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text: Report Abuse Home > Poetry > Haiku > Running Running By nakubara, Bangor, PA More by this author Why are we running? They'll only catch up to us Bringing us down too « Previous article More by this author Next article » Join the Discussion Login This article has 2 comments. Post your own now! Report abuse Kestrel said... Apr. 3, 2014 at 10:33 pm I love it! So simple, as haikus often are, but also incredibly complex. Interesting how it can be interpreted different ways. Reply Report abuse WretchedCorpse said... Dec. 25, 2012 at 3:40 pm amazing! i thought you hated haikus Reply Email me when someone replies Share on Facebook

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text: Life jackets make boating safer May 18, 2013 It goes by many different names: life jacket, life vest, life preserver, personal floatation device, or PFD. Regardless of the name, its purpose is to keep you alive until help arrives when you're involved in a boating accident. But it cannot work if it's not worn.According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 651 people died in boating accidents in 2012. Though that's the lowest number of annual fatalities on record, it's 651 too many. Of those 651 deaths, 462 (71 percent) were by drowning. And of those 462 victims, 388 (84 percent) were not wearing a PFD. That makes each one of those deaths preventable and all the more tragic.Perhaps examining these numbers on a smaller scale will make them more powerful. In Ohio, for example, 11 people died in boating accidents in 2012. None wore PFDs. Pennsylvania also reported 11 boating deaths in 2012. Only three of those victims wore PFDs. And in Wisconsin, only six of 23 boating accident victims wore PFDs."People tend to think of boating accidents in terms of collisions -- and that's the most common type of reportable boating accident in Pennsylvania," says Ryan Walt, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission boating and watercraft safety manager. "But the accidents where we have fatalities are the ones where somebody falls overboard, or is swamped in a small boat and then ends up drowning. Those are precisely the accidents where a life jacket can make all the difference."� Death by drowning in a boating accident is an equal-opportunity killer. It takes men, women, and children of all ages. Watercraft involved include kayaks, canoes, inflatable rafts, pontoon boats, personal watercraft, and motorboats. Often alcohol is involved, especially on hot summer days. And when the water is chilly, cold-water shock and hypothermia can be factors.The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently published its dispassionate annual review of boating fatalities in the May/June issue of Pennsylvania Angler and Boater (http://fishandboat.com/anglerboater/2013ab/vol82num3_mayjun/08recap.pdf).The most shocking thing about these tragedies is how few victims wore PFDs at the time of the accident. It's worth repeating -- in 2012, 84 percent of drowning victims nationwide did not wear PFDs. It makes sense that everyone in a boat should wear a life jacket. The message is proclaimed loudly and clearly on virtually all state and federal outdoor recreation web sites and on printed material provided from state agencies and boat dealers. And yet the message is ignored. People keep dying in recreational boating accidents.I suppose it's that human tendency to believe that tragic accidents happen only to others. The sad truth, however, is that accidents can happen to anyone at anytime.In just another week the Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. As temperatures rise, boating activity will increase. Make boat safety a priority this year. Boating should be fun. No one should die while enjoying a day on the water. Always wear a PFD when boarding a boat of any kind.Denny Tubbs, PFBC outreach and education coordinator for the Southwest Region, urges every boater and every passenger to wear a PFD. "It's the law for children under 12 years of age," he said in a recent phone interview. "It's just common sense that everyone should wear a PFD while aboard a boat of any type."The biggest complaint about PFDs has always been that they're uncomfortable, too hot, or just inconvenient," Tubbs said. "With the latest advances in inflatable life jacket technology, these excuses disappear. Inflatable lifejackets resemble a belt with an attached pair of suspenders. When the device contacts water, hydrostatic pressure causes a carbon dioxide cartridge to fire and inflate an air bladder," he explains.Tubbs explains, "The primary purpose of any PFD is to keep your head above water, even if you're unconscious. Often help arrives within minutes of an accident. Without a PFD, victims can slip underwater and not be found for days or even weeks."Search "inflatable life jackets" online. They're more expensive that traditional PFDs, but I'll bet your life or your child's life is worth it.Send questions and comments to email@example.com or 2222 Fish Ridge Road, Cameron, WV 26033.


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Energy firm says 'fracking' triggered British earth tremors
LONDON — A controversial method of extracting gas from the ground known as fracking was the "highly probable" trigger of earth tremors along England's coastline this year, according to findings published Wednesday.
British energy firm Cuadrilla Resources said a study of its drilling along Lancashire's Fylde coast, northwest England, concluded "it is highly probable" that the fracking "did trigger a number of minor seismic events."
A tremor of magnitude 2.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in the area in April followed by a second of magnitude 1.5 in May.
"The seismic events were due to an unusual combination of geology at the (Preese Hall-1) well site coupled with the pressure exerted by water injection as part of operations," Cuadrilla said, citing a report it had commissioned.
"This combination of geological factors was extremely rare and would be unlikely to occur together again at future well sites," it added.
Cuadrilla chief executive Mark Miller said the company "unequivocally accepts" the findings of the report, carried out by a team of independent seismic experts.
Fracking is the drilling of underground shale rock formations by injecting chemicals and water to release trapped natural gas. Opponents of the process say it causes water pollution but energy groups say it drives down gas prices.
Last month the US government unveiled plans to set national standards for wastewater discharges from fracking.


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Sydney's Inner West crafty queens have an official new hangout! I walked past last week coming back from the hairdressers and almost tripped over myself! Newtown just keeps getting better and better at the moment.
