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New Jersey: Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Innovation, and Welcoming Initiatives in the Garden State
In New Jersey, there is no doubt that immigrant entrepreneurs and innovators play an important role. Immigrant entrepreneurs bring in additional revenue, create jobs, and contribute significantly to the state's economy. Highly skilled immigrants are vital to the state's innovation industries and to the metropolitan areas within the state, helping to boost local economies. Furthermore, local government, business, and non-profit leaders recognize the importance of immigrants in their communities and support immigration through local "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
Immigrant entrepreneurs contribute significantly to New Jersey's economy.
- From 2006 to 2010, there were 101,251 new immigrant business owners in New Jersey, and in 2010, 28 percent of all business owners in New Jersey were foreign-born.
- In 2010, new immigrant business owners had total net business income of $6.2 billion, which is 22.4 percent of all net business income in the state.
- New Jersey is home to many successful companies with at least one founder who was an immigrant or child of an immigrant, including Honeywell, Merck, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Goya Foods. These four companies together employ 375,000 people and bring in almost $92.4 billion in revenue annually.
- Secaucus, near Newark, serves as the headquarters for Goya Foods. Don Prudencio Unanue Ortiz and his wife Carolina, both immigrants from Spain, founded Goya in 1936. Today, the company is the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States with over 3,500 employees and $1.5 billion in revenue in 2010.
- Goya's many food products are sold in local grocery stores and supermarket chains throughout the United States and many other countries. In 2012, the company broke ground on a new 615,000-square-foot distribution center in nearby Jersey City.
Highly skilled immigrants are vital to New Jersey's innovation industries, which in turn helps lead American innovation and creates jobs.
- Immigrants contribute to New Jersey's economic growth and competitiveness by earning degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields from the state's research universities. In 2009, more than half of STEM graduates from the state's research-intensive universities were foreign-born, and more than two out of three graduates earning PhDs in engineering in New Jersey were not born in the U.S.
- In 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor certified 21,280 H-1B high-skilled visa labor certification applications in New Jersey, with an average annual wage of $71,184, which is higher than New Jersey's median household income of $71,180 or per capita income of $35,678.
- An expansion of the high-skilled visa program would create an estimated 20,000 new jobs in New Jersey by 2020. By 2045, this expansion would add around $6.3 billion to Gross State Product and increase personal income by more than $6.6 billion. The following are examples of metropolitan area demand for high-skilled foreign-born workers.
- The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropolitan area, which includes cities in northern New Jersey such as Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Edison, Paterson, and others, had 52,921 H-1B visa requests in 2010-2011, with 51.6 percent of H-1B visa-holders working in STEM occupations.
- The Trenton-Ewing metropolitan area had 2,032 H-1B requests in 2010-2011, with 83.4 percent of visa-holders working in STEM occupations. Major employers include Princeton University, Merrill Lynch, Educational Testing Service, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
While the numbers are compelling, they don't tell the whole story.
- Immigrant entrepreneurs not only contribute to large innovative companies, but to small business formation in local communities.
- In addition to the large immigrant and immigrant-owned business presence in the New York-Northern New Jersey metropolitan area, towns across New Jersey, immigrant family-owned small businesses contribute to the vitality of their local communities. Although initially aimed at other immigrant customers, many businesses quickly see an expansion of their clientele to include a diverse array of immigrant and native-born customers alike.
- In Plainfield, immigrant entrepreneurs have opened up small businesses in many previously vacant downtown storefronts. Downtown Plainfield has become a "mix of immigrant-owned establishments, a place where mom-and-pops are striving for the American dream." One city administrator noted, "The mom and pops have kept things going."
- In Plainfield's central business district, West and East Front streets, Park and Watchung avenues, and Second, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh streets are dominated by a variety of immigrant-owned shops, restaurants, and other establishments. One example includes Alejo Alonso, from Colombia, who opened a photography studio with his wife on Park Avenue.
- In Hamilton, east of Trenton, Lilian Mauro, who heads the Latino Business Resource Center, notes that as the area's immigrant population has grown in recent years, so have the number of businesses that cater to Spanish-speaking and bilingual customers.
- Ricardo Ramos, an immigrant from Mexico, first opened Mexican Mariachi Grill in the Ewing community in 2010. The family owned restaurant is now a popular dining spot located on Quakerbridge Road in Hamilton. Speaking of the menu, Ramos noted, "The flavors and the ingredients come from many generations in Mexico."
- In Bedminster, Greek immigrant Sandy Tsangaroulis founded the Spa at Bedminster in 2001, which now has a base of 4,000 clients and focuses on high-end skin care products and treatments.
In New Jersey, localities have begun recognizing and supporting immigration through "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
- In 2009, the New Jersey Governor's Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigration submitted their final report to Governor Corzine. The advisory panel was originally charged with "developing recommendations for a comprehensive and strategic strategy to successfully integrate the rapidly growing immigrant population in New Jersey."
- The panel stated that it believes "the goal of successfully integrating our immigrant population into our larger community is coterminous with the goal of promoting economic prosperity for all New Jerseyans."
- Furthermore, "Immigrants constitute such a large portion of our state's workforce, at every income bracket and every level of education, skill and training, that facilitating the path by which immigrants become full and formal participants in the economic, cultural and social fabric of our state is a functional prerequisite to achieving growth and prosperity for the entire state."
- Among a number of suggestions, the Advisory Panel recommended that the state pursue policies of in-state tuition at post-secondary institutions for immigrant students and establish a state Office of Immigrant Affairs to encourage and facilitate immigrant integration.
- Additionally, the advisory panel stated in their report, "The establishment of more comprehensive national immigration policy is just part of the story. Ture immigrant integration occurs at the local, neighborhood level and that is why it is critical that community-based organizations and local officials be significantly engaged in the integration process."
- The New Jersey New Americans Program has a mission to "provide resources, guidance, and educational opportunities that will enable New Americans to become economically self-sufficient members of, and make positive contributions to, our communities."
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- BSO Case Number: DR01-12-4090
- PIO Number: 01-12-37
- Date: December 20, 2001
- Time: 2315
- Place of Occurrence: 170 SE 3 Street, #3, Deerfield Beach
- Daisy Mae Rolle, 47, 3/30/54, female, same as above (DECEASED)
- unidentified
Description of Incident:
Broward Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the death of a Deerfield Beach woman whose body was discovered when deputies and firefighters rushed to her apartment reference a fire late Thursday night.
The body of Daisy Mae Rolle, who lives alone, was discovered shortly after 11 p.m. in her apartment, located at 170 SE 3 Street. BSO homicide detectives said Rolle was found lying in a pool of blood in her bedroom with outward signs of trauma to her body.
The Broward Medical Examiner's Office has determined Rolle died as a result of blunt trauma to the head and the manner of death is murder.
BSO homicide detectives are continuing to investigate the fire and motive in this case, while trying to determine who is responsible for killing 47-year-old Daisy Mae Rolle. Anyone with information on the case is urged to call BSO Homicide Det. John Berrena at (954) 765-4321 or Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS.
- INVESTIGATORS: Sgt. O'Neil & Det. Berrena, Homicide
- THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO
Posted At: 12/21/2001 04:27 PM
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2014: Mercedes-Benz to Launch 500HP Sports Car
There has been reports going around in the automotive industry, Mercedes-Benz is working on a new car which will be a baby SLS coupe. A report from German auto magazine, Auto Bild says that a fighter using a twin-turbo V6 will be launched by the company, this car will rival the Porsche 911 but with a better edge. Aside from the twin-turbo engine, it will be in various tunes from 350HP to 500HP. Unfortunately, this car will not have the same gullwing doors as its larger counterpart because Mercedes-Benz plan to sell it at a lower price, the 350HP model to be sold at €100,000. There's still no confirmed date… Continue Reading »


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Thanks to everyone who wished me to take care n get well soon...Well..It was nothing but a minor headache n neck pain.I am fit n fighting now..
