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We all know that image editing is a resource-intensive operation and can make our computer crawl, especially when we have to work with a large number of images. Photoshop Elements (PSE) provides several performance-boosting options that come handy in such scenarios. When you sit down for a marathon editing session in Photoshop Elements, make sure you configure your preferences to enable these options. Restart Photoshop Elements to ensure that the changes are reflected.
- Quit Photoshop Elements Editor if already launched.
- Double-click on desktop icon for Adobe Photoshop Elements which launches the Welcome Screen.
- Click on Edit to launch PSE Editor, Navigate to Edit-> Preferences (Ctrl/Cmd + K) -> Performance
Moving the mouse cursor over each section will show more info in description section.
Modify the Memory Usage settings
By default, Photoshop Elements uses 70% of the available RAM. You can increase the RAM usage for Photoshop Elements by dragging the slider in the Memory Usage section.
Here's the maximum amount of RAM available to Photoshop Elements in 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems:
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Maximum RAM for Photoshop Elements
Modify the History & Cache settings
Reduce the number of history states (Undo states). By reducing the number of available History states, you potentially reduce the number of copies of your image using scratch disk space. And that's a huge gain!
Increase the number of cache levels for better speed.
Modify scratch disks
When the system does not have enough RAM to perform an editing operation, Photoshop Elements uses scratch disk memory. A scratch disk is a drive that has free memory. By default, Photoshop Elements uses the hard drive on which the operating system is installed as its primary scratch disk. You can assign up to four scratch disks.
Here are some guidelines for using scratch disks:
- Choose a drive other than the physical drive on which Photoshop Elements is installed or any large files you are editing resides.
- Choose a local drive and not the one accessed over a network or through a removable USB or external hard disk.
- Defragment scratch disks regularly.
Set Maximize PSD File Compatibility to Ask
The Maximize PSD File compatibility feature increases the size of your file by attaching a flattened copy of your image when you save your image. This extra data ensures that a PSD file saved in Photoshop Elements will open in earlier versions. Non-Adobe programs that read PSD files can only read them when this option is on.
To change the Maximize File Compatibility option:
- Select Edit > Preferences > Saving Files.
- Set Maximize PSD File Compatibility to: 'Ask: Prompts on save to maximize file compatibility'.
Close unnecessary files
Always open and work with only those images that you want to edit. Opening many images at the same time takes up memory. If you have many files open and see sluggish performance, close Photoshop Elements and open only those images that you have to work on or close unnecessary files.
There are host of tips and tricks available here http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-performance-photoshop-cs4-cs5.html# and some of those are helpful for Photoshop Elements as well.
So, review, try and adjust your settings to get maximum benefit out of your software.


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Note: This topic has been unedited for 3744 days. It is considered archived - the discussion is over. Do not add to unless it really needs a response.yes on the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy page it says 6x9=42 while in the book what happened was they never heard the question cuz that was just the beggening when they ran out of letter tiles. i'm not a nerd i just read all 5 books when i had nothing better to do...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Spinningfox (talk • contribs)
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Gobbling for a Presidential Pardon
We'd like to introduce you to a very special flock of turkeys who are currently going through some specific training in far northwestern Minnesota!
These birds – all males, or "tom" turkeys – are among the few, the proud who may be invited to travel to Washington DC in November for a pardon from President Obama. The birds are being raised by John and Joni Burkel and their five kids near Badger, Minnesota – which is just a few miles from the Canadian border!
Check out the turkeys' special home – it's a bit like a mini version of the White House, don't you think?
In the coming weeks, you will be able to read more about the Burkel family and hear from some of their kids, who are taking a very hands-on role in raising these turkeys. You see, in order to ensure the eventual National Thanksgiving Turkey and his alternate can behave themselves at the White House, all these birds must be acclimated to lots of noise, lights, music and human contact – definitely a fun job for the kids!
The history behind this Thanksgiving tradition in Washington DC dates back to President Truman in 1947, when an official ceremony was held to present the president with a turkey. Each year since then the National Turkey Federation has been invited to participate in this ceremony by raising and presenting the National Thanksgiving Turkey to the president. Early Presidential turkeys were destined for a dinner plate until President George H.W. Bush began the official tradition of pardoning the turkey in 1989.
With any luck, the Minnesota Turkey this year will serve his duty at the White House and then be brought (along with his lucky alternate!) to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, to enjoy the holiday season. After that, the birds will move to Morven Park in Leesburg, VA to live out the rest of their lives.
Here are some addititional links to check out about the National Thanksgiving Turkey project:
Info for Parents (food safety, recipes, etc.)
Minnesota Turkey's Facebook Page (like us for fun updates!)
Follow us on Twitter – @MinnesotaTurkey
Be sure to check back often for updates and more photos and videos from the Burkel family as they continue raise and groom this very special Presidential turkey flock. In the meantime, enjoy this video introduction to the flock!


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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that the widely disputed proposals regarding child labor on farms have been withdrawn. The proposed changes, announced in 2011, suggested prohibiting youth under the age of 16 from using power equipment, working with livestock in certain circumstances, driving tractors or working at heights above six feet.
In a statement, the DOL clarified its decision to withdraw the proposal.
"The decision to withdraw this rule – including provisions to define the 'parental exemption' – was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms. To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration," the DOL said in the statement.
Instead of pursuing changes that would severely limit the work opportunities for youth interested in agricultural vocations, the DOL will work with rural stakeholders, including the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the National Farmers Union (NFU), the FFA and 4-H, to develop an educational program to help reduce accidents to young workers and promote safer agricultural working practices.
Agriculture groups are celebrating the DOL's decision, claiming victory over what was called by many organizations and politicians as overreaching by the government that would threaten the future of agriculture.
AFBF President Bob Stallman reacted to the announcement, praising the Obama administration and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack for listening to farmers, ranchers and rural Americans. He also specially thanked Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Representative Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., for their efforts in Congress.
"This victory for farm families is due to the thousands of farmers and ranchers who sent comments to the Labor Department opposing the rules and continued to voice their concerns with members of Congress," Stallman said in a news release. "This announcement shows the strength of American agriculture and grassroots action."
Here is a quick look at responses from other organizations:
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) President J.D. Alexander:
"This is a victory for farm and ranch families throughout the country. This ridiculous rule would have prevented the next generation of farmers and ranchers from acquiring skills and passion for this very noble profession. It also would have restricted urban kids from working on farms and acquiring a solid worth ethic and enthusiasm for this very diverse industry. We absolutely have to have a sensible regulatory environment in Washington, D.C. We should not have to worry about negligent rules being promulgated by out-of-touch regulatory agencies. We encourage the administration to venture off the city sidewalks and learn more about where their food comes from."
• National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) President and CEO Jerry Kozak:
"The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is encouraged by the Department's recognition that the path it was on with this proposal was an affront to millions of family members on farms and ranches across America. Many of them had objected to what the Labor Department was planning to do, and they voiced their concerns to the DOL, as well as to Congress. The withdrawal of the proposal is a victory for common sense."
• Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst
"The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) decision to withdraw its child labor proposal is welcome news. It defied common sense for DOL to propose restricting young people from working on farms, learning skills and developing a good work ethic.
Soon after the rulemaking was published last September, Farm Bureau asked the DOL to withdraw the rulemaking in its entirety. We were disappointed when officials said in February they would simply re-propose a portion of the rule for public comment. It took a little while, but the DOL finally listened.
Our members stayed on top of this issue, submitting comments, talking to their federal lawmakers, and sharing the message with people in their communities. Even FFA members from across the state were speaking out by saying "let us get our hands dirty." I have to believe our collective efforts, along with the work of our congressional delegation, helped make a difference."


