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|June 3, 2014 03:46 PM EDT
The buzz in the blogosphere is growing around what it takes to become a "next-generation enterprise." There are so many new and exciting technology trends to base your digital strategy on, after all – Cloud Computing, Mobile, Social, Big Data, the list goes on and on. Internet startups and other up-and-comers are looking to disrupt one market after another, and established enterprises are naturally concerned that they need to step up to the plate or risk being on the wrong end of such disruption.
It's hard to find a single industry whose foundations aren't being shaken by the tectonic shifts in IT all around us. From financial services to manufacturing to government, there's no corner of the global economy that isn't affected by the numerous forces of change either looming on the horizon or actually causing upheaval among customers, suppliers, and partners today. It's no wonder, then, that one or more of these new technology trends are finding their way into boardroom discussions.
Established enterprises have two strikes against them when they first set foot on this playing field. The first strike, of course, is the classic Innovator's Dilemma – if their current revenue streams are still profitable, how will they ever be able to risk transforming their organizations (thus jeopardizing current revenues) until it's too late? But the second strike against the enterprise is equally dangerous: how will they become a next-gen, "digital enterprise" given all their existing, legacy technology? You can't scrap it, but keeping it around is a boat anchor around your neck. Furthermore, all those newer, nimble competitors have built their infrastructure in the Cloud. They don't have the legacy boat anchor to worry about, right? Perhaps it's time to quietly sink beneath the waves after all.
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I've been a Star Tours fan for every second of this ride's existance, and up until now, have been begging Disney for a toy from this ride... ANY toy. After 14 years (the ride turns 15 next year) and probably 1,000 failed attempts to get to Endor, Disney has finally put out a toy.
This is an EU Star Wars vehicle which makes it a great addition to almost any Star Wars collector's collection. If you don't already know the premise of the ride, these Starspeeder 3000s are the shuttles run by the company Star Tours; basically, it's the Star Wars equivelant of a Greyhound Bus. It's a big flight-simulator that holds like 30 people per flight, each ride is exactly the same and last around 4 and a half minutes. You get in, strap down, and you are taken through a few fantastic Star Wars scenarios, the final one being part of the attack on a Death Star before you jump to light speed to escape the blast as it's blown apart. The ride integrates new footage with existing Star Wars footage and music, and your real-life pilot droid, captain REX, is voiced by Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman) as he makes mistake after mistake while "getting used to his programming".
The toy is only five bucks plus tax, but can only be found at Disney theme parks that have the Star Tours attraction. It's size is slightly smaller than an Action Fleet vehicle, though it's about the same size as the Action Fleet Series Alpha Royal Starship; if you can find a place in your collection for the AF Cloud Car, then this piece should fit in perfectly. The design is quite accurate on the top and sides, it even has a non-removable R2-D2 sticking out the top in his droid socket. The only inaccuracy from normal view is the black fin at the center of the top, this one is quite a bit shorter than the one on the ride, though this was probably shortened for safety concerns. On the bottom, there is a set of white, free-rolling wheels near the front and a set of white wheels with black tires near the middel which are on the pullback motor. There are some details down there as well, conduits and stuff, but where the wheels are, it's flat white plastic; other than that, the undercarriage only has some date code stamped in black ink "118", some molded copyright text which is almost unreadable (and doesn't tell who the maker of this toy is), and two triangle-head screws which hold the thing together. Luckily, when you have the vehicle sitting on a surface, the wheels are set in far enough that you cannot see them from most angles, so it looks like the ship is actually hovering a few millimeters off the surface, just as it should be.
The ship has no opening panels or doors since it's just a pullback, but it's details are far from being simple or sloppy. The shape, as mentioned before, is very accurate except for the fin, and while R2's body is smooth white, his dome has a few little dimples and dots which give a good feeling of features. The paint is a bit simple, but well-used for having only 7 different paints total, and very accurate. The silver items are painted carefully and without faults, the big black main window is painted perfectly, even the hatches in R2's dome, the yellow and black warning plates under the doors, and the Star Tours logo are painted very nicely, no sloppiness here. The tiny Star Tours logo wasn't perfect in the middle on a few of the ones I saw, but it's so small you probably won't notice. Connecting the blaster cannons to their power supply is a bright red paint line which is supposed to be a power conduit, but it looks a bit out of place there and seems like the only sloppy design element... though you'll probably not notice this at all. Some elements, like the lights above each door and the weathering, are missing from this piece, but you'll scarcely notice their absence, and I'm sure anybody who does will either forgive such omissions or simply add them by hand.
Finally, the least-important element for me, the pullback motor. The motor's strength seems pull back quite nicely and "flies" well, but it takes a little longer than expected for a light toy such as this to get to top speed. However, besides the wheelie it initially pops when starting off, it's a smooth ride straight down it's path.
Ultimately, I'm thrilled they finally put out a toy from this ride and I'm glad that even though it's a simple $5 pullback toy, it's very true to it's source and a great little toy. At this level, I couldn't be happier - I certainly didn't expect a "cheap pullback toy" to be this good. While I wish there were larger, more intricate Starspeeder 3000 toys, this will always be a worthy item for my Star Wars collection.

