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Meet the Marketer of Ideas, Arthur Brooks
A discussion on the current state of think tanks
This week's podcast is a conversation with Arthur Brooks, who runs the American Enterprise Institute, the big conservative think tank in Washington. It didn't turn out to be the podcast I expected.
I've known Brooks professionally for eight or nine years. I first came across his name when he was writing occasional columns for The Wall Street Journal. He is a very smart, very passionate, very articulate guy. He always has a take on things that is fresh.
So I wanted to get Brooks' take on the world of Washington think tanks. He's been running AEI for five years or so and I thought he'd have some interesting observations. We in the news business use that phrase, "think tank," all the time. But we rarely look inside them as Washington players worthy of examination.
We call their experts for quotes, wisdom on deadline and TV bookings. And I was especially keen to see whether Brooks thought the world of think tanks and policy analysis has gotten more partisan and politicized in recent years, less authoritative and independent.
A couple of the big think tanks – notably the Heritage Foundation on the right and the Center for American Progress on the left – have set-up separate organizations to do lobbying, electioneering and advocacy. Think tanks, under the tax laws, are research and scholarly organizations that don't get involved explicitly in elections and lobbying so this new development that has drawn a lot of criticism. Generally, many believe the policy parlors have gotten just as polarized as the rest of political Washington.
Sure, Brooks agreed, some of the players have become pretty hard-core politically. So what? Brooks' take is that more is better -- more loud, intense, passionate political voices are good. It's okay if the tenor of Washington is a little more obnoxious or fractious. We're not so fragile that we can't take it.
This led to a wider conversation about the state of political debate in America, which Brooks thinks is terrific. I am not especially sympathetic to that perspective. In fact, I published a book in 2008 that tried to get at why politics and public life have become so coarse and angry.
But Brooks' take got me thinking. I shouldn't have been surprised by that. In a nutshell, his argument is similar to those who think the Internet is going to facilitate real, positive change in the world – eventually.
Yes, it might appear that the web has created a lot of trivia, time wasting, irritating social media and obnoxious behavior. It has also undermined the business models of important areas of the economy – like news, music and books.
But it has also connected virtually all the information in the world; it gives people access to the public domain without a printing press or TV station. Confusing, revolutionary, unpredictable: the Web Utopians think it will lead to great things.
Brooks doesn't deny that politics has become more polarized, partisan and boorish. But he seems to view it as a stage – and a small price to pay for a burgeoning of active and ornery citizenship and engagement.
I'll remain skeptical, but much more alert to evidence that I'm wrong.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Kansas filmmaker Kevin Willmott will speak in Lawrence next week about the Tuskegee Airmen and introduce a Hollywood drama about the black World War II combat pilots.
The University of Kansas says Willmott will speak April 9 at the Dole Institute of Politics. There also will be free screenings Tuesday of the film "Red Tails'' at the Dole Institute and the Kansas Union.
The program is part of a series of events examining the role of African-Americans in World War II.
Besides teaching at the University of Kansas, Willmott has written, directed and produced.
He's examined racial division in several projects, including his Sundance entry, "CSA: The Confederate States of America.'' The faux documentary examines the nation that might have resulted had the South won the Civil War.

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What is the difference between the subject words?
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Compare the examples:
1. Idiot (noun) vs. stupid (noun)
Idiot = a person affected with extreme mental retardation (offensive).
Total stupid = antonym of genius.
2. Stupid (adjective)
Note: Idiot can't be used as an adjective. Idiotic is the adjective. For idiotic (adjective) vs. stupid (adjective), refer to Claudiu's answer.
Idiot is a noun. Stupid is an adjective. So let's compare the same parts of speech... Note: this is all just my opinion, so we'll see based on the number of upvotes whether other people use the words the same way.
idiot vs. stupid person
idiotic vs. stupid
These are more similar in meaning. They just describe things or situations where, for example, unfavorable things happen for avoidable reasons, or when something doesn't work out, example: "Having that meeting was a stupid idea."
In this case, I think idiotic just means stupid, but to a higher degree. If having the meeting was a stupid idea, then it was just a waste of time and nothing got done. If having the meeting was an idiotic idea, then perhaps the result was starting a war or someone getting killed.
Other adjectives meaning stupid/idiotic: retarded, moronic, dumb.
The current meanings aside for a second, I heard that 'Idiot' along with 'Moron' and 'Imbecile' were used as tachnical classifications of mental retardation by Henry Goddard's and that all these terms seeped into general usage as different ways of saying stupid.
Wikipedia for instance says "The term 'idiot' was used to refer to people having an IQ below 30"
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29 Aug 2012 3:39 AM #1
AggregationRowConfig.setCellStyle is beeing used for all columns
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I'm using an aggregation grid. I want some of the summaries to have text-align = left, and some text-align = right. Using AggregationRowConfig.setCellStyle(ColumnConfig, style) it should be possible to define different styles for different columns. Instead, all of the styles are beeing applied to all columns.
In my test case both columns are aligned right. You can even coment out either the first or the second style line - both columns get the defined style.
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AggregationRowConfig<T> agg = new AggregationRowConfig<T>(); agg.setRenderer(column1, new SummarySafeHtmlRenderer<T>("column1 summary")); agg.setRenderer(column2, new SummarySafeHtmlRenderer<T>("column2 summary")); agg.setCellStyle(column1, MY_TEXTALIGN_RIGHT); agg.setCellStyle(column2, MY_TEXTALIGN_LEFT);
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12 Jan 2013 3:58 PM #3
I can confirm this bug still exists in GXT 3.0.3.
The problem is in the doRender() method of the ColumnFooter class. The cellClass variable is not being reset inside the "loop each cell per row" for loop. Should be a simple fix.
13 Jan 2013 11:26 AM #4
Thanks, you're absolutely correct - we fixed a similar issue a while ago, but apparently missed this one.
23 Jan 2013 5:40 PM #5
This has been fixed in SVN and the latest nightly build, and will be available in the next release.


