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A Modern Simulation Approach for Pharmaceutical Portfolio Management Kirk Solo and Mark Paich. International Conference on Health Sciences Simulation (ICHSS'04), January 18 - 21, 2004, San Diego, California, USA
By creating an integrated simulation environment that models the underlying structure of a pharmaceutical enterprise portfolio it becomes possible to identify the optimal longitudinal allocation of finite resources across the constellation of available investment opportunities. The implementation of a hybrid approach that integrates multiple modeling techniques and analytic disciplines allows for a comprehensive environment that captures the underlying dynamics that drive observed market behavior. The implementation of an object oriented model structure constrains the models complexity by supporting dynamic re-use of both structure and logic.» 続きを読む
Modeling General Motors and the North American Automobile Market Philip T. Keenan and Mark Paich. The 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 25 - 29, 2004, Oxford, England
This article discusses General Motors' North American Enterprise Model, a system dynamics model of the entire North American automobile market. The Enterprise Model takes a broad look across the corporation and its marketplace, combining internal activities such as engineering, manufacturing and marketing with external factors such as competition for consumer purchases in the new and used vehicle marketplaces. Eight groups of manufacturers compete monthly for a decade across eighteen vehicle segments, making segment-by-segment decisions about price, volume and investment.» 続きを読む
From System Dynamics and Discrete Event to Practical Agent Based Modeling: Reasons, Techniques, Tools Andrei Borshchev and Alexei Filippov. The 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 25 - 29, 2004, Oxford, England
This paper may be considered as a practical reference for those who wish to add (now sufficiently matured) Agent Based modeling to their analysis toolkit and may or may not have some System Dynamics or Discrete Event modeling background. We focus on systems that contain large numbers of active objects (people, business units, animals, vehicles, or even things like projects, stocks, products, etc. that have timing, event ordering or other kind of individual behavior associated with them). We compare the three major paradigms in simulation modeling: System Dynamics, Discrete Event and Agent Based Modeling with respect to how they approach such systems. We show in detail how an Agent Based model can be built from an existing System Dynamics or a Discrete Event model and then show how easily it can be further enhanced to capture much more complicated behavior, dependencies and interactions thus providing for deeper insight in the system being modeled.» 続きを読む
Spatial Dynamics of Social Network Evolution Sara Metcalf and Mark Paich. The 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 17 - 21, 2005, Boston, USA
This paper explores the problem of fragmenting social networks enabled by spatial distancing between distinct socioeconomic classes. Such fragmentation is evidenced by the experience of urban sprawl without population growth. We develop a prototype model to examine the spatial dynamics of social network evolution in the face of neighborhood migration. This model draws upon the small world analogy by using an initial template of connections that are "rewired" over time. Spatially, connections are established for neighborhood proximity. Socially, connections are added based upon similarity of economic class.» 続きを読む
A Spatio Temporal Simulation Model for Evaluating Delinquency and Crime Policies Sergio E. Quijada, Juan F. Arcas, Cristian Renner, and Luis Rabelo. 2005 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'05), December 4-7, Orlando, FL, USA
System Dynamics, has been useful for a variety of disciplines; however, it has limitations in showing a geographical representation of the models under study. This paper proposes a methodology based on layered vectors which allows the use a city's census information to feed a Geographic Information System (GIS). The GIS objects implemented into System Dynamics and located at coordinates X.Y.Z become the entry parameters for the simulation.» 続きを読む
Multimethod Simulation Modeing using AnyLogic Andrei Borshchev, INFORMS Roundtable Meeting Fall 2007, Seattle, USA
The presentation shows you how to develop simulation models, choose abstraction level and methodology.» 続きを読む
Decreased length of stay after addition of healthcare provider in emergency department triage Theodore Eugene Day, Abdul Rahim Al-Roubaie, Eric Jonathan Goldlust; EMJ Online First, August 22, 2012
The objective of this paper was to determine the effects of adding a healthcare provider in triage on average length of stay (LOS) and proportion of patients with >6 h LOS. The other goal was to assess the accuracy of computer simulation in predicting the magnitude of such effects on these metrics.» 続きを読む
Hybrid simulation of renewable energy generation and storage grids Peter Bazan, Reinhard German, WSC-2012, Berlin
The share of renewable energy sources in energy production is growing steadily. Domestic homes can be equipped with solar panels, micro combined heat and power systems, batteries, and they can become adaptive consumers. They can also deliver energy to the grid and react to the energy supply. This paper presents a hybrid simulation approach for the analysis of a grid of domestic homes equipped with different technological options with respect to efficiency and costs. For energy storage and energy flows the system dynamics modeling paradigm is used whereas control decisions are modeled as statecharts. The highly intermittent solar irradiation and also the electric power and heat demands are implemented as stochastic models. The component-based design allows for quick creation of new case studies. As examples, different homes with batteries, micro combined heat and power systems, or energy carrier carbazole as energy storage are analyzed» 続きを読む
Fully agent based modellings of epidemic spread using AnyLogic Štefan Emrich, Sergej Suslov, Florian Judex. EUROSIM 2007, September 9-13 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia.» 続きを読む
Understanding retail productivity by simulating management practices Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris W. Clegg. EUROSIM 2007, September 9-13, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The retail sector has been identified as one of the biggest contributors to the productivity gap that persists between the UK, Europe and the USA. It is well documented that measures of UK retail productivity rank lower than those of countries with comparably developed economies. Intuitively, it seems likely that management practices are linked to a company's productivity and performance. Significant research has been done to investigate the productivity gap and identify problems involved in estimating the size of the gap; for example the comparability of productivity indices, historical influences, general measurement issues, and varying sectoral contributions. Best practice guidelines have been developed and published, but there remains considerable inconsistency and uncertainty regarding how these are implemented and manifested at the level of the work place. Indeed, a recent report on UK productivity asserted that, "... the key to productivity remains what happens inside the firm and this is something of a 'black box'". Siebers and colleagues conducted a comprehensive literature review of this research area to assess linkages between management practices and firm level productivity. The authors concluded that management practices are multidimensional constructs that generally do not demonstrate a straightforward relationship with productivity variables. Empirical evidence affirms that management practices must be context specific to be effective, and in turn productivity indices must also reflect a particular organization's activities on a local level to be a valid indicator of performance» 続きを読む


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I drive a 2009 Camry and was rammed from behind by a SUV last evening.
Had to brake hard in order not to hit the car in front of me that sharply braked and turned right without signalling at a unmonitored intersection.
My airbags did not deploy but my glasses came off and got damaged. The oscilloscope and other instruments I carry in my trunk were trashed too. (I will pay for these myself because SUV owner was a perfect lady)
The SUV owner was a perfect lady and she owned up her mistake in front of a cop who arrived at the incident.
Her's was a beautiful pink Cadillac SUV, and was very well built to suffer no damage (as inspected by the cop).
However, I don't know why but the cop refused to give me a report number to use in my filing.
Anyways, my "current Century" insurance company told me I would have to pay a $1.5k deductible and my premiums would go up by $150/mo (I pay around $250/mo as I arrived in the U.S. recently and have no substantial driving or credit record).
Furthermore, they want me to visit any of 5 locations they emailed me for an inspection and appraisal of damages.
The state the car is in, the rear bumper and brake lights are all smashed out (but lights work) and I am sure they will deterioate completely enroute!
I did share this information with them, but they asked me if the wheels were obstructed, and since they are not, I am out of luck.
My questions are these:
Is it normal to pay such a high deductible when you are not at fault (when shopping around initially, my insurance agent had assured me that this plan was expensive because of the low deductible it had).
Which section should I read in my insurance contract to find out and understand this?
Why would my premiums go up even if I was at no fault?
This was a residential area and cars often trail less than 2 car distances from what I have seen
Why do I need to visit a location of their choosing for inspection and appraisal of damages?
I intend to get it repaired from Toyota, the company that designed this car, and the price they quote for repairs should be the correct price, not some 3rd party!
If I use a rental car in the meantime (until the insurance companies decide what to do), is there a chance I could claim a part/whole of the expenses as incidental to the damage?
I would also be open to any related advice or information that can help me now or in the future in case of similar situations.


