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Kerry Backs Away From Wars, but Warns Iran
WASHINGTON—Sen. John Kerry pledged, as the next U.S. secretary of state, to push forward President Barack Obama's vision to wind down America's military operations in the Islamic world and to pursue a foreign policy more driven by aid, economics and environmental issues.
But during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, the Massachusetts Democrat said that he agreed with Mr. Obama on using all means to deny Iran a nuclear weapon, including employing more economic sanctions and, potentially, military force.
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Mr. Kerry also underscored the "very real" threat posed to the U.S. by the increasing strength of al Qaeda and Islamist militias based in North Africa. And he said Syria's civil war could fuel a broader sectarian conflict in the Middle East, though he was careful not to commit the White House to any military action to try to forge peace in the country.
The senator's nearly four hours of comments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—which he has chaired since 2009—highlighted the challenges Mr. Obama will face during his second term in limiting Washington's use of force while still trying to manage the growing political and social turmoil that has gripped the Middle East and North Africa in the past two years.
Mr. Kerry's testimony also cast into sharp relief the international threats that could undercut the president's desire to focus on such foreign-policy goals as growing the U.S. presence in Asia and promoting Arab-Israeli peace in the next four years.
"President Obama and every one of us here knows that American foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone," Mr. Kerry said in his opening comments.
Mr. Kerry is expected to easily win confirmation from the Senate in the next week. His hearing was marked by very few testy exchanges between the Democrat and Republican lawmakers. The onetime presidential candidate was introduced at the hearing by departing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), a fellow Vietnam War veteran.
The Obama administration's handling of September's terrorist attack on U.S. posts in Benghazi, Libya, remained one area of clear dissension, however.
Mr. McCain and other Republicans pressed Mr. Kerry to agree that in his new job to provide more answers from the State Department about why it didn't deploy more security in Benghazi and why the White House didn't immediately call the attack a terrorist act. Mr. Kerry was guarded in committing to any more significant cooperation.
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"Senator, in all fairness, I think we do know what happened [in Benghazi]. I think that it is very clear," Mr. Kerry told Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.).
Mr. Kerry said he hoped to focus as secretary of state on expanding America's businesses abroad and using economic development to engage and stabilize countries such as Egypt and Venezuela.
"More than ever, foreign policy is economic policy," he said.
Mr. Kerry also said he hoped recent elections in Israel could establish the political environment for a resumption of peace negotiations between the Israelis the Palestinians.
During questions from senators, Mr. Kerry had to address pressing national-security challenges to the U.S., particularly those concerning Iran's nuclear program and the Syrian civil war. U.S. and European officials had hoped to resume negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear work last month, but Iran stalled on committing to show up at a particular time and place, according to these officials.
Mr. Kerry echoed Mr. Obama's willingness to hold direct talks with Iran on the nuclear issue. But the senator acknowledged that more sanctions, and possibly force, might need to be considered if Tehran doesn't seriously engage.
"The president has made it definitive—we will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Mr. Kerry said. "I repeat here today: Our policy is not containment."
Mr. McCain led some sharp questioning by both Republicans and Democrats on the Obama administration's policy toward ending the violence in Syria. He stressed his belief that the U.S., at the least, should establish a no-fly zone in Syria to protect civilians. He also said the more Washington disengages from ending the Syrian conflict, the greater the threat that radical Islamists could gain influence in the country after President Bashar al-Assad falls."We are sowing the wind in Syria, and we're going to reap the whirlwind," he said to Mr. Kerry. "And that whirlwind will be the increased presence of al Qaeda."
Mr. Kerry pledged in response to deepen his understanding of the Syria situation and recommit to finding a diplomatic solution to end the crisis. But he warned that the deep ethnic and sectarian divisions in the country meant that it would be difficult "to put those pieces back together" if there was an implosion of the Syrian state.
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I wrote something about the food. And I use flavors for plural flavor, however my foreign English teacher corrected it as flavorx. And he considers that I also should read 'flavors'.
I googled the word 'flavorx', but I almost can't find it used in the articles. Is 'flavorx' the right spell in that context?
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I'm communicating with teachers via email. So I don't know who answered me. I raised my concern to the teachers again. The new reply says I can only use flavor or flavors (plural) as in taste or tastes.


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I know that it is common behavior to have the logo of a web page be a link to the home page, but should I also have a 'home' link in the navigation bar for it as well?
I don't know how many times (many) I've been asked "How do I get back to the home page?" when I've skipped the home link in the main navigation.
I've started doing 1 of 2 things recently:
I haven't had any complaints after doing either of these (that they can't get back to the home page).
I also think the general reason why people want to go back to the home page is because they get lost on a website, so I think reducing the cause is a better solution that encouraging people to "start over" to figure things out. This is unless your home page is like Facebook or SO where it contains the most recent information.
I do also like DisgruntledGoat's idea of doing something similar to Facebook's logo/home link with a roll over to show that it's the home page link.
Similar question and answers here: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/1649/
If there's room then I don't see a problem, but if your navigation is horizontal you don't want it overflowing into a second row.
Having said that, if you plan to expand your navigation later then removing the link at that point might confuse users.
It's not essential - if you notice there's no "home" link on the Stack Exchange layout as the site logo is the name and that's obviously clickable.
It's true that it is standard practice to have a click-able logo that returns home. However, I have seen first hand that non-technical users have problems when this method is used exclusively. Even when Home is on the breadcrumb. For this reason I will always include a home link on the navbar. People expect to see it.
I almost always add a Home link in the navigation.
Also users expect the logo to be clickable and to navigate to the home page.
One way might be to do as Facebook does (the ultimate example of a site designed for average web users in my opinion).
A few versions ago a small home icon would appear when you hover over the logo. This very quickly conveys what clicking on the logo will do without having to tell the user or to make it noticeable when the user might not been it (hence appear on hover).
What they do now though is have a very obvious hover effect (the background gets lighter) so the user can see that clicking the logo does something, however maybe not exactly what until they click it for the first time.
Maybe try something like the first situation.
I'd say that ultimately it depends on your userbase. A lot of mine for instance are reasonably uninitiated, so on our Intranet applications we still include it and also make the logo/header link back to the main page.
Breadcrumb or not, users need an obvious way of getting home and the best way to go about that would be to include a link in your navigation. That way, it's a little more intuitive for users of all abilities.
I do also believe that this is completely on a "depends" basis. I mean, it depends on:
As a general rule of thumb, I would suggest that you do go ahead and have the logo be a link to home (obviously), and then go ahead and conduct some user tests to ascertain whether you need a separate link or not.
You may get all kinds of advice from people, professionals, books and so on, but until you conduct tests or get feedback after you have implemented whatever you have chosen, you will not know for sure which way is best. Good luck. -b
I often think about this question when I approach the main navigation for a site, and the answer will usually vary depending on the individual context. For example:
• How many items need to populate the main navigation; can we afford to add 'Home' without cluttering it?
• How web-savvy is the intended user-base of this site? Look at the personas - would they recognise a design pattern such as a site ID link? (If you're not still not sure, user testing is key)
• Does the site's logo design lend itself to being a clickable object? (It may be of a size, shape or visual contrast that doesn't make it easily recognisable by users as the site ID)
• How frequently do you see a user wanting to return to the home page, given the site's content?
• How 'deep' does the navigation go? How frequently do you see users needing a journey reset button?
• Is there important content on the home page that you can frequently seeing users going back for?
My advice is also to always include a clear breadcrumb. One thing that continues to surprise me in usability tests is the amount of people who regularly use the breadcrumb.
At the end of the day though, user testing should answer this question. If users are struggling to figure out how to return to the home page for lower level content, it might be time to add a link in the main navigation :-)
Personally I hate them. I prefer the Stack Exchange approach of having the logo be the home page and close to the menu. But, the best example of the logo being part of the menu is definately apple.com.
Some other examples:
Microsoft.com - no home link Dell.com - no home link Intel.com - no home link Sony.com - no home link HGTV.com - no home link (and a counter argument about StackExchange users being more sophisticated than other users)
Because I have to thrown in sites I love with Home links: LinkedIn.com - home link 37signals.com & child sites - home link
I think when you view enough large sites you realize that their is a trend to let the logo be the home link for numerous reasons.
One reason I personally think is important and relevant is SEO - using the alt text for the logo is much more valuable than having home as anchor text for a link. Having numerous links to the same content that early in the HTML can also have a negative effect.
While duplication of navigation can be very helpful - it can also eat up valuable whitespace or space for other navigation.
Don't forget that the Home page link is just a part of the information architecture. Having it in home page depends on the rest of it.
Eg. a better choice for this might be the breadcubms menu:
You are here: home -> category -> product
This works best as a reverse navigation, so the clickable logo with a hover effect should be enough in this case.