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"Triumphant, joyful blues-soaked R&B - this is music that hits hard and makes you want to move."--Blues RevueAward-winning vocalist/songwriter/harmonica icon Curtis Salgado, touring in support of his blistering Alligator Records debut CD, SOUL SHOT, will give a live performance at Smokin' Moe's in Winter Park on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Winner of the 2012 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Artist Of The Year, Salgado effortlessly mixes R&B, funk and blues with a delivery that is raw and heartfelt. He moves with ease from the tenderest ballads to the most full-throated stompers. Salgado was recently nominated for four 2013 Blues Music Awards: B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year, Soul Blues Album Of The Year--SOUL SHOT, Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year and Song Of The Year--She Didn't Cut Me Loose (by Curtis Salgado, Marlon McClain and Dave Duncan) from SOUL SHOT.
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The 5 Most Embarrassing Failures in the History of Terrorism
#2. Dhiren Barot: A Triple Threat Guy
Dhiren Barot was arrested by U.S. authorities along with 13 other guys who were plotting a series of terror attacks. He is now safely in jail serving 40 years, but when you see what he was plotting you realize it's more for his protection than yours. It's a world of sharp corners out there and Dhiren's the kind of guy that forgets his helmet a lot.
See? No helmet
Barot had what he thought was an ingenious plan: he would bomb not one target, not two targets, but three targets! How could you possibly get any better?! Four targets? Don't be ridiculous. It's a three target plan!
Phase 1 of his Master Plan involved attacking tourist hotels. Dhiren was going to acquire three stretch limousines and what is loosely referred to as "a buttload" of consumer-sized propane tanks. After the limos were filled with the deadly grilling materials, they would be driven into an underground parking lot and detonated, where they would then hypothetically bring down the buildings. He used limousines because cargo trucks wouldn't fit in the underground car-park, and also presumably because if there's one thing Al-Qaeda respects, it's rollin' deep.
Dhiren's second plan involved a buttload of smoke detectors. Ten thousand, to be precise. The basic concept was that most smoke detectors contain a radioactive substance called americium oxide. Dhiren planned to ignite them and release the chemical, which would hopefully contaminate and kill the local population because "radiation = bad."
His final target would be the London Underground, the metro system that runs under the Thames River. Dhiren planned to blow a hole in the tunnel, thus flooding the metro. Well... that last one seems like it could work, right?
How It Went Wrong:
First off: Dhiren could not afford any of this. He worked as an airline ticket agent, and while he wanted to be in Al-Qaeda, he wasn't close enough with the group to receive any of those sweet Al-Qaeda Genius Grants. He also didn't have any weapons, any vehicles or any of the equipment needed to make even rudimentary bombs. Which was all irrelevant anyway, because he didn't know how to build a bomb in the first place. Apparently he thought that simply saying Al-Qaeda three times in a mirror would automatically make one a bonafide terrorist badass.
As for his triple-pronged terror threat, well, the limousine plot failed because it's just impossible to jury-rig enough propane tanks to make a building collapse. Despite what video games tell you, you can't just start knocking on red barrels with a baseball bat and expect them to topple a skyscraper.
The smoke detector plot failed because smoke detectors aren't delivered by magical fairies. They cost money. Quite a lot of money, actually, if you're buying several truckloads of them. And even then, converting the money to quarters and throwing them off the top of skyscrapers would be a far more murderous use of the funds.
Even 10,000 smoke detectors wouldn't yield enough radiation to kill even the most sickly and asthmatic of corrupt Westerners. Radiation isn't something you can just "get a bunch of" and then "throw at people." On top of this, the smoke detectors would have to be ignited by a bomb... you know, those things he doesn't know how to make? Basically all of his plans revolved around blowing up other things because he can't build bombs, and yet he would need bombs to blow them up.
Finally, his ingenious metro plan failed because, shockingly, the London Underground tunnel is made of several meters of reinforced concrete. Did you guess the impending problem? That's right: he would need to breach the wall with a massive amount of explosives. For a terrorist, a lot of Dhiren's plots seem to be foiled by the explosives themselves.
If you want to make it even sadder, remember that 13 other guys were arrested along with him. That's right: there were a baker's dozen of retards with enough hatred in their hearts to risk their lives to sow chaos, yet not one with enough brains to actually put fire onto a fuel source and then run away.
#1. The Glasgow International Attack
Glasgow International Airport is the eighth busiest airport in the United Kingdom, and that made it a prime target for Al-Qaeda. Two aspiring recruits decided to take it on, and after an initial embarrassing attempt where--honest to God--their car-bomb got towed, they really buckled down and applied themselves.
On June 30, 2007, these two would-be martyrs loaded propane tanks (it should be noted that this is after Dhiren Barot's trilogy of failure, so clearly terrorists don't keep notes in their Trapper Keepers of terror) into a dark green Jeep Cherokee and set off. The plan, and we use the word loosely here, was to drive straight through the front doors of Glasgow International, hoping that when the car hit a wall, the impact would set off the propane tanks and the result would be catastrophic.
How It Went Wrong:
As the Jeep Cherokee came straight at the airport doors going about 30 miles an hour, the driver apparently failed to realize that there are security bollards (those short vertical posts that are designed to keep vehicles like, say, explosive-laden Jeep Cherokees, from ramming into nice things) outside of just about every federal building nowadays. That's right: they were ambushed by stationary objects, clearly positioned and delineated with bright yellow rings that help make them more visible with the express purpose of making sure people don't accidentally hit them. They didn't even look at the airport beforehand! They just jammed the car into gear and hoped that MapQuest wouldn't steer them wrong.
When their car hit the bollards, the propane tanks (surprisingly just as planned) actually went off! Right in the terrorist's faces! Like 30 feet from the airport! As their car caught fire, one of the terrorists took off to start fistfights (because Momma Terror didn't raise no quitter) and was promptly put down by the police. The other, now currently on fire, ran about for a while doing what people on fire do--which is mostly wishing that they weren't on fire--when this happened:
Because it's Scotland, and they still build fucking men up there.
In the space of about 30 seconds, this man was in a car accident, an explosion, lit aflame and then kicked in the balls with more force than a human foot can technically take.
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To the editor:
As we go through life, we meet so many people who change our perspective and make a difference.
While working at Martha Manor, I must say that my life has been enriched and I have learned so much from the residents and the people who have either volunteered time or were a part of this nonprofit facility.
One person who really made a difference was Barbara Florak. Florak became the president of our board and from that day on she dedicated herself to the manor. When I called her for assistance, she never turned me down, and she would assist me with whatever the problem.
In the last months of her life, she never stopped being there for me or our residents. On the day she was on her way to the hospital with a life-threatening issue, she called the manor and was concerned about the signing of checks and holiday treats for the residents. Within two days she had passed away.
I can never forget this woman. She was the most caring and unselfish person I have ever met. She will be missed, and she made a difference.
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Genghis Khan has a reputation as a ruthless warlord and genocidal maniac, but I've heard rumors of him being a politician interested in unifying local tribes and bringing peace to the region. Was there a noble motivation to his campaign?
I think it is important to consider an arc of development for Gengis Khan and not to consider his actions in isolation.
First would be the early childhood and youth phase where Genghis Khan, who was only known as Temujin struggled to survive in a tough political climate of Mongolia, surrounded by constant warfare, raids, blood revenge, and dire poverty. To this must be added constant interference from outside interests, such as China, who would manipulate one tribe against another, causing constant instability.
Next is the period during which he united the Mongol tribes. This was done in two ways. His closest friends and allies were promoted in a form of meritocracy and rewarded for their loyalty. Others were recruited as allies and yet others were tricked or manipulated. The end result, however, was an unprecedented unification of Mongolia that hugely benefitted the Mongolian people. You have to realize that at that time, with tribal thinking dominating all forms of organization in Mongolia, this was a huge and difficult feat.
Next came the period of conquest and this needs itself to be divided into two phases.
In the first phase, Genghis Khan invaded China, and though not conquering the whole of China, laid the foundations for the future Yuan dynasty that his successors created. Perhaps the results here though positive from a Mongolian perspective were mixed from a Chinese perspective, with a loss of pride and control of China by the Chinese.
The second phase consisted of the invasion of Persia and all the lands to the west of Persia. This period started with Genghis khan trying to deal with the Shah of Persia, but when his ambassadors were rebuffed (or killed), Genghis Khan descended on the continent, obliterated cities, took men and boys as soldiers and pressed the remaining population into slavery. The histories of the Persians therefore view Genghis Khan as a bloodthirsty tyrant, and in fact the term Genghis is derived from the persian word Changiz, which means the claw of the tiger, referring to how a tiger will rip apart its prey. However, you have to note that from Changiz Khan's perspective, brutality was an effective strategy as many cities simply capitulated at the first sight of his army.
All in all though, Genghis Khan, like many emperors before or after him started off faced with the central problem of how to create a united land that can guarantee the security of his people; like so many other emperors, the expedient answer was war and invasion, which perhaps for the time was the only method. And like so many emperors, once he started invading and had success, the question of security morphed into something more, perhaps seeking glory and a grand place in history, especially given that the people of the region were well aware of Alexander the Great's conquests and measured greatness against what Alexander had conquered.
It would be quite difficult to determine his exact reasons for his actions, so we have to look at his specific actions, and the reasons behind others' similar actions. Note: this is all speculation.
We know for a fact that he conquered large swaths of land, the nobility of which is a matter of opinion. However, with this example, you must keep in mind the fact that many emperors with similar actions were done for gain of personal power, there were few emperors who conquered massive areas of land only for their nations, and for no personal gain.
However, we also know he was relatively tolerant to people of other religions and cultures. This may indicate that he really did want to unite the tribes around him.
So he may have done it for personal power, and he may have truly done it for nationalism.
First of all, never had Genghis Khan been some kind of maniac. He was a very reasonable man, you can figure this out by reading The Secret Chronicle of The Mongols.
The reason to conquest Jin dynasty in Chinese is to secure the newly formed unification of Mongol people because Jin dynasty had long been pressuring Mongol tribes. The reason to conquest Khwarezm Empire in Persia is because they had shown disrespectful manners to Mongol envoys. Genghis Khan kindly requested the local official who was responsible for massacre of Mongol envoys. However, they refused and behaved further disrespectful. Also, reasons to enter Central Asian Kara Khitan and Middle Eastern Baghdad were based on the request by the local people because they wanted protection against runaway Naimans and Hashashin (Assassin) respectively.


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It seems that some of the whole grain loafs seem to dry out very quickly, even stored in a plastic bag - if it hasn't started to turn green, is there a way to restore some of the life back into them?
It depends. If you need it to soften up for just a little while you can throw it in the mircowave for about 10-15 seconds. And by a little while, I mean the time it takes to make and eat a sandwich. Other than that, you can use the bread for breadcrumbs or croutons. Also, dry bread makes the best french toast you will ever have. Basically, you can't turn back time on a loaf but you can make it last longer by freezing it and thawing a slice at a time.
Yes. Throw it in the oven on about 200 F for 20 minutes or so. The staling process is called retrogradation, and reheating can reverse it to some degree.
I have to disagree with the simple reheating method. Bread goes stale through a loss of moisture. Applying dry heat simply doesn't do much beneficial besides toast your stale bread.
Put the bread in a brown paper bag, dampen the top of the bag with water, and then microwave for a few seconds.
Cut it up and toast to make croûtons, or crumble into bread crumbs. Your bread will enjoy new life in a salad or other dish.
If your bread is coming pre-sliced and drying out quickly, try buying unsliced loaves and slicing it as you need it. It's a bit more work, but your bread will taste fresher longer (and as a bonus, you get to decide on the thickness you want).


