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Open Source Invalid Traffic Detection
Hi there,
Stumbled across the site and enjoyed reading the papers. :)
I'm curious: Have you looked into whether the entropy distribution varies for different traffic types? For instance, since the measurement is based on IP, the use of mobile carrier proxies might impact the entropy calculation. Mobile traffic may look different from desktop in this regard.
Let me know if i should redirect questions to another channel. Thanks!
Hi @swuen,
Thanks for your interest in the project and sharing feedback with us.
Your comment is very appropriate. It is true that Proxies or NATs which aggregate a large number of users behind a single IP might be an issue in the computation of entropy. There are ways to address this issue, for instance using other user identifiers instead of the IP address such as the pair <IP address, User Agent> or even a cookie id. Using these ids will solve the problem of multiple users assigned to a single identifier (i.e., the IP address). However, these ids have their own problems. For instance, it is very hard for an attacker to fake an IP address whereas faking/modifying a user agent or faking/modifying/eliminating a cookie id is trivial.
This is an exciting debate. If you have ideas about it, we are happy to listen to them. But probably it is better to discuss it privately to avoid creating too much noise.
Hi guys,
I followed the quide of installing 'nameless' at https://github.com/Nameles-Org/Nameles .
But how can I begin to use it? Do you have the practic docs of how to use it?
I'am sorry for the silly question.


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Old wiki-related links.
I'd like to think more about practical information and intructions on how to build on a wiki; esp in terms of introducing the idea to newbies, in detail and very hands-on stuff of working on collab document editing.
Speaking of which, something I just dug up: http://informationr.net/ir/7-3/paper132.html -- SunirShah
Thanks for the messages, you can contact me via http://twitter.com/hjames if you use that. I'm going to look up the references below and see what has been happening. -- HeatherJames
Welcome Heather, I am interested in your KidsOwn? (Google:KidsOwn) project. Actually it should have a Wikipage on Meatball for inviting conversation. -- FridemarPache (PS.: Following you now on Twitter).
Good to see you again, Heather; Long time! -- LionKimbro

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Nürburg/Germany, June 25, 2019: 156 racing cars, 90 bends, and almost 26 kilometers—these figures will make every racing driver's heartbeat faster. Located in the heart of the German Eifel region, the "Nürburgring" is the longest permanent, most beautiful and most notorious racetrack in the world. For 280,000 fans the "Green Hell" was once again the scene of the spectacular 24-hour race during the last weekend. For the third time in a row, the technology company Nagarro successfully sponsored the Porsche Team of Mühlner Motorsport.
For the 3rd time in a row, Nagarro is the sponsor of the racing team.
Full throttle, full success
Already during the qualifying round, the Nagarro-sponsored Porsche with the number #62 of Gartzen/Thomas/Kranz/Hoppe had prevailed and performed first class in the race. After the successful start from position 36, the team maintained the lead in its class (SP7). With the best lap time of 8:42.427 minutes and 148 laps, the Porsche team secured the sensational first place in its class as well as the 15th position in the overall ranking. Professional racing driver Sebastian von Gartzen, who took turns at the wheel with his team colleagues Mark Thomas (GB), Moritz Kranz (GER), and Marcel Hoppe (GER), enthusiastically said: "After pole position in the qualifying we started the race with high expectations, but a lot can happen in 24 hours. The GT3 Cup class is strongly occupied and sometimes only a few seconds separated us from other drivers in the race. All my teammates were flawless and consistently fast, which led to us winning the race with a lead of over 2 laps at the end!"
Our team with driver Sebastian von Gartzen fought their way up from grid position 36 (from 156) to position 15 in the overall standings. We also got the 1st place in the class standings (SP7).
16 Nagarro employees live at the circuit
"Speed and quality—this is not only essential in Nagarro's technology environment, but it is also the decisive success factor in car racing. Blind trust, perfect teamwork, and agility help a race team as well as a team of technologists to perform to the max. I am excited that the racing team we support has been able to achieve such a masterly performance. The fact that we were able to surprise 16 worldwide Nagarrians with a VIP ticket to this event at the same time is a wonderful addition," says Manas Fuloria, CEO of Nagarro. For the 24-hour race, 16 employees from around the globe were selected who had distinguished themselves both by their performance and their mindset. Unique experiences like visiting the pit lane or being present at the pit stop, enjoying a walk-through of all cars at the starting line or hanging out with the drivers & the team boss contributed to the solidarity of the Nagarro colleagues worldwide. This was in keeping with Nagarro's corporate credo: "To make distance irrelevant between intelligent people."
Nagarro congratulates the entire Mühlner Motorsport team and all drivers on an extraordinary performance and an outstanding success!
More information at www.24h-rennen.de.
About Nagarro
Nagarro drives technology-led business breakthroughs for industry leaders and challengers. When our clients want to move fast and make things, they turn to us. Today, we are 6,000 experts across 21 countries. Together we form Nagarro, the global services division of Munich-based Allgeier SE.


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An introduction to computer audio
You will find many claims on the internet like:
"My CD transport sounds superior to my PC"
"My PC blows my CD transport out of the water"
Some cannot believe that a PC can be as good as a $5000 transport.
As we are talking PCM-audio, we have to deal with the bits (the samples) and the timing, the sample rate.
A CD transport must do two things.
Reading the bits
This must be done in real time as it has to feed a stream of data to a DAC with a very constant bit rate.
Ripping a CD on a PC is a far simpler job.
Read the bits.
It can do it at its own pace as nobody is listening.
The timing (the jitter) is completely irrelevant as this is a copy from one digital media (the CD) to another (the hard disk).
If a reading error occurs e.g. scratches on the CD, all a transport can do is interpolate or mute. In case of a PC, the ripping software can re-read the damaged sector as long and as often as it likes. Some use up to 80 times to find out what is the best possible representation of the damaged sector.
Rippers like dBpoweramp calculate a checksum after the rip is completed.
This checksum is compared against the AccurateRip database.
This allows you to compare the result with those of others.
As a transport will never tell you it is interpolation and doesn't have the option to verify the data against a database, the PC is the better of the two in reading an audio CD right.
A high quality transport will feed a DAC with excellent timing.
It will have a clock with a very low jitter driving the SPDIF or AES/EBU into a DAC.
You won't find PC's with pristine SPDIF out.
Here the transport shines.
Inherent to SPDIF is that the DAC is slaved to the sender. That's why a transport can make a difference.
Inherent to SPDIF is that it will always generate a certain amount of input jitter as no clock is perfect.
Today there are many DACs with an asynchronous USB input.
This means the DAC is no longer slaved to the transport (the PC) but the DAC it self is in charge of the timing.
By using an asynchronous protocol, the DAC in principle has zero input jitter.
Combine this with galvanic isolation and we finally have a true digital solution, a DAC fetching its data at its own pace and not disturbed by any stray signal from any source.
Theoretically, the PC when used in this way as a transport should be superior to any other solution!


