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I have a problem that whenever I struggle with a programming problem, for example in computer vision or game programming, I try to look for an existing demo or some code that does that job. I always run away if the problem is hard, so I try to cheat, to copy. I don't know how to solve that problem, I tried but I couldn't. I also get very anxious. I'm also worried about my next new job that I also face that problems that I faced in my previous job...
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As a matter of fact we all at some moment of time struggled with code. some one will share it and some one will not. You will find a lot of fakers in our field. at least i have found a lot. so don't worry at all.
1) As far as your problem is concerned i truly understand what you are facing because i was in your shoes not so long ago. the solution to your problem is that try to solve 2- 3 programming problems in a day at your job ,the best you can do. you have to repeat this exercise everyday. you have to say to yourself i am doing this to improve my self confidence in programming. you will notice that in a month or so your mind set will improve, your anxiety will decrease and now you will start attacking the problem in the appropriate manner.
2) the problem seems very large to you. the best way to attack a problem is to break it in manageable chunks on the piece of paper and allocate a time frame for each part.
3) it is very important to think about only one problem at time. for example if you creating a very complex insert of the form.only think about insert and forget about updates and deletes
4) try projecteuler.net
5) also read programming books on design patterns, object oriented programming, architectural designs of the applications, data structures. this will definitively help you build your confidence.
6) well also always keep your skills sharp. you must be a better coder in 2013 then you were in 2012. that's also the key to confidence.
7) "try to solve problem but couldn't" because you are not in the right of mind. try to improve that by doing and repeating my first point that will definitely help you in this regard.
8) why not subscribe to sites like tekpub.com or pluralsight.com.
Find articles that do something similar (it doesn't have to be the same) to what you are trying to achieve. The more you will read and educate yourself about the problem, the easier it will appear.
The fact that you find something difficult and resist working on it is common. The workaround is to make the problem easier by educating yourself. If the problem is around computer vision or game programming, you might need to educate yourself in Mathematic and see it doen in code several times before you would grasp it yourself.
Also trying to teach how you would do it to someone will help you realize what aspects of the problem are not clear to you, and will make you understand the problem better.
It looks like you are driven by the fear of failure. This can be paralising for.your creativity.
The small steps way, f.e. modifying existing demo is in fact very good to deal with complex problem. This is the decomposition. You learn how to achieve your goal by applying small changes. The full understanding will come with time, but when it won't happen, don't be stressed about it, because nobody expects you to be genius and understand everything.
You should analyse if you're not trying to be perfectionist, be better than others. Try to find pleasure in what you are doing, and not in being always better than someone else.
I don't know if I should say this, but if your job is making you anxious. Probably you need to start thinking if you actually like the work you are doing? Are you happy? Maybe its time for a change....Give yourself sometime to think. Hope you will understand the reason behind better.
Even though the question has been answered I would like to add my answer .
If you are struggling at coding it's most likely because you are getting anxious .If you understand Hello World program in any language it's good enough start .You need to divide your problems(program you are given to do ) into a number of smaller problems .Then try solving them individually .If you are still not able to solve it divide it further until it can't be divided anymore and then try solving it .Smaller problems are lot easier to solve individually .
Like lets say you are asked to make a graphical UI system or a game start with the absolute basic like creating hello world GUI . It can't be that hard right ? And then start building small incremental features on it one at a time .At first it will be slow but soon you will pick it up .
That's how many people learn .
Copying code is normal. You learn programming like you learn a language or musical instrument - by repeating something over and over until you naturally understand it. It's all a part of the apprenticeship learning process.
With more complex architectures, there's a lot more abstraction. You will often need to understand only a small component of it. And in the software engineering field, you'll often have to unlearn methods as they grow obsolete, and learn new techniques. Mastery can be a liability.
Keep doing it, but try to understand why it works that way as you go along.
You're most likely not being paid based on what you know, but on how you're solving the problem, even if it's utilizing someone else's solution. There is no guilt in engineers using an 'open sourced' mathematical formula without understanding it, so don't feel any guilt in using a fully functional open source code.
Many programmers get into the same exact scenario. It is easy to panic when you try multiple solutions and can't get anything working correctly. I find that this causes you to get a "coder's block," preventing you from being able to think logically and solve the issue.
One great way to approach a stubborn issue is to remove yourself from the context. Take a walk. Discuss the issue with someone else. If it is not immediate, come back to it after lunch or the next day. With a clear mind, you are rejuvenated. When you return to the problem, you are able to take a logical approach to it.

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I just purchased a 2013 Honda Odyssey. Previous one was a 2004. I have winter tires from the old Honda (225/60R16) and wondering if they would be compatible with 235/65R17 size for the 2013 model?
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Nope. The R16 means it's a 16 inch rim, whereas the new one has a 17 inch rim. Otherwise, it would have been okay for regular driving, but the difference in rim size makes it a no-go.
If they could fit, you may have experienced a lack of power because the new tire has a larger circumference, but it may have been small enough to not be a major problem.
The old wheels are 16 inch and the new 17", but, the difference in sidewall profile compared to width means you would have lower gearing so would have to rev engine higher to achieve same speed, plus, speedometer will read slow, but not by much. Fuel economy would suffer. If the 'old' tyres are still good you would probably be better off selling them and putting money towards correct size
Short answer: it doesn't seem like there's a good way to use your old tires on your new car.
You don't state in your question whether the winter tires you have from your old car are mounted on a set of wheels or if they are tires only.
If they are bare tires, you cannot mount them on the wheels from your new car. Your old 255/60-R16 tires only fit a 16 inch wheel (thats the R16 part of the size), while your new car has 17 inch wheels.
So what if you had (or were willing to buy) a set of 16 inch wheels for your snow tires? Could you then use them on your new car? Unfortunately, that looks like a NO also, for two reasons.
First, it's quite possible that no 16 inch wheels will fit your new car. TireRack.com doesn't list any 16 inch snow tire packages, or any 16 inch wheels that fit the 2013 Odyssey. They list only 17 and 18 inch options. This leads me to believe that 16 inch wheels won't clear the larger brake calipers of the new car.
Secondly, the rolling diameter of your old tires is too small for your new car (roughly 8% smaller than what came on your new car). This would decrease your gas mileage and your speedometer and odometer would be inaccurate.
Looks like you'll need new winter tires for your new car.
I don't know where you live (your spec could be different) but with a quick google search it look like they would fit. Here they have 16inch wheel as base one and 17inch as optionnal wheel.
If the tire are already on wheel I would try to install one in the front and see if it clear the brake component. If the tire aren't on wheel I would go to your dealer and ask them.
Most likely 16inch wheel would fit and be ok... since the car has those from the dealer (if you don't take the 17th option)
edit: This other source seem to say that the wheel are 17inch and don't talk about 16inch. Your best bet would be to check if the wheel fit or call your dealer.
Simple answer is no. This is because of different radius tire and wheel.


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I am assuming that uniform spaces are Hausdorff (although it probably doesn't matter for this question). It is more-or-less obvious that a uniform space can be embedded in a product of metric space (if d is a semi-metric on the space) form the quotient gotten by identifying pairs of points at d-distance 0 and then map into the product of these quotients), but I would be interested either to know that every uniform space can be embedded as a closed subspace of such a product or an example of one that cannot.
You are looking for the notion of Dieudonne complete spaces (which turn out to be exactly the closed subspaces of products of metric spaces). As Todd mentioned in his comment, this notion is closely related with the notion of realcompactness (the two notions coincide if there are no measurable cardinals). A way to find examples is to look for pseudo-compact non-compact spaces (for instance $\omega_1$ with (a uniformity compatible with) the order topology).


