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Are you following the NFL draft?
Asked at Jefferson's Restaurant, 743 Mass. on April 28, 2006
"I sure am. I play fantasy football and it has a lot to do with who I'm going to pick. I want to see who every team gets. That and I'm a huge football fan."
" I just don't care that much, but I hope the Chiefs get some good players."
"Yes, because as ESPN says, the draft is very important. It decides the future of the teams you follow."
"I haven't been, but I should. I want to play fantasy football this year so I can meet cute guys."
enochville 11 years, 10 months ago
No. I am more of a college sports fan.
southerngirl 11 years, 10 months ago
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
I thought they did away with the draft. Don't the players want to play. I don't think they should just make anyone play. We have enough people in this country that they should just let people sign up to play who want to. Maybe pay them a little bit of money like the army does. Start recruitment in high school with some great TV commercials and such.
paladin 11 years, 10 months ago
No, I'm still trying to follow the bouncing ball.
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
After the draft, I will look to see two things: 1)Who the Lions took (the next great potential star the Lions will ruin...), and 2)Which Michigan players, if any, got drafted.
But following the draft? No way.
enochville 11 years, 10 months ago
Hey, I just heard that the KU Athletics department just hired their first sports psychologist. I am so happy. I have been calling for that for years.
Our basketball team lacks consistency and sometimes chokes. That has nothing to do with their skills, athleticism, or approach to the game. It is all mental, so I am glad that they now have a psychologist to help with that.
Thorny_Ramathorn 11 years, 10 months ago
I was at Jefferson's last night and am pretty sure that everyone there had a face. Why don't we see them in this OTS? Maybe I wasn't at Jefferson's late enough...
I say I won't watch it, but I will end up getting sucked into Mel Kiper's hair. Man that stuff is beautiful. Check it out --> http://images.usatoday.com/sports/football/_photos/2004-10-27-kiper-mug.jpg
Thorny_Ramathorn 11 years, 10 months ago
Now the pics show up....CURSES!
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
OMB, that makes me laugh -- my local high school's top sports rival is a city called Dexter.
R_I, you remind me of my favorite sports headline. Actual headline from a newspaper's sports section: "Tight end returns after colon surgery."
Ceallach 11 years, 10 months ago
Only if I have time for recreation, then I like to use the draft for wind surfing.
sgt, I see you are your own bad self this morning :)
Ceallach 11 years, 10 months ago
Michael Legler doesn't look old enough to drink, let alone serve. Although, I find more and more people are looking too young for whatever their profession happens to be -- maybe it's because my eyes are getting old :-\
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
Cea, I gotta be me. I'm no good at being anyone else's bad self!
TOB, you mean you don't scour the daily updates to everyone's mock drafts and in-depth analysis of 40 times and Wonderlic scores? I mean, isn't that so fascinating and relevant to your life as a sports fan?
Okay, so I wouldn't be able to say that with a straight face.
BunE 11 years, 10 months ago
I am more interested in the Military Draft! I am hoping to get into the tank corps!
My fingers are crossed.
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
OMB -- typographer humor. I love it.
JPT: see also: Tom Brady. Sixth-rounder, wasn't he? And yet he's helped his team to multiple super bowls.
It helps that he's out of Michigan. I got to watch him in college.
H_Lecter 11 years, 10 months ago
s.s. too funny
bearded_gnome 11 years, 10 months ago
posted a much more interesting question under yesterday's.
following the draft, with what...Lisol? dumbth dumbth dumbth. zzz
Linda Aikins 11 years, 10 months ago
Nope. Now if they accepted their bnew team's ball caps in speedos instead of suits, maybe.
There is a Dexter Kansas too. Or there was.
Linda Aikins 11 years, 10 months ago
Oops - bnew. I'm doing a Fat Albert thing, I guess.
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
Gootsie, once I had an allergic reaction and looked just like that guy from Fat Albert. My sis had soooo much fun with that until the steroids kicked in.
Das, the hubby said "Amen to that!" after reading your post.:o)
beatrice 11 years, 10 months ago
Wait, I'm sorry. Did somebody mention the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers! WOOO HOOOO! GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!! (but no, I'm not following the draft)
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
Well, I am not too much of a football fan, but this morning (while ironing shirts) I watched Matt Lauer (or one of his ilk) interview a few of those hulking beauties, I think I will become interested in the draft. My good man and I used to go to the football games here in Edmonton. We sat right behind the visitors bench and boy oh boy, talk about tight ends. There was one tight end from Vancouver that I could not tear my eyes from,. tee hee My bad
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
Ms_C, You must have eaten a hearty breakfast! You are quite onery this morning. You naughty, naughty woman, you! (But I agree whole heartedly! All those tight ends are one of the best reasons to watch football.)
Bea, The Steelers? I've lost all respect for you. (Unless, of course, you're watching for the same reason Ms_C tunes in.) ;)
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
S S - oh I did indeed. A french toast sandwich, two slices raisin bread with soy mozzarella between, soak in egg, soy milk and vanilla and fry till cheese melts and bread is golden. Cover in E.D. Smith sugar free syrup. Enjoy with a glass of vanilla soy milk. Yummy and filling. ( I am lactose intolerent)
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
It just occurred to me: during NFL games, the two products most frequently advertised seem to be trucks and beer. Is it really wise to advertise those two products together?
Me, I prefer college football.
Ceallach 11 years, 10 months ago
ms_c, are Canadian football team uniforms as interesting as the Australian Football teams? Now there's a sport one could enjoy watching :)
Grundoon Luna 11 years, 10 months ago
When my hubby was in school he was a power lifter and played footbal. He's got a NICE tight end. sigh
No, the draft does not interest me
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
ceallach - Australian football, I believe, is the same as English football. It is what we call soccer and the uniforms are like our soccer players. Canadian football, CFL, uniforms are just like your NFL. The affectionate British term for the game is "footie". Of the two, soccer and North. Am football, I prefer to watch soccer/footie. but, alas, the tight ends aren't so tight.
paladin 11 years, 10 months ago
Nastassia, shame on you! Get thee to a convent. Or at least to church to meet some nice, decent young men. And think about changing your name, for heaven's sake.
bankboy119 11 years, 10 months ago
JPT, the players make nothing compared to the owners. If you really look at the financials it's pathetic.
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
paladin - what is wrong with you, Nastassia is a beautiful name. She should definitely not change it. Surname, yes, someday when she meets a nice guy. Good hunting Nastssia.
Tony Kisner 11 years, 10 months ago
OK, what is with the new invasion of Doormen? I thought the hottest career in Larryville was working as a Barista?
Where do all of these Doormen work? New high rises on South Park West?
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
Poor Nastassia if she thinks the guys playing fantasy football are all cute, single, and young. She'll learn. But I love the name Nastassia. She should go out and find a nice guy named Boris.
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
Hey Nastassia - I know a very nice hockey player named Vladislav. Hockey players are pretty hunky also. My Robbie is 6'3'' and 218lb. and rather good looking, if I do say so. But Boris is nice too.
