text:
Narrow your search
While it's not nearly as refined as the new fourth-gen Surface Pro, Microsoft's Surface Book is a powerful, feature-filled premium hybrid that doesn't forget it's a laptop first.
You have several e-reader options, but few we can enthusiastically recommend.
The popular Transformer Book gets a makeover with new colours and new features to get the range ready for the Windows 10 launch window.
Two machines with sturdy aluminum frames, plenty of ports and ultra-high-res touchscreens.
Seven reasons to stop what you're doing and watch Netflix's newest original show.
This very usable 12-inch laptop is a good, if expensive, tool for websurfing and casual use, but would benefit from better battery life.
This good-looking fanless hybrid works as a slim Windows tablet or an ultra-portable laptop, but still suffers from the same awkward marriage of base and screen as many hybrids.
The WD My Book Duo is a fast, versatile, and secure way to add lots of storage space to your desktop computer without digging a hole in your pocket.
The Windows and Android phone, tablet and notebook combo aims to please even the most fussy user by packing everything you need (bar iOS) into a 12.5-inch device.
Pricing not available
The Asus Transformer Book T100 revives the Netbook value proposition (and Netbook usability issues) in a budget-price 10-inch laptop that doubles as a tablet. You won't love it, but for sheer bang for the buck, it's hard to beat.
The Asus Transformer Book Trio combines Windows 8 and Android in a laptop, tablet, and desktop computer.
Pricing not available


text:
| goliathc
Reviews: 1
Review posted on Tuesday, December 11th 2012 at 6:19 am
| guytwo
Reviews: 1
Probably one of those people that just critique authors they don't approve of and books they've never read, in other words, a republican. That's a well known trick of the right to try to discredit other points of view. I guess it's hard for some to understand that the USA isn't always the good country we want to believe.
In any case, I just finished episodes 5 and once again I really enjoyed the show. As a mild history buff I can assure you that Stone is way more on target than most people realize. History is written to make one side better than another, regardless of the truth or facts. Or as the great historian Howard Zinn said: "If you look at history from the perspective of the slaughtered and mutilated it's a different story."
I especially enjoy the movie references since so many movies, TV shows and books are produced because of political or historical reasons that can only be appreciated later with a greater understanding.
Pop culture is always giving us a mirror of the times, the social worries and political fears, we just don't often recognize them at the time.
Stone's reference to the dark political satire movie "Dr Strangelove…" is a perfect example, I had no idea that Eisenhower had delegated nuclear attack authority to others in the military!! Not even after the above movie made a reference to it in Dr. Strangelove's "Plan R." Now I get it, but I don't like it.
I'm looking forward to episode 6 which is really getting to an era that I can personally remember very well.
Below are some books that I've read and especially enjoyed, just for my fellow history buffs:
"The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Rhodes, Richard
"Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" by Daniel Okrent
"JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" by James W. Douglass
"Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track" by Richard P. Feynman
"White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America" By Don Kirkland & Michael Walsh
"The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York" by Deborah Blum
"Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern" by Joshua Zeitz
Also "Hellfire Nation.." by Morone and "Overthrow" Both MAY be out of print, not sure.
Review posted on Wednesday, December 12th 2012 at 12:32 am
| EvoQ
Reviews: 6
Review posted on Sunday, December 30th 2012 at 11:21 pm

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Health Concern On Your Mind?
See what your medical symptoms could mean, and learn about possible conditions.
Drugs & Supplements
Get information and reviews on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. Search by name or medical condition.
Having trouble identifying your pills?
Enter the shape, color, or imprint of your prescription or OTC drug. Our pill identification tool will display pictures that you can compare to your pill.
Save your medicine, check interactions, sign up for FDA alerts, create family profiles and more.
Talk to health experts and other people like you in WebMD's Communities. It's a safe forum where you can create or participate in support groups and discussions about health topics that interest you.
Read expert perspectives on popular health topics.
Connect with people like you, and get expert guidance on living a healthy life.
Sign up to receive WebMD's award-winning content delivered to your inbox.
WebMD Symptom Checker helps you find the most common medical conditions indicated by the symptoms bloating or fullness and throat tightness including Allergic reaction, Generalized anxiety disorder, and Irritable bowel syndrome.
There are 18 conditions associated with bloating or fullness and throat tightness. The links below will provide you with more detailed information on these medical conditions from the WebMD Symptom Checker and help provide a better understanding of causes and treatment of these related conditions.
Allergic reaction causes sneezing, runny nose and hives and can lead to anaphylaxis, a whole body reaction.
Generalized anxiety disorder is a condition in which a person has nearly constant anxiety.
Irritable bowel syndrome is a common condition that causes painful spasms and cramping in the large intestine.
When someone has a panic attack, that person feels a sudden, intense fear that can't be controlled.
A drug allergy is an allergic reaction to a medication and can cause a rapid heartbeat and difficulty breathing.
Anaphylactic shock is a sudden severe allergic reaction marked by breathing trouble, a tight throat, and more.
Medication side effects include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, weakness, dizziness, seizures, and more.
Indigestion is pain and burning in the upper abdomen, an feeling of fullness after a meal, belching, and gas.
Acute stress reaction symptoms include shortness of breath, anxiety, nervousness, sense of doom and more.
Belching or passing gas clears gas from the digestive tract, but when gas is stuck it causes abdominal pain.
Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining, causes stomach upset, irritation, and pain.
Gastroenteritis is inflammation of the stomach and intestine that causes diarrhea and vomiting.
Giardiasis is an infection of the small intestine causing diarrhea, gas, bloating, nausea and stomach cramps.
Helicobacter, bacteria in the digestive tract, causes peptic ulcers and their associated pain and burning.
Supraventricular tachycardia is fast heart rhythm starting in one of the upper chambers of the heart.
A gallstone attack occurs when a stone blocks the bile duct, causes right upper abdominal pain and cramping.
Small intestine cancer is rare and often has no symptoms, but can cause symptoms in its advanced stages.
Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare liver condition, symptoms include pain, swelling, and vomiting blood.
©2005-2015 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.
WebMD does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. See additional information.
©2005-2016 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.


text:
Davos Digital Divide, episode 7
By SunScience on Jan 26, 2007
At eight o'clock on Saturday morning, in the knotty-pine Jakobshorn meeting room in the Waldhuus Hotel, set slightly apart across the snowy Davos valley from the rest of the hundreds of breakfasts, meetings, and sessions, the WEF Digital Divide conference reconvenes.
This is the seventh meeting, since the inception of a WEF Digital Divide Task Force in 1999 by John Chambers [ Cisco ], Eric Schmidt [ Novell ], John Gage [ Sun ], Eric Benhamou [3Com], Nobuyuki Idei [Sony ] , Heinrich von Pierer [Siemens ], Stephen Kaufman [Arrow Electronics ], and many others gathered in the IT Board of Governors meeting organized by WEF.
This initiative preceeded the 2000 G-8 summit in Okinawa, and led to the formation of the G-8 DOT Task Force on Digital Inclusion, to numerous private and public initiatives, and to several WEF initiatives, notably in Jordan.
The New York Times article by John Markoff on January 29 describes the testy early morning exchange between two of the world's leaders in bringing computer and networking technology to bear on education...and begins to explain why they disagreed, and why they agree.
The night before, at the AMD dinner held by the 50/15 Initiative, a major project led by AMD to bring network connectivity to every school in the world, Negroponte and Vint Cerf [ Google ] played music across the ten mesh-networked little machines scattered across the room....each machine playing a separate, synchronized voice.
The music application is reminiscent of GarageBand, Apple's brilliant application. Alan Kay's software derived from Squeak is on the XO....perhaps we should call it the Squeaker....and dozens or hundreds of applications are being written for it.
There will be a Java Virtual Machine on the XO, bringing a huge set of applications designed for an environment as constrained as a mobile phone.
The two hours explored new possibilities...and every participant committed to extending the initiatives to link schools, students, teachers, parents, and communities to the Internet to advance education.
Most participants have continued their participation each year; a partial list....
Nicholas Negroponte [OLPC]
- Craig Barrett [Intel]
- Michael Dell [ Dell ]
- Dan Shine [AMD]
- Henri Richard [AMD]
- Mike Long [ Arrow Electronics ]
- Stephen Kaufman
- John Gage [ Sun ]
- David Kirkpatrick [Fortune]
- John Markoff [NYT]
- Yossi Vardi
- Tae Yoo [Cisco]
- [Oxford]
- [Hewlett-Packard]
- [Microcredit Intitiative]


text:
HRI and Rightslink invite you to a lunch-time discussion with Lotfi Maktouf a Tunisian civil society activist and founder of Almadanya, a Tunisian NGO formed after the revolution to empower people through a series of development and cultural programs. Two years after peaceful demonstrators calling for three and only three demands (freedom, dignity and jobs) forced then president Ben Ali to flee, some question what happened to the Tunisian revolution and its aspirations. How did it shift from jobs to polygamy, from freedom to gender separation in public places and in schools, and from dignity to criminalizing blasphemy? Mr. Maktouf will discuss the challenges and tasks facing post-revolution Tunisia as well as discussing the broader consequences of fundamental ideological shifts on the region's social fabric, social dynamics, human rights, the place and value of the law, security and economics.
Lotfi Maktouf graduated from Tunis, Paris-Sorbonne and Harvard law schools. Member of the New York Bar, he practiced international corporate and tax law in Wall Street and then served for four years as Senior Counselor at the International Monetary Fund based in Washington, D.C. Since the Tunisian revolution, he became active in Tunisia via Almadanya.
© Copyright 2016, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
For questions or comments, please contact the web administrators.
435 West 116 Street, New York, NY 10027 — 212-854-2640


text:
The act of eating out a pregnant girl while she is giving birth.
I so wasn't ready for that double header.
by Morning Thoughts November 28, 2010
Trending Now
Top Definition
masturbating two times or more consecutively. as in, without loss of erection.
School's out tomorrow. I think I'll pull off a double header.
by whitebolo January 15, 2005
Felatio performed by two people upon one other person simultaneously.
Sarah actually brought her friend over last night and they gave me a double header. Two mouths are better than one.
by Chase Daugherty November 28, 2006
Two dicks in the pink or the stink
We gave Stéphanie a Double-Header all night long!
by MOCO & P-Phat February 11, 2007
The event of having sex with one partner right after another.
Man, last night I had a double-header with a blonde hottie and her brunette ho biatch friend.
by KBK January 22, 2005
Getting oral by two women at the same time.
That was a great double header.
by IloveDoubleHeaders March 31, 2010
When you fuck two different people on seperate occasions during the same day.
"sorry dude, i can't come by right now, or later either for that matter. I'm with gina right now, then I'll be headed over to laura's. It's a regular double header!"
by master holy crap August 06, 2008
A term for a two-headed dildo. These are generally used for stimulation between two homosexual female partners, although they can be used in a heterosexual context with more than one woman involved, or used on a man for heterosexual or homosexual sex.
You know it smells like shit! God damn! Tag team the double-header
by PrEmo January 06, 2014


text:
(CNN) -- Gunmen killed seven people Wednesday in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, and two more died in a bomb blast in Karachi, police said.
The Karachi explosion resulted from a bomb planted near an illegal gambling and drug center, according to police official Muhammad Aslam. It was not immediately clear who placed the bomb.
In Balochistan, four people died in Loop Sherani when gunmen on two motorcycles sprayed a vehicle with what police official Abdul Jabbar Baloch called "indiscriminate firing." The shooting appeared to be a targeted killing, he said.
In the other Balochistan incident, gunmen killed three people in Quetta, the provincial capital. Deputy Inspector General Wazir Khan Nasar said gunmen had earlier kidnapped the victims, who were later shot repeatedly in the head from close range.
Malala shooting: An eye opener? Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, is routinely racked with violence.
This month, 97 people have died in bombings in the province, leading to protests among Shiites who complain that the government has done too little to protect them.
In addition to sectarian attacks on Shiites, unrest in the province is believed to be fomented by several insurgent groups, including the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army and the Pakistani Taliban.
CNN's Shaan Khan contributed to this report.


