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I like the style of tags at math.stackexchange.com. In fact, I'd like to create something similar and I was wondering how are they styled.
First of all, I've launched Firebug and was trying to analyze the DOM.
Let's see i.e. [graph-theory] tag:
and in Firebug it looks like there are no brackets:
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A Faces & Places Roadie Blog
It's hard not to notice art in one way or another in downtown Lawrence on any given day but on the last Friday of the month you can find the Lawrence art scene exploding with exhibits, more so than usual. On my latest Faces and Places tour, I was able to visit one of my favorite Kansas cities and explore one of the sides to it that I have not yet delved into. A few of my friends joined me and together we explored some of the stops along the Lawrence Final Fridays Art Walk and participated in a very creative dinner experience. I visited many places, most of which I had never been to and was quite surprised by what I've been missing.


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If Venus was entirely inside the habitable zone, or life zone, would its proximity to the Earth provoke any remarkable changes to the Earth?
Would Venus have any significant effects on Earth if its orbit were entirely within the habitable zone?
There are several scenarios: An Earth-Venus binary would be possible, or coplanar prograde or inclined up to retrograde on resonant or non-resonant orbits, elliptic or almost circular.
One option would be a co-orbital scenario, which is described in more detail here. The latter would allow Earth and Venus to stay both in the habitable zone. But the effects for Earth could be very remarkable in some cases: Seasons would change over time, since eccentricity of Earth's orbit would change. If Earth and Venus would follow a horseshoe orbit, we would get variations in the length of a year.
Co-orbital systems can become instable by the gravity of other planets.
In the long run tidal forces may lead to a collision of the two co-orbiting planets.
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Except for possible tides and possible eclipses, if it were near enough, no.
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Victoria's Secret fashion show a scantily clad TV ad
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Models (from left) Izabel Goulart, Lindsay Ellingson, Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes and Candice Swanepoel walk the runway during the finale of the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Nov. 7 in New York. The show will be broadcast at 10 p.m. Pacific on Dec. 4 on CBS.
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A model walks the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Nov. 7 in New York.
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Lily Aldridge models a patriotic creation during a rehearsal for the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York on Nov. 7
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Brazilian Alessandra Ambrosio walks the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Nov. 7 in New York.
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Model Doutzen Kroes walks the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York.
While other big brand retailers try to hone their social- media skills, the intimate-apparel chain is creating excitement with a network TV holiday fashion show featuring young women strutting down a runway in Swarovski crystal-decorated lingerie and six-inch heels.
The show, in its second decade, is the cornerstone of an efficient marketing machine. Last year, the special received its highest rating since at least 2002, with 11.5 million viewers, mostly women. Sales have risen 7 percent in the past three quarters to $4.33 billion after posting a record $6.1 billion in revenue for the year through Jan. 28. It's the biggest of Columbus, Ohio-based Limited's brands, followed by Bath & Body Works.
The TV show is "essentially an hour-long commercial, and really, that is unheard of," Erika Maschmeyer, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., said in an interview. "There are a lot of places to buy intimate apparel, but there's no other place that has such a strong brand connotation to it, and I think the fashion show is definitely a part of that."
The marketing approach is in sharp contrast to industry trends. Retailers, which may see online sales grow to 16 percent of $586 billion in revenue this holiday season, have increased digital efforts at the expense of more traditional advertising. Gap Inc., the biggest U.S. specialty apparel retailer, has added to social media and moved away from television and print ads. Department-store company J.C. Penney exited its catalog business last year.
Viewers can't buy much of what the models wear in the Victoria's Secret's show aside from bras and panties. Elaborate costumes range across themes such as "Circus," "Calendar Girls" and "Silver Screen Angels." Jeweled silk corsets, feather bustiers and wings of all types were styled around the underwear to create the lingerie-clad version of a tiger in one walk to a Native American chief in another.
"As soon as this one finishes they start working on the next," said supermodel Miranda Kerr. "There's so much attention to detail in the underwear; everything is hand- stitched."
The chain does use Facebook, Twitter and e-mail to draw Web traffic and build excitement around new collections and events such as the fashion show. Web and catalog sales rose 4 percent to $1.56 billion in the latest year, a quarter of the business, while revenue at Victoria's Secret's 1,000-plus stores rose 14 percent to $4.56 billion.
Still, the Internet doesn't drive a lot of "emotional content," Chief Financial Officer Stuart Burgdoerfer, said in a presentation to investors on Oct. 17. Victoria's Secret and Bath and Body Works emphasize the product and in-store experience above all and aren't aiming to be leaders in technology, he said.
Victoria's Secret spends about $220 million annually on the catalogs sent to customers' homes each year, including postage, creative, printing, paper and circulation, the biggest expense of its direct business, according to a job posting on its website.
The company's 15 percent stock gain this year trails the rallies at specialty retailers Urban Outfitters, which has added 28 percent and Gap, with an 81 percent rise. It has beaten both in the past five years, as well as the Standard & Poor's 500 Retailing Index by more than doubling to $46.48 as of Nov. 9.
Limited Chief Executive Officer Les Wexner, the longest- tenured CEO in the S&P 500, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, has spun off apparel brands including the Limited stores, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Express, while keeping Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works.
"He truly views intimate apparel and personal care as more attractive categories," Maschmeyer said. Victoria's Secret, the biggest specialty retailer for intimate apparel, has created demand for items like push-up bras and colorful underwear in the way Lululemon Athletica has helped create a market for trendy yoga wear, she said.
Victoria's Secret's models, known as "Angels," are a major part of the brand's image, appearing in the fashion show, catalogs, stores and advertisements. Under Wexner's direction, the brand sought to create celebrities rather than use them as spokespeople, said Marcie Merriman, director of brand strategy and planning for Victoria's Secret from 2001 to 2003.
"They would never pick known models or ones that are already out there, because the brand is stronger than that," she said in a telephone interview. "The models chosen are very specifically ones that women can relate to or feel comfortable around and have personalities," such as Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks.
One model wears a multi-million dollar bra gift set in the show each year, an illustration of the event's opulence and the brand's aspirational nature. This year's set, valued at $2.5 million, was made with more than 5,200 precious gems, including sapphires, rubies and diamonds, in 18-karat rose and yellow gold. But Merriman said prices generally are "reachable for the average upper-middle class woman." Merchandise online includes $62 lace push-up bras and $70 satin pajama sets.
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A Touch of Creole in the East Village
Almost everything about Paul Gerard's Exchange Alley is a mix between New York and New Orleans. Its name is derived from Exchange Alley, a little-known street in the French Quarter where Mr. Gerard once lived. Its menu—an eclectic mix of New York cuisine with distinctly Creole touches—provides several intriguing dishes.
He met one of his business partners while working at a restaurant in Brooklyn and the other while working at Lilette, an acclaimed restaurant in New Orleans. Mr. Gerard left the Crescent City in 2005, just before Hurricane Katrina hit.
"I loved the little old places in New Orleans," he said. "But I knew I wanted to come home to New York. I just had that feeling for a while."
Among the best dishes at Exchange Alley: a caramel apple flat iron cake ($11) that bursts with flavor. The french fry po'boy with dirty gravy, butter pickles and hot sauce ($15) may be the most creative of them all. Mr. Gerard said he discovered the dish, a favorite with customers, while just experimenting in the kitchen. If you want a delicious drink, check out the BBBQ ($9)—complete with beer, lime and barbecue bitters.
Just after Sandy hit and left the East Village in the dark, Mr. Gerard opened his kitchen. Using a generator, he served East Village residents for two nights. On the last night, he asked people to donate if they'd like. He received $300, enough to pay his workers to take taxis into the East Village.