Today early morning all of a sudden,it snowed here and when I was turning around in sleep,saw this beautiful sight through the window blinds.It was picturesque,with the snow sparkling under the golden pavement lamps.Then itself I shook him out of sleep n showed the sight.Needless to say,I shifted around and snored peacefully leaving the pour soul to shift restlessly through rest of the time..
I made this Crostini some hours back.It was so pretty to see,that I couldn't stop myself taking a whole lot of pics.I dont think any of the pics reveal the real beauty..I dint feel like gobbling it at all..Just wished to keep it in showcase..:D..So please excuse me for the cornucopia of pics here..
I guess it would make a healthy n wholesome breakfast n also a quick-fix snack as well..People will be impressed just seeing the dish n all you have to do is well..nothing..Just grill,rub n arrange..The subtle sweetness of caramelized veggies and slight hint of spices n mild sweetness of tomatoes topped with a mellow cheese ,gives a real treat your taste buds.As Vaishali's Vegan month Italian is going on,I had to use a block of pretty yellow Soy cheese(which I had totally forgotten about) which I shredded myself..Cheddar/Parmesan/Mozarella anything would work just beautiful on this..:)
Its more or less similar to Bruschetta which I have posted a week back..The so easy recipe goes like this:
Just brush your bread slice(usually they use small party bread slices to serve as snacks) with olive oil,and toast it (not make it too hard)
Now rub a cut garlic clove over it and mix and heap your toppings on it.I used a mix of multi-colored bell peppers and slightly sweet grape tomatoes.
Sprinkle cheese of your choice and slightly toast it..:)
..n I am sending this to Its Vegan world event of Vaishali ..
..n Magnificient click event of Gayathri ..
Roopa has tagged me to write 25 Random facts about me..I was puzzled n scared initially.25 seems to be such a large number,no?but then later came up with some bla-bla's without much of ponderings..Go through only if u have lotsa time..:)
..n I am supposed to tag 25 other ppl..Whoa..I can think of so many people n I am gonna tag you,as its fun to read these stuffs.But no compulsion or complain,do try it when you have time n when you feel like..:)
I am not linking anyone,but I hope you all dearies see this as you visit my posts regularly ..
Asha, Usha , Yasmeen , Manju , Priya ,Hemakka ,Tina , Veena , AnuDivya , Mathew , Divz , Ann , Anu , Nithya , Vidhas, Vibhas , Viki ,Smitha ,Shama , Sangeeta , Trupti , Malar ,Maya , Vaishali , Raks , Navita n Sanghi..wooohh..am tired..:D
- I am a very lazy person,with a strong inertia..If you are puzzled,remember your Physics class.(Inertia is the tendency of an object to continue in its state of rest or motion until forced by an external agency.)... like now I cant stop licking this pudding bowl..
- My friends say,I exist only in 2 stages,either excited or depressed,no mid way..
- I am pretty emotional n touchy person,who often cry seeing films and end up crying even if I see another person crying..
- I am highly volatile,gets hot fast,but cools fast too.
- Though not very chocoholic,I can do a murder for Cadbury's fruits n nuts..
- I love cooking(obvious) and gets upset if my victims don't scrap-clean the bowl.
- I am super-determined n will work hard if I decide to achieve something..
- I love snow n rain..Since I was a kid,I used to gaze at the beauty of rain endlessly through my windows..
- I am a real romantic..
- I used to write a lot during my school college days,have won laurels,but now I dont n miss the feeling of that blissful satisfaction..
- I love n miss Kerala n the greens there so much..
- I'd love to go all around this world,see places n yeah ..eat a lot..
- Love old temples and ,the smell of oil n chandan,beat of Ashtapadi,ring of bells etc there..
- I love to read ,read n read..I am the craziest fan of Harry Potter n often sigh that I should have gone to Hogwarts instead of Engineering College..
- I am quite particular about my pillow cover..fetish in a broader sense..I find it very difficult sharing my pillow,and change the cover so often..i know..weird..
- Love movies too,am selective tho.Again Potter series tops the list.
- Music is like inseparable from my life.I always relate stages/happenings of my life to some songs,those which I used to hear at that time.So music brings a lot of Nostalgia.Hey..So I would love to share with you this Gazal of Ghulam Ali.Hear it alone in a calm surrounding and experience the feeling.n you'll thank me..!!
- Love nice smells too..Like music,I relate with smells also.Fragrance of new books n plastic reminds me of school days,jasmine of my home,Nike lavender of our first date,lavender of Mauritius n so on..
- Gift me a cute earring n I'll be a happy lady..yeah..I fancy them so much..
- I love sucking ripe mangoes with my hand(those type of mangoes,ones with big seed),making me all dirty..(we have 15 mango trees at home) ..Miss it now..
- I used to collect Kunnimani's(dunno what its in english,small red seeds with a black mole on it) and store it in Horlicks bottle..Its still there..
- As a kid,I used to believe that my plucked tooth,if thrown on rooftop will magically become part of moon..(Are you still there??..Actually mom used to tell so..:P)
- The most embarrassing moment in my life was during my Btech days.During one of our Electrical labs,when I was to slumber into my chair after a long demo,my lab-mate (I was the only gal of our 5 member group) pulled out the chair,resulting in a heavy thud followed by an loud uproar from 45 people..
- Recently I have developed this habit of googl-ing the nutritional values of anything n everything I come across(n smug happily)..Is it a disease??(ithu oru rogamano Doctor??..)
- Recent passion - Food Photography
Indhu passed me the Good chat award..Thanks Indhu.:)
Raks passed me the yum blog award..Thanks so much Raks..:)
Anu Sriram n Malar passed the cute Circle of Friends award.Malar also passed the Blogging with purpose award ,both of which I am passing on to everyone who regularly visits n encourages me with their comments,including all those I tagged above..:)..Thanks a ton Anu n Malar..:)


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Location: Obesity and Metabolism Research Unit
Project Number: 2032-51530-022-05
Start Date: Oct 01, 2012
End Date: May 31, 2014
A completely randomized design will be used to examine effects of consuming MSG in overweight (BMI 27 – 32) women (N = 48), ages 19 – 45. Refer to the study schematic below for study design. For all subjects during the first 10 weeks of the study, the goal of the weight reduction phase is to have each participant achieve a weight loss that is equivalent to 5-6% of their initial body weight. During the first week, a customized diet plan will be developed and outlined for each participant so that this degree of weight loss can be achieved within the following 9-week period. In most cases energy intake will be reduced by 500-750 kcal/day to reach this goal, depending on participant's height and weight. We have used this approach successfully in previous studies and expect about a 5 - 6% loss of weight. After the 9 week weight loss period, two weeks will be devoted to obtaining baseline measurements before the 12-weeks of intervention. During these weeks subjects will receive a metabolic (maintenance) diet with energy intake set to maintain current body weight. All foods will be prepared, pre-portioned, and dispensed by the dietary staff of the WHNRC metabolic kitchen. Vehicle foods (no MSG) will be provided to all subjects during baseline testing. Following the baseline testing period, subjects will be randomized to a 12 week trial where subjects will supplement daily their breakfast, lunch, and dinner with provided and commonly used food and beverage items treated with MSG (N = 24) or without MSG (N = 24). Subjects will be blinded to the intervention. Two weeks will be devoted to obtaining baseline and then post-treatment measurements at the end of the 12 weeks of intervention. During these weeks subjects will receive a metabolic diet with energy intake set to maintain current body weight.