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Pequot Lakes seviors receive scholarships
Scholarships were awarded May 15 at the Senior Awards Night at Pequot Lakes High School.
Alworth Memorial Scholarship: $20,000 to Erin Brine-Doyle.
Pequot Lakes American Legion Post #49: $1,000 each to Savannah Stone, Emily Bickford and Kristin Rettkowski.
Pequot Lakes American Legion Auxiliary Unit #49: $500 each to Mariah Gudahl and Carissa Maher.
Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion Auxiliary Post #500: $500 each to Westin Mumm, Emma Clement, Maddison Olson and Morgan Steffen.
Nisswa American Legion Auxiliary Unit #627: $500 each to Lucas Fyle and Nicole Traut.
American Red Cross: $500 to Lucas Fyle.
Annie Lynde Memorial: $2,500 each to Kristin Rettkowski (four year) and Emma Clement (two year).
Brainerd Masonic Lodge: $600 to Elise Runberg.
Consolidated Telecommunications Company (CTC): $500 to Erin Brine-Doyle.
Crosslake Art Club/Jim Stevenson Memorial: $500 to Mariah Gudahl.
Crosslake Firefighters (Tom Mezzenga Memorial): $500 each to Taylor Stiller, Aspen Florey, Emma Clement, Michael Scheuss and Madeline Knutson.
Crosslake Firefighters (Keith Anderson Memorial): $500 each to Maddison Olson and Lindzee Johnson.
Crosslake Game & Fish: $1,000 each to Michael Ryan, Peter Kostecka, Morgan Steffen and Marissa Miller.
Crosslake-Ideal Scholarships: $1,000 each to Sabrina Becker, Erin Brine-Doyle, Morgan Steffen, Madison Olson and Eleanor Heggerston; $500 each to Gaven Bickford and Michael Scheuss.
Crow Wing Power: $1,000 each to Zach Northenscold, Sierra Zeidler, Elise Runberg, Josephine Nistler and Kevin Beltz.
Dru Sjodin Memorial: $5,000 to Jessica Kreitz.
Education Minnesota Pequot Lakes: $1,000 to Erin Brine-Doyle and Peter Kostecka.
Golden Horizons Assisted Living: $250 to Nicole Traut.
Heartland Cable Commission: $1,500 each to Abigail Palmer, Nicole Traut, Kristin Rettkowski and Alexis Visser.
Heritage House of Pequot Lakes: $500 to Nicole Traut.
Ideal Scholarship Foundation: $2,000 each to Mariah Anderson and Philip Huss; $2,500 each to Westin Mumm and Kevin Beltz; $3,000 to Eleanor Heggerston.
Independent School District #186: $1,000 each to Savannah Stone and Josephine Nistler.
Jed Fyle Memorial: $500 to Whitney Casper.
Joey Jordan Memorial: $500 to Jordan Redmond.
KC Companies., Inc.: $250 to Michael Ryan.
Kia Nagel Holbeck Memorial: $1,000 to Jessica Kreitz.
Lueck-Leach Memorial: $500 to Nicole Traut.
Mid-Minnesota Builders Association: $750 to Nicole Traut.
Mid-Minnesota Federal Credit Union: $500 to Jordan Redmond.
Minnesota National Guard (with enlistment): up to $60,000 each to Kimberly Jessen, Josh Schenk and Cheyenne Syvertson-Hagestuen.
Nisswa Lions Club: $1,500 each to Eleanor Heggerston, Josephine Nistler and Abigail Palmer.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church: $500 each to Sierra Zeidler and Kimberly Jessen.
Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway (Linda Ulland Memorial): $1,000 to Elise Runberg.
Pelican Lakes Conservation Club: $1,000 each to Alexis Visser and Eleanor Heggerston.
Pequot Lakes Brush Pilots/Bill Buss Memorial: $400 each to Josephine Nistler and Nicole Traut.
Pequot Lakes Baptist Church: $500 to Andrew Loberg.
Pequot Lakes Fire Department (Ronald H. Myers Memorial): $500 to Mariah Gudahl.
Pequot Lakes Senior Citizens: $500 to Abigail Palmer.
Pequot Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.: $750 each to Eleanor Heggerston, Philip Huss and Michael Ryan.
Roger Loveland Memorial: $500 to Charlie Box.
Pequot Lakes SuperAmerica: $500 to Kevin Beltz.
St. Alice Catholic Church: $200 each to Michael Ryan, Cheyenne Wilson, Kevin Beltz, Nicole Traut, Lucas Fyle, Peter Kostecka and Sean Murray.
St. Christopher's Catholic Church: $200 each to Nathan McDonald, Lucas Fyle and Kristin Rettkowski.
Wausau Paper Mill: $8,000 to Charles Box.
Whitefish Area Lions: $500 each to Abigail Palmer, Morgan Steffen, Michael Ryan and Jordan Redmond.