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text: blueshogun96 2264 Report post Posted March 21, 2013 Dear C++ newbies, experts and all of you people in between, Today, I ended up doing something really stupid, and I don't want any of you doing what I did today. If breakpoints and debugging features are part of your IDE, please, for the love of God, please use them! While working on a new game concept I thought of a couple of days ago, I stopped and thought to myself "I'm going to use C++ this time and not use pure C to avoid the mistake of letting my cross platform code base getting messy again now that I'm more comfortable with the various mobile and desktop APIs and what not". So I start writing my basic application classes with portability in mind. For reasons I don't feel like getting into, I made my decision to use OpenGL via GLUT on MacOSX. I know, I know, I've never recommended GLUT in the past, but this time, I felt like using it since the game only uses either a mouse or a touch screen anyway (except for the old fashioned exit procedure; the escape key). I don't know about you, but I have a tendancy to think about how I want my app to execute! I liking having my main() function contain as little code as possible. With that in mind, I ended up writing my main.cpp file to look like this: game_app_t* app = NULL; void exit_func() { if( app ) delete app; } //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Name: main // Desc: Program entry point. //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { atexit( exit_func ); app = new game_app_t; return 0; } Okay, hold on, I promise you the problem with this code is NOT that obvious! You're probably thinking "Yeah, no s@#% sherlock! You didn't call delete or your game loop function!" Actually, I did. The class constructor calls the initialization function where glutMainLoop is called upon success. Instinctively, I check my code to verify that everything is uninitialized properly, even more than I check for successful initialization. So I put a breakpoint inside of exit_func to verify that it's being called (well, I knew the function works, but I habitually check anyway). Just in case you're wondering, the code for my class (the initialization stuff) looked like this: #include "game.h" #include <assert.h> /* Useful macros */ #define safe_delete(x) if(x) { delete x; x = NULL; } #define fail_safe(x) if(!x) return; /* Global class instance */ game_app_t* This = NULL; /* Default constructor/deconstructor */ game_app_t::game_app_t() { this->init(); } game_app_t::~game_app_t() { this->uninit(); } /* Initialization and uninitialization */ bool game_app_t::init() { /* Set global class instance */ This = this; /* Initialize OpenGL */ m_ogldrv = new ogldrv_t(); assert( m_ogldrv != NULL ); if( !m_ogldrv->init( 0, NULL, 640, 480, GLUT_RGBA | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_DEPTH, "Loop-til" ) ) return false; /* Set default callbacks */ glutDisplayFunc( this->display_func ); glutIdleFunc( this->idle_func ); glutKeyboardFunc( this->keyboard_func ); glutReshapeFunc( this->reshape_func ); glutMouseFunc( this->mouse_click_func ); glutPassiveMotionFunc( this->mouse_move_func ); /* Start the main loop */ glutMainLoop(); return true; } void game_app_t::uninit() { safe_delete( m_ogldrv ); } /* Event callback functions */ void game_app_t::display_func() { fail_safe(This->m_ogldrv); /* Clear the rendering buffers */ This->m_ogldrv->clear_buffers(); /* Swap the double buffer */ This->m_ogldrv->swap_buffers(); } void game_app_t::idle_func() { glutPostRedisplay(); } /* Blah blah blah */ And yes, the event callback functions were declared as static, so I needed an extra copy of my this pointer. Since there only needs to be one instance of this class, it doesn't really matter, IMHO. This is where I found my REAL problem: app is still NULL! I was kinda dumbfounded when I realized that the class instance didn't get uninitialized (hence my deconstructor was never called). I spent a few minutes going over the code to see why this wasn't working. The last thing I wanted was to be leaking memory every launch. After a few more moments of scratching my head, I realized that the problem was that it the call to "new" doesn't return anyway. So the logical thing to do was to use the copy of my this pointer and delete that explicitly instead. After that thought, I added another function: void game_app_t::exit_func() { safe_delete(This); } /* Added after setting all the other callbacks */ atexit( this->exit_func ); So, I added a breakpoint, ran my app in debug mode, and this time, my class instance not only gets deleted properly, but now my deconstructor gets called, and calls the uninit function. Bam, problem solved! Now my main function looks like this: int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { new game_app_t; return 0; } So short, so sweet. Isn't C++ great once you use it properly? So, the moral of the story is- "Don't be as stupid as Shogun?" Yeah, that too, but please, use your breakpoints and always, ALWAYS, cover your digital butt! I've seen a handful of rookie game programmers who have never learned to use breakpoints (I was one of those). What I did was dumb. I made this mistake for you, please don't do it for yourself. Shogun. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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FORMER Great Britain boss Neil Middleditch has offered Alun Rossiter the benefit of his experience ahead of today's World Cup Event One at King's Lynn.
Rossiter took over from Poole boss Middleditch in the winter, and leads his side into action at the Norfolk Arena against Australia, USA and Italy.
Middleditch experienced his fair share of criticism during his reign as national boss, and expects Rossiter to expect the same, but insisted his close friend needs to do his best not to take things to heart.
"Don't take the criticism to heart, that's the main thing," Middleditch said.
"Rosco's been around long enough and is a good enough team manager to know you don't need to do that.
"Sometimes his emotions get the better of him because he's so passionate, but he's a good motivator and a good manager and will get the best out of the boys.
"It's a tough task and he will be aware of that and under no illusions, as I was, but he will give it 100 per cent and you can't ask anymore."
Middleditch knows Great Britain face a battle to make an impact on the competition and believes a place on the rostrum would represent a real achievement.
"It's a great morale boaster to be able to call on the number one rider in the world (Tai Woffinden) but it is a little bit of an uphill struggle at times and it's hard," he said.
"You have the Aussies first and then the Poles in their own back yard who are very difficult to beat but it's a competition which throws up surprises.
"Maybe Great Britain can get on the rostrum, I would love to see it."


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A House panel Tuesday endorsed a bill that would keep secret names of those with sheriff-issued concealed weapons permits and penalize anyone who released them.
The House and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the measure House Bill 98 and sent it to the full House for consideration.
HB98 sponsored by state Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, would also allow sheriffs in adjoining parishes to have "reciprocity" agreements allowing a permit issued in one parish to be valid in another. Thompson said "safety guidelines" for concealed weapon permits would have to met.


