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- 23 July 2013 05:00
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Nike's first ever Manchester City away kit has been revealed.
City will play in a new away kit next season paying homage to their rich history and the club's founding fathers.
City were created as St Mark's in 1880, before becoming Gorton AFC in 1884, and then Ardwick AFC between 1887 and 1894.
The new City away shirt has a subtle half and half design, which represents Ardwick AFC who played in the same design during the 1890-91 season. The halves of the shirt are in dark charcoal and black representing Gorton AFC who played in a black shirt, the first ever recorded kit of what would become Manchester City in 1884.
The shirt features a grandfather collar, a long placket and a stand at the back.
The Manchester City crest, the Nike swoosh and sponsor's logo are all in gold to represent the club's recent success in modern times.
The new away shorts are black, while the new away socks are black with a dark charcoal band at the top.
Order your new City away shirt now.
The new kit showcases Nike's commitment to aiding the performance of players with key technological benefits:
Recycled polyester
- The kit is made from recycled polyester as part of Nike's commitment to produce performance apparel with reduced environmental impact. The shirt and shorts of each kit are made from up to thirteen recycled plastic water bottles.
- In the pioneering process, plastic bottles are chopped into flakes, then melted down to form yarn that is spun into fabric, reducing energy consumption by up to 30 percent compared to manufacturing virgin polyester.
- Since 2010, Nike has diverted more than 1.1 billion plastic bottles from landfill through the use of recycled polyester.
Fabric and Nike Dri-Fit
- The kit weighs just 150 grams, 23 percent lighter than previous Nike kits. It also boasts a 20 percent stronger knit structure and significantly improved stretch.
- The fabric uses Nike Dri-FIT technology to draw sweat away from the body through the fabric where it can evaporate, to keep players cool and dry.
- Ventilation zones, consisting of tiny laser-cut holes, feature under the arms on both sides, as well as at the shorts waistband, to allow additional comfort and cooling. A mesh panel across the entire back increases air circulation.
Fit and construction
- The shirt has been crafted with bonded T-bars to support the seams at key points and inner welded seams with a clean finish to give a more striking appearance, while also increasing comfort and performance.
Nike Pro Combat
- To complete the ultimate playing uniform for modern football, Nike Pro Combat baselayer is supplied to be worn underneath the match-day kit, offering players greater comfort and impact protection.
- The Nike Pro Combat range of long-sleeve and short-sleeve tops made of sweat-wicking fabric allows players to keep cool and dry in hot conditions, and warm and dry when the weather becomes cold. The slider shorts feature extra padding and thigh protection to absorb impact so players can go to ground and tackle with greater confidence.
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- Coffee has played a crucial role in many societies. The energizing effect of the coffee bean plant is thought to have been discovered in the northeast region of Ethiopia, and the cultivation of coffee first expanded in the Arab world. The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking appears in the middle of the 15th century, in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen in southern Arabia. From the Muslim world, coffee spread to Italy, then to the rest of Europe, to Indonesia, and to the Americas. In East Africa and Yemen, it was used in religious ceremonies. As a result, the Ethiopian Church banned its secular consumption, a ban in effect until the reign of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia. It was banned in Ottoman Turkey during the 17th century for political reasons, and was associated with rebellious political activities in Europe. — Coffee, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Conn-Selmer is proud to announce the first recipient of the Artist Centerstage Lifetime Achievement Award, Wayne Jackson. Wayne received this honor during a presentation ceremony at the 2012 Conn-Selmer Institute on June 11th, via simulcast to the over 400 attendees. The Institute was held in Mishawaka, Indiana at the Bethel College.
Wayne Jackson is a member of the Memphis Horns, a Grammy winning horn section that has recorded sessions with such greats as Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, U2, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, and many more. Wayne has made his trumpet of choice the Bach Stradivarius.
Along with the award, Wayne was presented a custom built Stradivarius trumpet. The instrument included gold trim and abalone finger buttons along with a custom hand engraved Memphis Horns insignia. The trumpet was presented to Wayne in the simulcast by local Memphis dealer Amro Music.
"I hope you have as much fun with your horn as I have had with mine," were the words of advice Wayne gave to the attendees at the Conn-Selmer Institute. In a heartfelt acceptance, Wayne told the group about being inspired by his high school band director and how they will assuredly inspire others the same way.
This Conn-Selmer Artist Centerstage Lifetime Achievement Award is the first in what will become an annual presentation. For more on Conn-Selmer, Wayne Jackson, and the entire family of endorsing artists and clinicians, visit ww.conn-selmer.com. To view a video clip of the acceptance, click here.
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Ensuring Balanced Nutrition on a Vegetarian Diet
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Searching for Nondairy Calcium
For the lactos and ovolactos, low-fat dairy is brimming with calcium. On the other hand, for all you vegans, it takes some planning, but you, too, can meet your daily calcium requirements by including collard greens, broccoli, beans, kale, turnip greens, calcium-fortified orange juice, calcium-fortified grains, almonds, and, of course, your calcium-fortified soymilk products (including tofu, soybeans, and tempeh).
Have You Had Enough B-12 Today?
Getting enough vitamin B-12 can also be an obstacle for strict vegans, simply because B-12 is derived primarily from animal foods. Once again, you lactos and ovolactos are off the hook because dairy and eggs provide enough to satisfy your daily requirements. The vegan gang has to dig a little deeper. Buy food products that are B-12– fortified: cereals, breads, some soy-analogs, and possibly tempeh. You might also want to pop a B-12 supplement providing 100 percent of the RDA, just to be safe.
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Relax; mixed marriages are in! If cooking is a major hassle because you and your partner don't eat the same foods, plan some neutral meals that you'll both enjoy. For example, make a large dish of stir-fry vegetables and brown rice. You take a portion and toss in tofu; he or she takes a portion and throws in chicken or beef.
Don't Forget the Kitchen Zinc
Not only do you have to get all of the necessary RDA of calcium, protein, B-12, and other nutrients, yet another concern for the strict vegetarian is getting a fair share of zinc. Although this mineral is found in whole-grain products, tofu, nuts, seeds, and wheat germ, our bodies absorb much less "plant zinc" than "animal zinc." This is because phytic acid (a substance in the fiber) combines with the zinc and prevents it from being fully absorbed. Therefore, vegetarians need to pay particular attention to getting an abundance of this mineral.
A Day in the Life of a Vegan
Menu 1Breakfast
- Amaranth flakes with soy milk
- Fresh blueberries and raspberries
- English muffin topped with apple butter
- Peanut butter and banana sandwich
- Cup of vegetarian chili topped with scallions
- Glass of low-fat soymilk
- Mixture of dried fruit and walnuts
- Glass of juice or soymilk
- Vegetable-tempeh stir-fry (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and tempeh) with brown rice
- Sweet potato
- Steamed kale sprinkled with sesame seeds
- Glass of soymilk
- Rice Dream (ice cream substitute)
- Sliced bananas
Menu 2Breakfast
- Scrambled tofu (see recipe) with whole-wheat toast
- Bowl of oatmeal with chopped dates and almonds
- Glass of cranberry-orange juice
- Bowl of lentil soup with sourdough rolls
- Carrot sticks with hummus dip
- Glass of juice or soymilk
- Piece of banana bread
- Glass of soymilk
- Whole-wheat tortilla stuffed with beans, salsa, and arugula Spinach salad drizzled with olive oil and red wine vinegar
- Baked apple with maple syrup and chopped walnuts
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STEUBENVILLE - There is something about the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championships that brings out the best in the Edison volleyball team.
