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Cascade Microtech Inc. today will field a characterization system that it says can shave weeks off the power semiconductor development cycle. The Tesla probe station allows power semiconductors to be safely tested on the wafer, before the wafer is diced and the chips packaged.
Power semiconductors are notoriously difficult to probe. Because the devices require high current and high voltages, and because the wafers are thin and difficult to hold down with a wafer chuck, probing can pose a danger to both the test instruments and the engineers who deploy them. Thus, manufacturers of power semiconductors--from discretes to systems-on-chip--have had to test the devices as packaged chips. And one source described traditional power device test equipment and procedures, respectively, as jury-rigged and ad hoc.
"The common problem with testing power device wafers has been that when you blow up a device, it can send power surges into your probe," said Cali Sartor, senior program manager for Tesla at Cascade Microtech (Beaverton, Ore.). "They can propagate all the way back up the line, potentially damaging your multi- thousand- dollar instruments; plus the blown device can arc to adjacent devices."
An infrared-light curtain surrounds the Tesla probe to prevent electrocution of operators when the probe is carrying high-voltage signals. Any disruption of the light curtain shuts down the system. Further, all the mechanical and electrical components have been beefed up and validated for up to 3,000 volts and 60 amps.
"Today, test engineers spend an enormous percentage of their time jury-rigging fixtures and designing ad hoc test procedures," said Douglas Raymond, vice president of measurement and instrumentation at market watcher Frost & Sullivan. "Tesla gives them the opportunity to concentrate on characterization rather than on test procedures."
Freescale Semiconductor's SmartMOS Technology Center is a beta site for Cascade's new probe station. "Tesla will have a huge effect on our productivity," said Edouard de Fresart, power device section manager at the center. "It will reduce the hassle of packaging devices before we characterize them."
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Frost & Sullivan and fellow market watcher Yole Development (Lyon, France) both peg today's power semiconductor industry at about $25 billion, and both predict growth to more than $30 billion by 2009. "All the new consumer devices, from handheld PCs to mobile GPS to iPods, have to deal with power semiconductors," said Raymond. "You are going to see continued growth in that marketplace, because power semiconductors are needed to drive all the widgets and gadgets."
According to Cascade's Sartor, testing of such devices today requires a detour from the normal design cycle, as engineers remove a "split"--a multidice section of the wafer--send it out for packaging and then test the packaged chips in specially constructed fixtures. The process can take weeks. With Tesla, Sartor claimed, "one beta site EE said he has been able to test multiple devices still on the wafer in a single day."
Cascade based Tesla on its Summit 12000 series wafer probe station. Thus the system "can be used for both regular and power semiconductors," said Raymond of Frost & Sullivan. "In the morning, the test engineer could be doing tests on mixed-signal, RF, microwave and high-frequency semiconductors; then in the afternoon he might do tests on high-voltage, high-current power devices."
Tesla includes a hands-free digital imaging system and relocates all the control panels outside the light curtain so that the engineer can manipulate a sequence of power devices on the wafer through automated test routines.
"We also had to develop a thermal chuck" that could accommodate testing of ruggedized power devices, said Sartor. "And we had to figure out how to safely handle such very thin wafers," often with vertical device structures.
Tesla's wafer chuck has a proprietary, chemically functionalized gold top surface that has been optimized for low contact resistance. The gold chuck electrode can connect to all the power devices that use the backside of the wafer as an electrode.
Tesla also uses a proprietary probe, for which the basic innovation is a multifingered tip that distributes the current across the fingers. While the probe diameter is oversized, so as to draw heat up from the device under test, each tip finger is very small and does not leave marks on the wafer pads after testing.
The high-voltage probe provides a triaxial measurement. Proprietary insulating materials enable a precision measurement to be performed at very low leakage currents, while still handling up to 1,100 V triaxial and up to 3,000 V coaxial.
The probe station sits on an anti-vibration table and has a microscope mount, a thermal controller and a chiller system both for characterizing temperature ranges and for keeping the wafer at a constant temperature during test. While power devices are typically fabricated on 6-inch wafers, the tester can accommodate wafers up to 8 inches in diameter. The wafer itself is placed in a sunken microchamber that provides an electrically shielded test environment. The system can also be used to test shards and discrete devices.
Software supplied with the Tesla probe station automatically performs the most common tests for power devices, according to Cascade.


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138 addictive levels of shoot em up glee! There will be a waiting list to be your friend if you tell others you play this game (your results may vary based on your character and personality).
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ANDY Carroll is just the gift that keeps on giving for Newcastle.
Fresh from reinvigorating their squad on the back of the £35m cashed from the striker's sale to Liverpool, United are now on the brink of Europe thanks to the big man.
Carroll's late FA Cup semi-final winner on Saturday denied Everton final spot and guaranteed European spot, and meant that Newcastle just have to finish sixth to secure continental football for the Magpies next season.
And let's not forget that other Carroll present, when he skipped around Tim Krul in the recent game at St James's Park, but opted to fling himself to the floor rather than put the ball in the back of his old club's net.
It was almost Michael Chopra-esque.
In the wake of two headed winners inside a week, the debate has been raging again about whether Carroll is a waste of money or someone who will eventually prove to be a bargain.
The truth is probably somewhere in between.
If anyone thought Carroll was worth £35m, they want visiting by the men in white coats, or firing. Just ask Damien Comolli.
The striker enjoyed a decent half season in his first full year in the top flight. He bagged double figures by January, including goals at Arsenal and at home to Liverpool, before making his international debut still in his early 20s.
But enough about Michael Ricketts, this is a piece on Andy Carroll.
No one expects Carroll to go the way of Ricketts, now 33, whose most newsworthy incident since being left without a club after Tranmere cancelled his contract in 2010 was pleading guilty to common assault after hitting and head-butting his ex-girlfriend last year.
Carroll's twice the player Ricketts ever was, but at the same time he's no Alan Shearer or even Les Ferdinand.
The word 'great' is bandied about all to often. Carroll isn't in that class. He's a good Premier League striker, a handful on his day, and capable of great moments when in the mood.
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German firm Gleiss Lutz is introducing paid one-month sabbaticals for associates and associated partners every three years in a move to improve the work-life balance of its lawyers.
The new sabbatical scheme is kicking off in January 2014. Associates and associated partners will have the opportunity to take a paid one-month sabbatical in the third and sixth year of their employment.
All Gleiss partners have been able to take unpaid sabbaticals for many years, but the scheme is now extended to more lawyers at the firm.
The move follows other flexible working initiatives at Gleiss, including part-time working and working from home.
Alexander Schwarz, the partner responsible for personnnel at Gleiss, said the scheme was a "direct response" of a recent survey of associates that highlighted work-life balance.
"We believe that someone who can recharge his or her batteries will come back to work with increased energy and more creative ideas. This means that it is not just our employees who benefit, but ultimately the entire firm," Schwarz added.
