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University of Michigan Qualtrics Wiki
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Qualtrics is a generalized survey service permitting the creation of survey instruments, distribution of the surveys, data storage and analysis. It now is available for free to all University of Michigan campuses and units.
Qualtrics is user-friendly but can handle complex designs. Simple surveys can be produced in minutes. Complex studies, involving randomization and embedded and longitudinal data, are possible. Qualtrics offers features that similar survey engines do not. A survey sharing mechanism enables collaboration. "Libraries" can store commonly used surveys, such as course evaluations.
Qualtrics is restricted to university-related work. Conducting research or surveying students, club members or administrative units is acceptable. Using Qualtrics on behalf of outside, for-profit organizations is not, nor is personal use not related to the university. Individuals should ensure their data collection complies with Institutional Review Board standards and the university's policies regarding e-mail. Data are stored securely on servers maintained at Qualtrics. Individual accounts are password protected, and respondents' data can be anonymous.
[edit] How do I sign up for my free account? Where do I log in?
To obtain a Qualtrics account.
- Self-enroll at your unit's login page or contact the Brand Administrator for your unit. Click here to find your administrator and correct login page. You must use your email@example.com as your email username to create an account.
Please note that you may have only one account with Qualtrics, so it is important that you identify the correct home unit to which you will be assigned. This does not affect your ability to write surveys that may involve cross-unit cooperation, but your home unit should be with the school or unit where you do most of your survey creation.
To identify which unit your account has been associated with, click on your name in the top right hand corner of the screen when logged in. The URL you use to log in does not uniquely identify your unit.
[edit] Why Qualtrics?
[edit] Qualtrics offers one of the most flexible and robust research tools available
- Audio and video presentation
- Simple intuitive interface for creating and editing questions
- Collaborate with anyone within and outside of the university
- Easily integrates with panels, databases of respondents, and can build your own panels using the survey
- Complex research designs using Survey Flow, Display Logic, Randomization tool
- Flexible question types for collecting quantitative and qualitative data
- Results downloaded in many file types (SPSS, Excel, XML); cool-looking graphs and tables available for direct export
- Database of templates
[edit] Qualtrics Basics
Qualtrics functions best with the Mozilla FireFox browser.
- Tasks toolbar
- Creating a Survey
- Editing a Survey
- Distributing a Survey
- Viewing Survey Results
- Panel: an uploadable database of survey recipients that contains previously stored data and can be updated dynamically according to survey responses
- Library: a shared database of templates for messages, graphics, surveys and questions
- Polls
[edit] Advanced Topics
[edit] Account administration
Qualtrics accounts at U-M are organized into brands and divisions. Some U-M units have their own brands but most are divisions under the central U-M brand. See https://www.itcs.umich.edu/sw-info/survey/qualtricsof.html for the full list of Qualtrics units.
Qualtrics provides documentation on completing many common administrative tasks, including:
- Changing a user's division -- http://www.qualtrics.com/university/researchsuite/developer-tools/administration/divisions/
- Changing user types
[edit] Example Surveys
Qualtrics can be used for many purposes:
- Research: Experimental Data Collection, Random Assignment
- Teaching: Peer Evaluations, Quizzes (instant feedback), Upload Assignments, Choose a Presentation Topic
- Course Evaluation: Midterm Feedback
- Administration: Voting, Event Planning, Program Evaluations
- Applications and Admissions: Student Applications, Registration Forms
[edit] Help
For additional help with Qualtrics, please contact your unit administrator listed at https://www.itcs.umich.edu/sw-info/survey/qualtricsof.html.
You can also ask questions to the U-M Qualtrics community at U-M Qualtrics
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The Div. I state golf tournament is the biggest stage any player can reach in high school golf. The Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University -- the scene for this year's tournament -- will be packed with long holes, slippery putting greens and more pressure than a room full of seniors trying to take their college placement exams.
The Wooster Generals earned the right to compete at the Div. I state golf championship in Columbus by finishing third at the Northeast District Tournament last week. The Generals, who will be making the school's fifth appearance at state, feel like they have already played their most pressure-packed round of the year.
"We felt like all the pressure was at the district, because nobody thought we would make it to state after losing five seniors last year," Chris Carey said. "Now that we've made it and proved people wrong, we can just go out and try to have good rounds. We can make this experience fun."
Co-head coach Mike Gallagher is the only one currently involved in Wooster's program who had been a part of any of the Generals' previous trips to the state tournament. Gallagher was an assistant to Tony Gallagher when Wooster finished sixth in 1996, and has a simple message for this year's team as they prepare for competition this weekend.
"I told them to have fun this weekend," Gallagher explained. "Do we want to go win this tournament? Absolutely. But when it's all over, we want the kids to remember that the experience was fun, even if we don't win."
The Generals have already proved themselves to be one of the 12 best squads out the 260 Div. I golf teams in Ohio. This Friday and Saturday, Wooster will have to compete against the defending champion Cleveland St. Ignatius Wildcats, while perennial powerhouses Dublin-Coffman and Centerville will also try to make runs at the title.
The Wildcats shot a remarkable 295 at the district tournament, and have all of their players back from the 2001 championship team. The Generals will send the lineup of Ryan Culbertson (37.5 average), Jonathan Spelman (39.0 avg.), Carey (39.7) and Jonathan Lamana (40.6) to play for Wooster's first state championship in golf since 1980. Colin Layland will tee off as the Generals' fifth player in their rotation.
"When you are down to the final 12 teams, everyone is going to put up good numbers," Gallagher said. "We haven't shot our best round yet. We have played well enough to advance, but the potential is there for us to really come together and post a low score."
All eyes will be focused on Culbertson and Spelman, Wooster's No. 1 and No. 2 players for the entire season. Culbertson, a senior, made headlines by winning the Ohio Golf Course Owners' Association State Championship in Findlay this summer, and has developed a name for himself around the state throughout his career.
Spelman is still a junior, yet his experiences on the golf course give him leadership qualities that few players possss. Among other tournaments, Spelman has played in the USGA Junior Amateur qualifier at the legendary Muirfield Country Club, a tournament that offers the highest level of exposure in the state's amateur golfing ranks.
"This weekend will be a big moment, but I can't say it will be the biggest I've had or Ryan has had in our careers," Spelman said. "I was 5-under through five holes at Muirfield, which was a unique experience. If I had qualified, I could have went to the national tournament in Atlanta, and I just thought, 'Wow.'
"I want us to go to Columbus relaxed, since we know that anyone can win it. If we don't win it, it won't be the end of the world. If we went down there with the expectation that we had to win it all and we didn't (win), I think that would hurt our momentum for next season. I just want us to have a positive experience at the state tournament."
Wooster will play a practice round on Thursday, then will tee off for real on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. Layland will be the first player off the tee, followed by Lamana, Carey, Spelman and Culbertson.

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From: Anders Pålsen <>
Subject: [DNA] Fennoscandia Biographic Project - Pilot
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:54:19 +0100 (BST)
List and others,
I have for a long time wondered about how the autosomal biographic structure are for the population of Fennoscandia. I believe now there are so many people from Norway, Sweden and Finland who have tested at 23andme that this should now be possible.
This is a time limited project all genomes will be deleted at completion and each participant will get their STRUCTURE like graph showing their clustering withing the region.
This is a ancestry project only. Completion time depend on how quickly enough genomes comes inn.
1) Tested with 23andme.
2) Main ancestry from Norway, Sweden or Finland.
3) All grandparents must be born in these countries, ex finnish mother and swedish father OK.
1) 23andme raw data files as downloaded from 23andme.
2) Analysed using genetic software ADMIXTURE
3) Ancestry presented in a STRUCTURE like graph.
This thread:
|[DNA] Fennoscandia Biographic Project - Pilot by Anders Pålsen <>


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We recently posted about this very idea on a t-shirt over at Fashionably Geek, but something about an edible version is just too nommy for words.
Mix Despicable Me minions with a Doctor Who TARDIS and you get this edible masterpiece.
Check out more pics of this epic cake/cupcake mix by the Bunny Baker, aka Aila Sim-Yonzon, after the break.


