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This page describes in detail the datasets used for the NBML Course.
- Census Income
- Try to predict whether a person has an income greater than or less than 50k
- Boiling point in the Alps
- The boiling point of water at different barometric pressures.
- Shocking Rats
- How does shocking a rat affect it's ability to complete a maze?
- Ice Cream Sales
- Predict the quantity of ice cream consumed based on some other variables.
- Smoking and Respiratory Function
- How does smoking affect lung capacity?

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We know that something is going to happen after $x$ amount of time, but the exact time at which the event occurs is random within $x$ time. (Like, say we did it a bunch of times where it happened in $x-y$ time, and all the $y$s were uniformly distributed reals $0$ to $x$.)
It is easy to see that you can compute the likelihood that the event has occurred by using $t/x$ with $t$ being the time that has elapsed and $x$ being the total amount of time. It's also easy to see the likelihood of it occurring in the next $n$ amount of time by computing $n/(x-t)$ (With $t$ again being the amount of time elapsed)
As $n$ gets very small, the likelihood of it happening in the next $n$ amount of time also clearly also becomes very small. This can be expressed by realizing that:
$$\lim_{n \to 0}\frac{n}{x-t}=0$$
But now, if you take that limit and integrate it over some period of $t$ s.t. $0<t<x$, you should get $t/x$ again, since we're essentially adding up all the likelihoods of it happening at each instant in the interval:
$$\int_{0}^{x-a} \lim_{n \to 0} \frac{n}{x-t} dt$$
Resolving the limit first clearly doesn't yield. Does that mean that the integral I have constructed does not represent what I think it does?
I considered using arclength in the integral but stopped myself in realizing that we are concerned with the values the function outputs, not the length of the curve.


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Am traveling from USA to São Paulo. Will it be possible to use cell phone charger, razor, etc without some sort of electrical converter and/or outlet adapter?
Do I need to have an electrical converter for small devices when traveling from the US to São Paulo?
the outlets don't vary between regions in the country, but a new standard has been "invented" pissing everybody off because it's unique to Brazil, not seen in any other country...very clever!
So if you go to a newer property or if it's been recently renovated, you see a deep outlet that looks like this:
If you have this standard, there's no other choice but to buy a local adaptor.
If it's an old one, you'll have both the flat US plug and the round european style ones in the same outlet, which means you'll be able to use your appliances without a problem.
Sao Paulo has 110v.
Here is a good site where you can check on the type of power used in different countries and the outlets. Wikitravel will also usually give you good information.
In Brazil it seems that different parts of the country use different voltages and outlets. Some are 110V and use the North American outlet, and others are 220/240V and use the European outlet. The site above gives more details.
Sao Paulo appears to be 110V North American.
Short answer: most likely you'll be able to use your devices in most places, but, just in case, bring a simple US-Europe power adapter like this:
Long answer: Brazil had always used both US and European power plug standards, but since 2011 ISO 60906-1 is the only acceptable one, i.e. now it's not allowed to sell the old plugs/sockets in stores. So you still see a lot of sockets from the older standard but new buildings use only the new one.
The only big issues with the new standard are the third (ground) pin, which is positioned differently than other common standards, and the plugs of devices rated higher than 20 A, which use a 4.8-mm pin diameter (and therefore don't fit in the normal socket). Devices like chargers and razors won't be affected if they use the adapter from the picture above.
Also keep in mind that the mains frequency is always 60 Hz, while the voltage can be either 127 V or 220 V, depending on the city and state. Be careful: in cities where the voltage is 127 V people sometimes take 2 phases from the mains to make one 220 V outlet, but in that case there's usually a very clear warning stuck on the wall.
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I am looking for the best and most practical suggestion as to what any average person can implement on a daily basis to help bring Moshiach. This could be either a positive action or refraining from a negative action. Please provide sources for why your answer should be effective, and be specific as to why you think your answer is most practical.
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In short, do Mitzvot. The Rambam writes (Teshuva 3:4):
This article brings lots of practical suggestions of Mitzvot that are "Particularly Propitious for Hastening the Redemption". It brings sources from our sages about various Mitzvot that were told bring the Redemption.
Here's a bullet point list of some of them, see there for more, as well as explanations and sources:
The Baal Shem Tov wrote in a letter to his brother in law that he went up to the spiritual palace of Moshiach and asked him "When will you come?"
Moshiach answered him "When your teachings will be spread out and will become known in the world, and your wellsprings (of what I taught you and what you understand) will be spread out, and everyone will be able to do Yichudim and Alyiyos like you. Then all of the Klipos will be destroyed, and the time will be auspicious for the redemption".
Be as machmir (stringent) with mitzvos bein adam lechavero (commandments concerning interpersonal relations) as most people are with mitzvos bein adam leMakom (commandments concerning Divine service).
We lost the first Beis HaMikdash because of Avoda Zara (Yoma 9b). Correcting this sin brought us the second Beis HaMikdash.
We lost the second Beis HaMikdash because of Sinas Chinam (ibid). It stands to reason that we must correct this sin to bring the third.
For practical approaches to this, I would personally recommend in-depth study of Likutey Moharan (especially ל״מ א:רפב) and Chofetz Chaim.
We are not allowed to "bring Moshiach" or do anything which would "hasten the End", as the Rashbash (Shailos v'tshuvos #2) writes:
אמנם מצוה זו אינה מצוה כוללת לכל ישראל בגלות החל הזה, אבל היא נמנעת כלל כשז"ל בגמרא כתובות פרק האחרון שהיא מכלל שבועות שהשביע הקדוש ב"ה את ישראל לא ימהרו את הקץ ושלא יעלו בחומה, וצא וראה בני אפרים מה קרה להם שמהרו את הקץ
"that we are are not allowed to "hasten the end" and see what happened to the children of Ephraim who hastened the End."
The bnei Ephraim were said to have left Egypt earlier than they were supposed to and were described as דוחקי הקץ, people who forced or hastened the end. (For more info see here)
So our mission is just to keep the Torah and not worry about God's plans for the End; the idea that we should actively attempt to bring about the End is highly problematic.
Stop lashon hara, stop accepting lashon hara. I'd say this is the #1 thing keeping Moshiach from coming, if we stop lashon hara, we stop senseless hatred, and ahavat yisroel is our biggest motive for bringing Moshiach. Learn Kabbalah, study Chofetz Chaim (laws on lashon hara), Mussar, and give Tzadakah! Make that 10% into 15%. And finally, motivate others to do the same!
Lubavitcher Rebbe says living a life like moshiach has already come and learning about the geula is what will hasten the moshiach.