First up, our first official 'bar' opened up (Corridor - Newtown) and got us all excited, then another bar got an excellent write up in the paper (Bloodwood - I keep calling it Bloodbank after the Bon Iver song though) and is hideously full each Friday/Saturday so you'll never get a table (Husbie and I had a drink there the other day!) and then my favourite Thai place (I would travel across town for, it's that good) opened up on King Street too!
So, things are looking up, especially when King Street goes crafty! The cafe is called 'A Coffee and A Yarn' and after googling I see that Amy over at Badskirt has also given the place a thorough review! Here are a few pictures I managed to sneak when I visited today for GREAT chats with my darling friend Emma!
We just chatted a LOT, so no knitting, but heaps of people were knitting! Emma was going to take her mum there, and I've got to spend a bit more time browsing 'good wool' instead of my second hand stash!
Yay for the Inner West!
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thanks for all the replys.....very helpfull
i must agree that i think some parents over react to a certain extent.some people have pearly whites.....others drink coffee!
is it safe to let children drink coffee
You can drink some coffee while your pregnant, I believe it's primarily the caffeine content that is the concern, so moderation. Children don't need coffee, some tails would say actually will stunt their growth. The seem not to like it anyway, don't "dress it up" for them.
i'd agree to logging on to a medical site for real information, also don't check through sites that deal with homeopathic medicine and that sort.
I'd have to say that it didn't stunt my growth. I started drinking coffee at the age of 7 or 8 and I've managed to grow to 5'5". I'm the same height as my father and taller than both my sister and mother.
I seem to be the median height of relatives on my fathers side.
Granted, I would only sip my fathers coffee. He liked it with 3 creamers and 3 sugars, that and a small cup made it like candy.
I've been drinking coffee since I was 5 and I haven't noticed any adverse effects yet (I'm 17). My blood pressure is 95/48 so hypertension is certainly not a problem. I'm 6'3" so my height wasn't effected.
My parents never drank coffee with cream or sugar so I was introduced to black coffee and have always liked the taste.
I say, if they like the taste of black coffee and aren't drinking several cups a day let them have it.
Starting your kid on coffee at age TWO?
I insisted on starting drinking it at age 12 over the uproar of my parents. Coffee time was always such a big deal -- always had to have coffee with lunch and after dinner, and it SMELLED Soooo Gooood!
I agree though that letting a kid have coffee is better than letting them have sugary pop -- or worse, artificially-sweetened pop.
The things you read and the website out there supporting each and everyones theory....arggghhhh!!!!
Up to now there has been no conclusive evidence to support the direct effect of caffeine on brain development, hyperactivity or linked to ADD or ADHD, or any anthropometic studies evaluating the effects of caffeine on physical attributes such as height, weight or linking to premature aging of collagenous structure.
Is it a drug???? Yes, because of its effect on neurochemical receptors
Is it a stimulant??? Depends on your metabolism and its suceptibility to adrenergic stimulation.
Does it have negative repercussion??? Yes, 200mg of caffeine/day almost doubles urinary and fecal calcium output.
What does that mean??? Premature decalcification of bones and teeth, and theories regarding abnormality of muscle contraction (since calcium initiates the nerve impulse at the motor end plate)
Is it a OK to drink while pregnant?? Is it OK to let a developing child drink caffeinated beverages?? NOBODY KNOWS for sure!!!!!! Rule of thumb... Better safe than sorry.
P.S. Coffee milk and Cola from the time I was a toddler and I grew up to be 6''6\", played college basketball and achieved to graduate with honors from a very pretigious school. Did it stunt my growth, I hope so!!!!! Did it affect my brain development, maybe!!!! Will I suffer from osteoporosis and have premature arthritis....most likely..... but satistically, because of my height and weight, I am already pre-disposed. Do I still drink coffee?? Occasionally. Do I let my kids drink caffeinated beverages??? Absolutely not!!! Why?? Refined sugars, first; habit forming, second; my father-in-law is a dentist, third; and obviously the potential remains that something will be discovered later on linking caffeine and !?!?!
Well, i'd say giving coffee to children is alright. When I was little my mom would give me a mug with about a third or less coffee and fill the rest with milk, and sugar. It was ok but I preferred chocolate milk
stick with the data and dont listen to everybody''s opinion. but as far as the research goes --one day coffee is good one day coffee is bad. bottom line is it is a drug and does affect receptors in the brain thats why you notice it versus water. so would you give anything to your child that affected his receptors in the brain. before you answer that question just remember that a candy bar also affects receptors in the brain. so if your confused you should be good nobody knows,
I have heard that giving a kid with ADD a small shot of coffee in the morning allows him or her to focus/concentrate better. I know the ADD thing has been WAY overblown but my father, who is a retired schoolteacher with 35+ years experience, has sworn this to be true.
I started drinking coffee at age 5 and my dad at the same age, my daughter started at 6 with "kids coffee" which is about 1/3 coffee and 2/3 steamed milk. She is totally normal when this is the beverage.
The real problem is corn syrup. That mixed with caffeine a la soft drinks are far worse. I was quite upset when her friend's mom dropped her off after letting her drink a coke.
She cups with us and it is part of learning the trade. I'm 6'2 and she is nearly 5' at age 8 so the whole stunting of growth thing is a myth from where I stand.
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Polly Klaas was 12 when she was abducted from a slumber party in sleepy Petaluma, California. Her accused assailant, Richard Allen Davis, who had two previous convictions for kidnapping, seized her at knife-point after binding the other girls with rope and threatening to slit the throat of anyone who made a sound.
Polly was found 65 days later. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death. It is not known how long she lived after being abducted, nor what horrors she endured during that time - no father should have to ponder such questions.
"I can't sleep on those nights," says Mr Klaas. "I try very hard not to think about that, but sometimes I can't stop myself."
