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Welcome to Leiden University
You're about to start your studies in Leiden or The Hague. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start!
To arrange before your studies
An introduction week is the best way to get to know your new city, student life and your fellow students.
As a student of Leiden University you'll receive a student account (ULCN account). This gives you access to the university's systems and work stations. You'll first need to activate your ULCN account.
Your LU card is your university ID card. It gives you access to a range of facilities. Make sure to request your LU card before starting your studies.
You can enrol for courses and exams via uSis or at your education administration office.
Make sure you know where you have to be and when on your first day.
Find out which study materials you will need and how to obtain them.
Familiarise yourself with the study facilities
Your student card is your proof of registration as a student of Leiden University.
All the details of your studies are recorded in uSis. From your first registration as a student until your graduation.
Blackboard is Leiden University's online learning environment.
From the academic year 2020/2021 onwards, Blackboard will be replaced by Brightspace. A pilot project will take place in 2019/2020. If your course is part of the pilot project, you will receive instructions from your programme. Check the Brightspace FAQ to see which courses are part of the pilot project.
In the Prospectus you can find information about the courses within your study programme.
Take a look in the Prospectus
As a student of Leiden University you will be issued with a university email address: uMail. All correspondence from the university will be sent to this address. You can set up your uMail account so that all mails will be forwarded to your own email address.
The indispensable app for Leiden University students. Here you can find all your personal study information in one place. Log in once and access your schedule, results, available computers and university news anytime and anyplace.
Here, on the student website, you can find a wide range of practical information about your studies. By selecting your programme when logging in, you can view information that is relevant to you.
As a student, you can use Office 365 ProPlus and OneDrive cloud storage free of charge. These services allow you to work on multiple computers and mobile devices, using programmes such as Word, Powerpoint, Excel and OneNote, and to safely store and share up to 1024 GB of files in the cloud.
Get more out of student life
By joining an association you'll meet lots of people and get more out of student life. As well as student and study associations, there are also a range of social associations in Leiden and The Hague, for example sports, religious or cultural associations.
As a student of Leiden University, you have access to a wide range of affordable sports via the University Sport Centre (USC) in Leiden and The Hague.


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24 March 2010
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Brenda;Your picture takes me back to the early '50s and my Pee Wee/Bantam hockey days .What a thrill it was to play under the bright lights of the Minnesota Park (Fort William Ont.) outdoor rink . The cold crisp nights produced beautiful ice conditions that made distinct sounds from the sharp blades cutting into the newly flooded surface. When each period was over, both teams would pile into the shack to get warm and have a drink, with a tin a dipper, of ice cold water drawn from a communal pail. We all would walk to and from the game and crashed when we got home. Ahh, those were the days.....
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Monday, July 2, 2012
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
»Thad Miller, Urban Studies & Planning Faculty, authored article "Constructing sustainability science: emerging perspectives and research trajectories," published in peer-reviewed journal Sustainability Science
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
»PSU's Melody Rose selected as Vice Chancellor for Academic Strategies of the Oregon University System
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
»University Communications partners with University Pointe to bring Portland State's first summer Tweetup
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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Friday, July 20, 2012
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
»Yahoo Finance: Mentor Graphics invests $825,000 in Portland State to expand computer chip testing program
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
»Anousha Sedighi, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented her research "Exploring Linguistic Characteristics of Heritage Persian Speakers" at the poster session of the National Heritage Languages Resource Center's summer institute held at UCLA.
»Robert Schroeder, Library faculty, presented "Moving from Fantasy to Adventure by Grounding Information Literacy Instruction in Critical Thinking Models" at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 24.
»Michael J. Smith, Education faculty, delivered a keynote address, "Preparing Students for 2025 in an Economic Downturn: A Faculty Perspective From a Public Urban University," at the first annual super conference for three regional affiliates of the Associ
»David Ritchie, Communication faculty, presented a paper, "Metaphorical Frame Conflicts in a Public Meeting," at a conference on Living With Uncertainty: Empathy, in London, June 10. He also was an invited participant at a workshop on measuring the effecti
»Sarah Eppley and Todd Rosenstiel, Biology faculty; James Pankow, Chemistry and Engineering faculty; and students Andrea Melnychenko and Erin Shortlidge authored a study, "Sex-Specific Volatile Compounds Influence Microarthropod-Mediated Fertilization of M
»Lihong Qian, Business Administration faculty, presented "Firm Boundaries, Capabilities, and Technological Change: Evidence from the Biofuels Industry" at the Second Annual Lundquist College of Business Research Workshop on Innovation, Sustainability, and
»Desiree Pacheco, Business Administration faculty, presented "Strategic Responses to Social Movement Pressures: The Case of Clean Energy" at the Second Annual Lundquist College of Business Research Workshop on Innovation, Sustainability, and Entrepreneursh
»Kelly Clifton, Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty, was awarded an intergovernmental agreement from Metro in the amount of $100,000 for the project "Improving the Representation of the Pedestrian Environment in Travel Demand Models."
»Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, and students Wendy Viola and Mary Gray presented a paper, "The Moderating Effect of within Group Similarity on Change in a Strengths-Based Program for Incarcerated Adolescent Males," at the International Community Psych
»Kimberly Pendell and Michael Bowman, Library faculty, authored "Usability Study of a Library's Mobile Website: An Example from Portland State University" published in Information Technology & Libraries, Vol. 31, No 2, June 2012.
»Tom Larsen, Library faculty, co-presented "Building and Evaluating a Collaborative Consortial Demand-Driven Cataloging Workflow" and also gave an invited presentation "Managing Metadata for the Orbis Cascade Alliance Demand-Driven Acquisitions Project" at
»Elise Granek, Environmental Science and Management faculty, and student Zoe Rodriguez del Rey, authored "Occurrence and Concentration of Caffeine in Oregon Coastal Water" published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin, July 2012.
»Ted Khoury, Business Administration faculty, presented "Exclusivity in Biotechnology Licensing: What Makes Licensors Restrict Their Options?" at the Second Annual Lundquist College of Business Research Workshop on Innovation, Sustainability, and Entrepren
»Berrin Erdogan and Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty; Donald Truxillo, Psychology faculty; and psychology doctoral student Layla Mansfield co-authored an article, "Whistle While You Work: A Review of the Life Satisfaction Literature," published
»Emily Ford and Kimberly Willson-St. Clair, Library faculty, presented "Libraries & Humanism: A Book Discussion" at the 2012 Oregon Library Association Annual Conference, Bend, April 27. At the conference, Ford also presented "What's in Your Filter Bubble?
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, authored "The Demand Driven Acquisitions Pilot Project by the Orbis Cascade Alliance: An Interview with Members of the Demand Driven Acquisitions Implementation Team" published in Serials Review online, June 2012.
»Tom Fisher, English faculty, presented "Making Sense: Jacques Rancière and the Language Poets" at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, Louisville, Ky., in February; and presented "Literary Communism and Language Poetry" at the U
»Subhash Kochar, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, co-authored "Some Unified Results on Comparing Linear Combinations of Independent Gamma Random Variables" published in Probability in Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol. 26, 2012.
»Sarah A. Bunton, University Studies faculty, co-authored "Predictors of Workplace Satisfaction for U.S. Medical School Faculty in an Era of Change and Challenge" published in the journal Academic Medicine, 2012, Vol. 87, No. 5.
»Annabelle Dolidon, World Languages and Literatures, presented "Being French: Preparing Your Students with Tu sais quoi?! for Life in a Francophone Country" at the 85th American Association of Teachers of French Conference in Chicago, July 5 to 8.
»Silvia Boero, World Languages and Literatures faculty, authored an article, "In Risaia, by Marchesa Colombi: Irony and Denunciation," published in RELIT, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
»Darrell Brown and Scott Marshall, Business Administration faculty, presented "Voluntary Environmental Disclosure Quality and Firm Value: Further Evidence" at the European Accounting Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 10.
»Christof Teuscher, Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, edited a special issue of the Evolutionary Intelligence journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, March 2012. The issue put Alan Turing's connectionist ideas on neural networks and learning in a modern perspec
»Talya Bauer, Berrin Erdogan, and Sully Taylor, Business Administration faculty, co-authored a chapter, "Creating and Maintaining Environmentally Sustainable Organizations: Recruitment and Onboarding" published in Managing Human Resources for Environmental
»Randall Bluffstone, Economics faculty, presented a paper, "Social Coordination, Rural Livelihoods and Natural Capital Investments: Evidence from Ethiopia," at the Nordic Development Conference held in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 18-19. The paper is co-author
»Lauren Beitelspacher, Business Administration faculty, co-authored an article, "The Differing Effects of Technology on Inside vs. Outside Sales Forces to Facilitate Enhanced Customer Orientation and Interfunctional Coordination," published in the Journal
»Ivan Sutherland, Engineering and Computer Science visiting scientist, won the Kyoto Prize for his lifetime of work in computer graphics. The prize is Japan's highest private award for global achievement and is given by the Inamori Foundation.
»Sue Taylor, Art History faculty, was a featured speaker presenting "Museums, Movies, Magazines: What Grant Wood Saw" at the 40th Annual Grant Wood Festival in Anamosa, Iowa, sponsored by Mt. Mercy University, June 10.
»Teresa Bulman, Geography faculty; David Banis, Geography; and others won the 2012 Geographic Excellence in Media Award for the Oregon Geographic Alliance's Student Atlas of Oregon. The award is presented by the National Council for Geographic Education to
»Pete Tashman, Business Administration faculty, presented "Climate Change, Resource Dependence, and Environment Performance in the Ski Resort Industry" at the Second Annual Lundquist College of Business Research Workshop on Innovation, Sustainability, and
»Mel Gurtov, Political Science emeritus faculty, authored "A 'Village' Undaunted: The Making of Japan's Fourth Disaster" published in Global Asia, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2012); and "Embracing Multilateralism: A U.S.-ROK Alliance for Regional Security" publi