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Police and firemen in Memphis are quitting and finding work elsewhere because their pensions have been underfunded and must be scaled back.
The FCC will announce new rules Thursday changing Internet providers from "information services" to "telecommunications companies." The new rules, to be issued for public comment on Thursday, will be seen for what they really are: ObamaCare for the Internet.
Alaska's Governor Bill Walker, just inaugurated last week, is facing the cold reality of falling oil prices.
According to a study just published by Wealth-X and National Financial Partners, $16 trillion of wealth belonging to 211,275 "ultra-high net worth" individuals will be passed on to the next generation over the next 30 years.


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Shut them up. Will they go away?
J.J. Goldberg of the Jewish Daily Forward takes note of moves in the Jewish community to censor liberal voices, in this case Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schulz. A Democrat, she was disinvited from speaking at a Miami synagogue on Memorial Day after a complaint from a member of the synagogue and chair of the local Republican committee. The issues may differ, but like Victoria Kennedy's disinvite from Anna Maria College in Massachusetts, the notion flourishes that disappearing people from the podium will make their ideas disappear.Or, is it just women who must disappear.
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I don't think there is compelling evidence that this is a sexist thing. It is more that some groups have come to the conclusion that listening to diverse opinions is evidence of a wavering spirit. Of course, there's not much compelling evidence that that is true either!
Thanks for this post, and jbruns, thanks for your comment. As for the "sexist thing" issue, it seems to me that sexism in our society (not unlike racism) is one of those things that is almost never *the* reason for something (e.g., Wasserman Schulz and Kennedy's disinvitations), but is very often *a* reason for something. In 2008, reactions to Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were (I think) rarely *just* driven by sexism. On the other hand, innumerable reactions to Clinton and Palin's candidacies were fueled *in (no small) part* by sexism.
Do they really believe that "listening to diverse opinions is evidence of a wavering spirit?" Perhaps; but I think it's often the case that such disinvitations come from the fear that the disinviters know that they have no good answers to questions that might be raised by the disinvited. (Apologies for the neologisms).
Luke: I agree with your more nuanced analysis. Nicholas: I think that if 'they' truly examined their motives that, yes, the underlying problem is that they fear that contrary opinion will cause people to question orthodoxy. And it is really complicated by the fact that the contrarian arguments have such apparent merit.
Nicholas --Right. We don't want to be discomforted, suffer cognitive dissonance, admit we were wrong, have to check things out. And Wasserman is a particularly articulate speaker. Very simple and clear. Keep an eye on her. I expect to hear a lot more from her.
Nicholas Clifford: The "disinviters" (to use your coinage) are usually the very people who issued the invite. The "inviters" usually have changed their minds because of pressure from certain quarters. In other words, the people exerting the pressure to have the invited speaker disinvited are usually in a position to hurt somehow the institution involved.
Setting aside the sexism/sexist question, can anybody point to a disinvited male in recent months? I'm not arguing the point, but am curious, since I haven't noticed any.
In recent months, no. But wasn't there a rather well-publicized case a few years ago when Tony Judt was disinvited from an NY speaking engagement on the Middle East?I wouldn't have thought of disinvitations as having anything to do with the sex of the speaker -- or even his or her gender, for that matter. But if no one comes up with any recently disinvited males, I will eat my words, having first cooked them -- la bonne femme, of course.
While not quite disinvited, male pediatric neurosurgeon extraordinaire Ben Carson of Johns Hopkins aroused a strong protest against his being commencement speaker at Emory University because he favors creationist theories over Darwin's evolution. He had previously received about 50 honorary degrees. The surface issue there was explicitly religion. One wonders if maybe there should be a special university tolerance exemption applicable In the case of the few who perform such life-changing feats as Carson does. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/ben-carsons-creati...
