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Mr Binns was Cuthbert Binns's father and a member of the Binns family. He used to say something to his son, but exactly what he used to say is unknown as Cuthbert fell asleep while telling Harry Potter about it.[1]
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I have a question about concave functions. Let $f:[0,T]\rightarrow R^+$ is a concave function. Let $S=\int_0 ^ T f(x)dx$ and $R=\frac S T$. Show that there is an interval $[a,b]$, where $0\leq a \leq b \leq T$ and $b-a\geq \frac T 2$ such that for every $x\in [a,b]$ we have: $f(x) \geq R$.
If $f$ is non-decreasing function it is quite simple since by use of Jensen's inequality one can argue that $\frac 1 T \int_0 ^T f(x)dx \leq f(\frac T 2)$. Also I could prove this for piecewise linear concave functions. My proof is by induction on the number of line segments in the piecewise linear concave function. It is messy and use lots of geometric stuff. I wonder if there are any nice and tidy proofs for general concave functions.
Any comments is much appreciated!


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – It's always fun to reflect and look back at success, really revel in the joyous memories that often associate with those fleeting moments of pure victory. With the new school year fast approaching, CollegeBaseballInsider.com has provided a great opportunity for Golden Eagle baseball fans to do just that.
It may have taken some time, but CollegeBaseballInsider.com has given Tech fans that opportunity to enjoy the baseball team's recent success. After contributing to one of the most successful seasons in program history, including a school-record 40 wins and the biggest win in Tech athletics history (defeating No. 2 Vanderbilt), first baseman Zach Stephens and third baseman Daniel Miles earned CollegeBaseballInsider.com/Louisville Slugger All-American Honorable Mention.
Both honors were well deserving of the two junior corner infielders as both put together remarkable offensive and defensive seasons.
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He also ranks in the top five in the OVC in slugging percentage, runs, total bases, and walks. The junior recorded a solid .341 batting average and improved dramatically on the defensive side of the ball, owning a .994 fielding percentage after 57 games at first base. He earned adidas OVC Player of the Week earlier this season as well as OVC Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. In just three seasons, Stephens has already made on impact on the Tech record books, pasting his names among the best hitters to don a Golden Eagle uniform.
His 43 career long balls already ranks second on the all-time home runs list, just eight behind former Tech slugger A.J. Kirby-Jones and 10 off the all-time OVC record . He also ranks second for career RBI, racking up 172 so far in his career, just 36 shy of the OVC record. Stephens already ranks among the top 10 hitters in Tech history as his 216 hits are good enough for eighth. He is also among the top 10 in career doubles (seventh), slugging percentage (sixth), total bases (third), and walks (10th) and is approaching the top 10 in runs scored, triples, and at bats. This year also marked the second straight season Stephens earned All-OVC second-team honors.
In just his first season as member of the Golden Eagles, third baseman Daniel Miles proved to be a difference maker at third base. The junior ranked second on the squad with a .337 batting average, collecting 67 hits in 53 games this season. Twenty-six of those hits went for extra bases, including 11 doubles, three triples and 12 home runs. His .603 slugging percentage ranked second on the team. He also ranks in the top five in the league in RBI (53), triples, home runs, and total bases (118).
Miles put together one of the best single-game performances in team history this season, hammering three home runs at Austin Peay. All three dingers came in consecutive innings as the junior slugger recorded six RBI in the contest. His weekend performance against the Governors led to his first of two adidas OVC Player of the Week awards as well as two Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honors. This season he also became the first Tech player to ever hit a grand slam in back-to-back games.
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Next year's election campaign in the United States promises to be a wild one, with an incumbent president fighting increasingly longer odds on his reelection, given the terrible state of the economy. The campaign promises to be one in which both issues and personalities are prominent.
One hundred years earlier, another incumbent U.S. president, William Howard Taft, fought to retain power. And although issues (conservation, tariffs, rights of workers, and governmental reform) were important, the dynamic personality of former president Theodore Roosevelt loomed large (compared to the dull Taft). Taft's campaign was crippled by a split in his Republican Party, with Roosevelt leading the progressive wing of the party (and running under the banner of the Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party) against the conservatives, who supported Taft for the nomination. Robert La Follette, who had defeated Taft in two of the first four primaries, did not support either Taft or Roosevelt. Woodrow Wilson led a united Democratic Party to victory. Although Roosevelt's popular and electoral vote totals surpassed those of Taft, Wilson's margin over the former president in the popular vote was a substantial 14.5 percent.
In 1912, political campaigns did not use any of the media that emerged later in the twentieth century. Political campaigning did not change fundamentally until the medium of radio altered strategies in the mid-1920s, although campaign speeches had surpassed parades and rallies in importance around the turn of the century. Posters, banners, and billboards, however, continued to be a significant vehicle for political operatives. In 1912, the New Jersey Roosevelt Republican League issued a report on its primary campaign to defeat President Taft for the party's nomination, stating, "Banners are swung across the streets in every city and town of importance, extolling the candidates. Billboards are plastered with huge posters eulogizing President Taft. Campaign pictures of 'Teddy' [Roosevelt] and Taft look out from windows everywhere." Moreover, many lithographic posters were produced, and these were quite colorful, with backgrounds in bright hues for greater impact.
The election of 1912 was a watershed of sorts for U.S. campaign posters. Gone were the cornucopias and most of the patriotic symbols (such as eagles and flags) that had been used since the 1840s. Instead, Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party seized upon the symbol of the Bull Moose—which prompted the party's nickname—to symbolize the strength of the candidate and his third-party movement. Its symbol was included on some of the posters, cloth banners, buttons, pennants, handkerchiefs, postcards, and other campaign promotions. Since three candidates were essentially "progressive," personality qualities and symbols were really more important than issues. Slogans were also an essential ingredient: Roosevelt stumped the country calling for a "New Nationalism"; Wilson delivered campaign speeches for a "New Freedom"; and Taft generally stayed in the White House, with his banners proclaiming "Better be safe than sorry."
A series of photographic portraits of all the major candidates were issued with neither their names nor the names of their parties—another change for printed election propaganda. Other posters did contain some of this information, but one for the Progressive ticket of Roosevelt and Senator Hiram Johnson of California included only the last names of the two candidates, their full-length photographic portraits, and the final lines of Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Ballad of the East and West" (See the figure to the right). Roosevelt's image had come a long way since the last time he ran: in 1904, stuffed "teddy bears" were distributed, which related Roosevelt to both a huggable toy and "family values"; in 1912, he was associated more with the bull moose, with verses from Kipling fortifying the impression of strength. The Taft campaign used the party's symbol of the elephant—which had been around for several decades, along with the Democratic donkey—on many campaign items, including a poster that displayed portraits of Taft and his running mate, Vice President James Sherman, on the animal's blanket. Undoubtedly, with Roosevelt's breakaway movement so powerful, it was important for the Taft strategists to emphasize party symbolism and loyalty.
For more on the election of 1912, see my book, Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History.


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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Philippines
Age: 29
ok any way if the audience were to choose who would you choose??
nagi or his sister????
pls tell me
for i one for sure choose nagi cuz of here simple minded and cup A breast(dully note: somtime prefer a tupe a women ehhehehe)
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I suppose each to their own. I think Hirano does an extremely poor job of conveying any emotion at all, especially for someone who's supposedly a "good" VA. Add to that, she's only capable, from what I've heard, only one voice with VERY little variation. Konata, Haruhi, Polka, the sister in Tora Dora, all the same and only a step or 2 above dictating...The only thing she has going for herself is that she's mildly attractive (which isn't exactly the most useful skill for a VA); nothing more. Her popularity stems from being cast for the right role at the right time, not from her talent (or lack thereof). Replace Hirano with Akiyama Nana during the same point in time, and her popularity would be at a similar level as Hirano's right now.
