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There a slight disconnect between most of the msm and the blogosphere on a very important issue involving the Edmonton Oilers. Bloggers have been spending a lot of time discussing Taylor Hall's future, going into great detail in regard to important issues. Keeping Taylor Hall in the NHL now allows him to leave via free agency (if he wishes) at age 25; if he's sent back now the Oilers would enjoy his playing rights until age 27. That's a big deal.
Also, many secondary issues (why on earth can't these kids play in the AHL at age 18? that is something the league needs to adjust) have been brought up across the blogosphere and at the very least make for an interesting discussion.
The mainstream media appears to be using this discussion as a platform to call out "crazy fans" for being fickle. The radio has been full of diatribes about the silliness of sending Hall away ("give your head a shake") and not at all discussing the actual issue: are the Edmonton Oilers better off starting the contract clock a year (or two years) down the line. For the record, I haven't talked to one fan in panic nor a crazy person about Taylor Hall. The Edmonton fanbase is taking a kicking here, and they don't deserve it.
The fact is that there is an issue here that should be addressed: should Taylor Hall be sent to junior in order for the Oilers to get the most out of his pre-UFA career?
My own opinion is here. In that post (and quoting myself, good grief) I said:
- I've always believed (and Earl Weaver taught me) that when a young player is ready to compete at a certain level the best thing to do is elevate him to that level immediately. Don't put him in a position to fail, but rather take the things he does well and place him in ideal circumstances at the higher level. I think the monetary argument is a secondary consideration (honestly) and that player development should be the only real concern. If Taylor Hall is ready to score 20 goals in the NHL at his age, I believe he'll be a better player one year from now because he was able to handle the extreme challenges at speed. It is a major step, and if he can do it at this age we may be staring at a Steven Stamkos. That's what I believe.
Still do. If the Oilers are any good at all when Hall turns 25 he may well sign here again, and the Oilers are going to pay through the nose if he develops so here's hoping. This is an issue that has enjoyed a longer than normal shelf life--certainly longer than it warrants--partly because the msm isn't listening.
So let me be clear: these are not panic stricken thoughts of youngsters who hold their hockey cards in their hands while drifting off to sleep, these are not the idiot ramblings of unemployed, middle aged men with Cheesie bags and giants bottles of Coca-Cola.
These are well thought out arguments by adults that have benefits and are worthy of discussion.
October 21 2010, 12:45PM
Defense isnt just played by defensemen. The forwards have a say in that too. Note the -3 performance by both Eberle and Hall last game.
The team was not built to contend this year. It was clearly built with the aim to get the kids their experience. The team purposely kept the defenseman with the most experience away from the NHL and Smid was given a bigger role.
This year isnt about winning. It's about development. Developing penalty killers, developing centres so they can win more faceoffs.
What? Which players are they keeping in OKL that have the most NHL experience? More than Smid? Huh?
While I agree there's no desire to contend this year (duh!), I DON'T agree with intentional suckage. How are we properly developing players by NOT surrounding them with decent role models and a winning attitude? Not that we should expect them to win, but I do expect them to bring their best, most competitive game every night. THAT'S how you learn to win. Certainly not by practicing and playing with AHL-level talent and borderline NHL'ers.
Strudwick I get, because he provides an intangible (and very important) element to the team. But he's not playing very much. Foster, Vandermeer, Jones, SMAC, DD and JDD on the other hand are living, breathing facepalm generators in Oiler uniforms.
October 21 2010, 12:48PM
Arch -are you serious ? "Oil Change " last nite was about winning this year and so the players also feel likewise . Yet you say (or seem to imply )it's about development and losing deliberately this season . Just what year in this development plan do they intend on doing a defensive makeover ? This sort of development you seem to think is happening could go on forever and we may never see the playoffs again .
MANAGEMENT THINKS THIS PRESENT TEAM CAN WIN AND CONTEND THIS YEAR BY the OIL CHANGE spiel i heard last nite ! I ask you once again whose right - you or the players and" Oil Change" spiel ? Maybe i'm being naieve thinking they just might want to win more than lose this season .
I think you are taking Oil change a little too seriously.
October 21 2010, 04:13PM
@David S
What? Which players are they keeping in OKL that have the most NHL experience? More than Smid? Huh?
Do you really not know what he's talking about?
October 21 2010, 11:03PM
Am I serious? Uh, yes. Yes I am serious. The Oilers are not icing a team that was meant to contend this season. Too many glaring holes and not enough veterans.
You cant possibly be serious that the show "Oil Change" convinced you that the Oilers were going to contend this year. No one, not even you, can drink that much kool-aid.
The kind of losing that I'm talking about is the same kind of losing that teams like Pittsburgh and Washington did AFTER they drafted Crosby and Ovechkin respectively.
October 21 2010, 11:06PM
@David S
I'm giving Foster a VERY long leash this year. 2 weeks after he lost his baby, mine was born. I cant imagine what he and his family are going through. Moving, new team, grieving a terrible loss. If he's a wreck in his own zone for a bit then I'll live with that.


