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"We're pleased to announce WWE Day of Reckoning and solidify our reputation as the premier publisher of wrestling games on all gaming systems," said Tiffany Ternan, senior vice president of North American sales and distribution, THQ. "We are poised to maintain leadership in this competitive genre and continue creating high-quality WWE titles."
"WWE titles for the Nintendo GameCube have consistently been top sellers in the WWE video game franchise, and we expect WWE Day of Reckoning will be another strong title in the franchise," commented Nelo Lucich, vice president of interactive, JAKKS Pacific. "With new storylines, a create-a-superstar feature and several first-timers added to the roster, we believe WWE fans won't be disappointed with Day of Reckoning."
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Developed by Yuke's Co., Ltd. of Japan, WWE Day of Reckoning features more than 40 WWE Superstars including, Kurt Angle®, Chris Benoit® and Triple H®. The game also showcases several new WWE Superstars including, John CenaTM and Randy OrtenTM, giving WWE Day of Reckoning a massive stable of overall talent. WWE Day of Reckoning includes a completely original story mode filled with deception and betrayal entitled, School of Hard Knocks. Players can create a Superstar and work their way up the "minor leagues" of sports entertainment and graduate to WWE programming by competing against established WWE Superstars. Additional features include Bra & Panties MatchTM with WWE DivasTM and WWE Legends, two features available for the first time on the Nintendo GameCube. WWE Day of Reckoning also features strong and weak grapples with an all-new submission system as well as realistic reversals and Superstar finishers.
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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - A near-flawless Adam Wainwright and lethal two-out hitting powered the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. Wainwright (7-2) tossed the first one-hitter of his career, registering nine strikeouts and facing only one batter over the minimum. Paul Goldschmidt's two-out double in the fourth inning was the right-hander's lone blemish. "That was fun to watch," said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny about Wainwright's performance. "He had a great feel for everything that he threw today." Matt Adams and Jhonny Peralta each homered for St. Louis, which has won five of its last six games and scored all its runs with two outs against Arizona starter Bronson Arroyo (4-3). "Well maybe (Arroyo) wasn't quite as sharp with the movement on his pitches or the location of his pitches, but you've got the Cardinals some credit, too. They played a good game tonight behind a very good pitcher," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson. The Diamondbacks were seeking a season high-tying third straight victory. Arroyo had been on quite a roll, going 3-0 with a 0.91 ERA in his four previous outings. He found the third out to be elusive at times on Tuesday. Adams followed Matt Holliday's two-out single in the first with a drive over the wall in right-center field. The Cardinals extended their lead by scoring in three consecutive innings from the fourth. Peralta sandwiched Holliday's run-producing single with an RBI double and solo homer to left-center field. Game Notes Wainwright registered the eighth shutout and 18th complete game of his career ... Arroyo, pitching in his 400th career game, allowed nine hits and struck out six over seven innings ... Before the game, the Cardinals activated reliever Jason Motte from the 15-day disabled list. Motte was recovering from Tommy John surgery performed last May ... Home plate umpire Brian O'Nora left the game due to illness prior to the start of the fourth inning. Second-base umpire Marvin Hudson moved behind the plate.
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Here it is, the first-ever pictures from the Christian Rapture movie adaptation of Kirk Cameron's favorite book (besides the Bible) Left Behind. Soooo... which one of these characters is playing God? Is it Nic Cage? We hope it's Nic Cage.
Penned by authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, the apocalypse book sold a whopping 65 million copies and is now being turned into a major motion picture starring a ragtag collection of actors including Chad Michael Murray, Nic Cage, Lea Thompson, Jordan Sparks, Quinton Aaron and Martin Klebba. Here's the synopsis. which kind of sounds like The Langoliers.
A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.
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Minneapolis Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
Minneapolis police and firefighters are prepared for everyday emergencies and are normally the first to respond to emergencies. However, during a disaster, the number and scope of incidents can overwhelm first responders. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact our community. This valuable course is designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation.
CERT is a realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens may initially be on their own and their actions can make a difference. People naturally respond to others in need, without training they can endanger themselves and worsen the situation. One goal of the CERT program is to help respond effectively and efficiently without placing themselves in unnecessary danger. In the CERT training, citizens learn about the following topics:
- Emergency Preparedness: what hazards are most likely to affect our homes and community, the role CERT members play in an immediate response, and steps to take to be prepared for disasters?
- Fire Safety: identification and reduction of fire hazards in our homes and workplaces, team work to apply basic fire suppression strategies.
- First Aid: how to use basic first aid techniques to open airways, control bleeding and shock, and how to treat various wounds.
- Search and Rescue: safe techniques for searching a structure, removing debris and ways to protect rescuers doing search and rescue.
- Terrorism: learn the definition of terrorism, terrorist goals, weapons that pose the greatest threat and cure that help identify when a terrorist attack has occurred or may be imminent.
Trained CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an emergency event or disaster when professional responders are not immediately available to help.
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After 17 years of seeing Stephen Colbert as a pompous newsman on "The Daily Show" and as a pompous conservative commentator on "The Colbert Report," recent weeks have brought several different views of Stephen Colbert.
There's the bushy-bearded Stephen Colbert, who emerged in a video on his new "Late Show" YouTube channel, and, with the help of a razor, sported various looks. There's Stephen Colbert, the lonely cubicle drone who talked – and ate – during a week of somewhat surreal "Lunch With Stephen" webisodes. There's the affable Stephen Colbert who gently joked with his creative staff and incoming bandleader Jon Batiste during informal podcasts – and sat for a thoughtful and funny interview with Howard Stern and a thoughtful and emotional interview with GQ.
There's the Stephen Colbert who took over a Michigan public access cable TV show and faux cluelessly interviewed local-kid-done-well Marshall Mathers (i.e. Eminem, whom Colbert told, "That's such a cute face – why hide it underneath a hoodie?"). Then there's the Stephen Colbert who spouted his best Donald Trump voice, playing himself as a Trump fan who promised the candidate will bring "hope to a weary nation."
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It's more than hope that propelled Colbert as he trotted out multiple personas in the run-up to his debut on CBS' "Late Show." But when he assumes David Letterman's desk Tuesday, it will be time, to paraphrase the catchphrase from the old game show, "To Tell the Truth," for the real Stephen Colbert to please sit down.
Colbert is embarking on the most difficult job in late night, and not just because he's replacing a TV comedy legend and going up against Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, both of whom boast well-established shows – and identities.
At age 51, Colbert's steep dual challenge is to distinguish himself from the competition – and distinguish himself from his old self. And unlike Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," which came out of nowhere to make a late-night mark, his "Late Show" gig arrives amid high expectations and intense scrutiny.
So consider his recent appearances online, on television, on radio and in print a tryout in fast-forward as he tries to make up, in a sense, for lost (if incredibly well-spent) time.