Sawashiro has a similar problem, partially due to both of them having a very unique voice, but she's capable of changing her voice significantly (most recent example would be her side role as Maaya in World Destruction). Her voice acting in Kannagi is, imho, average for her. Not the best, but by no means the worst either.
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ohhh this is certainly a nice surprise. Been looking around for something light this season and this one fits like a glove.
Animation is fluid, the VA and the dialogue was good. The comedy works on me
Chara design wise is rather run of the mill though.
Both the OP and ED is eye catching. OP for the animation and ED for the music.
I wonder how long before people start mimicking Nagi's dance in the OP
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Watching Rosario's opening somehow made me realize that it's not "just a dance." I don't know; I don't get the same vibes or feelings watching Rosario's "version." Animation is not as smooth; song is not as catchy; choreography is not as "difficult" or entertaining; overall presentation is not good enough for an automatic re-watch every single episode. I'm pretty sure it's not because the surprise effect has been worn off after so many dances, but because there must be a little something Yamakan, and only Yamakan can do. I don't remember how many times did I repeat the dance in Suzumiya Haruhi; I can't count how many times did I re-watch the opening sequence in Lucky Star; and now, I'm not sure if there exists a day I might get tired of watching Nagi singing and dancing on stage
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I wasn't caught at first by the manga and it's adaptation, but after ep 2 I'd say I am now!
I like all those touch of humor, like the wand on table, or the superball joke...
I didn't realise it at first, but the animation is really top-notch: it moves! it moves! it moves!
The OP is nice, but the ED is definitly one of my favorite this season.
Definitly a great addition to my watch-list!
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle
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I dont quite get it... is this a music anime, or a slice of life with a mix of supernatural?
Anyway, I downloaded Xedo-speedsubs or whatever they're called, and omg... really really indescribably horrid.... thank god Ayako subs came out....
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Editor's Note: "Underground Nashville" covers artists, authors, musicians, poets, political figures, and other compelling people and happenings not typically covered by the mainstream Nashville media. It also presents reflections and commentary from an underground/indie perspective. As I told 'The Tennessean' in 2008, "since moving to Nashville twenty-five years ago, I have met people whose lives do not remotely reflect the caricature of what many outside our city presume to be a 'Nashvillian' or the Nashville experience." "Underground Nashville" thus explores the soul of the city, not its surface—offering "thoughts from the shadows of a great American city."
Dave Carew
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Josh Jackson and friends "cover" great rock/pop/country territory with Yes Dear
By Dave Carew
For the past decade, Josh Jackson has been known as the lead singer of the widely acclaimed Josh Jackson Band. In 2002, The JJB was named "Best Local Rock Band" and "Best New Band" in the Nashville Scene Readers Poll. Soon after, Rolling Stone's contributing editor, David Wild, hailed the band as one that "makes great, uplifting rock & roll with a lot of heart and a lot of craft."
I have very fond memories of seeing The JJB play to packed houses around the city, particularly at The Sutler, the band's favorite stomping grounds for years, and a venue sorely missed by everyone in Nashville who cares about great music and irreplaceably funky ambiance.
The current project of Josh Jackson—along with his former JJB bandmates Joey Boone and Locke Sandahl—is Yes Dear, which allows these gifted musicians to explore their "covers" side. Josh recently granted this interview about Yes Dear to Underground Nashville:
UNDERGROUND NASHVILLE: If you had an elevator ride to tell someone what the basic "musical idea" of Yes Dear is, what would you say?
JOSH JACKSON: Well, if the Eagles met Van Morrison and went bowling with Jimmy Buffett who was on a 3-way phone call with James Taylor and John Mellencamp backstage at a concert where Tom Petty was opening for the Beatles…that's what we sound like.
UN: Where does the band's name come from?
JJ: We got our name due to the fact that we are three middle-aged, married men (Josh Jackson, Joey Boone, and Locke Sandahl), each with two daughters. "Yes, Dear" was something we all seemed to say quite a lot, and so it stuck as a name.
UN: Yes Dear mostly performs cover tunes. How do you select which tunes to cover? To what degree, if any, do you cater songs to a specific audience?
JJ: We tend to go for songs that are heavy on melody and harmony, which are the two things we seem to do the best. Joey has a great country voice and I'm more of a rock 'n roll guy. So it is neat to explore the vast catalogs of each genre, searching for the things that together we do best. We seem to have gravitated towards the songs of the Eagles, due to the fact that there are two (or three) lead singers in that band and they have outrageous harmony that we aspire to re-create. As far as catering songs to a specific crowd, we have approximately 40 songs that we [can] cover at just about any event, but we are always up for learning a new song for a specific crowd. And of course, we are always willing to perform requests at shows, especially if there is a $20 bill attached.
UN: I understand that Yes Dear mostly does corporate gigs, weddings, and that type of thing. Is that going to remain the "model," or are you going to branch out a bit more into club performing?
JJ: We have found that it is easier to make money, especially in Nashville, doing private events. However, we did a very well-attended event at 12th & Porter a few months back. So, you never know. We love to play and anytime we can get together and do so, we will.
UN: How can people sample your music online, and contact you for gigs?
JJ: People can contact us best through email at: email@example.com. To hear music samples and to learn more about us, visit www.myspace.com/yesdeartheband
David M. (Dave) Carew is editor of "Underground Nashville" and the author of the novels "Everything Means Nothing to Me: A Novel of Underground Nashville" and "Voice from the Gutter." He also is a freelance book editor, publicist, and copywriter.


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Woody Johnson (above), who should make that helmet a permanent component of his wardrobe.
There is no dysfunction quite like that Jet dysfunction. There are no shit rosters quite like Jet shit rosters (anyone besides myself recall a wide receiver tandem of the little engine that could, Wayne Chrebet, and Arena football player Kevin Swayne?). There are no blown second rounders like Jet blown second rounders (Browning Nagle, Mike Nugent, Vlad Ducasse, etc.). Don't even talk about the 1st round, where the Jets passed on Warren Sapp and once drafted Bryan Thomas over sure Hall of Famer Ed Reed. But understand this: former owner Leon Hess, while not a football man, was an excellent businessman, was kind and benevolent, and oversaw the drafting of the team's only franchise quarterback, Joe Namath, in its now 50+ year history, and subsequently, the Jets only Superbowl victory, the historic first ever Superbowl win for the American Football League, which helped force the merger that led to the formation of the NFL.
Did he make mistakes? Too many to count. Rich Kotite, anyone? But Hess also hired Big Bill who led the organization to its most successful decade, sans the Superbowl, in its history. Mr. Hess, which we call him out of respect, an earned title, was a self made man with courage and character, who, to carve out an empire in oil, had to negotiate with a gun barrel to his nose, and who cared so much for his employees that when Dennis Byrd was paralyzed during play, Hess paid out the rest of Byrd's contract in full, immediately, and took an enormous personal interest in Byrd's recovery. Mr. Hess ensured Byrd would receive the very best medical care, essentially bequeathed him his personal aircraft, and sat with Byrd in the hospital every day for a year.
Once when asked of it, a candid Hess told a reporter that if he knew that a player could get injured so seriously in football, he "would have never bought the team." Upon Byrd's recovery, at the press conference when he was released from the hospital, the former player uttered that most famous line, probably the most pride inspiring line associated with the Jets in all history, when he said, "I came to New York from Oklahoma a young Christian man. Today I return to Oklahoma a young Christian man and a New York Jet."
