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Discovering the Hidden Value of Math
- Monday, June 28, 2010
"Mathematics is food for the brain," says math professor Dr. Arthur Benjamin. "It helps you think precisely, decisively, and creatively and helps you look at the world from multiple perspectives . . . . [It's] a new way to experience beauty—in the form of a surprising pattern or an elegant logical argument."1 A powerful description, but what if your family struggles with math? How do you teach math in a way that helps your children catch that vision?
The Myth: You Will Use This in Real life
I recently spoke with a mom who often pleads with her kids to study math, telling them they will need it later in life. Her mathematically frustrated offspring are skeptical. She wonders why so many children say: "I don't need to learn this. I am not going to be an engineer anyway, so why bother?" My response was: "Their young minds can't find a tangible, long-term benefit. Short-term fun and ease is much more appealing." For that same reason, the "you'll use this someday" argument can be exhausting and ineffective. It may even sabotage your efforts if your children recognize it as a lukewarm truth.
Before my Inbox fills up with flaming emails, let me elaborate. I took Advanced Placement Calculus in high school, college-level Math Theory, and graduate-level Statistics. As an adult, I have many responsibilities, yet I use almost none of that knowledge now. I am not atypical. On a daily basis, most people primarily use the four basic functions of math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Even at work, most professionals are not steeped in algebraic equations daily. Computers do the heavy lifting, and kids know that. Using their future prospects as motivation for completing their algebra assignment doesn't convince them. You need to help your children override here-and-now thinking, but how?
The Real Secret of Math
In his insightful book, The Equation for Excellence: How to Make Your Child Excel in Math, Arvin Vohra reveals a simple, yet powerful, concept that most people overlook. In a nutshell, he points out that you don't do math because you are smart; you do math because it makes you smarter.2 Mathematical thinking builds the brain, just like weight-training builds the muscles. Mental discipline and clear thinking are required to master mathematical concepts. Both will make your children better at whatever they love. The best part is, whether they love art, Bible study, building, logic, or debate, their brains are being better equipped in the here and now.
Math is about making connections and seeing patterns. The concrete and abstract thinking required by math builds the brain's muscles, which in turn prepares you for other academic pursuits. The study of math is actually a springboard to increasing overall intelligence!
We all know that Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted artist. What most people don't realize is that he was also a brilliant mathematician. Da Vinci used the concept of "connessione," or connectedness, to create notebooks filled with ideas, formulas, and theories that were very advanced for his time.3 The secret recipe to math appreciation involves the internal motivation to increase intelligence rather than the external motivation of using it someday. Instead of telling your kids that they will need geometry if they decide to become an engineer, tell them that math will make them a better fill-in-the-blank (artist, football player, writer) right now.
How Math Builds the Brain
How does math do this? Math trains the brain to see connections and builds the neural pathways that make the brain stronger for all other things. These pathways serve as building blocks for myriad interests and subjects by:
• Creating the basis for systemic thinking.
• Developing the ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Stretching the mind to work on unfamiliar tasks with confidence.
• Developing the sequencing skills critical to arriving at accurate results or logical conclusions.
• Promoting caution and care in thinking by deciphering complex math problems to arrive at an accurate answer.
• Learning through the trial and error to integrate different principles to arrive at a logical conclusion.
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Just home and suprised i have no pain. Had a wee peek and a bit droopy buy not as bad as i thought. Very happy
Just Had Explant Today - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Just home and suprised i have no pain. Had a wee...
Day 1 and im amazed at the minimal discomfort. Not...
Day 1 and im amazed at the minimal discomfort. Not sure if i should be wearing a bra or not. Only discomfort is my stitches and even that isnt much. Boobs bit droopy but really soft. Dont miss artificial lumps at all! Would like to know when they fluff up? X
Day 2 post surgery and no pain at all. Took bra...
Day 2 post surgery and no pain at all. Took bra off as digging into stitches. Feels really weird not o have those 2 lumps of silicone on my chest. So glad I explanted. If someone explains how to put pics on I will show results.
Day 3... Feel really tired today. Only discomfort...
Day 3... Feel really tired today. Only discomfort is one of the stitches at left side. Have managed to put bra back on( wasnt told whether to wear one or not). Still feels a bit unreal that just a few days ago i had silicone breasts. Feel im in a dream sometimes. I think because noone knows apart from my husband and son makes it strange. This site is great for support as so reassuring to read other stories. Xx
Day 8! And feel my energy is returning at last....
Day 8! And feel my energy is returning at last. Feel I can do most things now and forget I still have stitches in. Get them out on Wednesday which will be day 13. I'm going back to work on Monday so dreading that a bit but I will just be sensible. I want to start jogging so would help if anyone has done and how long they waited post explant. Can't wait to get the plasters of as drying them with a hairdryer every day!, husband thinks boobs def look better post explant! I am so glad I did this, just want all the reminders of having them gone(stitches and plasters). I now wonder why anyone would get implants even though I flaming did! I'm a sensible person so must have had moment of madness. I know there will be ladies out there at that really scary stage wondering if they should get them removed YOU SHOULD without any doubt. Xxxxx
Hi guys, well now on day 11 and went back to work...
Hi guys, well now on day 11 and went back to work today. Extremely busy at work and totally forgot about my boobs for the first time in 11 days! My dressings were starting to nip at the edges and red, think i started to take a reaction to the dressing so. Have just removed them. Scar seems to be further around than the last time (anyone else find this) last time nice and neat underneath but probably will hardly see it once all healed. My boobs are small but I so love them to bits, my asthma that was playing up he past few years is barely there! Getting stitches out on Wednesday so looking forward to ticking yet another hurdle of the list. I am really happy but get so sad to think I paid good money to get those horrible things In, what possessed me to do that! Every sets of pics that have been posted all look better than the implants! Well at least we all saw sense eventually and a lesson learnt. Ok another day at work ahead tomorrow and will update when I get stitches out. I hope you ladies are recovering well and for those who are awaiting there explant day or contemplating getting a date I wish you an easy day and be reassured that you will be happy after. The stories on here are real life, the pics are real life and they are all reassuring. Xxxx
Just had sutures out an hour ago. Left scar is...
