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Because every first time victory runs the risk of being a one-off, unless you can capture the magic ingredients and reproduce them when the adrenaline flow is not rushing like a torrent. For Manchester City, this has become an interesting test. When your first trophy comes after a wait of 44 years and is followed by your first League title in a manner so unique, so unbelievably raw, it might just be a slither beyond you to recreate the circumstances necessary to repeat the performance.
Or not.
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Anyone living in the North West in the last 25 years will be aware of what has been achieved at Old Trafford. Much to the disdain of City supporters, the juggernaut driven by the Scottish cup thrower, has kept thundering forward despite challenges from all points of the compass. Say what you like about Alex Ferguson, and many of us do on a regular basis, but he has instilled an unbreakable spirit in five, maybe six, different United sides down the years. Look at the names in some of the more recent sides he has built and you will be hard pressed to be impressed: Bardsley, O'Shea, the two hobbits, Gibson, Phil Neville, Anderson. City fans have taken special pride in laughing out loud whenever any of these hove into view, but they have all played their part in winning games for United that most other teams would have lost, given up as dead long before the final whistle sounded.
How long and hard we studied, re-studied and then complained about all those late winners. Soft refs, bent refs, a manager bullying everyone from the sidelines, tapping that bloody watch of his and looking like a kettle about to go off. It seemed to happen every single week, starting with Ferguson and Brian Kidd, now happily and ironically ensconced in the comfy chairs alongside Robert Mancini at the Etihad, doing the fandango six metres inside the Old Trafford touchline when Steve Bruce scored the winner against Sheffield Wednesday in the 6th minute of added time to draw United ever closer to their first Premier League title in 1993. Ferguson was tapping his watch that day too, first to send the clear message to the referee not to stop the game before United had done the business and, when they had done it in such late and dramatic circumstances, to tell him he was now allowing too much time. You marvelled at the bare-faced cheek. They won the league and we spat feathers. Then they did it another 11 times and the place went dark.
(Of 45 clubs who have competed for the Premier League since its inception ("the beginning of football") in 1992, only five have won the title: Man Utd (12); Arsenal (3); Chelsea (3) plus one each to City and Blackburn Rovers....)
I have long stopped marvelling at stuff like that. It gave me stomach ulcers in the nineties and turned me prematurely bitter in my 30s. I still wear a smile like a man who has been kicked in the groin by a llama every time I am introduced to a surprise United supporter. If I have no time to prepare myself, I can become a bit of a mess. "Oh, you follow the (cough) reds? Aha (spills drink)...".
They didn't exactly ruin my life, only Colin Schindler can get away with statements like that, but they have changed it for the worse on countless occasions.
"The champion DNA of Manchester United has been infected by City's triumphant emergence."
Kidd and Ferguson rejoice in Steve Bruce
And then, a little while back, something quite invigorating happened. Something odd and unusual. Something that made my 35 years of bitterness evaporate in 20 seconds flat. I kept the disorientation. Indeed that became quickly and stupendously worse. I kept the giddiness and I kept the surreptitious dark humour that anything that could go wrong will do just that, but in the light of what I had just experienced, it was plainly complete rot. With a confident smack of his right foot, Sergio Aguero had banished a lifetime's worth of attempted full-on misery and gleeful masochism. I had been building it, layer upon intricate layer, like some giant self-propelling trifle, for practically all of my life, as tearful non-comprehending child (thank you Kenny Hibbitt and Gary Pearce), sweary adolescent (take a bow, Paul Hendrie, Sammy Chapman, Peter Willis, Alf Grey), inebriated student (yes, you, Jimmy Sirrell, and you, Raddy Antic and you, John Benson) through to the gleefully morose days of full adulthood (Jamie Pollock, I'm looking at you, Jason van Blerk, Alan Ball, God and all his witnesses, the seven riders of the apocalypse, Nayim, Peter Swales, Barry Conlon, Andre Kanchelskis, all of you, all of you).
And now it came tumbling down in a cloud of brick dust and flying bottles. As did I and all around me.
Since that moment, life has not been the same in football circles in Manchester. There is no longer much hope of a belly laugh from Manchester City jokes. It is better to take them seriously. As for Ferguson and his stopwatch. Well, he still taps his forearm, but the confident gestures have gone and the powers are on the wane. he taps and he taps but those late goals are not so plentiful anymore. They still occur of course, as do the comebacks, but the champion DNA of Manchester United has been infected by City's triumphant emergence. They see someone else, their neighbours of all people, making good the same philosophy, the same metal toughness and organisation that has brought them such success. This sows doubts. The seeds are sprouting.
City meanwhile are collecting in the crop. Look at these figures:
Season 2012-13 so far -
12th August 2012 CHELSEA (Comm Shield) - 1-0 down, come back to win 3-2
19th August 2012 SOUTHAMPTON (h) - 2-1 down, come back to win 3-2, Nasri winner 80th minute
26th August 2012 LIVERPOOL (a) 2-1 down, come back to draw, Tevez 80th minute
1st September 2012 QPR (h) Pegged back to 1-1, win 3-1, Tevez 90th minute warps it up
15th September 2012 STOKE (a) - one nil down, come back to draw, with Dzeko's 93rd minute lob cleared miraculously from the line by Shawcross to avoid a City comeback win
18th September 2012 REAL (a) twice taking the lead in the Bernabeu before falling to dramatic 3-2 loss
29th September FULHAM (a) one down, coming back to win against defensively set up team, Dzeko's winner in 86th minute
3rd October 2012 BORUSSIA DORTMUND (h) 89th minute Balotelli equaliser saves up and down game
20th October 2012 WEST BROM (a) one down to defensively set up side, Dzeko's goals in 80 and 91 turn it around again for City
In practically every game so far this season, the Blues have either turned a defecit into a draw or a win or have scored late in the game to seal things. Even in the stroll against Sunderland, Milner's goal came on 89 minutes. This is a team that does not know when it is beaten; it is a team that keeps going in the face of lengthening odds. Wonder of wonders, I am not talking about Ferguson's troupe but the new teak tough Manchester City, with a mentality of champions.
