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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Canisius baseball team left 14 runners on base, including 10 in scoring position, losing 6-3 to No. 3 North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium in a first-round game at the Chapel Hill Regional on Friday night.
With the loss, the No. 4 seed Golden Griffins will play No. 2 seed Florida Atlantic in an elimination game at 1 p.m. on Saturday. That game, along with every game in the four-team, double-elimination tournament, will be live on ESPN3 with a free, audio broadcast on GoGriffs.com.
"That was a heck of a ballgame and I thought we played our hearts out," Canisius coach Mike McRae said. "We definitely showed up on the biggest stage this program has experienced. One pitch here, one hit there and it may have been a different result tonight."
Canisius (42-16) put together three two-out singles in the top of the first but left the bases loaded when North Carolina starter Benton Moss struck out sophomore Jesse Puscheck to get out of the jam. North Carolina responded with a two-out rally of its own, scoring three runs with two outs in the bottom of the inning. The Griffs loaded the bases for a second consecutive inning, with junior Jimmy Luppens drawing a bases-loaded walk to make it 3-1. Canisius left eight runners on base in the first three innings and couldn't take advantage of Moss's control problems early.
No. 1 seed North Carolina (53-8) added another run in the second, but Canisius would throw runners out at the plate to end the second and the third innings and junior Ryan Coppinger had his second assist of the game to end the fourth. Colin Moran hit a liner to right-center, but Coppinger made the running catch and doubled up the runner on first.
The Griffs chased Moss in the fifth when sophomore Connor Panas drew a one-out walk and Puscheck was hit by a pitch. Junior Jose Torralba lined an RBI single to right-center off reliever Chris McCue to make it 4-2 and put runners at the corners. Puscheck then scored on a wild pitch to make it a one-run game. After a walk to junior Ronnie Bernick, the second wild pitch of the inning got two runners into scoring position with two outs. McCue would strike out sophomore Chris McCue to keep the score 4-3.
With one out in the eighth, sophomore Mike Krische singled to center and Coppinger followed with a single to right to put runners at the corners. Coppinger would steal second base to put two runners in scoring position for the Griffs and Luppens was hit by a pitch to load the bases. North Carolina closer Tyler Thornton struck out senior Brooklyn Foster and Panas as the Griffs left the bases loaded for the third time in the game.
"I thought the first two innings really built confidence for us," Canisius coach Mike McRae said. "Obviously the eighth inning was a huge momentum shift. We don't usually strike out in that manner in that situation."
Junior Garrett Cortright (11-4) settled down after the early going as he pitched into the eighth inning. The Hamburg, N.Y. native allowed six runs (four earned) on 13 hits, walked one and struck out four.
"I knew I had to battle for us tonight and to give us a chance to win," Cortright said. "We just came up a little bit short."
Coppinger went 2-for-5 with a stolen base while Torralba was 2-for-3 with a walk, run scored and RBI. Luppens and Panas each reached base three times with a hit, walk and hit by pitch.
Notes: Canisius played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history… Canisius played a school from the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time since facing Virginia on March 18, 2009… Cortright pitched into the eighth inning for the sixth time in his last seven starts… Canisius left at least 11 runners on base for the third consecutive game... Canisius has 125 HBP on the season, now leading the country in the category.

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Arsène Wenger is still looking to add "one or two players" to his Arsenal squad - but that depends on who leaves.
The manager has already brought in Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud since the end of last season while a number of squad players have returned from loan spells.
A handful of those have been linked with permanent moves and that will determine how many new recruits arrive between now and the end of the transfer window.
"We are still looking to add one or two players but it depends also on how many go out because we have to respect the squad number," Wenger told Arsenal Player.
"It's important to respect that so before we get players in we have to get some players out. That has not happened yet, the market is very quiet.
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When I chose to get married in the Florida Keys, I scoured the Upper and Central Keys for a vacation home where my closest friends could stay and where I could hold the wedding. The majority of vacation home rentals, however, prohibit wedding ceremonies over 20 people due to zoning and noise ordinances. I was familiar with Pierre's Restaurant, a venue famous for its sunset weddings. When I went to Pierre's to scope it out, hip Greek techno music was playing on Pierre's beach and after my exasperating search to that point, I took it as a sign that this was my venue!
