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I'm getting a lot of tweets and emails concerning this post by Avik Roy on life expectancy. I already addressed those points. In 2010. Here's that post:
Life expectancy as a metric is so controversial that I felt it deserved further exploration. People don't like it because they think lots of things are getting in the way besides the health care system. Some of the most commonly brought up examples are how we score miscarriages, or the fact that we have more homicides, car accidents, or suicides.
Yes, I know Betsey McCaughey made this argument on the Daily Show. She got it originally from an analysis done by Robert L. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider (published by the American Enterprise Institute ) for their book, The Business of Health: The Role of Competition, Markets, and Regulation:
The abnormally high child mortality rate obviously contributes to the abnormally low life expectancy at birth in the United States. But death rates among adolescents and youth can also have a dramatic impact on estimated life expectancy. In that light, it is important to note that some specific cultural aspects of American society largely outside the purview of the health care system contribute to rates of death from injury, both unintentional (accidents) and intentional (homicide and suicide). Rates of death from injury are usually high in the United States compared to other developed countries, which affects the apparent underperformance of the U.S. health system (as measured by life expectancy at birth), because deaths from injury disproportionately affect adolescents and young adults.
Those are fair points. But do they alter things slightly or change how we perform greatly?
First let's look at homicides:
Yes, we have more, but the number of actual deaths pales in comparison to total deaths per year (almost 700 per 100,000 population).
We also have more deaths by accidents, but again, not in huge numbers.
Our suicide rate is actually such that it should help us. But again, not a huge factor.
So let's think this through. What Ohsfeldt and Schneider did was calculate a regression to remove the effects from infant mortality, accidents, assault, etc. from the equation and recalculate the life expectancy (making us first). But there are problems with this:
Carl Haub, a demographer at the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, D.C., said the method was incomplete. A more-precise analysis would have removed those who died from these causes from overall mortality stats, and then recalculated life expectancy. (For more on how life expectancy is calculated, see this earlier blog post.) "Just because another method is a lot of work, does not mean regression will yield a correct result," Mr. Haub told me.
Prof. Ohsfeldt acknowledges that regression was chosen for its relative simplicity for what he called his "little book project." And he agrees that some deaths that his book attempted to remove from the life-expectancy tables might be dependent on health-care systems.
If it's the case that the miscarriages, accidents, and homicides are screwing us, because we lose many more people at a young age, then if we look at the life expectancy of people who make it out of the dangerous young years, things should look better. In fact, in their book, Ohsfeldt and Schneider make this exact argument:
In contrast to life expectancy at birth, cross-national comparisons of healthy life expectancy at age sixty are relatively unaffected by differential death rates from unintentional injury and homicide.
So let's look at the life expectancy for 65 year olds. According to the people who did the analysis for AEI, that's the fairest way to assess life expectancy as a health care system population metric.
Still the worst in recent years.
Accept it. Even if we look at life expectancy for sub-populations relatively less affected by the reasons people use to try and discredit the metric as a quality measure, we still look pretty bad. Especially when you remember that people in the US over age 65 have much better access to the health care system overall, due to the universality of Medicare. Moreover, even if you argue that the US is more dangerous, then don't we really need a much better health system to keep us from dying?
You can't blame all deaths on the health system, but that doesn't mean we couldn't use a much better one.

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BEIJING—People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy.
Chinese citizens have become far more concerned about domestic quality-of-life issues over the past four years, the Pew Global Attitudes Project report on attitudes in China found.
The new attitudes highlight the challenges China's new leadership will face when it assumes power in a once-in-a-decade transition next month. China's runaway growth in recent decades has led to a yawning gap between rich and poor and worsening pollution. The Communist Party has said repeatedly that pervasive corruption threatens its hold on power.
Most Chinese say they are better off financially, according to the Pew survey, but inflation remains their top concern, with 60 percent saying it's a "very big problem," though that figure was down from 72 percent in 2008.
Half of the respondents said corrupt officials are a major problem, up from 39 percent four years ago. The gap between rich and poor was the third biggest concern, with 48 percent of respondents citing it, up from 41 percent in 2008.
Concerns over the safety of food and medicine have increased the most. In 2008, 12 percent said food safety was a major problem; this time, after numerous food scandals involving products from baby powder to pork, the number more than tripled to 41 percent.
Quality of life issues are coming to the foreground in China as average incomes rise and leisure time increases, said Steve Tsang, a professor of contemporary Chinese studies at the University of Nottingham, who wasn't connected to the survey.
"People have to live with them on a daily basis," he said. "When one was too busy making a living to get bothered by them in the past, less attention was paid to them. Now that the overall standard of living has improved and individuals have more scope to slow down and reflect a bit, the poor quality of life becomes more of an issue."
The survey released Tuesday indicated a small increase in the embrace of U.S. democratic ideas — up to 52 percent, from 48 percent in 2007 — though it was unclear whether that reflected a real increase, because the difference was smaller than the poll's margin of error.
A decrease in the number of people rejecting American democratic thought was more dramatic, down to 29 percent from 36 percent in 2007.
Joseph Cheng, a political scientist at the City University of Hong Kong, said tightening state control over dissidence in the past five years has prompted many Chinese to become frustrated with their political system, but he doesn't think they are ready to press for Western-style democracy.
"While the appeal of Western democracy has been enhanced, Chinese people have no intention and they haven't the political will to challenge the existing regime," Cheng said. "Chinese people understand that their living standards have been improving in the past 30 years and more and they still expect further improvements in the coming decade."
The research by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center also found that a growing number of Chinese are concerned about China-U.S. ties. A quarter described the relationship as hostile, up from 8 percent two years ago. Meanwhile, confidence in President Barack Obama to do the right thing in world affairs slipped from 52 percent to 38 percent.