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Behold, the Mountain of the Lord
31243, Hymns, Behold, the Mountain of the Lord, no. 54
1. Behold, the mountain of the Lord
In latter days shall rise
On mountaintops, above the hills,
And draw the wond'ring eyes.
To this shall joyful nations come;
All tribes and tongues shall flow.
"Up to the hill of God," they'll say,
"And to his house we'll go."
2. The rays that shine from Zion's hill
Shall lighten ev'ry land;
The King who reigns in Salem's tow'r
Shall all the world command.
Among the nations he shall judge;
His judgments truth shall guide;
His scepter shall protect the just
And quell the sinner's pride.
3. No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds
Disturb those peaceful years;
To plowshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning hooks their spears.
No longer host encount'ring host
Shall crowds of slain deplore;
They'll hang the trumpet in the hall
And study war no more.
4. Come, then, O house of Jacob, come,
To worship at His shrine,
And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.
Come, then, O house of Jacob, come,
To worship at His shrine,
And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.
Text: Michael Bruce, 1746-1767, adapted
Music: Leland B. Sateren, b. 1913. Tune and setting copyright Augsburg Publishing House. Used by permission. Making copies without written permission of the copyright owner is prohibited.


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Apple, Yahoo and Google, along with Microsoft, all can read your email at any time, according to reports.
Email providers give themselves a lot of license so that they, like Microsoft, can track down a journalist's Hotmail account and find a source, according to The Guardian. The report said "most Web email services claim the right to read users' email if they believe that such access is necessary to protect their property."
Microsoft's terms of service allowed the Redmond, Wash. company to look up email that protects Microsoft property. It allowed the company to read a journalist's email and find out who the internal leak who contacted the journalist. Now Microsoft said it would have new oversight rules and increased transparency. However, most Web email providers have similar terms of service, including Yahoo, Google and Apple. (Neither Apple, Google or Yahoo commented on the report.)
U.S. & World
"The problem is, this is a technically legal activity that we all agree to when we sign up to certain cloud services – whether knowingly or not," Charlie Howe, director of EMEA at Skyhigh Networks, told the Guardian. "For instance, I would guess that most people don't actually read the full Terms and Conditions before using a new application, and they would probably be surprised by what they are actually agreeing to when they click the 'accept' button on certain cloud services."
If this is the case, these Web email services have lost much their users' trust.


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It's a pretty serious understatement to say that the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus has undergone some renovations in the past few years.
Heavy-duty construction has transformed what was an unremarkable cluster of buildings into an open, inviting collegiate oasis. Just 10 years into their efforts, the power couple behind the campus' about-face, University President Dr. James Ramsey and his wife Jane have certainly made their mark – and they're just getting started.
Both Louisville natives, Dr. and Mrs. Ramsey traveled across state lines for years for Dr. Ramsey's teaching career. But strong family ties kept the Ramseys returning to the River City for frequent visits.
"Louisville was always our home,†said Dr. Ramsey.
In 1999, Dr. Ramsey returned for good after accepting an offer to teach economics at the University of Louisville's School of Business. Just three years later, he was appointed UofL's president.
Dr. Ramsey can recall sitting in a quadrangle on campus, awaiting the university board's decision to promote him. Marveling at the serene beauty of the courtyard, it occurred to him that most Louisvillians had no idea that the gorgeous greenspace even existed.
This really is a nice campus, but you don't know it. You have to get out of your car and walk in to see the nice areas,†he realized.
With an appreciation for the hidden beauty of the campus – and its potential – Dr. Ramsey hatched a plan to transform the look of the community under his care. His top priority was to improve the university's graduation rate. But Dr. Ramsey understood that environment played a crucial part in the equation, that he needed to "make this a campus where the very best students want to come, and … be engaged in the campus.â€
Mrs. Ramsey, having grown up in the surrounding neighborhood, stepped in and organized a beautification committee made up of local representatives and business associations. They obtained one million dollars in federal funding to support the project.
The committee began by painting adjacent overpasses in the traditional red and black, and painting cardinals on the streets and sidewalks to give the area a distinctive campus identity.
"It's amazing what paint will do,†said Dr. Ramsey.
Lighting was added to areas that needed increased visibility for safety and to buildings in order to highlight their architectural features. The elegant Grawemeyer Hall, Belknap Campus' main administrative building and home base for Dr. Ramsey, is currently undergoing an installation that will illuminate the building's signature dome from the outside.
Aggressive landscaping came next. This included replacing the dead grass on the great lawn in front of Grawemeyer and planting more than 500 trees along Third Street and other roads lining Belknap. They created the small but charming entrance at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Third Street, a signature bench where visitors can stop and sit. Construction is underway for another entrance, this one on the North end of campus facing DuPont Manual High School.
Additional grants funded the university's expansive signature fountain and its grand oval entrance, which was designed by Frederick Olmsted and modeled after the great lawn at the University of Virginia. Bricks were inlaid at Third Street in front of the new entrance to give visitors a sense of having arrived on Louisville's campus and inviting them to pull in and admire Auguste Rodin's first cast of The Thinker, which can be seen on the steps of Grawemeyer Hall. The once-greenish Thinker, a gift from the city of Louisville, was cleaned and restored to its original sheen.
Seeking to improve not only aesthetics but also functionality and safety, Dr. Ramsey made use of the Transportation Efficiency Act to fund a rebuild of the Eastern Parkway overpass, which replaced an unsafe structure.
With all they've accomplished, Dr. and Mrs. Ramsey have no intentions of stopping now. Construction will soon begin on a new road and overpass that will lead into a 33-acre academic research park located behind the Speed School. While it will take several years to complete, Dr. Ramsey is confident that UofL will reap great benefits from this project in the long run: "The university will need it in the next thirty or forty years.â€
The Ramseys clearly haven't lost perspective about why all of these projects matter.
"It's a piece of the puzzle that's allowing us to get the very best students from across the state of Kentucky,†Dr. Ramsey explained. "The thing I'm most proud of is that our six-year graduation rate has gone up from 30 percent to 51 percent.â€
Added Mrs. Ramsey: "And the kids do want to stay here more…. It looks like a real campus.â€