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Intel X38: Where's the Beef?by Gary Key on 10/10/2007 3:15 PM EST
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Lord Evermore - Sunday, October 14, 2007 - link
Real bandwidth per lane will be up to 4Gb/s (estimated to be around 500MB/s per lane/pin on average in current testing) in each direction
Estimated? In testing? 4Gbps is exactly 500MBps given the encoding used. If you mean that actual performance and throughput gets close to the theoretical maximum, that's a bit odd a way to put it. You could also say that SATA's real burst bandwidth has been estimated and tested to be "around" 300MBps. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Thursday, October 11, 2007 - linkNow there are other reviews about X38 on the web, and here are two that I find it interesting:
The Crossfire benchmarks seem to offer significant advantage of X38 over P35. Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, October 11, 2007 - link
The Crossfire benchmarks seem to offer significant advantage of X38 over P35.
Of course they do. P35 boards run Crossfire in a x16 + x4 config, while X38 is x16 + x16. The only exception is some Asus P35 board hacked to run x8 + x8 via a PCI-E switch. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Friday, October 12, 2007 - linkNow I am thinking Intel shouldn't have bothered to make faster memory controller on the X38 at all.
-Average performance increase has been so far less than 2%. In some tests that's considered margin of error!
-X38 added 10 or so more watts over P35
-X38 also is rumored to have a 140mm2 die
A theoretical 9% improvement for going for a motherboard that costs $100 more in some cases. X38 added 10 or so more wasted watts, a new die, for nothing. All they should have done is take a P35 chipset and put ability to do 2xPCI-E x16.
In fact no Intel chipset manufacturers shouldn't bother with it. There used to be a time when high end chipsets were actually faster. 875P with PAT offered 3-5% real world performance increases over the 865 chipsets.
Luckily, by the time Nehalem is out with integrated memory controller(hopefully, at least all the mainstream versions), this stupidity should be over. IMC will do far more than what futile advancements made on the external chipsets will ever do. Reply
avaughan - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkOn page one you mention improved "4x1GB compatibility". Do you test 4x2GB? 2x1GB+2x2GB? Reply
wingless - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkUnder the list of features these chipsets have it states that Intel chipsets ONLY supports Crossfire and not SLI. If they support both I would image they would list both as supported, not just Crossfire. If Intel only supports AMD's multi-card setup then thats a big win for ATI. Jeez, Nvidia better whore out their SLI technology because I know a lot of people that run Nvidia only. Reply
mongo lloyd - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkAny Intel board sold is an AMD CPU/platform not purchased. Reply
microAmp - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkI can't get to page 2, link looks ok, just dead ends for me and takes me to search.anandtech.com.
I also tried print page to read, empty. :( Reply
microAmp - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkIgnore me, worky now. Reply
8steve8 - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkI have a few questions:
1. Will the Intel x38 desktop board be overclockable in any usable sense?
2. Is it true the G35 can only talk to the ich8 (and not ich9)? this seems odd...
3. I guess if you were going to buy an uber-high-end p35, this will be a great chipset to look foward to... but whos dying to spend $250+ on a motherboard for a few % improvement in the real-world user-experience, when you can get perfectly fine p35/g33 motherboards for ~$120, that overclock to like 425mhz. Especially when Nehalem, with its integrated memory controller, (which won't work in the x38) will likely whipe the floor with anything you buy today from intel.
for me the choice is clear save $150 and go with a decent g33/p35/g35 board, then i'll be better able to afford Nehalem next year which will make this system irrelevant anyway.... penryn is a nice improvement, but we are talking ~5% per clock improvements, and a smaller power envelope... don't expect anything huge.
who's spending $300 on a motherboard?
and who would (in their right mind) build a system with ddr3. (now)
We are all egerly awaiting G35 in the channel. Reply
Owls - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkThe odd thing is why CF is supported but not SLI. I'm guessing nVidia is not giving up this to intel? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkSLI is an NVIDIA technology, and it is currently limited to only running on NVIDIA chipsets (by the SLI drivers - not by anything else). There are some exceptions - SLI notebooks for example use 945GM chipsets from Intel - but what it basically amounts to is that no one has thrown enough money at NVIDIA to get them to open the standard.
Now, there are a few things to consider. First, CrossFire often appears to require additional driver tweaks to run on new chipsets - X38 today, P35 previously, etc. If NVIDIA opened support, we might see additional compatibility problems on other chipsets. That would require more effort from their driver team, presumably, so perhaps they are just trying to keep from overextending.
More likely, however, is that NVIDIA likes being able to push their own chipsets with their graphics hardware. Probably the chipset division doesn't want to become marginalized by opening SLI support to others. This is a bit odd, though, as the profit margins on $300+ graphics cards are much higher (for NVIDIA) than on $100-$200 motherboards. Given how many people have P965 and P35 chipset boards (and even some AMD chipset boards), NVIDIA could probably sell a reasonable number of additional GPUs if they would open up SLI support for these platforms. Who cares about the money from Intel if it means you can gain a bigger advantage over AMD/ATI and still make $100 per GPU sold (or whatever it is they get paid per GPU chipset)?
Well, obviously some higher-ups at NVIDIA care, but I can't help but wonder if they're wearing blinders. Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Reply
lopri - Thursday, October 11, 2007 - linkDisagreed. SLI has been and will remain the thing for NV in the foreseeable future. I would go as far as to say that one of the biggest factor that drove ATI out of the business is NV's platformization strategy based on SLI and ATI's struggle to catch up.
Although the number of people who actually run dual GPUs in tandem might be small, SLI has more meaning to it. (Just like brand-name value or trademarks) Now that Intel is getting ready for high-end discrete GPU market, NV won't give up SLI without a significant return. Reply
8steve8 - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - linkoh yeah and we are awaiting the triple play of amd products being anounced in november,,, is it still thought that only an extreme version of pheonom will be available in the channel before xmas? or will there be a q6600 class product from amd before xmas? Reply


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Mississippi State too much for Florida, 7-3
Published: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
STARKVILLE, Miss. — A four-run third inning propelled No. 17 Mississippi State to a 7-3 series-opening win over Florida on Friday night at Dudy Noble Field in front of a crowd of 8,414 fans.
Gators vs. Bulldogs
WHO: Florida at No. 17 Mississippi State
WHEN: Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Dudy Noble Field, Starkville, Miss.
TV: Saturday, CSS (Cox Sports Channel 199); Sunday, none
Senior left-hander Luis Pollorena (5-1) allowed two runs over six innings to earn the win and sophomore Jonathan Holder totaled four strikeouts over the final two innings to collect his ninth save, while four different Bulldogs chipped in with multiple-hit efforts to snap the Gators' three-game winning streak.
Sophomore Taylor Gushue had a career-high three doubles and drove in a pair of runs during the setback.
The Gators (14-17, 4-6 SEC) seized a 1-0 lead on an RBI double off the wall in left center field by Gushue in the first inning against Pollorena. Freshman Harrison Bader had drawn a one-out walk and scored all the way from first base on Gushue's fifth double of the season that raised his hitting streak to a career-best seven games. A grounder by sophomore Justin Shafer moved Gushue to third and senior Vickash Ramjit earned a two-out walk for runners on the corners. Pollorena had redshirt sophomore Zack Powers ground out to end the frame.
The Bulldogs (25-8, 4-6) plated four runs on two hits and two Gator errors in the third to take a 4-1 lead. Junior Hunter Renfroe (2-for-4, two runs) reached on a one-out fielding error by Ramjit and scored on a double down the left-field line by junior Brett Pirtle (2-for-5) to tie the score. Rea (2-for-3, two RBI) singled up the middle for runners on first and third and Bradford walked to load the bases with one down. A passed ball enabled Pirtle to come home for a 2-1 count and Slauter (2-for-4) walked to re-load the bags. A sacrifice fly into left field by Frost brought home Rea and Robson's grounder was misplayed by senior shortstop Cody Dent (Boynton Beach, Fla.) to score Bradford with the fourth run.
Freshman left-hander Danny Young (1-2, 3.12) will pitch game two today for UF against MSU senior righty Kendall Graveman (3-2, 2.43). Bernie Guenther and Ronnie Rantz will broadcast the game at 4 p.m. for CSS, which will be carried in Gainesville on Cox Sports, Channel 259 or 1259 (HD).
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Barr Collects NorPac East Offensive Player of the Week Honor
A week after earning her first career NorPac East Division Rookie of the Week award, Liberty freshman Bethany Barr collected her first career Offensive Player of the Week plaudit, as announced this morning.
Liberty has now won five consecutive NorPac East Offensive Player of the Week honors and six overall this year. Ashlee Krulock (1) and Natalie Barr (4) have also earned the award this season. In total, the Lady Flames have received 14 weekly conference honors in 2013.
In Liberty's lone game last week, Barr recorded a goal and an assist in the Lady Flames' 3-0 shutout of Radford on Saturday. The freshman took over the conference and team lead in assists with her 11th helper of the season, setting up Helen Doolittle on the Lady Flames' first goal of the afternoon. Barr currently ranks 11th nationally in assists per game (0.61) and owns the program single-season record.
Barr followed up the assist with her third goal of the season, scoring on a short corner attempt from the top of the circle. It was the Lurgan, Northern Ireland, native's third marker of the year. Barr now ranks 9th in the NorPac in points with 17.
With the regular season complete, Barr and the rest of the Lady Flames turn their attention to the NorPac Championship, which gets under way on Thursday at Liberty Field Hockey Field. Serving as the host of the tournament, No. 1E Liberty is set to face No. 4W Cal in a quarterfinal match on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. For more information on the Championship, including schedule, video and live stats links, visit the NorPac Championship central page by clicking here.