text:
Meet and Communicate with Fun Singles Near You on BBW Personals Plus
Register now to search thousands of members and post your FREE profile!
Hmmm. Things seem to have changed a bit. I wonder if the powers that be will fix it?
Shoshana is a 39yr-old single woman in Mundelein, IllinoisView Profile


text:
Did you hear Disney acquired LucasFilm?
Here is the "news" update about that.
And Disney had LucasFilm for a few minutes now... and already announced STAR WARS EPISODE 7!!! SAY WHUT?!
Any thoughts? Personally, I'm a little outraged that they're continuing on with the Star Wars saga.. but who knows it could be like a new beginning or a continuation from the last episode. Hopefully Disney does this good and not kill it.
Hopefully it would be something better than John Carter (the movie was OK, I thought it could be better).
31 Answers answer
An article I read said "Episode 7 set for release in 2015, with plans to follow it with Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years." Wow!
On the bright side, maybe Disney will be willing to release an unadulterated Special Edition Blu-Ray. Provided they can scrounge up some film copies after Lucas intentionally destroyed as many as he could find when he finished adding his "enhancements."
Man I hope they don't mess this up.
When Star Wars was first released, Lucas had said he wanted to do three trilogies. The original three, a prequel set, and three as follow ups (after the empire fell).
That later became only the current six. Perhaps he's changed his mind again.
Personally, I'd like to see them.
@mtm2: I've read about that somewhere too.
The third trilogy starting with Episode VII was to deal with Luke's life as a Jedi.
Episode VIII was to deal with Luke's sister (not Leia) coming from another part of the galaxy and Luke was to become a Jedi Master and pass on his training to her.
Episode IX was to feature the appearance of the Emperor and have Luke and his sister confront him on the Imperial Capital Planet of Had Abbadon, possibly bringing about the Return of the Republic and the Jedi Order.
I'm of mixed feelings about this. As long as Disney stays away from characters like ewoks and Jar-Jar, there's a potential that it might not be a bad thing. If they put crap like that in, well, let's just say I'll be somewhat underwhelmed.
@joshobra: Yes, back in the day there was a running joke regarding Lucas' slow progress that the third trilogy would be shot on location. If Disney brings people accustomed to making films for grown-ups on board, then I would like to see what they can do with it. If they see it as a kiddie film property, not so much. And only if Lucas has little to do with it, I am sad to say. I don't like seeing the creators of original works cut out of creative control of the sequels, but Lucas drank his own Kool-aid and is no longer the man that brought Star Wars to life.
Hey, how could a company with such science fiction classics as; Flubber, Son of Flubber, Mars Needs Moms, Rocketman, and The Cat From Outer Space screw up Star Wars?
All I'm going to say is that Disney bought Marvel, and look where those movies ended up... Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Avengers... Just imagine if they pull Joss Whedon in to direct episode 7. I for one am extremely optimistic! =)
This is good news. Really is. Disney seems to have really gotten it together over the last decade with a focus on sustained quality. It's not necessarily quality-first at every turn (Brave, for example, was a good movie with a terribly lazy merch campaign), but it's a measured plan that makes sure resources are properly allocated to try and make good movies.
Now fix my original trilogy.
Something to consider: Disney acquired Marvel and went on to release The Avengers, one of the biggest movies ever.
I'm sure that Disney will make sure this is a huge success and grab a great director for the film and it will be amazing.
That being said, I don't really care for Star Wars. Don't hate me please.
@abramokids: So true about the Avengers part. I wasn't thinking about that when I wrote the topic out.
I'm crossing my fingers that it'll be that good.
well, maybe George Lucas has enough Money now
The awkward moment when I realized it has come to this.
This could get interesting....it will largely depend on the direction they take with it. I'm willing to give it a chance.
Someone at Disney must be good at math. I'm sure Episode VII will make at least $1 billion worldwide, if not more. Basically, they will get at least 25% of the purchase price back after the first movie. Throw in merchandising and other licensing - Star Wars on Ice, Hoth Ski Resorts, Mos Eisley Cantina brand of bar/restaurants, etc., etc., and this is like printing money.
That's no moon....
yes... bring in Joss... then we can see Luke train his Niece to battle the evil sith lord Darth Rosenberg.
I'm just waiting for the inevitable cross-overs and musicals. "When you wish upon a (death) star" is now a perfectly legal possibility.
Disney has the capital to produce some great movies. What worries me more is how this will affect the fan community.
George Lucas has a reputation for turning a blind eye to IP issues. This in my opinion has helped promote a strong fan community that has contributed a lot of content that would otherwise not be possible. Disney on the other hand has a reputation for suing anyone and everyone over IP.
@kmeltzer: thanks for the movie marathon list ; )
@zvwang: That's where I'm concerned too. Adywan's version of ESB may never be finished now. Disney may crack down on fan edits.
Look at the bright side (Anti Dark side?)....we can look forward to a Jar-Jar Binks TV series to replace that awful Clone Wars.
I never use all-caps, but feel it is warranted here: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GIVE IT TO PIXAR!
I just don't know. This could easily go either way. I agree with the comment on this being a BAD thing as far as derivitive works and IP go. Lucas (correctly and wisely, IMO) allowed many videos on YouTube, as well as plenty of fanfic and the like. Disney has squashed these like slow cockroaches in the past. Also, Disney is in large part responsible for the unreasonably long copyright allowed by law: this in turn is causing hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of orphaned works to be lost each year, since nobody can legally keep them alive.
In addition, Disney's record regarding science fiction has been spotty. Their most recent effort, John Carter, was, well, just overall awful. Marvel was aquired, but I think Disney has been pretty hands off. I don't seem them doing that with LucasFilm.
I really hope they use Timothy Zahn's "Heir to the Empire" as the basis for Ep.7-9. Excellent plot, great characters . . . it's already there for the taking. No need to start from scratch.
This just in..
(lol, so like its a repackage of and old video)
This just in..
" E! Online has learned from a source at Lucasfilm that the new films won't be an adaptation of the books. Their source says "it's an original story." "


