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Former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld believes the Bavarians are still reeling from their five straight losses against the Signal Iduna side.
Jupp Heynckes' troops have beaten BVB just once in the last six meetings between the two sides - in the DFL-Supercup in August - and the current Switzerland boss feels they will be eager for revenge when they meet on Wednesday in the DFB-Pokal.
"Bayern are still stinging from having lost all of the recent important matches against Dortmund," he told Sport1.
"They have done some catching up, and now they want to cement their dominance in Germany face to face with them.
"The two top teams in Germany are meeting. It is always exciting to see when Bayern can finally beat Dortmund. Both teams are at eye level. It will be an open game, and their form on the day will decide it."
BVB have fared far better in Europe than in recent seasons, and Hitzfeld feels their Champions League exertions have affected their domestic form.
"Dortmund have perhaps unwittingly concentrated more on the Champions League because there was a greater need to improve and lost three times in the league [early in the season].
"Conversely, Bayern exploited their weak start to the Bundesliga season and pulled away quickly."
Bayern have been linked with a move for Dortmund star Robert Lewandowski in the summer, and Hitzfeld believes the Bavarians are looking to weaken their rivals.
"It hasn't been confirmed that he will leave. He's under contract until 2014, so BVB decide what happens to him," he continued.
"But, due to the persistent rumours, the game will become explosive. The strategy behind it is to weaken the competition.
"Only Lewandowski can prove that he is better than Mario Mandzukic and Mario Gomez."
Finally, Hitzfeld voiced his belief that Bayern are as strong now as they were in the 1970s, when they claimed three straight European Cups.
"Bayern have never bad such a strong squad in terms of depth. Whether it's the best-ever Bayern team, we can only say after the season, because they must show it with titles.
"But the quality has never been as high as it is at the moment. They are comparable with the team of Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller."


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About Wakefield CAP
The working/draft mission of Wakefield Climate Action Project of Wakefield Massachusetts USA is to create and promote programs that address global climate and environmental issues. Our current projects include supporting a farmer's market in Wakefield (Farmer's Market), encouraging elementary students at Dolbeare and other schools to walk to school in the mornings (Walking School Bus), hosting educational forums at the library (Educational Forums), working to encourage expansion of town recycling efforts (Recycling), and NEW - initiating an Anti-Idling Campaign in Wakefield. You can get more information on these projects by clicking on the links on the right or on our Home Page http://www.wakefieldcap.org/
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Watch this short story-- The Story of Broke
The (short) Story of Broke, by Annie Leonard from The Story of Stuff is a must see and is perfect timing for the Occupy Movement: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-broke/
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Inductance: Loop and Partial
Inductance: Loop and Partial
ISBN: 978-1-118-21128-1 September 2011 Wiley-IEEE Press 379 Pages
DescriptionThe only resource devoted Solely to Inductance
Inductance is an unprecedented text, thoroughly discussing "loop" inductance as well as the increasingly important "partial" inductance. These concepts and their proper calculation are crucial in designing modern high-speed digital systems. World-renowned leader in electromagnetics Clayton Paul provides the knowledge and tools necessary to understand and calculate inductance.
Unlike other texts, Inductance provides all the details about the derivations of the inductances of various inductors, as well as:
Fills the need for practical knowledge of partial inductance, which is essential to the prediction of power rail collapse and ground bounce problems in high-speed digital systems
Provides a needed refresher on the topics of magnetic fields
Addresses a missing link: the calculation of the values of the various physical constructions of inductors—both intentional inductors and unintentional inductors—from basic electromagnetic principles and laws
Features the detailed derivation of the loop and partial inductances of numerous configurations of current-carrying conductors
With the present and increasing emphasis on high-speed digital systems and high-frequency analog systems, it is imperative that system designers develop an intimate understanding of the concepts and methods in this book. Inductance is a much-needed textbook designed for senior and graduate-level engineering students, as well as a hands-on guide for working engineers and professionals engaged in the design of high-speed digital and high-frequency analog systems.
1 Introduction.
1.1 Historical Background.
1.2 Fundamental Concepts of Lumped Circuits.
1.3 Outline of the Book.
1.4 "Loop" Inductance vs. "Partial" Inductance.
2 Magnetic Fields of DC Currents (Steady Flow of Charge).
2.1 Magnetic Field Vectors and Properties of Materials.
2.2 Gauss's Law for the Magnetic Field and the Surface Integral.
2.3 The Biot–Savart Law.
2.4 Ampére's Law and the Line Integral.
2.5 Vector Magnetic Potential.
2.5.1 Leibnitz's Rule: Differentiate Before You Integrate.
2.6 Determining the Inductance of a Current Loop:.
A Preliminary Discussion.
2.7 Energy Stored in the Magnetic Field.
2.8 The Method of Images.
2.9 Steady (DC) Currents Must Form Closed Loops.
3 Fields of Time-Varying Currents (Accelerated Charge).
3.1 Faraday's Fundamental Law of Induction.
3.2 Ampère's Law and Displacement Current.
3.3 Waves, Wavelength, Time Delay, and Electrical Dimensions.
3.4 How Can Results Derived Using Static (DC) Voltages and Currents be Used in Problems Where the Voltages and Currents are Varying with Time?.
3.5 Vector Magnetic Potential for Time-Varying Currents.
3.6 Conservation of Energy and Poynting's Theorem.
3.7 Inductance of a Conducting Loop.
4 The Concept of "Loop" Inductance.
4.1 Self Inductance of a Current Loop from Faraday's Law of Induction.
4.1.1 Rectangular Loop.
4.1.2 Circular Loop.
4.1.3 Coaxial Cable.
4.2 The Concept of Flux Linkages for Multiturn Loops.
4.2.1 Solenoid.
4.2.2 Toroid.
4.3 Loop Inductance Using the Vector Magnetic Potential.
4.3.1 Rectangular Loop.
4.3.2 Circular Loop.
4.4 Neumann Integral for Self and Mutual Inductances Between Current Loops.
4.4.1 Mutual Inductance Between Two Circular Loops.
4.4.2 Self Inductance of the Rectangular Loop.
4.4.3 Self Inductance of the Circular Loop.
4.5 Internal Inductance vs. External Inductance.
4.6 Use of Filamentary Currents and Current Redistribution Due to the Proximity Effect.
4.6.1 Two-Wire Transmission Line.
4.6.2 One Wire Above a Ground Plane.
4.7 Energy Storage Method for Computing Loop Inductance.
4.7.1 Internal Inductance of a Wire.
4.7.2 Two-Wire Transmission Line.
4.7.3 Coaxial Cable.
4.8 Loop Inductance Matrix for Coupled Current Loops.
4.8.1 Dot Convention.
4.8.2 Multiconductor Transmission Lines.
4.9 Loop Inductances of Printed Circuit Board Lands.
4.10 Summary of Methods for Computing Loop Inductance.
4.10.1 Mutual Inductance Between Two Rectangular Loops.
5 The Concept of "Partial" Inductance.
5.1 General Meaning of Partial Inductance.
5.2 Physical Meaning of Partial Inductance.
5.3 Self Partial Inductance of Wires.
5.4 Mutual Partial Inductance Between Parallel Wires.
5.5 Mutual Partial Inductance Between Parallel Wires that are Offset.
5.6 Mutual Partial Inductance Between Wires at an Angle to Each Other.
5.7 Numerical Values of Partial Inductances and Significance of Internal Inductance.
5.8 Constructing Lumped Equivalent Circuits with Partial Inductances.
6 Partial Inductances of Conductors of Rectangular Cross Section.
6.1 Formulation for the Computation of the Partial Inductances of PCB Lands.
6.2 Self Partial Inductance of PCB Lands.
6.3 Mutual Partial Inductance Between PCB Lands.
6.4 Concept of Geometric Mean Distance.
6.4.1 Geometrical Mean Distance Between a Shape and Itself and the Self Partial Inductance of a Shape.
6.4.2 Geometrical Mean Distance and Mutual Partial Inductance Between Two Shapes.
6.5 Computing the High-Frequency Partial Inductances of Lands and Numerical Methods.
7 "Loop" Inductance vs. "Partial" Inductance.
7.1 Loop Inductance vs. Partial Inductance: Intentional Inductors vs. Nonintentional Inductors.
7.2 To Compute "Loop" Inductance, the "Return Path" for the Current Must be Determined.
7.3 Generally, There is no Unique Return Path for all Frequencies, Thereby Complicating the Calculation of a "Loop" Inductance.
7.4 Computing the "Ground Bounce" and "Power Rail Collapse" of a Digital Power Distribution System Using "Loop" Inductances.
7.5 Where Should the "Loop" Inductance of the Closed Current Path be Placed When Developing a Lumped-Circuit Model of a Signal or Power Delivery Path?.
7.6 How Can a Lumped-Circuit Model of a Complicated System of a Large Number of Tightly Coupled Current Loops be Constructed Using "Loop" Inductance?.
7.7 Modeling Vias on PCBs.
7.8 Modeling Pins in Connectors.
7.9 Net Self Inductance of Wires in Parallel and in Series.
7.10 Computation of Loop Inductances for Various Loop Shapes.
7.11 Final Example: Use of Loop and Partial Inductance to Solve a Problem.
Appendix A: Fundamental Concepts of Vectors.
A.1 Vectors and Coordinate Systems.
A.2 Line Integral.
A.3 Surface Integral.
A.4 Divergence.
A.4.1 Divergence Theorem.
A.5 Curl.
A.5.1 Stokes's Theorem.
A.6 Gradient of a Scalar Field.
A.7 Important Vector Identities.
A.8 Cylindrical Coordinate System.
A.9 Spherical Coordinate System.
Table of Identities, Derivatives, and Integrals Used in this Book.
References and Further Readings.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UCSB's Gaucho Baseball Academy has announced its Fall and Winter high school camp schedule. The schedule features three prospect camps and one hitting camp. There will be a youth camp date set by the end of September.
Gaucho Baseball Academy Prospect Camps include elite offensive and defensive instruction, competitive scrimmages, and an incredible coaching staff. The camp staff includes members of the UCSB coaching staff that led the Gauchos to their first appearance in the NCAA Championships in 12 years with a trip to the Corvallis Regional.
Features of Gaucho Baseball Academy Camps include written analysis from the camp staff – included in the price of your registration – as well as optional video analysis with one of the coaches of your swing, defense, or pitching delivery at an extra cost.
The Gaucho Baseball Academy coaching staff includes Andrew Checketts, UCSB's head coach, who in just his second season led the Gauchos to their first NCAA Tournament berth in 12 years. Checketts also brought in the nation's 12th best recruiting class in 2012. Rounding out the coaching staff are UCSB assistant coaches Jason Hawkins, Eddie Cornejo, and Neil Walton, as well as coaches from area colleges such as Westmont, Santa Barbara City College, and Occidental College.
For more information about the Gaucho Baseball Academy and the upcoming prospect and hitting camps, please visit our camp website here.


