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Ryanair halves excess baggage fee
The price of packing too much has been cut from £20 per kilo to £10 per kilo in what the Irish carrier is calling "an early Christmas present" for its passengers.
The change will bring it in line with rivals such as easyJet and Bmi regional, who also charge £10 per kilo for excess baggage, and Wizz Air, which charges £9. Several airlines, including Jet2.com, Flybe and Thomson, charge considerably more.
It is the latest in a series of customer-friendly changes by Ryanair, prompted by a fall in profits earlier this year.
They include the introduction of a 24-hour post-booking "grace" period, during which passengers can correct minor errors such as spelling mistakes free of charge.
Passengers are also now allowed on board with a second "small" carry-on bag, such as a "small ladies handbag or [a] small airport shopping bag", while the airline's boarding pass re-issue fee has been cut from £70 to £15.
On all flights that operate before 8am, or after 9pm, public announcements are now restricted to essential safety messages and cabin lights dimmed "so that any customers who wish to snooze, can comfortably do so."
Further changes are scheduled for next year. On January 5, the charge for checking luggage at the airport (rather than online) will fall from £60 to £30 per bag, and on February 1 it will introduce fully allocated seating on all flights.
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Red Bull Media House Sign Sal Masekela
Santa Monica, CA – Red Bull Media House (RBMH) has signed Sal Masekela to a multi-year extension to be the voice of a diverse set of global sports properties and US television programs produced by the company. After a successful first year during which Masekela hosted 35 hours of the most progressive and innovative action sports for the Red Bull Signature Series on NBC Sports, he will continue to be the definitive face of the property.
Masekela will be enhancing his role within the entertainment brand by taking on producing responsibilities and developing original content for RBMH. Masekela will not only continue to be the face of action sports, but will also play a key role across Red Bull Media House's other high profile properties. RBMH and Masekela's UX Entertainment Group will continue to collaborate on projects such as the successful web series, Travelin' Sal: Come Ride With Me."
"Sal is the authority in action sports," said Werner Brell, Managing Director, Red Bull Media House North America. "He carries a definitive voice of authenticity through his storytelling that cuts across all media channels. We are excited to continue the partnership with Sal, further bolstering our position in bringing the best action sports events to life with the Red Bull Signature Series on NBC and providing us with the opportunity to launch additional formats with Sal around action sports, music and entertainment. All this grows our portfolio of programming for 2013 onwards."
"This past year working with Red Bull Media House has been an incredible global adventure and far too much fun. I'm looking forward to our continued partnership with an eye to presenting a truly spectacular platform of action sports events coupled with innovative storytelling. I feel lucky, at this point in my career to be a part of this groundbreaking team." said Masekela.
Additionally, RBMH will work hand-in-hand with Masekela to support his music endeavors, most specifically with his band, "Alekesam." Sal, whose father Hugh Masekela is a South African jazz icon, will utilize Red Bull Studios to record original music, which further expands the relationship between Masekela and RBMH. This partnership will enable a collaborative effort to maximize the power of both brands, not only in content creation, but in distribution as well. As a company, RBMH leads the industry in distributing content by fusing together traditional, digital, and mobile platforms, creating a unique and innovative consumption experience. For more information, go to www.redbullmediahouse.com.
Masekela has a rich history in the sports and entertainment world, hosting E!'s The Daily 10 for more than four years, and being the face of the Summer & Winter X Games for the past 13 years. Masekela is represented by ROAR, CAA and Darren Trattner Esq.


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Welcome to the Ahrens Hobby Farm Website. We own a small, private, hobby farm. We live on 20 acres and have 3 beautiful children that help take care of the animals. We started in 2005 with a mini pig and some pygmy goats and now have several nigerian dwarf goats, miniatur Cattle, mini horses, several Juliana & Micro mini pigs, chickens, and barn cats. We love all our animals and hope you find one that you may want to take home for your very own. Thanks so much for looking around. Be sure to click on the photo's around the farm page and check out all the other critters for sale. ~All Animals are for sale, if the price is right. They may not be listed for sale, but if you offer enough $$$$ it can be yours. I am a business minded person, so if you see something that you have to have, make an offer. =)
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Thank-you to Kaylee DeFer (actress) & Mike Pereira for buying a beautiful 1/2 Juliana, they named Pancetta.
Thank-you to Aaron Lewis (of Staind) and his wife Vanessa, for buying a tiny Juliana piglet from us. Even though Aaron is a rock star, he is a very down to earth person and his wife is also. I highly suggest going to one of his concerts....He ROCKS!!!! I will put a link to his website on my links page.
For the summer of 2011 & 2012 we had several of our animals at Nelis' Dutch Village, in Holland, MI.
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Whether you focus on the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences or fine arts, your studies in the College of Arts and Sciences will enhance your engaged citizenship and guide your understanding of the world.
Qualified Drake students in the College of Arts and Sciences can earn an undergraduate degree and a law degree in six years rather than the usual seven. Through this program, students complete three years of full-time undergraduate study, use law school courses to meet the balance of required undergraduate credits, and receive their bachelors degree after the first year of law school. Visit the Drake Law School website for more information.


