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6 Terrifying Mutations With Awesome Historical Explanations
Our genetic code is a stunning miracle of haphazard complexity. On one hand, it works as a blueprint that tells our bodies exactly how many fingers, toes, and kidneys we're supposed to have. But on the other, it is full of scraps from all of the stages of evolution that brought us here. That's why every once in a while you get an abnormality that scientists call an atavism.
This is the means by which suddenly any creature -- humans included -- can sprout physical traits that they thought they had abandoned millennia ago. And so you wind up with ...
#6. Humans With Tails
Via Hadinet.ir
If you're familiar with medical oddities, or at least the Jack Black movie Shallow Hal, you know that occasionally a human will be born with a tail. While these individuals can't use their gift to hang from low-lying branches, their tails are more or less as anatomically correct as that of any monkey from your local zoo. Some people can actually move the damn thing (fair warning, this video is incredibly gross).
You might, however, have thought that this was just a freak accident, like being born with a sixth finger or webbed genitals. Actually, all human babies start life with a stubby little tail while they're in the womb -- it's an evolutionary leftover from when we all had tails. In fact, scientists now think that our early ancestors might have been squirrel-like creatures with tails so long that they were mostly tail.
Via Doug Boyer, Duke University
We've all dated someone who looked like that.
Obviously, the no-tail side won the evolutionary battle, presumably because it has to be next to impossible to bone a female squirrel monster with a tail in the way that's longer than your goddamned body. It's hard not to miss it a little bit, though. Sure, it would make driving a car impossible, but do you ever find yourself standing in line at the DMV and wishing you had a giant limb that you could use to smack somebody across the room? That's you subconsciously missing your phantom tail (that's our theory, anyway).
And in some cultures, being born with a tail can earn you some perks. In India, Chandre Oram is believed by many to be the incarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman because of his 13-inch tail. It's a comparison that he encourages by climbing up trees and eating bananas. That's right, buddy, just go with it.
"We bring you these offerings that you might show us mercy, oh god of fruit and poop."
#5. Dolphin Legs
One of the first animal facts you learn in grade school is that whales and dolphins are mammals and actually more closely related to you than to the fish they resemble. They can't even breathe underwater -- they have lungs just like us. What this actually means is that, millions of years after animals first crawled onto land, the whales decided "Screw everything about this," regrew their fins, and slunk back into the ocean, flipping us the middle finger they no longer have.
These days, whales and dolphins are still occasionally born with stubby little legs, like this one that Japanese researchers caught in 2006 (pictured above), an apparent throwback to ancient times when they may have looked like this:
Via Mary Parrish/Smithsonian Institution
You think you're too good for land? We're glad the Japanese keep harpooning you.
You can see not only where they had back legs, but also that their front fins used to be webbed paws like the Creature from the Black Lagoon:
His balls look like a rolled-up armadillo.
Which is kind of terrifying if you're imagining them, you know, whale-sized. In fact, even normal whales have rudimentary leg bones crammed into their backsides, as you can see floating under the lower left of this killer whale skeleton:
Via Whyevolutionistrue
"Killer legs, man."
"Shut up."
You can also see its freaky "hands" where you thought it just had flippers. That's what their front limbs actually are -- evolved hands (or paws, whatever):
"Gimme five, man."
The pictures only get freakier from there. Here's the giant skeleton hand of a sperm whale:
Via Wolfgang Sauber
"Make one sperm joke. I'm daring you."
And here's a killer whale with both skeleton hands and huge teeth included in the frame so you can imagine it grabbing you by the neck and biting your head off:
Via Wolfgang Sauber
We'd point out how terrifying it would have been to live in an era when killer whales could come flopping out of the ocean to munch on land prey, but we have a feeling the things would have been slow as shit.
#4. Chickens With Teeth
Via Matthew Harris
Dinosaurs are every child's introduction to the idea that evolution has no interest in making things more awesome. For instance, the dinosaurs were so huge and terrifying that evolution decided to punish them for their hubris by turning them into birds. It's difficult to imagine now, but the humble chicken once towered over the savannah as a Tyrannosaurus rex. Now we cut off their wings and make women in tiny shorts serve them to us as food.
Sometimes, though, the chickens are granted a nostalgic throwback to their badass past with a little help from modern science. In 2006, mad scientists working on chicken embryos managed to grow chickens with teeth by coaxing their DNA to recall their ancient evolutionary origins.
Matthew Harris
We didn't say they were good teeth.
After all, there were a lot of steps in between "building-sized lizards with murderous jaws" and "sad lumps of feathers that eat worms." For instance, there was once a time when they looked like this:
Stephanie Abramowicz via Phys.org
Did anyone else make a "duuuuuuhhh" noise when they saw that?
That's Sulcavis geeorum, the 125-million-year-old ancestor of modern birds, which nature wisely saw fit to eliminate from the gene pool and humanity has decided to tease back into existence by way of the world's most non-threatening species. So modifying a chicken embryo to make it grow teeth just involves using a few tricks to bring out the dormant genetic traits that are still hiding in there.
Somewhere, a young writer has already started on his screenplay about hordes of genetically modified dino-chickens descending upon KFC headquarters to exact their violent revenge. And the poster will be a big KFC bucket full of severed human limbs.


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For this week's #MasterofCocktails, we're making a Highball. Incredibly refreshing, and probably in my all-time top three aperitifs. Well, top 5 anyway... (Martini, Negroni, Campari-Soda...) Yep. Top 5.
Now, whilst this may seem a very straight-forward cocktail (and in many ways is), it's all in the balance and execution. I had one of my favourites a couple of weeks ago at Bincho (a Japanese Restaurant with its own 'whisky joint' in the basement), where they paired Hakushu 12 with Fresh Mint.
We're going to use Lemon Peel as the 'garnish' in our drink, but we want it to be very, very subtle. More on that later...
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Buckeye Local levy targets safety
April 30, 2013
RAYLAND - A 2.1-mill, five-year emergency levy proposed by the Buckeye Local School District is on the May 7 ballot for voters' consideration....
Truly sad Spanky! When you talk about children's safety, nothing is too much. The question before you is, "do you want all kids to be safe?". There is no other question. You can call it what ever you want. Compare it to Obama Care or whatever, but just be honest. If you are going to vote no, then step up and say it. Don't cry foul about taxation without representation.
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This levy is cut and dry? No way. Nothing is cut and dry anymore. Obama Care was cut and dry! Right? I believe that a levy is basically "taxation" without representation. People who do not own property and do not pay property taxes, send their kids to public schools. The levy system is inherently unfair. Do I want someone elses kid to be safe at school? Sure I do. Should that kids parents have to pay an equal share? Absolutely! So, anyone with a brain can see that it is not a cut and dry levy, and it most certainly is not a cut and dry decision. Cameras, radios? Sure. Armed police, psychiatrists, roof-top escape hatches? Might be a bit too much.
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Really, Really! You can't be serious? Your comment doesn't make any sense. You say you are for safety, but the policy you quote that was mismanaged refers to safety of building (i.e. roof, toilets, concrete, etc.). This levy is cut and dry, you either want the students of Buckeye Local to be safe or you don't. The residents of Buckeye Local have the opportunity to lead instead of following. They will have resource officers in every building. Come on man, you can blame who ever you want but this is an easy choice!