Like several other German firms, including rival Hengeler Mueller, Gleiss ranks fairly low in The Lawyer European 100 when it comes to diversity with women making up just 5.8 per cent of its partnership. The firm operates a low leverage, with around two associates to every partner.


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How do you persuade twenty-eight Year Six children to happily sit down all day – and write?
We had organised to take our students, from St John's and St Clement's primary school in south-east London, to take part in one of The Guardian's news writing workshops for schools at the Guardian's Education Centre. Before the visit, though, I was admittedly a little dubious. Would the subject matter interest the children enough?
A few weeks earlier, my Year Six colleagues and I had attended an evening session organised by The Guardian for teachers as a taster of the children's day to come.
Our task was to write and produce our own front pages based on a selection of the news stories of the day. The teachers explained that every morning they select child-friendly national and international stories from the PA, Reuters and AP news wires coming into the building and then re-write the copy and select pictures to accompany them.
At the end of the exercise we were able to show off our own front pages, complete with our portraits, to the children at school the following morning.
I was curious to see how the same challenge would work with our Year Six children. Would it engage them enough to persuade them to sit down, write and re-write news stories for the best part of a day?
A couple of weeks later we were to find out. We bowled along to The Guardian offices in King's Cross, central London, this time accompanied by half of Year Six.
We were welcomed at reception. The children were awestruck by the building and by the sight of real journalists in their glass offices.
Their own news room for the day was a large airy space overlooking the canal. It contained five groups of desks, each with four screens. On one wall, there were half-a-dozen clocks showing the times around the world.
The children were to pair up and share a screen. The room, now filled with pupils, suddenly looked like an expensive state-of-the-art ICT suite.
After discussions about the roles of various people who work on a newspaper – reporters, sub-editors, editors – Elli Narewska, the teacher who led our session, explained to the children how they were going to structure their own front pages based on the news of the day.
The pupils were quick to pick up how to use the technology. They had to bring up the wires, select two main stories then research and write them on the front page template of their choice. They then had to choose appropriate pictures to accompany the stories.
The whole process was hard work and Elli kept on pushing the children to keep to time, so the pressure was on.
The children had a wide choice of stories and most lead on either the second ferry crash off the Italian coast or the story about the escape from Syria of the British journalist Paul Conroy. Some preferred to focus on the plight of the penguin or the latest figures released about the cost of the Olympics. The children used laptops to update stories and check breaking news.
They also had to write captions, bylines and snappy headlines as well as choose the name of their newspaper. Some chose to use their initials for their newspaper name: "The G&T Times" was a particularly snappy moniker.
The outcome? Every single child went home proudly clutching their own front page, having experienced a slice of real-life "Literacy". Twenty-eight children happy and not a single one complained that they had to sit and write all day.
• Fiona Plant is a Year 6 teacher at St John's and St Clement's school in London
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As far as having a home-field advantage for today's Central Coast Section semifinals, Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton has the edge over Serra-San Mateo.
The No. 1-seeded Gators (10-1) host No. 5 Monterey (8-3) at 1 p.m. in a Div. IV semifinal, the first time the schools have met. The No. 2 Padres (9-2) battle No. 6 Bellarmine-San Jose (8-3) at Independence-San Jose at 7 p.m. Both the Gators and Padres face stern tests.
Monterey brings an athletic quarterback in sophomore Carter Aldrete, who measures 6 feet 1 and weighs 175 pounds. Though the Toreadores run the veer-option attack, Aldrete has thrown for 11 touchdowns with only three interceptions. He has rushed for 271 yards. Aldrete's father, Rich, is a former head baseball coach at Cal State-Monterey Bay.
The Gators will have to slow two quality sophomore backs — Akili Jones and Jason Beering. Jones has rushed 118 times for 753 yards and five touchdowns. Beering has similar numbers, with 119 rushes for 685 yards and six touchdowns. Wideout Brandon Finona is a big-play receiver with 19 catches for 477 yards, a 25.1 yards-per-catch average.
"Monterey runs about 70 percent of the time, but Aldrete can throw it," SHP coach Peter Lavorato said. "He has a good arm. Both their backs can run the football. They're a good football team."
The Gators hope to control the ball with the hard running of Andrew Segre, Ricky Grau and Chris Lee. Quarterback Cole March, another tough runner, replaced Mason Randall in last week's win over Seaside. Randall injured the thumb on his throwing had early in the Valparaiso Bowl game against Menlo School-Atherton, but played the remainder of the contest.
"We'll see how it goes," Lavorato said. "Cole helps us on defense at defensive end and he can play some linebacker. He's quick and has long arms."
The game could be a battle of wills. Whichever team can control the clock on offense should win the game.
"Monterey is good, defensively," Lavorato said. "They fly around on defense. We're going to have to take care of the football."
The teams have a couple of common opponents. Monterey defeated Salinas 34-12, while the Gators defeated the Cowboys 25-10. The Toreadores beat Seaside 19-7, while the Gators took care of the Spartans 35-12 in last Saturday's quarterfinal. Monterey lost a close game to Palma-Salinas, a CCS Open Division team, 26-21.
Lavorato is glad the game is on the Gators' turf.
"It's really important for us to be home," Lavorato said. "We've earned it. The players feel more comfortable playing at home."
Meanwhile, the Padres get a Bellarmine team that put up heavy resistance in Serra's 17-7 victory on Oct. 4 at San Jose City College in the West Catholic Athletic League opener.
The Padres, normally run-oriented, have tried to be more balanced on offense this season. Quarterback Matt Fa'aita has thrown for 1,375 yards and 17 touchdowns. Wideout Hamilton Hanoa'i has 25 catches for 486 yards and nine touchdowns. Running back Kava Cassidy has been the workhorse for the Padres, rushing for 1,210 yards on 181 carries, scoring 13 touchdowns.
The Bells have a versatile quarterback in K.J. Carta-Samuels, who has committed to Vanderbilt. He is a good scrambler who can throw on the run.
Should Serra win its next two games to capture the Open Division crown, it is the probable choice for a berth in the Div. I regional bowl game. The winner of that game would represent the North in the state bowl championship game in Carson.
Sacred Heart Prep would have an outside chance for a Div. III regional bowl berth should it win the CCS Div. IV title and finsish with a 12-1 record.
Email John Reid at email@example.com; follow him at twitter.com/dailynewsjohn.


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| Leonhart77 chapter 2 . 2/28/2013
couple things i like about this chapter: a family moment among Squall, Rinoa and Jase and, Squall's reaction when he realized that the stove was caught on fire at the end of this chapter. i burst out laughing when i read that part. XD
| Peaceful Dragon Rose chapter 18 . 1/16/2013
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| Bobby Danny chapter 8 . 7/18/2008
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| Bobby Danny chapter 7 . 7/14/2008
Love it!
| Bobby Danny chapter 3 . 7/7/2008
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| Destiny-N chapter 3 . 7/6/2008
OMG! I loved the end. That was so sweet. Squall can be such a romantic. Please update soon!