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I haven't used it yet but purchased for a back up helmet, it will do for what I want it for
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About Jason Ringenberg
While Gram Parsons may have the distinction of being the grandaddy of the ill-named "alt country" genre, Illinois farm boy Jason Ringenberg is certainly the man who brought the music -- before the phrase was coined -- to the stages of the world with a vengeance. Born in 1959 and raised on a pig farm in southern Illinois, Ringenberg moved to Nashville in 1981 to try his luck as a songwriter. He formed an acoustic country/punk band with drummer Jack Emerson called Jason & the Scorchers and released one EP in 1982 on the defunct Praxis label called Reckless Country Soul. With additional members such as guitar slinger Warner Hodges and bassist Jeff Johnson, the band rechristened themselves Jason and the Nashville Scorchers with Perry Baggs replacing Emerson on the drum kit. The band recorded their debut mini-album, Fervor, in 1983, which caused a stir among American critics. It was the group's live show, with its embodiment old-time rock & roll energy, punk swagger and grit, and country music's elegant excesses that won them fans worldwide. After Lost & Found was issued in 1985, Ringenberg had won enough celebrity to be berated publicly by country music's Ed Sullivan, Ralph Emery on live television and become a major concert attraction all over the globe. The Scorchers disbanded in 1990 and Ringenberg became a solo performer. His debut, One Foot in the Honky Tonk, was met with critical praise but after being dismally promoted, sank without a trace. The Scorchers reunited in the mid-'90s, issuing fine studio albums and a live recording. Ringenberg did not give up his solo career, however, and recorded the simple, haunting acoustic masterpiece, A Pocketful of Soul on his own label in 2000, as well as the rollicking All Over Creation featuring a boatload of guests in 2002, while continuing his touring and recording activities with the band. Ringenberg continues to be a very successful solo act when not playing with the Nashville Scorchers; he's toured the world three times in the 21st century alone. In October of 2003, he tossed everyone a curve ball by recording and releasing his first children's record on the Yep Roc label entitled A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi
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Genre: Fantasy
Number of pages: 880
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After difficult months of training and battles, Eragon and Saphira are finally getting close to Ura'baen, the capital of Alagaesia, where the evil King Galbatorix awaits them. The book starts with the Battle of Belatona, where Eragon captures the city with Varden, a group of rebels. At Dras-Leona, Eragon and Arya are captured while trying to attack the city, but their old friends Angela and Solembum save them, and they destroy most of the city. During the journey, Eragon makes an amazing discovery of more than 200 dragon eggs and many Eldunari (crystals inside a dragon's body that contain their consciousness) at the Vault of the Souls. After some challenging battles, the team finally reaches the capital and confronts King Galbatorix. They destroy Galbatorix with a spell, and use the energy of the Eldunari to make Galbatorix understand his crimes. The book ends with Eragon establishing a new plan for Alagaesia and saying farewell to Arya, as she becomes the new Queen of the Elves.
Are the characters believable?
The characters are believable because, throughout the book, I always understood their feelings, and I could relate to them. For example, I understood how Eragon felt when had to leave Arya in the end. They were together for a long time, and I know how difficult it is to say farewell to a beloved friend.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being best), how would you rate this book?
I would rate this book a 7. The book is suspenseful, with a mix of some magic and fantasy, and I couldn't put it down. I also liked the way the author includes many details that helped me to create vivid images of the characters and places in my mind. But in the end, many questions were left unanswered, which I found a little disappointing. I think kids who like fantasy novels and dragons will enjoy this book.


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There is an upcoming culinary fundraiser at Algonquin College, to support two of our own chefs, who are representing Canada at an international competition at the prestigious James Beard Foundation in New York City this fall.
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Friday, April 09, 2010
"The Gluten Effect" Virtual Book Tour an Amazing Success!
If you missed the event you can listen to the replay at www.askaboutgluten.com/replay.
Many wonderful, insightful questions were asked during the event but for those who didn't get their questions answered at the event I thought this blog would be a good place where I could continue to address all the important issues that were raised.
Imagine my surprise when barely 24 hours later there are 210 questions awaiting me! There is an incredible diversity in the questions and I will truly try to answer as many of them as possible.
So stay tuned. I will also be answering some of the shorter responses in a video format on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/healthnowmedical.
Okay, so let's get started.
Question: If I eliminate gluten from my diet but then begin to eat it again will I be more sensitive to it than I was before I eliminated it?
When you eliminate gluten from your diet your body will begin to heal. Whether you're gluten sensitive or have celiac disease positive changes will begin to develop in your digestive tract, your immune system as a whole, and other affected systems will also begin to improve.