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Did you know?
The world's first bottled pinotage wine was produced on the Lanzerac estate in 1959.
The story of what is today known as the Lanzerac Hotel & Spa goes back to 1692, the early days of European settlement at the southern tip of Africa.
Ensign Isaac Shrijver was the Indiana Jones of his time. When he wasn't heading into the uncharted wilds of the Northern Cape in search of copper, he was embarking on trading trips into the Great Karoo, crossing the jagged Kammanassie mountains and learning all about Khoi people like the Hessequa, the Gouriqua and the Inqua.
So impressed was Governor of the Cape Colony Simon van der Stel with the good ensign's explorations and success at trade with indigenous groups along his routes, that he granted Shrijver a massive stretch of real estate in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley near Stellenbosch.
Shrijver and his party of freed slaves planted vineyards on his new farm, which he called Schoongezicht (beautiful view).
In 1914, a subsequent owner called Elizabeth English renamed the estate Lanzerac.
In 1958 a young man named David Rawdon bought Lanzerac and spent a year renovating the property into a world-class country hotel. The stories of how Rawdon went searching high and low for neglected pieces of antique furniture and how he brought them back to life are part of local legend.
But the 'golden tales' of this historic South African hotel revolve around the long list of foreign guests who made the estate their favourite stopover in South Africa. Collectively known as 'The Swallows', they were international models, magicians, writers, British royals, comedians and American politicians, among others.
They're still talking about the guest who removed his wooden legs and tucked them under the bed before going to sleep one night. He'd left the socks and shoes on the prosthetics, so when the chambermaid came in the next morning, she quite calmly enquired as to whether 'the master under the bed' would like a cup of morning tea as well.
The modern-day Lanzerac Hotel & Spa still retains its old Cape Dutch charm, offering world travellers a choice of 48 luxury rooms, complete with views vineyards and the sweep of the nearby Helderberg Mountains.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Lanzerac Hotel & Spa
Tel: +27 (0)21 887 1132
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
Driving from the centre of Cape Town to Stellenbosch will take under an hour. The distance to Stellenbosch is even less if you're going straight from Cape Town International Airport. Take the N2 highway till you turn off to Stellenbosch on the R310, on which you will travel for about 17km. See the listed Lanzerac website for precise street directions to the estate.
Best time to visit
Lanzerac is an all-year destination.
Around the area
You're surrounded by wine estates. The Stellenbosch Wine Route alone encompasses more than 100 cellars, each with its own attributes and identity.
Tours to do
You can go on wine estate tours, cultural and history trips, and specialised adventures around the Stellenbosch area. Consult the listed Stellenbosch Tourism website for details.
Get around
There are a number of tours from both Cape Town and Stellenbosch, but many travellers to this area prefer to drive themselves because it gives them a greater choice of routes.
What will it cost
Check the website for details and occasional specials.
Length of stay
Depending on your plans, Lanzerac is either good for a special overnight stay, or at least a three-day base for exploring the area.
What to pack
Pack mostly informal clothes for the day, but do throw in some smarter evening wear for dinner time as well.
What to eat
The restaurant at Lanzerac offers fine dining, and Stellenbosch is known throughout the country as a great 'restaurant town'. Check with the hotel and the listed Stellenbosch Tourism website.
What's happening
Check the events calendar on the listed Stellenbosch Tourism website.
Best buys
Treat yourself to something special at the Lanzerac spa.


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DETROIT - A Macomb County man who was found not-guilty of murdering his parents is now launching a new effort to find the real killer.
Ronald Jabalee Jr. was acquitted of murder charges in 2010 for the deaths of Ronald and Christine Jabalee.
The couple's bodies , bludgeoned and stabbed, were found in their garage in New Baltimore, 40 miles northeast of Detroit, in October 2006. They were 58. Their deaths gained national attention after detectives revealed that months after the initial investigation, a message that read "SSEUIC" was written in Christine Jabalee's blood. The message was found next to the couple's body.
Now, Crime Stoppers says Jabalee Jr. is offering a $10,000 reward of his own money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
--Ron Jabalee Jr.
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linguoboy wrote:sokuban wrote:Vertical Chinese (right to left in a sense) is also probably the worst script for lefthanders.
What makes you say that? Moreover, traditional Chinese is written with a brush, so righties have to keep their hands from resting on the page as well as lefties.
Well yea, about the brush part, but sometimes people write vertically with a pen or something nowadays. (Okay, I'll admit I've never seen it happen with Chinese, but I have seen Japanese do this.)
But Chinese is definitely the worst script for lefthanders. All the strokes are designed for the right hand and are much more uncomfortable with the left hand. Unless you were to change the strokes, but you can only go so far until it becomes unreadable, and it would be difficult to get a good system going.


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Recent News
Posted on: 07 December, 2012
East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.
Asllani's paper titled 'The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument' was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.
Posted on: 07 December, 2012
A political science class from East Central University recently raised $725 and awareness for children's hunger.
Dr. Christine Pappas' Political Science 1113 classes did a service learning project where they purchased 200 orange bracelets that say 'No Child Should Go Hungry' and sold them on campus and at ECU football games.
On Nov. 20, approximately 40 students participated in a 'Day Without Food' and fasted for up to 30 hours to build understanding for hungry children.
ECU Professor Dr. Greenstreet Participates on Two Panels at National Communication Association ConventionPosted on: 30 November, 2012
East Central University Professor of Communication Studies Dr. Robert Greenstreet served on two panels at the annual National Communication Association Convention in Orlando, Fla. In his first panel, Greenstreet joined select representatives from other colleges and universities in discussing efforts to encourage highly apprehensive students in the basic communication courses at ECU. "Since highly apprehensive people avoid communication, it is very difficult for these students to complete the general education speech course required by their major area of study," Greenstreet said.
Posted on: 30 November, 2012
East Central University is going within the family to hire its new director of athletics.
"We received numerous qualified applications from all over," said ECU President John Hargrave. "But at the end of the day we decided that the best person for the job was right here on campus. We are very excited to have found such an outstanding person. He really encompasses everything we were looking for."
Dr. Jeff S. Williams, who has served as chair of ECU's Department of Kinesiology for the past two years, will assume the director of athletics post, beginning Jan. 1, 2013.
Posted on: 30 November, 2012
A scholarship, in memory of Jeremy Harrel, has been established for a Pauls Valley High School senior who plans to attend East Central University.
Harrel, who was an ECU sophomore majoring in business, died in a car wreck on Dec. 6, 2011 and, with the one-year anniversary of his passing approaching, friends, family and the ECU Foundation have established a memorial scholarship in his honor.
Posted on: 29 November, 2012
The East Central University Upward Bound Math/Science Center has received a $297,000 grant renewal from the U.S. Department of Education, it was recently announced.
The grant is designed to help Upward Bound students strengthen their math and science skills and prepare them for postsecondary educational programs that lead to careers in those fields.
The three priorities of the program are to:
Posted on: 27 November, 2012
Five East Central University senior students – Blake Hargrove, Jack Aday, Brandon Arnold, Candace Sweatt and Dinah Boydstun - are showcasing their art exhibits from now until early December at the Pogue Art Gallery inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Posted on: 26 November, 2012
The Fourth Annual Ada Christmas Tour of Homes is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 3, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The festive tour has developed into a community event which ignites the spirit of the season. The historic homes on the tour provide participants with a glimpse into Ada's history, while a newer constructed home, in the Oaks, features custom designs throughout and decorations that incorporate the unique interests of the family members.


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I know there are some people here from Chicago so hopefully they will chime in here if they agree.
This weekend my wife and I took a mini vacation (No Kids!!) to Chicago, where we used to live until about 3 years ago. There is a restaurant called Smoque BBQ in Chicago that I promise you is the closest thing to competition quality BBQ you can get. Definitely the closest in the Midwest and I would put their quality up against anything served in a restaurant in the US. They don't try and have something for everyone they just do barbecue and do it well.
I am not an expert by any means on BBQ but I know great BBQ when I have it and it is the best I have ever had outside of a competition.
If you are in Chicago and want some excellent BBQ you must swing by Smoque BBQ and enjoy a wonderful meal. They are south of the intersection of Irving Park and Pulaski on Pulaski, on the West side of the road.
Felt like I needed to give them a shout out as I am always impressed when I go back.