2. Which two details from your wedding were your favorites?
I adored my wedding dress and flowers. When people told me, "You will know your dress when you see it," I thought, "Do they know how many ugly wedding dresses are out there?" Truth be told, I literally lost my breath the moment I saw my dress. To all disheartened brides out there, I urge you to keep looking. I am living testament that there is a dress for everyone! Given the overwhelming expense of a wedding, it is tempting for a bride to skimp out on the flowers. But flowers are the only creation on Earth, aside from human beings, that create light. Next time you see a bouquet of flowers or a field of wildflowers, notice how your heart center expands.
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My favorite part of the wedding day was having the Greek Orthodox ceremony on the beach. The Orthodox Church, much like the Catholic, rarely approves requests to marry outdoors. We were extremely lucky and never will forget the beauty and significance of our ceremony as we overlooked the vast and beautiful ocean, caressed by the wind and kissed by the sun.


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Want to tap the power behind search rankings, product recommendations, social bookmarking, and online matchmaking? This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build Web 2.0 applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book, you can write smart programs to access interesting datasets from other web sites, collect data from users of your own applications, and analyze and understand the data once you've found it.
Programming Collective Intelligence takes you into the world of machine learning and statistics, and explains how to draw conclusions about user experience, marketing, personal tastes, and human behavior in general -- all from information that you and others collect every day. Each algorithm is described clearly and concisely with code that can immediately be used on your web site, blog, Wiki, or specialized application. This book explains:
Toby Segaran is the author of Programming Collective Intelligence, a very popular O'Reilly title. He was the founder of Incellico, a biotech software company later acquired by Genstruct. He currently holds the title of Data Magnate at Metaweb Technologies and is a frequent speaker at technology conferences.
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The animals on the cover of Programming Collective Intelligence are King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Although named for the Patagonia region, King penguins no longer breed in South America; the last colony there was wiped out by 19th-century sealers. Today, these penguins are found on sub-Antarctic islands such as Prince Edward, Crozet, Macquarie, and Falkland Islands. They live on beaches and flat glacial lands near the sea. King penguins are extremely social birds; they breed in colonies of as many as 10,000 and raise their young in creches. Standing 30 inches tall and weighing up to 30 pounds, the King is one of the largest types of penguin -- second only to its close relative the Emperor penguin. Apart from size, the major identifying feature of the King penguin is the bright orange patches on its head that extend down to its silvery breast plumage. These penguins have a sleek body frame and can run on land, instead of hopping like Emperor penguins. They are well adapted to the sea, eating a diet of fish and squid, and can dive down 700 feet, far deeper than most other penguins go. Because males and females are similar in size and appearance, they are distinguished by behavioral clues such as mating rituals. King penguins do not build nests; instead, they tuck their single egg under their bellies and rest it on their feet. No other bird has a longer breeding cycle than these penguins, who breed twice every three years and fledge a single chick. The chicks are round, brown, and so fluffy that early explorers thought they were an entirely different species of penguin, calling them "woolly penguins." With a world population of two million breeding pairs, King penguins are not a threatened species, and the World Conservation Union has assigned them to the Least Concern category. The cover image is from J. G. Wood's Animate Creation. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSands Mono Condensed.
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My favorite O'Reilly Book
By Ben B.
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After reading this book I decided I was a data scientist. Don't worry, before that I had a graduate degree and significant programming and statistical experience, but Toby's book opened my eyes to what Data Products are, or could be. It's not search - it's leveraging information from a variety of sources. It's not optimization, it's collaboration. It's not recommendation, it's emergence. This book is well written and is a MUST read for anyone who wants to build data products.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Unreadable code
By Developer
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This book has so much potential because it's well written and has great use cases, but the code samples are incomprehensible and just plain broken. Variables are named poorly and some are just undefined, the naming convention is inconsistent, and there are more concise ways to do things that the author tries to do in the code.