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I have dual boot with Window 7 And Ubuntu 11.10.
Yesterday I tired installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , by Manually removing all Ubuntu 11.10 partitions, creating new partitions and installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, But then I got this error.
error: unknown filesystem
grub rescue >
The thing is when I let Ubuntu do partitioning for me it solves the problem, But I always do my own partitioning and it was working with me before, what had changed in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I have both Windows 7 And Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on same Hard Drive, And the Partitions for Ubuntu that I have are :
I am not an experienced Ubuntu user And I hope I am not missing any necessary details, But please feel free to ask.
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I'm using WPtouch Pro to create a mobile theme for my wordpress installation. I've activated it, but the custom menus I've created don't show up in menus drop down.
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I an contemplating modifying my NN3 to accommodate a D300. With my Kirk QR plate and clamp on the upper arm, the lower rail setting is 7.5. I need around 5 mm more, which means either grinding away 2-3 mm of the outer edge of the bottom of the vertical arm, or grinding away the flange at the end of the lower arm. I think the first option is better because grinding away the flange might compromise some strength. I think the NN3 should be able to handle the D300 weight wise and would prefer to keep it rather than spring for a NN5.
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2016 Long Range Weather Forecast for Donnacona, QC
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JULY 2016: temperature 21°C (1°C above avg.); precipitation 120mm (40mm above avg. east, avg. west); Jul 1-6: Isolated showers, turning cool; Jul 7-14: Scattered t-storms, cool; Jul 15-31: Scattered showers; warm east, cool west.
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What is your feeling in front of an awe-inspiring photograph (with really good composition, light, color, depth of field, etc.) but with unsatisfactory technical qualities (for example: JPEG artefacts, lack of sharpness, banding, noise, etc.)?
It's all about the reaction.
Nothing else matters.
Every photo tells a story. The story is more important than the technical quality of the photo. If the story is strong enough to move people, the photo is a keeper, regardless of its technical imperfections.
And a technically perfect photo can be comletely devoid of any emotion.
A powerfully evocative, techincally perfect photo, is when you have captured magic.
By definition, an awe-inspiring image makes me feel awed. If I felt something else, it would be that else-inspiring.
If the quality issue is not part of artistic expression, the image just has to be that much stronger to evoke the feeling.
For my 30th birthday, my father gave me a photo of us together when he was the same age. It was an awesome gift. Was it ruined by the photographer's shadow? Nah, I never noticed it until several days later.
I'm going to tackle this from a different art, because I think it's not a question that only lives in the world of Photography...
What is technically perfect? I'm a huge fan of the band Rush, one that is often seen as a technically perfect rock band and yet they have never managed to hit that critical mass that sends them to international super-stardom. They have a huge following, around the world, but they polarize people with love or hate. So, one could argue that they do not inspire awe, at least not enough to live amongst the giants.
On the other hand, a band like the Beatles was not technically perfect. They were very, very, good, but I can find better drummers (my first paragraph contains a prime example!), better guitarists (can you say Clapton?), and so on. What did they have though? They had the art of music sewn up like nobody else. They could just take you places that nobody else could and it wasn't because of how well they played their instruments, but because of how they put ideas and concepts together. That makes them timeless, despite the fact that there has been better at the technical aspects of music since.
The message there, I suppose, is that artistic, awe inspiring, images are what they are. You will, I think, know them when you see them and the technical aspects of them will really be meaningless.
Some recent news photos are coming from cell phone cameras. If they tell a compelling story or bring something important to light (no pun intended), then they're "good" or even "excellent" even though their technical quality may be quite questionable.
I had a very similar conversation with another photographer along these lines:
"X, y, z is wrong in that photo"
The technical aspects of photography are great, and the science behind it is fantastic, but anyone who says that you've created an image that's technically not perfect forgets one of the biggest aspects of the art. That it's an art.
If you see a photograph and you like it and you keep looking into it, there's something that has grabbed you attention and is keeping you fixed to it.
In simple words, if you like something you see at first glance, it's good.


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WHEELING - Wheeling Jesuit University has expanded its advancement team in order to foster fundraising efforts.
The Office of Institutional Advancement recently added two full-time employees. Michele Rejonis was appointed as integrated marketing and communications director, while Jasmine Lo was selected as the foundation and corporate relations officer. Wheeling Jesuit also retained Sisty Walsh as an outside consultant to assist and advise the advancement office.
"A primary objective of the new management team at WJU is to build lasting relationships with the many corporations and foundations which align with us on mission and care about the development of our region. This expansion to our staff will assist the continuing creation of partnerships in conjunction with our enrollment growth initiative and underlying Jesuit mission," said Jim Holt, vice president of Institutional Advancement. "Broadening our alumni support while creating partnerships with leading foundations and corporations will translate into a stronger educational experience for our students and continue the Jesuit Catholic tradition of service for others for many years to come."
Rejonis was previously the director of alumni and parent relations at Bethany College and formerly was employed by the WJU National Technology Transfer Center. With broad experience in marketing and media, Rejonis holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Bethany College and resides in Wheeling.
Lo was formerly an anchor/reporter with WTOV-TV in Steubenville, and WHIZ-TV in Zanesville. Her primarily focus is to build relationships with local and national charitable foundations. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University, currently residing in Houston, Pa.
Walsh is a consultant for the Council for Educational Change, an educational improvement organization serving educators and students and the successor organization to the $100 million Florida Annenberg Challenge Initiative. She's also served as communications coordinator for Barry University and was director of communications, partnerships, public engagement and legislative support for Broward County Public Schools in Florida. Formerly a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Walsh relocated to West Virginia in 2009 and resides in Sistersville.


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Latest Episodes of The Waiting Game
The Waiting Game - Dying Light
Dying to hurl axes at zombies while free running across a city? Dying Light might be months away, but that doesn't mean you can't find other ways of evading the walking dead.
The Waiting Game - Alien: Isolation
There might just be a good Xenomorph game in the works, but Alien: Isolation's not due out until the end of 2014! Here are five creepy suggestions to satisfy your fear glands until then.
The Waiting Game - The Order: 1886
Looking forward to skulking along the foggy London streets of The Order: 1886? Here's some suggestions to keep you entertained while you wait.
The Waiting Game - The Evil Within
How could you possibly satisfy your need for blood, gore and fear until you get your hands on The Evil Within? Seb's got five gruesome suggestions that will keep you on your toes!
The Waiting Game - Quantum Break
Can't wait for the timey-wimey action of Quantum Break? Seb has some suggestions to tide you over while you wait for Remedy's Xbox One exclusive.
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Like crystals filled with malevolent energy? Of course you do! If you can't wait to play Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Johnny has plenty of stuff to keep you busy until launch.
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The Waiting Game - South Park: The Stick of Truth
Can't wait for South Park: The Stick of Truth? Fear not, Johnny has a few suggestions to help keep you busy. Warning: some of them are foul-mouthed.
The Waiting Game - Destiny
This week, Johnny recommends a fistful of items to help you cope with the wait for Bungie's Destiny to launch.
The Waiting Game - The Elder Scrolls Online
Can't wait to explore Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online? Never fear, Johnny has plenty of stuff for you to explore until launch day.
