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One day last week the weather forecast showed the whole of Scotland under cloud apart from one little triangle in the Aberdeenshire/Banffshire area on the east coast.
Chasing forecasts often proves a futile business in this country, but as it happens on this occasion the forecasters got it bang on.
Delightful assistant no.1 and I hopped into the motor and sped off in the right direction, stopping en route at the splendid Balmakewan, where we partook of light refreshments.
A flat white with coffee and walnut cake for my delightful assistant:
I had a very hard time choosing what to have, as Balmakewan always has a painfully extensive selection of delectable goodies on offer, but in the end I plumped for this coconut affair with blueberries and raspberries through it, accompanied by a first class decaf flat white:
We decided to share these two items and while the coconut cakey thing was certainly very palatable, we agreed that the coffee walnut cake was outstandingly good. I'm sure I've never had fluffier butter icing in any cake.
We left Balmakewan feeling that our day had got off to an excellent start. The weather was not particularly good but we had high hopes for our destination.
Around about lunchtime we reached the twin towns of Banff and Macduff, which lie on the Moray coast, and headed for Duff House.
Duff House is a rather magnificent Georgian building designed by William Adam in the 1730s:
Today it's used by the National Galleries of Scotland to house some of their artworks, with the building being maintained by Historic Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council, but it was originally built by a chap called William Duff (aka Lord Braco, later 1st Earl of Fife).
William Duff had a large family, and even though the side wings Adam designed were never built, I expect the 50 rooms they ended up with were quite sufficient.
I thought the building had many lovely features, but the curving staircases at the front were a particular favourite:
Due to a broken pelvis that continues to heal slowly, going round the inside of the house with all its floors and stairs wasn't really possible for my delightful assistant, but there was one area of the building she was very capabale of reaching.
Inside, the tearoom had the same sort of feel I've noticed in other National Gallery tearooms, being light, airy and tastefully decorated. The history of Duff House was written up on the wall in a timeline with photographs, which made for interesting reading.
The menu was not extensive, nor did it cater particularly well for vegetarians, but there were various sandwiches to be had and I opted for egg while my delightful assistant went for tuna. I'm pleased to say that the sandwich far exceeded my expectations, being freshly made on very tasty brown bread and served with a delightful little carrot salad.
One very nice surprise was that there was 'proper' tea, by way of leaf tea popped into long teabags of the sort that appear to be getting more popular in Scotland's tearooms.
We ordered a pot of Assam and a pot of Darjeeling and they were both tip-top. I often find I'm squeezing out the last cup from a teapot when I take tea, but in this case I had to leave some as there was so much to begin with (I managed three cupfuls):
I don't take sugar, but I liked the way it was served at Duff House, in a little kilner jar with lid (no flies landing on these lumps) and tongs on the side (hygenically encouraging people not to dive in with their dirty great mitts):
The facilities at Duff House were another fine feature of the building, being nicely tiled in green and white with pull chain cisterns above the loos:
After lunch we waved goodbye to Duff House and made our way along the coast to have a look at the two little villages of Gardenstown and Crovie, but I'll save those for another post.


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Back to Help Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr Disaster Aftermath
Just one year ago we wrote to supporters like you with devastating news of a massive earthquake that had struck Haiti, leaving millions homeless and hungry.
This was the start of a year full of challenges – but also, thanks to you, remarkable achievements. Whether you joined our community, donated, took our hunger quiz, played Freerice, or told others about our work, you made a difference in the lives of others.
Take pride in the positive results you helped create.
Haiti, One Year Later
Within 24 hours of the January 12 earthquake last year, WFP began distributing food. At the height of the emergency, we were feeding a third of the population. View the photo gallery (http://usa.wfp.org/photo-gallery/one-year-after-quake-haiti?utm_source=fbcauses&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wfpusa-haiti-oneyear).
One year later, we're implementing programs that:
• Provide a hot meal every day to 1.1 million children
• Create jobs for thousands of Haitians which increases food security for hundreds of thousands
• Allow WFP to quickly reach the most vulnerable in the next emergency
Meet some of the people you're helping in Haiti (http://usa.wfp.org/news-story/year-after-quake-haitians-glimpse-hunger-free-future?utm_source=fbcauses&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wfpusa-haiti-oneyear):
Marie Anika has never actually been in a bank, but she finds them fascinating and wants to work in one when she grows up. What helps her study is a warm meal at school. There's not always food at home. Meet Marie (http://usa.wfp.org/web-story/food-makes-learning-possible-ambitious-haitian-girl?utm_source=fbcauses&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wfpusa-haiti-oneyear).
Jean Claude Belizaire, a dairy farmer, is central to WFP's support of local production and markets. The milk from his 10 cows and neighboring farms has become part of the school meals program. Meet Jean Claude (http://usa.wfp.org/web-story/pilot-project-puts-fresh-milk-school-meals-menu?utm_source=fbcauses&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wfpusa-haiti-oneyear).
Farah Bocage was 8 months pregnant and washing clothes in the yard with her daughter when the earthquake hit. Their house collapsed on her husband. Without food from WFP, "I don't know what I'd do," she says. Meet Farah (http://usa.wfp.org/web-story/quake-mothers-find-nutrition-and-relief-peanut-paste?utm_source=fbcauses&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wfpusa-haiti-oneyear).
In 2010, you delivered hope and help when it was urgently needed. Backed by your commitment, we can achieve even more in 2011.
Thank you,
Richard Leach
President and CEO
World Food Program USA
P.S. Take our Haiti Hunger Quiz (http://gifts.wfp.org/quiz/haitiIQ?utm_source=fbcauses&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wfpusa-haiti-oneyear) and feed a Haitian child!

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Saints rebound from tough loss earlier in the week
The Siena Heights University women's basketball team rebounded from a tough loss earlier in the week to nationally-ranked Davenport to upend Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference foe Indiana Tech 60-43 on Saturday.
Siena Heights (7-3, 4-2 WHAC) went on an 11-0 run to start the game and never looked back.
Amanda Duke got the scoring started with a layup, and Morgan Warfield came back down the court and sank a 3-pointer. Warfield then hit her next two 3s for the Saints.
"We just have such an ability to score evenly," Siena Heights coach Sue Syljebeck said. "If one takes off, they take off. Morgan hit that first one, and if she hits that first one you feel pretty good about the game. Her shot ignites our team."
The Saints surged past Indiana Tech (2-9, 2-4) to close the first half with a 16-2 run, capped by a Duke layup with 27 seconds left.
Defensively, the Saints were strong from the start. They kept Indiana Tech's leading scorer, Ulyssia Richmond, to two points in 23 minutes. The Saints had the edge on the glass with 47 rebounds, kept the Warriors to 27 percent shooting and kept Indiana Tech 24 points below its season average.
"We kind of took that aggression from that last loss and took it out on them," said Saints forward Amanda Duke. "We were working hard, because we knew they were an athletic team, so we had to come out strong or we knew it could be a close game."
In the second half, Siena Heights continued to pressure the Warriors, limiting them to six points in the first 10 minutes of the half. The Saints scored 14 points in the paint and had six second-chance points in the half.
Warfield was 4-for-5 from 3-point range in the first half, finishing the game with 12 points. Duke ended the game with 14 points and nine rebounds. Sierra Calhoun had 10 points and six rebounds to go with three assists. Grace Howrigon finished with two points, five rebounds, and five assists.
The Saints shot 63 percent from the 3-point range and 42 percent from the field.
"We don't have that kid that goes for 18 and 16, but we have a bunch of kids that can all score," said Syljebeck. "I think that makes us tough to guard. If you look at our box score, we have seven people averaging seven or eight points or more a game.
