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Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a condition that results in recurring discomfort or pain in the bladder and the surrounding pelvic region. The symptoms vary from case to case and even in the same individual. People may experience mild discomfort, pressure, tenderness, or intense pain in the bladder and pelvic area. Symptoms may include an urgent need to urinate, a frequent need to urinate, or a combination of these symptoms. Pain may change in intensity as the bladder fills with urine or as it empties. Women's symptoms often get worse during menstruation. They may sometimes experience pain during vaginal intercourse.
People who have interstitial cystitis may have the following symptoms:
- An urgent need to urinate, both in the daytime and during the night (yet you may pass only very small amounts of urine each time)
- Pressure, pain and tenderness around the bladder, pelvis and perineum (the area between the anus and vagina or the anus and the scrotum). This pain and pressure may increase as the bladder fills and decrease as it empties in urination.
- A bladder that won't hold as much urine as it used to
- Pain during sexual intercourse
- In men, discomfort or pain in the penis or scrotum
For many women, the symptoms get worse before their menstrual period. Stress may also make the symptoms worse, but it doesn't cause them.
The therapy for interstitial cystitis (IC) begins with extensive patient education regarding the chronic nature of the disease and realistic assessments of the condition, prognosis, and potential responses to therapy. Ongoing reassurance and physical and emotional support are important as the diagnostic evaluation progresses and therapies are applied. Only rarely will patients with interstitial cystitis have an immediate, complete, and durable response to any particular therapy. They must be counseled at length regarding the lack of universally effective therapies. Often, referral to one of the local interstitial cystitis support groups, especially a local chapter of the Interstitial Cystitis Association, can be helpful in providing a continuing network of support for the patient.
Ideally, in clinical practice, the treatment of interstitial cystitis should be initiated with the least invasive, least expensive, and most reversible therapy. In general, this consists of a program of dietary and fluid management, time and stress management, and behavioral modification. Thereafter, treatments are applied in a progressively more invasive step-wise fashion until some degree of symptomatic relief is obtained.
Interventions might include various pharmacological agents (eg, pentosan polysulfate sodium [Elmiron], antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, analgesics, anti-inflammatory agents), intravesical therapy (ie, medications intermittently instilled directly into the bladder via a catheter), electrical stimulation, and complementary therapies such as acupuncture and hypnosis.
Managing the pain component can be difficult in patients with interstitial cystitis. The etiology of the pain remains unclear, but various authors have postulated the etiology to be mediated centrally, peripherally, or locally via a neurogenic or inflammatory mechanism. Some patients require long-term pain medications, while others rely on these only during periods of symptomatic flares. Anti-inflammatory agents, acetaminophen, gabapentin (Neurontin), tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and various other agents are used. Most clinicians tend to avoid the extensive use of narcotics in patients with interstitial cystitis. When the pain component becomes unresponsive to nonnarcotic agents, referral to a chronic pain management facility may be helpful.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) units, electrical stimulation (intravaginal), acupuncture, and intrathecal and intraspinal infusions have all been used. Topical anesthetics such as lidocaine have been applied directly to the bladder intravesically and have yielded some success.


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The Texas Longhorns spent 2011 just trying to get back to winning. With that accomplished, they figure it's time to return to their place among the nation's elite in 2012.
They have big questions to answer at quarterback before that happens.
While the defense grew into one of the Big 12's best and the running game had moments of dominance, the Longhorns were held back last season by the spotty play of quarterbacks David Ash and Case McCoy. Those two rotated in the starting job all season and they are still battling for the starting job.
Texas opens the season at home Sept. 1 against Wyoming.

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Gynecological Support and Health
Little Company of Mary is prepared to be a lifelong health partner with expert staff who care for a range of gynecologic concerns. From the predictable gynecological issues of adolescence to the more complex concerns that come with age, to cancer detection, menstrual disorders and the effects of menopause, women can rely on us to be there.
Ready for Every Need
Our services include regular evaluation and management of Pap smears, treatments for pelvic pain, premenstrual syndrome and more. And, through the years, we're there for women with advances in treatments for many of women's concerns, such as abnormal cervical cells and issues related to menopause including osteoporosis and hormone replacement.
Women's Wellness Consultants
Women's Wellness Consultants provide a variety of services to assist women in meeting their personal health goals. "Women's Series" is a lecture series offering information related to women's health presented by LCM physicians and other experts in the field of women's wellness. Topics include: peri menopause, menopause, PMS and PMDD. To reach a consultant directly, call 708.423.5774.
Moving Ahead in Fibroid Treatment
Many women develop fibroid tumors, also known as myomas. Though benign, these masses of fibrous tissue and muscle on the uterine wall can cause menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain and bladder or bowel pressure. With minimally invasive outpatient Uterine Fibroid Embolizations our physicians offer a much less painful procedure than open surgery with a far quicker? recovery time.
For information about Little Company of Mary's gynecological experts call 866.540.LCMH any time day or night, any day of the week.
What should you know about gynecological health?
- Uterine fibroids are the most common, benign tumors in women of childbearing age
- Nearly half of the approximately 600,000 hysterectomies performed annually in the United States are due to uterine fibroids
- The median age for onset of perimenopause is 47.5 years
- Women should have their first Pap test approximately 3 years after first sexual intercourse or by age 21, whichever comes first
- Women under 30 should undergo annual Pap testing since they have a higher likelihood than older women of acquiring high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that may cause precancerous cervical changes
Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids
- Heavy bleeding or painful periods
- Bleeding between periods
- Feeling of fullness in the pelvic area (lower abdomen)
- Urinating often
- Pain during sex
- Lower back pain
- Reproductive problems such as infertility, having more than one miscarriage or having early onset of labor during pregnancy
Symptoms of Menopause
- Hot flashes
- Night sweats
- Irregular periods
- Loss of libido
- Vaginal dryness
What can I do?
- Talk to your Little Company of Mary physician about all your concerns and the medical options available
- Have regular Pap tests
- Talk to your physician about Little Company of Mary's non-invasive, outpatient fibroid treatment alternative
- For women who are menopausal and still have their uterus, treatment with estrogen and proestrogen called combination hormone therapy can be prescribed for menopausal symptoms
- For women who are menopausal and have had their uterus removed, treatment with only estrogen can be prescribed


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Summit County Fishing Report: Ice fishing words to the wise
Ice fishing words to the wise, Dillon Reservoir is an excellent option for a little local fishing. Sporting more than a foot of ice and several inches of snow, anglers should consider using skis or snowshoes to fish areas any distance from the parking areas.
Those willing to move away from the Swiss cheese area (lots of holes), will find decent fishing. No need to fish water more than 20 feet deep, though. Keep it simple, try small ice jigs tipped with a waxworm and work from the bottom to just below the ice.
Downriver, Green Mountain Reservoir also has more than a foot of ice. Here, lake trout remain the most popular quarry. Anglers working deeper water – up to 100 feet with white glow jigs tipped with sucker meat – are picking up decent numbers of fish about 20 inches or so, which is excellent eating size.
Don't be married to the bottom, however. Many anglers have noticed suspended fish on their electronics. If you don't have a flasher, then vary your depth and move frequently if you're not catching.
Toward Granby, Willow Creek Reservoir is producing good numbers of small kokanee and rainbows. For the kokanee, fish in deeper water, to 60 feet, but expect the fish to be with the plankton layer at 20-30 feet down. Small, bright jigs in reds, oranges or chartreuse are good choices.
When you tire of catching at Willow Creek, head over to Granby Reservoir and try for lake trout. The ice is thick, approaching two feet. Sucker-tipped jigs will produce if you keep on the move and work deeper waters. Most fish will be small, just a few longer than 30 inches have been caught this season.
– Editor's note: Dave Coulson is the Colorado state editor for FishExplorer.com. He contributes a weekly fishing report to the Summit Daily News. For more local and regional fishing info, visit http://www.fishexplorer.com.
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Convenient links to our most visited web pages
Thank you for visiting the Little Company of Mary website. As part of our pursuit of pain-free health care, we like to make your experiences with Little Company of Mary as simple and stress-free as possible?even your online experience. So we have compiled our most visited web pages and links in this Quick Links section to be sure you can find the information you are looking for quickly.
See the convenient links to the left. We monitor our web stats closely, and so you may see these Quick Links change over time based on what pages our community is visiting most.
We hope these help you in your search for information. If you cannot find what you are looking for here or elsewhere on the site, please contact us so we can assist you.


