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Let me introduce you to Taylor-a 17-year old, high school athlete from Plano, Texas. You might be a student-athlete yourself or have friends who are student athletes, so Taylor's story might speak especially to you.
Taylor took his own life on July 15, 2003, as a result of abusing steroids. With Taylor's death came the Taylor Hooton Foundation formed by his parents, family, and friends to honor his memory, after they became aware of the growing problem among high school athletes across the country. Not too long before Taylor's death, NIDA noticed a sharp increase in the use of steroids among male teens in the late 1990s (Monitoring the Future Survey, 2008).
Unfortunately, I never met Taylor—wish I had gotten the opportunity—but I have met his dad, Don Hooton. Don is the type of guy that many of us aspire to be. I've had the opportunity to work with him and the Taylor Hooton Foundation on behalf of NIDA. The picture to the right is us at a Nationals game in DC. I'm sitting with pitcher Garrett Mock (L) and center fielder Willie Harris (R) (Who said work can't be fun?) We've been working together with the goal of sharing Taylor's story and helping teens help one another.
In memory of Taylor, please share his story with a friend. With your help, we can prevent another tragedy.
Learn more about the science behind steroid use and how it can affect your body.
Bio: Brian Marquis is a Public Liaison Officer at NIDA who connects with organizations across the country to prevent drug abuse among youth with the help of NIDA publications and Web sites. In his spare time he enjoys playing sports, working out, going to the beach, and playing baseball with his son.
Hello, i'm a student from John Carroll University and i'm doing a research paper on steriods and how they effect their users. Could you give me your experiance and what he was going through throughout the time he used steroids? If not its completely fine, it would be much appreciated though. Thank you.
in class we talked about steroids and how they can make women have facial hair and men shrinking of the testicles
i understand what goes through athletes heads, im thinking about doing roids, and no matter what natural stuff u take , no matter how much u can lift u still feel small and wimpy
So sad, it is why the teachers and coaches should pay attention to the players that they have to stay away from the steroids, even though it is hard for the players because they need to be performing well all the time.
that is so sad i almost cryied (lucky yes he did)
this did not tell me anything about what happened to Taylor and about steroid addiction. This article was a huge waste of my time.
I think the best way to prevent steroid abuse is by exposing others the tragedy that one might encounter like in the case of Taylor. I strongly agree with the Taylor Hooton Foundation. I myself are compiling some research paper topics on steroid abuse.
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i really liked this web site and taylor story has gave me an oppurtunty to underestand what the effect of the steriod. i am going to say taylor story in school for my homework for humanties. i am 15 years old am in year 11 i really liked taylors story so the student in my class who take drugs will be really shoked of what happened to taylor and stop taking drugs.
Steroids are bad for you because they can easily give you ans addiction for having more. Never try using steroids. They are dangerous

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Eggs' quality control mechanism explained
To protect the health of future generations, body keeps a careful watch on its precious and limited supply of eggs. That's done through a key quality control process in oocytes (the immature eggs), which ensures elimination of damaged cells before they reach maturity. In a new report in the February 18th Cell, a Cell Press publication, researchers have made progress in unraveling how a factor called p63 initiates the deathblow.
In fact, p63 is a close relative of the infamous tumor suppressor p53, and both proteins recognize DNA damage. Because of this heritage it was initially assumed that p63 would also function as a tumor suppressor, but various forms of the protein are now known to be important in development. One in particular, called TAp63a, is responsible for killing off damaged oocytes.
But it seems that plenty of TAp63a is always around, whether oocytes are damaged or not, suggesting that there must be a very special way that the protein is kept under wraps lest it kill off perfectly good cells. A team lead by Volker Dötsch of Goethe University has figured out how that works.
The quality control factor normally exists in oocytes in inactive pairs or dimers, he explained. When double strand breaks to the DNA occur, those dimers are chemically modified by an as-yet unidentified enzyme, allowing them to open up and join forces with a second open pair. The result is an active tetramer that can bind DNA more effectively, leading to the death of the damaged cells.
That activation of TAp63a cannot be undone, they show, even if you reverse the chemical modification that enabled the tetramer formation in the first place. That irreversibility stems from an extra helix structure that keeps the tetramer stable.
"It's all or nothing," Dötsch said. "Once activated, the path to cell death is decided."
Dötsch believes that this quality control of the genetic integrity of oocytes likely represents the original function of the p53 family, with cell cycle arrest and tumor suppression arising as later evolutionary developments. That's because p53-like genes are found in invertebrates, including tiny nematode worms.
"Worms live for two weeks," Dötsch said. "They don't need a tumor suppressor, but they do need to worry about the genetic stability of their germ cells." It turns out the worm version of the gene also resembles p63 more closely than it does p53.
The findings also help to explain what happens in young women who undergo chemotherapy that so often leads them to become infertile as a result, Dötsch noted. It may even be possible to devise strategies to counteract the players responsible for activating TAp63a once it is found or others in the pathway, he said. Unfortunately, that might not be such a good idea.
"If oocytes are damaged, there is probably good reason for them to be destroyed," he said.
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What a pair of freaking monsters for our defense! Sacks, forced fumbles, passes defensed, lots of QB pressures and even a TOUCHDOWN!!! Looking awesome for our present and future!!!
What a pair of freaking monsters for our defense! Sacks, forced fumbles, passes defensed, lots of QB pressures and even a TOUCHDOWN!!! Looking awesome for our present and future!!!
You just can't get enough of these guys, they are unreal. Silverback just loves MNF especially against the Ratbirds and Wood was really getting solid pressure. I love seeing these 2 guys get after the QB
its just like lloyd and greene of old got to love it!!!!!
These guys are monsters! i ****ing love these guys!!!
HERE WE GO!! HERE WE GO!! HERE WE GO STEELERS!! HERE WE GO!! PITTSBURGH'S GOIN TO THE SUPERBOWL!! We're gonna be the first to 6!!!
I wonder if Timmons had been squared up against McClain, would he have knocked his big fat *** back from scoring? I think he would've and he almost had another INT tonite also. Props to our D for sparking us to a W.
"Give me a 6 pack, half hour of rest and lets go play them again....We can beat them."
--Jack Lambert
"They say that when you're the champs, everybody will try to beat you. Well, I'm glad we're the champs, so bring 'em on, bring 'em all on. If we die, we ain't gonna die running. It's gonna be a fight."
--Joe Greene
I was wearing my Harrison Throwback and going nuts while the Defense was on the field and was while the offense was out there
They are Beasts!!! You got to luv'em..I was texting Ryan lastnight about them...
No doubt Harrison and Woodley are a great pair of LB's but lets not forget our part time LB Timmons he had 3 tackles 1 for a loss a sack 1 pass defended and a special team tackle.
The future is looking good.
It's no fun when the rabbit has the gun
No doubt we have one of the most bad-*** pair of OLB's in the league. Harrison and Woodley are both so strong and so fast that they can get to the quarterback going around or going through their blockers! Timmons is going to be a bad-*** too whenever he finally grabs the starting job from Foote.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — To anyone else it merely would've been a folded up piece of paper, but to Patrick and Holly Wright, it was something much more.
It was a sign that their daughter, Payton, was right there with them. And as Holly knelt down to pick up the small folded up origami frog, lying on the floor in the middle of a crowded cruise ship this past January, she couldn't help but glance up and smile.
"It gave me chills when I saw it," Holly said. "I said, 'There's a frog. There she is.'"
Today, the origami frog sits on the mantle in the couple's Lakewood Ranch home, alongside a framed photograph of their youngest daughter. It's just one of dozens of frogs the Wrights now have sprinkled throughout their home.
It's been nearly two years since Payton, having just celebrated her fifth birthday, lost her battle with Medulloepithelioma, a rare form of brain cancer.
