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Fachbereich Mathematik
- 1995 (35) (entfernen)
- Preprint (25)
- Wissenschaftlicher Artikel (10)
- Englisch (35) (entfernen)
- Boltzmann Equation (3)
- Numerical Simulation (3)
- Hysteresis (2)
- Boundary Value Problems (1)
- Evolution Equations (1)
- Fatigue (1)
- Hybrid Codes (1)
- Non-linear wavelet thresholding (1)
- Palm distributions (1)
- An Overview of the Method of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (1995)
- This report is intended to provide an introduction to the method of SmoothedParticle Hydrodynamics or SPH. SPH is a very versatile, fully Lagrangian, particle based code for solving fluid dynamical problems. Many technical aspects of the method are explained which can then be employed to extend the application of SPH to new problems.
- A Model for the Cloudiness of Fabrics (1995)
- Cloudy inhomogenities in artificial fabrics are graded by a fast method which is based on a Laplacian pyramid decomposition of the fabric image. This band-pass representation takes into account the scale character of the cloudiness. A quality measure of the entire cloudiness is obtained as a weighted mean over the variances of all scales.
- Locally Supported Kernels for Spherical Spline Interpolation (1995)
- By the use of locally supported basis functions for spherical spline interpolation the applicability of this approximation method is spread out since the resulting interpolation matrix is sparse and thus efficient solvers can be used. In this paper we study locally supported kernels in detail. Investigations on the Legendre coefficients allow a characterization of the underlying Hilbert space structure. We show now spherical spline interpolation with polynomial precision can be managed with locally supported kernels, thus giving the possibility to combine approximation techniques based on spherical harmonic expansions with those based on locally supported kernels.
- On a New Condition for Strictly Positive Definite Functions on Spheres (1995)
- Recently, Xu and Cheney (1992) have proved that if all the Legendre coefficients of a zonal function defined on a sphere are positive then the function is strictly positive definite. It will be shown in this paper, that even if finitely many of the Legendre coefficients are zero, the strict positive definiteness can be assured. The results are based on approximation properties of singular integrals, and provide also a completely different proof of the results ofXu and Cheney.
- Learning and Replication of Periodic Signals in Neural-Like Networks (1995)
- The paper describes the concepts and background theory for the analysis of a neural-like network for learning and replication of periodic signals containing a finite number of distinct frequency components. The approach is based on the combination of ideas from dynamic neural networks and systems and control theory where concepts of dynamics, adaptive control and tracking of specified time signals are fundamental. The proposed procedure is a two stage process consisting of a learning phase when the network is driven by the required signal followed by a replication phase where the network operates in an autonomous feedback mode whilst continuing to generate the required signal to a desired acccuracy for a specified time. The analysis draws on currently available control theory and, in particular, on concepts from model reference adaptive control.
- The Solution of Linear Inverse Problems in Satellite Geodesy by Means of Spherical Spline Approximation (1995)
- In this paper we consider a certain class of geodetic linear inverse problems LambdaF=G in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space setting to obtain a bounded generalized inverse operator Lambda. For a numerical realization we assume G to be given at a finite number of discrete points to which we employ a spherical spline interpolation method adapted to the Hilbertspaces. By applying Lambda to the obtained spline interpolant we get an approximation of the solution F. Finally our main task is to show some properties of the approximated solution and to prove convergence results if the data set increases.
- Periodic Signals in Neural-Like Networks - an Averaging Analysis (1995)
- The paper describes the concepts and background theory of the analysis of a neural-like network for the learning and replication of periodic signals containing a finite number of distinct frequency components. The approach is based on a two stage process consisting of a learning phase when the network is driven by the required signal followed by a replication phase where the network operates in an autonomous feedback mode whilst continuing to generate the required signal to a desired accuracy for a specified time. The analysis focusses on stability properties of a model reference adaptive control based learning scheme via the averaging method. The averaging analysis provides fast adaptive algorithms with proven convergence properties.


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5. AIG's Audacity Thank you Bob Benmosche. From the bottom of our hearts, thank and God bless you. Why, you are probably wondering, are we heaping such a generous dose of gratitude upon AIG's ( AIG) CEO? Certainly it's not because he demanded it during a megalomaniacal rant in Monday's New York Magazine. To be honest, that article gave us more of a sense of agita than appreciation. No, it's because Bob made our Dumbest legwork so much easier this week. Seriously, it's not easy finding these pearls of witlessness week-in week-out, so it's a major relief when a gem like this falls into our proverbial lap. Speaking from his villa on the banks of the Adriatic, Benmosche bemoaned the lack of gratefulness from Uncle Sam for repaying with interest the more than $182 billion in taxpayer funds used to bail out the failed insurer during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. (Well, to be precise, AIG has paid back the Fed in full, but not yet the Treasury which still owns about 15% of the company. But it's close, so let's not further upset the bearded Benmosche by splitting facial hairs.) "Neither of them have ever said 'Thank you?' We have done all the right things. Somebody should say, 'By golly, those AIG people made a promise and they are living up to a promise!' We're left with a major part of the economy in America; they're going to make a profit on top of everything else they've got," said Benmosche from his Croatian castle, adding with a flourish, "God bless America. And God bless AIG. And God bless Tiny Tim." Yes fellow citizens. You read correctly. The guy that pocketed $14 million in 2011 to help clean up the toxic mortgage bond mess created by folks that pocketed $165 million in bonuses for creating said mess wants us all to thank him. Oh man, that's just audacious Bob. We acknowledge you did a stellar job in helping raise that Titanic of a company. But let's not go overboard and equate your savvy financial engineering with some kind of national heroism. In case you may have forgotten, you are Bob Benmosche, not Ben Freaking Franklin. They say chutzpah is best characterized by a person who murders his parents and then pleads for the court's mercy on the grounds of being an orphan. Well, in case we needed one, Benmosche's plea for gratitude has given us another very fine definition for the term. We suppose we can thank him for that as well.
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A protest was held Tuesday outside a West Virginia high school because of the way a teenage student with Asperger's Syndrome, or high functioning autism, was disciplined.
The mother of the 15-year old boy e-mailed KOLN's sister station, WTAP in Parkersburg, West Virginia, saying he was disciplined recently with posterboard put in front of his desk that says "Bad Kid Fort".
Outraged, his mother complained and met with the principal, the teacher and special education director.
The teacher no longer teaches the boy, but PHS Principal Pam Goots Tuesday declined to discuss the teacher's status further, citing personnel issues.
Still, the family posted the story on Facebook, and Tuesday a protest was held in front of the school, some calling for the teacher to be fired.
"Our goal here is to help him out and make sure this does not happen to another child again."
We spoke with PHS Principal Pam Gootz, who says the teacher in question is a good teacher, who showed poor judgment.
She says the district is requesting extra help in how to teach children with Asperger's.
"I sent an e-mail to (Wood County School Superintendent Dr. Patrick Law) yesterday, and I asked him to perhaps look into some training for the staff, Goots said Tuesday morning. "I think as the times change, and we have a lot of different personalities and diagnoses in the classroom, we really need to educate our staff."


