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Northwest Landscapes showing at Christopher Framing and Gallery
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|Feb 24, 2013
Paintings by Northwest artist Judith Perry continues with a reception from 5 – 8 p.m., on Thursday, Feb. 21, from 5-8 p.m.
The show runs February 21 - March 19 at Christopher Framing & Gallery, 537 Main Street, Edmonds.
Judith Perry lives in Edmonds, and is a native of Washington State.
She studied art at Pacific Lutheran University, the Honolulu Art Academy, and School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
Perry has been influenced in her art by the culture and surroundings of these places, as well as the Northwest.
"I love to paint the peacefulness in a landscape," she said. "There is a compelling need to observe the nature of things and transfer that concept with the fresh mark on canvas."
Gallery Hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For information call 425-778-5150 or go to www.facebook.com/ChristopherFraming.


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To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
This is part one of our lens recommendations for the Nikon D7100 where we've tested over 120 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models to assess image quality. Read onto find out which of these lenses are perform best when paired with Nikon's 24M-Pix APS-C format semi-pro model.
Sigma's 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM zoom won praise for its balance of performance and convenience, but it looked bulky after rival Tamron introduced the diminutive 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Reducing the size, and weight while updating the optical construction to allow a new minimum focus distance of 35cm, the 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM is Sigma's response. But has the redesign compromised the optical performance, or is it a valuable addition to the range? Read on to discover our verdict.
There is a phrase quoted quite often that when something sounds too good to be true you shouldn't be too surprised when it isn't. Nikon's new AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR promises much, but can it deliver? The long list of letters in the name tell us that the lens is Auto Focus, that it is designed for Nikon's DX sensors, the apertures are not fixed, the optics contain some "Extra-Low Dispersion" glass and that there is vibration reduction built in: Quite a list.

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Infineon cuts workers hours ahead of downturn
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LONDON German chip maker Infineon Technologies will cut hours for some employees and is delaying or cancelling projects as it attempts to weather the current economic storm in Europe.
The moves come despite Infineon's profitable fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal 2012. Infineon made a net income of 138 million euros (about $175 million) on sales revenue of 982 million euros (about $1.25 billion) in the fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012. For the full year Infineon made a net income of 427 million euro (about $544 million) on annual revenue of 3,904 million euro (about $4.97 billion). However, sales on a quarterly basis were down sequentially by 1 percent and by 5 percent compared with the same quarter a year before.
The cuts and other measures were revealed by incoming CEO Reinhard Ploss as he discussed the financial results. Ploss took over from retiring CEO Peter Bauer at the end of the financial year.
In a statement Ploss said: "It was already clear this summer that the economic headwind is increasing and times are getting harder. Despite its strength, Infineon cannot escape this situation. Signs of further declines in revenues and especially, in our margin, are becoming clear."
In response Infineon is introducing four measures to try and save more than 100 million euros (about $125 million) of cost in the company's 2013 fiscal year. This should reduce the budgeted investment for FY13 from 500 million euro to 400 million. This compares with the investment budget of 890 million euro in FY2012.
Infineon CEO Reinhard Ploss
Under an initiative called "cold steel" Infineon will cut production costs by temporarily switching off underutilized equipment, as well as reducing the temporary workforce and the selective use of short-time work.
In R&D and sales and marketing Infineon plans to postpone or cancel projects of lesser strategic importance and reduce payments to external service providers.
The company is freezing headcount and postponing salary increases by six months and it is reducing its budget for consulting and travel costs to a minimum.


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–Beginning, Pokémon Blue
Pokémon Red and Blue Versions, simply referred to as Pokémon Red and Blue, are the first two international Pokémon releases. In Japan, the original pair were Pocket Monsters Red and Green, which were then followed by the enhanced version, Pocket Monsters Blue. Pokémon Yellow, which was based upon the anime series, would later be released internationally.
Internationally, the games were referred as "Pokémon", as it is a romanized contraction of the Japanese brand, "Poketto Monsutā" (Pocket Monsters).
At the start of the game, Professor Oak brings the player (officially known as Red) to his lab to choose his starter Pokémon: Squirtle, the Water-type, Charmander, the Fire-type, or Bulbasaur, the Grass-type. After selecting his Pokémon, Red has frequent battles with other Pokémon Trainers and his own rival, officially referred to as Blue. Red also stops the criminal organization Team Rocket several times and defeats their boss, Giovanni.
After you finish naming yourself and your rival, leave town through the north exit. Professor Oak will stop you and take you to his lab where you will be able to choose one of three Starter Pokémon; the Fire-type Charmander, the Grass-type Bulbasaur, or the Water-type Squirtle. Your rival, whom Oak has also called to his lab, will always choose the Pokémon with a type advantage over the one you picked and you two will engage in battle. After you are finished head north past Route 1, towards Viridian City.
Once at Viridian City, head straight to the Poké Mart and pick up a parcel for Prof. Oak. Return to Pallet Town and deliver the parcel to Prof. Oak. Now walk back to Viridian City and walk east, to Route 22, where you will battle your rival. After that, head to Route 2 and then Viridian Forest. After making your way through the Forest, head north to Pewter City for your first gym battle.
Now that you are in Pewter City, go to the gym in northeast Pewter City. Brock is the gym leader here and he will use the rock/ground-type Pokémon Geodude (Lv 12) and Onix (Lv 14). Once you have defeated him, walk east to Route 3 and then to Mt. Moon.
After battling Team Rocket in Mt. Moon, you will reach Route 4 and then Cerulean City. Before battling the Gym, go North to Route 24. Defeat your rival and travel to the Sea Cottage where you will meet Bill. Help him out and he will give you a ticket to use later. Head back to Cerulean and go to the gym. There, you will battle Misty, who uses the water-type Pokémon Staryu (Lv 18) and Starmie (Lv 21). Now travel to the house right above the gym and battle the Team Rocket Grunt. Now head South to Route 5 and take the Underground Path to Vermilion City.
Now go south to board the SS Anne. Take the stairs directly to your left. Travel west until you run into your rival. Defeat him and enter the Captain's Room. Rub his back and he will give you the HM Cut. Now leave the SS Anne after training your Pokémon against the trainers and use Cut to enter the Gym. Search the trash cans until you find a switch. Then the next switch will be either next to, above or below the trash can. Lt. Surge uses the Electric-type Pokémon Voltorb (Lv 21), Pikachu (Lv 18), and Raichu (Lv 24). Now head west to Diglett's Cave. Travel through until you reach Route 2. Head south until you meet on of Oak's assistants. If you have obtained enough Pokémon, he will give you the HM Flash. Go back to Vermilion City. Go to the Pokémon Fan Club and talk to the President and he will give you a Bike Voucher. Return to Cerulean City.
