recently talked with Fairbairn about the delicate art of leadership and how he positioned his business to handle rapid change.
ISBB: What leadership mistakes have you made over the years?
Fairbairn: When a person isn't right for your company today, it's highly unlikely this will change in the future. The employee may be a very good person, just not good for me and the business. When I know this to be true, I've got to move on. In the past I said, "But if I just invest more in Bob, he'll eventually be great." Now, when faced with this situation, I understand that I need to make smart decisions, even if they're tough decisions.
Does letting people go get easier the more you do it?
Not always easier, but I go by what's most important, seeking ways to improve our business. I'd like to think I've gotten better not only at recognizing a failed hire, but also at the willingness and speed with which I move on decisions.
You say, "Trust your people, but build-in metrics." Can you explain?
When we hire people, I always ask my managers to apply some sort of metrics to that hire. Give him or her benchmarks and goals, and then measure the success. Numbers never lie.
How do you "simplify everything" in today's complex work environment?
Simplifying our business is my #1 goal when I come to work each day. We've worked to simplify everything, from our IT, which is now entirely cloud-based (no in-house servers), and electronics (Apple computers and smartphones) to our nine-step ESP solutions selling system. If a process takes 10 minutes or five steps to complete, we want to get it down.
The final goal is improving our customer experience. People are busy. They don't want to waste time on unnecessary steps when trying to purchase a good or service.
What concrete steps can a small-business owner take to pay better attention to what's going on?
Obviously, you have to look at the metrics you've set up for your business. In my case, these aren't just financial numbers: We look at other important numbers, including close rates and length of time to close, adopting or expanding social media, and employee and customer retention. These all tell a story!
Most importantly, pay attention to your customers. I'm not suggesting you do as they tell you, but you should listen. In many cases, they may tell you what you don't want to hear, but if you don't pay attention, your competitors will. By then it's too late.
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UPDATE: Heidi Klum walked the runway!! CLICK HERE to see pics!
Last year, just 8 weeks after giving birth, Heidi Klum worked the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion show looking AMAZING! (pic above)
This year the show comes just 6 weeks after giving birth to her fourth child and Heidi will not be working the runway with the other girls in their super skimpy, just very sexy lingerie, but she will be the shows host.
President and Chief Marketing Officer of VS, Ed Razek, tells People:
"Heidi is superwoman. She had a baby a few weeks ago and she is hosting the most high profile fashion show in the world. Victoria's Secret is thrilled to have her back. There is no one like her"
The gorgeous Marisa Miller will sport this year's fabulous diamond bra and The Black Eyes Peas are set to rock the stage.
The 2009 Victoria's Secret fashion show takes place on Nov. 19. and will air on CBS Dec. 1 at 10pm.
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NOAA and the Volvo Ocean Race fleet team up to gather vital ocean knowledge
Volvo Ocean Race's six-strong fleet are more than simply racing on Leg 5 from Auckland to Itajaí after setting off last week – they are assisting in an important environmental project to provide vital data from the Southern Ocean.
If you've ever sailed aboard a ship, or checked a weather report before going to the beach, then you are one of many millions of people who benefit from ocean observations.
The U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects ocean and weather data to provide mariners with accurate forecasts of seas, as well as coastal forecasts and regional climate predictions.
It takes a lot of effort to maintain these observations in all of the ocean basins to support these forecasts, and NOAA can't do it alone.
Partnerships are critical to maintaining a network of free-floating buoys, known as drifters, and NOAA have asked the Volvo Ocean Race fleet to assist them on the Southern Ocean leg.
The race greatly depends on accurate predictions of ocean currents and marine weather. Their sailors' lives can depend on it.
The fifth leg of the race departed Auckland last Wednesday and is traveling through the treacherous waters of the Southern Ocean before rounding Cape Horn and ending in Itajaí after a 6,776-nautical-mile journey.
All six of the Volvo Ocean Race teams each deployed a drifter during the fifth leg of the race, in the Southern Ocean – a region oceanographers don't get to visit regularly, but one that is critically important to observe - at the same predetermined coordinates.
"The Southern Ocean is poorly sampled compared to other ocean basins because it is so remote from most shipping lanes where observations are collected," said Dr. Rick Lumpkin, Director of NOAA's Global Drifter Programme. "However, it plays a critical climate role in the global conveyor belt circulation and links the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, so it is extremely important to observe currents and temperatures there."
The operations centre of the Global Drifter Programme, housed at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, continuously seeks opportunities for deployments in remote.
Martin Kramp serves as the ship coordinator at JCOMMOPS, a support centre of the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology of World Meteorological Organization, and UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. JCOMMOPS monitors observing networks and helps exploit synergies in the Global Ocean Observing System, such as deployment opportunities across different programmes. Kramp helped coordinate this unique opportunity and partnership. "Organised ocean sailing events, such as races and rallies, are a new component of growing importance in volunteer ocean observation," explained Kramp. "We have shown the feasibility and efficiency of such partnerships in the last months and we are very happy that the Volvo Ocean Race is collaborating with us as a part of the current race."
Knut Frostad, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, said: "The oceans are our race tracks and we are delighted we can assist with the building of knowledge about them in this way. I look forward to following the data from the drifters that our fleet drops as they race through the Southern Ocean, passing some of the most remote locations on the planet."
