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Xavier and University of Cincinnati students learn together how to teach about the Underground Railroad
Workshop and evening event spotlights the history of the Underground Railroad in the region | February 1, 2013
Xavier and the University of Cincinnati are bringing "Freedom Time: Touching History Institute" to Xavier on Tuesday, Feb. 5, to help education students learn how to teach about slavery and the Underground Railroad. The daylong workshop for 120 students from both universities is the culmination of a collaboration by UC and Xavier to bring history alive for future teachers through an examination of the 19th-century freedom movement. Estimates suggest more than 100,000 slaves passed through the Underground Railroad, many across the Ohio River through Cincinnati, Ripley, Ohio, and Maysville, Ky.
"Students at Xavier and UC attend college in a historically rich geographic area with regard to the Underground Railroad," says Laney Bender-Slack, assistant professor of childhood education and literacy at Xavier. "But many teachers shy away from teaching about racism, oppression and injustice, so we collaborated to start a conversation and help our pre-service teachers learn how to teach about significant issues that contribute to injustices today."
In January, students at both campuses studied common texts on the role of this region in the Underground Railroad and discussed the texts and related issues with each other in online discussions. The Freedom Time workshop will model a teaching session to junior high students from St. Vincent Ferrer School in Kenwood and includes an examination of slavery and human trafficking today.
Historian Jerry Gore, great-great-grandson of Addison White, considered Ohio's most famous fugitive on the Underground Railroad, and scholar Peggy Overly provide the Freedom Time training to the future teachers through modeling instruction, leading simulations, sharing artifacts and storytelling from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in the Conaton Board Room, Gallagher Student Center and Fenwick Hall. Gore and Overly, both educators, are two of the founders of the National Underground Railroad Museum in Maysville, Ky. They have traveled the U.S. and Canada researching and sharing their stories of the history of enslaved Africans and the Underground Railroad. Learn more about Gore and Overly at their website, freedomundergroundrailroad.com.
The workshop is followed by an evening panel of local speakers who have "touched history" in their own ways, including a two-hour presentation by Gore and Overly that includes a discussion of slavery and the Underground Railroad movement in this region. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Conaton Learning Commons Room 412 and is open to students and the public at no charge.
The evening also features a one-woman performance about human trafficking by Xavier student Jessica Howenstine. Marian Spencer, former vice mayor of Cincinnati, is sharing the story of her slave ancestry, and the Xavier Gospel Choir performs. Also, there is a special activity conducted by Richard Hamilton, staff scientist for the Cincinnati Observatory, who is talking about the North Star which features prominently in Underground Railroad lore. It is the only star in the evening sky that never moves and always points north. Hamilton will use a computer program to show what the sky looks like over Cincinnati and, weather permitting, will take attendees outside and use a green laser to point out the North Star, the Big Dipper and other constellations that helped orient and direct runaway slaves. Electric candles will be delivered around campus on Jan. 29 for students to place in their residence hall windows to resemble those in safe houses along the Underground Railroad.
"We are excited to host Jerry Gore, Peggy Overly, Marian Spencer and the Cincinnati community to examine slavery in our region and its legacy today, and also how educators and their students can lead for freedom in our schools, community and beyond," said Mark Kohan, academic director of UC's Teaching for Hope & Justice Network.
After the one-day workshop, Xavier and UC students will visit a local educational resource of their choice, such as the Rankin House or National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, to gain a deeper understanding as they reflect on the experiences of escaped slaves and conductors, sharing in a collaborative blog.


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Harrison's 16 lead Clemson to NIT semis 73-68
Harrison's 16 lead Clemson to NIT semis 73-68
Mar. 26, 2014
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Damarcus Harrison wasn't worried when Clemson trailed Belmont with less than four minutes left in the NIT quarterfinal Tuesday night.
After all, Harrison said "we'd been there lots of times before."
And the Tigers pulled off their latest late-game rally, outscoring the Bruins 12-2 down the stretch for a 73-68 win — its 12th straight home NIT victory. Harrison had 14 of his 16 points in the second half, including a 3-pointer and a 10-foot jumper that gave the Tigers (23-12) the lead for good.
Things looked bad for the Tigers after Craig Bradshaw hit two straight 3s for a 66-61 lead with 3:52 to go.
"We didn't give up," Harrison said. "We've been able to grind it out all year."
Indeed, 11 of Clemson's 14 victories since Atlantic Coast Conference play began have come by eight points or less. Just two days earlier, Illinois had wiped out Clemson's large lead and was up 49-48 when Rod Hall's driving bucket with 9.3 seconds left pulled it out for the Tigers.
Clemson coach Brad Brownell thought his club's experiences at the end — not all of them good — helped this time. He said during a couple of late timeouts, his players didn't look bothered or confused but focused on finishing the task.
"'We're fine,'" Brownell said was the sense he got. "We've been in this situation a number of times."
Bradshaw's long-range buckets seemed like they'd be the difference. But Belmont (26-10) was 0-of-4 shooting the rest of the way.
"At some point late, they upped their pressure," Bruins coach Rick Byrd said.
Hall began the rally with a three-point play, and Harrison followed with five straight points to put Clemson ahead 69-68. After a Belmont turnover, Hall hit a driving layup for a 71-68 lead and the Bruins could not respond.
Clemson fans rushed the court when the horn sounded, Brownell getting on the microphone to thank supporters who sold out the past two games at Littlejohn Coliseum. "Let's go win the championship," he told them.
Clemson reached Madison Square Garden in its last NIT appearance, falling to West Virginia in the tournament finals seven years ago. The Tigers will face SMU or California next Tuesday night.
Bradshaw had 21 points to lead Belmont.
Clemson's K.J. McDaniels added 16 points and grew emotional as the fans chanted "One More Year" at the high-flying junior considered a late first-round selection in June's NBA draft. Did McDaniels have an answer when asked if he'd played his final Clemson home game?
"I don't know," he said.
J.J. Mann had 20 points for the Bruins, whose 12 3-pointers were the most Clemson had allowed this season.
Clemson had its bumps in the NIT road to reach this point. The Tigers needed a late rally to get past Atlantic Sun Conference champ Georgia State 78-66 in the first round ament here last week and survived Illinois
Belmont had been to three straight NCAA tournaments before this season and hoped to reach its first NIT semifinals. Byrd has built a power program with the Bruins, who've handled such loud environments before — Belmont won this season at North Carolina something Clemson has never done.
And Belmont, the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champs who lost in its league tournament, didn't let Clemson's defensive reputation change its game plan. The Bruins came into this one with 311 3-pointers, the country's fifth best total, and kept shooting the long-range shots despite Clemson leading the nation in 3-point defense.
The Tigers have held opponents to 27.9 percent shooting from behind the arc.
Belmont tested that in the first half and finished slightly ahead of the curve in making 5 of 16 long-range shots (.317) before the break. None was bigger than Reece Chamberlain's straight-on 3 with 3.3 seconds that cut into Clemson's nine-point lead and sent the game to the half with the Tigers up 37-31.
Brownell said he'd rather have qualified for the NCAA tournament, but was proud of his players' focus and effort in their NIT run. "Our team's shown some resiliency," he said.

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First Photos and Video of Raspberry Pi Model A 125
coop0030 writes "The first photos and videos of the Model A production samples are now available. The Raspberry Pi Model A is the newest low-cost computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Compared to the popular Model B, the Model A forgoes the Ethernet Controller, has 256MB of RAM, and has a single USB port. A benefit of the missing Ethernet controller is that power consumption is reduced. This allowed them to reach their goals of a low-cost $25 computer. The release date is for sometime early in 2013."


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County to build new dog shelter
This time next year, stray dogs found roaming Auglaize County could be housed in a new shelter built behind the Auglaize County Law Enforcement Center (ACLEC).
Increased funding coming into the county from a full-time dog warden hired three years ago has made it possible for the county to revisit the project originally discussed in the summer of 2008, county Commissioner Don Regula said.
Money for the building is to come from the county's Dog and Kennel Fund, however some will need to be borrowed for a short amount of time to get the shelter completed now, Commissioner Doug Spencer said.
The commissioners met with representatives of the Minster architectural firm Garmann-Miller & Associates, as well as a representative of the city of Wapakoneta and the dog wardens of Auglaize and Allen counties on Thursday to revisit original plans designed several years ago.
He said after checking on other properties and existing buildings as well as meeting with at least six other counties and their dog wardens, they felt comfortable moving forward.
"It's long overdue," Commissioner John Bergman said. "We have a good permanent location and plan to make sure this is very functional operationally, maintenance wise and for the public."
Commissioners described the selected site, west of the radio tower and satellite behind the ACLEC on county property, as an easily accessible and visible location along U.S. 33 off of Dearbaugh Avenue in Wapakoneta.
Spencer said after talking with so many other counties they felt they had a good grasp on what would work best for the facility.
"The Dog and Kennel Fund has grown exponentially," Spencer said of the past three years since Dog Warden Russ Bailey was hired. "Ideally, Auglaize County's philosophy has always been once we have the money we'll do the capital improvement."
Before Bailey was hired, 3,800 dog tags were sold annually in the county. That number has increased to 6,030 so far in 2011.
While not all the money for the building will be available at the start of the project, Spencer said they are to be repaid within a short amount of time out of the Dog and Kennel Fund.
"We've limped along the three years since we brought back a full-time dog warden," Spencer said. "It's time to do this. We can't delay it any longer."
Regula said Bailey has made the current facility work despite some tough conditions and the commissioners are looking forward to the county having its first dog shelter built solely for that purpose.
Architect Brad Garmann anticipated having utilities in place and the foundation laid on the new building before Thanksgiving if the project is bid out in September. It should be completed within six months.
"This gives us a place to start," Garmann said. "We'll go back and revise the plans based on this meeting and set another meeting in a couple weeks for another review and an estimated total."
He said the estimate for the 30- by 60-foot building in the summer of 2008 was more than $263,000.
Material costs have gone up since, but labor costs remain steady adding up to a fairly favorable bid climate, Garmann said.
The metal-sided and roofed building is to feature large kennels, a small dog and puppy room, quarantine area, utility room with washer and dryer and tub, office area, restroom, a garage and storage area. There would be some space to expand the building as necessary in the future.