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First and foremost I am all for the safety of the children.....BUT this district has not done their jobs in the first place as required by their own bylaws and procedures. Look it up off their web page. look under maintenance... It states that the superientendent is responsible then the Maintenance department , then the principals at each school for the SAFETY OF ALL OCCUPANTS of the physical plant (being the buildings).... I say no to "resource officers" No to a full time nurse and social workers. But if the district had been doing their jobs as outlined then we wouldn't be looking at a new levy... MISMANAGEMENT... period... hold them accountable first ... why wasn't it done like it should of been? So I oppose giving this district more money for not doing their jobs they were hired to do.
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Fixing Chevrolet C10 Rearend - Bulletproof 12-BoltWritten by on September 7, 2011 How to Retain Your C10 Chevy Rearend and Make It Last
For '67-'72 Chevy pickup owners, there are a number of reasons not to get rid of that 12-bolt Chevy rearend under your 1/2-ton. For one, the darn thing fits. All the suspension components bolt right up, with the traction bar pickup point cast into the housing from the factory. And unless you're going to add some serious tire under your truck or a wheel with a deep offset, the width is good to go as well. They're also tough as nails, equally so to the much more touted Ford 9-inch, with a more efficient design thanks to a lower pinion position in relation to the ring gear centerline. This results in a 3½ percent horsepower increase through reduced friction and lower gear lubricant temperatures.
But as great as the 12-bolt truck rear sounds, there are some drawbacks. For one, they retain the axle C-clip design carried over from the lighter weight passenger car rearends. Snap the axle-retaining C-clip and the entire axle assembly, wheel, tire, and all, can make an abrupt run to the hills. Not such a good scenario. The second problem with these rearends comes in the form of the outer roller bearings. These non-tapered bearings ride directly on the axle itself, which means that if your rearend is suffering from sloppy axle bearings, you're most likely going to have to replace both the bearing and the axle as there is no bearing race to replace. That can become both costly and irritating if you drive your truck hard. The other problem with this style bearing is that by its very nature it suffers from side load difficulties. Without a way to keep the axle tight against the housing, bent axles, broken C-clips, worn-out bearings, and an overall sloppy nature is the result.
But there are some solutions to these problems that make retaining that factory 12-bolt a very real option to even the most demanding C10 enthusiasts. And when compared to the cost of building an equally strong, custom Ford 9-inch from scratch, the 12-bolt makes even more sense.
I pulled the 12-bolt rear out of my latest project, a '68 Chevy longbed, while we were getting rolling on the suspension upgrades and took it down to the local go-to guys when it comes to rearends, Currie Enterprises. They pointed out the aforementioned shortcomings the 12-bolts suffer from and made their recommendations to create a bulletproof GM rear. When it was all said and done, the upgraded rearend bolted right back into place, strong as an ox and with a posi third member to replace the stock peg legger. We'll start the suspension upgrades next month, but first let's get this rearend rebuilt and ready to go! CCT
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The other end of the axle is where the C-clip retains the axle to the rearend. The button is a well-known weak spot when it comes to Chevy rearends and is the only thing that keeps the axle from becoming a projectile.A bar is placed through the axlehousing with the new Ford ends at either end. Here, the width is double-checkeded before the new ends are tacked to the housing.A bar is placed through the axlehousing with the new Ford ends at either end. Here, the width is double-checkeded before the new ends are tacked to the housing.To ensure that the ends are welded to the housing in the proper relation, the center section flange is set level…Before moving forward, Currie stamps the work order number on the axlehousing so that it can be tracked throughout the process.
While the housing is being cleaned, our attention is then turned to fabricating the new axles. Currie temporarily installs the posi unit into the housing to measure for axle length of the new Ford-based axles and cuts raw forgings to length.The axle is then machined to accept the various races and seals as well as the corresponding spline count (30 for the 12-bolt Chevy).Once machined, you can see that the end of the Ford axle is much stouter looking than the button-ended Chevy item.Since we're replacing the stock axles, we're going to take the opportunity to change the bolt pattern over from the stock six-lug pattern to the much more common 5x4¾-inch. Currie has drill jigs for most popular bolt patterns.Next the retaining plate, bearing and seal are pressed onto the axle end, completing the axle assembly.Randy's Ring & Pinion supplied a bearing seal kit since our rear will still use some Chevy components.
The 8.875-inch diameter Chevy ring gear is attached to the Eaton third member with 50 lb-ft of torque.Pressing the input shaft bearing races in is the next step before the ring-and-pinion gear's load pattern can be checked.Shims are placed in the housing on either side of the posi unit to set the backlash (0.011-0.015-inch is recommended by the gear manufacturer).
…followed by the yoke. The pinion nut is torque to spec (20-25 in/lb), compressing the crush sleeve, thereby setting the bearing preload.The backlash can now be checked using a fixed position dial indicator. Three separate positions on the gear are checked with a minimum of 0.011-inch "slop" deemed acceptable.Next, the gear tooth contact pattern is checked. Gear marking compound is applied to both the ring and pinion gear and the resulting pattern is compared to the manufacturer's specs. To correct the pattern, a general rule of thumb is that if the pattern is heavy at the toe (top), subtract shims. If it's heavy at the heel (bottom), add shims. At this point, it may be necessary to remove or add shims or reset the pinion to achieve the proper backlash and gear contact pattern.Currie's guys are well versed so it was only necessary to make one small adjustment before we were installing the Ford backing plates and new axles.The rearend cover attaches via twelve fasteners (hence the name). Before fastening the cover, each hole is given a quick cleanup via a hand tap.


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I have a 80 GB HDD without any partitions. One day I realised that I have lost most of my free disk space. I discovered that /var/log/kern.log.1 takes up 25 GB of space and there is no delete option for that file.
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I must say that they've made a LOT of progress since version 1.2. I'd like to have a crack at that one sometime.
And you have to love how the guy says "Visually Studio"!! Hehe:D
We are using MS CRM 3.0...
We had to add one custom report (made in VS 2003 Business intelligence project).
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I'm considering getting an XBox 360 (plus Kinect). I need storage for other devices as well (movies, PC games, whatever an Ouya might need), so I'm considering getting a big external HDD. Can I store downloaded games (e.g. Fez) on such a device?
We kinda/sorta covered this in a couple of questions, but neither seem clear enough to be duplicates:
Can you run an installed Xbox 360 game off of USB flash drives now?
How do I partition my HDD for use on an Xbox 360?
The answer to your particular situation is "kind of." You can certainly hook up a 1TB hard drive via USB 2.0. The gotchas are:
To put that 32GB limit into perspective, downloaded games can range from 500MB to upwards of 5GB, depending on the game. You can also install games from disc onto the hard drive or external USB storage, and those tend to run around 6GB per disc installed, give or take.
However, if you plan on using this terabyte drive exclusively for Xbox 360 content, most of it is going to go to waste. It seems like Microsoft's intent with adding USB storage support was to replace the old Xbox 360 "memory card" with the option for using a USB flash drive, as they hint at in the FAQ section of this help page.
