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Flickr founder to leave Yahoo
At least one key Yahoo executive was unswayed by Friday's revival meeting featuring Steve Jobs: Stewart Butterfield, the founder and general manager of the Yahoo-acquired Flickr photo site. Butterfield, Valleywag has learned, plans to leave to, well, spend more time with his family. It's a pat phrase that always sounds risible, but in Butterfield's case, we'll make an exception: Anyone who has seen photos of Butterfield and his infant daughter Sonnet — on Flickr, naturally — can see his complete and utterly genuine devotion. Yahoo, too, might have a claim on Butterfield's devotion, in the midst of a precarious revamp. But Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, while a big supporter of Flickr himself, is not nearly as cute. No word on whether Butterfield's wife, Caterina Fake, now a high-ranking Yahoo executive, plans any move, or who will replace Butterfield at Flickr. Update: In the comments, Butterfield says that after taking some time off in July, he's decided to take a longer paternity leave, but still plans to return to Yahoo. (Photo by mylesdgrant)


text: I was a K9 user for a long time but now it seems to be abandoned and for a while now was making many errors. Anyway, I'm now trying to be patient and let Poco learn what spam is. What I wanted to know is - Is it possible to have the mail in the Junk folder deleted from the server when emptied just like you can with the trash folder? Thanks.

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Las Vegas: Day Five
LAS VEGAS -- The race around Sin City is over. After five days of exciting action at three tournaments, the non-stop action of grassroots basketball is in the books. Grassroots Canada had to go to two overtimes to win the adidas Super 64.
There might not be a better way to end the week's event than a double overtime thriller to decide the championship at the adidas Super 64 tournament.
Grassroots Canada had to fight tooth and nail to claim an 88-79 victory and championship title against Compton Magic on Saturday night. Tristan Thompson and Jason Calliste combined for 15 of their team's 20 overtime points to earn the coveted trophy.
If there was one thing the gym learned it is that Thompson is a cool customer at the foul line. He sunk 15 of 22 freebies, eight in the in extra periods.
Calliste may have been the biggest stock booster guard in the entire adidas Super 64 field this week. He proved himself as a valuable scorer and tough customer in the backcourt.
"Coach just always told us to never give up," Thompson said. "We had to stay strong in every game."
That had been the motto all tournament long for the Grassroots squad. No game was an easy game and several matches went into an overtime period.
Calliste used a cross-over dribble to a step back three several times was a deadly weapon. His ball-handling frustrated Roberto Nelson all game and Calliste got the better of the Rivals150 guard. Calliste finished with 29 points. Junior Cadougan capped off his week with a 22 point performance in the championship game.
Compton stayed strong throughout, thanks in large part to the scoring punch of Roberto Nelson, who hit a key three-pointer with eight seconds left to play to send the game into overtime.
Nelson had no reason to hang his head at the game's end. He scored a team high 26 points in the defeat and made big shots to keep the game close.
Forward Joe Burton added 23 points and was a beast on the glass and as a passer. He made several hustle plays, including diving for a ball and making a halfcourt pass while lying on the floor on his back.
On the first day of the Reebok Summer Championships, the eight top seeds opened the event with the Create and Finish Cup. The mini tournament paired up some of the top players and top teams against each other.
The result? Kenny Boynton put on a show against Avery Bradley. John Wall lived up to the hype against Mfon Udofia. On Saturday in the quarterfinals, the four teams and top players were paired up for the sequel.
If there was one thing we learned about John Wall this week in Las Vegas it is this. He's the number one player in the country in the class of 2009.
And it is not even close.
Wall is putting all of the tricks of the trade is his bag of weapons. He knows how to draw the foul and score because of his yoga instructor like body control. He can take his pick on how he can kill off an opponent. He could score 40 if he wanted to. Or he could hand out 15 assists. Or sometimes, like on Saturday morning, he can go for 26 points, seven assists and six rebounds.
Either way, Wall's versatility is impossible to guard. He is an assassin. His play has been fantastic all week.
Worldwide wasn't going to make it an easy win for D-One. The Atlanta area team took the game to an extra period. Thanks to the big three of Richard Howell, Ari Stewart and Mfon Udofia,
Howell owned the paint against D-One Sports and five-star Ryan Kelly. The Georgian scored 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Stewart had a great showing, pumping in 21 points and five rebounds. Both guys enjoyed a stellar week of play at the Reebok event.
There has never been any question marks about the level of competitiveness that Worldwide Renegades guard Mfon Udofia performs at. Under four minutes to play, his energy level helped spark his teammates in an important run that cut the lead to one with three minutes to play and then to a lead with a minute and a half.
He was a monster on the boards (eight total in the game) and he was credited for three assists in the victory.
It was Brandon Knight's turn to get a piece of the pie. After watching Boynton put his stamp on the Reebok tournament in the first match-up against the Panthers, Knight tapped into his afterburners and blazed his way up and down the court in the rematch during the quarterfinals.
The class of 2010 stud scored 25 points and sparked the blowout win over the Panthers. Knight had his way against one of the best defensive backcourts in the tournament.
Like Boynton did in the first match-up, Knight did whatever he wanted to on the offensive end of the floor. The five-star guard scored with both hands going hard to the basket. His shot was dropping and his confidence was soaring.
Boynton, who scored 33 in the first go round, was rather quiet. He finished with 12 points.
Bradley struggled against the kids from south Florida. He finished with 12 points but did have an amazing and incredibly athletic block on a Boynton dunk attempt in the open floor.
Abdul Gaddy scored 16 points in the defeat.
When it comes to playing deep into tournaments, few teams have been better at it than the D.C. Assault 16 and under program. Once again, the Assault found a way to move on and play for a championship.
It took a big comeback and patience but the Assault kids overcame a 15-point deficit to claim a 78-74 win over the Playaz.
The secret to the Assault's success is balance and teamwork. That was the recipe for success once again. Paced by the production of guards Erik Atkins,
Cedrick Lindsay and Tyler Thornton, the Assault made a brave comeback and owned the overtime period.
Atkins scored 18 points and had about six assists in the win. Lindsay scored 18 points. Thornton scored 13 points and eight rebounds. He was a difference maker when it mattered, drilling free throws and grabbing rebounds in the extra three minutes of play.
Big man Josh Hairston scored 18 points in the win, too, and had some big time turn around hook and face up jumpers for scores.
D.C. Assault went on to win the 16 and under division of the adidas Super 64, beating New Heights out of New York for the title.
Truth be told, the best point guard in this game was Isaiah Epps of the Playaz. The New Jersey native scored 23 points, handed out several assists and played like a warrior until the final buzzer.
The Rivals100 guard plays with a great understanding and with a "I've been here before, this is no big deal" kind of approach. Epps is a no-brainer high-major point guard in point guard heavy 2010 class.
Teammate Cameron Ayers pumped in 18 points in the victory.
Class of 2011 Quddus Bello put on a show with his top-flight athleticism. It could be easy to confuse him with Wall, too. That's the kind of bounce that Wall works with. Bello's athleticism led to 14 rebounds and three highlight reel dunks.
Houston Elite advanced to the final four at Reebok thanks in large part to the hot shooting of rising junior Kevin Williams from Pearland (Texas) High School.
Williams, a 6-foot-2 combo, got hot from deep, hitting four three-pointers and led Houston Elite with 20 points in a quarterfinal win over Upstate Basketball.
William's recruitment is at it's infancy right now. He said he's heard from Arizona State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas-Arlington and Texas.
Dane Miller should be a fine player at Rutgers because of his versatility and ability to be plugged into interchangeable positions. In a thirty second stretch against Houston Elite, the Rivasl150 prospect grabbed a rebound, started the break, made the assist, got back on defense, blocked a shot and started a break again. That, in a nutshell, is his game. He's not going to score bunches of points with the best of them but he's a high-major glue guy that will be a valuable player for Fred Hill.
How about the 15 assists handed out by Houston Elite point guard Tim Frazier? Of his assists, half of them went to his shooters for three-pointers.
Erick Green scored 18 points and only missed two shots in the quarterfinal win for Triple Threat over Arizona Metro Elite. The future Virginia Tech drilled a couple of three-pointers, too.


