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Even though the majority of men and women are built different physically, there are similarities in the motivation and drive department. Women want and need to be active to stay healthy, and men need to stay flexible to maintain muscle. Many women feel intimidated lifting weights in the gym and playing certain male dominated sports. Predominantly feminine activities such as yoga, pilates, and dance are usually not frequented by most men.
Most sports, however, have Woman's Leagues, and most of the rules are suited to adapt to the female physique. Some sports also adapt to them by changing the required equipment. A lacrosse helmet, for example, is not typically worn during the female lacrosse games, but the male games do have them. The two genders don't usually play co-ed, but when they do, the amount of physical contact is limited to suit the female players on the field.
Women who participate in sports often do as well as men in the same sport, but don't receive the same recognition and sponsorship as men do. As recently as the seventies, female journalists weren't even allowed in some sports games. Gender segregation has been a part of sports for as long as there have been sports to be played.
Looking around a room of yoga students, typically 20% or less are men. According to the Washington Post, most men don't attend yoga classes because they have heard that yoga isn't a decent workout, it is too touchy-feely, or that a man's body isn't made for pretzel-like poses. Boys don't typically join dance classes because they are too feminine. The vast majority of pilates class attendees are women as well. Some day, hopefully, gender segregation in sports will be a thing of history, and women and men will feel comfortable playing baseball, lifting weights, and attending yoga classes together.


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The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
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Amethyst, the most precious member of the quartz family, exhibits purple shades ranging from pale lilac to deep purple, sometimes exhibiting reddish or rose overtones. Very deep-colored amethysts are the finest and most highly valued. Some stones are so over-saturated with color they have areas that are blacked out, which can negatively impact their value. Paler shades, sometimes called "Rose of France," were common in Victorian jewelry. Banding—darker and lighter zones of color—is also a common occurrence. Occasionally, amethyst is even found combined with its sister quartz, citrine, into a single stone called ametrine.
The birthstone for February, amethyst is an extremely popular gem for jewelry because of its regal color, variety of sizes and shapes, affordability and wide range of hues. It also is the recommended gem for couples celebrating their 6th and 17th wedding anniversaries. With a hardness of 7.0 on the Mohs Scale , amethyst can occur as long prismatic crystals that have six-sided pyramids at either end, or can form as drusies that are crystalline crusts that only show the pointed terminations.
The ancient Greeks believed that amethyst made one immune to the effects of alcohol. In fact, the name even comes from the Greek word amethystos, which means "not drunken." Legend has it that the amethyst originated from Bacchus, the god of wine. Bacchus became angry at the mortals and vowed that the next mortal to cross his path would be eaten by tigers. Amethyst, a beautiful young maiden, was on her way to worship the goddess, Diana. Diana turned her into colorless quartz to keep her from being eaten. Bacchus observed the miracle and repented his hasty decision. He poured wine over the young maiden, leaving her feet and legs colorless. This is the reason that amethyst crystals are usually uneven in color and have a colorless base at the bottom. Because amethyst was believed to prevent drunkenness, wine goblets were often carved from it in ancient Greece. Today, the gem still symbolizes sobriety.
Amethyst has been a part of history throughout the ages. Evidence suggests that prehistoric humans used amethysts for decoration as early as 25,000 B.C. Legends suggest that the Egyptian queen Cleopatra wore an amethyst signet ring, as did Saint Valentine, who bared an amethyst engraved with the figure of Cupid. During medieval times, people used the stone as medication to stay awake and alert. Leonardo Da Vinci claimed that amethyst could dissipate evil thoughts and quicken the intelligence. In some legends, the stone represents piety, celibacy and dignity. In the Middle Ages, for instance, the gem was an important ornamentation for the Catholic Church and other religions. It was considered the stone of bishops, and they still often wear amethyst rings. In Tibet, amethyst is considered sacred to Buddha and rosaries are often made from it. Amethyst has also long been a favorite of kings and queens for its royal purple hues that symbolize wisdom, strength and confidence. Amethysts are even featured in the British Crown Jewels and were worn by Catherine the Great.
Amethyst's availability and magical qualities make it the stone of preference in ancient lore and mysticism. As a meditation stone, it is said to quiet the mind, promote contemplation, sharpen psychic powers and uplift the spirit. It is a stone of deep wisdom. Folklore says it can quicken the wit, calm fears, ward off anger and overcome alcoholism. It has a royal purple essence that is said to lend courage to travelers, scare off thieves and protect travelers from harm, sickness and danger. Placed under the pillow or worn to bed, there are claims it promotes peaceful sleep, pleasant dreams, and the healing of tired joints and muscles. Amethyst can also be worn to supposedly make the wearer gentle, amiable and happy.
The stone is mined in Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina, as well as in Zambia, Namibia and other African nations. Very dark amethyst in small sizes also is mined in Australia. But the ideal for fine quality amethyst was set by a Siberian variety, often called Russian or Uralian amethyst, which is now considered a defunct source. Generally, South American amethyst tends to come in larger sizes than African amethyst, but the African variety has a reputation for having deeper color intensity and is therefore considered more valuable. The African version also is harder to come by than amethyst mined from South America. Most of today's amethyst comes out of Brazil.
Iolite gets its name from its sensational color, using the Greek words ios (violet) and lithos (stone). The stone, often referred to as water sapphire, cordierite or dichroite, was used by the Vikings as a navigational tool and came to be knows as "Vikings' Compass." When Viking explorers ventured far into the Atlantic Ocean, away from any coastline that could help them determine position, they were able to navigate safely by looking through iolite lenses that allowed them to find the exact position of the sun.
The property that made iolite so valuable to the Vikings was the gem's pleochroic property, which is the display of different colors when viewed from different directions (like a modern-day polarized filter used in sunglasses). A cube cut from iolite will look violet-blue from one side, clear as water from the other and honey yellow from the top.
Pleochroism may have been helpful in navigation, but it makes a gem cutter's job quite difficult. If iolite is not cut from exactly the right direction, its color will not show to its best advantage. When cut properly, the stone is usually a violet blue and can be obtained in sizes up to 5.00 carats relatively easily. Iolite ranks a 7.0-7.5 on the Mohs Scale and is readily available and affordable. Today, it is mined in Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Vikings probably mined iolite from deposits in Norway and Greenland.
Traditionally given as a 21st anniversary gift, iolite is thought to bring harmony to relationships. It is also said to balance the masculine and feminine aspects of one's own character, bringing harmony and enabling that person to enjoy each moment. Iolite is believed to heighten psychic abilities by aiding and encouraging people along their spiritual paths. It is said to enhance curiosity and achievement, and aid in money management. Iolite is also believed to possess the power to guide lost sailors to the brilliance of the sun, so that they may find their way home.