The kidnapping of Polly Klaas, a beautiful girl with warm brown eyes, captured the nation's attention in October 1993. Within weeks, the Klaas family had received "several hundred thousand dollars" in donations to help in her search. Police and hundreds of volunteers launched the largest manhunt in US history before Davis was tracked down in December 1993.
By contrast, the murder of a another young woman in California, 16 months before, was barely noted beyond the small town where it occurred. In a state where 4,000 murders are committed every year, only a few receive the media attention they deserve.
"If it was mentioned in the LA Times, it was behind the pet obituaries," says the woman's father, Mike Reynolds.
Kimber Reynolds, 18, was about to enter her car, which was parked in front of a busy restaurant in Fresno. Two thugs, high on methamphetamines, rode up to her on a stolen motorcycle, pinned her against the door of her car and demanded her purse. When she refused, probably because she was in front a restaurant full of witnesses, one of the assailants drew a .357 magnum from under his coat, pointed it at her head and pulled the trigger. They left her purse on the roadside next to her body.
Though on the surface these killings are unrelated, they will forever be intertwined - through the campaign for criminal reform that swept California after Polly Klaas's abduction.
Californians will pay dearly for these deaths. The passage of the "three strikes you're out" bill last March, of which Mr Reynolds was the leading proponent and spokesman, was triggered by the Klaas murder. The bill, which mandates a 25 years-to-life sentence for a third felony conviction, will cost billions to implement. Estimates from the California Department of Corrections show the state will need to build 15 prisons over the next five years to hold the extra inmates, at a price tag of $4.5bn (£2.8bn). The prison population is projected to grow by more than 70 per cent as a result of this law.
When "three strikes" was reviewed by the California legislature, it was buried by the committee. Mr Reynolds and other supporters then decided to take the bill public and have it approved as a voter initiative. To do so required registering a 385,000-signature petition, but after weeks of campaigning the group had collected fewer than 20,000 names. Despite extensive efforts to raise the profile of the bill, including radio and television interviews and ballots distributed through newspapers, prospects for success within the allotted 150 days looked dim.
Then the body of Polly Klaas was discovered.
"The next day we couldn't answer the phones fast enough, we were getting 1,000 phone calls at a time. In fact, we cooked the phonelines," Mr Reynolds says. Eventually, the group brought in 18 operators to handle the requests to sign petitions.
"Three strikes" went on to become the fastest-qualifying voter initiative in state history, winding up with 840,000 signatures. Aware of the mounting popular support, the state legislature revived and approved "three strikes" on the day organisers submitted their petition.
Ironically, although his only child's death sparked the passage of the law, Mr Klaas has come out against "three strikes", which he says casts too wide a net and will put too many non-violent offenders behind bars. However, he says he will not waste time fighting to improve the law. His life's work is devoted to avenging his daughter's death by saving other children from a similar fate. To accomplish this, he had been working with the Polly Klaas Foundation, which he founded with the money that poured in after Polly's abduction. But Mr Klaas recently left the foundation, after months of feuding and the establishment of his own charity, which sought funds from many of the same donors.
While Mr Klaas's crusade has had its high notes - he was invited by President Clinton to the signing of the national crime bill, he has testified before Congress and become a respected commentator on child safety legislation - he remains deeply tormented by his daughter's death.
Few ties to his life before the abduction remain. He has given up his car rental business and says he finds it difficult to relate to old friends or to make new ones.
"Life after Polly's death has been hideous," he says "Polly meant more to me than anyone. What I have left is a closet full of clothes, an album of photos and memories that fade."
Asked for his feelings about the accused killer, Richard Davis, Mr Klaas does not hesitate: "I'd like to waste the f ..."
Mr Reynolds has dedicated himself to legislative reform since his daughter's death. "The question I have always asked is, `Where did the system go wrong and what can I do to straighten it out?' " He was with his daughter in the 26 hours she spent on life support before she died.
"Kimber's death has left a hole in our hearts," he says. "I made a promise that I would do what I could to make sure this didn't happen to another family. That's the promise I kept with `three strikes'."
Had the law already been in effect, his daughter's killers, with extensive histories of violent crime, would almost certainly have been behind bars at the time she was attacked.
Mr Reynolds is unconcerned that "three strikes" will lock up too many non-violent felons. In a recent Los Angeles ruling, Jeremy Dewayne Williams, a man with five previous felony convictions, was caught stealing a piece of pizza - and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Opponents of "three strikes" cite the case as one of many examples which show the law is draconian and will lock up too many people for the wrong reason.
Mr Reynolds disagrees. "The positive side of the pizza guy is that every prior felon in California sees that case on TV and says to themselves, `Goddamn - they aren't kidding.' They are saying `I better get outta this state'. "
But "three strikes" has spread rapidly since its approval in California. Similar measures are on the books in 14 states, with New Jersey and South Carolina approving such statutes just last month. The estimated tab in New Jersey? More than $2bn, with a three-time loser receiving a bone-chilling 40-year sentence. Chuck Haytaian, a New Jersey Assemblyman, says: "The concept is simple: commit three violent crimes and you will spend the rest of your life in prison."
Mr Reynolds continues to push for reform of California's justice system. His latest project, which has the blessing of the state district attorney's association, would allow non-unanimous jury verdicts - a 10 to two or even nine to three vote - in all but death-penalty cases. In California, 14 per cent of jury trials ended in hung juries last year, while in neighbouring Oregon, which allows non-unanimous verdicts, the result was less than 1 per cent.
This could be important with "three strikes" on the books as defendants are increasingly insisting on jury trials in the hope of acquittal, rather than accept a plea-bargained conviction.
