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Last week's chemical spill in Charleston not only stalled the opening of West Virginia's 2014 legislative session but also set the stage for what may be a new round of legislative scrutiny of industrial sites.
The spill from a Freedom Industries storage tank into the Elk River on Thursday led to a "do not use" order for 300,000 water customers in Charleston and parts of the surrounding eight counties in the Kanawha Valley in central West Virginia.
West Virginia American Water lifted the "do not use" order for downtown Charleston, including the Capitol complex, on Monday afternoon and continued to lift the ban for other, surrounding zones throughout Tuesday, said Delegate Randy Swartzmiller, D-Hancock.
"I showered this morning, and everything seemed fine," Swartzmiller said on Tuesday.
Swartzmiller, 53, of Chester, said the spill, in addition to inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of Charleston area residents, stalled the start of the new legislative session just as it began. The House of Delegates convened its regular session on Jan. 8, but by the following afternoon, word was spreading of a chemical leak and a contaminated water supply in the city.
"We found out by word of the mouth in the Capitol. Once the water ban was started, they did a pretty good job of getting the word out. ... It went viral pretty quickly," said Swartzmiller, who also is House speaker pro tempore.
The Legislature held brief floor sessions on Friday and Monday, but no bills were introduced and no other business was conducted, Swartzmiller said. The full House was expected to convene again at 6 p.m. Tuesday, he said.
"We told members that if they didn't come in (Friday or Monday), they'd be excused," Swartzmiller said. "We didn't really have anything on the agenda anyway, so we didn't miss anything."
Most legislators, including Swartzmiller and his fellow District 1 Delegate Ronnie D. Jones, D-Hancock, were out of town for the weekend. "I was glad when I got home (in Chester) so I could get a shower," Swartzmiller said.
Swartzmiller, who rents an apartment in Charleston for the three months the House is in session, said he followed the utility's instructions - before using the water Tuesday morning - by flushing the hot water for 15 minutes and the cold water for five minutes Monday night.
Jones, 60, of Weirton, said he stayed away all weekend but planned to return to Charleston in time for Tuesday's full session. "I think it's going to put us behind because we lost two days of business," he said. "We're going to have to make it up at some point."
As for whether the Legislature will revisit the issue of regulatory oversight for coal-related industries, Swartzmiller said it's too early to tell.
"I don't think anything can be done right away because we don't have all the information. ... To do anything too quickly would be a knee-jerk reaction," he said. "You don't know how to fix something until you know what's actually broke. ... Any potential legislation needs to be based on facts and not emotions. Emotions are running high down here right now."
Swartzmiller said his biggest concern is one he raised when he was chairman of the Homeland Security Committee several years ago.
"Why isn't there a plan to move the Legislature when there is a crisis situation?" he said. "There's no plan for that. Instead of pointing fingers at everybody else, I think we need to look at things that we have control over. ... Right now, to up and move the Legislature would be a logistical nightmare."
Swartzmiller, who has a background in regulatory compliance management with Ergon-West Virginia Inc., said there may be a role for the Legislature in the aftermath of last week's accident.
He noted that after the 2006 Sago Mine disaster, in which 12 coal miners were killed, the Legislature passed a law requiring certain industries to report an emergency within 15 minutes of discovery. The law, enacted in 2009, imposes a penalty of up to $100,000 on facilities that fail to promptly report an emergency.
"I don't think that's something that happened here," Swartzmiller said. "I have an understanding that things can go wrong and things need to be fixed."
Jones, who worked for the Weirton water department and is now retired, said how municipal water treatment plants respond to such emergencies may also require legislative review.
"I think we're going to have to look at that," he said.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency, has sent a team to investigate the Charleston spill.
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As a marketing manager and sustainability lead for AMERIgreen, Lancaster, Pa., EMU grad Aubrey Bauman Kreider assures the company's marketing projects are executed on time, on budget, and result in a quality product.
EMU grad Jonathan Beckler is a senior accounting and auditor with Cherry Beckaert LLP, Atlanta, Ga. Jonathan works primarily with health care clients to monitor accounting and financial reporting practices.
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EMU graduates are favored by grad schools, sought after by employers and prepared with skills for a lifetime. A number of factors make the difference.
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A student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1 means students work closely with PhD-holding professors who know their students by name. These relationships help students strengthen their character, values and personal networks and contribute to success in grad school and the workplace.
Many EMU professors have lived and worked in another culture, outside of the United States. Several are recent Fulbright Scholars.
Envision success after school
Just under 90% of EMU grads surveyed find work or pursue further education in their field within a year of graduation.
Hear from an EMU grad who is now the principal of Lancaster Mennonite School—New Danville
- Over the past 14 years, more than 80% of EMU students who completed EMU's pre-medical program were accepted into medical school.
- Acceptance rate for all health sciences – veterinary school, dental, etc. – is over 90%.
- Nearly 100% of teacher education grads are employed as teachers within six months of graduation.
- The majority of EMU nursing grads pass their state boards (NCLEX-RN) on the first try.
EMU grads live out their values, too. In a recent alumni survey, 69% of grads say the volunteer regularly in their church or community, and 44% participate in mission and service assignments.
Grads are also highly sought-after by potential employers…
Your EMU degree communicates strong ethics and values and a desire to do meaningful work. Employers say they hire EMU grads because of their respect for others, academic preparedness, and top-notch communication and critical thinking skills.
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The EMU community is tight-knit and open to newcomers at the same time. Shared values like integrity, peacebuilding and service to others mean there are always people to help out nearby. EMU alumni say the friendships they formed in college last the rest of their lives.
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About 9 percent of the students in the Warren County School system don't speak English.
Warren County has the third largest English as a Second Language program in the state, behind Fayette and Jefferson Counties, providing the school system with more tools to help teach English.
One Moss Middle School ESL class is working every day with their teacher to overcome the English Language.
"I like to play with them soccer and volleyball," says a Kirundi phone translator representing Paulo.
Paulo is a student at Henry Moss Middle School, but he was born in Tanzania.
"I like to play basketball and soccer," says an Arabic translator, representing Ahmed.
Ahmed grew up in a refugee camp in Iraq.
He later moved to another camp in Syria, and he eventually ended up in America.
"My country, it's bad, but here, it's good," Ahmed recalled, in English, about his former life in Iraq.
Paulo and Ahmed speak two different languages, and come from two different cultures.
But, it's one Moss Middle School classroom that has bonded twelve non-English speaking students
And, Kim Bowman cannot communicate with her students verbally, but she helps these kids learn a new language.
"The biggest challenge is being patient at the beginning of the year. When we're trying to teach students about ways of being in a school that they've never been in before, and the functioning in English that they've never been in before," Mrs. Bowman says.
Bowman teaches students by showing.
She calls one teaching game "Bowman Says", a version of "Simon Says".
"Eighty percent of communication is body language. So, I can tell when a kid is getting it and when they're not getting it. It just takes a lot of demonstrating, a lot of modeling and hands-on activities in here to make stuff come across," she says.
When learning English interaction between students and teachers plays a key role, but what is most important is technology when learning a new language.
"It extends our class day beyond 3:00 PM. I can record myself reading words from their vocabulary notebooks, and they can listen and repeat. They can practice their vocabulary. They can practice the grammar structure or the sentences that we're studying in class. And come back and still participate," Mrs. Bowman says.