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Flying monkeys and winged goats: Photos that make you question reality
Updated 30th June 2015
Flying monkeys and winged goats: Photos that make you question reality
Written by
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for CNN
There's only one way to start an interview with
Joan Fontcuberta
. Why, I ask him, should I believe a word he says?
"I like that question," says the pre-eminent Spanish conceptual artist, when we meet in the café at
London's Science Museum
"I believe that doubting is the first step to rational knowledge. Not doubting implies submission, which is dangerous."
If truth be told, there are more reasons to doubt Fontcuberta than anyone else.
Joan Fontcuberta, artist Credit: Joan Fontcuberta in a photo safari
After all, this is the man who has pranked, dodged and bamboozled his way to the top of the art world.
Fake files
In 1987, in an exhibition called Fauna, he pretended that he had stumbled across the hidden archives of a German zoologist called Dr Peter Ameisenhaufen, which contained samples of animals previously unknown to science.
Ten years later, he convinced the world that a Russian cosmonaut had been lost in space in 1967, and the disappearance covered up.
The hoax fooled Spanish TV, which reported it as fact before realizing that the cosmonaut's name, Ivan Istochnikov, was a Russian translation of the artist's own name.
And at the age of 59, the diminutive, bearded Fontcuberta has lost none of his enthusiasm for "playing with conceptions of authority".
Last month he pretended to "curate" an exhibition in Paris called the Trepat Collection, which mixed genuine photographs from the Forties and Fifties with his own pastiche, passing it all off as a single archive.
From now to November, the Science Museum -- that bastion of empiricism -- is hosting a major retrospective exhibition of Fontcuberta's work, entitled
Stranger than Fiction
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It starts with taxidermy, including a squirrel with a snake's tail and a winged goat; moves on to photographs of "constellations" that are actually specks of dust on a car windscreen; and ends with pictures of the artist himself performing "miracles", such as levitation, in the garb of a Christian monk.
The exhibition is visually arresting, subversively humorous, and infernally clever. It is also deeply unsettling.
So what is it about Fontcuberta that makes him so intent on fooling the world?
Explosive moment
"When I was 13, I was experimenting in chemistry and I blew up my hand," he says, sipping espresso.
"I was interested in testing things, and was building rockets with gunpowder. Pyrotechnical stuff. It was wonderful, very effective. But one Sunday my parents were away traveling, and I was alone with my cousin.
"And I blew up my hand.
"Psychologically, this was very strong. It changed my whole life. I started hiding my hand so people didn't see my problem, which produced very complex human relationships. Life became about multiple truths."
Because of his damaged hand, he continues, he was excluded from military service, giving him "time to play with photography".
As he couldn't handle the camera quickly, photojournalism was out. So he became a "meditative photographic artist".
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He shows me the stump of his left index finger. I am skeptical.
He has told other journalists that he lost his finger while building a "homemade bomb".
Is he taking me for a ride -- or them? (Or has this interview made me paranoid?)
"Well, you could consider it a bomb," he says.
"Half and half. I used to make explosive artifacts and throw them out of the window. I also did underwater explosives with sodium. I made miniature submarines and ships, and blew them up with mines."
The world of Joan Fontcuberta is strange indeed.
Propaganda machine
Bombs and rockets aside, it was the political climate in which he came of age that informed Fontcuberta's career.
Prior to 1975, Franco ruled Spain as a dictatorship.
The climate of repression and the ubiquity of propaganda in Fontcuberta's childhood led him to a preoccupation with challenging authority in all its forms.
"Franco is no longer the enemy, but to me he was just one particular historical manifestation of authoritarianism," he says.
"I struggle against every type of authority, in religion, science, politics, and art. I don't believe in hierarchies."
Read: Surprise designs behind the Iron Curtain
Does that make him a Socialist? "I am a bizarre combination of socialism with anarchy thrown in," he says.
"But I'm also a pragmatist. I recognize that a representative democracy is necessary. But it has risks, and we must keep paying attention to the system. That's why I call myself an anarchist. I'm trying to fix the problems of authoritarianism that might occur in a representative democracy."
An irreverent eye
He illustrates this by citing photography. Documentary photojournalism, he says, is valuable as an "eye in the distance", showing people things to which they otherwise would never be exposed.
His role is that of the "oculist", ensuring that the eye remains accurate by questioning the veracity of what it shows us.
Religion is a favorite target.
Although he was brought up a Catholic, as a teenager he experimented with Zen and other alternative religions, before becoming a committed agnostic.
"The reason I often joke about religious belief is that it brings us to dogma, and to me dogma is stupidity," he says.
"I don't agree with faith. I think we should keep a questioning mind."
So what next for Fontcuberta? "I have lots of ideas and not enough time," he says.
"People often get angry with me, and accuse me of being a liar. But I never lie. I just create ambiguities and encourage people to question things."
He sighs, and drains his coffee. "My mother is always warning me that one day I will finish in jail. But I have more trust in humanity than that."
Joan Fontcuberta: Stranger than Fiction
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Jesus looks at her and perhaps he smiles as he asks her for a drink of water. She has a container; he does not. The woman is stunned. Jesus—a Jew and a man—has broken through the social wall that divides them. He does not address those walls. He ignores them. Instead, he challenges her by telling her that she should be asking him for water, more perfect water—living water.
The people of Jesus' time saw that water was granted or withheld by Yahweh in accord with the behavior of his people. If they are faithful, water comes. If they are not, there is a drought. The association between water and the salvation-event is an obvious one. It is through the water of the Red Sea that the People of God are led to freedom. Jesus is the rock from whose side water gushes. He is the living water that satisfies eternally. Water in the Church has particular meaning and dignity because it is integral to the celebration of Baptism. When those who will be baptized enter the water and emerge, we remember their burial with Christ and the resurrection. It is by the water of Baptism that we are freed from sin.
All this—and more—is found in this short dialogue shared with a Samaritan woman.
The Gospel continues and we learn that Jesus tells the woman the sad story of her own life—all of it. It doesn't surprise us that she suspects that Jesus might be the Christ and runs to town to tell others.
Today's liturgy is uniquely directed toward the catechumens. This is the first of the three times during Lent that the Church prays the scrutinies and surely, as the catechumens hear the Gospel, they remember their own faith journey.
We learned that the Samaritans begin to believe because of the story the woman told them but the line that leaps out could come from any of the catechumens: "We no longer believe because of your word; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the savior of the world." Through family or friends or in some other way they learned about Christ and his Church and discovered over time that they wanted to learn more. In the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, they have discovered that they no longer believe because of what others tell them but because they have met Christ themselves.
During this Lenten time we travel with the catechumens and we are invited to do the same self-searching. Today we recall that ultimately, our faith is within ourselves.


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The spiral main stairway is leading up to the beletage; its steps are made of massive stone and the banisters are handmade by a skilled locksmith - reminiscent of old times. Here, the master suite and three more bedrooms with dressing rooms and bathrooms each are located. The entire floor has classy fishbone oakwood parquet floors. The 75 m² large master suite includes a spacious bedroom, a dressing room and an adjacent bathroom. The bathroom features Italian, finely processed marble and premium furnishings. The exquisite fittings are perfectly matching the grand washstands and the tasteful bathtub. The shower may be entered from two sides; it is room-high lined with large size stones. A centrally placed shower on an exclusive ship floor and a freestanding tub are converting the approx. 30 m² large room into a real bathing oasis.
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Danny Granger: Hello.
Robb (NY): Danny,Congrats... Indiana got a steal. How do you feel playing with Artest and Steph Jackson? They share your position.
SportsNation Danny Granger: I feel really good about my position. I think I slipped far in the draft, but I'm grateful for going to a great winning team in Indiana. I hope to contribute to the organization in any way that I can.
Marc: Congrats Danny. What will be the hardest part of entering the NBA?
SportsNation Danny Granger: Adjusting to the physicality of the NBA and the travel schedule. It's definitely a different type of lifestyle.
Indian Fan: Danny do you feel like your stong outside shooting is just what Indiana needs to get them to the next level?
SportsNation Danny Granger: Definitely, I think my shooting willl help the team, along with my defensive capabilities. And, I'm a senior, so I think my experience will help me a lot.
YooB: Danny, do you believe you would be able to fill the absence of Reggie?
SportsNation Danny Granger: I think it's hard to immediately fill the role of such a Hall of Fame player like Reggie Miller, but I think that with a lot of hard work and the continued development of my skills, I will try to do what he did.
Lennie (Grand Rapids, MI): Danny, does becoming a Pacer automatically make you start hating the Pistons! :-)
SportsNation Danny Granger: No. I think it's a respectful rivalry. I'm excited to compete in it!
Dustin from Kentucky: Hey Danny, how would you describe your game to fans here in the East who probably didn't get to see you play as often on TV?
SportsNation Danny Granger: I'm a very versatile player, I can play 2-3 positions, I'm a capable defender and I'll do anything to help my team win.
Stewart: Danny, there have been several players going to the draft from smaller schools. Anything to say about New Mexico?
SportsNation Danny Granger: I think New Mexico was a great place to place. We didn't get as much media exposure as teams in the East but we have a good program and I highly advise anyone to go check it out. Sean May is here!
SportsNation Danny Granger: Thanks for all of your support, I look forward to being an Indiana Pacer!