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MasterWhedon wrote:The cool thing they could do with Captain Marvel is make it a kid in Superman's body (which he essentially is). Think Tom Hanks in Big, but with more spandex and capes.
The material SHOULD be comical, IMO.
minstrel wrote:Isn't Captain Marvel too close to Superman, in terms of powers, personality, etc. etc.? Won't this look like a Superman clone?
buster00 wrote:
But what if you were pulled off the street one day and taken into a secret tunnel where an ancient wizard gave you superpowers? It's that sense of wonderment that pulls you in.
buster00 wrote:minstrel wrote:Isn't Captain Marvel too close to Superman, in terms of powers, personality, etc. etc.? Won't this look like a Superman clone?
Close enough for DC to successfully sue Fawcett way back when...
However, the reason Captain Marvel endures (and the reason he once outsold Superman) is that "wish-fulfillment" angle.
We all know that we'll never be Superman, because we're not from Krypton. But what if you were pulled off the street one day and taken into a secret tunnel where an ancient wizard gave you superpowers? It's that sense of wonderment that pulls you in. Worked for Spider-Man, too.
Lord Voldemoo wrote:
Lord Voldemoo wrote:Oh btw, G-level might have been an exaggeration, but I still think a lot of you guys overestimate the public's awareness of him. That's neither here nor there, though. There's tons of great stuff out there that "the public" isn't aware of, obviously.
Lord Voldemoo wrote:It'll have to be driven by good writing, good acting.
Lord Voldemoo wrote:The Big with superpowers thing might be pretty fun.
instant_karma wrote:I hate it when you spend so long writing a stupid, long winded post, that 10 other posts appear in that time and cover a lot of the points you were writing about.
instant_karma wrote:
Instead, how about a film where you see a little kid struggling to cope the weight of responsibility of being Captain Marvel. There's all kinds of potential pitfalls and temptations for the character. Getting bullied? Say the magic words and kick their ass. Why would he ever want to change back to being a kid when he could spend all his time being the 'worlds mightiest mortal' and never have to worry about all the things we fear when we are children? And if he yeilded to that temptation, how might it corrupt him?
As others have already pointed out, he also has a great nemesis in Black Adam (and Dwayne Johnson is indeed a perfect fit). A character that's his equal in every way. A brawl between these two could be jaw dropping in its scope. The kind of fight that Matrix Revolutions tried but failed to deliver.
buster00 wrote:
It's cool. Figure: If they're gonna try to teach the public about Silver Surfer, they'd might as well offer up a character who's already had a couple o' TV shows to his credit.
MasterWhedon wrote:Jake Gyllenhaal is Captain Marvel?!!!!!!!!!
MasterWhedon wrote:I'd love to see a young kid play Batson and have him turn into someone like The Rock or Russel Crowe for Captain Marvel, to further sell the huge disparity between the two worlds. Get someone who can act, obviously--not just a body-builder--but someone with significant bulk.
Fawst wrote:
So was Captain "Shazam" Marvel always a DC character? What's this lawsuit that was mentioned earlier in the thread due to a Supes ripoff? And does anyone remember the old Superman arcade game? I SWEAR that if you were in two-player mode, the second player was Captain Marvel.
Eunuch Provocateur wrote:Shazam! reminds me of Kazaam. Will Shaq be in this one too?
Rich Johnston wrote:2008 is going to be all Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel. DC will be pushing the character with the animated series and toys. Mary Marvel will have a starring role in "Countdown." The Jeff Smith series will get a huge promotional push when it's collected, and is just the first of a number of Captain Marvel projects with large appeal. Warner believes it can create a movie franchise based on the character, but in order to do so, they've got to get people talking the character up...
Shame they can never actually use the name of the character in projects, or the advertising of such...
Eunuch Provocateur wrote:Shazam! reminds me of Kazaam. Will Shaq be in this one too?
Moriarty wrote:I was on the GET SMART set today. He did say what COMING SOON quoted him as saying.
We then had a private conversation about SHAZAM, and we discussed the difference between playing Black Adam and Captain Marvel.
I thought he came across as a really smart and focused guy. When I told him that the thing that makes Captain Marvel different is that he is a kid in a superhero's body, and that it's basically BIG with a cape, it's like something clicked. I don't think he'd ever heard it described like that.
The filmmakers really want him as Black Adam.
After today, I think he'd rather play Captain Marvel.
We'll see.
SilentBobX wrote:Dr. Sivana: Michael Chiklis
SilentBobX wrote:Dr. Sivana: Michael Chiklis
SilentBobX wrote:Captain Marvel Jr: Chris O'Donnell
SilentBobX wrote:Captain Marvel: Vince Vaughn
Captain Marvel Jr: Chris O'Donnell
Mary Marvel: Mila Kunis
Black Adam: Dwayne Johnson
Dr. Sivana: Michael Chiklis
My original cast idea. I still stand by this, and before anyone begins peeing a gallon of plasma, I'm not saying it's who WILL, but rather, my opinion of who I believe SHOULD play these characters.
Adam Balm wrote:Looks like Buster00 after being in prison....
Can the guy act?
buster00 wrote:Adam Balm wrote:Looks like Buster00 after being in prison....
Can the guy act?
I actually wasn't as clean-shaven...
So, Brandon Molale, huh? He's sure got the look, and he seems to want the part. Check out this pic!
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Diameter : 10.4 cm/4.1 in.
Height : 1.27 cm/0.5 in.
Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock x1
Lightning to USB Cable x1
Selection may vary. Apple Watch requires iPhone 5 or later. Classic Buckle, Leather Loop, Modern Buckle, Milanese Loop, and Link Bracelet bands are not water resistant.
1Apple Watch Series 2 has a water resistance rating of 50 meters under ISO standard 22810:2010. This means that it may be used for shallow-water activities like swimming in a pool or ocean. However, Apple Watch Series 2 should not be used for scuba diving, waterskiing, or other activities involving high-velocity water or submersion below shallow depth.
2Compared with the previous generation.
3Testing conducted by Apple in August 2016 using preproduction Apple Watch Series 1, Apple Watch Series 2, and Apple Watch Edition, each paired with an iPhone; all devices tested with prerelease software. All-day battery life is based on 18 hours with the following use: 90 time checks, 90 notifications, 45 minutes of app use, and a 30-minute workout with music playback from Apple Watch via Bluetooth, over the course of 18 hours. Battery life varies by use, configuration, and many other factors; actual results will vary.


