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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: It'll be a year in January since my 16-year-old stepdaughter moved out. The relationship hit a massive divide after I found no less than five homemade porn videos and stills of her boyfriend on the phone we bought her for a birthday present. By absolute fluke I stumbled across them. I was just playing with her Blackberry to see if that's something I might want to pick up for myself. Lo and behold, she sent porn videos. Later, she claimed peer pressure. After all that, they broke up and she's gone to live with her biological sperm-donor. He started his own family and has kids and she is way down his list, which makes her sad. She left our home over words she thought she heard through a closed door. Though not as bad as she thought, I could have chosen better language, which I have apologized for, PROFUSELY. Anyhow, fast-forward, grad is coming up and the cyberporn ex is to be seated at the same table as us. He is a notorious s--- talker. To say this evening will go smoothly, is so far-fetched I might as well believe in unicorns and dragons. I would just as soon remove myself from the entire festivities as I well know this pervert she wants escorting her — in all her beauty and brilliance.
She's most likely a multiple scholarship recipient! I just can't see myself holding back when he inevitably begins with the loud-mouth routine. What should I do? I don't want to ruin such a special day for the stepdaughter I love so dearly.
Please Help! Any Suggestions? — Parental Conundrum, central Manitoba town
Dear Conundrum: This graduation is not about you, and if you absent yourself, you will make it about you — a sad memory for her. So, get on your best clothes and go to this graduation wearing your best face as well. You are an adult and you can control yourself. This guy may be acting to the standard of his dress-up clothing as well. If you don't like sitting next to him, move seats often or get up and circulate.
As for continuing to make a fuss about the porn photos these two exchanged, you are hanging onto the past, and for what reason? To be right? Your stepdaughter moved out over what you she heard you saying about her and, by your own report, it was negative and vulgar. If you have received an invitation to this special graduation, you are lucky. Act that way and help repair this family rift.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My husband has recently made a request for me to dominate him. To that end he purchased some books and kinky equipment from a sex store in Toronto, which he visits when he goes there for business. He has bought us other sex toys there before and they were fun.
This time he wanted something from me, which I did not want to give. I left the outfit and the boots and the instruments in their boxes and went to sleep in the guest room to think for a night. In the morning I had made up my mind I would give it a try for his sake. But in the morning all the stuff was gone — vanished — nowhere to be found even after a hunt. He had gone to work. I doubt you can return that stuff, so I asked him where it went when he came home and he said, "Never mind. We will never speak of it again." And we haven't, and it's been 2½ weeks, but who's counting?
We have not had anything but maintenance sex since then, which hardly counts in my world. Please help. — Slow To Get on Board, Westwood
Dear Slow: So tell him you are ready to play, and want to know where he stashed all the goods! They're probably in the basement or the trunk of his car. Your moving to the second bedroom to make up your mind would naturally have been interpreted as rejection of the gifts and of his vulnerable request. Apologize for hurting him and then get on the bandwagon, and be adventurous about it. Don't make this thing any more awkward than it already is. By the way, you might want to read a book or two on your own, but don't delay the makeup as the chasm is getting wider each day you don't talk about this.
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|From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 7 12:14:35 EST 2012
I've added "submodules" to a version of Racket labeled v5.2.900.1 that's here: https://github.com/mflatt/submodules After we've sorted out any controversial parts of the design and after the documentation is complete, then I'll be ready to merge to the main Racket repo. Why Submodules? --------------- Using submodules, you can abstract (via macros) over a set of modules that have distinct dynamic extents and/or bytecode load times. You can also get a private communication channel (via binding) from a module to its submodules. Some uses: * When you run a module via `racket', if it has a `main' submodule, then the `main' module is instantiated --- but not the `main' submodules of any other modules used by the starting module. This protocol is implemented for `racket', but not yet for DrRacket. * Languages with separate read-time, configure-time, and run-time code can be defined in a single module, with the configure-time and read-time code in submodules. * A testing macro could collect test cases and put them into a separate `test' submodule', so that testing code is not run or even loaded when the module is used normally. * An improved `scribble/srcdoc' can expose documentation through a submodule instead of through re-expansion hacks. * If you want to export certain of a module's bindings only to when explicitly requested (i.e., not when the module is `require'd normally), you can export the bindings from a submodule, instead. When I first started talking about these problems last summer, I called the solution sketch "facets" or "modulets", but the design has evolved into "submodules". Nesting `module' ---------------- Given the term "submodule", the first thing that you're likely to try will work as expected: #lang racket/base (module zoo racket/base (provide tiger) (define tiger "Tony")) (require 'zoo) tiger Within `module', a module path of the form `(quote id)' refers to the submodule `id', if any. If there's no such submodule, then `(quote id)' refers to an interactively declared module, as before. Submodules can be nested. To access a submodule from outside the enclosing module, use the `submod' module path form: #lang racket/base (module zoo racket/base (module monkey-house racket/base (provide monkey) (define monkey "Curious George")) (displayln "Ticket, please")) (require (submod 'zoo monkey-house)) monkey The 'zoo module path above is really a shorthand for `(submod "." zoo)', where "." means the enclosing module and `zoo' is its submodule. You could write `(submod "." zoo monkey-house)' in place of `(submod 'zoo monkey-house)'. Note that `zoo' and `monkey-house' are not bound as identifiers in the module above --- just like `module' doesn't add any top-level bindings. The namespace of modules remains separate from the namespace of variables and syntax. Along those lines, submodules are not explicitly exported, because they are implicitly public. When you run the above program, "Ticket, please" is *not* displayed. Unless a module `require's a submodule, instantiating the module does not instantiate the submodule. Similarly, instantiating a submodule does not imply instantiating its enclosing module. Furthermore, if you compile the above example to bytecode and run it, the bytecode for `zoo' is not loaded. Only the bytecode for the top-level module and `monkey-house' is loaded. Nesting `module*' ----------------- Submodules declared with `module' are declared locally while expanding a module body, which means that the submodules can be `require'd afterward by the enclosing module. This ordering means, however, that the submodule cannot `require' the enclosing module. The submodule also sees no bindings of the enclosing module; it starts with an empty lexical context. The `module*' form is like `module', but it can be used only for submodules, and it defers the submodule's expansion until after the enclosing module is otherwise expanded. As a result, a submodule using `module*' can `require' its enclosing module, while the enclosing module cannot require the submodule. A ".." in a `submod' form goes up the submodule hierarchy, so that `(submod "." "..")' is a reference to the enclosing module: #lang racket/base (module aquarium racket/base (provide fish) (define fish '(1 2)) (module* book racket/base (require (submod "." "..")) (append fish '(red blue)))) (require (submod 'aquarium book)) Instead of `require'ing its enclosing module, a `module*' form can use `#f' as its language, in which case its lexical context starts with all of the bindings of the enclosing module (implicitly imported) instead of with an empty lexical context. As a result, the submodule can access bindings of the enclosing module that are not exported: #lang racket/base (module aquarium racket/base (define fish '(1 2)) (module* book #f (append fish '(red blue)))) (require (submod 'aquarium book)) A common use of `module*' is likely to be with `main', since `racket' will load a `main' submodule (after `require'ing its enclosing module) for a module named on its command line. For example, if you run this program via `racket': #lang racket/base (provide fish) (define fish '(1 2)) (module* main #f (unless (apply < fish) (error "fish are not sorted"))) then you get a "fish are not sorted" error, but if you `require' the file into another program, you get a `fish' binding with no error. The new `#lang' --------------- The `#lang' reader form was previously defined as a shorthand for `#reader' where the name after the `#lang' is mangled by adding "/lang/reader". With submodules, `#lang' first tries using the name as-is and checking for a `reader' submodule; if it is found, then the submodule is used instead of mangling the name with "/lang/reader", otherwise it falls back to the old behavior. So, if you want to define an `ocean' language that is `racket/base' plus `fish', it's enough to install the following module as "main.rkt" in an "ocean" collection: #lang racket/base (provide (all-from-out racket/base) fish) (define fish '(1 2 3)) (module reader syntax/module-reader #:language 'ocean) Backwards Incompatibility ------------------------- The biggest incompatibility is that `resolved-module-path-name' can return a list when the module path refers to a submodule, in addition to the old path and symbol results. Most code that calls `resolved-module-path-name' will have to be updated. The `submod' form is a new primitive module-path form, so module name resolvers also must be updated. Finally, a load/use-compiled handler must accept a list as the expected-module name, which usually indicates that a submodule is being loaded; the list can start with `#f' to indicate that the module should only be loaded if it can be loaded independently from bytecode (i.e., without triggering the declaration of any other submodule, which means not loading from source). Furthermore, when a submodule is requested, no error should be raised if the enclosing module is unavailable, which allows speculative checking for submodule declarations. The bytecode format has changed, and the `mod' structure type from `compiler/zo-parse' has two new fields: one for "pre" submodules (i.e., those declared with `module') and one for "post" submodules (i.e., those declared with `module*'). Any code that uses `compiler/zo-parse' will have to change. If you compile a `module' form and it has submodules, then when you write the bytecode, all of the modules are written together. If the `module' is not inside a larger top-level sequence, then the printed form starts with a table that can be used to find any individual submodule, which is how independent loading of submodules works. If you just `read' the table in, though, it returns a compiled-module value that contains submodules, and `eval'ing the compiled module declares all the submodules, too. This protocol makes lots of `compile' and `eval' code work without modification. The `get-module-code' function from `syntax/modcode', meanwhile, gives you more control, along with functions like module-compiled-submodules' to get or adjust the submodule list in a compiled-module value. Design Issues ------------- The `submod' syntax --- especially "." and ".." --- is arbitrary. The `submod' name isn't great, but I like it the best among the options that I tried. I'm not sure whether the association of "." and ".." to filesystem paths is helpfully mnemonic or unhelpfully confusing. The handling of `quote' paths within a module is also arbitrary, but it's intended to smooth the connection between the top level and a module body. Overloading `module' for submodules is questionable; again, though, I like how it roughly matches interactive evaluation. For the post-submodule form, then, `module*' seems like the obvious choice. As things stand, the ugly pattern `(module* main #f ...)' would be common. Probably we should have a macro that expands to `(module* main #f ...)'. Should the macro be called `main'? I haven't tried to build a test-collecting macro or a `scribble/srcdoc' replacement. I think they will work with this submodule design, but I can't be sure until we try it.
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Not since Sex and the City have we seen a television show shape the fashion zeitgeist with quite the reach as AMC's Mad Men. "I saw an ad for Wal-Mart that had a funnel-neck suit, tweed, and a pencil skirt," says Janie Bryant, the show's genius costume designer who also won an Emmy for her work on the seminal HBO outlaw series Deadwood. "And I thought, `Oh my God! That's Mad Men!" Bryant talks to ELLE.com from her Los Angeles costume shop, wallpapered with images from the 1960s (see left), about how Mad Men's proto-feminist heroines—Joan, Betty and Peggy—got their style.
"She's a character who is trying to create the perfect façade. She spends time on what she wears, how she looks, and how she presents herself to the world. So I love the idea of her wearing full skirts and petticoats and all the foundations, really presenting that façade of perfection."
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SAN ANTONIO — Women who are interested in learning outdoor skills, as well as land management skills, are encouraged to sign up for "Women of The Land," a weekend workshop scheduled for March 10-12 at the Franklin Family Ranch near Blanco, Texas.
This two-day program is geared towards women who are interested in learning about plants, deer ecology and habitat management techniques, as well as about shooting, photography, fly fishing and outdoor cooking.
The "Women of The Land" program is open to all women age 14 and older. Mothers and daughters are encouraged to participate.
"We realize that family values are important to outdoor women and we want to do all we can to assist them in passing on your land management heritage to the next generation," said Linda Campbell, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department private lands program director.
The workshop is sponsored by the Texas Wildlife Association, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. The cost is $150 per person for all the classes, meals, and lodging for Saturday night. Lodging for Friday night is also available for an extra fee.
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Surat Az-Zukhruf, Verse 61
He is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it. But follow me. This is a straight path.
Allah forbids being doubtful about the sign of the hour. Look, Allah commands us to "have no doubt about it." To whom Allah does command this? Allah commands this to all Muslims. Allah commands the Muslims not to have doubts. If you have doubts, you will commit bad deeds, says Allah. This is a command. "Have no doubt about it." Anyone who says, "I am doubtful" this means he commits a bad deed because there is a command not to doubt. "But follow me." That is to say obey the values of the Qur'an, obey this statement mentioned in the Qur'an. "This is a straight path" Obey the Qur'an and the command of Allah and do not follow ideas of your own, says Almighty Allah.
Surat Az-Zukhruf, Verse 62
Do not let satan bar your way. He truly is an outright enemy to you.
"Satan" in other words the dajjal. "Do not let satan bar your way." is said in verse 62. That is to say that, do not let him to draw a separate path based on his own mentality.
"He (the dajjal) truly is an outright enemy to you." In other words the satan, because the dajjal and satan are the same creatures. Satan assumes the form of a human being and appears before people as the dajjal. People presume that he is a normal human being, but he is in fact satan, a human satan.
Surat Az-Zukhruf, Verse 63
And when 'Jesus came with the clear signs, he said, 'I have come to you with Wisdom and to clarify for you some of the things about which you have differed. Therefore be pious of Allah and obey me.'
"And when 'Jesus came with the clear signs, he said," InshaAllah, he will come with the Qur'an. "I have come to you with Wisdom." What is Wisdom? These are the commandments of Allah, briefly but to the point, the Qur'an, Insha'Allah. I am talking about the figurative meaning of the verse that refers to the End Times. "...to clarify for you some of the things about which you have differed." For example, some of them have become Protestant, some of them have become Orthodox, some Catholic. They have come into conflict. I am talking about the signs in the verse. "Therefore be pious of Allah" Look, Jesus does not say "be pious of me", he does not say "I am Allah". He says "...be pious of Allah" and also says "...and obey me." Obey me as a prophet of Allah , he says.
People will obey Jesus Messiah (pbuh) who will be the vizier of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) in the End Times because Hazrat Mahdi will say," He is my commander." He will announce Hazrat Jesus (pbuh) as his commander. Therefore the Mahdi (pbuh) will tell people to obey the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will say "Hazrat Jesus (pbuh) is a holy person who is so dear to me. He is my vizier." He will also say, "He is my commander." He will announce Hazrat Jesus (pbuh) as his commander and tell people to obey him.
Look, first of all, Hazrat Jesus (pbuh) will nominate him as an Imam and say, "You are the Imam of the world." This becomes clear. When Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) becomes an Imam, this time he will say to Jesus (pbuh), "I nominate you as my vizier and my commander." Therefore, it becomes a religious duty for the people to accept Hazrat Jesus (pbuh) as their commander. This is a significant command on Muslims to obey Hazrat Jesus (pbuh). We will respectfully follow this order.
Neither Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) nor Hazrat Jesus Messiah (pbuh) will show a tendency to money, to the world. They are the people of love. They are fond of love, peace, brotherhood, friendship, and justice. These are their topics. They are the teachers of these topics, Insha'Allah.2013-05-11 18:26:58