Pew said the survey was based on face-to-face interviews with 3,177 respondents between March 18 and April 15. It gave a margin of error of 4.3 percent. The poll represents approximately 64 percent of China's adult population, and the sample was disproportionately urban. China prohibits foreign polling organizations from surveying Chinese directly, so Pew obtained the poll data from Horizon Research Consultancy Group, a respected Beijing-based polling company.


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When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to flip images rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. The Brothers Chaps will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. Matt has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."
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[edit] Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles
[edit] Cheat Commandos
- Blue Laser Commander's eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually isn't flipped.
- Silent Rip's headset and vest buttons switch sides.
- Fightgar's ammunition sash switches sides.
- The aisle of Price Style that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
- Cheat Commandos — Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in virus.
- Let us give TANKS! — The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
- An Important Rap Song — The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the Blue Laser Minion's and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
- Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1 — Flashfight's medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
- Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2 — The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.
[edit] Powered by The Cheat
- Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
- New Boots — The Cheat's cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
- Rap Song — Tenerence Love's watch switches wrists.
- Where U Goin' 2 — In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.
[edit] Others
- Teen Girl Squad 3 — After meeting a possum, What's Her Face's exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
- Ballad of the Sneak — The monocles on the members of The Barbershop Trio occasionally switch eyes.
- Under Construction — The green glob on 1-Up's face changes sides when he moves into the background.
- Stinkoman 20X6, Level 4 — Stinkoman's stone fist switches between being his left hand and right hand, depending on which direction he's facing.
- From the Vault — The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
- The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw — The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
- The Limozeen Advantage — When Limozeen is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.
- Weekly Fanstuff 2007 — A Trogdor balloon is flipped so that there are two of them.
- Twenty THANXty Six — When Stinkoman is wearing his John Deere hat, the logo flips horizontally each time his head changes directions.
[edit] Appearances in the Standard Animation Style
- Marzipan's eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for marzipan and suntan, Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with mismatched eyes, like Bubs and The Poopsmith, usually have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
- Senor Cardgage's combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for alternate universe and rated, Mike points this out.
- Tofu Homestar faces different directions in The Luau and the Luau Main Page, but since he's just drawn on blocks of tofu he should be unable to do so.
- The Luau — Coach Z's nametag flips when he turns his head.
- A Jorb Well Done — The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
- A Decemberween Pageant — Coach Z's headset switches sides.
- Email ghosts — The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
- Email dragon — Coach Z's Wormdingler drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
- Lookin at a Thing in a Bag — Bubs's eyes flip when he walks away as Homestar looks in the bag.
- Email personal favorites — The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
- Email funny — While Strong Bad is doing something bizarre in front of Strong Sad, the floppy disk taped to his head flips occasionally.
- 3 Times Halloween Funjob — The moon on Pom Pom's body flips when he and Homestar split with Bubs and Coach Z.
- Email couch patch — In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
- Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon — The Pom Pilot has its text reversed. Coach Z's medallion is backwards at one point as well.
- Email replacement — The Cheat's name tag appears on the opposite side when he turns around to leave.
- Email pom pom — The BMW Lighter has a backwards logo at some points.
- Email other days — Homestar's polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
- Halloween Fairstival — Strong Mad's Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
- Email garage sale — Gooblies's image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
- Email geddup noise — One of the hearts that floats out of Homestar is flipped horizontally from the other two.
- Email portrait — In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
- Email more armies — Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
- Email bike thief — When Strong Bad turns around after talking to Bubs, the berries and branches on his bush disguise are reversed, as is the label on his box of Bubs' Old Pizza.
- Email 4 branches — Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
- Blubb-O's Commercial — The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
- Rotten Eggs — Strong Bad tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
- Most in the Graveyard — The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.
- On Break — During the "Bumbling Mascot Race Around the Field" race and the Burger Time Easter egg, the door for Strong Bad's face on his Tragic Clown Dog costume switches sides.
- Which Ween Costumes? — Homestar's costume's fold switches sides when he turns around to comment on Strong Sad's costume.


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In the New episodes of Establishment Kurulus Osman, The Osman Sahab struggles to eliminate the trap set for him. The Osman Sahab, who left Kayı Tribe to meet with his father, struggles to get rid of the trap set for him; Taikfur Nikola and Byzantine Commander Flatyos, who started their activities in the end region, come to Kayı Tribe. While The Ertugrul Ghazi Sahab Bey's arrival in the camp creates excitement, the uncertainty of The Osman Sahab's fate causes The Bala Hatoon to worry.
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Kurulus Osman Season 2 Episode 24 in English Subtitles
The Ottoman.
The people of Anatolia had to survive the danger posed by the presence of the Byzantine Empire while suffering the Mongolian invasion. The Kayı tribe is a frontier, present in the Söğüt. They are in a state of constant red alarm because the tribe is at risk of Byzantine danger.
Observing the conditions and illness of the Ertugrul Ghazi, a vacuum occurred. The battle of power caused by the battle of this kingdom is between the brave Osman, the youngest child of Ertugrul Ghazi, and Osman's uncle; Dundar and Gunduz are good at politics.
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If you've recently bought property in the country with a little land around you, you may be thinking about getting a dog. And if you're thinking about getting a dog, you may be thinking, "Puppy!" There are some real advantages to getting your dog as a puppy. There's nothing quite like that special bond you experience with your pet when that pet has been with you since its early childhood. And if your heart's feeling a little rusty, no better way to burst it open at the seams than to watch your little one come bounding toward you when you call, just as hard and fast as its little legs can go.
Puppies are all about love, and affection, and cuddling. And they're also all about chewing and shredding, and peeing and pooping, and howling because no-one is there to play with them. All in all, though, this is man's best friend we're talking about, not to be taken lightly. Your decision to engage in this most rewarding relationship from puppyhood can change your life. Here are some helpful hints (we think so, anyway!) for puppy ownership:
1. Get your puppy in the warm weather, after the rainy season is over. In the west, that's spring or summer. Potty training is so much more challenging in the rain and cold. Plus, your puppy needs time to play outside. Physical exercise is essential to healthy growth, as is the Vitamin D that is obtained directly from the sunshine.
