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NAEP Frameworks
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is an independent, bipartisan advisory board that includes governors, legislators, educators, and business representatives. THE NAGB selects the academic subject areas to be assessed on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and develops the content standards for those subjects. Content experts from the Indiana Department of Education have the opportunity to review all test questions prior to inclusion on the assessment.
To view information about NAEP policies, test development, history and current legislation about the national assessment, please visit www.nagb.org.
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NAEP Sample Items
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To view released assessment questions, scoring guides, sample responses, and performance data for each question, click HERE and select Search Options. Then select a subject and grade, choose Continue, and select questions of interest.
The NAEP Question Tool will allow you to create testlets that include all of the items you select. This database provides answer keys for multiple choice items, scoring guides for constructed-response items, sample student responses, student performance results, and content classification (subscale reference) for all items.
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TROY -- Troy University has been chosen as one of 20 schools in the country to participate in the NASCAR Kinetics: Marketing in Motion program.
As part of the program, five students will be chosen from TROY each semester to work on two competitive case studies and host a viewing party for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
"Our affiliation with the NASCAR Kinetics programs provides yet another venue for TROY students to apply their knowledge and skills in an applied sport industry setting. I applaud the faculty of TROY's Sport and Fitness Management program for seeking out this valuable opportunity for our students," said Dr. Damon Andrew, dean of the College of Health and Human Services.
Assistant Professor of Sport Management Dr. Christina Martin said the University learned about the program at a national sport management conference last year.
As part of the requirements, NASCAR was looking not just for successful sport management programs but also those within proximity to a racetrack.
With Troy University's Sport and Fitness Management one of only five accredited programs in the country and its location near Talladega, Martin said the University was a "perfect fit."
Martin, along with Dr. Michael Martinez, was instrumental in bringing the program to Troy University. However, while the program was geared toward sport management students, Martin said students from across the University are encouraged to apply.
"It's also open to business, marketing or communication students," Martin said. "The top five will be chosen."
The program kicked off this fall, and five students are currently working as a team in the competition. On the NASCAR team is:
· Sonny Ferrante, a senior sport and fitness management major from Troy;
· Chris Weil, a senior sport and fitness management major from Troy;
· Whitney Hazouri, a senior sport and fitness management major from Troy;
· Bobby Hudson, a senior sport and fitness management major from Troy; and
· Kaitlyn Morgan, a junior sport and fitness management major from Callaway, Fla.
"The response has been positive. They have really put in a lot of work to get this program running, and it's even more impressive that they are doing this outside of full class loads and other commitments," Martinez said. "They see the value in what this experience does for their future careers, and it shows in the dedication to make this program a success."
The team works on two case studies, which are judged by an external team at the end of the semester.
They also will host a viewing party for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race on Oct. 23.
The winning team will receive an all-expense paid weekend to a weekend race series. While the program is not for academic credit, she said in the past, job opportunities have been presented for winning teams.
"This is purely just extra experience, and one of the reasons we wanted to bring this program to TROY is to get hands on experience so they are more marketable upon graduation," Martin said.

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Alumni Directory
We have launched a new alumni directory portal. Our new directory is much more robust, allowing one to search not only by name but also by class year, maiden name, and degree.
The new directory is accessible via a URL link. In an effort to keep your e-mail addresses and other identifying information secure and safe from abuse by parties not affiliated with St. Vladimir's Seminary, we are not publishing the URL here, but rather we ask that you contact Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak at firstname.lastname@example.com to obtain the Alumni Directory URL.


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- You gift bag is really pretty! I love seeing what you two create and the inspiration you share with us all. Thank you for the give away!
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Next week we have a guest designer and we think she is so great! Her name is Katie and he blog is called Crafting with Katie and you can check it out by clicking here ==>
I purchased my first Cricut Expression two summer ago, when my sisters and I decided to make a scrapbook for my dad's 70th birthday. I quickly became hooked, and began experimenting with card making, along with scrapbooking. I now also have a Gypsy and an Imagine, and it's not often that a day goes by without my working with at least one of them. On National Scrapbooking Day in 2010, I decided to start a blog so that I could participate in some challenges. Blogging has been a fun way to share my ideas and to meet many wonderful new friends. It's also led to some great design team opportunities. I'm currently a designer for My Creative Time with Emma, which has been a blast. I look forward to sharing some fun creations with you this week!
Have a great rest of your Sunday!!
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I've just made some stock and its bed time now. Do I need to strain my stock before I go to bed, or can I leave it overnight with all the stuff in it and strain it in the morning? Is one preferable to the other? Why?
You need to strain the stock and cool it until it's 40 degrees F. or below before you refrigerate it.
Leaving it to cool overnight on the stove is going to create a bacteria cesspool. The temperature danger zone is between 40 and 140 degrees. This is the range that is prime for the growth of bacteria. Food safety guidelines require that it cool to 70 degrees or below within 2 hours and then below 40 degrees within another 4 hours time. Total maximimum time that it should take to get to 40 degrees is 6 hours.
Even if you get it cooled down now with all of the vegetbles and bones in it, the problem will be that you have to heat it back up in the morning to strain it as it's going to gelatinze overnight (provided it's been cooked long enough to extract a good amount of gelatin - usually about 4-6 hours for a good chicken stock and 12-16 hours for veal/beef stock). When it's reheated you're running the risk that the carrots and other vegetables will break up into smaller bits and end up clouding the stock.
Strain it and cool it down tonight before putting in the refrigerator. To cool quickly, either divide amongst several pans (greater surface area is better than depth as it will dispel heat quicker) or if you don't have a BIG pot of stock, strain it and put it in an ice bath (water and ice cubes) in your plugged kitchen sink.
If you make stock a lot, you can save plastic milk jugs and fill them 3/4 with water and keep in the freezer. After straining the stock you can place one of those inside the pot of stock to also help cool it from the inside out.
In the morning you can then skim the layer of congealed fat from the top. If it's chicken stock, save the fat for frying potatoes with extra flavor!
The main concern with popping a hot pot of freshly made stock - strained or not - in the fridge is that it'll heat up other items, promoting bacterial growth.
Just leave the stock turned on, verry very low, all night. Do it all the time, then cool it in an open window in the morning and strain it. If your stove top won't turn down enough, put it in the oven set at 90 C / 190 F.
In addition to the other posts about bacteria growth, you would want to strain the stock because the vegetables would continue to breakdown which would make your stock cloudy. Leaving certain things in there too long could have a negative effect on flavor as well.
I wouldn't suggest leaving a meat stock overnight at room temperature for all the reasons Darin noted in his response.
If it's just veggie stock, particularly if I was planning to can it, I might let it sit and reheat boil it the next day before placing in canning jars; veggie stock obviously doesn't have the same concerns about gelatin as meat and you can shorten your initial cooking if you're worried about clouding. With meat stock you're asking for trouble.