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On Sunday, August 4, the Concord Coalition ran a full-page ad in the New York Times telling voters to beware of candidates who promise to enact large tax cuts before the country gets its fiscal house in order. The next day, Bob Dole promised to make just such a tax cut the cornerstone of his economic plan.
Dole plugs his plan as boldly "pro-growth." Upon inspection, however, it turns out to embody nearly every pitfall we warned against. First, Dole promises a vast an unrealistic increase in the rate of total economic growth. Second, his plan's active ingredient, the large tax cut, assumes an improbable "revenue dividend." Third, its proposed outlay cuts are politically if not arithmetically impossible. And finally, for all the future-vision hoopla, the Dole Plan would paralyze any serious effort to address our economy's most pressing long-term policy challenges: raising the national savings rate and controlling the cost of federal entitlements.
While many have thanked Concord for speaking out on behalf of fiscal sanity, others have claimed that we did not give the case for tax cuts a fair hearing and that we are unduly pessimistic about America's economic future. We plead not guilty to both charges, and we answer here some questions from our critics.
Why can't we repeat the economic growth record of the 1960s?
Let's start with the basics. GDP growth equals employment growth plus productivity growth. Much of the postwar slowdown in GDP growth, from 4.4 percent annually in the 1960s to 1.7 percent thus far in the 1990s, has been due to slower growth in the number of workers. While employment grew by 2.1 percent annually in the 1960s, it is now growing by only 1.1 percent. This employment slowdown, in tern, reflects fundamental demographic trends that no amount of tax finagling can reverse. Since the mid-1960s, we've been having fewer babies, which means that fewer new workers are now entering the job market. The share of women in the labor force has plateaued at an unprecedented level, leaving little room for further growth. And almost no one is advocating more immigration, legal or otherwise. According to the rosiest official forecasts, the U.S. labor force cannot grow by more than 1.0 percent annually over the next twenty years.
Thus, for the Dole Plan to reach its announced GDP growth target of "3.5 percent or higher," we would have to quadruple productivity growth, which is averaging 0.6 percent in the 1990s, to at least 2.5 percent -- slightly faster than in the Go-Go Sixties. (Measured from cycle peak to cycle peak, the 1980s was not a stellar growth decade.) Dole's experts to the contrary, no one knows how to raise productivity anywhere near this much. Indeed, a similar productivity slowdown in all other industrial nations suggests that much of our own decline reflects technological and social trends that are beyond the corrective power of government.
We know of only one way to ensure even a modest improvement in productivity: Expand the quantity and quality of tools, research, and education at the disposal of America's workers. But this would require a sustained increase in national savings. Tax cuts that enlarge the deficit or that are financed by starving public investment do not add to savings. They subtract from it and thus push us in precisely the wrong direction.
Isn't it true that cutting taxes increases economic growth?
Not necessarily. Most economists agree that certain small and targeted tax cuts (in the top marginal rate or for business investment) might increase output, savings, and even federal revenues. But such self-financing cuts don't add up to much money -- and in any case are not what Dole has proposed.
Dole has proposed large and across-the-board cuts, and here little is known for certain about the magnitude or even the direction of household response. Orthodox economic theory says it could go either way. So does empirical observation. While a higher take-home wage could induce more work effort (if people want to make more money), it could also induce less work effort (if people want to enjoy more leisure). Experience suggests that, at least in the long run, people may value leisure more than money. Over the last century, while the average U.S. take-home wage has roughly quintupled, the average work day has grown shorter, not longer. Today's household surveys clearly indicate that many (perhaps most) workers would prefer to "downshift" and work a bit less if they did not feel driven by economic necessity. Dole himself, along with other GOP leaders, stresses that "higher wages" will allow parents to spend more time at home with their kids -- a curious argument for someone backing a plan that assumes parents would do just the opposite.
Yes, a large across-the-board tax cut might induce some modest "dynamic" economic gain. But there is nothing modest about the Dole Plan's assumption: 35 cents in new federal revenue for every one dollar in static tax losses -- all coming from a whopping $500 billion in new taxable GDP over the next six years. That's skirting the extreme edge of plausibility.
Can't we offset any revenue loss by cutting federal spending?
Possibly, but not by following the Dole Plan's strategy, which promises to derive nearly all the needed savings from unspecified cuts in "discretionary" outlays. Put this strategy in perspective. Over the last ten years, discretionary spending on everything from education to defense has already shrunk from 10.0 to 7.1 percent of GDP. So deep are these cuts that even the Republican Congress can't agree on where exactly to find further savings. Nonetheless, the Dole Plan intends to reduce discretionary spending all the way to 4.6 percent of GDP by 2002. Defense, in 1996 already smaller than in any year since Pearl Harbor, would be cut from 3.5 to 2.7 percent of GDP. All other spending except entitlements and interest would have to be cut in half, from 3.6 to 1.9 percent of GDP -- the lowest "general government" federal spending level since before the New Deal.
Forget defense and consider just the domestic cuts. If these are to spare vital economic investments (research and infrastructure) and declared GOP priorities (immigration and crime control), most public services to the young and the poor will have to be defunded entirely. This alone is an unlikely scenario. But also keep in mind that Congress would have to slash this spending while phasing in large tax cuts and while leaving the vast and still-growing senior-citizen entitlement edifice (in Dole's words) "off the table." It's hard to see how leaders like Dole and Jack Kemp, who tout their social conscience and the cause of the rising generation, could square this circle. Perhaps this is why more than half of the spending cuts in the Dole Plan are not scheduled to occur until 2001 and 2002 -- that is, as late as possible and after Dole's term expires.
The Concord Coalition has often criticized the Clinton Administration for planning to balance the budget through unsustainable, unspecified, and back-ended cuts in discretionary spending. We have often praised the Republicans for a more realistic approach. With the Dole Plan, that realism has disappeared.
Some voters like the Dole Plan because they think that government shouldn't be taking so much of the taxpayers' money. Concord does not necessarily disagree. All we ask is that voters (and politicians) be willing to identify an equal amount of money they think government can realistically refrain from spending. Tax cuts alone do nothing to shrink government. They merely push the cost of financing it onto our kids.
Why worry about the deficit? Isn't it going down?
Yes, the deficit has recently been declining -- something it often does during a business expansion. What is worrisome is that this is the best we can do at a uniquely favorable moment in our history that we know will soon pass. The world cannot indefinitely remain as peaceful or recession-free as it is today. Nor can our demographic Indian Summer last forever. When Baby Boomers become Senior Boomers, look out. Keeping entitlements "off the table" means that by the 2020s we could fire every federal worker except one -- who would stick around to mail checks to beneficiaries and creditors -- and still not balance the budget.
America ought to be preparing right now for this demographic gauntlet by saving and investing more on behalf of younger workers. To make this possible, we must be sure to eliminate the deficit no later than 2002 and even plan to run a sizable budget surplus through at least the first decade of the next century. And we must do all this without gutting vital public investment. Today's choices may be difficult, but if we squander the opportunity to act now with deliberation and foresight, we risk encountering catastrophic choices tomorrow.
Concord is sometimes accused of being pessimistic about America's future. We disagree. We see ourselves as the optimists. While others promise endless free lunches and cynically conclude that voters can no longer bear to face the truth, we are more hopeful. We believe that Americans are not spoiled children, can think like adults, and are able to make grown-up trade-offs between the present and the future. We are heartened by polls showing that, in the view of most Americans, deficit reduction should be our top fiscal priority and most tax cut plans are "just politics." We believe the citizenry appreciates the difference between substance and rhetoric and will judge leaders accordingly.
FACING FACTS AUTHORS: Neil Howe and Richard Jackson CONCORD COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Martha Phillips


