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Q: I love to dress up and go socialize with people. My boyfriend, however, can only smile friendly and chitchat for about 20 minutes before he seats himself in some corner and starts reading the host's books. Last time we went to a dinner party, I found him alone in a room petting the owner's dog! I do introduce him around and encourage him to be more outgoing. I think if he'd just make more of an effort to talk to people, he'd have a better time. He says he's not miserable but just can't do this social stuff for long. I love having him with me, even though he's kind of not actually with me. So, can it work with a self-proclaimed introvert and a party girl?
—Social Butterfly
A: It's a party! You're in your element, making the rounds, meeting tons of new people, racking up invites to parties after the party, and your boyfriend's, well, probably in that little crawl space under the host's stairs.
Sartre once said, "Hell is other people at breakfast." An introvert sees no reason to narrow it down to a particular time of day. My own introvert boyfriend is charming and fun one on one, but his favorite kind of party is one that's canceled, and his preferred RSVP would be something Ving Rhames said on the set of "Out of Sight": "I don't want to talk to anybody I don't already know."
Ever since Freud decided (sans evidence) that introverts were repressed, narcissistic trolls under the bridge, extraversion has been considered the ideal and introverts have been seen as socially stunted. Introversion is also wrongly conflated with shyness, but shyness is fear- and shame-based — quite different from seeing no reason to say anything to strangers unless you or they are on fire.
More and more, research points to a strong biological basis for personality. Brain imaging shows distinct differences in introverts and extraverts. Studies by neuroscientist Debra L. Johnson and others found that extraverts, who get energized from external stimulation like meeting new people, have increased blood flow to rear areas of the brain for sensory processing (like listening, touching, watching). Introverts, who tend to be more pensive and introspective, and are easily overwhelmed by too much external stimulation, showed more blood flow altogether (indicating more internal stimulation), over more complicated pathways, with more activity in frontal regions for inward tasks like problem-solving, reasoning, and remembering. Put that together with a Chinese study adding evidence that introverts get socked with a higher level of cortical arousal from stimuli, and you get the idea that urging introverts to be more outgoing is a bit like urging scissors to be more like a stapler.
So, can it work between you and a boyfriend who probably researches the host's wallpaper so he can dress to blend into the background? Well, maybe — if you're independent enough to show up to most events without him as Your Date™. There will, of course, be times when it means something to you to have him there, and the compromise then is his to make. Be sensitive to his feelings, try to get there early (when the houseplant-to-guest ratio is greatest), and be okay with him eventually slinking off to read "The Life History of the Dung Beetle" or talking to the dog (who's sometimes the most interesting person at the party).
Q: Is there any way, for a man out on a date with a woman, to utter the phrase "Whoopsie daisy" and not see a Road Runner cloud where she was just sitting?
—Just Curious
A: Just wondering…under what circumstances would a man (you?), on a date with a woman, be compelled to utter the phrase "Whoopsie daisy"? Dropped your knitting? Or, was it your Hello Kitty wallet and matching compact?
There are some women who like to date girlier types, and they're called lesbians. Otherwise, unless you're joking, and your date shares your sense of humor, you probably will see a cartoon puff of smoke in her wake if you talk like her elderly aunt. You don't have to grunt and adjust yourself every two minutes, but if you're looking for a conversational role model, lean more toward Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry" than Kurt Hummel in "Glee."
People on dates often blurt out dumb stuff because they're nervous and sitting across from somebody and have nothing on their mind but "I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY!" You can avoid this if you plan dates that have you going places, seeing sights, and showing off your keen powers of observation by pointing out things of interest; for example, "Wow, look at that man running away with your pocketbook."
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The other day I confessed to my husband that the blog is stressing me out. I know that I've neglected the blog recently, and that my posts are spotty and infrequent. I just feel so guilty about it. It sucks. But you know what else sucks? Feeling guilty about my blog. Frankly, it's just stupid. I started this blog because I was working at a job I didn't like and I desperately needed a creative outlet. I found so much joy in cooking and I wanted to share that joy with others. So, I cooked and I wrote and I found so much freedom in the process.
But here I am, nearly 5 years later and my life has changed drastically. I quit my job and started my own freelance marketing business. I started working for a farmer's market. I had a baby.
In addition, blogging has changed. It's become much more of a business. It feels much less like a community, and more like a competition. It's become about imagery and props and styling, not about content. To be honest, I'm a little tired of it. I've been mulling over these thoughts for awhile, and then I read a recent post by Michelle at Hummingbird High and it really resonated with me. She spoke honestly about her thoughts on blogging, and it was refreshing to read someone speak openly and honestly about the current state of the blog world.
When I started this blog, I was working a 9-5 desk job. Blogging was strangely easier in those days, as I would come home after work and would work out the frustrations of the day in the kitchen. It was the best kind of therapy. These days, I don't have set work hours. I'm a stay-at-home mom, sort of. I'm also a working professional, and I love my work. I'm juggling a lot. I have eight hours of childcare a week. Eight.
The reality is, I just don't have a lot of time to devote to the blog right now and I feel I need to take a little time and reassess my priorities. I want to write and post for the right reasons, not out of stress or obligation. I started this blog because it was really good for me. It brought me a lot of joy and satisfaction. (It certainly wasn't a source of stress!) I need to get back to that place.
Lest you panic, I'm not shutting down the blog. I promise, I'm not going anywhere. I'll still post recipes, but I'll post when I feel it makes sense. I'll post when I feel inspired. I'll post when I find a little spare time. I'll post when my kid starts napping regularly and gives me a few hours to myself. ;)
I'm still here, I just need a little reboot.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for understanding. Chances are, I'll post more frequently now that I've gotten this off my chest.
I feel better already.
1 head cauliflower
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup roughly chopped cilantro
1/4 cup slivered almonds
4 green onions, sliced thinly
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1.5 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with foil or Silpat.
Trim the cauliflower into small (half inch or inch) florets.
Mix together the olive oil, spices, and minced garlic. Toss cauliflower florets with oil and spice mixture, making sure that cauliflower is well coated.
Place cauliflower on lined baking sheet and roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes, flipping once, or until fork tender and browning along the edges.
Remove cauliflower from oven and allow to cool slightly. Toss with dried cranberries, almonds, cilantro, and green onions. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed. Serve warm. (Note: I squeezed a little lime juice over the top of the salad before serving and it was delicious!)

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Welcome to College of the Canyons' Accreditation Self Evaluation. This site is designed to provide public access to all accreditation-related records. Documents will be posted as they become available. Additional information about the accrediting commission and accreditation process is available at right. Linked documents are in PDF format and will open in a new window or tab.