"The players and staff of Manchester City have now arrived in a completely different place, one where they can marry, in a team environment, the rational and physical with the emotional and make this marriage work regularly and reliably for their own advancement."
|Brian Kidd: part of 4 different Manchester dynasties
The mind drifts back to last season's blur of tear-stained action. Last gasp winners v Chelsea and Spurs as Nasri skipped home and Balotelli banged in yet another ice cool penalty; at Arsenal in the League Cup with that sumptuous counter by Dzeko, Johnson and Aguero; the late flurry of activity at Old Trafford; then there was strange old day in May to cap it all off. By that tumultuos denouement, City had hoisted themsleves not only into first place, but also to the top of the rankings covering late winners. More goals, in fact, scored after the 90th minute than any other side in the division. Who would have thought we would be saying that about City ten years ago?
I well remember several games, two versus Birmingham in the late nineties in particular, where the club had managed to cultivate the exact opposite to waht we see today: a deadly ability to concede in added time. Dele Adebola. A name I will never forget. I remember the unlikely bulk of Murtaz Shelia giving us the lead at St Andrews in some God-forsaken, mud-splattered second division game. It was the 88th minute when the lolloping Georgian netted. We lost that game 2-1. Birmingham's goals came in the 94th and 97th minutes. The rot set in so deep that the club's decline to the third tier of English football felt in many ways inevitable. The resurrection since then has been nothing short of remarkable.
That trophies now sit proudly on the Etihad mantlepiece is one thing. That we use the word in the plural, without fear of being hit by a barrage of belly laughs is quite another. The players and staff of Manchester City have now arrived in a completely different zone, one where they can marry, in a team environment, the rational, and physical with the emotional and make this marriage work regularly and reliably for their own advancement. As Lance Armstrong would tell you, only a dope throws that sort of gold away.
Psychology of sport - Further viewing: Dr Steve Peters, Olympic consultant, gives as good as he gets on BBC World's Hardtalk, on the subject of our "inner chimps" here:
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SCALABLE OBJECT CLASSIFICATION USING RANGE IMAGES by Eunyoung Kim A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMPUTER SCIENCE) May 2012 Copyright 2012 Eunyoung Kim
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|Object classification using depth images has been actively studied in robotics and computer vision fields to autonomously recognize 3D objects in the scene even under no or bad illumination based on surface geometry. The traditional protocol of object classification is to manually collect and annotate training image examples and then learn models to explain the annotated examples. However, when a large number of images are given (e.g. content based image retrieval) and/or a system has to learn a sequence of new images into the existing model on the fly (e.g. autonomous robotic exploration), this approach requires a huge amount of human effort in image annotation. ❧ In this thesis, I present an automatic and scalable framework for object classification using range images, which has been rarely discussed before. The proposed system is designed to 1) build a hierarchical structured database from a collection of unlabeled range images, 2) classify a new image, i.e. the partial surface of an 3D object, into one of existing classes or a new class using the hierarchical model of object classes and 3) automatically update the existing model of object classes to insert the new object when its surface characteristic is not well trained in the current model. Each path in the tree corresponds to a group of range images with similar surface characteristics. The class inference and online learning processes can be performed efficiently due to the tree structure of the model. ❧ Another contribution of my research is to utilize two crucial context cues, 1) 3D spatial constraints between objects and large structures and 2) the visibility context, for perception of of 3D objects. The proposed framework has been extensively validated on a large synthetic range image dataset and real depth images acquired from real-time range sensors. ❧ In this thesis, I also present two methods to tackle the problem of object segmentation in range images. The first method segments the partial surface of each object from 3D aerial scans of a vast urban area captured from LIDAR sensors. It enforces the spatial context between large structures and objects. The second work employs prior information of objects in order to deal with cluttered environments. This thesis finally delineates a method of 3D object recognition and pose estimation using the visibility context and demonstrates that the proposed approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods.
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The survey found that while women are more likely to use financial apps, men who use them are more likely to say they help them save (49% versus 44%) and track their finances (72% versus 68%). Men and women used online tools similarly, although women were slightly more likely to say they used online applications for budgeting (3% versus 2.5%) and were more likely to use them to check their balances (29% versus 22%).
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Investors are keeping a close eye on levels of iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF (COMT). The Average Directional Index or ADX is a technical analysis indicator used to describe if a market is trending or not trending. The ADX alone measures trend strength but not direction. Using the ADX with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) may help determine the direction of the trend as well as the overall momentum. Many traders will use the ADX alongside other indicators in order to help spot proper trading entry/exit points. After a recent check, the 14-day ADX is 23.56. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would indicate a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would signal a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would indicate an extremely strong trend.
