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It follows from the modularity theorem for elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ that there are finitely many elliptic curves of a given conductor $N$. Moreover, one can algorithmically enumerate them. [Edit: As Emerton comments below, without further argument, this is only true for elliptic curves up to isogeny!]
Was the finiteness and/or algorithmic enumeration of elliptic curves of a given conductor known before the modularity theorem?
Every elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$ can be written in the form $y^2 = x^3 + ax + b$ where $a, b \in \mathbb{Z}$ with discriminant $\Delta = -16(4a^3 +27b^2) \neq 0$. So the number of elliptic curves of discriminant $D$ is bounded above by number of nontrivial pairs $(a, b) \in \mathbb{Z}^2$ such that $D = -16(4a^3 +27b^2)$.
Let $D \in{\mathbb{Z}}, D \neq 0$ be given. Because $D \neq 0$, the cubic equation $b^2 = \frac{-D}{16\cdot27} - \frac{4a^3}{27}$ is nonsingular, so by Siegel's theorem there are finitely many solutions. It follows that there are finitely many elliptic curves of a given discriminant. Silverman's book says that Baker even gave an explicit upper bound in this case, which was refined by Stark.
However, a priori there is no bound on the size of the discriminant of elliptic curves of a given conductor, so it doesn't immediately follow that there are finitely many elliptic curves of a given conductor. Szpiro's conjecture implies that if one fixes the conductor there are only finitely many discriminants that give that conductor. However, this conjecture is open (or not, depending on the status of Mochizuki's work).
Is there a weaker form of Szpiro's conjecture that has been proved giving an upper bound on the discriminant of an elliptic curve of a given conductor? If so, what's the minimum amount of technology needed to get the results?
Of course there are also issues of effectivity as well, which I also welcome comments on.


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Varicella pneumonia can occur 2 to 10 days after the chickenpox rash.
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Sunday night's Saints-Colts game reminded me of last year's Redskins-Eagles blowout on Monday Night Football.
Playing the role of Mike Vick this year: The entire Saints offense.
The Saints won 62-7 in the Superdome, the most points scored in a game since 1985. As you would expect, some of the numbers from the game were nutty.
The Saints scored on their first nine possessions. They had 36 first downs to nine for the Colts.
Drew Brees had more touchdown throws (five) than incompletions. His 31-for-35 gives him an 89% completion percentage, the second highest all time. Sean Payton broke the record for earliest head coach hot dog in NFL history.
It's tempting to say the Colts just aren't very good and move on, but the Colts have hung around in every game since Week One. They are an NFL team. It's not like other teams are going to put up 62 points on them.
At their very best, the Saints offense rivals any in the league. Including the Packers and Patriots.
They have three dynamic running backs. Their first round pick Mark Ingram — who suffered a bruised foot late in the game — is probably the third least important back behind Darren Sproles and Pierre Thomas.
The Saints have a tight end on pace for a record-breaking season. They have four wide receivers who all have different skill sets and know the offense incredibly well. They have two Pro Bowl guards. They have the biggest homefield advantage among good teams in the NFC.
At 5-2, the Saints aren't perfect. But they should get to 6-2 next week against the Rams before heading back to New Orleans for a huge division game against the Bucs.
We still have questions about whether the Saints defense is Super Bowl caliber, but the offense has the pieces to be just as good as it has ever been.


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Fire officials said ice broke through a glass atrium at the Sony Building in New York City Saturday night, injuring 10 people, including Snooki and Vinny from MTV's Jersey Shore.
But it's all good, Snooki tweeted.
Its okay Vin and I are still alive ... Omg roof just collapsed at the purim event! We thought the dj was beatin the beat hardcore but nope,the roof couldn't handle snooki and vin ..."
Queen Esther and Vin were at a celebrity Purim party at the restaurant Solo, to celebrate "one of the many times The Jews were freed from oppression, but this time, with costumes and masks and noisemakers," according to Gawker.
The injured were taken to area hospitals for treatment; no one was seriously hurt, according to a spokesman for the New York City Fire Department.
But Vin claimed the incident might be due other forces at work.
Roof just collapsed at Purim event.... I think me and @snooki felt the wrath for not being Jewish
The Jersey Shore castmates were not the only celebrities in attendance. Sex and the City (HBO show and movie versions) hottie Chris Noth was also there, according to TMZ.
So what happened after the shards of glass fell everywhere and the injured were taken care of? The party kept on rockin'. Which just goes to show, celebs or no, you can't stop a good Purim.


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Wanted to get the opinion of an expert.
Attached is a photo of a customer's window.... as you can see there is a large cold spot above the window... Here's my opinion..am I right?
The large horizontal cold spot is thermal bridging from the double 2x6 or 8 top plate.
DO you agree? The customer's pain was condensation on the windows. WIndows were well installed with minimum leakage. The house was very tight, which I believe is the problem..not this.
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Good start! What is the direction of the wall? Time of day? Sun loading. Delta T? Is the Blower Door running or if it is after the Blower Door test, how long?
If you were 11 AM on a south wall, and there was no external shading (another building) then you had solar loading.
I hate it when my images come out like this. The focus point appears to be Finial on the Lamp. That puts the wall out of focus.
I would agree the colder areas along the ceiling line are more to do with construction techniques and thermal bridging then they represent a problem you can deal with. Is the wall insulated? FG batts? If so, it appears they may have pulled away, in the rounded corners, or perhaps are installed compressed, or out of contact with the drywall. This is harder because of the focus.
Let's see what the others have to say.
Could you send me a copy of file with this pic as well?
Matthew, I never received the file... david at meiland dot com
Same image in the Ironbow palette....
My guess is that if you took off the drywall, you would find fiberglass batts jammed into the stud bays and not in contact with the drywall at the top. The double top plate is cold!
It's hard to tell from just the one pic - do you have a shot before the BD was run??
Since the BD was running, if it's the top floor or equivalent, I could make a case for no baffling and poor or no alignment of the thermal envelope - in other words wind washing at the eaves all to heck and gone.
What does master J. Snell say?
Thanks for the "master" plug! I hope I can meet expectations. Jeezopeets! Anyway, it certainly appears to be a header. There may be an air space associated with it. Did you take other images before you depressurized with a blower door? That might help show you if it is just an uninsulated header or if there is also an air leakage pathway around it. There certainly seems to be air leakage along the top plate! What is the source of that?
I'd suggest your saying "The house was very tight, which I believe is the problem" is actually not accurate. The house has humidity too high for the temperature conditions. Either reduce RH or increase window temperature to reduce condensation. I often see condensation in bedrooms (people like them cold) and sometimes there is no easy fix. It would not surprise me to hear there is staining or even mold on the wall along the cold top plate.
What is the RH? Anything between 30-50% is "normal," but if the bedroom is colder (it appears it is), RH will continue to increase there. I'd suggest you check for obvious sources of moisture—poorly vented dryer, bathroom vent fans, crawlspace with no ground cover, etc.—to see if moisture can be reduced at the source. If not, consider adding a continuous, low-velocity vent fan or heat exchanger.