text:
This page is part of a frozen web archive of this mailing list.
You can still navigate around this archive, but know that no new mails
have been added to it since July of 2016.
Click here to be taken to the new web archives of this list; it includes all the mails that are in this frozen archive plus all new mails that have been sent to the list since it was migrated to the new archives.
Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] v1.5 build failure w/ Solaris Studio 12.2 on Linux
From: Paul H. Hargrove (PHHargrove_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-23 12:45:23
Just a Minor correction. Instead of:
- The C++ part of the build (VT) is deep within the OMPI build; it works
fine with the C compiler all the way up until that point
The correct facts are:
- The C++ part of the VT build requires CXXFLAGS=-library=stlport4 when
using the SS12 compilers.
- Addition of that flag leads to the reported error when compiling
ompi/mpi/cxx/file.cc (NOT in VT)
On 2/23/2012 7:23 AM, Jeffrey Squyres wrote:
> Terry and I talked about this on the phone. Supporting facts (some of these are repeated from Paul's prior posts):
> - This happens with the C++ SS 12.2 compiler on supported Linux platforms
> - The C++ part of the build (VT) is deep within the OMPI build; it works fine with the C compiler all the way up until that point
> - /usr/include/sys/types.h typedefs u_char, and is directly included in event.h
> - So SS 12.2/C++ is somehow mucking up<sys/types.h> to make that typedef not be available
> - The upgrade from 12.2 to 12.3 is a free download
> This feels like a SS 12.2 C++ compiler bug to me. And it's free to upgrade to a version that does not have this problem. Hence, this has become a README note.
> The road to v1.5.5 just got a little shorter.
> On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
>> I think I have the beginning of a fix for this issue.
>> I had not even noticed earlier that the error in event.h is from the C++
>> compiler, when compiling file.cxx in the c++ bindings. That makes the
>> vendor-specific addition of "-library=stlport4" to CXXFLAGS quite
>> relevant to the problem/solution.
>> It eventually occurred to me that when VT's sub-configure told me to add
>> configure arguments, I could have used --with-contrib-vt-flags to pass
>> that ONLY to VT and perhaps NOT mess with whatever karma was providing
>> the definition of u_char. However, when I tried that I was disappointed
>> to find that the bit of configure logic that suggests/requires
>> CXXFLAGS=-library=stlport4 (from ompi/contrib/vt/configure.m4) runs
>> BEFORE the processing of --with-contrib-vt-flags. So, that was a dead end.
>> So, the next idea was to look for a fix specific to sltport. I tried
>> adding near the top of opal/event/event.h (after the WINDOWS equivalent):
>>> #ifdef STLPORT
>>> typedef unsigned char u_char;
>>> #endif
>> That managed to clear up the original problem w/ SS12.2.
>> With SS12.3, things also built fine.
>> This suggests the typedef is not "conflicting" with whatever other defn
>> was present.
>> I think the "safety" of this needs to be examined more widely before
>> this can be adopted.
>> My concern is that some system could "typedef char u_char" if it has
>> char unsigned by default, leading to a conflict.
>> Now that would, I suppose, only be a problem if STLPORT is also defined.
>> So, maybe I am over thinking this.
>> -Paul
>> On 2/21/2012 11:10 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
>>> More notes:
>>> I've tested ompi-1.5.4 and it has the same problem. So, this is NOT a
>>> regression.
>>> Terry D. has observed that Ubuntu is NOT a supported platform for the
>>> Solaris Studio compilers.
>>> So, I've reproduced on a Scientific Linux 5.5 platform (Red Hat
>>> Enterprise Linux 5.5 clone, like CentOS) to be sure that was NOT the
>>> cause.
>>> When I configure for the SS12.x compilers, I've been passing
>>> CXXFLAGS="-library=stlport4" as the VT sub-configure has informed me I
>>> should, due to something wrong the the default STL. I tried dropping
>>> that from configure, and THE BUILD WAS SUCCESSFUL.
>>> So, one has 2 choices:
>>> + build w/ SS12.2 without VT
>>> + update to SS12.3 and have VT
>>> I don't think there is sufficient reason to delay 1.5.5 for this.
>>> -Paul
>>> On 2/21/2012 4:39 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
>>>> A few things to note:
>>>> 1) This is NOT a problem w/ the SS12.3 compilers on the same machine.
>>>> So, one could say "upgrade your compiler" (a free download) and not
>>>> delay 1.5.5 for this issue.
>>>> 2) This is ONLY a problem on Linux, and not on Solaris (both SS12.2
>>>> and SS12.3 tested for x86, x86-64, Sparc/v9 and Sparc/v8plus)
>>>> 3) Testing the trunk I DON'T see the problem with either SS12.2 or
>>>> This is interesting, because it probably means that a u_char
>>>> definition is SOMEWHERE in the headers (because libevent *is* getting
>>>> built).
>>>> Whatever else may be done, I think this should be fixed "properly"
>>>> (whatever that may equate to) for 1.6.
>>>> The way I see it now, it feels like OMPI is getting a definition of
>>>> u_char only "by accident".
>>>> -Paul
>>>> On 2/21/2012 12:16 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
>>>>> Building the v1.5 branch on Linux with the Solaris Studio 12.2
>>>>> compilers I see the following failure:
>>>>>> "[srcdir]/opal/event/event.h", line 797: Error: Type name expected
>>>>>> instead of "u_char".
>>>>>> "[srcdir]/opal/event/event.h", line 798: Error: Type name expected
>>>>>> instead of "u_char".
>>>>>> "[srcdir]/opal/event/event.h", line 1184: Error: "," expected
>>>>>> instead of "*".
>>>>> Where line 1184 is a prototype containing "u_char *".
>>>>> As far as I can find, only several files below opal/event/ contain
>>>>> any use of "u_char".
>>>>> There is a typedef for u_char in hwloc, but no use that I could see.
>>>>> To the best of my knowledge u_char is NOT defined by any standard,
>>>>> and thus there is no particular header one can reliably find it in.
>>>>> The alternatives, of course are "unsigned char" or "uint8_t"
>>>>> (defined in stdint.h).
>>>>> I had a look at the trunk and VISUALLY is appears the same problem
>>>>> exists in:
>>>>> opal/event/event.h
>>>>> opal/mca/event/libevent2013/libevent/event.h
>>>>> However, my testing is currently confined to the v1.5 branch in the
>>>>> hopes of finally getting the next 1.5.5rc out the door.
>>>>> -Paul
>> --
>> Paul H. Hargrove PHHargrove_at_[hidden]
>> Future Technologies Group
>> HPC Research Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352
>> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900
>> _______________________________________________
>> devel mailing list
>> devel_at_[hidden]
>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
Paul H. Hargrove PHHargrove_at_[hidden]
Future Technologies Group
HPC Research Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900


text:
I need a recommendation letter on my teaching. I want to ask the instructor in last semester for which I was a TA, but I don't know how his impression for my teaching. So do I need to ask him for his opinion about my teaching before letting him write the recommendation letter?
Yes. Don't be shy because you think you are asking him to write you a better letter, because in fact you are asking him whether he feels he is capable of writing you a good letter. The contrary could mean not that he doesn't like you, but that he doesn't have enough of an opinion to write a letter that would not be damning with faint praise, and if he declines and is a tactful person he would give that as his reason no matter what.
I have both personal and anecdotal experience with this situation. Once, I asked Barry Mazur for a letter when applying for an NSF graduate fellowship, and we did talk, but our contact had been pretty minimal at that time (it still is, really) and he said exactly what I wrote above: that he could write a letter but it wouldn't say much specific, so if I had someone who knew me better then I would be better served to ask them.
As for the anecdote, I will just use (possibly incorrect) pronouns as identifiers. At a "seminar" for applying for jobs, this person described how he once agreed to write a letter for a student who was highly regarded by others, and only later realized that he couldn't actually recommend her well. Having agreed to write the letter he produced one which was adequate but no more, and the student didn't get as good a job as it was generally felt she deserved. The writer described his guilt at doing this, because it was not his obligation to agree to write a letter for someone he couldn't give the best recommendation they could get.
People usually do not feel comfortable to say no when they are been asked to write a recommendation letter as they do not like to imply that they have negative views about your work. However, most decent people would try to avoid writing you a letter if they feel they cannot write a good letter. So when you ask for a letter always try to leave as much room for a polite refusal as possible. Therefore, phrase your request as a question, something like: if you feel you know my work well enough, would you be able to write me a letter of recommendation? If the answer is not yes or if they express too much hesitation, you probably better off asking someone else.


text:
Blimey, it's Friday already! A Valentine's Day Friday, no less! Well, today we only have eyes for delicious Irish Whiskey as we move onto the third and final instalment of this bumper blog post.
Back at the start of Part 1, I mentioned Teeling Whiskey Company's recently confirmed plans to build a new distillery in Dublin, the first in 125 years. This post will cover this and many other projects that could see the number of distilleries in Ireland double, treble, or perhaps even quadruple!
First though, I'll try to briefly run through some other news and developments, starting with the fact that in 2011 Beam Inc. bought Cooley, introducing another big player alongside the giants of Pernod Ricard and Diageo and leaving Ireland without an independent distillery once again (albeit briefly...).
Tags: irish whiskey, single malt whiskey, grain whiskey, pot still, blended whiskey, suntory, beam, kilbeggan, dingle, echlinville, tullamore dew, teeling, walsh whiskey, slane castle, niche drinks, belfast distillery, horse island
Categories : Blended | News | Whisky
Read the full story (0 Comments )


text:
Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis CardinalsSun, August 4, 2013 - 1:10 PMGreat American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH
We are sorry, the date for this event has already passed. This event took place on 8/4/2013. Click here to view upcoming events for Cincinnati Reds.
Still unsure? Check out our user reviews for:
Have a question? Need help? Call us at 800.477.5285


text:
Complete the form to the right and $AVE MONEY on your move!
Stress-Free State to State Moving From NY to NJ!
When making the long-distance move between New York and New Jersey, you can count on College Hunks Moving to make the entire experience stress-free from start to finish!
The College Hunks Moving Long Distance Difference
Whether you're moving from NY to NJ or moving from NJ to NY, College Hunks Moving understands that most moves occur during a big life-change. That's why we go above and beyond typical "customer service" to show true compassion and respect for all our clients' unique needs.
When you schedule your long distance move with College Hunks Moving, you get more than just strong backs and AMSA-Certified, clean-cut young professionals to move your belongings. You also get the peace of mind that comes with our friendly, stress-free service.
You have enough to worry about, so let us take the burden of moving off your shoulders and handle it for you. With the help of our dedicated, long-distance moving partners, we have all the tools to make your move 100% stress-free.
We can handle your New Jersey / New York move...
FASTER: We complete interstate moves faster than any other New York movers or New Jersey moving companies.
CHEAPER We save you thousands of dollars by utilizing an innovative trucking network to offer you long distance moving rates that are ALWAYS cheaper than the national moving company vanlines.
SAFELY: All of our long distance moving teams are fully licensed, bonded and insured for your protection.
ANYWHERE: We can move you from any state to any state, no matter where you live now or what part of the country you are moving to.
Client Reviews
Lexington, KY
Chesterfield, MO
Little rock, AR
Nashville, TN


text:
Vote for your Favorite Children's Book Characters
Location:Hilton Head Branch
Date & Time:Thursday, November 1, 2012 (All day)
Date & Time:Friday, November 2, 2012 (All day)
Date & Time:Saturday, November 3, 2012 (All day)
Date & Time:Monday, November 5, 2012 (All day)
Date & Time:Tuesday, November 6, 2012 (All day)
As the adults get ready to elect the next U.S. President, kids of all ages are invited to drop by the Children's Room to "elect" their storytime President and Vice President. Ballots can be picked up and completed at the Children's Desk. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 7th.


text:
Mass Effect 3 Xbox 360 Game EA for $16.99 + free shipping
Awesome conclusion to an awesome trilogy!
5 Comments add a comment
Now that it is all patched it is pretty good. I don't know if anybody is left on the multiplayer anymore. It's important in that in order to get the "best" ending you will need some MP points to raise your "galactic readiness" rating high enough. It is possible without the MP, just very hard (you have to complete nearly all the side quests.)
You should also pay the dough and get the "From Ashes" DLC. The character is interesting, it fills a large plot hole otherwise, and you get access to a nice weapon.
PS3 version, $19.99 + shipping:
@wilfbrim: There is still plently of people playing multiplayer. I received this game as a Christmas present and just finished it last weekend. Never had any problems finding matches to raise my "galactic readiness" to the highest rating. Definitely recommend this game. The gameplay tweaks they made from 2 are quite good.
Actually still lots of players in multiplayer for Xbox. I play a few times a week and quick queues. I was not expecting MP it to be as good as it is - really solid and fun and balanced. They are still adding new content as well, so far all for free which is pretty sweet.
Overall, pick it up for the single player, but stay for the mulitplayer. Totally worth it.
Back up to $25


text:
|John B. and Della (Agostini) Cherubino, 1942, wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cherubino of Waterbury recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a luncheon reception given by their children at La Bella Vista in Waterbury. The Rev. Frederick M. Aniello, Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waterbury provided a blessing and a prayer for Mr. and Mrs. Cherubino. They were married Sept. 26, 1942, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Waterbury. They have three children, Richard Cherubino of Waterbury, Mary Ann Camilleri of Cheshire and the late John D. Cherubino, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cherubino is the former Della Agostini.
Read more of this story and more!
7-Day Subscribers have FREE access to everything on rep-am.com and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE to register and activate your access,.
Not a subscriber?
You can purchase a single-day subscription for only $0.75 to read this and access all of our content and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE purchase a single day subscription.
Become an electronic subscriber to the Republican-American for only $8 a month. CLICK HERE.
Follow Us
Post a reader commentWe encourage your feedback and dialog.
Please be civil and respectful.
If you're witty, to the point and quotable, your reader comments may also be included on the Around the Towns page of The Sunday Republican.
Readers must be registered and logged in to post comments on the site. Registration is free. Click Here to register.
A Subscription is not required to post comments only a Registration.
Log In
|Register / Forgotten Password?
More stories from Anniversaries


text:
© 2001-2016 Pinside.com All rights reserved. Rendered in 0.31988s
Help –
Contact –
About Pinside –
Support Pinside –
Jump to top
With pinball machines from the early 1930's up until the modern games of today, the Pinside archive currently holds 2,219 games. Each game has its own archive page, to which Pinsiders can add game details, photos, reviews and much more!