"It not any easier now," Patrick said. "She's still (gone), and it's hard on a day-to-day basis, but Holly and I are committed to raising awareness and making a difference."
Shortly after Payton's passing, the Wrights formed the Payton Wright Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to support pediatric brain cancer research and to assist those families who have a child with brain cancer. On May 22, the organization will host Payton's 2009 Golf Tournament at Legacy Golf Club, 8255 Legacy Blvd. in Lakewood Ranch. Registration fees for the third annual golf outing, which begins with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m., are $150 per player or $600 per foursome with the event capping off at 144 players.
Prior to the start of the tournament, the Wrights will speak about their daughter and the importance of pediatric brain cancer research. A pediatric neurooncologist from All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg is slated to speak. In addition, there is a good chance the Golf Channel could be out filming the event.
"We want to make sure people are aware of why they're there," Patrick said. "Obviously, we're going to talk a lot about Payton, but we also want people to know that the No. 1 leading cause of death in kids 5 and under is brain cancer."
At the conclusion of the outing, participants will enjoy dinner catered by Bonefish Grill and a silent auction. Some of the items that will be available during the auction include: two tickets to a Duke basketball game, two Tampa Bay Rays box seat tickets accompanied by Dick Vitale, a three-hour tour of ESPN studios in Bristol, CT and lunch with Stump the Schwab Producer, Howie Schwab, among other items.
All proceeds will benefit pediatric brain cancer research at All Children's Hospital, Duke University Hospital, The V Foundation and families whose children are in the hospital battling the disease.
"We are really big on awareness," Patrick said. "Besides just raising funds, Holly and I want to bring more awareness to pediatric brain cancer. We are very passionate about it because of what Payton went through and we want to keep her spirit alive.
"The community has given so much to us, and now we just want to pay it forward and give back," he added.
For more information on The Payton Wright Foundation and the upcoming golf outing visit www.paytonwright.org.
Contact Jen Blanco at [email protected].
Payton 2009 Golf Tournament
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., May 22. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. with dinner and a silent auction to follow
WHERE: Legacy Golf Club. 8255 Legacy Blvd., Lakewood Ranch
REGISTRATION: $150 per player or $600 per foursome
CONTACT: Tony Noweski, 224-7129 or [email protected]; or David Freed, 224-5803 or [email protected]
INFORMATION: www.paytonwright.org
Those wishing to make a donation to the Payton Wright Foundation can do so by making checks payable to:
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The press freedom climate continued its sharp decline under President Rafael Correa. Courts upheld defamation convictions against executives of the daily El Universo and authors of the book Big Brother in connection with their critical coverage of the Correa administration. The president, who initiated the complaints, later pardoned the journalists, but the rulings cast a chill on in-depth reporting. Correa granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a move that underlined his antipathy toward the United States and sought to counter his image as an opponent of free expression. U.N. member states made 24 recommendations on freedom of expression at the country's Universal Periodic Review. The Ecuadoran government rejected three of the recommendations, including one that urged the repeal of laws that criminalize speech. The president also began a sustained attack on the Organization of American States' special rapporteur for freedom of expression, a move that threatened to gut a vital defender of the regional press. An anti-press attitude was prevalent among all branches of Ecuadoran government. Legislators debated a bill that would allow a media regulatory body to impose arbitrary sanctions on the press and limit free speech. The telecommunications office closed at least 11 broadcasters, more than half of which were critical of the government. And a photographer was killed in direct retaliation for his reporting, the first confirmed journalist murder in Ecuador since 2005.
Three Ecuadoran journalists were forced to flee their homes due to the threat of imprisonment, CPJ research shows. Two later returned, but one, Emilio Palacio, opinion editor of El Universo, was granted political asylum in the United States. This was the first year that Ecuador appeared on CPJ's exiled list.
Photographer Byron Baldeón was killed in retaliation for his reporting, the first work-related journalist murder in the country since 2005 and the second since CPJ began documenting cases in 1992.
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In February, Ecuador's highest court upheld three-year sentences and multimillion-dollar fines against three El Universo executives. Correa later pardoned the defendants and lifted the penalties, but his actions had already done lasting damage to free expression in the country.
An electoral court fined the magazine Vistazo in connection with an editorial urging voters to reject some questions on a 2011 referendum ballot. The court found the article violated a legal prohibition against "disseminating political or electoral propaganda" in the days leading up to a vote. Electoral law changes that took effect in February further restrict coverage of political campaigns.


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- Adult Size: Green sea turtles reach carapace lengths of 3 to 4 feet and weights of 250 to more than 400 lbs.
- Range: Green sea turtles occur worldwide primarily in sub-tropical and tropical oceans. They are often seen off of the Florida Coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and will range up the eastern seaboard during the summer months.
- Habitat: Sub-tropical-tropical oceans worldwide.
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Hatchling green sea turtles have been raised in captivity at various locations around the world. Usually the purpose of these turtle farms has been to produce turtle meat and soup for human consumption. Farm-raised green sea turtles have reportedly grown to more than 8 inches in size during the first year of life, which is presumably faster than they would grow in the wild. The green sea turtle is listed on the U.S. Endangered and Threatened Species list, thus is not likely to be maintained in private turtle collections.
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When should I take BrainStrong Prenatal?
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In its growing effort to get its chips into smart phones and other smaller connected devices, Intel has announced it is buying security software maker McAfee for $7.68 billion.
This is the largest acquisition by Intel and signals its intent to weave security into its chips, which it hopes will power a much wider array of devices than just PCs and servers. It's a big bet valuing McAfee at $48 a share, a 60 percent premium over its closing price yesterday.
McAfee calls itself the world's largest dedicated security technology company with approximately $2 billion in revenue in 2009 and 6,100 employees.
Intel said the deal is critical to face the current state of online security. It said today's security approach is not adequate to handle the billions of connected devices coming, from mobile phones to TVs, cars and medical devices. It takes a combined approach between hardware, software and services.
"With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet-connected devices, more and more of the elements of our lives have moved online," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "In the past, energy-efficient performance and connectivity have defined computing requirements. Looking forward, security will join those as a third pillar of what people demand from all computing experiences."
It sounds like Intel is targeting ARM Holdings, the chip designer whose technology is used in billions of devices and is the standard for mobile phones and gadgets. ARM is known for making battery-sipping processors, something Intel, even with its latest Atom chips, struggles to compete with.
Intel seems to be suggesting that depending on ARM designs may not be a good idea if security becomes an issue. It's not really a huge concern now but Intel is trying to get out ahead of it. Or maybe, it's creating a market by hyping the issue. Either way, by covering the "third pillar", it's giving the company a way to differentiate its chips against ARM processors.
At any rate, this is will allow Intel, which already includes some security in its chips, to enhance that with McAfee software on top. It will be a more complete system, rather than just a discrete chip.
Now whether Intel can make this work is another matter. It's not known for software or generally making its acquisitions work well. And in the mobile space, added security won't necessarily provide a boost if the chips are still not efficient enough.
But with connected devices expected to skyrocket in the coming years to some 50 billion in the next decade, this may eventually pay off for Intel. We'll just have to see.


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It's always fun to visit a new restaurant, but every once in a while it's just as entertaining to revisit an old favorite — especially one that's just received a revitalizing jolt in the arm. So is the case with Steamers.
A long-time occupant of the upper level of the Biltmore Fashion Park, Steamers is now under new ownership. Doug Czufin and Bruce Lazarus, who also own the adjacent restaurant Sam's Café, acquired Steamers late last year and set about changing the menu and freshening the décor.