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The Iowa Department of Transportation will soon begin the formal process of adopting rules to govern implementation and placement of automated traffic enforcement systems on the highway system.Automated traffic enforcement includes speed and red-light cameras.
Iowa's 2012 guidelines for the enforcement provide cities will a process for documenting a "safety issue" at a location and proposing an automated enforcement solution.
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I started to consume protein shakes (about 25g with milk and water) after hitting the gym to help me gain muscles. I also play flag football two times a week, where the training is more focused on endurance and agility. Does it make sense to consume protein shakes after the flag football training (which is basically cardio) as well or is it enough to consume extra protein after lifting weights (bodybuilding)?
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Once And For All Time: Protein Shakes Are Not Magical
We get a lot of protein shake questions. What should I put in it? and when should I drink it? and will my spleen explode if there's ice in it? The mysteries of protein shakes are many, and the science is weak.
Protein Shakes Are Just Protein...In Shake Form
Here's the deal: don't overcomplicate protein shakes. It's just protein. In a shake.
Put another way, it's just liquid protein.
One might say that it's just a form of protein that doesn't require a knife and fork or de-shelling an egg. Because it's liquid. If you don't need your protein in liquid form, just eat some meat.
The Complex Part, Which Isn't Really Important
Protein shakes can be optimized (made as useful as possible) by making sure they hit a couple milestones. (But to be clear: it's just protein that you drink. It's not that special.) Here's what I keep in mind for myself:
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Sceptre 40" 1080 LCD HDTV for $279.99 + free shipping
If you see anything clearer then this, you're probably staring out of the window.
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Anyone actually hear of this brand? Or am I just really out of it anymore?
I have had one of these for nearly a year now and no problems (it's on almost 24/7). Nice tv and the remote is very user friendly. 60 hz but I don't notice it at all and I watch all kinds of sports including NASCAR racing.
@999999: I too have had mine for almost a year now. It is literally on all hours of the day. The color is as sharp and as bright as the day I got it. This is the most impressive tv I have found for the price. Obviously quite a few other people thought to buy them as the UPS guy had about 7 in his truck that day, wondering what deal he missed. We use this for xbox, ps3, wii, pc etc. The wife and I couldnt be happier with it!
Hmmm I wonder what the deal quantity was considering it is listed as "Sold" on ebay.
If you actually GO to Newegg.com you will find the exact same TV for @299. We were only ever saving $20.
just looking at the Sunday circulars, Target and Sears have 40" no name TVs for $299. Even with tax, I would choose that route for ease of returning in case there is a problem
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Civilization IV and V - Pack [Download] for $9.99
Thank you to @ch1d3ster for pointing this gem out. I didn't see it this morning when I was scouring for deals.
It is the Civ IV: The Complete Edition and Civ V vanilla.
It's still part of the Digital Holiday Deals on Amazon. Found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000716161
Oh and if you purchase any of the Digital Holiday Deals you get a five dollar credit that can be used in January on Editor's Choice games, found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000728511
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Civ 5 is awesome. Make sure to get the latest patches though, it balances it out nicely.
i only see them individually for 9.99 apiece not 9.99 for a 2pack, anyone else see this?
@sm0k3ydaband1t: Click on the big button that says "I want one!"
I was interested in this, but wanted to be able to play the games on my Mac, which this doesn't seem to allow. Apparently this bundle would allow Civ V to be activated on Steam (and then played on a Mac), but the Civ IV bundle is downloaded and there is not a product key provided for Steam.
I just posted the deal below which for $20 includes Civ V Game of the Year bundle, Civ IV Complete and the Stronghold Collection (which I don't know about), which users say allows you to play both of the Civ games through steam, and it includes the Civ V extras.
Awesome! Thanks! I was waiting to get home to buy Civ IV for $7.98, great deal!!!
@belowi: I can confirm that it works. it also includes the Gods and Kings add-on for Civ5 as well.
It does work out to same price as steam is offering at 75% off for Game of the Year edition, plus Gods and Kings, but you also get steam version of Civ4 complete, and Stronghold (which appears to be Windows only) but the others are Windows or Mac.
I bought the amazon bundle and activated on steam today. (also bought some of the DLC from amazon that wasn't included, buy the less expensive Windows DLC, steam allows its use on Mac or Windows)
I would save my $2.50 and just get Civ 4 on Steam. I bought Civ 5 day 1 and was severely disappointed.
It's back to $59.98 now.
Found a CIV 4 and 5 sale.
1. Sid Meier's Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition [Download]
2. Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings [Download]
3. Sid Meiers Civilization IV: The Complete Edition [Online Game Code]
4. The Stronghold Collection [Online Game Code]
All for $19.99
Deal is Dead.
$60 Now
Happy to report I got mine last night and it was only $5 b/c I had some mysterious promo credit!!
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Premier League: Arsenal star slams Wenger's lack of summer signings
Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has admitted that it was a 'miracle' that the Gunners finished second in the Premier League last season, while also delivering a very public hint for manager Arsene Wenger to move along with his summer's transfer business. More »90Min - 2 hours 11 minutes ago
Serie A: Twitter goes mad after latest Juventus photo shows no Paul Pogba
The Paul Pogba transfer saga has been the biggest of the summer so far, with the French star likely to head back to Manchester United after a very fruitful spell at Juventus. More »90Min - 2 hours 55 minutes ago
International Champions Cup: Pre-season Manchester derby cancelled because of state of the pitch
Manchester's City and United will not meet in a pre-season friendly in Beijing after torrential rain made the pitch unplayable. More »TheJournal.ie - 3 hours ago
The Pugilist: Terence Crawford proves he is manny-nough for Pacquiao's reported comeback
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Daniel Sazhin of New York had an unplanned landing while competing in the Region 6 North Super Regional Soaring Contest hosted by Benz Aviation. Sazhin, a 19-year-old who was flying a glider, said that this is his 13th unplanned landing.
The unplanned landing took place on Jerry and Joan Blundy's field at 3975 N. Stage Road.
After landing, Sazhin approached Otto Ruehs and Chad Fairbrother who were working on the property at the time.
"He came up to me and asked when the property owners would be home and I told him they were down at their cabin so I drove him there," said Ruehs.
According to Jerry Blundy, he saw Ruehs and Sazhin approaching on the golf cart, then Sazhin came up to him, shook his hand and introduced himself. Afterward, the men helped Sazhin move the glider closer to the road so it would be easier to load into the trailer.
"We have had cars roll into our yard before, but this was the first time we have had a glider land in our field," said Jerry Blundy.
According to Sazhin, he was competing when a change in thermals underneath the glider caused him to land in the field.
"Gliding is a very controlled and fun experience and it's very safe if it's done correctly. Landing in fields is not uncommon," said Sazhin.
For Sazhin, this is just one of many competitions he will be involved in this summer. Prior to competing in Ionia, he competed in Pennsylvania and Daytona and will be headed to New Mexico later this summer.