It also helps students learn at their own pace.
"Just a little bit I can understand, but talking, It's hard," says the Kirundi translator for Paulo.
Paulo joined Mrs. Bowman's class two weeks before school ended last year, and he can already understand several English words.
Bowman says it's speaking a new language that is hardest.
But, those students who have lived in America longer have started speaking English.
"I like chicken, and I like burritos, and milk," Ahmed says in English.
Ahmed had lived in Bowling Green for nearly a year, and he can speak English is most social situations, but, Bowman says it's academic vocabulary that he is still working on.
"The academic English is what is going to give these kids success when they go on to higher education which is my hope for all the kids in this class," Mrs. Bowman says.
For now, Bowman says it's a lot of repetition, one on one attention, and iPod, helping Non-English speaking students become fluent English speakers.
Warren County Schools received a $25,000 federal technology grant to help teach non-English speakers.


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City Commissioners approved Charter Ordinance 37 at Monday's meeting, increasing the transient guest tax rate from six to eight percent. The transient guest tax is a tax that is put on the rental of rooms, lodging or other sleeping accommodations and is additional to sales tax. The tax applies where there are more than two bedrooms furnished for the accommodations of guests and when the room is rented for 28 consecutive days or less. The increase is expected to go into effect by July 1, once the state has completed all necessary work.
"The state needs to complete some paperwork, notify all the hotels in the area, and do some other things before the rate can increase," Nanette Pogue, city clerk said.
According to Pogue, all or a portion of the funds will be used for repair and restoration of Boot Hill Museum, as well as their programs and operating costs.
In other business, the commission:
• Approved a proclamation declaring April 3, 2013 Michelle Lynn Bogner Day in honor of the Northwest Elementary School teacher who was recently named a Kansas Master Teacher.
• Held a public hearing for the consideration of establishing a Rural Housing Incentive District (RHID) for Summerlon Phase III-N1 project. No objections, questions or concerns were raised during the hearing. Later in the meeting, an ordinance was passed to establish the RHID.
• Approved an ordnance for the fire department to purchase a new fire truck.
• Approved a bid from Cofer Sales for $42,312.80 for the purchase of 10 new golf carts.
• Approved a bid from Guthrie Floor Cover for $120,052.95 to replace the carpet at the Dodge City Public Library.
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Kessler Keeps Party Backing
CHARLESTON (AP) – Senate President Jeff Kessler and House Speaker Rick Thompson each kept the unanimous backing of his fellow Democrats during closed-door party-line Sunday meetings to nominate top leaders for the upcoming 81st Legislature.
With Senate Republicans planning to caucus Monday, House GOP members re-nominated Minority Leader Tim Armstead as their choice after gaining 11 seats in a November election that narrowed the Democrats' share of that chamber to 54 out of 100 delegates. The newly elected members took part in Sunday's 35-minute meeting.
The House GOP leader since 2007, Armstead told his caucus that the House Chamber has never seen so many seats occupied by Republicans in the more than 80 years since the state Capitol's completion. During the 1943-1944 Legislature, the GOP held 44 of 94 seats.
"All of our members are very excited about the opportunities that this provides," Armstead, of Kanawha County, said Sunday of his party's inroads. "They ran very hard on the issues that we all believe are important to the people of West Virginia. … We're ready to get to work and make those things happen."
The House and Senate will each gavel in briefly Jan. 9 to elect a speaker and president as well as non-member officers: clerk, doorkeeper and sergeant-at-arms. The House must choose new officers for the latter two posts. Fellow Democrats nominated Sen. Joe Minard of Harrison County on Sunday to fill a vacancy as that body's clerk.
Minard would have to resign his Senate seat to take that office, creating a third vacancy there.
Sen. Orphy Klempa resigned after Sunday's caucus as he's been elected to the Ohio County Commission. Sen. Walt Helmick of Pocahontas will do the same when he's sworn in as state agriculture commissioner on Jan. 14.
Both Klempa and Helmick are Democrats.
Kessler cited education changes as well as the budget and inmate crowding as top issues Sunday. Kessler became president in November 2011 following Tomblin's election as governor in a special election. He previously served as acting president while Tomblin, who was president, acted as governor from late 2010 until that time after now-U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin resigned as governor.
"I'd also like to take on, and have been following very closely, child poverty issues," Kessler said. "I think that's something that we need to make a linchpin of the session as well."
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We find ourselves in interesting times. We're facing huge socio-economic challenges while at the same time we need to look ahead and design a society that meets our future needs. For this, we need a renewed understanding of craftsmanship in relation to the design and production principles of the... Read more
I first encountered 3-D printing in Cory Doctorow's Makers, a science fiction novel set in the wake of economic armageddon. In Doctorow's imagined near-future world, hulking industrial bulwarks are doomed. Malls are deserted. But garages are alight with innovative activity, as heroic,... Read more


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The REVOLTe is powered by a rechargeable hybrid drivetrain that consists if a small displacement conventional combustion engine combined with an electric motor, with a battery supplying the electric motor with juice and both power plants able to drive the wheels. The French concept has no CO2 emission and also features a practical and quiet ride with a high level of driving comfort.


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Your child will soon be bringing home his final report card. Take the time to look closely at each grade and compare his marks to those earned previously. Don't forget to read the teacher's comments for additional clues about your child's progress. If you're having trouble understanding any of the information, contact the school immediately. Remember that teachers only remain in the school building for a few days after school ends.
Ways to respond
When a child brings home a great report card, she deserves to be praised. If your child brings home a less-than-perfect report, it won't help to get visibly upset. Instead, talk to your child about the progress she's made this year. Whether it's As, Ds, or grades in between — find the best way to react to your child's individual situation.
Make time over the summer for learning
There are several ways kids can improve their skills during the summer so they can return to school with added confidence. You may still be able to enroll your child in a summer-school program. Investigate any remedial programs that exist at local colleges. Tutors are another option — you can obtain names of tutors from your school or classroom teachers. You can also call high schools and inquire about volunteer tutor programs. Two other options are to tutor your child yourself or enroll him in a learning center.
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The deafult pop up is get opened when I long press the music play option in any url from
I Want to add one more button in the pop up..Is it possible to do it..
Like I want to add
FETCH button.
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I come to know that by google -
First of all, you really can't add additional menu items to the default ones of the standard contextual menu. But you can switch off the contextual menu using a certain CSS property. So the solution would be to switch off the default menu and implement your own from scratch. And to implement your own contextual menu, you have to first catch the tab-and-hold gesture, get the coordinates of the finger on the screen, translate these coordinates into the coordinate system of the web page and finally look for the HTML elements at this location.


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Does the following series converge? $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \vert \sin n \vert ^{n}$
The question has basically been answered in the comments by David Speyer and SJR. It is a theorem of Chebyshev that that for any irrational $\alpha$ and any real $\beta$, the inequality $$|\alpha n - k - \beta| < 3/n$$ has infinitely many solutions. In particular, take $\alpha = 1/(2\pi)$ and $\beta = \frac12$. Then one gets that $n$ is so close to an odd multiple of $\pi$ that $|\sin n|^n$ converges to 1 for these values. Even if you took $|\sin n|^{n^2}$, these values would be bounded away from 0. Certainly if the terms of a series do not converge to 0, then the series does not converge.
