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Sygic's Mobile Maps 2009 iPhone app is far from perfect, but it's a great start. Lane guidance, signpost display and speed limit notifications are all included. There are plenty of bugs that need to be ironed out, but with software updates this app will get better.
The first turn-by-turn GPS navigation app for the iPhone is finally here. Whereis provides the Australian maps for Sygic Mobile Maps 2009, and despite plenty of bugs that need to be ironed out this app is a good first effort.
Sygic Mobile Maps 2009 is based on other Sygic Mobile applications, including versions that run on Windows Mobile and Symbian-based smartphones. As such, it has a similar interface. You are unable to swipe screens left or right like you can with many other iPhone apps, but the basic tapping method still works effectively. The app is simple to use. Menus are clearly labelled, options are straightforward and, most importantly, the app is fast. We were lucky enough to test Mobile Maps 2009 on an iPhone 3GS (hence benefiting from the upgraded processor), but the app is also compatible with the iPhone 3G. It runs very smoothly and did not pause or freeze at any stage during our tests.
Searching for an address is a simple matter of hitting the "Navigate to..." button and selecting an address. Mobile Maps 2009 filters street names by suburb, which helps narrow down search results. You can hide and show the keyboard on any of the "Navigate to ..." screens. Although it's easy to input data, we would have preferred the use of Apple's regular iPhone keyboard layout rather than the slightly smaller Sygic version. In addition to navigating to an address, Sygic Mobile Maps 2009 can navigate to favourite destinations, a postcode in Australia or New Zealand, Points of Interest (POIs), a point on the map or a specific GPS coordinate, and you can also select from previous routes. One feature missing is the ability to navigate to an address in your iPhone's contact list.
The navigational experience is positive on the whole, with clear maps and good detail. With a clear view of the sky, it took less than 10 seconds to get a GPS fix in most instances. We were less impressed with the accuracy: it's not a huge issue, but often the arrow denoting your current position on the map is slightly behind your real position, suggesting that the iPhone's GPS chip isn't as accurate as those used in dedicated in-car GPS units. The Mobile Maps 2009 app recalculates a route if you head off course, but it does so without any warning.
The map screen is clear and concise, particularly in the landscape view. Four boxes at the bottom of the screen can display a variety of information (customisable in the settings menu) including remaining time to destination, time of arrival, current speed, GPS signal indicator, length of route, distance to destination and current time. A nice touch is the trip progress indicator, a blue line that moves across the bottom of the map as you navigate your route. At a quick glance, it allows you to see how much progress you've made.
Unfortunately, the Mobile Maps 2009 app lacks text-to-speech technology, so it won't read out street names. It also displays incorrect names for some motorways and freeways, such as the S7 and S8. Another issue is that you can only adjust the volume while the voice is making an announcement (pressing the iPhone's volume buttons at any other time simply adjusts the volume of the phone's ringtone). We felt the volume of voice instructions could have been louder, even at the highest level.
The lack of text-to-speech is perplexing considering the app boasts some features that are more advanced, including lane guidance, signpost display and speed limit notifications. Lane guidance is a little small and can be hard to see, but it works very effectively. We found it worked on a wider range of roads than many dedicated GPS devices. The signpost display shows a static image of upcoming road signs, with a cross on all directions except the one you need to take on your route. Speed limit notifications are also very handy and aren't just restricted to main roads.
Sygic originally advertised speed, red-light and school zone warnings as features of the Mobile Maps 2009 app, but they aren't included. They are no longer listed in the App Store description. Sygic has announced that safety warnings will be included in an update scheduled for release in the coming weeks.
Other features of the app include pedestrian and bicycle route planning, multi-stop trips, customisable POIs, a next turn preview and the ability to specify areas you want to avoid. You can display any route as images, text instructions or a summary format. An annoyance is the fact that if you are playing iPod music while using the app, the music cancels when voice prompts are played and doesn't resume. Similarly, when you receive a phone call the app closes and doesn't automatically resume when you end the call.
Sygic has announced that an update will add speed and red light camera warnings and extra POIs. The free update will be available shortly and will also increase the volume of voice instructions, fix the music playback issue, improve GPS signal information and add low battery status information. We'll update this review as soon as we get our hands on the new version.
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I've had a multifunction printer in the office going on 10 years now. It was a neat bit of kit back in the day -- print, copy, scan, fax -- when printing over WiFi felt a bit like magic. It's seen better days though and an upgrade's well overdue. This HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 looks like it ticks all the same boxes: print, copy, scan, and fax. (Really? Does anyone fax anything any more? I guess it's good to know the facility's there, just in case.) Printing over WiFi is more-or- less standard these days.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
As a freelance writer who is always on the go, I like my technology to be both efficient and effective so I can do my job well. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 Inkjet Printer ticks all the boxes in terms of form factor, performance and user interface.
Windows 10 for Business / Dell XPS 13
I'd happily recommend this touchscreen laptop and Windows 10 as a great way to get serious work done at a desk or on the road.
Windows 10 / HP Spectre x360
Ultimately, I think the Windows 10 environment is excellent for me as it caters for so many different uses. The inclusion of the Xbox app is also great for when you need some downtime too!
Windows 10 / Lenovo Yoga 910
For me, the Xbox Play Anywhere is a great new feature as it allows you to play your current Xbox games with higher resolutions and better graphics without forking out extra cash for another copy. Although available titles are still scarce, but I'm sure it will grow in time.


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The AGCO uses monetary penalties as an additional compliance tool for licensees and registrants who have contravened the Liquor Licence Act (LLA), the Gaming Control Act, 1992 (GCA) and their Regulations. A monetary penalty is a financial consequence where the licensee/registrant pays a defined amount as a result of a contravention of the GCA and/or LLA. The introduction of monetary penalties is one component towards achieving compliance and also brings Ontario in line with the majority of other Canadian jurisdictions, which have some form of monetary penalty system.
The primary purpose of monetary penalties is to act as a bridge between a simple warning and a suspension of a licence or registration, and to provide the AGCO with an added compliance tool for working with licensees and registrants before a significant suspension or revocation may be necessary.
In other words, monetary penalties are designed to promote compliance so that the suspension or revocation of a licence or registration does not become a necessary measure. Monetary penalties, however, will not replace the ability to suspend or revoke a licence or a registration where the situation warrants, but will instead complement other compliance tools available to the AGCO.
The Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming (the Registrar) looks at each case individually and considers the following criteria, if relevant, when deciding whether or not to impose a monetary penalty:
With the introduction of monetary penalties, the types of compliance tools available to the Registrar to deal with contraventions of the LLA and GCA and their Regulations now include:
In other words, monetary penalties can be selected from a series of escalating regulatory options available - ranging from warnings to revocations – in order to gain compliance.