The Waiting Game - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Aching to explore the all-new open world of The Witcher 3 and cover the land with corpses? Stay your blade, adventurer, Johnny's got some stuff to keep you busy until it's time.
The Waiting Game - Most Wanted in 2014
With the year coming to an end, Johnny takes a look forward at the five games we're most looking forward to in 2014.
The Waiting Game - Best Games for Christmas
Christmas is a great time of year, but choosing the right game to keep everyone happy can be tricky. Johnny wades in to see if he can help.
The Waiting Game - inFamous: Second Son
Can't wait to cause some mayhem with inFamous: Second Son? Relax - Johnny's got some stuff in mind to satisfy those mischievous urges until launch day.
The Waiting Game - Thief
Looking forward to becoming a professional Thief, but not sure you've got the skills to handle it? Don't worry, Johnny's ready to give you some handy recommendations.
The Waiting Game - Watch Dogs
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The Waiting Game - Dark Souls II
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BELLAIRE - It was just 12 days ago that the Madonna Blue Dons were playing for the West Virginia Class A State Football Championship.
With just seven practices and nary a scrimmage under their belt, the Blue Dons made their 2012-13 basketball debut Wednesday evening inside the 'Greenhouse' at St. John Central.
Despite shooting the ball poorly, turning the ball over, commiting a high number of personal fouls, the Blue Dons headed home with a relatively easy 51-25 victory against the struggling Irish, who have lost three straight since beating Bellaire in the opener.
"Our guys are just getting their basketball legs about them," said acting Blue Dons' head coach Mike Hagg, who is filling in for George Vargo, who sat out the first of two games because of a suspension issued by the WVSSAC after the state tournament in March. "Our shooting and our overall team chemistry aren't where they need to be."
Madonna also began basketball life with senior leader Ross Comis, who is out for an extended period of time due to an injury suffered in the state title game.
"We're finding our way," Hagg said. "Ross is our leader and the glue that pulls us together, so without him, we're young out there and it's going to be a work in progress. We'll have to adjust because it's growing process."
The Blue Dons asserted themselves on the boards early, especially the offensive end where after sometimes as many as five chances, they cashed in. The Blue Dons scored 18 of the game's first 20 points and were never seriously challenged.
"We've struggled with rebounding the last two games," said St. John head coach Kevin Lahna. "We've got 10 days off now before we play Bellaire and we're going to get back to basics of shooting the basketball and boxing out. I thought we played defense semi-hard tonight. I don't think we got Madonna's best shot and we could have played with them a little better than we did."
The Irish, who were routed by Bishop Donahue on Tuesday, were within 13 in the middle of the second quarter, but Madonna's Nate Guio stopped the bleeding with back-to-back buckets and allowed the Dons to push their lead to 30-11 at the half.
"We just don't have the firepower to be able to catch up when we dig ourselves a big hole," Lahna said. "Offensively, we're just not too good right now. We're not a very good shooting team, especially from the outside. I think we have it in our head that we're going to make shots because we made some (against Bellaire) early in the season. We're not very disciplined that way."
In the first half, Madonna outrebounded St. John, 40-6.
"We've got good size and we should be able to rebound well," Hagg said. "Most of those rebounds, though, were on our own misses."
Madonna outscored St. John, 11-9 in the third despite Kyle Imer scoring all the Irish's points on bonus baskets.
Sophomore James Carnes - who transferred from Weir High - led all scorers in the game with 15 points. He also completed the double-double with a like number of rebounds. Guio also had a double-double with 14 rebounds to complement his 12 points.
Will Bowser had just four points, but ripped down 12 rebounds.
Imer's production led the Irish. Senior D.J. Shoemaker scored six in top support.
Madonna 51, St. John 25
MADONNA: Guio 6, 0-0 12; Antinone 0, 0-0 0; Jeter 0, 0-0 0; Ewusiak 4, 0-0 8; Retton 2, 0-2 4; Bowser 1, 2-2 4; Shreve 1, 0-0 2; Higgins 0, 0-0 0; Carnes 7, 0-0 15; Stakis 1, 2-2 4; Martin 1, 0-0 2; Totals: 23, 4-6 51.
ST. JOHN: Francis 1, 2-3 4; Shoemaker 1, 4-10 6; Holubeck 0, 0-0 0; Ford 0, 0-0 0; Alvey 1, 0-3 0; Palmer 0, 0-0 0; Clemons 0, 0-0 0; Bossell 1, 0-0 2; Melko 1, 0-2 2; Imer 3, 0-0 9; Totals: 8, 6-18 25.
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The 10 Most Disastrous Saturday Morning Cartoon Adaptations
#5. Fantastic Four
Based On:
Marvel' Fantastic Four comic-book series.
Sucked Because:
The 1978 animated version of the Fantastic Four dumped The Human Torch in favor of a robot named H.E.R.B.I.E., a change allegedly mandated by lawsuit-fearing NBC network execs who feared children dousing themselves in gasoline and lighting themselves on fire. This may be an urban legend; however, the character of the Human Torch had been optioned to Universal and CBS TV for possible development into a film or TV series. Either way, including the brash, thrill-seeking Johnny Storm was a no-go.
Rather than sensibly setting aside the idea of a Fantastic Four cartoon for the time being, Stan Lee dreamed up (read: "ripped off from Star Wars") the idea of an adorable robot sidekick created by team leader Reed Richards. It' the TV cartoon equivalent of, say, Van Halen dumping party-animal bassist Michael Anthony and touring with a new bassist created by Eddie Van Halen instead (say, his son Wolfgang). Not surprisingly, purists hated it.
Evidence from the Title Sequence:
The original cast members emerge from the ship one by one to show off their impressive powers (not sure why Ben Grim almost vomits before turning into The Thing, but that' beside the point). Saving the best for last, H.E.R.B.I.E the robot emerges from the ship fourth and shows off his ability to...wave to the camera.
#4. ProStars
Based On:
The most famous athletes in each of the three major sports: Michael Jordan (Basketball) and Bo Jackson (Football, Baseball). Also, a white guy named Wayne who plays something called hockey.
Sucked Because:
It squandered a pretty decent premise: famous athletes using their almost superhero-like athletic abilities to fight crime. Unfortunately, it's unclear if the the shows creators even knew who the three athletes were, or if they'd ever watched sports before.
Gretzky' character spends most of his time talking about how hungry he is, and acting like a general retard. He is mostly used as the outfit' comic relief, because when it comes to using sports to fight crime, the guy who glides around with blades on his feet, deftly wielding a sword-like stick is only good for a few chuckles. Meanwhile, Bo Jackson' character was the Incredible Hulk with a fade, an angry grunting behemoth who rumbled around like a bulldozer, ignoring the fact that Jackson was one of the fastest, most graceful athletes in professional sports.
But the biggest failure is the show's inexplicable treatment of the biggest star of the three: Michael Jordan. The obvious move would have been to turn him into a cross between Stretch Armstrong and a Gummy Bear, capable of using his leaping ability and lanky finesse to fuck up some super villains. Instead, Jordan' character fights crime using hi-tech gizmos some random Yiddish-speaking lady gives him. It didn't even matter that he was Michael Jordan! Kurt Rambis could have been awesome with all the weapons and gadgets that Jewish lady was always giving MJ. Instead of focusing on his other-worldly athleticism, the show made the greatest athlete in the world into a cross between The Hebrew Hammer and Data from Goonies.