One last thing, when you need to view your IR image, I'd suggest you not have picture-in-picture. Reformat it in the software so it is FULL IR and you'll often have an easier time seeing what is going on. Very easy to change it back and forth to other fusion modes. And, if I can be just a bit picky (:-)), work on sharpening focus/image freezing. So speaks The Master!
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How to Package a Food Gift
After you've spent the time to make a delicious gift from your kitchen, take some packaging precautions before sending it. Keep in mind you can never have too much protection when you pack your food gifts:
The first layer of wrapping should be around the food itself. Make sure that it is sealed for freshness, particularly if you aren't using an airtight container.
Place sheets of wax paper between layers of cookies or candies. You can also help prevent shifting in the box by placing one final layer of wax paper on top of the food. Then loosely wad tissue paper and place it on top. Use just enough to assert a little pressure, not enough to mash down the food. Close the lid gently.
Decorative tins are good choices for shipping because, in addition to being air tight, they're rigid.
Double up on boxes. After you place your gift in a sturdy gift box, fit that into a bigger, rigid, corrugated shipping box. Leave plenty of room on all four sides, as well as the top and bottom of the box to add protective buffers. Use material that's available — crumpled newspaper, recycled packing peanuts — but don't skimp. Use plenty of filler in between the two boxes.
If you choose to send a jar or bottle, wrap a few extra layers of bubble wrap around it before you proceed with the packing.
Put a card with the recipient's address on the inside of the box . . . just in case.
Enclose a little note with the name of the gift and, if appropriate, how to enjoy it.
Seal the package with a strong packing tape, not regular adhesive tape.
Put a strip of clear packing tape over the address on the outside of the box to keep the address from smearing.
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Trend Alert! Wallpaper's coming back
I've read it, heard it and seen it too many times lately to ignore this new reality: Wallpaper is making a comeback.
Here you see Cole & Son's Woods wallpaper used in a bathroom at a decorator showcase house in San Francisco.
Locally, the Wallpaper Bin in Northridge and other shops have been waiting for this moment. You can find amazing books of wallpaper swatches at any paint store.
While the rest of us have gotten involved with trends like sponging and glazing and faux finishes, the wallpaper people have patiently tooled along, designing and manufacturing a plethora of wallpapers. And now, we may turn our eyes in that delightful direction and wonder: Where has wallpaper been all our lives?
Here are some other recent articles that talk about this new happening:
Wallpaper — Not just for walls anymore! [CBS — The Early Show]
Hanging in there with wallpaper [Baltimore Sun]
Shopping for wallpaper less daunting with a style — and price — in mind [The Oregonian]
Wallpaper makes a comeback [Oprah.com]
Decorative wallpaper makes a comeback [Business Daily Africa]
However, not everyone appreciates the beauty of this re-emerging decor trend. Paris Hilton was reportedly banned for life from the Hyatt Hotel in Moscow for signing her name in black marker on some very expensive wallpaper. On the other hand, maybe she was just in the discovery stage of designing her very own line of wallpaper.
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The first time I ever watched Roy Halladay pitch live was when I was in college at Michigan State. For one of my specialized journalism classes, we actually took a "field trip" to Comerica Park to take in a ballgame, talk to experienced reporters and do a mock interview setting with a couple of Tigers players. The real fun began when all that class stuff was out of the way before the game.
During that game on September 17, 2003, I sat about two or three rows behind home plate and watched Halladay simply baffle Detroit's hitters. I can still visualize that up-close look at the drastic break on his curve and sharp bite on his cutter and two-seamer. His line that day: 9 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 7 K. Well, on Tuesday night here, it was classic Halladay once again.
The Angels just looked helpless at the plate tonight. Sure, they squeezed out five hits — one passed the glove of a diving Aaron Hill, another on a bunt, one more of the infield variety, and two legit hits to the outfield. Other than that, Halladay was masterful: 13 outs via grounder, including 10 between the fourth and ninth. He faced 30 batters and 19 had their at-bats come to a close with three pitches or fewer — four on the first pitch, 10 on the second and five on the third.
After the first inning, only one baserunner advanced to second base — and that was Chone Figgins on defensive indifference in the ninth. The walk to lead off the second was erased on a double play. A leadoff single in the sixth was subsequently canceled out on a fielder's choice and then a 5-4-3 double play. That inning took a ******** five pitches. There was a single in the eighth, but the runner was stranded and ditto for Figgins at second in the final frame.
All in all, Halladay needed just 99 pitches to turn in his fifth complete game. That's a big league-best five CGs from a guy who missed three weeks after having his appendix removed in May. At home, Halladay is now 10-1 this season. He only struck out two, but with how early the Halos were swinging, strikeouts weren't really in the cards.
This, and the 10-inning pitcher's duel with Detroit's Jeremy Bonderman might be the two best outings of the year for Halladay. The 1:50 gem that he and Chicago's Mark Buehrle spun in Halladay's first start off the DL was pretty amazing, too. Geez, not to mention when those two faced off again in Chicago in July.
Needless to say, Halladay has been a joy to cover as a reporter. You can [almost] always bank on it being a quick game. Tonight, it took all of 1 hour and 58 minutes for the good doctor to dispose of the Angels. Then again, it took about half that amount of time for him to finish with his postgame routine before he came out to talk to the media, but I digress…
Where would this team be without Halladay? It's a blessing for the Jays that he re-upped through 2010, when he could've easily opted to test the open market. Can you imagine what kind of cash teams would throw down for Halladay in the current market for pitching? Kind of makes the $12.8 million he's being paid this year seem like a bargain, doesn't it?
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Halliday signing for the money he signed for shows what kind of class individual he is. I remember him saying at the time: "Last time they did me a favor so this time I did them a favor back".
He knew, clearly, that he was signing for undermarket money, but he also knew, the Jays needed money to bring in other talent and couldn't afford to do so, if Halliday got what he deserved. Today he'd likely get 20-25 mill per year for 5 years.
In this day and age of overpaid underachievers in baseball and other team sports; to see what this guy did, without fan fare or really any public gratification, to help his team is a statement about Halliday the man.
The closer you look at him, the better he looks.
On a different note, does anyone know why David Purcey has not pitched since early June?
burt-good question.
Purcey was put on the DL right after his last start with apparent arm problems. But, there's been no information as to how serious it is, what the reccomended treatment is or how long he'll be out.
Hopefully, he doesn't need Tommy John surgury.
Maybe Jordon could find out his status for us
Can anyone tell me when they will stop using Luna and Olmeda. I mean they are still in the thick of the race here with 6.5 games back. How do they expect to do it with those to swinging at air. I think Luna is o for 10 or something. Even his sack fly wasnt impressive. What about if Reed Johnston played third and Stairs played leftfield to get him in more often since im sure they are worried about stairs ability to make quick plays at third. Reed at third. Your thoughts and I know Reed is a great left fielder but for offensive reasons it might be a good move. can he play there
I've got to say, I'll take Luna at third over Johnson/Stairs any day. Although it would be great to have both Johnson and Stairs' bats in the lineup, they are not third basemen. To make them learn a new position this late in the season seems like grasping at straws.