The current owner, Woody Johnson, who gets no respectful moniker from us, should not be viewed by anyone, most especially himself, through the illusory prism that wealth and power equate to success. Johnson & Johnson had made billions long before Woody came to be. Unlike Mr. Hess, Woody inherited his billions, gained his various titles through nepotism, and whatever honors bestowed upon him through cronyism, the spoils of privilege. He's not much of a business man, so far as we can tell. Let's be frank. Billions beget billions. He's not much of a family man either, so far as we can tell. Johnson, when divorcing ex Sale Johnson, soon after purchasing the team, told reporters of the break up that he was looking forward to 'spending more time with his team.' It hasn't worked out for the Johnson family or the team.
As you may or may not know, Woody's eldest daughter, Casey Johnson, who once famously became embroiled in a public dispute with her own aunt over a paramour, died alone due to questionable circumstances at the age of 30. She had been described in the press as a "reckless wildchild", a "wayward heiress", etc. Tragedy strikes and is blind to bank accounts. Do we feel bad about raising a spectre of questionability around Johnson's personal life? No. And for that matter, the spectre was there long before we raised it. He's a public figure and is therefore subject to it, as was Joe Philbin, when his low life, rapist son drowned to death and Tony Dungy, whose son committed suicide, and we haven't blinked once in criticizing those men, whether they were just absentee football lifer fathers, hypocrites (like Dungy, who perhaps was too wrapped up in Jesus and the scourge that is foul language to worry about his own son), or both.
Is it overly simplistic to blame an absentee, disinterested parent for his child's lack of mental well being? Is it? You tell us. In this case, we have discerned with Woody a pattern of failure, from his ownership of the team, to his marriage, to his family, and of course, his politics. Woody, a staunch Republican, was heavily invested in both recent Bush campaigns, and also served as Mitt Romney's New York campaign manager. Do we have to ask how that went? For all his billions, Johnson is a dimwitted loser. Anyone with even remedial knowledge of politics knew that Romeny's chances at claiming NY's slice of the electoral pie were dead even before arrival. On that bus, there are still plenty of great seats available. What about the doomsday quotes from Woody about how he feared for America if Obama was re-elected?
"Well I think you always have to put country first," Johnson said. "So I think it's very, very important that for – not only us – but in particular for our kids and grandkids that this election come off with Mitt Romney and (Paul) Ryan as President and vice president."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/pinch-woody-picks-mitt-jets-article-1.1172131#ixzz2HjECuhop
You know, America seems perfectly fine to me under Obama. I haven't really noticed the pervasive spread of socialism and am rather glad that the war mongering ways of Bush's patrician fantasy world are for now past. But I am not a billionaire being taxed at a rate I deem too high. I'm just a Crackbillionair is all. And if Woody was such a patriot, pardon the pun, why try to cheat his beloved US Gov't out of a cool $100M in taxes? That's what he agreed to pay back the gov't, plus interest, in 2001, but in actuality, law enforcement believes it to be a great deal more.
So many superrich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct, according to a Senate report that provides the most detailed look ever at high-level tax schemes.
Among the billionaires cited in the report are the owner of the New York Jets football team, Robert Wood Johnson IV; the producer of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" children's show, Haim Saban; and two Texas businessmen, Charles and Sam Wyly, who the Center for Public Integrity found in 2000 were the ninth-largest contributors to President Bush.
When Woody bought the team, he had supposedly done so to impress his billionaire buddies. He was gonna win the big game and then flash the big bling at Tavern on the Green. How's that working out so far? You think his buddies are are impressed? Do you think they were impressed when Mark Sanchez was found to be entertaining an underage girl at his home? Or when Rex's wife's swinger profile hit on http://www.deadspin.com?
Woody was also gonna build that Jets' mecca on the Westside, which, we'll acknowledge would have elevated the Jets' status from 2nd to 1st class citizens, which would've rebranded the team and provided Dallas Cowboy like revenue streams. See, we think Woody cares way more about money than football and that the Jets' Westside development project was what was really attractive to him, and not so much the Jets, despite the man's obvious love of green Oxford ties. We suspect little Bill knew as much, and is why he hastily tendered his resignation, scrawled on a napkin when Johnson took over ("I resign as HC of the NYJ").
While no one doubts that Woody put a lot of energy into the Westside project at considerable costs, should we commend a man for spending $1B on a failure? Instead, we'll add it to the ever expanding list of Johnson failures–a failure from which the franchise has never recovered that has conscripted the team to permanent second class status by settling for another joint stadium. Johnson blew that billion and has been penny wise and dollar foolish ever since. Especially, his practice of forcing unwanted players and coaches on the organization. Brett Favre, forced on Mangini, for the promotional value. Disaster. Mangini holdover Brian Schottenheimer, who when he was considered a hot coaching commodity, was given a big new contract by the Jets, forced on Rex Ryan. Disaster. Made Schottenheimer a media scapegoat and ruined his reputation. Tebow, forced on Ryan. Disaster. Not our words either, or rather, ours and Special Teams Coordinator Mike Westhoff's, who went on talk radio in Miami today to call the Tebow situation, among other things, "an absolute mess" and a "distraction" and said he doesn't understand the rationale behind the acquisition and that he doesn't think anyone does.
Woody Johnson with old man toy Brett Favre (above).
We though the new personnel guy was gonna be Tom Gamble for a minute, or Dave Caldwell. Hoped it would be Giants' executive Marc Ross, all guys the Jets have courted. and by the Jets, we of course mean the outside consulting firm the Jets have hired to run their GM search, because despite Johnson owning his own near billion dollar football organization, he has not one reasonably knowledgeable football man trustworthy enough to make a solid hire.
Originally, the Jets hoped to have a hire in place by the time Rex and ihaveprettyfeet returned from their Bahamas jaunt, someone to begin to spin the stench off the joke, the perennial catastrophe that is the Jets, and to divert attention away from the fact that the Jets organization was so unprepared to face the media that they ignored their compulsory obligation to make the coach and owner available to the press within 7 days of their season's end.
So last week it was the Caldwells and Gambles, and then this week they have supposedly interviewed six people in the last 2 days alone. Including the Dolphins Assistant GM, who we're certain is underqualified. But a qualified GM would never accept preconditions on the job, such as the shot gun marriage with Rex which Johnson is forcing whomever the new fool to accept.
The expanded search, which now includes way more interviewees than what is a normal when replacing a GM for other teams, is representative of the fact that the Jets are grossly incompetent, clueless, and fucked. I mean, who but the Jets, would have a hiring search that included Tom Heckert, the GM of a club that lost 40+ games in 3 years in Cleveland, or even worse, personnel people from the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL? Now I don't like Wes Welker at all, but when he said that shit about the Patriots "putting their best foot forward" against the Jets, 'toe the line' or whatever, we can't blame him. The Jets are a joke, continually perpetuated by their own organization, so how can anyone be angry when people joke about them? In fact, we are pretty sure that the only reason that Belichik came down so hard on Welker was because he feared not doing so would provide the Jets extra motivation. In short, he fined Welker in order to have a better shot at success in a football game.
The original title for this piece was to be, "NYJ: Woody Johnson, Billionaire Moron, Despicable Human Being, and Gross Incompetent, Should Sell the NYJ". But since all of that is dreadfully obvious, truths we hold self evident, we instead opted for a Welkerism.
Same old Jets? We wish we could somehow return to such a comfortable level of incompetence, one we had come to accept. Instead, we are mired in incompetence that we can only describe as mind boggling, prolific, and sublime. After Dennis Byrd returned to Oklahoma, the Jets, as a kindness to their fans, should have disbanded, letting us all root for the Giants.