Change is good, but not if it alienates customers. Fortunately, Steamers should have no problem keeping old customers while still attracting new ones. The Steamers dining room still has its yacht-clubby feel with dark woods and brass accents. The biggest change to the décor can be seen in the bar area, which now has a more modern and streamlined look to appeal to the happy hour crowd of professionals from nearby office complexes.
Another change is the food. Czufin, who also serves as corporate chef, has infused Steamers' traditional seafood fare with lighter options. One of those new options Steamers is promoting are the lobster lettuce cups, a crispy leaf of lettuce filled with lobster meat, avocado and vegetable slaw. They can be purchased as a lunch menu item or as a dinner appetizer. Other delicious appetizers to choose from include a tuna tartar stack made with yellow fin tuna tossed in a ginger soy sauce and stacked with tomatoes, wasabi guacamole and tossed greens; and the jumbo crab cake concocted from Maryland-style and sweet jumbo crabmeat, baked and served with crème fraiche.
For dinner, you can pick traditional seafood dishes served in new ways. For example, the Chilean sea bass is steamed and topped with a ginger-soy sauce, and it sits on a bed of fresh spinach and white, sticky rice. Sole menuiere consists of a cut of sole lightly dusted, sautéed and placed atop a generous pool of lemon-caper butter sauce.
Some dishes are better left alone, and Steamers knows when to do that too. The restaurant offers a selection of crab legs, but the best bang for your buck — both quantitatively and qualitatively — are the ruby red jumbo Alaska king crab legs. Big, meaty and tasty, I tried not to think about what monster-sized crabs the legs came from.
Knowing that dessert is the crowning glory of any good meal, the new Steamers hasn't skimped on the sweet treats. The must-haves include a chocolate s'more soufflé made with rich chocolate, a hint of Grand Marnier and served warm with a marshmallow crust; the thick and flavorful crème brûlée with fresh fruit; and the pleasingly sweet and tart Key Lime pie.
So if you haven't gone to Steamers lately, plan a return visit. And if you've never gone to Steamers, make it a point to add it to your list of favorite restaurants.
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America's Most Expensive Burgers
Gramercy Tavern is one of New York's finest high-end restaurants, but most people don't realize that it's actually two restaurants under one roof: the Michelin-starred, prix fixe main dining room, and the more casual, à la carte front "tavern." Pull up a chair in the tavern and you'll encounter one of the city's finest (and most expensive) burgers: a thick house-chopped patty of 50 percent chuck and 25 percent brisket and short rib, grilled over hardwood, topped with melted Cabot cheddar and three slices of crispy house-made bacon and served on a potato roll (also homemade). This one's worth every penny.Selina C./Yelp
#14 Le Burger, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (New York City and Las Vegas): $32
Clocking in at $16 each, the two sliders you'll receive when you order "Le Burger" at chef Joël Robuchon's super-luxe L'Atelier are easily the most expensive in America. These burgers start with high-quality beef, and they're topped with hunks of foie gras, roasted peppers and microgreens. Is it worth it? Depends on how much cash you're looking to burn!Go B./Yelp
#13 Black Label Burger, Minetta Tavern (New York, New York): $33
Quite possibly New York's most famous burger (and one of the most iconic dishes in America), the $33 Black Label Burger sold at restaurateur Keith McNally's Minetta Tavern starts with a custom blend from Pat LaFrieda (more than a dozen were auditioned) that's comprised of prime dry-aged New York strip, skirt steak, and brisket from Creekstone Farms. The griddled 8-ounce-plus patty is topped with sautéed onions before being placed onto a custom-made brioche bun. It's essentially like eating a dry-aged steak in burger format.Minetta Tavern/Yelp
#12 The Original DB Burger, DB Bistro Moderne (New York City and Miami): $35
When Daniel Boulud opened DB Bistro Moderne in 2001 with this insane burger on the menu, it gave chefs all across the country permission to add their own burgers to their menus. It subsequently changed the way we think about burgers forever. And it's a doozy: A huge ground sirloin patty is stuffed with red wine-braised short ribs, foie gras, and black truffle, and is served on a Parmesan bun. And during the winter months, you can add shavings of black truffle to the top, which boosts the price tag to about $120.Photo Courtesy DB Bistro Moderne
#11 '21' Burger, 21 Club (New York, New York): $36
The 21 Club's burger is what you might call the OG upscale burger - it cost $2.75 when it debuted in 1950 (about $26 in today's dollars), at a time when the going rate for a burger was about 10 cents. Originally, it was mixed with fennel seed and cooked in duck fat, but over the years it's changed significantly: For a while in the '70s, it was served without a bun and topped with brown gravy, and until recently it was bogged down with fennel seed, thyme, rosemary, coriander, cayenne, duck fat and egg. Today, chef Sylvain Delpique has thankfully removed the frills, letting the ingredients speak for themselves: It starts with an unadulterated 10-ounce prime beef patty from Master Purveyors simply seasoned with salt and pepper, grilled and topped with aged blue cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, grilled onions and pickles, and served on a brioche bun.Yelp/ Cherry P.
#10 Benedict Burger, Delmonico's (New York, New York): $36
Delmonico's is widely regarded as being the first restaurant in America to serve anything resembling a burger (it added hamburger steak to its menu in 1834), and it's still one of the most popular menu items. Today there are two burgers on the menu: the Classic Burger ($17, served only in the adjacent bar and grill), and the Benedict Burger, $36, introduced a couple years ago. This open-faced, knife-and-fork burger combines the classic burger and eggs Benedict (another dish purportedly invented at the restaurant): It starts with an English muffin, which is topped with a burger patty, bacon, truffle hollandaise sauce, and a fried egg.Simmer Group
#9 45-Day Dry-Aged Burger, The Beatrice Inn (New York, New York): $38
Chef Angie Mar's super-expensive West Village clubhouse spares no expense on its burger, and neither should you. She starts with a patty of beef that's been dry-aged for 45 days before being ground in-house, and she tops it with onions that have been caramelizing with red wine for nine hours and a slunk of Fromage d'Affinois (similar to brie).Jeff L./Yelp
#8 Ignorant Burger, Stoopid Burger (Portland, Oregon): $40
Stoopid Burger is a beloved Portland, Oregon, burger joint, and while it's certainly a little gimmicky, it's still a whole lot of fun. The crown jewel of its menu, the Ignorant Burger, is an absolute beast. It's a triple-patty behemoth topped with steak, bacon, a hot link, ham, chutney, cheddar, blue cheese, an egg, mushrooms, grilled onions and jalapeños, and it clocks in at a wallet-busting 40 bucks.N S./Yelp
#7 Cheeseburger, The Grill (New York, New York): $41
Major Food Group's The Grill, which opened a couple years ago in the space formerly occupied by the beloved Four Seasons' Grill Room, is by all accounts very good, but it's also very expensive. Just about everything on the retro-inspired menu is pricy, and the burger, served only at lunch, is no exception. Listed on the menu as simply "Cheeseburger," this simple burger starts with high-grade rib-eye and is draped with American cheese and served with a bun that's actually baked to order.Left: Ben D./Yelp;Right: Mike C./Yelp
#6 20-Ounce Kobe Burger, Old Homestead (New York, New York): $43
Old Homestead is one of New York's best steakhouses, and it doesn't mess around with its enormous burger, which clocks in at 20 ounces, well over a pound. It's made with steak trimmings and Kobe beef, and is served simply with chipotle ketchup and stone-ground mustard. If you're in the mood for a smaller burger, the Prime Steakhouse Burger is only 16 ounces!Old Homestead
#5 The Rossini, Burger Bar (Las Vegas, Nevada): $65
Located inside Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, chef Hubert Keller's Burger Bar offers some stellar (and expensive) burgers. None more so than the Rossini, which features a patty of wagyu beef from Australia topped with sautéed foie gras and shaved black truffles and served on an onion bun. The price? $65.Shawn H./Yelp
#4 The Grand Burger, McGuire's Irish Pub (Destin and Pensacola, Florida): $100
Florida's popular McGuire's Irish Pub may seem like an odd place to find a super-expensive burger, but here we are. In business since 1977, this pub offers a $100 "Grand Burger": custom-ground and chargrilled filet mignon, served with a side of caviar, merlot sauce, and a bottle of Moët Imperial Champagne. We're not sure if filet mignon is the best beef choice because it's so lean (and a great burger requires a substantial amount of fat), but we'll allow it.Yelp/ Ross M.