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I checked out another question and feel like I got somewhere with this. When I open the app (the first time) it asks me for permission to use my location. I think I simplified the myloc options, I'm fine with the default look and everything of the marker for testing. Upon allowing it, nothing happens, though.
me is undefined. Maybe I'm doing something in the wrong order?
Without the location, I am able to get the map up with other markers, so... it's gotta be an order thing? I've tried a few variations...
I'd like to eventually plop a marker onto the map after the browser gives up the general coordinates. Eventually that will be movable and updated in the db, but I'm not worried about that just yet, obviously. Baby steps...


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Why did God create people who are mentally ill or severely handicapped? They are not able to serve him in the same capacity and their lives seem to be full of difficulty and anguish. Why would God do such a thing?
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I have heard anecdotally that these types of individuals (as well as children who die in infancy) posses souls that have been reincarnated in order to achieve a very slight thing that was omitted in a previous gilgul (soul-incarnation). God always gives people the tools they need to achieve their goals in this world, therefore if God gave these people less "tools" they must not need them in order to achieve the purpose they were put here for. Thus these people posses very rarefied souls who are extremely close to their ultimate tikkun. It is said that the Chazon Ish would stand up in the presence of such people for this reason.
The following story is from Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Echoes of the Maggid. It is one of my favorites. I believe that those that are imperfect are here in order for us to perfect ourselves.
None of G-d's creations exist for no reason. As Rabbi Akiva's teacher, Rabbi Nachum Ish Gam Zu, taught him, gam zu l'tovah -- everything is for the (Divine) Good. What that is, we don't always know. When trouble happens to us, individually, it may be a message from G-d. Talmud Bavli Berachot 5a tells us that when hard times falls on us, individually, we should first look at our deeds. If they are lacking, then we should reform. If not our deeds, then perhaps our Torah study. But if not that, one may be a righteous person whom G-d has placed the burden of punishment that others would have received for their sins, but for G-d's understanding that further punishment would push those people away from Him. These are called "Afflictions of Love." We are forbidden, however, to assume that the suffering others receive was punishment for their sins. We don't know and cannot assume, as we learn from the Book of Job.
Rabbi Benjamin Blech, in his book If G-d is Good Why is the World So Bad, addresses this issue head-on pointing out that at all times we have to recognize that (1) G-d is good; (2) G-d is all-powerful; and (3) G-d, in giving us free will, decided to not control our lives as if we were puppets and therefore allows people who choose evil to challenge those who chose good.
So what of the case you raised -- a child suffering from mental or physical ailments? They clearly didn't do anything to merit punishment. No, they didn't. But there may be a Big Picture we don't understand. It is said that G-d created the insane in King David's days so that he could learn by their example and pretend to be insane in order to escape capture. The child might be an opportunity for a young volunteer to learn about helping others and caring more about the needs of others besiders herself. This was my daughter's experience as a teen when she (and many other boys and girls) took care of a boy who had been permanently brain-damaged in a swimming pool accident. My daughter gained so much from that experience that it almost seems that the boy was sent there by G-d for her and others. Rabbi Blech explains that G-d repays the souls of those who had to live such lives. My Rav explained that the boy gained credit for all of the mitzvas done by his young aides and all of their future mitzvas that he inspired them to do, even indirectly.