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Savory Surprise Buns Recipe
These golden-brown buns are sure to be a hit at your next holiday dinner. A flavorful alternative to butter, the creamy, garlicky filling perfectly complements the tender bread surrounding it. —Elizabeth Prestie, Preeceville, Saskatchewan
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- 3-3/4 to 4-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon quick-rise yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 egg
- 1 package (6-1/2 ounces) garlic-herb spreadable cheese
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- In a large bowl, combine 2-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat water and oil to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add egg; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky).
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Punch dough down. Turn onto a floured surface; divide into four portions. Roll each portion into a 9-in. x 6-in. rectangle. Cut into 3-in. squares.
- Place 2 teaspoons spreadable cheese in center of each square. Moisten corners with water; bring over center of filling and pinch corners tightly in center. Place seam side down on greased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Brush tops with butter. Yield: 2 dozen.
Editor's Note: You may freeze leftover buns in freezer bags. Thaw buns overnight in the refrigerator, then bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes to reheat.
Originally published as Savory Surprise Buns in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2011, p32
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U.S. Catholic conclave round 2: Readers really love Cardinal Tagle
We've now completed the second round of our reader polls on the next pope, and with more than 400 responses, the results weren't even close.
As the graph on the left shows, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila (a favorite of [1] our own U.S. Catholic blogger Bryan Cones, even before Pope Benedict stepped down [2]) ran away with the vote. A full 54 percent of readers chose Tagle as the man who should succeed Benedict, making him a clear winner despite the fact that his age--at 55 he is one of the youngest cardinals in the church--makes him an unlikely choice in the actual conclave.
The vote was split pretty evenly among the other candidates, with Archbishop Jose Gomez (who will likely be named a cardinal by the next pope once Gomez's predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, reaches the age of 80) coming in second. He obviously won't be chosen this time around, but he might make a good candidate in the next conclave.
We threw in one more unlikely American candidate, Washington archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who received 11 percent of the vote. And the one real Vatican insider of the group, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, finished dead last, showing that readers are surely ready for a change in the business-as-usual approach at the Vatican.
Tagle and Gomez will now move on to the finals to compete with Cardinals Dolan and O'Malley, along with the winners of our next poll (votes are being taken right now! Just check the right-hand column of this page to view the latest poll).
Now, on to the fun version--the famous candidates who could never actually be pope. Here it was two candidates who were clearly favored above all others: Sister Joan Chittister (with 37 percent) and actor Martin Sheen (with 25 percent). Chittister's win, combined with the surprise performance of Sister Helen Prejean in round one, shows that our readers would truly love to see a woman religious in the chair of Peter. So we've given you two more notable sisters to choose from in the third round: theologian Elizabeth Johnson and social justice advocate Simone Campbell (who has surely gained some street cred from her appearances on The Daily Show [3] and The Colbert Report [4]).
It was interesting to see that the two famous Catholic politicians who battled it out in last year's presidential election--Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, who ran for VP alongside Republican hopeful Mitt Romney--didn't have nearly as much support. Of all the candidates, though, I'd say Biden most looks the part of a pope, even if he wouldn't quite be the right guy for the job.
Chittister and Sheen join Prejean and Father Jim Martin in the finals, along with the two top candidates in the current poll. In addition to the two sisters, we've given you more fantasy pope options ranging from another popular priest (Father Robert Barron) to another Catholic politician (Marco Rubio) to another big name Catholic in Hollywood (Sean Connery, who as one of our editors pointed out, would clearly have the best pope voice of them all).
Be sure to cast your vote, and check back soon for more results (as well as ongoing coverage of news surrounding the actual conclave, too).
Flickr photo of Cardinal Luis Tagle (before his elevation to cardinal in 2012) cc [5] by Shoot First, Eat Later [6]


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By Don Davis
No one expected Minnesota Democratic legislators to fully agree with Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal, and they were right.
Not even Dayton thought all would be rosy: "I don't expect this to be popular because we are trying to make up a $1 billion deficit."
Democrats were careful to avoid sounding too critical.
"It's a little abstract right now as we are trying to dig into it," House Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul said. "We need to do the harder work on what it means to Minnesotans."
"Legislators are going to have their own ideas about this budget," she added.
Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, said he would push to "modify" some of Dayton's education funding proposals. Murphy was gentle when she said that House Democrats would like to pay back money the state borrowed from schools faster than Dayton proposes.
"The governor does it in this budget, but he just does it in the next biennium," Murphy said. "We would like to be a little more aggressive than that."
Republicans were not as gentle, and would love to make big changes in what Dayton proposes. But they lack House and Senate votes to force those changes.
"This is simply a massive increase in taxing, a massive increase in spending to do exactly what we do today," Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, said.
Dayton often said after unveiling his budget plan that he welcomes other people's ideas. But at the same time the governor and other Democrats say the entire plan is a package and if one part is changed it may cause it all to fall apart.
Transportation failing
A national transportation research group says Minnesota needs to spend up to $9 billion on "deteriorated and congested roads, deficient bridges, needed safety improvements and transit deficiencies."
The group, TRIP, reports the cost of failing transportation systems falls on residents, businesses and visitors.
TRIP's report shows that several roads are significantly congested and "sections of major roads or highways have significant pavement deterioration and need to be reconstructed."
Nearly a third of Minnesota's major roads need to be repaired, TRIP reports. Among the biggest needs the group reports are Interstate 94 in the Twin Cities and western Minnesota, Interstate 90 across the south, U.S. 61 in the Red Wing area and Minnesota 194 in and near Duluth.
"Investing in Minnesota's transportation system and eliminating these challenges by improving the condition and efficiency of the state's roads, bridges and transit systems will be an effective step in growing the state's economy, enhancing quality of life and making Minnesota an attractive place to live, work and visit," TRIP Executive Director Will Wilkins said.
Bonding coming
Gov. Mark Dayton did not include a public works funding proposal in his budget plan, but he hints one will be coming.
"I am in favor of a bonding bill," Dayton said about a public works bill funded by the state selling bonds.
He inserted, "as a placeholder," $500 million for construction projects. However, he said he would wait to decide about bonding until after a Feb. 28 revenue report.
When he does present a bill, the governor said that downtown civic centers in Rochester, Mankato and St. Cloud will top his list.
Bad timing
If you think you have it bad when you fight a cold, consider Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson.
The past few days have been among the most important for Dayton administration commissioners, who were called upon time and time again to sell the governor's budget plan. But she struggled talking in committee appearances as a cold got the best of her.
"If I was your parent," Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, told her with a smile, she would not have gone to work.
She could not go home, but did need to leave soon after Huntley's comments: "I apologize, but I have the legislative auditor coming to my office."
Commissioner Jim Schowalter of Minnesota Management and Budget said he also had been fighting a nasty cold, but took medicine so he could get through Tuesday's budget release and the following days of hectic activity.
Colds have been spreading throughout the state Capitol complex since the legislative session began early this month.
Dayton vs. GOP, feds
Maybe it was the pain he faced as he recovers from back surgery, but Gov. Mark Dayton was not kind to a couple of groups of politicians when he introduced his budget proposal.
While saying that he does not expect federal budget problems to hurt Minnesota too much, he took out after his former colleagues in Congress.
"I'm not holding my breath to see Congress tackle responsibly the challenges they face," the former U.S. senator said. "When will they ever learn?"
He also attacked Minnesota Republicans, who claim the Dayton budget would raise taxes on the middle class.
"I don't know where you could fabricate raising taxes on the average Minnesotan," he said, saying Republicans "misinformed Minnesotans about the facts of my tax proposal for the past two years…. I had truth on my side."
Brodkorb hurt
The state budget was the talk of the Capitol in recent days, but Michael Brodkorb returned to the spotlight after he was critically injured in a Wednesday night car accident.
The former top GOP aide was in Region's Hospital in St. Paul.
Brodkorb, 39, was a high Republican Party official, then went to work for state Senate Republicans. While there, he and then-Majority Leader Amy Koch of Buffalo began an affair that led to Brodkorb being fired in December of 2011 and Koch leaving her leadership post.
Do it yourself
Minnesotans who want to delve into Gov. Mark Dayton's budget plan may see it and supporting information at www.mn.gov/governor/budget/toolkit.


