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How did everything begin in the Big Bang?
If the universe is expanding, the next logical thought is that in the past it had to have been smaller. A point even. The time when the universe began is the explosion known as the Big Bang.
The Big Bang Theory
Timeline of the Big Bang and the expansion of the Universe.
The Big Bang theory is the most widely accepted cosmological explanation of how the universe formed. If we start at the present and go back into the past, the universe is contracting — getting smaller and smaller. What is the end result of a contracting universe?
According to the Big Bang theory, the universe began about 13.7 billion years ago. Everything that is now in the universe was squeezed into a very small volume. Imagine all of the known universe in a single, hot, chaotic mass. An enormous explosion — a big bang — caused the universe to start expanding rapidly. All the matter and energy in the universe, and even space itself, came out of this explosion.
What came before the Big Bang? There is no way for scientists to know since there is no remaining evidence.
After the Big Bang
In the first few moments after the Big Bang, the universe was unimaginably hot and dense. As the universe expanded, it became less dense and began to cool. After only a few seconds, protons, neutrons, and electrons could form. After a few minutes, those subatomic particles came together to create hydrogen. Energy in the universe was great enough to initiate nuclear fusion, and hydrogen nuclei were fused into helium nuclei. The first neutral atoms that included electrons did not form until about 380,000 years later.
The matter in the early universe was not smoothly distributed across space. Dense clumps of matter held close together by gravity were spread around. Eventually, these clumps formed countless trillions of stars, billions of galaxies, and other structures that now form most of the visible mass of the universe.
If you look at an image of galaxies at the far edge of what we can see, you are looking at great distances. But you are also looking across a different type of distance. What do those far away galaxies represent? Because it takes so long for light from so far away to reach us, you are also looking back in time (Figure below).
Images from very far away show what the universe was like not too long after the Big Bang.
Background Radiation
After the origin of the Big Bang hypothesis, many astronomers still thought the universe was static. Nearly all came around when an important line of evidence for the Big Bang was discovered in 1964. In a static universe, the space between objects should have no heat at all; the temperature should measure 0 K (Kelvin is an absolute temperature scale). But two researchers at Bell Laboratories used a microwave receiver to learn that the background radiation in the universe is not 0 K, but 3 K (Figure below). This tiny amount of heat is left over from the Big Bang. Since nearly all astronomers now accept the Big Bang hypothesis, what is it usually referred to as?
Background radiation in the universe was good evidence for the Big Bang theory.
An explanation of the Big Bang: http://dvice.com/archives/2009/08/big-bang-animat.php.
How we know about the early universe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihNu9Icaeo&feature=channel.
"History of the Universe," part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6_p5a-Hbo&feature=channel.
"The Evidence for the Big Bang in 10 Little Minutes" provides a great deal of scientific evidence for the Big Bang (2g): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyCkADmNdNo (10:10).
KQED: Nobel Laureate George Smoot and the Origin of the Universe
George Smoot, a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the origin of the universe. Using background radiation detected by the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE), Smoot was able to make a picture of the universe when it was 12 hours old. Learn more at: http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/nobel-laureate-george-smoot-and-the-origin-of-the-universe/
- The Big Bang theory states that the universe began as a point and expanded outward.
- No one can know what came before the Big Bang because there is no remaining evidence.
- The tiny bit of background radiation in the universe is energy remaining from the Big Bang.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. Explain the Big Bang Theory.
2. Who suggested the Big Bang Theory?
3. Who discovered cosmic microwave radiation?
4. What does cosmic microwave radiation indicate?
5. What questions are not answered with the Big Bang Theory?
1. How is the idea that the universe started in a big bang a logical extension from a fact?
2. What evidence is there that the universe began in a big bang?
3. What happened in the first minutes after the Big Bang?
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Summer Steelhead in the Deschutes
Traditionally, July Fourth marks the beginning of the summer season on the Deschutes, given there are sufficient numbers of summer steelhead in the lower river to have a reasonable expectation of hooking one some calm morning or howling evening.
I usually look for good fishing when The Dalles passage count exceeds 5,000 Steelhead per day. What I've seen to date is a little below that, but, barring the fish are not holding in the barge lanes between The Dalles and John Day, there should definitely be a catchable population in the river.
From personal experience I know a run of 2-salt fish enters in June or late May. In late July, I've caught fish at Macks Canyon that were already significantly colored. I don't know for sure if this is a native run or some of the many introduced stocks; nevertheless. they're there and of good size (eight to twelve pounds -- again in my experience).
Wish I were there.
Any recent reports?
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The two cats seem to be settling in well, and I've been picking up with my customers and site visits again. All in all things are going well. Attacked the (new) back lawn with the push-mower, and looking forward to a fine crop of peaches.
Soaking up Buffy Season 3 on DVD in two-episode chunks, as time permits of an evening. Still some boxes to unpack, and everything needs sorting and arranging.


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As more and more citizens grow tired of the Dems and Repubs, they are finding a political Party that they can identify with.
And although he spoke at the RNC, Eastwood complained about the Republican party, accusing them of spending like "drunken sailors." In fact, he accused both sides of runaway spending. He said when he started voting he registered Republican because their values were what he believes in, mostly the views that Libertarians hold now.
You remember CATO Inst don't you RK? Should I dig up that thread of yours where you said how much you agreeded with them?
The GOP's growing Libertarian problem.