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Those of you who follow me on twitter will know that I was fretting very much about my impending spray tan for various reasons –
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That's it!
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Whilst we were going through, the lady told me which positions to stand in – nothing embarassing, but reminded me of how bad I am at following steps – left arm? right arm? that's your left arm. Oh.
Whole body was done in 10-13 minutes. Easy. Did my face too and she added an extra layer on top.
Once it was done I was handed a dryer with hot air to dry off a bit – my skin was a little sticky but it wasn't too bad an I was instantly about 4-5 shades darker!
I still got the biscuity malt smell as the tan started to develop- I don't think there is a fake tan on earth that doesn't do that and it caused much complication for Mr C who kept following me around, going Hob Nob, Hob Nob.
The colour is great – its a nice brown and this tan has lasted nicely so far, the biscuit smell has faded and I'm still a nice brown.
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Don't feel bad that Larry has contracted the norovirus, an extremely contagious infection accompanied by (ew) explosive vomiting and diarrhea.
"Vomiting Larry," is actually a robot--a humanoid simulated vomiting system--designed to help combat the spread of the norovirus by recreating what happens when a person throws up so scientists can measure how far the virus spreads.
Larry's projectile abilities have shown that the virus can be flung nearly 10 feet, according to his creators a the British Health and Safety Laboratory. And that's important: Professor Ian Goodfellow at the University of Cambridge said only takes a tiny bit of exposure to the virus to get infected.
"It takes fewer than 20 virus particals to infect someone," Goodfellow said. "So each droplet of vomit or gram of feces from an infected person can contain enough virus to infect more than 100,000 people."
Norovirus, also known as acute gastroenteritis, infects an estimated 21 million people each year in the U.S. annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making it the most common virus to effect Americans other than the common cold.


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Landscaping Tips For an Irregularly Shaped LotLandscaping projects, no matter how large or small they are, require thorough research and planning in advance. This is especially true when landscaping small yards. One should be meticulous in doing a good job up front because with the limited space, you need ensure that all of your landscaping architecture elements are design and fitted to maximize the impact of your project despite its size.The three main design elements that will be discussed are modification, fit and structure.ModificationLandscaping a backyard is all about changing the its appearance and modifying it for personal satisfaction. One of the resulting benefits of this modification is an immediate upgrade to the home's value in the market. The modifying changes could vary from simply changing the plants, to arranging the structures in the yard, to a more dramatic project involving excavation and constructing materials that could drastically change the landscape. Perfect FitWhen considering landscaping for small backyards, you need to first assess the size or the part of the backyard to be used. Based on the calculated size, you can then proceed with research ideas and begin the planning process. There is no real difference in researching landscape projects for small or big yards. The same rules apply. A good understanding of the space, its flow, potential use, weather conditions and soil type all have important design considerations.Sources of design information are varied. Libraries, garden centers and magazines are all good ways to obtain design keys and imaginative alternatives. Landscape pictures are a wonderful source of information for planning purposes. You may feel that you can combine various elements and styles together- it's all up to personal choice, local conditions and budget. And asking around will also assist you. Check with neighbors and if you see a landscaping project that catches your eye, reach out and get further information on how the project was conceived and built.When you have a small backyard, planning should be based om simple landscaping ideas but be detailed in design. The type of plants that you intend to use need to be placed accordingly. Be mindful of the color and the sizes of the plants, as well as the positioning of each because their foot print changes as they grow.Structuring Each ElementWhen you are landscaping a small backyard, you need to consider the size and placements of landscape structures. Each of these structures affect both the flow of the backyard as well as its footprint's space on the overall dimensions of the backyard. Many small backyards become quite restricted with the haphazard placement of sculptures, feeders, ornamental rocks and other hard landscaping features. By best positioning the structure, you can actually make a small area look larger which again has a dramatic positive impact to the yards appeal, function, flow and value. Other structures that are appropriate for small backyards include small water features, like a small pond or a simple fountain. The importance of fencing in a small area is also a key design feature. In addition, fencing can provide enhanced security and privacy benefits to your backyard. With all the new trends in fencing, there are a lot of design choices and options, to fit any small backyard landscape layout and budget.Landscaping small yards may be quite a challenge. But plan wisely, be creative and enjoy!
While the majority of elements discussed here focus on the erosion control and planting of hills and sharp grades, there are also other elements that may need consideration. In some instances, access may be necessary up and down the side of the lot and so of course there will be a need for stairs or steps. This directory has a lot of great ideas and pictures of stairs and steps that can be used in landscaping and garden.
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DonkeyBoy brauchte ein neues T-Shirt Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
3 Gewinner wurden aus 113 Designs von 19 Designern ausgewählt.
DonkeyBoy is clothing brand that represents testosterone charged male attitude that has a macho ego, thinks they are God's gift to women, want's to KICK ASS, a bad ass, full of charisma, has no limits or boundaries, POSITIVE ATTITUDE, take charge, conquer all, full of confidence and strength, tough, takes no crap, INDEPENDENCE. Wants to have fun.