"Right. We dont want to be discomforted, suffer cognitive dissonance, admit we were wrong, have to check things out."Oh, for a minute I thought you were referring to the church hierarchy. Or were you?
May 3, 2012 Western Center for Journalism:Last week, State Senator Robert Hagan had his nose rubbed in the reality of the War between the Catholic Church and Barack Obama when he was disinvited to speak at this months commencement at Mercy School of Nursing, a Catholic school in Youngstown, Ohio.The disinvitation came at the direction of Bishop George V. Murry, the head of the Diocese of Youngstown.
April 26, 2012 Huffington PostHigh school graduation should be a time of optimism, family, and hope for the future. But one Michigan school has turned it into a time for controversy and backwards thinking. The Sacred Heart Academy's high school in Mount Pleasant, Mich. has decided to rescind its invitation to their graduation keynote speaker, the older brother of one of the graduates and an alumnus of the school. Why did they decide to not include this young man with strong ties to the private Catholic academy?Because they found out he is gay.
Suffering cognitive dissonance can be an exhilarating experience; sometimes you can really learn something new, or be reminded of something you've forgotten. For example, I will usually start reading a Ross Douthat column and if he catches me in the first paragraph, I go on. Mostly I don't agree with him, but his "conservative" arguments retain a mode of reasoning that has been lost in much conservative discourse, and which remind me of the apologetic courses once featured in Catholic high schools.But cognitive dissonance is not always exhilarating. For example, I pretty regularly pass on David Brooks's column in the NYTimes; I find his categories hopelessly muddled; his arguments beside the point. For example, his column this morning (which I did read) on the Wisconsin vote is a case in point. He thinks Scott Walker cares about deficits. He doesn't acknowledge that Walker disdains the power of unions and working people, but not the power of the Koch Brothers and all the other rich guys who've contributed to his campaign and no doubt to our national deficit.
Thanks Bruns. Clearly we're not dealing with sexism.
Jbruns:State Senator Robert Hagan, a Catholic father of 14 children, was disinvited?
Clearly were not dealing with sexism.--------Really? How many men were invited to be commencement speakers this year? How many women? How many men were awarded honorary degrees this year? How many women?How many men were invited to speak in synagogues, churches, and mosques this year? How many women?(Debbie and Vicki were what percentage of the total number of women? The men mentioned above were what percentage of the total number of men?)(Agree about Douthat and Brooks. Love Debbie Wasserman Schultz!)
"Because they found out he is gay."Gay Catholic? Who would thunk.But we can't have them speaking to our kids, right? After all, we know that their main agenda is to re-cruit!And Catholics wonder why outsiders see and hear this stuff and ask: what is WRONG with these people? Do they have their heads stuck where the sun don't shine?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-liberal-2012-commencement-speaker... speakers at the top ten schools. One woman. (Scroll down about two inches for the link to the top 100.)
'Right. We dont want to be discomforted, suffer cognitive dissonance, admit we were wrong, have to check things out.'"Oh, for a minute I thought you were referring to the church hierarchy. Or were you?"Jimmy Mac --Sadly, I was referring to all of us, me included :-(Sigh.
For next year's commencement at Yale, they should invite Margaret Farley to be the commencement speaker. After all, she's the only Yale faculty member to have a book denounced by the CDF -- that's quite a distinction.
Alas, Jimmy Mac, Ann Olivier was describing the human condition, as she herself attests.However, Pope Benedict XVI evidently considers himself and the church's magisterium to be above the human condition. In any event, he has decreed that only a hermeneutic of continuity in the Roman Catholic Church will be acceptable during his reign as pope. What was good enough before the Second Vatican Council regarding the church's teachings concerning sexual morality should still be good enough today. That's continuity. Therefore, he has had the CDF denounce Sister Margaret Farley's book as not representing official Catholic teaching.
Gerelyn: Sexism and racism (or should we just say bigotry) are woven into the fabric of American culture. Almost everything is affected, one way or another, by them. I was just responding to the question of whether sexism was the dominant factor, and I don't think so.