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|Product Rating: Date Posted: 2010-05-23 13:09:31
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I'd like to know which of the set theories in SOSOA prove what versions of Cantor-Schroder-Bernstein? For my own purposes I can use arbitrarily high quantifier complexity, but I wonder how little transfinite recursion will suffice.
I will show that variants of the following proof work in extremely weak set theories but perhaps not in $\mathsf{B}_0^{\mathrm{set}}$.
The verification that $g$ is a bijection is a straightforward feat of plain logic provided that the base theory can handle the formation of arbitrary finite sequences. (I won't consider systems that can't handle arbitrary finite sequences.) So it is enough to make sure that $g$ exists. Assuming $\Delta_0$-comprehension, this is equivalent to the existence of the set of $B$-stoppers. If $B^{\lt\omega}$ exists, then the set of $B$-stoppers can be formed by $\Delta_0$-comprehension.
Sadly, Simpson's system $\mathsf{B}_0^{\mathrm{set}}$ does satisfy $\Delta_0$-comprehension, but it does not prove that $X^{\lt\omega}$ exists for every set $X$. In fact, I don't think it is known whether this system proves that $X^n$ exists for every set $X$ and every $n \lt \omega$. (See A. R. D. Mathias, Weak systems of Gandy, Jensen and Devlin, where this system is known as $\mathsf{GJI}_0$, modulo the fact that Simpson's formulation of the axiom of infinity is a little unusual. I think Simpson's axiom of infinity prevents Gandy's model but not the general problem it illustrates.)
If $B^{\lt\omega}$ does not exist, then the definition of $B$-stopper given above requires $\Sigma_1$-comprehension. However, the precise set of $B$-stoppers is not needed. If $C \subseteq B$ is such that $B-f[A] \subseteq C$ and both $C$ and $A-C$ are closed under $f$, then the map $h:A\to B$ defined by $h(x) = x$ if $x \in C$ and $h(x) = f(x)$ if $x \in A-C$ is a bijection. Over $\mathsf{B}_0^{\mathrm{set}}$ (even without infinity), the existence of such a set $C$ is easily established using the compactness theorem for propositional logic, which is known to be weaker than $\Sigma_1$-comprehension. This is the weakest system that I know which proves CSB.
Remark. The language of propositional logic is difficult to work with in set theories that do not prove that $X^{\lt\omega}$ exists for every set $X$. However, the theory in question consists of $p_x \leftrightarrow p_{f(x)}$ for $x \in A$, $p_x$ for $x \in B-f[A]$, $\lnot p_x$ for $x \in A-B$. Since these formulas are all short, we can get by with standard finite powers of sets.
In any case, I strongly advise against working in set theories that cannot prove that $X^{\lt\omega}$ exists for every set $X$.


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Having children may be a blow to your personal productivity. So much time is suddenly devoted to taking care of kids---there may only be a couple of hours for sleep every day. There may be other similar scenarios: illness, turmoil etc.
Somebody employing personal productivity routines (PPR), like GTD, may find that they break down when there's neither enough time nor energy to uphold them.
These constraints make the use of light-weight and time-conserving PPR crucial. Thus, the question is what routines are recommended to maximize personal productivity when facing such constraints.


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WEIRTON - Weirton City Council has passed the final reading of a business and occupation tax for the natural gas industry, saying the measure was needed to protect city residents and infrastructure.
The ordinance, adopted Tuesday by a 4-1 vote with one abstention, establishes a 6 percent tax on drilling companies.
"I'm not in favor of this," said Ward 6 Councilman David Dalrymple, who cast the only dissenting vote. "I don't think it's a good idea for us to be putting something in like this. It's anti-business, that's how it comes across."
At September's meeting, Mayor George Kondik had said the tax was intended as a "preventive measure" to ensure a funding mechanism was in place to fix problems heavy drilling trucks might cause to city streets, and deal with fire and safety issues and training peculiar to the natural gas industry.
Dalrymple, though, said a B&O tax should be a last resort, "and I don't feel we're there now. I don't feel this is the right way to go about it."
Ward 4 Councilman George Ash disagreed, however, saying he sees the legislation as being "proactive for residents and infrastructure."
"With all this equipment coming through our streets, somebody has to take care of" any damages, he said, adding the wear and tear on Weirton's aging infrastructure has to be taken into consideration. "I think it's important to protect what we have."
Dalrymple, though, said in other areas the drilling companies have been quick to repair damage.
"There has to be another way we can control what they do," he said. "This opens doors that don't need to be opened."
Ward 3 Councilman Fred Marsh abstained from the vote for business reasons, while Ward 1 Councilman Ron Jones was not present.
In other action, council renewed its annual $25,000 membership in the Business Development Corporation and agreed to sponsor the Marland Heights Community Association's application for state historic preservation grant funding for Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool.
The grant would help pay for a feasibility study, architectural renderings and core samplings to identify what must be done to preserve the historic pool, which dates to 1934.
Sponsoring the grant does not involve any cost to the city.
Community Association member Kathrine Kolanko told council several fundraising events are on tap, including an oldies dance Saturday from 6-9 p.m. featuring the Legends band as well as an appearance by former Weirton resident Harry Stock.
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I was asked what my race was, and I chose...but then I managed to exit without setting a name, gender...anything else. So now I'm a dude called "Prisoner". I'd hate to play the whole game with such a lame name. Am I going to be given an opportunity, like in Oblivion, to change these things again at some point, or do I need to start over, or...?
As far as I know, the only way to change your character's details after the initial setup is through the console, which is only available on the PC version.
You can use the /showracemenu command to change the details. See here for a listing of all console commands.
I have played skyrim and so far I haven't had the option to change my name or race. I don't think there will be a way... but we will see.
In the PC version, /showracemenu worked fine for me, and I successfully changed my appearance (eye-color, mainly), without affecting my skills, level, or anything like that (I recall in Oblivion there was a fairly convoluted way to do it -- this is much easier). I've heard changing your race is a bad idea though.
I've heard there's a converter to change your savegame from XBox 360 to PC and back. If you can find one of those, and have a friend (or know someone online) with the PC version, you could give them the savegame, run the console command, adjust your name, then convert it back to XBox 360.
Seeing as it's a single-player game, I really don't see any tos issues with a converter (you can supposedly do this to redo your perks, or give yourself a billion health, etc., as well). However, having never seen or used it, I've no idea if it might corrupt your savegame later.
Another possibility might be to hex-edit the data on the XBox 360 version of the savefile from your computer. I can't find my character name this way, but someone better at that sort of thing might be able to find it (editing the name on the first line of the file just changes the text displayed on the save/load screes, not the name of the player container). Your best luck in that case would be to make the new name eight characters long, or there might be formatting issues.
/showracemenu works, HOWEVER! Your hands will be bound and I have not figured out how to remove that via the console yet. No doubt it is some simple console command to remove the bound hands affliction. Or just draw your weapon or magic to remove the binded hands effect.
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When faced with a design decision in which one option is more intuitive, and the other is more efficient, what guideline should be used to prioritize one desideratum over the other?
Which is more important depends on what you are designing. My general guidelines would be:
Intuitive matters mast when you're designing an app that people aren't going to invest time into learning. It's important that they get a win as soon as possible, and that means that they need to be able to use the product with little or no time learning it. Think of a small mobile app. Instagram is a great example.
Efficiency matters when people are likely to use the app a lot and they are prepared to spend time learning it. This applies when the perceived value in learning to use the application is greater than the perceived initial learning barrier. Note, perception matters a lot here. Think of an app which a programmer will use all day. VIM / VI / EMACS are good examples.
That said it is hardly ever such a clear decision between one or the other. It's a compromise between the two. Sometimes you can make something a little less efficient and a lot more intuitive and the other way around.
Spend some time thinking through what really matters to your target audience or, even better, ask them and do some early stage usability testing with them. You may just be surprised what you learn!
Looks like JohnGB beat me to it.
As he says, efficiency wins out when:
A good example might be a stock tracking application for a city trader. Traders obviously have a massive investment in getting the latest, up to date knowledge on the state of the market - thousands of pounds are at stake. So a trader will be quite willing to spend some time learning the app's shortcuts and nuances. Time is of the essence in stockbroking, so anything that shaves seconds off could really be worth it.
Good answers here for your typical consumer app. However, if you want to get beyond rules of thumb (such as "more use means favor efficiency over intuitiveness"), then you need to apply a formal human systems integration (HSI) approach.
With HSI, you look to minimize total lifecycle cost (or maximize revenue) by designing a system with optimal levels of out-of-the-box usability, training, personnel needs, and manpower. You do this by getting numeric estimates of the cost of each for your alternative system designs.
If you want, you can also toss in the cost of health, safety, habitability, and survivability into the equation, if they're relevant.
This approach could be applied to the UX of a public web site or application.
Is your case really worth the effort of a formal HSI analysis? I guess that's the meta-HSI of HSI. Estimate the cost of a formal analysis against the chance and cost of you coming up with a sub-optimal solution without it.
While it is very much dependent on the app, you should always balance the two. The efficiency of an application is an important part of the intuitive use - that when you do something, the system responds as quick as possible. If the system is inefficient, then you do not get the response, and so you lose efficiency.
OTOH, if the application is not intuitive to use for the target user - which may be someone who has spent some time learning - then the performance speed of the code will be irrelevant, as the user efficiency will be reduced.
So you have to balance the two in each situation, to find the best compromise.