The schedules of monetary penalties that have been established by the Board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (the Board) and approved by the Minister can be viewed below.
The ranges of monetary penalties are designed to address the specific risks posed by each infraction and by the various industries regulated by the AGCO. It is important to note that what are listed in the schedules are maximums only and that most penalties assessed will actually fall lower in the potential range, based on individual circumstances.
The amount of an assessed monetary penalty is based on the particular circumstances of the infraction, including the compliance history of the licensee. The quantum of a monetary penalty will be higher where a particular infraction is of a more serious nature, and/or can escalate where the licensee has previously been ordered to pay a monetary penalty however continues to operate in non-compliance with the Liquor Licence Act. The AGCO is required to use funds collected through monetary penalties exclusively for education and training programs for licensees, permit holders and registrants, as well as for public awareness campaigns, which will further promote compliance with the law in the future. For more information on the order of monetary penalties fund, please see here.
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(Made pursuant to section 4 of the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996 for the imposition of monetary penalties established pursuant to section 14.1 of the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996)
Monetary penalties provide the Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming with a tool to support a compliance-based regulatory regime. To ensure transparency and fairness, the Board articulates the following factors for consideration by the Registrar when exercising his discretion to impose this form of discipline on a licensee or permit holder under the Liquor Licence Act or a registrant under the Gaming Control Act.
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Apparently the new vehicles include those ever-present booklets that show off new products. The one in the blue-and-black packaging has a list of all the new Clone Wars figures for the year. Here's the list, with confirmed new ones in bold:
1. Captain Rex (Orto Plutonia)
2. Obi-Wan Kenobi
3. Clone Commander Cody
4. Destroyer Droid
5. Yoda
6. Count Dooku
7. Anakin Skywalker
8. Pre Vizsla
9. Mandalorian Police Officer
10. General Grievous
11. Aurra Sing
12. Captain Rex
13. Cad Bane
14. Clone Pilot Odd Ball
15. Asajj Ventress
16. Super Battle Droid
17. Ahsoka
18. ARF Trooper
19. Battle Droid
20. Mace Windu
21. Commander Gree
22. Battle Droid Commander
23. Kit Fisto
24. ARF Trooper (Teth Camo)
25. Ki-Adi-Mundi
26. Clone Trooper
28. Clone Pilot
29. Mandalorian Warrior
31. Shaak Ti
32. Boba Fett
33. Embo
34. Undead Geonosian
35. Clone Trooper Draa
36. Clone Commander Jet
37. Quinlan Vos
38. Cato Parasitti
I'm not sure about #26, but it's probably a re-release of the white clone. I'm also not sure on the Clone Pilot, but as Odd Ball is also coming, I assume it's different (perhaps a re-release of Matchstick?). I wonder how the Boba Fett is different from the Slave I version, if at all - hopefully it's the poncho version. Anyway, the rest of the new stuff sounds cool - and it'll be awesome to have Quinlan Vos in the show, even though I can hear continuity hounds crying already.


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By Ben Levisohn
Home builders are bouncing back today after Friday's rout. Opinions are divided over the bounce is just a prelude to another fall.
Toll Brothers (TOL) has gained 1.6% to $31.70, KB Home (KBH) has risen 1.4% to $16.67 and Lennar (LEN) has advanced 1.1% to $32.95. The Ryland Group (RYL) has jumped 1.9% to $35.52 and PulteGroup (PHM) is up 0.8% at $16.19.
Today's bounce appears to confirm Barclays strategist Barry Knapp's observation on Friday about the sector–that it's not a good time to be short. He writes:
Based on an our outlook for rates, short positions in cyclically leveraged rate sensitivities, which have already reacted to concerns the Fed is removing the punch bowl too soon—for example homebuilders—based purely on expectations of higher rates offers a weak risk/reward scenario. The disorderly move higher in rates should be behind us and although rates are biased higher, this should be in concert with improved economic conditions and rising risk assets. While valuations for builders still have wood to chop, conditions could align that make these stocks outperformers in 2014.
Susquehanna's head of derivative strategy Trevor Mottl, however, recommends betting against the sector with options on the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) following Friday's big drop in new home sales. He writes:
Since the summer of 2010, shares of ITB…have broadly followed changes in new, single family home sales. Following Friday's lackluster new home sales for July (394k versus estimates of 387k and a revision down for June to 455k from 497k, SAAR), we look at ways to establish downside exposure to home builders.
July's data marks the largest one month decline in new home sales since the -41% move in May of 2010. While new home sales data tends to be moderately volatile with an average 12m rolling volatility of 27.6% over the past three years, July's 14% decline is a significant move.
The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF has gained 1.5% to $21.38 today.


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Family: Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies view all from this family
Dimensions 1 1/2-1 3/4" (38-44 mm).
Endangered Status The northeastern subspecies of the Mitchell's Satyr, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. This small, delicately marked butterfly was probably naturally rare, because its only habitat, a type of calcium carbonate-rich wetland called a fen, has a very limited distribution in the East. Development and pollution destroyed and degraded many fens over the 20th century, and the butterfly declined accordingly. In 1974 a proposal was made to have the Mitchell's Satyr listed as an endangered species. As so often happens with deserving species that are out of the limelight, its petition sat unanswered for 17 years. By the time this butterfly was officially listed as endangered it was lost in many regions. Unscrupulous collectors wiped out the one remaining colony in New Jersey, and the species has also been extirpated in Ohio. Mitchell's Satyr now survies only in 13 sites in Michigan and two in Indiana.
Habitat Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs, Meadows & fields.
Range Great Lakes.


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Nine people, some of them children, have been found dead at three crime scenes in Edmonton, Alberta, and nearby Fort Saskatchewan, police said Tuesday.
Cuban-Americans show a sharp generational divide about this month's historic U.S. announcement to normalize ties with Cuba.
A missing priest in violence-plagued Guerrero state was found dead in an alley on Christmas Day, his diocese said.
An Argentine court issued an unprecedented ruling that favors the rights of an orangutan held in captivity.
Here's a look at what you need need to know about Cuba, a communist country located in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 90 miles south of Florida.
How did the leader of a Cuban spy ring serving life in a U.S. prison manage to impregnate his wife in Havana?
U.S. officials have refused to release the spy's name, but sources inside the government and out tell CNN his name is Rolando Sarraff Trujillo.
For many, the prospect of better Cuban relations brings visions of the reopening of an exotic country, but it brings apprehension to many Cuban exiles.
Just 90 miles away, Cuba inevitably shares a long history with the United States, from conquistadors to the Spanish-American War to the Cold War.
Major League Baseball says it's "closely monitoring" President Barack Obama's historic announcement to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba.
