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I have a 2010 iMac 27" as well as a 27" Apple Cinema Display. The iMac will auto-dim on inactivity, I'd say around 5 minutes. When the iMac dim's the Cinema Display is still bright. There is no "Automatically reduce the brightness of the display" option in Energy Saver or Displays within System Preferences. Anyone any suggestions?
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If someone has never used Gregg shorthand before, how long does it take to learn the system? On average, how long would it take to be able to write it as quickly as normal longhand? A bit faster than longhand? Full speed?
I'm currently learning Gregg shorthand, been about 2 months. If you peruse the manual, you will find the rules to be efficient and sensible. The simplicity of the individual strokes are apparent and really, not a comparison to Chinese characters.
To reach the speed of longhand, which is really at most 30 wpm (pretty slow), will maybe take few months at most depending on which version of Gregg you choose to learn. I'm already at that level with Anniversary Gregg. To reach the speed of an average typing speed (70 wpm) I would give half a year at most. Of course this would mean diligence (hour a day recommended but I've varied). To reach a sensible speed, where you can write down a speech of average speed (about 150 wpm) I would give at least a year. Of course it varies with each person and which version, but these are my approximations for the Simplified Gregg.
I would personally recommend either Simplified or Anniversary--the latter having more memory load but more efficient--to really enjoy the benefits long run.
For more information I would recommend the Gregg angelfishy website or Gregg multiply group.
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We can't really put an actual time on this as that differs from person to person, learning to learning method.
If you are deciding if you want to learn it, decide on whether you really want it. I'm happy I learned Dvorak.
I learned Pitman's at college in 3 months, with a further 6 months to get up to usable speed (120 wpm). As I believe Pitman's is probably slightly more complicated than Gregg, this would seem to be a reasonable time to expect if you study and practise most days. The more you practise, the faster you will reach whatever speed goal you have in mind. I found that the more quickly you can get through the studying, the better the result, as you don't end up forgetting the lessons, which would tend to happen if there are long gaps between study periods. The period could be much shorter than that, if you only wanted to match longhand speed, which is about 20-30 wpm.
I learned greg by studying on my own off and on for about six months. I find that I use the small words mixed in with longhand (and, its, the, into, etc.) and it speeds me up considerably. However, when I go to write completely in shorthand, I'll speedily write a word, and then there will be a pause while I think about how to write the next word. Really, it's much easier to learn to read shorthand words by sounding them out, but you can't write it that way; you have to memorize the way words look and write them without thinking about each individual letter-stroke. I haven't reached that point yet.
Basic Steps to Learn Shorthand: Learn thoroughly the alphabets, brief forms, phrases, word families; how to connect the words effectively. Practice by copying printed materials and taking down voice tapes and be able to read/transcribe them. Challenge yourselves from difficult materials. Whenever there are speeches on TV try your best to take them down. How long does to learn shorthand, entirely depends on how motivated you are. The sheer joy of learning it would be your reward.


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oh, it's the "first" series, not the FIRST series.. carry on, then.
So its the first SEASON, not series. meh. pay for a month of netflix and watch them all in one weekend on a binge, :D
I liked Houghton.
But Tom Baker was my real Doctor.
Maybe a pretty tie works for some people, but nothing beats a well worn scarf.
@funkadunk8: If you know "Doctor Who," I find it unlikely you don't know what "Series" means for a British TV show.
@gidgaf: You don't happen to mean "Troughton", the second Doctor, do you?
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Due to the wibbly wobbly nature of time, I highly recommend paying extra for TARDIS delivery. If you do, you should have gotten them some time between yesterday and 2005. If you don't already have them, you didn't pay for TARDIS delivery, and it's really your own fault.
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FORT RILEY, Kan. (WIBW) -- They are the newest, most advanced attack helicopters in the United States Army and Fort Riley is the only installation that has them- the Apache Block III's.
The first of 24 new Apaches landed at Marshall Airfield on Tuesday. They are replacing the Apache Block II's that Fort Riley has been using.
Members of the 1-1 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion flew the new Apaches in from California where they've been testing them out at the National Training Center.
The $36 million war-fighting tools are designed to get to battles faster in order to help troops in combat on the ground.
The helicopters can carry more fuel and ammunition, allowing them to stay in the fight longer. On top of that, they can also take control of drones that may already be flying near a battle which will allow pilots to activate sensors that will show them where American soldiers and enemy forces are located so that they are more prepared when they show up to the fight.
"Right now in Afghanistan, there are soldiers operating in very high altitudes, very far away from any Forward Operating Bases out there and now with this aircraft, we can fly higher altitudes, at faster speeds and when they need us, we can get there carrying more fuel and more ammunition to help them out of trouble or to take care of bad guys as the case may be," said Lieutenant Colonel Ed Vedder, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Attack Reconnaissance Battalion which is part of the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade.
Because of their success in during the war in Iraq, the Pentagon is allowing Fort Riley's Apache pilots to premiere the new helicopters.
"The decision for Fort Riley to receive the Apache Block III was an ongoing thing. The decision was made in the Pentagon back around 2008-2009 time frame. This battalion after a very successful rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom during the surge from 2007 to almost 2009, we were deployed from 15-16 months. It was an exceptionally successful rotation for us. We shut down numerous IED networks in Northern Iraq. We were very successful in supporting the soldiers on the ground and we won a whole bunch of awards throughout the Army and it was pretty obvious to everyone that this unit should be the first one to receive it," Vedder told WIBW.
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Home births are not for everyone. They're only an option for you if you're having a healthy, low-risk pregnancy, and you may need to be transferred to a hospital before delivery if complications arise. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes home births because of the potential for complications, even in low-risk pregnancies, as does the American Medical Association. Only 6 out of every 1,000 U.S. births are home births.