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In this episode, Jeff pairs this $40 Syrah with $4 worth of snacks.
Wine Tasted:
Stay Rad,
What is your favorite Syrah from Atlas Peak? Leave a comment, and let us know.
In this episode, Jeff pairs this $40 Syrah with $4 worth of snacks.
Wine Tasted:
Stay Rad,
What is your favorite Syrah from Atlas Peak? Leave a comment, and let us know.
In this episode, Jeff sees if this destination winery's juice can hold up to the power of this barbecue…
(Note: At the time of filming, Jeff did not realize that Castello di Amorosa sold their wines online. Their online wine shop is, in fact, very extensive, and quite easy to use. So… When you hear Jeff say something to the contrary in the following video, please shout back at him that he is wrong.)
Wine Tasted:
After the Facts:
1. This wine sample was provided by Castello di Amorosa for review. Click here to check 'em out.
2. I bought this tri tip sandwich from Trail Dust Barbeque. Click here to check THEM out.
Stay Rad,
What is your favorite destination winery? Leave a comment, and tell us about it.
Just when you thought I was done talking about the wedding we were at in Phoenix, Arizona a few weeks back…
I realized that there was a big wine moment that happened the day before the wedding…
Since Kara was a bridesmaid, and had to go to the rehearsal during the day, I spent the morning lounging around the hotel at the "Largest Pool in Phoenix!"
Come the afternoon, however, we headed over to a BBQ at the home of the groom's parents…
I had been looking forward to this BBQ for a while. Not so much for the food (which was fantastic, by the way), but for the wine that was gonna be served…
This requires a little explanation.
The night before the BBQ, I went out with the groom and his buddies for a bachelor party. At one point in the night, the groom asks me if I'd ever heard of Copa Di Vino.
When I told him I had not, he proceeded to tell me that the owner of the company was on the TV show, Shark Tank, pitching his idea to investors. Apparently, it's a wine that comes in its own plastic cup. The idea is that it allows you to drink wine on the go without having to deal with the complications of a bottle.
"That sounds cool," I told him. "How does it taste?"
"I don't know," he replied, "but I ordered a couple of cases for the BBQ tomorrow, and I want you to review it."
Never one to turn down a wine sample, I was more than happy to oblige. As soon as we got to the party, I tracked down the cooler, and picked out my samples…
First I want to talk to you about the packaging…
Each (Plastic) Cup of Wine is 187.5 ml. A standard bottle of wine is 750 ml. You can do the math, or just trust me when I tell you that each plastic cup is a quarter of a bottle (a pretty healthy pour).
Online, you can buy a case (12 Cups of Wine) for $36. That breaks down to $3 a cup… or $12 a bottle.
As far as the packaging goes, Copa Di Vino reminded me a lot of a cup of yogurt. Remove the plastic lid, peel back the aluminum seal, and it's go time!
Let's get into the wine!
Copa Di Vino NV American Riesling:
Nose: In retrospect, I should have poured my Cup of Wine into a glass. Without having much of a lip to guide the aromas to my schnoz, it was tough to analyze. The nose to me was extremely tight, with hints of lemon mineral water.
Palate: The palate lacked any sort of complexity to it. Really, it was kind of like water, with a squeeze of lemon and a drop of latte foam. I do give the Riesling props for not being sweet. I would have expected it to be overly sugarfied to appeal to the masses.
Score: Not a whole lot going on here, but I will give it extra points for being a cold white wine on a hot day in Phoenix. 76
Copa Di Vino NV Columbia Valley Merlot:
Nose: A faint hint of buttered blackberry. Aside from the blackberry, the nose is almost Chardonnay-like.
Taste: There's that butter again. Look… I know that all red wine goes through malolactic fermentation, but usually (since there are so many other things going on) they're not so in-your-face with the butter. There is still this blackberry fruit going on, but it's unripe blackberry. There is a touch of black olive on the end.
Score: This isn't a horrible Merlot, but that butter is throwing me way off. 79
I went to the Copa Di Vino website to try to get a glimpse into their winemaking philosophy, and I found this video…
I guess the product speaks for itself.
Apparently, the investors on Shark Tank passed on the Copa Di Vino. Based on the price, and the quality of the juice, you should too.
I guess that's what you get when you spend more time dreaming up the cup you're serving your wine in than you do the wine you're serving in the cup.
Stay Rad,


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Definition – What is the meaning of Cycling?
In water culture, cycling is the demonstration of building up an adjusted oceanic or aquaponics framework where provinces of microscopic organisms develop and prosper to keep the biological system sound and flourishing.
A recently settled lake normally creates advantageous microorganisms after some time. The microscopic organisms work to keep the water perfect and clear. It adjusts the framework so fish and sea-going plants can live in amicability. One of the key strides to keeping up the oceanic or aquaponics framework is using cycling to develop microscopic organisms that guide in keeping up the levels of smelling salts and nitrates in the lake's water supply.
Without settlements of helpful microscopic organisms, the aquaponics framework will separate. A framework that has cycled effectively every month and has a solid province of flourishing microorganisms will have a pH of in the vicinity of 6.8 and 7.4. The alkali level ought to be zero to one section million. The lake's nitrate level should be less than 5 ppm
Cycling explained by Bud Bionics
The deterioration of plant material and fish flotsam and jetsam produces smelling salts in the water. Be that as it may, provinces of microorganisms separate the alkali and transform it into nitrates. Plants retain nitrates yet a lot of nitrates in the water causes enormous green growth blossoms.
A little measure of green growth cleans the water yet a huge sum is hurtful. An air circulation gadget in an amphibian lake adds oxygen to the water and helps frame an adjusted province of microscopic organisms by cycling the oxygen rich water. The oxygen is then consumed by the plants which additionally retain nitrates to control the green growth development in the lake.
Oxygenated cycling water additionally benefits any fish that live in the lake. Controlling the smelling salts levels by utilizing a business analyzer likewise keeps the settlement of microscopic organisms alive and thriving in the lake. In the event that the alkali level spikes, a folio can be added to the water.
The greater part of the above tips is helpful to remember when you're going to begin cycling a framework out of the blue. Every one of these segments are components of the aquaponics framework cycling process.
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GigaOM Interview: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO Facebook
After the debacle of yesterday's on-stage interview with Mark Zuckerberg at South By Southwest, I decided to take myself out of the process as much as possible by offering up a Q&A. The results below are heavily edited excerpts from my conversation with the Facebook CEO. Instead of grilling him too much about monetization and the company's $15 billion valuation, we spent most of the time talking about infrastructure, scaling Facebook's architecture and what the ad platform is going to look like. And I'll tell you right now: When I asked about money, my questions were quickly shot down.
ME: What does the Facebook infrastructure look like right now as it supports more than 67 million users?
ZUCKERBERG: I can't talk about the number of servers specifically, but I can say it's not on the order of hundreds of thousands yet; it's in the order of tens of thousands. Would you like to talk about how the architecture has evolved over time?
It's pretty fascinating to see that the evolution of the network architecture pretty much reflects the evolution of the site. When we were in a few colleges one of the theories there was that most of the people would want to talk to people at their own schools, so we set up a network architecture based on the school. We had a Harvard database and web server and routed traffic to them through sub-domains. As time went on, and we reached a reasonable scale, we had to break out into tiered services.
In mid-2005 or so we also started relying heavily on memcached, and today it's become such an important part of our infrastructure that we've actually become the head developers on one of the branches of the code.
At this point in Facebook we're now running our networks and have multiple data centers across the country, one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast. So we're working on problems of reducing latency in transferring data from one to the other.
ME: So as you expand internationally will Facebook need an international data center? When?
ZUCKERBERG: That will be something at some point.
ME: Do the applications running on Facebook affect the network? How much of that does Facebook need to support?
ZUCKERBERG: We have an API tier that serves the data requests, but the same servers serve the requests generated inside of Facebook and those form outside of Facebook. We're trying to blur the boundaries of content created inside Facebook and applications created outside Facebook, and that's reflected in the architecture.
ME: What challenges will you guys need to address as you scale?
ZUCKERBERG: We put a ton of focus into making sure going forward that our development speed will be very fast. But you know the phrase, "Premature optimization is the root of all evil"? If we spend our time trying to optimize our architecture it could end up being one that's difficult to develop on and going forward, a big focus for us is making sure that's not the case.
One of the recent places is internationalization. The infrastructure to do that is pretty fascinating but it has the potential to slow down future development as people ask if they need to develop an application in another language first, so we've basically built a wrapper for every string of text and the developer puts a wrapper around that text and we send it to users to translate. So that doesn't slow down the development speed.
ME: How do you handle quality control?
ZUCKERBERG: In the three cases we've done so far (Spanish, German and French), the quality of the translations that we got was actually better. If you wanted to get professional translators it wouldn't be scalable.
ME: Let's talk about monetization. You said yesterday that you envision the social advertising landscape evolving over the next 10…15…20 years. How will those ads evolve and when will we start seeing aspects of them on Facebook? And where does Beacon, which you said wasn't an ad effort, fall into this?
ZUCKERBERG: Beacon was a part of the platform. It was part of this while effort to blur the boundaries between what's inside Facebook and what's outside Facebook. Beacon was our first cut at a protocol to do that.
When it comes to social ads we really want to line up what people are trying to do on Facebook and the utility it offers with monetization. If you look at what people are trying to do on the site, it's communicating and connecting with each other and sharing information, so the business model should be around people sharing information and staying connected.
In banner advertising, people who have developed a trust with the audience run a banner ad and the trust bleeds over to the ad so people pay attention to it.
ME:(making a skeptical face.)
ZUCKERBERG: What? You look like something's wrong? People go to a content site to see a specific kind of content and will trust those ads relate somehow to it. On Facebook, people aren't coming to see content from Facebook; they're coming to see what other people are sharing, so the most natural analog would be having the ads be information shared among the people. Because so much of our society has some commercial component it seems like there will be a way to both share information and line that up with what advertisers want.
Some amount is happening as advertisers pay to accelerate that distribution of information. The amount they'd be willing to pay is proportional to how much it is accelerated.
ME: And before we leave I wanted to ask about revenue and the fact that you mentioned yesterday that you are operating at breakeven.
ZUCKERBERG: I said we're operating around breakeven. In the past we've run at sometimes more and sometimes less, but as a private company we don't disclose those numbers. A lot of people ask us what we're going to do with that Microsoft money, but we have no specific purpose for it. We didn't take that money to buy something.