5 men are tasting freedom for the first time in years as part of a U.S.-Cuba deal, including one described as an important U.S. intelligence agent in Cuba.
Cuba's release of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross virtually eliminates the last major impediment to better U.S. relations with Havana.
As soon as Alan Gross left Cuban airspace, he called his daughters to say what he'd dreamed of saying for years: "I'm free," a spokeswoman says.
Here's a look at the life of Cuban leader Raul Castro.
Adán Cortés says he disrupted the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to tell the world about violence in Mexico.
Nations working on a global treaty to combat climate change and handle its ill effects came to a basic draft agreement at conference in Lima, Peru.
Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigns after days of anti-government protests.
A Brazilian man has confessed to killing 39 women in the Rio de Janeiro region, police said Thursday.
Parents of missing students in Guerrero state in Mexico vow they will not give up the search.
The remains of at least one of the 43 students who went missing in Mexico's Guerrero state have been identified, lawyers for the victims' relatives say.
Civil Police in Brazil say one of their helicopters made a startling discovery -- a huge swastika in the bottom of a swimming pool.
Alan Gross' wife renews calls for the United States to bring him home, five years after Cuban authorities arrested him.
Here's a look at Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti makes up the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic.
Exit polls put Tabaré Vazquez of the left-wing Broad Front coalition in the lead in Uruguay's presidential runoff.
FARC guerrilla leaders confirm they captured a top Colombian general over the weekend.
Roberto Gomez Bolanos, aka "Chespirito," died Friday at the age of 85. r.
Mexico's leader proposed a series of reforms Thursday that he hopes will help combat widespread crime and corruption.
Police in Brazil killed four young men in September. The families suspect the youths were tortured and want answers.
At least 13 inmates at a Venezuela prison, all of whom were on hunger strike, have died after a drugs binge, according to officials.
A top local police official in Mexico was arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students, authorities said.
Riot police forcibly cleared protesters from Mexico City's main square late Thursday as outrage mounted over the case of dozens of missing students.
Two men are arrested in the deaths of Honduran beauty queen María José Alvarado Muñoz and her sister, and one of the men is the sister's boyfriend.
FARC guerrilla leaders confirm they captured a top Colombian general over the weekend.
A Honduran beauty queen has disappeared days before the start of the Miss World pageant.
Here's a look at what you need to know about the Mexican Drug War. The Mexican government has been fighting a war with drug traffickers since December 2006. At the same time, drug cartels have fought each other for control of territory. More than 60,000 people have been killed from 2006 to 2012, according to the most recent data available from Human Rights Watch.
Isrrael Galindo of California hopes his son, among the 43 missing Mexican students, is alive with the others, despite authorities' report of a massacre.
Here's a look at the life of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Mexico's 43 missing students: Family and friends share their stories.
Former Mayor Jose Luis Abarca is formally charged in the deaths of students who disappeared in Mexico in September, prosecutors say.
Former Mayor Jose Luis Abarca is formally charged in the deaths of students who disappeared in Mexico in September, prosecutors say.
Official: Three men arrested in connection with the disappearance of Mexican students in Iguala, Mexico, have admitted to killing many people.
As Mexico's missing students case sparks protests, the prosecutor's remark of "enough, I'm tired," has become a rallying cry.
A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board, including pastor Myles Munroe, authorities said.
A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board, authorities said.
Some say the time is right for Alan Gross, an American government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, to be swapped with Cubans held in the U.S.
Here's some background information about Operation Fast and Furious. From 2009 - 2011, under Operation Fast and Furious, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix Field Division, along with other partners, allowed illegal gun sales, believed to be destined for Mexican drug cartels, in order to track the sellers and purchasers.
Students, parents, friends and residents of this town in southern Mexico are demanding justice in the case of a slain student they say was the victim of horrific torture.
A Mexican mayor whom the country's attorney general has called the "probable mastermind" of a mass abduction of 43 students has been arrested, police say.
Here's a look at Hurricane Sandy. As a hurricane and post-tropical cyclone, Sandy is responsible for 117 deaths in the United States and 69 more in Canada and the Caribbean.
On Sunday, Raquel and Pedro Alvarado buried three of their children -- Erica, Alex and Jose Angel -- in the Mexican village of El Control, just five miles south of the Texas border.
Joran van der Sloot's wife says her husband was stabbed twice in the Peruvian prison where he is serving time for murder, according to reports.
It was a scare no one aboard the Halloween horror cruise expected.
Investigators in Mexico arrested dozens of suspects after 43 students disappeared in Iguala, Mexico -- but the students are still missing.
Here's a look at the life of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva.
U.S. Marine reservist Sgt. Andrew Paul Tahmooressi, who was detained in Mexico for seven months, is spending his first free day with family in Miami.
Mexico freed U.S. Marine reservist Sgt. Andrew Paul Tahmooressi, who'd been held in a prison there for seven months.
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau has been identified by Canadian officials to their American counterparts as the suspected gunman in Wednesday's Ottawa shootings.
Hundreds or thousands of babies were allegedly stolen from their parents or given away during Chile's Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.
Here's a look at the life of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won a hotly contested runoff election on Sunday.
The governor of Mexico's Guerrero state is stepping aside amid a growing political crisis over last month's mass kidnapping of 43 college students.
Mexican authorities seek the former mayor of Iguala, where 43 students were kidnapped last month, as a "probable" suspect in their disappearance.
A former mayor is a "probable" suspect in the disappearance of 43 students who were kidnapped last month, Mexican authorities said.
Ninety-one Cuban health workers are heading to West Africa on Tuesday to join other medical professionals in the battle against Ebola.
The tiny faces pressed against the airport window stare in wonder at the aircraft waiting for them at the end of the sky bridge: this is the plane that will take them to a new life.
It's a double threat. Hurricanes are barreling through both the Atlantic and Pacific on both sides of the continental United States.
It's a double threat. Hurricanes are barreling through both the Atlantic and Pacific on both sides of the continental United States.
Bermuda is bracing for one of the most powerful storms in recent years.
Bermuda is bracing for one of the most powerful storms in recent years.
A 7.4-magnitude quake caused some damage and killed at least one person in El Salvador.
Bolivian President Evo Morales declared victory in the South American country's election Sunday.
In the sweltering Caribbean heat, the Cuban doctor swathes himself in a plastic protective suit.
His cartel helped give Ciudad Juarez its infamous reputation as one of the world's most violent cities.
Here's a look at the life of Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world's most wanted terrorists.
A 6.2-magnitude quake struck Tuesday northeast of San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
A shipwreck found by an American explorer off the coast of Haiti is not the long-lost Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship, U.N. experts say.