These issues may drive you to purchase an "internal" Xbox 360 hard drive, which I believe uses SATA (instead of USB) and is not limited to 32GB.
I have 283 movies on a 500GB USB hard drive and XBox reads it as 16GB. Yet it shows and plays all my movies. Just format to FAT32 with Acronis Disk Director program for PC and enable it with the XBox 360 console. Works on all XBoxs. I can't believe most haven't tried that yet!
The 'official' answer yes, but you will only be able to use 16GB in each logical drive. Additionally I believe the xbox will only allow you to have 2 external drives/usb thumb sticks at a time.
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Saturday Workshop* Faculty include: Greg Tavares (Theatre 99), Kevin Mullaney (IRC, Chicago Improv Festival), Megan Gray (Junior Varsity), Jamie Rivera (Junior Varsity), Shawn Wickens (Junior Varsity), Rick Andrews (Magnet TourCo), Chet Siegel (Magnet TourCo), Alan Fessenden (Magnet TourCo), Russ Armstrong (Magnet TourCo), Kevin Thom (Toronto), Rene Duquesnoy (BEATBOX, ComedySportz Chicago), and other incredible coaches and teachers.
Joy Joy with Susan Messing
Is your work getting stale or feel uninspired? Are you blaming your friends for your onstage misfortunes? Do you feel like your work needs a touch up? This class is for the improviser who has fallen off the Joy Ride. By organically accessing more character, environment, and observational and listening skills, you'll be able to play with anyone, anytime. These are quick and easy fixes that will reignite your inspiration and get your friends to like you more.
Susan Messing has been an improviser and comedian for over twenty four years. A graduate of the Theatre School at Northwestern University, Susan Messing is an alumna of the iO, Second City Mainstage, and a founding member of Chicago's infamous Annoyance Theatre. Susan continues to teach and perform improvisational comedy at iO, The Annoyance Theatre, and Second City. She is also an adjunct instructor for DePaul University, where he teaches improv. Recipient of the CIF 2010 "Improviser Of The Year," Chicago Reader named her "Best Improviser" and she has been dubbed the "Funniest Woman In Chicago" by Chicago Magazine.
Limited to 18 students per workshop.
Group Pretty with Susan Messing
Improvisation is an active art, not a bunch of people standing around arguing with each other. This workshop is designed to make your team look visually stunning. Stage Picture, flying safety, and elements of Story Theatre and symmetry will have you off the back wall and make you and your friends look awesome.
Limited to 18 students per workshop.
IMPORTANT NOTE: WORKSHOP AVAILABLE FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED IMPROVISERS. If you have a question about eligibility for this workshop please contact firstname.lastname@example.com ASAP as spaces are likely to SELL OUT.
The Initiation with Rachael Mason
The Initiation: Explore three ways to start a scene... then attack the game.
Rachael Mason began her career in improvisation at Skidmore College, home of the National College Comedy Festival, with the Ad-Liberal Artists. After graduating with a degree in English Literature, concentrating on Shakespearean Studies, she moved to Chicago to study improv comedy with Del Close. She trained at The Second City, The Annoyance, and iO. Her credits include an almost 4 year stint with The Second City National Touring Company, "WWW.com All Over My Face", "Big Trouble at Hairy Gulch", "Donkey Improv", and "Screw Puppies" at the Annoyance. At iO she has played with the "Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience and Hootenanny", Monster Island, Jane, Preponderate, Genealogy, The Lindbergh Babies, The Deltones, and iO's former Resident Company Baby Wants Candy, the iO Road Show Touring Company, Children of a Lesser God, and was Director of the iO Training Center for 5 years. She pops up occasionally in ComedySportz's The Hot Karl, Second City's Jewsical the Musical, and The Second City Norwegian Cruise Cast. Currently she performs with The Second City Improv Allstars, The Playboys, and JimmyRachaelJohnnie and is Head of Advanced Improvisation at The Second City. She is most happy when she is teaching improv.
Limited to 18 students per workshop.
The Deconstruction with Rachael Mason
The Deconstruction: Learn the improv form that eats information alive.
Limited to 18 students per workshop.
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Storytelling & Personal Essays with Jane Borden
Everyone has a funny or crazy true story, and anyone can be a storyteller: It's all in the way you frame it. This workshop will give you the tools necessary to craft stories as entertainment for larger audiences. Those already writing or performing will gain a fresh perspective.
Jane's first book, a memoir in essays, titled "I Totally Meant to Do That", was published year. Vanity Fair called it "affectionate" and New York Magazine deemed it "lowbrow-brilliant." The Brooklyn Paper announced Borden as "the new 'It' girl." As a comedian, Jane has appeared on Comedy Central and VH1; her humorous writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Modern Bride, in two anthologies, and on Saturday Night Live.
Limited to 12 students per workshop.
The Viewpoints in Improv with Steppenwolf West Faculty Member Eric Hunicutt
Our job onstage is to listen, to respond, to say "yes"... and in the process, to remain present, to support our partners, to heighten and explore, to use the space, to play the Game - this juggling act can become overwhelming and trap us in our heads. Often, we spend way too much time and energy analyzing our own scenes, trying to decide what the "right" choice is. In many ways, we say "no" to our impulses, our inspiration, or we ignore what's right in front of us. This workshop offers actors a chance to experience their scenes in a whole new way, physically as well as emotionally, through the use of Viewpoints.
About Viewpoints: The Viewpoints are a vocabulary and a practice that examines what happens onstage (and in our everyday lives). By exploring the individual Viewpoints, performers can better understand components of space, time, and movement in their work - can become more responsive, more intuitive, more present in the scene itself. Viewpoints is a practice, not a methodology. It supplements what each actor already brings, it doesn't seek to replace anything, but does offer a clear view of individuals' process and habits (helpful and harmful alike). Viewpoints expands the actor's ability to receive, to listen, to act on instinct; it offers a glimpse of more possibilities in every character, relationship, and scene.
This workshop offers an introduction to the vocabulary of Viewpoints and utilizes Viewpoints-based exercises as a process for developing character, discovering relationship, and exploring physical space in improv. This is a great class for any performer at any level - from the experienced improviser who is growing bored with their work, to the beginner who feels overwhelmed by all the responsibility in their scenes.
Eric Hunicutt is a working actor, director, writer, acting coach, and teacher currently living in Los Angeles. A professional actor for 20 years, Eric's work has ranged from Shakespeare at Lincoln Center to sketch comedy in dive bars, as well as work in television, film, theatre, and hundreds of improv shows - including over ten years as a member of the acclaimed improv ensemble the Reckoning. He has trained and worked at iO Chicago, iO West, UCB, Second City, Comedy Sportz, Steppenwolf West, and many others. Directing credits include webisodes, short films, commercials, and productions at Katselas Theatre Company, Casa 0101, The Second City (LA & Chicago), Spoleto Fringe (Charleston, SC), Comedy Central Stage (LA), Upright Citizens' Brigade Theaters (NYC & LA), and two productions as a Guest Director at the University of California at San Diego, where he taught undergraduate acting as a Guest Faculty member in the Department of Theatre & Dance. Eric currently teaches in Los Angeles at Steppenwolf Classes West, Warner Loughlin Studios, The Art of Acting Studio, California State University's Summer Arts intensive, iO West, and is a private acting & audition coach. He is a proud alumnus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a native tarheel. Currently, Eric performs weekly at the iO West Theater in Los Angeles.