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NY appeals court reinstates poker conviction
A federal appeals court reinstated the gambling conviction Tuesday of a man who operated an underground poker club, saying a lower-court judge had erred when he concluded the conviction could not stand because poker was more a game of skill than chance.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said sentencing should proceed for Lawrence DiCristina, who was convicted under a law created to stop organized crime from operating gambling dens. DiCristina and others between December 2010 and May 2011 had operated a poker club in the back room of a Staten Island warehouse where he also sold electric bicycles. The twice-a-week games of Texas Hold `em at two tables were advertised by word of mouth and text messages. No crimes were alleged besides playing illegal poker games.
Last year's decision by U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn to toss out the 2012 conviction had been greeted enthusiastically by those advocating the legalization of Internet poker in the United States. Weinstein seemed to give their argument fuel when he concluded that because "the poker played on the defendant's premises is not predominantly a game of chance, it is not gambling" as defined in the federal law.
The appeals court, however, said in a unanimous ruling written by Judge Chester J. Straub that it was not necessary to consider whether poker was mostly a game of skill or chance to decide the case.
It said all that mattered was that the games violated New York state law, involved five or more people who conducted or managed the business, that it existed for more than a month and had a gross revenue of $2,000 in any single day.
"Thus, the question of whether skill or chance predominates in poker is inapposite to this appeal," the court said.
It also noted that legislators when the law was passed had been careful to create requirements that "would exclude the typical friendly game of poker."
The court case dealt with traditional, face-to-face games of Texas Hold `em, though the appeals court said it did not need to specify what game of poker was at stake to reach its conclusions.
Dicristina's attorneys did not immediately respond to comment requests.
When he ruled, Weinstein had cited research, including a study that analyzed 103 million hands of Texas Hold'em poker, where 75 percent of poker hands ended when one player induced his opponents to fold so that no cards were revealed.
"Other studies have found that skilled players defeated unskilled players both in simulations and in real-world play," he said.


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"There's no way I'm getting in that ambulance."
A recent article on the BBC news website suggests that dolphins should be given the same rights as humans. "Dolphins should be treated as non-human "persons", with their rights to life and liberty respected, scientists meeting in Canada have been told... They believe dolphins and whales are sufficiently intelligent to justify the same ethical considerations as humans."
The article goes on to say: "It is based on years of research that has shown dolphins and whales have large, complex brains and a human-like level of self-awareness. This has led the experts to conclude that although non-human, dolphins and whales are "people" in a philosophical sense, which has far-reaching implications."
Were this idea to be taken seriously by Government, there would indeed be far-reaching implications. Many laws would have to be amended: for example the Human Rights Act would have to be renamed the "Sentient Beings Rights Act" in order to afford cetaceans the full rights which human beings currently uniquely enjoy among the animal kingdom.
However, a close reading of the Mental Health Act reveals that there is nowhere a definition of what constitutes a "patient" or a "person", so the MHA could as equally apply to dolphins as to people.
This would pose all sorts of difficulties for AMHP's discharging their legal duties. For a start, how do you establish whether or not a dolphin has "a mental disorder of a nature or degree which warrants the detention of the patient in a hospital" for assessment or treatment?
Do dolphins suffer from depression, or psychosis? It's quite possible that dolphins and other cetaceans exhibit suicidal ideation. There have been many examples of dolphins and others deliberately beaching themselves, often with tragic consequences. One recent example occurred on 5th March 2012 in Brazil, when 30 dolphins were beached. In this instance, humans took matters literally in their own hands and dragged them back into the sea.
But perhaps they should instead have waited for an AMHP and two doctors (one of whom should ideally have specialised in dolphin psychiatry) to conduct a formal assessment under the MHA before taking any other action. After all, they may have been deemed to have capacity to make "unwise decisions".
All sorts of other dilemmas present themselves. How do you interview a dolphin "in a suitable manner"? It would be essential to have dolphin interpreters. But would you then want a dolphin who could speak English, or a human who could speak Dolphin? Which is the least oppressive option?
And would you expect the dolphin to come onto dry land to be interviewed, or should the AMHP don a wet suit, snorkel and flippers and interview in the dolphin's natural environment?
Then there's the matter of putting the right name of the patient on the section papers. We don't currently have any phonetic system for transcribing dolphin's natural names. Would we therefore have to use the names imposed on them by humans, for example, "Flipper" or "Bubbles"? And would that be considered oppressive? I don't suppose it matters legally, as long as the same name is on all the paperwork.
Having made the decision to detain a dolphin under the MHA, how would you transport it to hospital? We would need special ambulances with a water tank in the back. But what about when the ambulance has to take a sharp turn?
And what if the dolphin objected to being taken to a dolphin psychiatric unit (and what would one of those look like?) and became aggressive? How do you handcuff a dolphin? Actually, that wouldn't be necessary – a couple of Velcro restraint belts with carrying handles should do the trick.
And then there's the whole issue of treatment…
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These are the upcoming books I would like to read and review
It is also my teaser page of things to come. The further away a release is the less certain is the information, covers can change from week to week and delays are common. This is also a collection of data from public sources that can contain errors or old information. So you can't trust this calendar like it is written in stone.
Click on the covers for a larger image. Titles in Italic have covers. Recent changes are in bold.
January 2017
February 2017
- The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley (Saga Press) – us
- Fields of Fire (Frontlines 5) by Mark Kloos – us uk
- Duchess of Terra (The Duchy of Terra 2) by Glynn Stewart
- To Fire Called (Smuggler's Tale 2) by Nathan Lowell (Durandus)
March 2017
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Tor) – us
- Nemesis by Alex Lamb (Gollancz) – us uk
- The Gathering Edge (Liaden 20) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (Baen) – us uk
- A Call to Vengeance (Manticore Ascendant 3) by David Webber & Timothy Zahn & Thomas Pope (Baen) – us uk 2017 or 2018???
- Star's Edge by Cassandra Rose Clarke (Saga Press) – us uk
- Cursed Command
Unlucky(Angel in the Whirlwind 3) by Christopher Nuttall (47North) – us uk
- For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2) by Dennis E. Taylor
- Enemy Unknown (Ray Longknife) by Mike Shepherd
- Judgement of Mars (Starship's Mage 5)
April 2017
May 2017
- Vanguard (The Genesis Fleet 1) by Jack Campbell (Ace) – us uk
- Darkship Revenge (Darkship 3) by Sarah A. Hoyt (Baen) – us uk
- Gods of Sagittarius by Eric Flint & Mike Resnick (Baen) – us uk
- AGU SC Intelligence 2 by Thomas Deprima
- Emissary (Kris Longknife) by Mike Shepherd
- reV (Machine Dynasty 3) by Madeline Ashby (Angry Robot) – uk us
June 2017
August 2017
October 2017
Unsure when 2017
- Dark Cover (Wings of Steel 4) by Jeffrey Burger
- The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires 2) by Jim Butcher
- Countermeasures (Merkiaari Wars 6) by Mark E. Cooper
- Suicide Run (Smuggler's Tale 3) by Nathan Lowell (Durandus) – delayed
- By Darkness Forged (A Seeker's Tale 3) by Nathan Lowell (Durandus)
- The Sargeant's Apprentice (Schooled in Magic 11) by Christopher Nuttall
- The Fist of Justice (Schooled in Magic 12) by Christopher Nuttall
- We Lead (Ark Royal 9) by Christopher Nuttall
- The Long Road Home (A Learning Experience IV) by Christopher Nuttall
- The Book of Robots (Penrose 3) by Tony Ballantyne – 2016 questimate by author, probably delayed
- Peace Talks (Dresden 16) by Jim Butcher (Orbit) – still being written aug 2016
- The Devil and the Blue Sea (Their Darkest Hour 2) by Christopher Nuttall
- Democracy's Price (Democracy's Right 3) by Christopher Nuttall – longer term probably 2018 or late 2017
- (A Galaxy Unknown 11) by Thomas DePrima – q1 2017
- Hammer of God (Angel in the Whirlwind 4) by Christopher Nuttall (47North?) – provisional title, Christopher started writing it Sept 5th 2016?
