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It's hard to believe that the 2012-13 club season is on the threshold of ending with only two more meetings left on the calendar for the GFWC/OFWC Woman's Club of Wintersville.
Members will gather April 18 for their noon luncheon and business meeting at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville, ready for what is an annual tradition.
Their program will be the "Make It, Bake It, Take It" auction where club member Lil Ferguson will wield her auctioneering skills and hopefully get her club peers to generously participate in this club fundraiser where the items on the auction block include everything from homemade baked goods to flowers.
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Donna Phillips, first place
Gloria Kotur, second place
Suzy Crawford, third place
Margaret Frederick, fourth place
Fran Sohovich, Sandi Santicola, Charlotte Shively, Kathleen Henry, Ferguson and Rosemarie Cieslak will serve as hostesses at this meeting with Barb Grimm leading the meditation and grace.
At the March 21 meeting Barb Thermes, president, welcomed 46 members and four guests, including Mary Ann Freeze, daughter of Treasurer Joyce Palmer, and Dottie Bossert, there with Carol Yaich.
Twelve members donned their Easter hats for the club's Easter bonnet parade, modeling a variety of stylish hats to the music of "In Your Easter Bonnet" as judges Nancy Honse, Bonnie DiDomenico, Linda Nolf and Marjean Sizemore made the tough choices for the top honors.
Winners were: Donna Phillips, first place, most beautiful; Gloria Kotur, second place, most traditional; Suzy Crawford in her toboggan, third place, most original/unique (Suzy had opted for warmth given the chill of this meeting day that was absent of any hint of spring); and Margaret Fredericks, fourth place, most original.
Natalie Doty, second vice president, led in opening ceremonies, and CarolynLee Barrett, recording secretary, read roll call with members asked to respond to "Are You of Irish Descent?" since the meeting had fallen around St. Patrick's Day.
Linda Nolf was singled out, having been featured as the "member of the month" in the club's "Chatterbox" newsletter. Pat Freeland gave the meditation, using a theme of "Spring Flowers."
Community Service reports included:
ARTS: Donna Phillips announced that she had contest forms for the state photograph entries.
CONSERVATION: Pat Freeland gave members a handout so they can track what items they recycle. She'll collect this information at year's end to compile totals.
EDUCATION: Jackie Davis, chairman, reminded members that the club's "Book Nook" ends at the April meeting.
INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH: Barb Whiteman, chairman, thanked everyone for the $6,788.07 worth of coupons sent to military bases and reported the purchase of a pig, chickens and seedlings through the Heifer International program has been completed.
WAYS AND MEANS: Judy Weaver, chairman, distributed "Flower Power" catalogs.
PUBLIC ISSUES: Chairman Barb Grimm thanked everyone for the 55 bags of jelly beans donated for Urban Mission Ministries' Easter distribution.


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(on leave spring 2016)
Educational Background
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University, 2005
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2007
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2011
Research Interests
- Vehicle dynamics and control
- Control system design and implementation
- Product design
- Mechatronics and robotics
- Modeling of dynamic and nonlinear systems
Courses Taught
- System Dynamics (MECH 405)
- Robotics (MECH 453)
- Mechanical Design (MECH 392)
- Graphics (MECH 202)
- Senior Design (MECH 401/402)
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control (MECH 454)
Recent Awards
- Jane W. Griffith Faculty Fellow
Selected Publications
Craig E. Beal and J. Christian Gerdes, "Model Predictive Control for Vehicle Stabilization at the Limits of Handling," IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology 21(4), pp. 1258-1269 (2013).
Craig E. Beal and J. Christian Gerdes, "A Method for Incorporating Nonlinear Tire Behavior into Linear Model Predictive Control for Vehicle Stability," Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Boston, September, 2010.
Craig E. Beal and J. Christian Gerdes, "Predictive Control of Vehicle Roll Dynamics with Rear Wheel Steering," In Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, June-July, 2010.

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Hamilton Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Services Department will be offering a free land based exercise program for those with Arthritis. The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program will meet for four weeks beginning Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The class will be held from 1 until 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Occupational Therapy Room of the Rehabilitation Services Department.
"In the, class, you will go through a series of gentle movements and activities designed to increase mobility and range of motion" said Denise Browning, Director of Rehabilitation Services. "This exercise program is specifically designed to help those with Arthritis maintain their muscle strength, keep their joints flexible, and build overall stamina. This program has shown to be very beneficial to patients with Arthritis and we are excited about being able to offer it in our area."
Enrollment into this class is limited to 10 participants and all participants will be required to have a release from their primary care provider clearing them to participate in the class prior to the start of the first class. Pre-registration to participate in the program is also necessary. Those wishing to pre-register or needing further information should call the Rehabilitation Therapy Department between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays at 643-2361, ext. 2150.
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What do you do with long hours on a flight?
For me, it's all about catching up on movies and reading. Oh, and being really uncomfortable. Anyone have a good suggestions on occupying my time? I've got about 16 hours to fill.
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I alternate between watching movies, reading, and sleeping/napping. Usually in that order.
Usually read and catch up on some TV I download for the trip.
Mile High Club?
I find it difficult to concentrate on long flights, and I have never been able to sleep on a plane, so I do one of two things. I either read light, fun fare that's at least a thousand pages long and not particularly complicated (space opera is my jaaaaam, yo), or I put on my headphones, close my eyes, and zone out into goldenthorn-saves-the-world-kills-her-enemies-finds-true-love-becomes-ruler-of-all-the-universes adventures inspired by my curated-specifically-for-soundtracking-daydreams-on-long-haul-flights shuffled music mix. I also take copious advantage of the free long-haul mini wine bottles.
For me it's mostly white-knuckled gripping of the armrests, gritting of teeth, blotting of sweat, and not-so-furtive glances at my watch.
But that's just me.
Some drinking, some gaming, but usually lots and lots of reading of books I love.
I read, watch TV shows or movies downloaded onto my iPod and sleep. Tylenol/Advil PM, a good neck pillow, noise cancelling headphones and an eye shade help with that last one. Also, having flown to and from India (47.5 hours door to door on the return), anything under 12 hours is no big deal.