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Align & Distribute Tools In NetBeans UML
By conover on May 01, 2007
Finally... align and distribute tools are in NetBeans UML. We've had it on the todo feature wish list for some time now and I decided it was a feature that was past due. Being motivated by my own needs for these features, I took a few evenings and finished it off.
If you have NetBeans 6 installed, you can use Plugin action (Tools|Plugins) to get the latest build of the UML Tools and you can start using these new features today.
With elements selected in a diagram, right click on one of the selected elements, select Align or Distribute and one of the six directional actions.
There may still be some refinement to be done, but my initial tests with all the diagrams produced expected behavior.
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MCD Director Caroline Downey-Desmond blames Kildare County Council and the Gardai for there being no Oxegen 2012.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 25 Feb 2012
Sat alongside the likes of Louis Walsh and promoter John Giddings, Caroline Downey-Desmond spoke frankly on a Music Show live music panel today about the reasons why Oxegen is not going ahead this year.
"We have huge issues with costs that they don't have in the UK," she began.
"For example, the reason Oxegen isn't going ahead this year is solely to do with costs," she admitted. "It's to do with the council, it's to do with the Garda costs. It's outrageous, we can not do it any more. We'd have to up your ticket prices, kids wouldn't be able to afford it.
"We try to give value for money, and it costs a huge amount in infrastructure. We do more than they ever have to do in Europe and it's still not enough. They insist on a huge amount of guards that do nothing actually when they're down there, because the security do the bulk of it. They don't seem to have that problem for Electric Picnic, the guards seem to work much better with them."
She also stated that the loss of Oxegen in 2012 would cost Kildare "millions".
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It was a weekend of fantastic live action at this year's Music Show so check out what you missed if you weren't there
07 Oct 2010 - Gallery
U2 producer Steve Lillywhite has accused The Irish Times of misquoting him, in the headline on an article which appeared in the run-up to his appearance at The Music Show.
05 Oct 2010 - News
This year's weekend of exhibitions, interviews and performances proved a massive success
04 Oct 2010 - News
There was talk on the future of broadcasting, nostalgia trips and pops at Louis Walsh
03 Oct 2010 - News
The video premiere was followed by a panel of writer Neil McCormick, director Nick Hamm and the man behind the music, Joe Echo
03 Oct 2010 - News
03 Oct 2010 - News
Hosted by Peter Murphy, the panel for this discussion included Steve Lillywhite, producer for top acts like U2, 30 Seconds to Mars and Peter Gabriel; Mick Glossop, producer for Van Morrisson, Frank Zappa and more; and singer/orchestrator/producer extraordinaire Julie Feeney.
03 Oct 2010 - News
A & R man Richard O'Donovan: "the old glamour days are gone"
02 Oct 2010 - News
Louis Walsh, Paul Brady and Sharon Corr confronted Minister Eamon Ryan over what they perceive as the government's failure to protect the livelihoods and rights of Irish recording artists.
02 Oct 2010 - News
He's joined by Maurice Linnane, Nick Kelly and Liam Bates on the day's final panel.
02 Oct 2010 - News
Musicians are being asked to consider the environment when buying new instruments.
01 Oct 2010 - News
Get special advance tickets for The Music Show this weekend - October 2 and 3
01 Oct 2010 - News
There will be signings galore at their stand
01 Oct 2010 - News
Catch the likes of Damien Dempsey and Cathy Davey playing acoustic sets at the RDS
01 Oct 2010 - News
Music stars and industry chiefs began to arrive in Dublin this afternoon for The Music Show, which takes place at the RDS, Dublin over the weekend.
01 Oct 2010 - News
The Dubliners are playing on Saturday afternoon.
30 Sep 2010 - News
The electronics and software giant will be putting on training sessions over the weekend
30 Sep 2010 - News
Meet the team behind the festival at the RDS this weekend
29 Sep 2010 - News
First though comes the Phil Lynott exhibition at this weekend's Music Show!
29 Sep 2010 - News
U2, Iggy & The Boss are all featured!
29 Sep 2010 - News
The list of exciting acts scheduled to perform live just gets bigger
29 Sep 2010 - News
He's taking part in Saturday afternoon's DJ Masterclass.
29 Sep 2010 - News
Saturday's shows, seminars and debate will feature Republic Of Loose, Andy Gill and Louis Walsh among many, many others
28 Sep 2010 - News
The second day of The Music Show will continue the live performances, debate and masterclasses, as well as including a rare public interview with Bob Geldof
28 Sep 2010 - News
The Thin Lizzy, Pogues, Frames and Mighty Stef man will have some typically forthright things to say!
28 Sep 2010 - News
Steve Lillywhite is one of the most successful and in-demand record producers in the world. Ahead of his appearance at The Music Show he talks exclusively to Jackie Hayden.
27 Sep 2010 - Interview
Tommy Leddy's Sound Shop in Drogheda has long been the store of choice for the Wee County's discerning music fans. The past 12 months have also seen him enjoy further success thanks to the opening of the hugely successful live venue the TLT Theatre.
27 Sep 2010 - Interview
Million-sellng singer songwriter Newton Faulkner on why he sleeps better on the tour bus than in his own home, and why it's not a good idea to ask 6,000 people to boo your songs.
27 Sep 2010 - Interview
The Coronas have been added to the star studded line-up for The Music Show 2010.
26 Sep 2010 - News
Justin Green joins Sunday's live events debate.
24 Sep 2010 - News
Two of Ireland's top live jocks have also been added.
24 Sep 2010 - News
He'll be doing his virtuoso thing on Saturday.
24 Sep 2010 - News
We've narrowed down the entrants to 20 finalists - and now, the decision is yours
24 Sep 2010 - News
The RDS is to host a special installation capturing the festival's key moments.
23 Sep 2010 - News
He's on the same panel as The Minister for Communications & Louis Walsh.
23 Sep 2010 - News
The former Fat Lady Sings man also has a new album ready to roll.
23 Sep 2010 - News
The man behind BBC's music coverage will be here in October.
21 Sep 2010 - News
Yet another industry expert added to stellar event.
21 Sep 2010 - News
PR & Communications guru is sure to be a fountain of knowledge.
21 Sep 2010 - News
2FM supremo to discuss the future of broadcasting.
21 Sep 2010 - News
18 Sep 2010 - News
The Liberties' belle took to the stage of the area's Parish Centre to answer questions from the general public.
07 Sep 2010 - News
Ace producer Steve Lillywhite and UK chart-topper Newton Faulkner are the latest major names to be confirmed for the Music Show, which takes place in the RDS Main Hall, Dublin on October 2 and 3.
03 Sep 2010 - News
The RDS weekender is back in October
26 Aug 2010 - News
Never mind the recession, the outstanding attendance made this year's MUSIC SHOW the most successful ever.
27 Oct 2009 - Reports
The first day of The Music Show saw some hot debates, great music and Glen Hansard in stirring form. Reporting: Peter Murphy, Celina Murphy, Niall Stokes, Stuart Clark and additional Hot Press reporters
16 Oct 2009 - Reports
The second day of the Music Show brought together James Bond composer David Arnold, Enya producer Nicky Ryan, Christy Moore, Sharon Corr and... The Blizzards
16 Oct 2009 - Report
Check out all the action from the Live stage at The Music Show which saw amazing sets from The Blizzards, The Coronas, Imelda May & Republic Of Loose and loads more!
07 Oct 2009 - Gallery
We get in amongst all the action at The Music Show
07 Oct 2009 - Gallery
There's still plenty to see and do, including live acts, seminars and debates - and tickets are available to buy at the door.
03 Oct 2009 - News
We can now reveal the band who will take to the Live stage at The Music Show this weekend as winners of the Hot Press competition. Drum roll please...!
01 Oct 2009 - News
Jim Killock, the executive director of the UK based Open Rights Group, has been added to the list of panelists at this year's Music Show.
30 Sep 2009 - News
The line-up for this year's Music Show just keeps on getting better...
29 Sep 2009 - News
.. which of our 20 finalists will get to play The Live Stage at The Music Show
24 Sep 2009 - News
iTab launch will spark huge interest.
24 Sep 2009 - News
There'll be a drumming masterclass with Conor Guilfoyle and a public interview with Glen Hansard.
21 Sep 2009 - News
The Blizzards are the latest Irish stars to be added to the line-up for Music Show, which takes place in the RDS on October 3 and 4, adding hugely to a bill that already includes The Coronas, Imelda May and Republic of Loose, among the current leading lights of Irish rock.
17 Sep 2009 - News
He'll join Jim Sheridan and John Carney to discuss 'Where Music Meets Pictures'.
15 Sep 2009 - News
Your band could be joining Republic of Loose, The Coronas and Imelda May on stage.
09 Sep 2009 - News
You'll be able to see them on The Live Stage.
04 Sep 2009 - News
Shane O'Neill is Chief Strategy Officer of Liberty Global, overseeing the company's strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions and corporate development activities.
04 Sep 2009 - News
Shane O'Neill, the Chief Strategy Officer with Liberty Global, has been added to the list of participants at the Music Show.