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| Destiny-N chapter 2 . 7/5/2008
This is really cute. I love Squall and Rinoa family stories, but there's not that many. I'm glad you posted one. :) Your story is also quite funny, which is also awesome. Squall wishing on the shooting star that he could go to bed fits the whole dance scene perfectly. The name you came up with for their son is also very nice. Well, with all that said, I love your story, it's awesome, and I can't wait for the next update.


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SPOKANE, Wash. – John Shuford, who has earned a doctorate in philosophy and a law degree from the University of Oregon, is the new director of the Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies, which is located on the Gonzaga University campus. He replaces Jim Mohr who chairs the Institute's Board of Advisors.
Shuford's duties include oversight of the Journal of Hate Studies, and the anticipated creation at Gonzaga of an undergraduate minor in hate studies, which would be the world's first. Shuford also leads planning for the upcoming International Conference on Hate Studies, scheduled to be held in Spokane from April 6-9, 2011. Building upon the foundation of a successful initial conference in 2004, the 2011 conference will convene leading academics from multiple disciplines worldwide.
The Institute for Hate Studies is a unique resource to produce and promote research, education, and leadership in an emerging cross-disciplinary field. Hate studies examines humans' capacity to define and dehumanize or demonize the "other"; it also examines processes that inform or can curtail, control or combat that capacity.
"Through the Institute for Hate Studies, Gonzaga is a world leader and innovator in attempting to understand and address basic human questions," Shuford said. "Why exactly do people hate? How and why do we turn other humans, as well as non-human life, into objects for hatred? Is there anything consistent or even predictable across social problems like racism, nativism, anti-Semitism, and religious intolerance? What can be done to prevent hatred before it takes root in action, or effectively address it when it has? Is it possible to create free, democratic communities where hatred does not manifest? These are practical ethical questions, and they attract me to the Institute and its work."
The Institute for Hate Studies shares and supports development of new theories, models, and discoveries about hatred, including the possibility of transforming it. Founded in 1997 as the Institute for Action Against Hate, the Institute recently changed its name to better reflect its new mission and commitments.
The Institute recently hosted its annual Take Action Against Hate Banquet and coordinated Gonzaga's Day for Justice activities. Shuford spoke at both events. The Institute has also begun a new research project on the theme "How Does a Community Respond When Hate Comes to Town?" The project tracks the Gonzaga campus community response to the recent Spokane appearance by Westboro Baptist Church members.
Shuford's background includes work in the philosophy of nonviolence and conflict resolution, as well as active research in legal and political philosophy and critical legal scholarship. His current work focuses on immigration policy and reform. While he has published on topics such as affirmative action, reparations movements, and race relations, his work strives to find and foster common interests and future concerns, based in democratic and ethical principles.
Shuford continues to serve as an instructor in Gonzaga's philosophy department, where he teaches philosophy of law, international ethics, political philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of human nature. Before coming to Gonzaga, he co-founded an interdisciplinary research and education center and a graduate program in conflict resolution. Shuford also sits on the board of directors for the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center in Spokane.
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The betting suggested ON THE CUSP was expected to return to form back at this venue last time. He duly obliged and can go in again with a 6lb rise negated by Ella Smith's allowance. Course regulars Elusive Warrior and Masked Dance have yet to score over further than 7f and Ivy Port won over the same trip here back in March. Polytrack winner Hail Promenader has yet to race on this surface but both McConnell and Putin are course and distance winners and not easily overlooked.
Hail Promenader (IRE) 4-1fav (9-13) Raced wide, held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, driven and not quicken over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 6l behind Sonnetation (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Oct.
McConnell (USA) 25-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway centre over 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 14, 13l behind Smokey Oakey (9-1) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.
Estibdaad (IRE) 8-1 (10-0) Close up, lost place over 4f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 7th of 16, 3l behind Linkable (10-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f amat hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Putin (IRE) 4-1fav (9-5) Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 12, 1l behind Clock Opera (8-13) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Viking Warrior (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon switched right, chased winner inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Baraboy (8-6) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.
Knight Charm 8-1 (8-11) In touch on inside, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 10th of 12, 21l behind Diplomatic (9-1) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-68 (5) pol in Oct.
Hazza The Jazza 20-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 4f out, 9th of 14, 9l behind Bitaphon (9-1) at Southwell 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Masked Dance (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Led, headed over 4f out! chased winner until over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 14, 5l behind Bitaphon (9-1) at Southwell 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
On The Cusp (IRE) 4-1fav (9-5) Close up, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-52 (6) fbs beating Bladewood Girl (9-6) by 2 3/4l, 14 ran.
Minimee 14-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out until inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 10, 5l behind Dansili Dutch (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Boy The Bell 4-1fav (9-0) Held up in mid-division on outside, wide on home turn, soon outpaced, hard ridden over 1f out, rallied and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Red Shadow (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol.
Nezami (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, never a factor, 7th of 11, 8l behind Delightful Sleep (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Ivy Port 6-1 (11-0) Broke well, soon steadied, held up in rear, behind 6f out, last of 11, 44l behind Red Four (11-0) at Nottingham 1m 2f am hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.
Elusive Warrior (USA) 4-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden halfway, kept on one pace, 5th of 14, 5l behind Bitaphon (9-1) at Southwell 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.


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Why hasn't the "Arab Spring" spread to Africa?
The revolts of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya were in North Africa and they set off chain reactions across the Arab world as far as Syria and Yemen.
But just south of the Sahara desert in the rest of Africa, there have been few signs of revolts against entrenched, dictatorial and unresponsive leaders. There are plenty of out of touch African despots and plenty of disgruntled populations yearning for more democracy and accountable leadership. But sub-Saharan Africa has remained relatively calm with no popular uprisings.
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I was asked that on the great PRI program "The World." I responded that some African countries show signs of a revolt, such as Senegal and Uganda, but most others don't. Some African cities show a thirst for change and others don't. And, most importantly, most African leaders use lots of repressive measures to prevent mass demontrations.
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Andre Smith was quite the top prospect until he was suspended for Alabama's bowl game. The proof is in the other guys wearing grown up clothes at Radio City Music Hall yesterday. Actually, I think Smith has to go to the NFL Draft wearing this.
The drafting shenanigans don't begin until 4 p.m., so teams have plenty of time to decide and pick this gentleman, if for no other reason, so they can hand him their jersey as quickly as possible. Although, perhaps he can just play like that in the event the NFL ever instantiates Psych Outs.
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Working with regular books (general tools), I have the need to skip back and forth between central tables/overviews at various pages.