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Funeral services for Maxine Franklin Ball-Ellison will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at First Baptist M. B. Church.
Funeral services for Maxine Franklin Ball-Ellison will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at First Baptist M. B. Church. Dr. Nathaniel Hull Sr. will officiate the service. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 11 at First Baptist M.B. Church from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial Gardens. Maxine Franklin Ball Ellison of Helena-West Helena was the sixth of nine children born to the late Johnnie and Dorothy Mae Franklin in Helena on July 5, 1953. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at a young age, was baptized and served as a member of Morning Star Baptist Church in Helena, where she sang in the choir and as a teenager sung in a gospel group of young women. She later joined First Baptist Church in Helena-West Helena where she worshipped until her health failed. She married Leon Brian Ball on Feb. 14, 1981 and to that union two children were born. Leon Ball and her second husband, Major Ellison, both preceded her in death as well as a sister, June Warren. Maxine transitioned from this life Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She graduated from Central High School in 1971. She attended Phillips Community College of University Arkansas, the University Arkansas at Little Rock and was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Her scholarly interest included political science, sociology, and criminology. She developed great debating skills. While studying at Fayetteville, she became a charter member of the Kappa Iota Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Her family members that will continue to carry on her strength, wisdom, patience, and belief in God are her daughter, Kristen Ball-Cox of Memphis and her son, Airman James "J.J." Ball of Bunnlevel, N.C. and a granddaughter, Laiah "Valincia" Cox; her brothers, James (Bertha) Franklin, Nathaniel Franklin, Leon Franklin and Benjamin Franklin of Helena-West Helena; her sisters, Lillie (James) Dabney of Lithonia Ga., Jimella (William) Haskins of Smithfield, Va.; Doris Jean (Chester) Lawson of Madison, Wis.; her special aunt/sister, Alice Valley of Helena-West Helena; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and friends. Family and friends may sign the guestbook at: www. brownshomeforfuneralsinc.com.