Once at Cerulean go to the Bike Shop to receive your free bike. Now head west to Route 4 and enter the Rock Tunnel. Use Flash to see your way through the Rock Tunnel. After you find your way through the Rock Tunnel, you will reach Route 10, and then Lavender Town. Now go through Route 8 and go through the Underground Path to reach Route 7 and then Celadon City.
Once you enter the City, take the path directly above you and enter the large building to obtain an Eevee. Now head into the Game Corner. Battle the Rocket Grunt and enter their secret base. Battle all of the Grunts until you obtain the Lift Key. After that, take the elevator to level 4 where you will battle their boss, Giovanni. After you have done that, go into the Department Store and head up to the roof where you will need to buy a drink. You can share this drink with the guards in between many cities and routes so you can freely go through each of them. Now head to the Pokémon Gym in the Bottom left corner of the City. The leader Erika uses the Grass-type Pokémon Victreebel (Lv 29), Tangela (Lv 24), and Vileplume (Lv 29). Now return to Lavender Town.
Once you reach Lavender Town, go into the Pokémon Tower and battle your rival (Note: You can also do this when you first reach Lavender Town). Use the Silph Scope from Giovanni to see the ghosts in the Tower. Travel all the way through and rescue Mr. Fuji. At his home, he will reward you with the Poké Flute. Now go back to Saffron City.
Go to the Silph Co. to battle Team Rocket once more. Battle the Grunts and collect items as you please. Go to Level 5 to get the Card Key that unlocks the gates. Now head to Level 3 and open up the first gate. Use the teleporter there to take you to your rival. Defeat him and receive Lapras from the worker. Take that teleporter to Giovanni to battle him once more. The president will reward you with a Master Ball when you defeat him. Exit the Silph Co. and head to the Pokémon Gym. The leader, Sabrina, uses the Psychic-type Pokémon Kadabra (Lv 38), Mr. Mime (Lv 37), Venomoth (Lv 38), and Alakazam (Lv 43). The gym next door is an unofficial Fighting-type Gym. Defeat the leader and can choose to obtain one of two Pokémon, Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan.
The next path is up to the player. Either take Cycling Road or Route 12 to reach Fuchsia City. Both routes require the use of the Poké Flute to awaken a Snorlax and open up a new path. Once you reach the city, head north to the Safari Zone. Once in there, be sure to obtain both HM Surf and the Golden Teeth. Once you have obtained them, head to a house in the bottom right corner of Fuchsia City and give the old man his Gold Teeth. He will reward you with the HM Strength. Now you can head to the Gym. The Leader, Koga, uses the Poison-type Pokémon Koffing (two of them at Lv 37), Muk (Lv 39), and Weezing (Lv 43). Now that you have the HM Surf, you can enter the optional dungeons Power Plant and Seafoam Islands to capture Zapdos and Articuno respectively.
Now that you have all but two of the Badges, head to Route 16 and obtain HM Fly (if you haven't already). Fly to Pallet Town and Surf South to Cinnabar Island. Enter the Pokémon Mansion and get the Secret Key deep inside to get into the Gym. Once you get there, the leader, Blaine, uses the Fire-type Pokémon Growlithe (Lv 42), Ponyta (Lv 40), Rapidash (Lv 42), and Arcanine (Lv 42). Now Fly to Viridian City.
Once you get there, head to the Pokémon Gym. The Leader, Giovanni, uses the Ground-type Pokémon Rhyhorn (Lv 45), Dugtrio (Lv 42), Nidoqueen (Lv 44), Nidoking (Lv 45), and Rhydon (Lv 50). Once you have defeated him head east and battle your Rival once more. Defeat him and head to Route 23. Show off all of your badges and enter Victory Road. The Legendary Pokémon Moltres is in this cave. Once you have gotten through this cave, enter the Indigo Plateau. Defeat all Elite Four Members, Lorelei (Ice Pokémon), Bruno (Fighting Pokémon), Agatha (Ghost Pokémon), and Lance (Dragon Pokémon). Now you get to battle the Champion, your rival. Once you have beaten him, you have completed the game to become the Champion!
Now that you are Champion, fly to Cerulean City. Head to the top of Route 24 and Surf to the Unknown Dungeon. In this cave rests the strongest Pokémon in the Kanto Region, Mewtwo.
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- At the time of Red and Blue release in the United States, there was criticism regarding the in-game sprites of various Pokémon, mainly due to the fact that the Pokémon did not have the same appearance as they did in the anime series, despite the fact the anime had followed the games. With the release of Pokémon Yellow, the sprites, along with many other additional features, were changed to match that of the anime.
- The first generation of Pokémon handheld games: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and the remakes, FireRed and LeafGreen, are the only games that do not feature a Legendary Pokémon, rather it features the final evolutionary forms of the starter Pokémon.
- Pokémon Red had an incredible number of glitches compared to the following games, the most prominent being the appearance of the most infamous glitch Pokémon MissingNo., which does not appear in any other game.
- It is impossible to fully complete the Pokédex without doing the Mew Glitch.
- You can name your character Ash, a reference to the Pokemon anime.
- When you click on the Start button, you may hear the sound of Pokemon that appear on the screen.
- When viewing the ingame option, you can adjust the setting of text speed, battle animation and battle style.
- Pokemon Red and Blue are the 8th best selling video game in the world.
- The Japanese version (Pocket Monsters Red/Green and Pocket Monsters Blue Editions) has significant changes.
- The sprites of various Pokémon are somewhat changed to fit the American audience, as well as their names being altered to fit their characters.
- The themes for Lavender Town and the Pokémon Tower are changed so that the high-frequency acoustics are lowered dramatically, so as to avoid migraines caused by ear stress in younger players.
- Cerulean Cave is given a noticeably different layout though the original layout is retained in the remakes.
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Defending against side-channel attacks - Part 3
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Editor's Note: This article was originally presented at ESC Boston 2011.
Part One provided a brief introduction to side-channel analysis, including timing analysis and simple and differential power analysis (SPA and DPA). Part Two discussed a DPA attack against AES using EM emissions from the devices. In Part Three, Cryptography Research discusses a new standard recently proposed by CRI to enable developers and accredited testing laboratories to test devices for potential side-channel vulnerabilities.
4. Standardized side-channel testing methodology
This section discusses a new standard recently proposed by CRI [5] to enable developers and accredited testing laboratories to test devices for potential side-channel vulnerabilities. The goal is to provide evaluators with a standardized methodology for performing side-channel analysis that is sensitive enough to uncover many potential problems.