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As for me I like knowing, learning, and sharing random facts and information. I like being a caring, generous, loyal, and honest man. I don't lie and I don't toy around. I'm very straight and honest. I tend to be pretty laid back. I try not to take things too seriously or stress out about them and try to find a solution instead of worrying. I'm also a very open minded person and nothing really offends me at all so feel free to ask me anything you want.
In my free time I train in martial arts and try to stay active if I can, but there are also nights where I just relax and game or watch a show
I like a lot of different anime, movies, and t.v. shows, too many to list out.
I also listen to music in just about every genre and I'm always open to hearing new stuff.


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Dinty Doyle is the protagonist of the 1981 Rankin/Bass Christmas television special The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold.
Dinty was the cabin boy for a ship called the Belle of Erin. His captain asks him to go to a nearby island, Trilli, and chop down a pine tree to take back home. Unfortunately, Dinty releases Old Mag the Hag, who has been buried underneath the tree, and causes a storm so bad that Dinty is unable to find the Belle of Erin.
Dinty's day brightens up when he stumbles upon a cave filled with gold. There he meets Blarney, the head of the Kilakillarney clan, who initially mistakes him for a common thief. After Dinty, flustered, explains himself to the leprechaun, Blarney invites him for tea and tells him the story of Mag the Hag and Blarney's own falling-out with the rest of the Kilakillarney clan. Dinty is fascinated, but, at the same time, criticizes Blarney's choice to abandon the family.
Later, Blarney realizes that his tea was bewitched by Mag the Hag and nearly gives his gold to her when she arrives on the scene. He then decides to give the gold to an uncomfortable and frantic Dinty. Hoping that the storm has cleared up, Dinty ventures to the shore and is saddened to find that the Belle of Erin has washed away in the midst of the storm. Suddenly, though, he hears a girl sobbing. This girl introduces herself as Colleen, a survivor of a shipwreck who has washed ashore. Dinty comforts her and takes her to a campfire, where they talk about the leprechauns and their gold.
Colleen suggests Dinty have the leprechauns build them a ship to take them to Ireland and share the gold with "the folks in Killarney". He gleefully agrees and breaks out into song. In this musical number, which is a daydream sequence about the citizens of Killarney, the leprechauns, and Dinty and Colleen themselves having a Christmas party and reveling in their gold, it is implied that Dinty is falling in love with Colleen, whom he kisses and dances with.
Back in reality, Dinty gives the gold to Colleen, who begins laughing wickedly-- and transforms into Mag the Hag before his very eyes. Before Dinty can take it back, Mag casts a spell on him, "The Sleep of a Hundred Christmases", that causes him to become unconscious. Blarney, who has been watching from behind a nearby rock, is saddened.
In the morning, the leprechauns gather by Dinty's body and mourns his perceived death. Blarney and his wife, Faye, reunite and begin to mend their marriage during this time. Much to their amazement, they are soon approached by Dinty, who, having not been dead after all, says that he "was guided by a light from a love that never died." Not much later, the group sees Mag the Hag turn to tears and get washed away forever in the ocean. When the Belle of Erin returns to the island to find Dinty, the leprechauns-- and their gold-- board the Ireland-bound ship with him.
- Dinty notably bears a strong resemblance to Jack Frost's human alter ego, "Jack Snip". The two are also some of the only Rankin/Bass protagonists that do not end up with their love interests (Colleen and Elisa, respectively).
- Also, as he is from Dublin, Ireland, Dinty is one of the only Rankin/Bass characters, besides those who live in the North Pole, who have been revealed to live in a real-life place.


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You know you are getting old when you keep saying..."Didn't the last version of XXX movie/game/whatever just come out?" This is usually followed up by a statement lamenting the fact that "Things are not what they used to be" and "Kids today just don't get it."
It is usually years between game sequels, these things do take quite a bit of effort and planning to develop. But not with BF 4, which nary a year past the launch of BF 3 has announced a new version with this amazing game play video that is sure to knock your socks off.
Sadly, as I meander into middle age, FPS games and MP FPS games simply do not hold the same interest to me they used to. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the level of detail in this video. Hell, after seeing this I may be a recent convert and get back into this type of game. This video is that awesome.
I can pretty much guarantee you will not be seeing these graphics on a console, so get your PC rig up and running and ready to handle these specs.