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For the ninth year in a row, the Providence Improv Fest is bringing live comedy to the capital city. The five-day festival kicked off Wednesday evening at 95 Empire Street, the former Perishable Theater, and runs through Sunday.
"It's going to be amazing," promised Mauro Hantman, artistic director of the PIF.
PIF is a showcase of a special form of theater where the actors are unprepared: there are no scripts, rehearsals, costumes or sets. Everything is by the seat of your pants and off your cuff. It may sound like an actor's and audience's nightmare, but left in capable hands, improv can be magical.
"It's the most immediate form of theater you can see," said Hantman. "The people who do improv tend to be really smart and really funny. It's shocking how quickly and effectively things can come together."
The groups at PIF will present various forms: short form games, long form scenes, plays and even a handful of musicals.
Hantman and the PIF committee spent the last year choosing groups from across the nation to perform, ensuring that they bring the best of the best to Providence.
"We've got some really high quality groups this year," said Hantman.
This year, 31 groups, from New York, Maryland, Texas, Connecticut, Massachusetts and of course, Rhode Island, will perform.
In addition to the groups, there will be a two-by-two tournament, where performers from different groups perform two-person scenes with someone they've never worked. Performers' names are put into a hat and picked at random. The teams get 10 minutes to do what they want.
"It's a lot of fun," said Hantman. The two-by-two will take place Saturday, at midnight.
The first night will showcase three groups of high school kids: one from Woonsocket, another from Barrington and the Trinity Zoo, a melting pot of the state's best young improvisers.
Thursday evening features family friendly shows and music. Friday through Sunday will showcase the teams.
Ben Rameaka is from Airwolf, an improv team from the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in New York City. UCB was started by a handful of improv elite, including the former "Saturday Night Live" actress Amy Poehler.
Rameaka was born in Warwick and raised in Vermont, and is excited to bring his talents back to his home state. Airwolf does what they call "Let's Go Back to Your Place," an improvised story that begins with an audience interview.
"We interview people about their [messed up] living situations," said Rameaka. "Then we use that as the basis of our improvisation, using the information they've told us in an analogous way."
Airwolf will improvise a long scene, followed by multiple short scenes. Then they do the long scene again, showing how the shorter scenes influenced the action.
Rameaka, who has been with UCB since 2006, has been with Airwolf since its inception two years ago. Airwolf is made up mainly of UCB instructors.
"Improv comedy is incredibly unique," said Rameaka. "It's incredibly communal. It's like stand-up that likes the audience instead of disliking the audience. It includes the audience."
Rameaka said good improv sometimes appears magical; an art that turns nothing into something before the audience's eyes.
"People think there must be some magic going on, but really it's a lot of technique," he said.
Hantman said improv is a unique and often hilarious experience.
"It's created in front of you, in real time," said Hantman. "It's unlike any other kind of theater."
Billy Domineau, a recent New York University grad from the Moses Brown School in Providence, is returning to his Rhody roots this weekend. Domineau will be performing with his group, Gentleman Party, on Friday.
Gentleman Party was formed by a group of NYU friends that enjoyed performing together and wanted to continue after graduation.
The group was formed in 2010 and performs regularly at the People's Improv Theater, or "The PIT," in New York City.
Gentleman Party will be performing a montage of scenes.
"Just expect us to make a weird choice," said Domineau. "We're going to go to that really weird thing and play it to no sensible end."
Domineau said Gentleman Party's performances tend to be physical and character driven.
"Every scene will eventually get hijacked by a side character," he said. "We try to have fun for ourselves and hope that comes out on the other side."
In addition to the performances, there are also three free workshops on Friday and Saturday afternoon. Participants must arrive 15 minutes before the class but no registration is necessary. More information on classes is available at ProvidenceImprovFest.com.
For those that have never been before, Hantman hopes they'll come to experience something new. Hantman's own group, Improv Jones, which performs regularly at the same address on Thursdays and Saturday at 10 p.m., will be taking stage Sunday at 8 p.m.
Hantman and fellow performers like Rameaka know that they'll be able to entertain audiences this weekend with their one-of-a-kind antics.
"It's a show you've never seen before and you'll never see again," said Rameaka.
The Providence Improv Fest runs Wednesday, June 13 to Sunday June 17. All shows are $10 and tickets can be purchased at the door. Audience members can also purchase day passes ($15 Wed., Thurs. and Sun. and $20 Fri. and Sat.) to see as many shows per day as they please. All performances take place at either 95 Empire Street or the Roots Café, both in Providence. A full schedule and more information are available at www.ProvidenceImprovFest.com.
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There was a time in the history of the theater that improvisation was considered more valuable as a teaching tool than a form of entertainment. In fact, claims of its techniques being capable of delivering the goods in the fields of education, psychology and business, as well as acting, have been seriously advanced. Even its founders shared this belief, but the universally agreed upon effect beyond serious drama, has been its effect on comedy.
Prior to the emergence of spontaneous performance as popular entertainment, most theatrical presentations very literally stuck to the script. In the case of Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, an audience is allowed to expect fidelity to the written word, but in the world of popular entertainment, improvisation is fresh air where there were stale theatric conventions and censorship. As late as 1968, a director was successfully prosecuted twice for allowing her actors to improvise in performance. Until 1968, British law required scripts to be approved by the Lord Chamberlain's Office and inspectors came to performances to make sure the approved script was followed exactly.
One of the founders of the modern form spoke of "explosions of intuition" infusing an actor's performance, but it is unlikely that even Viola Spolin realized how revolutionary the idea was.
Spolin held workshops and developed rehearsal routines to get actors to loosen up and develop character and story without totally relying on scripts. Most people credit Spolin with raising the techniques of what we commonly came to know as improvisational comedy. She developed a system of "theater games" in the 1940s, '50s and '60s that became the basis of her son, Paul Sill's work.
Sill was a founding member of The Compass Players, which grew out of his mother's ideas about improvisation. Compass morphed into The Second City, where the workshop activities happened on stage. The result was a new kind of laughter. It was humor of a new, hip urbane sensibility that grew out of jazz and literature of the age, a sensibility that valued spontaneity and irony. Alan Arkin's naturalistic acting techniques arose from his Second City experience. His career is studded with some of the most subtly funny and hip performances on film. They never made him a huge star, but they made him one of the most respected comic actors of all time.
One of the first spin-offs from the Compass-Second City comedy nexus was the enormous success of Elaine May and Mike Nichols in 1956. In addition to club and theater appearances, Nichols and May made long playing records (LPs) that were perfectly suited to their extended comic riffs. They became bestsellers, setting a standard for urbane comedy that is still influential today.
"It was like a song," said comedian and writer Steve Martin, "you could listen to it over and over. I used to go to sleep to them at night."
While Steve Martin often boasts about how many times he has appeared on "Saturday Night Live," experience with the Second City group in Chicago has practically become a prerequisite to become a cast member of the show: Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were all veterans of the company. Between the original Second City and its satellite in Toronto, the alumni list reads like a who's who of comedy for the past several decades: Bob Odenkirk, Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Eugene Levy and Steve Carell all served time with one or the other incarnations of Second City.
But Chicago wasn't the only city with a resident improvisational comedy troupe.
In San Francisco, The Committee Theater was active in North Beach during the 1960s, but it still had a Chicago accent; Second City veteran Alan Myerson and his wife Jessica founded it. Peter Bonerz, Howard Hesseman and Chris Ross survived beyond its demise in 1972 and got into television: Bonerz as a director and actor on the "Bob Newhart Show" and Hesseman as the hippie relic Johnny Fever on "WKRP in Cincinnati."
In the 30 or so years it has existed, The Groundlings in Los Angeles has launched the likes of Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") and Chris Parnell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz of "Saturday Night Live."


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Houston Show Displaying Sleeker, Lighter RVs
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Like many RV shoppers, Helen and Weldon Lack don't want to have to buy a special towing vehicle just to pull their home-away-from-home down the highway.
They already own a half-ton pickup, so they're looking for something fairly light but spacious for cross-country road trips and weekend getaways to San Luis Pass.
As reported by the San Antonio Express, the Lacks were kicking the tires Wednesday (Feb. 7) at the first day of the Houston RV Show, which runs through the weekend. The recently retired Lacks, who already own a 19-foot-long recreational vehicle, are looking to upgrade. They have their eye on a 26-footer, which would make cooking and tidying up easier and more comfortable.
Recreational vehicles are getting smaller, lighter, more aerodynamic and more fuel-efficient, said Kevin Broom, director of media relations for the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) in Reston, Va. Some are so small they can be towed by a Mini Cooper.
That trend, which began before the recession began, is in response to the increase in fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, he said. The new, lighter vehicles need lighter "towables," the industry's term for the RVs that attach with a trailer hitch and represent 90% of the new RV market.
Manufacturers can make significant design changes. A 27-inch television, for example, used to require two to three feet of cabinet space. Now manufacturers are installing flat-screen panels that hang on the wall.
Karen and John Sheehan were examining one of the show's small and aerodynamically designed RVs, the "Little Guy," a tear-drop-shaped camper that is little more than a bed. Pull up the back end and there's the outdoor kitchen.
"I wouldn't sleep in this," said a laughing Karen Sheehan. "It's too tiny."
While the $8,995 camper wouldn't work for the retired couple from Katy, it's popular with hikers, couples and young families who drive a small car and need a small trailer.
An attachable tent allows the parents to sleep in the trailer and the kids in the tent, said Charlie Power, vice president of sales and finance for Holiday World of Houston.
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Electronic Arts has had a weird week. It extended multiple olive branches to its audience, both to embittered fans still raging about the ending of Mass Effect 3 and to gay players suffering from underrepresentation in video games. It was also named the worst company in America by approximately 250,000 people.
First, accolades for EA. Speaking with GamesIndustry International, the company defended the inclusion of same sex relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect 3. The publisher has received "several thousand" letters and emails from people complaining about same-sex content. Its response? If you don't like it, too bad. "Every one of the EA's games includes ESRB content descriptions so it's hard to believe anyone is surprised by the content," said EA vice president of corporate communications Jeff Brown. "This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment." No same-sex content will be censored in EA's games.
On the very same day that EA defended diversity in its games, it was named the "winner" in Consumerist's Worst Company in America tournament. A quarter of a million readers voted for the game publisher primarily for its price gouging and corporate imperialism that's seen it gobble up independent studios like Mass Effect creators BioWare. That game in particular demonstrates just how complicated EA's relationship with consumers has gotten.
As covered previously here at Digital Trends, fans loathed the ending of Mass Effect 3 so much that EA promised it would make new endings for the game. EA announced preliminary details for that additional ending content, named Mass Effect: Extended Cut on Thursday morning. Not only will it work to satisfy fans disappointed by the content in the retail version of the game, it's making that content free to download until 2014.
What at first seems like a gesture of good will may just be canny public relations maneuvering though.
It's still unclear just how "new" this additional content will be. Commander Shepard voice actress Jennifer Hale said in an interview with Edge on Wednesday that she has not been contacted by EA or BioWare to record any new dialogue for Mass Effect. If Shepard herself won't have new content prepared for the Extended Cut, that suggests that BioWare has had this new ending content planned for the game all along.
Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson's comments in the press release announcing the Extended Cut reinforce this. By saying that BioWare has re-prioritized its "post-launch development," he's really saying that EA and BioWare have simply shuffled their schedule for DLC, not decided to backpedal and create wholly new content for the game that addresses fan concerns.
If it turns out that EA has simply decided to make already-planned downloadable content free to mollify noisy, angry fans, that fact will be even more disturbing than if EA had simply shipped a game with a shoddily written ending. It will mean that EA and BioWare had planned all along to provide an ending vague enough to lure players into spending more on a story they've already paid for.
It's choices like this that get you named the Worst Company in America, Electronic Arts. That title seems overly harsh though, especially considering your good words on behalf of the LGBT community. How about the title "Company Staffed by Somewhat Decent Human Beings That Makes Unsavory Business Decisions to Satisfy Angry Shareholders Still Upset That EA Isn't Returning Profits Like They Were in 2007?"