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And now there's a new player in town-a foe that may be too much for even Kate and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, to handle. Because this time, Kate will be taking on family.
Magic Bleeds is one of those pivotal books that can either make or break the series. Vital changes take place. The enemy Kate faces in this book is the most powerful we've written to date. When she shattered the blood sword during the Midnight Games in Magic Strikes, she knew there would be consequences. Well, the consequences arrive and smash her life to pieces. She loses everything and her world will never be the same.
In so many ways, this is a fight or flight book. Kate's opponent has been called the City Eater, and the moniker is well deserved. The situation is desperate. Kate knows she is outclassed and underpowered. Her enemy has centuries of experience, commanding the forces of nature and deadly disease. Kate would have preferred facing anything else, a mythical monster, a legend, a god, but no, her opponent is much, much worse. Because Kate has to go up against family. This enemy has no mercy, no compassion, and no weakness.
Kate has to stand against her bloodline and probably die, or run, abandoning everyone she cares about, and live to fight another day. It very clear just how far she has to go in learning her powers and she has no time to do it.
In the middle of this chaos she must decide if she should take that one vital step forward, bridging the distance between her and the Beast Lord. For the first time in her life she is truly, deeply in love. But being with Curran means telling him about her ancestry, because as she says in the narrative, "You can't smelt happiness from a lie. The world doesn't work that way." Being with him means dragging him down into her private war, because Kate knows that once they're together, her problems will become his and Curran doesn't do backing down.
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Invisible Survivors: The Legacy of Male Sexual Trauma. Implications for Mental Health Clinicians and Other Health Care Providers
This training is sponsored by Fenway Health and the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center with additional support from Brookline Psychological Services and features Howard Fradkin, Ph.D, LICDC The cost for registering for this training is $40. This includes coffee and pastries in the morning and lunch. Even advanced professionals are surprised to learn that 1 in 6 men have experienced sexual trauma. This training is designed to help mental-health professionals and providers in related fields gain a better understanding of the continuum of sexual trauma and of the impact of sexual abuse on men. The session will describe clinically effective techniques for recognizing and assessing for trauma, provide a conceptual framework for trauma treatment, and explain clinically appropriate responses and interventions. A networking luncheon will provide a forum for sharing local and national resources for male survivors and providers. Providers are encouraged to bring resource materials to share. Dr. Howard Fradkin has counseled over 1,000 male survivors in various contexts over the course of his 28-year career as a psychologist. He is the co-chairperson and co-founder of the Male Survivor Weekends of Recovery intensive weekend workshops for men at all stages of recovery from sexual trauma. Dr. Fradkin was recently invited to appear as an expert on Oprah's ground-breaking shows featuring 200 male survivors, who gathered to offer hope and inspiration for millions of survivors worldwide. Download the Conference Brochure for the full details of the day. Register Online and pay by credit card or check. Please complete the questions on the last page of the registration, after you complete payment, to help us make this conference better meet your needs. Download CEU information The cost of CEUs is included in the registration fee. You can request CEUs the day of the training. PLEASE NOTE: There is a Red Sox game the day of the training so parking will be difficult and expensive. Public transportation is highly recommended.


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I have a Reed-Solomon Code which can correct t=2 errors. The generator polynomial is $p(X) = X^3 + X + 1$ and $p(a) = a^3 + a + 1 = 0$ this means $a^3 = a + 1$
- What is the degree of generator polynomial of this code?
- Are the following code words valid, why or why not?
$(1, a+1, 1, 0, 0, a+1, a)$
$(a^2+a+1, a+1, a^2, a^2+a+1, a^2, 0, 0)$
The first question is easy to answer I think; the degree of the generator polynomial is 3.
However, the second question is way more challenging. I assume that the finite field $\operatorname{GF}(2^3)$ is used and therefore a code word consists of $n = 2^3 - 1 = 7$ symbols. This criteria is met by both code words mentioned in the second question.
How can I determine the validity of the 2 code words?
Probably I have to use the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) but because of $n=7$ this would generate a $7\times 7$ matrix which is to costly to do it by hand.
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Unanswered: Supported Video Playback
So I see nothing in the documentation, and I cannot seem to get any video format to work.
Does anyone know what containers and codecs are supported by the sencha desktop packager's version of chromium?
I've also contacted support, as this functionality is kind of a deal breaker for me. As soon as I told them I'm part of a small dev team, they disappeared. It's been over a week for some very basic questions to be answered.
I'm highly technical so I'm well aware of video, the web, and all that surrounds it, not to toot my own horn, but I'm not a tire kicker here.
So far the solution has great potential for us, so I'm just concerned about the support of these key features right now.
Thanks to any Sencha support person, or others who may have some insight.
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webm supported
I finally got webm working.
A lot of my issues this far with the sencha desktop packager have been with filepaths to locally stored resources.
Kind of a bummer that it looks like mp4/h.264 is not being supported right now. Webm as it stands is pretty obscure as a video codec.
I will continue to do more testing...


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Hannibal Industries (Booth 659), the North American master distributor for shelving products from Metalsistem, announced at a Monday press conference the launch of a stocking distributor program for the United States.
Metalsistem is an Italian maker of adjustable shelving with a durable type of galvanized finish that has a zinc coating, said Steve Rogers, VP of sales for Hannibal. With various decking and beam options, and other component-based features, the shelving can be configured to meet many needs, said Rogers.
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Rogers said the Metalsistem line is used in many industrial markets needing highly adjustable shelving, and also is seeing use in residences. Options such as drawers or bins give the shelving appeal for Kanban locations or industrial storage of tooling or small parts, noted Rogers, while the attractive zinc coating has helped the product line in retail settings.