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WACO (January 11, 2013)—A man and woman arrested after a high-speed chase that wound for nearly an hour through Waco onto Interstate 35 and up Highway 6 and then back into the city on China Spring Road before it ended were jailed Friday.
Tommie Edward Saulters, 37, and Carrie Woodlock, 32, were in the McLennan County Jail Friday morning.
Saulters was ordered held on bonds totaling $195,000, charged with evading arrest in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, aggravated assault on a public servant and theft over $500, but under $1,500.
Woodlock was ordered held on a $20,000 charged with hindering apprehension.
The two were arrested at around 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of North 21st-A Street and Park Lake Drive after the fleeing driver's car, with two shredded tires, collided with the rear of a police car.
A second man who was in the car was detained for questioning, but was later released.
The pursuit, which involved U.S. marshals, McLennan County deputies, state troopers and Waco police, started at around 3:45 p.m. Thursday after marshals attempted to pull the car over on South Valley Mills Drive near Memorial Drive.
The driver, whom authorities identified as Saulters, was wanted for a state parole violation on a drug conviction, Kevin Scott of the U.S. Marshal's Service said.
Instead of stopping, the driver pulled into a nearby shopping center and then onto Memorial and sped off with the marshals in pursuit.
At some point during the chase, the driver attempted to ram a U.S. marshal's vehicle, and he also held his hand out the window and made a gesture as if he were firing a gun at pursuing officers, Scott said.
The driver, or one of the two people in the car with him, called 911 during the chase and was talking to a dispatcher, Scott said.
The driver rammed a Department of Public Safety trooper's vehicle on North 19th Street, just before turning onto Park Lake moments before the chase ended, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said Friday.
After the car stopped, the driver refused to get out and officers had to break out the vehicle's windows in order to take him into custody, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said Friday.
Saulters was wanted in Waco in connection with the theft of tools and a floor jack on Nov. 29 in the 4200 block of North 25th Street.
Officers used spike strips at least twice in an effort to stop the car, shredding a front a rear tire.
One witness counted as many as two-dozen patrol cars, but a News 10 reporter later counted 50 law enforcement vehicles in the area where the chase stopped.
Paramedics checked out Saulters and the two other people who were in the car after the chase ended and then Saulters and Woodlock were arrested.


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CADIZ - Truer words were never spoken then when an Indian Creek videographer remarked Friday night that ''When it goes your way, it goes your way.''
And he wasn't referring to his Redskins. By then, the team from Jefferson County was long out of it.
David Miser threw for 328 yards and Dalton Rutter and Nate Olmstead both had more than 100 yards of receiving as Harrison Central whipped Indian Creek 49-28 in the final game of the season at Wagner Field.
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HARRISON CENTRAL'S David Miser turns up the field and looks for room to run. Miser had a huge game in leading Harrison to a 49-28 victory against Indian?Creek.
''We wanted to send our seniors out with a win (in their final home game),'' Harrison Central head coach Justin Kropka said. ''The kids grew up a little bit.
''We've been waiting for this to happen. You never know when it's going to happen.''
Kropka was referring to the Huskies' offensive explosion.
Harrison Central scored on its first six possessions and didn't punt until the second half.
''I didn't see it coming,'' a dejected Indian Creek head coach Andrew Connor said.
''I never would've thought the game would've got out of hand that quickly.''
But it did.
The Huskies took the opening kickoff and marched right down the field in 11 plays to take the lead on a 9-yard run by quarterback David Miser. The first of seven Geoff Pecar PATs made the score 7-0.
Following a Creek four-and-out, the Huskies reached the end zone again, this time in six plays.
This time it was Travis Stenson scoring the first of his three touchdowns, this one from a yard away, to help make the score 14-0.
On the Huskies' next drive, Stenson ran untouched for an 18-yard touchdown that upped the lead 21-0.
Clearly, the Huskies had the Redskins' number.
''We didn't see anything on film than we normally see any other week,'' Kropka said. ''I thought the adjustments they were making were excellent. We just made plays.
''Our kids were in the right spots all night. Our kids were just able to make the plays.''
Meanwhile, the Redskins struggled early to put anything together.
''I must have missed something earlier in the week that I didn't see,'' Connor said.
''It was execution. We just didn't execute on either side of the ball. Things that we had done well in the past we just didn't do well (Friday).
''You can't let a team as well-coached as Harrison have opportunities and we let them.''
While the bulk of the Harrison Central's early scores were coming via the run, they were being set by the arm of Miser.
Early in the second Miser hit Nico Williams for 21 yards, then connected with Olmstead, who made a diving grab for 30 yards that set up the Huskies at the Creek 3.
Stenson scored his final rushing TD on the next play that made the score 28-0.
''I was worried (about their offense),'' Connor said. ''I said all the week they had a good passing game and they play a demanding schedule.
''I tried to tell the kids they would give us their best effort and they did.''
The Redskins finally got on the scoreboard on their ensuing possession on a 12-yard run by Blake Roar.
But the Huskies responded with another score, this one a 20-yard screen pass from Miser to Stenson with 54 seconds left in the half.
But Harrison Central wasn't done scoring in the first half.
The ensuing kickoff hit an Indian Creek defender and the Huskies recovered at the Creek 49. One play later, Miser found Rutter at the 12. The senior made a leaping grab then waltzed into the end zone to make the count 42-7.
''It just seemed like the balls bounced our way,'' Kropka said. ''Sometimes you have nights like that.''
Rutter finished with 149 yards receiving, while Olmstead had 109.
And after turning the ball over six times in a loss at Bellaire last week, the Huskies had no miscues Friday.
''We did a lot of the little things right,'' Kropka said, ''and when you do that, many times it ends up well for you.''
''The kids played sharp.''
The Huskies improved to 4-5 and jumped to ninth in Division V, Region 15, but were still eliminated from playoff contention. They finish the season next Friday at Buckeye Local.
Indian Creek also stands at 5-4.
''I feel like I let the kids down and the coaches down,'' Connor said. ''We have one game left at Edison and it's the biggest rival on our schedule and we're gonna have to bounce back.''