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Tuberculosis at an All-Time Low in South Dakota
South Dakota logged a record low number of tuberculosis(TB) cases in 2013.
State Health Department officials say nine cases were reported for the year, the lowest number ever.
State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says TB has in the past been a challenge, with 512 cases reported in 1950, when the state had two active TB hospitals.
He says the low figure in 2013 represents "literally decades of hard work by public health and the private medical community."
Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that Kightlinger says usually affects the lungs.
Under state law, all suspected TB cases must be reported to the Health Department.


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2-3 wins next year. Thats what it seems like. Getting ugly. No Sunday ticket for me this year. Not worth the money....
If you switch to Geico you can save 15% or more on your car insurance. That plus the $300 you'll save on the Sunday Ticket is good money in your pocket.
I'm assuming your finances is what you wanted to discuss, since there isn't another relevant discussion point in your post.
Without a qb, the jets can draft whomever you want and still suck.
They will be like Buffalo with Mario Williams. One guy on defensive won't get it done. See Houston JJ Watt....
It's a Qb driven league.
Stupid. No team will tank a whole season trying to bank on one college player
OL is fine for now and you can build that once the QB is in place.
It is so much more important to get the QB.
And I don't know what you're talking about. Flacco was lights out in the playoffs (11 TD, 0 INT) and he's the main reason why they won the SB.
The Ravens D was not nearly as good this year as it traditionally has been and their OL is nothing special. Flacco and Boldin and Smith carried that team.
I appreciate the warm and fuzzy replies. Our defensive backfield is gone.
We have a sub par QB, are sparse on the DL and have no RBs.
What are your expectations for the upcoming season?
I watched all of those playoffs games and don't remember him "Taking-Over" a game. Never really saw his carry his team. He made plays when he had to for sure - I'm not discounting how important a QB is, but finding a stud isn't easy. We should take the prudent route and build a solid o-line, which will make us competitive with any reasonable QB.
I'm not saying we don't need an effective QB, we certainly don't have one on our roster right now...but you could win without a top QB
We have had this argument so much on this board...just look at the past 15 or so SB winners...overwhemingly very good to great QB's at the helm. Sure you don't need a good QB to win, but you better be absolutely unstopable at every other area...something that is almost impossible to do in this era.
Brady, Breese, Rodgers, P. Manning...Those are the guys I consider special, carry your team regardless of talent type guys. Where as the Eli and Flaco's (Big Ben is somewhere in the middle) of the world are solid but inconsistent QB's that are helped by very good defenses and quality o-line play. These guys got hot at the right time.
Don't think we will get clowney, he will go 1 or 2. Hopefully we can get bridgewater.. I don't want to "tank next season" but I'm a little tired of accepting 10-6 season with a couple of playoff wins every few years.. Putting a competitive team on the field next year doesn't help this team in the long run.. Signing average guys like devito or whoever is not going to help us win.. Get head start in getting under cap and Go after guys in Fa next yr who will make difference.. And take that good draft pick and hopefully draft a franchise qb.. I'm sure colt fans love the fact colts tanked 2012 so they can have luck the next 12 -15. years


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HUDSON, A. THOMAS Portage A. Thomas Hudson, M.D., age 80, of Portage. Tom was called to meet his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 28, 1932 in Wayland, MI. Tom Graduated from Aquinas College and University of Michigan Medical School, Class of 1957. Tom enjoyed playing bridge at the Portage and Kalamazoo Senior Centers and euchre and cribbage with his family and friends. He traveled countless miles to attend his grandchildren's sporting and musical events. "Gramps" was the ultimate communicator, both as a patient listener and storyteller. He was an eternal optimist and always brought out the best in everyone - quick with a joke and a smile on his face - he made this world a happier place for all who knew him. He is survived by his brother, Harry (JeanneAnne) Hudson of Wyoming, MI; five sons, Pete (Cristina), Jim (Annie), Chris (Denise), John, and Brian (Maureen); 17 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Helen Hudson, his brother, Dick Hudson of Hastings, and his sister, Marie Hall of Wayland. Funeral Mass will be at 11 AM Monday, July 22, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 1871 - 136th Ave. in Dorr, with Fr. Joe Fix, presiding. Interment in St. Stanislaus Cemetery and a luncheon at the church hall will follow. The family will receive visitors at Kubiak-Cook Funeral Services in Dorr, 4330 18th St. from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 PM Sunday with a scripture service at 7 PM. In honor of Tom, contributions may be made to the Portage Senior Center, 320 Library Ln, Portage MI, 49002.
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Looking for Shoujo Anime's
I just finished Kami-sama Hajimemashita and i absolutely loved it, i also liked Sukitte Ii na yo, animes like this made me think i should give the shoujo genre a closer look, i don't mind reverse harem either, just no yaoi (just to be sure).
Thank you in advance.
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Full Moon o Sagashite
Aishiteru ze Baby
Fruits Basket
Kare Kano
Kaleido Star
Ouran Koukou Host Club
Cardcaptor Sakura
Princess Tutu
Skip Beat!
Shoujo is a demographic, not a genre, by the way...
|2013-03-04, 18:11
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I forgot to mention, this is my animelist: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Strike105X
But still thanks among those there are some i haven't seen XD.
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Saiunkoku Monogatari is officially shoujo, I believe, though it could easily pass as a josei as well. It is a bit hard to find now that Geneon let it go out-of-print. The second season exists only in fansubs.
One of my favorite performances by the always-excellent Kuwashima Houko.
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And it is an excellent show that I have no problems endorsing except that it really is josei. I don't think these things matter much, but I suspect the romance aspects of Chihayafuru would have been a larger part of the story if it was targeted at a younger female audience.
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Looks like a lot of ladies in their early twenties. However the manga version is officially shoujo, having appeared in Monthly Asuka.
Let me say right away that I think using demographics to choose anime is much too limiting. For instance, I don't watch much shounen, but I'm enjoying Magi. I certainly prefer josei/seinen stories because they have a larger representation of adult characters, but I don't really pay much attention to demographics overall. A good story is a good story, regardless of who the target audience might be.
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Lolli for loli :D
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Chihayafuru at or near the top of your list if you haven't watched it yet.
Here are a few other random suggestions:
Hataraki Man - A 28-yo female editor fights workplace patriarchy and overwork as she tries to build a professional life. Do a search for "Arienai" to find the subs.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee - I have no idea what demographic this targets, but it's certainly enjoyable. A 16-yo Japanese girl travels to 19th century Paris to take up a position as a shop girl in an ironmonger's shop. Much of the humor revolves around "culture clash" issues like young Yune's first encounters with cheese.
Kemono no Sou-ja Erin - Another story by the author of Moribito animated by Production I.G in association with the NHK. Erin wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a veterinarian to mystical beasts. Her ability to communicate with them puts her in the center of political conflict. The original novel probably targeted the same audience as the Harry Potter novels.
Usagi Drop - Technically seinen, I believe, but who cares? Thirty-ish bachelor Daikichi takes on the responsibility for raising his grandfather's illegitimate five-year-old daughter after the old man dies and her mother disappears. Very heartwarming and often funny, though it deals with serious issues like the problems of balancing work and family as a single-father in workaholic Japan. Apparently it's no longer streamed by Crunchyroll though it is available on DVD from NISA.
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Pretty good recommendations already (random note: Fruitsbasket has the same director as Kami-sama Hajimemashita; many people say it has a similar feel - I wouldn't have noticed, but thinking about it, I agree).
I'd also recommend: Kimi ni Todoke, conceptually pretty similar to Sukitte Ii na Yo, but with a more idyllic feel and a bigger emphasis on friendship (at least the first season, which is the one I'd recommend. The second season isn't quite as good, but if you loved the first one you'll definitely want to see it.)
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However to contribute to this thread I will repeat recommendations for
* Fruits Basket (by the same director as Kamisama Kiss)
* Princess Tutu (this is in my top 2 anime series).
And I will also recommend Natsume Yuujinchou. It doesn't have much romance as its more focused on friendship but it's just extremely heart warming and moving.
If you like fantasy/adventure I strongly recommend Twelve Kingdoms
If you like historical fiction check out the wonderful Rose of Versailles.
As for Josei then I second recommendations for Chihayafuru. It's probably my favorite ongoing series right now and this board named it anime of the year.
And I will also add Nodame Cantabile & Honey and Clover for some nice college age romance.
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Linked by Igor Ljubuncic on Mon 21st Jun 2010 09:35 UTC
I've bored the readers of my personal website to death with two rather prosaic articles debating the Linux security model, in direct relation to Windows and associated claims of wondrous infections and lacks thereof. However, I haven't yet discussed even a single program that you can use on your Linux machine to gauge your security. For my inaugural article for OSNews, I'll leave the conceptual stuff behind, and focus on specific vectors of security, within the world of reason and moderation that I've created and show you how you can bolster a healthy strategy with some tactical polish, namely software.
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"There are a lot of network based attacks that computers without firewalls are vulnerable to.
man in the middle attacks, spoofing, etc.
man in the middle attacks, spoofing, etc.
What?!? How exactly does a firewall mitigate man in the middle attacks or spoofing? That's just silly. "
Spoofing IS a man in the middle attack.
- http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/docs/users_guide/ch15s02s06.html
- http://www.cipherdyne.org/LinuxFirewalls/ch01/
- http://www.aboutdebian.com/firewall.htm