Anyone can access the drifter data at http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac. As soon as they are in the water, they will drift with ocean surface currents and transmit data on surface pressure and ocean currents through a global satellite network.
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The 46-year-old director of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' admits that Lucasfilm's decision to shoot the next 'Star Wars' film in Britain drives him 'insane.'
Director J.J. Abrams gave more updates on his next project "Star Wars Episode 7" when attending the Produced By Conference on Saturday, June 8. The man behind the lens for recent blockbuster movie "Star Trek Into Darkness" revealed how he would deliver the upcoming ambitious project from Lucasfilm.
"It is so massive and so important to people. I think the key to moving forward on something like this is honoring but not revering what came before," said Abrams, the co-creator of ABC's "Lost". In the next "Star Wars" film, the 46-year-old filmmaker will also serve as co-producer along with Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas and Bryan Burk.
Abrams also said that he would "most likely" move to London at the end of the year for the production, which is slated to begin in early 2014. On Lucasfilm's choice of the filming location, he commented, "It really does make me insane," considering that he's always opted for Los Angeles to shoot his films.
Disney-owned Lucasfilm reached an agreement with Chancellor George Osborne last month to film the seventh live-action installment in the "Star Wars" franchise in Britain.
Michael Arndt provides the script for "Star Wars Episode 7", which is eyeing a 2015 release.


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Neither were necessary. The 6-4 Uzomah got a step behind 5-10 Bulldog CB Cedric Jiles over on the right side of the end zone for an easy catch. The winning play was reviewed to show Jiles had pushed Uzomah out of bounds en route, which made it legal for him to return inbounds and continue the play.
All State had left was the ten ticks, used up on a 18-yard catch by WR Joe Morrow. But Coach Dan Mullen nor team looked at that last gasp afterwords. They only recalled all those chances to make a defensive stop before field goal range. Or, equally and maybe even more so to Mullen, how a whole fourth quarter wasn't well-used. State had possession 10:38 of that period and didn't produce a point.
"We had the ball a couple of times in the fourth quarter, opportunities to score," Mullen said. "We knew we needed one more touchdown, all through the fourth quarter we kept saying that. We had some good drives, we had some opportunities. And we didn't make the plays we need to to win."
The Dogs almost did. The defense intercepted Auburn's first turn of the last period and forced a punt just this side of mid-field on the second. The offense turned those into a pair of seven-play series, the latter showing just how determined Mullen was to seal this deal. With 4th-and-1 at the MSU 29-yard line he let QB Dak Prescott, who was making his first SEC start, dive over the pile for another set of downs at 4:38.
A 4th-and-two at the 40 was too much to risk at the time, and P Baker Swedenburg did his job with a 50-yard punt well-covered at the 12. A turnover, a long penalty, just keeping the clock rolling would have worked, yet Auburn only had to convert one third down. Which quarterback Marshall did with a 11-yard keeper to State's 25 at around 40 seconds.
"We just have to finish," said LB Benardrick McKinney using the word repeated by everyone. "The defense, we played hard the whole game but the fourth quarter we just didn't finish like we should."
"We always know it's going to be a whole game," said WR Jameon Lewis. "But we just didn't finish."
Nor did the Bulldogs start that well, trailing 11-0 after ten game minutes. A 40-yard field goal at 10:53 put Auburn on their board first. Then a busted Auburn play with a worse-busted State coverage freed Quan Bray for what turned into a 76-yard touchdown pass at 4:54, made more painful as the Tigers hustled to the line for a fast two-point conversion thrown by Ryan White and caught by Brandon Fulse.
In-between State had missed a 35-yard field goal by Devon Bell at 5:44 after a dozen-play drive directed by Prescott. Making his second college start, in place of senior Tyler Russell who Mullen said was still uncleared after his August 31 concussion, the sophomore put in a solid all-around effort. He rushed for 133 yards on 22 carries, many if not most of them keepers he called for himself, with touchdowns of five and two yards.
He also threw for 213 yards completing 15-of-28 with no turnovers. Prescott was 3-of-6 in the fourth quarter in fact, but rushed nine times that period as Auburn forced the issue up front. He said nothing changed schematically in the fourth quarter. "That's all the way throughout the game, not just the last series. It's just something the coaches allowed me to do and they do a good job of getting us prepared for those things."
"He probably ran it more than I'd like him to, at times you've got to get Perk (LaDarius Perkins) more carries," Mullen said. "But I mean they just kind of dictated to have him run it, and he did and he was successful." Except at the very end when on 3rd-and-4 Prescott dove straight ahead for just two yards.
Though the Tigers did put up points on their first two turns, it wasn't with the trademark running game. State's defense was able to limit damage on the ground. "That's our defensive plan every game, stop the run." Unfortunately Marshall responded with 9-of-11 passing in the first quarter alone for 151 yards. The touchdown came on a big break as CB Justin Cox let Bray free behind him, but what annoyed Mullen more was a string of missed tackles and inability to bring receivers down on first contact.
"We did a pretty good job against the pass," Mullen said. "We just didn't tackle in the open field. Basically quick screens all night long, bubbles and quick screens. Tonight I bet we're going to have a lot of missed tackles when we finalize and grade the film."
Yet the Bulldog offense responded to the double-digit deficit by striking pretty quickly themselves. Prescott found WR Robert Johnson uncovered, ironically similar to Bray, for a 61-yard catch and run down to the Tiger 14. Lewis took it from there on an end-around for the touchdown. But in a decision Mullen will surely rue in review he also opted to try for two and RB Nick Griffin was stopped short as State drew a flag anyway.