#3 Le Burger Extravagant, Serendipity 3 (New York, New York): $295
New York's most expensive burger won't be found at a steakhouse or other expense-account emporium; it's served at the tourist trap best known for its frozen hot chocolate, Serendipity 3. This burger, which will set you (or someone, somewhere) back $295, is an embarrassment of riches: It starts with a wagyu beef patty that's been infused with a 10-herb white truffle butter and seasoned with Salish alderwood-smoked sea salt, and it's topped with 18-month-cave-aged cheddar, shaved black truffles and a fried quail egg and served on a roll that's been spread with white truffle butter. But that's not it: Atop the bun is a blini topped with kaluga caviar and creme fraiche, and it's speared with a solid gold, diamond-encrusted toothpick. This one requires 48 hours' notice.Liz Steger
#2 777 Burger, Le Burger Brasserie (Las Vegas, Nevada): $777
Now we're getting into some serious high-roller territory. Located inside Caesars Palace, Le Burger Brasserie's 777 Burger starts with a Kobe beef patty and is topped with pancetta, goat cheese, seared foie gras, arugula, Maine lobster and 100-year-aged balsamic vinegar. It's served with a salad and, for good measure, a bottle of Dom Perignon rosé Champagne.Monica P./Yelp
#1 Fleurburger 5000, Fleur by Hubert Keller (Las Vegas, Nevada): $5,000
Here it is folks, the most expensive burger on Earth. It's served at chef Hubert Keller's restaurant Fleur inside the Mandalay Bay Casino, and it's truly absurd. To make the burger, a wagyu beef patty is topped with foie gras and truffle. If that doesn't sound like it's worth $5,000, well, it isn't, until you get your bottle of 1995 Chateau Petrus, one of the world's most prized wines, to wash it down with.Thankfully, the best burger in your state is probably more reasonably priced.
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|375 kW/510 PS
|Power (kW)/Power (PS)
|4,0 s
|Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h
|310 km/h
|Top speed
|1 852 mm
|4 562 mm
Engine layout
Rear engine
Number of cylinders
Fuel grade
102.0 mm
81.5 mm
3,996 cm³
Power (kW)
375 kW
Power (PS)
Power NAR (hp)
502 hp
RPM point maximum power
8,400 r/min
Max. torque
470 Nm
RPM point maximum torque
6,250 r/min
Max. output per liter (kW/l)
93.8 kW/l
Max. output per liter (PS/l)
127.60 PS/l
Max. output per liter NAR (hp/l)
125.0 hp/l
Fuel consumption/Emissions*
Fuel consumption* urban
20.6 l/100 km
Fuel consumption* non-urban
9.9 l/100 km
Fuel consumption* combined
13.8 l/100 km
CO2 emissions* combined
317 g/km
Emission standard
Euro 6d-TEMP-EVAP-ISC
Particulate filter
Energieeffizienzklasse (Germany only)
Chassis and suspension
Front axle
McPherson spring strut front axle anti-roll bar, chassis bearings partially with ball joints
Rear axle
Multi-link rear axle with integrated auxiliary spring, anti-roll bar, chassis bearings partially with ball joints
Electromechanical power steering with variable steering ratio and speed-sensitive power steering assistance
Stability program
Wheels front
9 J x 20" ET55
Tires front
Wheels rear
12 J x 20" ET47
Tires rear
Top speed
310 km/h
Acceleration 0 - 60 mph
3.8 s
Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h
4.0 s
Acceleration from 0 - 160 km/h
8.0 s
Flexibility (80-120 km/h) (50-75 mph) in 5th gear
5.7 s
4,562 mm
Width (without mirrors folded)
1,978 mm
1,852 mm
1,250 mm
2,457 mm
Front track
1,551 mm
Rear track
1,555 mm
Unladen weight (DIN)
1,465 kg
Unladen weight (EU)
1,540 kg
Permissible gross weight
1,793 kg
Maximum load
328 kg
Luggage compartment volume
125 l
Fuel tank
64 l
* The low tread depth leads to an increased risk of aquaplaning on wet roads.
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Currently, we are still obliged to provide the NEDC values, irrespective of the testing method used. The additional reporting of the WLTP values is voluntary until their obligatory use. As far as new cars, which are type approved in accordance with the WLTP, are concerned, the NEDC values will therefore be derived from the WLTP values during the transition period. To the extent that NEDC values are given as ranges, these do not relate to a single, individual car and do not constitute part of the offer. They are intended solely as a means of comparing different types of vehicle. Extra features and accessories (attachments, tyre formats etc.) can change relevant vehicle parameters such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics and, in addition to weather and traffic conditions, as well as individual handling, can effect the fuel consumption, electricity consumption, CO2 emissions and performance values of a car.
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Your school probably has science classes like biology and chemistry and maybe even ecology, but does it offer a class specifically on neuroscience?
Neuroscience is a branch of biology that focuses on the body's nervous system—which includes the spinal cord, nerves, neurons (nerve cells) and, of course, the all-important brain.
Work in the neuroscience field is varied and exciting. Neuroscientists might study how messages travel from one area of the brain to the other, or they might focus on how the brain is involved in behavior and decision-making.
Still others might work to find causes of and cures for diseases and medical problems like stroke, Parkinson's disease, depression, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and addiction.
At NIDA, research focuses heavily on neuroscience, considering that drug addiction is a brain disease. Without neuroscientists and the research they do, we would be unaware of some pretty important things—like how the brain isn't fully developed until a person is well into their 20s and how drugs like marijuana affect the teen brain differently than an adult brain.
So much about the brain is still unknown. That makes neuroscience a particularly exciting field. If you are interested in help shed light on the mysteries of the brain, consider exploring neuroscience as a career. Check out the advice NIDA scientists offered to SBB for teens interested in a future career in science.
Learn more about the brain from these NIDA resources:
Very nice read! I'm a neuroscience student from Germany and I simply love this subject. It is incredible that mankind does not know much at all about the brain and, in particular, about consciousness itself. Neuroscientific studies will lead to many very interesting findings regarding drug use and abuse, marketing, consumer behaviour and human behaviour in general. The future should be interesting!
Which states offer these classes?
So you're saying addiction is a brain disease but we know not much about the brain?
@Jim--Over the last several decades, we have learned that addiciton can disrupt the brain's circuitry, and, true, we're discovering new things every day. So, it's not that we don't know "much"--just that there's still much to learn.
Yes I agree Marcus. I just happen to be a person that has had Spacisity, clonus, upper motor neuron issues for 5 years and they can't find a source. I have been to many neurologists and neurosurgeons and they just do not know. Went to the last doctor friday and he said he was sorry but they just do not know enough to help me. Science just doesn't know enough right now.
Which states offer these classes?
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to learn more about neuroscience (and any other topics in biology and life sciences), visit htp://www.biologged.com - a new biology news aggregator, which will keep you informed about the hot science and research trends!
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Fossil Gallery
Tuzoia burgessensisA large pelagic bivalved arthropod
Unranked clade (stem group arthropods)
The affinity of Tuzoia is unknown because key information about its body structure and appendages is missing. It has been suggested that it is a crustacean (Briggs et al., 1994), specifically a phyllocarid (Lieberman, 2003). However, these affinities cannot be substantiated until further details of the morphology are revealed. Tuzoia shares similarities in carapace and eye structure with Isoxys (Vannier et al., 2007), another arthropod of uncertain affinity.
