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pyBlocks - alpha-5
Donpachi (donpachi)
Update 2013: I can't get the OpenGL stuff to work like I want it to, so the project has been totally iced. It's too bad, since what little works looks a lot more awesome than the game so far.
Early alpha release of a blocks/columns game. Used python 2.6.4 and pygame 1.9.1 for developing, but it may run on others. Tested on Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP, but I haven't had the chance to test any other platforms. The alpha release is buggy and has several routines pending rewriting. I've been slowly examining OpenGL and 3d graphics, and I'd like to use these in the game eventually. That's still a long way off, though.
Known bugs:
Stuff already in alpha-6:
Things planned for the sixth alpha: Any functioning animation sequence to signal what blocks are being destroyed. Further enhancing of the scoring routine. Help the visual problems. Music and sound effects. Start to prepare for the first beta version and how the main systems of the game should be rewritten.
The sixth version is now in the middle of a pretty extensive reorganization and rewriting process. It's progressing quite slowly. 06/10: I thought for a moment that this was abandoned, but the new version started to work. There's still an uphill battle of gluing it all up together. Currently most of it works, and I think all the new game-breaking bugs have been fixed.
Renamed tilesets to Stringname_t0 to Stringname_t6 to avoid some of the messiness involved.
The collapse and scoring routines have been reworked, now the combo favoring really starts to show. I don't like how you can destroy many common shapes of 5-6 blocks at once and they'll be reverted to 3 and 4 block collapses for the scoring, but at least it works. More enhancing is on the way for this one later.
Score texts float up from their collapse positions now. There are some problems with it, but they're of the visual sort and they'll get fixed as a side-product as the animation system progresses. Easiest way to see the flaws in action is to remove an x-shaped or cross-shaped pile of blocks at once, and the floating texts will be piled so that only the top one remains visible. Or just erase a vertical shape from the rightmost or leftmost column.
A new panic text to have some kind of idea how fast the blocks are moving.
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Making it easy for Selena
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Here's Selena Gomez looking great on the set of her new music video yesterday as Justin Bieber continues to make it really, really easy for her.
You know what sucks? It sucks when you break up with someone and they go on to better. Gisele Bundchen, for example, went on to better after Leo. It doesn't suck for Selena then that JB is acting a damn fool but it probably sucks for JB that Selena isn't.

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I'm trying to find the name of this movie I saw on T.V about 5 years ago. I'm hoping one of you guys have seen this movie as well.
It's basically a scrooge like movie. You know the three spirits, past, present, and future.
Well in this movie the guy only goes to the past. Mainly because the "ghost of Christmas past" is sick of his job so he leaves scrooge(not his name) in the past instead. So scrooge must team up with the "ghost of Christmas present" to help get scrooge back to his present day. If they fails, Scrooge's daughter will cease to exist (according to the movie).
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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely young daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Week-ends (08/09/14)
A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...
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Commuters in Australia
The Miami-Dade Police Benevolence Association
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Southwire and their teen workers
Town of Dover, WI
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Union Street Guest House
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Pot smokers
"These are not people just coming here to work as the so-called line is fed to us. These people are coming here to do horrible things. And I think the murder of Agent [Javier] Vega shows what these people are capable of. We're up against close to 50 years of lack of border enforcement by the U.S. government. We have two political parties that are unwilling to take real enforcement action, and we have had two administrations in a row that gutted enforcement actions by the U.S. Border Patrol, by ICE agents, that do not allow us to actually go to do our job. We are handcuffed at every single turn."
Border Patrol agent and vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, Shawn Moran, debunked the argument that illegal immigrants are only coming to the United States to work
"As the unaccompanied children continue to be transported to shelters around the country on commercial airlines and other forms of transportation, I have serious concerns that the diseases carried by these children may begin to spread too rapidly to control."
Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., wrote to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raising concerns about illegal immigrants carrying "swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis."
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that despite the steady pace of hiring in recent months, 76% of adults lack confidence that their children's generation will have a better life than they do—an all-time high. Some 71% of adults think the country is on the wrong track, a leap of 8 points from a June survey, and 60% believe the U.S. is in a state of decline.
What's more, seven in 10 adults blamed the malaise more on Washington leaders than on any deeper economic trends, and 79% expressed some level of dissatisfaction with the American political system.
"The American public is telling its elected representatives that the economic distress that a significant proportion of them are feeling is directly their fault," said Democratic pollster Fred Yang, who conducts the Journal poll with Republican Bill McInturff. "The public seems to have moved beyond the plaintive cry of 'feel our pain' to the more angry pronouncement of 'you are causing our pain.' "
The Wall Street Journal
"Unemployment can lead to enormous depression. People can have nights filled with anxiety and it's all due to the loss of identity. There's a sense of hopelessness when people think they're going to be a generation behind when they do get a job."
Robert C. Chope, a retired psychology professor who founded the Career and Personal Development Institute in San Francisco
"When you were running for president you said, quote, 'The biggest problems we're facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all and that's what I intend to reverse.' So my question to you, has Congress's inability to do anything significant given you a green light to push the limits of executive power, even a duty to do so, or put another way, does it bother you more to be accused of being an imperial president, pushing those limits, or to be accused of being a do-nothing president who couldn't get anything done because you faced a dysfunctional Congress?"
ABC journalist Jon Karl dared to push Barack Obama on his use of executive power, demanding to know if the commander-in-chief is an "imperial president." But Karl's own network ignored the question, declining to air it on Wednesday's World News and Nightline or on Thursday's Good Morning America.
"If you look at what's happened over the last four or five years, the folks who don't have a right to complain are the folks at the top. I would take the complaints of the corporate community with a grain of salt. They always complain about regulation. That's their job."
President Obama said corporate America has done well under his economic policies, telling the Economist magazine that chief executive officers should stop complaining about regulations and show greater social responsibility.
"The president's statement (above) just confirms, unfortunately, that he still doesn't get it."
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said Monday that the Obama administration should have enacted important reforms—spanning immigration, taxes and entitlements—before Republications took control of the House of Representatives. That would have added millions more jobs to an otherwise "anemic" economic recovery, he added.
"This is a part of the war on whites that's being launched by the Democratic Party. And the way in which they're launching this war is by claiming that whites hate everybody else. It's a part of the strategy that Barack Obama implemented in 2008, continued in 2012, where he divides us all on race, on sex, greed, envy, class warfare, all those kinds of things. Well that's not true.