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PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the City of Lynchburg, Va., and 42 other rural, urban, and suburban communities will receive technical assistance to pursue sustainable growth that encourages local economic development while safeguarding people's health and the environment.
EPA consulted with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Transportation to select this year's 43 recipients from 121 applicants through a competitive process. EPA staff and national experts will conduct workshops that focus on the specific sustainability goal each community chose in their initial application to EPA. The agency offered nine tools this year, including a Green Building Toolkit, Land Use Strategies to Protect Water Quality, and Using Smart Growth to Produce Economic and Fiscal Health.
"The City of Lynchburg recognizes the value in growing communities in ways that support their economic goals while also improving the health and livability of citizens," said EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. "EPA's assistance will help the city's leaders in their plans to create green streets that people can appreciate for economic and environmental reasons as well as the beautification they add to communities."
The assistance is being provided through EPA's Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program to communities in 27 states. Lynchburg applied for technical assistance to help communities develop strategies for greening their streets based on national models and case studies. A green street incorporates green infrastructure to manage storm water while making the street more walkable and aesthetically appealing.
To date, EPA's assistance through the Building Blocks program has reached 141 communities. Together, EPA, HUD and DOT form the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which coordinates investments in housing, transportation, and environmental protection to get better results for communities and use taxpayer money more efficiently.
More information on the Building Blocks program: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/buildingblocks.htm
More information on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/partnership/index.html


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Former Prattans John Quincy and Winfred Foster Banbury were recently inducted into the Bethany College Hall of Fame. This is their story:
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following feature shows that, from its earliest days, the Pratt community has been able to boast of the athletic prowess of its favorite sons (and now daughters.) The information included herein was provided by family members descended from the Banburys, and according to the sources is well-documented. The family name of Banbury is well-established in the community since the 1880s. The family farm is still owned by Margene (Helsel) (McFall) Martin. We hope you enjoy reading about two of Pratt's earliest sports heroes.
Former Prattans John Quincy and Winfred Foster Banbury were recently inducted into the Bethany College Hall of Fame. This is their story:
They were the third and fourth sons of Richard Harrison and Sarah Jane (Bailey) Banbury.
They were both born in Danville, Knox County, Ohio. They were the second generation of that family that originated in Cornwall, England.
They moved to Saratoga, Pratt County, Kansas with their parents between 1886 and 1889, when they were quite young.
They were always very competitive during their younger pre-teen and teenage years, so athletics was an obvious call for them to answer.
They joined the Pratt town football team and became quite astute in their skill for the game.
In an article written years after they had played their last contest, the Pratt Tribune, local newspaper, wrote that Winfred was the greatest football player Pratt had ever seen.
They were so accomplished in their football skills that they were recruited by then-coach and eventual legend, Bennie Owen, to come to Bethany College of Lindsborg, Kansas to play collegiate football and get an education in the process.
John and Winfred arrived on the Bethany football scene in 1901 and began school and their illustrious football careers.
Their coach, the infamous Bennie Owen, had gained fame playing football at Kansas University and later became the football coach at the University of Oklahoma where the football field, Owen Field, is named in his honor.
Coach Owen was a terrible task-master and worked his teams hard. They would become known as the "Terrible Swedes." They were seldom defeated and John Quincy and Winfred Foster were the stars.
Winfred actually was the team captain in 1903. The Bethany College teams played the likes of the best in the Midwest.
They played against Haskell Indian School, which boasted none other than arguably the "greatest athlete ever" in America-Jim Thorpe.
After the 1904 season Coach Owen left Bethany for the University of Oklahoma in Norman, and the Banbury boys started looking elsewhere to continue their football careers.
With the help of Coach Owen, they ended up at Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh.)
They started school and pursued an education in dentistry. Both the boys became stars for the WUP football and track and field teams, and John Quincy was captain of the 1907 team. Once again they encountered the great Jim Thorpe of Carlisle University.
John Quincy held many track and field records and at one time was considered one of America's best sprinters in the 100 and 220 yard dashes.
John Quincy was one of the first members of the All-Eastern football team (this being the equivalent of All-American.)
Both John and Winfred graduated with a degree in dentistry and came back to their roots, Kansas, to establish their dental practices- Winfred Foster in Pratt and John Quincy in Wichita.
Winfred Foster has been credited with being the first football coach at Pratt High School, while he was a practicing dentist in the community.
John Quincy, meanwhile, did not abandon his love for the game as he became the soccer coach at Friends University in Wichita.
Two years later Friends established football and John Quincy coached the football teams there from 1916 until 1932. He still holds many records there as their coach.
Winfred Foster was a Pratt community icon. He established the first swimming pool in the community at his home and opened it to the public. He coached the first Pratt High School football teams and they became quite successful.
Winfred was married twice, the first time to Nellie Corbin who owned and operated a millinery shop in Pratt. She died of a sudden illness in 1921 after 12 years of marriage. They had no children of their own.
He then married Anna Ellen Lee Talbot, who had been married several times before. They had no children of their own. Winfred Foster left no heirs or children.
Winfred Foster lived in Pratt and practiced dentistry for 65 years. He passed away April 9, 1975.
A scholarship memorial fund was established in his name at Pratt Community College for anyone involved in the football program there.
John Quincy (1884-1956) was well-established in Wichita, where he practiced dentistry for 35 years. During that time he also coached the Friends University football teams.
John Quincy was married to Margret R. Carey. They had two children, Richard Clair who became an American Flying Ace during World War II, and Jean Louise.
The sporting accomplishments of these early-day Prattans will be long-remembered and honored. They set the standard for Pratt athletics.