This could be achieved by either:
A ) being able to save marks I make using Cmd+7, so I can recall them after doing a search, or by
B ) being able to view the book in split view, two winows (not tabs) showing the same text, like with parallel bible texts and reference tools -- but unsynced, so I can search and navigate the two independently.
Maybe both would be good ideas?
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The Gardiner Museum's Ceramic Sculpture Competition is challenging artists from across the country working in all mediums to create a new Toronto landmark using clay. The monumental sculpture will be installed in front of the Museum on Queen's Park, along the busy Bloor and Avenue Road Corridor, joining the Jun Kaneko "head" as a focal point of the Museum's plaza.
The winning sculpture will be selected by a five-person jury made up of artist and novelist, Douglas Coupland; Director of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Gaëtane Verna; Associate Dean of OCAD University, Michael Prokopow; Gardiner CEO and Executive Director, Kelvin Browne; and Gardiner Chief Curator, Meredith Chilton.
The competition will promote the benefits of public art, and demonstrate both the versatility of clay and its potential for outdoor art. It will also build appreciation for artists who work in the ceramic medium and encourage artists to experiment with it for the first time.
The Gardiner is grateful to La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso for commissioning the artwork and to the City of Toronto for their support of the Ceramic Sculpture Competition, and would like to recognize Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Emmanuelle Gattuso, in particular, for their leadership in helping this important civic initiative to proceed.
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The Gardiner Museum celebrates the art of ceramics and engages local and international audiences by promoting understanding of the long history of people crafting in clay. The Gardiner wants people to experience ceramics as an art form that has enriched life for thousands of years, and as a craft that remains a vital medium for creativity. In a virtual world, the connection to the reality of clay, and to creating, is an imperative one. The Museum stewards a highly important collection, connecting visitors to the fundamental role of ceramics in many cultures throughout history, and offers special temporary displays, many highlighting the relevancy of ceramics to contemporary life.
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I was recently at the DMV with a friend, and realized that he wasn't registered as a donor. After berating him for not being one, I finally stopped to breathe, and asked him why. As far as I could tell, when I chose to actually listen, he was concerned that when he went to Heaven he wouldn't be able to see. I wish I was kidding.
First of all, dude is not going to Heaven, because it's clear that when you start associating yourself with me Hell is your only plausible option. Secondly, shit doesn't exist. It did spur a great discussion, though, of what you can do with your body after you have kicked the bucket.
According to the CIA fact book, there are 6,744 deaths a day, which means that we are subsequently running out of space to store our cadavers. What's our solution? Sweeping them under the rug, like any good American would do, and by "rug" I mean "other dead bodies." You think Nana Goldwin is the only body under that slab of cement? Think again.
Most people believe cremation to be the "greener" way to decimate a pile of flesh, but it's still a pretty forceful punch to Mother Nature's cervix, seeing as you could drive 4, 800 miles on the energy equivalent of the energy used to cremate one body. Crematoriums can also release up to 5.9 grams of mercury into the environment as each body is torched. So, for all of you who are concerned with the future, and other such nonsense, and would like to reduce your carbon footprint, let me introduce you to promession. The ever-environmentally-conscious Swedes created a freeze-drying process, in which to dispose of your loved ones space-food-like remains. They basically dip your body into liquid nitrogen, vibrate you into a fine powder, and then bury said powder in a nice biodegradable take-out container. Yum.
You have sea burials, so why not space burials? It seems logical that that would be the next step. For only a few hundreds of thousands your body, too, can be shoved into a tube of lipstick, and shot into the final frontier. If that's a bit much for you, and you'd like to stick in our atmosphere, contact Angel's Flight to be turned into subliminal messaging.
If being projectile vomited out of an explosion device doesn't suit your fancy, then you're probably a materialistic bitch, and in that case check out Life Gem. Who, for a small nominal fee, will turn your cremated remains or hair into a literal blood diamond.
Then, of course, there's always plastination. Because, yeah, everyone's wanted to see your disgusting body in all of its decrepit glory. Wait, they can plasticize you riding a plasticized horse holding a plasticized scepter? I'm in.
If even more interested in posthumous body-butchering, Mary Roach wrote a great book a few years ago, called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, which goes into great detail of the options that you have for your bag of bones. Or, you know, you could just check "yes" on the DMV form.
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(i) Easy model building with less formal statistical knowledge required.
(i) Clinical interpretation of model parameters is difficult (black boxes).
(ii) Capable of capturing interactions between predictors.
(ii) Sharing an existing ANN model is difficult.
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According to an online survey conducted by CareerBuilder.com, employers are not firing workers quite as often for faking illness to get a day off. According to survey results, 15% of employers fired workers this year because they faked an illness, down from 18% in 2008.
It appears fewer employers have the time to check up on absent workers. This year, only 29% of employers said they check up on absent workers. Last year, 31% said they did.
So why are workers absent when they aren't sick? Some employers said stress over the bad economy and job burnout were to blame. Workers' explanations ran the gamut, from ducking out on unpleasant tasks at work to just not feeling like coming in. Several said they needed to catch up on sleep, while others ran errands or simply spent the time with family.
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A controversial Winterville subdivision got a green light Tuesday night when the town's attorney reversed himself on whether a public hearing must be held.
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A public hearing is not necessary after all, Winterville City Attorney Al Stone told a called meeting of Winterville's Planning and Zoning Commission. Stone said that means the commission's Dec. 6 decision approving the preliminary plat for the subdivision will stand, despite the commission's Jan. 3 vote to rescind its approval and schedule a public hearing on the proposed subdivision.
After further research into Georgia law, Stone said the plat was final after the commission approved it.
Stone read his opinion to the commission and a crowd of about 30 people in Winterville City Hall. He said he would not answer questions about the opinion.
Winterville Mayor Jim Mercer said he would sign the plat this morning.
The 300-acre development, called "Winterville Station," consists of about 159 homes. Most would be inside the Winterville city limits, where about 470 homes now lie. Some of the homes, about 24, would be in neighboring Oglethorpe County.
The proposal has been vocally opposed in the Clarke County town of about 1,000 people. Opponents say it will bring more traffic, destroy Winterville's small-town ambiance and mean higher taxes because of the additional police, school, fire and other services it will require.
According to Lee Hartle of a citizen group called the Winterville Advisory Group (WAG), 186 Winterville residents opposed the Winterville Station development in a survey WAG conducted; only six people were in favor of it.
During a regularly scheduled Winterville City Council meeting that followed the planning and zoning commission meeting, Hartle and some others in the crowd urged city officials to seek a different legal opinion or get a new attorney.
"We had high hopes that our city officials would listen to the public and hold a public hearing," Hartle said. "So now our voice, which was lifted last month, was unheard, and that's been going on for quite a while."
Hartle said the city "ought to look for a new lawyer."