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From the casual research I've done, it's assumed to be offensive (like "gyp" for Gypsies), but I've not found anything definitive. I'm also curious when it first entered the language with this meaning and why.
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It is thought to have derived from Welsh and is often considered derogatory. Use renege or other wording instead.
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The OED says of the verb welsh or welch:
Their first quotation meaning to renege on a betting debt is from an 1860 Racing Times:
Their first quotation of noun welsher, a bookmaker who refuses to pay, is from an 1852 Racing Times:
Their first for noun welshing is from an 1854 Era:
But it is still used, often by politicians, including the BBC itself. Occasionally they apologise. The BBC reported in February 2012 that Education secretary Michael Gove apologised for saying he'd "welshed on the deal" in the House of Commons, and 'Bill Clinton apologised to Republicans in 1995 for calling them "Welshers"'.
It was intended as derogatory, you couldn't trust a medieval Welshman.
The medieval clergyman Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223, of mixed Norman and Welsh descent) didn't like them very much:
This is in AJP Taylor's excellent school history books. He notes that the very first man to "Plead the Gaming Act" and refuse to pay a bet because betting had been made illegal, was Mr Welch, hence refusing to pay became known as Welching on a bet.
Nothing whatsoever to do with the differently spelt Welsh.
Other sources I found looking up the word suggest that English bookies with a losing book might flee across the border to Wales, thus "welshing" on their bets.
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Can't be added to Steam. Multiplayer element is amazing. Ubisoft's GFWL equivalent is just awful.
Good deal though.
@snoopjedi: Are you positive it can't be added to Steam? I've never had a problem with adding Amazon's downloadable games to my Steam account in the past.
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When in doubt, check this thread: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2101969
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Lady Gaga brought 80 pieces of luggage with her. I only brought one, but then I wasn't staying in the Presidential Suite.
Not that it mattered, because the service with a smile and superb style is given to all guests at the multi-award-winning The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa at Oudekraal in Cape Town.
Wait for that rich aunt to leave you a legacy or when you win the lotto (because this gorgeous hotel doesn't come cheap), but it is worth every penny, so splurge.
Stay for a night (the food in the Azure restaurant is really memorable – try the Prawn Stroganoff or owner Bea Tollman's best cheesecake in the world), take Mom for Mothers' Day lunch, Dad for a men's executive grooming package, or the boy or girlfriend for drinks at the Leopard Bar overlooking the ocean. On May 13, World Cocktail Day, you can sample two exotic cocktails for the price of one in the same bar, or if you're on the wagon, just sip dark hot chocolate with a hint of orange blossom.
In August there's a Pink High Tea (not high camp) to celebrate Women's Month, and every Saturday there's live jazz at lunchtime.
I enjoyed the eclectic selection of artwork packing the walls, the lovely views of the Atlantic and the iconic Twelve Apostles mountain range, the always-on-hand and helpful, but unobtrusive and friendly staff, and the understated luxury.
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A western Kansas nurse and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department have been honored for their efforts over the past year to make residents healthier.
The awards were presented Monday during Gov. Sam Brownback's Kansas Obesity Summit in Topeka.
Earning the top individual honor was Lisa Moritz, who serves as the Unified Greeley County health nurse and nurse for the Greeley County school district. Moritz was noted for promoting health and physical wellness through a variety of programs open to students and school personnel.
The Lawrence parks department was cited for having more than 450 programs, including numerous park and outdoor trail activities. The department has also helped residents transform vacant properties into community gardens to provide a local source of fruits and vegetables.
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McLennan County (January 3, 2013)- The number of flu cases surged in the month of December in McLennan County.
The flu season usually begins in the month of February.
"From one week to the next we saw it jump to 150 then to 200 cases," Kelly Craine, spokesperson for the McLennan County Public Health District said.
This time last year McLennan County saw 138 cases in the month of December.
Last month 573 cases were reported.
"The vast majority of patients I've seen with the flu haven't had their flu vaccination but I have seen some with flu vaccination that also have the flu," said Dr. David Meyers, Hillcrest Midway Clinic.
Doctors say the flu vaccine covers three strains of the flu virus.
The reason some people who are vaccinated are still getting the flu could be because there may be a strain that is not covered by the vaccine or the person may have a weakened immune system.
"I still strongly encourage people to get vaccinated.," Dr. Meyers said.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- A new marketing campaign is helping advertise Manhattan and the surrounding areas as a desirable retirement destination.
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local businesses to display window clings and other materials for their push, encouraging people to retire to the Flint Hills. Each also has a QR Tag that connects to the Chamber website.
Officials say they've had great success with their nine-year campaign promoting retirement to the region but the chamber and the Retire to the Flint Hills Committee wanted to give the project a new, updated look.
"College towns are very attractive for people to retire to. There's always so much to do- sports, cultural events, etc," said John Pagen, Vice President for Economic Development for the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce.
"I went to a retirement seminar several years ago and they said the one sure way to waste all of your money was to do a blanket campaign of the whole country to people who have never even heard of your community. We're really targeting people who lived in Manhattan or know about Kansas- K-State alums, Manhattan High alums, people who know the area, military who are transitioning out who lived here and obviously enjoy it and want to stay for the next phase of their career," Pagen added.
The area has been voted one of the "10 Best Places to Retire Young" by Money Magazine. SmartMoney.com, part of the Wall Street Journal's network, has placed it on their list of the "Top Underrated Retirement Havens."
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I do remember I've read somewhere that modern Christians are no longer required to believe in Hell. Like, it's optional. I've now googled but no such info appeared again. Therefore asking knowlegeable people here - which Church document says the Hell is optional if it is really so.
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If you consider the words of Christ as authoritative for describing Christianity, I'd say "Ya." (See Matt. 5:22, 29, 30, 10:28, 18:9, 23:15, 33, etc.)
But of course, you can call yourself a Christian and believe whatever you want. There don't seem to be any "Christianity police" regulating what people associate with the faith.
Of course, it is also possible to be a Christian and be ignorant of the doctrine of hell, which doesn't necessarily preclude you from being a Christian. (That actually seems to be the norm.)
As one of the comments mentioned your probably thinking of "Love Wins". In the book, he does not deny the existence of hell as a real place , rather what he is questioning the nature of hell.
So in the same way, to answer your question, I do not believe there is a major branch of Christianity where the existence of Hell is optional, only the nature of what hell is, is being debated (i.e. who goes there, nature of the punishment, does it last forever or just a time, are the damned forgiven at some point or are they completely destroyed, etc).
Also check out "Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell" by Ken Boa on this topic, its a short and great read on the subject.
Any student of the Bible should undertake very seriously to understand the passages in Jas' answer. Do those passages represent the truth? Yes. Is passing a test on those passages a condition of salvation? No.
There's a big difference between what is the necessary condition for salvation, and the body of doctrine a teacher should teach. There are several places in the Bible which offer very simplistic formulas for salvation. For example:
Romans 10:9
If we take this passage to be literally true, it is hope to the person who just grasped some doctrine, but probably cannot recite and defend doctrine at the level of, say, the Athanasian Creed. This passage also does not say, "Teachers, be satisfied that you're done when these two conditions are met."
As I said above, there is a big difference between teaching something false and not understanding all of doctrine.
1) Biblical evidence:
James 3:1
2) Church history evidence:
Martin Luther's 95 Theses expresses all kinds of anathemas to the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church at the time. But very few make any negative reference to the rank-and-file Catholic pew sitters at the time. The worst accusation is that they might trust in the Pope's prescribed works and "lose the fear of God through them."