Auburn countered with a short field goal early in the second period for a 14-6 lead. Finally though the Dog defense forced a three-and-out the next turn, and Prescott directed a 84-yard drive capped by his first touchdown scamper. State took the one point this time, and Whitley intercepted a last-play heave before halftime to keep it a 14-13 game.
Though the fourth quarter is what will be remembered longer, the Bulldogs could have taken complete control in the third. With first-turn for the new half they went 75 yards in just six plays, 47 coming on a Prescott keeper as did the touchdown at 12:38 from two yards out. The potentially pivotal moment came on 2nd-and-5 at the Tiger 30 when Marshall rolled left and forced a throw that CB Taveze Calhoun got both hands on. He deflected it rather than intercepted, and freakishly Marshall caught his own carom…and then tiptoed the sideline for 37 yards.
Auburn had to settle for another field goal, a 47-yarder, but the might-have-beens lingered. So did a couple of short State series that effectively let the Tigers off the hook for the fatal fourth.
Their fast and efficient final drive gave Auburn the yardage edge, 459 to 415 on two more plays. Corey Grant (44 yards) and Tre Mason (34) were relatively contained but Marshall burned State—aided of course by all the missed tackles—for 339 yards on 23-of-34 throwing with the two touchdowns.
Perkins got just eight carries for 36 yards. Robert Johnson and Morrow caught four balls each for 84 and 40 yards. Prescott became the first Bulldog quarterback to top 100 yards in both running and throwing since Chris Relf…who did it here two years ago in the game he was tackled shy of the goal on State's last play.
"I did alright. I never feel good or satisfied with a loss," Prescott said. "I've got to go in the film room and see what we did wrong and fix some things and get ready for next week."
Fixing a shaken squad, now 1-2 and off to a 0-1 SEC start for the 13th time in the last 14 seasons, is Mullen's larger job. "I mean it's a pretty simple deal. We had an opportunity to finish the game on offense, we didn't do it; we had an opportunity to finish the game on defense, didn't do it.
"And that's coaching, to me that's all coaching. So that's on me, that's on our assistant coaches, our defensive staff, our offensive staff, to make sure we have kids in a situation prepared to go finish a game. And we did not do that."


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Profiles of Five Slain Information Activists
The WSJ's Krishna Pokharel wrote today about activists in India who have been murdered for their work seeking information under the Right to Information Act. Here is a look at five of those activists and the stories behind their deaths.
Vishram Laxman Dodiya
Vishram Laxman Dodiya, 55 years old, made a meager living selling water and books from the roadside in the city of Surat in the western state of Gujarat. From his stand, he wrote letters to government offices requesting information on everything from how many electricity lines an electric company was installing to what the government was doing to stop gambling in the area where he lived.
"He was not educated, but he could see the problems and where the problems lied by reading newspapers and talking to people," says Deepak Patel, a teacher and RTI activist who was Mr. Dodiya's friend.
On Feb.11, three men with swords hacked Mr. Dodiya to death on a road near his home. Local police, who say he was killed for his activism, have arrested three men and charged them with murder. The case is now in a court in Surat.
Ramdas Patil Ghadegaonkar
Ramdas Patil Ghadegaonkar, 35, sold milk near the Godavari River in the western state of Maharasthra. After seeing some companies using heavy machinery to dredge sand from the river, he became worried about how it would affect farming in the area, and sought information on sand harvesting regulations. When he found out that mechanized dredging wasn't allowed, he filed a complaint against a company with the district authority, which fined the company and stopped the dredging.
On the night of Aug. 27, local police found Mr. Ghadegaonkar's body under a bridge. Fellow RTI activists say he was killed in retaliation for blocking the dredging. Police say they haven't determined whether his death was connected to his activism, but are investigating whether he was poisoned.
Vitthal Gitte
A farmer in Maharashtra state, Vitthal Gitte used the information law to look into the finances of a state school in his village. He discovered that teachers at the school were pocketing grant and scholarship money meant for students, as well as padding their salaries by claiming they worked at more than one school. On April 18, after a local paper published his findings, people connected with the school attacked Mr. Gitte with sickles, police say. He died three days later from his injuries. Local police have arrested 13 people in connection with the attack but are yet to charge them.
Venkatesh, a 35-year-old RTI activist in India's tech capital of Bangalore who went by only one name, used the information law to uncover land records that proved a businessman in his neighborhood had illegally encroached on government land to build a house to sell after construction.
The government tore down the building. Police found Venkatesh's beaten body on the road in May 2009. They say the businessman hired a contract killer to kill Venkatesh. Police in Banaglore have arrested six men, including the businessman and the contract killer, and charged them with murder. They are all in custody, and the case is going on in a Bangalore court.
Kameshwar Yadav
A political activist in the eastern state of Jharkhand, Kameshwar Yadav followed money that was supposed to be used to provide jobs for the poor. He asked how much was being spent in his district and how many jobs were being created. He was concerned that contractors were doing government work using machinery instead of people and pocketing the pay that was supposed to go to poor laborers.
In June 2008, before he got the information he had requested, he was shot dead while walking home from the local market. Police have arrested seven people in connection with the case, and say he was killed by people angry that he was trying to interfere with their construction business. Police have charged them with murder, and the case is now in a local court.
