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Bacterial vaginosis, also called BV is the most common vaginal infection in women of childbearing age. It happens when the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and replaced by an overgrowth of certain bacteria. The vagina normally contains mostly "good" bacteria, and fewer "harmful" bacteria. BV develops when there is an increase in "harmful" bacteria and fewer "good" bacteria.
The cause of BV is not understood. It can develop when something, like sexual contact, disrupts the balance between the good bacteria that protect the vagina from infection and the harmful bacteria that don't. It is not clear what role sexual activity plays in the development of BV, but BV is more common among women who have had vaginal sex. But BV is not always from sexual contact. We do know that certain things can upset the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina and put you more at risk for BV:
We also know that you do not get BV from toilet seats, bedding, swimming pools, or from touching objects around you.
Women with BV may have an abnormal vaginal discharge with an unpleasant odor. Some women report a strong fish-like odor, especially after sexual intercourse. The discharge can be white (milky) or gray and thin. Other symptoms may include burning when urinating, itching around the outside of the vagina, and irritation. However, these could be symptoms of another infection too. Some women with BV have no symptoms at all.
There is a test to find out if you have BV. Your doctor takes a sample of fluid from your vagina and has it tested. Your doctor may also be able to see signs of BV, like a grayish-white discharge, during an examination of the vagina.
BV is treated with antibiotics, which are medicines prescribed by your doctor. Your doctor may give you either metronidazole or clindamycin. Generally, male sex partners of women with BV do not need to be treated. You can get BV again even after being treated.
All pregnant women with symptoms of BV or who have had a premature delivery or low birth weight baby in the past should be tested for BV and treated if they have it. The same antibiotics that are used to treat non-pregnant women can be used safely during pregnancy. However, the amount of antibiotic a woman takes during pregnancy may be different from the amount taken if not pregnant.
In most cases, BV doesn't cause any problems. But some problems can happen if BV is untreated.
BV is not well understood by scientists, and the best ways to prevent it are unknown. What is known is that BV is associated with having a new sex partner or having multiple sex partners. Follow these tips to lower your risk for getting BV:
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December 30, 2012
Two of our pictures from Kelly + Fabiola's wedding were published in The Washington Post's Metro section today. I'm so proud of these two amazing ladies for bringing attention to this inequality. We need the law to change!
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Hello, climate change
Environmentalists got what they've been waiting for Monday, when President Obama reinvented himself as a committed liberal in his second inauguration speech. He referred to climate change by its proper name, rather than dancing a little rhetorical jig around it, and even summoned the Almighty. God, he said, "commanded" the planet to our care. He flatly rejected climate denial, and said the U.S. "must lead" the renewable energy revolution. After the speech, V.P. Joe Biden, hobnobbed with environmentalists and told them to "keep the faith." He intends to get a whole lot done by 2016, he said.
Of course, a strong speech by the President isn't likely to provoke a sudden change of heart in Congress, that ever-able obstructer of climate policy. In fact, it could drive their heels further into the ground. So what's actually possible in Obama's second term? A more detailed agenda is expected from the White House soon. In the meantime, we shall speculate:
Let the EPA lead: California Senator Barbara Boxer announced in December that she was forming a "climate change caucus" to push climate bills in the new Congress. But this week, she said that the best thing Congress could do is stay out of the administration's way, according to Greenwire. Why? The EPA already has authority to mandate big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. In Obama's first term, the agency put new rules in place to limit emissions from new power plants, and set new standards for what cars and trucks can spew out their tailpipes. The big elephant still in the room is existing power plants, which are responsible for the biggest chunk of U.S. carbon emissions. Earlier this year, EPA officials indicated they have no plan to regulate these beasts. The question now is whether they'll change their tune in light of Obama's renewed to resolve to cement a climate legacy. It's something they're actually supposed to do, per the terms of a settlement agreement. As Boxer said: "If they don't do it, they're going to be sued."
Energy efficiency: Tightening up buildings so they bleed less energy is one of those unsexy changes that could have an measurable impact on our collective fossil fuel appetite. And it's not super controversial. Obama has already demonstrated a willingness to stimulate efficiency upgrades via executive order, and further action on this front by the White House or EPA will likely be part of his new agenda.
Carbon tax: There was a lot of talk this fall that a carbon tax might succeed in Congress where cap-and-trade failed. It's a market-driven approach to cutting emissions, and could generate badly needed revenue for the government. But it looks like all that talk was probably a lot of hype. The White House has bluntly indicated it won't push a carbon tax, and as Grist.org's David Roberts blogged this fall: "Why won't it happen? Because — and try to follow along here, because it's pretty complicated, and this is coming to me from highly placed inside sources — Republicans run the House of Representatives and Republicans hate taxes."
Speaking of Congress: Republicans still own the House, and still haven't indicated they have any interest in climate legislation of any kind. And since second-term presidents generally have less political capital to spend to get Congress to do things it doesn't want to, the real action in the next two years – and likely the next four – will continue to happen in the administrative arena. The top item on enviros' agenda will be regulation of existing power plants. It'll be a fight. As Tim Philips of Americans for Prosperity, a free-market advocacy group bankrolled by the Koch Brothers, told The New York Times: "(Obama's) address read like a liberal laundry list with global warming at the top. Americans have rejected environmental extremism in the past and they will again."
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http://antigreen.blogspot.com/ open your mind to a different view. thanks, the truth will set you free........
John Kelly is living in an "antigreen" echo chamber, with false "truth" to set him free from having a conscience. John, ever hear of "NASA"? They and NOAA agree: " the nine warmest years in the 132-year record all have occurred since 2000." See the LA Times report: http://www.latimes.com/news[…]aa-20120115,0,7943007.story
Your numbers are WAY off. CO2 is almost .04% of the atmosphere, not 4%, and that's up from less than .03% 150 yrs ago, meaning people have increased it over 33%. You just have to get numbers from real NASA and NOAA scientists instead of typists at "antigreen."
here a few links that tell a different story than you have read:http://www.theblaze.com/[…]/?corder=desc#comments
thanks for the discussion
Evan, your article states:[For the record, 4:55 p.m. Jan. 15: An earlier version of this post stated that NOAA's report showed that the global annual mean temperature had increased at an average rate of 0.11 degrees Fahrenheit over the last 132 years, but that since 1963, the mean global temperature jumped at an average rate of 0.27 degrees Fahrenheit per decade. It should have referred to annual rates per decade in both references. In addition, the time frame of the latter number has been adjusted.]
so .11 temp increase in the last 132 years is me living in a anti-green echo chamber. maybe. the climate models all said temps. would be much high today. 132 years, such a short time to judge "what is the right temp for the world". isn't that a rather short time period by which we should make major economic decisions as to how to move forward with our energy needs?
also a comment after your la times report wrote this:
forparity at 9:44 AM January 17, 2013
Hansen admits there's been no global warming for a decade (based on 5-yr mean).
The record shows it's basically flat since 1998 -- 14 years.
According to NOAA, in Dec 2012 the amount of snow cover in the northern hemisphere was the greatest of the last 130 years.
The IPCC, and just about every other shrill prediction for the last 10-15 years (including this recent US study that the media wet their pants over) called for:
IPCC - 2001: 'Milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms &
In IPCC Draft 1995: 'shrinking snow cover in winter.