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Prez needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
I need a logo made for an automotive website.
Automotive Empire
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Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
There is no requirements other then the original needs to be 300-600dpi and in some format we can use to print from.
You are free to design anything, any colors, and etc. This logo will be used for print and web.
Automotive Empire
Ok guys. New request. No cars or trucks in the logo. Don't want to brand as only being for type of vehicle.
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PCON needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
A professional Social Media Productions Company called Elephant Media is looking for a logo. We are open to suggestions but think we want to go in the direction of a white (profile) elephant in purple background. we would like the chosen logo to be available with the company name both in purple and white so we can use it with web, stationary and business cards and switch between the two weher necessary.Also I would like to see a white profile elephant with a single rugged continuous edge alomst as if it was drawn with crayon- a very basic elephant..
Elephant Media
Our company is a media company that promotes fair and positive media representation for socially excluded groups in Ireland. Professionalism is key for us. We are launching our website on the 11th April so time is also of the essence! That said, we are willing to wait until we find the perfect design
- We are looking at a shade of purple (medium violet red but with more of a bluish tinge) or purple with more of a reddish pink tinge- possibly harold's crayon #B62084- but WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS
2. we dont want the elephant to be exactly photo perfect lifelike- cartoon style or sketched would be nice but must look professional
3. The name Elephant Media must feature
4. we would like to have the logo with the option of either the name in purple or white so we can switch between where necessary
- pinkopen to all suggestions
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Most large businesses are committing to the digital technologies that are transforming their industries. But Accenture analysis reveals that the vast majority are not yet translating these digital investments into better financial performance and, importantly, new growth.
To help C-suite leaders better understand the interplay between digital and financial performance, Accenture has created the Digital Performance Index, based on our study of 343 leading global companies across eight industries.
We invite you to explore the digital performance of your company and to benchmark it against its peers.
Digital High Performers turn digital investments into sustained financial performance.
Eighteen percent of companies are Digital Leaders. They demonstrate strong digital capabilities, but have yet to generate sustained and impressive financial returns.
The 6 percent who are Digital High Performers go further by optimizing their digital investments through more strategic capabilities. This gives them 44 percent higher revenue growth scores over Digital Leaders and helps explain their more consistent performance.
As a result, investors reward Digital High Performers, giving them a Future Value score 48 percent higher than Digital Leaders.
Digital High Performers master rotating to the new
Few Digital High Performers are digital natives. Yet they manage to use digital technology as both an enabler and a driver of change in their legacy organizations. In short, they master rotating to the new.
Rotating to the new breaks with convention. In the past, many companies exploited new digital opportunities by separating new businesses from existing core business which were treated as cash cows. Instead, companies should no longer distinguish between the core and the new, but focus on developing new digital opportunities within existing core businesses.
To be successful with this approach requires four key elements:
Transformation of the Core, to drive investment capacity
Growth from the Core, to sustain growth
Growth from New Businesses, through experimentation and failing fast
Wise Pivot, to balance investments between the near term and the long term, between the core and the new
Digital Higher Performers apply digital in all four areas of business activity
Digital Strategy
Digital High Performers leverage the collective intelligence of disruptors, third-party partners and even competitors to capture growth opportunities. And they do so at speed.
Digital Production and Delivery
They use smart systems and rich data to create new revenue generating services that add customer value to existing product lines.
Digital Customer Experience
They tailor services and customer engagement at scale, using data analytics, social media and customer service transformation.
Digital Culture and Operations
They actively renew their organization by optimizing digital infrastructure, upskilling employees or formalizing "fast fail" methods. They experiment and reinvent their business rather than pursue incremental change.
The Digital Performance Index quantitatively assesses the level of digital investment and progress across four business functions. Forty-two business activities and 117 detailed behavior metrics are evaluated to support the framework. This multi-layered approach enables a comprehensive view of companies' digital integration across the full breadth of business activities.
Both the level of implementation of digital technology and the quality of its integration were assessed. Scores, on a scale of 1 to 4, reflect a company's relative position against its industry peer set (1 indicating performance significantly below peer average and 4 significantly above peer average). Digital high performance corresponds with a score which falls into the top quartile of a company's industry peer set.
The Digital Performance Index was developed by Accenture Research and the Accenture Institute for High Performance www.accenture.com/institute


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greeni.info needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Greenboston.com is a website that categorizes and promotes cool restaurants, retailers and other cutting edge businesses in the city that are green, organic, or otherwise sustainable. The logo should be somewhat fanciful though, as it should feel stylish, modern, cool...
NOT corporate or stiff
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We would like to have a modern, urban edge to the logo, as it focuses on classy city living. Also, a green element. Our target demographic is 20-40 year old urban dwellers.
Urban, Boston, Young, Stylish, Green, Fabulous
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The most popular of our shocks; perfect partner for road and street riding...
These gas mono shocks are easy to set up and offer superior handling minus the price tag associated with a full race spec unit. However, the NTR R1 shocks are developed from the full race product, meaning that you can depend on them for year-round road and track use.
The high-grade materials protect against corrosion whilst significantly reducing weight. Every NTR R1 shock is custom built, sprung and fully serviceable.
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The NTR R1 shock has one damping adjustment. The adjustor knob affects both compression and rebound simultaneously for simple setup and making it a more road-biased shock. The shock features spring preload as well as shock length adjustment. It comes preset for damping and preload and includes the bearing end spacers and preload adjustment tool.
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I've had this dress for years, and I've worn in only two times, including yesterday. I initially got it solely because I thought it was the most fantastic royal blue color. And, of course I loved the hidden pockets. I was never completely thrilled with the lower hanging bubble sleeves, and ultimately I want to remove them.
Clearly this dress is not practical to wear, especially for a mom of an almost 2 year old and a 4 year old. {Basically, moms of children who, at times, are carried}. Truth be told, I'm glad it was as dark out as it was last night, when I put my daughter in her car seat, because for sure the dress is a challenge to keep in place.
I don't have a problem with mini dresses or skirts, I always say 'wear what you feel comfortable and confident in'. However, this dress does comes borderline too close of causing wardrobe malfunction worry. And so, removing a level of comfort. The dress definitely walks a fine line, for me, of almost too short, and I would never even attempt to pull it off without dark tights.
Trying to come up with a not so boring title, for this almost outfit post, I kept thinking of the similarity in color of Kate Middleton's royal blue engagement dress, so hence the title ;)


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Zachary Harris Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and the 2007 Masters champion.
The son of a chiropractor, Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Cedar Rapids, the oldest of Dave & Julie Johnson's three children. Playing many sports as a youth (baseball, basketball, football, and soccer), Johnson took up golf at age 10 and developed his skills at Elmcrest Country Club. He played #2 on the Regis High School golf team and led them to an Iowa 3A state championship in 1992, his sophomore year.
Following graduation from high school in 1994, Johnson enrolled at Drake University in Des Moines. As the #2 player on the Drake golf team, he led the Bulldogs to three NCAA regional meets and two Missouri Valley championships. Johnson's uncle, Tom Harris, qualified for the 1975 NAIA national tournament. Johnson has admitted to not being the best player on his high school or college team, but was quoted in his Masters speech saying, "I just kept getting better every year."


