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Princeton Results: Men's | Women's
Pre-Nationals Results: Men's | Women's
Princeton, N.J. and Terre Haute, Ind. -- The University of Pennsylvania cross country teams concluded today's races at the Princeton Invitational and the Pre-National Invitational. Fourteen runners competed in both the men's and women's races in the respective events.
Seven Quakers ran in the first event of the day – the Women's 6K Championship Race – at the Princeton Invitational. Of the 25 teams, Penn placed 20th with an average time of 23:32. Coming in first for the Red and Blue with a time of 22:26 was senior captain Chelsea Delaney (29th). 77 places and 1:15 separated Delaney from the next Quaker to cross the finish line, freshman Madison Connelly (106th) -- with a time of 23:41. Close behind was the rest of the pack: sophomore Pauline Dabrowski (115th) at 23:41, freshman Jillian Kelly (121st) at 23:46, freshman Ella Wurth (125th) 23:51, sophomore Amy Darlington (127th) 23:57, and freshman Maya Desai (133rd) 24:18. A total of 206 women ran in the 6K.
After the women, 272 men prepared to run the 8K and Penn placed 15th out of the 30 teams with an average time of 25:16. Freshman Samuel Miner was 60th to cross the line and first for the Quakers at 25:03. Ten seconds later, freshman Chris Hatler (80th) crossed then freshman Lyle Wistar (92nd) 25:17, sophomore William Meadows (97th) 25:19, junior Victor Allen (103rd) 25:25, junior Kirk Webb (107th) 25:27, and Jack Huemmler (126th) 25:41.
The men that traveled to Terre Haute were also running an 8K at the same time. Penn ran with 51 other schools in the Men's 8K Blue Race and placed 38, averaging 25:02.20. Out of the 359 runners, sophomore Thomas Awad ran 24:20.44, good for a 65th place finish and first for the Red and Blue. 107 runners passed until the next Quaker, freshman Brendan Shearn (172nd) 25:02.35. Rounding off the men showing for Penn was senior captain Conner Paez (204th) 25:12.59, freshman Nick Tuck (216th) 25:16.03, junior John Trueman (228th) 25:19.09, sophomore Clark Shurtleff (251st) 25:30.61, and senior captain Conor Nickel (285th) 25:47.22.
Closing the day's races for the Quakers were the women competing at Pre-Nationals, who finished 46th in a field of 49 schools. Representing first for Penn and 147th out of 340 runners with a time of 21:47.44 in the Women's 6K Blue Race was sophomore Elyssa Gensib. Next was freshman Cleo Whiting (159th) 21:50.22, freshman Madison Holleran (195th) 22.02.40, freshman Clarissa Whiting (227th) 22:13.21, freshman Ashley Montgomery (271st) 22:36.41, sophomore Gabriella Cuccia (287th) 22:47.25, and freshman Emily Quinn (302nd) 23.02.55. The young Quakers averaged a time of 22:05.94.
Penn will prepare for the Heptagonal Championships, which is next and will take place in two weeks at Princeton.


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The Power to Make Us Think
Last Thursday I attended the screening of Sam Branson's documentary Breaking The Taboo, about the failure of the war on drugs in the world. The documentary takes the stand that decriminalization of drugs is important and that the USA should follow the steps of countries such as Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Holland in this matter. If it was the case, then the drug cartels wouldn't make money anymore but the state would, because drug consumers would go to hospitals to get drugs as well as counseling. The point here is that rather than putting people in jail and treating them as criminals, it would be better to take a more human approach and help them in dedicated clinics. We are also having the same debate in France, the country where I am from.
Sir Richard Branson, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and Daniel Romero, a former drug addict who spent around twenty years in prison for the possession of drugs were at MOPA for the debate. Daniel Romero insisted on the fact that jail dehumanized him, and that many people who get out of jail are more addicted to drugs that before they went in. He got helped in a hospital for two years and he is now done with drugs.
Mayor Bob Filner insisted on the fact that we shouldn't only speak about decriminalization. It's important to point out the fact that drug consumers should be helped in hospitals as well for congressmen and constituents to better accept the idea.
Someone in the audience disagreed with the idea of decriminalizing the use of drugs. This person was addicted to drugs in the past and thinks that his son is therefore predisposed to drugs; and this would mean he could have access even more easily to them. I personally think that Sir Richard Branson's idea of decriminalization is not a bad idea, because even if there are laws against it, people still find ways to get drugs, and I don't think people are real criminals if it is only for their personal use. A more human approach is necessary.
But more importantly, whether people agreed or disagreed on what this documentary stated, the best thing about this event is that it made them think about this issue in the first place. So many people in the audience had something to say about it, and there wasn't enough time to take all of the questions. This proves that art and, in the case of MOPA, photography and films have the power to make us think about important issues and reflect on ourselves. Museums can also be places for debate.

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The Buffalo News wrote there is strong indication the Mets will call up Jesus Feliciano and Ruben Tejada this weekend. Tejada could replace the ailing Luis Castillo, though Alex Cora would likely be the starting second baseman. Feliciano, who has a .386 batting average in Triple-A, could replace the struggling Gary Matthews Jr., if the Mets release him.
In other Bisons news, it looks like Daniel Murphy might have had a setback as he hurt his knee in a double-play in yesterday's game vs. the Syracuse minor league team, the same one that Washington Nationals No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg is pitching for. The Buffalo News Mets blog is reporting Murphy is on crutches and could be headed to New York City for an MRI.
Follow the action as WGRZ-TV's Ben Hayes is live blogging today's game in which Strasburg is pitching.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's basketball team, coming off its second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and a Sunshine State Conference regular season championship, have been selected to finish third among the Sunshine State Conference schools, it was announced Wednesday morning by the SSC.
Overall, Florida Southern has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2013-14 Sunshine State Conference men's basketball title.
The Moccasins collected 63 points and seven of the nine first-place votes in a preseason poll conducted among the conference men's basketball coaches.
Florida Tech, who finished fourth in the conference a season ago was picked to finish second. The Panthers received 53 points and the other two first-place votes. Rollins followed Saint Leo as they received 44 points for fourth, while Eckerd collected 31 points for the fifth slot. Rounding out the ranks were Lynn (28 points), Nova Southeastern (21 points), and Barry and Tampa both earning 19 points.
The Division II Bulletin preseason top-25 poll was released on Oct. 8 with Florida Southern ranked No. 14. Florida Tech received votes.
In addition, Saint Leo senior Jerrell Harris was named a Division II Bulletin Super 16 preseason All-American.
The Lions posted another record-breaking season in 2012-13 where they made a repeat trip to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the regional semifinals. Returning six starters and seven letter-winners from last season's team, Harris is the only underclassman to earn All-Conference First Team honors last season. Sitting out 2012, Harris's influence was huge in 2013 as he averaged nearly 15 points and looks to become even more of an impact his senior year.
Saint Leo will start its trek toward another postseason journey when they travel to Puerto Rico to play in the Mayaguez Basketball Classic beginning on November 8.
For the latest news, updates, and information on Saint Leo Men's Basketball beginning the season-long journey, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Lions' news by following Saint Leo Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.
2013-14 Sunshine State Conference Preseason Men's Basketball Poll
Rank - Team, Points (1st-place votes)
1 - Florida Southern, 63 (7)
2 - Florida Tech, 53 (2)
3 - Saint Leo, 46
4 - Rollins, 44
5 - Eckerd, 31
6 - Lynn, 28
7 - Nova Southeastern, 21
T8 - Barry, 19
T8 - Tampa, 19