You must realize that because gluten has the ability to affect so many systems of the body, the changes that you see upon removing it will be different for different people. One person may see their migraines disappear, while another may see an increase of energy and less anxiety. One person may stop experiencing joint pain while another's skin will begin to clear up. The list of symptoms associated with celiac and gluten sensitivity is truly huge! I will post them below:
Signs & Symptoms of Celiac Disease
Anemias, especially iron and folic
Autoimmune arthritis
Autoimmune connective tissue diseases
Autoimmune thyroiditis
Cerebellar ataxia
Cerebral and cerebellar atrophy
Cerebral calcifications
Chromosome aberrations
Chronic fatigue
Chronic liver disease
Delayed puberty
Dental enamel defects
Down's syndrome
Early menopause
Febrile seizures
Gallbladder dysfunction
IgA deficiency
IgA nephropathy
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Intestinal Cancers
Kidney Stones
Low Calcium
Low Iron
Low Magnesium
Low Vitamin A
Low Vitamin D
Low Vitamin K
Low Zinc
Mild ataxia
Muscular hypotonia
Neurological disorders
Obstructive pulmonary disease
Pancreatic insufficiency
Pulmonary bleeding
Retarded motor development
Short stature
Single generalized seizures
Spontaneous, low-impact fractures
Systemic lupus erythematosus
White-matter brain lesions
Symptoms and Conditions Associated with Gluten Sensitivity
Craving for wheat/gluten or inability to stop eating it
Allergies, asthma
Sinus congestion, post-nasal drip
Joint and muscle aches
Diarrhea and/or constipation
Gas, bloating, abdominal pain
IBS, colitis, gastritis
Psoriasis, eczema or unexplained rash
Depression, anxiety or mood-swings
Hormonal imbalance
Neurological disorders
Memory loss
Unexplained Chronic Fatigue
Increased liver enzymes
Frequent canker sores
Iron-deficiency anemia
Headaches / Migraines
Dental problems
Short stature
The beautiful thing about the human body is that the healthier it is the better it communicates to you how it feels. So the answer is yes, when you introduce gluten into your body after you have eliminated it for at least a month, your body will most likely react in a more sensitive fashion than it did when you were eating gluten all the time. You were always sensitive, it's just that the reaction is easier to detect when you have eliminated it for a while.
Please note however that the response can be delayed. Your reaction to gluten can occur anywhere from immediately upon its ingestion to up to 3 or 4 days later. It depends on which systems are affected most in your particular situation.
I have some patients experience migraines within a few hours. Others have soreness and swelling the next day and still others notice symptoms several days later. These are all legitimate reactions to gluten.
I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of further assistance.
To your good health,
Dr Vikki Petersen
Founder of HealthNOW Medical CenterCo-author of "The Gluten Effect"
7 comments:
- Leslie said...
This is such great information. I plan to read the book soon...it sounds very informative. I have rheumatoid arthritis and have been on a gluten free diet now for two weeks. My doctor believes gluten is causing most of my problems. I have felt better avoiding gluten. Thanks!
- Ann said...
My husband & I have recently been advised to go gluten free. It's been 1 week for him & 2 for me. The improvement in energy level alone is confirmation that this is the right thing to do. The struggle we are having right now is in managing Brian's Type 1 Diabetes. It seems as if his insulin requirement has decreased drastically. He wears a pump with continuous glucose monitoring & has been very conscientious about monitoring his blood glucose levels. Lately, he seems to be in a constant battle with hypoglycemic reactions. I think with the absence of gluten in his system, his pancreas is producing more insulin naturally. Is that possible? I've ordered your book, but have not received it yet. Please advise to the best of your ability. How do we explain this & what do we say to his primary Dr.?
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Dear Ann,
What your husband is experiencing is not unusual. I wish more diabetics would try to go gluten-free as we frequently see a much reduced need for insulin when a patient makes the dietary change. Often type II diabetics are able to eliminate their medications entirely!
I would recommend that he sees his doctor as soon as possible to gauge what he actually needs for daily insulin.
While feeling hypoglycemic is not "fun" we do consider this a "happy problem" when the need for medication goes down so drastically.
There are many other follow-up measures I would like to take but that would require a visit.
Do keep in touch and let me know how all is progressing. It's a wonderful first step and realizing both of your gluten intolerance situations will no doubt extend your healthy life span greatly.
All the best,
Dr Vikki Petersen
- Catherine said...
I was diagnosed with Celiac Sprue at age 12 after having suffered my entire life. After that they had me do two challenges, one at age 13 and one at age 14. Both left me sick for months. I am a person that response to eating gluten in both physical and mental ways. When I slip I get depressed, anxious, and have mood swings. My question if eating gluten can effect the brain and actually cause lesions, what happens when a person has undiagnosed Celiac Sprue during the time that the brain is still maturing?
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Hello Catherine,
This is an excellent question - so good in fact that I'm going to post a new blog on it.
I'm so sorry you had to go through the horrible side effects of being made to eat gluten when you were so clearly intolerant. It is stories such as yours that "fan the flame" of my purpose to ensure that awareness increases dramatically in our country and the world.
Please look for my response within a few days.
To your good health,
Dr Vikki
- Unknown said...
Hi my gluten levels were at 250. How long approximately will it take from my gut to heal?? I just found out I've been almost 2 weeks gluten free but I feel awful still.
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
@unknown - Everyone is different in how long it takes their gut to heal. I'm assuming you were diagnosed with celiac disease, is that correct?
Being perfectly gluten-free IS your first step. Give it about 8 weeks and see how you're feeling. If you are still not feeling better, you would not be alone. The secondary effects of gluten also need to be addressed. I speak of these things often. I encourage you to visit my website: healthnowmedical.com to get more information.