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|Aeneon PC3-10666 DDR3 1333MHz AXH760UD00-13G
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Memory
|Written by Olin Coles
|Tuesday, 04 December 2007
Page 1 of 6
Aeneon XTune 1333MHz DDR3
System memory (RAM) manufacturers are in a tough position these days. Everybody wants the latest technology, which runs faster and operates more efficiently, but nobody wants the price tag that comes with it. Because DDR2 fabrication assembly plants are nearing obsolescence, the equipment depreciation has caused DDR2 prices to drop below the actual cost of production. This is bad news for the manufacturer, while conversely it means great savings to the consumer. So while manufacturers try to squeeze the last drops of revenue out of DDR2, along comes DDR3.
Many of the readers will probably not consider DDR3 an important part of the hardware market just yet, and in a very few ways I can agree with them. It's expensive, and it's not going to change their system from a 2 to a 10. Nevertheless, I think that this argument only exists if you have missed the point: DDR3 is a more efficient replacement over DDR2 in many different ways, and high-speed DDR3 (presently anything over 1333MHz) is intended for overclockers and enthusiasts almost exclusively. In a year from now, expect to have DDR3 pressed into your new motherboard. However for today, the demand behind DDR3 and its high-speed variants is best met by the growing number of hardware enthusiasts which push their equipment well past the stock settings.
Benchmark Reviews continues our DDR3 Review Series, and today we focus on the system builder and enthusiast user. Many of the kits we have tested so far have helped achieve extremely uncommon overclock speeds right out of the box, and even though some of the kits aren't trying to set new speed records they still manage to impress us with their combination of performance and value. In this review we offer a product that is both affordable and performance orientated as the Aeneon PC3-10666 CL8-8-8-15 AXH760UD00-13GA98X DDR3 1333MHz RAM kit is tested.
All of this is great news for the overclocker, the hardcore gamer, and the hardware enthusiast; which has been the case every time high-end system memory parts arrive to the market. It wasn't all that long ago we all had SDRAM with 1 and 1.5CL timings, and then DDR arrived with CL3. Nobody complained then, so I'm not sure why they are starting now. It was the exact same story when DDR2 arrived to replace DDR; which nearly doubled the timings. So from a technical standpoint we should appreciate that the timings have only gradually increased with the clock speed, because history has proven this to be difficult.
The Patriot PC3-15000 kit we reviewed not long ago presently holds the record for fastest DDR3 module produced. But to no surprise the price for this product alone is nearly enough to build a nice computer system. It is for this very reason that system builders have been slow to build off of the DDR3 platform: everything looks expensive. Well, with the Aeneon PC3-10666 DDR3 1333MHz RAM kit that doesn't have to be the case.
EDITORS NOTE: Benchmark Reviews has also published the article DDR3 RAM: System Memory Technology Explained
Get ready for the future. Aeneon is proud to introduce new DDR3 DRAM modules for the new wave of DDR3 motherboards. As the next-generation memory technology, DDR3 offers higher performance with low power consumption over the current DDR2 memory standard. With the emergence of increasingly powerful multi-core processors and demanding graphics processors, highspeed memory technology is needed to meet the demands for a high-definition computing experience.
About the company: Aeneon
Aeneon memory products are offered by Qimonda (www.qimonda.com), one of the world's leading memory companies for the retail and channel markets. Renowned for excellence in product quality, high performance and early availability, Aeneon products are based on leading-edge German technology and reliability. The broad portfolio of Aeneon memory products includes DRAM modules for notebooks, PCs and servers, as well as Flash-based products such as USB sticks, SD cards and microSD cards.
Aeneon products are 100 % tested and certified to meet the latest industry standards. Working closely with top motherboard manufacturers, Aeneon offers high-quality DRAM modules that work excellently with major desktop PC and notebook systems, as well as servers.
Aeneon is Qimonda's channel and retail brand committed to maximizing customer satisfaction by working with an international network of distributors, resellers, e-retailers and system integrators to meet worldwide demand. Our goal is to build a world-class brand with a clear and focused quality product portfolio that adapts to your needs, served through our dedicated partners.
XTUNE Features
Aeneon DRAM memory modules are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities applying the latest DRAM technology and are the best choice for the price/performance-orientated buyers within the White Box segment. Aeneon provides a full range of memory module solutions for the mainstream industry-standard PCs and Notebooks. XTUNE DDR3 series is the Aeneon solution for the latest DDR3 platforms addressing the highest performance needs as well as fast, stable and reliable system operation.
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Primal Scream, Oasis & LCD Soundsystem Cover NEU!
Oasis, Primal Scream, Kasabian, Foals, Sonic Youth and LCD Soundsystem are among bands who have covered tracks by influential 70s Krautrockers NEU! for a new compilation.
NEU! were Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, early members of Kraftwerk in the early 70s before splitting to do their own thing. They produced three albums together before drifting apart in the mid-70s.
"NEU! are my new favourite German band of all time, proper tour bus music," said Noel Gallagher from Oasis. "Spiritual."
A whole raft of musicians have been influenced by the 70s Krautrock/electronic pioneers. Their repetitive 'Motorik' machine sound and the sneering proto-punk of 'Hero' were hugely influential on many bands who followed.
In the late 70s it was David Bowie and Brian Eno who championed NEU!'s sound, while everybody from Bono to Damon Albarn to Radiohead have acknowledged a debt to the German innovators.
Despite this patronge, NEU! still remain relatively unknown, although this compilation on Feraltone aims to change all that.
"I hope this album turns more people onto the music of NEU!" said Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie.
He continued: "NEU! influenced me long before I ever heard them. The sound of NEU! is all over Joy Division, check out 'Unknown Pleasures' and 'Closer' and hear it for yourself.
"Or listen to Kenny Morris's tribal glam tom-tom drumming of 'The Scream'-era Siouxsie & The Banshees. Or the searing, screaming one-note guitar riffs of Public Image Ltd's Keith Levine and The Banshees' John McKay to hear the NEU! influence on some of the bands/musicians who have meant so much to me and have shaped/influenced the way Primal Scream sound. Around the time of 'XTRMNTR' we listened to a lot of NEU! and I guess it shows."
Brooklyn's School Of Seven Bells have contributed a new track to the comp, while NEU! guitarist Michael Rother contributes 'Neutronics 98'. One of NEU! drummer Klaus Dinger's last recordings before his death last year, 'Sketch 1_08' by La Dusseldorf, is also included.
'Brand NEU!' is out on Feraltone on 11th May. The full tracklisting is as follows:
Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth) 'Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu!'
Primal Scream 'Shoot Speed/Kill Light'
Pets With Pets 'We Only Found This Place'
Oasis 'I Can See It Now'
Foals 'Titan Arum'
Cornelius 'Wataridori'
Holy Fuck 'Super Inuit'
Kasabian 'Stuntman'
LCD Soundsystem 'Watch The Tapes'
School Of Seven Bells 'Device fuer M'
Fujiya & Miyagi 'Electro Karaoke'
Hook & The Twin 'They'll Get Your Head'
La Duesseldorf 'Sketch 1_08'
Michael Rother 'Neutronics 98'
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|Levitation Charm
|Hand Movement
Makes objects fly[1]
- "The Levitation Charm is one of the first spells learnt by any young witch or wizard. With the charm a witch or wizard can make things fly with the flick of a wand. The charm is an excellent test of your magical skills, wand control and above all, patience."
- —An excerpt from the entry in Book of Spells on this charm.[src]
The Levitation Charm[3] (Wingardium Leviosa[1]) is a charm used to make objects fly,[1] taught to first years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1]
There are a number of lesser variations of the Levitation Charm, such as the Hover Charm, the Rocket Charm and the Floating Charm, just to name a few, but the Levitation Charm remains the original and best.[2]
- "The Levitation Charm was invented in 1544 by warlock Jarleth Hobart who mistakenly believed that he had at last succeeded in doing what wizardkind had so far failed to do, and learnt to fly."
- —Miranda Goshawk, Book of Spells.[src]
The Levitation Charm was first developed in the sixteenth century, and warlock Jarleth Hobart is credited with its creation.
On 16 July, 1544, Hobart invited a large crowd of wizards, among which was the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, to witness his "maiden flight" — a public demonstration of his own revolutionary charm on himself. He climbed onto the roof of his local church and, after several speeches and a rousing performance of the national anthem he leapt and, having cast the spell, was left hovering in mid-air. At first, he seemed to have succeeded but, after having spent nearly three minutes watching him hanging in mid-air, the crowd grew impatient to see him move somewhere, and booed him.
In response to the catcalls, Hobart tried to move in midair, and started performing vigorous swimming movements, which produced no effect. Mistakingly believing that his clothes were making him heavier and impeding his movement, Hobart stripped thus making him fall ten feet onto the ground below, as it were the clothes that were holding him up in the air — they had been charmed by the Levitation Charm, not Hobart himself. He fell completely naked on the ground, breaking sixteen bones, and went on the receive a fine for "outrageous silliness" from the Chief Warlock.
Hobart returned home, humiliated, where he realised that his spell could make objects levitate for varying lengths of time, depending on the skill of the spellcaster and on the weight of the object. He also concluded that small animals or even children could be levitated, but that they had no control whatsoever of their movement once airbourne.
He thus made a second announcement, and an even larger crowd gathered to see his second demonstration of the spell (hoping for another laugh at his expense). Hobart's demonstration was, at first, by far more successful than the first one: he showed the onlookers how he could easily levitate objects ranging from small rocks to fallen trees. Hobart decided that, for a finale, we would leviatate the Chief Warlock's hat — what he managed to levitate, however, was the Chief's wig, exposing his bald head to the gathered crowd. The Chief was not amused, and was determined to duel Hobart, but the warlock Levitated the Chief's robes over his head, and ran for it.
- "He eventually realised that he had invented a spell that would lift objects into the air and could cause them to hover for varying lengths of time, depending on their weight, and the skill of the spellcaster."
- —An excerpt from the entry in Book of Spells.[src]
The Levitation Charm appears to be an improvement on both the Levioso and Locomotor spells and/or the Hover Charm, being able to lift objects high in to the air but also allowing one to magically move them through it as well. It also conveniently defies gravity by lifting objects heavier than a normal person would otherwise be able to carry, as seen when Ron used this on a troll's club, something a first year Hogwarts student would otherwise never be able to do without magic.
Despite its strengths, however, the Levitation Charm has one fatal flaw: it does not work on human beings. Though a human can be levitated using this charm, it is actually their clothing that is being affected. The charm is apparently not strong enough to allow a human to do anything more that float a few feet off the air using this method, and therefore does not allow the true flight afforded to most other objects.
Almost anything can be lifted with this spell, although the object levitated depends on the skill of the caster and the weight of the object[2]
At HogwartsEdit
This is the first spell students learn to cast during their Charms lessons in the first year. They revise it in the second [4] and their third year. [5] The theoretical Charms O.W.L. exam includes a question on the Levitation Charm.
Wingardium is a composite word, based on: English to wing meaning "to fly" (e.g. the plane winged skywards[6]); arduus (meaning "high, tall, lofty, steep, proudly elevated"[7][8]) or arduum (meaning "steep place, the steep"[7][9]); and the common Latin ending -ium. Leviosa probably derives from Latin levo, meaning to "raise, lift up", or levis, meaning light (of weight)[7][10]. Altogether, therefore, the incantation could best be read as "lift up high".
Known uses and practitionersEdit
- Ron Weasley: "Wingardium Leviosa!"
- Hermione: "You're saying it wrong. It's Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the 'gar' nice and long."
- — Hermione Granger condescending to Ronald Weasley regarding the proper way to say the incantation[src]
- The first use of the spell was that of Hobart using it in 1544 on himself as he leapt from the roof of a local church, remaining suspended in mid-air for a brief period of time before the crowd of wizards gathered to watch his new spell.
- Harry Potter used this spell in 1992 to levitate two cakes containing a Sleeping Draught.[11] He later used it during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries to attempt to remove some brains from his friend Ron, who they had attacked. Harry used the spell a third time during the Battle of the Seven Potters to levitate the side-car he was sitting in after it was separated from the motorbike it was connected to.
Hermione Granger used it twice; first in 1991, she was the first student in her charms class to master the spell in the first lesson; whilst doing so she attempted to teach Ron Weasley how to correctly cast the spell, much to his annoyance.[12] Then she cast it again six years later to move Ron from wreckage in a house they were visiting after a dangerous artifact exploded. Lee Jordan used this spell twice in 1996 to levitate nifflers into his professor's office to annoy her; however, eventually another of his teachers got blamed for it. Severus Snape may have used this spell in October 1996 so that he could examine a cursed necklace without touching it, though that might have been a Hover Charm. Ronald Weasley used this spell twice; once in 1991 to defeat a troll which Professor Quirrell had let into the school[12] and again seven years later to levitate a twig in order to press the knot on the tree that was trying to beat him up which would freeze the aforementioned tree. [13]. Lastly, Xenophilius Lovegood used this spell in 1998 to attempt to clear wreckage on his staircase in order to apprehend Harry Potter during the confrontation at his house.[14] The fifth year Charms O.W.L, both written and practical, concerned this spell.
Other practitionersEdit
- Orabella Nuttley
- Bellatrix Lestrange [15]
- Colin Creevey [16]
- Dean Thomas [16]
- Draco Malfoy [17]
- Filius Flitwick
- Fred Weasley [16]
- George Weasley [16]
- Katie Bell [18]
- Luna Lovegood [16]
- Quirinus Quirrell[19]
- Sirius Black [16]
- Severus Snape
Behind the scenesEdit
- "This charm ought not to be seen as a joke spell. It can be most useful in duels and can lift physical obstacles and can even Levitate small creatures (though this is likely to confuse any poor animal and is certainly not to be encouraged)."
- —An excerpt from Book of Spells.[src]
- Whilst it was originally assumed that this spell and the Hover Charm were the same, they are not; the Hover Charm makes the target hover, whereas this one is always described as making it fly.
- The fictional character Babbitty may have used this spell to levitate a horse.[20]
- In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the trio does not use this spell to stop the Whomping Willow from moving, although they do know it. It is only in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that they use the spell to stop the tree.
- As a homage to the scene in the movie, the PC version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) had feathers flying out of the wand when the spell was used.
- In the GBC video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this spell is used to lift small enemies (havling no effect on large ones), and will deal damage depending on the target (e.g. if it is very light, flying, or, has a shell, it deals very little damage).
- A potential variation of this spell is Alarte Ascendare, used by Gilderoy Lockhart to unintentionally send a snake flying into the air.
- This may have been the spell that Bill and Charlie Weasley used to levitate the tables and have a fight with them.
- The first question of the 1996 Theory of Charms exam required students to give the incantation and wand movement for a Levitation Charm.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Reparo is not present, Wingardium Leviosa is used instead as repairing charm. It levitates broken LEGO pieces to form a new or previous object.
- Although this spell canonically produces no visible effects (apart from its actual spell effect of levitation) - a possible sign of its simplicity - it sometimes does in other HP media. For example, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the spell connects objects and wand via a yellow stream of light continually released from the wand tip whereas in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBA version) a blue orb of magical energy is shot at the target. In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 a pink glow appears around the object and levitates it.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 the Levitation Charm is also a double up of the Cruciatus Curse for Death Eaters. It works the same way as the Levitation Charm by lifting it's victim off the ground, but instead it causes them to writhe and scream.
- This spell is Warwick Davis's favourite line.[21]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (GBA version only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (GBA version only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: Spells
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- Pottermore
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wonderbook: Book of Spells - see this video
- ↑ See this image from J. K. Rowling's Pottermore.
- ↑ Chamber of Secrets video game
- ↑ Prisoner of Azkaban video game
- ↑ Wing, definition of
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://www.the-orb.net/latwords.html Latin word list]
- ↑ Arduus, meaning of
- ↑ Arduum, meaning of
- ↑ [http://www.online-dictionary.biz/latin/english/meaning/levis Levis, meaning of
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Chapter 32 (The Elder Wand)
- ↑ [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3FP-nmkFL0&feature=relmfu
|Professors: Filius Flitwick
|Textbooks: The Standard Book of Spells · Achievements in Charming · Quintessence: A Quest
|Charmbook writers and charm developers: Miranda Goshawk · Scarpin · Felix Summerbee · Randolph Keitch · Basil Horton · Mnemone Radford · Elliot Smethwyck · Jarleth Hobart
|Charms studied at Hogwarts: Levitation Charm · Fire-Making Charm · Softening Charm · Cleaning Charm · Cheering Charm · Glacius · Summoning Charm · Banishing Charm · Silencing Charm · Mending Charm · Reductor Curse · Colour Change Charm · Growth Charm · Water-Making Spell · Aresto Momentum · Locomotion Charm