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- Click "Telephony Devices" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Click the button (Edit) for the "Fax Function" entry.
- Disable the telephone number(s) you want to receive calls to.
Important:You must select at least one number for sending faxes. The number you select can then no longer be used to receive telephone calls because the internal fax answers all calls to this number - even telephone calls. You cannot use a number only for faxing.
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The Lamest Exercise in the World
Why Pat Robertson should stop bragging about the leg press.
In a New York Times Magazine interview last month, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright mentioned that she can leg press 400 pounds. Now evangelical sparkplug Pat Robertson is shilling protein shakes by claiming he can leg press 2,000 pounds. That's right, one ton—about four-fifths the curb weight of a Mini Cooper.
Are America's aging public intellectuals getting buffer? Possibly. But before they start shooting their mouths off, Albright and Robertson need a primer in gym etiquette. Only wusses brag about their leg press.
Dropping your leg-press numbers in casual conversation is like bragging about how fast you can do the TV Guide crossword puzzle. Simply put, the leg press is an ego boost for the beginner lifter. There's no easier way to move a large amount of weight. When I was in college, I witnessed many a meathead pick up girls from the elliptical machines by inviting them over to the leg press machine, loading up four plates, and marveling at how easily they could do 180 pounds. Gosh, was this really your first time?
Let's get Pat Robertson's bonkers claims out of the way right now. As CBS Sportsline's Clay Travis reported earlier this week, there's no way the 76-year-old Robertson broke the leg press record—by more than 600 pounds—of a former Florida State quarterback. Check out this video, in which Robertson claims he's legpressing 1,000 pounds. It appears as if 16 plates are loaded on the machine. Four of them look like 100-pound plates, and the rest are 45s. That adds up to 940 pounds. What else are you fibbing about, Pat?
Even when doing (what he claims to be) 1,000 pounds, Robertson's form is wack. First, he helps his legs by pushing on his knees with his arms. That's a no-no. He also achieves nowhere near the recommended full range of motion, which is to bring the knees to at least a 90-degree angle. And if he's going to double the weight, where's it going to fit? Neither Andrew Sullivan nor I have seen a machine capable of holding 20 plates of 100 pounds each.
Most telling is that Robertson has two staffers loading the machine for him. A big knock against the leg press is that it's inefficient. Most leg press machines are constructed as either a sled angled at 45 degrees or a lever. (There are some that use cables, too.) In all cases, some of the weight gets borne by the machine. You may be loading 400 pounds, but your muscles are feeling only 200. In other words, eight plates on the machine are only four plates worth of effective weight. And by the time you're finished loading and unloading, you could have done an extra set or two of squats.
The squat, of course, is the real man/woman's lower-body workout. It's such a crucial part of the basic regimen that it's known as the "king of exercises." While some consider the dead lift a rival to the throne, the leg press isn't even close. It's the zoning-board commissioner of exercises.
The squat not only works the quadriceps, as the leg press does, but it also works the muscles in the back of the thigh, the butt, and the back. When you're doing squats with a barbell, keeping your balance requires the use of still more muscles. That's not to mention that it's a more efficient exercise, since your body supports all the weight you load on the bar.
Just as important, it's impossible to look cool on a leg press machine. You're sitting on your ass, making it hard to really show off. Much better, then, to step into a chrome cage, set a steel bar on your shoulders, recruit a spotter or three, and really show off your lower-body acumen.
Of course, the leg press does have a few advantages. It's great for bodybuilders who want disgustingly huge quads. It's also a good choice for older folks with back problems who want to take some stress off their lumbar muscles. Maybe that's your excuse, Pat and Madge—but it's a handy one. If you're leg-pressing 400, that means you're only squatting around 225. And that just doesn't sound as good in the pages of the New York Times Magazine.
Correction, May 30: Because of a copy-editing error, an incorrect byline appeared on the piece when it was originally published. The author is Mike DeBonis.


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The structure and the folding kinetics of one member of this family, pectate lyase C (pelC)1 from Erwinia chrysanthemi has been investigated in some detail [(PUBMED:11926834),(PUBMED:8502994)]. PelC contains a parallel beta-helix folding motif. The majority of the regular secondary structure is composed of parallel beta-sheets (about 30%). The individual strands of the sheets are connected by unordered loops of varying length. The backbone is then formed by a large helix composed of beta-sheets. There are two disulphide bonds in pelC and 12 proline residues. One of these prolines, Pro220, is involved in a cis peptide bond. he folding mechanism of pelC involves two slow phases that have been attributed to proline isomerization.
Some of the proteins in this family are allergens. Allergies are hypersensitivity reactions of the immune system to specific substances called allergens (such as pollen, stings, drugs, or food) that, in most people, result in no symptoms. A nomenclature system has been established for antigens (allergens) that cause IgE-mediated atopic allergies in humans [WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Subcommittee King T.P., Hoffmann D., Loewenstein H., Marsh D.G., Platts-Mills T.A.E., Thomas W. Bull. World Health Organ. 72:797-806(1994)]. This nomenclature system is defined by a designation that is composed of the first three letters of the genus; a space; the first letter of the species name; a space and an arabic number. In the event that two species names have identical designations, they are discriminated from one another by adding one or more letters (as necessary) to each species designation.
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Egypt Leaders Reviewing U.S. Ties, and More
What's News: Egypt's foreign minister calls for a review of the country's ties to the U.S. Boston Consulting Group predicts manufacturing growth. Political allies of Joe Biden say he can win the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Jason Bellini reports.
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... children are winter wish assured us this is what's news at this hour I'm WS J live I'm Jason Fellini ... Egypt's foreign minister is calling for a review of its country's ties to the US ... is coming in response remarks by present Obama criticizing the Egyptian resumes violent tactics to suppress protesters ... the death toll over the weekend continued to rise ... Sunday dozens of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were killed in Cairo with Gov was described as a prison break of town ... relatives of the dead prisoners to the morgue in Cairo Monday morning ... seeking with information about the family members that's ... the suspects were killed ... as part of a prison truck convoy of some six hundred detainees officials the creatures in one of the trucks why did manage to capture a police officer inside ... security forces fired tear gas into the truck in hopes of freeing the badly beaten officer ... suffocating prisoners inside ... Brotherhood calling for continued defiance against Egypt's generals ... Boston Consulting Group is making bullish predictions about U S manufacturing protecting ... in a new report that reshoring from China concrete two point five million to five million American factory in service jobs associated with increased manufacturing ... by two thousand twenty ... driving the trend ... lower energy costs and stagnant wages ... U S deficit on trade of manufactured goods in this year's first-half trained to ... kill him twenty five billion dollars from two and twenty seven billion a year earlier ... when President Joe Biden is preparing to attend a Democratic event in Iowa ... which traditionally holds the first nominating contest political allies the Biden Tell You Wall Street Journal ... that concluded he can win the two thousand sixteen Democratic presidential nomination ... even if Hillary Clinton entered the contest ... however recent fall in New Hampshire showed ... Mrs Clinton leading Mr Biden another possible Democratic candidates but upward of fifty points ... former Secretary of State has to say whether she plans to run ... what did impose on all listeners of elders


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I have a wonderful 4 week old who will only take the bottle now and screams/struggles when offered the breast.
Initially, while in the hospital she latched on and had a great suck right away. However, after two days in the hospital and a lot of cluster feeding by nipples became cracked and very painful on the day I was discharged. My daughter had been given some formula as supplement because she was so hungry and I was in so much pain. I have flat nipples and looking back she was not likely latching on well, but no one I asked seemed to have any solutions or concerns that my nipples were getting worse. On the day I was discharged I met briefly with the staff lactation consultant who also did not off any other advice other than to keep it up.
On the day we arrived home I made the decision to let my nipples heal (were bleeding that this point) and to supplement with the bottle. I now very much regret this decision and feel awful. Then when my nipples finally healed I developed a severe case of mastitis in my right breast and was placed on antibiotics. I continued to pump and feed my daughter breast milk via bottle; however she started to have symptoms of a reaction to what I think was the antibiotic. I was scared so I stopped offering the breast milk until I completed the antibiotics.
Unfortunately, now she will not BF at all. She screams and cries as soon as I place her to the breast. She will latch on briefly if I use a nipple shield. I don't want to make her have a bad experience at the breast by forcing her. I think my flat nipples are making the situation even harder.
I regret a lot of the decisions I've made up until this point and feel very guilty. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to get her back to the breast or if it's even possible I would really appreciate it.


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New The Knife just got played on Lauren laverne
A tooth for an eye....i couldn't really take it in. keen to listen again and then comment
kinda disappointed by it
one of my favourite bands, and they seem to have lost their spark. The melodies don't seem to do anything and the structure of the tracks seem flat. It's kind very style over substance http://thequietus.com/articles/11599-the-knife-a-tooth-for-an-eye-video
just a really good song
can't stop listening to it. if you don't like it you're crappichaelmarker this'd this
the first time i listened to it i was definitely hit by a sense of WTF
but after repeated listens there are very small things, which i latch onto and thats growing and growing.
stick with it Sean!
yeah sean this is great what's wrong with you
like really good
It's OK, the knife can be great but they are inconsistent which makes the prospect of a 90 minute album a little concerning
but I'm happy to stick with itmedulla this'd this
It's alright but nowhere near as good as Full of Fire.
Still damned excited to see them at Primavera, mind.
Find the description of the video on the Quietus link ridiculously, ridiculously, insanely ridiculously pretentious mind.
- Spicer and pichaelmarker this'd this
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buzz with this band, never liked them really and ive tried a few times to listen them, ill check out the new stuff it might enlighten me but so far they are one of those bands whose popularity confuses me.