Mr Klaas is directing his efforts at the development of databases to track and monitor violent felons and the promotion of sex-offender registration laws. He complains that due to the cost of "three strikes", funds are no longer available for preventive programmes such as New York's recently passed "Megan Kenka law". The law, named after a girl sexually assaulted and murdered by a convicted paedophile who lived across the street from her, makes it mandatory for sex offenders to register with the communities where they live.
"We've had some successes," he says. "But the price has been too high. Children shouldn't have to lose their lives to get these laws put in place. There are too many laws named after kids who are already dead."
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(Aristotle, 340BC) The first philosophy (Metaphysics) is universal and is exclusively concerned with primary substance. ... And here we will have the science to study that which is just as that which is, both in its essence and in the properties which, just as a thing that is, it has. ... That among entities there must be some cause which moves and combines things. ... There must then be a principle of such a kind that its substance is activity. (Aristotle, Metaphysics)
Leibniz, 1670) It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish
propositions (principles). This is the way to gain ground and to progress
with certainty. ... I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility
can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its
cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience
teaches us that it is a fact in nature. ...
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection
of all things with one another. ... I do not conceive of any reality at all
as without genuine unity. ... I maintain also that substances, whether material
or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity
being of the essence of substance in general.
(Bradley, 1846-1924) We may agree, perhaps, to understand by Metaphysics an attempt to know reality as against mere appearance, or the study of first principles or ultimate truths, or again the effort to comprehend the universe, not simply piecemeal or by fragments, but somehow as a whole. (Bradley)
Physics constitutes a logical system of thought which is in a state of evolution, whose basis (principles) cannot be distilled, as it were, from experience by an inductive method, but can only be arrived at by free invention. The justification (truth content) of the system rests in the verification of the derived propositions (a priori/logical truths) by sense experiences (a posteriori/empirical truths). ... Evolution is proceeding in the direction of increasing simplicity of the logical basis (principles). .. We must always be ready to change these notions - that is to say, the axiomatic basis of physics - in order to do justice to perceived facts in the most perfect way logically. (Albert Einstein, Physics and Reality, 1936)
This is a very short answer to a very important and strangely neglected question. For the complete article please see: The Most Simple Scientific Theory of Reality
Upon consideration it is clear that Reality must be founded on One thing. (Both in terms of Ockham's razor, the simplest theory that explains the most things is best - and in terms of metaphysics where One thing is required to Cause and Connect the Many things we experience.)
And there is only ONE thing that is common to the many things, SPACE. (Both Matter and Mind are many things, we all commonly experience one common Space.)
So how can we explain Time, Matter, and Forces (Fields / Necessary Interconnection of Matter) from ONE thing Space. It is simple and obvious once known.
Space exists as a wave medium for Spherical Standing Waves that form matter. This Metaphysics of Space and (wave) Motion and the Wave Structure of Matter is explained in the articles at the top of page.
Truth and Reality are important (as is a simple sensible Science Theory to describe this Reality) - so please take the time to read on these beautiful and profound subjects about our own existence.
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Occam's Razor (also Ockham's Razor or any of several other spellings), is a principle attributed to the 14th century English logician and Franciscan friar, William of Ockham that forms the basis of methodological reductionism, also called the principle of parsimony. In its simplest form, Occam's Razor states that one should not make more assumptions than needed. When multiple explanations are available for a phenomenon, the simplest version is preferred.
A charred tree on the ground could be caused by a landing alien ship or a lightning strike. According to Occam's Razor, the lightning strike is the preferred explanation as it requires the fewest assumptions. The principle is most often expressed as Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, or 'Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity', but this sentence was written by later authors and is not found in Ockham's surviving writings. William wrote, in Latin, Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate, which translates literally into English as 'Plurality should not be posited without necessity'.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) lived after Ockham's time and has a variant of Occam's razor. His variant short-circuits the need for sophistication by equating it to simplicity.
'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication'. (Leonardo da Vinci)
Occam's Razor is now usually stated as follows:
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.
As this is ambiguous, Isaac Newton's version may be better:
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. (Sir Isaac Newton, Principia: The system of the world)
Occam's Razor is known by several different names including the Principle of Parsimony, The Principle of Simplicity, and The Principle of Economy. The reason for these alternate names can be explained by the association of simplicity and parsimony with Occam's Razor. Prior to the 20th century it was believed that the metaphysical justification for Occam's Razor was simplicity. It was thought that nature was in some sense simple and that our theories about nature should reflect that simplicity. With such a metaphysical justification came the implication that Occam's Razor is a metaphysical principle. From the beginning of the 20th century, these views fell out of favor as scientists presented an increasingly complex world view. In response, philosophers turned away from metaphysical justifications for Occam's Razor to epistemological ones including inductive, pragmatic, likelihood and probabilistic justifications, which is where things stand today. Thus, Occam's Razor is currently conceived of as a methodological principle. Elliott Sober has expressed dissatisfaction with epistemological justifications for Occam's Razor. He thinks that there must be a metaphysical presupposition for Occam's Razor, but offers no possibilities (Sober, 1990).
Note: My comments above on the Metaphysics of Space explain why reality is ultimately simple, being founded on One Thing that causes and connects the Many Things. Leibniz was spot on!
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection of all things with one another. ... I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity. ... I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general.
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How common is it for a person to receive a false positive on an ELISA test? I obtained a positive result from a test that my life insurance policy required me to take. I am awaiting results from another test (western blot) from my primary care physician in two weeks. The sexual encounter that may have exposed me was about 6 months ago. (a one night-stand). Other than this one night, I have been faithful to my wife who tested negative on the same exam. She too is being retested. Is it common for my wife to be negative even though we have been having sex since the encounter occured over 6 months ago? We are confused. We are both anxious to know if I am really HIV positive.