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Bethesda Softworks
Some time between the completion of their fourth Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion (published in 2006) and starting work on the fifth, Skyrim (2011), probably whilst they were still working on Fallout 3 (2008), Bethesda were approached by George R.R. Martin's agent as he believed they were a 'good fit' for the Song of Ice and Fire series. Todd Howard, the head of Bethesda Studios, agreed but also knew they were extremely busy between two different franchises, with games in each franchise taking between 3 and 5 years to develop individually. With their online off-shoot (Zenimax Online Entertaiment) working in secret on The Elder Scrolls Online, there was no capacity at the company to embark on such a big project, and they (regretfully) passed.
"With A Song of Ice and Fire, we went 'We want to do that!' People in our studio liked it, and it seeped in a bit to what we were doing. We were actually asked a while ago to turn those books into games. We wanted to do our own world. That's where we wanted to put out time into. Before we were even making Skyrim, there was a conversation with George R.R. Martin's people. They thought it would be a good match—and so did we, actually—but then we thought about if that was where we wanted to spend our time. It was tempting, though."
Unlike Bethesda, these ideas never made it to any kind of formal discussion with GRRM or his agent, but internally there was a strong feeling at BioWare that they should consider making an MMORPG based on A Song of Ice and Fire, even going as far as producing proof-of-concept documents. However, LucasArts and BioWare then decided to make Star Wars: The Old Republic, based on their earlier Knights of the Old Republic games, which turned out to be a very lengthy and incredibly expensive project indeed.
"So we were looking at doing a Lord of the Rings MMO, a Silmarillion MMO, a kind of a Gunslinger-esque Dark Tower MMO, a Game of Thrones MMO." Each setting has different strengths," Ohlen added, describing the 10 page documents that the team drew up at an early design stage. "If we were going to do a Game of Thrones MMO, what kind of rules and what kind of gameplay elements would really bring that world to life? Each one had that, but we always focused on the story at the fore."However, minor references to the books can be found in their Dragon Age games, which were developed with A Song of Ice and Fire cited as a major influence.
Relic Entertainment
As with BioWare, this seems to have been an idea kicked around in-house and never spoken about officially with the rights-holders. However, one of the project leads on Relic's superb WW2 real-time strategy game Company of Heroes did like the idea of producing a strategy game based on the ASoIaF novels:
In the latest Games For Windows podcast, Josh Mosqueira - the lead designer on Company of Heroes - said that he wanted to make an RTS based on acclaimed fantasy author George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books. When asked what games he wanted to make, Mosqueira replied, "Game of Thrones [the first book in the series] - that would be awesome." In case you haven't read any of A Song of Ice and Fire (and we recommend that you do), it's an epic story with extremely complicated and devious characters. Mosqueira rightly described it as, "It's like fantasy, but without the sucky parts of fantasy." The books also describe detailed military strategies, as well as various well-developed armies and houses, each with different strengths. As such, an RTS based on the series could be amazing, and Mosqueira said that the books featured, "a lot of interesting things in terms of what could be done within a strategy setting."
Paradox Interactive
Paradox are the extremely well-regarded developers of numerous 'hardcore' strategy games, including the popular Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron series, as well as the Crusader Kings games (which have very popular ASoIaF-based mods). Surprisingly, they were apparently also in touch with GRRM's camp a few years ago over a possible game, but ultimately decided not to proceed with a licensed property. Paradox CEO Fred Wester explains:
"A few years ago we were in contact with George RR Martin to make a CK like game based on the books, but we didn't finalize any contract. It is quite unlikely that we will work with third party IP, for many reasons."
Ultimately, Cyanide got the job because they pursued the licence with passion and commitment. Whilst the games have not worked out as well as might be hoped, the simple truth is that it's unlikely a larger company would have taken a risk with - what was a few years ago - an obscure property. Today, with the success of the TV series, it would likely be a different story. I suspect we have not seen the last ASoIaF computer game and it'll be interesting to see what happens next. It's also worth remembering that there's some very exciting fan gaming projects coming up that look vastly superior to anything Cyanide has done.


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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Blueberry Sauce Muffins
All too often blueberry muffins are tasteless, cakey, and boring. These avoid that fate by including dried and fresh blueberries cooked into a delicious blueberry sauce and swirled into the batter. It is a recipe from Cook's Illustrated that I first saw at Obsessed With Baking. (If you haven't been to Steph's blog, click over; you'll be in for a treat!)
n.o.e.'s notes
- I didn't have any fresh blueberries on hand so I used Wyman's frozen wild blueberries. They turned the batter pretty much purple, but the muffins baked up light. Wild blueberries are critically important in blueberry baked goods, so if I can't find wild ones fresh, I use frozen. To me the big domesticated ones just don't have enough flavor when baked.
- Typical of CI, this recipe mixes the ingredients in an interesting order. The berries are added to the wet ingredients before the flour is stirred in, rather than being folded in at the end. This keeps the muffins from being over-mixed.
- I cut the sugar to 5.5 oz (instead of 8 oz). I wasn't paying attention and added the sugar with flour mixture at first then had to try to separate it out. Luckily that mishap didn't seem to harm the finished muffins.
- So often muffin recipes make only 9 or 10 muffins. I liked that this batter filled 12 muffin cups.
- I baked them at 390 for 20+ minutes.
the verdict:
This is a GOOD blueberry muffin! The swirled sauce provides a shot of blueberry goodness, and the dried blueberries really add to the flavor intensity. This is my new go-to blueberry muffin.
14 comments:
- Creative Classroom Core said...
These muffins sound incredible! I think that you can never have enough good muffin recipes!
- July 4, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Audrey said...
They look wonderful! I haven't been to Costco since I moved back (much too crowded on the weekends!) so I haven't been able to get my big bag of Wyman's for a while. I love the pretty shape you got too..did you use an unusual pan?
- July 4, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Madam Chow said...
I totally agree about the wild blueberries. I find 3 pound bags of Wyman's wild blueberries at our local Costco, for an excellent price.
- July 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- NKP said...
Blueberry muffins are my favourite, these look great.
- July 4, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- mike said...
Ok - those 2 tubs of blueberries I bought this weekend are going to be put to use. These look GREAT Nancy! Thanks for making them!
Happy Fourth!
- July 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Ooh...I like the idea of using dried blueberries too. The muffins look great.
- July 4, 2009 at 10:46 PM
- Pamela said...
My gosh, these muffins look amazing!
- July 5, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Hanaâ said...
Your muffins look great. Blueberry muffins are one of my favorite muffins. I recently baked Blueberry Muffins from The Bread Bible and LOVED them. I only substituted the lemon zest with orange zest. You can find the recipe here, if you wish to try it sometime: http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/recipes/RLB%27s%20Blueberry%20Muffins.pdf
- July 5, 2009 at 11:34 PM
- Unknown said...
I love how intensely blueberry the muffins look!! I had a huge bag of Wyman's in my freezer so I am going to have to try these muffins.
- July 5, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- Katrina said...
Yum, the muffins do look great. I'm not sure I've ever even seen wild blueberries. But I'm gonna look now.
- July 6, 2009 at 12:25 AM
- Cathy said...
Wow, a new go-to blueberry muffin! I definitely need to make these. I made the KAF blueberry muffins a couple of weeks ago, and they were fine, but nothing special. So I'm still on the hunt for the perfect blueberry muffin. I can't wait to try these!
- July 6, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- Di said...
I remember reading the article for those muffins and thinking I'd be interested to try it, since the mixing method was different. But I don't like blueberries. =) Glad you enjoyed them so much.
- July 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Kayte said...
Well, anytime anyone finds a new go-to recipe, my fingers are busy trying to save that recipe into my file. These look absolutely wonderfully delicious. Thanks!
- July 7, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- sara said...
oooh, these sound wonderful. I have some Wyman's in the freezer, so I guess I have to try these.
- July 10, 2009 at 4:19 PM


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To prepare the dumplings, drain the shiitake and finely chop. Discard soaking water or use as part of the water measurement for the dipping sauce. Crumble the tofu in a mixing bowl with your hands. Add the shiitake, scallions, ginger, mirin, shoyu, mustard and 1/2 teaspoon hot sesame oil. Mix all ingredients together well.
Cover the wonton wrappers with a towel to prevent them from drying out. Taking 1 wrapper at a time, spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the mixture into the center of each wrapper. Moisten the edges with cold water. Fold the wrapper in half and with your fingers pinch the edges together to seal the wrappers. Lightly flour a baking sheet and place the dumplings on it. Cover the stuffed wrappers with a towel while you finish stuffing the remaining wrappers.
Place half of the dumplings in a vegetable or bamboo steamer. Steam for 10 minutes. Remove and keep the dumplings warm while the remaining dumplings are steaming. Steam remaining dumplings for 10 minutes, remove and keep warm while you prepare the dipping sauce.
To prepare the dipping sauce, combine all ingredients and mix well. Dip the dumplings into the sauce before eating.
Yields: 24 dumplings, 3 per person.
Per serving - 150 calories, 4 g fat (23% calories from fat), 11 g protein, 22 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 2 mg cholesterol, 398 mg sodium