"It doesn't make any difference if you're a white American, a black American, a Hispanic-American, an Asian-American or if you're a woman or a man. Every single demographic group is hurt by falling wages and lost jobs.
"Democrats, they have to demagogue on this and try and turn it into a racial issue, which is an emotional issue, rather than a thoughtful issue. If it becomes a thoughtful issue, then we win and we win big. And they lose and they lose big."
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) on Monday accused Democrats of engaging in a "war on whites" in the current immigration debate.
"You teachers in your unions, you need to say, 'these bad teachers are making us look bad. We don't want it!...And it has nothing to do with being a liberal or a Democrat. It has to do with being an American."
View co-host Whoopi Goldberg insisted on Monday that bad teachers should lose their job. On Tuesday, the comedienne responded to attacks on Twitter and doubled down: "We were not talking about good teachers who do a great job. We were talking about getting rid of teachers who don't do a good job. My mother was a teacher. So, this is not about bashing teachers and I don't appreciate you misquoting what we said."
"Israel has every right to defend itself. If you don't want a fight with Israel, don't pick one."
Comedian Jon Lovitz
"If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label. Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job. The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things [and] bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents."
In an interview with Juan Williams, Attorney General Eric Holder said he is, indeed, an activist attorney general and proud of it.
"Maybe many young people waste too many hours on futile things. Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions."
Pope Francis urged 50,000 German altar servers not to waste time on the Internet, smartphones and television, but to spend their time on more productive activities.
"There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason."
VP Joe Biden referring to the continent Africa as a "nation." He was speaking at the United States Africa Leaders Summit.
Armed illegal immigrants marching in fatigues through streets of Texas
Americans worry about the threats posed by illegal immigrants
The Nixon anniversary
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• Keep doing stuff.
When I did it in 2002, I had not run AT ALL, NOT ONE STEP in the three months leading up to the race.
I ate green curry the night before (I think... I could be confusing the night before with the night before that). Anyway, I learned the hard way that curry is a natural laxative. YUM.
4:49 finish.
Go Pre!
It's going to be tough to beat curry.
Agony of Da Feet (#2867)
Run to Win24 Marathons, 17 Ultras, 16 States (Full List)
(wow, been a while since that's been updated...)
A Saucy Wench
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Marathon Maniac #991 Half Fanatic #58 Double Agent #22 It's a perfect day and I feel great!
I was sick for the next week with the crud.
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Graphs, GXL, dot and Graphviz
By sundararajan on Dec 13, 2009
Sometimes you may want to quickly generate graphs programmatically and view/analyze those. Examples include, inheritance/type relation diagrams of an object oriented program, function call graphs and any other domain specific graphs (reporting chain of your organization chart for example). I find GXL very useful for this. GXL stands for Graph eXchange Language. It is a simple XML format to specify graphs. A simple graph stating that "JavaFX" language is related to "Java" language is as follows:File: Test.gxl
<gxl> <!-- edgemode tells this is directed or undirected graph --> <graph id="langs" edgemode="directed"> <!-- write your nodes --> <node id="java"/> <node id="javafx"/> <-- now write your edges --> <edge from="java" to="javafx"/> </graph> </gxl>
You can also add number of "attributes" to nodes and edges - like color of the edge, style of the edge and so on. For example, "red" color can be specified for an edge as follows:
<edge from="java" to="javafx"> <attr name="color"><string>red</string></attr> </edge>
Now that we have written a simple graph with two nodes and a single edge between them, we may want to view it. There are number of tools/libraries to view GXL documents -- I've used Graphviz. Graphviz displays it's own native format called ".dot". Graphviz comes with a set of command line tools. One such tool is "gxl2dot", which as you'd have guessed, can be used to convert a .gxl file to a .dot file.
gxl2dot Test.gxl > Test.dot
Once converted the .dot file can be opened in Graphviz GUI and we can export it to .pdf/.jpg/.png and so on. This way you can email the graphs to others and/or publish in your blogs/webpages easily.
The converted .pdf file for the above simple graph is here: test.pdf
I've used GXL graphs in a recent debugging tool related to JavaFX compiler. More on that later...


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Nice tea
The flavour is mild I love mine with honey and lemon. The only negative is that some tea bags have very little tea in them so I need to double up.
Not What It Used To Be
Posted by Reviewer3231183 on Jan 29, 2011
Guess the economic times have caught up with Alvita Teas. Last I finished a box of Nettle Tea (30 teabags) that I've had for about a year, I could use 2 bags to make an 8 cup pot of tea and it was delicious. I recently purchased 4 boxes of the current nettle tea and found that there are only 24 bags/box, there is half the herb in each bag and I have to use 4 bags to make my 8 cup pot of tea...as well the taste is much lighter than the previous product. Not what was expected, certainly not the quality of tea that Alvita used to provide.
Posted by Reviewer1365278 on May 04, 2009
I brew the tea and put it in a squirt bottle and use it as a rinse for my hair. It's very moisturizing. The tea is also delicious with honey and lemon.
Nice tea
The flavour is mild I love mine with honey and lemon. The only negative is that some tea bags have very little tea in them so I need to double up.
Very good
Posted by Babycakes on Aug 20, 2015
Very mild tea with almost no flavor. What I really liked is the packaging - teabags are in a thick easy to fold paper bag with a lining so it stays fresh for a long time.
Posted by Reviewer1258361 on Oct 15, 2009
good for detoxing and immune.
Just okay
Posted by mcalmont-butler on Dec 25, 2014
There is a so little tea in each bag, it's just sad. Makes one cup of weak tea in a regular tea cup size -- which is very little! I've also tried Alvita Organic Nettle Leaf Tea Bags sold here on iHerb, and you seem to get more tea in each bag. That tastes "smokier" than this, which is more mild. Anyway, I wouldn't repurchase this. It's not worth the price tag.
Posted by Reviewer2035447 on Jan 18, 2012
love love love this!! works great as an appetite suppressant as well
Nettle Tea
Posted by Reviewer1243506 on Mar 15, 2010
The best nettle tea bags I've found.
Excellent remedy for allergies and general inflammation.
Posted by Reviewer1638866 on Sep 11, 2008
I love this tea. It is great with a little Lemon Balm, ginger, and/or raw honey added to it. Good price via Iherb.
Good hard to find tea
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Looked everywhere for nettle tea to use a blood tonic and hair rinse.