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Evolution Hoax
Petrol, the one of the most important sources of energy, was first referred to by that name in a book titled De Re Metallica (On the Nature of Minerals), published in 1556 by the German Georgius Agricola. There are also important references to this important energy resource, named only many hundreds of years later, in the Qur'an. (Allah knows the truth.)
The letters that comprise the word "petrol" appear side by side in only one verse of the Qur'an. The Arabic words "fee thulumati al-ardi" in verse 59 of Surat al-An'am, meaning "the darkness of the earth," appear in the same verse and suggest the subterranean formation of petrol.
.... He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An'am, 59)
The word petrol, which began being used hundreds of years after the revelation of the Qur'an, is written or read pretty much the same in different languages, such as Turkish, English and Arabic…
* There is no letter "P" in Arabic, the letter "Be" being used as its equivalent.
When scientists describe how petrol is formed, they refer to it emerging after a long period of time from plant and animal remains. Another verse of the Qur'an that suggests this reads:
He Who brings forth green pasture, then makes it blackened stubble. (Surat al-A'la, 4-5)
(For a more detailed account, see Harun Yahya, Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an, Vol. 1, 8th edition, July 2006)2010-07-03 01:07:02


text: Kerry Lyon Grossman teaches Lawyering Skills and Depositions and Discovery for the UCLA School of Law Clinical Program. Before joining the UCLA faculty, she was a litigator at the Los Angeles office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP for nine years. Her practice at O'Melveny focused on intellectual property, media, and antitrust matters. Ms. Lyon Grossman obtained her B.A. in Biological Basis of Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. at Harvard Law School.


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OPC for process historian data optimization
OPC not only provides a standardized mechanism for collection of real time process data, it also enables multi-vendor historical analysis solutions that help maximize return on process history investments.
By Sean Leonard, MBA Eng.
OFF-LINE ANALYSIS of historical process data is an integral part of process optimization and production tracking. OPC helps maximize return on process history investments. OPC not only provides a standardized mechanism for collection of real time process data, it also enables multi-vendor historical analysis solutions. OPC facilitates highly scalable multi-vendor distributed historian architectures. OPC Data Access (DA) and OPC Historical Data Access (HDA) are two specifications that can be combined to solve many of the process history problems.
Process Historian: The Heart of Process Optimization
Off-line analysis of historical process data is an integral part of process optimization and production tracking. To optimize processes, one needs to understand how the process is doing over time, not just what the value of the process variables are at a specific instant in time. Trending, process tuning, reporting, and environmental auditing all require access to historical process data. Industries use an application known as a process historian to store and retrieve historical process data. A process historian is a database-like application that is optimized for storing and accessing large amounts of time based data. Unlike a relational database, which is optimized for finding relationships between stored non-temporal data, a process historian is optimized for retrieving and storing series process data. Organizations that are serious about process optimization have a dedicated process historian as the foundation of an optimization strategy.
Enterprise vs. Desktop Historians
Process historians come in different shapes and sizes. For large organizations there are enterprise class process historians. The enterprise process historian provides a robust solution for long-term storage of process data. These applications are optimized for multiple concurrent users accessing history, as well as for collecting hundreds of thousands of process variables. Typically the enterprise process historian stores interpreted (compressed) data. There are several common algorithms for deciding, in real time, what data is to be ignored during collection, and what data is to be stored. The typical enterprise process historian has a set of shared data analysis tools that are deployed via a web interface or installed on engineering workstations.
Another form of process historian is the desktop class process historian. A desktop process historian provides localized data historization at the operation level. For example, seasonal unit performance metrics may be useful closer to the plant floor than the enterprise historian deployment. A desktop historian typically provides targeted history analysis (both long term and short term) on high-resolution uncompressed data. The focus of a desktop historian is on high-performance real-time data acquisition and storage.
OPC Enables History Collection
OPC is an open standard that permits a consistent method of accessing field data from plant floor devices. OPC provides a set of specifications that are created by representatives from many vendors from around the world. This set of specifications enables inter-application communication for the purposes of process data transfer. The method of application communication using OPC standards remains the same regardless of the type and source of data. Therefore, end users are free to choose the software and hardware that meets their primary production needs, without having to consider the availability of proprietary drivers.
The most popular specification is the OPC Data Access (DA) specification. The OPC DA specification provides a standard API (Application Program Interface) that is optimized for inter-application transfer of real time data. The OPC DA specification enables real-time data produced by hardware or software from vendor X to be easily transferred to hardware or software from vendor Y, thus enabling a true best of breed solution. Using OPC DA, multi-vendor distributed architecture solutions are deployed with ease.
The OPC DA specification has simplified the historical data collection problem. Before OPC, historian vendors were required to build custom software for every type of data source. A historian is completely useless if it has no data to store, thus historian vendors spent a great deal of time building custom drivers to get data into their product. With the advent of OPC DA, historian vendors need only build an OPC DA connection, and instantly the historian can collect data from any of the hundreds of OPC DA enabled products. To an OPC DA enabled process historian, an OPC DA enabled product is just a generic source of data; the historian need not know any of the details regarding the proprietary data source. Historian vendors who provide OPC DA connectivity are now able to focus their development efforts on providing a better historian solution, instead of focusing on getting data into an existing technology.
OPC HDA Standardizes Historical Data Access
The OPC Historical Data Access (HDA) specification provides a standard method for access to historical data. Similar to OPC DA, OPC HDA provides a standard mechanism for inter-application transfer of data. The fundamental difference between OPC HDA and OPC DA is that OPC HDA enabled applications share process data that is historical in nature. OPC HDA enabled applications that provide visualization, interpretation, and report generation can access data from any OPC HDA enabled process historian. Using OPC HDA, organizations that are interested in reaping the benefits of process optimization through off-line data analysis are free to choose the best of breed historian and the best of breed analysis packages.
OPC HDA is a mature specification that has widespread use today. Every major brand of process historian has OPC HDA connectivity available today. If the vendor of the historian does not provide OPC HDA connectivity, third party vendors can provide standardized access to the process historian. Many applications exist that leverage the OPC HDA specification. OPC HDA enabled applications that do process optimization based upon historical data calculations can easily integrate with any existing OPC HDA enabled process historian.
Several vendors provide OPC HDA enabled trending packages as well. OPC HDA is indeed a standard that has wide adoption.
Although most organizations only have a single enterprise process historian, many organizations, either through asset acquisition or multi-site integration, are faced with multiple enterprise process historians. Before OPC HDA, an organization faced with multiple vendor historians were forced to make a choice between two vendors historians. Integration costs, the costs associated with data migration services, and the costs of training of personnel who were using the about to be displaced historian combine to make this a very expensive choice. OPC HDA enables multi-vendor historians to provide a distributed architecture that is, not only cost effective to implement, but leverages existing multi-vendor history assets. OPC HDA enabled products exist that enable data stored in a historian developed by vendor X to be transferred or shared with a historian from vendor Y. OPC HDA has effectively turned a problem of the past into an advantage for the future!
OPC DA and OPC HDA history solution
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One can easily see how OPC DA has provided a process historian with a standardized mechanism for real-time data collection. OPC HDA can be leveraged to provide a standardized interface to the stored process history data. The combination provides a very useful combination for solving multi-vendor, best of breed architectures. OPC DA and OPC HDA can also be combined to solve the store and forward problem. Store and forward is a concept that is used by process historians to enable remote data collection for a process historian. During a connectivity break between the collector and the process historian, data is buffered on the remote location and forwarded to the process historian when the collector-historian link is restored.
Distrubted OPC history architecture
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The problem with the proprietary collector problem is the lack of access to the buffered history data. Although data is constantly buffered at the remote location, the collectors provided by the historian vendors do not typically provide historian tool access to this buffer. Using an OPC HDA desktop class historian, data can not only be collected remotely using the OPC DA specification, the data can be transferred to the enterprise process historian using OPC HDA. This can either be done on a scheduled basis, or in the event of communication failure between the remote site and the enterprise process historian. Both of these solutions provide full time access to the historical data at the remote site, even if communication to the enterprise historian is not possible. Solutions like these mentioned leverage a powerful combination of OPC DA and OPC HDA connectivity.
Off-line process history analysis using a process historian and a set of analysis tools has indeed proven to reduce costs and provide vital production tracking. OPC has provided a standardized solution to real-time data collection. Real time data sources are accessed using the OPC standard interface. Historian vendors no longer need to focus on data collection, or data visualization and presentation due to the widely adopted OPC HDA specification. Using OPC, organizations are free to choose, not only what vendor supplies the data analysis and presentation tools, they are also free to choose the vendor or vendors that supply the process historians for the organization. OPC HDA enables a true distributed historian solution.
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Trans-Tasman corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley has launched his first raiding party since transforming his new venture Mercantile Investment Co into an active investment play, aiming his guns at Murchison Metals and sending a shiver down the collective spines of company directors.
Mercantile issued a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange this afternoon announcing it had lodged a requestion for a general meeting of Murchison Metals for the purpose of removing chairman Ken Scott-Mackenzie and managing director Greg Martin.
The raiders will seek to appoint in their place Gabriel Radzyminski, an executive director of Mercantile Investment Co, and Paul Jensen, who will be an independent director.
Sir Ron, who is chairman of Mercantile, said the action to remove two directors was an "urgent and direct response" to the discovery of excessive level of expenses being incurred by Murchison.
"If the new directors are elected, their first priority will be to stem the cash outflow," the ASX statement said.
New Zealand-born Sir Ron is a classic corporate raider, having spent more than 20 years building up Guinness Peat Group into a billion-dollar investment play in the 1990s that was quick to attack companies with lazy balance sheets and/or management, and either strip them of assets or resuscitate the business and sell it on for significant profits.
But Guinness Peat has withered of late, especially under the weight of some of its poorly performing investments, with Sir Ron moving on to Mercantile this year and building that company up into a new corporate raider.
According to Mercantile's latest annual report, it holds 52 million shares in Murchison, giving it a holding of 11.7 per cent.
Today's move against Murchison marks its first boardroom tilt.
Murchison is a shadow of its former self: the company was originally the driving force behind plans for the $6 billion Oakajee port and rail project, which was set to create a new export hub for a cluster of iron ore miners in the mid-west of Western Australia.
As well as developing the port through a joint venture with Mitsubishi, Murchison had its own iron ore assets that were planned to be funnelled through the port.
But the company gradually unravelled during 2011 when it became clear it could not fund the development of Oakajee, and it eventually sold its stake to Mitsubishi for $325 million.
Earlier this month, Mitsubishi declared the project was on hold indefinitely because a partner could not be found.