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ANAHEIM – Shopping and cricket went hand-in-hand at Angel Stadium on Sunday as the Irvine Premier League finished its two-month season while a bazaar went on beside the field.
The event was held in the parking lot with more than twenty vendor booths, food and the cricket match.
The match between the Barranca Bulls and the Turtle Rock Titans was the final match for the season in the Irvine-based league.
Twelve teams started the tournament that was put on by the nonprofit Irvine Pakistani Parents Association. The event was a fundraiser for the Irvine Public Schools Foundation.
"Most of us chose Irvine because of the schools," said Anila Ali, who founded the IPPA in 2009.
"And we felt we needed to give something back."
The tournament, in its second year, employed a taped ball that significantly shortened the length of the games.


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Acquired in a trade - this is a stunning example of Loetz marmoriertes glass in malachite green. I had a miniature in my collection, but I was looking for a full-sized vase to add to the group, and this one delivers with a wallop!
A layer of white opal glass, marbled with green fiber bundles is collected over a colorless layer. Decorated with large gold-plated enameled details and applied cabachons resembling moonstone and garnets (see third photo), and accents of gold decorator's ink radiate downward. The base photo (photo 2) shows a large ground and finely polished pontil. The last photo shows both pieces now in my collection. The smaller of the two also has a polished pontil in which the number 3849 is written in gold ink.
The name Malachit is determined according to the data in the Loetz factory inventory. The cited date of origin (1880) is not reliable, as according to contemporary reports, the Loetz company began to manufacture glass resembling semi-precious stones just before the year 1888. Green Malachitglas is mentioned in 1893 in connection with the World's Fair in Chicago. This fact suggests that the origin of Malachit is later than 1880. The forms of these vases are similar to those shown in Ricke, Band II, ca. 1890.
Source: Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Band 1 (Werkmonographie) by Helmut Ricke, published by Prestel


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Hey, Peck.
I know you've explained it before, but it was a long time ago and on the IS forum, so I'm looking for a refresher. What is your long, sad tale for not liking Donnie Walsh? What moments made you anti-DW? I know about the Brad Miller stuff, I know you loved Dale Davis and initially hated JO, but I also remember you explaining a couple years back that it was a lot more than that.
Can you tell us all what all it's been that has caused you to "hate" Donnie Walsh?


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Melvin praises Donaldson's consistency after slow start
OAKLAND -- Josh Donaldson had just three hits in his first 25 at-bats this season, a slow start that has quickly been trumped by a consistent offensive effort.
Oakland's third baseman notched his second four-hit game of the season on Tuesday night, and he entered Wednesday's matinee with the Rangers batting .315, thanks to a 30-for-80 (.375) showing over his last 22 games.
In that time, Donaldson posted 10 doubles, three home runs and 17 RBIs, along with 13 walks to up his on-base percentage to .387. Last year, through 75 games with the A's, it was .289.
"He's been nothing short of terrific," said manager Bob Melvin. "Really, other than maybe the first week of the season when he started out a bit slow, he's been as consistent of a guy as we've had.
"He's also playing great defense. He's having a heck of a year and really making a name for himself as a big-time everyday third baseman. Granted, you have to continue that through the course of the season, but he's been as consistent as anyone has we had."
Donaldson's 14 doubles -- he had 16 all of last season -- are tied for third in the American League, and he also ranks fifth in extra-base hits with 20. He tallied two doubles Tuesday, his first a routine hit to center field that he aggressively stretched into a two-bagger.
"You know he's always going to err on the side of aggression," Melvin said. "He's a competitor, and it shows up on plays like that. He really wants to take the extra base and get into scoring position."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Buenaventura: Falling Gold Prices Claim Another Victim
Shares of Compania de Minas Buenaventura (BVN) have plunged today after the Peruvian gold miner announced that everything that could go wrong last quarter did, in fact, go wrong.
Reuters explains:
Top Peruvian precious metal miner Buenaventura reported an 88 percent drop in second-quarter net income on lower prices and production...
Production from mines the company owns directly fell 65 percent, while sales were down 18 percent because of lower prices for gold, silver and copper.
Silver output was lower than expected, in part because of a 10-day strike at Buenaventura's Uchucchacua mine. Gold production from Yanacocha, a mine the company owns a 43.65 percent stake in, fell 25 percent.
JPMorgan analyst John Bridges, however, is still optimistic:
Little went right for BVN this quarter. There were strikes at Uchucchacua and Julcani, metal prices were lower and this led to negative concentrate adjustments. There was a heap leach inventory adjustment at Yanacocha. Income from BVN's other major associate Cerro Verde was also lower on copper prices and production. Yet BVN continues to generate free cashflows, is optimistic it can still achieve its gold and silver production guidance for 2013 and pays dividends. The company's Rio Seco initiative to upgrade silver concentrates should be commissioned in Q3 as should its world scale hydro power project that should significantly lower operating costs. The market will be disappointed with this result but we'd be buyers of the stock on severe weakness.
Buenaventura's not the only gold miner that could have a tough time paying a dividend. Barrick Gold (ABX), for one, has also been the subject of speculation in regard to its payout.
Buenaventura's stock has dropped 3% to $13.86 today at $11.41, compared to the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) 2% fall. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) has dropped 1.4% to $126.35.


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Our mission is to prevent suffering, neglect, abuse and cruelty to animals through community awareness and education, promoting responsible pet ownership and ending the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals in Pawnee County, Kansas. Since 2005, we have helped over 2,000 lost, stray, dumped, or relinquished animals to find loving homes.
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YORK golf ace Simon Dyson started the business round of the Nordea Masters in Sweden in contention for his seventh European Tour crown.
Though Dyson had to settle for a level-par 72 at the Sweden National PGA course yesterday he was still just three shots shy of the lead going into today's third round.
The world number 147 yesterday birdied the first and third holes, but his next breaking of a run of pars yielded three bogeys on holes four, nine and ten.
However, his final birdie of the day on the 11th got him back to level pegging.
Sharing the lead at the midpoint on six-under were Victor Dubuisson of France, Spain's Alvaro Quiros and Eddie Pepperell of England.
l Pike Hills GC defied a deluge to prevail in the York Union of Golf Clubs' junior championship.
Union officials reduced the competition at Kirkbymoorside GC to nine holes due to the adverse weather and Pike Hills' youngsters triumphed with an aggregate of 54 points from the three best scores. They will now represent the York Union at the Inter-District Union event at Willow Valley on July 13, bidding to qualify from there for the England finals at Woodhall Spa in August.
Runners-up on count-back at Kirkbymoorside were Scarthingwell, ahead of The Oaks GC, who both totalled 50 points.
Meanwhile, the time was right for a York golfer after his hole-in-one during a club competition and was rewarded with a limited-edition Boss watch as recognition for the achievement.
Ten-handicapper Gary Wilkins, 54, scored his ace on the 174-yard, par-three sixth at Sandburn Hall GC, in Flaxton, in a midweek stableford.
Fulford GC's member Paul Harrison won the annual St Leonard's Hospice tournament on his home course with 42 stableford points, a point ahead of Matt Kelly.
It was the 34th annual event at Fulford and the tournament has now raised £240,000 for the Hospice.