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Canton Township police question suspect in golf club thefts
Man comes forward after surveillance photos released
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man has come forward to talk with Canton Township police after surveillance photos showed the apparent theft of golf clubs from the township-owned Pheasant Run Golf Club.
It was June 8 when cameras showed a man taking three bags of clubs from the bag drop area at the club and loading them into a pickup truck with a large white Detroit Red Wings decal on the back window.
Pheasant Run course manager Greg Bores said the theft was shocking.
"It was pretty devastating because when you talk a set of golf clubs, it could cost thousands of dollars, a pretty significant investment," Bores said.
The story took a different twist two days later, when the same surveillance camera recorded the man, with a woman assisting him, bringing the clubs back and leaving them at the bag drop.
The Red Wings decal had been removed from the truck's window.
"I talked to the detective about a thief returning a set of golf clubs, so hopefully word got around and whoever did this just got a good conscience and brought them back," Bores said.
Canton Township police Sgt. Craig Wilsher said it may have been a case of the thief trying to sell the clubs and the prospective buyers sensing the clubs had been stolen.
"It appears so, if it was discovered by somebody else and looked at them and they tried to selling them at a store and the clerk just refused them," Wilsher said.
Police said the suspected thief came forward after a friend reportedly told him police were still looking for him.
As of now, no charges have been filed, but the investigation continues.
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User:Pranav Rathi/Notebook/OT/2010/05/12/Characterization of AOM module
AOM Characterization
I am going to use AOM as power modulator for the tweezers: AOM (Gooch & Housego R23080-2-1.06-LTD; 138252) operates in CW and normal mode.I am using 1st order diffraction beam. So there is need to characterize 1st order in CW and normal mode. In cw mode-operation characterization is done; power output in 1st order diffraction beam Vs input laser power in ascending order. In normal mode-operation Characterization is done; analog RF-input voltage Vs output power in 1st order diffraction beam, for several input laser powers. I control laser power in 1st order diffraction beam through NI-DAQ (which applies an analog voltage signal from 1 to 5 volts in any increments) controlled by "feedback control 96main" program written in Labview V7.1.
Relatively simple setup ThorLabs power meter is place infront of the diffracted beam from AOM. An aperture is used infront of the power meter to keep off all the stray beams.
CW mode operation characterization:
The AOM is operating in CW mode. Data is recorded; laser power (.25W to 4W in .25W increments) Vs lase power in 1st order diffraction beam. The laser power in 1st order diffraction beam is the usable power for optical tweezers. The data is presented below: {{#widget:Google Spreadsheet |key=0ApjWjFYiQdkfdHZ1VTdkaGFGbDFnSmtpUHJGdzR5aWc |width=800 |height=500 }}
The relationship is linear. AOM gives an average output power of 70% in 1st order diffraction beam . This help us calculating the usable power of any input power without measurement; for example if I set the laser on .10W, then the usable power at the tweezers is 70% of it, which is .07W or 70mW. The maximum usable power for the tweezers is 2.66W. If we want to stay in the single mode operation regime, it is 1.4W (at room temperature). When the laser is cooled down to 60F, it is stretched to 1.9W (2.75W input).
Note: This study was done with 1064nm 4W coherent compass laser. My study showed that this particular laser trips to higher transverse modes at the power above 1.7W.
Later on we replaced this laser with 1064nm 2W crysta laser which does not have any of the problems.
Normal mode operation characterization
In normal mode, AOM is controlled through NI-DAQ by LabView program. Voltage input for RF-input is from 1 Volt to 5 Volts in any Volt increment. 1st order diffraction beam power is recorded for every ascending voltage increment of .1Volt for .5W, 1.5W, 2W and 2.5W input laser powers. Different laser powers are used to check: If the characteristic of AOM is input laser power dependent (which it should not be). RF-input voltage Vs 1st order diffracted beam power will help us in obtaining the best workable range of voltages over which power increases linearly. It will also help us in characterizing the relationship between the voltage and diffracted power. This is very important in data analysis. While data acquisition we can not measure the laser power in trap, it is unpractical but if know the characteristic RF-input voltage Vs laser power in trap we can calculate the laser power in trap from the voltage using the characteristic curve. The data is presented below:
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- Data Sheet 1 and Chart 1: By looking the chart it's clear; diffracted beam power is not linearly related with voltage. It has strange characteristic, which is same for all laser powers: So there is no laser power dependence and any laser power can be chosen to define the AOM characteristic. Characteristic: It runs somewhat exponentially in the beginning from 1 to 1.4 volts, somewhat linear between 1.5 to 3.1 volts (the two straight vertical lines on the chart represents that) and second degree polynomial in the end from 3.2 to 5 volts. So the most appropriate workable range for linear power modulation (in relatively same size of steps) is from 1.5 to 3.1 Volts at any input laser power.
Now since i have the characteristic curve i can calculate the laser power in the trap through the applied RF-input voltage, for data analysis.
- Data Chart3: Shows how power increases in % over 1 to 5 Volts at 2W of laser power. By joining the head of each histogram the characteristic curve can be traced out. Between 1.5 and 3.1 Volt the power increases almost in same step size of avg 3.45% (.069W) /step in comparison to .8% (not linear; over range of 1 to 1.4 Volts) and .42% (not linear; over range of 3.1 to 5 Volt). 3.45% step size is more convenient for power modulation and power is also linear over the steps.
- Data Chart 2: Shows power step in %; the difference between the two consecutive power-increments over the difference in the two consecutive voltage increments (.1 Volt; steps). It gives us the better idea of over what range of voltage, the steps are over all large with somewhat of same histogram height difference. The region between 1.5 to 3.21 Volts contains that.