2. Do your best to be consistent in everything you do with your puppy. Use the same words over and over again for the things you're asking of your puppy. Keep puppy's schedule regular -- feeding time, nap times, bed time, outside play time, potty outings, etc. Don't think that if you sleep with your puppy one night, that puppy will be fine alone the next night. Consistency helps your puppy to learn ground-rules and boundaries, and to build confidence.
3. Always remember that puppies live in the here and now. Only scold a puppy for what it's doing in the moment. If you come home and find your tax returns torn to shreds, and puppy asleep in the corner, forget the reprimand. It's over! Next time, get your filing done ahead of time. And no rubbing puppy's nose in his poop and saying "NO!" This simply teaches puppy that poop itself is a no, no -- not that it happened to be on your floor.
4. As you make corrections in your puppy's behavior, move toward positive reinforcement rather than negative reforcement. Think "I want you to do this," rather than "I don't want you to do that." A positive reinforcement approach can be effective with puppies because puppies truly want to please. This is one of their most marvelous qualities, and because they want to please, eventually the word "NO," in and of itself, will be enough negative reinforcement for your dog.
5. Crate training is highly recommended by many professionals. At the very least, get a crate for your puppy, put padding or a pillow inside, and let the puppy use the crate as its bed. The crate functions just like a den functions in the wild, and puppy's instinctive nature will love warm, cozy space and the feeling of protection it gives. The crate makes it much easier to take puppy places in the car. And the crate can be used as a means for potty training, which brings us to our next tip:
6. There is some good news about puppies and and their elimination process, and that is that even young puppies will do their very best not to soil their "nest." When you begin house breaking your puppy, keep in mind that one thing you're after is to give your puppy a bigger and bigger idea of what its "nest" is. You will want to do some research and then choose a house breaking method that seems best suited to your own situation, as there are many approaches and techniques. But keeping in mind that all methods involve this principle may help you in the implementation.
7. Be sure your puppy has a blocked off living space that it can call "home" that has something other than carpet or hardwood for flooring -- tile, vinyl or concrete flooring is ideal. This might be a kitchen or part of a kitchen, a laundry room, or a mud room. Accidents happen, and puppies can often detect the scent of a previous elimination even after it has been cleaned up. They will tend repeat the incident in the same spot. Cleaning up the surface so that there is no trace of scent left is much more difficult with carpet and hardwood, as they both tend to be so absorbent. Also, there are some products on the market that will help remove the odor completely from tile, vinyl, or concrete.
8. Once your puppy is immunized (usually at four months), make a specific plan to socialize your puppy, both with other people and other animals. This means inviting a variety of people of both genders to come over and visit your puppy, and also to arrange for your puppy to meet and interact with other dogs. Be certain that no food is present in the interaction. Some dogs get aggressive when food is around. But otherwise, most older dogs will sense the vulnerability of the puppy and be gentle and even solicitous. Reprimands from older dogs are usually harmless, and can make a valuable contribution to your puppy's education.
9. Go to puppy class. Attending puppy class is a great way to get your puppy up to speed on basic commands that are universally used throughout the dog world, and also to help your puppy develop more poise and self confidence. Puppy class is also a great way to socialize your dog and get your dog more comfortable with going to new places. Check you local papers or ask your vet where to find a class for your puppy.
10. And our last tip: Arrange your schedule so that you can spend as much time with your puppy as possible. Maybe this means just letting your puppy be your vacation this year. Maybe it means taking a little extra time off from work, or re-arranging your work hours. Also once immunization is complete, you can use your crate to take your puppy with you when you go places, which will help socialize your puppy, and will give you more time together, too. Puppy-hood will go by in a flash, so don't miss a precious moment. And ~ one final word of advice ~ keep your camera handy!


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Citizens disappear constantly, along with their homes, artifacts, buildings and spaces. As your time-flow accelerates, old friends email the latest obituaries and the function of the writer becomes increasingly clear. You're there to count the dead; and re-count the missing landmarks. Scribe of mutability and mutation, you're only a memory-shaman, chronicler of the crumbling scrolls – destined yourself to become a mere neural trace in the world-brain, as the towers tumble around you.
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Competition is fierce in Australia's motor vehicle market. Consequently, Toyota Australia, a market leader, is working to boost sales by improving its customer prospecting.
Using a range of applications from location-based solutions and services provider MapInfo, Toyota Australia has created an online mapping system that offers dealers a graphical depiction of motor vehicle sales within their individual sales territories or prime market areas (PMA). The system also enables Toyota Australia to analyze sales performance on an overall, regional and dealer-specific level.
"The result is an accessible and easy-to-use prospecting and business intelligence tool," says Garry Hora, Toyota Australia's national sales operations manager. "We had our strongest second half on record, which was at least partly attributable to our deployment of the mapping system in July. Second half sales put us over the top to beat out GM and win the number one market position for the year."
Too Much Paper, Too Little Time
Australia is Toyota's second largest market, after the United states. An estimated 787,100 motor vehicles were sold there in 2000. Toyota accounted for 158,908 or 20 percent of the sales.
Toyota Australia, a subsidiary of the Japanese auto manufacturer, sells commercial and passenger vehicles for export and import sale via 250 franchised dealers overseen by Toyota's Sydney-based sales and marketing headquarters. The company's administrative and manufacturing facilities are located in Melbourne.
Motor vehicle dealers in Australia historically have had a single, unwieldy source of market information: the industry's monthly report, V-Facts, a thick paper stack of motor vehicle sales data. Owing to its density and delivery format, the document is not for the faint-hearted or time-pressed. "Dealers are entrepreneurial. They are generally not inclined to go through reams of paper," says Hora, who ran a dealership earlier in his career. "So prospecting has often been untargeted or based on assumptions about market and buyer characteristics, rather than actual knowledge."
