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History of the Division
The story of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UNC starts with Dr. Erle Peacock, a native to Chapel Hill, who was recruited to the University of North Carolina Hospital by Dr. Nathan Womack, the first Chairman of the Dept of Surgery at UNC. After training in general surgery in New York City, Chapel Hill, and later in St Louis with an emphasis on wound healing, Dr. Peacock returned to UNC and slowly developed the Division of Plastic Surgery when he saw a need for a broadly based academic training program in plastic surgery. From his previous experience with military service at Valley Forge General Hospital, Dr. Peacock developed innovative operative techniques in hand surgery, which he later applied to reconstructive surgery, and became the foundation of the Division's strengths in wound healing and surgery of the hand. Dr. Peacock recognized the need for an academic training program in the early days of the Division, and developed a laboratory concentrating on wound-healing research which quickly became recognized nationally and internationally for its endeavors. Today, the Plastic Surgery laboratory is still involved in multi-disciplinary research focusing on stem cells, nanofiber technology, and tissue engineering.
Resident training was expanded in the 1960s and early 1970s, and by 1975 the residency program was fully expanded to two residents in each of the two years of training. The success of the residency program led to the Division being chosen to host the National Plastic Surgery Residents' Annual Meeting in 1980, with the largest attendance achieved to date. With the increase in need for aesthetic, craniofacial surgery, and, more recently, microsurgery, a full-scale academic rotation for UNC Plastic Surgery residents was begun in 1987. In 2011, the program changed residency length to three years from two, increasing our resident complement to six residents at any given time. Today, Plastic Surgery residents rotate within UNC School of Medicine programs such as Dermatology and Opthalmology, as well as at outside plastic surgery offices within the Triangle and beyond.


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State Rep. Leslie Osborn said her legislation to lower the income cap on the Oklahoma's Promise scholarship is intended to ensure the program serves low-income families.
State Rep. Leslie Osborn said her legislation to lower the income cap on the Oklahoma's Promise scholarship is intended to ensure the program serves low-income families, not to find savings for a tax cut, as opponents have alleged.
"I think the Oklahoma's Promise program is one of the best our state offers," said Osborn, R-Mustang.
"I fully support the idea of hard-working students of low-income families receiving a scholarship from the state to achieve their educational goals. That said, our current law does not restrict the program to low-income families. Children of families earning $100,000 a year are currently able to receive this scholarship. We are lowering that threshold so that the scholarship is entirely directed to low-income families."
House Bill 1721, by Osborn, changes the income requirements on the Oklahoma's Promise scholarship, lowering the income cap for the families of students entering college on an OHLAP scholarship from $100,000 to $60,000. Families of the eighth, ninth and 10th grade students can make no more than $50,000 when the student initially qualifies for the program.
The legislation was approved by a vote of 56-37 by the Oklahoma House of Representatives today.
Osborn said that there are a limited number of applicants to the program and that lowering the cap makes sure low-income students are able to attend college, which would help Gov. Mary Fallin's goal for the state to produce more college graduates.
"Those who stood up and argued against House Bill 1721 may have thought they were arguing on behalf of low-income families in their district, but they are actually arguing to take scholarships from low-income families and give it to families who can afford to send their children to college," Osborn said.
House Bill 1721 now advances to the state Senate.

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IGN - Aliens won't be invading anytime soon.
After weeks of speculation, Commander Shepard has announced that Marcus Fenix will stand by his side representing Xbox 360 in the 2012 Video Game Presidential Election!
Lol why is Shepard for the 360? The game is multi-plat so they should've picked an exclusive character. Still, that's a pretty hilarious picture with the look on their faces.
seeing as all mass effect games are WAY better on pc, I don't get this at all, the 360 version looks like Alpha code to me.
To be honest I like what Drake and Solid Snake are going to do with healthcare and the economy.


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When should your child's hearing be tested? Sooner than you think.
Many experts urge hearing tests before newborns leave the hospital, says Judith Gravel, Ph.D., a hearing specialist in Philadelphia. Every year, approximately 1.5 to 3 per 1,000 babies are born in the United States with hearing problems. That translates to as many as 33 babies born every day with hearing impairments. Many states have passed laws requiring hospitals to perform hearing tests on all newborn infants before they leave the hospital.
For years, routine hearing tests took place only when children entered school. But hearing loss can cause serious problems much earlier. "The most significant is the development of language and speech," says Dr. Gravel.
By the age of 6 months, she explains, babies begin to recognize the spoken sounds that are critical for developing language. Poor hearing can hamper that progress for both the spoken and written word. "Often children who have a hearing loss have a great deal of difficulty reading," she says.
Consider having your child tested for hearing loss, especially if he or she has any of the following risk factors:
A two-day (or more) stay in neonatal intensive care
A family history of childhood hearing loss
A family history of certain hereditary or congenital syndromes such as Noonan's, Waardenburg syndrome, Multiple lentigines syndrome, or Kartagener syndrome
Even without risk factors, parents should remain alert to hearing problems. Some hearing loss gets worse over time. Some hearing loss is stable. Because about 2 to 3 infants out of every 1,000 born have some degree of hearing loss, it is wise to have this checked early.
"If the parents have any concern about the baby's responsiveness to sound, then they ought to have the baby's hearing checked," says Dr. Gravel. "Even very young infants early on are very interested in the sound of a human voice, especially their mother's voice."
At 5 months, infants turn their heads accurately toward sounds. By 10 months, babies should be babbling in multiple syllables. "Babies who hear normally respond even to soft sounds in the environment," she adds.
Recurrent ear infections, which are common in young children, can also delay language development. And Dr. Gravel notes that a newborn can pass a hearing test and still develop hearing problems later in childhood.
Technology to help hearing-impaired children is evolving rapidly. Such children, Dr. Gravel says, generally benefit from some sort of amplification, ranging from digital hearing aids to cochlear implants. Hearing aids help make the sounds louder. Cochlear implants convert sound into a signal that is sent to a receiver. The receiver then sends the signal to the brain. The receiver is a small disk surgically placed under the skin behind the ear.
In all states, she says, "services are out there and available for parents." No child is too young to benefit from seeking help: "You want to do it right away."
Your child is likely to undergo one of these painless, quick and sensitive tests:
* Auditory brainstem responses. Sound is introduced to the baby's ears through tiny headphones while the baby is sleeping. Using electrodes attached to the head, the test records electrical activity generated by the auditory nerve when it's stimulated by this sound.
* Otoacoustic emissions. The normal ear generates faint acoustic signals, sometimes called inner-ear echoes. Although people cannot hear their own emissions, tiny, sensitive microphones placed in the ear canal during the screening can measure the sounds. Infants who can't hear create no emissions.
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From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Requirements and Workbook Need Updating
Both need updating...
- Requirements: The Landscape Architecture merit badge requirements appear to be the version prior to the 2009 updating.
- Workbook: Additionally, the Landscape Architecture merit badge PDF file at: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/e/e6/Landscape_Architecture.pdf also appears to show the pre-update requirements.
Note: The two workbook files at: Landscape-Architecture.pdf and Landscape-Architecture.doc appear to have the most recent requirements.
Thank you for your help, Chris Crawford [e-mail address removed by admin]
- Thanks, Chris. I'll take care of this shortly. Thanks, again. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 07:07, February 10, 2012 (EST)


