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Designing IR gesture-sensing systems
Thanks to the advent of highly integrated proximity/ambient-light sensors, implementing motion sensing using IR technology is now easier. The two primary methods used to enable gesture sensing are position-based and phase-based sensing. Position-based gesture sensing involves finding gestures based on the calculated location of an object. Phase-based gesture sensing is based on the timing of the changes in signals to determine the direction of an object's motion. Both technologies are complementary enablers of IR gesturing applications, such as page turning for e-readers, scrolling on tablet PCs, and navigating GUIs (graphical user interfaces) in industrial-control systems.
Hardware considerations
Although touchless-interface applications primarily involve gestures made by a human hand, gesture-recognition concepts can also apply to other targets, such as a user's cheek. Application and system constraints dictate IR gesture-sensing range requirements. Object reflectance is the main measurable component, and a hand is the most common detectable object. A hand can achieve gesture sensing up to 15 cm away from the proximity sensor. Fingers, with dramatically lower reflectance than hands, can achieve gesture sensing at a range of less than 1 cm for thumb-scroll applications.
The location and reflectance of the target in relation to the system are also important. Note that the proximity sensor in Figure 1 is located under the palm of the hand and in the middle of the finger. The fingers are poor focal points for hand-detection systems because light can slip between the fingers. The shape of the fingers also results in unpredictable measurements. For a finger-detection system, the tip of the finger is curved and reflects less light than the middle of the finger.
Position-based gesture sensing
The position-based motion-sensing algorithm involves three primary steps. The first step is the conversion of the raw data inputs to usable distance data. The second step uses this distance data to estimate the position of the target object, and the third step checks the timing of the movement of the position data to determine whether any gestures have occurred.
The proximity sensor outputs a value for the amount of IR light that the IR LEDs reflect. These values increase as an object or a hand moves closer to the system and reflects more light. Assume that a hand is the defined target for detection. The system can estimate how far away the hand is based on characterization of the PS (proximity-sensing) feedback for a hand at certain distances. For example, a hand approximately 10 cm away yields a PS measurement of 5000 counts, so subsequent PS measurements of 5000 counts mean that a similarly reflective hand is approximately 10 cm away from the system. Taking multiple data points at varying distances from the system helps you interpolate between these points and creates a piecewise equation for the conversion from raw PS counts to a distance estimation.
The next step is to estimate the target's position using the distance data and the formula for the intersection of two circles. An LED's light output is conical; for this approximation, however, it is considered to be spherical. With the LEDs on the same axis, the intersection of these two spheres can be considered using equations for the intersection of two circles.
Figure 4 is an expanded version of Figure 3, in which the measurements A and B label the location of the target along the axis between points P1 and P2. The distance measurements D1 and D2 have been renamed R1 and R2 to indicate that they are now considered radii. The value of A is the location of the object along the axis between P1 and P2. A negative value is possible, indicating that the target is on the left side of P1. The distance to the target is a function of these variables, as the following equations show: D=A+B, and A=(R12−R22+D2)/2×D.
The system must keep track of the time stamps for the entry, exit, and current positions of the target in the detectable area. You can easily recognize most gestures with this timing and position information. Timing will need to be custom-tuned for each application and each system designer's preference.
Phase-based gesture sensing
With phase-based gesture sensing, the location of the target is never calculated. This method involves looking solely at the raw data from the proximity measurements and identifying the timing of the changes in feedback for each LED. The maximum feedback point for each LED occurs when a hand is directly above that LED. If a hand is swiped across two LEDs, the direction of the swipe can be determined by looking at which LED's feedback rose first.
For up and down gestures, D1 and D2 rise and fall simultaneously, with D3 coming either before or after D1 and D2 for the up or down gesture. If a hand approaches the system directly from above and then retracts to indicate a "select" gesture, all three channels rise and fall at once.
Advantages and drawbacks
The position-based method can offer information on the location of the target, enabling ratiometric control of systems. For example, to scroll several pages through a book, you could suspend your hand over the right side of the detectable area rather than making several right-swipe gestures.
The main drawback of the position-based algorithm is the accuracy of the position calculations. The positioning algorithm assumes a spherical output from the LEDs, but in practice LED output is more conical than spherical. The algorithm also assumes uniform light intensity across the entire output of the LED, but the light intensity decays away from the normal. Another issue is that this algorithm does not account for the target's shape. A uniquely shaped target causes inconsistencies with the positioning output. For example, the system cannot tell the difference between a hand and a wrist, so it is less accurate when detecting any gestures involving movement that puts the wrist in the area of detection. The positioning algorithm is adequate for low-resolution systems that need only a 3×3 grid of detection, but the algorithm is not suitable for pointing applications. In short, this algorithm's output is not an ideal touchscreen replacement.
The phase-based method provides a robust way of detecting gestures in applications that do not require position information. Each gesture can be detected on either the entry or the exit from the detectable area, and the entry and exit can be double-checked to provide much higher certainty for each observed gesture.
The drawback of this method is that it provides no positioning information, meaning that it offers a more limited number of gestures that can be implemented than does the position-based method. The phase-based method can tell only the direction of entry and exit from the detectable area, so it does not recognize any movement in the middle of the detectable area.
Combining both methods
Both position- and phase-based methods of gesture sensing can be implemented in concert to help mask and mitigate each method's inherent deficiencies. The position-based algorithm can provide some positional information for ratiometric control, and the phase-based algorithm can detect most gestures. These two algorithms together provide a robust approach for gesture-sensing applications. This dual-method approach requires more code space to implement and requires additional CPU cycles to process both algorithms. For a growing number of sophisticated human-interface applications, however, it may be well worth the computational trade-off to enable the next generation of gesture sensing.
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Name book: Adelaide
November 18, 2010
Adelaide by Tom Ungerer
Look what I found!! Another name book for my list of books with little girl's names in them. I am especially excited for this one because #1: it is such a cute cover and #2: it's one of my favorite names.
(You can see more images from inside the book at one of my favorite blogs: Vintage Kids Books My Kid Loves)
In fact, it was the name I wanted for Lucia, but Ben vetoed it. Do you have a name like that? The one you wanted to name your child, but your husband or wife vetoed?
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4 comments:
- Chels said...
Yep, a whole list of girl's names was shot down instantly by my husband. I really wanted Samantha for our first. Luckily our son's name was an instant winner. So far with #3 there's been no discussion-- probably because I know what''s going to happen!
That's a beautiful name. I think you like beautiful things!
- November 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Ben said...
Trajan, Santonio, Bullet, and Steel. ;)
- November 18, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Bitterroot Mama said...
My husband hated every name I liked, with no suggestions of his own. I finally narrowed it down to Laurel and Julia and he picked Laurel in the delivery room. I love Adelaide too. It's beautiful.
- November 18, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- Adelaide's Mom said...
My daughter is Adelaide Snow. Had not seen this book. Adding it to my gift wishlist. Thank you! Love the blog.