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
Well, Sue, some of the guys playing fantasy football may be cute, single and young (hey, wait, I played fantasy football last year ... does that make me cute, single and young?). What Nastassia may not realize is that by and large, they will also be football fans. If she's not really a football fan, then I hope she's prepared to meet a few.
Ceallach 11 years, 10 months ago
You silly squirrel!!
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
sgt, of course I was excluding you. As a woman of the OTS, naturally I assume you to be young, gorgeous, and single. Oh, and rich! :)
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
Well, Sue, I can tell you quite certainly that I am definitely, without one little doubt, young and single. Apparently the women in my area have been blinded by my looks and thus are unaware that I am single. Either that or I live in an area of exceptionally gorgeous people, and I am simply overshadowed. Maybe I should move.
As far as rich ... well, I can't even fake that one! All my money is in my camera equipment. (And my car payment.)
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
sgt, maybe you should show those girls your equipment. Some girls like a big zoom. (lens that is, ya'll get your minds out of the gutter!) I find camera equipment very impressive.
BrianR 11 years, 10 months ago
I'm more interested in an NBA draft, Newcastle Brown Ale.
Ceallach 11 years, 10 months ago
sgt, move back to Lawrence. ms_canada and I will arrange a cofffee house meeting and get some of you young people together, eh, ms_canada? Are you ready for another visit?
sgtwolverine 11 years, 10 months ago
Well, if I ever make it down to Lawrence, I'll be sure to let you all know. Right now, it looks like the most traveling I'll be doing is just to Columbus (Ohio) to visit a friend. Chances are good that I, a Michigan fan, will make it out of Buckeye territory without injury. (It's not football season.)
RonBurgandy 11 years, 10 months ago
I see who the chiefs take, and then stop watching.
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
I definitely am and a coffee house meeting would certainly be alright with me, if it was as much fun as last time. But 3 hours was a bit long. As the saying goes, "time flies when you are having fun." Sgt. - ceallach and I will line up the girls and you can line up the guys. Is it a date, sgt.?
Jay Bird 11 years, 10 months ago
Screw Baseball. The Royal's suck. If you have to give away your tickets on pizza boxes and still can't fill your seat, then enough said. I don't really watch the draft that much because it makes me jones for the season to start and I don't want to rush through summer. Winter lasts long enough.
Ion_Joe_Snaps 11 years, 10 months ago
The Royals are just a farm team for the more lucrative programs. A lot of our players end up having good years/careers at other ball teams who surely enjoyed having their players training paid for by someone else.
As far as the draft goes, I'd rather watch ticks race.
Nastassia 11 years, 10 months ago
okay, so i was checking myself out...when i stumbled upon a bunch of strangers talking smack on me. obviously, i am not shallow enough to seriously answer that question like that. have any of you ever been asked a 'on the street' question? ofcourse you answer something crazy. this is very strange, you weirdos are talking about me. and who's this boris fellow?
paladin 11 years, 10 months ago
Nasty, you seem like a good kid. If you're smart, too, you will find more constructive pursuits than posting on this board. Cause it will rob you of your innocence and corrupt your soul and leave you embittered and forlorn.
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
Nastassia - you must be new to this ots board. This happens all the time. Somebody makes a comment about one of the people pictured above. Usually they are harmless and a bit of fun. Someone picked up on your name being somewhat Russian and thought you would be a good gal for boris. who is just a figment of someone's imagination. Just a bit of fun. We are not weirdos, just nutty peop;e having fun a bit of fun on this board. And I must say, you are welcome to join us in our jolities. You can use your own name or choose a nom de plume like the rest of us. Join the fun, why don't you. we need some new blood.
paladin 11 years, 10 months ago
What do you have to say, Boris?
paladin 11 years, 10 months ago
Nasty, may I call you Nasty? If you're intent on posting comments hereon, you should probably dig out that liitle orange book you had to buy for Freshman Comp and couldn't sell back. And focus on the parts dealing with capitalization and punctuation. It will enhance the reader's comprehension and enable you to express your innermost thoughts and feelings more clearly.
ms_canada 11 years, 10 months ago
It was Boris and Natasha not Nastasha, although the correct spelling would be Natassia. Nastassia - I hope that you are not taking offense at these comments as no offense is intended. And PALADIN we don't bother too much with correct english grammer or punctuation. :o)
paladin 11 years, 10 months ago
Or spelling.
beatrice 11 years, 10 months ago
sun_sue: "Bea, The Steelers? I've lost all respect for you." Gosh, I never knew anyone around here had any respect for me in the first place. I'm touched! - even if it wasn't long lasting. : )
Have a great weekend!
sunflower_sue 11 years, 10 months ago
Yes, My crack was intended to be a pun on the old "Rocky and Bullwinkle" show...although Nastassia is probably too young to remember the first run. I knew the spelling wasn't the same but it's all Greek (or Russian) to me.
Just had a date with my hubby and my two girls. Nothing cures a bad day at school like ice cream, a movie, and dinner. I picked the ice cream, the little one picked the movie, the older one picked dinner, so I guess the hubby will pick dessert. Hmmmmm.......no thought required there!
bearded_gnome 11 years, 10 months ago
Heres an idea to meet cute guys you might try. Take a cooler of beer to one of Lawrence's roundabouts (with a sign that says "free beer for cute guys") and then sit in the middle of the roundabout and wait.
are you just trying to cause more accidents, broken roads, and traffic n jams in lawrence?
welcome Nastassia, spelling, grammar, clothing, all optional on this board.
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Old Bear Photo. This photo is from June 2014 of a local bear that could be the same bear that has been seen recently in the area.
Bear Reports. More reports of bears moving through Illahee, including by me who had the bear and her cub walk by me this past Thursday about 9:15 am, as I was working in my yard. When they saw me they quickly left and walked north along the beach.
My neighbors report a few minutes earlier was more interesting.
Carol had just finished hanging clothes on the outdoor clothesline when she noticed movement to her right on the lawn at the top of the path to the beach. A mama bear and her older cub were about 20 ft. from her. She slowly backed away toward the house, then came running in the house and told her husband there were two bears in the yard. We went out on their deck as the bears ran up toward the Illahee Rd. We lost track of then and phoned our next door neighbor when we heard a loud crack. We stepped back out on the deck to see the mama bear tearing a limb off our Hawthorne tree to get at a small bird house, that was hanging on a branch. She was eating something, When she saw us she bounded off into the underbrush going south. We didn't see the cub at that time.
A photo of the bird house, which had a bumblebee nest in it, and the limb that was broken off are shown below.
Golden Eagle Report. Another report of an irregular visitor to the area from Dody.
