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While there is no GOOD reason, there are two actual reasons -- Beerman 03/07/2018 11:53AM
That is simply laughable and a very contridictory statement. Your -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 1:28PM
To put it another way ... -- Beerman 03/07/2018 2:05PM
Except the free school (that is making money), the free room and board ( -- fordham 03/07/2018 4:22PM
Free conditioning and access shouldn't enter into any debate. The only -- reestuart 03/07/2018 6:03PM
How is that a problem? -- Beerman 03/07/2018 4:29PM
How much do we pay the military whom we actively put in harms way? -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:30PM
I wouldn't suggest mandating a particular salary -- Beerman 03/07/2018 5:48PM
Actually, what I'd REALLY suggest -- Beerman 03/07/2018 5:56PM
Yet you are here on a sports message board to make that point? I do not -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 6:01PM
Consider where we started -- Beerman 03/07/2018 6:05PM
The system is not broken. It is what it is and they signed on under it. -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 6:16PM
Why does the NFL not do that instead of the draft? -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:56PM
Why does every major pro sport use a draft? -- Beerman 03/07/2018 6:00PM
If they are going to negotiate, take it outside of the NCAA system. -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 6:09PM
Isn't that what I said a few posts above? -- Beerman 03/07/2018 6:15PM
Ever heard of title IX, you are not talking about some corporation or -- fordham 03/08/2018 2:47PM
The system is to prepare them for the opportunity to either make money -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:13PM
That's not even close to true. -- Beerman 03/07/2018 2:22PM
That is where your focus is but not what the system was designed to do. -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:32PM
The system hasn't operated as it was intended for decades. ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 4:06PM
If that is the case, why has an enterprising young legal mind latched onto -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:24PM
Because they have more money and better lawyers? ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 5:25PM
Really? Tell me more about this income tiered justice system? -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:35PM
I don't know. I'm just speculating. ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 5:45PM
(Psst) It is because the system is fair as it is. No case to make. ** -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:47PM
IYO. I'm not for paying players, but I'm for removing restrictions on money -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 5:48PM
Really? What is the distinction? Your proposal removes all oversite from -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:58PM
You mean like they do now? This doesn't hurt anyone or anything. ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 6:01PM
Most certainly it does and if you are not honest enough to admit -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 6:03PM
I'm plenty honest. All the cheating with boosters happens now. What is the -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 6:04PM
You are providing them unfettered access to money laundering and cheating -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 6:11PM
Money laundering? Gimme a break. Cheating? It's not cheating if they're -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 6:39PM
I'm curious what oversight you believe the NCAA has. -- Hokie Bird 94 03/08/2018 1:33PM
What oversight they have and what oversight they actually exercize are -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/08/2018 2:59PM
That's a false choice -- Beerman 03/07/2018 1:33PM
And who is it that hires a chemistry major with two years of education? -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 1:43PM
There are not other avenues -- Beerman 03/07/2018 1:55PM
The football player is free to choose the same at any time. He -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:05PM
THAT I agree with -- Beerman 03/07/2018 2:09PM
That is not the choice. Consequences and rewards. Real life in real time. ** -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:15PM
That's why the system sucks -- Beerman 03/07/2018 2:16PM
Then by all means, contact your congress critters, media outlets, ACLU, -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:27PM
Um ... -- Beerman 03/07/2018 2:33PM
Why haven't the opportunistic lawyers picked up this issue and presented -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:43PM
So, you are saying that parties responsible for fixing a corrupt system -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:39PM
I think we have covered this before but there is a developmental league -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 1:54PM
What developmental league are you talking about? ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 4:09PM
Link inside for a complete list of pro and semi pro leagues. -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:22PM
Never heard of them LOL. ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 5:25PM
I agree but the point was there are options available. Never claimed good -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 5:42PM
Hahahahaha -- Beerman 03/07/2018 1:56PM
We are talking options period. Are all of these options available to them? -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:18PM
What other avenues? ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 1:48PM
A player is not kicked out of school, they just can't play college football ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 1:34PM
And their scholarship goes away. For many that's the same thing. ** -- Beerman 03/07/2018 1:37PM
Then stay or school. Or declare for the draft.They know the rules... ** -- NokieHokie 03/07/2018 1:47PM
Name one opportunity you have had that was not accompanied by both rewards -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 1:47PM
You're not even arguing my point -- Beerman 03/07/2018 1:58PM
Your opinion and you are more than welcome to it. It appears it benefits -- WhoopACC Hokie 03/07/2018 2:09PM


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• Survey commissioned by Ford shows parents and teens wrongly perceive the winter months to be the most deadly time for teens on the road
• 76 percent of teens and 83 percent of parents consider the dangers of distracted driving to be comparable to drunk driving, yet parents are 40 percent more likely to check their phones while driving than their teenage children
• Parents are concerned about their teens having safe driving habits, but only 26 percent of parents surveyed use a safety device to reinforce safe driving habits
• Survey shows risks differ between genders; teenage boys are more likely to engage in aggressive driving behaviors, while teenage girls are more likely to engage in distractions that are social in nature
As summer begins, what can be the most fun season of the year for teens can also be the riskiest. A new survey conducted by Penn Schoen Berland and commissioned by Ford reveals new insights about teen driving habits and perceptions. The survey polled teen drivers and parents, and reveals some surprising results.
According to a Ford analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data from 2007 to 2011, summer months had the highest number of teen driver fatalities. For 2011, the latest data available, there were 358 teen driver fatalities in traffic crashes during June, July and August, as compared to 271 teen driver fatalities during the winter (December, January and February). But the survey results of 500 teens and 500 parents show more than half of teens (66 percent) and parents (58 percent) believe winter is the most dangerous season for teens on the road.
Distracted driving
Distracted driving is a growing concern for parents. The new survey shows teens engage in several distracting activities while behind the wheel, such as:
• 62 percent of teen drivers admit to being distracted by others in the car
• 61 percent of teens admit to eating or drinking while driving
• 42 percent of teens say they turn up the radio so loud they can't hear vehicles nearby
• 51 percent of teens say they listen to an iPod or MP3 player
Yet only 26 percent of parents use a device to enforce driving rules or restrict cell phone use for teens while they are driving, according to the survey. Ford's MyKey® technology, now enabled on more than 6 million Ford and Lincoln vehicles in the United States, is designed to limit distractions and focus attention on helping teens build safe driving habits. For more information on Ford MyKey, visit www.ford.com/technology.
"Ford has a long record as a safety leader, and continues to work through many channels to help address the risk factors associated with inexperienced drivers," said Steve Kenner, global director, Automotive Safety Office, Ford Motor Company. "Features such as MyKey and programs such as Ford Driving Skills for Life help parents and teens as they develop the skills needed to control a vehicle, detect hazards and assess driving situations."
Boys versus girls
Teenage girls are perceived to be safer drivers than teenage boys by both teens and parents, according to the study. Other results show:
• Boys are considered to be more aggressive drivers, according to 87 percent of girls, 78 percent of parents and 73 percent of boys
• Boys are considered more likely to drink and drive, according to 80 percent of girls, 72 percent of boys and 72 percent of parents
• Boys are considered more likely to speed, according to 81 percent of girls, 77 percent of boys and 75 percent of parents
• Girls are considered more likely to use their phones while driving, according to 81 percent of boys, 78 percent of girls and 67 percent of parents
The survey also found that despite reporting lower rates of the riskiest behaviors overall, parents are 40 percent more likely to check their phones while driving than their teenage children (28 percent of parents compared to 20 percent of teens).
Ford is concerned about the safety of new drivers and has reached many teen drivers with its Driving Skills for Life program. In 2013 Ford DSFL is doubling the number of students it reaches with its hands on driving programs to approximately 40,000. This includes visits to at least 40 high schools in Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia with an array of activities focused on common driving challenges faced by teen drivers. Teens will experience real-world driving situations in a controlled environment using specially equipped vehicles. The hands-on clinics offer professional drivers and activities that build skills in five key areas: driver distraction, speed management, space management, vehicle handling and hazard recognition.
In addition to the hands-on clinics, Ford Driving Skills for Life will reach an additional 150 high schools with its safe driving materials, Web-based learning, partnerships with state highway safety agencies, fun contests and free educational materials for parents and teachers.
More information is available online at DrivingSkillsforLife.com.