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Errors all over
By mlt
from las vegas, NV
This book has great content. It honestly seems like a great introduction to machine learning. The reason I gave it 3 stars is:- As of 5/19/2014 none of the "kiwitobes.com" links in the book work. This leaves you stranded and looking for files all over for some chapters. Thankfully people indexed some content via github.- There is a lot of errata. Keep the unofficial errata handy and check when your code doesn't do something right. - There are some code errors- Many examples leave you hanging on what they do if you're not a python expert. Code commenting is abysmal.All in all, it seems like this book is good content wise but very poor in terms of execution. The fact the author took down everything I've seen so far on kiwitobes.com is really disheartening. If you're resourceful this book is good. If you're looking for a no-frills follow and read book everything I listed above will make this book a nightmare for you.
Concise and Informative
By jesserosato
from Sacramento, CA
This book is a super helpful introduction to some complicated topics with clear examples and applications.
Great book on Machine Learning
By Blaize
from Fairfax, VA
If you need to understand the inner workings of Machine Learning algorithms this is the book.
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Recommended, despite the code issues
By zsoldosp
from Germany
Disclaimer: I received a free (electronic) copy of this ebook (Programming Collective Intelligence by Toby Segaran) from O'Reilly as part of the O'Reilly Blogger Review Program, which also requires me to write a review about it. That aside, I would have purchased this book this year anyway, and would have reviewed it on this blog too.About me and why I read this bookI've been programming professionally for ~7.5 years, mainly business applications and reporting, so I already have quite some love for data. While I haven't used math much in my day jobs, I liked (and was good at) it in high school, including taking extra classes - so I have learned basic statistics. Refreshing and advancing my data analytics skills is one of my goals this year, and reading this book was part of the plan.About the bookThe book introduces lots of algorithms that can be used to gain new insight into any kind of data one might come across. The explanations are broken up into digestible chunks, and are supported by great visualizations. While understanding of the previous chunks is required for the later ones, this allowed me to read through most of the book on the train to and from work.Each of the algorithms is illustrated with real world application examples, and examples where applying them doesn't make sense are brought too. The exercises at the end of the chapters are applied and not purely theoretical - and coming up with exercises from the domain I work with every day was pretty easy! The book is really inspiring, which is great for an introductory book!In addition to the well written, gradual introduction, the book has a concise algorithm reference at the end, so when one needs a quick refresher, there is no need to wade through the lengthy tutorials.While the prose and the logic of the explanations are great, I have found the code samples hard to follow: really short, cryptic variable names; leaky abstractions; inconsistent coding style just to name a few. Some code samples are actually incorrect implementations of the given algorithm and there are antipatterns like string sql concatenation in the code without a warning comment to the reader to remind them it's a bad practice.Nonetheless, it is great to have actual code to play with, just the initial reading and reviewing of it requires some extra effort.The book claims that you don't need previous Python knowledge to understand the code samples, which I can't confirm (I use Python at my day job), but I wouldn't be surprised if not knowing Python could make understanding the code even more difficult (I've actually learned a few new language features from the samples!). Also, the Python language has come a long way since 2.4, which is the version used in the book - and that old version makes the code feel dated.The book was written in 2007, but is not dated. First, the foundations of any topic tend to be timeless, and the most recent algorithm the book describes was published in 1990. The Table of Contents is comparable to more recently written ones (though I haven't read other introductory books yet).In summary: I would recommend it as a great introductory book!