Some members of the planning and zoning commission - which recommends to the Winterville City Council whether to approve or deny rezoning applications - didn't realize their vote was final when they approved the plat on Dec. 6, Keen said. Unlike in zoning matters, the planning and zoning commission grants final approval for plats.
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Méthodes de Privatisation des Entreprises Publiques en Afrique Sub-Saharienne : une analyse théorique
In this article, we analyze the process of privatization of state-owned enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. When the possible investors are not able to finance with their own funds the acquisition of public companies, the financing by the State-seller is a method relevant taking into account the objectives and constraints of the situation in Africa. We propose a particularly method of privatization via auctions, where potentials investors submits a bid with equity shares and debt shares. In this case, the government has two objectives : maximization of revenue and maximization of the efficiency. We show that the properties of this method of privatization rest mainly on the shares debt/equity. The revenue maximization is contraditory to efficiency objectives.
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Cataloguing the world of heavy equipment, this vibrant square volume explores the unique capabilities of 11 vehicles, from construction trucks to rescue helicopters. On each spread, Mayo (Wiggle Waggle Fun) offers plenty of colorful adjectives and terse verbs: "Bulldozers are good at push, push, pushing,/ over rough, bumpy ground, scraping, and shoving." Ayliffe, who explored some of this territory before in The Busy Building Book, pictures two bulldozers, one yellow and the other red, attacking clods of dirt and showing trees no mercy as they maneuver around a hill at precarious angles. The artist works in brightly colored cut paper, adding just enough detail to the people and landscapes (the bumpy texture of caterpillar tracks, the grid work of a crane tower) to satisfy young enthusiasts. A refrain on each spread reminds readers that these distinctive vehicles share at least one similarity: "They can work all day." A final spread of a darkened town full of stilled vehicles demonstrates that even giant trucks and earthmovers need to turn off their engines: "Shhh! They can rest all night." Ages 3-5. (May)
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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Reviled by motorists and local politicians alike, a controversial anti-terrorism fence near the Garden State Parkway bridge crossing the Great Egg Harbor Bay will be removed in 2013, state Sen. Jeff Van Drew said Tuesday.
Drawing cheers from a crowd gathered for the annual Cape May County transportation conference, Van Drew's remarks about the $250,000 fence was the highlight of the day, upstaging millions of dollars in other road and bridge projects.
The chain-link fencing, topped with barbed wire, was installed last year by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to protect the Great Egg Harbor Bridge from terrorists. It immediately drew the ire of the public and the tourism industry as an alleged waste of money and an eyesore.
"The good news is the fence is going to come down. I'm glad they listened," said Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic.
Van Drew, speaking before an audience of more than 100 people here in the Crest Haven Administration Complex, cautioned that the fence won't be removed until 2013 when a project begins to replace the southbound span of the Great Egg Harbor Bridge.
"It's not perfect news," he said.
Some would like to see the fence removed immediately. Cape May County freeholders passed a resolution in January asking the authority to remove it because it sends a bad message to incoming tourists.
Van Drew said he lobbied the authority, the Department of Transportation and representatives of Gov. Chris Christie to get it removed. He argued the barrier mars scenic views looking out over the bay and the salt marshes.
"It's one of the most beautiful vistas in the state," Van Drew said.
Removal would be done next year when the authority begins a project to replace the southbound lane of the Great Egg Harbor Bridge, which also crosses the Drag Island channel, constructed in 1955. The northbound span, which was built in 1973, will be refurbished but not replaced.
"When they demolish the bridge, they will remove the fencing on both sides and they won't replace it. They will construct the new bridge in such a way that fencing is not necessary," Van Drew said.
Thomas Feeney, a spokesman for the authority, said the final design for the project is scheduled to be completed in 2013.
"During that process, we expect to identify a different way to secure the existing span. Once that work is done, the fence can be removed," Feeney said.
The need for the fence was defended by Feeney, who said a security assessment identified it as the most vulnerable major bridge on the Garden State Parkway or New Jersey Turnpike. Fences were installed on 10 authority bridges as part of a $7 million project.
Feeney said it is not the most likely target, but it is the most vulnerable. He said the authority understands people don't like the appearance of the fence, but he said it was the solution to protect a span critically important to public safety and the regional economy
"The people who are calling for us to just take down the fence simply don't understand the vulnerabilities. That has put us in a difficult position. We're not going to announce to the world the features that make the bridge vulnerable, so we really can't defend our decisionmaking in public," Feeney said.
The project also will include demolishing the decrepit 84-year-old Beesleys Point Bridge that also spans Great Egg Harbor Bay. The bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic since 2004 due to structural damage.
In related news, the authority at a meeting on Tuesday agreed to hire the Hoboken firm Hardesty & Hanover, LLP to do final designs for the project, environmental permitting and to prepare contract documents at a price not to exceed $8,780,000. The work will include removal and replacement of the Great Egg Harbor Bridge and removal of the Beesleys Point Bridge.
The conference included discussion about another fence covering 10 miles on the Atlantic City Expressway that hasn't gone up yet but is in the planning stages. The fence is not to fight terrorism but to protect wildlife.
"If anybody objects to this fence we'd be happy to take it down. Call the DEP and release us from this contract," said Deputy Executive Director Samuel Donelson of the South Jersey Transportation Authority.
The fence is designed to funnel animals from the DEP's Makepeace Lake Wildlife Management Area in Hammonton to culverts that cross under the expressway. An artist's rendering of the fence showed a raccoon going under the highway.
"We're trying to figure a way to strap an E-ZPass on the back of that raccoon," Donelson said.
Van Drew warned there may be some traffic issues during the various projects he talked about, which also included eliminating the three traffic signals on the Garden State Parkway in Middle Township as well as doing interchange improvements at Exit 20 and Exit 0 of the parkway.
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We are fortunate enough to live near Disneyland so my son has had the opportunity to participate in the real Jedi Training Academy. We thought it would be cool to do the same thing for his birthday party. Since I have video of him at Disneyland, I was able to teach the kids the same choreography. We played the theme song to Star Wars during the training and obstacle course. When Darth Vader appeared we played the Imperial March. It added a lot to the event. Each kiddo received a robe made from a pillow case (no sew...just a few snips with the scissors. I saw them on this site originally!). They cost about $1.50 each! They also got a pool noodle light saber which came in at less than a dollar a piece too.
Kids also made a felt Yoda & R2D2 for a craft.
It was a fun party for not a lot of money. Thank you to everyone who posted their amazing ideas! This site is such a great resource.
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Kids made a felt Yoda & R2D2. They received their robes and Light Sabers and had to hit balloons to keep them in the air. They learned a sequence of moves to practice. We had the Star Wars theme song playing. Then the music changed to the Imperial March and Darth Vader appeared. The kids each battled him.