The Wildcats entered Saturday's Class 4A action as the No. 4 seed at Steubenville High School and emerged with their second trophy in three years and third in five years thanks to a 25-16, 20-25, 25-22 victory over Parkersburg South.
"I can't explain what it means coming back from a 6-14 season to a 14-6 season and winning an OVAC championship - it's pretty special," said Edison coach Leah Snyder, who was part of the Wildcats' winning teams in 2001 and 2004 under former coach Lynn Meyer. "These girls are special."
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The Edison volleyball team won the OVAC title for the second time in three years and third time in five years.
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Katelyn Pollock owned the Patriots with a game-high 14 kills, while Cassady Jarvis added eight and Katie Davidson five. Davidson added 11 assists and Caitlin Brenstuhl 10. Kyle Smith had eight digs, Davidson five and Brenstuhl four. Alexis Gill finished with three blocks, Hannah Johns two points and Victoria Freeland two digs.
Kasey Williams finished with 10 kills for Parkersburg South. Lexi Spencer had 15 digs and 11 assists, Taylor Ratliff nine assists and Alexis Leach 12 digs.
Edison advaned to the final thanks to a thrilling 25-23, 27-25 semifinal victory over rival Indian Creek, which later defeated University 25-16, 25-18.
"The girls weren't pumped up for that match at all and you could tell," Snyder said with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
Pollock totaled 13 kills in that match, while Brenstuhl had 16 assists, Smith six digs, Johns five points, Gill five blocks and Jarvis four blocks.
Snyder talkled about the turnaround.
"Last year was my fault completely," said the second-year coach. "I put in too much at once and everything I wanted them to do, they couldn't turn it around and never seemed to get it going.
"They got it going this year and it's a special thing to see. They've definitely taken a big step forward for this program.
"These (seniors) are the girls I have been with since I started. I love them do death."
Snyder has now won an OVAC title as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach.
"This year is so bittersweet because last year was so bitter and this year is so sweet that it makes this year that much more exciting," she said.
Edison next plays at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in sectional play at St. Clairsville High School against the winner of Monday's match between Meadowbrook and East Liverpool.
Indian Creek will take on Beaver Local at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Clairsville as the playoffs begin.
For the Redskins on Saturday, Jessica Furda totaled 34 assists, 22 digs, and seven aces, while Brey Mays delivered 14 kills, three blocks and 19 digs.
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A law enforcement bomb technician walks away after preparing the controlled detonation of a suspicious object during a search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Lower house president Laura Boldrini (R) checks the t-shirt of PDL (People of Freedom party) member Alessandra Mussolini (C) during the second day of the presidential election in the lower house of the parliament in Rome, Italy.
A man places a bunch of flowers at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes after a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw, Poland.
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery on Apr. 24, 1990. (NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team)
Workers look into a sinkhole caused by a broken water main in Chicago, Illinois, Apr. 18, 2013.
A five-year-old rape victim is moved to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital from Swami Dayanand hospital for treatment in New Delhi, India. The girl was raped by a male neighbor, according to the police.
Firefighters work to put out a fire as white phosphorus exploded after a violent collision when a truck crashed into another vehicle on a highway in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. One of the two truck drivers was killed in the accident while the other succeeded to get out of the truck before the explosion.
Employees work at a fish export factory at Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone in Rangoon, Burma.
The Solar Impulse approaches the runway for a landing following a test flight at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, USA. The aircraft, made of carbon fiber sheets and powered by solar cells, will attempt to fly once around the world powered solely by solar energy.
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Bollywood icon Salman Khan has been charged with culpable homicide for a 2002 hit-and-run and could face 10 years in prison if convicted, officials said.
The BBC said an Indian judge reinstated the original charge Thursday at the request of prosecutors.
"There is enough evidence to show that the act was not incidental and hence the case should be tried under a more serious section," Magistrate Vasant Patil said in his order.
Khan drove his Toyota Land Cruiser into the American Express bakery in the Bandra area of Mumbai more than a decade ago, running over five people sleeping on the street, killing one of them.
Khan is required to appear in court March 11 to answer the more serious charge. His lawyers have been allowed to defend him in his absence at the trial for the lesser charge, the BBC said.
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I want to know what is the best way to analyze a data set where my response variable is count data and my explanatory variables are continuous variables. All my variables are not normally distributed. Are GLMs a good option?
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Whether the predictors are normally distributed does not matter. (Except for analyses of influential data points.) What you probably have in mind is whether residuals are normally distributed. This is an important assumption in Ordinary Least Squares - more specifically: for inference in OLS. However, your data are counts, so residuals will not be normal and you are not thinking about OLS, anyway.
For a non-normal GLM, the distribution of residuals do not matter, I have never heard that a Poisson GLM for example has to have normal errors. I think that examining overdispersion and general model fit are better cues to which model to use. Negative binomial can be implemented in glm.nb() in the R MASS library, and ZIP can be done using the zeroinfl() function in the pscl library in R


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A (Somewhat) Surprising Semifinal Saturday
At the U.S. Open, it's what everyone expected—and what no one expected.
On Saturday in New York, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal will play for spots in the men's final on Monday. Their opponents? Richard Gasquet (he will face Nadal) and Stanislas Wawrinka.
Gasquet, who will be playing the second Grand Slam semifinal of his career, upset No. 4 David Ferrer. He hasn't beaten Nadal since they were 13-year-old junior standouts. Wawrinka, who pummeled defending champion Andy Murray, will be playing his first major semifinal. He is 2-12 against Djokovic and hasn't beaten him since 2006, though they did play a spectacular five-set match at this year's Australian Open.
Djokovic didn't sound too worried. "I have been playing most of my matches here very aggressive, very dominantly," he said. "I want to win. That's why I'm here."
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I am currently thinking about the possibility to axiomatise Euclidean Geometry using higher-order axioms. The idea is that all objects are points, and that we only have two primitive notions: A three place predicate for betweenness, and a one-place third-order predicate indicating whether a function from a set of points to another set of points is a congruence mapping (so the existence of such a function between two given sets means that the sets are congruent in the intuitive way; the function maps points from the first set to corresponding points of the set congruent to it).
$ab \equiv cd$ can then be defined to mean that there is a congruence mapping from {a,b} to {c,d}. The line through a and b can be defined to be {p|p is between a and b or a is between p and b or b is between p and a} $\cup$ {a,b}.
Using these two primitive notions of betwenness and congruence mappings, it seems to me that quite a short and simple list of axioms can specify Euclidean Geometry: Three simple betweenness properties, one completeness axiom (similar to that for $\mathbb{R}$, but using the betweenness relation rather than the less-than relation), one axiom ensuring the existence of enough congurence mappings, one axiom ensuring that relations between points are preserved by congurence mappings, and two axioms specifying the dimension of the space (one for the lower bound on the dimension, another for the upper bound).