Competitors earn 500 points for making it back to the airport and then earn a number out of 500 points based on their time in comparison to the first person back at the airport.
After landing, Sazhin contacted members of the competition to assist him with taking the glider apart and hauling it back to the Ionia Airport. He was assisted by fellow competitor Sean Fidler of Royal Oak and Ethan Hobbs of Chicago. Hobbs was at the competition as part of the crew for another competitor.
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Since Javik is a Prothean who has already dealt with the reapers and understandings things a bit better, if you complete Mass Effect 3 with him as a squad member do you gain more insight about the history of the Reapers?
You learn some information about the Prothean war with the Reapers, but not very much. His comments about the topic mostly focus on how his race got wiped out. With basically no more information about the Reapers themselves.
He does talk a lot about the way Prothean society operated, how the empire spread, their views on race, culture, warfare etc.
Mostly you learn just how wrong the Asari are about Prothean society. Liara is not impressed.
I second him being a racist jerk.
You'll gain some insight, but it's not really into the Reapers.
You'll learn a bit more about the Protheans, as well as the early days of the younger races. For instance, Javik is fond of reminding you that Salarians used to eat flies.
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Rosebud Garden
Club meets
The Rosebud Garden Club met at the Dillonvale Presbyterian Church with members answering roll call by giving a woman's name that is a flower.
Dorothy Molnar read the garden tip. Gloria Bartyzel presided, sharing photos from the December Christmas meeting held at the Farm Restaurant in Adena.
Jodi Russell, Caroline Williams and Bartyzel presented the program on decorating for the holidays the natural way by creating centerpieces using pine, berries, flowers, pine cones and branches.
Upcoming spring events were discussed. Darwin Burge, master gardener, reminded members to save plastic jugs and paper cylinders for planting as part of a project scheduled for March.
The club will co-host a flower show with the Mount Pleasant Garden Club on May 18. Nina Cleaver, Williams and Bartyzel will serve on the planning committee with Linda Kovach handling publicity.
Dawna Kale, master gardener, distributed fliers on the upcoming Tri-State Area Master Gardeners Round Robin presentations to be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The topics include herbs, perennials, veggie gardens, annuals, lawns, butterfly and bird gardens, trees and shrubs, deer and other pests, shade or sun gardens and ponds and water features.
The program was "Armchair Gardening." Members shared their favorite gardening books and magazines, as well as seed catalogs.
Mary Jane Westling and Bartyzel were hostesses.
Debbie Finney will present a program on aromatherapy at the club's Feb. 20 meeting.
For information on the club, call Bartyzel at (740) 769-2263.
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A dance at the East Springfield Community Center located on county Road 39, East Springfield, next to the East Springfield Volunteer Fire Department will feature the Sands of Time country classic band on Saturday. The dance will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $5. Refreshments will be available.
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Wells Township senior citizens will hold their first meeting of the new year on Friday beginning at 1 p.m. at the Wells Township Community Center on Steuben Street, Brilliant.
The meeting is open to Wells Township senior citizens. The annual membership fee is $5.
The meetings include a lunch, 50-50 drawing, door prizes and an occasional guest speaker with an estimated 15-minute message to share.
Lunch will include Capri sausage sandwiches and salad with participants at liberty to bring a dessert.
Questions can be directed to Liz Cook, Wells Township recreation director, at (740) 598-3967 or (740) 632-6253.
Art Beal band at
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Country Friends will host Art Beal and the Country Tradition band on Saturday at the Memorial Hall located at 402 Old Police Lodge road, Colliers.
Country Friends has events every Monday, Friday and Saturday at the hall. The doors open at 6 p.m. each Saturday, and the dance starts at 7 p.m. On Monday and Friday nights, the doors open at 4 p.m., and open mic begins at 6 p.m. Participants can bring a covered dish if they so desire for the meal that begins at 5 p.m.
Country Friends Foundation Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Christian friendship and brotherly love through music. All proceeds go to charity. For information, call (304) 527-4253 or (304) 479-1270.
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I recently met a guy, age 40, still living with his parents. In the gossip circuit this was considered inappropriate. But is it really? And if so, when does sharing a household with your grownup offspring becomes awkward?
Where I am from it is really considered taboo. Where my wife is from, on the other hand, it's completely normal and quite logical.
I think the key is to understand why (on a case by case basis) the adult-child does not want to move out. It is perfectly normal for people to have room mates in almost any culture, and perhaps his preferred room mates are his parents.
Consider that if he's 40, his parents are pushing 60, probably older. At that point, who is living with who?
Is the adult-child capable of holding down a job to afford his own place, but chooses not to? That's quite common where my wife is from. It makes simple economic sense - saving $10000 a year on housing is quite appealing! Consider that if he's been doing that for the last 20 years, he has saved himself (assuming 5% interest by investing that money) over $330,000! That's a significant nest-egg.
We, as a society, are very quick to judge someone for their circumstances before we get to understand the reasons why. This is a perfect example of that.
Now, when do you promote your children to move out? I would say when the reasons for moving out outweigh the reasons for staying. Maybe they're not very responsible, so you need to cut them on their own so they are forced to live more responsibly. Maybe they bring their (loud) friends over, or they have a band, or there isn't enough garage space.
Maybe you just plain don't want them in your house anymore. It doesn't mean you don't love them!!
It's very dependant on culture, I would imagine. Though there is a point where you cross over from boy living with mother to mother living with son.
I would say, as a mess of vaguely Western culture that I am, that once they're at the age when they have a proper job, they should want their independence and start the process of moving out. Where I live, that's about 25, after mandatory military service and university. Obviously, the age where you are may be different.
Obviously, some people never have a proper job, but you can compare to the average for the child's age and infer from there.
It's very context and child dependent. My son is much more outgoing and focused than my daughter, so she's more likely to need some time to figure out what she's doing after graduation.
If my kids finish college and I can see that they have a plan going forward for their life, then I'll be more lenient about letting them stay home. If it looks like they just want to live with Mom & Dad and not do anything, then I'm more likely to kick them out.
My brother and I are a good example case. I went right to college and got married (so I moved myself out of the house). Otherwise, I would have gotten a job and been expected to find my own place to live.
My brother was having more trouble academically, so he is living with my parents while he goes to community college, and is taking things slower. He is allowed to stay with my parents for as long as it will benefit his education.
My parents explained that once we were 18, we could only live with them if we were still going to school. After that, we were on our own. Like @Mark said, if it looked like we just wanted to live with them to avoid doing our own laundry, they would politely encourage us to leave.