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In June, Apple began an experiment to begin selling ads to run in apps for the iPhone. Others were doing it -- most notably AdMob, which got acquired by Google earlier this year -- so Apple wanted in on the action.
The results so far have been very positive, according to early advertisers Nissan and Unilever. The companies were the charter sponsors on iAds for the upcoming Nissan Leaf electric car and Unilever's Dove Soap.
"We're seeing clicks at five times the normal clickthrough rates," says Chad Jacoby, senior manager of Nissan's media operations group.
The ads that run in iAds run within the app, and don't pull you away from what you're doing. Nissan won't say which apps they're spending money with, except to say they appear in mostly news and entertainment apps.
Rob Candelino, a U.S. marketing director for Unilever, says 20% of the clicks he's received for the Dove Men + Care ad have been repeat visits.
"We think the results are amazing," he says. The new Dove soap -- which is targeted to men -- is being marketed to apps that appeal to men, says Candelino, like news, sports and entertainment.
Shravan Goli, president of Dictionary.com, an iPhone and iPad app, says he's had ads running in his app since June, and he's very happy. So many clicks have come in (he won't say how many) the rates he can reap for ads have gone up 170%. "We're very excited about what we're seeing."
The initial iAd advertisers includes Nissan, Unilever, Walt Disney Co. and J.C. Penney. Apple says iPhone and iPod Touch users are spending up to 10 times longer in iAds than with traditional ads.
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Leslie Mackie with Andrew Cleary
neighborhood needs a Macrina Bakery and Café. Familiars
consider Macrina, opened by owner-chef Leslie Mackie in
Seattle's Belltown in 1993 (and later on Queen Anne Hill),
close to heaven. With so many lovely tarts and cakes, pies,
cookies, pastries and artisan breads demanding attention,
you have to stop in for breakfast or lunch. It wouldn't
be right to skip a meal here... and it would be very wrong
to leave empty-handed.
ten years after opening her first Macrina Bakery and Café,
Mackie (with her general manager, Andrew Cleary) has gift-wrapped
her entire place in her debut Leslie Mackie's Macrina
Bakery & Café Cookbook. It is, indeed, a
treatpacked with more than 100 recipes, and plenty
of heart and soul.
earned her stripes at the California Culinary Academy and
honed her baking skills working for Lydia Shire and Susan
Regis at Biba. Along the way she discovered her passion
for bread, then took a "bread pilgrimage" to Italy,
where she visited countless bakeries and devoured countless
loaves. When Mackie opened Macrina in Belltown, it was a
dicey neighborhood and their focus was breadplenty
of rustic, artisan breads and just a few tarts, muffins
and coffee cakes.
have changed. The Macrina Bakery & Café Cookbook
reflects Mackie's present-day ventures and much-expanded
fare. Breads are still first. There are sour-started and
biga breads, American standards and sweet breads. And there
is plenty of instruction, insight and encouragement, whether
it's a Greek Olive Loaf, Ciabatta or Challah you're pursuing.
more sections tell the Macrina story in recipe form: Mornings
at Macrina is all about Cherry Almond Scones, Fresh Fruit
Muffins and Cream Biscuits with Black Forest Ham and Romano
Cheese. There are not-to-be-missed Cinnamon Rolls with Coconut,
Raisins and Walnuts and a sublime Ginger Pear Upside-Down
Cake. And then (sigh) Honey Lemon Bread Pudding with Blueberry
a lot to consider in the Cakes chapter, and then Pies and
Tarts. How do you choose between Chocolate Cherry Pound
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fruits. The Cookie Basket leans towards classics like Peanut
Butter Cookies, brownies and biscotti, and kindly includes
the recipe for Macrina's famous Ginger and Molasses Cookies.
doesn't enter the café until near the end of the
Macrina Bakery & Café Cookbook. Macrina
Café Favorites are simple but satisfying brunch dishes
like Cinnamon French Toast with Ricotta Filling and Macrina's
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slices of Rustic Potato Loaf and finished with Spicy Tomato
Sauce. Lunch is soups and salads and a substantial Sweet
Potato Gnocchi with Sage Cream and Romano Cheese. Finally,
in The Holiday Table, the authors share Baked Brie en Croûte,
Fig and Cranberry Chutney and a Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pie
that will change your Thanksgiving forever.
Macrina Bakery & Café Cookbook is friendly,
solid and satisfying. With the care of a good baker, the
authors include a kitchen equipment list, a decent glossary,
plenty of tips and clear instruction. The background stories
are good reading and, like the book's namesake, its recipes
will keep you coming back for more. With everything being
equally delicious, you can't accuse Mackie of saving the
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Celebrate Valentine's Day with some amazing Valentine's Day craft activities. One way to commemorate the event is by making your Valentine's Day classroom party all the more special by taking some time to play games. These top 10 Valentine Preschool Party Games are easy, fun and inexpensive. This post has been updated with even more party Valentine Preschool games and free …Read More »
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How to make DIY Valentine's Day Gifts for Him that are easy, inexpensive that will show him you are thinking of him! Your Sweetie is going to love his gift. These DIY Valentine's Day gifts include Valentine edible gifts and Valentine crafts! These DIY Valentine's Day Gifts for Him include a Valentine lightbulb, a Rootbeer Float kit, an edible box of matches, a DIY love mug, Valentine …Read More »
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How to make sweet Valentine's Day Recipes that your friends, family and sweetheart will swoon over. These Valentine's Day recipes include Valentine desserts and Valentine cupcakes! These Valentine's Day recipes include Valentine Kiss Cookies, Raspberry Mousse Cake, Cookie Dough Hearts, Valentine Rice Krispie Treats, a variety of cupcakes, heart fortune cookies, Oreo pops, Strawberry Shortcake Bars, and more! Tip Junkie has 300 Valentine's Day tutorials all …Read More »
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We may never drive cars covered in photovoltaic cells like the one in this picture, but building a miniature solar car is a fun way to see how solar energy can be used for power. In this project you will need creativity and experimentation to design and build a car powered by two solar cells and a small electric motor. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has a PDF curriculum that will also give you ideas and help you learn about the scientific and engineering principles behind building a solar car. (Adult supervision is recommended for this project.)
Designing and building a car from scratch involves a lot of perseverance and trial and error, so don't be discouraged if yours doesn't work perfectly right away. Experiment to see if you can improve the design of your solar car. How fast does it go? Does it drive straight? How would it perform with only one solar cell? What if you used smoother wheels for less friction? Keep testing new ideas to make your car work better.
Once you've perfected your car, think about other ways you could experiment with solar power. Could you build a solar boat or water pump? Could you perform electrolysis to divide water into hydrogen and oxygen using a solar panel? How can we harness the amazing power of the sun? Maybe you'll be the next scientist to help find out!
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Lords of the Fallen - Monk Decipher DLC
Buy Lords of the Fallen Monk Decipher now!
You will receive the key for the game by via eMail within the delivery time stated above.
Embark on a new quest to decipher ancient runes in the Keystone Monastery and earn the right to wield The Compass.
Download Lords of the Fallen Monk Decipher for free via the Steam network.
Steam can be found here.
The original game Lords of the Fallen (not included in this offer) is required to play the contents of the Monk Decipher DLC.
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Embark on a quest to decipher ancient runes in the Keystone Monastery and earn the right to wield The Compass. This legendary artifact will help discover hidden locations and secrets by alerting Harkyn to their presence.
Lords of the Fallen
Lords of the Fallen is a challenging Action RPG set in a medieval fantasy world ruled by a Fallen God. Fighting against the formidable Lords and Generals that command his demonic army is the main feature of the game. Lords of the Fallen rewards skill and persistence among dedicated Action RPG fans. The combat system consists of many complex skills that join both weapon mastery and supernatural abilities combined with large number of weapons, armors and upgrades. Large variety of items and gear can be found throughout re-exploration and investigating game's deep and intriguing secret areas.


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Nearly every JCS officer is a college graduate and we encourage our officers to pursue higher education. JCS also values the benefits of military and law enforcement experience and training and selects from a diverse pool of candidates. Nearly all of our employees have accomplished one of these three benchmarks.
In addition, every officer goes through company and office level training upon hire. Training that exceeds the state requirements. Further, each officer receives a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education annually.
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Each week our officers upload over 13,000 electronic documents to the Probation Tracker system. Want to see an individual offender's receipt? It's there. A case load collections summary- It's there. Appointment notes for a case now in warrant status- Yes, it is right there. In fact, each time a JCS Officer prints a letter to a defendant, case summary, conditions of probation, or even a single receipt it is stored as a PDF for auditing and review purposes. And all this is available to you with a click of your mouse.
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A QUIZ night will be held to boost Frinton Literary Festival.
The event is held every year to raise money and support for the lit fest, which will take place in October this year.
The quiz will take place on Friday at Frinton's McGrigor Hall from 7.30pm.
It is open to tables of six people, with tickets costing £6 per person and including a light supper.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet Thursday include Google's ( GOOG) Project Glass, as the tech titan has revealed details about its digitized headgear in a video featuring the device on its Google Plus social network. In the video, Google demonstrates that the device is capable of the same sort of functions as a smartphone, with information displayed right in the user's field of vision. Google, which also refers to Project Glass as "augmented reality" glasses, is inviting viewers of the video to leave suggestions on how to improve the device. The headgear is composed of eyeglasses with silver frames that include cameras and displays on the lens and a built-in microphone. The user can access the Internet, real time weather, directions, maps, video chat, and other functions capable of a smartphone. It's been speculated that the device will sell for $250 to $500, though Google has not confirmed its projected price point.
DirecTV ( DTV) is trending as the company has come to an agreement with Tribune Broadcasting, ending a four-day blackout that affected 20 million subscribers in 19 U.S. markets. The companies reached a deal that will allow DirecTV to carry all of Tribune's local stations and WGN America for the next five years. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. DirecTV subscribers were without programming since midnight Saturday, when the previous contract expired, to 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Though DirecTV accused Tribune of being "willing to hold our customers hostage in an attempt to extract excessive rates," it described the agreement as a fair deal.
Fiat is another popular topic. The carmaker is aiming for its European business to breakeven by 2014, thanks to its alliance with Chrysler. The two companies entered an alliance nearly three years ago. Together, they expect to sell between 4.1 million and 4.4 million vehicles this year, up from just more than 4 million last year.
The chatter on Main Street (a.k.a. Google, Yahoo! and other search sites) is always of interest to investors on Wall Street. Thus, each day, TheStreet compiles the stories that are trending on the Web, and highlights the news that could make stocks move. -- Written by Brittany Umar.