- The Wanderer book 5 by Simon Goodson – probably in 2017
- The Sons of Oberon (The Pax Humana Saga 4) by Endi Webb
- A Liaden Universe novel 1/2 by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (Baen) – 2018?
- A Liaden Universe novel 2/2 by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (Baen) – 2018/2019?
- Mirror, Mirror (Dresden Files 17) by Jim Butcher – probably 2018
Unsure when
- The Ringing Deeps (Troy Rising 4) by John Ringo – working title in 2015
- Lost Metal (Mistborn 7) by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz) – removed from amazon 2016, belived to be 2018


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A Russian court rejected Pussy Riot band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's (pictured) plea for early release from jail on Friday, ruling that the young woman must serve the remainder of her two year sentence for hooliganism.
A Russian court on Friday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative songs and prosecution have made them a symbol of the country's opposition movement.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who has been in custody since her arrest last March, is serving a two-year sentence handed down after the band staged an irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral.
She and two other band members were sentenced to prison terms on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. She sought early release after serving half her sentence, a provision allowed by law.
Another of the convicted band members, Yekaterina Samutsevich, had her sentence suspended on appeal last year.
Tolokonnikova, dressed in a Soviet-style dark prison uniform with a white scarf around her neck, told the court that the prison colony where she is serving her sentence did not support her plea of early release because she "didn't repent." Russian law does not make repentance a condition for an early release.
In its deposition, the prison colony described Tolokonnikova as "insensitive to ethics and conscience and thinking only about herself."
The prison colony also listed a penalty that Tolokonnikova received for failing to say hello to a prison official while she was in the hospital and noted that she was once reprimanded for her refusal to go out for a walk while she was held in a Moscow jail.
Defense lawyers urged the court to release Tolokonnikova so that she can take care of her 5-year-old daughter. Attorney Dmitry Dinze also complained that prison officials seem unable to provide proper conditions to treat her persistent headaches.


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Topics discussed in our "Code Forum" column involve complicated issues requiring extensive analysis. However, not every Code question warrants such in-depth treatment. Here are the latest short answers to questions posed on our Web site. Coverage includes topics in: Sec. 110-26(a)(3), 110-26(f)(1)(a), 240-3(b)(1), 250-20(d) (FPN No. 2), 250-30(a)(1), 250-54, and 445-5, Art. 530 Part G, and grandfathered applications under Art. 550.
Q. I keep running into problems consulting on power systems for permanent audio installations in new construction. Our company hired an electrical engineer to design a scheme involving a single-phase transformer. After passing this drawing on to project engineers, we received a variety of responses from "Okay, sure" to "you can't do that!" We're trying to eliminate "system hum" or "buzz" caused by a compromised ground system. My understanding is that a single phase system is desirable in this regard but causes an unbalanced situation for the electrical system. So, do any articles or drawings contain a viable solution?
A. You need to wire your system as a center-tapped separately derived 120V system operating at 60V to ground in accordance with Art. 530, Part G. This 1996 NEC revision ended up in the Code after we did a full Code Forum Department analysis in the February 1992 issue. Refer also to our Illustrated Changes in the 1996 NEC analysis in the November 1995 issue, or also in my book of the same title. Although those articles only envisioned one transformer, and although a proposal envisioning three such transformers joined at their star points failed to get all the way through the 1999 NEC process, there still isn't any reason why you couldn't run three such transformers on separate connections to spread the load across all three phases.
Q. Is it permissible to install a 20-in.-deep transformer directly above a panelboard as this would be equipment "associated with the electrical installation?" If so, does it need to be at least 6 ft above the panelboard?
A. It can go directly above (i.e., within the projected footprint), because of the electrical association. As you indicate, this comports with Sec. 110-26(f)(1)(a). However, it also needs to stay out of the workspace, which per Sec. 110-26(a)(3) extends to 6½ ft above the floor or working platform. Although this paragraph now has a 6-in. leeway built into it, that allowance probably won't accommodate your 20-in.-deep transformer.
Q. Evidently some mobile homes in my area were built together to make what used to be a "motel." The place is in dire need of rehab work. One problem is that the mobile homes are the old ones with aluminum wiring in them. The inspector is wondering if he can do anything about it.
A. There's little to be done about the aluminum wiring other than vigilance, unless your jurisdiction has something unusual in the way of restrictions on grandfathering. This is an administrative law issue, not a Code issue.
More intriguing is the report that the mobile homes were put together to make a motel of sorts. You could probably find violations of Art. 550 in this if you're careful to go back to the actual Code in effect at the time of the original construction. When there were plainly violations on day one, most grandfathering rules get much tougher.
Q. Should a ground rod be driven and bonded to the frame of a standby emergency generator? All I require is an equipment grounding conductor from the MDP to the ATS to the generator. These installations have a solidly connected neutral at the ATS and the generator neutral is removed from the frame of the generator. If your answer is no and a ground rod is driven, is this a Code violation?
A. You don't need a grounding electrode, since the system isn't separately derived. However, you have to size the neutral to carry fault return current, per Sec. 445-5. See also Sec. 250-20(d) (FPN No. 2).
With respect to whether driving the rod anyway creates other violations, it depends on where you make the connection. If it's connected to the neutral, the arrangement might violate Sec. 250-30(a)(1) (See also Ex. 1). You worry about this if the second connection creates a parallel path for neutral current, although if the only such path runs through the earth you can disregard it. If it's connected to the generator frame only, it's a supplementary grounding electrode, and perfectly allowable per Sec. 250-54.


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TULSA, Okla. (AP) Taylor Smith scored 17 points and Jacob Parker added 16 on Saturday to lead Stephen F. Austin to a 57-41 victory over Tulsa.
Stephen F. Austin (4-0) also got eight rebounds from Smith and 10 assists from Hal Bateman.
Stephen F. Austin had a 14-5 scoring advantage off turnovers and a 36-14 edge in points in the paint.
Tulsa (4-2) had a cold shooting touch, making just 13 of 42 field-goal attempts, and was just 12 of 22 from the free-throw line.
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Much attention of late has been paid to the economic situation of black Americans — men especially. The recession has hit them harder than any other racial/ethnic group. And they weren't doing so great before.
In April 2009, the Center on American Progress took a hard look at how black men were "weathering the storm." Not well.
At the time, four out of every five jobs lost had been held by black men. The unemployment rate for them was more than twice the rate for white men — 15.4%. As of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report, it's now 16.8%, as compared to 7.7% for white men.*
Yet, as CAP says, "black men have long faced limited employment prospects and disproportionately high unemployment rates."
Income is a telling indicator here. An American Prospect article on the black/white wage gap tells us that, in 2006, when the economy was booming, black men with full-time, year-round jobs earned, on average, 72% of what white men working comparable hours earned.
It's customary to attribute the black/white employment and wage gaps to a combination of factors.
Need I say that disparate levels of education loom large?
Numbers experts comment on the impacts of the shift in our economy from manufacturing to other sectors what require more than a high school diploma — health care, professional and business services, government, etc.
In the 2007/8 school year, only 47% of black male students got so far as high school graduation. According to a recent analysis by Inside Higher Ed, only 40.5% of those who enrolled in a four-year college or university graduate within six years.
Also high on the explanations list is the extraordinary rate at which black men are imprisoned. We're told that they constitute 48% of all inmates. And criminal record is, of course, a huge barrier to employment — apparently even greater for blacks than whites.
And then there's the notion, backed by some research, that black men are often disadvantaged by the view that they lack "soft skills" — an amorphous, but critical set of qualifications that readily admit of covert race discrimination.