No standardized testing program can guarantee complete protection against all attacks. Rather, the program is designed to ensure that sufficient care was taken in the design of the device under test (DUT). Sections 4.1-4.3 give a rationale, overview, and description of the testing methodology. Section 4.4 gives some example test results for different devices.
4.1 Rationale for the t-test methodology
Side-channel attacks such as SPA and DPA exploit the presence of information about sensitive algorithmic intermediates within the power traces collected from a device. Any sensitive computational intermediate that influences the power consumption in a statistically significant way could potentially create vulnerabilities.
Our testing approach uses statistical hypothesis testing to detect if one of a number of sensitive intermediates significantly influences the measurement data. For each sensitive intermediate, the collected traces are partitioned into two sets where the value of the intermediate is substantially different. The null hypothesis is that the two sets of power traces have identical means and variance. In other words, sensitive intermediate has no influence on these quantities. The alternate hypothesis is that the means of the two distributions is different. Welchs t-test used in the tests determines whether a data set with a comparable size to the acquired data set of an attacker provides sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis.
4.2 Overview of the t-tests
The core statistical technique for checking for statistical differences between the two subsets of power traces is Welchs t-test, which is an extension of the Students t-test for unequal sample sizes and unequal variance. A high positive or negative value of T at a point in time indicates a high degree of confidence that the null hypothesis is incorrect. The confidence value C will be specified by the evaluator, and will correspond to a high confidence in rejecting the null hypothesis. C is chosen such that the probability of the t-statistic being greater than C or less than -C may correspond to 95 percent, 99 percent or even 99.99999 percent confidence that the null hypothesis can be rejected.
Each trace can contain several thousand power measurements across time. Therefore, even for a fairly high threshold of C, chosen to make the likelihood of a false positive at a particular point in time small, there could be a significant likelihood that the t-test statistic exceeds ±C at some point for large traces. To balance the need for detecting leakages (by keeping C small) while minimizing false positives, two independent experiments are required, and a device can be rejected only if the t-test statistic exceeds ±C at the same time in both experiments. If a particular leakage of information occurs at a particular point in the traces, then it should appear in both tests, whereas if the t-test statistic exceeded ±C at a particular instance in time purely by chance, this rare occurrence is unlikely to repeat at the same instance in time in the other independent experiment.
For each algorithm, multiple t-tests must be performed, each targeting a different type of leakage. Each test must be repeated twice, with two different data sets.


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Forgive me if this was posted already previously. "The Mirror of Zen" is a beautiful short film documenting a week in the life of Hyun Gak Sunim. I will allow the gorgeous footage to speak for itself.
A brief synopsis: The subject of this unusual film, Hyon Gak Sunim, allowed filmmakers to follow his daily living and teaching activities for a week as he met with students and organized his daily activities. Sunim is widely recognized as one of the most influential Zen monks in modern Korean Buddhist history, a graduate of Yale and Harvard who entered the monastic life in 1992 and has done over 20 years of intensive Zen training in the ancient Zen temples of Korea. His enlightenment was certified ("inka") in a public ceremony in 2001 by his teacher, the legendary Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004).


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Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of twelve architectures are supported.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny adds support for Marvell's Orion platform which is used in many storage devices. Supported storage devices include the QNAP Turbo Station series, HP Media Vault mv2120, and Buffalo Kurobox Pro. Additionally, Lenny now supports several Netbooks, in particular the Eee PC by Asus. Lenny also contains the build tools for Emdebian which allow Debian source packages to be cross-built and shrunk to suit embedded ARM systems.
This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment, LXDE 0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox), Icedove 18.104.22.168 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird), PostgreSQL 8.3.6, MySQL 5.0.51a, GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2, Linux kernel version 2.6.26, Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5, Python 2.5.2 and 2.4.6, Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6, Asterisk 18.104.22.168, Emacs 22, Inkscape 0.46, Nagios 3.06, Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU support), OpenJDK 6b11, and more than 23,000 other ready-to-use software packages (built from over 12,000 source packages).
With the integration of X.Org 7.3 the X server autoconfigures itself with most hardware. Newly introduced packages allow the full support of NTFS filesystems and the use of most multimedia keys out of the box. Support for Adobe® Flash® format files is available via the swfdec or Gnash plugins. Overall improvements for notebooks have been introduced, such as out of the box support of CPU frequency scaling. For leisure time several new games have been added, including puzzle games as well as first-person shooters. Also notable is the introduction of goplay, a graphical games browser offering filters, search, screenshots and descriptions for games in Debian.
The availability and updates of OpenJDK, GNU Java compiler, GNU Java bytecode interpreter, Classpath and other free versions of Sun's Java technology, into Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 allow us to ship Java-based applications in Debian's main repository.
Further improvements in system security include the installation of available security updates before the first reboot by the Debian Installer, the reduction of setuid root binaries and open ports in the standard installation, and the use of GCC hardening features in the builds of several security-critical packages. Various applications have specific improvements, too.
Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. Other desktop environments � KDE, Xfce, or LXDE � can be installed.
The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by some devices can be loaded by using removable media, and installations via Braille display are supported. The installer boot process has also received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue mode.


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Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
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Glucocorticoids, also called corticosteroids, may prevent aldesleukin from working.
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Aldesleukin may not work as well against your cancer.
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The story of Amelia Earhart has inspired girls for generations and her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific during her attempted flight around the world has stumped investigators for just as long.
The recent discovery of large format photo negatives in the New Zealand Air Force Museum, taken fifteen months after the disappearance of Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, could hold the key to solving part of the mystery after all these years. The photos show the reef of Gardner Island, where some thought the two might have survived following an emergency landing.
"We will be working not from a third generation print but from the original large-format, fine-grained negatives," said [Executive director of TIGHAR, Ric] Gillespie speaking with Discovery News. "In our fondest dreams we couldn't have wished for something like this."
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CT20: Sussex announce Afinis as main Caribbean T20 sponsor06-Jan-2012
Sussex County Cricket Club are pleased to announce that Afinis, the Brighton based Sports Marketing & Design specialist, will be sponsoring the Sharks on their Caribbean T20 tour, which they embark on from this weekend.
06th January 2012
Afinis brings together the combined expertise of present SCCC partners The Pinnacle Group and Pleece&Co. Pinnacle produce the club's corporate literature, member's magazines, festival magazines and match programmes whilst Pleece&Co have been Sussex's creative and marketing partner for the past 4 years.
Afinis are currently working with Surrey CCC and Leicestershire CCC on their marketing and members' magazines. They are also designing marketing collateral for The Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, who are hosts to the 2012 Olympic Sailing, as well as over 150 golf clubs and yacht clubs nationwide with many now requesting specialist support in their digital marketing, particularly social media and email.