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A curious addition to the Beinecke Library's collection: This miniature booklet displays a cover title declaring it to be a "thumb dictionary" of French and German terms. The inside cover betrays its true role, since that is distributed by the "Parti Socialiste Clandestin". Instead of translated words and phrases, this book is full of instructions for members of the French Resistance on how to sabotage German machinery, manufacturing plants, trains, and automobiles.
April 20, 2010
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Who has done the best coaching job in the Southeastern Conference this football season?
That's an easy question: Steve Spurrier of South Carolina.
The Old Ball Coach – or, if you prefer, Steve Superior – has his South Carolina Gamecocks 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the SEC.
They totally out-classed Georgia 35-7 and the hottest ticket in all of football will be Oct. 20 when Spurrier takes his team back to Florida to tangle with the Gators.
Alabama stayed No. 1 in the nation – and South Carolina, ranked No. 3, doesn't have to worry about the Tide unless both make it to the SEC championship game in Atlanta.
The success of Spurrier and Kentucky's John Calipari in basketball make one wonder how UK would have done if it had expended the time, effort and money to lure Spurrier with the same zeal that it took to get Calipari.
Would the leaders of the University of Kentucky, who reportedly yielded to pressure to get Calipari, have been willing to make a go at Spurrier when he gave up his head coaching job with the NFL's Washington Redskins and was on the coaching market?
Of course it has to be asked: Would Spurrier even have considered Kentucky because he would have no one to make fun of? Through the years, Spurrier has made the Wildcats his favorite punching bag.
But Cat fans can dream, can't they? I mean, Calipari and Spurrier on the same campus!
Judging Talent
What separates great coaches from ordinary ones in team sports is judging talent. In other words, who can play and who can't?
Nowhere on the current college football scene is that more evident than at the University of Kentucky.
Look at the handling of quarterback Patrick Towles by the Kentucky coaching staff. There is no one on God's green Earth who has seen him play and who doesn't think that he can play.
But the Kentucky coaching staff, headed by Joker Phillips and his offensive coordinator Randy Sanders, proved totally inept by their handling of Patrick Towles.
All the big kid from Fort Thomas Highlands wanted was a chance. When circumstances of their own making surfaced and they had to play Towles, he responded immediately and had the Wildcats on the road to victory over Mississippi State before being hurt.
Should Phillips be fired? That isn't the question. Here it is: Why shouldn't wholesale changes be made in the Kentucky coaching staff?
The Smartest
The smartest football coach I have known was the late Blanton Collier, a Bourbon County native who coached Paris High in Central Kentucky.
Collier followed Paul "Bear" Bryant as head coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats. He was no Bear Bryant, but no one else in college football has been a Bear – before or since.
Collier coached the Wildcats from 1954-61 and his teams had a 41-36-3 record. That got him fired! No one else has left Lexington with a winning record since then.
Meanwhile Collier's Cleveland Browns won a National Football League championship. After that he had to retire because he had lost just about all of his hearing.
For the record, coaches of his era insisted that Collier was an even better high school basketball coach.
One of Collier's daughters, Kay Collier McLaughlin, told Lexington Herald-Leader sports columnist Mark Story that the treatment of current UK coach Joker Phillips is totally unfair. She used virtually the same words her dad had used while educating me about coaching football at UK against Southeastern Conference teams.
The same things he said then in the middle of old Stoll Field at UK still exist.
A personal item I just remembered from that conversation: One of Collier's daughters had just started working at The Courier-Journal in public relations. Collier asked me a question that caused me to laugh: "The C-J doesn't pay much, do they?"
All I said was, are you telling me!
One other inside story about Collier: He called me and said he was going to have a Sunday night party and wanted the names of the Louisville media members.
On the way to Lexington I asked my wife if she thought any of the hard stuff would be served in the Collier household. Blanton was a good Baptist, but alcohol was offered.
Back to UK coaches
It is very true what Collier's daughter said about the treatment of UK coaches and the lack of support they have received. At the same time, various UK coaching pretenders have overlooked talented prospects – right under their noses. Ever heard of David Akers? Frank Minnifield? Eric Shelton? All stars at the University of Louisville.
All from Lexington high schools. Akers is the premier field goal kicker in the National Football League, good for about a dozen points a game. Minnifield has been chairman of the University of Louisville's Board of Trustees after starring for the Cleveland Browns. Shelton also played several years in the NFL, until injuries ended his pro career.


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Feeding SD Starts Thanksgiving Drive Earlyback to list
By Kellee Azar
Feeding South Dakota is always doing whatever it can to help people get food on the table. Now the organization is asking for your help this Thanksgiving.
Planning a big Thanksgiving dinner is a tradition for many people. But for some, that meal is out of reach. Now Feeding South Dakota needs your help in the form of turkeys.
"It's been tremendous; it keeps building. We got 1,000 turkeys the first year, 2,500 the second year and this year we are looking to bring in 5,000, you know. Because we are getting an earlier start, we are looking at meeting a higher goal so we can help as many families as we can," Jim Dawson with Feeding South Dakota said.
But there's not just a need for turkeys; they're collecting all of the trimmings as well.
"Most of these families are really struggling to put food on the table, period. And they don't have the opportunity to sit down and share a family meal," Dawson said.
While this may only be the third official year of asking for turkeys statewide, it's something Feeding South Dakota has been doing for a long time. But as times change, so does the organization.
"You know, in the past we depended on some corporate sponsors who would come through automatically every year. They are being impacted by the economy as well as a lot of our constituents, so they had to cut back," Dawson said.
And this year, organizers hope to beat their own record. They're also taking cash donations that will help fill their shelves with all of those turkey day trimmings.
"We are going to try to buy fixings with those donations if we get enough turkeys in we are going to use the funds to buy the trimmings," Dawson said
If you can't afford to donate a turkey but still want to help, visit the Feeding South Dakota website to find out how you can donate the fixings or even cash.
Please visit Keloland for the original story.