04 Sep 2009 - News
The Swell Season-er is one of numerous additions.
04 Sep 2009 - News
He was the man whose evidence put a huge hole in the stern of Pirate Bay, in a landmark judgement in Sweden earlier this year. Now the CEO and Chairman of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, John Kennedy, is set to speak at The Music Show, which takes place on October 3 and 4, at the RDS in Dublin. He will speak on the issue of illegal downloading and the threat it represents to the Music Industry, which is currently undergoing massive changes as a result of the impact of the internet. The Music Show is run by Hot Press magazine.
03 Sep 2009 - News
He's tearing himself away from the new Chronicles Of Narnia film to attend!
02 Sep 2009 - News
You can meet both of them in October in the RDS.
27 Aug 2009 - News
Plus Simple Minds legend Jim Kerr added to the forthcoming RDS line-up!
26 Aug 2009 - News
The first batch of participants have been announced for the Music Show 2009, which takes place in the R.D.S. Main Hall on October 3 and 4.
16 Aug 2009 - News
Over 10,000 people packed into the RDS last weekend for The Music Show, which was presented by Hot Press in association with 2fm.
08 Oct 2008 - News
All the action from the live stage at The Music Show 08, including Cathy Davey, Damien Dempsey, The Blizzards, Ham Sandwich and more...
08 Oct 2008 - Gallery
Music fans from all over the country descended on this year's Music Show, to sing, play, try out a new instrument and catch some top workshops.
08 Oct 2008 - Gallery
Caught on camera: the debates, workshops, masterclasses and seminars that play a huge role in The Music Show.
08 Oct 2008 - Gallery
It was a day of high excitement at The Music Show, in the RDS, with huge crowds turning out to participate in the event.
04 Oct 2008 - News
We can now reveal the band who will take to the Live stage at The Music Show this weekend as winners of the Hot Press/Sennheiser competition. Drum roll please...!
03 Oct 2008 - News
They are the basis for some of the most iconic images in rock. Now, for two days they will be on exhibition at the RDS in Dublin, as part of The Music Show.
02 Oct 2008 - News
YOU decide which of our 20 finalists will get to play The Live Stage at The Music Show and win a load of Sennheiser goodies!
01 Oct 2008 - News
A special exhibition focussing on musical inspirations as been lined up for The Music Show, which takes place at the RDS in Dublin this weekend, Saturday October 4 and Sunday October 5.
01 Oct 2008 - News
Mikey Graham is the latest name to be added to the line-up for The Music Show.
28 Sep 2008 - News
Greg Haver has joined the list of major industry names appearing at The Music Show. The event takes place at the RDS in Dublin on October 4 and 5 and boasts a line-up that is packed with industry heavyweights.
26 Sep 2008 - News
Republic of Loose are among the new additions to the Live Stage at The Music Show, which takes place in the RDS, Dublin from October 4-5.
17 Sep 2008 - News
Producer Marc Carolan [right], who works as Muse's live sound engineer, joins the line-up of expert panelists at The Music Show this October 4 and 5.
17 Sep 2008 - News
Your band could be playing the Live Stage at The Music Show next month, with the deadline for entries now extended.
16 Sep 2008 - News
Bring your band along to the music show at the RDS, Dublin on Saturday and Sunday October 4-5 to avail of our specially discounted band passes.
15 Sep 2008 - News
Larry Gogan, Cormac Battle, Jenny Greene and Dan Hegarty are among the panel of experts lined up by RTÉ 2fm, to offer advice and assistance to musicians and bands at The Music Show.
15 Sep 2008 - News
Live music industry stalwart Vince Power and classical guitar guru John Feeley are the latest additions to The Music Show, set for October 4-5 in Dublin's RDS.
04 Sep 2008 - News
The official opening of The Music Show will take place in Trinity College, with an interview with Island records founder Chris Blackwell conducted by our very own Stuart Clark.
28 Aug 2008 - News
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COLLEGE PARK – When Alex Heitkemper joined the Prince George's Pride lacrosse club three years ago, he noticed something different about the team.
The club, one of only two youth lacrosse clubs in the county, challenged the notion lacrosse is a sport only played by wealthy, white athletes.
Heitkemper, 39, the commissioner for the club, has seen P.G. Pride grow at a rapid pace – from 65 to 130 members in just the past year. He marvels at the club's ethnic and racial diversity, which reflects the large minority population in Prince George's County.
"In some of these communities, a lot of these kids have never even seen a lacrosse stick," he said.
P.G. County is 65.4 percent black and 15.2 percent Hispanic or Latino, according to 2011 U.S. census data.
Teresa Simms, of Fort Washington, and her sons, Gary, 15, and Brandon, 12, had no previous experience in the sport before joining P.G. Pride in 2010. Simms, who is African-American, said her family was immediately drawn to the diverse and welcoming atmosphere of the team.
"When I went to P.G Pride, it was a very diverse team, so that was very exciting," she said.
The demographic makeup of P.G. Pride is uncommon for a sport that has struggled to diversify itself.
Officials with U.S. Lacrosse, the national governing body of the sport, know they need to do more to shed lacrosse's image as a majority white, upper-class, East Coast game.
"I think that the game will continue to be more and more diverse as we move forward," said Joshua Christian, the managing director of sport development for U.S. Lacrosse. "It is not going to do it on its own."
In 2003, the organization launched the BRIDGE (Building Relationships to Initiate Diversity, Growth and Enrichment) program, with a mission to teach lacrosse to "youth from diverse and traditionally underserved populations."
The program provided funding to teams in minority communities. But U.S. Lacrosse officials said it was not doing enough to provide training to coaches and players to create sustainable minority clubs.
The organization eliminated BRIDGE in 2011. Last year, they launched First Stick, a program that provides training and funding to fledgling lacrosse clubs. It does not focus exclusively on increasing diversity in the sport, but it has helped teams in diverse areas like P.G. Pride.
U.S. Lacrosse officials said there has been a slight increase in diversity at the youth level over the last decade, though they could not offer precise numbers. The collegiate ranks have also seen a slight increase over the last decade.
Approximately 12 percent of student-athletes playing NCAA lacrosse in 2011 identified themselves as non-white, according to the NCAA, a jump from 10 percent in 1999.
Comparatively, in 2011 nearly 45 percent of NCAA football players identified as non-white.
Sean Calabrese, 26, a former All-America midfielder who played for the University of Delaware and Stevenson University, said that having more minorities playing college lacrosse will attract younger minority players to the sport.
"There's a plethora of [minority players] that have gone through [the collegiate game]. It's just a matter of seeing them at a consistent basis," he said. "I think that will generate and retain interest."
Having more minority lacrosse players in college will require a larger pool of minority youth players.
In efforts to increase enrollment, P.G. Pride hosts several clinics a year that provide training and equipment for new players.
Of the 130 attendees at a clinic last month in the University of Maryland's Cole Field House, there were 38 boys and 12 girls brand new to the sport, many of which were minorities, Heitkemper said. P.G. Pride has teams for boys and girls ages 8 to 15.
One of the attendees, Alexis Dash, who is African-American, had never picked up a lacrosse stick before attending a winter clinic. It did not take long for the 12-year-old to get hooked.
"It just seems really cool to play something that a lot of people don't play – just be different from everybody else, just stand out," she said.
Dash, a sixth grader at St. Columba School in Oxon Hill, was encouraged to attend the event by her mother, Monica Dash, who said she hopes the sport will open doors for her daughter.
"When you start going to college, you need the diverse background to get accepted," she said. "If she was one of few minorities that could play lacrosse, that would be an advantage for her."
U.S. Lacrosse officials said they are aware that the perception of lacrosse as a largely white sport represents a cultural barrier to increasing minority participation.
"We recognize where [lacrosse has] come from. [It comes] from a very white, East Coast, mid-Atlantic, upper mid-Atlantic history," Christian said. "We embrace that and say that's how the game has come to be. We also recognize that it's an Native American game, ironically, and that it really came from people of color."
Cost is also a big hurdle for many parents considering the sport. Equipment, including sticks and pads, can cost up to $400. U.S. Lacrosse is working with equipment manufacturers and retailers to bring down the cost, Christian said.
Barriers aside, those involved in the sport said they want to reach out to as many people as possible.
"One thing about the lacrosse community is they really, really want to grow the game," Heitkemper said. "I think over time it will become more of a diverse crowd that plays lacrosse."