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Published: September 17, 2012
Preparing to take flight are Rotary Club of Youngstown's inbound and outbound exchange students, who are examining the airplane exhibit at the OH WOW Children's Museum in downtown Youngstown. On the left is Gauthier Gaillard, 16, a student who arrived in the United States on Aug. 28 from Les Herbiers, France. He is attending Ursuline High Schooland plans to study architecture after he graduates. At right is Alex Chiu, an exchange student to Stuttgart, Germany from Rotary District 1830. He graduated this year from Canfield High School and plans to pursue studies in language and international business. He also is a third-generation Rotarian. His father, Kevin Chiu, and grandfather, Dr. Y.T. Chiu, are members of Rotary Club of Youngstown.
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Forming in 1982, after the demise of Peter Steele's first band, Fallout, Carnivore were like a Black Sabbath-inspired version of 'Show No Mercy'-era Slayer. But that comparison is not to say Carnivore were unoriginal; they were, in fact, totally unique. While you could easily imagine "World Wars III and IV" or "Carnivore" on one of those early Metal Massacre comps, they still stood apart. Part of the appeal is the incredibly bass-heavy tone, an aesthetic Peter applied to his music at all times. The other notable aspect is Peter's vocal weapon, a gnarly shout mixed high and, on this recording, expanded with just the right amount of delay and reverb.
There's a Motorhead-ish lurch to the first two songs, especially "Carnivore," which features gang vocals in the chorus and has something in common with early Manowar in its main riffs, a band Carnivore seemed modeled after in some respects. The first two songs aren't all that different from their album counterparts, just a bit rawer and drier. Most fascinating is third and final track, "The Subhuman." Over 10 minutes of bleak, brooding, sllllow doom, it's certain (and documented) that Steele was influenced by Trouble and Saint Vitus -- about the only bands doing this sort of thing in 1984 -- and he took that inspiration, as well as the enduring specter of Black Sabbath, and cranked it down to a crawling 16 RPM.
As with all of Peter Steele's recordings, this demo, as rough and primordial as it is, puts you firmly into a singular, unique world that keeps it feeling special and timeless decades after it was recorded.
The first demo from the legendary NYC hardcore, thrash, punk, crossover, and sometimes moaning giants Carnivore.
The demo starts with "World Wars III and IV" where Peter Steel announces himself and the band to the world by shouting "Let's have a war!". This fittingly describes the band, no nonsense and definitely in your face. The message is straightforward and to the point without the band taking itself too serious.
"Carnivore", the second track, again is catchy and fun but still a heavy track that is filled with lyrics that can be interpreted as sexually motivated as well as just being a cannibalistic pig. It also allows Peter Steele's unique vocals to shine a little more than the previous track.
The last track "the Subhuman" is an 11 minute slow paced preview of what will later become Type O Negative's signature sound. A dark, gothic and doom metal track that lets Peter Steel explicitly describe some of his perverse stories while the band provides the setting.
Simply put, this a great demo where you can hear the origins of both Carnivore and Type O Negative.


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Why Should Developing Countries Be Preached To By the G7?
Post-crisis regulatory reform efforts show that developing countries are rule takers and G7 countries are the rule makers. All this in spite of the fact that the epicentre of the international financial crisis occurred in developed countries. So why should many of the regulators and supervisors in developed countries claim to know best practices for developing countries?


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Sent off at odds of 6-1 after not having registered a victory
since Del Mar's Green Flash Handicap in August of 2010, California Flag
rallied from just off the pace to defeat Excessive Passion by one-half
length over the 6 ½ furlongs of Santa Anita's hillside turf course while
timed in 1:11.91.
The final time didn't quite match the gray gelding's course
record of 1:11.10 he had set in capturing the 2008 Morvich, nor his
1:11.40 in repeating the next year, nor his 1:11.20 in winning the
Breeders' Cup event. But it was a stunning reflection of the
California-bred's heart in a race that could have led to retirement.
"If he doesn't run good, he'll probably be retired," trainer
Brian Koriner had said prior to California Flag separating himself from
Morvich two-time winners El Cielo (2000 & 2001) and Impressive Luck
(1977 & 1978) in the event's 38th running.
Another Breeders' Cup prospect emerged from Monday's Columbus
Day program when Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's Secret Circle
blitzed his juvenile opposition by 5 ¼ lengths in the $71,340 Jack
Goodman Stakes while blazing six furlongs in 1:08.27.
Even Baffert was taken aback. "I'm sort of half-shocked the way
he ran," said Baffert. "He doesn't show that in the mornings. It's
amazing. That's a fast horse."
So fast, in fact, that Baffert's immediate aim is the new
$500,000 Breeders' Cup Sprint for two-year-olds at Churchill Downs on
Nov. 5. "That's what our goal is," he said, "if all's well."
Koriner, meantime, was non-committal about another Breeders' Cup
for California Flag. "I don't know," he said. "We'll talk about it. We
didn't know what to expect. We'll see what happens."
"He ran a great race," said Patrick Valenzuela, who did the
navigating on the holiday Monday. "I had horse coming across the dirt.
He just kicked on and fought it out hard. He's a fighter."
Excessive Passion, who had contested the early lead under Joel
Rosario, held on for second by one-half length over Ain't No Other and
jockey Garrett Gomez. Camp Victory, the 4-5 favorite, never reached
serious contention while finishing fifth in the field of eight.
California Flag, third choice in the wagering, paid $15.40,
$9.80 and $6. Excessive Passion returned mutuels of $14.40 and $9.20.
Ain't No Other, second choice at 5-1, paid $4.60 to show. It was
California Flag's fourth win in six trips over Santa Anita's unique
downhill grass layout.
"He's a nice old horse," Koriner said in admiration. "It's just
nice to see him back and people can quit criticizing (for running him at
the age of seven). Patrick Valenzuela rode him perfectly. He sat right
behind that other horse (Excessive Passion), got him to relax, and then
he spurted away. He grinds it out. At the end, nobody was making any
The homebred son of Avenue of Flags owned by the Hi Card Ranch
of the late Keith Card and his wife, Barbara, added $60,000 to his
earnings. They were elevated to $1,218,825 from a 10-0-2 record in 24
lifetime starts.
A 7 ¼-length winner of his maiden debut at Del Mar in July,
Secret Circle displayed the kind of inherent ability that may indicate
he could stretch out to become a serious 20012 Triple Crown candidate in
the Goodman Stakes. His time for 5 ½ furlongs over Del Mar's Polytrack
surface had been 1:03.40.
With Rafael Bejarano in the irons, the son of Eddington tracked
the pace in third through fractions of 21.31 and 44.20 in the Goodman.
Secret Circle took command in midstretch and swiftly drew away from his
"When I came to the stretch, I was clear and he just took off,"
Bejarano said in the winner's circle. "It was unbelievable. He ran
better than the last time. I didn't use the whip. I just galloped and
"He was different today. He felt much better on the dirt. He
took a little dirt in the face, but he was fine and just kept running.