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Update (March, 2014): There is a draft paper describing roles, including much discussion of design decisions, here.
The idea of roles comes from the paper Generative Type Abstraction and Type-level Computation, published at POPL 2011. The implementation of roles in GHC, however, is somewhat different than stated in that paper. This page focuses on the user-visible features of roles. RolesImplementation talks about the implementation in GHC. See also Richard's blog post about roles. (Note: some aspects of that blog post are out of date, as of December 17, 2013.)
See also this email thread: More GND + role inference woes.
The problem we wish to solve
GHC has had a hole in its type system for several years, as documented in #1496, #4846, #5498, and #7148. The common cause behind all of this is the magic behind
-XGeneralizedNewtypeDeriving (GND). Here is an example:
newtype Age = MkAge { unAge :: Int } type family Inspect x type instance Inspect Age = Int type instance Inspect Int = Bool class BadIdea a where bad :: a -> Inspect a instance BadIdea Int where bad = (> 0) deriving instance BadIdea Age
This code is accepted by GHC 7.6.3. Yet, it goes wrong when you say
bad (MkAge 5) -- we see the internal encoding of
Bool! Let's trace what is happening here.
A newtype is a new algebraic datatype that wraps up exactly one field (in our example, of type
Int). Yet, the semantics of Haskell makes a guarantee that wrapping and unwrapping a value (with
MkAge or
unAge) has no runtime cost. Thus, internally, we must consider
Age to be wholly equivalent to
The problem with this idea comes with type families. (There are other ways to tickle the bug, but one example is enough here.) A type family can branch on Haskell type, and of course, in Haskell (unlike in the internals of a compiler),
Age is most certainly not
Int. (If it were, newtypes would be useless for controlling instance selection, a very popular use case.) So, in our example, we see that
Inspect Age is
Int, but
Inspect Int is
Bool. Now, note the type of
bad, the method in class
BadIdea. When passed an
bad will return a
Bool. When passed an
bad will return an
Int. What happens on the last line above, when we use GND? Internally, we take the existing instance for
Int and just transmogrify it into an instance for
Age. But, this transformation is very dumb -- because
Age and
Int are the same, internally, the code for the
Age instance and the code for the
Int instance are the same. This means that when we call
bad (MkAge 5), we run
5 through the existing implementation for
bad, which produces a
Bool. But, of course, the type of
bad (MkAge 5) is
Int, and so we have effectively converted a
Bool to an
Int. Yuck.
The solution
What to do? It turns out we need a subtler definition of type equality than what we have had. Specifically, we must differentiate between nominal equality and representational equality. Nominal equality (called C in the paper cited above) is the Haskell equality we all know and love. If two types have the same name, they are nominally equal. If they don't have the same name (expanding type synonyms), they are not nominally equal. Representational equality, on the other hand, shows that two types have the same representation. This is the equality that newtypes produce --
Age is representationally equal to
Int, but they are not nominally equal.
Datatypes, classes, and type synonyms can be parametric in their type arguments or not. By "parametric", I mean that they do not inspect the type argument. A non-parametric type variable is inspect. Here are some examples:
data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) -- parametric data GADT a where -- non-parametric GAge :: GADT Age GInt :: GADT Int class C1 a where -- parametric foo :: a -> List a class C2 a where -- non-parametric bar :: a -> GADT a class BadIdea a where -- non-parametric bad :: a -> Inspect a
In the terminology here, non-parametric types and classes care, in some fundamental way, what type parameter they are given. Parametric ones don't. We can generalize this idea a bit further to label each type variable as either parametric or not. For example,
data Mixed a b where MInt :: a -> Mixed a Int MAge :: a -> Mixed a Age
is parametric in its first parameter but not its second. We say that a parametric type variable has a representational role and a non-parametric one has a nominal role.
The libraries with GHC 7.8 offer a new class
class Coercible a b where coerce :: a -> b
The idea is that a
Coercible instance exists allowing coercions between any two types that are representationally equal. A programmer can then use
coerce to get between the types. The instances themselves are magically generated as necessary; it is not allowed for programmers to declare their own
Coercible instances. So, we have
Coercible Age Int but never
Coercible Bool Int.
The reason we need roles is to describe how these representational equalities (or, equivalently,
Coercible instances) "lift" through other types. For example, is
[Age] representationally equal to
[Int]? Sure. But, is
GADT Age representationally equal to
GADT Int? I hope not!
The rule is this: we have
instance Coercible a b => Coercible (T a) (T b) if and only if the first parameter has a representational role. Thus, we have
instance Coercible a b => Coercible [a] [b] but not
instance Coercible a b => Coercible (GADT a) (GADT b). This generalizes straightforwardly when there are multiple parameters, and it's worth noting that
Coercible is always reflexive, even when nominal roles are involved.
GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving implemented using
Now that we have all of this
Coercible machinery, we can define the behavior of GND in terms of it -- we simply
coerce each method of the derived class. For example:
newtype RestrictedIO a = MkRIO { unRIO :: IO a } deriving Monad
instance Monad RestrictedIO where return = coerce (return :: a -> IO a) :: forall a. a -> RestrictedIO a (>>=) = coerce ((>>=) :: IO a -> (a -> IO b) -> IO b) :: forall a b. RestrictedIO a -> (a -> RestrictedIO b) -> RestrictedIO b fail = coerce (fail :: String -> IO a) :: forall a. String -> RestrictedIO a
Note that each of these is just a call to
coerce over the method in the instance for the newtype's representation type (in this case,
IO a). All those type annotations are necessary to make sure that the type checker does the right conversion (and that scoped type variables are bound appropriately).
Putting all of this together, GND works exactly when each of the methods being derived is
Coercible into the new type.
Phantom parameters
It turns out that a third role is also useful (though unnecessary for type soundness): the phantom role. It is often the case that programmers use type variables simply to constrain the type checker, not to make any statement about the runtime representation of a type. For example
data Phant a = MkPhant Int. Because
a doesn't appear on the right-hand side, we say that
a is at role phantom. Why is this nice? Because it allows us to say that, say,
Phant Int and
Phant Bool are representationally equal, because they really do have the same representation. Thus, there would be
instance Coercible (Phant a) (Phant b) for any
a and
Role inference
How do we know what role a type parameter should have? We use role inference! We start with a few base facts:
(->) has two representational parameters;
(~) has two nominal parameters; and all type families' parameters are nominal. Then, we just propagate the information. By defaulting parameters to role phantom, any parameters unused in the right-hand side (or used only in other types in phantom positions) will be phantom. Whenever a parameter is used in a representational position (that is, used as a type argument to a constructor whose corresponding variable is at role representational), we raise its role from phantom to representational. Similarly, when a parameter is used in a nominal position, its role is upgraded to nominal. We never downgrade a role from nominal to phantom or representational, or from representational to phantom. In this way, we infer the most-general role for each parameter.
The exception to the above algorithm is for classes: all parameters for a class default to a nominal role. This is because we generally consider, say,
Ord Age and
Ord Int to be quite distinct, even if their representation is the same under the hood. Changing the behavior of type classes is a major use case for newtypes, and we wouldn't want to subvert that!
Role annotations
As we have learned with type and kind inference, sometimes the programmer wants to constrain the inference process. For example, the base library contains the following definition:
data Ptr a = Ptr Addr#
The idea is that
a should really be a representational parameter, but role inference assigns it to phantom. This makes some level of sense: a pointer to an
Int really is representationally the same as a pointer to a
Bool. But, that's not at all how we want to use
Ptrs! So, we want to be able to say
type role Ptr representational data Ptr a = Ptr Addr#
type role annotation forces the parameter
a to be at role representational, not role phantom. We, then, of course, need to check the user-supplied roles to make sure they don't break any promises. It would be bad if the user could make
BadIdea's role be representational!
Ptr were to have multiple type parameter we would have used multiple
representational annotations
type role Foo representational representational data Foo a b = Foo Int
The other place where role annotations may be necessary are in .hs-boot files, where the right-hand sides of definitions can be omitted. As usual, the types/classes declared in an .hs-boot file must match up with the definitions in the .hs file, including down to the roles. The default role is representational in hs-boot files, corresponding to the common use case. Note that this will break code. But, the change is necessary to close the type-safety hole discussed above.
Role annotations are allowed on type variables in
newtype, and
class, declarations. They will not be allowed on type/data family declarations or in explicit
foralls in function type signatures.
Roles and
Though a minor issue in the overall scheme, work on Roles had led to an interesting interaction with
Traversable, excerpted here:
class Traversable t where traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> t a -> f (t b)
According to the rules for roles, the parameter
t must be at role nominal, as it is used as a parameter to the type variable
f. We must account for the possibility that
f will be instantiated with a type whose last parameter is at role nominal, so we force
t to be at role nominal as well.
This means that GND no longer works with Traversable. But, DeriveTraversable does still work. However, GHC previously preferred using GND over DeriveTraversable when both were available, which assumedly produced the same code. How is this all possible? If GND doesn't work anymore, is there something wrong with DeriveTraversable? The answer is that GND and DeriveTraversable make different instances, contrary to expectations. The reason is that DeriveTraversable has to use
fmap to cast the result of
traverse from the representation type back to the newtype. According to the Functor laws,
fmapping this cast should be a no-op (the law of interest is
fmap id == id). But, if that law is not obeyed,
fmapping the cast may change the result of the
traverse. Contrast this with a GND instance, which magically casts the result, without using
fmap. If the Functor law is not obeyed, these two instances have different behavior.
Despite this, I believe that using GND with
Traversable is indeed type-safe. Why? Because of the parametricity guaranteed in
Functor and
Applicative. The reason GND is prohibited with
Traversable is that we are worried
f's last parameter will be at role nominal. While it is possible to write
Functor and
Applicative instances for such a type, the methods of those classes can't really use the any constructors that force the role to be nominal. For example, consider this:
data G a where GInt :: a -> G Int Ga :: a -> G a instance Functor G where fmap f (GInt _) = error "urk" -- no way out here fmap f (Ga a) = Ga (f a) instance Applicative G where pure a = Ga a (Ga f) <*> (Ga a) = Ga (f a) _ <*> _ = error "urk" -- no way out here, either
There's no way to usefully interact with the
GInt constructor and get the code to type-check. Thus, I believe (but haven't yet proved), that using GND with
Traversable is safe, because the
f in
traverse can't ever do bad things with its argument. If you, the reader, have more insight into this (or a counterexample!), please write!