Sea level rise is de-accelerating.
Ice melt on Greenland is not accelerating.
Cyclone activity and total energy released is not increasing.
No evidence of increasing trend in floods, or droughts.
Tornadoes on the wane.
OK - time to focus on the real issues again, folks.
how much more do you want us all to pay for our energy? solar and wind are not viable option. global climate change, caused by man is a theory with little evidence and a lot of consequence to us all.
and thank you for pointing out how much less of co2 there is in the atmosphere. making that gas even less sig
I'd also point out that the small percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not representative of its large impact on global energy balance. Compare for instance how the very small percentage of iron in our bodies that is critical to maintaining our own metabolism. What matters with CO2 is that humans have increased the concentration in the atmosphere by some 40% and it will continue to increase for the foreseeable future without a change in how we get and use energy.


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Below, you'll find the second best escape compared to travel – literature. After finishing these reads the only book you'll want to grab will be your passport! Thrilling Cities by James Bond creator Ian Fleming is a collection of non-fiction articles that were originally written for the London Sunday Times in 1959. Fleming toured Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Honolulu, L.A., Las Vegas, Chicago and New York. This dashing read includes many passages edited out of the original version. Read More »


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Due to necessary electrical work in Haaren Hall, the Library building will be closed on Sunday, October 26, 2014.
All online resources will remain available but may suffer brief interruptions.
From 12pm to 5pm on Sunday, a John Jay librarian and lab assistant will be available for consultation in room 1404N, the computer lab in North Hall.
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Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 9:26am
The Digital Loeb Classical Library is an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of Greek and Latin literature including all the classics. The Lloyd Sealy Library has the full print collection (located by the Niederhoffer Lounge), but now you can access the Digital Loeb Classical Library — from anywhere you have access to the internet.
From Aeschylus to Aristotle, Herodotus to Homer, the Loeb Classical Library has long been the trusted resource for reading Greek & Latin literature in the original side by side with the modern-day English translation.
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 3:41pm
Celebrate John Jay College of Criminal Justice's 50th Anniversary with Li'l Jay! Whether he is studying hard, serving students, or out in the world spreading fair-minded ideals, Li'l Jay embodies the John Jay spirit and is a fierce advocate for justice.
Check out authentic 50th Anniversary editions of Li'l Jay from the Library for a week at a time. Ask for a Li'l Jay at the Reserve Desk and check him out using your John Jay ID. Then snap some pics of Li'l Jay anywhere and with anyone, sharing using the hashtags #jjcliljay and #jjc50!
- Check Li'l Jay out for a week at a time from the Library Reserve Desk. (If he's overdue, you'll get a library fine of $1.00/day.) Take good care of him!
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Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 2:25pm
The CUNY+ Catalog is undergoing a scheduled upgrade to serve you better. The catalog contains records for our books, ebooks, and other media holdings. The upgrade is overseen by the CUNY Office of Library Services.
Search is not available July 10–12, 2014.
Renewals and item requests are not available July 10–24, 2014. All items that would have had a due date during this interval have been given extended loan periods and are now due July 25 or later.
You will still be able to check out and return books at the Library's Circulation Desk during open hours. Please note that during the upgrade period, the circulation status of books as shown in the catalog will not be up to date and may be incorrect.
We are sorry for any inconvenience! The upgraded catalog will be more reliable and offer you better service.
Access to digital resources like academic journals is not affected. Note that the John Jay Library offers thousands of ebooks that you can read anywhere at any time.
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 12:39pm
Due to restricted budgets, the library has had to make difficult decisions about our database offerings and will no longer subscribe to Rosetta Stone. We regret any inconvenience this causes. (Updated July 2016)
Archived information:
It's the perfect time to catch up on reading and learn a new language! Have you ever regretted not taking the time to learn your ancestral language? Are you planning a vacation and wishing you could converse like a local? Or, are you a linguaphile looking for your next challenge?
Now, anyone with a current John Jay email address can use the Rosetta Stone Library Solution to study up to 30 languages. Key features include:
- 50 hours of foundational instruction
- Core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking and listening skills
- Focused activities to refine grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation
To access Rosetta Stone from any device, click the link above, or:
> Go to the library website at lib.jjay.cuny.edu
> Select Rosetta Stone from the dropdown menu of popular databases or from the A–Z list of databases.
> If you have not already set up a user account, set one up by entering a valid email address and selecting a password. Enter the language you wish to study when prompted. Then click on the "First Time Users" link to make sure your device is compatible.
> Click Launch Rosetta Stone and start learning.
After you have set up your account, you can continue building your language skills anytime and anywhere you have internet access by following these steps:
> Return to Rosetta Stone from any device through the link on the library website (see above).
> Enter the email and password you used when you created your account and enter the language you wish to study when prompted.
Languages offered: Arabic • Dari • Dutch • English (American and British) • Farsi • French • German • Greek • Hebrew • Hindi • Indonesian • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Latin • Mandarin • Pashto • Polish • Portuguese • Russian • Spanish (Latin America and Spain) • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Turkish • Urdu • Vietnamese
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Enjoy and please provide the Library with your feedback, or contact us if you have any questions.
Posted Monday, July 7, 2014 - 2:02pm
The Digital National Security Archive provides access to primary documents relating to US foreign and military policy since 1945. These documents are from the National Security Archive, a non-profit research organization founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy.
The database contains over 95,000 records -- more than 650,000 pages -- of original documents most of which were formerly classified and unavailable. Although the documents may be available in Presidential collections or other archives, this database allows you to cross-search across all documents by collection, subject or date or to search the full text by keywords.
Currently the database contains the following 41 collections:
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Posted Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 4:34pm
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Posted Monday, May 12, 2014 - 9:49am
See our exhibit case of resources related to the history of women police officers and the International Association of Women Poice in the Library's Niederhoffer Lounge, lower level.
A brief history of women police officers from 1845 to the 1970s
Female police officers have come a long way since the days of women police matrons. In the mid-19th century, women in law enforcement were limited to caring for women inmates and did not have the authority to make arrests. But the 20th century brought around incredible progress.
The first policewomen
Among the first policewomen, two stand out. In 1908, Lola Baldwin of Portland, Oregon was sworn in with an official badge, thereby becoming the first policewoman (Myers, 1995, p. 22; Duffin, 2010, p. 28). She had been working on behalf of unwed mothers and prisoners and in 1909 convinced the city council of Portland to establish the Department of Public Safety for the Protection of Young Girls and Women, which she directed.
Others contend that the honor of becoming the first policewoman goes to Alice Stebbins Wells of Los Angeles (Higgins, 1951, p. 824). She was given the authority to arrest suspects, was responsible for the supervision of dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and theaters, and maintained a bureau for women seeking advice. Wells would go on to make a strong impact nationally as she toured and spoke on the value of introducing women as police officers in many local communities. In 1915, the National Association of Policewomen organized with Ms. Stebbins Wells as the first president. The objectives of the association included disseminating information on the work of women police and seeking better training and higher educational standards.