Hora became convinced that a simple, visual presentation of sales data and customer demographics would enhance prospecting. He keyed in on mapping technology as a way to liven static information. Hora immediately noticed a few vital design points: the technology needed to be Web-enabled, easy to operate with minimal training requirements and highly adaptable to meet the evolving needs of dealers and the organization.
A New Unit of Analysis: Location
With this vision in mind, Hora approached Cameron Townshend, of Cameron Townshend Consulting, to architect and implement an online mapping system. Hora was familiar with Townshend's work from a previous consulting engagement. Townshend in turn chose MapInfo as a software partner based on recommendations from existing users.
MapInfo, headquartered in Troy, N.Y. with worldwide subsidiaries, including in Australia, offers location-based applications such as mapping, spatial analysis and geocoding (matching addresses with geographic coordinates) that can enrich an organization's front- and back-end CRM analytics. The company is a leader in the space, together with Oracle and Facet Decision Systems, according to the business/technology analysis firm IDC. Indeed, MapInfo represents part of the fastest growing segment of the spatial information management market. IDC expects it will reach $2.1 billion in 2004. MapInfo customers encompass telecommunications companies, government organizations, financial services firms and retailers.
The aim of location-based applications is to furnish companies with another set of data points descriptive--and predictive--of customer and prospect behavior. In this respect, the software is "different from and incremental to more traditional geographic information systems (GIS) that typically do not attempt to use spatial information to address non-spatial issues," explains Henry Morris, vice president for IDC's data warehousing and information access program.
"If you think about it, location is a fundamental organizing principle of the real world, so it makes sense that it should be a key way to organize information systems," Morris says. "Moreover, spatial information used in conjunction with other types of customer data can help organizations find and develop customers, assess the profitability of transactions and analyze trade areas."
Building a Better Set of Requirements
Toyota's online mapping system took nine months to build, and cost a total of $192,763. Townshend worked with another full-time systems integrator and utilized contractors, as well as MapInfo consultants and partners. He designed the system around five MapInfo products. MapInfo Professional enabled Townshend to create maps and color code areas of the solution. MapBasic offered a tool for capturing postal code areas and creating each dealer's PMA. MapXtreme for NT allowed him to construct Web pages and jpeg images of the maps. MapInfo Australia streetWorks helped Townshend populate his maps with business and residential data, and MapInfo's geocoding software delivered the capability to flag individual buildings and residences.
Early on, Toyota faced the task of gathering specific requirements to guide system design. "Because there were no existing paper processes--the V-Facts was a document, not a process--we had to develop a whole new methodology. For the beta version, this entailed a great deal of whiteboarding time." Townshend says.
Enabling dealers to see the performance of their own PMA was a key requirement that emerged from the whiteboard discussions. "Dealers have exclusive rights to their PMA--it's part of the franchise agreement. So it's critical that dealers can access an array of sales information at that level of specificity," Townshend says. "It's also important that individual dealers are confident their PMA is not available for viewing by other dealers. Each dealer logs on using his or her own user name and password."
Another security-driven requirement was the decision to deliver the mapping system via the Toyota intranet, Townshend says. Other requirements spelled out what types of data dealers would be able to access, such as vehicle characteristics and competitor sales, and how to maximize user-friendliness and minimize keystrokes.
Since Toyota's system was deployed last July, dealer reaction has been positive. "We demonstrated the solution to dealer sales managers and got good feedback from them," Townshend says.
Early Results and Further Challenges
Toyota's mapping system has already significantly improved the prospecting capabilities of dealers, Hora asserts. "Dealers can see numbers of vehicles sold by their franchise and by the dealerships of competitors within their PMA. They can drill down to view types of cars, price points, market shares, buyer profiles and competitor analysis information," he explains. "It's a great step forward from a ream of paper used mainly to keep the door open against the wind."
Hora admits that it's difficult to gauge ROI on something like this. He points out, however, the company's sales performance offers a reasonable indicator of dealers' prospecting success. He gives at least partial credit to the mapping system for generating a record-breaking sales volume during the second half of 2000--93,894 vehicles sold between June and December.
still, Hora and Townsend emphasize that it's incumbent upon Toyota to find ways to further the benefits of the new system. To this end, version two is in the works. "Version one focused on pricing and market information," Townshend says. "Version two allows us to work even more on building out sales force automation and prospecting tools."
One key way in which Toyota is attempting this is by linking the mapping system to customer databases within the larger organization. For example, Toyota's fleet department maintains a database of customers that buy two or more vehicles per year.
"If dealers were able to access information about these fleet buyers, they could approach the customer early in the sales cycle, before the fleet was ready to roll over," Townshend explains. He acknowledges that there are customer ownership issues on both sides. "Dealerships are reluctant to release their customer information to headquarters, just as the fleet department is hesitant to make its data available to the dealers."
Another important feature of version two will be enhanced drill-down. "One of the innovative aspects of the solution is its layering of information," Townshend says. "Dealers will see their individual PMA, district sales managers see the half dozen or so dealerships within their district, and headquarters can telescope between the macro-picture and the nitty-gritty."


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What do a failed war by the Ottomans against the Hapsburg Empire, a rural rebellion in eastern Anatolia, the disappearance of the Roanoke colony, and near starvation at Jamestown, Santa Fe, and Quebec City have in common? They all take place during a period of global cooling known as the Little Ice Age, which brought extreme climate conditions, drought, heavy winters, and contributed to rising fuel prices, failing crops and massive civil unrest in places as diverse as North America and the Middle East.
Guest Sam White from Ohio State University makes the convincing argument that environmental and climactic factors are as influential in human history as economic, social, political, and cultural factors, and suggests a cautionary tale for human history as it enters another period of climate change.


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Would You Date a Vegetarian? – Survey of the Day
According to a Match.com survey of 4,000 singles, a solid chunk of meat eaters consider vegetarianism a dating deal breaker.