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Scribblenauts Unlimited to contain Mario and Zelda-themed bonus content on Wii U
Scribblenauts Unlimited will contain Nintendo-themed bonus content when it launches on Wii U, Warner has announced.
Scribblenauts Unlimited Wii U: Paper Mario & Zelda cast to be playable
Scribblenauts Unlimited's plucky hero Maxwell will be joined by the Paper Mario renditions of Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi, as well as the cast of The Legend of Zelda on Wii U. Get the first teaser art ahead of 5th Cell's October 17th reveal below.
Scribblenauts Unlimited to launch with Steam Workshop on PC
Scribblenauts Unlimited will launch with Steam Workshop on PC, 5th Cell announced today at PAX. A pre-show demonstration of the game detailed how players will be able to create objected, and the keyboard and mouse controls were also demoed. At present, the PC version supports WASD movement as well as click-to-move control with the mouse. […]
Scribblenauts Remix update adds school-flavoured playground
Scribblenauts Remix has been patched with a new update called Back to School. The main content is a playground where players are asked to create school-themed objects, but also free access to World 9 for those who have already purchased the World Pass item. Scribblenauts Remix is the only iOS version of 5th Cell's charming […]
Scribblenauts Unlimited riffs on Mario: Wear a Tanooki suit and more
Scribblenauts Unlimited is heading to Wii U and 3DS, and in the spirit of all things Nintendo, hero Maxwell can don Mario's Tanooki suit and frog outfit from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Hybrid pulled from Xbox Live Arcade
Hybrid, the latest game in the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade promotion, has been temporarily pulled after suffering server issues.
Scribblenauts Unlimited 3DS Streetpass mode detailed
Scribblenauts Unlimited is heading to Nintendo 3DS and will come with a Streetpass mode that will see players working together to overcome the game's many obstacles.
Quick quotes - Wii U is "definitely more powerful than 360 and PS3," says 5th Cell
"[Wii U is] definitely more powerful than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It's kind of frustrating to see the rumours and speculation of people going back and forth saying it's weaker or more powerful. It's definitely more powerful. I think we were one of the first developers to see the Wii U." – 5th Cell […]
Quick shots - new Scribblenauts Unlimited screens are awesome
5th Cell has released some brand new screenshots for Scribblenauts Unlimited, and they feature everything from a Monty Python scene to a waving inflatable arm flailing tube man. The screens also give you a glimpse of the game's new level objective system, which will feature various NPCs spread across several locations in the game. The […]
Hybrid screens show quirky sci-fi aesthetic
Head on over to MTV Multiplayer to gaze with delight on some screens for Hybrid, the latest from Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell. The cover-shooter has an interesting, parkour-like movement mechanic which makes environment much more important than just bullet shields, and will go for 1200 MS Points when it hits Xbox Live Arcade in August.
Scribblenauts Unlimited announced for Wii U, 3DS
Scribblenauts Unlimited was announced for Wii U by 5th Cell's Jeromiah Slaczka during Nintendo's E3 press conference. It will be a launch title.
Scribblenauts Unlimited domain registered
Warner Bros.'s regular registrar has snapped up a domain for "Scribblenauts Unlimited". Warner Bros and 5th Cell aren't saying anything, of course, so we have no idea what it could be – officially. If only there were some huge gaming event just around the corner at which announcements could be made, and one of the […]
Hybrid beta to launch later this month, gameplay detailed
5th Cell's Jeremiah Slaczka has said the firm's multiplayer shooter Hybrid will launch with 10 unique maps featuring distinct themes and art this summer. Other interesting tidbits regarding the XBLA title were mentioned as well, so you may wish to traverse below the break to read what else Slaczka told GameInformer.
Hybrid gets five minute walkthrough
GT's gone live with a near five-minute walkthrough of 5th Cell shooter Hybrid. The video shows a match of Team Deathmatch narrated by studio boss Jeremiah Slaczka. Get it below. It's out this summer on Xbox Live Arcade.
5th Cell to launch Hybrid closed beta in April, sign up now
As promised during GDC, 5th Cell has announced closed beta sign ups are live for its futuristic third-person XBLA shooter Hybrid.
Hybrid beta testing to start "shortly after GDC" on XBLA
5th Cell has said sign ups for the beta test of its XBLA shooter Hybrid will take place "shortly after GDC", according to Joystiq.
Scribblenauts Remix update add screenshot sharing
The latest update to Scribblenauts Remix allows you to share your legless pandas and masked vampire warriors with the whole world.
5th Cell locks down Hybrid for summer release
5th Cell's confirmed it'll release Hybrid this summer. The XBLA shooter, which was announced back in 2010, has had some work done since the last time it was shown at GDC last March, including – according to GameSpot – a new visual design and a reworked aerial combat system, with the game set to run […]
5th Cell's Run, Roo, Run out now on iOS
5th Cell's latest effort – Run, Roo, Run – has launched for iOS devices. The game, announced on Tuesday, is out on iPhone and iPad for $0.99. The game sees you jump, jump, jump on autopilot on a journey throughout Australia to rescue your "joey". Get downloading here.
5th Cell unveils iOS platformer Run, Roo, Run
Joystiq's got the exclusive on the next game from 5th Cell, an iOS platformer known as Run, Roo, Run. Being made alongside XBLA title Hybrid, the game sees you as a kangaroo in search of your snatched love. You jump in an auto-run way. New DLC will be delivered weekly as ten new levels alongside […]
5th Cell latest
Scribblenauts dev: Execs don't know "what it's like to be in the trenches"
5th Cell: XBLA bar has been raised, but any success "is just gravy"
5th Cell explains leap from Scribblenauts to Hybrid, cites Naughty Dog as inspiration
5th Cell releases first screenshots of its XBLA title, Hybrid
5th Cell: Hybrid is a shooter like "no one's ever tried before"
5th Cell announces Hybrid for Xbox Live Arcade – first trailer inside
Super Scribblenauts announced, offers "limitless creative possibilities"


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By Nathan Petrashek
Esteemed ESPN analyst Keith Law created quite a stir among Brewers fans when he released his updated organization rankings today. The Brewers clocked in at number 29, trailed only by the Angels. If not for the midseason Zack Greinke trade that sent pitchers Ariel Pena and Johnny Hellweg to Milwaukee, its entirely possible the Brewers would have wound up at the bottom of the pile.
Not that last place is a foreign position for the Brewers. In 2011, Law ranked the Brewers dead last. That was the year they pried Grienke from the Royals for a package that included top prospects Jake Odorizzi, Jeremy Jeffress, and Lorenzo Cain, as well as MLB shortstop Alcides Escobar. The Brewers also lost Brett Lawrie to Toronto, but gained an NL Central Division crown in the process.
Law ranked the Brewers number 23 in 2012, but seemed to give the team a healthy bounce based on anticipated restocking as free agents departed at the end of the year. In other words, Law's rank from last February already had the team's expected gains in the 2013 draft baked in. The problem with that approach is pretty obvious. With no draft pick compensation from Greinke, Marcum, or Francisco Rodriguez forthcoming, those gains won't be as plentiful as Law perhaps expected.
Still, Brewers fans no doubt expected the team's farm position to improve a bit after the 2012 draft. Picking at the back end of the first round, it seemed the Brewers did well enough; they snagged C Clint Coulter and OF Victor Roache with back-to-back picks, and then added OF Mitch Haniger in the first compensation round. But it seems the second-round pick was the only one that really impressed Law, who projects Tyrone Taylor to be an above-average regular.
There are reasons to be skeptical of Law's ranking. Farm system comparisons are highly subjective exercises; not only is there room for error when determining how the farm systems stack up against one another, but there is potential for errors in judgment when evaluating the individual talent that comprises the whole.
That being said, the Brewers probably don't have the 29th-worst system, but also probably don't deserve to be ranked much higher. The 2012 pickups help; indeed, Law's biggest criticism seems to be that the Milwaukee didn't manipulate its money pool better. However, the Brewers simply don't have enough elite prospects compared to its rivals.
In other words, don't get hung up on the number 29. Law's broader point-largely beyond reproach-is that most teams have a better farm system than the Brewers. Don't blame Law for that; blame a scouting department that hasn't really hit the jackpot since Jack Zduriencik left Milwaukee.