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The Lambs Farm Farmyard will open daily March 25th through October 30, 2016. Meet Miss Wiggles, the 450-pound pig with an affinity for Bavarian Crème donuts and Oreo Cookies®, and meet all of the new miniature animals, including Levi the miniature horse. Climb into the petting zoo with goats, sheep and lambs. Check out the llamas, alpacas, cows, horses, ducks and more. Enjoy a ride on the old-fashion carousel or the train. Then challenge friends and family to a round of mini golf! Farmyard memberships are available. Day passes for all activities available for $8 for adults and $12 for children 2-12.
Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America
The 7,500-square-foot "Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America" exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden features trains running on 1,600 feet of track, for train and garden enthusiasts to enjoy the delightful sights and sounds of the miniature trains traversing high and low through tunnels, across bridges and around buildings.
Another exciting year of entertainment at the Ravinia Festival. With a variety of performances, there is something for everyone. Choose from artists like Tony Bennett, Duran Duran, Phillip Phillips, Train and Andy Grammer, Dolly Parton, Don Henley and many more. Please visit the website for a complete schedule and to purchase tickets. Bring a picnic or pick up a complete picnic spread at one of the on-site restaurants or kiosks and sit back and enjoy the show.
CITY:Highland Park
Six Flags Great America Fright Fest
It's Thrills by Day, Chills by Night at Fright Fest Presented by Snickers®. Six Flags Great America will be totally transformed into a Halloween playground, Fridays - Sundays. Have a ghoulish good time with hair-raising shows, electrifying street entertainment and thrilling haunted houses. Plus, experience all the rides in the dark. There will also be a special trick-or-treat trail just for kids.
Come out and enjoy 5 days of fun at the 88th Annual Lake County Fair. Events at the fair include live entertainment, food vendors, carnival rides and games, live animals, motor crossing, banana derby, demolition derby, flower show, expo hall and so much more. Please visit the website for updated information.
Pumpkinfest will be held September 24-October 31, 2016. Includes tractor drawn hayrides, corn maze, New this year are the Buffalo Creek Mining Co, pony & camel rides, Animal Land, Pumpkin Playland, kiddie rides, Parakeet Encounter, Pig Races (Sat, Sun & Mon) Pumpkin Patch Café, homemade apple cider & pumpkin donuts made daily. Antique tractor display, fall produce, birthday parties and school groups by reservation only.
MainStreet Libertyville's Farmers Market
This year we have more vendors than ever, so you'll be able to find more fresh food and flowers, and also have more fun shopping for them. This market can provide you with the opportunity to get to know your food and the producer who grows it or makes it. Enjoy a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, fresh baked goods, cheeses, meats, potted plants, cut flowers bouquets, coffee & donuts, kettle popcorn, jams, jellies and sauces.
Chicago Botanic Garden- Weekend Family Classes
Together, adults and children can explore cool things about how plants connect to science, art, history, and culture. Each program includes a variety of hands-on activities and projects, as well as opportunities to bring the Garden home. Programs run from November through April on Saturdays.
Tempel Lipizzan's 2016 Performances
Witness artistry and history come to life as the Tempel Lipizzan stallions enchant audiences with their power, intelligence and grace. From the play of newborn foals to the leaps of athletic stallions, the Tempel Lipizzans are an experience for the entire family. This unique performance set to music has become a Lake County favorite. Come early and enjoy a lunch or dinner in the cafe. Please visit the website for performance schedule.
CITY:Old Mill Creek
Wonderland Express at Chicago Botanic Garden
Take a magical trip to a winter wonderland of twinkling lights and holiday beauty at the Chicago Botanic Garden when we kick off the holiday season! Outside, 750,000 lights sparkle and welcome you and your family to the Garden's wonderland. Inside the Regenstein Center, a 10,000-square-foot exhibition of miniature trains winds over bridges, under trestles, past waterfalls, and through more than 80 mini-replicas of Chicago's favorite landmarks. Paul Busse, designer of the Model Railroad Garden, created this amazing exhibition exclusively for the Garden's holiday celebration.
Now celebrating its 34th year, Fountain Square Art Festival is the largest and oldest fine arts fair on Chicago's majestic North Shore. Featuring the eclectic works of more than 225 juried artists, this sprawling art showcase epitomizes words like "cosmopolitan" and "sophistication." The festival takes place in downtown Evanston, just steps from the eponymous Fountain Square. It also features a popular children's art tent with fun activities overseen by the acclaimed Evanston Art Center, food, and a soothing jazz-centric music lineup.
Six Flags Great America & Hurricane Harbor 2016 Season
Six Flags Great America is fun for the whole family with 14 heart-pounding roller coasters, a free water park with over 30 wild water slides, spectacular shows and parades, family rides and big pint-sized fun for the kids with children's areas and over 35 rides for the little ones. Don't miss Goliath, a triple record breaking roller coaster. It is the world's fastest wooden coaster with the tallest and steepest drop, plunging riders down 180 feet and rocketing through twists and turns at 72 miles per hour. Don't miss the new ride, Justice League: Battle for Metropolis. This new 4D interactive thrill ride coming in 2016 is a full-sensory gaming experience. Also enjoy Hurricane Harbor and Riptide Bay, the water park that boasts more slides and attractions. Catch a wave at the only place to surf on Lake Michigan.
The 19th Annual Lincolnshire Art Festival
The festival hosts 100 juried artists from around the country in the Village Green of Lincolnshire and offers extraordinary examples of fine art and fine craft in a variety of mediums and price points. Take in the tranquility of Lincolnshire with a wonderful weekend that combines the fun of art with the art of fun. Live music on the music stage, great food and fun activities for kids, including an art scavenger hunt and spin art, make the festival a perfect family experience. Art enthusiasts will have the opportunity to see the masters at work with interactive art demos and booth chats taking place all weekend long! Festival-goers of all ages will have an opportunity to get into the "art-filled" action by contributing to a mural on-site at the festival.
Grayslake's Fall/Winter Farmers Market
Come out to downtown Grayslake on Saturdays for the Fall Farmers Market. The market will offer seasonal produce, baked goods, wine and cheeses, spices, organic selections, ready-to-eat food, live entertainment and much more. The fall market is located at Centennial Park 147 Center Street in downtown Grayslake. For details and vendors please visit the website.
This new outdoor show will feature fine art and fine craft for show and sale. In addition to the artwork, festival-goers will enjoy live performances from a variety of musical acts on the music stage, great food and art activities for kids, including an art scavenger hunt & spin art at the festival and much more.
CITY:Deer Park
Port Clinton Art Festival is one of the most successful juried art festivals and attracts more than 250,000 art enthusiasts from places near and far. More than 260 of the world's most celebrated artists come together to showcase their work over the course of the weekend, creating an atmosphere brimming with renowned creativity. Alongside established artists, a youth art division celebrates the talents of young artists ages 18 and under, offering them the opportunity to participate, exhibit, and experience the inner workings of an art festival.
CITY:Highland Park
Olde England comes alive in Historic Downtown Antioch with lifelike figures representing scenes from the Dickens Era. The Dickens Holiday Village is back and the handcrafted Dickens characters made by our volunteer artists will bring a Public Art Program that is free for everyone to enjoy! Antioch will proudly displayed 45 Dickens characters for people to tour. Each character has a plaque describing the scene and also serves as an educational tool for students. Take a self-guided tour with one of our Dickens Walking Brochure Maps or reserve a tour guide for groups of 24 or more. Plus there is plenty of Dickens Fun for everyone in November and December. You may enjoy Dickens Teas, an Antioch "Oliver" dog afternoon, Dress like Dickens event, and much more.
Come out for a fun-filled weekend of live entertainment, music, shopping and fine dining throughout this charming, historic village. This is a great event filled with activities for the whole family including pony rides, kiddie rides and face painting. Restaurants and specialty shops will feature a wide variety of apple-inspired treats for all to enjoy. Plan to welcome the beautiful fall season at Long Grove's Apple Fest 2016.
CITY:Long Grove
An exciting weekend workshop, just for dancers ages 8-13! Camp PULSE features the masterminds behind your favorite Nickelodeon and Disney TV Shows and Movies, including: Shake It Up, iCarly, Camp Rock, Victorious, High School Musical, Hannah Montana, and MORE! Dancers and teachers walk away from our conventions inspired and motivated to reach their next goals in dance. Our faculty and staff are proud of their dedication to building genuine relationships through personal interaction with dancers, parents and teachers. We realize there are many options out there for a dancer's education, and we hope you will join us for a dance experience of a lifetime!
The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival
The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest will boast fan favorites including all you can carve pumpkins, Trick or Treating, costume contests, Pumpkin Parade, hay rides, pony rides, petting zoo, carnival rides, kids crafts, two stages jam packed with solid entertainment, food and beverage vendors galore and a Superhero 5K Pumpkin Run/Walk. As always, all lit jack-o-lanterns will be placed on pumpkin walls throughout the Festival grounds, with ceremonial wall lightings Friday and Saturday nights, and the grand lighting on Sunday evening.
Family music festival with activities for the entire family. Music, carnival games, food vendors, business booth area and "Grayslake's Got Talent" Contest. Bike and pet parade - 12 noon Saturday. Summer Days Parade kickoffs at 6:30pm Saturday evening. Festivities will be held downtown Grayslake. Visit the website for complete festival activities. Friday: 5pm-12am, Saturday: 11am-12am.
2015 Elgin Short Film Festival
The 7th Annual Elgin Short Film Festival promises to be an entertaining evening of some of the very best in short films by some of the very best up-and-coming filmmakers.You are invited to the award ceremony and screening of finalists taking place in Elgin, IL on Saturday, September 26, 2015.
Highwood's Evening Gourmet Farmers Market
Held at Everts Park, this feast of local produce, gourmet cheeses, homemade pastas, baked goods, breads and pastries, and a variety of Italian, Mexican, French, and Irish delicacies offers something for everyone. With its Evening Concert Series and live cooking demo's in the Gourmet Chef's Corner, this energetic farmers market has become a tradition for friends and family looking for great food, spirits and entertainment. Additionally, Art in the Park will be back for its second year, showcasing local artists, unique jewelry, fashion, and art, alongside 60 vendors.
Join the 6th annual Fort2Base Race. There are two event distances, 10 Nautical Mile or 3 Nautical Mile events (11.5 miles or 3.45 miles). The 10NM event begins at Fort Sheridan in Highland Park, runs along the North Shore Trail and finishes within the confines of Naval Station Great Lakes. The 3NM event is run solely within Naval Station Great Lakes. All registered participants receive a tech shirt and finishers medals. Runners and walkers welcome!