Letterman, Fallon and Conan O'Brien got years to experiment in the TV lab that is NBC's "Late Night," though none underwent a major personality and shtick shift after getting more vaunted earlier timeslots. Ditto for Letterman acolyte Kimmel, who honed his snarky, quick wit on "Win Ben Stein's Money" and "The Man Show" before landing on ABC a dozen years ago. Johnny Carson and his successor Jay Leno found a winning formula – strong topical monologues and amiable conversation with mostly big-named guests – and stuck with it.
Colbert's basic formula – smart, fast and funny – has coursed at various speeds through his summertime forays. There are signs that he's vying make to the "Late Show" his own, from overhauling The Ed Sullivan Theater and its marquee, to his eclectic (and heavy on public officials) slate of upcoming guests – among them Vice President Joe Biden, Jeb Bush, Bernie Sanders, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Kendrick Lamar, Elon Musk, Stephen King and a Paul Simon tribute band, along with Hollywood big shots George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson.
But the bulk of the focus of the new "Late Show," no doubt, will be on Colbert. All these Stephen Colberts we've seen in recent weeks will need to add up to one real deal Tuesday night, when the fearless performer sets out to prove he's not afraid to be himself.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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From 'Slash and Burn' to Sustainability: Farming Communities in North-eastern India Improve Soil Fertility and Earn Higher Incomes
UNDP, in partnership with the Government of Nagaland, is helping farmers practicing jhum cultivation in 70 villages in Nagaland grow healthier crops and earn better income by introducing sustainable land management practices. By slowing rates of soil erosion, these practices have also helped farmers improve soil fertility and cultivate the same land for three years instead of the normal span of two years.
- In partnership with the Government of Nagaland, UNDP is helping make jhum cultivation sustainable across 70 villages in Nagaland
- Sustainable land management practices have increased income of farmers by 15-20 percent
- Awareness on sustainable land use has also led to improved soil fertility and productivity and increased the jhum cycle
- The project is also helping farmers grow more crops and revive traditional indigo dying techniques by adopting organic methods of dying
High school drop-out Atula, a woman farmer from India's northeastern state of Nagaland, is today an expert on improving crop cultivation and soil fertility, two subjects that come in handy as she works the small piece of land she has leased from a local landowner.
For generations Atula's family and their fellow villagers have practiced a form of subsistence, slash and burn farming called jhum. But jhum is no longer sustainable in the face of rapid rates of land degradation and population pressures in India. A joint programme between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nagaland's government introducing subsistence farmers to new kinds of sustainable land management practices have helped Atula grow healthier crops and earn a steady income to better support her three children.
Since 2009, UNDP has been partnering with Nagaland's Department of Soil and Water Conservation to bring these new techniques to farmers in 70 villages across three districts in Nagaland, including Atula and her neighbours. Traditionally, farmers practicing jhum would be allotted a small piece of forest area from their village council or they would lease it from the land's owner. Farmers then slash and burn the forest and farm it for about two years – producing just enough food to feed their family – until the soil loses its fertility and then move on to the next piece of land.
Up until about a decade ago, the entire jhum cycle took about 20 years; today, in the face of overpopulation and the ongoing effects of climate change on the land, that cycle has shrunk to only seven to nine years. Today, thanks to training from the UNDP and Nagaland government, farmers like Atula are building critical earthen embankments on the hills where they farm, slowing rates of erosion and keeping the soil fertile for much longer as a result. With support from the project, community-based land use committees have been formed in 24 villages. Twenty to twenty-five percent of these members are women, a significant achievement in an area where women have not been permitted to participate in village council meetings or have any rights over land holdings.
"We thought we would have to leave the land after two years, but now we are continuing to cultivate the same land for a third year," she says.
Atula also now plants additional crops like ginger and peas, which she is able to sell at market. Her household – along with the 4,000 other households in the project villages benefiting from this programme – has witnessed a 15 to 20 percent increase in average income. She has also started to raise pigs, feeding them recycled crop fodder and using the manure in turn to fertilize her crops.
"Earlier the land earned us barely enough to live on," Atula says. "Now I make INR400 to 450 (US$7.20 to $8.20) a week selling vegetables in the local market." In addition, Atula has earned INR 12,500 annually by selling five piglets from her newly-set piggery enterprise through integrated livelihood activities introduced as part of the project.
The project has also helped women from Atula's village revive traditional indigo dying techniques by adopting organic methods of dying. Women are now planting indigo plants on fallow land, which is both improving soil fertility and providing the women with the dye they need to revive the production of their tribe's traditional shawls, a product that the village was once known far and wide for. The project has supported efforts not only to empower women to earn additional incomes through integrated farming practices and encouraged a greater voice for women in the village council, but also supported strengthening of self-help groups of 300 women. Trained in book keeping and maintaining accounts, women members of these groups have increased incomes by 25 percent.
The project is a pilot one that is now being studied by other districts in Nagaland and other states in the northeastern region of India, bringing a much-needed awareness of the importance of sustainable land use in the face of a rapidly changing future.


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Bandit and Bflorealgramma, I had a hard time deciding on some of the answers so imagine the dilemma for the HG's I don't think Ollie picked up anything inside yet. Renny picked up the keys and put them back. I chose Keesha for the animal shelter, it could just as well be Jerry but I thought she'd be more likely. I also chose Michelle for the dollar tip. Welcome to RFF Bflorealgramma!!
This is my 1st post, and I had to jump in. I feel just about the same as everyone else here, but I thought I'd mention that if Michelle is voted out on Thursday that they probably won't use her name in any of the answers, so they would either just not use those questions which she was the answer to (which are quite a few!), or use who ever came in 2nd? and that will make it a real crap shoot!
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It's a given on the animal shelter question, I think. It has to be Keesha. The way she drones on and on about Gizmo drives me crazy. Michelle lives at home so I doubt she's as worried about the care of her pets with mom and dad around to take care of them.
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OTTAWA - The police need a search warrant to get information from Internet service providers about their subscribers' identities during investigations, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a landmark ruling affirming Canadians' right to online privacy.
The high court's 8-0 ruling Friday on online privacy issues came in the appeal of a Saskatchewan man facing child pornography charges. The court affirmed that when Canadians surf the web, they should be guaranteed a degree of anonymity.
The ruling also has political implications for the federal government's current cyber-bullying bill, setting the stage for another clash between the Harper government and the Supreme Court.
The ruling deals with a 19-year-old Saskatchewan man who was charged with possessing and distributing child pornography after police used his Internet address to get further details from his online service provider, all without first obtaining a search warrant.
Lawyers for the man argued that violated his constitutional right to be protected from unlawful search and seizure.
But in this specific case, the Supreme Court ruled that the details gathered should not be excluded as evidence from the man's trial, saying the police acted in good faith.
"A warrantless search, such as the one that occurred in this case, is presumptively unreasonable," Justice Thomas Cromwell wrote for the court.
"The Crown bears the burden of rebutting this presumption."
The ruling also addressed the broader constitutional issues raised by Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects Canadians' privacy rights from unlawful search and seizure.