Letter from Accrediting Commission, June 23, 2017
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Visiting Accreditation Team's Final Report
Fundamentals of Accreditation
Eligibility Requirements
Accreditation Standards
Guide to Evaluating Institutions
Manual for Institutional Self Evaluation
Rubric for Evaluating Institutional Effectiveness
Guide to Evaluating Distance Education
Substantive Change Manual
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2014 Self-Evaluation Timeline
Accreditation Steering Committee and Writing Teams
2014 Self-Evaluation Report Preparation
Evidence Collection, Letter to Standard Teams, September 2013
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2014 Commission Report (May)
2014 Commission Report (March)
2014 Substantive Change Proposals:
Approval of Programs/Certificates Completed 50 Percent or More through Distance Education
Institutionalization of the Medical Laboratory Technician Training Program
Relocation of the Automotive Technology Training Program
2012 Progress Report on Student Learning Outcomes
2012 Commission Report
2011 Midterm Report
2009 Commission Report
2008 Self-Study Report
2008 Commission Report
2008 Substantive Change Proposal
2006 Commission Report
2005 Midterm Report
2004 Canyon Country Education Center Needs Study
2003 Commission Report
2002 Proposed Education Center Letter of Intent
2002 Self-Study Report
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It may be a little behind the curve, but Sam Macaroni's spin on Disney's Tron: Legacy, filtered through the gladiatorial combat of Joust, is a super short burst of delightful parody. Or maybe I just like talking ostriches.
Tron: Legacy soundtrackers Daft Punk did its own take on lance-on-lance combat in the Tron universe, which is technically superior—and higher in Olivia Wilde concentration—but Sam's version is way funnier.


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TGIF!!! I'm am very glad it's Friday even though this was a short week! Here are some of my favorite finds this week.
I always love Kim's creations from The Tomkat Studio. Once again, she did a great job with her daughter's birthday who celebrated this year with a Rainbow Heart Party.
If you are feeling a little creative for Father's Day, then be sure to check out this Fishing Father's Day from My Insanity.
This time of year always seems so busy so I might need to try this Raspberry Mint Cocktail from The Wicked Noodle that I found on Pinterest.
Today is the last day to vote in the Top 25 Party Planning Moms from Circle of Moms. I am honored to be on this list with so many other wonderful and talented women! Thank you to everyone that has voted and you can still vote here today.
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What is the Assumption of Mary?Question: "What is the Assumption of Mary?"
Answer: The Assumption of Mary (or the Assumption of the Virgin) is a doctrine which teaches that after the mother of Jesus died, she was resurrected, glorified, and taken bodily to heaven. The word assumption is taken from a Latin word meaning "to take up." The Assumption of Mary is taught by the Roman Catholic Church and, to a lesser degree, the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The doctrine of the Assumption of Mary had its beginnings in the Byzantine Empire around the 6th century. An annual feast honoring Mary gradually grew into a commemoration of Mary's death called the Feast of Dormition ("falling asleep"). As the practice spread to the West, an emphasis was placed on Mary's resurrection and the glorification of Mary's body as well as her soul, and the name of the feast was thereby changed to the Assumption. It is still observed on August 15, as it was in the Middle Ages. The Assumption of Mary was made an official dogma of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950 by Pope Pius XII.
The Bible does record God "assuming" both Enoch and Elijah into heaven (Genesis 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11). Therefore, it is not impossible that God would have done the same with Mary. It is not heresy to believe that God "assumed" Mary into heaven. The problem is that there is no biblical basis for the Assumption of Mary. The Bible does not record Mary's death or again mention Mary after Acts chapter 1. Rather, the doctrine of the Assumption is the result of lifting Mary to a position comparable to that of her Son. Some Roman Catholics go so far as to teach that Mary was resurrected on the third day, just like Jesus, and that Mary ascended into heaven, just like Jesus. The New Testament teaches that Jesus was resurrected on the third day (Luke 24:7) and that He ascended bodily into heaven (Acts 1:9). To assume the same thing concerning Mary is to ascribe to her some of the attributes of Christ. While the idea of the Assumption of Mary is not heretical in and of itself; in the Roman Catholic Church, the Assumption of Mary is an important step toward why Mary is venerated, worshipped, adored, and prayed to. To teach the Assumption of Mary is a step toward making her equal to Christ, essentially proclaiming Mary's deity.
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Mark Ludwig enters his 16th season at the helm of the York program having become one of the top mentors in the country. Under his tutelage the Spartans' have accumulated a mark of 236-68-30 including a glistening 140-19-24 record since the 2005 season.
Since 2005, the Green and White have made nine consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament including two appearances in the Elite Eight. York's first two NCAA bids came on the heels of back-to-back Capital Athletic Conference Tournament championships, while York also enters the 2014 campaign as reigning five-time CAC champs. The Spartans have finished seven out of the past eight seasons with final national rankings of tenth, fifth, fifth, tenth, eighth, 12th, and tenth in 2013.
York's 2014 season was another highly successful campaign as York went 19-3-1 with a fifth straight Capital Athletic Conference championship and a ninth straight NCAA Touranment appearance. The Spartans advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual runner-up Rutgers-Camden. The Spartans earned their CAC championship with a 1-0 road win at Salisbury in the conference title tilt.
York's 2013 season saw the Spartans capture their fourth straight conference championship, a first for any York College program. The Spartans capped their conference championship with a tournament record 5-0 win over Mary Washington in the championship contest. The Spartans opened the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 win over St. Joseph's (Long Island) followed by a tie and penalty kick advancement against Rutgers-Camden. In the Sweet 16, York fell behind eventual national champion Messiah 2-0 before roaring back to tie the game and force overtime. After the extra sessions were scoreless, the Falcons ended one of the most exciting games in Graham Field history as they advanced on PK's, ending York's Final Four quest.
The 2012 campaign was different for the Spartans as they started the season 0-2 for the first time since 2001. The next few weeks weren't much better as the Spartans were just 3-5-3 in the first 11 games of the year. The Green and White bounced back in impressive fashion as they reeled off a 10-game unbeaten streak including their third straight CAC tournament championship. The streak ended with a tight 1-0 loss in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
In 2011, the Spartans posted a 16-5-1 mark including a flawless 8-0 record in CAC play. Much to their credit, York did not surrender a single goal throughout conference action. The Spartans would go on to secure their fifth CAC Tournament championship courtesy of a penalty-kick shootout victory after a 1-1 draw against Salisbury. York once again reached the NCAA Tournament, chosen as a host for the first and second rounds, but fell 1-0 to Kenyon in the opening match.
In 2009, the Spartan squad posted an outstanding 17-1-5 record including an undefeated 6-0-2 mark in CAC play. Highlighting the campaign, York won the 2009 CAC Tournament title with a 2-1 triumph over Stevenson. The conference crown was York's fourth CAC championship and their third in the past five seasons. With the conference title, the Green and White garnered their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. York, chosen to host the first- and second-rounds notched 6-0 and 2-0 wins, reaching the Sweet 16 for the third time in the previous four seasons.
The 2008 campaign proved to be one of the top seasons for a Ludwig-guided program. The Spartans posted a sterling 18-0-2 record, including an 18-game win streak to open the season, outscoring their opponents by a wide 59-3 margin, as the three goals allowed ranked the 2008 York squad as the top defensive team in the history of NCAA Division III men's soccer. A mark tied by Amherst College in 2012.
In 2007, the Green and White stretched their unbeaten streak, which began at the end of the 2005 season, to 49 consecutive contests, one of the top marks in NCAA history. York then climbed to first in the country in mid-October, the first team in York College history to achieve such a ranking. The Spartans made their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, this time on their first at-large bid. After winning three contests, including a penalty-kick shootout win, the Spartans would bow out in the Elite Eight to Middlebury, the eventual national champion.