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|Plucked clean: Four Feathers mostly fluff
|One Hour Photo
|Simply Good: Aniston breathes life into new role
|Digital diva: S1m0ne is an unnatural woman
|XXXtreme spying: Diesel's new film not quite so Furious
|Crop failure: Signs comes up short
|Mousey movie: Stuart Little 2 packs laughs for little ones
|Men In Black II (Three Stars)
|Chick flick Juwanna Mann's not all that
|Knocking Minority
|Doo it
|Never Enough: J.Lo's got the goods
|Wake-up call
|Falling Star
|Something for everyone
|A movie... or something like it
|Rush to Crush?
|Deadly direction
|Panic Perfection
|He's back
|Icy humor
|Time goes slowly
|We were... bored
|Quick, get the Raid!
|Ball's a belle
|MOVIE REVIEW- OFFBeat: Film Society and OFFScreen offer reel gems
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Parsing Metadata
From UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation
This page demonstrates how to parse out metadata that corresponds with actual scans from the entire, collection-level spreadsheet. In other words, if a collection has a grand total of 100 items and only 25 items have been scanned to date and are ready for Storage, this tutorial shows how to extract only the metadata for those scanned items from the total set.
What you need
- Collection-level metadata file (generally an .xlsx file)
- Microsoft Excel
- filenamesAndDupes.pl [found here: S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\scripts\qc]
- MyMetadataHelper.py [found here: S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\scripts\Python]
- A text editor (preferably one like Notepad++ Portable)
- Run filenamesAndDupes.pl across your Scans folder for which you want metadata. #*This ensures there are no problems with filenames, etc. If there are any errors found, they MUST be corrected before proceeding to the next step.
- Run MyMetadataHelper.py across the Scans folder for which you want metadata. You may also fun this file on a collection folder.
- Do what the script says regarding the file "pasteFromMetadata.txt"
- Open the text file called "pasteToMetadata.txt" made by MyMetadataHelper.py and then select and copy the results to your clipboard.
- Open your master, collection-level metadata.
- Paste the results from "pasteToMetadata.txt" into the bottom of the Filename column in the metadata Excel file, skipping approximately 10 rows from where the metadata ends.
- In Excel, highlight the entire Filename column.
- Find the Conditional Formatting tool in the middle of the Home ribbon. Click here and choose Highlight Cells Rules>Duplicate Values. Chose how you want duplicate values to be highlighted and click OK.
- The rows in the metadata that correspond to your items from the Scans folder/folders will be highlighted as you have chosen.
- Group the highlighted metadata together go to Sort & Filter on the right hand side of the Home ribbon. Choose custom sort. Sort by Filename, Sort on Cell Color, and choose to put the selected color of cells On Top or On Bottom.
- The colored rows will group together at the top or the bottom, whichever you have chosen. The reason we left blanks in between what was pasted is so that the results from "pasteToMetadata.txt" would not intermix with the actual metadata. The highlighted items are the ones we want to parse out metadata for. The non-highlighted items are the ones we don't want metadata for at this time.
- Note that ALL of the items you pasted from "pasteToMetadata.txt" should be highlighted. If not, that means that you have scans for items with no metadata. Identify and correct this problem immediately!
- Extract the highlighted rows of metadata and place them, along with the header row, on another spreadsheet. Use this spreadsheet to give to the metadata librarian and to create the metadata text file that will go in the completed folder and be used to make Mods. Be sure to add the batch number to the Batch column. Name the file appropriately using the batch extention, i.e., u0003_0000001.4 or u0003_0000001.4.m01.
- On some collections, we remove the metadata of uploaded items from the main metadata sheet and place it on a sheet of Uploaded Metadata for the collection. These sheets can be found in S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\collectionInfo\Storage_Excel.
- On the original metadata spreadsheet, delete the rows you pasted in from "pasteToMetadata.txt", remove conditional formatting rules, and set the spreadsheet to once again sort on the filename values.
Parsing Rohlig Audio Collection Metadata
- As of 2010 July this tutorial and the accompanying script do not apply to metadata and scans for the Rohlig Audio Collection as the metadata for this collection is made per item by Digital Services from other sources and because of filenaming differences for audio collections vs. image collections. Therefore, in order to parse out metadata for items for this collection ready for storage/delivery, one must parse out the metadata "by hand".


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not be somebody's cup of tea
be not (one's) cup of tea
To not be something one prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about. Thank you for the invitation, but long-distance cycling just isn't really my cup of tea. When I found out that reading wasn't his cup of tea, I knew that there wasn't much of a relationship in store between us.