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Whit and Wisty Allgood have finally triumphed over the evil that has long overshadowed their world with their defeat of The One Who Is The One. Now they move on to their next mission: becoming members of a governing Council that will return the Overworld to a place of creativity, magic, and freedom from persecution.
But it isn't long before the city is threatened from inside and out. The adults on the Council want to control the use of magic in the city, and a fearsome Wizard King threatens war. As Wisty begins a new relationship with an intense and mysterious boy and the pressures of leading the city bear down on them, Whit and Wisty find themselves growing apart. Will they be able to come together to fight the mounting threats that could return their world to the hands of a tyrant?
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I CAN'T BELIEVE what I'm witnessing.
You would think it was a riot if you saw us on TV.
Shouts cut through the crisp air. Bodies push and sway. Hands rip at flags and banners, and feet kick in surveillance screens. A great bonfire swallows up the splintered pieces of the destruction.
But no fists are raised, and this isn't a protest. I'm opening my lungs, but it's to join the ecstatic voices in celebration: The One Who Is The One, the Overworld's violent dictator, is dead, and the New Order regime has fallen.
We are free.
Free to listen to music—and it's pumping through the loudspeakers.
Free to read books. We're clutching them to our chests.
Free to believe what we want and to say what we feel. Even free to walk the streets without being arrested.
Excitement fizzes through my whole being, and every nerve stands on end as the crowd moves as one toward a vast stage in the center of the capital's square for the ceremony marking the end of the New Order's totalitarian regime and the return to a peaceful democracy. I'm grinning in the middle of the sea of people, and I pull my tangled hair back from my face as I jostle for a view.
A man in a smart gray suit takes the stage and taps the microphone. He's doughy and stern-faced, with his white hair parted severely to the side, and I recognize him as General Matthias Bloom, one of the last holdouts against the New Order in the outer suburbs.
A hush falls as thousands upon thousands of eager eyes gaze up at him.
"My dear, dear friends, today is a new beginning, a beautiful beginning for all of us. And to mark that birth," his voice booms, "I introduce to you now… your new Council!"
I'm tingly all over, almost like the electricity I feel when my magic is strong, or the awesome rush of adrenaline when I'm performing onstage. It's like the air itself is buzzing with hope.
General Bloom starts to read off the names of seventeen men and women and seventeen kids our age: the group chosen to restore this place to the way it once was, to the City we loved before The One Who Is The One brutally enforced the madness of his New Order.
"Wisteria Rose Allgood," he reads, and I can't help it—tears are streaming down my cheeks as I mount the stone steps, my name echoing through the loudspeakers.
My brother, Whit, is right by my side—and this is why I love him so much—Whit has tears in his eyes, too, and he's not ashamed. As divided as our City once was, with neighbor killing neighbor and only suspicion to feed us when food was scarce, it's incredible to be part of the leadership that will bring us back together for something else—something good.
As I stand on that stage, representing all these united voices, the rebel in me can't resist. I pull a scrap of a banner from my shoulder bag. I spread the crimson fabric open with two arms above my head, and the crowd starts to jeer and yell as the sign of the New Order billows in the wind.
Red means the New Order. Red means the Blood Plague. Red means death.
My brother elbows me—this whole ceremony has been planned out minute by minute, and I'm definitely straying way off script—but there's a method to my madness, and he knows it.
I concentrate on the buildup of heat in my chest, and flames lick out from my fingertips and climb up the banner, enveloping it in seconds.
The crowd is in a frenzy of cheers and shouts, and I'm up here grinning giddily. By seeing that shock of red blackening to ash, we know that even though we can never get back the things we lost, we have overcome so, so much. And with hands clasped, hearts pounding, and a few deep breaths, we can still do this—we can mold this society into something great.
I'm a part of it, and you're a part of it.
It's just the beginning.
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Cylinder Head Selection - Quick TechWritten by on April 1, 2008 With so many cylinder heads for Mopars on the market today, how do you choose the right heads for your engine?
With so many cylinder heads for Mopars on the market today, how do you choose the right heads for your engine? When considering an upgrade for any of your car's systems, we've always said that the right combination of parts is more important than the parts themselves. As an example, adding the best shocks available to a worn-out, stock suspension probably won't help your car's handling one bit because the rest of the suspension won't perform to the level the new shocks are capable of. So it would make more sense to buy good shocks, and spend the rest of the money on new suspension bushings and sway bars for a well-rounded package. This same theory can be applied to the car's engine. While it's tempting to put a wild race cam or huge CNC ported cylinder heads on a stock engine, a well thought-out combination of average parts will likely perform better. While hitting the right combination can be difficult, our Quick Tech column this month will give you some basic rules of thumb when picking cylinder heads for your next project.
Whether it's big or small, we all work under the constraints of a budget, and our budget usually dictates what parts we purchase for our car. Yes, it would be nice not to worry about price, but the fact is our old cars are toys, coming in second to paying bills and putting food on the table. So when considering a cylinder head for your project, you must first consider your budget or lack thereof. Fortunately, for a basic engine build, factory Mopar cylinder heads will work great. Simply having a quality valve job performed and adding good valvesprings will certainly improve stock heads, or for even better performance, swap a set of Swirl-Port or Magnum heads onto your small-block or a set of closed chamber heads onto your big-block. Before you spend too much on stock heads, however, consider the aftermarket. Several manufacturers have good cast-iron and aluminum cylinder heads available for about the cost of upgrading and porting your factory units.
Another consideration when choosing a cylinder head is the intended use of the car. It just doesn't make sense to put race-oriented heads with huge ports on a daily driver that sees street use and the occasional dragstrip pass. But if your budget allows for more than just a rebuilt stock head, there are advantages to running an aftermarket cylinder head. A pair of aluminum heads is generally about 50 pounds lighter than cast-iron heads, and aluminum heads are more detonation tolerant, so cheaper fuel and/or more compression can be utilized. Care should be taken, however, not to overdo it just because you can afford an expensive set of heads. If you want to run big heads on your engine, remember that large port volume heads must be matched with big cubic inches, high rpm, and a large cam to perform properly. For a reasonably built street engine, heads such as the Edelbrock Performer RPM or Indy SR are good choices because they offer good flow, large valve size, and work well with a warmed-over engine.
There really is no one cylinder head that works perfectly for all applications, so when it comes to cylinder head choice, the key is to closely define your budget and the intended use of the vehicle, then speak with people who have run combinations like yours and make your decision based on all the information you gathered. We don't mean talking to your friend Joe whose uncle put some new heads on his car and can now do a burn-out better than before. we mean talking to qualified engine builders, car owners at the local cruise night, or Mopar racers at the local track who are running combinations similar to yours. And don't just take their word for it, ask for dyno numbers or timeslips. And no matter what you decide, remember that the rest of the engine must be matched to the potential of the cylinder head to work properly.
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Whether you're into street performance or race performance, the right cylinder head for your application is vital. Follow along as we guide you through the basics of cylinder-head selection.Are you on a budget? There are lots of factory cylinder heads that will work great on your Mopar with just a valve job and a good set of valvesprings.Another step in choosing the right heads for your application is defining the intended use of the car. While ported aluminum heads with huge valves may work well on a high-rpm race engine, bolting them on your street engine will probably lead to disappointing results.People love to talk about their cars, so ask around at car shows, the local cruise night, and the dragstrip to learn from other people's experiences and mistakes. The information you gain will certainly help you make the right cylinder head choice for your vehicle.While there is no magic formula for selecting cylinder heads, talking to the guys who build, dyno, drive, and race Mopar engines will certainly help you make an educated choice.