Give Luna a chance. He's started, what, three games since he got to the Jays? That's hardly enough time to prove anything. Sure, he'll never replace Glaus' bat, but he might be able to do a couple of little things….
I agree with you. I wonder if Olmedo can play 3rd. He looks better to me than Luna defensively.
Stairs played third in 90-91 while playing in Mexico and in '94 for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan, so it's not a new position, although he would certainly be rusty.
Although I'm a huge fan of Stairs, I just don't see him doing well at third, even if he did play there in the past. His defense at first and in left is already barely average, so who knows how he'd do at third.
Luna is not the perfect solution, but unfortunately he's as good as it gets. His defense isn't great either, but at least he's played that position in the past decade. Olmeda's not too bad an option either — he's blooped a couple of singles, dropped a nice bunt the other night, and his defense is acceptable.
Besides, a lot of the Jays' pitchers are ground ball guys. Why make them pay the price for lousy defense at third?
Jays gotta to make the playoffs to give Doc the taste of pitching in the playoffs before 2010. Plus, Doc isnt getting any younger and it ain't easy to have a homegrown ace stay for so long.


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Once again I'm excited to announce our Instagram Challenge for the month of March! It's the #doodlewithusinmarch Instagram Challenge created by me and Alexandra (from @alexandra_plans).
It's going to be 31 days of doodles that will hopefully get you to be creative and have fun! The theme of March's prompts is 'Fairy Tales', and I seriously can't wait to start drawing!!!
As we did before, all the doodles are part of one big comprehensive picture. Imagine each day to be one piece of the puzzle. So, at the end of the month you will have one big doodle picture! :)
If you decide to follow this way, you'll have to create a table with 5x6 +1 boxes and you shouldn't add the days on the top. You can also make the boxes and dates in pencil, if you don't want the lines to obscure the end result. It's totally up to you.
Of course, if you prefer to draw the doodles in the traditional way, that's absolutely fine as well. The important thing is to have fun!
You can also download a free printout with the daily prompts here.
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BOSTON, Mass.—UMass Boston women's hockey raced out to a 2-0 lead after one period and held on for a 3-1 victory over St. Michael's College Saturday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Ice Arena.
With the win, UMass Boston evened their record at 8-8-3 and 4-6 in ECAC East play. The loss dropped the Purple Knights to 1-14-2 and 0-9-1 in conference play.
Courtney White (Medford, Mass.), Alexa Cappione (Massena, N.Y.) and Samantha Fallon (Pembroke, Mass.) for the Beacons who finished off their season-high eight-game home-stand 5-2-1.
Goaltender Casey Schaejbe (Arlington, Mass.) stopped 24 of 25 shots to move to 4-5 on the season. The sophomore netminder came up huge for UMass Boston in the first two periods, with 11 saves in the first and 10 more in the second.
Emily Loebs scored the lone tally for the Purple Knights, while Trina Frasca stopped 28 of 31 shots for St. Michael's.
White opened the scoring for the Beacons when she knocked home a rebound off of Kristen Embrey's (Highland Ranch, Colo.) shot from the slot to give UMass Boston a 1-0 lead 3:28 into the first period. With the puck sitting on the edge of the crease, White tapped it through Frasca's pads for her second goal in three games.
UMass Boston added to their lead just before the end of the first, when Cappione potted her first collegiate goal. The sophomore defenseman skated into the zone and roofed a wrister over Frasca's pads for a 2-0 Beacons lead with 30.4 seconds to go in the period.
Loebs put her team on the board 15 minutes into the second period when she converted on the power-play. After taking passes from Erin Dwyer and Sarah Bagley, Loebs slipped a low shot past Schaejbe who never saw the puck because of traffic in front of the net.
The Beacons picked up a much-needed insurance goal 2:56 into the third when Fallon registered her team-leading ninth tally of the year. Fallon slipped a shot past the Purple Knights goaltender on the power-play, with Alyssa Sullivan (Medford, Mass.) and Emily Howard (Terryville, N.Y.) picking up assists on the play.
UMass Boston finished the contest with a 31-25 shot advantage thanks to a 15-4 edge in the third period. Both teams struggled on the power-play all afternoon long, as the Beacons finished 1-for-6 and St. Michael's ended the game 1-for-7.
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The Swedish artist said Friday that he spent 2 1/2 years and 100 tons of paint to complete his work, "Mother Earth," inside an aircraft hangar in Angelholm, southern Sweden.
Guinness World Records in London confirmed it was the world's largest painting done by a lone artist, more than twice as big as the previous record holder.
Aberg's painting depicts a woman holding a peace sign.
"The idea was to do something for peace," Aberg said. "This is a peace painting that symbolizes the world with the woman as its symbol."
He completed the painting at the end of June, and Guinness approved the record last week.
The previous record, according to Guinness, was a 41,400-square-foot painting by Canadian artist Eric Waugh. "Hero," was unveiled in 2000 at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.
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The TBS Just for Laughs comedy festival has wrapped for another summer in Chicago, having played out in venues changing from the Chicago Theatre to Stage 773. Here are reviews from select shows over the weekend; check back Tuesday for a report on Bill Maher. (Find more at justforlaughschicago.com.)
Seth Meyers at the Chicago Theatre: Chicago has offered a remarkable vantage point from which to ponder the rise of Seth Meyers, from boyish off-Loop sketch artist to stand-up at the Vic Theatre to, on the cusp of his assumption of the "Late Night" throne, a besuited headliner at the Chicago Theatre. And the reasons for that ascendancy were clear Friday night before a house filled with Meyers' notably broad demographic: Meyers represents a flight to quality. The head writer at "Saturday Night Live" knows how to pen a smart gag, and he has brainy staffers who can help. As in past shows, Meyers ended the night with modestly racy gags from his "Weekend Update" springboard that did not pass muster with the NBC censor. But the rest of the set was a deft blend of the personal and the political, the international and the local ("I want to see some of your public schools before they close.") with a newly emergent note of middle-age otherness, allowing Meyers the crucial remove that gives him authority and that goes nicely with his increasingly chiseled good looks. He knows not to overplay his new A-list status, delivering a hilarious account of his embarrassing himself in front of President Barack Obama and, during a hapless Wrigley Field vocal performance, Cubs fans. Onstage, he paints himself more as a regular, eternally post-collegiate guy in a New York apartment with a girlfriend made madder by the lack of a marriage proposal, rather than the comedic power broker he has become. Meyers has enough gravitas to help you feel you did not waste your time on minutiae. He's ridden the fake-news bandwagon, sure, but the classy Meyers is a far more accomplished live performer than many of his peers, with a verbosity and intelligence that made many of his nerdy fans shake their shoulders with laughter from start to finish.