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Hey you have often read it here as to how bad the nurses are in Quebec presently and in the past.
Gyslaine Desrosiers, president of the Quebec Order of Nurses, has now admitted that there there is a gap between the education required in Quebec the rest of Canada. The Quebec Nurses Training has remained at the same level since the 1970s, and Quebec now even lags 10 years behind other Canadian provinces. Quebec's nurses thus have voted overwhelmingly to revamp education requirements calling for a mandatory university degree rather than the current college certificate. There is a gap between the education required in Quebec the rest of Canada and the United States. "We're way behind everybody else in the world," said another Quebec Nurse.
This is more proof that the Government Quebec has been hiding the reality about poor nursing care in the province and it has so far not been caring enough to deal with this issue.
We need real medicare and not a pretend one..
The Quebec government itself now for decades is also too soft on crime and is wrongfully reluctant to punish any of the bad guys, even bad doctors and bad nurses too, cause they would likely have to start also with themselves.
.. we need government members, Hospital adminstrators, medical personnel that realy care about the citizens good welfare and where are they now?


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Henrico County Sheriff Mike Wade confirmed Sunday that Delegate Joe Morrissey will be allowed to continue his political activities as part of a work release program at the jail.
That includes making public appearances and speaking to the media, Wade said: "That's part of his job as a politician."
Morrissey is serving a six-month sentence for a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. That didn't stop him from attending a church service Sunday morning, at which he was greeted with whoops and cheers.
Afterward, he spoke to the media, addressing bipartisan calls for his resignation from his colleagues in the General Assembly.
Morrissey, who prosecutors say had sex with the 17-year-old receptionist at his law office, said he hasn't decided whether he'll resign.
If he doesn't, Democratic lawmakers have promised to do everything in their power to have him expelled. If not, through the jail's work release program, he could work in the state legislature during the day and spend his nights in jail.
Morrissey was granted work release by a judge, but the terms of that release are granted by the jail.
Wade says Morrissey submits a list of his planned activities to the jail for approval, and under the terms of Morrissey's work release, he can go to whatever events or meetings are necessary for his job.
"That's why he has to wear the ankle bracelet," Wade says.


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Bakers Delight has moved to an Upstream unified printing solution, reducing the cost of printing services by 18 per cent over 12 months.
Speaking to CIO Australia, Bakers Delight CIO, Joanne Stubbs, said the project was driven from a desire to improve business efficiency.
"Bakers Delight in itself is constantly driven to reduce costs and improve the business efficiency so that can flow through to the franchisee," she said. "So if we managed to do that internally at head office, the administrative costs are less."
Stubbs said the baking giant had a variety of printing vendors operating throughout multiple franchises, and that unifying printers across the business was vital.
"Prior to me coming on board as CIO, they hadn't had a CIO [at Bakers Delight] before, so there were disparate contracts throughout the business, some of which were signed by people without the authority to sign them," she said.
"The printing companies had got in there and thought it was an easy catch and were charging exorbitant amounts of money for one printer in one office, so we added all those costs together and got rid of the ones that were ripping us off and rolled them all together in Upstream."
The Upstream solution consisted of a streamlined fleet of devices and servicing, achieved a 50 per cent increased capacity to improve business efficency and includes a 'Find Me' solution that allows users to authenticate their identity on any printer.
Stubbs said the deployment took a month, with only a few bumps in the road being felt on the way; many of which she attributes to "user error some of the time".
"It cleaned up processes within the business in trying to get it working properly," she said. "There were some departments not being billed correctly, but that wasn't the software's fault, it was more that the finance department didn't have departments keyed up the right way."
As well as unifying the company, Stubbs said the deployment has achieved greater cost savings than first anticipated.
"Although we initially set up the contract that it would cost us a certain amount per annum, it worked out that we could reduce that by about $1000 a month after the first year," she said. "It cleaned up processes within the business in trying to get it working properly."
Next on Stubbs' IT agenda is to upgrade Bakers Delight's networks and upgrade software across the business units.
"Last year's strategy was to get on top of all of the business projects and make sure they were delivered on time and within budget, and set up a project office properly so that it was accountable," she said.
"This year it's [been about] clean up, there's a lot of pieces of disparaged pieces of software sitting there that do exactly the same thing, as well as our network needs to be sorted out and made a lot more efficient in terms of software upgraded"


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Access configuration UI by browsing with a webb browser to https:<server_ip/dns_name>:8443/config. Authenticate with username and password provided at installation. Once logged in the UI presents a number of tabs, views.
Start view
Provides general overview of the system. Divided into sections, explained below.
Top right section shows last 200 events since last node start.


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It's pure fantasy. Robots won't ever actually rise up and go to war with humanity. You know why? Because the robots of the future will be governed by Asimov's three laws of robotics.
For those who don't know what those are, know that sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov established three basic laws governing the programming of robots for his works, which later became almost canonical amongst other sci-fi writers, and which remain popular to this day.
Those three laws are:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Simple. It's a paper/rock/scissors sequence of programming that allows a robot to look after itself without ever inflicting harm upon a human — which will be good to know in the dark, distant future when there are robots advanced enough to require such programming!
For now, though, the closest things we have in the real world to the classic idea of a "robot" are automatic vacuum cleaners, giant arms that work on factory floors and bipedal toys wheeled out at Japanese robotics shows.
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But what about video game characters? They're governed by AI. And, in many cases, incredibly complex AI, to the point where non-playable characters can behave more naturally than the robots in Asimov's works. So this being robot week and all, we decided to ask a few game developers what their versions of Asimov's three laws were when coming up with gaming AI.
Jonny Ebbert, Relic, lead designer on Dawn of War 2:
1) Fun before difficulty. Always try to level the challenge appropriately at each level so that players feel good about playing. So make your Easy A.I easy, and your Normal A.I. kind of easy. Leave the sadism for Hard and Expert.
2) Add frailty but avoid stupidity. A.I.s need to make mistakes for the player to exploit from time to time but they shouldn't look dumb doing it. A.I's aren't fun to play if they always trigger their abilities perfectly when they have the chance (anyone old school enough to remember trying to Death and Decay a peon line against a Human AI), and they shouldn't always retreat at the perfect health level. But they need to stay in the range of competency when they do make "mistakes." It's a fine line to walk, but an important line.
3) Be a good teammate. Try to support your teammate's army when possible. Help out your opponent's base when it's under serious attack. Players love it when they see an A.I. that cares about how they're doing. They feel like they're cooperating rather than playing next to something.
4) Cheat wherever you can. A.I.s are handicapped. They need to cheat from time to time if they're going to close the gap.
5) Never get caught cheating. Nothing ruins the illusion of a good A.I. like seeing how they're cheating.
Matt Tonks, Epic, gameplay programmer on Gears of War 2:
Simplest answer:
1. Act smart until the player kills you.
Or, to be a bit more specific:
1. An AI must value its own life; take cover against threatening enemies, and avoid life-threatening situations.
2. An AI should attack the most threatening enemy, unless we are threatened… in which case, see rule #1.
The friendly AI has a couple rules added to the top:
1. A friendly AI should never get in the player's way. If you're in the player's way, get out of the way.
2. A friendly AI should stay near its assigned squad leader (usually the player).
And then the other rules:
3. An AI must value its own life; take cover against threatening enemies, and avoid life-threatening situations.
4. An AI should attack the most threatening enemy, unless we are threatened… in which case, see rule #3.
Todd Howard, Bethesda, executive producer on Fallout 3:
"I'll give you one from the old Terminator games, since the new movie is coming out. The Terminator cannot be reasoned with, can't be bargained with, and cannot be stopped. Unless of course he hits a chair, and since he can't path around it, we have him just start shooting."