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Chris Lynch notched a game-high 10 points and the Holy Cross boys basketball team jumped out to a 32-14 halftime lead en route to a 48-23 victory at Ansonia on Thursday night.
Chris Anderson scored eight points while James Thorpe finished with seven for Holy Cross (4-2).
Eugene Culver had a team-high eight points and Kevin Kelly added six for Ansonia (2-5).
Woodland 58, Watertown 42: Tanner Kingsley scored a game-high 24 points, including 17 in the second half, to lead the Hawks in a NVL game in Watertown.
Jack Pinho had 15 points for the Hawks (2-5), and Austyn Brown chipped in with 11.
Nick Mondak had a team-high 10 points for Watertown (2-4), and Logan D'Agostino added eight points, seven rebounds and five assists. Zach Kopp scored nine points for the Indians.
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2020 Olympics: Madrid, Tokyo or Istanbul?
All Three Cities Bidding for the 2020 Games Have Serious Drawbacks
Collectively, the three cities bidding to host the 2020 Summer Games—Madrid, Tokyo and Istanbul—have been rejected by the International Olympic Committee seven times over the past 20 years. And that's the good news.
Madrid is the capital of a country with a broken economy. In June, Istanbul was the site of violent protests over development that left four people dead and thousands injured. Tokyo is still recovering from the aftereffects of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster—and the city is a mere hop across the Sea of Japan from South Korea, the host nation for the 2018 Winter Games.
When the IOC votes on the 2020 Olympic host on Saturday, it will confront something of a devil's choice. In any other year, the three aforementioned cities likely wouldn't stand a chance of landing the biggest event in sports. Eight years ago, amid a world-wide economic boom, the bidding for the 2012 Games included Paris, Moscow, New York and victorious London. But the U.S. didn't submit a bid this time because of a dispute with the IOC over revenues that wasn't solved until last year, and a teetering economy discouraged other international capitals, such as Rome, from entering the fray.
Thus, three cities with substantial baggage are poised to light the Olympic torch in seven years, and few are willing to predict the outcome.
"Anyone who tells you who is going to win would be unwise," said Chris Renner, chief executive of Helios Partners, the international sports consulting firm that helped Russia capture the 2018 World Cup. "There is always a final card that gets played in these races."
For what it's worth, Oddschecker, a U.K.-based odds comparison site, has Tokyo, host of the 1964 Games, the runaway favorite, with odds of 4-6. Istanbul, which would stage the first Games in a Muslim country, comes next at 15-4. Madrid, bidding for a third straight time, is the longest shot at 9-2.
Based on recent history, though, Istanbul may be in the pole position.
The IOC lately has been awarding the Games to cities, countries, even continents, where they have never been before. Narrative counts for a lot with the IOC, often more than confidence that the locals can pull off the gargantuan task of putting on the Games. Witness the choices of Sochi 2014, Rio 2016 and Peongchang 2018, when safer alternatives existed. "The IOC has a balancing act to fulfill their mission of spreading the Olympic idea around the world, to push into new territories without ignoring their history and heartland," said Michael Payne, the IOC's former chief marketing officer. "Istanbul is the new territory and a new culture. It's the only one of the cities offering something new."
Perhaps no other city embodies the Olympic message of connecting people through sport like Istanbul, the capital of a secular democracy in a predominantly Muslim country that sits on the border of Europe and Asia. Organizers plan to hold events in both continents, with the marathon starting in Asia and finishing in Europe.
"It's a full, creative combination of east and west, Asia and Europe," Hasan Arat, the bid chairman, said in a recent interview. "We're bridging continents, nationalities, religions and cultures."
The downside is that Istanbul is the least prepared of the three cities. It will have to spend more than $19 billion to build the infrastructure for its Olympic plan, though leaders say 90% of the funding will go to civic projects that will be built regardless of whether the city gets the Games.
On the other hand, Madrid has the infrastructure to host an Olympics next year if the city had to. Theresa Zabell, chief executive of international relations of Madrid2020 and a 1992 gold medalist in sailing, said the city's bid is much improved from four and eight years ago. Like London, it now uses iconic landmarks for events, including basketball games at the famed Plaza de las Ventas bullfighting ring. "Our story is about sports," Zabell said. "It's not about politics or any other kind of story. It's a compact bid with the best venues and the best plan."
The bid also has tried to sell itself as the biggest potential party. At a recent international sports convention, exhibits for Istanbul and Tokyo showed off maps and models. Madrid offered Serrano ham and glasses of rioja.
A vote for Madrid, though, is a vote for a country where the projected unemployment rate in seven years is unlikely to be much below 20%. A significant current of skepticism exists in Spain. Some see vying for the Games as a ploy by politicians to spend on the types of white-elephant projects they undertook during the real estate bubble. Guillermo López, a university professor from Valencia, fears undertaking the Games now sends a message that Spain is irresponsible. "If you're cutting spending all over the place because you're out of money, how can you afford the Games?" he said.
Madrid Mayor Ana Botella rejected such pessimism. "The economy could change two times in the next seven years," she said.
Once seen universally as surefire boons to local economies, the biggest sporting events are gaining reputations as expensive indulgences that governments shouldn't waste money on. The Confederations Cup soccer tournament in Brazil in June took place amid widespread protests. Voters in Oslo, a winter-sports hub, are poised to vote down spending money to support a bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
As Istanbul and Madrid try to establish their viability, Tokyo has presented itself as the risk-free choice and a nod toward history. Its proposed stadium will be on the same site as the 1964 venue.
"We are a safe pair of hands," said Masato Mizuno, chief executive of the Tokyo bid committee. "These are the hands that can be used to lead to show a super Games in uncertain times."
In response to such thinly veiled attacks on the competition, supporters of the other bids have raised questions about radiation fallout from Fukushima. Marisol Casado, president of the International Triathlon Union and a Spanish member of the IOC, told the Spanish newspaper El País this week there are fears about the nuclear plant.
"I think they won't have time to recover," Casado said. "It's clear that the people on the IOC have it in mind."
Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose has insisted radiation levels in Tokyo were on par with other major cities such as London, Paris and New York.
Still, the Tokyo bid hasn't gained the sort of overwhelming local support the IOC prefers in the months leading up to the vote. IOC polls in the spring found support for the Games at 70% in Tokyo, compared with 76% in Madrid and 83% in Istanbul. Tokyo bid organizers claim their support now stands at 92% and has the momentum.
"'Discover Tomorrow,' is the key slogan," Mizuno said. "These are short words with deep meaning."
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Seoul (CNN) -- North Korea proclaimed itself a "nuclear state" this week following a revision of its constitution earlier this year.
Kim Jong-Il has "transferred the country into an undefeated country with strong political ideology, a nuclear power state, and invincible military power," according to the updated constitution posted on its portal website Naenara. The website posted the revised constitution on Wednesday, according to Yonhap, the South Korean state affiliated news agency.
North Korea ready to carry out nuclear test at any moment, Seoul says
The statement looks all too familiar.
North Korea previously announced its nuclear capability through its state-run broadcaster and newspapers, "but no expression can be stronger than including it in their constitution," Professor Choi Jong Kun of Yonsei University told CNN.
North Korea preparing another nuke test?
N. Korea mob dismembers S. Korea effigy "It is an announcement of confirmation," he added, "and it appears to be directed to the U.S. and other relevant nations."
The communist state carried out nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.
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Pyongyang recently announced that it will press on with its nuclear program in response to what it calls "hostility from the United States."
A defense publication, IHS Janes, also said it detected signs of activities ramping up at North Korea's nuclear test site, raising speculation Pyongyang may be preparing for a third nuclear test.


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Is there a word that describes someone who receives commission for something? I am not only referring to a salesman but also to for example VISA that charges 3% commission on credit card sales.
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An agent is the usual term for somebody who takes a commission. Though the bank is an intermediary between the customer and the shop, it is probably,in legal terms, acting for the customer in the transaction, and so can be called his agent. (IANAL)
I think the word you are looking for is Merchant
The merchant took a 3% cut on each transaction.
I believe you could use beneficiary here, but it obviously won't pick out only people who receive a commission.