Thirty percent of carnivores answered that they would not go out with a vegetarian or a vegan. Vegetarians, however, proved to be more open-minded when it comes to diet and dating as only four percent said they wouldn't go out with someone who does eat meat.
Biological anthropologist and Match.com adviser Dr. Helen Fisher believes meat eaters are reluctant to date vegetarians because sharing food is an established human ritual, and the restrictions vegetarians have make this more difficult to do. She also added that herbivores are generally viewed as being "high maintenance."


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When a diminutive farmer, Willow Ufgood, finds a baby princess prophesied to destroy the evil Queen Bavmorda, he is recruited by magical forces to be the child's guardian. Now, aided by a roguish swordsman, a wise sorceress, and an annoying pair of impish brownies, Willow must overcome his fears and save the entire realm from evil.
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Without a doubt, Stonehenge is the most well-known and loved of the prehistoric circular stone megaliths. It's so well-loved, in fact, that it's spawned countless copycats. But Stonghenge isn't the only awesome prehistoric stone circle out there – they can be found all over the United Kingdom, and a few even appear in Europe and North America. Similar to the pyramids of Egypt, these ancient structures are shrouded in mystery. While some of them were used as burial sites, the more common theory is that they were used as ancient calendars or astronomical observatories.
Swinside Stone Circle: Swinside, Cumbria, England
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In the small Cumbrian town of Swinside lies the beautiful Swinside stone circle. It is also known as Sunkenkirk because, as legend has it, the devil pulled into the ground these stones which were meant for a new church. The circle consists of 55 stones (there were originally 60) in a 90-foot diameter circle. Sunkenkirk is generally regarded as one of the best and most important stone circles in Britain; its setting in the midst of the Lake District mountains makes it an extremely picturesque and serene place to visit, once you make the 1km walk to the site from the nearest parking area.
Loch Buie Stone Circle: Isle of Mull, Scotland
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The Loch Buie stone circle, near the town of Tobermory on Mull, once consisted of nine stones. Today, eight of the original stones remain. The circle is remarkably well-preserved and in a truly beautiful setting. Like most other stone circles, the Loch Buie circle is astronomically aligned, with the winter solstice being the perfect day to visit the site.
Avebury Stone Circle: Avebury, England
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Even larger and older than the famous Stonehenge, the Avebury stone ring is a stunning monument to ancient ambition. This stone circle is actually part of a much larger monument, known collectively as the Avebury complex. The complex includes the stone circle, Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow. Avebury is geographically close to Stonehenge, and between the two monuments (and on a 200-mile stretch all across southern England) are a healthy spattering of other fascinating monoliths and monuments.
Ring of Brodgar: Orkney, Scotland
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Standing tall and proud in the Scottish isles, the Ring of Brodgar is one of the most recently-built monoliths in Europe. That doesn't mean you'll still see freshly upturned earth at the feet of these stones, though; construction took place around 2500 to 2000 BCE. There are several other ancient monuments in the area, including the Comet Stone, several prehistoric burial mounts, the Ring O' Bookan and the Stones O' Stenness.
The Stone Circle: Beaver Island, Michigan
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Beaver Island, Michigan, once home to a Mormon monarchy, is now a popular tourist destination. One of the most interesting features of the island is its stone circle, thought to have been erected well over a thousand years ago. However, no carbon dating has been performed on the site or on the stones comprising the circle. The monument consists of a group of boulders and large stones centered on a rock. The rock and stones sport man-made features like scribbles, holes and pictures, evidently messages from whoever constructed the circle. Its origins, purpose and age are still unknown, but archaeologists are studying the site to see what cultural and historic significance it holds.
Lake Michigan Stonehenge: Lake Michigan, USA
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Just a stone's throw away (or drop) from Beaver Island's stone circle is another Lake Michigan mystery: what may be an underwater Stonehenge-like structure. Forty feet beneath the waters of Lake Michigan, this enigmatic stone circle consists of stones which seem to bear carvings of mastodons, proving that the structure is man-made. Research is still being conducted on the site, which is understandably difficult for scientists to see up close.
Machrie Moor Stone Circles: Isle of Arran, Scotland
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The soggy and sphagnum-covered Machrie Moor is home to a large collection of ancient stone monuments. There are six well-documented stone circles as well as several cairns, hut circles and standing stones in the area. It's not clear why so many circles were needed, but it appears that different circles can be used to observe different phases of the day and year.
Merry Maidens: Cornwall, England
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Wherever there is a stone circle, there is an abundance of folklore to go along with it. One of the common themes is petrification: the idea that the stones were once people who were turned to stone as a punishment or curse. The Merry Maidens stone circle in Cornwall, consisting of 19 wonderfully well-preserved stones, was said to have been formed when 19 maidens dared to dance on the Sabbath. They and two pipers (two outlying upright stones) were petrified as punishment for this indiscretion.
Long Meg and Her Daughters: Penrith, Cumbria, England
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Long Meg and her Daughters is the third largest stone circle in England, and is so steeped in folklore and legend that it's hard to keep track of all of the different origin stories associated with it. The most popular is that the stones were once a coven of witches; a priest (or magician or saint, depending on the story) came upon them conducting a ceremony on the hillside and turned them into stone on the spot. It is widely believed that the stones in the circle are uncountable, and if anyone does happen to count them accurately twice, the spell will be broken and the witches released. Moreover, legend says that if the stones are moved or destroyed in any way, the people responsible for the destruction will be immediately and brutally punished.
Woodhenge: Wiltshire, England
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Though not technically a stone circle, Woodhenge deserves a mention because of its mystery. It is located just two miles from Stonehenge and would have been just as visually striking in its day. Six concentric rings once contained a total of 168 massive wooden posts, with some posts weighing up to five tons each. Today, the post holes are filled with modern concrete place-holder posts to give visitors an idea of what the site may have looked like when it was constructed. Excavations revealed the skeletal remains of a child and a teenager at the site, either or both of which may have been dedicatory sacrifices.