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'Selfie' may help authorities find source of $10 million marijuana farm
A "selfie" cellphone picture may help authorities find out who is responsible for a massive marijuana grow operation in Fort Bend County.
Benigno Ramirez of Michoacan, Mexico is wanted by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office after authorities allegedly found a cellphone containing a "selfie" of him at the site of the $10 million pot farm, located just north of Sugar Land Regional Airport.
The growing operation had been a target of officials for some time. The plants were growing in an area only accessible by boat just off Oyster Creek and hard to see from the air, according to officials this week. The field, about four acres, was raided Aug. 19.
Bob Haenel with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that so far the number of plants harvested is between 9,000 and 10,000, with the street value thought to be around $10 million.
It is believed that Ramirez played an integral part of the operation. Another unidentified subject also is wanted in connection with the field.
Information that leads to the apprehension and filing of charges on any suspects involved in this marijuana growing operation could earn a reward of up to $5,000, according to Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers. Anyone with tips is asked to call 281-342-8477.


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Q: I've heard a lot about Clipper Herbicide. What does it do?
Eldon – Urbandale, IA
A: Clipper™ Aquatic Herbicide controls a wide variety of algae, floating weeds and submerged weeds, but its claim to fame is its ability to wipe out troublesome watermeal and duckweed—two aquatic weeds that can be difficult to manage in any pond or lake. In fact, when used as directed, up to 80 percent of duckweed and watermeal will be eliminated within the first application of Clipper™. Not too shabby!
Here are some tips for use:
- Check your pH first: High pH levels will reduce Clipper's™ effectiveness, so test the pH of your pond's water with a pH Test Kit before using the herbicide. Apply it only when the pH is 8.5 and below.
- Apply on a sunny morning: The herbicide is a reactive treatment that works better in the sunlight, so treat your pond or lake early in the morning on a sunny day. Hold off on adding light-blocking Pond Dye to your water, until after Clipper™ has had a chance to go to work on the weeds.
- Spray and play: Applying Clipper™ to aquatic weeds is easy. Simply mix the amount of Clipper™ and water in a Specialty Pond Sprayer according to label instructions, and spray onto floating weeds and algae or place the tip beneath the water's surface to treat submerged weeds. Over time, the weeds will begin to brown and die.
- A little goes a long way: You only need to use 1 pound of Clipper™ per surface acre one to two times per year. Because it's a contact herbicide, complete coverage is essential for effective control. You can reapply Clipper™ after 28 days if you find that you've missed some weed patches after the first treatment.
- No temperature restrictions: Clipper™ can be used year-round in any temperature, but it should be applied only when the weeds are actively growing.
- Rake away the debris: Once the aquatic weeds are completely dead, use a rake—like the Pond & Beach Rake – to remove the debris. This will prevent the foliage from accumulation and turning into algae-feeding muck.
Clipper™ Aquatic Herbicide can be used in a range of waterways, including bayous, canals, drainage ditches, lakes, marshes, freshwater ponds and reservoirs. It quickly and effectively controls watermeal, duckweed, water lettuce, giant salvinia, cabomba, Eurasian watermilfoil, hydrilla and curlyleaf pondweed. If you fight aquatic weeds in your lake or pond, consider using Clipper™. It's good stuff!
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There will be free Facebook access on planes across the country in February, thanks to a promotion between an in-flight Internet provider and the Ford Motor Company.
At 10,000 feet, passengers will be able to log on to any Wi-Fi enabled smartphone, laptop or PDA and change their Facebook status or check in with friends all at no cost, Gogo Inflight Internet announced today. The free access exists only on AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America.
Once it's safe to use electronic devices, passengers can go to the Gogo wireless network, open a Web browser and click on the Ford/Facebook banner. According to Gogo's parent company Aircell, the social network is the most-visited site by its customers.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Usual costs for in-flight Internet access at Gogo range from $4.95 for 90 minutes to $12.95 for three hours per flight.
"Facebook is about staying connected and it's very cool that people will be able to continue to do that at 30,000 feet and for free," a spokeswoman from Facebook said in a released statement.
Alex Hultgren, Ford's digital media manager said that the company sees "social media as an ideal platform for conversation and the sharing of videos and photos."


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New pictures just popped up at the AirVenture symposium showing off two pics of what the Air Force hopes will eventually wage air war in the years to come.
Burry as they are, I wish they wouldn't tease me so. The first is of Boeing's new air dominance fighter, their bid to replace the Lockheed Martin F-22. [Flight Global]
This right here is... anyone's guess. Looks rad though.


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Chart of the day: The long decline of labor
This chart comes from Margaret Jacobson and Filippo Occhino at the Cleveland Fed, and it's reasonably terrifying — yet another one of those charts where the trend is down and to the right, and where it's only gotten worse since the end of the recession.
What you're looking at here is the share of total national income which is accounted for by labor — a measure that includes wages, salaries, bonuses and things like pension and insurance benefits. Everything else is capital income: interest, dividends, capital gains. There are two ways of measuring this, which is why there are two lines; both of them are telling the same story.
The fascinating thing to me, here, is what has happened since the crisis. Over the past three years or so, wages and salaries have been rising steadily, while interest rates have been stuck at zero. It's never been harder to make income from capital, while incomes for people with jobs have actually kept on rising. And unemployment, while still high, has been coming down.
Given all that, it would stand to reason that the share of national income going to labor should be rising, not falling. Labor incomes are going up, the number of employed people is going up, and income from savings is going down. And yet! It turns out that people with capital are so rich, and getting so much richer, that it's not even close. All that belly-aching about the plight of savers on fixed incomes in a zero interest-rate environment? Well, you don't see it in these numbers. Looking at this chart, if you were given the choice between having money and no job, or having a job but no money, it's not obvious which one to go for.
Of course, as the Cleveland Fed paper shows, a lot of the story here is about rising inequality. But the more powerful, if less obvious, story, is just how entrenched capital income has become in the US economy. As recently as 2000, it was at levels more or less in line with the historical average. And then, something big happened. During the Great Moderation — when yields fell on all capital asset classes — capital income went up sharply. Then the crisis happened, a classic case of a dog not barking: you'd expect capital income to have fallen enormously, at least for a year or two, but it didn't, it just stopped rising. Most recently, in the wake of the financial crisis, capital income has been soaring again.
There's a big lesson here for anybody serious about fiscal policy, too. (Paul Ryan, I'm looking at you.) As the labor share of income goes down and the capital share of income goes up, the only way that we can stop tax revenues from plunging disastrously is to tax capital income at least as much as we tax labor income. By contrast, the Ryan plan proposes taxing capital income at zero — putting ever more of a burden on working Americans, while giving unearned income a massive tax break the rich really don't need.
There are big global forces driving this chart, most importantly the way in which labor is becoming increasingly global and fungible. Labor income has been declining for a good 25 years, and the only substantial countertrend was the dot-com bubble. The trend is a bad one, and it's getting worse. And while I don't see any policies, on either side of the aisle, which really try to address it, the fact is that Republican policies seem explicitly designed to exacerbate it. Think of capital income as the money flowing to "job creators", and the chart is very clear on that front.