Afinis MD, Alan Prior said: "Afinis are absolutely delighted to be sponsoring Sussex CCC in this exciting tournament in the Caribbean. We enjoy a successful relationship with the club and we hope this will be the first of many opportunities for us to be involved in sponsoring high profile competitions".
They will be Sussex's main sponsor for the trip and will have their logo emblazoned across the front of the shirt, with their invaluable support helping make the Caribbean T20 trip possible for Sussex.
Chief Executive of Sussex Cricket Dave Brooks said, "Gary Pleece and Alan Prior have supported the Club for a number of years and we are delighted that they have increased that with their new AFINIS venture. Their support has helped make this trip possible and we share their desire to see the association grow in future years".
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Santa Fe is a bubble.
It's a common refrain, right? We're disconnected from reality here in the capital city because the sun is always shining and running into a Republican is only a little more likely than seeing a zebra grazing on the Plaza grass (grass that is so precious, we're not allowed to touch it anyway). We're a progressive city with liberal values and a good quality of life. The water is rumored to be inordinately blessed with a generous lithium content that makes us prefer art to heavy industry, bicycles to ATVs and chardonnay to shotguns.
But New Mexico at large can sure be a bitter little pill. It's hard to maintain a calm bubble of progressiveness when a bunch of hick, small-brained legislators can cowardly kill the domestic partnership bill because, apparently, they can't see its correlation to other civil rights battles. They also fail to see how doing so is akin to condoning torture and slavery, as well as ignoring due process and the many horrific plagues of abuse that have been so frequent in our supposedly freedom-loving country. A very special
chickenshit award goes to state Sen. Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa, for reversing his vote when he saw which way the wind was blowing. All the popular kids will like you now, Carlos—way to rally for the wrong side of history.
I'm unconvinced, however, that Santa Fe is the bastioned bubble so many claim it is. Take, for example, the swarm of giant, expensive, irregular-sized junk mail that has consumed my postbox like a virus in recent weeks—all of it in opposition to the real estate transfer tax. I haven't seen this much big-monied bull poured into mailing campaigns since Walmart wooed us to build its extra-sized Supercenter of cheap crap and crimes against labor out on the Southside.
Opponents of the tax have circulated a list of 14 "talking points" designed to make a miniscule tax on sales of Santa Fe homes that are purchased for more than $750,000 sound like a reckless, crazy, stupid thing to do. Their list is at least as spurious, dubious, false and ill-conceived as the bumbling consortium of lies that were put forward in the state Senate in order to strike down domestic partnership legislation.
Because the whole point of a transfer tax is to help fund affordable housing, opponents suggest that it is tantamount to giving "free" housing to those who haven't earned it. But there's nothing free about participating in an affordable housing program and the converse of their argument is that a wealthy society that has enabled riches is apparently unaccountable to participate in the continued betterment of said society. Fiddle, in other words, while Rome burns.
Real estate agents and others who are against the transfer tax claim the bill will effectively raise the cost of homes. Well, effectively raise the cost of homes that only wealthy people are buying anyway. Under the tax, a home sold for $850,000 would be taxed $1,000, or 0.12 percent of the sales price. I wonder how many buyers will notice this tax when put next to high closing fees and a $51,000 realty commission?
Ah, suddenly the motivation for real estate agents to oppose this tax is clear: They're afraid they might have to eat it and walk away with a measly $50,000.
Hey, realty is not an easy business and it would be disingenuous to argue realtors are living large while the rest of us suffer, but if any industry needs to confront the realities of affordable housing (just as petroleum and coal need to reckon with alternative energy), it is most certainly the realty sector.
Moreover, the onslaught of mistruths, mangled information and purely grade-school fibs put forth by opponents of affordable housing and the real estate tax ignore that the cost of the excise tax is left to the buyer. No equity is robbed from homeowners and buyers have the time-honored privilege of free will to guide their purchases. Let's repeat that: Homeowners are not subject to any additional fees—ever—as a result of this tax.
There are legitimate arguments against the transfer tax as it is proposed. For one, it's inherently undemocratic—we should all bear the burden of tending to our community. However, opponents are too clouded with greed to even mount substantive arguments in opposition; they'd rather rely on cheap sound bites and malicious sloganeering than have a real conversation about the health of our community.
The vote takes place on Tuesday, March 10. If ever there was a time to tell the special interests, the wealthy, the privileged and the economic predators of our city that it's time for them to stand up and be accountable along with the rest of us, it's now.
Let's not forget that taxes exist to service the working people. La gente have had their bubble burst too many times before to fall for it again.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. The next generation of engineers wants more role models, a society more tolerant of female professionals and all the messy imperfections of people who like to pull things apart--and as much encouragement as they can get. Otherwise, they are coming along just fine, thank you.
That was the message from a panel of five young engineers at DesignCon here. Most credited parents and teachers with getting them on the engineering path.
My dad is an engineer and he said I could do whatever I wanted as long as it was engineering, but up until last year I thought engineering was one of the most boring things you could do, said Shachi Nandan Kakkar, a high school senior from Cupertino, Calif.
After his father encouraged him to write a blog for EDN, he realized engineering is more interesting than people give it credit forits so broad, theres hundreds of things you can do, so find your niche and go after it, he said.
A female high school physics teacher was mentor to Amanda Pratt, now working on a masters in engineering at the University of California at Berkeley.
It was my favorite class from the first day, thanks to encouragement from her and my father who is an engineer, said Pratt who has been accepted to the 2016 class at the Harvard Business School. I decided I wanted to do something that mattered and have a career with an impact, she added.
Im an engineer by birth, recalled Andrew Milluzzi, 23-year-old doctoral student at the University of Florida. Once I was playing with Legos and my Mom said, one day you will be an engineer, and I said, but, Mom I dont want to drive trains, said Milluzzi who went on to become one of the youngest LabView architects certified by National Instruments.
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Long-haul microwave systems in telecommunication networks carry information across distances of more than 15 km and even more than 200 km in a single hop. They are deployed in a wide variety of applications such as mobile networks, carrier networks, offshore links, digital broadcasting and many more. The alternative, fiber cable, is often not available due to cost, deployment time, regulations, reliability, security, terrain difficulties or other limiting factors. Easy and fast-to-deploy, microwave is often the medium of choice for long-haul applications.
Microwave systems use digital modulation techniques to carry information in free space over an analog carrier signal. As use of mobile telephones, laptops and other computer devices increases along with demand for data-rich services like video, network operators are bombarded with requirements to increase capacity in the transport network. As microwave spectrum is limited and is often encumbered with expensive frequency fees, advances in modulation techniques can contribute significantly to microwave spectrum efficiency and thus to capacity improvements.