Limited to 16 students; There will be a break for lunch.
Musical Improv with Mike Descoteaux
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Weight gain is an especially important health issue for women with breast cancer because more than half experience weight gain during treatment. Reports have shown that weight gain during treatment is linked to a poorer prognosis, which is the chance of recovery. Being overweight before treatment begins also increases the risk of serious health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart problems.
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Steroid medications. Steroids are medications that are often used for cancer treatment to reduce symptoms of inflammation, such as swelling and pain, or to treat nausea. For some cancers, they are used as part of the treatment for the cancer itself. A side effect of these medications is an increase in fatty issue, which can increase the size of a person's abdomen and cause fullness in the neck or face. Steroids may also cause the loss of both weight and muscle mass, which is called wasting. A noticeable increase in weight usually only occurs when people have been taking steroids continuously for many weeks.
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Relieving side effects–also called symptom management, palliative care [6], or supportive care–is an important part of cancer care and treatment. Talk with your health care team about any symptoms you experience, including any new symptoms or a change in symptoms.
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- Evaluate everyday eating habits, and try to identify behavior patterns that lead to overeating and inactivity. It may be helpful to meet with an RD to help you with this.
- Find cardiovascular physical activities, such as walking or bicycling, that you enjoy, and do strength building exercises if you have lost muscle. However, check with your doctor before beginning a new type of exercise or increasing your amount of physical activity [7].
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- Swelling of the arms or legs, especially around the ankles and wrists
- Rings, wristwatches, bracelets, or shoes that fit tighter than usual
- Decreased flexibility in the hands, elbows, wrists, fingers, or legs
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- Lower the amount of salt in your diet.
- Avoid standing for long periods, and elevate your feet as often as possible.
- Avoid crossing your legs, which restricts blood flow.
- Weigh yourself at the same time each day, and keep a log of your daily weights. Be sure to bring this log with you to appointments so your health care team can evaluate them.
- Avoid tight clothing and footwear.
- Ask your health care team if wearing support or compression stockings may help.
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SOUTHBURY — It was one of those uneven nights where Pomperaug had more than enough to get by, but knows it will need more the next time around.
The Panthers handled Joel Barlow, 61-47, in SWC tournament first-round action, earning a semifinal spot at Notre Dame-Fairfield, a 42-41 winner over Brookfield in the first game, on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
The big picture looked good to Pomperaug coach Joe Fortier, the smaller picture he knew needs to look better.
"We were kind of in control of the game the whole way," said Fortier. "It's not style points this time of year, it's survive and advance."
But ...
"(On a scale of 1-10) I 'd give our shooting a three or four. We shoot like this against Notre Dame and we won't win. We just didn't shoot well. They did a nice job with their half-court defenses, identifying the shooters and not letting them get too many open looks. But we had some open looks and they didn't fall down.'
The Panthers (21-1) shot 26-for-67 from the floor with leading scorer Gabby Holness being limited to 14 points. But sophomore Katelyn Perrotti came off the bench to score 19 points, an effort that steadied the ship.
It was not a surprising effort for the Panthers, since the accurate lefty also tossed in 18 points against Immaculate, but it was a frustrating turn of events for the upset-minded Falcons.
"Perrotti did a great job off of the bench," said Joel Barlow coach Joe Corrollo. "You try to limit the girls that normally do the damage and she hurt us."
Pomperaug handled the Falcons easily the first time around, 69-32, and looked like it was intent on a repeat as its full court pressure caused some turnover havoc. In the first four minutes it was 10-3 as Sarah Theriault and Holness scored twice each aided by four turnovers.
A seven-point spurt at the beginning of the second quarter, started by a Perrotti 10-footer and ended by a Holness steal and three-point play, pushed the lead to, 26-12.
The Panthers couldn't find the basket enough to extend the lead however and at the other end of the court when Barlow could get into the half-court game, it found a lot of paths to the basket.
With center Drew Bartro (14 points) tossing a pair of picturesque jumpers and Sarah McAniff (14 points) driving in for a pair of layups, the Falcons managed to cut the lead to under 10 points, 34-25 by the half.
And that's about where it stayed for most of the second half.
Pomperaug would threaten to run away, getting the lead into double digits and the Falcons would reel them in again.
Early in the fourth quarter, the lead hit, 55-39, only to see Barlow go on a six-point run to make it 55-45 with a chance to cut it to eight points. The old turnover disease would not go away, however.
Twenty-five for the game will jolt any comeback forget about winning at all.
"I'm happy we showed improvement but we beat ourselves," lamented Corrollo. "Give me 20 turnovers, give eight possessions back. It's crazy."
Pomperaug was not blind to the idea that the opponent was Barlow (13-8) . You can point to the lethargic shooting and other struggles. But Barlow is the team that knocked eventual LL champion Newtown out of the tournament last season.
"Joel Barlow is always hard the first round, they have good players," said Fortier.
Then there was the tenure of the game. Never able to put it away, but never really feeling threatened either against an opponent dispatched once already this season. Sometimes it's just hard to find the final thrust.
On this night they didn't need it. Wednesday night they might.
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Given the equation $$ \frac{1}{x^4}+e^{x-100}=10^8 $$ that has one positive root > 1, formulate Newton's method for finding the root. Make one iteration with starting value = 1. Try to make another iteration with starting value 0. Explain the different results.
"The two starting values 0 and 1 are too bad to receive good approximation."
Suggest a better starting guess between 0 and 1. Rationalize how you make the assumption. Approximate the error of the starting guess. Clue: Use method-independent error estimation.
My solution
$$ f(x)=\frac{1}{x^4}+e^{x-100}-10^8 $$ $$ f'(x)=-\frac{4}{x^5}+e^{x-100} $$ $$ x_{n+1}=x_n-\frac{f(x_n)}{f'(x_n)} $$ Use starting value 1 $$ x_1=1-\frac{1+e^{-99}-10^8}{-4+e^{-99}}=-2.5*10^8 $$ Use starting value 0
$x_{1} =$ division by zero!
Starting guess can be rationalized by dropping the small exp term and using 10^-2 as starting guess but that didn't converge for me either. Why not? How do I estimate the error of the starting guess by "method-independent error estimation"?


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Tropical Depression Karen Advisory Number 12
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1000 Pm Cdt Sat Oct 05 2013
Summary Of 1000 Pm Cdt...0300 Utc...Information
Location...28.1n 91.9w
About 120 Mi...190 Km Ssw Of Morgan City Louisiana
About 185 Mi...295 Km Wsw Of The Mouth Of The Mississippi River
Maximum Sustained Winds...35 Mph...55 Km/H
Present Movement...Stationary
Minimum Central Pressure...1008 Mb...29.77 Inches
Watches And Warnings
Changes With This Advisory...