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The Save Our Kids Coalition of Bowling Green has purchased a "Drug Terminator", which will provide Kentucky State Police with a way to dispose of the prescription medication they receive from a very successful program.
The Drug Take-Back Program is a partnership between the Warren County Drug Task Force and Kentucky State Police Post 3 and other law enforcement agencies.
The program allows those with prescription medication to drop-off what is not being used at specified locations throughout Warren County.
Public Affairs Officer Trooper Jonathan Biven says the Drug Terminator provides them with a way to dispose of the drugs on site.
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We read Koheles on Succos, Shir HaShirim on Pesach, and Rus on Shavuos, and we always read it prior to Kriyas HaTorah. Then why do we read Megilas Esther on Purim day after Kriyas HaTorah?
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The Talmud in Megillah 16b expounds the verse (Esther 8:16) in the following way:
Light = Torah
From this the Maharil (as quoted in the Darkei Moshe OC 693 sk 4) says that one should perform a Brit Milah before reading the megillah so that we can read the verse above regarding everyone. This is extended in the Achronim to leaving one's tefillin on throughout the megillah so that we can read the pasuk while wearing tefillin (see for example Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 141:22). This can then finally explain why we read the Torah first: so that when we read the verse above in the megillah, we have amongst ourselves Torah, Milah, and Tefillin just as it "says" regarding the Jews of Shushan.
I've heard the following explanation, but cannot currently find the source. If anyone knows - please comment.
There are opinions that reading ketuvim in public is forbidden on shabbat, at the "time of the beit midrash", so that people will listen to the drasha and not to the reading. See Bavli Shabbat 115a; and Mishne Torah, Laws of Shabbat, chapter 23, halacha 19:
There are opinions that the "time of the beit midrash" is from the morning service until after the mincha service.
Thus, the megillot we read on Shabbat (Shir HaShirim, Kohelet, and sometimes Rut) are read before the morning Torah reading. Megillat Esther, since it is never read on Shabbat, can be read after the morning Torah reading, in what would seem to be a more natural place.
The Sefer הארות השמש Siman 7 Number 10 says that the difference between Megilas Esther and the other Megilas is that we only do Tadir first when both items are a requirement, and therefore on Purim where Kriyas HaTorah and Kriyas HaMegila are both requirements we do Kriyas Hatorah which is Tadir first. However by the other Megilos where it is not a requirement, it is only a Reshus therefore it does not matter and you can do it anytime.


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According to this article that I found, Wubi "has the side-effect of allowing you to run Linux apps within a Windows environment." I found this statement to be very intriguing: Is it actually possible to run Linux applications on Windows (without rebooting) using Wubi? I know that there are other solutions (such as coLinux), but running Linux applications in Windows using Wubi might be useful as well.
Technically you are not running Wubi inside of Windows, what Wubi does is install Ubuntu as a "virtual drive" and creates a "loopback" when you boot, this allows you to choose between Windows, or Ubuntu.
So in short your answer is no.
I think in the past when you installed Wubi it also installs Virtualbox and sets it up to use the same image, so that may be what the article refers to. I don't know if that is still the case, though. It's not really running "in windows", though if you have a non-Unity-based window manager and Virtualbox seamless mode it can certainly appear similar.
The main difference between Wubi and a normal installation is that it installs the linux filesystem to a file within your NTFS partition, rather than making a separate partition. However, you're not "running windows" in any meaningful sense when you boot normally to a Wubi installation. The kernel loads normally, and loads a ntfs driver from an initrd, and then finds the Wubi image and mounts it as the root filesystem (see pivot_root for how it can mount a root filesystem while it is already running)
See also What's the difference between Wubi and a regular installation?
No, not really. Wubi is different. It lets you install Ubuntu to an image and boot it natively. When you get the Windows loader, it lets you choose to boot a GRUB within a loopback device. TO run Linux programs on Windows, where they appear as separate Windows, you'll want an older version of Ubuntu(before Unity), or a non-unity distro like Xubuntu, Kubuntu, or Lubuntu, and Virtualbox. When you use Unity, seamless mode doesn't make windows separate.
Wubi allows you to install Linux from Windows. Afaik even inside a Windows partition without repartitioning (by using an image file). As far as I understand this is not what you are looking for.
But... you will be intrigued by Cygwin. Kind of the opposite of Wine, but working much better. Cygwin provides Linux API calls in windows and can run almost all native Linux applications (except maybe some very system specific tasks. Cygwin even provides a X-Server and lets you


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21 Sep 2012 3:53 AM #1
Howto Remove gap between buttons rendered in toolbar
Hi folks,
I was wondering how to remove the spacees betweeh the items (buttons) rendered in a toolbar... I searched the docs and googled... and found no solution... I also went thru the source but couldnt find the peace where its absolute position is applied... My guess is that it is somewhere in the layout... I am using a hbox layout in the toolbar:
hbox.defaultMargins sounds very like what I need but it doesnt work...
Hope someone can help
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21 Sep 2012 6:53 AM #2
Have a look at: .x-btn-default-toolbar-small
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thanks for your reply! Can you be a bit more specific?
I removed all padding and margins... its the absolute coordinates that make the gap
21 Sep 2012 7:14 AM #4
I was incorrect. The changed if FireBug, but not in app.
Please try adding the following CSS:
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21 Sep 2012 7:47 AM #5
WORKS! thanks a lot!
the layout should have a property like gap
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The airport is located 30km (19 miles) south of Casablanca.
How to get there
From the centre of Casablanca, take the motorway towards Settat. From northeast Casablanca, take the highway towards Marrakesh. The airport is signposted.
Information about parking possibilities at the National des Aéroports
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A shuttle train service operates from the airport Arrivals hall to Casablanca port and the city centre (journey time - 45 minutes).
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Voice pick contributes to doubling of company size
October 02, 2012 - MMH Editorial
Nature's Best is the nation's largest privately owned wholesaler-distributor of natural and organic products. Through two distribution centers, the company supplies retailers throughout the western, central and southern regions of the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Asia. While handling more than 20,000 SKUs in a 24/7/365 distribution environment, the company upgraded its voice-pick technology for significant process improvements and savings.
Facing rapid sales growth and geographic expansion, the company was at a crossroads, says Brian McCarthy, senior vice president of operations. Workers had formerly used voice-pick technology on a departmental basis, but McCarthy says the company recognized the need for a way to do business throughout the selection process.
In consultation with a technology partner, the company determined voice-pick was still the best choice and set about evaluating providers. The company deployed voice-pick headsets and vehicle-mounted units for 130 warehouse employees. McCarthy says the system provides nimbleness and flexibility, combined with processes that are easily replicable.
"The improved order accuracy has netted significant annual savings in credits, labor and rework, and various efficiencies," says McCarthy. "This is an outstanding payback."
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I want to create a noise map with measured point data. But i want to have a planar representation, so I need an interpolation method. Which one is the 'best' one for measured noise data? I prefer to 'IDW' interpolation, but I´m not sure about that.
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Rhapsody Mixed Bill ROHAcosta's injury
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I saw opening night of this bill - I love Rhapsody and this performance is very different from what we saw K Ballet do last summer in New York - the design makes a huge difference. Acosta was technically fabulous, but didn't seem fully comfortable at the beginning. I love his dancing, but sometimes I feel like he needs to decide what to do with his expression if he's not giving us a huge grin! Leanne Benjamin was a total delight - fast, accurate, light, and musical. And Yuhui Choe always catches my eyes - fabulous arms!
Posted 21 March 2005 - 04:03 AM
I love his dancing, but sometimes I feel like he needs to decide what to do with his expression if he's not giving us a huge grin!
I totally agree with you - technically he is amazing but i find him difficult to watch where acting and depth of character is required because he usually just ends up grinning!