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From "Damages" to "The Crazies" to "Deadwood," there's no denying TIMOTHY OLYPHANT is captivating. The handsome star is catching up with Ellen on his wife and three children, and the start of the thrilling 4th season of his hit show, "Justified."
Then, she's become a member of everyone's family as the oldest daughter, Haley Dunphy, on the hit show "Modern Family." Now, SARAH HYLAND is taking a turn on the big screen in the new film "Struck by Lightning," which also stars and was written by "Glee's" Chris Colfer!
Plus, astounding street magician JUSTIN FLOM is in the studio for a performance like nothing you've ever seen. You won't believe your eyes!
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The Boston Celtics return home for the first time in 16 days Friday night and they do so down 0-2 to the New York Knicks in the first round of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
"First of all, it's just good to be back in Boston. Period," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said on Thursday. "And second, it will feel great and be great to be back in the Garden playing in front of our fans."
The Celtics haven't played in TD Garden since an April 10 loss to the Brooklyn Nets.
So much has happened to the city of Boston since the Celtics were in town. Two bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 killed three and forced the cancellation of a Celtics home game the next night.
Both the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox have been home since the tragedy and the response has been both touching and galvanizing for the city. From the fans taking over the national anthem at the Bruins game to the Fenway faithful joining Neil Diamond in his live rendition of "Sweet Caroline," the people of Boston have lifted their teams.
"We haven't been home since all of the current events and everything, so yes, we're anticipating it to be very emotional, very inspiring," said Kevin Garnett. "We're looking forward to coming out and we'll try to get this Game 3."
The Celtics badly need it.
Down 0-2 to the Knicks, Boston's offense has been downright pathetic, especially in the second half. In Game 1, the Celtics managed a measly eight points in the fourth quarter, and in Tuesday's Game 2, Boston scored 23 points total in the second half.
"We just need to become more aggressive in the second half going forward ... I think we have to have the mentality of attacking starting in the third quarter and continue to play solid defense, like we had done in the first two quarters," said Brandon Bass.
On Tuesday, Paul Pierce led the way with 18 points, followed by a double- double from Garnett with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Garnett battled foul trouble most of the night.
The Knicks are playing good defense, yes, but the Boston offense has been putrid. New York's offense has been solid, led by the NBA's leading scorer, Carmelo Anthony, who is averaging 35.0 ppg during the first two games.
Anthony expects a Boston team ready to make this a competitive series.
"I expect a team that's going to fight," Anthony said. "They're home, a lot is going to go in that emotionally. We've got to be prepared for whatever they throw at us."
The Knicks haven't escaped the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs since the 1999-2000 season. Just two years ago, these Celtics swept the Knicks in round one and revenge could be two years in the waiting.
"If that happens, I'll be super-duper happy and excited about that," admitted Anthony. "It's going to be tough."
The Knicks won both games in Boston this season, but had lost 11 straight in Beantown before that.
Game 4 is scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Boston.