My interest in such an axiomatisation is mainly philosophical: The two primitive notions correspond to concepts from our natural intuition and expirience of space (congruence mappings correspond to moves of an object in space without the shape of the object changing). The axiomatisation seems simpler than first-order axiomatisations like those of Hilbert and Tarski. And the higher-order nature of the system makes it possible to define lines, circles, triangle, quadrilaterals and any other shapes, which is not possible in first-order systems.
I have an idea for a proof that my axiomatisation specifies a space isomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^n$ (for the $n$ used in the dimension axioms); but before I actually work out the proof, I want to know whether a comparable higher-order axiomatisation of Euclidean Geometry already exists. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any higher-order axiomatisations of Euclidean Geometry. Does anyone know about such axiomatisations or attempts at them?


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Anybody play Battlefield 3?
ok, so i recently upgraded to the Premium content, and have been having a hell of a alot of fun playing "tank superiority". im having a hard time finding the games i like though. i like the games that are basically "conquest" but with tanks. each map has 4 or 5 flags, and you fight over all of them. the other way, is more of a "king of the hill" approach, and only has one flag to fight over. i hate the "king of the hill" style, but i can't seem to find a server filter option that specifies which style of TS i get to play? i can choose to play only on TS servers, but i'd like to filter out the "king of the hill" style. doesn anyone know how to do that? i really don't like the BF3 server options and how they are laid out.
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I haven't played Tank Superiority yet, but I've been pretty disappointed in the Armored Kill maps as conquest. They seem to be huge, have a lot of air power, and only a handful of tank/APC hybrid things. Otherwise, you're probably stuck taking ATVs to the air support point.
actually, i guess i should clarify. i refer to all the expanded maps as Tank Superiority. my bad. so i guess what i like is regular conquest, but on the large maps with all the vehicles. maybe the king of the hill game play i dont like is in fact Tank Superiority, and i need to start looking for conquest games on the big maps.
@gatzby: oh, and i totally get what you're saying about lack of vehicles. there are a huge amount of vehicles compared to the older maps, but there is still a good chance that you wont get in one, and having to leg it 1000 meters to get to flag, just to have a team member capture it before you get there, then running 1200 meters to the next one just to have it change by the tiem you get there is frustrating. if i cant get in a vehicle, i go to one flag and just sit there and guard it. i'm not running all over the map just to miss out on points then die when i get there.
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I bought BF3 on Black Friday for $25 (PC) digital download from Amazon last year. I'm glad that is all I spent. It is a great game, I've had a lot of fun playing it, and I still do occasionally. But just like most new games, you're paying double or even triple for what can be equated to Map Packs that were free for games 5-10 years ago. I refuse to pay $50 or $60 for "premium" content which includes needed game updates, a couple of new maps, and a few weapon and vehicle upgrades. Not to mention EA locked down the game so much that third party mods are not only discouraged, they're illegal to develope.
I played BF1942 for 6 years then BF2 for a couple. The games were always supported, new FREE updates and map packs were developed, and 3d party mods were allowed and encouraged. Now, instead of the game just having a new update released every now and then, you have to pay $60+ a year down the road for the next "new" game. (Which is nothing new!)
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@eraten: trust me dude, you're preaching to the choir. i love BF3 and can spend hours and hours playing and never get bored. but i straight up refused to pay $50 for an "update". thats teh same price as a new game, and no doubt, a complete and total rip off. but i broke down recently because i got a vasectomy and ended up not healing well at all. i had to sit down and ice and not exert myself for a whole week. i ended up buying it out of boredom and desperation to keep my mind off my throbbing nuts :(
and even though charging that much to customers who already paid is BS on the highest scale, i'm definitely having a whole lot of fun with the new maps and toys.
I gave up after the single player was the most glitched FPS game I've played since Beta Testing Counter-Strike.
It's too bad too because the game looked great, but the story was lacking. If the multiplayer version has less issues, I'd be willing to give it a shot
@capguncowboy: dunno about single player stuff. i played single player for a couple days way way back when i first got it, but multiplayer is where its at. i dont even remember if i beat the single player mode now that i think about it.
@capguncowboy: Yeah single player was atrocious. It was something they spent about 2 days throwing together to try & appeal to the non-networked Console games. Mulitplayer is where it is at, and the only place EA should ever go with the Battlefield series. The AI is terrible, it is basically just like walking through a very scripted movie. I tested out rushing and jumping through a line of "enemies" and they didn't stop to persue me, or even turn around to fire at me. That never bothered me, since the game should only be played in multiplayer.
@eraten: agreed, you dont buy this game for the single player. in fact, i'd rather the next one not have single player, and just include more maps and goodies from the start instead of charging us later on down the line.
Not the best, but I hold my own (when I'm not drinking)
TS is fun, if you have at least one teammate to work with you. Sucks to try and play alone.
I prefer TDM or TDMMC. Conquest is a blast if you have a team.
Feel free to add/join me. Always need friends on the Battlefield.
I tried, but just couldn't get into it.
What platform are you on? I play on Xbox.
i play on xbox. is there a way to send private messages on woot? i looked but didn't see anything, although i am a little bit hammered as a nail atm
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Nvidia unveils Tegra K1 mobile GPU capable of running Unreal Engine 4Written by: / / 2 Comments
In July last year Nvidia gave us a first glimpse at the future of mobile graphics with a couple of tech demos generated by its latest mobile GPU codenamed Project Logan.
Now the hardware manufacturer has unveiled the Tegra K1 chip which appears to be the culmination of Project Logan. This 192 CUDA core processor is based on the same Kepler architecture used in Nvidia's latest desktop GPUs and fully supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4 technologies.
Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang said the Tegra K1 is more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 despite drawing just a fraction of the wattage. In fact, this next generation Tegra mobile chip is so powerful that it can run Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 developed for the latest gaming hardware including the PS4 and Xbox One.
"We can take absolutely anything that runs on PC or high-end console and run it on Tegra," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in a prepared statement. "I didn't think that we'd be at this level on mobile for another 3-4 years."
The Tegra K1 will come in two variations – one with a 32-bit quad A15 CPU (up to 2.3 GHz) and one with dual 64-bit Denver CPUs (up to 2.5 GHz). According to Nvidia's press release, the 32-bit version of Tegra K1 will be used in certain devices due for release during the first half of 2014, while the 64-bit version will arrive in the second half of the year.
Here are a few tech demos showing Unreal Engine 4 running on Nvidia's Tegra K1 GPU:
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Are you boycotting Walmart and other retailers who make employees work on Thanksgiving?
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No, and I don't boycott retailers who "make" employees work on New Year's Day, Christmas Day, July Fourth or any other holidays. My understanding is that most of the time those workers volunteer to work....not always the case, but still not a cause for a boycott IMHO.
I wish they didn't have to work, but there has been many a holiday I wished I didn't have to work too. You do what you have to do to pay the bills, and if that means your employer says you work on the holiday then you work on the holiday. If it means that much to the employee, they always have the option of quitting. But I am not going to hold it against a business that it wants to make a buck. Wouldn't be much of a business if it didn't.
When I was in high school and college, I looked forward to working holidays for the double pay. Those are the first people to volunteer for this, and if there aren't enough volunteers to staff the store then some people will have to sacrifice a few hours of their turkey day. It sucks, but there it is.
It'd be great if they could close for the day. I'm staying far far away from any and all stores until next week.