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Lindsay Lohan has reportedly rekindled her romance with British reality star, Calum Best.
Lindsay Lohan can never have enough of publication. The singer-actress has been reported to rekindle her romance with British reality star, Calum Best, after they were spotted together after the Costume Institute Gala in New York on Monday night May 7th before returning to Lindsay's hotel suite, the 60 Thompson hotel.
Lindsay and Calum were first spotted at Club Box together after the gala, about which an onlooker told the Mirror, "Lindsay was snogging Calum and licking his face, they were all over each other. He was drinking beer but she seemed to be drinking water from a bottle - if that's what it was."
The pair then headed back to the 60 Thompson hotel in SoHo, New York, where the beauty is staying, and were claimed to walk "in holding hands and kissed as they got into the lift. They couldn't keep their hands off each other and was whispering in his ear and laughing." A source added, "They went up to Lindsay's suite and put a do not disturb sign on the door."
Lindsay and Calum had a famous fling last year. Reports on their rekindled romance come at a time when a friend of her released a tape that shows the actress snorting cocaine in a toilet at the exclusive Teddy's nightclub in Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel.


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We can all talk about the Hardy/Edge/Lita issue. Matt was hurt and we all know that. Matt blew up the internet, Matt blew up the support of fans and Matt got the world on his side. However I want to examine some reasons that I feel that Matt isn't telling us the truth concerning his reasons for coming back to the WWE. In fact I want to turn some of them around to say what I think Matt was really saying. Keep in mind, I support Matt, I believe he was in a bad situation but on one hand Matt says one thing and then his reasons don't support what I think he stands for. Ok, here goes. These reasons may not be word for word what Matt has said but these are what I pulled from what I read and so I am wording these reasons based on my own opinion and what I made of this.
1. TV Exposure of the WWE vs. TNA
Matt had said that he was concerned about TNA not having a major TV deal. Ok, with that said Matt then why did you talk about you were happy to be free and be able to do everything you wanted to do" Matt tells us, his adoring fans that he was concerned about his exposure. This may be a valid concern but Matt, I thought it was all about freedom with you, I thought it was all about being your own man. Matt gives me the impression that unless his face is on the tube each week that he feels his wrestling career is based on that. It is not how many people see you on TV, it is how many people come to see you at the shows. The viewing public may contribute but the paying fans who are there live are who you should worry about. The WWE crowds may be bigger but what you are saying to the fans that support you is that you care more about being seen on TV than having faith in yourself in an arena full of people who came to see you. TNA does need a major TV deal and they should get one soon as they can, however does that mean that people like yourself could not have changed that" I find it strange that this man who talks about his independence doesn't seem to want to show that somewhere else and go to a place that knows how to use him properly. The TV may be the reason but I feel that Matt doesn't have faith in wrestling itself. People know that the TV helps but what goes on in the arenas is the real deal. Had Matt been a top star in the WWE which he was not then I could see the argument but here again, Matt Hardy was NOT bringing in the ratings. He wants to use his judgement for something that he does not affect or control and especially when it wasn't he the world was focused on as well. The WWE will be putting more time in Muhammad Hassan and Cena than him so the TV exposure he is worried about will be short lived at best and then what" Would it not have been better to at least test the waters and get back to wrestling grassroots like TNA is and make sure you did not burn your bridges"
2. Not being worried about money
Now Matt talks about he will be ok, he talked time and time again about how many shows he had booked and trips overseas and returning calls. Perhaps Matt was not telling us the truth. What he is really saying here is that " I don't want to worry about booking myself, when the WWE did it things were easier". It is a whole lot easier to let somebody else handle what shows you are doing and going to because if you are doing it yourself that takes up more time than you want for other things you want to do. Matt told us that he had shows booked up through the early parts of next year if not through the next year as well. If that was true then why did Matt just not go ahead and start working those shows" For a man to stand there and say he isn't worried and then do that says something totally different about what is really going on. I am sure he was being paid well but if money was the issue then the WWE must have been paying him better. So much in fact that I bet he didn't want to risk losing a regular salary and then be concerned about what happens when the buzz dies down" Matt knows that this is going to be short lived, he has to. The five minutes of fame is already over and most people are ready to move on now that he is back in the WWE. Matt is just like a lot of the other wrestlers, they don't want to work but so hard. Working too hard means you don't know where your paycheck is coming from and that makes the biggest difference in the long run doesn't it Matt" You may love your fans but you still have to eat and pay the bills and the WWE gives you that security does it not" How independent is that and does that show you have faith in yourself and controlling your own destiny" I would say no.
3. Lita
Matt has called Lita or "Amy" as she is legally named all these names. I won't say them here because I think people get the point without the trash talk. On one hand Matt says " I hate Lita" but what he is really saying is different. Matt does not tell anybody but he still loves the woman. There are pictures of his new girlfriend on his website and all of that but Matt is trying to show that he can move on in the face of despair. Is this true" I hate to say I don't believe you Matt but I do not. A lot of the fans who have a brain do not believe you either because if you want to move on then why be right back in the same hell hole around the same people that caused you the pain in the first place" I, as well as others can see that eventually he is going to take Lita back. Ever stopped to think that Matt may be doing this so that he can stay close to her" Edge and Lita are not together in real life but who would know that watching WWE TV" Matt isn't ready to let go of Lita as much as he may say it, so he needs to admit he still loves her and let that be that.
4. The angle will help boost his career
This has not come out of Matt's mouth directly however, I tend to read between the lines. By choosing the WWE after Matt was so outspoken and then to go back shows the possibility of two things. Either this was a work as some people are now calling it or Matt is in fact afraid to step out on his own. I have heard rumors that he is going to wrestle at some of the shows he supposedly set up. Matt can't possibly believe that he will be better off in the WWE for short lived success. In about a month or two this angle will be very stale. Hatred can only go on for so long until people become bored with it. He may hate Lita and Edge for years to come but the viewers won't be interested in that past the Great American Bash if they feature the angle there. Matt was a mid card guy at best and he was never a top choice for the management to push. It is true to say that Matt is one of the few guys that got every fan he earned on his own. He really did work to reach the popularity he has now. The only problem is, the WWE will put him right back into mid card hell in a few months. You can not build a career off one angle. People want to see it but one big problem that people are not recognizing is that when they played Matt's music to see what the crowd reaction, it was never needed in the first place. I never saw the WWE do something like that before to "test" a crowd reaction. As long as Matt had been wrestling there why "test" the crowd" The truth we will never know but this sounds more and more like a work every day. If Matt dreamed this up then I can not hate him for that but I can hate him for using us to get there. This angle does not have what it takes to get Matt to the top and Matt won't be a World Champion because of this and when was he traded to RAW" Is he going to be on RAW now" Interesting how he ducked the draft and was not a part of that "official" decision. If a man things that he is better off for short term benefits then he can't possibly be telling the truth. Search your mind and heart and think about it.