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Celeb Pets' NamesMegan Segura
Reese Witherspoon | Coco Chanel and Frank Sinatra 1 of 10Not everyone can say they've lived with Coco Chanel and Frank Sinatra, but Reese Witherspoon can certainly attest to them being, well, a little furrier than you'd think. The actress named her English bulldog and French bulldog after the distinguished stars.
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Pete Wentz | Hemingway 2 of 10Let us get this straight: Rocker Pete Wentz named his pooch after Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemmingway but named his son, Bronx, after a New York City borough? Interesting ...
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Jennifer Garner | Martha Stewart 3 of 10Guess Jennifer Garner is a huge fan of this business magnate's empire, as shown by her choice of pet name. Do you think she feels weird each morning when she tells Martha Stewart to go outside and make pee-pee?
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Nicole Richie | Foxy Cleopatra 4 of 10Yeah, baby! Before giving birth to Harlow and Sparrow, Richie fell in love with a small Pomeranian that she named Foxy Cleopatra, presumably after Beyonce Knowles' sassy character in spy
spoof Austin Powers.
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Jessica Alba | Sid and Nancy 5 of 10When Jessica Alba looked into the wrinkly faces of her two adorable pugs, she decided to name them after tragic punk couple Sid and Nancy. Here's hoping the dogs have better luck and don't end up in a violent, drug-fueled relationship.
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Katherine Heigl | Romeo 6 of 10"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?" We can't help but wonder if that's what Heigl shouts any time she's looking for her stylin' pup.
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Ellen Pompeo | Valentino 7 of 10When speaking to People magazine about Valentino, Pompeo said he's "the mama's boy, follows me around and wants to be held all the time." Don't worry — she's talking about her poodle. Too bad her furry friend can't score her free designer duds like his namesake.
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Travis Barker – Lil Kim and Q-Tip 8 of 10What made drummer Travis Barker give his German shepherd and pit bull rappers' names? Perhaps it was the pups' taste in hip-hop or their proclivity toward blue wigs and pasties. Either way, we're just glad Barker's kids got non-rap-inspired names.
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Kelly Ripa | Chewy 9 of 10Regis Philbin's current co-host, Kelly Ripa, also has a dog with a famous name. Ripa often calls Chewie the "world's largest Shih Tzu," so it makes sense that he would be named after the Star Wars Wookie. (We see the resemblance.)
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Ben Stein | Brigitte Bar-Dog 10 of 10This celeb may not seem very excited on those "clear eyes" commercials, but he's really enthusiastic when it comes to canines. He's spoken out on the joys of pet adoption, and has a pup of his own, which he named Brigitte Bar-dog, after Brigitte Bardot, the former French actress, singer, fashion model, and animal rights activist.
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To the editor:
As a youth growing up in Steubenville, I had the good fortune to experience the beauty and recreational opportunities that Beatty Park provided for me. Our forefathers had the wisdom to provide an opportunity for the young people of our city to develop an appreciation for nature and physical activity through our visits to the park each day.
On Sept. 20, a "Revisit Beatty Park Event" was held, and more than 125 participants attended. Our group has a vision to enliven many of the activities at the park and to provide viable experiences with nature and recreation for our families in the city.
Initially, we made an effort to clear hiking trails and to clear the park of debris. Our next project weekend will take place on Friday and Saturday. Initial group brainstorming sessions revealed many practical ideas pertaining to future park utilization, including select hike trails, T-ball fields, a dog park, court renovations, etc. Please join us Friday and Saturday as we continue our efforts with Beatty Park.
I want to take the opportunity to thank the following for their efforts and support with the Sept. 20 event: the Herald-Star, Kmart, Spot Bar, 6th Ward Councilman David "Pokey" Lalich, 2nd Ward Councilman Rick Perkins, Councilman at large Kenny Davis, City Manager Cathy Davison, Recreation Director Troy Kirkendall, Jody Glaub, municipal court Judge Dan Spahn and his city service workers, Bill Rohrey, Jim Crocket, Tim Young (T.J.), Simon Feaster and James "Brigham" Young.
Donations for the Beatty Park Improvement Project can be forwarded to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, 630 Market St., Steubenville, 43952.
Gerald DiLoretto
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In the last 2 days I've been busy with my new desktop, I'll use it as my home computer where i browse, write office documents do some gaming everything on Linux of course.
With my requirements more or less any new hardware will work for me, sometimes i wonder why people with not knowledge of PC buys computers for more than 1500$, I've bought (thanks ebay) a cheap dual core pentium (G620) on a Asrock H61M-HVS motherboard + 8GB Ram (Kingston DDR3) + a Hard disk Seagate 500GB 7200RPM 16MB buffer and a Radeon Sapphire HD 5450 with 2048MB GDDR3 RAM on board, all for around 430 $.
To this list I've added a D-Link Wireless N 150 usb adapeter ( DWA-125 ), the piece of … hardware that has given more problens in the setup, but now it's up and running too, in my next post a small guide on how to make it works on Linux.
As a new thing for my desktop and as anticipated by title I've decided to move from Ubuntu to Mint, staying on the XFCE edition.
On my desktop I've always used .deb distributions, and so after Debian and Ubuntu it's now time to test Mint, I've heard a lot of praise on it and so i want to test it on first hand after 2 years and half of Ubuntu, to be honest this decision has been taken also after some "commercial" choices of Canonical for their next release and Unity a DE that I've never liked, i prefer much more Cinnamon, that i use on my Laptop with gentoo.
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Nancy Northup '88
Into the Fray
Nancy Northup '88, the president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, cuts directly to the heart of the matter when it comes to what drives her work. "What we work toward is a day when women's reproductive rights are viewed as fundamental human rights and not an issue of politics," she says.
While Northup is able to express the center's mission succinctly, her daily efforts tend to be extremely challenging and often attract national media attention. For instance, since 2004, the Center for Reproductive Rights has represented Mississippi's only reproductive rights clinic in its fight to overturn a state law that would impose restrictions on its services. If the law remains in effect, the clinic will not be able to continue operating, and Mississippi will be the only state in the U.S. without such a facility.
Northup and her team scored a victory in 2012, when a district judge issued a partial preliminary injunction that allowed the clinic to remain open while litigation moved forward on the constitutionality of the state statute.
During her nearly 10 years with the center, she has overseen the opening of offices in Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal. "We've been deepening and strengthening the international work that we do," says Northup, who recently visited the center's new office in Nepal. "I make it a point not to just engage with legal colleagues but to also visit local clinics."
In addition, Northup has focused on building the center's pro bono network during her tenure. She notes that the estimated value of pro bono support to the center annually from domestic and foreign law firms has increased from $79,000 to $4.6 million during that span.


