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Busby, J S (1998) Effective practices in design transfer. Research in Engineering Design, 10 (3). pp. 178-188. ISSN 0934-9839
Busby, J S (1998) The neglect of feedback in engineering design organisations. Design Studies, 19. pp. 103-117. ISSN 0142-694X
Carson, J S and Marivannan, M S and Cassel, R and Medeiros, D J and Pidd, M and Watson, E F (1998) Three phase simulation in Java. In: Winter Simulation Conference (Grand Hyatt, Washington DC ) - 1998. unknown, N/A, pp. 367-372.
Checkland, Peter and Holwell, S E (1998) Action research: its nature and validity. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 11 (1). pp. 9-21. ISSN 1094-429X
Christiansen, Daniel and Wallace, S W (1998) Option theory and modeling under uncertainty. Annals of Operations Research, 82 (1). pp. 59-82. ISSN 0254-5330
Cox, S J (1998) Relationships between evaluations of management commitment and perceptions of the work environment. In: British Academy of Management Annual Conference (Nottingham) - 1998. unknown, N/A, pp. 49-50.
Cox, S J and Flin, R (1998) Safety culture: philosopher's stone or man of straw? Work and Stress, 12 (3). pp. 189-201. ISSN 0267-8373
Cox, S J and Tait, N R (1998) Safety, Reliability and Risk Management: An Integrated Approach. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. ISBN 0750640162
Cox, S J and Vassie, L H (1998) Small and medium size enterprises (SME) interest in voluntary certification schemes for health and safety management: preliminary results. Safety Science, 29. pp. 67-73. ISSN 0925-7535
Dye, Shane and Tomasgard, Asgeir and Wallace, Stein W (1998) Feasibility in transportation networks with supply eating arcs. Networks, 31 (3). pp. 165-176. ISSN 0028-3045
Eglese, R. W. and Letchford, A. N. (1998) The rural postman problem with deadline classes. European Journal of Operational Research, 105 (3). pp. 390-400. ISSN 0377-2217
Fildes, R A and Bottomley, P (1998) The role of prices in models of innovation diffusion. Journal of Forecasting, 17 (7). pp. 539-555. ISSN 0277-6693
Fildes, R A and Ranyard, J C (1998) Summary of final discussion. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 49. pp. 434-443. ISSN 1476-9360
Fildes, R A and Ranyard, J C (1998) Winners and losers: adding organisational value. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 49. pp. 355-368. ISSN 1476-9360
Fildes, R A and Ranyard, J C (1998) The foundations, development and current practice of OR. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 49. pp. 304-443. ISSN 1476-9360
Hendry, L (1998) Applying world class manufacturing to make-to-order companies: problems and solutions. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 18 (11). pp. 1089-1100. ISSN 0144-3577
Hendry, L and Kingsman, B G and Cheung, P (1998) The effect of workload control (WLC) on performance in make-to-order companies. Journal of Operations Management, 16. pp. 63-75. ISSN 0272-6963
Hibon, M and Meade, N and Makridakis, S and Fildes, R A (1998) Generalising about univariate forecasting methods: further empirical evidence. International Journal of Forecasting, 14 (3). pp. 339-358.
Hindle, A and Roberts, E A M and Worthington, D J (1998) Speciality location decisions in the reformed NHS: a case study. Health Services Management Research, 11. pp. 174-181. ISSN 0951-4848
Holwell, S E and Checkland, Peter (1998) An information system won the war. In: IEE Proceedings Software, 145(4): 95-99 ( ) - 1998. unknown, N/A.
Kim, I and Hendry, L (1998) Using DEA to assess NATO burden-sharing. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 49 (3). pp. 228-236. ISSN 1476-9360
Kingsman, B G and Mercer, A (1998) Strike rate matrices for integrating marketing and production during the tendering process in make-to-order subcontrators. International Transactions in Operational Research, 4 (4). pp. 251-257. ISSN 0969-6016
Kingsman, B G and Yahya, S (1998) A goal programming approach for business allocation problem in entrepreneur development programmes. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 4. pp. 65-89. ISSN 1572-9958
Klein Haneveld, W K and Teunter, R H (1998) Effects of discounting and demand rate variability on the EOQ. International Journal of Production Economics, 54 (2). pp. 173-192. ISSN 0925-5273
Koehler, A B and Armstrong, J C and Hibon, M and Makridakis, S and Fildes, R A (1998) Commentaries on 'Generalizing about the univariate forecasting methods: further empirical evidence'. International Journal of Forecasting, 14 (3). pp. 359-366.
Letchford, A N and Clarke, D D (1998) Action rules extracted by machine induction from feature-coded self reports. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 13. pp. 33-50. ISSN 0886-1641
Lewis, P J (1998) Computer-based support tools for the user of the soft systems methodology. In: International Conference of the United Kingdom Systems Society (Milton Keynes) - 1998. unknown, N/A.
Lewis, P J (1998) Engaged research in a corporate bank. In: 8th Annual Business Information Technology Conference (Manchester Metropolitan University ) - 1998. unknown, N/A.
Lewis, P J (1998) The practice of politics in organisational research. In: 40th Conference of the Operational Research Society (Lancaster) - 1998. unknown, N/A.
Lewis, P J (1998) A pragmatic use of methodologies and techniques during research: facilitating change in a corporate bank. In: 8th Annual Business Information Technology Conference (Manchester Metropolitan University ) - 1998. unknown, N/A.
Oliver, A and Cheyne, A J and Tomas, J M and Cox, S J (1998) Modelling safety climate in the prediction of levels of safety activity. Work and Stress, 12 (3). pp. 255-271. ISSN 0267-8373
Oliver, A and Cheyne, A J and Tomas, J M and Cox, S J (1998) Safety culture: the prediction of commitment to safety in the manufacturing industry. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 9. S3-S11. ISSN 1358-0574
Payne, K and Busby, J S (1998) Computer based instruction in qualitative research practices. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 14. pp. 59-70. ISSN 0266-4909
Payne, K and Busby, J S (1998) The situated nature of judgement in engineering design planning. Journal of Engineering Design, 9 (3). pp. 271-291. ISSN 1466-1837
Peter, A J and Dale, B G and Rooney, E M and Rogerson, J H and Spring, M and McQuater, R (1998) The management and organisational context of new product development: diagnosis and self-assessment. International Journal of Production Economics, 55. pp. 121-131. ISSN 0925-5273
Pidd, M and Lewis, P J (1998) Innovative and relevant research in OR: some suggestions. In: 16th European Conference on Operational Research (Brussels, Belgium) - 1998. unknown, N/A.
Pidd, M and Robinson, S L (1998) Provider and customer expectations of successful simulation projects. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 49 (3). pp. 200-209. ISSN 1476-9360
Raina, J and Day, K and Fildes, R A (1998) Forecasting internet telephony. OR Insight, 11 (4). ISSN 0953-5543
Richardson, C W and Barrow, E M and Semenov, M A and Brooks, R J (1998) Comparison of the WGEN and LARS-WG stochastic weather generators for diverse climates. Climate Research, 10 (2). pp. 95-107. ISSN 0936-577X
Tarafdar, Monideepa and Virmani, A. and Roy, Rahul K. (1998) Systems dynamics model of a supply chain. In: Proceedings of International Conference on System Dynamics: ICSD-98 : December 15-18, 1998. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, IND.
