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When Tosafos or other Rishonim introduce a question with the phrase "and if it were said" (my translation) do they mean to imply that the question is b'dieved and everything would make more sense if we left well enough alone?
Examples of gemaras where this may be the case include bava basra 2a-177d.
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When Tosafos or other Rishonim introduce a question with the phrase "and if it were said" (my translation) do they mean to imply that the question is b'dieved and everything would make more sense if we left well enough alone?
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This is a common misunderstanding dating back to medieval publishers. Do not read it: ואם תאמר, rather: וא"מ תאמר. That is, ואשת מנוח תאמר ("And the wife of Manoach [Samson's mother] will say").
After forgetting to mention anything about hair to her husband (and thereby setting up the downfall of one of the great saviors of the Jews), Eishet Manoach is cast out by her husband. This is clear because Shimshon is buried "in the burial place of Manoach, his father". His father, and not his mother.
Tradition has it (Bava How Kamma 35b) that Eishet Manoach spent the rest of her life bothering scholars in the beit midrash. She wanted to marry again, and to marry a bocher to make up for her failure to raise a bookish child. However, most of the bocherim took an ego hit when a peasant woman spoke Torah, so she would play dumb. She would ask questions that most people would be able to easily answer. Sometimes she'd raise objections, but only if she knew the person making the point could easily retort. The term "eishet Manoach will say" became known and best translates to "a strawman would say".
Whenever they want to raise a question that they can immediately refute, the Tosafists introduce it with "ואם תאמר, and a mother would say" (and they refute the question with "ואיש לומר, and a man is to reply", corrupted in some versions to "ויש לומר").
This is dependent on the question whether mitzvos require kavanah (Brachos 13a). We hold that they do. However, from the fact that Tosfos use the language "ואם תאמר," it is clear that they hold that they don't.
One should lechatchila as such a question as one it is based on false information and is thereby megaleh panim shelo kehalacha.
If one did (becoming a heretic), Tosfos must assist us in fulfilling the dictum of the Mishna - know what to answer to a heretic


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I lead a new father's course offered by our local hospital system. You should check to see if the hospital you plan on delivering at has something similar. Below are the suggested readings from my presentation materials.
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Beaumont Hospitals – Health Library Includes a vast library of health-related articles, as well as information on local classes and support groups www.beaumonthospitals.com/health-library
Dad Labs Funny and sometimes irreverent coverage of issues affecting fathers of children of all ages though videos and forum discussions www.dadlabs.com
Fatherville Written by dads for dads, site includes special situations like new dads, stay-at-home dads, special needs, fathers of teens and divorced dads www.fatherville.com
The "What to Expect" series of books are a great resource! They have a lot of information, and there are chapters in there specifically for dads! Here is a link to the "What to Expect When You're Expecting." They helped me out a lot, I hope it helps you too.


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7 Things From Pop Culture That Apparently Piss Jesus Off
It's not that all Christians are crazy, it's just that the religion seems to give certain types of crazy people a chance to shine. These are the ones who can't worry about the homeless because they're too busy doing things like decoding secret gay propaganda in cartoons.
Here are some of the more baffling things these messengers from the Lord want us to be wary of:
#7. Starbucks Labels
Proving not all tiny, pointless special interest groups are devoid of charm, a Christian group called "The Resistance" decided to protest the new logo at Starbucks by referring to the coffee chain by the hilarious nickname "Slutbucks," which kind of sounds like coupons for a strip club.
The story is that Starbucks cranked out a new logo, it's the one up there that has a topless mermaid that looks kind of like Helen Hunt, with her legs spread (which we realize makes no sense since it's a fish tail, but apparently no one at Starbucks majored in art or mythology) and this enraged The Resistance, who may or may not actually just be one insane man (Mark Dice) and his website.
Because Slutbucks is clearly such a blasphemous monster of an organizations, however, they've also been protested by Concerned Women for America, a group that feels one of the random quotes on the side of a Starbucks coffee cup is pretty much Satan in memorable quote form.
The above quote (about an author's own experiences repressing his sexuality) is apparently Starbucks' way of furthering the homosexual agenda. That's where it starts, in coffee houses. Then it expands into fast food, the Post Office, and finally the White House until the day we're all required to punch into work in the morning not with a pass key or by logging onto a computer, but with 15 straight minutes of sodomy.
Thank you, Concerned Women for America, for finally drawing the line.
#6. Chocolate Sculptures of Himself
If someone were to make a giant chocolate statue of your naked body, you'd probably be flattered, and maybe a little weirded out. Jesus, on the other hand, was just plain furious. According to Catholics, who enjoy chocolate bunnies at Easter, He has no tolerance for chocolate, naked statues at any time of year. A New York art exhibit cleverly titled "My Sweet Jesus" featured a 200lb milk chocolate Jesus on the cross, sans loincloth and showing off all his sacred bits in their chocolatey glory.
Much like with the film the Last Temptation of Christ, the idea of a nudie savior just doesn't go over well with some folks. The head of the Catholic League called it "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever," which is not an understatement at all, as long as you ignore everything else bad that has happened anywhere in the world over the last two thousand years.
Being loving and pious folks intent on expressing how their sensibilities were offended in a calm and mature fashion, the local Christian populace deluged the art gallery with angry phone calls and death threats. The result was the gallery canceling the exhibit and the creative director resigning his position in protest.
But on the upside for offended Christians, they were able to go about the rest of their lives content with the knowledge that nudity doesn't exist, at least not in a public, milk chocolate way. We believe the artist, despondent over the events, retired to his apartment and ate the entire statue over the course of a long, lonely weekend.
#5. Spongebob
You may or may not be aware of this, but Spongebob Squarepants is apparently as queer as a three dollar bill jammed in Richard Simmons' thong. And while that's all fine and good as long as aquatic, animated poriferans keep their sexuality behind closed doors, once they start making pro-homosexual videos, certain groups aren't going to stand for it.
Both Focus on the Family and the American Family Association complained about a Spongebob video that was delivered to schools in which Spongebob has the balls to try to teach children to be accepting of others. Now you know Jesus isn't going to stand for that shit.
Even though the video never actually mentions homosexuality, on the website for the video's producers they include a pledge of tolerance for all races, cultures, beliefs and, yes, sexual orientations. Just like Hitler. Or the opposite of Hitler. Whatever, fuck that cartoon sponge!
The brain trust at Focus on the Family felt that the video was "an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids." The video does feature Spongebob dancing to We Are Family by Sister Sledge and probably few things in the world are apt to suck a child into a fugue-like state of dementia and suggestibility. So we kind of see what they were afraid of.
#4. Dr. Who
Probably all of us have secretly known Dr. Who was up to no good. What the hell is a Tardis machine anyway? Why do the English have phone booths that apparently travel through time? What was with that fancy scarf he wore in the original series and where'd they get off replacing the actor who played the doctor like five times? Crazy Brits.
To make Dr. Who slightly more insane, there was an episode, co-starring Kylie Minogue, in which the doctor has to save the Titanic, which is now a space ship, from a meteor accident. And somewhere in all that, he sort of parallels a Christ figure.
While it sounds perfectly protestable on grounds of stupidity, it was actually protested by the group Christian Voice because they thought it was tasteless to compare the time-traveling doctor to the messiah.
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What age can you expect a child to happily sit through a movie at the theatre and do you have tips to make this a good experience for both children and parents (e.g. which movie to pick, what to do if they are bored after 5 minutes, etc.)?
My kids all did fine from about the age of 3. The only real way to know which movie to pick is by seeing what they like at home. My kids all have wildly different taste in movies, so usually I take them one at a time. Sometimes they get bored during exposition, but just require a quiet reminder from me.
You can't really judge it by how much they sit still to watch a movie at home. At home, my six year old son only lasts around 10 minutes before he wants to get up and act out the parts or run around or something, but in a theater he does pretty well because I'm there to refocus him.
It really depends entirely on the child. As for:
Leave. Be prepared to NOT make it through the entire film and be OK leaving early if need be. That takes a lot of stress out of the whole process.
I saw Fantasia at around 4 or 5. Can't remember that exact age, but I still remember seeing it.
If all you're looking for is that your child "sits quietly", my kids sat quietly through a movie at 2 and 3. if you want a "take home" value I think 4 or 5 is a good age.
This varies so much from child to child I'm not sure their is a useful answer other than just to try them. In a worst case you will have wasted a few pounds/dollars/euro etc and have to leave early.
My eldest enjoyed films from about 4, but my middle daughter was not a fan until she was about 6. I remember taking her about her fifth birthday and she wandered off under the seats in front for a while. We weren't worried as it was an empty cinema and we could hear her, but when she returned chewing on a sweet she had found we decided not to take her back until she had a better attention span. My youngest has watched films since before she was 3 and could always concentrate for an entire film. I think she picked this up through exposure via her siblings. . .
It depends on how much media consumption they've been trained to handle. My 3½ year old watches about five minutes of TV per day, just one episode of Barbapapa before bed. He wouldn't last long in a cinema. On the other hand, some pre-schoolers spend between one and three hours per day in front of the TV so for them a cinema trip would be nothing out of the ordinary. (Effects of that is discussed here and here.)
If you think there's a chance your kids will be bored (or mentally overloaded) after five minutes, then they're not ready for the cinema. They need to be able to concentrate (not start fussing) for at least an hour. As DA01 said, be ready, prepared and willing to leave the cinema at a moment's notice.
Adhere to the advisory ratings; they do serve a meaningful purpose. Pick a movie that is truly aimed at the age of your kids. Too often I see parents with very young kids going into Disney-category movies that are way beyond them. You're not doing them any favors when choosing titles aimed above their age.
Pre-screen the movie yourself. Go and see it yourself, all of it, to make sure there aren't any unwanted surprises that you'll have to sort out later. (Try this one on for size: Did you know that Disney's Bambi essentially begins with the death of Bambi's mother?)
It depends if the child watches or is interested in TV first of all . And if the child will stay still and quite and not get bored after five mins. Try short movies at home first and see if your child is interested ,try also to see what kind of movie your child likes and go for similar ones at the cinema . Every child is different so observe your child and you will know when he or she is ready !