"It's because we are so balanced, and I believe that teams like us are harder to guard. You can't just stop one or two players; you have to stop our team."


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The Neosho girls stormed back from a second half deficit to knock off the Purdy Lady Eagles 34-32 for fifth place in the 58th annual Neosho Holiday Classic on Saturday at Neosho Middle School.
The Neosho girls stormed back from a second half deficit to knock off the Purdy Lady Eagles 34-32 for fifth place in the 58th annual Neosho Holiday Classic on Saturday at Neosho Middle School.
What made the win even more impressive was the fact that, after leading 13-12 at halftime, the Lady Wildcats were outscored 13-4 in the third quarter and still survived.
Possessing an 11-10 lead at the end of the first quarter, the Lady Wildcats fell flat in the second period, scoring just two points. But, in the meantime, their defense picked up the offense by holding the Lady Eagles to just two points of their own as well.
That defensive stand proved vital, as the offense would need another quarter before figuring things out. But, boy, when it did, the Lady Eagles couldn't stop them. Matty Liedtke nailed a pair of clutch 3-pointers down the stretch, and Morgan Rathmann added another. Corea Lowery stole a pair of passes and turned them into easy baskets on the other end of the floor.
Neosho outscored Purdy 17-7 in the fourth quarter.
Suddenly, the Lady Wildcats couldn't be stopped.
"We had several kids that stepped up and did a lot of good things for us today," Lady Wildcats coach Lance Robbins said. "Late in the game when we were down, Corea Lowery picked things up defensively for us. We had a couple of big possessions late where Matty Liedtke stepped up and hit a couple of big threes. Morgan Rathmann stepped up and hit a three.
"There was really a lot of kids that made some plays there for us when we needed it."
But the X-factor, so to speak, for the Lady Wildcats proved to be sophomore Morgan Rogers. Not only did she lead the team in points with 10, but she also recorded a handful of blocks and Robbins credited her with altering 15-20 further shots by her presence alone.
"Morgan Rogers played extremely well for us today," Robbins said. "She did a good job today in the post for us. Hopefully she'll get some confidence from the way she played today and will continue to build on that."
Rathmann finished with nine points while Lowery turned in eight, Liedtke six and Brooke Stauffer one.
Katie Hughes was an offensive force for the Lady Eagles as she netted 17 points as teammates Jayse Henderson had seven, Desirie Ennes two, Courtney White four and Mattie White two.
After playing four games in four days, the Lady Wildcats are now looking forward to having a few days off to rest. Robbins, meanwhile, is anxious to see how the momentum from the tournament, and the victory over Purdy in particular, carries over into the second half of the season.
"Once again, we played well in spurts," Robbins said. "We just happened to play real well at the right time. There were really a lot of kids that made plays there for us when we needed it. Hopefully we'll be able to take this and build off it into the second half of the season."


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TOKYO and SAN FRANCISCO - SEGA Corporation and SEGA of America, Inc. have announced that they will be launching the free-to-play sports simulation MLB Manager Online in March 2011, coinciding with the start of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. Fully licensed by MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), MLB Manager Online is SEGA's first Internet-based sports simulation game to be launched in the United States, Canada, Japan and South Korea. Baseball fans can register online at https://mlbmanageronline.com for one of the limited spots in the closed beta period, which is scheduled to start on January 7, 2011.
MLB Manager Online will allow aspiring team managers to select from over 900 actual players from all 30 current US Major League Baseball teams. Gamers can check their players' stats, profiles and past records, including detailed stats such as on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS), to select their ideal team line-up. Gamers also will be able to trade players to create a championship-caliber team, ultimately using their skills as managers to represent their country in the World Champions Tournament of baseball.
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"MLB Manager Online represents an important step forward in SEGA's goal of expanding into the digital gaming space and providing fans with exciting new ways to enjoy their favorite sport," said Haruki Satomi, VP of Digital Business for SEGA of America. "We are thrilled to offer them free access to a fully licensed and engaging online baseball experience."
"SEGA is a respected publisher in the games space, and we are excited to partner with them in their first foray into the realm of a full-scale browser and interactive media sports game in these territories. Sega's interactive media MLB-focused game will provide MLB fans with an exciting platform via which they can enjoy America's national pastime," said Alex Pigeon, Vice President of International at MLBAM.
"Partnering with Sega to bring MLB Manager Online to baseball fans is an exciting prospect. SEGA has been successful in Europe with their Football Manager title and we hope to carry that success over to MLB Manager Online here with a solid and entertaining product." said Mike Amin, Director of Interactive Games, Internet and Business Partnerships at MLBPA.
MLB Manager Online is scheduled for a full product launch in March 2011 in the United States, Canada, Japan and South Korea. Applications to participate in the closed beta are available now on the official website: https://mlbmanageronline.com.
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Massive telecom companies control virtually all of our voice and internet communications these days—and new evidence shows a near-total lack of commitment to our democracy. AT&T has proposed filtering all content traveling on its network. Verizon tried initially to block NARAL's pro-choice text messages. Most telecom companies are fighting net neutrality. Can democracy survive an assault by those who control the tubes?The panel members don't include anyone with any experience managing or operating an actual telecom network, but instead includes two people who have repeatedly demonstrated not only an ignorance of telecom law, technology, and policy, but who have misrepresented facts and failed to engage with the arguments of their critics, Matt Stoller and Timothy Karr (see posts on this blog in the "net neutrality" category). The closest person to a representative of a telecom is Michael Kieschnick of Working Assets, a company that is a reseller of long distance and wireless service on Sprint's network.
I agree with many of their positions--I don't think ISPs should be allowed to block websites on the basis of disagreement with content. I think ISPs should be transparent about their network management processes and filtering. Where I disagree with them is that they advocate that the FCC step in to regulate the Internet in a way that it has never had authority to do so before, and demand that network operators not be allowed to implement classes of service with different rates of charges, or even usage caps. Art Brodsky expresses the point which has also been made by Robb Topolsky of Public Knowledge, Timothy Karr of Free Press, and Matt Stoller:
In the name of "network management," some companies want to throttle down the use of legal applications, like BitTorrent which may, coincidentally, provide competition in entertainment programming. They want to impose usage caps across the board on all customers which would stifle innovation and curb the use of video (there's that anti-competitive meme again) without actually solving the problem of the so-called "bandwidth hogs." The way caps are being discussed now, they would only lead to higher prices and less usage for an industry that already charges more for less than most broadband providers around the world. Parts of our broadband industry may be the only sector in the world that wants to cut down the amount of its product it wants customers to use.Brodsky's last sentence is clearly false--broadband is like a fixed-price all-you-can-eat buffet. All businesses want to maximize their profits by maximizing revenue and minimizing costs. When bandwidth is sold at a fixed cost in unlimited amounts, where a small number of users are consuming the majority of the service, it's in the business's interest to restrict those users or charge them more for what they consume in order to satisfy the rest in a cost-effective manner. The options are few--you can either restrict the "bandwidth hogs" in some way, charge them more so that they pay for what they use, or raise the price for everyone. These guys seem to advocate the latter approach, while I'm in favor of allowing all the options to be used in a competitive market. Where I disagree with Comcast's approach in issuing RST packets to block BitTorrent traffic is not that they did it, but that they were not transparent about what they were doing (and apparently didn't quite get it quite right--it should not have completely broken BitTorrent, but only slowed it down).
Brodsky's suggestion that Comcast has an interest in blocking BitTorrent because it provides competition in the entertainment space is absurd--they have an interest in blocking it because it's a very popular application which itself exploits Internet protocols in a way not anticipated by the designers in order to consume more bandwidth, getting around the congestion controls in TCP/IP by using multiple TCP streams. If BitTorrent traffic wasn't filling up the majority of Comcast's bandwidth, they'd have no interest in it, except when the MPAA and RIAA issue them subpoenas about their users infringing copyrights.