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Mitchell was considered one of the world's leading urban theorists. Through the work of his Smart Cities research group at the MIT Media Lab, he pioneered new approaches to integrating design and technology to make cities more responsive to their citizens and more efficient in their use of resources. He likened tomorrow's cities to living organisms or very-large-scale robots, with nervous systems that enable them to sense changes in the needs of their inhabitants and external conditions, and respond to these needs. A major portion of this new urban infrastructure focused on revamping urban transportation as we know it, and included the development of the CityCar, a light-weight, electric, shared vehicle that folds and stacks like supermarket shopping carts at convenient locations and has all essential mechanical systems housed in the car's wheels. Other Smart City innovations include the folding electric RoboScooter, and GreenWheel, which turns an ordinary bicycle into an electric-assisted one.
Mitchell, who was the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. (1954) Professor of Architecture and Professor of Media Arts and Science, joined MIT in 1992 and over the next 18 years contributed handsomely to the Institute's intellectual life and campus spirit. As dean of architecture and planning, he championed the importance of the visual arts to MIT and concentrated on infusing new energy and visibility into the school by recruiting a number of innovative young faculty members. As a professor in the MIT Media Lab, Mitchell explored the new forms and functions of cities in the digital era, and suggested design and planning directions for the future. He was particularly interested in the relationship between real space, virtual space and human communities.
But it was as architectural advisor to then-President Charles M. Vest that Mitchell left what was arguably his most visible and lasting mark on the Institute's campus. In that role, Mitchell guided one of the most ambitious building programs in U.S. higher education, a metamorphosis that added nearly one million square feet to MIT's 154-acre campus.
"One of my greatest pleasures at MIT was to work with Bill in his role as architectural advisor to the president. His guidance was essential in the transformation of our physical campus," said Vest. "He was a wonderful friend and colleague who brightened MIT and respected and advanced the human experience of our faculty, students and staff."
Central to the $1 billion building program were five innovative architectural projects by world-renowned designers: Frank Gehry's Stata Center, Kevin Roche's Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, Steven Holl's Simmons Hall, Charles Correa's Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex and Fumihiko Maki's Media Lab Complex, which formally opened this spring. Mitchell attached a deep significance to the new buildings, which he said gave meaning to MIT's existence and represented its hopes and values. "Leading intellectual institutions, such as MIT, carry a particular responsibility to conceive of architectural projects not just as the rational allocation of resources to achieve quantifiable management goals, but also as inventive, critical contributions to our evolving culture," he said at the dedication of the Stata Center in 2004. "Anything less is as scandalous a betrayal of their advertised principles as pedestrian scholarship or mediocre science."
Mitchell clearly relished the transformation of MIT's physical campus and his role in it, and it was not uncommon to see him leading community members and campus visitors on tours of the various construction sites. While each building was clearly unique, Mitchell wanted them all to be seen as part of a coherent landscape fabric; accordingly, he pushed for new "connective tissue" around campus — pedestrian routes, landscaping and commons facilities, for instance — to ensure that the whole be greater than the sum of its parts. "The fundamental idea is to weave everything together in a vibrant, residential community," Mitchell said in a 2001 campus talk.
Mitchell offered an insider's look at the conceptualization, design and construction of the five buildings in his 2007 book Imagining MIT (MIT Press), which he drafted in one long weekend at a Dublin hotel. "The behind-the-scenes story about how architecture gets done — a rarely told story, a hard-to-tell story — needed to be written," Mitchell said at the time.
'A pioneer of the future'
Born in 1944 and raised in rural Australia, Mitchell received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Environmental Design from Yale and a Master of Arts from Cambridge. He was a Fellow of both the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of six honorary doctorates. In 1997 he was awarded the annual Appreciation Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan; he also chaired the National Academies Committee on Information Technology and Creativity.
Before coming to MIT, Mitchell was the G. Ware and Edythe M. Travelstead Professor of Architecture and director of the Master in Design Studies Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He also served as head of the Architecture/Urban Design Program at UCLA's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning and taught at Yale, Carnegie-Mellon and Cambridge Universities.
Mitchell was a prolific author. In his most recent book, Reinventing the Automobile, co-authored with Christopher Borroni-Bird and Lawrence Burns (MIT Press, 2010), Mitchell reimagines the automobile for the 21st century, proposing that today's cars follow the same basic design principles as the Model T: they are well suited for conveying multiple passengers over long distances at high speeds, but inefficient for providing personal mobility within cities, where most of the world's people now live.
Other publications include World's Greatest Architect: Making, Meaning and Network Culture (2008); Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City (2005), Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City (2003); e-topia: Urban Life, Jim-But Not As We Know It (1999); High Technology and Low-Income Communities, with Donald A. Schön and Bish Sanyal (1999); City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn (1995); The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era (1992); The Logic of Architecture: Design, Computation, and Cognition (1990); and Computer-Aided Architectural Design (1977). He also served as chair of the Editorial Board at the MIT Press since 1994 and had been a member of the publisher's Management Board since 2000.
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Mitchell is survived by his wife, Jane Wolfson; a daughter, Emily and son-in-law, Seth Rooder of Brooklyn Heights, NY; a son, Billy of Cambridge; his mother, Joyce of Berwick, Australia; a sister, Mary Close and brother-in-law John Close of Kallista, Australia; his previous wife, Elizabeth Asmis of Chicago; and a loving extended family.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Learning Prep School at 1507 Washington St., West Newton, MA 02465, where a technology fund will be established in his memory.
A memorial service will be held at MIT at the new Media Lab Complex, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA, on Wednesday, June 16 at 10 a.m. Private burial services will follow at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Danica, Team Hoping To Restart The Beach Party
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
Reasons to party hearty have been few for Danica Patrick, her team and her fans to this point in her first full season in Sprint Cup.
This coming weekend, however, Patrick and her Stewart Haas Racing team will return to the scene of what, by far, provided them with most party-rific moment in of the season – Daytona International Speedway – and their excitement-o-meter is pegged.
"You can feel the excitement in the shop," veteran crew chief Tony Gibson said during a teleconference this week. "The guys are just rubbing and detailing and they're pumped up and they're excited."
The gal is, too.
For obvious reasons.
Speedweeks 2013 at Daytona in February was all about Patrick and the 10 car. She arrived for the season-opening Big Race strong and confident. Practices went well, qualifying saw her win the pole and in the race, she hung around in a race that was defined by hanging around.
When she left Daytona, with the nation in tow, all things seemed not only possible, but probable for the woman whose IndyCar career apogeed somewhere between basic and disappointing. Patrick, as February ended and March began, appeared to be Chase ready and, perhaps, of championship quality – if not this year, then certainly
The hope – inside and outside of the Stewart Haas campus – has to be that a return to the beach will mark a return to good times. Patrick said this week, "Hopefully, we can build on what we had at Daytona in February and have a good run with the GoDaddy Chevrolet SS."
Patrick quickly fell from P1 once the Daytona 500 went green in February. She was not credited with leading the first lap – that honor went to Jeff Gordon.
But the then-30-year-old Patrick never really fell out of contention. Twice during mid-points of the race, she did lead for two, and then three more laps.
Those were history making leads. They earned her the right to be called the first woman to lead a Cup race under green.
And, by leading those laps, Patrick became one of only 13 drivers to have led both the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500: The other drivers to accomplish this feat are A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Bobby Allison, Jim Hurtubise, Johnny Rutherford, Tim Richmond, John Andretti, Robby Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya and Stewart.
"Well," Gibson said, "it was obviously extremely gratifying to go down there and run well. To go to your hometown where I grew up and all your friends and family, and to go there and to do something that is pretty amazing, to make history, to just be a part of that is incredible. It was something that obviously will never be done again, and I feel real fortunate to be a part of that."
Patrick was in contention for the victory when the final lap started. A podium finish seemed to be a wonderful bet at the white flag.
But late on the final lap, Patrick slipped up and slipped back; to an eighth-place finish. A disappointing eighth-place finish.
"I was disappointed at the end of the race that I just didn't have a better grasp as to what I needed to do to shoot for a better finish than where I was," she said.
"I just felt like I was just frustrated that I didn't have a better plan. Tony (Stewart) said to me, 'I really feel like you
