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Alonso aims for third F1 title
January 20, 2009 14:25 IST
Fernando Alonso [Images] is aiming to silence speculation that his heart is set on a move to Ferrari [Images] by winning a third Formula One title with Renault [Images] this season.
"There is only one target for this 2009 championship: winning the drivers' championship and winning the constructors'," the Spaniard said at the launch of the team's new R29 car at the Algarve Motor Park circuit on Monday.
"All the results that we have from the wind tunnel ... everything is maybe more optimistic than we expected. The results are better than we predicted so everybody is quite motivated," he told reporters.
"Hopefully for the first race we are able to be fighting for the podium at least."
Alonso, champion in 2005 and 2006, won two races last year and took more points than any other driver in the last six grands prix as Renault roared back from a disappointing start to the season.
However, the Spaniard has been dogged by constant talk of a move to Ferrari, with Italy's [Images] Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reporting last month that he had a secret agreement to join the Italian team for four years from 2011.
Ferrari, who have 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen [Images] and Brazilian Felipe Massa [Images] under contract to the end of 2010, have played down the reports.
"I have been answering this question for four or five years," Alonso said when asked again about Ferrari.
"Hopefully this year I can be more relaxed about this question.
"If we are winning races and fighting for the championship, maybe we forget Ferrari and that is my aim. I am really concentrating on this 2009 season and I am more motivated than ever," he added.
"I am better prepared, physically and mentally than ever and with all these changes I am really looking forward to sitting in the car on Wednesday and starting in Australia [Images] (on March 29)," said Alonso.
"If we don't win the championship, it will be a disappointment this season."
This year brings a return to slick tyres as well as significant rule changes, with revised aerodynamics and the introduction of the KERS system to harness power generated under braking.
Alonso said he was no great fan of KERS, even though he had slimmed down (by "eating less crisps") to compensate for the extra weight of the system.
The Spaniard, now one of three champions on the starting grid, expected incumbent Lewis Hamilton [Images] to be an even stronger rival this season.
The Briton, who was Alonso's team mate in a stressful year for the Spaniard at McLaren [Images] in 2007, became the youngest world champion last year at the age of 23.
"When you win the championship, you will be Formula One world champion forever," Alonso said when asked about the pressure Hamilton might feel. "Now you can enjoy more the racing. You can enjoy races.
"You can have a mistake in a race and you know the championship is very long and there are many races to recover. When you are waiting for your first championship there is a little bit more stress.
"Once you have it, the race is less pressure."
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Bigger. Faster. Stronger.
Typical words used to describe most backyard athletic training motivations.
But let's talk about this.
You often see people say "Train like an athlete!" What follows is normally wisdom to squat, bench press, and perhaps do some explosive work. But that isn't training like an athlete. Now, I "get it." I know "training like an athlete" means getting away from two pound pink plastic coated dumbbells and treadmills.
When I think about the athletic archetype most people want, I think about NFL defensive backs, wide receivers, and running backs. Or any athlete that showcases a unique combination of looks and athletic ability, really. Adrian Wilson. Brian Dawkins. Andre Johnson. Vernon Davis. Jujimufu.
Squatting and benching alone won't give you that combination. Doing some sprinting gets you "warmer," but you still got a ways to go.
I'm from Pittsburgh. My Dad is a sports fanatic. (Bless him and his anxiety issues, as his passion for sports doesn't do justice to his blood pressure.) So I grew up watching the Steelers, which gives me two athletic anecdotes.
First, I watch Polamalu fly around the field. (When he's healthy, that is…) One of his hallmark plays: sacking Joe Flacco and forcing a fumble. That play is widely remembered by sports fans and commentators because it was an important turnover at an important time in the game. But to me the play is oh-so-much more. It's a guy torpedoing his body into the air, colliding and latching onto an opponent, wrestling him to the ground, having the wits to barrel roll out of the tackle, entering full sprint after the barrel roll, and accelerating enough to throw two blocks before the play finishes.
Second, I watch film of former wide receiver, Lynn Swann. He's considered one of the best of all time and is known for making incredible catches that involve immense body awareness and control.
Athleticism is more than sprinting, jumping, or Olympic lifting. It's total body control in multi-directional, chaotic movement. Or what I like to call chaotic kinesthetic awareness: the ability to kinda where your body is in space even though things are happening so fast you can't think. It's "mastery" over your body. Dan John calls it "grace," and I think that's a perfect word for it.
Grace is easier to see in slow motion. Something as violent as throwing a javelin is graceful in slow motion. Tricking is similar. When you watch tricking in slow motion you see how the body works as a unit. How the head leads. How the shoulders and hips power. How the arms often operate in some kind of pattern with the legs. How the legs vibrate upon landings as harness and dissipate energy.
Gives me chills just thinking about it.
In nearly any feat of athleticism, the more coordinated you can connect yourself as one piece, the better. New tricksters are out of sync. Arms go at the wrong time. Legs push too early. Timing is just off. It's usually too much of something and not enough of everything together. One piece dominates.
Back in my drawing days I remember being taught to look at my shading with squinted eyes to make sure it flowed smoothly from dark to light. To make sure one segment didn't dominate the eye's attention.
Good athletic ability is good shading. It's smooth. It's one piece. It's graceful.
You can certainly describe Lynn Swann as graceful. That's not surprising though; Swann took ballet. Ballet is all about making movement look effortless. Swann did just that.
Another example: Andreas Thorkildsen. Outside of Jujimufu, Andreas is my second man crush. Shouldn't be much of a surprise for long time readers, as I've written about him before.
He's one of the best javelin throwers around. His training, by traditional standards, is rather unconventional.
Tumbling. Gymnastics. Ring work. Animal walks. A lot of stuff that—I think—most of us would overlook in favor of muscle building or strength work. But I guess the efficacy of that is rather stupid considering Andreas benches 400 pounds at 6'2" 200 pounds and a comfortably low body fat. Quite rare. His training certainly isn't "limiting" much of anything.
I don't think it's a coincidence he actively works on his grace and total body coordination with gymnastics and tumbling exercises. And all he does is throw a pointed stick. Imagine the implications for a more chaotic sport.
This is why I'd be surprised if this kind of training didn't become "normal" soon. When it does, remember: you heard it here first. Because I
stole invented it.
The good news: you can up your grace game. Ultimate grace comes from practicing whatever it is you want to get good at and making it look effortless. Andreas can fling that pointed stick like a champ because he specializes in it. But that's not to say his supplementary training doesn't help.
In The Jackedthlete, I wrote about incorporating some of this coordination training into a normal routine, specifically combining it with the normal "get jacked" pump work. It's a great combination that hits the aerobic system, works on graceful movement, and makes you look better naked.
Dare I ask if there's anything more you could want training to do for you?
It's sort of my go-to form of winter training. Being cooped up in the garage isn't all that fun…unless you're rolling around like a jackass. (Like me.) I've gotten a lot of e-mails about wanting to do sweet aerobic-acrobatic-athletic-aesthetic circuits. But there's always an asterisk "I don't know where to start! It's easy for you with your young legs and tricking background."
But that's only partially true. As a recap, here's a glimpse of a recent aerobic-acrobatic-aesthetic-athletic circuit (think I should just call them AAAA circuits from now on?):
- Macaco Bridging (well…attempting it anyway)
- Macaco Practice
- Ring Dips x 6
- Rolls, Rolls to Handstands
- Assorted Body Weight Junk
And for your own pleasure, I've created a spoof video from the past two training sessions of mine. Just to show you think kind of stuff isn't always pretty. I'm far from perfect. The mess ups are real.
The macaco is that bridge-backhandspring hybrid kinda thing. Want to know a secret about it?
I'm terrified of it. Flips never sat well with me. I have a decent vertical jump, which makes them rather easy for me. But my mind was never up to par with my physical capabilities. There's always uneasiness. Not to mention I haven't done any flips since breaking my foot in January 2011.
So how to do I go about chucking macacos then? How do I muster up the courage to roll end over end and literally crash on my garage floor?
The same way you can and should: you study, you learn, you ease into it.
I don't make this stuff up. I don't tell myself, "I'm going to do x, y, and z with zero practice and zero knowledge! Hope I survive lolz!" I learn from people more experienced than me. YouTube is a nice start. But the tutorials are often inconsistent because each move has a different demonstrator.