Todd Barry at Stage 773: Midway through Friday's set, a loud female laugh came briefly through the thin walls of this black box space and everyone, stand-up included, stopped and listened. A moment later, there was a clank — an armrest fell off a chair. Both were poignant interruptions — if only because they broke the spell that Barry, a longtime, severely underappreciated stand-up (a comic's comic, a you've-seen-him-but-can't-place-him character actor, from "Flight of the Conchords," "Louie," etc.), had cast, reminding you for a moment that a Todd Barry performance is an inner monologue made public. And when something intrudes, Barry raises his head and squints, as if tapped on the shoulder, wakened from a mumbled rant. The material (coffee-house manners, ordering egg salad in restaurants, Yelp reviewers) is unremarkable, the jokes closer to dry observations than setup-punch line laughs. But Barry tells a joke like no one else, full of long pauses, deliberate word choices, in a sonorous whisper — coming out of a potbellied, middle-age, balding, cynical leprechaun of a man. The disconnect between his cool-guy confidence and slouching reality may be the crux of Barry's persona. But in a hectic, climb-into-your-lap comedy culture, his patience is radical.
— Chris Borrelli
Bob Newhart at the Chicago Theatre: What should we expect from Bob Newhart now, at 83? His perplexed, gentle delivery? (Check.) A Saturday show more comforting than fresh? (Check.) Nostalgia? (Triple check.) That's more than fair. But relevancy? Big laughs? As pleasant as it is to see the Just for Laughs festival pay homage to its roots — and there are half a dozen comics in this festival whose timid bewilderment would be unimaginable without Newhart's once-revolutionary buttoned-down modesty — Newhart's show had the dustiness of a Branson, Mo., revue. Newhart, of course, is from Chicago: He told stories about coming to the Chicago Theatre as a kid to see Danny Kaye and Jack Benny; he talked about working (his first TV job) on Chicago ABC network affiliate WBKB-TV, the precursor to WLS ("I was a different guest every day"). He was backed by a 10-piece big band and showed clips of his beloved sitcoms, dug into his landmark albums and performed his signature driving-school instructor routine
— Chris Borrelli
Kumail Nanjiani at Stage 773: Kumail Nanjiani might just be one of the most affable stand-ups working today. You could feel the energy change in the room when he took the stage after Todd Glass, whose restless, nettled energy provided fascinating contrast to that of Nanjiani. Glass' unfettered stream-of-consciousness was sharp as ever, ending with a killer bit that spun out from the premise: "Everybody has an internal voice for their dog." But something shifted in the air when Nanjiani came out. I don't want to say he's luminous — that's such an odd word to use when describing a guy, let alone a comedian — but there it is. Pakistan-born and formerly of Chicago, his return to the city prompted this bang-on, sartorial observation about the chilly days of June: '"You guys love to force the shorts." His material veered into the disgusting in all the right ways, specifically his derision of urine-slicked public restrooms: "Look at me," he implored to a woman squirming in the audience, "Don't close your eyes!" Nanjiani is becoming increasingly high-profile thanks to appearances on "Portlandia" and the like, and he has a co-starring role in the new Mike Judge HBO comedy "Silicon Valley" (along with former Chicago comics Thomas Middleditch and T.J. Miller) which begins shooting this fall. For now, though, Nanjiani is happy to leave the alpha-male posturing to others; a self-professed beta male, he had the audience in the palm of his hand.
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Imagine yourself the son or daughter of a grievously-ill octogenarian. Your mom or dad suffered a catastrophic event and has been in an ICU, barely conscious, for two weeks. You understand organs are shutting down, but you struggle to understand the medical jargon or the purpose of tubes and machines attached to every orifice. You and your family have kept a steadfast vigil at the hospital, and today the doctors called a meeting to talk with the family.
The family is desperate to understand what is happening and learn what lies ahead. The doctor needs the family to authorize a treatment plan. Will you learn how close your loved one is to death? Will the doctor learn their end-of-life wishes? Are there options and difficult decisions to be made? The legal standard for these conversations is that the family consents to treatment after being fully informed of alternatives, risks and benefits of each. The medical standard is that critical treatment decisions are not unilateral, but shared by the patient or surrogate and the doctor.
Sadly, informed consent and shared decision-making, the twin pillars of patient-centered health care, aren't the rock-solid structures we would hope for. They are subtle, fragile fragments, often half-buried and overlooked in a heap of technological rubble. It's a doctor's job to dig them up and erect them, and many are not so inclined. That's the lesson of a new study in the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine.
It is well established that many dying patients endure excesses of torturous treatment in the intensive care units of America. Tubes, machines and other contrivances can take over in clear violation of previously-expressed wishes. Advance directives declining such treatments routinely get ignored. Three years ago I blogged about a bloated and misguided medical-industrial complex that tortures patients and called it a national tragedy. I'm sorry to report not much has changed since then.
At least we know more about the problem now.
Evidence of patterns and their causes is emerging. Investigators in last week's study listened in as 54 doctors in five San Francisco ICUs talked with families of 72 patients facing likely and imminent death. These are highly-emotional and difficult conversations, and the investigators wondered whether doctors routinely presented the option of substituting invasive techniques with comfort care and allowing a natural death. As the authors noted, decisions about life-sustaining and invasive therapies are not "right or wrong" decisions. They are "preference-sensitive, meaning the best choice depends on individual values..."
Here's what they found, and it's not good.
The first piece of bad news is that families learn about comfort care only around half the time. These patients were very sick. They had already been in the ICU an average of two weeks. They suffered from a variety of life-threatening and end-stage illnesses including metastatic cancer and multi-organ failure. Most (72 percent) died in the hospital. The investigators wrote frankly of their surprise at the finding that doctors talked about comfort care so infrequently.
The second piece of bad news is that medical science does not guide them. If doctors used science to decide whether to talk about the risks and benefits of comfort care, the researchers would have found a correlation with objective variables. Comfort care conversations would vary depending on factors like the age of the patient, whether they had heart failure or metastatic cancer, or how long they had been in the ICU. ICU doctors have clinical scoring methods to predict the likelihood a patient will die during the hospitalization. These ICUs employed the APACHE II score, and in this study the families of patients with the worst scores, the sickest patients closest to death, were no more likely to hear about comfort care. This makes no scientific sense.
The final piece of bad news explains why. Only one variable predicted whether a doctor would inform families about comfort care. That was how strongly the physician, on a scale of 1-10, personally believed life support should be removed. If they did not personally believe life support should be removed, they did not offer the comfort-care alternative. If they personally believed life support should be removed, they informed the family of the option of comfort care. So the ability of families to honor their loved ones' wishes and navigate a peaceful death depended entirely on whether the doctor believes in a goal of comfort at the end of life. Doctors who believe the only legitimate therapeutic goal is to prolong life don't disclose the comfort care option.
This is not how it should be. Doctors have a duty to reveal all available treatment options, and the risks and benefits of each. They are not supposed to withhold information about treatments they don't personally support. Of the patients in this study, 72 percent died in the hospital. Many died enduring the torture of intensive care to the very end, their families never learning it would be OK to opt for comfort care, hold their loved one as they died, and spare them final agonies and indignities.