Ludwig guided the Spartans to a stellar 2006 season which saw them post a sterling 21-0-3 mark as they won the CAC regular season and tournament crowns and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before being ousted on penalty kicks. He was again named the CAC and South Region Coach-of-the-Year, having received both honors in 2005, and then earned Division III National Coach-of-the-Year accolades. The Spartans finished the season ranked fifth in the nation after reaching as high as second in the country during the 2006 year, and sported the top winning percentage in NCAA Division III men's soccer.
Ludwig holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma and has coached 36 of the 37 Spartan Regional All-Americans. Over the past nine years, he has also coached all nine Spartan All-Americans including five first-team honorees, and the 2009 NSCAA National Player-of-the-Year Jon Ports.
In addition to coaching the Spartan men's soccer program, he also teaches math at York College.
Ludwig resides in York with his two sons, Christian and Rees.
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Hubble Finds that a Bizarre X-Shaped Intruder Is Linked to an Unseen Asteroid Collision
Last January astronomers thought they had witnessed a fresh collision between two asteroids when images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed a bizarre X-shaped object. After using Hubble to track the oddball body for five months, astronomers were surprised to find that they had missed the suspected smashup by a year. The science results are reported in the October 14 issue of the science journal Nature.
Hubble Finds that a Bizarre X-Shaped Intruder Is Linked to an Unseen Asteroid Collision
Last January astronomers thought they had witnessed a fresh collision between two asteroids when images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material.
After using Hubble to track the oddball body for five months, astronomers were surprised to find that they had missed the suspected smashup by a year.
"We thought this event had just occurred," says astronomer David Jewitt of the University of California in Los Angeles and leader of the Hubble observations. "We expected the debris field to expand dramatically, like shrapnel flying from a hand grenade. So we rushed to apply for Hubble time to watch the aftermath. But what happened was quite the opposite. We found that the object is expanding very, very slowly and that it started not a week but nearly a year before our January observations."
By his calculation, the encounter happened in February or March 2009. Still, Jewitt is excited about the Hubble observations because they are the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. Jewitt's results appear in the October 14 issue of the science journal Nature.
The peculiar object, dubbed P/2010 A2, was found cruising around the asteroid belt, a reservoir of millions of rocky bodies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Encounters between asteroids are assumed to be common, and destructive. In fact, Jewitt estimates that modest-sized asteroids smash into each other roughly once a year. When the objects collide, they inject dust into interplanetary space. But until now, astronomers have relied on models to make predictions about the frequency of these collisions and the amount of dust produced.
"These observations are important because we need to know where the dust in the solar system comes from, and how much of it comes from colliding asteroids as opposed to 'outgassing' comets," Jewitt explains. "We can also apply this knowledge to the dusty debris disks around other stars, because these are thought to be produced by collisions between unseen bodies in the disks. Knowing how the dust was produced will yield clues about those invisible bodies."
The Hubble images, taken from January to May 2010 with Wide Field Camera 3, reveal a point-like object about 400 feet (120 meters) wide, with a long, flowing dust tail behind a never-before-seen X pattern. The observations also show that the object retained its X shape even as the debris field slowly expanded. Particle sizes in the tail are estimated to vary from about 1/25th of an inch (a millimeter) to an inch (2.5 centimeters) in diameter. P/2010 A2 was 102 million miles from Earth when Hubble first observed it in January 2010.
The 400-foot-wide object in the Hubble image is the remnant of a slightly larger precursor body. Astronomers think a smaller rock, perhaps 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 meters) wide, slammed into the larger one. The pair probably collided at high speed, about 11,000 miles (18,000 kilometers) an hour, which smashed and vaporized the small asteroid and stripped material from the larger one. Jewitt estimates that the violent encounter was as powerful as the detonation of a small atomic bomb.
Radiation pressure from the Sun then swept the debris behind the remnant asteroid, forming a comet-like tail. The tail contains enough dust to make a ball 65 feet (20 meters) wide, most of it blown out of the bigger body by the impact-caused explosion.
The two asteroids were probably no strangers to collisions. They were themselves most likely relics from impacts between larger asteroids that occurred tens or hundreds of millions of years ago. This collisional grinding from large sizes down to small is thought to be one of the main processes by which asteroids are destroyed.
Astronomers do not have a good explanation for the X shape. The crisscrossed filaments at the head of the tail might suggest that the colliding asteroids were not perfectly symmetrical. Material ejected from the impact, therefore, did not make a symmetrical pattern, a bit like the ragged splash made by throwing a brick into a lake. Larger particles in the X disperse very slowly and give this structure its longevity.
Although the Hubble images give compelling evidence for an asteroid collision, Jewitt says he still does not have enough information to rule out all alternative ideas. In one such scenario, a small asteroid's rotation increases from sunlight pressure and loses mass, forming the comet-like tail.
Catching colliding asteroids is difficult, Jewitt says, because large impacts are rare while small ones, such as the one that produced P/2010 A2, are exceedingly faint. The two asteroids whose remains make up P/2010 A2 were unknown before the smashup because they were too faint to be noticed. The collision itself was unobservable because it happened when the asteroids were in the same direction as the Sun. About 10 or 11 months later, in January 2010, the Lincoln Near-Earth Research (LINEAR) Program Sky Survey spotted the comet-like tail produced by the collision. But only Hubble resolved the X pattern, offering unequivocal evidence that something stranger than a comet outgassing had occurred.
Jewitt is confident that future telescopes will find plenty of asteroid encounters. The planned Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) should spot dozens of asteroid collisions shortly after they happen, Jewitt says. The LSST is a wide-field survey observatory that will scan the sky weekly for transitory events such as supernovas and near-Earth asteroids.
Astronomers plan to use Hubble again in 2011 to view the remnant asteroid. Jewitt and his colleagues hope to see how far the dust has been swept back by the Sun's radiation and how the mysterious X-shaped structure has evolved.
Donna Weaver
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.
David Jewitt
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* Bank will keep "significant and large" investment bank-CEO
* CEO says comfortable with capital position
By Lawrence White and Steve Slater
HONG KONG/LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Barclays wants to remain a big player in investment banking even though the British bank is cutting costs and jobs in that business, including at least 70 in its Asian division.
The bank has not finalised the number of jobs to go in Asia but it could be as high as 90, according to people familiar with the plans, who declined to be identified because the matter is confidential.
Antony Jenkins, who took over as Barclays chief executive at the end of August, is expected to cut about 2,000 investment banking jobs globally in a review of the bank's business due on Feb. 12. The bank told UK staff of possible cuts earlier this week.
"Barclays will continue to be a universal bank and it will continue to have a very, very significant and large investment bank as part of that universal banking model," Jenkins told CNBC in an interview from Davos on Thursday.
He declined to specify the scale of cuts in Asia, but said: "We still see opportunities for us in Asia in investment banking and equities, but we also see opportunities for us in other parts of the world so it's a relative, rather than an absolute statement.
"We live in a world where capital is scarce and we have to deploy it against our best opportunities."
Banks globally are having to cut costs to cope with this more hostile climate, partly the result of tougher regulation on the industry after the financial crisis.
The CEO said more regulation and nationalism and a tough economic backdrop would limit revenue growth across the industry and was forcing banks to shrink, pick areas of strength and focus far more on cost-cutting.
The future shape and size of Barclays' investment bank is considered the most critical part of Jenkins' review as the business contributes more than half of group profits.