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A 24-year-old man was arrested after police discovered a drugs stash and a handgun in a dawn raid.
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A San Antonio city official Wednesday speculated that a beleaguered world championship promotion featuring Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. would stay in El Paso.
"I'd be really surprised if they didn't find a way to keep it down there," said Mike Sawaya, director of convention sports and entertainment facilities.
The WBC title fight between Chavez and Ireland's Andy Lee is set for June 16 on HBO.
Promoters at Top Rank have been scrambling to find a home since Tuesday when the University of Texas administration issued a statement saying the bout could not be held at UTEP's 51,000-seat Sun Bowl stadium for security reasons.
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But with El Paso officials offering Cohen Stadium as an alternative, with seating capacity that could reach 14,000, Sawaya said it makes sense to hold it there.
"If they could put it in the baseball stadium and sell 14,000, why wouldn't they do that?" he asked. "We'd love to have it if they move it. But we're not going to jump in and mess 'em up."


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VOTING has been getting under way today (Thursday November 15) to elect the first-ever West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.
Polling stations across the borough opened at 7am this morning and will remain open 10pm tonight.
The Supplementary Vote system is being used to determine who will hold the new high-profile post which comes with a salary of around £100,000.
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St. Albert gymnast achieves podium finishes at Commonwealth Invitational in Perth, Scotland
Saturday, May 10, 2014 06:00 am
St. Albert gymnast Marisa Dick medalled for the first time on the international stage for Trinidad and Tobago at the Commonwealth Invitational in Perth, Scotland.
Dick, 16, achieved podium finishes of gold on uneven bars, silver on balance beam and bronze on vault and in the all-around event at the Artistic Celtic Cup meet last month.
�It feels amazing. It just shows everyone that I can compete and I�m a good competitor,� said Dick, who trains at the Ortona Gymnastics Club. �I was so happy because all my training paid off. I hit all eight routines and I didn�t fall at all. It was awesome to finally hit everything.�
They were also the first international medals by a Trinidad female gymnast.
�Ricardo (Lue Shue), the head of gymnastics for Trinidad, was there so for him to see my routines and also watch me get presented with the medals was awesome,� said Dick, the 2013 Trinidad national champion.
The Grade 11 Paul Kane High School student has dual citizenship and represented Trinidad at last year�s world championships in Antwerp, Belgium. She placed 50th out of 81 females all-around, the highest ranking ever by a Trinidad gymnast.
William Albert, a Canadian based at the University of Iowa, also won gold on rings for Trinidad at the Celtic Cup.
�It shows that Trinidad has potential to do really good in men�s and women�s gymnastics since we both medalled,� said Dick, the first junior elite gymnast to compete for Trinidad at the Pan American championships.
Of the four medals Dick won at the Celtic Cup, the all-around bronze shines the brightest. She was in contention for gold until Scotland competed on floor and vault.
�There were a lot of girls and it shows that I�m not just a specialist, that I�m good all-around and I can compete,� said Dick, who finished behind winner Emma White and Erin McLachlan of Scotland by the slimmest of margins in the all-around point totals.
On bars Dick and White tied for the gold medal at 13.200.
�I�ve been training on bars really well and making it cleaner and nicer and I just went out and hit it at the competition,� Dick said of the apparatus she has improved on the most since worlds. �Everyone tells me I have beautiful bars and I�ve won bars the past two competitions (at provincials in national open and Celtic Cup).�
The 2013 Alberta Gymnastics Federation female athlete of the year also tied Dipa Karmakar of India on beam at 13.300. The winner was India McPeak of Northern Ireland at 13.450.
�It was a little wobbly but it�s always good if you stay on beam. You have a chance to place if you stay on because it�s really hard to stay on beam,� said Dick, who pulled off a double turn for the first time at the beginning of her routine. �I didn�t wobble at all.�
Dick�s 7.025 score on vault was third best behind Karmakar�s 7.100 and White�s 7.050.
�In training it was a little shaky. I was trying to get used to the equipment so I just ran fast and hoped for the best,� Dick said.
Ovidiu Serban, who coached Dick at the Capital City Gymnastics Club before they shifted to Ortona this season, credits the rising star�s mental focus and motivation as her biggest strength.
�It�s helped her a lot to become a very successful athlete. She wants to do it and she has to perfect everything that she needs to get that success she got a few weeks ago,� Serban said.
�She is getting that attitude, like a performer, and you can see that even with not only major competitions but small competitions. She is getting to the event and she is getting ready in her mind and getting prepared for what she has to do. It�s a different attitude than before. It�s one of an elite athlete.�
Serban works with Dick to develop new skills as she progresses to the top of the high performance ranks.
�Most of the time I�m telling her to just be focused on what she is doing and make sure she is not getting injured. I think she is thinking about having to perform clean and clear and not do bad mistakes when you can get injured,� said the Romanian-born coach.
�Right now she is not an old athlete but an athlete with experience already and because she is getting a little bit older she understands what she has to do so it�s easy to talk to her and get her on the right path.�
Dick is eager to improve on all the apparatuses including floor, where she placed a distant 10th at provincials and seventh at the Celtic Cup.
�I�m just trying to make everything clean while still with high difficulty and try and perfect them so there is no chance of falling.�
On tap for Dick is the sixth nationals of her career, May 26 to 31 in Ottawa. She is striving for a top-three all-around finish in the 16-plus national open division after placing fourth last year, but did win gold on floor for her first national medal.
Dick is restricted to the open division at nationals because of her international commitments with Trinidad.
She qualified for nationals as the Alberta national open champion after placing second all-around last year. Her medal haul at provincials included gold on vault and bars and bronze on beam.
Dick will also perform at the Trinidad nationals, Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, as well as the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games in Toronto.
The Commonwealth Games, July 23 to Aug. 3, is a biggie for Dick.
�It will be so cool to be there with all the other sports and everything that is part of the games,� she said. �I�ve been to the Canada Winter Games but not to a games internationally so it�s going to be crazy. I�m going to meet new people from Trinidad. I�m excited but I don�t know what to expect.
�Hopefully I make event finals and all-around finals.�


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I am designing a site and want to use the images of the properties to have the main visual impact,I have done a mock-up of the property list page
My last 3 attempts of building the site has resulted in a sub standard site that is very slow and not user friendly, this has been because I have tried to built it within the constraints of joomla and a booking component and more importantly my limited knowledge,This time I am having the site built from scratch, so the functionality and speed should be right:)
but they will only implement my design:D95% of our competitors use a much smaller images, most only thumbnails, so obviously this is for a reason
as i have got this wrong 3 times already I have to get it right this time :xSo my reasoning ismost don't have the quality of images available,They are listing thousands where we only have 200 and when filtered down may only show 10 or so, our clients wont be trawling through hundreds,broadband speeds have changed a lot, 76% have it and probably 95% of my target audience have it,I will get them to just load the first 2 or 3 images then the rest appear with live scrolling, same for the slideshow with background loading,
Am I missing anything obvious?Is there anything I should be making sure is done?
more pages from the mock-up if you can see any design flaws I would appreciate your feedback
The mobile aspect is a very valid point, and one I have been trying to get my head around,
I have specified that the site must work on all devices, but I need to make sure that its not the same image just displayed smaller, and that different images are used for different media sizes, If I drop the full screen option of the slideshow then I can get away with optimizing the images more, maybe around 150/170k per image and they still look stunning,
also i am trying to consider that the resolution on tablets and mobiles in increasing rapidly, my nexus is about 1200 wide and my iphone 4 is about 1000 in landscape mode, some mobiles have even bigger resolution, I know this is not the same as a pc because of the physical size, but i still need a 600px image if i want it to fill the width of my iphone vertically and 900 horizontally
for me this is the base of the site, everything else is just fill, The images sell the holidays so I have to present them in the best possible light, but not at the expense of the customer site experience.
I suppose it is impossible to design a site that uses images as its primary focal point to be optimized for everybody, If I go for the lowest denominator then the site will look drab, I wont be utilizing a good asset of the site and by far the majority of the visitors will come away with a less than satisfactory experience,If I go for the highest then 30/40% who are on slow connections or mobile will suffer and just leave the site,so I suppose its getting the highest percentage whilst keeping the best experience, I did start with the images the full width of the site, I reduced them for this reason, I have tried reducing further but it lost a lot of the impact,
Yeah, clients sometimes forget about the media and method.
You may need to do some device sniffing/media queries, for example an 1800px wide BG is just unjustifiable for anything else than a desktop/laptop anyway.
also consider your image formats. I cant tell from the mock up, but I hope you aren't relying on transparent PNGs for anything large ( that fade is a fade to a color not to transparent, right? The umbrella is on BOTH images, as opposed to one large transparent PNG), if not some creative slicing and absolute positioning could help.
The great thing is that with media queries and multiple stylesheets, you don't have to limit yourself in that way! You can adapt the presentation of the page to the device, so that anyone with a large screen gets the full size images, anyone with a medium sized screen gets small images (which you can optimise for that size, rather than simply scaling the originals to 50%), and anyone with a small screen gets minimal images and a plainer layout. This gives the best of all worlds!
I have a few image heavy sites and they load fine. Just reduce their quality enough. Like down to 40% to 50% usually renders just fine without loosing any naked eye quality.
The problem with this design is that anyone with low speed internet is going to leave before they get to see most of it. The average internet surfer will leave a page that doesnt load after 10 to 15 seconds tops.
The main problem with this site is very heavy. If anybody who has slow speed he will click on the site, site will take time than he can't wait to open completely he will left. So better make site low
I think we are all happy with the responses and this thread has run it's course.Thanks everyone


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SWINDON Robins boss Alun Rossiter opened his Great Britain account with a 45-39 victory over a Rest of the World team at the annual Ben Fund Bonanza this afternoon.
Rossiter, who took over from Neil Middleditch as the national team manager in January, guided his side to victory thanks to 11 points from Belle Vue's Craig Cook and 10 from world champion Tai Woffinden at Leicester.
Robins rider Nick Morris was competing for the Rest of the World team and was his side's top scorer with 10+1 at a track where he has enjoyed plenty of success in the past.
Morris also made the final of the individual competition, held after the main meeting, but crashed in the final which was eventually won by Cook. Morris was quickly up and didn't suffer any injuries in the incident.
GREAT BRITAIN 45: Tai Woffinden (2,3,3,2) 10; Richie Worrall (1',2,0,2) 5+1; Chris Harris (1,3,3,1') 8+1; Danny King (3,0,2,0) 5; Craig Cook (3,3,3,2) 11; Kyle Howarth (0,1,1,1) 3; Richard Lawson (0,3) 3
REST OF THE WORLD 39: Bjarne Pedersen (3,1',2,2,1) 9+1; Josh Grajczonek (0,2,0) 2; Adam Skornicki (0,0) 0; Cameron Woodward (2,2,2,1) 7; Ty Proctor (1',0,ex,2) 3+1; Patrick Hougaard (2,1,3,0) 6; Nick Morris (1',3,3,3) 10+1; Morten Risager (1',1) 2+1.


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'Wow' seems to be the word that sums up travellers' first impressions upon flying into Panama City.
Expecting old buildings, dirt roads and crowded conditions, visitors are greeted by a silhouette of high-rise glass buildings, modern freeways and upscale stores.
"The skyline of Panama City is on par with Vancouver or Toronto," says Barb Crowe, owner of Ixtapa Travel and a frequent visitor to Panama. "The country really combines the best of both. You have this modern, bustling city, but tucked inside it is beautiful old Panama with narrow cobblestone streets, old buildings and lots of history."
Combine this with a brand new hotel situated on a golden sand beach only 20 minutes away and you have the perfect vacation. That is exactly what the winner of the Winnipeg Free Press Great Winter Escape contest will receive if they choose Panama for their prize.
This week's prize offering is seven nights in the just-completed, five-star Westin Playa Bonita resort on breathtaking Bonita beach, 20 kilometres from Panama City. The prize includes accommodation in a deluxe room for two, return flights from Winnipeg on Air Transat, all meals, drinks and activities at the resort, transfers and departure taxes.
"This is an incredible vacation," says Crowe, adding Panama is a new destination for Transat Holidays from Winnipeg. The prize is courtesy of the Winnipeg Free Press, Transat Holidays, Westin Hotels and Resorts and Ixtapa Travel.
The Westin Playa Bonita is a modern high-rise hotel with 611 rooms and great views of the ocean or countryside. The deluxe rooms feature one king or two queen-sized beds, tea/coffee maker, Wi-Fi and modern décor, all reflecting the Westin's upscale image. There are three à la carte restaurants, whirlpools, kayaking, tennis and a gym and sauna.
While the hotel and beach are amazing, you definitely don't go all the way to Panama just to soak up the sun. Bordered by Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east, Panama is also bounded on either side by the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Panama City was founded in 1671 and today is a centre for international banking and home to more than 880,000 people. Casco Viejo (the old city) was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003 and is the second most popular tourist attraction in Panama after the Panama Canal.
Panama City is a must-do, according to Crowe, where old meets new as modern architecture contrasts with old buildings in the San Felipe area dating back to the 1600s.
"There are so many things to see and do and many great restaurants and bars where the prices are really low and the food is outstanding. We had the best pasta we have ever had. You walk past vendors and you can buy a bag of grapefruit for a dollar. A bottle of good wine is $3."
The number-one attraction in Panama is the Panama Canal, designated one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Built between 1904 and 1914, the canal allows thousands of ships to move between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Sailing through the 77-kilometre canal is a popular itinerary for cruise ships and ships from around the world use the canal to transport goods. In the early years of operation, the canal saw about 1,000 ships a year. Today, it is used by 15,000.
Options for seeing the canal are numerous, the least expensive being a five-kilometre taxi ride from the Westin Playa Bonita. You can view the ships as they pass through the canal and visit the museum outlining how it helped shape the Republic of Panama and why it remains one of the greatest feats of civil engineering.
You can also take a Transat Holidays partial canal tour, sailing down the canal on a small ship, crossing two locks with a total drop of 27 metres and then sailing across Lake Miraflores to the port of Balboa on the Pacific Ocean. Or try the Panama Canal expedition and journey to the heart of the rich tropical rainforest engulfing the area, which is home to howler monkeys, sloths and many bird species, including toucans, herons, egrets and kingfishers.
Panama is a country rich in history, culture and ecotourism. There are numerous isolated islands and beaches on the Pacific coast that are often overlooked by travellers and small inland villages in the central provinces surrounded by extraordinary wildlife and lush vegetation.
Some of the most popular tours are into the rainforest, where you can visit Yayas Falls and swim in the natural pools, or slide down a cable between tree-top platforms in the forest canopy. For culture and craft lovers there is a tour to the province of Coclé, where traditional crafts are still an integral part of daily life. You visit the charming city of Penonome, with its amazing mountain views, and stop at a cathedral and city market.
For the more adventurous, you can travel upriver in a piragua (flat-bottomed canoe) to an Embera Indian village to learn about the traditional life of these indigenous people.
For anyone wanting a less-conventional winter getaway, the Panama prize is the perfect choice. You get sun, sand, sea, plus tropical adventure, big-city sophistication and engineering magnificence.
But you can't win unless you enter. Simply fill out the Great Winter Escape ballot on this page and drop it off at the Free Press building, 1355 Mountain Ave., or at Ixtapa Travel, #105 - 3025 Portage Ave., or mail to Winnipeg Free Press, Box 1800, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, Mb.
You can also enter online at www.winnipegfreepress.com/contests (limit one email entry per unique email address per day).
If you are a six-day Winnipeg Free Press home subscriber, you will also win a $200 gift certificate at Spa Lifestyle boutique, located at 2001 Henderson Highway. Check them out online at www.spalifestylefashionboutique.ca for a full list of services and treatments.
Westin Playa Bonita
* New five-star resort on a golden sand beach on the Pacific Ocean. Located 30 kilometres from the Panama airport, 20 kilometres from Panama City.
* Modern, spacious rooms with air conditioning, full bathroom, flat-screen TV, hair dryer, Wi-Fi, mini-bar (extra charge), in-room safe, iron.
* 3 à la carte restaurants (grill, Latin and Asian).
* Golf course nearby and spa on site (extra charges apply). Daily activities program, select non-motorized water sports, nightly entertainment and admission to the disco are included.
Next Week: Riviera Maya, Gran Bahia Principe Coba Royal Golden
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Musician and Filmmaker to Introduce Screening for Ithaca College LGBT Series
ITHACA, NY — Jazz musician Jennifer Leitham — formerly known as John Leitham — will be on hand to introduce an Ithaca College showing of "I Stand Corrected," the story of how she risked everything when she publicly transitioned from male to female during the height of her career. Joining her will be the film's producer and director, Andrea Meyerson. Free and open to the public, the screening will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in Textor 101.
Leitham and Meyerson will spend three days on campus providing learning opportunities for students and discussing their fields of expertise. Leitham will also hold a jazz master class in the School of Music. Members of the campus and local communities are invited to meet with them at a reception on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall.
The events are part of the Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series, sponsored by the Ithaca College Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Education, Outreach, and Services. The theme of this year's series is "Music: From A Cappella to Queercore."
Already atypical as a left-handed bass player, Leitham underwent sexual reassignment surgery in 2001. "I Stand Corrected" is a compelling documentary that charts the self-doubts and fears she wrestled with while rising through the ranks of an often homophobic jazz world, and celebrates the joy she discovered after embracing her female identity. Weaving together "before and after" stills and footage, the film incorporates candid interviews with Leitham and other jazz luminaries, entertainers and friends.
An active live performer, Leitham has also played on more than 100 recordings, including 8 of her own. In addition to fronting her own combos, she is known for long associations with Mel Torme and Doc Severinsen and has performed as a member of the Tonight Show All-Stars, Woody Herman's Thundering Herd, the Benny Carter Quintet and the Bob Cooper Quartet. She has been a featured artist at many of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals and clubs, including The Blue Note, Iridium and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Manhattan.
Meyerson is the founder and president of StandOut Productions and producer/director of the award-winning "Laughing Matters" documentary series. "I Stand Corrected" has received numerous honors, including "Audience Favorite for Best Film" at the American Documentary Film Festival, "Best Documentary" at the 2012 Long Beach QFilm Festival and "Audience Award for Outstanding Documentary Feature" at Outfest: LA Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
For more information on the Ithaca College LGBT Center, visit www.ithaca.edu/lgbt.