Just had sutures out an hour ago. Left scar is nearly invisible but right one is thick and bulky! I hope this will go down :-( cant believe they both look so different!! Does anyone know if this lump will go down?
19 days post op and went out jogging tonight for...
19 days post op and went out jogging tonight for the first time and feel grrreeeaat. Hope you are all well. Xxxxx
Surgeon tried to persuade me to have them replaced at my consult which upset me as i thought omg im going to look a mess. Glad i went with my instincs and not persuaded as really happy. Weird being small again but its all natural. Best decision i have made.
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Suzie you are sounding great and so positive. Well done. Keep up the positive attitude. My one scar is also quite bulky but when it's not so sensitive I will put some oil on and massage it every day which I am sure will help. You take care and congrats on taking the step to implant freedom.
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Golden i cant express in words how great i feel. Got ps apointment apr 19th so thats my milestone as once thats over i dont have to atteny app to remind me how stupid i was and get on with life with my new wee boobies! How are u today golden? Xx
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hi suzie,
how is your healing getting on? bet u feel so much better than before as days pass by.
keep posting.
how is your healing getting on? bet u feel so much better than before as days pass by.
keep posting.
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How have the "girls" been doing since your explant?
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Hi Suzie,
Well done for explant decision. I agree to the way we heal n change daily.
I have updated wat I do to perk them up on my profile. I started pampering them on day 10 n have posted pics of day 10 n doing it for 5 days have then posted pic of day 15.
I have noticed a difference, don't know if others do.
Keep updating n healing.
Well done for explant decision. I agree to the way we heal n change daily.
I have updated wat I do to perk them up on my profile. I started pampering them on day 10 n have posted pics of day 10 n doing it for 5 days have then posted pic of day 15.
I have noticed a difference, don't know if others do.
Keep updating n healing.
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Hi golden, your breast have def filled out in such a small space of time.I will def start messaging them on day 10 which is next Sunday. Bet you are so pleased with your result, they are looking good. X
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Hi Suzie. Congrats on your explant and I hope you continue to have an easy recovery, just make sure to keep resting. My boobs started fluffing back up really quickly, within 6 weeks you would never be able to tell I had implants. I think they looked even better than before I had them. You'll notice subtle changes every day, or at least every week.
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I'm so glad you've gotten this done and are happy with it! Thanks for sharing here on RealSelf!
To post photos (which needs to be done from a PC or laptop), go to your review. Then scroll down until you see the field that says "Photos are extremely helpful! Upload your before and after photo:"
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From Proteopedia
|2ra3, resolution 1.46Å ()
|PRSS1, TRP1, TRY1, TRYP1 (Homo sapiens)
|Trypsin, with EC number 22.214.171.124
|FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum
|save as pdb, mmCIF, xml
Human cationic trypsin complexed with bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI)
Human mesotrypsin is an isoform of trypsin that displays unusual resistance to polypeptide trypsin inhibitors and has been observed to cleave several such inhibitors as substrates. Whereas substitution of arginine for the highly conserved glycine 193 in the trypsin active site has been implicated as a critical factor in the inhibitor resistance of mesotrypsin, how this substitution leads to accelerated inhibitor cleavage is not clear. Bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) forms an extremely stable and cleavage-resistant complex with trypsin, and thus provides a rigorous challenge of mesotrypsin catalytic activity toward polypeptide inhibitors. Here, we report kinetic constants for mesotrypsin and the highly homologous (but inhibitor sensitive) human cationic trypsin, describing inhibition by, and cleavage of BPTI, as well as crystal structures of the mesotrypsin-BPTI and human cationic trypsin-BPTI complexes. We find that mesotrypsin cleaves BPTI with a rate constant accelerated 350-fold over that of human cationic trypsin and 150,000-fold over that of bovine trypsin. From the crystal structures, we see that small conformational adjustments limited to several side chains enable mesotrypsin-BPTI complex formation, surmounting the predicted steric clash introduced by Arg-193. Our results show that the mesotrypsin-BPTI interface favors catalysis through (a) electrostatic repulsion between the closely spaced mesotrypsin Arg-193 and BPTI Arg-17, and (b) elimination of two hydrogen bonds between the enzyme and the amine leaving group portion of BPTI. Our model predicts that these deleterious interactions accelerate leaving group dissociation and deacylation.
Structural basis for accelerated cleavage of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) by human mesotrypsin., Salameh MA, Soares AS, Hockla A, Radisky ES, J Biol Chem. 2008 Feb 15;283(7):4115-23. Epub 2007 Dec 12. PMID:18077447
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
[TRY1_HUMAN] Defects in PRSS1 are a cause of pancreatitis (PCTT) [MIM:167800]. A disease characterized by the presence of calculi in pancreatic ducts. It causes severe abdominal pain attacks.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
[TRY1_HUMAN] Has activity against the synthetic substrates Boc-Phe-Ser-Arg-Mec, Boc-Leu-Thr-Arg-Mec, Boc-Gln-Ala-Arg-Mec and Boc-Val-Pro-Arg-Mec. The single-chain form is more active than the two-chain form against all of these substrates.[12] [BPT1_BOVIN] Inhibits trypsin, kallikrein, chymotrypsin, and plasmin.