Jenkins took over from Bob Diamond, who left the bank after a scandal over interest rate rigging for which Barclays was fined $450 million.
The CEO is also attempting to drive through a change in culture and standards after a string of scandals, including Barclays' fine for manipulating Libor interest rates, and mis-selling problems in Britain.
"The industry and Barclays got it wrong on occasions. We were too aggressive, we were too short-term focused and we were too self-serving," he said.
Jenkins said he was confident in his bank's capital strength, after warnings from the Bank of England that UK banks may need to raise capital.
"We are very comfortable with our capital position through the course of this year. We have ongoing discussions with our regulators so we're comfortable with our capital position."
In Asia, Barclays had spent heavily to hire a team of veteran investment bankers after the 2008 financial crisis, with the hope of creating a business in the region that would put the London-listed bank in the same league as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
But the Asian operation was hit by delays in establishing its equity business, stiffer than expected competition from local firms, and a quick rebound in Asian markets that allowed rivals to regain momentum.
A spokesman for Barclays declined to comment on the scale of cuts there.
Barclays has about 3,000-4,000 investment banking staff in Asia, out of 23,300 globally.
Barclays ranked 8th in investment banking fees earned globally last year, but was only 20th in Asia, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Jenkins said his review - dubbed "Project Transform" - will have repercussions for the bank's corporate structure.


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Bladimir Barreto, a 19 year-old from Palm Bay, Fla., was seriously injured when he tried to jump over a moving car while making a video to send to NCAA football recruiters. Barreto attempted to clear a Honda Accord driven by his brother, and was sent hurtling through the air when he failed to clear the oncoming car. According to police, Barreto was conscious as he was rushed to the Holmes Regional Medical Center's trauma center in Melbourne, Fla.
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A graduate of West Melbourne Christian Academy, Barreto two years ago played for the now defunct Brevard Grizzlies, an amateur football team in the Florida Football Alliance.
"He wanted to play football and move on, he's just undersized. He's a small guy that was blessed with speed," said his former Grizzlies coach David Dye, who estimated Barreto to be about 5 feet, 5 inches tall.


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Posting Political Rants on Facebook Might Get You Defriended
You may have strong political opinions, but new research finds that those hardcore rants you've been posting on Facebook lately just might be losing you some friends in your social media circle.
Joseph Burns, a professor of communication at Southeastern Louisiana University recently conducted a study where he asked 24 of his friends (half Democrats and half Republicans) about why they posted their political beliefs on social media sites.
What he found is that most people post to point out misconceptions, combat the media and share their personal views, while more than half say they believe their posts can change the outcome of how some will vote.
"My friends who believed they were having an effect said they hoped to encourage people to follow their lead," said Burns. "A number generally agreed with one friend's statement that 'You can sway people's voting decisions based on good, factual discussions.' They wanted to bring to the table an angle that others may not have considered or to 'strike a chord with those who may not agree but are open to interesting ideas.'"
Unfortunately, a swayed decision did not happen. Instead, Burns found that most people who responded to political postings either argued their position or simply unfriended the poster as a means to keep from fighting.
Burns added that most of the respondents in his study said they would likely stop posting about politics after the election is over.


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Milepost 98 of U.S. 77
Ramar Byrd, 23, 2610 Strauss Blvd., Junction City, struck a raccoon while driving north on U.S. 77 at 12:30 a.m. Feb. 8. Byrd was driving his 2003 Dodge car.
U.S. 56 west of Falcon Road
Douglas Neufeld, 59, 204 Fescue Drive, Inman, struck a raccoon while driving east on U.S. 56 at 6 a.m. Feb. 13. Pamela Neufeld, 60, same address, was a passenger in the vehicle. Douglas Neufeld was driving his 2011 Lexus car.
K-15 north of 80th Road
Patrick Kirkpatrick, 59, 585 E. 100th Road, Newton, struck Kimberly Moon, 36, 620 130th Road, Hillsboro, driving south on K-15 at 6:55 a.m. Feb. 12. Moon stopped behind a broken down vehicle in the lane and Kirkpatrick was unable to stop. Kirkpatrick was driving his 1992 Ford car. Moon was driving her 1999 Chevy car.


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This image was constructed by overlaying the Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys image of the Apollo 17 landing region within the Taurus-Littrow valley, taken on Dec. 16, 2005, with a digital-terrain model acquired by the Apollo program to provide a perspective view looking from west to east up the valley. These Hubble data illustrate the high-resolution resolving power of the Advanced Camera for Surveys and display features smaller than a soccer field from low-Earth orbit some 248,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) distant. These images were acquired at nearly full Moon, so the long, dark shadows typical of many lunar orbital photos are not seen; however, this is perfect lighting for color analysis from which to interpret subtle compositional differences.
The Hubble Space Telescope Lunar Exploration team is using the Apollo 17 images (and those acquired of the Apollo 15 site) as "ground-truth" in an effort to discriminate lunar materials enriched in ilmenite, a titanium-bearing oxide of potential value as a resource in human exploration of the Moon. The image was processed by the Hubble Space Telescope Lunar Exploration team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Northwestern University, and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
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A good challenge every now and then is great to keep your mind fresh and alert. While many developers release new games every week, only some are able to give players the difficulty their minds ask for. Sinkers is a new strategy puzzle game where players have 20 moves to try and obtain the highest score removing colored cube like bits from the screen. With bits turning hollow and players having to sink them to keep moving, do you think you can play well enough to top the high-score charts?
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The Sidecar – A Week in Review
Today marks the end of our first week here at CocktailHacker.com, a week of tasting, and experimenting with, one of my all-time favorite cocktails, the Sidecar. Throughout the week, Reese and I have tested many different recipes, some of them exceptional, and some of them not so much.
Of the many lessons we've learned about the Sidecar this week, the most important, I think, and this is apparent to me only now as I review our tasting notes, the key to a good sidecar is equal parts Cointreau and lemon juice. While the amount of brandy can vary significantly between recipes and still produce a very tasty cocktail, it seems that altering the balance of Cointreau and lemon has only a negative affect on the overall quality of the final drink.
Also of note, as Reese and I imbibed cocktail after cocktail, it became clear that we were, in fact, each looking for a Sidecar with somewhat different qualities. While my associate tended more toward the drier of the Sidecar recipes, my tastes ran more to the sweet. After much debate, and several black eyes (I'll never be pretty again), we've each decided to name a favorite recipe.
Reese's preferred concoction places the brandy upfront and allows the sweet and sour components to mingle softly [ed note – We're going to need to call a wordsmith from the wordsmithery to clean up this sentence] in the background:
2 parts Cognac
1 part Cointreau
1 part Lemon Juice
My preference was for the "original" recipe, calling for equal parts brandy, Cointreau, and lemon juice. This recipe, while certainly not something to waste high quality Cognac on, provides a nice balance of flavors, and is also a good choice for those rare occasions when a person cannot be assured of their ingredients' quality:
1 part Cognac
1 part Cointreau
1 part Lemon Juice
Two of the other recipes we've enjoyed this week:
Robert Hess' recipe which we both liked, but Reese found to be "a little too poundable" (it's like we're from different planets, Reese and I):
4 parts Cognac
2 parts Cointreau
1 part Lemon Juice
And the Difford's, which places the Cognac way up front, but still maintains a balanced sweet and sour component:
3 parts Cognac
1 part Cointreau
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1001 years ago, an extraordinary astronomical event occurred in the sky: the most intense supernova ever witnessed and recorded by human beings appeared in the Earth's sky in the year 1006 CE. The blast was seen from Europe to China. One of the witnesses who saw it was a young man from Cairo, Ali ibn Ridwan, then 18 years old. Later on, he produced one of the most significant records about this astronomical event. Nowadays, astronomers scrutinize his record to collect information about the 1006 supernova.
