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IR400 Point IR Gas Detector
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The IR400 Infrared (IR) Point Detector is a hydrocarbon gas detector that continuously monitors combustible gases and vapors within the lower explosive limit (LEL) and provides alarm indication. It features an industry-leading response time of ≤ 3 seconds, even with a splash guard installed. All electronics are contained within an explosion-proof housing so that the IR400's detector information can be processed locally. Configurations with analog output, Modbus and HART are also available.
SUPREMATouch Controller
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The SUPREMATouch features a large colour touchscreen display with a title-based menu structure to optimize intuitive operation. It can be used with a wide range of detectors for combustible gas, toxic gas and oxygen deficiency. Output options include relays and 4-20 mA outputs. Remote racks can be connected (satellite structure), which expands control systems and reduces cabling costs. Interfacing to external systems is provided by using Modbus or Profibus. The SUPREMATouch has been certified according to ATEX and is suitable for virtually any safety related application including redundant systems with up to a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 rating (EN 61508). The intuitive SUPREMA Manager Software is intended for configuration, parameterization and calibration of the SUPREMATouch Fire and Gas Controller. It offers the option to create detailed and clearly laid out reports to support documentation and supports all the features of the SUPREMATouch. Note: This is a custom product. Please consult your local MSA distributor or contact MSA Customer Service for configuration details.
ULTIMA® X5000 Gas Monitor
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The ULTIMA® X5000 Gas Monitor is the future of gas detection for oxygen, toxic and combustible gases. MSA XCell® gas sensors with TruCal® technology offer calibration cycles up to 18 months (local calibration respected). The gas transmitter's advanced, multi-lingual OLED display is easy to read and the unique touch-screen interface makes it simple to navigate.
HazardWatch Fire and Gas System
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An innovative, modular system that combines highly reliable programmable logic controller (PLC) technology with our advanced gas and flame field devices. It is highly scalable, making it suitable for small systems to large plant-wide applications. Offering intelligence, flexibility and reliability, the HazardWatch System's controller hardware configuration and software has been tested by Factory Mutual to verify NFPA 72 compliance.
Chillgard® 5000 Refrigerant Leak Monitor
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The Chillgard 5000 Refrigerant Leak Monitor provides the earliest level of detection of costly refrigerant gas leaks in mechanical equipment rooms. Sampling system with patented photoacoustic infrared (PAIR) technology detects leaks as low as 1 part per million (ppm). Intuitive, touchscreen user interface makes it easy to operate. Predictive maintenance and diagnostics keep you operational.
FL4000H Multi-spectrum IR Flame Detector
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The FL4000H is an advanced multi-spectrum infrared (MSIR) flame detector that provides superior false alarm immunity with the widest field of view. The FL4000H employs a multi-spectral optical IR sensing array with a sophisticated Neural Network Technology (NNT) system to reliably discriminate between actual flames and the vast majority of false alarm sources. The FL4000H detects typical fires such as alcohol, n-heptane, gasoline, jet fuels and hydrocarbons. It can also see through dense smoke produced by diesel, rubber, plastics and lube oil fires.
GasGard® XL Controller
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Monitor up to eight remote gas sensors with the highly accurate wall-mounted GasGard XL Controller. The controller's large, multi-language LCD display provides real-time readings, offers full-system diagnosis and shows intuitive icons. Housed in durable, fire-retardant ABS plastic, the controller is suitable for a variety of chemical, industrial and waste water environments. The sensor also features a buzzer that sounds up to 85 dB.
FL500-H2 UV/IR Flame Detector for Hydrogen Applications
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The FL500-H2 is an Ultraviolet / Infrared flame detector designed specifically to detect hydrogen (H2) fires. The FL500-H2 optical flame detector monitors for radiation emitted by a hydrogen flame in both the ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) spectral ranges. This UV/IR combination provides a fast response time and increased false alarm immunity against sources of radiation for reliable protection.
FL500 UV/IR Flame Detector
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The FL500 UV/IR Flame Detector monitors for radiation emitted by a flame in both the ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) spectral ranges. This UV/IR combination provides a fast response time and increased false alarm immunity against sources of radiation for reliable protection.
Quad Gas® II Controller
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Housed in a rugged, NEMA 4X enclosure, this microprocessor-based system links with up to four remote gas sensors. The large, four-digit LED display shows gas concentration and features four warning relays with one per sensor. The model also comes with four discrete alarm relays. Warning, alarm set-points and full-scale range of the sensor are set at the user-friendly keyboard, while a DC battery connection provides backup stability.


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Tue, 20 July 2010
Much of the content of Deconstructing Dinner revolves primarily around the practice of agriculture; from examining the downsides and challenges of current agricultural systems to the opportunities and alternatives to those challenges. However, most of those alternatives that we examine are 'agri'cultural alternatives, and so from time to time it's important to step back and deconstruct that very focus... asking the question; "Are 'agri'cultural alternatives an adequate response if they're rooted within that same 'agri'cultural box"? On past episodes when this question has been raised, we've often arrived at the subject of permaculture - creating systems that mimic natural ecosystems while providing for human needs.
One of the outspoken voices advocating for permacultural systems in North America is Toby Hemenway - the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture (Chelsea Green, 2009). On this episode we listen to a talk Toby delivered in February 2010 when he suggested that 'sustainable agriculture' might very well be a misnomer. He reflected on the rise and fall of past civilizations that help answer the question... "how 'sustainable' is agriculture?"
Toby Hemenway, author, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Portland, OR) - Toby Hemenway is the author of the first major North American book on permaculture, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. He's an adjunct professor at Portland State University and a Scholar in Residence at Pacific University. Toby and his wife spent 10 years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. He was associate editor of Permaculture Activist between 1999 and 2004 and he now works on developing urban sustainability resources in Portland.
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It's product review time again! Yes - a couple of days a week I'll be sharing product reviews (unsolicited by brands and unpaid) of something many folks out there are probably eating right now - frozen lunch entrees!
I got a bit of criticism for these I'm soldiering ahead. While I agree that making food at home and packing leftovers is a better tasting/healthy option - it just doesn't fit into my life schedule so well right now. Hopefully life and work will calm down a bit - but in the mean time - I'm still rocking my frozen lunches 2-3 days/week!
Today's choice was Healthy Choice and one of their Top Chef entrees - Chicken Margherita with Balsamic. I'm a sucker for anything Top Chef so I gave this one a whirl and I have to say - it is VERY different!
Some folks have emailed me about the sodium level in these - this one has 600 mg of sodium which is 25% of your daily allowance. Not really sure if that's good or bad - but I'm going to take note of this going forward.
This is also one of their Cafe Steamer line - the food is heated in two separate compartments with the sauce on the bottom and the rest on top. Once you're done heating you just empty the top container into the sauce on the bottom.
Then stir!
Here are my notes:
- Flavor - No salt needed on this one! The balsamic sauce really has a ton of flavor (and smells good in the office).
- Meat - Chicken is pretty good for texture - a little processed in texture but again - fairly realistic. Very comparable to the pre-cooked salad chicken strips you might purchase.