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cyclist Gary Woodward died yesterday after suffering a heart attack while out on his bike last month.
Gary, a life-long member of the Chippenham Wheelers cycling group, was a familiar face around Wiltshire and was often seen out cycling around the county's roads.
He was found unconscious and not breathing at the side of Blacklands Road, in Flaxlands, near Royal Wootton Bassett, on June 20.
A paramedic in a rapid-response vehicle, a road ambulance and the Wiltshire Air Ambulance attended the scene, together with four police cars, and after paramedics succeeded in restarting his heart, Gary was rushed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary to receive treatment.
But the time he was not breathing left Gary severely brain damaged and last Saturday – his 68th birthday – doctors took the decision to switch off his life-support machine.
He was later transferred to the Great Western Hospital but sadly lost his fight for life this morning, with his family by his side.
His ex-wife Jackie said it has left her and their 47-year-old son, Duane shocked and devastated.
But she has thanked paramedics and police who came to Gary's aid.
"All the hospital staff have been so good to Gary, and to us as well, and really taken care of us," she said.
They want to trace the driver of the SEB van who called the emergency services. Jackie said: "There was an SEB van who spotted him sitting on the side of the road, who asked him how he was. He said he didin't feel very well but would just sit down for a minute.
"When the driver came back from dropping off his mate he found Gary unconscious and not breathing. The police were so good as well. They looked after his bike for us and I know they are just doing their job, but we so appreciated their support."