If you're serious about things, I suggest Gold Medal Bodies and their floor programs. Gold Medal Bodies isn't a stranger. They wrote one of the most read, shared, and useful posts here: Becoming a Handstand Beast. The stuff that's inside their floor programs fits perfectly into AAAA circuits.
Floor One is their first floor program and more suitable for beginners. It teaches you some balance maneuvers, basic tumbling exercises, and full body control. This resource is absolutely massive. There are three categories of movements inside: strength, balance, and coordination.
Some of the things you're looking at learning:
- Keeping your wits while jumping and spinning, and landing under control
- Handstands, cartwheels, roundoffs
- L-sit progressions
- Forward and backwards rolls
It's a fully comprehensive resource.
Floor Two just dropped, and is the follow up to Floor One. It's more advanced. No doubt about it. It's the flashier of the two and closer to my tricking "home."
It squeezes the juice behind macacos, snakedowns, and other aerial tricks. Even stuff like floor circles. Tap into your inner breakdancer, yo.
If that isn't enough, I got two more reasons to take a look at it:
- It's on sale right now to celebrate its release
- You get my Tricking Primer guide for free when you buy
The primer is something Gold Medal Bodies asked me to contribute, and I'm all about spreading the name of tricking. So I went out in the freezing cold weather and shot tutorial videos for the basic tricks. I will never forgive Ryan for this, by the way. My fingers are still cold. There's also write-ups for each basic trick in a coolio PDF.
Between Floor One and Floor Two, you're looking at +89.6 athletic EXP. (Approximate value.) More than you can fathom, basically.
Now, here's the deal: If you're new you should go with Floor One. But Floor Two is one sale and you should snag that too because I know you're going to get hooked on this stuff. There's something much more addictive and stimulating about this kind of training. It challenges you in ways traditional barbell exercises can't. And I know once you finish Floor One you're going to want to jump into Floor Two. Trust me on that one.
I'm a huge fan of what GMB is doing from both an information and business conduct standpoint. They actually *gasp* encourage you to e-mail them. You won't be disappointed with their product or lovely service. Their tutorials are comprehensive with safe progressions and ample preparation. And they even take into consideration options for those that are less comfortable with the skills.
So now is your chance to dive into this "stuff" you probably thought was never possible. With 2013 upon us, is there a better time? Is this the "new you"? And then when summer 2013 hits you can bask in your revitalized athletic fertility!
One last note here before I move on. I talk about program hoping a lot; how most people in this training world lose their focus, jump from program to program, and never make progress. This motivation to jump from one thing to another and learn new things is natural, but it kills sustained strength progress.
This "extra" training helps me avoid it because I'm always learning and trying new things, which keeps most of my barbell training in tact. It's my channel against the mundane. And it's a win win. I even get to explore and do things I never thought possible.
So what are you waiting for?
For a long of time, athletes let Olympic weightlifting invade their arena. If you were an athlete, you were expected to "borrow" some principles from weightlifting to better yourself and your skills. We're entering a time when gymnastics, tumbling, and even dance are up for the same consideration.
So when you're doing dive rolls to vertical jumps to 180 degree spins and sticking the landing, you can assure yourself that you're "better off" than you were before. The key is to borrow just enough of these principles to be dangerous.
So I only recommend this "different" training — with the inclusion of Floor One and Floor Two — if you want to be awesome. If you want to have the same average program and do the the same average stuff then it's just not for you.
Your call.
But it might be time to change your training — a move that might just change your life.
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Where Does Your Yarn Come From?
Where does your yarn come from? Does it come from sheep that frolic in Wyoming? Or maybe it comes from alpacas that graze on Block Island? Knowing where your yarn comes from allows you to be a more thoughtful purchaser and makes you more aware of the choices you have out there.
When I first started knitting, I didn't take the time to look into where my yarn was coming from. I would make my purchase based on color, how soft to the touch the yarn was, and price. I also thought that the only "good" yarn that existed came from some far off location that would take a journey to get to. I had no idea about all the amazing yarn that is made right here in the United States.
I can't remember the exact chain of events, but out of nowhere I started to heavily research yarn. I wanted to know the story behind where my yarn was coming from, so I started to visit the "About Us" page on yarn companies' websites I was interested in, so that I could gain knowledge and educate myself. In doing this, it opened up my eyes to how thoughtful many yarn companies are when it comes to sourcing, dyeing, and spinning their yarn. It also introduced me to many yarn companies that are 100% made in the USA.
Here are a few yarns we carry that are made in the USA:
Brooklyn Tweed: Patterns and yarn?! Oh my! Not only does Brooklyn Tweed have amazing patterns (their new Winter 2016 collection came out today), but they also have beautiful lofty (no pun intended) yarn. Their yarn is sourced, dyed, and spun within the USA and they have a passion to produce American yarns that preserve, support, and sustain the tradition of U.S. textile production.
Swans Island: All American Collection. Swans Island uses Rambouillet wool from western American ranches that is scoured and spun at the oldest woolen-spun mill in the US, and later hand-dyed in their Northport studio. If you are in need of pattern ideas for this yarn, look no further. The new swoon-worthy book, Swoon Maine, is made for this yarn!
North Light Fibers: One stop shop. North Light Fibers is a little gem on Block Island, RI. Their yarn comes from the farm that surrounds their mill where they tumble, wash, pick, dye, de-hair, card, spin, ply, and finish all their yarns. I also recently wrote a post on North Light Fibers if you would like to learn more about them.
As nerdy as this may be, I now love spending time reading up on yarn companies. I enjoy reading all the stories that are shared on how and why they started their business and all the information that is shared on how their yarns are produced.


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Can`t escape filmy discussions at our house: Kunaal Roy Kapur
Mumbai: Actor Kunaal Roy Kapur says that tinsel town talks dominate all family sittings and there is no escape from it in house as well, with his brothers Aditya, Siddharth Roy Kapur and sister-in-law Vidya Balan all working in Bollywood.
Siddharth is managing director, Studios, Disney UTV, and recently got married to actress Vidya Balan, while Kunaal`s younger brother Aditya will be seen in `Aashiqui 2`.
"Our family has become filmy. There was no plan to be like this. My elder brother is in corporate world, younger one was VJ and I was doing acting on stage and photography. Then Vidya came along, she is part of our family now. We have found way to be in the industry," Kunaal said in an interview here.
"Whenever we sit down for lunch it is filmy conversation. It is difficult not to talk about films. It is obvious for us to talk about movies," he added.
Kunaal made his acting debut on big screen with Aamir Khan`s home production `Delhi Belly`, while Aditya has done supporting roles in films like `Action Replayy`, `Guzaarish` but his first lead role movie will be `Aashiqui 2`.
When asked if he ever takes advice from anyone in family, Kunaal says, "We do discuss about work. Like me and Aditya discuss we have been offered this film and should we take it or not. But finally it is our decision and we don`t blame anyone. I believe you yourself are responsible for the choices you make."
Kunaal`s is all praise for his sister-in-law Vidya. "I think she is a very good human being and a great actress. The most special thing about Vidya is her perspective towards life... The importance she gives to family. She still values lot of small things despite having achieved so much fame," he said.
The `Kapur` family is back in action with Kunaal looking forward to the release of Rohan Sippy`s directorial venture `Nautanki Saala` on April 12. It is a comedy film also starring Ayushmann Khurrana. Aditya`s romantic film `Aashiqui 2` is slated for release on May 10.
Vidya will be seen in `Ghanchakkar` opposite Emraan Hashmi. Produced by Siddharth, the film releases on June 28.


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Broad range of web guiding systems for the packaging industry
Erhardt+Leimer offers a comprehensive range of complete pivoting frame systems for the different applications in the packaging industry.
The web position is reliably detected by infrared sensors, ultrasonic or color line sensors. Manual or motorized positioning systems adjust the sensors to the given web widths. The digital position controller is integrated into the pivoting frame. The control parameters are easy to adjust on the user-optimized operator surface or via a software tool. This also optimizes the control loop.
All functional modules of the digital control system have a CAN bus interface through which they are networked. Thanks to this setup it is very easy to adjust the E+L guider to the requirements of new tasks, interference immunity is very high and cable complexity reduced to a minimum.