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Leonard, Chappell tied for Disney lead
AP Golf Writer
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Justin Leonard took his hand off the club not long after contact on the fifth fairway, unhappy with another shot that was not up to his standards, knowing he would have to scramble just to avoid dropping another shot.
From 70 feet away, his chip-and-run banged into the pin and dropped for a birdie.
His 3-wood into the par-4 ninth sailed into the gallery, leaving him behind a bunker some 35 yards from the flag, such a tough shot that he was hopeful of getting it close enough for a reasonable putt at par. He holed that for birdie, too.
Leonard has been used to these kind of days in what has become his worst year on tour. Saturday at Disney, he managed to turn it into a 70 that put him in a tie for the lead with PGA Tour rookie Kevin Chappell in the Children's Miracle Network Classic.
"Today, I scored," Leonard said. "And it's something I have not been doing at all this entire year."
Chappell was much more consistent in a round of 66, overcoming a bogey on the opening hole and giving himself a steady diet of 10- to 15-foot birdie putts throughout the day on the Magnolia Course.
They were at 14-under 202, one shot ahead of 21-year-old Bio Kim, who needs at least a two-way tie for second to secure his tour card for next year.
The race for the PGA Tour money title had some possibilities, but only briefly.
Luke Donald, who trails Webb Simpson by $363,029, was tied for fourth when he reached the par-5 14th hole. Donald was only three shots out of the lead and three shots ahead of Simpson. When he walked off the green, Donald was in a tie for 14th, tied with Simpson and six shots behind.
For the second straight day, Donald hit a shot into the hazard on the 14th. He three-putted for double bogey, ending his PGA Tour streak of 483 holes without a three-putt. He had to settle for a 70, while Simpson shot 69 to move one ahead of Donald, and only four shots behind the leaders.
"Yesterday I hit a dozen really poor shots, shot 71 and today I hit two really poor shots, but unfortunately they cost me and almost shot the same score," Donald said. "It's just the way golf is sometimes."
Simpson is likely to win the money title at this stage, as Donald would need no worse than a two-way tie for second. He was tied for 14th, five shots behind. Donald figured he would need a 62 in the final round.
"I'm a little more confident than I was two hours ago," Simpson said, not making it clear if he was talking about his 32 on the back nine or his chances of capturing the money list.
Leonard, who is No. 144 on the money list, is moderately surprised to be atop the leaderboard in the final tournament of his worst season on tour. Even though he already is exempt for next season, he has never finished out of the top 125 on the money list. And he hasn't been playing much golf late in the afternoon on the weekend.
This was the kind of round that could have easily gotten away from him. He opened with a sloppy bogey on the opening hole, and then some exquisite play with his short game.
The par-5 fourth hole won't get as much attention, but it might have been his best shot. From the back of a bunker, facing a shot in which the green ran away from him, it came out clean and stopped 2 feet away for birdie. On the fifth, he chipped in from 70 feet when he was hopeful of getting par.
He used the belly of his wedge to roll in a shot from just off the eighth green, and he hit a flop shot from 35 yards that dropped in for the most unlikely birdie on the ninth.
At the time, Leonard was swapping spots atop the leaderboard with Henrik Stenson, who even traded some short-game magic by holing out from a bunker on No. 6, right after Leonard's long chip-in for birdie. When Leonard rolled in the shot from off the eighth green, Stenson poked him in the behind with his putter and said, "That's two, now."
"The strength of my round was definitely from off the green," Leonard said, smiling. "I certainly didn't play great today, and to be able to hole … really the two shots, 5 and 9, from off the green certainly is a huge boost. There are days when those things don't go our way, and the round can get away from me."
There is plenty of work ahead. Leonard is atop the leaderboard going into the final round for the first time since Disney two years ago, when he lost in a playoff to Stephen Ames. Sunday will be only the third time Leonard has been at least tied for the lead going into the last round in the last six years. He didn't win the other two.
Eleven players were within four shots of the lead, a group that includes Simpson and five players who are trying to get inside the top 125 on the money list to secure their tour cards for next year.
Kim is at No. 168 and appeared to fall from the pack when he drove into the woods on No. 5 and wound up with a double bogey to fall three shots behind. That was the last mistake he made, however, and with three birdies on the back nine, he is only one shot behind going into Sunday.
Nick O'Hern had a 70, while Stenson dropped two shots over the last five holes for a 72. They were at 12-under 204.
Chappell gives himself a C-plus for his rookie season. He played well down the stretch at the Texas Open only to finish second behind Brendan Steele, and a solid weekend at Congressional gave him a tie for third in the U.S. Open. That puts him in the Masters for next year, so Chappell has few complaints.
He is No. 83 on the money list and is only playing Disney to try to end the year on a good note. Winning would be ideal, and he looked comfortable throughout the day as he worked his way into a share of the lead.


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Friday was going to be an exciting day spent on the golf course with Bobby Orr in support of the wonderful Bobby Orr Hall of Fame, located in the Charles W. Stockey Centre, right on the gorgeous blue of Georgian Bay. The museum, which had its gala opening on July 18, 2003 with Orr front and centre, has since attracted thousands of fans from all over the world to visit the repository of artifacts from Bobby Orr's professional and personal life.
On Friday morning at 8:30, the Stanley Cup was secretly taken to the Parry Sound Golf and Country Club and tucked away out of sight. Orr wanted the magnificent trophy to be a surprise for the many golfers that day. At 10:45, a shotgun start initiated the day. Bobby Orr, with the Stanley Cup, was situated at the 12th hole.
It was evident that the knee surgery recently undergone by Orr was still leaving the superstar wincing in pain. It's difficult to watch one of the best to ever play the game (and even more importantly, one of the nicest gentlemen in sports), reel from pain. With Bobby wearing shorts in the heat, one golfer observed that Bobby's many knee surgeries left his legs looking like roadmaps. In fact, if you follow his left knee, it'll lead you to Great North Road, where Bobby spent his childhood.
Other notables who participated in the golf tournament were Bobby's Bruin teammate Derek Sanderson, Pete Conacher, who lives in the Parry Sound area, Leaf star Gary Roberts as well as former Leafs Brian Conacher, Mike Krushelnyski, Gary Leeman and Rick Vaive. Tenor Michael Burgess, best known as Jean Valjean in 'Les Miserables,' was also on hand to tee off on this beautiful day. Participants all had their photos taken with the tournament's host along with the Stanley Cup.
As the sun set gloriously on the horizon of Georgian Bay, the day's golfers sat and relaxed watching dusk emerge. All agreed it was a spectacular cap to the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame Golf Tournament, and a fitting tribute to one of the greats of the game.
Tuesday, the Stanley Cup takes a nostalgic trip back to the 1940's as it visits Gus Bodnar and Hank Goldup. See you back here for 'Stanley Cup Journal.'
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This story struck a chord with me today. I'm always trying to explain to people that the federal government (and government in general) is so disrespectful of taxpayer money that it doesn't even do the most basic things to make sure it's using your money wisely. Everyone knows the most egregious things about the federal government's spending habits. They borrow in trillions, they print in billions, they refuse to write budgets, they illustrate their commitment to one sacred kind of spending by vowing not to cut anything from any other kind of spending to pay for it. For normal people who make budgets, priorities, and tough calls in tough times, it's insulting.
But those are all macro issues. Let's bring it down to the details. If there's one thing I'd wager nearly every single mother in this country does at some point, it is look for sales on diapers. Whether they're cloth or disposable, tiny or big, you gotta buy them and you gotta buy bunches. So, you make damn sure you're getting them for a decent price, doubling up your coupons, gift certificates, sales, and buying in bulk.
But the bulkiest of buyers feels no need to be nearly so careful with your money:
A lack of competitive bidding processes among state Medicaid agencies caused the program to overpay for diapers by about $62 million in 2012, according to a report released by federal auditors on Monday.
Only five state Medicaid agencies have implemented competitive bidding programs for "disposable incontinence supplies," according to the inspector general for the department of Health and Human Services.
Those states reported saving up to of 50 percent on those supplies, the IG report found.
States nationwide implemented cost control mechanisms, the report noted, but Medicaid could have saved about $62 million if competitive bidding processes were adopted nationwide.
Those savings would amount to 23 percent of the Medicaid bill for disposable incontinence supplies, which include nine categories of diapers and liners, including products for adults and children.
It's like going to Bed Bath & Beyond without your 20 percent off coupon, every day, for a gazillion years. It's stupid, wasteful, and eminently preventable.
Ben Domenech, of Transom and Coffee & Markets (which if you're not reading or listening to, you should) lauds a legislative fix for some of this:
"One of the reasons Medicaid is spending so much on adult diapers in the first place is that the Medicaid program has morphed into an uncomfortable combination of two programs," Domenech explained in an email.
In addition to its role as an insurer for low-income Americans, he said, Medicaid has become "a long-term care program which provides chronic care and nursing home services for seniors."
Domenech lauded a proposal introduced on Monday by Sens. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.), Orrin Hatch (R., Utah), and Richard Burr (R., N.C.) that would repeal Obamacare and replace it with, the senators say, a more "sustainable, affordable, patient-centered" system.
In the meantime, clip those coupons, moms, while these idiots fritter away the money they've already stolen from your grandchildren.