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On the last day of February 2017, the internet almost ground to a halt. The reason was a 4-hour outage at Amazon's computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused hundreds of thousands of websites throughout the US to go dark. Wait, Amazon, the computer online shopping site was interrupted? How can that be?
Amazon, the largest retailer in the Western World, began AWS as a side-business. Today it is among the largest web services providers and accounts for about 8% of Amazon's revenue – in other words, AWS is a money-maker.
What Caused AWS to Go Down?
Amazon Web Services is a huge provider of hosting websites like:
Other companies large and small lost their service too. Estimates of affected sites are in the hundreds of thousands. AWS is a provider of web services and cloud storage for companies that choose not to heavily invest in computer hardware – this frees companies of spending capital on construction and outfitting of their own server farms.
The affected part of the AWS system was its S3 system (Simple Storage Service) that went offline that February afternoon. Though not all AWS clients were affected, many experienced slowdowns or simply became non-responsive on the site location.
Dave Bartoletti, a cloud analyst with Forrester said:
"This is a pretty big outage, AWS had not had a lot of outages and when they happen, they're famous. People still talk about the one in September of 2015 that lasted five hours."
The outage seems to have started at a few minutes past 12:30 PM and operations were completely restored some four hours later.
Another Forrester Cloud Analyst, Lydia Leong commented about the outage's cause:
"The most common causes of this type of outage are software related, either a bug in the code or human error. Right now, we don't know what it was."
Amazon later explained that it was human error, not an attack on AWS or failure of hardware of software. Amazon explained that an authorized Amazon employee was debugging an issue with the S3 payment system and inadvertently entered a wrong command shutting down more than the few servers needing attention. As a result, Amazon had to restart all the affected servers and service was completely recovered by 4:40 PM.
The enormity of the outage serves as a reminder to companies of the associated with depending on just a few companies for cloud computing. Other providers of similar services include:
Leong commented on the impact of the outage:
"More than anything else, S3 customers need to be able to get at their data, because often S3 is used to store images. So, no S3, no nice picture or fancy logo on your website."
Most Web Sites Did Not Fail Completely
Most modern websites pull data from more than one cloud database, so while an image may not be available, other information still appears when a database like S3 goes down.
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The Business of Getting Into College
Each year, we hear parents and students say how they don't want to make a business of getting into college. And we understand their thinking. What mom wants to be a Tiger Mom? What child wants to have a Tiger Mom? But the reason why that book struck such a chord is because so many moms can indeed relate to Amy Chua. It's easy to say you don't want to make a business of getting into college but then how come your twelve year-old daughter has piano lessons every Tuesday and Thursday? How come she does fencing every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday evening? Is she doing these activities because she's a passionate fencer and pianist or because mommy and daddy think it'll help her get into colleges five or six years later?
Often times, even if parents won't own it, it's the latter. Parents so often deny that their kids are doing activities to help make them stand out as they apply to college but, deep down, it's often the case. The funny thing is these parents aren't very keen businessmen because forcing your daughter to fence and take piano lessons is unlikely to differentiate her in the college admissions process. Why's that? Because forcing your daughter to do an activity probably means your daughter doesn't much like that activity. And if she doesn't much like that activity, she probably isn't all that good at it either. Do you think Bill Gates spent 10,000+ hours (thank you, Malcolm Gladwell) programming because he didn't like computers? Nope.
Are there ways to better distinguish yourself as you apply to highly selective colleges? You bet — and we certainly help a whole lot with that for our students. But colleges want uniquely talented students. They don't want the kid who was forced to take piano lessons. They don't want the kid who was forced to fence. College admissions counselors can see right through that. Give them the benefit of the doubt and rework your business strategy of getting into college. Because it's not working!
Check out this "Peterson's" article that we wrote on Talented Students and Getting Into College.
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Habitat Use by Swainson's Hawks on their Austral Wintering Grounds in Argentina
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We examined the use of agricultural habitats by Swainson's Hawks' (Buteo swainsoni) in La Pampa and Santa Fe provinces, Argentina. We found an association of foraging Swainsons' Hawks with permanent pastures such as fallow, natural, and alfalfa fields. The hawks also used plowed fields for sunning, resting, and preening. Fields planted with annual crops and pastures were used very little, except when they were cut for hay, plowed, and harvested, or when low crop height and cover allowed the hawks to land in fields. The availability of abundant, yet widely-spaced and transient food-sources, such as insect outbreaks, appeared to be the principal factor influencing habitat use by the hawks. Their reliance on agricultural habitats makes Swainson's Hawks highly vulnerable to pesticide contamination and has contributed to the occurrence of significant mortality events on their wintering grounds.
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Canavelli, Sonia B.; Bechard, Marc J.; Woodbridge, Brian; Kochert, Michael N.; Maceda, Juan J.; and Zaccagnini, Maria E.. (2003). "Habitat Use by Swainson's Hawks on their Austral Wintering Grounds in Argentina". Journal of Raptor Research, 37(2), 125-134.


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Thursday started bright and early with breakfast at the hotel, which was kind of weird. Most hotels, if they offer breakfast, it's usually a continental style, with pastries and coffee. Hostels often offer similar. This place had a kitchen so you could make what you wanted and offered up eggs, bread, cereal and some fruits. So we had scrambled eggs and toast before heading out for our day.
First stop, as planned, was the British Library. There was an exhibition on about British Comic Books until the 19th and since we didn't know when we'd get another chance, today was our day for it (Monday and Tuesday were already blocked out due to the London Pass – to be explained later). Continue reading "London 2014: Day Two – Walking the walk, talking the talk…"


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In case you needed any more fuel to add to the Donald Trump hate fire, new polling out of South Carolina says 31 percent of his supporters would support banning gays from the United States. Good luck with that.
The numbers come from Public Policy Polling, which has just released a ton of info taken from surveys of voters who plan to vote in Saturday's Republican Primary.
Of course, Trump leads in virtually every category, but one answer from Trump supporters gives us more than a bit of pause:
We heard (and cringed) when Trump loudly announced his plan to ban all Muslims from coming into the United States, but we really question this idea.
We should make it perfectly clear that Trump hasn't publicly announced the idea and it's pretty much just the trolliest of questions on the part of PPP, but it's fairly shocking that a third of his supporters would even entertain the idea of banning gays.
Also, what would our new favorite lovebirds Nayyef Hrebid and Betu Allami say?
If you want to be depressed about the state of electoral politics and humanity in general, the entire report can be found here. Remember, whether you're Ready For Hillary or Feeling The Bern, I think we can all agree they're both lightyears ahead of Trump on most issues, but especially this one.
We also hope that "gay liberal" for Trump sees this and knows the kind of people he's trying to surround himself with.