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We'll be spending a couple weeks this summer in the UK (Scotland and London), then a week in Ireland. Is there any slang common in the United States that we be best avoided in either country? For example, 'fag' is commonly used in the UK for cigarettes, but it's considered a slur in the US.
Avoid the use of the word "fanny", as it is slang for, ah, a woman's front bits. Be very careful when referring to your fanny pack!
Also, if an attractive member of the opposite sex asks you if you have a "rubber", double-check to make sure there aren't any chalkboards around because you're probably being asked for an eraser.
US "pants" = UK "trousers".
I heard an "Irish Car Bomb" and "Black and Tan" are types of cocktails/drinks. These are not terms that would be understood in Ireland, nor terms that are particularly nice.
The Irish Car Bomb one is obvious. "Black and Tans" were a group of British merceneries sent over in the Irish War of Independence in 1920s which were not exactly very honourable military people. They are viewed by Irish people the same way African-Americans might view the Klan. Nike and Ben & Jerry's have made this mistake.
Your example of fag is technically correct, but remember that "fag" would also be understood as an offensive slur in the UK & Ireland aswell, mostly depending on context/tone.
I have often heard Americans use the words "poof" and "poofy" to describe what English people would call "puffy". For example: "That pillow is poofy." It should be understood that "poof" and "poofy" in England are slang for homosexual.
Would probably avoid trying to make jokes about "bad teeth" and horrible food as well. Brits in general don't take to kindly to jokes like that. In fact, I'm currently living in the states and some of the clichés the Americans have about us I can't understand where they even came from.
Also, if someone calls you a "yank" they don't mean to be offensive. It's quite common in the UK to refer to the Americans as yanks.
There's not a lot you guys say that offends us in general. Don't make the mistake of calling an Irish, Welsh or Scotsman English or you'll probably be ruined for ignorance.
if you offer someone 'a ride', as in "I'd love to give you a ride" you will be offering something more intimate than a car journey. Use 'do you want a lift' if offering to drive someone to their destination
It applies to gestures too. If you're holding up two fingers to mean two (two pints, for example), be sure to do so palm out. Holding up two fingers palm in, especially if accompanied by an upward motion, is rather rude. (In the south of Europe it indicates a cuckold; in the UK and Ireland it doesn't have that specific meaning, but it's still rude.)
You may hear fanciful stories about how this gesture originated from the Battle of Agencourt. These stories are not true.
For those with more time thean sense :
look at the lists of false friends from wikipedia: a-l m-z Some could be offensive, others not so, but also beware of things like rhyming slang found mostly in east London.
"Restroom" may be understood, but "bathroom" means exactly what it says (you know, shower & bath) and "prop room" is unknown. What you mean is either "public conveniences" if you are extremely polite, but "toilet" and "loo" are the well known terms you search.
This may help you. copied from here: http://funnychutkule.com/3446/british-vs-american-english-words-differences/
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Andrea Amici is crowned Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Champion
In a thrilling conclusion to the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series in Europe, Andrea Amici was crowned PRO-AM series champion. Cédric Leimer's bid for a third title faltered at the final hurdle, when his mid-race pitstop was adjudged to have fallen short of the minimum time and he incurred a drive-through penalty that saw him end the season as runner-up. His Autovitesse team-mate, Laurent Jenny provided some compensation by claiming the Amateur title.
With the championship at stake, the early morning race started with four cars running abreast into turn one, with Adrian Zaugg who started on the second row emerging with the race lead. In a repeat of yesterday's race, the South African set out to open a gap from the field, while Andrea Amici in second position was intent on consolidating his championship position. Behind this pair, an intense and highly competitive battle raged for the duration of the whole race between Alberto Viberti, Mirko Zanardini and Matteo Zucchi.
Further back in the traffic, Cédric Leimer needed to progress through the field aware that if the race followed a similar course to events on Saturday, Amici would challenge for the lead after the pitstops. By the time the pit window opened, Leimer had made up two places and was running in fifth. Zaugg meanwhile handed his team-mate Federico De Nora a 17s lead to take back on track, the Autocarrozzeria Imperiale driver had nullified the advantage and on lap 19, Amici took the race lead.
Leimer now had a significant job to do to preserve his title hopes. Pegged behind Richard Chlad, his hopes seemed to be faltering, but on unlucky lap 13, the race officials handed the Swiss driver a drive-through penalty for a pitstop that fell 0.2s short of the mandatory time. Once Leimer had served his penalty, he had lost two places on track and fallen back to eighth overall, a position he could not improve upon before the flag fell and with it went his bid for a third title.
With the Amateur title confirmed on Saturday, those not directly involved in the championship hunt had their own battles to win, and the three-way fight between Viberti, Zanardini and Zucchi captivated to the final lap, but the 18 year old Alberto Viberti, yesterday's Amateur winner, went two places better and finished in second place behind Amici, followed by Mirko Zanardini to close out the podium.
In a tight teams' battle, Amici's success promoted Autocarrozzeria Imperiale SRL to the top of the PRO-AM Championship, while Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter claimed the Teams' Amateur title.
Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo World Final – Vallelunga, November 23/24
Following the championship presentations in the Lamborghini Village in the Nürburgring paddock, Maurizio Reggiani, Automobili Lamborghini's Board Member for Research & Development announced that the World Final would take place at Vallelunga in November.
Further details concerning the format of the event and other details will be communicated shortly.
Driver Quotes
P1 Andrea Amici #54, Autocarrozzeria Imperiale
"It is such an incredible feeling to win the championship. We had a bit of difficulty at the very beginning of the season, but things have got better and better as the season progressed. We won six races, and today was fantastic."
P2 (1st Amateur) Alberto Viberti #47, Composit Motorsport
"What can I say other than I'm extremely happy. It's a shame I only made the overall podium in the last race of the championship, but it was only the second race I have run on my own and I feel like I've grown a lot in the last couple of races."
P3 Mirko Zanardini #34, Bonaldi Motorsport
"This is a blessed podium, the one I absolutely wanted at any cost, to be able to dedicate it - and this whole season - to my best friend who we all lost – Andrea Mamé. I know he definitely helped me out there today as there were times towards the end of the race when I struggled but I never gave up, I just fought until the very last metre to do this for for him. Today means so much for Andrea and I to be awarded second place in the championship together."
P15, Laurent Jenny #19, Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter (Amateur Champion)
I'm thrilled to have won the championship - I would like to thank my friend Cédric Leimer, without whom I wouldn't be here. He's the one who introduced me to the series and I must say a big thank you to Michel Duvernay as well, who has done some exceptional work throughout this season to provide me with a magnificent car."