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WEAPONS – A nuclear weapon explodes 300 km above Nebraska, the geographical centre of the United States. The blast is far too high to kill people by heat or radioactivity. But it does something far worse – it sends the world's most advanced country into the Stone Age. This isn't science fiction. The technology for launching this version of Armageddon exists and is ridiculously low tech. Even an ordinary, low-yield nuclear bomb exploded in the upper atmosphere by terrorists, with help from dysfunctional nuclear powers such as North Korea or Pakistan, would unleash a deadly electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that will take only a nanosecond to knock out an entire country's electrical grid. That means every microchip will be fried and all electronic systems will fail. The result would be "fundamental collapse" as the United States EMP Commission describes it. All phones and mobiles will stop functioning, the transport system would come to a halt, the banking system, airports, food and fuel distribution systems would collapse. The fabric of modern society would be ripped apart. If the Boston bombings have proved anything it is that low tech warfare can bring a high-tech nation to its knees. Two Chechen brothers, not very well-equipped or professionally trained but nevertheless motivated by Islamic zeal, forced an entire city to close down. Pressure cooker bombs are cheap; flying stolen aircraft into skyscrapers is free (other than the cost of flight training) and sending a bunch of raiders into a modern metropolis (as the Pakistanis did in Mumbai) takes only a few thousand dollars. But at the end of the standoff, the terrorists always lose and often die. No modern state has ever buckled under terror. Terrorists and terrorist states, therefore, want something that will give them more bang for the buck. It makes you wonder, what next? The Russians were the first to understand the implications of EMP as a weapon. Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov proposed using this principle in a bomb in the 1950s. On October 22, 1962, during one of their ABM tests, the Russians detonated a 300 kiloton hydrogen warhead (20 times more powerful than Hiroshima) at an altitude of 300 km over Kazakhstan. The blast deliberately targeted two cable lines. The first one was the 550 km East-West telephone line – all the fuses in the line which was 7.5 m above the ground were destroyed. The second, the 1,000 km Aqmola-Almaty power line, carried electricity from a power station in the city of Karaganda. It was a lead-shielded cable protected against mechanical damage by spiral-wound steel tape, and was buried at a depth of 90 cm. This cable succumbed completely to the EMP within seconds of the blast, overheating and setting the power station on fire. The United States military realised EMP's potential as a weapon the same year, in the Starfish Prime test of a much larger 1.44 megaton warhead at a height of 400 km over the Pacific Ocean. The pulse knocked out street lights and damaged telephones in Hawaii. Four days after the explosion the UK satellite Ariel was unable to generate sufficient electricity to function properly.
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Giants receiver Victor Cruz has been a restricted free agent for less than three days, which means it's too soon to say whether the Giants will work out a long-term contract with him, whether he'll ultimately play on the one-year tender offer, or whether some other team will sign him away and give the Giants a first-round draft pick as compensation.
Giants owner John Mara says he's hoping for option A, but right now everything is on the table. When a receiver like Wes Welker can be had on the open market for $6 million a year, that might suggest that it won't be too pricey for the Giants to keep Cruz, but Mara isn't sure right now if that's the case or not.
"It's hard to say," Mara told the Star-Ledger. "Some receivers, though, have gotten some pretty big contracts. Mike Wallace got a big contract. So I don't know. I have no idea how this is all going to play out, I just know that we want him back."
Mara said he isn't aware of any other team attempting to sign Cruz away, although he knows that's a possibility.
"Not that I know of. Nothing to report," Mara said. "But that doesn't mean conversations aren't going on."
Cruz recently hired agent Tom Condon, who also represents Giants quarterback Eli Manning, and Mara said he sees that as a positive.
"Certainly we've done business with Tom Condon before," Mara said. "I think the fact that he has our quarterback is maybe a good thing, but we'll see. We'll see. He'll go out and try to get the best deal he can for Victor, and hopefully it will be with us."
All the Giants know for sure is that they'll either have Cruz on their team in 2013, or they'll have an additional first-round draft pick.


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Gov. Pat Quinn's refusal to fire two University of Illinois trustees could revive a so-called fumigation bill aimed at hundreds of state workers.
Gov. Pat Quinn's refusal to fire two University of Illinois trustees could revive a so-called fumigation bill aimed at hundreds of state workers.
At a news conference Wednesday in Chicago, Quinn announced two replacements to the university board but said he would not fire two other trustees who have refused to heed his calls to step down.
Quinn is trying to clear out the board after a scandal over clout in the admissions process at the school, and seven trustees voluntarily resigned. The governor said he didn't want to wage a lengthy, costly court battle with the final two and instead wanted to focus on reforming the board.
A spokeswoman for Senate President John Cullerton said after Quinn's announcement that the president plans to call Senate Bill 1333 for a vote in the legislature's October veto session.
That measure, pushed through the House by Speaker Michael Madigan, would fire about 750 workers appointed to their jobs by former Govs. Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan. Cullerton spokeswoman Rikeesha Phelon said that while the bill was not aimed at them, it would cover U of I trustees James Montgomery and Frances Carroll.
But that could be a difficult task. The measure passed the House without opposition but stalled in the Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session in May. It now needs a supermajority of 36 votes to pass.
Phelon said Senate Democrats have "diverse opinions" on whether the measure is appropriate. Some lawmakers and affected workers argue it's unfair to punish workers for wrongdoing they weren't involved in. The trustees insist they've done nothing wrong.
"Based on various caucus differences in the spring, I would say that there are no guarantees that the legislation will pass," Phelon said. "Nevertheless, it will be called for a vote."
A spokesman for Quinn, who supported the measure in the spring, said the governor hasn't decided if that route should be taken in this case.
"While the governor is aware that this is an option, he has not taken a position on this possibility," Quinn spokesman Bob Reed said.
The "fumigation" bill originally targeted more than 3,000 state workers when Madigan proposed it, aiming to send a strong message to Quinn that he wasn't moving fast enough to clear house after Blagojevich's impeachment and removal from office.
But it later was narrowed to cover workers appointed by the two ex-governors to jobs or positions that don't have protection through state law and court rulings from political hiring or firing. That includes appointees to university boards and other boards and commissions.
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This new gallery showcases best-in-class apps developed using the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. Quick background on what the DPS is: it's a publishing platform that magazines, newspapers (including top publications like The New Yorker and Vanity Fair) use to build mobile apps. Get inspired by how it's being used today by browsing the gallery!