5. His position in WWE
If anybody thinks Matt got a new contract, more money, perhaps some perks because of this then you are wrong. If I were Matt and they wanted me to come back then I would have made some demands of my own. I guess being on RAW was the only thing Matt could get out of this. If so then that is sad. Matt never commented one time on his website about anything he may have done contract wise to get anything special for all he went through. A man as loud as he was about this should have shared the facts. I would guess contracts are legal issues but Matt seemed to want to shoot on Edge and Lita so what would stop him from telling his adoring fans that he negotiated a run with the World Title for coming back" If that had been me or you and you knew the WWE was hot for the angle then it's time to bargain. Matt will never see a World Title in the WWE and this was his perfect chance to make that happen and he didn't. If he is going to fight the power after all he has been through then why not fight for a better contract" If NWA-TNA wanted him so badly or he had all of these options, would not the job environment itself have been a factor" You don't have to be in WWE to be respected, you don't have to be on TV to be a great wrestler if you are good at what you do. Guys like CM Punk and Samoa Joe have their respect and they haven't had hardly a shred of the TV time Matt has had. Something does not sound right. Plus with the WWE firing people how do we know that Matt won't be out on his rump in a few months after this" Vince is a cold guy and if this was not a work then Vince will get Matt back by firing him after using him for what little he was worth. Vince does not have long term plans for Matt Hardy, just as he does not for Chris Jericho who I think is facing the twilight of his WWE stint. They are letting guys go to make way for guys they WANT to market. Matt does not see that after all he has been through" Brock Lesnar comes back to the WWE and they let 16 guys go and Matt does not feel the hand on his shoulder coming" Matt can't be that stupid if he thinks this situation is going to fix things and he didn't get Vince to do anything for him to come back. If they were going to do something with Matt then take a look at how long they had to do it. They never had World Title plans for Matt and Edge is closer to that title than Matt will ever be and any wrestling fan with any brains can see that something is wrong. A man who wants to be free will take his freedom and Matt hardy ran right back into bondage.
Then again that is the business of wrestling isn't it" Good luck Matt we wish you well.
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(CBS/AP/WIVB) BUFFALO, N.Y. - Police canine units are now searching a cliff near the lakeside house of a Buffalo, N.Y., trauma surgeon Dr. Timothy Jorden. He is being sought in connection with the hospital shooting death of his ex-girlfriend Jacqueline Wisniewski.
The search began shortly before 11 a.m. near the luxury home belonging to Jorden, 49. The house sits on the shore of Lake Erie.
Jorden is the former U.S. Army weapons specialist who police have been searching for since Wednesday morning. That's when Wisniewski, 33, was found shot to death in a stairwell at the Erie County Medical Center where she and Jorden both worked.
According to CBS affiliate WIVB, Cheektowaga Police say they have records of two domestic cases involving Jorden in 2003 but those cases do not involve the victim in Wednesday's shooting.
Meanwhile, The Buffalo News reports that Martin L. Motley III, a local police officer on long-term sick leave, was seen leaving Jorden's home with a Rolex and $5,000 cash. A police source told the newspaper that Motley was a long-time friend of Jorden's and was taken in for questioning.
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London, Jan. 5 (ANI): A boozed-up man from Iceland, travelling on a JFK Airport-bound flight was gagged and taped to his seat by fellow passengers, after they got fed up with his drunken shenanigans.
The man, who drank all of his duty-free alcohol on the flight, tried to choke the woman sitting next to him and then started screaming that the plane was going to crash, passenger Andy Ellwood, who snapped the man's photo and posted it on his blog, said.
According to Icelandic news outlet Mbl.is, the meltdown - in which he also spat on several passengers - began when there were about two hours left on the flight.
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Asparagus-Chicken Pie Recipe
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- 1/3 cup shredded American process cheese
- 3 eggs
- 1-1/3 cups half-and-half cream
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Paprika
- 1. Arrange asparagus in bottom of pie shell. Top with chicken, bacon and cheese. In a small bowl, beat eggs; stir in cream, flour and salt. Pour into shell. Sprinkle with paprika.
- 2. Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting. Yield: 6 servings.
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Nearly six months after the Rangarajan Committee report on sugar sector reforms was released, the government took its first step towards implementing the report's recommendations. It has freed sugar mills from their obligation to supply sugar at cheap rates to the states for the public distribution system, or PDS (known as levy sugar).
This should have been the easiest decision to implement, as all that the central government had to do was to revoke its levy order and agree to reimburse the states for the difference in the market rate and the PDS rate. But instead of a clean cut, the government has retained its hold over the control lever. Newspaper reports indicate that the government has said the new arrangement will be valid for two years and also that the reimbursement will be capped at a purchase price of Rs.32 a kg. In other words, states may refuse to pay more than this price, as they will have to pick up the tab, even if market prices trend higher.
What logic could have led to this misstep, which was not part of the Rangarajan Committee recommendation? One may be the unexpected consequences of decontrol, especially on the price front. The government has already made it easier for sugar mills to sell their output, and not depend on government prescribed monthly releases. If prices fluctuate wildly (especially on the upside) the government can clamp down on the industry after two years. Or, it may have wanted to ensure that state governments do not overpay for sugar since the centre has signed a blank cheque.
But a narrow view from an investor's viewpoint is that this is not real decontrol; getting Rs.32 a kg instead of Rs.19 a kg (the 2012-13 levy price) is indeed good for sugar mills, but it's not freedom by any stretch. It is reminiscent of the petroleum sector where decontrol exists on paper but the invisible hand of the government is very much in control.
The short term impact is perhaps already factored in valuations, as it was assumed that levy had become history. The only uncertainty is that the government has not announced how it will meet the higher subsidy burden. Some sort of a duty increase could be in the offing unless the government decides that it wants to do nothing that will result in higher sugar prices.
The symbolism of this event has much more relevance than the actual financial impact. It could have been the harbinger of an eventual complete unshackling of the industry. But if the simple task of removing the levy sugar burden has been implemented with strong caveats, then the road to full decontrol can prove a very difficult one to traverse. Investors should hold their horses.


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Annie is a runt of a border collie. With a healthy black coat accented by a few trace spots of white under her chin, on her upper breast and on the tips of her ears, she has a energetic personality to match. It would be understandable to think she is much younger than 13 years old. But that's what makes Annie special, said her owner Jenny Jennings.
"She was one-and-a-half years old when we rescued her," Jennings, a Woodbury resident recalled. "The white on her ear tips is actually from the frost bite when she was found that winter we adopted her."
The fact that Annie has been living the good life in Woodbury with the Jennings family for more than a decade is a stark contrast to what could have become of the one-time abandoned pup who was found wandering a rural community near Duluth, before she was taken to an animal shelter.
Annie would have likely been euthanized if no one had claimed her. But she was adopted by Jennings through Second Chance Animal Rescue, an organization with roots in Woodbury. After Jennings and her husband Tom brought Annie home it wasn't long before Jenny felt the call to help other animals. Since then she has been a dedicated volunteer and board member for Second Chance Animal Rescue, which was co-founded by another Woodbury resident, Nancy Minion.