Stanton Drew Stone Circles: Stanton Drew, Somerset, England
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The Stanton Drew stone circles are very closely oriented, with three impressive circles sitting nearly right next to each other. The largest, known as The Great Circle, is the second-largest stone circle in England (after Avebury). Recent archeological surveys have revealed that Stanton Drew was once much more grand than we see it today; in fact, it is said to have once rivaled the grandeur of Stonehenge. The site once included a henge as well as many concentric circles of wooden posts.
Seahenge: Holm-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England
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Seahenge is another monument that doesn't fall strictly into the "stone circle" category, but its history and the amount of controversy it's caused make it good enough for this list. Discovered in 1998 just off the coast of Norfolk, the ancient construct was discovered after the movements of the tide gradually washed away layers of peat covering the timbers. Research into the age of the site tells archaeologists that it was constructed in the spring or summer of 2049 BCE. The original use of the site is still unknown, just like the other great stone (and wood) monuments. A replica of Seahenge is on display at Lynn Museum in King's Lynn.
Castlerigg Stone Circle: Keswick, Cumbria, England
(image via: Ennor)
Cumbria is known for its many stone circles, and Castlerigg is its most popular – and, arguably, the most visually attractive. This beautiful circle sits on a plateau between some of the tallest peaks in Cumbria. Research into the site's origins and purposes suggests that it may have once been a ritual marketplace for stone axes. Although the official count varies, there are between 36 and 42 stones in this stone circle. However, this has less to do with the aforementioned folklore surrounding the impossible counting of stones, and more to do with the fact that the soil around the stones has eroded over time, revealing the smaller "packing" stones around the larger ones.


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UNWTO Identifies Priorities for Boosting Rural Tourism Potential
UNWTO has launched a new report to determine the status of rural tourism in its Member States and identify the main challenges and opportunities of tourism as a driver for rural development from a policy perspective.
"Tourism and Rural Development: A Policy Perspective - Results of the UNWTO Survey on Tourism for Rural Development to Member States" represents the first baseline document of UNWTO on tourism and rural development with the participation of Member States worldwide.
Key Findings: Rural Tourism for Opportunity
- More than half of all Member States (59%) stated that rural tourism is a priority
- Almost all Member States (96%) foresee a better future for rural tourism in the upcoming years
- The creation of new jobs, improvement of livelihoods and fighting depopulation were the most frequently-cited opportunities offered by tourism for rural areas
- Member States also identified the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage and environmental protection as among the biggest potential benefits of rural tourism
Main Challenges in Rural Areas
The UNWTO research also identified three main challenges associated with realizing the potential of tourism for rural development:
- The "infrastructure gap" in rural areas. Deficiencies in roads, ports, airports and other infrastructure that allow access to rural areas remain a challenge for the surveyed countries.
- Rural depopulation. Seasonality and farming product competitiveness add to this challenge, increasing the instability of rural businesses, which prevents the retention of population and human resources.
- The lack of education and training, as well as skills development, in addition to the capacity to attract and retain workforce talent.
Other challenges include limitations in accessing financial systems, restrictions in the development of innovative tourism products in rural areas, managing the impacts of degradation of natural resources, and limitations in handling data, digitalization, and knowledge management.
UNWTO: Advancing Tourism for the SDGs
In terms of how tourism can help in supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNWTO Member States emphasized the potential of rural tourism for advancing SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality).
The report was launched during the 118th Session of the UNWTO Executive Council in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It forms part of the work of UNWTO's Tourism for Rural Development Programme, established to develop initiatives and programmes to grow the sector in size and relevance as well as to monitor it in destinations worldwide.


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Study provides treatment hope for long term effects of brain trauma
Brain damage continues to develop and evolve for months after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), revealing a potential target for treatments to improve brain trauma, new research led by the University of Melbourne has found.
The study funded by the Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative was published in the latest issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM).
Around 400,000 Australians have a disability related to traumatic brain injury with cognitive, psychiatric and epileptic problems the most common symptoms. The major cause of TBI is motor vehicle accidents. Other causes include falls, sports injuries and violent crime.
Professor Terry O'Brien, Head of the University of Melbourne's Department of Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a senior author on the paper said the results provided new insights into the progressive nature of how the brain changes following injury.
"Patients who suffer brain injury commonly experience long-term neurological and psychiatric problems, including memory and thinking difficulties, anxiety and depression, and epilepsy. Currently there are no effective interventions to reduce the incidence or severity of these problems," Professor O'Brien said.
"We have demonstrated that changes in brain structure and function after traumatic brain injury are dynamic and continue to progress and evolve for many months. This opens up a window of opportunity to give treatments to halt this damage, and therefore reduce the long term neurological and psychiatric complications that many patients experience," he said.
Using powerful imaging techniques––positron emission tomography (PET) fused with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–– on animal models. researchers have been able to better understand the long-term functional and structural changes that take place after traumatic brain injury.
The study revealed widespread decreases in brain functioning in specific regions of the brain, many of which are remote from the site of the direct trauma and showed no signs of initial injury on the MRI. The hippocampus, a brain structure critical to memory and emotion, is the key area of these changes.
This study has also provided a platform for testing the biological effectiveness of potential new therapies before embarking on expensive and lengthy clinical trials.
"Our discovery could also be applicable to the study of other neurological diseases, such as stroke, dementia, multiple sclerosis brain infections and epilepsy, which are associated with long-term progressive degenerative changes in the brain," Professor O'Brien said.
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults around the world. Long-term disabilities following TBI include: cognitive disabilities such as disorders in attention, memory, learning and executive functioning; psychiatric and behavioral problems including depression, anxiety, aggression, agitation and social inappropriateness; and epilepsy.