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LG Optimus Series Smartphones to Feature NVIDIA Tegra 2 in Q4 2010by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/6/2010 10:43 PM EST
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wimbet - Monday, September 06, 2010 - linkThe Tegra 2 can do 1080p BP 30fps at 10mbps, according to company reports from Morgan Stanley Research. Reply
Lifted - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkWhy would I need 1080p on my phone? Recording I can sort of understand, but playback? Reply
Exodite - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkDLNA or HDMI out. Streaming from the phone is, at least for me, both viable and desirable. Reply
lincc275 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linktwetwetwetwe Reply
taltamir - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkTo play 1080p content without having to spend time converting it to a lower resolution.
Do you want to just run a movie and have it work, or do you want to start fiddling with conversions? heck, most people don't know how to convert, so if they have a 1080p file they want to play...
plus there is the issue of headroom and inflated advertised capabilities... i find that only things that claim to be able to play 1080p smoothly can play 720p smoothly (while typically stuttering on some 1080p content) Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkAnd Samsung expects us to get legal 1080p content where? Will it play mkv files with DTS as the only audio track? Doubt it.
And these files are 10GB in size or more. Playing such content is rather stringing it. Reply
mindbomb - Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - linkmost people have to fiddle with conversions anyway, as it appears to support only level 3.1 baseline profile.
Most people's videos will need to be converted from level 4.1 high profile. Reply
mindbomb - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkbaseline profile....aka only minor improvement over mpeg2
:( Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkwhere did you get that misinformation? h.264/Mpeg4-avc at BP is BETTER than Mpeg-4-ASP aka loser divx Reply
mianmian - Monday, September 06, 2010 - linkIs it to save power while running not-so-demanding application? Reply
Zok - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkMaybe it could be there for northbridge-esque delegation duties? Handling IO with radios, keypad, etc. that is "on" all the time. Reply
etal2 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkIts standard for the cellular radio to have its own dedicated processor that does all the communication duties.
The proprietary software running on this processor is supplied by the chip manufacturer and is kept a secret. Its not part of the phones main operation system (no android/ios/win7 here). Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkThe ARM7 core is used for SoC management, it doesn't handle any user code.
Take care,
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sprockkets - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkLG has been a loyal supporter of WinMob. Doubt it if they go Android but who's to say at this point. Reply
adonn78 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkThis is what I would want in a netbook or home theater PC. A CPU that can do streaming 180P HD video. Seriously put this think in a new version of the WD live or similar box and I am buying. Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkWell if Boxee would ever come out... Reply
mindbomb - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkyou can't really match the flexibility of an actual htpc.
for one, this thing will almost certainly not have an mkv splitter. Reply
icrf - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkForgive my ignorance, but for what would you need an mkv splitter on an htpc? I use an htpc as a front-end consumption device. Seems like an mkv splitter is more of a creation-time problem. Reply
7Enigma - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkFermi and a mobile phone gpu are so different that your comment smacks of anti-Nvidia (pro-ATI?) FUD. Or complete lack of any technical knowledge. I vote for the former. Reply
icrf - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkI fully expect battery life to be sub-par with something like this, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't still want it in a tablet/slate form factor. I'm just not sure it's the best thing for a smart phone. Reply
Rayb - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkHere is a look of things to come regarding the Tegra 2 performance. Since some smartbooks and tablets have been released in Europe with Android 2.1 OS.
Judging by the results, it's not a bad start. Reply
Pirks - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkNo specific devices/models announced for the holidays, from any major phone maker. So I guess Intel lost this round again. Right? Reply
j.harper12 - Monday, October 25, 2010 - linkSomeone needs to get me excited about a dual core cell phone. I was psyched earlier this year about it, but now that I have my EVO I'm having my doubts. I travel extensively, and I'll admit, I've actually used my HDMI out to watch movies on flat screens in hotel rooms. The cool factor is there. Until we actually have micro SDXC cards (I'm calling vaporware on this... January of 2009 and we don't have any micro sdxc stuff yet folks?!?!? Come on!!)... I just don't have any interest in having 1080p content on my cell phone. I'm loving the snappy response of my 1ghz, but can't think of anything I could use more power for. We just don't have the software that needs it yet, and I wonder if it's really coming. To be honest, I always bring my netbook with me on my travels, and I'm way more excited about Sandy Bridge and Fusion with the potential for an instant four fold increase in performance. So long as I have that device, which can do 1080p with little effort... why sacrifice battery life on my cell phone? I'll gladly make the jump from netbook to a pricier notebook with performance and battery life.
Gaming... start building bluetooth controllers for phones and some SERIOUS games, and I'll buy a dual-core cell phone. I mean, high quality action adventure, FPS, RPG kind of games. I don't want to pay $3.99 for a tower defense game, they are fun, but I want to pay $10 for an awesome 3D action adventure.
Make me a believer guys, I haven't found limitations on my current platform, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Why do I want a dual-core cell phone? Reply