had more to lose in your position than you had to gain by trying something, so I think that you did the right thing.' That made me feel better – a little bit. Was I still mad that I went from third to eighth on the lap? No, I was still disappointed in it. But to have somebody like Tony Stewart say something to me like that was very kind, and it put it in perspective."
Patrick clearly had the fastest car at Speedweeks. Scary fast. Some have said suspiciously fast.
But that car will not be at Daytona this weekend.
"Well," Patrick said, "we lost that poor car at Talladega, so we are going back with our backup, which is a really good car, anyway. We tested with it at the beginning of the year and I expect it to go in a similar fashion. I think we will still be pretty fast."
This weekend, the sport will get at least some kind of idea of how far Patrick has progress in the 14 races since the 500. A look at the stats would lead one to believe; not at all, as her best finish since Daytona 1 is 12th and her average finish is well south of the top 20.
Can Daytona and Patrick restart the party this Fourth of July weekend?
"Will we qualify on the pole and run in the top-three or five all day?" she said this week. "I don't know. Maybe. The heat always changes things a little bit, but it's a different car, and it's going to be a different Hendrick engine. All that stuff just leads to a slightly different weekend. But I expect it to be somewhat similar, at least from a good standpoint in my head."
One thing is clear. Returning to Daytona is being viewed as an opportunity, a chance for a fresh, slate-erasing start for the team.
"Well," Gibson said, "I think it's obviously a track that we feel like we can win at. I feel like that's right in Danica's wheelhouse there. She likes the drafting. She likes the high speeds, and I think most of that comes from the IndyCar side of it.
"So yeah, it's exciting for us. We went to Daytona – and before when she was running the Nationwide car, she was really good at the restrictor plate stuff with the drafting and the air and that kind of deal. So we were pretty excited for going into this year, and then when we went to Daytona and tested, we knew that we were going to be fairly strong down there.
"We have our trophy from Daytona for the pole down here, and so that stuff we bring out – we brought it out this week just to remind everybody of what we can do when we get down there. It's a little bit of a morale booster. The vibe is different. When we get ready to go here, everybody gets jacked up, and we know we can go here and we can do really well."
As Patrick said, and as Gibson knows, Daytona in July is a different place than it is in February. The 500 is different from the 400.
It's a different party. So keep the receipts for the champagne and for God's sake, don't eat that left-over mayo-based potato salad.
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30 May 2011
Books You Need if You Have These Genes
Possibly some of the family members will find this of interest. If I could afford to buy hundreds of copies for the relatives, I would, but I can't. Blogger is playing its frustrating silly buggers game again with uploading images, so if they don't appear as instructed you won't even be reading this!
NEW! My Latvian Ancestors. (May 2011). 72 pp., illustrated. $22.00. UniBook.
The sub-title does not appear on the cover:
FREIBERGS from Ķonēni, Marzingshof Estate, Riga District
JURIKAS in Krūmiņi, Ladenhof Estate, Limbaži District and Allied Families
Never mind, it's all there inside. With the help of new friends, good researchers, many relatives—who speak and read languages I don't know—and the amazing digitization of Latvian and Estonian historical records, we have reached back about 300 years. The Baltic genes are survivors. I say Baltic, because the Livonian origins of the Jurikas family reach back into the mediaeval mists of what is modern Estonia.
"Family memories, overseas researchers, and modern technology enabled a genealogical glimpse into life under Russian Imperial, then Soviet, rule. This book is a tribute to hardship scarcely imaginable from our Canadian distance of place and time. It is also a celebration of nine generations from serfdom to freedom."
The compiler's shortcomings notwithstanding, this type of production has been a satisfying process, all things considered. It is not an e-book; it's a soft-cover paper copy in living colour. UniBook does a wonderful job reproducing photographs.
Family histories that reach the print stage always draw more information. More news is already coming from Riga. That's why I have a BLOG! Without a doubt, to be continued ... If you have questions, you know where to reach me, my full name @gmail.com.
Also available from UniBook:
Ancestors and Descendants of John DOUGALL and Marion HASTIE from Midlothian, Scotland to Argenteuil County, Quebec. (January 2011). 59 pp., illustrated. $18.98.
Ancestors and Descendants of Donald McFadyen and Flory McLean from Isle of Coll, Scotland to River Denys, Nova Scotia. (December 2010). 73 pp., illustrated. $21.05. (Family chart available from compiler)
This is the one on which said compiler neglected to add a brilliantly chosen cover photo. My bad. Live and learn, I always say. Luckily I learn something new every day. Whether it's good for me or not.
So, Blogger people. I keep bumping my head on some invisible ceiling where the learning curves go off my personal graph. This post took about two hours of torture to assemble, not even trusting that the images currently displayed will whimsically disappear as they have from prior posts. I'm tired of looking at Blogger Help and pursuing all that, helpful as some users are. Maybe it's time to change platforms or whatever they're called. My FB colleagues will surely have wisdom and comfort for me.
4 comments:
Congratulations Brenda!
- Tuesday, 31 May, 2011
Please explain more about Baltic, Mom. Are you distinguishing between Latvians and Livonians/Estonians as Balts or non-Balts? It looks beautiful.
- Tuesday, 31 May, 2011
- Cathy said...
I've enjoyed the purple one and will look forward to the others!
- Wednesday, 29 June, 2011
- BDM said...
Anon: The term "Baltic countries" customarily refers to modern Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania. I was distinguishing between "purely" Latvian ancestors and discovering the "cross over."
- Wednesday, 29 June, 2011
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Maybe someday: Amtrak disses Roanoke (for now)
A railroad helped turn a little town called Big Lick into a major rail city called Roanoke. But one thing is still missing: passengers.
After the Norfolk & Western Railway was born from the merger of two major railroads in the 1880s, Roanoke became not just the headquarters for N&W, but also the nexus of a burgeoning passenger system whose famed trains included the Cavalier, the Pocahontas, and the Powhatan Arrow.
By 1947, despite the fact that auto traffic was stealing the thunder from the rails, N&W felt confident enough to hire one of the world's foremost industrial designers, Raymond Loewy, to renovate its passenger station. Loewy– father of the Greyhound Bus as well as creator of the logos of Shell Oil and Lucky Strike cigarettes– gave Roanoke a vision of modernism.
But by 1971, most American railroads found that passenger service wasn't paying the, uh, freight. The government formed Amtrak in May of that year, and opted for a tiny new station in Roanoke serving its Norfolk to Chicago route.
Unlike Loewy's dramatic moderne architecture, the structure that Amtrak built was a one-story corrugated metal-sided building on a concrete pad, more closely resembling a "storage facility," says Roanoke transportation consultant David Foster. And while the building still stands on Shenandoah Avenue, Roanoke's passenger service has disappeared.
By the mid-1970s, Foster says, Amtrak had pulled out of the Star City, and Foster holds little hope that it'll soon return.
"There's no reason you can't operate more passenger trains in Virginia," says Foster, "but the main question is who funds the operation– because passenger trains rarely operate at a profit.
"Most of great railroad networks," he continues, "exist only because a government has determined that it's an important part of the national transportations scheme. But we've never had that here."
The 1947 Loewy building lost most of its passenger concourse in the early 1990s when N&W's successor demolished the track-spanning structure to make way for double-decker trains. But even that indignity is no bar to becoming a station again. John Bradshaw, the O. Winston Link Museum's treasurer, says the building would require just "minor modifications" to once again serve rail passengers.
One glimmer for prospective passengers is the TransDominion Express, an unfunded plan to run several daily trains from Bristol to Washington and Bristol to Richmond. The trains would serve Roanoke (and Charlottesville) along the way.
"If there's the money, you can do it," says Foster.
Ellen Qualls, spokesperson for governor Mark Warner, says the TransDominion Express stands a chance only if federal funds, estimated in the tens of millions, subsidize it.
"He's a rail advocate," Qualls says of Warner, "but rail takes a lot of money, and we don't have a lot of money." She says the governor recently sent train-loving letters to the state's congressional delegation, including high-ranking Senator John Warner and Congressman Frank Wolf, who "very successfully" bring federal transportation money to Virginia.
On December 18, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation released its own study, which revealed that 30 percent of the truck traffic on I-81 could be diverted to rail if Virginia and 14 nearby states spent $7.9 billion on rail and road improvements.
"We're pleased that the Commonwealth study shows there's a role for rail in the I-81 corridor," says Norfolk Southern spokesperson Susan Terpay. "We'll release a more complete response once we study the report."
Any improvement in rail capacity would be cheered by TransDominion Express supporters– since freight railroads are the ones asked to carry passengers. (Only in the Northeast corridor does Amtrak own its own rails.)
Currently, the state is also studying two competing proposals to expand truck-clogged I-81. For about $8 billion, the thoroughfare might be widened and offer segregated car and truck lanes– not to mention tolls of up to 27 cents per mile for trucks.
When the state asked for comment on the proposals, officials learned that 65 percent of localities asked for rail improvements to eliminate trucks from I-81. The next most popular response from localities was opposition to tolls.
Meanwhile, a transportation bill winding its way through Congress includes $1.5 billion in federal funding for dedicated truck lanes on I-81. Legislators who hold out hope for rail may not want to pin all their hopes on trains– and end up losing manna from Congress.