Professional women police
By the mid-20th century, another star among women police had risen. Lois Lundell Higgins was a Chicago policewoman who headed the Crime Prevention Bureau in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s. She had a charismatic personality, was well educated with a master's degree in Social Work, and was acclaimed for her work in crime prevention, particularly among juveniles. In 1956, Ms. Higgins and other policewomen re-established the International Association of Policewomen but renamed it the International Association of Women Police or IAWP.* Membership was limited to women who were sworn police officers, and biannual conferences were held starting in 1958. Ms. Higgins became the association's first president, a position she held until 1964. By the 1950s, women were starting to be assigned to investigative and undercover roles like their male colleagues. It was a time of transition—Ms. Higgins, for instance, was not in favor of women officers having roles expanded beyond focusing on troubled women and juveniles. The loss of women's bureaus was also a contentious issue during this decade because it resulted in a temporary stagnation of women rising in rank; on the other hand, policewomen were becoming more integrated into police work previously done only by men (Hassell, Archbold, and Schulz, 2011, p. 24).
Exhibit in Niederhoffer Lounge
"Breaking the Brass Ceiling"
Police departments were still appointing their first female officers during the 1950s and 1960s. By 1959, women officers in New York numbered 243 but only constituted 1% of the force. Progress was slow as civil service promotion for NYC policewomen did not occur until the 1960s. By 1969, there were no longer separate entry requirements for male and female officers, but there continued to be discrepancies in salaries for years.
The modern era began during the 1970s when women were being accepted as police officers, not just policewomen (Hassell, et al., 2011, p. 128). "…The policewoman of the 1970s made greater strides toward equality among her male peers than at any other time in history" (Duffin, 2010, p. 198). During that era, some female officers won notable discrimination lawsuits and the right to patrol their own beats.
While the fight for equality for women has been ongoing for decades, progress has clearly been made. The public is more accepting of female police officers and the number of women in the police forces across the nation has steadily increased. Changes have come if a male former chief of police could comment that "women brought a different contribution to policing than men…women officers are more compassionate in the ways they do their job….[but] this happens only if they do not get co-opted into being police women rather than police women" (Duffin, 2010, p. 249).
*John Jay College Library has the holdings of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) in its Special Collections. A finding aid is available. Appointments must be made in advance to view these items.
- Duffin, A. (2010). History in blue: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers. New York: Kaplan Publishing.
- Hassell, K. D., Archbold, C.A., & Schulz, D.M. (2011). Women & policing in America: Classic & contemporary readings. Frederick, MD: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
- Higgins, L. (1951). Historical background of policewomen's service. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of Northwestern University School of Law, 41 (6), 822-833.
- Myers, G. E. (1995). A Municipal mother: Portland's Lola Green Baldwin, America's first policewoman. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press.
Tania Colmant-Donabedian, spring 2014
Book list
|Book or movie title
|Call number**
|A Municipal mother: Portland's Lola Greene Baldwin, America's first policewoman
|Women in public and private law enforcement
|Policewomen who made history: breaking through the ranks
|Women at Ground Zero: stories of courage and compassion
|Detective: the inspirational story of the trailblazing woman cop who wouldn't quit
|Gender and community policing: walking the talk
|Policing and gendered justice: examining the possibilities
|History in blue: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers
|A different shade of blue: how women changed the face of police work
|Policewomen: a history
|Women in charge: policing, gender and leadership
|Lady Cop: true stories of policewomen in America's toughest city
|Police women: Life with the Badge
|Women and policing in America: classic and contemporary readings
|The Invisible Woman: gender, crime, and justice
|Women and the criminal justice system
|Doing justice, doing gender: women in legal and criminal justice occupations /
|Reserve HV9950 .M3 2007
|Sleuthing Mary Shanley
|Blue Steel (starring Jamie Lee Curtis)
|Tea and justice
|Women police in a changing society: back door to equality
|Ebook + HV8023 .N37 2008
|Breaking the brass ceiling: women police chiefs and their paths to the top
|Ebook + HV8139 .S33 2004
** All call numbers are located in the Stacks upstairs except for:
- Ebook (search title in CUNY+)
- Reserve (see Reserve Desk)
- DVD (ask at Circulation Desk)
Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 10:57am
Two new, free and popular smartphone apps are anonymous. There are no accounts, no profiles, no contact lists, no names attached to posts, and few archives. Is the pendulum swinging away from "social media performance" and the "ultra-curated reputations" of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? Perhaps NSA revelations have made youth wary? Perhaps the teen and young college-age demographic is intrigued with the mystery of a changing persona? A place to let off steam? A friend in need? Or maybe it's the confessional again.
Secret, an app on iOS, was introduced in February 2014 by Silicon Valley engineers who wanted a place to share what they could not say face to face and without judgment: "join Secret and speak freely." When you sign up for Secret, it links to anyone in your contact list who uses Secret, but you never know who is posting unless they choose to reveal themselves. Posts are short bursts of text, for example, "Going through a merger is like going through a double date...." In its short life, Secret has been the source of some untrue business rumors and some personal attacks, so this is not a benign site.
Whisper, for iOS and Android, was introduced two years ago, but took off late in 2013. It has more than three billion page views a month—more than CNN's. A post to Whisper, for instance, says "Nobody at work knows I'm a lesbian," and then chooses a stock photo to display the thought. On each display you see a button that encourages you to post. Whisper notifies you of posts created by people within a radius of a mile and more. Each day six posts are chosen by the site curators to feature. Founder Michael Heyward says, "There is no safer place," and 120 real-time curators mean to keep it so.
These two anonymous apps create different network structures from those we are most used to. Whisper seems to be more novel, a departure from previous trash-talking anonymous sites and a distance from incessant "Like me."
Janice Dunham
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:53am
While working on her newest book, Prof. Gail Garfield from the Sociology department spent a lot of time in the Library, working with the microfilm delivered to her through the Interlibrary Loan service (ILL). The research resulted in her book, Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama, published in 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield (on order).
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services are available to John Jay College faculty (and their authorized John Jay research assistants), graduate students, staff and undergraduate students (article requests only) for academic research purposes. Book articles, book chapters, dissertations and media items that John Jay does not own and that cannot be requested through CLICS or through the media department can be ordered via ILL. See our website for instructions and more information.
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Fettuccine Alfredo
- 18 ounces fresh fettuccine
- 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups grated Parmesan
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- Salt and freshly ground white pepper
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Drain.
Stir 2 cups of the cream and the lemon juice in a heavy large skillet to blend. Add the butter and cook over medium heat just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Add the pasta and toss. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of cream, and Parmesan to the cream sauce in the skillet. Add the lemon zest, nutmeg, salt, and white pepper. Toss the pasta mixture over low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.
Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis
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Building trades: West Iron students completing Bates Township home
By NIKKI YOUNK
Staff Writer
BATES – West Iron County High School's building trades class allows students to gain valuable, real-world experience and area residents to save some money on building their new homes.
Each year, students in the class help build a home for an area resident. This year's home, owned by Scott Whitehead and his wife Fay, is located on Bates-Amasa Road in Bates Township.
The popular program has been around for nearly 40 years now.
"We have a pretty good history," said building trades instructor Jeff Swenski. "People know about it and get on the wait list."
Currently, the wait list to get a home built goes out to 2037. However, Swenski noted that people move on and off of the list frequently. The owners of this year's home signed up with the school in 2003.