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In 7th Sea, the primary continent of Théah is split by a large river called simply "The River." My PCs have a sailing ship, but now need to navigate the River... Can they do so with their existing ship?
There are two tiers of answers that I'm looking for:
Is there indication within the setting as to whether or not sailing ships can navigate the River?
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In my gym, there is a vibrating belt present. I haven't seen anyone using that so far in the past two months. Is it not effective in reducing tummy fat? How is this equipment used, for what duration, and what is its effectiveness? Should it be used or not?
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Vibrating belts are worthless. A crock. A sham. A hoax. A useless, insulting, silly doohickey that should be shunned by all right-thinking people.
It's proper use is to be smashed underfoot or with a sturdy implement such as an ax or crowbar. Destroy it.
Instead, look into proper diet (such as Primal or Paleo eating) and exercise (such as barbells, sprints, and sports).


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STEUBENVILLE - Completion of the Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road Co.'s mile-long siding to the new natural gas processing, fractionation, loading facility and terminal in Scio can be a game-changer for eastern Ohio's Utica shale play, Ohio Central Railroad's John S. Murray said Wednesday.
Murray told members of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission that the rail line, in its final stages of construction, will be "a very efficient means of moving a lot of product into and out of the area."
"It will have minimal impact, yet help bring about economic development of the shale play," he said.
The Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road Co., or CUOH, signed a long-term agreement in December to serve the Scio plant, which is expected to ship 10,000 carloads of natural gas liquids annually. The plant, billed as the largest integrated midstream service complex in Eastern Ohio and the short-line holding company's largest U.S. customer, should be operational next month, Murray said.
"(It's) going to be key to increased drilling," said Murray, assistant vice president of sales and marketing for Ohio Central.
In addition to constructing the siding, CUOH is rehabilitating a three-mile storage track. The company also spent $2 million to beef up its main rail yard in Newark, where 200 car lengths of track space were added to increase switching efficiency and capacity for growth. The Newark improvements, funded in part by the State of Ohio, will facilitate the sorting of 100,000 railcars per year for 80-plus current customers while also serving new, Utica shale-related projects that have located or are planning to locate on the CUOH.
Murray pointed out the Scio plant will work in conjunction with a state-of-the-art cryogenics processing plant in Kensington, Columbiana County, which will strip the natural gas liquids and ship them via pipeline to Scio. Both are owned by Utica East Ohio Buckeye, a three-company partnership making a $900 million investment in natural gas facilities in Eastern Ohio.
"You can't get product to market without this facility, this is key," Murray said, pointing out Chesapeake alone has more than a hundred wells drilled and capped in the region. "They're waiting for this facility."
The Scio site was chosen because of its proximity to the liquids-rich Utica shale, key natural gas pipelines and CUOH, parent company Genessee & Wyoming said. Murray said CUOH will be working closely with Utica East Ohio Buckeye going forward to "make sure our capacity is there to handle their business."
Murray said the short line to the Scio plant and Newark expansion "are not the end" of the company's investment in Eastern Ohio, which already has seen new jobs created and millions pumped into the local economy during the construction process. He also pointed out that any development tied to the oil and gas industry will invariably help the railroad's longstanding customer base, which includes companies like Colgate-Palmolive, Pepsi Cola bottling and Wendy's bakery.
"All our customers will benefit from the increased infrastructure investment," he said.
"(It's) probably just the beginning. We're volume driven: The more business comes to the railroad, the more people we'll hire, the more infrastructure we'll add. I fully expect to see employees and infrastructure added as our volumes increase."
While the Scio project is outside BHJ's boundaries, Executive Director John Brown said he nonetheless felt it was an interesting case study for his members, noting the rail expansion is a "great example of how many trucks you can take off the roads," thereby reducing the enormous wear and tear on state, county and township roads.
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I'm learning about development via the example of Drosophila embryogenesis. I understand that bicoid regulates hunchback, among other genes. My question whether the regulation is direct or indirect? In other words, does the level of bicoid directly govern the expression of hunchback, or are there steps in between?
These two papers[1] [2] argue that bcd is a direct activator of hb, although be aware that this does not rule out downstream events feeding back to further activate hb. (In fact, given the complexity of the embryonic gene network, it is likely that both mechanisms have a role.)


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Our Estate vineyards include 142 acres of benchland vineyards adjacent to our winery. Our estate fruit provides the backbone of our wine style. The Silverado Bench vineyards produce bordeaux varietals such as, Cabernet Sauvignon with soft tannins and intense, berry-like flavors, Merlot with lush fruit characteristics, as well as Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Our Carneros Chardonnay displays intense varietal flavors of apple, pear and tropical fruit, with crisp acidity.
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Ventura PD: Excessive force case settled
Plaintiff awarded $285,000
By VCR Staff 12/13/2012
On December 22, 2011, a residential burglary was reported to the Ventura Police Department. Three days later, the Department received information that one of the items stolen (an iPad) was at a particular residence in the City. Officers responded to that location where they encountered Mr. Denny Fields. Following some brief questioning, Mr. Fields started closing the door on the officers (denying he knew anything about the stolen iPad and was trying to call his attorney, according to Field's attorney Brian Vogel), and a physical altercation ensued which resulted in both Mr. Fields and two of the Department's officers being injured. (Officers rushed Fields inside, beat and used a Taser on him, and officers allowed a K9 to bite him, Vogel said.) Although Mr. Fields was arrested on assault and mayhem charges, the District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute him. (The stolen iPad was never found.) Mr. Fields and the lessee of the residence subsequently filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City in federal court in Los Angeles.
The incident with Mr. Fields involved the City's officers reacting to a volatile, violent and dynamic situation. Settlement negotiations were commenced which resulted in the action being resolved for $285,000. While this is a significant amount of money, the City's Risk Manager, Ellis Green, notes that the potential exposure to the City and its taxpayers was considerably more, as a federal civil rights case can result in an award of hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney's fees in addition to compensatory damages, regardless of any contributory fault on the part of the claimant.
Assistant Chief of Police Quinn Fenwick notes that the Department has been subject to very few lawsuits such as the one brought by Mr. Fields. Nevertheless, the Department has taken this matter very seriously, thoroughly reviewing its policies and procedures as well as the conduct of its officers, and using the incident to identify and implement training procedures in order to ensure the continued trust in the Department by the public it serves.
Law enforcement officials declined further comment.
Taken from Ventura Police Department press release.
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It is a common practice in brazilian law offices to take pictures of case files, page by page. The procedure is required because the files can't be taken longer than five days, so it's more convenient to take pictures.
The pages in a case file are organized in a way that you can't simply take the pages and insert in a conventional scanner. They all have a couple of holes through which a metal string passes (very similar to a binder), which can be quite a burden to put back a few hundred old pages.
I've been doing some research to figure out the best way to take the pictures and so far I only have vague ideas concerning camera holders, page flippers and handheld scanners. Although this last seems like the best idea it's hard to find any information regarding how fast they are.


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I think many people can relate with this problem, eventhough I'm giving a personal description
Ever since I was young I had extreme trouble with sleeping. I think I can best attribute it to nightmares, I was tormented by nightmares since I was young. Something which worsened this is my memory (which could be classified as eidetic), and after years some dreams still appeared so vividly to me (while I was awake) that I just decided to keep my eyes open until I fell asleep (between the ages 7-11 I'd say).
A lot of years have passed since but I still just can't fall asleep at night. I don't have any nightmares anymore and I'm not scared, I just can't fall asleep. It has worsened even more during this break from school (2 weeks). For example, tonight I didn't sleep at all and got out of my bed at 9AM, ate some breakfast and then slept until 5PM. While annoying, during the break this is not a disaster. But during my school week I feel it is extremely detrimental to my performance and concentration.
What I think are possible causes for this:
Often before I go to bed (in the hope of falling a sleep) I read a book on my eReader or I check my mail/read the news on my iPad. My mother told me frequently that using a computer or laptop or similair devices before sleeping causes this insomnia.
I might just have too much energy to fall asleep at around 10PM (which is what I want). My ideal sleeping time would be from 22:00 - 06:30, but I'm usually not even remotely tired until 2:00.
Before I go into bed I usually do mathematics, and I think this could have some effect?
Irregular sleeping patterns. Twice a week I have to wake up at 06:30, twice a week at 07:00, once at 08:00 and the remaining 2 at around 11:00. I must add that I almost never manage to actually wake up at 06:30 and I've gotten into a lot of trouble because of this, with my school.
Do I have insomnia? What are the causes for this? And finally, how can I resolve this issue?