A modulation technique uses some number of distinct signals, symbols, to represent the digital information that is to be transmitted. Modulation techniques are considered to be more efficient when each symbol can represent a greater quantity of informationmore bits. Modulation techniques are important considerations in the efficiency and capacity of a microwave system.
An analog carrier, like a microwave signal over the air, can be modulated to carry digital information in three ways: by amplitude, by frequency and/or by phase. Each modulation technique varies a parameter of the signal to represent the information that is being transmitted. Microwave links and other types of wireless transmission equipment employ various modulation techniques to boost the amount of information that can be transmitted in a given period of time, viz. capacity.
Each modulation technique has advantages and disadvantages. For example, amplitude modulation, in a common implementation called amplitude shift keying (ASK), is affected by noise and interference. Frequency shift keying (FSK) behaves better than ASK in the presence of interference, but is more expensive to implement. Phase shift keying (PSK) is a better performer than either ASK or FSK and is used frequently in digital communications.
PSK also gives rise to a family of modulation techniques starting with binary-PSK, or BPSK. In BPSK, a single bita zero or oneis sent per symbol (change of phase). More advanced transmission systems make use of quadrature PSK, 8PSK, 16PSK, etc. In each case, PSK is able to increase the capacity of the signal by coding for more bits per symbol. For example, Quadrature PSK (QPSK) is effectively two independent BPSK modulations and provides twice the capacity.
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
QAM is a very advanced modulation technique and is todays state of the art in microwave radio transmissions. In QAM, the transmitter splits the flow of bits (information) to be transmitted into two equal parts modulating two independent waves. A 90-degree phase is created between the waves. QAM represents information by modulating the amplitude of the two waves that are out of phase with each other to represent the signal. In effect, QAM is amplitude modulation and phase modulation combined.
The advent of QAM has given rise to a series of increasingly efficient modulations. It is easy to understand the efficiencies. In QAM, a symbol can represent two or more bits of information. As with all modulation techniques, the greater the number of bits of information per symbol, the more capacious the transmission.


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REPORT: Panesar stars at Taunton23-Aug-2012
Marcus Trescothick and Monty Panesar celebrated personal milestones on an absorbing second day of the LV= County Championship Division One match between Somerset and Sussex at Taunton.
Trescothick completed his 50th first-class century, contributing 123 to a Somerset first-innings total of 247, which featured a collapse from 241 for five.
Panesar was the man behind the Sussex fightback with career-best figures of 7-60 from 31.5 overs. By the close, the visitors had replied with 161 for six, Gemaal Hussain and Abdur Rehman claiming two wickets each.
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Momentum building in 'Now & Forever' campaign with upcoming announcementOctober 4, 2013
Emporia State University's School of Business is the focus of the next celebratory bell-ringing event at Emporia State next Friday, Oct. 11.
"We're excited to invite the community to help us celebrate a leadership gift to the Now & Forever campaign," said DenaSue Potestio, Foundation president and vice president for university advancement, noting that the festivities will include ringing Silent Joe, the bell in the stone tower southeast of Welch Stadium.
The gift recognizes the service and achievement of Dr. John C. Rich, professor of accounting and information systems and director of student affairs and alumni for the School of Business. Rich, a faculty member at Emporia State since 1968, is part of the leadership team for Now & Forever: The Campaign for Emporia State University.
Ringing the bell has become one of the campaign's audible icons of success.
"Each time we receive a sizeable gift like the one we're announcing next week, we ring Silent Joe to tell our supporters we're 'Silent No More,'" said Jennifer Denton, the Foundation's vice president for administration and stewardship, echoing the comprehensive campaign's theme.
"With this generous gift to the School of Business, we will be able to expand our reach and heighten our branding of both the School of Business and the quality programs we offer in Emporia, Kansas City and online," said Dr. Kristie Ogilvie, dean of the School of Business.
The gift's benefactors and their reasons for making it will be revealed during the celebration, scheduled from 3 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11 at Sauder Alumni Center, 1500 Highland St., Emporia. The event is open to the public. RSVP to Michelle Corkins, firstname.lastname@example.com or 620-341-6460.
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WOMENS: Success for Brighton College and Oathall in Lady Taverners20-Mar-2013
There has been plenty of Women's and Girls Cricket taking place in Sussex recently despite the chilly weather, with indoor success in the Lady Taverners Finals.
The Lady Taverners Under-15 Indoor school competition has been running for the last eight years with the winner of each region reaching the National Final at Lord's, and Brighton College were crowned champions of the Sussex section for the second year running.
Brighton College, Millais (Horsham), Oathall Community College (Haywards Heath), Ratton (Eastbourne) and Worthing High all won their group matches to reach the final. Each school played each other once and there were some extremely close matches that went down to the last over, but Brighton College managed to win all four of their matches to reach the Regional final.
Brighton College will now compete against schools from Suffolk, Middlesex, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire in the Regional Final which is actually being held in Sussex at St Bede's Prep School in Eastbourne on Wednesday 24th April.
The Under-13 County final was held at St Bede's recently and involved St Bede's themselves, Brighton College, North Lancing Primary, Oathall Community College, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and Tanbridge House, where all the schools played each other.
There were some close matches throughout the day, with many games going down to the last over and even a drawn match between St Bede's and Tanbridge House. A tense final saw Brighton College lose out by one wicket to Oathall who will go on and to the Regional Final in Hertfordshire in April.
Sussex Women & Girls Community Coach, Charlotte Burton said, "The standard of cricket played by all the schools was exceptionally high this year, there was some very intelligent cricket played by the girls and this competition has shown how much girls cricket has moved on within the schools in Sussex.
"It is also great to see so many schools involved again, especially a number of new schools who have never taken part in the competition before."
Above: Brighton College celebrate winning the Under-15 section, and below, Oathall Community College (Haywards Heath) were successful in the Under-13s


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A 13-year-old boy in England was banned from growing a mustache as part of "Movember."
Gus Hooker, a student at Priory Academy in Bedforshire, wanted to honor his grandfather's battle with cancer as part of the month-long initiative to raise awareness and money for men's cancers, BBC News reported.
But school officials put the kabosh on the idea, telling Gus it wasn't "inclusive" of other students because most can't grow facial hair yet.
The academy has no rules about facial hair, but says it only backs fundraising events that all students can participate in.
Gus told the BBC he's been shaving since age 9 and now has to shave every day.
"It's a shame because my mustache would've raised a lot of money," he told the UK's South West News Service. "Everyone wanted me to go for it."