I enjoy flirting with the female flight attendants. Normally the one that most would skip over. Makes my flight a lot more enjoyable and great perks.
@dpn0121: That probably makes their flight less enjoyable.
What, no one takes Ambien/sleeping pills? The dreams I have on Ambien are better than anything else I could possibly be doing on a plane. Also, if the plane was going to crash, I'd rather not be aware of it.
I know your pain, OP. I've taken a few 16 and 18 hour flights over the Pacific Ocean. It definitely feels longer if you go alone.
@curtisuxor: free drinks and extra food say otherwise. Flirting doesn't have to be rude and lewd if you know how to do it properly.
@dpn0121: If you mean talking with a friendly, patient demeanor and telling them how much you appreciate their service, I do that, but I don't consider it flirting. That's just being affable and personable.
I don't bother them unless I desperately need something; the extra time I take from them making casual conversation directly affects someone else from receiving their attention.
I can't imagine doing a 12-16 hour flight, I can't stand being stuck in my seat from the east coast to the west coast. I am stir crazy after 2 hours. I've tried sleeping (can't with all the potential terrorists with their unchecked bottles of water), reading, watching movies (batteries always seem to die before the 4 hour mark), and flirting. Nothing seems to work for me. I normally make sure I run around the airport before I get on the plane to save me from getting stiff legs. I am not a giant physical specimen, but at around 230 and pretty solid, the seats are way too small and cramped. I am sure I would more comfortable in first class. Anyone got some free buddy passes for 1st class they don't need?
@dpn0121: exactly, it is an art that some people never get. It is fun. If done correctly both people leave the exchange feeling better. I just never act on it, I consider it mental exercise.
I have trouble sitting still on long flights too, so on long journeys I make it a point to get up and walk around every hour or so. I get an aisle seat if I can so that I don't feel guilty about making someone get up for me.
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Drink, sleep and read.
I got unexpectedly stuck in the Austin airport for more than two hours yesterday evening, plus the hour and a half I arrived before my flight made for a pretty tiresome 3.5 hour wait for a 1.3 hour flight. Plus it got me home after midnight instead of before 10pm as planned, making for a sleepy afternoon at work today and resulting in me hanging around d.w looking for something to keep me awake. Fortunately I had a dozen tv shows on my tablet to watch, and I'd gotten lucky and bought a soda before they closed all the restaurants (they waited till after they were all closed to tell us the flight was delayed). So I watched TV in the airport and read on the plane. I don't sleep in public so I had to wait to get home for that. I've had a couple of grueling transits (36 hours to get back from Australia was the worst by far) and books and portable media devices are lifelines to sanity. Also, airports and planes are often freezing, so bring warm clothes!


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I honestly enjoy teaching Spinning® Instructor Trainings with new instructors. Last weekend we finished that kind of training In my hometown. There were 15 amazing people who were billing to discover beauty of Spinning® from the instructors perspective. Two of them are my regular students for 3-4 years. This is a natural way for some of Spinning® enthusiasts to decide to become an instructor. Some of them want to finish the course only to increase their knowledge, they don't want to teach. But the information they get helps to increase profits from each and every training. Some of them want to teach so they take the risk . I always admire the energy and passion that students during instructor Training have. Then when I compare it to more experienced instructors I have a feeling they lost their freshness somewhere..That is true that we all might teach with a routine. More classes you are teaching more risk of a routine..so its good to remind ourselves from time to time- why we have chosen to become a Spinning® Instructor, what we love about Spinning®?
Change something in the way you teach, in your attitude, find and more important use your new ideas. Get yourself inspired! Just look at your students who are beginning their Spinning® journey, how much interest, energy and fun they have. Some of my colleagues are teaching over 15 Spinning® classes per week. In my opinion it's impossible in a long term to stay fresh, and avoid routine. The amount of classes is too high! Every single workout I put my heart and soul into, and yes I'm tired, but not only physically.
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Required 6 Hour Delay for Arraignment. Under the new law, defendants charged with crimes involving domestic abuse are cannot be released within six hours of arrest, unless bail is set in open court by a judge.
Written Findings of Domestic Abuse Allegations. At arraignment on any crime against a person or property of another, the court must inquire of the District Attorney whether domestic abuse is alleged to have occurred immediately prior to or in conjunction with the alleged crime. The prosecutor must file a written statement, and the judge must make written findings that domestic abuse is alleged. The judicial finding is then stored in the new "statewide domestic violence record keeping system." The statement will only be removed if the defendant is acquitted, or a no bill is returned; and will remain in the statewide database even if the case is dismissed.
Bail Considerations for Domestic Abuse Cases. For defendants charged with a violation of a 209A or a crime of domestic abuse, the district court will not only consider the defendant's likelihood of appearing at future dates, but also the safety of the alleged victim, any other individual, or the community. Bail set out-of-court by any person authorized to take bail may now also include conditions of release in addition to or in place of cash.
Bail Revocation under 58B. Failure to comply with a condition of bail, including picking up a new offense, now subjects all defendants to a 90 day revocation of bail.
120 Day Detention. Detention after a Dangerousness Hearing is expanded from 90 days to 120 days in all cases.
Summoning Alleged Victim or Family Member and Use of Hearsay. Under the new law when a defendant wishes to summons an alleged victim or alleged victim's family member to a dangerousness hearing, counsel must move in advance for permission of the court and demonstrate a "reasonable belief…that the testimony will be material and relevant to support a finding that there are conditions of release that will reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community."
Reopening Dangerousness Proceedings. Now, in addition to reopening proceedings to introduce information not known at the time of the hearing, proceedings may also be reopened by the court or either party when there has a been a change in circumstances that has a material bearing on whether there are conditions for release that will reasonably assure the safety of any person of the community.
Dangerousness information on CORI. Under the new law, whenever a judge finds dangerousness to detain or impose conditions, the clerk must notify probation, who places the order of detention or conditions in both the defendant's CORI information and the statewide domestic violence record keeping system. If there is no finding of dangerousness, then the fact that a Dangerousness Hearing was made is STILL kept in the statewide system, but not CORI.
CORI for Employers. Dangerousness information on CORI may be available to employers where they are permitted by law to obtain information on the underlying crimes.