Species name:
Tuzoia burgessensis
Described by:
Description date:
Tuzoia – from Mount Tuzo, in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, named in 1907 after Henrietta Tuzo, who was the first to climb this mountain.
burgessensis – from Mount Burgess (2,599 m), a mountain peak in Yoho National Park. Mount Burgess. The name was given in 1886 by Otto Klotz, the Dominion topographical surveyor, after Alexander Burgess, a former Deputy Minister of the Department of the Interior.
Type Specimens:
Holotypes –USNM80477b (T. burgessensis),USNM57720 (T. retifera),USNM80478b (T. canadensis) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
Other species:
Burgess Shale: T. retifera and T. canadensis from the the Tuzoia layer above the Raymond Quarry, the Raymond and Walcott Quarries on Fossil Ridge, and other sites on Mount Field and Stanley Glacier. (See Vannier et al., 2007 for references).
Other deposits: T. guntheri from the Middle Cambrian Marjum and Pioche Formations of Utah and Nevada; T. bispinosa from the Middle Cambrian Kaili Formation of South China; T. polleni from the Lower Cambrian Eager Formation of British Columbia; and T. australis from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale of Australia as well as a number of poorly documented species from China. (See Vannier et al., 2007 for references).
Middle Cambrian, Glossopleura Zone to Bathyuriscus-Elrathina Zone (approximately 505 million years ago).
Principal localities:
The Walcott and Raymond Quarries, the Tuzoia layer above the Raymond Quarry and the Collins Quarry on Fossil Ridge. The Tulip Beds (S7) on Mount Stephen.
Brief history of research:
Tuzoia was first described by Charles Walcott (1912) based on a single carapace specimen from the Burgess Shale. He collected many more specimens after this publication that were later described in detail by Resser (1929). Resser designated ten different species of Tuzoia, including specimens from the Burgess Shale, the Eager Formation of British Columbia, the Kinzers Formation in Pennsylvania and the Tangshih Formation of China. Tuzoia was also described from other regions in the United States, including Utah (Robison and Richards, 1981) and Nevada (Lieberman, 2003), Australia (Glaessner, 1979), the Czech Republic (Chlupáč and Kordule, 2002), and other localities in China (Yuan and Zhao, 1999; Pan, 1957; Shu, 1990; Luo et al., 1999). At one point, there were over 20 described species of Tuzoia, all described from carapace morphology only, but a major redescription of all available material undertaken by Vannier et al., (2007) validated only 7 of these species. Vannier et al. (2007) also provided a more in-depth analysis of the morphology, including the first description of soft parts such as eyes, antennae and gut structures. The first description of frontal appendages in Tuzoia is documented in Caron et al. (2010).
The most prominent feature of Tuzoia is its large, bivalved carapace. The two dome-shaped carapace valves have convexly rounded ventral margins and are joined along a straight dorsal margin that extends at the front and back into pointed spines, or cardinal processes. There are two pairs of spines present in the mid-posterior and posteroventral locations of the carapace, and several smaller spikes may be present along the ventral margin. There are also spines along the dorsal margin, varying in number, size and orientation between species. A lateral ridge passes horizontally through the carapace, and is lined by frills in T. burgessensis. The carapaces are covered in a polygonal pattern. A pair of large, spherical eyes on stalks project forward from underneath the carapace, and a pair of thin antennae may also be present. The head bears a pair of robust frontal appendages with at least six segments each. In some specimens, a long, straight gut with digestive glands is preserved. Overall T. retifera and T. canadensis differ from T. burgessensis by having less and more spines respectively.
As the name suggests, the Tuzoia beds between the Raymond and Collins Quarries on Fossil Ridge yield abundant Tuzoia burgessensis specimens, with over 160 specimens found so far. T. burgessensis is also found rarely in Raymond Quarry, where T. retifera is more common, with 87 known specimens. Tuzoia is also found rarely in other sites on Mount Field and Mount Stephen.
Maximum size:
180 mm
Life habits:
Nektonic, mobile
Feeding strategies:
Ecological Interpretations:
Tuzoia is suggested to be free-swimming animal, based mainly on the morphology of the carapace. The midposterior and posteroventral spines probably acted as a keel to provide directional stability to the animal while swimming, and the lateral ridge may have allowed directional control to improve the streamlining of the animal while preventing sinking. The reticulate pattern of the carapace is interpreted as a way of strengthening the carapace without adding so much weight that the animal would be unable to swim. Spines and the lateral ridge may also have provided protection from predation. The eyes had a wide field of vision, further suggesting that Tuzoia was a swimmer. The antennae would have been used to sense the environment, and the frontal appendages could have been used to obtain food.
BRIGGS, D. E. G., D. H. ERWIN AND F. J. COLLIER. 1994. The fossils of the Burgess Shale. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C.
CARON, J. B,. R. R. GAINES, M. G. MÁNGANO, M. STRENG AND A. C. DALEY. 2010. A new Burgess Shale-type assemblage from the "thin" Stephen Formation of the southern Canadian Rockies. Geology, 38: 811-814.
CHLUPÁČ, I. AND V. KORDULE. 2002. Arthropods of Burgess Shale type from the Middle Cambrian of Bohemia (Czech Republic). Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, 77: 167-182.
GLAESSNER, M. F. 1979. Lower Cambrian Crustacea and annelid worms from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Alcheringa, 3: 21-31.
LIEBERMAN, B. S. 2003. A new soft-bodied fauna: the Pioche Formation of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology, 77(4): 674-690.
LUO, H., S. HU, L. CHEN, S. ZHANG AND Y. TAO. 1999. Early Cambrian Chengjiang fauna from Kunming Region, China. Yunnan Science and Technology Press, Kunming.
PAN, K. 1975. On the discovery of Homopoda from South China. Palaeontologica Sincia, 5: 523-526.
RESSER, C. E. 1929. New Lower and Middle Cambrian Crustacea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76: 1-18.
ROBISON, R. A. AND B. C. RICHARDS. 1981. Larger bivalve arthropods from the Middle Cambrian of Utah. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, 106: 1-28.
SHU, D. 1990. Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Bradoriida from Zhejiang, Hunan and Shaanxi Provinces. Northwest University Press, Xian.
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Tim Burke grew up in an Adirondack Mountain hamlet with no stores, no gas station, no neighbor within a half-mile of his house and just 671 people, period, according to the 2010 census of Paul Smiths, N.Y.
And then, as a 12-year-old, Burke took up a sport practiced seriously by maybe 70 people in the United States as compared to more than 10,000 in Russia alone.
And Thursday he beat all but one person in the world, which will make the small-town boy with a passion for fly fishing a big deal in the sport of biathlon for the second straight Winter Games.
This time, Burke figures he can deal with going into the Olympics as a medal contender, based on his silver medal in the 20-kilometer individual event at the World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.
"I didn't handle it very well overall going into Vancouver," Burke said via telephone Friday. "I was too concerned about what everyone else was saying and writing about me, too interested in the hype."
Hype? For a biathlete? That seems a stretch looking at it from the outside, but it is a very different perspective if you are in the bubble of a sport where everyone spends about five months each year together, trekking across North America and Europe for competitions.
Since the 2010 Winter Games were in North America, there also was attention from media in his own country after Burke started the Olympic season with stunning success. He had become the first U.S. biathlete to wear the World Cup overall leader's yellow racing bib as the circuit took its Christmas break.
"It's a sport where as an American athlete you are not used to so much attention at home," Burke said. "Going into Vancouver, there was a lot from U.S. media. That was very foreign to me."