A recent brief issued by the Economic Policy Institute puts some of these explanations to the test — and poses another theory.
Basically, the authors looked at the ratio of black men to white men in all but one of the 469 occupations used in the annual American Community Survey. They found that:
- 87% of the occupations could be classified as racially segregated, even when level of education is accounted for.
- Occupations in which black men were over-represented paid, on average, $13,328 per year less than the occupations in which white men were over-represented.
- Every $10,000 increase in the average annual wage of an occupation was correlated with a 7% decrease in black male representation.
Then the authors tested a couple of common explanations for such occupational segregation.
What about the purported lack of soft skills, for example? Totally at odds with the data.
Black men are either well-represented, i.e., as level of education would predict, or over-represented in service industries, where soft skills are a high priority and wages relatively low. They're under-represented in construction, extraction and manufacturing industries, where soft skills are less important (except at the highest levels) and pay generally higher.
What about differences in career interests? Not the answer — at least so far as one can judge from the fields in which black and white male college students received their bachelors degrees.
I'm compressing the reported results of the analysis. The authors report many more within-industry and cross-occupation comparisons.
But I think the data here are sufficient to show why they conclude that labor market discrimination is the most plausible explanation for the black/white earnings gap.
In other words, for whatever reasons, black men jobs are denied jobs in high-wage occupations. As a result, they're "crowded" in low-wage occupations. And the very fact of their "over-crowding" depresses the wages further.
None of this is to say that we needn't deal with black/white learning gaps in our public schools. Black youth who don't graduate from high school — or who do graduate but can barely read or solve practical numerical problems — aren't going to fare well in our economy, even if the labor market were genuinely color-blind.
But closing these gaps won't eliminate the earnings gaps the EPI authors identify. Hard to know what will. As Algernon Austin, also at EPI, has written, race discrimination in the post-civil rights era is complex and difficult to address.
Still, it's important to have studies that show we've got a long way to go before equal employment opportunity is a reality as well as a legal right.
* These are figures for men ages 20 and older. I use them because the figure in the CAP report represents this age bracket. Current figures for men 16 years and older are higher and the gap somewhat smaller.


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Trying to figure out how to easily add holidays and sports schedules into the iPhone or iPad Calendar app? Lucky for us Apple actually solved this problem quite a while ago for Mac iCal users. Simply subscribe to Apple's already built calendars and you'll be all set. Read on to find out how!
Sure, you can manually add calendar subscriptions right on your iOS device, but finding them and pasting them in can be a pain. iCal on Mac makes it simple, and if you're already syncing, it can save you some time and effort!
- First, open iCal on your Mac.
- Next, from the top menu choose Calendar and then Find Subscriptions.
- Your web browser should open and direct you to Apple's iCal calendar downloads page.
- From here you can browse from many calendars. Choose the one you want and click Download next to the calendar name.
- Your computer will ask you what program you want to open the file with. iCal should be highlighted. If it's not, select it and tap Ok.
- iCal will automagically open and show you the subscription link. Simply click Subscribe. You should now see the subscribed calendar in your side bar and the events should now be added to your calendar.
- That's it! Simply sync your iPhone or iPad and your calendars will come down. If you have MobileMe, it'll do it by itself with no syncing required.
If you guys subscribe to calendars via Apple, which ones do you use? I find these especially handy for things like holidays and sports schedules as well as astronomy calendars. We live on the beach and sometimes I want to know what time the sun is setting. Sure I can use a weather app but it's nice to be able to set alarms for nights I know I'm going to be around the beach area. How about you guys, any calendars you found that you think are especially cool?
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It's a ritual of summer all along the shore, kids learning to surf. And now 13-year-old Guiliana DiBernardo is getting the opportunity.
"When you are lying on the board you pop up, and then bend your knees," an instructor tells her. "That's not very hard, is it?"
This scene at the beach would be unremarkable except for one thing: Guiliana is blind.
It takes a special kind of bravery to surf. But imagine trying to ride the ocean's fury when you cannot see.
Guiliana is one of more than dozen visually impaired teenagers receiving instruction this sun-splashed day from a Long Beach, N.Y., organization called Surf For All.
Some of the teens, including Guiliana, live in a world of total darkness, unable even to sense light. Others have limited sight, such as tunnel vision. All are getting an opportunity that once would have seemed unthinkable.
"If you told these kids two weeks ago, before they knew they were coming here, that they were going to surf, they probably couldn't fathom it. They would be like, 'No Way,'" says Will Skudin, a world-class surfer and a co-founder of Surf For All.
"To come out here and to not only just try surfing but to be successful at it -- I mean, it's got to lift them up to think how much more they can accomplish," Skudin said.
An instructor begins by letting Guiliana feel the surfboard with her hands. The instructor stands on the board and guides Juliana's hands along her feet and legs, to give the teen a better sense of how her own feet and legs should be positioned.
"Bend, bend, bend! Arms out to the side," the instructor says.
It's a scene repeated up and down the beach before the teens wade into the surf -- instructors holding their hands, life preservers strapped to their chests, surfboard leashes wrapped around their ankles, lifeguards all around them in the water.
The waves this day are no more than two feet high, big enough to provide a decent ride but not really knock anyone around. And the tide is just right; at no time are the teens in water over their heads. In short, the conditions are perfect.
One by one, the teens begin to surf; a cheer erupts along the water's edge each time one of them glides to shore. And now Juliana is on her board, bobbing in the water, waiting for her chance to "hang 10."
Guiliana's dad, Rich, is standing on the beach, his camera ready.
"Are you seeing this?" he calls to Guiliana's mother, almost in disbelief. He is beaming.
An ocean swell builds -- and there is Guiliana beginning to stand as the water lifts her up. Her instructor, Cliff Skudin -- Will's brother and another Surf For All co-founder -- is leaning on the back end of the board to give it greater stability, as the cresting wave begins to carry both of them in.
"Go Jules! Go Jules!" her mother shouts. And now another cheer rises up from the shore.
Once she's back on the beach, Guiliana encourages her best friend, Danielle Melendez, to give it a try.
"At first you are going to feel a little nervous, but then you feel the water and you feel more relaxed," Guiliana says.
As Danielle heads into the water, her bravery suddenly gives way to tears. She freezes. Her mother and Surf For All volunteers surround her, offering encouragement. The pep talk works, and within minutes she, too, is riding a wave.
"At first I was really scared, but it was awesome!" Danielle says. "But what did it feel like?" a volunteer asks. "I don't know! I was just riding the wave!"
Surf For All was formed nearly a decade ago, initially to teach kids with autism how to surf. Last year, the program expanded to help children with disabilities, including the blind, and wounded warriors returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
"We had twice as many kids this year as last year, because the kids kept telling their friends, 'You have to try this! You have to try this!" says Jim Mulvaney, the parent of an autistic son and another Surf For All co-founder.
"Disabled people sometimes feel isolated because they generally can't do stuff without assistance," Mulvaney says. "Now to be part of group, part of a club, where everybody's going and they know there is a place for them to go -- it takes away that sense of isolation."
All afternoon along the beach, you can see the camaraderie and confidence building, like a wave.
"To me, it's like flying. When you are on the board, you are just standing up and you feel the wind and the water ... it's amazing," says Meghan Fink, an 11th grader from Seaford, L.I., who has limited sight.
"Intense!" a boy shouts as he walks out of the water. "I feel like Rocky!"
Their parents are also exhilarated.
Guiliana's mom, Maria, says she could never have imagined this day when her daughter was an infant struggling to survive in a hospital neonatal intensive care unit, after being born premature at 23 weeks.
The doctors "really didn't give her much hope," her mom says.