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. –The Saint Leo women's golf team completed the final round of the shortened C&F Bank Intercollegiate in 12th place with a team score of 641. After yesterday's second round was rained out, the Lions finished the 36-hole tournament with a total score of 318-322—641.
"We all agree that we left some strokes out there," assistant coach Goeun Lee said after the tournament. "Overall, I am proud of every single one of them who fought hard. We will keep strengthening out game for the next tournament hosted by Belmont Abbey."
Carding the best final round score was Lauren Shuford who continued her high level of play by shooting a 73. Shuford finished the tournament with a card of 78-73—151 and tied for eighth place on the individual leaderboard. Shuford holed four birdies for the tournament--tied for the third most in the field.
Coming in two strokes behind Shuford was Lauren petty who fired a 78 in the final round after shooting the team-low in the opening round with 75. Petty's tournament total of 153 ranks 15th among individuals. Petty tied for the third most pars in the tournament with 23.
Clare Connelly showed improvement—shaving four strokes off of her opening round score by firing a 77 in the final round. Rounding out the Lions' fourth spot was Heather Petronis with a final round score of 94. Alyssa Barrett came in two strokes behind Petronis with a 96.
The Lions finished in a tie for 12th place with Columbia and seven strokes out of 11th place Winthrop. Winning the tournament with a 598 team total was Boston College, who edged out second place Richmond who tallied a solid score of 609.
The women's golf team gets back in action on April 8th at the Belmont Abbey Invitational in Charlotte, N.C.
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Part 1 of two-part Interview: Entrepreneur Elon Musk Talks About his Background in Physics
Elon Musk
This interview has been edited for space and clarity.
L: You had stated in an interview recently that one of your pieces of advice for people looking to innovate is to "study physics and learn how to reason from first principles rather than reason by analogy." Can you expand on what you meant by that?
M: Of necessity, physics had to develop a framework of thinking that would allow understanding counter-intuitive elements of reality. Something like quantum physics is not very intuitive, and in order to make progress, physics essentially evolved a framework of thinking that was very effective for coming to correct answers that are not obvious. And in order to do this, it requires quite a lot of mental exertion. One cannot conduct one's everyday life reasoning from first principles; it would just require too much mental energy. So I think you have to operate most of your life with reasoning by analogy or essentially copying other people with minor variations. But if you are trying to break new ground and be really innovative, that's where you have to apply first-principle thinking and try to identify the most fundamental truths in any particular arena and you reason up from there. This requires quite a bit of mental exertion and I can give you some examples of how this helps one in the rocket business.
L: Please.
M: Any given rocket technology should be evaluated by to what degree does it improve the cost of space transport. Historically, [if you look at] how much rockets cost, you'd see that the trend line has been pretty flat and in the United States, it's actually gotten worse over time. If you just reason by analogy, you'd say that's just the way things are. But it's not. The first-principle approach would be to ask what materials is a rocket made of and how much do those materials cost. When we look at that we say wow — in terms of raw materials cost, it's a few percent of what the price of a rocket is. So there must be something wrong here and people are being pretty silly. If we can be clever, we can make a much lower cost rocket.
L: How do you go through your day? Are you constantly trying to think from first principles but in a certain respect you have to stop yourself because it does take so much mental exertion?
M: I'd love to say that I spend most of my days thinking from first principles, but unfortunately I have too many separate things to do, so I have to reserve mental energy only for the things that are very important, like trying to come up with some technological breakthrough that is quite pressing, or sometimes the business is in a bit of a jam and I have to come up with some creative solution. Sometimes it happens without me trying all too hard, in that I'll wake up in the morning and have some sort of epiphany in the shower (laughs). It's a cliché but it happens quite a lot. I guess subconsciously my mind's been thinking about it and several hours later after waking up it kind of pops into the conscious mind.
L: Why did you choose to study physics?
M: I was really curious to understand how the universe works. And that's really what physics is about — trying to understand how the universe really works at a fundamental level. At one point, I was thinking about a career in physics and trying to work on physics problems, but as I looked ahead, I thought I might get stuck in some bureaucracy at a collider and then that collider could get canceled like the Super Conducting Supercollider and then that would suck (laughs). That would really be very frustrating.
L: So you were already thinking ahead: you loved physics, you wanted to study it so you could understand the universe, but you were thinking you were not going to be a physicist.
M: For a while, I did think that I wanted to be that. I had an existential crisis when I was 12 or 13, and [was] trying to figure out what does it all mean, why are we here, is it all meaningless, that sort of thing. I came to the conclusion that the best thing we can do is try to improve the scope and scale of consciousness and gain greater enlightenment which will in turn allow us to ask better and better questions, because obviously the universe is the answer, so what is the question? All questions, I suppose.
L: It's interesting to me that you chose to study physics so you could understand the universe but yet at the same time I understand that you were also taking business classes, so perhaps you were thinking about enlightenment from perhaps an entrepreneurial point of view early on?
M: I was trying to figure out what I would do and I was concerned that if I didn't study business, I would be forced to work for someone who did study business, (laughs) and they would know some special things that I didn't know. That didn't sound good, so I wanted to make sure that I knew those things too. (Laughs) I can't say I had a particular affinity for the business students quite frankly. I liked hanging out with my physics cohorts. I liked the arts and sciences people more. I don't know if you should print that. (Laughs). I wasn't the biggest fan of my business classmates. I preferred the arts and sciences.
L: Would you consider yourself a nerd?
M: I certainly was a nerd and probably am still a nerd in large part. If you had a list of all the things that nerds would do, man, I've done 'em all. I played many hours of Dungeon and Dragons with paper and dice.
L: Did you dress up?
M: (Laughs) I did actually dress up on a couple of occasions, but not at home. There were these Dungeon and Dragons tournaments…L: Yes of course. I know them well.
M: ...it was awesome. I love those things. They were so great. I grew up in South Africa and it really was a little community so I had quite limited outlet for [these types of activities]…I didn't know any other kids who wrote software. I had to coerce my friends into playing Dungeons and Dragons. Some of them liked it but I had to wheedle a lot of them into it, because we needed four people in our d and d group to go into the tournaments. So I played video games, wrote computer software, and I had pants with a draw string. (Laughs) It was pretty bad actually. It was tough to get a date. And I did a lot of other stuff: built a radio, created handmade rockets. In South Africa we didn't have any of these rockets, so I had to figure out the ingredients for rocket propellant and then mix it with a mortar and pestle, put it in a tube and create rockets–with mixed results.
L: I think you got it — you can check off everything for a nerd. M: (Laughs) Nerd Master 3000.
In the next issue of APS News, read Part 2 of the interview and learn why Musk thinks MBAs can be a mistake, what it will cost to cruise to Mars, and how his Tesla Model S is making history.
Alaina G. Levine is a science writer and President of Quantum Success Solutions, a science career and professional development consulting enterprise. Her new book on networking strategies for scientists and engineers will be published by Wiley in 2014. She can be contacted through her website or via twitter @AlainaGLevine.
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By Esther Bintliff and Claire Jones in London, with contributions from FT writers and editors in Davos.
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19.32 NEWS JUST IN. Lifen Zhang, editor-in-chief of FTChinese, writes that World Economic Forum officials are open to moving the date of next year's event so that it does not clash with Chinese New Year.
The absence of Chinese senior officials – who stayed away from Davos this year due to the forum's clash with Chinese lunar new year festivities – has been something of an embarrassment for organisers.Especially this year, when there will be the once-a-decade leadership shuffle in China, it made sense for senior Chinese officials to stay home and celebrate the new year at home, where they can be be seen with the people during the festivities.Now it appears that the World Economic Forum is open to moving the annual Davos gathering to an earlier date, possibly in mid-January, to ease the way for Chinese leaders to attend.


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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9 TV dated September 8th, 2012
ADNAN OKTAR: Abu Naim ibn Hammad related from Abu Hurairah, "He said.." The Messenger of Allah (saas) commands; "Those swearing allegiance to him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will swear allegiance between the Corner and the Maqam (around Ka'bah)." [And at the Time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] "They never wake a sleeping person and never shed blood." There will be no bloodshed. He will be very thoughtful towards people so much so that if he sees a sleeping person he would say; "o be careful, do not disturb him, let him sleep, let him be comfortable." He would say; "o do not interfere! Do not let him be bothered! Do not tire him!" There is an amazing compassion aimed at everyone. Towards whom [he will be compassionate]? Towards Muslims.. Who else? Towards Christians, towards Jews, even towards irreligious people.. Everyone will be treated the same, they will all be treated as the first class citizens they are.


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Throughout history, our reputation for academic excellence is a direct result of pioneering leadership. Today, we share with past generations the rich academic tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. At the same time, we benefit from a host of curricular initiatives begun during the past two decades—new programs that help us explore ideas and concepts across academic disciplines, link academic study with learning outside the classroom, appreciate diversity in all its forms, and see ourselves as active members of a global community.
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"Sustainability is the competitive strategy in boom time, turnaround strategy in down time and survival strategy in collapse." Hunter Lovins, author, Natural Capitalism
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HOUSTON - The Harris County Commissioners Court has proposed new regulations on topless bars, massage parlors and related businesses to the unincorporated areas of the county.
The new regulations will match the City of Houston's ordinances.
"Our crime-fighting deputies will continue to bust sexually oriented businesses for prostitution, illegal drugs, illegal gun possession, unlicensed serving of alcohol and other crimes, just like we have done before," Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said.
"But the county regulations will, among other things, allow us to work with the County Attorney's Office, the District Attorney's Office and the constables to prevent some of these unwanted businesses from opening in the first place," Garcia said.
As part of the regulations, residents must be notified about potential sexually oriented businesses before they can open. Citizen input must be gathered as well.
"As for existing businesses, the regulations will help us stop SOB crime dens from reopening with new names and nearby locations after we taken them down for prostitution, drugs or alcohol violations,'' Garcia said.
Around 1.5 million people live in unincorporated areas of Harris County.
Information about the new regulations is available on the Office of the Harris County Attorney's web site.
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sluggo wrote:"This snow place, my home... This snow place, my home... "[/quip]
Sluggo, I didn't know that you also invent html code. I love it!
Uh, not sure how to ask this but- how do you know when it's half?
This reminds me of a quip my brother made once. I had been in Israel for 23 years at that time (before returning to the States, I was there for 25 years), and had moved there when I was 22. This caused my brother to remark, "I see that you have chosen longevity over symmetry".