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Manny suspended 50 games for PED use
Manny suspended for PED use
Ramirez, in a statement released by the Major League Baseball Players Association, attributed the suspension to his use of a doctor-prescribed medication and waived his right to challenge the discipline.
"Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.
"I want to apologize to Mr. McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, Mr. Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fans. LA is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation."
The Los Angeles Times reported that Ramirez tested positive during Spring Training for "a banned performance-enhancing substance that is not technically an anabolic steroid," said a source not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
The New York Times, citing people in baseball briefed on the matter, reported that urine samples provided by Ramirez showed traces of substances that raised concerns among baseball officials, but it was unclear if it was enough to suspend him. The officials investigated further, according to the New York Times, and found evidence in Ramirez's medical files that he was using human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a fertility drug for women that has been known to be used by athletes to generate the body's production of testosterone after steroid use.
According to USA Today, which cited a baseball official, Ramirez was notified in April that he violated the league's policy, and he initially appealed the ruling. But following talks involving MLB and union lawyers Wednesday in Los Angeles, the appeal was dropped late Wednesday, the paper reported.
Ramirez, who turns 37 on May 30, began the suspension with Thursday night's Dodgers-Nationals game. In their first game without Ramirez, the Dodgers lost, 11-9.
Ramirez would be eligible to return around July 3, depending on postponements.
"We share the disappointment felt by our fans, our players, and every member of our organization," Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt said in a statement. "We support the policies of Major League Baseball, and we will welcome Manny back upon his return."
In a Dodger Stadium news conference during batting practice, manager Joe Torre said the news "caught us by surprise." He said Ramirez's absence would be an immediate "distraction" and leave "a void" in the clubhouse and on the field, but he was also confident the club would remain focused on the task of winning games.
Torre said rather than pointing fingers of blame, players and management need to fix the problems to "regain the trust of fans."
Torre said he spoke with Ramirez by phone twice on Thursday and that the outfielder is "devastated."
General manager Ned Colletti said he felt "sick" and "saddened" when the news was delivered to him and Torre by club chairman Frank McCourt around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
Reaction around baseball ranged from accusatory to skeptical to even indifferent.
"You see that there's no favorites being played," San Diego pitching ace Jake Peavy said. "That shows you that baseball is serious about what they're saying and doing. I'm happy that we're heading in the right direction."
Giants manager Bruce Bochy concurred with that sentiment, saying the suspension of Ramirez is "a credit to our system."
Colletti said the club has not discussed whether the $7.7 million in salary that Ramirez forfeits of the $25 million he was due this season would be redirected to acquire and pay for other players this year. All suspensions are without pay.
Chief operating officer and president Dennis Mannion said that "Mannywood," the seats by the left-field foul pole rechristened in honor of Ramirez, would be "discontinued for the time being until it's appropriate to bring it back." Instead, the area will be rebranded in honor of the new ZIP code 90090 awarded to Dodgertown.
Ramirez -- a 12-time All-Star who immediately became the face of the Dodgers franchise upon his acquisition last summer -- is the biggest name player to be issued a 50-game suspension under MLB's more stringent drug policy that was adopted in 2006.
According to the drug policy, a player receives a 50-game suspension for a first positive drug test, a 100-game suspension for a second positive test and a lifetime ban for a third positive test.
Ramirez has been a key component in leading the Dodgers to the best record in baseball this year. In 27 games, he is batting .348 with six home runs and 20 RBIs. He is among league leaders in slugging and on-base percentage and has become the biggest drawing card the Dodgers have had since Fernando Valenzuela.
On Wednesday night, Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a two-run double as the Dodgers set a modern-day record with their 13th consecutive home win to open a season.
"[H]im being out 50 games is huge for the Dodgers lineup," said Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. "It takes the best player in the division out for 50 games. That gives us a little window of opportunity, so hopefully we can take advantage of it."
Juan Pierre is the immediate replacement for Ramirez in left field, while the Dodgers promoted rookie Xavier Paul from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace Ramirez on the active roster.
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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When Ami Trauber was a young man preparing to compete for his home country, Israel, things weren't necessarily set up to put him in a position to succeed.
The country had only two 50-metre Olympic-sized swimming pools, one in Haifa, the other in Tel Aviv. They were so busy he had to cut a zigzag course to avoid all the recreational swimmers in the pool.
As if that wasn't difficult enough, because of the weather, the pools were shut down in October, marking an end to his training season. It's doubtful other swim competitors preparing for the 1960 Rome Olympics faced such a limitation.
Then there were the times he and fellow members of the Israeli Olympic team practised in a 15-metre pool at their home training site in Gan Hadassah when the other pools weren't available. What else could they do? There certainly wasn't money to send them abroad to train.
Of course all that took place in the late 1950s, when Israel was a brand new country with not a lot of spare cash to throw around.
A lot has changed since then.
Israel now has more than just two Olympic-sized swimming pools, and Trauber is no longer a svelte teenager swimming at the highest level. Today, he's a svelte 73-year-old who will compete for Canada at next summer's Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Swimming for Canada against Israelis – perhaps including some people he knew back in his salad days – is stirring mixed emotions, he said. Trauber remains an Israeli citizen, but he's eligible to swim for Canada as a Canadian resident.
Given his history, he's managed to wrest a couple of concessions from Maccabi Canada president Tom Bacher. He's been given the green light to wear an Israeli flag pin in his Canadian hat, and "if I win, on the podium I will carry both flags," he said.
As a former Olympian, there's a pretty good chance he will win.
Back in 1960 at the Rome Olympics, he finished 25th in the 100-metre freestyle, breaking Israeli records in doing so. He was runner-up as Israeli athlete of the year in 1959 and 1960 – a period in which he held the national records in the 100-, 200-, 400-, 800-, 1,000- and 1,500-metre freestyle races.
"I was the first swimmer in Israel to break the one-minute mark in the 100-metre freestyle," he said. "In Israel, that was the biggest thing."
After his experience in Rome, he attended university in the United States on an athletic scholarship and continued to train. But when that was over, he gave up the sport cold turkey. He splashed around like anyone else enjoying a swim, but for nearly 50 years, he did not race competitively.
That all changed in August 2009, when he and his wife of 38 years, Marsha, spent a holiday in Rome. She suggested they have a look the old Olympic pool, a visit that stirred Trauber's competitive juices.
A year later, when they were visiting Israel, he reconnected with swimming friends and was invited to swim with his Rome teammates in an exhibition against four Israeli athletes who had competed at the Beijing Olympics.
Trauber surprised himself by winning the Israeli Masters championship in the 50-metre freestyle. It looked like he still had the old magic.
"It triggered something," Trauber said. "Maybe I should go back to swimming."