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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Lance Armstrong's countdown toward retirement will reach a significant marker Sunday when he begins his last race outside the United States.
The seven-time Tour de France winner will ride in a criterium prologue to the Tour Down Under, and when the race ends seven days later and after 500 miles around South Australia, the end of his celebrated career will loom larger.
Reflecting upon his career Saturday, the 39-year-old Armstrong acknowledged the comeback he began in the same race three years ago had not lived up to his expectations, "but that's what happens in sport."
When Armstrong ended a two-year retirement in the 2009 Tour Down Under, it was in the hope that it would lead to his eighth win in the Tour de France.
"I thought I'd win another tour, I really did," Armstrong said. "It was different than I expected — that's just the reality, I'm not going to make any excuses. I did everything I could. ... No regrets though, none at all."
While he didn't achieve that primary goal of another Tour de France win, Armstrong's comeback had succeeded in boosting the profile of his non-profit Livestrong Foundation, which raises money for cancer research and treatment.
"There's been a lot of great experiences, a lot of great travel, I've seen a lot of great things," Armstrong said. "Without the sport the foundation and its message wouldn't be what it is today around the world, so that's probably the most important thing."
Armstrong's name has been linked to a U.S. government inquiry into drug use by cyclists, prompted in part by allegations made by his disgraced former teammate Floyd Landis. He said he had hired a legal and communications strategist but claimed to be sanguine about the inquiry.
"I never lose sleep — ever," he said. "It has no effect on my life, zero. That's for other people to deal with."
Armstrong said the doping allegations that have hanged over cycling have been one of the most significant "cons" of his sterling career.
"Our sport could be better organized, could be more unified and we probably need a deeper reservoir of stars, because when you only have a couple that really stand out then those — for better or worse — tend to get the bulk of the attention and the bulk of the criticism," Armstrong said, "and I suppose I've been in the crosshairs of that plenty."
Despite the drug probe and his testy relationship with some of those in authority, Armstrong's popularity remains undiminished. When he used his Twitter feed to invite cyclists to join him on an informal ride in Adelaide on Saturday morning, more than 10,000 turned out.
"That drags on you after a while and it gets old," he said of the allegations, "but it's still a great sport, one that I'd like to see more unified and ultimately excel."
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Swift's Attic, Austin
House tater tot Swiftine, $12
The classic Quebecois drinking snack poutine (fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds) takes a Texas detour at this eclectic small plates hot spot. Chef Mat Clouser arranges a ring of house-made russet tater tots around a pool of smoked ham hock gravy that's amplified with Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces, plus a glossy mix of duck and pork fats. "I went to culinary school in Vermont and I spent a lot of time traveling to Montreal," says Clouser of the dish's Canadian inspiration. Meat from the braised Niman Ranch ham hocks, along with slow-melting cubes of queso fresco from a local producer, Dos Lunas, send the indulgent dish into the stratosphere. swiftsattic.com


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Road Salt: Still the Deicer of Choice
by Kristine Bradof
This article originally
appeared in the October-December 1994 issue of the Wellspring
Road salt is "cost effective, successful in de-icing highways, and an environmentally sound method to increase safe travel for the motoring public," according to a March 1994 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) news release. A study, completed for MDOT by Public Sector Consultants (1993), compared road salt (sodium chloride) with a road salt/sand mixture and five other chemical deicers: calcium chloride, calcium magnesium acetate (CMA), Motech (CMS-B, a potassium chloride mixture), CG-90 Surface Saver (a corrosion-inhibiting salt), and Verglimit (a concrete road surface containing calcium chloride pellets).
The study, which included an extensive literature review of data on deicer performance and environmental effects, echoed earlier reports by concluding that the deicer of choice depends on the situation. Any adverse environmental impacts from deicers are localized. CMA was recommended for use on bridges to minimize corrosion and on roads in environmentally sensitive areas. Its cost is about $675 per ton versus $30 for road salt.
Public Sector Consultants used data from the Transportation Research Board, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and MDOT to estimate direct and indirect costs associated with the use of each deicer per standard mile of roadway. In addition to purchase and storage of deicing materials, direct costs included personnel, equipment and maintenance, vehicle corrosion, bridge deck corrosion, roadway damage, environmental effects, and traveler safety. Indirect costs were associated with human health (sodium intake in sensitive individuals) and traveler productivity and time. The least expensive deicers in total cost per mile were the salt/sand mixture, CG-90 Surface Saver, and road salt, respectively. CMA cost about twice as much as road salt, and three times the salt/sand mixture. Calcium chloride, CMS-B, and Verglimit could not be compared directly with the others.
In order to address concerns about deicing salt runoff to the Great Lakes, the study developed a model to analyze the cumulative effect of chloride loading to each lake from road salt. Chloride levels have increased in the Great Lakes, but road salt is believed to account for 35 percent or less of the total. Other sources are industrial and municipal wastewater discharges, natural weathering of soil and rock, precipitation, and runoff from nonpoint sources other than road salt.
Under the model's worst-case scenario, nine times the current annual usage of salt for all roads in Michigan would be dumped directly into each lake. Even then, "chloride concentrations in the Great Lakes will reach equilibrium (uniform distribution) at levels far below that toxic to aquatic organisms." Such levels, ranging from about 5 ppm for Lake Superior to about 80 ppm for Lake Erie, are also well below the chloride taste standard of 250 ppm for drinking water.
The news release concluded that "despite the study's findings, MDOT is committed to seeking new ways to reduce the use of de-icing chemicals while still providing safe roadways for the motoring public. Advances are being sought in the form of improved salt-spreading equipment, better operator training and a mapping of environmentally sensitive areas on MDOT's snow routes." For a copy of the study, contact Andy Zeigler, MDOT Environmental Section, P.O. Box 30050, Lansing, MI 48909 (517/373-3251).
Public Sector Consultants, 1993. The Use of Selected Deicing Materials on Michigan Roads: Environmental and Economic Impacts. Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Transportation. December 1993. 135 pp.


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Sleep deprivation has been used as an alternative, drug-free treatment for depression, producing drastic improvement in mood in about 60% of depressed patients. These improvements typically begin in the morning following a night of sleep deprivation and continue into early afternoon, with relapse occurring when the patient awakens from the following night of sleep or following a nap. It is evident that the restriction of one or more specific sleep stages may be essential to the therapeutic effects of for example, studies indicate that total sleep deprivation, deprivation in the late part of the night, and REM sleep deprivation appear more effective than any other types of partial deprivation at improving mood in depressed patients. Not only will sleep deprivation improve mood, it will also have beneficial effects on sleep, which is often disturbed in depressed individuals, by improving sleep continuity in terms of the number of awakenings, sleep onset latency, and total sleep time.
The weakness of sleep deprivation as a treatment for depression is obviously its short duration of action. Several strategies have been somewhat successful in sustaining the antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation, including increasing the frequency of sleepless nights, and combination with antidepressant drugs such as Prozac. Additionally, clomipramine and nortriptyline , both tricyclic mixed 5-HT and NE reuptake inhbitors and lithium have been shown to prolong the sleep deprivation induced remission of depressions. However, further systematic investigations into the benefits of these treatments is required.
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advance is another technique currently being investigated to prolong the
antidepressant effects. During this therapy, patients undergo one night
of total sleep deprivation. After this deprivation, the patients
start a sleep schedule from 5:00 p.m. -12:00 p.m., which is shifted back
one hour every day until the patient eventually sleeps from 11 p.m. to
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Doublestar 1911
Anyone own or have experience with one of these?
Double Star 8 + 1 Round 45 ACP w/Rail/Forged Frame & Slide $1,150.00 SHIPS FREE
I've not held one...Yet. I do own one of their AR's though. I love it.
I purchased a couple of frames a few years ago. I did not like the way they milled some things (a little out of spec for a basic government model), but the seem to be getting their act together.
From what I've seen, I would rate a "OK".
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+1 on what Drumjunkie had to say. I too own one of their AR uppers and I would say their milling and machining iis top notch. I would think that this would apply to their pistols as well, and from what I have read, all the editors that have shot these seem to like em just fine. I don't know where I could find one of these pistols though. I sure would like to have one.
In that video is he trying to sell a Doublestar pistol or an Ed Brown??:rolleyes:
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Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon
While your great granddaddy was firing up a pipe, Junior Johnson's was firing up a copper still. Few family recipes carry a jail sentence, but to the Johnson family, it was a way of life. With whiskey in his trunk and the law on his heels, Junior ran the finest moonshine in Appalachia.