text:
Mangal Bagh
News about Mangal Bagh, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights From the Archives
Pakistani Forces Appear to Push Back Militants
Government forces appeared to have pushed members of a militant Islamist group farther from Peshawar, but the group's leader remained at large.June 30, 2008 worldNews
Pakistani Splinter Group Rejoins Taliban Amid Fears of Isolation
A militant splinter group that broke from the Pakistani Taliban last year and declared allegiance to Islamic State announced on Thursday it was rejoining the Taliban insurgency, a move that could be prompted by fears of isolation amid possible Afghan...
March 12, 2015, Thursday
Taliban Hit Airport Again After Pakistani Airstrikes
Gunmen attacked Karachi's airport on Tuesday for the second time this week, and the death toll from the first attack rose to at least 36 as seven additional bodies were found.
June 11, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: Airport Security , Pakistan , Karachi (Pakistan) , Taliban , Airports , North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) , Defense and Military Forces
Taliban Gain Foothold in a Pakistani City
Hounded by the army in the tribal belt, the Pakistani Taliban are spilling into Peshawar, stepping up attacks on the police, extortion demands, sectarian killings and kidnappings.
July 28, 2013, Sunday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: Peshawar (Pakistan) , Terrorism , Taliban , Defense and Military Forces , Pakistan
Taliban Defend New Perch in Northern Pakistan, Gaining Sway as Election Nears
Taliban fighters defended the Tirah Valley, which they acquired last month, killing about 30 soldiers in Pakistan's army over five days.
April 10, 2013, Wednesday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: Taliban , Defense and Military Forces , Pakistan , Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan)
Deadly Bombing Strikes Police Bus in Pakistan
An explosion killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens in the deadliest attack in Peshawar in months.
June 9, 2012, Saturday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: Pakistan , Bombs and Explosives , Peshawar (Pakistan) , Buses
New Details Emerge on Conviction of Pakistani Who Aided Bin Laden Search
Dr. Shakil Afridi, whose vaccination program helped the United States track Osama bin Laden, was convicted not for treason, but for colluding with a local Islamist warlord.
May 31, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: Afridi, Shakil , Pakistan , bin Laden, Osama , Central Intelligence Agency , United States International Relations
Fallout of Bin Laden Raid: Aid Groups in Pakistan Are Suspect
Humanitarian work that helped millions of Pakistanis was compromised after it emerged that Dr. Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination scheme to help the C.I.A. locate Osama bin Laden.
May 3, 2012, Thursday
Pakistan Loses Another Journalist
The killing of Nasrullah Afridi, a journalist working in Peshawar, is the latest in a series of killings in Pakistan that have singled out reporters.
May 13, 2011, Friday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: Muslims and Islam , Peshawar (Pakistan) , Bombs and Explosives , Mangal Bagh , News and News Media , News , Terrorism , Committee to Protect Journalists , Taliban , Pakistan
Bomb at Pakistan Mosque Kills Dozens
Pakistani intelligence officials said a suicide vest exploded at the mosque, which was used as a storage and assembly center by local militants.
February 19, 2010, Friday
South Asia's Taliban Problem
What are the implications of the Taliban's spread and the threat posed to India and the surrounding region?
April 14, 2009, Tuesday
MORE ON MANGAL BAGH AND: News
Rss Feeds On Mangal Bagh
Subscribe to an RSS feed on this topic. What is RSS?
Get Alerts On Mangal Bagh
Receive My Alerts e-mails on topics covered on this page.More Alerts >>


text:
6 Objective Reasons The US Army Should Invade BP
British Petroleum set off an unprecedented ecological disaster, bungled it and then their commander appeared on TV to exposit exactly what it is they're doing: that's not an industrial accident, that's a COBRA scheme running backwards and escaped into the real world. At least Cobra Commander could read his To Do list the right way up.
We could have done with that warning.
It's an ecological apocalypse, an economic horror story, a PR-mageddon, and it couldn't be better timed. America hasn't really won a war in over 40 years*, Lost just ended and the only sport on TV is something called "soccer." If the U.S. plays this right it could be the best natural accident since Adam fell on top of Eve and decided to try jiggling.
Because if America invades BP it'll be the most popular war since the original Star ones.
*They don't count as a win if you have to go back for a do-over.
#6. A Real Actual War Against Real Actual Bad Guys
The U.S. can take over BP, get lots of oil--hell, right now we're getting far more than we want (a phrase previously thought capitalistically impossible)--save the economy, the ecology and it'll even let the usbe in the right again. We couldn't organize a better war without resurrecting Hitler.
This is Plan B, and we're not going to claim it's without flaw.
#5. Better (Worse) Bad Guys
CNN newscasters have wet dreams of terrorists capable of what's already happening, and these aren't desperate lunatics living in caves, BP executives are pretty much Scrooge McDuck without the humanizing influence of half-naked duck-children. They're guilty, they're rich and they're mocking the world: On Day 52 of the spill--aka "Seven weeks and we're still screwing up"--they delivered a statement claiming that they were "not aware of any reason" why their stocks should drop 16 percent.
That's not an announcement, that spokesman was a human-sized middle-finger sent to flick off the entire world. His survival is living proof that every reporter he talks to has been castrated--there is no other way he could remain unbeaten-to-death. And if you meet one of those reporters, feel free to take his wallet and sleep with his wife, he won't object, she'll actively thank you and even if you're a girl you're more man than she's used to.
#4. Better Motivation Part II: OIL
Now that PR is covered we can get on to the real reasons: We know there's oil involved--Beverly Hillbillies-level oil--in the same way we know Tila Tequila exists: painful knowledge of a dangerous disaster. Even NASA can tell it's there...
"Houston, we're fine but all y'all don't look so good."
...and when your screw-up is visible from space we're fairly sure Captain Planet's allowed to start existing and kicking your ass. Never mind the country whose coast you just turned into the world's worst slip'n'slide.
Though we know one man who'd enjoy it. It's pretty much Opposite Day for him.


text:
Who instituted Rishon, Sheni, Shelishi etc in the leyning of the Sidrah? When was this done? What are the principles which were applied to determine where the stop should be? One would have thought that the Aliyot would be of about equal length, and that they would coincide with the subject matter, but this is not always the case.
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
Open up a shulchan aruch, and you'll see the criteria for breaking the Torah portion into readings:
That we attempt to divide it in ways that are more or less of equal length makes sense, and is easier on the Torah-reader, but isn't listed per se.
I don't know who put in the current standardized divisions (though there are still some that are debated); they are reasonable recommendations that meet the above criteria. If, for instance, a synagogue wanted to add one (or more?) aliyahs, a reasonably-knowledgable Torah-reader would look at the above rules and make an additional division as suits him.
In some Torah portions the divisions are a bit more conspicuous; for instance, Vayeshev is a rather depressing portion: "they hated Joseph, they wanted to kill him, they sold him down to Egypt, his father mourned, he got thrown in jail, the baker died, Joseph got left in jail." The divisions here try to find any nice-sounding verse, and end on that: "his brothers hated him, but his father held on to the matter." [STOP! SOMETHING NICE-SOUNDING!] "The other brothers wanted to kill him, but Reuben secretly wanted to rescue him." [STOP!] Or in the next portion, this mysterious and sadistic Egyptian viceroy is making the brothers completely miserable, but at one point he offers to make a deal, "because I fear the Lord." [STOP! SOMETHING NICE!]
The whole sordid affair with the Golden Calf is crammed in to two ginormous aliyot given to the Cohen and Levi; the five non-Levites after that get small slivers of the remaining portion. This is to avoid giving any of that sad issue to a non-Levite (whose ancestors likely participated in it).


text:
Let $λ_1,\ldots,λ_m$ real numbers pairwise distinct and $μ_1,\ldots,μ_m$ real numbers all nonzero. We know from polynomial interpolation that for a given $r$ such that $1\leq r\leq m$, there exists an unique polynomial $R$ of degree less than $(m+r+1)$ such that $R(λ_i)=μ_i,1≤i≤m$ and $R'(λ_i)=0,1≤i≤r$ .
I want to prove the existence of a real polynomial $S$ such that the polynomial $$P(x)=R(x)+S(x)\displaystyle\prod_{i=1}^{r}(x-\lambda_i)^2\displaystyle\prod_{i=r+1}^{m}(x-\lambda_i)$$ admits exactly $(m+r+\mathrm{deg}(S))$ real roots pairwise distinct.
In other words I am looking for a real polynomial $P$ which satisfies $$P(λ_i)=μ_i,1≤i≤m \mbox{ and } P'(λ_i)=0,1≤i≤r,$$ and whose roots are all real and simple.