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How to Install the Excel 2007 Analysis ToolPak
The Analysis ToolPak is an Excel 2007 add-in program that adds extra financial, statistical, and engineering functions to Excel's pool of built-in functions. The tools included in the Analysis ToolPak enable you to analyze worksheet data by using such things as ANOVA, F-Test, rank and percentile, t-Test, and Fourier analysis.
Although the Analysis ToolPak comes with EXcel 2007, it doesn't come pre-installed. Before you can use the statistical functions added by the Analysis ToolPak, you must install and load it as follows:
Click the Office button and then click the Excel Options button.
The Excel Options dialog box opens.
Click the Add-Ins tab in the left pane.
The Add-Ins tab contains a list of all the add-in programs installed on your computer.
Select Excel Add-Ins from the Manage drop-down list (at the bottom) and click Go.
Excel opens the Add-Ins dialog box.
Select the Analysis ToolPak check box in the Add-Ins dialog box and then click the OK button.
You might find some other interesting add-ins there, too.
If an alert dialog box asking you if you want to install the add-in appears, click Yes.
Because add-ins often contain macros, and macros can open up your computer to malicious attacks, Microsoft has raised security level surrounding add-ins.
After you load the Analysis ToolPak in this manner and the installation completes, the features are available for your use. For example, you can access the statistical analysis tools by clicking the Data Analysis button in the Analysis group added to the end of the Ribbon's Data tab. When you choose this command, Excel opens the Data Analysis dialog box. Select a tool and click OK.
For general help with the function and use of the various statistical analysis tools added by the Analysis ToolPak, click the Help button (the one with the question mark) in the Data Analysis dialog box.


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Artist Spotlight: Christopher Sousa
Christopher Sousa is a largely self-taught painter. He lists Lucien Freud, Paul Cadmus, Jenny Saville, J.C. Leyendecker, and Euan Uglow among his influences. He was born in Fall River, Mass., in 1968, and apart from a quick stint in Los Angeles, he has always lived in Massachusetts. After moving to Provincetown 10 years ago he began painting, but he had been drawing all his life. His environment was less than supportive when he was growing up. Sousa describes his family life as "pretty dysfunctional" and says he was a "wild child." His family and school guidance counselors discouraged his idea of pursuing art as a career, advising him instead to learn a trade that pays well. Thankfully, the wild child would have none of that.
More on Sousa: His Tumblr site; "A" Gallery in Provincetown; and the Woodman/Shimko Gallery in Palm Springs, Calif.
The Advocate: When did you first start painting? Did you begin with the male figure? If not, how long did it take you to get there as your main subject?
Christopher Sousa: As stated, I began painting about 10 years ago when I moved to Provincetown. As far back as I can remember I have always been fascinated with and wanted to depict the human form. I used to draw pictures of Playboy centerfolds when I was a kid and would spend hours drawing female movie stars from magazine photos. As I grew older my attention turned to males. When I was a teenager I watched with much fascination the developing bodies of my friends and schoolmates, and my natural instinct was to draw them. It's still my subject of preference, although I'm sure I will do more female figure paintings in the future. But for now it's males.
Your compositions are so formal and random at the same time. Stories start to emerge, then disappear. Is there a mythology going on here? Or are these setups, props, and top hats just punctuation?
I think the formal aspect stems from the fact that I've worked for the past 10 years in a gallery that specializes in vintage photography. In old cabinet cards and daguerreotypes the subject had to remain very still to accomodate the long exposure time. This often resulted in a very stiff and formal quality. These photos look more like still lifes than portraits of actual humans. There's a "flatness" that appeals to me. I like the strange aesthetic quality of these old photos and I think it has informed what I do to a great extent. A few years back we had a show at the gallery of photographs by Mike Disfarmer, whose portraits from the '30s and '40s, which were taken with an antiquated camera using glass plate negatives, possess a similar stiff, uncomfortable quality. I think these photos influenced my painting as well.
The Way I Always Dreamed It Would Be is really great. Are you doing more video of your models? And do you use photography as part of your process?
I've always painted from photographs. It's just a matter of practicality for me. I can't afford to pay a model for the 10 to 20 hours it may take me to complete a painting. And with photos you don't have to deal with coordinating schedules, changing lighting, etc. I shoot digital photos and take some Polaroids as well. I like the soft muted tones produced by Polaroid film.
"A" Gallery, where I show in Provincetown, asks each of their artists to produce a video to show alongside their work during exhibits. I have made two videos so far and it's been interesting. It's not something I feel particularly adept at, but I'm enjoying learning the process and I'm looking forward to creating something to screen during my show in July. The process has been quite different in that with the photos I take for my paintings, I'm very focused and have clear, preconceived ideas about what I want. With video, I try to interact minimally with the model and just let things occur organically, see what happens. It's actually a lot of fun.
Untitled, 2012, oil on canvas, 40" x 30"