Modern production lines either have a central operation point or a control stand. The positioning systems must be connected to different bus systems or to a PLC/industrial PC. E+L offers various interfaces with standard protocols for this purpose. The membrane keypad with clearly understandable symbols and LED indicators ensure simple, error-free operation.


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The USPEA is a network of riders, judges, national federation board members, and equestrian enthusiasts. The association gives athletes the ability to get involved and expand their knowledge and experience in the Para-Equestrian sport. The USPEA encourages para-athletes to participate in all disciplines under the para-equestrian umbrella.
The USPEA is a recognized affiliate of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) which serves as the National Governing Body for the equestrian sport. This relationship between the USPEA and USEF is to encourage para-equestrian competitors, leisure riders, coaches, fans and enthusiasts to network and get involved with the entire equestrian sport.
Ultimately the goal of the USPEA is to foster growth in the para-equestrian discipline. From growth in the number of participants to growth as a team, and growth in the experience and knowledge of all involved. From local horse shows to international Olympic Games, the USPEA will provide para-equestrians the knowledge of what they need to succeed. The USPEA connects with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the United States Dressage Federation (USDF), and USEF which provides Para-Equestrians the top equestrian resources.
In June 2010, the USPEA earned its 501 (c)(3) status which has encouraged supporters to help supply funding to the Para-Equestrian Team as a recognized affiliate of the United States Equestrian Federation(USEF).
For more information about the USPEA please visit www.USPEA.org or contact USPEA President: Hope Hand by e-mail: email@example.com or by phone: (610)356-6481.
To view an online version of this press release please visit: http://uspea.org/category/recent-uspea-press-news/


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Betta's Italian Oven is a popular restaurant in the Cincinnati area just outside of Xavier University's campus. Betta's is family owned and operated and strives to mimic the finest pizzerias of Napoli using their wood-fired oven for traditional Italian pizzas. I started with their bruschetta (pictured below), which I really enjoyed and would recommend. For my pizza selection, I chose the margherita. I certainly liked the pizza, but I would also be interested in sampling additional pizzas if I am able to have a return visit. The crust and tomato sauce were very good as Betta's Italian Oven in Norwood, OH makes their dough and sauces daily. However, I think I would recommend trying a pizza with more toppings to add even more flavor. Their margherita pizza did include garlic, which I thought would be a nice addition, but I couldn't taste it too much. Admittedly, my garlic preference is probably higher than ninety-nine percent of Americans (I have never had an issue with vampires though). You can also get other Italian dishes besides pizza at Betta's Italian Oven, and I think it is worth a visit if you are ever in the area.
What I Ate: Margherita
Rating: 7.5/10.0
Betta's Italian Oven
3764 Montgomery Road
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This is a great case study in a niche product, maintaining its niche…but widening its market and thus exploiting a bigger market opportunity. Very similar to classic case of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda showcasing different uses of its product. I like the fact that Pantone did go mainstream. With the buzz going on about Personal Brand, Pantone has made it easier for individuals and companies to use colour as a brand identifier.I just received a Pantone Violet Notebook! It's a great way to add to the 3H Brand… and it always elicits a nice reaction or comment.
It's a Pantone Playground
Pantone. What a beautiful word. It just rolls off the tongue.
As any designer knows, Pantone provides a collection of numbered spot colours that cannot be reproduced in CMYK. It is device independent, thus ensuring solid, accurate colour reproduction every time. Basically, it means "I want this colour – I get this colour."
Pantone guides are now a staple of the graphic design industry. In fact, most designers can easily name their favourite swatch; mine's 485.
Humble beginnings
It's hard to believe Pantone has only been around for 50 years. The organization started out as a small print company in New Jersey, and was propelled forward with the help of a then temporary employee, Lawrence Herbert.
Herbert was hired fresh out of university and had originally planned on going back to school to study medicine. His plans changed, and in 1962 he bought them out. A year later he introduced PMS (Pantone Matching System) and, in doing so, revolutionized the business of colour.
Today, Pantone is known as the global colour authority, with millions of brands banking on Pantone ink to ensure consistent identity colour.
As with any successful brand, the company expanded – and somewhere along the way came the swag.
I remember when I received my first Pantone mug as a gift. I was thrilled and, of course, wanted more. With a heads-up from a colleague, I visited my local Chapters store and was overjoyed to find a colourful pyramid display of bright, shiny Pantone mugs. It was like a little piece of designer heaven against a backdrop of lattes and magazines.
While I was standing in line to purchase the second piece in what would surely become an abundant and drool-worthy Pantone collection, the question occurred to me: "Pantone in Chapters? Has Pantone gone… mainstream?"
The Pantone Universe
Today, what was once reserved only for designers, creatives and the print industry has now indeed become part of the mainstream. Perhaps even more quickly than the introduction of additional colours, Pantone is now churning out consumer products.
It's become much more than a standardized colour system, and enveloped a market far greater-reaching than it initially intended. In fact, anyone with an appreciation for colour and branding can get their hands on scads of Pantone-inspired items courtesy of the fast-growing "Pantone Universe".
The universe expands
The Pantone Universe – as one would expect by the name – is a full-fledged cosmos comprised of products from the Pantone brand.
In addition to clothing, accessories, electronics and housewares, the Pantone Universe also includes the Pantone Hotel, which is as brand-infused as you'd imagine. (Incidentally, if you happen to be headed to Brussels and book far enough in advance, you can stay the night for under 100 Euro.)
Then, of course there's Pantone's newly introduced line of cosmetics. Partnering with Sephora, the Pantone Universe is banking on the lure of its booming brand – as well as its colour of the year, Tangerine Tango – to entice cosmetics buyers to open their wallets.
Zero to hero
I don't know about Tangerine Tango, but I'm okay with just my Pantone mugs for now. I don't really need a whole universe.
But my thoughts are mixed about whether or not it's a good thing that this universe even exists. In one respect, it's amazing to the see the complete transformation of a brand from zero to hero. In another, I do hope it keeps its roots intact and holds strong to the goals on which it began.
Either way, no one knows how far the universe reaches. But as long as the Pantone entity remains true and authentic, the sky's the limit.
What are your thoughts on the rise of Pantone?
Author: Lindsay Sleightholm
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- 03 May 2012
Nice synopsis – I will add some thoughts:
1. Not ALL Pantone spot colors are outside of CMYK spectrum but many are. Fluorescent colors are outside, many blues are too. But, not all. There are Pantone color books which give "matching" CMYK colors if they apply (they don't always.)
2. There was a day when process color was really expensive, so spot colors (pantone colors) were a way to get color at a lower cost. It is not able to reproduce photos of things at all, however. Only process color can reproduce photos of things that look proper to the viewer. Process color is not the only color printing technique but it is 99% of the market for printing color photos of things. There is six color printing for photos which is richer than CYMK but so far outside of the mainstream that few printers will attempt it. It is very hard to produce "match prints" and only a real-pro pressman would be able to do it. I think I remember that it is called hexacolor.
3. Nowadays printing 1, 2 or 3 spot colors happens but seldom as process color is no longer expensive and is far more flexible in most situations. Truly fussy logo colors often demand spot color/pantone inks but people who are not fussy can go with approximate matching using CMYK for their logo and give up "exactly THAT color" for logos, etc. This is a matter of personal preference. BUT, if you are printing process color anyway, then adding spot colors increases the cost and can run afoul of spot color's not crossing over into process colors as the result is not predictable. (A, say, blue spot color band impinging on a photo of a piece of apple pie.) And spot colors increase the trapping issues in most instances.
4. And then add to the mix Websites/Internet colors and they do not "play ball" with Pantone at all. Just to make things interesting.
- 03 May 2012
Hi David, thanks for shakin' things up!
Yes, some CMYK colo(u)rs are within the Pantone gamut, but as you know, a loop will reveal the difference between the two formulas. Thus, it is not a complete reproduction. However, the delta-e is lower than what we can see – so in those cases, it is within our visual spectrum
Thank goodness for Color Bridge! However, I agree that these conversions are not always the best matches.
As much as designers love colour, colour conversion will drive us mad! I do like where colour reproduction is going though… mainstream perhaps?


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Kaz Hirai Ascends To President And CEO Of Sony On April 1
As of April 1, there will be a new head honcho at Sony.