Since its inception in 1994, the non-profit organization has saved more than 8,000 dogs and cats from being euthanized. Second Chance is not a shelter itself. It is an organization that counts on a network of donors, vets and foster homes to care for and temporarily house abandoned and stray pets while they are waiting to be adopted to their "forever homes," Minion said.
"We don't have a facility, and we never will," said Minion, who spends most of her free-time (when she isn't working her full-time job) helping to run Second Chance. "We really count on foster families and volunteers to transport animals when they are rescued and need care."
The complete story is available in the Nov. 24 print edition of the Woodbury Bulletin.


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" Address: 19 New King Street / Bath / BA1 2BL "
Being a loyal follower (aka a glutton for punishment) of the London Irish rugby team saw me on a day trip to the fabulous city of Bath steeped in history to witness yet another crushing away defeat. Arriving early I had a few hours to kill and having gained a recent interest in astronomy, albeit without any real knowledge, The Herschel Museum of Astronomy sounded just the ticket to undertake this temporal homicide since the estimated visitation time was approximately an hour. Of course that was dependent on finding the place first which proved a lot trickier than I was hoping. Located at 19 New King Street this street was too small to appear on my iPhone map so I had to resort to following the route it laid out for me beginning near the train station which required a lot of zigzagging around streets, so unless you are highly familiar with Bath you will probably require a map to help you find this place or risk being lost in a labyrinth. Once you get to New King Street the museum itself is very unassuming and merges in with all the other terraced housing around with just a small plaque to alert you to its existence, but at least the houses are labelled sequentially so finding number 19 is easy enough and for me this added a charming sense of realism to the place as you could imagine it as being just an ordinary house where some extraordinary things occurred some 240 years ago.
Herschel Museum of Astronomy, 19 New King Street, Bath BA1 2BL
Tel: +44 01225 446865
Fax: +44 01225 446865
Website: bath-preservation-trust.org.uk or herschelmuseum.org.uk
Adult: £6.00
Children and School Groups: £3.00
Concession: £5.50
Family (2 Adults, 2 Children): £14.50
Student: £3.50
B&NES Discovery Card Holders: 2 for 1 entry
==Opening Times==
Mondays - Fridays: 13:00 - 17:00
Weekends and Bank holidays: 11:00 - 17:00
==The History of the Herschels==
"William Herschel was the first man to give a reasonably correct picture of the shape of our star-system or galaxy; he was the best telescope-maker of his time, and possibly the greatest observer who ever lived", Sir Patrick Moore.
I'm sure anyone with an interest in astronomy will have heard of the German born Englishman Frederick "William" Herschel (B. 15th November 1738, D. 25th August 1822 aged 84), who started out as a prolific musician mastering the oboe, cello, harpsichord and organ and producing some 24 symphonies along the way. It was when he moved to Bath, bringing with him his sister Caroline, 12 years his junior, whom he trained in both music and astronomy who then took on the running of the household, that his star gazing hobby became more serious and he began developing his own telescopes to see further in to space than anyone before him. Amongst many of his important astronomical observations his most famous was undoubtedly the discovery of Uranus in 1781 which in that split second doubled the known size of the solar system and kick started the exploration of our solar system and through building and selling telescopes he was able to turn his hobby in to a full time career.
Over the years he also made other massive contributions to astronomy including but not limited to: his reflective telescope designs (Herschelian telescopes) which did away with the need for speculum mirrors with their poor reflection; his observations on double star systems (discovering 800+) allowed him to prove that they orbited under mutual gravitation attraction and laid the groundwork for "binary star astronomy"; his surveys of the deep sky allowed the identification of over 2400 objects which eventually became the New General Catalogue (NGC) which is still used today to label these celestial objects; his discovery of two moons of Saturn and potentially the rings around Uranus; he was the first to realise that the solar system was moving through space due to observing the proper motion of stars and that the shape of the Milky Way was disk-like; he coined the term 'asteroid', and last but not least he discovered infrared radiation in sunlight whilst trying to observe sun spots.
But he was not the only Herschel to contribute to astronomy - his sister Caroline (B. 16th March 1750, D. 9th January 1848 aged 97), sadly scarred by small pox and destined to never marry, was one of the first pioneer female astronomers and became known as a comet hunter (spotting 9 of the fiery tailed devils), and her observations and catalogue work won her the Gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society whom she became an honorary member of in 1835; his son John picked up where his father left off and finished his father's dream of mapping the heavens by setting up base in South Africa for 3 years as well as contributing to photography with his discovery of the fixing agent sodium thiosulphate. So, a rather useful family for the advancement of science, and to think it all started in a humble five storey house in Bath.
==Visiting Experience==
Upon entry to the museum you head through a small corridor to the reception area / gift shop where you pay for your entry ticket. For an extra £1 you can also get an audio guide, but the ticket seller didn't inform me of this fact and it wasn't until I saw those numbered labels propped against various items of interest that I realised it was even available which was unfortunate. Although to be honest, I rarely go for them anyway as I usually opt for the main guide book which costs £3.50. As soon as you have paid you are free to wander the three available floors in no particular order which is groovy as in my past experiences with museums that follow a certain route I always feel under pressure to move out of the way of other patrons so usually end up missing quite a bit or feeling rushed. The reception area itself contains a lot of interesting pieces which capture your attention immediately including a replica of the 7ft Newtonian reflecting telescope Herschel used to spot Uranus and a scale model of the 40ft telescope he built in Slough which unfortunately was too cumbersome to be of use but did become an unofficial Wonder of the World on ordnance maps as well as drawings, pictures and original speculum mirrors.
Also on the ground floor is the dining room styled to the 19th Century with wall paper based upon designs found in a different house in Bath and the rug a copy of and 18th Century French Aubusson carpet as well as Regency period furniture including the original dining table, a longcase clock and Herschel's original travelling trunk all aimed to keep the décor as true to the period as possible. Also look out for the walls that contain an assortment of prints, satirical astronomical cartoons and an original planisphere from 1811. Unfortunately, this is where your journey will end if you are a wheelchair user or cannot use stairs since this is an historical building not equipped to allow wheelchair access, but in the reception is a virtual tour of the house with pictures and detailed descriptions of everything you could want to know so hopefully will provide an informative experience if nothing else.
Upstairs takes you to a first floor drawing room (originally a study/workroom and possibly William's bedroom) and a music room where Herschel would have taught music to his pupils. Here you can see a wonderful array of historical artefacts including mirrors and prisms, letters and manuscripts, ancient globes, the log of all the special guests that turned up to 19 New King Street to make use of Herschel's telescope including a lot of royalty and upper class kept by Caroline (well worth a perusal) and musical instruments including a square piano and a Louis XVI harp made in 1795. These are out in the open, so clumsy people and mischievous children should be reined in around here to avoid destroying a part of our heritage. The most interesting piece on this floor though is the brass drum orrery built by George Adam around 1782 which shows the movement of the planets and their moons as well as incorporating a tellurium and lunarium which demonstrate the changing seasons and affect moons have on tides so do look out for that one.