1001 years ago, an extraordinary astronomical event occurred in the sky: the most intense supernova [1] ever witnessed and recorded by human beings appeared in the Earth's sky in the year 1006 CE. The expanding debris cloud from the stellar explosion is still visible to modern astronomers, but the supernova looked much brighter after it blasted in the sky more than a millennium in the past. The blast was seen from Europe to China to whoever gazed in the southern night sky. One of these witnesses was a young man from Cairo, Ali ibn Ridwan, then 18 years old. Later on, he was going to produce in one of his works a most significant record about this astronomical event. Historians and astronomers turn now to his writing to collect information about the 1006 supernova.
Outline of Ali Ibn Ridhwan's bio-bibliography
Abu 'l Hasan Ali ibn Ridwan Al-Misri (c.998-c.1067-68) was an Egyptian physician, astrologer and astronomer. He was an astronomer, physician and commentator on Greek medicine, and in particular on Galen. Some of his commentaries on Galen's works, such as the Ars Parva, were translated into Latin by Gherard of Cremona. He is also known for his supernova observation from 1006, which he mentioned in a commentary work he composed on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos. He was later cited by European authors as Haly, or Haly Abenrudian. He is also known through the bitter and celebrated polemic he engaged against another physician, Ibn Butlan of Baghdad [2].
Besides his commentary on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos [3], to which we will turn on later in this article, we can mention among his works the Latin translation De revolutionibus nativitatum (The Revolutions of Nativities), edited by Luca Gaurico, printed in Venice (1524), and his Tractatus de cometarum significationibus per xii signa zodiaci (Treatise on the Significations of Comets in the twelve Signs of the Zodiac), printed in Nürnberg in 1563 [4].
In 1006, the young Ali Ibn Ridwan had just begun his education in medicine, and he was also interested in astrology, a domain in which he began already casting horoscopes. The "new star," which was known later as Supernova 1006, first appeared on the evening of 17 Sha'ban 396 H/ April 30, 1006. It persisted through the summer, but by mid-August the sun had moved so close to it that, from Cairo, it was above the horizon only during the daylight hours, making further observation difficult.
The historical context in which the Supernova 1006 appeared can be defined as follows. The Fatimids had captured Egypt, establishing Cairo as their capital, in 1069. The Caliph at that time was Al-Hakim. In 1105, Al-Hakim had founded the Dar al-'Ilm in Cairo, the "House of Knowledge." This was an informal public university where anyone could go to read and copy books, study, or attend lectures in theology, grammar, philology, medicine and astronomy. Astrology was excluded, for a distinction had emerged between the empirical discipline of astronomy and what many, including Al-Hakim, regarded as its less respectable, interpretive counterpart.
|Figure 1: View of Al-Azhar mosque courtyard in Cairo. The mosque, founded by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim in 990, was under construction when the 1006 supernova appeared in the sky. (Source).
In 1013 Al-Hakim would forbid the practice of astrology and later banish a number of astrologers. Instead, he patronized astronomers like Ibn Yunus, who produced a set of astronomical tables, al-Zij al-Hakimi, so accurate that they took into account the atmospheric refraction of the sun's rays at the horizon. A few years after founding the Dar al-'Ilm, Al-Hakim began construction of an astronomical observatory.
Though Ibn Ridwan makes no mention of the Dar al-'Ilm in his autobiography, its foundation is indicative of the intense intellectual atmosphere of Cairo. As a child, Ibn Ridwan would have received his basic education at a local mosque, including reading and writing and the recitation of the Qur'an. At 15, he embarked on his medical and philosophical studies. "I had no fortune," he says, "from which I could have paid for my education and so my studies were hampered by obstacles and difficulties. Sometimes I earned my livelihood by practicing astrology, again by medical practice, and yet again by giving lessons [5]."
The prevailing system of medical study disappointed him. Students customarily paid a substantial fee to attach themselves to a well-known teacher and memorize the works he assigned. But Ibn Ridwan says his own teacher "explained no obscure point and added no single word to whatever it was that was being read, but simply listened as the student read it." In disgust, Ibn Ridwan abandoned him. He heard of a better teacher in Iraq, but could not afford to travel there. Instead, he began to read the classical Greek medical authority Galen on his own. When he read that only those trained in geometry or logic could understand Galen's teachings, he paused to learn both. Then he returned to his close study of Galen and added Hippocrates.
A physician friend finally took him on as an assistant. Ibn Ridwan gained practical experience as the physician's substitute and built up a clientele of his own. "My office," he says, "was medicine and astronomy." In his personal library, he kept a copy of the Tetrabiblos, an astrological work by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, which includes a chapter on the roles various planets might play in causing diseases and injuries.
Ibn Ridwan later wrote an extensive commentary on the Tetrabiblos. Like Ptolemy, he believed astrology could be useful for understanding the past and predicting future conditions, but he considered it an imprecise art compared with the mathematical and geometrical calculations of astronomy. In one of his medical treatises, Ibn Ridwan expressed scorn for a colleague who insisted on consulting the stars before considering a patient's illness.
Not until the age of thirty did Ibn Ridwan feel sufficiently established in his profession and secure enough financially to marry and buy a house. He continued his studies another year until, he wrote: "I achieved a reputation in medicine." He was appointed, probably around this time, to be chief physician to Caliph Al-Hakim.
However, on February 13, 1021, Al-Hakim died, in obscure conditions. For the next two years, his elder sister Sitt al-Mulk ruled as regent for Al-Hakim's young son. When she too died, 17-year-old Al-Zahir became caliph for the next 13 years.
Those turbulent times must have troubled Ibn Ridwan. Professionally, though, he prospered. He invested in real estate so he could look forward to a comfortable retirement. He took on medical students of his own, and his reputation spread as far as Makran, in Baluchistan, whose ruler consulted him after being partly paralyzed [6].
Observation of SN 1006
By the time of his death, probably in 1067 or 1068, Ibn Ridwan had written more than 100 works, mostly commentaries on Galen and Hippocrates or medical treatises, several of which he dedicated to his Jewish friend and colleague Yahuda ibn Sa'ada. He also wrote on philosophy, theology, natural science, astronomy and astrology.
It is in one section of his commentary on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos that we find a passage devoted to the unique heavenly spectacle he had witnessed in his youth on May 1, 1006: the blast that revealed the birth of the new star —SN1006.