So, $\sum_{n=2}^\infty|\sin{n}|^n$ converges.


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When people start a new convo with me, all I see initially is that the message indicator is lit. This isn't quite obvious, so I'd like the new chat window to just pop up in my face. How can I do this?
Edit ➜ Preferences ➜ General ➜ Behavior ➜ Uncheck Display incoming events in notification area.
The Messaging Menu indicator will no longer change color/brightness when you someone tries to talk to you, but that shouldn't be needed because the window will open automatically.


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As you probably already know Velodyne has a full lineup of headphones. Choosing the right pair of headphones may seem daunting with so many different options to choose from. There are in-ear headphones, over-ear headphones, wireless headphones, noise-cancelling headphones…all of which Velodyne makes. So how do you pick the right pair of headphones for your needs?
What do you plan to do with your headphones? Are you someone who likes to listen to music out and abut or will you primarily be listening to your headphones at home on the computer? If you are like me and you like to listen to music while walking around at school then I would highly recommend that you get yourself a pair of the vPulse. Not only do they sound excellent but they are small earbuds that won't get in your way while you are walking around. I do not enjoy wearing large, cumbersome headphones on my head which is why I prefer the vPulse for on-the-go listening. Now of course there are other things to consider when choosing headphones such as affordability, style and wireless capability. The vPulse are the least expensive pair of headphone that we offer, so if you are budget-conscious those would probably be your best bet. If you don't mind wearing larger headphones and you are on a budget then the vLeve wired headphone would be a great choice too. Not only do they have a larger driver than the vPulse but they are also our least expensive on-ear model headphone if you are trying to save money. Not to mention, you can change up their look with headphone skins. Several looks for one low price!
Now maybe you are not someone who will be listening on-the-go but instead will be primarily using your headphones at home on the computer or maybe even a stereo. If this is the case then you probably consider the vBold or perhaps even the vTrue if you plan to use headphones on a stereo. The vBold are our largest pair of over-ear Bluetooth wireless headphones. With a 40 mm driver and comfortable over-ear pads the vBold provide excellent sound quality and great comfort. Meanwhile, the vTrue – which is our studio headphone – utilizes a 50 mm driver to deliver premium sound that you will not find anywhere else.
If you are a big traveler and spend a lot of time on airplanes, then the vQuiet noise-cancelling headphones would clearly suit you well. However, airplanes and commuter trains are not the only place that noise-cancelling headphones work well. In fact, the vQuiet works well anywhere. In the bedroom when someone is mowing their lawn outside. When your kids are running around the house making lots of noise and you just want to tune them out. Or anytime you just want some good old peace and quiet the vQuiet can get the job done.
The last thing to consider when choosing headphones is comfort and style. Nobody likes to wear headphones that are heavy and become uncomfortable after you have had them on your head for a while. Fortunately, Velodyne's full lineup of headphones has plenty to offer in this department. The vFree, vLeve, vBold all have very soft padding on the ears and headband which makes them very comfortable to wear for long periods of time. These headphones are also very light, you might even forget you are wearing them.
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With the lens ring attached, is the focus ring on the lens movable? say, i want to manual focus
With the lens ring attached, is the focus ring on the lens movable? say, i want to manual focus
Yes. The focus ring does move freely. If you want to lock it down, you need to use tape of some sort to build up the thikness of the focus ring. I leave mine open since I use the lens for pictures other than panoramas.
R1 comes with various ring types - using the new Canon 8 -15 fisheye which ring clamp are you using ? Does new canon fisheye fit the Sigma 8mm Fisheye ring ?
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I do not think so, cause the canon lens has two outstanding knobs on the lens plus each ring is specially made for a type of lens. Fixing to parts of it's body wheere it may be fixed to which is not moving or causing damage.
As often mentioned, Nick will make one as soon as he has the lens in his hands.
switching from auto focus to manual will mean having to loosen then tightening the rings. it's kinda cumbersome or am i doing it wrong?
I you like to switch you have to find the point while tightening the lens ring where the lens itself is fixed, but focus ring is moveable. Mine is fixed when I can still move the focus ring manually. This does not work with autofocus. When I want to use autofocus, the lens ring turns on the lens as well.
Normally we use a fixed focus and tape the lens as well so that the focus ring does not move. Mine does not work in a set up that the lens ring is fixed to the lens and the autofocus does work. Autofocus only works when the lens ring is loose as well.
It's Sigma 8mm/f3.5 for Nikon.
Have a look to the manual further down, you find Sigma8. The last part of the inner ring is covering a part of the focus ring.
The pros will advise you to use MF all the time. Set F-number to F8. Use live view to test the best focus distance from 0.5-1m on the scale. tape it or mark a line on the lens barrel that is not hidden by the lens ring. Only if your are making close up panos or using larger F-number do you need to change the focus distance. In any case, MF is preferred.
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The only thing I can imagine: you have to grind out the inner front part of the inner lens ring which comes on top of focus ring. You can not cut off the whole part because you will loose the reference point for the outer ring.
That way you would get the focus ring free to autofocus as well.
I have the Sigma 8mm f3.5 lens and the correct lens ring clamp for Nikon. Even though the picture shows the ring extending out onto the focus ring, mine does auto focus just fine. The ring does NOT clamp down onto the focus ring. Canon may be different. The only mod I made was to machine a window into the ring clamp so I could see the focus scale.
To sum it up:
1. Can the ring be made "thinner" without loosing grip to the lens in turn the camera body then to the R10?
2. I prefer to leave the ring on the lens all the time. Removing it, reattaching it only seem to be subjected to wear and tear.
3. Hope to be able to see where i am lining up my shots. Pro or not, i dont really care. I know what i need and at my last paid shoot for a hotel chain. I reverted to my nodal ninja 3. I just need to know what distance i am focusing at. At f/10, i want to know and i want to know all the time.
i hate to bring up names but other brands seem to be able to have a smaller/ thinner ring. At the expense of sturdiness? or over the weight of the camera used (no full body cams like the 1D series)?
You can mark the focus distances on other area of the lens, not covered by the lens .
Fanotec lens ring clamps are built with special attention to the safety of lens.
Features and Highlights
Plastic insert is placed between the outer metal ring and the lens. It is contoured to fit the lens and hence increase area of contact.
Large clamping area to reduce stress on the lens barrel, reducing the risk of damaging the lens.
Mounted close to the camera to reduce stress on the lens due to gravity of camera body
Rolling the camera/lens in any position including the popular 0, 60 and 90 degree positions
Index marks for every 90 degrees in the front and every 30 degrees at the back for easy alignment of roll of lens.
Permanently mounted to lens, making reproducible mounting possible, and much quicker to setup.
Compact and light weight
note: improper use of lens ring clamp may cause stress and damage to the lens. Manufacturer is not responsible for damage to the lens due to use of lens ring mount.
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Saints Get Their Coach Back From Suspension
The season-long suspension of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton ended Tuesday when the NFL allowed early reinstatement for Payton after a meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Payton was banned from coaching last year after the NFL alleged he had involvement in a bounty scheme. During the season, the four players suspended for the scheme had their suspensions vacated, but Payton's ban remained intact.
The team said that Payton will arrive in Mobile, Ala., Wednesday for the Senior Bowl and resume all duties as a head coach. This is a pivotal time when NFL teams interview college seniors and view their workouts.