"In my view, in the totality of the circumstances of this case, there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in the subscriber information," Cromwell wrote.
"The disclosure of this information will often amount to the identification of a user with intimate or sensitive activities being carried out online, usually on the understanding that these activities would be anonymous."
Friday's ruling renders unconstitutional a portion of the Tories' cyber-bullying bill, C-13, which critics say will encourage companies to give police more information about customers' online activities without a warrant. It may also have implications for a separate digital privacy bill, also before Parliament.
New Democrat MP Peter Julian called on the government to amend the bills in light of the Supreme Court ruling.
"The Conservatives are streamrolling ahead with Bill C-13, which also allows unconstitutional spying on Canadians," Julian said in the House of Commons.
"With yet another bill struck down by the Supreme Court, when will they finally take a balanced approach that keeps Canadians secure without infringing on constitutional rights?"
Conservative MP Bob Dechert, the parliamentary secretary to Justice Minister Peter MacKay, replied that the government will review the decision.
"We always respect the work of the court. We will continue to crack down on cyber bullies and online criminals to keep children and vulnerable communities safe in Canada," he said.
Commons committee hearings on the bill wrapped Thursday, and it will now go to third reading and onto the Senate. It wasn't clear yet Friday what the government's next moves would be — either amending the bill before it clears the Commons, or doing so later in the Senate.
In a statement, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the court's decision "has clarified the law in this area. We will review this decision and respect the ruling." His office provided no further clarification.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said his party has been pushing for C-13 to be split. Everyone agrees on cracking down on cyber bullies is important, but the section on warrantless searches needs to be hived off and considered separately.
"I definitely feel that in the light of this ruling we do need to study and revisit that section of the cyber-bullying bill," he told reporters Friday.
OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson hailed Friday's ruling as historic and said it will force the government to cut "their extreme spying provisions" from C-13.
"Tens of thousands of Canadians have worked tirelessly to raise the alarm over how this government has been conducting warrantless surveillance of law-abiding citizens on a massive scale," Anderson said in a statement.
"All along we've said the government's online spying Bill C-13 is reckless and irresponsible and today's ruling vindicates those concerns."
Michael Geist, a University of Ottawa law professor who specializes in digital issues, said the ruling will force Internet service providers to change their practices on voluntary warrantless disclosure, saying the ruling "seems likely to define Internet privacy for many years to come."
The road to Friday's ruling began in 2007 when Matthew David Spencer was charged with downloading child pornography using peer-to-peer file sharing software. The police found the files after Spencer stored them in a shared public folder.
The police approached Shaw Communications without a search warrant, and asked for the information behind Spencer's Internet Protocol address.
Shaw obliged, giving police information that pointed to Spencer's sister.
Police then got a search warrant for the woman's residence and seized her brother's computer, leading to his arrest.
The Supreme Court ruled that the information gathered on Spencer without a warrant was nonetheless admissible, but should not "be understood to be encouraging the police to act without warrants in 'grey areas.'"
"In short, the police were acting by what they reasonably thought were lawful means to pursue an important law enforcement purpose. There is no challenge to any other aspect of the information to obtain the search warrant," the court ruled.
"The nature of the police conduct in this case would not tend to bring the administration of justice into disrepute."
Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien and the Canadian Bar Association have recommended that the cyber-bullying bill be split in two, with one bill covering cyber-bullying and another focusing on lawful-access provisions.
Civil libertarians also argue that the cyber-bullying bill will undermine Internet privacy, by making it easier for government to snoop on the online activities of otherwise law-abiding Canadians.
But the government contends a 21st century law is needed to help authorities catch pedophiles and other criminals who pose threats online.
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CHICAGO (Feb. 5, 2014) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Wednesday that they have acquired midfielder Benji Joya in a weighted lottery. The U.S. Youth International joins the Fire on a one-year loan with a transfer option from Liga MX side Club Santos Laguna. Joya will be added to the Fire roster pending receipt of his ITC. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Benji is a talented, young player," said Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop. "He has international experience and will be a great addition as we continue to build and strengthen our squad."
Joya, who joined Santos in 2012, made four LigaMX appearances and two Copa MX appearances.
A native of San Jose, Calif., Joya was a member of the De Anza Force of the USSF Development Academy.
The young midfielder served as team captain during the semifinal and final run of the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where the U.S. finished second in the region and qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. Joya started both matches in which he appeared in the tournament.
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Kooroorinya Falls is a natural waterhole surrounded by high rock walls on one side and sandy, shaded banks on the other. Visitors can go swimming, fishing, birdwatching or just take a walk. There is a creek with plenty of water and spectacular falls during the wetter months. The Kooroorinya site offers camping grounds, hot showers and toilet facilities.
The Kooroorinya Races are held each year, and three day meeting is a great family occasion. In years gone by, this prestigious event was by invitation only, with Fashions Of The Field, dancing and country cooking. Now the invitation to the Kooroorinya Races, run by the Oakley Amateur Picnic Race Club, extends to everyone.
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Speed River CC presents: 3rd Annual Guelph Cross – Southern Cup Race #1
The Speed River Cycling Club is proud to present the 3rd Annual Guelph Cross, the first stop on the Ontario Southern Cup Cyclocross circuit. This is the first of 3 exciting days of racing we are hosting this year, the other two being the 7th Annual Kelso Cross Weekend (October 23-24/10, Kelso Conservation Area) which this year play host to the Ontario Cyclocross Provincial Championships.
The 3rd Annual Guelph Cross is coming up on Sunday September 26th. This event returns to a great venue, the Joe Kaine Fields at Centennial Park, Guelph. Located off of Municipal Street (see website for map) this urban park offers lots of varied terrain with fast off camber and hard cornering on steeper grass sections. With the majority of the race visible at all times this is a course that spectators are sure to enjoy.
Both novice and experienced cross racers are encouraged to come out and test themselves at these events made possible thanks to the generous support of our race sponsors: Speed River Bicycle, Sugoi, Wellington Brewery, and Giro.
There is over $1500 in cash and merchandise prizes up for grabs on race day (details on website).
We are also please to announce that there will be on-site catering at each of our races this year. Catering is being provided by Alex and Dan Catering (www.alexanddan.com), a Guelph-based catering company specializing in the use of locally sourced natural and organic foods. Be sure to try out some of their fine fare after working up an appetite during your race!
Entry fees are $25 per day via pre-registration, with day-of entry available for an additional $15. Pre-registration closes Friday September 24th at noon. Pre-registration is available at Ontario Cycling
Discounts are available for multiple-day registrations. Super Combo Offer: Pre-register once for all 3 days of racing (Guelph Cross + Kelso Cross Weekend) for only $70!
One-day event permits will be available for non-licence holders and US domestic licence holder.
Complete race information is available at our website
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Are there any reported issues when running Pocomail on Windows 7 x64?
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Resonant1 wrote:Apparently not all installations of Windows 7 (a.k.a "versions") treat the installation of PocoMail the same way.