Teunter, R H and Fortuin, L (1998) End-of-life service: a case study. European Journal of Operational Research, 107 (1). pp. 19-34. ISSN 0377-2217
Teunter, R H and Klein Haneveld, W K (1998) The ''final order'' problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 107 (1). pp. 35-44. ISSN 0377-2217
Tomasgard, Asgeir and Audestad, Jan A and Dye, Shane and Stougie, Leen and van der Vlerk, Maarten and Wallace, Stein W (1998) Modelling aspects of distributed processing in telecommunications networks. Annals of Operations Research, 82 (1). pp. 161-184. ISSN 0254-5330
Walker, D and Tait, N R and Cox, S J (1998) Motivating small firms to manage health and safety: a framework for action. In: Stimulating Manufacturing Excellence in Small and Medium Enterprise (First SME Conference) (Sheffield ) - 1998. unknown, N/A, pp. 299-304.
Wallace, S W and Hallefjord, Åsa (1998) Work patterns in project scheduling. Annals of Operations Research, 82. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0254-5330
Watson, E F and Carson, J S and Marivannan, M S and Bayer Castro, R and Medeiros, D J and Pidd, M (1998) Using run-time coupling to implement hierarchical modular discrete event simulations. In: Winter Simulation Conference (Grand Hyatt, Washington DC ) - 1998. unknown, N/A, pp. 383-390.
Worthington, D J and Bennett, J C (1998) An example of a good but partially successful OR engagement: improving outpatient clinic operations. Interfaces, 28 (5). pp. 56-69. ISSN 0092-2102
Zografos, Konstantinos and Douligeris, C. and Tsoumpas, P. (1998) An Integrated Framework for managing Emergency-Response Logistics:the case of the electric utility companies. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 45 (2). pp. 115-126. ISSN 0018-9391


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PEOPLE Magazine's cover this week is not surprising – obviously the Cambridges and their baby boy king who arrived in time to make the deadline. It's the only story.
But is it?
Over at US Weekly though, well, the royal child has been bumped in favour of a bachelorette. Never seen this woman in my life. But then again, I don't watch. I have never watched. So, I guess, a Monarch for a new generation really isn't the only story.
Because, like, even the Queen had to schlep over to Will and Kate's cottage to see him. A cottage! And you know, most of the time, they come to her. These are the advantages afforded Her Majesty. So, it would have to be a big ass deal for the Queen to haul her ass over to someone else's house. Of course he's a big ass deal. He will wear her crown one day.
Did she have a say in the name? Did she just tell them to get on with it and name him George? King George was the official title of her father, though he was baptised Albert. Albert would work too…although there's already an Albert in Monaco with all kinds of, um, low classy connotations.

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making up rumors about me
that aremalicious and untrue !
But I am going to proveonce and for all
I am not a fish.
Because I am a genius
I have ascertainedthat fish have gills.
Doctor, do I have gills ?
He does nothave gills.
You hear that,no gills.
So I can't be a fish.
And I'm a genius voice of ageneration, so I'm not gay.
So that is that,alright, it's over.
Now are thereany questions ?
Do you likefishsticks ?
Love 'em !
You're a gay fish.
No, I'm not,ahghghgh !!
Alright, recently...
Recently we've all come to knowthe fishsticks joke
as probably the funniest,most awesome joke ever.
But who originallycame up with it ?
Well, here's your answer-
Joining us tonight,the brains behind
the incrediblefishsticks joke --
The one and only,Carlos Mencia !
Yeah,Viva la Mexico !
So Carlos, you've gota show on Comedy Central
a stand up tour,where did you have time
to come up withthis classic joke ?
Well, you know, I was justkickin' it with my homies
and my brain -you know my brain
is always so full of ideas'cuz I'm so funny and stuff...
So I was all like -
"Hey Pepeeto,you like fishsticks ?"
And my homeboy says,
'Yeah Carlos y'knowyou're so funny'.
And then it justoccurred to me,
'Oh man, you must bea gay fish, holmes !'
That's just how I cameup with it, mi amigos !
Motherfucker !
He Does Not Have Gills
Fishsticks s13e05
Kanye West continues to deny that he's a fish, and the joke's "creator" stops by Conan.


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Barack Obama always had a great sense of humor. After an explosive standup tour throughout the Middle East, Obama took his funny to the silver screen. Barack made Academy Award history in 2009, becoming the first Kenya-born artist to ever receive an Oscar, for his 2011 animated film 'Illusionist." Obama has since taken the world by storm with his viral YouTube videos that put even Rebecca Black and Justin Bieber to shame. In his latest announcement he shared that he had already initiated a US tour that would begin in Los Angeles, CA in early Spring 2011.
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text: Ebonsword 0 Posted August 10, 2011 Since FFG appears to be completely revamping the game, now seems the perfect time to create an official set of GM-less, co-op rules for Descent. There are plenty of folks out there (myself included, obviously) that prefer true co-op to the "players vs GM" style of play. This is not a request to remove the "player vs GM" style of play from Descent--I would just like GM-less play to be an option. I would think that FFG would see quite a bit to be gained from doing this, as it would allow Descent to be more of a competitor to the D&D board games like Castle Ravenloft and Wrath of Ashardalon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Digital Global Challengers Are Leapfrogging Competitors
In this infographic, we explore how emerging-market leaders are breaking new digital ground.
In this infographic, we explore how emerging-market leaders are breaking new digital ground.
The economic future in emerging markets looks increasingly digital.
Digital capabilities put many global challengers in a strong position to challenge developed-market companies for leadership.
Digital Leadership in Emerging Markets
Global challengers are providing exciting new models for others to follow.
Emerging-market companies have grown faster than companies in developed markets in most industries over the past decade. One big reason is their embrace of digital technologies. Nowhere is the trend toward digitization more evident than among the 100 companies that we call global challengers, many of which are leveraging digital technologies both to win in emerging markets and to compete globally with multinationals.
A growing number of global challengers are digital leaders. Almost 60% of the companies on the 2018 global challenger list are either digital natives or significant digital adopters, compared with only 17% that made significant use of digital technologies in 2012.
These companies are achieving their leadership positions by leapfrogging their developed-market counterparts. Some are innovators in digital technologies—bringing their inventions to market, building major businesses on new tech foundations, and taking share from developed-market competitors. Others innovate in their use of technology to develop new products and services in more traditional industries or to upend traditional ways of manufacturing or delivering products and services. The nontech companies among the global challengers are using digital technologies to improve operations and overcome many of the physical, financial, and commercial hurdles to doing business in emerging markets, including those related to geography, logistics, and infrastructure.
Global challengers develop their digital capabilities in three main ways: They invest in internal innovation programs and research and development. They pursue partnerships and join digital ecosystems or establish their own. And they acquire digital capabilities through M&A and private investments in startup companies and technologies. All are proving to be highly productive avenues to digital development.
Discover who these companies are and how they are making an impact. Download the full report.


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Upon receiving the NMSN, an employer determines whether the employee's children are eligible for dependent health coverage. If an employee's children are eligible, the employer retains Part A and forwards Part B to the company's health plan administrator. If an employee's children are ineligible, the employer completes and returns Part A to the child support agency, but discards Part B.
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If an employee's children are qualified, the health plan administrator enrolls the children and returns the completed form to the employer, child support agency and both parents. Health insurance information, insurance cards and forms must be provided to the custodial parent.