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I wanted to generalize many elevation points in a rectangular area (about 700 square km). I need to take about 3 points for square km. These points must satisfy some conditions: One of these conditions is to find the highest point in a buffer of 500m: I would loop on all the points / "raster cell" (I think vector analysis will be too heavy, so I thought to do a "raster approach" creating an elevation grid from points) and give a score of "5" to the highest points / "raster cell" 500m around each. I wanted to do it in an ArcGIS ModelBuilder flow.
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The 8 Most Insane Moments in Professional Wrestling
They say only the good die young, but then, they're forgetting about wrestlers whose hard lifestyles lead to early cardiac arrests. But, speaking of arrests, the late prison guard/wrestler Big Boss Man took his heelish tactics so far across the line into over-the-top cartoonish supervillainy in his feud with the Big Show that he will live forever in the hearts of wrestling fans.
When it became known that the Big Show's father was terminally ill, the Boss Man turned it to his advantage by having a fake cop inform his opponent that his father had died, thus winning a match by forfeit.
Soon after, Big Show's father really did die... and that's when the Big Show/Boss Man feud became equal mixtures of completely awesome and totally insane. The Boss Man upped the ante by crashing the funeral, running down Big Show with a police car, then tearing all over the cemetery with the grieving giant clinging to his father's casket chained to his trailer hitch.
If ever a scene deserved to be sped up and set to the Benny Hill theme, this is probably it.
And, though the feud would never get as spectacularly crazy as dragging the casket of a man's father's corpse around a cemetary in the Bluesmobile with the bereaved clinging onto it for dear life, we swear to God, it still managed to get worse. Boss Man followed up his funeral crashing with an impromptu performance on live television holding the Big Show's father's golden watch, which he'd bequeathed to his son as a family legacy. The Boss Man smashed it to powder on an anvil:
Then, during a frank interview with Big Show's mother on live television via a satellite feed (apparently she hadn't been paying attention at the funeral, as she never questioned the Big Boss Man's press credentials), he grilled the poor woman until she tearfully admitted Big Show's illegitimacy.
Having gotten the dirty truth from the teary-eyed widow, Boss Man spun around triumphantly to the camera and stated for the record: "The Big Show is a dirty bastard, and his Momma said so."
The Big Show/Boss Man feud has rightfully entered wrestling lore for the fact that not once, from the start of the feud to its conclusion weeks later, did it fail to be ravenously, dog-barkingly insane. Seriously, even when Big Show finally beat the Boss Man in a wrestling ring weeks later, did he really come out of this ahead? After a dude's desecrated your father's corpse, destroyed every possession he bequeathed you in his will, then proved your bastardry on live TV, it's a little hard to consider it just punishment to give the guy a chokeslam and get a fake gold belt for your trouble.
Long before he played Detective John Munch on Law and Order: SVU, Richard Belzer learned the hard way that Hogan knows best.
In 1985, the Belz hosted a cable talk show on which Hulk Hogan and Mr. T appeared to promote the inaugural Wrestlemania. After making several cracks about the scripted nature of professional wrestling, the hipper-than-thou comic insisted Hogan demonstrate a hold on him.
Hogan gently applied a front facelock to the spindly host, who thrashed around briefly, went limp, and then fell heavily and struck his head when released. The show cut to commercial. When it returned, Belzer wasn't there.
Instead, a producer joined a shaken Hogan (and an increasingly testy Mr. T) to explain what had happened. Though contrite, Hogan nevertheless literally added insult to injury by explaining that he'd applied the simplest hold he could think of, one that should have been harmless to a normal, healthy adult, but he'd failed to account for the fact that Belzer had obviously never exercised in his life.


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Boys will be boys
"Journalists" had a field day with McKenna Pope's online petition asking Hasbro to market Easy-Bake Ovens to boys. They love this story because it facilitates the gender-neutrality theme, one of their hot-button issues. They don't hide their admiration for McKenna's genius and gumption, and between the lines and sound bites, they wonder why Hasbro hasn't thought of this before.
Well, it has. In the 1960s, it produced Easy-Bakes with a popcorn popper in hopes of making the toy more appealing to boys. In 2002, it trotted out the Queasy Bake Cookerator, which produced such masculine delicacies as the Awful Waffle, Dip 'n' Drool Dog Bones, Mud n' Crud Cakes and Delicious Dirt. Its TV ad, archived on YouTube, doesn't exactly ooze with machismo, but it does feature slapstick and boys enjoying themselves.
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The 8 Most Excessively Disturbing Public Health Campaigns
Public health campaigns are just like regular advertisements, except that instead of selling McRibs, they're promoting awareness for a cause. Sometimes they're done with facts, sometimes they're done with heartfelt testimonials, and sometimes they're done with mind-ripping nightmare imagery that destroys any lingering belief in a loving god.
#8. "Where's Your Child?"
Webubanist via Lifesaving Victoria
Australia's "Where's Your Child?" campaign (designed to emphasize the importance of keeping an eye on kids while they're playing around the beach, swimming pools and other popular drowning locations) featured a hard-hitting poster demanding that parents answer the titular question. Which is actually kind of easy. ("Duh, he's right there.")
To be clear, that image above isn't the ad -- it's a picture of the ad, which is placed at the bottom of an actual swimming pool. The posters were designed by the thoughtful folks in Watch Around Water's Department of Terrible Ideas, presumably to give lifeguards a heart attack every 17 seconds and allow water-winged toddlers to delight in the experience of wading across a decal of the sunken corpse of a young couple's hopes and dreams.
"Wait, we only had one ad down there? Crap."
Hundreds of life-size photographs of a drowned little boy were subsequently put in swimming pools across the country, which is kind of like painting Osama bin Laden's silhouette on the back of that curtain that separates first class from coach, or tying a bag of fingers to the underside of new lawnmowers.
#7. "Giving Children Back Their Future"
Via Jmfinalproject
This image of what appears to be Anthony Kiedis with Benjamin Button disease tying off a vein in a haunted bathroom is the work of Barnardo's, a U.K.-based nonprofit organization that generates support for kids who suffer from poverty, abuse and sexual assault. They've received numerous complaints over the years for their controversial tactics, but none generated so much hate mail as their "Giving Children Back Their Future" campaign. Possibly because of the whole "baby doing heroin" thing.
The other ads in the series weren't any sunnier -- one showed a small boy about to jump off a building, and another had an infant desperately clawing for a bottle of whiskey, possibly because they'd both just seen a Barnardo's ad. They were attempting to make the point that children who are victims of abuse are much more likely to succumb to self-destructive behavior as they get older and end up drowning themselves in liquor or blasting smack in some AIDS-soaked dungeon.
Bartle Bogle Hegarty via Coloribus.com
"We have another one of a toddler installing Windows 8, but it was making people vomit."
It's debatable how well that point was made, but we assume that most of the money Barnardo's raised from "Giving Children Back Their Future" came from people who just never wanted to see those pictures again.
#6. "Children Will Put Anything in Their Mouths"
Via Telegraph
Oh, look. It's a child eating dog shit.
Evidently, people failing to pick up dog poop is such a huge problem in the U.K. that a local councilor named Dave Butt (that is his actual name) launched a campaign to stop dog owners from leaving steaming piles of fudgebutter all over the place instead of picking them up with their hands like civilized human beings. He designed a series of 6-foot posters to be hung in bus stations across the borough of Torbay to try to curb the rampant scourge, but really all he did was put up a bunch of pictures of a little girl eating a cake of shit by the smeary fistful.
Councilor Butt (which incidentally sounds like the name of a character Tom Arnold must have played at some point in his career) made sure that the fine for "dog fouling" was prominently featured on each poster, although the ambiguity of the text makes it unclear whether the fine is for not picking up after your pet or for allowing a 3-year-old to cram a mound of rancid shit into her face like it's a tub of Ben & Jerry's.
"Don't waste that! There are starving children in England!"
That being said, Councilor Butt (weeeeeee) stands by his ads. He claims that not only has he received no complaints about the graphic nature of the posters, but that dog poop complaints have been cut in half since the campaign launched. Although, if the only thing keeping British children from shoving poop into their mouths is their lack of access to it, there is probably a larger problem there.
#5. "Smoking Means Being a Slave to Tobacco"
Via AdWeek
A French anti-smoking group called Droits des Non-Fumeurs (Non-Smokers' Rights) wanted to come up with a campaign that would really grab people, so they produced a series of ads by tapping into our collective instinctual fear of old man face rape. To be fair, that guy's crotch could be a pulsing jet of flame. Or we could be looking at a particularly zany novelty cigarette vending machine.
The ad's caption reads "Smoking means being a slave to tobacco." Droits des Non-Fumeurs is basically saying that every time you light up at a bar, you are wrapping your lips around the throbhammer of a Marlboro executive while he happily takes your money. Plenty of people were seriously offended, and not just smokers. In fact, the majority of the negative response to the ads accused Non-Fumeurs of minimizing sexual abuse to make their point, arguing that the organization was essentially telling the young people of France that the heartbreaking debasement of a power-hungry man in a three-piece suit forcefully docking his wrinkled chubmarine between their teeth was preferable to the horrors of smoking a cigarette.