- Time - directions say 3.5-4.5 minutes - I cooked it for 4 and it was perfect
- Cooking - Excellent - no issues!
- Cost - $2.75 no coupons this week :-(
- Nutrition - 320 calories, 8 grams fat, 600 mg sodium
- Allergens - wheat, egg, soy
- Fullness Factor - today I have a meeting so no side item, other than the giant Red Bull my husband bought me for my jam-packed meeting day today. Hopefully the combo tides me over until 3pm at least!
Today's was probably my favorite of the frozen meals that I've had lately. It doesn't overcook and the flavor is very light and fresh tasting - which is pretty unique knowing it's frozen! Yeah to Healthy Choice!
I also decided to find a new "thumbs up" image - the creepier the better I say. I have no idea why this was taken - but it made me laugh!
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In honor of my genealogy blog brothers and sisters, I'll celebrate Tombstone Tuesday. Here's an image of the gravestone of Thomas H. Kemble, his wife Hannah (Pease) Kemble and their young son, Thomas. They are buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. All three died of consumption at the home of Hannah's father, Capt. Levi Pease, within the course of a year. Thomas H. and Hannah had one other child that we know of, Abigail, who only lived to be 21. She did not marry, and also died from consumption.
Erected in Memory of
Mr Thomas H Kemble
who died March 4th 1800, Aet 28
Mrs. Hannah Kemble
his wife died May 6, 1800
Thomas Kemble
son of Mr Thomas H & Mrs Hannah
Kemble died April 4th 1799
This is some lovely tombstone artwork, not primitive in design, and on a good-sized stone. The three urns represent the young family: two larger ones and a small one. In this time period, the first half of the 19th century, there was a heightened interest in and awareness of the ancient world. The United States was a new republic, and references to ancient Greece and Rome were plentiful. The urn represents the soul. The willow, sorrow.
I am going to portray Hannah Kemble in a Cemetery Tour next week. I get two or three minutes to talk about her life (and early death).


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Amazon Prime has never been better than Netflix, but it has steadily improved over the past year in the wake of Netflix's nonsense. And when you consider it's part of an $80 bundle that includes free Amazon shipping, the service becomes all the more attractive.
Today, Amazon Prime announced a new deal with Warner Bros. to bring even more TV shows (including one of my favorites, The West Wing), to the service. So here's the question: is Amazon Prime good enough of an alternative to make you stay away from Qwikster's streaming sibling?


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Michael Gregg Wilson, OBE (born January 21, 1942) is the producer and screenwriter of many modern James Bond movies.
Wilson was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dana (née Natol) and actor Lewis Wilson. He is the stepson of the late James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli and half brother to current James Bond co-producer, Barbara Broccoli. Wilson graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1963 as an electrical engineer. He later studied law at Stanford. After graduating, Wilson worked for the United States government and later a firm located in Washington D.C. that specialized in international law.
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's New Years Honours 2008, alongside Barbara Broccoli.


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What is the "Sport of Kings?" If you do a Google search on the phrase you'll find:
Horse racing (the most common search result),
Medieval jousting,
Pigeon racing,
Fencing, and
Many references to some rock band that is completely unknown to me.
They are ALL WRONG. The real sport of Kings is picking a Music Director for an orchestra! In the early history of orchestras, the court composer was also the conductor. Haydn worked his entire life for one royal family. He was one of the most important employees of the court and was certainly hand-picked by the head of that royal family. Mozart desperately tried to get a court appointment with the Emperor in Vienna, but failed to win at this sport.
Picking a Music Director in America is a much more democratic process. It's led by a committee of Symphony musicians, Board members, community leaders and staff. It involves analyzing countless audience and musician surveys. Many social events are planned where patrons interact with candidates, and the committee observes the conductor's ability to represent the orchestra. Our job description requires the Music Director to "possess a high level of artistry and musicianship and uncompromising musical standards that will result in the orchestra's optimal performance." It also expects the Music Director to develop community and donor support and be a strategic leader and ambassador in building relationships throughout the community.
The search is a long process and, as planned, is in the third year and final stages. A decision will come during this season. During the next month, there is a slight break in the process as we spend the Holiday season producing concerts without candidates. The Chair of the Search Committee is also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the San Antonio Symphony–Denny Ware. I sat down with Denny and asked him how the search was proceeding.
In the next month, the San Antonio Symphony is performing The Nutcracker (presented by Arts San Antonio) from November 27 to December 6, our annual Holiday Pops on December 18 & 19, the Family Holiday concert on Sunday, December 20 and Handel's Messiah. Our Messiah performances are:
December 4, 5 & 6, 2009
Ken-David Masur, conductor
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers
University United Methodist Church Choir (UUMC performance only)
Linda Poetschke, soprano
Susan Olson, alto
Derek Chester, tenor
Chia-Wei Lee, bass-baritone
Friday, December 4 performance at 8 pm at University United Methodist Church
Saturday, December 5 performance at 8 pm at Coker Methodist Church
Sunday, December 6 performance at 3 pm at Steele Auditorium in Cibolo
For tickets call (210) 554-1010 or visit www.sasymphony.org.
For tickets to The Nutcracker call (210) 226-2891 or visit http://www.artssanantonio.com/.
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No explanation of who Adam Lanza was, what influences shaped him, what resentments drove him or what psychiatric diagnoses fit him will ever satisfactorily explain why he shot 27 children and women.
The FBI and others have profiled shooters. These profiles provide some common denominators, telling us something about who — but little about why. The "why" may lie in mass shooters' inability to connect to others.
The profiles say that shooters are almost always men, mostly young. They are very angry, usually about some injustice they believe they have suffered. They hold these grievances dear, so dear they have been called "grievance collectors." They incubate their resentment in a festering stew of self-righteous indignation until that stew explodes in a spasm of violence.
They are loners, awkward and socially unskilled, lacking the capacity to engage with others in the more productive ways that healthier people use to work their grievances out. They are paranoid and blaming, projecting their anger and resentments outward onto others.
Through a fantastic twist of thinking, they seem to believe that through their massive acts of destruction the world will come to appreciate how deeply wronged, injured and alienated they were. At the very least, they will leave their mark on a world that was otherwise unlikely to even notice them.
Many have qualified for the diagnosis of a severe mental illness, but even more have not.
Of course, they are also suicidal. These are almost all acts of suicide with intentionally massive collateral damage.
I suggest that other neglected elements in the profile are the interconnected concepts of "theory of mind" and mentalization. "Theory of mind" refers to the ability to imagine (theorize) and appreciate the mental states of others. Mentalization is the actual thought process through which we experience others as having thoughts and feelings that are separate from our own.
Theory of mind and mentalization are what allow us to experience others as real human beings with passions and sorrows, dreams and disappointments, and to empathize. These capacities shape our attachments, forge our connectedness and bind us together. They are the glue of the group, the building blocks of community. Without them, we see others as less real.