Evidence from the Title Sequence:
The coolest moments in the intro are the highlights of Jackson and Jordan from the real world. While cartoon Bo uses a tree to kill some guy driving a tractor, it' nothing compared to his real world gravity-defying wall run. And Jordan flying through the air dunking on Lakers is way cooler than his cartoon highlight, in which he needs rocket-shoes to save a child from a burning building. Rocket shoes? Really? If Carl Lewis was one of the ProStars they probably would have given him a Segway.
#3. Hammerman
Based On:
The life and times of pop-rapper MC Hammer.
Sucked Because:
Well, it was based on the life and times of pop-rapper MC Hammer.
At least MC Skat Kat had the decency to get off our television sets after one 4-minute Paula Abdul video. Hammerman, on the other hand, was too legit to quit until it was mercifully yanked after 13 episodes.
Evidence from the Title Sequence:
If you ever wanted to see what the intro to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air would have looked like if it told a convoluted back story about crime fighting, was rapped by someone making the lyrics up as he went along and directed by whoever handles production for al Qaeda, well, have at it.
#2. Hulk Hogan' Rock 'n' Wrestling
Based On:
The stars of the World Wrestling Federation.
Sucked Because:
There' no way for a cartoon to keep up with the fast-moving, soap-operatic twists and turns of professional wrestling' plotlines, and the WWF' constant personnel changes made Hulk Hogan' Rock 'n' Wrestling instantly obsolete. Even before the show debuted, slated character Mad Maxine had to be replaced because she'd left the WWF. Jimmy Snuka quit the WWF a month before the show debuted, though he still appeared in it. By June 1987, when the show ended, Wendi Richter, Capt. Lou Albano, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Big John Studd were gone as well.
Andre the Giant remained in the WWF, but he was no longer Hulk Hogan' faithful sidekick and had become the WWF' chief villain. Worse yet, the Hulkster' real-life hairline had retreated an obvious 3 inches since the show' debut, making his animated avatar a gross misrepresentation of his actual appearance.
Evidence from the Title Sequence:
In what is no doubt homage to Oliver Stone' Natural Born Killers, the intro cuts between the cartoon world of the show and the real world events that inspired it (Hulk Hogan being the most awesome human being alive). The contrast in hairlines is on display, and the cast of cartoon characters is so large that it' almost impossible to tell what' going on during the car chase.
As you can see, the intro' biggest flaw is the question it fails to answer: Was Hogan able to fight off the mob of blood-thirsty children that swarmed him moments before the title graphic?
#1. The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
Based On:
The long-running sitcom Happy Days.
Sucked Because:
Its birthing of the phrase "jump the shark" aside, the premise of Happy Days was durable enough to last the series' 10-year run. Nevertheless, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang failed to trust this premise and ran with one that smacked of having been aggressively focus-grouped to death.
Richie Cunningham, Ralph Malph and the Fonz were lost in time and given a time machine to roam throughout history in hopes of returning to 1957 Milwaukee (although anyone capable of traveling the breadth of time and space would surely find somewhere better to be than 1957 Milwaukee).
Added to the cast were the Fonz' talking canine sidekick, Mr. Cool and Cupcake, and a 25th-century space babe with magical powers. It was like shoehorning both The Simpsons' Poochie and The Flintstones' Great Gazoo into a single show.
Oddly, while Richie and Ralph joined the army in the regular Happy Days timeline, after the cartoon' cancellation, it was Fonzie and the grating Mr. Cool who were added to the animated Laverne and Shirley in the Army, where they were killed by friendly fire. Or, should have been, anyway.
Evidence from the Title Sequence:
While the dog, the trippy time-travel sequences and all other manners of ridiculousness are on display, the intro also manages to shoe horn in the sitcom' greatest font of awkwardness: Fonz being 15 years older than the girls he' hitting on. Rather than using the animated format to smooth away some of those years, the animators inexplicably make the cartoon Fonz look even older than the one on Happy Days. This wouldn't be so problematic if the intro didn't hinge on the Fonz trying to get the pigtailed Cupcake to have sex with him in her time machine.


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Today in Tweet Beat, Josh Groban doesn't take himself seriously. Plus, Mariah Carey wants to move in to the Magic Kingdom's Cinderella's castle.
This place is the best! Disney invented FESTIVE!!!!! The parade is gonna be a smash hit wonder as always!!!
Inside Cinderella's castle in between songs..c'mon!!!! http://twitpic.com/3ciaaq
Seriously, its so cute I would move in here: )
Extra festive!!!!! X0x0 see ya Christmas morning! http://twitpic.com/3ckwkm
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These guys just don't know when to quit! #BoycottRadarOnlineAndStarMagazine -Adam Leber, Manager
If u send me a death threat all that happens is ur shit goes to the FBI and I may have to be followed around by men in black action figures
Flipping through Italian Vogue. Wish I could read the articles, but I'll settle for looking at the fierce photos!
About to get on a plane to Chile. Special thanks to James Franco for finding my Dad's bookmark, otherwise we'd still be looking for it.
James Franco finding my Dad's bookmark was a Hollywood moment. My mom then asking "Who's James Franco?" was a Cora Roth moment.
Just had my first post-Jeggings medical exam - according to the doctor, I'm now infertile. #jeggings
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i think that 'rock concert' would be a good name for a band. tonight: rock concert. it would be comforting and simple.
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Can the series $\dfrac1{i-0} + \dfrac1{i-1} + \dfrac1{i-2} + \cdots$ be reduced to $\log(i)$?
It looked similar to the harmonic series, so I checked wikipedia for Harmonic series, and found the following info.
So I was just wondering whether it could be simplified to $\log(i)$. Please help me solve it.


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5 Reasons The Greatest Movie Villain Ever is a 'Good' Witch
#2. The Lie
So, the orphan girl from Kansas now has Oz's Saruman/Hitler mashup gunning for her, all because the 'Good Witch' got her involved in some kind of grander witch struggle without her consent. Glinda then goes on to explain that Dorothy has made "rather a bad enemy of the Witch." Not really, Glinda made her rather a bad enemy of the Witch. Dorothy stood around like a confused kid -- because she was, you know, a confused kid - while Glinda essentially framed her. So, despite being an innocent third party to the whole thing, Dorothy has just become Oz's version of Neo, only Morpheus is just some dick with his own agenda.
"Have you ever had a dream, Dorothy, that you were so sure was real?"
Once Glinda sets Dorothy up to be the object of the Wicked Witch's rage, she sends her off to find the Wizard, telling her that A) she would be better off getting the hell out of Oz altogether and B) she can only achieve this by going to the Wizard, which means leaving Munchkinland, where, coincidentally, the Wicked Witch has no power. The Wizard, Dorothy is told, is the only one who can help her.
Help you do whatnow?
Unfortunately, that was bald faced lie.
Anyone familiar with the story knows that at the end of the movie, Glinda tells Dorothy to click her heels to go home. Boom. Heel clicks, home. That's it. No wizard necessary. This whole elaborate journey Dorothy is about to embark on is predicated on a whopper. But, more on this in a bit.
#1. The Payoff
So, Dorothy takes Glinda's word that she's got to see the Wizard to get home, and she leaves the one place where the Wicked Witch has no power to get to the Emerald City. Through the course of her travels, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Cowardly Lion.
This is them.
Dorothy and crew somehow make it through an apple tree attack, an encounter with the Witch and a witchy fire ball, an opium overdose and Emerald City red tape to get to see the Wizard, who promptly informs them he won't do a damn thing to help them until they bring back the Wicked Witch's broomstick. And that's when the Scarecrow points out they would need to kill her first.
"No doy."