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5 Hilarious Reasons Publishers Rejected Classic Best-Sellers
#2. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy considered by many to be the funniest goddamn book ever written. There have been attempts to make it into a film for decades, with the project passing from John Belushi, to John Candy, to Chris Farley, to Will Ferrell (the latest attempt has Zach Galifianakis rumored to star, and looking at that list, it makes us worry for his life).
But the story behind how A Confederacy of Dunces got published is almost as insane as the story itself (almost). It's a shining example of how, through hard work and unyielding perseverance, anyone can make their lifelong dreams come true.
A heartwarming tale of soul-crushing rejection.
Wait, no. It's actually sort of the exact opposite of that.
The Rejection:
In contrast to the other entries on this list, when young struggling writer John Kennedy Toole shipped his precious manuscript off to Simon & Schuster, it immediately garnered the attention of the senior editor. That senior editor was Robert Gottlieb, and while he saw the novel's potential, he also thought it wasn't quite where it needed to be. So he embarked on a string of successive requests for revisions, which Toole readily complied with because, hey, if a big-time publisher shows interest in your manuscript, you damn well do as he says. But Gottlieb eventually lost interest in the book, writing:
"With all its wonderfulness ... [the book] does not have a reason. It isn't really about anything. And that's something no one can do anything about."
"Just imagine if it were a TV show. Who would watch a TV show about nothing?"
Again, it's feedback that in retrospect probably looks silly (starting from around the time it won the Pulitzer), but the point is, Simon & Schuster didn't want A Confederacy of Dunces, and nobody else did, either.
Five years later, the author killed himself.
And thus, Toole's ingenious, future prize-winning tragicomedy that wasn't about anything was relegated to a dusty dresser drawer in his mom's house. Toole's mother then set out on a seven-year mission to get her son's work published and prove to the world that he was the genius she believed him to be. When her submissions to publishers (pretty much all of them, with the exception of Simon & Schuster) resulted in rejection, she set her sights on esteemed author Walker Percy and (quite literally) stalked the man until he agreed to read the manuscript. Percy later admitted that he'd hoped that it was so bad that he could discard it after reading a couple of pages, but he found quite the opposite to be true -- after finishing the manuscript, he penned a letter to Toole's mother filled with basically every synonym for "extraordinary."
"I'd go on, but my carpal tunnel is flaring up, so I've enclosed a grad student to pick up where I left off."
Walker became the biggest proponent for getting the novel published, and he succeeded -- 11 freaking years after Toole's suicide. The world pretty much agreed that the book was fucking fabulous and tossed Toole the posthumous Pulitzer Prize for fiction as a consolation prize. Yay.
#1. Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
The little book of inspirational stories Chicken Soup for the Soul launched a ubiquitous brand -- the title has not only become one of the world's best-known phrases, but also spawned an entire series of over 200 books ranging from Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul, to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, to Chicken Soup for the Aspiring Meth Addict's Soul, with total worldwide sales of half a billion freaking copies.
Statistically, 2 out of every 3 written words are in a Chicken Soup book.
And what's not to like? They're thin little feel-good books that anyone can buy for their sister or grandma. That shit is like printing free money. Right?
The Rejection:
The duo behind the book, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, shopped it around to over 140 publishers, and not a single one of them wanted anything to do with it. According to Canfield:
"They all said it was a stupid title, that nobody bought collections of short stories, that there was no edge -- no sex, no violence. Why would anyone read it?"
"The tits, man! Where are the tits?"
At one point, Hansen went so far as to collect preorders from people saying that they would buy the books. He'd walk into pitch meetings with a briefcase full of little coupons signed by guaranteed customers -- 20,000 of them -- and publishers still said no. Hey, do you know another industry in which you can present a distributor with tens of thousands of guaranteed sales and still get turned down? You probably thought we were setting up a joke there, but it's a legitimate question: Seriously, if you know, tell us.
In the end, the fate of the book came down to finding a publisher who was desperate enough. That publisher was Health Communications, a small company specializing in recovery books on subjects like alcoholism and drug addiction, and they were seriously hurting financially, because apparently no one wants to read about that stuff. When they saw Chicken Soup for the Soul, they immediately loved it and snapped it right up for a hefty advance of zero dollars. Then they watched as approximately every English-speaking person on Earth bought a copy.
"No, it's cool, we don't mind being murdered by the thousands. As long as you feel a little bit better about yourself."
And thus Health Communications was pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy, Canfield and Hansen became bajillionaires, and no one's grandmother ever had to go hurting for reading material ever again. The end.
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Today was a tiring day with 5 hours of meetings and 1.5 hours of lecturing. Vegan Mom made a delicious Chickpea Pot Pie, which really hit the spot. After dinner, my mind started to turn to dessert and the therapeutic properties of sugar and chocolate. I decided to go with these brownies that Isa posted on the PPK blog, and topped it off with heated strawberry jam and sliced berries. I did not have the coffee that the recipe called for (I am more of a tea drinker), so I used chocolate soy milk. I also do not have mini muffin pans, so I used regular sized muffin tins and baked them for 5 mins more. I have never had any luck with vegan brownie recipes, but these are very good. Nice and moist, healthier than regular brownies, but still chocolaty and sweet.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Brownies and Strawberries
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- veganstudent said...
Try the vegan brownie recipe by pollen on recipezaar, it is one of the best that I have tried so far. All of the others just taste like chocolate cake.
- January 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- Michelle said...
i used apple sauce instead of prunes... pretty yummy.. very moist!
- February 20, 2008 at 11:06 PM
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Cousins Subsis introducing two Hot Italian subs to its classic menu: the Meatlovers Meatball and the Chicken Pizzaz.
"We wanted to add two hearty and comforting subs to our menu for the winter months," says Kim Kofler, vice president of operations at Cousins Subs. "These two Hot Italian subs offer just that. Italian meats, fresh vegetables and cheese, and zesty marinara sauce served on Parmesan Garlic or Parmesan Asiago Bread create a satisfying Italian meal no matter which one you choose."
The Meatlovers Meatball features meatballs, Provolone cheese, pepperoni, genoa, black olives, onions, and green peppers topped off with a sprinkling of Parmesan Asiago cheese served on Parmesan Asiago bread.
The Chicken Pizzaz features sliced chicken breast, genoa, pepperoni, Provolone cheese, mushrooms, pepperoncinis, green peppers, olives, marinara sauce, and oregano topped off with a sprinkling of Parmesan Asiago cheese served on Parmesan Garlic bread.
"We've always been known for the quality of our bread," Kofler says. "Our new Parmesan Garlic bread is the perfect pairing with the Chicken Pizzaz, and the ever popular Parmesan Asiago makes the Meatlovers Meatball sub's flavors pop. Of course, guests can choose to get these subs on any of our fresh baked breads: Italian, wheat, or garlic herb."
The Meatlovers Meatball and the Chicken Pizzaz will be available for a limited time in Cousins Subs restaurants starting on January 21.


