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What is elder abuse?
Elder abuse is when another person takes advantage of or harms an elderly person. Elder abuse can take many different forms, including the following:
- Neglect or abandonment is when a caregiver fails to provide adequate care or deserts the older adult. This is the most common type of elder abuse.
- Physical abuse is the use of physical force to purposely cause pain or injury. Examples include hitting, pushing, or restraining the older adult.
- Emotional and verbal abuse is when a person uses words or nonverbal actions to cause the older adult emotional pain. Examples include yelling at, ignoring, or making fun of the older adult.
- Sexual abuse is when a person engages in sexual acts with an older adult but without that adult's consent. Examples include intercourse and inappropriate touching or undressing.
- Financial exploitation is using an older adult's money or property without his or her permission. Examples include using credit cards or checks, stealing jewelry, or stealing the person's identity. Organizations or scam artists may also financially exploit older adults. Typically, this happens when the older adult pays money to a fake charity or investment fund, or to claim a fake prize.
Why does elder abuse occur?
As people become older, they may develop health problems that lead to a decrease in physical strength, vision, and thinking abilities. These changes can make older adults vulnerable. They may be dependent on others for care or unable to tell when someone is taking advantage of them.
Who commits elder abuse?
Anyone can commit elder abuse. It is estimated that 2 out of every 3 abusers are family members, such as adult children or spouses, who care for the older adult. Caregivers have an increased risk of committing elder abuse when:
- They are not able to cope with the stress of being a caregiver.
- They are depressed.
- They don't have a support system.
- They abuse alcohol or other drugs.
Abusers also may include health care workers, neighbors or friends, and organizations or scam artists looking to financially exploit older adults.
What are the warning signs of abuse?
An older adult who is neglected or is being physically, emotionally, or sexually abused may have one or more of the following physical and behavioral warning signs:
- Unexplained injuries, such as cuts, burns, or broken bones
- Unexplained marks on the body, such as scars or bruises
- Untreated medical conditions, such as not receiving medicine or the right amount of medicine
- Changes in behavior or personality, such as withdrawal or depression
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding
- Coping mechanisms, such as rocking back and forth or talking to oneself
- Weight loss or other symptoms of malnutrition or dehydration
- Personal hygiene problems, such as unwashed skin or clothes, or dirty living conditions
The warning signs of financial exploitation include one or more of the following:
- Unexplained withdrawals from the older adult's ATM card or checking or savings accounts
- Unexplained or unusual credit card purchases
- Missing jewelry, cash, or other valuables
- Suspicious or too-good-to-be-true investment or prize offers
A caregiver who is abusing an older adult may:
- Refuse to let you be alone with the older adult
- Threaten, make fun of, or argue with the older adult in front of you
- Not respond to your questions about the older adult's care
- Appear poorly trained or overworked
What should I do if I suspect elder abuse?
If you are an older adult who is being abused or is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1 or your local police department for help.
If you have seen or suspect elder abuse, report it. Every state has a toll-free elder abuse hotline that you can call to report elder abuse at home or in care facilities. Visit the National Center on Elder Abuse website to find the telephone number for your state.
To report elder abuse, you do not have to prove that the abuse actually is occurring. In most cases, an agency called Adult Protective Services will respond to your call. These professionals will investigate the situation and take action if it is needed.
How can I help prevent elder abuse?
If you are a caregiver, take care of your health and learn how to manage your stress. This will help you provide the best possible care for your loved one. If you become overwhelmed or think you might start abusing an older adult, get help. Talk to your family doctor about your feelings and find someone else to care for your relative until you are feeling better.
If your loved one is receiving care at home or in a long-term care facility, stay involved in his or her care. If you are unhappy with the care he or she is receiving, speak to management or report suspected abuse to the state.
To help prevent financial exploitation, make sure your loved one's financial and legal documents are in order. Although some of the information applies only to older adults who have dementia, read "Planning for the Future after a Diagnosis of Dementia" for a list of financial and legal issues to discuss with your family members. Also, regularly review your loved one's bank and credit card statements and try to keep track of household valuables.
Other Organizations
- National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- U.S. Administration on Aging
- National Center on Elder Abuse
- Elder Abuse Hotline
- Administration on Aging. What is Elder Abuse? by Administration on Aging ( April 10, 2012)
- National Center on Elder Abuse. Why Should I Care About Elder Abuse? (PDF). by National Center on Elder Abuse ( April 10, 2012)
- National Center on Elder Abuse. Who Are the Abusers? by National Center on Elder Abuse ( April 10, 2012)
- Helpguide.org. Elder Abuse and Neglect by Helpguide.org ( April 10, 2012)
- National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. What is Elder Abuse? by National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse ( April 10, 2012)
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This information provides a general overview and may not apply to everyone. Talk to your family doctor to find out if this information applies to you and to get more information on this subject.


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Managing Your Weight? Focus on Half Your Plate
Now is the perfect time to get in the groove of great health habits like exercising regularly and drinking more calorie-free fluids throughout the day. But one of the most important habits you can adopt for better health is to regularly fill half of your plate with fruits and vegetables at meals and snacks.
The half plate concept is a great strategy for weight loss/management, as fruits and vegetables are packed with fiber and fluid that help you feel full throughout the day and reduce temptation to munch on high-calorie snacks. And fruits and vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that our bodies need for good immunity and great energy levels.
Here are some of my favorite ways to easily sneak in more fruits and vegetables daily …
- Oatmeal & Berries. Add 1 cup of berries to hot oatmeal. Fresh or frozen berries are both great to use. If frozen, thaw berries in refrigerator overnight for quick morning preparation.
- Veggie Omelet. Add a handful of diced onions, mushrooms and green peppers to scrambled eggs or an omelet for a boost of flavor and fiber.
- Yogurt & Fruit. Add 1 diced peach to a cup of vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt.
- Soup & Sandwich. Instead of chips, have a cup of hearty vegetable soup as a side to your usual sandwich.
- A Colorful Wrap. Dress up your sandwich or wrap with a handful of baby spinach and/or sliced bell peppers.
- Chicken Salad & Fruit. For a punch of fresh flavor, add diced dried plums, sliced grapes, and/or diced green apples to your typical chicken salad recipe.
- Season Your Sides. Don't forget to season vegetable side dishes with herbs and spices. Broccoli can be transformed from bland to brilliant when tossed with a bit of fresh garlic, fresh ground pepper, and a dab of olive oil.
- Frozen Veggies, Quick Prep. Keep your freezer well stocked with a variety of frozen vegetables, especially the microwavable "steam-in-bag" veggies. This allows for quick and easy dinner prep, and you don't have to worry about spoilage waste. Plus if they're on hand, you don't have an excuse not to eat them!
- Stock Up on Cans. Stock your pantry with canned fruits and veggies. Try canned pineapple with your teriyaki chicken, canned tomatoes in your goulash or chili, spaghetti sauce on pasta, or simply use canned corn, green beans, pears, or mixed fruit as a fast side dish!
- Protein & Fruit Pairs. Pair fresh fruit with a bit of protein like mozzarella string cheese, a tablespoon of peanut butter, or Greek yogurt to help keep your energy levels high until your next meal.
- Juice, Cheese & Crackers. Low-sodium vegetable juice or tomato juice is a great complement to reduced-fat cheese and whole-grain crackers.
- Baggie Full of Veggies. Toss a baggie of sliced veggies in your lunchbox along with two tablespoons of reduced-fat dressing.
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Researchers Turn Human Skin Cells into Blood Cells
One of the dreams of biomedical scientists is to be able to transform adult cells into other kinds of cells. And thus avoid some of the ethical concerns of working with embryonic stem cells. Now a research team from McMaster University in Ontario has announced that they've been able to transform human skin cells into blood cells. The work was published online on November 7th by the journal Nature. [Eva Szabo et al., "Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to multilineage blood progenitors"]
Other research in this area has required that cells of one type first be returned to a more generally undifferentiated stem cell state, which can introduce fresh problems. Once there, the cell is then turned into the type of tissue the researchers seek. But in this case, the scientists avoided the middleman cell. The skin was changed directly into what appears to be functional adult human blood cells. The technique involves gene insertion by a virus vector and exposure to numerous regulatory proteins.
The cells have not been tested in humans to see if they're truly indistinguishable from the home-grown kind. But the research is another step in the effort to create needed cell types from easily available ones.
—Steve Mirsky
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For more, see Cellular 'alchemy' transforms skin into blood
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Junk Bond 2014 Returns Through February: 2.76%
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Junk bonds continue to defy gravity and mathematics, soaring through the first two months of 2014 with a 2.76% return, even though the market entered the year yielding just 5.6%. That average yield is down to 5.2% now, and the average junk-bond price is up to 104.9 cents on the dollar, with an average spread over Treasuries of 3.81 percentage points, a fresh post-crisis low.
I've gone hoarse over the past year warning at various times how the market-s Fed-fueled run has pushed it into dangerous, uncharted territory, namely when the market's average yield briefly fell below 5% last May, but after junk bonds sputtered last summer they recovered to end 2013 up 7.4%, after gaining more than double that the year before.
So I'll say it again: this can't go on forever, and this all depends on ultra-low interest rates, which allow junk-rated companies to refinance their debts indefinitely while pushing investors into riskier types of bonds. Read my latest Current Yield column for a discussion of how credit risk is bound to rear its head eventually, and check the latest news on the escalating tension between Russian and the Ukraine to see exactly what sort of global upheaval tends to hurt risky assets like junk bonds.


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It's that time again
I'm sure you've noticed.
When the leaves flutter from the bark
and the skies lilt.
Do you have a sit spot to visit?
Have you claimed a favorite tree to befriend for the cold season?
Are you making steamy hot soup?
Do you have a support system?
If you are anything like me (or how I was for most of my life) you might be crankily bracing yourself for the worst. Once you are forced to put your wool socks on (while everyone is talking about how stinkin' "cozy" they are and what sweater they'll knit next) you are grumbling in agony and despair. The coming of winter feels like a loss - of half your year, of your sanity, of your enjoyment of life, all the green and flowering friends you have frolicked with all summer. Dammit. *just* when you finally got that glowing olive tan, you've got to put on a long sleeved shirt! Hmph.
It's like a dark curtain descending upon you and all you want to do is sleep until spring.
Right? I know. It sucks.
I know deep inside you wish you could be all cheery and gleeful and excited about going out to pick apples on a crisp day or planning a holiday meal with your family.
But if even the mere thought of skiing or Christmas or snow makes you want to hurl, I feel ya. You're not crazy or dark or disturbed. You're a perfectly beautiful, normal, feeling human. And not alone.
If you're bundled up and warm enough to hang out with me a little longer here at this keyboard (grab the fingerless gloves and some tea, ok?) I'd love to share with you a mini-anthology of winter highlights that have helped me bond more deeply with my New England land and make deeper peace with the Seasons.
By sharing, I simply offer up any of these as possibles for you to try - as warming distractions, challenging initiatives, invitations to deeper Earth Intimacy, fun explorations ...... but most of all, to offer a glimmer of possible peace with the "w" word.
I'm not entirely there .... but there are more things in winter that now I actually look forward to. One of my first winter allies was the Cottonwood Tree:
Scaling down on Holiday Expectations was a biggie:
And an Article I wrote for Plant Healer Magazine
GAIA'S COLD SHOULDER - The Betrayal and Loyalty of Winter
Using Art to transform pain to ease, ugly to beautiful .... with my camera!
May your seasonal toolbag be full, dear one.
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Sujata Banerjee is one of the most versatile South Asian artists in the UK. She is a leading Kathak exponent and performs and teaches in most parts of the world. She is the Artistic Director of the Sujata Banerjee Dance Company, which creates innovative performance works, and conducts summer schools and workshops for all ages and abilities. Sujata believes that arts should be an important part of every person's life and everyone should have the chance to experience it.
Sujata is a senior Examiner and also the Chair of the ISTD Classical Indian Dance Faculty. Sujata has her own Kathak school in Harrow and also teaches at the Centre for Advance Training, Dance Xchange Birmingham. Sujata is also a trained sports scientist and delivers performance enhancement workshops for dancers. Further details can also be found at www.sujatabanerjee.co.uk.


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News » Workshops/Festivals 2014
(UK) Consort de Danse Baroque: Classes in London, Cardiff, Bath, Gloucester and Exeter
From a recent Consort de Danse Baroque newsletter
"We were a bit late putting next term's dates online, which means that we're having to send this notification from our summer school, without the normal individually customised date lists. To view the dates of classes in London, Cardiff, Bath, Gloucester and Exeter, ...
(AT) 38th Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (17-31 Aug 2014)
If you are in the region of Innsbruck, you may want to consider attending some of the concerts at this year's Innsbruck Festival of Early Music.
"The stars were favourable for music in 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederic Handel and Domenico Scarlatti were born. The three bright stars that shone over the baroque era are the focus of the 2014 Innsbruck Festival. Presenting masterpieces from the opera, the church, the concert hall and the chamber. To round off the picture, there will also be music by the father figures and teachers of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti, by friends and contemporaries as well as by their sons' generation. ...
(DE) 23rd Festival of Ancient Music Knechtsteden 2014 (19-28 Sep 2014)
A recent reminder from the organisers of the "Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden" (DE), reminding us that if in the area of Knechtsteden, consider the upcoming Festival concert lineups and symposium dates. (Read on) ...
(UK) Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society (DHDS): 46th Annual International Summer School (27 Jul-3 Aug 2014)
Location: University of Chichester, College Lane, Bishop Otter Campus, PO19 6PE Chichester UK
"This new format Summer School responds to the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth by combining a Renaissance dance course with an exploration of the scenes of dancing and music in his plays. ...
(BE) MAFestival Bruges: Expo Historical Instruments (2-5 August 2014)
Location: Bruges, BE
focus ON MELODY INSTRUMENTS
"Historical instruments will be resounding at the Provincial Court in Bruges from August 2nd till 5th 2014. Renowned builders and publishers form all over the world presenting themselves to the international MAfestival public. ...
(US) 2014 edition of Lute Society of America's Summer Seminar and Lute Festival (22-28 June 2014)
Location: Case Western Reserve University, Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, US
Join in the fun at the 2014 edition of Lute Society of America's Summer Seminar and Lute Festival! This year, the seminar will explore the lute from every angle. The event will feature a distinguished faculty of lute performers, musicological specialists, and vocal coaches. The faculty includes Paul Beier, Eduardo Egüez, soprano Ellen Hargis, Grant Herreid, Jakob Lindberg, Nigel North, Pat O'Brien, luthier Andy Rutherford, Crawford Young, and The Venere Lute Quartet - Douglas Freundlich, Gail Gillispie, Christopher Morrongiello, and Phillip Rukavina. The 2014 Patrick O'Brien Lecturer is lutenist Richard Stone. ...
(FR) Centre culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay Festival (35th Edition) (12 Sep-9 Oct 2014)
Location: Centre culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay, Place de l'Abbaye - 01500 Ambronay FR
"The 35th edition of the Festival Celebrations will be held from September 12 to October 5 next 4 weeks, 35 concerts, unpublished works and masterpieces of the repertoire, nearly 1,500 artists, renowned and emerging talents, unusual visits Site music, many go free around the festival set ears, master classes, workshops, outdoor concerts ... There will be something for everyone! ... "
(UK) Academy of St Cecilia Workshop (12 July 2014)
Location: St George's Metropolitan Cathedral,Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, London, SE1 7HY
32-Part Polychoral Music by Heinrich Biber Tutored by Philip Thorby
with The Von Bibern Players and Norman Harper - Organist St George's Cathedral
"The Academy of St Cecilia is delighted to invite singers for a workshop day of 32-part polychoral music by Heinrich Biber tutored by Philip Thorby. Philip is a globally known expert in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music. ...
(BE) Musica Impulse Centre for Music (Musica, Impulscentrum voor Muziek): AlbaNova Festival (29 June 2014)
Location: Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Bilzen, BE
"After 30 years, the one-day festival "Dag Oude Muziek" is making way for AlbaNova. The new format has the baseline 'Midsummer festival for musical creation and heritage' and builds a bridge between the past and present. Join us on Sunday 29th June in the magnificent surroundings of the Landcommanderij Alden Biesen in Bilzen. ..."
(US) Berkeley Festival & Exhibition 2014 (1-8 June 2014)
Location: Berkeley, California, US
"The 2014 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition will feature fourteen main stage performances, including the American debut of Belgian Ensemble Vox Luminis, winners of Gramophone's "Recording of the Year," and the Berkeley Festival debut of Ars Lyrica Houston. We are also proud to present some of the most renowned Bay Area early music groups including the Philharmonia Chamber Players, with guest harpsichord soloist Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Magnificat. Additionally, Kristian Bezuidenhout and Hopkinson Smith will be giving solo recitals. ..."
(SE) XIII Stockholm Early Music Festival (4-8 June 2014)
"... the Nordic countries' largest festival for historical music, for the 13th year running. The highlight of the season for the lover of early music. It's time to enjoy those longed-for, bright summer days, filled with live music, in the historical setting of Stockholm's Old Town.
(UK) Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2014 (16-24 May 2014)
Location: The Lufthansa Festival takes place at three beautiful and historic venues in the heart of London
"We know when it's time to celebrate at the Lufthansa Festival, and a clutch of anniversaries in 2014 leaves us in no doubt that now is one of those times. Not only is it our own 30th birthday, it is also the 300th anniversary of the founding of the church that today is our home, St John's Smith Square.
But it is another momentous event 300 years ago that is the main inspiration for our programming this year: 1714 was the year in which Georg, Prince-Elector of Hanover, acceded to the throne of Great Britain as George I, thereby ushering in the era of political stabilisation and economic growth that was the Georgian Age. ...
(FR) Festival Ebar(O)quement immédia! 2014 (10 May - 1 Jun 2014)
Location: Metropolitan Valenciennes, FR
Relatively new on the scene of festivals, Festival Ebar(O)quement immédia! 2014 found its beginnings in 2002 with the help of Yannick Lemaire and Fabien Guilloux who shared a passion for their sacred musical heritage and founded the association of Harmonia Sacra followed by the Festival Ebar(O)quement immédia! 2014. It has since flourished into the festival that we now know.
(AU) Yarrangobilly 19th Century Dance & Costume Retreat (14-17 Apr 2014)
Location: Yarrangobilly Caves, NSW Australia
"We'll dance for 3 hours every morning and 3 hours every evening and in between all-can-enjoy cave tours, river walks, thermal-pool-swimming, games, sleeping, cooking and eating. The accommodation, food preparing areas, lounges and dance rooms are simply fantastic. On the Monday when we first arrive we'll make a theme of dance from 1825 to 1850. On the Tuesday of dance from 1850 to 1875 and on the Wednesday from 1875 to 1900—but any 19th century dress, be it from day or evening dress from any of these periods is fine. ...
(AU) Canberra Shakespeare Festival (7-8-9 Jun 2014)
Location: St Johns Church, Canberra, Australia
"It is official and the venue in Reid is booked - Aylwen Gardiner-Garden is organising the Canberra Shakespeare Festival at St Johns Church buildings & grounds on 7,8 & 9 June 2014 - a festival of theatre, dance, music, costumes, food, workshops, fighting, games, a masque, a feast and a costumed public procession - a special celebration of Shakespeare's life, pastimes and performance in Elizabethan England. ...
(AU) Jane Austen Festival Australia 2014 (10-13 Apr 2014)
Location: Canberra, Australia
"Jane Austen Festival Australia is an annual celebration in Canberra where Austen and Napoleonic fans from all over Australia come and indulge themselves in everything Regency - including dancing, music, food, games, archery, fencing, theatre, promenades, grand balls, talks, workshops, costumes and books. This festival is now a regular part of the ACT Heritage Festival and Australian Heritage Week. Since its inception in 2008 this little festival has blossomed into one of the most delightful four days anyone could experience each April in an old and beautiful part of Canberra, the Federal capital of Australia. ..."
(UK) Northern Recorder Course (NRC) (14-17 Apr 2014)
News on the Northern Recorder Course (NRC) website of a change of venue for its 2014 workshop session. The venue will relocate from Bawtry Hall, the Northern Recorder Course to Hothorpe Hall.
"Now in its 49th year, this course offers a relaxed, supportive and friendly environment for recorder players of all abilities to make music. …"


text: Older sibling's role in Boston attack stuns boxing circles ← Related Article Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page BARCROFT MEDIA photo Tamerlan Tsarnaev practiced boxing at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts center in Boston in this April 2009 photo. BARCROFT MEDIA photo Tamerlan Tsarnaev arrived at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts center in Boston in this April 2009 photo. Anne Rearick Tamerlan Tsarnaev, with Somerville boxing club trainers, got his hands laced at a Golden Glove event in Lowell on May 15, 2006. Anne Rearick Tamerlan Tsarnaev, with Micky Ward, a former professional boxer, at a Golden Gloves event in Lowell on May 15, 2006. FBI Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev was being sought by police in the Boston Marathon bombings. Bob Leonard Law enforcement officials identified two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings as brothers Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (left) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Tamerlan was killed in a confrontation with police. Bob Leonard photo The suspects were photographed near the finish line. David Green/AP What appears to be Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (left, in white hat) is shown walking away after the Marathon bombings on Monday. Boston Regional Intelligence Center Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev in a photo release early Friday morning. The Boston Marathon bombings killed three people and injured more than 170, some of whom lost limbs. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in a yearbook photo, was a member of the class of 2011 at the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. VKontakte/AFP/Getty Images An undated image of what appears to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken from VKontakte, a Russian social media site. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev was on the wrestling team in high school, former classmates said. Boston Regional Intelligence Center Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev in an undated photo. FBI The FBI initially referred to Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, here in security camera footage shortly before the Marathon bombing, as Suspect 2. "We believe this to be a terrorist,'' Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis told reporters. "We believe this to be a man here to kill people." The brothers killed an MIT police officer and later seriously injured a Transit Police officer, officials said. FBI Tamerlan Tsarnaev, initially known as Suspect 1, died early Friday morning after a shootout with police, officials said. FBI The brothers led law enforcement in a car chase and threw grenades at officers, injuring about 20 officers, officials said. FBI Tamerlan Tsarnaev's injuries were inflicted by a combination of blasts and gunshots, said Dr. Richard Wolfe of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. FBI When his brother was injured and apprehended, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev escaped.


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I never got into the Draw Something craze. Something between a lack of skill and large fingers on a tiny screen meant that I was lucky if I won against a three-year-old. Fortunately, my dignity could be redeemed with the introduction of a new app, named Song Pop.
When Song Pop showed up in the App Store, I am pretty sure music lovers everywhere cheered with joy. Now they could show off not only their song knowledge but also their artist knowledge, in a five question multi-round music quiz where you are pitted against other music fans. A combination of fast answer times and correct answers in music genres including '90's Alternative and Modern Rap is what it takes to show you are the Song Pop queen or king. (more…)


text: Potchefstroom - The Chevrolet Knights became the first team to tame the bizhub Highveld Lions in the Momentum One-Day Cup this season as they pulled off a six-wicket victory in a rain-affected match at Senwes Park with seven balls to spare. The Chevrolet Knights were set a target of 251 at just over five runs to the over, but a heavy drizzle took the players from the field in the second over. Despite several attempts to restart, fifteen overs were lost before play resumed with the target being reduced to 212 in 35 overs. Pumelela Matshikwe struck in his first over, inducing makeshift opener Werner Coetsee to play on, and Rilee Rossouw was clean bowled by Zander de Bruyn. A second interruption followed ten overs later with the Chevrolet Knights in a spot of bother on 49 for two. Two further overs were lost, with a further reduction in the target to 204 in 33 overs. Fortunately there were to be no further disruptions. Michael Erlank and Ryan Bailey took their partnership to 28 before Bailey became Matshikwe's second victim, undone by a change of pace. At 75 for three, the Chevrolet Knights were still some way from home. Obus Pienaar came to the crease and struck the ball cleanly from the start. He was particularly severe on Aaron Phangiso, plundering 23 off twelve balls in the left-armer's first spell. Phangiso went for 37 in four overs, his worst performance of the season. While Erlank set himself to bat through the innings, Pienaar contributed 41 of the 50 partnership for the fourth wicket. Erlank was eventually caught at mid on for 52 off 79 balls (4 fours and what proved to be the only six of the match). This was his first half-century in the colours of the franchise. Any hopes that this breakthrough might bring the bizhub Highveld Lions back into the game were dashed as Ryan McLaren came out all guns blazing. He struck a boundary off his first ball, and with Pienaar going to his 50 off just 30 balls, the Chevrolet Knights hurried down the home straight. Pienaar finished unbeaten on 67 (43 balls, 11 fours) and McLaren on 41 (30 balls, 7 fours). Their unbeaten partnership contributed 64 off just 48 balls. None of the bizhub Highveld Lions bowlers could contain the Chevrolet Knights. Matshikwe finished with two wickets and Hardus Viljoen one to take his tally for the season to thirteen. De Bruyn was the only bowler to maintain an economy rate of below five to the over. Phangiso bowled a good comeback over at the end, but could not repair the earlier damage to his figures. Earlier, the bizhub Highveld Lions had been restricted to 250 for seven despite another impressive performance by Stephen Cook (52) and Neil McKenzie (67 not out) after the bizhub Highveld Lions had won the toss and elected to bat first. McLaren took three for 51 while spinners Werner Coetsee and Nicky Boje both returned tight spells to keep the bizhub Highveld Lions in check. McLaren took the Man of the Match award for another solid all-round performance. Despite their first defeat, the bizhub Highveld Lions maintain a comfortable nine-point lead as the first round of matches reaches completion. The Chevrolet Knights moved up to third place, but the traffic is building in the middle of the table.


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We examine the feasibility polyhedron of the uncapacitated hub location problem (UHL) with multiple allocation, which has applications in the fields of air passenger and cargo transportation, telecommunication and postal delivery services. In particular we determine the dimension and derive some classes of facets of this polyhedron. We develop some general rules about lifting facets from the uncapacitated facility location (UFL) for UHL and projecting facets from UHL to UFL. By applying these rules we get a new class of facets for UHL which dominates the inequalities in the original formulation. Thus we get a new formulation of UHL whose constraints are all facet defining. We show its superior computational performance by benchmarking it on a well known data set.
It is well-known that some of the classical location problems with polyhedral gauges can be solved in polynomial time by finding a finite dominating set, i.e. a finite set of candidates guaranteed to contain at least one optimal location. In this paper it is first established that this result holds for a much larger class of problems than currently considered in the literature. The model for which this result can be proven includes, for instance, location problems with attraction and repulsion, and location-allocation problems. Next, it is shown that the approximation of general gauges by polyhedral ones in the objective function of our general model can be analyzed with regard to the subsequent error in the optimal objective value. For the approximation problem two different approaches are described, the sandwich procedure and the greedy algorithm. Both of these approaches lead - for fixed epsilon - to polynomial approximation algorithms with accuracy epsilon for solving the general model considered in this paper.
Many polynomially solvable combinatorial optimization problems (COP) become NP when we require solutions to satisfy an additional cardinality constraint. This family of problems has been considered only recently. We study a newproblem of this family: the k-cardinality minimum cut problem. Given an undirected edge-weighted graph the k-cardinality minimum cut problem is to find a partition of the vertex set V in two sets V 1 , V 2 such that the number of the edges between V 1 and V 2 is exactly k and the sum of the weights of these edges is minimal. A variant of this problem is the k-cardinality minimum s-t cut problem where s and t are fixed vertices and we have the additional request that s belongs to V 1 and t belongs to V 2 . We also consider other variants where the number of edges of the cut is constrained to be either less or greater than k. For all these problems we show complexity results in the most significant graph classes.


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The high school dropout rate is moving in the right direction – down – across the South Bay and Harbor Area, with a few exceptions, most notably among campuses in the troubled Inglewood Unified School District.
The figures released by the state on Wednesday generally mirror state and countywide trends, although area schools fared better on average.
Specifically, 20 high schools in the South Bay and Harbor Area had dropout rates that are lower than the state average of 14.4 percent. Eight schools performed worse than that. (Results for one campus, the high-performing Harbor Teacher Preparatory Academy, were unavailable this week.)
The state report, which also includes corresponding graduation rates, marks the second year of statistics from a new tracking system meant to tighten the accuracy of data once reliant on self-reported numbers. This marks the first time numbers can be compared year to year, according to the California Department of Education.
Across the South Bay and Harbor Area, just five schools moved significantly in the wrong direction. Three of those schools – Inglewood High, Morningside High and City Honors – are in the Inglewood Unified School District. Still, the dropout rate at two of those schools – Inglewood and City Honors – are below state and county averages. The figure at Morningside, 26.4 percent, is now the worst in the region.
The disappointing statistics in Inglewood underscore the close relationship between financial stability and academic achievement, as that district has long been California's poster child for fiscal malaise.
But Pete Somberg, president of the Inglewood district's teachers union, said he believes money isn't the only factor.
"They need to stop shoddy decision-making," he said of the district's board and superintendent, noting class sizes exceed what is required in the teachers contract. "They need to give the students and parents a reason to trust the school district again."
Superintendent Gary McHenry couldn't be reached for comment.
Other noteworthy negative jumps were at Port of Los Angeles High School, where the rate of students quitting school rose from 11 percent to 14.7 percent, and Animo Leadership charter high school in Lennox, where the rate more than doubled, from 6.6 percent to 14.3 percent.
Among the most improved schools in the area were those striving to overcome historically tarnished reputations. These include Gardena High – the area's lowest high school performer on test scores – whose dropout rate fell to 20.5 percent from 31.4 percent in just one year.
Leuzinger and Hawthorne high schools in the Centinela Valley high school district posted similarly dramatic improvements.
Mike Romero, superintendent of District 8 in the Los Angeles Unified School District – which stretches into the South Bay and Harbor Area – said he is not surprised by the gains at Gardena High.
"They had a plan of action and were very strategic in implementing that plan," he said.
It includes everything from creating a block schedule allowing students to take more classes per semester to hiring a dropout-prevention coordinator who chases down truants – by making phone calls, sending letters, offering counseling and even knocking on doors.
One day last fall, Romero himself and some volunteers joined an effort to hit the streets to locate no-shows.
"We had a student recovery day – I think it was the second week of school," he said. "We must have knocked on the doors of 500 homes."
At Leuzinger High, where the dropout rate plummeted to 23.7 percent from 33.3 percent, outgoing Principal Ryan Smith credited a slate of new initiatives.
They include an online program for students struggling to pass the California high school exit exam, an intensive effort by teachers to get students who are failing classes to learn the material and retake tests, and an alternative program offered at Lloyd Continuation High for students who fail to graduate on time.
"I think this is just the tip of the iceberg," said Smith, who is leaving the district this week for a job in the Santa Ana Unified School District. "Next year you'll see an even bigger jump."
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This Far Cry 4 Fan Film is All About Co-Op
Just a few days after being formally announced, there is already an impressive Far Cry 4 fan film on Youtube.
RocketJump's Far Cry 4 fan film was shot and released just days after the game was announced earlier this week at E3 2014, and it's already light-years better than that Uwe Boll abomination we keep trying to forget. We're rather impressed that Brandon J. Laatsch's Far Cry project could be so excellent -- its cinematography, characters, acting, props and special effects all rank in the upper echelon of game-based fan films. The co-star of the short even looks like the gyrocopter-flying companion that can join your game in co-op, Hurk.
The fan film depicts what co-op was described to be like in Far Cry 4: you and a partner get to both attack an outpost and clear it full of baddies. The mortar work during this sequence was particularly great.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Jeremy Lin, Women in VC, and the Bigotry of Pattern Matching
Jeremy Lin is the talk of the NBA. Sportswriters everywhere are busy cranking out column inches on what people have called the ultimate Cinderella story: The emergence of an Asian-American Harvard graduate, seemingly from nowhere, as one of the NBA's biggest stars.
On February 3, Jeremy Lin was the Knicks' third-string point guard. Less than two weeks later, after leading the Knicks to six straight wins, including two consecutive games in which he scored the winning points, Sports Illustrated announced that they would put him on the cover of the February 20 issue with the caption, "Against All Odds."
Yet one group wasn't surprised by Lin's success. A new breed of basketball statheads (the hoop equivalent of the SABRmetricians popularized in "Moneyball") had predicted Lin's success from the start.
Prior to the 2010 draft (where all 30 NBA teams passed on Lin) their analysis ranked Lin #10 out of all players, and #1 among undrafted players. This analysis is purely statistical; the models don't consider height, vertical leap, foot speed, and perhaps most importantly, skin color. They simply look at statistical contributions made during basketball games.
Statistical analysis continued to rate Lin highly on his rookie season. He produced .157 wins per 48 minutes played, or more than 50% better than the average player, who produces .100 wins per 48 minutes played. (Incidentally, Carmelo Anthony produced .140 wins per 48 minutes played that season).
He also shone in the NBA's Developmental League (a minor league of basketball), where he produced at a .211 clip.
In other words, when you looked at pure production, Lin was a top prospect. His rise only seems unlikely when you consider non-basketball factors, like his race or educational institution.
Trendy sports blog Deadspin tweaked the madness best, titling a February 7 blog post, "Asian Harvard Grad Somehow Succeeding In New York."
It's a funny one-liner, but it underscores a more serious issue.
Lin's high school coach noted that his star player wasn't recruited by any colleges, despite leading underdog Palo Alto High to the California state title. He also noted that the following year, a number of scouts came to games to watch another of his players who wasn't as good, but was African-American.
Stereotyping has legitimate purposes. If you knew that Harvard University had produced twice as many presidents (8) as NBA players (4), you would be right to guess that any generic Harvard basketball player would be unlikely to make the NBA. But stereotyping only makes sense in the absence of better data.
In the case of Jeremy Lin, publicly available statistics proclaimed his value, but scouts preferred believing in stereotypes to trusting in data.
Sadly, this kind of bigotry isn't limited to the world of sports. Even here in Silicon Valley, where we like to think of ourselves as a meritocracy, we practice a particularly pernicious form of stereotyping on a daily basis.
Investors love to talk about "pattern matching." A common expression is, "I've seen this movie before." There's a reason why entrepreneurs constantly pitch themselves as "the AirBnB of ice skating" or "the iPhone of Valentine's Day cards" (hmmm, that actually doesn't sound so bad....).
This made sense in the absence of better data. When investors had to make decisions based on a PowerPoint deck and some rough prototypes, falling back on stereotypes was a good strategy. Indeed, I like to describe the default investing strategy of Silicon Valley as "invest in charismatic 20something Computer Science graduates from Stanford, MIT, and CMU (with Berkeley, UIUC, and Harvard as fallbacks), as long as they're male and either Caucasian or Asian."
In today's world, with the ability to judge entrepreneurs based on a vast amount of publicly available data, ranging from social media to GitHub, with the ability to launch MVPs and generate tangible engagement and conversion statistics without raising money from investors, we now have the better data we need to make stereotyping AKA "pattern matching" AKA bigotry obsolete.
But old habits die hard. Just in the last few months, we saw a CNN special on black entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Whether or not you feel that CNN used ambush tactics to help stir up controversy, the fact is that African-Americans make up only 1% of venture-backed entrepreneurs nationwide. And just last month, Whitney Hess conducted an analysis of top venture capital firms that showed that the most gender-balanced firm was Kleiner Perkins at 23% female, while the majority of those firms had zero female investors.
Discussing such topics makes people in Silicon Valley uncomfortable. Few of us like to think of ourselves as racist or sexist. Yet I know of many entrepreneurs who feel that they are overlooked because of their skin color, gender, age or simply because they didn't go to the right schools.
Jeremy Lin has been called the Asian Tim Tebow (or is it that Tim Tebow is the white Jeremy Lin?); we need to extend the lessons of Jeremy Lin beyond sports to the startup world. Decisions need to be based on performance on the field of play, not race, gender, age, or education.
And for those who are the first to recognize "pattern matching" for what it is, the rewards can be great. How many of those other 29 NBA teams could use Jeremy Lin on their team right now?
UPDATE: #Linsanity continues. Jeremy Lin had 10 points and 13 assists in 26 minutes of play during a blowout win over the Sacramento Kings. 7 wins in a row.
UPDATE: Looks like this post struck a nerve. Head on over to Hacker News and upvote, please.
UPDATE: The news gets worse for NBA GMs. Pre-draft tests show that Lin is actually faster than NBA MVP Derrick Rose, as well as #1 picks John Wall and Kyrie Irving. Incidentally, Lin's Knicks beat Irving's Cavs last night. Lin had 19 points, 13 assists, and perhaps most importantly, only one turnover.
15 comments:
- Aaron Klein said...
Amazing post Chris. As the dad of a multicultural family (we are Korean-Ethiopian-Americans :>), I look forward to a day when data and results define our opportunities. It's coming.
"ambush tactics"? asking arrington a simple question during an scheduled on camera interview that his pr people set up isnt exactly an ambush.
- Chris said...
Thanks! I've noticed a lot of reaction on Twitter from people with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Arrington characterized the interview as an "ambush". Whether it was or not is left to the judgment of the reader, and you're certainly welcome to point out facts that you think germane.
- Kristine said...
This sounds like it should be an Academy award winning movie starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill.
- Eric Marcoullier said...
Chris -- I agree that pattern matching can often produce counter-productive results. Unfortunately, it's hard-wired into out brain. It's how we deal with the vast amounts of data we input every second. It's how we know that something we've never seen before is a chair, or a car or a person. Our brain is *always* going to stereotype data based upon historical data -- the challenge is recognizing that you're doing it and question whether it's valid.
Hope you're doing well, amigo!
- Chris said...
I just love saying the following phrase: "Academy Award Nominee Jonah Hill." I hope they use that in the "21 Jump Street" ads.
Pattern matching and stereotyping are very important coping mechanisms...the point is that when there is enough data, they become counterproductive. I pattern match all the time; just a few days ago, I was talking with someone and uttered the words, "A bunch of MIT grads? Sounds like a winner to me!"
But the key is that in that case I had no other data on the startup. Were I to talk with them, I'd focus on more tangible metrics and evaluations.
- John J. Walters said...
I like your quote: Stereotyping only makes sense in the absence of better data.
It acknowledges that yes, we almost all rely on stereotypes from time to time.
It also points out there are definitely times to discard them.
I think this is a very realistic assimilation of the type of thinking advocated in Blink and what we grow up learning (i.e. more thinking is better).
Yes, Tebow is just a whiter, dumber, and more obnoxious NFL version of Lin.
- Christine Herron said...
Thought you might enjoy this Pinterest board...I do. The more women you invest with, the more you'll invest in. Pattern matching trains us to trust the familiar.
- Chris said...
Thanks for the pinboard! I hope you don't mind that I shared it on Twitter as well!
- whatthat said...
As a Asian Woman entrepreneur, I've been through lots of stereotype. In Asia, woman's success are defined by playing as a good wife and lovely mother. Sometimes the success of woman will be viewed as the reason for the failure of family. It is really disappointing. Hope your article will break more walls and bring up more innovation to the world.
- Joy Chen said...
Terrific post and terrific blog, Chris. I'd love to subscribe my email or even RSS it but I can't see a way to do either. How can we best follow this blog? Please email to let me know and/or post a reply here. Thanks! Your new fan, Joy Chen
- nix said...
Chris - wonderful post. Thanks. Nikhil
Great post Chris. I'd love to hear your thoughts on what data angels / VCs should examine when considering an investment. Correlation Ventures recently raised a first round of funding and their decisions are based mostly on a large proprietary set of data they have collected about venture investments.
- Dave Hahn said...
"Yet one group wasn't surprised by Lin's success. A new breed of basketball statheads (the hoop equivalent of the SABRmetricians popularized in "Moneyball") had predicted Lin's success from the start."
I think this statement greatly exaggerates the truth Chris. Yes, one statistical model predicted that Lin could turn out to be a solid NBA player, but in the entire universe of stat-heads only one, a FedEx delivery guy named Ed Weiland, actually went on the record saying Lin was one of the top point guards in the 2010 NBA Draft. The Wages of Wins Journal doesn't even meaningfully discuss Lin until after his breakout performances with the Knicks. Stat-heads simply did not predict that this guy would play this well, and are just as surprised as everyone else.


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Subject: General Tech, Systems | June 23, 2012 - 06:04 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, llano, blindfolded, APU, amd
Well, we did it! Today I successfully built an AMD A-series APU based computer while blindfolded LIVE. At the start of the event I went over the various components used for the build including the AMD A8-3800 APU, MSI A75 motherboard, Corsair 550D case and 650 watt power supply and more. After showing it all, I wrapped a scarf around my head and went to work.
There were quite a few more hurdles than I expected including spreading the thermal paste correctly, screwing the motherboard into the case and finding the pins for the front panel power button. I was surprised at how easily I was able to install the APU, memory and heatsink, but that likely comes with years of practice and experience with the hardware.
In all, it took me 1 hour and 18 minutes to get to a Windows screen using a pre-installed OS on a Western Digital 1TB hard drive. That was MUCH longer than I had originally thought it would take, so I have been humbled by those DIY PC users that build their own on without sight a regular basis!
If you missed the live event we hosted at http://pcper.com/live you can find the replay hosted right here below. Enjoy watching me completely make a fool of myself!
Update: The winner of the blindfolded system was selected, congrats goes to Darren who gets the task of rebuilding this rig! :D


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Manchester City's injury list means they will be unable to rest key players for Sunday's Manchester derby when they face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
While a place in the knockout stages of Europe's elite competition is already impossible, Roberto Mancini's team need to beat the Bundesliga champions to stand any chance of qualifying for the Europa League.
City then take on the Premier League leaders Manchester United at Old Trafford, but while Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to rotate when his team take on Cluj on Wednesday, first-team coach David Platt has warned that option is not available to City - who will be without seven players in Germany.
Aleksandar Kolarov limped off in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Everton because of a groin injury while Jack Rodwell, James Milner, Gael Clichy and Micah Richards all remain sidelined. In addition, Kolo Toure, who was not named in City's European squad, is ineligible and Yaya Toure, who has collected three yellow cards in the Champions League, is suspended.
"With everybody we have got on the treatment table, we are not going to have much choice," Platt said.
"But the fortunate thing is that Dortmund is a Tuesday night game and we have an extra day to recover because the derby isn't until Sunday.
"Four days is enough to recover. You don't grumble about that, but we haven't got an advantage over United. At the end of the day, they have already qualified and they can pick any team they want against Cluj."


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Victor Davis Hanson detects in Barack Obama's early personnel decisions "the outline of one of most profound bait-and-switch campaigns in our political history, predicated on the mass appeal of a magnetic leader rather than any principles per se." In this account, "Obama is a masterful politician who never has had any real ideology or persona other than his own diversity story and history, youth, and charisma that together allow him to be whatever is politically expedient at the time."
Hanson's view is consistent with Obama's actions to date as president-elect but, as I have argued elsewhere, hardly compelled by them. But I think Hanson is probably correct with respect to the issue he focuses the most on — the prosecution of the war on terror, narrowly defined. It would make no sense for Obama to take a soft line when it comes to going after terrorists, and Obama is a sensible politician.
More generally, I would assert three theses (to use Scott's term) about the shape of an Obama presidency:
First, other things being equal, Obama will govern from the left. Like nearly all presidents, Obama almost certainly wants to leave a mark beyond merely the story of his becoming president. This means changing things, and as a creature of the leftist milieu, the change can be expected to come from the playbook of the left.
Second, other things are not equal. Pushing for change requires the expenditure of political capital, and the price of trying to implement many of the left's "plays" would be steep. Obama is not eager to expend political capital, at least at this juncture. Therefore, he will probably proceed cautiously, focusing first on aspects of the leftist agenda that carry a relatively low cost.
Third, Obama's leftist views do not seem deeply held or immune from evolution. His leftism appears to arise mostly from over-exposure (on college campuses, in Chicago's black community, and in white liberal political circles), coupled with the fact that holding leftist positions has almost always been in his interests. Obama's leftism does not appear to be the product of a significant amount of critical thinking.
As the campaign progressed, it became in Obama's interests (probably for the first time) not to espouse leftist positions. I remarked at the time that Obama seemed to be picking up some of the lyrics of centrism, but not the music. And I questioned whether Obama had sufficient time to learn the tunes. By the latter stages of the campaign, with the economic crisis deepening, it no longer mattered that he do so. Obama could talk with impunity to Joe the Plumber about spreading the wealth around.
But now, to the extent that he perceives the need to proceed cautiously, Obama has more time. And to the extent that he is surrounding himself with ideologically diverse advisers on a range of issues, he may actually be in a position to revisit some of the easy assumptions that have always carried him along so handsomely.
Much leftist dogma is likely to survive whatever new thinking Obama undertakes. But if some of it is weeded out by pragmatic considerations and a bit more by critical analysis, that's at least some change we can believe in.
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This article provides an overview of digital flatbed and laser cutting systems and highlights what's available on the market.
By the editors of Screen Printing magazine
Digital imaging in the screenmaking department and wide-format inkjet printers on the production floor have enabled graphics screen printers to enter new markets and take on a wide array of jobs profitably, including prototypes and one-off pieces. But what's available when it comes to finishing the short-run work and handling the big job runs? Let's take a look at digital and laser cutters, two solutions for finishing graphics printed on a vast assortment of substrates and in just about any quantity.
What are digital cutters?
Digitally controlled cutting and routing systems are available in a variety of configurations. Drum cutters, or roll-fed cutting plotters, are often best suited to kiss-cutting thin, flexible materials that have liners or backing. Self-adhesive vinyl is an example. High-end models may be equipped with optical systems for registering cutting paths to printed graphics.
Another type of digitally controlled cutter is the CNC router, which is common in the sign industry. Computer numeric control (CNC) routers are geared toward straight or three-dimensional cutting and ideally suited for use with rigid, dense, thick materials—wood, plastic, foam board, and non-ferrous metals, for example. CNC routers are typically equipped with 3- to 10-HP spindles and a wide range of collet sizes. Cut-to-print registration is mostly set manually or mechanically; optical registration may be available. Loading and unloading are also commonly manual processes. Clamping and/or vacuum systems handle for material hold-down.
CNC routing involves removing material along a cut path as wide as the router bit being used. The process can be somewhat slow, and it produces quite a bit of dust. Options are available for dust extraction and debris removal. Add-ons for automation include tool changers, tool calibration, misting/lubricating devices (for metal processing), and some knife attachments.
Flatbed cutters round out the category of digitally controlled systems. These cutters combine high-speed operation with several options for tooling and automated material handling. Flatbed cutters, also known as cutting tables or XY or XYZ cutters, feature a beam or gantry that moves along the X-axis (or length of the table), while the toolhead moves along the beam and covers the width of the table, or Y-axis. The Z-axis refers to tool or cutting depth.
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Our school cafeterias offer a variety of colorful fresh fruits and vegetables each day, and when available, we source our produce from local farms. Beginning in late August, we buy fresh apples, peaches, pears and plums form Dondero Orchards in Glastonbury. This continues into the school year, with apple purchases through January! In September, we buy local corn on the cob, and throughout the fall and early winter we buy New England grown zuchini, tomatoes, winter squashes, potatoes, and other salad vegetables from our produce supplier.
We also have had the wonderful opportunity to serve vegetables grown from West Hartford School gardens! Delicious herbs, tomatoes, salad greens and other fresh nutritious foods grown by our school communities have been served to students in their school lunches. Click here to see a beautiful pictorial story of Norfeldt School's Farm to School program. Many thanks to Mr. Jonathan Housum for creating this great testimonial!


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What originally started out as a ThinkGeek April Fool's joke has come to life and is now a real retro arcade cabinet made just for your not-so-retro iPad or iPad 2. We all know that the iPad is already great for games, but if there's one thing it's lacking, it's the tactile feel of retro arcade games. If you grew up in the era of Pong and Centipede, there's no better way to play those in the modern era than with your unashamedly-retro iCade iPad Arcade Cabinet ($99). The cabinet works with Bluetooth and the Atari Greatest Hits app, which offers Missile Command for free, several game packs for $1 and all 100 available games for one in-app purchase of $9.99. We love the idea of this novelty toy, but $99 is a lot to spend on an iPad accessory, so we tested it out to let you know if it will be worth your while.
In our own testing experience, we found that setting up the iCade was not quite as quick and easy as we'd like. Users must first turn on Bluetooth on the iPad, press a series of buttons on the iCade, select the device to connect via Bluetooth, and then enter a passcode to get the two to pair. A few times it took long enough to do this, or one step didn't work, that we were tempted to abandon it altogether. Once you get the sequence down it ought to make for a quicker pairing, but it will always take at least a couple minutes to get your iPad ready for game play, which is enough to turn off some casual users.
We would also suggest typing in your Apple ID and password in the App Store before you turn on Bluetooth and start the Atari Greatest Hits app with the intention of purchasing games or a game pack. When we tried to make our in-app purchase of a game pack, the iPad wouldn't open up a keyboard (for password typing) because we were using Bluetooth. We had to exit the app, turn off Bluetooth, make the purchase, then return to the app once again. This makes us want to suggest just coughing up the $10 for all 100 Atari games because then you'll only have to go through this tedious process once. As soon as you have your games purchased, you're ready to play. The iCade has a classic red-ball joystick and six other buttons to help you control your way to gaming dominance.
We played some sessions of Missile Command and Pong, and while the controls seemed a little sticky in Pong, you'd probably get used to the tactile controls pretty quickly. Our biggest qualms about this fun novelty gift are the price tag and the time it takes to set up your iPad every time you want to play. If you can stomach both of those issues (the price tag probably being the biggest one) and you're a big retro-gaming fan, you will probably get countless hours of fun play time out of the iCade. If you're a bit more of a casual gamer and just think "hey, that looks kind of cool," we're guessing that you are not going to end up thinking it warrants spending $99 for the cabinet and $10 on games.


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It is said that the 3D in the ride was extremely wel done and realistic LOOKING FORWARD TO RIDING IT THIS SUMMER
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The PS3 is capable of updates, like the latest one which gave it HD-DVD playback ability. Sony are giving the PS3 the best Blu Ray support!
For the final part of our cheapie Blu-ray group test, we're looking at the Sony PS3. It's at the top of the price range - at £299 - but given that you get a high-end games console as well, it's a decent deal. Can't see the video? Download FlashPlayer from Adobe.com Related Video Reviews Sharp BDHP20H Blu-ray Disc player …
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Works out of the box. Sony subsidises it.
Even if it didn't play games, it would still be a good deal.
The reviewer said "Pay extra for a sony cable for optical...."
How about plugging in an optical cable into the port on the back?
Optical is part of all PS3's not an optional cable.
Secondly, he said 24FPS Playback is not supported, but it clearly is and has been for a long time. I know as I am running it on a Sony 46x3000 LCD TV and it works.
Please if your doing to be telling people about anything...Get your facts right.
mark's "ps3 is so good, software updates can turn the hardware of the blu-ray drive into a combi one"
oh damn im not.
i swear, theres being a fan of the ps3 and then theres sounding like a creationist....
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in which case "usb drives can be plugged into a computer with appropriate software" might be a more apropriate rant.


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Cliffs Natural Resources Inc said on Wednesday that if iron ore prices fell further, it could scrap a key expansion at its Bloom Lake mine in Canada's iron-rich Labrador Trough region.
The company already delayed the expansion, which will double production capacity to 16 million metric tons a year, after benchmark iron ore <.IO62-CNI=SI> prices plunged from a peak of over $190 per metric ton in 2011 to below $90 in 2012.
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The price has since recovered to around $120 per metric ton.
"At $90 the project doesn't go, which is consensus right now," Chief Executive Joseph Carrabba told Reuters. "At $110, $120, the project goes. And believe me, the line is that fine when it comes down to the criticality of that project."
Carrabba, speaking at the Steel Success Strategies conference in New York, added that the Cleveland-based company expects to make a final decision on the development this year, with construction set for 2014.
A further expansion targeted for 2016 could take production capacity up to 24 million metric tons a year.
Bloom Lake, acquired through Cliffs $4 billion takeover of Consolidated Thompson in 2011, is considered by analysts to be a key future growth driver.
The company bought its majority stake in the project with the intention of expanding capacity to fuel growing hunger for iron ore from China, which was booming on rapid urbanization.
But demand and prices have since fallen, prompting the late 2012 delay. Many top global mining companies have slowed their iron ore units on softening demand for the steelmaking material.
Shares of Cliffs were up slightly at $18.62 on Wednesday afternoon in New York. The stock has fallen more than 50 percent so far this year, dragged down by a writedown, volatile commodity prices and declining profit.
(Reporting by Allison Martell; Writing by Julie Gordon; Editing by Janet Guttsman and Sofina Mirza-Reid)