Also, you can call us for a FREE phone consultation to get additional help: 408-733-0400.
I'm happy to help you. It's very important, as I know you realize, to get the gut completely healed as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.


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Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's 2004 novel, is one that I have heard a lot about for several years. It is one of those books that seems to come up in discussions of favorites. The novel won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In addition President Barack Obama lists Gilead as one of his favorite books on his facebook page. I attempted to read Gilead on a midnight greyhound to Spokane once, but the slow pace of the book could not compete with my increasingly strong desire to sleep or the strange characters that night busses always tend to collect. This time around I was much more successful as we were reading Gilead as a class for THEO 6720: Vocational Discernment & Discipleship. » Read the rest of this entry «


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We had a good stay at Marilia's apartment in Porto and the apartment has all the basic necessities for a short holiday.
It is furnished with basic Ikea furniture, kitchen and 3 beds which all work as designed.
It even has private parking space which is convenient in Porto if you value your car.
There is one major disadvantage though; The neighborhood.
In the same flat there is a Tantra lounge which had been making loud music on the sunday we arrived till late in the evening and in the night till about 02:00 some party was going on in the shopping mall just inbetween the flats.
The students in the flat on the opposite side seem to like staying up late till about 01:00, but the local inhabitants of our side like to get up at 08:00 and love to make loud noises too. So none of the nights we reached 8 hours of sleep, but okay it is a big city anyways.
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Marilia is a very nice host. Right after our booking she contacted me directly and noticed our arrival information and gave up the tipps for arrival. I read the wifi problem in the last review and she promised to fix it and make it. We have no problems with internet. We couldn´t find the way at the beginning and she tried her best to help us. Thank you so much Marilia, with you all the best. We had a great time in your nice and clean apartment! Best Regards from Germany.
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Afurada is very original with lots of small cafés and little shops. Everything for daily life is just some minutes of footwalk away. Public transportation is a little bit difficult --- Afurada just is not Porto ---, but manageable. The peace one needs for recreation is in Afurada, not in the city. Just perfect for holidays. And the beach is also reachable by foot.
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Thomas Pauly, a junior pitcher who led Princeton to the Ivy League championship and the NCAA tournament, was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft.
Pauly, the 51st overall selection in the draft, has been assigned to the Reds' Class A minor-league affiliate in Dayton, Ohio. The full story is available on the Princeton athletics Web site.
In addition, Damien Davis , a first-team All-America defenseman this past season, was the 12th overall pick in the Major League Lacrosse draft, selected by the Boston Cannons.
Davis started every game of his four-year career at Princeton. He was a second-team All-America as a sophomore and junior and a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection each of the last two years.
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Well, I finished exams, and hopefully I'll get okay marks... but we'll see..
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Thanks for that, JMG. I just checked out ToyBiz' link off the Marvel main page, and made myself a half-assed list. Here's what I came up with in terms of questions:
1. FOTR and TTT both had horse and rider sets of "Ringwraith and Horse with Light up eyes". Are the toys inside the same?
2. Are the FOTR and TTT basic carded Ringwraiths different? The FOTR one looks to have a molded cape whereas my TTT one is cloth.
3. My Berzerker Uruk Hai from the 2 pack appears to be the same as my single carded one. Is this also true with the Merry/Grishnak and Pippin/Ugluk sets? Are any of those figures unique?
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5. Moria Orc. Is the single carded one any different from the one packaged with Merry and Pip in that FOTR multi pack?
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By Ben Levisohn
As if we needed any more evidence that China's economy is growing at a slower rate than investors want or expect, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index showed that China's weak fourth-quarter GDP data was not an anomaly. It fell to 50.5 in April, down from 51.6 in March, according to Reuters.
Deutsche Bank's Anthony Ip worries about the broad-based weakness revealed in the report:
Overnight, China has kicked off this month's PMIs on a downbeat note with the HSBC flash manufacturing PMI coming in at 50.5, which is down from estimates of 51.5 and lower than last month's reading of 51.6. The 3-month average dropped to 50.8, the lowest level since December 2012 when China was in the middle of a 2H growth slowdown. There was broad-based weakness in the details of the report. New export orders fell to 48.6 from 50.5 in the previous month suggesting softness in external demand. The employment subindex as well as input/output indices fell month-on-month in April.
Nomura's Zhiwei Zhang believes it's a sign that China's economic growth peaked with this quarter's disappointing GDP growth:
We maintain our view that GDP growth peaked in Q1 at 7.7% and will trend down through the rest of the year, to 7.5% in Q2, 7.4% in Q3 and 7.2% in Q4 (Consensus expects growth to rebound in Q2 to 8%), as potential growth has slowed to 7.0-7.5% and as the effectiveness of policy easing has been diminished by aggressive stimulus measures taken over the past five years.
It also doesn't bode well for global demand, says Societe Generale's Kit Juckes.