From other accounts, we know today that the supernova had appeared as far north as the monastery of Sankt Gallen in Switzerland; it must thus have been visible around the world at any latitude south of Sankt Gallen. But no other observer described it with the scientific precision of Ibn Ridwan:
"I will now describe a spectacle [the Supernova 1006] which I saw at the beginning of my studies. This spectacle appeared in the zodiacal sign Scorpio, in opposition to the Sun. The sun on that day was 15 degrees in Taurus and the spectacle in the 15th degree of Scorpio. This spectacle was a large circular body, two and a half to three times as large as Venus as large as Venus. The sky was shining because of its light. The intensity of its light was a little more than a quarter of that of moonlight. It remained where it was and it moved daily with its zodiacal sign until the Sun was in sextile with it in Virgo, when it disappeared at once. ...
Because the zodiacal sign Scorpio is a bad omen for the Islamic religion, they bitterly fought each other in great wars and many of their great countries were destroyed. Also many incidents happened to the king of the two holy cities [Mecca and Medina]. Drought, increase of prices and famine occurred, and countless thousands died by the sword as well as from famine and pestilence. At the time when the spectacle appeared, calamity and destruction occurred which lasted for many years afterwards [7]."
He then detailed the positions of the sun, moon and other planets, down to their degrees and minutes in each sector of the zodiac when the star first appeared. These precise records of planetary positions in Ibn Ridhwan's account helped modern astronomers to fix the date of SN 1006 and locate its position in the sky. He noted in particular that the "spectacle" did not move independently of the stars and that it disappeared "at once" when the sun came within sixty degrees of longitude of its position. That corresponds to a visibility period of about three months. From Ali bin Ridwan's observing site in Cairo, the star was above the horizon only during the day when it disappeared. Since Venus at its brightest can be seen during the day, his statement suggests that the star had become fainter than this [8].
|Figure 3: Comparative data on the brightness of SN 1006. (Source).
A millennium later, we know that what Ibn Ridwan witnessed was a supernova, the cataclysmic explosion that marks the death of a star. However, the new star was not seen only in Egypt. Benedictine monks in Switzerland wrote of the supernova, "in a wonderful manner this was sometimes contracted, sometimes diffused, and moreover sometimes extinguished."
A millennium later, we know that what Ibn Ridwan witnessed was a supernova, the cataclysmic explosion that marks the death of a star. However, the new star was not seen only in Egypt. Benedictine monks in Switzerland wrote of the supernova, "in a wonderful manner this was sometimes contracted, sometimes diffused, and moreover sometimes extinguished."
According to Chinese astronomical records, the supernova was east of the constellation of Lupus, south of Di, and one degree west of Centaurus. They claimed also that its brightness equalled half the intensity of the full moon [9].
Other Arabic accounts of SN 1006 exist. In the Chronicles of Ibn al-Athir (13th century), he said that in the year 396 H (1006 CE), "at the new moon,…a star similar to Venus appeared on the left side of qibla… Its rays on the Earth were like the rays on the Moon [10]."
Bar Hebraeus: "In A.H. 396 (1006 AD) there appeared a star resembling Aphrodite in brightness…gave out light like the Moon…and remained 4 months and disappeared [11]."
Among European accounts, one of the most famous is that of Hepidannus of St. Gall in Switzerland, who wrote that the star was visible in the extreme south. This places a limit on how far south it must have been since it must have been above the horizon from St. Gall (latitude 47 ½ degrees north). Chinese and Japanese accounts place the new star on the present day border of the Constellations Lupus and Centaurus, thus its position can be tied down to fine limits.
The duration of time the supernova was visible from several accounts was 4 months before being lost in the Sun's glare. After 7 months the supernova again became visible in the dawn sky between November 24 and December 22 1107. Then again ancient accounts say it was visible for at least a year. It is possible that the star was erratically visible for up to 10 years according to the Chinese Chronicle Sung Shih, referring to a star visible in November 1006 through May 1016.
Astronomers believe from the ancient accounts that this was the brighter, more luminous Type 1a supernova with an estimated maximum apparent magnitude similar to the light of a half Moon shrunk to the size of a star.
The supernova remained visible in varying degrees of intensity throughout the summer, before disappearing in the fall. As the Earth rotated, it became visible again in December, and appeared on and off for at least the next year and a half.
Modern investigation of SN 1006
In the 20th century, astronomers were aware of the ancient records on SN 1006. Some of them began then investigating these accounts in order to define the degree of brightness of this Supernova and locate its remnants in the sky. Among those astronomers, the work of Frank Winkler was the most conclusive. As a young faculty member in the 1970's, Middlebury College [12] astrophysicist Frank Winkler had the opportunity to study satellite data on x-ray emissions from space, and he wanted to see if he and his students could use this and other data to locate the remains of SN1006.
A team of English and Australian astrophysicists used Ibn Ridwan's data in 1977 to narrow down the area of sky in which the supernova could have occurred. While the Swiss record established the northern limit of the supernova's visibility, only Ibn Ridwan, Winkler explains, gave its position "along the ecliptic, that is, the path that the planets follow through the sky." Winkler and his students combed through the x-ray data looking for an emission source in the right area. And they were definitely able to detect it.
It was the beginning of Winkler's long fascination with SN1006. Winkler's current work focuses on its distance from Earth, its brightness and the material the exploding star ejected into space. He's still learning about the composition of the remnant, but in 2003 he was able to obtain a more precise estimate of its distance from Earth than had previously been possible by comparing a series of digital images taken in the 1980's and 1990's. His estimate that it is just over 7000 light-years from Earth is widely accepted.
How bright was SN1006? Once again, Ibn Ridwan helped provide the answer. His account was the only one to compare the supernova's brightness with that of both Venus and the moon. "Since we know how bright Venus gets," Winkler says, "and we know the brightness of the full moon, we can use those as benchmarks along with Ibn Ridwan's description to peg the intermediate spot in between them that leads us to an estimate for how bright the 1006 supernova would have been, at its peak."
|Figure 5: Significance map of the signal from the Supernova Remnant 1006. The intensity of non-thermal X-rays (ASCA data) is shown by the contour. (Source).
Astronomers measure brightness—or "magnitude"—along a logarithmic scale in which the brighter stars have lower numbers. Using their knowledge of SN1006 and its distance from Earth, Winkler and his team calculated its maximum brightness at a magnitude of -7.5. This squares neatly with Ibn Ridwan's estimate and makes it the brightest supernova in recorded history.
"That's about a hundred times brighter than Jupiter ever gets," Winkler says, or "250 times brighter than Sirius," the brightest star in the sky. Furthermore, it would have twinkled strongly because of the angle at which it appeared through the atmosphere. In Cairo, it never rose higher than about 23 degrees over the horizon—hold your hand at arm's length with fingers spread and the tip of your thumb on the horizon, and that's about where the tip of your little finger will be. "It would have been twinkling like crazy," Winkler says [13].
|Date (in CE)
|Constel- lation
|Duration of Visibility
|Peak Brightness Comparable to
|Historical Records
|~ 1 year
|3 months
|8 months
|3 years
|About 10 times brighter than Venus. The brightest SN.
|Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, European
|21 months
|Crab Nebula
|Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Native American?
|6 months
|Chinese, Japanese
|18 months
|Tycho SNR
|Chinese, Korean, European
|12 months
|Kepler SNR
|Brighter than Jupiter
|Chinese, Korean, European
|Cas A SNR
Figure 6: Table recapitulating historical supernovae blasts from the past. (Source).
References and resources
Allel, Chama, "L'enseignement medical au Caire au moyen âge à travers un traité médical arabe d'Ibn Ridwan". Online here.