If the government prohibits the use of differential classes of service (which is already heavily used by private companies to give priority to applications within their enterprise which have requirements for low latency and jitter, such as real-time streaming audio and video, including Voice over IP) and requires that congestion be dealt with by building out infrastructure sufficiently that there will never be congestion no matter how many users max out their connectivity with BitTorrent, that will reduce competition by culling smaller companies out of the picture and making market entry more difficult. In any environment where a provider's upstream capacity is less than the sum of the capacity to every customer (and that's everywhere, today, and always has been), all-you-can-eat bandwidth is like a commons. The more that is available, the more the heavy users will consume, to the detriment of each other and the light users. Without setting caps and having tiered pricing or implementing technology that prioritizes packets and drops from the heavy users and from less-realtime-sensitive applications first (like BitTorrent), there are no incentives against consuming everything that is available.
I also think it's a huge mistake to have the FCC start regulating the Internet. FCC chairman Kevin Martin would no doubt love to place indecency standards and filtering requirements on Internet content. Once you open the door to FCC regulation of the Internet, that becomes more likely. And the FCC has been completely ineffectual at dealing with existing abuses like fraudulent telemarketing, illegal prerecord calls to residences and cell phones, caller ID spoofing, etc., already covered by statute and regulation. I'd rather see clear statutes that include private rights of action than entrust control of the Internet to the FCC. The FCC is a slow-moving bureaucracy, and AT&T and Verizon have the deepest pockets, the most lawyers, and the most personnel who have shuffled back and forth between government (including the NSA) and industry. That gives AT&T and Verizon the tactical advantage, and leads to less competition rather than more.
Which brings me to the warrantless wiretapping and telecom immunity issues, which Cindy Cohn of the EFF no doubt addressed on the Netroots Nation panel. I suspect I have little if any disagreement with her. I've long been a supporter of the EFF, as are many people involved in the management of ISPs. I strongly oppose telecom immunity for warrantless wiretapping, a complete abdication of Congress' responsibility to support the U.S. Constitution. But this shows the power of AT&T and Verizon. Not only did they get what they wanted, but the very infrastructure which was built to do this massive interception of traffic for the NSA and for law enforcement interception under the CALEA laws was built for them with assistance from government funds. All telecoms have to be compliant with CALEA (now including VoIP and broadband Internet providers), but the big incumbents who were most capable of affording it on their own got it at the lowest costs, while their competition was required to build it out at their own expense even if it never gets used.
But there are legitimate uses for deep packet inspection, for understanding the nature of the traffic on a network for management purposes, including tracking down security and abuse issues. Since it is in the hands of the end user to use encryption to protect sensitive content, I think use of DPI by network providers is reasonable for the purposes of providing better service in the same way that it's reasonable for a voice provider to intercept traffic for quality measurement purposes. It's also reasonable for interception to occur for "lawful intercept," but it should always require a court order (i.e., both executive and judicial branch approval) on reasonable grounds. The difficulty of obtaining wiretaps depicted in the television program "The Wire" is how it should be.
I've written a lot on these issues, much which can be found in this blog's Network Neutrality Index.
If any reader of this blog happens to have attended the Netroots Nation telecom panel or comes across a description of its content, please point me to it, as I'd like to see what was said. I don't have high hopes for the accuracy or reasonability of statements from Stoller and Karr, but I could be surprised, and the other panelists probably had interesting and important things to say.
(See my Blogger profile for the disclosure of my employment by Global Crossing, which is currently listed by Renesys as the #3 network provider on the Internet in terms of number of customers, ahead of AT&T and Verizon, behind Sprint and Level 3.)
UPDATE: The "Big Telecom" panel was live-blogged here. Stoller's anecdote about the Bill of Rights on metal is referring to Dean Cameron's "security edition" of the Bill of Rights, which was also promoted by Penn Jillette.


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Katy Perry's 'Prism' Debuts at No. 1
Congrats to Katy Perry, as her new album 'Prism' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. That should shock no one since Perry had her sights set on that accolade from the moment she announced the release!
The singer sold 286,344 copies of the record, earning her the best sales week of her career so far. She also sold almost 50% more copies of 'Prism' than she did of 2010's 'Teenage Dream,' which had the same (if not louder) buzz with its first single 'California Gurls' as 'Prism' did with its first single 'ROAR.'
It was the largest sales week for a female artist in the U.S. in 2013, as well.
The album did leak a week ahead of the release, so this tally is impressive, considering that the record was online and passed around like a hot potato by Katy Cats.
Congrats to Perry and the folks at her Capitol for topping the charts with 'Prism' this week. A second round of applause (not 'Applause') for Perry for having the courage to let the light in after going to through a dark period, thanks to her divorce from Russell Brand.


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David Letterman wasn't the only one surprised by Britney Spears' appearance on The Late Show last night. Britney emerged from the show looking more glamorous and grown-up than we have ever seen her before (not that we weren't digging the preppy look). Sporting a straight bob with bangs, the singer looked pre-pregnancy fit in a second-skin, belted sheath from Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B line and sexy peep-toe pumps. We're loving her new sophisticated style and can't wait to see more of it. Is her new look a reflection of the big news in her personal life? Click here to read the latest on Britney.
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Director's Corner
23 July 2009
Accelerator Design and Integration: Considerations for distributing high-level RF power for a single tunnel configuration
The main thrust of our ILC accelerator design work during the Technical Design Phase (TDP-1 and TDP-2) is to refine the design presented in the Reference Design Report (RDR) towards a more coherent concept, and one that is better optimised for performance to cost to risk. Our approach is to study a set of carefully chosen potential changes to the RDR baseline aimed at producing a new baseline next year as the final milestone in TPD-1. The new baseline will then become the basis of the technical design (TPD-2) that will be completed and documented by the end of 2012. One of the most complex and difficult changes under consideration is changing from the RDR's double-tunnel to a single-tunnel configuration. A key problem to solve for a single-tunnel configuration is how to deliver the high-level radiofrequency power (HLRF) to the cryomodules. There are two very different solutions being proposed, and the choice between them may be site dependent.
|The ILC Reference Design uses a double-tunnel configuration with the klystron high-level RF system in an accessible service tunnel.
A primary motivation in considering a single underground tunnel for the main linac and associated beamlines is the potential large cost savings realised by eliminating an entire 30-kilometre-long underground tunnel. However, removal of the second (service) tunnel requires us to revisit the original reasons we chose a double-tunnel solution for the RDR: concerns about availability and safety.
The double-tunnel configuration provided us with a conservative solution for the RDR, since access to klystrons, modulators, electronics and other hardware during beam operation improves availability, and escape routes from one tunnel provide straight-forward safety solutions. Nevertheless, the potential savings for a single-tunnel configuration could be more than 100 million dollars, even including anticipated extra costs to achieve good availability and safety solutions. For this reason, we have always planned to come back to study the single-tunnel configurations. One of the primary goals of the present study is to quantify the potential savings and to present realistic concepts for single-tunnel configurations.
Safety is a difficult issue to plan for without a specific site to know local conditions and safety rules, since an acceptable safety scheme may differ for different sites. We are therefore carrying out studies to determine single-tunnel safety solutions for our full range of potential sites. If we adopt a single-tunnel baseline for the TDP-2, we must recognise that the final tunnel configuration will depend on the chosen site and the preference of the host country. The Technical Design Report (TDR) information, along with the RDR double tunnel study, will enable an informed analysis of costs and trade-offs, giving a realistic starting point for the host country.