New Crimes Created by the Statute
Domestic Assault, and Domestic Assault and Battery. The statute creates a new crime of domestic assault and domestic assault and battery, G.L. c. 265 § 13M. The victim must be a family or household member, which is defined differently than under 209A § 1. The victim must be a current or spouse, have a child in common, or be in a "substantive dating relationship," to be determined by the trier of fact in accordance with the factors set forth in 209A § 1. PENALTY: up to 2.5 years house of correction and/or fine of up to $5000. The court is required to order the defendant to complete a certified batterer's intervention program for all convictions or CWOFs under the new law, absent specific written findings showing good cause to omit the requirement.
Subsequent Offense Domestic Assault or Assault and Battery. The penalties are increased and the defendant is subject to a felony conviction for a subsequent domestic assault or assault and battery. PENALTY: up to 2.5 years house of correction, or up to 5 years in state prison.
Strangulation/Suffocation. The law creates a new crime of strangulation, G.L. c. 265 § 15D, with concurrent district court jurisdiction. This may cause strangulation cases that otherwise would be charged as attempted murder to remain in the district court under this new offense. PENALTY: up to 2.5 years house of correction, or up to 5 years state prison, fine of up to $5000. Now with all crimes involving "domestic abuse," a batterer's program is also required.
Aggravated Strangulation. For any strangulation offense resulting in serious bodily injury, or where the victim is pregnant, or where there is an active restraining order, or after previously being convicted of a strangulation offense, the penalty is increased. PENALTY: up to 2.5 years house of correction, or up to 10 years state prison. Batterers program is also required. The district court maintains concurrent jurisdiction over the aggravated offense.
New District Court Jurisdiction over Kidnapping. The law gives the district court concurrent jurisdiction over kidnapping, G.L. c. 265 § 26. Although certain forms of kidnapping under § 26 do not have house of correction sentence alternatives, the amendment language appears to grant concurrent jurisdiction over § 26 broadly.
If you or a loved one has been charged with one of these new crimes or a crime where domestic violence is alleged to have happened near in time, it is essential that you have an attorney who understand the new statute. It is also important to have an attorney who knows how to challenge some of the statutes new procedural rules. If you would like a consultation, contact contact the Law Office of Isaac Mass.


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Application architecture question - how to do this in exjs4?
I am designing a new application and trying to work out the "best" approach in extjs4.
The application is similar to a typical email client - a list of messages in a grid on the right, and a tree of folders in a pane on the left. Behaviour is also the same as a typical email application. The end user is able to select one or more messages from the current grid and drag them onto a folder on the left. The messages then disappear from the grid because they have been moved to the new folder.
I'm interested in any advice or ideas on the "right" way to do this with extjs4.
** There might be hundreds of thousands of messages in any given folder, so the grid must do paging or scrolling.
** The user must be able to multi-select messages contiguously using the shift key, or non contiguously using the control key
** After messages have been dragged into a new folder, the grid must update in place to clear the moved messages from the current grid, without a page reload and without the user losing their place in grid.
Is the extjs4 grid capable of doing the above? Is there an example anywhere showing dragging of single/multiple grid rows to a tree?
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Qana bombing: Building collapsed eight hours after attack
posted at 2:32 pm on July 30, 2006 by Allahpundit
I have a crazy hunch that the people who believe a controlled demolition took down the Towers on 9/11 will be decidedly more skeptical about this one:
"The attack on the structure in the Qana village took place between midnight and one in the morning. The gap between the timing of the collapse of the building and the time of the strike on it is unclear," Brigadier General Amir Eshel, Head of the Air Force Headquarters told journalists at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, following the incidents at Qana.
Eshel and the head of the IDF's Operational Branch, Major General Gadi Eisnkot said the structure was not being attacked when it collapsed, at around 8:00 in the morning.
The IDF believes that Hizbullah explosives in the building were behind the explosion that caused the collapse.
Another possibility is that the rickety building remained standing for a few hours, but eventually collapsed.
The IDF also says more than 150 rockets have been fired from Qana over the past 20 days. Seeing is believing.
I've got more updates coming plus video of Gillerman on Meet the Press morning. The UN Security Council is meeting this afternoon and, according to Bolton, will probably issue a "presidential statement" condemning the bombing.
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WHEELING - Whether it's being involved with little league, the Super Six or the annual Christmas parade, being a community player is one of the key components to the continued success for two Wheeling multi-generational businesses.
And across the Ohio River in St. Clairsville, Kelly's Suite II has become a family affair as Kelly Cappelletti is now joined by her husband and sons in running the business.
Since Robert Contraguerro Sr. founded Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration in 1977, and Mike Duplaga Jr. and his wife purchased what is now called Generations Restaurant and Pub from his father in 1988, both businesses continue to flourish in the local community.
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Pictured from left are: Tom Contraguerro (Vice President of Operations), Bob Contraguerro Jr. (Vice President), Bob Contraguerro Sr. (President) and Josh Contraguerro, Vice President of Marketing, standing in front of Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration corporate headquarters located on 38th St. in Wheeling.
"When the boots come off, the same commitment guides us as community leaders in the Ohio Valley, serving the very places that we call home. We are proud of our communities, proud of our work and proud to be the most reliable, most capable professionals in our field, " Panhandle officials said.
"We're really proud to be involved in the community in which we live and work, and this is a great community," said Contraguerro, whose business continues to offer more than three decades of experience in both residential and business disaster clean-up and restoration services.
"We feel that's our part, to give back to our community. We've been successful and we built a business over 35 years in this community. ... It's where we live, it's where our kids go to school, it's where our grandkids go to school."
Contraguerro operates the business with the help of his three sons, Robert Jr., vice president; Tom, vice president of operations; and Josh, vice president of marketing and head of the company's response team.
Contraguerro said the company particularly takes a special interest in supporting community and school activities involving kids. "It really makes us proud to be able to walk into a room and be one of those organizations that is supporting kids, whenever they need the help," he added.
Contraguerro said being a community player is just one part of the much larger equation to operating a successful business. He said staying on the "cutting edge" of technology also continues to be a crucial element to his company's growth.
"We have the latest technology available and our training is second to none," he added.