Two months later, Burke slogged to a 45th in his first Olympic race – by far his worst finish of the season to that point. He was 47th and 46 in the next two and managed an 18th in the last.
"That was really hard on me," he said. "I really thought I had a good chance to win a medal."
It has been a struggle for him to regain the form that produced three World Cup podiums in the last Olympic season. Burke needed surgery for compartment syndrome in both legs after the 2011 season. It wasn't until this December that he won another World Cup medal.
His girlfriend of five years, German biathlete Andrea Henkel, has helped him understand how to deal with such disappointments, even though she has not had too many. Henkel, 35, has won four Olympic medals (two gold) and 16 World Championship medals (eight gold.)
Now Burke has become the second U.S. biathlete to win a world championship medal, following Josh Thompson in 1987. Thompson, suddenly projected as the first U.S. Olympic medalist in biathlon, also went on to a disappointing performance in a North American Winter Games the following year, finishing 27th and 25th in his races at Calgary.
"I've never been up on a pedestal like this before," Thompson said in Calgary, where he stunningly missed nine of 30 shots. "It's a long . . . a long fall."
That Burke, a two-time Olympian, has dealt with such lofty expectations once before should ease his quest to carry the mantle that weighed down Thompson. It may also help that the 2014 Winter Games are in far-off Sochi, Russia.
The best any individual U.S. biathlete has done in the Olympics is Jeremy Teela's ninth in 2010.
"I don't look at this (silver medal) as adding more pressure," Burke said. "It's the opposite for me. I know I can do it now. I have done it in the World Championships, so it is possible for me in the Olympics."
Adding pressure is the worst thing that can happen to an athlete in a sport like biathlon.
As two-time U.S. Olympic biathlete Don Nielsen once put it: "Skiing and shooting is a marriage made in hell. It's a physical contradiction of impossible proportions. Biathlon is turning from a rabbit to a rock and then back again."
Burke, an 83 percent shooter for the season, hit 95 percent (19 of 20) in his silver-medal race.
"There is always something to improve on," he said.


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rtceL brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 47 Designs von 16 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Paragon of Virtue, one of the top Counter-Strike 1.6 teams in the United States is in need of a sleek, creative, and thoughtful logo that can successfully represent the organization professionally and competitively.
Paragon of Virtue
Who are we?
Paragon of Virtue is a competitive gaming team that travels nationally competing at some of the largest gaming competitions for cash prizes ranging from a few hundred to nearly half a million dollars.
We compete in the widely popular, first-person-shooter PC game, Counter-Strike 1.6, a game that has reached millions of players world-wide. Some of the top teams in the world have had salaries, sponsorships from brand names such as Tylenol, Subway, and Intel, televised interviews on talk shows, and reached rock-star status in many countries. (The U.S. is just now picking up on this)
What we need!
We're in need of a clean, sleek, and thoughtful logo that is easily transferable to any web or apparel based medium. This logo should represent the name, and be unique. We're open to a variety of ideas and interpretations. The Paragon of Virtue team interprets the name as meaning a, "model of excellence."
The logo, once accepted, will be an official trademark of the team, displayed on all of our apparel, websites, and will become publicly recognized by the entire gaming community, and media outlets at live events.
- Theme colors: Black, Silver, Yellow, and White. (you don't have to use all of them, just understand the basic theme colors)
- Must be clean, nothing random.
- Must represent the name of the company.
- We're open to mascot-like figures, text-based logos, and any other thoughtful concept that follows the requirements listed.
- Gaming stereotypes (nerds, glasses, joysticks, etc.)
- Confusion (this must be clean, and creative)
- Plain text. (I don't want you to just give me cheesy stylized font with the brand name)
- Anything comical.
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Past Christchurch/Canterbury Personalities 2
His age on his headstone is wrong. Should read 80 years.
- He was one of 25 children. This probably gave him his tenacious abilities and proclivity to fight for his rights!
- His military service from the age of 16 reads like a novel! It's a must read...see his obituary below.
- He arrived in New Zealand in 1865 onboard the 'Greyhound' .
- He purchased 1000 acres just out of Courtenay in Canterbury and this was developed in to what is now Kirwee a name connected to his military days in India.
- He was a provincial Council member for the Selwyn district and a proponent for successful water race schemes that lead to arable lands in Canterbury.
Another familiar face will be missed from the streets of Christchurch, and from the benches of the usually quiet Upper House this session. A brave old soldier has fought his last fight with the universal enemy of all men — death; and a warm hearted, impetuous, outspoken Irishman has made his last speech in that Legislative Chamber, whose serenity he was wont occasionally to disturb so terribly. Colonel Brett— as he was always called among us, though we believe he might rightfully have claimed the General's title— died shortly after one o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had seen yet another ten added to those three score and ten years which the Psalmist assigns as the- allotted span of life, and his death must be ascribed rather to collapse through sheer old age than to any other cause. Within the last few days he had taken his usual morning walk to the Christchurch Club to read the papers and chat in the smoking-room, and though his condition . was known to be very critical on Saturday afternoon, people generally were not aware that the old soldier was ailing. An old warrior he was— and looked; a man who had served his Queen and country in many climes, and who was proud of it; one of the type of fighting Irishmen, familiar enough in the pages of our novelists, and in real life in the Old Country, but rarely met out here, and as full as any of them of the strange combination of those emotional Keltic qualities which endear them to men of the colder British temperament, in spite of extravagances of thought and speech and action which they can neither emulate nor understand. Colonel Brett was born in Wexford, Ireland, in the year 1809, and two months ago completed his eightieth year. His father was a barrister, and resided at Clobemon Hall, Wexford, of which County he was Captain of the Yeomanry Cavalry. His school days were passed at Portora, near Enniskilllen. The headmaster at the time being Dr Knox, who was subsequently raised to the Episcopal Bench. Colonel Brett married at St Michael's Church, Limerick, in 1845, Harriet Baker Harris, daughter of Colonel Harris, of the 24th Regiment of Foot. He leaves three sons and two daughters, who survive him. The Colonel was one of twenty-five children the issue of the same parents.
THE FUNERAL. The Hon Colonel Brett will be buried tomorrow, with military honours, and those who read the above record of his services will admit that seldom have such honours been better merited. The hour appointed for the funeral, to leave his late residence in Chester street East, is 2 p.m.
Article in the Dictonary NZ Biography [with photo]:
Search found basic online tree:
There is a Harris De Renzie BRETT who fought in the Boer War on Cenotaph database is this his son [mentioned in the online tree further below? However on that tree it states his son was De Renzie Harris BRETT b1857.] De Renzie Harris BRETT is also mentioned on the following website as being in the 8th NZ South Island Contingent http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/1928466/boer-war-new-zealand-8th-new-zealand-south-island-contingent/ it seems likely that Cenotaph has the wrong information or that it has been wrongly transposed and then transcribed.
12 September 1901 De Renzie's wife dies in Christchurch at son in law W EASTON's property 'Bangalore', Opawa
REFERENCES: [1] http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=21185


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smashing necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 111 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
**UPDATED - Please sure to read the general comments on the gallery page which are more up to date than the original brief (below).
We're a web publishing outfit based in the UK. WorldTV.com is our flagship site and this is the first in a series of design updates we have planned for the site. Additional work beyond this is a possibility.
This brief is for an uncoded design eg Photoshop.
We're targeting the same audience that might like Vimeo, Mailchimp, Picnik, SmugMug or Twitter.
Our site is a platform for consumer video publishers. The page design in question is a page for our publishers to customize and display individual video clips, like a custom YouTube individual video page.
A 'landing page for single video clips', similar in concept to an individual video page on YouTube or Vimeo.