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A ONE-year-old boy had a lucky escape after he was rescued from a blazing room by his hero dad.
Little Harley Carter-Coates was just metres away from a fire that broke out in his family home in Moat Way, Malvern, while he was sleeping on Thursday night.
Luckily for the youngster his dad David acted quickly after hearing the fire alarms around 9.30pm and snatched his son away from the growing inferno.
Mum Natasha, aged 25, said he was her hero. "He is definitely a hero. It was very scary."
The cause of the fire is thought to be a romantic night gone wrong.
Mr Carter-Coates said he had been trying to create a romantic atmosphere while his wife was in the bath by lighting candles.
But it was one of these candles stood on a computer table, which was knocked over by Harley, who has two older siblings, onto a chair setting it alight and spreading to the curtains and duvet cover.
Mrs Carter-Coates said: "I was in the bath just back from an exercise class. Our youngest son had knocked over a lit candle in our front bedroom. The fire alarms started going off.
"David ran in and he (Harley) was just stood there looking at it.
"The smoke alarms save lives, it doesn't bear thinking about if they hadn't gone off. Two minutes later, so lucky but that's down to David being a hero."
Mr Carter-Coates, a lead station assistant at Foregate Street Station in Worcester, added: "I got Harley out and lobbed the computer chair in the bath and ripped the curtains down and threw them out the window.
"You just go on automatic, you need to save everyone, your family and the house. I just kept thinking I need to get the kids out.
While the family were not seriously hurt Mr Carter-Coates suffered burns to his foot and all three needed treatment for smoke inhalation and were taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The damage to the house was also minimal.
"At least we can replace stuff," said Mr Carter-Coates. "You can't replace your family."
The couple also said they were grateful to their neighbours, who helped them during the emergency.
"We must thank Katrina Adams, Marc Grey and Becky Brown," they added.


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Richmond chief Brendon Gale has backed coach Damien Hardwick to follow through on his undertaking to punish key players for their mediocre performances this season via the selection table.
But Gale has denied any plans to initiate a lengthy in-depth review of the Tigers' football operation and coaching personnel stating that the club's focus must sit on its players.
"At the moment we are in a forensic examination of every aspect of the footy program," said Gale, who admitted Saturday night's performance against Essendon had come as a shock to him. "We are hell bent on understanding why the team is not performing.
"But we are not initiating a full-scale review with a start date and a stop date. If we are required to have a deeper look at something then we will, but we don't believe what is taking place is a coaching issue."
Gale agreed the time had come to make tough decisions on consistent non-performers and fast-track an examination of the character and form of the Tigers' inexperienced players.
"Clearly that's going to be a factor going forward," he said. "It's in the mix to try to find out a lot more about them now than do it this time next year."
With the Tigers staring legitimately at a finish as low as 18th, the 2014 national draft looms as the least compromised in four years.
With Daniel Jackson (soreness) unlikely to line up against North and Shaun Grigg also expected to miss through injury, Bachar Houli remains another out-of-form Tiger under pressure to retain his spot. Anthony Miles is due for promotion and Sam Lloyd could also return to the seniors after being dropped two weeks ago.
Hardwick told 3AW on Sunday: "We're just going to have to find some players who are willing to put up their hand and play the Richmond way because at the moment we're a long way short."
While the club denied it was the first time the coach had done so, Hardwick delivered a blistering rebuke to the Tigers following their effortless performance on Saturday night in front of more than 75,000 at the MCG.
Having eradicated the club's debt and overseen seven-figure profits, the CEO agreed that poor form would eventually effect the business, but refused to link Richmond's dismal year with its ability to bid for more blockbuster games in 2015.
And Gale refused to point the finger at the Tigers' coaching or fitness personnel. He also denied the club's late 2013 off-field disciplinary issues involving Jake King and Dustin Martin had undermined the authority of Hardwick and his coaching panel.
"No I don't. Jake's a great leader of our football club as strange as people might think that sounds," said the frustrated chief executive. "He's very selfless individual and ruthless about his commitment to the team."


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This is just me, but I think tomorrow's Board of Governors meeting will be more critical to the proceedings than today's meeting of 18 hand-picked players and six hand-picked owners (especially since Jeremy Jacobs is one of the owners in the room).
I think there's a chance the governors (i.e. owners in most cases) get it out in the open that they might want to save a season, and that the owners' side might need to budge a bit in order to save them all a ton of revenue they will otherwise lose.
I also think there's a chance the owners are convinced by the hawk-ish leadership to flush the season down the toilet.
As for today's meeting, the NHLPA sent out its roster: Craig Adams, David Backes, Michael Cammalleri, Sidney Crosby, B.J. Crombeen, Mathieu Darche, Shane Doan, Ron Hainsey, Shawn Horcoff, Jamal Mayers, Manny Malhotra, Andy McDonald, Ryan Miller, George Parros, Brad Richards, Martin St. Louis, Jonathan Toews and Kevin Westgarth.
Some smart guys in that group. Or maybe Skidney can whine the owners into a deal.
And as far as James Dolan not being invited for the owners' side (and we all pretty much know that he wants this thing settled), this is what I've heard (and I'm not saying previous reports are false):
If he wanted to be involved, he didn't make that clear or attempt to communicate that to the Lockout Commissioner. That's what I was told. Not that he would have been included anyway. But if he didn't say so, how or why would the league put him on the roster?
Too bad. Would be great so see some moderate owners do some of the negotiating.


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The cannibal, for instance won't ever be a normal individual in society.
I believe that all people can change for the better with rehabilitation and therapy. I don't think anyone has the right to take another mans life, especially not the government.
And I just want to add that I wish that some people were dead.
Which (although this is a hypothetical, for it to be even remotely grounded in reality) he would have to be.
I think it is justified in extreme cases, when there is no doubt that they are guilty. Although "no doubt" has clearly steered us wrong before.
On the topic of comparing it to murder, I kinda think it isn't really the same. I mean, is arresting someone the same as kidnapping them?
I've never heard the euthanasia option put forward before. What's the rationale behind it?
What are you on about?
Kill 10 people
Prison, rehabilitated failed. Person sets free.
Kill another 10 people.
I'm slightly for Death-sentence. Or at least something that puts this horrible person away from doing any further harm.
Kill 77 people.
Prison, rehabilitation failed. Sentence repeated.
Rehabilitation failed. Sentence repeated.
Of course it's not possible to 100% accurately judge this. They use psychiatrists and such. But it works damn well better then sending murderers into the streets because the jury don't want to prosecute someone if they risk the death sentence, if it means getting blood on their hands.
If we are back to the subject,he is not equal individual to all of us.
But,mhm,you made me think.
11) Same as 5
I agree with the point, not those argument for it.
"An eye for an eye makes the world blind."
Exactly, he is not an equal - but he is still human, so he shall be treated as one and given a choice, as is in any human being's rights.
Also,if he isn't equal to us,why he should have the liberties that we have?Having options is also liberty.
Or the two people taking each others eyes out blind
Also, for many people rotting away in prison is much worse than exectuion
He isn't equal, no. But, for reasons already stated, we musn't de-humanize him, or else we are no better than him. Instead, he is still human - and shall be treated as such. Not as an animal, but as an unequal sentient being.
Can anyone actually prove that execution is more expensive than, like, 20 year prison sentence?
You know, I'd rather be aware that my tax money gets paid to an old man as pension, rather than to upkeep a child rapists cell lifelong just because some people think he deserves care.
Prove me that execution is more expensive, and I'd probably change my opinion.
In terms of logistics, the Death Penalty costs much more than a life-in-prison term (Varies, around 25 years.)
The appeals process and the controversy over it has put up costs to the extreme.
The death penalty should be reserved for violent offenders who show no remorse for their actions, and if there is reasonable belief that they would repeat the crime in the future. The goal shouldn't be to rehabilitate these specific individuals, but to remove a danger from the community. They should probably be shot. A bullet is much cheaper than the drugs used to stop the heart, and the appeals process ramps up costs.
Serial murders are always good candidates for the death penalty. However, one time murderers should still go to prison instead of being killed.
With the current appeal process and extreme costs, I am against the death penalty. If it were reasonably reformed, I might change my stance.
The death sentence is a medieval form of punishment, it's 2011, we don't need to murder people for murdering others, it's rather hypocritical in the first place.
It doesn't work as a deterrent either, those that are going to commit crimes are in positions where they either can't think about it (passion) or they're already aware of the consequences(profit/premeditated). I'm sure there are others but these are the only 2 I could think of off the top of my head.
,and if he's sentient,but unequal sentient being,he's not a human.
Besides, you would just kill your dog, would you?
If he/she goes to prison forever (ie no parole chance) is it not almost the same or even worse as executing him?