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Los Angeles » More than just facing a Clippers team that has dropped six of its last seven games and is just five days removed from Mike Dunleavy's resignation as coach, the Jazz will have the big picture in mind tonight at Staples Center.
Having won eight games in a row and 12 of their last 13, the Jazz could take a 10-game winning steak into this weekend's All-Star break with victories over the Clippers and defending champion Lakers back in Utah on Wednesday.
Equally as important, with a daunting schedule in which they will play 19 of 31 games away from EnergySolutions Arena after the All-Star break, the Jazz have the opportunity to set the tone for that road stretch beginning tonight.
"We've been at home, we've been able to win some games," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said Monday. "We've got to get out on the road and see if we're just another group of guys trying to get through a game.
"We've got to go out with the idea we're going to try to win games. It's going to take everybody to play well and that's what we've had here at home for the most part."
The Jazz are coming off a four-game homestand in which they enjoyed four off days. They have gone 9-12 on the road, but have seen improvement in the last month, beating Dallas, San Antonio and Portland, as their road record continues to creep toward .500.
"I think that would be a huge step for us," Deron Williams said of reaching .500, "and a step that we're maturing and becoming a better team because our road record has been so bad the last couple years.
"We're definitely playing a lot better this year on the road, being more consistent, and we want to keep that going."
The Jazz have gone 15-26 and 17-24 on the road the last two seasons. They will return from the All-Star break with a four-game trip to play Houston, New Orleans, Golden State and Portland, followed by 10 road games in March.
Williams said the Jazz have been searching for several seasons to bring the same intensity and defensive presence on the road that they do at home. "We've got that the last couple games," Williams added, "and have won against some good teams."
The Clippers lost to both New Jersey and Minnesota -- the worst teams in the Eastern and Western conferences -- on their most recent trip. Dunleavy resigned Thursday after the Clippers returned home and was replaced by assistant coach Kim Hughes.
The Jazz, however, will take nothing for granted against the Clippers. Sloan talked Monday about the danger of going on the road and playing games "that it looks like you're supposed to win before you get there."
"You would hate for this streak to come to an end for us not coming out and playing hard," Paul Millsap added.
Sloan also is concerned about the Jazz suffering from a false sense of security after a run that has made them the toast of the NBA.
"That's the toughest thing about coaching," Sloan said. "They read the newspaper and see how great things are and all of a sudden you get out on the road, somebody gets you in the corner in the game and we can't get out of it.
"You look at a team like San Antonio over the years, they've had the ability to step out there and win wherever they play. Not just at home. That's when you get respect around the league as far as being a good basketball team is you do it wherever you play."
Williams said facing Baron Davis, Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman and the Clippers on the road is just as critical as Wednesday's visit by Kobe Bryant and Co.
"I think this is just as important a game as the Lakers game," Williams said. "Just because this is a game we should win, regardless of if it's on the road or not. But it's not going to be an easy game and we can't just overlook a team and worry about going on to the Lakers."
At Staples Center
Time » 8:30 p.m.
TV/Radio » FSN Utah, 1320 AM, 98.7 FM
Records » Jazz 31-18, Clippers 21-29
Last meeting » Jazz won 111-98 (Oct. 30)
Line » Jazz by 51/2
About the Jazz » The Jazz beat the Clippers in their home opener as Paul Millsap, Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer each scored 20 points or more. ... Millsap has averaged 12.2 points against the Clippers, his second-best career scoring average against any team after New Jersey. ... The Jazz's average margin of victory during their eight-game winning streak has been 12.8 points.
About the Clippers » The Clippers lost 98-81 to San Antonio on Saturday in Kim Hughes' first game after replacing Mike Dunleavy as coach. They shot just 41.3 percent, scored 27 points in the first half and committed 21 turnovers, even with Hughes encouraging the Clippers to run more on offense. Baron Davis had eight of those turnovers. ... The Clippers have gone 14-10 at home this season.
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Time » 8:30 p.m.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida may have the day off, but there are still plenty of things happening today that can impact the Gators throughout the rest of the Southeastern Conference season.
Four future SEC opponents are in action, including next week's foe LSU. Here's a breakdown of what the Gators and their fans should pay attention to in each game:
Tennessee (3-1, 0-1 SEC) at Georgia (4-0, 2-0), 3:30 p.m.
It appears the Bulldogs will be at full strength on defense for the first time this season because all indications are that All-American S Bacarri Rambo and starting LB Alec Ogletree will make their season debuts. The two had been suspended for the first four games of the season for violating team and university rules.
Georgia has looked pretty good defensively without those two anyway, ranking eighth in the SEC in total defense (343.2 yards per game), eighth in rush defense (135.5 ypg) and sixth in pass defense (207.8 ypg). But adding Ogletree to a linebacking corps that includes Jarvis Jones (4.5 sacks) gives the Bulldogs more big-play potential.
Rambo's return means Sanders Commings, who along with LB Chase Vasser was suspended for the first two games, can go back to his cornerback spot. Those guys will have several games to get up to speed before the Florida-Georgia game on Oct. 27.
Georgia's offense has been rolling, scoring 40 or more points in a school-record four consecutive games. The Bulldogs lead the SEC in scoring (47.5 ppg) and total offense (530.0 ypg). QB Aaron Murray has thrown for 1,092 yards and 10 TDs and the Bulldogs have the league's leading rusher in Todd Gurley (406 yards).