A lightning strike killed 11 members of an indigenous tribe in northern Colombia Monday after an electrical storm broke out during an early morning ritual.
Mexican federal forces are on the way to Iguala, where 43 students went missing, and local police have been ordered to lay down their weapons.
Mexican authorities think they may have found the remains of missing students and soccer players in mass graves.
Brazil's presidential vote is headed for a runoff.
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier died of a heart attack in Port-au-Prince at the age of 63, a family member told CNN Saturday.
Troops captured Hector Beltran Leyva on Wednesday in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, at a seafood restaurant, officials said.
Forget kissing babies, to win office in Brazil you may have to leap a building in a single bound.
The Atlantic Ocean, hurricane-wise, has been relatively quiet this season. But not the northeastern Pacific.
The revolution, apparently, will not have its own perfume line. Fragrances dedicated to "Che" Guevara and Hugo Chavez, have been canceled in Cuba.
The First Lady of Honduras discusses what can be done about the many women and children leaving Central America.
Cuba says 9,000 restaurants can now be privately owned; analysts say that change will help the island's tourism economy.
Tourists are still stranded in Los Cabos, Mexico, days after Odile slammed the popular vacation destination as a Category 3 hurricane.
Hurricane Odile was downgraded to a Category 1 storm, yet it will still bring flooding to Baja California.
Hurricane Odile was downgraded to a Category 1 storm, yet it will still bring flooding to Baja California.
Hurricane Odile churned toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula Sunday, threatening to slam the popular tourist destination.
A Saskatoon driver who stole a city bus and bumped into two other vehicles won't lose his license, police in the Canadian city said.
Hurricane Norbert lashed Mexico's west coast Saturday with powerful winds and drenching rains, the latter of which triggered mudslides.
At 85 feet long and 65 tons, the newly unveiled Dreadnoughtus schrani dinosaur was among the biggest land creatures ever.
Rescuers pulled 20 workers from a mine in Nicaragua on Saturday, dozens of hours after it collapsed and buried them underground, authorities said.
Twenty miners were trapped and three missing in Nicaragua Friday after a remote metals mine collapsed, according to Government news source.
Fighter jets escort Canadian plane back to airport, two women arrested for drunken fighting and threats, officials say.


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If we're going to discuss the topic it helps if the correct terms are used. I see this incorrect definition of -r constantly from the +r only zealots out there. It gets a bit tiresome listening to people preach who don't even know the science well enough to use the correct terms.
Not saying that's you Bart, not at all, just clarifying for the purpose of productive discussion.
This from wikipedia:
Here the terms positive and negative are not used in their popular sense, but rather: positive refers to addition, and negative refers to subtraction.
What is added or subtracted may be either reinforcement or punishment. Hence positive punishment is sometimes a confusing term, as it denotes the "addition" of a stimulus or increase in the intensity of a stimulus that is aversive (such as spanking or an electric shock). The four procedures are:
- Positive reinforcement (Reinforcement): occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by a stimulus that is appetitive or rewarding, increasing the frequency of that behavior. In theSkinner box experiment, a stimulus such as food or a sugar solution can be delivered when the rat engages in a target behavior, such as pressing a lever.
- Negative reinforcement (Escape): occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus, thereby increasing that behavior's frequency. In the Skinner box experiment, negative reinforcement can be a loud noise continuously sounding inside the rat's cage until it engages in the target behavior, such as pressing a lever, upon which the loud noise is removed.
- Positive punishment (Punishment) (also called "Punishment by contingent stimulation"): occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by a stimulus, such as introducing a shock or loud noise, resulting in a decrease in that behavior.
- Negative punishment (Penalty) (also called "Punishment by contingent withdrawal"): occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by the removal of a stimulus, such as taking away a child's toy following an undesired behavior, resulting in a decrease in that behavior.


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Baking powder is a cooking product that helps batter to rise. This article discusses the effects of swallowing a large amount of baking powder.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
See also: Baking soda overdose
Sodium bicarbonate
Baking powder contains sodium bicarbonate (found in baking soda) and an acid (such as cream of tartar). It may also contain a moisture-reducing product such as corn starch.
Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.
Do NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care professional. Seek immediate medical help.
If the substance was swallowed, immediately give the person water or milk, unless instructed otherwise by a health care provider. Do NOT give water or milk if the patient is having symptoms (such as vomiting, convulsions, or a decreased level of alertness) that make it hard to swallow.
Determine the following information:
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Blood and urine tests will be done. The patient may receive:
Baking powder is considered nontoxic. However, serious complications from overdoses or allergic reactions may occur.
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Sempra Energy announced Thursday that it secured three minority partners after signing 20-year tolling capacity and joint-venture agreements to support the development, financing and construction of the liquefied natural gas export facility at its terminal in Hackberry.
The three companies are GDF SUEZ S.A., Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
The agreement asks affiliates of GDF SUEZ, Mitsubishi and Mitsui each to acquire 16.6 percent equity in the existing facilities and the liquefaction project. A Sempra Energy affiliate will retain 50.2 percent.
The facility will cost $9 billion-$10 billion. Construction is expected to begin in 2014, with the first phase of liquefaction operations to begin in the second half of 2017. The three trains will reach full commercial operation in 2018.