All Tropical Storm Warnings Have Been Discontinued.
Summary Of Watches And Warnings In Effect...
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At 1000 Pm Cdt...0300 Utc...The Center Of Tropical Depression Karen
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The Depression Is Stationary.
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Maximum Sustained Winds Are Near 35 Mph...55 Km/H...With Higher
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Rainfall...Karen Is Expected To Produce Rainfall Accumulations Of
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Tropical Depression Karen Discussion Number 12
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1000 Pm Cdt Sat Oct 05 2013
Karen Has Essentially Remained Stationary For The Last Several Hours And That Lack Of Motion...Coupled With Increasing Upper-Level Winds Ahead Of An Eastward-Moving Deep-Layer Trough...Has Increased The Shear Significantly Across The Cyclone.
The Result Is That Convection Has Weakened And Become Displaced Well To The East And Southeast Of The Low-Level Circulation Center. Satellite Classifications From Tafb Supported Keeping Karen As A Borderline Tropical Storm At 00z...But The Lack Of Convection Near The Center Since Then Requires A Downgrade To Depression Status At The 03z Advisory Time.
Given That The Vertical Wind Shear Is Forecast To Get Even Stronger Over The Next 2 Days...Re-Strengthening Back To Tropical Storm Status Is Not Likely...Especially Since The Mid-Levels Of The Troposphere Will Become Increasingly Drier As Well...Preventing The Re-Development Of Deep Convection Over The Center. As A Result...Tropical Storm Warnings Have Been Discontinued.
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This Blocking Pattern Is Expected To Shift Slowly Eastward Over The Next Two Days...Allowing Karen Or Its Remnants To Move In A Eastward To East-Northeastward Direction Until The Cyclone Dissipates In 48-72 Hours Or Is Absorbed By An Approaching Frontal System.
The Nhc Forecast Track Is Similar To The Previous Advisory And The
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12h 06/1200z 28.7n 90.7w 30 Kt 35 Mph
24h 07/0000z 29.1n 88.4w 30 Kt 35 Mph
36h 07/1200z 29.3n 86.1w 30 Kt 35 Mph...Post-Trop/Remnt Low
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At 11:23 a.m. New York time on Friday, Carol Idzik answered the phone in her family's home in Mercer Island, Wash. No, she said, her husband was not available to speak. He was on his way to his office at the Seattle Seahawks' headquarters, where he had worked for six years as their vice president of football administration. John Idzik, as it turned out, had some goodbyes to say.
The Jets announced late Friday afternoon that they had hired Idzik to be their next general manager, capping a 19-day search for a replacement for Mike Tannenbaum. Owner Woody Johnson had fired Tannenbaum on Dec. 31, less than 24 hours after the team completed a 6-10 season, and then joined team president Neil Glat and Jed Hughes of Korn/Ferry International in forming a committee to find a new GM.
"After a thorough search in which we met many qualified and outstanding candidates, it was clear to me that John was the right choice," Johnson said in a statement. "Drawing on 20 years of NFL experience, John… will get the Jets where all of us want to be."
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Mornhinweg's arrival will mark a philosophical shift for the Jets' offense and head coach Rex Ryan from a "ground-and-pound" style to a more passing-oriented offense, and while Tannenbaum had adopted a more collaborative approach on player-personnel matters, this person also said that Idzik will have final say on all roster decisions. Ryan did sit in on Idzik's second interview with the Jets, this person said, but only to exchange ideas and not as an indication that Ryan had any influence on Johnson's choice as GM.
As the Jets had winnowed their list of general manager candidates to its final few, Idzik had seemed increasingly likely to be the last man standing. Early in their search, the Jets appeared to target candidates who specialized in talent evaluation but lately had focused on executives proficient in negotiating the NFL's salary cap.
During his career as an executive with the Seahawks, the Arizona Cardinals and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Idzik made a reputation for himself as an adroit cap manager, though he did begin his career as a personnel assistant with Tampa Bay in 1993. He was part of a front office that put together a Seahawks team that this season featured a terrific rookie quarterback in Russell Wilson and defense that allowed the fewest points in the NFL. He said in a statement that he was "eager to get started building on the foundation that was already in place," and he will need both skills—player evaluation and financial finesse—in his role with his new team.
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If someone has his bar mitzva during s'firas haomer and said the bracha every night so far, can he still make a bracha? (I will be asking a Rav for the actual P'sak Halacha)
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One source that discusses this is Minchas Chinuch (mitzvah 306). He seems to end up saying that the boy can indeed continue counting with a berachah, since his earlier Rabbinic obligation (because of chinuch, education in the performance of mitzvos) counts towards his new Biblical one.
A related issue is the fact that according to many opinions, the mitzvah of counting the Omer nowadays (in the absence of the Beis Hamikdash and the Omer offering) is only a Rabbinic obligation (Beis Yosef, Orach Chaim 489). In one of his talks, the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l observes that if Moshiach comes during the Sefirah period (and may this indeed happen!), then according to Minchas Chinuch's logic we will indeed be able to continue counting with a berachah, for the same reason.
Sepharadim (following the psak of Rav Ovadia Yosef, see Yalkut Yosef siman 489 seif 10) rules that someone who becomes bar mitzvah during the omer may not continue to count with a beracha, even if he had been careful to count every day leading up to then. Sephardim are very careful about the principle of safek berachot l'hakel and in almost any circumstance where there's a credible doubt in the poskim about saying a beracha, they will omit the beracha. (Ashkenazim may rule differently, but I don't have any appropriate seforim to consult.)
I heard a shiur on this question which included many approaches of which some are mentioned in previous answers. One novel approach, though I cannot remember the source:
The idea of temimos, having a complete counting, does not mean that sefirah is one big counting. If it were, we would not make a bracha every night, but at the beginning. Rather, each day is a mitzva, conditional that there was no lapse in his counting.
This is where my memory is fuzzy- I believe the upshot was that he may count with a bracha because there was no lack in his counting since he had been counting albeit without a mitzva.


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it might be a stupid question but I was discussing with a colleague when the 3rd axiom of probability (sigma additivity) is really needed. I argue that in the case of a discrete distribution, say a single die, the first two axioms are sufficient as this distribution has a finite number of events. Is this right?
And then I am stretching it a bit by arguing that for simple/well behaved continuous distributions, such as the uniform distribution, the first two axioms are sufficient to ensure a proper probability distribution. Is that right?
I always had the idea that the 3rd axiom was rather there to ensure that more cumbersome distributions or convolutions of distributions would still be proper probability distributions (although I don't have an example at hand). Or is axiom 3 much more vital than I understand?
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[crude oil]
[gasoline consumption]
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that
US crude oil production (including lease condensate) averaged
almost 6.5 million bpd in September 2012, the highest volume in
nearly 15 years (Fig. 1). The last time the US
produced 6.5 million bpd or more of crude oil was in January
1998. Since September 2011, US production has increased by more
than 900,000 bpd. Most of that increase is due to production
from oil-bearing rocks with very low permeability through the
use of horizontal drilling combined with hydraulic fracturing.
The states with the largest increases are Texas and North
Fig. 1. Monthly US crude oil
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to September 2012.