I'll never get Black Friday -- I've been in CPG for a while now, and nobody seems to make money on Thanksgiving/Black Friday. It's all sold at or below cost. At least some employees get to pick up double time or double time-and-a-half. (Just once, I'd like to earn double time and a half. LOL)
I don't wait for Thanksgiving. I boycott Walmart and other retailers that underpay employees and sell badly made schlock every day.
Back when I worked at Walmart, I loved working holidays. Holiday pay FTW!
Walmart has always been open on Thanksgiving. It's nothing new this year. They are open every day but Christmas day, every year. The question is, are you planning on boycotting every business that is "making" employees work this year? May as well turn off your tv, can't watch football, or the parade, or any tv at all. Forget the newspaper, too. And the gas stations, convenience stores, Dominoes, Movie theaters, etc. Don't go to a hotel, don't take a flight, don't call 911 or the police, don't go to a hospital, don't go to a pharmacy. Seriously, there are many people who are working on Thanksgiving. It's not just Walmart. So, no, I'm not boycotting retail or any other industry that happens to have employees working tomorrow. I may or may not use any of the services provided, but no boycotts.
@trekmiss: Our Walmart is even open on Christmas Day!
I really wonder who is really going to boycott and if employees will walk out. It just sounds like when people try to start a "gas war" or a "gas boycott".... nothing ever happens
@squirtle456: I'm sure there are people who appreciate it, too. Employees and customers, alike. I know I always volunteered to work holidays when I was in retail and when I was in the travel industry. Extra pay meant my bills got paid, with money leftover.
Of course boycott
Nope. I'm not going to go there on Thanksgiving though, if that makes you feel better. (or Friday for that matter.)
This isn't why people are boycotting Walmart. The employees are planning a walkout on black friday because of substandard working conditions and low wages, and if people are choosing to boycott, it's because they empathize with their complaints.
I'm not going to tell people what they should or shouldn't do (at least not in this situation) but it doesn't hurt to know what is actually going on.
@portezbie: thank you, was about to add this. The strike has nothing to do with such a silly complaint as "you 'make' us work on a holiday!"
Another relevant article:
@portezbie: If there were a labor strike at one of my local Walmarts, I'd go walk the line with the employees. Alas, it doesn't seem to be happening in my community.
No. There are men and women in our military currently overseas in harms way right now, without their families. Makes the WalMart workers seems like a bunch of whiney crybabies to me.
@magic cave: I will probably stop by my local walmart to see if they are picketing. I put in 1.5 years of retail back in the day so I can honestly say I have walked a mile in their shoes and I find forcing them to work on Thanksgiving to be morally reprehensible. I would stop by to offer my support to the employees if they are out.
.....but on the other side, I still have not had ANY Chic-fil-a since that whole mess last summer, I loved the food, but won't put up with their nonsense. Same goes for Home Depot and their Obama hating CEO
I only shop online. Who wants to fight with the traffic and crowd when you can beat the prices from your couch?
@trekmiss: Very good point and I agree with you. No way will I boycott any employer for "making" the employees work. Most employees that have to work on holidays volunteer. Even if they don't, it is understood when you get a job at a fast food, retailer or any other 24/7 type job, you may have to work on holidays.
Right....and I will not get gas, go to a hotel, or eat on a long Holiday trip because the restaurant, hotel and convenience store employees have to work.
That is silly.
Holy Cripes there really is an effort to stage a Black Friday walkout? Should anyone reading this be considering that route I've got a word for you to ponder.
18500 people out of work right before Christmas are waiting to fill your spot.
No I will not be boycotting Walmart. I will be too busy at my Job to worry about it. unfortunatly in todays economy most employers are open on friday so get over it and get your butt to work.
Having worked in retail, I can say that whether or not some people don't go shopping somewhere, as long as there are customers going into the store (and there always will be!), the stores will open anyway.
I worked in a mall during a very bad storm, where it was advised not to go on the roads. A tree fell on someones car and killed them because the mall was still open and they wanted to go to the mall! The mall still refused to close for a couple more hours, when they finally did only an hour later, people were complaining that they were! Who cares about the employees, the customers just wanted their merchandise, NOW!
I know it sucks for those that are told they have to work, but most jobs like that will tell you on their application or in the hiring process that you're expected to work weekends and holidays. If they are getting holiday pay, that's a plus! I know I never did, which is what actually upset me, not the fact that I had to be at work in the first place.
I boycott Black Friday, period. It is insanity. Normally friendly people are whipped into a buying frenzy, becoming self-centered shopaholics. For what? Saving some money to buy stuff to celebrate what should be a loving, peaceful holiday.
No, I'll buy online, and get what I can when I can. After all, my family and friends will love me just as much no matter what I paid for their gifts. (And I already have half of my presents purchased, without the frenzy - I plan ahead.)
@housry23: It is worth noting that this holiday is significantly different than the same on previous years. Retailers are opening earlier on Thanksgiving now than they ever did before - remember when Black Friday used to begin on Friday rather than on Thanksgiving day? People who worked last year's Black Friday are finding now they no longer get to have Thanksgiving with their family because they are told the Black Friday opening - which in many cases is an all-hands-on-deck affair - requires them to be at the store at 6pm or earlier.
As for holiday pay, I wouldn't count on it. Walmart is only required to pay time-and-a-half for people who go over 40 hours in a week and they are notorious for preventing employees from doing that. When you tell an employee "you work Thanksgiving day, or you're fired" you aren't exactly giving them a choice.
@misry: No, they're not "waiting to fill your slot." The Hostess story is far more complex that you seem to understand, and the hoped-for Walmart informational strike is not merely about wages.


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Ocean cargo: Port of Rotterdam reports positive results
October 25, 2010 - LM Editorial
Goods throughput in the port of Rotterdam increased over the first nine months of 2010 by 13.4 percent to 321 million tons. Virtually all categories of goods showed a positive trend.
"The growth is leveling off, but is still slightly higher than expected," said Hans Smits, chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. "The port continues to profit from strong European exports, for which a lot of raw materials also need to be imported. Total throughput is now exactly at the 2008 level."
According to industry analysts, more Asia-EU trade is a reflection of investment in infrastructure.
"Making ports attractive as part of a routing option may be about focusing on responsiveness," said Mary Burns, who heads the the Port Performance Research Network, at Dalhousie University, in Nova Scotia. Speaking at the recently concluded American Association of Port Authorities' annual meeting last month, she noted that "the global economic crisis forced all too re-examine their practices."
Rotterdam, which has been investing steadily in its infrastructure, reported the following positive statistics:
Iron ore and scrap (+112 percent), coal (+2 percent), other dry bulk (+31 percent), crude oil (+3 percent), mineral oil products (+5 percent), other liquid bulk (+9 percent), containers (+15 percent), roll on/roll off (+6 percent), other general cargo (+14 percent).
"It is exciting to see whether or not we will succeed in climbing out of a deep trough to achieve a record in just one year," said Smits.
Only agribulk was down (-7 percent). Dry bulk handling shot up by 40 percent to 65 million tons. Liquid bulk grew substantially, by 5 percent to 154 million tons. The growth in general cargo is somewhere in-between: +14 percent to 102 million tons.
Spokesmen said the handling of ores and scrap more than doubled, to 31 million tons.