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Has anyone managed to make poseable personality cores?
Might be my next project, even though I find the SENTs are already pretty decent for screenshots.
local Category = "Portal 2"
local NPC = { Name = "Derp Core", Class = "generic_actor",
Model = "models/cores/derpcore.mdl", Health = "100", Category = Category }
list.Set( "NPC", "npc_derpcore", NPC )
save it in lua/autorun as derpcore.lua
2. Make an animation in Source SDK Faceposer
3. Get the NPCscene STOOL
4. Shoot the core with it
5. Record Video
Would it actually be hard to make a faceposable core?
A Portal 2 core eye is a weighmapped and skeleton rigged mesh with a static texture that uses the standard gesture system to make eye movements.
If you wanted a core to use the flex system you would have to delete all the polygons on the inside of the core and the seal the front off by making a polygon "cap" and then using the eye texture, define it as a $eyeball in the models qc.
The problem with doing this is that your deleting 50% of the mesh, and what your left with is a giant static ugly eyeball.
The faceposer system uses flexes which "sculpt" the meshes vertexes into various shapes, all of the cores expressions are driven by gesture animations, which (if you know how to use the Source SDK faceposer) works better than the garrysmod tool
EDIT: The addon is removed from garrysmod.org, so I re-uploaded it:
Is this dead?
Well, there's really not much left to port from Portal 2.
Probably because you finally realized that the models get many bugs when porting from, like.. a Dota 2 version of the Source Engine to the current, old Orange Box engine
The cores, Chell, and the coop bots have been ported, and pretty much all of the regular props have been too, so i think there's nothing left to port.
Plus it seems like barely anyone cares about portal 2 props now, when the coop bots were released i think about 1 person made a pose with them.
It probably can. If anything, it's the least broken model out of chell, the cores, and the bots, since you can spawn it as a prop_dynamic without any issues. It just needs ragdolling.
I think the hype for portal 2 poses and stuff died a while ago, though. I haven't seen one in a while.
I'm kind of doubtful of that ever happening, since Valve seem's to completely have been focussing more on Security for their updated engine versions with no interest in giving out as much to the community as they used to in the older days. hence why you don't see any left 4 dead 2 source mods, or anyone working on De-compiler for more current version engines.
I did port Glados and I've got some other stuff ready to be ported (like Wheatley in Glados' body) but Glados still needs to be fixed up a little and I'm still mulling over how best to ragdoll the cores and get at least a little face posing working through finger poser.
Also wondering on a related note how I can modify how far the finger poser can rotate the bones.
Are you referring to the light of GlaDOS' eye? I did not get that, so her head kind of looks dead to me:
You can't really recognize her in the dark light.
Holy crap Keroa, i had no idea you were the girl who makes those drawings and animations on deviantart.
Your posing skills are flawless!
I concede to my failure
anything else left to port?
also i'm getting messed up vertex errors on the co-op bot ragdolls. the cores for them are fine, though.
all the dlc models are just modded versions of props already ported
nothing of value whatsoever.
I tried to port glados_wheatley_boss.mdl with animations
failed, for the same reason my attempt to port atlases animations failed
Portal 2s .ani files are not compatible with orangebox
So I dug up my core port smds and scene files and re rigged them
and added some gestures
I really only added 8 bones
I noticed something interesting,The mesh on the handles was already separated in the middle, and the inside was already textured as if it was originally designed to come apart, on wheatley boss the handles were removed from the model entirely
This model is for my personal use in vcd creation
A re rigged core in action
this is in Source MP faceposer
Gonna keep this thread on life support just a LITTLE longer
A long time ago I ported Glados with animations, has someone else already uploaded this?