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It was getting late. Almost 11:30 P.M. This picture had been taken at least a full hour ago:
The friends I met up with were starting to get incoherent, and, although I never mind not drinking around people who are, I don't love staying around people who are drunk and keep drinking anyway. Especially in bars. I had driven myself to New Brunswick, so I had to drive home. Since I had driven, I hadn't had anything to drink. That's my rule and I always stick to it. I would never want to risk hurting anyone.
"I think I'm going to get going, everyone," I said.
"Yeah, it's getting late, us too," another member of the group seemingly gratefully jumped on board. She was the designated driver for two other women in the group. They parked outside the bar. I had parked a bit away, but had always felt safe walking around New Brunswick alone, even at night. I was a smart kid.
"Hey! Where are you going?" the DD asked.
"Oh, I'm in the deck by the hotel. I didn't feel like dealing with circling the streets and this deck is free and always has spots," I answered.
"Hop in, we'll take you," she replied.
"Are you sure? I'm really okay," I promised.
"Yes. Besides it's freezing. Come on," she convinced me.
She dropped me in front of the hotel as our two other friends drunkenly laughed and sang. "Thank you so much! Drive safely!" I said as I grabbed my purse off of the floor.
"Will do!" she yelled, and they were gone. I started walking to the front of the hotel, the best way to get to the elevators to the parking deck. My keys were out, the longest between my knuckles, just in case.
I walked through the lobby to the elevators which connected the hotel to the parking garage. Unlike when I had parked earlier in the evening, a party of some kind was going on and/or wrapping up in the hotel's main room.
I waited patiently for the elevator. Soon two other couples joined me, waiting. And then, two men who had clearly had too much to drink and were looking to instigate something. I could literally feel it in my gut as they approached. They started to get louder and louder, looking for an audience. As they looked at me, I regarded them with caution, afraid at this time of night they might take an acknowledgment as an invitation.
The elevator finally came, and the two men went in first. Then the couples.
I hesitated, thinking to myself, just wait for the next one, you're already nervous. Then, they are clearly watching me, so if I don't get in, it might actually be worse. They could get off and try to wait with me, and then I'd be alone. At least right now there were four other people who would surely keep them calm. I'm the last in so I'll be the first out. It's only three floors. I reluctantly stepped in the right side so I could select the floors myself.
I hit "3" which lit up and asked everyone else, "which floor?"
"That's us too," said one couple. I relaxed a little.
"Us too!" said the second couple.
"Yeah, that's where we're going too," said one of the two men, speaking for both of them.
I waited for the doors to close.
"Damn, girl, what you doin' tonight?" I heard the man behind me say. My back was to him so I pretended he could have been talking to anyone.
"What? You gonna ignore me lookin' like that?" he went on.
"Yo, check this out. She's looking for attention too. She's got that cute little outfit on. You like purple?" The same man asked.
"Whoooo-hoooo, she definitely likes purple," echoed the second man.
I looked to my left and saw that the men had moved to a different spot on the elevator. How did they do that? And what is taking so long?! I looked at both couples. All four people, staring straight ahead.
"You got plans tonight!" said one of the men to me.
I looked at the couples again. No reaction.
They're not going to let anything happen to me, I thought.
You already know where you parked. You always memorize it. Keys are out. The second the door opens, you're going to have to act not scared. Head straight for the car. Hit the button on the remote, get in, and lock the door. You can do this. You parked fairly close to the elevator. You're the only old green Accord in the lot. Maybe only six to ten cars away. You know what to do.
I had a plan.
While I was thinking more heckling had been going on. The couples were getting more and more uncomfortable. The fact that they were between me and the guys comforted me. They would stop any attempted pursuit, right?
It was extremely clear by now that these men planned to try to talk with me — at the very least once this ride was over.
Floor three. This was it. The doors opened and I started taking large steps toward my car as fast as possible.
"Where you goin,' sweetheart?" I heard a man say.
"Yeah, don't play us like that. The night's not over," said the other man.
I looked back. The couples were almost out of sight heading in the opposite direction, there were other people walking in the lot but nowhere near me at the moment, while the men — were gaining on me!?
I snapped out of asking myself what kind of people, riding the elevators with their wives, or dates, or girlfriends, or husbands, or boyfriends could possibly let this happen exactly like it was happening.
That's all I felt. I went into complete flight mode knuckling my key even tighter hitting my remote over and over and over again until I could see my car's lights blink, indicating it was unlocked. I kept clicking it just in case, moving as fast as I could. I didn't look back again. But I could hear them. My running must have caused them to run too.
This is how I die, I thought. I'm going to get raped and murdered and no one will ever find me. My Mom, my Dad. Jesus.
I turned into the driver's side nook cursing the car next to mine for parking so close. I got in and pushed down the lock holding it there as one of the men tried pulling open the door.
Put the key in the ignition. You're getting out of here. Turn the car on.
The man outside started banging on my windows and hood. His friend had caught up with him but didn't touch my car. The guy on my car was getting angrier. Screaming worse and worse things to me that I cannot remember. I was numb.
Holding down the lock with one hand (knowing that really wasn't doing much) and having turned on the car, I used the other hand to put the car into reverse.
"Yo!" the further away man said.
"What?" the guy on my car yelled back. He put his hands on my trunk and stood there, looking at me through my rear view window. He wasn't moving.
"Dude, let's go find something else, she ain't shit," the further away man said.
Please work please listen to him oh my God please get the fuck off my car and go away oh God help me please God don't let them get in.
The man on my car slammed his fists on my trunk twice.
"Yeah, fine! No one needs this shit anyway," he said, and he walked away heading toward the other man.
I breathed for the first time since I saw the other people in the elevator letting this happen. My hands were shaking. I was terrified. When I was sure they were out of sight I exited the parking deck, certain they would jump out at any point while getting out of there. I couldn't stop looking in my rear view.
You don't want to wake Mom and Dad, I thought. They would be asleep by now. Don't worry them. You're fine. You're fine! You made it. You did exactly what you needed to. You survived.
Still, I thought these guys might be tailing me all the way home, so shaken and paranoid that I couldn't relax even after getting inside my house. I locked the door in two ways, something we never often did in my home growing up. I left my parents a note so they wouldn't worry about the chain (or break it) and taped it to the doorknob in case they woke up before me.
And then, alone in my room, in disbelief, I drank.
I wrote the following Facebook post at 1:26 A.M., still completely shaken:
Re-reading that, I remember signing up for the self-defense class my first semester of my freshman year of college. I had dated a guy very briefly who, as it turned out, had excessive control issues and major anger issues. I told you, I'm an anxious person. I wanted to make sure I was ready just in case. I remember coming back from class having bruises on my arms and shins from practicing so hard against myself.
And yes, all of the thoughts of self-defense came into my head at some point. Since there were two men, I knew that even if I was lucky enough to disable one by putting my key through his neck I might have to use the other techniques I learned on the other one.
I kept drinking. And drinking. Until I finally fell asleep.
How many times do self-defense moves ruminate in your mind while walking anywhere throughout the day? Are you always watching others? Getting a grasp on your surroundings, potential weak spots, people who don't look safe, etc.?
Now, I say, "people who don't look safe," because of the second time that I was almost attacked. They didn't look safe. And as it turned out, they weren't.
But first, I promised you the responses to my Facebook post:
I numbered (poorly) "1," "2," and "3," because those people were out with me earlier in the night. "2" and "3" were in the car that dropped me off, if that's at all relevant. The rest of the comments:
Number "4" up there is the friend who dropped me off in front of the hotel.
I wrote the thing at the bottom with the yellow cover-up over it. My response was prompted by the person who I have written "nickname" near, above. (He used a nickname which would give away who he is — to probably more people than he'd like — so I had to kill it.)
But what the actual fuck?
Yeah, I should have done something differently. <– SARCASM INCLUDED. Jesus Christ.
I tried to walk to my car.
That's it, people! I didn't provoke, invite, or otherwise suggest I wanted any part of the rest of the evening of these men. So that was a totally fucked up response.
Unfortunately, it, and those like it, are not uncommon. A lot of people do this. It's almost never appropriate. Victim blaming is NOT okay and it NEEDS to stop PERMANENTLY.
A couple of things.
I am SO MUCH MORE VOCAL online about things like this NOW than I was six years ago when this happened. I was still in shock when I wrote it. I had over 800 Facebook "friends" at the time. This matters only insofar as getting only eleven comments was pretty pathetic, I felt, especially at the time.
I'm not Facebook friends with ANY of the people numbered anymore. And I'm not friends with them in real life either. They know one of my rapists. And I couldn't deal with that. Especially after I told number "2" about the rape, and subsequently saw her in photos with the rapist on Facebook afterwards. (See earlier blog posts for that rant.) Just like I'm not about to be "friends" with the rapist who sent me that request, I'm not going to be friends with people who are friends with my rapist, ESPECIALLY if you know he raped me.
So now, I protect myself. It is legal to carry pepper spray of a certain concentration and below in New Jersey. So I do. And every time I feel unsafe I walk with it out and opened. And one time, I thought it was going to be the only thing that saved my life. But one bedtime story is enough for tonight, kids.
Reliving all this trauma takes a toll on me that needs to be monitored.
I'll share my second experience and my run in with "security" at the O.A.R. concert next time (probably).
NO ONE should have to exist in this world feeling unsafe just because they are out alone. Women don't need escorts anymore, although, sometimes I think to myself, I sure wouldn't mind a friend to make me feel safer walking everywhere I go. Maybe that's why I pick larger men to date. For safety. Except they can turn that on you too, as I well know.
Just know, if you're reading this, and you've never had to experience something like it, worry about it, etc., count yourself lucky and blessed. I have friends who get harassed weekly, if not more, on the street — merely for existing in public as women.
I ask that if you are a woman especially, but if you are a man as well, that you stand up and don't allow that shit to happen. If you're with someone who says something he/she shouldn't to someone going about their day, take control and make it right.
All we have is life.
Peace ✌