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Mike joined the News Channel 7 weather team in September of 1999 and has loved every minute of it. Before coming to KRCR, he was in Wichita Falls, Texas right in the heart of Tornado Alley. Although Mike enjoyed storm chasing, the Northstate's beauty more than makes up for the thrill of chasing storms. After getting his degree in communication at Eastern New Mexico University in 1995 he moved to San Francisco where he studied weather for two more years at San Francisco State University.
You may remember Mike starting out on weekends at News Channel 7 until he eventually worked his way up to the morning show. Although he enjoyed the atmosphere (no pun intended) of the morning show he doesn't miss waking up at 3:00 in the morning!
When Mike isn't in the First Alert Weather Center you will find him spending time with his son Aiden and girlfriend Sadie either at home or in the great outdoors enjoying what the Northstate has to offer. In 2003 and again in 2014 Mike had an opportunity to climb to the summit of Mount Shasta and plans to do it again in the future.


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Health & Baby
Safe Water for Mixing Infant Formula
Check with your local water supplier to find out if your tap water is safe to use for your baby's formula. If your water is not safe or if you are not sure, you may use bottled water.
Boiling instructions
Until your baby is 4 months old, you will need to boil water-even bottled water-for 1 to 2 minutes to kill germs that can cause disease. Let boiled water cool before mixing it into a powdered or concentrated formula.
It may help to have a routine every morning so that you boil enough water for the day's feedings.
Concerns about toxins
If you know that you have lead in your water, or if you know that you have fertilizer chemicals (such as nitrates) in your water, don't boil your water. As the water boils away, you'll have a smaller amount of water with the same amount of lead or nitrates in it. So the water has a stronger "dose," or concentration, of toxin.1 You can use bottled water instead. Or, if you have lead in your water, you can buy and use a water filter that is certified to remove lead.
Many public water supplies have a safe level of natural or added fluoride, which helps prevent tooth decay before and after baby teeth come in. And some bottled waters contain a limited amount of fluoride.
Too much fluoride can stain children's teeth and may be toxic. If you have concerns about the amount of fluoride in your tap water, call your local water supplier to ask about the water fluoride level in your area. You can also have your water supply company test a sample of water if you are unsure of its purity. You can't remove the fluoride by boiling the water.
You can call state and national agencies to get more information on the safety of your drinking water.
- Your local water supplier can give you a list of the chemicals they test for in your water and can tell you how your water is treated. Your water bill will likely have a phone number listed.
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has information about the safety of tap water. Call the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791, or go to www.epa.gov/safewater. The EPA can guide you to other resources as needed.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has information about the safety of bottled water. For information, call 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332), or go to http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/BuyStoreServeSafeFood/ucm046894.htm.
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Charlotte, NC -Charlotte 49ers men's soccer senior midfielder Donnie Smith was chosen as one of 54 college seniors who have been invited to participate in the 2013 adidas MLS Player Combine in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, January 11-15. All invited players will be eligible for selection in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas which will take place on January 17 in Indianapolis, Ind.
The initial player list was determined by a panel of Division I college coaches, representing all conferences, who nominated and voted for players in conjunction with MLS representatives. These players will be joined by generation adidas players, additional collegiate players from NCAA Division II and III schools, NAIA schools, and Division I alternates.
Smith, who earned All-Atlantic 10 honors three times in his career, was named Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year this past season. He earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 2012 and 2010. He was a second-team All-Atlantic 10 selection in 2011. Smith scored four goals and recorded four assists this past season. Smith scored game-winning goals against South Carolina, Richmond and Saint Louis.
Last season, former 49ers standouts Charles Rodriguez and Evan James were invited to the MLS Combine. This past season, James played for the Montreal Impact after being the first pick of the MLS Supplemental Draft. Rodriguez, who was drafted in the third round of last season's MLS Supplemental Draft by the DC United, played this past season for the USL Pro League's Wilmington Hammerheads.


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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: Mark 12:14 They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not? (NIV)
Observation: After making such a high commendation of Jesus, how could they ignore His teaching? They condemn themselves by their own confession.
Application: If I believe and say that Jesus really is a "Teacher," and "a man of integrity," who is not "swayed by men" but "teaches the way of God" and does it "in accordance with the truth," then I must listen to what He says. I must do more than listen, I must obey and do! How foolish to give such high commendations, then not follow through in obedience!
Prayer: Lord, I want my life to show that I really do believe what I say about you! Amen
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When compiling with
pdflatex we need the
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When compiling with
With MiKTeX and TeX Live you can use
In MiKTeX you can additionally set
If you compile your document using
This answer was rewritten to comply with the new 3.0 version of
The rule should work on all platforms, provided that the target directory exists. I could write a more complicated rule, but I don't think we need to make things difficult here.
Now, we need to add the
After compiling the document via
We can also use other targets, say:
For this new rule, we simply provide the extension we want to move to the target:
After compiling the document via
Other rules can be written, but for now I think it's enough.
You could also use
The manual
You can do this using the filesystem. Here's a suggested workflow, which I'll illustrate with Bash/Unix, but which can be made to work on Windows: in your working directory, where you edit your Tex file and want your output to be produced, you have
Here is a TeXnicCenter-specific solution which will hopefully seem sound enough to the people claiming it's bad practice to have one single, huge repository for all LaTeX auxiliary files (which it probably is).
On the Build->Define Output Profiles menu, choose your standard build profile (say, LaTeX => PDF) and copy it to a project-specific profile. (Here, Dissertation.) Then add --aux-directory=directoryname to the command line arguments passed to MikTeX.
When compiling path/file.tex, this will create files as path/directoryname/file.aux, and so on. This should be enough of a compromise, I think.
EDIT: to work with BibTeX, this requires
You can move the auxiliary files only after the "complete" PDF output is generated. The "complete" means that the cross-reference is properly typeset.
Moving the auxiliary files will be easier if you create a make file (in Linux) or a batch file (in Windows).
An example of batch file (for Windows user) that not only compiles the input file several times (3 times should be enough) but also moves the auxiliary files to a specified folder at the end.
Note that
Assume we have an input file named
With TexMaker, you have a checkbox that allows you to put all the generated files in a separate folder named 'build'
You can use also Eclipse IDE together with TeXlipse plugin. It is quite easy to separate there your .tex files from all that are generated by TeX.
The LaTeX build wrapper ltx2any may be a solution. It places all the auxiliary files in a separate directory, which you can specify
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There is quite a lot of pressure on my hands when doing deadlifts and lat pulldowns. If the bar lays away from my fingers, the bar will pinch the fat on the top of my palms. On the other hand, if I lay the bar on the lower fingers, the bar puts pressure on the bones because the fingers have relatively low fat padding compared to the palms. What are other options for low pressure grips?
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Grip is a big part of the deadlift, pull-ups, pull-downs, etc. It consists of not only muscular strength, but also the skin toughness and pain tolerance to hold a ton of weight. It is very common for grip to be the limiting factor early on. Don't give up - grip strength is incredibly useful in all aspects of life (working with tools, climbing, opening jars for the ladies) and will improve quickly if you work at it.