In the absence of theory of mind, we have solipsism, a stance that argues that our own thoughts and feelings are the only things that are real. In this extreme, others are merely the cardboard props that support our needs. They can be discarded at will. Without mentalization and empathy, we are morally disinhibited. The less real the life of another, the easier it is to take.
We can only speculate about the influences that shape the disconnected among us. There may well be some heritable genetic predisposition to mentalize and empathize. Undoubtedly that predisposition is enhanced by positive experience and diminished by trauma and neglect. The objectification of others in violent video games and movies, the social isolation and diminution of face-to-face time in our Internet and social media-driven world, and shortened attention spans and expectations of instant gratification may all play a role.
This is all speculation. For every paranoid, grievance-collecting loner who has spent an isolated youth lost on the Internet or in video games and who is capable of mass murder, there are thousands who could never pick up a gun.
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Perhaps it is the sense of connectedness born of the capacity to mentalize and empathize with others that distinguishes those who might shoot from those who could not. The good news here is that we have workable hypotheses about how some people come to mentalize well while others do not.
Connectedness to others is something we can observe. The capacity to mentalize and empathize is something we can measure. We can encourage this capacity and even teach it, starting early in life.
Adam Lanza saw those terrified children and adults before him as mere cardboard targets for his rage. If he had been able to see them as real people with their own hopes and dreams, would he have been able to pull the trigger?
Harold I. (Hank) Schwartz, M.D., is psychiatrist-in-chief and vice president of behavioral health at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital.


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The best way to find out more is to come to one of our monthly Volunteer Induction nights. They're held on the first Tuesday of every month but RSVP'ing is a must! Just email email@example.com if you're interested.
We also very much welcome new folks to our weekly meetings. Meetings are at 6pm Wednesday, upstairs at Friends of the Earth (312 Smith Street, Collingwood). They are open to anyone who wants a fossil fuel free Victoria.
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Here are the 1980s highlights for Marvel's April 2013 releases:
Written by BILL MANTLO
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, ALAN KUPPERBERG, BRET BLEVINS & MIKE MIGNOLA
Banished to the mysterious and dangerous Crossroads by Dr. Strange, the Hulk fights his way back from the edge of insanity; battles the U-Foes, the N'Garai, Klaatu, the Puffball Collective and more; fights alongside newfound friends like the Lady of Life in the City of Death; and comes face to face with three aspects of his own shattered psyche as Bruce Banner struggles to reassert control over his savage alter ego and come to terms with his haunted past! Plus: The story of Banner's birth, and how his tragic childhood shaped the monster within, is revealed! And longtime INCREDIBLE HULK artist Sal Buscema wraps up his decade-long run! The Jade Giant is truly at the crossroads of his life! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #301-313 and ANNUAL #13, and ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) #29. 384 PGS./Rated T ...$39.99
Written by BILL MANTLO, JIM SHOOTER, STEVEN GRANT, ROGER STERN & DAVID MICHELINIE
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, ARVELL JONES, SAL BUSCEMA, GEORGE PÉREZ & DON NEWTON
It's a cornucopia of classic Avengers action as Earth's Mightiest Heroes travel to Russia to face the Elements of Doom, and then battle the WWII-era Arsenal robot and learn its shocking ties to Iron Man's family! Meanwhile, an out-of-work Hawkeye takes a security job and clashes with the vicious alien princess Deathbird! Plus: The Avengers are called before Congress, battle the stone-faced Grey Gargoyle, face the new Inferno and deal with the meddling machinations of government liaison Henry Peter Gyrich! But when the team investigates a cry for help from a mental hospital, they discover a deadly new foe: Who is the terrible Taskmaster? And how can the Avengers hope to stop him when he can match every single fighting move they have to offer? Time to get creative! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #188-196 and ANNUAL #9. 216 PGS./Rated T ...$24.99
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS, PETER B. GILLIS & ANN NOCENTI
Penciled by ALAN KUPPERBERG, SAL BUSCEMA, DON PERLIN & MIKE ZECK
The age of the New Defenders begins here! The Beast assembles the infamous "non-team" into a real super-group featuring members both old and new — from Gargoyle and Valkyrie to fellow ex-X-Men Iceman and Angel — and now the newly focused heroes must face some of their greatest challenges! Can the Defenders, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. stop the Secret Empire's Professor Power before he takes revenge on Professor X — and starts World War III? Plus: Iceman takes on the villainous Void in a time-traveling existential adventure! Beast and Dazzler vs. Doctor Doom and a mutant fight club! The menace of Manslaughter! The power of Odin! The redemption of Moondragon! The attack of...Frog-Man and the Walrus?! And more! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #126-139, ICEMAN (1984) #1-4 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1984) #1-4. 528 PGS./Rated T ...$19.99
Written by ANN NOCENTI
Penciled by ARTHUR ADAMS
Meet Longshot. He's a man without a past who possesses an uncanny lucky streak...and he's on an existential quest through the Marvel Universe. But as Longshot deals with the quirkier aspects of American society, he must learn the secrets behind his enigmatic identity and accept his destiny as a hero. Along the way, he meets a crazed militiaman, demons from his mysterious otherworldly home, a daring stuntwoman named Ricochet Rita, ram-headed Quark, and Marvel heroes Spider-Man, She-Hulk, and Dr. Strange. As Longshot digs deeper, he rediscovers more about himself — and must come to terms with his past along the way. Because only Longshot and his friends can stop the media-addled Mojo from taking over Earth and remaking it in his own warped image. Collecting LONGSHOT #1-6.
208 PGS./Rated T ...$19.99
Written by LOUISE SIMONSON, PETER DAVID, ANN NOCENTI, MARK GRUENWALD & STEVE ENGLEHART
Penciled by WALTER SIMONSON, TODD MCFARLANE, JON BOGDANOVE, JOHN ROMITA JR., KIERON DWYER & KEITH POLLARD
The FALL OF THE MUTANTS continues as the members of X-Factor — the original X-Men — face tragedies of their own! Angel is dead, apparently by suicide. The Beast is slowly losing his amazing intellect. Iceman's powers are out of control. Cyclops and Marvel Girl don't know how to feel toward one another. And amid all this, a new generation of troubled mutant teens desperately needs help — especially when they're targeted by the villainous Right! And if that's not enough, X-Factor faces their deadliest challenge yet in Apocalypse and his Horsemen — including the new Archangel! Guest-starring Captain America, Daredevil, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four and Power Pack! Collecting X-FACTOR (1986) #18-26, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #336-337, POWER PACK (1984) #35, DAREDEVIL (1964) #252, CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #339 and FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #312.