Going back down to the basement, passing all sorts of pictures and satirical cartoons along the way, if you safely make it down the rickety stairs you are first hit with a family tree for William Herschel which gives some fascinating insight to the family as a whole and to your left you enter the original kitchen furnished with a mixture of Georgian and Victorian furniture and kitchen equipment. There is also a scale model of the house randomly stood there which is cool if you like models. Moving on through is the workshop and this is probably the most scientifically interesting room in the house with lots of fascinating instruments to look at including the massive treadle lathe to turn smaller parts of telescopes like the eyepieces, a replica of a parabolic mirror polishing machine and a replica furnace. You can also look out for a mould made out of horse dung and plaster to house the molten metal which was used to make the mirrors - that sounds like a kid pleaser. Moving on, the next room is an exhibition area to display lots more intriguing documents and artefacts before granting you entrance to the garden which is small but pretty and has a couple of attractive sculptures to gaze upon, and rather more poignantly it was here that Uranus was discovered and you get the opportunity to bask in the historical significance of that.
Back inside there is one final point of interest which is by going back to the family tree and going on past it you arrive at the Star Vault which is basically a mini theatre where you get to watch a 15 minute presentation narrated by the late great Sir Patrick Moore who had an affiliation with this museum, which portrays, through actors, the lives of the Herschels while they were here which is well worth a watch if you have time, as it is both informative and full of amusing melodramatic acting, especially with the recreation of a now infamous accident Herschel had with molten metal and the horse dung mould causing a spillage resulting in stone flooring flying every which way. The cracks caused by the accident are still visible today. When I arrived this presentation was not running and the room was shrouded in darkness, but there were some helpful instructions telling you how to turn a DVD player on and then how to press play and repeat which obviously is child's play in the comfort of your own home, but somehow becomes a complex procedure verging on rocket science when fiddling with someone else's technology where you fear you could break it with one false move. Still, we got it working and the fellow visitors that day should be grateful for our intervention.
So, that's the tour of the house jam packed with reconstructed rooms carefully reflecting the period with well-chosen décor and furniture whilst showcasing lots of fascinating astronomy artefacts, instruments, letters, drawings, manuscripts, pictures and satirical cartoons all bursting with historical merit, which took me about 45 minutes to complete. It would probably be longer with the audio tour and if there were more people there - I luckily arrived early on and there were only about 3 other groups milling around so I practically had free roam of the place. It may be a small museum, but its importance regarding the advancement of astronomy is staggering and it has an atmospheric charm to it, so for anyone interested in astronomy this is a great place to come to if you have a little time to spare, but it probably won't take you much more than an hour so probably won't be the main attraction on a day out.
==Facilities and Travel Information==
* There are toilets available, but unfortunately these are in the basement so if you cannot get down the stairs these will remain unreachable for you.
* Gift shop - consists of one bookcase containing books, DVDs, jigsaws, and toys aimed at children so not much choice which is probably better from a parent's perspective.
* School tours are available with workshops priced at £3 per child, and for families there are trails to follow and a basket of handling objects, hopefully to remove the temptation to touch things on the way around.
* There is supposedly car parking available but from all I could see that would be street parking so you would probably be better off parking elsewhere in the city or using park and ride and perambulating to the museum.
* The Bath railway station is a 15 minute walk away or you can catch the No. 14 bus to Monmouth place which will put you a minute away from the museum.


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Art: Miranda July's We Think Alone allows you an insight into the lives of others
The excellent Miranda July's art, writing and filmmaking has been enchanting people for quite some time. Her seven-year online project Learning to Love You More inspired thousands of visitors to the site to make assignments at home, such as "Make an encouraging banner" or "Take a picture of strangers holding hands." Her most recent project, We Think Alone sees her forward loosely-themed emails written by 10 collaborators to, well, anyone they might have been talking to, straight to your inbox.
Among her collaborators for this rare insight into the lives of others are retired American basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Rodarte sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy, actress Kirsten Dunst, Girls creator Lena Dunham and writer Etgar Keret, all of whom forwarded Miranda emails they had sent to parents, lovers, friends, students and others at some point or other, based on a variety of themes. While the first week's theme was Money, unveiling details about Kirsten Dunst's car salesmanship and Sheila Heti's moneymaking tips, the second focused on Advice, revealing a flood of caring, kind words of wisdom from the collaborators both to the people closest to them and, in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's case, an admiring student.
What makes this project so fascinating, then? Above and beyond the delicious dose of voyeurism that comes with reading tidbits of mundanity from other people's emails, it's a firm reminder of what it means to be human, and the truly universal implications of caring about other people and about one's self. You can sign up to receive the weekly email every Monday, and the project will run until November. Below are some of the best bits from this week's Advice chapter…
From: Lena Dunham
Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: facebook
To: K
Listen to me. I am a woman who loves and adores and, I believe, understands you. You did nothing wrong. He is NOT NICE. He says not nice things in a nice voice so they seem nice but they are not. He isn't kind or careful with you, he wants to suck the kindness out of you, and if he's like this after 10 years of group therapy then G-d help us all. He's not for you bc he's not for anyone. Do you hear me? Good.
From: KAJ
Date: January 15, 2013 3:03 PM
Subject: Becoming a Pro Basketball Player
To: Max
You wanted to know the best way to become a professional basketball player. The first part of my advice you're probably not going to like very much. Ready? Here it comes: Go to college, study really hard, and get good grades. I know the life of a pro looks pretty glamorous with fancy cars and lots of money, but the truth is that money doesn't make life interesting and neither does just playing basketball. What makes life really fun is interacting with all kinds of people and if all you can do is talk about the shot you made or the ball you stole, you won't be very interesting to people.
From: Rodarte
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:03 PM
To: V
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Life Insurance for Boomers over 70 in Manzanola, CO
Term Life insurance is a wonderful means to ensure that your effort is managed and also your valued relative are taken care of for years to come. Life insurance policy for senior citizens is available, yet it's important to contrast prices and also locate the appropriate fit.
Is It Possible to obtain Life Insurance if You Are Over 70 in Manzanola, CO?
Popular sorts of life insurance policy for boomers
Term life insurance policy for seniors:
This plan benefits senior citizens that want to protect their liked ones for a particular variety of years. It could be cheaper compared to various other plans, particularly for elders healthy. Since seniors are living longer, it's not uncommon for a person in their 60s to acquire a 20-year-term life insurance plan.
Permanent life for senior citizens:
This kind of life insurance policy is typically more pricey yet will certainly last for the remainder of your life. Part of the premium you pay obtains attached the goal of gaining more loan for your recipient.