Florida's defense is giving up only 12.8 points per game and 185.5 yards per game passing, but hasn't been as good against the run (119.2 ypg).
South Carolina (4-0, 2-0) at Kentucky (1-3, 0-1), 7 p.m.
South Carolina QB Connor Shaw had a rough beginning to the 2012 season when he suffered a hairline fracture of his throwing shoulder in the season opener against Vanderbilt, but he seems to be fully recovered and is starting to get into a rhythm under Steve Spurrier.
That's not something Gators fans want to hear with the Gamecocks heading into Gainesville on Oct. 20.
Shaw is coming off a 249-yard, two-touchdown performance against Missouri in which he completed 20 consecutive passes. He threw for a career-high 311 yards and four touchdowns against Kentucky last season.
South Carolina's defense has given up just three touchdowns this season -- tied with Alabama for the best mark in the SEC -- and is allowing opponents just 67.0 yards per game rushing. That'll be a tough matchup for UF RB Mike Gillislee, who is second in the SEC in rushing (402 yards).
Towson (2-1) at LSU (4-0), 7 p.m.
The Tigers will win this game easily and it should be a chance for QB Zach Mettenberger to finally get going. He hasn't been impressive so far this season, which is a concern because he was supposed to be a considerable upgrade from the Jarrett Lee/Jordan Jefferson combo.
Mettenberger is averaging only 194.5 yards per game passing and his pass efficiency rating of 147.9 is 11th in the SEC behind guys like Ole Miss' Bo Wallace and Texas A&M freshman Johnny Manziel. The Tigers are averaging more yards passing this season than last, but they still have not thrown for 200 yards in a game.
Mettenberger has thrown four touchdowns but he has also thrown two red-zone interceptions and he fumbled twice in the first quarter of last week's 12-10 road victory over Auburn.
In Mettenberger's defense, he has been victimized by several drops -- including two last week -- and the pass protection has been inconsistent because of the loss of LT Chris Faulk to a season-ending knee injury. Josh Dworaczyk moved over from guard and has struggled somewhat, particularly last week against Auburn.
That's encouraging for a Florida defensive front that has not been able to mount a consistent pass rush. UF has a league-low five sacks (tied with Tennessee and Mississippi State).
Missouri (2-2) at Central Florida (2-1), noon
Another quarterback who was supposed to be putting up better numbers is Missouri's James Franklin.
Franklin is averaging 164.0 yards per game passing and has thrown just three touchdown passes in three games. Granted, he hurt his throwing shoulder against Georgia on Sept. 8 and sat out the Arizona State game the following week, but he's still experiencing pain when he throws, and he admitted earlier this week that he's lost some of his confidence.
What Franklin is finding out is that success in the SEC doesn't come as easily as some of his teammates said it would (WR T.J. Moe in particular). Franklin averaged 220.4 yards per game passing and had 3,846 yards of total offense in the Big 12 last season.
Franklin has run for just 41 yards on 70 carries this season. He had 260 yards on 72 carries through his first four games last season.
It's going to be rough transition for the Tigers to the SEC, and they can't have a quarterback with a confidence crisis. That's why Missouri coach Gary Pinkel is being so effusive in his support of Franklin.
Missouri needs Franklin to play like he did last season to have any chance of success in the SEC, especially in hostile road environments like Florida on Nov. 3.


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(IRNA) The disciplinary committee of the Persian Gulf Football League of Iran handed Player-coach Ali Daei a 4 game suspension. The committee decided that the suspension was justified following video evidence in which Daei attempted to head butt Shays Rezaei, Perspolis defender last Friday in their Round 20 match which ended in a 2-2 draw. Rezaei was suspended for one game for his part in provoking Daei. Daei told the reporters that the decision is the extremely unfair and uncalled for. However, he admitted there is little he can do in response. Ultimately, this action adds more drama to the last 10 rounds of the league play. Saipa, under Daei's guidance has led the league for months, but in recent weeks has seen its superior lead over Esteghlal Tehran to disappear. Esteghlal with on game in hand is only 5 points behind the leaders and more run of bad results by Saipa, in absence of their top scorer would surly see Esteghlal taking the lead.Saipa is set to face Abu Moslem for its next game, while Esteghlal will play Malavan.
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Hospital Competition and Patient Outcomes
January 7, 2011
In a new National Bureau of Economic Research study, Death By Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service, authors Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra and Carol Propper use data from England's National Health Service (NHS) hospital discharges and administrative data on hospitals to examine the impact of reforms implemented in 2006 to foster competition among hospitals.
The NHS reform meant that hospitals would receive payment only if they attracted patients, and the newly fixed prices meant that such choices would depend on quality, and not on price as in the previous system. The researchers find that after the reforms, hospitals with shorter waiting lists and higher quality attracted more patients, drew patients from more residential areas and drew patients from further afield. The effect of these changes was that, within two years of implementation, the NHS reforms resulted in significant improvements in mortality and reductions in length-of-stay without changes in total expenditure or increases in expenditure per patient.
- The researchers' estimates suggest that the policy resulted in 3,354 life years saved, valued at £227 million (about $350 million) per year.
- While this is small compared to the annual cost of the NHS of £100 billion (about $155 billion), the authors calculate that estimate based only on short-run decreases in death rates.