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text: Overview of the .NET Framework 4.5 8. September 2014 Abhishek Dot Net, C#.Net (0) .NET Framework 4.5 The .NET Framework is a technology that supports building and running the next generation of applications and XML Web services. The .NET Framework is designed to fulfill the following objectives: To provide a consistent object-oriented programming environment whether object code is stored and executed locally, executed locally but Internet-distributed, or executed remotely. To provide a code-execution environment that minimizes software deployment and versioning conflicts. To provide a code-execution environment that promotes safe execution of code, including code created by an unknown or semi-trusted third party. To provide a code-execution environment that eliminates the performance problems of scripted or interpreted environments. To make the developer experience consistent across widely varying types of applications, such as Windows-based applications and Web-based applications. To build all communication on industry standards to ensure that code based on the .NET Framework can integrate with any other code. Note For a general introduction to the .NET Framework for both users and developers, see Getting Started with the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework consists of the common language runtime and the .NET Framework class library. The common language runtime is the foundation of the .NET Framework. You can think of the runtime as an agent that manages code at execution time, providing core services such as memory management, thread management, and remoting, while also enforcing strict type safety and other forms of code accuracy that promote security and robustness. In fact, the concept of code management is a fundamental principle of the runtime. Code that targets the runtime is known as managed code, while code that does not target the runtime is known as unmanaged code. The class library is a comprehensive, object-oriented collection of reusable types that you can use to develop applications ranging from traditional command-line or graphical user interface (GUI) applications to applications based on the latest innovations provided by ASP.NET, such as Web Forms and XML Web services. The .NET Framework can be hosted by unmanaged components that load the common language runtime into their processes and initiate the execution of managed code, thereby creating a software environment that can exploit both managed and unmanaged features. The .NET Framework not only provides several runtime hosts, but also supports the development of third-party runtime hosts. For example, ASP.NET hosts the runtime to provide a scalable, server-side environment for managed code. ASP.NET works directly with the runtime to enable ASP.NET applications and XML Web services, both of which are discussed later in this topic. Internet Explorer is an example of an unmanaged application that hosts the runtime (in the form of a MIME type extension). Using Internet Explorer to host the runtime enables you to embed managed components or Windows Forms controls in HTML documents. Hosting the runtime in this way makes managed mobile code possible, but with significant improvements that only managed code can offer, such as semi-trusted execution and isolated file storage. The following illustration shows the relationship of the common language runtime and the class library to your applications and to the overall system. The illustration also shows how managed code operates within a larger architecture. .NET Framework in context The following sections describe the main features of the .NET Framework in greater detail. Features of the Common Language Runtime The common language runtime manages memory, thread execution, code execution, code safety verification, compilation, and other system services. These features are intrinsic to the managed code that runs on the common language runtime. With regards to security, managed components are awarded varying degrees of trust, depending on a number of factors that include their origin (such as the Internet, enterprise network, or local computer). This means that a managed component might or might not be able to perform file-access operations, registry-access operations, or other sensitive functions, even if it is being used in the same active application. The runtime enforces code access security. For example, users can trust that an executable embedded in a Web page can play an animation on screen or sing a song, but cannot access their personal data, file system, or network. The security features of the runtime thus enable legitimate Internet-deployed software to be exceptionally feature rich. The runtime also enforces code robustness by implementing a strict type-and-code-verification infrastructure called the common type system (CTS). The CTS ensures that all managed code is self-describing. The various Microsoft and third-party language compilers generate managed code that conforms to the CTS. This means that managed code can consume other managed types and instances, while strictly enforcing type fidelity and type safety. In addition, the managed environment of the runtime eliminates many common software issues. For example, the runtime automatically handles object layout and manages references to objects, releasing them when they are no longer being used. This automatic memory management resolves the two most common application errors, memory leaks and invalid memory references. The runtime also accelerates developer productivity. For example, programmers can write applications in their development language of choice, yet take full advantage of the runtime, the class library, and components written in other languages by other developers. Any compiler vendor who chooses to target the runtime can do so. Language compilers that target the .NET Framework make the features of the .NET Framework available to existing code written in that language, greatly easing the migration process for existing applications. While the runtime is designed for the software of the future, it also supports software of today and yesterday. Interoperability between managed and unmanaged code enables developers to continue to use necessary COM components and DLLs. The runtime is designed to enhance performance. Although the common language runtime provides many standard runtime services, managed code is never interpreted. A feature called just-in-time (JIT) compiling enables all managed code to run in the native machine language of the system on which it is executing. Meanwhile, the memory manager removes the possibilities of fragmented memory and increases memory locality-of-reference to further increase performance. Finally, the runtime can be hosted by high-performance, server-side applications, such as Microsoft SQL Server and Internet Information Services (IIS). This infrastructure enables you to use managed code to write your business logic, while still enjoying the superior performance of the industry's best enterprise servers that support runtime hosting.


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Hi everyone!
I've been trying to add images to a journal post - but there isn't any specific method listed in the Markdown Help page, or the FAQ, and yet I've seen it said that Journals DO, in fact, support image insertion....
HTML doesn't seem to work, either - instead of an image, it turns up as a link in the journal.
Or is this just not an implemented feature???
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Jewish World Review May 20, 2003 / 18 Iyar, 5763
Eve Tushnet
New Superman offers anti-American hero
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | I never much liked Superman.
In my personal pantheon of American archetypes of moral clarity, the Spandex savior ranks well below Jefferson Smith, or Laura of Little House fame. The Man of Steel was a little too powerful (and the contrast with his nebbishy reporter alias was a little too pat) to evoke my empathy or spur my imagination.