The standard serologic test consists of an EIA and Western Blot. The EIA screening test requires a repeatedly reactive test which is the criterion for WB (Western Blot) testing. WB alone has a 2% rate of false positives.
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Bob Van VorisJohn Paulson will be called by the defense to testify in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud case against former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive Fabrice Tourre, a lawyer said.
Paulson, the billionaire head of hedge fund Paulson & Co., will testify in the trial, John "Sean" Coffey, a lawyer for Tourre, told U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest today in Manhattan federal court. Forrest said Paulson may take the stand Aug. 1.
The SEC sued Tourre and Goldman Sachs in 2010 over a transaction involving Abacus 2007-AC1, a synthetic collateralized debt obligation investors used to bet on mortgage bonds.
Paulson, a New-York based hedge fund, used the deal to bet against mortgage-backed securities. Investors on the other side of the bet lost more than $1 billion. Goldman Sachs, based in New York, paid a then-record $550 million to settle the case. Paulson and his firm, Goldman clients, weren't sued.
CDOs are debt securities backed -- or collateralized -- by assets including pools of mortgage bonds and other asset-backed securities. A synthetic CDO, by contrast, doesn't directly hold mortgage securities. It's linked to the performance of such assets and allows investors to use credit default swaps to bet on their performance.
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Research In Motion has announced that BlackBerry 10 will utilize its own unique User Agent. The company has been hard at work to make BB10's browser the best in class for HTML5, CSS3, and WebGL. Here's the new BB10 User Agent and how RIM describes in a blog post how to use it:
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- Many websites are filtering on the word "BlackBerry" and providing our very capable browser with the most basic of mobile web pages, while rich content is being pushed to our competitors. To avoid this pitfall, we removed the word "BlackBerry" from our user agent and replaced it with "BB10". This change will require web administrators to add this new identifier to their user agent detecting scripts
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Compuware's Gomez First Mile solution gives IT broader visibility of Web application performance.
The new Gomez First Mile is a Software as a Service (SaaS )-based system for application performance management (APM) designed to provide visibility into both data center and end user performance. First Mile requires organizations connect a Compuware appliance to their network that monitors user traffic within the data center and combines that with the First Mile SaaS platform to monitor and measure performance outside the firewall.
"When companies traditionally install tools in the data center, it takes weeks and months to get configured and realize value," Richard Bentley, director of solution marketing at Compuware, told InternetNews.com. "Here we're talking about a user-installable box, like a cable box, that auto-configures to the Gomez network that you can realize value from in a matter of hours after installation."
The Dashboard uses a red, green and yellow light paradigm to show how an app is performing, and Bentley said users can click through from there to other screens to identify problem areas.
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Compuware president and COO Bob Paul said First Mile is distinct for two reasons: "end-to-end visibility across the enterprise and Internet that has never before been possible, and a deployment model that delivers value in literally hours instead of months.
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The news comes almost a year to the day after Compuware's $295 million all-cash purchase of Gomez, best known for its Web performance monitoring and optimization services.
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Norman Lamont has forecast that rates will head towards 7 per cent over the next year, while Nigel Lawson - who must take a fair amount of the blame for getting us into this mess in the first place - said yesterday that Monday's half-point increase was 'most unlikely to be the last'. Neither of these gentlemen proved particularly adept at handling monetary policy when in charge, but then it always was much easier to diagnose than operate. Their analysis as outsiders, it has to be said, looks about right.
The fact that there are more rate increases to come does not imply, as the more churlish City analysts were suggesting yesterday, that Mr Clarke has moved too late. With the exception of the partial unwinding of interest rate cuts in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash, this is the first time in recent memory where an upward turn in interest rates has not been forced on the authorities by an attack on the pound. Mr Clarke, with the Governor of the Bank of England breathing over his shoulder, is leading the markets rather than following them.
Neither do yesterday's economic figures imply, as one analyst suggested, that 'the horse has bolted'. August's rise in inflation was unexpected, but not dramatic. There is no reason to disbelieve Mr Clarke's claim that the figures had no impact on Monday's decision. Even if inflation had fallen again last month, Monday's rise in rates could still have been justified.
Past experience shows that once interest rates begin to rise, they can do so dramatically. In 1984/5 they rose by 5.5 percentage points in nine months and in 1988/9 by 4.5 percentage points in three months. By acting early, Mr Clarke will hope that the eventual increase need not be so great.
In this sense, slowing the economy to restrain inflation is like slowing a speeding car that is approaching a brick wall. The earlier you take your foot off the accelerator, the less sharply you need to hit the brake. But it is important to remember that Monday's move means only that Mr Clarke is no longer pressing the accelerator hard to the floor.
In the coming months he will have to raise rates again until monetary policy is neither pressing on the accelerator nor on the brake. This implies, as Mr Lamont has suggested, perhaps one more rise in base rates this year and then a gradual increase to 7 per cent or so during next year.
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. (2008) The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol.596 (No.2). pp. 190-228. ISSN 0168-9002 Full text not available from this repository.
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The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment uses an accelerator-produced neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the "atmospheric neutrino" sector associated with muon neutrino disappearance. This long-baseline experiment measures neutrino interactions in Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beam with a near detector at Fermilab and again 735 km downstream with a far detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern Minnesota. The two detectors are magnetized steel-scintillator tracking calorimeters. They are designed to be as similar as possible in order to ensure that differences in detector response have minimal impact on the comparisons of event rates, energy spectra and topologies that are essential to MINOS measurements of oscillation parameters. The design, construction, calibration and performance of the far and near detectors are described in this paper.