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Verona, Wis. [June 12, 2012] – As part of the organization's ongoing commitment to shared research, the National Mastitis Council (NMC) recently launched a Facebook page to accompany its continuing social media outreach on LinkedIn and Twitter. These social media outlets offer an online portal for researchers and producers to share information on milk quality and industry insights.
The NMC pages provide a variety of useful information to followers including management tips and industry updates that correspond with NMC's goal of improved milk quality. Posts and discussions include management information on proper milking protocols and herd management as well as timely information for NMC members regarding upcoming events and ongoing milk quality research.
"NMC's social networking efforts offer our members – and anyone interested in milk quality – great forums for networking," says Sheila Andrew, NMC president. "NMC is built on the international exchange of information relating to mastitis control and milk quality. The global reach of the NMC Facebook and Twitter pages will help us to further build that knowledge base of diverse expertise by providing another medium for us to discuss milk quality."
Join the discussion by following NMC on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/NationalMastitisCouncil, Twitter at www.twitter.com/QualityMilk or on LinkedIn by searching for National Mastitis Council. For more information on NMC, visit www.NMConline.org.
The National Mastitis Council (NMC) is a not-for-profit professional organization devoted to reducing mastitis and enhancing milk quality. NMC promotes research and provides information to the dairy industry on udder health, milking management, milk quality and milk safety. Founded in 1961, NMC now has close to 1,500 members in more than 40 countries throughout the world.


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Topic: My dad's progress
My dad's confusion and break through pain have subsided and now he just mostly sleeps. He doesn't have an appetite for anything except cold oranges and ice cream, so that's what he gets. He can still get up to go to the bathroom but urine output has decreased significantly. He said he is just worn out, but he is peaceful. He is very jaundice and will not receive a stent exchange. I just pray that he doesn't have any other pain or new symptoms.


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Happy Easter from all of us at Vermont Woods Studios!
I thought I'd share a few scenes from Vermont's pastoral landscape this Spring. We've got all the signs of Easter:
Lambs at The Billings Farm
Crocuses at the Vermont Wildflower Farm
One week old baby horses at Malhana Farm.
bunnies, chicks… you name it (thanks to 123rf.com/freeimages for this photo)
And of course, many local churches (this one is St Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Brattleboro) where you can participate in the all of the religious traditions and spirituality of Easter.
Maybe you should jump in the car right now and buzz up to Vermont for Easter? Our Inn owners have a cozy place for you to take respite.
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Kaiser, Leonhard (d. 1527)
In the older accounts Leonhard Kaiser is called an Anabaptist martyr. But this was an error. The steadfastness of the martyr made a deep impression on the bystanders. The judge who pronounced the death sentence was so moved that he soon resigned his position. His assistant, Leonhard Mittermaier, emigrated to Moravia and joined the Hutterian Brethren. The Hutterite chronicle states that he reported the execution to them and apparently took Kaiser to be an Anabaptist. It is very likely that he did not know the difference, since the charge was presented in Latin, and Kaiser answered in German; it is also strange that the chronicles of the Moravian Hutterites record only the outward events, and do not discuss his faith.
Two Anabaptists died later as martyrs in Schärding: in 1529 Virgil Plattner, who had also been a priest, and in 1571 Wolf Binder.
As the heirs of his considerable estate Kaiser named his brothers and the schoolmaster Ulrich. The latter he admonished to continue to teach the boys; but if he could not stay there because of tyranny, then one of his relatives should take him and his boys to some place where "the Word of God is preached pure" (Roth, p. 27). Only four days after this execution Ferdinand I issued his first mandate against Zwinglians and Anabaptists for his Austrian hereditary lands, which threatened severe penalties for all who deviated from the Roman church on any point. Therefore schoolmaster Ulrich probably had occasion to leave the country with a relative and his charges.
A Dutch family tradition has it that the descendants of Leonhard Kaiser fled to Holland, and called themselves Keyser there.
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 25.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 47 f.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 420-422. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 104, 451.
Leeb, F. Leonhard Käser, Ein Beitrag zum bayrischen Reformations Geschichte. Münster, 1929.
Roth, F. Leonhard Kaiser, ein evangelischer Märtyrer aus den Innviertel. Halle: Niemeyer, 1900.
Wiedemann, T. Dr. Johann Eck. Regensburg, 1865.
Winter, V. A. Geschichte der Schicksale der evangelischen Lehre in und durch Baiem. München, 1809.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 42.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 58.
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With the Houston Dynamo set to finish the 2013 regular season home schedule, the club has announced its Fan Appreciation Week, with events leading to the home finale on Sunday, Oct. 20 against the New York Red Bulls at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Fan Appreciation Week includes a special autograph session at the adidas Dynamo team store inside BBVA Compass Stadium, a viewing party for the United States vs. Panama World Cup Qualifying match, the final Soccer Night Out of 2013, presented by Statoil, Fútbol Fiesta, presented by Texas Children's Health Plan, and a "Wear your Orange Friday" capped of by a happy hour near BBVA Compass Stadium.
Fan Appreciation Week begins on Monday, Oct. 14 with an autograph session by Dynamo players Giles Barnes, Servando Carrasco, Tally Hall and Jason Johnson from 5-7 p.m. at the adidas Dynamo team store inside BBVA Compass Stadium (2200 Texas Ave., Houston). The first ten fans to spend $100 or more will receive two tickets to the Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls game on Sunday, Oct. 20 at BBVA Compass Stadium. In addition, the Dynamo Girls and Houston's 2011 and 2012 Eastern Conference championship trophies will be in attendance.
On Tuesday, Saint Dane's Bar & Grille (502 Elgin Street, Houston, 77006) will host an official viewing party for the United States vs. Panama CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying match. The game will kick off at 8:30 p.m. CT and the viewing party will include a variety of food and drink specials. In addition, Dynamo Girls and mascot Dynamo Diesel will be in attendance to take pictures with fans. Tuesday's match is the final game in the U.S. national team's CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying schedule and a rematch of the 2013 Gold Cup final, a 1-0 victory for the United States.
On Wednesday, the Dynamo and Statoil host their second Soccer Night Out of the year from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Katy Park (24927 Morton Road, Katy, TX, 77493). Dynamo forward Giles Barnes and defender Corey Ashe will sign autographs at the event, designed to bring local communities together for free soccer-related games and activities. The Dynamo Girls will also be in attendance. The event will include pick-up soccer games, music, face-painting, mobile gaming unit, balloon artists, and a raffle for Dynamo prizes.
Fan Appreciation Week continues on Thursday when the Dynamo and Texas Children's Health Plan host Fútbol Fiesta from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Northline Park (6902 Nordling Rd., Houston, 77076). This free event is open to the community. The first 50 children in attendance will receive a free pair of tickets to the Oct. 20 Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls game, courtesy of Texas Children's Health Plan.
Dynamo forward Will Bruin and midfielder Warren Creavalle will be in attendance to interact with fans and sign autographs. Fútbol Fiesta will include pick-up soccer games, inflatable soccer field, music, face painting, balloon artists, and a raffle for Dynamo prizes. Staff from Texas Children's Health Plan's community outreach, maternal child, and disease management programs will be available to provide wellness, nutrition, safety, and CHIP and Medicaid information. The Dynamo Girls and Dynamo Diesel will also attend the event.
To conclude Fan Appreciation Week, on Friday, October 18 the Dynamo will hold "Wear your Orange Friday", encouraging fans all over Houston to show their orange pride two days before the team's final regular season home game. The Dynamo will host a happy hour party from 5-7 p.m. at Lucky's Pub (801 St. Emmanuel St., Houston), on the doorstep of BBVA Compass Stadium. The party will include the Dynamo Girls and Dynamo giveaways.