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Surprise, surprise: There's a pre-Prohibition cocktail menu starring a Sidecar, an Old-Fashioned and a French 75. Everything is simple, delicious and made with higher-end spirits. As at many cocktail bars these days, these cocktails are served with giant, crystal-clear blocks of ice. The staff boasts that it'll take an hour for that rock to melt into my Manhattan.
The St. Regis remains one of the priciest cocktail destinations in town: Drinks start at $15, and a flight of three Irish whiskeys, including the 38-year-old Knappogue Castle, costs $32. But sitting at one of the Chesterfield chairs, with sunlight streaming through the domed windows, a $15 Sidecar feels like an affordable luxury.
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Long before the first Saturday in May, the public receives a preview of the upcoming Derby with a highly-anticipated feature depicting the Run for the Roses.
The Official 2013 Kentucky Derby commemorative poster, published by Clare Jett's own JettStream Productions company, is a cherished component of the annual horse race held off Central Avenue. On Nov. 14, Churchill Downs, the Galt House Hotel and JettStream Productions joined together to reveal the beautifully constructed artwork, created this year by internationally renowned artist Derek Gores.
Using his unique "torn paper" technique, Gores crafted an intricate depiction of the Kentucky Derby, from the ponies to the betting and high-fashion track attire.
Nearly two decades ago, Gores began utilizing the torn paper medium to create visually compelling collages. "I've always painted and drawn, and using collage is a cool way to kind of work faster and incorporate other meaningful things in the art," said Gores, a New York native who resides in Melbourne, Fla.
Gores has garnered national attention for his collage portrait series, in which he recycles found materials such as magazines, labels, digital textures, typography and other man-made elements. A successful commercial designer and illustrator for 15 years, Gores has been commissioned by ESPN, Lucasfilm, NASCAR, Adidas, Madonna, Harley Davidson, the National Football League and JCPenney.
The 2013 Official Kentucky Derby Artist spent about two months composing the Official 2013 Kentucky Derby commemorative poster, intertwining pieces of race programs, tickets, photos of the Twin Spires and track attendees, as well as copies of a mint julep recipe or two.
The final artwork illustrates a colorful depiction of Thoroughbreds at first glance, but as you step closer, you'll discover a deeper story melded within the overarching image. "I like trying to combine opposites," Gores said. "In this case, it was fun trying to get the speed and the power of those incredible horses … but, at the same time, capture the color and beauty of the fashion and the gorgeous hats and celebration of it. So it's kind of relaxing and elegant and fiercely athletic at the same time."
Though next year's Derby will be Gores' first to attend, he was able to accurately portray the essence of one of the world's biggest horse races through extensive research. "(Churchill Downs) let me go through the archives of available photography through all the years and gave me access to some of the programs from the museum displays and all kinds of great history and fan photos from the last few years," Gores said.
Aside from the Official 2013 Kentucky Derby commemorative poster, Gores was recently commissioned to create six large collages for the newly built Orlando Magic Arena. His work is also represented in Barcelona, Cologne, Germany and London, with pieces shown nationally in Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New York and Florida. Though a man of many accolades all across the world, Gores was nonetheless excited to place his touch on a time-honored tradition of the Kentucky Derby and become a permanent part of history in the world of horse racing.
"I was thrilled (to be chosen)," Gores said. "It sounds kind of funny – I love learning how different parts of the country celebrate. I've never been to Louisville but learning about specific traditions, I always love it. And to be part of that two minutes, the fastest two minutes in sports, honestly, it gets me a little corny, a little extra patriotic to know that our country is big enough that (everyone can offer) something different."
The Derby poster, along with other memorabilia depicting the Derby art, can be purchased at The Churchill Store at Churchill Downs, The Finish Line Gift Shop at the Kentucky Derby Museum, A Taste of Kentucky stores, Bluegrass Frames and Paradies Shops at Louisville International Airport or online at www.thederbystore.com. For more information on Gores' work, visit www.derekgores.com.


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Top 10 Amusement Park Attractions
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Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA)
If bigger is better, then Goliath is certainly one of the best. The initial drop of 255 feet means that Goliath's cars reach a top speed of 85 mph. For a brief period of time after the attraction opened, Goliath was the tallest and fastest coaster in the world.


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- Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi
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- Enabled composite in XFCE (not with compiz)
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We know that electron trapped by nuclear, like the hydrogen system, is described by quantum state,and never fall to the nuclear. So is there any similar situation in the case of electron near the black hole but not fall into it? And what is "falling " in gravitation mean when considering quantum mechanics? What does the equivalence principle mean in quantum cases?
Consider a region of energy near the event horizon of a black hole. Through particle pair production, it is possible to create $e^+,e^-$. We can idealize the situation so that one of these two particles enters the black hole, and the other may or may not do the same. In the classical case, the equivalence principle is the same as that formulated by Einstein:
The quantum scenario is a bit different. If the view of LQG is adopted, then the idea is essentially the same as GR, since it is only the spacetime that is quantized. ``Falling'' in QG is quite complex. In GR, objects "fall" because of the Ricci tensor, $R_{\mu\nu}$ in the EFEs. Therefore, in GR, due to the presence of the source $T_{\mu\nu}$, gravity acts on objects.
In the quantum case, if one considers QFT in curved spacetime (which is essentially what your question is about), then the path integral approach says that the same particle ($e^-$) takes multiple different paths, so the source $T_{\mu\nu}$ is smeared out all over the region in which the source is observed. Thus the equivalence principle, in a way, tells us that the source $T_{\mu\nu}$ has a probability distribution over the whole region of the "quantum spacetime" and this in turn induces a new probability distribution for the motion of $e^-$.
There exists semi-classical computations of the orbit of an electron in Schwarzschild spacetime, such as "The Gravitational Analogue to the Hydrogen Atom" by Koch, Kober and Bleicher. The electron has a non-vanishing wavefunction at the singularity, but on the other hand, the Hamiltonian isn't hermitian. This corresponds to the case of the electron hitting the singularity, and as such, "disappearing", hence the non-conservation of probability.
I'm not aware of any non-semiclassical calculations for it, though I suppose it will depend a lot on the quantum gravity theory.
The equivalence principle is a classical principle, it does not apply in quantum cases. Several specific violations of the principle are reported
In the general case we wait the equivalence principle to not hold when the general relativistic spacetime metric $g_{ab}$ is corrected by the higher order graviton corrections.
The black hole exists if you treat gravitation classically or semi-classically
When graviton corrections are considered both the horizon event and the spacetime singularity disappear.
In hydrogen atom, an electron in ground state has non-zero probabilty of being found on top of the nucleus (all s-orbitals start with const. value at r=0, and then decay for higher distances). so first of all, in your language, it does kind of fall to the bottom of potential well. QM then prevents it from sitting still there, and it is in fact distributed with some PDF. Now I suppose that, for "hydrogen" being kept in some kind of bound state by gravitational force, something analogous would happen, it's just that gravity is not yet quantized, so you have to deal with Schwarzschild radius somehow. At that point you encounter hawking radiation and all that. Other things are already explained well enough by other comments, I think.