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A few links I found :Yotova et al just published a study in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution which demonstrates that an X-linked haplotype of Neanderthals (B0006) is not only present in ALL non-African populations but also OCCURS AT THE HIGHEST RATE IN NATIVE AMERICANS. Moreover, it is basically ABSENT in East Asia, and occurs in 9% of Western Europeans, the "center" of ancient Neanderthal populations, but is PRESENT IN 25% OF NATIVE AMERICANS, by far the highest prevalence worldwide. If neanderthals never made it to the New World, how is this possible??? Opinions???
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Interesting as are the facts recorded in this book, they do not constitute its chief value.
That is found in its reflection of the wonderful spirit which moved the women who strove and achieved, despite obstacles greater than any which have stood in the way of other upward struggles.
These sketches breathe aspiration, hope, courage, patience, fortitude, faith.
The youth of today and of other days will come under this influence. They will not relive those lives. That cannot be: conditions change; human beings differ; deeds cannot be duplicated. But the spirit of the noble dead may be enkindled in the hearts of those who live after.
It is said that one can appreciate only that to which he has some inner likeness. The author's spiritual kinship with the women of whom she wrote made possible the rare understanding brought to her subject.
The result is a work which not only furnishes useful information, but--what is even more--inspires to finer character growth and racial development.
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Olive Garden Selling Lifetime Pasta Pass For One Week Only
By Emily Lee
August 13, 2019
Olive Garden's famed unlimited 'Pasta Pass' is finally making a comeback. The 'Never Ending Pasta Pass' will officially go on sale Thursday (Aug. 15) at 2pm, but this year Olive Garden is taking things up a notch.
The traditional Pasta Pass, which costs $100, offers fans nine weeks of unlimited pastas and sauces from the restaurant's Never Ending Pasta Bowl menu, as well as unlimited soup or salad and breadsticks.This year, though, Olive Garden will sell the $500 Lifetime Pasta Pass guaranteeing you, well, a lifetime of pasta at Olive Garden.
Olive Garden shared the exciting news on Instagram on Monday (Aug. 12). "We can't keep it a secret any longer: Your pasta dreams have COME TRUE!" the restaurant chain captioned a photo of the lifetime pasta pass membership card. There's some delicious looking pasta in the background, too, of course.
The Lifetime Pass is quite similar to the traditional pass. Customers who are able to purchase the Lifetime Pasta Pass will also be able to order unlimited pastas and sauces from the restaurant's Never Ending Pasta Bowl menu, except their pass lasts much longer than a measly nine weeks. And, yes, unlimited soup or salad and breadsticks are included in the Lifetime Pass Membership.
Since Olive Garden is only selling 50 Lifetime Pasta Passes, it's going to be pretty competitive out there. Here's how you can get a Lifetime Pass Pasta Pass. First you have to purchase the traditional pasta pass on Thursday. This won't be as difficult to lock down because Olive Garden will sell 24,000 nine-week passes. Once you successfully purchase the nine-week Pasta Pass, you must then opt-in for the chance to be selected for the Lifetime Pass. The first 50 people that opt-in will be given the change to upgrade their Pasta Pass.
Check your email on Friday (Aug. 16) to see if you're one of the chosen few for the Lifetime Pasta Pass. After receiving your email, you'll have 48 hours to pay the additional $400 for the Lifetime Pasta Pass. If you aren't selected for the Lifetime Pasta Pass, you can still enjoy your nine-week unlimited pasta pass from September 23rd-November 24th of this year.
Happy eating!
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Bernd Hauck was born 19 December 1950 in Wolfsburg - Germany. After leaving school finished apprenticeship as an electro-machinefitter. Completed civil service duties working with elderly citizens. From 1974 - 1979 studied Free Arts in Universitiy for fine Arts in Braunschweig. Studied Graphik under Prof. Sartorius and Scupture under Prof. Pilgrim. Since 1980 He have exhibitions in well known Galleries in Europe.
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Lahore Shalimar 254 (Salahuddin 63, Sami 5-77) and 59 for 0 beat Karachi Whites 170 (Alam 53, Cheema 6-62) and 142 (Saad Ali 58, Cheema 4-36) by 10 wickets
Lahore Shalimar bowled out Karachi Whites for well under 200 twice in the game, helped by Aizaz Cheema's ten wickets, to set to up a crushing ten-wicket win.
With Fawad Alam's 53 the only significant contribution, Whites could only manage 170 in their first innings after choosing to bat, as Cheema ran through the middle and lower order to claim 6 for 62. Then, Shalimar's top order all got into double digits to make sure they took charge. They finished with a lead of 84, which was amplified when their bowlers knocked over both Whites' openers for ducks in their second gig.
Whites were still trailing by 30 runs, and had lost four wickets when they started the third day. They took the lead, but kept losing wickets, the last six falling for 47, to finish at 142. Zia-ul-Haq got rid of both the set batsmen - Saad Ali and Saeed Bin Nasir - and only three of them reached double figures.
Lahore Shalimar achieved their target of 59 without losing a wicket, and took nine points from the match.
Karachi Blues 502 for 9 (Manzoor 162, Iqbal 117, Akbar 54, Tanvir 51, Jalat 4-125) and 14 for 1 dec drew with Quetta 242 (Taimur76, Badar 52, Azam 5-50, Misbah 3-66) and 127 for 3 (Asad 63)
Lack of time prevented Karachi Blues from achieving a win against Quetta, in a one-sided contest in Karachi. The Blues, however, received three points, owing to a first-innings lead of 260. This was made possible through centuries by opener Khurram Manzoor and captain Faisal Iqbal, and eight wickets claimed by spinners Azam Hussain and Misbah Khan. By then, the match was well into its third day, and the Blues, despite declaring their second innings at 14 for 1, couldn't take more than three wickets in Quetta's chase, which was called off after 74.3 overs on the final day.
Besides the knock of 162 by Manzoor and 117 by Iqbal, there were two half-centuries and a knock of 49, as the Blues strung together some useful partnerships. The third-wicket stand between Manzoor and Iqbal was worth 196 runs, and despite a few quick wickets falling thereafter, the seventh-wicket stand of 96 runs between Akbar-ur-Rahman and Tanvir Ahmed pushed their score towards 500.
On the contrary, Quetta kept losing wickets regularly. Badar Ali and Taimur Ali scored half-centuries, but no one else provided any resistance as Azam and Misbah ran through the line-up. Blues only played five overs in the second innings, to give themselves time to bowl the opposition out, but that ultimately wasn't enough. Ali Asad, with 63, led Quetta to 127 for 3 before the match was declared a draw.
Bahawalpur 181 (Naseer 5-45) drew with Faisalabad 120 for 4 (Asif 53)
Fog and rain disrupted two days of cricket at the Iqbal stadium, with neither side completing an innings, a draw was the only possible result. Faisalabad appeared to be, marginally, the better side of the two, though, as they scored 120 for 4 in reply to Bahawalpur's first-innings total of 181.
Bahawalpur, put in to bat, fell apart after a 64-run opening stand, with quicks Naseer Akram and Ehsan Adil chipping away at the batting order, taking eight wickets between them. Faisalabad replied positively, despite two bursts of quick wickets, and ended the third day looking good to go past Bahawalpur's total. But that couldn't happen.
Abbottabad 228 (Hameed 84, Zahir 5-58) and 275 (Yasir 60, Hameed 54, Laghari 4-61) drew with Hyderabad 170 (Mir 66, Yasir 4-68) and 225 for 4 (Rizwan 100*, Mir 63*)
A spirited fourth-innings century by Rizwan Ahmed helped Hyderabad secure a draw against Abbottabad at the Niaz Stadium. After low first-innings total by both teams, Abbottabad scored 275 to give Hyderabad a stiff target to chase. Despite a shaky start, they eventually lost only four wickets, till the match was declared a draw.
A knock of 84 from captain Yasir Hameed was the only one of note in Abbottabad's first innings. Spinners Zahi Mahmood and Shoaib Laghari took eight of their wickets. But Hyderabad couldn't back this bowling performance with effective batting. They lost their first five wickets for 48 runs and, although Mir Ali's 66 provided them with some respite, their last four wickets fell for 11 runs, to be bowled out for 170.
Abbottabad consolidated their lead through a collective batting effort, with Hameed and Yasir Shah scoring fifties, and three other batsmen scoring more than 34 runs. They sniffed victory when two of Hyderabad's batsmen were dismissed cheaply. Two productive stands followed, and Rizwan Ahmed and Mir Ali featured in an unbeaten stand of 119, to thwart Abbottabad.
Islamabad 209 (Masood 99, Rahat Ali 4-73) beat Multan 138 (R Haider 52, Shehzad 5-21) by 71 runs
Shehzad Azam bowled Islamabad to a convincing 71-run victory over Multan to take them to the top of the points table in Group I. After the first two days were lost to rain and fog, both the teams mutually agreed to forfeit their first innings and played only their second innings in order to achieve a result.
Islamabad were put in to bat on the third day and lost half their team for 83 before 23-year old Shan Masood, who fell short of his third first-class century by a run, took the team to a respectable total of 209.
Multan were left with the fourth day to chase 210 but collapsed to 138 within 44 overs, falling to the medium-pace attack of Islamabad led by Shehzad Azam who dismissed five out of the top seven batsmen. Only Rizwan Haider showed some resistance once wickets started falling with a quick-fire half-century which included eight fours and a six.
Sialkot 117 for 1 dec (Sarwar 50*) drew with Lahore Ravi 28 for 1
The Group I fixture between Sialkot and Lahore Ravi ended in a draw which saw only 74 overs being bowled after three days out of four were lost due to rain. These two teams also agreed to play only their second innings, but the fourth day was not enough to produce a result.
After Sialkot were put in to bat, they declared at their score of 117 for 1, scoring at less than two runs per over. Ravi were not left with much time to bat and when they were at 28 for 1 after 11 overs, the match ended in a draw and the two teams received two points each.


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This article discusses how to use HTML, CSS style sheets, and JavaScript to produce mathematical documents that are well-structured, conform to best practices, and look good. We also provide a number of basic tools to help authors: a basic style sheet and script file, HTML and XHTML templates, and GIF images of mathematical symbols.
The purpose of this article is to help authors prepare mathematical documents for the web--authors generally, not just JOMA authors. We go beyond the issue of mathematical notation and discuss the structure of mathematical documents.
Mathematical documents, even expository ones, are typically more formal than most documents on the web. In addition to standard document structures such as sections and subsections, many will have the well-defined and somewhat specialized elements that are traditional in mathematics. These include
In addition, web-based mathematical documents should (and often do) have elements that go beyond what is possible with printed documents. Some of these are
We do not presume, in this article at least, to tell you how to write mathematical content, either for research or expository articles. However, from a technical point of view, many "best practices" are widely accepted by experts, even if little known in the mathematical community. Most of these best practices deal with the interrelated issues of access and re-use.
We want you to keep an important point in mind. Although ultimately you are writing mathematical documents for your colleagues or students, at an intermediate level you are writing for various software and hardware processing agents:
No one will see or use your documents unless these processing agents work correctly first. So what are the best practices?
Content refers to the basic information and data that you are providing your readers. Presentation refers to the how that content is rendered. Separating the two allows you (the author) to concentrate on what's most important (the mathematical and expository content) and worry about matters of style later, and separately. Your source documents are clean and uncluttered. Besides, you may well need different types or presentation for different devices. The best way to display the document on a computer screen may be very different than the best way to print the document.
Metadata are bits of information about your document, usually invisible to the reader, but often essential to those agents that are processing the document (readers, search engines, etc.). At the very least, you should provide the following metadata for your documents:
Presumably, you want your document to be as accessible as possible, to users with disabilities, and to users with various hardware and software configurations. Here are some simple things you can do.
Here are a couple of good exercises that you can use to judge the accessibility of your document.
You want your document to "degrade gracefully" if some of the technologies fail or are inaccessible to a user. Here are some basic "do's and don'ts"
It's well beyond the scope of this article to discuss HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in detail. However, if you are going to write web documents, and in particular, mathematical web documents, there are a few basic concepts that you must understand, regardless of the authoring tools that you use.
HTML (the HyperText Markup Language) is the lingua-franca of the web. You should not think of it as simply a language for producing formatted text. It does that, of course, but the real power and value of HTML derive from the fact that all sorts of other elements can be embedded in it (graphics, mathlets, other markup languages), and because rich, semantic information can be included. Think of HTML as the basic expository glue of a mathematics document on the web.
HTML is basically an object-oriented language. The language has tags that create document objects such as headings, paragraphs, tables, lists, images, links, horizontal lines, and so forth. The tags are of two basic types: binary tags have opening and closing parts that enclose text.