For single-tunnel configurations, two different novel concepts are being pursued for the high-level RF distribution and the choice between them may depend on the actual site characteristics. One approach is to employ a distributed RF system (DRFS). The other is to use a clustered klystron (HLRF) approach. In each case, the total cost is being determined, but we expect both will result in significant cost savings with respect to the double-tunnel RDR configuration.
In a little more detail, DRFS consists of about 8000 times 800-kW modulating anode klystrons (MAK), modulators and power supplies installed in the (single) tunnel. In a MAK, a secondary anode near the klystron gun is used, much like a grid in a conventional tube to control the tube beam current. Each MAK drives two cavities (under nominal power specifications from the RDR). With the alternative klystron cluster approach around 35 of the baseline ILC 10-MW multi-beam klystrons (MBK) are located in a surface building and the RF power is combined and transported via a single over-moded waveguide into the underground tunnel, where power is 'tapped off' to drive the cavities. These "clusters" would be located approximately every two kilometres. The associated risks differ in these two schemes.
The klystron cluster concept requires R&D, now underway at SLAC, to demonstrate the long-pulse power handling of the waveguide components, as well as better understanding of the RF and beam energy control of a one-kilometre-long RF unit. Operational aspects need to be well understood, since a full 'systems test' is not realistic.
KEK is planning to manufacture one DRFS unit in order to show its feasibility on the S1-global test, although we do not expect a problem for a single klystron driving two or four cavities. The main challenge will be in making the concept cost effective, as well as resolving whether a single 4.5-metre diameter tunnel layout is workable or the tunnel diameter must be enlarged.
Finally, I note that today I am giving a snapshot of work in progress. Other options for distributing HLRF for a single tunnel will be considered, including the XFEL two-kilometre linac design, which will provide the most accurate cost estimate. In the upcoming months, we will be studying both HLRF schemes, whether to include both in our TDP-1 baseline and, if so, to develop a realistic subsequent work plan for the Technical Design Phase.
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So I've been given a practice test for one of my CSC courses that is asking me this:
Provide the definition for the Java class Point so that it supports
the three Java statements that appear below. Your Point class may not extend any
other Java class. Recall that the distance between two points (x1,y1)and (x2,y2)is given by
Point p1 = new Point(3,4);
Point p2 = new Point(16,-6);
double distance = p1.distanceTo(p2);
//Complete the Point class below
public class Point {
My problem is I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up the equation. here's my code so far:
public class Point { Point p1, p2; int x, y; public Point(int a, int b) { this.x = a; this.y = b; } public int getX() { return x; } public int getY() { return y; } public double distanceTo(Point p) { //where my equation would go return p; } public static void main(String[] args) { Point p1 = new Point(3,4); Point p2 = new Point(16,-6); double distance = p1.distanceTo(p2); System.out.print(distance); //just to test } }
I was thinking something like this
but that throws the Type mismatch error (from Point to int) so I can't do it that wayp = (p1.getX() - p2.getX())^2 + (p1.getY() - p2.getY())^2;
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Dirty conditions at the pharmacy, faulty sterilizing equipment, tainted ingredients or careless lab technicians could have led to contamination of the steroid medication blamed for the outbreak.
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Intel releases laptop, desktop SSDs
Still not cheap
Intel has started shipping its 1.8in and 2.5in 80GB solid-state drives. The chip giant also reiterated its plan to release 160GB versions by the end of the year.
The X18-M and X25-M drives use multi-level cell (MLC) technology, generally held to be slower than drives based on single-level cell designs. Intel promised it will intro SLC SSDs within the next three months, aiming them - and no doubt pricing them - at servers.
Intel's X-25M and X-18M: fast but pricey
The drives shipping today will be pitched at desktops and laptops, and they're pricey enough: $595 when purchased in batches of 1000 units.
The SATA drives deliver sustained read speeds of up to 250MB/s, Intel claimed, and sustained write speeds of up to 70MB/s.
"By combining our experience in flash memory design with our processor and computing expertise, we have added advances such as our parallel ten-channel architecture, proprietary controller, firmware and memory management algorithms that address write amplification and wear leveling issues to redefine SSD performance and reliability for computing platforms," said Randy Wilhelm, the head of Intel's NAND Flash division.
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We have established that by some margin that the largest majority on numerous polls have said that the membership and some of avens own team feel mods/admin roles should be for a fixed term...the 2 year term is inline with a successfull way of operating the same standard WITHIN the backroom already by avens Project team
Only a handfull of existingmods/admins are refusing to accept the vast majorities wishes and even they offer no real points of obstruction other they don't like it and being accountable may see them not being relected. Those very few individuals need to raise their game or walk away, their apathy should not be a standard that is acceptable.
So it's wanted, it isn't going to go away, it works and most of all it is needed..so how do we implement it?
Away from the fear factory of the nay sayers...any change often has a transition period but once through that and within a short time, people will just use the new system as though it has always been that way..so the actual act of the 2 year term for mod and admin roles..is incredibly easy to do...but,how you implement it with a team of, lets be honest, a team that has rarely had good planning for avens future as their strongest point..is the difficult point..with that in mind I offer a possible way through
I've seen mention of why not at the end of the two years simply have a vote of confidence for the existing mod...sounds great, no election needed, minimum fuss.
I have two concerns over why this would not work. Firstly given the way the team currently works, i think most of us would suspect that within a relatively short time, some in the team will try and rule change it back claiming "hey why run an election, we get back in anyway"..you know some of them would..but more importantly it also takes away the equal opportunity for new people to apply..opportunity should not just be a boys club, it should be avaliable to everyone
Secondly..what if that person is not voted back in?..it's one thing to lose in an election with other people, it's another to be shame voted out...I see no possible bonus to doing that and it would be harsh to do that to an individual...also what if they do not get the vote of confidence to stay? an election would happen anyway..would we ban them as we have already voted no confidence in them? would this be like a double kick in the teeth and very publicly?...I know, me caring about existing team members...who knew?
My own feeling in most things has always been KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid...so at the end of the two years the ex mod/admin simply along with others , throws their ring, spoon, hat , cat or cod piece into the ring to run for the vacancy and from there, everyone has a fair chance in a fair election..it really is that simple..everyone gets a chance to run, everyone gets a chance to shine, everyone gets a chance to say what they are offereing, would benefit aven..equality within the system
That and that alone^^^ is all you need at the end of the two years..a simple and fair election
so again it's not the two year term that is the problem for most but the question is how you implement it
My own feeling is that it should go like this..we cannot and should not shut out the team, members and the team need to build bridges and not blow them up..if that is a problem for some in the team then either get on board or move on..aven is for everyone, not just a handfull..but the team must be involved.