Resonant1 wrote:On MY system all folders installed directly under the (x86) tree such as "C:\Program Files (x86)\PocoMail\Attach" and Mail and Signatures and so on.
Resonant1 wrote:I have no such directory as "C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\pocomail" (assuming "user" is replaced with my username).
Resonant1 wrote:By definition, the "C:\Users\(yourusername)\appdata\roaming" tree is a READ/WRITE area, unlike the (x86) subdirectories.
I have verified exactly what I said by doing exactly what I said. You do not see the problem because on your system the folders are ALREADY outside of the (x86) tree, ironically verifying ... you know ... exactly what I said.
Resonant1 wrote:I am running Win 7 64bit Home Premium, while your signature says you are running Win 7 Pro x64. Both are Win 7 but apples and oranges by comparison. My post was correct as stated for at least the Home Premium version, and possibly others.
Resonant1 wrote:When Microsoft chooses to make so many flavors of one OS, one must widen their perspective prior to launching into criticism of the experiences of others in order to avoid stepping in the fragrant brown puddles.
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My husband and I have a unique perspective on Lake Ridge since we have been residents since 1985.. You won't find anyone with more knowledge on the subject of Lake Ridge.
Lake Ridge is one of the ten largest subdivisions in the United States.
- 38,000 residents
- 7,000 + residences
- 4,400 acres
- 1,200 acres of it are treed common ground
- located on the 2,100 acre Occoquan Reservoir
- Express bus service to the Pentagon and Washington, DC is available within Lake Ridgeand at the entrance to Lake Ridge in the VDOT Commuter Lot
- Carpools usually meet at the VDOT Commuter Lot at the entrance to Lake Ridge - see Omnimatch for more specific details
- Slugging (some erroneously call it hitching a ride which it is) is a result of the need to use HOV lanes on the I-95 as much as possible. Commuters form a line at a designated Slug Line Stop in Lake Ridge- the VDOT Commuter at the Lake Ridge entrance. For example, a driver will pull up headed for the Pentagon, but needs one more passenger to qualify for HOV-3. The first person in line going to the Pentagon will join the others in the car and away they go. It's free commuting for the slugger and gives the driver availability to HOV lanes on I-95 - win win!!
- Train The Virginia Railway Express Woodbridge Stationwith rail service to Springfield, Crystal City and Union Station in Washington, DC is approximately a 20 minute drive from Lake Ridge in the morning rush hour.
- At Springfield you can switch to Metrorail that gives you access to the entire National Capital Area subway system.
- Local buses run regulary throughout the Greater Woodbridge area as well as other areas of Prince William County. Lake Ridge is one of the communities served by Omnilink
- MCB Quantico is less than 30 minutes by car
- Fort Belvoir is approximately 30 minutes by car
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SCHOOLS One of the popular features about Lake Ridge is that all schools attended by Lake Ridge children are in Lake Ridge. No elementary school is more than 5 or 6 minutes from the student's home
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- Lake Ridge Middle
- Woodbridge Senior High School
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Zombies are People Too!
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Today's righteous indignation is brought to you by @jwlucasnc who was kind enough to forward me the very best of her spam messages.
At first, I was pleased when I saw the title of the email in my inbox, "Zombies Make Over $5 Billion in the US." I thought it was nice that zombies can be financially successful. I am not sure how many zombies there are in the United States, but even if there were a billion, that would pencil out nicely. I was a little surprised the luxury car market wasn't targeting them more.
Then, my pride in Zombie accomplishment fell quickly into distain. This was not a message about helping zombies, or rejoicing in their success. This was a marketing ploy implemented by GoGo Training, taking advantage of zombies to sell Android Programming Classes. Calling zombies stupid and brainless, the GoGo Training specialists encourage you to become a Master Android Programmer solely for the purpose of deteriorating fragile zombie-human relations. The ad links to games showing zombies slouching across the screens of various phone platforms with vacant eyes. Do you know how hard it must be to walk around craving brains all the time with your limbs falling off? Zombism is a real issue, NOT a marketing tool.
|A shirt to help Zombies keep up with their limbs… because I'm altruistic.
We should be promoting zombie tolerance rather than hatred. I encourage you, this Halloween, to rejoice in our diversity. Do NOT take advantage of the "Zombie Eating Halloween Special" at GoGo Training. Why would you want to save $100 off Android Programming classes when you will end up stuck in a room with a bunch of dickheads waiting to kill you if your arm happens to fall off? You wouldn't.
I am sure you now all recognize there absolutely no need to make lives of the local zombies more difficult by pummeling them with bullets, grenades, and buckshot. However, I must admit that I did stop being indignant enough to consider calling the GoGo Training "Zombie Hot Line." Not to sign up for a course catalog, as recommended, but to report zombie sightings. My guess is the people running that phone line have had a hell of a day.


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Vertu Constellation £3800
Vertu's latest handset will please the fashion brigade with its alligator-skin back and 3.5in AMOLED screen protected by Sapphire Crystal. It also comes with a highly customised Symbian OS and 8MP camera. And the extras are insane – access to member's clubs, a sommelier on hand for wine emergencies and personal concierge service. Suddently Siri looks a bit shabby.
Billionaire Toys iPhone 4S £3800
Behold the gold iPhone – yes, you can get an iPhone 4S from around £500 at the moment but multiply that by eight and you can upgrade to this bad boy. There are only 1000 of these ridiculous, gaudy things going into production, sporting 24ct gold and crystals around the frame and on the accompanying earphones. Of course, the diamond version is coming soon.
Tag Heuer Link £4,300 - £16,350
Fans of Tag watches will appreciate details like the wheel on the side of the Link – it opens up to reveal your SIM card and ports. And anyone can see straight off that you aren't getting an iPhone-alike – there are exposed screws, angled corners and an alligator-skin option. The personal touch stretches to a curated app store called SoApps. Like a lot of these luxury phones, you're not paying for specs – you get Android 2.2 and a 5MP camera.
Mobiado Grand 350 Aston Martin £2,500
Based on the Nokia E71, this Android phone keeps it real with gunmetal stainless steel buttons, inlaid sapphire crystal and an anodised aluminium build. There's a 2.36in display and microSD slot but otherwise Mobiado are being a little tight-lipped on the specs. Ah well, the Aston Martin logo will distract us.
Æsir Yves Béhar £6,300
Edge to edge keys will have passers-by in the street eyeing you up to see if they can take you down and grab your Yves Béhar designed Æsir phone. Yes, the screen is only 2in but the Æsir has an ultra-gloss, scratch-resistant ceramic top half plus bespoke icons in the UI. And Æsir reckons there's even superior "voice performance" – lucky since you can barely do anything else besides chat.
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Xbox 360 title Lips isn't just a singing game. It's much more. Keiichi Yano (pictured), co-founder of Lips developer iNiS, points out that the game is interactive in a way singing games haven't been previously. Yanno explains:
...you discover the true essence about what is great about a certain song. You look at certain things and you go, 'I really like this phrase, and that's why I like this song'; it's half a rediscovery, it's half a digestion of the song in a different way. You pick up things that you might not have realized if you'd just listened to it — through singing, you recognize certain nuances that you wouldn't have noticed before. The game helps to accentuate that because of the fact that it is trying to score you.