text:
6 Things Everyone Knows About Women (That Aren't True)
#3. Only Women Suffer from Media-Perpetuated Body Issues
Women have been complaining forever about the impossibility of living up to the female body image that is presented in media. There are like eight billion periodicals marketed to women, and every one of them has some thin teenager with perfect teeth, huge boobs and no blemishes staring out from the cover--not just Martha Stewart Living. It's no wonder the grocery store checkout line is known as the "boner chute."
This colloquialism was submitted by Gertrude Weinbauer, Food Lion #1557.
Complaints and checkout erections aside, it's not our fault the media is presenting this airbrushed picture of what women should look like, or that real-world women are buying into it. If you ladies don't have the sense to know that it's all a sham, then maybe you deserve your crippling body image diseases.
When actually ...
Men are starting to feel the exact same pressures to look perfect. A recent study commissioned by Harvard found that a full 25 percent of people with eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia are men.
Look at that asshole, just brushing his teeth all the live-long day. How can a real man compete with that?
The effect that these media portrayals have is real and the body image problem has jumped the gender barrier, so stick that in your overly tanned, sharply chiseled faces, men. Surveys show that a growing percentage of dudes believe that the only attractive male physique is an extremely muscular one, and they are going to great lengths to attain it.
Typically, that means consuming large amounts of protein, obsessing about their weight and working out so much it interferes with other parts of their lives. It doesn't even matter that in the media, the dudes who have chiseled bodies tend to be douchebags.
They were right! We were just jealous this whole time!
#2. Women Aren't as Good at Math
This stereotype isn't as in-your-face as the others on the list, but it's there. If you look around at the people who hold most of the science, technology and engineering jobs in the world today, you'll quickly be tempted to ask, "Hey, where are all the chicks?" Anyone who's ever spent time around a college math lab, a corporate IT department or an engineering firm will notice a preponderance of dudes with skinny arms, ironic T-shirts and Tron collectibles.
And very few women.
This shortage of women in science and technology fields has given birth to the idea that maybe women just aren't as talented or as interested in those areas as men. Or more specifically, that they aren't as good at math, which is kind of the underpinning of the whole shebang. If you're not good at math, you're going to make a crappy scientist, right? And if women aren't well represented in the sciences, doesn't it follow that they're just not as skilled at mathematics?
When actually ...
Janet Hyde from the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiled math test scores and SAT results from more than seven million students, and found absolutely no difference in scores between males and females. So if girls have a mathematical aptitude equal to that of their testicled counterparts at the end of high school, why aren't they moving forward into scientific careers in greater numbers?
Why the hell not?
Well, the answer is nobody really knows. But right now, most researchers are leaning toward causes with social and environmental origins. One recent study found that teachers in grade school can impart their own anxieties about math to their female students, engendering a belief that boys will always be better at math than girls.
Another potential environmental explanation is social identity threat. This is a phenomenon in which knowledge of a stereotype actually makes you fail--thereby validating the stereotype. It's like a Catch-22, but with breasts. In either case, the next time you're trying to impress some girl with your knowledge of isotopes and quadratic equations, just remember that there's an even chance that she's actually better at that shit than you are. Calculate that, Poindexter.
#1. Most Victims of Domestic Violence Are Women
Making jokes about domestic violence is about as awesome as making jokes about genocide. So we'll skip the hilarity and go straight to the stereotype about spouse abuse: If you're talking about one person beating up another in the home, you're probably talking about the man beating up the woman. That's why everyone believes that bullshit statistic about spousal abuse skyrocketing on Super Bowl Sunday. Men are bigger, women are weaker. Men are more aggressive, more violent, more prone to jealousy, and women are their usual victims.
When actually ...
Women are more likely to abuse, stalk and attack their partners than men are.
And there are literally hundreds of scientific studies with sample sizes in the thousands to back up this assertion. In the world of gender research, domestic violence is a subject that has been studied over and over again. The evidence is clear: When couples resort to physical violence, more often than not it's the woman who attacks the man first.
Hey Internet, what's the name for this fetish?
Consider this write-up from a study by Straus and Ramirez: "When only one partner was violent it was twice as likely to be the female than the male. Moreover, in terms of severe aggression females were twice as likely to be violent than men." Holy shit, ladies. Time to chill the fuck out.
If you're wondering why you've never heard these stats before, there's the obvious fact that men are bigger and therefore more likely to hurt women, and deserve to get raped in prison. But it's probably also because men are less likely to report physical attacks to the authorities than women are. And for some reason, men are really really less likely to report having a foot broken off in their ass by a 110-pound woman.
"It was a Hitler. No, three Hitlers."
It's the same old story: The stereotype persists because we're ashamed that we don't conform to it. Whew, that's depressing. How about before we end the article and we all go crazy in the comments, we join together and look at this adorable little kitty who broke his little leg:
That's better.
For more things you were sure of but shouldn't be, check out The 5 Most Statistically Full of Shit National Stereotypes and The 6 Most Statistically Full of Shit Professions.
And stop by Linkstorm to find out who wins in a fight between Christina and Seanbaby.
Cracked.com is looking for a lead PHP engineer to join our team of award-winning badasses. For more info, click on this now working hyperlink!
And don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get sexy, sexy jokes sent straight to your news feed.
Do you have an idea in mind that would make a great article? Then sign up for our writers workshop! Know way too much about a random topic? Create a topic page and you could be on the front page of Cracked.com tomorrow!


text:
- Professional equipment.
- Call us to find out how to buy it.
- Why don't we list prices?
Kinesis® One
Kinesis® One – all the benefits of Kinesis® in a single, stand alone station.
Kinesis® One – all the benefits of Kinesis® in a single, stand-alone station
The Kinesis® One can stand alone anywhere within your facility.
This single, affordable unit will attract lasting interest across the broadest possible range of customers.
With its two weight stacks hidden from view, the Kinesis® One leaves your members free to explore an infinite range of natural movements and exercises.
The Kinesis® One offers zero-impact exercises for wellness-seekers of all levels of fitness and ability, whether they are working on their balance, strength or flexibility.
You can leave your members to explore the benefits of Kinesis® One individually or create a whole new range of programs with the involvement of your trainers.
Kinesis® One is certified for medical use and rehabilitation
The certification of the Kinesis® One for medical and rehabilitation use is a powerful endorsement for facilities that want or need to address the needs of users who are recovering from injuries or have limited mobility.
This single, stand-alone unit offers a broad range of doctor-approved exercises and routines.
Kinesis®™ makes movement free and enjoyable, easy and natural, and without restrictions
FULLGRAVITY™ TECHNOLOGY (Patent Pending)
Kinesis®™ "FullGravity™ Technology" is a patent pending innovation that allows users to move tri-dimensionally while providing resistance to every possible movement of the human body.
3d Pulley System (Patent Pending)
Kinesis®™ incorporates a patent pending 360° rotating pulley system which enables movement on three planes. This system allows the user to move freely without cable interference.
Multimedia Friendly
Kinesis®™ improves the relationship between clients and trainer thanks to innovative Kinesis®™ Visual Learning.
Kinesis®™ Visual Learning
The software program for the Kinesis®™ aids learning and allows users to visualize basic and advanced movements, and the introduction program. It is the ideal training tool - the Kinesis®™ Visual Learning Software allows for easy consultation and visualization of the basic and advanced movements and introduction program for a Kinesis®™ session..
Greater Effectiveness
Kinesis®™ activates the kinetic chains, not just individual muscles. FullGravity™ patent pending technology allows for variable resistance in accordance with the increase in range and angle of the movement.
More Freedom
The double weight stack means each cable controls a single, independent resistance level. This allows a greater freedom of choice when defining exercises and movements.
Ease of Use
A patented continuous cable loop system connects with each cable handle. The design allows you to move freely with minimal interference with the body, especially in 'push' movements.
Fast Set Up
The handle is always ready for use and does not require any prior setting or adjustment. This allows users to start their workout and enjoy the Kinesis®™ experience immediately.


text:
I know that Merlin's beard! is an exclamation from Harry Potter which is similar to "Oh Lord!". and it is a common wizarding expression used to show surprise. Can we use it this expression in the muggle world?
I just wanted to know whether it is a proper exclamation which has its own origin and what is the literal meaning of this?
Are there any other exclamations like this?


text:
Top Definition
A North-American prank and rite of passage wherein older adolescents take younger boys into the wilderness for the supposed purpose of "snipe hunting." Snipes are an imaginary game bird purported to resemble quails or pheasants or what have you (the fictional snipe is not to be confused with the extant North American shorebird of that same name). Snipe hunts take place on moonless nights; the victims are provided burlap bags with which to catch the birds, while the conspirators spot them with flashlights. The conspirators make birdcalls, through rocks in the bushes, and urgently cry out "snipe" to make the victims believe that there are actually birds in the area. The victims don't want to be the only one who can't see the imaginary birds, so they claim to have seen them also. Pretty soon the victims have convinced each other they are surrounded by snipes and proceed to run about foolishly in search of the non-existent birds. "Dude right there didn't you see it?" The conspirators will often agree that they have just seen a snipe in that cactus patch or lake or thorny bush and order then the victims to dive in and catch it with his respective sack. The victims are then often abandoned by their guides, thus completing the joke. The cycle repeats when this year's dupes become privy to the joke and then take their younger brothers out the following year, in search of the ever-illusive snipe.
"You've never heard of snipe hunting? Dude we should go this weekend."
viết bởi sleepinggrass 20 Tháng một, 2005
Trending Now
Much like Cow Tipping, it is an errand into the woods to search for small fictional birds called snipes, but with more of the intent of ditching one's younger, more naive victim than finding snipes.
Hey kiddies, want to go snipe hunting?? You catch one by holding your flashlight very still on a single spot!
viết bởi Joe 20 Tháng hai, 2004


text:
The comical, yet moving play on women's fashion and friendship, which earned the 2010 Drama Desk Award for "Most Unique Theatrical Experience," will make its debut with the Eve Theatre Company on Thursday, Nov. 1.
Written by the late Nora Ephron and her sister Delia, "Love, Loss and What I Wore" is a play organized as a series of monologues relating to women's issues. The script is based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman.
"It's a play that's based on a collection of intimate stories about women and the kind of special moments in their lives, good and bad, and what kind of role the clothing had in all of that," said Susan McNeese Lynch, a marketing consultant and actress in the Louisville production.
The play, initially presented as a part of the 2008 summer series at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York, has featured actresses such as Rosie O'Donnell, Natasha Lyonne, Blythe Danner, Parker Posey, Kristin Wiig and Brooke Shields.
Under the direction of Nancy Hoover, the Eve Theatre Company's production will star local actresses McNeese Lynch, Kim Butterweck, Julia Leist Adams, Charlotte Hammett Hubrich and Diane Stretz Thurmond.
Though the play is focused on women, clothing and subject matter including mothers, prom dresses, bra-buying, purses and why women wear black, the story can relate to any individual. "Anyone who has a woman in their life – If you have a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, a cousin (or) a good friend. … these stories resonate far just beyond the women's involvement in them," McNeese Lynch said. "They have a lot to do with the men in these women's lives as well. It is based on women, but the stories relate to everyone."
"Love, Loss and What I Wore" will open at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at The Henry Clay Theatre, 604 S. Third St. A special opening reception sponsored by Little Black Dress Vodka will begin at 6:30 p.m. Beckerman's and the Ephron sisters' books will be available for sale in the theatre lobby courtesy of Carmichael's Bookstore. Bar service is available by Silver Spoon.
"Love, Loss and What I Wore" will run Nov. 1-4, 8-11 and 15-18. Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 for general admission; $19 for students, seniors and groups of 10 or more. For those willing to donate, gently used-professional women's clothing will be collected in the theatre lobby for Dress for Success Louisville.
For tickets, call 502.583.8222. For information, visit evetheatrecompany.com.