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What's the difference between verhindern, hindern, behindern - in dictionary they seem to have the same or very similar meaning?
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Etwas verhindern is impersonal and quite strong. Wenn ich etwas verhindere, then it won't happen.
Jemanden daran hindern, etwas zu tun means something like prevent somebody from doing something. So you know who does it, and you don't want him to do it. It's as strong as verhindern, but if I prevent Hans from doing something, Max could do it instead. This won't happen with verhindern.
behindern doesn't mean prevent something, it only says that it's difficult for somebody to do something because of something else, which behindert him.
For example:
Note that limitations to the absoluteness of verhindern or hindern are often dropped and become appearant only from context. E.g., a newspaper might write:
Depending on the context, this may apply only to the past (if the protestors do not sit on the street again tomorrow, the street will be built) or be a final outcome (protesters convinced the government not to build the road).


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Darius Morrow was charged with aggravated assault deadly weapon against a public servant.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, the off-duty officer was washing his car at Car Wash USA at 602 North 1st Street when he overheard an argument nearby on Hackberry Street.
When he went to investigate he saw one man walking in the street carrying a bat and another man with a knife.
The officer said it was clear the two men were about to get into a fight so he showed them his badge and said, "Stop police," the affidavit said.
Then one of the men began to talk toward the officer, threatening him with the bat.
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I've seen some guys playing Texas Hold 'em and each time it ends with one of them taking all the chips on the table. Does it always work that way, or are there some limits?
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In the cash games players may enter and exit the game at any time.
In the tournament the winner is a player who has taken all the chips from another players.


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Dec. 11, 2009 -- About one in three adults in the United States cares for a loved one who is elderly, sick, or has special needs. And two out of three unpaid caregivers are women, a new report finds.
More often than not, caregivers are raising families and working outside the home in addition to caring for aging parents, chronically ill spouses, or children or grandchildren with special needs.
The report, commissioned by the National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with the AARP and the insurance group MetLife, resulted from interviews with nearly 1,500 caregivers chosen at random. Similar interviews were conducted in 2004 and 1997.
Some 65 million American adults are providing care to loved ones independent of traditional parenting roles, Elinor Ginzler, senior vice president of Livable Communities Strategies for AARP, tells WebMD.
She says the typical caregiver is a woman in her late 40s caring for a parent, most often her mother, who is in their late 70s or older.
"Caregiving is traditionally women's work," she says. "And women are usually juggling work and family responsibilities while they are providing this care."
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- Caregivers provided an average of 20 hours per week of care.
- Caregiving lasted an average of 4.6 years.
- Older care recipients generally needed help because of deteriorating physical health (76%). More than half (51%) still lived in their own homes and 29% lived in their caregiver's home.
- Old age was cited as the main reason for needed care, by 12% of respondents, followed by Alzheimer's disease (10%), mental or emotional illness (7%), cancer (7%), heart disease (5%), and stroke (5%).
Ginzler says nearly three out of four caregivers who responded to the survey had paid jobs outside the home, and two-thirds said they had missed work as a result of their caregiving responsibilities.
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Why is it that ああ has so many different kanji 嗚呼; 於乎; 於戯; 嗟乎; 嗟夫; 吁; 嗟; 噫; 鳴呼 (source)
and is the average japanese (16 yr old and above) able to recognize them all?
These seem to mostly be cases of 義訓【ぎくん】, where it the kanji are only used for their meaning. The most common of the kanji compounds (鳴呼) for example is comprised of kanji which carry the meanings of the sound of crying and "to call out."
As for why there are so many, I would say that it is because there are so many ways in which one can cry out. Judging from the meaning of the kanji, 於戯 for example would likely mean ああ either during or after playing sports, while 嗟夫 seems to have a slightly racier meaning. However, in my experience, very few of these are used commonly.
At the very least, the average 16-year-old will very likely know at least 鳴呼, as it is used in manga and novels aimed at teens not infrequently. It seems unlikely that they would know them all, however, as many of those kanji are not generally used.


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I should implement a security protocol as a part of which I need to:
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- Send it to receiver.
Suppose that the system uses a modulus with at least 1024 bits and data is in blocks of 512 bits.
The problem is that when the receiver's
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The holidays make you think about minutes in a whole different way. It's a time when you eat more, drink more, spend more money and sleep less. You feel time-crunched. You do your last-minute shopping. And as fast as you create the holidays, they disappear.