"They would call me up in the middle of the night every night and say, 'I think you should come down here. We're not sure she is going to make it until morning.' And here she is 13 years later," she says. "It's amazing."


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• EXCLUSIVE: The real source of Apple device IDs leaked by Anonymous last week – Blue Toad Software says it is the source of the UDIDs that AntiSec claimed came from a hacked FBI notebook.
• Following controversies, Apple retail chief John Browett rallies troops ahead of 'brilliant stuff' in Q1 – Browett spoke to Apple employees via video stream. "Q1" is the current quarter.
• Sprint announces 100-city LTE expansion in 'coming months,' adds New York, Chicago and LA to the list
• T-Mobile Launches Big Push to Get Customers to Bring Their Own iPhone – Unfortunately, unlocked AT&T iPhones run at much slower speeds – on T-Mobile's 2G EDGE network – and will do so until the carrier can tweak its frequencies.
• Steam comes to the living room TV with Big Picture mode beta – For connecting your Steam-equipped PC to your big-screen TV.
• Google Fiber Will Be Deployed to 180 Out of 202 "Fiberhoods" in Kansas City
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Head Protection For Racers
Safety crews are faced with important decisions upon arrival at accident scenes. They often encounter a driver who may be facing a neck or head injury, but they need to get the driver out of his helmet without aggravating the situation. They may need quick access to an airway. The art of helmet removal becomes a very delicate process.
The idea for the HatsOff helmet removal system came about from a motorcycle accident. The injured rider had soft tissue damage in the neck and a crack in the C4 vertebra. The safety crew wrenched the helmet off, but the driver inside felt like his head was going to come off with it.
The best helmets are built with the idea of providing structural protection for the head. In the crash, that works well. In the aftermath of the crash, the tight fit puts the safety crews at a disadvantage. The standard way of removing a helmet is by pulling from the outside, but the HatsOff System actually pushes from the inside.
A small, folded polyethylene bladder is placed inside the helmet at the crown. The bladder has an air tube that runs to the bottom edge of the helmet or under the faceplate. This opening is accessible for an air source, such as an air pump, to send air up to the tube to inflate the bladder. As the bladder inflates, it pushes the helmet upward.
The bladder is carefully inflated at 3 to 4 psi and is spread across the top of the head, avoiding overpressurizing one spot. The pres-sure on the crown of the head is negligible and can barely be felt.
The standard tenets of helmet removal are unchanged. While the helmet is being removed, cervical alignment is being maintained. The helmet is guided, and the head is supported through the process. The only real difference from a normal extrication is that the helmet is not pulled, eliminating the considerable loads required for removal of a correctly fitted helmet.
In the case of open-face helmets, a bladder can be inserted along the flat of the temples with a thin metal insertion tool.
The bladder can be folded into any convenient shape for any helmet type. Several helmet com-panies are reportedly looking into including the system in the manufacturing process. A piece of existing foam rubber would be removed to give the bladder a "nest." Some companies have considered molding a small indentation into the inner liner.
Developed in Europe, the HatsOff System can be obtained in the United States. It has been mandated by the Indy Racing League and has been tested by drivers in the American Speed Association (ASA) in 2003. The complete system retails for less than $70.


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There are many different autoimmune and inflammatory illnesses. Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or SLE) is a common autoimmune disease that often results in significant fatigue and pain. What most rheumatologists don't realize is that the secondary fibromyalgia caused by lupus and many other rheumatologic diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis) may be a source of many, if not most, of the symptoms and much of the disability in these patients. Flaring fibromyalgia may also be misinterpreted as a flaring of lupus, or other inflammatory disease activity. Fortunately, fibromyalgia can now be effectively treated.
When one treats the associated fibromyalgia, patients often find that their lupus is actually a minimal problem. In addition, several studies have shown that taking DHEA, 200 mg a day, significantly improves the outcome of lupus and allows the patient to get by with a lower dose of prednisone. The main side effects of a too high DHEA level are darkening of facial hair and acne. If either of these occurs, lower the dose. It is unnecessary to follow blood levels of DHEA at this dose, because this is a very high dose and you can assume the blood level will be high. Lower doses, however, are not as effective as 200 mg a day. As many, if not most, inflammatory and/or autoimmune illnesses can cause a secondary fibromyalgia, and fibromyalgia is now treatable, it is important to keep this possibility in mind. If you have widespread pain, fatigue, and insomnia, look for and treat the associated fibromyalgia!
Inflammation (in General)
Inflammation is a common cause of pain and many other medical problems that we experience in Western society. For example, anything that ends in the letters
"itis" means that the problem is inflammatory. This includes things like arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, spondylitis, appendicitis, etc. Inflammation is obviously a major cause of pain.
Our body's armies of inflammation are often on high-alert when they don't have to be. Much of this occurs because of the high amounts of animal fats relative to fish and vegetable oils in our diets. Land animal fats tend to contain arachadonic acid (in the "omega 6 fatty acids" family), which stimulate inflammation. Fish oils and some vegetable oils, such as flaxseed, contain what are called "omega 3 fatty acids." These decrease inflammation. Over the last few hundred years, we have markedly decreased anti-inflammatory omega 3 fatty acids and increased pro-inflammatory omega 6 fats in our diet. This often results in our bodies being on "inflammatory overdrive" unnecessarily. This excess inflammation has been associated not just with an increased tendency to pain, but at times with increases in heart attacks and other diseases as well. You can sometimes see this tendency to over-inflammation in yourself when you get a paper cut. Sometimes the paper cut heals so quickly that you barely notice it's there. At other times, the same type of cut will be red and inflamed and will continue to hurt beyond the initial few seconds of the cut.


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OK…it's not really a party. It's just me and my boys. Tonight we went to see the final Harry Potter movie and we LOVED it! I cried like a baby through the whole thing!
We left the girls with a babysitter, and took the boys out to dinner and to see the movie. After visiting Hogwarts/Hogsmeade last week, we are REALLY head over heels in HP mode at the moment! The boys brought their wands to the theater and had a blast!
We left the girls with a babysitter, and took the boys out to dinner and to see the movie. After visiting Hogwarts/Hogsmeade last week, we are REALLY head over heels in HP mode at the moment! The boys brought their wands to the theater and had a blast!
After the movie we came home and I surprised the boys with the 2000+ piece Diagon Alley Lego's set. They were just a tiny bit excited.
And we decided to make our own butterbeer! It was really easy and turned out great. I thought I would share the recipe for any other Harry Potter geeks out there who want to try it. I found several recipes online, and sort of combined them to make what I think tastes closest to what we had at the park (which was approved by JK Rowling herself). Many recipes I came across were complicated and involved boiling brown sugar, adding rum extract…yikes! So here is a super simple version:
First, make your "froth" for the top. Don't cheat with whipped cream…it needs to be the real stuff!
1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1/3 cup, plus 1 Tablespoon sugar
3 Tablespoons powdered sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
Whip with high speed mixer until nice and thick.
In your glass (or stein!) pour in 1 cup of IBC Cream Soda
Add about 1/4 cup of butterscotch syrup (ice cream topping) and stir until completely mixed. You can add a little more or less according to taste. I like a little less...the boys liked about 1/3 cup of the butterscotch.
Spoon your yummy cream onto the top and enjoy!
I added some shaved ice from our snow cone maker because the cream soda wasn't cold. It made it a bit like the frozen version. I can't wait to try it steaming warm in the winter!
I remember reading the first four books (censoring the end of Goblet of Fire) to Aiden when he was four years old. We wanted to instill a love of Potter at an early age :) Apparently it worked. He finished the "darker" books on his own when he got older, and turned in to an HP geek like his parents.
Butterbeer, the final HP movie, and the coolest HP lego set ever. Oh, and the babysitter had the girls in bed when we got home. It's a good night! We just sat around talking about the movie, how it was different from the book, and our favorite parts. Love those boys!