text:
For a Homework, I need $\int \frac{x}{(x-1)^2} dx$ as an intermediate result. Using partial integration, I derive $x$ and integrate $\frac{1}{(x-1)^2}$, getting: $$ \frac{-x}{x-1} + \int \frac{1}{x-1} dx = \ln(x-1)+\frac{x}{x-1} $$ WolframAlpha tells me this is wrong (it gives me $\frac{1}{1-x}$ where I have $\frac{x}{x-1}$). If I and WA disagree the error is usually somewhere on my side. Unfortunately WA uses partial fractions there instead of partial integration, so I'm not sure which step I screwed up. Supposedly $\int f'g dx = fg - \int fg' dx$ right?
(I leave the constant +C out because it's not relevant for the problem I need this for).


text:
I recently saw a conjecture that a modular form is a modular form for a congruence subgroup of $SL_2(Z)$ if and only if it has bounded denominators. Are both directions conjectures, or is one already known to be true?
As Ramsey pointed at, it is known that forms on congruence subgroups have bounded denominators. The other direction is still a conjecture, though some partial progress has been made. You might try looking at some of the papers by Ling Long ( http://orion.math.iastate.edu:80/linglong/ ). She has been interested in this problem for a while and has made some progress towards the conjecture. I'll briefly state one of her results (the others involve a bit more notation). All of her papers in this area are available on the arxiv.
Let $\Gamma$ be a finite index subgroup of $SL_2(\mathbb Z)$.
Unbounded denominators conjecture: Any meromorphic modular form on $\Gamma$ which is holomorphic on $\mathfrak h$ and has algebraic Fourier coefficients has bounded denominators if and only if it is a cusp form and $\Gamma$ is a congruence subgroup.
In their paper "Fourier Coefficients of Noncongruence Cusp Forms" Winnie Li and Ling Long prove the following theorem:
Theorem: Suppose the modular curve $X_\Gamma$ has a model defined over $\mathbb Q$ such that the cusp at $\infty$ is $\mathbb Q$-rational, $k\geq 2$ and $S_k(\Gamma)$ is one dimensional. Then a form in $S_k(\Gamma)$ with rational Fourier coefficients has bounded denominators if and only if it is a congruence modular form.
The other two papers by Long (joint with Chris Kurth) that I mentioned are available here and here. The idea of these papers is to prove the unbounded denominator property for certain classes of noncongruence subgroups.
Lastly, you may find this survey article a bit helpful.
One direction is known. A modular form for a congruence subgroup has bounded denominators.
This is because such a form can be interpreted as a section of a natural line bundle on a moduli space of elliptic curves with "level structure." Equivalently, this form can be regarded as a rule that assigns to each relative elliptic curve over a ring $A$ with level structure an element in an a certain $A$-module. The $q$-expansion of such a form arises by considering the Tate elliptic curve and its level structures. Roughly speaking (i.e. ignoring the level structure and the bad fiber), these are defined over the ring $\mathbb{Z}[[q]]$. The result is that a modular form for a congruence subgroup that has rational coefficients moreover has a $q$-expansion in $\mathbb{Z}[[q]]\otimes\mathbb{Q}$, and hence has bounded denominators ($\mathbb{Z}[[q]]\otimes \mathbb{Q}$ being much smaller than $\mathbb{Q}[[q]]$).


text:
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
The objectives of the project are to (1) assemble a collection of natural accessions and 2,000 homozygous T-DNA lines; (2) conduct a detailed phenotypic characterization of the collection using a phenomic approach, and (3) begin detailed characterization of a select group of mutants and natural accessions.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
This project builds upon a collection of insertional mutants (T-DNA lines) and natural accessions of Brachypodium that we have already assembled. We will use PCR to identify homozygous mutants lines from segregating populations. We will then use high-throughput, non-destructive phenotyping (phenomics) to characterize the population of insertional mutants and natural accessions. This analysis is expected to identify variation in biomass, growth rate, water use efficiency, nutrient use efficiency and other traits relevant to bioenergy crop development. Based on this data we will select a small subset of lines for more detailed characterization including molecular complementation analysis to determine if the T-DNA insertion is responsible for the observed phenotype. All phenomic data and homozygous mutant lines will be made freely available to the research community. Documents Reimbursable with DOE. Log 38518.
3.Progress Report


text:
I have recently started using the Pomodoro technique for workflow management. I like it, it provides a consistent workflow.
One thing I have noticed is that high "activation cost" activities seem really difficult. By this I mean tasks such as programming or detailed writing where it seems I must spend a good portion of each time period reconstructing in my mind the previous work I had done.
Is this normal and an intended part of the system? Or does this get easier after using the technique longer?


text:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The former Alabama attorney general who lost his job after feuding with the governor over electronic bingo has started a business that's selling a new twist on the game.
Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/11QXtIQ) ex-Attorney General Troy King, who was voted out of office in the 2010 Republican primary, now heads a company called Innovate! Technologies Group LLC. The company's product is a game called O-craps! -- essentially bingo played on a felt-covered casino table like a dice game.
King says the game looks like craps, but with bingo balls and bingo cards.
When Gov. Bob Riley was in office and trying to shut down casinos offering electronic bingo, King maintained the games might be legal in Alabama.
King says he's focused on selling his new game in markets outside Alabama.
VANCE, Ala. (AP) -- Mercedes-Benz's Alabama plant has been named the state's large manufacturer of the year by the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Technology Network. Mercedes-Benz began making automobiles in Alabama in 1997 and built a record 180,379 vehicles last year.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Olympian Bridget Sloan helped Florida lead the six qualifiers for the team finals in the NCAA women's gymnastics championships. Two-time defending national champion Alabama won the night session at 197.350, Oklahoma was second at 197.200, and UCLA third at 197.200. The individual event finals are Sunday.
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- USA Today founder Al Neuharth changed American newspapers by putting easy-to-read articles and bright graphics in his national daily publication, which he began in 1982 when he ran the Gannett Co. newspaper group.
Neuharth died Friday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89.
The news was announced by USA Today and by the Newseum, which he also founded.
He wanted to create a bright, breezy, fun newspaper that would catch people's attention and not take itself too seriously.
During Neuharth's more than 15 years at the helm of Gannett, the company became the nation's largest newspaper company. Its annual revenues increased from $200 million to more than $3 billion. He became president and CEO of the company in 1973 and chairman in 1979. He retired in 1989.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Fire Rescue officials say a child playing with a lighter accidently set the family's Tampa home on fire.
More than two dozen firefighters arrived at the blaze Friday night and spent about twenty minutes putting out the flames.
Tampa Fire Marshal Investigator Chris Stone interviewed the family and says the mother was in the shower while one of her three young children got hold of a lighter. When she got out of the shower, she saw flames and quickly evacuated the three children. No one was injured, but officials said the home was seriously damaged.
The Red Cross is helping the family find shelter.
FDIC closes 2 banks in Florida, 1 in Kentucky
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators on Friday closed two small banks in Florida and one in Kentucky, bringing the total number of U.S. bank closures to eight for this year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said that state regulators closed First Federal Bank, based in Lexington, Ky.
The FDIC also shuttered Heritage Bank of North Florida, in Orange Park, and Chipola Community Bank, in Marianna, Fla.
Regulators enlisted three other banks to assume all the failed lenders' deposits and purchase essentially all their assets.
The failure of the three banks is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund a combined $50.2 million.
Ga. testing plan to pump rivers with extra water
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia will soon test whether pumping underground water into regional rivers can boost flows to protect wildlife and possibly help resolve a tri-state water dispute.
Gov. Nathan Deal's administration has approved spending $4.6 million on a project testing whether excess water can be stored underground, then be pumped back into streams and rivers when needed during dry periods.
Backers of the plan say it could prevent the die-off of wildlife or even become part of a $1 billion fleet of wells providing more water to parched rivers. They say if Alabama and Florida could be guaranteed more water downstream, it may ease water conflicts between the states.
For years, Alabama and Florida have contended that metro Atlanta uses too much water, diminishing the water available for other users and hurting wildlife.
UGA helps launch Digital Public Library of America
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- The University of Georgia is helping in a groundbreaking project aimed at making vast collections of libraries, archives and museums publicly available.
Georgia is among seven pilot sites participating in the Digital Public Library of America project, launched last summer by Harvard University. A prototype went live this week.
The project's goal is to create a virtual public library with local archives digital, searchable and free.
The Digital Library of Georgia is based at the University of Georgia Libraries and is part of Georgia's statewide virtual library, GALILEO. It already includes more than 1 million digital files.
Among the items to be included are the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's collection of more than 5 million images and a short film that may be the earliest moving images of baseball filmed in Georgia.


text:
In the multiplayer store, there are two item qualities mentioned; Uncommon and Rare. Are there other qualities above or below these two? How do you know qualities the items in a pack are after purchasing it?
There are four qualities, common (blue border), uncommon (silver border), rare (gold border) and N7 (black border).
You can see all four of them in this screenshot:
there are only common, uncommon, and rare. uncommon items have a silver outline and rare have a gold outline when shown in the pack contents. the rest, such as equipment, are all common.