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Did you read today's front page stories & breaking news?
From the Wires
Leading Expert on Cybercrime to Keynote European E-commerce Payments & Risk Congress
By: Marketwired .
Feb. 26, 2013 12:02 AM
MADRID, SPAIN -- (Marketwire) -- 02/26/13 -- The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) today announced that cybercrime expert Mish Glenny will keynote its 2013 European Congress on 18 April at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London. The annual global event unites online and multi-channel retailers, card networks, card issuers, law enforcement agencies and solution providers to make the Internet a preferred place to shop and do business.
"We are thrilled to have Mr. Glenny at this year's congress to discuss trends in cybercrime, key players and the influence on payments, fraud and e-commerce," said Nicolas Vedrenne, managing director for Europe. "His expert opinion and timely and thought provoking comments will be invaluable for our merchants who manage risk reduction strategies for influential brands and global companies."
The keynote address is sponsored by Kount, a global solutions provider that helps businesses reduce fraud. "We proudly support the mission of the Merchant Risk Council," said Don Bush, vice president of marketing for Kount. "For over a decade they have been helping online retailers stay on top of the latest technology to advance their businesses and reduce their exposure to fraudulent activities."
Glenny is most widely known as an investigative journalist, author and broadcaster. He is one of the world's leading experts on cybercrime and on global mafia networks. His most recent book, Dark Market, deals specifically with cybercriminals and computer hackers. A regular broadcaster on radio and television, Glenny serves as a policy advisor to several southern European countries and informally consults with the British Foreign Office, US State Department and the British Army.
ABOUT THE MRC: The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) is a merchant-led non-profit trade association focused on electronic commerce risk and payments globally. The MRC leads industry networking, education, benchmarking and advocacy programs to make electronic commerce more efficient, safe and profitable.
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the MRC has a European office in Madrid, Spain. Learn more at www.merchantriskcouncil.org.
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text: PRINCETON — Services for Eva Marie Alexander, 98, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of this area, who passed away Monday, July 30, 2012, at her home in Arizona, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, Princeton, with the Rev. Brian Hall officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, at a later date. There will be no visitation.


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The ACT's sausage-making champion, Cameron Fenson, has snagged his second national title at the 2013 National Sausage King competition.
Fenson travelled to Perth in February to compete against more than 500 meat monarch wannabes from around Australia in the annual Sausage King competition, run by the Meat Industry Council.
Rather than risk having his trade secrets stolen by his competitors, he prepared the sausages at his Kambah butcher shop before heading west.
Fenson, who owns the Meatways Butchery in Kambah and has been in the meat trade for more than 20 years, has been entering the annual competition since 2007. For the 2013 contest, his lamb sausages, which have hints of fresh coriander, fresh basil, garlic and pepper, took out the crown in the lamb category.
Fenson says he inherited his sausage-making flair from his father, who was also a butcher, but enjoys getting creative by concocting innovative, gourmet and even healthy sausages.
The inspiration for the winning sausage came from a pepper lamb hotpot he enjoyed at a local Chinese restaurant. From there, he set about re-creating the taste, and with natural ingredients, including his own sausage base meal made from a range of gluten-free flours, herbs and spices.
He says he spent hours perfecting the flavour, picking homegrown coriander and even sampling the cut of the four-quarter lamb he used in the mixture before it was cooked.
Fenson says creating new flavours for sausages is one of his biggest passions and, a perfectionist, he changed the recipe six times before deciding on the final portions of meat, which were of a medium grind, and the four dry ingredients that went into the mixture, piped into natural hog casing, and sent to Perth.
The most popular sausage flavours Fenson and his team sell at Meatways include pork, fennel and leek; macadamia and chicken; Texas barbecue, a sausage made of tomato, beans and sweet chilli; and his other lamb specialty which combines fresh honey, mint and rosemary.
He suggests when it comes to branching out and trying new sausage flavours that you treat your local butcher like a waiter or food critic.
''Pick the flavour of the dish you would be most likely to order at a restaurant, ask your butcher what's in them and for their opinion on the taste,'' he says.
For the correct way to cook a snag, whether on the barbecue or in the frying pan, the key is to not attack them with a fork, and be sure to rotate them evenly.
''Chunky sausages should be cooked slower than the plain English pork ones and you should never burst their skin while they are on the grill, you don't need to do that with a quality sausage as they shouldn't have too much fat in them,'' he says.
Fenson encourages anyone looking to make friends to avoid the green leafy stuff and stock up on sausages.
''You don't make friends with salad. All you need is a plain beef sausage cooked, some caramelised onion and tomato sauce. Definitely no salad or even a bun, let the sausage do the talking,'' he says.
Jenna Clarke is Canberra Times life and entertainment editor.


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McHENRY – The McHenry Parks and Recreation Department is offering summer camp programs starting in June.
Camp staff provides a safe and friendly atmosphere where children can make new friends and enjoy a variety of activities. Campers will participate in group games, arts and crafts, sports activities and more.
Kiddie Kamp is for children ages 4 to 5 and will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 11 through June 27, at Petersen Park, 4300 Petersen Park Road. The cost is $48 for residents and $58 for nonresidents. A July session also is available.
Day Camp is for children ages 6 to 11 and will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 3 through June 14, at Knox Park, 330 S. Knox Drive, and Petersen Park, 4300 Petersen Park Road.
Camp includes a field trip, pizza party and swimming at the pool and beach.
The cost is $180 for residents and $190 for nonresidents. Before and After Camp also is available for additional fees. Two-week sessions are available through Aug. 9.
Registration is accepted in person, by mail, online or by fax at the McHenry Parks and Recreation Department office, 333 S. Green St. in McHenry.
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1 The infinitive isn't marked to person in English (or in any other language I know of - except Portuguese [of which I'm an ardent fan]. So you 'should have said': 'The students will be given a piece of paper so that they can make a poster.'
2 (More likely) The plan should - in the view of your teacher - have specified subjects for active verbs: 'I will give the students a piece of paper so that they can make a poster.'
I called these 'possible objections'; the sentence as it stands seems quite acceptable to me though. If the teacher prefers you to use the active voice in your plans, she should have said so.
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—01. Photographer traveling pack.
You can put this freshly on the top of my 'want' list. Head Porter and Silly Thing have worked together on a photography project before, but this one has resulted in a set of great looking, very functional bags. Especially the small lens and camera bags would be great to have handy. The all black everything colour choice, clean details and fabric all look very nice together.


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Submission + - Plan to Slow Global Warming By Dumping Iron Sulphate into Oceans (csmonitor.com)
retroworks writes: "Reuters, Nature, and Christan Science Monitor report on the results of an experiment utilizing iron sulphate as a "fertilizer" for ocean algae. The ocean algae increased significantly, which could, according to the scientists involved, represent a method to trap carbon (through photosynthesis) and theoretically arrest the rate of global warming. But the CSM article notes that "Large-scale experiments with ocean fertilisation using iron are currently banned by the international London Convention on dumping at sea because of fears about side-effects." Asking Slashdot, would the "losers" from climate change insist on this solution, or this climate-interference too controversial to contemplate?"


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This first race sets the scene for a competitive and fun series, hosted within the beautiful grounds and surrounding area of stunning South Galway. Whats more, the race coincides with a Bank Holiday in the UK and it is also the first weekend of the UK school half term, making it an ideal break for sporty families.
All of the races at Lough Cutra Castle kick-off by launching into an open-water swim in the lake, transitioning into a bike route which circumnavigates Lough Cutra itself. The half iron gauntlet cycle takes in the beautiful Burren national park.