As I mentioned the other day..all mods would have their start date publicly recorded in this already existing mod created thread..from that point clear information will help with election planning, forecast and projects because people will have clear reference points..we should show the start date and the re-election date
http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/1182 ... nd-admins/
I hear one or two say ? what?.....on that existing list, it would show say a mod called duke..the list would show under the current mods list duke 1st May 2016 - 30th April 2018 ....yup it's that simple..when you started in the backroom and when your 2 year tenure finishes
So again..we have the plan that works, the reference points in plain view which will help election planning, project planning, new implementation and a far fairer accountable mod system..so where is the problem then..it all seems peachy and easy
The areas seem to be..if you are newly elected then being told the 2 year date won't really be a big issue..the problem seems to be what happens to those who have been in the backroom longer than 2 years already????
i've thought about this and there is no way around it, if you have been in the backroom longer than 2 years, at some point you will need to run again if you wish too
We must keep the backroom involved so my own thoughts where, given some projects have already started , it would be unworkable to simply go bammm..lets start it next month..that would be chaos and unworkable
So my proposal would be something like this
The two year tenure for admods is coming in and for good reason..but if we leave it too long..certian admods will try and sabotage it and would try and destroy aven rather than be accountable..too short and it would be unworkable as rushing in rarely gets things right first time
So my proposal would be to select 3 dates from when the two year tenure should be implemented..for example the 1st of July 2016, 1st september 2016, 1st december 2016...to prove this is not targetted at any mod or admin..the vote for the date would be an open aven member vote which of course mods, admins, pt, dt are all entitled to vote in
I'm going to use a date not on the list purely as an example of what follows
Say we choose the 15th october, all roles are an agreed 2 year term , if you are currently in the backroom then your start date is the important part
We know a few will be affected by this AT TRANSITION STAGE but this will soon settle down and the transition will be quite short in relative terms
say mod a joined on the 21st june 2016 then their role would see an election for the role they were currently in, on the 21st june 2018
say mod B joined on 21st december 2010 then their role would would see a election for the role they are currently in on the next 21st december anniversary after the implementation date
say mod c joined in 17th september 2005, then their current role would be advertised on the next 17th september anniversary after the implementation date
effectively once the 15th october 2016 started then those over 2 years would see that role at their next anniversary date be open for election which of course they can run again if they wish of which i'm sure quite a few will
Now I know those who do not want this will try and nitpick for their own and not avens benefit but...it is a member vote when it will start..so it's fair to all and within a very short time everyone will be adopting the two year role term
Now I can see some say ..hey..that means I would be out in 6 months (as an example)..not true..the role you are currently in will be advertised in 6 months BUT you can run if you want too..and lets not forget you will have already had more than 2 years you greedy sausage
Again...the two year system has been tried in the backroom, there is no issue with it, those who will reach the 2 years will again to be allowed to run for any vacant mod role on the same terms as any member..we know this works and works well
so when we change, the implementation date will be fairly selected by avens own members and from that point the relatively short transition begins and by using backroom join dates, the elections are as they now, spread throughout the year to avoid any mass election issues..then when the transition phase has passed..it will be a backroom of accountable admods that can also have the better information and timescales to help build a more inclusive aven backed by a fairer and supportive backroom
I would like to finish on this..traditionally transitions would have had casualities....this one does not..as every single mod in a role, can re-apply for that role or ex admin for that mod role too..that rarely happens...it has built into this transition, the ability to have opportunity for all, both existing and future
Happy to answer questions in case I've missed anything out?...I commend this to the house
Avens admins and mods 2 year tenure..part 2
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Who's Easier To Intimidate: A Newspaper In Need Of Advertising... Or A Group Of Concerned Citizens?
from the just-asking dept
Jones gets the implications of this story completely backwards. It's only because newspapers are large, profitable, commercial enterprises that the kind of intimidation techniques he talks about work at all. Imagine it's 2020 and the Idaho newspapers have all gone out of business, and they've been replaced by several hundred bloggers, most of them amateurs. A whistleblower discovers some evidence of wrongdoing by a prominent Mormon official. Is it easier or harder for the whistleblower to get the word out?As if to prove this very point, there were stories this week about a newspaper columnist being fired (and, yes, the newspaper disputes some of the details) for writing a column that highlighted an investigation of a major advertiser in the newspaper. Oh, and what has the fired guy done? He's gone and set up his own blog. Again, none of this is saying that professional reporters and news organizations aren't an important part of journalism -- but the idea that no one else can do what they do is just silly.
Obviously, it's easier. She can anonymously email the evidence to a dozen different bloggers. Those bloggers don't have to all prepare long "investigative journalism" write-ups; some of them can just post the raw documents for others to look at. Once they're widely available, other bloggers can link to those raw documents and provide commentary. The official being criticized has three big problems. First, taking legal action will be vastly more expensive because he'd have to sue dozens of bloggers rather than just one newspaper. Second, many of those bloggers won't have any assets to speak of, so he's unlikely to recover his legal costs even if he wins. And finally, if he foolishly presses forward, he'll discover our friend the Streisand Effect: the fact that he files the lawsuit will cause a lot more people to cover the original allegations.
Likewise, the threat of a boycott only works because newspapers are for-profit operations with significant overhead. Threatening a boycott against, a blogger who writes in a his free time is no threat at all.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In a hard-fought North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England Division match, nationally-ranked No. 11 MIT emerged with a 30-21, 30-20, 30-25, victory over Emmanuel College on Thursday night. With the win, the Engineers improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference while the Saints' ledger fell to 0-4 on the year and 0-1 in the NECVA New England Division.
In the first game, MIT raced out to a 12-6 lead behind several key blocks. Emmanuel responded with an 8-3 run that narrowed its deficit to one (15-14). A quartet of three-point spurts helped propel the Engineers to the opening game victory.
The early stages of the second stanza were closely played as MIT held an 11-9 advantage. A service error by the Saints sparked a five-point run by the Engineers. Emmanuel picked up the next two points, cutting the margin to 16-11. This was as close as it would get as MIT outscored the Saints, 14-9, to close out the game.
In the final frame, Emmanuel established a 3-1 lead which was then erased by three consecutive points by the Engineers. The Saints evened the contest on the next serve, but MIT posted another three-point run. Emmanuel answered with its own spurt that tied the game at eight. The game quickly reached its third tie at 11.
The Engineers won the next two points to put them ahead for good, however, several service errors kept the frame tight as the Saints trailed, 16-15. MIT won five out the next six points, which prompted a timeout by Emmanuel. Following the break, the Saints outscored the Engineers, 5-2, bringing the score to 23-21. A blast by Praveen Pamidimukkala brought the momentum back to MIT as it tallied five consecutive points. Emmanuel recorded four more points before strong front row play by the Engineers sealed the victory.
Scott Pollom finished the night with 13 kills on 18 attempts with two errors for a hitting percentage of .611 to go along with four blocks and two aces for MIT. Michael Demyttenaere connected on six of his nine hitting attempts while posting a team-high five blocks. Pamidimukkala notched eight kills and six digs as Philip Rogoz registered 37 assists and three blocks. Eric Reuland and Ryan Dean each contributed seven kills while Reuland added four blocks and four aces. Matthew Ng tallied a team-best eight digs as Dean posted seven.
Emmanuel was led by Michael Townsend who notched 10 kills and seven digs. Brendan Ellis registered seven kills while Taylor Lowe dished out 28 assists.