Clips are generally part of a collection which we call a Channel. The page will feature other videos from the Channel, and display the Channel logo, and possibly details about the clip, social features, etc.
Key Page Components
The Player: Please design an original video player with minimal controls (we really like Vimeo's player for example)
An Ad space: We are open to creative solutions for how best to fit an IAB ad-space into the above-the-fold space. One example might be the adspace displayed as a billboard against a landscape.
Other Important Components
- Clip Title
- Clip Description
- Channel Logo
- WorldTV logo (option)
- Other/Recommended Video clips
- Facebook, Twitter, Email share icons
- Comments
- Something customizable (eg header) so a page could be personalized
We plan to offer multiple themes so we may award multiple prizes. TO CLARIFY. WE MAY MAKE ADDITIONAL AWARDS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $500 FIRST PRIZE. SECOND PRIZE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL $250 FOR EXAMPLE.
We're happy to pay for photos (eg istockphoto)
WTV logos: worldtv.com/images/epk


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KCP Technologies necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Data Games
Students playing computer games generate large quantities of rich, interesting, highly variable data that mostly evaporates into the ether when the game ends. What if in a classroom setting, data from games students played remained accessible to them for analysis? In software and curriculum materials being developed by the Data Games project, data generated by students playing computer games form the raw material for mathematics classroom activities. Students play a short video game, analyze the game data, conjecture improved strategies, and test their strategies in another round of the game.
The video games are embedded in TinkerPlots and Fathom, two data analysis learning environments widely used in grades 5–8 and 8–14 respectively. The game data appear in graphs in real time, allowing several cycles of strategy improvement in a short time. The games are designed so that these cycles improve understanding of specific data modeling and/or mathematics concepts. Lessons will be embedded in an online learning environment to facilitate their integration into standard curricula. The three-year project expands research in students' understanding of data modeling and their ability to learn mathematical content embedded in data-rich contexts.
The intended audience for the logo are a community of high school and middle school students, their Math teachers, academic professionals working with the project. The logo should help to brand and commercialize the work that is produced as a result of the project.
Our existing customers are from the grades 4-14 - both teachers and students. We want the new logo to be easily identifiable with our existing products
* Logo should indicate some element of game playing, data exploration and a cyclic relationship between the two. The current draft logo (DGLogo) - attached to this brief illustrates what we want. However, we want a more integrated feel and are not looking at that as a starting place.
* We'd like to incorporate if possible the existing identity elements of Fathom and TinkerPlots attached to this brief
* We have a tradition of circular logos so it would be nice to retain that element but not essential.
* Even though, our principal customers are in the school market, we do not want cartoony, cutesy figures.
* Once accepted, we expect to own the sources to the final design.
* The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
* Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo


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Hi, I'm trying to build a heap sort Swing application and I decided to keep it simple for now so I'll only heap sort 3 nodes so I got the nodes (yellow circles) to draw and show up as a tree shape (binary heap), and the heap sorting not animation not started yet since I need to display the initial binary heap first but for some reason, when you minimize the Swing application, the yellow circles re-align, why is that so? The complete program below that compiles and runs, appreciate all the help.
import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.Timer; import java.awt.event.*; import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; @SuppressWarnings("serial") public class Heap_Graphical extends JFrame { private int node_height = 30;//imaginary rectangle's ht to draw the circle (node) private int node_width = 30;//imaginary rectangle's width to draw the circle (node) private int canvas_width = 360;//width of JFrame private int canvas_height = 360;//height of JFrame private int start_x = (canvas_width/2) - node_width/2; private int start_y = 10; private int delay = 250; private Color color_arr[] = {Color.BLUE, Color.GREEN}; private int cur_index = 0; private int iterations = 0; private Timer t = null; private Color cur_color; private ActionListener updateTask; private int incrementer = 0;//used to alternate b/t odd et even int for which color to use private int level = 0; private int level_capacity = 0; private boolean isInitialHeapCreated = false; public Heap_Graphical( ) { this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); this.setVisible(true); this.setResizable(false); this.add( new Canvas() ); this.pack(); } //draw the initial binary heap here only private class Canvas extends JPanel { public Canvas() { setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black)); } public Dimension getPreferredSize() {//overridden method (to draw inside Canvas, NOT JFrame) return new Dimension(360,360); } public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); final Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g; //1st step: draw initial heap //Prob: Why do the nodes change position when the Java application is minimized? if ( !isInitialHeapCreated )//don't redraw initial heap each time (I think this is not proper way, look up) { int num_nodes_drawn = 0; int level_capacity = (int)Math.pow(2, level);//initially @ level 0 we can hold a max of 2^1 or 1 node int cur_num_nodes_at_cur_level = 0;//always reset to 0 int subsequent_x_offset = start_x; //vars for dealing w/ drawing the txt graphic while ( num_nodes_drawn < 3 )//3-nodes for now { //when cur level reached node capacity, update next level's capacity and also update the new position for // all nodes to be located in next level if ( cur_num_nodes_at_cur_level == level_capacity ) { level += 1; level_capacity = (int)Math.pow(2, level);//update level capacity cur_num_nodes_at_cur_level = 0;//reset for next level where initially no node drawn for next level yet start_x -= 25; start_y += 45; subsequent_x_offset = start_x;//reset x-offset to be based on where 1st node of new level is } //draw first node of new level if ( cur_num_nodes_at_cur_level == 0 )//if there are still nodes and no nodes drawn for cur level yet { g2d.setColor(Color.YELLOW); g2d.fillOval(start_x, start_y, node_width, node_height); g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK); g2d.drawOval(start_x, start_y, node_width, node_height); cur_num_nodes_at_cur_level++; } else//draw sub-sequent nodes at cur level (displaced by some fixed x-position val) { subsequent_x_offset += 48; g2d.setColor(Color.YELLOW); g2d.fillOval(subsequent_x_offset, start_y, node_width, node_height); g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK); g2d.drawOval(subsequent_x_offset, start_y, node_width, node_height); cur_num_nodes_at_cur_level++; } num_nodes_drawn++; } }//END IF //2nd step: animate heap sort (add corresponding arr to show currently sorted end later) (this needs to use the actual // heap sort of arr to determine how to re-draw the heap sorting animation ) (not sure how to incorporate animation // after initial heap drawn since the timer needs to be listener in constructor so need to use some boolean...) } } //entry point public static void main(String[] args) throws InvocationTargetException, InterruptedException { SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {//Q: what' difference w/ SwingUtitilities.invokeLater vs EventQueue.invokeLater? (look up later) public void run() { new Heap_Graphical(); } }); } }


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HOUSTON — Oil production in Texas has hit its highest monthly rate on record, more than doubling in less than three years, according to new federal data.
The state pumped 2.7 million barrels of crude per day during September, the highest average since monthly record-keeping began in January 1981. That marked a 30 percent jump over September 2012, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Texas' oil production peaked in 1972, when it produced an average of 3.4 million barrels per day, according to annual data from the Texas Railroad Commission.
After decades of decline, Texas oil production abruptly turned in 2008 with the beginning of the shale oil and gas boom. Innovation in oil field technology, particularly hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, have opened new regions of the United States to oil and natural gas activity in recent years. Production from deep, dense rock formations, once uneconomical to drill, has unleashed a new wealth of oil and gas on the energy-hungry nation.
The Texas oil boom largely has been fueled by production in South Texas' Eagle Ford Shale and West Texas' Permian Basin, which have expanded rapidly to produce more than 1 million barrels of oil per day each. Texas produced 35 percent of the United States' crude oil in September.
The surge has made Texas one of the 15 largest oil producers in the world, putting it in the ranks of heavy-hitters including Venezuela, Kuwait and Nigeria.