- Allowing for longer-run improvements in mortality, as well as in other less well measured aspects of quality, might increase the net benefits of the pro-competition reforms.
The bottom line, the authors conclude, is that monopoly power substantially increases a patient's risk of death.
Source: Matt Nesvisky, "Hospital Competition and Patient Outcomes," National Bureau of Economic Research, January 6, 2011.
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Weekends are going to be wide open, so hopefully there's some good pickup soccer around, a few places to frisbee golf, or some good trivia spots. If it's a night in, some party games or other board games are a blast.
I've got things pretty well put together, so just looking for someone to spend some time with whether it turns out to be a relationship or just some new friends.
There's a lot more to me, so shoot me a message and we'll get to know each other.
-- Sean
Shows - South Park, American Dad, X-Files, Moonbeam City, Last Man on Earth, Walking Dead
Music - My favorites are 90's alternative, varieties of punk, and 80's hair metal. There are a bunch of other genres that I like depending on the mood too.
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Patients are routinely sent home from NHS hospitals in England without being told about the side effects of medication or danger signals to watch out for after an operation, the Healthcare Commission said yesterday.
A survey of 80,000 patients found 40% left without the basic information to ensure their safety. Other findings included:
· lack of care at mealtimes, with 18% of the most infirm patients never getting the assistance they needed to be able to eat;
· huge variations in standards of cleanliness on wards, with 89% of patients in one hospital entirely satisfied compared with 32% in another;
· long waits in A&E, with 25% saying they waited longer than the four hour maximum set by the government, rising to 61% at hospitals in Dudley, West Midlands;
· failure to handle patients with respect, with only 61% of patients at Newham university hospital, east London, satisfied that they were treated with dignity, compared with 96% at Papworth foundation trust, Cambridgeshire.
Anna Walker, the commission's chief executive, said 92% of patients rated their overall care highly. But trusts had to work harder to provide better information. At the Isle of Wight Healthcare trust 60% of patients said they were sent home without being told about side effects.
Ms Walker said: "Providing patients with the right information, in the right format and at the right time is crucial."
The survey found standards of cleanliness had fallen, with 52% of patients perceiving their room or ward to be "very clean", compared with 56% in 2002. There were big variations: at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt orthopaedic and district hospital NHS trust in Oswestry, Shropshire, 89% thought the premises were spotless, compared with 32% at Newham.
The commission found that a fifth of patients were too infirm to eat meals without assistance. But among this group, 18% never had help and 21% only got it sometimes. Ms Walker said: "It is absolutely essential that people get the help they need with eating as good nourishment plays an important role in recovery."


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Definition: Cornstarch
On today's date in 1841, an Englishman named Orlando Jones received a patent from the US government for his invention cornstarch. Cornstarch is a dense powdery flour like substance that is used in baking and as a thickening agent for puddings, sauces, and soups. Grinding the white heart of a corn kernel makes the starch. Tid-bits of useless information like this fascinate me because I wonder where Orlando got the idea to finely grind corn kernels and how exactly did he figure it can be used as a thickening agent. Most importantly how did people make pudding before 1841???


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Why does conspicuous non-conformity annoy us? The answer is multi-layered, writes Terry Lane.
France's President Jacques Chirac is not letting up on his crusade against the wearing of distinctive religious symbols. He is now proposing to extend the ban on hijabs, burqas, yarmulkes, crosses and so on from the school room to every public service office.
Chirac says: "It is evident that no civil servant should display his religious beliefs while carrying out his job."
Pamela Bone, in The Age on Monday, says that she can live with the head scarf, and presumably even a cross, a yarmulke or a turban, but she draws the line at the burqa, the all-enclosing bag that some Muslim women affect. "The hijab is one thing," she writes, "the burqa is another."
It's a moot point. The two styles serve the same purpose and they belong together with religious habits, clerical collars, Sikhs' turbans, fish on the Volvo window, Order of Australia badges, masonic handshakes, yarmulkes, crosses, stars of David, Jewish women's wigs, sooty dots in the middle of the forehead, lots of 8s on the BMW numberplate and so on. They all serve the same purpose. They say: "Look at me! I am not like you. I am different. And, being different, I am better."
It is not surprising that, in Muslim countries where the scarf or the bag is obligatory, women rebel against wearing it. Where is the status advantage in conformity? But in a country where it is banned, such as Turkey, you can see why some women will cover themselves even when it is risky to do so.
Why does conspicuous non-conformity annoy us? The answer is multi-layered, and I may well miss a layer or two, but let's try.
First, deliberate non-conformity proclaims moral, ethnic and religious superiority. That is at odds with our assumptions of equality of imperfection.
Second, when women affect "modest" clothing it passes judgement on the morals of all other women. And we haven't gone through the turmoil of emancipation to watch passively while one lot of women surrender the gains of the majority.
Third, we must assume that those who proclaim their differences with conspicuous apparel will automatically favour their cohort in their dealings, whether in business, schools or the public service. We know from experience that Freemasons favoured Freemasons and Roman Catholics favoured Catholics in their dealings. We would be naive to think that Jews, Sikhs, Muslims and fishy people are any different. Undoubtedly this is behind Chirac's argument that all citizens should be able to deal with the civil service on the basis of equality. Sadly there is a flaw in his reasoning. The person behind the counter may be stripped of all identifying badges and apparel, but there is nothing to prevent the customers fronting up in their group clobber and getting preferential treatment.