About this Structure
2ra3 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Bos taurus and Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
See Also
- Salameh MA, Soares AS, Hockla A, Radisky ES. Structural basis for accelerated cleavage of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) by human mesotrypsin. J Biol Chem. 2008 Feb 15;283(7):4115-23. Epub 2007 Dec 12. PMID:18077447 doi:10.1074/jbc.M708268200
- ↑ Teich N, Ockenga J, Hoffmeister A, Manns M, Mossner J, Keim V. Chronic pancreatitis associated with an activation peptide mutation that facilitates trypsin activation. Gastroenterology. 2000 Aug;119(2):461-5. PMID:10930381
- ↑ Whitcomb DC, Gorry MC, Preston RA, Furey W, Sossenheimer MJ, Ulrich CD, Martin SP, Gates LK Jr, Amann ST, Toskes PP, Liddle R, McGrath K, Uomo G, Post JC, Ehrlich GD. Hereditary pancreatitis is caused by a mutation in the cationic trypsinogen gene. Nat Genet. 1996 Oct;14(2):141-5. PMID:8841182 doi:10.1038/ng1096-141
- ↑ Teich N, Bauer N, Mossner J, Keim V. Mutational screening of patients with nonalcoholic chronic pancreatitis: identification of further trypsinogen variants. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Feb;97(2):341-6. PMID:11866271 doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05467.x
- ↑ Gorry MC, Gabbaizedeh D, Furey W, Gates LK Jr, Preston RA, Aston CE, Zhang Y, Ulrich C, Ehrlich GD, Whitcomb DC. Mutations in the cationic trypsinogen gene are associated with recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterology. 1997 Oct;113(4):1063-8. PMID:9322498
- ↑ Teich N, Mossner J, Keim V. Mutations of the cationic trypsinogen in hereditary pancreatitis. Hum Mutat. 1998;12(1):39-43. PMID:9633818 doi:<39::AID-HUMU6>3.0.CO;2-P 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)12:1<39::AID-HUMU6>3.0.CO;2-P
- ↑ Witt H, Luck W, Becker M. A signal peptide cleavage site mutation in the cationic trypsinogen gene is strongly associated with chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterology. 1999 Jul;117(1):7-10. PMID:10381903
- ↑ Ferec C, Raguenes O, Salomon R, Roche C, Bernard JP, Guillot M, Quere I, Faure C, Mercier B, Audrezet MP, Guillausseau PJ, Dupont C, Munnich A, Bignon JD, Le Bodic L. Mutations in the cationic trypsinogen gene and evidence for genetic heterogeneity in hereditary pancreatitis. J Med Genet. 1999 Mar;36(3):228-32. PMID:10204851
- ↑ Chen JM, Raguenes O, Ferec C, Deprez PH, Verellen-Dumoulin C. A CGC>CAT gene conversion-like event resulting in the R122H mutation in the cationic trypsinogen gene and its implication in the genotyping of pancreatitis. J Med Genet. 2000 Nov;37(11):E36. PMID:11073545
- ↑ Pfutzer R, Myers E, Applebaum-Shapiro S, Finch R, Ellis I, Neoptolemos J, Kant JA, Whitcomb DC. Novel cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) N29T and R122C mutations cause autosomal dominant hereditary pancreatitis. Gut. 2002 Feb;50(2):271-2. PMID:11788572
- ↑ Teich N, Le Marechal C, Kukor Z, Caca K, Witzigmann H, Chen JM, Toth M, Mossner J, Keim V, Ferec C, Sahin-Toth M. Interaction between trypsinogen isoforms in genetically determined pancreatitis: mutation E79K in cationic trypsin (PRSS1) causes increased transactivation of anionic trypsinogen (PRSS2). Hum Mutat. 2004 Jan;23(1):22-31. PMID:14695529 doi:10.1002/humu.10285
- ↑ Teich N, Nemoda Z, Kohler H, Heinritz W, Mossner J, Keim V, Sahin-Toth M. Gene conversion between functional trypsinogen genes PRSS1 and PRSS2 associated with chronic pancreatitis in a six-year-old girl. Hum Mutat. 2005 Apr;25(4):343-7. PMID:15776435 doi:10.1002/humu.20148
- ↑ Koshikawa N, Yasumitsu H, Nagashima Y, Umeda M, Miyazaki K. Identification of one- and two-chain forms of trypsinogen 1 produced by a human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line. Biochem J. 1994 Oct 1;303 ( Pt 1):187-90. PMID:7945238
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Occupy The Hood is an autonomous national grassroots movement comprised of activists, organizers and community members working with like-minded individuals and organizations across the US. Occupy The Hood stands in solidarity with any progressive organization or movement who desires and works towards the liberation, benefit and improvement of the quality of life of disenfranchised People of Color.
From Occupation to Liberation, De-Colonize, Empower The Hood.
People of Color, and in particular Black, Brown and Native/Indigenous People, have been disproportionately affected by the issues that the Occupy Movement has recently raised. Unemployment rates double nationwide, disproportionate incarceration rates, wealth gap, subprime mortgages/foreclosures.
Occupy The Hood will work to address many critical issues affecting our communities:
un/under employment, poverty, mass incarceration, political prisoners, school to prison pipeline, police brutality, racial profiling, violence/murders/illegal guns, housing/foreclosures/homelessness/gentrification, health care disparities, educational disparities, food deserts, community development, reparations, economic development, entrepreneurship, gender-specific programs, youth programs, environmental justice, civic engagement, discrimination/racism
Occupy The Hood is officially active in the following Cities:
NYC (NY), Detroit (MI), Pittsburgh (PA), Seattle (WA), Philadelphia (PA), Atlanta (GA), Boston (MA), Tacoma (WA), Dallas (TX), Nola (LA), Cincinnati (OH), Portland (OR), St. Louis (MO), Cleveland (OH), Washington (DC), Richmond (VA), Los Angeles (CA) and growing
WE ARE THE MOST AFFECTED of the 99%
It has been said that:
"Black People are on the bottom of every list that is good, and on the top of every list that is bad."
"When White America has a cold, Black America has pneumonia."
Black Unemployment
Almost double the national average and in many cities/states is triple and quadruple. Unemployment rates nationally for specific groups such as Black Men and Black Teenagers are even more glaring. USA Unemployment = 9.1% Black Unemployment = 16.2 % Black males = 17.5% Black teens almost 41%
Black and Latino Incarceration Rates
Black man = 1 in 3 (32%) Latino man = 1 in 6 (17%) White man has = 1 in 17 (5.9%). It costs $35-50,000 annually (varies state/federal) to incarcerate someone.
Black/Latino Wealth Gap
The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics, according to an analysis of new Census data.