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A place that is home to Vicki, and Belsammael, and lots of birdies - oh, and there's also kinky furry intercourse.
Belsammael carresses Vicki's tail and makes her purrrr like a kitty.
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I can't leave Ravens_Nest! NOOOOOOOOO!
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A channel for goofing off in when banned from a certain other channel.
Griven was being a smegface, so we went to #ravens_nest.
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A safehaven and sanctuary from the kingdom of assholes. Also known as a place where Griven and others like him have no power.
"Gee it sure is fun in here without have jackasses start shit with you for no apparent reason besides they are people staring at their computer screen twenty-four hours a day just waiting for you or someone else to say something wrong so they can argue it for two hours."
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text: Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Beyond the Baseline Daily Bagel: Fish to skip Australian Open (UPDATE) by Courtney Nguyen Twitter Email Posted: Wed Nov. 28, 2012 The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.• Video: The Cautionary Tale of Ebenezer Snoop, as narrated by ... Snoop. Stan Smith plays the Ghost of Holiday Past. And animated cameos from Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki? Blink and you'll miss them. Bah-humbizzle.• The Heineken Open has released its field for the Australian Open tune-up in Auckland, New Zealand, in January. One notable piece of news is that Mardy Fish has withdrawn because of health reasons. Fish underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia in May and shut down his season after being advised to withdraw from his fourth-round match against Roger Federer at the U.S. Open. Defending champion David Ferrer will be the top seed in Auckland.UPDATE: Reuters reports that Fish will skip the Australian Open as he continues to recover from health issues related to heart surgery. Worrisome stuff."The good news is that Mardy's health is improving and he is back on the court slowing getting back into his regular workouts," Fish's agent, John Tobias, said in an email to Reuters as he confirmed the American's comeback date.• Sports Illustrated's S.L. Price on why Serena Williams is his Sportsperson of the Year.In all, Williams conjured up the most surprisingly dominant performance, man or woman, of 2012, providing backbone for the best season of women's tennis in years and forestalling the American game's seemingly inevitable slide into oblivion.That litany alone, of course, is enough to justify naming her the 2012 Sportswoman of the Year. Williams, though, is this writer's pick as much because in an era of endlessly revealed misdeed and shame, in this age of Barry and Tiger and Lance -- oh, my! -- she presented a road map for moving forward after an ugly binge of self-destruction.• Roger Federer says he can relate to Bernard Tomic's struggle to deal with pressure and expectation.• Li Na and Marion Bartoli will headline the WTA's new stop in Shenzen, China, which starts Dec. 31. Jelena Jankovic, Peng Shuai and Laura Robson are also in the field.• Steve Tignor on Alfred Hitchcock's use of tennis in films.• Matt Cronin lays out the cases for five WTA coach of the year candidates. Sam Sumyk (Victoria Azarenka) and Pablo Lozano (Sara Errani) would be my front-runners.• Andy Murray is on the short list for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year, but he probably won't win. Boy, those Brits reaaaaally love their cycling sports, huh?• The WTA offers a statistical look at Serena Williams' best seasons. She had a higher winning percentage this year compared to her 2002 season.• Nice to see that tour pro Sergei Bubka is back on his feet again. The 25-year-old Ukrainian was in surgery for nine hours after suffering a three-story fall in France.• Nathalie Tauziat is refusing to resign from the French Tennis Federation for testifying in support of her former coach Regis de Camaret, who was sentenced to eight years in prison last week for raping young female players."I have two months in office," Tauziat told French newspaper Sud Ouest. "I have no reason to do so. I did not know that testifying in court was a crime."• Ryan Harrison served as a groomsman at Matthew Ebden's wedding last weekend.• Maria Sharapova stepped into the batter's box to shoot a Head commercial.• Non-tennis: A solid compilation of workout fails. See or read something that you enjoyed and want to share? Feel free to email or tweet us links to pieces from around the Internet that may have slipped past our radar. More Beyond the Baseline


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Heritage Stone Access has recently been working on Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral documenting the glass work designed by Piper and Reyntiens in the sixties.
In the summer HSA worked at Canterbury Cathedral where a full inspection of the stonework of the west towers was carried out using rope access techniques to provide both daily reports and a comprehensive final report including pictures and analysis on the state of the stonework. Work also included the re-fixing of loose pinnacles, conservation work with lime on the statues, and drops down the towers with both the Architect and the Head of Conservation allowing them to observe the stonework directly.
Heritage Stone Access Ltd. is a specialist stone masonry, stone restoration, conservation and rope access company based in Worcester. All our stonework is done at the highest standards by cathedral trained masons and carvers, and our rope access technicians are IRATA trained level 3 workers with a wealth of experience nationally and internationally.
Links to our latest projects are below. For previous projects please see Recent Projects.
Autumn 2015
Liverpool Cathedral Corn Exchange, Ross
Summer 2015
Canterbury Cathedral Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Selfridges Carrara quarry
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King Alfred's Tower Colmore Row, Birmingham