You don't play Lips, Lips plays you. Yano: Lips will make players 'discover the true essence of music' [develop]


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First of all, a few prizes to give out. The random number generator picked the following lucky winners!
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And now, onto today's Medical Monday question.
Patti Lacy wonders what in heck are those ropy things that bulge out from your neck when you're mad?
Great question! And for fun, I'm going to tell you why it happens too.
Surely we've read (and seen) some furious people who look like they'll pop when they're mad. The face gets red. Ropy things in the neck bulge out. Their eyes bug out. Fists clench.
Well, it turns out there are physiological explanations for this pre-bubble-bursting phenomenon of anger.
One "ropy thing" that may stick out is the sternocleidomastoid muscle that connects the jawbone to the clavicle. When you are tense, this can bulge out a bit. So there's one possibility. (Thanks Alesa!)
Another is the neck veins that return blood from the head back to the heart. This can be caused by:
1) The fight-or-flight response. It's a natural response your body has to extreme stress. In the old days, it's what you felt when a saber-toothed tiger was about to nibble your leg. You got ready to flee, or fight. And one result of that is your body shunts your blood where you need it--your muscles. Your heart rate and breathing increase. And the blood vessels in your neck may bulge because blood is already pumping through your body at an accelerated rate.
Nowadays, the Amex Bill causes the same reaction. Or a driver who steals your prime parking spot at Target. (Deep breath!)
2) The other mechanism of bulging veins is the Valsalva Maneuver. It's a fancy term for increasing pressure inside your body by holding a breath against a closed glottis.
I hear a lot of blank stares in the crowd. Yep, I can hear that.
You all know what the Valsalva Maneuver is! Yes you do! I'll prove it.
Imagine you're trying to push a 12 pound baby out your teeny, weeny pelvis. Push! Push! Push!
There you go. That's a Valsalva. It also occurs in the bathroom, if you catch my drift.
AND it can sort of happen when you're very angry. Angry people tense their abdominal muscles, may hold their breath and clench their teeth. Increasing your internal body's pressure by this maneuver causes your neck veins to stick out like giant worms. Groovy.
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He who hesitates is lost, so goes the old saying. Hesitation on his war policy may leave President Obama with a grievous political defeat as well as a potential military one for the nation.
The weekend news that eight U.S. soldiers died in an Afghanistan firefight (followed by two NATO personnel Monday morning) puts more pressure on the president to come to a decision on how to deal with his own war on terror.
The president's national security adviser, Gen. Jim Jones, says that more forces need to be strategically directed toward defeating the Taliban and al Qaeda. This approach has also been championed by Vice President Joe Biden. On the other hand, the man in charge of forces on the ground in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal -- selected by the president only a few months ago -- is forcefully arguing for a much larger, broader troop investment, along the lines of the surge that helped us turn the corner in the war in Iraq. There is some question as to how appropriate is McChrystal's public advocating for more troops when his commander-in-chief is supposedly still in a "review" period.
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Meanwhile, the man who helped bring order out of chaos for that very policy from the last president -- Gen. David Petraeus -- is sidelined. He doesn't appear to have either the public visibility or private sway as in the previous administration.
In short, President Obama is getting advice from all sides on how to proceed in Afghanistan -- after making a preliminary decision on how to go when he originally replaced Afghanistan commander David McKiernan. While it's nice to see that this president takes in various opposing viewpoints on an important issue -- George W. Bush saw himself as the sole "decider" without appearing to suffer much opposite input -- having all of this debate and discussion on public display over military matters is more than unseemly.
Fierce public debate over domestic matters is welcome.
It's not when the issue is war -- especially as the body count of forces begins increasing.
President Obama needs to channel a bit of his predecessor's "decider" sensibility, before the American people start seeing his vaunted caution and contemplation on an issue as a paralysis of analysis that verges on fatal dithering.
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Sen. Harry Reid apologized to President Obama and African-Americans this weekend for newly published remarks that referenced then-presidential candidate Obama's race. In "Game Change," Reid is quoted suggesting Obama's "light-skin" and lack of a "negro dialect" would enhance his electoral viability.
The comments led GOP chair Michael Steele and other leading Republicans Sunday to call for Reid to step down as majority leader, and accuse Democrats of maintaining a double-standard for having accepted Reid's apology. Many GOPers referenced former Republican Sen. Trent Lott, who was forced out as majority leader in 2002 for having spoken favorably of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid.
Across the blogosphere, pundits argued Reid would likely weather the political storm, for now, though the episode was proof that race endures as a political issue.
- "Reid's remarks reveal a man who is embarrassingly and pathetically awkward and out of touch, but there's nothing there that would give aid and comfort to organized racism in American life," blogs Walter Russell Mead, a Kissinger fellow for U.S. foreign policy, on Politico.
- Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele led the charge for Sen. Reid to resign "but the GOP boss didn't think the same applies to him for [recently] using the phrase 'honest injun,'" notes Michael McAuliff for the New York Daily News' Mouth of the Potomac.
- "Steele is correct that there is a double standard in these matters, but he and many others are wrong to equate Reid's comment with Lott's," blogs Paul Mirengoff for the conservative Powerline. "Trent Lott lauded the presidential candidacy of an avowed segregationist, suggesting that things would have gone better if that candidate had been elected. His comments were normative and, if he meant what he said, racist because they implied that segregation was preferable to integration."
- "Obviously, the Republican campaign won't get Reid ousted--although it will hurt his tenuous re-election campaign in an increasingly non-white state," blogs Time Magazine columnist Joe Klein. Klein also calls for an end to "too many witch hunts."
- "It wasn't racism, but, ignorance that spewed from Reid's mouth," writes Colbert King for The Washington Post. Reid and his "fellow experts on all things African-American" don't realize that most of the words once associated with "Negro Dialect" don't even exist anymore, King argues. "They are not the slang that some black people currently use for effect under certain social circumstances. Obama is joined by millions of African Americans who don't speak with a "Negro dialect" or ever try to use one."
- "There's nothing Americans love more than demanding 'honest talk' about race and then kicking the teeth out of anyone who engages in it," writes CUNY J-School professor Peter Beinart for The Daily Beast. In making the case that "Harry Reid was right," Beinart references two studies -- one correlating skin tone with voter preferences; the other connects speech patterns with housing discrimination -- that show bias still alive and well in America.


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E-Cigarettes and Dental Health
|In pursuit of a whiter smile and healthier lifestyle, many smokers are switching to e-cigarettes. Major health organizations are concerned about the possible health risks associated with these electronic devices. Researchers are still working to discover whether using e-cigarettes causes medical or dental problems, and if these risks outweigh the benefits of using these devices as replacements for conventional cigarettes. Anyone considering e-cigarettes to prevent damage caused by conventional cigarettes or concerned that e-cigarettes have caused dental problems should consult with their dentist.