It has been announced that Kaz Hirai will take over as president and CEO of the electronics corporation on the first of April; the current president, Sir Howard Stringer, will move to his new position as chairman of the board of directors. Not too shabby.
Recently, we had seen evidence to support Hirai's promotion. In 2011, Kaz was promoted to executive deputy president in charge of the company's largest division, and Stringer stated that such a move would allow Sony to "judge his performance." Well, looks like he did well enough. As a bit of history, Hirai has been with Sony since 1984 when he joined their music division. He transferred to Sony Computer Entertainment America in 1995 and in 2006, he replaced Ken Kutaragi as SCEI president.
In other words, Hirai has part of all three PlayStation generations and has always been one heck of a spokesman for the brand. Congrats on the promotion, Kaz!
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 10:25:34 AM
This puts a PlayStation man at the top, and in no small way demonstrates that to Sony, PlayStation is *the* brand after Sony itself.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 1:20:26 PM
by performing admirably do you mean just not as poorly as the other divisions? Are these numbers to be applauded for the Sony division that includes Playstation since the relase of the PS2?
2000 lost 409 million
2001 made 623 million
2002 made 939 million
2003 made 650 million
3004 made 404 million
2005 made 75 million
2006 lost 1.97 billion
2007 lost 1.25 billion
2008 lost 597 million
2009 lost 893 million
2010 made 429 million
1/2 of 2011 lost 449 million
So far since the release of the PS2, Sony's division that included the playstation has lost over 2.4 billion dollars. All of the profits from the PS2 years have been eaten up by the PS3 losses.
I'm hopeful that Sony can turn it around and start doing better. Holding off the PS4 launch for as long as possible may be necessary to recoup as much money from the PS3 as possible. I worry that the PS3 will go down in history as a technical marvel but a financial disiaster. Great for gamers, not so great for Sony.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 1:58:27 PM
Those are the hardware numbers and not the software numbers included.
The overall gaming division of Sony is not in the red when you take into account accessories and software along with digital revenue. They have said from the beginning they are selling at a loss, but supplement that loss with software sales. So that shouldn't be any surprise.
Note 2010 is the first time the were making a profit. That is the same year we all know the hardware began retaining a profit. With the new slims and price reductions, they lost money again on the PS3 itself.
Bear in mind, however, that the supplemented software and accessory sales contribute towards an overall profit.
Microsoft is in an even worse situation spending more money on marketing alone than they made on hardware sales and a good chunk of the software sales. And when you factor in their 30% failure rate of the original xbox's, the engineering costs to make a new model, and the huge number of replacements needed within the original warranty, Microsoft has had to supplement all XBOX income with Live accounts and PC-division revenue. (They transferred a lot of cost) In regards to overall divisions, Sony pummeled Microsoft in net revenue.
Wii, of course, is made with old and inexpensive technology, so financially speaking, they had a dynamite generation. Unfortunately, they contributed little to the growth of technology. (Then it's a debate on what's "really" important, but that's not the issue here)
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 2:45:14 PM
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 3:29:23 PM
I am pretty sure that you are mistaken. Those numbers come directly from Sony. You can check them out for yourself...
They encoupass the entire Playstation brand (hardware, software, accessories, etc.). Sony does not break out the money they lost on hardware and the profit from software in their financial reports. They only add both together and give the total.
To be completely accurate these numbers are from the Sony division that mainly includes the Playstation however there are other products included in this division that may also have affected these losses.
I don't have any idea how that compares to Microsoft. I agree that they probably lost money also but where do you come up with the numbers to say they are doing worse.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 3:54:48 PM
Excelsior, the same thing happened with Sony's color TV business when Trinitron was no longer *the* thing when it came to color TVs. Sony stopped attempting to compete in the mass market, because it knew there was no point. The margins in that market are razor thin . So, just as they did with the Trinitron color TVs, they'll focus on high end HDTV products and innovate something else.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 7:59:33 PM
I guess the PS4 won't be an ultra high tech-ultra expensive machine.
Some months ago I read that SONY was giving up on HDTV's and sold it's stake in a TV joint venture to SAMSUNG. I think SONY is regrouping and should come out stronger after this. I hope Hirai can do it.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 @ 8:42:45 PM
The numbers that decreased, are indeed, hardware manufacturing and include many other devices besides the PS3. So the HDTV losses could be factored in. (I'm capable of analyzing budgetary reports, I'm afraid)
If you look lower on these reports, there are a few sections referring to "supplemental income" or income through other revenues not related to direct sales. That section includes shares, market moves, as well as things like licensing which would affect publishing and games (as well as music, etc.)
That division posts an increase (it's actually a tough section to get a loss as most of it refers to content they already own and can manufacture for next to nothing). So unfortunately, the number you look at only see hardware and not licensing of games or DLC. (Since it is strictly material goods it refers to, hense hardware)
To make matters worse, those reports do not indicate in any detail the Playstation division. There are occasional mentions of the PS3 or PSP, but only as supplemental reasons to help explain the overall numbers. Not as direct causes or even as the direct topics!!
For these reasons, in the meantime, I will have to retain my original opinion until some more specifics are shown. As is right now, logical analysis indicates things may not be so dire when you take into consideration the licensing and other supplemental incomes. Since the losses were part of the original plan, one can only assume they are on track. Their market value as a company has dipped (along with most of the world), but that does not necessarily mean they've posted losses in all divisions. It doesn't even mean they've posted losses! If a company ONLY breaks even, their value decreases since they do not make investors any money. So you can't even go by market value to determine where or if there are losses.
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 @ 7:02:09 AM
How many of the yearly reports did you read? The profit/loss numbers I posted from the years 2000 through 2008 are exact numbers from the division that Sony called "GAME". These numbers are pretty much ONLY the playstation products and include the good years of the PS2. They also show exaxtly how large the initail losses were for the release of the PS3.
It is only the last two and a half years in which Sony combined the Playstation with some other things and renamed that division.
My original post was in response to a couple of comments that Sony is "performing admirably" with the Playstation division in comparison to the others. In the three reports since they merged the Playstation with other things that division has finished worst, second to worst, and worst. I'm not saying that it is all the fault of the Playstation but it is pretty obvious that overall the PS3 has not been kind to Sony financially.
Thursday, February 02, 2012 @ 9:11:14 AM
Based on your way of looking at the numbers, Sony hasn't been profitable overall in over a decade, because most hardware divisions have been in the red many times over.
Additionally, if you look at the PS2 numbers over the years while the hardware was profitable, the numbers should look MUCH MUCH higher, had they included licensing (which, consequently, includes software including games and music... which again... as I said... makes it difficult to analyze properly. It's why most of the releases the public sees related to gaming are based on units shipped, etc. It's because the company releases are not specific enough to give a full picture of gaming)
Thursday, February 02, 2012 @ 12:06:25 PM
If you look back through the numbers you can see how the quarter by quarter picture for the PS2 was not entirely rosey for the first two years of it's life, and unlike the PS3 it did not sell for $300+ less than it cost to make. But the hardware continues to make a loss for more than the first 2 years of the PS2's lifespan. There are quarters in the reports in year 3 of PS2's life, where the game business made a loss because game sales were insufficient to mask the losses on the hardware.
The recent numbers that show large losses in the division that includes PlayStation are not due to the PlayStation 3. That division includes Sony's LCD TV business which has run aground in the face of commodity pricing of what was once a premium item. In fact the Playstation business is the bright spot in that division. The suggestion made by the OP is that the losses are attributable to the PS3. Certainly the losses accounted for by the R&D costs and loos leader expenses of selling the PS3 below the cost of manufacture are down to the PS3, but those losses are in the past now. It's simply incorrect to lay the losses the CPS division is experiencing at the feet of the PlayStation brand.
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Jack Tretton is CEO of SCEA and daus you are correct Kaz will be #1 man in charge. He's replacing Howard Stringer who I believe happened to be the first and only non Japanese #1 CEO of Sony after Ken Kutargi(Mr. go get two jobs if you want a PS3 and "father of the Playstation") stepped down/retired after the PS3's early problems.
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Esperanza Spalding, a 23-year-old bassist, vocalist and composer from Portland, Ore., is so wildly talented that when her publicity material announces that she "might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music," it seems like a reasonable proposition. But Spalding, whose new album, "Esperanza," is a sprawling collage of jazz fusion, Brazilian and even a touch of hip-hop, doesn't want to be categorized just yet.