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|2012-09-19, 12:15
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There's something major inside this problem and it's that the border between child and adult isn't defined nor in the spirit of people nor in the whole world. It is something that was arbitrary choosen by people, and as all arbitrary convention it can always be argued, why 18 years old and not 16 to vote? the same goes for the passage to adultehood, whether it is socially or sexually.
Even more on those time, Willx you said that because we live longer, it is normal for us to marry, have child etc older, but those our actual society goes really this way?
Now it's not really weird to see a young girl in her twelves with make up, dressed with frilly frilly dress or going to the beautician with her mother, such things were inacceptable there's 40 years ago, what about now? Ads, magazine, game, everything is more open about sexuality, that's how actual society is.
Actually I wonder if the only way to consider a child as an adult isn't simply to know if the child is able to procreate.
But at the same time, as we all know from homosexuality and everything, societal sexuality and biological sexuality are two different things. Maybe things are fine the way they are now.
And anyway as for this thread, instead or protecting virtual children, they should maybe try to protect real children.
|2012-09-19, 12:22
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now this area is where japan is 'exceptional' in the world like U.S. is exceptional when it comes to guns
... and Fuji thought 10 was the lowest they can go
tsk tsk tsk
here's a Fuji News Exclusive
... 3 sec. intro says it all
|2012-09-19, 12:40
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Oh look, a witch hunt again under the guise of a just cause to enforce moral BS.
Yes, child abuse and exploitation is going to need to be stopped and the perpetrators stopped from harming children. But when it comes to 2-ds? That's going to turn into a thought crime.
|2012-09-19, 12:41
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on a more serious note...
this report from NTV News Zero (midnight news) looks deadly serious business.
it further sheds light (behind the scenes) on what NTV considers 'almost porn' but still wank material niche.
|2012-09-19, 12:43
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At least the playmates are 18 years and older, unlike having 15 year old girls hooked on coke and diet pills strutting the catwalk for whatever designershow
|2012-09-19, 16:10
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I have to agree with SeijiSensei. The prevailing consideration shouldn't be how to remove child pornography with laws, but how we can properly handle it. When a kid is playing with potentially dangerous toy, would you forcibly take the toy away? or would you teach the child why not to play with the toy? Presiding ethics and morality of the individual remains regardless of whether their enjoyment was taken, in the end, all the laws are doing is pissing someone off rather than improving society.
Tendencies to be attracted to a younger audience sexually is something of a psychological disposition, be it deriving from a genetical deviation , cumulative experience that happened to lean towards a interest or inclination towards younger people, or ect. Binding more chains won't solve things. Also its precisely because that this form of child pornography does not depict real children that its a "perfect" substitute and way of coping for those who hold attractions towards younger girls. If this form of media results in a real person assaulting a young girl, its not the media at fault, but the mentality of the person to do such a thing. This isn't a moral class, nor am I proposing such, however I would rather hope that the standard of the common masses in cognitive awareness, capability of adequate understanding of philosophy, and respect all improve as mankind continues. As of now, its sickening. Besides, porn that doesn't depict reality shouldn't even be the main concern for the general public.
Way I see it is: Flexibility for the capable, condemnation for the incompetent. Or at least an attempt at reform, if that's possible for a bigot.
Edit: My point idea still stands regardless of whether its anime in question, or real people. The case for me here is whether people would actually consider doing things like rape. In the case of minors, if its mutual and they acknowledged filming it, then that's that.For the people who buy these things, the Way I see it summarizes my view.
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As long as this doesn't affect my precious junior idols I don't really care though
E: Well, fuck, just watched the 2 videos... Japan, what are you doing, don't bother with this harmless stuff.
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|2012-09-19, 17:26
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I believe we can split this issue into three parts, particularly when it comes to Japan:
1. Actual child pornography (minors actually engaging in sexual activities and sold on a commercial basis)
2. Minor Idols (gravure idols, etc)
3. Fictional representations (drawings, CGs, etc)
From what I understand, the case in Kyoto was Point 1.
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|2012-09-19, 19:58
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Apparently someone disagrees with me about the factual age of consent in Canada .. Or that historically young marriage was the norm all over the world!?
Anyways, one issue re: "taking away dangerous toys" example.. The same could be said about gun control. Sensitive topic, but statistics show that it does reduce violent crimes.. So yes, we do take away "dangerous" toys
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"I like to start working at thirteen because it is easier to command them. At sixteen they have a mind of their own."
|2012-09-19, 20:52
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|2012-09-19, 21:07
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but USA (guns) and Japan (cp's)?
dare take away their respective 'toys' and you'll see unintended consequences... and 'consequences will never be the same'
also japan has the reputation for having fewer crimes...
and think how much damage that will be for japans' national psyche if NPA one day decides to round up and detain thousands for possessing something as simple as TLRD in paperback or the doujin you found online (NPA computer forensics will log overtime and earn & make a killin' here!)
and speaking of the world's 'exceptional' countries...
|2012-09-19, 21:33
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|2012-09-19, 21:57
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|2012-09-19, 22:37
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...And yet no one in that country asks the million dollar question: "WHY does Japan have such a huge problem with sexual crimes?"
As usual, those idiots decide to sweep everything under the rug.
Imagine you have a house full of cockroaches. Obviously, roaches are quite the annoyance, so you have to take care of them somehow. There's a fuckton of them, literally covering almost the entire floor. In this situation, there are two things you can do:
1) Attempt to formulate a plan to eliminate the roaches. This may take time and effort, but the long-term advantages are excellent. It could take months, but you WILL have a house with no roaches. You'll solve the problem while keeping the integrity of the house. However, you can also:
2) Bomb the whole place to hell. You will completely destroy the house, leaving only a giant pile of rubble and burned roaches. You're going to have to find a new place to live, and you have eliminated the possibility of someone else living in this house in the future. But at least you took care of the cockroaches.
Japan is going for the second option. They don't ask themselves "why?" so that they can find a solution from the answer. "Okay so a lot of people around here like lolicon. That's pretty bad, I guess... Maybe if I find out why they like it so much I can find a solution. But, this will require thinking and planning from my part. Ugh, no fucking way. I don't want to think. It's too much work. I know! I'll just ban lolicon altogether. There, problem solved! Those people will probably look for something else to satisfy themselves, but hey, no more lolicon!"
Laws are an easy way for the government to swap a few flies... But it also decreases the size of the already tiny little bubble we live in. And when the bubble starts to get too tight it's going to burst, and everything the State attempted to do will go down the shitter. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I believe Anarchy is mankind's uuh... "final destiny" you could say. More and more laws are passed every year which decrease the size of our bubble. I wonder how long it'll take before everyone completely loses it?
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|2012-09-19, 23:27
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This is really giving me headaches, lets just...
Blame the government for their weak and ineffective enforcement of the laws.
Blame the makers for producing such porns.
Blame the people who patronizes them...
...everyone is at fault.... period...
|2012-09-19, 23:29
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|2012-09-19, 23:32
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Exactly. While there is a huge pornography industry, ultimately sexual crimes are far below the level of pretty much any other modern industrialized country, despite the lack of man specific laws. To me this entire thread is in itself is absurd: It's exploring a relatively small issue which looks big because Japan in general is much "cleaner" than other nations.
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After strongly considering leaping to the NFL, Bill O'Brien has reportedly decided to stay at Penn State.
O'Brien interviewed with both the Browns and the Eagles but has decided not to consider either position — or any other position — and will remain the head coach at Penn State, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports.
O'Brien was a well regarded offensive coordinator for the Patriots and became a hot head-coaching candidate when he led Penn State to an 8-4 record despite crippling NCAA sanctions in his first year as the Nittany Lions' head coach. But while O'Brien was at least interested enough in leaving to take interviews, he's going to stay the course at Penn State.
That leaves Oregon coach Chip Kelly, who is currently coaching in the Fiesta Bowl, as the candidate who is believed to be the first choice of both the Browns and the Eagles. If O'Brien is staying with Penn State, then Kelly just got even more leverage in contract negotiations.
UPDATE 10:30 p.m. ET: O'Brien told PennLive.com, "I'm not a one-and-done guy. I made a commitment to these players at Penn State and that's what I am going to do. I'm not gonna cut and run after one year, that's for sure."