Concerned about a brighter smile and better health, many smokers now turn to e-cigarettes as an alternative to conventional cigarettes made of rolled paper and dried tobacco leaves. Many health organizations, however, are concerned about the health and dental implications of these devices.
All about E-Cigarettes
E-cigarettes, short for electronic cigarettes, are battery-powered devices that look like conventional cigarettes. E-cigarettes provide doses of vaporized substances to the user in an aerosol form. The devices contain a heating element that vaporizes a liquid solution.
Depending on the brand of e-cigarettes, the liquid solutions may contain nicotine and flavorings. Nicotine stains teeth. A recent study suggests an association between nicotine and periodontal disease, otherwise known as gum disease. While all conventional cigarettes contain nicotine, some e-cigarettes solutions do not contain this substance.
Many manufacturers offer e-cigarettes that look like conventional rolled cigarettes that contain tobacco. Some produce pen-like e-cigarette devices that look quite different from traditional cigarettes.
Other names for e-cigarettes include electronic vaping devices, personal vaporizers or VPs, and electronic nicotine delivery systems, otherwise known as ENDS.
The Dangers of E-Cigarettes
E-cigarette use is growing dramatically among adolescents, who face special dental health problems. According to a survey by government health regulators, as many as 6.8 percent of all students in grades 6 – 12 have tried e-cigarettes at least one time. The number of middle school kids trying e-cigarettes for the first time increased to 2.7 percent; 20.3 percent of these young, first-time e-cigarette users said they had not yet tried conventional cigarettes. This comes at an age when kids are at greater risk for tooth and gum disease because they are getting braces, go through phases in their diligence to oral hygiene, and are getting the last of their permanent teeth.
The overall effect of e-cigarette use on public health is still unknown. Government agencies note that some researchers are concerned about the effect these devices can have on the developing brains of adolescents, an increased risk for addiction, and the potential for e-cigarettes to become a gateway to conventional tobacco use. Anyone considering switching to e-cigarettes as an alternative to cigarettes should consult with a doctor and a dentist first to discuss the overall health risks. .
Malhotra, Ranjan; Kapoor, Anoop; Grover, Vishakha; Kaushal, Sumit. "Nicotine and Periodontal Tissues." Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. 2010 Jan-Mar, 14(1): 72-79.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. " Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students – United States, 2011-2012." September 6, 2013.
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Milestone-Proposal:Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA) for electric power systems,1975
Docket #:2013-01
This proposal has been submitted for review.
Is the achievement you are proposing more than 25 years old? Yes
Is the achievement you are proposing within IEEE's fields of interest? (e.g. "the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering, as well as computer science, the allied branches of engineering and the related arts and sciences" – from the IEEE Constitution) Yes
Did the achievement provide a meaningful benefit for humanity? Yes
Was it of at least regional importance? Yes
Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to pay for the milestone plaque(s)? Yes
Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to arrange the dedication ceremony? Yes
Has the IEEE Section in which the milestone is located agreed to take responsibility for the plaque after it is dedicated? Yes
Has the owner of the site agreed to have it designated as an Electrical Engineering Milestone? Yes
Year or range of years in which the achievement occurred:
Title of the proposed milestone:
Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA) for electric power systems,1975
Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance:
Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA) for electric power systems,1975
Meidensha Corporation developed MOSA and its mass production system by innovating on Panasonic Corporation's ZnO varistor basic patent. MOSA dramatically raised performance levels against multiple lightning strikes and contamination and led to the UHV protective device development. This technology contributed to improving the safety and reliability of electric power systems and to establishing the international standards.
In what IEEE section(s) does it reside?
Tokyo Section
IEEE Organizational Unit(s) which have agreed to sponsor the Milestone:
IEEE Organizational Unit(s) paying for milestone plaque(s):
IEEE Organizational Unit(s) arranging the dedication ceremony:
IEEE section(s) monitoring the plaque(s):
Milestone proposer(s):
Please note: your email address and contact information will be masked on the website for privacy reasons. Only IEEE History Center Staff will be able to view the email address.
Street address(es) and GPS coordinates of the intended milestone plaque site(s):
Meiden R&D Center Meidensha Corporation 2-8-1, Osaki, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, 141-8565, Japan
Latitude: 35.637915 Longitude: 139.715213
Describe briefly the intended site(s) of the milestone plaque(s). The intended site(s) must have a direct connection with the achievement (e.g. where developed, invented, tested, demonstrated, installed, or operated, etc.). A museum where a device or example of the technology is displayed, or the university where the inventor studied, are not, in themselves, sufficient connection for a milestone plaque.
Please give the address(es) of the plaque site(s) (GPS coordinates if you have them). Also please give the details of the mounting, i.e. on the outside of the building, in the ground floor entrance hall, on a plinth on the grounds, etc. If visitors to the plaque site will need to go through security, or make an appointment, please give the contact information visitors will need.
The MOSA had been developed at Meiden R&D Center since 1970s. Therefore, the intended site has a direct connection.
Are the original buildings extant?
No, a new R&D building of Meidensha Corporation ("MEIDEN") was rebuilt at same location.
Details of the plaque mounting:
We intend to install the milestone plaque at the secured zone in the entrance of Meiden R&D Center.
How is the site protected/secured, and in what ways is it accessible to the public?
The people are able to see the plaque in the secured zone by getting inside the entrance hall of Meiden R&D Center.
Who is the present owner of the site(s)?
Meidensha Corporation
A letter in English, or with English translation, from the site owner(s) giving permission to place IEEE milestone plaque on the property:
A letter or email from the appropriate Section Chair supporting the Milestone application:
What is the historical significance of the work (its technological, scientific, or social importance)?
Overvoltages in electrical supply networks result from the effects of lightning strokes and switching actions and cannot be avoided. They endanger the electrical equipment, because, due to the economical reasons, the voltage withstanding capability of the insulation cannot be designed for all possible cases. Therefore, an economical and reliable service calls for extensive protection of the electrical equipment against unacceptable overvoltages. This applies to all power network systems.
The overvoltages from lightning strokes and switching action are most dangerous threat for power electric systems. The so called "conventional surge arresters" were mostly used in power electric systems until mid 1980s in the world. They consist of a series connection of SiC resistor elements (non-linear resistors) and spark gaps and are placed in porcelain housing and are often called "conventional gapped type arresters".
Conventional gapped type arresters have a couple of disadvantages: They reduce overvoltages only when the breakdown voltage of the spark gaps is achieved. The breakdown voltage of the spark gaps depends on the steepness of the incoming voltage which results in a bad protection especially for steep overvoltage. If the outside insulation of the arrester is polluted, the potential distribution can shift along the active part, and this can cause unwanted sparkover in the spark gaps, which in the end may destroy the arrester.