Riiiiight. So, to recap, Dorothy, the simple farm girl from Kansas, is now getting asked to play the part of a hired assassin. And her reward for her second murder of the day will be (hopefully) a chance to go home. And remember, Glinda is somehow watching over everything, and we know this because she was the one who woke up the gang from their drug overdose.
The Wizard was just bluffing when he sent Dorothy after the WWofW, he didn't have any powers to begin with. But Glinda knew exactly what a trip to the witch's castle meant - someone was going to die.
If you don't remember the movie, here's how things play out: Dorothy and her friends end up in a haunted forest where they are attacked by the Witch's flying monkeys, and those supermonkeys carry Dorothy and Toto back to the Witch's castle. The friends of Dorothy make their way into the castle, too, and in the final showdown Dorothy smites the old witch with a bucket of water, proving that M. Night Shyamalan wasn't even that original when he came up with the shittiest movie alien ever.
When Dorothy and friends return to the Emerald City as heroes, we find out that the entire fiasco could have ended the moment Glinda put the ruby slippers on Dorothy; she was literally walking around in her ticket to instant transport back to her own bed. Glinda's excuse for not telling Dorothy before she was nearly killed and offed Glinda's rival? "You wouldn't have believed me!"
So why did Glinda send Dorothy to the Wizard in the first place? Maybe we'll never know. But we think it's pretty convenient that by the end of the movie not only are both chief rivals of the so-called 'Good Witch' dead, but the ruler of Emerald City was out of the picture as well, leaving just one beloved and fully powerful Witch in his place.
The whole thing smells fishy. It's like The Usual Suspects with midgets, no Baldwins and a Keyser Söze who floats off in a bubble.


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I know this may be a dumb question but I know that it is possible for $\sin(x)$ to take on rational values like $0$, $1$, and $\frac {1}{2}$ and so forth, but can it equal any other rational values? What about $\cos(x)$?
There are infinitely many primitive Pythagorean triples, that is, triples $(a,b,c)$ of positive integers such that $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers $\gt 1$ such that $a^2+b^2=c^2$.
Any such triple determines a right triangle. The sines and cosines of the two non-right angles are the rationals $\frac{a}{c}$ and $\frac{b}{c}$. So there are infinitely many angles between $0$ and $\frac{\pi}{2}$ such that $\sin x$ and $\cos x$ are both rational.
You are undoubtedly familiar with the triples $(3,4,5)$ and $(5,12,13)$. There are infinitely many more. The Wikipedia article linked to above gives a detailed description.
We can already get infinitely many examples by letting $n$ be any integer $\gt 1$, and setting $a=n^2-1$, $b=2n$, and $c=n^2+1$. Make the right-triangle $ABC$, with the right angle at $C$, and $a,b,c$ as above.
Note that $\triangle ABC$ really is a right-triangle, since $(n^2-1)^2+(2n)^2=(n^2+1)^2$.
Let $x=\angle A$. Then $\sin x=\frac{n^2-1}{n^2+1}$ and $\cos x=\frac{2n}{n^2+1}$. Thus both are rational.
$\sin(x)$ takes on every value between $-1$ and $1$, so it can take on any rational value between $-1$ and $1$ inclusive. The same is true of $\cos(x)$.
Yes. Both are continuous, and so by the intermediate value theorem, take on every value between -1 and 1.
Both $\sin x$ and $\cos x$ take on all rational values within the range $-1$ to $1$. That doesn't mean you can find the $x$ such that $\sin x=\frac {25}{149}$ for example. But there is such an $x$ (in fact many), which you can approximate as closely as you want.
You may be interested in Niven's theorem, which is that the only rational values of $\sin x$ when $x$ is a rational multiple of $\pi$ (i.e. a rational number of degrees) are $0$, $\pm\frac12$ and $\pm1$. Of course $\sin x$ takes many other rational values but these do require $x/\pi$ to be irrational.


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No bot that is harvesting emails or testing your site for vulnerabilities will respect your robots.txt. In fact these malicious bots look at the robots.txt to better map your site. If any point you have a
robots.txt will not increase security of your website or prevent e-mail address harvesting. robots.txt is a guide for search engines to skip over sections of your website. These will not be indexed and should be used for any sections you do not want to show up in public search engines.
However, this will in no way prevent any other bots from downloading your entire site to increase security or prevent e-mail harvesting. To increase security you need to add authentication and only allow authenticated users beyond the secured sections. To prevent e-mail address harvesting don't put e-mails in plain text (or easily decipherable text) on a website.
robots.txt won't help you with security. Any bot that wants to do something shady will ignore it anyway.
The robots.txt file only serves as a request that bots and spiders leave certain pieces of content alone; it can't actually prevent their access. The "good" bots will respect it, but the "bad" ones (probably the ones that you want to block) will ignore it and proceeed anyway.
Instead of robots.txt, maybe you need to use CAPTCHA codes.


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Immigrant integration is the process by which immigrants and their children come to feel and become participants in the life of their country of destination, and in its schools, workplaces, and communities. Governments' policies, initiatives, and programs help determine immigrants' opportunities to participate in society, as well as their guarantees to the same rights and responsibilities as those of the native born. The research offered here explores the many facets of immigrant integration policy—from citizenship and language acquisition to access to education, the workforce, and more.
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Guru.com (probably the one and only freelancer / offshoring site I've made any significant use of) has just introduced a blatant Stack Overflow knock-off site, which can be seen at www.guru.com/answers. Right now, most of the questions appear to be
guru.com policy and proposal related, but they seem to be positioning it as an alternative or competitor to Stack Overflow for their customers to connect with technical types.
So the two questions I would have are:
if I choose to participate there, am I violating any TOS conditions on Stack Exchange or on Guru.com?
Is Guru.com doing anything illegal or unethical by copying Stack Overflow?
Yes, my question is definitely related to this already asked question, but in this particular case, much of the UI and even the elements ("Strunk & White" badge) is the exact same.


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Mexico's state-owned oil and gas company Pemex expects its petrochemical production to rise 25% to 10 million tpy if a sweeping energy policy overhaul is approved.
Mexico's state-owned oil and gas company Pemex expects petrochemical production to rise 25%
to 10 million tpy if sweeping energy policy overhaul measures are
approved, the company said on Thursday.
Pemex wrote on its official Twitter page that
output would increase from its current 8 million tpy with
the reform, which is expected later this year.
The reform would allow more private sector participation
within the petrochemical sector and the broader
downstream industry, which analysts have said is a prime target
for growth.
The reform was proposed in August by President Enrique
Pena Nieto, who is looking to spur economic growthin
Mexico by attracting billions of dollars in investments
and improve competitiveness in the country by lowering energy
prices for manufacturers.
Though Mexico has the world's fourth biggest reserves of shale
gas, crude oil production has fallen for nearly a decade due to
a model in which Mexico pays foreign companies to drill wells
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The online class covers what to expect during labor and childbirth, the role of the birth coach, natural relaxation and coping methods and provides information on the types of anesthesia available for women in labor.
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Could someone give a suggestion to calculate this limit please? $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{{{x^3}}}\int_0^x {\frac{{{t^2}}}{{1 + {t^4}}}dt}$$ Thanks in advance.