"In 2012 we have invested into more equipment, we've opened up two satellite offices (in Morgantown and Springdale, Pa.). ... "We're bringing in key people who have worked in this industry and have handled large and small losses," said Contraguerro. He said another key part of his business' success is being able to keep other businesses open when they experience a loss.
Contraguerro Jr. said with the newly opened offices, Panhandle has "strategically placed people and equipment" so the company can cover a larger service area with quicker response time. "That allows us to service our customers more efficiently," he added.
Being a "green company" is another aspect that sets Panhandle apart from other businesses in the same field, said Josh Contraguerro.
"The products and disinfectants that we use aren't harmful to people or animals. ... So that set us apart," he added.
At Generations, the Duplaga family has owned and operated businesses ranging from an IGA grocery store to a restaurant and pub for over a century in the Fulton section of Wheeling. Duplaga said being involved with local community projects is a "vital" part of operating a successful family business.
"Whether it's the little leagues, whether it's 'Paint the Town Pink' or (helping) the animal shelter - whatever it is, being out there is a big plus," said Duplaga. "We go all the way back to 1908, my great grandfather was the first person to have a business at this location," he said.
Duplaga's grandfather, Stanley, opened the business at the 338 National Road address, which he continued operating until the mid 1960s, after which Duplaga's grandfather would take over and eventually turn the grocery store into a local pub, of which his father, Mike Duplaga Sr., would own and operate beginning around 1982.
Duplaga said he purchased the buisness from his father with the intent of getting more involved with the restaurant and catering side of things. In addition to the restaurant and pub, Generations grew to offer banquet facilities with on and off site catering services.
He said their reception hall is perfect for any type of special event.
In addition, Duplaga said Generations has become host to "more and more music acts" on their outdoor stage in the warmer months of the year, as well as promoting shows at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Wheeling.
Duplaga, who is keenly aware of the importance of being a community player, simply said, "business is great."
At Kelly's Suite II in St. Clairsville, Cappelletti said the family support she receives from her husband and two sons has been "an invaluable asset" for the continued growth and success of the furniture, flooring, and interior design business.
Cappelletti, who started the family business more than a decade ago, said the business continues to grow since her husband, Bill, joined the staff after experiencing a layoff last year. She said he was employed for more than 40 years as a steelworker in Martins Ferry before being laid off from RG Steel nearly six months ago. She said her husband is now very "hands on" with the family business.
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Hello everyone! Greetings from Hong Kong.
I'm new to DSLR and pano shots. Here are my very first panos using Nikon D90 and Nikkor 10.5mm with NN3
I think the Times Square one is my satisfactory work so far, if done without the watermarks.
My room shot is not correctly aligned horizontally, at that time I still didnt know I need to set horizontal control points.
I'm still on trial on the stitching software (dont mind the water marks :biggrin:) but I think I will probably invest on one of those. Both PTMac and PTGui are cool in terms of features, but I guess there should be a better one right?
Can anyone kindly give me some advise on my panos and the following?
- How many shots should I take using my setup
- How are zeniths taken and stitched?
- PTMac or PTGui?
Cheers, have a nice day :001_smile:


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Vandalism: Rear door knob pried off door at UPS Store, 117 S. Hollywood Blvd., in an apparent break-in attempt, Monday.
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Scott Guthrie: Silverlight 3 is here!
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i personally have no problem listening to you talking all day about silverlight /.net
I wish Silverlight had an option to disable the screensaver when playing video. It's the only reason I never use the Silverlight player on Channel 9. I am glad to see Silverlight 3 has shipped, but I am disappointed to see the option is still not available.
Well perhaps you should get excited about the decline of channel 9. I don't know if it is actually using Silverlight. But I thought Silverlight's great virtue was being able to adjust banwidth usage to what was available on a connection. In contrast channel 9 has stopped working over a 700kbps DSL connection unless I go to the trouble of downloading the video.
Silverlight 3 is a great acheavement, so why not do it justice with some talent behind the camera and some demos from Scott?
The text looks SPECTACULAR on both Windows and Mac. I have nothing more to ask of the SL team. Amazing work.
Content was good.
Scott, it was wierd watching you talk to the camera and every now and then glance over at the other guy.
It was probably more obvious because laurence was kind of looking into space and making faces during you talking. He may as well been interviewing you from the other room. Next time, just look at each other and talk and forget the camera. It just felt wierd trying to watch this in a video format.
Silverlight is such a great product and I would like to get my sites done with it as much as I can. I can surely make them look better than plain Ajax.
Unfortunately, it has one huge design flaw that makes it unworty (for now) of any investment of time.
It is made by Microsoft.
What I mean is that:
1) Microsoft makes Windows
2) Microsoft makes Silverlight
3) Microsoft promised to support other OSes for Silvelight.
That is a conflict of interest, how do we know that a few years down the road, after we invest time/effort/money into SIlverlight, Microsoft does not pull the plug out of OSes that are not Windows?
Right now Silverlight for Linux is not supported, and as web developer I need my sites to be seen by the biggest audience available, and right now, Flash (as frustrating and primitive as it is) is the best choice for my audience reach. Adobe has a financial interest in shipping Flash for as many platforms as possible, Microsoft has a financial interest in shipping Windows.
Hope you guys will be able to change that though.
Change what? That they are Microsoft? that they make Windows?
Seriously, this is the most unconstructive post I've seen in a long time, and a completely lousy argument.
Also, please check out the Moonlight project (which by the way has full Microsoft "thumbs-up").
When you run a company, business continuity is THE most important factor, and therefore, for your customers, you don't want to run betas or some open source.
Customers wants their software running 24/7, they don't care if they got the latest and greatest of <put-your-favorite-software-name-here>.
A day of downtime means tens of thousands of dollars of lost revenues and people like you still wants to get paid at the end of the month.
Even Moonlight, that has the blessing of Microsoft (as you say) is still not good enough because it is NOT supported by Microsoft.
If something doesn't work, I don't want to rely on a good will of someone for support or even worse, debugging the open-source in-house.
Right now, Silverlight:
- Doesn't work on Linux
- Doesn't works on older processors that don't support SEE
- It's in conflict with Microsoft's flagship product. Windows.
Until those issues are resolved, it won't be wise for any business to invest money and manpower into it.