This markup creates a short paragraph.

Unary tags do not enclose text: the following markup inserts an image with filename "myGraph.png".
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Each tag has a number of attributes that can be set, depending on the type of object. Typical examples are
border (for a table or image),
color (for a font or a line),
src (the source reference for an image), and
href (the protocol and URL for a link).
Every object (tag) has two attributes that are fundamentally important: class and id. The class attribute allows us to create sub-classes of objects. These sub-classes help refine the structure of our document, and as we will see, allow different presentation. The id attribute allows us to give a unique name to an object, so that we can link to the object, or even find and manipulate the object programmatically (with JavaScript, for example).
Look at the source code of this page (available from your browser's View menu). Note the general syntax of the HTML tags and their attributes.
Obviously, HTML, as a general purpose markup language, cannot include tags for specialized disciplines, such as mathematics. There is no
theorem tag, for example. However, there are two general purpose tags that allow us to create our own objects, in a sense; these are the
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An HTML document is technically a rooted (and therefore ordered), labeled tree. (What mathematician can't appreciate that?). The root of the tree is the
html tag, and immediately below are
head and
body tags. The children of the body node are typically headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, and so forth. A list has list items as children while a table has table rows as children which in turn have table data as children. Well, you get the idea. The structure of this tree is referred to as the Document Object Model (DOM).
If you are using the Firefox browser, explore the document object model of this page using the DOM Inspector, available from the Tools menu. If you are not using Firefox, please consider using it instead of, or in addition to, your regular browser. Because of its support for MathML, CSS, SVG and other standard technologies, Firefox is unparalleled as a browser for mathematical web documents. In the meantime, you may view a screen shot of the DOM Inspector.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) is a style language that is used to control the presentation of HTML documents. Essentially, statements in CSS assign style conditions to HTML elements. Different style conditions can be applied to subclasses of an element or to elements with a particular id attribute. This is the reason for the term cascading in the title, and one of the reasons that the class and id attributes are so important in our HTML markup.
To give you an example of CSS syntax, here are the style attributes, in our style sheet, for the
<var></var> tag and for the
vector subclass of the
<var></var> tag:
var { font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; } var.vector { font-weight: bold; }
As you can probably guess, text enclosed in the
<var></var> tag is rendered in italic style with normal font weight. However, for text enclosed in the
<var class="vector"></var> tag, the normal font weight specification is overridden in favor of the bold font weight specification. However, the italic style is still in effect (it's inherited, in language of Object Oriented Programming).
If you are using the Firefox browser, open the DOM inspector. In the left pane, select Stylesheets. In the upper right pane, the various HTML objects are displayed. If you select one of these, the style attributes appear in the lower right pane. Explore the style attributes of some of the HTML objects in this way. If you are not using the Firefox browser then--well, why aren't you? In the meantime, you may view a screen shot of the DOM Inspector
Open the CSS style sheet for this web page. Note the general syntax.
JavaScript is a powerful scripting language that can be used to extend the basic capabilities of HTML and to manipulate objects in the DOM. JavaScript is a web standard; the actual standards name is ECMAScript, named for the standards organization ECMA International
One of the most basic uses of JavaScript for a typical document is to open an ancillary page in a small pop-up window without the usual menu bar, navigation tools, and address field (sometimes referred to as a window without chrome). Here is the function in our script file that does that:
function openWindow(address, windowName, w, h){ newWindow = window.open(address,windowName, "toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=1,menubar=0,scrollbars=2,resizable=1, width=300,height=200,top=20,left=20"); newWindow.resizeTo(w,h); newWindow.focus(); }
If you are familiar with Java or similar programming languages, you can probably guess what this code does: it opens a new window and loads a page with the URL given in the address variable. The window is not given a toolbar or menu bar, but is given scrollbars and can be resized. The window is initially sized to the width and height given by the w and h variables, and finally given the focus so that it appears on top.
Our script file also includes a function that can extract any element in the DOM with an id attribute, and display this element in a popup window. This is not a particularly useful function, but it illustrates the interaction between JavaScript and the DOM. For example, please view Exercise 2
JavaScript is also a very powerful tool for creating interactive mathlets, particularly in combination with images and HTML form elements (buttons, list boxes, input fields, etc.). It's well beyond the scope of this article to explore this in detail. However, for an example, try the Venn Diagram mathlet.
The very first part of an HTML document (up to and including the
 tag) contains declarations about the type of HTML, the language encoding, and similar information. These declarations vary depending on whether other languages (such as MathML or SVG) are embedded, so we treat this topic in the individual sample articles (see the table of contents).
 part of the HTML document contains basic information about your document, including the
<title /> tag for the title of the document, the
<meta /> tags for metadata,
<link /> tags used to link the document to other documents (particularly the style sheet), and
 tags, used for JavaScript.
We recommend that you have metadata for authors, keywords, a brief description, and date, at a very minimum. You will also need references to the style sheet and script file. Thus, the head information might have the following form:
 <title>Document title</title> <meta name="author" content="Authors of document" /> <meta name="Keywords" content="keyword list" /> <meta name="Description" content="Brief description" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheetURL" type="text/css" />
Remember that style and presentation issues are to be handled with the style sheet. Thus, avoid HTML tags that deal only with presentation. For example, there are no good reasons to use any of the following:
 for italics.
 for bold weight.
 for underlined text.
 for a font specification.
<big></big> to increase text size.
 to decrease text size.
<tt></tt> for "teletype" text style.
Similarly, do not use tag attributes that deal only with style (since, again, this should be handled by the style sheet). There are no good reasons to use any of the following attributes for example:
color for the color of text
border for borders of tables
background for a background image
bground for background color
size for the size of fonts
On the other hand, you should use content tags that give appropriate information about the enclosed text:
 for emphasis.
 for strong emphasis.
<var></var> for a variable.
 for a citation.
<dfn></dfn> for a definition.
 for a
code fragment.
Remember that if you don't like the default style associated with these elements, then you can easily change them with the style sheet.
Of course, you will inevitably use block-level tags, such as headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables, to structure your document. In particular, HTML provides a rich collection of list types (unordered lists, ordered lists, and definition lists) and lists can be nested.
Moreover, you can sub-class any HTML element to refine the structure of your document, or to use special styles. For example, you might have subclasses of the
 tag for Maple code, Java code, etc.
But do not use content tags to achieve presentation effects:

 tag only for a block-level quote, not for indentation.
We use the term large structure to refer to any well-defined structure within your document that consists of more than one block-level element. Typically, general document structures such as sections and subsections fall into this category, as do special mathematical structures such as theorems, proofs, examples, exercises, etc. As a rule of thumb, you should encapsulate any large structure in your document with a

 tag. As always, we gain two important benefits from this approach:
 tag.
Front matter refers to the special document elements that occur before the main body of the document, such as the abstract, keyword list, table of contents, etc. You may or may not have such elements, but if you do, they should be marked as objects. Then, the entire front matter could be enclosed in

, like any large structure should be.
Except for the title and author information, the front matter is rendered by our style sheet in a slightly smaller font and with slightly larger margins. But of course, you could change any of this.
Title and author information might be marked using special classes of headings as follows:

Article Title

Name of author

Author's department

Author's institution

Date

This can be modified in a straightforward way to include additional information, to delete information, or for multiple authors. For example, you might want to include address or date information.
The abstract might be marked as follows:

Abstract
 ···

The body of the abstract might consist of several paragraphs or even other block level elements such as lists. Remember to give the abstract an
id attribute if you want to refer back to it.
The list of keywords might be marked as follows:

Keywords

Keyword 1

Keyword 2

Keyword 3

Note that the list of keywords is marked in this example as an unordered list (because that's what it is), even thought our style sheet renders the list as a single row, without bullets or other embellishments.
Typically, an article will have a subject classification relative to some given taxonomy. This could be marked as follows:

>
Subject classification<

Subject 1

Subject 2

Subject 3

Note that the subject classification is marked as an ordered list, even thought our style sheet renders the list as a single row, without numbers or other embellishments.
A typical table of contents might be marked as follows:

Main Contents<

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Ancillary Topics

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3

This is intended as an example only. Web article can have very complicated, "nonlinear" structures, with multiple threads and various types of ancillary materials. Your table of contents might involve nested lists or several different lists. Remember to give the table of contents an
id attribute so that you can link back to it.
Special mathematical structures such as definitions, theorems, etc. typically involve several block-level HTML objects, and hence are created as subclasses of the generic

 tag. For example, the first theorem in the article might be marked as follows;

Theorem 1
 ···

The body of the theorem can have several paragraphs or other elements such as lists, displayed mathematical expressions, etc. Note that the theorem belongs to the general class of theorems, so that all theorems can be styled in a special way, and the theorem has a unique
id attribute so that you can link back to it.
The following subclasses of

 are defined in our style sheet, and all work in roughly the same way.
As always, you could add other classes and you could change the style attributes.
Our stylesheet defines three classes of the
 tag, with class names "internal", "external", and "ancillary". The
target="_blank" attribute assignment should be used for a link that should be opened in a separate window, and the
title attribute can give the reader a tool-tip that the link is to an external site. You can use our JavaScript file to open an ancillary page in a pop-up window without chrome. Use the following syntax:
link material
where URL is the address of the ancillary page, windowName is the name that you want to given the window, in case you need to refer to it in other JavaScript commands, w and h are the width and height (in pixels) that you want for the pop-up window, and where link material is the material to be linked to the ancillary page (this could be text or images).
Please see the table of mathematical symbols. Note that this page opens in a pop-window without chrome.
Ordinarily, you should not have links in an ancillary page that is displayed in a pop-up window, except perhaps to other ancillary pages of the same type. Recall that the pop-up window lacks basic navigational tools (forward and backward buttons, address toolbar, etc.), and by definition, the page is not part of a main discussion thread.
A web page displayed in a browser window has well-defined top and left sides, but not bottom and right sides. Western text, at least, is read from top to bottom and from left to right. Much of the time, some of the material in the page will be hidden below the bottom of the browser window. Less frequently, but still often, material will also be hidden beyond the right of the browser window. (Of course, the user scrolls down and to the right to get to this material.) A web "page" (file) may actually be many printed pages, perhaps dozens. These facts imply several good practices, obvious on reflection but often overlooked:
Of course, you should use an
id attribute for any labeled object, including mathematical expressions, graphics, and tables, so that you can link to these objects.
Navigating users through your article is also a complicated issue, particularly if your document has multiple threads and ancillary material. One commonly accepted practice is to provide a "you are here" sequence of links that explains the location of a page in the overall article. This sequence is typically located at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page, you probably want to give links to where the user should go next (possibly several different places) and links to where the user has come from (again, possibly several different places).
Our style sheet provides basic "header" and "footer" subclasses of the generic

 tag for navigational information. Navigational text is rendered in a sans-serif font with a slightly smaller font size.
It's a good practice to have a complete list of references for your document, including both links to external web sites and printed works. When referencing an external site in the body of the article, some authors link to the reference list (which then links to the external site), rather than linking directly to the site. However, this is not the behavior that most readers would expect, requires an extra click, and takes the reader away from the main document. A better practice is to have two links--one directly to the external site (opening in a new window or tab, of course), and one to the reference list. Here's an example: please see the W3C Math site [references] for more information about MathML, the Mathematics Markup Language.
Beyond this basic recommendation, we offer no prescriptions for reference lists. Like the table of contents, the collection of references may be very complex and the best structure may depend on the type of document, perhaps involving multiple lists or nested lists, ordered and unordered.


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Ecce Homo
Scholars of the historic Jesus engage multiple disciplines to 'behold the man'
Since the late 18th century, scholarship on the study of Jesus has moved from faith-based research to a cultural investigation focused on historical probability.
Known popularly as the "quest for the historical Jesus," the academic enterprise uses literary data, archaeology and modern historical method to reconstruct the life of Jesus.
Michael Daise explains that history-based inquiry into Jesus's life began in Germany when the Zeitgeist, or "spirit of the time," embraced philosophical rationalism. Daise is William & Mary's Walter G. Mason Associate Professor of Religious Studies. He has included a student, Bethany Rishell '11, in his investigation of this fascinating field that mixes history, religious studies, archaeology and ancient and modern languages. They critically analyze first-century Judaic literature and other sources in hopes of building a composite picture of Jesus.
Despite the empirical nature of the research, scholars studying the historic Jesus start with the Bible. Their primary sources are the four canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, says Daise, which describe the life, ministry and death of Jesus. Historical and cultural context are also taken into consideration to figure out the events of Jesus's life.
Non-canonical sources
Non-canonical sources—texts not contained in the Bible—are also studied to cross-reference data and establish historical fact, said Daise. Such texts include the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Jewish writings from the era not included in the canon; the Old Testament Apocrypha, a body of early Jewish and Christian texts, most of which are included in the Roman Catholic canon; and Antiquities of the Jews, a 20-volume book composed by Jewish historian Flavius Josephus.
Scholars agree that Jesus was a Jew, says Daise, and therefore they expect continuities between the person of Jesus and other aspects of the age.
"To study Jesus, you don't need to study material that mentions his name or even includes him as a character," said Daise. "You can simply study anything about Judaism of the time and that will help you reconstruct his milieu. Then, you can look back at the canonical Gospels with a better lens."
Daise has devoted his career to studying Judaism and the formative years of Christianity. He is part of the Enoch Seminar, which began in 2001. It's a group of scholars from 15 countries who gather, by invitation only, to share research on Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins. He brings this background into his classes at William & Mary, such as his Christian Origins course where he met Rishell.
Raised in what she described as a religious, conservative family, Rishell says she developed a very personal interest in discovering who Jesus really was.
"When I came to William & Mary, I really wanted the opportunity to study Jesus from a secular perspective," said Rishell. So she started working on research, under Daise's direction, during her freshman year.
"I had to do some 'grunt work' as Professor Daise called it," she said. She began by updating a database and assisting Daise with a bibliography. The majority of her time, however, was focused on her own research.
Under Daise's mentorship, Rishell started to focus on ancient Judaism and the afterlife. She read original texts and wrote down every reference to the afterlife, such as "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Son of Man Coming," found in the Christian Gospels, the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Old Testament Apocrypha. She compiled a line-by-line analysis and comprehensive lists of verses that refer to the afterlife.
Rishell immersed herself in even more research after learning she was a recipient of a Monroe Scholarship through the Roy R. Charles Center. Monroe Scholars—representing the top seven percent of the College's student body—design their own unique research projects, receive a stipend for their work and are largely funded through private support.
After two intense years of research, Daise asked Rishell to participate in a second research assistantship. She immediately embraced the opportunity. "This time I was doing less 'grunt work' and more of my own research focusing on the concept of Jesus as the messiah," said Rishell.
Last year, professor and student collaborated on a review of The Messiah in Early Judaism and Christianity. Their piece appeared in the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, where Daise serves as book review editor. The review is a critique of five essays on the subject of messianism from a series of lectures at Lund University.
When The Messiah in Early Judaism and Christianity came across Daise's desk, he knew the topic coincided with Rishell's research and his responsibility as book review editor. Like other professors within the humanities, Daise had worked with students on various research projects, but never at this level.
"Working with a student on a book review was a first, and completely new for me," he said.
The 188-page book encapsulates five authors and their messianic arguments that have shaped Jewish and Christian belief in a messiah. Rishell took the initial lead and read each chapter, and then met with Daise to discuss the messianic images. Rishell drafted chapter-by-chapter summaries. The end product was written by Daise, incorporating Rishell's insights.
Intro to messianism
"Overall, the book gives a nice historical introduction to the subject of messianism," says Rishell. "I think the authors were strong on the scriptural acts of Jesus, which is really important because they are our most comprehensive source for understanding the life of Jesus."
Separating the myths from the facts is critical when studying the historical Jesus, said Daise. Scholars must put their own subjective interpretations aside, he said, and seek the facts.
Messiah, a Hebrew word meaning "anointed," has a Greek corollary in Christos, or Christ. There are several references to Jesus as the messiah in the canonical Gospels, says Daise. Jesus is called Christos and several places use Greek letters to spell out the Hebrew, he noted.
"We are attempting to distill the theology from the history in stories, excise the theology and then take the history and reconstruct Jesus," said Daise, "to find out who Jesus really was, or how he would meet our perceptions of reality—rather than who he was theologically."