400 PGS./Rated T ...$34.99
Written by MARK GRUENWALD
Penciled by BOB HALL, PAUL RYAN, JOHN BUSCEMA & PAUL NEARY
On an Earth much like our own, the world's greatest superhuman champions are confronted by a society in ruins. Faced with the possibility of a new dark age for mankind, they choose the only course available to them — and take control of the world's governments themselves! Now, they have one year in which to completely restructure human society. Can their plan succeed? Will a renegade member bring about their downfall? And what will happen when this Earth's mightiest heroes find themselves becoming instead its all-powerful, totalitarian overlords? Before Watchmen, before MARVELS, before Kingdom Come — there was Squadron Supreme, a deconstructionist parable of the super-hero paradigm in a real-world setting considered by many to be the late Mark Gruenwald's finest work. Collecting SQUADRON SUPREME (1985) #1-12 and CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #314. 352 PGS./Rated T ...$34.99
Friday, January 18, 2013
Marvel Comics' April 2013 Solicitations - 1980s Goodness
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Families shocked after St. Cloud cemetery buried bodies in wrong plots
16 families affected by dated grid system, director says
ST. CLOUD, Fla. – Sixteen families who have family members buried at Mount Peace Cemetery in St. Cloud got a shocking call saying their loved one was not buried in the correct plot.
Stephanie Holtkamp, Director of the St. Cloud Parks and Recreation Department said she believes the previous sexton, who took care of the grounds at Mt. Peace, made the mistake following a dated grid system.
Holtkamp said they realized the problem after digging up what they thought was an empty plot and discovering a casket 6 feet under.
Out of the 16 families affected, two of them wanted their loved ones dug up and moved to the correct plot of land so there would be more room for family members to be buried together.
Holtkamp said the city covered the costs of the work and the families were present when the move took place.
After 5 months of going over the plots of land and $7,000 worth of corrections, St Cloud came up with a new grid system with clear markers labeling the plot so there is no further confusion.
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ICC match referee Chris Broad has said there was no evidence to suggest that the condition of the ball had been changed by Australia during the Hobart Test, after Sri Lanka had expressed concerns over alleged tampering. Broad said the umpires had reviewed the video footage and will not lay charges.
"The umpires frequently inspect the ball during play, and did so again after they had reviewed the video footage in question on Sunday [third day]. They found no evidence to suggest that the condition of the ball had been changed," Broad said after Australia won the first Test by 137 runs. "During the tea interval on that day, I spoke with Australia coach Mickey Arthur and told him that the umpires will continue to inspect the cricket ball regularly, and monitor the actions of all players.
"I subsequently informed the Sri Lanka team management of my discussions with the Australia coach. In the opinion of the umpires, there was no evidence to suggest that the condition of the ball was changed, or that the video or photographic evidence would support a charge under the Code of Conduct, so they will not be laying any charges relating to these incidents."
Sri Lanka's team management had expressed concerns over footage it believed showed Peter Siddle tampering with the ball in their first innings.
They alleged that broadcast cameras might have captured Siddle using his fingernails to raise the seam of the ball in the 88th over of Sri Lanka's innings, while bowling to Prasanna Jayawardene. According to the team manager Charith Senanayake, their suspicions had been raised in the dressing room as they received the video-feed in real time, in the second session on day three. However, the visitors did not make an official complaint to the match referee.
"We have the footage with us," Senanayake had said. "We recorded the game and it's there for everybody to see. We saw something illegal and have reacted to that. I have spoken to the match referee informally. It's up to them to act now, but we will have to pursue it further if nothing happens."
Senanayake had also drawn attention to another incident much earlier in the innings. He alleged the team had noticed tampering soon after Dimuth Karunaratne's dismissal in the 10th over. "It didn't just happen in the 88th over, it also happened at the beginning of the innings when our first opener got out ... they were picking the seam," Senanayake told News Ltd. "I went straight into [Broad's] room when the match was over and asked him if he is watching the same game I am watching. [He] said, 'Yes, we have seen it' and I left it at that."
A Cricket Australia spokesman had declined to comment. "This is a matter for Sri Lanka and the ICC," he said.
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Whitman students, faculty and staff as well as many community members, gathered in the Young Ballroom in the Reid Campus Center at 7 pm on Monday night to hear Dr. Kate Shuster deliver a talk entitled "Why the Movement Matters: Learning from America's Civil Rights Struggles."
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Shuster's talk was part of the opening events for the third year of the Whitman Teaches the Movement program, and addressed the ways in which the current models for teaching Civil Rights history may be flawed. "We operate in schemas, or existing theories, and when we learn something new we either fit it into that schema, and if it doesn't fit we get uncomfortable," Shuster said in her talk. "We need that uncomfortability, because that's when real learning occurs."
According to a study done by Shuster and the Southern Poverty Law Center, 35% of states failed to teach the Civil Rights Movement to their school-age students in an adequate way. The study, called "The State of Civil Rights Education 2011," looked at state standards for teaching Civil Rights, and diagnosed whether they were giving students a substantial understanding of history during that time. Other findings included that states further away from the South had the lowest grades. Shuster attributes the pattern in part to the lack of a concentration of African Americans in the states west of the Mississippi River. States who received 'A' grades included Alabama, Florida and New York.
"Learning is bounded by the content that is available to us," she said. "The question, however, is not how do we study the Civil Rights Movement, but how should we study it."
Shuster suggests that state standards should strive to move beyond the master narrative, and instead examine that which has become hidden or overlooked.
"We tend to tell a redemptive narrative about white people," she said.
She also suggests a nationwide refusal to sanitize the past or teach the movement only in terms of absolutes: for example, instances of violence against Civil Rights activists and violence within the movement itself should not be removed from the history of Civil Rights.
She also believes that "[students] don't have the tools they need to understand today's inequalities."
Inspired by the news that Washington was one of the states given a failing grade in how they teach Civil Rights, Whitman's Student Engagement Center started the Whitman Teaches the Movement program in 2011. In partnership with Walla Walla Public Schools and the Southern Poverty Law Center, Whitman students will be teaching the history of the Civil Rights Movement to students from kindergarten to seniors in high school in the Walla Walla area. Students will be teaching in classrooms from Feb. 3-14.


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After noticing the blank look on my face in the women's shoe section of Nordstrom, adult film star Jesse Jane told me, "You look bored."
Lost, maybe. But not bored.
It was hard to space out while shopping with Jane (real name: Cindy Howell). She's energetic, talkative and attractive. And while her love for shoes didn't rub off on me Saturday afternoon, it was entertaining to see her get excited every time we walked into a store.
"I love shoes," said Jane, who was in town for the 10th annual Porn on the 4th event at Crobar.
Although she owns hundreds of shoes and already had an outfit picked out for her appearance, Jane felt she couldn't visit Chicago without shopping on Michigan Ave. Rich Taylor, her husband, sat patiently in the chairs provided by the department stores and gave feedback when asked for it.
"What did guys do before they had internet on phones?" said Taylor as he stared at the screen on his phone.
Jane and Taylor have been married four and a half years and live in Oklahoma City. They met through mutual friends when Taylor was an adult film star. She said people often make comments about their height difference since she is 5-foot-3 and he is 6-foot-9. According to Jane, fans are surprised by her height when they meet her.
"The comment I get the most is, 'You're a lot smaller in person,' " she said. "They also ask, 'Do you enjoy your job?' and 'Do you fake it?'
And then there are the more forward fans. Some ask when is she going to try a certain position. One offered to give her $3,000 if he could urinate on her.
"You have fans in this business who feel like they know you and have been intimate with you," Jane said. "Still, I have the best fans in the world."