But, as I said before, from a technical point of view it is an excellent product. And since Microsoft has shown in the past that it can turn things around quickly, we will be watching to see if (hopefully, when) this will happen.
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Show that for $k$ running over positive integers $$ \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{k^2}{2^k}=6 .$$ We can use finite calculus.
Different people describe the techniques of finite calculus differently. I like the version presented in Section 2.6 of Graham, Knuth, & Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics, because it shows very clearly the similarity to ordinary calculus. In their notation what you want is $\sum_1^\infty k^2 2^{-k} \delta k$. This is analogous to the ordinary calculus integral $\int_1^\infty x^2 e^{-x} dx$, which you'd do by integrating by parts twice to reduce the $x^2$ factor to a constant. You can do the same thing here using summation by parts. Since this is homework, I'll do a similar but slightly simpler problem, $\sum_1^\infty k 2^{-k} \delta k$.
First replace the infinite sum by a finite one; we'll take the limit later. Then you have $\sum_1^n k 2^{-k} \delta k$, or in ordinary summation notation $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{n-1} k 2^{-k}$. Let $u = k$ and $\Delta v = 2^{-k} = (1/2)^k$; then $\Delta u = 1$, and $v = \left(\frac12\right)^k / \left(\frac12 - 1\right)= -\left(\frac12\right)^{k-1}$, so $E(v) = -\left(\frac12\right)^k$, and
$$\begin{align*} \textstyle\large\sum_1^n k 2^{-k} \delta k &= \left[-k\left(\frac12\right)^{k-1}\right]_1^n + \textstyle\large\sum_1^n \left(\frac12\right)^k \delta k\\ &= 1 - \frac{n}{2^{n-1}} + \textstyle\large\sum_1^n \left(\frac12\right)^k \delta k\\ &= 1 - \frac{n}{2^{n-1}} + \left[-\left(\frac12\right)^{k-1} \right]_1^n\\ &= 1 - \frac{n}{2^{n-1}} - \left(\frac{1}{2^{n-1}} - 1\right)\\ &= 2 - \frac{n+1}{2^{n-1}}. \end{align*}$$
Now just take the limit: $$\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{k}{2^k} = \lim_{n\to\infty}\left(2 - \frac{n+1}{2^{n-1}}\right) = 2.$$
This of course had only one summation by parts, and you'll need two, but the principle is exactly the same.
Alternative way of solving this problem. Using some basic calculus of the power series. Starting from $\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} k^2\left(\frac12\right)^k$, consider a power series $\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} k^2x^k= x\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} k^2x^{k-1}$ which converges uniformly whenever $|x| <1$. We get our sum by standard differentiation and integration of the power series. You can integrate $\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} k^2x^{k-1}$ term by term so $\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} \int_0^x k^2t^{k-1}\mathrm dt=\sum \limits_{k \geq 0}kx^k $. Again, $\sum \limits_{k \geq 0}kx^k= 1+x \sum \limits_{k \geq 1}kx^{k-1}$, by integrating term by term $\sum \limits_{k \geq 1}\int_0^x kt^{k-1}\mathrm dt= \sum\limits_{k \geq 0}x^k=\frac{1}{1-x}$. Now, we must take the derivative so $\left(\frac1{1-x}\right)^{\prime}=\frac1{(1-x)^2}$ so $$1+x \sum \limits_{k \geq 1}kx^{k-1}= 1+\frac{x}{(1-x)^2}.$$ Taking again the derivative $\left( 1+\frac{x}{(1-x)^2}\right)^{\prime}=\frac{1+x}{(1-x)^3}$ so $$\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} k^2x^k = \frac{x(1+x)}{(1-x)^3}.$$ Finally, by putting $x=\frac12$ we get that $\sum \limits_{k \geq 1} k^2\left(\frac12\right)^k=6$.
For starters, you know that $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^\infty {1\over 2^k} = 1$, yes? If you don't have that much, then you likely won't be able to follow the rest of the proof.
Now, consider $\displaystyle S=\sum_{k=1}^\infty {k\over 2^k}$. Then $\displaystyle {S\over 2} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty {k\over 2*2^k} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty {k\over 2^{k+1}} = \sum_{l=2}^\infty {l-1\over 2^l} = \sum_{l=1}^\infty {l-1\over 2^l}$. (The reason why the last equality is true is because the $l=1$ term is ${1-1\over 2^1}=0$, so we can add it in without changing the sum.) This means that $\displaystyle S-{S\over 2} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty {k\over 2^k} - \sum_{k=1}^\infty {k-1\over 2^k} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty {k-(k-1)\over 2^k} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty {1\over 2^k} = 1$, or in other words $S=2$. Now, can you see how to use a similar technique on your sum? The terms will be a little more complicated, but using the formula for $\sum_{k=1}^\infty {k\over 2^k}$ will help.
Consider the series $$ \sum_{k=0}^\infty\;\frac{x^k}{2^k}=\frac{1}{1-x/2} $$ Take a derivative $$ \sum_{k=0}^\infty\;k\frac{x^{k-1}}{2^k}=\frac{1/2}{(1-x/2)^2}\tag{1} $$ Take another derivative $$ \sum_{k=0}^\infty\;k(k-1)\frac{x^{k-2}}{2^k}=\frac{1/2}{(1-x/2)^3}\tag{2} $$ Adding $(1)$ and $(2)$ at $x=1$, we get $$ \sum_{k=0}^\infty\;\frac{k^2}{2^k}=6 $$
I find it more instructive to outline the process than solve the problem. You may therefore view this answer as a hint.
For any $x \in \mathbb{R}$, we have
$$ f_N(x) := \sum_{k=1}^N x^k $$ Multiplying the function $f_N(x)$, we get $$ x f_N(x) = \sum_{k=1}^N x^{k+1}. $$ Subtracting term by term, we see that $$ xf_N(X) - f_N(x) = x^{N+1} - x $$ or $$ f_N(x) = \frac{x^{N+1}-x}{x-1}. $$ If $|x| < 1$, then we have $$ f(x) := \sum_{k \geq 1}x^k = \lim_{N \to \infty} f_N(x) = \frac{x}{1-x}. $$ Suppose we are allowed to differentiate and integrate $f(x)$ (we will worry about exactly when we can do this later). Then: $$\begin{align} \left(\frac{x}{1-x}\right)' = f'(x) = \sum_{k \geq 1} (k+1)x^k = \sum_{k \geq 1}kx^k + \sum_{k \geq 1} x^k = \sum_{k \geq 1} kx^k + f(x). \end{align}$$ This gives a formula for $\sum_{k \geq 1} k x^k$. Can you see how to extend this to find the sum you're looking for?