If the health plan administrator finds an employee's children are not eligible, the administrator will complete Part B and return it to both the employer and child support agency.
Are there limits to how much an employee must spend for this health insurance?
Yes. Before you withhold any ordered insurance remium from the obligor's income you will first need to determine if the cost to enroll the child or children is within the new definition of reasonable cost. Effective 7/1/08 the new definition limits the cost to enroll to five percent (5%) of the obligated parent's/employees gross income. If there are multiple children included in the order the total cost to enroll all children of the order cannot exceed five-percent (5%) of the obligated parent's gross income. If the obligated parent/employee must also be enrolled to qualify the child for enrollment, then the obligated parent/employee must be enrolled. The cost of the obligated parent/employee to be enrolled is not considered in the five percent (5%) limitation.
You must also determine if the amount of child support withheld and the amount of the insurance premium exceeds fifty-percent (50%) of disposable income. If fifty-percent (50%) of the disposable income is not sufficient to satisfy both child support and the medical insurance premiums, the employer will satisfy the child support amount first and complete Section 4 of Part A and return it to the child support agency.
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What if you could burn fat while shaking a martini?
Actually, it's your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that's generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.
These machines use vibrations to tone muscle and claim to do it faster. Aggressive promoters also say the equipment improves flexibility and strength, reduces pain and stress, builds muscle and reverses osteoporosis.
However, researchers warn of possible injuries ranging from back pain to cartilage damage. One even warns that the high-powered jiggling might harm the brain. They say the science is thin and too little is known about the long-term effects of such powerful vibrations.
Still, NASA is studying vibration as a possible tool for reducing muscle atrophy and bone loss during astronauts' long, weightless trips in space.
And users of the equipment love the sensation and the quick workout. Workout times are reduced by two-thirds, advocates say, a claim that appeals to busy professionals, mothers of young children and just about anyone who shuns exercise.
"I feel kind of tingly and a little like I got off a ship, kind of shaky but in a good way," said Amy Allen, a 40-year-old working mom in Chicago, after a 25-minute workout on the Power Plate, one of the higher-end brands. "I'm hoping this is the solution to help me get that extra weight off."
The Power Plate vibrates 20 to 50 times a second in three directions, increasing g-forces on the body, and according to the Northbrook, Ill.-based company of the same name. The company says that raises the effectiveness of lunges, squats and other exercises done while standing on it.
Like weightlifting without the weights
The workout is not aerobic; it's more like weightlifting without weights.
"You don't really feel like you're working that hard, but then you get that sweat going and once the vibration stops, you can really feel it in your legs or upper body," said Michaela Zakheim, 45, who uses the machine at a fitness center in her Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Power Plate sells models for home and gym at prices ranging from $3,000 to $10,500. Motors in the base make a low humming noise. Controls adjust the duration and intensity. The machines weigh 264 to 500 pounds and have handles to hang onto.
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Fitness trainers love them, but some users don't like the fact they can't read or watch TV while working out on them, said Craig Bradley, general manager of Holmes Place, an upscale Chicago health club that has four Power Plates. Doubts also stem from memories of the belt vibrators popular 50 years ago.
Others have been won over though.
All in the mind?
"I think the machines are as good as the imagination of the person using them," Bradley said.
Dozens of companies have entered the market, including Soloflex which has sold more than 30,000 of its $295 vibrating, skateboard-like, handle-free platforms in less than three years, said Jerry Wilson, the Hillsboro, Ore.-based company's CEO and founder.
"We get reports back that it helps people with incontinence," Wilson said. "Their aches and pains have gone away. They're stronger. They sleep better. It has basically the same effects as if they'd started an exercise program."
A study at NASA's Johnson Space Center showed that the use of a vibration platform during exercise squats made muscles work more, but it didn't look at whether vibration makes athletes run faster or jump higher.
"Vibration works ... but we're still trying to figure out how to use it best and I think we're a number of years away before we do that," said Bill Amonette, one of the study authors and a fitness expert at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. "I think we have to be cautious of some of the claims. ... With aggressive marketing, sometimes they claim things that aren't necessarily true."
Some researchers are also concerned that high-amplitude vibration can be dangerous over time since it can send jarring waves throughout the body, said Andrew Abercromby, another researcher at Johnson Space Center.
"I believe, and I think quite a few other people believe, the jury is still out on it," Abercromby said.
Clinton Rubin, a biomedical engineering professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook, said he has asked Power Plate to stop citing his research in its promotional materials. His work has led to a vibration device before the Food and Drug Administration approval for prevention and reversal of bone loss from osteoporosis, but that device uses much gentler vibrations than Power Plate, Rubin said.
Concerns about blurred vision and brain damage
He believes the Power Plate's vibration levels could cause low back pain, cartilage damage, blurred vision, hearing loss and even brain damage.
"I think they are cavalier in dismissing the dangers of chronic exposure," he said. "I'm a scientist. I worry that people are going to use this device based on a misrepresentation of science."
Power Plate warns pregnant women and people with retinal detachment, blood clots, bone tumors and other medical conditions not to use the machines.
Soloflex recommends using its device only 30 minutes a day because too much use would exceed industry standards for safe vibrations in the workplace. (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn't set safety levels for fitness equipment, an agency spokesman said.)
"I own a steel factory so I know whole body vibration has allowable exposure limits," Wilson said. "But too much aspirin is bad for one too."
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We interviewed Gianni Caliandro and Arianna Esposito, the Italian winners of the Professional Rising Star Ballroom at the UK Open 2017. They found some time to talk to us in between dancing the morning and evening rounds of the Professional Ballroom.
[Gianni]: Of course!
[Gianni]: I was eight years old and I started with Latin, in a small place in South of Italy call Veglie. It is a small town in the heel of Italy. I used to play soccer. I remember, one day I returned from the training, and my Mum looked at my bruised knees and said, you will not play football anymore, choose between music and dance. I also used to play accordion, so I said, I wanted to do both! I played accordion because my Mum told me to do it (laughing).
[Gianni]: Actually, I still do to practise. So anyway, I started dancing because my Mum wanted me to do it. After six months I won my first competition, even if I did not want to compete! I remember, after I got that trophy, something switched in my mind. I wanted to do another competition. I guess, I stayed because more than dancing I liked the competition. Of course, I liked music as well, and slowly, competition after competition I started liking dancing more and more. It is my life now. I cannot imagine my life without it. Event after thirty years from now, I imagine I'd be in dancing, teaching kids, helping them achieve their goals.
[Arianna]: Many, many, many (laughing)
[Gianni]: A lot. Especially, till I was about fourteen. But basically for the last nine, ten years I had one partner. We dance together nine years. Actually, for the last sixteen years I had two partners and a very long try-out.
[Gianni]: (laughing)... I had a six month partner but both of us were still looking and trying-out with other partners. So, let's say it was convenience, it was a temporary partner, we were dancing together because it was better than not dancing at all.
[Arianna]: I started from five years old with ballet.
[Arianna]: In the South of Italy too. We come from the same place, we live 20 miles away from each other. But we did not know each other before. So I did ballet for four years and then started Ballroom and my first partner was my brother. I danced with him for many years, until I met Gianni.
[Arianna]: No, absolutely! I am very picky with my partners. If there is no relationship, it is very hard for me to dance with someone. So, with my brother it was fine. Then I met Gianni and we first became boyfriend and girlfriend before I decided to dance with him. My brother was not happy at all (laughing).