The 28-year-old Fort Worth, Texas native said she made the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad in 2001 but had to back out because of a motorcycle accident. Jane went on to become one of the bigger names in the adult entertainment industry, starring in the popular "Pirates" series, which is loosely based on the Johnny Depp movies.
She also appeared on the cover of Drowning Pool's "Desensitized" album in 2004 and had cameos in "Starsky and Hutch" (2004) and HBO's "Entourage."
Jane travels often and doesn't like sitting in her hotel because she gets bored easily. She willl head home for two days on Monday and then visit North Carolina, Atlanta and Detroit, where she will be a back-up dancer for Kid Rock -- her ex-boyfriend ("We're still friends...he's a real sweetheart").
Jane said the constant traveling can get tiresome at times, but she feels fortunate to be in the position she is in.
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In Florida last month, 27-year-old Matthew Whitney Dykes allegedly tried to rob a credit union and lost control of his vehicle while fleeing from police. Fortunately for us, Davy Crockett, er, coonskin cap-wearing eyewitness/generally awesome dude Carter Johnson saw the whole thing and told his story to news cameras.
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The recent discovery of a well-preserved dissected head dating back to the 1200s has shown that the middle ages weren't as anti-science as many scholars would have us believe. While it looks pretty horrific, this mummified head was a medieval science project — a dissection that wasn't simply meant to be gawked at and tossed away. Given its remarkably well preserved state, scientists suspect that it was used for ongoing medical education.
Whoever preserved this head knew what they were doing. The veins and arteries are filled with a mixture of beeswax, lime and cinnabar mercury — compounds that preserved the body, while also giving the circulatory system some color (cinnabar mercury has a red tint).
Writing in LiveScience, Stephanie Pappas reports:
The gruesome specimen, now in a private collection, consists of a human head and shoulders with the top of the skull and brain removed. Rodent nibbles and insect larvae trails mar the face. The arteries are filled with a red "metal wax" compound that helped preserve the body.
The preparation of the specimen was surprisingly advanced. Radiocarbon dating puts the age of the body between A.D. 1200 and A.D.1280, an era once considered part of Europe's anti-scientific "Dark Ages." In fact, said study researcher Philippe Charlier, a physician and forensic scientist at University Hospital R. Poincare in France, the new specimen suggests surprising anatomical expertise during this time period.
"It's state-of-the-art," Charlier told LiveScience. "I suppose that the preparator did not do this just one time, but several times, to be so good at this."
Be sure to read Pappas's entire article, as she reviews the fascinating history of Medieval Era science and how it fared during this challenging period in human history.
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Night Line: Duke Looks Vulnerable Heading Into ACC PlayPosted by EJacoby on January 5th, 2012
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Over the past month, Duke had won five straight games and quietly risen to #3 in the AP Poll and #2 in the RPI without skipping a beat. But home victories over the likes of Western Michigan and UNC Greensboro won't make fans forget about the Devils' embarrassing 22-point loss at Ohio State earlier in the year, and it would take a strong road performance to erase those memories. Wednesday night showed the Blue Devils get thoroughly outplayed by unranked Temple in downtown Philadelphia, confirming the suspicion that Mike Krzyzewski's team could be vulnerable both defensively and on the road heading into conference play. Coach K will need to refine his rotation and strengthen his team's defensive intensity if they want to realistically compete with North Carolina for another ACC title.
Perhaps no team played as difficult a non-conference schedule as Duke, which would suggest that they are well prepared for their old familiar foes when conference play begins this weekend. The Blue Devils played Michigan State, Ohio State, Belmont, Michigan, Kansas, Davidson, Tennessee, and Washington as part of one of the most challenging schedules in the country. But Wednesday's game against Temple was just their second road game (although it was played on one of Villanova's two home courts, not Temple's), and they were dominated in both. At Ohio State on November 29, Duke allowed the Buckeyes to shoot 60% on two-pointers and 57% on threes, amounting to a horrendous 130.8 efficiency rating for the Buckeyes. On Wednesday night, Temple shot 58% on twos and 50% on threes for a 114.7 efficiency. Considering that Missouri's 126.5 offensive efficiency is the best in the country, it goes without saying that Duke is allowing its opponents to score way too easily in hostile environments.


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The big overhaul in DVD Studio Pro 3 is obvious from the moment you open it up. A new Graphical View provides a storyboard-like window that makes clear the links between menus, tracks, slideshows, stories, and scripts. The window is printable, facilitating the sharing of a project's architecture between authors, or between author and client.
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Apple has added spline-based morphing and warping tools in version 3.5 of the Shake effects compositing software. The company also is claiming improvements to Shake's Qmaster network render manager, which can now handle distributed rendering tasks for both Shake and Alias' Maya, letting effects artists spread their rendering tasks across a cluster of G5s or Xserve servers. Registered users of Shake 3 can upgrade immediately for $799, while new users will have to pony up $2,999, which includes unlimited render licenses. (It's also available for Linux and IRIX systems for $4,999.)
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The U-20 World Juniors Championship start today and the Jets have four players to watch. Matt Eichel wrote about them already here. Inside this article, we'll review some of the scouting reports written on this blog and elsewhere about those four and what to watch for.
Nic Petan, C, CAN
This young man stole my (hockey) heart back in September. His 120 points in his draft year are more than former 1st overall Ryan Nugent Hopkins, and I made an argument some time ago that his NHL equivalent season would go 17-27-44. His 1.7 point per game pace in his draft year has only improved to a rate of 2.1 this year.
After the Young Stars Tournament, I wrote:
His first game against San Jose was the best single-game performance of the tournament among skaters, but he was a force throughout. Controlled play in both ends, with and without the puck. Outrageously quick hands, elite anticipation for this level, and a scorer's instinct. Backs off defenders with his skating and puck control. Distributes expertly from the middle lane to break traps. His two-way play was impeccable and his puck-support exceptional. A coach's dream at an extremely young age.
What to Watch
Nic Petan doesn't do the Jonathan Drouin dangling (though he has terrific hands and is creative with the puck), and while I expect to see some slick passes, he's not a high risk, high reward player that's going to create a Tournament highlight reel.
The thing to watch about Petan's game is how he controls the flow of play and supports the puck. Watch for opposing teams to struggle to gain the offensive zone with control while he's on, and for Petan to move the puck with purpose and then support it again. It's very hard to see on TV, but his anticipation is elite for this level. Take a few shifts and stay fixated on Petan to see him make decisions about plays that he hasn't yet created. Terrific hockey brain.
Josh Morrissey, D, CAN
He's over a point per game in Prince Albert, and the Raiders aren't a very good team. His training camp gave us a long look at a player that was much closer to NHL capable than we expected for what many considered a reach pick at 13th overall. He plays the game with simplicity, even though his physical skills are extraordinary for his level.