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Jackson Hts., New York, August 3, 2014 - Not too long ago my wife dug up a Report Card of mine from 1954. While I've had quite a few since - some better some worse - on this eve of the .nyc Landrush I thought it might be fun to issue another that assesses my work on the .nyc TLD.
But what to assess? I could base it on the 2001 Internet Empowerment Resolution, which set my original course on .nyc, and claim an A grade. After all, the city has acquired .nyc and will run it as a public interest resource. "Great work Tom."
But it's 2014, and 13 years have elapsed. Over the last decade, as the ICANN's new TLD award processes were evolving, my research uncovered broad areas where a city-TLD could facilitate a city's operation: portals, markets, identity, security, privacy, economic development, civic and neighborhood betterment, and more. A fair assessment should consider how well those findings were reflected in .nyc's structure.
Had this assessment taken place in 2009 high marks might have been in order, for when the city issued its Request For Proposals it included many of our findings in the requirements.
But the ICANN's planning dragged on, and our research continued. And I recall speaking with a city official in 2012 about recent findings. Frustrated, he chided me for continuously raising the bar: "We've done everything you asked for. We can't keep changing things. Be realistic."
[Let me pause here for a moment to point out the transition from "I" to "we" in the previous paragraph. For this was a collaborative endeavor with my work enabled by a plethora of others. First there were my fellow community board members who listened and trusted that a city-TLD was important. There was the gentleman from Germany who goaded me in 2005 to reengage after a two year hiatus; a top TLD lawyer from Florida who guided me for several years; a board of directors who steered and encouraged me; a family that put up with this massive time eater; good friends who encouraged and criticized me; individuals and organizations that backed our effort with digital and financial resources; software engineers and other experts who advised; smart people in the DNS industry who taught me the ins and outs; city officials who strove to make the effort a success; and more. So I'm changing the nature of this assessment to one that looks at the overall city-TLD development process and its outcome. As to my personal Report Card, my work was far from perfect. Had it been better, our city-TLD would likely have provided more nuanced and beneficial features and benefits. But I'd like to think that I improved somewhat from my 1954 B in Effort.]
Before getting into the assessment, one final note on the city-TLD development environment. As the details of .nyc's roll-out become clear, it's increasingly apparent that we've been operating in what the economists call an "asymmetric knowledge" situation. This occurs where there's inadequate expertise for one side to call upon in a negotiation. With this the first time cities have had the opportunity to develop their TLDs, the metric presented for comparison by the knowledge holder, the contractor, was name sales, not an improved quality of life. As a consequence, New York and the other cities applying for their TLDs were unprepared to evaluate the spectrum of opportunities presented. For a parallel situation see The Simpsons episode Marge Vs. The Monorail.
So, how did WE do?
I've rated 12 policy and operational criteria below. While the policies guiding these were selected during the Bloomberg years, the grades test against the current administration's "progressive" standards. This results in rather poor grades: 2 Bs, 2 Cs, 3 Ds, 2 Fs, and 2 Incompletes. Summarized on a 4 point system, the effort receives a disappointing 1.3 GPA. But the two Incompletes and some flexibility the city built into the system offer some hope.
That said, here's the good and the bad. Note: Some digging into the Links might be required to uncover the basis of our suggested remedies.
|Inadequate pre-registration review. Post registration enforcement. Public pays for challenges.
| Expand P.O. Box description to include virtual office. Pre-registration review. More spot checks. City led challenges.
|Market Creation
|No sign of development of local markets.
|Many generic names reserved, so the potential exists for new local markets.
|Landrush Auctions
|No prior use preference. A regressive high-bid blind auction policy to resolve name contention. 60% of revenue flows to contractor in Virginia.
|Give priority to existing name users. Run public auctions - put name contestants in touch with one another.
|Name Distribution Equity
|City rejected NYS Trademarks and d/b/a names of current business and organization owners.
|Institute London's Local Priority Preference process enabling existing businesses and organizations to get the names they now use.
|No expressed sustainability policy or programs. Third level name use in dotNeighborhoods effort is saving grace.
|Few reserved names for future use. Establish programs enabling sharing and recycling of names.
|Local Jobs
| No new registrar jobs created in city. Saving grace: you can request info on becoming registrar
|Train and ease entry for local registrars.
|Consumer Friendly
|Complex and circuitous complaint process - city, ICANN, contractor, and At-Large have roles.
|Centralize complaints. Assure refund for Landrush auction losers.
| Closed city advisory board.
|Create channels for public engagement.
|Government Names
| The de Blasio Administration has acquired hundreds of names to foster city operations.
| More transparency and public engagement in name selection would have earned an A.
|Neighborhood Names
|Traditional neighborhood names have been reserved for licensing to local residents.
|Dedicate funding for endeavor.
|Premium Names
|Regressive high-bid auctions for 2,000 names such as news.nyc, sports.nyc, pizza.nyc, doctors.nyc, etc.
|Premium names should have public interest clause. Hold public forums to create awareness and opportunity for local collaborations.
Looking toward our next Report Card, we expect it to evaluate the work we're doing outside the city. We've start working on an ICANN project setting the criteria for future applicants for city-TLDs: How do they prove their readiness. We've begun advocating that city-TLD applicants preparedness be improved by increasing the current level of awareness from "Non-objection" to "Informed Consent." As well, we hope to require engagement of the user community, through the formation of an At-Large Structure, in creating these applications. And finally, we hope to reorganize the mass of materials we've assembled over the years into an accessible resource library.


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Today was (is) my baking day. I am taking a little "time out" right now because I am very hungry and my stomach was starting to convince my brain that fudge really could be a nutritious lunch. I made some vegetable soup, but I have to be honest (and this is very hard to admit) I didn't actually want to eat the fudge for lunch because...well... it's slightly gritty.
Some of you may remember a random poll I posted last year about how I like my fudge to taste and feel when I am finished making it. This year The Mister is going to be very happy, because he will get to eat the fudge he has wanted me to make every year since I married him. I have had the hardest time making fudge on electric stoves. They just don't have the precision heat control needed when making candies.
Actually, I did it on purpose as a sign of sacrifice. Yes! That's it! I made that fudge as a kind of token, that I, his beloved bride, would sacrifice my homemade Christmas fudge for My Man.
You know, now that I think about it, that really should be in the wedding vows:
Christmas fudge at least every other year for this man?
Speaking of love....Mrs. Moofish and I had the greatest time shopping together last night. At one point I had to make an intentional decision not to look at her, because we got to laughing so hard that I really thought I might pee in my pants. Right there in the check out line. I don't think the cashier thought we were funny. But we thought we were h-i-l-l-a-r-i-o-u-s.
I have to tell you that we had a couple of "Squeal with Delight" moments that can only be appreciated by people who actually don't care if other people around you think you are completely off your rocker. And some of you reading this will think the next sentance borders on nutty, but one of the moments when we actually clapped our hands (and I think we may have hugged), was when I was passing the butter isle (to get to the coffee creamer) and....oh! I hope you are sitting down, .....butter was on sale for .99 cents a pound! .99 cents people!
Unfortunately, there was a two pound limit, but since we are homemakers that never look a gift horse in the eye, we threw our packages in the cart, did a high five, and skipped like school girls to the frozen vegetable isle. It's the simple things that make us happy. Which is why we can laugh at all our own jokes.
Before the grocery store, we had hit the craft store, the mall and of course The Store of The Red Bullseye to finish up some Christmas shopping. I was actually finishing my Mom's shopping since she had a very unfortunate accident and will be off her feet for awhile. I will be posting about that tomorrow, and it will be a "contest" of sorts so come back!
Whew! Lunch break is over so it's back to my kitchen.
La Vida Dulce!