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Casualties From the Battle Over PTSD
Posted on Feb 16, 2007
Pvt. Jacob Burgoyne was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and ordered to a psychiatric facility, but the Army sent him home instead. Shortly thereafter, Burgoyne stabbed a fellow soldier 32 times and set his body aflame because, he said, "that's how we disposed of bodies in Iraq."
After months of investigation, reporter Mark Boal, who wrote about the above story in Playboy magazine, discovered that doctors are under pressure to limit mental health diagnoses and treatment in order to satisfy political, budgetary and manpower concerns.
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By Donna, October 8, 2007 at 5:37 pm Link to this comment
I just need to say that I am so upset and disturbed by this situation. That we send our soldiers to war, ro fight and to kill. Then we bring them home expecting them to just flip thier switches and be the same people they were before they left. It does not work that way. Our system failed these men, all of them. 5 soldiers lost their lives that night. One who is resting peacefully, 4 others who have been entered into a new war. I am ehartbroken that this has happened, and am so disapointed in our own country for not protecting our own first. I could write a book about this and how I feel, but can't do that here. I jsut wanted to at least say something.
By A Mother, September 15, 2007 at 1:14 pm Link to this comment
OUR GOVERNMENT !!!! They think they are above the law. Lets stick to the facts in this case. Alberto Martinezs Killed Richard Davis, Mario Navarrete stuck by Martinezs, Jacob Burgoyne concealed the death and Douglas Woodcoff concealed the death. Martinezs got life in prison plus 15 years Navarrete got life in Prison plus 15 years, Burgoyne got 20 years, Woodcoff got 9 months in jail and 5 years probation and when that is up he is no longer a felon???? This is our justice system. Its all about who looks good on the front page of the paper or making a deal, not the truth. How sad. Burgoyne brought justice to the case when he turned them all in plus himself. Burgoyne made justice in the case when he sat on the stand for 5 hours telling the truth about that night. The DA office had nothing without Burgoyne. Burgoyne was the only one with out a knife that night. read the transcrips.
By untruths, September 13, 2007 at 8:06 pm Link to this comment
This may not be posted but this article is incorrect. Jacob Burgoyne did NOT stab Richard Davis. What planet are you on? Just keyword the names in this case. There are many aticles regarding this case. Not once was Jacob accused of stabbing Richard Davis nor did he admit to it. All of the players in the drama named the real killer. It was not Burgoyne. Look it up? Sensationalism using untruth? Or ignorance?
By Outraged, February 20, 2007 at 10:34 am Link to this comment
For anyone to remotely entertain the notion that ANYONE in a war zone is going to be mentally, physically or emotionally unaffected is preposterous!
It seems to me that ANYONE returning from a war zone "claiming" to be fine is a much more volitile situation than those who have "problems".
By Rodney Matthews, February 18, 2007 at 8:43 pm Link to this comment
That's the cost of war that no one talks or seem to care about. Family members cope with the veterans until they can no longer tolorate it. Then the veteran usually becomes homeless, suicidal or homicidal. For the first time, we will see also large numbers of female soldiers in the coming years suffering from post tramatic stress disorder. And Bush and Cheney will be long gone from office,still not giving a damn for all of the hundreds of thousands of lives they have ruined. All based on lies and without any accountability. This country will forever continue to pay the price for the most dispicable adminstration in the history of our nation.
By Shhazam4, February 17, 2007 at 2:57 pm Link to this comment
Just another example of GWBush and company's poor planning for war. If the US can't do right by its veterans because of poor planning, poor administration practices or poor funding of the programs to aid veterans then obviously the US is NOT ready to conduct a war… be it in Vietnam, Iraq or any other such adventure.
By Robert Davis, February 17, 2007 at 12:39 pm Link to this comment
As a Viet Nam Vet when I returned to the states I was greeted with peacetime mentality that expected me to revert back to the calm that I once expierienced and that did not happen.
By trantieungoc, February 17, 2007 at 10:47 am Link to this comment
Show this damned story to Bush/Cheney but we don't think how they read it. They only know how to read phantom victory's reports from their subordinates and pornographies.
By Kwagmyre, February 17, 2007 at 9:47 am Link to this comment
When we read about the twenty five thousand wounded from Iraq we're not informed about so many of these who are the emotionally wounded and some of whom will inevitably commit tragic deeds like this soldier did.
By Steve Hammons, February 17, 2007 at 8:35 am Link to this comment
Many of our troops are hurting—physically, emotionally, psychiatrically and spiritually. Many are cracking and breaking as human beings.
The Bush administration has reportedly cut resources for VA and other programs for vets, including seriously injured vets.
As a society, and as individuals, we need to be supportive of these troops and their families and recognize the extreme stressors on them.
For more on this, see the two articles below:
American troops are cracking under horrors, deception and lies of Iraq war
Steve Hammons
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U.S. troops in Iraq taking drugs to cope with stress, trauma
Steve Hammons
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By Jim Yell, February 17, 2007 at 6:50 am Link to this comment
Good old Bush/Cheney and their lackeys, still trying to get a War on the cheap. The rest of the nation pays in so many ways for this wrong headed breach of trust.
In WWII my father with combat experience and having been captured when he ran out of ammunition was sent home to family, friends and society without any help. Now at that time the idea that wounds could be more than a lost body part, it might be understood, although amongst Dr.'s a growing realization that things weren't that simple. He was a mess and people and animals that had to deal with him dealt with his unresolved problems.
At this stage of knowledge, pre-empting medical judgement to avoid paying the true cost of care for the soldier, who deserves more consideration from Bush/Cheney, in a war that was without foundation and has turned into a friendly slot machine for Republican businessmen, it just is not defensable.
Historically Republicans are always glad to use your bodies to protect and promote their wealth, but when it comes time to pay back what is owed to troops—no way. Remember the Bonus Marchers from WWI, don't vote money to help, but send serving military to abuse them. You got to admire Republicans for their consistency.
By Jaded Prole, February 17, 2007 at 5:10 am Link to this comment
We will be seeing a lot more of this as our troops return home bringing the war with them. These men were drilled with anger and hatred and stuck in a nightmarish situation for tour after tour. No one escapes such a scenario unharmed. If we don't want violent and self-destructive time-bombs among us, we need to give these troops the medical and psychological support they need and deserve.
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Norris Vaughan is man of conviction with strong beliefs and high standards.
He might be a bit stubborn, too.
So when the Mountain Pointe football coach says the Pride are co-East Valley Region champions, there is a tendency to believe him.
Now the folks on Crismon Rd. in Mesa that call themselves Jaguars might have a different opinion as Desert Ridge and Mountain Pointe finished with identical 5-1 records in region action after Friday's results.
Desert Ridge, which beat Perry 45-7 last night, won the head-to-head battle 44-22 on Oct. 15 so that would seem to give the Jaguars the crown, but Vaughan said there are no written by-laws or tie-breakers that determine champions in this kind of scenario.
"I've never seen any kind of tie breaker so we are co-champions," Vaughan said. "If there is something that says otherwise, have it sent over to me. Until then we are region champs."
While there might be some confusion as far as that goes, there is no mistaking the way the Pride (8-2) is playing heading to the postseason after manhandling Marcos de Niza 27-7 at Karl Kiefer Field.
The win secured a home game in first-round of the Class 5A Division I state playoffs and early projections have Mountain Pointe as the fifth seed hosting No. 12 Mesa Red Mountain, which lost 28-17 to Desert Vista.
The official announcement comes at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday by the Arizona Interscholastic Association.
Mountain Pointe, which enters the postseason with a three-game win streak, set the tone early against Marcos (8-2, 4-2) by eating up nearly nine minutes on its first offensive drive that led to a score and then the defense forced a three-and-out on the Padres' first offensive series.
"It was extremely important for us to control the clock against them," senior offensive tackle Chris Carl said. "It set the tempo. It felt to put it good to put it away against them."
The Pride ran the ball the first nine play selections (although the first play of the game was quarterback scramble) before Pride quarterback Kyle Faunce found Garrett Holle on a 5-yard pass for a 7-0 lead as the Pride converted four third downs on the 73-yard drive.
Mountain Pointe pushed the lead out to 17-0 on a Kevin Kadisak 43-yard field goal and a perfectly executed play-action pass from Faunce (4 of 7 for 97 yards) to Holle (3 catches, 91 yards) on a 52-yard post pattern for a score.
Holle was even with two defenders until the ball was in the air and the 6-foot-4 wide receiver separated himself and hauled in the rainbow for the score with 8:31 left before half.
"We knew we had some good matchups and after we established the run it was there," Holle said. "Kyle made a perfect pass and I just ran under it."
That's when Marcos, which used the swinging gate offense on one series, showed some signs of life.
The Padres blocked a punt to take over possession inside the Mountain Pointe 30-yard line. Running back Anthony Shivers broke loose for a 24-yard run and finished off the drive on a 1-yard dive to close within 17-7.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Padres did a pooch kick and actually caught the ball on the fly and scooted down to inside the Pride 30 again. But it was nullified because the ball has to hit the ground before the kicking team can advance it.
Mountain Pointe was given possession and sophomore running back Thomas Warren ripped off a 24-yard run to set up a Jordan Leal 3-yard plunge with 51 seconds left in the half to give the Pride a commanding 24-7 lead.
"That was unfortunate," Macros head coach Roy Lopez said. "We did everything right but let the ball hit first. We made a mistake as players and coaches on that. Then they go down and score just before have to make it worse."
That exchange pretty ended the game with the way Mountain Pointe's defense played.
The Pride held Marcos to a total of 149 yards on 45 offensive plays as the defensive line was a disruptive as a fire drill during SAT testing and the defensive backfield, led by Jalen Brown's two interceptions, knocked down and picked off several of the passes from Tommy Thornton, who had more picks than interceptions at one point before finishing 8 of 23 for 93 yards.
"We played hard and never let up," senior defensive tackle Chad Papineau said. "We are playing more as a team right now and it is an awesome thing. We set the complexion of the game and we are played our best game of the season."
Mountain Pointe defensive coordinator Jeff Decker said the first two drives - the Pride's scoring drive and then forcing a Marcos' three-and-out - couldn't have been drawn up much better.
"It sends a message that we were more physical than they were," said Decker, whose squad allowed just 56 yards rushing. "We wanted to be the most physical team they have seen all year and I think it carried throughout the game."
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Mountain Pointe 27, Marcos de Niza 7
First downs 9 15
Rushes-yards 22-56 35-156
Pass yards 93 97
Att-Comp-Int 8-23-2 4-8-0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 5-35 7-75
Marcos 0 7 0 0-7
Mountain Pointe 7 17 3 0-27
MP - Holle 5 pass from Faunce (Kadisak kick), 3:16.
MP - Kadisak 43 field goal, 11:12
MP - Holle 52 pass from Faunce (Kadisak kick), 8:31
Marcos - Shivers 1 run (Jones kick), 4:06
MP - Leal 3 run (Kadisak kick), :51
MP - Kadisak 39 field goal, 5:13
Vitals: Mountain Pointe (8-2, 4-1) manhandled Marcos de Niza (8-2, 3-2) from start to finish in a Class 5A East Valley Region game to end the regular season.
Highlight: Mountain Pointe freshman safety Jalen Brown made a terrific one-handed grab on an interception when it looked as if Marcos was going to get a big pass play to Jeryan Butler early in the second quarter.
Player of the game: Mountain Pointe's Garrett Holle caught a 5-yard pass on the opening drive to convert the nearly 9 minute possessions into points and then separated himself from two defenders on a 52-yard bomb for 17-0 lead. He finished with three catches for 91 yards.
Key stat: Marcos de Niza quarterback Tommy Thornton missed his first six passes and at one point had more interceptions than completions (2 to 1) on the way to an 8 for 23 passing performance for 93 yards.