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A Hard Nut to CrackRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
My life begins far above the ground,
Though below the ground life I may give.
When I come down to greet the ground,
A thunderous noise I will make.
A tasty treat to many I provide,
But only if they have the tools to get me.
The macaw is one,
The agouti is another.
Without the aid of the agouti,
My circle of life may never be completed,
And the forest I am part of would lose a valued member.
So watch out below when it's time for me to go,
Or an injury I will give you.
HintYou can find me mixed with others of my kind in the supermarket, but you don't have to work nearly as hard to get to me since all the work has been done.
AnswerA Brazil Nut
When the castana pods, which hold the brazil nuts deep inside, reach maturity their weight will cause them to fall from their branches, some 150 feet above the ground. Each castana pod can grow to be the size of a grapefruit weighing as much as 5 pounds. When these pods fall from the tree tops they sound like a cannon ball ricocheting off of larger branches until they hit the ground below. Any animal that would be unlucky enough to get in the way of this falling pod could sustain serious injuries. The macaws and agoutis are two of the only animals with the ability to crack into the hard outer pod of the brazil nut. The agoutis find these nuts to be an especially tasty treat but due to their poor memory, they often forget where they hide their freshly shelled snacks, thus aiding to the life cycle of the castana trees, the producer of the brazil nut. Each nut that is forgotten and buried by the agoutis has the potential of growing into a new castana tree.
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A polished spin-out: Zeeko
1 November 2011
When it comes to polishing precision optical surfaces – the smoother and more accurate, the better the performance. That's where Zeeko comes in. The UCL spin-out uses ground-breaking intelligent robotic polishing technology to create ultra-precision machines with extensive applications, from healthcare to space exploration.
The technology
The polishing technology uses spinning tools covered with a polishing pad made from cloth or polyurethane. A computer-controlled robotic arm is programmed to accurately adjust the position, speed and pressure of the polishing head. These Intelligent Robotic Polishers (IRPs) can produce ultra-smooth and nanometre accurate surfaces on almost any material, from traditional optic materials like glass to stainless steel and tungsten carbide.
From a modest start...
Professor David Walker, Research Director of Zeeko, began his UCL research into optical surfaces in the late 1980s. But it wasn't until 2000 that Zeeko was born, and it was from humble beginnings.
The company hired a corner of a factory and employed three key staff. With this lean operation, the first polisher was built and initially rented to a company in North Wales as a 'try before you buy'. It was then sold to the same company, who were a manufacturer of an array of innovative photonic devices. From that first sale, the business took off. Zeeko now produces machines capable of polishing objects from 5mm to 2.5m in size.
The research arm of the company, Zeeko Research Ltd is based in North Wales, with close links to Glyndwr University as well as roots at UCL. Machine design and manufacture facilities is based in Leicestershire.
To the edge of the universe
One of Zeeko's largest machines is being used for a most exciting contract: the fabrication of the prototype primary segments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). When completed this will be the largest telescope in the world, capable of observing planets around other stars and the first objects in the Universe.
Prof Walker said, "We've won a 5 million Euro contract to produce seven prototype mirror segments for the E-ELT. The telescope will need 1148 mirror segments – so there's scope for a massive investment in Zeeko if the prototypes deliver. It's an exciting time for us."
New applications
Zeeko is constantly extending the reach of its technology. A recent development was the application of the robotic polishers to the production of prosthetic knee and hip joints.
The main advantage of Zeeko's technology, according to Prof Walker, is that the robotic method is more deterministic. He added that, "Alternative processes are unable to control the geometry of the joints to the same high precision as Zeeko. The joint manufacturers have been able to exploit this precision and have designed higher performance joints providing significantly increased life. This translates into direct benefit for patients."
Student gains
UCL students are associated in various ways with Zeeko's research programme, being involved in CAD design, computer modelling, prototype build and laboratory experimentation.
Prof Walker said, "At Zeeko, we're very much into the applied world. Students are always looking towards getting a job at the end of their studies – and with us they learn about real world applications as well as the theoretical side."
So students and business alike enjoy the advantages of cutting edge research delivering real-world benefit.