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You know you drive me up the wall
The way you make good for all the nasty tricks you pull
Seems like we're makin' up more than we're makin' love
And it always seems you've got someone on your mind
Other than me
Girl, you gotta change your crazy ways - you hear me
Say you're leavin' on the seven thirty train
And that you're heading out to Hollywood
Girl, you've been givin' me that line so many times
It kinda gets that feelin' bad looks good, yeah
That kinda lovin' turns a man to a slave
That kinda lovin' sends a man right to his grave
I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy
You turn it on - then you're gone
Yeah you drive me crazy, crazy
Crazy for you baby
What can I do, honey
I feel like the color blue
You're packin' up your stuff
and talkin' like it's tough
and tryin' to tell me
That it's time to go, yeah!
But I know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that
overcoat and that it's all a show, yeah!
That kinda lovin' makes me wanna pull down the shade,
That kinda lovin' yeah, now I'm never never never never gonna be the same
I'm losing my mind
Girl, 'cause I'm goin' crazy
(guitar solo)
I need your love, honey, yeah
I need your love...
Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
I'm losin' my mind,
Girl cause I'm going crazy
Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
You turn it on - then you're gone
Yeah you drive me...


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Friday, January 8, 2016
11 Scientific And Technical Achievements To Be Honoured With Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 33 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 13, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. In addition, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) will receive a special award recognizing a century of fundamental contributions to the advancement of motion picture standards and technology.
"This year's honorees represent a wide range of new tech, including a modular inflatable airwall system for composited visual effects, a ubiquitous 3D digital paint system and a 3D printing technique for animation," said Richard Edlund, Academy Award®-winning visual effects artist and chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. "With their outstanding, innovative work, these technologists, engineers and inventors have further expanded filmmakers' creative opportunities on the big screen."
Unlike other Academy Awards® to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2015. Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
The Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:
To Michael John Keesling for the design and development of Image Shaker, an optical system that convincingly creates the illusion of the camera shaking in a variable and repeatable manner.
The Image Shaker was unique and superior to alternatives in use when it was invented two decades ago, and it continues to be used today.
To David McIntosh, Steve Marshall Smith, Mike Branham and Mike Kirilenko for the engineering and development of the Aircover Inflatables Airwall.
This system of modular inflatable panels can be erected on location, at lengths reaching hundreds of feet, with exceptional speed and safety. When used to support blue or green screens, the Airwall permits composite shots of unprecedented scale.
To Trevor Davies, Thomas Wan, Jon Scott Miller, Jared Smith and Matthew Robinson for the development of the Dolby Laboratories PRM Series Reference Color Monitors.
The PRM's pioneering and innovative design allows the stable, accurate representation of images with the entire luminance range and color gamut used in contemporary theatrical feature presentation.
To Ronald Mallet and Christoph Bregler for the design and engineering of the Industrial Light & Magic Geometry Tracker, a novel, general-purpose tracker and solver.
Geometry Tracker facilitates convincing interaction of digital and live-action elements within a scene. Its precise results and tight integration with other ILM animation technologies solve a wider range of match-animation challenges than was previously possible.
To Jim Hourihan, Alan Trombla and Seth Rosenthal for the design and development of the Tweak Software RV system, a highly extensible media player system.
RV's multi-platform toolset for review and playback, with comprehensive APIs, has allowed studios of all sizes to take advantage of a state-of-the-art workflow and has achieved widespread adoption in the motion picture industry.
To Richard Chuang and Rahul Thakkar for the groundbreaking design, and to Andrew Pilgrim, Stewart Birnam and Mark Kirk for the review workflows and advanced playback features, of the DreamWorks Animation Media Review System.
Over its nearly two decades of development, this pioneering system enabled desktop and digital theater review. It continues to provide artist-driven, integrated, consistent and highly scalable studio-wide playback and interactive reviews.
To Keith Goldfarb, Steve Linn, Brian Green and Raymond Chih for the development of the Rhythm & Hues Global DDR System.
This consistent, integrated, production database-backed review system enables a recordable workflow and an efficient, collaborative content review process across multiple sites and time zones.
To J Robert Ray, Cottalango Leon and Sam Richards for the design, engineering and continuous development of Sony Pictures Imageworks Itview.
With an extensive plugin API and comprehensive facility integration including editorial functions, Itview provides an intuitive and flexible creative review environment that can be deployed globally for highly efficient collaboration.
To Brian McLean and Martin Meunier for pioneering the use of rapid prototyping for character animation in stop-motion film production.
LAIKA's inventive use of rapid prototyping has enabled artistic leaps in character expressiveness, facial animation, motion blur and effects animation. Through highly specialized pipelines and techniques, 3D printing capabilities have been harnessed with color uniformity, mechanical repeatability, and the scale required to significantly enhance stop-motion animated feature films.
To Jack Greasley, Kiyoyuki Nakagaki, Duncan Hopkins and Carl Rand for the design and engineering of the MARI 3D texture painting system.
Combining powerful, multilayer painting tools and a unique texture-management system, MARI simplifies working with large, high-resolution texture sets. It has achieved broad adoption in the visual effects industry, often supplanting long-term in-house systems.
To the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
For one hundred years, the Society's members have nurtured technology, provided essential standards, and offered the expertise, support, tools and infrastructure for the creation and post-production of motion pictures.
Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation will be included in the Oscar® telecast.
Popular Mechanics is a proud supporter of the Scientific and Technical Awards.
Oscars® for outstanding film achievements of 2015 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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Angry Moms and Guns Deliver Message: Don't F%$K With Our Kids
Well here's an interesting approach to make communities aware of threats against children. We all know moms can get pretty worked up when their child is in peril. But whipping out a full-on Sly Stallone-style arsenal?
Yes, this commercial says "You don't need a gun to protect your kids" but why, then, gather together four moms, hand over the stockpile and let them go nuts? Yes, there's the whole metaphor thing but we really think the ad's creators just thought it would be cool to give a bunch on moms some guns and watch them shoot. In slow motion. With really angry, don't fuck-with-my-kids looks on their faces.