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How often have we wanted to find letters, a diary, or even a proper autobiography written by our ancestors? For however many documents we find, few tells us so much about our ancestor's daily lives, thoughts and dreams as those written by our ancestors themselves. Yet as we research our ancestors and wish for documents like that to turn up, how often do we ourselve leave such documents behind?
It was for this reason that at the beginning of this year I made the resolution to write down my own memories, so they will be recorded for my descendants. So future generations will never have the regret of not asking me for them when I was still alive.
However, I did not post or even write down nearly as many memories as I would have liked. So, in a bid to catch u, I am calling the remainder of this month Sentimental September. Every day I will post at least one memory, but more often then not I will post a memory group, either a group of memories about the same period of time or about the same subject.
I am not going to care about the order of these memories, or even about repeating them. The important thing is to get them down. It doesn't have to be neat and precise. I can order them later, clean them up when I've gotten most of it down on paper. Or if I'll never get to that, my descendants can have that job. I'm sure they'll be thankfull I wrote it down and won't care about order or neatness.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sentimental September
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Given an infinite group which is finitely generated, is there a proper maximal normal subgroup?
If you mean nontrivial maximal normal subgroup (not 1 or the whole group), then the answer is no.
Higman constructed a finitely generated infinite group G with no subgroups of finite index. You then get a finitely generated group with no nontrivial normal subgroups by taking the quotient by a maximal normal subgroup.
Higman's group G is < a,b,c,d | a^-1 b a = b^2, b^-1cb = c^2, c^-1dc=d^2, d^-1ad=a^2 >
See Higman, Graham. A finitely generated infinite simple group. J. London Math. Soc. 26, (1951). 61--64.
If you mean does it have a proper maximal normal subgroup, then the answer is yes:
Finitely generated groups have a (possibly trivial) maximal normal subgroup. Higman's reference for this is B.H. Neumann, "Some remarks on infinite groups ", Journal London Math. Soc, 12 (1937), 120-127.
Check out the Tarski monster. It is 2-generated and simple.
So many answers! I'm comletely lost. The paper of "B.H. Neumann, "Some remarks on infinite groups ", Journal London Math. Soc, 12 (1937), 120-127" stated results for the existence of maximal subgroups, not maximal normal subgroup. Is this existence question of nontrivial normal subgroup still unsolved?
Assuming you mean "does a maximal normal subgroup always exist?" (and that you don't care about computing it), here is a way to restate the problem. Notice that if G has no maximal normal subgroups, that means that every proper normal subgroup H of G is contained in a larger proper normal subgroup K of G. In particular, this means that the group G/H must not be finite; if it were, we could only find a finite chain of normal subgroups between H and G. So the question "does a maximal normal subgroup always exist" is the same as "must a finitely generated group have any finite nontrivial quotients?" I'm not sure what the answer to that is, but it seems like a useful restatement.


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I read somewhere that Joanne Woodward is a fan. I think the Newman's Own Foundation may have even made some charitable donations...
Yes, Joanne Woodward is a fan and has acted on the boards of several smaller CT companies, I think.
Paul Simon and Donald Trump had children at SAB. Ivanka Trump has tried to parley that into her publicity.
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I'm typing dozens of different values every day. I repeat typing the same set of values every day, including passwords, IPs and long file paths.
Say I'm typing a command in the terminal and need to insert a value I know the key of. With the tool I'm looking for, I could press an hotkey, a small window would show, I'll type the key or part of it into that window, then I'll press enter and the value will be typed into the terminal (or whichever window I've been working with before).
Do you know of such or similar tool?


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Can anyone tell me how to erase the status of a game. I finished Blackbeards Island. But I want to start over again. However, everytime I sign in it says I have finished and if I start at level one it will erase it. But once I sign off, and sign back on….it tells me that I have finished the game. I want to erase the stats so that I can redo the whole game again. Help??? Thank you :)
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STEUBENVILLE - City leaders will ask representatives from the three city employee unions to discuss cost- cutting options in order to erase a projected $822,968 general fund deficit by Dec. 31.
Members of City Council, City Manager Cathy Davison, Law Director S. Gary Repella and Finance Director Alyssa Kerker met for two hours and 10 minutes behind closed doors Thursday night to discuss the budget and personnel.
Davison has said Ohio law prohibits the city ending the year with a budget deficit.
"The council agreed to continue its internal discussions at 5 p.m. Tuesday to discuss personnel and contract negotiations," said Davison after the meeting.
She said the 5 p.m. meeting Tuesday will also be in executive session.
"We have reviewed our options and will continue that process. I don't want to discuss those options until after the information is presented to the three city unions. I want them to have all of the information first," said 6th Ward Councilman David Lalich, who is also finance committee chairman, following the closed-door session.
"Fourth Ward Councilwoman Angela Suggs was out of town because of her job, but she called in and we included her in our discussions," Davison noted.
Davison said she sent letters Thursday night to the Fraternal Order of Police Ohio Labor Council, the International Association of Firefighters Local 228 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2015, "asking them to work with us and look at the needs of our community."
"I feel council members and administration are coming together to find an answer," Davison said.
"Council members instructed me to send a letter to the unions. I will be asking all union and non-union employees to share the burden of the city budget deficit equally," Davison stated.
The police union contract expires in May while the firefighters contract ends in December 2013 and the AFSCME union contract is set to expire in March 2014.
Davison held preliminary talks Thursday morning with AFSCME Local 2015 representatives and is set to meet Monday with officials from the firefighters union.
She also met for nearly two hours Thursday morning with the city's board of health to discuss the general fund budget deficit as well as the health department budget.
"The board of health agreed to review the budget and all of its options," said Davison.
On Wednesday night, Davison said the parks and recreation board agreed to not open the Belleview Pool in 2013.
"We have had conversations with the YMCA about a managing partnership for the pool but have not heard a proposal back from the YMCA. We saw a loss of $61,305.15 at the pool in 2012. The city's general fund has been picking up the loss each year, but we can't continue that," said Davison.
Davison also cited a projected $236,109.40 operating loss at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center this year, "but we do not plan to close the center at this time."
"The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local union has said that all part-time employees must be laid off before a full-time employee is laid off. We have part-time employees at the MLK Center who may be affected," Davison said.
Davison said earlier this week the city is considering asking the Ohio Rural Community Assistance Program for a study of its water rates and the possibility of restructuring those rates. The authority could come in and change the rates if it determines the city cannot make its debt service payments and not carry a deficit, she said.
"We are looking at changing our water account delinquent accounts collection process. We currently use Capital Recovery Systems but are considering a law firm collection agency that has the ability to take delinquent accounts to court in order to collect those accounts," said Davison.
"Just as we do in our homes, we must all work together to make our budget work. Our city is not feeling the effects of the oil and gas boom in Jefferson County because we do not share in the county's sales and usage tax dollars. Except for a very small amount that is awarded for recreation in the city we do not share in the county tax. We have seen our Local Government Funding from the state continue to decrease as well as the state inheritance tax. We are facing hard decisions as we move forward," stated Davison.


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Erica Max, program director over at the Mary M. B. Wakefield Charitable Trust in Milton, has good ideas about how to spread the word about the trust's mission and also have a good time.
Fourteen dogs competed Saturday in the 2nd annual 'Dogs and Dogwoods Show' at the Wakefield Estate, a creative and fun way to celebrate some 300 gorgeous Kousa dogwoods in bloom.
Parading with their owners around a lawn behind the house, the dogs circled the judges to laughter, sounds of delight and on occasion, some noisy barking as skirmishes were avoided.
"We had quieter dogs last year," Max said with a smile. Her dog, Sheba, walked away with a prize for the "biggest dog."
Actually all the dogs won a prize, as promised, thanks to some creative thinking by the two judges, Debbie Merriam, landscape director at the estate, and Caty Sumner, emergency veterinarian at the Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston.
This video shows some highlights.


text: On November 12th 2012, Angad Singh joined Sotheby's International Realty in St. Lucia as an Associate Broker. He has lived in St. Lucia for the past 18 years and is very much familiar with the real estate market in St. Lucia. Prior to working at Sotheby's International Realty, he held the position as Country Consultant for St. Lucia for Global Investment I Ltd. UK, where he managed and oversaw the execution of a project on 'Luxury Living in St. Lucia' which is published in The Sunday Telegraph in the UK. Angad pursued a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Management and Geography and has completed a number of research projects on the environment in Trinidad & Tobago. He has also represented St. Lucia and the wider Caribbean as an Ambassador at various high level conferences on Sustainable Development such as TUNZA-LAC (Colombia, 2011), World Youth Congress (Brazil, 2012) and One Young World (USA, 2012). He was also selected by UNESCO to work as an Editor in the United Kingdom (2012) to compile the first ever UNESCO Youth Summary for "Education for All" on the areas of Education, Skills and Work. Angad wishes to contribute to the further success of Sotheby's International Realty in St. Lucia and cement its place as the best Real Estate Agency on the island.