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Dolev-Yao models, is essential in almost all tool-supported methods
for verifying security protocols. Recently significant progress was
made in establishing computational soundness results: these results
prove that Dolev-Yao style models can be sound with respect to actual
cryptographic realizations and security definitions. However, these
results came at the cost of imposing various constraints on the set of
permitted security protocols: e.g., dishonestly generated keys must
not be used, key cycles need to be avoided, and many more. In a
nutshell, the cryptographic security definitions did not adequately
capture these cases, but were considered carved in stone; in contrast,
the symbolic abstractions were bent to reflect cryptographic features
and idiosyncrasies, thereby requiring adaptations of existing
verification tools.
In this paper, we pursue the opposite direction: we consider a
symbolic abstraction for public-key encryption and identify two
cryptographic definitions called PROG-KDM (programmable key-dependent
message) security and MKE (malicious-key extractable) security that we
jointly prove to be sufficient for obtaining computational soundness
without imposing assumptions on the protocols using this
abstraction. In particular, dishonestly generated keys obtained from
the adversary can be sent, received, and used. The definitions can be
met by existing cryptographic schemes in the random oracle model. This
yields the first computational soundness result for trace-properties
that holds for arbitrary protocols using this abstraction (in
particular permitting to send and receive dishonestly generated keys),
and that is accessible to all existing tools for reasoning about
Dolev-Yao models without further adaptations.
In this paper, we introduce new frameworks for full disclosure attacks on ultralightweight authentication protocols based on new concepts of recursive linear and recursive differential cryptanalysis. Both of them exploit triangular functions in ultralightweight protocols and recover all secret data stored in the tag in a recursive manner. The recursive linear attack is applied to Yeh et al. and SLMAP authentication protocols. This attack is passive, deterministic (i.e. the attacker can retrieve all the secrets with probability of one), and requires only a single authentication session. The recursive differential attack is more powerful and can be applied to the protocols which linear attack may not work on. We show the effectiveness of this attack on LMAP++and SASI authentication protocols. This differential attack is probabilistic, active in the sense that the attacker suffices only to block some specific messages, and requires a few authentication sessions.
single-key model and improve on Dunkelman, Keller and Shamir attacks
of Asiacrypt 2010. We present the best attack on 7 rounds of AES-128
where data/time/memory complexities are below $2^{100}$. Moreover, we
are able to extend the number of rounds to reach attacks on 8 rounds
for both AES-192 and AES-256. This gives the best attacks on those two
versions with a data complexity of $2^{107}$ chosen-plaintexts, a
memory complexity of $2^{96}$ and a time complexity of $2^{172}$ for
AES-192 and $2^{196}$ for AES-256. Finally, we also describe the best
attack on 9 rounds of AES-256 with $2^{120}$ chosen-plaintexts and
time and memory complexities of $2^{203}$. All these attacks have been
found by carefully studying the number of reachable multisets in
Dunkelman et al. attacks.
that can fulfill both sender and receiver\'s security. Here, this protocol is cryptanalyzed. We find that it has a fatal fault
which cannot implement the receiver\'s security at all and show the detail analyzing process.
provably collision resistant (CR) in the standard model and provably pseudorandom oracle (PRO) in an idealized
model. Designing a DMS hash function was first investigated by Ristenpart and Shrimpton (ASIACRYPT
2007); they put forth a generic approach, called Mix-Compress-Mix (MCM), and showed the feasibility of the
MCM approach with a secure (but inefficient) construction. An improved construction was later presented by
Lehmann and Tessaro (ASIACRYPT 2009). The proposed construction by Ristenpart and Shrimpton requires
a non-invertible (pseudo-) random injection oracle (PRIO) and the Lehmann-Tessaro construction requires a
non-invertible random permutation oracle (NIRP). Despite showing the feasibility of realizing PRIO and NIRP
objects in theory-using ideal ciphers and (trapdoor) one-way permutations- these constructions suffer from several
efficiency and implementation issues as pointed out by their designers and briefly reviewed in this paper.
In contrast to the previous constructions, we show that constructing a DMS hash function does not require any
PRIO or NIRP, and hence there is no need for additional (trapdoor) one-way permutations. In fact, Ristenpart and
Shrimpton posed the question of whether MCM is secure under easy-to-invert mixing steps as an open problem in
their paper.We resolve this question in the affirmative in the fixed-input-length (FIL) hash setting. More precisely,
we show that one can sandwich a provably CR function, which is sufficiently compressing, between two random
invertible permutations to build a provably DMS compression function. Any multi-property-preserving (MPP)
domain extender that preserves CR and PRO can then be used to convert such a DMS compression function
to a full-fledged DMS hash function. Interestingly, there are efficient off-the-shelf candidates for all the three
ingredients (provably CR compression functions, random invertible permutations, and MPP domain extenders)
from which one can choose to implement such a DMS hash function in practice. Further, we also explain the
implementation options as well as a concrete instantiation.
We propose short signatures from the DH assumption, which has a sublinear size public key. More precisely, our proposal produces a public key of $\\Theta(\\sqrt{\\frac{\\lambda}{\\log \\lambda}})$ group elements. Our construction is inspired from two techniques for short signatures such as using programmable hashes and using tags. From two previous techniques, we first derive a signature scheme with a somewhat short public key of $\\Theta(\\frac{\\lambda}{\\log\\lambda})$, and then we developed a new technique for {\\em asymmetric trade} between the public key size and the signature size. In particular, by adding one field element in each signature, we can reduce the public key size to $O(\\sqrt{\\frac{\\lambda}{\\log \\lambda}})$ group elements, so that the resulting signature size is two group elements and two field elements.
We also propose a variant by applying a technique for compressing tag vectors so that the resulting signatures has a shorter signature size (two group elements and one field element) by augmenting signing/verification costs and adding constant factor in public key size (that is, public key size is still $\\Theta(\\sqrt\\frac{\\lambda}{\\log\\lambda})$ group elements). Note that we limit ourselves to dealing with only polynomial-time reductions in all security proofs.