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WHEELING - The administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the secretary of the Department of Energy determine policies affecting coal-burning power plants, electric utility bills and employment in the local coal industry.
Members of the U.S. Senate soon will consider President Barack Obama's nominations of Gina McCarthy to lead the EPA and Ernest Moniz as energy secretary.
Moniz, 68, is professor of physics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is director of the MIT Energy Initiative and the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment.
McCarthy, 54, meanwhile, currently serves as EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation.
She was involved with crafting proposed EPA regulations to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants that were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"I'm very much concerned about ... the lady that they have there," Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said of McCarthy. "I have quite a few questions to be asking her when she comes before us. You know, she's been on the wrong end of policies they put out from the EPA, and I'm very much upset about that. So I think when she comes before our committee, I'll ask these questions - and I'm interested in hearing what answers I will receive."
Manchin noted McCarthy also was part of the policies deemed as "overreaching" by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Why (the EPA and the Obama administration) keep going down this road when they know they are not constitutional is beyond me," Manchin said. "I'm just disappointed we don't have a balance. Why aren't they looking for somebody who (favors) having an energy policy, trying to use the best technology, and working with the states to find the best practices rather than working against us all the time?
"She has been on the end of the administration that has really worked against us. I have concerns, very serious concerns. Still, I think everyone is due a process that we all go through, and she should be afforded that process. ... Right now, it doesn't look good."
Manchin is more optimistic about Ernest Moniz serving as secretary of energy.
"He doesn't seem to be as objectionable, or have done the things she has done," Manchin said. "He has been in favor of fossil, he supports fracking and fossil energy. There are things that show there might be some support there. I'm going to ask him some tough questions. He seems to me that he feels we need an 'all-in' energy policy - and that's refreshing if he does."
Sen. Rob. Portman, R-Ohio, said the nomination of McCarthy as EPA administrator "could have a positive impact" on the coal industry because current EPA policy "is unacceptable."
"In 2008 ... the president was talking about bankrupting the coal industry," he said. "It's hard to look back over the next four years, and see that's not partly what is happening."
He added he doesn't know Moniz, but has asked to meet with him.
"I am encouraged that he has an interest and background in nuclear energy," Portman said. "That's important to us in Ohio because of the enrichment facility in Piketon, which is the only U.S. owned (centrifuge) facility."
He added he is also pleased at Moniz's stance supporting non-proliferation, or keeping other countries from developing nuclear weapons.
"Dr. Moniz has a great deal of experience as a physicist and former top energy official under President Clinton," noted Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. "He has reiterated the need for an 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy."
"I'm hopeful that his support of research into carbon capture and storage for coal means that, if confirmed, Dr. Moniz will help us to advance new technologies to create a strong future for coal. He has also recognized the importance of natural gas which holds great promise for West Virginia's economy."
Rockefeller said McCarthy has a great deal of experience working on energy and environment issues for both Democrats and Republicans.
"As she's considered for the post, it's important to examine if she is willing to maintain our water quality, protect human health and work together on real solutions to save and create jobs in our state, while also acting within the limits of the EPA's authority," he said.
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7 Useful Genetic Experiments That Are Creepy As Hell
#3. Reviving Extinct Animals
Bringing back prehistoric animals has been a trope in science fiction for a very, very long time. So far, none of these efforts have come to fruition.
Scientists have been trying to clone the wooly mammoth for over 10 years, and despite continuous reassurance that we're on the brink of a major breakthrough, no one's pulled it off yet. The only prehistoric creatures we've successfully revived is bacteria -- and even they weren't really dead, just suspended inside a salt crystal or in the stomach of a fossilized bee. This is the scientific equivalent of winning a bag of Skittles in the lottery.
Still, though. Skittles.
Most recently, a scientist announced his intention to reverse-engineer a dinosaur from a modern chicken by systematically removing DNA, because that makes nothing but sense.
However, scientists have succeeded in reviving the genetic material of an extinct predator called the Tasmanian tiger, a nine-foot-long giant marsupial capable of hopping on its hind legs like a kangaroo and hiding its young in a pouch, presumably to launch them out as bloodthirsty living projectiles.
We quite rightly hunted these monsters to extinction, and the last one died in captivity in 1936, presumably in an emotionally stirring display like when Draco the last dragon dies in DragonHeart.
Otherwise known as "the saddest Sean Connery-related moment of our childhood."
In 2008, scientists succeeded in splicing genetic material from the tiger into a lab mouse, because, "Of all the DNA that's ever existed, only one percent is presently in circulation. The rest is lost to history, along with the insights it might provide. By bringing back lost genes, scientists can see what they do."
That's right: Science injected a mouse with Tasmanian tiger genes just to see what would happen.
"This is going to rock tits."
The extinct-animal shenanigans don't stop there. The possibility of splicing mice with pterodactyl wings has been raised, which is the greatest idea ever in the history of thought. And in 2009, scientists successfully recreated the Tasmanian tiger's entire gene sequence from museum specimens, suggesting that the animal could eventually be successfully cloned.
Seriously, this can't be more than two years away.
#2. Twenty Tons of Tumor
In February 1951, Henrietta Lacks had a cell sample taken from a particularly nasty tumor. She died later that year, but in the hands of scientists, the sample lived much, much longer.
Even after the tumor was removed from Lacks' body, researchers found, it was ravenous. It devoured nutrients. If introduced into a dish with another type of cell, it would overwhelm it within weeks. And it multiplied and multiplied, in only two-thirds of the time it took other cells to do the same.
At which point it joined the Uncanny X-Men.
Lacks' cells spread like the plague among the scientific community, partly because of their incredible research value and also because they literally spread like a plague. They couldn't be contained -- they sneaked onto unrelated samples and traveled from lab to lab, some of the cells even making their way into Russia at the height of the Cold War.