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Gay Bigfoot & the 7 Weirdest Mythical Creatures in the World
Every country has its own Bigfoot. Some are terrifying, some are awesome, and some are just plain ridiculous. We've found the seven creatures that manage to be all three.
If these freaks of nature actually exist (and we really hope some of them don't), it proves beyond doubt that the whole world is just one big pile of bat-shit blithering fuckcrazy.
#7. Tanzania: Popobawa
Tanzania is the perfect holiday destination for people who enjoy hot weather, beautiful sunsets and being sodomized in their sleep by an ethereal, bat-winged penis ogre.
Legend says that the beast known as Popobawa has been menacing the Tanzanian island of Pemba in his own unique style ever since the '70s. He can be identified by his smell (reputed to be quite pungent), and also by the fact that he is a one-eyed flying ogre with his spam javelin lodged in your rectum. He attacks only men, sneaking into their houses at night and buttburgling them for up to an hour, then--in an oddly familiar twist to anyone who reads superhero comics--demanding that they tell all their friends about him.
Crime has a new enemy. His name is PenisOgreRapistMan.
Popobawa has one eye, which is one more than this artist.
We know what you're thinking, that this legend got started because some dude's wife expressed curiosity about the odd grunts and slaps she heard when she came home unexpectedly one day. The dude quickly threw out a story about an implausible marauding fuckmonster while the gardener hid in the closet and quickly put on his trousers.
That would not however explain the actual hysteria that surrounds the Popobawa, and the many alleged sightings. What would explain it is their country being full of flying rape ogres.
How Do We Kill It?
There is no silver bullet for the Popobawa in folklore. However a mob did successfully hack a Popobawa to death once, though at the time the creature had taken the form of a random mentally ill villager. It is entirely possible that when the man confessed to being the Popobawa, he was in fact speaking figuratively.
#6. Philippines: Manananggal
According to folklore in the Philippines, your standard manananggal has the body and face of a beautiful older woman, with a couple of minor differences, such as its leathery wings and its ability to detach its torso and fly away sans legs. Manananggals terrorize the Visayan islands, where people hang large amounts of garlic around their houses as a deterrent to the manananggal, which seems unnecessary since the legless things probably don't have the ability to land.
On the whole, manananggals are fairly harmless. Oh, except that they feed on pregnant women, using their hideous proboscii to suck out the hearts of their fetuses.
Legend also says the manananggals propagate themselves by "spitting a black chick into someone else's mouth" (in fact, we actually discovered the manaanggal because we were Googling that phrase for unrelated reasons). If you find yourself infected by a manananggal, your friends can kill the chick inside you by hanging you upside down from a tree and fumigating you, so either way it sounds like you're in for a pretty shitty afternoon.
How Do We Kill It?
Filipinos insist that manananggals are not ghosts or undead, they are depicted as flesh-and-blood organisms which feed and reproduce. That means they can be killed.
Folklore says you have to sprinkle salt or garlic onto their detached lower torso. The rest of the manananggal is then unable to re-join with itself, and will die when the sun comes up. If that doesn't work we would also suggest shooting it a lot.
#5. Germany: Wolpertinger
Nestling snugly in the "What The Hell, People" category, the wolpertinger is a cute little bunny that sports antlers, wings and fangs. Its home is the Black Forest of Bavaria, where it probably spends most of its time being extremely confused. Wolpertinger have the horns of a roebuck, the wings of a jay and the feet of a duck, making them the only animals capable of both aquatic and mid-air rutting.
There is some evidence for creatures like the Wolpertinger, or at least there are actually antlered rabbits out there. The Shope Papilloma virus causes horny, cancerous growths to appear on a rabbit's head and body, often giving it the appearance of having antlers. This doesn't explain the wings, unless there's also a kind of cancer that makes you fly.
Seriously, what is it going to do with the fangs? Gore a cauliflower to death?
How Do We Kill It?
The method for catching one is pretty fucking awesome. Legend has it that wolpertinger are particularly enamored of beautiful young ladies, so if you happen to be of the curvy and boobular persuasion, you need only make your way to the forest after dark and wait for the wolpertinger to appear, then expose your glorious breasts to the night. The wolpertinger will turn into a blithering blob of lust, and can be easily bagged and thrown into a wood chipper.
Interestingly, this curious interspecies attraction also raises the possibility that wolpertinger are born with human cocks. Crypto-zoologists are tellingly silent on this point.
Either way, ladies, if you intend to go walking in the woods at night with the intention of attracting a wolpertinger, you might want to alert the authorities beforehand. The authorities in this case being anyone in the Cracked offices.
#4. Mongolia: The Death Worm
The allghoi khorkhoi, or "blood-filled intestine worm," is a delightful little fellow approximately three feet in length that supposedly lives under the Gobi desert, slithering to the surface during the rainy season in order to prey upon camels and horses and generally be horrible. Its crimson body resembles a length of cow intestine. The Death Worm is capable of spitting deadly yellow venom at its victims, and also of firing ranged electric shocks strong enough to kill a man instantly, or power a modest refrigerator for up to three hours.
It was first brought to the West's attention by Roy Chapman Andrews, the adventurer said to be the inspiration for Indiana Jones, seen having eaten his fourth wolpertinger of the morning.
"Acid-spitting electrical death worms ... WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ACID-SPITTING ELECTRICAL DEATH WORMS?"
Laugh if you want, but if there's one place in the world where bastard-crazy creatures still wait to be discovered, it's the Gobi Desert. It is basically more than half a million square miles of burning wasteland, much of which remains unexplored. A team of experts went hunting for the Deathworm in 2005, and concluded that they do in fact exist since disparate nomadic witnesses all gave the exact same description of it. Therefore either the worms are real, or modern nomads a) all possess cell phones, and b) are a bunch of wise-cracking dickbags.
It's not impossible for such a large worm to exist, though (some Australian varieties are up to 10 feet long).
How Do We Kill It?
If you are out in the wild and encounter some huge, murderous acid-vomiting hellmaggots, and if they start farting electricity at you a propos of nothing, the best course of action is to get back in the car. Drive until you get across the border, then call the military and have them nuke the area into molten glass.