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The Monadelphous Group has reported a net profit of $79.1 million for the six months to December, a 37.5 per cent increase from the previous corresponding period.
The engineering group declared a fully franked interim dividend of 62 cents per share.
The firm recorded sales revenue of $1.29 billion, an increase of 46.6 per cent that it attributed to a "major surge" in construction work.
However, Monadelphous shares slid 6 per cent to $26.17.
Monadelphous managing director Rob Velletri forecast a 35 per cent rise in revenue over the full financial year, after revenue rose by 47 per cent in the first half to $879.5 million.
''The pipeline of engineering construction opportunities flowing from the large volume of approved projects, particularly in the iron ore and LNG [liquefied natural gas] sectors, will continue to drive solid demand for the company's services,'' he said.
But the company expects revenue growth to slow in the 2013-14 financial year which, it said, would be a year of consolidation.
Bell Potter Securities analyst John O'Shea said the slide in Monadelphous' shares was primarily related to the company's outlook for the financial year 2014.
With the outlook for the rest of the 2013 financial year expected to be stronger, ''they are going to have a very high base'' to beat for the 2014 financial year, Mr O'Shea said.
''The results for the first half was very much in line with expectations ... For the rest of 2013 they are saying that revenue growth's going to be at least 35 per cent, so that's stronger than what they said at the AGM.
''But obviously, you've got a higher base to beat then, and they are saying when they come out to 2014, revenue growth there will be challenging.''
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In the list of phrases that should be scratched from the management lexicon, "safe pair of hands" comes pretty high.
The man named to be chief executive of BG, Chris Finlayson, is the latest to be awarded this dubious accolade. He meets two of the requirements for the safe-hands epithet: he's an insider – though he's only worked for the UK oil and gas producer since August 2010 – yet he is also "seasoned" (another term that should be banned – executives aren't sauces, for goodness' sake).
There are four main reasons why the phrase is more curse than compliment:
1) It has a damned-with-faint-praise tone, sometimes implying that the company couldn't find a really exciting candidate, so they played safe.
2) It is often an indication that people don't know as much about the corporate insider as they would know about a high-profile outside candidate.
3) Safety may be a virtue in some cases but an overcautious leader is not always what companies need.
4) "Safe" is often the last thing a safe pair of hands turns out to be. In fact, the record of leaders in the safe-hands hall of fame is as spotty as that of any other executive or politician. Read more


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IN A Brooklyn factory a 240-room hotel is rolling off the production line.
The hotel's rooms and adjoining corridors are modular in design. They start life at one end of the factory floor in Melbourne's west on an automated machine that spot welds the 13.5 by 3.5-metre metal base to the walls and ceiling within four hours.
It's all based on car manufacturing technology and welding techniques. As they progress, other components: lighting, plumbing, cyclone-proof shutters and spray-on insulation, are added.
By the time they reach the end 15 days later, each room, complete with fixtures and fittings, is plastic wrapped and stacked ready for shipping to Port Hedland.
On site they will be dropped into place like Lego, with a one-millimetre factory-precision tolerance.
The hotel is due to be completed by the end of this month for delivery via empty China-originated ships, but may be held up until next year by funding issues and northern Australia's tropical cyclone season. A second stage of 130 hotel rooms is planned.
The Unitised Building technology and factory is the brainchild of Melbourne architect Nonda Katsalidis.
Apart from the Pilbara hotel, the system has been used to make 425 apartments in four Melbourne apartment buildings, including the Nicholson in Brunswick and Little Hero in the city. Another small apartment for a site in Moonee Ponds is in the production pipeline.
But the company, now run as a joint-venture with one of Australia's largest apartment builders the Hickory Group, was looking to expand beyond apartments and mining into education, aged and health care sectors, Unitised Building business manager Damien Crough said.
Hospital wards were similar in dimension and layout to hotel rooms and a good fit, he said.
''We've just put in a bid on a primary school in Canberra using our system.''
UB was also specialising in modular bathrooms for Hickory's development projects. Hickory intends to stop building bathrooms on site and use modular units with threaded joints on the base to attach wheels, which are rolled into the building and dropped into place.
''Our aim is to do 100 a week,'' Mr Crough said.
That manufacturing innovation has extended into design and development, Hickory director Michael Argyrou said.
UB's technology had halved build times, the focus now was to reduce costs, he said.
''We are trying to get more consistency into apartment types and more scale. If we can do that we can reduce costs and improve quality and sustainability,'' he said.
As a result, the company is backing an off-the-shelf, pre-designed, prefabricated apartment product called Klik created by Elenberg Fraser architects.
The Klik system will use factory-based manufacturing to build anything from houses to high-rise apartments and is expected to cut developers' costs by up to 10 per cent.
The modular system can be used to create either square, linear, C-shape or L-shape building bases that can house up to 14 different one to three-bedroom apartment or hotel types.
''We see Klik as being just as much a tool for architects as developers,'' Elenberg Fraser director Callum Fraser said.
''We believe there is a real desire in the housing industry for larger cheaper, multi-level apartments.''
Architects were looking for a systematised approach to construction, Mr Fraser said.
''Everything we do, we do from first principles, for the first time, every time. That is at odds with the way the world works.''
''It's a big change. To get there, what we need is volume,'' he said.