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Nike Son of Force Mid-Top Retro Sneaker - Mens
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Chapter 32
Israel will sing the song of Moses and acclaim: God speaks to heaven and earth; the children of Israel were known in the premortal life; God chose them in this life; they forgot the Rock of their salvation; He sent terror, a sword, and vengeance upon them; there is no God beside Him—Moses will be gathered to his people.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the
3 Because I will
4 He is the
5 They have corrupted themselves,
6 Do ye thus
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8 When the most High divided to the
9 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he
11 As an
12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure
15 ¶But
16 They
17 They
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that
19 And when the Lord saw it, he
20 And he said, I will
21 They have moved me to
22 For a
23 I will heap
24 They shall be
25 The
26 I said, I would
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to
31 For their rock is not as our
32 For their vine is of the vine of
33 Their
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth
36 For the Lord shall
37 And he shall say, Where are their
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I,
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I
41 If I whet my glittering
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will
44 ¶And Moses came and spake all the words of this
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to
46 And he said unto them, Set your
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall
48 And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount
50 And
51 Because ye
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.


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The Donna wedges by But Another Innocent Tale are sure to sprout a smile on your face. These garden-inspired wedge sandals pair perfectly with a flowy, mid-length skirt and your favorite button down blouse.
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Sweet and summery
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Aww is cute!
"Love these sandals!! They are bright, fun and comfy. Work well with lots of outfits:)"
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By BILL DELLOSOrangeville
Dear Editor,
The candidate signs are up and the debates will soon be over, it becomes our turn to sort out all the material we have heard and read.
Number one - We must get out and vote on November 2. It is a right, a privilege and a responsibility for everyone to vote. It is hard to be patient with a person who doesn't vote and cries about everything our elected officials do. If a person doesn't vote, he or she has no right to complain.
Number two - Don't just vote to grind an axe. This type of voting is going blind and the axe may become dull. Study the person and issues for yourself. Don't just vote for a person because he is a friend or a neighbor and sounds good. There is no such thing as just voting for the man. Look at what he stands for. Consider the Democratic or Republican, or other party platforms. Are these your standards? If you elect an individual regardless of what office that person is running for, you are bringing in that party's ideals, platform or agenda. There is no way you can get away from it even if the person says there is no problem.
Number three - Consider what the candidate has done. Have you really investigated what has been done or are you listening to what others are saying because there is an axe to grind? Are you aware of the accomplishments, training and learning that has gone into his position, what he has done, is doing and may do in the future? Will the opposing candidate be qualified to fill this position and be as acceptable to continue to get the job done?
Number 4 - Everyone should have received the Utah Voter Information Pamphlet. Read it and study the issues, then read between the lines. Read the argument for and the rebuttal. Don't worry who the signers for or against are. Just because someone well known is for a certain Initiative does not guarantee that it is for our best interest. Read for content. For example, look at Initiative 1. Consider where the money is going. Are we in Emery County going to benefit from it any or will it end up somewhere else. There are no guarantees where this money will go. Is it worth the extra tax? Will the tax really be for a certain number of years or will it be indefinite?
As voters there is much to consider. Don't let others make up your mind. Study your candidates. Study everything in the Utah Voter Information Pamphlet and then decide. When you are in the voting booth, it is your world, your decision. Your vote counts.


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M.A., University of Michigan, major field of study in Spanish language and literature with further study in Humanities;
M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University, major field of study in Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Dissertation (1983): Participatory Democracy and Bilingual Education: The Case of San Jose, California.
Scholarly Interests
Torres-Guzmn, M.E. & Swinney, R (2009). Freedom at Work: Language, Professional, and Intellectual Development. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press.
Torres-Guzman, M. E. & Gomez, J. (Eds.) (2009). Global Perspectives on Multilingualism: Unity in Linguistic Diversity. NY: Teachers College Press.
Barnard, R. & Torres-Guzman, M. E. (Eds.) (2008). Creating Communities of Learning in K-12 schools: International case studies and perspectives. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters
Skutnabb-Kangas, T., Garcia, O. & Torres-Guzman, M. (2006). Imagining Multilingual Schools: Langauge in Education and Glocalization. Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters.
Prez, B. and Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (Third edition, 2001, Second edition, 1995, First edition 1991). Learning in Two Worlds: An Integrated Spanish/English Biliteracy Approach. New York: Longman.
Editor journal volumes:
Brisk, M., Torres-Guzmn, M. E. & Minaya-Rowe, L. (Eds.) (2002). Special Issue on Successful Bilingual Programs. BRJ26:1.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. & Carter, R. (2001). Special Issue on Multicultural Education (Volume II). Teachers College Record, 102(6): 949-952.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. & Carter, R. (2000). Special Issue on Multicultural Education (Volume I). Teachers College Record, 102(5): 861-863.
Refereed Journals and Chapters:
Torres-Guzman, M. E. (under consideration) Is a Read Aloud just a Read Aloud? The Reading Teacher.
Prez, B. & Torres-Guzmn, M.E. (under consideration). Access to language and literacy in two-way bilingual classrooms.
Torres-Guzman, M. E., Lao, C. and Han, A. (in press) Hidden Jewels: San Francisco Chinese Immersion Programs. Asian and Pacific Islander American Education.
Torres-Guzman, M. E (2008). Teachers assuming ownership of teaching: The case of a dual language education program in the United States. In (German text)
Torres-Guzman, M. E. (2009). Negotiating appropriateness in the second language within a dual language education classroom setting. In Barnard, R. & Torres-Guzman, M. E. (Eds.) Creating Communities of Learning in K-12 schools: International case studies and perspectives. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. & Howes E. (2008). Experimenting in teams and tongues: Team teaching a bilingual science education course. In Richardson Bruna, K & Gomez, K. (Eds.) Talking Science, Writing Science: The Work of Language in Multicultural Classrooms. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers
Torres-Guzman, M. E., Hunt, V. Torres, I., Madrigal, R., Flecha, I. & Jaar, A. (2006) Teacher study groups: In search of teaching freedom within a collective. The New Teacher, 2:207-226.
Torres-Guzman, M. E., Morales, S., Han, A., & Klien, T. (2005). Self-designated dual-language orograms: Is there a gap between labeling and implementation? Bilingual Research Journal. 29, (2):453-474.