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U.S. officials are worried that Al Qaeda has a new liquid explosive technique that can't be detected by current security measures, according to the latest trickle of U.S. official-sourced stories in the wake of the unprecedented embassy closures across the Middle East this week.
The story, up at ABC, adds some details to the general sense of why U.S. intelligence was so worried about the latest threat, and the significance of the threat's reported origin in Yemen: that's where Ibrahim al-Asiri is based, a.k.a. the guy behind the bombs constructed for the "underwear bomber" plot of 2009, along with an attempt on a Saudi intelligence chief's life using a bomb surgically implanted into the assassin. ABC explains that the newest idea, believed to be from al-Asiri, "allows terrorists to dip ordinary clothing into the liquid to make the clothes themselves into explosives once dry." Officials are also worried about a repeat attempt with a surgically-implanted bomb.
Meanwhile, the press is learning more details on the previously-reported intercepted message that led U.S. officials to the plot, which is reportedly in its final stages. While we already knew that Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri had threatened revenge on the U.S. for a series of drone strikes in the country, a New York Times piece today discloses that the messages intercepted by the U.S. were between al-Zawahri, along with Arabian Peninsula head Nasser al-Wuhayshi (now believed to be the number 2 of the whole organization).


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What makes a singles beach: Where young people and other singles can mingle, have fun and enjoy an evening out after the beach.
1. Ultrachic spot to see and be seen. Numerous reasonably priced art-deco hotels and cafes. Part of Miami Beach.
2. Clearwater Beach: Crowded with young people. Surrounded by modestly priced restaurants. New construction will include a landscaped area with picnic tables. North of Tampa.
3. Fort Myers Beach: All ages flock to this place. Plenty of low-priced restaurants, beach shops and cruising cars. On the southwest coast.
4. Cocoa Beach: Lots of activities going on. Surfing contests, night clubs. In Brevard County.
5. Pensacola/Panama City Beaches: Different in appearance, but alike in the way they cater to young people. Pensacola has the nicer restaurants; Panama City leads in putt-putt golf and T-shirt shops. In the Panhandle.


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Around 2001 I spent some time working part-time at a local adult-education centre teaching CLAIT, a beginners computing course, to a wide variety of people. These were complete beginners; many had never turned on a machine before. It was as much an education to myself as it was to them.
The key thing to remember about these newbies that I taught is that they were not in any way stupid or slow. Many of them had mastered complex technical jobs and excelled in their chosen field. All these people felt that they were being left behind by IT and that there was some percieved intellectual barrier to entering the computer-enhanced world. This initial assumption on their part is key to the following discussion. These people are technophobic both in that they fear being left behind by the rapid advance of technology and that they fear the technology itself. The former fear is best addressed at the social level but the latter fear may have some justification based on their mental model of the world.
This essay describes some of the observations I made when giving some of the more advanced members tow brief session with a Linux session over SSH. A PuTTY window was made full screen and the users told that the computer was "now running in discussion mode". No mention of alternate operating systems was made until the end of the trial. The users were given a brief talk at the beginning of each session and a 'cheat-sheet' of common commands. The advanced users were encouraged to work with each other while I spent time with the rest of the class.A day in the life of Aunt Tillie
Human beings are simply not brought up to deal with the GUIs of modern day computing systems. Consider the level of training that used to be involved with teaching one worker how to correctly interpret and operate a single control panel on some machine. To master modern GUIs, one must recall the operation, layout and relation to each other of hundreds, if not thousands, of such panels. The hardest skill being recalling or discovering the correct sequence of operations on one control panel to access a control panel relating to a desired operation.
Compare this to modern day life. Such nested control panels are rare and single ones at least are uncommon (one example being ATMs). Instead, to discover the appropriate interface metaphor, we should consider one day in the life of the subject of many of Eric S. Raymond's famous thought experiments, Aunt Tillie.
Aunt Tillie has spent all her life coping quite well without computers. She has, no doubt, had a high-flying intellectual job and now in her twilight years she has moved into retirement. Aunt Tillie is not stupid. She is perfectly capable of dealing with people, places and things that arise in her life.
A typical day for Aunt Tillie involves getting up, walking downstairs and checking for any post that may have been delivered. To do this she simply walks to the wicker box hanging under a slot in her door and opens it. She sees two envelopes and takes them to the breakfast table in the kitchen.
Being a typical English lady, she likes to start the day with a refreshing cuppa. Putting on the kettle to boil she sits down and opens the envelopes one-by-one reading the contents of each letter before opening the next. One is a letter from her nephew Eric letting her know that all is well in America and that he is enjoying himself. Aunt Tillie places the letter on the side-table to remind her to write a reply later in the day. The second is some circular advertising some credit card Aunt Tillie neither wants, nor needs. She opts to throw it in the bin.
By this point she realises that the kettle has boiled by the little click it made as it turned itself off. She goes to it and makes a nice cup of tea. Once she has finished her breakfast, Aunt Tillie sets off to do some shopping. Tillie always goes to the little corner grocer because she likes being able to talk about what products are on special offer and what she wants with the grocer. The conversations are usually restricted to fruit and veg but Tillie feels less intimidated talking to the grocer than having to go to the supermarket out of town and try to choose her shopping from the thousands of products on offer.
Once she has finished shopping she goes home and unpacks. She sees the letter from Eric in the kitchen and is reminded to write him a note. She does so and pops it next to the letter box in the hall to remind her to take it out to the post box tomorrow.Features of Tillie's mental model of the world
This is a natural day for most people and everyone is confident of how things in real life like letter boxes, kettles and grocers work. Let us try to extract some of the features about Tillie's life that make her comfortable and attempt to match them to some user interface for a computer system. Firstly, Tillie doesn't do more than one thing at a time. Certainly she 'multitasks', putting the kettle on while reading mail for example, but her attention is focused in one place at any one time. The indication to Tillie that the kettle has boiled is unobtrusive and effective but she defers dealing with it until after she has read her letters.
Another feature of Tillie's life is known locations for known things. Letters have a certain place when they should be replied to and when they should be sent. Tillie does these things at different times during the day.
Finally we notice the importance of dialogue in her life, both implicit and explicit. Tillie has an implicit dialogue with the letter box, opening and looking for letters is equivalent to asking the box 'Have you any letters' and it replying, in this case, 'Yes, two'. Tillie has explicit dialogue with the grocer while retrieving information about today's products. Tillie's life is rarely control panel driven. We don't see Tillie ticking items on a list of products in the grocers and giving it to the grocer. We don't see Tillie having to locate the open door button, navigate to the destination panel in her garden and remembering if she has to type 'grocers' or 'grocer' to get to the right place.
Throughout the entire day there is an implicit element of discoverability, be it road signs at the appropriate places, notices placed prominently or things in expected or known places. This feature of day-to-day life is often one we overlook but it becomes painfully clear when we are placed in an environment which is not readily discoverable, such as a foreign country with unreadable notices and signs, or one which is unexpected, again a different culture provides different norms of behaviour to which we are not used. One could consider a newbie a tourist in the land of the computer. We must remember the neither know the language or the culture.
- "Command Line is your friend, Page 1/4"
- "Command Line is your friend, Page 2/4"
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Lord Heseltine attacks David Cameron's EU strategy
Lord Heseltine has criticised the prime minister's European strategy, saying an "ill-advised" referendum would jeopardise the UK's business prospects.
In interviews with the Financial Times and the Times, David Cameron's adviser on growth says offering a referendum on EU membership would be a "punt".
The Tory peer also warns the policy would "drive away inward investment".
Mr Cameron is expected to announce this month that the Tories will offer a referendum after the next election.
It is thought he will make the announcement in a speech on the UK's relationship with Europe.
'Unnecessary gamble'
While Lord Heseltine, a former deputy prime minister, is known for being pro-European, many Conservatives are not, and are pressuring the government to commit to a referendum on the question of whether the UK remains in the EU - a so-called "in-out vote".
Lord Heseltine said: "To commit to a referendum about a negotiation that hasn't begun, on a timescale you cannot predict, on an outcome that's unknown, where Britain's appeal as an inward investment market would be the centre of the debate, seems to me like an unnecessary gamble".
He told the Financial Times: "Why put your factory [in Britain] when you don't know - and they can't tell you - the terms upon which you will trade with us in future?"
Mr Cameron has faced pressure to hold a referendum on Europe at some stage during the next Parliament and has been criticised by some in his own party for not doing more to distance the UK from the EU.
He wants the UK to remain within the EU but believes there is a need to redefine the relationship in light of moves towards further integration by countries using the single currency.
Falling exports
Labour leader Ed Miliband said the prime minister should take Mr Heseltine's comments "very seriously".
"It's devastating for the prime minister that you've now got Lord Heseltine saying that he's essentially operating in the party interest, not the national interest.
"If you're an investor thinking about putting your money into Britain, you're not going to be doing that if you think Britain's about to leave the European Union."
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage told the BBC that Europe was not essential for British business.
"Outside the European Union, there are nearly 50 trade agreements that the EU has with other parts of the world. They are not bound by the rules, they are not part of that union, that is how business operates.
"We're living in a global economy, and important as Europe is as a marketplace, it is now down to 38% of our exports, and likely to fall further. The UKIP argument is we must embrace the rest of the world for trade, not just Europe."
Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott said he was not in favour of having referendums "on fundamental decisions that have already been taken".
He added: "The Conservatives can't have it both ways. If they want to come out of Europe... they should come out and say so. They should stop playing this referendum game which is a way of covering up their own deficiencies."
Senior Conservative backbencher Bill Cash told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the UK would be edging towards leaving the EU "if things continue the way they are".
He said proposals for the EU's future were "moving in the direction which is completely unacceptable to the British people".
Gunther Kirchbaum, who chairs the European affairs committee of Germany's Bundestag, said: "I'm deeply convinced that to get out of the European Union would also mean to lose influence. Businessmen in Britain are really concerned."
In recent days senior politicians in the US and Germany have warned against Britain leaving the EU, while the leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, Richard Ashworth, warned that the UK appeared to be "snarling like a sort of pitbull across the English Channel".
On Friday, Chancellor George Osborne suggested in the German newspaper Die Welt that the UK may leave the EU if Brussels failed to reform.