[Gianni]: Yes, and after one week we decided to live together and dance together!
[Arianna]: Yes, very soon. Now, we dance together for nine years already.
[Gianni]: It was a little difficult at the beginning. You know. The new partnership, you are not comfortable yet...
[Gianni]: Well... OK, after ten days or so, you know, we moved in together so we had a chance to practise together a lot as well. We started dancing in July, and in November we had our first real competition. From then, so far, we had a couple of hundreds of competitions together (laughing).
[Arianna]: For me it was easy to dance with him. But the worst thing about Gianni is that he is very, very competitive. It is hard to manage with him, especially on the floor. I guess, this is something which helps us to achieve, and saves us many time.
[Gianni]: For me, it is what I like. I like to compete. But I don't like to practice. Actually, I think she is very competitive because she is always telling me: let's go to work (laughing).
[Gianni]: Yes. I sometimes don't want to practice, and she is always ready to push.
[Arianna]: Yes
[Gianni]: For one year and a half.
[Gianni]: We also teach, so it is not like we only practice and we spend a lot of time in the studio
[Arianna]: Together
[Gianni]: So, maybe not every night, but, say, two times a week we try to do something different, have some fun.
[Arianna]: We forget about conflicts and just practise normally. For us, dancing is also a job. We have to be able to do it. Usually, if we had some argument at home, it was about something really stupid and we don't let it affect our dance schedule. For us, it is very important.
[Gianni]: We are really serious about it, it is like a kind of contract. Also, even if we are tired, had ten lessons or something like this, we will find an hour for the practice.
[Arianna]: No matter what.
[Arianna]: Unfortunately, very few. This life is very challenging, you travel a lot, you work a lot. You don't have much time to spend with friends. But we have few friends which are very close to us. Especially my brother.
[Gianni]: I know! But he is dancing now in Professionals.
[Arianna]: He has a partner now, he is dancing with a Japanese girl. I am very happy for them. They are very good friends of ours. We love them.
[Gianni]: There a few more who are very important to us.
[Gianni]: Tennis, golf. And just ... sleeping (laughing), just lay on the sofa and watch TV and fall to sleep. But if not that, I play tennis and golf even if I am not very good.
[Arianna]: Just to do something different. Because we are always in the dance studio so it is good to go and do something different outside. We also like to be with our dog.
[Gianni]: And she is a painter
[Arianna]: Yes, I am a painter. But it is hard to find time to do it, because you have to sit and concentrate.
[Arianna]: Oil. I love it. I have a degree in that.
[Arianna]: From few years ago I started painting dancers. But in a very simple way. Before that it was more figurative, now I use simple lines. I love it, but again, no time to do it. Maybe I will do it after I retired (laughing).
[Arianna]: Yes, I will be a painter
[Gianni]: I will play accordion.
[Arianna]: Him
[Gianni]: 80% of the time I cook. I like to cook when I get home. When I am tired, I like to rest with a glass of wine and some cooking.
[Gianni]: Yes, most of the time. She likes Japanese food.
[Arianna]: I love it.
[Gianni]: But we have Italian most of the time. A lot of pasta. We love pasta.
[Gianni]: I like Negroamaro Primitivo, Montepulciano ...
[Arianna]: Southern Italian wines
[Gianni]: Yes, the red grapes from the South of Italy. My favourite is Negroamaro.
[Gianni]: I drive always!
[Arianna]: No, no!
[Arianna]: It is me. I usually say I want to go to that particular competition and I organise everything, all the bookings.
[Arianna]: We watch YouTube a lot. We like to watch dance videos, we study the other couples, we check what they are doing. Also, we want to see videos from the other federation, because you know, these two federations dancing styles are growing apart... So we want to keep in touch with what is going on in the dance world.
[Gianni]: We also like to watch videos from the past, for inspiration.
[Arianna]: Oh yes, of course
[Arianna]: Maybe more videos, for sure, more videos.
[Gianni]: We like the interviews and photos
[Arianna]: But definitely more videos, because it is so much better to see the couples actually dance, not just still pictures.
[Gianni]: Not really old, but something from the past. You know, from the times of Richard Gleave, Stephen Hillier, Michael Barr, until they retired, they were the best teachers. So we like the videos from the late 1980's to the early 2000. Dancing then was of such a good quality. I think the best quality ever. And then, for the last fifteen years, something has changed. Dancing became more athletic, more sport. I am worried it will go further into sport and lose the artistic element, lose the quality. When you check the dance videos from early 2000s, I think, you can see it was the best balance between the quality and the energy.
[Gianni]: I feel that now you can often see either too much energy, not the right energy, but there is not enough feeling, not enough quality. So that's what I like to check in the past videos. I think the best footwork was from Richard and Janet Gleave, and when Stephen Hillier and Lyndsey were dancing they put more power. And that's what we've seen in their students like Augusto Schiavo, Roberto Villa, Massimo ...
[Gianni]: Sorry (laughing! Also Timothy, Christopher Hawkins...
[Arianna]: Yes, different style but same principle.
[Gianni]: What's not to like. She is perfect (laughing). OK, we may have an argument or even fight, but it is just a right amount of it and it helps us to improve.
[Arianna]: Come, on, you can do it! What do I need to improve?
[Gianni]: OK, like I said before. She is sometimes way too energetic, too determined to work. She told me I am a little bit lazy. She always is aware of time, she keep a tight schedule. Even today, before this interview, she was telling me to get ready early on. But I guess, it is something I need because otherwise I tend to be a bit lazy (laughing). But otherwise she is lovely!
[Arianna]: It depends on the day. Sometimes, he is more nervous, and sometimes I am. We balance each other. Fortunately, we never both been equally down on the same day.
[Gianni]: So far! (laughing)
[Arianna]: OK, perhaps when he sees me nervous he decides it is better to calm me down!
[Gianni]: We know, that if we are both in good shape in the morning of the competition it will go well. So if one of us feels down, or tired the other one knows it is better to help. That's good. For instance, yesterday was one of these days that one of us was not feeling 100%. But with each round, we felt we were getting better and better, and more motivated. In the final we were really motivated because four years ago we also made this final, and we finished third. But we were seventh in Blackpool, few months later. So we said to each other, come one, we must win this one and then we will make the final in Blackpool! The first goal is achieved.
[Gianni]: We will work very hard to win. But the dream is to be top three.
[Arianna]: He is too precise sometimes. He wants to work step by step, figure by figure, line by line. This is what annoys me sometimes. I just want to do it and move to the next one. I want to feel right, enjoy it, and not necessarily be perfect. OK, this is the dancing. In life, he is too disorganised. This annoys me because I like to plan my day to make sure I can have everything done. But he is, like, don't worry, we can do it tomorrow.
[Gianni]: This is the lazy part in me. I don't like to stress myself, I want to take it easy.
[Gianni]: Hmm ...
[Arianna]: Now you are thinking too long about it!
[Gianni]: OK, she is very determined you know. The real Italian girl. For instance, Arianna is thirty one years old now. And even four years ago, when we made this final, she was one of the more mature girls in the final because nowadays there are very young people at the top. I think last night, we were the oldest couple. So, she didn't listen to some people saying that maybe we were too old, it was too late to try to win the Rising Stars. No, she was not afraid to try it, and maybe to lose. I like her perseverance.