Goodell said that Monday's meeting with Payton was "a very productive discussion" and added that "Sean fully complied with all the requirements imposed on him during his suspension."
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A Method for Detecting Brain Disease Earlier
UCLA scientists have detected in live football players a brain-disease-related protein that until now has been diagnosable only at autopsy, the scientists say. In a study published Jan. 22 in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, the scientists injected into five retired NFL players a chemical marker that latches onto abnormal proteins highly associated with trauma-related brain disease. Then the scientists subjected the players—a former quarterback, linebacker, center, guard and defensive lineman—to PET scans.
The scans detected in the players higher levels of the chemical marker than are found in healthy men. Although all five players had suffered at least one concussion, those who suffered the greatest number had the highest levels of the chemical marker. In a clinical assessment taken alongside the scan, three of the players were found to have mild cognitive impairment, one had dementia and the fifth had normal cognitive functioning. Only the player with normal functioning was identified, former six-year NFL quarterback Wayne Clark, who said in an accompanying release he hoped to help bolster "understanding of the consequences of repeated head injury."
But a brain-injury researcher not involved in the study said that it should not raise the hopes of former NFL players. "It's a premature study with a small sample size and a method that isn't ideal," said Boston University neurologist Robert Stern.
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The Nebraska City baseball team will competed in the Class B-4 district at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wahoo's Sam Crawford ball field against the host team of the tourney and No. 1 seed, Wahoo/Raymond Central/Lincoln Lutheran.
Nebraska City played Wahoo/Raymond Central/Lincoln Lutheran on March 28, losing by the count of 13-6 in 10 innings.
In the other game on Saturday, Elkhorn South, No. 2, will play Platte Valley, No. 3.
The Saturday winners will play in the district title game at 6 p.m. on Monday.
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Certain Sushi require the searing of the fish on the outside. Does this process require a Jew light the torch used to do the searing or is it not required? I have seen that some stores do and some do not. what is the opinion of the Big national Hecsherim or any modern day Poskim you are aware of and why sources would be appreciated?
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Per the cRc it does not require Bishul Yisroel
Per the KOR Detroit since tuna can be eaten in its raw form, e.g. sushi, it is exempt from Bishul Yisroel


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A law against parity?
Women lawyers make gains; men lead in promotions, pay
|American Bar Association president Laurel Bellows. Credit: contributed
"I understand that historically having female professionals is a rather new development, but for my generation, I don't think it's anything novel or strange," Eschuck said.
It certainly isn't, but that doesn't mean women have reached parity in the law profession. Although gains for women in the legal profession have been dramatic in the last few decades — women held 33.4 percent of legal jobs last year, up from 4.9 percent in 1970 — disparities remain.
A report last year in the National Law Journal found that despite aggressive efforts to recruit more female lawyers, the percentage of female partners in the country's largest law firms remains 19 percent. When it comes to equity partnerships, women are an even smaller minority: 15 percent.
A similar report from American Law Daily found that female partners in law firms lag substantially behind their male counterparts — and the gap is widening. In 2010, there was a $162,000 difference between the salaries of male partners, who averaged $675,000 annually, and female partners, who averaged $513,000. In 2012, the divide grew 46 percent. Last year, the group reported that male partners earned $734,000 annually (an increase of 7 percent since 2010), while female partners earned $497,000 (a decrease of 3 percent). In Connecticut, female lawyers earned 23 percent less than male lawyers, the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women reported.
"Women do not understand that discrimination — bias — continues to exist," said Laurel Bellows, American Bar Association president. "Barriers persist. (Women) don't see it and they don't buy it because they haven't encountered it yet. It isn't until either blatant or implicit bias sets in and the male associates begin to obtain the better assignments and women believe that this is their fault, that they're not good enough lawyers. They don't believe it's their lack of opportunity."
Bellows remains concerned female lawyers "remain grossly underrepresented in positions of power, influence and leadership." Merely because more women are going into law does not mean that they do as well at it as men. "Visibility does not equal equality," she said. She insisted the dynamic in law firms must change to allow women access up the corporate ladder and that compensation should become more transparent so that women can fight for equal pay. "Law firms can create a climate where senior partners mentor entry-level women associates and sponsor, not simply mentor, women to ensure their success," she said.
Some lawyers and law professors say part of that financial disparity may be due to the fact female attorneys who have children may not be clocking as many "billable hours" as their male counterparts because they take time off to care for children. And, as Levin notes, "You can't make assumptions. Some women want to be partner and they don't want to have kids or they want to do both and they are prepared to deal with the cost."
Bellows is particularly critical of women who choose to "opt out of the profession completely or opt in to a circumstance where they are not income-generating, they are simply the minders." Bellows refers to lawyers who seek out business and bring it in, as opposed to those who work on the cases that are brought in.
"I'm saying to the women: Insist on change of the dynamics of the profession," she said. "No one is telling women or even law students the positives about being a lawyer. I'm passionate about being a lawyer. I love the practice of law, not only to problem-solve for the client, but to problem-solve to the universe. Right now, I see that there is no person out there saying 'it's doable.' If you were to tell me that I would choose, because (law) is so difficult, not to be a lawyer, I couldn't conceive of it."
Today, women graduate from law school in roughly the same numbers as men, according to research from Michigan State University's College of Law. Last fall, in a first for Quinnipiac University's School of Law, the percentage of female to male students was 60-40 for the first time, said Edwin Wilkes, associate vice president and dean of admissions at the School of Law.
Eschuck, who said she never felt deprived having a mother who worked as an attorney, said she believes the workplace demands have changed. "Gone are the days when being a lawyer automatically meant that you were going to be gone for months at a time during a trial and spending 80 hours at work otherwise," she wrote via email. "There are many different legal paths now, and I think that carving out a particular niche that works for you and your schedule is very possible nowadays."
Still, the practice of law, particularly in the early years, is notoriously grueling. Jennifer Brown, of Quinnipiac University School of Law, said that while there is a wide range in the number of hours lawyers work, "there are some jobs sometimes that could require 60 or 80 hours a week, where it's just nonstop. People go home, take a nap, change their clothes, brush their teeth and come back. The schedule really can be like that. People come prepared to be that dedicated."
That may be a schedule a single woman can tolerate, but it can become dramatically more onerous if she has children, some lawyers said.
Theresa M. Dalton, supervisory assistant public defender at Waterbury Superior Court, said she was working on cases in the court's "part A" docket, where the most serious cases are tried, when she had the first of her two children.
"You had to choose the client over the home life," said Dalton, who recalled driving around Waterbury's icy streets, looking for a witness one Christmas Eve. "I mean, this is the kind of stuff you have to do because the client has to be number one. When you're working on a trial, there will be other cakes to bake. The client has to be number one."
Brown concurred. "Lawyers have a responsibility to put their client's interest before their own, even sometimes at the expense of their own physical health, their own family dynamic, their own physical and emotional needs."
Once she began a family, Dalton found supervising cases in the court's "part B" was less taxing in terms of hours and fit her family schedule better.
"The tipping factor was that it gave me more flexibility," she said. "There is less time pressure here. My case load was much higher but the cases were not as serious and didn't require the after-work time commitment. You're not on trial as frequently, so you are not working weekends or around the clock, so when they asked me if I wanted the job permanently, I said yes and it was based on the ability I had to spend more time with my family."