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- They are written by programmers who are authority in subject
- They cover the subject with more details and explanation.
Though I have read many of them already, like I have read Effective Java almost 3 to 4 times, I have always learned something new.
They are kind of best Java books available today and equally useful for beginners, experienced and advanced Java programmer.
It doesn't matter whether you are completely new in Java or doing Java programming for 5 years, you will definitely learn a lot of new things by going through this book.
Having said that not all book is equally suitable for all programmers, for Java beginners, Head First Java is the best book to start learning and for advanced Java developer, Effective Java is the good book to start with.
9 Good books to learn Java Programming
It has books to cover different areas of Java e.g. Core Java Fundamentals, Java Collection framework, Multithreading and Concurrency, JVM internals and Performance tuning, Design Patterns etc.
The Headfirst Java covers essential Java programming knowledge about class, object, Thread, Collection, language feature like Generics, Enum, variable arguments or auto-boxing etc.
They also have some advanced section on Swing, networking and Java IO which makes them a complete package for Java beginners. This should be your first Java book if you are learning from scratch.
In short, the most interesting Java programming books for beginners which is equally good for intermediate Java developers as well.
Btw, if you prefer online courses over books then you can also check out Udemy's Complete Java MasterClass course.
It's a free course and you can also have a 10-day free trial to get the benefit of other Java programming courses.
When I started reading this book back in 2006, I didn't much about design patterns in Java, how they solve common problems, how to apply design pattern, what benefits they provide and all sort of basic things but after reading this Java book I benefited immensely.
There is the first chapter on Inheritance and Composition, which is simply fantastic and promote best practices by first introducing a problem and then the solution.
They also have lots of bullet points, exercises, memory maps which help you to understand design patterns much quickly.
If you want to learn core Java design patterns and Object oriented design principle, this is the first Java book you should refer. Head First design pattern is written by Kathy Sierra and team.
Btw, If you are looking for a course on GOF or object-oriented design patterns, I suggest you check out Design Pattern Library, one of the best course I have attended on design patterns so far.
One good news about this book is that the new edition of this book is also updated for Java SE 8, which will teach you how to develop classic GOF design pattern using Java 8 features e.g. lambda expressions and streams.
Effective Java is best for a seasoned or experienced programmer who is well versed in Java programming and wants to share their skill by following programming best practices, Java best practices and eager to listen from someone who is contributed in Java development kit.
Effective Java as book scores high on quality, content, and way of explanation. Reading this Java book is a pleasant experience.
Another important point of Effective Java is Item based structure which breaks the whole book in small items and every Item is complete in itself, so you can read this book while traveling or short duration as well.
On contents, Effective Java is a collection of Java programming best practices ranging from static factories, serialization, equals and hashcode to generics, enum and varargs and reflection.
This Java programming book almost cover every aspect of Java in slightly different way than you are used to.
The good news about Effective Java is that, finally, after 10 years of long wait, the Effective Java 3rd edition is coming soon, hopefully before 31st December 2017.
This edition will cover features introduced in JDK 7, 8, and 9, which was released this year in September. It will also have a full chapter on lambdas and Joshua Bloch mention in his twitter channel that he may revise Concurrency chapter if time permits.
I have already pre-ordered this book on Amazon and just can't wait to see it in my hand.
The strength of Concurrency Practice in Java are:
1) This book is very detailed and captures minor details of multi-threading and concurrency as well.
2) Focus, instead of focusing on core Java classes this book focus on concurrency issues and problems like deadlock, starvation, thread-safety, race conditions and then present ways to solve them using Java concurrency classes.
This book is an excellent resource to learn and master Java concurrency package and classes like CountDownLatch, CyclicBarrier, BlockingQueue or Semaphore. This is the biggest reason I like to read this Java book and read again and again.
3) One more strong point of Concurrency practice in Java is No nonsense Examples, examples in this book are clear, concise and intelligent
4) Explanation: the book is good on explaining what is wrong and why its wrong and how to make it right which is essential for Java book to succeed.
In short, one of the best book to learn concurrency and multi-threading in Java. The content is definitely advanced from a beginner's perspective but surely, a must-read book for experienced Java programmers.
I like this book because of its content of Generics and Collections, which is core areas of Java programming language.
Strong knowledge of Java Collections and Generics are expected from any experienced programmer and these books help in that area.
It explains each of Collection interface e.g. Set, List, Map, Queue and their implementation and compares how well they perform in a different situation.
I really loved their comparison chart at the end of each chapter, which gives you a good idea about when to use a particular Java collection class e.g. ArrayList, HashMap, or LinkedHashMap.
As we are moving gradually started from beginners level to intermediate and senior level.
Java performance Book is all about performance monitoring, profiling, and tools used for Java performance monitoring.
This is not a usual programming book, Instead, It provides details about JVM, Garbage Collection, Java heap monitoring and profiling application.
I loved their chapter on JVM overview and it's a must read to learn about JVM in simple language. Just remember this Java book is advanced in nature and expect that reader has experience in Java.
Update: There are a couple of new books available in Java, which covers JDK 1.7, to find out latest book on Java performance e.g. Java Performance, The Definitive Guide by Scott Oaks, which is certainly worth checking out before buying this book.
Java is more safe and secure than C++ and JVM do a good job to free the programmer from error-prone memory allocation and deallocation, but still there Java has corner-cases which can surprise even experienced Java programmer.
This Java books presents such Java pitfalls and explains them in detail. A good Java book if you love puzzles, You can even include many of these in core Java interviews to check how deep their Java knowledge is.
I don't rate it as high as "Effective Java" and "Java Concurrency in Practice" but still, you can give it a go, particularly to check your knowledge about Java and its corner cases, which will help you to answer some of the tricky Java questions from interviews.
In order to get most of this Java book, tries to solve the puzzles by yourself and then look into explanations to make your knowledge more concrete.
This book focuses on Object-oriented design principles like favor Composition over inheritance, programming for interface than implementation, DRY etc.
One part of learning Java is writing good code and following best practices and this book is great in educating programmers about them.
Knowledge gained from this book is applicable to many object-oriented programming languages and will overall improve your understanding of code and OOP design principles.
Thinking in Java
Thinking in Java book is written by Bruce Eckel who is also the author of Thinking in C++ and he uses his unique style to teach Java concept.
Many would agree that this is one of the best Java book and strength of this books are there to the point and intelligent examples. This is one of the complete books in Java and can be used as a reference as well.
There is a chapter on Java memory mapped IO from Thinking in Java which is my favorite.
I would say this is another Java book which demands space in Java programmer's shelf and must read Java book for beginners.
If you don't like Head First teaching style and rather need a beginners Java book with plain old example style, Thinking in Java is a good choice.
It is detailed, matured and frequently updated, but, if you need more choices, you can check out these core Java books for beginners as well.
This was my list of top Java programming books and I would say best of a lot. I have read all the books, some of them I am still reading and a couple of them like Effective Java and Head First series, I have read a couple of times. Many programmers ask me about which books they start, which Java book they read now. I hope you will find some good Java books in this collection.
Further Learning
Complete Java Masterclass
Java Fundamentals: The Java Language
Java In-Depth: Become a Complete Java Engineer!
P.S. - If you are looking for some FREE Java books which are available to read online or download as PDF, then see my another post about 10 Free Java books to learn Programming.
P.S. - If you are looking for great books to learn the latest version of Java i.e. Java 8, then you should see my another post about 5 books to learn Java 8.