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Posted September 5, 2003; 10:51 a.m.
The Office of Information Technology requires that all arriving students using Windows-based computers take steps to protect their computers from viruses and worms before putting them on the University network. Also, students, faculty and staff must update any Windows-based computers that were on campus but not turned on during the summer.
Students, faculty and staff can obtain a CD that contains a patch and updated virus protection at the Housing check-in and at the OIT Solutions Center in room 113 of the Frist Campus Center. More information is available online or by calling the help desk at (609) 258-HELP and choosing option No. 1.
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Swisher's curious move to Cleveland
Another big-name free agent has come off the board. Nick Swisher, who spent the past four seasons with the Yankees, agreed to a four-year, $56 million deal with the Indians. The price tag itself is a reasonable one, but the move is something of a headscratcher with regards to both Swisher's new team and his old one. Simply put, while the Indians could use Swisher's production, they don't look poised to contend anytime soon, and they run the risk of him declining due to age by the time they've built a strong enough team around him. The Yankees, on the other hand, are a team built to win now, but they'll have a hard time doing so without an adequate replacement for his production.
Swisher, who turned 32 in November, is coming off a fairly typical year in which he hit .272/.364/.473 with 24 homers in 624 plate appearances, numbers that were only a few points off the work he had done in the previous three years with the Yankees, and a dead ringer for his career norms. However, his year -- and his tenure with the Yankees -- ended on a sour note; he went 5-for-30 in the postseason, and after Game 2 of the ALCS, verbalized his disappointment at being booed by fans in the Bronx. His October slump was part of an ongoing pattern in which he has hit just .162/.252/.308 in 148 plate appearances over the past four postseasons, never driving in more than one run in any playoff series for the Yankees.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has downplayed Swisher's postseason struggles in the past, and said nothing to suggest that they were the reason the team let him go. Rather, the Yankees are in cost-cutting mode this winter, with the goal of positioning themselves so as to get below the $189 million luxury tax threshold in 2014, which under last year's Collective Bargaining Agreement would not only reset their marginal tax rate from 50 percent down to 17.5 percent, but also allow them to receive huge rebates with regards to revenue sharing. The Yankees had a $209.8 million payroll in 2012, and while they already have $189.5 million committed for 2013, they have just $81.6 million committed for 2014. With one exception, all of the contracts they've dished out this winter -- to Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Kevin Youkilis -- have been one-year deals; Ichiro Suzuki's two-year, $13 million deal is the exception. Meanwhile, both Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano will be free agents after the 2013 season, and the Yankees apparently feel they will at best be able to sign only one of those two -- almost certainly Cano -- to a long-term extension.
Within those constraints, the Yankees apparently felt there was no way they could accommodate Swisher on a long-term deal, particularly given that he was said to eye a deal akin to Jayson Werth's seven-year, $126 million contract with the Nationals. With other big-spending teams such as the Dodgers, Angels, Red Sox and Rangers focused elsewhere, Swisher didn't get half that, at least in guaranteed money, though a $14 million vesting option for 2017 brings the potential total value of the contract to $70 million. His most serious interest came from the Indians, who drew on his connections to Ohio State University by inviting former football coach Jim Tressel to lunch when he toured the facilities last week.
For the Indians, Swisher will take over right field duties from Shin-Soo Choo, who was traded to the Reds in a deal that brought back starter Trevor Bauer and outfielder Drew Stubbs earlier this month. A more powerful hitter and a more durable player than Choo, he's a slight upgrade; he was worth 3.7 Wins Above Replacement Player this year, a whisker above his 3.6 average over the past four years; only in 2008, his lone year with the White Sox, has he been worth less than 3.0 WARP. Choo, who's about a year-and-a-half younger, has averaged 3.8 WARP over the past five seasons, but has been worth a total of just 4.3 WARP over the past two years, including 3.1 in 2012. Swisher will become the team's highest-paid player, making $11 million in 2013; not including the deals of the arbitration eligible Justin Masterson, Chris Perez, Mike Aviles and Drew Stubbs, Cleveland has just $35.2 million committed for 2013, and they may well come in lower than last year's $65.4 million.
The Indians have a maturing core of players around which to build in catcher Carlos Santana (27 in April), second baseman Jason Kipnis (26 in April), shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera (27) and outfielder Michael Brantley (26 in May), but that group underachieved along with the rest of the roster in 2012; Brantley was the only one whose offense improved over 2011. The addition of 29-year-old free agent Mark Reynolds to play first base and the 28-year-old Stubbs to play center adds another pair of underachievers to the fold, and bumps Brantley into a position where the offensive bar has been raised. While there's certainly some room for growth and improvement among that group, it's not a lineup that's likely to contend anytime soon so long as it's backed with a pitching staff and defense that hasn't substantially changed after allowing a league-worst 5.22 runs per game and ranking second-to last with 6.8 strikeouts per nine. While Bauer is a top prospect who may well blossom into a frontline starter, holdovers Masterson, Zack McAllister and Ubaldo Jimenez and Tommy John surgery returnee Carlos Carrasco don't equal a contender-caliber rotation.
Given that collective mess, adding Swisher is an oddly timed move; his salary would be better spent on pitching or stashed for a later day. From the looks of things, the Indians are falling into the deadly trap of building a team that might get them back towards .500, but that doesn't seem likely to move the needle in a market that's been last or second-to-last in the league in attendance in three of the past four years; they rose to ninth when they went 80-82 in 2011, but even then, attendance was down nearly 20 percent relative to their 81-81 season in 2008. The best that can be said for Swisher's contract is that it's a fair deal that shouldn't be too difficult to trade a couple years down the road if they need to do so -- though if he declines, it becomes more problematic. As for the Yankees, they're going to have a difficult time replacing Swisher's production. With Brett Gardner presumably healthy enough to return to left field, Ichiro will move over to right; while he hit a sizzling .322/.340/.454 after being traded from the Mariners in late July, his age (39) and overall 2012 line (.283/.307/.390) make him a longshot to offset the loss of Swisher. Even the addition of a right-handed platoon partner to offset his collapse against left-handed pitching (.284/.291/.358 in 237 PA in 2012) won't be enough. Add to that presumed downgrades at catcher, where the Yankees let Russell Martin escape to Pittsburgh and never seemed particularly keen on buying the decline of A.J. Pierzynski from a career year, and at third base, where Youkilis is coming off the worst year of his career but expected to cover for the injured Alex Rodriguez as he recovers from hip surgery, and the team's offense suddenly looks a whole lot less imposing. The bet here is that they're going to miss Swisher a whole lot more than they think.


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A three-game sweep of Tennessee gave Ole Miss a bump in the rankings this week.
The Rebels (29-12, 10-8 SEC) moved up three spots in this week's Baseball America poll to No. 18.
The sweep of Tennessee came on the heels of a pair of mid-week losses to Memphis and Southern Miss, but Ole Miss has won six consecutive SEC games.
Mississippi State (32-10, 10-8), which is tied with Ole Miss for third place in the Western Division, held steady at No. 16 this week.
The Bulldogs took two of three from Auburn over the weekend.


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Finally some warmer days and spring fever is contagious spreading rapidly throughout Wisconsin turkey lands.
Turkey hunters are starting patrol.
What are you'll seeing?
Winter flocks are breaking up in my area. Small groups of gobblers are being seen strutting and fighting with some gobbling.
Jakes seem to be everywhere in all my years I have never seen this many jakes. They have short beard stubble just starting to protrude from their breast feathers. Multiple all jake groups of 10-25. Have not noticed these types of groups in past years.
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While on a recent Backpack trip with my Troop I had the opportunity to do something that I really love… Learn.
Yes, I learned something about young men. The bottom line up front is that Boys are Boys.
Let me explain.
I recently had a talk with a few adult leaders, we were talking about the differences in Scouts today versus the Scouts of old… and yes we were talking about when we all donned the green collarless shirts.
As we talked we came to the conclusion that Boys are Boys.. Scouts are Scouts.
The difference was in the culture.. not the kid.
When we were Scouts we looked for every opportunity for adventure. We were allowed to.
We would stay out after dark and wander in the woods behind our house. The street light was a signal to stay close to home in the summer and time to head in during the school year.
We made rafts in a local pond and got real wet most of the time, we took our bikes on miles of trail and track, packed a lunch or found stuff to eat.
We put on our Packs and hit the trail for a weekend with out a Scoutmaster or Assist hovering.. and on Sunday… we hiked back out to meet them. (We can still do that in the BSA… most parents just freak out over the idea).
A good story was all it took for us to explore. Tell us there was a crazy man that was the last of a Civil war Confederate regiment hold up on a hill somewhere.. we were climbing that hill to find him.
Our parents and teacher though we were overly active.. full of energy… Now they call it ADHD and medicate till the adventure is gone.
Our parents knew how to spray a leg or elbow with that stinging stuff in a can and tell you everything was OK. Now a black eye will land you in the Emergency Room.
We would come home cut, scraped, bloody nosed and a grin from ear to ear. We were having fun and living the life of the young Indiana Jones.
We all grew up just fine. We all grew up with a strong work ethic, a since of adventure, and a lot of responsibility. We grew up with skills that have stood the test of our time on earth.
We all have a strong set of values and know which way to follow our moral compass.
Skinned knees and worn our jeans were just the way it was if you wanted the next adventure.
So what's the difference between us and the next group of boys? Well if you ask me its a culture of fear.
We fear for our kids, we don't want to see them grow up, we don't want to see them hurt, we don't want to put them in harms way. Well, OK.. I can grab some of that… but what are we doing when we don't encourage the zest for adventure. When we foster a willingness in ourselves to let them run through the woods, build fires, use a knife, trap a small animal.. just because we can… tear an old pair of jeans and not have mom freak out. When we foster that willingness.. our boys have a better life. They can go without a pill box full of meds, they can do without a hovering leader, they become the leader and the adventurer.
So what did I learn on the last Back pack trip?
All of the above. I saw the Scouts of our troop take on a adventure, they made decisions, led the way and traversed across a dangerous trail. They did not need medications, they skipped rocks on the creek and stayed up to see the amazing stars. They cooked their own meals and shared with each other. They took themselves to the brink of exhaustion and kept going.
They pushed themselves harder than most have ever pushed before… and in the end were rewarded handsomely by an awesome view, clean air, and hanging out with their pals.
I learned that that the difference between them and me… They are not allowed to be adventurous. And that I thought to myself is my job as their Scoutmaster. Give them the adventure that they don't get at home, school, or in todays culture of not taking risk and adventure.
I will never stop learning.. and will never quite wanting to live like Indiana Jones either.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Graber, Truong to read, Oct. 24
Posted October 18, 2007; 03:50 p.m.
Poet Kathleen Graber and novelist Monique Truong, both visiting Hodder Fellows at Princeton this year, will read from their work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Graber is the author of "Correspondence" and the winner of the 2005 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She is a recipient of a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship.
Truong is the author of "The Book of Salt," which was published in 2003 and has garnered numerous awards, including the Bard Fiction Prize, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award and the Asian American Literary Award. She is a co-editor of the anthology "Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose."
Both are spending the year at Princeton under the Hodder Fellows program, which brings humanists of exceptional promise to campus to pursue independent projects. Graber will teach an introduction to poetry course this spring and is working on a second collection of poetry. Truong will teach an introduction to fiction course this spring and is working on her second novel, "Bitter in the Mouth."
The event is part of the Althea Ward Clark Reading Series sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing.