My first viewing of him came on day two of the Young Stars Tournament, in the Jets 5-3 win over the Sharks. I had this to say:
#36 Josh Morrissey: The adjective 'smooth' doesn't begin to describe Morrissey's complete control on skates. Faking a pass to a hollaring Trouba, Morrissey spun around a defender in the first to deliver a butter-soft pass to the low-slot. But more than simply finesse, Morrissey used leverage and positioning to close out lanes physically and separate his man from the puck. On a bouncing puck in the first, he used his body to knock it down but then immediately took the body on the San Jose forward who challenged him rather than trying the win the puck with his stick. His lead passes were excellent, he walked the line with confidence and control, and he distributed well on the powerplay. His size was hardly a problem as he used his skating to avoid contact and move the puck before getting trapped in a melee. A very impressive game in every respect.
What to Watch
Having seen some of his game already, Jets fans are familiar with his skating and calm puck control.
What we should be watching for in this tournament is his progress is controlling play with his foot work and positioning. We know he can control the play going from his own goal line to the blue line, and the question is whether he can control the play coming the other way – from blue line to goal line. That starts with his gapping out of the offensive zone, where the ice water in his veins is a real asset.
When you watch a few shifts with your eyes focused on Morrissey, enjoy how he control the play with the puck, and watch to see how well he manages it without.
Jan Kostalek, D, CZE
One of my personal favourites among Jets prospects, Kostalek has already tied his scoring from last season. He reminds me of Niklas Kronwall at a young age. He can play a defensively minded game, or an offensively oriented one and seems to adapt to his partner and expectations. He can be high-risk at times, but just as often to throw an open ice check as to make a play on the puck. He's been described as a 'bunker-buster' with his hitting. He doesn't have the size (6'0) or strength yet to wrestle with adults, but his excellent skating lets him blow them up when they're vulnerable.
Maybe the most complete description I wrote of him came in my second viewing at the Young Stars.
#53 Jan Kostalek: Fewer risks taken by Kostalek while playing with Kichton. Adjusted his game well to a more roaming partner. Threw some good hits, but was mostly out-muscled in that area of the game by the Oiler hit squad. Maintained the best gaps on the team consistently. Puck movement strong again this game. Great awareness in the offensive zone – at one point making a fake shot / slap pass to Kosmachuk in the slot for a tip on. It's a common enough play, but not in a shot tournament without much practice time. Played in all three disciplines. Struggled with Funnel powerplay by Oilers at end – couldn't move bodies from in front – but did have a big open ice check and blocked shot on one PK shift in the 3rd. The most impressive part of Jan Kostalek is how complete his game is already. The biggest concern is his high-risk, high-reward mentality, especially at the offensive blue line.
What to Watch
There is a mystery to Kostalek's game. He scored 11 points in 5 games in November, and hasn't scored in 9 games since. The question is whether he's in control of that, or it's a matter of luck and circumstance.
The further question is just how calculated his risk taking is.
Ultimately, we can enjoy watching a few aspects of his game – his skating, his open ice hitting, and his general awareness for the game. If you can examine his game closely while watching the Czechs, pay attention to how the coach is using him. His versatility means that he can be a victim of game contexts and how his coach uses him.
Andrew Copp, C, USA
I haven't seen Copp play life hockey yet, and taken at 104th, he wasn't expected to be a difference maker so soon after draft day. Fourteen games in the Michigan season, Copp is the team's leading scorer with 9 goals and 14 points and is drawing rave reviews as a natural athlete who will go to every area of the ice. He's also an Assistant Captain and centres the top line of a resurgent Wolverines club.
In late November, Charlie Beattie wrote a pretty common scouting report about the player:
Already blessed with good size (6'0 and 203 pounds), perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Copp is that he has only recently begun to solely focus on hockey, having split time between quarterbacking an Ann Arbor high school in football while suiting up for the U.S. National Development Program. Passed over in his first draft year, Copp became the rare player to be drafted after playing a full collegiate season. A fourth round pick, Copp is a natural athlete whose game and stock have risen tremendously in 2013.
Right now he's tracking along the undrafted Andrew Miller, who fell a bit flat in his pro debut for Edmonton. That said, his size better suits a pro game, and his pedigree is better. But the story of this kid is 'potential' related to his athleticism.
What to Watch
I can only find one mention of his mental abilities as a hockey player. It comes from Michigan Associate Coach Billy Powers, saying Copp has vision and puck sense in the same sentence as noting he goes to the dirty areas. The Wolverines are known for playing without much structure, and these short tournaments suit individual efforts. His scouting reports suggest we're going to be watching Jacob Trouba at forward – a player with good straight ahead speed and strong balance who liked to bully his way around the ice.
What I'm excited to watch is how Copp thinks the game. I want to see how he supports the puck, if he reads developing plays, and if he can adapt to what defences give him. Typically, the line between power forward and grinder is in that area. We expect him to create space for his linemates by crashing to the net. We expect some big hits in the corners, and probably some power moves with the puck. What I want to know is if he has other tools in his tool box.
Sum It Up
This is the highest level of U-20 competition, and the Jets are forunate to have 4 players in the tournament. Interestingly, all four players are of different types and we can expect different results from each of them. Enjoy watching, Jets fans, and hit us up on twitter @nhljetsnation to chat about what you see!


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After the initial shock passed, I spent some time last night going through his flickr stream and his website (and you should too if you haven't yet) and I was reminded at how incredibly talented, wildly creative and gifted he was. I consider myself very lucky he became part of the FBTB family. He did some illustration work for the site; I'm pretty sure he was responsible for all of the avatars on the old forums site and he was also the illustrator for our short-lived Well Played comic.
Beyond his artistic ability though, his building talent set him apart as one of the best. I remember being awestruck at his minotaur:
He was a trailblazer in many ways when it came to LEGO. He was responsible for Brickfa, FOITSOP, and probably some other concepts that I can't remember right now. Do you remember Mike's Miniland? Well, you should:
He's got a ton of other great stuff in his photostream.
But beyond what he was able to do, it's his character that really made an impact. The details are fuzzy to me now and hopefully I'm not remembering things incorrectly but Mike was ill for almost all if not his entire life, fighting some form of lymphoma. And if there's one thing you should know about Mike it's that he never let that get in the way. He had a zest for life that most of us wish we had. Reading over the facebook messages left for him just solidifies that fact. He's touched everyone's life he's come into contact with. And he left us far too soon.
Knowing all that about Mike, there is one thing I will always remember him for and that's how much he loved his niece. He adored her. He would regale me with stories of the times he's spent with her watching old black and white Godzilla movies. Playing with Duplo. Eating popsicles. Spending the weekend together. I tear at the thought of how much she's going to miss her Uncle Mike. Everyone who's ever known him is right there with her though. Cue Michael Jackson's You Are Not Alone song. We're all going to miss him.
Peace, Mike. We love ya.
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Brief description of problem: imagine having some vector picture(s) and text annotations on the sides outside of the picture(s).
Now the task is to scale the whole composition while preserving the aspect ratio in order to fit some view-port. The tricky part is that the text is not scalable only the picture(s). The distance between text and the image is still relative to the whole image, but the text size is always a constant.