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Can any triangle be inscribed in any convex figure? i.e. given a convex figure and a triangle can we transpose and scale and rotate that triangle so that its vertices are on the boundary of the convex figure?
A more general result is known: if $C$ is any Jordan curve and $T$ is a triangle then there exists a triangle similar to $T$ inscribed in $C.$ Moreover, the vertices of such triangles are dense in $C.$ See the references in the Wikipedia article on the Inscribed Square Problem.


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instead of being this when I hover my cursor over it: http://www.starcostumes.com/items/Chicken-Hat.aspx
Weird...I wonder if Woot this deal changes it somehow. Try this link. http://www.starcostumes.com/items/Chicken-Hat.aspx#utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=comparisonshopping&source=googlebase
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Hmm..someone doesn't want us to have chicken hats. I bet it's those egg hat people...they always want to be first. Good thing you can google chicken hat and find it in a few seconds.
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Second Trimester To-Do List
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Create Your Baby Registry
Many first-time moms will have a baby shower sometime in the third trimester, so now is the time to start working on your baby registry. Whether you want all new items, or plan on mixing some hand-me-downs into your baby's stock, a registry is a helpful way to keep track of what you want and what you need. Plus, friends and family will love knowing what is on there so they can help out.
To avoid getting overwhelmed by all the gear you need, start by registering for just the immediate essentials. Once that is done, gradually build your list to include items you might need down the road and personal items to help make your baby's nursery and wardrobe special.
Next: Shop for a Crib


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Atlus will be taking down down the Demon's Souls servers (North American ones, at least) on May 31st.
I haven't got around to finishing Demon's Souls yet but I want to achieve a Platinum trophy in the game. Will it be possible/feasible once the servers are offline? How will that affect me?


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Gadgets: Highlights from the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show
|This is the remains of a brand new Verizon HTC cell phone, which I was given the opportunity to put in a blender and destroy. If that was your phone, you would then call ProtectCELL, explain what happened and they would send you a new one immediately, no questions asked. (Gregg Ellman/MCT)
This year I sat in a Lamborghini to listen to an incredible sound system designed by Monster and couldn't pass up the opportunity to destroy a brand new smartphone.
The company ProtectCELL sells annual insurance for your phone, covering just about everything. This includes getting lost, stolen, dropped in a toilet (very common insurance claim) and even if your phone gets caught in a blender.
A week before the show they sent me a brand new smartphone and invited me to come by the booth and destroy it.
After talking with some company representatives, who explained how the insurance policy works, they invited me to toss my new phone in a blender and whip it up.
Without hesitating I accepted and if you want to see a series of the photos just email me.
The blender destroyed the phone, creating millions of pieces from my brand new hardware.
If that was your phone, you would then call ProtectCELL, explain what happened and they would send you a new one immediately, no questions asked.
The company started in 2006 with 91 participants and now has more than 70,000 with a 25 percent renewal rate.
Your phone can be a personal one or company-issued, with plans ranging from $199 for two years of coverage for an iPhone 5s to $59 for simpler phones.
ProtectCELL will even back up your contacts and other data to help restore them in the event a new phone in needed.
Details: protectcell.com
Over the past year or so we have all become familiar with the smartphone photography term of "selfie."
A company called Cellfy has designed a hardware kit to help users take quality photos and videos of themselves using smartphones or tablets.
For the smartphone model, the patent-pending Cellfy Stic is a universal mount with suction cups on both sides to work in portrait or landscape modes.
First download a timer for your device. They suggest TimerCam for iOS or CameraZoomFX for Android.
Then attach your phone to the front side and attach the backside to any clean, smooth surface such as mirrors, windows, clean car panels or glass.
Set the timer, choose your pose and photos will now be better composed with the hands-free hardware.
They also have a tablet model ($24.99), which doubles as an accessory to mount on the back of a headrest for back seat viewing. It also has a built-in kick-stand for use on a flat surface in addition to the front and rear suction cups.
Details: Cellfy Stic $9.99, available in orange, pink, gray and white; cellfy.co
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Scholarship Overview
These scholarships are for high school seniors of the class of 2013, who have plans to enter college no later than the Fall following graduation. To qualify for these scholarships, applicants must live in Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, or Washington. Applicants must have faced and overcome great obstacles in their lives and demonstrate the following: a strong commitment to pursuing and completing a bachelor's degree at an accredited US college/institution; critical financial need; involvement in co-curricular and community activities; and integrity and perseverance in overcoming adversity. Applicants must have a minimum 2.0 GPA and be US citizens.
How easy is it to apply?
Not too bad
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How much competition is there?
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Mike Cowden and his dog Janie have quickly become best friends.
The two have only been together for a month but the effect Janie's had on Mike is inspiring.
"She's got back," said Mike.
Janie is a VetDog, a dog trained to help disabled veterans and active duty personnel. Her owner Mike served in the Marines during the Vietnam War and deals with impaired hearing and post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD.
"Stress got bad on me after 9-11 because I started having flashbacks and thinking about what all those young kids were going through. I just knew what they were fixing to get into and it just started bringing back memories of the past," said Mike.
The stress took its toll on Mike. For three years, he didn't even leave his home. His wife Brenda had to run all the errands.
"No one knew him in town," said Brenda.
But one day Brenda heard about the VetDog program and signed Mike up.
"I knew it would take the stress and the fear of being out public with him. Constantly scared, always looking around, being vigilant all of the time," said Brenda.
So after a long application process, Mike brought home Janie before Christmas and she's already made a world of difference.
"She stays right there with you 24-7. She's like a companion," said Mike.
"It's so much better because he's ready to go everyday somewhere now. He's ready to get out and do things where he used to just stay here," said Brenda.
Mike is now able to go shopping with his wife and even out to eat but if he starts feeling stressed, Janie is able to sense it.
"She can hear stuff coming up behind and people coming up behind me in restaurants, she blocks. It takes a lot of stress off of you. If you get in a bad situation, like in a (crowded) store, you can tell her lets go and she'll get you out of there," said Mike.
An amazing case of man's best friend doing their job to serve man.
For more information on the America's VetDogs program, we've got a link to their website below.