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Former Los Angeles Rams star Todd Gurley is helping to redefine the running back position in the NFL. The 6'1", 227-pound workhorse has a combination of power and speed that makes him one of the hardest players in the league to tackle.
Whether he's speeding untouched through the hole for a massive gain, hurdling over opponents to avoid a tackle, breaking through defenders for touchdowns, or tossing Packers linebacker Clay Matthews aside with ease, Gurley has shown that he is a force to be reckoned with in the NFL. And while the former Georgia Bulldog is key player for the Rams in LA, he's not taking anything for granted. Sure he's got the ability. But he also trains five to six days per week in the offseason and has an intense focus when he's in the gym.
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"We mix it up quite a bit—upper body, lower body, leg workouts," Gurley says. Gurley uses a range of exercises to get himself strong and stay in shape, including barbell back squats, deadlifts, box jumps, and glute raises.
"My favorite exercises are squats and my least favorite to do is upper-body stuff," says Gurley. "I'm always squatting when I work out. I try and switch it up every week, but I do a lot of quad exercises, leg extensions, deadlifts, and hamstring curls to help build muscle, my core, and gain stamina. Lower body, always do lower body—never skip a leg day."
Gurley spoke to Men's Journal about his training and revealed some of the essential exercises he uses to dominate on the field.
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Barbell Back Squats
What to do: Do 3 sets of 7-10 reps. Use a weight that is comfortable for you. Increase the weight if you find it too easy to do.
How to do it: Stand in a shoulder-width stance and rest the barbell at the top of your body. Grip the barbell with a steady grasp, stand up, and carefully remove it from the rack. Keep your back straight and head up while lowering your body down, bringing your hips just below your knees. Try not to let your knees go in front of your toes. Lift the barbell back into starting position to complete the rep, making sure to fully extend your hips.
Why Gurley does it: Squats are a key exercise for Gurley (and his favorite) in building his lower-body strength and power. The exercise helps improve hip flexibility and strengthens his core, quads, calves, hamstrings, and glutes. The added strength to those areas helps Gurley decrease the likelihood of suffering injuries, and helps with his vertical jumping ability by increasing hip strength and flexibility.
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What to do: Do 2-3 sets of 6-8 reps. Use a weight that feels comfortable for you, or try one of these deadlift variations to find what works best for you.
How to do it: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart in front of the bar with your mid-foot just under the bar. Squat down and take the bar in an overhand grip, hands just over shoulder-width apart. Push your chest out as you begin to stand up, pressing from your heels while coming up. Keep the bar as close to your legs as you can, then finish the movement and stand straight with the bar at groin level. Reverse the motion to your starting point and continue for the number of reps.
Why Gurley does it: Running backs need strength in their lower body and muscle to break through tackles. This exercise helps Gurley build both. It helps with explosive movements and increases testosterone. The deadlift hits numerous muscle groups, including your glutes, hamstrings, legs, back, and core strength.
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Box Jumps
What to do: Set up a box in front of you that's high enough to give you a challenge to jump onto it. Do 3-4 sets of 6 reps. Increase the height if you find it too easy.
How to do it: Stand in front of the box in an athletic stance, feet hip-width apart, then bend your knees and hips in a quick movement. Swing your arms as you jump up and land on the box. Hold the landing, then step back off the box onto the floor and repeat for the number of reps.
Why Gurley does it: Box jumps build power in your lower body and can help increase agility and quickness when making explosive cuts and movements. The movement helps build power throughout your legs and they increase balance and stability.
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Exercise Ball Hamstring/Leg Curls
What to do: Do 2-3 sets of 10-15 reps for this movement. You can do this using an exercise/physio ball.
How to do it: Using a ball, start by laying on your back with your feet on top of the ball. Put the ball far enough so that when you extend your legs, your ankles are on top. Raise up your hips off the ground, then flex your knees, bringing the ball as close to you as you can, feeling the work in the hamstrings as you move. Hold the position for a moment, then return to starting position.
Why Gurley does it: This exercise helps add strength, flexibility, and durability to Gurley's hamstrings, glutes, and calves, key for keeping him healthy and on the field. The stronger his hammies are, the less likely he is to tighten up while rushing the ball for a touchdown.
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Power Cleans
What to do: Use a weight that's comfortable to you and increase if needed. Do 2-4 sets of 5 reps.
How to do it: Start with your feet shoulder-length apart, bend down, and grab the bar with an overhand grip. With your head up and shoulders back, drive upwards and fire your glutes and legs to explosively lift the bar off the floor. When your legs are fully extended, bring your body under the bar, moving your elbows forward, so the bar rests on your shoulders. Return the bar to the floor and then repeat the movement for the number of reps.
Why Gurley does it: This exercise primarily taxes the posterior chain: glutes, hamstrings, and lower back. The movement helps with explosiveness and jumping ability, two things that translate to the field for Gurley and other athletes.
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Sonata, BWV 1019a, 3rd Mvmt.
from: J.S. Bach - Chamber Music - Miscellaneous
Originally for violin and keyboard in G major, transposed here to Bb. BWV 1019a is an alternative version of Violin Sonata No. 6, BWV 1019. The aria for soprano, violin concertant, strings and continuo, "Heil und Segen," from Cantata 120 is very similar and was also consulted for this arrangement. Rev. Sept. 1, 2018.
Keyboard parts include separate recorder parts at no additional cost.
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TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving fun.
Karri made this Thankful tree for her family. Simply attach leaves that have what you're grateful for on them. She made a lid for the pot to keep the leaves after they're done and keep it as a keepsake.
Heffalump has a tradition of making these Apple Turkeys! Aren't they great! Each year they buy a bag of apples around Thanksgiving time, and gather around the table and spend an evening decorating the apples to look like turkeys.
They use toothpicks to help make the tail, the wings, and the head of the turkeys, and other fun ingredients like mini marshmallows, raisins, fruit snacks, and cereal.
Renata makes these cute and yummy Turkey Rolls. You can use any roll dough. She used cloves as the turkey's eyes.
Here's a cute how-to turkey wreath using your child's footprint.
Allan Knox WROTE 5 fun Thanksgiving Carols to help celebrate this important holiday that sometimes gets overlooked by Christmas. Here's one example.
Here Comes Thanksgiving (to the tune of Here Comes Santa Claus)
Here comes Thanksgiving
Here comes Thanksgiving
Long before Christmas Day
No jingle bells, no Christmas trees
No songs about a sleigh
We will eat and we will sleep
We'll watch some football games
Cause it is almost Thanksgiving
And it's long before Christmas Day
Take a look at these Turkey Hair Bows!! Don't ask me how I found them - they aren't on a blog but I couldn't resist posting the idea. Too cute.
Karri, Heffalump, Renata, and Allan Knox here's your 'Great Tip Award', thank you so much for these fabulous Thanksgiving food and craft!
More Thanksgiving Traditions
TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving fun.
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We're Not Spending Time on Our IRAs -- or Money
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Americans are more likely to spend two hours choosing a restaurant or shopping for a tablet computer than even two hours planning their individual retirement accounts, according to data from TIAA-CREF.
Not only that, but fewer people are opening up an IRA. Only 17% of Americans are contributing to an IRA this year, compared with 22% in 2012.
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Those numbers come from a survey of 1,008 adults on their outlook on retirement saving and where it fits in their lives.
The financial services industry has spent decades touting IRAs as a useful retirement investment tool for Americans, but most people don't seem to be buying what the industry is selling -- literally.
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"An IRA can be an incredibly powerful savings tool that can boost retirement security and offer immediate tax and savings benefits," says Doug Chittenden, executive vice president for individual business at TIAA-CREF. "IRAs can also serve as a valuable supplement to an employer-sponsored plan and help fund a first home or education."
Yet almost half of all U.S. adults (47%) who don't have an IRA say they would consider opening one, a figure that's down from 57% last year.
This comes at a time Americans' retirement savings are disturbingly low.
The Employee Benefits Research Institute says 57% of U.S. adults have $25,000 or less saved for retirement and 49% say they are "not confident" about retiring with enough money to live comfortably for 20 years or longer.
IRAs could help, but Americans don't want to hear it. In fact, TIAA-CREF's Chittenden says much of the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of Americans who should know better -- but don't.
Also see: Women Better at Day-to-Day Saving, But Have Less to Retire On>>
"More and more people are unaware of the ultimate value an IRA can have in a building a stable and secure retirement," Chittenden says. "Americans today bear much more responsibility for their retirement savings than previous generations did. There is a pressing need to educate Americans from all age groups and income levels on the long-term retirement benefits that IRAs provide through compounded investment growth and tax savings."
TIAA-CREF's data say that 35% of U.S. adults "don't understand" an IRA and how it differs from other retirement plans such as a 401(k). That number rises to 45% for Americans under 34 years of age, who stand to benefit most from the long-term financial benefits of an IRA.
If there is some good news in this scenario, it's this: Americans can still contribute as much as $5,500 ($6,500 for those 50 and older) for the 2013 tax year until April 15. And according to TIAA-CREF, any adult who has not previously made a 2013 contribution can make one for both 2013 and 2014 -- totaling $11,000, or $13,000 for those age 50 or older -- through April 15.
That's a good start for any retirement savings campaign.