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Native-born vs. foreign-born residents
In 2010, 19.9 percent of foreign-born residents lived in poverty, compared to 14.4 percent of residents born in the United States. Foreign-born, non-citizens had an even higher incidence of poverty, at a rate of 26.7 percent.
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Telling, isn't it?
It's like "ohhh nope, we can't upset the fragile American public, a picture like that might cause too much ANXIETY! We can't have them worrying about things that are actually happening in the world!"
Although, I also think this is an incredibly calculated decision right now, with the Occupy movement still going strong. If the US people see revolutions going on in other parts of the world, they'll be encouraged, and this Occupy silliness might never go away! What's next? Other movements and people speaking out and realizing the bullshit they suffer with every day? Can't have THAT, either.
^ What Sylver said.
You'd better be sure you know this is a calculated, very manipulative move pulled by Time and the media at large. Basic PR and mass comm theory stuff at work here.
Because we'll preach democracy up and down but at the end of the day, apparently real democracy is bad for business and we certainly can't have that. :X
Remember the U.S. media coverage of Libya and Egypt and other countries during their revolutions? Now compare that to how they portray the Occupy Movement. Yeeeah. They know EXACTLY what they're doing. Hopefully, the majority of us will be wise enough to know exactly what they're doing too.
Is it sad to think that if this really happened they probably would get at least 3 million likes?
Note Of Note of the Day: From the Associated Press' Washington-based Assistant Chief of Bureau for photos, J. David Ake:
A protester handed President Barack Obama a note while shaking hands along a rope line in New Hampshire today. Photographer Charlie Dharapak smartly zoomed in so you can read the note for yourself.
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Mr. President: Over 4000 peaceful protesters / have been arrested / While banksters continue / to destroy the American economy (with impunity) / You must stop the assault / on our 1st ammendment rights [sic]. / Your silence sends a message / that police brutality is ac(ceptable) / Banks got bailed out. / We got sold out.
84-year-old Occupy Seattle participant Dorli Rainey, pictured above after being pepper sprayed by Seattle Police on November 15th.
She later wrote about the incident:
"Something funny happened on my way to a transportation meeting in Northgate. As I got off the bus at 3rd and Pine I heard helicopters above. Knowing that the problems of New York would certainly precipitate action by Occupy Seattle, I thought I better check it out. Especially since only yesterday the City Government made a grandiose gesture to protect free speech. Well free speech does have its limits as I found out as the cops shoved their bicycles into the crowd and simultaneously pepper sprayed the so captured protesters. If it had not been for my Hero (Iraq Vet Caleb) I would have been down on the ground and trampled. This is what democracy looks like. It certainly left an impression on the people who rode the No. 1 bus home with me. In the women's movement there were signs which said: "Screw us and we multiply.'"
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The Communist Takeover of America - 45 Declared Goals ("that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963*").
Have you read this article? If not - see: http://rense.com/general32/americ.htm
Topics: Communist China
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Sep 28 2012: I read the document. In 1963, Russia was a communist Nation.
China was just trying to build their way out of an impoverished, third world environment due to overpopulation and Lack of building an adequate infrastructure due to the events occurring in WWII.
On 8 December 1991, Russia ceased to be a communist nation. All activities associated with the plans for the communist world to take over other nations (as read in the document) died with it.
There is no communist plans to take over the United States.
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A Belizean Blue Rental Kitchen in Texas
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Emily and Ian really wish they could renovate their Austin kitchen, but alas, they're renters. So the next best thing is to paint it a vibrant shade of blue!
As you can see in the full Apartment Therapy House Tour, their complimentary styles really work in the home. Emily loves vintage pieces and soft, calm colors, while Ian favors a bold, bright design. There's a little bit of both in the kitchen: a lot of white against that bright sky blue!
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Related: Mary Lee's Art-Filled Austin Kitchen
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"I really wouldn't know what to say," Williams said. "I can only say that I think she's doing a good job. I mean, sometimes you have a tough day at the office, and it doesn't mean that you don't handle the pressure well."
But Errani said she didn't.
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She is 5-foot-4½ with energy to spare, but with loopy, unthreatening groundstrokes and a serve that maxes out at around 85 mph. It has been, even by her account, heart and grit that helped her get to the 2012 French Open final, then follow that with a trip to the U.S. Open semifinal, where she lost 6-1, 6-2 to Williams.
Those results, plus a tournament win and three second-place finishes on tour this year, made her the highest-seeded Italian woman ever in a major for this trip to Flushing Meadows.
But after a 6-0, 6-0 victory over a 152nd-ranked "lucky loser" in the opening round, Errani previewed what was to come, saying then that her tension was "through the roof" knowing that "everyone expects me to win 6-0, 6-0, or thinks that I can only lose against three other women in this tournament."
Then, after the loss to Pennetta, Errani tearfully acknowledged she couldn't handle the strain.
"For a couple of weeks now, I haven't been well," she said. "There's too much pressure."
It didn't help, of course, that she was playing an opponent with nothing to lose, the way many players react when they face someone in the top-5. Last year, Pennetta missed the U.S. Open and the entire end of the season while she recovered from surgery on her bad right wrist.
Going against a player she's familiar with, Pennetta went for it and hit 33 winners to only 12 for Errani. Pennetta broke serve in the very first game and never looked back.
"I tried to play aggressive from the very beginning and I was perfect today, I think," Pennetta said.
As for her friend's woes — well, Pennetta certainly didn't see them through the same lens as Errani.
"It's nothing tragic for her," Pennetta said. "One match is one match."
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Larry Ryan held on to a two game lead to win the 2009-10 VHTRC College Bowl Contest. Kevin Bligan was second, and four people were tied for third. The contestants generally had difficulty predicting the many upsets that occurred. Some of us had more difficulty with that than others. Final contest results


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Hey Jomn. I was in the same boat as you. I opted for a PT2257 to control the volume for a project I have on the go at the moment.
Great way of learning, read the datasheets.
Build the example circuits that most datasheets have, on a breadboard.