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Feng Shui enthusiasts have different niches. Different personalities and cultural backgrounds are incorporated into the Feng Shui attempts. The good thing is that you do not have to limit yourself to a certain make to be able to apply Feng Shui. However, it may do you a lot of good if you are able to find the groups of people who have the same interests as yours as far as Feng Shui is concerned.
If you are after the more rigid type of the loose application of Feng Shui, these are all possible depending on your preference, for Feng Shui is really all a matter of channeling the right energy to make the environment work to your benefit.
The best thing about Feng Shui is that it attracts a huge variety of people. You don't even have to look too far and you will easily find a person who is into Feng Shui. And with the many challenges facing the world today, it is understandable that we seek help in various places, including Feng Shui aid. But different persons breed different motivations for applying Feng Shui, and here are some of the profiles of people who engage in Feng Shui. (more…)


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The peace movement was split over whether demonstration should be abandoned for more radical acts of protest such as civil disobedience. This is a form of direct action in which the law is broken in order to force an issue into the political and public arenas.
Advocates of civil disobedience argue that small crimes, such as the disruption of roads and public spaces, are justified when they are against far greater crimes such as massive environmental damage or war.
Civil disobedience often involves a breach of normal or legal boundaries: public spaces are disrupted and secret places are infiltrated. It is therefore often treated as trespass by the authorities.
In 1960, the activist and philosopher Bertrand Russell resigned his presidency of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in order to form the Committee of 100. This more militant resistance organisation advocated civil disobedience in favour of peaceful demonstration, believing the former to be a more effective method of protest against nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War.
The Committee believed that personal risk and responsibility were key elements of resistance. This meant that they approached direct action without concern for their own security or fear of arrest and imprisonment.
The sit-in is a type of civil disobedience which uses disruption to draw attention to the protest and the protesters' cause. Protesters occupy an area, sit down, and remain seated until their demands are met or until they are removed by force. This method of protest was first used by Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian Independence movement against British rule and was later adopted by Martin Luther King Jr in the American Civil Rights movement. A sit-in can be effective even when it is broken up because the authorities are seen to meet non-violence with violence.
At the first Committee of 100 sit-in in February 1961 4000 protesters sat down outside the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall; in September of the same year 1300 were arrested in Trafalgar Square and 350 at an American nuclear submarines base at Holy Loch in Scotland
Civil disobedience has also been used to find out and expose information concealed or suppressed by government. Spies for Peace was a group of Committee of 100 members who felt that sit-downs were not having sufficient impact on the government's weapons policies. They advocated infiltration, broke into military bases and sought out unknown and secret government information.
The group first exposed detailed government's policies for the country in event of nuclear war. In March 1963 Spies for Peace broke into a secret government headquarters, the Regional Seat of Government Number 6 (RSG-6), to photograph and copy as many documents as they could find. They then distributed 4000 leaflets, which explained what they had found, to the national press, politicians and peace movement activists. A few days after the leaflets had been posted protesters were demonstrating at the site of RSG-6 and the activities of the Spies for Peace made front page news.