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by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg
Whether we're talking event planning for a wedding or party or a large conference, there's a huge opportunity to reduce food waste!
Been to a wedding this summer? A family reunion? These events feature food… often lots of it. In fact, often more food than the attendees can possibly eat in one sitting. What happens to that leftover food after the last guest leaves? Does it go in the fridge… or the trash?
Abundance is a good thing… until it becomes wasteful.
And, as we've pointed out many, many times in the past, our abundance of food in this country leads to a lot of waste. 40% of the food we produce gets wasted along the way from farm to table. While most of us feel confident to handle the leftovers from a single family meal, the leftover food from event planning can feel overwhelming… and the trash can or dumpster may seem like the quickest way to relieve that anxiety.
User Jelena Woehr at GOOD threw out this concept as an opportunity for all of us to "do GOOD." She shared her own effort to cut the waste from an event she attended by making a casserole from savory leftovers, and sharing boxes of donuts with her apartment building (which went over really well).
How can we make better use of the leftovers that inevitably come with a celebration? Jeff McIntire-Strasburg at Sustainablog has some great ideas! Head over there to nab Jeff's event planning suggestions!
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Plastic Surgery
Presently, only plastic surgery can remove the stretch marks. The surgery involves removing the skin affected by stretch marks. The stretch marks are more commonly seen on areas such as the stomach, buttocks, thighs or upper arms. Plastic surgeries such as thigh lifts, arm surgeries or tummy tucks can remove the skin affected by stretch marks.
However, these plastic surgeries may cause scars and these may also be unaesthetic. However, the plastic surgeon can arrange so that these scars will be located in less visible areas. In addition to removing the stretch marks, these plastic surgery procedures will also remove excess skin and fat.
Laser Treatment
Laser treatment may be applied for red or white stretch marks. The stretch marks are red when they start to develop and in time, they become white. There are numerous laser treatments for stretch marks. The most popular treatment for red stretch marks include the pulsed dye laser, but skin resurfacing treatments such as Fraxel repair can also be used and give successful results.
The white stretch marks can be reduced with fractional laser therapy, such as Fraxel or Affirm. The treatments focus on reducing the appearance of the stretch marks and reduce the inflammation. The laser beams will also stimulate the collagen inside the skin, which is responsible for the skin's regeneration and maintain its elasticity.
Elastin will also be secreted as a consequence of laser treatments, and this substance improves the texture and look of the skin. The laser treatments used will have minimal downtime (i.e. up to 5 days) and may have some temporary side effects such as swelling, redness, skin flakiness or hyperpigmentation.
Stretch Mark Lotions
There are numerous stretch marks creams and lotions that can reduce the appearance of stretch marks. These skin products may be effective to reduce the appearance of red stretch marks, but may not help greatly with white stretch marks.
These skin creams and lotions may contain the coenzyme Q10, elastin or other collagen stimulants. The creams may improve the texture and elasticity of the skin and can also reduce the visibility of red stretch marks. However, not all commercial products have the promised results. Testing these products is recommended prior to starting a treatment.
The treatment with skin products to reduce stretch marks can take a few months, and the creams should be applied on a regular basis (i.e. at least once per day) to be effective. These creams and lotions are best if used preventatively. If the patient is pregnant or is constantly gaining weight, she can prevent the occurrence of stretch marks by using creams or lotions that contain alpha-hydroxy acids or retinoid solutions.


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University of Illinois jumps 33 spots in Forbes 'Top Colleges' ranking
If affordability and job success are important factors in your college search, this ranking may interest you
The University of Illinois again made the top 100 on Forbes Magazine's sixth annual "America's Top Colleges" ranking, done in conjunction with the Washington-based Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
The UI jumped 33 spots over its 2012 ranking, to No. 53, and is 10th on the list of public colleges, ahead of Wisconsin, Texas, Penn State and Indiana.
University officials aren't crowing about the improvement, as they tend to downplay rankings good or bad. Academic institutions often cite problems with the methods used to compute rankings, particularly those that place weight on subjective judgments from students, high school counselors or peer institutions.
"We have a set of things by which we measure how well we're doing. Those are the metrics we need to stay focused on," said campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler. "It's lovely when these organizations recognize that we're doing great things. But we really don't think they accurately reflect the excellence of Illinois."
Forbes touts its ranking as different from others, such as U.S. News & World Report's, because it focuses on a student's return on investment — "output" over "input," as editor Caroline Howard wrote explaining the ranking's methodology.
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text: It has now been 27 years since I started teaching at Sriwittayapaknam School in Samut Prakan, Thailand. In my wildest dreams, I never thought that I would still be at the same school twenty three years later. In fact, I didn't think at the time that I would be staying longer than one week. It was never my plan to teach nor even to stay in Thailand so long. I left England back in mid 1993 to go backpacking across Asia on a round the world tour. This was my second big trip. In 1991, when I was about 24, I spent one year in Australia. I had bought a station wagon and drove the complete circumference of Australia. On my return to the UK, I had enjoyed my time on the road so much that I found it difficult settling down and commuting to work in London every day. The only thing that kept me going was planning another trip. This time, overland to Australia. I had liked Australia so much that I was toying with the idea of emigrating there. I liked the "no worries" attitude.