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Opinion: Debating Egypt's Destiny
Global View columnist Bret Stephens and WSJ editorial board member Matt Kaminski spar over the merits of the recent coup. Photo: Associated Press
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... I ... another very bloody day in each of more than fifty people killed ... over four hundred and thirty five people injured today in clashes between the army ... supporters of the ousted President Mohammad Morsi ... got global view calmness Bret Stephens and Wall Street Journal Editorial board member Matt Kaminski is here ... to debate the situation and the Future welcomed the moment ... I surprised I was start with you was ousting Morsi release such a good idea given on the violence that we've seen ... well that remains to be seen you know that history is yet to be written but um ... on the whole Egypt was in a process of disintegration of the time that Morsi was ousted ... maybe that disintegration is only going to accelerate ... or maybe it will be slow that's all for them to find out in the days of that ... but you had ... two possible outcomes with Morsi either Morsi was going to remain ... an incompetent economic manager an incompetent president ... in each of those in the face huge food shortages ... continue to oil shortages ... of electricity blackouts when you have a competent Morsi would be able to consolidate ... Islam is control and feel much more harshly with the secular opposition ... the fourteen million people who came on the streets ... so on that basis I am cautiously if you will pro coup ... prone Co ... net new youth reliant praise Morsi in the past that he was elected to do you agree with regret ... Morsi does the south tonight ... I have praised ... the election of the city as a good thing I'm generally in favor of democracy in Egypt ... I think was happening masochism Morsi was in the process of disintegrating ... and by stepping in the military stop that from happening ... and I think that the outcome could not have been ... it's on the Morsi or a easy as falling apart ... got them should of been let Morsi be forced to make concessions ... because of what has happened to be some sort of ... compromise ... this is very focused society ... is of a divided society ... you cannot have one side deciding whether what happened is my soul forced it ... to them in the military came in ... in the Morsi can be a hero ... for basically ... the country ... he let him off the hook ... he was responsible for Aegis troubles ... he's no response Polk another button is back with the arm was comfortable in opposition few greens ... and opposition feeling aggrieved brekkie of it and it is a very pluralistic society lots of interest groups here one of them are the Islamists ... where are they going to fall down and could you see them ... in taking advantage of the chaos ... for sure though is is the smallest take advantage of chaos ... I mean ... you have been provided to that psychology of Islamists there's the Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist party but make no mistake about who these guys are ... there are ... the salon Fisk or even more extreme than they are and who are actually or at least were the early stages ... in favor of the code or those Islamists were willing to work through ballot boxes at least up until a point ... and there are those were willing to resort ... to ... resort to violence ... question now is what lesson ... do the Islam is draw from Morsi's ouster and we are yet this is really teach them the right lesson ... is it ... on a new I intend to build a democratic road and your legs get ... knocked out from under you no matter what you do ... or be which ought to be the correct lesson which as you build a democratic route ... the China seas autocratic power to start putting yourself above the decrees of our nation presidential decrees of both of the reach of the judiciary ... and ... other stakeholders in society not just the military but again all those millions of people who were seen streets just last week ... they will be a will respond are you gonna be a consensus building type of government ... or a confrontational one of the public Morsi is he was confrontational ... dried up and so the moment the military chosen to pose and he never saw a serious compromise ... with the military or with those people mistreat you had you do you see a path for for compromise here do you see yet the stranded crew moderate Islam and possibly merging ... well I saw an easier ... last Friday and then this morning I think what happened outside the open guard ... aam clubhouse with ... fifty kill this is Avici is already being used by the Brotherhood has ... moved to the martyrs of the people shot down by it by the military ... that makes it very hard to come together ... on the most important thing to me is to make sure the Islamists ... are involved in the political process ... and that put the process to start as soon as possible ... I think that appeal to solve this ... was a tactically smart move but suffering symbolically important because the scientists to know that Islamists have no place in a political order in the Arab world ... we're asking for a lot of trouble not only that but everywhere else ... so the way I know this is to bring them in and severely ... anemic at the military as a way as soon as possible and get some sort of ... you know elections on track and we'll coalition government with ... a price earnings of thirty seconds left lightning round I just wanna get to the US Brett ... the US the botanist ration they doing the right thing by ... keeping their hands off no look meaner and for Penney your urine for pound ... the fact is that we have ... our interests now is that this to succeed ... says succeed love mostly ... succeeded in providing some kind of political position but above all succeed economically that's what we're not talking about ... everyone is saying a weenie and transition effects democracy etc ... we need to do is help the beach a few people pay for the gas in the car to make sure that life in Egypt ... is not ... at the Port au point and then we can start talking about what kind of political transition and very quickly flee to use leverage we have which is the aging including military aid ... to point these guys in a away from civil conflict and the ... perfect idea of the civil war core sensitive with a compromise with some sort of political compromise in one situation closely global view calmness Bret Stephens editoral board member Matt Kaminski ... thank so much for being on show


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HIT Policy Committee Has No Small Practice Representation
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
One of my loyal readers and colleagues in the EHR field recently sent me a link (pdf) to the list of members that were announced on the Health Information Technology (HIT) Committee. Take a look at the list of members on the HIT Policy Committee:
- Christine Bechtel, vice president, National Partnership for Woman and Families
- Arthur Davidson, director, Public Health Informatics, Denver Public Health Department; director, Denver Center for Public Health Preparedness; medical epidemiologist; director, HIV/AIDS Surveillance, City and County of Denver
- Adam Clark, research and policy director, Lance Armstrong Foundation
- Marc Probst, chief information officer, Intermountain Healthcare
- Paul Tang, vice president and chief medical information officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
- Scott White, assistant director, technology project director, 1199 SEIU Training and Employment Fund
- LaTanya Sweeney, director, Data Privacy Lab, Carnegie Mellon University
- Neil Calman, president and chief executive officer, Institute for Family Health
- Connie Delaney, dean, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
- Charles Kennedy, vice president, Health Information Technology, Wellpoint
- Judith Faulkner, founder, CEO, president and chairman of board, Epic Systems
- David Lansky, president and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health
- David Bates, medical director for clinical and quality analysis, Partners HealthCare/Brigham and Women's Hospital
I think the person that sent it to me was surprised that someone from Epic, a private vendor, was on the committee. What was more interesting to me was that there wasn't one representative on the HIT policy committee from a small doctor's office. There was plenty of hospital representation and public health but no one to speak for the small doctors offices. Sad part is that small doctors offices make up the major part of the US healthcare system and should be the ones who really need to access the HITECH Act EHR stimulus money.
Looks like my list of HITECH Act EHR stimulus winners is becoming more true every day. My list didn't include small doctors' offices and neither did their committee.


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The Problem With Too Much Data: Mistaking The Signal For The Noise
from the quantity-over-quality dept
The NSA can't get enough data, as is evidenced by its shiny, new data center and its multiple efforts to either bypass laws entirely or have them rewritten in its favor. General Alexander, in particular, wants all the data. Everything. And as Mike covered earlier, he's not shy about grabbing the data first and worrying about the legality later.
In his enthusiastic pursuit for more data, Alexander seems to have bypassed any sort of confirmation that adding more data is helpful. Here's one issue the indiscriminate data harvesting raised.
"He had all these diagrams showing how this guy was connected to that guy and to that guy," says a former NSA official who heard Alexander give briefings on the floor of the Information Dominance Center. "Some of my colleagues and I were skeptical. Later, we had a chance to review the information. It turns out that all [that] those guys were connected to were pizza shops."Tons of noise, or rather, tons of dots, the kind intelligence leaders seem to believe we're still short on. Alexander certainly liked connecting dots, but seemed unconcerned if the resulting picture was completely unintelligible.
Under Alexander's leadership, one of the agency's signature analysis tools was a digital graph that showed how hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people, places, and events were connected to each other. They were displayed as a tangle of dots and lines. Critics called it the BAG -- for "big ass graph" -- and said it produced very few useful leads.When you have tons of data, you have to filter out the noise if you're going to use it any meaningful way. Alexander may have learned from the previous experience that while many terrorists may purchase pizzas, not everyone who purchases pizza is a terrorist. Hence the first level of "auditing," as Marcy Wheeler points out at emptywheel.
As I noted last month, the NSA's primary order for the Section 215 program allows for technical personnel to access the data, in unaudited form, before the analysts get to it. They do so to identify "high volume identifiers" (and other "unwanted BR metadata"). As I said, I suspect they're stripping the dataset of numbers that would otherwise distort contact chaining.Separating the signal from the noise is the first step for working with any large data set. But the NSA's separation step operates under the assumption that every number with an inordinate number of hits is just noise. If the NSA is now stripping out eateries as possible connectors, it could very well be filtering out links to terrorists. Wheeler goes back through the series of missed connections by intelligence and law enforcement agencies that were uncovered after the Boston bombing.
I suspect a lot of what these technical personnel are doing is stripping numbers — probably things like telemarketer numbers — that would otherwise distort the contact chaining... I used telemarketers, but Alexander himself has used the example of the pizza joint in testimony.