Homeowners must build the home's foundation, pay for materials, pay for the students' mileage, and pay the school 18 percent of the value of the materials installed. The percentage helps the school to pay for tools and scaffolding.
According to Whitehead, it's a win-win situation.
"It's a cost savings for us and it benefits the students," he said. "They're getting skills they can put on their resumes."
This year, there are 13 students in the building trades class. They are juniors and seniors who have taken prerequisite courses in woodworking or drafting.
Students started building upon the home's foundation once school began in September, and they have continued working throughout the school year.
Swenski pointed out that students do most everything except plumbing and some wiring. Professionals are brought in to complete those tasks, he added.
Students still need to finish the home's siding, flooring, and painting before the scheduled open house event in mid-May.
Information about the open house will be released at a later date.
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National Champions—Again. West Texas A&M had three of the top four individual contestants—including the individual champion and reserve champion—en route to a convincing seventh-consecutive team triumph at the National Reining Horse Association National Championship Nov. 29-30 in Oklahoma City. That's correct: WTAMU has won this particular and prestigious national championship seven years in succession. This time, Texas A&M University placed second.
Student Masters IBM. A West Texas A&M University student captured second-place honors in the IBM "Master the Mainframe" Competition, which included more than 1,700 students from 325 schools throughout the U.S. and Canada. For his efforts, Anar Huseynov, a senior computer science major from Baku, Azerbaijan, will receive an expense-paid trip to IBM's mainframe laboratory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Munitions at Pantex. Students and faculty at West Texas A&M University are conducting important research to quantify the stability of aging explosive crystals stored at the Pantex Plant. WTAMU's Department of Engineering and Computer Science has received a $400,000 contract from Pantex to conduct a two-year study of the aging characteristics of energetic materials. Pantex is charged with maintaining the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile.
Math Site No. 1. West Texas A&M University's Virtual Math Lab (VML) is the top response to a Google search for "college algebra," "intermediate algebra," "beginning algebra" and "GRE math." Add in the fact that WTAMU's free tutorial website easily exceeded two million visits in 2007 and it is obvious that would-be mathematicians the world over are seeking and getting the help they need from West Texas A&M. People have visited the site from most every country on the planet, from Australia to Zimbabwe.


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The genus Anisodus
Anisodus is a small genus in the Solanaceae (the nightshade or tomato family). All species are Asian, which is a bit unusual for the family, whose center of diversity is in the tropical Americas. Since the early 1800s, about 12 species have been named, but most have now been moved to other genera or synonymized with other species.
These plants are perennials which may become somewhat shrubby, and generally reach about 1 m tall (3 to 4 feet). The nodding flowers are greenish to purplish or mixtures thereof and are about 2.5 cm long (1 inch). The calyx is nearly the size of the corolla, may enlarge in fruit, and wraps around the mature capsule.
Anisodus luridus is occasionally cultivated outside of China as an ornamental, though it is more interesting than showy. Most species of Anisodus have medicinal uses in China, but like the majority of the Solanaceae, they are also toxic, so caution must be applied.
TAXONOMY: Historically, few specimens of Anisodus were available for study by European botanists. Many of these species were moved in and out of a variety of genera as taxonomists tried to figure out where best to place them based on incomplete information. Because of the persistent, enlarged calyx, some of these plants were placed in other large-calyxed genera like Nicandra and Physalis. They have also been placed in Scopolia, Mandragora, Atropanthe, and Whitleya. All genera but Whitleya are still recognized (though they don't necessarily all still contain members of Anisodus). Currently, four species remain in Anisodus. According to the Flora of China, these are A. acutangulus, A. carniolicoides, A. luridus, and A. tanguticus.
PHYLOGENY: A cpDNA phylogeny of the Solanaceae places Anisodus in the tribe Hyoscyameae, along with Atropa, Atropanthe, Hyoscyamus, and Scopolia (Olmstead et al., 2008). This tribe consists of Old World, mostly capsule-forming genera. Mandragora and Nicandra did not cluster with any subtribe, and Physalis was nested within the Physaleae. All of these genera fall into the subfamily Solanoideae.
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I love it when we find people willing to share detailed performance data for their websites. Last year Etsy announced on their blog that they were committed to speeding up their website and promised to share their progress publicly. Etsy kept their word, and published Site Performance Reports in August and November documenting their efforts to make their site load faster.
A few days ago Jonathan Klein, a Senior Software Engineer at Wayfair, followed in their footsteps and posted a site performance report on Wayfair's engineering blog comparing their January 2012 site performance on key pages (i.e. home, search results, product browsing, and product pages) to their performance in September 2011. What they found was surprising.
In almost all areas their page load time went up. For example, their search results page, when looking at the 95th percentile load time, went from 1 second to 3.7 seconds. The only place they saw any improvement was in the 95th percentile for their homepage – in September it took 0.54 seconds to load, and in January it decreased to 0.433 seconds (however when looking at their average load time, the homepage time increased from 0.245 seconds in September to 0.267 seconds in January).
Ultimately this caused them to ask, "What happened between September and now?" Jonathan had an explanation:
There is a very simple reason for this – we stopped focusing on performance.
We had made performance a priority for a while – we treated it like a project, we set goals, and we achieved many of them. But then we made the mistake of resting somewhat on these achievements and moved on. Don't misunderstand — nobody actually said, "we're done, let's forget about performance" but at the same time no one was actually dedicated to improving performance over the last 4 months, and only a few projects were explicitly designed to speed things up. Instead the relentless drive for new functionality (which usually ends up taxing our servers) took over and became the focus. And the results once again demonstrate that the natural trend for load time is up if you take your eyes off the target. On top of that, traffic on our sites is steadily increasing, adding further complexity to the situation (though in the end this is a good problem to have).
Now, before you give them a hard time, keep in mind these performance numbers are still far better than most sites on the internet. I'm impressed by Wayfair's willingness to be transparent about their site's performance and Jonathan's honesty in talking about their failures as well as successes. To me, it shows the priority they place on their site's performance and that they really care about their users' experience.
As you know, a site's performance directly impacts a user's experience. The longer the load time, the more likely a site visitor is to leave your site. I know I've definitely gotten frustrated while waiting for different websites to load. You shouldn't let your site's performance slip, you have to be aware of it at all times, otherwise, as Jonathan notes at Wayfair, you'll "pay the price" for not making it a priority.
Wayfair have made a big commitment to the performance of their site, and yet they still have the challenge of continually optimizing their site with each new release. It's a struggle for many internet retailers, as you can get stuck doing the same performance optimizations over and over again. That's one of the reasons so many people are choosing to use an automated service like Torbit – we take care of the performance optimization process, helping sites increase the speed of their loading times to ultimately increase user satisfaction. Ultimately our service allows sites, such as Wayfair, the ability to focus on other important projects and keep their site performance optimized at the same time.
In the end, kudos to companies like Wayfair and Etsy for their transparency regarding their site performance. It's nice to see sites paying attention to their site's performance and being willing to talk about it publicly – after all, the first step to improving your site's speed is to measure it.


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Luis Puertas is the big engine that could
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Retired Army Specialist Luis Puertas, a native of Orlando, has a mantra he likes to repeat to stay motivated: "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."