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EdWeek explored this topic, and what some say are teacher colleges' shortcomings in this area, in a story featured in our recent report on blended learning. (A related piece focused on efforts to help administrators become more tech-savvy.) For more details on the chat, and to receive a reminder e-mail, sign up here.
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National Weather Service forecast models show Abilene could receive up to six inches of rain over the next few days.
Scattered thunderstorms are expected all weekend, gradually clearing up on Monday.
The forecast calls for a 50 percent chance of rain Friday, increasing to 60 percent on Saturday and 70 percent Saturday evening and Sunday.
Highs are expected to be 89 Friday, 82 Saturday and 80 on Sunday.
A line of thunderstorms moved through the Big Country late Wednesday evening. The NWS at Abilene Regional Airport measured 0.01 of an inch of rain early Thursday morning.
"It looks as though Concho Valley all the way through Sweetwater and Abilene will be the main focus of it," said Michael Decker, forecaster for the National Weather Service.
Due to the amount of rain expected, the weather service is warning streets in areas such as Abilene, San Angelo, and Brownwood may become flooded for a short time. Residents are advised to be aware of driving conditions during this time.
Abilene has received 10.5 inches of rain this year. Normal is 15 inches.
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The withdrawal from Gaza, scheduled to begin in mid-August, is one of the most important events in the history of the State of Israel. It will determine whether Israel can continue to be a Jewish and democratic state. In an Alert Paper published in June 2003 by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, titled "Jewish Demography: Facts, Outlook, Challenges," a renowned demographer, professor Sergio DellaPergola, makes the following prediction: Sometime around 2014, there will be between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea more Arabs than Jews. My interpretation of this chilling statistic is that in less than 10 years, if Israel keeps the West Bank and Gaza and still wants to remain Jewish, then it will become an apartheid state; and if it wants to remain a democracy, then it will lose its Jewish nature. Or, in the words of a Palestinian poet-in-exile, Mahmud Darwish, "If you don't want a Palestinian state on 22 percent of the land today, in 20 years there will be a Palestinian state on the whole land."
Pulling out of Gaza, then, is the beginning of a long journey which will hopefully bring Israel back to its senses. But is it indeed? Many Sharon mavens believe he wants to get rid of Gaza only to strengthen Israel's grip on the West Bank and thus coerce the Palestinians into accepting some kind of "autonomy." The trauma of the Gaza pullout, with the ugly scenes expected to flood TV screens, should supposedly convince the Israelis and the world community that further withdrawal is impossible. Sharon even went to Ariel (a West Bank city of 18,000) recently and promised it would forever be ours.
If I were living in Ariel, I would start looking for a moving company, just in case. Not only because Sharon said something and maybe meant the opposite, but because the basic analysis of DellaPergola remains unchanged. Whether Sharon meant it or not, he has just started a process bigger than he had envisioned — namely, bringing Israel to its viable borders. It remains to be seen if in due course he will be the one to break the bad news to the West Bank settlers or if someone else will lead us in the next painful phase. Either way, it has to be someone from the right, because in Israel, only the right can carry out the policy of the left.
Settlers and opponents of the evacuation claim that the way Sharon brought about this plan was undemocratic: He dismissed his campaign promises, disregarded his reluctant Likud party, fired two right-wing ministers and refused to hold a referendum on the evacuation plan. His conduct reminds one of the Jewish woman, who, in the darkness of the shtetl, mistakenly prepared the tcholent (traditional Shabbat stew) in the night pot. The worried woman asked the rabbi if it was kosher. It is kosher, he told her, but it stinks.
It stinks, indeed, yet it's kosher. It was repeatedly approved by the Knesset, the body representing all Israelis, and by the Israeli Supreme Court. As for Sharon's sudden U-turn, wasn't Menachem Begin elected in 1977 on the slogan of Greater Israel only to give Sinai back to the Egyptians when the historic opportunity presented itself? And anyhow, the settlers, who for decades benefitted from Ariel Sharon's talents when those helped them in cunningly maneuvering all governments in their favor, should be the last to be surprised and cry gevalt when he suddenly turns against them. As for a referendum, I don't recall ever being asked if I agreed to settling the West Bank and Gaza. I didn't.
At stake is not only the future of the settlements, it's the future of Israel's democracy. Sharon's plan to pull out of Gaza is actually about the ability of Israel to turn the will of the people into political action in a democratic way. The execution of the plan will determine whether the Israeli democracy is still a functional one or a democracy in name only, incapable of implementing its most important decisions because veto power has been surrendered to a few extremists.
In the coming days, many of us will watch agonizing scenes coming from Gaza. However, we shouldn't lose sight of the wider perspective. Stepping into an operating room in a hospital while a patient is being operated on might be a disheartening experience. Yet it is a vital act in the road to recovery. Pulling out of Gaza — and later, out of the West Bank — is likewise vital to the survival of Israel. With self-defined borders at last, the State of Israel, democratic and predominantly Jewish, might be smaller in size but stronger in spirit, ready to defend itself if attacked or to give a helping hand to the Palestinians once they embark on a peaceful track.
Uri Dromi is the director of international outreach at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem. From 1992 to 1996 he was the spokesman for the Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres governments.
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Out of respect for its sheer awesomeness, we are just going to lay down some facts and get out of the way: The Jeep FC150 is a genuine 1960 FC150 steel body dropped atop a 2005 Jeep Wrangler (TJ) chassis. Cool, right? Well, here is something else cool: It's powered by Jeep's venerable 4.0-liter six (Jeep likes to call it PowerTech I-6), the final version of the hardworking inline six-cylinder that has roots stretching back to the early 1960s; a three-speed automatic transmission keeps things appropriately simple in the power-delivery department.
Now that you've had a moment to wrap your head around the genius of the FC150 concept, we'll share a few more details. Mating the FC body to the modern underpinnings was a fairly straightforward affair, although it did require the TJ chassis to be shortened and some custom fitting of the body mounts. Although it wears a near perfect patina as it sits, the donor vehicle did require some body repair, including the repainting of some sections of the bodywork, which were later weathered to match. The engine position miraculously turned out to be just about perfect, and it sits in the frame just as it left the factory. A Dana 44 axle underpins the front, and a Dana 60 rides out back. 33-inch BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 tires are mounted to period correct 17-inch white steelies. Inside, the FC150 features vinyl seat covers, a custom headliner wrapped in a vintage duck-hunting pattern, an analog compass, Mopar all-weather mats, and, arguably our favorite interior bit, an old CB radio. A 1960 Michigan "farm" license plate and vintage auxiliary lamp complete the look.
Originally designed as a clever packaging solution to provide a short, maneuverable vehicle for use in harsh environments and rough terrain, the Brooks Stevens–designed, CJ-5–based FC remained in production from 1956 to 1965. But this isn't the first time the intrepid Jeep designers have taken a stab at resurrecting the Forward Control concept. For the 2012 Easter Jeep Safari they created the Jeep Mighty FC, a much larger interpretation that used custom sheetmetal and rode on a stretched current-generation Wrangler (JK) chassis.
- First Drive: Jeep Mighty FC
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- Jeep Wrangler Research: Pricing, Photos, Specs and More!
Jeep tells us they found the fully operational donor FC150 in Colorado, via a Jeep-enthusiast website. Cool as it is, we have one question we hope Jeep can answer for us when we connect with them at the Easter Jeep Safari: Do they have any more?


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On the night of April 17, 1990, Garry Puckett, Rick Garner, Ken Sumner, and Pat Cates met at Tippens Elementary School in Canton, Georgia, to charter a Cherokee County Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Garry Puckett, who had organized the first meeting of the Camp, was elected Commander. Pat Cates was elected Adjutant. One of the first projects was the donation of subscriptions of the
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The Cherokee Legion has remained active since its chartering. Members of the Cherokee Legion have consistently attended the annual Georgia Division Conventions and the International Conventions . In December, 1990, members of the Cherokee Legion, along with compatriots from the St. Clair County Camp 308 dedicated the headstone for Private Wesley Puckett, great-great-grandfather of Garry Puckett. Maxine Turner, author of Confederate Gray has been a featured speaker at a Cherokee Legion meeting.
Members of the group are active re-enactors and, along with other members of the Camp, have participated in Confederate Memorial Day services at local cemeteries. The Cherokee Legion has sponsored programs at Cherokee County libraries. Virgil White's
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The Cherokee Legion continues to make contributions towards the preservation of Southern Heritage. Members have participated in reenactments and living history events while others conduct research and then publish their findings in local and national publications. Members have traveled to distant battlefields and have marked graves of their relatives. Persons interested in becoming a member are encouraged to contact the Camp at recruitscv914 (at) yahoo.com for further information.
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A handheld game console programmable with python.Designed by Radomir Dopieralski in Switzerland
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This is not a toy, and it's not meant for children.
It's a prototype kit. You have to partially assemble it yourself (solder two wires for the battery and attach the display), it has no case (unless you make one yourself), and it has not been tested for safety. Also, there are only a few example games available for it at the moment, so don't buy it if you don't plan on writing your own games.
It's possible that with enough interest there will at some point be a "finished" version of this, sold as a ready product. But that requires a lot of extra work and time, so I'm making those prototypes available for the hobbyists right now.
µGame is a tiny little game console, for which you can write your own games. Ever wanted to make your own games, but it was too hard? Want to learn programming in Python, but it's too boring? This kit is for you. Just attach the display, add a battery, maybe make your own case — and you can start making games. Since µGame shows up as a USB disk drive, there is no need to install any software, drivers or other programs. You can just copy your source code directly onto it, or even edit it in place — µGame will automatically restart when it detects a change, and run your new program.
The Python programming language is perfect for learning, but it's hard to create games with it and show them to your friends. There is a lot of up-front work that needs to be done installing and configuring everything on every computer on which you want to run your game.
I wanted to remove all the obstacles and make it possible to just connect the device to your computer and start writing code right away. Then, to show it to your friends, you just disconnect it and take it with you. Since all the source code is on the device, you can work on your game anywhere there is a computer.
There is a number of simple game consoles available on the market today: Arduboy, Gamebuino, Pokitto, etc. — they are all very similar, giving you a screen, buttons, speaker and a microcontroller to program. However, the main difference is how they are programmed. You have to learn C++ or Assembly, you have to install the development environment: the IDE, the compiler, the flashing software. You have to get your programs to compile before you can flash them, and then guess what is wrong with them when they don't work as expected once flashed. The C++ (even in its Arduino version) is demanding and difficult to learn.
µGame uses a different approach. It is running Adafruit's CircuitPython — a version of Python that runs without an operating system. It executes your programs directly, without you having to compile or flash them. You can even try your code live in an interactive serial console to experiment quickly. A built-in tile and sprite engine lets you use BMP files for graphic elements of your game. Several banks of ready-to-use graphics let you prototype your game easily, before replacing them with custom graphics of your own. The tiny little speaker lets you play 8-bit WAV files (only one sound at a time, though).
The battery is not included, you will have to get it separately. It's possible to use it without the battery, powered from USB, or use a different battery, but BL-5B is exactly the right size to fit on the back and provides enough power to play for days. Attaching the battery requires soldering.
The display comes soldered, but not glued to the PCB — you will need to use the included two-sided tape to attach it securely.
The greatest limitation for your games is the amount of free memory and the speed of display refresh — those two factors will probably determine what kind of games can be written.
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East LA Interchange shows how Boyle Heights survived the construction of the largest freeway system in North America that threatened to destroy their proud, immigrant community. The film explores the shifting face of community in the United States today and argues why it should matter to us all.
Featuring narration by Danny Trejo (Machete) and interviews with will.i.am (The Black Eyed Peas), Father Greg Boyle (Homeboy Industries), and Josefina López (Real Women Have Curves). Original song by Raul Pacheco (Ozomatli). More information on the film can be found here: http://www.eastlainterchangefilm.com/
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