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"Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of those Philadelphia treasures you might never know about were it not for artists in search of great spaces. [...] The piece begins with the sound of Christopher Brooks's violin spectacularly reverberating off the domed ceilings. [...] five women dancers caked in white clay and wearing corseted muslin bodices progress through the three adjoining rotundas that were Girard College's first classrooms. Tori Lawrence's choreography, replete with fine articulations and carefully placed tableaux, often resembles a slow-moving sculpture as much as a dance. [...] One breakout moment recalls The Rite of Spring, both in pianist Patrick Fink's rhythms and in the hunkered-down group stomps. [...] Memory, decay, and slow-moving time are rich elements of Awakened Ruins."
--Lisa Kraus, The Philadelphia Inquirer
venue: Founder's Hall at Girard College (Philadelphia, 2011)
choreographer/director: Tori Lawrence
dancers/collaborators: Emily Herchenroether, Christina Knipp, Tori Lawrence, Ashley Lippolis, Pamela Vail
musicians: Christopher Brooks (violin), Patrick Fink (piano), Vicki Brown
costume design: Tori Lawrence & Virginia West
photographer: Craig Harris
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Playwright Arlene Hutton, whose play Letters to Sala will be presented Feb. 11-19 at Annie Russell Theatre, is at Rollins this week in preparation for that production.
She'll talk about her play, and about the process of adapting a work from the page to the stage, at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at Annie Russell Theatre. Hutton is here as part of a series sponsored by the Winter Park Institute, which will look at women in the Holocaust.


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Thomas Cook is running a World Cup promo for South Africa-bound football fans on pre-paid Sim cards, courtesy of a partnership with GO-SIM.
Buy a £20 Sim card and get £10 worth of airtime. Calls after that are 38p a minute and texts are 10p. Incoming calls from most places are free.
This works out at 80 per cent cheaper than say, Orange's international roaming tariff, according to Mobile Choice.
Even so, £20 doesn't sound like it would last so very long, especially in the unlikely event that England progresses beyond the quarter final - or even into the second stage. And £20 will soon dry up you want to sneak the occasional peek at your email - GPRS data in South Africa costs 95p per 100kb.
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University education isn't purely about attending the best university. Get to know the local geography and travel the world.
That would be pretty sweet if I could ease my parents into the idea of me being overseas. Girls like foreigners right?
Oh! Imperial owns the entire row now, so it's no longer just a guest house. It has been converted into the new Imperial Sport Centre which opened early this year. LOL. We are the only university in London that offers free-of-charge use to students and staff. Facilities include a climbing wall, exercise studio, 25m deck-level swimming pool, sauna/steam room and spa, 5 badminton court, a Sports hall, Fitness Gym, three squash courts, 2 indoor basket ball court, Sports Injury treatment rooms, Massage Capsule and Spacious reception area with cafe barI go for sauna and steam every 2 days, and swim once a week (as an attempt to slim down). LOL.
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No Room For Bay Area Activist In Democratic Party's Big Tent
BOSTON—Global Exchange executive director and Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin was forcibly removed from the floor of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Tuesday night after unfurling a "Code Pink, End the Occupation of Iraq" banner right within several feet of the 502-member California delegation. In the end, it took three Boston police officers and eight plain-clothes security people to remove Benjamin. Three reporters with notebooks and a television camera were near her when the incident occurred a few minutes after 10 p.m. Tuesday. -more-


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October 30, 2013
"And he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' So they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household'" – Acts 16:30-31
The Philippian jailor asked the most important question of all time. This man had guarded the cell and heard Paul and Silas "praying and singing hymns" along with all of the prisoners (Acts 16:25). Without doubt, the Holy Spirit had convicted this man that he was a sinner in need of a place of refuge from the wrath of God. In despair, he asked Paul and Silas, "what must I do to be saved?" His concern certainly was not for his physical life. Paul and Silas gave him an answer that would have put his physical life at jeopardy, as it had theirs. His concern was a spiritual one. He desired to be saved from his sins. Simply, they responded, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved…". The question of the ages was answered with a simple answer.
The answer to this question certainly varies from person to person and congregation to congregation these days. Some may say, "this man was already saved". Yet, this man clearly realized he was "dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1). He desired to be delivered from his sins and the penalty of them. Some may say, "Belief is not enough for even the devil and his angels believe". But oh, Jesus didn't die for angels. He died for humans. He is our Kinsman Redeemer. And furthermore, this Scripture clearly says otherwise – "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved". There is no place for doubt. "You will be saved".
Jesus said as much when talking with Nicodemus. He said, "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John 3:18). Simply, the believer is saved and the unbeliever is lost. This simple truth can never be contracted by deeper "truths". If it is, our deeper "truths" are wrong. As in math, 2+2=4 no matter how deep the math may go. So, no matter how deep the doctrine may be, the simple truths in God's Word always remain true. The believer is saved…the unbeliever is condemned.
Why is the unbeliever condemned? Simply, he refuses God's "door" by which the sheep must enter. Jesus said, "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture" (John 10 9). God's gift to mankind is salvation through the finished work of Christ on the cross. He is the door into fellowship with God. And yet, man in his natural state constantly shakes his fist at God and His way and strives to get to Heaven some other route. Man naturally seeks to find God through the broad way that "leads to destruction" (Matthew 7:13). But, Paul and Silas pointed this man to the "narrow gate" which most refuse to enter. In fact, Jesus said "there are few who find…the way which leads to life"(Matthew 7:14).
Child of God, this world is full of condemned souls that refuse God's Way. Men are striving to find harmony with God in every way except through God's prescribed manner. Works and ceremonial religion are man's natural inclinations. Yet, God's Way is simple – "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved". Oh, that we will not corrupt "the simplicity that is in Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:3).
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GLAAD Amplifier Awards – October 4, 2011
Formerly called the GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising, The GLAAD Amplifier Awards feature and spotlight individuals and campaigns in advertising and marketing for positive representations of the LGBT community. Recipients this year include Google Chrome's "The Web is What You Make of It: It Gets Better Project," Absolut Vodka's "Cocktail Cabaret" campaign, and American Airlines' outdoor "Beach Towel" advertisements.
Among the ladies who walked the red carpet were two time Tony Award winning actress Christine Ebersole, out reality show star Tabatha Coffey, and Sonja Morgan.
Broadway star and The Voice contestant Frenchie Davis channeled the power of her pipes to close the awards show. The full list of awards recipients is here.
Ally Sheedy hosts benefit for the Ali Forney Center, October 6, 2011
The Ali Forney Center, an organization that benefits homeless LGBT youth, was founded in June of 2002 in memory of murdered youth, Ali Forney. Forney, a gay teen, was forced to live on the New York streets in the 1990s. He aggressively lobbied the NYPD to investigate a series of unsolved murders of several of the homeless gay youth he had befriended. Sadly, in December of 1997, Forney himself was found murdered in Harlem. His murder was never solved.
On October 6, the Second Annual Dinner to benefit the Ali Forney Center was held at Studio 450 in Manhattan. Actress Ally Sheedy, known for her roles in critically acclaimed film High Art and several popular 80's films such as The Breakfast Club, hosted the event. Sheedy has become an avid supporter of LGBT initiatives in the past two years. Her 17-year-old daughter Rebecca is an out lesbian, and she has said that the reason she supports organizations such as the the Ali Forney Center is because she feels "a personal pull."
To find out more about how you can help get LGBT youth off the streets and other unsafe environments into safe shelters, please visit the Ali Forney Center website.


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It's Durga Pujo season! And it's also Ameya's first pujo. So as I was getting everything ready to take for the pujo, I decided to make sweets at home rather than buying from the Indian store.
I wanted to make Indian sweets using dates and came across this recipe at Red Chillies. I tweaked it a little bit to make date and almond peda. I had help from my mom as we were trying this recipe.
Here is how I made it:
20 dates
1/2 cup milk
2 tbspoon ghee
400g condensed milk
2 tbspoon almond powder
chopped almonds for garnish
Chop dates and cook it with 1/2 cup milk on low heat till it all melts together. Cool it and grind it in a mixer.
Heat a pan and melt the ghee. Then add the date mix and condensed milk. Then add the almond powder and cook it on low heat till the mix comes together and leaves the sides.
Cool it and then make small balls, flatten them and put a almond sliver in the middle. You can cool it for a few hours in the fridge and the serve.