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Rj John Thomas Ragin
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Ken Steele blaze
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8 AFC Duckblind's Real McCoy Edwin Richardson / Dave Opseth Dave Opseth 2nd
5 Black Magic's Return to Lender Wendy Buckler/Newt Cropper Newt Cropper/Wendy Buckler 3rd
20 FC /AFC REBEL RIDGE'S DEVILS LUCK M.H. jeff lyons Madelyn B Yelton 4th
32 Ashland's Annabella Marion Swingle Alan Pleasant Res. Jam
1 Jaybar Rough 'Em Up Ken Steele Gary Unger Jam
29 Patro'n Kenneth Steele Gary Unger Jam
40 Tugboat Annie Sails Again Ken Steele Gary Unger Jam
41 Kingsway James Midnite Gold John Austin Jeff Stoneman Jam
Amateur All-Age - Saturday - 34 Entries Judges: Erik Gawthorpe & Steve Bireley
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15 Walensis' Devil Made Me Do It Ken Steele Ken Steele 1st
33 AFC Duckblind's Real McCoy Edwin Richardson / Dave Opseth Dave Opseth 2nd
6 Pleasant River Bufflehead John & Anne Marshall Alan Pleasant 3rd
12 Hunting Creek Classy Girl JH QAA Johnny Armstrong John Armstrong 4th
18 FC/AFC Rebel Ridge Whistlin' Dixie jeff lyons Madelyn B Yelton Res. Jam
5 In The Hunts Blazing Saddles Ken Steele Ken Steele Jam
19 FC-AFC Ragin Eye Of The Storm*** John Thomas John Thomas Jam
31 FC /AFC REBEL RIDGE'S DEVILS LUCK M.H. jeff lyons Madelyn B Yelton Jam
Qualifying - Saturday - 26 Entries Judges: Jo B. Driver & Vikki Diehl
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6 Boulder Springs The Blue Max Mike Griffith Mike Griffith 1st
1 Diamond Brook's Tag U R IT,MH,CD Trish Dale Elizabeth Dixon 2nd
10 Abby's Soggy Bottom Goose MH William Boseman Buddy Boseman 3rd
26 CK's The Color Purple Marion Stroud-Swingle Alan Pleasant 4th
3 Swift Creeks Sonic Boom Charles Mezera Chuck Mezera Res. Jam
19 Diamond Brook's RC Whiskey Chaser,MH Trish Dale Elizabeth Dixon Jam
Derby - Friday - 12 Entries Judges: Jo B. Driver & Vikki Diehl
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2 Black River's Sharp Shooting Babe Gwen Pleasant Alan Pleasant/Gwen Pleasant 2nd
4 Blue Sky's Hot Bunns Ellie larry thompson Larry Thompson 3rd
9 Cherry Run's Tumbiln' Dice Rob Cherry Rob Cherry 4th
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The new Butler facilities opened this fall after more than two years of construction. With five new dormitories joining two existing dormitories to house undergraduates in all four classes, it is the final piece in the implementation Princeton's new four-year residential college program. Many sustainability features are included in the new complex, such as green roofs on more than 50 percent of the buildings.


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Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Oracle (ORCL) are are down $3.30, or 9%, at $32.47, after the company last night reported fiscal Q3 revenue and profit that missed expectations and offered a Q4 revenue view below consensus as well.
There are plenty of defenders running to the rescue this morning, including Oppenheimer & Co.'s Brian Schwartz, who reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $40 price target, despite cutting estimates, writing that although the cloud is hampering large software purchases, nevertheless, "Oracle's cloud-computing product strategy (M&A and innovations) should put it in good position to monetize on its large installed base, and along with positive 4Q seasonality, makes us think its execution issues are unlikely to linger near term."
On the other hand, the stock got at least two downgrades, including a cut to Underperform from Outperform by CLSA Asia-Pacific's Ed Maguire, who thinks Oracle's cloud efforts don't cut it: "It's not just about the 3Q miss (second in six quarters) – Oracle's business model is struggling to achieve growth ambitions as increasingly disruptive forces array on multiple fronts."
Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) are down 75 cents, or 3.5%, at $20.92, after FBR Capital's Scott Thompson this morning cut his rating on the shares to Underperform from Market Perform, and cut his price target to $17 from $22, writing that "We believe Cisco will become increasingly more challenged to offset weaker-than-expected routing and switching demand as it works to transition to a more software- and service- centric business model."
Thompson's report follows a big think-piece about computing and networking he published yesterday with colleagues.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up 47 cents at $452.55 despite some negative read-through from Jabil Circuit's (JBL) fiscal Q3 forecast last night below consensus.
Matthew Sheerin of Stifel Nicolaus this morning reiterates a Buy rating on Jabil shares, and a $26 price target, writing that " As we previewed, we see Apple as being a near-term drag on sales growth and margins, but we do expect Q3 to mark the bottom in sales and margins. Significantly, management implied that Jabil could grow earnings in the 15%-20% range in FY14."
Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) are down 28 cents, or 1%, at $22.65 after the company this morning raised its quarterly dividend by 10, to 14.5 cents per share per quarter, commensurate with the next expected dividend, in May (not the already declared April 3rd dividend). That full-year payout would add up to a 2.6% yield. The announcement follows HP's shareholder meeting yesterday, during which CEO Meg Whitman said that the company is entering a year of recovery and expansion.


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This is a test that measures the amount of amylase in urine. Amylase is an enzyme that helps digest carbohydrates. It is produced mainly in the pancreas and the glands that make saliva.
Amylase may also be measured with a blood test.
A urine sample is needed. The test may be performed using:
Many medicines can interfere with test results.
The test involves only normal urination. There is no discomfort.
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Forsmark CE. Pancreatitis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 146.
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TAC's July issue carries a 20-page special report headlined "The Men Our Media Forgot." It is about the likelihood that the United States did in fact abandon prisoners of war held by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.
If you are predisposed to dismiss all this as the ranting of right-wing conspiracy nuts, think again. The two articles that make up the meat of the package are written by former New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner Sydney Schanberg, who risked his life reporting from Southeast Asia and whose memoir of that experience, The Death and Life of Dith Pran, was the basis for the Academy Award–winning film The Killing Fields.
As for TAC, it is an unusual magazine that defies glib characterization. It is without a doubt — and proudly — right of center. But TAC manifests a deeply held sense of the counterintuitive based on sophistication and learning that is more akin to the left-of-center New York Review of Books than the often rabid emotionalism of the neoconservative house organ, The American Standard.
According to Schanberg: "There exists a telling mass of official documents, radio intercepts, witness depositions, satellite photos of rescue symbols that pilots were trained to use, electronic messages from the ground containing the individual code numbers given to airmen, a rescue mission by a special-forces unit that was aborted twice by Washington — and even sworn testimony by the two Defense secretaries that 'men were left behind.' "
Schanberg continues: "This imposing body of evidence suggests that a large number — the documents indicate probably hundreds — of the US prisoners were not returned when the peace treaty was signed in January 1973 . . ."
Why would North Vietnam keep the prisoners? To ensure that the US would pay promised war reparations. When Congress nixed the payments, the North Vietnamese were left holding real-life prisoners they claimed they never had.
This is a cold and twisted tale that makes McChrystal's insolence — as documented by freelancer Michael Hastings — seem like frat-boy insouciance.
Implicated in Schanberg's reporting are not only star-quality former public officials such as Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney, but also currently sitting senators, John McCain and John Kerry.
But also tarred with the same brush is the mainstream media, the folks that had the McChrystal story sitting under their nose.
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Princeton selected for "Responsive Ph.D." program
Posted June 15, 2001; 11:09 a.m.
Princeton is one of 14 universities selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to participate in a program to develop innovative approaches to graduate education.
The program, called the "Responsive Ph.D." initiative, aims to improve teaching preparation, encourage more minority students to obtain a doctorate, foster interdisciplinary collaborations and connect intellectual work more closely to society.
"There is a growing need to develop in doctoral students a dramatically greater versatility and a more generous perspective on the value of their deep learning," said Robert Weisbuch, the foundation's president.