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HOUSTON - A man accused of killing his pregnant wife took the stand in his own defense Monday and testified about an alleged affair he had at the time of his wife's death, KPRC Local 2 reported.
David Temple was emotional and hard to understand at times while he answered questions about his relationship with a fellow teacher he later married.
"I would describe it as flirtatious e-mails, a casual relationship. I know what I did was wrong. I wish it never happened, but it did. It was not serious. It's something I have to live with every day of my life," he testified.
He married Heather Scott a few years after Belinda Temple's death.
David Temple, 39, was charged with murder in 2004 in connection with the killing of his wife, Belinda Temple, 30. She was eight months pregnant with their second child when she was shot in a bedroom closet in her home in the 22500 block of Round Valley Drive on Jan. 11, 1999.
Prosecutors said David Temple staged a burglary to cover up the crime.
David Temple's voice cracked as he testified about his love for Belinda. Contrary to previous testimony, David Temple denied ever calling his wife fat and said they often joked around.
He also testified about the moments before he found his wife's body.
"I opened the door to let Belinda know we were home ? took a few steps. I could see the back door partially open and the window smashed. I immediately thought the house had been broken into," David Temple said.
He said he took his 3-year-old son, Evan, to a neighbor before returning to the house.
"I looked left in the closet. I could see her in a ball laying in a pool of blood. She was balled up ... her knees under her. I grabbed her, shook her. She did not move. I grabbed her by the legs and pulled her flat," David Temple testified.
Prosecutors said he would have had a lot of blood and tissue on him had he attempted CPR, like the 911 dispatcher asked of him.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Kelly Siegler got David Temple to admit to a lie -- that he lied to his wife's twin sister that he did not cheat on Belinda. The sister secretly taped conversations, which were entered into evidence.
If convicted of murder, David Temple could face from five years to 99 years in prison.
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Unique Baby Names
Im italian decent and my husband is chinese. We both agree to give our baby a stong italian first name but my husband wants something to flow with our last name, Liauw. Pronunced like a cats "meow" but with an "L" instead of "m".
I always liked Vincenzo for a boy but he complains that it doesnt have that flow. Not sure what the gender is yet so looking for girl and boy names.
Any ideas??? TIA
by Blue_SpiralMay 8, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Bianca, Francesca, Carmela
Domenico, Luciano, Pietro
by Mom2HayTayMay 20, 2013 at 2:36 PMGiuliana or Antonio
by Lapis_LazuliMay 20, 2013 at 3:57 PM
My suggestions is to keep the first name easy to spell and pronounce and recognize to offset the uniqueness of the surname. Another good idea is to mirror the L or the W from your last name in the first name, because it gives it continuity despite the cultural differences. Since Liauw is one syllable, a two or more syllable name will sound best paired with it.
Italian names I like:
Alessa, Bella, Bianca, Cara, Fina, Gabriella, Gemma, Isabella, Leona, Lia, Luna, Marisa, Sienna, Terra, Valeria, Viola.
Aldo, Darin, Enzo, Leo, Luca, Marco, Nico.


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Samsung's Unpacked 2013 Launch Event Live Blogby Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/14/2013 7:06 PM EST
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Michaelsm - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkI can't judge your coverage, but I come away feeling that this has to be one of the lamest product launches you have covered. Why not get it out there? What is the SOC? Board shots. Wow us with the techie details Samsung. It just seems like a mild rehash of the S3, and a few extra gimicky software features... Reply
CodyHall - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online.(Click Home information)
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edward322 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI don't really impressed by the design of galaxy S4 :( Reply
nbreeze - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkWhat GPU and GPU does it use? Reply


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WELLINGTON A continued their successful run, beating Watchet B 69-41 in South West 1 of the Somerset Bowls League.
Laurie Greaves, Bob Clarke, Courtney Bowden and skip Bill Heard started slowly but after nine ends had caught up and were level on eight shots apiece.
The Wellington side then picked up a six on the 13th and the Watchet side's confidence fell as they went down 26-14.
Martin Speakman, Ernie Windsor, Mike Connor and skip Ken Brown were also struggling in the first few ends and were 10-5 down after 12 before things began to turn around.
Wellington picked up a four on the next and Watchet buckled, only picked up one more shot in the whole match to go down 23-11.
Nick Channon, Bob Cowling, Paul Kelly and skip Mike Groves started out well but after the 18th end, with three more to play, the scores were level at 16-16.
The Wellington side then pulled up their collective socks and took four shots in the last three to take it at the wire 20-16.
Victory on all three rinks gave Wellington a full 12 points to take home.
Wellington B team however ran into serious trouble in their match against Bridgwater C in South West 2.
J. Merrell, Dennis Courtney, Alan Bell and skip Bob Codd put up a good fight against a very strong side led by J Mockridge before going down 30-20.
Mike Twyford's team also tried everything they could to keep up with their opponents, skipped by N Jones, but they lost 28-11.
Wellington skip and captain Tony Jennings had a good side in Richard Sanders, Mike Lockyer and John Lister. However but they were beaten 26-14 by a very powerful squad led by Bridgwater skip L Elswood.


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Burlington, MA (April 4, 2012) — COMSOL today announced that it opens a new technical sales and support office in the center of Berlin. With this new office, COMSOL further strengthens its presence in Berlin and the greater Berlin area, which is home to some of the world's most prestigious research institutes, including the Fraunhofer, the Leibniz, the Max Planck, and the scientific, technical, and bio-medical research centers of the Helmholtz Association.
"Not only is Berlin the capital of our country, it is well on its way to becoming Germany's number one scientific and high-tech location," says Dr. Bernhard Fluche, managing director of Comsol Multiphysics GmbH. "Berlin is one of the leading regions for electro-mobility and the place of business for many international companies researching and developing new products and new technologies in such areas as biotechnology, electronics, automotive systems, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment. The companies and research institutes in Berlin are exactly those who can achieve enormous breakthroughs with our solutions. I am very much looking forward to the opening of our new Berlin office."
Many research institutes and companies in Berlin already use COMSOL Multiphysics or are planning to do so, according to Dr. Fluche. "Some ten years ago, multiphysics simulation really took off in Germany," he says. "Today, leading high-tech firms in Germany have adopted COMSOL as their product development environment for such diverse applications as MEMS-based sensors, power grid components, fuel cells, plastics, and more. COMSOL would like to contribute to further strengthening Berlin's leading position in these technologies, and the new office will ensure a better support of local users."
"German scientists, engineers, and research institutions are considered world leaders in just about every area of technological research and development," comments Bernt Nilsson, Senior Vice-President of Marketing of COMSOL, Inc. from his office in Burlington, Massachusetts. "Sales of COMSOL Multiphysics in Germany are growing rapidly. And new and potential users pack our workshops and events throughout Germany to learn more about multiphysics simulation, and the Berlin area in particular is buzzing with activity. Opening a new office in Berlin is a major milestone that will enable a continuous rapid growth of COMSOL Multiphysics in this hub of technology."
Initial plans call for the Berlin office to open with five new technical sales employees with an expansion to 10-15 employees at a later date. Currently, the Berlin office will focus software sales as well as complementing and supporting the activities of the German headquarters in Göttingen. The office will be managed by Dr. Fluche, who will split his time between the Berlin and Göttingen offices.
Berlin Partner assisted Comsol Multiphysics GmbH in the process of choosing a location and is pleased with the company's decision for a site in Berlin. Berlin Partner has been active in supporting the company with its applications for investment funding. Comsol will furthermore profit from the strong network in the life sciences region Berlin-Brandenburg. Berlin Partner will continue to provide consultations and assist the company in the future, in particular in areas such as the recruitment of specialist employees for the new office in the capital.
The address of the new Berlin office of Comsol Multiphysics GmbH is:
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The new office of Comsol Multiphysics GmbH is on the 6th floor of this building located at Kurfürstenstr. 84, Berlin.