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With this plan, you probably will not have to undertake a physical examination, makings it an excellent alternative for senior citizens with health and wellness issues. Your recipients might only receive the full amount of your death benefit if the policy is active for a variety of years before you pass away (normally 2 or 3 years).
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Silicone Spatulas & Spoonula, Electric Yellow
Any cook will tell you that spatulas are an essential tool for baking! And these are the best I've found for scraping out the last bit of batter from a mixer or getting chopped up things out of a food processor. And because they come in yellow, it makes them even more fantastic!
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This is the time of year when many adults will start putting together a list of resolutions for the new year. But is it cool for kids to set some goals for 2014, too?
Dr. Kate Eshleman, a child psychologist at Cleveland Clinic Children's, says if your kids are considering a resolution or two, you should encourage it.
"It's always a good idea to start healthy habits and healthy behaviors and there is no time like New Year's," said Eshleman. "So, certainly, if kids are interested in engaging in resolutions or if families want to start them together, it can be a great idea."
Eshleman says when you sit down with your child to put together a list of resolutions, many of the same rules apply to the kids' resolutions as they do adults. She says the goals should be challenging, but very specific and achieveable.
An example would be a child deciding to spend at extra 10 minutes each night studying, as opposed to just saying, "I will study more often."
Eshleman says these types of resolutions are also very measurable because your child knows whether or not they spent their 10 minutes studying. And if your child is not sure what kind of resolution they'd like to try, she says it's ok for you to help them decide.
"I think it depends very much on the family and what they're into," said Eshleman. "So, is it time to get more active, is it time to donate some things, is it time to get more involved in the community?"
Eshleman adds there is power in numbers, so family resolutions work, too.
She says in the end, have your child ask, "Are there things in my life that could be going better?" That's usually a good place to start.
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Nussbaum Argues Against Calls for Two-Year Law Degrees
Two-Year Law School? Don't Rush the Paper Chase
When William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, proposed to add a law school to the new university in 1902, he entrusted the project to Ernst Freund, a political-science professor, former practicing lawyer and well-known expert on police power and the free-speech rights of dissidents.
Freund argued that law students shouldn't simply learn practical strategies (as in the old days when law was taught by apprenticeship) and the technical rules known as "black letter law." Rather, they should have an education that also included economics, sociology, political theory and philosophy.
When Harper asked whether this curriculum wasn't better suited to a "research department of jurisprudence" rather than to the worldly practitioner, Freund said absolutely not. Practitioners will go out into a society where all is not well, and they had better be equipped to think broadly, critically and independently about it. Otherwise, they would simply be tools in the hands of powerful interests, Freund said.
His vision of legal education gradually won out. Once Chicago was an outlier; now it is just one example of the dominant idea of legal education. Today, in addition to basic law subjects and a variety of practice-oriented courses, law students learn to see society through the lens of the social sciences and the humanities, primarily in elective courses taken during the second and third years.
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In my middle school (Years 9 and 10) writing class today the students started looking at blogs with a view to starting their own blogs. We looked at different examples of school blogs and others written by young people and discussed what made blogs interesting to them as readers. Because I could only get half a class set of computers the students were working in pairs and this seemed to go quite well. Some of the students already had their own blogs or had had them in the past, but for most of the students this seemed to be new material. The student then composed pieces, which could be posted on a blogsite, which we will get to next lesson. We looked at how to include a hyperlink and pretty soon the double period was nearly over. I'll keep you posted when they go online. There is still a fair bit of work to do and of course I am open to suggestions from other teachers who have had their students blogging in class.
At the moment I have a student teacher. It is really interesting, once again, to sit down the back of the classroom and see the class from a new angle. It's great to reflect on the teaching when it's not me in the hot seat. However my student teacher is on her second last round and is doing a sterling job. She has a calm demeanour and a sense of authority which the kids like. What I have noticed is that when I am preparing lessons and interacting with the students, I do not articulate what I expect to happen consciously, yet I know when it is lacking. There is obviously an ideal to which I aspire with regard to my interactions with the students, in particular the questions I ask to extend the students' thinking. This is why it is good to have a student teacher because it allows/forces one to articulate this aspect of planning. I guess there's no reason I couldn't do that normally, it's just that I haven't in the past.


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Invidi Technologies, which specializes in targeted advertising, announced today the formation of an advisory board that was designed to provide guidance on advanced advertising initiatives.
Invidi President David Downey said the board consists of GroupM Chief Investment Officer Rino Scanzoni, Starcom USA Senior Vice President and Video Innovation Director Tracey Scheppach, and Burt Manning, who is currently chairman emeritus of J. Walter Thompson Worldwide. Michael Kubin, Invidi's executive vice president, chairs the advisory board.
"Addressable advertising is the Holy Grail of television advertising, but we want to make sure we do it right," Kubin said. "To that end, Invidi's advisory board is essential in providing real-world insights and no-kidding feedback."
Invidi said the advisory board will ensure all participants – including multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs), television broadcasters, program networks, advertisers, media buyers and sellers – benefit from digital technology efficiencies and share in the value chain.
"We are especially proud that senior managers of two of the largest media buying groups in the world, GroupM and Starcom, have agreed to participate in Invidi's advisory board," said Downey. "I look for Tracey, Rino, Burt and Michael to offer insightful and practical guidance for us as we bring addressable advertising to the media and marketing communities."
Last month, Dish Network announced an agreement with Invidi to use Invidi's Advatar technology to deliver addressable, targeted national and local television advertising.
Earlier this year, Motorola's venture capital arm, Motorola Ventures, invested in Invidi (story here [1]).
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With the Cauldron shattered and the cycle broken, Ragna begins his final mission: Hunt down the villainous Terumi. Noel's life and the fate of the entire world hang in the balance as Ragna the Bloodedge marches toward one last confrontation
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Lakeville Area Public Schools will offer Ready, Set, Achieve from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Crystal Lake Education Center, County Road 46 and Ipava Avenue, Lakeville.
The free event is for families of children in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade who need assistance getting ready for the school year.
Ready, Set, Achieve will offer school supplies, backpacks, hair cuts, spirit wear, clothing, winter wear, community resources and more.
For more information, call Julie Ritter at 952-232-3014 or email [email protected].


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Beautifully Preserved Decker & Son Square Grand Piano
Decker & Son was a superior manufacturer of square grand pianos during the mid to late 19th Century. This piano is a beautiful example of the larger, full size square pianos built by the firm, boasting a full 88-note keyboard which was less common on pianos of this era. This piano is made of beautifully carved Brazilian Rosewood and is made in the Rococo Victorian style. Note the heavily carved molding and trim, a trait of the more expensive pianos built during this time. The piano is being restored to like new condition. Computerized player mechanisms can be installed if desired.


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Fall colors and why it sometimes takes over a year to make a 7 minute video.
I just did a quick bike ride around the east end of Yosemite Valley to check out the fall colors, and I'm not too impressed this year. Big Leaf Maple and Dogwoods are doing fine, but my favorite tree, the California Black Oak looks pretty bad. Instead of a golden yellow, most of them are just wilting and turning brown.