The importance of the Chinese data is probably in what they tell us about global demand as much as the message about the Chinese economy. The national PMI data (less volatile than the HSBC ones) seem pretty consistent with the GDP trends and suggest a failure to bounce rather than a further slowdown. But the export weakness tells us that demand elsewhere is soft, which we suspected anyway), and the on-going re-balancing of the economy continues to argue for potential weakness in industrial (i.e., not gold) commodities. I think the implications for inflation, currencies and emerging market assets will be one of the enduring themes through the coming months.
Chinese investors, meanwhile, didn't react well to the news, as the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 2.6% today. Dedicated China ETFs have held up better. The iShares FTSE China 25 Index (FXI) has fallen 0.5% to $36.05, while the iShares MSCI China Index ETF (MCHI) has dropped 0.4% to $44.63. Some big companies have also held up well: China Mobile (CHL) has dropped just 0.1% to %53.33, and CNOOC (CEO) has gained 1.3% to $180.35.
Still, it may be time for investors to accept that China is growing slower than it has in the past. China's 7.7% GDP growth last quarter was considered normal by the People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, according to Bloomberg, and he stuck to the government's 7.5% target.
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This course, based on the use of Microsoft Office, is designed to develop your IT skills to the point where you will feel confident using a number of different software packages to create letters, CVs, handouts and flyers, organise your work efficiently, search the Internet and send email and attachments.
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As fast as a cheetah. Whether it's describing a car, a computer or the best runner in the race, the comparison is made all the time. It's for good reason, too. The cheetah is the speediest runner on Earth.
Quick as the cheetah may be, though, it is far from invincible. The pale-yellow cat with black spots was once a common sight throughout Africa and much of Asia. Just over 100 years ago, there were about 100,000 cheetahs in the world.
But in the the 20th century, that number dropped. Poachers captured cheetahs to sell as pets. Hunters shot them for sport. And people built cities and towns where the cats' habitat used to be. Today, there are only about 10,000 cheetahs left (see Map It Out!).
Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), has spent nearly 40 years studying the wild cat and coming up with ways to help it. She says it is still possible to save the cheetah. "I do believe we can turn back time," she told TFK. "We now have the tools, and we know what to do."
A Brighter Future for the Cats
In 1977, Marker moved to Namibia, a country in southern Africa where a once-thriving cheetah population was quickly shrinking. Farmers were killing the wild cats. "It's not that the people wanted to kill cheetahs," says Marker. They were trying to protect their farm animals.
Marker had an idea. She knew that for thousands of years, farmers in Turkey had used special dogs, called Anatolian shepherds, to protect their livestock. These guard dogs scare away predators without hurting them. "They bark loudly," says Marker. "They stand their ground."
About 20 years ago, Marker and her team began placing the dogs on Namibian farms. Since then, she says, "we've stopped the killing and doubled the country's cheetah population."
Another major challenge facing cheetahs is habitat destruction. When farmers keep too much livestock in the same place for too long, overgrazing occurs. Without grass to eat, many wild animals—including those that the cheetah preys on—cannot survive. And the cheetah too is left without a meal.
In Namibia, CCF is teaching farmers how to take care of their livestock without harming the land. The organization has worked with more than 3,000 farmers. "Our farmers are very interested," says Marker. "They want that information."
The goal, Marker says, is for people, livestock and wild cheetahs to live in harmony. "That's my vision," she says, "and it's doable."
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A session on "Managing Your Career at Princeton" is set for noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Multipurpose Room B of the Frist Campus Center.
Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources and the Work/Life Task Force of the President's Standing Committee on the Status of Women, the event will feature a discussion over lunch with a group of women who successfully have been managing their careers at the University.
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Analysis: Franklin drops 'dream' word on Penn StateJanuary 25, 2014 9:11 PM
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- James Franklin could have stopped before diving into the same verbal pit that has enticed so many of his colleagues. He probably had the Penn State fans at "long haul" or "build this program," but Franklin went further; he went there. The new Penn State coach pulled out the most over-utilized phrase in the annual college football coaching carousel (other than, perhaps, "coaching carousel").
Franklin, at his introductory news conference, dropped the notorious d-bomb.
"This is my dream job," he said.
Franklin became the sixth coaching hire this offseason to use a variation of "dream" to describe his new job, illustrating that the profession of college football is exceptional at making dreams come true.
In the past 10 years -- from the end of the 2004 season to this current offseason -- 219 Division I-A football coaches have been hired. A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette analysis of every one of these hires revealed that 70 coaches, 32 percent, were dreamers. They directly referred to the job they were taking, like Franklin did, as a "dream job," or they used a variation, such as describing their new position at their respective school as "a dream come true." Nearly all of these proclamations took place at the coach's introductory news conference.
For a school like Penn State, Franklin's words could soothe the pain of losing Bill O'Brien after two years, quite the jilt considering Penn State had spent the previous 46 with Joe Paterno.
Should fans be wary of dreamers like Franklin?
Excluding the coaches hired this year because they haven't had the opportunity to coach a season, coaches who described their new job as a dream lasted at that school an average of 3.3 years. Coaches who didn't lasted a fraction longer, 3.4 years.