I live in the housing complex across from Rolling Hills golf course and saw my first ever golden eagle in a large fir tree yesterday. The crows were going crazy over something in a large fir tree, so got the binoculars out and sure enough, it was a golden eagle eating something (lost pets?) for at least twenty minutes before leaving with a large entourage of angry crows. Saw it twice later in the afternoon with the same murder of noisy escorts. Biggest bird I've ever seen. Didn't know they were indigenous to this area until I looked it up in our bird books. Made my day, but I'll be keeping a closer eye on my 7-pound poodle mix for sure!
Spring Young. We haven't seen the ducklings lately, but are seeing more goslings.
Kildeer Nest. Will this nest survive better than the nearby goose and duck ones that were discovered by raccoons?
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Class Visit to Preserve. Another teacher is using the Preserve for learning experiences. A few weeks ago we included a photo of a 2nd and 3rd grade class. This is an Olympic College class that met at the Preserve on Tuesday.
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Threads like this are why Bullshido has such distaste for TMA purists. Do you really think that with you can come up with any argument that these people haven't seen many times before?
There are some members with many YEARS of TKD experience and will still not argue it's effectiveness because this forum specialises on disproving such theories with hard evidence.
Also the comments on MMA nuthugging is tired and old. I don't even watch MMA, when people talk about Fedor or someone I have no clue what they're on about.
All I do is Judo, a "TMA" and it's all i'm interested in MA
10/30/2008 9:13am, #93Originally Posted by ralphie
Do you also tell grad students in Quantum Physics that they don't understand mathematics?
You specifically pointed out TKD in your newbie rules as an acceptable art to make fun of. Had you said this about Aikido instead, I would have quoted that instead. Had you said this about BJJ or Muey Thai, I would probably not have had much of an argument anyway, because more than likely the attitude (I saw) of the forum would have been different.
I can't believe I have to explain the meaning of that "rule."
When the rule states that you can poke fun at TKD, if you do so from a new angle, you focused on the wrong part of the statement. You saw the sub-phrase "you can make fun of TKD," and completely ignored the qualifier, "if you do so from a new angle." That latter phrase is the more important of the two, for the very reason that people complain about TKD (and practically every other martial art) on these forums quite frequently, and we're all tired of having the same discussion for the millionth time.
Perhaps, if you'd read a bit before taking offense at the joke, you'd have understood better.
You know, some people here did a good job of convincing me that my assumption was incorrect and that this website had noble purpose. Instead of dwelling on how well written my posts were, or whether my feelings were hurt and I was ranting, we discussed the purpose of this website.


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The Fiscal Cliff
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Re: The Fiscal Cliff
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Boehner couldn't get his own party to agree to the proposal because it had absolutely nothing to do with spending cuts, only about punishing the successful.
"Punishing the successful" by rolling back the top marginal tax rate to the Clinton era? What a complete crock of sh!t. You will just buy whatever your side puts out there, won't you? Do you ever deviate from the very basic, very flawed talking points on FNC?
Btw, the Republicans' position on this fiscal cliff discussion also involves tax hikes. They want to eliminate tax credits which benefit poor and middle class Americans, while increasing defense spending. They also want to eliminate the Obama payroll tax cut for the middle class.
It isn't just about spending cuts for the Republicans. If Democrats are only interest in "punishing" the successful, the Republicans are only interested in further widening the already absolutely massive gap between the haves and the have-nots, all the while throwing an even more ridiculous amount of money at the Pentagon.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Obama just win the election by a wide margin based on the policies that he is now attempting to enforce? The American people, by an absolutely massive margin, would like to see the rich pay more in taxes... Which still wouldn't be all that much when put in context of the history of our federal tax laws.
If the Republicans weren't marginalized enough already, they will do even more damage to their brand by continuing to take a hard-line stance on these matters. How will it look in a couple of years when these congresspeople are up for re-election and their stance on the fiscal cliff was to raise taxes on the poor and cut taxes for the super rich? Essentially holding our entire economy hostage to preserve under 3% lower taxes for their benefactors?
Good luck holding onto the House.
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About the tones, just full-open the lower 1/3 of your equalizer (i forgot where it is in audacity).
The reason i said about the file format is because mp3'll cut off the lowest tones, you may not hear them, but they add one key feeling.
I used mixxx (load the mp3 file, set the pitchslider's range to 90% and fully drag it down; used the 3rd eq knob (a.k.a. Low tones) of the deck set to the 3 o'clock (where 12 is the default/center position) and turned on recording.).
Combine that with speakers whose bass speaker alone is the size of my face (the entire thing is the size of a chair) and a good amp; i could even see the bass move back and forth very slowly but very far on some tones.


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As the boys shoot and stab their way through another multiplayer video game session, Kenny calls out Will for hanging out with his ex-wife's new boyfriend, Grant. Will claims he hates the double dates -- though the high-fiving and deep talks revealed via flashback tell another story. What Will has conveniently forgotten, and as Theresa inconveniently reminds him, is that he invited Grant to family dinner on Sunday, so Kenny's going to learn the truth soon enough.
In the office, Craig's being shadowed by the boss's nephew. He wants to be called Eggnog, and it doesn't get better from there. "Remember in high school when I soiled myself at the indoor skydiving place? This is worse," Craig laments. Craig outs Will's man-crush on Grant, as well as the family dinner invite, and Kenny goes ballistic after Craig reveals he's been hanging out with Grant too. "I hope you all have a nice life together as the Three Douche-keteers," Kenny shouts as he leaves -- not his best parting insult.
Will realizes that he needs to "finesse a bromance" between Kenny and Grant so they can all be friends again, and asks Theresa and Brenda for help finding common ground between the two. Theresa's take: "They both breathe oxygen and have had sex with Brenda. But that describes a lot of people." But when Will discovers that Grant's never seen Star Wars ("He was busy having sex with women and not being a nerd," Brenda explains), he's got a plan: Bonding over the film.
It starts out rough when Craig and Will spring Grant on Kenny, but he relents and presents the movie: ...an original 1982 rental-only Betamax copy of Lucas's masterpiece. It's incredibly rare, and incredibly valuable." But once Grants starts asking questions and poking too many holes in the logic for Kenny's liking, Kenny shuts it down. Only problem: The tape is stuck. And when the guys take it to the repair shop, the owner tells them tape didn't make it.
Meanwhile, Brenda gets Lucy a henna tattoo on her lower back, and Theresa isn't happy about the tramp stamp on her seven-year-old daughter, especially when Lucy lobbies for a real one when she's old enough. The fix? Brenda shows Lucy a tough guy crying over the tattoo-removing laser. It ends Lucy's love affair with ink, but simultaneously kills her desire to be a doctor because "they hurt people." Brenda's content with her work: "At least she doesn't want a tattoo."
Kenny takes his revenge on the gang by bringing the charming Eggnog to family dinner. (Eggnog isn't happy either: "Dude, you said we were going to laser tag. This place sucks. Everyone here is old.") When dinner predictably devolves into a shouting match and nearly a brawl, Kenny explains he just doesn't want to be replaced within the circle of dudes. It'll never happen, say the boys. And when they realize the video repair guy never gave them their busted tape back, they begin to suspect foul play, and head back to the shop as a four-man team. After using a little, um, Force, they retrieve the tape, safe and sound.


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Tom Lane wrote: > BTW, now that I look at red_bat's failure, it seems that the MSVC build > scripts try to run the contrib/xml2 test even when xml2 hasn't been > built for lack of libxml. This doesn't explain mastodon's problem > but maybe a second look is needed at all the conditionals around that. > > > Well, the trouble is to some extent that the MSVC build system tries to be a bit more maximal than the stardard build system. I'm going to make a patch to fix that immediate problem, and test it very quickly on red_bat. Maybe Magnus and I need to have another go round on the general logic, however. cheers andrew
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This week for the writers workshop I am going to write about number 1 which is something I brought for show and tell. When I saw this prompt I was pissed that I still don't have the thing I brought to school a few times. I had kept if for years and years and a few years ago I figured it was time to let them finally go.
I guess I should tell you all what I brought. If you are squeamish you might want to just skip to the end because I am sure this will gross out some people. I got my tonsils out the summer before I started the 2nd grade and the doctor let me keep them so I would always bring them because it would gross people out. I always thought it was so cool to have them and be able to show other people. I am not one that gets easily grossed out so I thought it was funny when other people did get grossed out.
I also brought my cat a few times as well. I wasn't ever a huge fan of show and tell because I hated getting up in front of the class and having to talk to everyone. To this day I still hate public speaking and getting up in front of people but that is a topic for another post one day.
What is one thing you remember bringing to school for show and tell?
This weeks prompts:
1. Something you brought for show and tell.
2. November 3rd is National Housewife's Day…how did you celebrate?
3. The meaning of your name…does it suit you?
4. Tell us about something new you learned last month.
5. Share a list of some of your most recent favorite things.
6. What was your favorite song when you were 16 years old…is it still a favorite?
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Published: Nov 27, 2007
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gendux Molecular Limited ("Gendux") announced today that its Marketing Authorization Application ("MAA") for ADVEXIN® ("contusugene ladenovec") has been accepted for technical review by the European medicines regulatory authority (the "EMEA") for the treatment of an inherited cancer, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome ("LFS"). Gendux announced the submission of its MAA for ADVEXIN with the EMEA on 13th November 2007. ADVEXIN is the first treatment specific for an inherited cancer syndrome. ADVEXIN acts by reversing one of the most common cancer genetic defects, abnormal p53 tumor suppressor levels that are inherited in Li-Fraumeni patients and which are found in the majority of non-inherited cancers. ADVEXIN is also being developed for head and neck cancer and filings for this indication are anticipated before the end of 2007 both in Europe and the US.


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Your Turn — July 5, 2013
Updated 12:25 pm, Thursday, July 4, 2013
Courage to fight
Re: "Brazil protest would be called un-American in U.S." Another View, June 27:
Congratulations, Ms. Froma Harrop!
I read your article today, and you said it all.
I have lived in San Antonio for 17 years, I am Brazilian, love soccer, fight for it, and watch every World Cup game; but when it comes to education, Neymar is not worth more than a teacher despite his millions of dollars.
My daughter asked me once "Mom, why don't Americans do the same to fight for their tax dollars?"
Maybe it will take decades of corruption for Americans to gain the courage that the Brazilians have and show our faces on the streets to fight for what really matters.
Keep going, you wrote a great column.
Grace Hall
A new low
Re: "A Democratic star is born," Front Page, June 27:
In Thursday's paper you reached new heights of left-wing cheerleading with your front-page article by Patricia Hart.
This fawning piece of fluff, masquerading as journalism, along with your editorial in the same issue, reflects the overwhelming bias the media have with respect to abortion on demand and homosexual conduct.
So Wendy Davis filibustered, and you people think she is a heroine? Funny, when politicians on the other side of the aisle filibuster, you say they are getting in the way of progress.
The sob story of a 19-year-old single mom working her way up to become a darling of the Democratic Party while touting the execution of pre-born babies is a new low for your paper. At the same time you have decried the recent execution of a convicted murderer here in Texas — liberal logic if I ever saw it.
Then to top it off, your editorial in the same paper calls the Supreme Court affirming decision on gay marriage a "win." Really? For whom? I guess to be liberal you have to decide that sodomy is perfectly OK, but allowing kids to pray in school, for example, is immoral.
I guess in your (and Wendy's) world view, the Bible is immoral, you know, especially that disturbing passage in Romans 1.
Valuing life
Re: "A Democratic star is born," Front Page, July 27:
What a disgrace Sen. Wendy Davis is to the Christians in Texas who love life.
How can a woman who was raised by a single mother of four be for abortion? What if her mother had chosen abortion over life, where would she be?
Of all the people who should value life, you would think it would be her.
The liberals are a party of death, and for her to filibuster all night for the right to kill babies in the womb is beyond me.
Be thankful
Pro-abortionists owe your mothers a big vase of roses.
You should be thankful your mother did not have an abortion when she was five months pregnant with you inside her.
Re: "Governor targeting senator on abortion," Front Page, Friday:
Gov. Rick Perry says "no life is trivial in God's eyes." Yet he signed the execution of the 500th person since Texas reinstated the death penalty.
Does anyone see the hypocrisy and contradiction in his statement?
Leave women alone
Re: "Governor targeting senator on abortion," Front Page, Friday:
Do Rick Perry and David Dewhurst, in their infinite wisdom, really think that desperate women in Texas will not get abortions if they truly want or feel they need them?
If Perry and Dewhurst — who feel they know what is best for all women — get the bill passed, more women and babies will die horrific deaths at the hands of backstreet, illegal abortionists.
They will die trying to give themselves abortions by drugs or terrible procedures. They will not have the use of a clinic or hospital with a competent physician and proper medical care.
Doesn't Texas have more important problems for our legislature?
Leave women alone. Let us make our own personal decisions with the help of our families and doctors.
Judy Halfant
Flames of racism
I know you've gotten many letters about Paula Deen, but here's one more. I think this blatant blackballing of her is the worst I've seen in recent history, and it's a disgrace! So she said the N-word. So what?
Decades ago, it wasn't politically incorrect to say it. It was simply an expression used by whites and blacks for the dislike of a black person. She's from the South, for heaven's sake! This is an abomination for the Food Network and all the other companies that have been lining up to ruin her. They are gutless and shameful to not stand up for her.
What about the black comedians who get on stage and make fun of the "crackers," "honkies" and white people? It's OK because they're funny? Come on, people, grow a spine, get over it. It's not as big a deal as you're making it out to be! These companies are fanning the flames of racism. Is this a sign of the black power that is taking over our country?
Words of wisdom
Re: "It's time to take Paula Deen out of broiler and move on," Ruben Navarrette, Other Views, June 28:
I agree completely! Navarrette captured the essence of this issue. She is a Southern woman born in 1947. She apologized for something that she said many years ago. It is time to move on to more important things.
Thank you for such great words of wisdom!


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VIENNA (Nov. 7)
The Austrian Government can do nothing to prevent former German generals from visiting this country to attend meetings of veterans of the Nazi army, nor can it prevent them from making ultra-nationalistic speeches, Minister of Interior Oskar Helmer conceded today in Parliament.
Herr Helmer told the deputies that he had advised visiting Nazi ex-generals against making German nationalistic speeches, but his advice was disregarded. The most recent such case, he said, had occurred when a former high Nazi officer had harangued a veterans' meeting in Graz.


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The terrible death of 59-year-old Tiansheng Yu one again sheds light on a problem that has plagued Oakland for some time, yet many don't want to talk openly about it. This space has, and will continue to do so.
The City of Oakland has a problem with young black men who just walk around picking people who they think are welcome targets for violence.
I blogged about this problem many times. In the case of the "mugging over at Wayne Avenue in 2007,"a man who lived on the 300 block of Wayne Avenue in Adams Point was mugged at gunpoint. Someone in the area two black men do the crime in what was described as an "underlit driveway."
In 2006, a young woman walked around China Hill, Haddon Hill, and Grand Lake posting a letter called Muggings on Athol.
The letter, as I wrote then in Oakland Focus, stated a painful fact: that whites are the targets of assault and theft crimes committed by African Americans in the area. She wrote:
We are faced with two decisions: 1) Either move out of Oakland , or 2) Stay and fight back. We've chosen to try option #2 and have contacted the police, the mayor's office, Pat Kernigan's office, and are now contacting the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council of the Oakland Police Department to formally organize a Neighborhood Watch Program. We want to try and combat this before we resign ourselves to abandoning Oakland.
All of this happens while I have walked as a black man in Oakland without incident. Not once. The problem isn't just one of race but of fear. A friend of mine who's blonde, white, and female had a job in downtown Oakland where she walked home at midnight for year. But when someone tried to talk to her, rather than react in fear, she held her head up and said hello to them. She never, in six years of this practice, had a problem.
The point is, the kids attack because they think they can get away with it. They think the person's scared and will not face them or fight back. Or they think the person will not talk to them. The best way to combat this is to simply be aware and not afraid. But mostly aware. Awake to the fact that a young black man might just hit you from the side.
We have to get back to the days when we told kids what we expected from them without fear. That's the time I grew up in. So, today, I don't expect to be called the N-word. I don't care to hear someone call me "OG"; I'm not anyone's Original Gangster.
There are a lot of us as black men in Oakland who feel this way. But what has to happen is others who aren't black have to take up the same behavior as we do. It's your town too.
Stay tuned.
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Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, crude and sexual content, and brief nudity
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo, Donald Faison, Clark Duke, Lindy Booth, and Jim Carrey
Written By: Jeff Wadlow (based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John S. Romita Jr.)
Directed By: Jeff Wadlow
Let's get right down to it. How does Kick-Ass 2 compare to the original? Unfortunately, it isn't nearly as good. That's not say it's bad either. Kick-Ass 2 still delivers a lot of cartoonish ultra-violence and comedic vulgarity, but it all feels a bit staler this time around. The first Kick-Ass, released in 2010, was one of the most entertaining and original films of that year. Making a sequel on par, if not better, than the first would be no easy feat. Its proved to be an unattainable one. As a big fan of the first installment, I was really rooting for this movie but there was just something missing. Kick-Ass 2 is by no means a complete failure and it certainly has its charms, but it's a disappointing follow-up nonetheless.
Part of the problem is in losing original writer/director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, X-Men: First Class), who infused a snazzy visual style which new writer/director Jeff Wadlow doesn't reach. Vaughn remains onboard as a producer along with Brad Pitt. Pitt would have made a great Big Daddy, the patriarchal madman played by Nicolas Cage in the original. He also could have fit right in as Colonel Stars and Stripes, the ex-mafia member turned masked vigilante played by Jim Carrey in this one. But I suppose Pitt will slum it down enough to produce these movies, just not appear in them. Carrey withdrew his support from this film after a change in heart over its depiction of gratuitous violence. Surprisingly, Carrey's appearance is more of an extended cameo than it is a supporting role, as he has maybe ten minutes of screen time, tops.
After the events of the first film, self-made superhero Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) has inspired average citizens to form a team called Justice Forever, in which everyday people don masks and alter-egos to fight crime. The group is led by the aforementioned Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), with the other members including the parents of a missing boy, a bullied gay teenager, a physics professor known as Dr. Gravity (Donald Faison), a girl named Night Bitch (Lindy Booth), who is seeking vengeance for the murder of her sister, and of course good ol' Kick-Ass. Carrey is quite good in the few scenes he's in. He plays the character straight, almost coming off like a cousin of Mickey Rourke's Marv in Sin City.
For every hero, we need a villain, and so rich kid Chris D'Amico aka Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) is assembling an evil army of his own. Only, Red Mist was his persona back in the first film when he was fighting crime. Now that he's committing crime, he goes by The Motherf**ker, with his super-villain costume made up of leather S&M gear that belonged to his mother. His evil "Alfred" as Chris calls him, is Javier (John Leguizamo), to which Javier responds "Are you calling me you're butler?" With unlimited funds to pay their recruits, the two bring in a potpourri of thugs including a female bodybuilder named Mother Russia, and an ex-yakuza called Genghis Carnage.
Meanwhile, Mindy Macready/Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) is a high school freshman being looked after by her late father's former police partner Marcus (Morris Chestnut). Marcus doesn't approve of 15-year-old Mindy's alternative lifestyle of slaughtering gangsters. He wants her to behave like a normal teenage girl. Only, the audience does approve of her behavior, and so after initially agreeing with Marcus's request, she'll become Hit-Girl again in no time. Before that though, Moretz's subplot sees her getting lured in and eventually deceived by the cool kids in school. This section of the film plays like a parody of Mean Girls, albeit an edgy R-rated one. Hit-Girl's serving of comeuppance to the popular kids features a gross-out gag so absurd, you can't help but revel in the stupidity of it.
As with the first film, Moretz's Hit-Girl is the highlight here. But now a teenager, her obscenity spewing pint-sized crime fighting character doesn't have the same impact as it did in the first film when she was only twelve. Fifteen's no adult by any means, but nothing in this movie comes close to the shocking moment in the first film when Moretz called a group of murderous thugs "c*nts", then preceded to take them out one by one. She still gets plenty of material to work with here and is probably the only performer perfectly suited for her role. Taylor-Johnson is fine, but nothing special as Kick-Ass. Mintz-Plasse hams it up as The MF'er, but his performance is often off-putting and odd, especially when you consider he's the main villain. He probably would've been better as the sidekick to Leguizamo's Javier, as opposed to the other way around.
While most sequels go bigger and up the stakes, aside from adding a plethora of supporting superhero characters, part two actually feels smaller (the budget was $2 million less than part one). The one thing that does feel amped up is the surrealism of it all, but this second installment is surprisingly light on action and more of a comedy than the original. There are some structural issues in the first half as the filmmaker's attempt to cram in three separate storylines, Kick-Ass's, Hit-Girls', and The MF's, each of whom have their own subplots. These jumps make for tonal confusion as The MF's scenes often feature darkly sadistic violence, while Hit-Girl's feature a satirical sendup of high school teen comedies. While the first film also deviated between a dark and light mood, for whatever reason it works less seamlessly here.
Kick-Ass 2 doesn't really hit its stride and deliver unabashed fun until the final act, something that the original was able to do throughout its entirety. It's doubtful that fans of the first film will find this sequel as satisfying, and highly doubtful anyone would actually think it's better. That being said, Kick-Ass 2 is still crudely entertaining in its own right and if you did enjoy the first film, there's plenty to like here as well. The first movie was witty, juvenile, violent, shocking, funny, and exciting. At times Kick-Ass 2 is also all of these things, just on a lesser scale.


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Woman in hospital after jet ski accident
Authorities are investigating an accident involving a jet ski on a lake on the New South Wales far south coast yesterday.
A 19 year-old woman was thrown from the jet ski and hit her head on a sand bar on Wallaga Lake, south of Narooma, just before eleven o'clock yesterday morning.
A rescue helicopter was called to the scene, with lifesavers from nearby beaches also helping paramedics in the rescue.
An ambulance spokeswoman says the 19 year-old was flown to the Canberra Hospital in a serious but stable condition with suspected spinal injuries.
Authorities say they will investigate how the accident happened.
Topics: accidents, water-skiing, wallaga-lake-2546, bega-2550


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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has always known how to use sexual imagery to advance its political agenda.
According to Reuters, the animal rights group is planning on taking this further by actually launching a pornographic website:
In preparation for a new triple-x Internet domain that will launch in December, lawyers for the most storied brands in the United States are scrambling to prevent an x-rated rip-off of an invaluable asset: corporate Web addresses.
The domain operator administering the .xxx domain is accepting early applications from brand owners who want control over their names. ICM Registry says it has received over 900,000 "expressions of interest" from companies that want to preregister their trademarks or block others from snapping them up to create, say, a Barbie.xxx or Coke.xxx. [...]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also signed up. However, instead of blocking its name, said PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt, the organization will launch peta.xxx as a pornography site that draws attention to the plight of animals.
Not surprisingly, the folks at the Huffington Post were very excited by this:
PETA confirmed the XXX site in a phone interview with The Huffington Post.
"We live in a 24 hour news cycle world and we learn the racy things we do are sometimes the most effective way that we can reach particular individuals," said PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt.
Instead of focusing on anti-fur, the porn site will raise awareness of veganism, said Rajt. "We really want to grab people's attention, get them talking and to question the status quo and ultimately take action, because the best way we can help the greatest number of animals is simply by not eating them." [...]
"There will be a lot of girl and boy next door content, but we haven't ruled out celebrities on the site as well," said Rajt. "People who are extraordinarily dedicated to helping animals and who are willing to do whatever it takes to draw attention to the suffering they endure."
This is exactly what America needs: political activists using explicit sex to spread their message.
If it's successful, can elected officials and/or candidates be far behind?
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Originally Posted by GSW0716: Umm, I hardly believe the books made a mistake. They set this line because they know ppl will think the ravens are a gift and they can even out some betting.
Umm they made a mistake 3 times when setting the lines for the Ravens, umm it is a gift. Umm, they set the line because they already set the line at 3.5 before either of these games were played. And the line is 3.5 now, ummm the line will drop to 2.5 but then people would middle..umm you can take the 49ers but you will lose um.
Broncos made a mistake yes a blown coverage thats called a mistake you stupid fu.ck. What are you talking about, is there something wrong with you?
They gave up a 17 point lead and a 20 point lead those are many many mistakes if you want to look at it that way. Hahahahaa. You have no clue. And I have no problem comming back when Baltimore wins this game.
Originally Posted by NFLJOE: No, mistake trying a long azz FG at the end of the 1st half. That mistake moron.And then not trying to score with time left ay the end of the 4th quarter.Those mistakes numb nuts.
Those really are not huge mistakes. They did not blow a 20 point lead in the 4th quarter. They did not not score in the 2nd half. They didn't drop an unforced fumble. A 52 yard field goal is not a long field goal in this league, people are hitting 63 yarders in recent years. You don't know what you are talking about. Say something about the 49ers or Ravens, what you got?
Baltimore +4. They're playing a lot better since they've been healthier. Bryant McKinnie has made a huge difference. Atlanta shredded the SF defense w/o much of a running game. Baltimore should be able to do the same - esp since they have a better running attack.
Baltimore D has gotten much better as it's healthier as well. So far they've only allowed 21 and 13 to Denver and NE offenses in playoffs. Not bad.
Timdogs- I will discard him, he is worthless to us gaining any type of edge on this game...
Baltimore giving up 9, 21, 13 to all three of those offenses is really unbelievable.
Atlantas offense took 49ers apart until they choked in the second half. Im not saying the 49ers didn't play well on defense, but Turner was out the entire 2nd half and Matt Ryan had 2 hidious turnovers, not to mention the throw to Gonzales that was about 4 yards short of the 1st down.
Again, I do believe the kicking game will come into play where the 49ers will only be able to attempt 45 yarders and thats pushing it. That means if they get stuck around the 30 which they will against this great redzone defense...what will they do? Punt...? Fake FG? For Baltimore they will attempt up to a 60 yarder in the dome and thats a fact, with a great chance of nailing it. Even though it's a small aspect of the game so far for the 49ers..they havent played an elite redzone defense like Baltimore so it will matter.
Another funny thing I want to point out, before these two games were played, the line for the superbowl was
AFC -2.5 Vs. NFC
Since Baltimore and Atlanta had the highest odds to win the superbowl, they ment that if New England played the 49ers the sperad would be -2.5. So why the 6.5 point swing because Baltimore is playing and not New England. 49ers don't match up better with the Ravens, if anything they match up better with the Patriots.
Flacco has proven he is out for blood and this is his year, he will be completely composed. I don't think Kaepernick will be nervous at all though. He hasn't shown any signs of nervousness through out because honestly he is just happy to even be this close to winning a superbowl. I do see the 49ers making a mistake on special teams and I see a interception by Kaepernick on a trick coverage and probably a fumble by Lamichael James. That will change the game because the Ravens will take care of the football, stick to the run and keep the 49ers off the field.
Last time the 49ers and Ravens played....we can disect some things from here. Baltimore had 9 sacks....although Kaepernick is much harder to sack, they will still have pressure on him, which is huge. Baltimore had 92 yards rushing agains the best rush defense last year. They are not as good this year, I see Ray Rice getting close to 100.
You are right, all year they have made huge mistakes on lines. I remember they set Titans +5.5 against the Texans and they got destroyed. Just one example of many. I see many people betting on the 49ers but the line will keep moving in their favor.


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By Alan Boyle, NBCNews.com
Archaeologists say they have discovered a string of 3,000-year-old rock tombs in the Egyptian city of Luxor, containing the remains of wooden coffins, skeletons, furniture and canopic jars.
The tombs were dug within the funerary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who reigned from 1427 to 1401 B.C. during Egypt's 18th Dynasty. However, the newfound tombs appear to be part of a more recent cemetery. In Thursday's announcement of the discovery, Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said they date back to the beginning of a transitional period that lasted from 1075 to 664 B.C.
Ibrahim said a team led by Italian archaeologist Angelo Sesana made the discovery while cleaning up the site in the course of an excavation at Amenhotep II's temple, on the west bank of the Nile River.
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Advicee Me Ladiesss.
Have a boyfriend, soon to be fiance in the Navy :) Im starting college on the 24th and i got a new job that takes up A LOT of my time as well. Plus. i need to still make time to talk to My boyfriend when he's off of training and such... Advice on how i can make my times? how do you do itt
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prioritize. share schedules with each other. make sure he knows exactly when you have class and make sure that you know what his typical day (if there is a such thing in the Navy) will entail. This way you can set up a schedule where its your time for the both of you to catch up and talk with eachother. If you want to make time for everything than you will :) But you have to want to!


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Generally to understand some characteristic of the general population we take a random sample and study the corresponding property of the sample. We then determine whether any conclusions we reach about the sample are representative of the population.
This is done by choosing an estimator function for the characteristic (of the population) we want to study and then applying this function to the sample to obtain an estimate. By using the appropriate statistical test we then determine whether this estimate is based solely on chance.
The hypothesis that the estimate is based solely on chance is called the null hypothesis. Thus, the null hypothesis is true if the observed data (in the sample) do not differ from what would be expected on the basis of chance alone. The complement of the null hypothesis is called the alternative hypothesis.
The null hypothesis is typically abbreviated as H0 and the alternative hypothesis as H1. Since the two are complementary (i.e. H0 is true if and only if H1 is false), it is sufficient to define the null hypothesis.
Since our sample usually only contains a subset of the data in the population, we cannot be absolutely certain as to whether the null hypothesis is true or not. We can merely gather information (via statistical tests) to determine whether it is likely or not. We therefore speak about rejecting or not rejecting (aka retaining) the null hypothesis on the basis of some test, but not of accepting the null hypothesis or the alternative hypothesis. Often in an experiment we are actually testing the validity of the alternative hypothesis by testing whether to reject the null hypothesis.
When performing such tests, there is some chance that we will reach the wrong conclusion. There are two types of errors:
- Type I – H0 is rejected even though it is true (false positive)
- Type II – H0 is not rejected even though it is false (false negative)
The acceptable level of a Type I error is designated by alpha (α), while the acceptable level of a Type II error is designated beta (β).
We use the following terminology:
Significance level is the acceptable level of type I error, denoted α. Typically, a significance level of α = .05 is used (although sometimes other levels such as α = .01 may be employed). This means that we are willing to tolerate up to 5% of type I errors, i.e. we are willing to accept the fact that in 1 out of every 20 samples we reject the null hypothesis even though it is true.
P-value (the probability value) is the value p of the statistic used to test the null hypothesis. If p < α then we reject the null hypothesis.
Critical region is the part of the sample space that corresponds to the rejection of the null hypothesis, i.e. the set of possible values of the test statistic which are better explained by the alternative hypothesis. The significance level is the probability that the test statistic will fall within the critical region when the null hypothesis is assumed.
Usually the critical region is depicted as a region under a curve for continuous distributions (or a portion of a bar chart for discrete distributions).
The typical approach for testing a null hypothesis is to select a statistic based on a sample of fixed size, calculate the value of the statistic for the sample and then reject the null hypothesis if and only if the statistic falls in the critical region.
One-tailed hypothesis testing specifies a direction of the statistical test. For example to test whether cloud seeding increases the average annual rainfall in an area which usually has an average annual rainfall of 20 cm, we define the null and alternative hypotheses as follows, where μ represents the average rainfall after cloud seeding.
H0: µ ≤ 20 (i.e. average rainfall does not increase after cloud seeding)
H1: µ > 20 (i.e. average rainfall increases after cloud seeding
Here the experimenters are quite sure that the cloud seeding will not significantly reduce rainfall, and so a one-tailed test is used where the critical region is as in the shaded area in Figure 1. The null hypothesis is rejected only if the test statistic falls in the critical region, i.e. the test statistic has a value larger than the critical value.
Figure 1 – Critical region is the right tail
The critical value here is the right (or upper) tail. It is quite possible to have one sided tests where the critical value is the left (or lower) tail. For example, suppose the cloud seeding is expected to decrease rainfall. Then the null hypothesis could be as follows:
H0: µ ≥ 20 (i.e. average rainfall does not decrease after cloud seeding)
H1: µ < 20 (i.e. average rain decreases after cloud seeding)
Figure 2 – Critical region is the left tail
Two-tailed hypothesis testing doesn't specify a direction of the test. For the cloud seeding example, it is more common to use a two-tailed test. Here the null and alternative hypotheses are as follows.
H0: µ = 20
H1: µ ≠ 20
The reasons for using a two-tailed test is that even though the experimenters expect cloud seeding to increase rainfall, it is possible that the reverse occurs and, in fact, a significant decrease in rainfall results. To take care of this possibility, a two tailed test is used with the critical region consisting of both the upper and lower tails.
Figure 3 – Two-tailed hypothesis testing
In this case we reject the null hypothesis if the test statistic falls in either side of the critical region. To achieve a significance level of α, the critical region in each tail must have size α/2.
Statistical power is 1 – β. Thus power is the probability that you find an effect when one exists, i.e. the probability of correctly rejecting a false null hypothesis. While a significance level for type I error of α = .05 is typically used, generally the target for β is .20 or .10, and so .80 or .90 is used as the target value for power.
The general procedure for null hypothesis testing is as follows:
- State the null and alternative hypotheses
- Specify α and the sample size
- Select an appropriate statistical test
- Collect data (note that the previous steps should be done prior to collecting data)
- Compute the test statistic based on the sample data
- Determine the p-value associated with the statistic
- Decide whether to reject the null hypothesis by comparing the p-value to α (i.e. reject the null hypothesis if p < α)
- Report your results, including effect sizes (as described in Effect Size)
Observation: Suppose we perform a statistical test of the null hypothesis with α = .05 and obtain a p-value of p = .04, thereby rejecting the null hypothesis. This does not mean that there is a 4% probability of the null hypothesis being true, i.e. P(H0) =.04. What we have shown instead is that assuming the null hypothesis is true, the conditional probability that the sample data exhibits the obtained test statistic is 0.04; i.e. P(D|H0) =.04 where D = the event that the sample data exhibits the observed test statistic.


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Claim: DR Congo Rebels Kill 20 Pro-Government Forces in Katanga
Rebels opposed to President Laurent Kabila killed 20 pro-government troops who launched attacks, backed by heavy armour, in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the rebels said Tuesday.
Lola Kinsanga of the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), said soldiers of the Congolese Armed Force (FAC), Interahamwe militia foes of Rwanda's government and their allies had attacked in several places.
"Twenty Interahamwe, FAC and allied troops were killed in attacks by Kabila's forces against Nyunzu, Kasinge and Monono," the deputy spokesman for the RCD said by telephone from the rebel base at Goma on the Rwandan border.
"Since Sunday night, ground attacks involving heavy artillery and tanks have been launched against our positions, but we managed to rout the enemy," Kisanga said.
The towns under attack lie west of Lake Tanganyika in the north of Kabila's native mineral-rich Katanga Province, where rebels and their Rwandan military allies have pressed as far south as Pweto on the shores of Lake Mweru.
One of Kabila's main supporters, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, last week warned in Kinshasa that if the Rwandans failed to pull back from Pweto, the allies would drive them out, using "all means at their disposal".
Kisanga said that the offensive "follows several months of preparations and Kabila's men are very numerous, all in breach of the Lusaka accords" signed by all parties to the conflict by the end of August 1999.
These accords included a cease-fire agreement, which has frequently been violated by both sides – (AFP)
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It appears that Iberdrola SA's $4.5 billion acquisition of Energy East Corp., which owns utilities from Rochester to Maine, hasn't been as lucrative as expected, at least here in upstate New York.
Two of those utilities. New York State Electric & Gas and Rochester Gas & Electric, filed for a $278 million rate hike on Tuesday with state regulators. For NYSEG customers in the Capital Region, that increase would add $21 to the average monthly bill.
In its filing with the state Public Service Commission, NYSEG says it hasn't paid dividends to its parent company, Energy East, since August.
Iberdrola also hasn't received a dividend since it closed the deal in September. That's not good for Iberdrola, which bought Energy East and NYSEG to make money.
"Iberdrola has not earned any return on its equity investment in the companies since closing," NYSEG told the PSC. "This is not sustainable as Energy East and Iberdrola have their own liquidity needs."


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She has only one hit, Run,Āto her credit. Her second film, Puthiya Geethai, was a flop.Ā
But Meera Jasmine is now the most sought-after heroine in the Tamil film industry. She has the best banners calling herĀand she stars in films opposite the most popular heroes.
Her first film was opposite Madhavan,Āthe secondĀopposite Vijay.
Now, she is acting in two more films: Anjaneya, directed by Maharajan (whoĀearlier directed Vallarasu with Vijayakant and Indian with Sunny Deol). Her co-star will be Ajit. She also features inĀAzhagam Perumal's Joot opposite Srikkant.
News isĀthat she has also been signed by Mani Ratnam for his next film.
Talk of young heroines opposite 'old' heroes: Malayalam star Mukesh has beatenĀhis senior counterparts by acting opposite 15-year-old Bhavana in the highly successful Chronic Bachelor.
And 40-something Mukesh's eldest son is 13 years old!
"I am 40-plus and Bhavana is 15. But did we look bad on screen?" Mukesh counters when asked why he acted opposite a girl young enough to be his daughter.
Funnily enough, Mukesh's comic act is considered the highlight of Chronic Bachelor. He has also won more applause than Mammootty, the serious hero of the film.
Srikkant's regret
Srikkant's accidentĀhas upset his calendar. The actor was severely burnt after an accident on the sets of his latest release, Parthiban Kanavu, and forced toĀtake a month off.
As a result, the star, who was to act in a Mani Ratnam film, is findingĀit impossible to give the dates that the ace filmmaker wants.
"I will not say I am not acting in Mani Ratnam's film," a disappointed Srikkant says. "I would say I missed out on an opportunity to act in a Mani Ratnam film."
Nagarjuna resurfaces
AfterĀa long hiatus, Nagarjuna will appear in a 'mass-centric' role in theĀrecently launched Kamatchi Arts' untitled Telugu film.
"The role is packed withĀemotions," says the star, whose character is shown to have a disturbed childhood, but reforms after falling in love.
Producer Sivaprasad Reddy describes his sixth film with Nagarjuna as a 'lavish, mass-based entertainer.'
Young director Aditya, who rose to fame with Manasantha Nuvve, claims to have resisted the temptation of making a 'feel-good' movie with the actor. "I will use this opportunity to the hilt," says the director about his first film with a big star.
Shriya, who matched strides with Nag in Santhosham, is looking forward to her next film with the star. The other female lead, Aarti Agarwal, works with Nag for the first time.
With music by R P Patnaik, the filmĀis slated for a January 2004 release.
Ambi as Dalapathy
Do Kannada audiences believeĀfat is beautiful? In a few months, we will know.
Ambareesh, the overweight and rundown star-politician, has just been signed on as one ofĀtwo heroes in the Kannada remake of the Tamil superhit Dalapathy.
Known as the 'rebel' star, Ambareesh will essay Mammootty's role in the film, while new, upcoming hero Darshan Toogudeep will enact Rajanikanth's role. M C Dayanand will direct this as yet untitled film.
Ambareesh is bound to eclipse Darshan by his sheer girth, if not acting prowess.
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text: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 02:03:25PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:> On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 21:57 +0100, Al Viro wrote:> > 3) at that point task_work is equal in size (and layout, BTW) to rcu_head. So we can add it> > into the same union in struct file where we already have list_head and rcu_head. No space> > eaten up. fput() would, once the counter reaches 0, remove the file from list (the only> > place walking that list skips the ones with zero refcount anyway) and, if we are in a normal> > process, use task_work_add() to have __fput() done to it. If we are in kernel thread or> > atomic context, just move the sucker to global list and use schedule_work() to have said> > list emptied and everything in it fed to __fput(). > > So we're now Ok with doing fput() async?> > Last time I remember this coming up people thought this wasn't such a> hot idea.You mean, doing that from RCU callbacks? Still a bad idea, IMO; you will end up with a contextswitch and unpleasantness with delayed user-visible effects of syscalls. With aio we did havea delayed execution of fput() anyway; all that has changed there is that we use genericmechanism instead of home-grown analog thereof.I'll need to reread that thread to comment on the specifics (had been too long ago; I don'tremember the details), but... See Linus' objections to full-async fput() circa this Aprilor March. There's a reason why this patchset uses task_work_add() whenever possible.


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A fun question.
Are there any more pairs of numbers (a, b) such that - if so how many?
I would be interested in how people go about finding the solution .
There's an infinite number of such pairs. Letting works, where is an integer. In fact, has to be a square.
Why? Consider prime factorizations of and , suppose , and use uniqueness of prime factorizations:
where the equation implies that
for all . Hence , whence must be even. In conclusion, each is a square, and so all of is square.