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Jan 2012 19:12 UTC
Late last year, president Obama signed a law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects without any form of trial or due process. Peaceful protesters in Occupy movements all over the world have been labelled as terrorists by the authorities. Initiatives like SOPA promote diligent monitoring of communication channels. Thirty years ago, when Richard Stallman launched the GNU project, and during the three decades that followed, his sometimes extreme views and peculiar antics were ridiculed and disregarded as paranoia - but here we are, 2012, and his once paranoid what-ifs have become reality.
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RE: Reality check
by tidux on Tue 3rd Jan 2012 02:25 UTC in reply to "Reality check"
We don't need "large portions of the population" to be eyes on the code - we just need a few paranoid hackers acting as whistleblowers, who can point to where in the source code the malice happens. If we don't have the freedom to run, inspect, modify, and redistribute that software, that can't happen. The "trust the big institutions" mindset is what got the world into this plutocratic nightmare.
RE[2]: Reality check
by lucas_maximus on Tue 3rd Jan 2012 09:32 in reply to "RE: Reality check"
And that us why this http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html was spotted so quickly? ... oh wait it was there for years


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Disclaimers: I attended graduate school at U.C. Berkeley. I am presently employed by a software company that sells an infrastructure product named PI.
Oh, I expected the sentence to end with, "...and I still don't know why the fuck anyone cares about a number this long."
I'm going to the bar. Who's with me?
Well, I'm going to Pi. http://www.restaurantpi.com/ [restaurantpi.com]
why the fuck anyone cares about a number this long
Seriously, does anyone have an answer for this? Unless they're waiting to see if the digits start repeating themselves, I don't get why anyone would need a value of pi to be so precise.
Personally, I've assumed that the stupidly-precise values of pi were calculated out of pure obsessiveness and, perhaps, a desire for fame (of a kind).
But if they're using months of time on a very expensive, very new, publicly-funded supercomputer to calculate the value, then there's _got_ to be a reason. Right?
After waiting minutes for an answer, I decided to RTFA and, well, there is a reason (or at least a good excuse)
one application for computing the digits of Pi is to test the integrity of computer hardware and software, which is a focus of Baileyâ(TM)s research at Berkeley Lab. âoeIf two separate computations of digits of Pi, say using different algorithms, are in agreement except perhaps for a few trailing digits at the end, then almost certainly both computers performed trillions of operations flawlessy"
I don't buy it. Trillions of operations later we know the Sixty-trillionth binary digit of pi squared is 1 and the hardware is flawless or 50/50 chance it got lucky
Fifty-fifty, huh?
They are secretly looking for the digits to form an infinite series of encoded bitmaps of a circles, in order to prove that god has a sense of humour.
why the fuck anyone cares about a number this long
Because... if we have more binary digits of Pi, we can search for subsequences of digits representing mp3 songs. Using that, we can show that RIAA is wrong, because as a matter of fact, you can't copyright mathematics.
This reminds me of an altercation on one of the newsgroups a few years back, and I quote:
> > In article email@example.com (Eugene Miya) writes:
> > >We have just received a letter from Japan that a newer record for
> > >computation of digits of Pi was accomplished. Previously David Bailey
> > >here at Ames did a 30 million digit computation on the Cray-2.
> > >The new computation was done on an older Hitachi 810 supercomputer
> > >using extended storage. The n
What does that number "do"?
Pi is famous, and the more well known number to crunch. Why crunch Pi Squared? Can't you just square Pi?
Can't you just square Pi?
Well, yes, but doing so to vast precision requires you to to crunch a vast number of digits of pi, so I imagine it's all largely the same in the end.
Yep. Squaring a number is an O(n^2) operation.
Squaring a number with a naive algorithm is. With some decent algorithm it is O (n ln n). Like multiplying, division, square root, sine, cosine and many other functions.
What does that number "do"?
Well, for one thing, you could use it to defeat computers in the future.
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/031208/how-many-digits-of-pi-do-you-know.gif [toothpastefordinner.com]
Re:How many digists of pi do you know?
about 5 probably. My daughter can recite 50 or 100 or something like that.
"50 or 100 or something like that"?
That's like saying you have "1 or 2 cars or something like that" -- far too imprecise to be useful. In fact, 0 would satisfy "50 or 100 or something like that".
Ha ha.... while true, I sympathize with the grandparent. My daughter is also a Pi digit memorizer. She adds a few digits every so often, I can't keep track of how many she knows. I'd guess 75 or 100 or something like that.
I know all of them. I just don't know which order they go in.
OK I'm a dick.
"How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!" There you go, Pi to 14 digits in an easy to remember package. Count the letters in each word to get the right digits.
Easily beaten by this common and far more memorable verse:
How I wish I could enumerate Pi
"Eureka!" cried the great inventor
"Christmas pudding, Christmas pie
is the problem's very center!"
After hearing that one once, I could not help but remember pi to 20 decimals.
If I want to be more precise, arccos(-1) will do.
"Disclaimers: I attended graduate school at U.C. Berkeley. I am presently employed by a software company that sells an infrastructure product named PI.""
That's *not* a DISCLAIMER. That's a DISCLOSURE.
... enough to compute the circumference of the Milky Way galaxy to an error less than the size of a proton
Why bother carrying out the computation to such precision when the error in your measurement of the radius (or diameter) would be so much bigger.
It sounds like you think that's a statement about the pi they've calculated here, where the words immediately preceeding your quote, found at the top of this page, are "pi to 40 digits". Any of us could comfortably calculate that on paper in a day, or half an hour with a 10-digit solar powered calculator. I fear you may be guilty of slashdot-itis - an impulse to try and prove yourself smart by demolishing a strawman built from the headline, or the summary if we're lucky. Sometimes, the fail is too epic not
Not square.
Not square.
Besides, a square pi is more of a cobbler, don't you think?
Back in the land where I was born we had 'meat pies'. They weren't square exactly, more like rectangular with rounded corners.
(No Apple Computer (TM) had nothing to do with it.)
I only ever bothered memorizing 10 digits of Pi since that was the number of digits calculators had (back in '74 - it was an HP35
In Ye Olde Country, the strangest meat pie was the crescent-moon-shaped Cornish pastie.
Wow, a BlueGene/P is being used to run something other than Linpack. That's gotta be a first.
Disclaimer: I didn't attend graduate school at U.C. Berkeley, nor am I presently employed by a software company that sells an infrastructure product named PI. I have, however, wasted way too much time trying to get codes to build and run (slowly!) on BG/* platforms.
It's plain easy to calculate the sixty-trillionth digit of Pi... as long as you don't care about the digits that come before it: http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/2_28_98/mathland.htm [sciencenews.org].
20 computers a month for the trillionth, much less all 60... trillion. A month with 20 computers for one digit still doesn't seem that straight forward.
GP point is that computing a particular digit of pi is easy, you can even compute it manually. So in particular the 60 trilionth digit is easy to know. Knowing the first 60 trilionth digit is a much harder task.
You humans and your base-10 arithmetic. I use base-pi arithmetic. So pi = 1, and pi squared = 1. Computed in a nanosecond. Of course, it makes other computations slightly more complex. For example, I have about 3.183095825842514 fingers, more or less...
You just took 10 and divided it by pi and wrote that down, all in base 10. Also, pi in base pi would be 10, not 1 (like 2 is 10 in binary), and pi^2 is 100.
I'm not certain how other numbers in a non-integer base would be written down, but I think 10 in base pi would be 100.010221222... (pi^2 + pi^-2 + 2*pi^-4 + 2*pi^-5...) There may be multiple representations of the same number. For example, I think 10 could also be 30.121...
Of course, this being slashdot, I didn't RTFA.
Question: Knowing the diameter of the observable universe, how many digits of Pi are needed to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, accurate to within 1 plank length?
Answer: 62 digits. Here they are: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459
Calculated this one myself.
I think it would be tremendously funny to find out, at some suitably ridiculous decimal place, that all subsequent places are zero repeating. It would utterly break some people's heads to find out that the number is only "very, very particular," rather than "irrational."
It is the one hope that holds my interest when I read about crunching these numbers.
I'm sorry to destroy your one hope. [wikipedia.org]
There is a sequence of several 9's [wikipedia.org] fairly early in the decimal expansion of pi though. People have joked about memorizing pi out to 770 digits so they can say "...999999 and so on."
But seriously, the irrationality of arctan(1) (which equals tau/8 or pi/4) has been proven [wikipedia.org].
'A value of Pi to 40 digits would be more than enough to compute the circumference of the Milky Way galaxy to an error less than the size of a proton.'
I freaking love mathematicians. Everything has a proof when you can't actually prove it, coming or going.
What IS the sixty trillionth digit of Pi? That's what I'd like to know.
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Tear is a tear.
If it's a tear. See you next year Revis.
One of the worst injuries that could have happened, if true.
It's like with the Knicks last year, but worse. It was rough seeing Shumpert tear his ACL but at least that basically happened at the end of the season. 3 games in and this happens..
Best case scenario, he is out until after the bye week.
Can Tebow play corner??
Jason La Canfora says the Jets "fear" that he tore his ACL, but they won't know more until they do an MRI. https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/s...80082746171392
I guess that's not really news at all
Guys, let's be real. It's a torn ACL. We all saw it.
Per rex in the.posrgame. Revis' injury is unknown at this time. There will be an MRI tomorrow when they get home
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Postgame vibe on Darrelle Revis from the Jets' locker room was not good. Fellow DBs sounded like it could be a multi-week injury
I'll take the multiple week injury
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That's all it took to get into the Erie Insurance Arena on this particular night, all it took to get a chance to see Connor McDavid play.
But while his Erie Otters team hasn't always been worth the price of admission — stinking up the junior Ontario Hockey League to the tune of a 19-40-4-5 record good for 19th place in the 20-team league — the 16-year-old McDavid is worth every penny (or uncooked noodle) it takes to go see him live.
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Considering many players are still of high school age, players go to the rink and have a study hall for several hours a day, where they pursue their educations despite being full-time hockey players.
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McDavid hopes to one day play against his idol, Crosby, and his favorite team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. He recently got a chance to meet the man he's been getting compared to, calling it an unbelievable experience. He's also seemed to model himself after the face of the NHL already, from how he conducts himself in interviews to even his jersey number, wearing his birth year of "97" on his back much like Crosby does with "87."
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With Matt Gilroy having shown no progression in his defensive game, and Stu Bickel's discipline still needing plenty of work, the New York Rangers' waiver acquisition of veteran blueliner Roman Hamrlik was more of a necessity than it may have first appeared.
Hamrlik had fallen out of favor and out of shape with the Washington Capitals, given that he played in only four games before they let him go. But the first overall pick of the 1992 draft has played well for the Blueshirts so far, and didn't look out of place while getting 10:24 of ice time in New York's 3-2 win over New Jersey on Tuesday night.
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turn signal and cluster wtf