"The steel plants are running again at virtually full capacity, thanks to the high demand from the automotive industry and machine building," said spokesmen. "In the meantime, the handling capacity of the Rotterdam terminals has even become stretched."
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Using induction, how can I show the following identity about the fibonacci numbers? I'm having trouble with simplification when doing the induction step.
Identity: $$f_n^2 + f_{n+1}^2 = f_{2n+1}$$
I get to:
$$f_{n+1}^2 + f_{n+2}^2$$
Should I replace $f_{n+2}$ using the recursion? When I do that, I end up with the product of terms, and that just doesn't seem right. Any guidance on how to get manipulate during the induction step?


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SCX401: Human Anatomy and Phys (2010-2011)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Science
COURSE TITLE: Human Anatomy and Physics
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Laboratory Requirement: Students who take this course spend a minimum of 30% of their time engaged in hands-on laboratory exercises. All DoDEA Science courses have a minimum 30% dedicated time period for laboratory exercises. This translates to approximately 54 instructional days or 16 to 27 multi-day laboratories dedicated to student hands on laboratory time. Demonstrations and virtual laboratories, while useful in the classroom, do not count toward the 30% laboratory requirement.
Major Concepts/Content: Human Anatomy & Physiology is designed to be an elective course for students with a career or special interest and high motivation for an in-depth study of human structures and functions. Information is presented in an integrated approach with science as inquiry, science & technology, science & social perspectives, and the history & nature of science. The course integrates biology and chemistry using unifying concepts and processes of systems, order & organization, evidence, models & explanation, change, consistency & equilibrium, and form & function.
Scientific inquiry and understanding about inquiry are emphasized through practical and meaningful applications. Topics students study includes the muscular, nervous, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, endocrine, and reproductive systems, and genetics.
Major Instructional Activities: Scientific inquiry is defined as the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence derived from their work. Scientific inquiry also refers to the activities through which students develop knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas, as well as an understanding of how scientists study the natural world (NSTA, 2004). Based on the philosophy that scientific knowledge is best acquired through inquiry, the course uses a variety of techniques to promote and inquiry in the classroom (ex. multiple revisions, high quality questioning, synthesis, making conclusions based on evidence, etc).
Instructional activities are staged in appropriate settings. They include laboratories, classrooms, forms of technology, and field studies. Teaching strategies include in depth laboratory investigations, demonstrations, collaborative peer-to-peer discussions, and student hands-on experiences.
Major Evaluative Techniques: All aspects of progress in science are measured using multiple methods such as authentic assessments, performance assessments, formative assessments, observational assessments, projects, research activities, reports, group and individual student work and conventional summative assessments.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of Human Anatomy and Physiology, students should be able to:
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- Use scientific inquiry to design and conduct scientific investigations to meet a human need, make a decision, solve a human problem, or develop a product.
- Recognize and describe the interrelationship between science and technology.
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- Identify qualities inherent in scientific behavior (e.g., reasoning, insight, energy, skill, and creativity).
- Discuss contributions of men and women of various social and ethnic backgrounds to science and technology.
- Apply science concepts to make decisions (weighing risks and benefits) about students' personal health and well-being.
- Apply different problem-solving strategies in the physiological sciences.
- Employ proper procedures for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and communicating raw data.
- Use special techniques in the laboratory.
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I have a php script I need to run every 5 seconds (run, wait until it's done, wait 5 seconds, run again)
I have two ways of doing it. either have an infinte loop in the script with a sleep function that would look like that:
while (1)
sleep 5;
or have bash script that will run the script and wait for 5 seconds. It would look like that
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php script.php &
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I was wondering what is the most efficient way to do it.
The php script i am running is a codeigniter controller that does a lot of database calls..


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Is there text editor with c# syntax highlight which starts VERY FAST? I just want look source code some files in project and i donnt want wait 30 seconds while VS starts.
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I'd suggest Notepad++.
Vim starts faster than just about anything (anything sophisticated enough to have syntax highlighting anyway) and ships with C# syntax highlighting. As you're probably already aware though, the learning curve is steep. www.vim.org
Related: I think the trick is to do your development using two editors. When you have VS with Resharper or other analysis add-ons it becomes very slow, but also very useful. So when you go to crank out code the VS environment is more like quicksand than anything else.
So, the plan is, get yourself a generic editor, generic but extensible. Learn that extensibility and enhance that editor over the years, for it will be your 'home base' editor. I use SlickEdit.
Once you have your generic editor, you should be able to program them to do a line, col, file jump from one to the other. The jump into VS is not easy though, you will have to make an exe that uses COM to control the running instance of the IDE.
if you google "VSGoto slickedit" you will find a version of that exe, but it tends to fail intermittently.
Try Editplus editor.. it is very very fast
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For free open source editor, you can try Notepad++
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5 Reasons You Should Be Scared of Apple
#2. Apple Versus App Developers
To date, over three billion apps have been downloaded from the iPhone App Store. Of course, Calendars and RSS Readers and flashlights and other "useful" apps only account for part of the over 150,000 the store offers. With hundreds of apps being submitted every week, you'd think Apple would have its hands full rejecting all of the useless ones built to simulate farting, drinking beer, brandishing a light-saber, shaking a baby and everything in between.
Bringing the old world charm and elegance of a tape deck to numb-nuts hipsters too young to have ever used one.
Well, no. All that stuff gets through. Apple's main concern in policing the App Store seems to be stomping down on competition. Applications that duplicate Apple or AT&T apps (and do a better job of it) are likely to see the banhammer's vengeance visited upon them. MailWrangler, PodCaster and, most famously, Google Voice have all been banned for "duplicating functionality."
Take for instance, Apple's rejecting the Eucalyptus app for obscenity.
Ooooh! Eucalyptus. That's got to be slang for something kinky as all hell! Was this a social networking app for a very special subset of furries? A hook-up site for swinging Botanists? No, actually it was an Ebook app for public domain works. Since it provided access to a Victorian-era translation of the Kama Sutra, the app was deemed inappropriate. We asked Apple if they saw any irony in the fact that the iPhone's web browser provided access to a billion websites far filthier than an ancient translation of a religious text. Sadly, Apple's board of directors was too busy banning dancing in small Midwest towns to be reached.
Jilted developers and Google aren't the only people pissed off at Apple's App Store policies. The boys at the FCC are investigating the App Store for anti-competitive practices. Apple responded to the accusation, which kicked off yet another gigantic legal clusterfuck the results of which have yet to be decided, but are likely to be retarded.
#1. Apple Versus Absolutely Everyone: The Masterplan
You might be asking why any of this should matter to you. After all, most of Apple's dickery is aimed at a small, tech savvy minority. People who know how to hack their iPhones or program applications or work for a giant Apple subsidiary in China. Jobs has always known that the vast majority of people think technology is something to watch porn on. Lucky for him, he's fantastic at designing technology that those people intuitively understand how to use. Unlucky for the non-savvy majority, there are increasing signs that we're the eventual target of Apple's master plan.
If you're one of the tens of millions of people who have iTunes installed on their Windows machines, you might want to open up a search and see if Apple's "Safari" web browser has made its way onto your computer. No, you didn't download that on purpose and then forget about it. In March of 2008, Apple stuck a copy of Safari into a routine update for iTunes. They set the 22.65 MB file as part of the default download. Users who just skimmed over the update notice without reading it (IE: nearly everyone) soon found themselves with unwanted software.