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Hi all, I have wasted many hours trying to resolver this problem but with no luck.
I am trying to echo an email address from a database onto a page, but whenever i echo the variable Resouce id#5 is displayed:
Below is the coding I have used:
$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$query2 = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM customer WHERE username ='".$username."'");
$password = $query2;
Email Address: <? echo $password; ?>
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea how to resolve this problem
Kind regards Andy
Ok I realise that i have missed the 'mysql_fetch_assoc' quote again when i display the variable "array is displayed.
$password = mysql_fetch_assoc($query2);
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Sega has been unsure if it would be able to keep the full Jet Set Radio soundtrack in tact. The company has estimated around 70% of it would return from the original. But Sega announced today that the full soundtrack will be appearing in the game when it launches this summer--unlike another HD re-release. In fact, Sega's HD revamp will include all the songs from every regional release around the world.
"We not only got the full Japanese soundtrack, not just the full European soundtrack, or even just the full North American soundtrack – no no – we got the worldwide soundtrack!"
The soundtrack features 25 songs in all, and includes a mixture of tracks from Sega alongside selected picks from B.B. Rights, Rob Zombie, and Jurassic 5. A price and release date haven't been disclosed, but it sounds like fans of the original and its eclectic music selections should be pleased when it hits.
Select licensed tracks:
- Electric Tooth Brush - Toronto
- Everybody Jump Around - Richard Jacques
- OK House - Idol Taxi
- Bout the City - Reps
- Funky Radio - B.B. Rights
- Mischievous Boy - Castle Logical
- Yellow Bream - F-Fields
- Just Got Wicked - Cold
- Dragula - Rob Zombie
- Slow - Professional Murder Music
- Improvise - Jurassic 5
- Patrol Knob - Mixmaster Mike
- Recipe for the Perfect Afro - Feature Cast
- Funky Plucker - Semi Detached
The Sega Blog has the full track list. Jet Set Radio HD will be available this summer on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. A Vita version is also in the works.


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"Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music," Cold Beam explains--somewhat similar to Dylan Fitterer's fine Audiosurf. Beat Hazard also boasts online leader boards and achievements.
Beat Hazard was first released on Xbox Live Indie Games last year for 400 Microsoft Points ($5). The PC edition is due out in April at an unknown price.
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Outlawed by FIFA!
But, but... The referee's humanity is part of the game! It's not right to question his judgement with gadgets!
The people who programmed "the computer" were better.
I'd say it's a mixture of the two. The computer can't discriminate these facial features without people to program it, but the people can't discriminate these facial features on their own, either, because we aren't good at applying this kind of analysis ourselves (even if we can come up with what it ought to be). The existence of a computer isn't enough, and the existence of the people is also insufficient, to carry out the task. So I'd call it a collaborative activity.
I'd say the computer is pretty intelligent. For one, it's better at recognizing facial expressions than people are!
I mean, if you hired a textile worker, nobody would object if you talked about the worker being "good" or "bad" at sewing, even though they didn't design the sewing machinery and aren't exhibiting any particular creativity, but rather are just following instructions.
You are saying this yourself: the textile worker is neither creative nor intelligent, he is just skilled. What's so difficult to grasp? Can't the computer be skilled at pattern matching? Doesn't mean it's suddenly intelligent.
Why do you equate a tolerance for boredom with a lack of intelligence?
There's a good precedent for your argument that this is a question of instinctual skill vrs trained skill, but it doesn't take anything like a billion examples to train a person in the example I'm considering. A very common way to teach health care personnel to recognize Fetal Alchohol Syndrome is to give them an album with several hundred photos of people in various life stages, all suffering from FAS. This method has worked since the time when the photos were black and white, and in fact, using color shots or video footage doesn't seem to have any impact on success or the number of examples needed. Once someone is trained that way, the success percentage is in the very high 90s, and stays that way, at least for a typical crreer. Similar methods are used for other diseases, for example most people have learned to spot Down's syndrome from just a few examples, but where the syndrome produces only some of the usual appearance effects, spotting the 'borderline cases' with high accuracy can be taught this same way, usually taking about 15 minutes.
That would be an interesting test. I agree, 25 random volunteers really isn't all that high of a bar. Do the same with some experienced clinicians and see what happens.
Moreover, pain is a pretty complex issue - there is acute, nocioceptive (pain receptor) pain - as in the test. Chronic pain is quite a bit different. Visceral pain (from nerve fibers in the abdomen) is different still.
I think that a computer assisted study of emotions has the potential for improving human performance in decoding those emotions, but this is clearly in it's infancy. I don't think there will be an app for that in the near future (a real one, that is).
While you are at it, what happens if they test specifially with medical personnel who have been told they need to spot people faking pain to get their opiate fix,and avoid at all costs encouraging their addiction?
It was ***ice water*** not actual pain.
from TFA:
In the second, the volunteers immersed an arm in a bucket of frigid ice water for a minute, a genuinely painful experience, and were given no instructions on what to do with their facial expressions.
For the first one, they told them to ***make a fake painful face***
I'd say humans did just fine...better than the researchers who designed the study!
The computer just recognized the patterns it was told...it was optimized on their faces
another AI hype/fail
The people who programmed "the computer" were better.
You don't say why. But I'm guessing if I follow you logic the people who programmed Deep Blue were better at chess than Deep Blue itself, or the people who programmed Watson were better at Jeopardy than Watson. Since computers did these tasks better than the best people in the world clearly they weren't, and by a large margin.
Technically computers can do some things better than us. For example, they can store a series of images of someone responding to pain perfectly for long periods of time. Humans can
Perhaps watching faked facial expressions on TV and whatnot has dulled our ability to distinguish them?
because people never faked emotions or facial expressions beforehand?
half the population has been faking orgasms since the dawn of humanity
In the 1970's there was a book called "Four Arguments for the Abolition of Television", or something like that. One of the arguments was the limited image quality of the 512 line scan made even very poorly faked emotions very hard to distinguish from the real thing, and so children who got their learning examples of human expressions from TV would have a hard time telling who was really feeling emotions or just faking them. The author also claimed that emotions such as Rage, Fear, and Strong Suffering would come through better than subtler emotions such as Boredom, Fondness or Compassion, so TV scripts would come to emphasize those emotions which at least somewhat worked and ignore the rest. Perhaps there's something to these ideas.
My guess is that this would be useful for detecting people who only want narcotics to sell, or to use recreationally, But a computer algorithm that falsely identifies pain sufferers as fakers would be downright cruel, whereas a computer algorithm that fails to identify fakers is merely less useful for drug control efforts.
I always hated how both types of error were given the incredible opaque designations of "Type I" and "Type I"...
I often wonder how well our medical establishment has studied the euphoric effect of opiates and how they contribute to or even in some cases surpass the functional pain relief.
I had a traumatic hand injury two months ago which involved a partial amputation of one of my fingers. I experience a lot of "pins and needles" nerve stimulation and some false limb pain (pressure or stabbing-type sensation where I have no finger) and generalized fatigue in my hand. I take small (5 mg) doses of oxycodone once or t
Computers do not feel empathy. Perhaps the empathy humans feel when seeing others in pain overrides any minor inconsistencies in the visual side of things. Further, humans do not "analyze" one others' faces to identify an emotion. We see faces (even if it's the same ones over and over) so many times that it's just an automatic, generalized classification. If people often faked painful facial features, and there was some strong motivation to identify that fact, then I'm sure we would be more adept at it. The only time I can think of in a real-world setting where people fake painful facial features is in jest or to be funny or "sarcastic" in some way (not counting football (aka soccer) matches). Thus the overall context totally reveals the expression to be fake and thus visual side of things is just an afterthought.
I used to always wonder why people lied so much and why others couldn't tell that they were lying.
Then I found out how self-involved most people are.
I always find myself wondering why people think I'm lying, even though I'm not. I'm not some liar, and even people I've never met do this.
So, I'd say humans are pretty bad at telling if others are lying. They get so sickeningly sure that there are arbitrary 'signs' that people give off when they're lying, and, as if not wanting to be wrong, they won't ever admit that they can't magically detect if someone is lying just because they do something. Annoying cretins.
another important factor to note: they didn't experience actual pain in the control
from TFA:
In the second, the volunteers immersed an arm in a bucket of frigid ice water for a minute, a genuinely painful experience, and were given no instructions on what to do with their facial expressions.
For the first they told the subjects to make a **fake** painful face.
So, a face painful face vs a hand in ice water w/ no instruction...vs an optimized facial recognizer optimized on their expressions.
IMHO the subjects p
the junkies will break their own arms to get their fix, so I doubt this method, even if if 100%, would be useful for that. Also, in general, you do not have to demonstrate your pain to get meds. You tell a doctor you are in pain, and he gives you a prescription, 90% of people who get them are not outwardly displaying their discomfort.
If you run that software a few times it does. So, someone comes it with fake pains 2 times for meds and gets flagged. There's a 98% chance it's legit. Three times and there's a 99.7% chance they're faking it. You're not going to stop the one-timer, but you'll nail the addict.
You're not going to stop the one-timer, but you'll nail the addict.
And.. then what?
I would really want to go over the photos they were showing people. I can think of three different ways this study was contaminated.
I would really want to go over the photos they were showing people. I can think of three different ways this study was contaminated.
because of personal reasons , i am interested in this subject , could you expand on what you have so far contributed PLEASE !
Again, its extremely easy to bias a study like this... I'll go through some of my guesses as to how it might be biased off the top of my head in no particular order:
Looking at pictures of pain in photographs isn't a reasonable test especially if you're doing that to someone cold. That is without a little training. No more then 10 or 20 minutes is what a person needs. But if you just throw it at them out of no where they probably won't adapt to it instantly
Nearly always when we see people in pain in photos i
This technology can get quite dangerous if it becomes good at detecting people with guilty expressions.
due to my having an illness that is at times VERY painfull , and because my GP has known me for over a decade , he does not just look at my FACE ! a couple of years ago , he told his secrety to call an ambulance because of my STANCE , and that was before i even had a chance to say anything to him , due to the fact that i try not to worry my familie , i have learned not to show how much pain i am in !! another thing is that most people do not seem to know that a person in a lot , and i do mean a lot of pain
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OK, so after upping the kernel from .34 to .35 my keyboard worked again, including the media buttons.
Now, after another update a day 'n half ago, my media buttons are dead again, even xev won't see them!
What fscks me off proper is I can't even downgrade the kernel from -r5 to -r4 nae mere as it's not in the repos, so I can't even check to see if that's what caused the problem
Getting pretty bloody sick with buttons working for only a week or two then failing on me again after an update
Anyone got any idea what to do?