Ultimately, the hijab and burqa are different from habits, fish and yarmulkes because we know that if ever the wearers achieved political power all women would be compelled to wear them. They are symbols of a religio-political world view intolerant of non-conformity. As such, they are entitled to only limited tolerance.
Perhaps another source of irritation is that for most of us there is no identifying uniform. We suffer from uniform envy. If we are inclined to think of ourselves first and foremost as human beings rather than as members of a superior ethnic or religious subgroup, then it is hard to imagine a badge or hat that would proclaim to the world where we stand.
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I would first like to add that this is a very useful tool and wonderful contribution to the community. I just wanted to share some experience, usage information, and some minor issues I ran in to migrating a 2GB database with ~4000 tables.
1) DB_NAME() shows up as a migration issue and actually seems to work in SQL Azure today.
2) Select Field1, Field2, Field3, SpinTomato FROM FS180 throws raises a "SELECT INTO" migration issue.
3) As far as performance is concerned... I made it about 15% in to the analysis before I had to kill the tool due to performance. After a few quick tweaks to the tool to write out to a file instead of appending to the textbox I was able to
run through the analysis pretty quickly. Also, I was unable to complete the migration of schema/data to SQL Azure from my desktop/server... nothing to do with the tool here, and I gave up after 4 hours. With a larger database there
is a HUGE performance benefit to completing this part from a VM-Role; I'm sure you could do by spinning up another temp role with TS as well if you don't have access to the CTP yet. What took me giving up at 4+ hours and runnign took me less than
25min from an Azure VM role.
I just wanted to say thanks for the feedback on SQLAzureMW.
In regards to your items:
DB_NAME() (and DB_ID()) both work in SQL Azure. You are correct.
I removed it from NotSupportedByAzureFile.config and it will reflected in the next release.
For now, if you want, find the MetadataFunction tag and remove the second child with ""DB_(ID|NAME)\s*\"
in it.
I changed the regex in NotSupportedByAzureFile.config to force a space before INTO.
You can modify NotSupportedByAzureFile.config and look under GeneralTSQL (about 6 child down) and modify it to look like "SELECT[\w\W][^;]*\sINTO".
This will also be in my next release.
I agree. I had actually written this both ways (one to file and one to textbox) and found the same thing.
I choose writing to the textbox so people could see something happening and cancel if they wish.
I ran into the issue of writing to a textbox (or in this case rich textbox) a long time ago and there was a way to tell the textbox not to refresh (something … It has been so long I can't remember) and remove the performance hit.
I will revisit this issue and see if I can come up with a good idea.
In regards to VM-Role or TS, you lost me.
Were you able to somehow make SQLAzureMW a non-interactive batch process?
I would love to understand what you did here.
Going from many hours to less than 25 min is quite awesome.
Thanks again for your feedback!
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A molecule of carbon dioxide traps heat, radiant heat, the long wave end of the spectrum.
The substances, how-r, which show themselves thus opaque to radiant heat perfectly transparent to light.
But, as you know, radiant heat can flash right through a vacuum.
The sun contains a certain store of energy, part of which is continually disappearing in the form of radiant heat.
This fact indicates that radiant heat travels in straight lines.
This screen wall, however, cuts off a large quantity of radiant heat.
The house is centrally heated with radiant heat from the floor.
This radiant heat, though obscure, exhibits a deportment exactly similar to light.
Now radiant heat, as we have seen, is such a lower grade of energy.
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At Lampasas, the Lady Badgers received big outings from Kara Gillis and Ashlyn Theus, but it was not enough to emerge from a five-set battle against Dublin.
Gillis, a junior outside hitter, finished with team-highs in kills (14) and digs (25) to go along with a pair of aces and blocks, while teammate Theus had nine kills and three blocks in defeat.
Lampasas sophomore setter Nola Bishop posted 24 digs, 14 assists and two aces, while junior middle blocker Cassie Stultz added seven kills, three digs and two blocks.
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Federal and state MPs from across the political spectrum have called for priests who hear confessions of sexual abuse of minors to obey the law and report the crime to police.
Sydney Archbishop
But Opposition Leader
Mr Abbott, a committed Catholic, said that everyone had to obey the laws.
"There are various requirements on people, if they become aware of sexual offences against children, those legal requirements must be adhered to,'' he said.
"The law is no respecter of persons, everyone has to obey the law, regardless of what job they are doing, regardless of what position they hold."
"If a priest hears in a confessional a crime, especially a crime against a minor, the priest has the responsibility in my view to report that to the appropriate authorities," he said.
"In this case the police, because the church nor the priests should be above the law."
Mr Butler said the fundamental principle that guided the commission should be "no more secrets, no more cover ups".
"The law of the land when it comes to particularly mandatory reporting around issues to do with children should be applied to everyone equally," Mr O'Farrell told ABC radio.
"I just can't fathom that a member of the clergy who's engaged in abuse of children and who confesses that abuse even within the confessional will not have it reported to police.
She said the commission would take years, not weeks, to complete and the government was looking to appoint several commissioners. The terms of reference for the commission were expected to be announced by the end of the year.
"I think we are asking the royal commission to look at what went wrong in particular institutions, this isn't just an inquiry about the Catholic Church but it obviously will include them,'' she said. "We need to look at whether any of those sorts of processes were part of the problem or not.