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From Inside the Fishbowl: UX Provocation, Innovation, and Games
By Ultan O'Broin Oracle UX-Oracle Paas4SaaS-Oracle on May 28, 2012
I previously pointed out risks of conflating gamification and gaming per se. That's not to dismiss using gaming technology to perform business tasks, of course. Why shouldn't I do my Oracle expenses on my seven year-old's Nintendo 3DS if it's handy when we're traveling together, for example? That the expenses process itself would also be gamified resonates with the platform too.
I met the brilliant Dr. Edward de Bono a few years ago. He's the genius behind Lateral Thinking and the technique of 'PO' (or Provocative Operation). De Bono challenged Shell Oil to drill for oil horizontally instead of vertically, and now everyone drills that way. He's been directly and indirectly responsible for lots of other high business values ideas becoming real, all based on challenging us to think more creatively when solving problems.
Enterprise applications user experience needs more genius provocateurs too. One such guy is John Sim (@JRSim_UIX), UK-based consultant for Oracle Gold Partner Fishbowl Solutions. After meeting John at the Oracle offices in London recently, I came away thinking hard about what gaming offers us. I was totally blown away by John's technical wizardry, demonstrated with WebCenter and other Oracle technology, but his stuff with the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Kinect (also featured at Collaborate 12) really opened up my mind to a whole range of possible business use cases.
Why not use game controllers to move people around the Oracle Fusion Applications Human Capital Management person portrait gallery and take actions right away?
Or why not use the Xbox 360 and Kinect to interact with a portal? How about using game controllers and gestures to manage your supply chain, orchestrate orders, getting field sales teams onto guerilla market leads, do some easy visual manipulation of analytics or model financial scenarios in advance? Maybe combine insight at work and keep fit at the same time, all in front of your TV. A large game screen could be the ideal way to record and manage resources and feedback, time management, progress or other activities in an open office environment such as a call center. Gesture controls, people, are just another way to allow interaction with apps.
Don't get blind-sided by a narrow definition of devices. Under pressure from the BYOD, open source devices, cheap, powerful processors and design platforms, and the gaming generation, within 3-5 years what we consider to be a device for running our apps will even require UX thought about how the wearable devices color coordinates with the rest of the user's ensemble and mood. ADF skinning never had it so good! Another reason why events like Maker Faire are important to Oracle. Anyone for printing their own parts as a solution to service requests in the field using 3D Printers?
Lots to think about.
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In the wake of the recent school shooting in Connecticut, the district is going to review district safety strategies for the coming year with a staff in-service meeting set for 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 3 in the high school library, according to Maureen Taggart, district communications coordinator and high school principal.
"The entire district staff is invited to attend the meeting," said Taggart. "Obviously, with the events in Connecticut, everyone's thinking about the safety of pupils, students and staff in schools."
Taggart said the district has taken the idea of school security seriously in recent years, making changes, including establishment of video surveillance and locked doors.
"We do have a district safety committee that includes Mark Blasko, our (district) safety director, Katie Long, our district nurse, myself and Superintendent Fred Burns," continued Taggart. "The safety committee plans all the safety training and in-services provided to the staff. We're also in charge of receiving any reports about safety concerns in the district."
Taggart said both the high school and Karaffa Elementary School have electronic security and surveillance systems at entrances.
"The locks have to be released by someone in the school office," Taggart said. "All exterior doors are locked down after students and pupils arrive. Once they report to class, the doors are locked."
Visitors to district buildings also have to report to the office once let inside the building, she continued.
"We require all visitors to register and sign in (at the office) and wear a visitors' badge so all staff, students and pupils know they are authorized to be there," Taggart said.
The district safety committee also designs a safety plan for different emergency scenarios, including everything from a fire to a chemical spill, said Taggart, adding all staff are required to have a copy and study the plan. The district also must submit the plan to the Ohio Department of Public Safety for approval, she added.
"Our plan recently was approved by the state," said Taggart. "It's a very extensive plan. We have provided copies and training to the staff and made ourselves available for any questions about the guidelines in place.
"You never know how you're going to react in an emergency situation," Taggart continued. "The guidelines enable (staff) to collect their thoughts during an emergency. One of the recent concerns that came to our attention was making sure substitute teachers have keys to the classrooms they are assigned to."
Taggart said the district regularly drills, and the City Police periodically inspect the buildings.
"We have the police come in with canine units," she said, adding it gives the schools an opportunity to practice drills. "When they show up, we go into lockdown mode, even through it's not an emergency.
"We're also doing everything we can to make students and staff aware about safety issues," Taggart continued, adding the district is trying to make those in school aware and report suspicious activity. "We also have a social educator in the district. She works with at-risk students and pupils. She connects them with a variety of services available to support families."
The high school also has an organization designed to enable students to speak to their peers concerning any issues that may be bothering them.
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What is a distance an object went through at the speed of 14hm/min for 6 hours?
I am having problems with conversions.
First, I tried passing 14hm/min to m/s. I did it alright. But now I am unsure. Do I multiply it by 6 hours and I'm done?
What is a distance an object went through at the speed of 14hm/min for 6 hours?
I am having problems with conversions.
First, I tried passing 14hm/min to m/s. I did it alright. But now I am unsure. Do I multiply it by 6 hours and I'm done?
You can leave the 14hm/min just as it is, if you like. Convert the 6 hours to how many minutes there are in 6 hours, 6 hours times 60 minutes per hour = 360 minutes. The comments on your Question are beside the point, hm could be half-meters, hectometers, whatever, ... — if one travels 14 "hm"s in 1 minute, then one travels 360 times 14 "hm"s in 360 minutes.
You could also convert the 14 hm/min into hm/hour, $60\times 14$ hm/hour, then multiply that by the number of hours. It's possible to keep track of the units quite nicely by arranging everything on two lines, $$\frac{14\ {\rm hm}}{{\rm minute}}\times\frac{60\ {\rm minute}}{{\rm hour}}\times 6\ {\rm hour} = 14\times 60\times 6 {\rm hm}.$$ The different units all cancel, leaving behind the conversion factors. If you do this methodically every time then this kind of conversion, and harder ones, will become second nature.
The answer to this question is yes, but... Remember that when we multiple quantities together it is important that they are all in standard (SI) units. This will make it easier to keep track of what units your answer will be in.
The question is one that concerns speed ($s$), distance ($d$) and time ($t$). The equation relating them is:
$$ s=d/t$$
Rearranging this to get the distance as the subject (as per your question) gives:
$$ d=st$$
Like I said- once you've converted all the values to SI units, it's merely a case of putting the values into your calculator and seeing what you get.
Peter Morgan's answer is the most straightforward. It doesn't matter what an 'hm' is. If you go 14 of them in one minute, then you go:
(14hm/min) * (60 min/hr) * (6 hr) = (14 * 360) hm = 5040 hm in 6 hours.
The technique you need to master, in unit conversion, is unit cancellation. Notice, in the equation above, that 'min' in the numerator of the first term cancels out 'min' in the denominator in the second. Likewise for 'hr' in the second and third terms. All that is left is 'hm' and a little math.
Now, if you want to convert 'hm' to meters, you'll need to tell us what an 'hm' is.