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Thursday night I told the family to forget the pumpkin pie, it is time to shop Black Friday deals. While most of my family gave me weird looks, some of them piled into the car in the name of research.
First stop was Target (TGT). We hit the discounter at 7 p.m., well before the 9pm planned opening. By 7:30, close to 150 bargain-crazed consumers were lined up. Last year it struck me when I interviewed consumers that many had no idea what they were lining up for. This year seems to be no different. The first person in line at Target who pitched a tent at 8 a.m. on Turkey Day told me she was looking to "beat others to the best bargains." Surely this woman was intent on nabbing a must-have product that is while supplies last? Nope. She had no idea of the must-haves. But she was confident she would find toy bargains. Many other consumers told me the same story, although scoring the $35 Aero bed was a common theme.
So, how savvy are consumers? The answer is that it depends. Last year I was surprised when I asked Wal-Mart (WMT) consumers if they knew the original prices on the items they were holding in two-hour lines. Nope. They did not know (with the exception of video games).
The exception this year seems to be Best Buy (BBY) as consumers were lined up for the must-have large-screen TV for $180. The problem is that there were 150 people in line by 8 p.m. for the midnight opening, and "supplies are limited." When I questioned the crowd about the possibility of it being out of stock, they told me they were "hopeful." Even the last guy in line was "hopefull." I think the No. 150 guy will be disappointed. When I asked about Plan B I was told a laptop was under $200. Of course I asked what the original price was. Answer: not sure, but it has to be more than $200.
Important retail lesson here. Discount headlines matter. Also, early openings matter. Retail is all about perception, not necessarily reality. That is why Wal-Mart will win share this Black Friday and why JC Penney (JCP) is getting back in the promotional game (finally, after refusing to realize promos matter). Advertising dollars also matter and the early bird gets the worm (WMT opens at 8 a.m. vs. TGT 9 p.m. and JCP at 6 a.m. Friday). For Best Buy, headline deals matter, but watch out for disappointed consumers who are late to the lineup.
Then there are the consumers looking to game the system. I spoke with one bargain hunter who hid his must-have consumer electronics items at the bottom of the towel bin on Tuesday. His theory was that he can come back late Black Friday after crowds have subsided, dig them up and get his deal. After all, it worked for him last year.


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Prospect Correa happy with first spring as pro
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Davenport, Iowa, is a long way from Puerto Rico, but that appears to be where 2012 No. 1 overall Draft pick Carlos Correa will begin the season with the Astros' Class A team in Quad Cities.
The 18-year-old Correa, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base as starting shortstop for the Astros in their 6-2 loss to the Mets on Wednesday night, said the Minor League roster assignments were posted earlier in the day, but he didn't see them because he was traveling with the big club.
"I think I'm going to Quad Cities, Iowa, and I'm pretty excited about being there and doing my best," he said.
Correa joined fellow top prospects Jonathan Singleton, George Springer and Delino DeShields Jr. in traveling with the Astros so manager Bo Porter could give some of his regulars the day off.
"Being here and playing with the big league club is an amazing experience, and you're here with the big league manager and all that you learned, all that you worked for, you try to show it here," he said. "It's pretty fun."
Correa said his first spring in professional baseball went well, and he focused on improvement in all facets of his game.
"Spring was really good," he said. "So far, there's new coaches, so they have been helping us a lot and they know a lot. I'm very excited about starting the season this year. We've prepared ourselves really good this spring, so we're really excited."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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If you are walking along the beach at MacKerricher, north of Lake Cleone, you might notice the seasonal fence with signs posted warning people to keep their distance.
The seasonal fence was put up earlier this month by State Park Interpreter Fred Andrews and volunteers to keep visitors at least 150 feet away from the seal rookery during the harbor seal birthing season.
The volunteers then sit in shifts of two hours during weekends and holidays, through fair or blustery weather, to monitor the rookery and educate the public.
"We do this in springtime, when harbor seal pups are born," Andrews said. "One of the harbor seals' favorite places to give birth is the seal rookery at MacKerricher between April and early June."
Harbor seal moms can be easily scared off the rocks and abandon their pups. No other seal moms will adopt an abandoned pup and the infant seal could then starve to death.
During birthing season, no dogs or horses are allowed on the beach near the rookery, because the animals could easily scare off the seals.
This year Andrews plans to extend the protection by keeping the fence up until after Labor Day Weekend.
Anyone who is interested in seeing a baby harbor seal should seek out the volunteers, as they know where each one is and can point them out.
The best area to view the harbor seal pups is on the bluffs where the seal monitoring volunteers sit.
Currently, Andrews has about 15 volunteers, but he says he is always looking for more.
This Saturday, April 6, from 1 to 4 p.m., he will host a volunteer orientation and training at the MacKerricher Park Office for anyone who wishes to become a volunteer. Andrews says people need to be prepared to work at least one two-hour shift a month.
For information, call Andrews at 961-0471.
Stranded pup
"If you see a baby seal by itself, you should report it to a park employee or call The Marine Mammal Center.You should not pick it up," advised Andrews.
He mentioned there have been good-intentioned people in the past who pick up the seal pups and take them to park staff.
"The mom is out getting fish, swimming around, getting fortified, so that she can nurse the pup," he said. "The mom will come back. But, if the mom comes back and the seal pup is gone, that's it. The pup will then have to go to The Marine Mammal Center and they will have to try to raise it."


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Photo Gallery: Anne Hepfer's House
Get decorating ideas from popular Toronto designer Anne Hepfer. The New York native fell in love with this 1933 Georgian, formerly owned by Prime Minister John Turner. Pictures of her living room, dining area, kitchen, library and bedroom reveal her knack for mixing colours, eras and unique finds and furniture. See a classic, plantation-style cottage by Anne Hepfer Designs in our July 2009 issue and more of Anne Hepfer's home in our January 2008 issue.
A mirrored coffee table and silver lamps add a glamorous decorating touch to this fresh-yet-traditional space.
Setting symmetrically placed love seats, lamps and built-in bookcases around the fireplace underlines the Georgian architecture of the home.
This classic decor features a sofa upholstered in the palest pink and a pair of skirted slipper chairs, inspired by American designer Billy Baldwin.
A stunning mirrored screen and coffee table add polish, while a warm seagrass rug pulls all the elements together for a pretty, ultra-chic room.
A vintage-looking chandelier and chairs add timeless style to this space.
The round dining table encourages conversation.
For larger dinner parties, Hepfer squeezes in as many chairs
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of intimacy.
A built-in shelf featuring blue-and-white chinoiserie vases adds classic style to this room.
Lacquered cabinets add depth and dimension to the kitchen, where Hepfer's twins, Jack and Charlie, enjoy breakfast.
Boldly hued grass-cloth wallpaper, comfortable seating and rich patterns invite homeowners and guests to curl up with a good book.
"Every layer adds a dimension," says Hepfer. In her library, seagrass walls are layered with an antique suzani that she picked up in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar.
Create an old-world atmosphere with patterned bedding, ambient lighting, matching side tables and art in mirrored frames.
A ceiling mounted canopy — made of the same fabric as the bed skirt — adds height and dramatic flair to her elegant bedroom.
A patterned sofa, antique wall sconces and framed art create a soothing bedroom area for putting on (or kicking off) ones' shoes.
Hepfer shops around the world — from Asia to Europe to eBay, where she purchased these original 1850s English fern prints.