Seems like Mark Millar agrees. Millar's take on Superman is even more jaundiced than my own: "As a Scotsman I don't think I've really got quite the same reverence for men in uniform that fly around and tell people what to do as our American allies seem to have. ...How could a man with super hearing and telescopic vision ignore what was happening in Iraq, Indonesia, China and South America? Could Superman really be described as a hero when all he ever did was reinforce the world's unjust status quo?" And now Millar is minting money off his new comic takedown of the original American hero.
Millar is the author of Red Son, a new three-issue Superman series presenting the alternate history of an alternate history: a world in which little Kal-El crash-lands on a collective farm in the Ukraine rather than a Kansas wheat field. Millar first drew a Soviet superhero comic as a child to please his left-wing labor unionist father. Now he has given us a world in which Superman tears down the American flag, with the hammer and sickle blazoned on his famous chest.
In Red Son, Superman is raised by that other man of steel, Joseph Stalin, and becomes a true believer in the dictatorship of the proletariat. Instead of maintaining a humble facade as a writer (one hesitates to say "a reporter") for Pravda, he rises to political superpower, replacing Stalin upon the dictator's death. (This makes a certain kind of sense--in a polity based on the supremacy of the collective, the only way for exceptional individuals to make their mark is by running the collective.) Superman gives in to the temptation of infinite paternalist power, musing, "I could take care of everyone's problems if I ran this place." By the end of his reign as the leader of the world's sole remaining superpower (the USA is reduced to economic and social chaos), the Soviet superhero has wiped out crime and famine, but the subjects of his global empire lack basic civil liberties.
The comic offers crisp, active artwork--and many varieties of Schadenfreude. If you've ever wanted to see Superman, or America itself, taken down a notch, now's your chance. The comic tries to have its moral-equivalence cake and eat it too: America is still the more-or-less good guy in the Cold War, but anti-Americans get the fun of seeing the Great Satan in ruins. We can glory in Superman's fantastic feats on behalf of "the proletariat," but we can also feel morally superior to a Superman who's been taken in by Stalin's lies. Communism is, of course, whitewashed--many fans have castigated Red Son for its inattention to details like the gulag. The comic opposes liberty and material well-being in a way that suggests a false choice; while there are obviously going to be times when that choice is necessary, for the most part capitalism and civil liberties, not collectivism, have brought home the bacon. It's also difficult to figure out how Superman could have spent his formative years hanging around Stalin, the man who perfected the use of famine as a weapon of terror, and not realized that Communism did not have the workers' best interests at heart. So the comic's message is mixed at best.
There's a hidden--and, I'd guess, unintentional--conservatism in Red Son's ultimate rejection of paternalism and its endorsement of liberty over material well-being (even though, again, there are problems in framing the question that way). Superhero comics have always walked a fine line between celebrating the power of the individual and worshiping the individual with the most power; a Soviet superhero might be an interesting way to explore that dynamic. But from interviews with Millar, it doesn't sound like Red Son's creator is interested in a Lord Acton-style parable about the temptations and corruptions of state power, or even a more general exploration of the temptations of charisma or the responsibility of the powerful and privileged.
Instead, Millar intends a cruder parallelism: Superman = Bush ("Texans are invulnerable to Kryptonite, unfortunately," Millar quips in the Times of London); the USA after 9/11 = wealthy but oppressed Soviet Supermanland. Millar even made Batman a terroristic anti-Soviet agent, calling him an "Al Qaeda"-like figure. (I must have missed the bit where Soviet dissidents killed thousands of innocents in the service of a brutally repressive ideology. Maybe they censor that stuff in US textbooks.)
The nice thing about his fictional framing of the story is that he gets a platform for his views (not only in comics stores, but in an oddly self-congratulatory essay in the Times) without really having to answer questions about those views, like: Is a balance of power really always better, or are there some times when it's worth it to have a superpower because all the options for "balancing" powers are truly horrible? (For example, would it have been better if the Russian Revolution had failed, even if that meant the USA would have been the world's sole superpower through most of the twentieth century?)
Is all use of power equally corrupting? Is the problem with Superman, in Millar's version, the fact that he's a superhero (and thus the most powerful guy in town) or the fact that he's a Communist? Can power ever be used without corruption; if not, is it possible to avoid the use of power?
Is the desire to run other people's lives to protect them really the same as the desire to free other people from the dictators running their lives?
Why is Batman a terrorist? Is terrorism in the defense of liberty no vice? Are there any actual good actions, and good people, or just tainted actors and morally-superior Monday morning quarterbacks?
Whether because of the "edgy" content, graphic style, publicity hype, or aforementioned Schadenfreude, Red Son is leaping off shelves in what Millar calls "these brainwashed, patriotic times." Millar is being oppressed all the way to the bank.
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AGE of the Book
Is it outdated?
Why waste your time using information that is too old for your needs?
If you understand your topic, you'll likely have an idea of what date range your information should fall in.
The right age depends on your topic. For example, if you are writing a paper on the Oregon Trail, a book from 1910 might be appropriate. If your topic is global warming, you should probably not use anything more than 5 years old (unless you're researching the history of global warming, in which case you may want to incorporate an older book along with newer ones.) As a rule, medical books are outdated in five years. When in doubt, ask your instructor or librarian.
You may find two dates: a copyright date and a publication date. Sometimes a book may be re-published for several years, but the information does not change. In these cases, use your best judgment to determine if the information is up to date for your needs.