It was a bit unfortunate that I couldn't find a lib for the PT2257. So I wrote one myself, which was another challenge for a newbie. (To be honest it's not complete, but it functions for my needs.)
There are some good tutorials here....http://tronixstuff.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/tutorial-arduino-and-the-i2c-bus/
Good luck with your project. It will be frustrating at times, but when you have a working example, you get a great feeling. Then you move onto the next part & start the process again.


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Production finished!
|Posted December 22, 2009 by Daniel Saarimäki 2 Thumb-ups
You can see results here: http://www.wreckamovie.com/tasks/show/922
Very nice, guys! It's incredible for one week making. You will get certainly another stars from me. Have a merry Christmas :)
What the...
Hey, you got featured status on WAM! :) Congrats...
It has been about 2 hours in the youtube now, and it has allready been watched 105 times and rated five stars three times!
|Posted December 21, 2009 by Daniel Saarimäki 2 Thumb-ups
Animating is done and I'm rendering this. Current status: 450/700 frames and 5 min/frame render time. My computer has been open over night and this is propably going to go over the night again, so it should be ready at tuesday.
Sounds great, Julius! I'm sure we'll have lots of people on here that could use some distributed rendering power. And even more people that would be happy to contribute some of their own home/office computer processing power.
I hope that once we release the new Renderfarm.fi build of Blender 2.5 (January 2010), we can make it much more simple for people to send jobs to be rendered.
I tried to use renderfarm but I got stuck with the script. It won't accept my login. I can render this. It's not a problem.
Great stuff! Why don't you check out www.renderfarm.fi for the rendering? I think you could get it done in less than an hour using that. I'm sure the renderfarm.fi guys would be happy to help.
Yeah, go Daniel!
Animating started!
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I have only two days time to animate this so I could render it on monday.
I have had two modellers modelling the dog and both of them have edited their own models. The final model I will use in my movie is made by Douglas. Davids model has still few problems.
The environment is now fully modelled. All I have to do is to animate!
Jobs to be done: Music, logo, animating, rendering and video editing.
Rendering started! Let's see what comes out!
How long you can talk about this same crap (sorry).
As long as we all keep trying, I think we can all succeed. :)
I said before that I am experienced modeller but not good animator, so this film won't be so good. Anyway, we are all learning here. Nobody is perfect.
And to put that thing even nicer, your film was good, but I am not a fan of non-3d animations...
Ah, well that's a nicer way of putting it... ;)
Don't worry, I know what you mean.
But even if you're an experienced modeller, you might still be a beginner in animation.
I know some 3D artists who never do animation because they prefer to just design objects.
It was good, but I clearly saw that it was made by beginner.
"Quite much everything in your project was crap (sorry)."
Well, thanks. That's very encouraging. :)
... lol :)
Yep, but there is a difference. Quite much everything in your project was crap (sorry). I'm experienced modeller! It's weird that my film looks good but the animations aren't!
My first animation was the mouse one, you saw how crap that was! :)
But I learned a lot from it, so I'm glad I did it. :)
Yep, but it's hard to edit animation afterwards, so this will be what it will be :)
You will get better each time you try!
Everyone has to start somewhere! :)
I don't know can I keep that quality when animating. This is my first time ever when I try to animate something not for fun. Look for images at "animating" task.
That looks really good so far, well done! :)
Name changed
|Posted December 14, 2009 by Daniel Saarimäki 0 Thumb-ups
It is quite boring to make a film where dog dies at christmas, so we decided to change the plot from negative to positive. The plot is much like the old one, but instead of being shot, the dog just watches the tree and there comes text "happy Xmas". To add something funny, I'm thinking to make the tree starting to fall over the dog. The movie stops when the tree is on the half way.
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This has definitely been my favorite soup for many years! My friends and family ask for it often . Not only is it easy to make, it's versatile and freezable. I like to add fresh thyme and parsley and I do not use the pressure cooker.
Chicken-Barley Soup
This soup has gone through a lot of changes--more potatoes, different spices--but everybody still likes it. You can take it on camping trips. We freeze it, and it thaws out by the time we're ready for dinner.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 249
- Calories from fat: 24%
- Fat: 6.5g
- Saturated fat: 1.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 26.6g
- Carbohydrate: 20.8g
- Fiber: 4g
- Cholesterol: 73mg
- Iron: 2.4mg
- Sodium: 546mg
- Calcium: 58mg
- 4 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 3 pounds chicken pieces, skinned
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1 cup diced peeled potato
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup uncooked pearl barley
- 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- Combine first 8 ingredients in a 6-quart pressure cooker. Close lid securely, and bring to high pressure over high heat (for about 13 minutes). Adjust heat to medium or level needed to maintain high pressure; cook 17 minutes. Remove from heat; let pressure drop. Remove lid. Remove chicken from cooker; cool slightly. Remove chicken from bones, and shred with 2 forks. Return shredded chicken to cooker. Stir in carrot and remaining ingredients. Close lid securely, and bring to high pressure over high heat (about 7 minutes). Adjust heat to medium or level needed to maintain high pressure; cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat; cool under cold water. Remove lid. Discard bay leaf.
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apparently my solution for not-getting-the-perfect-job-depression is to make vanilla pudding… And then pour an extraordinary amount of whisky in it and drink it all by myself. It's working surprisingly well.
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Sarah Walker moves to California and meets a sweet, innocent computer nerd. She thinks she's found the perfect friend. What she's really found is the perfect nightmare. [Dun dun dun]
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I think i found this way more amusing than i should've
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That looks fucking ridiculous, I can't stop laughing
Now I really want a glass table entirely for this purpose.
I can't stop laughing.
Look at its feet.
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i get so into tv sometimes i totally understand how people go door to door with bibles trying to force their religions onto other people.
it's like, they just love it so much they want to share it with everyone.
like i just want to put on a nice button down shirt and walk around knocking on doors with dvd box sets. "hello, friend, is your tv working? have you seen the good show?"
when i hear people don't watch a show i'm into i want to save them.