For 25 straight months, the state's oil production rate has increased by more than 25 percent year-over-year, noted economist Mark J. Perry, a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Management.
"Output in America's No. 1 oil-producing state – Texas – continues its phenomenal, meteoric rise," Perry wrote on his blog, Carpe Diem. "That production surge has to be one of the most significant increases in oil output ever recorded in the U.S. over such a short period of time."
Perry said the oil boom in the Eagle Ford Shale and the Permian Basin have placed those regions among nine "super-giant oil fields" in the world.
The United States' surging oil production, which reached 7.8 million barrels per day in September, has reignited talk of energy independence. The United States' natural gas imports plummeted 21 percent from 2008 to 2012, while imports of crude oil and petroleum products fell 18 percent.
The Energy Information Administration forecasts that the U.S. will pass Saudi Arabia and Russia this year to become the world's top producer of oil and natural gas combined.
Americans still consume far more crude, however, than they produce. The country pumped an average of 6.5 million barrels of oil per day in 2012. Meanwhile, it used more than 18 million barrels of oil and petroleum products per day last year.
The Energy Information Administration projects total U.S. oil production will rise to 8.2 million barrels per day in 2014.
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Life is lonely in Eagle Ford 'trailerhood'


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// The Monad object, indexed by a singleton type that implements theLooks a bit complicated, I know, but every piece is well-motivated. IMonadOps is fortunately the only interface that new monads must implement. Note the type constraints. The interface and the general monad both have a "phantom" or "witness" type M, constraining the type of the monad operations to the same IMonadOps type that created the monad. This means that the monad is entirely closed to extension and inspection.
// monad operations.
public sealed class Monad<M, T>
where M : struct, IMonadOps<M> { ... }
// An object that implements operations on the monad's encapsulated
// state.
public interface IMonadOps<M>
where M : struct, IMonadOps<M>
/// Return the encapsulated state for the monad's zero value.
object Zero<T>();
// Return the encapsulated state for the 'unit' operation.
object Unit<T>(T t);
// Perform a bind operation given the monad's encapsulated state,
// and the binding function f.
Monad<M, R> Bind<T, R>(
object state,
Fun<T, Monad<M, R>> f,
Fun<Monad<M, R>, object> from,
Fun<object, Monad<M, R>> to);
Each IMonadOps is effectively a stateless singleton. The constraint to a struct is merely an optimization. Every IMonadOps implementor is actually very similar to the body of an ML module. If I want to invoke Identity.Zero, I can do it thusly:
default(Identity).Zero<int>();This reveals the magic I used to define the Monad type. Whenever the Monad<M,T> type needs to invoke the underlying monad operations, it invokes the operation on the corresponding singleton M just like the above. Indexing the Monad by an IMonadOps implementation M, is like a linking step between Monad and M.
public sealed class Monad<M, T>You can see the dispatching at work here. All monad operations are dispatched to the "linked" methods of M. In a sense, we have succeeded in abstracting over the concrete implementation of Monad.
where M : struct, IMonadOps<M>
object state;
Monad(object state)
this.state = state;
// The projection function.
static object get<R>(Monad<M, R> m)
return m.state;
// The injection function.
static Monad<M, R> ctor<R>(object state)
return new Monad<M, R>(state);
// The standard 'bind' operation. It dispatches to the
// type-indexed 'bind', defined by M.
public Monad<M, R> Bind<R>(Fun<T, Monad<M, R>> f)
return default(M).Bind<T, R>(state, f, get<R>, ctor<R>);
// The standard 'unit' operation, injecting a value into
// the monad. It dispatches to the type-indexed unit
// function defined by M.
public static Monad<M, T> Unit(T t)
return new Monad<M, T>(default(M).Unit<T>(t));
public static Monad<M, T> Zero()
return new Monad<M, T>(default(M).Zero<T>());
Now comes the catch: it's not fully type-safe, because the encapsulated state of the monad must be stored as 'object'. This means that each monad body must ensure it properly casts to and from the appropriate type. This is again due to the type constructor abstraction limitation.
Your first thought might be, why can't the encapsulated state simply be 'T'? Well, if all you wanted was an Identity monad, then that would be fine. But consider the Maybe monad:
public struct Maybe : IMonadOps<Maybe>The encapsulated state is an Option of type T, not a T. As another example, the List monad encapsulates a list of T's. Since we can't abstract over the type constructor for the encapsulated state, we thus need to resort to dynamic typing.
public object Unit<T>(T t)
return new Option<T>(t);
public object Zero<T>()
return new Option<T>();
public Monad<Maybe, R> Bind<T, R>(
object state,
Fun<T, Monad<Maybe, R>> f,
Fun<Monad<Maybe, R>, object> from,
Fun<object, Monad<Maybe, R>> to)
Option<T> value = (Option<T>)state;
return (value.HasValue) ? f(value.Value) : Fail<R>();
public static Monad<Maybe, T> Fail<T>()
return Monad<Maybe, T>.Zero();
Now comes a slightly bizarre part: what are the injection and projection functions for? Well, despite the fact that IMonadOps is the "internal implementation" of Monad, it doesn't have direct access to the monad's internals. Unfortunately, sometimes that access is needed. Consider the List monad:
public struct ListM : IMonadOps<ListM>ListM needs access to the private state of the returned list of Monads in order to flatten the list, but that access is not permitted since Monad is a separate, encapsulated type. There is no way to make this state available using inheritance or access modifiers, without also permitting the state to escape inadvertently.
public object Unit<T>(T t)
return List.Cons<T>(t, List.Nil<T>());
public object Zero<T>()
return List.Nil<T>();
public Monad<ListM, R> Bind<T, R>(
object state,
Fun<T, Monad<ListM, R>> f,
Fun<Monad<ListM, R>, object> from,
Fun<object, Monad<ListM, R>> to)
return to(
List.MapFlat<T, R>(
state as List.t<T>, delegate(T t)
return from(f(t)) as List.t<R>;
Instead, the Monad provides an injection/projection pair, which are used to construct monad instances when given private state, or read out the private state of a monad instance, respectively. Note that encapsulation is maintained since this ability is granted only to the implementor of a given monad, which is already trusted with its own state.
I suspect there's a more efficient way to share the monad's state, but I'm a little tired from standing on my head all day for C#, so if anyone has any ideas, I welcome them. :-)
While this encoding is less efficient than the one described in my previous post, it's safer in some ways for users monad implementors alike, and I proved to myself that C#'s type system is powerful enough to encode the monad interface if you contort yourself appropriately. This technique for abstracting over type constructors might even be usable in my tagless Orc implementation.


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The Scripting Way
Stick with the Scripting Way even if you're writing php extension(s).
Many of us (and i) was thinking about how to write more powerful php extension hardly, once after we get how to write it. But don't you think it's more important to notice what we need/want instead of what we can do? Do not write to write.
XCache use extension+scripting way to do complex thing nicely.
- XCache Administration
- XcacheApi to collect list/information from the shared memory.
- A script to display the information.
- Coverage Dumper and Viewer
- A dumper to dump coverage data to file.
- Dump data by XCache itself, controling by ini settings. (fast, the way XCache is using). The other way: Provide APIs to get coverage data, and let the script to dump data. (slow, XCache does not use this way)
- A viewer script to show data nicely.
- APIs to load/decode data from cov-datafiles. (fast)
- Script to render result. (nice)
- A dumper to dump coverage data to file.
- Disassembler and Decompiler
- APIs to dump opcode data into php arrays for script.
- Script to play arround the arrays. (easier to write)
See also: DevelModuleList
FYI: ea/mmcache use plain C to do administration/disassembling, but ea rewrote it in TheScriptingWay after zoeloelip study my XCache :) We learn from each other. And YES, it's much better to maintain code in php than in C.
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