This study ran from January 2006 through August 2008. On Jan. 1, 2009, Compassion & Choices' Right to Know End-of-Life Options Act went into effect in California. The law instructs physicians to reveal all end-of-life options, including comfort care, when a terminally-ill patient or surrogate asks for this information. Doctors groups opposed us when we worked for this law in the legislature. They said doctors already reveal all options because the standard of care for informed consent and shared decision making requires it. The evidence is in, and our law was clearly needed. Patients shouldn't have to ask, either. Doctors who omit information about peaceful dying from an informed-consent conference should be accountable, and disciplined.
For more by Barbara Coombs Lee, click here.
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Continuous positive airway pressure therapy
(CPAP) uses a machine to help a person who has obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) breathe more easily during sleep. A
CPAP machine increases air pressure in your throat so that your airway doesn't
collapse when you breathe in. When you use CPAP, your bed partner may sleep
better too.
You use CPAP at home every night while you sleep. The
CPAP machine will have one of the following:
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It may take time for you to become
comfortable with using CPAP. If you can't get used to it, talk to your doctor.
You might be able to try another type of mask or make other adjustments.
CPAP is the most effective
nonsurgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. It is the first treatment
choice and the most widely used.
Overall, CPAP is effective for
moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea:
Problems that may occur with CPAP
Nosebleeds are a rare complication of
You can expect mild discomfort in the
morning when you first start using CPAP. Talk with your doctor if you don't
feel comfortable after a few days.
You may be able to limit or
stop some of the side effects:
When you are using CPAP, you need
to see your doctor or sleep specialist regularly. You may also need more
sleep studies to adjust the CPAP machine and check
whether the treatment is working.
The machines are expensive. You
may be able to rent a CPAP machine before you buy it. In some cases, you may be
able to rent-to-own a CPAP machine.
BiPAP and APAP machines are usually more expensive than CPAP machines.
The most common problem with
CPAP is that people don't use the machine every night. Or they take off the
mask during the night because it becomes uncomfortable. Even one night of not
using the machine can make you sleepy the next day.
You might not
use the machine daily, or you might even stop using it because:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
some brands of portable CPAP machines. You may be able to
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Alex Meneses and Johnny Venocur to Co-Host Wednesday, December 11 at Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 9, 2013) - The Women's Image Network, (WIN) announced today that Special Musical Performers at the 2013 Women's Image Awards will be multiple Grammy Award winner David Foster and American Idol winner Ruben Studdard. The pair will be releasing Studdard's new album, on Foster's Verve Records label, in February 2014, and are expected to perform selections from the new album.
WIN Founder Phyllis Stuart said, "We are honored to have these two masterful musical guests; David Foster, who is both a 16-time Grammy Award winner and an inspiring humanitarian, has invited his friend and Verve label artist, American Idol winner Ruben Studdard, to join him and perform two songs. The WIN Awards 2013 will celebrate dozens of entertainment professionals whose talent and aesthetic advance gender parity with dimensional female media images."
The WIN Awards will be co-hosted by Alex Meneses (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Johnny Venocur (the VH1 series Scott Baio Is Forty Five... and Single). This year, The WIN Awards will take place at the historic Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club on 4th St. in Santa Monica.
At the event, the Women's Image Network (WIN) will present Ambassador Swanee Hunt its Humanitarian tribute, Cecilia DeMille Presley its Living Legend tribute Rosalind Jarrett Sepulveda its inaugural Special Achievement tribute.
Moreover, the same evening WIN celebrates more than 85 nominated television and film, directors, writers, producers and artists in fifteen WIN Awards categories. The 2013 WIN Award nominees include: Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench, Cloris Leachman, Queen Latifah, Joan Rivers, Cher, Khloé Kardashian, Zooey Deschanel, Mary J. Blige, Keri Russell, Jessica Lange, Oprah Winfrey and Kerry Washington.
Women's Image Network was founded by Actor / Producer Phyllis Stuart, and since 1993, Stuart and WIN have produced the women's image awards to honor outstanding individuals in politics, business, music and the media who promote gender parity through their creativity and leadership. In addition to applauding actresses, directors, writers, producers and films and television shows, The WIN Awards honor invited honorees who share WIN's mission to "Foster a World Where Everyone WINs®.
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Development of mpi_EPIC model for global agroecosystem modeling. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 111:48-54.. 2015.
Multi-scale geospatial agroecosystem modeling: A case study on the influence of soil data resolution on carbon budget estimates. Science of The Total Environment. 479-480:138-150.. 2014.
Bioenergy crop models: descriptions, data requirements, and future challenges. GCB Bioenergy. 4(6):620-633.. 2013.
Estimating crop net primary production using national inventory data and MODIS-derived parameters. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 80:61-71.. 2013.
Management opportunities for enhancing terrestrial carbon dioxide sinks. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10(10):554-561.. 2012.
HPC-EPIC for high resolution simulations of environmental and sustainability assessment. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 79(2):112-115.. 2011.
Response of "Alamo" switchgrass tissue chemistry and biomass to nitrogen fertilization in West Tennessee, USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 140(1-2):289-297.. 2011.
An integrative modeling framework to evaluate the productivity and sustainability of biofuel crop production systems. GCB Bioenergy. 2:258–277.. 2010.
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NAIA Women?s Soccer Players of the Week - No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jordan Davidson of Vanguard (Calif.) has been named the NAIA National Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Helena Hansson of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) has been tabbed National Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Davidson and Hansson were selected based on their performances from Sept. 3 - 9 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Davidson, a junior forward from Tucson, Ariz., notched two multi-goal matches and collected an assist to lead the Lions to a 2-0 week, including a 4-0 victory against then-No. 17 Kansas Wesleyan on Sept. 3. Against the Coyotes, Davidson scored the eventual game-winner in the 12th minute before adding her second of the match in the 55th minute. Against Soka (Calif.) on Sept. 7, she again opened the scoring in the eighth minute before adding a second goal and assisting another in the 42nd minute. The two Lion scores were only 15 seconds apart.
Davidson, who owns five goals in three matches this season, ranks fourth in the NAIA with three game-winning goals.
Hansson, a freshman defender from Eskiltsuna, Sweden, played a key role in Embry-Riddle's 2-0 week that included a 3-1 victory against then-top-ranked Lee (Tenn.) on Sept. 9, snapping the Lady Flames' NAIA-best 20-match win streak. It was also the first time since Sept. 17, 2011 that Lee scored just one goal. Hansson and the Eagle defense held the defending champions to seven shots (three on goal) and just two corner kicks. Embry-Riddle's first victory of the week was a 3-2 decision against Oklahoma Baptist.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete player of the week calendar, click here.