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The 50,000 objects in the textile collections fall into two main categories: raw fibers, yarns, and fabrics, and machines, tools, and other textile technology. Shawls, coverlets, samplers, laces, linens, synthetics, and other fabrics are part of the first group, along with the 400 quilts in the National Quilt Collection. Some of the Museum's most popular artifacts, such as the Star-Spangled Banner and the gowns of the first ladies, have an obvious textile connection.
The machinery and tools include spinning wheels, sewing machines, thimbles, needlework tools, looms, and an invention that changed the course of American agriculture and society. A model of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, made by the inventor in the early 1800s, shows the workings of a machine that helped make cotton plantations profitable in the South and encouraged the spread of slavery.
"Textiles - Overview" showing 4 items.
1839 Frances M. Jolly's Quilt Top
- Description
- The embroidered inscription "Frances M Jolly 1839" graces the center medallion of this quilt top. This signed and dated silk-and-wool-embroidered quilt top came from an African American family, and the maker, Frances M. Jolly, was said to be an ancestor of one of the donor's grandparents. The family, of whom little else is known, is said to have lived in Massachusetts and moved to Pinehurst, North Carolina.
- A 37½-inch black square set diagonally in the center with red corner triangles is the focal point of this quilt top. It is surrounded by three borders: a 9-inch black, a 10-inch orange, and an 11-inch black. Appliquéd flowers, leaves, and vines embellished with braid and embroidery decorate the surface.
- The edges of the appliquéd motifs are not turned under, but are held in place by buttonhole stitching in matching or near-matching thread colors. Silk or cotton threads are used for securing the appliqué motifs, stitching, and the embroidery, except for the inscription, which is chain-stitched in red wool. The quilt has both hand and machine stitching. The outer two borders are machine-stitched, indicating that they were joined after 1860 when sewing machines became common in households. Wool fabrics are used for both the pieced sections and the appliquéd motifs. Wool and silk braid and silk ribbon contribute to the overall design.
- Little is known about Frances M. Jolly. A headstone in the White Cloud Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Calloway County, Missouri bears the name "Frances M. Jolly dau of E. H. and A. M. Jolly Feb 15, 1915 and Feb. 11, 1916." Whether this has a connection to the Frances M. Jolly that is inscribed on this quilt top is a question that remains to be answered with further research and information.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1839
- quilter
- Jolly, Frances M.
- ID Number
- 1983.0241.01
- catalog number
- 1983.0241.01
- accession number
- 1983.0241
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Woman's African-style Headwrap
- Description
- This headwrap dating between 1972 and 1984 was worn by Fath Davis Ruffins, an African American woman in Washington, DC. Ruffins bought the fabric for this headwrap and matching dress, which is also in the Smithsonian collections, at an African shop on Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC. It was made in 1972 but was worn as part of a summer "dress-up" outfit through 1984. Elaborately tied headwraps were worn by young African American women during this period to acknowledge their West African ancestral roots.
- The flat cotton rectangular panel is a large floral "Java Print" in three shades of green with yellow accents on a cream background with a dark green with yellow floral design border. The forty-six inch long rectangle is narrower on one short side (twenty inches) than the other (inches) with stitched edges. "Guaranteed Dutch Java Print" is stamped on the selvage.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1972-1984
- used by
- Ruffins, Fath Davis
- maker
- Ruffins, Fath Davis
- ID Number
- 1992.0456.001
- accession number
- 1992.0456
- catalog number
- 1992.0456.001
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
1885 - 1886 Harriet Powers's Bible Quilt
- Description
- Harriet Powers, an African American farm woman of Clarke County, Georgia, made this quilt in about 1886. She exhibited it at the Athens Cotton Fair of 1886 where it captured the imagination of Jennie Smith, a young internationally-trained local artist. Of her discovery, Jennie later wrote: "I have spent my whole life in the South, and am perfectly familiar with thirty patterns of quilts, but I had never seen an original design, and never a living creature portrayed in patchwork, until the year 1886, when there was held in Athens, Georgia, a 'Cotton-Fair,' which was on a much larger scale than an ordinary county fair, as there was a 'Wild West' show, and Cotton Weddings; and a circus, all at the same time. There was a large accumulation farm products--the largest potatoes, tallest cotton stalk, biggest water-melon! Best display of pickles and preserves made by exhibitor! Best display of seeds &c and all the attractions usual to such occasions, and in one corner there hung a quilt-which 'captured my eye' and after much difficulty I found the owner, a negro woman, who lives in the country on a little farm whereon she and husband make a respectable living . . . . The scenes on the quilt were biblical and I was fascinated. I offered to buy it, but it was not for sale at any price."
- Four years later, Mrs. Powers, at the urging of her husband because of hard times, offered to sell the quilt, but Miss Smith's "financial affairs were at a low ebb and I could not purchase." Later Jennie sent word that she would buy the quilt if Harriet still wanted to dispose of it. Harriet "arrived one afternoon in front of my door in an ox-cart with the precious burden in her lap encased in a clean flour sack, which was still further enveloped in a crocus sack. She offered it for ten dollars--but--I only had five to give." Harriet went out to consult her husband and reported that he said she had better take the five dollars.
- Mrs. Powers regretfully turned over her precious creation, but only after explaining each of the eleven panels of the design, which Jennie Smith recorded. Briefly, the subjects are Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, a continuance of Paradise with Eve and a son, Satan amidst the seven stars, Cain killing his brother Abel, Cain goes into the land of Nod to get a wife, Jacob's dream, the baptism of Christ, the crucifixion, Judas Iscariot and the thirty pieces of silver, the Last Supper, and the Holy Family.
- In her narrative about the quilt, artist Jennie revealed why she was so taken with it: "Her style is bold and rather on the impressionists order while there is a naievete of expression that is delicious." In recent times, historians have compared Harriet's work to textiles of Dahomey, West Africa.
- The Bible quilt is both hand- and machine-stitched. There is outline quilting around the motifs and random intersecting straight lines in open spaces. A one-inch border of straight-grain printed cotton is folded over the edges and machine-stitched through all layers.
- Harriet Powers was born a slave near Athens, Georgia, on October 29, 1837. At a young age, she married Armstead Powers and they had at least nine children. Some time after the Civil War, they became landowners. Eventually, circumstances forced them to sell off part of the land but not their home. The date of Harriet's death, Jan. 1, 1910, was recently discovered on her gravestone in Athen's Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1885-1886
- quilter
- Powers, Harriet
- ID Number
- catalog number
- accession number
- 283472
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Cotton from the gin and the press where it is baled, interior of a ginnery. [Active no. 13803 : stereo interpositive.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.2.9 [14].
- Same as RSN 1330.
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1890-1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- H.C. White Co
- Subject
- White Oak Cotton Mills
- Local number
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH


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I use Tikz for creating figures. But there is a problem. If I use for example
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\draw[help lines] (-0.1,-0.1) grid (9.9,9.9);
\draw[thick] (0,0) -- (4,4) -- (5,9) -- (0,0);
in TikzEdt then the lines from the grid are grey. But If I use the code in Texmaker then the grid lines are all black and looks like the lines from the axes.
Both programs use pdflatex. I can't find out why they gave me different results. I also copy the preamble from tikzedt to texmaker.


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What is a coherent risk measure, and why do we care? Can you give a simple example of a coherent risk measure as opposed to a non-coherent one, and the problems that a coherent measure addresses in portfolio choice?
I'm just providing a global answer to the question, as I think it can be interesting for some beginners in quant finance.
The properties given by TheBridge:
$\rho (\emptyset)=0$
This means you have no risk in taking no position.
$\rho(A_1+A_2) \leq \rho(A_1)+\rho(A_2)$
Having a position in two different can only decrease the risk of the portfolio (diversification)
Positive homogeneity
$\rho(\lambda A) = \lambda \rho(A)$
Doubling a position in an asset A doubles your risk.
And finally,
Translation invariance
$\rho(A + x) = \rho(A)-x$
That is, adding cash to a portfolio only diminishes the risk.
So a risk-measure is said to be coherent if and only if it has all these properties.
Note that this is just a convention, but it is motivated by the fact that all these properties are the ones an investor expects to hold for a risk measure.
Finally, notice that neither VaR nor Var are coherent risk measures, wherease the Expected Shortfall is.
There are 4 defining properties of coherent risk measures
You can find them here as well as examples for coherent and counterexamples of those kind of risk measures.
Coherent risk measures were created to address the problem that extant risk measures, like VaR, did not: namely that a risk measure should reward diversification.
I don't think that we should care if a risk measure is coherent.
The reason that VaR is not coherent is because it need not be sub-additive. I'm willing to stand corrected, but I doubt that VaR is very far from sub-additive in practical situations. And I don't see a great deal of harm if it were. I have several problems with VaR but non-coherent is not among them.
The homogeneity condition is wrong. I call this the Amaranth condition -- it turns out that being all of one side of a market is risky.