The universities were chosen to serve as demonstration sites at which to model practices the foundation eventually plans to disseminate nationally. The other universities are: Arizona State University, University of California-Irvine, University of Colorado-Boulder, Duke University, Howard University, Indiana University, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas-Austin, University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yale University.
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I'm new here and new to training. I do have a less than ideal situation that I wanted to run by some more experienced gentlemen. Here's the situation:
I work as a houseparent at a residential care facility. I'm an avid duck hunter and actually get the opportunity to take some of the students in the program out hunting. My administration has a rule, and understandably so, if a staff member's dog in anyway nips/bites a student, the dog has to go. SO.... for me, financially it wouldn't be all that smart to invest in a registered dog or a dog that is professionally trained. My thought is that at this point I think that the best bet is a craigslist or rescue dog. I might get lucky and find a breeder that has a dog that doesn't pass health, hip, eye inspections, but I'm not counting on it.
The question is this: do you guys have any suggestions as to how to identify character traits that would suggest a pup/young lab, that isn't necessarily pedigreed, might be a good hunting dog?
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Google reports surge in government surveillance -- et tu, Web?
Nov 13, 2012 (Los Angeles Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Requests from governments around the globe to remove content from Google search results and its other services spiked more than 70% in the first half of the year, the Internet search giant said.
Google said there were 1,791 requests to remove 17,746 pieces of content through June. That's according to the company's Transparency Report, which breaks down requests by country to illustrate the rising pressures Google faces over what type of content it can show to its more than 1 billion users.
The government of Turkey made 501 requests to remove content, up dramatically from 45 in the previous six months. U.S. authorities followed with 273 requests, up from 187.
Google releases the data twice a year. It's the sixth time that Google has issued a Transparency Report since its tense 2010 standoff with Chinese government officials over online censorship.
Google is a frequent target of such requests because it has become an indispensable part of many people's digital lives. In addition to its ubiquitous search engine, Google also runs the world's largest video-sharing site, YouTube. Its report casts a light on take-down requests that largely take place beyond the public purview.
In Turkey, for instance, the company received requests to remove content considered critical of the government and the republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Google said.
Google also said government surveillance of digital citizens is surging, with demands for user data increasing in the first half of 2012. There were 20,938 requests for user data, up 15% from the second half of 2011, it said. The U.S. had the most requests for user data requests -- nearly 8,000, up 26% from the prior period.
Google gets more requests from the U.S. because it has such a large number of users and U.S. authorities are more familiar with the protocol of making the requests than officials from some other countries.
"We think it's important to shine a light on how government actions could affect our users. When we first launched the Transparency Report in early 2010, there wasn't much data out there about how governments sometimes hamper the free flow of information on the Web," Dorothy Chou, senior policy analyst at Google, said in a blog post.
The rise in take-down requests has alarmed people in the technology community. Entrepreneur John Battelle questioned why other companies don't produce similar reports so that the public can get a much broader glimpse of online suppression.
"Where is Amazon's Transparency Report Yahoo's Microsoft's And, of course, the biggest question in terms of scale and personal information -- where is Facebook's Oh, and of course, where is Apple's " he wrote in a blog post in June. "Put another way: If we are shifting our trust from the government to the corporation, who's watching the corporations " Google noted its report only details "an isolated sliver" of government take-down requests, because it is unaware of what requests are being made of other technology companies.
"We're heartened that in the past year, more companies like Dropbox, LinkedIn, Sonic.net and Twitter have begun to share their statistics too," Chou said. "Our hope is that over time, more data will bolster public debate about how we can best keep the Internet free and open." twitter.com/@jguynn ___ (c)2012 the Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com Distributed by MCT Information Services
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I wonder how do you guys, who work as a single (lone wolf) developers of indie games make a living of it?
From all of the jobs I've ever tried it turned out that game development, especially if you work alone, is one of the toughest jobs to be successful with. This is true for most of stand-alone jobs in general but for game development it even more stands out. To create some basic game and to sell it, you have to master multiple areas of game development - programming, visual art, animation, marketing and some sound engineering also. Besides these "technical and artistic" knowledges, one has to have some sense for creation of some innovative game logic which is most of the time required in heavily saturated market in order to stand out of the crowd. One must also have some sense for level design to make levels visually appealing, challenging and meaningful and one must have some sense for overall game structure in order to build it in such a way that the flow channel of the game feels just right. Besides this, a single developer is basically forced to create games that aren't really what he wants to create. For instance shooter games, RPGs, platformers and similar stuff has to be omitted due to limited resources and time, because it's even hard for teams just to finish such a game, not to mention to polish it and make it suitable for the market. Also the quality of visual art has to be on professional level, since no serious distributor/investor and after all gamer, will take your game seriously if it looks cheesy. And at the end, if it also taken in account that development time per project is usually measured in multiple months, you can throw all that time away if game is unsuccessful on market and this isn't rarely the case.
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Gourami changing colour and may be building nest
I have a male and female dwarf Gourami in a 110l tank. The male has recently partially changed colour from a pinky colour all over with stripes to having a blue stripe underneath and along part of his fin (pic attached of his change in colour). He is also being very aggressive toward his female companion chasing her up and down the tank, sometimes chasing her into the glass.
Ive been thinking about separating them or possibly re-homing (as they decimate numerous plants) but noticed this morning that the male appears to be building a nest using bits of shredded plants (pic attached).
Should I leave them for now? Any suggestions?
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1. That stripe means he is wanting to breed.
2. Chasing could mean wanting to breed or that she isnt a suitable mate for him. Either or, hard to tell.
3. Thats not a gourami nest. They make bubblenests, nothing but bubbles. I dont know what hes supposed to be doing there.
4. I suggest separating because in that small of a tank if they get really aggressive there is nowhere to run. Even in my 75gal when my female told the male no and he didnt listen she was able to corner him and beat him to a pulp and they killed eachother and injured my Peacemaker fish as well.10gal Betta Tank - Skye the crowntail and Squiggles the deformed albino cory
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Here's a little more info. on the "jobs bank", the model of union efficiency that our tax dollars will be helping fund at the big 3, this 'auto' make you feel real good about the bailout. Oh and it's from the WSJ back in May 2006:
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U.S. Car Companies Pay Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Wages to Idled Workers
By Jeffrey McCracken
Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
In his 34 years working for General Motors, one of Jerry Mellon's toughest assignments came this January.
He spent a week in the "rubber room."
The room is a windowless old storage shed in Flint, Mich. It is filled with long tables, Mr. Mellon says, and has space for about 400 employees. They must arrive at 6 a.m. each day and stay until 2:30 p.m., with 45 minutes off for lunch. A supervisor roams the aisles, signing people out when they want to use the bathroom.
Their job: to do nothing.