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Wrestling Is Thrown to the Mat
The World Cries Foul as the IOC Moves to Eliminate the Ancient Sport From 2020 Games
Wrestling is one of nine sports that was contested in the first modern Olympics in 1896. Its formal history dates back to the ancient Olympics in 708 B.C., and there are cave drawings of wrestlers that predate 3,000 B.C.
And yet, the International Olympic Committee did the unthinkable Tuesday when its executive board moved to eliminate wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games.
"I am very angry about this news," said Russian Wrestling Federation President Mikhail Mamiashvili on the federation's website.
"We had no idea they'd say, 'Here's the death penalty,'" said an audibly stunned Rulon Gardner, an American who won a wrestling gold medal in Sydney in 2000.
The decision reflects a paradox: Unloved by casual sports fans, wrestling is one of the most beloved sports among athletes around the world. At the 2012 Games, 29 countries shared 72 medals awarded for wrestling, compared with 19 countries that shared in the 102 medals awarded to swimmers. Last summer's wrestling medals went to countries as small as Estonia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan and as large as India, the U.S. and Russia.
Transcending political differences, wrestling prompts the U.S. team to travel to Havana to train with the Cubans. One hopeful response to Tuesday's IOC decision was that it might unite Iran—which won half its 12 medals last summer in wrestling—with the U.S. in a bid to save the Olympic sport.
Wrestling can win a reprieve from death row by besting seven other sports in a contest for the last spot remaining in the 2020 Games. But the very quality that makes wrestling's expulsion so shocking may now work against it. In the eyes of the IOC, wrestling is outdated, and to win that last spot it must compete against the likes of sport climbing, roller sports and wake boarding.
"The idea overall is to renew the program and to keep it relevant and appealing to new audiences," said Mark Adams, chief spokesman for the IOC.
The IOC limits the Games to 28 sports. But to keep the Olympics from getting stale, the IOC essentially decided to maintain 25 core sports and to use the other three spots to introduce new or revived competitions. In recent years the Olympics had added emerging sports such as beach volleyball and BMX cycling, and new in 2016 will be golf and rugby.
But making way for new sports requires eliminating some old ones, and Olympic wrestling has been threatened for the past decade. In 2002, the IOC commissioned a review of Olympic sports that said wrestling had a "lack of global popularity" as well as "relatively low broadcast and press coverage." The problem stemmed from the public's confusion between wrestling's two disciplines: Greco-Roman, which forbids holds below the waist, and freestyle, which allows them. The report recommended dropping one of the disciplines from the 2008 Beijing Games, which didn't happen.
Christophe Dubi, director of sport for the IOC, suggested that wrestling could have avoided this fate if it had followed the lead of archery, fencing and modern pentathlon. Archery changed its scoring system so competitions often come down to a final arrow. Fencing now stages matches under a spotlight. Modern pentathlon has compressed its competition to a single day.
To win its way back into the 2020 Games, Dubi said that leaders of wrestling "have to roll up their sleeves and figure out how they can improve. They have to say how they can make it exciting."
Beyond theatrics, wrestling was also competing against internal IOC politics. In the final voting, wrestling went up against field hockey and modern pentathlon, with modern pentathlon looking like the most vulnerable of the three. But Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., a member of the executive board, also happens to be the vice president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union.
"That was definitely an advantage," said Matthew Pound, a spokesman for the pentathlon federation, which has been a part of the Olympics since 1912. "Of course he was showing everyone everything we've done over the past 10 years."
No member of the IOC executive board, which includes two former fencing champions from Germany, has a direct connection to wrestling. Raphael Martinetti, the Swiss businessman who serves as a president of FILA, the international wrestling federation, is said to boast limited connections inside the Olympic movement. Martinetti could not be reached for comment.
In a statement released after the vote, the international wrestling federation said it "was greatly astonished by today's recommendation of the IOC Executive Board not to maintain wrestling among the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. FILA will take all necessary measures to convince the IOC Executive Board and IOC members of the aberration of such decision against one of the founding sports of the ancient and modern Olympic Games."
"Given the history and tradition of wrestling," said a surprised Scott Blackmun, chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee, "we hope that there will be a meaningful opportunity to discuss the important role that wrestling plays in the sports landscape both in the United States and around the world."
In the U.S., high-school participation in wrestling rose nearly 15% over the last decade. About 280,000 wrestlers competed during the 2011-2012 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. The sport is the sixth-most popular sport for boys by participants, behind football and track and field and ahead of tennis, swimming and golf. Wrestling is a sport at more than 70 NCAA Division I colleges.
Also competing for the last spot in the 2020 Games will be the Chinese martial-art wushu, baseball-softball, karate and squash. The IOC's executive board will recommend one of those sports for inclusion in May, and the full IOC will vote on that recommendation in September.
—Rachel Bachman and Paul Sonne contributed to this article.
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Can anyone give an explicit basis of the universal (noncommutative) differential calculus over an algebra $A$ with basis ${e_i}$. (The universal calculus over $A$ is the kernel of the multiplication map $m:A \otimes A \to A$.)
You can describe $\Omega_A=\ker(m:A\otimes A\to A)$ as the quotient of the free $A$-bimodule generated by symbols $d(a)$, one for each element $a\in A$, by the sub-bimodule generated by the elements of the form $$d(ab)-d(a)\\,b-a\\,d(b), \qquad a,b\in A,$$ together with the elements of the form $$d(\lambda 1), \qquad \lambda\in k$$ with $k$ being the base field. The elements $\{a d(b):a,b\in A\}$, when seen in $\Omega_A$, span $\Omega_A$ over $K$ but are not linearly independent over $k$.
To extract from this a $k$-basis of $\Omega_A$ you need to know more than a basis of $A$. For example, if you know a presentation of $A$ given by generators and relations, you can obtain a basis using essentially Groebner bases.