Whether you want it or not.
Response from the media and major figures in the tech industry was immediate and powerfully negative. The CEO of Mozilla even wrote a big blog entry blasting Apple. As he saw it, this move of Apple's wasn't just annoying, it posed a risk to the security of the whole Internet.
In July of 2008, another iTunes update went out with a hidden program clinging to it like poop to a hairy ass. This time, the backlash was even more severe. Internet watchdog group Stopbadware.org accused Apple of spreading Malware. Bloggers again raised their flabby arms in protest. Apple quickly rescinded the update..
This is what real heroes look like.
So they've obviously learned their lesson, right? Well, in October of 2009, a new application from Apple landed in the U.S. Patent Office. Apple's idea was to program devices to periodically interrupt users with unskippable ads. The ads would temporarily halt performance of the device in order to "compel attention." That on its own is pretty nightmarish but, innovators that they are, Apple found a way to crank it up to that hard-to-reach "Lovecraftian" level.
Their words:
"Apple can further determine whether a user pays attention to the advertisement. The determination can include performing, while the advertisement is presented, an operation that urges the user to respond; and detecting whether the user responds to the performed operation. If the response is inappropriate or nonexistent, the system will go into lock down mode in some form or other until the user complies. In the case of an iPod, the sound could be disconnected rendering it useless until compliance is met. For the iPhone, no calls will be able to be made or received."Ho-lee shit.
And this isn't just some crazy, pie-in-the-sky idea some engineer at Apple had and decided to get patented. Steve fucking Jobs had his name attached to the application. Is this where the man who holds the reins to the entire Apple Corporation sees his product line going? A future where cheap, malware and prime-time TV-ad-riddled devices flood the market?
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I have just changed servers from a slow server to a faster server, and I notice that my website is now automatically showing as mobile view? This has not happened before. How do I turn this off or switch it back to normal website view?
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June 24, 2010
New York University has signed a letter of intent with Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) to create a formal affiliation between the two institutions.
The partnership will facilitate academic exchanges of students and professors working in the area of public health at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the cities of New York and Salvador, Brazil. Areas of cooperation will include research and faculty development, and will involve students in projects for courses and field experiences.
The letter of intent was signed June 17 at UFBA, the largest university in the State of Bahia and one of Brazil's most prestigious academic institutions, in the presence of Robert Berne, NYU Executive Vice President for Health, and Naomar Almedia, UFBA's Rector.
"The emerging partnership between UFBA and NYU will add an important dimension to our Global MPH program, and has the potential to involve other parts of the University," said Berne. "The links between Bahia and Africa, and the public health issues and challenges in New York, Salvador, and Accra create unique opportunities for faculty and students in research, teaching, and field work. Our potential of the UFBA-NYU partnership is unlimited."
Initially, the focus of the UFBA-NYU affiliation will be health. However, the intention is that the universities will also collaborate in the arts, with the possibility of travel and exchanges for students and teachers in areas such as theater and fine arts.
"UFBA and NYU are two large urban universities that have much to share," said James Macinko, NYU associate professor of public health and health policy, who attended the signing.
NYU began discussions with UFBA last year.
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The Supreme Court agreed last week to decide if states and counties can be sued for not accommodating disabled prisoners. That decision could mean big money for governments already strapped for cash.
According to the Associated Press, the court already has held that people in state prisons are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Now, the justices will consider whether prisoners can sue for damages under the ADA, a law meant to ensure equal treatment for the disabled.
At the Warren County Regional Jail, in Bowling Green, they have 529 inmates. Of those, around eight or nine of them have a disability.
Warren County Jailer, Jackie Strode says a disability may include such things as crutches, a wheelchair, or someone who had surgery before coming to jail.
Strode says they have nurses at the jail 24 hours a day and a doctor that comes in at least once a week.
"Those who have special needs if that can't be met in a normal cell, then they would be put in a medical observation cell and the nursing staff would see that their needs are met."
According to the Associated Press, about 1.3 million people are held in state prisons and more than 700,000 are in local jails but it's uncertain how many are disabled.
Should the court side with inmates, there could a be money crunch for states because of the costs of fixing old prisons to accommodate people with disabilities.
States have complained the law has led to unreasonable demands.
In Warren County, Strode says the inmate's needs are met.
"Any need that they would have, if we can't address it inside the jail then we would see they are taking outside where that special medical need would be met."


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|Brianna Carusillo. Credit: contributed
The 18-year-old will speak at the second annual "Raising the Curtain for Kids" fundraiser Saturday at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, before the evening's performance of "West Side Story."
When Brianna was 14, she was diagnosed with pediatric multiple sclerosis. She was told she was the youngest person in the state to be diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, which affects the central nervous system.
As a high school freshman at Sacred Heart, she noticed she was tripping with some regularity, and during a break she complained to her mother that she wasn't feeling well. Her pediatrician noticed Brianna was favoring one leg.
"My leg was so weak, I was literally dragging it," she recalls.
A series of tests revealed Brianna had some 100 lesions on her brain and spine and was experiencing her first MS episode. Her treatment began with doctors in Boston and at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. Coincidentally, CCMC had opened a 12-bed acute care unit at Saint Mary's Hospital around the same time, a fact that is not lost on Brianna and that has moved her to accept the request that she speak at Saturday's engagement.
"I really like Hartford but I needed someplace closer to Waterbury. My diagnosis in 2009 coincided with the opening of the Waterbury unit, so I really feel I was meant to do this," she says.
Because she was missing so much school, she transferred from Sacred Heart to Kennedy High School, an environment she describes as extremely supportive. "I had to be home-schooled during my junior year, but my teachers did everything to help me graduate on time."
Currently she is a freshman at Naugatuck Valley Community College and works at Stop & Shop in Watertown.
Over the past several years Brianna says she has temporarily lost her vision and deals with relapses almost quarterly.
"During those times, my left leg begins to tingle and eventually goes numb," she explains. With treatment, she finds relief about two weeks later. She's also begun taking a daily pill, Gilenya, instead of weekly injections. "I have a lot of good days since starting the new medication."
Brianna says she's learned from her experiences never to take anything for granted and looks at life with the glass half full. When one of her nurses asked her to speak on behalf of the hospital she accepted wholeheartedly.
"I would love to do it for them. It's my story, but a lot of my story has to do with the unit and the care I received at CCMC. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have a story to tell."
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Guess which President has raked in the most Wall Street bucks in a generation?
posted at 11:25 am on October 10, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
While the professional Left trashes Wall Street, they might want to consider how their current President got elected. The Sunlight Foundation reports that Barack Obama didn't just win the Wall Street sweepstakes in 2008 over John McCain — he's done better at getting Wall Street cash than any other President in the last 20 years:
Despite his rhetorical attacks on Wall Street, a study by the Sunlight Foundation's Influence Project shows that President Barack Obama has received more money from Wall Street than any other politician over the past 20 years, including former President George W. Bush.
In 2008, Wall Street's largesse accounted for 20 percent of Obama's total take, according to Reuters. …
By the end of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, executives and others connected with Wall Street firms, such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, poured nearly $15.8 million into his coffers.