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Nestle FruTips – Chinese Assortment
April 18th, 2014 by Rosa
On Monday, I reviewed the mango, grapefruit, and lychee FruTips that I bought in China. Today, I'll review their regular flavor assortment.
The regular FruTips were the same size and texture as their specialized flavor counterparts, and they also contained lychee flavored jellies (white). You can refer to Monday's review for my notes on texture and the lychee FruTips.
Yellow was lemon. It tasted tart and zesty with lots of bitey lemon zest flavors. Orange was orange and tasted of candied citrus. It, too, was quite zesty, but its flavor profile was more rotund and orangey.
Green was apple and tasted like apple juice. Pink was strawberry, which was floral and sweetly tasty.
Finally, purple was blackcurrant, which is not a flavor we usually get in the U.S. It had intense, seedy tannins with almost menthol-y undertones that gave it some bite.
Nearly six years ago, I wrote a review of Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles that may be the same product as these, except this time around, I really liked them. I'm not sure if the Chinese ones were fresher or a different formulation, or what, but I think they're worthy of an OM.
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'State of the Nation' panel set for April 7
Posted April 6, 2005; 12:45 p.m.
A "State of the Nation" panel will examine the media, politics, the Iraq war and the Bush administration on Thursday, April 7, in McCosh 50. The event will run from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Because seating is limited, anyone interested in attending should arrive early. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.
Panelists will include Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of "The Nation"; William Greider, national affairs correspondent for "The Nation"; Juliet Eilperin, reporter for "The Washington Post" and McGraw Professor in Writing at Princeton; as well as Sean Wilentz, Dayton-Stockon Professor of History at Princeton. Vanden Heuvel, Greider and Eilperin are all alumni of the University.
After the discussion, a student panel will kick off the question-and-answer session. Later, audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Organized by "The Nation," this discussion is being sponsored by the "Progressive Review" as well as the "Daily Princetonian," "The Idealistic Nation," the Organization of Women Leaders, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, the Princeton Peace Network and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


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30/5/2012 [Om Yamaha]
Hiroo Okabe of Yamaha Corporation Receives Merit Award in Gold of the Province of Vienna
Award Ceremony Held on May 30, 2012
Yamaha Corporation announces that Director and Managing Executive Officer Hiroo Okabe has received the Merit Award in Gold of the Province of Vienna. Established by Viennese provincial law on July 14, 1967, this award system bestows honors on people who have made contributions to the Province of Vienna in a wide range of fields, including culture and art.
The reasons cited for the award include Okabe's management participation at L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH and his development of wind instruments for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Okabe was also acclaimed for his long-standing contribution to "Vienna Culture". The award ceremony took place from 11 a.m. local time on May 30 at Vienna City Hall with several interested parties in attendance.
Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science with Hiroo Okabe
Reasons for Award
Since 2008, Yamaha Corporation has participated in the management at Bösendorfer, the world-class premium piano maker (founded in 1828, headquartered in Wiener Neustadt, Austria) and supported the handing down of traditional piano manufacturing techniques. From the early 1970s, at the request of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yamaha assisted in the development of special Viennese instruments—a group of important instruments, such as the Viennese oboe and Viennese horn—that enabled the continuation of Viennese Sound and Music, the very survival of which was threatened by the dwindling number of manufacturers of those instruments. The manufacture and supply of those instruments continues to this day.
This award recognizes Okabe's deep involvement, as both an engineer and senior executive, in all of the above, the deep understanding he has for Viennese culture and music, and his contribution to preserving and improving the Viennese Sound.
Hiroo Okabe Profile
|Date of Birth:
|November 15, 1951
|Mar. 1974
|Graduated from Department of Precision Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
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|June 2003
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|Nov. 2003
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|Dec. 2004
|General Manager of the Piano Division (held concurrently with the previous position)
|June 2006
|June 2007
|Director and Managing Executive Officer (to the present)
Hiroo Okabe's Comments on the Award
As a maker of musical instruments, Yamaha achieves the high performance demanded by artists. Furthermore, by addressing the wide-ranging needs of a variety of musical expressions, Yamaha's corporate objective is to contribute to the development of music culture. This award can be taken as Vienna's recognition of what our unrelenting teamwork has humbly achieved for Viennese music culture, which has remained faithful to its own traditions against the surge of globalism. Of all the aspects of Viennese music culture, I would like to mention, in particular, the subjects that are closest to my heart: namely, the handing down to generations to come of the iconic grand traditions of Bösendorfer and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. I would like to share this honor with my colleagues and other senior staff members who were involved in these projects.
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/interna...9gCoS848cSzqbPResearchers might have found the Holy Grail in the war against cancer, a miracle drug that has killed every kind of cancer tumor it has come in contact with.
The drug works by blocking a protein called CD47 that is essentially a "do not eat" signal to the body's immune system, according to Science Magazine.
This protein is produced in healthy blood cells but researchers at Stanford University found that cancer cells produced an inordinate amount of the protein thus tricking the immune system into not destroying the harmful cells.
With this observation in mind, the researchers built an antibody that blocked cancer's CD47 so that the body's immune system attacked the dangerous cells.
So far, researchers have used the antibody in mice with human breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver and prostate tumors transplanted into them. In each of the cases the antibody forced the mice's immune system to kill the cancer cells.
"We showed that even after the tumor has taken hold, the antibody can either cure the tumor or slow its growth and prevent metastasis," said biologist Irving Weissman of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California.


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Koolatron Automatic Rechargable Corkscrew - Black/Silver
Open your wine bottles with ease using the Koolatron Automatic Rechargable Corkscrew (KP1-36C2) and never worry about having to twist and turn a corkscrew again! This rechargeable wine bottle opener doesn't need manpower or even battery power to use it; simply charge it on its base and prepare to drink some wine. After one charge, this automatic corkscrew can open up to 30 bottles, so you won't have to worry about constantly charging it all the time.
Able to fit traditional wine bottles with ease, this corkscrew can help open bottles with just one hit of the button; and the process only takes about 8 seconds! So you can have your wine opened and poured all in a faster time than it would take to open your bottle the traditional way. Included with the wine opener is the charge base, the power cord, and a foil cutter for getting to the cork easily. Perfect for any wine collectors or lovers of wine, this is a must-have to help serve yourself and your family or friends.
Long Lasting:This wine opener can last a while after being charged: it can open up to 30 bottles in a single charge
Faster:Opening a bottle of wine takes only about 8 seconds, much faster than opening the traditional way
Rechargeable:You can always keep your corkscrew working without batteries, simply place it in it's charging base and grab it when it needs to be used
- Model: KP1-36C2Koolatron Automatic Rechargable Corkscrew
- Brand: AvantiNoise level: < 78 dB
- Fits all traditional wine bottlesFoil cutter storage slot
- Easily opens 30 bottles when chargedIncludes recharge base and power cord
- 8 hour charging timeABS material
- Takes 8 seconds to pull corkInput voltage: 120 V/60 Hz
- Made in: ChinaWeight: 1.7 lbs
- Warranty: 90 daysDimensions: 13.4" H x 4.7" W x 4.3" D
- Height: 13.4"
- Width: 4.7"
- Depth: 4.3"