There's lots of variables that affect fall color, but mostly it's photoperiod (the length of the day) and temperatures. Unfortunately, it got pretty cold here about 2 weeks ago, and we had sub-freezing temperatures in Yosemite Valley. These cold temps froze the leaves, bursting their cells, which led to the brown wilt. Not all the leaves froze and the tops of many of these oaks, which can be over 100 feet tall, still have some green leaves on them, but I'm not very optimistic about this years color on Black Oaks.
So why does it sometimes take over a year to shoot a 7 minute episode of Yosemite Nature Notes?
Right now, we're working on the "Black Oaks" episode about these charismatic but often overlooked trees. In order to show viewers the seasonal dynamics, I wanted to make sure that I captured them in all moods and seasons. Stark trunks in the winter, red velvety leaves in spring, shady green summers and of course, brilliant fall color.
Of all of these different states, fall color is the most dramatic and unpredictable. That's why Josh Helling and I spent over a week LAST fall shooting tons of Black Oaks in full fall regalia. In 2010, these trees put on a fantastic display, and it was one of the best falls that I'd experienced in Yosemite Valley. If we hadn't shot all that great footage then, I would be freaked out right now, scrambling to find a few individual oaks hidden throughout the park that looked presentable.
Now repeat this same concept for peak waterfall flows, wildflower displays, snow storms, frazil ice, moonbows, night skies, bears, et cetera, and you'll understand why it sometimes takes forever to get the shots I need to do justice to these ephemeral subjects.
Since this years display is less than spectacular, here's a little taste of the great colors from last year. Enjoy!
Daren permalinkOctober 27, 2011
Great article. I loved the fall/winter months in the valley. The crowds start to thin out and the park really comes alive. Can't wait to see the final video!
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Training Method?
Do we really need to put "Training Method" as part of its classification, i mean really its only a training method if you havn't mastered it yet, and any jutsu is a training method, for a particular task.. Simant (talk) 16:42, October 2, 2009 (UTC)
Not a Jutsu
If Cliff Climbing Practice is not a technique, then this shouldn't be either. Same goes for Tree Climbing Practice. Therefore, the infobox should be removed. Yatanogarasu (Talk) 21:09, September 11, 2011 (UTC)


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CNN has just called the first two states of the night and… Mitt Romney has an early lead! So far, it seems that the race in Kentucky is over, and its eight electoral votes should go to Romney. Barack Obama registered his first win of the night, taking Vermont and its three electoral votes.
We've got a long night ahead, with many polls closed at 7PM. If your polls haven't closed yet, get out and vote!
8PM UPDATE: Looks like we can add a few more for each candidate. Romney should take West Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Indiana. Obama will add Most of New England (not New Hampshire yet), plus his home state of Illinois, VP Joe Biden's home state of Delaware, and Maryland.


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CIMB has kept its "outperform" rating on copper miner
The broker says the price of the metal may benefit from supply disruptions potentially throwing the market into deficit.
Scoping study metrics provided for OZ Minerals' Carrapateena project in South Australia revealed lower grades and higher operating costs than CIMB's expectations.
This resulted in the broker cutting its net present value-based price target by 4 per cent, from $7.70 to $7.40.
The value on Carrapateena is dependent on the long term price assumption for copper of $US3.00 a pound. CIMB says removing the company's cash and listed investments from OZ Minerals' market capitalisation reveals that the market is pricing in only $474 million of the company's copper assets.
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Was I Entitled or Should I Apologize? Affirmative Action Going Forward
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As a U.S. civil rights policy, affirmative action commonly denotes race-conscious and result-oriented efforts by private and public officials to correct the unequal distribution of economic opportunity and education attributed to slavery, segregation, poverty and racism. Opponents argue that affirmative action (1) violates ideals of color-blind public policies, offending moral principles of fairness and constitutional principles of equality and due process; (2) has proven to be socially and politically divisive; (3) has not made things better; (4) mainly benefits middle-class, wealthy and foreign-born blacks; (4) stigmatizes its beneficiaries; and (5) compromises the self-esteem and self-respect of beneficiaries who know that they have been awarded preferential treatment. By way of a thought experiment, imagine that after decades of public policy and experimentation, the United States public finally came to agree: affirmative action is morally and legally wrong. Employing such a thought experiment, this essay by a beneficiary of affirmative action—written in response to James Sterba's Affirmative Action for the Future (2009)—examines duties of moral repair and the possibility that the past beneficiaries of affirmative action owe apologies, compensation or some other highly personal form of corrective accountability. Beneficiaries of affirmative action have experienced woundedness and moral insecurity. Indeed, the practice of affirmative action comes with a psychology, a set of psychological benefits and burdens whose moral logic those of us who believe in our own fallibility—as much as we believe in the justice of what we have received and conferred on others—should address.
KeywordsAffirmative action African American Apology Corrective justice Discrimination Race Reparation
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Vatican City — Pope Francis named Msgr. Brian Ferme, a former dean of the School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, to be the new prelate secretary of the Vatican Council for the Economy.
In his new position, the British priest will assist German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, head of the council Pope Francis established Feb. 24 to set policies for the administrative and financial activities of all Vatican offices and bodies.
The Vatican announced the monsignor's appointment Saturday.
Born in 1955, he is a priest of the diocese of Portsmouth, England. Ferme served as dean of the canon law faculty at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome before being appointed dean at CUA in Washington.
An expert in the fields of medieval history and canon law, the monsignor holds bachelor's degrees from Monash University and Catholic Theological College, both in Melbourne, Australia; licentiate and doctoral degrees in canon law from the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome; and a doctorate in medieval history from Oxford University in England.
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He served on the theological faculty at Oxford, 1989-93; the canon law faculty at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, 1993-98; and the canon law faculty at the Lateran University, 1998-2003.
Since 2008, he has been head of the faculty at the St. Pius X School of Canon Law in Venice, Italy.
He is a consultor for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and has worked with the Apostolic Signature, the church's highest appeals court.
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Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Mumbai Indians overcame middle over hiccups to carve out a thrilling four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals off the penultimate ball to move into the Indian Premier League final here Friday.
Mumbai, who reached 169/6 in reply to 165/6 posted by the Royals in the play-off at the Eden Gardens, have made it to the summit round for only the second time in the cash-rich league, and would take on two time champions Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
The two sides had clashed in the 2010 final, which Chennai won by 22 runs.
The riveting match that went to the wires saw the star-studded Mumbai cruising at 125/1 in 14 overs - with only 41 needed from 36 balls - when they suddenly seemed to lose their way as wickets tumbled in quick succession.
With the 18th over gone, the Mumbai Indians needed a challenging 23 from 12 balls, but Ambati Rayudu (17; 11b 1x4 1x6) plundered 15 runs off Kevon Cooper to ease the pressure, before Harbhajan Singh finished it off with a boundary off the penultimate delivery to carry the Mumbai Indians through.