text:
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Skylar Diggins scored 18 points, Natalie Achonwa had 16 points and 12 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season and No. 2 Notre Dame beat 74-50 St. John's on Sunday.
The All-American penetrated at will. When she wasn't scoring on fast breaks, she was hitting pull-up jumpers or feeding forward Achonwa for easy layups.
St. John's (9-7, 3-1 Big East) was led by Nadirah McKenith with 15 points. The Fighting Irish took a 39-25 halftime lead on a drive through traffic by Diggins as the clock expired.
Notre Dame (16-1, 5-0) outrebounded St. John's 48-22 and outscored the Red Storm 38-24 in the paint.
No. 5 KENTUCKY 97, AUBURN 53
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A'dia Mathies scored a season-best 24 points to help Kentucky rout Auburn.
The Wildcats (18-1, 6-0 SEC), who have now won 17 games in a row and are tied with No. 4 Duke for the longest win streak in the country, put the game away in the first half, running out to an 11-point early. Auburn closed its deficit to eight with 11:04 until halftime. But over the next 7 1/2 minutes, Kentucky went on a 24-2 run, during which six different Wildcats scored.
Kentucky led 51-21 at the break. The Tigers (13-6, 2-4) scored consecutive field goals only once in the first half; it was those two field goals that snapped the Wildcats' 24-2 stretch that put them on top 46-15.
Auburn, which entered Sunday's game averaging 15.8 turnovers per game and a plus-6.4 turnover margin, had a season-high 30 turnovers (16 at halftime) against the Wildcats' full-court press.
No. 6 STANFORD 75, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 66
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Chiney Ogwumike scored 23 of her 29 points in the second half and added 16 rebounds to help Stanford beat Southern California.
Joslyn Tinkle had 15 points while Sara James added 13 for the Cardinal (16-2, 5-1 in the Pac-12), who won their second straight since having a long conference streak end against California last Sunday. Amber Orrange added 11 points.
Cassie Harberts scored 21 points to lead the Trojans (7-10, 4-2 Pac-12), who lost their 11th straight to Stanford. Ariya Crook added 18 points.
Stanford opened a 19-point edge in the first four minutes of the second half and had to stave off a fierce Trojans rally.
Southern California's only senior and second leading rebounder, Christina Marinacci, missed her fourth straight game because of an injury sustained in the Trojans' victory over Oregon two weeks ago.
No. 7 CALIFORNIA 70, No. 14 UCLA 65
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Layshia Clarendon scored 22 points to help California beat UCLA.
Talia Caldwell added 14 points and 11 rebounds while Gennifer Brandon also had a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds for the Golden Bears (15-2, 5-1). It's Cal's third win over a Top 25 team in its last five games.
UCLA was within 54-50 late in the second half when Clarendon made a 3-pointer. She later stole an inbounds pass as part of a 10-2 run then made four free throws in the final 54 seconds left to seal the win.
Thea Lemberger scored 15 points for the Bruins (13-4, 4-2). UCLA has lost two straight after winning its previous six.
No. 9 TENNESSEE 94, ALABAMA 62
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bashaara Graves had 19 points and eight rebounds to help Tennessee rout Alabama for its 39th consecutive victory over the Crimson Tide.
Alabama hasn't beaten the Lady Vols since an 85-66 victory in the 1984 Southeastern Conference tournament.
Meighan Simmons had 16 points as the Lady Vols (15-3, 6-0 SEC) earned their eighth straight win. Isabelle Harrison, Jasmine Jones and Taber Spani each added 14 points.
Daisha Simmons scored 19 points, Kaneisha Horn added 14 points and Shafontaye Myers had 12 points for Alabama (11-7, 1-4).
This was the last day of the SEC's "We Back Pat" week to support former Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt's foundation and its fight against Alzheimer's disease. Tennessee coach Holly Warlick and her assistants wore "We Back Pat" T-shirts under their blazers.
Before the game, Tennessee's coaches and players hugged Summitt, who sat in the front row at midcourt.
No. 10 MARYLAND 66, GEORGIA TECH 57
ATLANTA (AP) - Alyssa Thomas scored 28 points and helped No. 10 Maryland dominate the boards in an Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Georgia Tech.
Thomas also had 10 rebounds, one of three players in double figures for the Terrapins (15-3, 6-1), who piled up a 52-29 rebounding advantage over the Yellow Jackets.
Tianna Hawkins had 14 rebounds to go with 16 points, and Alicia DeVaughn grabbed 12 rebounds and scored 11 points for the Terrapins, who came in leading the nation in rebounding margin at plus-17 per game.
Four consecutive baskets by Thomas started a 15-0 run early in the second half that gave Maryland a 47-31 lead with 14:28 to play.
The Yellow Jackets (8-10, 1-6) whittled the lead to five points, 58-53, with 2:51 left, but they got no closer.
Tyaunna Marshall led Georgia Tech with 18 points.
IOWA 62, No. 12 PURDUE 46
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Jaime Printy and Melissa Dixon scored 15 points apiece and Iowa never trailed in defeating Purdue.
Theairra Taylor had nine points and 10 rebounds, and Samantha Logic had 10 assists as the Hawkeyes (14-5, 3-2 Big 10) handed Purdue its first conference loss of the season.
Bethany Doolittle had eight points, nine rebounds, three steals and three blocked shots for Iowa. Taylor was 3 for 3 from 3-point range, and Printy and Dixon also made three 3s.
The Hawkeyes led 41-18 at halftime. They were up 17-3 before Purdue managed its second basket with 8½ minutes left in the half. In the second half, the Boilermakers only got as close as nine points once before Iowa built a 17-point lead again.
Courtney Moses led the Boilermakers (15-3, 4-1) with 11 points. Purdue's only previous losses were to No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Connecticut.
No. 20 TEXAS A&M 64, No. 13 GEORGIA 46
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Courtney Walker scored 12 points to lead a strong perimeter game by Texas A&M in its win over Georgia.
Kelsey Bone, the Southeastern Conference's leading scorer and rebounder, saw her streak of five straight double-doubles for Texas A&M (14-5, 4-1) come to an end as she had 10 points and eight rebounds. She spent long stretches on the bench with foul trouble.
But the Aggies hit 51 percent (26 of 51) from the field and made 5 of 10 3-pointers.
Jasmine Hassell scored nine points to lead Georgia (16-3, 4-2), which shot 29.1 percent (16 of 55), including 1 of 6 3-pointers.
Texas A&M pulled away in the last 11:27 before halftime. The Lady Bulldogs trailed 11-10 after Jasmine Jones' short jumper, but the Aggies responded with a 13-0 run and outscored Georgia 28-6 over the remainder of the half.
No. 17 OKLAHOMA 71, No. 24 IOWA STATE 41
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Liz Donohoe had 18 points and eight rebounds and Oklahoma State rolled past Iowa State.
Iowa State scored the first five points and led for much of the early going, but the Cowgirls (14-2, 3-2 Big 12) went on a 10-0 run sparked by Morgan Toben's 3-pointer to take a 25-15 lead.
It was 31-21 at halftime and Oklahoma State scored the first 20 points of the second half, holding the Cyclones without a field goal for the first 8 minutes of the half.
Tiffany Bias had 12 points and 11 assists for the Cowgirls, who have won three straight. Kendra Suttles also scored 12 points, and Toni Young and Brittney Martin scored 10 apiece.
Hallie Christofferson led Iowa State (13-3, 4-2) with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Cyclones' only other losses were to Iowa and No. 1 Baylor.
No. 18 DAYTON 74, RHODE ISLAND 48
KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) - Sam MacKay scored 16 points, including four-3-pointers, and added five assists and five steals as Dayton cruised to a win over Rhode Island.
The Flyers (15-1, 3-0), who have won three straight games after losing 65-40 to Bowling Green on Dec. 30, posted their 10th straight win in the series.
With Dayton taking control early to lead 35-19 at intermission, the Rams (5-13, 0-3) opened the second half on an 8-2 run. Dayton answered with a 12-2 burst to pull away for good, sending Rhode Island to its seventh straight loss.
The Flyers forced 25 turnovers, leading to 33 points.
Ally Malott and Andrea Hoover added 11 points apiece for Dayton.
Tayra Melendez, with 13 points, was the only player in double figures for the Rams, who came in averaging the fewest points per game in the A-10 (51.5 points).
No. 19 SOUTH CAROLINA 52, FLORIDA 44
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Khadijah Sessions had 15 points and South Carolina held off Florida despite a 9-minute scoreless drought.
The Gamecocks (16-3, 4-2 Southeastern Conference), whose 59 rebounds were the most in coach Dawn Staley's five seasons, led 17-6 early and 24-17 at halftime.
Jaterra Bonds, who paced the Gators with 16 points, tied it at 35 on a layup with 12:14 left, but South Carolina rattled off 10 straight points, capped by Ashley Bruner's layup with 9:39 remaining, and Elem Ibiam had two key blocks.
The Gamecocks would not score again - missing 14 field goals and six free throws - until Bruner made 1 of 2 free throws with 32 seconds left for a 46-42 lead.
After Sydney Moss' jumper made it 47-44, South Carolina hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final 15 seconds.
Florida (13-6, 2-3) posted its lowest point total of the season.
No. 21 COLORADO 79, ARIZONA 36
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Arielle Roberson scored 12 points and Colorado cruised to a win over Arizona.
Lexy Kresl and Chucky Jeffery scored 11 points apiece and Jamee Swan had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Buffaloes (15-2, 4-2 Pac-12).
Six minutes into the game, Colorado led 15-11, but the Buffaloes outscored the Wildcats 28-4 the rest of the half. Nine players scored for Colorado in the first half on the way to a 43-15 lead.
Davellyn White was the only player in double figures for Arizona (11-6, 3-3), with 11 points. Colorado shot 50 percent from the field, while Arizona had 13 field goals for the game and made just 25 percent from outside.
No. 22 FLORIDA STATE 82, N.C. STATE 74
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Leonor Rodriguez scored 21 points and Alexa Deluzio had 19 as Florida State defeated North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
The Seminoles (15-3, 5-2) used a 22-3 run to overcome a 67-56 N.C. State advantage with 7:36 remaining. A 3-pointer by Deluzio began the run, and two free throws by Chelsea Davis with 2:56 left put Florida State ahead 71-70, its first lead of the second half.
The victory by the Seminoles avenged a 74-71 loss to the Wolfpack (8-11, 0-7) in the first round of last season's ACC tournament, the last time the teams met.
Davis finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Florida State, and Natasha Howard added 12 points.
Kody Burke scored 16 points and Marissa Kastanek 14, and Krystal Barrett had 10 points and eight assists for North Carolina State, which has lost its last six games.


text:
10 Cool Things About the Titanic
The Light of Liberty
One Man's Goal: To Travel Around the World on His Own Power
Waterlogged! Nat & Geo's H2O Adventure
Tomb of the Unknown Mummy
On the Trail of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Adventure
© 1996-2016 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.