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ROME—When Mariangela Schiena moved to Rome from southern Italy 11 years ago, all she hoped for was a simple life, with a roof over her head and a home where she could start a family.
After she and her 28-year old boyfriend Henok Mulugeta lost their jobs in shops six months ago in Italy's economic slump, she decided there was only one way to achieve her goals: move into a squat.
"Everything was getting more expensive, not just bills, and we couldn't make it to the end of the month," said Schiena, 31, as she shivered near a portable heater in an abandoned public archives building on the outskirts of Rome.
"The first night that I slept here, I woke up in the morning and thought: how nice! I don't have to pay rent anymore. I don't have to worry about not being able to make ends meet."
Their radical solution reflects the growing problems facing young people, immigrants and others struggling in Italy's year-long recession — key issues as campaigning begins for a national election expected in February.
Prime Minister Mario Monti has hiked taxes and cut public spending to try to reduce Italy's huge debt, measures that have pleased investors but deepened the downturn in the euro zone's third largest economy, hitting consumers and businesses hard.
Youth unemployment is now more than 35 per cent, triple the overall rate, and companies usually offer young people only temporary contracts with limited benefits, meaning many live at home with their parents or move abroad.
Monti, an unelected technocrat, said over the weekend he intends to resign as soon as the 2013 budget is approved, prompting Italy's main banking and business associations to call on the next government to uphold his reform agenda.
But for ordinary Italians, higher taxes have eaten into already squeezed personal finances. Consumers have cut back on shopping, forcing many stores to close down, and pushing people like Schiena and Mulugeta out of work.
Schiena, for one, said she had completely lost faith in the Italian political class. She is among roughly half of Italians who surveys show are either undecided or will abstain in the elections.
"I used to vote, but for the past two years I am abstaining out of protest. All our politicians are corrupt," she said.
Rome City Council says it knows of about 2,850 properties that are illegally occupied by squatters in the capital but is reluctant to give detailed comparisons with previous years. A spokeswoman said only that authorities evicted squatters from 176 properties in 2011, up from 157 in 2007.
Schiena said she was initially skeptical about looking at the kind of improvised accommodation which was previously used by only very desperate groups such as illegal immigrants.
She and her Ethiopian partner Mulugeta share the rambling maze of corridors with 140 families, mainly immigrants from countries including Tunisia and Ecuador. They said more and more people were joining squat meetings and protests in recent months and asking to move in.
Noisy neighbours, thin walls, leaking ceilings and shared bathrooms have been among the hardest things to get used to, they said, but the communal atmosphere also has benefits. "You don't have to worry about going hungry," said Mulugeta. "People check up on their neighbours and help each other out if they need something."
There is a children's playroom in part of the building, a large hall for parties and assemblies, toilets and decorated Christmas trees in the corridors.
Schiena and Mulugeta have spent money earned from one-off cleaning jobs to furnish their sparse room with kitchen appliances, shelves and a double bed. They even have a television, a Sky subscription and a video games console.
Though they will not be taking part in the elections, the couple did hope for a shift to a left-wing government who would be sympathetic to the difficulties faced by younger generations.
"I heard something about Italy coming out of the crisis. But all my friends are losing their jobs from one day to the next, I don't think this crisis is over," said Schiena.
"We just want a simple, tranquil life, to raise a child. But my fear is that things won't change, and I will not be able to live the life that I wanted."


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|System: PS Vita
|Dev: Ubisoft Montpellier
|Pub: Ubisoft
|Release: February 14, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 544p
|Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Suggestive Themes
by Sean Engemann
It's a true delight to see Rayman make a return to the gaming scene, harkening back to the original design that that we first grew to love. During his prime over a decade ago, Rayman was considered in the same class as Mario, Sonic, and Crash Bandicoot as mascots, though Rayman didn't have the burden of being tied to one console maker. Yet despite overall positive praise throughout his career, Rayman took quite a bit of time off, possibly because 3D platformers were starting to wane in popularity. It is more exciting, then, to see what developer Ubisoft Montpellier has delivered: an old-school side-scrolling adventure that doesn't look a shred dated. Even more impressive is the Vita port, which has not been watered down in the slightest as far as graphical quality.
If this happens to be your first foray into the world of Rayman, don't worry; although many characters have made previous appearances, it is not a requirement that you brush up on your history. You can simply dive into slapping, kicking, and simply enjoying the absolutely gorgeous levels. Of course, there's still a dilemma at hand, propagated accidentally by Rayman and his friends for eating, snoring, and spewing forth other perfectly rhythmic bodily functions, which has infuriated the neighbors from the Land of the Livid Dead. Now the dastardly creatures have invaded the Glade of Dreams, and it's up to Rayman and his posse to banish them back to the netherworld and restore peace and tranquility.
You begin the adventure with the very basic of controls, being able to simply run and jump. After freeing Betilla the nymph, you will be granted the ability to attack. Liberating future nymphs unlocks other skills, such as gliding through the air, swimming underwater, and walking up walls. Whether you play as Rayman, his playful partner in crime Globox, or one of the two spellcasting Teensies, no character has a noticeable advantage, and switching them up between levels adds a little spice in what could have easily been a one-man show. Unlike in some of Rayman's later platforming forays, you'll never feel a sense of calamity in the atmosphere with Rayman Origins, which gives a levity to the story that is refreshing compared to the dark mood that permeates nearly every other game nowadays.
Of course, that doesn't mean the game is in any way timid with regards to difficulty. You're a fragile creature, requiring only a single hit to become bubblized and pop (the game's form of death). Sprinkled through each level, you'll find a heart, which adds one extra point to your health total, but that's it. Therefore victory will depend heavily on your own platforming skill, and with over sixty levels of vastly different stage designs, you'll never be allowed to get comfortable with a particular control blueprint. The levels themselves are broken up into many sections, the start of which becomes the respawn point, so should you meet an inflated demise, you thankfully will not have far to travel.
Your objective throughout is to free little creatures called Electoons. Some are trapped in hidden and guarded caves, while others are awarded by collecting a certain threshold of Lums (another creature of the world). Not only does your increasing collection of Electoons allow you to progress through the story, but they also reveal secret (and lucrative) sanctuaries to play, new character skins to try out, and their own challenges, which are essentially tied-in minigames.
These "minigames" come in a variety of flavors. Time Attacks have you race through cleared levels and strive to beat a set time, which will reward you will another Electoon. Beat the Hard time and you'll also rake in a Trophy for your efforts. Chest Challenges have you chase a runaway chest though an increasingly difficult obstacle course, with the spoils being a Skull Tooth which will allow access to the Land of the Livid Dead. Some of these extras may seem like fluff, but completionists will undoubtedly find value in them. And with such gorgeous levels, they are never boring.
I keep repeating my praise for the art design because it's truly unlike anything you've ever seen in a video game, let alone a platformer. The bold colors and beautiful environments are hand crafted, as are the characters. Using an exclusive graphics engine called UbiArt Framework, the drawn designs were uploaded into the programming with very little technical manipulation. Not only does this showcase excellent skill, but also the level of hard work and commitment into putting together vivid backdrops. With the Vita's touchscreen, you are able to pinch or stretch the screen to zoom out or in, respectively. This does little in the way of improving the gameplay, but it does allow you to take a closer look at the fine detailing should you feel the urge.


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Back in 2011 when Acer released their first Acer HN274H B 3D monitor with 3D Vision 2 and 3D Lightboost technology support and I've got a unit for testing I have noticed that the monitor had some problems with the resolution in stereoscopic 3D mode. When it was showing something in stereo 3D mode the image was like with only half of the vertical lines per eye and not all of them showing, very similar to what you are seeing in a passive 3D monitor though there in 3D mode you get half the horizontal lines per eye. After all one of the advantages of active 3D technology is that it is supposed to be offering full 1080p resolution per eye thanks to the shutters in the 3D glasses being used. Notice on the image above how on the 3D Vision setup wizard with the screen showing the hexagon and rectangle stereo 3D test screen how the 2D text above is just fine, however the geometric figures with stereo 3D effect applied to them are like with half horizontal resolution – you see a line of green pixels for the hexagon then a line of what seems to be white pixels then again a line of green and the same goes with the blue for the triangle. Normally these figures need to be a solid color and monitors with this vertical scanline-like or checkerboard-like issue are showing them as if they are with lower resolution then they should actually be. Note that the image above is not a very closeup shot of the screen and yet the effect caused by the issue is clearly visible, so it is easily noticeable at normal viewing distance when using the display.
Back then I've tried pretty much anything to see where the problem with the Acer HN274H B monitor not showing the full resolution per eye was, like using different video drivers, trying different GPU configurations, playing with different cables and so on, but nothing helped. So I ended up with the conclusion that there is something wrong with the monitor itself. Nvidia was also aware about the issue when I've checked with them and they were looking into what was causing the problem. I should note that when testing the Asus VG278H monitor that was the other 3D Lightboost-capable monitor back at that time there were no such problems as what the Acer monitor has shown in stereo 3D mode, so apparently not all monitors were affected by this. Since that time I've tested a few more newer 3D-capable monitor with 3D Lightboost technology and did not see the same problem present or that much apparent at least in any of them, however I just seen a forum post with people complaining of having very similar problem with most of the newer active 3D displays on the market though not all units seem to be affected. This includes monitors such as the Asus VG248QE, Asus VG278HE, Asus VG278HR, BenQ XL2420T and BenQ XL270T, so it seems that the problem is still there and the question is what is casing it? This issue has actually been identified as LCD inversion (alternating positive and negative voltages for pixels used within an LCD panel in order to prevent polarization and thus damage) and thanks to Mark Rejohn we already have a good online test to check your 3D monitor for LCD inversion artifacts, so check out the Moving Inversion Patterns Test.
With that said, if you have a 3D-capable monitor that is suffering from the same problem as described above (seeming like half horizontal resolution) when in stereo 3D mode and by the way this issue is also visible with moving objects when you are using the display in 120Hz 3D mode, though everything seems normal in 60Hz, you are welcome to report it in the comments below or the forum topic linked below. Please post the model of your 3D display as well as a production date (should be printed on the information sticker at the back of the display). You can easily check to see if your 3D monitor is affected by the same issue and how strong the problem is by going through the 3D Vision setup wizard and taking a closer look at the Hardware Test image with the geometric figures that is on the photo above, so you actually don't need anything special to test, though the mentioned test above can also help if you are using a compatible browser.
– To check out the topic describing the above resolution problem at the GeForce forums…