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Parents alerted after luring attempt at Hamblen Elementary
SPOKANE, Wash. - A nine-year-old girl was nearly abducted Tuesday morning just steps away from Hamblen Elementary School but was able to run inside the school for safety.
The girl's father said his daughter is doing well and couldn't have handled the situation any better.
"We are very proud of her and her ability to think and react in that way, you know sometimes people will get in those situations especially a nine-year-old child and they wouldn't know what to do or they would freeze," the girl's father, who wants to remain anonymous, said.Hamblen luring attempt vo
She was dropped off about 20 minutes before school started and her dad watched her walk across the street as she was headed to school. As she was just steps away, the nine-year-old was approached by a stranger who grabbed her on the shoulder and told her that her parents didn't want her to go to school and that he was supposed to drive her home.
"The next thing I know I am getting a call after we take off from the school, saying a man approached her," the girl's father said. "Your heart rate definitely jumps," he added.
The girl was smart, quickly running inside the school office, where she gave the school staff a detailed description of what happened.
"She's pretty strong minded and you know a fast runner, she does cross country," the girl's father said.
This may be the second time the man has tried to abduct a child. Back in December there was another luring attempt near Hamblen Elementary.
"It sort of is an eye opener that something like this can happen so quick," the girl's father said.
School principal Rita Forsythe sent a letter home to parents Tuesday and is urging everyone in the community to keep a close eye on kids.
"My message to parents tonight is no matter what school your child goes to, it's a really good time to start walking your children to school, or having them walk with buddies, don't let your children walk to school or home by themselves," Forsythe said.
"Talk to your kids as much as possible and make them aware these people are out there," the girl's father said.
The district's resource officer really hit home on this during a press conference at Hamblen, saying that if you see something that doesn't appear normal, report it. You don't have to be embarrassed because your information could be vital to police.
The school district's resource officers will keep a close eye on the school after the luring attempt while the Spokane Police Department is investigating this case, using crime analysis to find the suspect responsible.
The suspect in Tuesday's luring attempt was described as being 5'11", in his early 40s, has dark hair and dark complexion, was wearing sunglasses and was seen driving a dark colored SUV.
If anyone has information about this man or the luring attempt, please call Crime Check at 456-2233.
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BofA Argues AIG Can't Sue Over Devalued Mortgage BondsEdvard Pettersson
Bank of America Corp. lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss American International Group Inc.'s fraud claims over devalued Countrywide Financial mortgage-backed securities it had to sell as part of the government bailout.
U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer, at a hearing today in Los Angeles, didn't rule on Bank of America's request. The bank, which acquired Countrywide in 2008, argued that AIG transferred the right to sue over the securities when it sold them as part of a $21 billion transaction to an entity created by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
"AIG cannot pursue claims here that it long ago signed away as part of the government bailout," Bank of America lawyer Richard St. John said at the hearing.
AIG, based in New York, sued Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America and Countrywide for $10 billion in damages in 2011, alleging it was misled into believing that loans underlying its investment were issued according to certain underwriting guidelines that in fact had been "long abandoned."
The AIG claims over the Countrywide-issued securities were transferred to Los Angeles where Pfaelzer presides over the consolidated fraud cases by investors against what at one time was the largest U.S. mortgage lender.
Maiden Lane
Michael Carlinsky, a lawyer for AIG, told the judge it was "laughable" that Bank of America asked her to infer that the 2008 asset purchase agreement between AIG and Maiden Lane II, the entity set up the New York Fed to hold the securities, included the transfer of the right to pursue fraud claims without explicitly stating so.
"This is not a case where you call your broker at Charles Schwab to sell securities," Carlinsky said. "This is a case where you have two of the finest law firms in New York putting together a transaction."
The lawyer told Pfaelzer that about $1.4 billion of AIG's claims over Countrywide securities weren't affected by Bank of America's argument because the securities underlying those claims weren't part of the sale to Maiden Lane II.
Maiden Lane II was created by the New York Fed amid the 2008 financial crisis to buy about $39 billion in securities linked to home loans from AIG. The bank purchased the securities from AIG at less than their full par value.
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The vehicle was part of the taxpayer rescue that swelled to $182.3 billion and helped save the insurer from collapse. AIG finished repaying the bailout in December.
AIG filed a lawsuit Jan. 11 in New York state court, seeking a ruling that it has preserved the right to bring fraud claims against the issuers of the residential mortgage-backed securities it sold as part of the bailout.
Pfaelzer hasn't issued a ruling on AIG's request to halt the case in her court until a New York judge has ruled whether AIG can pursue its claims.
AIG's claims against Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, which were part of the original suit against Bank of America, are in federal court in New York.
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Chapter 1: Analyzing Functions
Difficulty Level: At Grade Created by: CK-12
This section focuses on investigating functions both graphically and mathematically.
Lessons in this section specifically teach:
- Identifying the maximum and minimum values of a function both by investigating a graph and using Algebra.
- Identifying the rate of change of a function
- Understanding the concept of limit
- Recognizing and using asymptotes
- Understanding and using function notation
- Parent functions and the use of transformations
- Recognizing the difference between functions and relations
- Understanding the concept of intervals and the use of interval notation
By the time you finish this section, you should have a fresh understanding of what functions are, and how to manipulate them to find specific bits of information.
Chapter Outline
- 1.1.
Relations and Functions
- 1.2.
Domain and Range
- 1.3.
Intervals and Interval Notation
- 1.4.
Average Rate of Change
- 1.5.
Minimums and Maximums
- 1.6.
Discrete and Continuous Functions
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Increasing and Decreasing Functions
- 1.8.
Limits and Asymptotes
- 1.9.
Infinite and Non-Existent Limits
- 1.10.
Linear and Absolute Value Function Families
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Square and Cube Function Families
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Vertical and Horizontal Transformations
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Stretching and Reflecting Transformations
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Combining Transformations
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Operations on Functions
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Composition of Functions
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Linear and Quadratic Models
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Cubic Models
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The concepts in this section explore the identification, transformation, combination, and application of linear, quadratic, cubic, and non-standard functions.
Prerequisites should include:
- A solid understanding of arithmetic, pre-algebra, and manipulation of equations
- Exposure to graphing with the Cartesian coordinate system
- Familiarity with the concepts of infinity and absolute value
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- A basic familiarity with the concept of functions and the use of a graphing calculator
- Previous exposure to graphing quadratic functions and shapes
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I got the Mon Cal rebel pilot and the sandstorm Leia & Lando off of a dealer at Amazon. They were $9.50 to $9.99 apiece, which isn't too far off retail. Now all I have to find is the Luke and I'm done with this wave.
I got the Mon Cal rebel pilot and the sandstorm Leia & Lando off of a dealer at Amazon. They were $9.50 to $9.99 apiece, which isn't too far off retail. Now all I have to find is the Luke and I'm done with this wave.
Now, if only the Lukes would come down in price from $19.99 and up (the other four have also jumped since I got them as well), I might consider it, since I've seen nothing at retail, and don't have the time to make a million trips to the store anymore.
"I take orders from just one person - ME!"
The guy combined shipping for me as well. It was $6.95 for one figure, but I ordered 6 of them and the shipping charge was around $10.50. I didn't think that was too bad of a deal considering gas prices.
So rumor has it the big gun that comes with Cracken fits somewhere on the BMF. Anyone try it out?
Have: CW Yularen, CW Clone, everything from CW Slave I set except Slave I, TFU Shadow Stormtrooper x2, Evo Trooper, Saga AT-AT Driver, K-Mart Jodo Kast || Want: Vintage Fordo
Thanks to TheDarthVader, Phantom-like Menace, TheRealDubya, Jediguy, Dark Marble, Umbra, Qui-Long Gone, CrunchyNug, GH_fan and jedikiss.
It's been a month since we talked about these figures? Dang, that's awful. Where are these? I haven't seen hide nor hair, and looking at wave 3 and 4 case listings they're not in those! Instead wave 3 and 4 carry forward pegwarming Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Battle Droid, and Naboo Guard. Where are the Wave 2 figures and why aren't we seeing more of them in later waves??
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I never saw them on shelves but I got the wave from Brian's Toys. It's really why I order online, because I feel like if I did not, I would often miss out on entire waves.
Have: CW Yularen, CW Clone, everything from CW Slave I set except Slave I, TFU Shadow Stormtrooper x2, Evo Trooper, Saga AT-AT Driver, K-Mart Jodo Kast || Want: Vintage Fordo
Thanks to TheDarthVader, Phantom-like Menace, TheRealDubya, Jediguy, Dark Marble, Umbra, Qui-Long Gone, CrunchyNug, GH_fan and jedikiss.
Never saw Lando or Luke. Which seems odd; this is, what, the 300th Jedi Luke in the past two years (feel free to correct me, JJL or JT ), and Lando is always a pegwarmer.
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I haven't seen them since their first debut when they wouldn't scan. I just assume the walmarts here finally pulled them from the shelves because one walmart had one full set and another had two, but all of them vanished within the same weekend. Meanwhile, the TPM figures have been pegwarming something awful so it makes me further doubt that the ROTJ figures were suddenly bought up. There just don't seem to be any big spending SW collectors around here anymore. Even scalpers seem to have thrown in the towel, more or less, given that Ric Olie is a pegwarmer despite possibly not being rereleased later.
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
I got Cracken about a month ago and the others three weeks ago but haven't opened them yet aside from Cracken (it's easier to open them at my family's house as opposed to my apartment due to eventually taking them there anyway, especially since I got all the Movie Heroes wave 2 figures at the same time and don't want lose anything from this mountain of figures). For some reason, this wave never really grabbed me like the TPM one did - maybe because I'd been waiting on figures like Ratts Tyerell and Ben Quadinaros forever and had only known about the Mon Calamari pilot's existence for a few months, Luke's robe is all wrong, and Cracken is kind of samey (especially since we literally got the same character - a more accurate version, no less - back in 2006).
It's the 400th, actually. Well, there have been quite a few different ROTJ Lukes in the last handful of years, including different basic carded figures in 2006 (TSC Endor gear), 2007 (TAC Jabba's palace), 2008 (TLC Sandstorm), 2009 (TLC box-chest DSII), 2011 (TVC Endor Capture), and now 2012 (TVC Lightsaber Construction), not to mention in various sets and releases. But this is the first basic one in five years to have the Jabba's palace tunic thing, so that's something.Originally Posted by El Chuxter
Ric Olié would have been a pegwarmer no matter what.Originally Posted by LTBasker
The lack of ROTJ figures and abundance of TPM figures is due in part to the crappy case assortment, which includes 7 TPM figures from the previous wave. If someone wants one of the figures, chances are that they want at least some of the others, so it's probably more likely that collectors just bought the wave when they found it. These things don't last long on the shelves when they're new, you know.
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Because people are scared of his sheer bada**ery, JJL. A Ric Olie figure is something that frightens most people. Only those of us who are brave dare risk purchasing one. Even then, we worry we might find out wives or girlfriends cheating on us with the figure.
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I got Larfleeze the other day btw. Minemineminemine!!!
Check out this load of bunk response from Matty
Q2.) Will any past waves be re-offered on MattyCollector.com? Wave 11 is marked out of stock, but not "gone for good".
A2.) Wave 11 will not be back on MattyCollector.com. Each box set is up for a set amount of time and then gone! Although right now we are still evaluating whether to keep the box sets going. There was actually much less interest in Wave 11 and now Wave 12 then we hoped for to justify all of the logistics of creating these sets. Unless sales of the box set pick up with Wave 13, we may not be able to continue these. We can only make and sell toys for MattyCollector.com if there are fans/customers buying them
That's terrible. I have bought both box sets made available. It's the only way I can collect these in complete shape. Without this option, it gives many little chance of completing any set.
The thing they're overlooking is that there was little interest in wave 12 because it had already showed up in a lot of areas, and even Amazon. Mattel simply has far too unrealistic expectations when it comes to stuff sold through Matty. It's not as though they lose anything from posting the cases, in fact you would think they would get more profit.
They sell wholesale to stores which then put them up to $15 each with their profit included, whereas the cases on Matty still come out to $15 a figure, so they're getting more per case than they do from stores. It shouldn't be of any concern if they sell out within 2 minutes, 2 weeks or even after a few months as long as they eventually sell out. Are they really that pressed for inventory space?
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
I found the latest wave of JLU singles today and bought Plastic Man, Martian Manhunter and Superman with Kandor.
I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm all caught up with a Mattel line but am waiting on not one but two waves of Clone Wars figures.
So... DCUC wave 12 finally showed up near me (thank you to Fred Meyer and their 20% off sale), and I managed to pick up Dr. Mid-Nite and The Spectre.
I always hate looking at DC figures with my daughter. I have to remind her that the Infinite Crisis figures don't hold up to even basic play. It's probably because of Batman and Superman, but she's more of a DC kid than I was (I leaned Marvel up until the 1989 Batman movie showed me that the character wasn't Adam West, or, worse, the knockoff Adam West from Superfriends).
I did get her the Barbie Black Canary from a while back, which still languishes at some Big Lots stores. I always figured it didn't do well because most Barbie collectors don't know who the character is, and those who do know her aren't buying Barbies. But, thanks to the machinations of the Music Meister, she loves Black Canary. (I'll post thoughts when she's opened--right now, she's something of a bribe to get someone's bedroom cleaned up.)
Speaking of the Music Meister, it's a bit more ambitious a project than I've attempted before, but I also got some character from the Secret Saturdays at Big Lots for $3. (Even TRU had these on clearance. I guess no one watches that show.) The size and construction of this guy--the teenager, since neither the kid nor the supermuscled adult looked usable--look compatible with the large Brave and the Bold figures. He's going to take a bit more work, but I'm either going to wind up with the Music Meister or a total steaming pile of crap.
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I read that some of the previously exclusive to Matty.com Dark Knight Movie Masters are starting to appear in TRU's as they had promised.
It looks like the DCUC exclusive for SDCC is going to be Plastic Man
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Here are my takeaways:
-Tannehill has a real chance to be special. Watching all those throws and runs back to back like that instead of spread out here and there over the course of the season, it is clear how talented he is and how much potential there is, especially given how inexperienced he still is as a QB. I will never tire of seeing that absolutely perfect ball he threw to Clay in the Seattle game.
-The Offensive line was even worse than I initially thought. I reeaaallly hate to say it but they need to invest here, for the umpteenth friggin' time, whether Long goes or not. I will still be peeved if they go for an o-lineman like Warmack, Matthews or Fisher in round 1 but, make no mistake, the line play was downright atrocious at many times.
-There were quite a few touchdowns left on the field this season. I'm only talking about what was shown in the video, too, not any of the times Tannehill barely overthrew Hartline. Look, I love Davone Bess and what he does for this offense. However, the guy is simply allergic to making real impact plays. He is great as a dependable chain mover, but sooooo many gd times in that video, he caught passes that easily should have been housed. Tannehill could have had better ball placement on a few but Davone's lack of burst was perfectly illustrated here. He's like OJ McDuffie with 30% less playmaking ability, and McDuffie was not exactly a TD machine either. Bess should have had at least 4-5 more TD's this season and Hartline should have had another 5-7 as well. The way RT scrambles to buy time to find an open guy is a bit Roethlisberger-esque in a "master of the broken play" way but Jesus, his receivers have to help him out. That will hopefully be rectified this offseason.
-Receivers falling all over the place, either while making a catch or immediately after. Again, some of this goes back to Tannehill being inaccurate at times, but it is maddening how often this phenomenon has occurred the last several seasons. The same exact thing happened all the time with Henne at QB too. Hartline is by far the biggest offender, followed closely by Bess. I am really hoping Tannehill can clean up his ball placement as he becomes more polished. Frankly, I am worried that it may be the difference between Tannehill becoming a great QB and just a good one.