That mantra has served him well for the past seven years.
On Sept. 20, 2006, Puertas was serving with the 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad when his convoy was hit by an explosively formed penetrator (EFP). Puertas was trapped beneath the 400 pound armored door of the Humvee in which he was traveling.
"I lost my legs instantly in that blast," Puertas said.
He was airlifted to a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, and was then transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he spent the next 14 months undergoing operations and rehabilitation.
"I wanted to recover and get out of the hospital, and get on with my life," Puertas said. "Adaptive sports gave me the initial push I needed to get my engine rolling."
It looks like Puertas' engine is running at full speed, as he finished first in the 100 meters, the 200 and the 1,500-meter (above knee amputee) track events today at Warrior Games presented by Deloitte. Puertas is one of the 260 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans participating in the Warrior Games, now in its fourth year.
Prior to the start of the events, when asked how he thought he'd perform, Puertas was more than confident.
"I will win gold in every event today," he said. "That's how you have to think about things, in order to get them done. When you see it in your mind, you envision it. You dream about it every day. There's no reason why it shouldn't happen."
Once Puertas decided to envision his complete rehabilitation, nothing could stop him.
"I tried all of the rehabilitation activities that they offered at the hospital," he said. "But my main focus was learning how to walk again. From there, I decided I should probably just run!"
Despite having no prior experience with running, Puertas seems to have an innate talent for the sport.
"I played soccer in high school, but I never ran track or anything like that," he said. "I don't know why, but for some reason I'm just talented at running with the prosthetics."
Once he set his mind on competitive running, Puertas wasted no time getting into condition. He ran an Army-sponsored 10K race just 360 days after his amputation surgery.
"If you put the effort forward," Puertas said, "then you should be able to achieve the desired results."
In addition to competing in the track events, Puertas will also participate in swimming.
"I actually was selected for the shooting competition, but I decided to try the swimming instead," he said. "I figured it was a good way to work on my cardio training and, at the same time, get acclimated to the altitude here in Colorado."
Puertas said he has never tried swimming competitively prior to this event.
"Running is my first sport," he said. "I'm participating in swimming, but I'm not sure how competitive I'll be."
Puertas has no intent of slowing down following the conclusion of the Warrior Games.
He'll be participating in the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, which take place June 14-16 in San Antonio, Texas, with the hope of winning one of the coveted spots to represent the United States at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.
His dream is to qualify for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
"I'm going to keep training and focusing on that goal," he said. "It keeps me motivated. It's basically a full-time job, training to qualify for the (Paralympic Games)."
He maintains that a positive mindset is paramount for all of his fellow participants at the Warrior Games.
"Don't mourn your injuries," he said, "but, rather, embrace them and believe in yourself."
|Students from Abrams Elementary School cheer on Luis Puertas at 2013
Warrior Games presented by Deloitte
Puertas and the rest of the Warrior Games participants had an extremely vocal bunch of fans in the stands for the track and field events today: a group of approximately 120 second- and third-grade students from nearby Abrams Elementary School, which is located on the Fort Carson Army Post in Colorado.
Randy Menegatti, a third-grade teacher at Abrams who organized the field trip for his students, said he hopes their attendance at the event helps the athletes know that they've got a lot of people in their corner.
"This helps them see that no matter what branch of the service their parents are in, there is truly an enormous amount of camaraderie between those who served," Menegatti said. "This is basically just a big group of people who support each other, no matter what."
Menegatti also wants his students to understand one of the main concepts this competition embodies: prevailing over challenging circumstances.
"Quite a few of the kids who attend Abrams have a parent who is currently active duty and deployed," Menegatti said. "It's important for them to understand that if they have a parent who comes back from service with an injury, life does still go on and they can still achieve great things."
For more from the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, visit teamusa.org/warriorgames/.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Scottie Bibb is a freelance contributor for USParalympics.org. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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For anyone who has ever wondered what a Foreign Service Officer does, this PBS video is a must-see.
On May 18, PBS' To The Contrary program aired a story about Foreign Service officers working behind the scenes in China to protect U.S. citizens and promote legitimate travel to the United States. PBS not only got the story right, they told it well.
The piece was a thoughtful and accurate depiction, showing the professionalism and patriotism of our officers working overseas to fulfill the State Department's mission. At a time when our consular operations have received criticism from some sectors for being too cumbersome, time-consuming, and costly, the piece provided a welcome counterpoint.
The genesis of the piece occurred in August 2011, when I received a visit from the producer for PBS' To the Contrary to discuss story ideas to showcase the human side of the State Department. The producer wanted to know what the State Department did beyond high-profile diplomatic efforts and, frankly, why the American public should care. It wasn't a hard sell. I think my account of what our officers do on a daily basis to keep Americans safe -- abroad and at home -- and to promote our economy through secure and efficient visa processing was compelling. And it's just the kind of substantial work to which the public could and should relate. As I said to PBS, this is "up close and personal diplomacy."
Over the next several months, the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA), the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), and U.S. Mission China opened their doors to the PBS crew to help tell the story. For an in-depth portrait of a typical officer, PBS went to FSI, where they filmed new and seasoned officers to get a feel for who these folks are, where they come from and how they are "made." It's one thing to talk about skilled diplomats and their training. It's another to see officers learning Mandarin in a classroom, and later, an officer conversing fluently with a visa applicant in China. The mock jail scene illustrated our number one priority: Americans. "Consular officers who are posted overseas in U.S. embassies and consulates have the principal requirement of protecting U.S. citizens overseas," said Jill Esposito, who serves as FSI's director of consular training.
PBS then went to China, where the big story was the visa surge: China and Brazil have experienced record growth in visa demand with their emerging economies, and their travelers represent major tourism dollars for the United States. Some news coverage has been critical of U.S. consular operations, claiming long visa wait times, both for interviews and to receive their visas, discourage millions of potential visitors who could spur the U.S. economy. The reality, however, is different.
In what should be considered as nothing short of a success story, the missions in China and Brazil have managed the tremendous increases in demand in a short time by increasing staff and hours, expanding facilities, and streamlining the process. They do this, like posts all over the world, without compromising security. "Yes, we might go fast, but we are still accurate and that is the primary concern...we cannot cut corners on our decisions," said Kristen Hagerstrom, consular chief in Shanghai, where an average of 1,000 applicants walk through the doors each day.
Today, wait times are down to less than a week in China and Brazil. The State Department is committed to facilitating travel to the United State as part of broader "Jobs Diplomacy" goals, and recognized that visas are important tools to help accelerate American's economic renewal.
The U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, said, "Foreign Service officers are the heart and soul of any Embassy...they are our true ambassadors." It's gratifying to have their work portrayed accurately by the media, and it's particularly gratifying to see officers who work hard get the recognition they serve. Consular officers often have the best stories -- and the PBS piece is a pretty good one.


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Posted 30 January 2013 - 06:47 PM
I was thinking an axe, but was wondering maybe an Envy w/ black heart board would be better? Just cause its cheaper maybe put that money aces toward some other gear?
What're your thoughts?
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:33 PM
And from all that i gather a Axe is a GREAT option. But if ya on a budget then the black heart'ed Envy will do everything you will need on the feild. Its just not as fancy or refined as the Axe.