In other words, it appears Alexander learned from his mistake at INSCOM that pizza joints do not actually represent a meaningful connection. His use of the example seems to suggest that NSA now strips pizza joints from their dataset.
I also suspect there may be one gaping hole in the NSA's data relating to the Tsarnaevs: any calls and connections through Gerry's Italian Kitchen.Here's where the NSA's collection activities become a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation. Leave the pizza places in and everyone is linked to terrorists. Take them out and you delete helpful connections. The agency will probably point to the need to access more data, in order to somehow further filter the previously collected data. It has most likely already devoted several million dollars towards solving this conundrum -- more analysts, more tools, more data. The one thing it hasn't considered, apparently, is the simplest solution: targeted collections.
Gerry's was, if you recall, the pizza joint involved in the 2011 murder in Waltham: the three men were killed sometime between ordering a pizza and its delivery 45 minutes later. I've been told both Tsarnaevs had delivered pizza for that restaurant before then and Tamerlan may still have been.
But Gerry's is also where the brothers disposed of some of their explosives the night of the manhunt, and it may well have been what brought them to Watertown.
So a connection to the brothers going back years when they worked there, a connection to the 2011 murder, and a connection (however tangential) to the manhunt. Yet (I'm guessing here) any ties the brothers had through that pizza joint would not show up in the dragnet collected precisely for that purpose, because such data is purged because normally pizza joints don't reflect a meaningful relationship.
[B]ecause this was a dragnet, rather than a collection of the brothers' calls, this pizza connection may have been hidden entirely in the data.The continuous, ever-increasing flow of data into the NSA's haystacks has just as much of a chance to bury useful connections as it has to bring them to light. Intelligence agencies don't care much for targeted data acquisition, preferring to pick it up in bulk "just in case."
It's as though the collection of data is its own end. I suppose the only "fortunate" aspect of this dragnet is that its occurring in a digital age, thus keeping the NSA's data centers from looking like interior shots of a particularly horrific episode of "Hoarders." The theory is that this will prevent terrorist attacks. But in practice, it keeps looking as if our intelligence agencies could be just as ineffective with half the data.


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Middle School Career Exploration Field Trips
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$8 per student
Chaperone Ratios:
One chaperone for every 10 students
Chaperone Ratios: -Pk-6th grade: one chaperone for every four students -7th-8th grade: one chaperone for every six students -9th-12th grade & CEE: one chaperone for every 10 students -Explorer Movies and Movie add-Ons: One chaperone for every class Chaperones are free when following the ratio. Teachers are included in the chaperone ratio. Chaperones must stay with the students and engage with them during the field trip. Online guides are available for each venue to help chaperones engage with the students. All other adults will be charged regular venue admission and are not part of the field trip. Memberships do not apply to field trip students. Additional family members are not allowed and will jeopardize the discount the field trip receives. Groups without the required adult chaperone ratios may jeopardize their admission to the venue. All groups that are admitted, regardless of chaperone ratio, must exhibit proper chaperone supervision and good student behavior or they may be excused from the venue.
Field trip requests are submitted online only. You will then be notified within three business days with further details. Field trips must be scheduled one month in advance. Only one date and venue are allowed per contract. Separate requests must be filled out for each additional venue or visit date. A separate request must be filled out for a Movie. When scheduling movies please be on time, movies are open to the public and need to stay on schedule. Field trips are not scheduled on Mondays or Saturdays property-wide. Field trips are not scheduled on Fridays in the Gardens or at the Museum of Natural Curiosity during the Tulip Festival. Explorer Plus field trips more than 15 minutes late will receive a shortened experience. If a scheduled group is more than 30 minutes late, it is considered to be a cancellation and no refund will be given.
Schools must pay a 50% deposit for each contract before a field trip is guaranteed. Once a school has finalized the day, time, and venue of their visit they have two weeks to pay their deposit or they will have to reschedule. Minimum payment is for 5 students and must be paid in full at the time of booking. Payment may be made by cash, credit card, or school check (not recommended). No personal checks will be accepted. The remaining payment (if over 5 students) is due upon arrival at the venue. Early payments are not accepted. The 50% deposit includes a $20 non-refundable processing fee for each venue/date. Memberships may not be used to pay student field trip admission. All students that are to be included in the field trip experience must pay the appropriate field trip fee. Individuals and families wishing to use their membership must check in separately and are NOT considered part of the field trip. Explorer Plus field trips require a minimum charge of $75 per group per day.
Cancellation notices must be received two weeks in advance to receive the entire refundable portion of the deposit. Cancellations after two weeks of registration will incur a $50 late cancellation fee in addition to the processing fee. If the deposit is less than $70 ($50 late fee plus $20 processing fee) no refund will be received. No refunds will be given without prior notice of cancellation. Schools attending a field trip on scholarship who cancel without prior notice will jeopardize their ability to receive scholarship funding in the future. With a two-hour prior notice, cancellations due to inclement weather can either be rescheduled or you may receive the refundable portion of your deposit. No refunds will be given without prior notice of cancellation. Groups scheduled to see a movie need to arrive and be checked in 15 minutes prior or it is considered a cancellation; no refund will be received and the movie will not be rescheduled.
For all refunds, the $20 non-refundable processing fee applies. If the refund is under $20, no refund will be given. Refunds will be issued via check to the school. Refunds must be requested the day of the field trip at the venue check-in desk.
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EUREKA, Ill. – Greenville quarterback Brendan Chambers threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Boezeman with 6.6 seconds remaining in Saturday's Upper Midwest Athletic Conference game against the Eureka College football team, overcoming a furious fourth-quarter rally by the Red Devils and lifting the visiting Panthers to a 36-33 come-from-behind victory at McKinzie Field. Eureka junior quarterback Sam Durley (Roanoke, Ill./Roanoke-Benson H.S.) broke his own school record with 35 completions in the loss.
Chambers found Boezeman in the end zone with the game-winning touchdown throw, capping a 10-play, 53-yard drive that took only 70 seconds. The big blow of the drive was a 23-yard catch by Tyrik Scott on 4th-and-10 from the Eureka 31-yard line, Scott's only reception of the day. Three plays later on 3rd-and-goal from Eureka's 7-ayrd line, Boezeman snagged the game-winner with only 6.6 seconds remaining.
Greenville's late scoring drive was necessary because of an improbable fourth-quarter rally by the Red Devils. Eureka scored three touchdowns in a span of 5-minutes, 17-seconds late in the game to overcome a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit.
The Red Devils started their rally midway through the final quarter, marching 63 yards on 13 plays in 3:36 to cut its deficit to nine (28-19) when Durley found senior wide receiver Wes Schmidgall (Eureka, Ill./Eureka H.S./Culver-Stockton) with 6:37 left in the contest. Eureka's ensuing onside kick was recovered by the Panthers, but Greenville gave the ball back with 2:48 left in regulation when Josh Frewin's 31-yard field goal missed wide to the left.
Trailing by nine points with less than three minutes to play, Durley completed four consecutive passes for 80 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown throw to Schmidgall with 2:01 remaining to cut Greenville's advantage to 28-26. The 4-play, 80-yard drive took only 47 seconds.
With no timeouts remaining, Eureka junior kicker Travis Huber (Morton, Ill./Morton H.S.) was forced to try another onside kick. The Red Devils were successful in their second attempt, as Chambers lost a handle on the bouncing ball at the Eureka 45-yard line, allowing Eureka junior Jordan Jefferson (Normal, Ill./Normal West H.S.) to swoop in and recover the loose ball. With newfound hope and mounting momentum, Eureka took its first lead since the first quarter when Durley hooked up with Schmidgall for a third time with a 29-yard score for a 33-28 advantage with 1:20 remaining in the game. Durley covered allof the yardage on the brief scoring drive, completing three passes for 55 yards in just 37 seconds.