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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says Republicans face a "daunting task" in connecting with black voters and are often cast as "uncaring" in their policies — something that he says he wants to change.
Paul, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, says in a speech at Howard University that he hopes black voters will be more open to the Republican Party. He says members of his party support policies like school choice, economic opportunity and the decriminalization of drug laws, issues he says would appeal to blacks.
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Seemingly the same fact goes under several names: MacMahon master theorem, Wronski relation, unnamed fact about symmetric functions - I wonder what is history and what should be ``correct name'' ?
Let me remind the facts and formulate questions more precisely:
Denote by $e_k$ elementary and $S_k$ complete symmetric functions, then it is well-known that
Fact (with NO name (e.g. Wikipedia) ): $\sum_i S_{k-i} e_i = 0 $ or in terms of generating functions: $ (\sum_{i=0...\infty} t^i S_i ) (\sum_{i=0...n} t^i e_i ) = 1 $.
Proof: $1/(\sum_{i=0...n} t^i e_i )= 1/\prod_i (1-t\lambda_i)$ and using expansion in the geometric progression we get $(\sum_{i=0...\infty} t^i S_i ) $.
Question 1 It seems this relation is too simple to bear someone's name, correct ? Nevertheless is its history known? Who was (were) the first to mention?
Let $A$ be a matrix.
Fact (MacMahon Master theorem or Wronski relation). $det(1-tM)(\sum_i Tr t^i S^i(M)) =1 $, where $S^i$ are symmetric tensor power of $M$.
Proof. Assume $A$ is diagonalizible, then it is can be proved in the eigenbasis and is exactly the previous fact. Any complex matrix can be approximated by diagonalizble and since it is algebraic identity this is enough.
It is clear how MacMahon enters this story - he found combinatorial application and describes them in his book, see e.g. Wikipedia
The name of Wronski is used e.g. in papers:
Toru Umeda Application of Koszul complex to Wronski relations for U(gl)
or in many papers by Russian authors on quantum groups e.g. A. Isaev, O. Ogievetsky, P. Pyatov, On quantum matrix algebras satisfying the CayleyHamilton-Newton identities page 9.
Question 2: How Wronski enters the story ? Should the relation for complete and elementary symmetric functions be also called "MacMahon" or "Wronski" relation, since it is equivalent to their theorem ?
The motivation for asking is writting some Wikipedia article (by the way comments are welcome) as well proper refering in my own articles.


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I am aware that the phrase 「おかわり」 that is used when asking for second helping (of meals especially) is an idiomatic expression, so its usage is understood as it is. But, I'm curious about the origin of this phrase because it seems to be derived from 替わる / 代わる(P) / 換わる, which means "to be exchanged/switched". How did this phrase come into the usage? Is it the case that in the past when people asked for second helping, something was exchanged (bowl, chopsticks etc)?
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It means 'replacement'. What is being replaced is the content, not the container. You can use a related expression
I always assumed it was exchanging an empty bowl/beverage for a full one.


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She wore it to a screening of the 1980 documentary, 'Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers.'
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The 7 Lamest Fight Scenes of All Time
Walker versus Lazarus
Combatants: Walker (Chuck Norris) versus Lazarus (Roger Yuan)
Why it sucks: Chuck Norris is a karate champion that could certainly beat all of us in a fight. And with that seedy beard sloppily draped on his apish face, he looks like the type that enjoys beating the shit out of people just for the heck of it. Paradoxically, he has done so much in his television and movie work for the lame fight scene genre. This scene serves as a perfect example why: they all look like they are filmed on a budget raised from loose change found in Norris's couch. This brief clip includes terrible dialogue, unimaginative repeated kicking, and one of the cheapest sets ever. Note carefully at the end of the clip that when Norris throws Lazarus through the door, he actually breaks the plywood replica in half.
Highlight: Walker disarms the gun-toting Lazarus with a quick arm twist that somehow manages to toss him thirty feet across the room.
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Tuvok versus Nameless Extras
Combatants: Tuvok (Tim Russ) versus a bunch of extras
Why it sucks: There is just no way a good fracas can start with the line "Tuvok's taking me into custody."We already talked about how lousy high school fights are and nerd fights are even worse. So when a show made by nerds for nerds has a fight scene, you might as well hand it a cane before viewing because it is guaranteed to be lame. Fortunately, the cinematographer seems almost as clueless as the fight choreographer for this episode of Voyager, so we are spared from the full wretchedness of this struggle because we are watching it in near-complete darkness.
Highlight: Tuvok's over-the-shoulder judo throw. Michael Richards better not insult any black Vulcans because those guys can fight.
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Amish Harrison Ford versus Street Toughs
Combatants: John Book (Harrison Ford) versus a bunch of Pennsylvania Dutch Country street toughs
Why it sucks: How can we put the man behind some of the greatest fightin' characters in the history of the movies on a list of lamest fight scenes? Because Harrison Ford doesn't seem to realize he's no longer playing any of those characters. He's not Indiana Jones or Hans Solo here, he is supposed to be a guy pretending he's Amish. So when Ford exudes his Solo-esque bravado marching up to bad news hoodlums, it is hard not to laugh. After all, he's wearing suspenders and marching from a small horse-drawn carriage, not the Millennium Falcon.
Highlight: What must be one of the greatest Amish put-downs in film: "Hey watch it Frank, he's gonna hit you with his bible."


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Charlotte, NC – Behind five singles victories, the Charlotte 49ers (12-9) defeated UNC Greensboro (14-4), 5-2, at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex in their final regular-season match.
"This was a great win for our team," Charlotte coach Billy Boykin said. "UNC Greensboro had only three losses coming into today's match and has the talent to be an NCAA Tournament team. We competed hard the whole time and played our best tennis at the end. I'm happy for our guys and especially happy for our two seniors (Hector Linares and Krzysztof Kwasniewicz). They're great kids and this was a sweet way for them to go out on Senior Day."
UNC Greensboro won two of the three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. At number one doubles, Charlotte's Jordi Massalle Ferrer and Jack Williams defeated UNC Greensboro's Ahmet Sarioglu and Daniel Mack, 8-4, for their 11th win on the season. At number two doubles, Charlotte's Paul Cisti and Alex Calott lost to UNC Greensboro's James Dougherty and Gaston Murray, 9-7. At number three doubles, Charlotte's Kwasniewicz and Kamil Khalil lost to UNC Greensboro's Jimmy Roueche and William Albright, 8-5.
Charlotte won five of the six singles matches to clinch the overall victory. At number one singles, Charlotte's Williams defeated UNC Greensboro's Sarioglu, 6-3, 6-4, for his 17th win of the season. At number two singles, Charlotte's Massalle Ferrer defeated UNC Greensboro's Dougherty, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, for his 25th win of the season. With the win, Massalle Ferrer moved into a tie with Sasha Parc (1998) and Ken Whitaker (1979) for the seventh most wins in a single-season in school history. At number three singles, Charlotte's Khalil saw his seven-match winning streak end with a 6-3, 7-5 loss to UNC Greensboro's Murray. At number four singles, Charlotte's Cisti won his 18th match of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win over UNC Greensboro's Mack. At number five singles, Charlotte's Calott won his 17th match of the season with a 7-6, 0-6, 6-3 win over UNC Greensboro's Cameron Smith. At number six singles, Charlotte's Kwasniewicz won his final match at Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex with a 6-4, 6-1 win over UNC Greensboro's Roueche. Kwasniewicz's victory was his 10th of the season.
The 49ers will return to action in the Atlantic 10 Tournament in Mason, Ohio, April 25-28.