HeLa, as the tumor was called, both to protect Lacks' identity and screw her family out of untold amounts of cash, is what's called an "immortal" cell line, meaning that it can reproduce infinitely, and it's also a laboratory "weed" that inevitably spreads and contaminates other cell samples. It has been a boon to the medical community and invaluable for research.
HeLa cells, seen here plotting world domination.
So what's weird about that? Think about this: To date, scientists have grown around 20 tons of HeLa cells, 400 times the woman's body weight when she was alive.
And roughly the same weight as Tyrannosaurus rex.
All of this happened without her family's knowledge or consent. It wasn't until the 1970s, when her children received a call for assistance in testing, that they learned a that zombie blob of their mother's body tissue was still alive and squishing.
Over half a century later, HeLa continues to thrive. It's even continued to evolve. Some scientists are ready to declare HeLa an actual unique species -- aside from its origin, it eats and reproduces independently like any other unicellular species, despite being the unholy John Carpenteresque mutant offspring of a lady who passed away 60 years ago.
#1. Living Bacon
If only there were some miraculous creature that didn't think or feel pain, that only grew plumper and more scrumptious until you could tear it apart with your teeth without guilt.
Enter living bacon.
Scientists have produced semiliving, nonsentient blobs of edible pork cells. It's not even a new thing: Back in 2002, NASA successfully engineered living goldfish meat as part of an experiment to produce replenishable food supplies for astronauts, because for some goddamn reason NASA thinks people enjoy eating goldfish.
There are other advantages to cloned meat: It can be produced cheaply without harming real animals and produced in large enough quantities that it could reduce world hunger and negate the environmental damage caused by the meat industry. Assuming, you know, people want to eat quasi-living blobs of pork.
"We'll eat anything, as long as it's salty and fills the hole in our empty lives."
The meat starts as pig stem cells, which are nurtured until they grow into muscle cells that are identical to edible pork, although they require exercise to be made palatable. "We need to find ways of improving it by training it and stretching it," one scientist admits.
Just toss this on a treadmill for a few minutes and you're ready to go.
No one's actually tried the stuff yet, but a scientist describes the texture as "firm but a little squishy and moist." After pork, ground beef seems like the next plausible step, although we can't imagine McDonald's hamburgers tasting any more like synthetic depression than they already do.
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In this Article
- What is MyPlate? Should this be your plate now?
- What is the difference between MyPlate and the Food Pyramid?
- What are the limitations of MyPlate?
What is the difference between MyPlate and the Food Pyramid?
The importance of a balanced diet dates back to research done in the 1800s. The original research started with data on protein, carbohydrates, ash, and "fuel" value for common foods. In 1902, the man responsible for this research, W.O. Atwater, stated that "the evils of overeating may not be felt at once, but sooner or later they are sure to
The first official food guide in USDA publications was published in 1916. In this guide, foods were categorized into five food
In 1992, the Food Guide Pyramid was released as the image for a healthful diet. It emphasized foods from the five major food groups: grain group, vegetable group, fruit group, meat group, and milk group. Fats, oils, and sweets were represented at the very top of the pyramid. The message was that each group provided some, but not all nutrients, and no one food group is more important than the other.
The Food Pyramid also included a range of servings for each of the food groups. The minimum range was listed for "almost everyone," and the maximum was based on your calorie needs. The biggest problem with the Pyramid turned out to be the servings listed under each food group. Many people are unaware of the difference between a serving and a portion. A serving is a guideline or standard unit of measurement. We need this measurement to help estimate how much someone consumes. The portion is the actual number of servings that you consume. For example, if you eat a sandwich with two pieces of bread you would have two servings from the grain group. Each piece of bread is one serving, so two pieces would be two servings. That means that your portion was two servings of grains. People would mistakenly think that whatever amount they had at the meal was equal to one serving. That could mean that you were allowed a minimum of six sandwiches if bread was your only source of grains! Of course, this is not the case and it would be extremely difficult to maintain your weight if you did that with each of the food groups.
Another criticism of the Pyramid was the way that the foods were listed. Some people saw the large grain group on the bottom and thought that it was more important than fruits or vegetables. Others saw the top as the most important and that would mean that fats, oils, and sweets were the most important part of their diet. Finally, the Pyramid doesn't show that whole grains are ideal, you want lowfat versions of meats and dairy, fresh fruits and veggies are ideal, that you need water, or that physical activity is needed.
MyPyramid was the icon that replaced the Food Guide Pyramid. With this modification of the system, the goal was a more personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity. The image now had colors representing each of the food groups that were spread across the Pyramid, instead of stacked from top to bottom. A person climbing up the stairs on the side was added to emphasize physical activity. The web site http://www.MyPyramid.gov was added to give details on serving sizes and personalize how many are needed from each food group. The hope was that people would use the online tool and get the needed education for the Pyramid to make sense. Unfortunately, many people found this even more complicated than the original Food Guide Pyramid.
In the hopes of simplifying the goal of a well-balanced diet, MyPlate was developed. The plate is built off of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and is divided into four sections: fruits, vegetables, grains, and protein. On the side, is an image for dairy. Along with the plate comes "10 tips to a great plate," which are based on the Dietary Guidelines and include the following advice:
- Balance calories.
- Enjoy your food but eat less.
- Avoid oversized portions.
- Foods to eat more often
- Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.
- Switch to fat-free or lowfat (1%) milk.
- Make half your grains whole grains.
- Foods to eat less often
- Compare sodium in foods.
- Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
Details on each of these and other tips can be found at this government site.
We eat on a plate and not a pyramid so the image of a plate is clearly easier to understand when deciding what a balanced meal should look like. Many believe that MyPlate is going to have a huge impact in changing the American diet. First Lady Michelle Obama announced that MyPlate "is a quick, simple reminder for all of us to be more mindful of foods that we're eating, and as a mom, I can already tell how much this is going to help parents across the country."