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Volvo's flagship 70 series wagons have been further refined for 2005, and these superb vehicles are better than ever. Mild styling revisions freshen their appearance. The 70 series represents a range of vehicles offering everything from comfortable sophistication to off-highway capability to high-performance barnstormer.
The Volvo XC70 Cross Country can be a great substitute for a sport-utility as we found out on rough, rock-strewn trails in the Baja. The Cross Country boasts an elevated chassis for ground clearance, no-dent body armor to brush aside trail debris, and all-wheel-drive traction for slippery conditions. Yet it offers the smooth ride and agile handling of a luxury car, while coddling occupants in a luxurious leather cabin.
The Volvo V70 2.4 offers a smoother ride and front-wheel drive. The V70 T5 kicks it up a notch with sharper handling with the refined demeanor of a European luxury sedan; the T5 gets more power, sportier handling and other improvements for 2005. If that isn't enough for you, there's the V70R, a high-performance model with big Brembo brakes and a 300-horsepower engine.
The V70 and XC70 wagons are based on the same platform as Volvo's ultra-smooth flagship sedan, the S80. Their interiors are elegant and well designed. All are practical wagons with an adaptable seating arrangement and a cavernous cargo compartment complete with tie-down hooks and other useful accessories. Unlike many SUVs, the cargo floor is flat when all the seats are folded.
Safety is what made Volvo famous and the 70 series is no exception: Occupants are shielded by a safety-cell structure and active seats designed to prevent whiplash injuries. Airbags are positioned ahead, beside and above. Responsive steering, electronic brake enhancements, and optional traction control are designed to help drivers avoid accidents in the first place.
V70 2.5T ($32,110) has more power, using light-pressure turbocharging with intercooling to coax 208 horsepower from the same basic engine. Volvo's Geartronic automatic with manual override is standard. Befitting its extra brawn, the 2.5T comes with wider tires on 16-inch wheels, and adds power seats and automatic climate control.
For 2005, the V70 T5 ($36,010) comes with a more powerful 257-horsepower 2.3-liter inline five-cylinder engine with high-pressure turbocharging and the five-speed Geartronic automatic transmission. The T5 also comes with firmer suspension settings and wider (P215/55R16) tires for a sporty flavor, and adds a few more comfort/convenience items to the standard-equipment list. Volvo's Dynamic Stability and Traction Control (DSTC) is standard.
XC70 Cross Country ($34,810) features advanced Haldex all-wheel drive, a higher ground clearance, a front skid plate, and unique appearance and trim items. It is powered by a 2.5-liter inline-5 with light-pressure turbocharging, developing 208 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. Cross Country comes standard with the Geartronic automatic transmission. The XC70 uses a simpler traction control system called TRACS; the more sophisticated DSTC is optional ($695). For 2005, the sophisticated Four-C (Continuously Controlled Chassis Concept) active chassis system of adjustable shock absorbers is available as an option ($995). The Cross Country comes with slightly taller P215/65R16 tires. Luxury appointments resemble those of the T5.
V70R gets a turbocharged, twin-intercooled 300-horsepower version of the 2.3-liter engine, featuring bigger brakes with four-piston Brembo calibers, a six-speed close-ratio gearbox, and the exotic active Four-C suspension system.
Many options and option packages are available. Premium Packages for each variation add leather upholstery, a sunroof and features that come standard on higher-level models. Leather upholstery is available as a standalone option for the T5 and XC70 ($1450) and V70R ($1550).
Dynamic Stability and Traction Control (DSTC) may be added to the 2.4, XC70 or 2.5T ($695). A navigation system ($2120) is optional on all models.
Safety features include dual-threshold front airbags, dual side-impact airbags, front and rear head-curtain airbags, WHIPS active whiplash protection, and ISO-FIX and LATCH anchors for child seats.
Volvo builds a wagon to suit any driving experience desired and each performs in its own style. The V70 2.4 is soft and smooth. The 2.5T is more powerful. The V70 T5 is firmer and sportier. The XC70 Cross Country is firm and can be sporty. The V70R is definitely a sleeper hot rod.
The best-selling model is the Cross Country. Volvo insiders tell us that active outdoors enthusiasts tend to buy the XC70, while Volvo's XC90 SUV is more popular among urban moms hauling groceries and kids around town.
To demonstrate how effective the XC70 Cross Country is off-road Volvo bravely took dozens of journalists down to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. During a seven-week period a gaggle of XC70s were thrashed over rocky roads used in the famous Baja 1000 off-road race. For two days each week these cars were driven by journalists at speeds up to 100 mph on the faster sections and crawling along at 20 mph in rock strewn tracks often washed away during several rain storms.
We, along with other normally jaded journalists, were astounded at how well the cars stood up to the brutal test. Yes, there were some punctures and one engine got damaged when an over exuberant journalist hit a rock at speed and punctured the skid plate under the engine. Yes, some of the cars were suffering from some squeaks in their shock absorbers. Yes, some had dings in the air conditioning evaporators located at the front below the radiators. However, all but one were in fine driving condition.
We attended the last of the three-day test drives, inheriting cars that had covered more than 2,000 grueling miles in the previous seven weeks. We immediately felt confident on the loose surfaces as the all-wheel-drive system automatically switched power to the wheels that had grip. Most of the time the system sends power to the front wheels. Our car was fitted with the optional Dynamic Stability and Traction Control (DSTC) system, which further enhanced stability. Although we didn't want to push our luck, it seemed as if it was impossible to spin out even when going fast around sandy turns.
The XC70 we drove also had the optional Four-C (Continuously Controlled Chassis Concept) active suspension system, previously only available on the sporty V70R model. The computers continuously adjust the damping rates in the shocks so that the wheels stay in better contact with the ground for improved handling while also giving the vehicle a better ride.
After driving the XC70 across such a variety of tracks we would have no qualms tackling trips that most would only consider in an SUV or 4WD truck. We came away with the same opinion after driving an XC70 Cross Country from Anchorage to Fairbanks and on to Prudhoe Bay at the top of Alaska in February. Yet on dry pavement, the XC70 behaves like a sporty European sedan.
The least-expensive model is the Volvo V70 2.4, and we found it offered a nice smooth ride. Its soft suspension dampens bumps well. The tradeoff is that it leans in corners and the nose dives under hard braking. The base 2.4-liter engine works great on the highway, but with just 168 horsepower it lacks the responsive performance of the more powerful models. It was sluggish when quick acceleration was needed for low-speed maneuvers around town or in stop-and-go traffic. Depending on your temperament, driving style and patience levels, you'll either find it fully adequate or sluggish and slow to respond. If you're willing to shift gears, go for the manual transmission as it improves response. The other V70 models use turbocharged engines in various states of tune and are far more responsive. They also benefit from Volvo's more sophisticated Geartronic transmission. (The base model offers the regular five-speed automatic as an option.)
The T5 is lively and lithe with its bigger horsepower and tighter handling. It's an exciting car. Its high-pressure turbocharged and intercooled engine puts out 257 horsepower at 5200 rpm, and churns 2
The Volvo 70 series wagons are attractive, luxurious and enjoyable to drive. The XC70 Cross Country offers ruggedness and the sure-footed benefits of all-wheel drive without the poor ride and sluggish handling of an SUV. The base V70 2.4 offers a smooth, soft ride, but the engine lacks the sporty response of the turbocharged models. The V70 T5 is an agile car, capable of sporty moves and high performance with a powerful 257-horsepower engine yet it's easy to control and exudes the flavor of a plush luxury sedan. The 300-hp V70R is a wagon to die for if you're a car enthusiast who wants a sports car but needs a people/cargo hauler.
New Car Test Drive correspondent John Rettie filed this report from Mexico's Baja Peninsula; with Sam Moses in the Pacific Northwest and Mitch McCullough in Los Angeles.