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The words sounded like thunder in Harrys ears as Mr Granger spoke in the quiet of the living room, Mrs Granger and Hermione had gone up stairs for some odd mother daughter talk about babies, leaving Mr Granger and Harry alone in the what now seemed to Harry like a shrunken living room.
Mr Granger had heard the last parts of the conversation, Lord and Lady, his little family now had titled children.
So Harry, youre going to be a father and I am going to become an old man, a grandfather? Richard Granger said with a grave look on his face.
Yes, look Mr Granger, we both wanted this, its not an accident or a mistake, we both knew what we wanted and we are wealthy enough to make sure our children are well looked after, Harry mumbled, hoping Mr Granger was not going to be a problem.
Harry son dont you think its about time you called me dad, or even Richard. Hows it going to look to our new family member if his or her dad calls me Mr all the time, Mr Granger sighed, he had been in a similar situation that Harry now found himself in, sitting alone with his own father in law not so many years ago, though the outcome then had been far different.
Sorry, just never thought about it, dad it is then, Harry said with some relief, things seemed to be going better than he expected.
Mr Granger looked at Harry with an odd smile on his face I suppose you were expecting a lecture from me, all about being too young to be parents and what have you,
Harry nodded, that was exactly what he expected.
How old would you say I am Harry? Mr Granger asked.
Harry hadnt a clue, it was something he had never thought about, he had never had reason to. I havent a clue sir, he admitted.
Well I want you to think about this, I am going to become a grand father at the ripe old age of thirty five, he told Harry
The silence in the room was tangible as Harry worked out the math, if hes going to be thirty five, that must mean he is now thirty four or just thirty five, Hermione is seventeen, bloody hell they were younger than we are when they had Hermione Harry began to chuckle and it slowly built into a laugh as he saw the grin on his father in laws face.
I would enjoy the laugh while you can Harry, because you my boy are going to be taking a trip to the seaside with me and Helen, and you are the one who is going to tell Hermiones fifty seven year old grandmother that she is about to become a great grandmother, and believe me Helen is just a cuddly toy compared to her mum, Mr Granger was now the one chuckling at the look on Harrys face.
For some reason Harry got a sinking feeling in his stomach, Hermione had grand parents but she had never once mentioned them, and he wondered why, not that it mattered he just found it odd he had never known.
Hermione Jane, could you come down here please, I think your dad wants to throw me to the wolves or something Harry called to his wife.
Mr Granger had been sitting chuckling away quite merrily as Harry thought through what he had said, and he was still grinning like the winner of a lottery when Hermione and her mum entered the room.
What is it Harry love? Hermione asked as she walked over and held his hand.
Your dad says Im to visit your grandmother with him, you know the grandmother you never mentioned, Harry answered.
Oh Richard you wouldnt? Mrs Granger said disbelief in her voice.
Oh yes I would dear, I havent forgotten the reception I got when we told her about us, and if Harry survives that, then he can accompany me to see the Bishop, dad answered with a grin still on his face.
The Bishop, now thats just cruel, I thought you said you loved Harry like he was your own son, Mrs Granger audibly gasped.
Harry and Hermione stood wondering what the two parents were talking about. Do you know who this Bishop is? Harry asked Hermione.
Yes, hes my dads dad, though I never met any of my grandparents, they disowned mum and dad when they got married, so we never talk about them, I havent even thought about them since I left primary school she answered.
Well my darling wife and mother of my unborn child, it seems we are going to be paying them a visit, oh and by the way did you know your mum and dad were only sixteen when your mum got pregnant with you Harry told her with a hint of pride.
I knew they were young, but I never thought about their age, no wonder mum always looked younger than the other mothers, I suppose I should have known their ages really but it never interested me, strange that, I mean the age people become parents differs around the world
Hermione love, now is not the time to go off on tangents about the rest of the world, I could be in deep trouble here
While Harry and Hermione were having their private conversation Mr and Mrs Granger sat waiting for them to bring their attention back to the original conversation.
Huhmmm, Mr Granger cleared his throat.
Oh sorry dad, you were saying? Harry said feeling a little uneasy.
Let me tell you about us, dad said nodding at his wife You dont know this but we were married as soon as the law allowed. Well in our world that happens to be sixteen, at the ripe old age of just turned sixteen we neither of us could bear to be apart any longer. We were in love and we wanted to be together so much it was driving us mad. Anyway I got a pal to forge the parental signatures on the forms to allow us to get married, then we took off and spent four months working our way through college before our parents found out about the marriage, they were furious but they decided not to do anything because we were already expecting Hermione. And no Hermione it was not an unwanted pregnancy. Anyway they decided to totally disown us; they have not spoken to us since. They were all convinced we would end up penniless paupers living on the streets. We both worked hard to prove them wrong and to get through all our schooling and qualify as dentists, we have done ok I think, anyway they still dont speak to us and they never once asked about our child.
Mrs Granger looked at the young couple It can be hard being married young sometimes. She said sadly Im sorry you had to grow up not knowing your grandparents dear.
Harry suddenly knew exactly what dad had been thinking, he smiled held out his hand to his father in law and with a huge grin he said lets do it then.
The two women looked totally confused as Richard Granger beamed at Harry, he had waited eighteen years for an opportunity like this, he was surprised that Harry had caught on and once again knew his trust in his son in law was well founded, this boy would never let his girl down.
So dad when would you like Lord and Lady Gryffindor to put in an appearance? Harry asked grinning as madly as dad.
Well how about tomorrow, the sooner the better I think dont you? dad answered laughing at the puzzled look on his wifes face, revenge dear, a visit from the little family that would end up in the gutter. I cant wait to see their faces.