Goldman Sachs contributed slightly over $1 million to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, compared with a little over $394,600 to the 2004 Bush campaign. Citigroup gave $736,771 to Obama in 2008, compared with $320,820 to Bush in 2004. Executives and others connected with the Swiss bank UBS AG donated $539,424 to Obama's 2008 campaign, compared with $416,950 to Bush in 2004. And JP Morgan Chase gave Obama's campaign $808,799 in 2008, but did not show up among Bush's top donors in 2004, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
That's not limited to the 2008 cycle, either. The same people under attack from Obama's political allies are still lining up to dump cash on the incumbent — or at least were:
So far Wall Street has raised $7.2 million in the current electoral cycle for President Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Obama's 2012 Wall Street bundlers include people like Jon Corzine, former Goldman Sachs CEO and former New Jersey governor; Azita Raji, a former investment banker for JP Morgan; and Charles Myers, an executive with the investment bank Evercore Partners.
Those figures predate Obama's sudden class-warrior pose of the last four weeks, though. After watching Obama incite these demonstrations aimed at intimidating investors and financiers, I wonder just how anxious they will be to continue funding Obama's campaign. That impact won't be clear until the 4th quarter numbers are released in January, but don't be surprised if all of these "Occupy" protests don't push those contributors towards an eventual Republican nominee — or maybe even a particular contender, perhaps one that comes from their world. Hmmmm.
In my maiden column for The Fiscal Times, I look at the eruption of class warfare in American politics and the irony of a generation shaped by Steve Jobs attacking the very investor market and private-property rights that made Jobs' success possible:
As we honor Jobs, there is no small irony in the fact that Wall Street protests are coinciding with his death. Jobs was hardly a financial wallflower: Besides his extensive holdings in and control of Apple (part of a fortune estimated at more than $6.5 billion to $7 billion by Forbes), he was the largest individual shareholder in Disney, thanks to the sale of Pixar a few years ago, and a member of its board as well. It's likely that a large number of the youthful protesters in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations rely on products Jobs either invented or improved; many might even be using iPhones and iPads to help coordinate their efforts. None of that would have been possible without capital risk-taking and Wall Street investment in Apple, among other companies.
Think of the world before Jobs, before a handful of bright young minds began exploring the potential of small, relatively inexpensive computing. Communication meant either writing letters or picking up a phone – with service largely provided by a national monopoly. Having access to research materials meant buying an encyclopedia and subscribing to yearbooks for updates to already obsolete data, or spending plenty of time at the local library. News from around the world came to most people either from the only major newspaper in town or one of three national broadcast networks. Social networking meant going to cocktail parties and company events.
Compared with today, that sounds positively medieval, doesn't it? …
Contrast the explosive success of personal computing, which lacked heavy government direction, to that of solar and wind power. Federal and state governments have subsidized and regulated these industries for decades, and they have deliberately handicapped other traditional energy-production technologies to make the renewables more competitive. According to Reason Magazine, each megawatt-hour of energy produced by wind and solar power in 2007 was delivered via more than $20 ofgovernment subsidies, as opposed to $2 for nuclear power and a dollar or less for coal and oil – most of those in the form of tax incentives rather than direct subsidies.
With all of that effort over several decades, are we closer to mass-produced solar and wind power? Have these industries even matured to the point of producing jobs? The industries that Jobs, Gates, and their colleagues created through private-sector innovation based on technological success employ millions of people around the world. In 2009, President Obama got $38.6 billion in job-stimulus funding to create a "green jobs" explosion that would also employ millions. Thirty months later, we have spent $17.2 billion of those funds, and created less than 3,600 jobs, roughly at a cost of $4.85 million per position.
Capital markets drive innovation, create and expand industries, and can rapidly improve our lives — if we keep government out of the way, and certainly out of the position of distorting markets to favor losers over productive use of capital and especially redistributive policies. As Wall Street has learned, three years of accelerated redistribution didn't satisfy the Left — it only drove them to demand more of it. Time to end the war on capital by defunding the anti-capitalists.
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I thought they were mostly against capital punishment…
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Mine, baby's and baby's again.
We did a lactate threshold test in the Sunday tri-specific Spin class I've been going to for the last three weeks. I was reluctant to do it, since all it was going to tell me was that I'm not in peak condition. Not by a long shot. I already knew that.
But Sunday morning rolled around, I hadn't slept but I was feeling pretty energetic anyway.
I was pretty happy to hold 258 watts average for the 20 minute test.
If you're familiar with a LT test for running, well the bike one is obviously similar. We warmed up, did a 10-minute test run, then went as hard as we could for 20 minutes, maintaining the careful balance between going hard enough and not blowing up.
If you're not familiar with the Keiser M3 bikes with power meters you're missing out. Our gym got them two years ago and they're awesome to teach on, to train on, to quantify your effort. Watts are your power output…basically how fast you'd be going outside (gear + cadence). How much watts to aim for has to do with your weight and conditioning. I'm happy to be in the 200s for a length of time. I'm about 130 pounds now, up from my normal prepregnancy in shape weight of 115-120, so to hold double my weight is decent.
I used to do a 45 minute class at an average watts of about 190-220 depending on how I was feeling that day. Since the baby the best I've done is one day at 190 but more often than not , I'm averaging 160ish. I love watts and nerdy training numbers, can you tell?
Now if I only I could get back to running speed.
No, we didn't let him eat one.
They must be growing because all he is doing is eating. Milk AND food. And all I seem to want are salads with fats on them: avocado, turkey bacon, hard-boiled eggs…I'm going to start doing shots of Omega 3 acids.
Baby brain food.
Grow, baby, go…Anna needs an apprentice builder for her Ariel Legos.


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What is the difference between "hi" and "low" input jacks on guitar / bass amps? Usually bigger amps have both of them (didn't see them on smaller ones really)..
The "Hi" input attenuates the input signal, usually by between 10-15dB (about half to a third the original volume). The "Low" input will not do this.
Different guitars and basses produce widely varying signal levels. This isn't just a passive vs active thing; plug a vintage-voiced Strat into the amp, then a PAF-voiced Les Paul; you'll have to turn the gain down. By contrast, the preamp of your amplifier works best with a signal in a particular range of strength; too hot, and you'll clip the preamp (which is generally not the best sound especially if you want a clean tone). Too low, and subtleties of tone become lost in the amp circuitry's "noise floor".
The different inputs, or the attenutation switch on a single input, allows you to "turn down" a hot guitar with a simple switch instead of involving other elements of the preamp. This has two benefits, both tied to being able to turn the other "downstream" controls to higher levels. First, taming a hot signal without an attenuator usually requires turning down the "Pre Gain" level. This knob, especially on a tube amp, will become very sensitive; small moves will produce huge volume changes. By attenuating the signal before this point in the circuit, the knob becomes less sensitive to small moves. Second, by allowing controls like the pre-gain to be turned higher, more of the original "native tones" of the instrument get into the preamp stage, and the tone and equalization controls have more to work with. Overall, this results in a "less muddy" sound, as subtle harmonics and overtones aren't lost in the noise floor of the amp.
Contrary to what the previous answers stated, the different sensitivity is not the primary difference between the "hi" and "lo" inputs. It is indeed different, usually by 6 dB, but you could achieve this with the gain knob alone.