According to a report conducted by the MIT Workplace Center, women leave private-firm practice at a much higher rate than men. Because of the demands on time, nearly 78 percent of all associates will leave their law firms by their fifth year of practice, but almost 35 percent of the women will leave private-firm practice entirely at this point, compared to less than 20 percent of the men, according to the report.
UConn's Levin, who worked for a large New York firm after she graduated from Columbia Law School, said many of the female attorneys she worked with did not intend to stay long-term.
"Private practice in large firms is very demanding, hourly wise. It's not uncommon for firms to set goals for associates to work over 2,000 hours of billable time a year," she said. "Women knew it was great training, a great credential, but making partner was very difficult but it was probably not compatible with not only having a family but what you might want to do long-term."
Levin sasid she is unsure whether the legal profession has made any more practice than others in finding the key to work-life balance for mothers. "Sometimes when I listen to what my recent graduates are going through in terms of balance, I wonder if we've found any," she said. "I don't think firms like the fact that they're getting bright, aggressive women in and are not retaining them."
Quinnipiac's Brown said that merely means women attorneys may simply find legal work that is more suitable to their family lifestyle. "Women are not actually willing to sacrifice their children's lives and their well being," she said. "So they make choices to leave law firms for jobs that may be just as demanding intellectually but are less demanding time-wise."
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For a large enough $n$, and a parameter $ m $ I'm looking for a subset of the prime numbers in the range $[n,2n]$ with a unique structure. I am looking for a prime $p$ and a set of $m$ positive (not necessary different) integers: $\Delta_1,\Delta_2,\ldots,\Delta_m$ such that the following set consists only of prime numbers in the range $[n,2n]$: $$\{{ p+\sum_{i=1}^{m} a_i \cdot \Delta_i} \mid a_i \in \{0,1\} \}$$ For example, for $n=10$ and $m=2$ there is such a set with parameters: $$p=11,\quad \Delta_1 = 2,\quad \Delta_2 = 6$$ And the set is: $$\{11,13,17,19\} $$ The question is how large can $m$ be asymptotically? Note that an arithmetic progression of $m+1$ primes is a cube with all $m$ deltas having the same value. I've managed to prove that $m$ could be $\frac{\log\log(n)}{2}$ though I'm sure my bound is far from tight.
The argument that gives you cubes in dense sets shows roughly speaking (via repeated applications of Cauchy-Schwarz) that the number of k-dimensional cubes in a set of density delta is at least something around $\delta^{2^k}n^{k+1}$, which is the number you would get in a random set. (I am in fact giving the result for the integers mod n, but one can think of a subset of the first n integers of density δ as a subset of $\mathbb{Z}_{2n}$ of density δ/2. So this says that the best dimension should be that k for which $\delta^{2^k}$ is around $n^{-(k+1)}.$ Taking logs twice, that says (ignoring constants) that $k+\log\log(1/\delta)=\log k+\log\log n,$ or roughly $k=\log\log n - \log\log(1/\delta).$ If $\delta=1/\log n,$ then that second term is not making much difference.
The worst case is for random sets. Although the primes are not random, one can make them more random, and denser, by applying the so-called W-trick (roughly speaking, you restrict to an arithmetic progression that contains no multiples of small primes, thereby increasing the chances that a number in that progression is prime). But this does not increase the density by enough to have a significant effect on the estimate you might get for k. If you're interested in $2^k$, then the question becomes more delicate and the W-trick might get you a useful, if smallish, improvement. But basically it looks to me as though your $\log\log n$ estimate for the dimension should be right, up to a constant.
According to ingham's theorem $p_{n+1}-p_n< p_n+Ap_n^{5/8}$ in which $A$ is constant number.
Now let $p_n$ be largest prime less than or equal than $N$ so
$p_n\le N< p_{n+1}< p_n+Ap_n^{5/8}\le N+AN^{5/8}$,
let $p_{n+1}= q_1$,then:
$N< q_1< N+AN^{5/8}$,with above method we have below inequalities:
$N+AN^{5/8}< q_2< (N+AN^{5/8})+A(N+AN^{5/8})^{5/8}< N+A(2^{2}-1)N^{5/8}$ in which
$N+3AN^{5/8}< q_3< (N+3AN^{5/8})+A(N+3AN^{5/8})^{5/8}< N+A(2^{3}-1)N^{5/8}$
in which $q_3=p_{n+s_2}$
if we continue so:
$N+A(2^{k-1}-1)N^{5/8}< q_k< N+A(2^{k-1}-1)N^{5/8})+A(N+A(2^{k-1}-1)N^{5/8})^{5/8}< N+A(2^{k}-1)N^{5/8}$
in which $q_k=p_{n+s_{k-1}}$
then after k step we reach to $2N$ so $N+A(2^{k}-1)N^{5/8}\le 2N< N+A(2^{k+1}-1)N^{5/8}$
we have $m\ge k>(log(N^{3/8}/{A}+1)/log2-1$,for a large $N$
Elsholtz and Woods have shown that $m\leq (\frac{9}{2}+o(1))\frac{\log n}{\log\log n}$.


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If you imagine a scale from -100 to 100, if the market has moved up from 0 to 40, what is the probability is will continue to 100?
There is a 50-50 chance to move up or down from 0, but what is the probability of moving to 100 when it has already moved to 40?
This may be a simple question, but I am struggling! Can someone share the the algorithm that solves this problem?
Is the answer 70%, ie. if at 0 it is 50-50 to go up or down, if it moves to 40 there is 70% chance it will rise to 100 and a 30% chance it will not?


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What's driving SSD prices UP?
Less than six months ago, I grabbed a Kingston 120gb drive for just over $60. I figured we'd hit the 50cents-a-gig mark for baseline SDDs by now, at least from a few brands... what gives?
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Supply and Demand. <- The only thing I remember from ECO101.
Just a guess. I'd expect them to be lower these days too.
But then again, the technology in SSD is much more complex than those Hard Disk Drives. IMO.
The technology is still moving forward. If you remember, it kept driving the prices of HDDs back up a few years ago until it finally plateaued and stopped getting better. They would rise about 10% then fall about 15%, then repeat. Then they stopped moving forward and hit rock bottom. Then the flood came along and ruined that. They're finally getting back to about where they were pre-flood.
You can get an SSD for cheap from time to time. You just have to buy at the right time. The new series of drives came out at the end of last year, so my bet is that it'll be a couple of months before they come out with another new line. You should be able to pick up the current line for cheap around then.
Either way, they're definitely not as high as they were a year ago.
I'm only guessing here but I think they are picking up in popularity because they are easier to use now and because they did get cheaper and also just because of the passage of time and the spread of information. Regardless, the more popular they are the more they can drive up the price.
Alternatively, six months ago is just before black friday and holiday shopping madness. That's when I got an ssd too. So it might've just been the time of year.
@jeffjonez: Here is a 500gb Samsung 840 for 319.99 from Newegg
It shows up as $369.99 but with promo code EMCXVWR44, you can get an extra $50 off. Might be worth it if you're in the game for one. The 840 series isn't as fast as the 830 -- you have to get the 840 pro for that, but most people won't notice a difference between the two. You can't beat it for the price right now.