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|The Link-A-Light conjugation kit allows Fluorescent conjugations to set up in seconds, simply by adding a solution of the antibody to be labeled to a proprietary lyophilised mixture containing a proprietary activated Fluorescent Ligand (Figure 1).
By circumventing the desalting or dialysis steps that commonly interrupt traditional protein conjugation procedures, Link-A-Light technology can be used to label small quantities of protein (see Principle).
Label: Atto680 is one of a new generation of Fluorescent labels. It has a strong absorption at 670nm, high fluorescence at 710nm (extinction coefficient 1.25 x10e5 cm-1M-1). It also has a good stokes shift and high quantum yield.
|1. Before you add antibody to the Link-A-Light Mix, add 1 µl of Link-A-Light Modifier reagent for each 10 µl of Antibody to be labeled. Mix gently.
2. Remove the screw cap from the vial of Link-A-Light Mix and pipette the antibody sample (with added Link-A-Light Modifier) directly onto the lyophilised material. Resuspend gently by withdrawing and re-dispensing the liquid once or twice using a pipette.
3. Place the cap back on the vial and leave the vial standing for 3 hours at room temperature (20-25°C). Alternatively, and sometimes more conveniently, conjugations can be set up and left overnight, as the longer incubation time has no negative effect on the conjugate.
4. After incubating for 3 hours (or more), add 1 µl of Link-A-Light Quencher FD reagent for every 10 µl of antibody used. The conjugate can be used after 30 minutes.
|Storage of Conjugates: For any new conjugate, initial storage at 4°C is recommended. A preservative may be desirable for long-term storage. Other storage conditions (e.g. frozen at -70°C or stored at -20°C with 50% glycerol) may also be satisfactory. The best conditions for any particular conjugate must be determined by experimentation.
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Stocks will signal a buy after a correction of 7 to 10 percent, Robert Pavlik of Banyan Partners said Thursday on CNBC.
On "Fast Money," he said that the S&P 500 would likely hover around the 1,400 level in the short-term but "eventually give it up" to drop below the 200-day moving average.
Pavlik said his hope was that it would hover around 1,380 and find some support.
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"I think then what you're looking at is a correction in the neighborhood of 7 to 10 percent," he said.
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Cyclones vs. Dragons in mascot semifinals
The Cyclones have advanced to the semifinals of the lighthearted "most dominant college mascot" tourney sponsored by CBS SportsLine.com. The Cyclones face the Drexel Dragons in the latest online vote, which is under way now. Voting ends May 11.
ISU study finds women expect to care for parents, but few prepare for it
A recent nationwide online survey of 400 women by Iowa State University sociologists and the marketing and analysis firm Gestalt Inc. in Nevada, Iowa, found that while 70 percent of respondents expected to care for their aging parents, few prepare for it.
Student has Iowa State University bloodlines that go back to two past presidents
Graduating senior Travis Knapp's father, grandfather, great grandfather, great-great grandfather all went to ISU, and his great-great-great grandfather Seaman Knapp, was president of Iowa State University from 1883-1884.
NIH $4.4 million renews botanical supplement research center
The Iowa Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements at Iowa State will continue research to understand and improve Echinacea and St. John's Wort, thanks to a $4.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
ISU e-commerce strategy class probes "Second Life" for business opportunity
Associate Professor and Deans Faculty Fellow in Management Information Systems Brian Mennecke has been using Second Life® --the 3D virtual world for its more than 5 million users created by Linden Lab® --as a teaching tool. Mennecke is planning to teach an electronic commerce course for ISU's Engineering Distance Education (EDE) in Second Life this summer.
Iowa State solar car team drives its renewable energy message across the state
Some of the students who make up Team PrISUm, Iowa State University's solar car team, will take the team's 2005 race car on a tour of the state. They'll spread the word about the potential for renewable energy.
Iowa State University soil judging team wins national competition
A team of ISU students finished first in the 2007 American Society of Agronomy National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest.
Science Bound program is part of 'Learners to Leaders' alliance
Through a new alliance with Iowa State's Science Bound program, Smithfield Foods has launched a five-year, $296,000 partnership to help disadvantaged youth prepare for science-related college degrees. The program, which will benefit students in the Denison Community School District, begins in October.
Musical wins grad student national honor
Joe Hynek, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering, recently won second place in the National Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival playwright competition. He was recognized for the book and music he wrote for a musical about life on the farm during the '80s farm crisis. Hynek also is the inventor of the "Solarjo Power Purse," a purse that recharges the batteries in portable electronic devices.
ISU team receives $2.5 million NIH grant to study exercise, flu resistance in elderly
The National Institutes of Health has awarded ISU Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance Marian Kohut and her research team $2.5 million over the next five years to continue their research on the role of exercise in aging and resistance to influenza infection.
Almost grads
Students are all smiles as they make the trek to Hilton Coliseum May 5 for Iowa State commencement exercises.
Iowa State students expect a better, faster race in their human powered vehicle
A team of Iowa State University students will test their engineering skills when they enter the vehicle they designed and built in the 2007 East Coast Human Powered Vehicle Challenge in Orlando, Fla., May 11-13.
Sesquicentennial fun
Iowa State's 150th birthday bash will span an entire year.
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Increased ethanol production pushes food costs higher
NBC Nightly News
As the nation's efforts to go green with ethanol raise corn prices, Bruce Babcock, ISU economist, estimates consumers' grocery bills will also increase. Click on the segment titled "Increased ethanol production pushes food costs higher."
A child's place
The Financial Times
Gardens can be designed to help stimulate children physically and mentally. Cindy Haynes, ISU associate professor of horticulture offers ideas for designing a child's garden in The Financial Times.
With big money flowing to biofuels research, universities vie to harvest energy from crops
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The brown and black stalks of switch grass, miscanthus and kenaf are not much to look at, having weathered Iowa's winter snows. But Iowa State researchers see these crops as seeds of change in alternative fuels.


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Jack Calhoun, global president of Banana Republic and 1987 College of Technology graduate, was featured in The New York Times this fall in a piece titled "Banana Republic's President, From Choir to C-Suite".
In addition to his life experiences -- from his Lafayette, Ind., childhood to his current position -- Calhoun mentions briefly his time at Purdue. "When I graduated in 1987 from the College of Technology, it was becoming clear that balancing creativity, analytics and leadership would be important for me to feel fulfilled," he said.