Every pickup responds differently to the amp impedance: some will sound muffled and dull when plugged into a "lo" input, others shrill and disturbing with a "hi" input. So when you're using two different guitars live, it can sometimes be useful to use each input for one of them (you should still always unplug the one you're not playing from the amp).
They assume different signal levels so have different levels of gain in the pre-amp. In fact on some amps the low input has a pre-amp but the high just goes directly into the main amp.
This is to cope with the fact that instruments can have very different output signal levels, but it can also be used to change the tone of the sound produced.
On my Ampeg amp, the instructions said that if you are playing a bass with passive pickup(s), to plug into the 0db jack; and if your bass has active pickups, to use the -15db jack.


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Or is there another tool for this job?
That means that such a tool only copies src to destination if the src is newer than the destination. Comparable to GNU
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(verb) To smile while sobbing; smiling and sobbing at the same time - usually from experiencing so much joy that it makes you cry.
also, smobbing or smobbed
also, smobbing or smobbed
After many years of not seeing each other, the two long lost girlfriends found each other at the airport, hugged tightly and uncontrollably smobbed.
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Acronym for the phrase "suck me off bitch"
Oh look at my watch, now that Grey's Anatomy is over its time to S.M.O.B.
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Used to describe a female who is a passive aggressive frigid fag hag with chip the size of Texas on her shoulder. She will also turn any situation into moaning about how crap her life is.
Person 1: *Tells long winding story about how crap her childhood was* I know by posting this I am giving my enemies here ammunition. It would be pretty goddamn low of any of them to use any of this but if they did, it would show me that they are no better than the people mentioned above, i.e. they are scum.
Person 2: You are such a smob!
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you can use this word in place of any word you want. adjective, verb, noun, whatever.
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i am smobbing you
lets smob!!
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Hamburg Ballet in California
Posted 15 February 2007 - 11:58 PM
Thurs. "The Lady of the Camellias"
Heather Jurgensen as Marguerite
Alexander Riabko as Armand
Silvia Azzoni as Manon
For the most part I loved this ballet. I had 2 problems. One was my seat location. I was the person farthest away from the stage in the entire theater. Don't ask. As such I had to use opera glasses through the entire ballet. There is a lot going on on stage, and by using my glasses I could concentrate only on one couple, thus missing the corps (usually dignified couples) doing some beautiful dancing, and visa versa. Dang! There are 3 big pdd's for Marguerite and Armand and they are lovely. However they are filled with Herculean lifts and I was a nervous wreck, fearing that Riabko, who is a rather small man, would drop Jurgensen. At one point I thought he had lost his balance and, as is my wont, I let out an audible gasp. Either he recovered or it was part of the choreography; they landed on the floor and it seemed to be where they belonged. There was also the dreaded debris on stage and it was supposed to be there: a letter. Darn if Riabko didn't land a leap smack dab on it, on one leg yet; how he managed to avert disaster is beyond me.
This was Riabko's ballet. Not only was he wonderful, but the story seems to be more about Armand than Marguerite. I was extremely impressed with his dancing; wonderful turns and jumps, such control, and a devoted partner ... a joy to watch. My other problem was that he looks like a doofus character in some sit com or yore and I couldn't get that image out of my mind; ergo I couldn't see him as a lover. My problem, not his. Jurgensen has gorgeous feet, as did most of the women, and is a lovely dancer; I thought her characterization of Marguerite could have been better.
The ballet "Manon" (not MacMillan's) runs through the ballet (a ballet within a ballet), paralleling Marguerite's life and death with Manon's. More lush dancing, especially Manon's death scene.
Because of all the lifts I would not want to see this ballet again, but I would LOVE to have a DVD of it where I know that any dropped lifts would be edited. There are some wonderful bits of choreography amidst the more grandiose segments: little movements in the pdd's, the corps' dancing. Great stuff; great evening.
Posted 16 February 2007 - 12:58 PM
There have been rumours that the Paris Opera Ballet's production of the ballet will be filmed next year.
Posted 17 February 2007 - 06:35 AM
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Posted 17 February 2007 - 11:21 AM
I have strong visual memories of Marcia Haydee in this role and have to admit that I saw it (at that time) as very much the ballerina's ballet. I can't even remember the Armand.
I checked this on Amazon. It's $121 there!!!
There is a video tape out there with Marcia Haydee and the Hamburg ballet.
Posted 17 February 2007 - 12:48 PM
Posted 17 February 2007 - 01:12 PM
As I recall, the lighting in that film is quite dark, so the fact that Ivan Lika spends the entire ballet dressed in black probably doesn't help his cause. There are scenes in the second act that definitely aim for a black-and-while effect. I do remember the contrast between Haydée's white dress and black hair and Lika's blond hair and black clothes.
I can't even remember the Armand.
That black-and-white effect is reinforced in photos on the Hamburg Ballet web site:
Dancers in costume
Scenes from performance
Posted 18 February 2007 - 12:19 AM
Sat., Feb. 16th, 2007
OK, another one of my problems. I like to be surprised. When I see a ballet, or when I travel, I like to be surprised/amazed by what I see. Therefore I don't like to read too much about what I'm seeing before I see it so as not to spoil the surprise. I beginning to realized this is a BIG mistake.
"Death in Venice". Actually, I didn't realize there was that much to read about this ballet, and even knowing what was available it's most likely I wouldn't have read it. Would it have made a difference in what I thought of the ballet? Hard to tell.
"Death in Venice" is not my type of ballet. As "theater" it's probably quite good (I'd know more if I'd studied up). As a rule when I go to a ballet I want to see dance/ballet, not theater. I want to see beautiful steps performed by beautiful people. Angst is OK as long as you do it balletically beautifully.
This does not mean that "Death in Venice" isn't an important ballet; it just means it's not my cup of tea.
I can't imagine anyone performing the role of Aschenbach better than Lloyd Riggins; it's more acting than ballet. Edvin Revazov as Tadzio was marvelous. It wasn't until after I'd read up on the ballet that I realized this 6-foot-20-year-old was supposed to be a sweet 14 year old! And I don't think that bit of info would have helped the ballet since Revazov was such a wonder.
Husband and wife team Silvia Azzoni and Alexandre Riabko (he MY hero in ""The Lady of the Camellias") were gorgeous.
I'm almost tempted to see it again, knowing what I know now. Almost, but not quite.
Posted 19 February 2007 - 12:51 PM
Even on second viewing, I still didn't like the Jethro Tull KISS-faced guitar players as that seemed too arbitrary, even for an Expressionistic choreographer like Neumeier. All in all, I thought it was a pretty creepy ballet with death pervading every moment, and winning in the end with no hope of transfiguration, in spite of the music, the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan & Isolde.
Posted 19 February 2007 - 01:17 PM
I checked this on Amazon. It's $121 there!!!
There is a video tape out there with Marcia Haydee and the Hamburg ballet.
The DVD will be released in May by Deutsche Grammophon... it should be cheaper!
Search for Chopin and "newest release"
Posted 19 February 2007 - 01:27 PM
Hopefully, this link will work.
Neumeier's The Legend of Joseph, filmed around 1977 with Kevin Haigen as Joseph and Judith Jamison as Potiphar's Wife, is scheduled for release about the same time.
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