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Thats ok, I would rather give shots to the young kids than pay 30 million to the next Suppan or Wolf just because they are veterans.Hide replies
Marcum is "the next" Suppan? Did you watch him ruin our season in the 2011 playoffs? He's worse than Suppan. That year was our best chance for the next decade.
That is exactly the point. Anything more than a 2 year contract would be taking away time one of our young pitchers could be pitching.
This is depressing. Just go into sell mode if this is the reality of the situation.Hide replies
what a stupid comment.
Melvin doesn't anticipate signing another starter or adding bullpen help!! He DOES anticipate going 73-89 and losing another 800,000 fans. With Marco Estrada as the #2 pitcher, two or three rookies in the rotation, plus a bullpen that he has done nothing to improve except subtract people, 73 wins might be the goal for 2013. Maybe staying in 4th place ahead of the cubs will be his goal. Of course then he can pull a Loria and claim poverty again as an excuse to do nothing but watch the team get worse. Look for him to sell off Hart-Weeks for low level prospects because the Crew isn't winning. Disgusting!Hide replies
What's disgiusting is the money (very) mediocre talent is getting in free agency. Melvin is right to aviod it. The Brewers can do better with young, hungry players, than overpriced mediocre veterans.
You need to take a closer look at Marco Estrada's numbers. They were really, really good. His WHIP of 1.142 would have placed him 9th in the NL had he had enough innings to qualify (he was 22 short) and had he, he would have been 2nd in the league in strikeouts per 9 innings, behind only Gio Gonzalez. The other rotation guys besides Gallardo put up nice numbers as well. Plus they are getting Narveson back. You can pooh-pooh that, but Narveson was a regular mamber of rotation that won 96 games in 2011.
"Melvin doesn't anticipate signing another starter or adding bullpen help!!"
Say what? Where are you getting this crap from? You are way wrong.
I guess they're not even trying to improve. This team gave up the 4th most runs in the league last year, and that was with Greinke for most of the season. And, they've done nothing to get better.Hide replies
So you'd prefer they over spend for mediocre talent? I rather they give some of the youngsters a chance than saddl;e themselves with bad contracts. You've been in NYC to long. Not everyone can buy a championship.
Or Melvin could earn his money and spend wisely. The free agent market isn't all $100M deals and pitchers in their late-30s getting 3 years. What's wrong with McCarthy at 2/$15.5 or Uehara at 1/$4.25? Maybe you've been in Milwaukee too long and accept mediocrity.
They also subtracted most of the guys responsible for that ranking namely Wolf, Parra, Loe, Rodriguez, Veras, and a few others. It's time to let Rogers and Peralta get a shot. They have the stuff to succeed at this level. If they fail, then Burgos, Thornburg, Jungmann are waiting in the wings. Plus going in with a lower payroll gives them the ability to deal for a guy.
I won't be shocked if we somehow see K-Rod back on a 1 yr deal yet. He was terrible for much of last year but his track record says he's good, his value is at an all time low and he's said he'd be willing to come back.
No, not him again.
The only thing I can think here is that Marcum will clearly want more years than the Brewers want to give any pitcher. He would fit for 2 years, my guess is he wants 3 or 4. That said, he might not get that anywhere due to limited ceiling and injury history, so why seemingly close the door on a pretty well known commodity?
I'd take Marcum over Dempster in a second. But it sounds like the young guys with Marco and Narveson are going to need to produce. Now the real question becomes what of the pen and just how low can the payroll go I guess.
Perhaps DM has a move up his sleeve yet. The Hart situation is curious as they probably need to extend him or trade him before ST.Hide replies
marcum should be happy to sign a one year contract after two years of injuries off & on. he could get a chance to prove himself.
Let's just hope Melvin is lying, which is fine. He has no obligation to be truthful with the media or fans if he believes it will hurt the Brewers' chances of landing a free agent pitcher like Edwin Jackson. But this statement scares the heck out of me: "One of the starters that doesn't make our rotation might have to go to the bullpen." Right now, the Brewers have one No. 1/2 pitcher in Gallardo, and five Nos. 4/5 pitchers in Estrada, Narveson, Rogers, Fiers and Peralta. That isn't going to get it done.Hide replies
The tricky part of this juggling act is nobody really knows how the young pitchers will perform this year. One thing for sure is if they make every start then then will have to be shut down towards the end of the year from too many IP.
$35 million came off the books this offseason (according to the team's numbers reported by TH). If they're not going to spend some of that and try to compete, then why not blow the whole thing up and target a run in 2014 or 2015? Trade Hart and Weeks and anybody else with 1-2 years left on his contract and any trade value, and start the process of building a winner. This team is in no man's land - not good enough to compete, not willing to spend the money to get there, and not willing to rebuild.Hide replies
Exactly. Agree completely. This team, as currently constructed, cannot compete with the Cardinals or the Reds to win the division, or, for that matter, realistically can't compete for the wild card. So, they either need to add players to this team to compete, or plan ahead for 2015. Of course, then they'd waist 2 years of Braun's prime, and waste two years of having Gallardo at a very reasonable salary. The clear choice is add payroll to compete now. Until I see numbers from the team to justify cutting payroll, I don't buy it.
Somewhat agree as well. These young guys are going to be like young guys and have their ups and dows all season....Also, what is the current status of the bullpen? Yikes.
Just curious, did you guys watch the brewers last season? Because they only missed the playoffs by a few games in spite of having a horrible stretch of baseball in the middle of the season. IMO this team proved it could compete last year and with all of our offensive fire power it seems like a decent pitching staff will have them competing again next year
Rich Boy, you're proving my point: the Brewers are not far away from being a good team, so why not spend some of the $35M to put them over the top? They probably only need a starter and two bullpen arms. But, management isn't willing to do that.