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The number of people sickened in Tennessee related to an outbreak of fungal meningitis climbed to 145, an increase of five more patients compared to last week.
Nationwide the number of people who have gotten sick has increased to 678 patients with 44 deaths. The outbreak is linked to steroid injections from a Massachusetts-based compounding pharmacy.
The Tennessean reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that four of the new cases reported in Tennessee are infections near the spine where the injection occurred and one is a patient with both fungal meningitis and an infection at the site of the injection.
Fourteen people in Tennessee have died. Fungal meningitis is not contagious.


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Dear All,
thanks in advance to anyone that could give some suggestion.
Here's the situation: starting from a type of random graph I extend the construction introducing a new class of random graphs. I studied some properties and I write a paper that I submitted to the arxiv.org successfully after the endorsment of one of the author cited in the references. I have a math degree but I don't have any formal affiliation to my university, so I submitted the paper as a private without affiliation.
After some minor review I consider submitting it to a math journal. I submitted it and after one month my paper was refused because of the following reviewer motivation:
"The paper considers random graphs where roughly speaking one starts with a precise graph and adds new vertices into random cycles. Clearly, the graphs that are obtained have a very special form. The presented results are neither interesting nor significant enough for publication in our journal."
So it seems to me that even if the paper was correct it's not as general results as required.
So here are my questions:
Considering that the paper seems ok, I mean no first read bad mistakes, would I submit it to another journal and see if is accepted?
In case I would try to generalize the process and would I have to submit again to the same journal?
If I don't have any affiliation this could be somehow bad at the eyes of a reviewer?
Thanks to everyone that could help.


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CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Air Force JROTC III
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
SUGGESTED PREPARATION: Air Force JROTC II
Major Concepts/Content: The Air Force JROTC III course is designed to emphasize the propulsion systems of aircraft. Both reciprocal and jet engines are studied in some detail. Rocketry and spacecraft portions of the course include rocket propulsion, guidance and control, and orbits. The space travel topic includes the development, use, and future of artificial earth satellites and interplanetary probes. Leadership hours continue the emphasis on written and communication skills. Additionally, basic management skills, such as planning, directing, and controlling are introduced. Third year cadets put these skills into practice by holding key leadership positions in the cadet corps.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be provided in the Aerospace Science laboratory setting, using standard academic procedures and techniques (lecture, discussion, audiovisual aids, blackboard, etc.). These procedures and techniques will be supplemented with visits to aviation and aerospace related units located both on and off base. The students will use their ideas and the information learned in the course to make formal and informal oral and written presentations. Students will he assigned leadership roles within an Air Force military framework in both the leadership and academic areas. The leadership roles will acquaint students with military career areas, enhance students' confidence, and develop self-discipline as well as group discipline. Each week the program will be divided into academic instruction (presented Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) and leadership instruction (presented Thursday and Friday).
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be tested on each academic unit with a formal test. Written and oral reports will be evaluated for content and form. In the leadership portion of the course, students will be evaluated on the performance of assigned duties, personal uniform inspections, marching ability, proper performance of military drill and ceremonies, and military U.S. customs and courtesies.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the Air Force JROTC III course, students should be able to:
- Identify physical and mental limitations of flight.
- Evaluate methods and procedures used to overcome physical and mental limitations of flight.
- Be familiar with roles of various aircraft and rockets.
- Be aware of the terminology of rocketry and spacecraft.
- Understand the history of manned spacecraft in the United States.
- Understand space law and its theories.
- Develop habits of orderliness and precision; basic military skills; an appreciation for U.S. Air Force traditions; and a high degree of personal reliance-reliance, and leadership.


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Is there an extension or plugin or something that will allow Google Talk to edit posts like Skype does?
This is, in Skype, one can edit the last line that was immediately posted by right-clicking over it and choosing edit in the pop-up menu, or simply by using
s/foo/bar/. Google Talk doesn't seem to have that implemented, is there any tool or browser extension that implements it?


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Pregnancy: Weeks 31-34
This month you feel (and probably look) huge! Your baby is putting on more fat layers and weight every day—about half a pound a week! In fact, she'll gain more than half her birth weight in the seven weeks before delivery.
Week Number 31
- Lungs and digestive track are nearly mature.
- The baby can see in the womb. (If you shine a bright light on your belly, he might move his head to follow the light or reach out to touch it.)
- Eyebrows and eyelashes are complete.
Week Number 32
- Layers of fat are being deposited beneath the skin.
- Arms and legs are fully proportioned in relation to the size of the head.
- The baby is passing water from his bladder.
- The baby's movements might be less frequent and less forceful because he is running out of room to move around.
Week Number 33
- The baby is practicing breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid to exercise his lungs.
- Some babies have a full head of hair by now; others have only a bit of fuzz.
- Boys' testicles are descending into the scrotum.
Week Number 34
- The skeleton hardens, although the head remains pliable to maneuver through the birth canal.
- The skin becomes less red and wrinkled.
- The toenails are present and the fingernails have reached the tips of the fingers.
In the eighth month you might feel this pregnancy idea is getting old. It's time to move on to motherhood! Be patient and give your baby just a little more time to plump up before he makes his grand entrance.
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Audi A7 2012
The Audi A7 2012 is the next evolution of Audi design, with short overhangs, a long wheelbase, an expansive hood and low-slung, sporty proportions. With its low roofline and integrated rear doors, the Audi A7 has a coupe-like silhouette. Other design elements that signify coupe styling are the frameless door windows and side mirrors mounted on the doors. A maximum of 310 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque allows the Audi A7 to sprint from 0-60 mph in 5.4 seconds and on to a limited top speed of 130 mph.