You might look at $\sum_{k=1}^n {k^2\over 2^k}$, but this is a fraction, so look at $f(n)=2^n \sum_{k=1}^n {k^2 \over 2^k}$ instead. This satisfies the recurrence $f(n) = 2f(n-1)+n^2$ starting at $f(0)=0$.
It is not difficult to find the values of this for small $n$, namely 0, 1, 6, 21, 58, 141, 318, 685, 1434, 2949, 5998,... and it becomes clear that this is a little less than $6\times 2^n$ much as you might expect from the question. It is not difficult then to take differences (or looking up OEIS A047520, which I considered 11 years ago) and suspect it is likely to satisfy $f(n) = 6\times 2^n -n^2-4n-6$, and this can easily be proved by induction.
Then all you have to do is divide by $2^n$ and take the limit.


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I really want to play this game, I've only played Hitman 2, I played a little of Contracts or Blood Money (can't remember which) but the only one I completed was 2, might try and play Blood Money, before I buy Absolution (I'll be waiting on getting it at a lower price on PC)
Just finished the prologue level and oh my god I love this game. One of the new stealth moves is sublime. It allows you to temporarily cover your face by tipping your hat or scratching the back of your head. I also had a great big ol' schadenfreude lol at that one guy in the window.
Spoiler!"You mean it's not prostate cancer? Oh man! Doc, nothing could piss on this day!" XD
Hey guys look who I found!
Ahaha a toy robot! Do you have to kill a ghostbot in the game?
I have been playing this a ridiculous amount since I got it on Tuesday. Despite the fact that a lot of old school Hitman fans are butt hurt that this game isn't designed and doesn't play exactly like Hitman Blood Money, I think it's the most polished and consistently enjoyable game in the series to date. I've enjoyed the narrative focus, the level variety, the somewhat more clear assassination options, the gunplay is actually worthwhile, the disguise system that you actually have to use strategically instead of getting a free pass for huge pieces of levels. I feel like it takes many of the best parts of several stealth series and throws it all into one bad-ass package. You can play it like old school Hitman (in the assassination levels), you can play it like Splinter Cell Conviction, you can just play it like a shooter, and it all feels fun. And the Professional Edition is slick as hell.
I pulled off the best kill last night. Spoiler tagged because sometimes the best part is finding this stuff for yourself -
Spoiler!There's a suit of samurai armor on display in one target's lair. I wore it, posed like a statue, and shanked her through the neck when she eventually walked by. Then I went back to just standing there as the guards rushed in, and they did not realize it was me. Talk about hiding in plain sight..! I was literally on display. This game is amazing.
Just to add some more detail, it's a full face samurai helmet, and it makes sense that a guy could be inside it without anyone noticing. This isn't like a thing where I found a gap in their vision cones. There's a context trigger for the statue pose and everything. It is wonderful.
50,000+ points on Shank-o-matic.
Come at me.
The set-up is awesome isn't it? The competition thing is just for friends (I think), but anyone can access the contract itself if they search the name. Some guy in the Netherlands was running through within minutes of me putting it up. Contracts mode will keep this game alive for a very long time.
This game is great when it's not trying to be Splinter Cell with the long, linear, "get to the other side without being detected" maps. The only problem is that the game is always trying to be Splinter Cell. There are a shockingly scarce amount of pure Hitman-esque sandbox levels with designated targets and the freedom to go about a mission as you please.
What makes matters worse is that the disguise system is irrevocably broken on any difficulty higher than normal. You need intuition to make disguises work, and by hampering or removing intuition altogether on higher difficulties, disguises become useless (unless you've found some godly costume that no one else is dressed in on a particular stage to help you coast by undetected). Rolling from cover to cover and hiding in the shadows end up being better alternatives to pattern observation and methodical planning.
There's a lot of promise and potential here, but they: A.) Did not think some of these ideas through to their logical conclusions, and B.) Did not balance the game with higher difficulties in mind.
Also, most of the stages so far have been pretty meh. Blood Money might have spoiled me in that regard.
Despite all of this, I still look forward to playing it whenever I get a chance. So that says something.
Actually, the disguise system was broken in Blood Money. It was completely unrealistic and offered no challenge whatsoever. I remember playing that game when it came out two years after 9/11 and realizing how ridiculously easy it was to infiltrate the White House. As far as the Secret Service goes, it's not like you'd be able to put one of their suits on and walk around like you own the place. I really appreciate the new emphasis on mental focus when trying to fool people with that kind of thing. Haven't tried the harder levels but...well y'know. They're supposed to be hard, right?
As far as old-school Hitman levels where you have designated targets, there are 50,000 of them up now. Like I said, Contracts mode. The story is another thing altogether. I was a little let down by the ending, they Mass Effected it a bit maybe, but overall it's all good. They established kind of a Tarantino roadhouse vibe with most of it, which I enjoyed. The music is pretty awesome too.
Hitman: Absolution -- a world where there are never any new people on the job. It couldn't possibly be your first day working when someone dressed like you sees you. A police force entails hundreds of people all across a city, yet every single one of them automatically knows that you're a farce just by looking at you. Hell, even street vendors know you can't possibly be up to any good from across the map when you're dressed like them. You can tell who's a real street vendor by the way they walk.
I'll take Blood Money's disguises any day of the week.
And there are 50,000 Hitman levels in Contracts mode. The vast majority of them are poorly made creations designed by amateurs. Quality, not quantity.
Oh so you've played the vast majority of them. Please, tell us more! And don't be afraid to go into detail.
Then we can go walk around the White House later. You have a black suit right?