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I have heard references to "hard" vs. "soft" analysis. What is the difference? It seems to do with generality versus nitty-gritty estimates, but I haven't gotten any responses more clear than that.
Disclaimer: I'm no expert-this is really a question for the analysts and historians of mathematics.
As far as I know,the terminology came into existence in the early 20th century distinguish the classical "calculus" type analysis(hard analysis) from the new point set topology/functional analysis approach (soft analysis). A hard analytic argument uses a direct calculation or construction of an exact estimate bounds of specific function or function types to prove a statement.A soft analytic arguement uses the general topological or geometric properties of a space in which a function or function class is defined to prove a result indirectly without a precisely calculated "bound".
For example, the fact that the Cantor set has measure zero is a "hard" analytic arguement;it uses an epsilon-delta arguement to show the limit of the sequence of "slices" of the lengths of it's component intervals on the real line converges to 0.
An example of a "soft" analytic arguement: (IVT) Let F be a continuous function defined on a connected subset of the real line i.e. an interval with a well defined least upper bound and greatest lower bound. Then the function is defined at every point inbetween the lub and the glb. A soft proof would be as follows: Since an interval I of R is a connected subset of R and f is continuous,then f(I) is also connected. Therefore,for every x in I, f(x) is in f(I). Notice this proof does not involve a direct computation of bounds that proves f(x) is in the image set of f (although it certainly COULD be proven that way).
Anyway,that's how Gerald Itzkowitz taught it to me and I learned a long time ago to trust him on these matters........
A historical note.
Hermann Weyl mentioned in his talk "Felix Kleins Stellung in der mathematischen Gegenwart" that the dichotomy of "hard vs. soft analysis" had been suggested by Hardy. According to Hardy, there is the function theory of the "hard, sharp, narrow" kind (due to Bohr, Landau or Littlewood) as opposed to the "soft, large, vague" kind (due to Birkhoff or Koebe).
Edit. Apparently, Hardy's musings are contained in his paper "Prolegomena To a Chapter on Inequalities" (unfortunately, I don't have access to it at the moment).
Edit 2. Indeed, here's the quotation from Hardy's paper.
Consider the problem of shuffling a deck of cards using some shuffling technique. One may wonder, "If I use this or that shuffling technique, will I shuffle the deck?" The problem can be transferred to a question of whether a particular finite Markov process converges to the uniform distribution or not. Omitting some details, a classical theorem says that, yes, the process will converge (to the uniform distribution) as long as your technique is reasonable. Not only that, the convergence will eventually be exponential. This seems like a useful theorem, but it is actually rather deficient. The problem is that your practical side may wonder how many shuffles are required to get the deck reasonably randomized, and this theorem doesn't help. So you might say that the original analysis was soft because the result does not help in solving this quantitative problem. It tells you that shuffling is a good idea, but it doesn't give you any clue whether a given technique could shuffle the deck in your lifetime or not. A hard analysis would tell you, for example, "If one defines reasonably randomized by measure blahblah, then $2\log_2(52)$ riffle shuffles are sufficient to randomize the deck."
Cantor sets, then. I would expand the ternary Cantor set by a factor of three, note that this makes two disjoint copies, and conclude the measure was zero that way. A "soft" argument indeed. That does make the point that "facts" need not belong to hard or soft varieties; arguments may do. Other Cantor sets don't have the exact structure to carry out the enlargement. So you need a "hard" argument to include them, at least on the face of it.


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Olga Smirnova to join the Bolshoi Ballet
Posted 27 June 2011 - 05:35 AM
(Post Script: She also appeared in Vishneva's benefice/ "15 yrs in the theatre" gala concert this past Thursday).
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:55 PM
She seems to be getting many more principal roles than all of the other dancers in her rank.. ('Soloist', below 'First Soloist' and 'Leading Soloist' and of course 'Principal')
Posted 25 March 2012 - 03:00 AM
Would be most grateful if anyone could do a brief translation of what Smirnova says, thanks
Posted 08 April 2012 - 07:53 PM
First, ballet was where she could be a number one, a leader. She had always wanted to be a leader in academics (all As), life, and ballet. Real understanding of what ballet is came later. She answered a question about her move from Mariinsky to Bolshoi. "It was certainly somewhat unexpected. After nine years in Vaganova school dreaming of joining the Mariinsky and at the last moment change the city and the company." The parents are still in St. Petersburg while she had moved to Moscow. She said it was good to her to move and start living on her own ("I am already 20 y.o" ), have responsibilities and have to manage her life. As far as the Bolshoi, it is now where she gets opportunity to realize herself as an artist and now all her goal and dreams associated with Bolshoi. "There are no real friends in ballet world, only acquaintances..." She describes herself as not a very social person; she is comfortable to be in her own thoughts and things to do. She finishes saying that to reach your goals you have to be bold and not to be afraid to dream and work toward your dream.
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 01:37 PM
Emeralds as well. Wish i could be there!
Posted 02 May 2012 - 08:37 AM
Noticed Evgenia Obraztsova will also be in Emeralds, and David Hallberg in Diamonds.
Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:59 PM
Pic of the day: Principal Dancer Semyon Chudin and Olga Smirnova are shown rehearsing "Diamonds" with Ashley! http://www.themoscow...ife/457969.html Brava !
Posted 07 May 2012 - 06:18 AM
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Posted 07 May 2012 - 07:26 AM
Indeed: The Vaganova Alumnae are thriving at the Bolshoi. Olga will follow up "Diamonds" with another debut: She will be one of the leading "Emeralds" on May 9. http://www.bolshoi.r...#20120509190000. On May 10 she will join Yevgenia as she repeats "Emeralds." http://www.bolshoi.r...#20120510190000. These are important debuts for both ladies. For example, Yevgenia was never given any segment in "Jewels" while she was in the Mariinsky. We all wait for Katya Kondaurova's promotion. She is still a 1st soloist even though she's won a Benois, a Golden Sophit and a Golden Mask http://www.mariinsky...rs1/kondaurova/. Moreover there are other Honored Artists and decorated ballerinas who haven't advanced as they should have, and now, (for a lot of them), their "time" has passed. Had Smirnova and Obraztsova stayed (under the current regime), the former would have been a perpetual corps member waiting years for her first opportunity, and the latter would have retired a 1st soloist.
Hoorah! Not even a year out of the Vaganova Academy and she is now a First Soloist at the Bolshoi and starring in the biggest premiere of the season (Diamonds)! I shudder to think of how she may have languished in the back row of the corps had she stayed in St Petersburg. A very wise career decision!
Posted 07 May 2012 - 02:25 PM
I've just seen on the Bolshoi Ballet's website the Olga Smirnova has now been promoted to First Soloist!
for Ms. Smirnova.
Posted 13 May 2012 - 04:48 PM
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