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Read about the Police Department's activities during the month of August 2012. This report is the result of a collaborative effort between personnel in all department divisions, led by Chief Woodside. Click on the below link to view the report.
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Assignment: Education - Empty Bowls
An Onalaska High School Fundraiser Helps Feed the Hungry
ONALASKA, Wis. -- Students at Onalaska High School are making bowls so the hungry in our community can have something to eat.
"It's an event where people make bowls, hand-made bowls, and we sell them," said Angie Hendrickson, Onalaska High School art teacher. "We sell them empty and it's a reminder to people that there are hungry people... empty bowls... all around the world."
The money raised from the sale of these bowls goes to the school district's food pantries and the Onalaska-Holmen Emergency Food Basket. The president of the food basket says there is a great need for donations. In just the first two weeks of November, they've already taken on 25 new families which is why the efforts of these students is so appreciated.
"They probably don't realize they have fellow classmates, students and people in the area, that need," said Mike Paoli, Onalaska-Holmen Area Emergency Food Basket board president. "They see it on TV and see it's only in big cities, but it's right here; right next to them."4844994
To help feed our neighbors and friends, students in Onalaska High School's ceramics class and Art Club started coiling, pinching and throwing bowls back in September with hopes of having 200 pieces ready for the Empty Bowls event in December.
"I'm making a slab pot," said Connor Every, Onalaska High School sophomore. "And then I'm going to layer it over this container and let it dry and flip it over."
Conner is working on his 13th bowl and says he's enjoying turning his passion into public service.
"I think we all just feel so proud and committed to be working towards the fight of world hunger," said Every, "and I think what better way to do it then with something we all love."
Once the bowls are created, community members will be invited into the high school cafeteria to purchase an empty bowl and enjoy a little soup donated by area restaurants.
"With the purchase of a bowl, then you get a soup dinner," said Hendrickson. "So, if you come and you buy five bowls you get a dinner. If you come with a family of five and you buy two bowls you all get a dinner."
So when you leave this cafeteria with a full stomach you also leave with an empty bowl created by an art student as a reminder that hunger is everywhere and can effect anyone.
"The need has not only gone up for single mothers and older people, but a lot more middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s are having a tough time right now with the economy the way it is," said Paoli.
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Been a long while since I posted here. I forgot about this place. I remembered it last night, but fell asleep before ever sending anything. Seems like nothing has changed except my users seem to be calling me for seemingly stupid nit picky stuff.
IE: I lost my "New Office Document" icon, I really need it. It saves me 2 steps on creating a template.
I normally woulnd't care however it seems that little things like this are happening all the time and they demand that it be done now, becuase if not it extremely hinders there time. Yet again, I normally wouldn't complain except for the fact that someone's machien is down due to hard drive failure... but you know that the icon is really hurting there time...
*smacks people* . Esecially sicne we got a new superviser is one of our departments he thinks that everythign he does is an extremely high prio.
Thats enough of the daily rant :-)
I've been thinking about asking my superviser if I can work on the floor / shop so I can learn some electrical wiring stuff. I've been getting curious lately, just been too busy to ask. Oh well, I'm off to do "work".