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(TRIANGLE, VA.) United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:
"The proposed regulations issued today by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regarding respirable coal dust standards will, if followed by the mine operators and enforced by the agency, be a tremendous step forward for coal miners' long-term health.
"We have long known that the only way to prevent black lung is to reduce miners' exposure to respirable coal dust. We have the technology and the means to do that. The only thing we have lacked–until now–was a determination by MSHA that this was a problem which needed to be addressed.
"For far too long, the health consequences for those who spent a lifetime in the nation's coal mines were of no consequence to their employers. There were no rules, no regulations whatsoever to keep miners safer and healthier.
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"In the name of the more than 100,000 who have been struck down by black lung in the last century, the UMWA supports this proposed rule and we will do all we can to see that it goes into effect."
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Tracking the Dollar Volume Flows of Stocks
As I indicate in my latest Trader Performance entry, Relative Dollar Volume Flow appears to be a promising measure of underlying demand or supply for a stock. The idea is simple: take every trade that occurs in a stock during the day and multiply the price at which the trade was transacted by the volume of that trade. If the trade occurred on an uptick (or if the last price change was an uptick), you add this value to a running cumulative total for the day. If the trade occurred on a downtick (or if the last price change was a downtick), you subtract this value from the running cumulative total for the day. At the end of the day, the final cumulative total reflects the buying or selling of large market participants (institutions that transact large blocks, large portfolio managers), because their transactions account for most of total (given the large volume of their purchases or sales).
If you have institutions eager to get into a stock, they will buy large positions on upticks. If those institutions are eager to bail out of a stock, they will sell large positions on downticks. The logic is similar to Market Delta, only this is a measure intended for longer-term analysis. (It would be interesting to study it on an intraday basis for signals, but so far I have not done so).
I refer to this as *Relative* Dollar Volume Flow because I divide the cumulative total at the end of the day by that day's trading volume. This provides a better comparison of the money flowing into one stock vs. another: One million dollars flowing into a large cap stock that is an institutional favorite will reflect lower Relative Dollar Volume Flow than one million dollars flowing into a lightly traded small cap issue.
One application of Relative Dollar Volume Flow is to ETFs. Does the amount of money flowing into or out of an ETF tell us anything about the Fund's performance going forward?
I conducted a small investigation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) by tracking its daily Relative Dollar Volume Flow from the beginning of 2004 to the present (N = 771 trading days). When the 20 day Flow for DIA was positive (net money flowing into DIA; N = 442), the next 20 days in DIA averaged a gain of only .05% (245 up, 197 down). When the 20 day Flow was negative (net money flowing out of DIA; N = 329), the next 20 days in DIA averaged a very solid gain of 1.11% (227 up, 102 down). This is a pronounced reversal effect: when we see money flowing out of DIA over a 20-day period, returns have been superior. When DIA has attracted dollars over a 20-day period, returns have been subnormal.
Very interestingly, if we calculate the Dollar Volume Flow for the Dow by individually summing up the Flows for the 30 component stocks, this value correlates with the Flow for DIA by only .14. In other words, money flowing into and out of DIA is not especially reflective of money flowing in and out of the individual Dow stocks. Rather, DIA's flows (like those of other index ETFs) may be more skewed by the activity of hedgers and program traders who might not be making long-term portfolio adjustments.
Indeed, the Dollar Volume Flows for the summed 30 Dow stocks shows that money has been continuously flowing into those issues through the bull market and really accelerated after we made a bottom in July of 2006. Although there are individual issues with net dollar outflows (MSFT is notable in that regard), there is little evidence at present that money is systematically flowing out of the Dow. (Inflows have slowed over the last two weeks, but remain positive).
An especially promising strategy is to identify stocks with favorable expectations based on their Relative Dollar Volume Flows and those with subnormal expectations and create a long/short strategy of buying the former and selling the latter. This would create a diversified portfolio that would be relatively market neutral. I'm also beginning to take a look at falling stocks with rising Dollar Volume Flows and rising stocks with weakening flows to see if we can anticipate turns in those issues. Clearly, there's a lot of room for interesting research here. I hope to report results in the near future.
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- Mark said...
Hi Brett,
First of all, thanks so much for giving us this terrific resource, and giving it for free. You obviously put a lot of thought and work into it and I, for one, appreciate it. I save all of your posts.
I'm betting I speak for a few others when I say that I'd also like to know the nuts and bolts of how you go about getting the information you use for your research. For example, today--what tool did you use to collect the money flow information? Does your data provider provide info on individual trades? It would definitely be helpful to me if you could include how you set up your data collection when you have these great ideas so we don't have to spend time recreating your wheel, and perhaps doing so incorrectly.
Thanks again and keep up the great work.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Mark,
Yes, my raw data came from my data provider, RealTick. All my analyses are performed in Excel. One of the topics I'm hoping to take up in a future presentation or video is how to identify market patterns with simple Excel analysis. Thanks for the interest--
- John said...
Hi Brett,
I have an idea on your relative volume work. I am not sure if you can get this data but if you can consider doing this:
Take the trade size over the last N days and get the median. Get the standard deviation of the trade size. Divide the trade size by the standard deviations. Define large size by a measure of the ratio of trade size to the standard deviation. If trade size is over a certain number of deviations then consider it institutional.
I am not a statistics guru (you may already know that). Perhaps rather then divide by the standard deviation you could just divide by the median.
This would make the various stocks comparable because you are basing what is institutional on how big trades are relative to the past.
I come up recently with a way to tell if a stock is overbought or oversold. I take all the stocks over 30 dollars and over 250k in volume and get their relative strength versus the SP500. I get the median and standard deviations. I look at stocks that are 5 times away from the market on the upside or downside. I then look to enter those stocks when they show weakness or strength.
Brett, I just found your site today. I think it is great.
- Scott said...
I like your thoughts on Dollar Volume. I use this metric in my trading systems and find it helps to normalize symbols and see what has the most relative volume for the day.
I would like to take this concept further and try to gauge the flow of money from one index to another. It seems logical that the money doesn't dissapear when it leaves the DIA but would flow into another index. How would you go about measuring this flow of money between indexes?
- Scott said...
When this money flows out of the DIA it seems like it could be valuable to develope a way to track where it goes. It wouldn't seem that it would just disappear but would move to a different index. I have been giving this idea some thought but would like to get your input on a way to measure and test where the money goes when it leaves DIA.
Thanks for your work
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Scott,
I think it would be hard to track those flows entirely, since some money may move to other asset classes. I do think that, by tracking flows in and out of individual stocks and sectors, you can gain a sense of money moving in and out of stocks overall.


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STEUBENVILLE - The Jefferson County Community Action Council board of trustees agreed to request a reduction in the number of children for the Head Start program, citing a need "to be realistic about our program."
Barb West, chief executive officer of the CAC, said the local Head Start program currently has a goal of 249 children but rarely reaches that number.
"We have been struggling to reach the 249 children goal. And with the reduction of 30 children, our Head Start would like to maintain the dollars to update necessary equipment and training for technology. We also plan to add duties to our 14 teacher assistants and would call them teacher assistants/family advocates," explained West.
"Our Head Start agency has struggled to locate licensable space in areas where families are located but not presently served. And we continue to work to find bus drivers for the Head Start transportation program," added West.