Put $\displaystyle f(x):=\int_0^x\frac{t^2}{1+t^4}dt$. It's a smooth function. We have $f(0)=f'(0)=f''(0)$, and in order to apply Taylor's theorem compute $f^{(3)}(0)$. We have $f'(x) = \dfrac{x^2}{1+x^4}$ hence $$f''(0)=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{f'(x)-f'(0)}x=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac x{1+x^4}=0.$$ Since $f''(x) = \dfrac{2x}{1+x^4}-\dfrac{4x^5}{(1+x^4)^2}$, we get $$f^{(3)}(0)=\lim_{x\to 0}\dfrac{f''(x)-f''(0)}x= 2.$$ Taylor's theorem gives that $f(x)=f(0)+xf'(0)+\frac{x^2}2f''(0)+\frac{x^3}{6}f^{(3)}(0)+x^3\varepsilon(x) =\frac{x^3}{6}f^{(3)}(0)+x^3\varepsilon(x)$, where $\displaystyle \lim_{x\to 0}\varepsilon(x)=0$. We conclude that the limit we where looking for is $\frac 13$.
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Suggestion: use the substitution $u=t/x$, then just cancel and plug in $x=0$.
Here's a heuristic solution: when $t$ is small, $t^2/(1+t^4) \approx t^2$. So if $x$ is small, $$ \int_0^x t^2/(1+t^4) \: dt \approx \int_0^x t^2 \: dt = x^3/3 $$ and this suggests that your limit is $1/3$. This can be made rigorous by the methods that have already been mentioned.
One can do this in an elementary and explicit way: write $\dfrac{t^2}{1+t^4}=t^2-A(t)$ with $A(t)=\dfrac{t^6}{1+t^4}$ hence $0\le A(t)\le t^6$. Integrating this from $t=0$ to $t=x$ and dividing by $x^3$ yields that the ratio $R(x)$ one is interested in satisfies $$ \frac13-\frac17x^4\le R(x)\le\frac13. $$ From this double inequality, the limit of $R(x)$ when $x\to0$ should be clear.
Using L'Hopital's rule just once, followed by some trivial algebraic simplification, works. Differentiating the numerator gets rid of the "$\int$".
If you change variables $u = t^3$ in the integral, the limit becomes $$\lim_{x \rightarrow 0} {1 \over x^3}\int_0^{x^3}{1 \over 3}{1 \over 1 + u^{4 \over 3}}\,du$$ You can replace $x^3$ by $x$ here, so that the limit is the same as $$\lim_{x \rightarrow 0} {1 \over x}\int_0^{x}{1 \over 3}{1 \over 1 + u^{4 \over 3}}\,du$$ By the fundamental theorem of calculus, this limit is just the integrand evaluated at $u = 0$, namely ${1 \over 3}$.


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The Horse Goes VRINSK! 6 Noises Foreign Languages Suck At
Most people are familiar with onomatopoeia, if only as the word that they failed to spell in the fourth grade (and if you're a Cracked writer, you did it again just now, like eight times in a row). Onomatopoeia is the "buzz" of a bee, a "knock" on the door, or the "ZAMN!" of Batman's fist as it makes contact with a skull. And, like everything else, it's funny to laugh at how the foreigners do it all wrong.
#6. The Sound a Horse Makes
The horse is a simple, solemn animal. In English, the horse says "Neigh." Meanwhile, in those wacky foreign countries...
Denmark - The noble horse breaks free of its pen after a raging thunderstorm. As the clouds begin to part, it rears up on its hind legs, silhouetted dramatically against the emerging sunset, and cries out in celebration of its new-found freedom: VRINSK!
...What is that, a faucet company? That is a completely alien jumble of letters. That's not a sound a horse has ever made; that's what you get when you smoke Salvia and take a turn in Scrabble. Merely pronouncing it makes one's tongue move in strange and perverted ways, like your mouth is somehow molesting itself.
#5. Eating
Listen, you can question our credentials on any of these other entries, but we here in the States eat food better than anyone else, and we know what goddamn sound it makes: munch, chomp, even the occasional om nom nom--they're all pretty good, because they all sort of sound like what you hear when you chew something (inside your head, anyway). Not like:
Hungary - Come on, you've got to live up to the name guys. In Hungary, the sound that eating makes is hamm hamm.
That just seems needlessly confusing. It probably turns every conversation into a rendition of "Who's On First?"
Guy #1: Hey man, what're you eating?
Guy #2 (chewing): Hamm hamm hamm...
Guy #1: I thought you were Jewish?
Guy #2: I am, why?
Guy #1: You're eating ham.
Guy #2: I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said - you were chewing too loud.
Guy #1: I hate this country.
But that's not nearly as bad as...
Japan- Who went with: MOGU MOGU.
Hey, they live on an island: They've got no one to answer to; it must be liberating. Have you ever lived without any neighbors? You walk around naked in broad daylight, do weird things to trees and become oddly feral at night. That's Japan like, every day. For centuries. Eating is "mogu mogu" for the same reason their noise for "dozing off" ("Toro, Toro") sounds to the rest of the world like the last thing you hear before being trampled by a rampaging bull: Nobody was there to tell them that's goddamn ridiculous.
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#4. Creaking Floorboards
The quintessential "killer is in your house" noise written into every horror movie and tension-filled scene. Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense himself, used the sound countless times. But what if he was from...
Germany - A darkened parlor. A woman sits, weeping quietly. The camera draws closer. She pauses, did she hear somebody or...? No, it's nothing. She stares quietly out the window. The camera draws closer, and closer again. Clearly matching the silent footsteps of a man, advancing on her in the darkness. Now she freezes, as from behind her, there sounds a soft, ominous... KNARZ!
And all the sinister undertones go right out the window. "Knarz" isn't a floorboard creak; it's the sound Jerry Lewis makes when you punch him in the chest. But it's nowhere near as bad as...
Czech Republic - Vrrzzz! That's an insect, a kazoo or an old sci-fi ray-gun. What the hell are floorboards made of in Eastern Europe? We know you're all uncivilized barbarians, but can you seriously not afford wood?


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When 'allegedly prolife' groups attack.
Over the past few years, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been steadily criticized by a few prolife groups claiming the bishops' domestic-poverty program has been funding organizations that promote abortion and artificial contraception. We've written about this before. The critics' stock-and-trade is guilt by association (you know, Jesus' M.O.). From time to time they may discover a grant that violates the bishops' own guidelines—which were recently revised to respond to these ceaseless complaints. But mostly it's your basic smear job. They comb coalitions for members who have taken public stances antithetical to church teaching on sex and abortion, then tie them to recipients of Catholic funding. (Protip: If someone on the board of your charity has ever had lunch with someone who publicly disagrees with Catholic teaching on sex or abortion, don't expect to pass muster with the magisterium of the American Life League.)
Having apparently exhausted their domestic targets, these critics have set their sights on Catholic Relief Services, the bishops' foreign-poverty organization. The latest salvo was delivered by the Population Research Institute, a $1.4 million operation based in Virginia. According to PRI, Catholic Relief Services has been "using funding from American Catholics to distribute contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and devices" in Madagascar. PRI claims that a representative spoke with CRS workers and local clergy who confirmed that the organization had been "directly involved in the promotion and distribution of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and devices."
That sounds bad, and it would be, if PRI's reporting seemed reliable. But does it?
One of its sources in Madagascar claimed that "CRS works in family planning just like the others." But CRS staff there had never heard of the man. PRI did produce a transcript of an interview (or several interviews?) with Nicolas Ragalison and Jean Ferlin Nambana, described as "support technicians" for CRS. Have a look:
PRI: [Is there any] way that CRS can possibly participate in this program without collaborating in the promotion of artificial contraception?
CRS: We technicians, working in parallel with the Social Development Committees, have a support role with the Community Health Workers (CHW)…. And we have to collect data, make reports, send the reports/data. We have to assure the availability of the products, of all the social-marketing products…
PRI: …including the family planning products, no?