[Arianna]: Many things! The first thing, he cooks very well. I like that he is very sweet to me. Many guys try to be "real men" and think that being gentle or sweet to their partners shows some weakness. He is three years younger than me, maybe because of that I think it is so sweet (laughing).
[Arianna]: I know that many Italian women my age already show some weight gain, but I am fortunate in that I don't like to eat that much.
[Gianni]: But sometimes she eats more than me!
[Arianna]: Yes, but not many foods. There are some foods I really like, for instance sushi. I don't know why.
[Arianna]: I like to travel. As I said before, I like arts and I studied Arts. So I like to visit interesting places for that as well. Ideally, I would like to stay one day extra after the competition to be able to explore the area, go to museums, galleries...
[Arianna]: Only sometimes. When I know we compete in some place I want to see, I put it in my schedule and organise everything. As I said earlier, I do the planning. It is a shame that when you go from one competition to the other, you move quickly and you forget the place.
[Gianni]: Yes, you do competition, practice, another competition, practice. You need to pause, take a day of break, to get some inspiration.
[Gianni]: It depends. I like all the music, modern and classical. We like the Empress Orchestra music, but for practice, for stamina we sometimes like some modern piece.
[Arianna]: We love it. But I believe, it is better not too overdo it. We like a change. In fact, anything you do too much of, is not good too you. If you listened or danced hundred times to the same song, you get used to it or bored with it.
[Gianni]: Ross Mitchell Band is faster music, Empress Orchestra is a little slower. So it depends what we need it for on the day.
[Gianni]: I think my favourite is Samba.
[Arianna]: I like Jive! I like Quickstep and Jive for the same reason. Lots of energy, and fast and fun.
[Gianni]: Tango.
[Arianna]: I like Quickstep.
[Gianni]: I would change the colour of the men's tail suit! It is a shame all the men wear black. Why not change it, like blue, or grey.
[Gianni]: But in Ballroom there is no choice. For instance, I can imagine the velvet tail suit I could really like. But at least I would like blues and greys to be seen on the floor.
[Gianni]: But not many, and I don't want to be the only one! I would like at least three other men do the same (laughing).
[Arianna]: I would increase the prize money you can get (laughing).
[Gianni]: Yes, it would be an amazing help. Of course, the finalists make enough money but for the rest of us it is not easy.
[Gianni]: When I see my couple competing. When I compete everything depends on me. When they dance, I cannot help them, and keep noticing mistakes.
[Arianna]: Same for me!
[Gianni]: I am too critical, also to myself. When I see a couple dance, I never see what they do well but their mistakes. When I watched the video I felt better because I could see everybody was making some mistakes.
[Gianni]: No, absolutely not. Very hard to find a mistake there. You know, before there were couples who were absolute masters at least in one dance. William Pino was great in Quickstep, Augusto was more for Waltz, Foxtrot was Massimo, Tango was Roberto... they were like unbeatable in something. Nowadays, many people are good, but they look the same.
[Gianni]: I have a theory, it may sound funny. Many of these couples I were rather short and quick. They could risk to do something unusual, something fast, and it added to their style. Nowadays, you have many tall couples. They look good with lines, in dances such as Waltz but sometimes their Tango or Quickstep is missing the speed. So they are better looking in the swing dances where the length of the body helps. It is a similar principle with Latin.
[Gianni]: I guess... I am talking about top Professionals here. All these people have a huge knowledge and technical skill, and maybe they don't feel they should risk something different. I would like to see more fun, more expression, more performance. Of course, it has to be within some frame. But I would like to see maybe a little less perfect technique balanced with more performance.
[Gianni]: I have many I look up to. For instance, I feel that Arunas has the best frame and structure, there is a sense of freedom in Victor and Anastasia, and competitive factor in Andrea and Sara. There is the personification of a beautiful lady dancer like Natasha or Monica Nigro.... I feel that if all these qualities were found in one couple, they would be unstoppable.
[Gianni]: I know. But if you tried to judge yourself you probably can switch the fifth with fourth, depending what you prefer, but there is no argument about the top three.
[Arianna]: Yes, they are firmly established.
[Arianna]: OK, for sure there is an age factor (laughing). Or experience. Professionals have more experience, more knowledge.
[Gianni]: Amateurs should aspire to become Professional. Like to move from the second league to the first league. Especially in WDC. In WDSF there are way more competitions in the Amateur categories than in Pro.
[Gianni]: I think that WDC should not do it. Maybe I am old fashioned but I don't want to see a Viennese Waltz routine, I want to see the pure Viennese. I think it is important to follow the 1-2-3 unbroken flow, as this is what this dance characteristic is. Probably, in the future, they will allow more... but I like it the way it is.
[Gianni]: Let's take one of the top WDSF couples as an example. They are very good, very strong. But their routine can be seen by the conservative judges as too fancy. Audience may love them, but the judges will be looking for style over some impressive routine elements. But as I said before, the truth is somewhere in the middle. There must be a balance between style and speed. As a couple you need to put an effort but it must look effortless, stylish.
[Arianna]: In a distant future...
[Gianni]: Well, in the past it was like that. I would like the future to go back to what it was in the past.
[Arianna]: Perhaps these two federations could work together again, but they would probably need to come up with the new set of rules both would accept. So they both would have to change something in their ways.
[Gianni]: It would be better. I remember ten years ago, the numbers of dancers coming to Blackpool was much higher.
[Arianna]: It would be nice if couples did not have to choose, and were free to go wherever they want without fear of disqualification. But at the same time, you sometimes need to sacrifice the peace to bring new ideas, like in art, new movements, new figures to create something better. Like a revolution. So there are two sides to it as well.
[Gianni]: You need judges to mark you well. In the end of the day it is a competition. Of course you want to be liked by the public as well, and we try to interact with the audience. It is hard to answer.
[Arianna]: Ideally both!
[Gianni]: Yes. It would be good for us as well as we try to interact with the audience (laughing). We might be better off.
[Arianna]: Maybe it would be better to introduce different awards. But I don't think audience will be able to really skilfully judge the technique. So, no, I don't think it is a good idea. I wouldn't risk it, it would be too unpredictable.
[Gianni]: I love both as I love dancing. But I guess it would depend which one can bring more money (laughing). This is our job as well, so I must be pragmatic. I would chose show. But there are some things, like Blackpool, I would not compromise.
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Eurozone nearing another recessionAugust 23, 2012: 11:04 AM ET
The eurozone economy continues to limp toward another recession as business activity stagnates, according to data released Thursday.
A key manufacturing index showed activity across the eurozone contracting for the seventh straight month in August. The Markit composite Purchasing Managers Index was virtually unchanged from July at 46.6. Any reading below 50 signals contraction.
Output declined in both the manufacturing and services sectors. And incoming new business orders fell for the 13th month in a row, though the pace was less sharp than in July, which showed a 3-year low for orders.
The data suggest the eurozone economy will fall back into recession during the the third quarter, according to Rob Dobson, senior economist at Markit.
Dobson said that the PMI numbers for July and August were consistent with a decline of between 0.5% and 0.6% in gross domestic product -- the broadest measure of economic growth.
And that's setting the region up for a recession, which economists define as two consecutive quarters of declining GDP.
The eurozone GDP fell 0.2% in the second quarter, according to Eurostat.
Hedge funds are betting on a disaster
Dobson said growth in larger euro area economies, such as Germany and France, is no longer sufficient to support activity across the 17-nation currency bloc.