Btw, Rich Bay, a big driver of the Brewers' comeback in 2012 was the performance of Peralta, Rogers, and Fiers. I'm really hopeful that they can keep up their strong second half performances for a full year. But, I think it would be wise for management to make contingency plans and add at least one veteran starter.
brewerfannyc, they did spend some if not most of the money...on player raises!
The payroll will also be smaller this year than last year.
Debbie Downer alert! If you haven't figured it out by now, DM and MA are committed to put the best team on the field that their (limited) budget allows. And spending over $100 million on last year's results is not sustainable. Assuming an opening-day payroll of about $85 million, the team still has plenty of money to spend and plenty of time to make some moves.
And if you weren't paying attention (brewerfannyc), the young starters who took their place in the rotation after Greinke left almost pulled the team into the playoffs. That high runs-scored stat is really the fault of the bullpen, which has been the focus of DM's attention since the season ended.Hide replies
Yes they did pull them closer to the playoffs and pitched well over the last month, but how many young pitchers last an entire year being durable and efficent??? A lot of them hit a wall at some point.
Cheeseman if you assume that 85 million will be the final payroll, than I disagree that there is plenty left to spend. They have 12 players currently signed for 65 million. 20 million to fill 13 spots in today's baseball climate does not leave much wiggle room.
The Crew has about $15MM- $18 MM left to spend within their budget. They need a starter and a couple for the bullpen. Most of the remaining players are under team control with minimum ML contracts.
They should be able to git a starter with that.
We do have enough guys that deserve a shot. Having a situation where somebody is blocking the progress of one of them because he's high paid wouldn't be that good.
The best way to say it would be this. If Dempster were to pitch really good for 3 years. Say around a 3.8 ERA or less. The that's a pretty decent signing. If he's however pitching above that, then he would just be blocking some other guys opportunity. Unless you could trade him at some point.
Plus in the end for the money we would pay him could Ryan really pitch that much better then the 5 guys we have ready? Plus more are coming the next few years.
Doug I would say is right. We have enough young guys now ready to be given their opportunity. I hope they can give us innings. But we need to find that all out. Honestly it might be exciting to watch.Hide replies
Right on fishhead. FA is more about years than money at this point for pitchers. 3 years ago the Brewers had no issues signing longer term deals as no one was ready. Now with a pipeline, signing anyone more than 2 years is a block on a developed and cheap prospect.
DM has to be thinking Peralta and Rogers can both be top end rotation starters in the next 1-2 years. If that materializes, which requires some luck to avoid injuries etc, they'll have money to spend elsewhere.
That is a HUGE gamble that Rogers will stay healthy an entire year and make 30 starts...I really like the guy but you have to look at his past.
It is a big gamble to trust the young guys for sure. But DM has to be thinking it's a better gamble than both blocking them and spending 30M on an average veteran over 3 years.
Does anybody really think Rodgers or Peralta have a career as 1-2 pitcher? If that were the case i would be pretty excited, but neither of these guys as been dominant at any level for a long period of time. I think the scouts might agree with me on that one. Are either of them listed in top 100 minor leaguers?
Ultimately that's why DM gets paid, to make those evaluations. So if he's comfortable riding the young guys to compete, he ties his future with the club to that decision. He must be comfortable with what he's seen to insist on no 3 year deals for a pitcher. That indicates his thought is the young guys will be able to fill up the staff from top to bottom I think.
small market teams HAVE TO take gambles on home grown guys. DM is doing the right thing on not signing 35 year old pitchers to 3 years. Whether we win or not next year, he's doing the right thing!
I don't think anyone is suggesting that the Brewers should give Dempster a 3-year contract. But there are other, younger free agent pitchers where a 3-year deal is not out of the question.
B R B - I'm not quite sure why DM gets paid. True after a string of terrible contracts (Suppan, Gagne, Hall, ...etc) he's seem to have figured it out that a rookie making 200-300k and throwing meatballs over plate is better then a 10 mil "cagey veteran" throwing meatballs over the plate, but I still don't trust him when it comes to pitching.
Our farm system is depleted of talent.
Melvin has "wasted" only about 100 mil of M.A's money on terrible contracts
We had two of the best offensive talents on our team when Fielder was here, and we put Suppan on the mound every 5th game, over, and over, and over (amongst other 80 mph fastball, little league curveball throwing has beens)
My thinking is that M.A. has Melvin on a very short leash.
I'm not implying I don't think that the Brewer's stand a chance with the line-up as it sits, but it will require Weeks to rebound, Hart to be consistent, Lucroy to bat like he did early last season, and the pitching to be at least average... I'll be cheering for them like every other year, but it is going into the season with a lot of "this has to happen to be successful" scenarios.
You want Corey Hart to be consistent? He has a .857 OPS over the last 3 years. That is better than anyone else on the team other than Braun.
The Brewers have 9 young pitchers in their system who are rated highly enough by objective scouting analysts, such that they could turn out to be MLB pitchers: Fiers, Peralta, Rogers, Thornburg, Burgos, Hellweg, Pena, Bradley, and Jungmann. I can't imagine that any Brewers fan is delusional enough to think that all of these guys will pan out. If three of them become good starting pitchers, and three of them become good bullpen pitchers, and three of them bust, that would be a fantastic return. As a Brewers fan, I can't hope for anything more. With that in mind, please explain to me how signing a good pitcher like Edwin Jackson to a 3-year deal would "block" any of these pitchers. It would not.Hide replies
My thought on this is that not all of the 9 you listed will work out and that as you've stated 6 of them would be great. That would provide 6 cheap roster spots.