Personally i been playing for 14 years and i STILL prefer shooting mech guns, I never feel as though my guns are the thing holding me back from a win and i simply have more fun shooting them. Point is dont feel you need a "better" electro gun to play this game effectivly, Just get out and have fun.
Playing more offten and practice will always win you more eliminations than ANY higher end gun ever will.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:45 PM
You could always pick up something used on the BST too; a lot of bang for your buck.
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Posted 31 January 2013 - 09:43 AM
No. Not even close. GoG makes arguably the best paintball guns in the 100-300 dollar range, hands down. Yes, there were reasons SP went under, and GoG is doing a good job at not repeating those mistakes.
My personal opinion stay away from gog. There's a reason smart parts went out of business. Plus I hate steel braided hoses on paintball guns.
And what's wrong with braided hose? Do you not like the fact that it lasts almost forever with no maintenance? Most new players don't understand the concept of macroline and fittings and whatnot, so they put the braided hose on there so it's one less thing for a new player to worry about.
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Posted 31 January 2013 - 10:03 AM
I can see that being a benefit of the steel braided hose for newer players but remember I states that it was just my personal opinion. I've been using macro line long enough and am comfortable with it.
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I can see that being a benefit of the steel braided hose for newer players but remember I states that it was just my personal opinion. I've been using macro line long enough and am comfortable with it.
True. But if you aren't a fan of braided hose, it can always be removed and macroline fittings put on to replace it. I would take a look at the GoG guns if you aren't familiar with them, they really stepped up their game from the SP days.
Take the eXTCy for example. They took the ion XE and gave it a usable feedneck, eye covers that you can get to, the blackheart board from the factory, an on/off ASA that doesn't eat tank threads, a trigger that doesn't eat shit, CO2 and HPA ready out of the box, and a 14" barrel. They even put it in a hard case instead of the old shit cardboard boxes the Ion used to come in.
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While I'm not sure if they do or not, their CS is so good that they would fix it either way. I know for a fact there is a lifetime warranty on the eNMEy platform, so I would assume there is a warranty setup for all of their other markers. I sent in my 09 Impulse for them to go through and fix up not too long ago(which is an SP gun that they quit making and parts are scarce), and they only charged me the shipping and I got it back shooting like new money.
Yes they have added a ton of good features. I agree with you there and its nice that they added a case. That is a feature that a lot of the high end boys need to really wake up too. I guess maybe smart parts just left a bad taste in my mouth. Do you know if gog is warrentying the new smart parts stuff because I've seen people recommend those guns New from ans gear to newer players and I just don't want those players getting stuck with an unusable gun if it breaks.
And I bought an Ion XE brand new back when I was kinda new to the sport. I had the gun for 20 minutes and the stock feedneck broke, and I had to pay another 40 bucks on the spot to get a new feedneck so I could play that day. I was pissed. I had to pay as much as a case of paint just so I could put a loader on my gun to play.
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Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:43 AM
That sounds like all of the horror story's I heard about smart parts in the past. I started this sport in there last year of operation and was advised to avoid them because of the rumors that they were shutting down so I have personally not used any of they're products bit I have witnessed there stuff taking a crap right in front of me on numerous occasions.
Ive used their products for years without a single issue. Everything fron shockers to ions. They are solid for the price. They have fewer lemons than most other companies, which is quite a feat since they sell a ton of markers. If you havent used em, dont knock em.
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The other day Tim pointed out to me that TeaChat's own Nada opened a UK virtual Puerh Boutique and is offering a select few teas and a bit of teaware.
It's called NadaCha and I am considering ordering samples. Most of the offerings are names that are new to me. After following Nada's blog,a Felicific Life, about his recent travels in Yunnan, I have a good feeling about this tea. The selection is different from other things I have seen and the prices are quite modest. I don't much like the web interface; it's hard to navigate, but at least it's not a big shop.
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Bike underwear is specifically designed for the athletic man. The Bike jock, compressions shorts are all very functional garments geared towards increasing your performance and comfort.
For over 150 years, BIKE has been making protective products. Originally designed for bicycle messengers who had to ride over the rough Boston cobblestones, the company was originally called the BIKE Web Company, later changed to the BIKE Athletic Company. Boy and men athletes everywhere just call it BIKE. Having sold over 350 million jockstraps over the decades, BIKE is the most instantly recognizable brand of protective gear in the country. It's found in the locker rooms of professional teams and youth sports, and is especially popular among athletes who play high-impact sports.BIKE makes protective products for both men and boys. Their youth products include cotton strap supporters, performance boxers that include a protective cup and high performance jock straps with cups. Men's products include performance boxers with the Proflex Max cup, compression shorts and cotton strap supporters.All BIKE products are made of moisture-wicking and antimicrobial materials, designed to keep the athlete cool and dry. Their compression shorts have a unique two-way stretch, which protects against muscle strain and fatigue and provides uniform pressure on major muscles. And, of course, all BIKE products boldly display the logo front and center, making the brand one of instant recognition. Athletes and coaches alike, across the United States, trust the BIKE brand to offer maximum protection, no matter how rough-and-tumble the sport.


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To make these lovely flowers, the students made two colors of petals (one color more than the other) and wrote a math subtraction sentence on a leaf to find how many more of one petal color the flower has than the other. Fun and pretty!
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Hey! Over HERE, Mister Dominos!
I was pretty shocked by the Dominos YouTube incident.
Not because I didn't think this sort of thing went on in fast food outlets.
But it shattered my innocent Australian preconceptions of what North Carolinians were capable of. I've met a few of them, and my brother-in-law is one. They are the world champions of good manners and considerate behavior. Aside from these two rogue pizza hillbillies, North Carolinians can be trusted around food preparation.
Except for their scary love of deep-fried Thanksgiving turkeys.
But you didn't come here for flammable turkey alerts, so let's consider the swift response of the Dominos Corporation CEO Patrick Doyle.
Good Point 1: Quick Response
They got out there and dealt with it quickly. A lot of large companies go into denial mode until it builds up into a larger disaster than it need have been.
Good Point 2: Choice of Media
Nice work to actually use YouTube, the source of all the trouble, to get the message out there, rather than the usual press release approach. The script was pretty honest and free of the usual lawyer-driven evasion words, giving you a sense of the trouble the scandal has caused for innocent small business operators and their staff. It put a human face on the damage, rather than just a giant corporation that people won't feel sorry for.
The guy seemed genuine, though obviously not a born performer. But that's OK, it would have been horrible to see a glossed-up professional presenter deliver the message on Domino's behalf. You want to see the Big Cheese take personal responsibility.
Not-So-Good Point: No Eye Contact
As with any presentation, getting a single point wrong can really lower its effectiveness. In this case, it's his just-off-camera gaze. Eye contact is essential for any kind of 'trust me' message, whether it's in person, on the stage, or on camera.
It isn't even the proper 'talking to an interviewer off camera' angle, although that would also have been wrong for this. It has a disorienting, 'are you looking at me or not?' sort of feel to it.
He's obviously reading a script, but that's no excuse. On-camera teleprompters are simple and affordable, allowing you to look down the lens in convincing newsreader fashion.