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I took advantage of the very little time I had on my hands today to ponder the weekend. While I have credentials waiting for me to catch the Perez Hilton showcase at South By Southwest in Austin, I also feel inclined to stick around here to cover Texas Bear Round Up XVI. What to do? But then I started thinking, what if these two had a baby and merged into some big music bearfest ( preferably right here in town)? What bands would play? Heck, most of the indie bands at South By are grizzled, bearded gents minus the girth, so half the battle is done.
Yes, this is how I think — and subsequently, this is what I came up with.
Grizzly Bear — Yes, it's obvious, but you can't go far with stumbling onto a band nowadays without the word "bear" in it. Trust me. But GB seems to be the only one with gay members and lyrics geared toward the gay ear. Loving!
The Growlers — This California band is performing at SXSW but we think a certain app would be more than happy to sponsor this show. Besides, how can you not love some good surf rock, especially if it's titled "Gay Thoughts."
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I have been apart of many forums, most have a 20% rate of dick heads trying to make you feel like a complete moron. I am basically saying thank you sitepoint and members for having such a awesome group.
I am a bit drunk atm but this forum by far is the most valuable, I have already learned much more from this forum then most books do.
P.S Thanks members!!! Bit drunk but I like this place!.
Haha, love it. Nothing wrong with a boozy post every now and then!
Thanks – I'm glad you like it here. We work really hard to make sure that this place is welcoming. No one likes a dick head!
That only makes sense because you said you were drunk.
I think this post deserves a prize!
Guys, I will not lie! I registered in many forums, but the first time sorry!!Why did not I found you sooner! XML rules! :rofl:
I know exactly what you mean, brother.
Not only is this a great forum, but it's as active as ever in this age of "social" media. Most of the forums I've visited in the past 5 years have shriveled into dust. Not this one. I need to come back more.
Now that's a great idea Hope to see you around!
The equidna is back!
How've you been?
I should put that on my resume! Great to see you back.
I've been mourning the loss of forums internet-wide and I realized that I accidentally deleted my shortcut to this place... an error that will not recur... it's cooler than penguin poo to see things still hopping here...
haha ya, that makes no sense at all. I forgot I even made this thread. Pretty rough morning after that night.
Well, I can't say myself than a penguin poo is cool as I haven't seen any myself but definately it is good that we have this great image.
I can see that you're still getting milked :lol:
It is great to see you around and even better that you didn't forget about us (at least, not completely)
No! Really? I can't believe it! :lol:
) I bet it was but you look fully recovered now
Maybe I can help, @molona.
Dunno about cool, but I think it's quite artistic ... :lol:[/ot]
Thank you - I like him (or her?) too. I have an even better picture of that penguin - but it wasn't nearly as good of the poo. :D[/ot]
Hahaha! Well it really make sense Bro!
Imagery followed up by visual... that's why I came back here... welcome back! (to myself) Great to see everyone.. and yes, Molona, I'm still getting milked like always...:lol:
I can still do that! I mean that I can welcome you back to the forums...


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University Park – Producing high-quality milk is fundamental to the success of a dairy operation. The Penn State Extension Dairy Team is offering this series of hands-on workshops across the state to help managers and milkers understand the importance of consistent milking practices to increase productivity and profitability.
Taught in English, this program will emphasize proper milking techniques and standard operation procedures that will reduce somatic cell count. Practices that promote good udder health include teat cleanliness, udder massage and rapid milking, as well as pre-dipping, fore-stripping, and rapid unit attachment and detachment.
Workshops will be offered on the following dates:
- February 19: Hoss's Steak and Sea House, 18817 Smock Highway, Meadville.
- February 25: Penn State Cooperative Extension Office, 10722 Fairgrounds Road, Suite 6, Huntingdon.
- February 27: Penn State Cooperative Extension Office, 181 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, PA.
- March 1: Country Cupboard Restaurant, 101 Hafer Road, Lewisburg.
- March 5: Shady Maple Smorgasbord, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl.
- March 6: Dutch Way Farm Market Restaurant, 365 Route 41, Gap.
Participants will also learn the importance of early detection of clinical mastitis and tools and tips for monitoring milking performance.
Instructors are Amber Yutzy, Greg Strait, and Andrea Tholen, Penn State Extension educators.
Pennsylvania dairy producers and their dairy employees may attend this workshop for the discounted fee of $17.50, thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. To receive this discount, recipients must be willing to provide their Social Security Number to the Department of Labor and Industry at the workshop. Those unwilling to provide SSN will be charged the full rate of $35. Pennsylvania agribusiness employees are not eligible for this reduced registration fee. Online registration is not available for WIB discount.
Registration fee: $35 per person. Registration may be done on line at http://extension.psu.edu/animals/dairy/education/best-milking-practices. A form may be downloaded and mailed to Penn State Extension Dairy Team, 324 Henning Bldg., University Park, PA 16802.
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The writer of the Olympic opening ceremony has criticised David Cameron for defending Dow Chemical, one of the sponsors of the games, and called on the government to help make the Olympics a space for resolving conflict.
Frank Cottrell Boyce, who worked with director Danny Boyle in creating last Friday's spectacle, said the project was wrought with moral difficulty. He also criticised another corporate sponsor – Visa – for their Olympic park "proud to only accept visa" ads - and G4S, the outsourcing company which failed to supply enough security guards for the games. Read more >>