The dreamers did have a couple of advantages, though. Their combined winning percentage was .517, compared to .443 for the non-dreamers. They also had a lower rate of leaving their school for another position, 16 percent compared to 22 percent, and of being fired, 27 percent compared to 31 percent. Of the coaches hired from the conclusion of the 2004 season through 2013, 56 percent of the dreamers still have the same job, whereas 47 percent of the non-dreamers still have theirs. So even though the average duration for both sets of coaches is about the same, dreamers have proven slightly more stable in other metrics.
Statistics be damned, Pitt fans would tell Penn Staters to cringe when they hear anything about dreaming. They know too well the dreaded Todd Graham paradox, a phenomena that involves turning the singularity of a dream into a plurality.
Graham accepted the Rice head coaching job before the 2006 season, calling it "a dream come true." Tulsa, a year later, was "my dream, I wanted to be coach at Tulsa." Fours year later, Pitt was "a dream come true for me and for my family and for my staff."
Graham lasted one season at Pitt. Then he left for Arizona State. There, perhaps wanting to atone for his previous boasts and to establish a sense of permanence, Graham reached deep into his butterfly net of dreams, using a variation of "dream" six times to describe his new position.
"There's not any place you're going to take a job," he explained in 2012, "and say, 'I made a mistake coming here.'"
Graham gets the most flack for dropping the d-bomb multiple times, but he's not the only guilty coach. Steve Sarkisian said Southern California had "always been a dream of mine" last month after earlier calling Washington his dream job, albeit not at his introductory news conference. Dave Clawson, just hired by Wake Forest -- "truly a dream come true"---- said his previous stop at Bowling Green was "a dream come true." Al Golden, a top candidate who reportedly interviewed for the Penn State job, said Miami was "a dream job" when he was hired there.
Steve Addazio said he was "living his dream" at Temple after spending time at places that weren't quite right. He left after two years for Boston College, "my dream job," after the 2012 season. Then-athletic-director Bill Bradshaw used caution when choosing Temple's next coach, Matt Rhule, who did not dream about Temple.
"There were 119 serious applications, cut down to 36 potential candidates we considered for interviews," Bradshaw said at Rhule's introductory news conference. "Twelve of those told us Temple was their dream job. Some of them were interviewing for other jobs and couldn't make it for our scheduled interview. Four of those who told us Temple was their dream job said they needed a GPS on an OnStar to get from the airport to campus, so we eliminated them, as well."
Franklin never referred to coaching Vanderbilt as a dream, though he did call it a destination and "not a stepping-stone" when he was introduced there in late 2010. Time will tell if Franklin's tenure at Penn State will parallel Graham's myriad stops or that of Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy, the lone dreamer from this analysis who has stayed in the same place for nine seasons and counting.
Perhaps there is a favorable sign for Penn State. Franklin said a few years ago that when he and his wife, Fumi, were dating she asked him about his dream job. He said he told her Penn State.
Using hyperbole to excite a fan base is one thing. Bending the truth to a significant other? That's a far greater risk.
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What do printed QR codes and NFC (Near Field Communication) chips have in common, besides storing instructions that computers can read? They are both hackable and their ability to store and communicate computer instructions is bound to be abused, if not already, then sometime soon. This happens to every new means of communication; QR and NFC are no exception. Call it "Cobb's first law of communications abuse" or just a statement of the obvious: Every new means of communication will be abused. Of course, the second law states that the abuse will include, if at all possible, the spreading of malicious software.
This blog post is not about how to abuse QR codes or NFC chips–sooner or later people are going to figure that out for themselves–we just want to take a moment to urge companies and coders working with these technologies to implement them as sensibly and securely as possible. Failure to heed this warning could mean cool technology being crippled by clumsy protection schemes bolted on to fix security issues created by naive implementations.
Consider the problem illustrated in the following video called "Card Tricks". This shows some rather worrying behavior by a pair of fairly common smartphones–an iPhone and a Samsung Nexus phone–being used in default configuration, no hacking required. It should be clear that a malicious party can go several steps further with this technology to create a means of infecting mobile devices, stealing data, and accruing ill-gotten gains from bogus phone charges and other scams.
The problem we see in both of the examples–the QR code scanning by the iPhone and the NFC tag reading by the Samsung smartphone–is that the software which interacts with the code/tag proceeds to act on the data in the code/tag without asking permission. While the desire for immediate gratification is understandable, and the ability to deliver it with technology is very cool, I am hoping the video makes it clear why this is not always a good thing.
QR and NFC software should not act upon the instructions in a code or chip without providing the user with an informed choice. A preview-and-authorize process should be the default mode of operation. Otherwise the technology becomes a high tech version of an old party trick: A person wearing a blindfold is told to put their hand into a jar to grab a prize, but what they grab might not be a prize at all.
Right now there don't seem to be many people exploiting the "instant gratification" mode of QR and NFC scanners for evil purposes (although some cases have been reported). So you might ask: Why talk about the problem now?
My hope is that we can get ahead of the curve in terms of user education by convincing people to exercise caution when they use this technology. For example, if you use an iPhone you know it doesn't come with a QR code reader installed. Choose one that has a preview-and-authorize mode and set that as the default.