I was some what dramatic when he went over on his foot - the audience gasped - which i don't think helped things! But i have to be honest i did find it some what unprofessional of him to just stand there and halt the whole thing centre stage - as if he was in class. When other dancers have injured themselves in the past during a performance they have kept going with a simplified version and got off stage as soon as possible!
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Posted 21 March 2005 - 08:16 AM
I've gotta agree with Mr. Johnson here. Who knows what the exact nature of his injury was, on what foot, etc... And if the ankle had been bothering him before. Considering the nature of the choreography of Rhapsody, continuing on could have hurt Acosta much more in the long run.
I wonder how many of the young men in the corps de ballet were just getting ready to step forward and take over, with 'star is born' headlines flashing before their eyes?
Posted 21 March 2005 - 02:57 PM
I wonder how many of the young men in the corps de ballet were just getting ready to step forward and take over, with 'star is born' headlines flashing before their eyes?
It did make me wonder if Ivan Putrov was not available who might step up. There aren't many others in the company I could fathom dancing this ballet. I thought he was tentative to begin with - he started a bit too early and had to quickly resume his position with a huge "oops!" smile on his face. But as the ballet went on, I was very impressed, better than his debut a few nights before, and he appeared to enjoy and relish every moment. The roar that greeted him in his first curtain call was huge.
I didn't think Carlos was being unprofessional - the way he was looking at his leg, carefully testing it, I wouldn't have wanted him to try to walk off stage (he was right in the centre) and I don't know what more he could have done. I'm amazed Carlos risked coming back on for the pdd - his right ankle was strapped up but if there was any sign of discomfort he didn't show it. I did think he was absolutely brilliant in Rhapsody on first night and I came back to an especially bad seat just to see him and the Royal Ballet dance it again.
Re designs, I haven't seen the red swirling backdrop from my vantage point yet. I don't care for the dresses I have to admit - I agree with one critic or poster I read who said they were too Jiri Kylian. But the pastel shaded boys costumes are interesting, and the dancing is clear enough against the floor of the stage.
Posted 22 March 2005 - 03:21 AM
I think you're right - if Putrov wasn't there, then what? He could have been there in order to watch to improve his own performance, for pure enjoyment, or, if Acosta's ankle was already twitchy, then 'just in case'.... But it must have been a quandry, especially as Putrov himself has been out with injury so recently.
The designs - I don't mind the backdrop but the women's dresses seem to wash them out - the colour is too muted somehow. This is the third design for Rhapsody, the second one is with bold and bright royal blues and the like - more linear, and somehow more stark. I liked the shapes and colours better this time around, I just wish that the women looked less like ghosts!
And Jane, gosh... if they really were in a pickle, *I* would have run on stage to finish the performance for them! ;) Kidding, of course!!! (but oh how one may dream... )
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Posted 22 March 2005 - 04:53 AM
Incidentally the first night was Acosta's ROH debut in the role but he's danced it before, when the company was at Sadler's Wells whilst the ROH was closed.
Posted 22 March 2005 - 05:47 AM
I will be there on Sunday to see him though!
And, according the the latest RB statement on ballet.co, Jose Martin will be replacing Acosta on 1 April - his debut in the ballet and I dare say a 'big break' of sorts! I unfortunately will be in my own rehearsal.... someone please report back!
Posted 22 March 2005 - 06:50 AM
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Posted 22 March 2005 - 02:19 PM
I love his dancing, but sometimes I feel like he needs to decide what to do with his expression if he's not giving us a huge grin!
That's one of the things I loved most about him when he was still dancing with Houston Ballet. He may not be a dramatic dancer, but he expresses a true joy of what he's doing, and he never failed to bring a smile to my face.
Posted 22 March 2005 - 03:48 PM
Would someone kindly keep us New Yorkers up to date on the state of Acosta's ankle? He is slated to dance quite a lot with Ballet Theatre this summer.
Thanks in advance.
Monica Mason coached Zenaida Yanowsky in a Rite of Spring masterclass this evening - someone asked about Carlos and she said he was ok but he twisted his ankle, it's a real sprain and yes he's out of his last Rhapsody. He's supposed to be dancing a new Christopher Bruce ballet in mid-May too.
I saw on his website that Carlos is dancing Rothbart in some SL performances at ABT! Is it quite a dancey role?
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GENESEO, N.Y. - Ten SUNY Geneseo students presented their research projects Oct. 26-27 at the Council of Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Northeast Undergraduate Research Conference in Connecticut.
Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Conn., hosted the conference, where students from six colleges featured their research in the humanities, arts, social sciences and natural sciences. The students discussed their work with other presenters, faculty members, deans and provosts in their discipline from other COPLAC colleges.
"Undergraduate research is a hallmark at Geneseo that carries innumerable benefits for our students and our presenters did a terrific job," said Geneseo Provost Carol Long. "I commend COPLAC for providing these opportunities for students to present their research and engage in dialogue with fellow scholars for further understanding of their discipline."
The following Geneseo students presented at the conference:
Jared Deck, a senior biochemistry major from Hopewell Junction, N.Y. Project title: "Synthesis and Characterization of 2-(furan-2-yl)-1-(furan-2-ylmethyl)-Benzimidazole." Faculty mentors: Christina Geiger, lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, and David Geiger, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Chemistry.
Noah Dukler, a senior mathematics major from New Paltz, N.Y. Project title: "Modeling the Spread of Disease on Small-World networks with Adaptive Host Behaviors." Faculty mentors: Chris Leary, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, and Gregg Hartvigsen, professor of biology.
Bridget Kelly, a senior geography major from Bayport, N.Y. Project title: "Legacies of Colonialism: Retrospect and Prospect in Namibia's Ghost Town Mining Landscape." Faculty mentors: David Robertson, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geography, and Darrell Norris, professor of geography.
Josh Kent, a senior anthropology major from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Project title: "Perceptions and Practice of Development in Rural Haiti." Faculty mentor: Rosemarie Chierici, associate professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology.
Michael Nellist, a junior chemistry major from Rochester, N.Y. Project title: "Crystal and Molecular Structures of Two Novel Chloro-substituted Benzimidazole Derivatives." Faculty mentor: David Geiger, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Chemistry.
Justin Shapiro, a senior history from Buffalo, N.Y. Project title: "The Preservation of Tradition: Religion and Society in Seventeenth Century New France." Faculty mentor: Michael Oberg, professor of history.
Kimberly Showalter, a senior communication major from Niagara Falls, N.Y. Project title: "Conventional Gender Roles Attempt to Normalize Homosexual Relations in Advertising." Faculty mentor: Atsushi Tajima, assistant professor of communication.
Julie Williams, a senior communication major from Penfield, N.Y. Project title: "Diploma for Sale: How Universities Use Branding to Communicate with Potential Students." Faculty mentor: Atsushi Tajima, assistant professor of communication.
Cory Young, a senior history from Pittsford, N.Y. Project title: "American Diplomacy During the Haitian Revolution." Faculty mentor: Justin Behrend, assistant professor of history.
Madeline Zebertavage, a junior communication major from Williston, Vt. Project title: "Advertising to Chinese and Hispanic Immigrants." Faculty mentor: Atsushi Tajima, assistant professor of communication.
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Effects of Bright Light Therapy in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) or "concussions" are an increasingly prevalent injury in our society. Patients with post-concussion syndrome have been shown to have deficits on tests of short term memory, divided attention, multi-tasking, information processing speed, and reaction time, as well as alteration in mood and emotional functioning. Many patients have other vague complaints including fatigue, dizziness, irritability, sleep disturbances, and chronic headaches. Furthermore, sleep disruption of one of the most common complaints in patients suffering from traumatic brain injuries, with as many as 40 to 65% of patients with mTBI complaining of insomnia. Sleep problems in these patients are associated with poorer outcome, while resolution of the sleep disturbance is associated with improvement in cognitive functioning.