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The Python way to collective intelligence
By dwa
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Programming Collective Intelligence is a new book from O'Reilly, which was written by Toby Segaran. The author graduated from MIT and is currently working at Metaweb Technologies. He develops ways to put large public datasets into Freebase, a free online semantic database. You can find more information about him on his blog: http://blog.kiwitobes.com/. Web 2.0 cannot exist without Collective Intelligence. The "giants" use it everywhere, YouTube recommends similar movies, Last.fm knows what would you like to listen and Flickr which photos are your favorites etc. This technology empowers intelligent search, clustering, building price models and ranking on the web. I cannot imagine modern service without data analysis. That is the reason why it is worth to start read about it.There are many titles about collective intelligence but recently I have read two, this one and "Collective Intelligence in Action". Both are very pragmatic, but the O'Railly's one is more focused on the merit of the CI. The code listings are much shorter (but examples are written in Python, so that was easy). In general these books comparison is like Java vs. Python. If you would like to build recommendation engine "in Action"/Java way, you would have to read whole book, attach extra jar-s and design dozens of classes. The rapid Python way requires reading only 15 pages and voila, you have got the first recommendations. It is awesome! So how about rest of the book, there are still 319 pages! Further chapters say about: discovering groups, searching, ranking, optimization, document filtering, decision trees, price models or genetic algorithms. The book explains how to implement Simulated Annealing, k-Nearest Neighbors, Bayesian Classifier and many more. Take a look at the table of contents (here: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321/preview.html), it does not list all the algorithms but you can find more information there.Each chapter has about 20-30 pages. You do not have to read them all, you can choose the most important and still know what is going on. Every chapter contains minimum amount of theoretical introduction, for total beginners it might be not enough. I recommend this book for students who had statistics course (not only IT or computing science), this book will show you how to use your knowledge in practice _ there are many inspiring examples. For those who do not know Python - do not be afraid _ at the beginning you will find short introduction to language syntax. All listings are very short and well described by the author _ sometimes line by line. The book also contains necessary information about basic standard libraries responsible for xml processing or web pages downloading.If you would like to start learn about collective intelligence I would strongly recommend reading "Programming Collective Intelligence" first, then "Collective Intelligence in Action". The first one shows how easy it is to implement basic algorithms, the second one would show you how to use existing open source projects related to machine learning.You can find more about this book on it's catalogue page: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321/
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A fascinating read with lots of code examples
By www.thegeniusfiles.com
If you are a computer science student and want to learn about the algorithms and theory behind Web 2.0, this is a good place to start. Although the author tries to make the book intelligible to novices, you will benefit by having some previous programming experience - say, perhaps up to the 300 level. Also, the code is Python, so you might want to study up on that first. In my opinion a good Linux distro like Ubuntu will simplify the coding experience (it's easier to download and install the Python libraries in Ubuntu Synaptic than to install them in Windows). The really nice thing about this book is that the author explains the principle of what each code example is doing before launching into the code. That's important because much of it is grounded in methods of statistical analysis. As another reviewer pointed out, there are some errors in some of the code examples. If you have no prior experience with Python, this would be very confusing. However, you can access the revisions through Safari Online, so all is not lost. If it weren't for the code errors, I'd give this book 5 out of 5.
A visionary book that illuminates the Internet
By AlexeySmirnov
This is a visionary book because it predicts a lot of what will happen to the Internet soon. How do we process information in the Internet age? Instead of reading magazines and newspapers we use blogs as our source of news. This is because blogs offer much more customized news feed. In a typical newspaper, how much of its content is of interest to a reader? I guess half is a big value but typically it is less than that.I start my working day with consuming two sweet drinks. One drink is a cup of coffee. Another is a virtual information soup made of 100 blogs. I glance over most of the stories quickly using Google Reader and select those that I am interested in. I might read them in greater detail later on during the day, in the evening, or on a weekend. I do not know which drink gives me more pleasure - the delicious cup of coffee or sweet virtual soup. I like the latter a lot because it is rich with media content - with bright images, cool videos, wow-type web pages.However, I often discover news that I wish I found out earlier. In other words, there are so many news sources that reading them all or just looking at the headlines of major blogs will take too much time. We need targeted information delivery service.This is the main idea of this book. In fact, it starts with explaining how to make recommendations given a set of preferences of a number of people and your own preferences. What are those cool things that you have not tried out yet but everybody else did? The example described in the book is applied to Delicious which does not offer recommendations yet.I often try to decide what my interests are. The blogs that I am reading might answer this question if one builds groups of them. In fact, I have done this manually, but I found out that this categorization is not perfect. The book answers this question in Chapter 3.After that the book deviates into a number of additional topics such as search, neural networks, discrete optimization. The author Toby Segaran has a great ability to explain difficult concepts using simple words and pictures. As most of the stuff was familiar to me I was wondering how easy a new concept seemed and how much time I spent originally understanding it.After that the main melody of the book is there again - the next chapter explains how to filter documents, for example to decide if a particular news story is interesting to you or not. Then the book deviates again into decision trees and building price models and even matching people on a dating site. However, there comes our melody again - this time it explains how to extract trends from a lot of news sources, that is decide what people are discussing today. This feature is similar to Google News except that the user has no control of news sources.I was surprised when I found out that Python is such a popular language in a scientific community. The book describes lots of libraries dealing with numerical data or displaying various charts. The book will serve as a great introduction to Python language even though there are lots of introductory books available. In fact, learning Python this way it easier and more enjoyable.After reading the book I definitely want to try out the tricks explained there and improve my information soup. This book is my virtual cookbook.