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Race for the White House: Notes from an Intern
Six months ago, I had the amazing opportunity to work at USA Today. As a reader engagement intern, I worked on all sorts of things, one of them being running the "Race for the White House" photo gallery. Every day, I would slog through a live stream of thousands of photos pouring in from AFP, Getty, and AP photographers. I would pull out the best ones and throw them online.
USA Today is known for its unbiased writing and fair reporting. In a photo gallery, especially a politically oriented one, these qualities were extraordinarily important.
In order to avoid any possible accusations of bias, I made rules for myself.
If I selected two photos of Romney, I needed two photos of Obama. When I picked a photo of Romney where he was smiling, I would do the same for the President. Eventually, in my search to find the day's photos, I began to pick up on trends and repeating patterns in the kinds of images that were taken.
For the most part, Obama is usually more photogenic than Romney. Mitt is often caught with a strange look on his face, akin to if he had just smelled something unpleasant. He is sometimes cross-eyed, and very frequently, his smile has a sort of strange look to it, like he's just learned what a smile is. Obama on the other hand, smiles "better" but can more easily be caught with a somewhat disappointed, scowling, or angry look on his face.
Now, I should give some background to exactly HOW candidates are photographed. For the most part, the photos are shot by a group of journalists who follow the campaigns around like hippies would do with The Grateful Dead. They shoot everything and anything. These photographers are not paid by the photo (like paparazzi). They're being paid an annual salary like any other job, so for the most part they don't really have that much of an agenda.
The photojournalists aren't there to smear a specific candidate with an unflattering photo (though that's sometimes the job of the newspaper itself).
Trying to get photographs of Romney on the campaign trail was much more difficult than getting photos of Obama. Day to day, I had a surplus of Obama photos. It seemed Romney held less public events, and many more private fundraisers. Obama was more often seen speaking at a high school, or grabbing fudge from a local store, and actually mingling with people, compared to Romney.
What did all this mean in terms of the election? Probably not much. If you wanted an "angry" photo of Obama to go along with your story, you could certainly find one. Same with Romney. In the end, it's the editors who decide what the public at large sees, whether it's a scowl, or a smile.


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Architect and designer Allen Villanueva gives us an exclusive tour of this stunning home with some of the best views of the city of Chicago. There's up to 2,000 square feet of outdoor space with a putting green on one of the two terraces while the 5,503 square-foot residence features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, plenty of exotic wood and a wine cellar, which accommodates over 1,500 bottles. For more information about this property, contact broker Jim Kinney of Baird & Warner at 312.981.2081; view the listing.
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Overcome Money Myths that Keep You Broke
- Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Editor's Note: The following is a report on the practical applications of Amie Streater's new book, Your Money God's Way: Overcoming the 7 Money Myths that Keep Christians Broke, (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2010).
Wouldn't it be great to live without financial stress? That's the way God wants you to live - and it's possible to do so, no matter what kind of money problems you're dealing with right now. But first you have to clear up muddled thinking that may be keeping you broke and start thinking about money the way God does.
Here's how you can overcome money myths that keep you broke so you can enjoy healthy finances:
Replace unrealistic beliefs about how money can improve your life with biblical truths. Read what the Bible has to say about money so you can check to see whether or not your current financial habits truly line up with biblical principles. If some of your habits don't match how God wants you to be managing your money, make a list of specific beliefs or behaviors about money that you'd like to change. Ask God to help you think about money management from the right perspective, and open your mind to be renewed by the Holy Spirit so you can replace counterfeit convictions about money with real truth about it. Decide to become the best steward you can be of the money that God has entrusted to you. Read and study the Bible often, getting to know it well so you can discern whether or not the messages other people communicate to you about money truly line up with God's Word in its full context.
Look to God, not money, for security. Even though our culture constantly tries to convince you that financial security will give you peace of mind, money doesn't really have the power to give you peace. Actually, the more money you gain, the more you'll want - trapping you in a constant cycle of pursuing more money while never feeling like you have enough. Real security can only come through a relationship with God. The security that God offers you is completely reliable and everlasting, while the best money can offer are temporary good feelings. So derive your sense of security from your relationship with God, and you'll enjoy peace whether or not you happen to have much money at any given time. Value your life in terms of the amount of love you give and receive (which is what matters most to God) rather than how much money you have. Whenever you catch yourself worrying about your finances, pray about your concerns instead, and follow the guidance God gives you to make wise financial decisions. Place your ultimate trust in God, not in money.
Stop wasting your financial resources bailing reckless people out of their financial messes. It's noble to want other people to enjoy good financial health, but it's crucial to determine whether or not God truly wants you to help each person who asks you for help - and if so, to help in a wise way that doesn't keep people stuck in a cycle of dependence. Pray for the wisdom you need to figure out how you should respond every time you encounter a financially needy person. If you do decide to help, make sure that your actions are truly empowering the person to solve his or her own problems rather than making him or her dependent on you.
Start working up to your full potential. God gave you your talents hoping that you would fully use them, so find paid work that allows you to use those talents to help make the world a better place. Don't neglect working whenever you possibly can, since laziness doesn't honor God. God blesses hard work and hopes that everyone will work to their fullest potential. Ask God to give you a strong work ethic and the grace, energy, and patience you need each day to do your best on the job.
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New Jersey Christmas Tree farms are listed below, where families may either Choose & Cut their own tree or purchase a fresh cut one. Refer to the key below for additional features offered by each farm.
Tagging (reserving trees) is permitted on some farms. NO AXES or CHAINSAWS ARE ALLOWED.
Most farms are only open daytime hours. You should telephone the farm for certainty that trees are still available or to ask any other questions that might make your visit a more enjoyable one.
Open daily: Seven days/week unless otherwise indicated
Anne Ellen Christmas Tree Farm, Manalapan Twp.
732-786-9277...114 Daum Rd. Manalapan...Garden State Pkwy Exit 123, Rte. 9 S to Gordon Corner Rd. exit. Right on Tennent (5.4 mi.) to Daum Rd. NJ Turnpike Exit 8, Rte. 33 E (7.9 mi) left on Woodward Rd. (.4 mi.). First left onto Daum Rd.