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William & Mary glides past Northeastern 82-70
BOSTON (AP) — Marcus Thornton scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half as William & Mary throttled Northeastern early en route to an 82-70 victory on Saturday night.
A 3-pointer by Thornton staked the Tribe (15-8, 7-3 Colonial Athletic Association) to a 45-18 lead at halftime. At one point in the early going, Northeastern was shooting just 16.7 percent, missing 15 of its first 18 shots.
Tim Rusthoven and Omar Prewitt scored 13 each for the Tribe which, after hitting a blistering 10 of their first 12 shots, ended the game at 55.3 percent.
William & Mary led 8-0 in just 2 minutes.
The Huskies (8-17, 5-6) trailed by as many as 33 with 11:14 to play, and clawed back to 71-61 at 1:25 left.
Demetrius Pollard led Northeastern with 13 points. Scott Eatherton, who leads the nation with 15 double-doubles, scored 11 but finished with just seven boards.


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Yesterday we were over the moon excited over the news that Teen Mom star Kailyn Lowry and her long-term stud of a fiance Jose "Javi" Marroquin got hitched in a secret ceremony. It's about time these crazy kids tied the knot, especially with Javi headed off for the Air Force. Alongside her son, Isaac, 3, they make the most adorable family!
Although we don't know too much about the hushed nuptials, details about their tiny ceremony are starting to emerge and we're amped!
Check 'em out, here:
1. The wedding was VERY small: The couple had a super small, no-frills ceremony at an Allentown, Pennsylvania courthouse.
2. They've been married for months: Crazy how this never got out! The couple has actually been married since September! Way to keep this one under wraps you two.
3. Kailyn wore a simple white dress and jewelry: Looking beautiful while keeping things low-key, Kailyn opted for a high-neck white sundress with a thin belt and a silver, large-face watch. She kept her hair pinned back out of her face.
4. They drove away in their Jeep: With a "Just Married!" message on the back, the couple left the courthouse happy as could be in their blue chariot.
5. There will be a bigger ceremony to come: Kailyn told In Touch that the couple will be having a big wedding in the fall once Javi comes back home. Apparently Javi has a huge family and has had NO trouble at all picking out seven groomsmen. Holy WOW!
Are you happy about Kailyn and Javi's big news?
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Aches and pains
Flecks of gray
Wrinkles on top of wrinkles
The hair I trim the most
Is the hair growing on my ears
I took a nice little walk today
That I will pay for in the morning
I am at that wonderful age
Where I realize
I haven't seen everything
But I have seen enough
If the wind offered
To carry me to the stars
I would shed a small tear
And be on my way
I wrote this poem a couple of days after I went on a little walk straight down hill and then had to come back straight uphill. I was ready for the pain to end lol. Lets just say my legs were a little tight. Now the picture is one Lizzi took the other day as we were coming back from Seattle. Now I know what it looks like but actually I was just standing funny when I was taking a picture. It made us laugh because it looks like I am taking a tinkle outdoors on a warm day. " Which I always recommend haha. "Anyway I think the way the picture looked fit the poem a little. I hope everyone gets a giggle out of our collaboration
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Yes I did have a smile but didn't know how I was going to mention it till I read your comment. I feel extremely lucky - at 71 next month I am still refereeing soccer games and with 8.6 out of 10 over 21 games in the last season I must be doing something right!!


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Leading the way for the Coker men in the 8k event was Michael Murphy/Peekskill, NY, with a time of 36:03 in 22nd place. He was followed by Adam Green/Easley, SC, with a time of 37:54. Next for Coker was Abel Carballo/Orlando, FL, with a time of 38:48, followed by Austin McJunkins/Walhalla, SC, at 39:00. Andrew Smith/Orlando, FL, was next with a time of 39:15, while Joe Hock/Surfside Beach, SC, came in at 39:28. Rounding out the field for Coker were Michael Koshis/Greenville, SC, and Chris Briggman/Pelion, SC, with times of 43:25 and 45:45 respectively.
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Boris M. Velez II, 20, of Worcester, who was stabbed twice in the neck at a Sherbrook Avenue house party Saturday morning, has died.
Mr. Velez's mother confirmed tonight that her son died from his wounds. Outside her home, she declined to comment further.
When police went to 35 Sherbrook Ave. around 1:20 a.m. Saturday to investigate a report of a large fight, they were told that a stabbing victim had been taken to an area hospital.
Mr. Velez was rushed into surgery, and remained in critical condition Sunday morning. His mother did not say exactly when he died.
There were roughly 25 people at the drinking party, many of them under 21, police said.
The man who police said threw the party, Marc R. Aldana, 20, of 205 Salisbury St., was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace.


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It's outrageous to shoot essentially captive birds and call it "sport." Yet it's legal.
It's outrageous to shoot essentially captive birds and call it "sport." Yet it's legal.
However, it's not legal to destroy someone else's property, apparently to try to prevent it from recording images of the avian slaughter.
State police are looking into an animal-rights group's claim that someone shot a remote-control helicopter the protest group was using Sunday to record the Wing Pointe Gun Club pigeon shoot in Berks County, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Why use a drone for such a purpose? Illinois-based Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, advocates for the fair treatment of animals, try to document these shoots. They hoped to capture live footage of the process, which involves hauling in birds in cramped cages — often without food or water— then "releasing" the birds — as targets. Some pigeons manage to flutter only only a few feet in the air. At a typical shoot, 10 percent of the birds escape, while 20 percent are killed outright and the vast majority of birds are wounded. They die later, of shock, dehydration, infection, or they bleed to death.
Arranged pigeon shoots amount to little more than animal cruelty. Hundreds of live, captive birds are shipped en masse in small cages to a "sport" shoot for calculated release. Shooters vie for prizes for killing the most birds. Several years ago a unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision ended the infamous annual Labor Day pigeon shoots in Hegins, in Schuylkill County, by authorizing humane officers to prosecute participants for animal cruelty. Yet live pigeon shoots still take place in Berks County, and Pennsylvania is one of the few remaining states that still allow such shoots.
Organizers know how repugnant the activity is to members of the general public, so they try to stay under the radar.
To their credit, both state Sen. Pat Browne, R-16, and state Rep. Mike Carroll, D-118, have introduced or supported bills that would outlaw live bird shoots, but the powerful gun-rights lobby has kept right-minded lawmakers from budging the legislation. Typically, these bills would allow any Pennsylvania Game Commission-condoned hunting practices. Browne's most recent bill actually made it out of committee in 2011, the first time in 28 years such a measure has made it so far. But it got no further. Now you have a shooter trying to destroy valuable property simply because it would record the truth of this repugnant activity. Credit also goes to the Showing Animals Respect group for persevering.
True hunters and anyone who supports the humane treatment of animals should contact their legislators to revive the push for a ban. Browne points out that citizen pressure is the only thing that will prompt other legislators to act.
In the meantime, if you want to shoot pigeons, buy the clay version. They're just as good for target practice — no animal cruelty involved.


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Chris Pine to front thriller The Line
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Chris Pine has been cast in David Gordon Green's thriller 'The Line' about a man on a mission to protect an orphaned boy
Chris Pine will star in thriller 'The Line'.
The 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' actor has been tapped to play the lead in David Gordon Green's upcoming film about a man who goes on the run to protect an orphaned boy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie centres around a patrol agent, who has recently lost his wife and son and becomes the caretaker of a 10-year-old child orphaned after a shootout with a criminal cartel.
When Pine's character goes on the run to protect the boy, he discovers both sides of the law are after him.
'The Walking Dead' writer and producer Sang Kyu Kim has written the script, while 'Welcome to the Punch' producers Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh are on board to produce, and IM Global's Stuart Ford and Matt Jackson are executive producing.
The project will be pitched to buyers in Berlin by IM Global, which is financing the film.
Green is best known for comedy 'Pineapple Express', but has recently wrapped 'Manglehorn' with Al Pacino and coming-of-age drama 'Joe' with Nicolas Cage.
Pine can next be seen in Disney's musical movie 'Into the Woods' and 'Horrible Bosses 2'.