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Good book, bad code.
By Anonymous
Pretty interesting book, definitively worth a read - at least for the self-taught guys like me. Too bad the code examples are of such a low quality. Prepare for a complete rewrite if you planned on using them (M. Segaran, we'd be happy to see you submitting your code for review on comp.lang.py !-)Now don't take me wrong : it's still one of the very few CS-related books I didn't regret to buy.
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The Executive Council unanimously approved the study by wildlife experts from the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday, but not before Executive Councilor Debora Pignatell, D-Nashua, raised questions about the $695,000 contract.
"It looks like we're spending $700,000 to track moose. Does that sound like a lot of money to you?" she asked Glenn Normandeau, executive director of the Fish and Game Department.
Normandeau estimated that the moose population in the state is 4,500 at this point, which is considered a low number.
"There's a lot of concern because the economic value to the state of moose is in the tens of millions," he said. "Just the whole moose-watching thing is huge, and we're concerned. They are coming under stress from climate, or what we believe to be climate. We are trying to find out if that is really the case and if there is anything we can do about it."
Normandeau said the four-year project, financed primarily by federal funds, involves helicopters, expensive equipment and highly skilled personnel.
Using helicopters and net-guns, the wildlife biologists capture and radio-collar cow and calf moose, and then use GPS technology to track their movements.
State officials don't have exact numbers, but say that sightings of moose are way down statewide.
Ted Walski, a Fish and Game biologist, recently told the Keene Sentinel that sightings are down 20 to 30 percent in recent years.
The state's largest land mammals average about 1,000 pounds and stand 6 feet at the shoulder.
They are hunted in October for nine days through a state lottery that this year granted permits to 275 people from a pool of 13,000 applicants.
"We also have some disease issues going on," Normandeau told the council. "We are really trying to accurately find out what is going on in the field, and there is no other way than tracking them. I've been educated on the process it takes to bring the animals down and collaring them without injury. It is an expensive process."
In background material prepared for the council, the Fish and Game Department stated that "moose are arguably the most important wildlife species in New Hampshire from both social and economic perspectives."
Normandeau said the state is trying to avoid the fate of eastern Minnesota, where the moose population has disappeared in the past decade.
"It's completely gone," he said. "And other areas are experiencing similar declines while other areas are doing well. We're trying to figure out what is going on, and if there are things we can do, long-term, to ensure we have moose in the future."
Other council votes
In other action, the council voted to:
• Confirm Perry Plummer to continue as director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, after applauding his recent response to flooding in various parts of the state.
• Approve a $1.5 million contract with a Boston consulting firm to create a computerized network that will verify eligibility for state assistance by cross-checking applicant information with databases around the country to eliminate duplication and deter fraud.
• Authorized the sale of state-owned land and buildings at 247-249 Pleasant St., Concord, to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic for $900,000. The land is adjacent to property the clinic already owns.