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Stephen Malkmus: expert Scrabble player, The Wire enthusiast ("It's been a source of meaning in my life for the last eight months"), husband, father, indie-rock demigod. And — as I found out when I reached him by phone at his home in Portland, Oregon, as he was gearing up to say goodbye to his wife and two young children for the first leg of a six-week tour in support of Real Emotional Trash (Matador), his fourth album with his post-Pavement band the Jicks — still running down a rock-and-roll fantasy.
The new album is, for lack of a better word, jammier than your previous work.
I think we wanted to push the instrumental side a little more and just not be so tight and compact with everything. We were probably listening to records that had some more guitar instrumental parts.
Like . . . ?
I was just down at the store and there was an early Fleetwood Mac song playing, and I was like, "Oh, that's almost like what we did." It had like a tom-tom blues part at the start, and then it had this guitar outro that was no singing, just guitar — seemed like what we were doing. Guitar interplay, I like that. We're not doing herky-jerky hi-hat post-punk. Like, get over it, you know? We don't do that. Other people can do that — they've got the jeans/genes for it. Both ways, jeans/genes.
What was the recording process like? Were you guys pretty well rehearsed before you went in, or were you figuring stuff out as you went?
We were pretty rehearsed. We knew what we wanted to do. It was just a matter of doing it. A couple songs were question marks, maybe the shorter ones, actually. Like, "How do we do them, what tempo?" But we were ready. It had been a while, so to have the opportunity to record — I was really excited to go, so there was no shortage of ideas.
You recorded parts of it at Wilco's studio.
We did some guitar overdubs at Jeff Tweedy's studio. It's a really wonderful place, and he is an incredibly gracious guy to let us do it. I just want to thank him publicly in the Boston Phoenix for allowing us that opportunity. I wish I had a place like that, of course, but I don't have the foresight.
You're probably sick of hearing and talking about Pavement-reunion rumors, but you guys seem to have a tendency to throw tidbits at the press.I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not really throwing any tidbits out there. People are asking me, and I just don't know what to say, you know? I have no interest in talking about it, but people ask me about it, and I'm not gonna be a jerk. I also don't want to be hung up about it, like, "Why are you asking me about that again? This is my solo career, it's sacred."
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Journal Journal: a softer world of metadata spying
The now-venerable web comic strip A Softer World, completely nails the real issue underlying spying on metadata. Don't neglect the mouse-over text.
The now-venerable web comic strip A Softer World, completely nails the real issue underlying spying on metadata. Don't neglect the mouse-over text.
John Timmer writes about an interesting stunt: MP3 files written as DNA with storage density of 2.2 petabytes per gram, "In general, though, the DNA was very robust. The authors simply dried it out before shipping it to a lab in Germany (with a layover in the UK), where it was decoded. Careful storage in a cold, dry location could keep it viable for much, much longer. The authors estimate their storage density was about 2.2 Petabytes per gram, and that it included enough DNA to recover the data about ten additional times."
This was pulled off by researchers affiliated with the "European Bioinformatics Group" (UK) and Agilient (Santa Clara, CA). Has anyone ever tried listening to "junk DNA"?
Quentin Hardy, over at his blog at the New York Times, talks up the might github.org from the angle of experimental management systems with a flattened hierarchy: Dreams of âOpenâ(TM) Everything. An interesting subject, though I fear the fact that this is a blog post suggests he couldn't sell an editor on doing this as a real article.
The Guardian UK -- a newspaper well-respected among the liberal/left crowd -- ran a pro-nuclear power opinion piece on their front page. It's not even the strongest case that could be made -- it hardly matters whether we're at "peak-oil", nuclear waste just isn't that big of a problem, etc -- but sometimes making a weaker case can be more persuasive, even when you're talking to the folks who like to think they're members of the reality based community. Here's some more reality, while we're at it.
Freeman Dyson reviews two new books about Richard Feynman, one a serious attempt at capturing Feynman's scientific thought, the other his biography in comic book form. Note: there is no paywall on The New York Review of Books.
Freeman Dyson has been writing stuff for the NYRB fo many years now, but it's all but invisible to slashdot. He was born before microporcessors were invented, he can't possibly have anything interesting to say.
A news story from the London Times reports on a project to develop and commercialize vat-grown meat: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory. One of the thing's that's most interesting to me is how quickly people are thinking through the ethical implications. Would a vegetarian have ethical objections to this project, or welcome it? If you grew human meat like this, would cannibalism become chic?
A New York Times opinion piece by Robert C. Pozen: Inventing a Better Patent System This article contains a number of simple reforms for the US patent system that you would think would be no-brainers... and it doesn't even mention doing away with software patents. He's also an author on a book on how to reform the financial system. It's titled Too Big To Save, which makes it sound like he might be on the right track.
Freeman Dyson is one of the few survivors of the age of giants in physics (he was one of the people who developed the mathematical underpinnings for Feynman's work), and he remains a fascinating, wide-ranging thinker, the author of works like Infinite in All Directions. Of late he seems interested in being an environmental heretic, but in a much more moderate, intelligent way than the usual "conservative" style. Most recently he's published a long, thoughtful article on the Galpagos islands, with emphasis on the difficulties of balancing the needs of locals against environmental preservation.
The word is that John C. Mankin's outfit has successfully transmitted a megawatt of power by microwave beam in a test conducted between Hawaiian mountain tops; this is a technique often discussed for beaming solar power down from orbit. Needless to say, most of the obvious jokes have been done already, so try to do better, eh?
The physicist Freeman Dyson -- who made Feynman diagrams mathematically comprehensible to mere mortal physicists -- discusses some recent books about Global Warming. He accepts that anthropogenic global warming is a reality, though he departs from conventional wisdom about the urgency of fixing the problem immediately.
Thus far, there's only one thing I've noticed about the new system that I like: I can get the entire current state of the discussion in one huge page: I've always disliked the way the old system split things up into several pages (it made it hard to use text searches to skim for mentions of particular sub-topics).
In any case, as the slashdot brain-drain continues apace, it's going to be harder to find things in the discussion that are worth reading. It's more like a place you duck in if you feel like arguing with 13 year-olds and government propagandists. The various "features" being added to slashdot don't seem to address any of the real problems with the system.
(Actually: there's one "new" feature that sort-of works: I was skeptical of the utility of a friends network -- it just seemed like imitating all those other sites -- but actually it's kind of useful to be able to identify a cluster of nominally intelligent folks and automatically, instantly, mod them up. Kind of like the stuff I've been doing with nn and/or gnus on usenet for many a year...)
The bradblog is carrying a request: Database Geek Wanted: Programmer Needed to Help Pima County, AZ, Election Advocates Sort Through Largest Stash of Diebold Data Ever!. This is a paid telecommute contract to do some open source programming and help save democracy. The catch? You need to know how to deal with the Microsoft JET database engine.
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Description Song is a series of sweet, whistling phrases, similar to Painted Bunting; call is a sharp tchip.
Dimensions Length: 4 1/2-5 1/2" (11-14 cm)
Habitat Easiest to find when male is singing.
Range Southwest, Texas
Voice Locally common summer visitor (mainly Jun-Sep) to mesquite thickets and desert washes; winters in Mexico.
Discussion Southwestern, arid-country bunting, male of which is highly colorful (although it can look rather dark in poor light). Usually keeps to cover and can be tricky to see, except when male is singing. Close view reveals slightly downcurved culmen. Sexes are dissimilar. ADULT MALE Has a mostly blue tail, rump, and head, except for the red nape and black face. Plumage is otherwise purplish. ADULT FEMALE Extremely uniform, with unstreaked graybuff plumage, darker above than below; plumage hue is warmest buff in winter months. JUVENILE Similar to adult female; by first spring, male acquires variable amount of adult's blue and purple coloration.