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Wayne County High School students Erica and Monica Withers, both participants in the Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts program, recently used multimedia resources to tutor elementary and middle-school students in a workshop on architectural design and 3D model building for Wayne County Schools' 21st Century Summer Camp, May 20-24, 2013.
Using the Sketchup software program, students planned and made computer-generated 3D models of buildings they printed to card stock paper and assembled into a town they called, Dodecahedron City.
Formerly a Google product now owned by Trimble and renamed Sketchup Make, the program for both Windows and Mac comes in free and paid "Pro" versions available for download at the Sketchup website. Many schools are using Sketchup for education projects, and the Pro version (extra features include the capability to export .stl files for 3D printers) is also available free to schools who apply online. Students also used a resource called "Young Architect" to design and draw floor plans.
As an added feature of the project, Derek Phillips, a practicing local architect, visited with the students to share his professional perspective. At the end of the week the participating students took a tour through their town of Monticello, Kentucky, to identify different architectural styles.
Monica and Erica documented their excellent and comprehensive architectural project on video and uploaded it to our KET School Video Project website for sharing. What a fine example of students helping students learn about architecture and 3D modeling using free multimedia resources!


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On Friday Uberity Technology Corporation launched a free and open source code Adobe LiveCycle ES SMS module that allows LiveCycle Services and Processes to integrate SMS messaging into the process flow.
The SMS module was written by Matt MacKenzie using the Twilio SMS service. To make it work, you can download the source from Uberity, read the instructions, get an account from Twilio and you're good to go.
GitHub Project – https://github.com/uberity/uberity-lc-twilio
Twilio Account Setup – http://www.twilio.com/
Uberity LiveCycle ES Blog – http://blog.uberity.com/2012/02/extending-adobe-livecycle-es-to-use-sms-in-business-processes/


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo softball team (32-14, 12-4 SSC) defeated the visiting Eckerd College Tritons in Sunshine State Conference Action by a score of 14-0, Friday night from University Stadium. In addition to the run-rule, the Lions also celebrated the high honor of Coach Conway collecting his 300th career win in the effort.
Freshman Alana Tabel took the mound for the Lions in the win, tossing four shutout innings and allowing just three hits and one walk in the performance. The win improved Tabel's record to 13-5 on the season.
The visiting Tritons allowed 16 Saint Leo hits in the contest, while the Eckerd pitching staff walked six.
While junior Sarah Steiner blasted a triple in the effort, and both Steiner and junior Brittany Ewing tallied doubles, the Lions also had eight batters collect RBIs in the effort (McKenzie Burns; Steiner 4; Rachelle Gremo 3; Ewing 2; Kelsey LaNeave; Danielle Ferrara; Emily Holman; Torrie Weindorf).
Saint Leo will return to the field tomorrow when they take on the Eckerd Tritons. The SSC doubleheader is set to begin at 1 p.m, and senior day festivities will take place in between games.
For more information on the Lions softball program, stay current with SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Like' the Lions on Facebook and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter.


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Use this website to access a music library of free, downloadable music scores.
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The Federal Communications Commission's web site informs consumers about the transition from analog to digital broadcast television (DTV) to take place after February 17, 2009.
Calendar, sponsored by Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau, covers art exhibits, films, music, theatre, and sports in the Syracuse area.


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Mr. ADNAN OKTAR'S REMARKS ON VARIOUS VERSES
Surat Al-Hijr, Verse 72
By your life! They were wandering blindly in their drunkenness.
That is the ruling of God on aggressive, radical, mindless people. "...wandering blindly in their drunkenness." They do not see and their minds are in a drunken state.
Surat Ash-Shura Verse 27
Were God to expand the provision of His servants, they would act as tyrants on the Earth. But He sends down whatever He wills in a measured way. He is aware of and He sees His servants.
"Were God to expand the provision of His servants, they would act as tyrants on the Earth." That is the reason why God has constantly created economic crisis throughout history. Economic crises always exist and they either decrease or increase. People always complain about not being able to make ends meet. God says that He does that specifically, that is a miracle. There should be richness everywhere yet that does not happen. There will be richness one last time in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and not any more.2013-08-11 15:40:53


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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka -- Jacques Kallis produced the best bowling performance by a South African in the 20-over format with 4-15 as the Proteas hammered Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the World Twenty20 on Thursday.
The latest defeat eliminated Zimbabwe from the tournament, after it lost the team's first match in Group C by 82 runs against Sri Lanka.
Kallis led the seam attack as Zimbabwe was restricted to 93-8 and South Africa openers Richard Levi (50) and Hashim Amla (32) eased to 94-0 in only 12.4 overs at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.
South Africa will meet Sri Lanka in the last Group C match on Saturday with both teams already qualified for the Super Eights.
Levis and Amla were untroubled by the Zimbabwean bowlers. Levi hit six fours off 43 balls while Amla rotated the strike well, facing 33 balls and hitting three boundaries.
"(I'm) very happy with the start. I back our pace bowlers to do well on this kind of deck. Hopefully it's the same for the next game," South African captain AB de Villiers said.


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The Audio Engineering Society meets this weekend (May 17-20, 2008) at the RAI Conference and Exhibition Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It's has a few similarities to other pro-audio trade shows like NAMM or Musikmesse. However, some would argue AES has a stronger focus on the scientific side of audio. Audio forensics for police applications and presentations by the Fraunhofer group concerning their surround sound MP3 format are the types of panels featured.
Established in 1948, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, manufacturers and other organizations and individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. They are mainly engineers developing devices or products for audio, and also people working in audio content production. What came to be the AES was formed at an organizational meeting at RCA Victor Studios in New York City on February 17, 1948. Its first membership meeting followed on March 11, drawing primarily from the area's broadcast and recording operations. The guest speaker at the first meeting was Harry F. Olson, a prominent engineer and scientist at RCA. – Wikipedia.org
Gear is also intruduced at AES and that side of things will be well covered on many pro-audio sites. Be sure to check out our friends list on the middle column of this page for some websites to check. The pre-roll has begun: a nice Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity Single Channel, Tube & Solid-State, Tone-Blending Preamp was announced. Another tasty tidbit is CharterOak's 'small studio collection' which "is the total
microphone solution for small recording studios with a tight budget".
After the weekend I will update this post with anything I feel is interesting from the show.


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HOUSTON - Two teenagers have been accused of taking guns to a high school football game.
Alief Independent School District officials said an observant parent reported seeing something suspicious outside the Alief Elsik game against Hastings on Friday night.
School district officials said the parent spotted a large group outside the field house near the stadium.
"We don't know what their intentions were, but they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's fortunate that our officers were there," school district spokeswoman Susan Castro said.
Darius Tyler, 18, and Devin Webber, 18, were both arrested and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.
"If they had tried to get into the stadium, they would not have. I think that's why they were out in the parking lot. They would have had to go through someone going through the wand over them. They would have never have gotten beyond the entrance," Castro said.
School district officials said that if Tyler and/or Weber are convicted, they would face mandatory jail time.