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StrawberryLemon Marmalade
Take care of your whole gift list with one afternoon in the kitchen. These edible treats are one size fits all.
StrawberryLemon Marmalade
A taste of summer's best and brightest flavors, strawberry and lemon, is a welcome gift in cold winter months. (The secret is in the freezer aislethis recipe uses two bags of frozen berries.) Skip the traditional canning process and simply refrigerate the marmalade in glass jars. Tie a ribbon around the neck, and add a thinner metallic twine on top for extra glitter.
StrawberryLemon Marmalade
- 2 (1-pound) bags frozen strawberries , about 6 cups (large batch: 6 one-pound bags, about 18 cups)
- 3 cups sugar (large batch: 9 cups)
- 1 cup loosely packed lemon peel , in thin strips (from about 6 lemons; large batch: 3 cups, from about 18 lemons)
- 1/4 cup honey (large batch: 3/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (large batch: 3/4 cup)
- 1/8 tsp. fine salt (large batch: 3/8 tsp.)
Active time: 30 minutes
Total time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Chill a small plate in the freezer for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, put all ingredients into a large, heavy nonreactive pot and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, skimming foam off the surface, for 25 to 35 minutes. (The foam can be kept and used as a topping for ice cream or yogurt.)
To test marmalade for doneness, drop a small spoonful onto the chilled plate, wait about 5 seconds, then run your finger through center of marmalade. When it???s thick enough, the line made by your finger should remain clear. If the marmalade holds its shape, remove from pot the stove and proceed to next step. If the marmalade runs back together, continue to cook, return the plate to the freezer, and check again in a few minutes.
Ladle into jars, seal tightly, and cool to room temperature. Keeps for up to 3 weeks refrigerated.
Note: For the best results, choose strawberries that have been frozen without added sugar or syrup.


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Sandbags and muddy boots - the SES in Rockhampton
02 February 2013 , 5:31 AM by Kallee Buchanan
It's been a hectic week in Central Queensland.
On the back of unprecedented rain, communities around the region have been alternatively bracing for and recovering from wind, rain and floods.
One of the most comforting sights for many of them has been volunteers in orange jumpsuits. The State Emergency Service has been working day and night to keep people going, and to save their property.
On Thursday, before the flood peak in Rockhampton, Rebecca McLaren and I went out to Depot Hill to meet Merle. She had called in the SES to protect her home from the rising Fitzroy. She's been through it before. You can listen to her chat here.
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Certainly much more respectful to SES than what some reporter in Sydney put in the Sydney Morning Herald. She didn't get her SES service when she wanted it (of course she is number 1 and the rest of the state can wait until she is satisfied). Disgusting article and paper should never have had someone so personally dissatisfied write an article such as this, nor publish it.. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ses-response-time-not-always-what-callers-hoping-for-20130201-2dq1u.html
Thanks ABC for a bit of positive support to these people working hard to help others
Posted by: Tim keown | 03 February 2013 at 05:32 PM
The SES r amazing, they go where other wont dare, they do what others won't, they deal with the good, bad & the ugly. They all have family n homes themselves to prepare n keep safe n yet they still rise to every call out, some due to Mother Nature, some due to others stupidity. The SES people r truly a back bone to all. Congrats to u all & thank you SO much for being so unselfish.
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Media Availability: Fewer risk factors in midlife linked to healthier, longer lives for men
What: A new study specifically pinpoints risk factors that may increase or decrease the odds of living long and healthy lives for middle-aged men. The study, appearing in the Nov. 15, 2006, Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that the probability of survival to 85 years and above was as high as 69 percent with no risk factors and as low as 22 percent with six or more risk factors. Among the factors associated with reduced disability and longer life were high grip strength and avoidance of overweight, hyperglycemia, high blood pressure, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. The study tapped data from the Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu Asia Aging Study, which for 40 years has tracked the health status of thousands of Japanese-American men living in Hawaii.
Funding for the analysis was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, both components of the National Institutes of Health, and by the Hawaii Community Foundation.