Despite recent evidence of the correlation between sleep quality and recovery from traumatic brain injury, and the well-established role of sleep in neural plasticity and neurogenesis, there have been virtually no direct studies of the causal effects of sleep on recovery following mTBI. However, it is quite likely that sleep plays a critical role in recovery following brain injury.
A particularly promising non-pharmacologic approach that shows potential in improving/modifying abnormalities of the circadian rhythm and sleep-wake schedule is bright light therapy. For the proposed investigation, we hypothesize that bright light therapy may be helpful in improving the sleep of patients with a recent history of mTBI and may also have other mood elevating effects, both of which should promote positive treatment outcome in these individuals. Bright light therapy may increase the likelihood that they will recover more quickly, benefit more extensively from other forms of therapy, and build emotional and cognitive resilience.
Concussion, Mild
Post-Concussion Symptoms
Sleep Problems
Device: wavelength-1 bright light
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effects of Bright Light Therapy of Sleep, Cognition, Brain Function, and Neurochemistry in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- Performance on Multiple Sleep Latency Test [ Time Frame: Change from baseline performance at 6 weeks (post-treatment) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Objective measure of sleepiness
- Neural activation during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) executive function task [ Time Frame: Change from baseline performance at 6 weeks (post-treatment) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Score on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks (post-treatment) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Subjective measure of sleepiness
- Actigraphy-measured sleep quality [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks (post-treatment) and 12 weeks (follow-up) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Performance on neuropsychological assessment [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks (post-treatment) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Score on mood inventory [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks (post-treatment) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: wavelength-1 bright light
30 minutes daily light exposure for 6 weeks
Device: wavelength-1 bright light
6 weeks of daily light exposure, 30 minutes per morning
Other Name: Philips goLITE energy light
Placebo Comparator: wavelength-2 bright light
30 minutes daily light exposure for 6 weeks
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age range between 18 and 50.
- Subjects must be right handed.
- The primary language of the subjects must be English.
- Subjects have experienced a "concussion" or mTBI within the preceding 18 months, but no sooner that 4 weeks prior to their screening. The occurrence of a concussion or mTBI must be documented by a medical report or other professional witness documentation.
- If documented, Glasgow Coma Scale in the range of 13-15 following the injury.
- Subjects must have complaints of sleep difficulties that emerged or worsened following the most recent head injury.
- At least half of subjects must have evidence of sleep onset insomnia or delayed sleep phase disorder.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any other history of neurological illness, current DSM-IV Axis I disorder, lifetime history of psychotic disorder, or head injury with loss of consciousness > 30 minutes
- Complicating medical conditions that may influence the outcome of neuropsychological assessment or functional imaging (e.g., HIV, brain tumor, etc.)
- Mixed or left-handedness
- Abnormal visual acuity that is not corrected by contact lenses
- Contraindicated conditions noted by the manufacture of the light device such as the use of photosynthesizing medications, history of cataract surgery, and pre-existing eye conditions.
- Metal within the body, claustrophobia, or other contraindications for neuroimaging
- Less than 9th grade education
- Excess current alcohol use (more than 2 instances of intake of 5+ drinks (men) when or 4+ drinks (women) when drinking in the past two months, and/or on average drinking > 2 drinks per day (men); > 1 drinks per day (women) during the past two months
- History of alcoholism or substance use disorder
- Significant use of illicit drugs
- History of marijuana use within the past 6 weeks, use of marijuana before the age of 16, and/or use of > 20 marijuana cigarettes throughout the participant's lifetime.
- Subjects who engage in shift-work, night work, or who have substantially desynchronized work-sleep schedules (i.e., sleeping later than 10:00 a.m. more than once a week) will be excluded
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01747811
|United States, Arizona
|University of Arizona Medical Center
|Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
|Principal Investigator:
|William D Killgore, PhD
|University of Arizona
|Responsible Party:
|William D. Killgore, Professor, University of Arizona
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01747811 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 6, 2012
|Last Updated:
|September 5, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by University of Arizona:
Mild traumatic brain injury
Sleep problems
brain imaging
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Brain Concussion
Brain Injuries
Sleep Wake Disorders
Post-Concussion Syndrome
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Craniocerebral Trauma
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds and Injuries
Head Injuries, Closed
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
Mental Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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I have seen many articles that talk about a star's "habitable zone" as the ring around it which is just the right temperature for planets to have liquid water, which is necessary for life. My question is, why does a planet need to have liquid water in order to sustain life? Who says that extraterrestrial life can't live off of some other kind of sustenance?
Your question is not complete. I would suggest to slightly change the title to something like:
"Why must a planet be in a star's "habitable zone" to have life as we know it from our experience?"
You are right, when you are assuming that there could be another than carbon based life as we know it from our planet Earth.
There are many hypotheses that life could be based on Si or other elements.
But carbon is still the easiest element to create bounds with other elements and carbon too. Why? Here is the answer from wikipedia Carbon-based life:
There is a great documentary from a physicist Brian Cox published by BBC this year called Wonders Of Life which deals with the basic questions how carbon based creatures were "born" on this planet ;) + other interesting things about life.
Brian talks there why the first organisms were created probably in water and how it could be.
Why water? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/liquid-of-life.html
If you take a route that there could be a different form of life outside of habitable zone, then many things are possible. E.g. life on asteroids, ouside of solar systems, life in other dimensions, life based on silicon or some other elements, energy based life? Or even dark matter and dark energy based life or gods/God-like creatures and all kinds of sci-fi ideas ;).


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Blessed Herbs Practitioners – Hong Kong
Cecilia Tang, Hong Kong
What is your education or professional work experience?
Cecilia is the professional member of NAHA-National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy; certified instructor of IAIM - International Association of Infant Massage; founder an on-line holistic aromatherapy store Aroma-quotient.
What is your expertise or focus?
Specialized in prescribe therapeutic aromatherapy care for special needs. Knowing everyone¿s skin is special, unique and different with their own living style; clients are asked in-depth questions about their lifestyle before a product is formulated, tailored to a person¿s exact requirements for the best fit. To treat short term concerns, such as skin allergies, temporary inflammation as well as long term skincare concerns, such as eczema, psoriasis, skin discolorations, after surgery scars. Special aromatherapy for pregnancy and childbirth care project are designed to each client on their different stages for special needs. Cecilia also holds regular workshop, provides alternative therapies for eczema & psoriasis symptoms at professional training school - Asia-Pacific Aromatherapy Ltd.
Aromatherapy not only works well on our cellular levels, it also have a profound effect on activating our own healing process and initiating positive changes physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. There are an infinite number of pathways to experience transformation and balance through the use of holistic aromatherapy by addressing the causes of imbalances, in lieu of the symptoms. A partial list of the many possible benefits which may include: emotional wellbeing; reduction of stress; alleviate physical and emotional pain; improves self esteem; uplifts your spirits; regulate hormonal imbalance, useful for easing panic, anxiety, fear & doubt; promoting self assurance and courage; lifts feelings of depression and many other possible applications. Aromatherapy has become such a popular form of complementary medicine because, correctly used, it provides a safe and effective method of improving health. As a complementary medicine, aromatherapy employs many more essential oils than would be used in beauty therapy.
How do you work with clients?
We schedule in-person aromatherapy consultations at our practice, assessment starts with the client being given a consultation form to fill in, it will use as a basis for discussion. The consultation covered the six broad areas: Basic personal information; Medical history; Allergies; Emotional state; Lifestyle; Diet. The purpose of these procedures is to ascertain that there are any contra-indications to the essential oils, ingredients to be given and any specific treatment or areas we should pay attention to.