text:
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is sampling recreational bodies of water for cyanobacteria, commonly called blue-green algae, when the agency is alerted to a potential algae bloom.
When harmful algal blooms are present, KDHE, in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and other lake managers where appropriate, responds by informing the public of these conditions. Based upon sampling results and established health risk levels, the following Warnings and Advisories are in place.
KDWPT reminds visitors that when a lake is under an Advisory or Warning, marinas, lakeside businesses, and park camping facilities remain open for business, although swim beaches will be closed. Park drinking water and showers are safe and not affected by the algae bloom. Also, it is safe to eat fish caught during a harmful blue-green algae outbreak, as long as consumers clean and rinse the fish with clean, potable water; consume only the fillet portion; and discard all other parts. People should also wash their hands with clean, potable water after handling fish taken from an affected lake.
As a result of this week's water sampling, the health warning has been lifted at Old Herrington City Lake.
When an advisory has been lifted, health officials say visitors to the lake should still exercise caution and look out for algae blooms in the water, as conditions can change quickly depending on the weather. Some algae blooms can look like foam, or a thick slurry. The blooms can be blue, bright green, brown or red, and they may look like paint floating on the water. However, some blooms may not affect the appearance of the water.
WARNING: High levels of toxic blue-green algae have been detected. A Public Health Warning indicates that water conditions are unsafe and direct water contact (wading, skiing and swimming) is prohibited.
Kansas public waters currently under a "Warning" status:
Herrington Reservoir, Dickinson County
Logan City Lake, Phillips County
Marion Reservoir, Marion County
Memorial/Veterans Lake – Great Bend, Barton County
When a Warning is issued, KDHE recommends the following precautions be taken:
· Humans, pets and livestock do not drink lake water
· Water contact is prohibited. Avoid swimming, wading or other activities with full body contact of lake water
· Clean fish and rinse with clean water, consume only the fillet portion, and discard all other parts
· Do not allow pets to eat dried algae
· If lake water contacts skin or pet fur, wash with clean potable water as soon as possible
· Avoid areas of visible algae accumulation
ADVISORY: Harmful blue-green algae have been detected. A Public Health Advisory indicates that a hazardous condition exists. Water activities like boating and fishing may be safe; however, direct contact with water (i.e., wading, swimming) is strongly discouraged for people, pets and livestock.
Kansas public waters currently under an "Advisory" status:
Brown County State Fishing Lake, Brown County
Lovewell Reservoir, Jewell County
South Lake, Johnson County
When an Advisory is issued, KDHE recommends the following precautions be taken:
· Humans, pets, and livestock do not drink untreated lake water
· Clean fish and rinse with clean water, consume only the fillet portion, discarding other parts
· Do not eat or allow pets to eat dried algae
· If lake water comes in contact with skin or pet fur, wash with clean potable water as soon as possible
· Avoid areas of visible algae accumulation
KDHE will continue to monitor these public waters and will update the conditions.


text:
Due to a database-restore, collation has been changed. If I try to
alter database <xyz> collate <xyz>
I get an error, that no exclusive lock to database to fulfil this operation can be gotten. Since sql-server is part of a virtual-machine, I'm quite sure, that no*one* has any database-access at this time but me. I thing that one ore few processes prevent me altering the collation having access to db, but I can't determine which it could be. I've deactivated all possible services having something in common with the sql-server, but error stays the same. ( Running Processes: MSSMS and Report Server )
I know I have successfully changed collation on another db in the past - easyway - via contextmenu/properties/collation, but this also has no success.
Reading several articles of changing collation of each object by one via cursor operation is not what i want to do.
Any hints would be appreciated!


text:
I'm a drummer and recently moved into an apartment with high ceilings and hardwood floors. I have a Roland TD-4. I've been researching for ways to be able to practice quietly without disturbing my neighbors. I'm sure if I used all mesh heads that would be quieter than rubber heads. Also, a few mentioned creating a riser with tennis balls as legs to help deaden the noise. Is there anyway that I can play an electric set in an apartment without spending a ton on soundproofing?
Obviously, headphones are the very first thing to recommend if you aren't already using them. A good pair of noise-cancelling headphones works both ways; you can be thumpin' it at 95dB and nobody but you will hear it.
The sound produced by you hitting a rubber pad with a drumstick is a dull thunk, typically quieter than an ordinary conversation. If you have legitimate concerns about that noise getting through the walls into adjacent apartments, I would be taking them up with the landlord. If it's really a problem, you can hang a heavy curtain on the wall separating you from your nearest neighbor, perhaps leaving an air gap of an inch or two, and that should dampen the sound transfer through the walls considerably.
The bigger concern is typically the pedals; when you step on them, you are making a bigger thump with your foot than the beater or the cymbal triggers make, but all of that is combining on the hardwood floor to make it sound like you're pounding on the floor (which you are). The solution to that is pretty simple; invest in an 8x10' area rug with a nice thick pile (even a carpet remnant, with a layer between it and the hardwood to prevent marring, would work fine on a budget), and put your kit on that. This will isolate the kit from the floor, which is the main means of vibration transfer this setup would have that could irritate the neighbors. Understand that over time the pile will compact under the weight and pressure of the kit's feet. Carpet protectors will mitigate this but can also defeat the purpose; they have spikes designed to hold whatever's on the carpet off of it, by transferring the load under the pile to the subfloor, which is exactly what you don't want.
Mesh should certainly be quieter, but to help save the sanity of your neighbours below, you will need to look at an isolated drum riser. Tennis balls could work, but more commonly you see neoprene pads as these do a very good job reducing transmission of vibrations.
Underneath that you could also use a square of carpet cut to the size of the riser as this will add another layer.
Sand. The Grateful Dead lined their space in sand, Moby encased his NY apartment in sand. If you are on the second floor, put your set on a sandbox. Line the walls with sand bags. It's cheap, portable, labor intensive, works great.
You'd probably get a kick out of this article, sums up the plight of the modern drummer well: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=22178
This is a good start for anyone who needs a sub-$30 drum riser solution:
I strongly recommend just buying a few tiles of "foam plywood sub-floor" (see link below). I bought 6 and stapled a cheap rug to them to prevent them from spreading apart. It acts as a great insulate drum riser, and has the added benefit of providing a uniform carpeted surface that pedals and stands won't move around on. I had many noise complaints before I built my studio, but the simple foam raised surface kept the neighbors at bay.
Example: http://m.homedepot.com/p/Barricade-1-in-x-2-ft-x-2-ft-OSB-R3-2-Insulated-Subfloor-Tile-OVRX2424R32/203640688/
PS - it's interesting how much people complain about the noise of electronic drums, yet not about other instruments.
Mesh is quiter. I have a Roland TD-8 (all mesh drums) and have compared that to rubber pads.
The issue (which I also have) is twofold : The sound coming from the pad itself, and how much is transferred to the floor- which then transfers to adjacent rooms and of course to the room under you.
The rubber pad is a solid hit - quiet, but transfers the shock of the stick hitting the pad directly to the kits cage/stand (and so to the floor).
Mesh makes a MUCH better job of dispersing the shock, and the bounce comes from the elasticity in the mesh (like a real drum) so not only are they quieter, they feel much more like a drum.
Things to bear in mind :
The actual sound of the kit is a secondary issue. Headphones are the obvious choice as other suggest or if you play through speakers you at least have a choice over the volume, and how much thump there is in the ovarall bass tones (the bit that travels).
My neighbour plays a 5 string guitar and has headphone/amps set up so half the time I don't even know he's having a play. You may need to investigate something like this.


text:
I am using IRowBuffer/IFeatureBuffer to insert fields to SQL Server 2008 DB.
When inserting a field I am using:
public void SetValue(IRowBuffer buffer, string field, object value)
int fieldIndex = buffer.Fields.FindField(field);
buffer.set_Value(fieldIndex, value ?? DBNull.Value);
(meaning when inserting null value I am using DBNull.Value)
Using this code with integer/float fields with null value works without a problem.
But using this with DateTime result in the value:
01/01/0001 00:00:00
in the DB.
Edit: a bit more clarification
When using:
buffer.set_Value(10, DBNull.Value);
When 10 is the index for a nullable int field the DB has a value of null.
But when 10 is the index for a nullable datetime field the DB has a value of 01/01/0001 00:00:00 .
It's not a problem in .Net or using nullable types but rather a problem with ArcOjects.
I have already seen Null values in plugin data source
Do someone have a solution for this? Am I doing something wrong?


text:
10. He left his wife for Sheryl CrowLance Armstrong just wanted to soak up the sun, so in 2003 he divorced his wife Kristin and soon after dated singer Sheryl Crow. The first cut proved to be the deepest for Kristin, the wife who stood beside Lance throughout his rigorous battle with cancer and raised his kids while he was off biking around France.
The move had the "I'm famous now, I can do better" feel to it, which requires a certain type of class. Simply put: Lance abandoned the person who never abandoned him.
Crow got her own taste as Lance again felt some change would do him good when he broke it off with Crow just three months into their engagement.


text:
"I give back to MSP because MSP gave so much to me — community, tutorials, camaraderie, orientation sessions. But most of all, the program believed in me when few other schools did. MSP saw me as a whole person, not a set of numbers, and gave me the chance to excel. I will always be grateful for that. Our support for MSP means future students can have that same chance."
Kathleen M. Conkey '91
Law Offices of Kathleen Conkey
"We all like to believe that we understand diverse perspectives, but Rutgers Law, and the MSP particularly, opened my eyes to a much wider view of the world. Every day my appreciation grows for the MSP; for what it has done for me, for the Rutgers Law community, and for the global community. I support MSP and the Campaign because I believe it is incumbent on all of us to perpetuate the transformational opportunities we have benefited from; it is an investment in a critical attribute of Rutgers Law; and it helps sustain the continuing tradition of training lawyers who really do make a difference in all walks of life. We are the MSP family and we need your involvement more then ever. Please join us in supporting this important mission."
Jeffrey D. Hsi '97
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
"The Minority Student Program ("MSP") dared to believe that someone like me, who comes from a socio-economic disadvantaged background, could excel in the legal profession. Because of the resources the MSP devoted to me, and the grace of God, I have been afforded opportunities that once seemed like a dream. It is critical that we contribute to the MSP, financially or otherwise, to ensure that its doors remain open for future generations."
José R. Almonte '04
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey


text:
Welcome to the Office of Undergraduate Research at East Carolina University. We believe that a well-educated student should have access to quality undergraduate research opportunities within any field of study. Therefore, we offer competitive awards for research support (URCA awards) and travel funds for students presenting their work at discipline-specific meetings. We sponsor the annual Undergraduate Research Day during ECU's Research and Creative Achievement Week in March-April each year, and trips to the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). We also are a part of the biennial Research in the Capital Symposium in Raleigh that allows top undergraduate researchers the opportunity to present their work to state legislators.
Mary Farwell, PhD
Director of Undergraduate Research


text:
Ricky Santos a Wildcat once again
Ricky Santos' first season as the wide receivers coach for the University of New Hampshire was as positive as his days as an All-American quarterback for the Wildcats.
Post a comment
You must sign in before you can post comments. If you are experiencing issues with your account please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: On the heels of the Open Government Memo of January 21st, 2009, the Obama Administration has issued the Open Government Directive. The Directive tells agencies what they must do to meet the expectations set by the Memo. The directive names many deadlines for agency compliance, most of them around... Read more