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Originally Published: May 01, 2013 12:01 AM
Modified: May 03, 2013 10:02 AM
In potential sea change, some family offices are becoming competitors to private equity
By JIM HILL
Jim Hill is the executive chairman of
, chair of the firm's private equity group and an active and practicing member of its corporate and securities practice group. He focuses his active practice on publicly and privately held growth companies in addition to representing mezzanine finance providers and equity participants.
In many years, family offices, which consist of a staff of professionals who manage the assets of one or more families, allocated a portion of those assets to investing in either fund of funds for private equity firms — those firms that would invest in a number of private equity firms under one fund umbrella — or directly in individual private equity firms.
Today, a new situation is evolving. Many large family offices have made the decision that investing in either fund of funds or individual private equity firms is not desirable in that one is investing in blind pools that seldom make any investments from the new funds at the time of the investment.
The thought is why invest in a blind pool, even if the private equity firm has a historically excellent return record, rather than directly investing in companies? To go it alone, larger family offices have been hiring away from private equity firms many of their best managing directors to run direct investments.
Our own firm, very active on a national basis in private equity firm representation both in fund formation and transactional work, has seen a number of managing directors take these new positions despite the fact that they have had very successful careers with their private equity firm.
The optimal execution of such a plan by a family office is to have the infrastructure not only to make the investment directly and work with the target business (be it on a control or non-control basis), but also to have enough assets dedicated to these direct investments to compensate and incent these managing directors.
The alternative to creating this infrastructure, and a circumstance that we are seeing more, is for the family office not to undertake this costly endeavor but rather to make it known to the investing world that it will entertain the approach of fundless sponsors (now known as independent sponsors) who do not have a committed capital fund but do have ongoing deal sourcing abilities and will be looking for two or three funders of their deals. As a result, we've seen many more independent sponsor groups spawned in the past several years and we have introduced some of these groups to those family offices who are receptive.
What can private equity firms do to counter this ongoing trend?
Obviously, historically excellent cash-on-cash returns will cause a family office to think twice about going to the managing director mode. Another structural change we have seen in certain private equity firms that we represent is to change from a committed capital fund to a pledge fund, the difference being that rather than committing the full amount of capital to invest over a five-year period after fund formation, the investor commits a much smaller amount of annual capital and is allowed to choose to invest in each deal presented to it. As such, it is not a blind pool.
We have seen this prove successful for certain private equity firms, including new private equity firms. The vast preponderance of those limited partner investors in the pledge fund commit to each deal as it arises.
So what does this do to private equity firms that have grown up with committed capital raises that are usually blind pools? It creates more bidders for a company where an auction process is taking place, but there are already many, many bidders given the amount of uninvested cash from both strategic and financial bidders.
It also will take some of the investors away from fund of funds or committed capital funds as family offices opt to invest directly.
What remains to be seen is whether these family offices will have the infrastructure and industry expertise to really actively participate in the sellers' market given that many private equity firms are very bench strength strong as experts in certain industries. And remember, many firms have a solid core team of investors who have worked together for many years. That is a large advantage.
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Get ready for a truly wonderful experience this July at the library! We will be growing Painted Lady butterflies and releasing them into the wild on the last week of Summer Reading! At this event, kids will help prepare the caterpillars to begin their life-cycle, all while having tons of fun! Butterflies will be released on Friday, July 26th – the last day of Summer Reading! This program is for kids going into grades 1-6. Registration is required.


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Catlin Arctic Survey 2009
A pioneering scientific expedition to help determine the life span of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover.
On 27 February 2009, Martin was dropped onto the Arctic Ocean at 81°30'00" N, 130°00'00" W along with polar explorers Pen Hadow and Ann Daniels, to measure and document the state of the sea ice cover along their route towards the North Pole. With the sea ice melting rapidly as Summer approached, the decision was made to airlift the team off the Arctic Ocean at 85°35'36" N, 124°59'47" W on 13 May 2009, after 73 days on the ice.
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Pen Hadow, Professor Peter Wadhams and Stephen Catlin comment on the 2009 expedition, its aims and its findings - with footage from various news features
Winter Training on the sea ice around Broughton Island
Martin, Pen Hadow and Ann Daniels test equipment for the Catlin Arctic Survey 2009 expedition in the Canadian High Arctic during the dark Winter.
Getting Dressed in Frozen Clothes
Managing sweat is a serious business when living in an environment that is five times colder than your average freezer. Martin struggles to put on his jacket that has frozen solid and squeeze his frostbitten toes into frozen boots.
Drilling Tests on Little Cornwallis Island
Martin and Pen Hadow test the drilling and science equipment for the Catlin Arctic Survey 2009 with help from some of the local Inuit.
Getting Ready to Sleep in the Arctic
Frozen sweat turns Martin's down sleeping bag into a solid bag of ice crystals as crunchy as a crisp packet. By morning, the ice had melted so Martin was lying in a bag of water.
BBC articles and video clips
Arctic Diary - Explorers' ice quest - 14 May 2009
Emergency Rations in the Arctic - 7 May 2009
Day in the life of Arctic explorer - 4 May 2009
How to prepare an Arctic runway - 30 Apr 2009
The 6,000-calorie Arctic diet - 30 Apr 2009
Getting ready to sleep in the Arctic - 24 Apr 2009
Trying to cook in the Arctic - 26 Mar 2009
Concern as ice cracks around camp - 24 Mar 2009
How to measure Arctic sea ice - 5 Mar 2009
Polar trio due to set off - 1 Mar 2009
Final thoughts before journey begins - 26 Feb 2009
Time Magazine Heroes of the Environment 2009
The Telegraph
Pen Hadow: Snow Patrol and video - 9 Jan 2009
The Guardian
articles, video clips and environment blog
In Pictures - Catlin Arctic Survey comes to an end
In Pictures - Arctic trek to reveal true extent of melting icecaps
Sky News
North Pole Ice set to melt by Summer 2020 - 15 Oct 2009
Al Jazeera
Sir David Frost interviews polar explorers - 24 May 2009
Pen Hadow talks about Arctic expedition - 13 May 2009
The Independent
Replenished ice team head north again - 20 Mar 2009
WWF/CAS2009 send off - Feb 2009
Pen admits Martin's skill at measuring distance - Martin, the human metronome
Pen leaves a message from the 'operating theatre' on the Arctic Ocean, describing the state of Martin's frostbitten toes
Martin describes the food rationing situation
Martin explains how the messages of support people have left for him really help
After a 10-day resupply delay, Martin describes how satisfied the team feels for managing to deliver the science data and images back from the ice rather than opt for an earlier food-drop
TVM from Martin, 21 March 2009
Martin leaves a voice message from the tent on the Arctic Ocean
TVM from Martin, 15 March 2009
Martin leaves a voice message via satellite phone from the Arctic Ocean
Pen describes the snow and light conditions as they progressed across ice pans