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This photo shows the three-part Saturn V/Apollo and its mobile launcher moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A.
This photo shows the Saturn V rocket lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center. The force of the launch shook the ground for many miles around Cape Canaveral.
Questions for Photos 1 and 2
1. Refer back to Map 2 and trace the route of the Saturn V/Apollo from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Complex 39A.
2. How is the crawler-transporter moving? It took six hours to complete the six-mile journey to the launch site. Why do you think it moved so slowly?
3. Although the roadway slopes slightly uphill, the rocket is being maintained in a vertical position. How and why do you think this was done?
4. Does seeing the people standing on the roadway in Photo 1 give you a better sense of the size of the height of the entire assembly than the measurement in Reading 2? Discuss.
5. How do you think that actually attending a launch like the one shown in Photo 2 would differ from seeing a photograph or a television image of it?
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Panasonic HDC SD90 shoots with 28mm Wide-Angle & Intelligent 40x zoom, and 3D image with an optional 3D conversion lens, it is an ideal camcorder for Mac users to record videos in life. Panasonic HDC SD90 users have noticed this camcorder records video in 1080/50p recording, and in MTS file extension.
Some Mac users want to edit these HDC SD90 MTS files with iMovie on Mac, but there is a problem that iMovie is not compatible well with the MTS files, so we need to do something to solve this problem.
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What's more, you can convert Panasonic HDC SD90 MTS files to other video formats like AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, 3GP etc on Mac. Now follow the steps, start convert Panasonic HDC SD90 MTS to MOV on Mac.
The following guides shows you how to convert Panasonic HDC SD90 MTS to AIC MOV for iMovie on Mac.
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In this step, you can click "Add" button to upload the MTS files to Mac MTS to AIC MOV Converter from your Mac.
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Click on "Format", and select output format from the drop-down list, as we are converting Panasonic HDC SD90 to MOV, so we choose QuickTime Movie Format > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) as output format. Thus can keep high quality. Then you can click "Browse" to set the output folder as you need.
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Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we have spoken to Alfred v. Aho of AWK fame, S. Tucker Taft on the Ada 1995 and 2005 revisions, Microsoft about its server-side script engine ASP, Chet Ramey about his experiences maintaining Bash, Bjarne Stroustrup of C++ fame, and Charles H. Moore about the design and development of Forth. We've also had a chat with the irreverent Don Woods about the development and uses of INTERCAL, as well as Stephen C. Johnson on YACC, Luca Cardelli on Modula-3, Walter Bright on D, Brendan Eich on JavaScript, and most recently to Guido van Rossum about Python.
This time we chat to Prof. Roberto Ierusalimschy about the design and development of Lua. Prof. Ierusalimschy is currently an Associate Professor in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro's Informatics Department where he undertakes research on programming languages, with particular focus on scripting and domain specific languages.
Prof. Ierusalimschy is currently supported by the Brazilian Council for the Development of Research and Technology as an independent researcher, and has a grant from Microsoft Research for the development of Lua.Net. He also has a grant from Finep for the development of libraries for Lua.
Please note that due to popular demand we are no longer following alphabetical order for this series. If you wish to submit any suggestions for programming languages or language authors you would like to see covered, please email email@example.com.
What prompted the development of Lua? Was there a particular problem you were trying to solve?
In our paper for the Third ACM History of Programming Languages Conference we outline the whole story about the origins of Lua.
To make a long story short, yes, we did develop Lua to solve a particular problem. Although we developed Lua in an academic institution, Lua was never an "academic language", that is, a language to write papers about. We needed an easy-to-use configuration language, and the only configuration language available at that time (1993) was Tcl. Our users did not consider Tcl an easy-to-use language. So we created our own configuration language.
How did the name Lua come about?
Before Lua I had created a language that I called SOL, which stood for "Simple Object Language" but also means "Sun" in Portuguese. That language was replaced by Lua (still nameless at that time). As we perceived Lua to be "smaller" than Sol, a friend suggested this name, which means "moon" in Portuguese.
Were there any particularly difficult problems you had to overcome in the development of the language?
No. The first implementation was really simple, and it solved the problems at hand. Since then, we have had the luxury of avoiding hard/annoying problems. That is, there have been many problems along the way, but we never had to overcome them; we have always had the option to postpone a solution.
Some of them have waited several years before being solved. For instance, since Lua 2.2, released in 1995, we have wanted lexical scoping in Lua, but we didn't know how to implement it efficiently within Lua's constraints. Nobody did. Only with Lua 5.0, released in 2003 did we solve the problem, with a novel algorithm.
What is the most interesting program that you've seen written with Lua and why?
I have seen many interesting programs written in Lua, in many different ways. I think it would be unfair to single one out. As a category, I particularly like table-driven programs, that is, programs that are more generic than the particular problem at hand and that are configured for that particular problem via tables.


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Electronic Waste (E-Waste) {eWaste Photo Banner} "We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do." From the mining of the raw materials to the recycling or disposal of our electronic products, electronics have a significant impact on the environment. By considering the environment when you purchase, use and dispose of a computer, television, or other electronic device, you can conserve energy, help the environment and save money.
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"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do."
From the mining of the raw materials to the recycling or disposal of our electronic products, electronics have a significant impact on the environment. By considering the environment when you purchase, use and dispose of a computer, television, or other electronic device, you can conserve energy, help the environment and save money.
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{Truckfull of e-waste} Computers and televisions are only part of the consumer electronics waste stream which also includes VCRs, radios, cell phones, and small appliances. Collectively, they are referred to as electronic waste, or "e-waste" and are one of the fastest growing portions of our waste stream. As new electronic equipment becomes faster, cheaper and more efficient, more and more of these devices, especially computers, will find their way from the desktop to the bottom of the closet. For each new product that is introduced to consumers, one or more products become outdated or obsolete. In 2005, EPA estimated that 26 to 37 million computers became obsolete amounting to approximately 1.9 to 2.2 million tons of waste nationally.
Careful disposal of these items is important because many electronic products contain hazardous components. Computer monitors and televisions can contain leaded glass. Materials such as beryllium, mercury, cadmium, nickel, zinc, silver and gold can be found in printed circuit boards. Cadmium can also be found in batteries and mercury can be present in relays and switches. If it is not recovered for recycling, it will likely end up in a waste-to-energy facility, where most of our trash is disposed in Connecticut. Incineration of e-waste can produce dioxin and contribute to heavy metal contamination in the atmosphere.
Responsible recycling and disposal of e-waste can help prevent exploitation of people in lesser developed countries where much of the e-waste from the U.S. has historically been disposed. Media exposés of companies that sent e-waste overseas where unprotected workers rummage through vast mountains of smoldering electronics to recover bits of recyclable metals served to shed light on the problem that our e-waste was causing elsewhere. This, among other reasons, prompted states, including CT, to pass e-waste recycling laws that help to ensure responsible recycling and disposal of these items.
Recycling E-Waste from the Home
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An e-waste recycling law was enacted in July of 2007 which allows Connecticut residents to properly recycle certain covered electronic devices (CEDs) such as computers, monitors, printers and televisions for free. This law requires municipalities to provide a free drop-off location for their residents to recycle CEDs. DEEP maintains a list of these residential e-waste drop-off locations on our website. However, more detailed information about individual town e-waste recycling programs can be found through your local recycling coordinator. In addition to this new recycling program, as of January 1, 2011, covered electronic devices (CEDs) are banned from the trash.
Many manufacturers of electronic products, especially computer manufacturers, have implemented programs to recycle their products through mail back programs, or have partnered with retail stores for collection. For information about manufacturer take-back programs (whether mail-in or drop-off) visit the EPAs Electronics Recycling Challenge. Also, check the consumer electronics section of our What Do I Do With ? webpage for more recycling options and take-back programs.
Please see the electronics section of our Reuse Centers and Material Exchanges web page for e-waste reuse options.
Businesses must make their own arrangements for the proper management of e-waste. Manufacturers of electronics are not required to pay for the recycling of electronic devices generated by businesses, town offices, schools, non-profit organizations, or any other non-household generator. E-wastes generated from non-residential sources (commercial, governmental, retail, etc.) are regulated under current federal and state hazardous waste laws. Some electronic materials are considered hazardous waste . Others must be managed in accordance with the Universal Waste Regulations (RCSA Section 22a-449(c)-113).
To recycle your electronic waste, contact a business that has registered with DEEP to dismantle used electronics. Your local municipality may also accept covered electronic devices (CEDs) from non-households, and may charge a fee. Contact the municipal recycling coordinator to see if your business may recycle e-waste through the community where your business is located.
Please note that Covered Electronic Recyclers (CERs) must be approved by DEEP to work with municipalities and be authorized to receive covered electronic devices generated by Connecticut residents. These companies may or may not accept electronics from businesses.
Some electronics may have reuse value. Learn more about reuse options for electronics.
When it comes time to replace your old electronics, do a little research and see which product is safest for the environment. Some manufacturers are beginning to use less toxic materials in their products, integrate recycling, and reduce their impacts on the environment by changing their manufacturing operations and policies.
EPEAT (Green Electronics Council) EPEAT is a system that helps purchasers evaluate, compare and select electronic products based on their environmental attributes. The system currently covers desktop and laptop computers, thin clients, workstations and computer monitors.
Your Ultimate Guide to Consumer Electronics (Consumer Electronics Association)
State Electronic Challenge (NERC) Encourages government, schools and public entities to buy greener electronics, reduce their impact during use, and manage obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way.
Guide to Greener Electronics (Greenpeace) - November 2012
The Story of Electronics - Video production by the Story of Stuff Project
Recycling / Donation
Where Can I Donate or Recycle My Old Computer and Other Electronic Products? (EPA) Includes different organizations, manufacturer and retailer programs and government supported donation programs
Electronics Recycling Challenge (EPA)
National Center for Electronics Recycling
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The show floor at the Athletic Business conference in San Diego was loaded with products related to sports surfaces, from court surfaces to fields to field coverings.
One of the companies I visited with was Regupol America, which featured a number of different colored surfaces. Regupol was touting its AktivPro tile that features an interlocking dowel tile system. Fun fact from the visit: Usain Bolt, the Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash, broke the world record in 2009 on a Regupol track surface in Berlin.
There were lots of fun games on the floor, from the free-throw contest to a mini tennis court to, of all things, trampoline cage ball. I didn't try the trampoline cage ball, but I did play my boss's boss in Racket Power, a kind of whip-around game in which you try to smack a ball across the table into the opponent's goal. He beat me 4-0. (I don't have the heart to tell him that I let him win.)
I got the general feeling that a lot of companies, especially the equipment manufacturers, are waiting to show off their new stuff at the IHRSA show in March.
Near the end of the show, I stopped by to see some folks from Lifeline USA whom I met at Club Industry in October. And sure enough, as we were talking, some folks from its competition, Fitness Anywhere's TRX, were there, too, just like last time!
I heard the Precor boat party on Thursday night was a blast. I didn't go, but a couple of my colleagues did, and since there were no reports of injury or indiscretions, I'll take that as a win.
Thanks to ICAA's Colin Milner, a former Club Industry columnist, for throwing a great reception Friday night at the Omni Hotel.
My special thanks to the folks at Fit Athletic Club for taking me on a tour. We've featured Fit a couple of times in the magazine and online. The club was right around the corner from the hotel in a great urban setting.
Before leaving San Diego, I took a tour of Petco Park, the home of San Diego Padres. The ballpark sits next door to the hotel and across the street from the convention center. I learned that Life Fitness furnishes equipment for the Padres' weight room and uses the room as a showcase for clients.
Because of that mention, my superiors have got to let me expense that tour! Right? Right?