Torres-Guzman, M. E.(2005). La lecture suivie n'est-elle qui lecture suivie (Are Read Alouds Just Read Alouds?) Lettre de l'AIRDF (International Research Association in French Didactics), No. 25. 98-108.
Torres-Guzman, M. E. & Etxeberria, F. (2005) Modelo B/dual language programs in the Basque Country and the US. International Journal in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education, 8 (6), 506-528.
Hollins, E. & Torres-Guzman, M.E. (2005). Research on preparing teachers for diverse populations. Cochran-Smith, M. & K. Zeichner (Eds.). Studying Teacher Education : The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (2003). Preparing teachers to recognize and confront symbolic violence in bilingual education. In Wallace, B. C. & Carter, R. T (Eds.). Understanding and Dealing with Violence: A Multicultural Approach (Pp. 201-225). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (2002). Dual language programs. Directions in Education and Language Series, Washington, D. C.: NCBE.
Torres-Guzman, M. E., Abbate. J., Brisk, M. & Minaya-Rowe, L. (2002). Defining and documenting success for bilingual learners: A collective case study. Bilingual Research Journal:26, 1.
Torres-Guzmn, M. & Y. Martinez. (2000). Puerto Rican/Latino student voices: Stand & Deliver. In Nieto, S. Puerto Rican Voices. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1997, 2004). Language, culture and literacy in Puerto Rican Communities. In Perez, B. (Ed.). Literacy in Diverse Communities. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1997). Mentoring Bilingual Teachers. Directions in Education and Language Series, Washington, D. C.: NCBE.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. et al. (1996). Stories about Differences in a Collaborative with Middle School Students. Theory in Practice. 35: 196-204.
La Colectiva Intercambio. (1996). Ways of Looking, Teaching and Learning: A Tapestry of Latino Collaborative Projects. C. Walsh (Ed.). Educational Reform and Linguistic Minorities: Rethinking Policy, Pedagogy, and Community (pp. 95-122). Mahwah, N.J:Laurence Erlbaum
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. and Goodwin, A. L. (1995) Mentoring Bilingual Teachers. Focus. Washington, D. C.: NCBE.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. and Goodwin, A. L. (1995). Urban Bilingual Teachers and Mentoring for the Future. Education and Urban Society. 28(1): 48-66.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1995). Recasting frames: Latino parent involvement. In Baker, C. & Garca, O. (Eds.). Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education: Extending the Foundations (Reprint). Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1994). Language minorities: Moving from the periphery to the center? Educational Forum. 58: 409-420.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1994). Surviving the Journey. In (Eds.) R. Padilla & Chvez, R. The Leaning Ivory Tower: Latino Professors in American Universities. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Torres-Guzmn, M.; Mercado, C., Quintero, A. H. & Rivera Viera, D. (1993). Teaching and Learning in Puerto Rican/Latino Collaboratives: Implications for Teacher Education. E. Hollins (Ed.). The Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Teacher Preparation and Assessment. Albany, NY:SUNY Press.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1991). Stories of Hope in the Midst of Despair: Culturally Responsive Education for Latino Students in an Alternative High School in New York City. In Saravia Shore, M. & Alvizu, S. Cross cultural literacy: Ethnographies of communication in multiethnic classrooms. New York: Garland.
Torres-Guzmn, M.E. (1991) Voy a Leer Escribiendo in DeVillar, R.A. & C.J. Faltis (Eds.) Computers and cultural diversity: Restructuring for school success. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Torres-Guzmn, M.E. (1990). Voy a Leer Escribiendo in the context of bilingual/bicultural education. Computers in the Schools. 7:145-171.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1990). Recasting frames: Latino parent involvement. In Faltis, C. & M. McGroarty (Eds.). In the interest of language: Contexts for learning and using languages (pp. 386-405). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Torres, M. E. (l989). Attitudes of bilingual education parents toward language learning and curriculum and instruction. NABE Journal. 12:171-185.
Torres, M. E. (l986). Special language issues. In Duffy, G. and L. Roehler (Eds.). Improving classroom reading instruction. New York: Random House.
Book Reviews & Forwards:
Torres-Guzman, M. E. (in press). Review of Color of Bureaucracy: The Politics of Equity in Multicultural School Communities.
Torres-Guzman, M. E. (2004). Forward. In Perez, B. Becoming Biliterate: A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Torres-Guzman, M. E. (2003) Review of La Clase Magica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners. AEQ, 24, 3.
Torres-Guzmn, M. (1999). Review of Ethnic Diversity in Communities and Schools: Recognizing and Building on Strengths. AEQ, 31, 3.
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1998) Review of Where Something Catches by Victoria Muoz. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Torres-Guzmn, M. E. (1995). Review of Bilingual Education: Politics, Practice, Research, Ninety-second Yearbook of the Society for the Study of Education: Part II. By Arias, M.B. & Casanova, U. (Eds.). Teachers College Press. 96: 590-592


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Elizabethton Police arrest three in drug probe
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - Elizabethton Police arrested three people in connection with a drug investigation.
According to Captain Joy Markland, officers served a search warrant at a Reese Road residence on February 16.
Police said they found five firearms, ammunition, marijuana, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia consistent with the sale of drugs. Three small children were also inside the house during the search.
Officers arrested Latari Jackson, William Jackson, and Kendrick Stanley and charged each suspect with possession of a Schedule IV drug for resale, possession of a Schedule II drug for resale, unlawful drug paraphernalia, maintaining a home where narcotics are sold, and attempted child neglect.
In addition, Lartari Jackson and William Jackson face additional charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during a felony, and possession of stolen property.
All three suspects are due in Carter County General Sessions Court on March 24.


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The Law and Economics of Predatory Pricing
Bruce H. Kobayashi
George Mason University - School of Law
ANTITRUST LAW AND ECONOMICS, Edward Elgar Publishing, Keith N. Hylton, ed., Forthcoming
George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 08-41
This chapter reviews the law and economics of predatory pricing. Areeda and Hovenkamp (2006, 323) noted that other areas of the law of monopolization are "in much the same position as the theory of predatory pricing was in the 1970s: no shortage of theories, but a frightening inability of courts to assess them." In the past two decades, scholarship on the economics of predatory pricing has evolved from the relatively settled consensus in which predatory pricing was thought to be irrational, rarely tried, and even more rarely successful, to a point where much less is settled. Recent theoretical work emphasizing strategic theory has shown that predation can be rational, and empirical studies have presented evidence consistent with successful predation. In this sense, the economics of predatory pricing has moved closer to other areas of monopolization.