Product for a specific need by request may be ordered following a personal, telephone or email consultation with the client, an appropriate product and application will be advice.
What is the cost and time for initial consultation and follow-up work?
Both an in-person or telephone consultation is set for a one-hour per session, and US $90.00/hour for the initial appointment. A return client we charge for $60.00/hour or $30.00/30mins.
What is the preferred method of contact?
We can be contacted by phone, at (852) 2520 2073, or by email at email@example.com, to schedule consultations. Our website, www.aroma-quotient.com also provides information of our products.
What is your experience with the Blessed Herbs cleansing products?
We believe our skin reflects our health. We recommended our clients take the Colon Cleansing kit to clear the cumulative derbies inside the colon. Most of them will freak out when they heard the idea of fasting, but the good thing about the Colon Cleansing Kit has 3 options; Best Option; Better Option and Good Option, they can choose according to their own lifestyle, very flexible. Everyone is so amazed and cannot believe we carry such an amount of waste with us everyday. After the Colon Cleansing and Internal Cleansing, many clients report not only feel so good, loss weight, they even have fresher mind and with more energy.
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Can someone help me out with something seemingly simple? My newness to Ruby on Rails is the reason, no doubt. I cannot start up the server. It looks like the boot file cannot be located but I'm nor sure at all.
There are several versions of ruby here, related to installing rvm:
which -a ruby /Users/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/bin/ruby /Users/me/.rvm/bin/ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby
Probably need to remove some?
Using Rails 3.2.9 with Ruby 1.9.3 on a Mac Mini
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/Users/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- script/../config/boot (LoadError)
from /Users/me/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
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Recent and archived news articles by Philip J. Hilts of The New York Times.
On Food Labels, Calorie Miscounts
The most common method overstates the energy provided by proteins, nuts and high-fiber foods by as much as 25 percent, some experts say.
April 27, 2015, Monday
U.S. in Criminal Inquiry on Metabolife Product
The Justice Department said yesterday that it was conducting a criminal investigation into Metabolife International, a leading manufacturer of the herbal stimulant ephedra, to determine whether executives lied about what they knew about the safety of...
August 16, 2002, Friday
Drug Agency Is Studying Ear Implants' Links to Meningitis
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating what appears to be an increase in meningitis among deaf patients who have had tiny devices called cochlear implants surgically inserted deep inside their ears to help them hear. About 55,000 of the...
August 3, 2002, Saturday
Transfusions Infect Two In Florida With H.I.V.
Two people have contracted H.I.V. infections from blood transfusions in Florida, the blood collection agency involved said yesterday. The two infected people are a ''young adult'' and a man in his 60's, one of whom received plasma, the other red...
July 20, 2002, Saturday
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Even proponents will tell you that cryonics doesn't work. You can't freeze people, then revive them. But the hope that it may one day be possible lives on nonetheless, nurtured by the real successes in medical research into freezing and reviving...
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National Briefing | Science And Health: Doctors Reduce Reliance On Antibiotics
A new study suggests doctors are prescribing antibiotics for children far less often. Bacteria can gain resistance to antibiotics over time, and needless prescriptions shorten the useful life of the drugs. Researchers at the federal Centers for...
June 19, 2002, Wednesday
National Briefing | Science And Health: Dual Treatment For Prostate Disease
Benign prostate disease can be relieved far better with a mix of the two usual treatments than with either separately, a study has found. The two drugs, finasteride and doxazosin, are used for benign prostate hyperplasia, a disorder that causes...
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The Wildlife Resources Commission has banned the importing of deer and elk to keep out chronic wasting disease, a brain disorder related to mad cow disease. The commission imposed the ban after biologists received reports that deer were being...
May 23, 2002, Thursday
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Despite their pressing, immediate health needs, developing countries should devote some time and money to keeping up with genetic research because of its promise in battling the diseases most important in the third world, the World Health...
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Hopes that an anti-inflammtory drug might prevent a form of hereditary colon cancer by thwarting it in its precancerous stages in young people are dimming with the publication of new research results. The drug, sulindac, initially looked promising...
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The Nebraska State Patrol made 101 Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) arrests from December 14, 2012, through January 1, 2013, as a part of the nationwide "You Drink & Drive. You Lose" enforcement campaign.
Troopers and Communications Specialists put in overtime hours during the holidays thanks in part to a nearly $28,000 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS).
In addition to the 101 DWI arrests, troopers issued 1,555 speeding citations, 98 driving under suspension citations and 141 citations for no proof of insurance. Troopers also wrote 320 seat belt citations and warnings, as well as 51 child restraint citations and warnings. Motorist assistance was provided to 714 travelers.
The following statistics are a reflection of statewide activity by the Nebraska State Patrol during the "You Drink & Drive You Lose" enforcement.
101 Driving While Intoxicated arrests
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There are plenty of opportunities to explore Aboriginal art and culture in art galleries, on tours and in national parks.
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With so much to see and do, get the most out of your visit by hiring a boat, bike or car; there are equipment hire companies dotted all over the State.
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Explore smaller private museums, beautiful galleries showcasing the work of local artists & photographers, and crafts from candles & clayworks to woodturning.
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So far in Dead Island I've noticed white, green, blue, and purple items. These seem to indicate different rarities, similar to the classification system used in Borderlands, but I don't know what these colors actually mean. Is green more rare than blue? What are the different rarity colors?
So far, here are all the colors I've found ordered in quality (based on overall stats when compared to one of lesser color and also how often I see weapons of that color):
The in game text during loading says that some of the quest rewards gives you unique weapons, and (assuming Gabriel's Sledgehammer is a unique), it is still an orange colored weapon. So I'm going to assume that even unique weapons are orange. I've also found a Master Chef, which was also orange.
This link seems to back up my answer.
Orange are the super rare or legendary weapons. Purple are rare, blue and green are rare but tend to be less rare than others.
As Ashley Nunn points out in an answer to another question, the Dead Island wiki explains each color in detail:


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Would you like a little marinara sauce with your horse ravioli?
Nestle pulls Mr Ed Ravioli from the stores....
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Neigh, but thanks anyway.
The big issue with this is that the meat isn't properly labeled as horse meat. Horse is eaten all over Europe but people want to know what they're eating and rightly so. In fact, I was at a market last year that was full of donkey sausage along with all the rest. Who wants to eat a donkey?
All our horses are 100% horse-fed for that double-horse, juiced-in goodness.
I'm not really sure why I shouldn't want to eat a horse or a donkey as opposed to a cow, a pig, or a chicken. I think it's funny that in America we mock people from India for not eating 'sacred cows' but are appalled at the notion of eating a horse. Lighten up guys, we're all gonna die and get eaten by something.
@jrpigman: Because there is no possible way a donkey tastes good. None. If it did taste good you'd see it in restaurants like you see horses, cows, pigs, boar, deer and chickens.
@stile99: Horse Pepsi or Horse Coke?
@zuiquan: I disagree. The reason we're not currently eating donkey or horse meat is because they have more value as a farm or work animal. That means the only way you're going to obtain one for food is if it died of natural causes. No one wants to eat a decrepit animal.
I'm sure horse meat would be quite tasty. Same goes for donkey. Society has deemed it taboo because of their affection for horses and the association of donkeys being stupid. Besides, horses and donkeys are a hell of a lot cleaner than cows or pigs. Pigs literally roll around in their own feces. Cows will crap in the water they're drinking from (while drinking it) and chickens will eat anything.
Personally, I'm not offended by the idea or eating horses. Just don't pretend it's beef and pass the A1 Sauce.