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7 Nuclear Weapon Screw-Ups You Won't Believe We Survived
#3. Operation Plumbbob
Between May and December 1957, the U.S. military began a series of war games meant to simulate a Soviet invasion of California. For added authenticity, they decided to conduct these games in the vicinity of an actual nuclear explosion, presumably because the local fireworks depot was all out of dry ice and smoke bombs. As many as 16,000 soldiers maneuvered dangerously close to the blast sites of various atomic bombs for tests with names like Troop Test Smokey, which was presumably launched by its adorable bear mascot. All in, a total of 250,000 people were involved in the entire operation.
"Fix bayonets!"
Alright guys, now charge at that nuclear explosion and ... see what happens?
The jaunty music makes this nuclear dust cloud much less horrifying.
As seen in this footage used in the documentary The Atomic Cafe, the government managed to get the troops to run at the blast by supplying them with completely inaccurate information about nuclear weapon radiation. So even though this 1951 film indicates that it was well known that alpha particle radiation could enter the body through openings in the skin like the nose and mouth, an interview with soldiers immediately after the test has one soldier smiling while explaining "I got a mouth full of dirt!"
"They should stick that shit on chips, it's really salty."
The toll of all this Red Dawning was later estimated at 38,000 thyroid tumors developing and 1,900 people dying, but, once again, that was determined only after fighting the government in court and gathering overwhelming evidence. It wasn't until the 1970s that the government began offering compensation to anyone.
Oh, also 1,200 pigs were subjected to extreme, immediately life-threatening radiation as well. We would have mentioned that earlier in the article, but we didn't want any of you animal-lover types to read that first and let it be your whole impression of the entry.
It's like watching a beautiful sunset. On the surface of Venus.
#2. Fan the Flames
In October of 1962, America and Russia were in the thick of the Cuban Missile Crisis. As Russian ships closed in on the American blockade of Cuba, the world was essentially a giant powder keg with President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev each holding a lighter. The White House put a number of restrictions on its military in hopes of preventing any sparks that could ignite a full-blown war. One of the restrictions was an order that all pilots stay at least 100 miles away from Soviet airspace.
However, on October 26, 1962 (the same day Vasili Arkhipov saved the world in a sub off Cuba), one American U-2 was flying an intelligence mission over the Arctic. Due to magnetic anomalies, flying over the top of the world is tricky business. The instruments don't work, so pilots at the time were forced to rely on an old navigational tool, the sextant.
Yep, a pilot flying so high that he can see the curvature of the earth was using the same instrument as an 18th century pirate.
While the primitive system had worked in the past, with the fate of the world hanging in in the balance, the shit took this opportunity to hit the fan. The pilot lost his way and ended up over Siberia, deep in Soviet territory. As Soviet Migs raced to intercept the plane, the U.S. sent out F-102A fighters to escort the lost U-2 home. For good measure, the Air Force armed the American fighter jets with nuclear missiles and gave the pilots clearance to launch them as they saw fit.
The U-2 made it out of Soviet airspace safely, but for a good 15 minutes, while everyone was watching the world almost end in Cuba, the fate of humanity was being controlled by a handful of fighter pilots, who are notoriously cocky, erratic loose cannons who have trouble following orders.
Admittedly, we learned everything we know about fighter pilots from Top Gun.
#1. Misplacing the Keys to the End of the World
The good ol' USA is one of the few countries who have enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world a couple times over. America controls this "Hammer of God" power via an electronic device, known as the football, carried by the president all the time. To activate the football, you need to first type in codes, which are kept on a card nicknamed the "biscuit," which is also kept with the president at all times. Without the biscuit, the president is essentially carrying around a bag of useless wires.
And without biscuits he's gonna be grizzlin' all night.
While Bill Clinton is notoriously bright, he's also notoriously absent-minded, and is an admitted ADD sufferer. We've covered before how he actually lost the football for a few minutes, but that's only because we hadn't heard about the time Clinton actually lost the biscuit for months. If that sounds like sort of a big deal to you, you're not alone. Clinton and his staff realized what a huge deal this was, and lied about having lost them to the military. An aid told the general in charge of checking on the biscuit that Clinton had it, but was in a very important meeting. The general said he'd wait, at which point he was eventually let in to see the president, who told him he'd left it upstairs. Eventually, like a student caught without his homework, Clinton came clean that he had misplaced the biscuit and that America was defenseless against nuclear attack.
"Hey, at least I told the truth this time. I totally almost fucked our country."
In Clinton's defense, the Cold War was over, so really who cares if you can launch a bunch of missiles at Russia. The same can't be said for Jimmy Carter, who allegedly left the biscuit in his suit when it was sent out for dry-cleaning. Even the hawkish Republicans have been known to lose track. In 1975, while presiding over a Peace Conference in Paris, the White House was too busy puzzling over that wacky long French bread and misplaced the Nuclear Doomsday Football. Ford's press secretary recalls, "It was one of those things: 'Didn't you bring the football? No, I thought you had the football.'"
When briefing the newly elected President Carter on the use of the football, a military attache opened the case to show the president the suitcase that can destroy the world. Much to his horror, inside the case full of sensitive electronic gadgetry somebody in the Ford administration had placed an empty beer can and a "large condom used by horse breeders."
There's nothing like a little drunken bestiality to go along with your apocalypse.
After WWII, it didn't take long for the Brits to build their own nuclear arsenal, but the English were always serious about their WMD and always kept them under the most intense security. In fact, the Brits never even had codes for their nuclear weapons. They had something much more secure: an English gentleman's honor. Their military never included fail-safes on their nuclear weapons, and kept them secured behind a bike lock. Asked why they were so trusting, officials gave the most British answer ever: "It would be invidious to suggest ... that senior Service officers may, in difficult circumstances, act in defiance of their clear orders."
"Oh my ... that's very poor form."
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On Mac OS X or Linux, is there a simpler form of the command
find . -name "*substring_of_filename*"
which is to find all files having names containing
substring_of_filename within the current directory (or some other given directory). Because it's a common thing to do, is there a way to make the command shorter and easier to type, possibly using an alias or function in Bash? Or is there some other easy-to-type command that can be used?
Such as:
findfile . substring_of_filename
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In poker, four jacks.
I was dealt pocket hooks. A hook came on the flop then I got the tacklebox on the river.
by KIDNIC* August 12, 2008
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a sex strategy where a women bends down as in to take is doggy style and the man roughly 10 to 15 feet away takes a running start and tackles said women. the goal is to penetrate the women's vagina with his penis before you fall to the ground or hurt yourself. You have to TACKLE her BOX.
Sarah "How was your night last night Gina?"
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When a girl has many(more than 2) piercings in her hood, clit, labia, etc., her box then becomes a tackle box.
I went balls deep in that chick Stacy last night and my pubes got caught in that tackle box she calls a vag.
by Roccafella April 11, 2008
a casul, humorous reference to one's balls and weiner
i threw a soda at his tacklebox
by herbivor October 29, 2009
A vagina (box) with a strong fishy smell, just like a fishermans tacklebox. Often caused by a bacterial or fungal infection, or a simple lack of personal hygiene.
I went to go down on her, but fuck did I open up a tacklebox!
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A female who knows how to lure a man (or woman) down to her goods, but the poor victim discovers it smells mighty fishy down there.
Chuck noticed how Anita had been crossing and uncrossing her legs all night. . . little did he know what he was in for with the briney depths of that tackle box.
by Urban Hawthorne August 07, 2010
The large posterior of an attractive woman.
Damn, that chick got a tackle box!
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Pro-Home Inc. is partnering with the Taunton Housing Authority in an effort to boost home ownership in the city.
The home ownership program, which will provide approximately 30 softsecond mortgages for qualifying first-time homebuyers earning below 80 percent of area median income, is a component of the federal HOPE VI grant the city received. Each participating homebuyer could receive up to $20,000, provided by HUD.
"They have to buy in Taunton," Pro-Home director Joseph Pacheco said. "Any clients would have to qualify on their own with a bank to get a mortgage. This would be for a down payment and closing costs. We don't just give someone a check. We would reimburse the bank as if they were paying closing cost and down payment."
The Taunton Housing Authority selected Pro-Home Inc. to administer the home ownership component of the HOPE VI housing grant.
The HOPE VI project is also using federal grant money and private investment for 160 mixed-income apartment and townhouse units to replace the Fairfax Gardens public housing project on DeWert Avenue.
Taunton Housing Authority Director Colleen Doherty said it is important to encourage home ownership in the city, especially with so many available existing homes and foreclosed homes.
"We are excited about the home ownership piece," she said. "We think it brings a different component to the program. There's something nice about wanting to purchase and live in the city of Taunton."
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TEMPLE (November 9, 2012)--John Jarrett Colton Carter, 26, of Gatesville, who died after the car he was driving slammed into a pickup truck on Oct. 16 at an intersection in Temple, had a blood alcohol level of 0.188 at the time of the crash, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08, police said Friday.
Four other people were injured in the late-night crash at the intersection of Airport Road and Research Parkway
Carter and a woman whose name was not released were northbound on Research at a high rate of speed when Carter ran the stop sign at the intersection and his car collided with the pickup in which two men and a woman were headed west on Airport, police said.
Several of the victims were ejected from the vehicles, police said.
Carter and the other four people were taken to Scott & White Hospital where Carter died.
The two men in the pickup suffered serious injuries and the woman suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.
The woman who was riding in the passenger car with Carter was also seriously injured.