Species...3,000 trees; Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Pine, Douglas-fir, Fraser Fir
Open...9-8 (daily & weekends), Nov. 23 - Dec. 23
Visit our website www.anneellenfarms.com
Bullock Farms, Cream Ridge
609-758-8726... 83 Emleys Hill Rd...From I-195, Exit 16, take Rte. 537 W past Great Adventure. Make 2nd right onto Emleys Hill Rd. Approx. 1 ½ mi., farm on right.
Species...800 trees; Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Pine, Douglas-fir, Canaan Fir
Open...9-5 (Wed through Sun), Nov. 29 - Dec. 23
Visit our website www.bullockfarms.com
English Tree Farm, Howell
732-938-6348…251 Oak Glen Rd…From Route 9 to Aldrich Road, east to Oak Glen Road. OR from Herbertsville Rd. to Maxim-Southard Road to Oak Glen Rd.
Species…600 trees; Norway Spruce, White Pine, Douglas-fir
Open…12-4 (Mon through Fri), 9-4 (Sat, Sun), Nov. 29 Dec. 24
Keris Tree Farm & Christmas Shop, Allentown
609-259-0720...848 Rte. 524...I-195 to Exit 8 (Hightstown/Allentown exit). Turn onto Route 524. Farm faces I-195.
Species...500 trees; Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, White Pine, Douglas-fir, Concolor Fir, Fraser Fir, Serbian Spruce
Open...8-5 (daily & weekends), Nov. 23 - Dec. 24 Closed Thanksgiving Day
Visit our website www.keristreefarm.com
Lincroft Christmas Tree Farm, Lincroft
732-747-4381...523 Newman Springs Road (Rte. 520)...3/4 mile West of the Garden State Parkway, Exit 109 on Route 520 (Newman Springs Road).
Species...500 trees; Blue Spruce, Douglas-fir, Fraser Fir
Open...9-4:30 (Sat, Sun), Nov. 29 - Dec. 23
Meadowview Farm, Farmingdale
732-938-7181...60 Birdsall Rd...1/2 mi. south of Farmingdale on Rte. 524, left onto Birdsall Rd., first farm on left after bridge. (Opposite Cruz Farm Golf Course)
Species...3 trees; Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Douglas-fir, Fraser Fir
Open...8-4 (Sat, Sun), Nov. 30 - Dec. 22
Visit our website www.meadowviewfarmsnj.com
Towering Pines Farm, Aberdeen
732-583-6436...329 Wilson Avenue...Route 9 North or South towards Old Bridge. Take Ticetown Rd. exit, going east for 3 miles. Cross over Greenwood Rd. at stop sign. 2nd driveway on right after bridge.
Species...200 trees; Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Scotch Pine
Open...19:30-4 (Sat, Sun), Nov 30- Dec 22
Woodfield Christmas Tree Farm, Colts Neck
732-542-7672 7672 or 732-542-6692...164 Rte. 537 E... Rte. 34 at Colts Neck light - Rt. 537 E. l l/4 mi. to farm (across from Eastmont Orchards).
Species...500 trees; Norway Spruce, White Pine, Douglas-fir, Fraser Fir, Scotch Pine
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Ray Charles, the musical innovator whose bold, effortless fusions left an indelible mark on the rock, soul and country music of the past half-century, died Thursday at his Beverly Hills home. He was 73.
The cause of death was complications of liver disease, according to his publicist, Jerry Digney.
Still, he moved forward with his latest recording project, working in the studio as recently as April on an album of duets with Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones and others.
Charles' last public appearance was on April 30, when the city of Los Angeles designated the singer's studios on Washington Boulevard a historic landmark.
Charles' recordings from the early 1950s, such as "I've Got a Woman," combined gospel and rhythm and blues to form one of the cornerstones of rock 'n' roll and laid the foundation for soul music. His landmark 1962 album, "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music," took the twang out of country music, bringing a sophistication and ambition to the genre that opened the door to its modernization.
His relatively modest showing on the pop charts — just 12 singles in the Top 10 -- fails to reflect his profound influence and stature in the music world. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, part of the institution's inaugural 10-member class that also included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, James Brown and Jerry Lee Lewis. He received the Recording Academy's lifetime achievement award at the 1987 Grammys.
"How do you deconstruct genius?" Jerry Wexler, the noted producer and record executive who worked on many of Charles' recordings for Atlantic Records, said Thursday. "He took the Lord's music and the devil's words and make this amalgam they call soul music.
"And as a performer, there is no one you can compare him to, and the distance to whoever is second is immeasurable. That's the way it is with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin in their areas. No one has ever performed at the piano with as much charisma as Ray Charles."
Few would argue that. Sitting at the keyboard in front of his large band and his three shimmying backup singers, the Raelettes, Charles was a commanding stage figure. His trademark dark glasses added to his mystique, and he would lean back from the piano and sway to the music. The finishing touch was one of the most identifiable, emotive voices in pop music — a gravelly, elastic instrument that could be tearfully plaintive one moment and slyly salacious the next.
"Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music," said Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records' co-founder. "We were on tour and playing these tobacco barns in the South and the crowd would just be packed in to see him. The women would come up to the bandstand and yell, 'Just let me touch him once!' It was like he had descended from heaven, a beloved idol and an inspiration to so many of us."
Ray Charles Robinson was born Sept. 23, 1930, in Albany, Ga., and moved with his family as an infant to Greenville, Fla. His childhood was marked by poverty and tragedy — he witnessed his brother's death when the younger boy fell into a washtub and drowned, and Ray was afflicted with glaucoma at 5. He had lost his sight by the time he was 7.
Charles, who sang in a Baptist church choir as a youngster and later discovered jazz though a friend's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" recordings, studied music at the State School for Deaf and Blind Children in St. Augustine, playing clarinet, piano and other instruments and learning to read music by Braille.
On his own as a teenager — his father died when Charles was 10 and his mother five years later — he began playing in bands around Florida. He moved to Seattle in 1947 and formed a trio, playing Nat King Cole-style jazz in area nightclubs.