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Does it matter which way the signal stalk is moved? (Up/down)
Have you checked fuses for bad connection?
The hazard lights are powered by a different source since they have to work without the key in the ignition. I would suspect a bad connection powering the dash cluster. The big question is, do the signal lights outside still work properly after the dash lights go out?
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If it's a bad ground connection, could be one for the cluster. In that case, when turn signals are off, there will be a ground path through the turn indicator bulbs. The current drawn by the cluster is small and so would be the voltage drop at the bulbs.
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Wow LOL, she sounds like quite the character...here's another starer to add to the contest!
And frankly, if I lived next door, I'd be sad he doesn't bay. Coonhounds have beautiful voices!
I know this is an old topic, but please protect you dog. Crazy people poison dogs.
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New tax on electric bills is just outrageous
May 3, 2013
To the editor: Just because other communities have "Public Service Taxes" and fire department assessments and fees on their tax bills is no reason why we in Cape Coral must duplicate such an......
netransplant if what you say is correct and I would be in favor of a community that would serve all ages.
Why is the 6 votes on the 8 vote council in favor of seeking new residents in mass who are 62 and older who are retired, on fixed incomes, basically part time or no time workers? It seems to not be along the same lines as you speak. Now I see it more along the lines that they are seeking this 6-12% group because they require more service from local government. Thus a continuation of building city provided service paid with higher tax dollars. Rather than a city that targets those working in the private sector needing less service and paying taxes with products and services they provide throughout a community.
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Packer this tax started at 10% and was only dropped to &% to try to comfort fools like you to be comfortable with it.
As you have shown in your posts you really do not ask questions and if you accidentally do you got your answer. It already went from one percentage to another down for now and it can be revisited again to go up. The millage rate after the fire assessment is taken out and charged as a separate fee can go up along with the millage rate to 10. Catch up or try to cath on Packer!
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That's the problem with you lightswitch all one has to do is let you babble and rant. After that a couple simple questions and you squirm. You get backed into a corner and the only thing you can do is name calling.
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netransplant, there is a huge retirement community in Cape Coral, and they are very susceptible to tax increases. Don't blind yourself.
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lightswitch. Drive baby, Drive. anybody remember the list of 32 things Lynn says? Maybe we need to start one for this broken record.
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Defrayed costs from real estate tax in the form of assessments that were captured in that tax enables the city to not commit to staying within a budget. That makes it okay? Why build or even buy here when you can drive a short distance and receive more for less. The city manager stated he needs $300 million in capital improvement? That is a Christmas wish list that is not coming in one year. Not coming in 3 years! However if you leave this man and this present Slick 6 council to it your real estate tax and the existing non real estate taxes will continue to increase in percentages, additional items and more and more of your expendable income.
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Packer they stated going in that they were going to make it 10%. They looked at the potential and dropped it to &%. They maybe could have dropped it to 5,2, or zero. Packer are you a dunce or just acting like one?
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We witnessed increase in dual water sold to the voters a free use as often as you choose. From $0 to $5 to $10 to $9.50 after people kept complaining about the whole water/sewer rates. That was one instance and it happened before the first sprinkler was activated. Tax on CRA for a grand downtown people are not happy with where and how this money was spent. Look what is there after 20 years of taxing and attempting to change. The same thing that was there before a CRA and the extra tax. I could go on and on but why waste my time on a FOOL like you. You were in favor of the $13 million pulled out of water/sewer and storm water for land that will have very little to do with those line items. Your also intent on justifying a $20 million shortfall.
Logic tells one if the 2010 census visited over 80,000 homes/condos there were that many electric accounts not including 13,000 businesses. I realize some work out of residential homes. So between this tax, and fire assessment it will b
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Direct quote from lightswitch
"7% is just the beginning 10% will come and then why not 15% or 20%?"
Prove it! Show me where the council can legally do 15 or 20%.
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Kirsten, I couldn't find it as I was in a hurry. So I was wrong. It's no big deal except that I heard it said the mil rate at the meeting, not the PST. I could be wrong.
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Oh Grumpy, Grumpy. You embarass yourself. As you say, try reading this.
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Joe statements like: Rather than our Cape Coral made to eat such taxation, all the other communities suffering under the weight of such a taxation should demand a repeal of such an outrage. show your true intellect Other communities have realized that in order to maintain a decent quality of life one must balance the revenue stream to prevent feast or famine cycles. What I hear you say is ##escape the tyrant, and live in blight and ignorance## no thanks. "Cape Coral made to eat taxes" want fries with that?
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third song..third verse..The answer will be finishing the job that was started in 2011.it's no shock to learn you were part of the brink of bankruptcy that was caused by king and his freaking five.Balancing the budget with capital fund is big no-no. the citizens from the north area will prove once and for all that they want their roads fixed, they want their water and sewer and they want to be the rising star of the Cape. Step aside,lightswitch, stop living in the City Of Yesterday and move on!
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The tax that was quoted as being limited by state statute is the mil rate. There is nothing in the state constitution or laws that limits how much can be charged tax wise on a PST. The 2012 Florida Statutes
Title XIV TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 200 DETERMINATION OF MILLAGE
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200.081 Millage limitation; municipalities.—No municipality shall levy ad valorem taxes against real property and tangible personal property in excess of 10 mills, except for voted levies. History.—s. 1, ch. 67-396; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 17, ch. 82-154.
Note.—Former s. 167.441. Try reading that.
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Lightswitch...It has been quoted many, many times...the tax cannot go above 10%. Rescind, throw out, change, destroy, anything. You don't approve. We get it. I am sure you are in the forefront on the petition to get on the Nov. ballot. Good Luck.
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Joe, this is not only legitimate but also intelligent management. The laws of the state cap this assessment at 10%, FYI. The retirement community of Cape Coral is gone, and what remains is a vibrant community that has to be properly managed. You need to come to grips with that or move to the Villages.
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7% is just the beginning 10% will come and then why not 15% or 20%?
The solution will be vote McGrail out of office along with those that voted for this and then rescind what they ratified. It will not happen overnight but persistence will overcome.
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More realistic. I would just be happy if they could get back to where the ThinkPad was, almost. Just make hardware and support Linux. Don't tie yourself into supporting only one flavor of Linux (RedHat, SuSE) because that's always going to piss off someone you don't support and it misses an opportunity for sales and support.
If they just made hardware with support, meaning the manufacturer would work willingly with the volunteer developers to create the GPL drivers necessary to distribute on any *NIX pla
Pretty tepid "support" if you ask me.
The Great Swarm isn't going to be doing much special requesting, which means there's not going to be all that many machines that actually wind up with linux on the hard drive.
Better than nothing, I guess. Sigh.
I'm sure SCO will sell you one that will cover all distributions. Cheap, too!But where can I purchase a Debian license? I've been trying to buy one, but no one will sell me one.
Here ya go [spi-inc.org]. Just make sure to specify that you want it to go to "Debian."
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Is that like Gunfight at the OK Corral or Deliverance (Dueling Banjos)?
This conjures up images I can't even begin to describe adequately in the space given.
Sorry...couldn't resist that one. GRIN
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Is that like Gunfight at the OK Corral or Deliverance (Dueling Banjos)?
Heh. It reminds me of the first time I tried building a dual-boot machine by installing linux on a Windows box. I ran linux for a few weeks, then one day had to do some testing against Windows, so I booted it up. When I tried going back to linux, I couldn't get it to boot. It turned out that Windows had made the linux partition non-bootable.
My investigation found a paragraph hidden in the machine's paperwork where they said
Lenovo's executive headquarters are in Purchase, New York, USA with principal operations in Beijing, China, and Raleigh, North Carolina, USA and an enterprise sales organization worldwide. The company employs more than 19,000 people worldwide.
Unlike in the 70s, there're more and more things over which the government has no control, Lenovo being one. A lot of people think Lenovo is a government controlled company and that's why they bought IBM's PC business. The truth is, however, if Lenovo had been such a company, it wouldn't have stood a chance in competition against rivals such as Dell and HP. The bureaucracy alone would have killed it. They've got to have a hell of business se
Lenovo and IBM have a strategic alliance designed to provide a best-in-class experience for enterprise customers. The companies have entered into significant, long-term agreements that give customers preferred access to IBM's world-class customer service organization and global financing offerings, and that enable Lenovo to take advantage of IBM's powerful worldwide distribution and sales network. Lenovo's customers are able to count on the entire IBM team - including sales, services an
It may not have gone exactly like that, but it probably was similar. The day the announcement hit, I emailed my Lenovo rep to confirm the news. I also emailed my IBM rep separately, saying something along the lines of "at our work, we view Lenovo and IBM as being pretty much tied together - there's an IBM logo on the Lenovo ThinkPads we just bought, for example." And then asking IBM to confirm their continued support of Linux, as my part of the business runs a lot of IBM servers to run Linux.
IBM respon
This is worse than non-news, esp. given the kind of titles are so misleading (backtracking). Everybody, including
BUY a linux license? That just shows how far out of touch with the real world most 'executives' are.
Lenova corporate accounts, hello.
Yeah, uh I was just about to place an order for next years sales force laptops and I came across this article...Is it this true?..
Yes sir, our company strategy is to support Microsoft Windows only.
Hmmm.. Our corporate Stratagy is to Bury Microsoft Windows, payback is a bitch. I guess we will be placing orders for fewer laptops this year.
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Johnathan Castillo, 11, of Sweetwater won several honors during his participation in the Abilene Youth Bowling League from last September to this May. He and Abilene teammate Lane Couch, not pictured, placed first in the prep division. Castillo also received the award as the league's most improved bowler as he recorded a 28-pin improvement. He was also first in the singles, doubles and team competitions in all events at the city tournament. He will bowl in the state tournament at Plano and Richardson on June 18-19. Castillo is shown with bowling coach Don Herbst.