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One option I can think of is an iterative process where we repeatedly scale our composition until the delta between it and the view-port satisfies some precision. But this algorithm is quite costly as it involves working with the graphics and the image may be composed of a lot of components which will lead to a lot of matrix computations. What's more, this solution seems to be hard to debug, extend, etc.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Ted Ginn Jr. returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown and the Carolina Panthers' defense scored three times in a 34-27 preseason victory over the mistake-prone Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night.
Drayton Florence took an interception 71 yards into the end zone, Thomas Davis scored on a 2-yard fumble return and linebacker Luke Kuechly picked off another of Joe Flacco' passes late in the second quarter to set up a 54-yard field goal by Graham Gano for a 24-7 lead.
Carolina (2-1) had only 67 yards in offense before halftime, yet reeled off 24 straight points after Baltimore (2-1) scored on its first possession.
Late in the third quarter, D.J. Moore intercepted a pass by Tyrod Taylor and ran 31 yards for a touchdown to make it 34-17.
Flacco, the Super Bowl MVP, played into the third quarter and went 18 for 24 for 169 yards and a touchdown. In three preseason games, he has two TD passes and three interceptions.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton completed 10 of 19 passes for 99 yards.
DETROIT (AP) — Reggie Bush had five catches for 103 yards to help Detroit rout New England.
The Patriots' first-team offense, which was precise and efficient in the first two games of the exhibition season, was anything but in preseason game No. 3. Tight end Zach Sudfeld and running backs Brandon Bolden and Shane Vereen lost fumbles and Tom Brady threw an interception in four of New England's first five possessions. The other possession was a three-and-out that ended with Zoltan Mesko's punt.
Brady played four series in the first two preseason games combined, completing 18 of his 20 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns in two victories. But in a half of work Thursday at Ford Field, he was 16 of 24 for 185 yards and the second-quarter interception by Detroit cornerback Chris Houston.
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Encinitas-based technology company Seismic received $4.5 million in venture capital, the company said.
Seismic offers content management technology called LiveDoc.
It plans to use the funds to increase staff. VC firm Sigma West of San Francisco led the Series A financing round.
Seismic's customers use its cloud-based platform to access a library of branded, data-rich materials such as graphics, proposals, sales decks and reports. Business professionals can use Seismic's technology to tap into their company's approved brand collateral and business assets to create customized materials with the most up-to-date content and real-time data.
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From Red Burns' Opening Remarks to New Students
What I want you to know:
That there is a difference between the mundane and the inspired.
That the biggest danger is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.
That any human organization must inevitably juggle internal contradictions — the imperatives of efficiency and the countervailing human trade-offs.
That the inherent preferences in organizations are efficiency, clarity, certainty, and perfection.
That human beings are ambiguous, uncertain, and imperfect.
That how you balance and integrate these contradictory characteristics is difficult.
That imagination, not calculation, is the "difference" that makes the difference.
That there is constant juggling between the inherent contradictions of a management imperative of efficiency and the human reality of ambiguity and uncertainty.
That you are a new kind of professional — comfortable with analytical and creative modes of learning.
That there is a knowledge shift from static knowledge to a dynamic searching paradigm.
That creativity is not the game preserve of artists, but an intrinsic feature of all human activity.
That in any creative endeavor you will be discomfited and that is part of learning.
That there is a difference between long term success and short term flash.
That there is a complex connection between social and technological trends. It is virtually impossible to unravel except by hindsight.
That you ask yourself what you want and then you work backwards.
In order to problem solve and observe, you ought to know how to: analyze, probe, question, hypothesize, synthesize, select, measure, communicate, imagine, initiate, reason, create.
That organizations are really systems of cooperative activities and their coordination requires something intangible and personal that is largely a matter of relationships.
What I hope for you:
That you combine that edgy mixture of self-confidence and doubt.
That you have enough self-confidence to try new things.
That you have enough self doubt to question.
That you think of technology as a verb, not a noun; it is subtle but important difference.
That you remember the issues are usually not technical.
That you create opportunities to improvise.
That you provoke it. That you expect it.
That you make visible what, without you, might never have been seen.
That you communicate emotion.
That you create images that might take a writer ten pages to write.
That you observe, imagine and create.
That you look for the question, not the solution.
That you are not seduced by speed and power.
That you don't see the world as a market, but rather a place that people live in — you are designing for people, not machines.
That you have a stake in magic and mystery and art.
That sometimes we fall back on Rousseau and separate mind from body.
That you understand the value of pictures, words, and critical thinking.
That poetry drives you, not hardware.
That you are willing to risk, make mistakes, and learn from failure.
That you develop a practice founded in critical reflection.
That you build a bridge between theory and practice.
That you embrace the unexpected.
That you value serendipity.
That you reinvent and re-imagine.
That you listen. That you ask questions. That you speculate and experiment.
That you play. That you are spontaneous. That you collaborate.
That you welcome students from other parts of the world and understand we don't live in a monolithic world.
That each day is magic for you.
That you turn your thinking upside down.
That you make whole pieces out of disparate parts.
That you find what makes the difference.
That your curiosity knows no bounds.
That you understand what looks easy is hard.
That you imagine and re-imagine.
That you develop a moral compass.
That you welcome loners, cellists, and poets.
That you are flexible. That you are open.
That you can laugh at yourself. That you are kind.
That you consider why natural phenomena seduce us.
That you engage and have a wonderful time.
That this will be two years for you to expand — take advantage of it.
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DescriptionPrince of Persia once again resets the timeline of the series and marks the start of a new trilogy with the Prince on the search for Farah, his donkey, which is loaded with treasures beyond imagining. But after an sandstorm he falls down into a canyon and meets Elika, a princess with magical powers. She's being hunted by the army of her father and has to make her way to the temple beneath the tree of life.
But they come too late. After a brief fight against her father, he breaks the seal and by doing so unlocks the prison chamber that was kept closed by the powers of the Tree of Life. The inhabitant of that prison? Ahriman - God of Darkness. Creator of the darkness of space and the first to unleash envy and hate. Back in the days he was not satisfied with keeping only one half of the universe and after a fierce battle against his brother Ormazd, God of Light, he almost won. In a last attempt Ormazd successfully lured Ahriman into the Tree of Life, condemning him to a thousand years of pain. But Ahriman was only waiting. Waiting and planning and now that he is free, he and his minions are beginning to claim back what they lost and the only two people on the world to stop them are the Prince and Elika.
The basic gameplay remains the same as in the previous trilogy with the Prince engaging in sword fighting, wall climbing, spike dodging, puzzle solving, and more, in his quest to save the world. But opposed to the previous trilogy, the Prince neither can rewind time nor has to fight multiple enemies at a time. Instead he and Elika only face one, strong enemy every time and if the Prince is about to die because of a miscalculated jump or anyhing similar, she uses her powers and sets the Prince back to the beginning of the jumping puzzle. That is not the only thing she does. By command of the player, she also helps in fights, allows him to jump further distances by giving him a little push in the back in mid-air and shows which way to go next. Elika is also the key to bring the Tree of Life back to full strength. But to do so, she needs so-called "Seeds of Life" that are scattered all around the levels. If the player has collected enough of these, Elika will also become stronger.