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I can honestly say I spent HOURS searching for the perfect stroller to fit our lifestyle.
Why are there so many strollers? Why can't there be one stroller that is everything I want? I remember being nine months pregnant and swollen standing in Babies R' Us with my mom staring at stroller after stroller after stroller! This was an important decision that I did not want to mess up. Many of my friends regret their stroller purchase, and I did not want to join that club! Well, great news: I have finally found the (almost) perfect stroller. I'm sure no stroller will ever be perfect, but the Baby Jogger City Select comes very close!
The City Select claims to have an amazing 360 degree turn allowing for extreme maneuverability. After taking my stroller on many walks and through many stores in the mall, I have to say I agree. I brag to my family and friends telling them to take a turn pushing and spinning my son. My shopping companions are also excited when I offer the roomy under storage bin to store their packages. And if my husband comes along, the handle simply adjusts with the push of a button to raise to a comfortable level for him.
Another convenient feature is the brake system. There is a brake lever near the top of the handle, so no bending is necessary to secure the stroller in place. Along with other Baby Jogger strollers, the folding is a breeze. Simply pull the two handles and the stroller collapses. The city select fits nicely in my SUV, but weighing in at 28 pounds (with only one seat attached), it's a bit on the heavy side to hoist into your car. However, I know the extra heft is because the stroller is sturdy and well made. The frame is made of aluminum, not plastic as so many other strollers are.
In addition, the City Select is one of the most adaptable strollers I have ever seen. When you open the instruction manual, you will see a page with 16 different configurations of this stroller alone! It almost sounds unreal that one stroller can function in 16 different ways. This stroller comes with one seat that can be placed on two different levels facing out or towards you. A car seat adapter can be purchased that also allows you to place your newborn on two different levels. I LOVE having my newborn on the higher level. I can hold his pacifier in his mouth while continuing to stroll through the mall! When expanding your family, a second seat can be purchased creating a double stroller. Again, the two seats can be placed facing out or towards you. This means that your two children can face each other (a position that makes me wonder about leg room), or face away from one other. And yes, you can use one of the seats on one level, and the car seat adapter on another level. Also, a bassinet kit can be purchased. Wow! So many options! However, because many of the options are sold separately, the stroller can become pricey if you want to use it at its fullest capacity. I have had difficulty finding an adult cup holder that is sturdy and fits this brand of the Baby Jogger products.
I can fortunately say, I am a very happy mommy who does not regret her stroller choice. I finally found the stroller I spent hours searching for. When the time is right and we are ready to expand our family, I will be able to attach a second seat and easily convert my stroller into a double stroller that will effortlessly fit through doorways. I will not have to purchase another one! I would highly recommend this stroller, and I think it is most practical for those families who are planning to have more than one child.
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Are there any online grep tutorials that would feature some online tool for performing exercises? For example, having some predefined text sample and being told what patterns to find and so forth? It would be a very useful tool for practical learning of grep in a predictable environment.
If you're looking for an online environment to practice your pattern matching using
In terms of exercises, one idea is to search for questions tagged with
To get you started there is the regex site which has a variety of great resources.
Note: although you asked about the
I don't know if there's online resources, but local tests is fine, e.g with
This will help you learn about regex.
The package is available in Ubuntu / Arch repository, to install it, do:
Just a suggestion that satisfies the online and regex portion of your question:
http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ is a pretty friendly regex testing tool. It highlights results on the fly as you create your regex pattern. I use it regularly (there's also a desktop version using Adobe AIR)
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There seems to be a few papers around with Erdős written as Erdös. For example:
MR0987571 (90h:11090) Alladi, K.; Erdös, P.; Vaaler, J. D. Multiplicative functions and small divisors. II. J. Number Theory 31 (1989), no. 2, 183--190. (Reviewer: Friedrich Roesler) 11N37
Would it be incorrect to cite such papers using Erdős instead?


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I am reading the paper Software Protection and Simulation on Oblivious RAMs by Oded Goldreich and Rafail Ostrovsky. And I wonder about the description of the "Square Root" solution of oblivious RAM simulation at page 20.
The algorithm seems simple: the aim is to 'simluate' the original RAM of size $m$ by an oblivious RAM of size $m+2\sqrt{m}$. So it uses the first $m+\sqrt{m}$ cells of the oblivious RAM to shuffle or to obscure, and uses the last $\sqrt{m}$ cells as a cache (or shelter) in case of leaking information about access frequency.
However, the first step to use the shelter reads 'first, we scan through the entire shelter and check whether the contents of the virtual word $i$ is in one of the shelter's words. '
Here, we want to simulate an original RAM access at location $i$ (for fetching the virtual word $i$) by using the shelter, and then comes the question : since we haven't known what the contents of virtual word $i$ actually was yet, how do we check whether it has been in the shelter or not?


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Infants in Car Seats
Q: My son is 4 months old and weighs 20 pounds. We have him in a rear-facing convertible car seat. The instruction manual says that I should reposition the car seat (make it front-facing) after he weighs 22 pounds. Can I keep the seat in its current position after he reaches that weight limit?
A: Keep your son in a rear-facing car seat until he is 12 months old. The issue is not so much your son's body weight as it is the stability of his neck. Even though your child is bigger than other infants his age, he's moving at the same developmental pace. He doesn't have the gross motor-skills to protect his neck as well as a one-year-old baby.
Infants are placed in cars facing the rear because most car collisions occur with the impact to the front of the car. The occupants of the car are thus thrown forward as the car is forced to a sudden stop. In a young infant who does not have good head control and doesn't have much strength in his neck, that forward motion could cause severe and even fatal spinal cord injury, as the head is snapped forward. Infants have very large heads compared with the rest of their bodies and, combined with their less-developed motor skills, they are less able to resist that forward snapping motion of the head and neck. When an infant is facing the rear, his head will already be against the back of the car seat, so in a front collision it just presses further against the back of the car seat.
You mention that you have a convertible car seat, which means he should still fit in it well, even though he is so big for his age. Infants who are that big who are in an infant car seat, rather than a convertible one, would need to move to a larger car seat.
With all the new car seats available, as well as all the new studies showing what the risks are to children in car accidents, there has been some confusion regarding recommendations for appropriate use of car seats. A wonderful site that is maintained by the American Academy of Pediatrics, reviews all the specific recommendations and answers most of the questions that parents have about individual car seat use. You can access that site to get more detailed information.
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Shari Nethersole is a physician at Children's Hospital, Boston, and an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Yale University and Harvard Medical School, and did her internship and residency at Children's Hospital, Boston. As a pediatrician, she tries to work with parents to identify and address their concerns.


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I'm implementing a vector type. I'm not troubled by the algorithms or the data structure at all but I am unsure about a remove method. for instance:
bool Remove(Node* node)
/* rearrange all the links and extract the node */
delete node;
where node is a pointer to the current node that we are at. But if I delete node then how do I prevent this from happening:
Node* currentNode = MoveToRandNode();
cout << currentNode->value;
If currentNode were a pointer to a pointer it would be easier but...it's not.