Big hitting Barbados opener Dwayne Smith (62; 44b, 6x4 2x6) had earlier spearheaded the Mumbai Indians charge, as he demolished the Royals attack by executing some audacious strokes.
Smith and Aditya Tare (35; 27 b, 3x4, 2x6) had given a rollicking start to Mumbai with a stand of 55-ball 70.
After Tare fell, Smith and Dinesh Karthik (22; 17 b 3x4) plundered another 55 from only 30 balls.
But the script saw a dramatic change soon after, as Karthik, skipper Rohit Sharma, Smith and Kieron Pollard fell in quick succession. But thanks to Rayudu's lusty hittings, Mumbai managed to have the last laugh.
Earlier, led by an unbeaten cameo from keeper-willower Dishant Yagnik, Royals rode on a late batting surge to post a good total.
The unbroken seventh wicket partnership of 57 in only 27 balls by Yagnik (31; 17b 5x4) and Brad Hodge (19; 20b 2x4) allowed the Royals to gallop to a sizeable total after they were put on the backfoot by the Mumbai bowlers who claimed wickets at regular intervals.
Opting to bat first Royals made a steady as skipper Rahul Dravid played some fluent shots to top score for his side with a 37-ball 43 studded with seven fours.
Faced with some incisive bowling by Mumbai led by spinner Harbhajan Singh, Royals kept losing wickets at regular intervals to be at 110/6 in the 16thover.
As getting restricted to an underpar score loomed large, Rajasthan's last match hero Hodge and Yagnik came to the party scoring 55 runs in the last 4 overs to achieve a handsome total.
Stuart Binny 27 (17b 3x4 1x6), and Ajinkya Rahane 21 (18b 3x4) were the other contributors for Rajasthan.
Bowling the last over speedster Lasith Malinga conceded 18 runs including two extremely wide deliveries.
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Insults and AK-47s: The Dictator rules the room
NEW YORK—Admiral General Aladeen recollected that he and this Georgia Straight reporter once got it on. "Wait! I know you!" he told the Straight at a news conference for his movie The Dictator. "Did we have a… a little one?" "Yes," the Straight said, though we didn't.
The other 250-odd journalists in the room laughed approvingly, prompting the Straight to add that, clearly, she was a memorable, ahem, lay. "No, you were not," Aladeen said. The Straight begged to differ, but in any case, maybe that beard of his wasn't so hot either. "As I remember," Aladeen said, "you had a pretty good one." Curses.
Aladeen's alter ego, Sacha Baron Cohen, wasn't there—well, so to speak. As with his other characters, Ali G, Borat, and Brüno, the British actor prefers that his extroverted creations do the talking for him. Or—while promoting The Dictator (now playing)—the insulting, abusing, and, well, dictating.
The dictator, in full dress uniform, wasn't a solo act. He brought "supporters" holding signs featuring his bearded, shades-wearing visage and such slogans as "I Heart Aladeen" and "Give Persecution a Chance." At seemingly choreographed moments, they cheered and chanted "Aladeen! Aladeen!" with great vigour. Then there was his all-female guard, whose uniforms involved miniskirts, berets, stiletto heels, and AK-47s (or persuasive replicas).
"Welcome, devils of the Zionist media!" Aladeen said. "And death to the West!" The roomful of devils laughed.
He wasn't there to discuss The Dictator. That would have pointed out that he was a fictional character talking about a fictional film in which he was a fictional character (specifically, the fictional leader of the fictional nation of Wadiya). Too meta. No, Aladeen was there to be Aladeen, who fears dictators are victimized for "doing a tiny little bit of genocide"—and to do a kind of standup routine with patsies, er, members of the media.
"Why don't you take your hat off?" he demanded of a writer, who revealed a balding noggin. "Put it back on again, sir. Grow some fucking hair! Where are you from?" Canada. "You're even more hated than Wadiya."
He surveyed the room. "Wonderful to see so many journalists, and they brought their prostitutes with them," he said, meaning the female reporters. The "prostitutes" appeared not to mind.
Someone asked which United States presidential candidate Aladeen would endorse. "Well, I would say Santorum, despite his liberal views. But since he is out of the running, I don't know." Later, he offered: "If it was money I was giving, I give my full support to Mitchell Romney. He has the makings of a great dictator. He is incredibly wealthy but pays no taxes, and it's not much of a leap to go from firing people to firing squads."
According to Aladeen, there have been "sex activities" with many celebrities. As he told Playboy Brazil, he has already invaded that country—meaning the model Gisele Bündchen. And the pregnant Megan Fox (who has a Dictator cameo)? "There are rumours that I am the father," he said, "but this is literally impossible. It would be the first-ever anal conception." He was unremorseful about depositing Kim Jong-il's "ashes" on TV host Ryan Seacrest. "It's not the first time he has had Asian man poured all over his chest."
Some topics kept popping up. "Are there any more Jews here? Put your hands up." Laughing, several obliged. "Do we have enough sacks?" he stage-whispered to a subordinate.
Unlike at most news conferences, Aladeen requested genital viewings. "You are a Jew?" he asked an Israeli reporter. "Prove it, prove it. Come on. No need to be shy. There is nobody watching." The subsequent peep show appeared real. "All I can see is hair," Aladeen complained, peering intently downwards.
In the end, dictators' Day-Timers are as jammed as anybody's—except possibly with more beheadings and fewer women's-rights luncheons.
"Please enjoy yourselves, and we have Rolexes here for you," the Admiral General said upon departure. "And you may enjoy the prostitutes we brought in—or the boys, if you like, if you're from Canada."
Oh, and incidentally: "As long as you write good reviews, your families will be released."
Watch the trailer for The Dictator.


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I have had an issue with my wifi connection just all of the sudden, a few months ago. My brother decided to change a setting of our wifi connection and ever since then, I can't connect to my Fios wifi. He( changed it from wpa to a wpa2 or something) This change effected nothing else but my laptop. A reset of my router fixed it for a couple days and then I called verizon and they sent out a new router which still didn't fix it. I don't know why he changed it other than "this is better"...from a computer geek who takes 2yrs to fix anything that isn't his. Lol. Other laptops work, my TV, phones, tablets, everything else is working fine. Plus, my laptop hooks up to every other wifi connection but this one. I am so annoyed that I am considering buying a new one, even though this is still in excellent condition in every other way. I have NO idea what to do except attempt a factory reset and throw in the recovery disk but I will be winging ever step. I know smart phones and tablets but my computer knowledge is minimal. I've changed a keyboard....lol. anyone have suggestions? I looked on Toshiba's website and saw others have similar problems but theirs won't hook up to any wifi connection. However they were saying its a defect from Toshiba. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!


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The collection takes inspiration from a time when we could retreat from our modern annoyances of always being online. With the collection Fran wants you to remember a time when it was possible to drop out, relax and disconnect.
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