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 45 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
I need a logo that will help me establish brand recognition as an experienced, reliable, law firm that pays meticulous attention to detail, provides outstanding, quality professional service and individualized attention to client needs.
Carl H. Tessler, P.C.
I have been practicing law for over 25 year. I have an established business litigation and commercial real estate practice which I have never had to market. I am in the process of expanding the estate planning component of my practice and need a logo that will help me establish brand recognition as an estate planner, but without suggesting that this is the sole focus of my practice, since I continue to do litigation and real estate work as well. I need a logo that conveys a sense of experience, solidity and reliability, as well as my intense concern for the individual needs of my clients, their businesses and their families. A Rocky Mountain theme might be appropriate, since my office is located in the Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, on the banks of historic Cherry Creek and at the foot of the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Please note, however, I am not wedded to the idea of a Rocky Mountain theme and am open to all possibilities.
- Item 1...My firm name is Carl H. Tessler, P.C. The "P.C." stands for professional corporation.
- If it would help, you can add the phrase "Law Office of" or "Law Offices"
- As stated above, a Rocky Mountain or nature theme might be appropriate, perhaps a mountain stream in the foreground with mountains in the background, suggesting not only my business location, but a sense of permanence and continuity and from the estate planning perspective, the notion of planning for multiple generations. Please note, however, I am not wedded to the idea of a Rocky Mountain theme and am open to all possibilities which convey the desired message.
- Although I wouldn't rule anything out, I am partial to the color blue or cominations including blues and other rich dignified colors, such as burgandy, forest green, gold, etc.
- Logo must be appropriate for use on website, business cards, letterhead, brochures, etc.
- Item 1...Nothing too artsy, fanciful or colorful. I need a captivating, memorable, but professional image.
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Is there any truth behind this story?
Is there any truth behind this story?
This is the second time since before the election where Fisker and Tesla are referenced in the same sentence and claimed they are both failures. Clearly Fisker has not been successful, but clearly Tesla has.
And I believe it is the role of government to help a new industry (not just a company as is alleged) out when that industry's goals are aligned with the public's best interest. It sounds like the Plaintiff in that case is mad they did not receive funding. But when their are limited resources you cannot back everyone. We hear the government should not favor one company over another, but when doing the due diligence of deciding if the loan or grant is well placed, there obviously will be winners and losers.
And the money Tesla received is a loan not a grant. The taxpayers will not be out a single dime, quite the contrary.
I don't think the article has much effect on TSLA, they are named as a defendant. The loan has been made and Tesla is on schedule for paying it back. As long as Tesla does not miss a payment there should be little effect on the stock.
The latest report on short interest show that there were 2.2 million few shares short at the end of the year compared to mid December. I suspect that there were some fund managers that did not want to show a short position on their annual reports that cleared their positions and are now selling (short) again today. Today's activity was a large drop on heavy volume in the first half hour followed by more normal volume and a partial recovery in price.
I can't believe I just clicked a Powerline link. Idiots.
It's a sad commentary on our system if drivel like that can affect the share price of a company.
I don't think it affected the stock price. And powerline has it wrong, they shouldn't be lumping tesla and fisker together, or for that matter alledging cronyism with no proof. And I hate lawsuits like that. You go asking for money and then sue when the investor declines to give you money?? That company has just sealed their death warrant. No one will ever invest in them again. If they really had great technology, they could have found investors other than the govt. Btw their awesome technology was to build a plastic composite SUV that weighs 1400 lbs(!) and would recharge via drop in battery replacements. Ummm, yeah right.
They are already out of business, just trying to collect some money out of thin air.
Considering that the loan program was started by the Bush administration, saying that it's purpose was to fund Obama cronies sounds like another of those tinfoil hat conspiracy theories.
And I suppose that Ford, and Nissan who together received billions under the same loan program are controlled by Obama cronies too?
As I recall Ford took no stimulus money
That's probably why they claimed a $20k price tag. No batteries included, and even with the low weight, what was the range expected to be? I gave up reading about 3/4 the way through. They might have a better case if they didn't include political accusations.
It makes me suspect their claims are more politically motivated than actually expecting to get any compensation.
Odd considering the DOE loan program was created under G. W. Bush.
Like that article, we should also be careful of who we accuse of what, it's true, Ford didn't accept money and has been responsible, maybe not at producing green cars until it was too late in the game, but financially speaking.
It wasn't bailout money, it wasn't stimulus money, it was the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. Ford got $5.9 Billion.
Powerline is a right wing rag.
Right, I was about to specify that. A contracted loan with specific milestone targets. Fisker failed to meet theirs and was cut off.
Liquidating short interest consists of buying, not selling. I think it was profit-taking.
+1 DouglasR - Powerline is a right wing rag.
"There is no reason why the government should be in the business of favoring some private companies over others"
Ummm, yes there is. if a legitimate company is helping the USA become oil independent, than that is in the best interest of everyone.
If the government wants to win the hearts and minds of the people, it needs to involve in "green energy."
Who created the EPA Environmental Protection Agency? Republican party president Nixon!
Who created the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program? Republican party president G. W. Bush.
Keep embracing the oil, as the Republicans distance themselves from environmentally friendly cause, the party will have a difficult time to be taken seriously.
Many sensible republicans do support the environmentally friendly cause--Huntsman, etc.
It's the right wing nuts who stir up all the crazy theories.
Just watch Piece Morgan interview with Andrew Jones.
It only takes one drop of ink to muddy the waters.
Oops...Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones
Staying out of US politics, as it is close to incomprehensible for a foreigner like me, and having read the entire lawsuit in detail - it reads like thriller - I would say if only 10% this is right DOE and Mr. Chu is in for some hard times. Tesla having benefited from its political connections (if any?) is not really an ssue. Merely an example. It is the alleged favoritism by DOE that is in the firing line.
I have no ethical problems from this not to enjoy immensely the day that my P85 shall arrive - whenever that may be, in 2013 I hope!
It sounds like "They're doing what? A no-name company making a plastic SUV from off the shelf parts that weighs half what a Prius does? And they don't have a working prototype? Next!"
I think that's probably the right decision, that vehicle would just not be desirable.
Yeah, that lawsuit is going nowhere. Both Tesla & Fisker were actual car companies that had built cars when they applied for their loans, while the plaintiff had a piece of paper describing what they wanted to build.
Tesla did a lot more with a measly $465 million than Ford did with a whopping $5.9 billion. My one and only Ford was an '85ish Aerostar and it was the car from hell. Would never buy another Ford again.
Ford has Focus EV which isn't a bad car. I actually wonder why people keep talking about Leaf, when that is better car IMO.
@Timo - aside from the fact that you can't get an eFocus unless you are in CA, it wasn't designed as an EV and it shows -- particularly in the way the battery intrudes into the cabin.
I haven't seen that in person, but from the pictures it doesn't look any worse than gasoline Focus. It is a compact car, about the size I would like to have.
Availability seems to be the problem, it isn't a bad car, but now that I have searched the net a bit more information it looks like a greenwash-car for Ford motor company.
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@Flaninacupboard - exactly. This was the real killer for me -- even if I could have bought one, I wouldn't have taken it over the LEAF because of this.
And the LEAF is a mis size
Ooops - that was mid size
One correction needs to be pointed out based on this thread. The loan program is still backed by the tax payer. If the company defaults on the loan, then the money is gone.
Just because its called a loan doesn't mean there are no tax payer dollars at risk.
First, the loan itself is funded by tax payers, and second, the tax payer absorbs the loses in case of default.
I personally would have rather seen Tesla use private sources for the loan, but based on their performance, and the great product they have created, this will at least be one case where tax payers (like myself), will actually benefit.
Just keep executing, Tesla!
I would love it if these forums could be a political free zone. Enough with the right/left bashing BS. This is about an awesome car. Let's keep our focus here folks.
andrightmiller - I agree with you 100%, however I suspect at the time that Tesla got the loan, it was in the middle of the 2008 sub-prime market blowback and there may not have been many other private sources of money. Frankly, govt loans to satisfy some industrial policy goal isn't, by far, the worst use of govt money. Before you chopped the DOE loan program, there are quite a few other federal government programs and departments that I would put on the chopping block, IMHO.
That loan program is a smart one: if even one company succeeds (Tesla) then it pays itself back to taxpayers many times over. It doesn't matter that some of them fail, the money gone is teeny weeny portion of the taxes people pay.