The contracts are regurgitations of existing maps and targets. You present it as if there are 50,000 unique stages and missions when there only a dozen or two lackluster single player maps with the same enemies and set pieces -- the only thing which differentiates them from their contract counterparts are the kill parameters. And given the fact that they are mostly designed by amateurs by definition (since I doubt a high number of people playing the game have extensive work experience in level design on a Hitman project), many of them boil down to either redoing what the mission originally was in single player or "Kill this guy wearing this outfit with this weapon" and nothing more (despite having a plethora of other parameters to choose from).
Not very elaborate or challenging.
On the subject of Blood Money: Pointing to another game and saying "But it had problems!" doesn't wash away the problems which hinder this one, one of which is where a core game mechanic is rendered useless when you either don't have intuition, don't like using intuition based on principle, or are playing in a mode which has neutered intuition entirely. Disguises and intuition were designed to be played with hand-in-hand in this game. When one hand is broken, the other one has nothing to latch onto. This becomes troublesome when higher difficulties ratchet up their challenge by only focusing on how badly they can break said hand.
There are flaws in this game. We should be able to admit them while also being able to enjoy the game.
Gotta be honest here. I'm not really enthusiastic about typing any of what I'm typing right now, because I seriously question if it's worth my time to defend this game to this community. I'm also looking at the C-blogs coming out, full of complaints, and none of them want to focus on what the game does right. I'd like to write a blog about it myself but the thought of posting it here stops me. Don't take this personally, it's not just you, but Dtoid will shit on this game simply because that's what Dtoid does. Going against public opinion in this place is like trying to ice skate up a motherfuckin' hill.
(I also went out of my way to quote Blade there, just to show I'm not mad or anything)
You're not being consistent with your criticisms. You cite Blood Money's "failure" for asking you to suspend your disbelief and believe that a hitman could dress up as a Secret Service agent and just waltz into the White House post-9/11, but then you glaze over Absolution asking you to suspend your disbelief and believe that all 12,000+ police officers of the Chicago Police Department recognize each other. Which one is more absurd?
You're marking down one game for asking you to suspend your disbelief and then holding up another for asking you to do the same thing in a different, though equally implausible, manner. The only difference is that Absolution ends up breaking a core game mechanic when it asks for this favor, which is a much graver sin than playing fast and loose with White House security protocols.
Ok, so now we're doing that thing where we recontextualize each other's statements, blah blah blah...I'm just not feeling it man. Sorry.
I had this exact same conversation on the C-blogs, so I'm just gonna copy and paste my comment from there.
link for contextIt makes sense to me, although I'm not sure I can articulate how. What I'm impressed with is how well they incorporate human instinct as a gameplay mechanic. Knowing cops like I do it's totally believable to me that they would recognize one of their own, whether they're in uniform or not. And when they see a guy who doesn't belong in said uniform -- well, it's like they just know somehow. It's a nebulous thing to try to explain over the internet, yet I'm pretty sure everyone is familiar with the concept on some level.
Something else I wanted to point out; "when you've found so what seems like the biggest weed farm in the city would you really drop everything else to pursue someone who you think might not be a cop?" A cop would definitely be interested in that, yes. That much contraband and they see a guy impersonating an officer? That guy is done, lol.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to put on my policeman's outfit and liberate some sticky green from the evidence room. If any of the other cops stop me Imma call haxx0rz!
You know what interests me about this conversation, if I can be so meta as to come right out and say it -- are we really trying to understand one another's POV here, or are we just getting caught up in the gamer mentality where we're trying to win the conversation like it's some kind of contest?
I can't speak about Purist difficulty because I haven't played it. I'm sure it's a frustrating experience that would make Gandhi want to throw bows on a bitch. All I'm saying is, is that I can see how guys like that know one of their own. And I can appreciate the sheer force of will it takes to get past a cop, because I've done it myself.
Like when I was fifteen, I used to walk around town at four in the morning drinking beer out of a thermos. Sometimes I'd run into cops. Now you best believe I used my instinct meter when this happened. It's not like I could run behind a bush and wait for them to stop looking for me. What I would do is walk right past them in plain sight and be like, hey guys what's up?
A situation like that is survived by sheer force of will. You show any sign of nervousness, any apprehension, and they will be on you like guard dogs because that is what they are. Those men can smell your fear. Yet if you manage to keep your confidence up, you can get away with anything. So I'd just say hi to them. With no fear. They'd look at me kinda weird for a minute, be like oh hey, and then go right back to what they had been doing.
I also like how adrenaline builds dude's instinct. It builds confidence doesn't it? I thought that was a really nice touch. Maybe they should have called it a confidence meter. That would make even more sense.


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Sutherin played eight years with the Black and Gold, registering the third-most interceptions in team history with 35. He was a four-time East All-Star, a three time CFL All-Star, and won a pair of Grey Cup championships. Sutherin was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Sutherin earned a football scholarship to Ohio State University and lettered all three varsity seasons on two Big Ten Conference title teams. As a senior, on a 9-1 record team, he kicked the winning 34-yard-field which decided a 10-7 Rose Bowl victory over Oregon.
Drafted in the eighth round by the New York Giants, he started a 13-year pro career as a defensive back-placekicker. He played two seasons in the NFL with the Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers and played 11 years in the Canadian Football League with Hamilton, Ottawa and Toronto.
A perennial CFL All-Star, he played in eight Grey Cup title games in 10 years and was on four championship teams. When he retired, he was the all-time scoring leader in the CFL and held 18 CFL records. He also served as a CFL scout and assistant coach from 1981-91.


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Unanswered: 4.2 viewready fires before load
This seems like a bug it worked the opposite way in 4.1 and the documentation says
viewready: Fires when the grid view is available (use this for selecting a default row).
You can't select a default row if the data hasn't loaded yet.
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You could have a view configured with a store and the store is loaded with data. Or you could have a view configured with a store and the store is not yet loaded with data (synced / loaded manually). I'd think the view would fire/bubble the viewready event regardless of its store's load status. You'd just have to check once fired to see if the store is populated with records (or in the middle of loading, etc.) before taking action on its records.
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That is not what the documentation says. The only way to select a default row is if the event always fires after the load event.