"I guess you have to be in some genre because people have to have words to describe you," Spalding said. "And that's fine, as long as I'm not the one who has to decide which genre I'm in. I'd like it to be popular music, the kind they put in the display in front of the record store with Beyonce and Fiona Apple."Spalding's debut album might be best described as picking up where the jazz fusion of the 1970s left off. The songs pulsate with complex arrangements, Spalding's uniquely expressive vocals and fat-bottomed bass playing, and challenging melodies and harmonies. "I love fusion music," she said. "There was this wonderful arc that started 40 years ago where people kept incorporating modern sounds into their music. What you hear is a natural outgrowth of what I was exposed to."
Spalding, who played violin for the Chamber Music Society of Oregon from ages 5 to 15, exploded into adolescence by switching to the stand-up bass and playing blues, funk and hip-hop. Two years later, she was studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she eventually became the youngest faculty member in the history of the school at age 20.
"Most people know me as a bass player for various other people," said Spalding, who has worked with jazz standouts Michel Camilo, Pat Metheny and Joe Lovano. "But I'd begun performing my own music with a pop band called Noise for Pretend. They'd say, 'Esperanza, can you just do some lyrics for this?"'
Spalding's contemporary fusion includes strong Latin and Brazilian influences. She was inspired by Milton Nascimento's vocals to record "Ponta de Areia," the Brazilian classic made famous by Wayne Shorter. She also sings a Spanish-language version of the jazz standard "Body and Soul" and returns to Portuguese on Baden Powell's "Samba em Preludio."
"I have Hispanic roots," she explained. "My mother was from Southern California and had some Hispanic background; my nanny was Cuban and I picked up a lot of Spanish from her."
But one of the most impressive quirks to Spalding's act is her improvisatory melodic scatting, influenced by hip-hop MCs. She flaunts it on "She Got to You," which she recently performed on the "Late Show With David Letterman."
"I want to get people excited even if they don't know me or anything about jazz," Spalding said. "I'd love to sit in with people like Herbie Hancock or Pat Metheny, but I would love to collaborate with Questlove of the Roots or Andre 3000," she said, still refusing to be categorized.
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We may have been a big group, but we're definitely not the first gaggle of girls to invade Forks. Believe it or not, people flock here from all over - as far as Japan even! I guess we can call ourselves "Twilighters" or "Twihards" now.
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- Melanie's Randomness said...
AWESOME!!! Woa that's soo cool! I'm soo jealous! I'm all the way on the East coast so I probably will never get to go. I'm not a die-hard Twilight fan but two thumbs up for this! Pretty cool. Looks like you guys had a blast!
- September 29, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Jackie said...
Sweet! My husband and I are actually vacationing in Seattle next week and I pondered the idea of heading over to Forks! But we will only be in town for four days so I don't think we will have enough time. Looks like a lot of fun though!
- September 29, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- the southern hostess said...
Looks like a fun trip!
- September 29, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's said...
I am sure the entire town is just soaking this all in!
- September 29, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Caroline said...
Stopped by Forks in June when I visited Seattle. The ride from Seattle to Forks was beautiful, love la push and the entire area of the olympic peninsula!!!
- September 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- Erin said...
So cool. My mom was on a trip to Seattle and area recently and I begged her to go to Forks for me to get some great photos... She was "too busy", can you believe that?
Looks like so much fun!
We're up near Tofino where they filmed the second film, and Vancouver, Eclipse-central these days!
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The real high school they use in Twilight is in Beaverton, Oregon up on skyline road! My house is 4 miles away so it's kind of neat! Just wanted to share! Don't think Oregon get's enough love for the Twilight movie, they do a LOT of the filming there! They are always stopping by the stores asking for stand-ins!
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DET over is for 1st game tomorrow, correct?
Are these Over or Under?
Have a pretty good idea of what you are doing here, I have done alot of similar backtesting ...pretty sure i got the baseball filters,..would be interested to know what number you are using for NBA and NHL, would like to do some more testing. I will send you a friend request, PM me if you get a chance....gl ..
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Cheaper to buy skis in france (3v) or at home (UK)?
I guess it depends on a couple of factors:
1. The exchange rate.
2. The time of season. I've seen plenty of resort shops have mid or late season sales to clear stock - I once saved myself around Eur200 on a brand new pair in Ischgl in early Feb.
3. What's available and whether you have a particular ski in mind.
4. The language barrier! When buying skis you need to be clear (and honest) about ability, style, height and weight etc and the type of skiing you want to do (also affects binding settings) - the sort of thing that can get lost in translation!
My advice would be to do your research before you go, pick your ski (or a range) and see if the resort shops have them. Even then, you won't really know untill you try, so maybe get a pair on hire before comitting to a purchase.
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Caveat emptor…I know the skis I need, know the mean UK/web price and will take it from there.
I am not really sure about buying skis in the UK - how do you test them before buying? At least in the resort they usually let you have a free day's hire to test the ski before handing over your cash. They also usually throw in a free service. The end of the season is a good time to buy skis as they often have end of season sales with massive discounts.
The resorts usually have a smaller range than is available in the UK or, importantly, in the valley outlets. (For an eye watering range have a look in Espace Mountain in Grenoble) and sometimes not in the size you want. Have a look around. There is no harm in browsing.
Having said that I bought my Salomon 3Vs in the UK at a massive discount. They are great skis
The risk buying abroad is if a fault develops, how do you take them back if a fault develops after you have left resort?, if you visit same resort each year perhaps less of a problem.
John makes a very valid point, the only real way to test skis is on the mountain and skiing your normal terrain and technique, it is possible to try before you buy in some of the snowdomes, but you certainly wont be able to test them on your normal terrain conditions, unless perhaps you are a begginer.
Of course the other option would be to rent the ski you are considering whilst on holiday and then purchase in the UK in the end of season reductions, at least then it would be easier to return to the retailer if problems arose.


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The south metro area's parks and golf courses have become popular spots for Canada geese, frustrating many walkers, golfers and dog owners.
"Redstone Park is disgusting right now," Highlands Ranch resident Carrie Comeford wrote on the …
The south metro area's parks and golf courses have become popular spots for Canada geese, frustrating many walkers, golfers and dog owners.
"Redstone Park is disgusting right now," Highlands Ranch resident Carrie Comeford wrote on the Facebook page Word of Mouth Highlands Ranch. "There are so many droppings around the playground there... unsavory."
Other than the geese themselves, the most visible sign of the birds is their waste blanketing the ground of parks, golf courses and sometimes, sidewalks. However, the geese, which are a protected species by both federal and state law, can also damage golf course greens by pecking through the surface to get to sand, which aids their digestion.
So why do the geese like it here so much?
"There are two things that attract them," said Dave Brueggeman, parks manager for South Suburban Parks and Recreation District. "Bodies of water and open grass to graze on."
South Suburban manages more than 2,000 acres of open space across the south metro area — primarily in the Littleton, Lone Tree and west Centennial areas — with 74 parks and four golf courses.
South Suburban controls geese by "hazing" them when they become a nuisance — using air horns or The Goosinator, a remote-controlled "predator," to scare them away. But hazing must be done constantly in order to keep the geese at bay.
"Resource-wise, it's taxing," Brueggeman said.
The Highlands Ranch Metro District uses a variety of tactics to attempt to scare geese away from Redstone Park, its largest complex, including coyote cutouts, balloons, streamers and remote-controlled devices, according parks and parkways manager Dirk Ambrose.
"Nothing seems to reliably work for very long, nor can we afford to have staff constantly move them along," he said in an email.
Jamie Noebel, community relations manager of the Highlands Ranch Community Association, said residents have complained about bird droppings in parks and on sidewalks.
Ambrose said that goose complaints typically rise when the spring sports season comes around.
"Although it sure seems that the goose activity is on the rise this year, we have no hard data to confirm that," he said.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said it is hard to tell if the goose population has risen in recent years, but, anecdotally, there does seem to be more lately. The fact that the metro area's largest bodies of waters don't freeze over during the winter is an attraction for the geese.
"We have open water all winter long so we have a heck of a lot of geese," she said.
Tim Davis, superintendent at Englewood's Broken Tee golf complex, said in an email that the problem seems bigger this year.
"It seems like every other golf course superintendent I talk to is dealing with a bigger mess than usual," he said.