Offensive Nominees: Nicole Stevenson, Tabor (Kan.); Mia Juarez, Doane (Neb.); Jessica Ralph, Campbellsville (Ky.); Kirsty Montignani, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Jessica Linger, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Victoria Vazquez, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Abby Schlater, Saint Mary (Neb.); Linda Eshun, Robert Morris (Ill.); Amanda Caldwell, Columbia (Mo.); Paige Eli, Davenport (Mich.); Jordyn Thompson, Grand View (Iowa); Bethany Smith, Benedictine (Kan.); Ode Fulutudilu, Lee (Tenn.); Leeza Tokarski, Point Park (Pa.); Sydney Paulsen, Southern Oregon; Krizzy Menez, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Lauren Cantin, Montreat (N.C.); Daniel Sofer, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Brooke Wendl, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Erika Savela, Menlo (Calif.).
Defensive Nominees: Crystal Wilcoxen, Siena Heights (Mich.); Mackenzie Little, Culver-Stockton (Mo.); Kristen Fulbright, Northwest Christian (Ore.); Brandie Hagerman, Campbellsville (Ky.); Kristen Morency, John Brown (Ark.); Nicole Walsh, Belhaven (Miss.); Nikole Gase, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Lynn Weaver, Goshen (Ind.); Kayla Byle, Jamestown (N.D.); Erica Ramirez, Columbia (Mo.); Leanne Brown, Kansas Wesleyan; Deb Jenkins, Grand View (Iowa); Felicia Reimann, Morningside (Iowa); Destiny James, Point Park (Pa.); Wendy Espejel, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Paige Williams, Carroll (Mont.); Caroline Mellard, Montreat (N.C.); Karmin Smith, Southwestern Christian (Okla.); Bekah Garvin, Concordia (Calif.); Abbey Adkins, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Brenna Quinn, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.).
2012 Women's Soccer Players of the Week (Offensive; Defensive)
Week 1 (Sept. 4): Kelsey Langille, Cumberland (Tenn.); Indigo Recker, Concordia (Ore.)
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Tour of the Universe by Children of the World: a call for entries
10 December 2009
Did you host or participate in an event involving children during IYA2009? Tour of the Universe by Children of the World, a beautiful and inspirational multimedia video project, is seeking contributions in the following categories: astrophotography and nightscape photography by children, children's artwork of or inspired by the cosmos, photographs of children sharing and enjoying astronomy, and video clips related to children and astronomy. We are also looking for short audio clips of children cheering "You're a star!" in native language (groups or individual children, any language).
The mission is simple: to ignite the imaginations of children and adults alike with the wonder of the cosmos--the one thing that is truly Universal. Tour of the Universe will be available as a free download available through the StarPals International Young Astronomers' Network website and other channels and free for distribution to promote your own activities. The deadline for contributions for the IYA2009 edition is 15 December. Late entries will be counted toward the next edition. For more information, visit http://www.starpals.org/projects/tour or contact Audrey Fischer, email@example.com or Jessi Kingan, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Don Purcell '93
The first baseball All-American in school history, Don ended his career as the program's all-time leader in at-bats, hits and runs batted in. A key member of Mary Washington's first three NCAA Tournament appearances, he was named all-region twice, and was named the 1993 CAC player of the Year. His Third team All- America season of 1991 included a .425 season batting average and a 29 game hitting streak.
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The Crimson claimed its second victory of the fall last weekend (photo courtesy Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a full weekend of competition, the No. 5 Harvard sailing coed team claimed its second victory of the fall season at the Charles Invitational. The Crimson also competed at the Danmark Trophy, the 9th Annual Richard B. Ross Memorial Trophy and the George Warren Smith Trophy.
Thirteen teams representing 11 colleges convened on the Charles River Sunday for the Charles Invitational, with Harvard represented by two teams. The A division pair of sophomore Marek Zaleski and freshmen Emma Wheeler sailed to an impressive score of 8, with four first-place finishes and two second-place finishes in six races, to put the Crimson in prime position to win the regatta. The B division team of junior Ansel Duff and freshman Olivia Kjorlien also posted a great score of 29 points to help Harvard beat second-place finisher Boston University by 17 points.
Harvard's second team in the competition finished nine points behind the Terriers to take third place overall. Freshmen Bennett Capozzi and Victor Kamenker, skipper and crew, respectively, sailed together for all six races and third-place score in the A division. The duo won one race, finished as the runner-up once and took three third-place finishes. In the B division, freshmen skipper William Bloxham and sophomore crew Daniel Leichus took first and second twice to finish third in the division.
Twenty teams from across the country clashed on the Thames River in New London, Conn., to compete for the Danmark Trophy at the US Coast Guard Academy. Despite a number of wind delays throughout the two-day event ten races were sailed in 420s with a strong current and light breezes coming from the north, south and southeast. Junior Brian Drumm and sophomore Jacob Bradt served as skipper and crew, respectively, in the B division. The duo's performance was highlighted by a second-place finish and two third-place finishes to take 10th in the division. The quartet of junior Gram Slattery, sophomore Sydney Kanovsky and Andrew Mollerus, and freshman Julia Lord manned the A Division boat that finished 15th. With 120 points, No. 1 Yale took home the victory.
The Ross Trophy, hosted by No.10 Tufts, was limited to five races due to lack of wind on Boston Harbor Saturday. Senior Ames Lyman skipped all races as senior Caitlin Watson and sophomore Adam Brodheim split time at the crew position. The trio recorded 65 points to take 13th in the 14-fleet field. The Jumbos posted 21 points for the victory.
With 96 points overall, Harvard took seventh at the Smith Trophy hosted by No. 15 MIT on the Charles Saturday. Skipper Capozzi and sophomore crew Kristina Jakobson represented in the A division in NC Fireflys. Rookies William Bloxham and Kjorlien competed in Tech Dinghies in the B division. Each pair finished eighth in its respective group. Tufts captured the win with 33 points.
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INDIANAPOLIS – UMBC senior swimmer Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) has advanced to his second straight NCAA Championship meet to become the first Retriever to ever make the return trip to the national meet, the NCAA announced on Wednesday evening.
"We're very excited to hit another milestone at UMBC," said Retriever head coach Chad Cradock, a UMBC swimming and diving alum himself. "With having an athlete qualify for both the men's and women's meet and to have our first athlete make it two years in a row at UMBC, this makes it an exciting time for our whole program.
"Our coaching staff is indebted and grateful to our past and our alums as they have created an environment which has made us successful. The university and athletics department as a whole have been incredibly supportive and we thank them for their support."
After a record-breaking season in 2012-13 in which he became just the third Retriever athlete to ever make the NCAA Championships, Hussein outdid himself in his senior year. The versatile athlete virtually rewrote the school record book again in 2013-14 while earning Most Outstanding Male Swimmer awards at both the CCSA and ECAC Championships.
He enters the NCAA Championships with the 20th-best time in the 200-yd. IM in the nation (1:44.14). Hussein will also compete in the 100- (47.67) and 200-yd. backstroke (1:43.90) events in Texas.
At the 2014 CCSA Championships, Hussein led a Retriever squad which achieved a national ranking of No. 23 after placing second in its first year in the conference and breaking 12 of 20 school swimming records. The senior currently holds six individual school records, five of which he broke or improved during his senior year.
A week later at the ECAC Championships at Navy, Hussein lowered his own school record and NCAA "B" cut times in the 200 IM, 200 back, and 100 fly.