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STEUBENVILLE - Katie Gesto liked the YouTube video called "Kid President Pep Talk" and wondered how to do something similar for her adopted city.
And when she heard a visitor to her Mama Nita's Coffee Shop Ministry relate how her son wondered why teenagers were complaining about nothing to do in Steubenville, she had the subject idea for a video.
So she talked to coffee house volunteer Katie Hess, who contacted professor James Coyle at Franciscan University of Steubenville who in turn asked his TV production class to consider making a video using Steubenville youth talking about, "What is awesome about Steubenville."
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A PREMIERE EVENT — Katie Gesto, left, and Katie Hess of Mama Nita's Coffee House Ministry on Fifth Street watch the premiere showing of the Kid Mayor Challenge video aimed at encouraging city residents to discuss what is good about their community. - Dave Gossett
Gesto and Hess sat in a university classroom Thursday morning for the premiere showing of the two-minute video created by 11 university students and starring several city children.
"I love the music. It is a great video and the kids were excited to be involved in this video," said Gesto.
"I agree. The video captured the excitement and spirit of the kids. And, it talks about Steubenville in a positive way," added Hess.
"We plan to put the video on YouTube and hope it catches on. We have been in contact with the city schools and the parochial schools to ask them to consider showing the video at a pep rally or school event. And we will give copies of the video to the United Peace Movement," explained Gesto.
"After I saw the Kid President Pep Talk video I thought Steubenville needs a pep talk. I prayed about it and that's when we put it in motion. Katie Hess had the connection with Franciscan University and the students here did an awesome job," said Gesto.
"We want to inspire kids, older students and even adults to create their own video to talk about what is awesome about Steubenville. We need a pep talk about our town and ourselves. We want to harness the optimism and energy of our youth and transform it into a dynamism that will motivate our community. We know about the greatness and potential of Steubenville but in recent months for a number of reasons much of the positive energy has been stifled," continued Gesto.
Coyle said his students will be at at Mama Nita's Coffee House at the corner of Dock Street and North Fifth Street from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on March 23 to help students to make their videos.
"Some of the kids may be interested in this project but don't have the video equipment. So we will help people make their own short video," noted Coyle.
According to Andrew Adams, a senior originally from South Bend, Ind., "Katie Hess wanted to do something for Steubenville and she asked her to help them out. She gave us the script. Steubenville was once a booming town. It would be great to see the city become vibrant again like Steubenville once was. Our goal is to help people come together as a community."
"Every city has its own problems. We hope this video campaign will help energize the kids to want to make their city the best it can be. We are looking to the youth for a brighter future," remarked Franciscan University of Steubenville junior Lex Judge.
"We hope the kids of the community band together to make the city an awesome place," he added.
"We want to work with the schools to build momentum and provide an avenue for students to articulate the dreams they have for the city and give them courage and optimism to make those dreams a reality," stated Gesto.


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St. Paddy's Day Any Day Special
Categories: St. Patrick's Day
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This "unstuffed cabbage" recipe is low on effort, but high on taste!
Serves: Serves: 6
- 4 cups shredded cabbage
- 2 cups uncooked rice
- 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon Mrs. Dash seasoning
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- 32-ounce can (4 cups) low-sodium tomato juice
- 2 cups water
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- Spray 9 X 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Layer cabbage, rice, onions and beef; repeat layers starting with cabbage. Sprinkle Mrs. Dash seasoning, pepper and brown sugar over layers in baking dish.
- Combine tomato juice and water and mix until blended; pour over top of casserole.
- Cover with freezer-safe wrap and freeze until ready to serve.
- To serve: Preheat oven to 325F. Bake frozen casserole 2 hours, until completely heated through.
- Uncut cabbage will keep for several months if refrigerated, but for a timesaver, purchase packaged shredded cabbage in the produce section of your local supermarket.
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24 Hours of Happy
Pharrell Williams is arguably the most influential producer in the American music industry. He's also a talented and successful singer, rapper, songwriter and musician.
On first listen, his latest hit song, "Happy", is four minutes of pure pop confection---one written for the soundtrack of Universal Pictures' billion-dollar hit movie Despicable Me 2.
The video is a sweet confection too: shots of Pharrell and seemingly random Angelenos lip-synching and dancing around their city to the song. (Because this is Los Angeles, it also includes celebrities like Kelly Osborne, Magic Johnson and Steve Carell. Because there's a movie tie-in, it includes characters from Despicable Me 2.)
But "Happy" is much more than that, because there's "24 Hours of Happy".
Yes, it's true. A four minute song neatly fits 15 times into one hour. With 24 hours in a day, Pharrell is able to film 360 sequential one-shot takes of the same song. And that's just what he did, creating the world's first 24 hour music video.
Each take is filmed during a different four minute interval of the day. The result is a joyous celebration---and even sanctification---of not just the entire day and night, but also all the spaces in the city that the performers inhabit: sidewalks, parks, art galleries, late-night supermarkets, churches, school hallways and classrooms, back alleys, highway overpasses, train stations, airport terminals, hotel laundry rooms, bowling alleys, hotel ballrooms, truck stops, boxing clubs and....well, you get the idea.
The song and the video are infectious, almost literally so: people in Hong Kong, Paris and Warsaw have filmed their own versions of "Happy", celebrating their own cities and the people who live there. (And there are probably versions from other cities that I didn't locate in my quick search.)
With all the challenges and troubles presented by life in our increasingly complex world, it's nice to have reminders of how that complexity can also be a source of beauty, wonder and awe.
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Luke Hill is a writer and community organizer in Boston. He blogs at dotCommonweal and MassCommons.
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Gotta say this is pretty mediocre. There's no questioning his influence (let alone his ubiquity), but, man, I didn't think any of the stuff he did this Summer was all that good.
Here's someone who's NOT happy, but used that higher-register pop sound to somewhat better effect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMX0Cs5Bc4
I do like Pharrell Williams' retro PeeWee Herman look, though.
And I loved it. It's probably all the people dancing but I just loved this video. Thanks for posting it.
If you really want some pop confection at a higher register, complete with happy-making dancing, here you go:
Abe, love that segment in hell. On the other hand, this one is just pure hell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3nVHkxDA1M
I enjoyed a couple of minutes of it, but musically it's really pretty thin. Can't imagine what the camera people did to get rid of the ear worm after assembling twenty-four hours' worth! Sanctification? Not persuaded.
I learned an expression this summer that seems to fit (a desparaging tag for the "praise music" so popular right now in some churches): "Seven-Eleven" music -- the same seven notes sung eleven times.
As for celebrating a city with clips of people lip synching a song through all neighborhoods, that has already been done (and at least with a more interesting song): Grand Rapids, and Bye Bye Miss American Pie.
Abe, no way I can top that.
Rita, loved the Grand Rapids lip dub video. Raber was born and raised there, and we still go back occasionally. Fun to see the old Pantlind Hotel (though it's been the Amway Grand for decades) and other downtown high spots. Also nice effort on the part of the city to play up the ethnic diversity of the city.
Jean, nothing tops Sunn 0)))