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There's a quaint studio located in the East Valley that houses beautiful backgrounds, sets and camera equipment that can make any business owner or musician feel like a rock star. With its innovative technology, it is no wonder why so many different customers flock to Image Ave Studios, which is located on the border of Chandler and Gilbert. While the brand-new studios opened just three years ago, this video production company has deep roots in Arizona that go back almost 40 years.
Founded in 1972 by Arizona native James Rinkenberger when he was just out of college, the company started out offering only photography and other media production services. As the business became successful, Rinkenberger discovered an opportunity that would allow him to expand his business and reach more clients throughout the Valley. Rinkenberger decided that in addition to his photography services, he would also offer video production services to local companies. From this concept arose Video Media Productions in 1975, which strived to create videos for businesses that would increase business-to-business communication.
"The challenge for me was, 'Does anybody want what I do?'" Rinkenberger said. "I wanted to create clear and concise images to communicate. I have been passionate and overzealous about this topic because visually, in the 1970s, people just were not trained properly."
The studio quickly made a name for itself in the Arizona business community and soon, Video Media Productions landed big-name clients — including the United States Supreme Court for a campaign to allow cameras in the courtroom; the National Guard during Operation Desert Storm; various cities to promote Senate bills; and with President Ronald Reagan on a public service announcement for the Boy Scouts of America.
As Video Media Productions continued to evolve, Rinkenberger wanted to create a definitive space for producers and their clients. So, in 2009, James founded Image Ave Studios, a company that combined his video and photo companies and allowed both businesses to operate as one entity. Very quickly, however, the company faced challenges because of the economic crisis. Despite the economic setback, Image Ave Studio was able to stay afloat by continuing to think of methods that differentiated itself from the competition.
"Starting in the middle of a recession, it made my company more creative and more efficient," Rinkenberger said. "It is a whole new world now because there are so many creative kids and they offer their services cheaply. The only difference is that we have more experience with creating and meeting the needs of businesses today. We have had to re-invent ourselves and we have had to find more ways to fit in. Our success back then doesn't mean anything now."
Even with early hardships, Image Ave Studios has proved that it can stand the test of time. As Rinkenberger approaches retirement, he hopes his company will live on and that his love and passion will be shared with generations to come.
"My dream for the future of my business is, I'd like to pass the studio down to someone," Rinkenberger said. "It has to be someone who is passionate and loves making communication processes for businesses like I do."
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Wildlife Management 2004 Symposium Set for Kerrville
KERRVILLE, Texas — The Texas Organization of Wildlife Management Associations (TOWMA) will be holding its biannual conference here at the Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel and Conference Center on Aug. 12-14.
The focal point of the conference is the two-day Wildlife Management 2004 symposium.
"This symposium is arguably the best in Texas with a wide range of topics of interest to landowners and land managers," said Gary Homerstad, a technical guidance biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "Everyone interested in wildlife management is invited to attend."
The symposium will kick-off with a mixer/social on Thursday evening. The symposium program begins on Friday morning with keynote speaker Robert L. Cook, TPWD executive director.
Sen. Ken L. Armbrister, Chair of the Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources, will also be on hand to talk about water issues.
The morning session includes six more topics with several notable speakers. There will be a noon luncheon with special guest speaker Bob Turner, a rural issues consultant. The afternoon session will focus on quail, dove, turkey, songbirds, and waterfowl. Other topics will include prescribed burning and a panel discussion of wildlife management co-op issues. There will be an evening banquet with entertainment by country singer/storyteller Donnie Blanz.
The symposium continues on Saturday morning with the focus shifting to deer. Clayton Wolf, TPWD big game program director, will be the lead speaker.
Several renowned deer authorities will be sharing their knowledge and skills, including: Bob Ramsey, an 85-year-young rancher and author, who will talk about rattling up bucks. Al Brothers, a nationally recognized wildlife biologist and author, will talk about observing and evaluating whitetails.
The session will include five other deer-related topics and will end with an introduction to the Kerr Wildlife Management Area. The symposium will conclude with an optional tour and barbeque at the Kerr WMA.
Registration for the conference is $100 ($150 with spouse) and includes the mixer/social, luncheon, and banquet. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased for $25. The optional Kerr tour and barbeque is $20 per adult and $10 for children younger than age 12. Credit cards are accepted. For more information, contact Norman Schultz at (979) 249-3958 or visit the TOWMA Website at (http://www.towma.org/). The optional tour or meals at the luncheon and banquet cannot be guaranteed if you register at the door.
The Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel has blocked a limited number of rooms at a group rate of $70 (plus tax) single or double. Children younger than age 18 stay free in same room with parents (ages 18 and older are $10 extra). Be sure to say that you are attending the TOWMA conference. Call toll free (877) 967-3767 to make reservations.
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Blog Cabin 2012: Soak Up the Scenery With the Online Crew
We arrived in Portland, Maine, on a glorious Friday afternoon. The sun was shining, temps were in the low 70s and a crisp breeze was our clue that salt water and picturesque harbor views were a stone's throw away. During the 1 1/2-hour drive up route 1, we passed forested groves, marshy ponds, lobster shacks and quintessential clapboard cottages — the area seems steeped in a cozy blanket of maritime history.
At long last, we neared the quaint village of Waldoboro and our home for the week, Blog Cabin 2012. The word "darling" popped to mind when we approached 602 Dutch Neck Road. A short stroll along a stone, lupine-flanked path led us to the front door and into the sun-drenched foyer and first-floor spaces. I wish you could have been here to experience water views from the living room windows and the master bedroom sliding doors. Spectacular!
And then the rain came. Each day we rise to grey skies and the sound of water drops pelting roof tops and window panes. The high temperature hovers around 55, which means jeans, sweaters, raincoats — and lots of piping hot chowder — on this trip. Weather conditions may be a blessing in disguise. Thanks to stormy skies and chilly conditions, we've been forced to fire up the gas stove. It pumps out just enough heat to keep the first floor cozy and says "New England" in a way that a fireplace never could. Trust me when I say it's perfect for this home.
Our work continues today, with photographer and digital media producer Bruce Cole focusing on the inviting cottage-style kitchen and still photographer Frank Murray on the second floor, snapping pictures of the media room, game area and guest bedrooms.
I stole away to Boothbay Harbor today to snap a few photos for our Instagram feed (please follow diynetwork) and am preparing for tomorrow's conversation with interior decorator Victoria Lesser. I look forward to sharing more details about interiors and how-to projects as we move closer to the launch of the virtual home tour.
Cheers from Maine on this rainy Monday. Keep your eyes peeled for teaser videos and cinemagraphic photography, created by our visual designer Jason Kisner, in the days and weeks to come.


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WASHINGTON--Elected officials must follow up the new two-year budget deal with much larger efforts to put the nation's finances on sounder long-term footing, according to Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition.
"The question is whether this is the beginning of a new phase of bipartisan cooperation on deficit reduction or the end of any efforts to reach a grand bargain," he writes in a new blog post. "At this point, it is impossible to say."
But he says one thing is certain: "The budget deal does not relieve the worsening fiscal strains caused by an aging population, rising health care costs and an inefficient tax code. Fiscal policy was on an unsustainable path before the deal and it will remain so after the deal."
The agreement on overall appropriations levels for 2014 and 2015 would provide the framework appropriators need to negotiate their spending bills and reduce the possibility of another government shutdown.
Yet Bixby notes that lawmakers have left in place the potential for another debt limit crisis next year. The agreement also ignores other hurdles such as an extension of the farm bill, extension of emergency jobless benefits, and spending cuts for Medicare physician reimbursements.
The full blog entry, entitled 'The Budget Deal: A beginning or the End?' can be found here:
Media Contact: Steve Winn, [email protected], 703-254-7828
The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to fiscal responsibility. Since 1992, Concord has worked to educate the public about the causes and consequences of the federal deficit and debt, and to develop realistic solutions for sustainable budgets. For more fiscal news and analysis, visit concordcoalition.org and follow us on Twitter: @ConcordC


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You mean a former Huggins player, one those evil UC student athletes that wasnt up to Queen Nancys lofty standards, is good enough to be an assistant coach? Perhaps the Fire Nancy chants at the game are finally starting to open her eyes.Corie Blount Returns as Assistant Coach
Former NBA Performer To Start Immediately
Dec. 6, 2005
CINCINNATI, Ohio --Corie Blount, the starting center on the University of Cincinnati basketball teams which reached the NCAA Final Four in 1992 and Elite Eight in 1993, is returning to his alma mater as interim assistant coach.
Blount, 36, will take over the assistant position on the UC staff created by the resignation of Keith LeGree last week.
"Corie has been a part of Cincinnati basketball's recent success and history, and coupled with the fact that he played on UC's Final Four team and in the NBA for 11 years, he will provide some much needed experience and knowledge for our players," stated UC head coach Andy Kennedy.
A first round draft pick by the Chicago Bulls following his UC career, Blount is an 11-year veteran of the National Basketball Association, playing for Chicago (1993-95), the Los Angeles Lakers (1995-98), Cleveland (1998-99), Phoenix (1999-2001), Golden State (2001), Philadelphia (2002), Chicago (2003-04) and Toronto (2004).
Blount retired prior to the start of the 2004-05 season but attempted a comeback last fall with the Lakers. He had career averages of 3.6 points and 4.2 rebounds.
Blount averaged 9.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots during his two seasons as a Bearcat.


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Sudan: And you do not cry with us.
Aid to the Church in Need presents: the struggle of South and North Sudanese Christians to endure the devastating impact of an ongoing civil war. Featuring interviews with Sudanese Catholic bishops who provide an in-depth analysis of the dramatic political and human landscape, the program considers the daily suffering of the local population, as a war of North versus South, of Arab versus Black, of Islam versus Christian
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