Davis said that Broken Tee currently uses pyrotechnic devices to scare the geese away, but that doesn't prevent them from landing on the course in the first place. Flashing strobe lights help deter them from nesting on the course's ponds.
Brueggeman said another thing that South Suburban can do is to control nests, with permitting from Parks and Wildlife. This is done by coating the eggs with corn oil, preventing them from hatching. The district is legally permitted to oil 200 eggs per year.
An alternative method to controlling geese that has emerged is to scare them away with trained dogs. Tim Eubank, owner Littleton's of Up & Away Goose Control, said that border collies are particularly effective because their behavior mimics that of the Arctic fox, a natural predator.
Eubank said he currently contracts with 12 apartment complexes, including one where an elderly woman was knocked down by an attacking goose, three golf courses, four churches and a business park.
He has also developed and marketed The Predator, a remote-controlled device similar to The Goosinator.
Davis said that Broken Tee is working on a program to allow owners of herding breed dogs to train them on the course. He said dogs are typically the most effective form of goose hazing. He is also considering purchasing a remote-controlled device, which he says he has used effectively at another course he worked at.
Churchill said trained dogs have proven successful and are allowed as long as they don't harm the geese.
Eubank's dogs are trained not to touch the geese, but the geese don't know that.
"We're just politely asking the geese to go hang out somewhere else," Eubank said.


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While testing Noah's filename quoting patch on my local development machine, I noticed some strange behaviour around tab completion with \i; it doesn't appear to be present in 9.1, but it is present on 9.2 HEAD and appears to be present with and without readline. It manifests as the client preferring statement completion over filename completion until the first time \i is forced to check something on disk, after which it begins to work as expected. Here's a reliable reproduction on my OS X laptop. -> % bin/psql psql (9.2devel, server 9.0.4) WARNING: psql version 9.2, server version 9.0. Some psql features might not work. Type "help" for help. pvh=# \i <TAB><TAB> ABORT ALTER ANALYZE BEGIN CHECKPOINT CLOSE CLUSTER COMMENT COMMIT COPY CREATE DEALLOCATE DECLARE DELETE FROM DISCARD DO DROP END EXECUTE EXPLAIN FETCH GRANT INSERT LISTEN LOAD LOCK MOVE NOTIFY PREPARE REASSIGN REINDEX RELEASE RESET REVOKE ROLLBACK SAVEPOINT SECURITY LABEL SELECT SET SHOW START TABLE TRUNCATE UNLISTEN UPDATE VACUUM VALUES WITH pvh=# \i asdf asdf: No such file or directory pvh=# \i ./<TAB><TAB> ./bin ./include ./lib ./oh hai ./share pvh=# \i I don't see this regression with the 9.1 client I have here, so I suspect it has something to do with whatever patch introduced the relative paths by default. -p -- Peter van Hardenberg San Francisco, California "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt." -- Kurt Vonnegut
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More Theories
Learn about other theories of religion:
"Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence, embracing philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology." Paul Thagard in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available online: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cognitive-science/
Recent cognitive theories have not yet been integrated into the social science of religion, and that social scientists have many opportunities to expand the scope of cognitive science. (Bainbridge 2006)
There are actually several distinguishable cognitive theories of religious phenomena, they are:
1. Attribution of Intentionality: Perhaps the most widely influential theory currently in the cognitive science approach to religion holds that faith in supernatural beings is a cognitive error that naturally springs from the way the human brain evolved. (Boyer 2001, Barrett 2004, Abbott 2003)
2. Cognitive Consistency: Theories in this sub-category argue that humans have a natural need to form consistent mental models of the world, and thus they will exert effort to resolve any contradiction between two beliefs, or between a belief and a behavior. (Festinger et al. 1956, Festinger 1957)
3. Cognitive Efficiency: This kind of theory postulates that the human mind naturally seeks simple models of reality, and that humans will tend to avoid extreme cognitive effort. This perspective is similar to, but distinguishable from, cognitive consistency theories. (Miller 1956, Newell 1990, Boyer 2001, Allport 1954, Bainbridge 1995)
4. Modes of Memory: Harvey Whitehouse has argued that different styles of religion are based in different parts of the brain, specifically in different memory structures. (Whitehouse 2004)
5. Pragmatic Epistemology: Whereas some theories consider religion to be the result of cognitive errors, this theory argues that religion serves the interests of the individual and thus is true for that very reason. (James 1948)
|Abbott, H. Porter. 2003. "Unnarratable Knowledge: The Difficulty of Understanding Evolution by Natural Selection." Pp 143-162 in Narrative Theory and the Cognitive Sciences, edited by David Hermann. Stanford, California: Center for the Study of Langua
|Allport, Gordon. 1954. The Nature of Prejudice. Boston: Beacon Press, p. 173.
|Bainbridge, William Sims. 1995. "Minimum Intelligent Neural Device: A Tool for Social Simulation." Mathematical Sociology, 20: 179-192.
|Bainbridge, William Sims. 2006. "Social Cognition of Religion." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (5):463-464.
|Barrett, Justin L. 2004. Why Would Anyone Believe in God? Walnut Creek, California: Altamira.
|Boyer, Pascal. 2001. Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought. New York: Basic Books.
|Festinger, Leon, Henry W. Riecken and Stanley Schachter. 1956. When Prophecy Fails. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
|Festinger, Leon. 1957. A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson.
|Iannaccone, Laurence. 1994. "Why Strict Churches are Strong." The American Journal of Sociology. 99(5): 1180-1211.
|James, William. 1948. Essays in Pragmatism. New York: Hafner.
|Miller, George A. 1956. "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information." The Psychological Review 63: 81-97.
|Newell, Allen. 1990. Unified Theories of Cognition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
|Belief System
A more-or-less coherent system of statements about the world, that often achieve some degree of consensus in a formal religious organization or diffuse religious subculture.
|Life Satisfaction
"Life satisfaction is a cognitive assessment of an underlying state thought to be relatively consistent and influenced by social factors" (Ellison et al. 1989).
|Mental Health
"The psychologically healthy person is one who maintains close contact with reality" (Taylor and Brown 1988:193).
"The perception of reality is called mentally healthy when what the individual sees corresponds to what is actually there" (Jahoda 1958:6).
|Religious Belief
On its most basic level religious belief refers to views toward the supernatural. Usually paired in research with measures of religious tradition and religious behavior, measuring religious belief allows researchers to gain insight into what respondents are thinking concerning the supernatural. One of the most common religious belief measures is whether or not respondents believe in God. A new strain of research is focusing not just on if individuals believe in God, but specifically what they believe God to be like. The images of God variables are used to create various scales that have proven to be highly predictive of attitudes and behavior. Probably the most common religious belief measure used in religious research is biblical literalism. This variable grouped with religious tradition and religious behavior is a common set of religious controls for any statistical model. Beyond these religious beliefs lie a less-used list of other beliefs. Belief in Hell, Jesus, salvation, Satan, angels, demons, heaven, or the "end times" provide a rich palate of possible research opportunities dealing with religious belief.


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I heard my friend say that line the other day, "Love doesn't buy the groceries." She was saying how she used to not be concerned about money in college. She was just going to live on love, but then she realized how important money was to run her household.
Then I received Tsh Oxenreider's (from Simple Mom) new book Organized Simplicity in the mail. (It's great, I'll tell you about it soon.) There's a part in the book where Tsh talks about coming out of college with a chain of student loans, having a strong work ethic but few money management skills. She had never put much thought into saving money until she realized she wanted to make a change.
She wrote, "Because I wanted to work in the nonprofit industry, serving the underprivileged and making a difference worldwide, I even bought into the notion that saving money was something you did only if you loved money. I never had dreams of luxury living, so I wrote off saving money as though I just wasn't cut out for it. I continued to live in the moment."
Do you feel that way too?
I think that's a temptation for a lot of people not to think about money management because you don't want your life to be about the money.
But here's the kicker:
When you don't give thoughts to money management, then your life becomes all about the money.
Every decision, every situation, depends on where the money will come from, and the things that are part of regular, everyday life become stressful when they don't have to be.
Making smart decisions by thinking about money for a short time saves you from thinking about money all the time with worry or none of the time through denial.
If you want the freedom of living life without financial barriers, then you have to invest the time and attention to managing your money. Then your money becomes a tool to bless others, instead of being a burden.