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Kalo to be harvested at Honolulu Community College
Ho'olaule'a to celebrate the first year of Ka Mala o NiuhelewaiHonolulu Community College
Billie K T Lueder, (808) 845-9187
Communications & External Affairs, Chancellor's Office
Communications & External Affairs, Chancellor's Office
Posted: Apr 17, 2012
It has been just over a year since the start of Ka Māla o Niuhelewai (The garden of Niuhelewai) and the kalo (taro) is ready for harvest. Honolulu Community College is planning a hoʻolauleʻa to celebrate the first year of the māla and enjoy the first crop of kalo. Everyone is welcome to join the celebration to learn how to pound his or her own poi, and enjoy the food (until it runs out).
Wednesday, April 18
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Honolulu Community College, behind the Children's Center (874 Dillingham Blvd.)
At 10:30 a.m., a pig that will be cooked in the imu will be uncovered with a pule to follow at 11 a.m. There will be Hawaiian music and participants will have the opportunity to pound poi using poi boards and poi stones made by students under the guidance of Makanani Attwood of Kaho'olawe, a Native Hawaiian agricultural practitioner, until 2 p.m. that afternoon.
In keeping with the sustainability theme, reusable plates or containers, beverage cups or bottles, and utensils are encouraged to limit the usage of paper goods to alleviate excess trash in the landfill as a part of Honolulu's sustainability efforts to care for the land.
Since July 2011, 20 Hawaiian varieties of kalo have been planted. Throughout the fall and spring semesters, students, campus groups, faculty, staff and community groups have cared for the māla. On April 18, the fruits of their labor will come full circle.
Honolulu Community College received a $25,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to plant Hawaiian varieties of kalo in a dry land māla. The māla serves as an educational platform to teach students using a traditional Native Hawaiian holistic approach.
The historical land use of the Honolulu Community College campus is thoroughly documented in the Land Court Awards and old maps of the Kalihi-Kapālama area. The campus area alone was home to 45 documented lo'i (taro patches), fed by Niuhelewai Stream and two springs, all of which were diverted and filled in after 1900. The idea of the project is to return a small portion to Hāloanakalaukapalili (first kalo, ancestor) to this 'aina (land), blending the old with the new with the understanding of mālama 'āina, or caring for the land.
For more than 90 years, Honolulu Community College has been serving the community as a comprehensive community college in the heart of Honolulu meeting the post-secondary educational needs of individuals, businesses, and the community. A member of the American Association of Community Colleges and the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, Honolulu Community College has been continuously and fully accredited since 1970 by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges.


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Esophagitis is the irritation and inflammation of the lining of your esophagus, or food pipe. Because the lining of the esophagus is sensitive, many things can cause swelling and irritation.
These are some possible causes of irritation and inflammation:
- Stomach acid in the food pipe. If you have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), stomach acid that leaks backward into your esophagus on a regular basis may cause esophagitis.
- Chronic vomiting
- Medications such as aspirin or other anti-inflammatory drugs
- Medical procedures, such as radiation therapy
- Infections that weaken your immune system
Esophagitis can have serious consequences that affect your quality of life. If left untreated, esophagitis may develop into a condition called Barrett's esophagus. This may increase your risk for esophageal cancer.
You may be at risk for esophagitis unrelated to an infection if you:
- Are pregnant
- Smoke
- Are obese
- Are an elderly adult
- Consume a lot of alcohol, coffee, chocolate, fatty foods, or spicy foods
- Use certain medicines, including NSAID pain relievers, nitrates, and beta blockers
- Have a spinal cord injury
- Have had radiation therapy for chest tumors
- Swallow medicine with too little water or get a pill stuck in your throat
- Have scleroderma, an autoimmune disease
Problems that can occur with esophagitis include:
- Difficulty swallowing or eating
- Bleeding
- Narrowing of the esophagus
- In about one in 50 adults, precancerous changes in the lining of the esophagus that lead to esophageal cancer
Preventing and living with esophagitis
Esophagitis can return if you do not make some changes in the way you live. Living with this condition means following your doctor's recommendations on lifestyle changes and medication use.
You may experience these symptoms with esophagitis:
- Sore throat
- Feeling that something is stuck in your throat
- Sores in your mouth
- Nausea or vomiting
- Difficulty or painful swallowing
- Heartburn
To make a diagnosis, your doctor may do these things:
- Take a medical history and do a physical exam.
- Order an upper GI series. For this test, your doctor will take X-ray images of your esophagus and stomach as you swallow a barium fluid that shows any problem areas.
- Order an endoscopy. This is an outpatient procedure in which your doctor uses a tiny camera on a thin, flexible tube to look inside your esophagus for signs of esophagitis.
- Do an esophageal pH test for stomach acid. Your doctor will use sensors or thin wires put in place during an endoscopy to gather information over one to three days. This may help your doctor find out about stomach acid that may be appearing in the esophagus.
Treatment for esophagitis depends on the cause. These are possible treatments:
- Therapy for the cause of your esophagitis
- Acid-blocking medicines
- Additional medications - Your doctor may prescribe drugs to strengthen the lower esophageal sphincter, which keeps stomach acid in your stomach.
- Lifestyle changes - If your esophagitis is caused by GERD, your doctor might offer these recommendations:
- Become more active.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Avoid or limit alcohol.
- Stop smoking.
- Change your eating habits to limit acid or irritation of the esophagus. This might mean switching to a bland diet for a while and avoiding spicy foods, citrus foods, chocolate, fatty foods, and caffeine.
- Raise the head of your bed so that you sleep with your head slightly above your feet.
- Surgery - Your doctor may recommend surgery if you have bleeding or narrowing of the esophagus or if needed to control the spread of precancerous cells.