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The 2006 Year One Experience - Calling All CarsWritten by Johnny Hunkins on August 14, 2006 The Year One Experience is a car show, road race, autocross, drag race and speed parts shopping spreee all in one. The question is can you handle it?
We go to Year One's super fling every year. During the month or two leading up to it, we're pretending hardship in our publisher's office, begging for airfare back East. The conversation usually goes something like this: "We're dangerously low on car features, plus we can talk to a bunch of our advertisers at the same time." (Publishers love to hear this stuff from editors.) Keep in mind, we fly all over and see a ton of car shows and races all year long, so it takes a pretty cool event to get us jazzed. Next to SEMA, the Year One Experience is the shizzle.
simultaneously at the Road Atlanta road course and Atlanta Dragway (they're just miles apart), and it has everything. Drag racers, road racers, autocrossers and cruisers can all get their jones on in one place. To top it off, no fewer than six TV shows and their attendant celebrities were thick in the joint. Besides PHR, we saw guys from Mustang & Fords, Mopar Muscle, Chevy High Performance, Super Chevy, Car Craft, and scribes from unspeakable non-Primedia rags. Even Hot Rod Editor Rob Kinnan snuck out of his hotel to face the paparazzi. Trust us when we say this event is one Indian casino away from giving Brian France an Excedrin headache.
It's Sensory Overload
One minute, we're talking to a vendor about bolt-on late-model Mustang parts, the next we're shooting the breeze with a reader about project g/28. Then we're off chasing hotties in our golf cart, 'cause we know you want to see them too. When that gets old, we head over to the autocross and watch guys cut up tarmac. We see Lou Santiago from Spike TV's "Musclecar" show laying waste to his golf cart and stop to hang with him for a while (he's just as cool in person). It's all we can do to keep him from putting a plasma cutter to the thing. The car show is packed, and there we run into Chuck Hansen, formerly of "Horsepower TV." Dennis Gage of "My Classic Car" is doing an interview a few cars over when Joe Elmore whizzes by on his cart (which is in better shape than Santiago's), with camera crew in tow. TV stars and producers are everywhere, and editors are scooping each other in cold blood, just like a 1940s "B" movie. Dude, if you can't get your car on TV or in a mag at this place, your ride might actually suck.
And Then There Are The Nut Jobs...
There is a ton of better ways to make money than getting into the speed parts business, but then who wants to write divorce papers or prescribe penicillin for snotty-nosed kids all day long? Guys in the speed biz, however, aren't afraid to live life. Take Mike Jonas of Stainless Steel Brake Corporation. He brought his brand new LS2-powered Pontiac Solstice just so he could pound it on the road course. Another of our favorite crazies is Brett Voelkel of Air Ride Technologies. You gotta love a guy who takes a mint '70 Buick GSX, stuffs it full of road race parts (including his own air suspension) and beats the crap out of it on America's fastest road courses. But these guys pale in comparison with Bob Johnson, owner of the g-Force 'Cuda, which graced our April cover. Driving up in the g-Force fashionably late, Bob started the predictable riot. It's the kind of car that'll make a dog vomit two blocks away when you light the motor. On a saner note, we got enlightened when we spoke with Kyle and Stacy Tucker of Detroit Speed & Engineering. Did you know before DSE, they both worked at GM as engineers on some of our favorite cars, like the Fourth Generation Camaro and Firebird? We shot their '69 Camaro parts development mule--look for it in an upcoming issue.
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Let's be clear, this is a family event. Got kids? Bring them along next year--there's even an hourly shuttle to the mall in case your wife doesn't share your sickness. I even brought my dad along, by his own admission the world's least horsepower-loving person (talk about over-compensation). He loved it. Lots more cool stuff happened, but there isn't room. Check out the pix and chicks, then go to yearone.com to get the 411 on next year. We've also got more online at popularhotrodding.com.
|Year One Show Class Winners:
|'66-74 Mopar B- and E-Body:
|Bob Johnson, Gainesville, GA; '71 Cuda
|'66-74 Mopar A- and C-Body:
|Chuck Causey, Cartersville, GA; '70 {{{Plymouth}}} Duster
|'64-72 {{{Buick Skylark}}}/GS/Special:
|Mark Reeves, Woodstock, GA; '70 {{{Buick}}} GSX
|'64-72 Olds {{{Cutlass}}}/442/F-85:
|Buddy Jones, Mobile, AL; '70 Cutlass W31
|'67-81 {{{Firebird}}}/Formula/Trans Am:
|Randy Haney, Cornelia, GA; '68 {{{Pontiac Firebird}}}
|'64-72 {{{Pontiac}}} LeMans, {{{GTO}}}, Tempest:
|Bill Howell, Maryville, TN; '65 GTO
|'{{{62}}}-74 Chevy II/{{{Nova}}}:
|Raymond May, Sherrills {{{Ford}}}, NC; '66 Chevy II
|'67-81 {{{Camaro}}}:
|Bobby Johnson, Dallas, GA; '69 Camaro Z28
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|Greg and Cara Cragg, St. Peters, MO; '79 El Camino
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|Joe Steinmetz, Gainesville, GA; '85 Mustang
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|Dan Williams, Covington, GA; '93 Trans Am
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|Mike Lozano, Jonesboro, GA; '95 {{{Impala}}} SS
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|Wayne Julian, Woodridge, IL; '65 Mustang
|Mike McArdle, Semmes, AL; '67 Chevy II
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You gotta love a guy who practices what he preaches--that's Air Ride Technology's Brett Voelkel. Brett has been proving for years that air suspensions are equally adept on the road course, the drag strip and the cruise scene, but on this day, Brett's Buick GSX had some powertrain trouble. We've personally thrashed Brett's Buick on the road course and can vouch for its track cred.A line mechanic at Hardy Ford in Dallas, Ga., Miss Andrea Strommen told PHR: "I don't own a Ford." She does, however, own a 6-foot tall purple Matco toolbox and she isn't afraid to use it. Her boyfriend, Jim Grayson, says he loves the fringe benefit of having someone who can both serve him Budweiser and Doritos on the couch and work on his '69 Camaro.GM's giant semi truck was stuffed full with all kinds of good junk like LS2, LS7 and 572 crate engines, but the best part was talking to Pro Stock champ Warren Johnson.We found college student Katie Pelsmaeker (Lilburn, Ga.) in Road Atlanta's paddock area with her boyfriend. Katie really wanted a ride in one of the Panoz Racing School cars, but her financially challenged boyfriend couldn't scrape up the 50 bucks. Dude, are you nuts?At Atlanta Dragway in nearby Commerce, Ga., you could get your quarter-mile fix. This '70 Olds Cutlass 442 is owned by Alan Hause of Grayson, Ga. It runs a punched-out 455 in front of a turbo 400 and cranks out 10.90s on motor all day long. Hause, 37, runs out of the Atlanta Speed Shop.There are always a few jokers in every crowd who ruin it for everyone. In this case, it's those nuts from Pro-Touring.com. Ringleader and March PHR cover star Bill Howell shows it's possible to do a wheelie with just about anything, including a golf cart.If this looks familiar, it's because Michael Cooper's blue '70 Nova was on our August 2005 cover. You'll remember that he built it himself for the unheard of sum of $10K, car included. Michael's dad (also Michael) poses with his '71 Chevelle. Thanks for the ACID cigars, guys!We didn't think it was possible for Year One to add anything else to its extensive plate, but Year One's Kevin King says they are moving ahead with plans to offer a line of custom bikes. Here's their first one, which is similar to those that will go out the door for around $35K.You could get a ride-along in one of the Panoz Driving School cars on a first-come, first-serve basis. I had a hard time convincing my dad, Arthur Hunkins, to take his first-ever E-ticket ride, but he finally gave in. ("Don't worry dad, he's gonna go slow...") That's payback for making me ride on the back of your Honda Trail 90 all those years--with my friends watching.Take a deep breath, and meet Emily Hoyle (31, left) and Deanna Owens (19). Emily crews for husband Darrin, who was 2005 ORSCA Limited Street Champ in this sweet '69 Camaro. "That's a Camaro?!"--David Wardrop Deanna helps (uh, distracts?) her boyfriend Terry Woodson, who drives an '81 Camaro.
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Scottsville Police say Lucas Goodrum is accused of assaulting a juvenile female just hours before a violent attack on the campus of Western Kentucky University.
Just before 11 p.m. on the night of May 3, Scottsville Police received a call from Lucas Goodrum's 17-year-old girlfriend. According to Scottsville Police officer Adam Morgan, the girl had visible red marks on her face, arm and shoulders.
An incident report states, "The girl claimed Lucas Goodrum struck her in the face twice, hit her left arm with her cell phone and held her down in her car and would not let her leave."
Officer Morgan maintains the juvenile called police and Goodrum fled the scene. Authorities in Allen and Simpson Counties were alerted to be on the lookout for Goodrum, however no one could find the 21-year-old Scottsville native.
Five hours after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, authorities responded to a fire in Hugh Poland Hall. Police say an eyewitness saw Lucas Goodrum rape, beat and set on fire the body of Melissa K. Autry.
Warren Commonwealth's Attorney's Office will be prosecuting Goodrum. When asked if prosecutors would seek the death penalty in this case, First Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Mike Pearson responded by saying, "We have not yet made that determination, but there are certainly elements of the case which make it a serious consideration." NewsCenter 13 did contact Goodrum's newly hired attorney David Broderick, he did not return our calls.


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The Playstation 3 version of Eufloria adds "ancient artifacts" to some asteroids, which you must zoom in to find.
Are these artifacts on fixed asteroids in fixed levels, or are they randomly distributed?
If their level is fixed, what missions can they be found in, and if not randomly placed, on which asteroids? (To avoid further spoilers, I'd recommend identifying the levels by number rather than name, e.g. I believe I found the first artifact in 1-3.)