Burnham, R., Burnham's Celestial Handbook, New York, Dover Publications, 1978, p. 1117.
Clark, David H., Stephenson F. Richard, The Historical Supernovae. New edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Donsbach, Margaret, "The Scholar's Supernova", in Saudi Aramco World, July/August 2006, pp. 38-43. Online here.
Ibn-Ridwan. Medieval Islamic Medicine: Ibn-Ridwan's Treatise "On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt." Translated with introduction by Michael W. Dols. Arabic text by Adil S. Gamal. Berkeley, CA.: University of California Press, 1984.
Long, K., Blair, W.P., 1988, "An Improved Proper Motion Measurement of SN 1006, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 333, p. 749.
"Monday, April 30, 2007: The Heavenly Messenger of 1006. 1001 years ago tonight...". Online here.
Murdin, Paul and Lesley, "Supernovae", Cambridge University Press 1985, p. 14.
Van den Bergh, S., 1976, The Optical Remnant of the Lupus Supernova of 1006, Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 208, L17.
Rius, Mónica, "Sobre la supernova del 1006", in Al-Qantara: Revista de estudios árabes (Granada-Madrid), vol. 21 (2000), Fasc. 1, pp. 225-226.
Rius, Mónica, "Eclipses y cometas en el Rawd al-qirtas", in Al-Qantara, vol. 19 (1998), No. 1, pp. 3-17.
The Mysterious Supernova of 1006 AD: online here.
Winkler, P. F., Long, K., 1997, X-Ray and Optical Imagery of the SN 1006 Remnant, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 491, p. 829.
Winkler, P.F., and Kamal, M, "How Bright was the 1006 C.E. Supernova? A Re-examination from 11th-Century Sources." The American Astronomical Society 201st Meeting, January, 2003, Session 1, HAD I: Special Topics in the History of Astronomy. Abstract online here.
End Notes
[1] On what is a supernova, see link.
[2] Ibn Butlan was a Christian Baghdadi who left his native city in 1048, travelled to Syria and Egypt, and finally settled in Antioch where he died ca. 1063. He spent three years in Cairo (1049-52) and during that time there developed between him and his great rival Ibn Ridhwan a strong hostility that showed in their controversy: see J. Schacht and M. Meyerhof, The Medico-Philosophical Controversy between Ibn Butlan of Baghdad and Ibn Ridwan of Cairo, Cairo: Egyptian University, 1937.
[3] The pseudo-Ptolemaic Centiloquy and its commentary, which is sometimes attributed to Ibn Ridhwan, is actually the work of Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Daya: See Liber quadripartiti Ptolemei id e[st] quattuor tractatuu[m]… (Venice: Per Erhardum Ratdolt de Augusta, die 15 mensis Ianuarij 1484). This work includes the commentary on Ptolemy's Centiloquium, spuriously attributed to "Haly" [i.e. 'Ali ibn Ridwan].
[4] In his bio-bibliographical work Tabaqat al-attiba' (the classes of physicians), Ibn Abi Usaybi'a devotes a long entry to Ibn Ridhwan's life and works: see the electronic version of this dictionary here.
[5] Margaret Donsbach, "The Scholar's Supernova, in Saudi Aramco World, July/August 2006, pp. 38-43. Online here.
[6] Ibidem, and Ibn Abi Usaybi'a, Tabaqat al-attiba' (the classes of physicians), entry "Ali Ibn Ridhwan", online here.
[7] In Sharh Ibn Ridhwan 'ala tarbi' Batlimyus (Ibn Ridhwan's commentary on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos), quoted in Margaret Donsbach, "The Scholar's Supernova", in ibidem. See also Jennifer Ann Seymore, The Life of Ibn Ridwan and his commentary of Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, PhD Dissertation, Columbia University, 2001. This dissertation situates the commentary of Ibn Ridwan on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos within the history of Islamic science and the commentary genre. In a special appendix, the author provides translations of key portions of the commentary, as well as indexes of scholars and works mentioned in it.
[8] See for a new interpretation of Ibn Ridhwan's account, P.F. Winkler and M. Kamal, "How Bright was the 1006 C.E. Supernova? A Re-examination from 11th-Century Sources", The American Astronomical Society 201st Meeting (January, 2003, Session 1, HAD I: Special Topics in the History of Astronomy). In this talk, the two authors claim take ground upon Ibn Ridhwan's record to estimate quantitatively the brightness of SN~1006 are few. They conclude that they found an excellent agreement with a recent a posteriori estimate of peak visual magnitude V0 = -7.5 ± 0.4\ based on a new measurement of the distance to the SN~1006 remnant and the absolute magnitudes for typical Type Ia supernovae": link.
[9] "Monday, April 30, 2007: The Heavenly Messenger of 1006. 1001 years ago tonight..." Online here.
[10] "The Mysterious Supernova of 1006 AD", online here.
[11] Ibid. "Disappeared" means that the star vanished into the Sun's glare.
[12] Middlebury College is a small, private liberal arts college located in the rural town of Middlebury Vermont, United States.
[13]Margaret Donsbach, "The Scholar's Supernova, in Saudi Aramco World, op. cit; and P.F. Winkler and M. Kamal, "How Bright was the 1006 C.E. Supernova? A Re-examination from 11th-Century Sources", op. cit. See "The Mysterious Supernova of 1006 AD" (op. cit.) for information on the investigations of other modern astronomers and astrophysicians on the physical characteristics of SN 1006.


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Columbus, Ohio - April 9, 2001-- A Johns Hopkins scientist recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in high performance computing has been recruited to give The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) a leadership role in the new and rapidly expanding field of medical informatics.Dr. Joel H.
Columbus, Ohio (March 22, 2001) - As part of "E-Commerce Day in Ohio," more than 100 state legislators were presented with "Wired" awards in honor of their adoption of technology. The event was held on March 6 at the Riffe Center in celebration of a joint resolution honoring the efforts of ECom-Ohio by Senator Ron Amstutz (R- Wooster) and Representative Kevin DeWine (R-Fairborn).
Columbus, OH – March 7, 2001 – A new study from the Technology Policy Group (TPG) offers a great deal of evidence that many automotive suppliers need to accelerate their adoption of e-business practices to remain competitive.
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Chad Campbell is a Microsoft MVP and solutions architect. Michael Schwarz is a software architect, a three-time Microsoft MVP, and a contributor to the Ajax.NET Professional library. Chad and Michael are the authors of Silverlight 2 In Action, on which this article is based. Courtesy Manning Publications. All rights reserved.
Data binding is a powerful way to create a connection between your UI and a source of data. This simple technique can be used to create a clean separation between your user interface and its underlying data. This segregation makes it easier to maintain an application down the road. In addition, this approach promotes fewer round trips to the server. Because of this, it can be argued that data binding can help you increase the performance of your application. Regardless of the reason, you can use data binding in your application by creating an instance of the Binding class.
The Binding class is used to define a connection between a CLR object and a UI component. This connection is defined by three essential components. These elements are the source of the data (the CLR object), the binding mode, and the target for the data (the UI component). These three items are part of a conceptual model that explains binding. This model is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows a high-level overview of how a data binding looks. This conceptual binding sets the Text property of a TextBox to the current TimeOfDay. In order to actually create a binding like this though, you must use one of two available binding syntaxes. These syntaxes require you to define both the source and the target of a binding. However, each approach is appropriate at a different time. Once you have decided which syntax is appropriate for your situation, you must decide how data can pass between the source and the target. This is the responsibility of the BindingMode.