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Signs point to Puig staying in center field
SAN FRANCISCO -- One game into the Yasiel Puig center fielder experiment, and 104 games into the season, the Dodgers think they're onto something.
"Last night was a good sign in a lot of ways," said general manager Ned Colletti. "We had been talking about it for a while. We sat down with Yasiel -- Donnie [Mattingly] and myself and [coaches] Lo Bundy and Davey Lopes -- and explained the differences between the corners and the middle. We talked about his concentration. How long he'll be out there, I don't know."
With Puig in center, Matt Kemp returns to his original spot in right field and Carl Crawford is in left with Andre Ethier on the bench.
"I think it's the best combination for the guys we have now," said Mattingly. "There's a little more stability in center instead of a platoon if this works out. Andre can play center, right and left. Carl's in left and Scott [Van Slyke] can play the corners or give Adrian [Gonzalez] a day at first. It's kind of the best right now."
Colletti gave no indication that he's close to, or even interested in, trading any of his veteran outfielders, only that he has and will listen to other clubs when they call.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Initially, during the trekking activity, you will be driven from Manali through Rohtang Pass and Lahaul Valley before arriving at Batal. Then, you enjoy the trek to Chandratal, a high altitude glacial lake that is perched at 4300m. It is named so because of the half-moon shape and is ringed with mountains and many shepherd camps making for a divine sight.
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Some tips of web designing-Avoid creating menu on the left-hand side of a website.Headlines are rated more important than the rest of the web page by search engines.very page should contain the "title" and "description" tags with good keywords to describe the page content.
Would you please explain the reason behind not using left-hand side menu?
I'm not sure why we shouldn't create menus on the left-side. Most people (who read from left to right) notice first the things presented on top and left. It's an advantage to put the important stuff there.
I agree with you. Website should serve main content first to user and search engine. Search engine spider goes from top, left, body, right, and bottom. If you avoid left side navigation, then crawler find main content just after header and user find main content first. Headline, page title and meta description are very important for user and search engine. Creatively crafted title and description increase page CTR in SERP (search engine result page)
What is wrong with having the menu on the left side? Even SitePoint uses a menu on the left side!
Nothing is wrong with having the menu on the left side but following good practices is an another thing.
Equally, following standard conventions is a good thing. Most websites have navigation either along the top or down the left. That means that that is where people will look for it and expect to find it. If you've got it anywhere else, this may confuse them and make it harder for them to navigate your site and find the information they want.
Hi all,
Keep in mind that you need to create website for humans ... not for search-engines.Most of the people (in Belgium) expect a menu on the leftside or a topmenu.If you only look for the best SEO-option, then you shoukd use a menu on the bottom of your website.
You can still use a left-menu, and put the code for that left-menu at the bottom of your source-code with a css-file that describes that the leftmenu should be on the leftside (float: left)
Kind Regards,Johan Santamaria
Here i am giving you the points to make a good website design
also keep in mind the size of web page. People do not like to visit websites that take too much time to load.
If you use your content on the left side they crawlers read your content first instead of your menu. Content is the most important part of a website so it will be crawled first by the Google bots. Therefore menu on right side a better according to search engine optimization.
Some more good tips which are very necessary as per the current trend in the market for web designing :
Make Responsive web designQuality content with imagesIncorporate social mediaDesign big call to action buttonsMake use of flat colorsMaintain consistency in design
Great reviews. A website is necessary for online business marketing. Website design is the first thing to take care of while creating a professional website. Web design services plays very crucial part for any type of business and it becomes essential for the business owners that they make their online presence with their business website. Definitely there are several tips for best web design services that are :
Navigation buttons and bars are easy to understand and useGood use of graphic elements (photos, subheads, pull quotes) to break up large areas of textGraphics and backgrounds use browser-safe colorsAvoid Sleazy ElementsGood Use of ColourUser-friendlinessPut your phone number on your homepageProvide user friendly content Don't have too much textLinks are underlined so they are instantly clear to the visitorAdd an about us page
I think mostly menus are on left-hand side. I don't understand why you suggest not to do this. If you are saying that you, one should be different from others, then there will be some logic of your suggestion.
Headlines are rated more important than the rest of the web page by search engines.
Why is that?Keyword density is more important in page.
Google search also in title and description.
Important components for web designing...Use color strategicallyGet rid of all needless components Decrease the number of webpages Get more content above the flip Restrict your shade scheme


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The following pages describe the structure and content of a laboratory report in psychology.
Running Head, Title, Author, and Institutional Affiliation
These appear on the first page of the report in the stated order, one below the other. Use capital and lower case letters. The running head appears at the top of the page and the rest appear centered on the page. In selecting a title, it is a good idea to mention both the independent and the dependent variables - e.g., "The Effect of Food Deprivation on Activity in the Rat," or "Attitudes and Memory for Pro-Versus Anti-Attitudinal Statements." The Running head is a shortened title of no more than 50 characters including punctuation and spaces between words. The Running head is printed in all caps (the heading Running head is not capitalized) and is left-justified at the top of each page of the document.
The second page contains a summary (usually between 150-250 words) of the content and purpose of the article. It should include statements of the problem, method, results, and conclusions. It should be accurate, concise, and coherent. Remember that the Running head appears left-justified at the top of each page, page numbers are right-justified.
The introduction starts on a new page. The Running head is left-justified at the top of the page and the title (it should match the title on the title page) is double-spaced, centered, before the beginning of the text. The introduction should begin with a brief history of the problem (Obtainable from any source, including textbooks, lecture notes, journals, etc.) and it should clarify why the problem is interesting or important. In other words, the introduction serves as the justification for the current research project.
After the history, the hypothesis (or hypotheses) is presented and explained. The hypothesis is a statement of the kinds of results which are expected.
This section describes in detail how the study was done. It is divided into three subsections (labeled as below). Each section is written in complete sentences.
Participants (actual subheading)
Describe in a sentence or two the number of participants and the population from which they were drawn; e.g., "Participants were pets brought to class by undergraduate students enrolled in introductory psychology at Lycoming College."
Materials and Procedure (actual subheading)
This section gives a complete description of the apparatus or materials employed. Clear operational definitions of all variables should be provided. If published measures or instruments are used, all psychometric properties should be reported.
Procedure (actual subheading)
This is a complete step-by-step description of the exact way the experiment was performed, including a summary of the instructions. A good rule for the entire Method section is to write it so exactly the same study could be repeated by someone unfamiliar with the situation.
In this section, present the results together with a brief summary of your statistical treatment of them.
"...It was hypothesized that...Figure 1 shows the expected findings which pertain to this hypothesis. It can be seen that the mean for the kangaroos (52.5 cm) was greater than the mean for the armadillos (48.2 cm). The difference was statistically significant, t(48) = 2.22, p > .05 ..."
This section must be limited to facts. Do not discuss the implications of the results in this section. For example, it would be appropriate to say, "The kangaroos jumped further than the armadillos." It would not be appropriate to say, "This suggests that kangaroos are cantankerous whereas armadillos are uppity."
Begin with a clear statement of how the data support or fail to support the original hypothesis. Examine, interpret, qualify, and draw inferences from the data. Discuss theoretical consequences and the validity of your conclusions. Relate your findings to previous research. Discuss limitations of the current study and propose areas for future research.
List in alphabetical order all sources which you have cited in your paper. Do not list sources you have not cited in your paper. There are several forms for references:
Elzey, F. (1967). A first reader in statistics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Singer, J., & Whaley, F. (Eds.). (1966). Patterns of psychological research. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Mason, W. A. (1967). Motivational aspects of social responsiveness in young chimpanzees. In H. W. Stevenson, E. H. Hess, & H. L. Rheingold (Eds.), Early behavior: Comparative and developmental approaches (pp. 103-126). New York, NY: Wiley.
Klein, D. B. (1932). Scientific understanding in psychology. Psychological Review, 32, 552-569.
Lamb, M. E. (1987). Predictive implications of individual differences in attachment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 817-824.
Although some older articles do not have a digital object identifiers (doi; sometimes located in the running head or in the author notes of the article itself, but also listed in the reference citation found through a database such as PsycINFO), most articles do:
Olson, K. R., & Dweck, C. S. (2009). Social cognitive development: A new look. Child Development Perspectives, 3(1), 60-65. doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00078.x
If the article is retrieved through a specific online source, you must also provide the URL for the source. You need not provide the retrieval date unless the information obtained changes over time (e.g., Wikipedia).
One change from previous editions of the APA manual is with respect to the number of authors. If a reference has up to seven authors, all authors' names should be spelled out in the reference list. If a reference has more than seven authors, the reference listing is different:
Ge, X., Natsuaki, N. M., Martin, D. M., Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S.,…Reiss, D. (2008). Bridging the divide: Openness in adoption and postadoption psychosocial adjustment among birth and adoptive parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 22(4), 529-540. doi:10.1037/a0012817
Secondary sources may be used if and only if the library does not have access to the book or journal (either electronically, in print, or through interlibrary loan) from which you cited information. List the secondary source in the reference list; in the text, name the original work and give a citation for the secondary source:
In text:
Mills and Rothbart's study (as cited in Mitchell, 1993)
In reference list:
Mitchell, P. C. (1993). From boys to men: Examining relations between early externalizing problems and later antisocial behavior.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 123-234.
Often you must use information obtained from online abstracts (this is usually the case with Dissertation Abstracts because they are very hard to obtain through interlibrary loan). If this is the case, then you must cite the source of the abstract as well:
Bismo, P.V. (1973). Behavior of pink elephants. Journal of Motor Behavior, 97, 407-426. Abstract retrieved from PsycINFO database.
Note: Only the first word of either book titles or article titles begin with a capital letter. Also, book titles, and volume numbers should be italicized. Present form dictates that journal names (e.g., Psychological Review) are spelled out and all major words are capitalized. See the Publication Manual or the Reference sections of any recent journals published by the American Psychological Association for specific examples.
Avoid using footnotes if at all possible. If you must comment about the paper in general, indent the first word and use complete sentences. If you must comment on some specific aspect, label that with a raised number and refer to it by the same number in this section. Footnotes are on a separate page. e.g.,
Despite my explicit instructions, my roommate typed the Results and Discussion sections in reverse order. There wasn't time to retype the paper.
1The distance one kangaroo jumped may not have been typical because its tail got caught in a desk just as it left the ground.
Tables must be mentioned in the text, but are not placed in the text (e.g., There was an interaction between jumping distance and gender for kangaroos (see Table 1).). The actual tables belong after References and Footnotes (if present). Be sure to accurately label tables, capitalizing first letters of major words. e.g.
Table 1
Distance Data
(remainder of table)
Figures must be mentioned in the text, but are not placed in the text. The actual figures belong after the Table section (if present). Type each figure caption under the figure, on the same page. Only the first word and any proper names in the Figure Caption are capitalized. Be sure to label the coordinates of all figures.
Figure 1. A clear, brief description of the figure.
Note: Only one table or figure should be placed on a single page.
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Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols is determined to live up to the 10-year, $240-million contract he signed two offseasons ago, and if he doesn't, he says he will not allow his contract and poor production to become an albatross for the Angels.
"God has given me ability and talent, but the day I feel like I can't compete any more on this level, I'm not going to embarrass myself," Pujols told the Los Angeles Times after he hit two home runs Saturday against the Texas Rangers.
"I'm going to walk off. Whether that's next year, two years from now, only God knows."
Pujols' is still a productive hitter – .285 with 30 home runs and 105 RBI last season – but those strong numbers are the third season that Pujols has seen his average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage all drop in each of the last three years.
However, it is entirely unlikely that Pujols will just walk away from the game whenever he becomes an average player making upward of $20 million a season.
First, money is money, and no matter how much a player might have in the bank, turning down whatever will remain of that $240 million is virtually impossible. And second, the players' union would have a fit if Pujols attempted to set such a precedent, so don't count on it.