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STEUBENVILLE — The lawyer for a 16-year-old girl raped by two Ohio high school football players is disputing a prosecutor's account that the girl's father initially wanted the investigation into the......
Hanlin is now trying to paint herself as the "angel of justice"...what a laugh! Let's face it...no way did she want this case prosecuted...it was ONLY after Annonymous and outside news media got involved that she relented. Her (and her family's) ties to law firms, judges, coaches and school administrators are notorious. This is the first we have heard of reluctance of parents to prosecute...all a bunch of rancid BS, spewed by this hack, half-baked so-called prosecutor. If it wasn't for her connections she would be sitting in some dark, cheaply furnished office or chasing ambulances. BTW...national media is already reporting that civil suit notices have been served on many adults involved in the case (eg owning the party homes or providing liquor, not reporting the rape, etc)...Plenty of indictments and fireworks to come....I am enjoying the spectacle.
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Jane Hanlin sounds a bit defensive and seems to be more interested in clearing her name and her son's name from any wrong doing with this case. If she and her son did nothing wrong, she would have no need to be so defensive.
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Prosecutor Hanlin may get indicted herself for what she may have done to coverup and stall the rape investigation. Her son was on the football team and may well have known about what happened at the party with all the social media texts. Let the grand jury do their job and put these scumbags in jail like Coach Sac who knew, didn't tell, laughed about the rape, and tried to use his influence to cover the rape up. Jane Doe deserves justice!
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The type of surgery used will depend on the stage of the cancer. Surgical procedures may be done to:
Determining the treatment for precancerous lesions depends on various factors, including:
A low-grade lesion may not need further treatment if the affected area was removed during biopsy. But you will still need to have regular pelvic exams and Pap tests. When a precancerous lesion requires treatment, you may have the following options:
This procedure removes abnormal cell growth by freezing the abnormal cells. It can be done in a doctor's office. A speculum will be inserted into your vagina. A nitrogen or carbon dioxide liquid is applied to a probe, which freezes the area. The procedure usually takes about 15 minutes.
Afterwards, you may have cramping and some bleeding, which may last several days. Later, you will have a watery discharge as the frozen area thaws and sheds the dead cells.
This procedure removes abnormal cell growth with a hot instrument, an electrical current, or a caustic substance. It can be done in the doctor's office. A speculum will be inserted into your vagina. The instrument or substance that burns off the abnormal cell area will be applied. This procedure usually takes about 15 minutes.
Afterwards, you may have cramping and some bleeding, which may last several days.
This procedure removes abnormal cell growth with an intense, narrow beam of light which heats and kills the abnormal cells. It can be done in the doctor's office. A speculum will be inserted into your vagina. The laser will be used to remove the abnormal cell area. This procedure usually takes about 30 minutes.
For all the procedures listed above, you should refrain from sex, douching, and tampons for several weeks after the procedure.
You should contact your doctor if you experience the following symptoms:
If the cancer is only on the surface of the cervix, an attempt to destroy the cancerous cells may be done using one of the methods listed above for treating precancerous lesions. If the tumor has spread into deeper layers of the cervix, but has not spread beyond the cervix, surgery may be done to remove the tumor but leave the uterus and ovaries. In other cases, you may need to have a hysterectomy.
is surgical removal of the uterus, including the cervix. Sometimes the fallopian tubes and ovaries are removed as well. The doctor may choose to remove lymph nodes near the uterus to determine whether the cancer has spread.
There are three different methods:
Abdominal hysterectomy:
A cut is made in the lower abdomen to expose the tissues and blood vessels that surround the uterus and cervix. These tissues are cut and the blood vessels are tied off to remove the uterus. Stitches are placed in these deep structures, which will eventually dissolve and do not need to be removed. The uterus is removed from the top of the vagina and the vagina is closed to prevent infection and to keep the intestines from dropping downward.
Vaginal hysterectomy:
The vagina is stretched and kept open by special instruments; no external incision is made. The doctor does, however, make an internal incision at the top of the vagina around the cervix. The uterus and cervix are cut free from their supporting ligaments and surrounding tissue, and connecting blood vessels are tied off. The uterus and cervix are removed through the vagina, which is then closed to prevent infection and to keep the intestines from dropping downward.
Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH):
A laparoscope is inserted through a small cut near the navel. This small, telescope-like device, about the width of a pencil, with a light on one end and a magnifying lens on the other, helps the doctor see the pelvic organs. The abdomen is inflated with carbon dioxide to improve your doctor's visibility and provide room to work. Images from the laparoscope are viewed on a special monitor.
Other small 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide incisions are made in the abdomen, through instruments are inserted to help move organs and remove the uterus. An incision is also made where the uterus joins the vagina. The bladder and rectum are gently pushed off the uterus, which is removed through the cut made in the vagina. The vagina is closed to prevent infection and to keep the intestines from dropping downward. The cuts are all closed with stitches, which will likely leave small scars.
With each procedure, a vaginal packing dressing is placed in the vagina. This will be removed after a day or two.
Vaginal hysterectomy and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) can be done if the stage of the cancer is very low. Abdominal hysterectomy permits careful removal of more tissue. This procedure is used when the stage is relatively higher.
In addition to standard surgical techniques, your physician may choose to do surgery with the assistance of a robotic device. The surgical procedures are the same as standard surgery, but the robotic device can give greater skill and limit the size and type of incision necessary to perform the procedure, reducing complications and decreasing recovery time. Not every patient is suited for robotic surgery. Ask your physician if this option is available in your area and whether you are a candidate.
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I made my Tilted Duster out of this yarn and it was such a pleasure to work with, light and quick knitting. It's also a joy to wear, a very wooly wool that is amazingly soft, especially after a nice soak.
Sadly, there have been many Peruvia projects that have been languishing in my mental queue. I'm especially intrigued by all of the skirtless shrug style Tilted Dusters out there on Ravelry. By eliminating the most time consuming part of the sweater these shrugs are practically insta-sweaters!
I'm also craving a Poska from Booklet #264. There is something so adorable and modern about the funnel neck, the cropped length and the graphic mosaic colorwork (note the differently colored sleeves).
Design team member Donna has a Peruvia specific tip: because it is a single-ply roving style yarn it has the tendency to come apart while seaming. This is perfectly normal and not a yarn defect! Your yarn, once knitted will stay put, we promise! But, while you're seaming it's best to add a bit of twist as you go. This will stop the natural 'drafting' process which sometimes results in a break. She'll probably use this tip when she knits HER favorite Peruvia pattern, Pakuna from Booklet #277.
My favorite Peruvia tip is the spit splice! Simply rough up your yarn ends, wet them with water (or yes, spit) overlap the ends in your palm and vigorously rub your hands together. This will felt the ends together leaving you with an invisible join and no ends to weave in! Wooly, feltable single-ply yarns were simply MADE for this joining method.
Do you have any Peruvia tips or dream knits?
Maybe you're saving some pennies not being there for the sale?
I haven't used many Berroco yarns but do plan on getting my hands on some for experimentation!
…..I will always associate the spit splice with you….I remember your demo of it in the top down sweater class I took at WEBS…..such a great trick!April 1, 2009
Rachel #
When knitting with a singles type yarn watch how you wrap it around your fingers. Sometimes if you switch from clockwise to counterclockwise and vice-versa you can add twist instead of untwisting while knitting.April 1, 2009
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Ugh – spit splicing! Don't remind me. Alas, I know you're correct.
Prue was my Peruvia dream – and I managed to knit one this winter.April 3, 2009
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I'm terribly fond of Pakuna but have fallen into my trap of wanting to be more hip and stylish than my body and age seem to allow. I'm gradually moving toward "The heck with it" though. Even old fat people need clothes.April 21, 2009


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The WKU Hilltoppers have done it again. After winning back to Back-To-Back Sun Belt Titles, the team is facing arguably it's toughest test of the year in the form of Number one seeded Kansas. That hasn't stopped fans from making the trek to Kansas City for the team's second round game.
The Hilltoppers have a monumental task ahead of them but don't think for one second that the team, or better yet, the fans have lost any hope of a tournament run.
"I think we've got a shot. That's why they play the game. We're not a traditional 16-seed. I wouldn't write us off just yet. Ray Harper's had
a lot of luck in March. We're happy to see if we can pull one off tomorrow." said Greg Canty who is a WKU fan living in Kansas City.
Thursday's practice allowed the Topper faithful to take a look at their team up-close in their final tune-up before being thrust into the national spotlight Friday night. They say the eight hour drive is worth it ... no matter the outcome of Friday's contest.
"Detroit. The blizzard. We were on those buses. We would do that for Western. We have two daughters and we all have a degree from Western." exclaimed Becky Hall who is a WKU Fan Living in Louisville.
People around the world wait for college basketball in March and millions of those people will be watching, but for a few local residents it's
to have their team come to them.
"For them to be here this close to us. We couldn't pass it up to come down here and watch them. I think it's really cool. I never would've though they would have made it here, especially the Sprint Center" said Greg & Tucker Nash.
"It's great having them come back to me. I usually come to Diddle Arena at least once or twice a year to catch a game. I was real excited
when I found out the Hilltoppers were going to come out to Kansas City and visit me." added Canty.
"I grew up watching Western all my life and going to their ball games. It's really awesome." said Kellye Nash.
Though many around the country may have their doubts, there is no doubt that the fans of WKU expect nothing less than a win.


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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- A Fort Riley soldier is facing several charges after police say he led state troopers and officers on a high speed motorcycle chase through Manhattan and out onto Interstate 70.
Captain Kurt Moldrup with the Riley County Police Department says Specialist Andrew Brenneman, 22, of Junction City, was caught by a Riley County police officer Sunday afternoon at 3 PM making an illegal turn from 14th Street onto Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan on his 2002 yellow Suzuki motorcycle.
When the officer initiated the traffic stop, Moldrup says Brenneman sped up and made is way to Fort Riley Boulevard/K-18, heading out of Manhattan.
Moldrup says near Ogden, the officer stopped the chase due to safety issues. Brenneman, he says, was passing cars in opposing lanes of traffic in a construction zone, continuing at a high rate of speed.
A trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol picked up the chase at Eureka Drive and Scenic Drive off of K-18 and Brenneman finally stopped and pulled over near mile marker 306 on I-70.
He was arrested and charged by both the Kansas Highway Patrol and Riley County Police Department with Speeding, Reckless Driving, Driving While License Suspended and Fleeing/Attempting to Elude. His bond was set at $10,000 and as of Monday morning when RCPD held a briefing with local media outlets, Brenneman was still confined in the Riley County Jail.
Brenneman is assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.
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According to the Talmud in Bava Batra 14a, the Luchot HabBerit were square. Where did the common "tablet" shape come from, with rectangles and a rounded top? Besides in pictures, I see it in Synagogues all the time. Is there a source for such a shape, or was it borrowed from Christian art? If the latter, should we try to replace them in our synagogues? (As a side note, I have seen correctly-modeled Luchot in the Shteblach of Meah Shearim.)
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Indeed, the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l (sicha of Shabbos Parshas Ki Tisa 5741 secs. 55-57) called for them to always be depicted as square, in keeping with the Gemara you mentioned. (And Chabad publications long before that, as far back as 1942 at least, followed the same convention.)
He states that shape with rounded tops was popularized by non-Jewish printers. Wikipedia (lehavdil) traces it to the Middle Ages, when tablets of roughly that shape were in use for writing. (I also used to hear as a child that the non-Jews came up with this shape because it is reminiscent of a tombstone, thus suggesting (ר"ל) the death of Judaism; but I've never seen any written source that says so.)
They may have looked something like this:
I heard in a recording of R' Akiva Tatz that it is a nice incorporation of a verse in Mishlei (3:3):
The curved top luchos are an interpolation of a heart onto the luchos.
Although many sources say that the Luchos was squared, Rabbi Ben Zion Mutzafi quoting a Zohar in Parshas Yisro and the Ramak רבי משה קורדובירו says that it was squared at the bottom and rounded on the top.