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All of the 3D animating softwares I've faced are centered around using GUI to work: windows, menus, mouse clicks, mouse adjustments, keyboard shortcuts. As a programmer, I find that limiting. In order to have full control over an animation, it'd be interesting to use code. For example, say you wanted to animate a magic sword which color depended on speed. Without programming, that's not possible at all.
Thus I ask: is there a 3D animation softwares that target coding, not GUI work?


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For more than 20 years Marti Guelde has been a part of the Warren County Public School District. Currently, she serves as a guidance counselor at South Warren High School.
Her years of service continue to impact faculty and students.
"Everybody realizes that she really goes above and beyond every day," says Student Services Coordinator Chuck Wolfram.
"I don't know what I would do if she wasn't here because she knows all the requirements, she knows everything that will help you get into college," says student Miranda Urban.
Watching each student make the transition from high school to college is what Marti Guelde finds most rewarding.
"That's the best. That's the best. I can't imagine why anybody who works in a high school would not want to be at a graduation ceremony to see the fruit of your labor actually visible right there," says Guelde
Over the years fellow staff have noticed plenty of success stories leaving the halls of South Warren High.
"Really when they walk out of her office they have a game plan and they know how to make their life better and they know how to go about to make things better in their own life," says Wolfram.
Students say those changes in their life are much easier to handle with someone like Ms. Guelde.
"She is so easy to talk to and she always understands exactly what you're going through and it's great," says Urban.
But Guedle says it's just part of her job.
"There is nothing special about what I do at all I'm just doing my job and to every student that could mean something different," says Guelde.
For her dedication in preparing our future leaders for a brighter future we honor Marti Guelde as this week's Hometown Hero.


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Is it necessary to defrag drives in Ubuntu? If so, how do I do it and how often should it be done?
Defragment is (or was) recommended under Windows because it had a poor filesystem implementation. Simple techniques such as allocating blocks for files in groups rather than one by one keep fragmentation down under Linux. Typical Linux filesystems only gain significantly from defragmentation on a nearly-full filesystem or with unusual write patterns. Most users don't need it, though heavy file sharers could benefit from it (filling a file in little bits in the middle is not the case ext3 was optimized for; if you're concerned about fragmentation and your bittorrent or other file sharing client offers that option, tell it to preallocate all files before starting to download).
At the moment, there is no production-ready defragmentation tool for the common filesystems on Linux (ext3 and ext4). If you installed Ubuntu 9.10 or newer, or converted an existing installation, you have an ext4 filesystem, which supports extents, further reducing fragmentation.
For those cases where fragmentation does arise, an ext4 defragmentation tool is in the works, but it's not ready yet.
Note that in general, the Linux philosophy and especially the Ubuntu philosophy is that common maintenance tasks should happen automatically without your needing to intervene.
This is the best explanation (not only of file fragmentation but of how EXT2/3/4 is more resistant to it than FAT or NTFS) I have found and I still refer people to it: http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting
If you're using ext, here is a good quote from Theodore Ts'o (he was heavily involved in the development of the file system):
So really, the answer is 'no'. Only in extreme cases will you start to see adverse fragmentation (with ext).


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BETHESDA, Md. — WUSA9-TV found files documenting complaints of train and bus workers flipping off customers — including one incident with photos — and a discipline policy that allows employees to flip riders off and keep their jobs.
One employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority extended her middle finger long enough for a customer to take photos.
"I think the difficulty with photographs is they only show a snapshot in time," Metro spokeswoman Caroline Laurin said. "We don't know exactly what happened preceding the picture."
WUSA9's review identified 10 complaints of middle-finger incidents since 2013.
WMATA has denied a WUSA9 open-records request for all 2012 and 2013 complaints containing the terms "finger," "bird," "obscene," flipped" and "gesture," saying a response would be "unreasonably burdensome," would "generate approximately 722 records," "take 35 hours of staff time" and cost $2,556.
"It's our goal to make sure that our customers feel welcome and well treated," Laurin said. "Absolutely this isn't something we want to have happening."
Metro says its records document only four apologies for flipping customers off.
WMATA says discipline is handled on a case-by-case basis, determined by previous performance.


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I'm applying to be an Associate Member at Noisebridge.
I encourage collaboration between Noisebridge, SudoRoom and [Rock Paper Scissors Collective|http://www.rpscollective.com].
Personal Philosophy
I favor doing things and collaborating. I come to Noisebridge to hack because it is a hackerspace and was made for hacking.
I don't have time to listen to pitches, presentations, promotions or commercials.
If I'm wearing my headphones, I am focusing, since I come to Noisebridge to hack and since it is a hackerspace that is what you do.
I like people who do things.
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I was distracted, I messed up and I stopped skateboarding. it was the worst decision of my life, I can say I was seduced by handsome men, but in the end only I am to blame. I am also extremely uncool and sit at the nerds table in the cafeteria, so I do not fit in well with most people who skate and don't scream with joy when watching skate videos.
Help me get back on track.
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Hash Named First-Team Academic All-DistrictJanuary 30, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – For the second consecutive year, Anderson University men's basketball senior guard Chandler Hash has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District III men's basketball first team for NCAA Division II, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Thursday afternoon.
Hash is the reigning South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete for men's basketball and carries a 3.51 grade point average, while majoring in nursing.
"We are really very proud of Chandler and everything he has been able to accomplish on and off the court," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "He is extremely well-rounded and works as hard academically as he does on the court. The honor is well-deserved."
A native of Greer, S.C., Hash earned Preseason First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors and has started 46 consecutive games for the Black and Gold. The left-handed sharpshooter has reached double figures in the scoring column in 34 straight contests and leads the SAC in scoring and ranks 13th nationally with his 23.4 points per game average.
Hash is seventh all-time in Anderson's record books with 1,203 career points and his career-high 42 points versus GRU Augusta in November is tied for sixth highest in NCAA Division II this season. He has been named SAC Player of the Week three times in his career and is a member of Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society and the Anderson University Dean's List. He was among 202 nominees for the 2014 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams,® as announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the Allstate Insurance Company on Dec. 3.
Hash was joined on the academic team by North Georgia's Travis Core, UNC Pembroke's Ben Jacobs, Coker's Jonathan Gardner and USC Aiken's Jesse Seilern. Core, Jacobs and Seilern were repeat winners from a year ago.
In order to earn recognition, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution and are voted upon by CoSIDA members. CoSIDA District III includes the South Atlantic Conference, Peach Belt Conference and Conference Carolinas.