This is the Jobs Bank, a two-decade-old program in which nearly 15,000 auto workers continue to get paid after their companies stop needing them. To earn wages and benefits that often top $100,000 a year, the workers must perform some company-approved activity. Many volunteer or go back to school. The rest clock time in the rubber room or something like it.
It is called the rubber room, Mr. Mellon says, because "a few days in there makes you go crazy."
The Jobs Bank at GM and other U.S. auto companies including Ford Motor is likely to cost around $1.4 billion to $2 billion this year. The programs, which are up for renewal next year when union contracts expire, have become a symbol of why Detroit struggles even as Japanese auto makers with big U.S. operations prosper.
'Designed for a Different Time'
While GM often blames "legacy costs" such as retiree health care and pensions for its troubles, its Jobs Bank shows that the company has inflicted some wounds on itself. Documents show that GM itself helped originate the Jobs Bank idea in 1984 and agreed to expand it in 1990, seeing it as a stopgap until times got better and workers could go back to the factories. The idea was to help train or find jobs for senior UAW employees who would "otherwise be permanently laid off" because of better technology or higher productivity. Ford later matched the plan for its UAW employees.
"The bank was designed for a different time, a time when we were growing," says Pete Pestillo, a former Ford executive who oversaw union talks. The Jobs Bank has failed to stop the outflow of jobs at Detroit's unionized auto makers. Since 1990, GM's union payroll, including former subsidiary Delphi, has fallen to about 137,000 from 358,000. Many have retired, died or found other jobs. The rest are in the Jobs Bank.
Mr. Mellon, 55, joined GM in 1972, following his grandfather and his father. Through the 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Mellon held jobs designing electronic systems for vehicle prototypes. In 2000, GM merged two engineering divisions, and he wasn't needed anymore.
Since then, except for a period in 2001 when he worked on a military-truck project, GM has paid him his full salary for not working. That is currently $31 an hour, or about $64,500 a year, plus health care and other benefits.
About 7,500 GM workers are now in the Jobs Bank, more than double the figure a year ago. Each person costs GM around $100,000 to $130,000 in wages and benefits, according to internal union and company figures, meaning GM's total cost this year is likely to be around $750 million to $900 million.
One way employees in the Jobs Bank can fulfill their requirements is to attend eight- or 12-week classes offered by GM. In these classes, Mr. Mellon has studied crossword puzzles, watched Civil War movies and learned about "manmade marvels like the Brooklyn Bridge," he says. One class taught him how to play Trivial Pursuit. More recently, he attended an institute in Flint called the Royal Flush Academy. It is designed for those seeking work in casinos. Mr. Mellon says he isn't interested in casino work and left the academy after they docked his pay because he was 10 minutes late coming back from lunch.
With that he arrived at the rubber room. Every day for a week Mr. Mellon got up at about 4:30 a.m. to make the 45-minute commute to the rubber room from his home in Otisville, Mich. At first he read the newspaper or magazines lying around, such as Reader's Digest. He talked some with acquaintances. After conversation dried up, he says he spent hours staring at the wall, hoping time would move faster.
The waiting "makes you want to bang your head against the wall," Mr. Mellon says. "I couldn't take it. I need to be doing something. And there is a supervisor who walks around staring at everyone. It's worse than high-school detention."
Mr. Mellon thinks a "line-worker mentality" keeps people going back to the rubber room. "A lot of guys sit in that room and just collect their paycheck because they don't know what else to do," he says. "They've spent 20 years tightening a nut as it came down the line. They are faced with this harsh reality, and they are just happy the paycheck still comes so they can put their kid through college."
Mr. Mellon soon found a way to escape the room, through volunteering. He recently arranged to do community service work at Freedom Temple, a Baptist church in Flint. He is installing motion sensors at the homes of senior citizens in a bad part of town.
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Mr. Pestillo, the former Ford executive, and others see the Jobs Bank as a corrosive influence with significant indirect costs because it encourages auto makers to build more vehicles than consumers want. Companies figure it is better to build cars with little or no profit margin than to pay people not to work, he says. They also may keep rote work in-house even though it would be cheaper to outsource.
The system gives older union workers little incentive to move to other plants, find jobs at other companies or retire. There is no limit on how long a worker can stay in the Jobs Bank. They don't have to look for work at their company. Contracts allow workers to turn down any job offer at a site farther than 50 miles from their home plant.
Detroit's Big Three auto makers are likely to seek reductions in the program when they renegotiate their contracts with the UAW next year. It may be difficult for the UAW to keep the Jobs Bank intact, not only because of the public-relations problem but also because it is hindering a settlement to get Delphi out of bankruptcy-court protection.
In Flint, Mr. Mellon also sees change on the horizon. "I understand the Jobs Bank needs to have an end to it," he says. "I mean, they've paid me like $400,000 over six years to do nothing, to learn to deal blackjack. But buy me out. Retire me with something like $2,000 for every year I worked. I need that because you know they're going to keep cutting our health care and pensions. You are so vulnerable in retirement."


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SPOKANE, Wash. - Small quantities of pot will be legal for recreational use in Washington state starting next week, but the new law is still raising a lot of questions, especially when it comes to driving.
The fact is there's no breathalyzer for marijuana, so how will officers be checking for it?
Troopers have always been checking for driver impairment. If you're swerving across lanes and can't stand outside your car when you have been pulled over, you could be arrested for DUI. For years, law enforcement in Washington has been trained to identify someone who's drunk or high. A week from now -- they say -- they'll still be able to do that.Driving while Stoned
"Troopers take their action based on visible impairment, what they can see of the person's driving and their behavior after they get stopped," Washington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said.
Calkins added that troopers don't need a breathalyzer to tell if you're drunk or a blood draw to tell you're high. A field sobriety test is usually enough.
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"If there is a blood draw at some point the results of that will come back much later and will be an issue for prosecutors and defense attorneys," Calkins said.
Those tests can take about 30 days. Calkins says the evidence isn't typically needed because troopers are sworn officers of the law -- their judgment is trusted in court -- while your judgment -- if you drive high -- will not be.
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Under the new law, for the first time, a limit of five nanograms of the drug in blood stream has been set. Some proponents of the law say at that point you're high, but troopers say even if your blood levels come back under that you can still be arrested and convicted for driving under the influence.
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Here at The Kitchn, we don't like to think of ourselves as food snobs. We bear semi-secret loves for boxed mac and cheese and Velveeta. We keep frozen pie crust in the freezer (and maybe a pizza or two).
But there is one packaged product most of us here at The Kitchn have ditched completely, and that is bottled salad dressing.