The cupboard for positional players isn't great right now and decisions on Gomez, Hart and Weeks are coming up fairly soon. They'll need money to replenish the lineup at that point.
Signing a guy like EJackson would make the rotation better right now. 3 years from now could be a different story. Tying up 15M 3 years from now is probably not what the team wants to do with cheap young alternatives that should be able to fill that spot and other spots on the field.
I like the idea of not going more than 2 years on any FA pitcher right now. The primary driver for this is maintaining payroll flexibility by promoting cheap young guys quickly. It's the same reason why I'm not averse to trading Hart right now actually.
He wouldn't block them? Maybe we should bring back Wolf to start a few games too. The money they would spend on Jackson would be a waste for a guy who has had tons of potential but never was consistantly good.
The statistics do not support your statement, pdave. Jackson has been consistently good, just not great. The fact he never became an ace doesn't mean that he's not a good 2/3 pitcher, which is what the Brewers need. Here are Jackson's numbers the past 4 seasons (innings-fWAR-xFIP): 214-3.6-4.32; 209.1-3.9-3.71; 199.2-3.9-3.73; and 189.2-2.7-3.79. And here are Gallardo's numbers: 185.2-2.7-3.97; 185-4.7-3.84; 207.1-3.3-3.19; 204-2.7-3.55.
Edwin Jackson is no more than a mediocre pitcher, and a clubhouse cancer. Why do think he can't stay on the same team?
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The cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg in this soup bring forth that 'pumpkin pie' flavor we all know and love. Find the recipe on Babble.com.
Vermont Cheddar Soup
Warm, comforting, filled with hidden veggies and garnished with apple. This creamy cheddar soup is just divine! Spoonful.com.
Creamy Vegan Tomato Soup
There are a couple of different ways to make dairy-free cream of tomato soup. This one is a tasty variant that uses roasted tomatoes and onions as the base. Find the recipe on Colourful Palate.
Butternut Squash Soup
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Roasted Garlic Maple Cauliflower Soup
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Has anyone else had issues with IE8 taking it's own sweet time starting up and/or hanging?
I have a couple of machines on my network that won't start up quickly (like over a minute to load). I've disabled the 'Accelerators' included, but it still takes quite a while to open it up (if at all).
Has anyone else encountered this? If so, any ideas on how to speed up the startup?
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I have a land deed from the year 1824 for some land in the province of Upper Canada (back when that was a province).
Some photos of the deed can be seen in this imgur album.
I am attempting to read which day March 1824 the document was signed. The hand writing is simply indistinguishable from our modern form, so any help would be appreciated. Logically, it would make sense if it was a number of the month.
Here is the specific section towards the end of the document:
Here is the word with some editing to make the shape stand out.
My guess is: "Hveutitath", obviously not a word.


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New Dark Souls II screens showcase character customisation, introduce Deprived classWritten by: / / 3 Comments
Namco Bandai has released a new set of screens for Dark Souls II and fans of the series will be relieved to see that many of the elements which made the original game such a classic will make a return in the sequel. These include a virtually identical level up system and the life-restoring Estus Flasks which can be upgraded for greater efficacy.
The screens also showcase some fresh elements including a new class called the Deprived who start off the game unclothed and unarmed. This class will undoubtedly be a favourite among those Dark Souls players who like to take down the most challenging bosses with the lowest level character and equipment possible.
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Dark Souls II will be released on March 11th in the US and March 14th in European territories for PS3 and Xbox 360, with a PC version arriving at a later date. Head over here for El33tonline's previous coverage of the latest entry in this hugely influential series.
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(Whidbey Island, Wash.)- Columbia College-Whidbey Island will confer 85 associate, bachelor's and master's degrees upon graduates at a commencement ceremony at 2 p.m., Friday, May 18, at the CPO Club, located in Oak Harbor, Wash. at 1080 W. Ault Field Road.
Dr. Anthony Alioto, professor of history, will give the commencement address. Alioto has served as the Althea W. and John A. Schiffman chair in ethics, religious studies and philosophy at Columbia College since 2002 and is the author of two books. Degrees will be conferred by Mike Randerson, vice president of the Division of Adult Higher Education for Columbia College.
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I've just started an FM11 game and have 2 funny screenshots already! I have another where a player "wants to leave club" and also "doesn't want to leave club" but that's not very original like these...
One, for the genius name of this guy
I'm waiting for his twins to come through the ranks - Troy Story 2 and Troy Story 3: 3D!
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As we all know that Spanish is a Phonetic Language, i.e. the way it's written is the way it's pronounced. I am just curious to know if there are any exceptions to this phonetic rule. I mean, when we speak Spanish or certain words in Spanish like the name of any person, place etc, is there any case where that word is spoken a bit differently than the way it's spelled.
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Are there exceptions to the (quite simple) Spanish phonetic rules?
Basically, no.
Unless you count any of the following as exceptions (I wouldn't, but it's debatable) :
Spanish has a mostly phonetic reading (as opposed to writing*). Most exceptions are in three categories:
In the first category we include hiatus reduced to diphthongs toalla→
The main example of the second category is the aspirated h, as in halar, holgorio, harto. This aspirated h sounds like English h and, for some people there is a difference between this h (glotal approximant, as English h) and j (velar approximant, as ch in English loch), however this distinction is lost for most speakers. In Colombia and Central America both h and j are glotal (as in English), in Spain, Argentina and Mexico both are velar.
The third category include the Mexican x (from Nahuatl): México→
Special note on x. While the canonical pronunciation of x is as
Special note on w. The letter w is not a Spanish letter and no word of Spanish origin uses it, while canonically should be regarded as a v (and pronounced equal to b) the actual pronunciation should mimic the pronunciation in the original language: Watt→
There are many foreign words that don't follow Spanish phonetic rules, even though they are heavily used in Spanish.