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As the summer is upon us, cyclists once again take to our trails and roads. This occurs even as our narrow roadways are becoming increasingly overtaxed with oversized vehicles. Thus, it is an apt time for reiterating just how and why we need to share the roads.
As the summer is upon us, cyclists once again take to our trails and roads. This occurs even as our narrow roadways are becoming increasingly overtaxed with oversized vehicles. Thus, it is an apt time for reiterating just how and why we need to share the roads.
Cyclists should understand that they are, from a legal standpoint, the same as any other vehicle on the road. Thus, they should travel with, rather than against, the traffic, and should abide by the same rules as any other vehicle. This includes stopping at stop signs, signaling when turning and remaining aware that pedestrians have the right of way.
That last element often proves problematic for some cyclists, who would like to believe that they can enjoy the privileges of pedestrians when it comes to sidewalks and crosswalks — that oncoming motorized traffic should stop when they are in the crosswalk. The fact is, however, cyclists are not considered pedestrians unless they dismount and walk their bikes across the street.
Most cyclists seem to understand this and either choose to wait until there are no vehicles coming and ride across or get off their bikes and trek to the other side of the road. A handful of cyclists, however, seem bent on having it both ways, sometimes causing near collisions or worse.
Automobile drivers, too, should pay extra attention to the roadways around them. Just as the number of cars climbs during the warmer months, so too do the number of walkers and cyclists.
Not every crosswalk is well-marked, but one can be relatively confident that town centers and areas near schools, parks and playgrounds are more likely to have elevated levels of pedestrian traffic. There is no law against being cautious.
Likewise, drivers need to learn to share the road with other vehicles and bicycles. This is especially important when one vehicle is attempting to overtake a bicyclist. Vehicles traveling in the unobstructed lane generally have the right of way, and those who are slowed by a bicyclist must learn the art of patience. Trying to squeeze between the bicyclist on the right and an oncoming vehicle on the left is too dangerous on narrow roads.
Drivers should also heed the signs of the road. A yield sign means just that: Yield to prevailing traffic.
Although most of these rules have been with us for some time, technology has thrown another wrinkle into the mix. Although the dangers of texting and driving have been well-documented, a texting driver is more than 20 times more likely to be in an accident than a nontexting driver. Pedestrians, in particular, sometimes appear oblivious to their surroundings, a dangerous approach regardless of whether you are behind the wheel.
In the end, common courtesy should be the universal approach when it comes to sharing the road. We all have to use them, so we might as well try to enjoy the ride.


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The lights are on
If you spent time exploring the Internet in Grand Theft Auto V, you may have come across the "Who Killed Leonora Johnson" website. If you click the "Main Players" tab on this site, followed by the link for "Another Vinewood Mystery: Blood on the Rocks," you arrive at an old newspaper clipping detailing the death of another woman, Jolene Cranley-Evans. This article shows a picture of a particular location in the game. You can find it in northeastern part of the map on Mount Gordo.
If you travel to this location during the day, you won't find any clues leading to her murder or accidental death. If you wait until night – 11 PM to be precise – a ghostly image of a woman appears on one of the rocks. Approaching this apparition will make it vanish, but you can get a good look at her through a sniper rifle scope. If you climb onto the rock she occupies, you'll see the name "Jock" spelled in blood. The ghost and blood stain both disappear at midnight.
Is this ghost outing her husband for her murder, or is she reaching out to the love of her life for help? Until we get answers, Jolene will continue to haunt Mount Gordo.
Check out the video below to see her ghost!
Email the author Andrew Reiner, or follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Game Informer.


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Linked by Dmitrij D. Czarkoff on Fri 31st Aug 2007 08:54 UTC
This article is an answer to "Competition Is Not Good" by Kroc and reading it wouldn't be comfortable without switching to and from the original article. I wrote it just because I do strongly disagree with Kroc and I believe I can prove that he is not as close to truth as it may seem from the first glance.
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RE[5]: I really don't see the point of all this
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Dear Oh Dear
An uregulated economy is what we had in the UK in the 19th century, when the vast majority of the population had no rights, subsistence level living and low life expectancy.
That is why, after a lot of agitation, more and more regulation was brought in (no coincidence that this happened with the deepening of the franchise)
In the western world the closest to your ideal is the U, and that society I see as a nightmare. (gun-crime and healthcare anyone)


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Insurance companies are charging up to $1700 more than each other for home and contents policies covering identical houses in the same suburb, prompting calls for greater transparency.
But the industry argues the variations are due to different types of coverage and are evidence of healthy competition.
Research by the Emergency Services Levy Insurance Monitor, which surveyed premiums across 11 suburbs, found an average variation of $1100 between insurers for "basic home and contents polices".
In Medlow Bath, the highest quote of $2794 was from GIO, two-and-a-half times larger than the lowest quote of $1106 from Coles.
In East Gosford and Bradbury, near Campbelltown, the maximum quotes were 2.4 times more than the lowest, a difference of $1461 and $1700 respectively.
The monitor, Professor Allan Fels, said suburbs have different characteristics "and you would expect to see price differences across locations".
"But it's very concerning there are such big differences in prices quoted for the same property," he said. "It suggests that competition is not fully effective in this industry."
Professor Fels says insurers "are ignoring" calls to list the previous year's policy cost in their renewal insurance notices - a measure being introduced for UK general insurers from April.
Insurers had also resisted establishing home insurance price comparison websites.
Insurance Council of Australia chief executive Rob Whelan branded the monitor's comparisons "misleading" and said that "each insurer's policy is different".
"They offer varying inclusions and exclusions, with different limits," he said.
"Further, several insurers quoted offer total replacement, which usually has a higher premium, while most insure for agreed value."
Mr Whelan said insurers are "exploring the feasibility" of listing last year's premium on renewal contracts and the council had organised a trial.
He said comparison websites "do not best serve the interests of consumers" but the council will conduct an "industry review of product comparability options" to improve customer understanding of differences.
However Susan Quinn, senior policy officer with the Consumer Action Law Centre, said a comparison website "would be a good first step and an improvement on transparency for consumers as it is".
"What's really needed from the industry is to accept the onus for consumers being able to compare policies," she said.
Professor Fels has been appointed to oversee the change in funding the NSW fire and emergency services budget from a levy on insurance contracts to an annual tax on property from July 1.
The monitor is charged with ensuring insurers drop residential insurance premiums by up to 20 per cent and can apply penalties of up to $10 million to companies breaking the rules.