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Outer suburbs are being planned in a way that could lock them in forever as lands of monotonous ticky-tacky housing, ultimately causing urban degeneration and run-down areas.
This is the view of independent experts at the Grattan Institute, who say that complex zoning laws, monotonous housing and single-ownership town centres are preventing city-fringe suburbs from adapting and rejuvenating as their community make-up changes.
The lack of community areas and transport created run-down areas in western Sydney such as Mount Druitt as the city expanded during the baby-boom years.
Grattan Institute cities program director Jane-Frances Kelly said the suburbs had come a long way from the postwar years when landowners built their homes on weekends, often without bitumen roads, sewerage systems or phone lines. But the failure to adapt could ultimately send residents and businesses elsewhere.
"We're doing a much better job of meeting the needs of today's residents," Ms Kelly said. "But what we're talking about is paying attention to tomorrow's residents as well."
A report released on Tuesday, Tomorrow's Suburbs, says that the ad-hoc planning legacy of older inner-city areas makes them flexible to change, assisting their urbagn renewal in recent years. Neighbouring houses, shopfronts, factories and commercial buildings can later become schools, apartments, aged-care services and other facilities as a suburb changes.
But "the new communities being established in greenfield areas lack these characteristics", it says.
New suburbs are designed with uniform lot sizes, free-standing houses and strict separation into commercial, residential and other uses, it says. Covenants restrict changes in land use in perpetuity.
Curved, branching streets ending in cul-de-sacs make suburbs harder to navigate, and streets less flexible to change such as into shopping areas.
Past predictions of demographic change have often been wildly inaccurate, the report says. The Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works predicted in 1954 that Melbourne's population would hit 2.5 million by 2000. Instead it reached 3.5 million.
Demographic changes are also hard to predict, and the report says that a variety of property types ensures residents can re-locate within their neighbourhood as their needs change. Without that flexibility, suburbs can degenerate.
"Homes built to accommodate families may have only one or two occupants. This in turn can prevent the regeneration of the suburb through younger families moving in," the report says.
It says that home owners should have the option to make a joint sale of their entire block after 25 years if 90 per cent of the owners agree. One person refusing should not stand in the way. Town centres should be surrounded by adaptable buildings that could become strip shopping areas and ultimately support local businesses as the suburb matures, it says.
Complex zoning rules should be reviewed regularly to ensure they do not hold suburbs back. For example, some suburbs are zoned so businesses cannot operate from home offices.
The NSW president of the Planning Institute of Australia, Sarah Hill, said it was important not to restrict future opportunity in suburbs. "The challenge is giving certainty to developers now versus giving opportunities for change and adaptation in the future," she said.
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Democratic voters in Stark County will decide Tuesday whether Natalie R. Haupt or Earle E. Wise Jr. will appear on the November ballot as a candidate for the 5th District Court of Appeals.
Haupt, 37, is a Stark County Court of Common Pleas magistrate, while Wise, 53, is a private practice attorney.
The winner will face Republican Craig R. Baldwin in the general election to fill an unexpired term. Baldwin, who is uncontested in the primary, holds the seat.
"I believe that my experience in the Stark County Court of Common Pleas makes me uniquely qualified to be a judge," said Haupt, a graduate of West Geauga High School, The Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve School of Law. "Because the general division in which I currently serve is a sort of 'catch-all' court, I have familiarity with a wide variety of legal topics and disciplines. I have presided over both jury and bench trials as well as numerous hearings. It is the breadth of my experience that makes the appeals court a natural extension of my abilities."
Haupt, who lives in Hartville, said she would bring impartiality to the bench.
"Polls show that the public views judges as susceptible to political influence," said Haupt. "The public must be able to trust, and the code of judicial conduct requires, that judges not allow personal philosophies dictate their decisions. ... I have spent the bulk of my legal career serving in a neutral role. As a magistrate, I make decisions every day and provide recommendations to the judge on a variety of matters. In doing so, I weigh opposing viewpoints and follow the law, not my own personal beliefs. As an appellate judge, I would apply my reasoned and fair approach to interpret the law consistently."
Wise, a 1978 graduate of Marlington High School, also said he would bring impartiality to the bench.
"For the judicial system I am concerned about society's tendency to rush to judgment," said Wise. "We live with a 24-hour-a-day news cycle, fed by 30-second sound bites of news from around the world. I believe this tends to distort the perception of our legal system. When a high-profile case makes news, so-called experts give instant opinions and proposed outcomes of the case before all the facts are presented. When cases are resolved in due course and those resolutions do not match the highly publicized initial speculation, the public is given the impression the system is broken. ... The courts, particularly the appellate courts, are designed to allow for reasoned discussion and reflection of the case removed from the heat and passion of the moment."
Wise, who served in the National Guard and worked as a city administrator, board of elections deputy director, assistant public defender and assistant prosecutor before going into private practice, believes his combined experience will help him to be fair from the bench.
"The judicial branch of government must maintain its ability to view, hear and decide cases based upon the merits and uninfluenced by the headline of the day," said Wise. "The legal process works slowly but deliberatively. Each decision must be based on the law with intelligence and common sense. ... If elected, I will diligently prepare for each case as I have done hundreds of times in my private practice and at the prosecutor's office. I will carefully read each case and give each party a fair hearing. I will base my decisions on the law and facts of each case without any favoritism or prejudice to any party."


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Einstein's brain gets a new look-over
Nov. 17, 2012
Parts of Albert Einstein's brain
are visibly unlike those of most people and
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brain, as originally labeled in 1955, which was used in the new research.
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Parts of Albert Einstein's brain have been found to be unlike those of most people and could be related to his extraordinary cognitive abilities, according to a new study. In it, Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk and colleagues describe for the first time the entire cerebral cortex, or outer layer, of Einstein's brain from an examination of 14 recently discovered photographs. The researchers compared the famed physicist's brain to 85 "normal" human brains and, in light of current imaging studies, interpreted what they called its unusual features. They focused in detail on the pattern of sulci, or folds, in the brain. "Although the overall size and asymmetrical shape of Einstein's brain were normal, the prefrontal, somatosensory, primary motor, parietal, temporal and occipital cortices were extraordinary," said Falk, referring to specific sections of the cortex. The prefrontal cortex, for one, is known as the seat of cognitive analysis and abstract thought, and is sometimes referred to as the "CEO of the brain." Specific parts of Einstein's prefrontal cortex are "relatively expanded," Falk and colleagues wrote, "which may have provided underpinnings for some of his extraordinary cognitive abilities." These same brain areas are associated "with the emergence of higher cognitive abilities" in evolution, they added. The findings were published Nov. 16 in the journal Brain. Upon Einstein's death in 1955, his brain was removed and photographed from multiple angles with the permission of his family. Furthermore, it was sectioned into 240 blocks from which microscope slides were prepared. A great majority of the photographs, blocks and slides were lost from public sight for more than 55 years. The 14 photographs used by the researchers now are held by the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The paper also publishes a "roadmap" to Einstein's brain prepared in 1955 by the physician Thomas Harvey to illustrate the locations within Einstein's previously whole brain of 240 dissected blocks of tissue, which provides a key to locating the origins within the brain of the newly emerged histological slides. The area of Einstein's cerebral cortex associated with the processing of visual information was "very convoluted" compared to the average, Falk and colleagues noted. This may have reflected extra processing power dedicated to visualizing objects, compared to the norm, they added.


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I found this essay, dealing with the role of Catholicism and higher education, especially on the mark.
Among the points the author, Patricia McGuire, makes is the following:
She writes: "The real scandal at Notre Dame today is not that the president of the United States spoke at commencement, albeit causing some controversy among Catholics. The real scandal is the misappropriation of sacred teachings for political ends."
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Spend the night at Fountain Creek Nature Center! Children in 1st-5th grade are invited to join us for a nighttime adventure as we enjoy cooking hotdogs over a fire, crafts, games, a night hike, a sleepover, breakfast, and a morning hike. ($30.00/member and $40/nonmember, Limit 20, Must prepay to register, 520-6745)
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