Hermione was smiling; she would get to meet the grandparents she had never known, even if it was just so her dad could prove to them just how wrong they had been.
Harry went all out to help his father in law make his own in laws eat their words, he would also do the same with the bishop. Together father and son in law drove down to the village, Harry thought about how useful it would have been if mobile phones were already invented while they drove the five miles to the village. Once in the village they went into the local pub, dad ordered two pints of beer while Harry asked to use the phone.
Mr Granger listened as Harry asked the operator to put him through to the offices of one of the biggest store chains in the country.
A short wait and Harry was talking to a company receptionist, I would like to talk to the company manager please, Yes of course, Lord Gryffindor company chairman, yes Ill wait thank you, they could both hear the sounds of turmoil Harrys call had caused at the head office, eventually a voice came back on the line.
Hello sir, Im putting you through now, several clicks later a rather stiff voice harrumphed before saying hello, Ah yes Lord Gryffindor speaking, I would like the company to acquire accommodation for me, best hotel in Poole, yes the Poole in Dorset, I want a complete floor, for tonight and for the rest of the week including the weekend, yes, no I will be paying cash, yes I will be sending confirmation by courier a little later today, yes that will be fine please inform the courier of the hotel selected, oh and thank you for your letter, yes that will be all for now. Harry turned and grinned, All sorted, we all get to have a long weekend by the sea.
Back at the house Harry asked Dig if he could deliver a letter for him, one that had to be delivered in person, Dig always willing to help agreed and went off to clean up some. Harry conjured a piece of parchment with the Gryffindor seal embossed on it, he added a header along with the Gryffindor shield Lord Gryffindor of Hogsmeade he then made several copies of the parchment before he wrote a short letter confirming his telephone call to the company manager and signed it H. Potter. Lord Gryffindor. Dig apparated away with the letter just a few minutes later.
Thirty minutes later Harry called Hedwig in to deliver two letters one to dads dad the bishop, and one to Helens mum and dad.
At seven thirty that evening Lord Gryffindor and party registered in to the five star hotel, they had entire the top floor to themselves, Mr Granger was still beaming and Harry wondered with a chuckle if the smile on his face was stuck there permanently now.
The following morning Harry and Hermione were awoken by the delivery of breakfast, getting out of bed to get dressed Harry thought wonder if that smile was stuck on your dads face while he slept he then burst out laughing. Hermione lay in the bed and watched Harry get dressed, Harry I would much rather you came back to bed and showed me how much you love me than get up and eat breakfast
You my dear should get up and eat, there are two of you now so come on, I promise I will make love to you all night tonight, or at least until you wear me out he replied with a chuckle.
Hermione could not argue with that, she would do nothing that would jeopardise her pregnancy, even if it meant getting up early and eating when she definitely did not feel that way inclined, and a promise of making love all night, sounded rather good.
Harry Hermione and her parents had just sat down to lunch in their room when a tap at the window alerted Harry to the appearance of his owl Hedwig, she was sitting on the widow sill waiting to be allowed in, Mr Granger was the one who got up to open the window.
The letters Harry had sent the day before were gone and Harry knew she had delivered them to the main wizard post office and that they would even now be in the hands of the people they were addressed too.
Hermione dug some owl treats from one of her pockets and Harry wondered just how she managed to remember everything. An hour later they were interrupted from relaxing by a knock on the door, Mrs Granger answered and gave the boy who delivered the two notes she now held a few pound coins from her purse.
Harry watched as she read the notes, replies to Harrys request for an audience with the grand parents, they were invited by the Bishop to take tea with him while the other grandparents had asked if they could visit Harry. The note informed them that they would be waiting in the foyer at three pm.
Harry picked up the phone at two minutes to three and rang the foyer, Could you direct Mr and Mrs Puckle to Lord Gryffindors suite please, yes thank you as soon as they arrive thank you, Hermione heard as she listened to Harry talk.
Just a few minutes later a knock at the door announced the arrival of Hermiones grandparents, Mr and Mrs Granger had stepped in to another room and would wait there until Harry called for them.
Two people were ushered into the room by the same boy who had delivered the letters, he must have thought it was his birthday as Harry handed him a ten pound tip. It was well worth it to Harry to help his in laws and to meet the kind of people who could disown their own daughter, something he thought impossible.
Harry and Hermione both knew within the first few minutes why and they did not like what they saw, both of the grandparents were out and out snobs, at least that was what Harry called them while talking to Hermione.
Harry held out his hand as the two strangers entered Mr and Mrs Puckle, welcome, I suppose you are wondering why I wanted to see you, Harry said to them politely.
Mr Puckle answered Yes Your lordship, we were wondering why you would wish to see us.
Well the truth is my dear wife Lady Gryffindor wished to meet you, Harry said as he nodded to Hermione.
Hermione took a deep breath, she did not want to admit it but she had taken a dislike to these her grandparents, I believe you know my parents, she said without any feeling Mr and Mrs Richard Granger.
Both visitors stared at her as they realised the family resemblance, Yes that makes me your grand daughter, Im afraid, Hermione said as they both continued to stare.
Harry wondered what would happen next as he walked to the door to the room where the Grangers both stood with their ears to the door, Harry knowing he would be eaves dropping if he were in there coughed before opening the door.
Mum, dad would you care to join us, he called into the room.
Mrs Granger entered first Hello mum, dad, she said as she walked over to Hermione.
Mr and Mrs Puckle, Mr Granger said as he stood on the other side of his daughter.
Harry held his breath as he waited to see who would speak next, and wondered what they would say.
A/Note sorry about the cliffie but I just need to alter a few things in the next part of this chapter so I have split it into two. Dont go mad with me please.