If you have the book in hand, look for the date on the back of the title page:
You'll also find the date in the library's book catalog:
And here's where you find the copyright date in the Google Books record (The slightly different date is common with revised texts.):


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When I first saw this little Mozart duck I knew I had to have it! It was such a cute little fellow with such perfectly coiffed Mozart style locks. I first saw the duck on facebook, then I bought the duck on Duckshop. The creator of the duck-Astroducks-is the first provider of rubber ducks with an Austria theme. To see more pictures and read more on the story of how Austroducks and the Mozart duck was created click here to see the Austroducks website. Apparently this little Mozart fellow is a well travelled duck. I figured I'd capture him waddling around here in NYC:
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UH Center on the Family creates one-stop Web source for information about Hawaiʻi's older adultsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Sarah Yuan, (808) 956-5939
Center on the Family
Tracking down valid data about Hawaiʻi's older adults just got a little bit easier. The UH Center on the Family and the Hawaiʻi Executive Office on Aging have launched a Web-based Data Center on Hawaiʻi's Aging — the first of its kind in the nation — at http://www.uhfamily.hawaii.edu/datacenter/aging/.
The data center provides a one-stop shop, containing the most comprehensive collection of data and publications relating to Hawaiʻi's elderly. Statistics on the demographics, health, living conditions and other characteristics of the senior population have been gathered from federal and state sources and recorded from the year 2000 through the most recent information available at the U.S. national, Hawaiʻi state and/or county levels.
In addition, the Web site contains bibliographies or abstracts of more than 600 publications, including printable files of about a third of them, on long-term care, housing, caregiving and other subjects with a Hawaiʻi focus.
"The Aging Data Center offers a valuable tool to help both the public and private sector learn more about our diverse and rapidly growing older population," said State Aging Director Pat Sasaki. "Many in our community — from policy makers to researchers to the general public — will benefit from the data and information on the Web site."
"We recognize how difficult, costly and time consuming it is to collect the information that's needed," said Sylvia Yuen, Director of the UH Center on the Family. "Making valid and reliable data widely available will, we hope, contribute to better programs and services and a better future for Hawaiʻi's elderly."
The collection of statistics and references in Hawaiʻi's Aging is an on-going process, and the Web site is updated continually with the most current available information.
For more information, visit: http://www.uhfamily.hawaii.edu/datacenter/aging/


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(Editor: Gerda Osborne is speaking in her Cape Town-Column about the cosmopolitan South African Mother City.)
My name is Gerda Osborne, I live in South Africa, in Cape Town the Mother City with a mixture of different cultures and stunning scenic views, with friendly people, where there is always something to do. It's an amazing city.


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Last Saturday, seeing as how Typhoon Chedeng canceled an office event we had, I decided to take up Billycoy on his invitation to catch Repertory Workshop's staging of JCS, which is, along with Avenue Q, my favorite musical of all time. I do not exaggerate when I say I've seen the TV version of this musical at least two hundred times already, so I was going to be pretty nitpicky about what I was going to see.
Still, I didn't want to go alone, so I ended up asking a relatively new friend of mine, Jen, if she was interested in watching the musical. I was happy to know that she was, so we went in, pretty much stoked about catching JCS live. Personally, I was also on the lookout to see what role Billycoy was going to play, since he never mentioned which one he was assigned.
True, I really loved JCS like crazy, but I didn't want to watch the staging with impossibly high standards. Indeed, I found the film version to be close to perfection, but I didn't want to foist those same standards on a staging by a group of obviously talented but mostly greenhorn performers. Cutting them some slack in my mind before I went in allowed me to enjoy the play more than I probably would have had I been more exacting.
I memorized the soundtrack from beginning to end, including the film-only song, "Then We Are Decided," which I only recently found out was not ever part of the stagings of JCS. As I saw the cast really give it their all, I couldn't help but realize how much Judas stood out in that cast, as well as Pilate and Herod.
Unfortunately, Jesus and Caiaphas didn't do nearly as well. Jesus couldn't hit the high notes, and Caiaphas couldn't hit the low notes. Maybe they should've switched?
That being said, it was still a fun romp, and Billycoy has me beat in the "starring in a musical" department, which I have never done, despite auditioning for Avenue Q. He even had two roles, as he portrayed both a soldier and a pimp throughout the play, which just shows versatility right there.
And I know this picture makes me look really fat, but hey, whaddaheck. Your moment of zen:
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Alan Hwang, MathWorks
In this webinar we present key features in the Mapping Toolbox including creating maps, accessing Web Map Service (WMS) servers, analyzing terrain data, performing geodetic calculations and numerical simulations. The webinar also highlights related toolboxes that complement geospatial applications such as Image Processing Toolbox and Parallel Computing Toolbox.
Key mapping functionality include:
• MathWorks introduction
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• Oil spill simulation: shapefile, map creation, numerical simulation
• Weather avoidance: WMS, image processing, geographic calculations, navigation
• Terrain analysis: digital elevation models, KML export, viewshed
• Related toolboxes
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It is no secret that a national health care program controlled by those who use it is the only practical solution to the medicine-for-profit system that leaves more and more of us out in the cold with the coming of each new fiscal year.