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It may come as no surprise that there are more boaters on state waterways than ever before.
What you may not know, is close to one million boats crowd state waterways, creating a greater risk for accidents.
Staying safe on the water is as simple as using a little common sense and lying off the alcohol. There's nothing quite like
A day on the water. Soaking up the sun and maybe throwing a line to catch that prize fish. All this leisure can mask a sobering reality, boating can be dangerous, even deadly. Longtime boaters say a few safety precautions go a long way.
As Florida grows so does the number of boats on state waters. More than 900,000 boats were registered in Florida in 2002, an all time high. But that same year, there were also 1,200 accidents that resulted in 52 fatalities. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission alcohol was the leading factor in these deaths.
Law enforcement's best tool to catch impaired boaters is a mobile operations bus. It greatly cuts down the amount of time it takes to process an intoxicated operator. When it comes to safety, almost just as important as foregoing the alcohol is wearing a life vest. And a new generation of vests makes that easier than ever.
By calling 1-888-404-FWCC you can report an impaired boater and possibly receive a $250 reward.


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Florida captures SEC championship
Junior Pigott named Most Outstanding Player of tournament
Third-seeded Florida (45-16) captured its first SEC Tournament championship since 1991 with a 5-0 shutout of fourth-seeded Vanderbilt (47-10) on Sunday at Regions Park.
It was the sixth SEC Tourney crown for the Gators, which previously brought home the hardware in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988 and 1991.
Making his first start of the campaign against a league opponent, junior Alex Panteliodis (5-2) scattered five hits and registered five strikeouts in 5.1 scoreless innings to earn the win. Panteliodis was followed to the mound by junior Greg Larson (0.2 IP, 2 H), junior Nick Maronde (2.0 IP, 1 K) and sophomore Austin Maddox (1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 K) as Florida established a single-season school record with its 11th shutout. UF's four victories at the event were its most since going 4-0 to win the 1991 SEC Tournament held in Baton Rouge, La.
Junior outfielder Daniel Pigott, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, was chosen as the Most Outstanding Player of the SEC Tourney after batting .583 (7-for-12) over the four games he played, with six runs and six stolen bases. He joined Gator winners Rich Bombard (pitcher, 1982), Brian Reimsnyder (outfielder, 1988), Herbert Perry (designated hitter, 1991) and Brian Purvis (outfielder, 1991).
Other members of the All-Tourney Team from the Orange and Blue included sophomore shortstop Nolan Fontana, sophomore right-hander Hudson Randall and senior outfielder Bryson Smith.
"Alex [Panteliodis] gave us a great start," head coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "We knew going into this one that we'd have to pitch well. If we had to go to the bullpen early in this game, we were probably going to find ourselves in some trouble. AP just did an outstanding job."
"Daniel [Pigott] has had a great year," O'Sullivan said. "I don't know if it's one thing or another. He's hit over .300 all year long, and he had a really good tournament."
Vanderbilt put its first two runners of the game aboard, as freshman Tony Kemp led off by being hit by a pitch from Panteliodis and sophomore Anthony Gomez (2-for-4) followed with a single into center field. The southpaw had junior Aaron Westlake fly out to left field and struck out senior Curt Casali, with the Commodores executing a double steal on the play for two runners in scoring position. Panteliodis fanned sophomore Mike Yastrzemski to end the frame.
Similar to the Commodores, Florida's first two runners reached base and failed to score. Fontana had a leadoff infield single against senior Taylor Hill (4-1) and Smith (2-for-5) sliced a single through the left side of the infield. Junior Preston Tucker moved his teammates over with a grounder to first and Hill responded by striking out sophomore Mike Zunino and having senior Josh Adams fly out to straightaway center field.
The Gators broke the ice with a pair of unearned runs in the home part of the second to take a 2-0 lead. Redshirt sophomore Vickash Ramjit drew a one-out walk and Pigott legged out an infield single, with Ramjit able to take third on a throwing error by Gomez. With runners on the corners, sophomore Cody Dent (1-for-2, two RBI) laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Ramjit and a throwing error on the play by Westlake resulted in Pigott reaching third and Dent occupying second base. Fontana brought in Pigott with an RBI grounder and Hill worked out of further trouble by having Smith ground out to third base.
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Vanderbilt threatened again in the fourth by having a pair of runners in scoring position. Freshman Conrad Gregor roped a one-out single into center field and Panteliodis countered with a strikeout of sophomore Conor Harrell. Junior Riley Reynolds (2-for-4) singled up the middle, advancing Harrell to second base, and a wild pitch enabled the runners to move up. Panteliodis came through with a crucial strikeout of Kemp, the SEC's Freshman of the Year, to bring Vanderbilt's total to seven runners left on base to that point.
In the bottom of the frame, Pigott collected his second hit of the afternoon with one down and swiped second for his team-leading 15th stolen base, sixth of the SEC Tournament. After Fontana drew a two-out walk, Hill caught Smith looking on strikes to complete the inning.
Panteliodis had Yastrzemski fly out to start the sixth and was replaced by Larson. Over 5.1 shutout innings, Panteliodis permitted five hits, with five strikeouts and one walk. Junior Jason Esposito (2-for-4) greeted Larson with a single off his leg but the righty answered by having Gregor ground into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.
Harrell began the seventh with a single into right field, bringing Maronde into the ballgame for Larson. Harrell moved into scoring position with a stolen base and went to third on a fly-out by Reynolds. Maronde caught Kemp looking on strikes for the second out and had Gomez ground out to leave the runner 90 feet away from home plate.
Florida increased its lead to 3-0 in the home part of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Tucker. Dent started the inning with a base-hit into shallow center field but was erased when Fontana's bunt was fielded cleanly by Casali and thrown down to second base. A single by Smith on a hit-and-run gave the Gators runners on the corners and a fly ball in foul territory by Tucker allowed Fontana to tag up from third base to provide the Gators with a three-run margin.
Maronde set down the Commodores on three-straight fly balls in the eighth and sophomore Will Clinard was tapped to replace Hill, who allowed seven hits, notched eight strikeouts and surrendered three runs over seven full innings. The Gators tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the stanza to finalize the scoring. Adams and Maddox had back-to-back singles and Ramjit's sacrifice attempt instead turned into an infield single to load the bases with none out. Junior Jack Armstrong came in and plunked Pigott to bring Adams across with the fourth run and then issued a free pass to Dent with the bases full to score Maddox. Senior Mark Lamm took over on the mound and had a grounder by Fontana force Ramjit at home for the first out and then had Smith ground into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.
Maddox relieved Maronde at the outset of the ninth and Esposito led off with a double to left field. The righty had Gregor line out to Fontana and struck out Harrell before Reynolds had a two-out single to give the Commodores runners on the corners. Maddox had Kemp fly out to left field to complete the shutout. UF held a 10-9 advantage in hits and the teams stranded a combined 19 base-runners (10 for Vanderbilt, nine for Florida).