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#2. Robot Rock Star
A group of English musicians (what do you call a group of English musicians anyway? A pack? A herd? A gaggle? Ugly?) have invented the world's first robotic rock star. It's called Cybraphon, and it plays a rock band's worth of instruments in addition to something from India called a shruti for some reason. It also handles songwriting duties, composing its own music based on a variety of criteria, none of which involve human control.
This alone makes it more autonomous than most tween musicians.
What makes Cybraphon a rock star, and not just a player piano that picked up some jazz along the way, is its ego. You see, where most electronic music players make decisions based on the old fashioned "whatever the remote tells me to play" input mechanism, Cybraphon synthesizes audience feedback into a continuum of emotions, and composes music based on the mood it's in. Of course, anyone basing their entire self-worth on the fickle approval of strangers is going to be an egomaniacal wreck. They even gave it a gauge that offers up an overly dramatic assessment of how it's feeling, each sounding exactly like the response you'd get if you nonchalantly asked Bono, "How you doing, man?"
"How you doing, Bono?"
"Rapture, man!"
Of course, in its wild swings between "Desolation" and "Delirium," the Cybraphon never gets to hit the "Fucking a Supermodel" level for a night before passing through the "OD'ing on Children's Adderall in the Bathroom of the Viper Room" the next.
See, because it actually desires fame and adulation, being ignored (or even just failing to be absolutely adored) will drive the robot into a crippling depression. It reflects this desolation by playing more somber tunes - presumably because it lacks the genitalia to start experimenting with autoerotic asphyxiation.
So how does it tell its own self worth? Well, how does anybody tell these days? Via the Internet!
It monitors its popularity from the activity on its Facebook and Twitter feed. Yep! Those are the actual links: Now go impulse-follow it and boost that confidence, so when you forget about it in a month and unsubscribe, it'll spiral into a melancholy so deep and dark that it'll take its own life and the lives of all around it. Hey, that's what you get for building the first robot capable of self-esteem, making "do you like my weird ass music" the only question it's capable of asking, and then setting it free in the Internet.
#1. The Entire Life of Joe Davis
Joe Davis is a respected scientist as well as an eccentric artist. And summing him up with those meager words is like cautioning somebody not to trip over the Grand Canyon: You are doing a great injustice to the danger they pose.
The face of danger.
The man is a roadmap of insanity and badassery, and he does it all in the name of "art," because "mad science" looks iffy on grant proposals. Every single one of the following examples is a very real project that Joe Davis is responsible for:
1. He has a map of the Milky Way broken down into a series of base DNA pairs, and is coding it into transgenic lab-mice. He is shoving our entire galaxy into a mouse's ear.
2. Davis commissioned fishing hooks 25 microns long, attached them to poles and equipped them with proportionate force-feedback controls in order to catch the microscopic life forms he uses in his research. He insists on landing microbes like Marlin... because he considers it "only sporting".
3. In protest of what he viewed as censorship, Davis beamed his own, female-friendly version of the famous Arecibo Message toward a distant star cluster. He stuck microphones inside the vaginas of the entire Boston Ballet, and shot the sound of them contracting into space. Why? Because fuck Carl Sagan, that's why! No, seriously: That is actually the entire reason why.
Did we mention he has a peg leg. Fucking seriously!
He built it himself: It has a test tube stopper for traction and he pulls it off to open beer bottles. If you ask him how he lost the leg, Davis will loudly recite erotic poetry about making out with alligators until you leave. That is not a joke. If we could make shit like that up, we would not be stuck working here, struggling to invent new synonyms for "dong" (so far all we've got today is "Meathose").
We like to think he lost it after accidentally transporting himself back in time.
One of his latest projects is a memorial for victims of hurricanes. So is it a tasteful monument to the fallen done up in quiet dignity? A touching sculpture abstractly representing bravery and grief? Does that sound like the kind of hippy bullshit the man who fires pussy at aliens would go for? No! He's building a 10-story tall tower in Mississippi that harnesses the excess electrical nitrogen in the air brought on by lightning storms and fires it back into the storm in the form of a giant laser. The laser, of course, has no tangible effects. It doesn't break up the storm, or signal a warning, or even gather information. It just takes a drunken rage-swing at nature every time it rains. Why, you ask?
Well, we don't know for certain, but maybe you can ask Carl Sagan.
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A 13-year-old study that claimed the measles/mumps/rubella vaccine caused autism in children has been debunked. The doctor who perfomed the initial study, Andrew Wakefield, made the claims in the Lancet journal. After an investigation, the British Medical Journal called his claims fraudulent. He lost his license in Britain and in the U.S.
In the past, parents also had concerns about vaccines with thimerosal, a preservative containing mercury. But because of those concerns, all pediatric vaccines are thimerosol free. Some flu vaccines still contain it, but parents can ask for thimerosal-free flu vaccinations for their children.
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In Ohio County, a vaccine-related issue cropped up this school year when a parent, who had an exemption on file from their child's doctor since kindergarten, was told her son could not attend class until he received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as required by state law.
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Israel launched a pair of airstrikes against Syria over the weekend.
Israeli sources tell the Associated Press the strikes targeted advance guided missiles being shipped from Iran through Syria to the Hezbollah Terrorist group in Lebanon.
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, Democrat of Maryland, said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," "Israel has the right to defend themselves at all times. And they're in a very volatile area."
The air strikes have added to fears that the Syrian civil war could destabilize the region.
On "Fox News Sunday," Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona said, "The whole thing is escalating." and that "The conflict is spilling over into Lebanon and Jordan."
The White House has said Israel has a right to defend itself against threats from Hezbollah.
But many on Capitol Hill want the President to do more to bring down the Bashar Al-Assad regime.
McCain added, "The president of the United States said there was clear red lines. Those red lines in the view of those have been crossed and he has failed to act."
Senator McCain is among those calling for the U.S. to establish a No-Fly Zone over Syria, a move some believe the President is willing to make.
On ABC's "This Week," Former Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico announced that, "Air strikes against some of those weapons sites and to protect rebel forces are in the cards."
While many would like to see the U.S. supply weapons to Syria's rebel forces, others worry about the consequences.
New York Representative Peter King of New York commented on CBS's "State of the Union" that "Al Qaeda elements have a lot of control within the rebel movement." He also added, "My concern is that by arming the rebels, we could be strengthening Al Qaeda."
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