Shame to mark it down for that one error, but overall, a positive exercise for Dominos in a difficult situation.
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Local health initiative gathers community feedback
MARSHALL – Last month, local residents heard what a community survey had to say about ways to make Marshall a healthier place. On Tuesday evening, members of the public were invited to weigh in with their own feedback. During a brainstorming session at the Marshall Area YMCA, community members said they'd like to see affordable and accessible ways to help get in shape or improve their health.
About 40 people, including Marshall area residents and supporters of a local health initiative, attended the meeting. Speakers gave a brief overview of a community health survey made possible with help from the My Marshall grassroots organization and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. My Marshall kicked off a Marshall area community health initiative in July, with a survey of stakeholders including area residents and businesses. Survey participants identified concerns they wanted the initiative to address, from weight management and encouraging exercise to managing mental health risks.
Community health is an important factor for economic growth in the region, said Marshall Mayor Bob Byrnes.
"People need more than employment. They come to Marshall because it's a healthy place to raise a family," Byrnes said Tuesday. He said the community has already made some investments in good health, like the YMCA, expanding bike and walking trails, supporting locally-grown produce through a farmers market and participating in the state's Farm to School program.
But as audience members broke into small discussion groups, it was clear there was much more to be done. The groups were asked to talk about what they wanted from a community health initiative and name some possible community partners that could help make it happen.
Community members said Tuesday that they would like to see an expansion of health resources that are already available in the Marshall area. Making healthy choices affordable was important, they said. It was equally important to encourage all Marshall residents, including minority populations, youth and people with disabilities to take part.
Audience members also came up with a varied list of possible community health partners, ranging from local schools and educators to area sports and outdoor organizations. For example, one possible way to encourage physical activity in the winter could be to groom trails for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
Supporters said the next steps in the health initiative will be to organize a team of volunteers to run with the community's feedback.
"We know that we need to form a team," said Stacy Frost, co-chairperson of the My Marshall group and director of development at Southwest Minnesota State University. My Marshall's typical approach is to find one or two "champions" for a particular initiative and move forward from there, she said.
The volunteers would work to help form an action plan and engage the community, Frost said. Key parts of a community team would include area residents, organizations and institutions, health care providers, schools and employers.
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Walter Frei | June 27, 2014
When using COMSOL Multiphysics on a Floating Network License, it is possible to use the Client-Server mode of operation to access remote computing resources for solving large models, while still using the graphics card on a local machine to display graphics. This can have some significant advantages, so let's look at Client-Server mode in more detail.Read More
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From an installation point of view, the main difference between a COMSOL CPU-Locked Single User (CPU) and Floating Network License (FNL) is how they are installed and managed. However, the FNL not only offers every single benefit of a CPU license, but also enables several additional features while greatly enhancing your workflow, allowing COMSOL Multiphysics to scale with your company's growth.Read More
Walter Frei | August 2, 2013
The COMSOL Optimization Module includes both gradient-based and gradient-free optimization techniques. Whereas the gradient-based optimization method can compute an exact analytic derivative of an objective function and any associated constraint functions, it does require these functions to be smooth and differentiable. In this blog post, we examine the use of the gradient-free optimizer, which can consider objective function and constraints that are not differentiable or smooth. The dimensions of a spinning wheel are optimized to reduce the mass while maintaining […]Read More
Bjorn Sjodin | May 28, 2013
Curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system where the coordinate lines may be curved. The new user interface for automatic computation of curvilinear coordinates is a very practical addition to version 4.3b for those working with anisotropic materials in free-form CAD designs. If you have a generic bent shape and try to apply the usual coordinate systems like Cartesian, cylindrical, or spherical, you are out of luck. Curvilinear coordinates are needed to smoothly follow the design, which typically has no mathematical […]Read More
Walter Frei | March 20, 2013
There is sometimes a need to include data from other simulation packages into a COMSOL Multiphysics model. There are a variety of ways in which this can be done, but one of the easiest approaches is to read in the point cloud data via a spreadsheet format text file. In this blog post, we walk through the steps of reading in such data, and using it in a COMSOL model.Read More
Bjorn Sjodin | March 19, 2013
For a transient simulation, imagine if you could simply insert a virtual sensor in a model at a certain location and then monitor the evolution of a field value over time while solving. In COMSOL Multiphysics you can do just that by using Probes. You define a probe in the Model Builder tree right under the Model Definitions node. Measuring the value at a point is not the only thing you can do with probes, but in this blog post […]Read More
Niklas Rom | October 11, 2012
Oftentimes when you are working with devices with internal fluid flow, the imported CAD design represents the vessel material. The inside is plainly void. This may leave you clueless since it is inside where you want to create a volume mesh for the flow equations. How can you solve this meshing problem in COMSOL?Read More
David Kan | September 25, 2012
I give a lot of COMSOL workshops — about 20 so far this year. These are great events and they include hands-on minicourses, which allow me to connect with the audience. One topic that I often spend a few minutes on might surprise you: icons. The icons, especially those found at the nodes in the Model Builder, are packed with useful information. They're easy to miss because they're small, but knowing what they mean can be a big help.Read More
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Version 4.3 was released just a few weeks ago, and it has already generated a lot of buzz. With three new products and many enhancements, there is a lot to sink your teeth into. Not the least of these enhancements are the "little things" — small usability improvements that can make life a lot easier (and modeling more efficient) for COMSOL users.Read More
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As most skilled COMSOL users, I am sure you know that you are not limited to just selecting what is in our drop-down lists. Say that you have invented your own measure of structural stress. You want it to be equal to the quadratic mean of the Tresca and von Mises stresses. Go to Plot Parameters to find out what these predefined stresses are called (tresca_smsld and mises_smsld if you are modeling in 3D with the Structural Mechanics Module). Now […]Read More
Niklas Rom | November 3, 2009
Cluster computing is making its way to the engineering community. This is certainly true for users of COMSOL. Here is some great news: Users of COMSOL Multiphysics on floating network licenses will be able to deploy their simulations distributed on any number of nodes — without any additional licensing cost.Read More


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My latest Amazon.com (AMZN) article - Amazon's P/E of 3,000: The Ultimate Buy Signal -- generated considerable reaction.
TheStreet and Real Money Pro contributor Robert Weinstein called me nuts for owning the opinion . In his article, he addressed "investors" as he discussed Amazon like the day trader he is.
And Weinstein is a damn good day trader. Here's a guy who spends most days in a pair of cheese curd-stained shorts beating the other guy (often some Wall Street hack in a suit and tie) on trades that open and close over the course of seconds, minutes, sometimes hours and occasionally days. He's one of the few I would follow into trades blindly. He's that good.
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Pull up an Amazon chart. With few exceptions, if you held Amazon for more than a minute (figure of speech there), you made money. As of Friday's close, the stock is up 17,763% over its lifetime. It's up 236%, 44%, 50%, 23%, 11%, 7%, 4%, 1% and 1%, respectively, over 5-year, 2-year, 1-year, 6-month, 3-month, 1-month, year-to-date, 5-day and 1-day periods.
All of this, yet we're expected to believe that just because Apple trades at 12 times earnings, Amazon must -- out of nowhere, after more than a decade of dominance -- crash and burn. That's nuts. If only these wishful intuitive correlations held in the real world.