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BATAVIA – Britta and Steve McKenna continue to find ways to help Batavia.
As they were being honored Saturday as the Batavia Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Batavia Citizens of the Year, Britta McKenna announced a campaign to raise funds for the renovation of the boardwalk at the Batavia Riverwalk.
"It is only through our collaborative hands that we can shape Batavia's future," Britta McKenna, former executive director of the Batavia MainStreet program, said in announcing the "Purchase a Plank" campaign and accepting the award.
The couple has been giving back to Batavia ever since moving to the city in 1991. One of the first activities Britta McKenna first became involved in was the Batavia Riverwalk Committee, which oversaw the construction of the riverwalk,
She became a volunteer board member of the Batavia Riverwalk Committee and served as its marketing director. A couple of years later, Steve McKenna joined the riverwalk committee as a board member and treasurer.
In 2000, the pair also served as founding board members of the Friends of the Riverwalk. Britta McKenna also helped spearhead an effort in 2008 to add a permanent band shell to the Peg Bond Center on the Batavia Riverwalk.
"I get my energy from the good people I surround myself with," Britta McKenna said.
The couple humbly accepted the award.
"We came to Batavia 21 years ago not to win awards, but participate in the community," Steve McKenna said. "For me, it's been easy to be involved in this community."
He served as one of the founders of Holy Cross Cub Scout Pack 121 in 1992. More recently, Steve McKenna helped lead 2011's Bulldogs Unleashed fundraising project.
Colorfully painted bulldog statues were on display in downtown Batavia as part of a fundraiser for the Batavia Public Library Foundation, the Batavia Parks Foundation and the Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence.
For the couple, giving back to Batavia is a team effort.
"This is a team," Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke said, in paying tribute to the couple. "They are almost interchangeable."
He also took note of the couple's parenting skills in raising their two sons, Kyle and Owen.
"If we can credit them for anything, they have done an extraordinary job in parenting," Schielke said.
Batavia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Roger Breisch also recognized the couple's many contributions.
"Whenever Britta plans something, it always includes Steve," he said. "These are truly two extraordinary individuals. It was hard to keep up with Britta's ideas. It was sometimes intimidating."
The Batavia Citizen of the Year is selected by a committee of previous recipients of the award and is based on nominations from the community. The award is given for extraordinary contributions to the community over the course of the recipient's lifetime.
Britta and Steve McKenna honored for contributions to Batavia
BATAVIA – Britta and Steve McKenna continue to find ways to help Batavia.


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This is an issue with your operating system, not with Citadel. It typically involves making sure you have blank password fields in /etc/passwd /etc/shadow, and perhaps setting something in a configuration file to allow blank passwords, but this varies from system to system.


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While Apple reported more than 1 million downloads on its newly launched Mac App Store, its customers were grumbling about having to pay for updates, the need for free trials and whether users should pirate downloads.
It was Lifehacker that first complained about the lack of updates except on apps bought specifically at the Mac App Store.
One of the great ways developers reward longtime users is by offering updates to them at a discounted price. This won't be allowed in the App Store—if a developer wants to have a paid upgrade, they'll have to submit it as a completely separate app, and everyone will have to buy it again at the same price.
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Cult of Mac also agreed, finding that free updates only occur on Mac App Store downloads.
Lifehacker also lamented the lack of free demos, so buyers can see what they will be buying (this has been a long-standing beef with Apple.) The lack of free trials has led some to believe that a pirated copy is good alternative.
Gizmodo reported those users can buy Kickback, an Apple hack that allows users to pirate any app in the Mac App Store -- but would-be users will have to wait until February. Jesus Diaz wrote this contradictory statement, "While I don't support piracy, I understand the need to allow people to try apps for free, especially when there's so much crap out there." (Note to Diaz: I hate pandering, so if you are advocating piracy or any illegal act, Diaz, you back it up all the way -- not sugarcoat it to kowtow to Gizmodo's advertisers.)


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Dereszewski is a local historian who takes interested residents and visitors on tours of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick, giving them a bit of history to the rapidly changing neighborhoods.
"I was always doing community work, and I always enjoyed getting to know more about a neighborhood," he said. "When I was a kid, I remember going to the Greenpoint Library and stumbling upon a book about Bushwick's history. It definitely piqued my interest, and I realized then that I really liked local history."
Dereszewski has always been a community activist. He chaired the Land Use Committee of Brooklyn's Community Board 1 and was also head of a local block association.
For the last 10 years, he and his wife have called Forest Hills home, and his community involvement hasn't stopped.
He is currently the chairman of the Transportation Committee for Queens Community Board 6. There he has fought for street improvements, including traffic-calming measures on Woodhaven Boulevard and Union Turnpike.
Dereszewski recently hosted a historic tour of Williamsburg and Bushwick, where he highlighted local neighborhood organization St. Nick's Alliance, and its involvement in many of North Brooklyn's issues, from police protection to city services.
"Before, sanitation was terrible and you'd be afraid to walk down a certain block," he said. "St. Nick's helped fight to get more police in the area and more city services."
Dereszewski said that he is excited to see how the Brooklyn area will grow. "Twenty years from now we will see a totally different community," he said. "There has been many layers of development there."
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Cop Who Killed 13-Year-Old Boy Holding Toy Gun Won't Face Charges
Last year, a California sheriff's deputy shot 13-year-old Andy Lopez seven times, killing him, because he believed the pellet gun in the boy's hands was an assault rifle. Yesterday, the Sonoma County district attorney ruled the killer would face no charges.
District Attorney Jill Ravitch said that Lopez's death was "absolutely a tragedy," but "not a criminal act," arguing that deputy Erick Gelhaus "honestly and reasonably believed" the BB gun-toting middle-schooler "was an imminent threat of death to himself or others."
Protesters were unhappy with the decision. From KTVU:
"He was a kid, he was shot because he was kid carrying a toy gun where kids play. That is an injustice that cannot be permitted," says Jonathan Melrod of Justice for Andy Lopez
"This is like killing him again," said Nicole Guerra, an organizer with Andy's Youth.
According to police, the orange tip that's used to distinguish fake guns from real ones had been removed from Lopez's toy. It's also being reported, as if it matters one lick, that Lopez likely smoked weed about an hour before his death.
Teachers described the deceased as "kind, intelligent, and capable."
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Apparat Talks Moderat
Shitkatapult co-owner, Sascha Ring aka Apparat, return to MUTEK on May 28th as part of the mighty Moderat.
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Today MUTEKMAG interviews one of intelligent techno's best, Shitkatapult co-owner Sascha Ring aka Apparat, as we ramp up for his return to MUTEK on May 28th as part of the mighty Moderat.
This interview was conducted this past March, as Sascha Ring was in the thick of a big promotional push for the new Moderat album, which features Apparat and the guys from Modeselektor reprising a collaboration they dabbled in early in their careers. The band will have its Canadian premiere at MUTEK_10, where they promise to pull out all the audio-visual stops. Until then, Sascha explains how the project came together, how it slides into his varied trajectory, and what MUTEK attendees can expect come May.
How long have all three of you known each other, and when did you first meet?
We met at some kind of label showcase party in Berlin. Modeselektor played for Bpitch Control and I played for Shitkatapult. Gernot and Szary had a lot of analogue stuff and told me they´ll play "noise". I played with an early Powerbook, a futuristic Motormix controller and custom software. Gernot called it "girl-electro".
We really liked what the others did. Plus Modeselektor was really into the technological side of my set. At this time people were like "wow, so much sound with just one laptop?" when they saw a laptop set! Well, we started working on our live set-up. I integrated some analog stuff again and they switched to my software, which they still use 8 years later. Of course it grew over the years. One of the Modeslektors always called me after a set to talk about what we can change and how to improve the software.
Can you describe what it was like growing up? Where did you first discover music, what kind of music did you listen to, and when did you begin going to clubs, shows?
We are from different parts in Germany, but the way we got in touch with electronic music was pretty much the same. In the early 90s techno came over to the "east" and we started organizing parties in warehouses and old Russian military bases.
If I listen to a techno track today I almost see imaginary midi notes. I hear music from a very technical point of view. When I first heard a techno track back in the days, it was just something really different and totally new from what I´d heard before. Raving all night on techno music was something physical. I felt the music. Unfortunately I lost this feeling after sitting in the studio for years and years. Might be the price you pay if music is your life.
When did you first decide to start playing together, and what were those first shows like?
It was around 2000. We used to play live shows together. Three people on stage, no plan, just synchronized computer jams. We never really managed to capture this improvised sound on a record. Then, at some point we really forced ourselves and it was really tough. We all went sick the last night before the EP got mastered. It took us 7 years to recover and make the album.
Early on, in 2003, you released the "Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit" EP on Bpitch Control, and then nothing followed that. What led to this first record being made and why did it contained locked grooves? Why was nothing recorded together after that, until now?
I guess we had to focus on our solo careers. Even though the making of the EP was really exhausting we always wanted to do this album. But our solo albums went well and we started playing a lot. And when I had time Modeselektor didn't, so I did the record with Ellen [Allien], which was great and important for me as well. After Walls and Happy Birthday, we felt like taking a break would be good. We wanted to do something different and Moderat was just perfect for that!
Both Modeselektor and Apparat are projects that take a very individual approach to the live experience. How do you perform together, and do you have any tricks to make sure that everyone gets what they want out of a live set?
It doesn't make much sense to have 3 laptops on stage. It's kinda boring and you simply don't need it. Instead we gonna look at every song and think about an individual approach to its live version. We send this idea to the Pfadfinderei guys and they shoot video for it, produce images, program lights and whatever. We´ll do a special stage setup with 3 screens. It's gonna be an audio/visual thing.
How long did the album take to make? What was the process for working together in the studio?
We started to collect song ideas in 2007. That was right after we decided to do the album. Each of us had unfinished songs which he couldn't finish on its own so we hoped another one would re-animate those dead-ideas. We made some new things as well, and in end of 2007 we met and picked the best ideas to have something to start with.
We spent most of 2008 together in the studio to work on these ideas. It wasn't like in a band where the drummer would be in charge for his thing, we are 3 producers and each of us had different ideas about every little thing. We had endless discussions. Sometimes we talked more than we made music.
Both Apparat and Modeselektor have played MUTEK in the past. Can you say a few words on what playing this festival meant to you, and if it had any effect or influence on your careers?
MUTEK is a pretty cool mixture of all kinds of electronic stuff. I spent 3 days in Montreal and checked out a lot of other shows. It's also one of these festivals where you meet every promoter from every festival, so if you do a good job at MUTEK, you're most likely gonna be booked to some other cool events. I think that's what happened to us, and I guess MUTEK is definitely an important thing to do as an electronic musician. And of course it has a great open-minded crowd.
What can we look forward to in Montreal in a Moderat live show?
It's gonna be something new for all of us. Video is a really important part of the show, and we will develop the whole thing hand in hand with the Pfadfinderei. None of us has ever done something like a "show". Our live PA's always have been pretty improvised. The Moderat show will definitely give us room to improvise too, but we will rehearse the whole thing until everyone exactly knows when to do what. Ive never rehearsed for an electronic show, so it's weird.