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"Carnival Splendor - Mexican Riviera Cruise April 2012"
So - it has been 8 months since we cruised but out of interest when looking for a review to see what others thought of this cruise and I didn't see one I thought it best to add one as a starting point for people considering this cruise. Firstly though I will start with the fact that this was our first cruise, so we really don't have anything to compare it to. We are a well travelled, fairly easy going family of 4 and I cruised with my husband and Miss 10 and Miss 6. We are from Australia and the cruise departed from Longbeach, California and returned there after cruising for 7 nights down to 2 stops at Cabo San Luca and 1 day in Peurto Vallarta. We were totally amazed at the whole cruising experience - we loved loved loved it and could NOT fault a single thing about the cruise. The staff we ever so helpful, there was always something to do, the children were always well entertained with the various kids clubs on board. We cruised with 6 other families and I think this added to our fun but there are certainly plenty more friendly people to meet and spend your time with. The cruising staff could never do enough for you but in saying that we were pretty self sufficient and didn't really have any issues that needed addressing. Basically they left you alone, however if you had an issue they would bend over backwards to address it. The variety of the different types of meals, entertainment, music etc would/should be enough to satisfy even the fussiest of people. Cruising is what you make it people!! We booked an oceanview cabin, a queensize bed for us and Miss 10 slept on the the bunk that was pulled down from the ceiling and set up each night while we were at dinner and Miss 6 slept on the sofa by day / single bed by night - all beds were extremely comfortable. Each night while we were at dinner (we had the 6pm sitting) we would return to our rooms to find fresh shower and pool towels and all the beds prepared and turned down, with chocolates and towel animals making a nice touch - it was always exciting to return from dinner to find what surprise animal awaited us! The program left on our bed detailed what events were on the next day so that was always really helpful as we all picked out things we wanted to go and see - and there was always so much to do!! Comedians, Vegas style shows, singers, hypnotists, bingo, shopping etc etc there was always something happening in the main theatre. With the children that our other friends had ranged in ages from 2 to 17 so they were in a variety of different kids clubs depending on their ages and they all had a ball - they certainly didn't live there but they picked out the things happening there that they didn't want to miss out on. From memory the kids club hours were 9am - 10pm but when you were at sea days you needed to collect them during lunch and dinner times. The pools and spas were amazing and for those wanting to escape children there was an adults only area on the ship - which I thought was quite considerate of Carnival. The food was quite impressive - we were allocated to the black pearl dining room and we dined at the 6pm sitting. We never stressed about running 10 minutes late because we knew our table would always be there for us - our dinner hosts were AMAZING and really took the time to get to know our names and our children's (3 of the families all dined together, 6 adults, 1 toddler on 1 table and 7 children on the other and the staff looked after the children for us. We never once had a single issue with either meal or drinks, the food was always of high quality. Once of our families were dairy free and this didn't cause the staff a problem when meals were ordered without the cheese topping or no creamy dressings etc, one person in our party was vegetarian and there really was options for everybody. We tended to buffet for breakfast and lunch most days and basically it depended on where the lines were shortest as to where we ate. There were always healthy options and the food was always fresh and hot - there were themed days, i remember one being chocolate extravaganza and insanely tall chocolate fountains, cheesecakes, biscuits all sorts of things. The ship did have 2 formal dining nights, we didn't pack any formal attire as we had been holidaying for 3 weeks in the states previously and when sorting and resorting the suitcases prior to departure it didn't make the cut - but do consider them as a lot of people do go - on the upside most buffets are empty so you can eat almost anywhere with no waiting. 2 other things - a soda card. Whilst water and lemonade were free from the buffet areas all other soft drinks needed to be paid for. you can purchase a soda card which entitles the holder to get a soda or soft drink from any bar on the ship. The card cost around $40 and all in all we got 8 soft drinks with it, so we still didnt really get value for money but more for the convenience of the children being able to get a drink if we were not with them as they were unable to charge to our room. Secondly, the shore excursions. There are so many that you can book directly with the cruise itself, either online through carnivals website or whilst onboard the actual cruises (some may fill up or even be sold out though, if you leave it until you are onboard). Although they may be more expensive than the price you could negotiate yourself with the local carriers when you get into Port you are always guaranteed that if you have booked through Carnival then they will not leave you behind - and trust me this happens! If you are not back on the ship then it will leave without you and this is something you should take very seriously - check out youtube you will see the people running along the port, alongside the boat sailing off without them. Honestly it depends on how well you speak the local language and how well you know the local area and how much money you wanted to save. Mexico was brilliant, the weather was perfect it certainly didn't cost anything to catch a tender ashore and suss out what was happening - even buying something from the local market and participating in the local culture etc. We loved loved loved Carnival. To finish - it was an amazing cruise, definitely value for money. it worked out to be around $80 per person per day on the ship which we thought was fantastic value. We were never bored, we had nothing to complain about and are so looking forward to booking another carnival cruise to a different location.Read more
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- Destination: Mexico
- Sailed: April 2012
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"Awesome trip"
This cruise was value for money. It was very exciting and a great cruise to do if you are just looking for a taste of cruising. It was for 4 nights do was just long enough for first time. So many choices of restaurants to eat at. The entertainment at night was superb and so many shows to choose from. Dance lessons are fun to do. My husband love the casino and met some vey nice people in there. The day excursions were very good and if you didn't want to do the you could just get off the boat and look around. We went on our own so therefore it was easier for us to meet and make friends. The jogging track in the top of the boat was great we used it every day to exercise before we ate all the beautiful food that was on offer for us..there were approx 3000 people on the boat by it didn't seem crowded and didn't take long to get loaded on on th first day or getting off at the end. The staff were very helpful and very lead ant to deal with. The cabin service was excellent. We were well looked after.Read more
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- Destination: Mexico
- Sailed: May 2011
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"Mexico cruise-best way to end your USA holiday"
thi scruise was fantastic, the food was to die for. My daughter is a celiaac and the cooked special made to order meals for her. She never felt so special or ever had so much choice in what she would like to eat. The service was fantastic and they were sensational with the kids. The kids had ample entertainment with water slides and putt pout golf and a pool. our short tours covered historical parts of Mexico then we visited some fantatic beaches and resorts. The shopping on the cruise was great, with special offerers everyday. The chocolate spectalour was out of this world. Everything chocolate you could ask for and more.I have never seen a ship so clean, the rooms were spotless and new. the kids loved coming into the room each night and see what animal was made out of towels left in the room by the steward. Around the pool was relaxing with entertainment and wonderful music being okayed it really put you in the holiday mood, especially with the cocktails being delivered to you. The staff are very caring , unfirtuantley while we were on the cruise my mother in law passed away unexpectedly . They offered to organize flights for my husband and also allowed us to use the phone free of charge to call home everyday to find out what is happening. I have hollidayed lot around the world but this cruise was special. My kids want to go again. Out of our whole USA trip they rated this the best! Better than DisneylandRead more
- Cruise Name: Carnival Splendor
- Destination: Mexico
- Sailed: October 2010


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Hi, I know this is going to be SO simple when its pointed out but I've been working on this for the past 3 hours and I just can't understand it. I am VERY new to Java and I am trying to solve the 1st problem from project Euler. The problem is: To add all the natural numbers below 1000 that are divisable by 3 or 5. The following code determins whether the number is divisible by 3 and adds i to the total each time it finds a one. This part of the code works perfectly and I get the expected outcome. I can also change the value to 5 and that works accordingly.
So give that this works perfectly I figured I would just be able to add an OR operator to determine whether i is divisible by 3 OR 5:
However for some reason this simply returns the value 49500. Witch is wrong. I have tried replacing 1000 with 10 which should give me a value of 23 but I get 0. Any pointers would be hugely appreciated.