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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Vancouver, Wash.-based health care system that operates in Washington, Oregon and Alaska says it will cut about 500 jobs, most of them in southwest Washington.
PeaceHealth said Tuesday the jobs will be cut through a combination of layoffs, leaving positions unfilled and reducing employee hours. Executives said the cuts will target administrative and support positions.
The Columbian reports that about 340 of the lost jobs will be in the system's Columbia Network of southwest Washington — with about 175 of those coming as layoffs.
PeaceHealth officials say the cuts are needed because of factors including cutbacks in reimbursement related to federal and state health care reforms and the upcoming loss of a Kaiser Permanente contract. That loss will mean sharply reduced patient numbers.
The Washington State Nurses Association voiced concern, saying in a statement that cuts to hospital staff at medical centers in Vancouver and Longview "will certainly have an impact on operations and day-to-day care."
PeaceHealth employs about 16,000 people in the three states.


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Doctoral Project Abstract
Accessing Strategic Foresight: The Future of the Workforce
Corinne A. Macon
The purpose of this work is to create tension within the heart of those called to the five-fold ministry, especially pastors in regard to their purpose and effectiveness in ministry. There are specific practices of pastors and leaders that undermine the work of the church and the message of the Gospel. This is hurting the body of Christ and negatively impacting ministry efforts and the development of Christians. Identifying these practices and being honest with oneself is the first step to correcting the problem. In addition, clarifying values and motives to ensure they align with biblical standards can help leaders design and re-design all aspects of ministry to bring Glory to God.
Challenging the status quo in the lives of pastors through reflective questions and interactive activities from this work facilitate an opportunity for introspective inquiry about the influence they have over people they work with and serve. The desired action is to bring about transformation to enhance pastoral leadership practices to fully align with proven methods of successful biblically based leadership.The areas of Purpose, Character & Ethics, Stewarding People Leaders & Money, and Strategic Practices are explored and practical research based guidelines are given for pastors to reshape their approach to ministry.
The issues discussed in this work are real issues and problems that are evident within the church based on my experiences and information gathered from people and other church leaders. Red Flags in ministry are identified and several self-assessments and tools given to help leaders take practical steps toward change. The method of strategy as a learning process is taught and explored as a way to incorporate evaluation into goal setting and acquisition. Guidelines for successful pastoral leadership are given to be integrated into the regular functioning of the church. It will help pastors stay on track by supporting and nurturing the people of the church based on the fundamentals of Ephesians 4:7-16. The ultimate outcome is to help pastors formulate ministry that truly builds people who help build God's Kingdom here on earth without sabotaging the message of Jesus Christ through inadequate leadership.


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The Speed Learning Approach
Learning a new language the traditional way we know from school can be a very tedious, non-effective and time-consuming process – this is why the U.S. Government developed a special language course to train their diplomats, FBI and CIA in the shortest time possible to full competency in a new language.
Now you can take advantage of these special courses in a fully revised and more user friendly version as well! Start using the Speed Learning Mandarin course today and learn Mandarin fast and effectively the same way that the U.S. Government has been teaching their diplomats, FBI and CIA for years. This language course with its unique training techniques has been proven and tested by thousands of top agencies of the U.S. Government over many years.
Not only will you learn a new language faster but also much more effectively than you ever thought possible. This award-winning language course is considered among experts to be the best and most complete language course ever developed. Try it out today and see for yourself!
What's making this course special:
- You start speaking Mandarin from the very beginning so you will be accustomed to actually speaking Mandarin instead of just reading it from paper and speaking inside your head.
- It is highly audio-focused, so you will know how to correctly pronounce words and be able to understand native speakers – because being able to communicate is what a language is all about.
- There is no need to learn hundreds of vocabulary like you were used to in school…you will automatically absorb the vocabularies within the context and they will stay in your memory thanks to a systematic repetition throughout the whole course.
- Thanks to special designed drills you will be able to build and speak sentences in Mandarin without needing to pause and think before saying a sentence – words will naturally flow out of your mouth…just like in your native language.
- It is well structured – so instead of getting lost in Mandarin or not knowing what to learn first you will be taken by your hand and guided through the whole course.
Course Structure
This course consists of the Foundation course and 4 Levels. The Foundation course teaches you the Pronunciation, Romanization, Numbers, Time and Dates. The 4 Levels are based on the Foundation course and teach you about different situations (e.g. telling where you come from, making a purchase, asking for directions, etc.) Each Level contains several hours of audio with an accompanying textbook and workbook.
The course consists of 6 unique audio-based steps that are the fastest and most effective way to learn Mandarin:
- Comprehension Audio: Introduces all the new words and structures in the textbook and lets you hear them in the context of short conversational exchanges. It then works them into other short conversations and longer passages for listening practice, and finally reviews them in sentences. Your goal when using this audio is to understand all the Target List sentences for the unit.
- Production Audio: Gives you practice in pronouncing the new words and in saying the sentences you learned to understand in the "Comprehension Audio". Your goal when using the "Production Audio" is to be able to produce any of the sentences in Mandarin when given the English equivalent.
- Drill Audio: In this Audio you go through various types of drills based on sentences in your textbook and on additional required vocabulary. The drills help you develop fluency, ease of response, and confidence. There are 5 different drills:
- Substitution Drills: The teacher (T) in the audio gives a pattern sentence which you, the student (S), repeat. Then the teacher gives a word or phrase which you substitute appropriately in the original sentence. Here is an English example with the Teacher (Audio) and what the Student (You) needs to answer:
- Transformation Drills: On the basis of a model provided at the beginning of the drill, you need to make a certain change in each sentence the teacher says. Here is an English example, in which the student is changing affirmative sentences into negative ones:
- Response Drills: On the basis of a model given at the beginning of the drill, the student responds to questions or remarks by the teacher as cued by the teacher. Here is an English example of the drill:
- Expansion Drills: The student adds something to a pattern sentence as cued by the teacher. Here is an English example of the drill:
- Combination Drills: On the basis of a model given at the beginning of the drill, the student combines two phrases or sentences given by the teacher into a single utterance. Here is an English example of the drill::
T: Are you an American?
S: Are you an American?
T: English
S: Are you English?
T: French
S: Are you French?
T: I'm going to the bank.
S: I'm not going to the bank.
T: I'm going to the store.
S: I'm not going to the store.
T: What is his name? (cue) Harris
S: His name is Harris.
T: What is her name? (cue) Noss
S: Her name is Noss.
T: He isn't Chinese. (cue) Japanese
S: He isn't Chinese. He's Japanese.
T: He isn't German. (cue) French
S: He isn't German. He's French.
T: I am reading a book. John gave me the book.
S: I am reading a book which John gave me.
T: Mary bought a picture. I like the picture.
S: Mary bought a picture which I like.
- Comprehension Audio 2
This audio provides provides advanced listening practice with exercises containing long, varied passages which fully exploit the possibilities of the material covered. In the accompanying workbook you will answer questions about the passages.
- Production Audio 2
This audio resembles the Structural Buildup in that you practice using the new structures of the unit in various situations. The accompanying workbook provides instructions and displays of information for each exercise.
- Review Audio
This audio covers everything you have learned in the previous 5 steps and helps you to quickly review the material in a compact form. This can also be used once in a while to refresh the learned material in order not to forget something.
The Course
The Speed Learning Mandarin course consists of Mandarin Foundations and Mandarin Level 1– 4.
- Mandarin Foundations teaches you the proper pronunciation of Mandarin and the basics like numbers, dates and time.
- Mandarin Level 1+2 builds upon Mandarin Foundations. It is for novices who don't have any knowledge of Mandarin and for lower intermediates who want to refresh their Mandarin knowledge.
- Mandarin Level 3+4 is for advanced learners and build upon Mandarin Level 1+2.
Speed Learning Mandarin Foundations
Learning how to pronounce Mandarin words can be hard at the beginning, but with the Foundations course that comes with 6 hours of audio you will learn it with ease. Additionally the Foundation course will also teach you how to read and write in Pinyin, numbers, dates and time. This course comes for free with Level 1+2 and is essential if you are new to Mandarin.