However, the legal response to predatory pricing, a relatively administrable and permissive rule based in part on the assumption that successful predation was rare, has remained relatively intact. While the recent economic literature may have eroded this basis for the adoption of permissive standards for predatory pricing, other reasons for adopting such a rule, based on the benefits of bright line rules that would be administrable by courts, still remain. Thus, even considering the recent advances in economic theory, it is unwise to minimize or ignore this underlying purpose of the Brooke Group rule.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 81
Keywords: anticompetitive exclusion, antitrust, bundling, long term gains, loyalty discounts, monopolization, optimal antitrust rules, predation, predatory pricing, short term profits
JEL Classification: K21, L12, L41, L42
Date posted: July 2, 2008
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CRI's new website that seeks to engage, educate, and empower patients and their loved ones to learn more about cancer immunotherapy as a treatment option across numerous tumor types.
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September 25, 2013 | Hannah Belisle
With only a few days left of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness month, we can't think of a more appropriate time to share some of what we know about these cancers that originate in the female reproductive organs—and the CRI scientists who are doing their part to change the course of the fight against them. The five main types of gynecologic cancers include: uterine, cervical, vaginal, vulvar, and ovarian. Of all these cancers, ovarian is one of the major types of cancer for which powerful, immune-based cancer treatments are now in development.
Ovarian cancer accounts for 5% of cancer deaths among women and causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. An estimated 22,240 new cases of ovarian cancer are expected in the U.S. in 2013. Though incidence rates of ovarian cancer decreased by 0.9% per year between 2005-2009, an estimated 14,030 deaths are still expected in 2013.
CRI researcher Dr. Kunle Odunsi is a Nigerian-born physician scientist now based at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. He has made major contributions to monitoring patients' immune responses during vaccine therapy and arriving at accurate prognoses. He's published more than 80 scientific papers on the subject. Most recently, Dr. Odunsi and colleagues have identified a number of potential biomarkers in ovarian cancer. The identified proteins appear to play a critical role in ovarian cancer progression and may well serve as a predictive marker for early detection of the disease. Many ovarian-cancer patients in Dr. Odunsi's CRI/Ludwig CVC Trials Network clinical trials show encouraging results, including significant delays in time to disease recurrence and, in some cases, remission.
In April, 2013, Dr. Lana E. Kandalaft and team at the University of Pennsylvania presented the results from a study of a novel immunotherapy and combination therapy treatment for ovarian cancer using patients' own tumors to stimulate an immune response. Results illustrated positive responses in 66% of women with advanced stage ovarian cancer, including 20 patients who had no obvious disease at the end of treatment, and one who is still in complete remission nearly four years later. When researchers added a second step of T cell reprogramming for patients with residual disease, clinical benefit was seen in about 75% of patients, said Dr. Kandalaft.
Scientists like Drs. Odunsi and Kandalaft are bridging the divide between the laboratory and the clinic, translating basic discoveries into new therapies—and new hope—for cancer patients.
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Kim and Cindy McFarlane announce the marriage of their daughter, Alicia Kay, to Shawn N Harris, the son of Ned and Gail Harris. They will be married in the Manti LDS Temple on May 22. A reception will be held in their honor that evening from 5-7 p.m. in the Green River LDS Ward building.
Alicia is a 2009 graduate of Green River High School and the College of Eastern Utah. She is currently attending Southern Utah University pursuing a degree in nursing. She is the granddaughter of Delvin and Juanita McFarlane, and Tom and Gail Jewell of Price.
Shawn is a graduate of Beaver High School, served an LDS mission in Harrisburg, Pa., and will graduate from SUU with a degree in agriculture business.
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PRICE-Shirley D. Christensen, age 72, passed away in the comfort of her home on Jan. 4, 2011. She was born on April 15, 1938 in Cleveland, Utah to Robert Davis and Vandel Anderson Davis. She married Wendell H Christensen on Oct. 31, 1969 in Huntington, Utah.
Shirley enjoyed decorating her yard, making ceramics and collecting dolls. A week never went by without her watching her wrestling. She enjoyed country music and her favorite was George Strait. Shirley is survived by her stepsons: Gary (Hazel) Christensen, Wendell (Diane) Christensen, sisters: Mary Lou (Albert) Slama, Patsy (Warren) Omel; brother, Abraham Davis; sister-in-law, Nanabeth Davis; her niece Peggy, the daughter she never had: several grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Shirley had a special relationship with her niece April.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wendell; two brothers; three sister; three nephews; and two nieces.
Funeral services were on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Interment was in the Price City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guest book and share memories of Shirley at www.fausettmortuary.com


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Some of the simplest computing devices made and sold are aids to counting. From ancient to early modern times, scribes performing calculations moved small stones or metal tokens along lines. More recently, mechanical counters have been widely used to count crowds and objects, and as parts of machines.
In the nineteenth century, several inventors patented mechanical counters. Patent models surviving in the Mathematics Collections at the National Museum of American History suggest the range of their concerns. Paul Stillman in 1854 and Daniel Davies and Edward Wright in 1876 patented improvements in rotary measures, such as were used in revolution counters for steam engines. In 1874, Alexander Atkinson patented a counting register to help track quantities of grain. As the amount of leisure time available to Americans increased, three inventors around 1880 saw fit to patent counters to keep score in games.
By the turn of the century, mechanical revolution counters were incorporated in laboratory apparatus, in factories using engines, in distance measures such as odometers, and in cash registers. Americans manufactured them and imported them from abroad. Government offices bought and made counters to compile statistics, and employers used them to figure out the bills and coins they needed to meet payroll. Of course counters were incorporated in a wide range of vehicles and meters. Handheld counters are used to this day to count people entering and leaving buildings and on public transit.
D. Baxandall, rev, J. Pugh, Calculating Machines and Instruments, London: Science Museum, 1975, p. 66.
Examples of counting tokens are in the Smithsonian's National Numismatics collection.
"Counters - Introduction" showing 1 items.
Counter, Stillman Counting Machine, U.S. Patent Office Model
- Description
- During the second half of the 19th century, steam engines played a growing role in American life. This U.S. Patent Office model is for a counter used to count the number of revolutions of a steam engine. Paul Stillman (about 1811-1856) was one of three brothers who ran the New York City machine shop Novelty Iron Works. He took a particular interest in steam gauges,manometers, steam indicators, and pyrometers.