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UTSA Office of Community Outreach
The Office of Community Outreach (OCO) is a division of the Vice President for Community Services and was established in November 1999 to increase UTSA's visibility in targeted communities in South Texas and to foster appropriate, mutually beneficial partnerships with these communities.
The Office of Community Outreach works with educational, business and civic leaders in communities served by UTSA to promote higher education as an economic development resource. The OCO in concert with community leaders addresses barriers that inhibit or prevent area residents from enrolling at UTSA specifically and higher education in general.
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IBM, Lenovo Deal Is All About Winning
Jan 31, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Lenovo Group's US$2.3 billion deal to purchase IBM's low-end, commodity x86 Server portfolios, related resources and operations is an all-around win for everyone involved.
The sale of the IBM x86 servers has been rumored for well over a year, as Big Blue grappled with continuing pressure on its low-margin x86 servers.
In its most recently completed fourth quarter, IBM's revenue dropped 5.5 percent to $27.7 billion. Slumping hardware sales was the chief culprit for the revenue miss. IBM's x86 server sales declined by 16 percent in the fourth fiscal quarter alone, following seven straight quarterly revenue declines.
Under the terms of the agreement, Lenovo will purchase the following:
- IBM's System x servers;
- BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches;
- x86-based Flex integrated infrastructure systems;
- NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software; and
- IBM's blade networking and maintenance operations.
Additionally, Lenovo gets all of the development, sales and marketing, finance, legal, integrated supply chain, operations, IT, manufacturing, and service and support (maintenance) operations associated with the aforementioned assets.
Also as part of the deal, Adalio Sanchez, general manager for System x and Pure Systems in the IBM Systems and Technology Group, will move to Lenovo and assume the same role there.
Approximately 7,500 IBM employees worldwide -- including those based at major locations such as Raleigh, N.C.; Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Taipei, Taiwan -- will be offered employment at Lenovo. Since Lenovo's U.S. headquarters in North Carolina is close by IBM's Raleigh offices, it should be an easy transition for the majority of Big Blue workers.
Digging Deeper Into the Deal
IBM will by no means abandon its high-end server business. Following are additional important provisions of the deal:
- IBM will retain its enterprise systems portfolio, including System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems and Power-based Flex servers, as well as the PureApplication, PureData and SAP Hana appliances;
- IBM and Lenovo will enter into a broad-based strategic collaboration;
- Lenovo will become IBM's preferred supplier of x86 server technology;
- Lenovo will license, manufacture and resell IBM Storwize and tape storage technologies, the General Parallel File System, the SmartCloud Entry, elements of the x86 system software portfolios, and the Platform Computing portfolio;
- Integrated systems software components will move to Lenovo;
- Higher-level management tools like System Director and Flex Systems Manager will remain with IBM and be licensed by Lenovo;
- IBM and Lenovo will work together on patches to IBM software required by Lenovo; and
- Until the transaction is completed, the two companies will continue to operate independently.
The acquisition is expected to close later in 2014, pending regulatory approval. Once the transaction is complete, Lenovo will assume related customer service and maintenance operations. IBM will continue to provide maintenance delivery on Lenovo's behalf for an extended period of time, so customers should see few or no changes in their maintenance support.
Both the IBM and Lenovo executives enthusiastically applauded the deal.
"The divestiture [of the x86 server line] allows IBM to focus on system and software innovations ... such as cognitive computing, Big Data and cloud," said Steve Mills, IBM senior vice president and group executive of the Software & Systems Group.
The acquisition of IBM's x86 server portfolio will enable Lenovo to increase its current 2 percent niche market in servers by sevenfold to 14 percent, noted Peter Hortensius, senior vice president at Lenovo and president of its Think Business Group.
To accomplish that goal and "generate costs synergy," Hortensius said, Lenovo will need to move most of the manufacturing from IBM's existing facility in Virginia to Asia, while keeping some R&D in the U.S.
The Takeaway
Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's low-end, commodity x86 server portfolios is a tactical and long- term strategic win not only for IBM and Lenovo, but also for their respective business partners, customers, and the 7,500 IBMers who will make the move to Lenovo.
IBM and Lenovo have had a long, productive working relationship. Lenovo in 2005 bought IBM's PC business, including the popular ThinkPad brand, for $1.7 billion; by 2012, Lenovo had surpassed all rivals to become the world's top PC vendor.
IBM is following the money and the market trends. IBM's server business is the world's second-largest, with a 22.9 percent share of the $12.3 billion market in the third quarter of 2013, according to Gartner.
In fact, IBM's System z Enterprise mainframe and high-end server market share and demand remain strong and solid. Overall, IBM mainframes have in excess of 90 percent market share in that segment.
The sale of the struggling x86 server line frees IBM to focus on what it does best: enterprise products and services -- most notably, cloud computing and services, and Big Data Analytics via its soon-to-be-expanded Cloud Computing group and its newly formed Watson Business Unit.
No company has broader, deeper enterprise and services portfolio than Big Blue. IBM's sale of its x86 Server business for $2.3 billion pays for its investment earlier this month of $1 billion in the new Watson BU headquartered in New York City, as well as the $1.2 billion it's investing in expanding its Cloud Computing portfolio in 40 global data centers in 15 countries on five continents.
Is the $2.3 billion sale much less than IBM's rumored $6.5 billion asking price for the x86 servers last summer? Probably. It was IBM's decision to sell the x86 commodity server portfolio and associated services and make a swift, clean exit. The alternative was to retain the x86 server line and let it continue to bleed revenue and drain resources.
IBM is simultaneously shedding unprofitable products and thereby effectively funding its expansion into leading-edge and emerging market segments.
Selling the x86 line to Lenovo is an intuitive and obvious move that makes perfect business sense for IBM, Lenovo and their respective customers and business partners. Lenovo has a proven record, experience in high volume x86 desktop hardware, and a long history of working with IBM. Customers and business partners can be confident that Lenovo has a very high probability of succeeding with the x86 server businesses just as it has with IBM PCs.
Finally, there is the human element. The IBM/Lenovo x86 agreement also positively impacts 7,500 Big Blue employees globally. They can transition to Lenovo, which also has offices in Raleigh, N.C., so few, if any, will have to move.
The IBM/Lenovo deal opens the door wider for IBM to expand its footprint in China and the Pacific Rim.
In Conclusion
To sum up, IBM's sale of its x86 business to Lenovo is the best possible outcome for all concerned.
Both companies must still execute once the transaction gets the necessary regulatory approval and closes. However, based on past history, the likelihood of success is high.
IBM will be able to forge ahead unhindered in its quest for continued innovation in enterprise systems and in the highly competitive cloud computing arena.


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New Five Pitch M11 in Canada
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On the 10th of January, Will Gadd, Will Mayo, Pat Delaney, and John Freeman managed to establish a new M11 route called Nophobia situated in the Ghost River Valley area near Canmore, Alberta.
Nophobia goes up five pitches to M11 in a huge cave, a total of 150 feet of overhand and a 50 foot roof, and is also located near Cryophobia and Hydrophobia in the Ghost River Valley area. Mayo has also referred to this location being "the biggest sport mixed cave in the world."
Will Mayo and Pat Delaney were the first two to start developing the route in 2009, but due to the remote location of the cave, great time and effort was required to get there.
Will Gadd said:
"It's important to understand that just getting to the trailhead involves some really serious 4x4 sports action,"
"I have about a 50 percent success rate on trips into this area of the Ghost; creek crossing that result in frozen brake drums (there are tricks for getting these unfrozen involving fires etc.), mud, getting stuck one way or the other, fully half the battle is just getting to the place where you walk another hour to the climb."
Two in the party managed to successfully climb the route on the day without falling, but because of all the effort that went into making this climb possible, they all agreed that the first ascent would be shared between them irrespective of who redpointed it first.
Will Mayo has been extremely committed to this project, reportedly making about a dozen trips to the cave over the last four years; Will Gadd, Pat Delaney, and John Freeman have also put in great effort with more than six trips each under their belts.
Will Mayo and Will Gadd are also up in discussions about making another trip out to the cave soon, congratulations to these climbers for completing this unbelievable M11 ascent.