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"Cures," fast fixes, and magic bullets — they sell papers and products, but do they help you?
Online news sources have daily "news" of food supplements that claim to prevent Alzheimer's; some are even touted to reverse symptoms. Whether it's supplements, vitamins, exercise, new drugs, or old drugs used in new ways, they all build hopes. All too often those hopes are false. As people facing a long terminal illness, we are easy targets.
Even educated people can be tempted by a well-written article on some alternative therapy. I am not opposed to complementary medicine, but nothing has been proven in any longitudinal, research-based, peer-reviewed study to cure Alzheimer's. I am angered when I get yet another online news article, often from a pop-news source, talking about fish oil, beet juice, brain games, or any other quick fix to our long-term illness. Likewise I am annoyed by the medical (business) news that excites me about a trial starting, only to read a few months or even a year later that the drug didn't work as planned or worse, killed study participants.
So how do we keep ourselves aware of updates without exposing ourselves to false hopes and financial scams? Develop a relationship with a good health-care professional who is well versed in dementing illnesses. This could be a geriatrician, neurologist, internist, general practitioner, nurse practitioner, osteopath, or other licensed practitioner. Ask him or her any questions you have about new research, news articles, studies, and medications at your regular appointments. Make a list and take it with you. If it will help, print out the article and share it. This will let them know that you are an active participant in your own health.
If and when you choose to add complementary medicine, supplements, or herbs, you need to contact your trusted health-care professional and ask before you start anything. Please do not think everything is harmless. Adding vegetable juice in moderation probably isn't on the list of things to contact your physician about, but adding large doses of fish oil or other supplements is. Most of the time they will be glad you asked and say there is no harm. But if they say it is not warranted or a waste of your money and time, listen.
Think about it. The latest "super-duper-memory-booster" sounds wonderful, but if it worked, it would be in the national news, not a sidebar ad on Facebook or someone's blog.


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CAMDEN, N.J.—Four Harvard heavyweight boats qualified for national grand finals with top-three finishes on the second day of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships Friday on the Cooper River.
With rowing made tough by a strong cross-headwind, the varsity and second varsity eights placed second in their semifinals, while the freshman eight took third in its semifinal and the open four won its repechage. The open four will be the first crew up Saturday, racing in its grand final at 8:40 a.m. The varsity eight grand will be at 11:45 a.m.
"I thought we did OK overall," said Harry Parker, the Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men's Crew. "The second varsity raced really well after having a good race yesterday. Our open four did a very good job this morning, and I think they should be competitive in the final."
The first varsity eight semifinal featured the top two finishers from Eastern Sprints, Harvard and Brown, and those two teams took the top two qualifying positions. The Bears got out to an early three-seat lead and extended the margin to seven seats midway through the race. As Syracuse moved level with Princeton for the third grand final spot, the Crimson made a move of its own to put a boat length between itself and those crews.
Harvard finished in 6:22.500, topping the third-place Orange by 2.4 seconds. Washington, Boston University and California advanced from the second varsity semifinal.
"The conditions were very challenging, but I think the varsity can row better," Parker said. "We're looking forward to tomorrow."
The Washington second varsity built a length lead on second-place Harvard in the first 700 meters of their semifinal. The Crimson raced neck and neck with Navy in the first half of the race, but Harvard pulled away. Stanford passed Navy after 1,000 meters, but the Crimson countered the Cardinal's move and went on to finish 5.4 seconds ahead of Stanford in 6:17.159. The Huskies won in 6:12.548.
Harvard raced in third place throughout its freshman eight semifinal. Washington and Northeastern took over the top two places early, and the Crimson was a length down to NU after 1,000 meters. Fourth-place Wisconsin looked to challenge in the second half of the race, but Harvard held off the Badgers by 2.4 seconds to move on with a qualifying time of 6:12.133.
The open four began the morning with a repechage win. The Crimson finished 3.6 seconds ahead of second-place Brown. Its time of 7:06.890 was less than a half-second off the pace of Wisconsin, which won the other repechage.
The varsity four placed sixth in its semifinal in 7:33.129 and will race in Saturday's petite final. A threatening storm forced a weather delay of nearly two hours between the fours and eights racing.
Varsity Eight
Semifinal 1
Brown 6:17.211
Harvard 6:22.500
Syracuse 6:24.911
Princeton 6:25.545
Cornell 6:32.408
Penn 6:40.134
Semifinal 2
Washington 6:14.951
Boston University 6:19.018
California 6:25.350
Wisconsin 6:30.078
Navy 6:33.564
Yale 6:38.917
Second Varsity Eight
Semifinal 1
Washington 6:12.548
Harvard 6:17.159
Stanford 6:23.546
Navy 6:24.951
Princeton 6:37.082
Syracuse 6:39.601
Semifinal 2
California 6:19.471
Wisconsin 6:21.003
Brown 6:23.347
Cornell 6:26.354
Penn 6:26.891
Boston University 6:40.172
Freshman Eight
Semifinal 1
Washington 6:03.216
Northeastern 6:07.589
Harvard 6:12.133
Wisconsin 6:14.490
Boston University 6:20.389
Navy 6:30.328
Semifinal 2
California 6:10.814
Brown 6:20.831
Cornell 6:23.108
Princeton 6:25.936
Yale 6:28.428
Dartmouth 6:31.083
Varsity Four
Semifinal 1
Washington 7:10.890
California 7:16.081
Northeastern 7:19.716
Temple 7:23.153
Boston University 7:31.919
Yale 7:35.210
Semifinal 2
Brown 7:17.736
Georgetown 7:17.978
Navy 7:19.892
Wisconsin 7:21.786
Holy Cross 7:24.775
Harvard 7:33.129
Open Four
Repechage 1
Wisconsin 7:06.444
Navy 7:10.458
Northeastern 7:13.523
Princeton 7:18.428
Syracuse 7:51.947
Repechage 2
Harvard 7:06.890
Brown 7:10.527
Cornell 7:15.089
Penn 7:39.174
Drexel 7:50.943