"Hopes that German economic strength will aid recovery in the broader currency union were dealt a blow by its rate of economic contraction accelerating, and further signs that its export engine has slammed into reverse gear," said Dobson.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are set to meet Thursday to discuss the situation in Greece.


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Has anyone considered or have experience with using sea containers as your basement / foundation?
They can carry the weight but I am wondering about engineering & approvals..... Thanks.
Has anyone considered or have experience with using sea containers as your basement / foundation?
They can carry the weight but I am wondering about engineering & approvals..... Thanks.
Here's what I came up with when considering burying a shipping container:
"The first initial response when someone asks for advice on burying a container is "no, you should not try to bury a shipping container." Shipping containers are designed to carry weight in their corners. When done properly, it's not uncommon to see containers stacked four or five units high – and the weight is all carried in the corners, where the corner beams carry all of the weight. The side walls an top of a container are normally constructed of 2.0mm thick corrugated steel sheets, without additional beams for support. If you load weight of any type, dirt, boxes, or just about anything and the weight is distributed over the entire container wall or top, given time it will gradually cave in or collapse, as can been seen with this buried shipping container in Florida. Buried shipping container collapse
If you're insistent on burying a shipping container, some people have done it successfully. One option is pouring concrete forms to support the weight from the side of the container, however if you're going that far you need to ask yourself if you really even need a container once you have the concrete forms in place. The most cost effective method that we've seen is to bury a shipping container is to use Gabion baskets. Gabion baskets are the steel cages that you often see on the highway filled with stone to support hills or as bridge abutments". https://containerauction.com/read-ne...-gabion-basket
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My foundation is 34x34' on the outside edges. Full basement and then 3+ feet above grade.
The ICF cost about $11K, and about $5K for the cement. Could set the ICF in under a week if you've got the bracing ready to go, even if you've never worked with it before.
It would be about $10K for 4 40' ConX containers in my area, including delivery. Then you'd still need concrete, in fact well above $5K of concrete to reinforce it. And at the end of the day you'd have a kludgy, difficult to work with foundation that would still require insulation to be useable.
ICF young man. Easy, strong, well insulated, and DIY friendly.
I think approval could be a hold up on that depending where you are. If you are trying to save money (and not time) I would look at slip form foundations... Especially if rock is easy to come by,
Home Depot calls them smart blocks is one place, probably can find them cheaper somewhere else.
We went through our local concrete company. They were using Nudura at the time and we were very pleased with the quality and the speed of erecting the basment. We also had excellent service from their representative in coming to our site the day of start and then again to check everything before the pour. There were several things about the Nudura that I felt were better than some of the others we looked at not to mention the $500 a trip the reps were going to charge for coming to the site. You will probably have to check out some of the companies on line and know kind of what products you will need. Then call to get a base price for the pieces. The good thing about going through the concrete co. is that they also had the wire and any extra rebar we needed to complete the form up as well as the bracing.


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Ellen DeGeneres is wasting no time trying to make her mark on "American Idol." According to multiple sources involved with the show, DeGeneres feels that she has to come out of the gates exceptionally strong, especially in light of Simon Cowell's imminent departure.
"She signed on for 'Idol' thinking Simon was going to be there for the long haul," said one source. "She had no reason to think he'd be leaving. What happens her first day at work? He announces he's gone after this season. What does Ellen do? She starts panicking that she'll be left at the helm of a sinking ship once he leaves. She's not going to let that happen. She's going to prove she has influence and makes good decisions now, in case anyone tries to blame her for lower ratings next year."
Another source says that DeGeneres is trying to make her mark mostly by being "in way more frequent contact with the show's producers over the direction of the show."
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Other outlets are reporting that production quality isn't the only area that DeGeneres is focusing on. "Ellen is insisting that her wife, Portia de Rossi, be a guest judge in a future episode," according to In Touch Weekly.
She's also pitching to go on a media tour with fellow judge Randy Jackson. "She wants to do public appearances with Randy so that people will think of her more seriously as a music insider and not just a talk-show host," according to the magazine.
Lil Wayne can take his grill behind bars
Dental surgery was the cause of rapper Lil Wayne's (aka Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) delayed sentencing on an attempted gun possession charge. Reportedly, he underwent eight root canals and also had work done on his infamous grill, which set him back $150,000.
It got people thinking: Are there rules about going into the clink with diamond-encrusted teeth? Thank you, Jeremy Singer-Vine of Slate for getting to the bottom of the dental dilemma.
"No written rules appear to govern the permissibility of dental implants in prison. Neither the Federal Bureau of Prisons nor New York City's Department of Correction explicitly regulates them. Yet it seems like Carter might have a tough time justifying his gaudy chompers to the warden," Singer-Vine wrote.
Apparently, prisons don't like it when you bring in things — such as jewelry — that can lead to barter, prison brawls and the like. At Rikers Island in New York City, where Lil Wayne is likely to serve out his sentence, "inmates are restricted to one watch cheaper than $50, one wedding ring with a maximum value of $150 and one religious medallion worth less than $50. Neither the ring nor the medallion can have any 'stones' or 'protrusions,' a rule which would certainly be violated by Carter's bedazzled grill," said Singer-Vine.
On the surface, that sounds like it wouldn't bode well for his jaw of jewels, but there is something that works in Lil Wayne's favor: Unlike a ring, his grills aren't removable.
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Fractions and Mixed Numbers Lesson Plan: The Dig It! Game
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3, 4, and 5, students use BrainPOP resources to learn about key terms related to fractions, such as mixed number. Students will use a number line to explore fractional amounts in real life scenarios, as well as in virtual game play online.
Students will:
- Define key terms related to fractions, including mixed number.
- Use a number line to explore fractional amounts.
- LCD projector or interactive whiteboard
- Individual computers for students to use
- Internet access for BrainPOP
Preparation:Preview the Mixed Numbers topic page and the Fractions topic page to determine which one is better fit for your students. The Mixed Numbers movie explains how to convert, add, and subtract mixed numbers, while the Fractions movie provides a simpler overview of basic fraction concepts.
Familiarize yourself with the Dig It game, which can be used to teach and reinforce a basic understanding of fractions as well as more complex mixed number concepts. The game board features a dirt field with buried jewels. A number line extending from 0 to 9 overlays the jewel field, and a shovel above the jewel field is used to dig for dirt. Players use the numbers to make the numerator and denominator of a fraction which indicates the location on the number line at which they'd like the shovel to dig. Then they click the location on the number line to tell the shovel where to dig. How wide the shovel opens depends on how well the location students select matches the value of the fraction they made. The shovel will open widest if the location matches the fraction exactly. The yellow line indicates where they clicked, and the green line indicates the exact location of the fraction. Points are earned for the amount of dirt they remove and for each jewel that they collect. Detailed game directions and suggested parent/educator activities can be found by visiting the game and clicking on "Game Directions."
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- As a warm up, display the Vocabulary page for the class. Challenge students to define the terms in their own words with a partner.
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- Introduce the Dig It! game to students. Model a few rounds of game play, demonstrating how to create and locate fractions the number line to tell the shovel where to dig. Explain that students will earn points for the amount of dirt they collect and the number of jewels they discover.
- Give students about 10 minutes to play the game in partners or individually. Afterward, talk with the class about the strategies they used in game play.