The Foundation course will teach you:
- Pronunciation and Romanization ( How to read/write in Pinyin, Tones, Consonants, Vowels, etc)
- Numbers (1 – 99,999)
- Dates (Years, Months and Days of the Week)
- Time (Clock Time and Parts of the Day)
Speed Learning Mandarin Level 1+2
This package includes Level 1+2 which are for novices who don't have any knowledge of Mandarin or for lower intermediates who want to refresh their Mandarin knowledge. If you are totally new to Mandarin you first need to study the Speed Learning Mandarin Foundations course that comes as a free bonus with Level 1+2. Speed Learning Mandarin Level 1+2 contains 20 hours of audio and 2 accompanying eBooks (410 pages).
Level 1 and the associated Foundation course that you will receive for free provide the linguistic tools needed to begin the study of Mandarin. The materials also introduce the teaching procedures used in this course. Level 1 does not have a situational topic of its own, but rather leads into the situational topic of the following Level 2.
Level 2 provides you with linguistic and cultural skills needed for a conversation typical of a first-meeting situation in China. These skills include those needed at the beginning of a conversation (greetings, introductions, forms of address, etc.) in the middle of a conversation (understanding and answering questions about yourself and your family), and at the end of a conversation.
Speed Learning Mandarin Level 3+4
This package includes Level 3+4 which are for advanced learners who have completed the first 2 levels. Speed Learning Mandarin Level 3+4 contains 20 hours of audio and 2 accompanying eBooks (480 pages).
Level 3 will provide you with the skills needed to exchange money, make simple purchases, discuss your purchases, etc.
Level 4 will provide you with the skills needed to ask for and understand directions to any place indoors or outdoors, to give directions, to understand and give addresses, and to describe relative locations.


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In this week's slate of Rolling Stone reviews, Simon Vozick-Levinson praises Parallax, Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's latest album under the name Atlas Sound. The record pushes Cox further in the direction of unabashed pop, with him singing confidently about modern love with a "molten-candy croon that could almost belong to a Fifties teen idol." Also, Will Hermes digs Jack White's bluesy interpretation of U2's classic "Love Is Blindness" and Jody Rosen is disappointed by "Like Smoke," a posthumous single by Amy Winehouse that sounds like a transparent cash-grab.
Atlas Sound - Parallax (stream one song)
Pusha T - Fear of God II: Let Us Pray (stream full album)
Rush - Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (stream one song)
Disco Inferno - The 5 EPs (stream one song)
Wale - Ambition (stream one song)
We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit of the Stomach (stream one song)
John Prine - The Singing Mailman Delivers (stream one song)
Amy Winehouse featuring Nas "Like Smoke" (stream)
Jack White "Love Is Blindness" (stream)
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Cougar Corner | WSU O-Line Has a Solid Foundation with Kenny AlfredAugust 8, 2009
Pac-10 Football Media Day was all about conference schools putting their best foot forward.
Each school was represented by their head football coach and one player to represent their team.
After careful thought and consideration, Washington State Cougar Coach Paul Wulff opted to bring senior center and All-Pac-10 candidate Kenny Alfred.
Selecting a player to represent the team, the school, and the direction of a football program isn't as simple as it sounds.
Since arriving in Pullman a little over a year ago, Coach Wulff has made an number of excellent decisions.
Choosing Alfred to meet with the media ranks as yet another outstanding move by the head man who is turning WSU football into a competitive program.
Alfred is the epitome of the type of player Coach Wulff wants on his football team.
Minutes into our chat after lunch at Pac-10 Football Media Day, it was crystal clear why Kenny Alfred is an outstanding football player.
Alfred is an outstanding, well-rounded person.
Right off the bat, Alfred's eyes lit up with an opportunity to talk Cougar football. Despite hours of interviews preceding my chance to meet with Kenny, he was still excited and bursting with enthusiasm to share his anticipation for a great season of Cougar football.
One of the reasons Alfred has a "fire burning" to get back on the practice field with his team stems from having to sit out spring practice while recovering from off-season surgery.
What was it like for Alfred to stand on the sidelines while his team worked out this spring?
"It gave me a real, new perspective. A lot of things after the surgery gave me a new fresh perspective honestly, and it improved me personally I think. I've never gone through that before. The longest I've sat out before was a week my freshman year with a broken hand...On one hand it really helped me visualize the game a different way...It was excruciating going to bed every night and wanting to wake up the next day and throw on the pads. There's a certain perspective I'd already developed for the game and it (watching from the sidelines) just made it more layered."
Alfred was surprised at how much he took for granted about playing offensive line because he was simply used to going out on the field and getting the job done.
Subtle things about hand placement, how you position your hips and a myriad of intuitive moves were missing in the play of some of his younger, less experienced teammates. Sharing those insights with his team was welcomed and well received.
"I've got a huge amount of respect for my coaches but at the same time I've gained even more respect for them. Because it's really difficult to try and teach someone one day and that they'll do correctly. Then the next day, they might not do it that well."
Curious about what it was like to watch someone else play his position, Alfred talked about the fine spring Andrew Roxas had filling in at center.
"I think it's great (Roxas filling in at center). He's got a lot of fire in him, a lot of enthusiasm. He just wants the team to do better. I hesitate to say this, but I know where I stand. I'd be happy to step in and play guard... tackle..."
Having discussed with Coach Harold Etheridge the possibility of Alfred playing another position on the line this fall, I shared his offensive line mentor's response.
Coach Etheridge rejected that idea the instant it was brought up. Repeating that exchange with Alfred, he just smiled with pride and laughed along with me. His offensive line coach isn't about to start any experiments with Alfred.
"That's awesome. I just can't wait to get down in the stance, feeling as good as I do right now, put a hand on the ball and get it going."
The Cougs open this season with a conference game against Stanford. The Cardinal soundly thumped WSU last year 58-0 in Palo Alto, Calif. So what is going to make a difference this when the Cougs host Stanford in Pullman? What will Alfred and his team do better this year?
"Everything. That's the easy, cheesy answer but at the same time we feel like we have to respond in all of our games. All of our situations. When things don't go as well as we'd like, we need to be ready to respond to adversity immediately. Last year when we got dinged once we might waver a little bit. When we got dinged again, then things would go downhill. We absolutely have be able to handle momentum. To handle the problems. To handle the situations as a team and that will help us in all of our games."
WSU has talent on potential up front on the offensive line. What they lack is a wealth of experience. Alfred is not only aware of that fact, it's familiar territory for him.
"I'm in a position where I can express to players that I went through that same process. Being a young guy and going into that first season. Being thrown into the fire and knowing that it's not about being 18 or 19 years old compared to being 23, 24 years old. It's about a mental acuity. It's about maturity. It's about stepping up and saying 'It doesn't matter how old I am. I'm going to all out'. That's something I want to see. That's something I think we will see."
When it comes to playing on the offensive line, Alfred knows what he's talking about.
Having earned his spot as a starter at the age of 18, he credits always playing with his older brother and older players to put aside any hesitation that might be brought on by being a young guy.
Playing football at the speed of Pac-10 competition and learning the complexities of a Division I offense doesn't come easy.
After a day of classes, watching game films and practice, Alfred recalls studying the playbook for at least an hour every night to etch every formation and play into his memory bank.
"(There's) a necessity of dedication to really focus and get it done so that when Saturday rolls around you're not going to make mistakes. It hurts much worse to let down your teammates or let down yourself or let down your coaching staff when they are expecting you to step up and do your job than it does to have a broken finger or something, you know? To do the play correctly and let's say I hyper-extend my elbow, I can deal with that stuff. I can play with dislocated fingers. It doesn't matter. I can't play with the guilt of knowing I let down my team's play. That isn't an option. That's something preventable. That drives me completely."
When it comes to studying, Alfred isn't all about watching game films and memorizing the play book. He excels in the classroom. Last season was the third consecutive year Kenny was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team.
Add to that the fact that he earned a bachelor's degree in English and graduated in May. He will continue his education this fall by taking a full load of sociology and English classes to complement his passion for playing football.
Kenny Alfred is truly a student/athlete.
Looking toward the future, where does Alfred see himself?
"I want to enrich myself as a person no matter what I'm doing. I think that's the bottom line. I want to learn and I want to grow no matter where I'm at or what I'm doing."
Cougar football is on track and moving forward under the leadership of Coach Wulff. Kenny Alfred is testimony to that fact.
Originally published on Examiner.com