Design of insulation in the power transmission system depends largely on the protective characteristics of surge arresters. As the power grids were expanding with higher transmission voltage in 1970s, the conventional gapped type arresters used before the introduction of the work could not satisfy the new requirements. The conventional gapped type arrester was sometimes failed by natural phenomena for example multi-lightning and arrester housing pollution (contamination).
Electric power utility companies demanded the development of high performance surge arresters to be used for the next-generation UHV power transmission systems and also compact high-performance and high-reliability surge arresters to be used in the application for GIS (tank type arrester for gas insulated switchgear).
Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) had discovered ZnO varistor as a surge absorber for electronic devices below dozens of volts and defined its basic principle. Meidensha Corporation (MEIDEN) developed gapless surge arrester for power electric systems based on Panasonic's patent. MOSA was the first gapless surge arrester that could meet the tough electric power systems application needs of world-wide power utilities. Consequently, conventional gapped type surge arresters were disappeared except some special applications.
MOSA has contributed to improving the reliability against multi-lightning and housing pollution-derived problems. Furthermore it ignited the births of economical design for power network systems and power electric equipment. MOSA became the de facto standard and later turned to JEC [1], ANSI [2], IEC [3] standards. It realized the electric power systems which has the very minimum power failure in the world.
What obstacles (technical, political, geographic) needed to be overcome?
To apply ZnO varistors to high-voltage gapless surge arresters, MEIDEN had the various issues/challenges to be overcome as shown below:
1. Improvement of voltage-current characteristic of ZnO element and energy absorbing capability. (This was solved by finding the best balance of main ZnO component and several additives.) 2. Preventing flashover outside by steep high current lightning. (This was solved by coating the ZnO element side with a ceramic insulator.) 3. Making sure that the life of the ZnO element when continuous voltage is applied to it over a long period of time. (This was solved by establishing a life estimation method and supporting field tests.) 4. Establishment of mass-production technology of ZnO elements for the power systems use. (This was solved by unique production system of ZnO elements which are mixed, granulated, formed, sintered into a complete block with electrodes on the both surfaces.) 5. Contribution to establishing the application standardization of MOSA for power systems. (MEIDEN assisted and helped harmonization process by presenting the various papers (introducing the experiences from the actual MOSA production) at WG37.04, a sub division of IEC TC37 Technical Committee.)
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What features set this work apart from similar achievements?
Conventional surge arresters for electric power systems were composed of combination of non-linear resistor element using silicon carbide ( SiC ) crystals and series gaps. As a result, they had the following disadvantages; a) They couldn't have high reliability against the housing pollution. This causes failure of arrester derived from two different components (gap part and SiC element) in same housing and couldn't maintain stability for multiple lightning.
b) They couldn't satisfy the social ( user's ) requirements for high-performance, high reliability and compactness of arresters both for GIS ( Gas Insulated Switchgear / Substation ), and for Ultra High Voltage (UHV) transmission systems.
Overcoming obstacles cited above, MEIDEN developed gapless surge arrester to solve the above issues of conventional model: a) and b). MEIDEN commercialized MOSA in 1975 and the first supply was to 66kV Hayato Substation in Kyushu Area, Japan and completed the MOSA product series for 3kV to 500 kV electric power systems during 1977-1978. MOSA became the preferred choice and de facto major arresters in the world in a few years.
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[1] JEC 217-1984 (Japanese Electrotechnical Committee Standard in English) [2] IEEE/ANSI C62.22-1987 [3] IEC 60099-4-1991 [4] T. Nishikori, T. Masuyama, M. Matsuoka, S. Hieda, M. Kobayashi and M. Mizuno: "Zinc Oxide-based Gapless Surge Arrester for Electric Power Systems", Paper for National Convention The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), No. 777, 1973 [5] M. Kobayashi, M. Mizuno, M. Matsuoka and M. Tanaka: "Gapless Surge Arrester for Electric Power Systems", Paper for Research Conference , IEEJ, PD-74-12(1974) [6] M. Kobayashi, M. Mizuno, T. Aizawa, M. Hayashi and K.Mitani: "Development of Zinc-Oxide Non-Linear Resistors and Their Applications to Gapless Surge Arresters", IEEE PAS, Summer Meeting, F77, 682-8 (1977), IEEE, Transactions, vol. Pas-97, No.4 (1978) [7] M. Hayashi and M. Kobayashi : "Developing the First Gapless Metal Oxide(ZnO) Surge Arrester(MOSA) in the World ", IEEJ, Trans. PE, Vol. 128 No.3 (2008) [8] K. Mitani: "Journal: Birth of Gapless Surge Arrester for Electric Power Systems", Serial Articles of power industry newspaper "Denki Shimbun", from Nov. 30, 1978 to Jan. 21, 1979 (6) [9] Misao Kobayashi and Masao Hayashi: "The background and history of developing Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA)", Papers of Research Conference, History of Electrical Engineering (HEE), IEEJ, HEE8-19 and HEE10-002 [10] United States Patent 4,031,498 NON-LINEAR VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT RESISTOR
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"Throughout the history of computers, we've been striving to shorten the gap between us and digital information, the gap between our physical world and the world in the screen," interface designer Jinha Lee says in today's talk.
[ted_talkteaser id=1781]Lee points out that the gap has become shorter and shorter—it's now "less than a millimeter, the thickness of a touchscreen glass," he says. But his goal is to dissolve the boundary completely. In this talk, given at TED2013, he shows off a tool he invented that penetrates into a screen. He also reveals a technology that creates a digital workspace between a keyboard and translucent screen, allowing us to reach into digital worlds with our hands. And his wild ideas don't stop there.
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Although I am a traditionalist I love special places, things and special people too. I love organized things, to know what I have to be and organize my activities in an efficient way but at the same time I hate routine. I do not like to do the same ordinary things every day. So most of the times, I let myself carried by the wave or the proposals I get from the others although I might have already something planned.
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I came away from the synopsis with two reactions:
1). It sounds like a far more entertaining, narrative/suspense-driven storyline than some of his other recent work, and 2). It sounds very familiar, like a tale I've already read several times before over the years...in varying detail, of course, but the fundamental story is the same.
Will I pick it up? Perhaps, but I'll certainly wait for the reviews first. With perhaps three or four exceptions in my decades of reading, I don't, as a rule, re-read books; life's too short. I tell ya, between recent disappointments like DR. SLEEP and SLEEPING BEAUTIES (and others which have received mixed reviews that I haven't bothered to attempt), his distastefully snide remarks on Twitter r.e. anyone who doesn't subscribe to his political perspective, and now apparently rehashing timeworn plots, King is making it pretty easy for me these days to lack enthusiasm r.e. his new releases. I adore, admire, and cherish his early classics, and post-2000 releases like JOYLAND and 11/22/63 indicate that he still has the magic from time to time, but I can't now but help approach each new release with some wariness. We'll see if THE INSTITUTE joins that very short list of recent exceptional work, or just becomes yet another listing in his lengthy bibliography that I haven't/won't read.