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Fox's Gigot Defends Romney Tax Specifics By Inventing Romney Tax Plan
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Fox's Paul Gigot today claimed that Mitt Romney's tax plan was not overly friendly to the wealthy because it would eliminate deductions on the rich. But Gigot's claim is pure speculation, since Romney has said that he will not release specifics as to what deductions would be eliminated under his tax plan before the election.
On ABC's This Week, Fox News host and Wall Street Journal editor Paul Gigot claimed Romney's tax plan was not regressive because it it will "eliminate deductions" on "the well-to-do" and attacked the Tax Policy Center's analysis, which found that his plan would reduce the tax burden on the wealthy and increase it on middle-income taxpayers, as "made on false assumptions."
The Tax Policy Center and FactCheck.org have both found it impossible to concoct a revenue-neutral tax plan based on Romney's desire to dramatically reduce marginal income tax rates without increasing the tax burden on middle-income taxpayers. They have been hindered in their efforts because, as FactCheck.org noted, while Romney has said he will pay for his tax cuts by reducing tax deductions and credits, "he has steadfastly refused to say which tax preferences would be cut or reduced."
Indeed, Gigot himself is forced to base his glowing review of Romney's plan on assumptions, because Romney has released few specifics. The types of deductions Romney has said he wants to reduce have no chance of offsetting the benefits the wealthy receive from his tax plan. The New Yorker noted:
Two things he has stated are that he favors a progressive tax system and that he would mainly target loopholes enjoyed by the rich. But here he runs into some internal contradictions. As his own finances demonstrate, some of the biggest tax benefits enjoyed by the rich come in the form of ultra-low tax rates on investment income--capital gains and dividends--and tax-favored savings accounts: I.R.A.s, Keogh accounts, 401(k) plans, and so on. And these goodies, Romney has no plans to eliminate.
In a June interview, Romney told CBS' Bob Schieffer that more specifics would not be offered during the campaign:
SCHIEFFER: You haven't been bashful about telling us you want to cut taxes. When are you going to tell us where you're going to get the revenue? Which of the deductions are you going to be willing to eliminate? Which of the tax credits are you going to -- when are you going to be able to tell us that?
ROMNEY: Well, we'll go through that process with Congress as to which of all the different deductions and the exemptions --
SCHIEFFER: But do you have an ideas now, like the home mortgage interest deduction, you know, the various ones?
ROMNEY: Well Simpson Bowles went though a process of saying how they would be able to reach a setting where they had actually under their proposal even more revenue, with lower rates. So, mathematically it's been proved to be possible: We can have lower rates, as I propose, that creates more growth, and we can limit deductions and exemptions.
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Chelsea and England's rising star Nathaniel Chalobah is showing why he is so highly rated during his loan spell at Watford.
The 18-year-old this week sat down with the Watford Observer's Frank Smith at the Hornets' London Colney training base to discuss his time at Vicarage Road and the recent reports tipping him to replace Blues legend Frank Lampard at Stamford Bridge.
In part two of our interview with Chalobah, the cultured midfielder talks about Watford's promotion push and Friday's televised game with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.


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Has anyone tried the hyperflex 5/4 wetuit? If so how does is stack up against the major brands.
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Has anyone tried the hyperflex 5/4 wetuit? If so how does is stack up against the major brands.
i've tried it once, then put it back.
i wore a hyperflex 2 winters ago, it holds up decently and is relatively warm. It is worth it since it is so cheep. it lasted me a little longer than one season, but i also took bad care of it. for the money i would say it is worth it
they are well worth the money. i have a 5/4 amp that is going strong, this will be the third winter. i do take care of it, which is always a good idea.
it is warm, super flexy, and so worth the money it's stupid. plus, and this is big, hyperflex is jersey based comapny. support our boys.
I have one but it isnt as good as some other wetsuits i used but i say if you want to save the money and it fits you good then go for it mine kept me pretty warm i just had problems with the flexibility
I have a 1mm hyperflex top and im not a big fan of it. It fits weird- tight in some sports but lose in others. Make sure you try it on. I just assumed I would be a large like all my other rash guards and im paying for it now.
KB4L tried one on in the shop once, got the runs in it and put it back on the shelf. KB4L has a hard time finding suits to fit his unique physique.
I had the AMP 3/2 and most if not all the seam tape fell off. They took care of it quick and sent me the AMP limited 3/2. The tape held strong but it is having problems with the glue around the chest panel and near the zipper. It has all turned a cruddy looking yellow and it flushes a lot of water. I have decided to replace it. I would save your money up for a better suit.


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Aliquippa preparing for Wyomissing's 'new' QB
Mike Zmijanac and the Aliquippa coaching staff are spending plenty of time this week doing their due diligence watching tape of Wyomissing.
But what happens if the Spartans of the vast majority of their first 15 games aren't the same team — offensively, at least — as the one the Quips will face in the PIAA Class AA championship game Saturday?
Wyomissing (15-0) swept through to their sixth District 3 title and first appearance in a PIAA title game mostly on the strength of a strong running game within a Wing-T offense that set a school record for points.
But the Spartans broken open a tie game in the PIAA semifinals largely due to the arm of Corey Unger.
Unger was a record-setting passer who compiled more than 4,000 passing yards during his freshman through junior seasons at Fleetwood High School. He transferred to Wyomissing last school year but was ruled ineligible after Fleetwood alleged he transferred with athletic intent.
The one-year clock on Unger's ineligibility expired Dec. 1 — just in time for the PIAA playoffs.
"He's been with us all year, and he's going to play in college. He's a good quarterback," longtime Wyomissing coach Bob Wolfrum said. "It's tough to change after 13 weeks when you keep winning ... but we've been getting him ready to go, and he definitely adds another dimension to what we can show and do."
Adding an experienced quarterback like Unger to a team that already features Notre Dame recruit Alex Anzalone figures to make Wyomissing that much more dangerous when Aliquippa faces the Spartans at noon Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium.
"They were 13-0 without him," Quips coach Mike Zmijanac said. "That tells you something."
Also undefeated and outscoring opponents, 746-85, Aliquippa is after its third PIAA title. The 15-time WPIAL champion Quips (15-0) are in the PIAA championship game for the fifth time but first since 2003.
That arguably the premier Class AA program in the state had gone nine years between trips to Hershey serves only to underscore how difficult it is to advance to a PIAA title game.
"When you do this long enough, you recognize just how special this is," Zmijanac said.
No need to tell that to Wolfrum, who has been involved in coaching for 41 years — the past 26 as the head coach at Wyomissing — and has never coached in a PIAA championship game.
Wolfrum's teams have averaged nine victories per season, and he is a 10-time Berks Football League coach of the year.
With Unger eligible, Wyomissing is able to move all-conference receiver Joe Cacchione back to his given position. It also could open up more room for Anzalone, who has 1,404 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns in addition to being one of the top linebacker recruits in the country.
Anzalone is a captain for a team that projects to field an all-senior starting lineup.
Aliquippa's strongest class is its juniors, among whom are running backs Dravon Henry and Terry Swanson. Seniors such as quarterback Malik Shegog and lineman Devon Walker also have provided leadership.
"I'm so pleased with their character and with the way they represent themselves and the way they approach playing the game," Zmijanac said. "They have fun and they laugh — but they work hard. ... They know how to wear the uniform.
"(Getting to the PIAA championship) is the goal when you started in May. Most of the time, you don't reach that goal — but every once in a while, you do."
Chris Adamski is a freelance writer.


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Will UK retail investors be able to spot a bargain when they see one? In the US, Vanguard has made a business model out of keeping costs low and charging investors less. Now it has brought this model across the Atlantic, launching a range of index tracking funds with fees or total expense ratios that significantly undercut equivalent products currently available.
This is to say, these are passive products that are a lot cheaper than other passive products. If the products do what they claim to, the only difference between them should be the price, so a rational consumer would always choose the lowest price option.
But can we rely on rational consumers?
Recent research by fund ratings agency Morningstar into global fund markets found just one place where investors pay attention to the cost of investment products: Taiwan.