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DOVER — Former Coe-Brown standout Tucker White was recently named Little East Conference player of the week.
The senior outfielder led the University of Southern Maine baseball team to a 4-1 mark during the week by hitting .562 with nine RBIs and a slugging percentage of .938.
White went 4 for 5, including a double and a home run, with six RBIs as the Huskies rolled to 17-2 victory over Suffolk in the Huskies regular-season finale.
The Huskies finished the regular season with a 33-7 record and earned the No. 1 seed in the LEC tournament.
He was hitting .425 entering the postseason with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 47 RBIs. He also has a team-high triples, 60 runs scored and 34 stolen bases.
White went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored in a 4-2 win over UMass Dartmouth in the LEC playoffs.
He also had a pair of hits Sunday as the Huskies defeated UMass Dartmouth again, 4-2, to capture their second straight LEC title and sew up an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III tournament.
Rochester's Jeff Richardson was named first team all-league in the North Atlantic Conference for the second year in a row.
A senior shortstop and four-year starter on the Thomas College baseball team, he hit .336 this season with five doubles, 14 RBIs and 13 walks. He was also hit by a pitch 18 times and finished the year with a .465 on-base percentage.
Richardson ranks in the top five all-time at Thomas in career batting average (.351), at-bats (468), hits (150), stolen bases (24) and runs scored (98).
He also ranks second in games played at the school with 140.
Portsmouth's Bri Keenan had a two-run single for the Tufts University softball team in an 8-2 win over Springfield in the Babson Park (Mass.) Regional of the Division III NCAA tournament.
The top-seeded Jumbos improved to 40-3 with their 13th consecutive victory.
She also had two hits in a 12-5 win over Lesley.
Keenan had two hits and scored twice in a 9-1 victory over Babson as Tufts moved to within one win of a second straight berth in the NCAA finals.
Barrington's Lindsay Moore went 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored for the Saint Joseph's College softball team in a 3-1 loss to Husson in the second game of a doubleheader.
She also had one of the Monks' two hits in the opener, a 3-0 setback.
Somersworth's Erica Boulanger came on in relief and took the loss in the first game. The freshman pitcher gave up one earned run and six hits in 3.2 innings with two walks and three strikeouts.
Moore had a two-run double in a 4-0 win over Lesley in the Babson Park Regional of the Division III NCAA tournament.
Dover's Megan Bolduc received honorable mention in the NECC.
A sophomore shortstop on the Becker College softball team, she hit .319 with nine doubles, a home run, six stolen bases and 21 RBIs in 35 games.
Dover's Ian Seawards singled for the Keene State College baseball in a 4-0 loss to Southern Maine in the Little East Conference tournament.
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DOVER — Former Coe-Brown standout Tucker White was recently named Little East Conference player of the week.


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Revenue for 2007 was up 4.9 percent over 2006 revenue, which was $58.8 million. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 increased by 4.5 percent from $14.9 million in 2006.
The Sports Club Co., which trades on the Pink Sheets, operates and owns luxury sports and fitness complexes nationwide under the brand name The Sports Club/LA.


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GSoC 2011: Aniessh Sethh and the Central Participants Database
In the first of our articles on LimeSurvey's 2011 Google Summer of Code students we look at Aniessh Seth and his proposal to build a central participants database for LimeSurvey.
Aniessh was selected from a number of students who made a proposal looking at this idea. Aniessh's proposal is to create a single database to store a central collection of participants for a LimeSurvey installation. The participants can then be re-used and invited to different surveys easily. The system will allow modification of the records relating to each participant, a system of storing unlimited 'attributes' and values against each one and methods for searching and categorising the participants. The system will work in conjunction with the current token system, but will be an enhancement because the current token system is limited to only work with individual surveys.
If you're interested in this project visit the proposal page, and the make any comments or suggestions in the proposal forum.
Aniessh's proposal is outlined on the LimeSurvey Wiki, and we ask the LimeSurvey user community to read it and make suggestions on the related forum thread here.
It's important during this early design phase that ideas, comments and suggestions are made. They won't necessarily be incorporated into the initial feature implementation but the more input Aniessh receives from users the better informed his design decisions will be, and future improvements will be easier and faster to build.
Aniessh is interested in knowing how you might use such a feature, what sort of functionalities you'd like to see in it, really anything that can help him make the design more usable.
During the next month Aniessh will be able to talk the issues out and get an understanding of the LimeSurvey community's needs. He will start serious coding in early to mid June.
Proposal Wiki Page: http://docs.limesurvey.org/Central+participants+database+(User+panel)
Proposal Forum Thread: http://www.limesurvey.org/en/forum/future-features/60319-gsoc-2011-central-participants-database#60319


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Our group is part of the Physics and Astronomy Department at UCL. An overview of the group's research can be found in the most recent Departmental Annual Review.
Our group members are also playing leadership roles in many international projects, covering a time line from the present to 2030 or so. They include the Dark Energy Survey, DESI, Euclid, LSST, the Hubble Space Telescope, JWST, SPICA, Cassini, Laplace / JUICE, Ariel, LOFAR, Planck, Herschel, e-MERLIN, ALMA, SKA, WEAVE and Subaru PFS.