CRS: Yes. And sometimes there are ruptures in stock.
PRI: So, you CRS technicians and USAID technicians work in the same way under SantéNet2? I'm asking if there's a difference in the method of work, in the approach to the work, between the two.
CRS: It's the same thing. We do the same work, including in the area of family planning.
Think PRI would hide a smoking gun if it had found one? The interview contains no clear statement that CRS does what PRI says it does. But then it looks a lot like the questions weren't designed to elicit clear responses. Questions folded into other questions interrupted by leading follow-up questions. Why doesn't the transcript separate Ragalison's responses from Nambana's? Who said what? And did the interviewer explain what he meant by "family-planning products"—or even "family planning"? American prolife activists may take "family planning" to mean artificial contraception, but Ragalison and Nambana are not American. They speak Malagasy. It's not even clear whether they speak French. What language was the interview conducted in? PRI doesn't say.
Nor will PRI come clean about who was conducting the interview. Steven Mosher, president of PRI, wouldn't tell Catholic News Service whom he sent to investigate CRS in Madagascar. Mosher says donors approached him to raise concerns about the way CRS was using church funds. But he didn't identify them either.
What's more, according to CRS president Carolyn Woo, this unnamed investigator was not upfront about the nature of his visit. He gained access by "posing as a donor," Woo told Catholic News Service, and "never explained that he was an online reporter doing research." He even got interviews with local bishops. One of them, PRI alleges, complained that "they [CRS] was working on an artificial contraception product here" (PRI supplied the bracketed clarification, not I). Which is strange, because just last week the USCCB reported that the bishops quoted by PRI "repudiated allegations that Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was involved with providing contraceptives or abortafacient drugs and denied that he has a strained relationship with the agency."
At least one member of the bishops conference has had enough. Last week, Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Florida, described PRI as an "allegedly prolife" group that "thrive[s] on attacking the church or its enemies." There's more:
While it was meant to inflict harm on a highly respected U.S. Catholic charity, it took dead aim this time at Africa. From time to time, I suspect when these organizations need money, they try to stir up a hornet's nest or storm by attacking a Catholic organization, usually falsely accusing them of being anti-life, pro-contraception, either pro or soft on abortion, etc., etc., etc. The storms start small enough and then occasionally grow in size. It's simply a money raising scheme with little regard for the human lives which they allege they seek to protect—well maybe it is only pre-born human life in which they are interested.
Lynch knows of what he speaks. He was spared such attacks during the twelve years he spent on the board of CRS, "but from the time Cardinal Timothy Dolan succeeded me as chairman, these storms have developed off the East Coast of the U.S. and moved eastward toward Africa, where CRS does an amazing job of supporting and sustaining human life, even with programs of pre-natal maternal/child health care, which has helped lower the infant (in and out of the womb) death rate."
And he may be right about these groups' fundraising designs. In 2009, the American Life League, which has made a habit of slamming the CCHD, took in $6.7 million. But by 2011, its revenue had dropped by $1.5 million. (Perhaps some of its donors got wind of ALL's questionable financial practices.)
Back to Lynch:
I am convinced that many so called pro-life groups are not really pro-life but merely anti-abortion. We heard nothing from the heavy hitters in the prolife movement in the last week when Florida last night executed a man on death row for 34 years having been diagnosed as a severe schizophrenic. Which personality did the state execute? Many priests grow weary of continual calls to action for legislative support for abortion and contraception related issues but nothing for immigration reform, food aid, and capital punishment.
This from a bishop who threatened to cancel his diocese's employee health coverage if the original form of the contraception mandate wasn't modified. And his prolife credentials are nothing to sneeze at either. In 1974, before he was ordained, Lynch organized the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment in order to coordinate Catholic opposition to Roe. He was defending life born and unborn long before PRI was a gleam in its founder's eye.
"We've heard it all before," Lynch writes, "responded to it in the past, know its sources, and spend way too much energy in defense of the agency." The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops should heed his advice. To the extent that critics behave as serious critics should, the bishops should take them seriously. To the extent that they engage in James O'Keefe-style "guerilla journalism," hide behind anonymity, or call compromise "the devil's work," they can be safely ignored. The church's poverty programs exist to protect the neediest among us, not to enrich the coffers of culture warriors.
(H/T Bold Faith Type)
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Shux. They're just a bunch of good old boys being "prudential."
I called CRS and made a donation after I read about these attacks.
Who's the guy with red skin and black talons? I like the cut of his jib.
People who care most about creating additional levels of purity are modern Pharisees.
How ironic that these people who supposedly are against abortion would turn on one of their greatest allies in the fight against it. Obviously this is not true concern for the unborn, it is a true concern for the money to be made in the anti-abortion controversy. If abortion were done away with tomorrow these organizations would have no reason to exist. Their funding and in turn their lucrative jobs would be done away with. The Catholic Church would still be there to serve the faithful and minister to the poor.
Grant, outstanding post.
While I have no argument with your take on ALL, I do want to add that, conceptually, I have no problem with lay Catholics (or anyone of good will) taking on a watchdog role on episcopal conference programs and expenditures. The bishops collect and spend a lot of money which ultimately is our money, and we have a right and a duty to ensure that it is being stewarded appropriately. I do think the bishops try hard to make sure that their (our) funds are not misapplied, but some independent scrutiny and oversight should also be part of the mix. (But clearly not from ALL!)
Jim, I agree. I also think it is important to watchdog the watchdogs to ensure they themselves are credible.
I was looking at Population Research Institute's most recent 990 (their website doesn't provide any info on the board or staff other than the President, Steven Mosher)
But according to the last 990, it has 4 Board members:
Steven Mosher (President), base salary $161,000,
and 3 volunteer directors:
Chris Manion,director Campaign for Humanae Vitae, a project of the Bellarmine Foundation.
John Delmare.
Vincent Cruz..
I couldn't find anything about their staff except the 990 lists a Vice President, Joel Bockrath, (base pay $99,000). Their staffing must be really lean since their 990 only reports about $340,000 in salaries, and 75% of it seems to go to the President & VP.
Does anyone know anything about the staff and board of this organization? What are their credentials and qualifications?


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I normally switch between Geany, vim and Emacs (depending on my mood. LOL) when editing on a linux platform.
Recently, I have begun exploring the Mallard Project, but have been unable to find the right tool for editing files to be processed by Mallard. Does such a tool exist?
Shortly after posting my question, I went to the Mallard mailing list to search for an answer... and posted my question there.
I share, here, the answer which I received from that list:
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:44 PM, The Geeko wrote:
Is there a tool available which properly handles Mallard documents? I normally use Geany, Emacs and Vim... (depending on my mood and the task at hand), but none of these identify Mallard files; therefore, there is no coloring and other assistance.
gedit recognizes Mallard documents, and even has some handy Mallard code snippets.
It does not do code completion like some advanced IDEs, but it does code coloring.
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Shipping to me was $8.26. (Ouch)
Still, they're cool and an idea for that weirdo on your Christmas list.
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Do not let my wife see this. She'll make me wear it with the t-shirt, draws and cape socks she's already got for me. :/
You can get 20% off using coupon code: Aug12wq97T
Should drop price to $32.
And here I was just joking around in the DWChat the other night that I wish they made feety pajamas for grownups.....
Here is a one time use 20% off code. Good for the first to use it: Aug12tk66G
Sadly neither of those codes worked for me :/
It's nice to be able to work fond childhood comfort memories into your role playing night.