Making salad dressing from scratch is nearly as fast and easy as shaking up a bottle, and the taste is phenomenally better than even the most "gourmet" jar of blue cheese dressing. (And can I just say that homemade ranch is reason alone to eat a salad tonight?)
It's easier, though, to quit buying bottled dressings when you don't even need to consult a recipe before shaking up tonight's salad. So here, from us to you, are six salad dressings that we love and know by heart. Spring greens are just now blooming out onto our tables, and they need nothing more than a drizzle of delicious dressing.
But before we dive into our favorites, let's talk about dressing a salad with no recipe whatsoever. The most basic way to make a salad taste really, really good is to toss it lightly with good olive oil, then squeeze a little lemon or drizzle some balsamic vinegar over it. Toss with a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper, which are often all too neglected in salads, and you have yourself a delicious side salad. Herbs will just make it that much better.
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- Two-Minute Creamy Salad Dressing - (Pictured above) Even better than ranch dressing, this incredibly simple dressing has mayonnaise and grainy mustard.
- Quick Ranch Dressing - A classic dressing, so much better when homemade. Mayonnaise and buttermilk, chives and mint, if you're inclined.
Italian Salad Dressing - More Italian-American than Old World, this dressing replaces that bottle of Kraft we grew up with.
Eggless Caesar Dressing - A Caesar salad is a treat, especially with romaine (fresh or grilled) and this easy eggless dressing.
Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing - That luscious blue cheese taste, all homemade, but just as good for dipping celery and wings as dressing salad.
- Balsamic Vinaigrette - The classic balsamic vinaigrette, the one we like to shake up in a jar and leave in our refrigerators for fast and easy salads.
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China will use its new Shanghai Free Trade Zone to test the full convertibility of Yuan: "interest-rate liberalization, and cross-border use of the currency, as long as the risk is controlled," according to a government press release.The Yuan, though still under capital control. is already the world's ninth most-traded currency, data from Bank of International Settlements show.
There are few details coming out of the new Free Trade Zone, however. So far, the pace of interest rate liberalization and Yuan convertibility is slow. China is not seen to lift the ceiling on bank deposit rates till 2016.
China's industrial profit soared in August, another statistic that signals China is on the recovery path. The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 0.2%.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Alibaba have started an online bicker. Alibaba decided to move to the U.S. for its IPO after the talk with Hong Kong broke down. Alibaba wanted a dual-class share structure, which the Hong Kong bourse does not allow. But Alibaba's largest shareholders Japan's SoftBank (37%) and Yahoo! (24%) do not seem to have issue with the dual class. The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index gained 0.4%.
Thailand's central banker criticized the government's populist policies, saying the Thai households would become "undisciplined" and addicted to government handouts. The Stock Exchange of Thailand SET Index lost 0.5%.
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Fabulous gelato!
I lost track of how many times I went to Grom during the four weeks I spent in Florence in October/November 2010. I sampled many different kinds of gelato on those visits and they were all very good. So, if you are near the Duomo (and who isn't?), stop for a gelato break at Grom!
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Three males in twelve gallon?
I'm in the middle of cycling a 12 gallon eclipse (base dimensions 12" x 10") and I'm trying thinking of putting three male killifish in, possibly different subspecies of Fundulopanchax gardneri as I've heard they can be personable and are fairly easy to keep. I would keep them without females, possibly with a school of Corydoras habrosus and/or a giant African fan shrimp (Atya gabonensis).
Has anyone else kept multiple males in this tank size? Would it be better to forget about the cories and keep more killies? I'd like to keep more than one since I think it would be fun to watch them interact and establish a pecking order. Are they solitary in the wild?
Would dwarf cories be eaten? I'm not too worried about the shrimp, since I've read that they grow to 3-6 inches. Should I still be worried?
Also, could anyone please point me to a good source for killifish information? I just "discovered" them a few days ago and have been researching them obsessively, but information seems rather hard to come by.
Cories would do ok with these killies since they occupy different levels of the tank. I would not keep more than one male unless the tank is very heavily planted. Even so, because of the size of the tank You should expect some fighting.
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Alright, that's good to know. They don't establish some sort of pecking order? Oh yes, have you kept gularis at all? I've read that they can be very petlike, which
makes some sense since they're fairly large. Not sure about keeping them, though. I've read everything from 5 to 20 gallons as the minimum tank size!
I think they'd eat the cories though. And I've read that they prefer the middle and lower levels of the tank?
Maybe I should start a new thread, but...I feel like I'd be double posting or something...


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Yesterday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved a Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making. It contains a set of 14 principles intended as a blueprint guiding Internet policy development for its 34 member states. Many of these principles uphold core values we have long championed: fostering an open Internet, evidence-based policy-making, multi-stakeholder policy development, decentralized online decision-making, effective global privacy protections, and limiting Internet intermediary liability.
Netherlands - On Thursday and Friday last week, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uri Rosenthal, hosted the Freedom Online Conference in the Hague. The stated purpose of this Google-sponsored event was to forge a coalition of state, corporate, and civil society members to stand for freedom of expression on the Internet, especially for activists and bloggers. Participants included European parliamentarian Marietje Schaake, Tor Project's Director of Public Policy Karen Reilly, and European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes.
As several international organizations hatch new ways to impose control over online activities, genuine multi-stakeholder input in policy development becomes extremely crucial. The sixth UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Nairobi, Kenya, was an important venue for discussing competing models for governing the Internet.
EFF played a pivotal role in shaping the dialogue at this forum, and we were able to push our policies to enhance free expression and privacy, while preventing various government and corporate efforts at mobilizing Internet intermediaries to police the Internet. EFF explained why the effort to utilize Internet intermediaries--from Comcast to Youtube--as tools for surveillance and censorship is a dangerous and misguided policy that will impede innovation and freedom of expression.
Two years ago, civil society organizations met in Madrid to draft a Declaration that reaffirmed international standards for Internet privacy. On October 31, civil society groups will meet again in Mexico City to review the Madrid Privacy Declaration and examine privacy laws and policies in Latin America and around the world. This gathering is being organized by The Public Voice, a coalition of global civil society groups that promotes privacy and free expression on the Internet. EFF is part of this coalition and will be presenting at the conference. The event will be held in conjunction with the 33rd Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference.
This Saturday, September 17th, concerned European citizens with the Freedom not Fear movement have decided to take their protest to the capital of the European Union, Brussels. Their slogan: Stop the surveillance mania! For five years in a row, Freedom Not Fear has taken to the streets in several cities in Europe and beyond to demand an end to suspicion-less surveillance measures. These include mandatory data retention laws and other reactionary surveillance measures that have been justified by the rhetoric of fear. Their protest efforts have been among the most meaningful demonstrations for this cause. Previously, Freedom not Fear protests were spread out across various European towns.
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