@capguncowboy: In further support of your point, older animals may never make it into the food chain for several reasons. Market prices favor continued farm use unless they're bred and raised specifically for sale. The profit margin falls dramatically the longer they are kept & fed. Quick to market = best profit.
Fitness: Cows that are too old or sick are referred to as downers. Good meat packers will not use downers for consumption by humans or as protein feed. They weed these out early by setting age, health and weight limits for acceptable animals.
Quality: Some cattle come to market as dairy herds are thinned or as brood cows reach the end of their calf bearing years. These cows may be tougher and leaner, bringing a lower price. That may mean that it is not economical to even take them to market. They may be used for personal/local consumption.
Chickens are another example, layers never make it to market. Too tough. Super market chicken is usually less than 10 weeks old.
@capguncowboy: Horse meat tastes sweet, so not the greatest, unless you like sweet meat. Horse fat is excellent for frying though. Donkeys aren't good because they're generally very tough which is why they grind them up into sausage. Because you can make anything into a sausage and it will be edible. Sort of.


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CNN- And you didn't think there was a soft side to the Taliban.
A controversial new book has hit shelves in Great Britain that contains poetry written by members of the group or authors who seem quite romantically devoted to it. It's titled, appropriately enough, "Poetry of the Taliban."
The spot on my heart makes a candle like the sun
To watch the earth and skies with.
That's just a taste of the verse two Western researchers stumbled on while perusing the Taliban's web site. Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, who have been living in Afghanistan for years, found the trove while they were working on a project called Afghanwire, an online resource they created to help foreigners understand what everyday Afghans were doing.
They noticed that new poems kept popping up on the Taliban's site and kept clicking to find poems dating to the 1990s. They asked around to see if anyone was bothering to translate them to English.
No one was, so their translator went to work.
"The poems seemed part of our understanding of who the Taliban were. They meshed with what we've seen living in Kandahar – that it wasn't enough to believe that the Taliban are fighting simply out of religious fervor," Kuehn said. "There was a lot more to these guys."
Beyond fighting, the poets penned odes to love, and to Afghanistan. They wrote about corruption in government and about NGOs that are failing to really help Afghans. They ruminated on money, loss of life, being a refugee and beauty.
There was a sun escorting your beauty
There was a moon with you and a great army of stars.
The ignorance of the dark turned to light when you came;
The army accompanying you dug into the chest of darkness.
Several of the poems sound like lines that Sacha Baron Cohen might say in his new movie "The Dictator."
Your love aside, what else is there?
It is like approaching the desert.
Like the dust on your footsteps.
Look! The crazy one lay down.
Other poems are a little more direct:
I will murder all the enemies of your religion and prosperity,
I will gradually make you the holy necklace of Asia.
Response among Afghans to the book has been split, the researchers said.
"A lot of people thought it was strange that it was a couple foreigners working on a book about poetry by talibs [the Arabic word for students of Islam]," Strick van Linschoten said. "The feedback in intellectual circles in Kabul is [some think] that it's great that we're showing the international community another side to the Taliban." Others in Kabul, they say, disagree with the book's publication.
Meanwhile, outside of Afghanistan, there has been other criticism of the researchers for publishing the words of the Taliban and giving a platform for the Islamist militant group.
Richard Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, calls the poetry propaganda, reports The Guardian:
"What we need to remember is that these are fascist, murdering thugs who suppress women and kill people without mercy if they do not agree with them, and of course are killing our soldiers," Kemp said. "It doesn't do anything but give the oxygen of publicity to an extremist group which is the enemy of this country."
The book's editors say the poetry provides insights into the group.
"They've said, 'How can you publish the poems of people who have created problems for me and my ethnic group?'" Kuehn said. "One of my favorite questions is, 'How can you humanize the Taliban?' I always say, 'They are human, right?'"
The researchers said they were able to meet at least one poet in real life – a university student.
"They are not demons from an outside world," Kuehn continued. "Right or wrong. Agree or disagree with them. Hate them if you want, but they are still human."


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I've been playing Cards Against Humanity, but it'll be nice to have something more family friendly. In for one, thanks!
nice find! Been waiting for this to go on sale and I don't think I will find it any cheaper.
Is it the same price in stores?
$25 on Amazon. Very decent deal. Yippee!
Good one
I have been wanting this game for a while, and I have a bunch of Amazon credit to use. Hopefully they will match!
Great game for the family!
Additional 5% off if you have a Target RED card.
Awesome. Worked exactly as promised!
Great find! Been waiting to get this one for a long time.
You can walk into any FIVE BELOW Store and get this for $5.00 everyday......
@mkentosh: The nearest Five Below is a mere 476.63 miles away from my location. I think I am going to stick with this deal.
@mkentosh: Never heard of that store ... I thought you were going to list five stores you can find it at :)
Oh wow...I just bought this for $25 a week ago at Target after holding off on getting it for several months. Figures it would go on sale soon after. I should have kept my receipt.
@mkentosh Never seen Apples to Apples sell for five dollars anywhere, nor have I heard of Five Below... $10 is a steal for this really fun game so I took advantage of this deal thanx @mistamoose
@zyxomma100: Agreed. I play CAH with friends, but I've been wanting to play Apples to Apples with my family for a while but could never justify price. This is an amazing deal!
@mkentosh I don't believe Five Below carries this game
My family is resistant to any kind of non-computer gaming - except this one. For $10 it a great deal!
I'm glad this deal is helping out some folks. Just a reminder, you can save another 50 cents (5 percent) by using a Target debit or credit card.
This game is alright, but it has to be played in the right mindset or with a good group from my experience. Quite a deal at $10.
I am getting this error:
The maximum quantity of this item has been already been added to cart.
Is this deal dead?
Same issue for me, pretty sure it's dead...
@flamel11: "currently unavailable online"
Five Below! Seriously! We were on a road trip and stopped for dinner off the highway. I saw a store that save Five Below in the shopping center and my BF drove by to see what type of store it was - little would I know I'd see this today I would have gone in! Oh well....
This game is awful. If you end up playing it with people who have a slightly different sense of humor, it will just be a series of frustrating defeats as no one understands why your word choice is so hilarious. I find the pseudo-creativity it invokes to be really uncomfortable... I know a few people who enjoy it, but good lord I hate it.
Looks like the deal might be available in store but I'm gonna expire it myself.
This deal is still good in stores! I just got home from buying one at the store.
The shelf price in store is $19.99, but I took it to the guest service desk and asked if they matched their online price and got it for $10.


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Sochi Olympics: The Dutch Key to Skating Is Getting on a Bike
Cross-Training Regimen Focuses Heavily on Cycling
Sochi, Russia
As a professional cyclist, Sven Kramer is no great success. He's won a few regional races in the Netherlands, but never any international competitions. Yet his career on the bike does offer some insights into how to win Olympic medals.
It's just that the medals cycling has helped him win have come in another sport: long-track speedskating.
For the barrel-thighed Kramer, who set an Olympic record on his way to gold in the 5,000 meters on Saturday, cycling is just cross-training. And he's not alone. As the Dutch dominate the long track in Sochi, the secret of their training has nothing to do with ice and blades. The secret is in cycling.
"We grow up with it," Kramer said. "And it's one of the keys for the longer distances for sure."
Before races, after races and all over the Olympic Village, Dutch skaters are on their bikes. Gazelle supplied them more than 60 bright orange bicycles just for the purposes of getting around here, in addition to the race rigs they all use for training. (Skating-mad King Willem-Alexander and his wife and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands borrowed a couple on Saturday to go watch the Dutch take all three medals in the men's 5,000 meters.)
"It's part of our culture," Dutch distance specialist Yvonne Nauta said. "Where other people take the car or the bus to school, we always cycled."