She also reported the Administration for Children & Families has closed previously identified findings issued in 2012 to the Jefferson County Head Start program.
"We dealt with the issues raised by a review, and the agency told us no corrective action is required," noted West.
In other business Wednesday afternoon, the CAC trustees approved a $794,425 contract with the Belmont County Department of Job and Family Services for housing the Business Resource Network.
According to West, the Jefferson County CAC is serving as the employer for six BRN employees who will be headquartered in the CAC offices in Steubenville.
"The manager and administrative assistant have been hired. Four account executives will also be hired for their respective counties but they will have office space here in Steubenville," said West.
According to the Business Resource Network website, the BRN uses a unique approach to help businesses survive and grow. It works closely with them to identify and access a host of business services with as little red tape as possible. The BRN currently operates in several counties in Ohio and now is starting operations in Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont and Carroll counties.
"The BRN partnership targets businesses with growth potential as well as those facing challenges. It then conducts in-depth interviews with the owners and managers of the businesses. After learning a business's goals and the obstacles it may be facing, BRN Partners present the business with a package of suggested incentives, technical assistance, training and other programs designed specifically for that business. This all happens through a single point of contact, the BRN account executive, assuring tight coordination of services and minimal bureaucracy. There is no charge for the interview and proposal and many services are available at no cost," noted the website.
The trustees also approved the 2014 application of $18,000 for the United Way of Jefferson County.
"Our funding is for the Family at Risk of Homelessness program. Last year we applied for $20,000 and served 42 families, including 65 adults and 85 children in 2012," West said.
The trustees approved a new vacation policy for all full-time and part-time CAC employees.
West also announced the Jefferson County Head Start program will hold an open house at its centers starting at 9 a.m. on April 11.


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In the last month, gun stores have experienced record-breaking sales of ammunition and assault rifles.
Now that the sales have slowed down recently, several places are experiencing a greater need for supplies.
"I think we'll be able to obtain the ammunition we need for our people to do their job but in the end it's a budget problem," says Simpson County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Jacky Hunt.
The Sheriff's Office is seeing the repercussions of the recent gun sales increase.
Chief Dep. Hunt says they have the ammunition to protect the community, but he is worried about having enough to train officers.
"To carry any type of firearm which is a shotgun, rifle or pistol, you have to be certified or trained in those categories and to do that you have to have ammunition. The early indications is that there has been a run on ammunition so the ammunition is going to be in short supply," he says.
And that run on ammunition and firearms has left several businesses in short supply.
"They've increased 70-80 percent and ammo is getting harder to come by and so is the AR style rifle that are in question," Gun 'N' More owner Claudis Walker says.
Walker says it will take months to get a new shipment of assault rifles in his store.
He has nearly sold out.
"They're six months to a year out on some production people. Colt, I know is not making as many as they was kind of thinking the ban may hit. Several other people that's made them are the same way so it's slowed down quite a bit on getting the rifle," Walker says.
"I went out and bought one. I stood in line like everybody else did for 12 hours. You couldn't buy them anywhere, but I got one," gun owner, Donnie Collins says.
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Shutterfly is similar to Snapfish (though I do prefer Shutterfly's photo quality). Alas, most of the online companies seem to have discounts on 4x6 prints much more often than on the larger prints...
I've always gone with Sam's Club. I haven't researched lately, but they were pretty competitive when I did a few year's back.
That's also where we get all our holiday photo cards made.
I use Costco.
Hmmm I haven't thought about Costco or Sam's Club I'll check out their pricing. Also I forgot about Shutterfly I've never gotten any prints from them is there anything hugely noticeable between Shutterfly and Snapfish or is it just the quality of paper or something?
@dravack: Yeah, I think most of these places are roughly the same quality; I've had some issues with grainy prints using Snapfish (especially on darker images), but that's just my own experience.
I have had good experience with Winkflash. They run specials all the time and usually have about the cheapest prints around. Quality is not professional, but definitely the same or better than what you would get at Walgreens.
Currently - expiring today - they have 4x6s for $0.06, 5x7s for $0.15, and 8x10s for $0.75 using the code PRINTSTHANKS.
Shipping is about $3 for every 50 prints that you get, or free if your order is over $50. In my experience, it takes about 4 days to print and ship
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People need to just chill. It's a program.
Next people are going to be like OMGZ I HAVE TO USE WINDOWS TO PLAY FOOTBALL MANAGER?!?!?!?!?
1.) if steam is down you cant play the game. And yes it happens. And before you mention offline mode. It works best when you are online.
2.) if steam blocks your account you cant play the game for many days until their customer support fixes the problem. Also happens.
3.) steam decided to die again. Cant play until you fix the steam installation. Usually deleting the clientregistry.blob helps.
4.) Your kid/wife is playing one of the games on steam. Cant play cause steam only allows one connection no matter how many games you have. Not very family friendly.
5.) Dont like the latest patch? Well..you can only play with the latest patch.
6.) New patch is out but you would like to play? Wait until patch is downloaded.
7.) unsupported country? Maybe it will work maybe not. Sucks to be german i guess.
8.) No net connection or capped? We dont care about you.
Pirates? You can download it on the release day from a much faster torrent.
Yes i have purchased it on steam whether i get it on the day is still to be seen they did this with DEAD ISLAND and stuffed up by releasing the wrong code version and it was delayed so steam is not reliable in this area.
Yes i probably will be able to install it but i had another game recently once again DEAD ISLAND that was a nightmare to install with registry key not being accepted had to get an answer from steam why this was and they had to do something on their end don't know what so once again steam is not that reliable at this end either.
As for update it well you just read some forums about how updates are not released same day there out i have read dozens of posts about them having to wait up to a week sometimes for steam to offer the update while everyone else just downloads it like normal, so once again steam not reliable in this area either.
So your points are not that good as steam has a history of failing to deliver on these areas.
1 - in offline mode servers are irrelevent
2 - steam will only block your account if you do something wrong and the VAC does not apply to FM so it will NEVER become an issue
3 - in 4 years never had to re-install steam, had to re-install windows twice tho....
4 - so they now make you follow the law, shame that
5 - fair enough
6 - dont need to download patches if you dont want to, set the game not to update automatically and set to offline mode, never updates.
7 - the game cannot be sold in Germany anyway, but as a GERMAN poster has shown you can register the game there, just not buy it through steam
8 - capped net, for a 10mb program?!!???!!
I'd assume the calculation is made by people monitoring sites that provide the copies, so it'll be a definite minimum with an estimated plus.
They may have other ways to get numbers but the whole operation is shrouded in secrecy and is a lot bigger than you'd know from the little that's publicised.
Would like a word from someone from SI (or Sega), if it was possible to make available not just the latest patch on steam.
People are still under the impression that offline mode is infallible. It isn't, check the steam forums or do some googling.
I'm sure you're resourceful enough to sort this out, perhaps using a friends internet connection or something?
I certainly hope you aren't advocating that people wait for the pirated version rather than installing a legitimate version of the game using the methods specified by SI and Sega for playing the game through Steam?
If it was today, you could install the original version, then download patch number 1, install it, play it! Ok, let go try patch number 2.... and so on.
This is a "feature" that, as it stands, we will loose in the future.
Eugene, with reference to point 5 your solution does not work, how is a player to know that they do not like a patch & would prefer to to go back a step without actually downloading the latest update, once that is done there is no turning back?