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PHOTOS: The Hunks of From Here On Out
As Here TV's new sitcom, From Here On Out, gears up for its March 28 release date, the hunky stars of the series cuddled up with The Advocate for a chat about their favorite behind-the-scenes moments, working with the outstanding cast (including Emmy-winner Juliet Mills), and how they felt the first time they saw the debut episode.
The show is set in a highly fictionalized version of Here TV, the network owned by the same parent company as The Advocate.
T.J. Hoban (Sam Decker)
Leading man in a fictional Here TV show called "Guy Dubai: International Gay Spy," Decker convinces everyone he's gay to keep the part.
On his most memorable blooper during filming: "It was during the filming of 'Kill Or Be Kilt' when Suzanne Whang repeatedly asked in the Korean voice of Divina with a scottish accent, 'Would you like a damn of whiskey?' It took every fiber in my being not to crack during filming."
On personal challenges he faced while filming: "I had to kiss a guy and show my butt, two things I've never done before. That was definitely a challenge. Believe it or not I'm shy by nature. I had to get over that real quick. But, the struggles that I had in real life as an actor parallel those of my character Sam Decker. So I believe those feelings actually served me well, and when you watch you'll see that I'm not faking it."
Adrian Gonzalez (Rico)
On how he felt the first time he saw a completed episode: "I was excited and nervous. It's always weird watching yourself on screen. My character in particular isn't wearing much most of the time and always in very 'shy' situations, so I was more nervous than usual."
On his favorite character in the series: "Love Divina! She's a trip, literally. Suzanne Whang is an amazing actress and just went all out with her character choices and really brought Divina to life."
Michael Lanham (Brad)
On the best part of playing Brad: "It's been so much fun! Working with so many talented people has taught me a lot as well. But mostly it's just been a blast being so inappropriate and encouraged to do so."
Jesse Pepe (Sean)
On stripping down for a scene: "It's definitely a strange feeling seeing your junk on film. It was a judgment call for me going into the project, but I didn't feel all that uncomfortable about it. It still wasn't as weird as I thought when watching the second episode, which was nice."
On his favorite moment in the series: "Definitely watching Suzanne Whang shoot her 'Bad Audition' scene in the first episode. She is so damn funny. She had every member of the cast and crew dying."
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Emrhys Cooper (Haggis)
On the first time he saw the debut episode: "I was in stitches, then I thought, 'oh my God, my mom will see my ass on TV.'"
On filming those "nude" scenes: "I have to say putting on a modesty sock which covers your private parts, was a pretty interesting experience. I had a scene where my kilt blows up and the audience is supposed to think I am completely naked, but the other actors were looking at my modesty sock. Let's just say it didn't cover up that much."
Junade Khan (Derek)
On his hopes for the series: "With any comedy you worry if it will be funny, but I think this is so funny! I hope people will enjoy watching it and have a giggle."
On his favorite filming location for the series: "I enjoyed the filming locations at the producer's house. It was like a holiday resort and had a lot of history. Charlie Chaplin used to live there apparently."


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As droves of CU-Boulder students leave campus to relax and play during spring break, a group of business students in the B3 Residential Academic Program (RAP) at the Leeds School of Business will be studying the sustainable coffee and tourism industries in Costa Rica.
While immersed in a tropical island location of pristine rain forests and verdant mountains, 26 freshmen will be doing fieldwork for course credit.
Peter Ziel is working toward two bachelor's degrees, one in business administration with an emphasis in finance and the other in political science. He's looking forward to learning about the cultural differences in business and hopes the experience will provide him with an outline for how to adapt to different cultures and countries as he pursues a career in international business.
"The future of business is no longer focused in the U.S.," said Ziel, "so having an opportunity to be immersed in international business as a first-year student is a chance I couldn't pass up. Since this is a pilot class, it also allows us students to provide feedback to help the RAP fine tune the First Year Global Experience seminar. And Costa Rica isn't such a bad spring break destination."
The B3 RAP at the business school is a living/learning community that focuses on the business skills students will need in a global environment. Realizing that business is no longer localized to Colorado or the United States, the business school has prioritized globalizing its business education.
"The goal of the first-year global experience," said Manuel Laguna, seminar co-instructor and director of Global Initiatives and the Media One Professor of Management Sciences at the Leeds School, "and other new international programs at Leeds is to provide students with a global mindset and widen their opportunities to apply their business tools and knowledge globally."
Learning global business skills
As a pilot project, the First Year Global Experience is a semester-long seminar that provides students with an opportunity to apply their classroom learning on a spring break study and service trip outside the United States. Accompanying students to Costa Rica are seminar co-instructors Laguna and Scarlett Pontón de Dutton, director of the B3 RAP.
"In the seminar, we start with the framework of how business goes global," said Pontón de Dutton. "We study a country's political, cultural and economic situation and look at the barriers to entry for an international organization."
Students will be staying at a coffee plantation in Cedral, located in central Costa Rica and at Escazu, outside San Jose. They will also be visiting with the Association of Rural Tourism Costa Rica (ACTUAR) and a local cooperative on rural tourism.
Students will be divided into four groups, with each group researching the accounting/finance or information/management and marketing segment of either the tourism or coffee industry. When students return to class after spring break, each group will share their findings and ideas with the others.
"I feel this trip is successful if the students come back from seeing different things from Costa Rica and actually begin seeing things differently," said Pontón de Dutton. "My hope is that they later go out into the world and apply what they've learned at CU-Boulder in a culturally aware and responsible manner. The seminar is another step in globalizing their education, which will increase their opportunities as they launch their business careers."
Freshman Tia Arnold is majoring in business administration with an emphasis on operations management and is working on certificates in quantitative finance, international business and entrepreneurship. She is looking forward to seeing how companies with a sustainable framework operate in Costa Rica.
"I'm really driven and I want to experience as much as I can," she said. "Being able to have a study abroad experience as a freshman is a great opportunity."