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Tale of the Teeth
In the spring of 2004, several studies offered fascinating answers to this question. Fernando Ramírez Rozzi of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris and José Maria Bermúdez de Castro of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid compared the rates of dental growth in several species within the genus Homo, including Neandertals. They examined the perikymata—small enamel ridges on the tooth surface—of incisor and canine teeth from 55 Neandertals, 25 Homo antecessor and Homo heidelbergensis individuals (two species that some anthropologists group together) and 39 ancient but anatomically modern humans.
Perikymata are created as a tooth grows. In humans and their close kin (such as Homo erectus), one ridge is created approximately every nine days during tooth development. The ridges of more distant relatives, including chimpanzees and gorillas, are formed at shorter intervals. By counting the number of perikymata, investigators can calculate how long the tooth took to form.
Surprisingly—and this is also the first word in the title of their paper— Ramírez Rozzi and Bermúdez de Castro found that Neandertals formed their teeth in fewer days than did H. antecessor and H. heidelbergensis. If Neandertals had been the most ancient of the lot, one might expect them to be the most ape-like. But although the other fossil species are older still, they already show the human pattern. The finding is also a surprise because some scientists still feel that Neandertals are, basically, just funny-looking humans—a judgment challenged by this fundamental difference.
Dental maturity is a common proxy for overall maturity because neurological, skeletal and sexual milestones are correlated with the pace of tooth mineralization. The authors concluded that faster dental development meant that Neandertals reached adulthood 15 percent sooner than humans, on average. To state this finding in practical terms, if humans attain physical maturity at 18 years, Neandertals were similarly grown at 15 years.
Their paper also examined the spacing of perikymata across the front surfaces of incisors and canines. Dental enamel forms first at the tip of the crown—the first point to emerge from the gum—and then proceeds toward the roots. In modern humans, the perikymata are widely spaced in the half of the tooth that formed first, indicating that lots of enamel was deposited during each nine-day increment. On the second half of each human tooth, the ridges are more closely spaced, showing a slower daily rate of enamel formation.
Like human teeth, Neandertal teeth look as if they grew rapidly at first and then slowed down. However, on the part of each Neandertal tooth that grew later, the perikymata are more spread out than in their human counterparts. In other words, although the rate of enamel formation also decreased with age in Neandertals, the slowdown was less pronounced. This pattern of dental growth resembles that of apes. We know that the apes of today reach physical maturity much faster than humans. So, presumably, did Neandertals.
Ramírez Rozzi and Bermúdez de Castro speculated that Neandertals evolved a more rapid rate of physical maturation in response to high mortality rates. Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis documented this subject in 1995 using the remains of 206 Neandertals whose age at death could be estimated from dental or skeletal indicators.
Astonishingly, Trinkaus found that the great majority (80 percent) of these individuals died before reaching middle age (defined as the equivalent of 40 human years). The largest fraction (40 percent) died during early adulthood—equivalent to a human age between 20 and 40 years. Even the famous "Old Man of La Chapelle-aux-Saints"—whose remains indicate that he suffered from degenerative joint disease and tooth loss during life—died around age 30. If, as these data suggest, Neandertals usually died young, then natural selection would favor individuals who grew up fast and bore their babies early. Also, earlier maturity among their offspring would shorten the period of vulnerable childhood—another selective advantage.
Growing up Neandertal was apparently a sprint compared with the endurance contest of human growth, and the fossil record shows that the finish lines, and perhaps the racecourses, were different for the two species. But how exactly did these paths diverge? Just what had to be accomplished during Neandertals' childhood years?
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A holiday favorite with a grown-up taste, our bite-size pies are made in muffin cups and laced with bourbon. Ready in under an hour, to save time, we used Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts.
Canned pumpkin is sometimes labeled as "pure pumpkin."
There will be a little leftover pumpkin mixture. You can either make a few more pies or make a quick mini pumpkin cobbler. Pour the leftover mixture into a small baking dish and sprinkle with 1 package maple-brown sugar instant oatmeal. Top with 1 teaspoon butter cut into small pieces. Bake at 350°F 25 to 30 minutes.
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Jana is an Assistant Professor of Architecture, tenure track, at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She is also a licensed architect and a founding partner at Vandergoot Ezban Studio: http://vandergootezbanstudio.com/
Jana VanderGoot is interested in the intersection of architecture and landscape. Her design work and research focuses on food systems, forestry practice, and the ways in which buildings act as extensions of larger urban ecological networks.
Jana's joint project with Dr. Kelly Cook in Landscape Architecture called "Paper Streets—Takoma Park, Maryland" received funding in 2014 from a National Science Foundation award HRD1008117 and the ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence. Jana is also developing a series of design research and exhibition projects that will support her upcoming book, which will be published in 2016: The exhibition called "Table in Rome: Forum as Planted Field" received a University of Maryland Creative and Performing Arts Award for and the exhibition called "Table in Rome: Altar as Locus" was supported by the 2010 Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Rieger Graham Prize at the American Academy in Rome, where she conducted research on ancient and modern food systems and their role in the formation of public space, culture, and architecture in the urban context of Rome.
Jana holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She also holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia, where her thesis work earned a Washington UNBUILT Honor Award from the Washington DC AIA. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame.