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Keeping older drivers on the road
A unique research car which monitors our concentration, stress levels and driving habits while we're sat behind the steering wheel is being used to develop new technologies to support older drivers.The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have converted an electric car into a mobile laboratory.
Dubbed 'DriveLAB', the car is kitted out with tracking systems, eye trackers and bio-monitors in an effort to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to identify where the key stress points are.
Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key factors responsible for a fall in health and well-being among older people, leading to them becoming more isolated and inactive.
Led by Professor Phil Blythe, the Newcastle team are investigating in-vehicle technologies for older drivers which they hope could help them to continue driving into later life.
These include bespoke navigation tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations.
Phil Blythe, Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems at Newcastle University, explains: "For many older people, particularly those living alone or in rural areas, driving is essential for maintaining their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.
"But we all have to accept that as we get older our reactions slow down and this often results in people avoiding any potentially challenging driving conditions and losing confidence in their driving skills. The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.
"What we are doing is to look at ways of keeping people driving safely for longer, which in turn boosts independence and keeps us socially connected."
Funded by Research Councils UK's Digital Economy programme the research is part of the Social inclusion through the Digital Economy (SiDE) project, a £12m research hub led by Newcastle University.
Using the new DriveLAB as well as the University's driving simulator, the team have been working with older people from across the North East and Scotland to understand their driving habits and fears and look at ways of overcoming them.
By incorporating the eye tracker and bio-monitor with the driving simulator the team are able to monitor eye movement, speed, reaction, lane position, acceleration, braking and driving efficiency.
Dr Amy Guo, the leading researcher on the older driver study, explains: "The DriveLAB is helping us to understand what the key stress triggers and difficulties are for older drivers and how we might use technology to address these problems.
"For example, most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, we found that in 30mph zones they struggled to keep at a constant speed and so were more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of getting fined.
"We're looking at the benefits of systems which control your speed as a way of preventing that."
Another solution is a tailored SatNav which uses pictures as turning cues, such as a post box or public house.
Researcher Chris Emmerson, explains: "One thing that came out of the focus groups was that while the older generation is often keen to try new technologies it's their lack of experience with, and confidence in, digital technologies which puts them off. Also, they felt most were designed with younger people in mind."
The work is being presented at the Aging, Mobility and Quality of Life conference in Michigan in June.
Edmund King, AA president and Visiting Professor of Transport at Newcastle University, said: "The car is a life-line for many older people as it helps keep them mobile, independent and connected to friends and family. The AA Charitable Trust has helped thousands of older drivers with our free "Drive Confident" courses but we feel that the pioneering work of DriveLAB will help with technological solutions to ensure that older drivers stay safer behind the wheel."
The driving simulator is also being used to look at how distractions such as answering a mobile phone, sending a text or eating can affect our driving.
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Chinese state television had so far only shown a computer-generated image of its path as it approached the surface of the moon late on Saturday.
The 300-pound rover on board the probe separated from the much larger landing vehicle early on Sunday, around seven hours after the Chang'e 3 had touched down on a fairly flat, Earth-facing part of the moon.
The mission blasted off from southwest China on December 2 on a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
The silver rover is named Yutu or Jade Rabbit after the pet of Chang'e, the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology.
The footage shows the surface of the moon getting closer and closer to the probe before it crashes into the dust.
The video then shows the lander, covered in golden foil, standing in the Sinus Iridum or Bay of Rainbows, its solar panels open to generate power.
The mission marks the next stage in an ambitious space programme that aims to eventually put a Chinese astronaut on the moon.
The rover will spend about three months exploring the moon's surface.
China's space programme is an enormous source of pride for the country, the third to carry out a lunar soft landing - which does not damage the craft and the equipment it carries - after the United States and the former Soviet Union in 1976.
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Heikki Mikkola, the "Flyin' Finn" was one of the most popular and feared motocross racers of the 1970s. During his illustrious career, Mikkola collected four World Grand Prix Motocross Championship titles.
Heikki Mikkola was born in 1945 in Mikkeli, Finland. Athletic and sports-minded at an early age, he and friend Martti Pesonen (who went on to become a Finnish road racing champion) modified bicycles for jumping in the woods. At 14, Mikkola moved up to a moped and then bought a Ducati, which he kept secret from father, Toivo, and mother, Helvi. The Ducati was returned to the dealer when his father found out, since Mikkola did not have a drivers license.
Mikkola began racing in the summer of 1964, entering races in Finland and earning two third-place finishes aboard a Greeves. In 1965, he entered 18 races, winning 11. It was in this season that he retired the Greeves and began racing a Husqvarna.
In 1966, Heikki won the Finnish Junior Enduro Championship while racing with a broken wrist. That year he also entered the Finnish round of the World Grand Prix championship and led several laps before succumbing to the pain in his wrist.
In 1967, Heikki earned points in the Grand Prix of Finland, racing a 250cc Husqvarna. In 1968, he won the Grand Prix of Sweden, and married Kaija Hannele Pohjola. That same year, the Swedish Husqvarna factory took note of Mikkola and offered parts support.
The 1969 Grand Prix season was a tough one for Mikkola. Plagued by injury, he entered nine rounds and ended up ranked 14th. But he was determined to return the next year healthy and with a more professional approach to his equipment.
1n 1970, he raced in the Grand Prix Championship, winning the Finnish, Swiss and Australian rounds, and completed the series in fourth, just one point behind third-ranked racer Roger DeCoster.
In 1971, Mikkola signed a three-year factory team agreement with Husqvarna. That season he once again finished fourth in the Grand Prix rankings. In 1972, he petitioned the Husqvarna factory for a personal mechanic and to be moved to the 500cc class. Husqvarna agreed, and he finished third in points.
In 1973, Mikkola returned to the 250cc Grand Prix class, where he finished third in the rankings. He also competed in the 1973 Inter-AMA Motocross series, winning the championship title.
Husqvarna asked Mikkola to return to the Grand Prix 500cc class in 1974, and he eagerly accepted. After a season-long battle with Roger DeCoster, Mikkola won the World Grand Prix 500cc Championship.
Despite an offer from Honda to race in the United States in 1975, Mikkola re-signed with Husqvarna. DeCoster took the Grand Prix Championship with 12 wins that year, and Mikkola finished second with five wins.
In 1976, the Husqvarna factory asked Mikkola to return to the 250cc class to promote and increase public demand for the motorcycle. Mikkola agreed and won the 1976 World Grand Prix 250cc Championship and became the first rider to win both the 250cc and 500cc titles.
In 1977, Mikkola signed with Yamaha and was immediately impressed by the attention given to his input and in the development of his race bike. He won the 1977 500cc World Grand Prix title, and returned to defend his championship the following year. Mikkola won the 1978 U.S. Grand Prix in front of millions of Americans watching on ABC's Wide World of Sports, and went on to win the 1978 500cc World Grand Prix Championship title.
Mikkola struggled with multiple injuries during the 1979 World Grand Prix Championship. At season's end he was ranked fifth and decided to retire from active racing. He served as Yamaha's team manager for Americans Danny LaPorte and Neil Hudson for one season. Afterwards, he purchased a vegetable farm in the south of Finland. Today, he and his family operate the farm and a market outside of Helsinki.
Heikki Mikkola can be considered the most successful Finnish motorcycle racer to date. During his 10-year career he won numerous national championships, 32 World Grand Prix races and four World Grand Prix titles.