Cradock added, "Our program is so proud of Mohamed and his accomplishments and we thank him for his hard work and dedication to UMBC."
Jacque Wisnauskas was the first UMBC swimmer to reach the NCAA Championships, competing in the 200-yd. butterfly in 1990. Lindsey Prather followed in 2002 and just last week freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) was chosen to represent UMBC at the 2014 women's meet.
The 2014 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships will be held March 27-29 at the University of Texas' Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.


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I've just started University and had a c++ Assignment due 2 days ago so I've already lost 20% of my marks.
Basically I've hit a roadblock and can't figure out how to use array values in an equation.
The program needs to calculate the Resistance total (r) values of a parallel circuit.
It needs to prompt the user for the value of resistor 1, then resistor 2 then resistor 3 and store those values in an array of size 3 (assignment criteria).
I've got the array working however I need to use the array values in an equation and no matter what I try it won't work.
So the program needs to do this.:
Enter R1:
Enter R2:
Enter R3:
Total resistance = 1/R1+1/R2+1/R3.
Answer = total resistance.
Here's the coding as you see I haven't done much so far. I've tried many different things even using r = 1/[0]+1/[1]+1/[2]. I have no idea why that doesn't work.
That's my coding so far and it doesn't work properly, it prompts for the resistor values correctly then displays the answer however the answer is not evne close to been correct.Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { int myArray[3]; //Array of 3 integars int i; for (i=0;i<3;i++) //0-3 { cout << "Enter the value of R" << i+1 << ": "; cin >> myArray[i]; } int r, r1, r2, r3; myArray[0] = r1; myArray[1] = r2; myArray[2] = r3; cout <<r1<<""; /*r = 1/r1+1/r2+1/r3; cout << r;*/ system("pause"); return 0; }
Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?


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The Art Deco-style shopping centre perched on 'The Peak' has an interesting selection of fashion, contemporary lifestyle designer products and local artwork and handicrafts shops with strong Hong Kong themes. Dining options are diverse but you can also enjoy some quintessential Hong Kong food experiences, such as the locally renowned Tsui Wah, where you can sample Hong Kong's unique cha chan teng culture, and Tai Cheong, which is esteemed for its egg tarts.
The mall also has an art gallery that showcases the city's unique arts and culture, with exhibits of local designers and topics ranging from Cantonese opera to dim sum. And the mall's free Eco-Discovery teaches kids about caring for the environment.
Most importantly, don't forget to take advantage of The Peak Galleria's excellent location high above the city and free-entry observation deck on the Green Terrace, where you can make use of the telescopes to study both the breathtaking views of Victoria Harbour to the north and the serene beauty of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir and the South China Sea to the south.
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Here at Nemet Kia, selling new and used cars may be our job, but making drivers in the Brooklyn and Long Island area exceptionally happy? Now that's our business.
You may come to our Jamaica, NY dealership expecting us to live and breathe Kia cars. And we do; our team consists of some of the most knowledgeable sales consultants who can tell you everything you need to know about the new or pre-owned Kia you've had your eye on. But what we think might come as a surprise to you from the moment you step into our showroom is the overwhelming feeling of support and the friendliness, as well as the eagerness of every member of our staff to assist you in the best way possible.


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Sorry to interrupt your afternoon with some sexual awkwardness, but Nick Cannon has done something that we simply must address. Last week I wrote about how Mariah Carey loves to act sexy and sing about sexy sex but that her sex life still seems somehow unimaginable. Click here for a refresher. Can you actually imagine Mimi fornicating?
Now Nick Cannon has gone on the Howard Stern Show to "admit" that not only does he screw Mimi to her own music, he actually jerks off to it!
Which song?
Are we really buying this?
As hilarious as it is to imagine Mariah putting on her "Songs I Wrote That I also F-ck To" playlist before she slips into bed with Nick, there's no way anyone would actually do that (would they?). I've known a musician or two in my day and, no matter how big or small the star, none of them would be caught dead, let alone naked, listening to their own music. And if by some ego driven insanity the Carey-Cannons actually do get busy to, let's say, Love Takes Time, this news still supports my point that for Mimi, sex is all about putting on a show and never about friction.
As for this business about Nick masturbating to his wife's songs … that's just some sweet, sweet fantasy, baby. Sexting each other when on the road for work? Sure, but even then you're still going to finish the job with good ol' fashioned porn. People don't masturbate to their spouse's work.
The most overwhelming case against Nick's claim though is that Mariah has never made music you would screw OR wank to. Her songs are either too sappy (Always Be My Baby) or too obviously actually about sex (Honey is about jizz, right?). Lainey, Sash, and I have been trying to come up with an acceptable MC song to do it to but the best I could think of with was Shake It Off. Lainey apparently used to make out to one of Mariah's deep cuts, but I'll leave up to her to decide if wants to confess which one. (Lainey: Underneath The Stars)
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As well as starting her own cycle training organisation she has actively supported other cycling activities in the area. In particular she has been a major contributor to the Anthony Lord Foundation which aims to teach children across Cornwall how to ride their bikes safely after 13 year old Anthony was killed in a collision with car on his bike.
As well as a the second local memorial ride this year Wendy is planning an End to End Ride for the foundation and supporting a range of other initiatives for the foundation, including training programmes.
Wendy has actively supported CTC's campaigning positions on issues such as cycle helmets and cycle paths in the face of considerable local opposition. By promoting the benefits of training cyclists to deal with their environment she has gained a considerable public profile for cycling.
As a result, Wendy was also involved in 'gearing up' for the new national cycle training standard Bikeability from September 2006 until March 2007 and since has gained her Bikeability scheme accreditation. She is planning to work with local partners to start delivering CTC offroad cycle training too.
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If you have done any comparison of the pros/cons of the 32-bit and 64-bit version of Firefox running on a 64-bit machine please let me know as I am interested to know.
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We have been producing Firefox 64-bit nightly builds since last week but we now have a small pool of machines and we are upstreaming the process to production levels.
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I started working on this project last year on Q2 and by May 2010 I had some proof of concept going on. To my surprise the media picked up on this and brought a lot of attention to it.
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Is it worth to buy Canon EOS 650D with 18-55 IS in a kit, or it is better to buy only body and other lens (something more universal 18-135 e.g.)?
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Is it worth to buy Canon EOS 650D with 18-55 IS in a kit, or it is better to buy only body and other lens (something more universal 18-135 e.g.)?
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I really depends on you and where you are at in your photographic development. If you're just generally interested in photography and don't really know exactly what particular aspect or type of photography you want to do, the kit lens is a good way to get started without spending a lot in addition to the camera body itself.
Even if you know that you are going to want to take pictures at longer focal lengths than 55mm, there are two ways to look at it: 1) Go with only one lens and get the 18-135mm 2) Go with the cheaper 18-55mm lens and add the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS for your telephoto lens. That would give you almost twice as much reach with two lenses for only a few dollars more than the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.