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RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine | ||||
Year: 1949 | Category: Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner | ||||
Valves / Tubes | 5: 12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6GT 35Z5GT |
Main principle | Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s) |
Tuned circuits | 6 AM circuit(s) |
Wave bands | Broadcast only (MW). |
Details | |
Power type and voltage | AC/DC-set / 115 Volt |
Loudspeaker | Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm |
Power out | 1.75 W (unknown quality) |
from Radiomuseum.org | Model: 9-X-571 Ch= RC-1079 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New |
Material | Bakelite case |
Shape | Tablemodel, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14" width, but not a Portable (See power data. Sometimes with handle but for mains only). |
Dimensions (WHD) | 320 x 240 x 210 mm / 12.6 x 9.4 x 8.3 inch |
Notes | RCA Victor Model 9X-571 shows the color: maroon. Similar model 5-X-572 (#5X572) is in ivory. Dial lamps: 2 Mazda type 1490, 3.2V, 0.16 amp. |
Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg) | 4.6 kg / 10 lb 2.1 oz (10.132 lb) |
Collectors' prices | |
External source of data | Ernst Erb |
Source of data | The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 |
Circuit diagram reference | Rider's Perpetual, Volume 20 covering 1950 |
Mentioned in | Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition |
Literature/Schematics (1) | RCA Victor Instruments Service Notes 1949 |
All listed radios etc. from RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
Here you find 4586 models, 2658 with images and 3753 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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RCA 9x571: Static in reception
Paul Moyer
24.Jan.07 |
Static during reception with this model is often caused by internal leakage in the IF transformers caused by silver creap in the internal capacitors that causes leakage current between the primary and secondary. Note: use care when desoldering and soldering to these IF transformer pins because excessive heat will cause the plastic base surrounding the pin to melt and the pin to loosen which can cause internal connections to break. This leakage can be checked by disconnecting the secondary (both terminals) of the IF transformer. Test one transformer at a time. Temporarily connect the two wires together that were disconnected from the transformer secondary so the remaining radio circuitry will not be an open circuit. Connect a high impedance DC voltmeter, such as a vacuum tube voltmeter or a digital voltmeter, to either of the disconnected secondary terminals. Turn on the radio and check for the presence of any DC voltage reading on the meter. This might be a jumpy reading. A transformer with good capacitors will not have any voltage during this test. If leakage is found it can usually be eliminated by disassembling the IF transformer and making repairs. Sometimes careful visual inspection will show black wiskers on the mica capacitor sheet between the primary and secondary sides which can be scraped away. Sometimes the mica sheets can be carefully cut or broken to separate the primary side from the secondary side. Sometimes the mica sheet capacitors must be disconnected or removed and replaced by temperature-stable ceramic or mica capacitors. |
Rolf Nickel
28.Jan.07 |
Dear Paul, please look over this interesting text: http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/pictorial_example_how_to_repair_if_transformers.html Your description of malfunction could lead to a procedure given in the a. m. pictorial example. If so, we would have a linking as a result so that people would be able to repair (e. g. disassemble etc.) in case of the descripted failure. Would you please confirm (or refuse) my conclusion ?
Kind regards Rolf |
Howard Craven
28.Jan.07 |
Hello Paul, Myself and a friend have this past week finished restoring a 1951 Zenith H-615 Long Distance MW radio which is around the same period as this RCA Victor. Like the RCA it has two IFTs, failure of the two capacitors in the first transformer was causing static and failure of the filter capacitor in the second transformer was causing distortion. I gather that this is a very common problem with US built radios of this period. Repair entails removal of the IFTs from the chassis, removal of the outer casings, careful detachment of the fine wires from the existing capacitors which are built into the base of the transformers, removal of the old capacitors and finally installation of new capacitors. I hope to do an illustrated article for RMOrg shortly covering the restoration of this Zenith radio which will cover fault diagnosis, repairs to it's IFTs, replacement of other capacitors, faulty resistors and tubes, broken dial cord and the restoration of it's bakelite case and it's handle back into near mint condition. Regards.......Howard |
Paul Moyer
29.Jan.07 |
Here is a link to repair of a similar IF transformer that may be helpful: http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/pictorial_example_how_to_repair_if_transformers.html For the USA radios (Zenith, GE, and RCA) where I have found silver migration in the IF transformers, only in one case did I have to use a procedure this extreme. In all other cases I was able to either remove the offending migration by scraping the mica sheet using a toothpick or a dental pick, or I was able to cut or break the mica sheets to cause a gap between the primary and secondary sides. To accomplish these repairs I remove the IF transformer from the chassis then I remove the outer aluminum can. No additional disassembly of the IF transformer is usually necessary. I work under a bright light and carefully inspect for the best (least intrusive) way to solve the migration problem for the individual IF transformer. I strongly recommend making a drawing of the connections to the IF transformer before disconnecting any wires. Include any terminal numbers or color dots that can be seen surrounding the IF transformer pins. Before the can is removed the can location with respect to the base should be marked. This can be done by making a small stripe using a permanent magic marker on the side of the can and on the base or by making careful notes on your drawing. Once the IF transformer can is removed, I again strongly recommend making a drawing of the coil wire connections. If it is necessary to install new capacitors, it may be possible to measure the capacitance of the original damaged capacitors. This should be possible if the silver migration has only connected one side of the original capacitors together, otherwise the primary and secondary capacitors will be connected in parallel by the silver migration. It is necessary to unsolder the coil wires before making this measurement. With the correct capacitor value connected, the IF transformer adjustment will "peak" near the center of the adjustment range during alignment. It is definitely important that the adjustment has sufficient range to go beyond the peak resonance in both directions. Be sure you are using the correct IF frequency. |


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