The research team, led by Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., of the Pacific Health Research Institute and Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu, assessed mortality, physical function, cognitive function and the incidence of six major chronic diseases in 5,280 men during periodic checkups done between 1965 and 2005. Chronic diseases of interest in the analysis were coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Parkinson's disease and treated diabetes.
By age 85, 13 percent of the men were living with one or more of the chronic diseases but no disability, and 18 percent were living with some disability. Another 11 percent of the men--dubbed "exceptional survivors"--reached age 85 with none of the six chronic diseases and no cognitive or physical impairment. The other 58 percent of the men died before they reached their 85th birthdays. Compared with the other groups, the exceptional survivors had greater grip strength in middle age, suggesting that they had been more physically fit. They also tended to be leaner in younger and middle adulthood, and in middle age they had lower triglyceride, glucose and uric acid levels, all key markers of insulin sensitivity, which is associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.
Why: People in the United States are living longer than ever before, and the "oldest old" (those age 85 and up) are the fastest-growing age group in most industrialized nations. Relatively few men live to be among the oldest old--by age 85, there are 2.2 women for every one man. This study examined the link between certain midlife biological, lifestyle and socio-demographic risk factors and survival to advanced age, shedding new light on factors associated with longer, healthy life among U.S. men. The researchers chose to examine risk factors that can be modified by individuals and easily measured in clinical and research settings.
NIA Spokesperson: Winifred K. Rossi, Deputy Director, Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Program, National Institute on Aging. To schedule an interview, call 301-496-1752 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The National Institute on Aging leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging and the medical, social and behavioral issues of older people. For more information on research and aging, go to www.nia.nih.gov.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- the nation's medical research agency -- includes 27 institutes and centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.


text: Marlboro College works to sustain a diverse learning community of culturally conscious individuals who explore and question difference, whether those differences are actual, perceived, or socially constructed. As an expression of our mission to foster discerning judgment and a global perspective, the college promotes curricular, social, and civic engagement and dialogue among differing points of view in order to realize a deep appreciation of the diversity in what it is to be human. Marlboro will continue to build a community that values thoughtful interchange in all facets of college life as we seek to realize a vision of the common good, both within the college and in the wider world.


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AAAAAAAnd Extend for 2 more hours.
Update 0030hrs - Maintenance extended by 2 hours to 0230hrs GMT+8 19 FEB 2014, Thank you for your patience
FFS... This is horribad.
Well some good news at least. They edited the patch note and it looks like the Bonus EXP isn't Subs only. (Maybe)
[New] Experience bonus for secondary characters:
we will add a combat experience bonus for secondary characters on your account. The experience of a character will be multiplied by the amount of higher level characters on your account than the one chosen to play with; with a maximum of x3 experience bonus to get. Example: if you have an account with 4 characters level 10, 50, 100 and 140, if you are playing with the characters level 10 and 50, you will earn a x3 experience bonus, but playing with the level 100 character will earn you a x2 experience bonus.
Even though I don't have premium, I think it would've been nice if the alt exp system was premium only. It only makes sense seeing how subscribing is kinda of pointless.
This might be the reason why
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IGN is... Lix or Sung. I'm still sitting on either Sacrier or Rogue.
How do you guys feel about non-OnRPG folks btw? I've got a Eni friend leveling with me, as well as numerous friends hopping on the bandwagon as I'm typing
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Hi i'd like to join the guild as well just starting the game as a sacrier char name is punchandkicks
I would like a guild invite as well. I started a Masqueraider and going into the water tree for the mobility, range, and heals. I used to be a veteran player back in NA and was even the Governor of Bonta and fought/won a 3 vs 1 war. Just hoping to kill some time and enjoy the game again with some new people! My IGN is "Haruki".
Currently Playing : Champions Online
Jrgsubzero, your link in the OP didn't work(just leads to blank page) but I found one that does work: http://www.wakfu.asia/en/mmorpg/game ; maybe it would be good to update the OP with this link.
Thanks for the info about wakfu.
http://www.wakfu.asia/en/mmorpg/ is the home page. It was working at some point. Seems to be having a temporary problem.
would also like to join the guild played the NA beta can't decide between an eni or iop though what would be the better option?