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Yet again ill say it, in the 3 years steam has released FM they have released the patches the exact same time they were made available on here or any other website. That is the only important stat here, other games do not matter.
I, for one, am a little disappointed in the selfabsorbed horsepucky ideology some of the people on here are using. Of course, they are blissfully numb because they have been spoilt with all the things that make this move from SI/SEGA a non existant problem for them. The "oh, it doesn't effect me so what's the problem?" attitude is just plain disrespectfull and I really urge some of you to show more compassion. There are a lot of people that won't be able to play the game due to the internet connection and they won't have a say on here due to obvious reasons, so there are a few that are sticking up for them or have had bad experiences with the Steam reality.
Just because it doesn't effect you it doesn't mean that it isn't an issue ...
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The thing about offline mode is that its meant as a temporary solution, not as something that they expect/want people to be using all the time.
Fair enough guys, patches will be downloaded.
There should be definitely an option of which patch you want to download!
From reading through the Steam Forums on problems with offline mode - starting with the most recent I could find.
These two links popped up an awful lot in regards to many offline issues and scenarios
It is certainly worth the effort of searching the Steam forums, as Wakers already suggested.
Perhaps a great solution... and maybe a great feature for... FM2013:
like you can choose the database version on the start of a save game, we could also choose the version of the ME.
Because i think the bigger problem with not liking the latest patch, it's because of the ME.
Will they do it? your guess is as good as mine, I've no idea how many people actually want that ability but it would need to be signifant numbers for them to even consider I'd guess.
After recently installing Steam I've had it running in offline mode for the last 24 hours & can report no suspicious activity, the next step will be to install FM10 via Steam & I'll be letting that run in holiday mode over night to see if there are any related issues on that front.
Last edited by Barside; 20-09-2011 at 11:12.
Steam being an online platform obviously would prefer its users to be in online mode rather than offline.
Offline mode, for me, tends to work the vast majority of the time, but will sometimes (typically at the worst possible times, sods law) not work for reasons best known to itself.
Again, the only people who are affected to the ability of not being able to play FM12 at all are those who do not have an internet connection. Which is why the box will state that one is needed (not that that compensates those who have bought the series for years and are now unable to play it).
Anything else is just what ifs, rare cases and minor inconveniences.
The bottom line is, the vast vast majority of people who want to buy FM12 will be able to buy it, install it, active it and play it.
I use Steam, and when I last did my big English league file I used to leave it running over a weekend to test stability (of my update file). Never once had any issues.
Fwiw I suspect offline mode will work much more reliably if you never switch it to online mode (which you can do once you've activated the game).
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Interesting that the fact that another gaming company has said that DRM did nothing for their sales is being ignored.
Not the piracy numbers, the fact that they don't see increased sales by using DRM.
I certainly think the bigger publishers are guilty of spinning certain research, yes.
Please if people are going to post this kind of stuff at least check the steam forums and website, offline mode should work indefinitely, it does not need to update or anything, even if it did, how would i know there were updates available if it is set up in offline mode??!!
So please think about what you write and state before calling people deluded.
If the Paradox way keeps working for them others may well consider it but I suspect some at least would consider it too big a risk to take without much more proof that it's long term safe to do.
If it were to flop FM would be dead and gone.
I don't believe that the decision is motivated by piracy, I really don't. I think it is naive to believe that steam will cause a noticeable decline in piracy of the game, and even if it does the majority still won't buy it. There may be less places to get their thieving hands on it but they will get it free somewhere.
Am I the only one that doesn't understand why someone who objects to third party software would then use a torrent client from a third party and entrust the security of their system to a hacked game?
Sorry that it doesn't coincide with you and your friends' experiences.
If you swap between online and offline, your steam client will be queued to receive any update. If you go back into offline mode before the update begins, offline mode won't let you play any games.
This is what happened to me this past weekend with Deus Ex. On Sunday evening, I was unable to play 3/5 games because they needed to be updated. However, the network was apparently having problems pushing out the updates, so my client was in the queue, but not downloading (nor telling me that the games needed updating). This was with Borderlands, Magic the Gathering and Deus Ex.
Once the games had updated the following morning, they worked again.
See this thread here stating that they sell more copies of their games on Steam then all the other sources. I haven't bought one of their games off Steam but I assume you have to run Steam to play them just like every other game on Steam. So they are more then happy to use Steam, they obviously feel that it is a form of DRM that offers paying customers extra value completely invalidating your arguement.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...1456-EUDN-2493 is very interesting when you consider what programs might interfere with Steam. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...9828-SFLZ-9289
I imagine so have the amount of games that have been pirated, but they acknowledge that piracy will not be stopped by DRM - it does not affect their sales figures - so they focus on increasing sales of their product by keeping their existing consumer base happy. I know this is scary for some!!
If Football Manager had existing customers dumping their product to get pirated copies, and did not increase its sales, then we have another issue as obviously Paradox has achieved it.
I was going say you can buy paradox games through steam, seems like the worlds best game company is conspiring with the devil
Of course that is an estimate, as not everyone would be online.
But it's one possible way.
We should surely be using this thread to help people understand steam rather than pointing out any issues people have had with it constantly, like i said my windows has had to be re-installed twice in the past year but no one is saying i should ditch it.
Again this is happening guys, like it or not. We should use this thread to educate and help people not just bad mouth steam constantly.
Your prob right about the swtiching between on and off line mode, but if you dont have the net then it will never be an issue, it cannot quie updates if it does not know they exist, and if you didnt have the net there would be no reason to ever switch to online mode, if you come under neither of those brackets you should never really have a problem, steam updates on the best part are very quick because they have fantastic servers. There is the chance it might not work first time, much like an FM patch, or windows update, but thats software really.
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What I am suggesting is that people who don't pay for the game will still find a way not to pay for it. It's just the way SI/SEGA seem to be representing Steam as some great method of combating piracy, when it isn't.
I guess that'd be right Kriss, yes.
Regarding Paradox selling games on Steam - yes they do (its the only reason I've heard of them tbh), and the only thing of note they said was that DRM does not increase their sales. Regardless of whether or not they use Steam, that is what they said after doing their own research. That's the only issue I wanted to raise from reading what someone else posted about them earlier in the thread, it directly contradicts what Sega say. I'm more inclined to side with a company that has a decent reputation than Sega, which doesn't.
They use Steam because its the biggest digital distribution network going. If they don't have to pay for Steam's activation, then I guess they would use it anyway.
For every lock that is made, there is someone that can pick that lock.
Same goes with piracy of software. The more sophisticated they make it, the more someone will want to and will crack it.
Which begs the question why they even bothered with this? People that want to pirate it will pirate it. And people that want to buy it will. And the people that don't want to buy it or pirate it won't.
I can't see it changing much.
How do you quantify the unquantifiable? If SI released a version with no DRM at all, how would they know if their sales volumes were affected by that any more than the quality of the game itself?
I really think they should bring back those "kit wheels" that they used in Premier Manager games for the Amiga
Or the great big manual that you had to use for Sid Meire's Grand Prix to find the right word.
Like i say lets help people with steam especially first timers, because they are going to need it if they want to play FM12, spreading rumors or false facts are not helping this situation at all.
I certainly am making an effort to help others who have concerns with Steam in this thread.