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That's right, after staying away from music videos for the first 15 or so years of the bands career, Wilco has kicked out their second video to support last year's The Whole Love. The new video for "Dawned On Me" (one of our favorite's from The Whole Love) delivers in true Wilco fashion: it's as far from expected as possible.
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6 Shockingly Evil Things Babies Are Capable Of
As anyone who's ever encountered babies in the wild can tell you, they're shiftless little balls of deception and greed. Those of us who stand up to walk, and sit down to poop may not be Mother Theresa, but it turns out we had a long way to go from our babbling drooling selves.
Yes, unless you're a borderline sociopath today, you were probably at your worst before you ever uttered a word. It's science!
#6. Lying
It seems crazy that a barely functioning human infant could be cunning enough to lie to get out of trouble, but it's true. Baby You was such an asshole that you started lying before you could even speak. Scientists have found that by the age of just six months mini-you was already "fake crying" and "pretend laughing" to get attention. Babies are so good at that lie they will even pause briefly and listen to see if someone is responding to their crocodile tears before starting up again.
Oh shut up, you piece of shit.
Perhaps even more surprising is that, when they know they've done something wrong, the little bastards will distract their parents to avoid getting caught. Crying for attention isn't so terrible, because receiving positive attention makes you feel good. But causing a distraction? That means the slimy, shrieking baby knows it has done something wrong and wants to cover up for it. Before they learn how to poop without assistance, babies know how to create an alibi.
Why Did I Do That?!
Lying is considered an important part of a child's development. Once you can speak, your lies become more complex, and believable and the early non-verbal attempts at lying help us learn the types of lies we can get away with.
According to science, lying isn't something that happens when a normal baby get's corrupted by TV--it is normal human behavior. Telling the truth is the thing we have to learn. Most of us start to feel bad about lying around age four, once we're old enough to understand those morality tales our parents keep telling us. So the only thing standing between you and a life of crime was "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf."
Pictured: You, if your parents were flightless birds.
#5. Prejudice
It's not a mystery why you treat attractive people well now: You want them to have your sex. There'd be no reason to discriminate against ugly chicks when you where a baby right? Wrong. It turns out you've been favoring hotties since the doctor smacked you. In a 2004 study in the field of weird-shit-we-can-make-babies-do, a UK scientist made several babies look at two pictures. One of those pictures was of an attractive woman, and the other was of a non-attractive woman. Out of these babies (all of seven-days old, max), almost 100 percent looked significantly longer at pictures of "attractive" people than "unattractive" people.
Wait, how did this study even get approval?
But it doesn't end there. In those first months, babies would look at an attractive person of another race for just as long as an equally hot person of their race. But within a few short months, even if shown a supermodel of a different skin color, the baby would ignore her completely. If a white baby was shown two pictures of Asian people, of any level of attractiveness, the baby would look at them the same amount of time, then get bored and look away. To that white baby, Asian people all look alike. Seriously.
"So... are you girls quintuplets or what?"
Why Did I Do That?!
Survival. In general, attractive people have more "normal" features and therefore better genes. By staring up with your big blue eyes at the hottest person in the room, you are assuming that's your mommy, or at least hoping that turning on the charm will make her adopt you. Being raised by someone healthy gives you a better chance of living to see your first birthday. The baby-racism makes sense as well from an evolutionary perspective: It's important as you get older to know who all the people in your tribe are, but that other tribe down the way? According to the studies, all you need to know is they don't look like you. Their individual features? Irrelevant in your tiny, racist baby mind.
#4. Defiance
From the minute babies are able to understand basic communication techniques they give everyone a big fuck you. You've all seen babies thrown tantrums; screaming and thrashing their limbs about, forgetting that at any moment you can crush their tiny, fragile bones in your superior man-sized hands.
Any goddamned moment.
Tantrums not only stem from not getting what you want but also from refusing to do things. Babies will even resist things they actually want to do or enjoy doing, seemingly just because they are tiny freaking assholes. "No" is one of the most common first words spoken by children and can sometimes occupy their entire vocabulary for three months before they say just about anything else.
Why Did I Do That?!
Defiance is a way for a baby to define themselves. They start to realize that they are separate from the world and have their own thoughts, desires and actions. When you were first born, your parents would put you into your crib and you fell asleep. But a few months later it occurs to you, what if you don't feel tired? What if you CHOOSE not to go to sleep? What if you refuse and express your displeasure?
"I feel nothing but contempt for you."
And it's important to remember that this kind of baby-bitch-negativism isn't restricted to things the baby doesn't want. The baby might whine when you try to put it to sleep when it's not tired, but it might also whine when you take it out of the crib. And when you feed it, or rock with it, or try to comfort it, it will push you away simply because you're doing something. The baby's in control, and you need to know that.


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I have a Virgin Mobile Pay as you go phone, is there any chance that will work in Hungary, Italy and Germany?
Not that phone. Virgin, in the USA, uses Sprint's network. Sprint uses the CDMA standard. Europe uses a different standard, GSM.
The only US phones which can work in Europe are:
The phone should also be carrier-unlocked. Then you can buy foreign carrier SIM cards and pop them in your phone. It's cheap to use. However, unlocked phones are generally a few hundred dollars more than locked ones. If you buy a phone without a contract, it's probably unlocked.
A locked phone would still use the American phone plan. It's expensive to use abroad. But locked phones are cheaper to buy. If you buy a phone with a contract (i.e. for two years), it's probably locked.
If your phone is not GSM it won't work. You could buy a cheap prepaid phone over there for about €50→€100 or so (I'm guessing here) and use that. Might be cheaper/easier than sorting out a phone in the USA.
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I think that sometimes I accept that what other people say takes a priority over my own time or my personal choices. Also I'm not so "fighter" type. For example, suppose that if I go to rent an apartment, and it has some imperfections. I prefer to accept them than ask or direct the owner to fix them. I end up taking my own time to fix them. Thirdly, if a person asks me something and I am already doing something else, I will try to help them. Even if they overlap I will say "yes" to the other thing or perhaps completely drop my own project. So that also takes time.
So, my question is how you say "no" and fight back (see that I'm talking about my rights, not an actual fight with bare hands... and perhaps other suggested types of fight back "for get my place").


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Show that the filter $\mathscr F$ has $x$ as a cluster point iff $x \in\bigcap_{F \in \mathscr F } \overline F$.
For the the Proof of the 1st direction $(\Rightarrow)$ : Let the filter $\mathscr F$ has $x$ as a cluster point so every element $F$ of $\mathscr F$ intersect every $U \in $ $\mathscr U_x$ where $\mathscr U_x$ is the nbd system ,since every $U$ intersects $F$ , so $x \in\overline F \Rightarrow x \in \cap \overline F$.
Now for the other direction $(\Leftarrow)$ : Let $x \in \cap \overline F$ so this mean that $x$ belongs to each $\overline F$ then every nbd $U$ of $x$ intersect $F$, and $F$ is elements of $\mathscr F$, then $x$ is a cluster point of $\mathscr F$.
If any one can tell me that my proof is correct or not ?