Mastering the Binding Syntax
Silverlight gives you the ability to create a Binding using two different approaches. The first approach allows you to dynamically create a binding at runtime. The other option gives you the opportunity to specify a binding at design-time. Either way, the scenario from Figure 1 will be used to show both approaches.
Binding at Runtime
Binding to a data source at runtime is a common approach used in event-driven application development. For instance, you may decide to display a list of basketball games based on a date selected by a user. Or, you may decide to show the current time when an application is loaded. Either way, creating a Binding at runtime follows a common pattern which is shown in Listinge One.
<TextBox x:Name="myTextBox" /> #1 DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now; #2 Binding binding = new Binding("TimeOfDay"); #3 binding.Source = currentTime; #3 binding.Mode = BindingMode.OneWay; #3 myTextBox.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, binding); #3
Listing One shows how to bind the value of a CLR property, to a UI element, at runtime. This snippet binds the current time of day to the TextBox that was created in XAML (#1). This was accomplished by first retrieving the DateTime object that represents the current moment in time (#2). This object was then bound to the UI element (the TextBox) in just four lines of code (#3). These four lines of code basically specify the source, the binding mode, and the target of a binding.
The source of a binding is made up of two co-dependent items. These items specify which property of a CLR object to bind to. The name of the property to bind to is set when you create a Binding instance through the constructor. This constructor takes a single string parameter which represents the name of the property to bind to. This property belongs to a CLR object which must be associated with a Binding through the Source property. Once this has happened, the source of the binding is officially set. You can then choose a BindingMode. But, once the source and binding mode have been set, you need to turn your focus to the target.
The target element of a binding will always derive from the FrameworkElement class. Because of this, virtually every visual element in Silverlight can be a target. This is true because the FrameworkElement class exposes a method called SetBinding. This method associates a target property, which must be a dependency property, with a Binding instance. After this method is called, the source will be bound to the target.
Occasionally though, there may be times when you want to unbind a data source. Fortunately, data binding can be halted by manually setting the target property of a binding. As an example, take a look at Listing Two.
myTextBox.Text = "Binding Removed";
Listing Two shows how easy it is to remove a binding after it has been set. This feature is only available at runtime simply because that is the only time it makes sense. Either way, using a Binding at runtime is a powerful option. Perhaps just as equally powerful though, is the ability to create a Binding at design-time.
Binding at Design-Time
Binding to a data source at design-time is a common feature in declarative markup languages such as XAML. You have probably seen the power of this data binding approach if you have used ASP.NET or WPF. If you haven't, don't worry. In essence, this approach allows you to keep your code separate from its presentation. This lets you take advantage of the developer/designer workflow available within Silverlight. Alternatively though, it just helps to keep your code clean and maintainable. To show how a binding in XAML can help clean up your code, look at Listing Three.
<TextBox x:Name="myTextBox" Text="{Binding TimeOfDay, Mode=OneWay}" /> #1 DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now; myTextBox.DataContext = currentTime; #2
Listing Three shows how to create a binding at design-time. This binding is associated with a target through the use of a special syntax that uses curly braces ({}). These curly braces, along with the word Binding, inform a property that a data source will be bound to it (#1). This data source will be a CLR object that has some property to retrieve data from and possibly send data to. This property is identified within the curly braces after the word Binding (in Listing Three it's TimeOfDay). The other properties associated with the binding are set using a propertyName=propertyValue syntax (i.e., Mode=OneWay). However, the process of actually setting the data source must be done in code.
When creating a data binding in XAML, the data source must be set in procedural code. This code is responsible for setting the context in which a data source can be used. This context is set through the appropriately named DataContext property. For now though, just know that this is how a CLR object can be bound to a FrameworkElement.
Binding at design-time is a valuable option when it comes to working with data. In the same way, binding at runtime can also be a worthy choice. Regardless of where you define the binding, both approaches define a bridge between a source and a target. Significantly, data can flow in multiple directions across this bridge. In order to control the direction of that flow, you must learn about the various binding modes.


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"About two minutes after I got there, the school started coming apart," said an onlooker at Plaza Towers Elementary School
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph.
At least 24 people were killed, according to the medical examiner's office and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, Okla., a community of 41,000 people about 10 miles south of the city. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.
The National Weather Service issued an initial finding that the tornado was an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale, the second most-powerful type of twister.
More than 140 people were being treated at hospitals, including about 70 children. And search-and-rescue efforts were to continue throughout the night.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin deployed 80 National Guard members to assist with rescue operations and activated extra highway patrol officers.
Fallin also spoke with President Barack Obama, who offered the nation's help and gave Fallin a direct line to his office.
Many landlines to stricken areas were down, and cellphone networks were congested. The storm was so massive that it will take time to establish communications between rescuers and state officials, the governor said.
In video of the storm, the dark funnel cloud could be seen marching slowly across the green landscape. As it churned through the community, the twister scattered shards of wood, awnings and glass all over the streets.
At Plaza Towers Elementary School, the storm tore off the roof, knocked down walls and turned the playground into a mass of twisted plastic and metal.
Rescuers launched a desperate rescue effort at the school, pulling children from heaps of debris and carrying them to a triage center.
Children from the school were among the dead, but several students were pulled alive from the rubble. Rescue workers passed the survivors down a human chain to the triage center in the parking lot.
James Rushing, who lives across the street from the school, heard reports of the approaching twister and ran to the school, where his 5-year-old foster son, Aiden, attends classes. Rushing believed he would be safer there.
"About two minutes after I got there, the school started coming apart," he said.
The students were sent into the restroom.
As dusk began to fall, heavy equipment was rolled up to the school, and emergency workers wearing yellow crawled among the ruins, searching for survivors.
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BAYBORO � Christmas morning dawned well for Hosea Davis, who didn�t have to look under his tree for a present.
He awoke in his new house as a bona fide homeowner after a lifetime of being a renter.
The 47-year-old is a PamlicoCountynative although he graduated from New BernHigh School. He was able to finally achieve home ownership through the decade-old BayboroDevelopmentCenterand a low-interest loan through a U.S. Department of Agriculture program.
Three years ago, Davissat down with BayboroDevelopmentCentervisionary founder Joseph Himbry Jr. telling him he wanted to finally own a home.
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During Joe Himbry�s life, 10 new homes came to the Bayboro effort and his widow said it was a tribute to her late husband to cut the ribbon on an 11th home.
Seven of the homes are on Cowell Loop Roadand Davis� new house joins three others on Rowe Road.
Bayboro Development has had been a HUD-certified organization since 2009. It builds homes for people whose applications meet the criteria for mortgage from the USDA Rural Development's 502 home loan program, based on income and clean credit.
Dan Belrose of the Kinston USDA office which serves 13 counties said the home loan program provides assistance to 20 to 25 home owners each year for new and existing structures.
Davisgraduated from New Bern High in 1983, where he played football. He joined the Army and served from 1986 to 1994 as a cryptograph technician. Later, he settled in Marylandand was married for awhile before returning to North Carolinain 1994.
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