It must be working. Through three long-track events this weekend, the Dutch have won seven out of nine possible medals, including three gold.
What makes cycling such a fixture of a speedskater's workout is the punishing nature of on-ice practice. The crouched position-flexed at the knees and almost doubled over at the hips-is so physically taxing, particularly on the human back, that on-ice workouts rarely exceed one or two hours.
"It's always heavy. There's always pressure on your legs," Dutch national coach Gerard Kemkers said.
Working their way around a 400-meter oval, skaters pump their legs, digging their blades into the ice and pushing outward, in a motion that is similar enough to pedaling that the bike is the next best thing.
"The bike is a year-round element of the training," Kemkers said. Most of the year, it serves as endurance training and, once the winter rolls around, it becomes a recovery element. "Forty-five minutes of easy cycling on a roller, for example, really flushes your legs out and gives you a chance to recover from what you've done in the morning."
As a result, being an international speedskater from the Netherlands practically guarantees that you are also an exceptional cyclist. Kemkers is confident that he could easily drop any of his athletes into a road race tomorrow.
Kramer often wonders what might have happened if he'd chosen the cycling road instead of skating. And he said the career shift could still be in his future. But since winning one gold and missing out on another due to a coaching blunder in Vancouver four years ago, his focus has been solely on skating.
Should he change his mind, however, he wouldn't be the first speedskater to dabble in that world. Eric Heiden, the American who swept five distances at the 1980 Games, was a founder of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team after he quit skating. He was also a national road racing champion and once completed the Giro d'Italia. Chris Witty, an American Olympic speedskater on the women's side, also crossed over and competed as a cyclist in the 2000 Summer Games.
Still, if you look at international-caliber speedskaters from the Netherlands, skater Koen Verweij said, "everybody can cycle." That includes Verweij, by the way, who was a junior track cycling champion.
Originally, skaters cycled out of necessity because ice wasn't available year-round. Now, even with rinks that make it possible and the federation's annual $4 million budget, the Dutch team stays away from the ice for part of the summer. But the team never stays away from the bike, which makes speedskaters some of the most complete athletes at the Games.
Over the summer, the team gets together for a pair of two-week training camps, mostly in southern Germany. The camps include around five rides that last up to six hours, right on par with a Tour de France stage. The Dutch skaters cycle more than any other country and tend not to incorporate another popular training pursuit, in-line skating, although a handful of Dutch skaters also compete internationally in that sport.
By September, the Dutch are back on the ice nearly every morning. Those sessions also include a series of off-ice technical exercises in various skating positions, Kemkers said. That may mean working on a slideboard, lifting weights, or a series of core stability exercises. Afternoons are spent on the bike, sometimes for over three hours.
"We are not your typical endurance sport. I don't believe we have to train in these extended blocks of time," Kemkers said. "We're not triathletes, we're not marathon runners. The longest event is a 10k, which is 13 minutes. That's not long if you look at the science. That's more of a power event than it is an endurance event."
All that training on the bike hasn't been enough to tempt any of the current Dutch skaters to make a permanent switch into a true endurance event. But Verweij wouldn't rule it out.
"First I need my Olympic gold," he said. "Then we'll see."
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did you try it with OpenMPI 1.3.1 version?
There have been few changes and bug fixes (exampleĀ r20591, fix in ob1 PML) .
I'm working on an OpenMPI BTL component and am having a recurring problem, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on it. I have a component that's quite straight forward, it uses a pair of lightweight sockets to take advantage of being in a virtualised environment (specifically Xen). My code is a bit messy and has lots of inefficiencies, but the logic seems sound enough. I've been able to execute a few simple programs successfully using the component, and they work most of the time.
The problem I'm having is actually happening in higher layers, specifically in my asynchronous receive handler, when I call the callback function (cbfunc) that was set by the PML in the BTL initialisation phase. It seems to be getting stuck in an infinite loop at __ompi_free_list_wait(), in this function there is a condition variable which should get set eventually but just doesn't. I've stepped through it with GDB and I get a backtrace of something like this:
mca_btl_xen_endpoint_recv_handler -> mca_btl_xen_endpoint_start_recv -> mca_pml_ob1_recv_frag_callback -> mca_pml_ob1_recv_frag_match -> __ompi_free_list_wait -> opal_condition_wait
and from there it just loops. Although this is happening in higher levels, I haven't noticed something like this happening in any of the other BTL components so chances are there's something in my code that's causing this. I very much doubt that it's actually waiting for a list item to be returned since this infinite loop can occur non deterministically and sometimes even on the first receive callback.
I'm really not too sure what else to include with this e-mail. I could send my source code (a bit nasty right now) if it would be helpful, but I'm hoping that someone might have noticed this problem before or something similar. Maybe I'm making a common mistake. Any advice would be really appreciated!
I'm using OpenMPI 1.2.9 from the SVN tag repository.
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Is there any solution that is not for big companies and is free of charge?
I've found some things like DimDim and other but it's too expensive and too complex for my needs and for my friends.


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text: Oh great. The day I didn't get any coffee and now I have to think about boolean logic. On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:22:07AM -0800, Rossmann, Doralyn wrote: > These examples are both incorrect. The search > swish -w "juliet not ophelia and pac" -f myIndex > > would retrieve files with "juliet" and then it would subtract those > containing "ophelia" and then it would combine that whole result with pages > containing "pac." No. If I understand what you are saying you are misunderstanding the word "AND". You say: combine that whole result with pages containing "pac." which sounds like you mean "OR" as in you expect to get all files with "pac" in them, plus the others. And that's wrong. A teacher may say "All boys and girls are to go to lunch" but for boolean logic that would be nobody. Nobody is in both sets. Or think of it this way: Please pull all books in the library that have juliet and not ophelia. Oh, and they must also have pac in them. OK, so for: juliet not ophelia and pac 1) swish grabs all files with juliet 2) swish grabs all files without ophelia and then ANDs the two lists. Now we have a list of files that contain juliet but not ophelia. (subtracted out ophelia in your language). 3) Finally get a list of all files that have pac and AND that list with the previous list. So you end up with files that have both pac and juliet but not ophelia. You can't end up with a set that's larger than either of the previous lists. So the documentation says the same thing: retrieves files which contain ``juliet'' and ``pac'' but not ``ophelia'' > The search swish-e -w "juliet not (ophelia and pac)" -f myIndex > > would retrieve pages that have both "ophelia and pac" in them and then it > would subtract those pages from those pages with "Juliet" in them. It would > NOT subtract pages with just "ophelia" or just "pac" in them. So the > statement "retrieves files with ``juliet'' and containing neither > ``ophelia'' nor ``pac''" is incorrect. Yes, I think you are right here. 1) swish grabs all files with juliet 2) swish grabs all files with *both* ophelia and pac. swish negates that list so you end up with files that contain neither word, or one of the terms, but not both. 3) combine that with the list of juliet and you get: files with juliet but not ones with both pac and ophelia. Which sounds a lot like "juliet not (ophelia and pac)" which seems easier to understand. The documentation says: retrieves files with ``juliet'' and containing neither ``ophelia'' nor ``pac'' Which sounds wrong to me. Roy, who wrote those original docs? -- Bill Moseley email@example.com on Fri Nov 7 21:22:12 2003


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I'm trying to determine from where the MySQL optimizer obtains the list of indexes that are available for a table when it estimates the cost of (prepares) a query from.
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You could SELECT from that table with
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SHOW INDEXES FROM mydb.mytable;
Please keep in mind that this table is not always accurate in a write-heavy environment. Periodically you will have to run ANALYZE TABLE against all MyISAM tables that are updated frequently. Otherwise, the MySQL Query Optimizer, which relies on information_schema.statistics, can sometimes make bad choices when developing EXPLAIN plans for queries. Index statistics must be as up-to-date as possible.