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These in-depth papers present policy analysis and research on topics relating to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs. The subjects they address have direct policy relevance to current and future legislation.
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- Summaries of technically complex research with implications for policies governing the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs; and
- Original analysis that presents concise data or facts that are relevant to existing or proposed OASDI or SSI policies.
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The RRC comprises three multidisciplinary research centers funded through cooperative agreements with the Social Security Administration. The three centers located at Boston College, the University of Michigan, and the National Bureau of Economic Research provide research and policy analysis to inform decisionmakers and the public about issues critical to the Social Security program.
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SSA's quarterly research journal, the Social Security Bulletin, is known for its comprehensive coverage of issues relating to Social Security. Articles focus on the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs, the income of the aged, private pension coverage, the poverty status of various groups (such as women and children), reform of Social Security, and other timely subjects. The Perspectives section presents refereed contributions by outside scholars on similar issues.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - TrayVonn Wright led North Dakota State with 19 points and the Bison survived a defensive battle to beat Western Illinois 55-43 Monday night in the semifinals of the Summit League tournament.
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text: GW, Catholic reign supreme By Dave Hickman June 4, 2012 Story Share George Washington and Charleston Catholic have been nothing if not consistent in recent years where their athletic programs are concerned. Thus, it should be of little surprise that those two Charleston schools once again finished on top of the Gazette's annual all-sports standings.Point Pleasant? Well, the Big Blacks' forte has not been consistency during the 16 years in which the Gazette Excellence in Sports Awards (GEISA) have been tallied. But in the school's final year in Class AA, it struck gold.Point Pleasant emerged as a razor-thin winner in a three-school battle for first place in Class AA, edging Shady Spring and Ritchie County for its first-ever all-sports championship. George Washington in Class AAA and Charleston Catholic in Class A were runaway winners.The standings, compiled by the Gazette since the 1996-97 school year, are based on a system that awards points (8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) to the top eight finishers in each of the 19 sports sanctioned by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission.George Washington and Charleston Catholic each have a streak of all-sports wins going. For the Patriots, this year's title is the third in a row and by the widest margin yet. After edging Jefferson by two points in 2009-10 and Wheeling Park by five points last year, GW won by a rather comfortable 111/2 points, 621/2-51, over runner-up Morgantown this year.Charleston Catholic's streak is even more impressive. The Irish won for the fourth year in a row and the eighth time in 16 years, this time by 18 points, 641/2-461/2, over Williamstown.But in Class AA, which always seems to be tighter than the other two divisions, the margin was a mere half point. Point Pleasant finished with 381/2 - the final margin coming when the Big Blacks made it to the state baseball tournament - just ahead of Shady Spring's 38 points. Ritchie County was third with 361/10 points.Beginning Wednesday, the Gazette will take a closer look at each of the divisions and the champions, but here is a capsule of each race during the just-completed athletic year.Class AAA George Washington just keeps on churning out athletic success in the big schools division. In addition to winning the GEISA title for the third year in a row, it is the Patriots' sixth top-two finish in the last seven years.As was the case a year ago, GW scored in 10 of the 19 sports, but this year dominated the boys sports. The Patriots won soccer and swimming titles and finished second in football, basketball and tennis, all from the boys. Along with a tie for third in golf, that gave GW 421/2 points in boys sports, which would have been a half point out of second place in the overall standings.Morgantown, which had six top-five finishes in a row between 2002 and 2007, had not been a contender of late, finishing 20th, 17th and eighth the last three years. But four girls state championships (cross country, soccer, swimming and track) pushed the Mohigans to their second runner-up spot ever (2005 was the other).Finishing third with 43 points was the smallest Class AAA school according to the enrollment figures used to draw the current class lines. But when the new four-year classification cycle begins next year, Bridgeport will be back down in Class AA, where the Indians won four GEISA titles and had a second-place finish in the five years prior to moving up a class.Class AA Point Pleasant has occasionally been a player in the GEISA standings, but more often an also-ran. The Big Blacks finished third in another air-tight race behind Winfield and Berkeley Springs in 2007-08 and had eighth-place finishes the year before and after that. But otherwise Point has never finished in the Top 10. Since moving up from Class AAA in 2002-03, the Big Blacks' average GEISA finish was 16th. That changed this year with a strong performance in the 10 boys sports. Point won the wrestling state title for the third year in a row, but this time added runner-up finishes in football and track and the semifinal appearance in the baseball tournament. The Big Blacks also had top-eight finishes by reaching the boys basketball tournament and the regional soccer finals.Throw in a fifth-place finish in cheerleading and seventh in girls track and that was a half point better than Ritchie County, which didn't score in many sports but scored big in those. The Rebels, fourth in the GEISA standings each of the last two years, won championships in golf and boys track and finished second in volleyball and softball, accounting for 30 of their 38 points.Shady Spring, which made a dramatic rise from 12th place last year, won no titles, but had top-four finishes in football and golf on the boys side and cross country, soccer and softball for girls. Shady scored in 10 sports, more than any other Class AA school, to finish less than 21/2 points out of first.Both Point Pleasant and Shady Spring picked the right time to contend. Both move up to Class AAA in the fall. Point is the fifth different winner in the division in the last five years, following Winfield, Ravenswood, Grafton and Oak Hill.Class ATwo things are fairly notable about Charleston Catholic's fourth straight GEISA title: the margin and the runner-up. By any other measure, the 18-point margin is a landslide. In Class AA, the composite margin for the last four winners is less than 10 points. But it's also a photo finish compared to the last two years. The Irish won by 432/3 points last year and by 489/10 points the year before, each time more than doubling the point total of the runner-up.As for that runner-up, for only the fourth time in 16 years the top two were not both private schools. Williamstown is the only non-Catholic school ever to finish in the top two in Class A and this year did it for the fourth time. The Yellow Jackets were also runners-up in 2003, 2004 and 2010. In fact, since moving down from Class AA in 2002-03, Williamstown has finished second or third every year.Still, Charleston Catholic's win this year was impressive. The Irish won five state championships (soccer, golf, basketball and tennis on the boys side and tennis for girls) and had enough points in boys sports alone (481/2) to win the all-sports title.Wheeling Central, which is one GEISA title behind Charleston Catholic (8-7) in the 16-year history of the ratings, finished fourth, behind St. Marys. While in the other classes the contenders tend to fluctuate, this is the fourth straight year those four schools have finished in the top four.Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or email@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1 Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 5 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' Herd lands ex-BC safeties Previous Story Let the good times roll Next Story