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August 26, 2016, 12:00 AM (CT) Updated: November 16, 2016, 02:47 PM (CT)
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For a listing of LSU Sports Radio Network broadcasts that will be available on satellite radio, please use the link below.
View Sirius XM's College Football Listings.
View the latest schedules of games on SiriusXM:
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Iran Claims to Have Snared Another U.S. UAV, Navy Says It's a Lie
Jason Mick
December 4, 2012 1:24 PM
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Iran said it was forced to capture the drone after it "invaded" Iranian airspace
Is the U.S. in the midst of drone debacle 2.0? Iran
claims so
I. Iran Say It's Captured Mid-Sized U.S. ScanEagle Drone
hostile Middle Eastern superpower
's police/military organization -- the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) -- claimed on its website on Dec. 4 to have "captured"
a U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
that had been hovering around its air space for several days.
Iran claims that the UAV -- a relatively commonplace low-cost flier model
called "ScanEagle"
, built by defense contractor The Boeing Comp. (
) -- entered its airspace, at which point it was forced to capture it.
The nation's state-run IRIB news agency carried a message from Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi who said he would use the captured flier as evidence at the UN of American violations of Iran's sovereign airspace. He said he would file a formal complaint "via international bodies" against the U.S.
A U.S. soldier carries a ScanEagle to storage in the Middle East.
[Image Source: Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen]
Iran has not yet shown pictures of the allegedly captured flier.
II. U.S. and Israel Fight Silent War With Iran
Iran has been zealous in its accusations that the U.S. and its ally Israel have been carrying out a campaign to sabotage its nuclear and oil production facilities via assassinations,
, and
traditional espionage
The U.S. intelligence community has responded with allegations that Iran has funneled money and weapons into the Gaza Strip, using the impoverished locals as
soldiers of fortune against Israel
Militants in the Gaza Strip recently put up billboards thanking Iran for its
"support" of their military. [Image Source: AP]
There have also been unconfirmed claims that
recent cyberattacks on U.S. banks
originated in Iran.
Both the U.S. and Israel also have accused Iran of plotting to develop nuclear weapons, despite Iran's insistence that
its nuclear ambitions are peaceful
. President George W. Bush, who
initiated the preliminary cyberattacks
(allegedly) against Iran's nuclear program, famously dubbed the Middle Eastern state as part of "the axis of evil".
Precisely a year, ago Iran captured a far more valuable target than a ScanEagle -- an RQ-170 Sentinel drone, flying on a surveillance mission for the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA). Initially the U.S.
expressed skepticism
that the capture was real, but eventually they admitted that the drone was indeed captured and
demanded its return
. Iran responded by
sending U.S. President Barack Obama a pink toy replica
of the captured flier.
III. Iran Has Filed Complaints to the UN
This October, Israel tracked a drone launched by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, which invaded its airspace. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) promptly shot down the flier, which they say showed telltale signs of being
manufactured in Iran
This November Iran and the U.S. filed complaints against each other before international regulators. The U.S. claimed its UAV was flying in international airspace when it was fired on by Iranian warplanes. The Iranians claimed instead that the drone had violated Iran's sovereign airspace. It was unclear if that drone was destroyed in the incident, but Iran promised "decisive" action against future intrusions.
Iran has complained to the UN about alleged U.S. violations of its sovereign airspace.
[Image Source: The Pew Institute]
In his letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee called the alleged U.S. airspace violations "illegal and provocative acts". In the letter he claims that Iran has recorded seven different airspace violations in the Bushehr region near its nuclear plant.
IV. U.S. Navy Commander Denies Story About Captured Drone
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has denied the latest Iranian claim of a drone capture, saying that all its drones are accounted for. In a statement to
, Commander Jason Salata comments, "The U.S. Navy has fully accounted for all unmanned air vehicles (UAV) operating in the Middle East region. Our operations in the Gulf are confined to internationally recognized water and air space."
The U.S. Marine Corps also makes use of ScanEagles, so it's possible that the Navy could be unaware of the loss if it was from the Marines, a semi-autonomous sub-branch.
ScanEagles are largely used to safeguard oil platforms against attack by pirates or terrorists in the Middle East. The 4-ft (1.25 meter) fliers are made from off-the-shelf components and aren't exactly top secret. They can be launched by catapaults mounted to vehicles or small ships. The catapults can also be positioned as a tripod-like ground-based launcher.
A catapault launch of a SkyEagle [Image Source: AFP/USMC]
Once in flight the drone flies on pre-programmed routes taking pictures and video, aided by onboard global position system (GPS) circuits. When returning to base the drone is snagged with a "Skyhook" system in which the drone catches a rope hanging from a 50-ft (16-meter) high pole.
If Iran did "capture" the drone (which the U.S. currently denies) it may have done it by broadcasting fake GPS signals to the flier. That's allegedly
how the Iranians "hacked" the RQ-170 flier
to land in a specially designated capture site.
The incident comes at a time when Israel is putting pressure on the U.S. to respond with harsher sanctions and more decisive efforts to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions. Israel has threatened to launch missile or bomber attacks against Iran's nuclear sites if the U.S. fails to satisfactorily halt the development. Iran has promised it would respond to any such assault.
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Hi,I have an html catalogue page with a list of images. Each image has a roll over pop up. I would like to send the user to another page when they click a hyperlinked 'more images' text. I think this can be done with javascript using the getelementbyid(image)src, but i am unsure of the syntax. Also I want to display a much larger image on the other page. If anyone could help me how to do this i would be very very happy.
You should not be using javascript for this as people with JS turned off can't see it, and neither can search engines.Do you know any server side languages?
Hi MarkdidjI have dabbled with mysql and php but not recently. I acknowledge your advice but I would still like to know if it can be done with js and if you know how would you please help me?regards
This is just standard HTML. You don't need any scripting for that.
The problem is getting the list of images at the new page. How do you know what images to display? As ralph.m mentioned you can use HTML, but you'd have to build each page by hand and manually add the images.
You might be able to use window.open(), and then push the list of images to the new window.
Ah yes, sorry I don't use window.open() as I try to create things that work without javascript. It can be done though.
http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-open.phtml shows how to add a h1 to a popup window so you could open a popup and insert the images in the same way this page inserts a h1
Thanks again Mark, I don't want to send a list of images, just one. The images are located on one page, I want the user to click on an image, any image, and then just that image is then displayed on another page in larger detail. I don't really want to have a separate page to display each larger image. I think each image would have to be hyper linked with it's source? does that make sense?
Hi Ralph, OK. It would be appreciated if you could post the standard html hyper link to the largerpic page which would display the image clicked in larger detail on the largerpic page.regards
Something like this would do the job:

So, you have a list of thumbnail images (e.g. small1.jpg) wrapped in links to the large version. Clicking the link will result in the large version appearing in the browser window. You don't have to set up a page for it—although, if you don't, each browser will choose how it displays the image. In Firefox, for example, the image will appear in the center of the screen with a dark background. Simple, but effective.
Thanks Ralph, I see what your doing there, but I would like something as shown in the link below. When a user clicks on an image see where it takes you. That is what I want (or something like it )regardshttps://www.easyliveauction.com/auction_catalogue.cfm?d&auction=17824BFCCD4943D4F602&rangepage=10¤tpage=1
OK. Well, you can do that with a standard content management system (CMS). You have a template for the thumbnails, and a template for showing the enlarged image on a new page. This is easy to do with a CMS like ExpressionEngine. It's PHP-based, but you don't have to know any PHP to set it up.
That sounds great! can you point me to how I can get started. I know some PHP (enough to understand it I hope) Shall I just google ExpressionEngine? I shall anyway but wondered if you have any personal recommendations thanks again.
There are many other CMSes, and I'm sure others will recommend their favorites, but [ExpressionEngine is a pretty cool one, though it's nto free. a similar free one is [URL="http://modx.com/"]MODx](http://expressionengine.com/), although I can't vouch for how easy it might be to set up something like you've described in that CMS. It's very easy with EE.
There are extensive docs for EE (as well as books, if you want them) that will get you started.
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This article was published 20/9/2013 (1432 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A whole lot has changed in the two-plus decades since Bruce Springsteen lamented that there were "57 channels and nothing on."
First of all, for any TV-watcher with an average-or-larger cable bill, 57 channels probably seems like a quaint, long-ago notion, as a lap through the average on-screen menu these days scrolls through hundreds, rather than dozens, of channels.
And second to that is the undeniable, inarguable fact that there's more on TV now than at any time in the history of the medium -- more great dramas, more great comedies, more great miniseries and documentaries and movies -- or, as Jerry Seinfeld once said during a memorable first-class airplane trip, "More everything!"
For evidence, just look at the roster of potential trophy-grabbers at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, which air Sunday at 7 p.m. on CBS and CTV. Hosted by the multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris, this year's Emmys promise to be a celebration of some pretty darned great television programming.
Of course, with every Emmycast comes the annual round of fearless (but hopelessly flawed) Emmy predictions. Here are this year's picks, accompanied by the usual "No wagering, please" warning and a pre-emptive promise to really, truly try to do better next year:
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series
Connie Britton, Nashville
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Lowdown: Kind of a weird field this year, given the mishmash of cable/broadcast/PBS/online series from which the nominees are drawn. Danes has won before for Homeland, and many would consider Moss overdue for Mad Men. Britton, lamentably overlooked in this category during her Friday Night Lights run, is in tough and would be a very, very long-shot choice. Washington has straddled the TV/movies divide (Scandal, Django Unchained) recently and become something of a media darling, so she must be taken seriously.
The envelope, please: Washington
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Lowdown: An incredibly competitive category, in which any of the above could be considered a worthy winner. Cranston, a three-time winner, should be considered a front-runner because Emmy voters are creatures of habit, but Hamm is overdue and Lewis is a known and respected commodity. Spacey, a big-screen performer who appeared in a not-quite-TV (Netflix) show, could pull an upset if voters get all starstruck.
The envelope, please: Cranston
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Lowdown: This one feels very much like a two-horse race, with the also-rans being cable-series stars Dern, Dunham and Falco and 30 Rock alumna Fey; Louis-Dreyfus and Poehler are leading the field with unquestionably hilarious performances in shows that are clearly and undeniably laugh-generating comedies. It's a well-deserved photo finish.
The envelope, please: Louis-Dreyfus
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Lowdown: Baldwin is an Emmy favourite, and could generate some thanks-for-the-memories votes now that 30 Rock is done, and Parsons has established himself as the funniest player on a mainstream network sitcom. Bateman could attract a block of votes because of all the attention Netflix's revival of Arrested Development generated, and C.K., a one-man creative juggernaut on a lesser-known cable comedy, certainly deserves serious consideration.
The envelope, please: Parsons
Outstanding drama series
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
Lowdown: Once again, the drama-series category produces a list of nominees that should be kept handy as a primer sheet for anyone who says there's nothing good on TV these days. This is the golden age of television, and here's all the proof you need. Top to bottom, a great collection of shows, but there's really only one choice here.
The envelope, please: Breaking Bad
Outstanding comedy series
30 Rock
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
Lowdown: It's the cable comedies vs. the network sitcoms -- did Emmy voters opt for safer, traditional broadcast fare, or edgier, more out-there specialty-net offerings? Modern Family and Big Bang are even money on the network side, and Louie and Veep are equally worthy atop the made-for-cable bracket. If this is a play-it-safe vote, Big Bang will triumph ... but the betting here is that it won't be.
The envelope, please: Veep
Outstanding miniseries or movie
American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
The Bible
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top of the Lake
Lowdown: Not surprisingly, a very diverse collection of nominees -- AHS: Asylum topped all programs with 17 nominations, but that won't be enough to earn it the big prize. Top of the Lake was a beautifully crafted but largely unnoticed crime drama, and Al Pacino's performance in Phil Spector definitely caused a stir. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon delivered fearless performances that turned Candelabra into the most talked-about movie of the year.
The envelope, please: Behind the Candelabra
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Check out an amazing collection of works, featuring classic New Jersey venues and Jersey musical legends, like Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Sebastian Bach, Frank Sinatra, and Debbue Harry.
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Topic: Well informed
I had a meeting with my psychologist today. In Sweden, all the medical records are computerised and all doctors can read every other doctors notes.
I was talking about how well I felt and that I dont feel sick at all which makes me have the unreasonable hope that I might actually beat this. I know that it is almost impossible, but sometimes I cant help feel that way. I admitted that sometimes I felt like I was hiding from the truth....and my lovely counselor said "No, you know the score. It is written in your records how well informed you are". I thought that was hysterical. I have doctors commenting on record that I know alot about this cancer. Bless this site.
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PUPILS from seven schools took part in a muddy but well attended race on Tuesday at Speen playing fields.
Speen Church of England School hosted the Cross Country Event, where the weather stayed dry for the duration.
Pupils from Bledlow Ridge, St John's in Lacey Green, Naphill and Walters Ash, Monks Risborough, Princes Risborough Primary and Great Kimble all joined in.
Years one and two took part- with six girls and six boys from each year group running in separate girls and boys races.
Parent Governor Katherine Matthews said: "It was fantastic. The weather was dry and parents came along and supported their children.
"It was a bit like a mud bath but thankfully it remained dry for the course of the race."
The overall winner was Princes Risborough Primary School.
The event is organised by Philippa O'Donnell - the sports teacher from Princes Risborough Secondary School and supported by Young Sports Leaders.