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Christmas Green Peppers Tea Towel by cajunstitchery on Etsy
This 100% cotton, red, tea or fingertip towel has one side terrycloth and the other velour, is 11 inches wide by 17 inches tall. The embroidered Christmas green peppers design is very elegant and colorful, the three peppers are topped with very dark red berries and brown leaves. Care Instructions: Wash, dry and use These little towels make wonderful Christmas and hostess gifts. In fact, I have given them as Christmas gifts for years but never had one for myself. This year I finally made some for our home.


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Chocolate Dipped Clementines.
While I was scouring in the internet in search for a new steak recipe for Mr. How Sweet, I stumbled upon this treat of chocolate dipped clementines. Um… hello brilliance?
If I'm being honest, I must tell you that I got a little overzealous with the cake batter bark back in December, resulting in an outrageous amount of unused chocolate bars. I jumped at the chance to use one in another form other than just eating it straight from the foil. For breakfast.
Plus, is this not a fun snack?!
And it's healthy too. Fruit = healthy. Chocolate = antioxidants.
This means I ate four times the recommended amount. I need my vitamins.
These are also so fresh tasting. Juicy orange with a touch of chocolate and sea salt. Really, I just feel that I hit the snack jackpot.
from the food network
6 clementines, peeled and segmented (I also pulled off most pith)
1 3.5-ounce chocolate bar (I used Lindt 70% cocoa)
coarse sea salt
Lay clementine slices on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Melt chocolate in either the microwave or a double boiler (I used a double boiler). Dip half the clementine in the chocolate then sprinkle with sea salt. Continue with remaining slices.
Refrigerate for 10 minutes before serving.
You don't even want to know how we went to town on these.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Once the object of ridicule and focus of outrage after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP former chief executive Tony Hayward made a cameo Wednesday at the trial over the disaster, briefly showing up on a videotape in what may be his only appearance in the courtroom.
Hayward, who famously said "I'd like my life back" at the height of the spill, isn't expected to take the witness stand in the high-stakes trial to determine how much more BP and its partners should pay for the spill. While Hayward testified before Congress and gave a videotaped deposition for this trial, his role may be limited here by his lack of direct knowledge of the drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon.
Still, attorneys for the U.S. government and Gulf Coast residents and businesses showed a 20-minute snippet of his deposition, projecting the video on a large white screen in the courtroom. The attorneys have said the London-based company bears most of the blame for the spill and they accused the company of putting profits ahead of safety by cutting corners on a project that was over budget and behind schedule.
"I believe that the role of leaders is very important in shaping the culture of an organization," Hayward said in the videotape.
He also said cost-cutting measures in the years before the 2010 spill did not have an effect on drilling operations, comments that differed from excerpts of a videotaped deposition from Kevin Lacy, who served as BP's senior vice president for drilling operations in the Gulf before resigning several months before the spill.
Lacy said BP slashed between $250 million and $300 million from its Gulf drilling budget from 2008 to 2009 while at the same time its production rose by more than 50 percent.
"I was never given a directive to cut corners or deliver something not safely, but there was tremendous pressure on costs," Lacy said.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the trial designed to identify the causes of BP's Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of fault to the companies involved. If BP is found guilty of gross negligence, it could be on the hook for nearly $18 billion.
The rig explosion killed 11 oil rig workers and the busted well dumped an estimated 172 millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf.
Barbier listened to the videotape as a lawyer asked Hayward about a speech he gave just five days before the blowout.
Hayward spoke about the company's "drive to increase efficiency and reduce costs."
"The context was I'd spent time talking about safe, reliable operations before I talked about any of this," Hayward said.
Hayward also drew a distinction between reducing "corporate overhead" and cutting "corporate operating costs."
While the busted well spewed oil into the Gulf, Hayward was photographed at a yacht race and also accused of directing his employees to downplay the disaster to keep stock prices afloat.
Hayward told Congress he was personally devastated by the spill and that it never should have happened. He stepped down as CEO and later left the company.
Rig owner Transocean Ltd. and cement contractor Halliburton also are defendants and their lawyers have tried to minimize their roles in the disaster. BP attorneys have said the drilling was a team effort and that all of the companies share responsibility for the disaster.
Earlier Wednesday, Transocean attorney Kerry Miller questioned Lamar McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the disaster. McKay said he personally did not know of any reason to be critical of Transocean or its crew members on the rig and acknowledged that BP still leases three rigs from Transocean operating in the Gulf.
He agreed that the Deepwater Horizon was a "very safe operating rig."
"Up until the accident, yes," McKay said.
McKay also said BP has accepted "part of the responsibility" for causing the blowout of its Macondo well.
"We have apologized for that," said McKay, now chief executive of BP's Upstream unit. "We have accepted responsibility for that in many ways."
BP pleaded guilty in January to 14 criminal counts, including 11 felony counts of manslaughter, and agreed to pay $4 billion in criminal penalties to resolve a Justice Department probe. Transocean pleaded guilty earlier this month to one misdemeanor count of violating the Clean Water Act and agreed to pay $400 million in criminal penalties.
Miller pointed out the differences between the companies' plea deals as he questioned McKay.
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It was only a matter of time before Brussels began looking at an antitrust complaint against Google. Murmurings of discontent about the dominant search engine have been going on for several years now, and recently there has been a rash of smaller cases against the company.
Three particular cases are being considered by the European Commission. A complaint by Foundem, a UK vertical search company, one from ejustice.fr, a French legal search site, and a complaint made initially in Germany by Ciao!, a vertical search site recently bought by Microsoft. Read more