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A big player on the sailing circuit, Antigua is a premium destination known for its trade winds. It also has a near unbroken coral reef, providing you with ideal conditions for shallow diving and snorkelling. The picturesque beaches offer unbeatable surrounds for relaxation, and it is said there is a beach for every day of the year. Enjoy a varied selection of local Caribbean and Creole or international food at the hotel restaurants. If you stay at one of our All Inclusive hotels, you won't even have to leave the resort. But for those more adventurous there is plenty to see around Antigua.
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The north west of the island is home to some of the best beaches in Antigua – Dickenson Bay has great facilities with bars, restaurants and plenty of water sports, and Runaway beach offers endless white sand. Green Island to the east is an uninhabited island, hire a boat and enjoy a romantic picnic. Half Moon Bay offers pink-hued sands and is great for surfing.
The Cove at Blue Waters offers popular Caribbean dining with a French twist, or visit Carmichael's at Sugar ridge for sensational sunsets and delicious food. Jolly Harbour Marina provides a range of local Creole-style restaurants, and Nelson's Dockyard has a selection of different eateries to suit all tastes. Le Bistro in St. John's has a very good reputation for classic French cuisine.
The best way to see Antigua is to go exploring. Start by hiring a car, drive up to the old fort at Shirley Heights, to gaze down upon the beautiful English Harbour. Trek through the forests, go on a zip line through the canopy, explore the coves, or go horse riding along the beach. Venture out to see grand colonial architecture and some magnificent vistas.
Enjoy world-class snorkelling on magnificent coral reefs around Antigua. Or try unparalleled sailing off the coast, taking advantage of strong trade winds behind you. World Sailing Week occurs in Antigua annually. Shallow SCUBA diving is available and some surfing is possible around the island, especially around Half Moon Bay.
Spend Sunday night at Shirley Heights Lookout. Celebrate the sunset with a night of music and dancing. This party has been happening every Sunday for 31 years, overlooking English Harbour and Galleon Beach. Take in the sounds of the steel band and drink some rum cocktails. Sample the delights of a delicious Antiguan barbeque whilst watching the spectacular sunsets. Then get dancing with the local party bands, ready to bring in the night.
Travel across to Nelson's Dockyard – named after the famous British naval commander Admiral Horatio Nelson. Home to Clarence House, Shirley Heights, and many of Antigua's sailing and yacht events. Navigate the island to visit Sailmaker's Loft, Mystery Pillars, and see the fabulous yachts moored to the old quayside. Stop at the Blockhouse Ruins, which overlooks the beautiful Indian Creek and the vast Atlantic Ocean. After this, be sure to visit Shirley Heights itself for a bird's eye view over Nelson's Dockyard and Galleon Beach.
Take a short boat ride to private Prickly Pear Island from St. John's for a half day in the sun. This idyllic private island greets you with white sand and shimmering turquoise depths, perfect for snorkelling. You can ease into the Caribbean, swim, snorkel or just stroll along the impeccable beach. Enjoy your time on the island drinking cocktails and refreshments from the open bar. With a delicious home-cooked Antiguan lunch thrown in, you'll never want to leave.
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Money raised for
Wounded Warrior
Members of the Steubenville For Liberty, the American Patriot Council WJH chapter and the Eastern Ohio Concerned Citizens members and friends on Saturday collected $525.86 in Steubenville outside Eastern Gateway Community College and $40 at a location in Weirton.
The collections benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
Library programs
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The following programs of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County have been announced as follows:
Brush Creek Grange events set
The Brush Creek Grange will be the site of two upcoming events.
One will be line dancing on Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The other is a round and square dance set for Nov. 24, also from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The grange is located on county Highway 55, Irondale-Monroeville Road.


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Prenatal Pesticide Exposure May Harm Kids' Brains
April 30, 2012 -- Prenatal exposure to a pesticide used on many crops may be linked with abnormal changes in a child's developing brain, scientists report.
Compared to children with low prenatal exposure, those with high exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos had abnormalities in the cortex (the outer area of the brain), says Virginia Rauh, ScD, professor and deputy director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
The cortex helps govern intelligence, personality, muscle movement, and other tasks.
"In areas of the cortex, we detected both enlarged and reduced volumes that were significantly different from the normal brain," she tells WebMD. "This suggests the process of normal brain development has been disturbed in some way."
The study is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' Early Edition.
In 2001, the U.S. EPA banned the residential use of chlorpyrifos. It still allows it on crops. It can also be sprayed in public places such as golf courses.
Some environmental advocates have petitioned the EPA to ban agricultural use.
Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides: Study Details
Rauh's team selected 40 children from a larger group of 369 children, followed from birth.
All had been born between 1998 and 2001, before the household-use ban. Rauh had sent their umbilical cord blood samples to the CDC to analyze pesticide levels.
For this study, she selected 20 children with high prenatal exposure and 20 with low prenatal exposure. She took MRIs of their brains when they were about 6 to 11 years old.
Overall brain size did not differ much between the two groups. However, the high-exposure group had enlargements in many areas and reduced volumes in other areas.
The findings reflect those from animal studies, Rauh says.
In other studies, Rauh has found higher exposure to the pesticide is linked with lower IQs and a decline in working memory in children.
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That for frog is 12, but what about mammalian embryos? I cannot find the exact number anywhere.
It's not a totally answerable question, since some types of cells are going to divide more times than others. But for an estimate, take as a starting proposition that there are 1 trillion cells in the adult human body. [1] The average weight for a human is 62kg. [2] Average birth weight is about 3.4 kg. [3]
So that implies roughtly (3.4/62)* 1 trillion = 55 billion cells in a newborn.
You then take the log base 2 of 55 billion, which gives you the exponent you have to hang on 2 in order to get 55 billion, which is about 35. Then add one for that additional cell division to get from one to two cells == 36 divisions.
Of course I'm just using math, not biology, so your actual reality may vary. Certainly some cells will reproduce more often than others, maybe cells actually grow in mass instead of dividing (i.e., baby cells might have less mass than adult cells) so the baby-cell-count could be off, lots of possible sources of error.
[1] http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/fragileX/sub3.cfm
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_weight#Average_weight_around_the_world


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Start Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Denison: Singing and Dancing with the Stars
Sat, Sept 24th
Denison will showcase local talent in its first-ever Denison's Singing and Dancing with the Stars on Saturday, September 24. The event will be held at The Palazzo at 506 West Chestnut, and attendees will enjoy a fine meal followed by the area's best entertainment possible.
The dancing lineup was announced this week and is the best of local talent live in Downtown Denison. Practice has already begun in earnest, and trash talk is occurring amongst friends and on air. Those teams who will be the stars of the show are:
Maureen Kane (KXII TV) and Steve Salem (Student at Images of Dance)
Kris Hair (KTEN TV) and Zena Johnson (Cheer Exclusive)
Jason Taylor (KMKT) and Kristi Beeler (Kristina's Studio of Dance)
Horace Groff (Retired Judge) and Kaaren Teuber (Van Alstyne Ballroom Dance Instructor)
Steve Black (Grayson County College) and Ilona Nogarr (Denison Dance Academy)
Christi Wood (B. McDaniel) and Ron Alexander (Student at Images of Dance)
Dr. Angela Latham (TexomaCare) and Forrest Clearman (Student at Images of Dance)
Ronnie Cole (Virginia Cook Realtors) and Amy West (Images of Dance)
Other surprise performances will be featured and specially recruited judges will provide commentary on skills and techniques demonstrated throughout the evening. After the performance, the dance floor will be opened to everyone interested in having a good time.
Teams will be competing in two categories--talent and fundraising. Sponsorships are available by calling 903-464-4452 and benefits range from inclusion in advertising to having the company's logo appear on the step and repeat backdrop for event photos. Other funds will be raised prior to the event and on-site.
Online voting will be available at www.denisontexas.com after September 1. Be sure to mention your favorite team when purchasing tickets. The event is a fundraiser for Downtown Dension Inc. Tickets to the event will be $60 and attire will be black-tie optional. The red carpet reception will begin at 6p.m. with photos on the step and repeat backdrop. Cash bar will be available through out the evening. For more info on how you can support Downtown Denison and Denison's Singing and Dancing with the Stars, contact 903.464.4452 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.