ANALYZE TABLE has ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT against InnoDB tables. All index statistics for InnoDB are computed on demand by means of dives into the BTREE pages. Therefore, when you run SHOW INDEXES FROM against an InnoDB table, the cardinalities displayed are always approximations.
For clarification of ANALYZE TABLE, let me rephrase. Running ANALYZE TABLE on InnoDB tables is completely useless. Even if you ran ANALYZE TABLE on an InnoDB table, the InnoDB storage engine performs dives into the index for cardinality approximations over and over again, thus trashing the statistics you just compiled. In fact, Percona performed some tests on ANALYZE TABLE and came to that conclusion as well.
Re:ANALYZE TABLE has ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT against InnoDB tables.
I am not sure if this statement is true. We have heavily reading & writing innodb tables and when mysql optimizer makes the bad choice, the query's explain output shows bad strategy. and also SHOW INDEXES from an Innodb table shows so much variance in their cardinality values. But running an ANALYZE command on those innodb tables fixes the explain plan and also takes away the variance behavior of cardinality. I don't know if ANALYZE table command on Innodb tables helps all the time or not but in our case, it did help about 99% of the time.
We have completely eliminated the bad choice of mysql optimizer by including the "STRAIGHT_JOIN" in our queries. This forced mysql optimizer not to make bad choices or any choices but just follow JOIN condition of what we defined in the query as is.
ANALYZE TABLE for MyISAM scans the entire table and rebuilds stats, which is saved in (I think) the .MYI file. It is rarely needed.
ANALYZE TABLE for InnoDB does do something -- it does the dive mentioned. The problem is that it may help, may make things worse, or (most likely) won't make any visible difference (except in cardinalities).
Newer versions promise to allow changing the 8 not-so-random probes into (1) more random, (2) letting you change the "8" (there are pros and cons of this!), and (3) saving across restarts.
Bottom line: InnoDB still hasn't gotten it 'right'. Do ANALYZE when you feel like it, but don't hold your breath.


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The 6 Most Unintentionally Creepy Movie Romances
Ask any 10-year-old boy, and he'll tell you: Romance is gross. One look at the average Hollywood movie is going to tell you he might just be right.
Somehow, without the filmmakers even noticing, they come up with romantic plotlines that are somewhere between "creepy" and "fuel for your darkest nightmares."
Case in point:
The Romance:
Let's be honest, when 12-year-old Josh Baskin wished that he could be "big" he was probably talking about his penis. So, the next morning, when he wakes up to discover an adult-sized dong in his underoos, he happily accepts the fact that his newfound wang comes at the price of 17 years of his life, and he sets out to use that dong.
"...but please, PLEASE don't make me look like that guy from Bosom Buddies."
Luckily for Josh, a sexy and ambitious toy executive in the person of Elizabeth Perkins is happy to lend a hand.
Wait, Something's Not Right Here...
The words "illegal," "immoral" and "icky" spring immediately to mind. Remember, Josh made that wish to be "big" because he was sick of waiting around for puberty. We would give the writers the benefit of the doubt and assume it just slipped their minds that this was (mentally and emotionally) a pre-pubescent kid being seduced by a 30-something woman. Then again, it seems hard to miss when Josh's big love scene comes right after the scene where he celebrates his 13th birthday. With his 13-year-old best friend.
It's not like they're even trying to hide the fact that their seemingly grown-up protagonist is still a child. Hell, his childlike manner was what attracted Perkins in the first place, which just adds another little layer to the already creepy romance.
Pictured: Completely natural, totally grown-up and in no way childish foreplay.
#5. Superman
The Romance:
Let's face it, any other guy who had his eyes on Lois Lane never stood a chance. She was seeing a tall, good looking guy with a chiseled frame and, oh yeah, he could fly and bench press several Mack trucks. It's kind of hard to compete with that, and even harder to compete with a guy who can fly around the world so fast he actually reverses its rotation, sending everything back in time in order to save her life. That makes your roses and box of chocolate look like a big pile of shit.
Wait, Something's Not Right Here...
You'll probably remember that one of the catch phrases they always use to introduce Superman, right after all the "faster than a speeding bullet" stuff, is "strange visitor from another planet." You know, as in, he's not from Earth. As in, he's not a human being.
Sure, he looks like a human man, thanks to whatever one in a quadrillion coincidence of evolution caused life on Krypton to look just like ours. And he's got a presumably working humanoid dong, but that doesn't change anything. Lois Lane fucked an alien.
Like this, only a little less furry.
Despite appearances, Superman's physiology is so radically different from ours (ie, he can take a shotgun blast to the eyeball without blinking) that biologically Lois would be closer to a donkey. So, yes, it's like some kind of some kind of space bestiality.
Wait, no. Not "like bestiality." It is bestiality. And, considering Superman's immeasurable, godlike superiority, Lois is the beast in this equation.
#4. Overboard
The Romance:
When the very rich and very terrible Goldie Hawn falls out of her yacht and develops amnesia, Kurt Russel and his mullet decide to swoop in and trick her into thinking that she's been married to him for the last 13 years. Kurt is the good guy in the movie, by the way.
From there, the shenanigans unfold as Kurt treats her like a slave and the two fall in love. Of course, after she gets her memory back, she decides she wants to stay with Kurt forever.
Wait, Something's Not Right Here...
It's not often that you can get away with making a breezy comedy about a hillbilly kidnapping and enslaving an heiress while portraying the hillbilly as the protagonist, but that's exactly what happened here. Sure, it's played off as being all in good fun to teach Goldie a valuable lesson about respecting all people and yadda yadda yadda, but still. Kidnapping.
You could sort of call it brainwashing, too. And, in a way, when she finally warms up to him and they knock boots, you could kind of call that rape. After all, you could make a solid argument that the decision was less free will and more Stockholm Syndrome.
Pictured: Courting.
We're not meant to think about it in these terms because Kurt is just a gruff carpenter with four children to feed, while Goldie is the snotty bitch who hired him to do $600 of carpentry work, treated him like crap and then pushed him out of a boat without paying him. But we can't recall the last kidnapping case where the old "but she owed me money!" defense kept anybody out of prison.


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9 Things iPhone Users Say That Drive Android Owners Bonkers
ScreenshotGoogle's Android and Apple's iOS are the two most popular smartphone platforms in the world.
And their users love to taunt each other.
Apple fans are especially into bragging about their beloved iPhones. Here are some of the most common things you hear them say to Android users.
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There is a love hate relationship that customers of Bell here in Canada have with the company and right now I am on the hate side of that relationship. Over the year that I have been using their services for both telephone and DSL there has been slight increases every couple of months; or so it seems. For the most part I was fine with them especially when their sales department called one day with a suggestion of a new package that would reduce my monthly bill.
Heck I'm all for reducing my monthly bills where I can but rather than a reduction I am now paying more than I have in the past. Where at one time my monthly combined bill was around the $60 I am now approaching the $100.00 mark. To make matters worse in the past two month my DSL speed has decreased from the 600+ KB/s to I'm lucky if I break the 225 KB/s barrier.
Where I once paid $35 for great speed DSL wise I am now paying close to $60.00 for crap DSL speed.
Now I'm usually a fairly easy going type of guy but I think the time of being nice and understanding has come to an end. Unfortunately I'll probably spend hours playing phone tag come Monday and nothing will change because if there is one thing Bell can always be counted on doing it is screwing their customers.
Update: strangely enough two days after this post my DSL speed suddenly returned to the speed that it was suppose to be <shrugging shoulders>.