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For the past four years Kale Lazarick, 12, has been the only boy in a group of girls in his jazz and musical theatre classes at a Calgary dance studio. So when his father heard on the radio that the School of Alberta Ballet was offering free ballet classes for boys, Lazarick jeté-d at the opportunity.
By offering free classes the Alberta Ballet was removing one hurdle for boys who were interested in trying an art marked by stigma. Lazarick was one of 40 boys, aged 8 to 11, who attended the six Saturday lessons in the spring. Half a dozen returned to register for the school's fall program.
Lazarick was hoping to find a class in which he could share his passion for dance with other boys and with whom he could talk about common interests, like video games and dirt biking, says the Grade 7 student at Nose Creek School. Immediately recognizing his talent and dedication, the instructors invited him to join the School of Alberta Ballet's professional division where he takes ballet three afternoons a week.
It's been difficult over the years for schools in Canada to get boys involved in dance. "It's still seen in Canada as something males don't do. We're trying to wake people up to the fact that it is an absolutely legitimate opportunity for men as much as it is for women," says Murray Kilgour, the school's artistic director.
Kilgour is an internationally respected dance educator, having taught at the Royal Ballet School in London, China's National School, the National Ballet of Canada, and the Central School of Ballet in London, where he was head of male dance. One of his students was the talented and enthusiastic Yorkshire boy who inspired the film Billy Elliot.
Recognizing from an early age that dance was something that Lazarick loved, his parents have fostered his interest every step of the way. However, not all families are as open-minded and supportive; particularly fathers who fear that ballet will turn their sons gay. While in the past, some gay boys came to ballet because it was one of the few places where they could be openly gay, nowadays, because of the growing acceptance of homosexuality that has occurred over the past 10 to 15 years, they are coming out in other fields.
Ballet schools want parents to recognize that sexual orientation has nothing to do with it. "The boys who dance, they dance because they love it, despite the ridicule, despite the assumptions," says Sean Richardson, a Vancouver-based expert specializing in the psychology of excellence, who was a consultant to the Australian Ballet Company in Melbourne for five years. "It's a physically demanding discipline in a high pressure environment of perfection and you'd be out of there pretty quickly if you didn't love it."
Having attending the Edmonton School of Ballet for six years, 17-year-old Nathan Lacombe recently joined the School of Alberta Ballet's professional division as a student boarder. Though he played soccer and hockey growing up it was ballet that really spoke to him. "I feel you can say things more with dance than you can with words," says Lacombe, a strong, confident dancer who stands six foot five inches with a muscular physique. "You can show emotion through dance, physicality, and you can show different shades of yourself."
Today, in what seems like the height of bullying and cyberbullying it can be difficult for a boy to don black tights and white leather ballet shoes while his buddies are dressing in body armour for their hockey games. Lacombe says overall kids have been supportive but there were times when he was teased and called the "most interesting" nicknames.
Murray had a much worse time and his experience perhaps contradicts the impression that bullying belongs to our times alone. He recounts an incident at his Vancouver junior high school in the late 1950s when a gang came backstage after a ballet performance and beat up Murray and the other male dancers.
In casting their open net the School of Alberta Ballet was also hoping to draw in boys involved in sports. Its poster campaign featured photos of boys performing ballet interspersed with photos of boys playing hockey and soccer and explained how a child gains strength, co-ordination and agility through ballet, which are advantageous to sports performance. A soccer player and a hockey player turned up for the free classes.
Indeed, a number of athletes have taken ballet classes at some point in their careers to ameliorate their performance, such as NFL players Lynn Swann, Willie Gault, Welsh national rugby player Shane Williams and the South African national soccer team. In fact, the 11-year-old boy who came on scholarship to the Central School of Ballet in the 1990s, and was a student of Kilgour's, ended up becoming Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand.
In fact, it is the precise point at which ballet and sports collide where there's a greater acceptance of boys in ballet. Richardson says it was when the ballet dancers were working out in the gym alongside elite athletes that both sides started to recognize that there's a lot of crossover in what they do. "With the understanding that ballet is a physically demanding discipline came an increased amount of respect and acceptance."
Says Richardson: "Boys who play hockey think it's tough and they're bashing each other up or they're doing pushups and sit-ups, well, dancers are probably working physically as hard or harder."
For Lazarick and Lacombe, this is a case en pointe.
Danyael Halprin


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Chris Tacke and Alex Feinman have started blogging about a new project called Project Resistance. The idea is to document the end to end experience of developing and selling a small utility application for the Windows Mobile platform. Along the way they'll comment about their experiences, struggles and productivity wins etc. All the source code and related material will be available online as the project progresses.
The application is rather simple. It allows you to select colour bands on a resistor and will tell you the resistor's resistance. See the Wikipedia entry on resistors if you have no idea what any of that means.
In light of my previous blog post and after talking to Chris Tacke, I've offered to follow his blog posts and create an iPhone variant of the application. It'll be interesting to contrast the relative strengths and weaknesses of each platform, and how the App Store experience compares.
The first blog post I'll make on the iPhone application will be covering signing up to http://www.github.com to host the project's source code.


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Ok, so I noticed that a lot of people love my Toast tutorial. So, I decided to make another food tutorial to spread the love. :3
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Yesterday's awful Michigan shooting spree left seven people dead. Robert Poore wasn't one of them - despite being shot directly in the face. Why? The bullet hit his artificial nose and bounced off.
The titanium plate embedded in Poore's face was a vestige of childhood cancer treatment - a harrowing portion of his life, I'm sure, but one that ended up saving him from a gunshot to the head. So, I guess it all evens out, in a way. Poore was admitted to the hospital for minor scrapes, but left the same day. I wonder if he'll need a new plate now? [Wood TV via HuffPo]


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Invited by Meike Kraus at the ECV in Aix-en-Provence, I led from 2 to 6 March 2015 a design packaging workshop with the Master 1 group. In 5 days the 13 students (all women) had to design a packaging inspired by a personal story, a family ritual or an anecdote.
Rendez-Vous Culottés | Sabine Veyre
It is said that men appreciate women's lingerie. In my workshop at the ECV in Aix-en-Provence, Sabine Veyre proposes a series of three Rendez-vous panties in Kleenex packaging. The different styles of underwear (some very sexy and others a lot less), are designed for the evolution of a love relationship. The big pants are proposed for the first appointment (Never on the first night) for it acts as a deterrent to curb the impulses and propose another RDV instead...or maybe not after all.
Thé Pu-er | Menghe Zoo
Nice packaging with delicacy and beauty for Pu-er tea that comes in a solid cake. Developed by Menghe Zoo in my packaging workshop in Aix- en-Provence, this project is in the pure tradition of asian packaging.
Bonjour Philippine | Julie Pirovani
Inspirée par cette expression bien familière, Julie Pirovani a développé ce concept d,emballage pour elks amandes dans workshop donné à Aix-en-Provence au début mars 2015.
If you are a Quebecer, it is possible that this habit is completely foreign to you. However, in France, "Bonjour Philippine!" Is a term well-known to children eating twin almonds, or other twin fruit, or of those who, unintentionally, say the same sentence simultaneously. The next morning, a small gift goes to the one who thinks of saying it first.
Inspired by this well-familiar play, Julie Pirovani developed this packaging concept for almonds in the workshop I gave to ECV students in Aix-en-Provence in early March 2015.


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Associate Professor of History
- Office: Anderson Hall 255
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- Education: B.A., Hamilton College - 1995; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University - 2006
Aaron Astor, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee. He has written numerous articles, conference papers and book chapters on the Civil War era, focusing especially on the Upper and Border South. He is the author of the recently released Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-1872, published by LSU Press for its Conflicting Worlds: New Perspectives on the Civil War series. The book, which examines the transformation of grassroots black and white politics in the Border South, developed as a revision of his dissertation completed under the direction of Pulitzer Prize runner-up Stephanie McCurry and Pulitzer winner Steven Hahn, both now at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also written eight articles for the award winning New York Times Disunion series, addressing such topics as guerrilla warfare, battles and campaigns in the Western Theater, popular politics, emancipation and race, and regional identity in the Appalachian South.
Dr. Astor teaches at Maryville College, a private liberal arts college in Tennessee, where he covers a wide range of topics in American history from the Revolution to the present. He contributes to several Civil War preservation and public education organizations in Tennessee, and regularly speaks about the Civil War and regional identity in the Upper South. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the Southern Historical Association and the Society of Civil War Historians, where he serves on the Membership Committee.
Dr. Astor graduated from Hamilton College in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy. After working at the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, DC, Astor entered Northwestern University where he earned his Masters Degree in 2001 and Ph.D. in History in 2006.
Courses Taught:
- Nineteenth Century US History (HIS112)
- Twentieth Century US History (HIS203)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee (HIS200)
- Appalachian Cultural and Social History (HIS248)
- African American History (HIS303)
- History of the US South (HIS349)
- A Global History of Tennessee (HIS371)
- Modern Western Civilization (WCV190)
- Guerrilla Conflict in Comparative Perspective (SRS480)
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Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-1872
New York Times Disunion Series
East Tennessee: The Switzerland of America
Andrew Johnson's Difficult Task