"I don't think we should be ruling in or out any issues that might be raised at the commission. We know that there are delicate matters but ultimately the thing that's important is to pick commissioners with high standing and appropriate experience and let them do the job that the government and the community have asked them to do, which is sifting through what any sorts of barriers, institutional or systematic, [that] were there."
In Australia, mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse differ for each state and territory, with certain professions such as police, teachers and child care workers required to report abuse. In the Northern Territory, anyone with reasonable grounds for suspicion must report abuse, while in South Australia, confession is exempt.
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- Publications
- Library Linked Data in the Cloud: OCLC's Experiments with New Models of Resource Description, by Carol Jean Godby, Shenghui Wang and Jeffrey K. Mixter
- Common Ground: Exploring Compatibilities Between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC, by Carol Jean Godby and Ray Denenberg
- Is your library a 'Thing'?, by Carol Jean Godby
- "Linked Data in VRA Core 4.0: Converting VRA XML Records into RDF/XML" by Jeff Mixter
- Publishing Linked Data:
- Schema.org markup in WorldCat.org pages [http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201238.en.html]
- Downloadable WorldCat data set [http://www.oclc.org/data/data-sets-services.en.html]
- Participation in Linked Data Standards Work
- Library of Congress' BIBFRAME Early Experimenter's Group
- W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group (Completed)
- Tod Matola
- Michael Panzer
- Jeff Young
- W3C Schema Bib Extend Group [http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/]
- Webinars
- Looking Inside the Library Knowledge Vault,12 August 2015
- Library Linked Data in the Cloud, 21 May 2015
- Linked Data Part 2 [mv4], 1 July 2010
- Linked Data [wmv], 1 July 2010
- Looking Inside the Library Knowledge Vault,12 August 2015
International Linked Data Survey
Linked Data Survey, Part 2 (2015)
- Presentations
- Linked Data Implementations—Who, What and Why? by Karen Smith-Yoshimura.
- HangingTogether blog posts:
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- Results: OCLC Research Linked Data Survey Results (.xlsx: 94kB)
- HangingTogether blog series:
- Linked Data Survey results 1 – Who's doing it
- Linked Data Survey results 2 – Examples in production
- Linked Data Survey results 3 – Why and what institutions are consuming
- Linked Data Survey results 4 – Why and what institutions are publishing
- Linked Data Survey results 5 – Technical details
- Linked Data Survey results 6 – Advice from the implementers
Linked Data is a term which describes an approach to exposing data in a machine-readable form where the data is "de-referenceable" (i.e. URIs are an integral part of the exposed data and external applications can use the URIs to perform various actions such as retrieving data, connecting same/similar/related data from multiple Linked Data stores).
This approach to exposing, sharing, and connecting data has become increasingly popular in recent years, and more and more agencies are publishing data which adheres to Linked Data principles as articulated by Sir Tim Berners-Lee:
Linked Data: Design Issues (Sir Tim Berners-Lee)
- Use URIs to identify things.
- Use HTTP URIs so that these things can be referred to and looked up ("dereferenced") by people and user agents.
- Provide useful information about the thing when its URI is dereferenced, using standard formats such as RDF/XML.
- Include links to other, related URIs in the exposed data to improve discovery of other related information on the Web.
Linked Data is about communities agreeing on the semantics of their common data, adopting the naming patterns of other communities where their semantics agree and mapping/extending those vocabularies when necessary. For example, the library community has a dozen semantic distinctions for the word "title": Uniform Title, Spine Title, Running Title, etc., but they can probably all map to Dublin Core Title. This allows other communities to use a piece of data marked as being a bib:SpineTitle and know that it is strongly equivalent to the dc:Title that they have already been using. The community work that makes this all happen is one form of networking. The semantic mapping and data sharing across communities is another form of networking.
The other form of networking is the web of relations we create in our data when we use URIs to name things and use those URIs where we formerly used strings of content. Instead of using the composer name "Dmitri Shostakovich", which is subject to many misspellings, we can now use a VIAF URI (http://viaf.org/viaf/89612684) to identify him and have a much greater chance of spotting other references to Dmitri when the same URI is used. Even when a different URI is used, there are ways to indicate that they identify the same person. This weaving together of our data through URIs is yet another form of networking.
In our opinion, Schema.org is currently the best/simplest vocabulary to use as a starting point for marking up Linked Data. We are using it in all our new work, including the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), WorldCat Identities and WorldCat.org.
Linked Data offers the potential for agencies and communities to publish information in a manner that permits far greater utility "in the flow" of the network. In particular, unexpected connections, uses and value may be realized by many parties, including parties with which the hosting/publishing agency might not normally have had contact.
OCLC Research is exploring Linked Data from a variety of angles—as a publisher, consumer, applications-builder, project partner, and through our involvement with Linked Data-related work with standards bodies like the W3C. This work is shaping and informing OCLC Research's and OCLC's thinking and direction with respect to our prototypes, experimental datasets, products and services.
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- OCLC Open Source Linked Data Framework, Ralph LeVan, Access 2010, 15 October 2010, University of Winnipeg (Canada). Speakers notes are available.
- Linked Data 2, Ralph LeVan, OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar, 1 July 2010
- A Gentle Introduction to Linked Data, Ralph LeVan, OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar, 27 May 2010
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