Arguing for such a program raises the much-debated question of socialized medicine. "But it's human nature to be self-interested. People will never cooperate for the greater good," say the opponents. As my own health twists and turns on the slender thread it hangs from, I have become practiced at coming up with examples to disprove their shortsightedness, but such examples have rarely been located on the landscape of the North American dance world. Get in Front: A dance performance to benefit the Cancer Prevention Institute of California has changed all that by serving as a shining example of the willingness of people to cooperate, and volunteer their best talents and skills to put a premium on support for cancer prevention. Prevention, by definition, takes big strides in the direction of leaving the self-interested out of the equation of the cancer business. And Get in Front may have turned the question of self-interest on its head. Maybe self-interest is best served by cooperation. Maybe, instead of cancer being yet another vehicle for stepping all over each other to get ahead, we get the better result when we compete with ourselves to help prevent cancer's spread, and leave the world a better place than we found it.
On Wednesday, June 6, thirty-three dancers from or associated with twelve San Francisco Bay Area dance companies, came together to dance for a packed audience at San Francisco's Herbst Theater. Each piece represented the best of that company or dancer's repertoire, and it was a rare opportunity for the dancers to share it not only with an audience, but with colleagues in the dance world. The atmosphere took on the excitement of this being a first-time-out effort to raise funds for the prevention of a disease that with certainty will show up in the lives of every other person we know.
I was able to interview the curators of Get in Front, Garen Scribner and James Sofranko, who are soloists with San Francisco Ballet.
Asked what led to the discussion about taking on such an ambitious project, Scribner said, "We were good friends who shared a dressing room at the theater, as well as rooms on tour, and together we brainstormed ideas of things to do during our summer layoffs, and researched similar events in other cities."
Did they expect the outpouring of dancers volunteering to be part of the program?
"We knew so many dancers, and when we started reaching out, we were overwhelmed by the positive responses! Our event grew quickly into so much more than we ever imagined."
The Bay Area can truly boast an embarrassment of riches when it comes to dance, and Scribner and Sofranko crafted a program that presented works that ranged from Balanchine to Alonzo King, Helgi Tomasson to Robert Moses, KT Nelson to Paul Taylor and Christopher Wheeldon, and Sofranko contributed a very moving dance piece of his own for the event, called Fantasie 2011. Such outstanding dancers as Yuan Yuan Tan, Katherine Wells, Sarah Van Patten, Rodney Bell, Sonsherée Giles, Anne Zivolich, Dennis Adams, Martyn Garside, Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada, Frances Chung and Matthew Stewart, Meredith Webster, Zack Tang, and others, brought the audience to its feet in appreciation of the short, but virtuosic work they donated to this memorable and successful evening, organized in the short space of two months.
But dancers did not only participate by performing. Scribner said, "We couldn't have done this whole thing by ourselves! We enlisted help from our friends, Sarah Van Patten and Luke Willis (both SFB dancers), who chaired the silent auction, and former SFB dancer Margaret Carl," who organized the lush after party in a terrace room with a view of San Francisco's night-lit City Hall. "We sought advice from ballet patrons such as Yurie Pascarella, who is a specialist at fund-raisers, as well as the CPIC staff, in order to insure that we would be giving our audience clear information about what CPIC does."
What made Scribner and Sofranko choose CPIC as the beneficiary of the event? Sofranko says, "CPIC spoke to us directly as being a proactive, research-based group that takes a holistic approach toward wellness. We felt that as healthy, active people, we could embody that ethos while uniting great dancers on one stage."
One need not go much further than taking a long look at the printed program to understand exactly how well Scribner and Sofranko utilized their resources to make the event a success. Dancers drew on connections from their private lives to garner support: among the donors was LEAP, an academic program offering dancers a chance to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree by in part utilizing their dance careers as life credits, and in-kind donations came from dance academies, a winery, and other local sources. In other words, the organizers not only danced the dance, but walked the walk, and gathered a small army of supporters who walked alongside them to make this dream come true. They raised nearly $150,000, as well as the morale of their colleagues, and the larger community here that follows and supports dance. Get in Front demonstrated that when presented with an opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade, dancers are a far cry from the prima donnas, princes and princesses that they are sometimes called upon to interpret onstage. They are no different from the rest of us, as they put into practice the socialist adage: "From each according to their abilities to each according to their needs."


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MSNBC is reporting (UPDATED with video) President-current Bush has said he'll consider amending the $25 billion automaker low-interest loan guarantee program to allow the automakers to get the money right now and use it for whatever they need. The decision is being made because many economists say helping US automakers is a big part of preventing the economy from going even further into the hole. This comes a day after would-be Detroit savior President-elect Barack Obama, who has said an automaker bailout is super important, met with President Bush to discuss steps he'd like to see taken, including part two of his three-part economic strategy — help for the auto industry. Why the sudden change from the Bush administration? According to the NY Times, the President would consider signing a stimulus package and help out the auto industry if Obama dropped his opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia. Maybe.
Mr. Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia, a measure for which Mr. Bush has long fought, people familiar with the discussion said. The Bush administration, which has presided over a major intervention in the financial industry, has balked at allowing the automakers to tap into the $700 billion bailout fund, despite warnings last week that General Motors might not survive the year.