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Earthquake News
On the internet one can find almost anything. In this case knowledge in one place of where, when, and what magnitude of every earthquake in the world. Whether the earthquake is minor or major, earthquake.usgs.gov visitors will see a unique, interactive earthquake map that regularly updates, can be individually tailored, and provides saved settings for future map visits. In 2011, the earthquake website logged almost 48 million unique visitors and nearly 468 million page views.
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured using observations from seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale, also referred to as the Richter scale. These two scales are numerically similar over their range of validity. Magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes are mostly almost imperceptible and magnitude 7 and over potentially cause serious damage over large areas, depending on their depth.
"For all citizens of 'Earthquake Country,' whether they reside in our Nation's Capital or near a major global tectonic plate boundary, the new USGS earthquake webpages supply increased functionality to provide more real-time information tailored to the viewer's specific needs," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt.
From the website, users can access Latest Earthquakes to zoom into and pan the world map to select different basemaps, as well as overlays such as plate boundaries, faults, and earthquake hazards. Information can be fine-tuned to display earthquakes on the map by time window, magnitude, depth, and maximum recorded intensity. A list below the map updates for the current map view and settings and is sortable by any data column. Users can also download earthquake lists into other map interfaces like GoogleEarth (KML format) and Excel (CSV).
The event page when an earthquake is selected has also been upgraded and it provides interactive features and more information, including downloadable data files in various formats for each earthquake product, such as ShakeMap, Did You Feel It?, etc. This new event-centric view allows the visitor to see all the information associated with each earthquake without having to jump around the website to view each related product.
A future product in development will utilize the same user interface to search a comprehensive earthquake catalog populated with all existing USGS earthquake data, presenting a seamless view of recorded world-wide earthquakes current and historic. It is anticipated that this product will be released in beta later this year.
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Are you looking for information on how to make passion flower tea and its health benefits? Well, you are in the right place, this is a very effective sleeping aid and has got different reaction to people, basically, it is known for its relaxing effect and it is commonly mixed with lemon balm.
Here is the standard recipe on how to make passion flower tea;
· Water which is about 8 ounces
· 1-2 teaspoons of dried passion flower leaves
Pour a cup of boiling water on to the material that is to be infused and let it stay for 5 minutes, sieve and drink it. Alternatively, you can also put the leaves inside a tea infuser or a muslin bag, and add hot water and let if stay for some minutes then you drink in about an hour before you go to bed.
Benefits and Uses of Passion Flower Tea
There are a number of benefits of using passion flower tea, as highlighted above, it is a very effective and efficient sleeping aid, a number of studies have shown that it has got good health benefits and some of the are as follows;
Anxiety Treatment
When you are anxious, you will tend to feel tense and uneasy, this is one of the finest herbal tea that you should always consider whenever you have anxiety, more so, it has got calming effect and this is due to the act that it has got a bio-active compound that is passiflorine and this is what will give you the sedative effect in the whole process. More info on passion flower tea and anxiety.
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If you have got difficulties in finding sleep, you just take a cup of passion flower tea some moments before you get to bed, your body will be relaxed and at the end of it all you will have a good night sleep. Find out more about passion flower tea bags for insomnia.
There are some other additional uses of passion flower tea such as it can be used for treatment of body pains, aches and relieving nausea. It should also be noted that passion flower tea is not advisable for pregnant women simply because of its effects and it is also known for uterine stimulation.
In conclusion, this is one of the most important herbal tea simply because it has got a number of health benefits that most people are struggling to find them, more so, its natural product and this is good for your health.
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SUNY Canton Website Tops Two Million Hits in 2010
SUNY Canton's website had more than two million hits during 2010 and attracted more visitors from more locations than ever before. It marks the first time in the College's history that more than two million users visited the website in a calendar year.
With a couple of weeks left until New Years, overall website traffic is up significantly from 2009's year-end total of slightly more than 1.9 million visits. The website received a total of more than 4.6 million page views during 2010 and frequently surpassed 10,000 visitors a day during the academic year.
"The website is a gauge to measure our overall growth and popularity to prospective students," said President Joseph L. Kennedy. "We've had record enrollments for the past three years, with 3,686 students enrolled this fall. The web traffic and our enrollments signify that we are growing in two incredibly important areas – current students and prospective students."
Traffic was up among international visitors. The country with the most visits outside the United States was Bosnia. The College is well known for its international partnerships with the American University in Bosnia Herzegovina among others. Other top-referring countries included Canada, Russia, China, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, and Japan. "We are seeing more global interest in our College as we increase our international presence through SUNY Canton OnLine," Kennedy said. "Students from around the world and locally can earn a SUNY Canton degree without traveling from their homes."
More than 57 percent of the webpage hits were generated by direct traffic, or when users typed in the College's address into their browser's address bar. Among the top referring sites, or sites that include links to canton.edu were Google, Facebook, North Country Now, and the SUNY Learning Network (which highlights the College's online courses).
"In addition to incrementally redesigning the site, we've added more vibrant content and delivered our updates to users through social media sites including Facebook and Twitter," said Assistant Vice President for Advancement Randy B. Sieminski, who oversees the College's public relations department and athletics. "Whether it's information on our growing academic offerings or connecting with the alumni office, it is easier than ever to find exactly what you are looking for on our site. Our Web Designer Travis Smith has done a wonderful job integrating the latest technologies to facilitate the latest web resources and organizing the College's online assets."
Top referring cities within the state included New York, Watertown, Syracuse, Rochester, Plattsburgh, Utica, and Albany. The cities with the most visitors in the entire United States included Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and Orlando. The number of pages visited and the time spent on the site also increased during the year.
Media inquiries should be directed to Gregory Kie, Media Relations Coordinator, or call 315/386-7528.
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They're called punk and metal, but at their hearts Norwegian berserkers Kvelertak are the living, firebreathing embodiment of rock and roll. Since their formation in 2006, they've built a die-hard fan-base hungry for their utterly ferocious live shows that have already burned two flaming tire-tracks across the globe. "Buzzworthy" doesn't even begin to describe Kvelertak, and their roll-call of achievements reads like a legend waiting to happen. Their rapturously-received self-titled 2011 debut – produced by none other than Converge's Kurt Ballou – was termed "the best Norwegian debut of all time" by Norwegian rock authority Asbjørn Slettemark, "Best Debut Album" by Metal Hammer Germany, "Best New Artist" and "Best Rock Album" at the Spellemannprisen (Norway's Grammy equivalent), and iTunes US's Metal Breakthrough Artist of The Year in 2011. Along with unanimous praise from Metal Hammer UK, Terrorizer, Rock Hard, and Kerrang! who called them "the most exciting new band on the planet," Kvelertak – or "chokehold" in English– are showing no signs of slowing down.
From storming 2011's SXSW festival to being personally invited by Mastodon to support them in Bergen, Norway, to Dave Grohl presenting them with their first gold discs at a sold-out Foo Fighter's show, this Scandinavian sextet have already circled the globe, hitting every fest from the UK to Australia, including a gig in Singapore that finished out on the street, stopping traffic and ending up as a viral hit on YouTube. At the core of it, though, is the music – a brew of rock, punk and metal so infectious it should carry a warning label. Look out, world, because their second album, Meir, is on its way. "It's like the first one, but way more in every way," says six-stringer Bjarte Lund Rolland. "The big songs are bigger, the harder songs are harder, the poppy songs are poppier, and…"
"This is going to blow your brains out," adds singer Erlend Hjelvik, whose riot-inducing vocals may be in Norwegian, but they speak a language of badass bravado like no other. "The first one was pretty much all party; this time around it's the hangover where you go round two and start drinking again the day after. You get drunk real quick and you're generally in a weird fuck-you-all-mood. It's known as the shampoo-effect." Call it the shampoo-effect, or one of the most uproarious displays of recorded lunacy of the 21st century, but these Stavanger natives are set to take on the world. Think stunning guitar-leads that recall the heady days of Guns N' Roses tempered with the down-stroked muscularity of Metallica, with the party-vibes of a rockabilly hoedown, Kvelertak are nothing short of a fjord fiesta. "The most important thing is that it's just as fucking shameless as the first one," says Bjarte. If not more. "I'm really excited about it." We are too, Bjarte. We are, too.


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Your safety circuit is easy to create on the PC using the PNOZmulti Configurator. The configuration tool helps you in the project design, configuration, documentation and commissioning of small controls PNOZmulti from Pilz.
In Release 10.1.0 the PNOZmulti Configurator has been supplemented with a new comment function. It enables you to create a notepad and add comments for each element inserted into the workspace - simplifying the organisation of your projects.
The workspace has also been enlarged to 9 columns and 12 rows, allowing you to configure larger projects more easily as of now.
The updated design of the configurator enhances the intuitive operation of the software.