After Schmidgall's third touchdown catch, the visitors put together their game-winning scoring drive in the final 80 seconds. Greenville converted twice on third down during the drive, including Chambers's touchdown throw to Boezeman. Eureka had one final gasp, but Durley's desperation heave from 42 yards into the end zone as time expired was intercepted by Greenville's John Smith.
Eureka opened the scoring midway through the first quarter. Sophomore wide receiver Cody Followell (Forrest, Ill./Prairie Central H.S.) grabbed his second career touchdown pass with 6:35 remaining in the first quarter, a 20-yard toss from Durley for a 7-0 lead. Eureka had a short field on the scoring drive after EC junior strong safety Murad Abbed (Danville, Ill./Bismarck-Henning H.S.) forced and recovered a Chambers fumble at Greenville's 33-yard line.
Greenville needed only one play from scrimmage to force a 7-7 tie. Chambers kept the ball on an option play to the Eureka sideline, sprinting 60 yards for a touchdown with 6:20 remaining in the first quarter. After the Panthers' defense forced a three-and-out on the ensuing EC possession, Chambers found Demontrez Simington with a 58-yard touchdown throw down the middle of the field to give the visitors a 14-7 advantage with 3:23 left in the opening quarter.
Eureka answered on the first play from scrimmage in the second quarter when Durley capped an 8-play scoring drive and threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to senior Alex Hess (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S.). The extra point was unsuccessful, leaving Greenville with a 14-13 advantage that held up as the halftime score.
Greenville received the opening kickoff of the second half and promptly stretched its lead with its third touchdown drive of the afternoon. The drive took 11 plays and chewed 4-minutes, 53-seconds off the clock before Bobby Hughley's 2-yard touchdown plunge pushed the Panthers in front, 21-13.
A Eureka turnover followed by the two squads trading four punts set the stage for another Greenville scoring drive. Chambers broke free for another lengthy touchdown run, this one being a 54-yard score with 10:19 left in the game to give the Panthers a 28-13 advantage. At this point, the Red Devils answered with their three consecutive touchdown drives before Greenville won the game in the final minute.
Durley went 35-for-56 for 465 yard and five touchdowns, as his 35 completions shattered his own school record of 28 set last month at Presentation. His favorite target was Schmidgall, who set new career-bests with 18 receptions for 273 yards. Schmidgall narrowly missed matching Eureka's program records of 20 receptions and 289 receiving yards, both marks held by current EC head coach Kurt Barth. Schmidgall's 273 receiving yards on Saturday were the most by a Division III player in a single game in 2011.
Eureka senior free safety Mike Minehan (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S./McKendree) turned in a solid outing for the defense, making 19 total tackles and recording two pass breakups. Sophomore linebacker Stew McGinnis (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria H.S./Millikin) recorded his best collegiate game, setting career-highs with 13 total tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss. His tackle for loss total was the most by a Eureka defender since Minehan made 2.5 tackles for loss against Minnesota-Morris on Sept. 25, 2010. Jefferson gave Eureka a boost on special teams, booming seven punts for an average of 41.6 yards per kick.
Chambers, who entered Saturday's contest as the reigning UMAC Offensive Player of the Week, carried 20 times for 191 yards and two touchdowns while completing seven passes for 157 yards and an additional two touchdowns. Hughley gave the Panthers two 100-yard rushers with 108 yards on a game-high 24 carries.
The Red Devils will make their third trip to the state of Minnesota in October this Saturday. Eureka will travel to Minneapolis, Minn. for a 4 p.m. kickoff against Northwestern (Minn.) as part of the UMAC's 12th annual Dome Day in the Metrodome.
NOTES: The Panthers now lead the all-time series 16-9 and are 9-4 at McKinzie Field ... Eureka has now lost nine in row to Greenville since 2003 ... Eureka's defeat snaps a four-game home winning streak, the Red Devils' longest since 1995 ... The Red Devils picked up 21 of their 23 first downs through the air.


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2010 Maybach 57 Values
Select a 2010 Maybach 57 trim level
2010 model year changes
For 2010, there aren't many changes in the Maybach sedan (or saloon, as they call it) lineup. The 62 is still a long-wheelbase version of the 57, and there are still sportier S versions of each model. Two champagne flutes still come standard, as does a rear refrigerator. This year sees larger side mirrors fitted to all models, and Bluetooth connectivity is now available for rear seat passengers. A new Zeppelin model is also available on both the 57S and 62S, which increases power output to 631 horsepower and 739 pound-feet of torque, and adds 2-tone paint, special badges and 20-inch wheels. Also available is a 62S Landaulet, which features a retractable top over the rear seat area.
Competitive comparison
Understated ultra-luxury; truly top-of-the-line comfort, ride, and power; impeccable appointments include champagne flutes and perfume atomizer
Special features for 2010
When it comes to Maybach, value rarely comes into the equation. With models starting at $358,000, these cars are about luxury. The base 57 and 62 feature V12 5.5L twin-turbo engines that can be upgraded to a 6.0L twin-turbo in the S models. Either way, the chauffeur can pilot a Maybach from 0-60 in less than 6 seconds. Fuel economy is 11 mpg city, 16 mpg highway. Folding tables and fabric window curtains are the kinds of standard equipment a Maybach owner can expect for his or her money.
The 2010 Maybach 57 is a RWD full-size luxury sedan powered by a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12 engine that produces 543 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque. Transmission options are limited to a 5-speed automatic. Fuel mileage for the 57 is an EPA estimated 9 mpg city and 21 mpg highway. Features include bi-xenon headlamps, AIRMATIC dual control suspension, sensotronic brake control, modular roof system, parktronic park assist, keyless go, four-zone automatic climate control, heated seats, high grade fabric window curtains, 6-disc CD changer, navigation, rear refrigerator, champagne flutes, rear Bluetooth® system, trunk-mounted umbrella, electronic rear door closers, retractable 4-way adjustable tables, electric sliding curtains, active ventilated seats, 19-inch wheels, and an External Communicator that with the help of a microphone system enables the driver to communicate to the outside world without lowering the windows. The Maybach 57 is backed by a 4-year/unlimited-mile warranty.


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The Memphis Grizzlies this afternoon officially announced a sale agreement between Michael Heisley and prospective owner Robert Pera. The release reads as follows:
Michael E. Heisley, the majority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies, announced today an agreement for the sale of the franchise to an entity owned by Robert J. Pera. Robert J. Pera is the founder and CEO of Ubiquiti Networks, a publicly-traded next-generation communications technology company. The sale transaction is subject to approval by the NBA Board of Governors, antitrust clearance and other conditions.
The Grizzlies were purchased by Mr. Heisley in 2000 when the team was located in Vancouver, Canada. In 2001, the Grizzlies were relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, and in 2004 moved into FedExForum, a state-of-the art NBA arena built by the City of Memphis and Shelby County. Since moving to Memphis, the team has participated in the NBA playoffs for five seasons, including the two most successful campaigns in franchise history, in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
"I have enjoyed my ownership of the Grizzlies and the support for professional basketball in Memphis," said Heisley. "I am confident that the franchise will continue its development toward being a perennial championship contender and an important member of the Memphis community. I am particularly gratified that we have put together a team which is poised to continue its improvement. We have an outstanding team of players, coaching staff, and basketball and business management. In Robert, we have a new owner who has expressed a total commitment to build on our success in Memphis."
"I am excited about the opportunity to build on the work that has made the Memphis Grizzlies a highly competitive NBA team," Pera said. "I look forward to getting to know the Memphis community and to continuing the team's success in Memphis."
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