- In 1848 Stillman took out a patent for a device to measure the pressure of steam and the extent of the vacuum in steam boilers and engines. This invention won him recognition from the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia. The measuring device on this instrument was analog, not digital. In 1854 he patented this digital improvement in counting machines. The following year, he patented a water gauge for steam boilers. Stillman's son, Francis H. Stillman, also became a distinguished mechanical engineer.
- The patent model has a wooden base and sides, with a metal plate across the top with four windows in it. Underneath each window is a cogged metal wheel, with the digits from 0 to 9 around the rim. To the right, on the same shaft as the wheels, is a brass crank that fits through a fifth hole in the plate. Moving the crank forward advances the rightmost wheel by one and, if necessary, activates the carry mechanism.
- A mark on a paper tag nailed to the frame reads: Paul Stillman (/) Appa' for Registering Numbers (/) Dec 15th 1852. A mark on the back of the base reads: 11577 (/) L 1201-1208.
- The Novelty Iron Works made and sold Stillman's register before and after his death. An 1864 price list, included at the back of a new edition of his The Steam Engine Indicator, and the Improved Manometer Steam and Vacuum Gauges; Their Utility and Application, indicates that the registers then sold with dials in 8", 10" and 13" sizes, and had prices of $65.00 to $75.00 apiece.
- References:
- P. Stillman, "Improvement in Counting-Machines," U.S. Patent 11,577, August 22, 1854.
- P. Stillman, The Steam Engine Indicator, and the Improved Manometer Steam and Vacuum Gauges; Their Utility and Application, New York: Van Nostrand, 1864, pp. 82-84, 94-95. Editions of this book appeared at least as early as 1851.
- "Deceased Inventors," Scientific American, 20 #2 (Sept 20 1856), p. 11.
- "Francis H. Stillman: A Biographical Sketch," Cassier's Magazine, 33, #6 (April 1908), p. 684.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1854
- patentee
- Stillman, Paul
- maker
- Stillman, Paul
- ID Number
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- 309327
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Did You Know? Countdown to the Month of May 2009 (05/01)
Did You Know?
May 01st
It's May!
Month of year: 5th
Days: 31
Birthstone: Emerald
Flower: Lily of the Valley
Season: Spring
Horoscope: Taurus, Gemini
It is thought that May was named for the Greek goddess Maia, the Roman goddess of fertility
Important Observances:
May Day (01)
Cinco de Mayo (05)
Mother's Day (10)
Memorial Day (25)
Notable Birthdays:
Pres. Harry Truman (08)
Malcolm X (19)
Cher (20)
Sally Ride (26)
Pres. J F Kennedy (29)
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Monday Madness: Adolph Blank
Can anyone make out the cause of death? The first word appears to be facial. The death certificate states the death occurred at the Cook County Hospital for the Insane - does anyone know of any facial disease or deformity that may be related to an insanity diagnoses?
3 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
I've had to decipher some causes of death and what I do is to enter as many of the letters as I can into a search engine and see what comes up. In this case, I got "erysipelas" for the middle word. Is the last word "idiopathic"? Good luck!
- August 15, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- J. Green said...
I agree with Elizabeth on this one. I think it says " facial erysipelas, idiopathic" for the cause of death. That is a tough one! I found an interesting article about an outbreak in a mental hospital on Google.
Search the domain www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov for the file brmedj01435-0036.pdf to read it. Good luck!
- August 15, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Amy Urman said...
Thank you both so much for your help. I think you are both correct. Funny how you can stare at something for a long time and can't make out a word - and then someone point's out what it says and it is so obvious! I read the article you mentioned, very interesting. Thank you again for the help!
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December 02, 2013
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"I think a good silver shoe is like having a great black shoe especially during the holidays when you want just a little bling or to pop that outfit. I love this shoe and will wear with my pretty black dress this Friday for a holiday party."
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Location: Detroit
September 12, 2013
Don't Do It!
"I wore these shoes once to a Beyonce concert and the soul of the shoe was completely destroyed just from walking in the parking lot. That look and fit well but all you can do is stand in them. Don't dare walk around or else the soul will disappear on you."
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This is my strategy of browsing through mass of web searches, I do regulary, when exploring different topics. It is hard to stayed focused on one subject, main theme, that you're currently exploring, so you have to be exact on further steps:
- adding new tabs of "possibble good searches" until you have around 20 of nice tabs for you in one opened Chrome browser. Try to exclude all test landing pages, Adsens strategy cheap articles, …. Look for nice blog and pages without commercials.
- store formation on TabCloud for every 20 opened tabs
- start with fresh Chrome browser and repeat until your Pomodoro ends or you drop down dead.
- from several 1000 of them, you will store probably up to 500, "maybe" on first look, interesting web pages. You can make more, depends on topic.
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Are you a superfan of Supergirl? Take this quiz to see how much you know about the last daughter of Krypton.
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Question 1 of 30
When did the television series "Supergirl" debut?
The television series "Supergirl" first aired in the U.S. on Oct. 26, 2015.
Question 2 of 30
Which actress plays the title character in the series "Supergirl"?
Jenna Dewan Tatum
Chyler Leigh
Melissa Benoist
Actress Melissa Benoist plays the title character in the television series "Supergirl."
Question 3 of 30
What is Supergirl's secret identity?
Kara Danvers
In the "Supergirl" series, Kara was adopted by Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers.
Lucy Lane
Alex Danvers
Question 4 of 30
What is the name given to the "Supergirl" character Kara Danvers by her birth parents?
Lara Lor-Van
Kara Lor-Van
Kara Zor-El
Kara Danvers' birth parents name her Kara Zor-El. Later, she was sent from the dying planet of Krypton to Earth.
Question 5 of 30
What is the home planet of Kara Zor-El?
Krypton is an actual earth element and is atomic number 36 on the periodic table of elements.
Question 6 of 30
True or false: Supergirl's adoptive father Jeremiah Danvers appears in only one scene in the pilot episode of "Supergirl."
Jeremiah Danvers, Supergirl's adoptive father, appears in only one shot during the pilot episode of the series. Danvers is played by actor Dean Cain, who starred as Superman in the television series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."
Question 7 of 30
In the series "Supergirl," how is the title character related to Superman?
She is his cousin.
The title character is Superman's cousin.
She is his daughter.
They are not related.
Question 8 of 30
From which comic book company does Supergirl character originate?