Stronglifts has a great guide on improving your grip for the deadlift. Read it through carefully. The only things I'd add to that article are:
If your gym allows it, the "correct" solution is to use chalk. It keeps the bar from slipping, which is the primary source of pain, and still allows you to strengthen your grip by gripping the bar directly.
When lifting heavy I use a combo of over/under hand grip (left and under and right hand over and on the next lift I reverse this) - I found that this gives me the ability to lift heavier (I also do the same when I get fatigued doing pull ups).
You may also want to look into straps( http://www.bodysmart-usa.com/Consumer/Weightlifting/WLAC.htm), but don't use them as a long term crutch and start building up your hand strength by holding the final up position doing deadlifts.
If overhand and underhand grips are both painful, I can't think of anything other way of holding it that would help. So maybe the better question is what tool you can use to make it hurt less:
a GREAT exercise that will increase your grip strength is "Rolling Thunder", which can be bought at IronMind. They also have a lot of other equipment for grip strength. Most people will start to train at about 30-50 kgs.
Are your fingers short in length? That might be compounding your problem. My fingers are short - I can't palm a basketball. Some lateral pull down bars have the foam padding which makes it a greater circumference. I usually use the bar that is pad-less (because of my fingers being short).
Also, you don't have to use the "conventional" methods to target your back.
You can try a kettle ball deadlift.
You can try using the different bar attachments for the lat pull down machine like the V-bar and see if you like the "feel" of that better. That site also shows the "close grip" other grips such as reverse grip, neutral grip, overhand close grip, etc..


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My Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 is rooted + 3rd party Jellybean 4.1.2 XXLS6 MIUI rom
Music apps tested: DoubleTwist | Songbird | Google Music
In all of these apps, the music list shows empty.
I have tried:
- Reboot recovery & "fix permissions"
- Launching music files directly from File Explorer (WORKS)
I have a feeling it may be partition or mounts or permissions related. That the apps just can't read the file-system or something?
Can anyone suggest what other things I can try?


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Blackheads are tiny, dark spots on the skin. They are caused by a small plug in the opening of a follicle (pore). Blackheads are also called open comedones.
Related conditions include:
Blackheads can be treated with creams containing salicylic acid or tretinoin.
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text: Elizabeth Buchan's New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman was hailed as "a thoughtful, intelligent, funny, coming-of-middle-age story" by The Boston Globe. Now she's back with another wise and entertaining novel about a woman who veers off the beaten path—and finds much more than she bargained for. After nineteen years of being the perfect wife to an ambitious politician, Fanny Savage is restless. Tired of merely keeping quiet and looking good at public engagements, she remembers the career she abandoned and the life she left behind as a successful partner in her father's Italian wine business. She has devoted two decades to being the Good Wife. Was it worth it after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy—to the pleasures of sun, wine, and food? Could it be time for . . . a change?


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Recent and archived news articles by Charlie Leduff of The New York Times.
A Beating in Detroit
Was it race-related? Probably. This is America, after all.
April 26, 2014, Saturday
Come See Detroit, America's Future
We've known Detroit was bankrupt for years. Now, suddenly, America notices.
July 26, 2013, Friday
Riding Along With the Cops in Murdertown, U.S.A.
Can a badly depleted police force clean up the mean streets of Flint, Mich.?
April 17, 2011, Sunday
Dreams in the Dark at the Drive-Through Window
Gloria Castillo, a Latina from the rough side of Dallas, works the lobster shift at a Burger King. She is on the low side of making it.
November 27, 2006, Monday
Step Right Up, Ladies and Gents, to See the End of an Oddity
Ward Hall, the King of the Midway, is once again the geriatric front man of the last traveling freak show in America.
November 13, 2006, Monday
As the Jobs Go South, the Hope Goes With Them
Left behind in McMinnville, Tenn., are thousands of people who once had a piece of the American middle class, including Don Rackley.
October 30, 2006, Monday
A Soldier Comes Home to Alaska, Too Early and Yet Too Late
Staff Sgt. Billy Brown, an Alaska national guardsman, is believed to be the first Eskimo killed because of the Iraq war.
October 16, 2006, Monday
A Farmer Fears His Way of Life Has Dwindled Down to a Final Generation
In the heart of the heartland, Randall Warner wonders what will become of his legacy and his land when his son goes off to college.
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Résumé Said 'Body Collector'; Now It's 'Former Body Collector'
The rapper/body collector has been "suspended indefinitely" after he was the subject of a profile in The New York Times.
September 22, 2006, Friday
Body Collector in Detroit Answers When Death Calls
Mike Thomas calls himself body snatcher, grim reaper, night stalker, bag man. Whatever you call it, it is one man's life.
September 18, 2006, Monday
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Published: Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 11:41 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 11:41 p.m.
BARTOW | The average County Commission employee makes more than commissioners, according to the most recent salary database compiled by The Ledger.
The collection of Polk County salaries is at www.theledger.com/publicsalary and will continue to grow as we collect information from more government agencies. Some of the larger ones already included now are for Polk County, the city of Lakeland and the Sheriff's Office.
According to the analysis, the average pay is $42,086 a year. Commissioners are paid $41,215 a year.
Commissioners' pay was cut in half as a result of a charter amendment voters approved in 2000 and that was upheld last year in court and, in recent years, they have not taken legally allowed cost-of-living increases because county employees weren't getting raises, either.
If it weren't for the amendment, commissioners would be paid $87,178 a year.
The average county employee wage will increase next year as employees receive their first raises since 2008 under the new county budget that took effect Oct. 1.
Anthony Casas, the county's human resources director, said county employees will receive a $1,200 salary increase and a 1 percent cost-of-living raise on top of that, effective Dec. 23.
"As you can imagine, the reaction has been generally positive," Casas said.
He said despite the lack of raises, employee turnover has been relatively low.
In the past year, it was 10.9 percent, which is below the 16.5 percent national average for local government employees.
Casas said most of the turnover that did happen involved either retirements or people moving out of the area to get higher-paying jobs.
County employees' average pay is less than the average pay Lakeland city employees and employees of the Polk County Sheriff's Office receive, which is $53,151 and $43,542 respectively.
They do better than employees at the Polk County School District, whose average salary is $38,866 a year.
According to wage data compiled by the Central Florida Development Council, the average wage of government employees in Polk County is $39,025.
The median county employee salary, which means an equal number make more and less than this amount, is $38,963 a year.
The vast majority of county employees — 1,108 out of 1,613 full-time employees — of the County Commission's staff are paid between $25,000 and $50,000 a year.
There are 135 who are paid less than $25,000 a year and 368 who make more than $50,000 a year.
Thirteen employees are paid more than $100,000. All of those are senior administrators or professional staff members.
The 10 highest paid employees are County Manager Jim Freeman, $180,000; County Attorney Michael Craig, $155,009; Dr. Ernesto Aguilera, a physician at the county Wellness Center, $147,014; Deputy County Manager Bill Beasley, $123,490; Assistant County Manager Lea Ann Thomas, $119,226; Fire Services Director David Cash, $118,310; Planning and Development Director Tom Deardorff, $111,301; Information Technology Director Ed Wolfe, $110,427; Solid Waste Director Ana Wood, $106,683; and Budget and Procurement Director Fran McAskill, $103,085.