Way to get the gun control conversation started.


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'Scream 5' Is Finished, Filmmakers Share BTS Photo
The fifth installment in the Scream franchise has officially wrapped up production. The reboot won't be called Scream 5 — rather, it will be titled simply Scream. The movie, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, is the first in the series to be helmed by anyone other than Wes Craven, who passed away in 2015. To celebrate the wrap of Scream, Bettinelli-Olpin shared a behind-the-scenes photo to Twitter.
"SCREAM (2022) is complete! We're so excited for you all to see it soon. #ForWes," Bettinelli-Olpin wrote in his caption.
David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Roger L. Jackson, and Marley Shelton are set to return to their original roles, joined by franchise newcomers including Jack Quaid, Jenna Ortega, Dylan Minnette, and more. The film will follow the story of a young woman who returns to her old hometown, only to discover a string of murders caused by a masked serial killer.
Back in November 2020, original screenwriter Kevin Williamson announced that production on the film had wrapped. "I'm excited for you to return to Woodsboro and get really scared again. I believe Wes would've been so proud of the film that Matt and Tyler are making," he tweeted. "I'm thrilled to be reunited with Neve, Courteney, David and Marley, and to be working alongside a new filmmaking team and incredible cast of newcomers that have come together to continue Wes's legacy with the upcoming relaunch of the franchise that I hold so dear to my heart."
Scream will be released by Paramount Pictures in theaters on January 14, 2022.


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To | statalist <[email protected]> |
Subject | st: Programming sub-routines |
Date | Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:46:46 +1100 |
Dear Statalisters, Before coming to Stata my programming was honed using Pascal and I'm missing some of the tricks I used to access there. I would appreciate any advice on a particular problem I have with Stata sub-routines. I'm used to being able to modularise my programs (in Pascal) by having lots of sub-routines for repetitive tasks, particularly functions which carry out some kind of transformation. Some old database languages (such as DBase) used to allow "user-defined" functions for similar tasks. I've tried to find the equivalent in Stata, but to no avail. If I use a sub-routine inside a main program I can pass it arguments no problem. But after doing some transformations on the arguments, how can I send the results back to the main program? If I declare new local macros to store the results, they disappear when I return to the main program (because they're no longer in scope). If I declare global macros, I can access the results back in the main program, but I'm left with a lot of global macros. This appears to me bad practice, and also requires lots of dropping of global macros on exit etc. Am I missing something obvious? In Pascal terms arguments could be "val" or "var" (the latter allowing for a return value). But in Stata all arguments appear to only be "val". Is this right? Do I have any other options? Any advice would be most appreciated. -- Kind regards, Ian ================================= Ian Watson Senior Researcher acirrt University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Phone: 02 9351 5622 Fax: 02 9351 5615 Email: [email protected] Web: www.acirrt.com ================================ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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The Effect Maker allows you to customize JavaScript effects like scrollers, slide shows and messengers with your own texts, fonts and images. No JavaScript development skills are needed. With a few clicks you can start creating your own effects. You can have several customizations of one type of effect in your site. All standard web fonts are supported and if you like you can specify your own custom font if you support it by your HTML/CSS3 setup or template. To see the effects in action look at our gallery. Get the Pro edition for even more effects.
The following effects are included:
- Rotating Gallery – rotate your images around in a carousel giving them a real 3D feeling
- Image Scroller – Scroll a selection of images vertically or horizontally
- Horizontal Scroller – a ticker effect with side fading
- Vertical Scroller – a vertical ticker effect width side fading
- Image Fader – a simple slide show that fades images into each other
- Text Fader – a messenger where texts are fading into each other
- Scramble Message – Your message is hurrying to scramble in and out
- Falling Text – Your message is falling down!
- Water Drop Show – Let drops of water fall on your slides with one big splash showing the next.
- Shuffle Show – Shuffle your slides like a card deck with this effect
Effect Maker is integrated into WordPress as a plugin. It inserts an option in the administration menu which you click to create your configurations. Configurations are saved in the wordpress database. Images and media are selected from the standard WordPress media gallery.
Your effects can then easily be inserted into your posts by specifying the location in the editor and then clicking on «add effect» with the configuration that you made. An effect icon marks the location of your effect.
Multiple configurations effects are supported in a single wordpress site, thanks to the JavaScript instancing technology in Effect Maker.
Important Note! If you need to integrate the JavaScripts into your WordPress themes or headers then we recommend using the desktop versions of Effect Maker which generates physical standalone .js files and which you can download [here] (http://www.effectmaker.com/download/).
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Only a single configuration name is supported per page. This happens because the function names and variables are named the same in the scripts, thus conflicting with each other. However as a workaround, you can open the configuration in Effect Maker, save it under another name and insert it together with the first configuration, even if you didn't do any changes.
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Make sure that the images you have specified really exist in your upload folder or image gallery. Some effects (like Image Scroller) crashes if the images don't exist. This could happen if you delete images from your upload folder or image gallery and you have effects that depend on those images.
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- Tested and works for WordPress version 4.3.1
- Added four new free effects: Water Drop Show, Scramble Message, Shuffle Show and Falling Text (now a total of 10 effects)
- Tested and works for WordPress version 4.2.2
- Added the new effect Rotating Gallery (now a total of 6 effects)
- Bug when displaying too many effects in a category fixed and horizontal category bar is now displaying tooltips
- Bug in single file fields fixed which was causing empty values to be generated
- Added support for constant fields (not customizable by the user) which were needed for effects using support images
- Added feature to check for new images added into the media library every 15 seconds
- Centering bug in Image Fader fixed
- Tested and works for WordPress version 4.1
- Site breaking bug fixed which could affected sites running earlier PHP versions.
- Reload button feature fixed.
- Initial version containing 5 effects in total