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Patriots RE Chandler Jones (ankle) has been ruled out for Thursday night's game against the Jets.
Jones was injured early on in Sunday's rout over the Colts. The first-round pick has generated six sacks and three forced fumbles as a rookie and ranks as Pro Football Focus' No. 10 4-3 defensive end in all of football. Trevor Scott will likely draw the start in Jones' place.
is the pig ripe?
Big loss for them but dont be Happy someone is hurt.. you Always want to play the best and they laughed When revis went down and look wat happened
hopefully it will work out better for the Jets than when they knocked Tannehill out of the game on the Fins first O series.
Jet fans understanding that their best hope is not the Jets winning the game but the Pats losing it.
I think I heard that Logan Mankins is also out.....
Unfortunately, Aaron Hernandez may play.


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How Does Make Log File Output Relate?
In the previous section, a complete build (for example, where runme, foo.o, and bar.o were missing before typing make) produces no output. That's because all the commands in the Makefile were prefixed by @, which prevents GNU Make from echoing them.
GNU Make's -n option provides a way to echo all the commands without executing them. This is handy for dry runs of the Makefile. The output from make -n on the example Makefile is:
g++ -c -o foo.o foo.c g++ -c -o bar.o bar.c cc foo.o bar.o -o runme
In this example, it's relatively easy to relate these lines to specific rules in the Makefile; however, it can be hard on large, real-world Makefiles. And since -n doesn't actually run these commands, it's no help when trying to figure out why a rule failed to execute correctly.
One solution is to replace every @ with $(AT). Setting AT to @ in the Makefile makes it behave as before. Setting AT to blank means that commands are echoed. For example, the Makefile can be modified to use $(AT) instead of @:
.PHONY: all all: runme runme: foo.o bar.o $(AT)$(LINK.o) $^ -o [email protected] foo.o: foo.c bar.o: bar.c %.o: %.c $(AT)$(COMPILE.C) -o [email protected] $< AT := @
This behaves exactly as before, except that it's possible to override the definition of AT on the command line, causing GNU Make to print the commands it is executing. Running make AT= effectively strips the @ from each command and produces the same output as make -n, except that the commands are actually run.
Of course, modifying every command in a Makefile might not be realistic.
The SHELL hack can be modified to cause GNU Make to output command information. Almost all shells have an -x option that causes them to echo the commands that they are about to execute. By modifying SHELL to include -x (and a $(warning...)) that outputs the location of the rule in the Makefile) and wrapping the modification in an ifdef, you can enable/disable detailed debugging information as needed. Here's the SHELL hack for command dumping:
ifdef DUMP OLD_SHELL := $(SHELL) SHELL = $(warning [[email protected]])$(OLD_SHELL) -x endif
If DUMP is defined then SHELL is modified to add the -x option and output the name of the target being built. If foo.o, bar.o, and runme are missing, typing make DUMP=1 produces this output using the SHELL hack:
Makefile:11: [foo.o] + g++ -c -o foo.o foo.c Makefile:11: [bar.o] + g++ -c -o bar.o bar.c Makefile:5: [runme] + cc foo.o bar.o -o runme
Each file being built is in square brackets with the name of the Makefile and the location where the rule to build that file can be found. The shell outputs the exact command to be used to build that file (prepended by +).
In just four lines of GNU Make code, you can turn an empty log file into one with complete file, line number, and command information. This is useful when debugging a failing rule. Just rerun the Makefile with DUMP=1 to find out what was being built and where it was in the Makefile. The only disadvantage to the SHELL hack is that it slows GNU Make. That's because GNU Make tries to avoid using the shell if it can; for example, if GNU Make is doing a simple g++ invocation, then it can avoid the shell and execute the command directly. If SHELL is modified in a Makefile, GNU Make disables this optimization.
Extra Resources
If these ideas whet your appetite for better GNU Make debugging, look at the GNU Make Debugger project (http://gmd.sf.net). GMD is an interactive debugger for GNU Make written entirely using GNU Make functions that provides breakpoints and the ability to examine the value and definition of any macro at runtime.
And if you do something really cool building on the SHELL hack, drop me a line. I'd love to hear about it.