Did anyone else do anything fun to celebrate the last Harry Potter flick?


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Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Extraction: Distilled from leaves. Absolute. The scent is strong, herbaceous, sweet and medicinal.
Medicinal Action: Thyme is a strong antibacterial for mouth infections. It relieves lung congestion, treats candida and indigestion, and destroys intestinal hookworms and roundworms. It is used in a heating liniment, and was once a specific remedy for whooping cough.
Emotional Attribute: Thyme relieves mental instability, melancholy and nightmares, and prevents memory loss and inefficiency.
Associated Oils:
Thymus vulgaris has many chemotypes:
Geraniol Type --This gentle antiseptic treats vaginitis, cystitis, acne, eczema and earache. It is a uterine and cardiac tonic with mildness comparable to linalol.
Linalol Type --This is a nontoxic antiseptic useful in the treatment of candida, bronchitis, acne, nervous fatigue, psoriasis, urinary tract infections and prostate problems. Linalol is nonirritating, so it is gentle enough for children and skin care.
Red Thyme (T. vulgaris) --This is oil that hasn't been redistilled, so it retains a deep red color. Hotter and more irritating than distilled thyme, it is a strong infection fighter and circulatory stimulant.
Thymol Type --Stimulating and very antibacterial, this thyme is also irritating to skin and mucous membranes.
Thuyanol Type --This type is high in thuyanol and terpenes, but low in the more toxic phenols. A nonirritating antiseptic, it treats viral infections, and French research shows it effective against chlamydia, condyloma and many female infections.
White Thyme (T. vulgaris) --This has been redistilled, yielding a clear oil. It is somewhat less irritating and potent than "red thyme" oil.
Moroccan Thyme (T. satureioides) --Sometimes referred to as "sweet thyme," this species contains 70-80 percent borneal, an immune-supporting alcohol. It is a digestive stimulant, settles the nerves, and is used to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Spanish Marjoram (T. mastichina) --See "Marjoram."
Spanish Oregano (T. capitatus)-See "Marjoram."


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What Is Your Big Question?
Questions ... questions ... So many big questions ...
Everybody has them. We are born cute but clueless, come of age through the ignominy of high school; shoulder the burden and joys of adulthood and then — BAM — it's over. And all around us is this space of infinite beauty and sorrow and weirdness. How can you not have questions?
Here at 13.7 we spend a lot of time on big questions. Here are a few that keep us up at night.
- What is the nature of the mind?
- Can there be a theory of everything?
- Is there life on other worlds?
- Can civilization survive on this world?
- What is our responsibility to the animals we share the planet with?
Of course, these are only a small subset of the questions that live in everyone's hearts. Some of our questions are, indeed, about big issues, like the existence of a deity, and others are much smaller, like personal suffering. Then there are issues about politics and history and art.
So, today, it's time to hear from you, the 13.7 Cosmos and Culture community. What are your questions, big and small? Since brevity is the soul of wit and inquiry (OK, I made the last part up.), please try to keep responses short. I've also started using the hashtag #MyQuestionIs so that those of us in the twitterverse can share, too.
So, what do you want to know? What's are your burning questions?
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Jets defeat Avalanche in final seconds of overtimeNHL.com @NHLdotcom
DENVER -- It took a little more than a month and nearly the entire five-minute overtime Sunday for the Winnipeg Jets to register back-to-back victories.
Blake Wheeler made it happen when he scored with 1.7 seconds left in OT to give the Jets a 2-1 victory against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center.
"I had no idea of the time left," said Wheeler, who also set up Andrew Ladd's third-period goal that gave the Jets a brief 1-0 lead. "I knew it was toward the end of it. We were at the end of our shift, too. We knew this was the last gasp. We wanted to get one more crack at it and we were able to find a hole there."
The Jets, who defeated the Minnesota Wild 6-4 at home on Friday, hadn't won back-to-back games since Nov. 25-27 when they beat the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders.
"We're playing more consistent, but our season isn't built on two games," Jets coach Claude Noel said. "But we'll certainly take the positives out of the two games."
The winning play began after Jets goalie Al Montoya, who made 33 saves, stopped Ryan O'Reilly's shot from point-blank range with a few seconds remaining. The Jets took possession and raced into the Avalanche end. Dustin Byfuglien shot the puck off the end boards, Mark Scheifele got to the puck and passed to Wheeler in the slot for a redirection between goalie Semyon Varlamov's pads.
Varlamov, who made 35 saves, got a piece of the puck, but it leaked through and crossed the goal line just before the buzzer that would have sent the game to a shootout.
"Mark has good hockey sense," Wheeler said. "That's the best part of his game. He was looking shot the whole way, but I could see out of the corner of his eye he was motioning to me to see if anyone was coming. I was able to get by my guy and just called for it at the last second. All I had to do was redirect it at the net and was able to find a hole."
The Avalanche have lost four games in a row (0-1-3), but they gained a point and are third in the Central Division, five points ahead of the Dallas Stars and the Wild.
"I'm not happy because we need those two points; it's all about the points," Varlamov said. "I can't lose that game, not like that. We got one point, that's a positive thing. I think we played a good game. We had so many chances to score and we just didn't score, but I think offensively we played very well, created so many chances in front of the net."
Ladd snapped a scoreless tie at 11:42 of the third period with a one-timer from between the circles off a pass from Wheeler, but the Avalanche tied the game 29 seconds later on a goal by Nathan MacKinnon, whose shot from the right wing deflected into the net off a Jets defenseman's skate.
"We tried to tell our guys, don't look for perfect plays," Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. "We're looking for perfect plays all the time. Just put it on net. You never know what could happen, and it's exactly how we scored. You don't have to make pretty plays all the time. You just need to put the puck at the net and go to the net. That's the part I thought we were missing in our game tonight."
Said Montoya: "It was an unfortunate bounce. We had just scored. They grabbed a little bit of momentum back. At the same time, we stuck with our game plan. It shows a lot about this team. You don't get frustrated. You keep doing what we were doing and stuck with it and got the win."
Neither team could generate much in the way of quality scoring chances until the third period and overtime. The Avalanche had 12 shots in the third and five in the overtime. The Jets had 11 in the third and four in OT.
The Avalanche also lost right wing PA Parenteau to a knee injury at 16:20 of the second period when he and Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba clipped skates at center ice. Parenteau needed help into the trainer's room.
Roy said he would know more about Parenteau's status on Monday. Parenteau, who has nine goals and 15 assists, was skating on a line with Gabriel Landeskog and Paul Stastny. His absence forced Roy to shuffle his lines for the remainder of the game.


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|PHOTO : Rihanna: Nude with Kate Moss for 'V Magazine' Spring 2013!
Rihanna goes nude with just Kate Moss shielding her on the cover of V Magazine's "Dynamic Duos" issue for Spring 2013, on newsstands February 28.
Here is what the 25-year-old singer had to share with the mag:
On not knowing Kate had a kid: "I didn't know she had a child, and she still looks like this? So there is still hope for people who want babies and still want to be sexy."
On Kate wanting to join the Mario Testino shoot: "Kate overheard us talking and she said, 'I want to do it with you!' Again, I was like, Are you f**cking kidding me?"…"I was dying on the inside. All my fantasies were coming true: Mario, V, Kate Moss."
On getting naked for the shoot: "And that was the best shot… Take her top off and put that b*tch on my lap!"
On not reading gossip: "I don't read it anymore. I already have too many voices in my head right now! I don't have room for that other stuff. If I let that other stuff in, it'll take the space of productive sh*t, and that isn't good."
For more from Rihanna and Kate, visit VMagazine.com!