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BRYAN, Tex. (KBTX)- What was supposed to be a fun day selling limeades turned into a medical emergency for Katherine Thompson's 7-year-old son, Bently.
The next day, he woke up with completely red hands.
Thompson said at first, they thought her son's hands were just sunburned.
"Then he had a blister on one of his knuckles, so we knew it was something more than that," Thompson said to KBTX.
The family took Bently to three doctors until they found out he had phytophotodermatitis, a skin reaction to a chemical in lime juice that can cause blisters and burns when exposed to the sun.
"They told us he had second-degree burns on his hands, and they wrapped each of his fingers up individually," says Thompson.
She describes the experience as shocking and very traumatic for their son.
"They told us that if he didn't continue to use his hands and if we hadn't gone to the hospital and had them wrap it up and fix everything there could have been some really bad scarring that could've limited his finger movements and his hand movements," Thompson said.
Now, Bently's hands are completely wrapped in gauze, allowing limited movement and making everyday tasks more difficult.
Thompson said her son will make a full recovery, but warns others to be aware, so they don't fall victim to the same kind of situation.
"We just want to educate people because we would hate to see other kids who do Lemonade Day have something like this happen to them," Thompson said.
Doctors say there are no real warning signs if you have this skin condition, but people with more fair skin are at a higher risk.
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HOUSTON — What do Brett Favre, Priest Holmes and Tom Brady have in common? Aside from being National Football League (NFL) players and role models to millions of children, they've all sported their upper lips with the good-for-you white stuff — milk.
For decades, the American Dairy Association/National Dairy Council (ADA/NDC) has teamed with individual NFL players and coaches to communicate with kids about the benefits of good nutrition and physical activity. Announced at a press conference during Super Bowl week, the ADA/NDC is formalizing that relationship with a four-year sponsorship of the NFL.
The ADA/NDC plans to fully leverage the NFL sponsorship through its multimillion-dollar integrated marketing communications program that includes retail promotions, advertising, public relations, and a national school program with the NFL.
The sponsorship rights include Super Bowl presence, use of league marks, partnerships with team leagues locally and use of player images.
This year, the dairy industry and the NFL will roll out a nationwide school program dedicated to showing kids ages six to 14 how good nutrition and physical activity play a role in their growth and development. The program will highlight the health benefits of eating dairy products as part of a balanced diet and provide tips for being more physically active. These health messages will be delivered via cafeteria promotions and a nutrition education newsletter provided to school staff.


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On New Year's Eve, President Obama signed into law a bill that eliminates one of the fundamental protections of the U.S. Constitution:
The right for people not to be detained indefinitely by the government without being formally convicted of crimes.
This erosion of the Constitution, which came in the form of new language in the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), allows the government to hold anyone suspected of being associated with terrorism indefinitely, without any form of due process.
No indictment.
No judge or jury.
No evidence.
No trial.
Just an indefinite jail sentence.
In other words:
If someone in the government suspects that you're somehow associated with terrorism, you can be jailed indefinitely in a military prison.
Defenders of this language — including Senators John McCain (R) and Carl Lavin (D), who sponsored it — position it as being tough on terrorism.
And that's fine: Everyone wants to be tough on terrorism.
There are ways of being tough on terrorism that preserve basic rights. Unfortunately, this isn't one of them.
If the government and military never made mistakes--if they never suspected people of being associated with terrorism who aren't actually associated with terrorism--then this language wouldn't be so scary.
But, like anyone else, governments and armed-forces personnel do make mistakes.
So removing the intelligent and reasonable requirement that government suspicions be subjected to due process is frightening.
Of course, in signing the bill, President Obama promised that he would never use it to detain Americans.
While that's comforting, other Presidents may not feel compelled to honor that promise. And human-rights activists who don't believe that basic human rights apply only to American citizens are justifiably upset that America can now detain anyone indefinitely without due process.
(And, by the way, the common pushback that the bill cannot be used to detain Americans is a crock. The bill clearly states that Americans are not "required" to be detained indefinitely. Not being "required" to do something, and "preventing" something are quite different.)
To be clear: This bill isn't just tough on terrorism. It overturns a key part of the Constitution. And it presumes that those who serve in the government and military are always omniscient and perfect and will always use their power for the good of all citizens.
And that presumption, as everyone who has ever watched our government in action knows, is laughable.
Will America be transformed into a brutal police-state by this one bill? Probably not. But the constitutional protections and other checks-and-balances that separate democracies from authoritarian states are rarely eliminated in one fell swoop.
Rather, theses protections are eliminated gradually, by governments and rulers who incrementally grant themselves ever more power.
Taken individually, each incremental change may seem well-meaning and justifiable.
But, gradually, the checks-and-balances that form the basis of a fair society are eliminated.
In signing the NDAA bill, President Obama was presumably yielding to political expediency. The bill, after all, had military funding attached.
But that's no excuse.
The Presidential veto is supposed to function as a critical check-and-balance in our system, to be invoked when Congress collectively goes insane.
And this is one bill that Obama should have vetoed.
SEE ALSO: This Is The Section Of The NDAA That Is Freaking People Out


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2012 proved to be a lost cause for the Phillies. Subpar power, relief pitching and injuries led to the down season, and it'll be a longer offseason than fans are used to. The offseason always gives fans an opportunity to discuss what needs to be done to improve the team, and those solutions will come [More…]
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This year's annual Financial Planning Association conference, FPA Experience 2013, will be both traditional and modern, in various ways.
Kicking off Friday with preconference sessions presented by the Kinder Institute and Pride Planners that run into Saturday's formal opening of the conference in Orlando, there will be 1,600 preregistered attendees, FPA CEO Lauren Schadle said in an interview, though she expects more walk-ins. In addition, there will be participants from 20 countries, including Japan, Australia, the U.K. and India, in what the Schadle calls the "annual gathering of the financial planning community."
Helping out and networking at the conference, which ends on Monday afternoon, will be some 80 university students in financial planning study programs (there's at least one social gathering designed to introduce those students to potential employers), some of whom will be participating in the conference's Financial Planning Challenge.
In addition to the standard general conference sessions with speakers like author Daniel Pink, Harvard Business School professor and psycholoigist Laura Cuddy and economist Tyler Cowen, whom Schadle said will deliver "a mix of business strategy and the human behavioral side," there will be some new offerings this year.
One is the FPA Virtual Experience, which in addition to streaming some live sessions will also archive some 40 sessions for the next three months (with some 30 CE credits available). Schadle said FPA expects "hundreds more" advisors to interact with the Virtual Experience.
Another wrinkle in the conference of the "national member association for CFP professionals" is a track designed to bring together academic researchers and attendees. Sponsored by the Journal of Financial Planning, several research papers in progress will be presented to attendees, whose practical experience is designed to help the authors sharpen their research focus.
So what's the value of a national conference when many FPA chapters and regions present their own conferences? Schadle said that while FPA national was "very proud of the large chapter network," and that the national organization "always looks for ways to support them," that FPA Experience could present "some speakers you can't get locally" and that "one annual conference for the financial planning profession is very much needed."
She also noted that the day-and-a-half Pride Planners preconference meeting, which will focus on educating advisors about the challenging issues faced by the LGBT community, was an example of the national organization "providing access to cutting-edge" content for its members; a majority of those sessions will also be archived, she said.
Networking among advisors outside of the planned sessions is always an important component of FPA Experience — "in the corridors many of the juicy conversations happen," Schadle admitted. But she also mentioned that there would be a number of interactive "Meet the Pro" sessions during the conference, featuring the likes of Michael Kitces, the advisor polymath, and Carolyn McClanahan, who in addition to being a CFP certificant is also a medical doctor who likely will talk about health care planning.
Schadle concluded: "We're trying to be that community space," where such important conversations about topics important to advisors happen.
Look for continuing coverage in the form of news articles, blogs and social media updates on ThinkAdvisor's FPA Experience home page.


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The Library is open during the whole school day, plus for sessions before and after school on most days.
Students are welcome to use the Library in any of their free time, and the Library is a relaxed hive of activity at break and lunchtimes, with pupils reading, browsing and borrowing books, completing homework, chatting over magazines or games of chess, battleships or even jenga.
During lesson times, groups of students use the library for research, project work, reader development, and sixth formers frequently use the library for quiet work in their study periods.
Before and after school the library is for quiet working, homework completion and book borrowing.
The HOMEWORK CLUB – offering friendly help with homework – also runs in the library Tuesday – Friday after school for an hour.
Library Opening times:
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Friday 8.00am – 3.00pm
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Borrowing books:
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- Book Club members are allowed to borrow extra ones.
- Books must be taken to the library counter to be borrowed and returned.
- Books are loaned out for a period of 3 weeks.
- Students can reserve books that are out on loan.
- A book can be renewed to give a student longer to finish it, provided another student is not waiting to borrow it.
- Books can be renewed once online, then need to be brought back to the library counter for any further renewals.


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Anderson has been building his arm strength with the Surprise Royals of the rookie-class Arizona Summer League. Sharp said Anderson, who hasn't allowed a run in four innings, is throwing his fastball in the low 90s and also features a slider and changeup.
"Once we get through the (soreness) — which we hope will be this week — we'll start moving him up to different affiliates and see how he progresses," said Sharp, who expects Anderson to pitch in another game for Surprise either today or Tuesday.
July 19, 2010
Brian Anderson update
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