Depending on where you buy it, there isn't that much difference in price between the best prices on the 650D body only and the 650D with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II. At amazon.com here in the U.S. the current difference is $1 (from $648 to $649). Buying the 650D with the 18-135 raises the price $150 to $799. For about $200 you can pick up the 55-250, which would bring your total to about $850 for the 650D, the 18-55, and the 55-250.
When you read advice about skipping the kit lens and getting a better lens instead, they're normally talking about much higher quality lenses like the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS that sells for about $1,100, the $500 Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II, a fixed focal length lens like the EF 50mm f/1.4 that sells for about $350, or the EF 24-105mm f/4L that sells for around $1,200. There really aren't a lot of image quality differences between the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II and the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS in the range they share in common. The 18-135 is a little sharper between 35-50mm than the 18-55, but not to the point it would be noticeable in a lot of your pictures at 4X6 or 5X7 print sizes or in images re-sized for web use.
Different shops sell the 1100D with different prices, as usual. Now, an example from Finland. There is three options to buy Canon 1100D.
If I was buying this camera now, of course I would take the kit lens with it, the non-IS version, because that is the cheapest option right now. So, if you were living in Finland, you would be asking if it is worth spending 50 euros on an IS kit lens. Is that, what you wanted to know?
Kit lens is good to have for those occasions when your wife or kids want to take a photo or two. Better they abuse the cheap one, than the better lens you reserve for yourself.


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The Bakken-Three Forks rig count got a boost this week, increasing to 51 rigs running through our coverage area by Friday midday.
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A total of 984 oil and gas rigs were running across the United States this week. 188 rigs were targeting natural gas (+7) and 796 were targeting oil (-4) in the U.S. The remainder were drilling service wells (e.g. disposal wells, injection wells, etc.) 50 of the rigs active in the U.S. were running in N.D.
Bakken Oil & Gas Rigs
51 rigs targeted oil in the Bakken this week with Bloomberg reporting WTI at $62.04 on Friday afternoon. The Bakken has zero natural active gas rig in the area this week with commodity futures trading at $2.73/mmbtu by midday.
McKenzie County leads activity in the region with 23 rigs running this week. View the full list below under the Bakken Drilling by County section.
Activity continues to be dominated by horizontal drilling:
- 51 rigs are drilling horizontal wells
- 0 rigs are drilling directional wells
- 0 rigs are drilling vertical wells
Rig Count by County
What is the Rig Count?
The Bakken Shale Rig Count is an index of the total number of oil & gas drilling rigs running across Montana and North Dakota. The rigs referred to in this article are for ALL drilling reported by Baker Hughes and not solely wells targeting the Bakken formation. All land rigs and onshore rig data shown here are based upon industry estimates provided by the Baker Hughes Rig Count.


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Apparently, balance bikes look the identical, but they are now not. You may want to buy one consistent with your children's physique, as there may be nobody-length-suits-all as a ways as balance bicycles are concerned. Below is an outline of what you ought to hold in mind whilst buying one.
Seat Height
The seat height must be 1.Five inches beneath your kid's inseam. What this indicates is that a motorbike that is designed for a one-12 months youngster won't fit a five-year-child. You can get a stability motorcycle regardless of your children's age.
The size of stability bikes varies between 10 inches and 20 inches. The 12-inch one is the most famous. If your child is a grade-schooler, you may buy them a sixteen-inch stability bicycle. As a standard rule, the 12-inch bike is appropriate for the general public of kids. Keep in mind that larger bikes can be more high-priced. So, you need to be ready to spend extra.
The tires of stability bikes may be rubber, plastic, pneumatic or solid foam. Tires made from foam and pneumatic are the maximum famous. Air tires provide maximum traction and cushion. For most of all-terrain riders, air tires are the pleasant preference. On the opposite hand, different types of tires are high-quality for common riders.
Generally, the motorbike shouldn't weigh lots greater than your kid. For instance, in case your youngster weighs 25 lb, managing a 10-pound stability motorcycle can be difficult for him. On the opposite hand, the equal may be a super preference for a 5 years vintage youngster. A heavier motorbike can be more potent but more difficult to handle for a small kid.
Most balance bicycles do not have brakes. Your youngster will must use his toes to prevent this sort of bikes. However, a hand brake is a good function on a motorbike. If your youngster is three to five years antique, he can without problems use the hand brake.
Turning Limiters
Turning limiters do not let the the front wheel or handlebar entire a revolution. As a end result, the motorbike may not take sharp turns and your youngster can be less likely to fall off the motorcycle. So, it is a superb idea to shop for your youngster a motorbike with turning limiters. This will make it simpler on your kid to control your bike and come up with peace of mind that your child is secure.
The charge of balance motorcycles varies from one version to some other. So, you need to take a look at your budget before going for a excessive-cease version. While maximum of balance motorcycles are fairly priced, the excessive-give up fashions can cost you an arm and a leg. Therefore, you may want to set a finances earlier than shopping for one on your infant.
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So, these are some major capabilities you ought to search for in a motorbike which you need to buy. Aside from these functions, there are some other features that you can want to recollect, which includes the color and design of the motorbike, however they're only a matter of personal taste. Hopefully, this newsletter will assist you select the right motorcycle in your infant.


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The Travel Insurance Does Not Always Mean Coverage
It's that season again in which the sun smiles here, school has gone out and also the wide, wide realm of travel is simply a flight away.
Which means you do your homework on holiday options. You book a flight ticket. You reserve hotels. And last and surely most famously, you call an insurance coverage agent to have an appropriate travel policy.
"Ah," you believe to yourself. "I am covered all angles."
Not too fast, mister or ma'am!
While some like yourself may see the insurance they purchased like a ticket to reassurance, it isn't always so.
Its not all loss scenario that you could picture occurring is going to be covered.
This articles handles problems that may arise because of not preparing in advance or teaching yourself correctly about insurance issues.
Some Occasions when Travel Cover doesn't Cover Losses
1. If you feel you're smart by purchasing travel cover whenever you hear radio stations let you know about the next storm, reconsider. A travel policy won't cover the cancellation of the trip following publicized storm information.
2. Should you suppose travel cover will give you compensation for ordinary problems, stop dreaming. Your insurance won't compensate you for common inconveniences or insufficient enjoyment.
3. Don't intend on getting covered for losses you can't prove. You will have to show a sales receipt so your loss could be substantiated.
4. Remember that your insurance plan will not provide coverage for occurrences that happened when you were intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
5. Get the physician involved prior to going in your trip or you might not receive medical care coverage beneath your travel cover. If you fail to prove you had been in good condition prior to of the routine, you might encounter coverage problems if you want health care during vacation.
6. Don't assume every activity you take part in is included beneath your travel plan. When you get hurt while participating in something which the insurer views harmful you might not see reimbursement. Take a look at policy to determine which activities insurance companies includes and which are thought to be risky.
As in all forms of indemnity, travel cover has limits and deductibles, in addition to exclusions. Your debt it to your and yourself a vacation in perform the proper research in front of the game. Talking with a skilled independent agent can help you determine what policy is the best for you and the way to don't get denied for any related claim.
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