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Exploring the Food Groups
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The next tier of the Food Guide Pyramid, level three from the bottom, is the meat group. This group includes a variety of foods, including beef, pork, chicken, turkey, fish, game, eggs, dry beans (legumes, lentils, and peas), soy foods, nuts, and peanut butter. The meat group supplies large amounts of protein as well as other essential nutrients. Some of the choices in the meat group, such as nuts, dry beans, and soy foods, are plant foods. These foods are grouped with meat because they are excellent sources of protein.
You need fewer servings from the meat group because it is higher in fat. The Food Guide Pyramid suggests consuming two to three servings or about 5 to 7 ounces from the meat group each day.
One serving equals any of the following:
- 2 to 3 ounces cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish; the following count as an ounce of meat:
- 1 egg
- ½ cup cooked legumes (lentils, peas, or dried beans)
- ¼ cup egg substitute
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1/3; cup nuts
- 4 ounces tofu
- 1 cup soy milk
- 2 to 3 ounces canned tuna or salmon, packed in water
The meat group supplies varying amounts of nutrients, including zinc, iron, and B vitamins (thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12. Beef, poultry, and fish are some of the best sources of iron. These foods contain "heme" iron, which is better absorbed in the body, as opposed to the non-heme iron in plant foods. The meat group is also a source of dietary fat. The fat found in animal foods is saturated fat. Too much saturated fat in the diet can lead to increased blood cholesterol as well as heart disease.
Making Healthy Choices
The meat group is an important food group because of the nutrients it provides. However, because the majority of foods in the meat group contain saturated fat and cholesterol, it is important to make lean and low-fat choices.
Follow these tips to help make low-fat choices from the meat group:
- Choose skinless, white meat poultry.
- Instead of ground beef, try lean ground turkey instead. Ground turkey breast can be up to 99 percent fat-free.
- Buy meat that is well trimmed, with no more than an eighth of an inch fat trim. (Trim refers to the fat layer surrounding the cut of meat.)
- When buying ground meats, look for packages that have the greatest percent lean-to-fat ratio.
- When buying beef, be aware of grades and inspection of meat.
- Choose beans, peas, lentils, and soy foods often, and try to make them your main meal several times per week.
- Limit your intake of high-fat processed meats, including bacon, sausage, bologna, salami, kielbasa, bratwurst, and other higher-fat meats.
- Limit your intake of liver and other organ meats, which tend to be very high in cholesterol.
- Use egg yolks and whole eggs in moderation.
- Watch your portion sizes. Three ounces of cooked meat is about the size of a deck of cards.
Preparing your meats with less fat can be simple and does not have to compromise taste. With a few simple tips, you can make a big difference in reducing total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol in your meals. Try the following techniques:
- Trim all visible fat from meat before cooking.
- Cook meats using the following low-fat cooking methods most of the time: broil, grill, roast, braise, stew, steam, poach, stir-fry, or microwave.
- After browning ground meats, drain fat and then rinse meat in hot water a few times to rinse off excess fat. You can also pat the meat with a paper towel after draining to remove excess fat.
- Brown meat in a nonstick skillet with little to no fat. Use a vegetable oil spray to prevent sticking.
- When grilling, broiling, or roasting meat and poultry, use a rack so that the fat will drip through.
- Use marinades for meat that have little to no fat such as light teriyaki sauce, orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, tomato juice, defatted broth, or low-fat yogurt. Add fresh herbs and other spices such as garlic powder to marinades for more flavor.
- Oven bake fish and/or chicken instead of frying.
The way you prepare, serve, and store meat can all add to its safety. Taking the proper care can ensure that your meat will be high in quality and safe to eat. Take the following steps with your meats:
- Rinse poultry in cold water before preparing.
- Keep juices from meats and poultry from contacting other foods.
- Marinate meat and poultry in the refrigerator.
- Never reuse marinade once it has been in contact with raw meat.
- Thaw frozen meat in the refrigerator or microwave.
- Use different utensils and cutting boards for raw meats than for cooked meats, as well as other foods.
- Cook ground meat and poultry thoroughly. Use a meat thermometer to ensure that the internal temperature reaches around 160 degrees. The meat should no longer be pink inside, and juices should run clear.
- Cook other cuts of beef to at least 145 degrees for safety.
- Heat leftovers to 165 degrees, or until steaming hot.
- Refrigerate leftovers promptly.
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Police: Wife set husband on fire for allegedly molesting her 7-year-old daughter
RENTON, Wash. - A man who was badly burned after his wife allegedly set him on fire is now facing sex crime charges involving his 7-year-old stepdaughter.
Police in Washington state said Tatanysha Hedman, 40, doused her sleeping husband in gasoline before setting him on fire.
Hedman, 40, was arrested and told police she set her husband, Vincent Phillips, 52, on fire because he hurt her 7-year-old daughter, who is his stepdaughter. She said she did it because shooting him "was too nice," KOMO reported.
Phillips is hospitalized and faces first-degree child molestation charges.
Hedman remains in jail, facing assault and arson charges.