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08-03-2011 #31chriscool Guest
Wow ! so cool , can't wait !
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Here is another update from DemonHades on JFW-DH and PSN, roughly translated: demonhades.org/foro/viewtopic.php?t=4946&f=297
The JFW DH abandons any attempt to access the PSN
Good friends hell, I write this news to announce that the team JFW DH we have decided to shelve the attempt to access the PSN.
The reasons are very simple...
- We're not going to be fighting with Sony to access your network.
- We're not going to waste time looking for ways to circumvent the security of PSN and can use in the JFW DH and improve performance.
- In the team we agree that we set aside the psn and focus on your own custom.
- So after pondering well we decided it best, and that having the power of Thégra we plan to create a system similar to xlink but for JFW embeded using an internal system, so you could play on LAN PCs.
The DH JFW was thought as a platform for development and growth to thank the Community DH and international communications that we provide support, so this would create internal network for both communities.
Be aware that we can not have everything in a custom, sony monitors your network ... and we will not be in a constant battle with them.
The video was published entering the Store from Sony was just a sign that without the latest version could skip version checks.. NOTHING MORE!
That then the devs want and how to make plugins to skip these checks perfect, but it is not our priority.
1saludo and if you seek is the PSN online... in the DH JFW not you will have, if you find another custom that I invite you to bring myself to heap up... and although it leaves a 36x sony cfw to the days Capara you... so you begin to reason, or one thing or another.
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Video: Evolution of OpenPStore for PS3 JFW DH Custom Firmware
Following up on their previous progress, today Spanish PlayStation 3 developer DemonHades has posted an update alongside a video from Conadote of OpenPStore for the upcoming PS3 JFW-DH Custom Firmware.
While OpenPStore will offer PlayStation 3 homebrew applications and file downloads, they have confirmed it will not be a replacement for Sony's PlayStation Store on PSN.
Below is the video, and to quote roughly translated: The OpenPStore now concluded, to loud applause and the_marioga blipi the initial project, a special greeting to demonhades and their entire community, sorry for the quality did not have much time and I shook his hand lol. Still missing the pkg on the server.
Fellow demons, opened this thread to get official comment on developments and answer questions focused on OpenPStore.
Above you can see the video created by matercrack, one of the devs involved in the development of the app created exclusively for JFW.
The state of development is 90%, in the absence of the inclusion of some details in the menus and upload content to the server.
Developers involved:
- blipi
- the_marioga
- matercrack
- dantehades
This application is exclusively for developers involved, before publishing it elsewhere you will have to ask permission from these devs.
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08-14-2011 #34elser1 Guest
THATS PRETTY KOOL.. thanks for all the effort!! i'm hoping this will be a good alternative to psn online gaming.. i just hope they don't allow there cheat thingy.. LOL
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Video: RNA: Real Network Access Fade Effect for PS3 JFW DH CFW
As a follow-up to the OpenPStore news, Spanish PlayStation 3 developer blipi has shared an update on RNA - Real Network Access for PS3 JFW DH Custom Firmware and a video of RNA v0.0.1 Fade Effect in action this weekend.
To quote, roughly translated: INFORMATION
As you can see in the picture this will be the design (for lack of making a decent logo) to RNA. Also if you can observe the list of functions that will bring its first version:
- Add your friends see your profile, avatar and information. Browse through their trophies and compare with yours.
- Updates trophies for other friends to see. In later versions will add support for social networks can post your trophies on sites like facebook and twitter. Maybe when I get Thegra be able to update facebook and trophies at the same time to win.
- Do not come in the first version, but it will be the meeting point. Create rooms and join them will be just some of the options available there.
- Send and receive messages from your friends. In future it will be possible to send messages inviting rooms in the network.
Quick Menu:
By simply pressing <- -> (arrow), the menu will change law offering:
- Your profile
- Friends List
- Posts
- Menu
- Accept suggestions
There will also be an options menu where, among other things, you can choose the background color to taste full and unrestricted (limited range of RGB, which should not be a problem).
You can see an outline of the functions in (updated regularly): http://www.mindomo.com/es/mindmap/rn...6e8222a07e3f6e
Suggestions and others: https://bitbucket.org/blipi/rna/issues/new
By selecting "Type": "proposal" and "Priority" as you may believe that very little or urgent.
Progress (14/08/11 - 3:30 am)
PHP Server:
- Login: 100%
- Handshake Process (security): 30%
- Parser package: 100%
- Builder packages: 100%
- User (information): 0%
- Trophies: 0%
- Friends: 0%
PS3 pkg:
- Basic GUI: 80%
- Interaction and control: 40%
- Dynamism and animations: 20%
Global: 5%
Video of a test, make a text disappear dynamically:
In related news, Sony PS3 hacker DarkhackerPS3 has made available a preview video (below) via PSHomebrew on YouTube of his own PS3 Online Homebrew Browser dubbed Cydia PS3 alongside a PSHomebrew v0.1 (Pre-Release) build. Essentially it is a WIP PS3 homebrew application that will allow users to sign into a server to upload and download the latest PlayStation 3 homebrew releases.
He has also added the Rebug Category to PSHomebrew as shown in the video below.
Also below, TizzyT455 has uploaded a WIP video of his PS3 XMB Brewery, in which he states: "An EXTREMELY early stage in a program I am working on that will make life a little bit easier for people on the PS3 scene.
When you want to find something you usually have to go online and as the old saying goes "Google is your friend", well what if you don't want friends what if you want a for say genie to come out and just gives you what you want, my program might be that genie. It will have FTP-Like transferring features, a free app store, and other features but I'm not going to say since I don't know If I'm capable of implementing them.
For now though the program runs really smooth even on my little brothers old Athlon x64 computer that's at 2.5Ghz."
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08-14-2011 #36DaedalusMinion Guest
Looks real promising.
08-14-2011 #37oVERSoLDiER Guest
Sounds real interesting. Hope they have the endurance to make it possible in the near future (this year) for everyone.
08-14-2011 #38DaedalusMinion Guest
I have a doubt though. Will this be like XLINK or will it be like PSN?
I'm desperate to play AC Brotherhood online. My other 'online' PS3 got YLOD.
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From the sound of it to me, I would say it will be closer to Xlink or XBSlink than PSN itself... I guess time will tell for sure.
08-14-2011 #40dyceast Guest
This CFW looks to be GREAT if not the BEST.


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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I am still trying to work out the best next move for this game.
"The 10 Smartest People Alive Today"
equilibrium wrote:And what is the IQ of Magnus Carlsen?
"The 10 Smartest People Alive Today"
Who is smarter?.....do you think they are smarter or those who can escape samsara?
David N. Snyder wrote:Two people on the list of "The 10 Smartest People Alive Today" are chess grandmasters / champions:
Gary Kasparov: I.Q. = 190
Judit Polgar: I.Q. = 170
chownah wrote:What was Deep Blue's IQ?
David N. Snyder wrote:Carlsen might be worried about getting Deli-Belly. He has brought in his own personal chef to Chennai for the match.
http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/ches ... ampionship
Samma wrote:Seems like draws are extremely common...
just like tic-tac-toe
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