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Adobe Shadow Labs Release 1 is launched today (Mar 7).
The software enables Web developers and designers to work faster and more efficiently by streamlining preview and customization of websites for mobile devices.
Adobe Shadow aims to alleviate the time and stress of working on websites across mobile browsers. Web pros can wirelessly pair multiple smartphones and tablets with their computer and simultaneously view real-time previews of Web content across multiple iOS and Android devices, quickly seeing refreshed website designs with live updates.
We heard from the community that emulators and simulators just won't cut it and it's absolutely critical that website compatibility is checked on the actual devices. Adobe Shadow's synchronized browsing nearly eliminates the need to touch the device, but still provides a real, on-device experience.
Following the Adobe Shadow Blog to learn more. Visit the Adobe Labs to download this Labs Release version of Adobe Shadow.
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Unusual Suspects: Paintings and Photographs by Holly Roberts
4 Feb, 2012 - 6 May, 2012
Unusual Suspects invites viewers to explore new approaches and expression in photography through the innovative work of Holly Roberts. By combining painting and collage in her finished pieces our perception of the photographic medium is challenged. Roberts lets her imagination guide her as she takes original photographs and repurposes them to create illustrative stories with figures and animals, infusing the work with a rich narrative. A picture of gravel becomes the body of a dog and the branches of a tree become a human torso. In addition to this playful approach, the small scale of many of the pieces invites a closer look at the subtle details, allowing a personal connection with the images. The result of Roberts' process will surprise and intrigue visitors.
Learn more about works in the exhibition through Holly's blog, One Painting at a Time, or explore selected works, listed below.
Discover the story behind the image on Holly's blog:
Big Girl | Bad Eggs | Passing | Leaving Paradise
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Spirit of the Land is a fey. They inhabit certain geographic areas, and lie in invisible dormancy until they feel the area they guard is threatened, in which case they rise to defend it. Originally appearing in the Dark Sun campaign setting, they have since been reintroduced to 3rd edition D&D, along with several other creatures from Dark Sun, in the Monster Manual II.
Physical Description Edit
Spirits of the Land, in their natural form, are invisible and intangible. When it wishes to be seen it can manifest as a humanoid, animal, or elemental of its own size and composed of one particular element. The illustration of one in the Monster Manual II shows it in the form of a bear made out of wood and earth.
Society Edit
There is little to say of the society of a Spirit in the Land that has not already been said in the introduction. They lie dormant, as one with the land, in certain geographical areas, and arise to fight when they feel the area they guard is in danger.


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ASUS Eee PC 2G Surfby Matt Campbell on 1/4/2008 2:00 AM EST
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New City Vegas - Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - link7 embedded video reviews - ASUS EEE PC (one in German)
length: 2 to 25 minutes
http://lasvalley.com/mixx/asus-eee-review-video.ht...">http://lasvalley.com/mixx/asus-eee-review-video.ht... Reply
laok - Sunday, January 06, 2008 - linkAs customers, we need a little competition in the market. Reply
laok - Sunday, January 06, 2008 - linkAs customers, we need a little competition in the market. Reply
Schugy - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkThe Kohjinsha is more expensive but it has some nice features like LED backlight, scroll buttons next to the display and more. It would be even cheaper without the microsoft tax.
Maybe you can make a real UMPC overview with Sony, Everex, OLPC and others including hardware support tests under Ubuntu, XP and VIsta. Reply
LEKO - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkThe Asus eee is a very interesting beast. It is on my "wishlist".
I think the concept is perfect for people who mainly use a Desktop and sometimes needs a laptop for casual out of the office meeting or couch surfing/mailing.
From your review, I would suggest a few things to Asus:
- Have a memory slot for possible upgrade
- Have 1024 pixels width LCD panel (to match most applications/web sites).
- Have an SD card reader (To compensate for the SSD small size)
- Have at lease 2 USB port (Plug a mouse, MP3 player, external HDD)
For the rest, the concept is great! Reply
mmntech - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkThere are plans for Asus to put a 1024x600 screen in th Eee PC. That will solve issues with programs that require an 800x600 res, especially under XP.
Just like a car, it's usually a good idea not to buy the first model year. Gives them time to iron out the kinks. Eee PC 2.0 looks promising, especially with WiMAX support built in.
My big wishlist for this system is still HDD space and battery life. I'm curious is 2.6h is the average or maximum. If it's the max, it's too short compared to some larger models. The MacBook for example gets about 4-5hr and I'm sure PC laptops with similar hardware are the same. Reply
DanaGoyette - Saturday, January 05, 2008 - link1024x600 sounds like a really odd aspect ratio.
1024x640 would be better -- it's a true 16:10 ratio.
Oh, and I still wonder why the heck ASUS decided to use a runs-at-full-speed-all-the-time (and thus power-wasting) Celeron instead of something like even an old Pentium M. Reply
betaluva - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkfor all your answers go to http://forum.eeeuser.com/">http://forum.eeeuser.com/ its a REALLY good eee site Reply
LEKO - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkOups! Just noticed that the ASUS eee already supports external memory cards (like SD). Reply
elpresidente2075 - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkWith the exception of the panel, all of your concerns are taken care of with the non-surf models. There are rumors of a new model in the march/april time frame, so time will tell if that gets addressed. Reply
LEKO - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkAnd the funny thing about the panel, is that a widescreen display would fit in, there is a lot of empty space on both side of the current model. Is there a company that makes a widescreen LCD panel of this size (small enough)? Reply
rqle - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkIs there still anyway to upgrade the memory in the 2G model since it doesn't have an access memory panel? Can you open the back manually? Is there any slots? Reply
BladeVenom - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkI heard it's soldered on in the 2G. Reply
Matt Campbell - Friday, January 04, 2008 - linkI've seen several reports that the memory is indeed soldered on in the 2G, and also lacks the Mini PCIe socket. I haven't yet cracked it open myself. Some users are reporting the 4G Surf, though also lacking an access panel, *does* have socketed memory that can be upgraded (though disassembly is not for the faint of heart).
Some users in the eeeuser forums have also reported the 2G unit has a slower CPU than the 4G: an 800 MHz Celeron clocked at 571 MHz. I created an nLite install last night, and a Win XP install is on my to-do list.
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=6170">http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=6170 Reply


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Zalman to Enter Graphics Card Market With AMD GPUsby Kristian Vättö on 12/8/2011 7:00 PM EST
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cervantesmx - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - linkI have to say I did not see this coming. I'm glad to hear it though. Zalman has not yet let me down on CPU coolers and misc components I've purchased from them. Reply
ckryan - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - linkWell, putting out mediocre SSDs was a starting point as well, and it's not really blossomed into anything. GPUs I could see -- good coolers would go a long way toward convincing me of their viability. Reply
Filiprino - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - linkBut, why they don't wait until AMD launches its 7000 HD series?
As for Zalman products, I can't speak well about them. I bouht a PSU and it died nearly insantly. Its replacement only lasted 4 years. It was a ZM-600HP, not an el cheapo thing.
That experience didn't give me a solid image of durable products. Reply
AbdullahG1997 - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - linkI'd assume it's just to actually get a start in the GPU market. I don't see them selling the HD 6XXX series in large quantities, but the HD 7XXX series is a window of opportunity for them as they make their name in the market with the HD 6XXX series. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - linkWell they already make coolers for the video card market, the old Passive HIS Radeon 4650's used a VNF100 Zalman passive cooler for instance.
I would like them to do some funky cooler designs though to differentiate themselves from all the other cards on the market to make themselves look more unique as a brand.
I'm happy about this move, more competition is never a bad thing even if I will continue to stick with MSI. Reply
kyuu - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - linkC'mon Zalman... give us some awesome cooler designs on some AMD boards. None of this pansy 'Me too!" stuff. Reply
totalapps - Friday, December 09, 2011 - linkwill be interesting to try this new type of graphic card Reply
piroroadkill - Friday, December 09, 2011 - linkZalman should be doing something special here, using their cooling brand to do something.. cooling.
How about always being the first to market with the fastest passive cards? Reply
Kugar - Friday, December 09, 2011 - linkI would like to see Zalman offer some silent passively cooled HTPC video cards. I'd buy that. Reply
Golgatha - Friday, December 09, 2011 - linkis that I'm willing to put down a $50 premium on a card if it comes with better than stock cooling. Arctic Cooling coolers typically cost less than $50 and cool superbly well. Same with Zalman, except some of their coolers are just priced into the stratosphere. Give me a stock card that runs 70°C or less at load while making less noise than the reference cooler for a $50 premium and I'll buy your cards exclusively forsaking all others. Reply
vailr - Friday, December 09, 2011 - linkMSI's Cyclone Radeon 6850 looks to me to have a quieter cooling solution:
Price appears to be the same as the equivalent Zalman card. Reply
8steve8 - Saturday, December 10, 2011 - linkive been ignoring pci-e graphics for a year now, waiting for 28nm Reply
Penti - Saturday, December 10, 2011 - linkWho will manufacture Zalmans boards then, I guess Foxconn or other contract manufacturer who already do it for others. No passive boards lined up there either. Reply
hcforde - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - linkThey sell monitors and 3Ddrivers right? Reply