Back in Canada, he contacted Bacher, who encouraged him to compete for Canada in the masters division at the Maccabiah Games.
He began to put in the work that is necessary to compete at a high level. He began swimming with the North York Gators, a local club. He was in the pool three times a week for an hour or more, plus in the gym twice a week for 3-1/2 hours of dry-land training.
He dropped 24 pounds from his 208-pound frame and felt himself getting stronger and more fit.
Most importantly, he said, he felt he still possessed the mental energy and focus he would need to properly prepare for competition and vie for a medal.
As he got better, it occurred to him he could become one of the top swimmers in his age group in all of Ontario.
He set out to prove it. At a recent swim meet sanctioned by Master Swimming Ontario, Trauber proved to himself and pretty much everyone else that he is a force to be reckoned with on the local swim scene. Competing in the 69-74 age group, he finished first in the 50-metre freestyle, as well as the 100-metre freestyle, the 200-metre freestyle and the 400-metre freestyle.
With those wins under his belt, he's back training for the Ontario Championships, to be held in March in London.
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Barry Bonds starts his instructional stint the best way he can
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Barry Bonds sat Monday morning on a patio deck at Scottsdale Stadium, in the uniform of the San Francisco Giants, the organization for which he played 15 years and hit 586 of his record 762 (I had to look it up again) home runs, and so began the gentle and seven-day-long public rehabilitation of the man and the former ballplayer Barry Bonds.
Yes, he said, he should be in the Hall of Fame. "Without a doubt," he said. No, he said, he would not take this opportunity to address what he may or may not have put into his body when he played. "I already went to court," he said. Yes, he said, he regretted what became a tense and adversarial relationship with the press. No, he said, he could not have been otherwise and been as good at the game as he was. Yes, he would call his manager "Bochy" a couple dozen times in a 20-minute press conference, an event in which the man sat approximately six inches to his right. No, he would not refer to him as "Bruce" or the more affectionate "Boche" at any point. He laughed a lot, mostly alone.
[Also: Why the richest Cuban defector ever still longs for home ]
"I'm just a different character now," Bonds said. "I was a different character playing. … I needed that guy to play."
He's still capable of "crazy," he said, but now, "Same person, but different character."
His career, transcendent and controversial, ended with a wispy puff of surrender. Some would call it a stiff arm from the sport. "I don't know what 'blackballed' really means," he said. Others would call it comeuppance. Time passed. So did court dates. Some home confinement. (He has appealed. Again.) A couple Hall of Fame ballots have come and gone. Two championships for the Giants, about the first of which, he said, "I was almost in tears." And then at 9 a.m., with a slow gait and an almost hesitant smile, he strolled into a clubhouse that had been bustling for hours – chirped, "Morning guys!" – was fitted for a new uniform, poured coffee into a blue cup, and became a special instructor and semi-professional batting cage leaner.
Neither the Giants nor the game imploded, and I checked. Minor leaguers were not forced to draw straws to decide who among them would carry Bonds from the parking lot to the clubhouse. Mike Murphy, the veteran clubhouse man here, ran some new pants into the coaches' locker room – "So, 35 waist?" – and third-base coach Tim Flannery stuck out his hand and said, "How are you?" – very pleasant like – and come batting practice the people around the dugout shouted Bonds' name and he waved back and smiled. The day was just the day, and what comes of it is anyone's guess.
Bonds did not dismiss the idea that he might one day want to coach fulltime. That's a big jump from seven days on the back fields of spring training. His goal here, he said, is to help whomever wants help, and to feel a week of coaching in his legs and on his psyche. He's selling his place in L.A., and has moved to San Francisco, and in some ways he sounded as though he was ready to start over, whatever that might mean.
He can't restart without a full and frank conversation about his past. And, legally speaking, it wouldn't seem he has that option. At least not at the moment. And he can't be sure how many organizations, even this organization, would be willing to listen anyhow.
So this week will pass in a vacuum. The happy and approachable Bonds will come to work and talk hitting. As much as he is capable, he will fold himself into what they do here every day, what they did before he floated in and what they will do when he floats out. Bonds is smart. He knows this stuff. Nobody was better in a batter's box, not ever, and maybe that will translate and take hold here.
"Hopefully, I'll be part of this for longer," Bonds said. "But for seven days, please do not hesitate. From the younger guys to the veteran players, pick my brain. Wear me down for seven days."
And then, "Hopefully, in the future something can come out of this. But right now I'm only here for seven days and I don't even know if I'm good at it. I'll let Bochy determine that."
At that point he'll return to being Barry Bonds, 49 years old, the amateur cyclist, Barry Bonds the system fighter, Barry Bonds the felon, Barry Bonds the holder of a record no one seems to believe in, Barry Bonds the "Hey, whatcha doing with yourself these days?"
"It feels really good to be back," he said. "It feels good to participate in this and give back to the game I love."
Love, in the present tense. Maybe this will work. Maybe an apology is coming, for those who require such things. Maybe we haven't seen the last of Barry Bonds.
But for the game to love him back again? I don't know.
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Founders' Day celebrates Emporia State's proud past while focusing on the futureJanuary 7, 2012
A look back at accomplishments during Emporia State University's 149-year history and how they can shape the institution's future successes will be a highlight of the Founders' Day celebration on Feb. 14.
The mid-day celebration — from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 14 — will be in the Memorial Union's Webb Hall and includes a buffet lunch, musical entertainment and remarks by ESU President Michael Shonrock.
Founded in 1863 as Kansas State Normal — the state's premier institution to educate teachers — Emporia State University offers 42 undergraduate and 27 graduate degrees in the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management and The Teachers College. SLIM also offers a Ph.D. program.
ESU is ranked as a Tier 1 Top 100 Regional University in the 2012 edition of "Best Colleges" compiled by U.S. News & World Report. The publication also cited ESU's School of Business as a best value for both in-state and out-of-state students.
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SQUAD: Sharks head north for another crucial CB40 clash18-Aug-2012
Sussex Sharks play their penultimate match in Group C of the Clydesdale Bank 40 tomorrow when they take on Yorkshire Carnegie at Headingley (1.45pm start), as the visitors continue their pursuit of a Lord's final.
The Sharks stormed back to the top of the table on Wednesday evening with a thrilling 17-run victory over rivals Warwickshire Bears under the floodlights at The PROBIZ County Ground. The win sees Sussex top of the pile by a point from the Bears who have played the same number of games.
Michael Yardy's 61 was the mainstay of the Sussex innings whilst three wickets apiece for Will Beer (pictured) and Chris Nash ensured Warwickshire's run chase proved fruitless.