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Jaffee: Holiday games mean so much more
A privilege. That's how Wilby High captain David Hills described his football experience, which will culminate on Thanksgiving eve.
Not many play football, according to Hills, and that makes it a privilege to play, especially on Thanksgiving.
Hills and dozens of others throughout Greater Waterbury and Litchfield County will lace up the cleats and strap up the helmets and shoulder pads this week for the final time this season, and perhaps for the graduating seniors, the last time in their lives.
Wearing that jersey and representing their school and town means a whole lot to all who play the game.
For Naugatuck's Tom Douty, representing his family in the Borough at Legenza Field means the most, considering his family tree. Douty is so proud to follow in the footsteps of his dad and uncle who were part of the Greyhounds' rich gridiron tradition.
For players like Desmond Langs of Torrington and Dan Catania of Wolcott, Thanksgiving brings an even more special tone.
When Langs was a freshman and Catania a sophomore, their seasons were derailed because of injuries.
Not only did those injuries take away from the entire football game-time experience, the players missed out on the one defining intangible that many don't even realize exists until it is too late: camaraderie. That's what they missed the most.
For the first time this season, Jeremy Stiewing will be back with his Housatonic-Wamogo teammates after undergoing leg surgery last August following an injury he sustained in a preseason scrimmage. Just recently, Stiewing was granted a walking boot and tossed aside the pair of crutches so he could be a part of the festivities in the Berkshire Bowl. Though he won't be suiting up, his teammates will welcome him back with open arms.
In August, the coaches ordered No. 13 decals to be posted on the players' helmets in honor of their injured teammate. It was one of the nicer gestures that any team can bestow on one of their own.
In most sports, teamwork is essential, but in football, even more so. They show that beforehand, too. When players are introduced to the crowds and go to midfield for the coin toss this week, they generally will go hand-in-hand.
Cheshire's Joe Strollo will soak in the moment, recalling all of the days that he went to games as a young boy, admiring those on the field.
From generation to generation, class to class, year to year, you hear that tradition never graduates and specifically, "Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat," theme, as in the case of Seymour and senior Christian Thurmond.
When the seniors get together this week for their final walk-throughs, the hope is that they can walk away feeling good about their experiences.
Winning or losing shouldn't matter, according to future UConn Husky quarterback Logan Marchi of St Paul.
It's about savoring the opportunity and being together with their closest of friends for one final time. That's what Kennedy's Tim LaMadaleine will take from the experience as he considers his teammates like his extended family.
So does Ansonia's Jack Williams, who said that his teammates and coaches were so instrumental in helping him through the worst of all possibilities over the last year.
After both of his parents died, his dad last November and mom last spring, Williams said it was football and the life lessons that he gained that helped support him through his many hours of need. He never considered leaving his teammates, and they never imagined that he would.
When Williams scored two touchdowns recently against Crosby, his only ones of his career, the Chargers' sidelines erupted in support of Williams.
That's what high school sports and high school football should be about, not just the championships and individual honors that gets lost in the shuffle.
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Football roundup: Salemme, Marcucio power Seymour over Derby
Joseph Salemme rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns and Frankie Marcucio threw for three more scores to lead host Seymour to a 49-26 win over Derby on Friday.
Salemme started the night's scoring with an 85-yard run in the first quarter and also ran 39 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter for the Wildcats (4-3).
Marcucio threw TD passes of 4 yards to Jack Briggs, and 24 and 3 yards to Christian Thurmond.
Thurmond also had a 45-yard scoring run, and Greg Chase-Patrick also rushed 34 yards for a touchdown for Seymour.
Marcucio completed six of 10 passes for 55 yards, with one interception. Thurmond rushed four times for 64 yards and Chase-Patrick had 59 yards on nine carries.
Michael Kreiger hooked up with Jordan LaRue for two touchdowns, 74 and 14 yard scores for the Red Raiders (4-3). Tyler Dobek also caught a 21-yard score from Kreiger.
Ryan Landona intercepted a Marcucio pass and returned it for a touchdown near the beginning of the second quarter for Derby.
Woodland 54, Sacred Heart 6: Tanner Kingsley threw for five touchdowns to lead unbeaten Woodland in an NVL game in Beacon Falls.
Kingsley connected with Mike Kenney for 16- and 22-yard scores, and with Sean McAllen on an 82-yard touchdown.
McAllen had a rushing score from 45 yards out, and David Bobbie scored from nine yards out.
Kingsley also found Jack Pinho for a 35-yard score, and Coby Vaccarelli for a 30-yard touchdown.
The Hawks (7-0) were led defensively by Dylan Abarzua with a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
The Hearts (0-7) received a 27-yard rushing touchdown from Quincy Williams.
Brookfield 35, Oxford 20: After trailing 35-0, Oxford scored 20 unanswered points against Brookfield in a loss.
The Wolverines (4-3) were led by Marcus Esteves with two touchdown catches (13 and 75 yards) from Kyle Chudoba. Gunnar Fay also had a 6-yard rushing score for Oxford.
The Bobcats (6-1) were led by Bobby Drysdale with 16 carries for 111 yards and a 15-yard score.
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Palladino: Tirado was all about the kids
On Friday, the Naugatuck Valley League, Wilby High and the children of Waterbury lost one of its best friends and most loyal servants.
George Tirado, Sr. died after a long struggle with cancer. He was 59.
Tirado was a friend to everyone, but most importantly, he was a tireless advocate for the children of this city.
"I feel blessed to have known him, in a personal and professional capacity," said Naugatuck Valley League president and Naugatuck High athletic director Tom Pompei. "Professionally, when our meetings were going back and forth, in those moments when things got contentious, and everyone defends the interests of their own school, George would remind us, and not in a clichéd way, about what was most important. He would always ask, 'What about the kids? What's best for the kids?'
"I thought of that as our Golden Rule," Pompei said. "Even in our last meeting, when the discussion was spirited, the comment I made was, 'George Tirado taught me the Golden Rule. Let us come back to what is best for the kids.'"
In the days before he died, when friends and colleagues paid Tirado a final visit, they talked about the great days of city and NVL sports, Pompei said. He leaned and heard Tirado whisper, "So many of our memories."
Tirado was a key figure in making those memories happen.
"He cared about kids and he advocated for every single kid in the city of Waterbury," said Wolcott High principal and former Wolcott athletic director Joe Monroe. "He loved this league. We had some battles along the way, but he always fought for the best interests of the kids in the city and the kids at Wilby.
"He cared about people and he had a big heart. We will miss him."
If you didn't like the NVL, you were going to have a problem with George. To repeat my favorite Tirado story, George wasn't thrilled when a few Valley schools contemplated
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leaving the league a decade ago.
Here is Tirado's memorable message to any school that desired to leave: "As we say in my country, Adios."
It was then, and remains today, my favorite quote, ever.?
Tirado's service to the city went far beyond his 35-year career as an educator at Wilby. He was a director for the Waterbury Astros baseball team and ran the St. Cecilia's C.Y.O. basketball program. He was honored by the Olympian Club, served as Waterbury Mayor for a Day, and was inducted into the Silas Bronson Waterbury Hall of Fame in 2012.
One of Tirado's proudest moments came in 2010 when the court at The Reggie O'Brien Gymnasium was named in his honor.
He organized the NVL championship tournaments, and upon retirement, took on the job of running CIAC tournaments at Municipal Stadium. It seemed appropriate to me that Tirado lived across the street from the Stadium, right at the 50-yard line.
News of Tirado's death first reached the Wilby family Friday afternoon, during the girls basketball game against Woodland. Though Wilby coaches and athletes grieved visibly, they delayed the game for only a few moments. George would have wanted it that way.
George Tirado, Jr. told current Wilby athletic director Steve Baldwin that the games should go on this week.
"George, Jr. wants us to play," Baldwin said.
Funeral services are Thursday, the same day as the much anticipated Crosby-Wilby boys basketball rematch. The game is on, said Baldwin. Both teams will wear black socks monogrammed with Tirado's initials, ordered, Baldwin said, by Crosby coach Nick Augelli.
Tirado began his athletic tenure as a coach of baseball, volleyball, and girls basketball. His basketball team won the 1981 NVL championship.
"The kids were George's first concern," said Joe Begnal, who has worked with Tirado for more than 30 years. "When I was athletic director at Kennedy and he was athletic director at Wilby, he always urged the city schools to stick together. He wanted to keep city traditions going. That set George apart. He would have some battles with the suburban schools. When they wanted concessions, George was adamant about keeping the city traditions. He was pro city and pro city kids."
Begnal struck the right chord when he added, "George was a great friend, and a good, genuine person. He treated everyone like his own family."
The last time Begnal visited Tirado, "He kept asking about the kids. He told me to ask Steve to do this, or remind Steve to do that. He said that we had fun together, and that I was a good friend. That was typical of George. He wanted to make everyone feel better."
I first met George when I was 15 years old. We were teammates on the Kennedy baseball team, and that meant that if we ever found ourselves on opposite ends of a debate, George would remind me of where I came from, and of my duty to the city and to its youth.
I never disagreed with him about that.
We will miss George Tirado, but we will think of him and smile whenever we attend an NVL championship tournament or city sporting event. We will miss his warm and happy greeting, but feel glad for his impact and influence on our lives.
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" Hi Joey, Best story about George is when he coached the Wilby Girl'sTeam and Reggie was his assistant coach!! reggie would shout and sometimes say rather nasty words to the Refs and George would constantly get the "T' One day he told Reggie to keep quiet or else!!Jorge and i were die hard Yankee fans and when they were getting beat he would say very quietly "Perg" they got to play 9 innings!! Relax, & he was always correct!! Salute Jorge email@example.com "
Michael Mannetti wrote on Jan 28, 2013 8:06 PM:
" I just want to say that I am absolutely honored to have know George Tirado and all the great things he did for Wilby High School. A great man who always treated me as though I was a 30-year veteran of the NVL even though I was a 'rookie'. I learned a lot from him and much of what was spoken about in this story is so very true! He was always about the kids. I've heard him say that a hundred times during my time at Holy Cross and he's absolutely right. A simple phrase such as "What's best for the kids" is something that hopefully will live on forever.
I have the honor of having six former Wilby players on my football team at Post University and after speaking with them earlier today, they all agreed that he was a great man and you could see in their demeanor the influence he obviously had on them while they were at Wilby High. He left a legacy that will last forever at Wilby High School.
I know I, as well as many other of my colleagues from around the city of Waterbury and greater Waterbury, will forever be in debt to George and to what he left us with. A legacy that it doesn't matter what kind of coach you are, how many wins, how many losses, whether or not the NVL will play against this league or that league or whatever it may be. The only thing that mattered, which I will forever take with me as a coach at any level for the rest of my life and hopefully everyone else will is "What is best for the kids?"
I consider myself very privileged to have known Mr. Tirado and will be forever grateful for what he has taught all of us. RIP Mr. Tirado, you will definitely be missed... "
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P. Dirac was worried with the infinities and their discarding in QED. He wanted us to reformulate the theory in order to eliminate infinities and renormalizations from the very beginning. Is there anybody who works professionally on this subject? I mean, who earns his salary for that. I know several amateurs but no one professional.
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Kenneth Wilson. He won a Nobel prize for it.
I think you need to look for the following book, Finite Quantum Electrodynamics: this is not something "fringe" nor some "crackpot" off-shoot.
The name of the game is Causal Perturbation Theory, and was pioneered by Epstein, Glaser: "The role of locality in perturbation theory".
As far as i understand your question (in the context of your comments, etc), this answer should suffice. However, maybe it'd be a good idea to take a look at what's known as Local Quantum Physics: i think this can give you a broader view.
PS: Another route that seems worth pursuing is that of Vertex Operator Algebra (VOAs) (sometimes known just as 'Borcherds Algebra'). Note that these "infinities problems" appear in QFT because, ultimately, we're multiplying distributions (in the sense of generalized functions — in fact, operator-valued distributions) at the same point, which is not an allowed operation mathematically speaking. Thus, the way out is to do what people have suggested above and follow Ken Wilson's approach of "point-splitting": this is just the physicist's version of the idea behind VOAs. The bottom line is that every QFT is valid only on some energy scale, so when you cross such line, you're bound to get meaningless results (think of it as the sites of your lattice — defined by this energy scale — merging: completely distinct points gradually become the same). In this fashion, you can take the following path: define your QFT via a certain VOA that explicitly sets your energy scale in its Operator product expansion — which is nothing but the 'multiplication rule' of the VOA you have at hands. In principle, this is mathematically rigorous, although very difficult. In any case, this also answers your question.
What about the Twistor uprising of Arkani Hamed discussed in Lumos' blog?
I do not know what twistors do to renormalization, quite out of my depth. But the claim in the lecture is that they simplify QCD calculations, which is one of your worries.
Anyone working on non-perturbative QFT really. (temporary) infinities arise from our mathematical approach.