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Group feeds mindfulness with sangha meditation
Jessica Murri, The Montana Kaimin:
Nicole Dunn walked to the public library after work and waited for her husband to pick her up. It was sangha night, and Dunn looked forward to the group meditation all day.
Dunn hated being late. She paced in front of the library, seething about her husband's tardiness. She grew more frustrated thinking about missing sangha, and she felt herself getting carried away by stress.
She stopped, sat on a bench and looked at the blue sky. It was a beautiful day. She felt like she could hear the day telling her, "Just enjoy me." She felt…


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Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis, eds., _The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: The Complete Documentary Edition_. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. DVD-ROM. $2000.00
Abraham Lincoln held national elected office, as a one-term congressman and president of the United States, for 1981 days, which constituted approximately ten percent of his entire life. He was a licensed, active attorney at the bar of Illinois for 8552 days, or about forty percent of his life. Lincoln spent a lot more time in a courtroom than he did in the Capitol building or the White House. In fact, he was the most experienced courtroom attorney to ever attain the presidency.
Americans have probably never been comfortable with this. It is surely no coincidence that, of the presidents who regularly appear in various "greatest presidents" opinion polls--Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy and Roosevelt--Lincoln is the only attorney. Americans are traditionally ambivalent about the legal profession, oscillating between Perry Mason-type mythologies and . . . well, pick your favorite lawyer joke. We have always been hesitant to invest too much of our national moral capital in lawyers. Hence, many would rather not be reminded that the Great Emancipator sometimes represented the rights of slaveholders in American courtrooms, or that Honest Abe the railsplitting commoner was an attorney for a large railroad corporation. At best, our popular culture will accept Lincoln as Henry Fonda's folksy barrister in the 1939 film _Young Mr. Lincoln_, using his sage backwoods wisdom to acquit Duff Armstrong, an innocent man, of murder (who, historians now know, wasn't innocent after all).
Unfortunately, Lincoln's legal career has also been given relatively short shrift by professional historians. While there are hundreds of books and monographs covering nearly every conceivable aspect of Lincoln's political career, studies of his law practice could fit on an average library shelf, with room to spare. In some ways this is understandable. After all, Lincoln had far more impact on American history when he drafted the Emancipation Proclamation than he did when he drafted a will for a forgotten client in an obscure Illinois county seat. But biographers, those who wish to assess the totality of the man, have less excuse for putting Lincoln's law career on the backburner. Sadly, even the best have done so. Stephen Oates' classic biography, _With Malice Toward None_ , provided little more than a brief description of Lincoln's law practice, as did David Donald's more recent biography, _Lincoln_. [1] Neither of these standard works offered much in the way of serious analysis concerning the impact of Lincoln's law practice on his personality or political outlook. Even Douglas Wilson in his superb 1998 study of Lincoln's antebellum years, _Honor's Voice: the Transformation of Abraham Lincoln_ , while acknowledging "there is reason to think that Lincoln's experiences in the courts of the justices of the peace were formative and that he carried their lessons with him throughout life" offers little analysis of how and why this was so. [2] Lincoln biographers in most cases treat his law career as something of a chore, a topic that must be addressed, but only so the author and the reader can move on to matters more interesting and salient. This is all the more surprising because, as antebellum lawyers go, Lincoln's practice has always been comparatively well documented. The basic edition of his papers, The _Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln_, [3] contains quite a few documents related to his law career, as does the voluminous Herndon-Weik collection, a compilation of Lincoln miscellany collected by William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner.
"While the past decade has been a golden age of new Lincoln documentary discoveries and editions, nothing has been more golden than the massive project of the Lincoln Legal Papers to assemble, edit, and publish as-nearly-complete as possible written record of Abraham Lincoln's legal practice.


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One of the portents of the End Times as revealed in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas) is that people will despair of Hazrat Mahdi ever coming. According to the indications in the hadiths, people living face-to-face with war, famine, injustice, moral collapse and contagious diseases in the End Times will lose all hope of these disasters ever coming to an end. Many Muslims will cease to expect the Golden Age to begin, the moral values of the Qur'an to reign supreme on Earth and will believe that the tribulations will increase and continue. It is revealed in hadiths that people with such a perspective will claim that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will never appear:
Allah will send Mahdi (as) at a time when people are despairing and say, "There is no such thing as the Mahdi"... (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 55)
... Mahdi (as) will appear with the standard of the Messenger of Allah at a time when scourge on scourge fall on people's heads and they despair of his appearance... (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 55)
Mahdi (as) will not appear until innocent people are slaughtered and the dwellers in the earth and sky can no longer bear the killing... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 37)
As indicated in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas), many people today imagine that the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) will never come. Yet that thinking is actually one of the portents of the End Times. In fact, and on the contrary, both holy personages will appear, by Allah's leave, when this negative state of mind is widespread and when hope of their coming has been abandoned.
By Allah's leave, the Prophet Jesus (as) will return to Earth and, together with Hazrat Mahdi (as), despite all the difficulties they experience, their numbers being very small, lack of support and even the negative activities designed to oppose them, they will bring true religious moral values to prevail over all the world. In the same way that the world is filled with oppression and injustice prior to the coming of these holy figures, it will, by our Lord's leave, be filled with justice, peace, security and abundance afterwards.