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MyDerbyLove.com sponsored the inaugural "Tale of the Horse" Drink Contest at Varanese on April 16 to find the most delicious day after Derby '12 cocktail.
A panel comprised of media and culinary representatives "blindly" judged a group of local bartenders who competed for win, place and show. (The Voice's Ashley Anderson was among the judges.)
Tina Hardison of Bourbons Bistro was awarded first place and $500 for her Bananas and Joe concoction.
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Palladino: Wilby uses thievery to overtake Kennedy
WATERBURY -- The Wilby High boys stole this game, literally. Trailing by has many as six points late in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats converted steals into points on three consecutive possessions and snatched a victory away from Kennedy.
Behind 12 points from Walter Wright, 11 from Denzel Mitchell and 10 from Taifa Wright, Wilby got out of the Kennedy gym with a "W" on Wednesday, 54-51 over the Eagles.
"We just had to dig down," said Walter Wright. "I've been there last year, in the Final Four, so I know how it is to be in a tight game and, being down, we made our minds up that we were going to play defense."
Wilby was a state tournament semifinalist last season. If Wright is correct, then those lessons learned will give the Wildcats (1-0) an edge in frantic city games, and the Kennedy High gym was nothing if not frantic on opening night.
Wilby looked comfortable most of the evening. The Wildcats came in with their four-man guard rotation that will give Naugatuck Valley League teams fits: Wright, Wright, Mitchell and Ryan Spears. But the players who helped forge the lead were the guys in the post, like Devon McClellan and Stanley Foote.
McClellan scored only four, but he had 10 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Foote scored eight and also had 10 boards. If Wilby is going to be successful, it needs that interior production.
"We knew rebounding was going to be an issue," Wilby coach Alan Piccolo said. "We won the battle of the boards tonight. Stanley and Devon did a great job."
But Kennedy (0-1) found a way to limit that post play in the third quarter. The Eagles played zone defense all night, and it bothered Wilby in the third.
"We executed well defensively, by forcing them to shoot jump shots and keeping them out of the paint," said Kennedy coach Armand LeVasseur. "After they got an early lead, it became a competitive game. We were able to do that well in the third quarter, and get some easy baskets."
Isaiah Wright (14 points, 10 rebounds) was the spark for the Eagles. He hit a short jumper and then stole the ball and put down a monster jam at the buzzer to end the third. The transfer from Holy Cross opened the fourth with two free throws, and then Wright and D'Andre Boatwright (nine points) hit clutch hoops for the Eagles. Inside of three minutes to play in the game, Kennedy led 49-44.
Wilby got key put-back hoops from Foote to keep pace in the fourth, and then late came the defensive surge.
Walter Wright, who had only one steal on the night, made his pick with 2:31 left, and fed brother Taifa for a hoop. Spears swiped the ball and sent Walter away for a breakaway hoop, and then Taifa made the steal, which led to a foul, which led to two Spears free throws, and a 52-51WIlby lead with 1:29 on the clock.
"We didn't shoot the ball very well," Piccolo said. "We tell our shooters, if you're not shooting the ball well you can still play defense, and we really did play well defensively."
LeVasseur knows that the Eagles had a grip on a victory Wednesday, and let it slip away. He said his team turned into "dribbler-maniacs. It is to Wilby's credit, because of the pressure defense they put on us. They forced my team to do things they weren't supposed to be doing."
And led to Wilby victory, thanks to a bit of fourth-quarter thievery.
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To make your visit as comfortable as possible, the Moores Cancer Center infusion center has free wireless access, personal TVs, books, playing cards, puzzles, and a refrigerator and microwave available for your use. Guests are welcome to join you in the infusion center, or to visit our outdoor healing garden. We recommend you dress in comfortable clothes and bring a sweater of jacket.
Call 858-822-6294 to schedule appointments. To help decrease wait times, you may be asked to schedule your appointments at certain times of the day. When scheduling, please let us know if you have or need other appointments. Imaging or radiation oncology appointment should be at least one hour before your infusions appointment, and clinic and lab appointments should be two hours before. Having your labs done in advance may allow you to schedule earlier appointments; see Advance Labs Before Infusion Appointments.
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The El Dorado Blood Drive will be held from 11:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 430 Eunice.
The Red Cross serves more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide, including many Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Currently, all blood types are needed, especially O negative, B negative and A negative. Type O negative, the universal blood type, can potentially be transfused to patients with any blood type, especially in emergency situations.
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I am a counsellor. My wordpress blog is mylocation counsellingandsupervision.co.uk. If I google, bing, yahoo my name my site comes up 1st or 2nd. If I google, bing, yahoo "mylocation counselling supervision" in any combination the search engine does not find anything. If I have uploaded all the usual plugins etc I would like to know how search engines pick up my name but not the words of my website address.
For such a specific research as being found when you type in Google "location Counselling Supervision" (maybe also with quotes) it should suffice changing the code you find in tag of your blog's pages.
Now in the title you have this mess:
You can see it shows up in the title bar of the browser window, you should substitute it with this:
The trick should be enough. Otherwise try adding the same text as text at the top of your pages.
After the change you need to wait, in worst cases even 30/90 days for Google to update its index.
As a side note I would strongly advise you to hire someone who can fix your blog. Even the meta description and the text itself in the top of the pages is all wrong.
One reason (besides the title issue already noted by Marco Demaio) why your site may be scoring so badly on Google is that you have very little actual content on it. Almost all of your pages are identical copies of the same feedback form — about the only ones that have any non-trivial content at all are the main page and the "Latest News" page (which has your new year's greetings test post on it).
(Indeed, that page does come up for me, on page 13, when Googling for North London Counselling Supervision. Of course, this question comes up on page 4, so I would indeed say that you have an SEO problem.)
My suggestion would be simply to write up some useful content on all your pages and wait for Google to reindex them. If you can't think of anything relevant to write on some page, consider whether you really should have that page at all.
Search engines use a number of factors when putting your website in search results, not just the name of the site. The reason you score highly for your name but not your location is probably because in the words in and around the links to your site your name and not your location is used.