Besides the enemies being stronger, more intelligent and having more special abilities, the fights play similar to the previous iterations of the series with the Prince slashing away at enemies with his sword or his gauntlet in to produce powerful combos. The gauntlet also allows the prince to slide down from solid rocks safely to the area below. The game features Quick Time Events when an enemy got a hold on the Prince and uses a cel-shaded and heavily stylized look for the characters.
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Alternate Titles
- "新波斯王子" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
- "Принц Персии" -- Russian spelling
- "Prince of Persia: Prodigy" -- Working title
- "Prince of Persia (2008)" -- Informal title
- "PoP 2008" -- Informal title
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- 3D Engine: Scimitar
- Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
- Games made into comics
- Japanese PlayStation 3 games with full English support
- Japanese Xbox 360 games with full English support
- Middleware: FaceFX
- Physics Engine: Havok
- PlayStation 3 Essentials Range releases
- PlayStation 3 Platinum Range releases
- Portability Engine: Cider
- Prince of Persia series
- Setting: Middle East
- Ubisoft eXclusive releases
- Visual technique / style: Cel shaded
User Reviews
|Understanding Prince of Persia 2008
|Slug Camargo (589)
|Some impressive tricks and handsome looks can't save this banal Prince.
|Xbox 360
|Kaddy B. (796)
|The gameplay fades away parallel to the need of another Prince of Persia
|MichaelPalin (1419)
|The New Adventures of Old Prince
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|Kaan Cakanisik (9)
Critic Reviews
|Xbox 360
|Jan 06, 2009
|Xbox 360
|Dec 02, 2008
|PlayStation 3
|Dec 02, 2008
|9 out of 10
|Xbox 360
|Dec 15, 2008
|9 out of 10
|Game Informer Magazine
|PlayStation 3
|Dec, 2008
|8.75 out of 10
|Worth Playing
|Xbox 360
|Dec 08, 2008
|8.5 out of 10
|Game Positive
|PlayStation 3
|Jan 15, 2009
|4 out of 5
|PlayStation 3
|Dec 02, 2008
|8 out of 10
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|Xbox 360
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- 2008 – #5 Xbox 360 Game of the Year
- 2008 – #7 PS3 Game of the Year
- 2008 – Special Achievement in Art Direction Award
Related Web Sites
- Prince of Persia (Official website.)
- Review: The Mac Gamer (A review of Prince of Persia by The Mac Gamer's Alex McLarty (September 20th, 2009).)
- Something Old, Something New (An Apple Games article about the Mac version of Prince of Persia with additional comments from the Creative Director.)
- Wikipedia: Prince of Persia (article in the open encyclopedia)
- X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Prince of Persia.)
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We demand that you stop the routine practice of feeding antibiotics to turkeys. Your indiscriminate use of antibiotics on holiday turkeys may help you fatten up your birds faster, but it's also creating antibiotic-resistant bacteria—and that is leading to a serious public health problem. Consumers are wising up. Producers of organic, antibiotic-free turkeys report that sales are up, and they are having trouble meeting demand for a healthier, more humane alternative to Butterball turkeys. We urge Butterball to become the first major brand to do the right thing, and start raising healthier birds, on antibiotic-free feed.
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Did you know that the majority of holiday turkeys destined for your table can't fly or walk because they were kept in tight spaces and continuously fed antibiotics to make them fat?
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Did you know that the majority of holiday turkeys destined for your table can't fly or walk because they were kept in tight spaces and continuously fed antibiotics to make them fat?
Did you also know that your Butterball turkey could actually make you sick?
Scientists have determined that the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in turkey feed is producing antibiotic-resistant bugs. And those bugs are turning up in turkey meat.
Even scarier? It's getting harder to treat humans and animals for diseases because of over-exposure to antibiotics from eating meat and poultry. People sickened by these bacteria (superbugs) increasingly need to try several antibiotics before one succeeds. It's only a matter of time before none of these antibiotics will be effective in treating human illness.
Why feed turkeys antibiotics? One reason. Profit. Butterball wants to create bigger turkeys as fast as possible. And as cheaply as possible. So the company can make more money.
But while Butterball counts its money, you get sick. And the general public faces an increased risk of the spread of dangerous infections that no longer respond to antibiotics, because the overuse of those antibiotics has made us resistant to them.
Antibiotics are for sick people, not for healthy food. Please sign the petition. Ask Butterball to change the way it produces holiday turkeys.
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Paul Jolley Survives Another Round on 'American Idol'
Pop country singer Paul Jolley narrowly survived another round of the hit reality singing competition 'American Idol' on the results show Thursday night (March 14), placing eighth out of the remaining ten contestants to move on and sing again next week.
The 22-year-old auditioned for Season 12 by singing the Rascal Flatts hit 'I Won't Let Go,' which he dedicated to his late grandfather, who was a First Sergeant. He moved on to the next round by singing Carrie Underwood's recent hit 'Blown Away,' overcoming nerves that threatened to ruin his performance.
But in recent weeks Jolley has been struggling, delivering less-than-stellar versions of the Keith Urban hit 'Tonight I Wanna Cry' and the Christina Aguilera/Blake Shelton song 'Just a Fool'
He bounced back on Wednesday night, singing the Lonestar hit 'Amazed' in a strong, if not particularly unique version. But it earned him enough votes to remain in the competition for another week. Jolley can also look forward to participating in the upcoming 'American Idol' summer tour.


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I felt like some of the pitches that I was not getting were strikes, and then I threw one that I felt like was a ball [to Sweeney] and then he called it a strike. I'm more or less just trying to get Salty out there and say, "Come talk to me, let's figure out this zone so I know how to go about this." I had no idea what his zone was. I guess [Randazzo] may have jumped to the conclusion that I was talking to him. I felt he threw his arms up in the air for no reason. Then everything unfolded the way it did. ...Saltalamacchia agreed:
When he threw up his arms and started barking at me, I said, "Tony, I'm not even talking to you, I'm talking to my catcher." I guess he felt like I may have been coming back at him or I may have been showing him up.
[Papelbon] was talking to me and then [Randazzo] kind of turned around and walked away, and then I don't know what happened after that. He just kind of jumped out behind me and started talking to Pap. ... I don't think there was any reason for [the ejection]. Pap had already turned around and walked the other way. I think [the ump] should have just left it at that and moved on.Crew Chief Brian Gorman refused to comment.
Peter Abraham of the Globe called that a "gutless" response and said that in unusual circumstances, MLB should make sure umpires are "made available to a pool reporter. If players, managers, coaches and team executives and even commissioner Bud Selig can answer questions and be accountable for their decisions, why can't umpires?"
In June 2006, Randazzo walked 40 feet up the first base line and chest-bumped (and ejected) both Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle and reliever Ray King. Afterwards, crew chief Joe West said, "I'm not taking questions. We have a plane to catch." (As if giving a 30-second comment would cause them to miss their flight.) King said Randazzo "was totally out of line. ... He gets right up in your face hoping I'd agitate him."


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