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A Free Syrian Army fighter carries ammunition for a B-10 recoilless gun in the Haresta neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
A Free Syrian Army fighter carries ammunition for a B-10 recoilless gun in the Haresta neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
A worker spreads out corn to dry after harvesting them from the cobs, before selling them at a market in Lahore, Pakistan.
A U.S. Marine attends a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, about 180 km (112 miles) east of Seoul, South Korea.
Workers and cranes are seen on the building site of the future Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France.
A young girl is pictured with her dog and a pony as it snows near Warsaw, Poland, February 7, 2013.
A boy practicing karate on the beach is silhouetted against the setting sun in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
A dog looks out of a window at the Alfama neighborhood in Lisbon, Portugal.
A lone skier glides down a slope in Gulmarg, 55 km (34 miles) west of Srinagar, India.
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For years, doctors have been telling women that their chances of getting breast cancer may be related to genetics, previous radiation exposure, or possibly influenced by their reproductive choices. Risk of developing breast cancer is increased if a woman chooses to have her first born after the age of thirty or if she chooses never to have children at all. Could there be other reasons, medical or otherwise, why women may be predisposed to getting this disease? The link between viruses and cancer is well known and accepted. These include diseases such as Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cervical as well as oral cancer, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and certain types of lymphoma as well as nasopharyngeal cancer (a type of cancer of the head and neck), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that is implicated in many lymphomas and skin cancers such as Kaposis Sarcoma. However, the link between antibiotics and cancer is more subtle.
Over twenty years ago, in the journal The Lancet, investigators alluded to the possibility that antibiotic use may somehow be related to the development of cancer. Many years later, a Finnish group looked into this disconcerting possibility. Looking at nearly 10,000 women, the study did suggest that there was indeed a link between the two. However, their study is often criticized for its poor design and execution. More recently, Dr. Christine Velicer from the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington, Seattle, examined the links between antibiotic use among women and the development of breast cancer in a rigorous manner. This study was published in the February 18th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association and received much publicity from the press.
This population-based control study that compared over 2,000 women with newly diagnosed breast cancer with almost 8,000 healthy controls who were members of the same, large, non-profit health insurance plan. Breast cancer patients were identified from the SEER data (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results). Information on antibiotic use for both cancer patients and healthy controls was obtained from computerized pharmacy records. After a thorough analysis, the study found that the more days over the preceding years a woman took antibiotics, the higher her risk of developing breast cancer. Specifically, women who took antibiotics for more than 500 days, or had more than 25 prescriptions, over an average period of 17 years, had more than twice the risk of developing breast cancer as women who did not take any antibiotics. These findings were found to be statistically significant. No specific type or class of antibiotic that was any more or less likely to contribute to this risk. Increasing cumulative days of antibiotic use was found to be statistically significantly associated with death due to the disease. The risk was smaller for women who took antibiotics for fewer than 500 days, but still present. Women who had between one and 25 prescriptions over this time period were one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than women who did not take any antibiotics.
Investigators examined how these two groups of women differed and found that women with breast cancer had a higher number of health care visits in the preceding year, were more likely to be premenopausal, and had their first pregnancy after the age of thirty. Not surprisingly, women with breast cancer also tended to have first-degree family members with this disease.
To put these results in perspective, we should consider the recently well-publicized debate over the risk of developing breast cancer in women who take hormone replacement therapy after cessation of menstrual periods. The presumed risk of developing breast cancer from hormone replacement therapy for postmenopausal women is estimated to be about a 30 to 40 percent increase in risk. This study reported a doubling (50%) in risk for those women who took antibiotics.
Experts quickly caution that women should not stop taking antibiotics. Antibiotics are prescribed for a large array of conditions including ear infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, sinus infections, and acne. Although this study noted an association between cancer and antibiotic use, there is no clear cause and effect established. Women who were prescribed antibiotics for active infections should definitely continue using them according to the specification of their physicians.
The authors of the study initially thought that perhaps women who seek antibiotics are more likely to visit their physicians on a regular basis and get screened for malignancies and therefore more likely to be diagnosed. However, even after excluding this factor, the association between antibiotic use and breast cancer remained strong.
The study offered a possible explanation for their observation. Antibiotics affect the bacteria in the gut, and in many ways interfere with the natural balance that exist in the intestines. By eliminating a certain population of bacteria within the intestine, food metabolism and digestion is affected. It is conceivable that foods high in antioxidants, thought to protect against cancer, cannot be metabolized and digested properly if the gut flora is altered. The rational being that if protective nutrients cannot be absorbed then the risks of developing a malignancy are higher.
Other scientists offered the possibility that antibiotics may affect the body's own immune system and inflammatory response. When the immune and the inflammatory systems are revved up, there is a sudden release of cytokines into the blood stream. Cytokines act as intercellular mediators (much like hormones) and have many different affects on cell growth, differentiation, and spread. One could hypothesize that frequent surges in cytokines in an individual's body may lead to the potentiation of cellular pathways that could predispose to cancer development. It is also possible that it is not the antibiotics that are stimulating cytokine release, but rather the infection itself for which the antibiotics are sought. For example, it is not unusual that a woman may be on long-term antibiotics for acne. Some forms of acne can be severe and result in a chronic inflammatory state. Some have argued that it is precisely this chronic inflammation that may predispose to the development of cancer.
Another group of experts noted that perhaps women with frequent needs for antibiotics have many health problems and may be susceptible to all kinds of diseases, including cancer. In other words, some women are biologically predisposed to get breast cancer for other reasons such as a weak immune system or hormonal imbalances. (Acne, for example, can be due to hormonal imbalances – which is why it is often seen in teenagers who have great cycles of hormones. Acne, in turn, is a common reason for antibiotic use.) Thus, it is the resultant weak immune systems and hormonal imbalances may cause the increased risk for both breast cancer and the frequent infections requiring antibiotic treatment.
Investigators have much to explore and to consider. The causes of breast cancer remain elusive, but this study has provided some insight into various possibilities: baseline immunosuppression, hormonal imbalance, altered gut flora, a chronic inflammatory state, or perhaps, the antibiotics themselves.
The fact that not one single type (or class) of antibiotic was more strongly associated with the risk of developing breast cancer has fueled debate for some skeptics. It is difficult to accept that all antibiotics with such widely differing mechanisms of action, and derivations, contribute equally to the risk of developing breast cancer.
If, in the end, it turns out that antibiotics do not increase the risk of developing breast cancer, these results are still very significant. These findings could lead to the discovery of what it is about this cohort of women who developed breast cancer.
While this issue is resolving, it serves as further evidence for primary care physicians, pediatricians, family doctors, etc, to use antibiotics prudently – reserving them for those who really need them. However, those that truly need antibiotics, should not avoid them for fear of getting breast cancer.
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Marcus Monson is a National Celebrity Artist for Guerlain, which means he spends about 90% of his time traveling and doing makeup for celebrities and special events. (The other 10% of the time, he says, he spends at home in Dallas, Texas.) He is also the brand's spokesperson for interviews, so you may have seen or heard of him before. I personally first heard of him years ago via KarlaSugar and hoped to meet him someday from that date onward, so I was thrilled out of my mind when my good friend Sarah invited me to come in for a makeover by Marcus at her Guerlain counter.
As a sidenote: I've been to many events like this one hosted by a variety of cosmetic brands now, and in every other one I've attended, the setup has been something like this: the event boasts a makeover by the brand's famous national artist, so you come in for that. What you actually get is being "prepped" by a local freelance artist who does your skincare and all of your makeup except for one "key" feature you choose; then, the famous artist swoops in, spends 5-10 minutes applying makeup on the feature you've chosen (eyes, lips, contouring, whatever), gives you a hard sell on the products he/she used plus several more, and then moves onto the next client.
Let me tell you, with Marcus, it was different. This was a real treat for me. I came in, sat down, and just like that, Marcus came over to greet me. We introduced ourselves, and then he got to work and we got to talking. He told me bits and pieces of what he was doing as he applied my makeup, but didn't insult my intelligence/cosmetic know-how by making the application process our only subject of conversation. I had a great time getting to know him as we chatted about all kinds of topics: traveling, self-image, dieting and health, eating out, makeup looks we love, and more. I even learned some of his housecleaning habits - don't worry, Marcus, I won't tell anyone! In all, he spent over an hour with me, uninterrupted, one-on-one. He also didn't push me heavily on what I should purchase, which I sincerely appreciated.
I learned a few really interesting tricks from Marcus, too. He told me about how he likes to layer eyeshadows, something I've never experimented with much, to create unique textural and color combinations. He layered the purples in Guerlain's Attrape-Couer quad with greens from Les Verts to create this look - see how the lid color looks purple from afar, but reflects green? You might need to click to view full-size. Check out the purple mascara, too!
Long story short, I had a fantastic time. I've already swatched and photographed Attrape-Couer, which I purchased that day along with some other items, so I'll do a post on that soon. For now, let me leave you with this picture of the three of us: my friend Sarah (also the Guerlain counter manager - this is at the Nordstrom in Bellevue, WA), myself, and Marcus.
(Marcus, you were right about the camera adding ten pounds, but in this particular instance, I think it added all three of our ten extra pounds onto my face! Go figure.)