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Imagine you have two rival organisations. One is a new outfit that you have just created called The Doves. Lovely people! Anyone can join - no barriers, No discrimination. No nepotism. No 'old establishment'. Highly agile and flexible. Very flat democratic structures - anyone can raise an issue and all decisions are taken out in the open. All of your structures are decided democratically. You're a paragon of transparency.
You set The Doves up because you want to challenge The Hawks. The Hawks are invitation-only. Opaque and undemocratic, they look like a cross between The Freemasons and The Illuminati with a bit of Bilderberg thrown in.
See what you did there? You gave The Hawks the sort of gift that they couldn't have hoped for in their wildest dreams. You gave them a weapon they could never have built or bought.
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A Little History
His military career started at Sampson AFB, Geneva, N.Y.. 3650th Military Training Wing. Date of entry into service 30 June 1955.
June 1955-May 1960, Schilling AFB, Kansas. 40th O.M.S. During this time he attended an Aircraft Mech. Jet One Eng. Course. Feb. 1956-May 1956. And later was stationed with the 431st Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Apr. 1957-Dec. 1957.
Schilling AFB, Kansas May 1960-April 1965 with the 310th O.M.S.
Altus AFB, Oklahoma April 1965-June 1968 with the 11th O.M.S. (SAC). During this time he was TDY to Anderson AFB, Guam, July 1965- November 1965.
Dyess AFB, Texas June 1968-April 1970 with the 96th O.M.S. (SAC).
Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico April 1970-June 1971 with the 72nd Field Maint. Sq.
Dyess AFB, Texas June1971-June 1975 with the 96th Bombardment Wing. During this time, he was TDY at Anderson AFB, GuamJune 1972-November 1973 with the 303rd CAM Wing (PROV).
He retired, June 30, 1975 and was transfered to retired reserve.
On 29 June 1985 he was relieved from assignment and honorably discharged from the Air Force reserve.


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Intel Releases New Sandy Bridge Graphics Driversby Andrew Cunningham on 9/13/2011 4:00 PM EST
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- Sandy Bridge
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KPOM - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkHave you ever tried Intel's generic drivers on a Mac running Windows in Boot Camp? Reply
Andrew.a.cunningham - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkOnly on older (GMA 950 and X3100) Macs, but they worked fine. No reason to believe that these wouldn't work on the current crop of SB Macs, though again YMMV. Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkMy mileage varied with every Dell laptop I have ever laid my hands on. Not that you should expect to see any differences after upgrading Intel graphics drivers. Terrible performance, but the stability and lack of problems is a fair tradeoff. Reply
Aikouka - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkThe largest problem that I have with the Intel graphic drivers is that it seemingly won't let me set the overscan adjustment less than 85%. Every time I attempt to go below and hit Apply, it just goes back to 85% and part of my desktop is still off the screen. =\
Fortunately, XBMC has really good overscan settings. Reply
code65536 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkAnyone else notice that their WEI scores dropped after updating to this driver? I've seen this happen on two separate systems now. Specifically, the "gaming" score drops, and if you look at the raw WEI benchmarks (which you'll see if you ran the assessment from the command line), both of the Direct3D Geometry scores (there are two, one for Dx9, one for Dx10) DROPPED OFF A CLIFF: from about 110 and 90 F/s down to around 40 and 30 F/s, respectively! Reply
gevorg - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkYep! Graphic drivers will be a can of worms for Intel. Reply
Ogdin - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkWell considering that the WEI scores don't actually tell you anything useful i wouldn't worry about it to much. Reply
code65536 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - linkI generally don't pay much attention to the overall point score. But the underlying benchmark figures that go into calculating the point score do matter. And the HUGE fall in the raw benchmark results are... worrisome. Reply
thunderising - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - linkWould someone be kind enough to post some benchmarks?
Oh man I was looking forward to this driver set, and now this. Reply
KPOM - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - linkI installed them on my Boot Camp partition on my 2011 MacBook Air (11" 1.8GHz i7). On Cinebench, the OpenGL and CPU tests improved by 2%. I went from 9.76fps to 9.94fps, and 2.24 on the CPU score to 2.29. Reply


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This article was published 29/3/2010 (2703 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Gone are the days of Canadians receiving taxpayer funded, partisan flyers from MPs they've never heard of who represent ridings thousands of miles away.
After an NDP motion to eliminate the 10 percenters (see my previous blog entry for a longer explanation) passed a couple of weeks ago, the issue went to the BOard of Internal Economy for final approval.
Today the board - made up of MPs from all parties and chaired by House Speaker Peter Milliken - decided MPs can still send 10 percenters but only within their own ridings.
Manitoba Cabinet Minister Steven Fletcher - who said previously 10- percenters were "essential to our democracy" - said this afternoon his party will abide by the ruling.
"Ten percenters have been helpful in the discourse of public debate," he said. "But whatever parties have agreed to we'll go with."
NDP MP David Christopherson said he thinks now Parliament will have to come up with a way to let opposition critics communicate with people outside their own ridings.
There is however a simple solution. Parliament isn't saying MPs can't communicate with voters outside their own ridings. All this means is that taxpayers will no longer be footing the bill.
Consider it a $10 million contribution to getting rid of the deficit.


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It wasn't supposed to be but the butcher shop didn't have any Italian sausage (what's up with that?), so I had to compromise.
At least they had some chicken breasts in an Italian marinade.
Oops...they stuck to the grill a little bit, but I was able to pull most of the pieces from the grate.
I sliced them up and added them to the pot of store-bought sauce.
After simmering the sauce for awhile I ladled it over some spaghetti, and while it was pretty good the chicken didn't add as much flavor as I think I would've gotten from sausage. OTOH, I can say it was a lot healthier!


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After my family, cycling is the second largest contributor to the quality and enjoyment of my life. I draw both physical and mental satisfaction from the variety of cycling, the friendships and achievements I gain. The thrill of swooping down a hill to sling-shot up to the view the other side is the essence of cycling. Plus this is something one can continue doing, to a greater or lesser degree, despite advancing years, either alone or with family and friends.
Cycling UK has a marvellous mission and ethos however I do feel it needs to be more visible in the regions to both Member Groups and ordinary members. Cycling has done a lot for me so this is a chance to put something back. When the time and opportunity arose to become a Trustee my cycling friends were, and continue to be, supportive. Being half way through my term I now hope to increase what I can contribute and achieve in the next eighteen months as a conduit between the Board and the members in the South West region.


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