Marvel Comics
Harvey Comics
DC Comics
The character Supergirl has appeared in several different series created by DC Comics.
Question 9 of 30
What fictional city does Supergirl protect in the television series?
Central City
National City
National City is the fictional city that Supergirl protects in the television series.
Starling City
Question 10 of 30
In the series "Supergirl," how old is the character Kara Zor-El when she arrives on Earth?
12 years old
When the "Supergirl" character Kara Zor-El arrives on Earth, she is 12 years old.
6 years old
1 year old
Question 11 of 30
What company does Kara Danvers work for?
Wayne Industries
Queen Consolidated
Kara Danvers works for a media conglomerate called CatCo in the series "Supergirl."
Question 12 of 30
Which actress plays Cat Grant in the series "Supergirl"?
Helen Slater
Calista Flockhart
Actress Calista Flockhart plays Cat Grant. In the series, Kara Danvers works for Grant, who founded CatCo Worldwide Media.
Laura Benanti
Question 13 of 30
In the series "Supergirl," how old is the title character when her powers are revealed to the world?
18 years old
20 years old
24 years old
Supergirl is 24 years old when an accident forces her to reveal her powers to the world.
Question 14 of 30
In the series "Supergirl," which fictional friend of Superman works with Supergirl in National City?
Lois Lane
James Olsen
Actor Mehcad Brooks plays James Olsen in the television series.
Perry White
Question 15 of 30
Which network airs the television series "Supergirl"?
The television series "Supergirl" airs on the CBS network.
The CW
Question 16 of 30
What is the name of Kara Danvers' adoptive sister in the series "Supergirl"?
Actress Chyler Leigh plays Alex Danvers in the CBS series.
Question 17 of 30
True or false: The title character was the older cousin of Superman on their home planet Krypton.
In "Supergirl" series lore, both Supergirl and her younger cousin Superman are sent to Earth at the same time. Due to a problem with the space-time continuum, Superman arrived first and aged, while Supergirl's Earth debut was delayed, and she did not age.
Question 18 of 30
What fictional government agency does the Alex Danvers work for?
Alex Danvers works for the fictional Department of Extranormal Operations, or DEO. The DEO is tasked with protecting Earth from alien villains.
Question 19 of 30
When did Supergirl make her first appearance in "Action Comics"?
Supergirl made her first appearance in "Action Comics No. 252" in 1959.
Question 20 of 30
Which "Supergirl" television series actress starred in the 1984 feature film "Supergirl"?
Calista Flockhart
Helen Slater
Actress Helen Slater, who plays Eliza Danvers in the television series "Supergirl," played the title character in the 1984 feature film "Supergirl."
Laura Vandervoort
Question 21 of 30
Which "Supergirl" character does actress Laura Benanti play in the series?
Alura Zor-El
Benanti plays character Alura Zor-El, Supergirl's birth mother from Krypton. Benanti is only nine years older than actress Melissa Benoist, who plays her daughter.
Agent Vasquez
Question 22 of 30
In which "Supergirl" season one episode does the villain Livewire make her first appearance?
episode four
The "Supergirl" villain Livewire first appeared in episode four, titled "Livewire." The character Leslie Willis, played by actress Brit Morgan, became Livewire when she was hit by lightning.
episode 12
episode 20
Question 23 of 30
Actress Laura Vandervoort previously played Supergirl in which series?
Actress Laura Vandervoort, who plays the character Indigo on the CBS series "Supergirl," previously played Supergirl in the series "Smallville."
"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"
Question 24 of 30
How is the villain Non related to Kara Danvers?
They are not related.
He is her cousin.
He is her uncle.
Non is Kara Danvers' uncle. In the television series "Supergirl," actor Chris Vance plays Non.
Question 25 of 30
Supergirl is from which Krypton city?
Argo City
Supergirl is from Argo City on the dying planet Krypton.
Central City
Question 26 of 30
Which "Supergirl" character is forced to reveal to Kara and Alex Danvers that he is an alien?
Hank Henshaw
In the series "Supergirl," the character Hank Henshaw is forced to reveal to Kara and Alex Danvers that he is a shape-shifting alien. He is not, in fact, Hank Danvers, but he assumed Danvers' identity after learning of his benevolence.
Winn Schott
Maxwell Lord
Question 27 of 30
Which DC hero from another television series appears in a season one episode of "Supergirl"?
Green Lantern
the Flash
DC superhero the Flash appeared in "Supergirl" episode 18, "World's Finest," which aired on March 28, 2016.
Question 28 of 30
True or false: "Supergirl" is the first television series that actress Melissa Benoist has appeared in with her husband, actor Blake Jenner.
Melissa Benoist and husband Blake Jenner both appeared on the television series "Glee" before working together on "Supergirl."
Question 29 of 30
What color is Supergirl's cape?
Supergirl's iconic cape is red.
Question 30 of 30
How many episodes were in season one of the series "Supergirl"?
Season one of the series "Supergirl" concluded with episode 20, which aired on April 18, 2016.


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I tried pipe joint compound first, but it still leaked. This worries me because it will be hard to get to once the tub is set. Should I just solder the connection with 50/50 solder? Will that be "more" permanent?
: If teflon tape works then it is okay, otherwise use a paste pipe joint compound.
: : I have a drain/overflow kit in which the waste shoe leaks. This is a brass to brass junction. I have been able to put two wraps of teflon tape around the fine brass threads, screwed it together, and it seems to be holding. Is this a good long term answer? This is the drain for a new jetted tub, a brand new installation. I tried to return the whole kit, but it was special order with special finishes, plus it has taken me almost six months to get to the tub install. I would really appreciate your opinions.
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What Is Two-Factor Authentication, and Why Do I Need It?
More and more banks, credit card companies, and even social media networks and gaming sites are starting to use two-factor authentication. If you're a little unclear on what it is or on why you'd want to start using it, read on to learn how two-factor authentication can keep your data secure.
What Is Exactly Is Two-Factor Authentication?
How-To Geek reader Jordan writes in with a straight forward question:
I'm hearing more and more about two-factor authentication. I vaguely remember Google making a big deal about it last year, my bank recently offered a free key-ring thing for valued customers, and my roommate even has some sort of app on his phone to keep his Diablo III account from getting hacked. I get that it's some sort of security tool but what exactly is it and should I be using it?
In order to understand what two-factor authentication is, let's first take a look at what one-factor authentication is and compare it to both real and virtual models of security.