- Use the Fractions Quiz or Mixed Numbers Quiz as a review or assessment tool.
Extension Activities:Encourage students to use mixed numbers in real-life scenarios, such as cooking. Share the Experiment with the class and challenge students to follow the recipe! Have students write recipes for their favorite foods.
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Report Finds Catholic Population Growing in South Korea
The report, prepared by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea, states that there was an increase of 1.6% of Catholics in the past year.
SEOUL, South Korea — Recent statistics indicate that the Catholic population in South Korea has increased over the past year.
Last month, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea released a publication entitled Statistics of the Catholic Church in Korea 2012.
The report, prepared by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea, states that at the end of 2012, there were 5,361,369 Catholics in the country, an increase of 1.6% — or 84,959 individuals — over the last year.
This accounts for just over 10% of the total population. According to the report, these numbers have "slightly and consistently increased at a yearly average of 2-3% during the past 11 years."
Just over half of South Korea's Catholics live in the metropolitan areas of Seoul, Suwon, Incheon and Uijeongbu.
The number of parishes in 2012 was 1,664, an increase of 17 from the previous year, while the number of mission stations rose by three to a total of 796.
Despite these increases, however, the report found that the number of newly baptized persons in 2012 was 132,076, a decrease of 1.8% from the previous year. Of those baptized, 25,141 were infants, a decrease of 2.2% from the previous year.
The statistics document also found a decline in new ordinations to the priesthood in 2012. While 131 priests were ordained, this represented a 7.6%decrease from the previous year. The total number of clergy in South Korea was 4,788, including 34 bishops.
Furthermore, the report found that the number of seminarians decreased by 3% to reach 1,540.
Reception of the sacraments also declined in 2012. The number of Catholics receiving the Sacrament of Confession was just under 4.9 million, down by 4.6% from the year before.
The average rate for Sunday Mass attendance was 22.7% of the total Catholics in Korea, a decrease of 0.5% from the previous year.


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Dillon Gee put up seven zeroes and allowed just three hits as the Bisons shutout the Yankees, 2-0, Saturday evening from Coca-Cola Field.
Gee allowed just four base runners -three singles and a walk. He erased two of those with a strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out doubleplay to end the second inning and a 6-4-3 twin-killing in the fifth. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pushed just one base runner past second base against the righty.
The Bisons got the only runs they would need with a two-out rally in the third inning. Jesus Feliciano singled up the middle and moved to third on Mike Cervenak's double down the left field line. Ike Davis singled to the right-centerfield gap on the first pitch from Yankees' starter Jason Hirsh to plate both Herd baserunners.
Davis has hit in six straight games and 8-of-9 contests this season.
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Bobby Parnell and Elmer Dessens polished off the masterpiece, each tossing an inning in relief. Parnell has now tossed 5.2 shutout innings to start the season, while Dessens earned his second save.


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Seniors have become the most coveted voting bloc in the swing state of Florida and some Central Florida retirees shared their concerns with NBCNews.com
BOCA RATON, FL. – The Sunshine State has earned a permanent prominence in America's presidential elections and this year is no different. Both presidential candidates see their path to victory either enhanced or hindered by the outcome here.
How important is Florida? Listen to Vice President Joe Biden's comments to Democratic campaign workers in Orlando on Saturday: "If you guys produce, we win Florida. We win Florida, this is all history man."
He added, "If you guys push Florida over, this thing becomes, uh, not close."
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In the key battleground state of Florida, divergent opinions separate voters with just over two weeks until the election.
A CNN poll released Friday showed a statistical tie in Florida, with Romney at 49 percent and Obama at 48 percent. Florida's dead heat between Romney and Obama reflects the state of the presidential race nationally: a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday finds that the two rivals each get 47 percent support among likely voters.
Times have changed. When Biden's hero John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960, Florida had just 10 electoral votes, making it one of the less important states in winning the presidency.
The Sunshine State's political leaning is hard to predict – just like the endless list of odd stories that keep popping up there. NBC News' Mark Potter reports from Orlando
But this year, Florida has nearly three times that number and the state has become indispensable to amassing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, making it a fitting setting for the final debate between President Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney Monday night in Boca Raton.
For Romney, the math is unmistakable. It is possible for him to amass the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency if he fails to carry Florida, but the he would have to sweep the rest of the battleground states or bring other states into his column that are currently holding steady for the president.
In contrast, Obama could win the presidency without Florida as long as he could hold on to Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, all of which he won in 2004. That equation would hold true even if Obama were to lose Virginia, Ohio, and North Carolina, as well as Florida.
Will the race for the White House come down to Sunshine State? With the election tied, TODAY's Lester Holt reports from Florida to see how things are shaping up in the swing state.
Of course twelve years ago, Florida was the place where a mere 537 votes and a ruling by the United States Supreme Court decided the election for George W. Bush. The reason Florida keeps playing its recurring central role in presidential politics is that of the five states with the most electoral votes, it is now the only one that's competitive in presidential elections.
In every presidential contest since 1980, there has been a strong correlation between each party's share of the Florida vote and its national vote share. The only time since 1980 when Florida didn't vote for the winner of the presidential election was in the tri-cornered 1992 race when George H.W. Bush narrowly won the state in his race against Bill Clinton, with third-party candidate Ross Perot getting 20 percent.
"One of the most terrifying things in the world is the idea that Florida would decide an election," said humorist, author and Florida resident Dave Barry. He suggested that Florida shouldn't be allowed to have electoral votes, and instead should give them to a responsible state, like Montana.
What's often forgotten about Obama's 2008 triumph is how close his margin of victory was in Florida. Obama won Florida by fewer votes (236,450) than George W. Bush had won the state four years earlier (380,978).
In 2008, Obama won nine states that Bush had carried in 2004. Of the states that shifted from Bush to Obama, Obama's winning percentage was the smallest in Indiana (49.9 percent), North Carolina (49.7 percent) and Florida (51 percent).
The task for Romney in the next 15 days becomes clear when you compare the Bush's Florida victory in 2004 with Republican John McCain's loss in the state in 2008.
One obvious place to start the comparison: As has often been noted, between 2004 and 2008, exit polls showed a massive shift in Latino voters in Florida from Bush to Obama. In 2004, Bush's Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry won 44 percent of self-identified Latino voters in Florida, according to the exit poll interviews. Obama won 57 percent of Florida Latinos in 2008.
Another key part of the Florida electorate: Military and retired military voters in Duval County, the site of Naval Station Mayport and the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville.
In his 2004 victory, Bush's biggest plurality in any Florida county was in Duval, which he won by more than 60,000 votes, with a total vote of more than 220,000. Four years later McCain barely scraped by in Duval County, winning 9,600 fewer votes than Bush had four years earlier and carrying the county by fewer than 8,000 votes.
In Florida, Tampa is viewed as ground zero for predicting which candidate will win the state – there, the county has had a near perfect record of picking winners going back more than 50 years. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
"Duval County is a conservative part of the state, with a large military and military retiree presence, which you would have thought that would have helped McCain, but also a very conservative and religious part of the state," University of South Florida political scientist Susan MacManus said.
Yet Duval County also has a sizeable black population which the Obama campaign mobilized, increasing the Democratic turnout in the county by nearly 30 percent over 2004.