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ORAchk Health Checks for the Oracle Stack
By AnkeG-Oracle on Mar 03, 2014
ORAchk includes EXAchk's functionality and replaces the popular RACcheck tool, extending the coverage based on prioritization of top issues reported by users, to proactively scan for known problems within:
- E-Business Suite Financials Accounts Payables
- Oracle Database
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ORAchk features:
- Proactively scans for the most impactful known problems across your entire Engineered System as well as various layers of your stack
- Simplifies and streamlines how to investigate and analyze which known issues present a risk to you
- Lightweight tool runs within your environment; no data will be sent to Oracle
- High level reports show your system health risks with the ability to drill down into specific problems and understand their resolutions
- Can be configured to send email notifications when it detects problems
- Collection Manager, a companion Application Express web app, provides a single dashboard view of collections across your entire enterprise
ORAchk will expand in the future with more high impact checks in existing and additional product areas. If you have particular checks or product areas you would like to see covered, please post suggestions in the ORAchk community thread accessed from the support tab on the below document.
For more details about ORAchk see Document 1268927.1


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I live in England for last 8 years. My English is pretty good if I speak with friends. The problem starts when I want to write some text. I study on English Uni so need to write a lot. I do have simple problems with 'the', 'a' etc. I went through exercises and know the theory but as I think about rules I can always find exemptions and because of it, the rules does not make sense.
Anyone know the way to improve English, when solutions like 'learn, practise and do exercises' fail? the reasons for fail are (1) lack of time, (2) over-thinking.