The Sussex squad is as follows:
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JS Gatting
MW Goodwin
LJ Hatchett
EC Joyce (c)
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KO Wernars
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MCC: Two Sussex players included in Under-19's Womens squad13-Feb-2013
The MCC have announced its first Women's Under-19 squad to play in the maiden U19 Women's ARCH Trophy in Abu Dhabi and Dubai later this month, with two Sussex players included in the squad.
Izzy Collis and Abigail Freeborn have been included in a 14-strong party, and as part of a wider MCC Spirit of Cricket Festival in the United Arab Emirates, which culminates with the men's Champion County game, it is the first time in the club's 226-year history that an age-group women's side has been selected.
The players have been chosen in partnership with the ECB - directly from the England women's development programme. The move represents the latest stage in MCC's ongoing work with the ECB to support the continued growth of women's cricket in England.
During the six-day tournament the MCC U19 women's side will play three 50-over group games with Durham, Devon and Essex Women's U19s. The final of the competition will take place at the Zayed International Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi - where MCC will face county champions Warwickshire at the end of March.
ECB head of England women's cricket and former Sussex star Clare Connor said: "The U19 Women's ARCH Trophy is a brilliant new initiative for 2013 which will give a large number of girls the opportunity to experience an overseas cricket tour for the first time.
"There's nothing like touring to learn more about the game and about playing as a team, so it will be excellent preparation for the 2013 county age group season. I wish all the participants a successful tour.
"I am delighted that nearly every member of the England women's U19 development programme will be participating in the tournament, either with their county or as part of the MCC squad."
MCC U19 women's squad: Holly Armitage (Yorkshire), Izzy Collis (Sussex), Abigail Freeborn (Sussex), Grace Gibbs (Kent), Cordelia Griffith (Essex), Alex Hartley (Lancashire), Georgia Hennessey (Worcestershire), Georgia Holmes (Cumbria), Marie Kelly (Warwickshire), Sophie Luff (Somerset), Charlotte Pape (Kent), Lily Reynolds (Cambridgeshire), Linsey Smith (Berkshire), Jess Watson (Yorkshire).


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CT20: Reflection in defeat13-Jan-2012
So, Sussex tasted defeat in their second match in the Caribbean T20 lastnight against Jamaica but Dave Brooks has been busy with his ear to the ground in Antigua.
13th January 2012
Yards summed it up brilliantly in his post match address to the players when he reminded them that we came here to learn, and we learn from that defeat, learn quickly, and move on to the next game. No cobwebs, now time to go full tilt and push through the next two games.
It was a disappointing defeat laced with some rather bizarre umpiring, including a wicket being over-turned when Amjad had Bonner caught by Kirk at third man. Apparently, everyone was ready other than the square leg Umpire who was signalling dead ball! The Jamaica innings - including a very short rain break - lasted a whopping 100 minutes due to all the delays and umpire reviews. Another world record for Sussex?
Our supporters ranks grew with Jon Filby's arrival. He bought two very important things - his wife, and the Sussex flag! No one asked us to bring one but now it flies proudly on match days on the flag poles in Antigua. He also bought Martin Denyer's "Good Old Sussex by the Sea" flag which is now a minor TV star locally and is seeking a suitable agent!
Jon also got interviewed by our radio partners supplying the live stream via the website during the interval about the Sussex Cricket World and all things cricket . . . I think we are making a few friends over here with our open friendly nature.
The day ended with a rather nice cake being presented at dinner to the birthday boy of the day, Mr Andrew Hodd. Happy Birthday Hoddy . . . & he celebrated at practise by taking a Lids quicker ball into the "lower abdominal area". I heard the hollow thud 100 yards away - OUCH!
Practise today is at the University Sports Ground, about 200 yards from the sea. Lovely pitches, rather bumpy outfield, jolly blowy!
Spirits remain high and the lads are keen to both bounce back quickly on Saturday against CCC (hopefully, you will pack The Long Room to watch us live on ESPN) and enjoy another meal!
P.S - another Sussex success with Dwayne's batting demolition of the Dutch last night . . . Go Smithy!


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CT20: Another Taste of the Caribbean..!12-Jan-2012
Ever wondered what a day in the life of the touring Sussex cricketers consisted of.....meal-wise?!
12th January 2012
So we woke to news of a Marlon Samuels assault in the last three overs, which saw Jamaica - our next opponents - to victory over the Combined Campuses and Colleges. Not exactly the talk of the breakfast table but got a few mutterings!
That reminds me - these young lads can't half eat and its dead tough to keep up with them! Breakfast will be a healthy plate of hot food with toast, lunch will generally be a mountain of salad, veg, and meat and fish, and dinner will be the same! Oh, and don't forget the option for a drop of soup for starter at dinner, and puddings on all meals (well, not breakfast unless you include fruit and yogurt!).
And now they have found "Afternoon Tea" on the Pier! Managed to keep that from them for two days but no longer so now they get a 4pm top up of energy from scones, tea, and finger sandwiches.
Mind you, they work it off with training sessions most evening pre-dinner, so its far from nets-sleep-play- sleep in terms of activity. They eat well, but work very hard. Put us old timers to shame by the beachside!
Practise today was leisurely. The groundstaff were delighted to take an unscheduled hour off so we could use the outfield for fielding (take note Mr Mackay!), though they spent most of that time chasing a rat round the stadium with sticks trying to beat it! For those animal lovers out there, I am pleased to say that no rats were harmed during the practise.
One or two of the lads are a bit sore. It is the same always - that first game takes it out of you and no matter how much gym work and net sessions you put in, you feel it. However, the squad is fit and raring to go . . . for another meal!


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If you know how to use Linux and a few basic development tools � Perl, the BASH shell, development libraries, and the GNU C compiler�Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will help you do all these tricks and more. For example, you can
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The bonus CD-ROM includes all kinds of cool open source software for your home automation projects. Linux Smart Homes For Dummies even includes lists of cool gadgets to check out and great ways to automate those boring household chores. A smart home�s a happy home!
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For those tired of the hassle of searching for the perfect shoe size, Feetz may have created a solution with 3-D printed shoes. The story was covered on CNBC by Cadie Thompson.
Lucy Beard, the Founder and CEO of Feetz, is a Graduate of the San Diego Founder Institute.
Despite being currently in the testing stage, the company expects to begin taking orders by the end of the year. The process entails customers taking three pictures of each foot from different angles and sending the images to Feetz, who then enters the images into specialized software that allows a shoe for each foot to be printed. The customer would then receive the finished product within about seven days. Currently, material is limited to a rubber-like substance, but within the next two years Feetz expects to offer more options, allowing for more designs.
If you want to be an early beta tester or just stay informed on Feetz as they head towards their launch, be sure to check out their official website.