What happened in 2008 in Duval County and elsewhere in Florida "is that lot of conservative women were simply not engaged by McCain. That was one of the reasons that there was lack of enthusiasm for him; there weren't a lot of campaign visits up there. McCain's wife didn't necessarily appeal to those women whereas Ann Romney, she draws crowds wherever she goes," MacManus said.
On the other side of the state, Hillsborough County (Tampa and environs) proved to be a small-scale version of Florida as a whole when you compare the 2008 election with 2004.
Bush carried Hillsborough County in 2004 with 53 percent and the state with 52 percent of the vote. In 2008, Obama carried Hillsborough County with 53 percent and the state with 51 percent.
The pivotal role of Hillsborough County helps explain why the Republicans chose to have their national convention in Tampa. Underscoring again the importance of the county, Obama will travel to Tampa for a rally Thursday.
"The race and ethnic mix in Hillsborough County is very much a microcosm of Florida at large when you talk about the three groups of Hispanics, African-Americans and Anglos," MacManus said. "And you've got a diverse age makeup in the county, more of an even split between younger, middle-aged, and older…. The age makeup is like Florida at large which is far less of a senior vote than a lot of people have been casting it as."
She said three key geographies in Hillsborough County are used to do micro-targeting and turnout:
- Conservative rural areas that are largely agricultural, like Ruskin and Wimauma, centers for tomato growing, and Plant City, a strawberry-producing area.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., analyzes the state of the presidential race in the swing state of Florida.
- Suburban areas such New Tampa, home to many young professionals.
- The urban core in Tampa which is dominated by minority voters and is heavily Democratic.
"The big question mark in our state right now," MacManus said, "is turnout among the groups that really launched Obama into the White House," namely "younger voters, the most solidly Democratic voting group in Florida and the largest margin (for Obama) and also among Latinos. That's what we're really watching here right now. And the suburban counties, with the glimmers of some recovery, whether they're actually going to go back and be attracted to Obama, or still be concerned about the economy. I'm leaning toward the latter."
In Florida's economy, there are some signs of progress. The Commerce Department reported that in the second quarter of 2012, Florida personal income grew 1.2 percent, ranking Florida fifth among the states in growth. The state's unemployment rate fell from 10.4 percent in September of 2011 to 8.7 percent in September of 2012.
But as of September, Florida ranked number one in foreclosures, a topic which Biden brought up Saturday at his stop in St. Augustine: "On housing, no state has been devastated more by housing than this state," he said. "Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to continue to push for people to be able to modify and refinance their mortgages."
Of course Democratic passion for Obama was at its peak on Election Day 2008 and one saw evidence of that in the traditional Democratic bastions of south Florida:
- Miami-Dade County: In 2008, Obama won nearly half a million votes, a 22 increase in the Democratic vote compared to Kerry in 2004.
- Palm Beach County: Obama increased Democratic turnout by 10 percent compared to 2004
- Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood): This was the county where Obama had his biggest plurality – more than 250,000 votes. He increased Democratic turnout by 8 percent compared to 2004.
On Election Night, if Obama under-performs in these Democratic bastions, or fails to win Hillsborough County, they would be bad omens for the president and his party.
NBC's Carrie Dann contributed reporting


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Like humans, animals shed tears; there are reports of crying wolves, rats, gorillas, and elephants. But as far as we know, it isn't out of sadness, frustration, or empathy. Instead, tears keep animals' eyes moist and comfortable, and they help fight infection in and around the eyes. But tears also play an important role in animals' behavior, according to a new study in this week's issue of Nature. An international group of researchers has found that a chemical compound in mouse tears actually helps dictate sexual behavior.
The first part of the study was largely exploratory. By combing through the mouse genome, the researchers identified several genes that could produce potential pheromones. They were looking for any compounds that were expressed differently in mice of various ages, sexes, or physiological states in order to expand on what we know about how pheromones affect social interactions. One compound called ESP22 looked particularly promising: it was age dependent, with mice between two and three weeks of age showing the highest levels of expression.
ESP22 has another interesting quality as well. It is produced by a specialized set of cells in the lacrimal gland and then released into a mouse's tears. In case you aren't up to date on the latest research involving crying mice and sex, here's a quick primer. Apparently, tears may play a significant role in mouse sex. In 2005, scientists identified a pheromone found in the tears of male mice that seemed to be involved in sexual behavior. A few years later, they found that this pheromone, called ESP1, makes female mice more sexually receptive when males approach them to mate.
This new compound, ESP22, had the hallmarks of another tear-based pheromone: it's secreted in the tears of just a small subset of mice. The researchers reasoned that perhaps this compound, too, plays a role in regulating sexual behavior.
To test this hypothesis, the researchers used a strain of knockout mice with impaired sensory systems. These mice had non-functioning vomeronasal organs, which are normally responsible for sensing pheromones. If ESP22 were a pheromone involved in sexual behavior, mice that couldn't sense ESP22 would behave differently from those that could, at least when it came to sex.
The researchers found a definite peculiarity in the behavior of these mice. In essence, the knockouts were very interested in mating with juveniles, whereas normal mice showed almost no sexual interest in young mice. Knockout mice were more likely to mount juveniles and tended to mount them more often than normal mice did. Clearly, something was prohibiting the mice with non-functioning vomeronasal organs from recognizing that the young mice were not appropriate mating targets.
But was it ESP22? After all, the vomeronasal organ could be picking up any one of many pheromones. So the researchers used a second set of knockout mice: juveniles that didn't produce any ESP22 at all. These young mice were also the subject of unwanted sexual advances by normal mice. But when the researchers painted synthetic ESP22 on them, the mounting behavior stopped.
Together, these findings suggest that ESP22 is a pheromone expressed in juvenile mice that affects sexual behavior via the vomeronasal system. Mating with young mice isn't exactly adaptive, since mounting prepubescent juveniles is a waste of time and energy. ESP22 appears to suppress males' advances toward juveniles, likely directing their time and attention to more appropriate targets instead.
The ultimate goal of this research is to understand the role of chemical compounds in human behavior, but we're a long way from reaching that goal. Humans don't appear to have functioning vomeronasal organs, and our sexual rituals are a bit different from those of rodents. But there is evidence that human tears contain chemicals that affect sexual behavior, and it's likely that tear-based compounds may regulate human behavior in other areas as well. The hope is that identifying and learning about pheromones in other animals will help us understand how chemicals affect our own sensory systems, behavior, and fitness.
Nature, 2013. DOI: 10.1038/nature12579 (About DOIs).


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Worst OD: Gordonsville mother of five-week-old twins Nichole Brockett, 24, was the area's first fentanyl overdose December 26. The drug is considered stronger than morphine, and police have filed second-degree murder charges against Mathew Glenn Minster, 28, and Randy Eugene Taylor, 34, both of Louisa.
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Longest sex offender sentence: Former school-bus mechanic and driver Oscar Robert Lemen is found guilty April 30 of forcible sodomy and object penetration of a 13-year-old girl. An Albemarle Circuit Court jury recommends a total of 35 years in prison.
Most reminiscent of Susan Smith: A Prospect Heights Middle schooler is charged with filing a false police report when the unnamed 13-year-old claims a black male grabbed her April 30, and the Orange County school goes into lock-down. The girl later tells her mother the tale was fabricated.
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Lamest vote: City Council votes 4-1 at its May 5 meeting to send the Frieds' plans back to the Board of Architectural Review, which had already approved the house 6-1, for another look.
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