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The 10 Most Disturbing PSA's From Around the World
#5. Seat Belts Trap Souls
Most of us are aware that wearing a seat belt is going to protect us in the event we find ourselves on a slippery road skidding under a milk truck. That shit can be dangerous. But the word obviously hasn't made it to everyone, so people need to be shown the error of their ways ...
... And that means showing how, in the event of an accident, your friends who didn't wear seat belts will be whisked away by pleasant music to the peace and eternity of Heaven while you will briefly die, be tied down by your seatbelt, and then come to in a wrecked car, in the middle of absolutely nowhere, surrounded by the soulless corpses of your friends.
Most Unsettling Moment:
Thirty seconds in, the look of anguished longing on the spirit's face as it tries desperately to unclasp the seatbelt and to find its eternal reward, like a desperate man trying to swim out of a submerged car before drowning.
#4. Stop Smoking, Says Deformed Woman
Our good friends down under want people to stop smoking with a vengeance and, despite having things like Yahoo Serious and koalas at their disposal with which to make commercials, instead they chose to employ the Mouth of Sauron to creep the ever loving shit out of people.
Most Unsettling Moment:
It starts four seconds in, the moment the disgusting image on the cigarette pack starts moving, as if the next time we reach for a smoke we'll get our finger bitten off. That moment continues for the next 26 seconds and occupies the entire ad.
#3. Smokey the Bear Face-Off
Most of you remember Smokey the Bear telling us to stop burning shit, at least in the woods, and for the most part we obliged him because he wore a hat and made a decent argument. And he was a bear.
At some point in the '70s, however, the feeling must have been that Smokey might not have been doing all he could, so they switched over to the star power of Joanna Cassidy (if you don't know who she is, watching the clip will make it clear she was a heavily medicated and somewhat off-putting redhead from back in the day). Then, horror happened:
Gah! What the fuck?
It turns out that during Cassidy's whole career, she was actually as scary-as-shit, sentient Smokey the Bear in hyper realistic Mission: Impossible-style drag.
Most Unsettling Moment:
Right when she leans forward, and the skin on her face starts to distort, we know all bets are off. Insanity reigns. Nothing good can happen after that, and when that furry monster emerges and lets loose a sinister Wilford Brimley-possessed-by-satan-sounding laugh, we're proven right.
#2. Teen Pregnancy
Proving that cynicism isn't a dead art form, the Idaho government gives us Teen Mommy Darci:
The ad's bleak depiction of all teen parents as welfare moms living in trailers with mangy dogs, no job and an absentee baby-daddy with a disconnected phone, is sure to make all the non-white trash teen mothers feel somewhat under appreciated.
Most Unsettling Moment:
It's got to be the black screen over the ominous horror movie trailer sound effect, superimposed over the sound of a baby crying. That's right, viewer: a baby is a menacing, screeching parasite that, if allowed to exist, will destroy your world.
Oh, wait, were the kids still in the room? Sorry!
#1. Suicide Bombing
The fact that a PSA about suicide bombings was conceived and actually produced boggles the mind in ways even a talking beaver robbing you at gunpoint couldn't.
Produced for Iraqi TV, this obviously big-budget PSA is just to let anyone know that blowing themselves and an entire street full of others to kingdom come is a bad idea, in case that prospect hadn't previously crossed their minds while they were strapping their own body with dynamite.
Most Unsettling Moment:
We're going to skip the obvious "shoe landing on the car with the child's foot obviously still inside" and say we were most disturbed by the words in Arabic over the black screen at the end. This is where they presumably display the catchy slogan for their "Don't Explode Yourself" campaign just prior to the web address. What possible combination of words there wouldn't be in astonishingly bad taste? "Don't Blow It?"
Then, there's the realization that hits moments after the ad has ended, when it dawns on you that a pro suicide bombing PSA would look exactly the same. After all, are the people who are considering it going to be discouraged by the site of infidels flying through the air and screaming?
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When running a Python 3 script of mine, I encounter a "Bad magic number" error (while the script tries to import another module). At first I imagined it's because there are .pyc files built by Python 2. I deleted the __pycache__ directory and reran the script, but the interpreter still gives me the same error when importing that module. Any ideas?
UPDATE: To clarify, I should mention that the import statement in the script doesn't cause the error by itself. Here's the stack trace:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "../mvc/test.py", line 6, in <module>
from property import Property
File "/home/mostafa/python/mvc/property.py", line 1, in <module>
from owned import owned
File "/home/mostafa/python/owned/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from list import OwnedList
ImportError: Bad magic number in /home/mostafa/python/list.pyc


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Pork with Rice and Tomatoes
Categories: Big-Batch Meals, Casseroles, Comfort Foods, Kid-friendly
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
This pork and rice dish bubbles with delicious seasonings and flavors.
Prep Time: 30M
Cooking Time: 1H
Serves: Serves 6-8
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 3 onions, diced
- 21/2lb (1.1kg) lean pork, cut into 2in (5cm) chunks
- 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- handful of flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh sage leaves
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2/3 cup dry white wine
- 11/4lb (550g) long-grain rice
- 2 × 28oz (800g) cans diced tomatoes
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C). Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based, oven-safe pot, add the onions, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until starting to soften. Add the pork and cook for 5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Stir in the garlic, parsley, thyme, sage, and paprika, then add the wine and cook for 5 minutes. Add the rice and tomatoes, stir to combine, then season well.
- Cover and cook in the oven for 1 hour. Stir occasionally and add a little hot water if it starts to dry out. Remove from the oven and allow to stand for 10 minutes with the lid on before serving.
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