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5 Awesome Vigilantes Who Solved Crimes Better Than the Cops
#2. Man Hunts Down Child Killer Using Security Footage
When Leiby Kletzky, an 8-year-old boy, was kidnapped and murdered in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in New York City in 2011, the police didn't have much to go on -- the kid had simply vanished. That didn't sit well with property manager Yaakov German. German is a father of 12, and to have that many kids, you must love children at least as much as you hate birth control.
So, he was simply going to do what most of us only experience via grossly unrealistic vigilante movies: find out what happened to the boy, and bring the bastard who did it to justice himself.
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Yaakov German, in one of those rare moments in which he isn't fighting crime or conceiving new life.
While everyone else in the neighborhood was trying to figure out which way the kid went after school (he never showed up where his mother was waiting for him), German took a more David Caruso-like approach: He went to the school and asked to check the security camera footage to see what exact clothes Kletzky was wearing, how he was holding his knapsack, and so on.
With that information, German then knocked on the door of every store and home with a security camera in the area and simply asked to see the footage. He sat down and scrolled through hours of recordings, searching for the couple of seconds when the victim might have happened to have walked past. Little by little, clip by clip, German managed to trace the route the boy took that day. To show you that this was no piece of cake, check out how blurry the kid looked in some of the footage:
The end of the route led German to a car leasing company -- when he asked to check the security footage, he saw a video of a man taking the boy to his car. He now had the goddamned murderer right there in front of him.
The car's license plate wasn't visible, though, so they still had no idea who this creep was. But then they noticed that the footage also showed the guy going into a dentist's office across the street some minutes earlier. The cops, who figured that they might as well make themselves useful at some point, talked to the dentist and found out the identity of the kidnapper -- some guy from the neighborhood named Levi Aron.
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Nearly arrested several times before just on account of his face.
Thanks to German's legwork, the cops were able to track down the guy and arrest him, finding the victim's remains in the process. So while it was sadly too late to save Kletzky, we're going to go out on a limb and say that he wouldn't have been the last victim if not for German's amateur CSI skills.
#1. Teenage Hacker Gets Pedophile Judge Arrested
Brad Willman was a young programmer from Canada who was working on a program that allows you to remotely access files from your computer, like for example if you're on your deathbed and you want to delete all your porn before you go. One day, Willman was in a chat room when some horrifyingly awful bastard offered to sell him a 6-year-old girl. At this point, Willman thought of a better use for his little program: messing with Internet perverts.
"They're basically walking, talking, masturbating targets."
Willman went on child-porn newsgroups and posted a Trojan horse that looked like a photo file, presumably named "hot_naked_babes_literally.jpg." Once the scumbags on the other end downloaded the program and opened it, it would pop up a random image from the same directory to throw them off, at the same time giving Willman access to their computers. Willman would then remotely look through their files or photos and anonymously contact child porn watchdog groups with the information.
By his own estimate, Willman's work sent 70 people to jail, but it came to an end when he hooked a particularly big fish: a Superior Court judge in Orange County, California. Willman discovered that Judge Ronald Kline didn't just have a massive collection of child porn on both his home and courthouse PCs, but also kept a written diary of his plans to seduce young boys.
Along with a huge stash of My Little Pony fan fiction, we're guessing.
After he was done puking from what he'd just read, two weeks later Willman passed this info on to the watchdogs, as usual ... but this time, the cops came knocking on his door.
Although they appreciated his efforts -- the judge would be disbarred and sentenced to prison and a lifetime as a registered sex offender -- what Willman was doing was still illegal as hell, and the police told him to cut that shit out or face arrest. Willman agreed and retired from crime fighting at the ripe old age of 19, at least until we come up with a law that says it's legal to spy on your computer if you're gross.
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New Free Report Available: 28 pages on Oracle's Enterprise PLM Solution
By Kerrie Foy on May 08, 2012
Featuring seven customer case studies and enriched with industry-specific best practices throughout, this Oracle Enterprise PLM Report is most definitely a "one-stop-shop" for anyone looking for a solid overview of Oracle's Agile PLM and complementary solutions.
Here's a brief summary of the almost 30 pages of content:
The Origins: From Agile Software to Oracle
As part of its commitment to providing the most complete, most integrated and most industry-oriented range of applications available, Oracle in 2007 acquired Agile Software Corp., a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solutions worldwide. Since that date, Oracle has extended and further developed its PLM applications portfolio to create the industry's most comprehensive suite of applications for full, enterprise-scale PLM throughout the product value chain.
The Challenges for Product-Oriented Businesses
From industrial manufacturing to pharmaceuticals and retail, today's product-oriented industries face a unique set of challenges such as complex design and supply chains, increased global competition, market demand for customized products, economic uncertainty, and industry regulations. To thrive in these conditions, product businesses need to be efficient, agile and innovative while ensuring quality, traceability and safety. But this difficult to achieve for many businesses, which are often plagued by delays and failures due to disjointed and inefficient product development and commercialization processes.
The Oracle Solution
Drawing on our extensive work with product-oriented businesses across multiple industry sectors, Oracle has developed the expertise and the technology solutions to enable a new streamlined approach to managing the product lifecycle: managing the entire product value chain with Enterprise PLM solutions. Enterprise PLM is much more than just a technology solution. It represents a new, strategic approach to the product value chain that emphasizes process efficiency, cross-functional collaboration in the extended enterprise, rapid innovation, rigorous quality control, risk mitigation and cost effectiveness.
The Industries
Recognizing that different industry sectors have unique pressures and concerns, Oracle has developed dedicated Enterprise PLM solutions for a range of industries, including Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Retail, Industrial Manufacturing, High Tech Electronics, Consumer Packaged Goods and Food & Beverage.
Pharmaceuticals: Enabling Business Transformation
With a case study on Bayer Healthcare
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With a case study on Stryker
Retail: Get Control of Product Information
With a case study on 7-Eleven
High Tech Electronics: Accelerate Innovation in a Fast-Moving Industry
With a case study on Sun Microsystems
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With a case study on Herbalife
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With a case study on Tyson Foods
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Oracle recommends that in order to start taking advantage of the benefits of Enterprise PLM, supply chain technology leaders and CIOs should undertake a few key actions:
- Take a purposeful, thoughtful and honest inventory of existing IT product value chain operations and opportunities.
- Develop a complete understanding of Oracle's Enterprise PLM capabilities and how they may be deployed to fulfill specific operational product value chain priorities.
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24 Sep 2012 1:08 PM #1
Integrating Bryntum Ext Scheduler With Cmd generated Ext app
Using Cmd 126.96.36.199, I have successfully generated a workspace and an ext app in that workspace. The application builds correctly until I attempt to integrate the Bryntum Scheduler, where I encounter an error when I try to refresh or build:
"Failed to resolve dependency Sch.panel.SchedulerTree for file ExtCalendar.view.Tree"
My structure is:
workspace.senchabuild/common/ext/extCalendar/.sencha/app.jsonindex.htmlapp/model/view/store/controller/app.jssch-all-debug.js (the Bryntum Scheduler file)I've tried:
Adding a "js" path: ...{"path":"app/sch-all-debug.js"}... to app.json (orginally thought this was all I would have to do)
Adding <script src="app/sch-all-debug.js"> to index.html
Adding Ext.Loader.setConfig({ enabled:true, disableCaching : true }) to app.js
Adding Ext.Loader.setPath('Sch', 'js/Sch') to app.js
Adding Ext.require([ 'Sch.panel.SchedulerTree' ]) to app.js
Seems like I'm missing something rudimentary about the Sch namespace, and I'm not sure how to debug the issue....so, I'm doing a lot of trial and error to no avail.
Any advice?
26 Sep 2012 10:19 AM #2
Bryntum thread
I was able to get a bunch of help for getting the bryntum scheduler integrated with my Cmd generated app on a bryntum thread, but I still haven't resolved the build/refresh dependency issue.
Am I supposed to manually add the bryntum lib to bootstrap.js?
I've added a 'js' path to my app.json that points to the bryntum js file. What else do I need to do to resolve:
Failed to resolve dependency Sch.panel.SchedulerTree for file ExtCalendar.view.Tree
when I run $ sencha app build or $ sencha app refresh
2 Oct 2012 9:32 AM #3
related thread
More info in this thread.