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Off topic so apologies - but I would love to know what this Men's Breakfast is? Can any man go? Are there equivalent Women's Breakfasts?I have never heard of this before!
I think everyone has offered some wonderful breakfast items. But I think your original menu offers enough variety and enough food for a group of 20. I know if I was going to a breakfast, I wouldn't be expecting a full breakfast buffet with every breakfast option imagineable.
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We all know that social media use has grown dramatically among younger age groups. However, older users have been especially active during the past year embracing the new networking tools. Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010, according to the latest report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
Between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking use among internet users ages 50‐64 grew by 88%–from 25% to 47%. During the same period, use among those ages 65 and older grew 100%–from 13% to 26%. By comparison, social networking use among users ages 18-29 grew by 13%—from 76% to 86%.
The study poses challenges to automotive marketing and communications departments, which historically have relied on mass market advertising and specialist, highly pampered automotive media – some of whom don't even own a car, relying on car company handouts instead – to raise awareness and purchase consideration of new vehicles, as well as bolster company reputations. Now, word of mouth via e-mails and electronic posts can praise or pan a new or old model – and trash a company – outside of the once considerable influence of auto companies with traditional media.
"Young adults continue to be the heaviest users of social media, but their growth pales in comparison with recent gains made by older users," explains Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist at Pew.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A pair of time changes have been finalized for Harvard Crimson home football games in 2011. Games against Bucknell (Oct. 15) and Princeton (Oct. 22) will now be played at 1 p.m. after originally being scheduled for noon.
The only game at Harvard Stadium currently scheduled for a noon kickoff is the Nov. 12 contest against Penn, which will be televised nationally on Versus TV.
All children, 12 years old and under, receive free admission to home football games (non-Yale) with no limit to the number of children per family.
A new online ticketing system is available 24 hours/day at tickets.gocrimson.com. Crimson fans can easily go online to renew or purchase season tickets, as well as additional items such as Kids Club memberships and video board messages. Tickets.gocrimson.com also provides fans with up-to-date game and promotional information for all Harvard Athletics ticketed events. Tickets are also available via phone at 617-495-2211 or in person at the Harvard Athletic Ticket Office.
Single-game tickets go on sale August 1 at 9 a.m.
The Crimson opens its season Sept. 17 at Holy Cross before making its home debut on Friday, Sept. 23 against brown under the lights at Harvard Stadium.
Following road games at Lafayette (Oct. 1) and Cornell (Oct. 8), the Crimson returns home for three straight home games. On Oct. 15 Harvard plays its final non-conference game when the Crimson takes on Bucknell in the teams' first meeting since 1997. Harvard then steps back into league play against Princeton (Oct. 22) before hosting Dartmouth (Oct. 29).
After a road game at Columbia on Nov. 5, Harvard plays its final home game Nov. 12 at noon against Penn on Versus TV. The Crimson then travels to Yale for the 128th playing of The Game in New Haven, Conn., also televised live on Versus TV.
All home games will be broadcast live and on-demand on GoCrimson.com.
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Z/28 Battles GT-R & 911 Turbo S—and wins!Our colleagues over at Motor Trend matched up a brand new 2014 Z/28 against a GT-R Track Edition and the latest Porsche 911 Turbo S for a three-way battle. As it turns out, the Z/28's performance isn't just media hype, courtesy of GM. Thanks to the 15-inch carbon ceramic Brembos, those super wide 305 mm tires (at all four corners), and that magnificent DSSV suspension system, the $75,000 Camaro outpaced the $118,000 Nissan and $200,000 Porsche 911 Turbo S around the 2.27-mile Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. By how much? The Z clicked off a 1:36.17, compared to the GT-R's 1:36.34, and the 911's 1:36.45. Nothing drastic, but enough to claim top honors. Motor Trend reports that they'll be comparing a 2015 Nismo GT-R, and a Porsche 911 GT3 against our favorite track car at the Laguna Seca circuit later this year. We wait for the outcome of that with great anticipation! In the meantime, you can read about this battle in the May 2014 issue of Motor Trend, or head over to their website at MotorTrend.com for the full story.
GM Releasing Eleven New Engine Variants by 2017With the ever-increasing fuel economy restrictions, you can expect engines to get smaller and more efficient—at least for your basic commuter cars. General Motors has recently announced their new "modular" Ecotec engine family that will range from 1.0-1.5L in size. Yes, we said one-liter. Apparently they're developing a 1.0L 3-cylinder turbo engine that will power the Opel ADAM in Europe, and updated versions of the 1.4L turbo and 1.5L engines that will find their way into the next generation Chevy Cruze, due out for the 2015 model year. These new engines will deliver more refinement, efficiency, and less noise intensity that Volkswagen's EA211 1.4L four-cylinder and Ford's 1.0L turbocharged three-cylinder. These engines will be manufactured at several locations all over the world, but only for their respective zone. So fear not Americans, your 2015 Cruze will be equipped with an engine manufactured right here in North America. Learn more by going to: media.gm.com/GM-EcotecFamily.
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I now have over a couple thousand miles on the Enves. They are as true as the day is long, without any adjustment. I've gotten accustomed to the sound amplification that was originally disconcerting (if you shoot a rock out from under a tire, the hollow carbon rim amplifies the noise greatly). I've grown used to the responsiveness, the ease with which they accelerate, the way that they cut through angular crosswinds, and the speed with which the DT240 rear hub, with the 36T upgrade, engages at the slightest twitch of the pedals. I say I've gotten used to all of those things because I threw my old Fulcrum 3s on there, and couldn't believe the difference in each of those areas.
I've had 2 flats on them, neither of which was the fault of the tire. One was road-debris related, and the other was a poor decision to take a freshly graveled road instead of a much longer paved detour. In both instances, the Bontrager R3 tires I run were easy to mount and dismount, and I appreciated having clinchers instead of tubulars.
I have no real constructive criticism of the wheels, other than to note that the brake pads, while highly effective in nearly all conditions (including rain), do wear appreciably faster than the 'stock' Dura Ace pads I used to run with aluminum clinchers. (And I say Dura Ace pads because they're the pads that came on the Dura Ace brakes I run–they may just be a stock Shimano part). With the miles I've put in so far, the brake pads are likely more than half worn (if you accept that the end of the grooves cut into the pads is the end of useful wear life). That said, the wheels themselves show no signs of wear on the brake tracks–so I'm guessing the sacrificial 'ENVE specific' pads are doing their job.
Without a doubt and beyond any comparison, the wheels are the single best, biggest improvement in any bike that I've ever ridden. Were I buying a bike on a limited budget tomorrow, I'd likely look at a less expensive frame or gruppo, to save money for more expensive wheels. And were I looking at a 'cost is no object' set of wheels for midwestern road riding in all conditions, I wouldn't even look at anything other than the SES 3.4 Clinchers. (I guess if cost is no object, I might look at lighter hubs–but that's going to be a sub-marginal gain). I saw in a recent magazine article that the ENVE SES 6.7 won an overall comparison of similar depth wheels, based on its performance under varying circumstances. I also greatly appreciated a relatively recent opinion piece comparing the ENVE SES to other available wheels, like ZIPP 404 Firecrests. (If you don't want to follow the link, ENVEs provide similar aerodynamic benefits with significant (i.e. 200 gram) weight savings).
So the current update: I love them, I have no complaints–save for the fast pad wear (which I'd take over rim wear), and I highly recommend them.


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Francisco O'Brien
Francisco O'Brien
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Francisco O'Brien, 56, of Union Avenue, a retired laborer, died January 8 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Judith L. (Thompson) O'Brien and a son of the late Edward and Frances (Palumbo) O'Brien.
Francisco was the beloved father of Francisco A. O'Brien and Sheila A. Caballero. He was the brother of John Palumbo, Edward O'Brien, Daniel O'Brien, Salvatore O'Brien, William O'Brien, Louis O'Brien, Patricia Bouchard, Ida Bisesi, Esther Walton, Christine Cianci and Lisa Pedchenko. He is also survived by three grandchildren.
His funeral service will be held Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. in Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Chapel, 2435 Warwick Ave. Visiting hours will be from 4-7 p.m. For information and condolences visit www.thequinnfuneralhome.com.