The lowest paid employee is a custodial worker whose salary is $16,578 a year.
In addition, the average salaries break down along gender and ethnic lines.
Male county employees, who outnumber female employees 1,112 to 635, are paid an average of $43,137. Female employees' salaries average $37,507 a year.
At $52,095 a year, Asians, who comprise only 30 of the total county staff, have the highest average pay when comparing ethnic groups.
The average salary among white county workers, who make up 77 percent of the employees, is $42,585 a year.
The average among the black workers, who make up 14 percent, is $35,208.
The average for Hispanic employees, who make up 7 percent, is $35.988 a year.
The county staff also includes eight Native Americans and one Pacific Islander. Their average salaries were $35,084 and $30,492, respectively.
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Or otherwise how do I access file management preferences within unity?
If you just need to get to the settings for Nautilus, just go to Edit->Preferences. There you can select to show list view and hidden files.
Perhaps the OP was unaware of the new detached menu bar in Unity. Threw me for a loop at first. If so, be aware that it is at the top of the screen, regardless of the size or placement of your file browser window, and that by default it auto-hides. Move your mouse to the top of the screen and it should appear.
The lenses are not supposed to be a replacement for Nautilus. You use it to quickly find files you've used in the past. There's been discussion about making it search all files, but I don't think any decisions have been made about that. I personally feel that only files you've used should be displayed, since the only way the system can understand your interests, is by analyzing your actions.
Or, You can easily use the "List View" in Unity by pressing CTRL + 2.


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Strassel: A Crisis of the President's Own Making
Unless Mr. Obama is willing to make a serious deal on spending, he will spend the next three years fighting the same budget wars over and over.
For months now, the GOP has been held hostage by a faction of its party that deluded itself into believing President Obama might be rolled on his signature health-care law. Witness now an equally grand delusion on the Democratic side, one that President Obama nurtures at his peril.
According to Democrats, their steadfast refusal to negotiate on the government shutdown or the debt ceiling is rooted in a belief that now is the moment to "break" the GOP "fever." Democrats are furious that Republicans today use every Washington deadline to extract a spending concession—and insist they must be broken of that habit.
As New York Sen. Chuck Schumer put it on ABC's "This Week": If Democrats give in now to GOP demands, "it will lead to a future negotiation like that and a future one. If you go for this kind of hostage-taking once . . . it doesn't go away, it comes back worse and worse and worse."
Fact: The only thing that will make this "come back worse and worse" is a Democratic refusal to negotiate. Upon taking the House in 2010, Republicans made clear their top priority was getting the nation's spending and debt under control—a goal backed by the vast majority of the country—and they meant it. Time and again, they have asked the White House to work with them to reform the very entitlement programs that Mr. Obama has admitted are unsustainable and the primary drivers of debt.
Time and again, a spend-happy White House and Democrats have dug in, unwilling to buck liberal interest groups, refusing to touch Social Security or Medicare, mulishly granting only small spending concessions. Those were given only under duress, and only because the GOP threatened Armageddon in the 2011 debt-ceiling fight. Even then, the White House stubbornly refused to cede one dollar more than what was necessary to push another debt-ceiling round past the 2012 election.
So yes, Mr. Obama is facing another crisis—one of his own timing and making. And one that the White House and Democrats have understood was coming ever since 2011. And one that will be coming again—two weeks from now, six weeks from now, a year from now, three months after that—until such point as the White House does a significant deal, or the president's term ends. It is entirely the president's choice.
Water runs downhill. Republicans demand fiscal discipline. Whatever the near-term solution to this current impasse, the media and Democrats are deluded if they think the GOP will give up this issue. It is built into the Republican DNA; it is a baseline expectation of party voters. Republicans will continue to use whatever tools are available—government funding bills, debt-ceiling hikes, unrelated legislation—to force Democrats to cut, and they'll do it again and again.
Republicans have always been clear on their price for ending these dramas. House Speaker John Boehner even provided a formula: One dollar in debt ceiling increase for every dollar of decreased spending. Even a law professor can do the math on what it will cost to liberate the rest of his term.
Were the president to embrace these negotiations, he could do just that. With a big enough give on entitlement reform (one that goes well beyond the tinkering in the recent Obama budget), Republicans might be willing to raise the debt ceiling to the end of Obama presidency. They're open to fixing the sequester caps on sacred liberal programs. And free of the paralyzing budget fights, Mr. Obama could use the rest of his time in office for immigration reform, a focus on the economy, the building of a legacy.
Congressional liberals in particular are repelled by this idea—which is why so many are encouraging the "break the fever" baloney. Their biggest fear is that the White House will give any cover at all—much less big cover—to entitlement reform, and rob them of their favorite campaign issue.
But Mr. Obama doesn't face re-election. He faces three years of trying to govern. And while the White House might like to brag that it is "winning" this battle, that's a relative term.
Republicans have taken heat, but Mr. Obama's own approval ratings are down. His most vulnerable House members are being forced daily to take painful votes against crucial funding, which will be used against them in 2014. Another financial downturn will be remembered in the history books as President Obama's, not as some no-name GOP backbencher's.
Mr. Obama's options are extraordinarily clear. He can end the political pain now, sit down with the GOP for a real deal, get credit for tackling the debt, and clear the decks for the rest of his term. Or he can let this drag on and be pulled, kicking, into talks that yield just enough to buy him a few months. At which point we can all do this again. And then we can do it again.
That's what the "break the fever" mantra gets Democrats. Republicans lately have had to face some tough political reality about "defund." The White House might want to embrace a little reality face time itself.
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Kouistane Sediq is at danger of being hanged in Iraq after being sentenced to death by the court of Kalar for murdering her husband. She is imprisoned in the jail of Salam in Sulaymaniyah and shares a cell with six other women also sentenced to death. Kouistane, a mother of four, has not been allowed to see her children once since her arrest in February 2012.
The situation of the death penalty in Iraqi Kurdistan is unclear as is the institutional reality in Northern Iraq. The Kurdistan Regional Government promulgates its own criminal laws and amendments to the Iraqi criminal law, and applies a moratorium on executions. The Iraqi federal government meanwhile continues to apply the death penalty. The crime Mrs. Kouistane Sediq is charged with took place on a territory, which the local and federal authorities are disputing the control of.
Although ultimately imprisoned in Sulaymaniyah, Kouistane Sediq, who receives no support from the Ministry of Human Rights in Iraq, is worried about the outcome of her conviction.
The Iraqi Coalition against the death penalty, which has been supporting her for several weeks, was able to visit her in her cell. At this meeting, Kouistane pleads her innocence:
"I feel freer here in prison. Before my arrest, I did not spend one day without being humiliated or abused by my husband. I filed eight complaints at the police station, each time I had to return home against my will. All my complaints are recorded at the police station. Once my husband pulled a gun in my father's house, fortunately nobody was hit. My husband had many enemies, and me, I have supported him for more than ten years, how could I participate in his murder?". [Read more…]