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What is the most sample and practical way to know the MOM (middle of month) and EOM (end of month) in an store procedure on SQL Server 2005? (without doing a select case / switch)
EOM is the last day of the month, and MOM is the last day of the fortnight. It's seems to be 15 in every month except on february.
Also I need to take care the leap-year, Holidays, businness day option, etc. Like linux.


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Analog-Digital Display (ana-digi): Watch that shows the time by means of hour and minute hands (analog display) as well as by numbers (digital display).
Arabic Numerals: Popular counterpart to Roman numerals consisting of 1,2,3, etc; Became popular during the 18th century and typically allow for more space on the dial for complications.
ATM: Commonly used measurement in water resistance; Stands for "atmospheres" or the amount of pressure a watch can withstand before leaking; One atmosphere is equal to 10 meters of water pressure.
Automatic Movement: Type of movement where the mainspring is wound via the movement of one's own arm; Movement of the arm causes the rotor to rotate, which in turn winds the mainspring; Similar to mechanical movements, except winding is not manual.
Bezel: Retaining ring surrounding the case and securing the crystal; Sometimes incorporates unidirectional or ratcheting movements, as well as additional benefits such as chapter markers.
Case: Timepiece's container; Protects the movement from dust, dampness and injury; Common case shapes are round, tonneau, rectangular and square.
Chronograph: Timepiece capable of both timekeeping and stopwatch functions; Chronographs are a unique and valued complication due to their ability to measure increments of time.
Chronometer: High-precision timepiece that has been tested and is certified to meet precision standards; Chronometer watches often come with certificates indicating their certified status.
Complication: Any feature added to the timepiece that does not indicate hours, minutes or seconds. Popular complications include chronographs, tachymeters, date windows and exhibition backs.
Crown: Small, cap-like device located on the side of a case that allows the user to set time or manually wind watch.
Crystal: Transparent cover on a watch face that gives view of the dial; Sapphire and mineral are the most common crystals used today.
Date Window: Reveals the numeric day of a given month.
Deployant: Type of clasp that keeps the closing mechanism hidden, creating an uninterrupted look for your bracelet or strap.
Dial: Plate beneath the crystal showcasing the timepiece's features; Sometimes referred to as the face of a timepiece, the dial indicates hours, minutes and seconds, as well as complications such as date windows and sub-dials.
Dual Deployant: Similar to a deployant clasp, except it uses two hinges to fasten or open, as opposed to one.
Dual Time Zone: Timepiece that simultaneously gives time in two time zones.
Exhibition case: Unique complication wherein a crystal is implemented into the case back, allowing view of the timepiece's movement.
Greenwich Mean Time: Refers to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England where mean time is kept; Located at the prime meridian of the world, GMT is thought of as "the world's time".
Jewels: International term referring to the rubies, sapphires or other gemstones used as bearings in a watch movement; These bearings are set to reduce friction in a movement and help the delicate parts of the movement work smoothly and with great precision.
Mechanical Movement: Type of movement where the winding crown is used to power the movement; Needs to be manually wound after an elapsed period of time; Sometimes accompanied by a exhibition back to display its old-fashioned sensibilities.
Mineral Crystal: Technical term for glass; Standard crystal used in timepieces today.
Minute Repeater: Timepiece that sounds hours, quarters and minutes as requested.
Moon Phase: Complication on a timepiece that displays the various stages of the moon; Stages include new moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter.
Mother-of-Pearl: Dial material that has been cultivated from the inside of certain shells; Provides an iridescent surface and gives timepieces a rich aesthetic.
Movement: Assembly making up the principal elements and mechanisms of a watch or clock; Includes the winding and setting mechanism, the mainspring, the train, the escapement and the regulating elements.
Perpetual Calendar: Complication that exhibits the days in a Gregorian calendar, the most common calendar used today; Automatically adjusts to months with different amounts of days in them.
Power Reserve: Time a watch will continue running based on the movement's residual winding of its mainspring; In quartz and digital watches, this can also refer to the amount of energy left in the battery.
Push Button Dual Deployant: Similar to deployant clasps, with the addition of two small hidden push buttons that spring your clasp open.
Quartz Movement: Most common type of movement used in modern timepieces; Vibrating at a high frequency and placed under an electric current, quartz movements provide accurate time without the need to wind.
Repeater: Complex watch mechanism that sounds hours, quarters or minutes, or repeats them on request; Originally designed to help the wearer to tell the time in the dark.
Retrograde: Hour, minute, second or calendar hand that moves across a scale and resets to zero at the end of its cycle.
Sapphire Crystal: High-end crystal that adds greater value to a timepiece; The only natural substance able to harm a sapphire crystal is a diamond.
Skeletonization: Cutting away unnecessary metal from the movement to allow the wearer to actually see through the movement; Any part that is not needed is carved out, leaving only the movement's skeleton.
Subdial: Smaller dials located on the main dial of a timepiece; Used to measure seconds, minutes or days.
Tachymeter: Popular complication that measures distance based on speed; Typically located along the outer rim of a dial.
Water resistant: Watches described as simply "water resistant" can handle light moisture, such as a rainstorm or splashes from a sink, but they should not be completely submerged in water for any length of time; A commonly used measurement in water resistance is ATM, which stands for "atmospheres" or the amount of pressure a watch can withstand before leaking. About Rubber:
Originally harvested by the Aztecs and Mayans thousands of years ago, natural rubber comes from the sap of wild rubber trees native to Central and South America. It is collected manually by tapping, or cutting into their bark, to free the white sap known as latex. The latex is then shipped to factories where machines make it into everyday products. Highly valued for being waterproof, polyurethane rubber is an exceptionally strong form that conveniently absorbs color. It withstands abrasive environmental forces and is UV resistant, thus making it ideal for watches that will see a variety of surroundings.
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I am having a little problem with getting my images to line up.
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