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5 Bizarre Brain Hacks That Make You Better at Sports
#2. Sports Drinks (But Not Why You Think)
Sports drinks are a huge business -- Gatorade alone makes well over a billion dollars a year. And the reason so many athletes swear by them is the promise of increased performance, replacing all those vital nutrients lost during exercise, just like the ads say.
It turns out, however, that all that electrolyte and re-hydration technology is nothing compared to the simple pleasure of having a bunch of sugar in your mouth.
Wait, what?
A study found that sports drinks work because they activate the pleasure center of your brain. You don't even have to drink them, just swishing some around in your mouth and spitting it out has the same effect.
However, motor oil will not "unlock the power" like the bottle says.
The carbohydrates in the drink stimulate receptors in your mouth that then send your brain messages that things are all totally cool. Your brain, in turn, becomes more active in the pleasure center, allowing you to enjoy feeling the burn far longer than some idiot without a sugary drink. It also stimulates the part of your brain in charge of movement control. So not only will you be content while kicking your water-drinking opponent's ass, you'll actually be kicking it harder.
#1. Grunting
At some point, we've all at least been near a television while a women's tennis match was on and (even if briefly) mistaken the sounds for porn. Particularly the noises Monica Seles used to make. Grunting, and sometimes almost screaming, is common place for many male and female athletes and while it might seen ridiculous and distracting, according to one study, grunting in tennis actually helps those players win.
But the right clothes make you famous.
Wait, what?
Now as intuitive as it may seem that grunting would help put more muscle into a swing (like karate guys screaming "HIYAA!!" when they hit you), that's not what the study suggested.
Instead, the grunt is effective because it can disorient the opponent. Even when a non-grunting tennis player is used to playing someone who makes a lot of noise, each and every grunt in every match actively affects the tennis player's ability to return the ball. This is likely a result of the shock the sound causes on the opponent, making it harder for him/her to perceive where the ball is at any given time. It also, drastically slows the reaction time of someone trying to return a serve from a heavy grunter; after a player grunts, the ball will travel on average two feet further before being returned than it would have with no noise at all.
So if you like to make noise on the court, it might not be winning you any friends but it very well could win you the game. Isn't that what's really important? And you know what would really give you an advantage: combining grunting with the singing thing earlier. Time to start memorizing some Nickelback lyrics, baby!
For more bizarre determining factors, check out 7 Life Altering Decisions Made For You (Before Your Birth) and 6 Ridiculous Factors That Determine Who Wins The Super Bowl.


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Why Golf and Politics Don't Mix
There's a Reason Why Presidents Love Golf, and It Has Nothing to Do With Governing
President Obama's high-profile round of golf with Tiger Woods last month in Florida might have been a mistake. Not because it wasn't fun, according to both men, but because it attracted unwanted attention on the eve of across-the-board budget cuts under the sequester. Now, as penance, Obama is coming under pressure to use his golf games more for the greater national good. It's as if you or I were suddenly asked to abandon golf as a getaway and use it primarily as a tool for, say, working on our marriage. It might work. Many husbands and wives bond over golf. On the other hand, it might not, and giving up golf as an escape is a lot to ask.
By way of background, Obama's long golf weekend in Florida, which also included lessons from Butch Harmon, inspired a legislative proposal by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R., Texas) to bar the use of taxpayer funds for transporting Obama to or from golf courses until public tours of the White House resume. Some have charged that Obama put the tours on hold to dramatize the impact of the sequester's budget cuts. By Gohmert's reckoning, one or two fewer golf trips by Obama, including the cost of security, would save enough money to prevent the furlough of 341 government workers.
This little political squabble inspired Michael Bloomberg to opine on Sunday that Obama should play more golf, not less, during the sequester. "He should be doing that every weekend," the New York mayor said, as long as he plays with political opponents, not the staffers and pals he usually tees it up with. "You always can work better with somebody that you have a chance to build a social relationship with," Bloomberg told CBS's "Face the Nation. (Whether Bloomberg practices what he preaches on the course is murky, because his rounds—many of them on weekends in Bermuda—are kept very private.)
Either path—not playing golf at all to save taxpayer money, or playing only with political opponents—would be a big change for Obama. Until now, he has used golf the way most presidents have, even glad-handing extroverts like Bill Clinton: as an escape from phones and cameras and pressure and the constant demands on their time.
"One of the reasons I always liked golf is because the rest of my life is going at breakneck speed and everything had to be done fast and this is the place where I had to slow down," Clinton told Don Van Natta Jr. in "First Off the Tee," the definitive book about presidents and golf. "You literally can't think about anything else. If you do, you can't hit a shot."
Golf, an enduring symbol of elitism and exclusion no matter the demographic reality, has always been a tricky, often toxic subject for presidents. John Kennedy, who according to Van Natta was the most accomplished golfer ever to occupy the Oval Office (despite chronic back problems), kept his affection for the game under wraps to create a more youthful image than that which clung to his beloved predecessor, the truly golf-besotted Dwight Eisenhower. Ike played more than 800 rounds of golf while in office, a quarter of them at Augusta National.
Obama thus far is at 115 rounds, according to obamagolfcounter.com, which takes its figures from White House pool press reports. The website keeps tabs on Obama's links activity from a decidedly hostile point of view. A typical commentary, from October 2011: "Making a break from conducting class warfare, President Obama yesterday loaded up his 12-car motorcade and went golfing for the 25th time this year."
Such is the flak any president takes for pursuing golf while in office—and it doesn't matter which party, because golf is clearly a bipartisan sin. Clinton took heat for his loose self-enforcement of the rules. Both Bush presidents were ribbed for their golf habits, particularly the rabbitlike speed with which they dashed around the course. George W. Bush felt golf was such a political liability in a time of war that he stopped playing entirely from August 2003 until the end of his second term.
Given that playing golf for fun is almost always a political negative for presidents, maybe Obama should take Bloomberg's advice and use the game for political gain. Doing so would meld with his recent attempt at a charm offensive toward Republican legislators.
Unfortunately, Obama's previous attempt to use golf as a icebreaker with Republicans didn't work out so well. In 2011, amid the deadlock over increasing the nation's debt limit, he invited House Majority Leader John Boehner and Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich for a round with him and Vice President Joe Biden at Andrews Air Force Base. Officially, a good time was had by all. Obama and Boehner beat Biden and Kasich out of $2 a man. But the needle on comity barely budged.
As I've written before, the power of golf as a social and business broker tends to be exaggerated, as it is with politics.
"I would like to say that golf is the cure for our national dysfunction, but I just don't think it is," said Rep. John Yarmuth (D., Ky.), who is probably Congress's best golfer (his handicap is listed as +0.5). Yarmuth was the captain of the Democratic team that each year takes on a Republican team in a Ryder Cup-style charity event called the Roll Call Cup.
"I think people misread what relationships are like to begin with. We all get along pretty well. I have many Republican friends. We talk basketball and sit down for lunch together," said the congressman. "But in the final analysis, our political positions are driven by our constituencies." He added that 24/7 media scrutiny of politicians these days makes any kind of behind-the-scenes deal-making based on friendships, or golf, much more unlikely than in the past.
We'd all probably be better off if our presidents just played golf for the reason most of us do—to relax and let off steam.
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I am running KDE in Debian Testing and I just noticed that the system is really quiet. This is my office laptop, so to be honest I turned the sound on for the first time since I got it 2 years ago.
The system sound in KMix is 100%, but still pretty much all the sounds are rather quiet. How can I make it louder?


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