When you come home from work, pull out your keys, and unlock your back door, you're engaging in simple one-factor authentication. The door and the lock assembly don't care if the person holding they key is you, your neighbor, or a criminal that lifted your keys. The only thing the lock cares about is that the key fits (you don't need two keys, a key and a fingerprint, or any other combination of checks). The physical key is the single confirmation that the person wielding it is allowed open the door.
The same level of one-factor authentication occurs when you login to a web site or service that simply requires your login and password. You plug that information in and it exists as the only check that you are, in fact, you.
Assuming nobody ever steals your keys or cracks/steals your password, you're in good shape. While your keys being stolen is a fairly low risk, virtual security is more complex (and unlike online security breaches. your apartment complex manager, for example, would never accidentally copy all the keys and leave them with your name and address on a street corner).
Security breaches, sophisticated attacks, and other unfortunate but all too real aspects of working and playing in a virtual space necessitate improved security practices including multiple and diverse complex passwords and, when available, two-factor authentication.
What is two-factor authentication and what does it look like for you, the end user? At minimum two-factor authentication requires two out of three regulatory-approved authentication variables such as:
- Something you know (like the PIN on your bank card or email password).
- Something you have (the physical bank card or a authenticator token).
- Something you are (biometrics like your finger print or iris pattern).
If you've ever used a debit card, you've used a simple form of two-factor authentication: it's not enough to know the PIN or to physically have the card, you need to possess both in order to access your bank account via the ATM machine.
Two-factor authentication can take on a variety of forms and still meet the 2-of-3 requirement. There can be a physical token, such as those widely used in banking, where an over-the-air code is generated for you. To login you need your username, password, and the unique code (that expired every 30 seconds or so). Other companies skip the custom-hardware route and supply mobile phone apps (or SMS-delivered codes) which provide the same functionality. While not particularly common, you could also use two-factor authentication based on biometrics (such as security an encrypted file via password and fingerprint).
Why Should I Use It and Where Can I Find It?
Any time you introduce an additional layer to your security routine, you always have to ask yourself if the hassle is merited. Multi-factor authentication for a muscle car discussion forum that contains no personal information and is in no way linked to your real email or financial information is obviously overkill. Having a second layer of authentication for your credit card or primary email account, however, is just practical—the personal and financial trauma that would result from an identity thief or other malicious entity having access to those things far outweighs the minor hassle of inputting an extra bit of information.
Anytime two-factor authentication is available for a system and that system being compromised would cause you significant suffering, you should enable it. Having your email compromised opens you up to other services being compromised as email servers as a sort of master-key for access to password resets and other inquiries. If your bank provides a mobile authenticator or other tool, take advantage of it. Even for things like your roommates Diablo III account—players spend hundreds of hours building their characters and often spend real money purchasing in-game goods, losing all that labor and gear is an awful proposition, slap an authenticator on your account!
Not every service offers two-factor authentication, unfortunately. The best way to find out is to dig through the FAQ/support files and/or contact the support staff for the service in question. That said, many companies are vocal about their adoption of multi-factor authentication schemes.
Google has two-factor authentication both for SMS and with a handy mobile app—read our guide to installing and configuring the mobile app here.
LastPass offers multiple forms of multi-factor authentication including using Google Authenticator. We have a guide to configuring it here.
Facebook has a two-factor system called "login approvals" that uses SMS to confirm your identity.
SpiderOak, a Dropbox like storage service, offers two-factor authentication.
Blizzard, the company behind games like World of War Craft and Diablo, has a free authenticator.
Even if it looks like, based on reading the FAQ file of the company in question, they don't have two-factor authentication, shoot them an email and ask. The more people that ask about two-factor, the higher chance the company will implement it.
While two-factor authentication isn't invulnerable to attack (a sophisticated man-in-the-middle attack or someone stealing your secondary authentication token and beating you with a pipe could crack it), it's radically more secure than relying on a regular password and simply having a two-factor system enabled makes you a much less compelling target.
Know of a service, big or small, that offers two-factor authentication? Sound off in the comments to alert your fellow readers.
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Also Google's authenticator is open-source so third-parties can use it freely (LastPass already do, as you mentioned). There's code out there for you to use to quickly implement it on your own websites if you want.
There's also a PAM module so you can use it on your *NIX host logins too if you should so wish. I've even seen some ruby code that allows you to use in conjunction with SSH key pair logons.
Not sure if anyone's added it to an OpenID provider. That'd be cool.
I'm using it ever since I got my first android phone. For both Google and Last Pass. Makes me feel a bit more secure online.
What good is google's authenticator if they bend over everytime the feds want information on someone? The feds hold 5 aces an you don't have a pair.
Facebook, at least for the Android App, has 2-Factor built in (if you want to use it). Open up your side bar of options and scroll down to "Code Generator." It works just like Google's Authenticator app. It's great when when/if you don't have cell reception to get an SMS with a code in it.
Seems like many organizations are still struggling with what method is best suited to add additional layers of authentication for access and transaction verification without unreasonable complexity. I've noticed many of the major web organizations moving to the use of a telephone (mobile or other) as a form of a token where the user is asked to telesign into their account. This should be a prerequisite to any system that wants to promote itself as being secure. Nice article it needs to be stressed that strong passwords do not replace the need for other effective security control.
I know that Facebook use a 2 Factor in log facility, but I'm loath to putting any (primary) info on my Facebook page (read; account) I'm not paranoid but don't want to put any info on about my mobile telephone #!!
Verisign's PIP is an OpenID implementation that uses two-factor authentication:
You can use an app (Android/iOS), physical card or PC software as the token to generate the one-time code to log in.
This is in response to dave in houston's comment about Google's authenticator.
Google's authenticator still helps to protect you from attackers. There are far worse people out there than the feds who want to get ahold of your information. Therefore, even if Google does "bend over everytime the feds want information on someone" (fyi – I am not saying that this is a true statement, I am simply quoting your statement here), you are still better protected from the criminals out there who will do some real damage.
here in Croatia almost every Bank has some kind of two-factor authentication for their customers for e-banking. Eg. I have got an hardware token which I use to login to my account and to sign every transaction. Business customers got an smartcard or an usb token. Also some of them have mobile apps and some of them have an integrated token.
Check out Duo Security, too.
They're free for under 10 users, have integrations for blogs, SSH, VPNs, etc. And their apps are really simple to use: