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I understand that there is an upper limit. But why do you have to type at least 15 characters to post a comment?
It is easy to work around it anyway (like adding dots or other useless things).
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I understand that there is an upper limit. But why do you have to type at least 15 characters to post a comment?
I'd say no, it discourages comments like "lol" which don't really add anything of value.
Like you say, it's possible to work around the limit, but you have to go out your way to do so (I think it encourages good commenting in the way the badges encourages good questioning/answering)
I find it .... errr ... well ... amusing, ridiculous, surprising, interesting and all kinds of other things, that a large percentage of the honorable meta crowd really thinks that a minimum character limit encourages "thoughtful comments". Since when are people that talk more more thoughtful? Since when are long texts more thoughtful? Since when haven't you been talking to your marketing department? Since when is more code better code?
And, best of all, IMHO: Since when is saying "Thank you!" considered a thoughtless venture into AOL land?
You can put spaces between the last characters.
This will work and looks like this
Due to how HTML truncates regular spaces. (see my comment on the question)
But I like that there is a minimum. Kinda forces us to talk more about the item in question.
I'm for lowering this limit too. It's silly to put in "Comment ." just to get it posted. Didn't it used to be 10? Can't we get 10 at least?
Preventing mistakes is a non-argument. It only stops accidental posting if you post 14 characters or less and if you've done that well it's easy enough to copy and paste into a new comment and delete the old one.
The types of questions asked on SO tend not to be yes/no types of questions and generally require a bit of explanation. Answers are, on average, a few sentences at least, and responders seem to enjoy posting thorough and detailed answers.
That said, I suppose there's no reason to impose a minimum on trusted users with high enough rep.
Sometimes the best answers can be nothing more than a word or two - by referring the reader to a concept they were unaware of which will completely solve their problem.
I am slightly annoyed at the hackiness of adding whitespace to the response to get around the limitation.
I kind of like it. It reminds us not to clutter up the page with a bunch of those "okay", "thanks", "no problem"... messages.
One of the most nonsense things that come with the limit is when you reply to someone.
If someone points out a problem in my answer, if they have a long name a comment like:
Maybe you could allow the original question owner to circumvent the minimum length.
Mostly I just want to say "Thank you"
"Thank you ............" just isn't quite the same.
While 15 chars is easy to work around, it also prevents bonehead mistakes like clicking Add before you actually wrote anything, etc.
The limit encourages thoughtful comments, and I like it that way. The last thing we need is a bunch of "Me too!" comments! So I think we should keep the limit.
I got sick of the umpteen bajillion "bugs" opened on this, so we "fixed the bug".
This is now less easy to bypass; perhaps one should consider populating their comment with something meaningful of 15 characters or more? Perhaps if one has less to say than that, one should keep one's thoughts to him or herself?
A modest proposal.


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|Tyler Bush, manager of The Vapor Bar in Grapevine, Texas, puffs on an electronic cigarette. "Vaping" is an alternative to tobacco smoking, and customers can pick liquids with their preferred flavors and nicotine levels. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
That's why she joined a growing number of tobacco addicts who switched to "vaping," the process of inhaling a nicotine-carrying vapor dispensed by electronic cigarettes.
"Most smokers don't want to quit," she said. "They're just tired of being treated like second-class citizens."
So many smokers have switched that Hamel opened The Vapor Bar in Grapevine, Texas. It's her second store and one of a handful of shops in the Dallas area that specialize in high-end electronic cigarettes and the liquids they dispense.
Despite the name, Hamel's shop isn't a bar. But it is a place where people can relax and sample up to 90 vapor flavors before deciding whether they want to buy.
Electronic cigarette vapors not only satisfy the physical nicotine addiction, but also the psychological addiction, said Mike Wright, founder of North Texas Vapers.
"Two kinds of people are addicted to smoking," he said. "One kind is addicted to nicotine; the others are addicted to the oral sensation."
Hamel added that switching to an e-cigarette provides an alternative to tobacco smoke that eliminates the tar and thousands of chemicals contained in cigarettes.
That's one of the reasons vaping is better than cigarette smoking, said Dr. Glenn Hardesty, D.O., an emergency medicine physician at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.
"In a perfect world, it would be great not to have any nicotine at all," he said.
But for someone who's determined to ingest nicotine, e-cigarettes are better if for no other reason than the absence of second-hand smoke, Hardesty said.
"The dangers to children in secondhand smoke are clear," he said. "Children's asthma can often be traced back to or worsened by exposure to tobacco smoke at home."
The liquids sold in The Vapor Bar contain whatever level of nicotine a customer wants and are tested before they're sold, Hamel said.
Nothing is sold to anyone younger than 18, she added.
The products are not subject to Food and Drug Administration regulations, according to a December 2010 federal court ruling.
However, the FDA intends to propose a regulation that would extend the agency's authority to cover products that are similar to tobacco, said FDA spokeswoman Jennifer Haliski.
"Further research is needed to assess the potential public health benefits and risks of electronic cigarettes and other novel tobacco products," she said.
Unfortunately, some e-cigarettes likely wouldn't get FDA approval if tested, Wright said. That's part of the reason he formed North Texas Vapers, starting the club about seven months ago as an online information forum.
It was a way not only to connect the curious with providers of higher-quality e-cigarettes and vapors in the region, but also to educate people on making their own vapors, Wright said.
"We ended up finding out that about 250 people in the Metroplex were vaping, so why not get together to do it?" he said.
Meeting monthly in sports bars and other places, North Texas Vapers is constantly adding people to its social network, Wright said.
One recent addition is his wife, Sharon, who had smoked cigarettes for 12 years. She decided to switch after meeting Hamel at her store.
"We spent four hours in The Vapor Bar letting her try different flavors, finding something that made her happy," Wright said. "She likes flavors that I don't like, and I like flavors that someone else wouldn't like."
Some vapers prefer their vapors sans nicotine, Wright said.
"Some people in the group love the flavors but have no nicotine in their e-liquids," he said.
Hamel said her 30 milliliter bottles will last the average vaper 10 to 15 days and cost about $17 each.
The e-cigarette kits-a rechargeable battery pack, a vaporizing chamber that must be replaced occasionally and a bottle of liquid-start at about $100.
Once established in vaping, even with buying multiple flavors and replacement vaporizing chambers, someone who's smoking a pack to a pack and a half a day will see a $200 to $250 per month habit reduced to about $50 per month, Hamel said.
"We've had a couple of customers go back to cigarettes," she said. "Usually it's because they didn't get the replacement parts in time or ran out of liquid. But you know what, they always come back."
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Former Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is currently playing in China for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, having been unable to escape his Chinese Basketball Association contract when the NBA lockout ended. Zhejiang faced the Bayi Rockets (you remember them as the Chinese military team who brawled with Georgetown) last night and after Smith drew contact without a foul call, his sister allegedly threw a bottle on the court, then went on a rampage—choking a woman and shoving an 80-year-old. (This is all according to the Chinese press, of course, but look at the photos above and you can see she wasn't happy.)
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Speedway Motors Stromberg 97 - Tri-Power In Under An Hour - TechWritten by on November 20, 2009 We Test And Tune Speedway Motors' New 9 Super 7
The Stromberg 97, and its siblings, the larger 48 and more diminutive 81, are arguably one of the most popular lines of carburetors among hot rodders ever produced. While the Carter AFB, Edelbrock, and Holley four-barrels have definitely taken some of the wind out of the Stromberg's sails over the years, the faithful have stuck to the old two-barrel jug for everything from stock Flatheads, their original motor of intent, to fire-breathing, Nitro-drinking, tire-smoking dragsters. Getting more fuel and air into the engine was the name of the game and guys have been using the old carbs for just that since the late-'40s. Since then, they've been used to emulating the setups run in the early days of hot rodding but their rise in popularity has likewise caused the demand, and therefore the price, to rise as well. And with the availability of decent, rebuildable cores steadily on the decline over the past 10 or so years, it's getting harder and harder to build a reliable multiple carburetor setup. Until now.
Speedy Bill Smith and his crew at Speedway Motors in Lincoln, Nebraska, have been catering to the hot rod and racing market for over the past half century, providing parts and service unequaled in the aftermarket world. From suspension parts to rolling roadster kits, to say that they've kept the proverbial hot rod torch burning all these years would be an understatement. They've managed to keep their finger on the pulse of hot rodding , so it should come as no surprise that they saw the writing on the wall when it came to the dwindling Stromberg resource.
That's when they decided to step in and do something about it by introducing a 100 percent completely new carburetor based on the legendary Stromberg 97. Dubbed the 9 Super 7, the old 97 has been reproduced to the closest legal allowances and is everything the original Stromberg 97 is, was, and then some.
Aesthetically, the 9 Super 7 is nearly identical to the stock unit, minus the large 97 logo that graced the side of some of the older jugs and the patent numbers commonly found on the float bowl area. They've also upgraded some of the internal bits, notably the float, needle, and seat. Jetting and power valve settings remain as they were for the original 97 carbs as well as the cfm and vacuum specs.
The other similarity that the 9 Super 7 shares with its antique counterpart is the setup and tuning necessary to yield a well-running machine. While perhaps not as simple as bolting on a single four-barrel, the 9 Super 7 makes setting up a multiple carburetor induction system easier than when Strombergs were available new. All that's required is an intake, a linkage system, a Uni-Syn syncing tool, and a little patience.
We've been working hot and heavy recently on our project '55 Chevy that will soon be gracing these very pages with an assortment of tech stories and decided that it would be the perfect guinea pig for a trio of Speedy Bill's new carbs. Equipped with an Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold topped by a 750-cfm Edelbrock carb, the little 327ci engine lacked both low-end torque as well as curb appeal when it came to the engine compartment. And with fuel prices being what they are, the thought of cruising around on a single two-barrel with a pair of secondary carbs at the ready when warranted, a tri-power setup was just too hard to resist.
We started out with a trio of Speedway's 9 Super 7 carbs, all set up with their idle circuits intact, before contacting Edelbrock for a 3x2 intake and fuel block. A progressive linkage kit was also picked up, provided by Eeelco, that will allow the carbs to be set up to open progressively, with the center carb operating as the primary and the outer two operating later as secondary carbs.
While entertaining the notion of installing a tri-power setup, we decided to upgrade a few items underhood, for performance and aesthetic purposes. The first was the stock distributor that had been outfitted with an early points-conversion kit over 10 years ago. We saw Retrotek Speed's new Powerfire adjustable timing distributor at the '08 SEMA Show, where it won First Place in the "Best Engineered" category, and just had to give it a try. Adjustable in increments of 1/2 degree, the timing is easily manipulated with a turn of a button. To complement the Edelbrock intake and fuel block are a pair of their finned aluminum valve covers. Accel Ignition just introduced ceramic boot spark plug wire kits available in 180-, 90-, and 115-degree styles and we liked the idea of saving our boots from header heat. The stock ram's horn manifolds just weren't cutting it anymore so we slapped a set of Doug's Headers '55-57 Chevy mid-length headers on with the Metallic Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coating option to ensure they remain prettier than the rest of the car. With such a cool induction system now installed, it'd be a sin to kill the vintage vibe with a modern, one-wire alternator, but generators have never had a reputation for being entirely reliable. Enter Powermaster Motorsports new PowerGEN one-wire alternator. Hid in a generator-style housing, it provides the look of a classic generator with the output and reliability of an alternator. Not pictured but worth mentioning is Powermaster's line of high-torque starters (we used one from their Mastertorque line), good for 180 lb-ft of torque.
Setting up the carbs proved easier than I thought, and just as Speedway advertises. Once we got the primary carb adjusted to provide sufficient idle to keep the engine running, it was a simple dance between the secondary carbs with the Uni-Syn and a screwdriver to adjust their idle settings. Back and forth between the three carbs got them all in sync while keeping the idle at a reasonable rpm (we had it down below 800 rpm and it ran like a clock). About 20 minutes after bolting the carbs down, we had them tuned and were running up and down the local "strip" smiling with glee every time those secondary carbs came on, bringing with them a sudden rush of acceleration, and that "whoosh" of air as six barrels of carbureted fury suck air and fuel into the engine. To be honest, we expected to need to adjust the air/fuel screws a bit to really get it to run right and never thought that getting the three carbs adjusted in unison would be so easy. The thought of a bolt-on carburetor ready-to-run out of the box based on a 70-year-old design just doesn't seem possible, but it did, and I did it. And if I can do it, Speedway must've made a REALLY nice product, because I can't usually tune a radio let alone a carburetor.
We dyno tested the Speedway 9 Super 7 carburetor back to back with an original Stromberg 97 on a 355ci small-block Chevy. Both carburetors performed equally well, with comparable power. The 9 Super 7 delivered a slightly richer fuel mixture than the stock 97-which is a good thing with today's poor-quality pump gas. This is a smooth carburetor-it does everything right. I think it is a very good piece.
-Earl Gaerte, Race Engine Builder, Gaerte Engines
We tested the 9 Super 7 on Bob Everts' '32 Ford sedan delivery, which has a stock '36 Flathead V-8 previously equipped with a Stromberg 97. We removed the Stromberg and installed the 9 Super 7. We hit the starter and it fired up immediately on a cold, unstarted engine. It idled perfect with no adjustments or leaks. After a short drive, we shut the car off for a few minutes; it restarted immediately upon engaging the starter button. Overall driveability was excellent. Bob has kept the 9 Super 7 on his '32 and reports that it is still running great.
-Jackie Howerton, Race Car and Street Rod Builder, Former Indy Car and Sprint Car Driver
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Here's a bird's eye view of the float bowl and venturis. Speedway kept to the original Stromberg specs of a 0.97-inch venturi diameter but upgraded the float to a neoprene unit.The biggest upgrade, however, was made to the troublesome needle and seat inlet, replaced by a Grose jet inlet valve. This valve better copes with higher fuel pressures, improves high speed running, and won't stick or dribble like the old viton-tipped needle and seat setups. The Grose jet valve also won't corrode in modern fuel, something the original needle and seat units could be known to do.Here's a neat cutaway from a display carb showing the details of the main jet location on the bottom of the float bowl.Changing jets is still tricky with the carburetor installed on the intake manifold, especially in a multiple carb setup.With the Edelbrock intake bolted to the engine and torque'd to spec, we installed each carb with the mixture screws (the two small guys on the front of each base) a turn and a half out. This is a pretty good baseline setting that we'll dial in later. Each carb was then plumbed to the Edelbrock 3x2 fuel block. Note the absence of any linkage, save for what existed coming from the pedal.The first step is to get the engine to fire and idle at a decent rpm. After ensuring that the two-end or secondary carb idle speed screws were backed out sufficiently, we turned in the idle speed screw on the primary carb to help bring the engine to idle. Once fired, the idle speed screw is further finessed until the engine hovers around 800 rpm.
Next, the secondary carbs are checked using the syncing tool. Both carbs required adjustment on the idle screw, which bumped the idle rpm of the idle speed screw engine up slightly. By going back and forth between the primary carb and secondary units......small adjustments were made until all three carbs measured the same vacuum via the UniSyn gauge (synced) and the engine idled at a proper rpm rating. At this time, the primary linkage between the throttle pedal and primary carb can be attached.Here's the "secondary" or progressive portion of the Eelco linkage kit. This mates the two secondary carbs together and regulates when they open.The two lock rings on the upper shaft flanking the spring do two things. The left one retains pressure on the spring, which in turn keeps either secondary carb from opening up under vacuum. The right ring determines when the secondary carbs open. The stud attachment point connects to the primary carb linkage and slides along the linkage shaft, maintaining the spring pressure to keep the carbs closed until it contacts the right ring, which allows the linkage to open up the secondary carbs.With all three carbs sync'd, the secondary linkage can now be installed on the throttle shafts of the secondary carbs. Care must be taken to ensure that the linkage is attached without moving the throttle shafts off their "idle" settings, thereby changing the tuning that was just set.It takes a bit of trial and error to set when the secondary carbs kick in, we adjusted ours to come on just before the primary carb reaches half throttle. A bit of driving will tell us if that's where we like it. The easiest way to determine this is to set it to when a 4-bbl carb's secondaries would come on but it really just comes down to personal preference.With the linkage installed, the last thing to do is to tighten down all the jam nuts to ensure that it doesn't come out of adjustment.It's a bit cluttered due to the placement of the fuel block on the driver side of the intake with the linkage behind but it allowed for the easiest routing of the fuel line from the stock mechanical fuel pump.With the fuel lines removed, you can get a better idea of what the installed linkage setup looks like. Note that all three carb arms are clocked at the same 10 o'clock setting. It's very important that they're parallel and cannot be opened over center, causing a potential stuck wide-open throttle situation. We bent a piece of tubing to clear the linkage and fuel lines that attach the throttle pedal linkage to the primary carb arm with a pair of Heim ends.
The passenger side, however, is much cleaner, with only the choke linkage, idle screw assembly, and accelerator pump linkage visible on the three carbs. We topped off the trio of carbs with Tru-Helmet air cleaners to give the setup a classic hot rod vibe.The engine compartment is looking pretty good and, save for a few items, this shot could have been taken in the late-'50s. A bit more tidying up is in order before our driver becomes show worthy, but we're getting there.Two Quick Stromberg Tips: Taken from a Ford Service Bulletin from 1936, this diagram compares the two new more common Stromberg carburetors being introduced at the time, known in hot rodding circles as the 97 (A) and 48 (B). The 97 gets its name from its venturi diameter (0.097 inch) whereas the 48, with a venturi diameter of 1.03-inches gets its name from its main jet size, 0.48 inch. Another nominal difference was the means of shortening the stroke of the accelerating pump for warm weather on the 97. This setting shortens the stroke by 3/16 inch.


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Trisha Lee Fosburg, 33, of Ionia passed away Dec. 18, 2012 in Grand Rapids. She was born Sept. 16, 1979 in Ionia the daughter of David and Kelly (Cahoon) Dixon.
Trisha married Doug Fosburg Aug. 18, 2001 in Ionia. She owned and operated Fosburg Oasis where she was a massage therapist. She loved children and was a Cub Scout volunteer.
Trisha is survived by her loving husband of 11 years Doug of Ionia; children, Keisha and Luke Fosburg of Ionia; father, Dave (Betsy) Dixon of Saranac; mother, Kelly Cahoon of Grand Rapids; sisters, Sarah (Jason) Heaton of Belding and Amy (James) Herrington of Belmont; step brother, Brady Van Bennekom of Saranac; grandfather, Chuck Allen of Edmore; grandparents, Doug and Judy Van Bennekom of Saranac; father- and mother-in-law, Mark and Sara Fosburg of Ionia; brother-in-law, Randy Fosburg and Erin of Ionia; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Monoprice Battery Backup for USB Mobile Devices with LED Flashlight for $13.97 + shipping
This device combines a USB level battery backup with an LED flashlight, making it the perfect accessory for pocket or purse. The battery has a capacity of 2600 mAh and can output power at up to 1000mA. The flashlight uses four LEDs to ensure that you don't have to fumble with your keys in the dark ever again.
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Anyone know how good and reliable they are? Based on the Woot ratings, it must be good.
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No reviews yet on Monoprice, must be a fairly new item.
If you're wondering about size: It measures 4" x 7/8" x 7/8" and comes with a 24" USB A to USB micro-B cable and a felt carrying pouch.
has anyone used this site? They had to transfer me to tech specialist just to ask what type of battery it uses.
@doxeelady: Yes, Monoprice is awesome--I use them regularly for things like HDMI cables and TV mounts. Never had a problem with them.
@doxeelady: Monoprice should be the first place you check when you need a cable of any type. Great prices and assortment, especially for HDMI cables!
So what type of battery is it? 18650 Li-ion?
I looked at these but for the same $$, I would rather buy a backup OEM battery for my phone.
For my intended use, anyway.
I've used monoprice several times and no complaints - except maybe that their most popular items seem to be backordered a lot. Products I've gotten have been worth much more than I paid with one exception out of at least 30 items. If you live in CA, shipping is dirt cheap, but if not stock up on cables and such to make the shipping worth it. They have enough cheap cables that might come in handy that this isn't hard. Extra phone chargers, wall and car, plus a couple spare HDMI (never know when you might need them), etc. This seems like it could be good in a storm when the power's out, but I haven't tried this particular item.
@djp519: Thanks! That's exactly what I was wondering. The picture makes it seem huge.
@erikull: haha... but everyone should know the general size of the item just based off the usb port ;)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Anderson University men's basketball players Chandler Hash and Myson Jones continued to add accolades to their resumes, as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the 2013-14 NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.
The NABC Honors Court recognizes the talents and gifts that these men possess off the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom.
A record number 895 student-athletes from 335 colleges and universities throughout Division I and D-II earned NABC Honors Court distinction.
Joining Hash and Jones from the South Atlantic Conference were Gabriel Mens, Jonathon Gardner and Eren Moses from Coker, along with Newberry's Mitch Riggs.
Jones, a rising senior, started all 32 games last season while leading the team with 3.53 assists per game and 3-point field-goal accuracy at 44.0% (77-of-175). The Aiken, S.C. native ranked fourth in the South Atlantic Conference in 3-point field goals made and fifth in 3-point field goal percentage.
The 5-foot-9 guard was the Trojans' third-leading scorer a season ago and equaled a career-high 22 points twice within a seven-day span – against Tusculum and at Carson-Newman – while reaching double figures 17 times throughout the season. Jones handed out a career-best 10 assists vs. GRU Augusta in the NCAA Southeast Regional and drained game-winning shot for an 83-81 win over Carson-Newman in late January. Earlier in the season, he dished out the assist on Hash's game-winner in AU's 85-84 win over Queens. .
Hash closed his stellar three-year career in third place on Anderson's all-time scoring list with 1,537 career points, while earning back-to-back First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors. The 2014 SAC Tournament MVP honoree also collected First-Team NABC Division II All-District First-team accolades following his selection to the Daktronics First-Team All-Region squad.
The left-handed sharpshooter led the conference in scoring at 24.3 points per game and ranks fifth in the nation in scoring average. His school-record 778 total points last season led NCAA Division II and marks the second-highest single-season scoring tally in league history. Hash's career-high 44-point outburst in the Trojans' win over Coker in the SAC Tournament ranks seventh in the league all-time for points scored in a single game.
The Greer, S.C. native was a two-time recipient of the Men's Basketball SAC Scholar-Athlete Award.
In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows:
1. Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
2. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2013-14 academic year.
3. Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
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Now fulfilling his new dual role as the head coach of both the men's national team and UCLA's men's program, it's incumbent upon John Speraw to move seamlessly from one volleyball world to another. Luckily for UCLA and USA Volleyball, you could argue that no one does it better.
Consider that in May 2012 Speraw led UC Irvine to its third NCAA men's title in six years. And then:
What's more, he actually has his sights on not one, but two Olympiads.
We caught up in the shade outside Pauley Pavilion, the building adjacent to Speraw's office – his office, that is, when he's in Westwood.
VBM: You said that taking over the national team happened in a hurry and it kind of blindsided you.
Speraw: It did.
So the whole story was that we had talked about the dual role pretty extensively about a year ago when I was trying to figure out what I was doing with my career. Was I going to stay at Irvine? Or was I going to come to UCLA? Or was I going to coach the national team? Or was I going to do some combination of the two?
And at that point I took some time to thoroughly evaluate if the dual role was feasible, whether we could be successful doing it – both with the collegiate team and the national team – and whether or not I'd burn myself out. And I had come to the decision that it could be done and after spending this year at UCLA and fully coming to understand the resources and support staff they have here for the coaches, I believed that it was totally possible.
But at that point I had already made my decision. I was here and I wasn't going to coach the national team. But I got a call from Hugh McCutcheon [2008 USA men's coach, 2012 USA women's coach], who was familiar with what was going on with the search and he asked me what my thoughts were. I told him I didn't have any thoughts, that I hadn't thought about it one minute since I made my decision to come to UCLA. He told me Doug [Beal, USA Volleyball CEO] would probably be interested in taking another look at it. I talked to Doug shortly thereafter and he indicated that he was interested in re-evaluating the dual role.
Of course I had to talk to UCLA and Dan Guerrero [UCLA's athletic director] was unbelievable about the whole concept.
VBM: You said USA Volleyball was hesitant about the idea.
Speraw: They were. Once everybody felt a little bit more open about the concept and was willing to explore it, in the end it came together pretty quickly.
VBM: One of the arguments for you taking the Olympic job while you stayed at Irvine was because it was because it's close to the training center [in Anaheim]. And here you're in Los Angeles. Did geography enter into it?
Speraw: No. Even when that argument was being made, and it was something Doug talked about, to me it wasn't about location. It's not like L.A. is that far away. To me it was about support. It was about administrative support at the university you were at and USA Volleyball, what they were willing to do. I think once I got here my assumption was correct, that things here at UCLA from a work/life perspective are really incredible. And not what I was used to. At this point, especially now that I've gotten into the job, it's completely doable.
VBM: Well, considering L.A. traffic, do you have a really nice car with satellite radio?
Speraw: Yeah, I do, actually, and what's going to happen is I'm going to have make that drive once or twice a week during offseason, but most of the workload as I can see coming down the road next year during the academic year is going to be about connecting with the players and evaluating what they're doing overseas. And that's Skype from my office here, that's watching video and streaming here. I think we'll have good support in Orange County and we'll be fine. It's not about that drive. The schedules are juxtaposed and I've done all my exit interviews with my players here and packed up and moved to Orange County for the summer.
I'll come up on the weekends, but it's not like I'll be in this commute on a daily basis. That's not how it has to be.
VBM: Is it safe to say that the men's team last summer in London was a disappointment [losing to Italy in the quarterfinals 3-0]?
Speraw: No, I don't think so. I think it was a remarkable success. I think the first three matches of the Olympics we played the best volleyball of the quad. I think we were in the toughest pool and we won that pool. The only thing that happened was Clay [Stanley] got hurt and up until the point he got hurt he was the best player at the Olympic Games. If he had stayed healthy, I think we would have medaled. We played a great tournament and didn't have everybody healthy and Italy served the heck out of the ball. And even still, we had our chances in game one. If we had won the first set it could have been a different volleyball match. I think going into the Olympics we were wondering how we were going to get out of that pool and we ended up winning it, beating Brazil, having a real nice match against Russia [Brazil beat Russia in the gold-medal match], and taking care of Serbia. We had a nice tournament, but we didn't take care of business in the quarterfinals.
VBM: There was this perception that nobody wanted this job and it's not a good job right now.
Speraw: I think everyone's hesitancy is not because it's not a great job; it's just that it's a short-term job. And I think collegiate coaches, who are the best talent pool for selecting the head coach of the national team, are unwilling to leave a collegiate job that could be a lifetime job. I think that was the case here. My decision to take the UCLA job was that I'd been in the UC retirement system so long it was foolish for me to leave it. You have a lot of coaches who are making those kinds of decisions, and that's why I think this dual role could be potentially really beneficial to USA Volleyball in the long run.
If we can figure out how to make this work in the long run, it opens up the ability for the CEO of USA Volleyball to pursue a much greater talent pool in the future, particularly for the men's team.
VBM: That would be good.
Speraw: I'm still curious to see how this is going to work out for me. There is an unknown. Four years from now am I going to be burned out? Or is this going to really work well in terms of my ability to still have a life and be successful? In that respect it's a bit of an experiment. I think we all know that we're going to have to learn how this is going to work a little bit on the fly. But if it works, I'm in. I've loved my experience with USA Volleyball, I'm loving being back at UCLA, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate their support.
I'd be in for eight [years] if this works. With this quad and the turnover and, well, we're going through a generational shift. I don't know exactly how extensive it's going to be, because I know some of the key players from 2012 want to make it to 2016, but there's no question there's going to be some influence of younger players if we're going to achieve our goals at the end. Since we're in this generational shift I'd like to see it played out till 2020 myself, but we'll have to see how things go.
VBM: Are there any rock solid guys from 2012 who will be anchors in 2016? Not asking you to announce your roster now, but players who we know will be a part of it barring something unusual.
Speraw: I think Matt Anderson is already one of the great players in the world and will continue to be. He has plenty of upside and growth in his game. I think he'll be a fixture for us over the next four years. Other than that, I think it's pretty wide open. We're taking a look at new guys at setter and new guys at opposite and other new guys at outside hitter positions, new liberos. I think our middle-blocker position is our most experienced and deepest position at this point and most of the guys who have been in the mix the last four years are interested in sticking around for another four, and I think they can make it. In that respect we're going to be just fine.
VBM: And, finally, your favorite restaurant in Westwood?
Speraw: I go to Panini Café all the time. It is the best food for the cheapest price in Westwood. And I probably won't even get a free meal out of that, but that's the truth.
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Dr. Brandi Ann Schluterman Greer, 31, of Hewitt, Texas, was called home by Jesus on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas, at the end of an inspiring trial from brain cancer.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at Edwards Funeral Home in Fort Smith.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at East Side Baptist Church in Fort Smith with Pastor Jay Mathis officiating. Burial service will be Saturday in Fayetteville.
She was born Dec. 9, 1981, in Fort Smith and grew up enjoying family activities. She excelled in both athletics and academics, earning both cheerleading captain at Northside High School and multiple full scholarships to the University of Arkansas. After receiving her B.S. and M.S. in mathematics and statistics, she was recruited by Baylor to complete her Ph.D. in statistics. After completing her post-doc work, she was blessed with the joyous opportunity to be both a lecturer at Baylor University and stay-at-home mom. Brandi loved Jesus, her husband and kids, family and friends, the Razorbacks and football. She enjoyed Tigger, Mario Kart, ping-pong and not wasting date night movies on chick flicks. She was an amazing girl who carried herself with a quiet confidence in the Lord through her life and trial. She brought a spirit of peace everywhere she went and had a neat way of loving people that made everyone around her feel special.
She is survived by her husband, Stanton Greer; children, Chaselyn and Jacob of Hewitt; parents, Rhonda Sue and Louis Schluterman of Charleston; brother, Josh and Heather Schluterman; "niblings," Matthew and Madison Schluterman of Bentonville; brother, Heath and Kimberly Schluterman of Fayetteville; sister, Rachel Schluterman of Fayetteville; grandparents, Fred and Beth Wurst and Veronica Schluterman, all of Paris; in-laws, Debbie and David Greer of Van Buren; a treasured extended family and many dear friends.
Brandi was preceded in death by her brother, Chase Schluterman; grandmother, Charlyne Wurst; and grandfather, Leonard Schluterman.
Please no flowers. If you wish to honor Brandi, please make gifts to the Brandi Greer Memorial Fund, in care of Grace Church, 6125 Bosque, Waco, TX 76710. This fund will allow for contributions to causes important to Brandi and securing the future of her children.
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More encouraging news surfaces in new trade report
September 22, 2010 - SCMR Editorial
Following faster than expected recovery in global trade flows so far in 2010, World Trade Organization economists have revised their projection for world trade growth in 2010 upwards to 13.5 percent. The WTO's March forecast was a 10 percent expansion in trade volumes. Merchandise exports of developed economies are predicted to expand by 11.5 percent in volume terms while the rest of the world (including developing economies and the Commonwealth of Independent States) is expected to see an increase of 16.5 percent for the year.
"If U.S. shippers are not involved in global trade now, they should be," said export compliance expert Beth Peterson. In an interview with SCMR last week, she noted that the time is right for exporters to study new regulatory compliance standards and "get in the game."
As reported in SCMR's sister publication, LM earlier this month, the WTO said the value of world merchandise trade rose around 25 percent in the first six months of 2010 up strongly from the same period of 2009.
According to the WTO, this would be the fastest year-on-year expansion of trade ever recorded in a data series going back to 1950. But such a large growth rate should be understood in the context of a severely depressed level of trade in 2009, when world exports plunged by 12.2 percent. The next fastest year-on-year growth was 11.8 percent in 1976, one year after the then unprecedented decline of 7.3 percent in 1975.??
"The strong recovery of trade signals improved economic activity worldwide," said WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy. "This surge in trade flows provides the means to climb out of this painful economic recession and can help put people back to work. It underscores, as well, the wisdom governments have shown in rejecting protectionism." ??
World merchandise trade rose sharply in the first two quarters of 2010, driven by the recovery of GDP in both developed and developing economies. Most economists expect output growth to slow in the second half as fiscal stimulus measures expire and the inventory cycle winds down. This is likely to restrain the growth of trade in the second half of 2010 compared to the first half. ??The global trade growth projection is consistent with the WTO Secretariat's time-series model for import demand in a range of advanced economies, and assumes a reduced rate of GDP growth for developed countries in the second half of 2010 rather than an absolute decline. ??
Risks to the forecast are mostly on the downside, particularly if an unforeseen financial or macroeconomic shock triggers another economic downturn. However, some upside potential exists as well if growth is better than expected in the second half of the year.


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I think the answers for the first few degrees ($n$) are:
$n=2$, $S_2$
$n=3$, $S_3,A_3$
$n=4$, $S_4,A_4,D_4,\mathbb{Z}_4,K_4$ ($K_4$ is the Klein four group)
$n=5$, $S_5,A_5,D_5,\mathbb{Z}_5,Fr_5$ ($Fr_5$ is a Frobenius group)
What results do we have for higher orders and are there any results for a general $n$?
Edit: Sorry, I have aptly demonstrated that I am still rough on some of my concepts here. I believe I was thinking about the case where $f(x)\in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ and the base field is a finite extension of the rational numbers. I hope I have gotten it right this time and the above answers are right for this situation.


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You could try contacting Google from the AdWords email support page. Choose "Google Analytics, Conversion Tracking, AdWords Editor", then "Google Analytics", then "I'm experiencing a technical issue when using my account" and finally "Email AdWords Support".
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This happened to me. Eventually, the account was just removed from my dashboard. I did add another account around the same time, but I don't think it was related.
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What's the history of the non-official pronunciation of SQL?
I hear it every so often, "In sequel server...", and for some reason I cringe every time. Maybe it's because SQL doesn't mean sequel, it means Structured Query Language. However, I hesitate to mention anything because it is a little bit nitpicking after all.
I do see the resemblance between SQL and sequel, but it's still wrong, is it not? Where does this way of phrasing come from?


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In The Secret World, there are six currencies as far as I can tell.
These are:
- Black Mark of Venice
- White Mark of Venice
- Sequin of Solomon Island
- Sequin of the Valley of the Sun Gods
- Sequin of Transylvania
- Black Button
The sequins are given as a quest reward in each of the relevant areas, so completing quests on Solomon Island will reward you with Sequins of Solomon Island.
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Was Eisav Jewish? Eisav was born to the same father and mother as Yaakov. It may be possible to say that Yaakov was not Jewish either as it was before Matan Torah, however if Yaakov was Jewish, then was Eisav also?
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The Gemara (Kiddushin 18a, top) calls Eisav ישראל מומר - an apostate Jew.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains the difference between Eisav and Yishmael.
Even though Eisav was evil throughout his whole life and wanted to stop Yaakov from being buried in the Mearas Hamachpeila, Eisav is considered a Jew (though a Mumar, as in Alex's answer).
Yishmoel, though, did tshuva. Yet he was not considered a Jew. Moreover, we see that Eisav, who was wicked, merited to see that his head was buried in the Mearas Hamachpeila. Yishmoel didn't.
The difference between the two is the difference between their fathers. Yishmael's father was Avraham, who functioned in a top-down (chesed) way. His function was to illuminate the world. However, illuminating the world doesn't change it. Therefore, Avraham was able to change Yishmael, but only as long as Yishmael was subject to Avraham's influence. Once the influence ended, he went back to his natural (evil) nature.
Eisav's father was Yitzchak. Yitzchak worked to perfect himself, to reveal within himself the G-dly point. Therefore, in a revealed way Eisav was evil until the end. Yet in his essence (his "head"), he remained connected to Hashem.
R. Tzadok ha-Kohen mi-Lublin discusses this in a number of places. Here is what he says in מחשבות חרוץ אות יג:
First of all, Eisav could not have been Jewish by any standard definition we use today. If you insist on the word "Jewish" then he was not a descendant of Yehuda and therefore not a Yehudi. If you go with "b'nei Yisrael" well he wasn't a son of Yisrael/Yaakov. Chazal and Rashi note that the wording of Torah as to how the zera kodesh is transmitted make it clear that only Yaakov's descendants were entirely part of God's nation. Eisav is no more Jewish than Yishmael or the B'nei Keturah.


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I have a confession: I watch the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Religiously. Now, before you tune out, I watch and examine the show as a sociologist and scholar of the African Diaspora. These years of watching the shenanigans of RHOA have culminated in the glorious spectacle that was the cast visiting South Africa. When I heard about these infamous Atlanta socialites spending time on the continent I covered my eyes in fearful anticipation. Without fail, the last few episodes have delivered cringe worthy moments (like Marlo trying to buy children perm kits) but in the midst of my cringing, I realized that the cast's (mis)conceptions of Africa were not much different than those shared by many folks in my life. If we uncover our eyes long enough to watch, we may see some all too common trends in the relationships between African-Americans and the continent of Africa. In watching RHOA, I was reminded that there is a lot of healing to be done between the Motherland and her Diasporic children.
In the episodes prior to their travel to South Africa, the women of RHOA visited the Apex Museum in Atlanta to explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade. While they should have been sobered by the 12 million people of African descent that were forcibly moved from the continent instead, they spent their time peeking under the loin clothes of mannequins dressed like enslaved Africans. I wasn't surprised though; sometimes the harsh realities of our history are too much for us to stare directly in the face. In many classes that I've taught on the transatlantic slave trade when the classroom got tense a student would attempt to break the silence with a joke. Equally dismaying was Phaedra's insistence in reaching out to the African "royalty" that she knew in Ghana, despite the group travelling to South Africa. As the housewives left Atlanta, the ideas and images that they carried about Africa were concern-worthy but not much different than the views that I heard growing up and in casual conversations about the continent.
Their visit to South Africa immediately challenged their ideas of modernity as Phaedra commented, "When people think of Africa, they think of heat and people with bare breasts doing a tribal dance, but Cape town reminds me a lot of San Francisco." The South Africa they visited is developed, full of amenities, and even featured a club where cast members "made it rain." Aside from a passing mention of Apartheid, a viewer could imagine that South Africa was a paradise vacation location for the Black Bourgeoisie. From multicultural dinner parties to spa facilities at a game reserve, RHOA showed idyllic vacation destinations but missed all the urban poverty and racial inequality which still divides communities and opportunity.
In subsequent episodes, the cast took a closer look at "the other side of Africa" as Phaedra put it as they visited an orphanage. They passed shantytowns and were serenaded by a set of local school children. As the children sang and Cynthia danced she commented, "… mingling with the people here, for the first time it just really felt like, oh my God, we're in South Africa." This moment of connection wouldn't last long as the housewives, equipped with their own Flip cameras, taped the children, as if there wasn't a full camera crew in tow. Seemingly amazed that some of the children had cell phones they danced, filmed, and laughed. Their exotification of the children quickly spiraled into concern for their well-being. They rushed to an adjacent market and purchased nearly 600 dollars of goods for the children. As they checked out, the shop keeper thanked them for their purchases and said, "I think it's good that you're going to take it to the orphanage but the thing is that there are so many other people who desperately need this stuff." While the RHOA were lured in the appeal of singing children and orphanages, the shopkeepers comments raise concerns about inequities in giving. For the RHOA, the trips to the school and orphanage were the most authentic moments of the trip but sometimes giving, when not done properly, can be detrimental. The rise of orphanage tourism and volunteering may be harming the emotional development of children in orphanages. Sometimes what makes the tourist feel good may not be good for the lives of local people.
While I'm sure many will continue to watch the Real Housewives of Atlanta and judge their antics from afar, I think what we have seen in their trip to South Africa should remind us of the need for education on history and the contemporary. Africa is a tremendously diverse continent with complex history. A history that as African-Americans we are a part of and apart from. In the United States, we are inundated with so many false images


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The Posuk says: וְשָׂא עֵינֶיךָ יָמָּה וְצָפֹנָה וְתֵימָנָה וּמִזְרָחָה וּרְאֵה בְעֵינֶיךָ The question is Moshe is standing in Chutz Laretz why look back thats not Eretz Yisroel that is also Chutz Lareatz why did Hashem tell him to look Back?
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A more mussar-dik answer: perhaps we can only really know where we are going when we know where we came from. Note also that mizrach is last, suggesting that, while one must remember where he came from, the real essence is where he is going.
The cantillation notes break the directions into pairs: "West-and-North", and "South-and-East."
If I understand correctly, Moses is standing approximately across the Jordan River from Jericho. If he looks West, he sees the Promised Land. Same if he looks North, according to the Biblical cartographers who have the Biblical northern border jutting east near the Galilee (consult a map, there's one in the Stone Chumash; I don't remember if this is Kaftor VaFerach or Tevuos Ha'aretz's opinion).
If Moses then pauses and looks South and East, he'll see the Transjordan portions that he did already get to see, which he was able to turn into quasi-Israel.
What to make of this lesson-wise, probably something like what Jeremy is saying. I apologize for cannibalizing your answer, but this was too complicated to fit in a comment.
The Sifri says that when Moshiach will come Eretz Yisroel will spread out into Chutz Laaretz so Hashem is telling him look back that will one day be Eretz Yisroel too.


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Are there applications (including web applications) that have animated toobar icons? I would imagine they would only animate on hover/mouse over, but I'd be interested to show someone this so we can discuss it. Personally I think it's a bad idea, but that's my subjective opinion. All I want is an example I can use without having to create one myself.
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Found Sweet Potato Gnocchi...used rosemary as the herb with them in my version ....WONDERFUL...sounds odd but the flavor combo is just terrific. This is one of my FAVORITE veggie meals. Really really good.
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In this one-skillet supper, we toss dark leafy greens, diced tomatoes and white beans with gnocchi and top it all with gooey mozzarella. Serve with a mixed green salad with vinaigrette.
Found Sweet Potato Gnocchi...used rosemary as the herb with them in my version ....WONDERFUL...sounds odd but the flavor combo is just terrific. This is one of my FAVORITE veggie meals. Really really good.
Made this for the first time, simple, easy, and most delicious! Would recommend to anyone who loves these flavors to try, and even if you don't love them, should try!
AnnetaS, Huntsville, AL
This was excellent. I'm not a vegetarian but don't mind eating vegetarian meals occasionally; my boyfriend on the other hand complains any time I make something without meat in it. After we ate this meal, I asked him if he even noticed there was no meat, he didn't! If he likes a meat-free dish, you KNOW it's gotta be good!
AJ, Kansas City, MO
Made this last night and am eating leftovers for lunch today. It's good, with a good flavor. I added crushed red pepper to the simmer stage. I was also a bit confused on the prep of the gnocchi; bought shelf stable gnocchi and par-boiled for 3 minutes first. The boy didn't go back for seconds, so I probably won't be making again. It also seemed a little time consuming to make, even though it doesn't sound like it would be.
Ms. Jones, Milwaukee, WI
When they say you need a LARGE skillet, they aren't kidding! LOL! The only changes I made were to use plain diced tomatoes from a can instead of the ones that came already seasoned, as those all had sugar added, and I used real, full-fat mozarella that I grated myself & a 3-cheese parmesan/Asiago/Romano shredded blend. This is a very tasty, hearty dish. I separated it into 6 portions to spread throughout the week, but they are small portions.
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Louisvillians love a good rivalry.
Everyone knows about the hatred between the Cardinals and a certain school an hour or so east of town.
The playing of John Denver's 'Country Roads' has unofficially been banned by most Louisville establishments due to the Cards' hatred for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
Louisvillians love their sports, but they also love to hate their rivals.
For the past three seasons, a rivalry just short of hooligan proportions has been building between the Louisville Lightning and Detroit Waza.
This season has seen two games boil over with player scuffles, controversial calls, and a broken arm to Lightning goalkeeper Frank Peabody. It should be noted that both games went to the Detroit Waza, with the latter decision coming in mid-January in Detroit.
Since that loss, the Lightning has rattled off five straight victories.
They'll head into their season finale Friday night boasting an 11-4 league record as they gear up for what hopes to be a deep playoff run. In year three of the franchise, the team looks stronger and more composed than ever as they enter the postseason.
Only one obstacle stands in the way of the Lightning hoisting the division trophy and a six-game winning streak, and that obstacle rolls into Louisville Friday night.
The Detroit Waza currently has a half-game lead over the Lightning in the standings, thanks to a shocking upset by the Kansas Magic on Feb. 12.
That sets up Friday's meeting between the Lightning and Waza to be arguably the biggest game in franchise history.
With the playoffs looming, Lightning Coach Ted Nichols says the team is solely focused on beating the Detroit Waza.
"We want to win the division. It's not about the playoffs; it's about winning the division," he said. "We got some help from other teams, and now we have to train and get ready for Detroit. We have so much to play for, and we'd like to be playing for first place in that final regular season game."
Detroit is a veteran team, with many guys who have been playing together for more than a decade.
For Louisville, Friday's game represents a chance to disrupt the Waza's cohesion and get revenge after the two earlier losses.
This weekend's contest is more than just a league match, however.
"We have a great rivalry with the Waza, but we've been on the negative end of some decisions up there. Some of our worst moments as a team came against Detroit, so there is nothing we want more than a victory Friday," Nichols said.
For the Lightning, it's a chance to claim a division title heading into the playoffs.
For Louisville sports fans, it's a chance to find another rival to hate.


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Coaching a Spinning® class requires that we pay attention to our students and provide feedback when necessary. We make general announcements over the microphone so the entire class hears the cue and hope that the one person we were directing the correction hears us and responds by correcting their form or hand position. However, there are some people that block out our coaching suggestions and continue to ride the same way. Even when you make eye contact with the individual, they stare back at you as if to say. "You can't be talking to me." One of your most effective coaching tools you possess may make you the most uncomfortable to use. That is coaching off of the bike.
Coaching off of the bike allows us to connect one-on-one with our riders. It provides us with an opportunity to give feedback immediately and directly to the person that needs it without having to "call them out" over the microphone. However, our approach to when we get off the bike and give feedback is just as important as the feedback itself.
If we rush off the bike and go directly to the person needing attention, we may alienate that individual in a way that no matter how good our coaching suggestion is, the student will ignore our feedback. Get off the bike, give the remainder of the class a suggestion on what to work on and then wander over to the individual that you need to work with. Once you get to their bike, consider giving them feedback using the sandwich method.
The sandwich method offers a compliment, followed by the corrective feedback and finally followed up with encouragement. For example, if you see someone who is struggling with their pedal stroke below 60 RPM on a hill, you may say something such as. "Wow, you are such a powerful rider. However, I know you can be stronger if you reduce the resistance and increase your cadence between 60 and 80 RPM on the hill you will find that you may be able to work harder. I know you have the power in those legs to turn the cranks and have confidence you'll destroy the next hill."
Try coaching off of the bike, you may find your students appreciate the feedback and know that you really care about them.


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6 Famous Authors Who Were Nothing Like You Expect
#3. Shel Silverstein Worked for Playboy and Wrote Perverted Songs
What We Know Him For:
Shel Silverstein is best known for his children's book The Giving Tree, a story about an apple tree with serious self-esteem issues that has been interpreted as a metaphor for parenthood, or saving the environment, or loving Jesus.
Some even say it's about trees.
Silverstein also wrote a bunch of other children's books and novels, often self-inserting himself as a character called "Uncle Shelby." In short, he sounds like someone you'd feel comfortable leaving your kids with for a couple of hours while you go to the monster truck derby.
But In Real Life ...
Or maybe not. Shel Silverstein also worked for Playboy, drawing the exact type of cartoons you'd expect to find between the sticky pages of the legendary porno mag. And it wasn't just a "young writer desperate to make money" thing, either: He kept it up for about 40 years.
That's him, with the beard and half-chub.
Like his children's books, Silverstein liked to "insert" himself into his Playboy comics. One popular series showed the children's author traveling the world, getting into various drug- and boob-related misunderstandings along the way.
Scholastic turned down his proposal for The Giving Prostitute.
And that's not all. Silverstein was also a prolific poet and songwriter, and one of his favorite topics (and sources of inspiration) was pot, with titles like The Great Smoke-Off and I Got Stoned And Missed It (which was basically Because I Got High before its time). Sometimes his various interests collided in his cartoons:
Mickey always gets chatty on Acapulco Gold.
One of Silverstein's most famous songs is the playful A Boy Named Sue, made into a hit by Johnny Cash. Less known is his sequel/retelling The Father of a Boy Named Sue, in which the eponymous characters of both songs (that is, father and girl-named son) end up sleeping together. Yeah, it's hard to see "Uncle Shelby" making it as a children's author if he'd started out today, considering parents and publishers are less likely to pick up a delightful children's book after they Google the writer and find him on YouTube singing about getting high and having incestuous sex.
#2. Anne Rice Was a Straight-Laced Christian
What We Know Her For:
While she's most famous for her 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice's long writing career has spanned topics that range from sexy vampires and sexy witches to sexy werewolves and sexy mummies. The most famous book in her vampire series was adapted into a well-received Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise movie in 1994.
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Sometimes you just have to take a moment to remember this happened.
And that's her tame stuff: Rice's work also branches out into hardcore BDSM erotica like the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, in which the Prince wakes up the Princess "not with a simple kiss, but with a fervent deflowering" ... and things just get wronger from there. The books start off with your average garden-variety spankings and gang rape, and then quickly descend into what would happen if you collected a year's worth of horrifying unintentional Google Image search results and then wrote a chapter about each one.
But In Real Life ...
We're all so jaded about artists secretly being perverts that it's genuinely shocking when the opposite happens. Rice's non-writing life is less "BDSM vampire fantasy" and more "that Sunday school teacher aunt who you have to hide most of your Facebook posts from."
Some Goth fangirl somewhere spent hours Photoshopping this to make it look like her hands are burning ...
Rice became a born-again Christian in 1998 (and a born-again non-Christian in 2010, but she's still religious). But even before that, she was always more of a prude than her own writing: When she actually met the people who were heavily into her bondage novels, she was so creeped out that she had to discontinue the Sleeping Beauty series.
So what freaky stuff is she really into, then? Monogamy, mostly. Rice fell in love with her future husband during high school and, according to her autobiography, she never had the desire to sleep with anyone except a future spouse. The two married when she was 20 and lived in happy monogamy until his death 41 years later -- according to Rice, he's the only man she has ever been with. This isn't something she's unhappy about: In interviews, Rice has described long-term married sex as "something priceless."
"The only thing more satisfying is shamelessly cashing in on 50 Shades of Grey."
#1. Charles Dickens Liked to Watch Corpses
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What We Know Him For:
Charles Dickens gave us classics like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and the phrase "What the Dickens?" (even if Shakespeare said it first). In his most famous stories, the world is ultimately a fair place where all good men are eventually rewarded, and where ghosts are magical beings who spend their time teaching valuable life lessons to old, miserable ducks.
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OK, so we've only seen the Disney version.
But In Real Life ...
Aside from advocating love for our fellow man, Chuck enjoyed something else: staring at corpses. Yep, the venerable Charles Dickens was very much into visiting the Paris public morgue and looking at dead bodies for the sheer hell of it. And he wouldn't just see a body, get his rocks off then leave -- no, he had to stare at it and contemplate all the little aspects that went into the vacant expression of a deceased person.
He didn't do this to ruminate about the existence of the human soul, or to lament the tragic passing of another victim of society's injustices: he just liked looking at dead folk, in the same way that other people like looking at trains or exotic dancers. We can't even say he was researching some book, because he never really touched the subject in his fiction; his work was all about living life.
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"If I had to describe my life's work in one word it'd be 'YOLO.'"
In reality, not even Dickens knew what this morbid obsession was about. "I am dragged by an invisible force into the Morgue," he once wrote, possibly sporting a major boner. One time he forced his friend Maclise to come with him to the morgue and then called him a pussy when the corpses made him upset (but with fancier words). Another time he witnessed an execution by guillotine in Rome and stuck around to examine the body, describing the "apparent annihilation of the neck." We'd have to check, but we're reasonably sure that this sentence doesn't appear anywhere in A Christmas Carol.
Speaking of which, his addiction to death was such that he even went to the morgue on Christmas day. Think about it: That's how Charles Dickens spent his holidays, gawking at rotting corpses.
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"To-day? Why, it's Christmas day."
"Excellent! A new batch of suicides!"
For more very different images we have of famous people, check out 8 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Geeks and 11 Celebrities Who Were Secretly Total Badasses.
Related Reading: While Kurt Vonnegut probably couldn't take Kilgore Trout in a fist-fight, some authors are actually much more badass than their creations. Ian Mallory would've cut King Arthur's throat. We wouldn't want to put Mallory up against Hans Fallada though- he wrote three books mocking the Nazis while locked in a Nazi prison. And did you know Lewis Carroll loved naked pictures of little girls? He did. And Alice in Wonderland will never look the same again.


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Our pediatric orthopedic team believes in a simple approach to treating scoliosis. We reserve surgery for only the most severe cases. We see more than 3,000 scoliosis patients each year, but surgical patients make up only 3 percent of our total scoliosis visits.
A normal spine, when viewed from behind, appears straight. A spine affected by scoliosis shows a sideways curve and a rotation of the bones in the back (the vertebrae). This curve and rotation makes it looks like a child is leaning to one side. The Scoliosis Research Society defines scoliosis as a curve of the spine measuring 10 degrees or greater on an x-ray.
In most cases, we don't know the cause of scoliosis. But doctors do know that scoliosis is more common in girls than boys, and it is often inherited from a parent.
Doctors usually diagnose scoliosis when a child is between the ages of 10 and 15, but it can appear anytime a child's spine is growing.
A child with scoliosis will usually have differences in:
Finding scoliosis early is very important for successful treatment. At Children's we use cutting-edge technology, like the EOS low-dose radiation scanner and Quantec, to help diagnose scoliosis. Children's Hospital was one of first two pediatric hospitals in the nation with an EOS scanner.
The goal of scoliosis treatment is to stop the curve from getting worse and to prevent future problems. Treatment may include:
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Here's a problem I already solved.
Prove that a homomorphism $r: M \rightarrow N$ of right A-modules admits a section $v: N \rightarrow M$ if and only if $r$ is surjective and $M = L \oplus \operatorname{ker}(r)$ where $L$ is a submodule of $M$. Call this (*)
Now here's the problem.
Suppose that the sequence $0 \rightarrow L \rightarrow M \rightarrow N \rightarrow 0$ of right $A$-modules is exact, where $u: L \rightarrow M$ and $r: M \rightarrow N$.
Prove that the homomorphism $u$ admits a retraction $p: M \rightarrow L$ if and only if $r$ admits a section $v: N \rightarrow M$.
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=>) This is the one that bothers me. Do we really need to assume $u$ is a retraction? by exactness of the sequence we have that $r$ is surjective. So define a section $v: N \rightarrow M$ as follows: for each $n \in N$ pick $m \in M$ such that $r(m) = n$. Set $v(n) = m$ then $r \circ v = 1_{N}$, so that $r$ admits the section $v$.
<=) Suppose $r: N \rightarrow M$ admits a section, then by (*) $M = \operatorname{ker}(r) \oplus \operatorname{Im}(v)$ and by exactness we have $M=\operatorname{Im}(u) \oplus \operatorname{Im}(v)$. Notice that by exactness we also have that $u$ is an injection. Define a retraction $p: M \rightarrow L$ as follows: given $m \in M$ write $m$ as $u(l)+v(n)$ where $l \in L$ and $n \in N$. Then set $p(m)=l$.
Since $M$ is a direct sum of $\operatorname{Im}(u)$ and $\operatorname{Im}(v)$ and $u$ is an injection we have that $p$ is well-defined and by construction $p \circ u = 1_{L}$ so that $p$ is a retraction of $u$.
Where is the mistake?


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The more popular Shepard "OBEY" Fairey gets with the Obama poster crowd, the less popular he gets with the hardcore street art crowd. Shep just finished up a huge, highly publicized legal mural on Houston Street. How's that looking now?
- While still in progress, heads were already spreading venomous hate for it.
- While still in progress, it was tagged up.
- Then somebody filled it full of holes.
- Now somebody's plastered a "Target" sign on it.
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Longtime Mancos resident Clay Vern Bader died Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, at his home. He was 91.
Mr. Bader was born to Ernest H. and Mary (Ames) Bader on July 4, 1921, on the Old Fort Lewis College campus, where his father was the college dean. He attended grade school at Fort Lewis and graduated from Durango High School in 1939, living with the families of Ezra Needham and Frederick W. Kroeger. He met his future wife, Jean Kelly, at Fort Lewis.
Mr. Bader graduated from Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now Colorado State University. He was immediately inducted into the Navy and sent to Northwestern Midshipman School in Chicago.
He underwent further training at Harvard University, sending for his bride, and they married in 1943 in Melrose, Mass. Mr. Bader went on to be a communications lieutenant for the Command of the South Pacific for 18 months.
After returning from World War II, he moved to Mancos and began ranching with his in-laws, Mary and Ira Kelly. The Baders ranched together for almost 50 years.
Mr. Bader served as a Montezuma County Commissioner for two terms, during which time the county secured the property that now hosts the Montezuma County Fairgrounds.
He was a member of the Mancos Masonic Lodge where he was most worshipful master in 1956, 1984, 1985 and 1993 and was named inspector general honorary of the 33rd degree in 2007. Mr. Bader was a lifelong member and president of the Mancos Cattlemen�s Association and a member of the Southwestern Livestock Association for more than 50 years, serving as president and twice named Man of the Year.
Mr. Bader served as president of FLC�s Alumni Board and was inducted into the FLC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. He served 12 years on the San Juan National Forest Advisory Board, including several years as chairman; was a member of the Mancos Water Conservancy District for 28 years; the Colorado State Groundwater Commission; and on the Federal Land Bank Board for 18 years, as chairman several times. Mr. Bader was a member of the Mesa Verde Museum Association for 15 years, the chairman three times, and the Escalante Shrine Club of the Al Kaly Shriners, also serving as president.
Mr. Bader is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jean Kelly Bader of Mancos; children Margie Russell of Mancos and Kelly Clay Bader of Kim; siblings Margaret Crawford of Golden, Floy Singleton of Paonia and Bill Bader of Spokane, Wash.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. today, Aug. 28, 2012, at Mancos First United Methodist Church, 470 W. Grand Ave. The Rev. Craig Paschal will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Centennial Alumni Scholarship (MASA), 10453 Road 42, Mancos, CO 81328; or Hospice of Montezuma, P.O. Box 740, Cortez, CO 81321.


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WSJ: House of the Day - Earth-sheltered home in NH for $1.57M
The owners, Peter Treadwell, 67, and Janice Gilbar Treadwell, 68, purchased this earth-sheltered home in Lyme, N.H., for about $285,000 in 1991, the couple said.
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