He's going to be even better next time."
Galex, ridden by Joe Talamo, got up for second, a neck in front
of third-place Panettone with Victor Espinoza aboard. Sweet Swap, the
5-2 second choice, was not a factor while checking in fifth in the field
of six.
The well-supported winner paid $3.20, $2.40 and $2.10. Galex returned $8.20 and $2.10. The show mutuel on Panettone was $3.60.
A $165,000 auction purchase in April by the partnership of Mike
Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, Secret Circle earned $41,190 to
bring his two-race total to $78,990. The ownership group won the 2010
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Speaker Jeff Barnes will present "Forts of Nebraska" on Sept. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chicoine Atrium of the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center at Chadron State College.
This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and the Sandoz Center as part of the HN Speakers Bureau.
Nebraska's forts were among the first, last and most important on the Great Plains, built to promote trade, to protect travelers and settlers, to fight the Indian tribes and then to keep the peace. During that time, they hosted some great names of American history, including Buffalo Bill Cody, Crazy Horse, George Custer, Robert E. Lee, Red Cloud, and Mark Twain.
Barnes will tell the story of Nebraska's 12 military forts and what today's visitors will find at the sites.
Center Director Sarah Polak said that community members were the ones who asked her to bring Barnes to Chadron. "We are thankful that the city of Chadron and residents of the area see as a place which can serve the cultural and educational needs of the region and that they feel comfortable approaching us with their ideas."
Polak continued that this program will be a great addition to many courses offered at Chadron State this semester.
The program will last approximately one hour with a question and answer period following Barnes's presentation and is free to the public. Polak recommends that individuals attending the event park their vehicles in the lot south of Old Admin.
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By Rebecca LaFlure
The Cove Herald
GATESVILLE - On any given day, a casual visitor for Dawn Grounds will be subject to questioning from three security guards, several personal identification checks, a metal director walk-through and a routine pat-down before being escorted to her office.
These overwhelming safety precautions may seem excessive to most working a standard 9-to-5 job, but her job is far from typical.
Grounds is senior warden of the Gatesville Prison's Hughes maximum facility male unit. She oversees 750 staff members and 2,900 inmates serving sentences for convictions ranging from drug offenses to murder.
"It's a difficult job. Not everybody can do it," she said. "It takes a strong personality, integrity and commitment. It's strength of character, and knowing what's right and wrong and being able to make decisions and follow through with those decisions."
Grounds has worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division for 25 years, working in prisons across Texas from Huntsville to New Boston to Palestine.
She began her career as a correctional officer in the Huntsville State Prison and worked her way up the ranks as a lieutenant, captain, assistant warden and now senior warden.
Because TDCJ employees are subject to frequent unit transfers, Grounds lives by the quote, "Bloom where you're planted."
She moved to Gatesville's Hughes Unit three years ago.
"In TDC, you transfer a lot, and they put you where they need you. I don't think I ever went to a unit that I wanted to go to," she said. "But then once I was there, I didn't want to leave. It's the idea that this may not be where I want to be, but I'm going to do the best I can here."
As senior warden, Grounds manages the operations of the entire facility. She said her job often feels like being a mayor of a small town.
"We have laundry, stores, the chow hall, wastewater and maintenance, all things you would have to deal with in a city. You do a little bit of everything," she said. "You have department heads of all those areas. They do all the work, and they check up with me and keep me informed and tell me about particular problems."
Grounds said the most rewarding part of her job is influencing her staff members and watching them grow and develop in their careers.
The staff is particularly close-knit because of the daily adversity they face from many of the offenders, she said.
"In TDC, we grow people," she said. "That's the greatest part of the job, is watching people be successful."


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While public opinion polls suggest a majority of Americans support President Obama's foreign policy, it would seem most adherents are ignorant of the failures in almost every corner of the globe, from Iraq to Egypt, from the Hindu Kush to the Urals. One of the first blunders was to renounce the agreement with Poland and the Czech Republic on missile defense in order to satisfy Russian leaders. The president has asserted he has "reset" the relationship with Putin and friends.
Unfortunately, the reset button is stuck on U.S. accommodations without reciprocal Russian concessions. Most recently the president told Congress that he is prepared to share U.S. missile defense secrets with Russia. In the president's signing statement for the 2012 defense authorization bill, it was noted that restrictions aimed at protecting top secret technical data on U.S. Standard Missile-3, which includes velocity burnout parameters, will be given to Russian authorities.
What this means, in effect, is that the effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear deterrent has been compromised since it is now easier for Russian technicians to counter U.S. missiles. Security officials are also concerned that Russia could share this secret data with China and rogue states such as Iran and North Korea in an effort to defeat U.S. missile defenses.
State Department officials contend that providing this SM-3 data as part of the inert missile defense talks with Moscow will yield concessions. This theory is often attributed to Ellen Tauscher, an outspoken critic of missile defense. Presumably, if the Russians have this data, it will allay fears that missile defenses in Europe would be employed to thwart Russian ICBMs.
It is noteworthy that Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds for Russian access to sensitive missile technology without contacting Congress with a full report on the revelations. The president must also certify to Congress that Russia will not share secrets with other states and that it will not help Russia "develop counter measures to U.S. defenses." Mr. Obama contends these restrictions are "non-binding."
In fact, he relies on his position as commander in chief to maintain that there should not be any interference with the president's constitutional authority to conduct foreign affairs.
Needless to say, there are Republicans in the House of Representatives who regard President Obama's stance as dangerous. But it is consistent with the president's ideological position that the sharing of nuclear secrets will ultimately make the globe a more stable place and may be the catalyst for the adoption of the "zero option." Of course, what the president either overlooks or ignores is that a system of openness yields a disproportionate benefit for cheaters. Our vulnerability does not necessarily mean other states will cooperate. It is indeed far more likely that rogue states will use the data provided to counter the effectiveness of missile defenses and make the U.S. more vulnerable to attack than it is at the moment.
Alas, Ms. Tauscher wants a deal. State Department officials often believe a deal is a sign of success. However, this deal is fraught with danger. Giving secrets of this kind to an enemy, at least a potential enemy, challenges common sense and may even challenge the president's constitutional authority. President Obama has chosen to override Congressional limitations based on his faith in Russian compliance. Yet it should have been clear from the manner in which the president was outfoxed on the cancellation of radar deployment in Poland and the Czech Republic that Russia knows how to play chess while the U.S. is committed to checkers.
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3 February 2008 – Mark Webber set the pace on the final day of testing this week at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. At the wheel of the 2008 Red Bull it was the first sign of some impressive pace from the RB4.
Webber finished narrowly ahead of Heikki Kovalainen with Lewis Hamilton third. Behind the leading trio, Robert Kubica showed that BMW is getting to grips with its new car as it continues to show improved pace in fourth.
The day was overcast, but remained dry until the final hour of testing, which cut things short for the teams present.