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Mathieu Debuchy joins Arsenal
Arsenal have signed full-back Mathieu Debuchy from Newcastle United.
Debuchy, 28, arrives at Emirates Stadium as a direct replacement for Bacary Sagna, who joined Manchester City on a free transfer last month.
It's official - Mathieu Debuchy has signed for @Arsenal! Get the details here: http://t.co/hEHyrLXbLk #WelcomeDebuchy pic.twitter.com/xOijsqmf1b
- Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) July 17, 2014
The right-back is believed to have cost the Gunners around 12 million pounds and he becomes the club's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona last week.
Debuchy, who played for France at the recent World Cup in Brazil, impressed in his 18 months at Newcastle after signing from Lille last January.
He told Arsenal's official website: "I'm very proud to be joining a great club like Arsenal and to wear its colours, it's one of the biggest clubs in the whole world.
"I'm looking forward to working with Arsene Wenger and to helping the team build on last season's FA Cup success. Playing again in the Champions League is a big excitement for me and I will do my best to help Arsenal compete for trophies.''
Manager Wenger added: "We are delighted to welcome Mathieu Debuchy to Arsenal Football Club. He has shown he can perform at the highest level with his club sides and also for France.
We can reveal @matdebuchy's shirt number at @Arsenal will be... #WelcomeDebuchy Buy it here: http://t.co/8OdYnXqnZg pic.twitter.com/Px3Xspl4iE
- Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) July 17, 2014
"He is a quality defender who has good Premier League experience and I'm confident he will fit in very well with us."
Debuchy will wear the No. 2 shirt for the Gunners, whose new season starts on Aug. 9 against Man City in the Community Shield before a Premier League opener vs. Crystal Palace a week later.
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by Derrick Story
I was introduced to Jabber at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in July 2000. The notion of an open messaging system based on XML sounded like a great alternative to the proprietary battles currently raging. The possibility of using a single Jabber client to chat with friends and co-workers on AIM, IRC, and ICQ seemed even better.
But every time I mentioned this great new hope for messaging to my developer friends, I was greeted with, "Yeah, well, it sounds good. Too bad it doesn't work."
I was actually beginning to believe that it didn't work myself -- that is, until I sat down and began to play with a couple of Jabber clients. Jabber does work -- but setting it up isn't the most intuitive process in the world. Plus, the clients and servers have improved a great deal over the last two months. If you had trouble a while back with Jabber, you may want to give it another spin.
To help you toward that goal, I've listed a few popular Jabber clients and outlined their basic set-up. On the second page of the article, I discuss AIM and IRC -- including screen shot displays of the WinJab client in action.
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The most important words in the Jabber vocabulary are "transport modules." Essentially, they are plug-ins to the Jabber server that enable communication with non-Jabber systems such as AIM. Currently there are transports available for not only AIM, but ICQ, IRC, MSN, and Yahoo!.
When you first log on to a Jabber server, the default messaging system is basic Jabber (e.g., email@example.com). That's great if all of your buddies only use Jabber. But if you fire off a message to your AIM pal, he'll never see it ... that is, until you activate the AIM agent in your client.
If you log on to a Jabber server that has the AIM transport module enabled (such as jabber.com), and if you've activated the AIM agent in your Jabber client, then you can chat away with your AIM buddy. In fact, he'll never even realize that you're using a different messaging software.
I'll cover how to specifically enable the various transports later in this article. The main issue here is that if you've tried using Jabber before, and were unsuccessful, this might be the reason why. (The other major cause of failure was that early Jabber clients and servers had performance problems.) The irony is that the transport modules are part of the very genius that enables Jabber's power.
Jabber clients
The second misconception often bandied about was that Jabber only supports Windows clients. Fortunately, that statement is also untrue. At the moment there are a total of 10 Jabber clients for Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Newton. You can review and download the current list of clients at jabbercentral.com's client page.
That being said, some of the clients are certainly easier to use than others. Here's a brief look at some of the ones we've tested at O'Reilly. Please note that all of these clients are still in beta. (In other words, give 'em a break!)
- JabberIM 0.9.6.78 (Windows) -- A solid client that provides basic messaging functionality. Made available by the Jabber.com folks.
- WinJab 0.9.2.25 (Windows) -- Possibly the most sophisticated Windows client enabling messaging and RSS headlines functionality. Well-designed, strong performer. Written by Peter Millard.
- Jabbernaut 0.5b3 (Macintosh) -- Greener than JabberIM and WinJab with a much less polished UI. If you're Mac only, this is your choice. If you work in a multi-platform environment, then I'd use the Windows or Linux clients for the time being until Jabbernaut matures.
- Gabber 0.7 (Linux/Unix) -- A GNOME client that is solid, but it still needs more features. Provides good messaging functionality however.
Since WinJab operation is covered throughout this article, it doesn't need any further explanation here. I was interested in the Linux client, however, and I contacted one of our developers who's tried Gabber to get his views on its performance. He reports:
"The GTK interface is quite clean and fits in nicely with other GNOME apps. It's pretty self explanatory.
"I had no problem hooking into my AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo pager accounts. I've not been able to succeed in getting the IRC hookup to work, which is a major showstopper for me. One critical feature also missing is "Ignore User." I've found that my ICQ account gets spammed quite frequently: Having windows popping up while I work with spam messages is unacceptable.
"My verdict on Gabber: a good start, but needs more features before I'd run it on a daily basis. I'm sticking with IRC for now."
At this point I think it's too early to discuss the Mac client, Jabbernaut, in much detail. I could get it to work for jabber.com chat and for AIM too. But its feature set is still primitive and needs refinement. I'm sure we'll see improvement in the coming months.
The basic set-up for WinJab messaging
Since Jabber clients work more or less the same, I'm going to walk through the basics of the WinJab set-up, which you can download from jabbercentral.com.
- Save the executable file to your hard drive, then launch it. WinJab will then be available under Start/Programs/WinJab.
- Launch WinJab and you'll soon be greeted with a configuration dialogue box. Click "new account" and start with these settings:
- xProfile: [Create a name or just use "Default"]
- Server: jabber.com (unless you have a specific server in mind}
- Port: 5222
- Username: {I recommend the same user name you have for your other messaging services}
- Password: {you know the drill}
- Resource: {WinJab works fine}
- Priority: 0 {works fine}
- Send a message to another jabber.com user by clicking on the "open a chat window" icon, typing in his Jabber name, then clicking the send button.
- If you don't know the Jabber name for a friend that you know has a Jabber account, go to "Roster," choose "Search for User," then "Search via Jabber User Directory." Type in the first and/or last name of the person you're looking for, and Jabber will list all of the registered users matching those criteria.
- At this point you're up and running with basic Jabber messaging. You have a number of options you can set in the preferences window. An excellent guide to helping you set those preferences correctly is Peter Saint-Andre's WinJab HowTo page.
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On Thursday and Friday, the students took part in "Soda for Sandy." They sold soda at the school and are donating all the proceeds to the Red Cross. It will then give the money to victims of Superstorm
The students were able to raise more than $200.
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Carlisle and Esme Cullen are twenty seven and have twin tornadoes who just hit the terrible two's. Their best friends are the neightbor's across the street, the masen's who have two kids. This is the story of themselves and their kids growing up.
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My name is Esme Ann Cullen. I'm a 27 year old interior designer. I'm married to Carlisle Cullen, a 27 year old surgeon. Two years ago we had twins. Usually this would be twice the love and effection. Well, not with our twins Bella and Emmett. Not only do we have twin tornadoes, but they've just hit the terrible two's. Thank god our neighbors also have twins.
" Momma! Daddy! Can we go to da park!", Bella runs around the corner. I chuckle as she trips. She's a naturally clumsy little girl. Bella is the younger twin. She has fair pale skin, wavy mohagany waist length hair and chocolate brown eyes with hints of blue around them. Her brother, Emmett is a beast. He's huge, he has curly brown hair and blue eyes. The twins were born four weeks premature, but Emmett weighed nine pounds six ounces when he was born. Bella, only weighed four pounds exactly. Bella had to stay in the hospital two extra days. Together the twins are hyper, and some people even call them spawns of the devil.
" Alright, go get your clothes, and tell Emmy to get his and I'll help you get dressed.", I smoothed her hair back. She nodded then took off again, yelling for her brother. The twins run in and hand me their clothes. Emmett hands me his spider man shirt and dark demin jeans with his red and blue van shoes. Bella hands me her spider girl shirt and black skinny jeans with her blue vans.
The twins like to match eachother.
" Me and Bewwy are duperhewos.", Emmett tells me.
" Really? Well, I guess I finally have someone to save me when daddy is at work.",I laughed and helped Bella put on her shirt. Bella was a major daddy's girl, while Emmett was a mojor mommy's boy. Bella had carlisle wrapped around her finger, while I was wrapped around Emmetts.
" Mommy, where's daddy?", Bella asked.
" Daddy is being a superhero right now. He's saving people's lives at the hospital.", I told her.
" Can we go see daddy after da pawk?", She asked sweetly.
" Sure, we'll even bring him ice cream. How's that sound?", I kissed the top of her head.
" Do I's get ice cweam?", she asked.
" If you and Emmett are good, then yes. But you both have to be good.", I said seriously.
" Emmy, you's betta be gwood!", Bella warned. It was so funny, she looked like an angry little kitten.
We headed to the park and found our neighbors there. They had f a set of twinsTheir children were their twins Rosalie and Edward.
" Elizabeth! What a suprise to see you here.", We sat on a bench and talked. We looked towards the playground and saw Bella and Edward sitting on the swings talking.
" Ten bucks says they end up falling in love and getting married.", Elizabeth challenges.
" Yes, I think they'll realize it propably..... Put me down for twenty that they fall in love at age seventeen.", I challenge right back.
" Fine, I've got twenty on age fifteen.", Elizabeth bets. Emmett has already told us he was gonna grow up and marry his Rosie.
I'm sitting in my office when there's a knock on the door. I tell them they may enter and I'm attacked by the twins.
" Daddy, we broughts you ice cweam!", Bella squeals. The only thing Bella loves more than Ice cream is me and Edward Masen.
" Really? Well, I was hoping for some Ice cream today.", I kissed the top of my daughter's head as she settled in my lap. The twins had always been hyper, but I could alway's calm bella down, just as Esme could always calm down Emmett.
" I sawded Edard todays.", she stated. She had chocolate ice cream all over her face.
" Did you two have fun?", I give her a bite of my ice cream. She nodds her head eats some more of hers. I give it until age seventeen to figure out they're in love.....
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Gladwell has become an all-out international phenomenon — and has helped create a highly contagious hybrid genre of nonfiction, one that takes a nonthreatening and counterintuitive look at pop culture and the mysteries of the everyday. In the past year, several other books in the Gladwell vein have appeared. They include the best-selling "Freakonomics," a breezy collection of case studies by Steven Levitt, an economist at the University of Chicago, and the journalist Stephen Dubner (the pair write an occasional "Freakonomics" column for The Times Magazine); "The Wisdom of Crowds," a business book for thinking people in which the New Yorker writer James Surowiecki argues that groups are collectively smarter and more innovative than individuals; and "Everything Bad Is Good for You," Steven Johnson's case that pop culture is becoming increasingly sophisticated....Well, what's wrong with clearly explaining ideas to people who don't want to make the effort to read more scholarly things? But it's more than just vividly written explanation. He transforms social science material into a positive message:
For all their resonance and success, Gladwell's books have also been criticized, most often for demonstrating, or encouraging, lazy thinking. In a scathing review in The New Republic, the judge and author Richard Posner found "Blink" full of banalities and contradictions, "written like a book intended for people who do not read books."
"I'm by nature an optimist. I can't remember the last time I wrote a story which could be described as despairing," he said. "I don't believe in character. I believe in the effect of the immediate impact of environment and situation on people's behavior."...So, to paraphrase Posner: It's written like a book intended for people who read self-help books. Do we need to start being embarrassed that we like Gladwell so much?
Although pitched as descriptive, Gladwell's books are essentially prescriptive. Trust your instincts! You too may be (or can become) a connector, maven or salesman! Gladwell's dazzling arguments ultimately offer reassurance. Indeed, he seems a contemporary incarnation of a recurring figure in the American experience, one who comes with encouraging news: You can make a difference, you have the capacity to change. Gladwell may be the Dale Carnegie, or perhaps the Norman Vincent Peale, of the iPod generation. But where Carnegie in his 1936 book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People," instructed readers how to understand their customers and flatter people into liking them, and Peale in his 1952 "Power of Positive Thinking" offered watered-down Christian palliatives, Gladwell offers optimism through demystification: to understand how things work is to have control over them.


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Boston in the Gilded Age : Mapping Public Places
November 16, 2012 – April 23, 2013
Central Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
The Gilded Age–the era from the late 1860s to the late 1890s–was a period of significant growth and transformation in Boston. Ingenious engineering projects allowed the city to expand, and a devastating fire led to swift and progressive redevelopment of the commercial district. Designed to document Boston's radically changing geography, this exhibition focuses on the evolving street pattern and emerging park system, developed for the City's growing population.
This story begins with the Boston Common and Public Garden. Moving west, the exhibition examines the growth of open spaces in Back Bay, then south to Frederick Law Olmsted's Emerald Necklace, finishing with the development of Copley Square – the permanent home of the Boston Public Library.