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Top 10 EJB Interview Question and Answer asked in Java J2EE Interviews
EJB Interview Question and Answer
6 comments :
- Turbo said...
"What are the different types of EJB?"
Entity Beans are deprecated, and are replaced by Java Persistence API.
- March 8, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Java Tutorial said...
Agreed, JPA has completely redefined EJB
Java Tutorial
- March 9, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Saumya said...
EJB 2.0 was heavy and cumbersome and responsible for all bad reputation of EJB but EJB 3.0 has again put EJB in fore front, surprised to see no interview question from EJB 3.0. If you like to explore interview question, here are few questions to think:
1)Why do you implement business logic in EJB rather than in Stored Procedure in Database ?
2) What is difference in EJB 2.0 and EJB 3.0 ?
3) Why does EJB can not run on Tomcat or Jetty?
4) Can you create Thread from EJB ?
5) Does method overloading is possible in EJB?
6) What are Singleton EJB Beans from EJB 3.1 ?
7) Does EJB 3.0 support Dependency Injection ?
8) What are common annotation used in EJB 3.0 ?
9) How to do you make a method part of EJB life-cycle using EJB Annotation?
10) How do you call EJB from Servlet or JSP
Guys take a look and share your version of answers of these EJB questions.
do well in Interviews
- April 24, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Suraj said...
Can any one please share some EJB 3.0 Interview questions asked on Capegemini or tech mahindra or CTS TCS etc. Do I also expect normal EJB question like difference between CMP and BMP in EJB etc ?
- October 1, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- Pavlin Zahariev said...
just to note that in the answer of question 8 there stands: ...ACID property(atomicity ,consistency,integrity,durability)...
But ACID should instead read - Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable.
- September 4, 2013 at 7:40 AM
- Mr.prawin 4u darling said...
just to note that in the answer of question 8 there stands: ...ACID property(atomicity ,consistency,integrity,durability)...
But ACID should instead read - Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable.
Read more: http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2012/03/top-10-ejb-interview-question-and.html#ixzz2jC793BTm
- October 30, 2013 at 2:03 AM


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LA PORTE, Texas - A female teacher at La Porte High School has been put on paid administrative leave after allegations of criminal behavior.
La Porte Independent School District officials would not identify the teacher nor elaborate on the nature of the allegations beyond saying that they were serious. The district did confirm that the investigation stemmed from an incident that occurred earlier this month between the teacher in question and a former La Porte High School student.
The district added that incident did not occur on school grounds and is now in the hands of the La Porte Police Department, which has also not yet provided details. The teacher was put on leave on Jan. 10.
"It's a concern," Alicia Escobar said after picking up her 10th-grade son from school. "I don't like the fact that there's stuff like that that goes on, but I'm glad that they're addressing it."
La Porte ISD issued a statement today that read in part:
"On the basis of the preliminary findings of the investigator, bringing into question the good judgment of the employee, the employee was placed on administrative leave with pay while the investigation is completed."
A La Porte ISD representative added that in addition to cooperating with police, the district has hired an independent lawyer who will serve as a third-party investigator.
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I've been busy the last couple of days working on my talk on London Cemeteries for the 3rd Unlocking The Past Genealogy Cruise and happened to come across this website with access to the original burial registers for this large cemetery. I was unaware of this website, perhaps you are too?
The website tells us that ……..
The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium has been open since 1856 and there are over 150 years of heritage recorded in the Cemetery Burial and Cremation Registers. There are 88 Registers, weighing around 25kg each, with over 300 pages of recorded interments / cremations per register. Approximately 600,000 people have been interred here and with the remains of over 30 London Church yards also placed on the site, the figure is approaching 1 million.
The scans of the registers aren't indexed, but can be browsed page by page as we used to in pre-internet days.
What makes this cemetery interesting is that an Act of Parliament in 1860 allowed for the demolition of many unused City of London Churches and the land on which they stood reused. The churchyards of these churches were emptied and the remains of those buried there were re-interred in this cemetery. The cemetery also contains inhumations from London Churches destroyed during the blitz. There is a list of the churches affected on the Wikipedia website which also give a good description of cemetery.


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I'm currently on Chapter 4 and learning about turtles. After telling you how to import the turtle module and create your turtle, as well as give it a color and pen size, the book asks you to modify a sample program to ask a user for input and to set a few parameters (screen background color, turtle color, turtle pen size) based on that input.
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import turtle
wcolor = input('Please enter a window color')
wn = turtle.Screen()
wn.bgcolor(wcolor) # use input to set bg color
tesscolor = input('Please enter a color for your turtle')
tesspensize = int(input('Please enter a pen size for your turtle'))
tess = turtle.Turtle()
tess.color(tesscolor) # use input to set tess' color
tess.pensize(tesspensize) # use input to set tess' pen size
wn.exitonclick() # wait for a user click on the canvas
Here's the error message I get:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Python33/Test1.py", line 5, in <module>
wn.bgcolor(wcolor) # use input to set bg color
File "C:\Python33\lib\turtle.py", line 1229, in bgcolor
color = self._colorstr(args)
File "C:\Python33\lib\turtle.py", line 1150, in _colorstr
raise TurtleGraphicsError("bad color string: %s" % str(color))
turtle.TurtleGraphicsError: bad color string: red
If I type
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I tried converting the input statement to a string (even though I'm fairly sure input defaults to being a string) with
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wcolor = str(input('Please enter a window color'))
I'm just quite confused and frustrated by what should seemingly be incredibly simple.
Am I missing something small or do I need to make bigger changes in order to get this to work right? The book makes it seem like a simple matter and thus far has treated me like I know absolutely nothing about programming (which is basically true) so I would think if it wasn't this simple it would provide some kind of additional hint.....
Anywho, thanks for taking the time to look at this. This is my first post so I'm sorry if I did anything annoying!


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MALVERN mayor Julian Roskams will be taking to the saddle on Bank Holiday Monday for a challenging 100-mile cycle ride.
THE Mayor of Malvern's Mad Cycling Event will see cllr Roskams joined by council colleagues, staff and friends for the ride.
The event will raise funds for Malvern Special Families, the mayoral charity, to encourage children and young people with disabilities to develop in a safe environment.
The team will be starting out from Victoria Park in Malvern Link at about 8.30am and aim to go twice around a 50-mile circuit, taking in Ledbury, Eastnor and West Malvern.
Cllr Roskams said: "We're hoping for dry weather, but not too hot, because it will be quite a challenge."
The Malvern Splash leisure pool is sponsoring the challenge by providing tee-shirts.
To contribute, visit justgiving.com/MAYORS-CHARITYRIDE.


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If you have savings to put in the bank, there may be an upside to the gloom hanging over financial markets.
Banks have rarely, if ever, been as keen to get hold of your spare cash as they are today. And this means they are prepared to pay over the odds for deposits.
Mark Bouris: Term deposits and the RBA
We've forgotten a few things about the RBA when it comes to savings accounts.
It's a trend that gets largely overlooked in the monthly excitement about interest rates - which focuses overwhelmingly on the one-third of households with mortgages, who have not received the full value of recent Reserve Bank cuts.
Savers, on the other hand, have experienced the opposite effect. Despite official interest rates dropping to 3.5 per cent, one-year term deposits of $25,000 can still earn up to 5.3 per cent in interest.
The banks aren't being generous for the sake of it - they need the deposits to fund their lending. So why are the banks chasing savers' cash so keenly?
Before the global financial crisis, deposits were less important to banks because they obtained much more of their funds from borrowing on global markets.
Now, however, these markets are far less comfortable about lending to banks, even safe ones such as Australia's.
Overseas lenders to Australia's banks are demanding much higher interest rates, and this has sent the banks chasing domestic savings instead.
In the three years before the GFC, banks could secure term deposits for about 175 basis points less than the cost of borrowing on wholesale markets.
Now, however, term deposits have become far more expensive for the banks because they are having to pay households more for their savings.
It hasn't always been like this.
Before the global financial crisis, interest rates on term deposits and savings accounts were lower than the cash rate, because the banks didn't need to pay any more to entice people to bank with them.
In a win for savers, interest rates on term deposits are now significantly higher than the cash rate.
But the war for deposits is also squeezing the profit margins of the big banks, prompting them to recoup more from their customers with mortgages.


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SYLLABICATION: dol·drums
PRONUNCIATION: dldrmz, dôl-, dl-
PLURAL NOUN: (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1a. A period of stagnation or slump. b. A period of depression or unhappy listlessness. 2a. A region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls. b. The weather conditions characteristic of these regions of the ocean.
ETYMOLOGY: From obsolete doldrum, dullard, alteration (influenced by tantrum) of Middle English dold, past participle of dullen, to dull, from dul, dull. See dull.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
I like it best in plural. no one can have just one! and we're not talking Horse Latitudes....