The only "Spanish" word I can think of off the top of my head that doesn't follow Spanish phonetics is a Mexican slang word:
Although it is spelled with a 'G', the g sound is not pronounced (depending on region). As written, the word should be pronounced as if it were spelled Gway (in English), but in reality it is pronounced as the English word way.
Many (most?) people from at least the Madrid area pronounce a final 'd' as a 'z'.
Dialectally, there's a lot.
Another common change you'll hear is -bue- being pronounced as -güe-. Quite common in a lot of rural speeches across the Spanish speaking world. Hence [agüelo] or [güenas] for abuelo or buenas.
In central Spain, /s/ in front of /k/ will become /j/. This is a bit different from the conventional aspirated syllable-final /s/ you'll find in other dialects primarily because the /j/ is the much stronger [χ], and all other /s/ is pronounced exactly as /s/. Some of the most common words/phrases: ['eχ ke] for es que, ['oχkar] for Óscar, or [eɾ'oχki] for Eroski (a supermarket).
In other regions with influence from American languages, Spanish can end up with a three-vowel system, where /e/ and /i/ are both pronounced as [i], and /o/ and /u/ are pronounced [u]. So a word like independiente will end up closer to [indipin'djinti].
Likewise, due to influence from other languages, a handful of regions may distinguish b from v, pronouncing the latter as a libio-dental (as in English).
In Cataluña, world-final -d is realized as [t], hence [us'tet] for usted or [ha'blat] for hablad
In parts of the Carribean (Puerto Rico most especially), syllable final /r/ will often be realized as /l/, and /rr/ as /j/, hence the very name of Puerto Rico becomes ['puelto 'xico].
For non-dialectal differences, one of the most common will be in situations similar to the previously mentioned cohete. There are two strong vowels next to each other, and in these cases, if the unstressed is an /o/, it will tend to be reduced to /u/ and diphthongize with the primary vowel. Likewise /e/ will reduce to /i/. Toalla is virtually universally pronounced as ['twaʎa]. Teatro might be pronounced as ['tjatɾo]. But, ahora stays [a'ora] because /a/ can't reduce.
Double vowels like in creencia are either slightly lengthed [cr'eːnθja] or simple pronounced as a single [cr'enθja]. The Academia actually recommends rewriting certain words with a single vowel when compounding causes double letters because of this: decimoctavo instead of decimooctavo.
As I always say, I'm not a linguist nor anything like that... Anyway, I can come up with the example of
The sound of
The sound of
However, if you add a
So, for example, words like
There are very few examples, but they exist:
cooperativa /kopera'tiba/ (one "o")
zoología /solo'xia/ but zoólogo /so'ologo/
cortésmente /kortes'mente/ (stress is wrongly indicated in the spelling)
In my dialect
transporte /tran'porte/ = [tram'porte] (silent "s")
fósforo /'foforo/ (silent "s")
hámster /'xamster/ or /'xamter/, not /'amster/ ("h" sounds "j")
The're a ver good explanation up there but I want to give you some examples.
There are words with H because they were written with F. The F became an english H but eventually dessapeared as well but there are some places where this H has still a sound.
In the Yucatan peninsula they have lots os mayan words with X and are pronounced as SH
Or nahuatl words
Or antique apellings that changed the pronounciation but not the writing, persons or places names mostly
Or very cult words
Words from other languages
But it depends mostly in the accent.
Spanish may be one of most "phonetic" languages but if you look carefully, all words which are "spoken differently than the way they are spelled" just follow the Spanish set of rules of prounciation.
One-to-one letter to sound match rule is constantly broken and this makes a set of rules by itself. Think 'h', 'g', 'gu', 'qu', 'ch' et cetera. But once the rules are defined, I only know the "México -> Méjico" case of exception.
Spanish is not a phonetic language. A phonetic language is a language in which you can hear a word and spell it correctly and you can see a written word and pronounce it correctly. You cannot spell "hablar" correctly by hearing it, as the "h" is silent.
My favorite example of this is: alcohol. The "h" is silent. The two "o's" are not pronounced. Not that I can perceive, anyway. So, "al.col" is how this word is pronounced not "al.co.ol." [Periods used to show syllable breaks.]
That Spanish is a phonetic language is often accepted uncritically leading to difficulties along the path to building proficiency in the language. As others have indicated the aspect of a language being phonetic is a relative thing. Is Spanish absolutely phonetic? No. But it is phonetic relative to English and not phonetic relative to, say, Swahili. The ideal for a language being phonetic is that once the rules of pronunciation have been mapped you should be able to go from the spoken word to the written word, and vice versa, consistently. This does not always hold in Spanish for many reasons.
First of all, ideally you'd like this phonetic feature to be at the level of the alphabet but Spanish already runs into problems because in most dialects these letters have the same pronunciation: z,s, and in some contexts c, similarly v and b are usually pronounced identically (for the longest time I couldn't discern that the commonly used 'a ver' was its own expression, I thought it was a peculiar use of 'haber' that I was yet to learn). So the mapping from spoken to written broken.
The mapping the other way breaks too from a purely alphabetical standpoint. The 'g' in 'gol' is pronounced differently from the 'g' in 'Argentina'. Similar cases are present with 'c'. However, Spanish is very consistent once the rules for these are established to the extent that once you know these rules there are not too many exceptions.
You run into more problems with regional pronunciation. As indicated above, the aspired 's' in Rioplatense Spanish causes the 's' to disappear completely when it's in the middle of consonants and it ends up sounding like an h. So in this dialect if someone says "dos pesos" you might be tempted to transcribe it as "doh pesos" based on the pronunciation.


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