The QR app that I installed for the video demonstration–called QR Reader for iPhone–was picked at random from the app store. It is a free download, made by TapMedia and has an almost 5 star rating, so it is reasonable to assume that a lot of people are using it. This app does have a preview and authorize mode but that is not the default setting.
The QR scanner that AT&T offers, also free and a solid 4 star rating, has preview-and-authorize set as the default mode of operation which earns AT&T bonus points in my opinion. As NFC chip readers become more widely deployed in smartphones I'm hoping all of the associated software will have preview-and-authorize as the default setting. (This does not appear to be the case on the Samsung Nexus that I tested.)
Another reason to talk about this problem now, rather than later, is that a lot of of QR codes are showing up in stores and a ton of new NFC-enabled smartphones will be hitting the streets this year, opening up the possibilities for those who would seek to abuse them. On the Android platform I have already noticed "Control Near field Communication: Full internet Access" as one of the permissions sought by mainstream apps like Google Earth and YouTube.
A further aspect of the emerging NFC story will be phones like the Sony Xperia S. Announced with much fanfare a few months ago, this product features matching NFC tags that allow you to alter the settings on the phone, as illustrated in this frankly scary Sony video. Even if you give Sony the benefit of the doubt and assume that the Xperia tags are somehow bound to each phone by unique identifiers, it is a fair bet that before long someone will announce that they can craft which are able to change the settings on other people's phones.
Another fair bet is that one or more of the following will happen before the end of the year:
Although QR codes and NFC chips are technically quite different they suffer the same potential weakness: Trusting that the person who programmed them has good intentions. I see them as a new attack vector for mobile devices and another reason to protect those devices with appropriate malicious code, app, and URL detection.
Finally, to the last piece of the card trick: How do people make QR codes and encode NFC tags. The software to create QR codes is readily available on the web and there are a lot of websites that will generate the code for you (if you need QR codes for a legitimate project I strongly suggest you test the code before deploying). As for NFC tags, I will go into this in a separate blog post about Near Field Communications that will appear in the near future, but the short version is that acquiring and encoding NFC chips is cheap and easy. Stay tuned.
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Can a computer program reproduce everything that happens inside a living cell?
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Bacteria of the genus Mycoplasma are attractive for experiments of this kind because they are the smallest and arguably the simplest self-replicating organisms. (Viruses are smaller, but they can reproduce only by hijacking the biochemical machinery of a host cell.)
When mycoplasmas were first observed in the 19th century, they were thought to be fungi (hence the prefix myco-, from the Greek root μυκης, meaning fungus). The organisms are now classified among the bacteria, but they are peculiar members of that kingdom. They lack the rigid cell wall that encases other bacteria, having only a lipid membrane. One consequence is that mycoplasmas are resistant to many antibiotics, notably those that work by interfering with the synthesis of cell wall components. Mycoplasmas cause a number of human ailments as well as diseases of other animals and also plants. Perhaps the best known of the human pathologies is a lung infection sometimes called "walking pneumonia."
M. genitalium, the organism chosen for the Covert group's computer model, has been known to science only since 1980, when it was isolated from a few patients with urethritis. Even among mycoplasmas, M. genitalium is a diminutive cell, with a diameter of roughly half a micrometer. The better-known bacterium Escherichia coli, by contrast, is two micrometers long, with a volume roughly 50 times as large. M. genitalium is also tiny in terms of its genetic complement. The single circular chromosome has 580,076 base pairs of DNA and just 525 identified genes (even fewer than Morowitz estimated). The E. coli genome is about 4.6 million base pairs with 4,300 genes.
The compact cells and concise genome of mycoplasmas make them a useful test bed not just for software but also for "wetware" explorations of the minimal apparatus needed to sustain life. One notable experiment of this kind was reported in 2010 by J. Craig Venter, Clyde A. Hutchison III, Hamilton O. Smith and others at the J. Craig Venter Institute. They sequenced the genome of a particular mycoplasma, storing the list of bases as a computer file; then they made a few edits that would serve as an identifiable "watermark" and synthesized DNA corresponding to the altered sequence. Finally—and this was the hard part—they inserted the manufactured DNA into cells of another mycoplasma species, replacing the native genetic material. The cells grew and reproduced entirely under the direction of the artificial genome. The experiment can be viewed as a step toward creating a wholly synthetic life form.
In some respects, simulating life with a digital computer is even harder than synthesizing it from chemical components. Given the right ingredients, a biologist might be able to assemble a living cell without fully understanding all the details of how the parts interact. The computer programmer, however, must describe every molecular event.
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I was out walking my dogs after dark today, I back up to the National Forest here in Virginia, and heard my first pack of coyotes singing away. Watching my old SAR dog chase two bear cubs up a tree and a rattle snake on my porch wasn't enough to make me consider a gun, but I don't feel safe walking the dogs after dark now without a gun. But, I am a city girl that has moved to the country and not handy with a gun.
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It is really coming along nicely! As for directional fabric... I learned the hard way ... and now I just avoid buying them. Just seems like no matter what I always get a sqaure or strip going the wrong way.
Looks great. Interesting the way it goes together.
Very pretty, and it does not look easy.
Asking a seamstress to mend is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.
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