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Remember arriving in Boulogne on a TDF Sunday Etappe after starting the day in St Omer , and crashing off the bike when the left crank snapped ! Dunkirk on Monday and Antwerp on Tuesday had no bike shops open so riding with right foot only was no fun .
Hope you guys avoid the spills that seem to reoccur in the TDF each year
First started in 2010, Tour de Force is a unique event for those people that have ever wanted to ride the entire route of the Tour de France (without needing a pro contract!).
Riding the 3497km route one week ahead of the race, the riders will roll up the Champs Elysees on 15 July. Lead cyclist Phil Deeker (who also organises the Rapha Cent Cols Challenge), is sending us daily blogs from each stage, which will service as a interesting preview of the stages before the pros ride them a week later.
Stage 4
After a 1 hour transfer from Boulogne we headed back towards the "Cote d'Albatre", via Eu, to Dieppe. The smell of fish, seaweed and low-tide mud enticed some riders to stop for a quick toe-dip, conscious that the next sea they would dip into would be the Med, at Cap d'Agde... after a lot of pedalling! Heading due west along the coast meant a roller-coaster (of course) of a ride, with all sea views obscured by a low thick sea mist that enshrouded us but kept us cool. The pace was good with four mini-pelotons maintaining speeds of between 28 & 32 kph for the first 140 kms. The climbs were all cat 4 and never exceeded 5%; big ring pumping on smooth tarmac. Nice! Verges are being cut and tidied up; bike sculptures finished off; old bikes strung up anywhere convenient.
The mayor of St Pierre-en-Port interviewed me about our event after he had generously offered us his grounds for our lunch break. They were his bikes strung up around the village and he was busy prepping a party for the passage of the Tour next week. There is a real feeling of expectancy in this area already.
It will be a fast stage for the pros with few difficulties, especially in the second half when the route cuts south across the plains and along the Seine valley. It cuts a corner by shifting up gently over a small ridge at 10kms from the end, but nothing to slow the Real Men down!
The pack loved this stage, with the charm of the coastal villages of the Caux region. A real sense of 'journey' has infected us all and this will only become stronger as each day adds to the accumulation of moments and memories. Knee pains are cropping up, but overall morale is good & riders are still strong. We are all working well in groups too.
It's 01.50am as I finish this off, having finished the stage (215kms) with the last-in riders at 19.45 and not had a dull moment since. The alarm is set for 5am, which doesn't leave much time before I ask us all to start pedalling again for another 200k stage at 07.30am tomorrow... well, later on this 'morning' in fact!
a sprinters' stage then, again, with a big breakaway early on for sure.
Stage 5
The first of two 'flat' sprinters stages in mid-France; all eyes on Cav. Having fought against a cold westerly in Belgium – when we were heading west! – we now had a hot south-easterly that seemed much more head- than cross- wind all day! Why is it always like that?!
Rolling fields of corn and beet: the perfect setting for the peloton to charge across in pursuit of a daring breakaway next week. Lots more hedge trimming going on and a few creative "installations" for Le Tour. Cycling across the Picardie region is an insight into 'La France Profonde', where it is quite obvious that nothing much goes on here! so when the Tour comes to town, they quite clearly party! Any amateurs such as us are game for a dress rehearsal, which is very touching and brings a smile to the weariest of our faces. We can see too much of the roads ahead, too soon. The occasional chain-gang session breaks up the hard sense of slow progress, and gradually we eat up the miles. This is gruelling cycling, but it gives such a real sense of the immense challenge that is to ride the whole Tour route.
Tomorrow we will be joined by 20 more riders, in Metz, some of whom will stay from there until the end. Others are part of our happy travelling circus for a shorter "Tour Taster" pack, taking on the three stages in the Alps, for example. To have fresh blood with us gives us all a boost... as long as they don't rip our legs off on the first morning!
Expect to see Team Sky at the front of the peloton A LOT on this stage! but then, won't they be there for three weeks, à la Europcar team last year?
Stage 6
The final 'warm-up' stage with a couple of bumps to deal with at km 145 and km 185, but nothing to break too much of a sweat for. The long rollers of stage 5 were nowhere to be seen. instead we were treated to more forest sections and a selection of very charming villages. Riders rode well in groups, with sprints to the feedstops becoming much more common.
This is of course another stage for a sprint win and marks a strong transition point in the Tour. From here on business gets a little more serious…
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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Decorate your wall with a handmade piece of art. Shred the pages of an old magazine and cut out some inspiring words or phrases. Add them to a shadowbox and hang it on the wall. Recycled magazine crafts don't have to be complicated or time-consuming. In fact, you can create this project in an afternoon.
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Giving a gift in a boring bag is just criminal. Show someone how much you care by creating recycled magazine crafts that really stick out. This gift bag is both pretty and eye-catching - it won't get lost among a sea of store-bought wrapping paper.
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Aug 11, 2018
This is one of my favorite things. Recycling old papers and magazines. Magazines make for more colorful projects. I just glanced thru these ideas and they appear very easy and take very little to turn out done mighty unique and pretty items. I can't wait to get working on them with my grand daughter.
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Mar 01, 2016
Here is an article definitely worth pinning! There are so many great ideas I had to save this for later. I will be referring to this many times I m sure. We pile up those magazines at our house we can't bear to recycle them, and the towers of old magazines are becoming over whelming. Not anymore thanks to these awesome ideas. Thanks
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Using your used materials can save you cash instead of buying new one. Recycling like used plastic bottle is one way process to create new things. In some states, recycling fraud occur when a law regarding on recycling the plastic bottled passed. Your search is over, all of the info you need is at MatchFinancial.com.
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Oct 04, 2013
what ever happened to the angel that you make out of your phone book? Doesnt anyone do that one anymore I am sure that one can be changed around to be more festive for christmas
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Sep 14, 2013
it sounds like fun. I have never seen anything made from mag. I would like to find a pattern if u can help me. thank you, jeannie
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Jan 19, 2011
hahaha thats too funny! that is my post on crafters!... the magazine bag! here is the updated version though. and by updated i mean still yearrrsss old. http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=61439.msg581969#msg581969
Sweet Linda
Dec 30, 2010
When I click on: 10 Things to Do with Old Wine Bottles, I am taken to the favecrafts.com home page. I have tried left clicking same results. I have tried right clicking, asking it to open in a new tab as well as a new page same results. Is this web site no longer available? Thanks.
Dec 30, 2010
There is no mention of beadmaking with magazines. It can really make beautiful beads. I first found out about it from a gift from a friend. In other countries, women are making them to provide for their families.
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Sep 30, 2013
Yes!! I agree! You can make the coolest paper beads.All you do is cut the paper in the shape of a long triangle.Glue the end and make sure it doesn't unwind.You can use a pencil,sewing hook or wood dowel as your tool to wind the paper around.You start at the wide end and tightly wind around the "pencil" till the pointed end comes last.After the glue has dried,then cover the bead w/h a acrylic sealer.Let dry at least 24 hrs.This is a great craft for kids!!
Jun 10, 2010
When you click into the article, you also need to click on "garbage can" in the 2nd paragraph and it will take you to the site that gives you instruction and pictures. It's a beautiful craft and I'm going to give it a try!
May 08, 2010
When you go the site for the trash can, it doesnt really give youany intruction on what to do! I was really disappointed.
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