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Orioles closer Jim Johnson entered the ninth inning of Sunday afternoon's game against the Toronto Blue Jays coming off two clean outings, including saving a one-run win the day before.
But Johnson walked off the field -- with Blue Jays players running around the field in jubilation -- with an all too familiar feeling of frustration.
Johnson couldn't preserve a three-run, ninth-inning lead, blowing his fourth save in his past five opportunities in the Orioles' 6-5 walkoff loss at the Rogers Centre.
Clinging to a 5-4 lead with runners on first and third, Johnson was just one strike away from his 16th save of the season until Blue Jays No. 9 hitter Munenori Kawasaki slapped a full-count 95 mph fastball into the left-center field gap, scoring both runners and igniting a Toronto celebration at home plate.
The Orioles (27-23) were so close to heading back to Baltimore with a series win here in Toronto, but instead had to settle for a sour series split.
"That's not the way we want it to happen," Johnson said. "We should be getting on the plane with three wins here, but I can't hang my head too long. It's going to hurt for a little bit, and it should. We've got to get ready to play again [Monday]."
Johnson, who converted 51 of 54 save opportunities last season, already has more blown saves eight weeks into this season. In converting each of his first 14 save opportunities of 2013, he pitched to a 0.95 ERA. But over his past six appearances – which includes three straight blown saves – Johnson has an ERA of 21.60.
"You're dealing with fractions here and there, so a little bit here and there and you get a different result," Johnson said. I'm going to keep working. Like I said before, that's all I can do is keep plugging away and trusting that I can do it. I know I can. It's just that the results haven't been what I've wanted them to be lately."
During the Orioles' four games in Toronto, the offenses ruled. The teams combined for 102 hits, a record for a four-game series between the Orioles and Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.
That made for a frenetically paced series in which the teams combined for 56 runs and no leads appeared to be safe.
"It's a tough loss," said Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, who recorded his first four-hit day of the season with three doubles, a single and three RBIs. "You would ultimately like to win this series, but we'll move on and get to Washington and forget it on the plane. But that was a ... good hitting team and at any time they can put some hits together."
On Sunday, the Orioles went into the bottom of the ninth leading 5-2, but Johnson struggled with his control, recording four three-ball counts to the seven hitters he faced, allowing four hits and a walk.
"We did a good job of taking pitches and making him throw strikes," Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie said. "And when he did, we capitalized."
With one run in and a runner on first with one out, Johnson walked Anthony Gose to load the bases and put the winning run on first base. Mark DeRosa's ground ball to short plated another run, but a force play at second put runners at the corners for Kawasaki.
Johnson fell behind Kawasaki, a .228 hitter coming into the game, with 2-0 and 3-1 counts until the game-winning hit fell in the left-center gap and rolled to the wall.
"He made a lot of good pitches," Showalter said of Johnson. "He just kind of painted himself in a corner there and we just couldn't get it done. He had a great outing [Saturday] night and the time before. Sometimes you have to tip your cap to the opposition."
Showalter made it clear that Johnson's closer job is not in jeopardy. He said he won't hesitate to pitch Johnson, who threw a season-high 37 pitches, when another save situation arises, even on Monday when the Orioles open a two-game series in Washington.
"I like using Jimmy," Showalter said. "I like our chances."
An Orioles bullpen that accounted for 14 innings this series and pitched to a 10.29 ERA might have taken a serious hit when right-hander Tommy Hunter made an inning-saving bare-hand snatch of Jose Bautista's comebacker in the eighth inning.
With the bases loaded with two outs and the Orioles clinging to a 3-2 lead, Bautista one-hopped a 99 mph fastball right back at Hunter. With his momentum taking him to the left, Hunter's only chance at the ball was to reach out with his bare hand.
"If something's not broken, he might have the strongest hand ever," Jays starting pitcher Chad Jenkins said.
Hunter, who said the pitch hit off the upper palm of his hand, had the hand wrapped after the game. Showalter said X-rays performed following the game were negative.
"I think it will be all right," Hunter said. "Hopefully it's not very sore. Hopefully the swelling goes down and stays down. We'll check it out tomorrow. I think I'll be all right.
Wieters gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth with a two-run, two-out double down the right-field line. Before Wieters' clutch ninth-inning hit, the Orioles were 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position. They stranded 12 runners on the game.
Orioles center fielder Adam Jones homered in all four games of the series, including a solo shot off reliever Aaron Loup in the seventh.
Jones' 10th homer of the season was his ninth at the Rogers Centre since the start of the 2012 season, the most of any opposing player in that span. He's also hit 20 career homers against the Blue Jays, the third-most of any player since 2006, when Jones made his big league debut.
Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez held the Blue Jays to one run over 5 2/3 innings. He was one out shy of recording his second quality start since going on the disabled list with a right thumb blister.
In 16 career starts against AL East teams, Gonzalez is 9-3 with a 3.64 ERA. Gonzalez has also compiled a 3.03 ERA on the road since the beginning of the 2012 season, the second-best mark of an AL pitcher with a minimum of 75 innings, trailing only Seattle's Felix Hernandez (3.01).


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What a the headlined story being "Powerball ticket - Hot Commodity," I cannot, for the life of me, understand why we have not as yet instituted a national lottery to wipe out our national indebtedness of that overwhelming 16 or 17 trillions of dollars.
It seems as if the populous cannot give their money away fast enough when the prizes are in the multi-million dollar figure. So why do we as a nation not take advantage of that very evident fact of life?
Suckers? Then squeeze them for all their worth if they like, oh so much. Let's make it do some good beside simply creating a few new millionaires.
What a way to go if we really want to spend our dough. When are we going to wise up and give this thing a go?
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PESSIMISM about the United States rarely pays off in the long run. Time and again, when Americans have felt particularly glum, their economy has been on the brink of a revival. Think of Jimmy Carters cardigan-clad gloom in the inflation-ridden late 1970s, or the fear of competition from Japan that marked the jobless recovery of the early 1990s. Both times the United States bounced back, boosted on the first occasion by Paul Volckers conquest of inflation and on the second by a productivity spurt that sent growth rates soaring in the mid-1990s even as Japan stalled.
It could work, if you're thinking of short selling the NYSE -- if it goes down, you make money.
Given that it's about the American economy, I feel that pays off works- optimists will invest in it and make money, while pessimists at best lose a chance to make money.
Okay, maybe, but pessimists can actively invest based on their pessimism and win big. It's called short selling. You borrow stock at one price and promise to sell it back at the market price at a later date. If it goes down, you make money.
I also thought of short selling.


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A tax, greater than the paltry Social Security increase this year, for seniors in Wilkes-Barre; will be devastating. For most seniors, it will be unaffordable because they are on a fixed income. Unfortunately, it appears the politicians cannot negotiate with the unions, or choose not to and thus, they have laid seniors, grandpa and grandma, out to dry. Seniors cannot afford all that comes their way, and a 26 percent increase in taxes is a death sentence for some. Seniors should not be the ones stiffed to solve the city's financial problem.
A 26 percent tax increase simply cannot be absorbed by Wilkes-Barre seniors. Wilkes-Barre officials have excused the massive salaries of all personnel last year because of an arbitration ruling. Yet, no arbitrator lives in Wilkes-Barre. But, all city employees do. From my eyes, those employees who received the windfall should not be lobbying the city for more this year. All employees, who are mostly of good will, know how well they are doing compared to everybody else. They don't need me to tell them that. I have been on unemployment for a bit over a year now. I would be pleased to switch positions with any of them.
Seniors in Wilkes-Barre will get a 1.7 percent increase next year in Social Security, which in some cases will be just enough to handle their Medicare increase, and a corresponding increase in their Medicare supplemental. Most will start from way behind for next year before Wilkes-Barre's new demands are met.
Most of us do not believe that the mayor and the council really think that a 26 percent increase in taxes is a good deal for their citizenry. Surely, they know that as the leaders in this community, they can do better for the people who elected them.
Many Wilkes-Barre citizens are union people and have been forever. All are watching what is going on. Unions are a good thing to keep management in check. This time, since it is the hard-pressed people of Wilkes-Barre the unions seem to be going up against, the great unions for the city workers might consider softening their stance with the city so that seniors can continue to live in their homes, and not lose them to a tax sale in the coming years.
City workers are certainly not avaricious. The fact is that they make a heck of a lot more money than most others in the city, especially the retired and the seniors. Perhaps my thinking is off the mark, but I would bet that if the city, at this one time in its fiscal dilemma were to ask all city workers to take a one-year 5 or 10 or 20 percent decrease in salary for the good of Wilkes-Barre, I would bet the kind unions and the kind people in the unions would agree, this one time at least.
I don't think any of the firefighters or police or administrators would ask the city to fire their co-workers rather than all take whatever is needed for the city to balance its books with no lay-offs. Might it be a 5 percent cut or 10 or 20 or whatever if it is needed this year and only this year? Citizens of Wilkes-Barre, the employers of all the workers, including the mayor, would all appreciate that the workers gave one for the gipper. This would be a concession to help their own grandparents, and whoever else is scraping to make ends meet from a fixed income.
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yes i asked the divisive evil question, which are you?
i myself am a Liberal, i belive in universal health care, i'm pro choice, for stem cell research, for safe sex.
main reason i guess is because i'm from the east coast and most political views are geographic for some reason, which explains to me why the South once held by the Confederacy is republican today when at that time they were democrats, both parties kind of switched positions.if abraham lincoln were around today he'd be a democrat, but also to me the republican party is just hypocrites....i mean you have ppl like sarah palin saying we should teach abstinence in schools when if her own daughter was taught about safe sex she wouldn't be pregnant at 17, also these are the god ppl who sin everyday and really know nothing of the bible. glenn beck always talks about how fat he is and how he loves to eat but also about how gays are sinners and shouldn't get married when last time i checked it said nothing about being gay in the 10 commandments or 7 deadly sins........however Gluttony is mentioned.aklso with the republicans you have Rich ppl complaining about paying money....very christ like huh.
dam i ranted a lil bit.