In Apple Loses If It Beats Itself , I riff on a lack of meaningful competition. Apple competes with itself.
On my most recent CNBC appearance with the great Carl Quintanilla , I introduce the concept of 'the two Apples.' We're not comparing apples to oranges, we're comparing Apple to Apple.
There's the Apple inside the next 6 to 12 months that can do almost anything it wants and win big. The foreseeable future Apple .
Apple can slum it, selling its products through the dying and inferior Best Buy (BBY) . It can produce a cheaper iPhone and take control of global smartphone marketshare. No question.
Despite the fast-grab, short-term easy payoff, these moves would ultimately lead to Tim Cook's departure . But he's not that stupid. As Apple's SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller noted the other day, a cheaper iPhone is not the future of Apple products . We'll see how Apple handles its reseller relationships.


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HDMI Licensing, LLC, the agent responsible for licensing the high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) specification, has announced that the support of the interconnection across the industry substantially increased since last year and that in 2007 there will be 130 million devices shipped with HDMI interface.
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Poohblah wrote:Tazo is a "top-shelf brand"?!?
AdamMY wrote:I think you have to realize we are not the typical American/ tea drinkers.
See, I never thought of the term "top-shelf" being a comparative term, but rather an absolute one. For any type of product, I figure that the "top-shelf" products are going to be the best ones, certainly a luxury product, regardless of what you or I or the reader of a WSJ article any other arbitrary person is likely to purchase. I don't think it's too difficult to argue that the best teas aren't available in supermarkets.For a lot of people they do not realize that there is a world to tea beyond what they can find at a supermarket, (quite a few people haven't even seen a teavana). Compared to what is at most supermarkets Tazo is "top shelf." Just like I am sure there is a world to coffee that I really do not know about, but coffee has the same issue, a lot of people do not realize that even buying whole bean coffee from the grocery store is still likely to be pretty bad coffee. And whole bean coffee is "top shelf" compared to the instant mixes that they also sell.
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AdamMY wrote:So I dusted off the camera, and filmed my first Gyokuro session in many months. I remembered how to brew it wonderfully, while explaining how I approach brewing Gyokuro in the video.
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My daughter has used these since she was 14 months old. I removed the smaller sizes before giving her the set since they are a choking hazard for a child her age (and I didn't give her the laces). But, even though I removed some of the pieces, there are still plenty of beads for her to use.Later this year, we can use these beads to start to work more on patterning and lacing when she's more ready for those skills. So, this toy "grows" with her.What I love about this toy is that it has big, bold beads and is made of solid wood--kind of like an old-time toy. I was impressed by the chunkiness and weight of the beads. Plus, all the pieces can be stacked because even the spheres have a slightly flat end to them.We love to use these beads to learn shapes and colors. My daughter can sort the beads by both of these attributes, and she is learning shape and color vocabulary. Even at her age (2), she has learned what a "sphere" is! Of course, she also loves to stack 'em and knock 'em down! What kid doesn't like to do that, right?Next year, we'll be able to use the beads for patterning and lacing when my daughter is ready to learn those skills. So, this toy will "grow" with her!
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i have an invoice that has many invoice rows, all in a view.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
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17 comments:
- The Writer Chic said...
I think you may just be getting our hopes up -- I'm surprised that they're doing an u/s at 16w. Happy, but surprised. Are they going to do another growth u/s in November? Anyway, I voted boy. 'Cause that is what I want you to have. =)
- September 7, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- Karen said...
I voted for girl!!! Little A needs a sister.
- September 7, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- Crystal said...
I found out with Joseph at 15 weeks (didn't you find out early with A too!). No doubts you will know after Tuesday! I can't vote yet...I need today to think about it. I am very torn at the moment.
- September 7, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- mandie lane said...
Thanks for the votes so far! I figured team pink would take the lead!
Monica, my doctor is well known for his 16 week "gender u/s". He's pretty confident- the joke is that college education is on him if he's wrong. So, I sort of hope he's wrong. ;) He knew without a doubt about Anderson at 15w6d. And yes, the "big u/s" is done later on at 24 weeks. I think that's why he does this early u/s- since the anatomy scan is later than usual, he needs to offer something to keep us sane in the meantime!
- September 7, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- Lisa said...
how exciting! i voted girl, but either one will be equally exciting! :) good luck!
- September 7, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Mike said...
Mandie Lane,
The goat vote was not mine!
I'm thinking little "a".
- September 7, 2009 at 10:11 AM
- Sara said...
I'm thinking PINK! A needs a little sister and Livi needs a playmate.
- September 7, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- The Barron's said...
I voted for girl. But, I kind of have a feeling it is a boy. It is so exciting... I am sure you won't be able to sleep tonight. To me, finding out whether I was having a boy or girl was the MOST exciting part of the whole pregnancy. I can't wait to read your blog tomorrow!!! :-)
- September 7, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- Kaden said...
I think you're going to join me in the world of all boys and blue!
- September 7, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- kennedyeatworld said...
voted for a girl - followed the crowd! but A would be cute with a baby brother, too. by the way, where did you get his big brother t-shirt??
- September 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- mandie lane said...
kennedyeatworld- it's from cafepress.com. Highly recommended! Inexpensive and shipped really quickly.
Someone retracted their goat vote.
- September 7, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- B said...
I really wanted to choose goat, but I hate being wrong. ;)
- September 7, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- megan jodi said...
I'm going on the record and saying I witnessed the expression of the goat vote!
I'm going with girl only to mix it up, you need a female in your house :) Another little boy would be just as fantastic though!
- September 7, 2009 at 6:05 PM
- Harmony said...
Hey Mandie! Good luck tomorrow! I'll be thinking of you, and can't wait to see your update! I know you'll be thrilled either way :)
- September 7, 2009 at 8:34 PM
- Libby and Greg said...
I voted boy! Either way, I can't wait until you guys find out!
- September 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM
- Brandy said...
Henrik said goat, so I voted. However, his mama says girl!
- September 7, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- Anne said...
I just want to put it out there that I think it's a boy. Minutes before you tell us all. Or at least it better be minutes, this waiting is driving me nuts!
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Thierry Dubois, a contributing writer for Rotor & Wing, is among the finalists for this year's Aerospace Media Awards, which will be given out at a July 8 ceremony before the start of the Farnborough Airshow. Dubois is one of five finalists in the Best Safety/Training & Simulation category for "Prepping for the Ditch: Survival Training," which appeared in the February edition of Rotor & Wing. There are a total of six award categories. Thierry can be found on Twitter: @aerodub_e
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Born with thalassemia, Julia Tang has been cured through bone marrow transplantation. Not everyone can benefit from treatments like these – yet. But CAF is making sure that advances continue so that all patients will one day be cured. The support of people like you makes these advances like these possible. Thank you!
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Robert Mannino has been getting blood transfusions since he was six months old. But that hasn't stopped him from pursuing his dream. Read about this Georgia Tech student (and thalassemia patient)'s use of research to find a better way.
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Alyssa Altieri says, without a doubt, that her mom, Sandy is her best friend. Since Alyssa was diagnosed with thalassemia at just five months old, Sandy has been there for her every day.
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