I'm kind of taking a break until they implement some kind of organized PvP. I'm not much of a PvE enthusiast.
What nation would be a good idea to join? I hear each one has an elemental bonus which means I should go with Bonta for the +15% air.
Also could i get a guild invite? IGN "Sentat" thanks
Craft revamp incoming. It looks like it'll be very complex, interesting, and unique.
Thank goodness. I hated crafting 912983833 items and afking for 1857239 minutes just to level up my crafts.
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I have a problem , i'm in the tutorial stage where you have to kill the black bunny and you need to use the "lock and dodge" system . The problem is i understand it but i dont know how to use it , i mean you have to attack and then move or what ? sometimes i see 95% chance to dodge in some tiles but even when i move there i still get hit , what i'm doing wrong ?
dont worry about lock and dodge right now. just kill it asap. the pink bunny heals it btw. lock is when 2 people are on tiles next to each other and the percentage u see(dodge) is the chance u will get to move without being locked. if u try and move and u are locked ur turn instantly fails. dodge in this game doesn't mean u don't get hit. there is really no way to miss hits in this game.
Ok. I completed the tutorial ignoring all the lock and dodge shit but i can't stop thinking "what's the point of this system?" , so far mobs never try move away from me so they never get lock and instant end their turn. In the other hand a few times i totally forgot about it and tried to move to place myself behind or in the side a mob to cause more damage , ending my turn and just making the fight more long.
Maybe im missing something or didn't play long enough but again , what's the point of it ? Are there some skills that make a good use of the lock system later in the game ?


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I'm from Ireland, and I'm applying at agencies in Korea and else where. However I have a problem. I only have two references from college, and I havent done anything recent since college. But im just wondering, would they even call up your references if they live in another country?
Any thaughts on this would be great, thanks!


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Though widely regarded as a summer movie flop, "The Lone Ranger" is getting some high praise from its producer, Jerry Bruckheimer.
At the Summer Television Critics' Association tour on Monday (July 29), the longtime film and television producer compared the Disney flick to another late bloomer.
Continuing on his massive promotional tour, Armie Hammer showed up at the premiere of "The Lone Ranger" in Paris, France last night (July 24).
Joined by his gorgeous wife Elizabeth Chambers, the "Social Network" hunk looked handsome as he worked his mojo for the local paparazzi.
Continuing to show off their hard work, the stars of "Lone Ranger" attended the UK premiere in London, England on Sunday (July 21).
Looking dapper, star of the film Johnny Depp wore a black suit and unbuttoned undershirt while he posed for photos with his fellow cast members.
Giving his German fans an extra-special thrill, Johnny Depp showed up at the Berlin premiere of his new film "The Lone Ranger" on Friday night (July 19).
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star wore a grey pinstripe suit and black button-up shirt as he chatted with member of the local press outside the Sony Centre prior to the screening.
Having a blast in the land of Japan, Johnny Depp showed up at the premiere of his new flick "The Lone Ranger" in Tokyo today (July 17).
The "Rum Diary" stud donned a white button-up with a pinstriped vest/trousers combo as he posed for fans and press outside Roppongi Hills Cinema prior to the screening.
It's a tight race at the box office, but "Grown Ups 2" looks to be edging out "Despicable Me 2" for top honors for the weekend of July 12-14, 2013.
Continuing on his promotional path, Armie Hammer showed up at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood yesterday (July 2).
The "Social Network" stud initially strolled up in a casual grey t-shirt to prepare for an appearance on " Jimmy Kimmel Live," though later he rode up on a scooter to plug his new flick "The Lone Ranger."
Eager to catch the latest action film, stars of all kinds showed up for the premiere of "The Lone Ranger" on Saturday afternoon (June 22) in Anaheim, CA.
Showing off lovely summertime frocks, Audrina Patridge and Krysten Ritter greeted fans and paused for the photographers outside the Disney California Adventure Park before the show.