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Downtown is no place for negativity
Saturday, May 31, 2014 06:00 am
I have to agree with Morel Mason�s letter of May 28, entitled �Downtown is a special place� regarding John Smith's letter of May 24.
As someone who works and shops in downtown St. Albert, I see how hard the downtown merchants work to try to make St. Albert a special place. The success of angle parking remains to be seen but at least the city is trying.
Mr. Smith may not wish to shop local and experience the wonderful service and unique businesses and restaurants found in our downtown but to call the downtown a black hole does nothing to improve our city.
Keep those negative thoughts to yourself!
Karen Olson, St. Albert


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Doc reveals shoulder discomfort after Phillies' loss
Halladay allows nine runs in 2 1/3 frames vs. Fish, likely headed to DL
PHILADELPHIA -- Instead of taking questions after being shellacked once again, this time by the Marlins, Roy Halladay went directly to the answer.
"My shoulder is bothering me," the Phillies right-hander, who has been suffering through a down-and-up-and-down-again season, revealed after allowing nine runs in 2 1/3 innings in a 14-2 loss at Citizens Bank Park.
Halladay allowed four hits, walked four and hit Marlins cleanup hitter Justin Ruggiano twice. Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria did most of the damage with a bases-loaded triple and a grand slam.
"It started the morning after I pitched against Pittsburgh [on April 24]," Halladay said. "I woke up and didn't really think anything of it. It was just kind of regular soreness. This kind of progressed over the last two weeks or so. It's right shoulder discomfort."
The two-time Cy Young Award winner, who turns 36 in a week, is expected to fly to Los Angeles to be examined by noted orthopedist Lewis Yocum. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said it's likely Halladay will be placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Halladay said this is different from the shoulder strain that landed him on the DL last year.
"This is something new this spring," he said. "I felt good all spring. I felt good all year. I just got up after that start against Pittsburgh and had soreness in there and wasn't able to get rid of it. That's really all I have. We don't have a lot of information on it. We did some tests, and obviously they aren't completely conclusive as to what it is. There's a couple different options, and I think the scans, the MRIs, the CTs and that kind of stuff will give us more information, and we'll address it then. We'll see how it plays out here in the next couple days."
Two starts into the season, Halladay had a 14.73 ERA. Then he had three straight strong appearances, posting a 1.71 ERA and allowing just eight hits in 21 innings, beginning with holding the Marlins to one run on five hits through eight innings on April 14. After that game against the Pirates, there was renewed hope that he had succeeded in re-inventing himself after back and shoulder problems last season caused his velocity to decrease.
But in his last two appearances he's been hit hard, giving up 17 earned runs in just six innings. On Sunday, his fastball topped out at 90 mph and was in the 87-89 range most of the afternoon. And it was apparently only after he came out of Sunday's game that he told the team about his shoulder and was examined by club physician Dr. Michael Ciccotti.
"We're likely to have to put Doc on the DL," Amaro said somberly. "Up until now he hasn't really expressed any discomfort. He hasn't been on our injury report. But now it sounds like we'll have to DL him. Until we do some diagnostic work, we won't know exactly what's going on with him, but clearly, it doesn't seem like he's very healthy. It was pretty apparent with his performance, unfortunately.
"We have to figure out what we're going to be doing with our roster and who's going to be pitching [Friday at Arizona]. If the man's hurt, he's hurt. Now we'll have to try to get him well and move forward."
The loss meant the Phillies split a four-game series with a last-place Marlins team that has only 10 wins all season. And it doesn't get any easier. The team flew to San Francisco after the game and will begin a three-game series against the defending world champion Giants Monday night at AT&T Park. In their upcoming 22 games, they also play the defending NL East champion Nationals, the Red Sox (who have the best record in baseball) and the Reds and Indians (who swept them earlier this season).
The Marlins rank last in the Major League in runs scored. They hadn't scored more than eight runs in a game before surpassing that by then end of the third inning Sunday.
"He just didn't look like himself from what I've seen over the last couple of years," said Marlins manager Mike Redmond. "Over the past few years I haven't seen him make a ton of mistakes. At the same time, it was good for us to be able to jump on him and be able to relax a little bit."
When Halladay was at his peak, he had great command. But he walked two of the first three Marlins batters he faced and then hit Ruggiano with a pitch to load the bases with one out. Right fielder Marcell Ozuna followed with a long, high fly to center hit off the top of the wall. But the ball was close enough to going out that the umpires reviewed the play before confirming that Ozuna had been held to a double.
It was a short reprieve. Greg Dobbs walked, and with two outs, Hechavarria tripled to put Miami ahead, 5-0.
Halladay retired the side in order in the second, but lack of control had him right back in trouble in the third. Ruggiano, leading off, was again hit by a pitch and Ozuna walked. Dobbs singled to load the bases with nobody out. With one out, Hechavarria stepped to the plate again. This time he hit a long drive to right-center that was at first ruled a double.
Once again, the crew went inside to look at the video tape. And this time, the second look showed that the ball had carried into the seats, giving Hechavarria his slam.
With that, Halladay's day was over. The questions that his performance raised, though, have only just begun.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.