I am really looking forward to this one as well. I too agree that the synopsis sounds familiar to other books I've read; however, that won't stop me from picking up a copy. I for one have liked most of his newer books. While they may never reach the status of some of his earlier works that we all grew up with and love, I think they are worth a read and have never regretted a purchase. I finally got around to reading his newest "Elevation" and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it.
I will buy this day of release and be reading it shortly after I have it.
I just ordered a copy with the slipcase. It sounds good, and even if the subject matter has been covered a lot, you know SK's take on it will be worth reading.
The Institute reminds me of Firestarter, Everything's Eventual, and Dr. Sleep - I am hopeful.
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Sounds okay but covered ground. I wonder why he didn't tie this back into The Shop? I like the page count and am a bit more interested in this then anything in the last few years.
I liked Revival, and I even really liked that ending (that many didn't like).
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Some of my opinion changes stem directly from the fact that I'm now a parent, the way I feel about certain things with children (for some reason the many child deaths in It never bothered me to read, but Tad in Cujo really did, it felt like just too much when I re-read it five years ago).
Having a bit of perspective on life definitely has an effect. The Dead Zone also looked different; still the same great story, but the sense of my God, what a waste was overwhelming upon finishing my re-read around that time.
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I know I've said this before, but having had my wedding at family member's home, it's always fun to feature couples who have chosen to do the same. There's just something extra special about tying the knot in a place that holds so many fond family memories.
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Happy Star Wars day!
There have been, to date, one jillion Star Wars video games. (That figure is approximate). But in many ways, there was only one—the 1983 Atari game Star Wars. I played this game when I was barely old enough to understand the films, much less do well at any of the levels, particularly that difficult trench-run.
The game made its debut during "The Video Game Challenge," a short-lived television program from the 80's.
Just like the force, this Star Wars game will be with you… always.
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Analysis: Missouri Tax Policy Dates to Depression
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - The U.S. was in the throes of the Great Depression when Missouri legislators decided to impose a 4 percent tax on personal income over $9,000 as a means of funding state government.
That decision has stood for decades, even as it has become increasingly outdated.
Although Missouri raised its top tax rate to 6 percent in the early 1970s, the top tax bracket has remained fixed at its original Depression-era threshold.
Yet a dollar today - or $9,000 - doesn't carry anywhere near the same buying power that it did when the tax brackets were set in 1931. In fact, Missouri's heftiest income tax rates - once reserved for the well-to-do - now hit people living in poverty.
"In a word, I would describe them as archaic," said state Rep. Paul Curtman, R-Pacific, who wants to index the tax brackets to the annual inflation rate.
The quest to change Missouri's tax brackets has support from both conservative and liberal groups but has remained difficult to accomplish because of the eye-popping cost of catching up with history.
Had Missouri's tax brackets kept pace with inflation, today's top tax rate wouldn't kick in until individuals earned more than $138,283 annually.
Curtman sponsored legislation earlier this year that would have applied the top tax bracket to incomes over $135,900. The bill never made it to the House floor for debate. The reason: it was estimated to reduce taxes by nearly $2.5 billion annually - eliminating about 30 percent of the state's general revenues.
In 2014, Curtman said he plans a more palatable measure that won't attempt to make up for 80 years of inflation in one swoop. His new legislation would keep the $9,000 top tax bracket but start adjusting it annually for inflation.
Almost half the states already adjust their tax brackets for inflation, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit group.
But only Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma set their top tax brackets lower than Missouri. Alabama has the lowest threshold - imposing a 5 percent tax on income over $3,000. Seven other states have flat income taxes, meaning all people pay the same rate regardless of income.
Missouri's tax bracket is particularly complex. A 1.5 percent tax is applied to income of less than $1,000. Then there are eight more incrementally increasing tax rates for incomes between $1,000 and $9,000.
Relatively few people may have earned more than $9,000 in 1931. But most Missourians now surpass that, even when accounting for deductions and other offsets allowed on tax forms. Of the 4.14 million taxpayers who filed returns for 2011, 2.29 million paid the top tax rate on income over $9,000, according to figures from the Missouri Department of Revenue.
"We think the thresholds, in general, should be raised," said Jay Hardenbrook, the public policy director for the Missouri Budget Project, a St. Louis-based nonprofit group that analyzes fiscal issues with a special emphasis on how they affect the poor.
But Hardenbrook added: "While we support increasing the brackets, we don't support basically undercutting the entire state budget."
The Missouri Budget Project wants to offset the revenues lost from a tax-bracket adjustment by generating additional revenues elsewhere, such as by eliminating a state income tax deduction for the amount of federal taxes people pay.
Grow Missouri, a political action committee financed by retired investment firm executive Rex Sinquefield, has filed a proposed initiative for the 2014 ballot that would simplify and shift up the tax brackets while reducing the tax rate.
Under its proposed constitutional amendment, a 3 percent tax would be levied on income below $15,000 for individuals or $30,000 for couples. A tax of 4.9 percent would be levied on all income above those thresholds.
"Missouri has a very outdated, convoluted tax table currently," said Grow Missouri treasurer Aaron Willard. "Going to two instead of 10 (brackets) is just more simplified. It's much easier for people to look at and understand."
Willard estimates that the proposed income tax cut could range from several hundred million dollars to more than $1 billion annually.
The proposal would allow legislators to raise the state sales tax to compensate for the lost income tax revenues. But if lawmakers don't do so, the result could be less revenue available for public schools, prisons and other state services.


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DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at https://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.
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text: TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa Post 34 baseball team defeated Hattiesburg, Miss., Post 24 6-3 on Saturday in the Killian Windham Invitational Tournament at Tuscaloosa Academy. Landen Davis from Sipsey Valley High School pitched a complete game for Post 34, and Hattiesburg made two pitching changes. Davis allowed four hits — two home runs — and struck out two batters. "I had to get into the game and get a feel for it," Davis said. "After about the third inning I was fine. I just have to keep my head in it. I like the pressure." Post 34 started out the first inning fast, with half the lineup getting base hits, and kept the offense coming. Designated hitter Grant Stevens from Hale County High was 2-for-2 with an RBI and one run scored. Center fielder Parker Farley from Tuscaloosa Academy was 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run scored. Third Baseman Kyle Andrews from Tuscaloosa Academy was 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored, and catcher Parker Barton from Hillcrest High was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a home run. Barton's homer came in the seventh inning when Post 34 was trailing by one. It scored Stevens, who had just hit a single. "I knew we needed to get another run, but I was thinking about a base hit more than anything," Barton said. Post 34 had two errors, and Hattiesburg had none. Post 34 got game-saving diving catches from Farley and second baseman Brett Davis. "Our pitcher had been doing good the whole time, and I knew we needed to put up a zero those last couple of innings," Barton said. "We got lucky, I guess." Post 34 played Albany, Ga., Post 30 late Saturday night. Post 34 plays at 10 a.m. today at Tuscaloosa Academy. If it wins, Post 34 will play in the championship game at 4 p.m.


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