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Principal Proposed Uses
Other Proposed Uses
- Improving Growth of Nails and Hair
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rosacea
- Snoring
- Sports Injuries
MSM (methyl sulfonyl methane) is a sulfur-containing compound normally found in many of the foods we eat. It is chemically related to DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide), a popular (although unproven) treatment for arthritis. When DMSO is applied on the skin or taken orally, about 15% of it breaks down in the body to form MSM. 1
Some researchers have suggested that the resulting MSM could be responsible for the benefits attributed to DMSO. If so, MSM might be preferable as a treatment, because it does not cause some of the unpleasant side effects associated with DMSO treatment, such as body odor and bad breath. In addition, as a natural substance found in food, MSM would be expected to have a good safety profile. However, there is as yet no more than preliminary evidence that MSM is useful for any medical condition.
There is no dietary requirement for MSM. However, it occurs naturally in cow's milk, meat, seafood, vegetables, fruits, and even coffee, tea, and chocolate. MSM supplements are sold in healthfood stores and some pharmacies. Although creams and lotions containing MSM are also available, it is hard to see the purpose of these topical products since MSM, unlike DMSO, is not absorbed through the skin. 2
MSM supplies sulfur. Some advertisements for MSM claim that sulfur deficiency is widespread, and that for this reason alone MSM will improve the health of most everybody who takes it. However, there are numerous other dietary sources of sulfur, including, most prominently, many forms of ordinary protein.
Therapeutic Dosages
Dosages of oral MSM used for therapeutic purposes range from 1,500 to 10,000 mg daily, usually divided up into 3 daily doses.
Therapeutic Uses
Several randomized, placebo-controlled studies indicate that MSM may be helpful for osteoarthritis . 16,17,21
In one small, placebo-controlled trial, the topical application of methylsulfonylmethane with silymarin ( milk thistle ) for 1 month appeared to be effective in the treatment of 46 subjects with the skin condition rosacea . 19
Small, unpublished trials have been used to claim that MSM is effective for the treatment of snoring, aiding the growth of nails and hair, and assisting in recovery from sports injuries . 7,13-14 However, the design of each of these studies was substandard, and the results were not subjected to any proper statistical analysis; therefore, they cannot be taken as meaningful evidence of efficacy.
One study in mice found positive effects of MSM in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis . 4 Other animal studies hint that MSM might have cancer preventive properties. 8,9,10 Human studies on these potential uses of MSM have not been reported.
MSM has also been proposed as a treatment for interstitial cystitis , an inflammation in the wall of the bladder that causes frequent and painful urination. When prescribed for this condition, MSM is usually instilled directly into the bladder, although oral use has also been suggested. However, no clinical studies on this use have been performed: the only evidence for this treatment comes from case studies and anecdotal reports. 5 Since interstitial cystitis is known to respond very positively to placebo , 6 these reports mean little.
MSM has also been advocated for allergies (including drug allergies), scleroderma , excess stomach acid , and constipation , but there is no meaningful evidence whatsoever to support these proposed uses.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Methyl Sulfonyl Methane?
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study performed in India, 118 people with osteoarthritis of the knee were given one of the following four treatments: glucosamine (500 mg, 3 times daily), MSM (500 mg, 3 times daily), a combination of glucosamine and MSM, or placebo. 16 The study ran for 12 weeks. The results showed that both MSM and glucosamine improved arthritis symptoms as compared to placebo, and that the combination of MSM and glucosamine was more effective than either one alone. Benefits were also seen in a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 50 people with osteoarthritis, utilizing MSM at a dose of 3 g twice daily. 18
However, in a comprehensive review of 6 studies involving 681 patients with osteoarthritis of knee, researchers concluded that it is not yet possible to convincingly determine whether or not either DMSO or MSM is beneficial. 20
Safety Issues
MSM is a natural component of the foods we normally eat and is not believed to be toxic. A laboratory study examining doses up to 8 g per kilogram of body weight per day (about 250 times the highest dose normally used by humans) reported that no toxic effects were seen. 12
MSM can cross the blood-brain barrier, a mechanism that prevents passage of some materials from general circulation into the brain's tissues. However, MSM taken in the therapeutic dosage range does not have any negative effects on brain or body function. 22
Maximum safe doses for young children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with liver or kidney disease are not known. Possible drug interactions are also not known.
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No hall of Fame performances today!
Pathetic and shameful!
I can't believe I may look back at the end of the season and see that these games are the reason we didn't make the playoffs.
How could we win only one game from them all season?
This team needs fire!!!!
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Ah, love it! In 24 years, any chance Jerry gets inducted into the Hall of Uh?ReplyDelete
Wow Great job in capturing Davey.ReplyDelete
It's a shame it could not end on a happier note.
I've seen quite a few spins on the words "Hall of Fame" in relation to the Mets since this game. Not surprisingly, yours (Maul of Shame)is
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Thanks WarrenReplyDelete
I don't know where I will find the spin for tonight's loss.
See, this is why I never finished my journal.
How many different ways can you find a creative way to say "Losers" ?
Hopefully there's time to turn this ship around.
Let's Go Mets!!!!!! Please!!!
ha ha joe--ReplyDelete
plz keep tryin to come up new spins on all the losses...sadly those are the funniest & makes the losses that much more bearable! Even when they lose, i think 'well at least i got your cartoon to look forward to!' I still dont know how u come up with this stuff - ur creative in all aspects...if your blog was run by a company, it would take a whole team to come up with the stuff u do on your own overnight! Plz keep it up!! Let's go Mets! Its not over yet!