It was there that Charles struck up a friendship with another teenage musician, Quincy Jones. The two met, according to the noted producer and musician, at "bebop sessions in the city's red light district."
"Ray's the one who got me turned on to writing," Jones said in a 1998 Times interview. "He'd sit there and tell me, 'See, this is a dotted quarter note, and the trumpets play this and the trombones do that.' I was 14 and he was 16. That was a long time ago."
Jones issued a statement Thursday saying, "There will never be another musician who did as much to break down the perceived walls of musical genres. Ray used to say that if he had a dime, he would give me a nickel. Well, I would give that nickel back to have him still be here with us, but I know that heaven has become a much better place with him in it."
Jones, who described Charles' musicianship as "unmatched," served as a composer or arranger on "The Great Ray Charles" and "The Genius of Ray Charles," two seminal Atlantic albums from the late 1950s that established Charles' jazz credentials. Charles sang a duet with Chaka Khan on "I'll Be Good to You," a track from Jones' 1989 pop album, "Back on the Block."
Charles' group, the Maxin Trio, recorded its first R&B hit, "Confession Blues," in Los Angeles in 1949. Charles, who had dropped his last name to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, released a single under his own name in 1951 for the Swing Time label, and it would have far more impact than its No. 5 R&B chart showing would suggest.
'The Genius' put his stamp on music
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I have been working - but mostly not working - on finishing this guitar I started building almost 10 years ago. There was little to do and I finally got it finished.
It is based mostly on a 1920's Gibson L-0 but has some major differences - bracing pattern, materials, bindings, purfling, etc. It has a Western Red Cedar top, Mahogany back and sides and Ebony fretboard. It sounds great - very bright and lots of volume. So happy to finally have it finished and playable.


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Is Apple Ripe for the Picking?
Joe is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Unless you've been under a financial rock lately you've seen the terrible drubbing of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the last 2 months. After reaching an intraday high of $705 on Sept. 21, it recently hit a low of $505.75 before reversing. You rarely see this kind of action from a world class business like Apple, which has been a darling of wall street for several years. If you listen to the talking heads you may have heard a number of reasons; lack of confidence in their ability to innovate without Steve Jobs or locking in a lower capital gains rate before next year's possible increase.
Whatever reason you want to buy into, the fact remains Apple is still a world class business. A cash rich business that is selling for less than 9 times earnings. I have been an apple enthusiast since the beginning and I have watched them grow from being labeled a flash in the pan to the top player they are today. There are 2 apple stores near me that are so busy I don't even bother going in on weekends, and they have recently opened another store in my area. So I don't see much a slowdown according to customers. The great investor Peter Lynch always assessed a business by watching how many customers flooded its stores.
I believe apple is a screaming buy here. To be sure there have been a bumps in the road lately and the stock has been overhyped and widely held. Other box makers such as Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) have become laggards due to their inability to change with the times. HP was a hot stock back in 2010 and was the No. 1 maker of PCs considering units sold. But it is not a good business; anyone can make a Windows based PC. Newer companies like Asus and Acer can make much cheaper PCs and laptops and undercut HP. We have a similar story with Dell, which was once a market darling in the 90's, but they have also been struggling since the days when laptops and PCs were not so much a branded name as a commodity.
Samsung has recently become more of a challenge for Apple, however Apple continues to have a loyal customer base. Steve Jobs, having known of his failing health, left the company a roadmap that will continue Apple's innovative spirit for some time. I am also a big fan of dividend paying stocks, and Apple started paying one this year. But I don't usually buy stocks outright unless I'm getting say a muni fund for income. In the case of a world player like apple, I sell a put option rather than buy it outright. With apple stock around $560 at the time of this writing, an Apple Dec $505 put is selling for around $5. What is the implication of this trade?
If I sell to open one contract my broker immediately gives me $500 cash which is mine to keep. My only obligation is to buy 100 shares of apple should it fall below $505 the third Friday of December. So the biggest risk is that I buy a world class business already selling for a cheap price for an even cheaper price. Many people leave skid marks when they hear the someone mention the word "option," but in reality you lower your risk and generate a good income when options are used properly. I can sleep easy knowing I may be owning a great business at a cheaper price than today. And in the most probable likelihood AAPL does not drop that far, I get to do the process all over again. Meanwhile I can use the $500 to have a great dinner and bottle of wine at a fine restaurant, or actually fix the breaks on my car that have been squeaking lately...
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Quiet, peaceful, natural-worldly and yet joining together seamlessly with the speed and glamour of the Dharuhera! Such a home is what Bestech City Plots promises you. Located on Delhi - Jaipur Highway and in the middle of Bhiwadi, Bawal & Manesar, Bestech City Plots present a desirable place to stay. The area is an extremely accessible and much adored location with elegantly planned and crafted dwellings.
Bestech City Plots comes with all the facilities that your standard of living demands, making it a reasonable and best choice. With 204 – 502 sq. yard plots, this plotted community presents an address that will be in demand by all and possessed only by a lucky few.
Not too far from the work place, Bestech City Plots Dharuhera is a wonderful blend of contemporary facilities and services. Some of the aspects that are best part of this residential project is the uniformly cut plots, sewage treatment plant, excellent water and power backup and much more.
Bestech City Plots, Dharuhera avails midsized plots at much reasonable rates than residential projects in Delhi & NCR. Offering a metropolitan lifestyle, the completely planned residential plots are truly your dream home in Dharuhera.
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Honey helps the stone fruit caramelize lusciously on the grill, while crème fraîche adds the perfect tangy counterpoint.
Cooking Light AUGUST 2013
Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Combine honey, thyme, and lemon juice in a large bowl. Add pitted and halved plums; toss gently to coat. Arrange plum halves, cut sides down, on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 3 minutes or until plums are well marked. Turn; grill 3 minutes or until tender. Arrange 2 plum halves on each of 4 plates; top each serving with 1 tablespoon crème fraîche and 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped toasted almonds.
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