Alonso was fifth in the new Renault, 0.2s off the pace but ahead of Heidfeld, Bourdais, Coulthard, Piquet Jr and Vettel. Honda continued to struggle with the new car with Barrichello eleventh and Button thirteenth, over 1.5s off the pace.
Testing is complete at Barcelona but the track action continues tomorrow over in Bahrain where Ferrari and Toyota are in action for the first of two three-day tests.


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Greetings from the City of Sin!!!!
So far in Vegas I've been having an amazing time! I have a crazy awesome room at the MGM with a view to die for of The Strip and the mountains beyond. I have the amazing company of the Photo Love Cat girls (Anne Ruthmann, Jillian Kay and Christine Tremoulet) for my roomies. I had the best mini-workshop EVER with Cliff Mautner. This image of his is brought me to tears every time it came up in his slideshow during class. I've never in my life been moved by an image so much. He's amazing and so inspiring. I hear that the image did REALLY well at the competition here and I can't wait to see just how well. Have I mentioned he's amazing??? We didn't get to shoot TOO much with him during the class but enough so that I'll be able to blog some great stuff when I get home and show off some new things I learned.
Not related to Vegas, but future brides should check out the post I contributed to at Intimate Weddings for tips to look fabulous in your wedding pics.
Have a great day!
PS: Past brides… send in your Bride's Talk!!! Deadline is 2/21!!!!


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CORTLAND, N.Y. — A retired social studies teacher is giving $5.2 million to the State University of New York in Cortland to help pay for scholarships for children of recent immigrants.
John Fantauzzi, the son of Italian immigrants, credits the school in central New York with launching his teaching career in the 1950s. He wants to help students like him whose parents or grandparents came "seeking the American dream."
It's the largest individual gift in SUNY Cortland's 140-year history.
The endowment, announced Tuesday, supports a fund Fantauzzi established in 1990 that has provided full scholarships to more than 50 students from families that immigrated from North and Central America, Asia and Europe. A Syracuse native, Fantauzzi lives in Cape Coral, Fla.


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When Southern Methodist University surpassed its $750 million fundraising goal, its leaders decided to raise the bar. Now, they aim for $1 billion.
SMU officials will announce their new goal Friday.
The university's Second Century Campaign, which coincides with its five-year centennial celebration, is the largest capital campaign in SMU history. It will continue through the end of 2015.
"We felt like having a real stretch goal would ensure the next two years would be as productive as possible," SMU President R. Gerald Turner said Thursday. "Why not use this opportunity to take the institution to another level?"
The new money will support the same priorities as the original campaign: student scholarships, academic programs, faculty positions and campus improvements.
Caren Prothro, SMU board of trustees chair and campaign co-chair, said the money raised already has translated to recruitment of top faculty members, more competitive student admissions and a more diverse student body at the private university, which has an enrollment of nearly 11,000.
The campaign has financed 472 new scholarships that allow SMU "to go head to head with other peer or aspirational schools," Prothro said. "We want to make it possible for talented, high-achieving students to come here, and in order to do that we need to step up our scholarships."
About 70 percent of SMU undergraduates receive merit- or need-based financial aid.
Since 2002, the average SAT score of first-year students at SMU has increased from 1183 to 1302, Prothro said. The student body has also grown more diverse, with 25 percent of minority students and more than 1,400 international students.
The capital campaign has funded 34 new endowed faculty positions. The most recent high-profile hire is Fred Chang, who was named the Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Centennial Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security.
By the end of the capital campaign, SMU aims to have 100 total endowed faculty positions. So far, it's up to 96.
The campaign also has financed 26 construction projects, including a renovated basketball arena, a new tennis complex and a new housing complex with student dorms, faculty apartments and a cafeteria.
When SMU began its fundraising campaign, the board set three major goals: raise $750 million, draw support from at least 50 percent of all alumni and raise money from at least 25 percent of alumni each year, Turner said.
With more than two years to go, SMU has raised $780 million. More than half of SMU alumni have donated to the campaign, and about 24 percent of alumni donated to it this year.
But Turner says there's still plenty of opportunity to raise money.
"There are still people interested in making a first gift or second gift," he said. "The momentum among our alumni and friends continues to be strong, the economy continues to improve and our leadership is still very motivated."
To increase alumni participation, SMU expanded outreach with regional campaigns in areas including New York City, Mexico City and Hong Kong. The school has also encouraged recent graduates to contribute.
"We say to young alumni, 'Skip a pizza tonight,'" he said. "You don't have to give a million dollars for it to be important."
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Class 4 isn't much better, random read/write is faster on the lower class cards so that means apps will be faster. The only thing that's better about the higher class cards is sequintial speeds. A higher class card will transfer large files faster (like movies) though. You really need to decide what you need based on what you plan to use it for
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UNFCCC Bonn climate change talks
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WHO planned activities at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn include two side events and two informal meetings of the Friends of Public Health.
- Wednesday, 15 June 13:15.14:45 - Room TRAM Health as a priority in a changing climate impacts and responses. Lessons from a seven-country pilot in Europe and Central Asia. Vulnerability assessment priorities and multi-sector national health adaptation strategies.
- Saturday, 11 June 13:15.14:45 - Room SOLAR Stakeholder meeting on social dimensions of climate change. The overall goal of the stakeholder meeting is to get negotiators and other stakeholders' contributions and views on how to ensure that climate-related policies and measures consider the SDCC.
- Thursday, 9 June 18:00 -19.00 - Room TBC (I Friends of Public Health informal meeting)
- Tuesday, 14 June 13.15 -14.15 - Room TBC (II Friends of Public Health informal meeting)
The following meetings/events will be an opportunity to highlight the importance of health in the climate change debate:
- Tuesday, 7 June Informal groups -UNFCCC Event: Current knowledge, expertise and support to support the work programme on loss and damage under the Cancun Adaptation Framework
- Wednesday, 8 June Informal groups SBI workshop on observer organizations: Further development of ways to enhance the engagement of observer organizations and SBSTA Dialogue on developments in research activities relevant to the needs of the Convention
- Monday, 13 June Informal groups - Joint SB forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures
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WHO presentation at the joint SBI/SBSTA forum: "Commitments, responsibilities and opportunities to align climate change and health actions" Presenter: Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Team Leader - Climate Change & Health, WHO
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WHO submission to the UNFCCC: 1) Submission to the Joint SBI/SBSTA forum to draw the attention of the Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC commitment to avoid adverse impacts on "human health and welfare", as specified in Article 1, Paragraph 1, of the Convention, as well as the affirmation "that responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development".
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WHO submission to the UNFCCC: 2) Submission to the work stream I of the Transitional Committee for the Design of the Green Climate Fund: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting issues.
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WHO submission to the UNFCCC: 3) Submission on the Adaptation Committee to the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action.