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Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua, author of the recently released The Retrospective, will discuss his new work in a lecture entitled "The Ethics of Aesthetics: Looking Back, Looking Ahead," on Wed., March 13, 5:30 p.m. at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, first-floor screening room (53 Washington Square South [betw. Thompson and Sullivan Sts.]).
The lecture, sponsored by NYU's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and NYU's Taub Center for Israel Studies, is free and open to the public. To RSVP, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 212.998.8981. Reporters interested in attending must RSVP to James Devitt, NYU's Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, M (West 4th Street).
One of Israel's preeminent writers, Yehoshua is the author of Mr. Mani, Five Seasons, A Journey to the End of the Millennium, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem, among others. Yehoshua's novels have been translated into 28 languages and several were performed on the screen and the stage.
The Retrospective, which won the 2012 Prix Médicis étranger, France's top literary prize for translated fiction, centers on the life of an Israeli film director who reflects on his life in the arts and among his fellow artists—and especially upon his life-long struggle balancing artistic integrity with moral commitment. The novel, set in present-day Spain and Israel, is a blend of ideas—about religion and art, youth and age, and the anxiety of influence.
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A new charge has been filed against Senator Rand Paul's 19-year-old son William Paul.
WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina reports that Mecklenburg County Sheriff's office said Paul has a new charge, assault on a female by aggressive physical force, a misdemeanor.
William Paul was arrested last Saturday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on alcohol related charges including consuming beer/wine underage.
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January 09, 2012
Summer in the Cape Winelands
Take advantage of the Cape Winelands these summer holidays – most of the wine routes are less than an hour's drive from Cape Town. With endless options for daily wine tasting, cellar tours, sales and accommodation, we recommend selecting a wine route so as to experience as much as possible. Here are our notes on where to stay.
Constantia Valley
If you are a little short on time, the Constantia Valley, said to be the birthplace of South Africa's wine farming industry, is a mere 20 minutes from the CBD. Stay at Ikhaya Safari Lodge with its African safari décor and you'll forget that you are still in the suburbs. For pampering and luxury try the Steenberg Hotel in Tokai, lovingly restored to its former glory and now a national monument.
Ikhaya Safari Lodge, +27 (0)21 794 3463, www.ikhayasafari.co.za
Steenberg Hotel, +27 (0)21 713 2222, www.steenberghotel.com
Stellenbosch Wine Route
Stellenbosch was the first wine region in South Africa to establish an organised network of wineries, with the Stellenbosch Wine Route being founded in 1971. Since 2002 it has been called the Stellenbosch American Express® Wine Routes. Stay at the five-star Asara Wine Estate and Hotel or the Wedgeview Country House and Spa, situated on a one hectare plot.
Asara Wine Estate and Hotel, +27 (0)21 888 8000, www.asara.co.za
Wedgeview Country House and Spa, +27 (0)21 881 3525, www.wedgeview.co.za
Helderberg Wine Route
The Helderberg Wine Route, now part of the Stellenbosch American Express® Wine Routes, is in the Somerset West area and renowned for its red wines and port. Stay at the famous
NH The Lord Charles hotel in Somerset West, an estate with a rich local history, or stay at Lalapanzi Lodge on Sir Lowry's Pass, the ultimate mountain retreat hidden at the foothills of the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve.
NH The Lord Charles, +27 (0)21 855 1040, www.nh-hotels.co.za
Lalapanzi Lodge, +27 (0)21 858 1982, www.lalapanzilodge.co.za
Durbanville Wine Valley
The Durbanville Wine Valley is fairly new wine territory in the Cape but is fast becoming a destination of choice. The route includes 12 wineries situated in the Tygerberg Hills, 30 minutes' drive from Cape Town. Stay at Feathers Lodge, a tranquil and tastefully decorated guesthouse and conference centre. Stop at the Durbanville Hills Eatery at the Durbanville Hills wine estate for a lunch made from fresh, local produce or for Friday evenings for a taste of Spain with tapas and wine.
Feathers Lodge, +27 (0)21 910 1078, www.featherslodge.co.za
Durbanville Hills Eatery, +27 (0)21 558 1337, www.durbanvillehills.co.za
Franshoek Wine Valley
The Franschhoek Wine Valley is the furthest wine route from Cape Town and also famous for being a culinary region. It recently launched the Cap Classique Route (sparkling wine). Stay at Dieu Donné Guest Farm, an elegant and peaceful rest stop or at the romantic Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa.
Dieu Donné Guest Farm, +27 (0)21 876 2131, www.dieudonne.co.za
Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa, +27 (0)21 876 8900, www.lefranschhoek.co.za
More to discover
The latest wine route to be launched is in Hermanus, stretching for 6.7km along the R320 through the picturesque Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Other wine regions fairly close to Cape Town that can be explored include Paarl, Worcester and Robertson.
Events for 2012
The best of Cape Town's summer is celebrated in the outdoors. Here are some recommended events incorporating wine:
- March 21: Feast of the Grape, Durbanville Wine Route (dates tentative, still to be confirmed)
- March 24: Franschhoek Oesfees
- May 11: Franschhoek Literary Festival
- May 25 & 26: TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festival
- June 2 & 3: Soup, Sip and Bread, Durbanville Wine Route
- July 16 & 17: Franschhoek Bastille Day Festival
- July: Stellenbosch Wine Festival (dates to be confirmed)
- August: Hermanus Wine and Food Fair (dates to be confirmed)
- September 3 & 4: Franschhoek Uncorked (dates tentative, still to be confirmed)
- October 6 & 7: Season of Sauvignon, Durbanville Wine Route
- October 14 to 28: Spring it on Constantia (dates tentative, still to be confirmed)
- November 29 & 30: RMB WineX Cape Town 2012, Cape Town International Convention Centre


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Protecting Retirement and Health Benefits after Job Loss
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Job termination or a reduction in hours can result in a loss of retirement and health benefits. However, employees and their families may have rights under federal law that can help protect benefits when employment changes.
HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act – Enrolling In Another Health Plan
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) helps when you are switching from one job to another. If other group health coverage is available (for example, through a spouse's employment-based plan), special enrollment in that plan should be considered. It allows the individual and his/her family an opportunity to enroll in a plan for which they are otherwise eligible, regardless of open enrollment periods. However, to qualify, enrollment must be requested within 30 days of losing eligibility for other coverage. After special enrollment is requested, coverage must be effective no later than the first day of the first month following your request for enrollment.
In addition, if you enroll in employment-based group health plan coverage (such as special enrollment into a spouse's plan), under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act), for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, group health plans and insurers can't refuse to cover treatment for preexisting conditions for any individuals. This protection is already in effect for individuals under age 19.
COBRA – Continuing In Your Old Health Plan
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 – also known as COBRA – can help former employees and their families continue their health care coverage. If you were laid off, if you quit your job or retired, or if your hours were reduced, you may qualify. (You will not qualify, however, if you were fired for gross misconduct.) Your employer must have had 20 or more employees, you must have been a participant in your employer's group health plan, and your employer must continue to maintain a health plan.
Once your job ends, your plan must provide you with written notice explaining your rights under COBRA. You have 60 days from the date the notice is provided or from the date coverage ended – whichever is later – to sign up for (or elect) COBRA coverage. It begins the day your health care coverage ended and lasts up to 18 months (and longer in some cases). However, the plan may require you to pay the entire group rate premium, plus a 2 percent administrative fee. (For more information on COBRA, order An Employee's Guide to Health Benefits Under COBRA.)
Affordable Care Act – Finding a New Health Plan
In addition to coverage through employment-based health plans, there is another coverage option for you and your family. Under the Affordable Care Act, you can buy individual insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The Marketplace lets you see the health plan options available in your area in one place. You may be eligible for a new kind of tax credit to help you with your cost of coverage that lowers your monthly premiums right away. You can see what your premium, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs will be before you make a decision to enroll. You cannot be denied coverage due to a preexisting condition and will not be subject to any preexisting condition exclusions in Marketplace coverage. If you are eligible to elect COBRA, get information on both the COBRA and Marketplace coverage options and compare before you decide which coverage to elect. For more information, visit If you lose job-based health insurance and COBRA coverage and the Marketplace.
ERISA – Protecting Your Retirement Assets
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides guidance for employers who have retirement plans and gives you specific rights to plan information. For instance, if you lose your job, request a copy of your plan's summary plan description (SPD) and an individual benefit statement. The SPD tells you what benefits the plan provides, when you can collect them, and, if you have a 401(k) account, whether your plan permits you to roll it over to a new employer's plan or to an IRA. The individual benefit statement lets you monitor your account balance and is an important statement to keep on file. (For more information on protecting your retirement benefits, order What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan.)
Get the Facts NOW
If you have questions about your rights and responsibilities under HIPAA, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act, and ERISA, visit askebsa.dol.gov or call 866-444-3272 to order any of the publications mentioned or to request assistance from a benefits advisor.
For more information about health insurance options available through the Health Insurance Marketplace, visit healthcare.gov.
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