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"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to prevent disease following suspected or confirmed exposure to Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax disease. The vacci"...
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(Rotavirus Vaccine, Live) for Oral Administration
ROTARIX (Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral), for oral administration, is a live, attenuated rotavirus vaccine derived from the human 89-12 strain which belongs to G1P[8] type. The rotavirus strain is propagated on Vero cells. After reconstitution, the final formulation (1 mL) contains at least 1060 median Cell Culture Infective Dose (CCID50) of live, attenuated rotavirus.
The lyophilized vaccine contains amino acids, dextran, Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM), sorbitol, and sucrose. DMEM contains the following ingredients: sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, ferric (III) nitrate, sodium phosphate, sodium pyruvate, D-glucose, concentrated vitamin solution, L-cystine, L-tyrosine, amino acids solution, L-glutamine, calcium chloride, sodium hydrogenocarbonate, and phenol red.
In the manufacturing process, porcine-derived materials are used. Porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV-1) is present in ROTARIX. PCV-1 is not known to cause disease in humans.
The liquid diluent contains calcium carbonate, sterile water, and xanthan. The diluents includes an antacid component (calcium carbonate) to protect the vaccine during passage through the stomach and prevent its inactivation due to the acidic environment of the stomach.
ROTARIX is available in single-dose vials of lyophilized vaccine, accompanied by a prefilled oral applicator of liquid diluent [see HOW SUPPLIED/Storage and Handling]. The tip caps of the prefilled oral applicators may contain natural rubber latex; the vial stoppers are not made with natural rubber latex. ROTARIX contains no preservatives.
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Keep track of any and all side effects your child has after receiving this vaccine. When the child receives a booster dose, you will need to tell the doctor if the previous dose caused any side effects. Becoming infected with rotavirus is much more dangerous to your child's health than receiving this vaccine. However, like any medicine, this vaccine can cause side effects, but the risk of serious side effects is extremely low.
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Kev did a great job, nice to see he'd left the old parts for me to look at, would definitely use Mosely motors again
Good communication throughout. Changed the cambelt, drivebelt and waterpump, serviced the car for £495.00. I will definitely use this company again. Thanks.
Perfect diagnostic , presented with a plenty of options.
The work was carried out quickly and efficiently. I have kept Kev's number and would definitely contact him again for any further work.
Very good communication, came next day! Very competitive price. I will definitely be using kev again.
Very good service and friendly staff. Would use again, highly recommended. Price was very reasonable. Was higher than original price as ended up having to get another 2 parts.
Very good customer service and I received a telephone call to advise me when my car was ready. I have taken a business card and will definitely use them again. Thank you Corey.
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Fantastic garage been a great help. Will definitely go back for other work to be done!!
I was quoted for £28 for an MOT and secure the tracking gaiter with a cable tie and I`ve ended up paying £66 . This website said the garage bid for this job £28 but the garage says it`s nothing showing up at their end in that sense . Be aware friends !
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Fantastic job done on the TT. All work carried out as per quote & a very efficient service provided. Will use again without esitation
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No printed out report for the diagnostic test (have to take pictures from the diagnostic computer screen), and can not find the exact problem. Just a computer test without explanation, feel like waste of money and not fit for purpose. Perhaps they are more specialized in fitting tyres.


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Tom Ridge, the former U.S. secretary of homeland security and Pennsylvania governor, will present a lecture titled "The Best Prize in Life" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, in McCosh 10.
Ridge is expected to reflect on his long career in public service during the talk, which is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Partnership for Public Service.
The speech's title refers to a quote from Theodore Roosevelt that Ridge has often cited in speaking to college audiences: " Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
Ridge became the country's first homeland security chief in October 2001 following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and served in the position until February 2005.
He was twice elected governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 until 2001. Prior to his stint as governor, Ridge was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 and served six terms. A U.S. Army infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, he was the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the House.


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Just listed on eBay for $.99! This is a yellow heart/sassafras short box.
There wasn't much interest in the last one that I sold. I believe that there is a misconception that a short box must have a base. I can't speak for other designs. I can tell you that this short box sounds amazing without a base.
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The Newfoundland and Labrador offshore will see the semi-submersible drilling rig West Hercules in operation later this year.
Statoil has settled on the rig for use in completing a planned multi-well drilling campaign. The drilling is expected to extend over the course of 18 months.
The work will be focused in the Flemish Pass Basin, about 500 kilometres northeast of St. John's. Statoil has three oil finds in the basin — at the Bay du Nord, Harpoon and Mizzen sites.
In 2013, Bay du Nord was revealed as the company's biggest oil discovery outside Norway and the world's largest conventional oil discovery of the year by volume, with an initial estimate of 300 million to 600 million barrels recoverable.
The West Hercules is owned by Seadrill, a sister rig to the West Aquarius, and has accommodations for 180 people. It has most recently been used for well work in Norway.


text: This Valentine's Day you might be hoping for jewelry or chocolates, but what about the low cost, low calorie stuffed animal? After a couple of coupled Valentine's Day you'll have probably amassed a small army of teddy bears, but that doesn't mean something fuzzy to cuddle from your new guy wouldn't be appreciated. Here are some alternative to the ubiquitous bear, to subtly suggest or to give as gifts yourself.


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The 2004 California Teen Eating, Exercise and Nutrition Survey (CalTEENS) data tables provide detailed information about California adolescent eating and physical activity behaviors. Similar to 2000 and 2002 data, the 2004 CalTEENS data covers dietary intake and practices, physical and sedentary activity, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs associated with eating and exercise, as well as factors that influence these behaviors, such as out-of-home eating, social norms, school environment, body weight status, and weight loss practices. The table numbering system is the same over progressing years for ease of reference.
Using a 30-35 minute telephone survey, 1204 teens between the ages of 12-17 were interviewed. Smoking habits, physical activity habits, overweight status, and risk for food insecurity variables were included on the demographic tables in order to examine clustering behaviors. A "Smoker" was defined as a respondent who reported smoking a whole cigarette in the past thirty days. A respondent was considered to get "Regular" exercise if he/she reported moderate or vigorous exercise for 30 minutes or longer three or more times in the week prior to the survey. A respondent was considered "At Risk for Overweight or Overweight" if their body composition was calculated at BMI greater than or equal to 85th percentile for their gender and age according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Growth Charts, 2000.1 The category of "Income Related Food Risk" was newly created for the 2002 and 2004 datasets. Since teens cannot meaningfully be asked about family earnings, it is a surrogate measure of low income. Teens responding to being hungry in the past 12 months and/or living in households receiving food stamp benefits and/or WIC benefits were considered as experiencing "Income Related Food Risk". For more information regarding the CalTEENS survey, contact Carolyn Rider at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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LIGRC Fall Hunting Tests Oct. 11, 12, 13, 2013 at Otis Pike Preserve, Long Island, New York. MH Friday, double JH and SH Sat. and Sun. Our Hunting Tests generally include two flyers.
Kathy with her golden arm will be throwing live birds.
Enjoy some largemouth fishing three minutes from the grounds. (I have been doing well with them these days.)
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Go straight for the sweet tooth with this raspberry and apple crumb pie, with a secret layer of almond paste. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Look for almond paste near the baking chocolate and nuts. Check the label to make sure it lists almonds as the first ingredient.
If pieces of the almond paste are sticking out, tuck them into the crumb topping so they don't brown too quickly.
This luscious pie is terrific with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
You can make the pie several hours before serving. To warm it up, microwave pieces on individual microwavable plates on High for about 10 seconds.
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