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So, college football and men's basketball is about to implode?
No one should be shocked.
Whether it's USC, Ohio State, North Carolina, Oregon, Miami, Auburn, WVU, Florida State, LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee or, name a college, all I hear is "it happens everywhere."
If a team like San Diego State is doing it, they stink at it and need to bring more Nevin Shapiro's into the program.
Same goes with Duke, Kent State, Temple, Rice, New Mexico State or Wyoming.
Ohio State is thankful the University of Miami is having its problems because it has knocked the Buckeyes off the front page across the nation when it comes to a football mess.
How about all the "good" news that will come out of that game on Sept. 17?
Anyway, I digress.
This is not a football issue or a basketball issue or an NCAA issue.
This is a human behavior issue.
It's really that simple.
And, the large albatross tied around the neck of that human behavior is money.
Cash. Payolla. Green.
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." - 1 Timothy 6:10
Maybe Gordon Gekko said it best in 1987 - "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
Or maybe Rod Tidwell's remark in 1996 - "Show me the money" - is rather appropriate.
Shapiro is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence in his $930 million Ponzi scheme. Some say since the 42-year-old lied and cheated more than 50 people, no one should think he is telling the truth about all the gifts he allegedly gave to more than 72 former and current Hurricane football players.
After all, once a liar, always a liar.
At the heart of the matter, though, is money.
"For the love of money
People will steal from their mother
For the love of money
People will rob their own brother
For the love of money
People can't even walk the streets
Because they'll never know who in the world they're gonna beat
For that mean, oh mean, mean green."
- O'Jays, 1973
At the heart of the matter in all of this is money.
The best high school basketball players in the nation are being toured around by AAU coaches, who are looking for some sort of payoff with that talent.
Not all AAU coaches are like this mind you.
But, one tainted, all tainted?
How do college coaches figure this out?
How do college football coaches get through these type of coaches who put on 7-on-7 passing scrimmages for the best of the best?
Answer: They don't.
"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content." - 1 Timothy 6:6-8
People cannot be content with what they have.
Terrelle Pryor could not be content with being the guy with Ohio State. He wanted more.
He will now go into the NFL in today's supplemental draft and, after serving a five-game suspension, will get paid.
Greg Aiello, public relations spokesman for the NFL, said in a tweet: "On Pryor, we are not enforcing NCAA rules. We are upholding our own eligibility rules, which have never been based on the notion that a college player could choose to violate NCAA rules, obtain declaration that he is ineligible for college fb, then enter the NFL draft."
He later reiterated in a tweet: "Our draft eligibility rules are not based on notion that a player can break NCAA rules to get tossed out in order to enter NFL."
In the end, Pryor gets what he wanted - to be an NFL player making a check. How long he stays in the NFL is up to him.
Will he be JaMarcus Russell, Donovan McNabb or Andre Woodson?
Only time will tell.
College scholarshiped athletes whine that they cannot get a job like a normal student for spending money.
Yet, the normal college student is not getting a free $150,000 college education.
The normal college student does not have a per diem, a housing allowance or free gear to wear anywhere and everywhere.
Pryor's attorney, David Cornwell, said during an interview on ESPN's "Mike and Mike in the Morning" radio show Friday morning that, "The NCAA's amateurism rules are oppressive and absurd. The idea that the participants in athletic competition are amateurs, even though they generate billions of dollars is just absurd. I don't think we should accept it in this country anymore. We need to do something about it."
Oppressive? Really?
Oppressive means "burdensome, unjustly harsh or tyrannical (oppressive king); causing discomfort by being excessive, intense, elaborate (oppressive laws); distressing or grevious (oppressive sorrows)."
Does that really sound like a college athlete on a full-ride scholarship?
So, here's a place to start to clean this thing up.
All freshmen are ineligible to play collegiate athletics.
All student-athletes must stay in school three years before being eligible for professional sports.
High school athletes may not be recruited until after the end of their junior years.
College football coaches talk about how agents are a problem on campus, well the same can be said about a college football coach recruiting kids during a season.
Agreed, they are not a problem in the way of agents seeking to sign a client, but they are still a distraction to high school players and their coaches during the season.
Coaches are to be suspended for a year, without pay, if caught breaking the rules. Those coaches may not be fired or may not resign from the institution during that year so that the university may get a head start on recruiting a new coach.
University presidents and athletic directors will get the same punishment as the coach.
That's a start.
(Mathison, a Weirton resident, is the sports editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com)


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20 Jan 2012 1:22 AM #1
Portal with 4 columns drag and drop, resize portlet
Hi Alls,
I have a portal with 4 columns with start ratio 0.7,0.3,0,0
After resizing portal's columns with ratio 0.3,0.7,0,0 and if I drag-and-drop a portlet from first column to second my portlet keep the size of first column.
Any idea ?
I use GXT 2.2.1.
Any idea ?
20 Jan 2012 11:14 AM #2
I find a very simple solution don't use 0 width portal's column :-)
It is not very smart solution but ... so may be some one have one other


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Bb Learn - Your Migrated Course
Beginning in January, 2011, NAU is transitioning from Vista to Blackboard Learn. e-Learning will assist faculty who want to migrate their course content from the old system to the new one. This information is a review of the migration process and an instructor's guide to working in a newly migrated course. We will focus on navigation and feature differences between the old and new Learning Management Systems.
More Information
Please visit e-Learning's Bb Learn information page for more about NAU's transition from Vista to Bb Learn.
Migration Requests
- Request a migration of your course from Vista to Bb Learn.
- Suggested Deadlines for requesting course migrations:
If you're teaching in
Request your course migration by
Summer 2011
March 1, 2011
Fall 2011
April 1, 2011
Spring 2012 or later
May 1, 2011
Even if the deadline has passed, please get your migration request to us as soon as possible.
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Instructor Access
After we notify you that the migration is completed, you can access the course here: http://bblearn.nau.edu. Use the regular login button to "Log in to Bb Learn."
Unless you had already logged into an NAU service, you will be prompted by NAU's central authentication service (CAS) to enter your user ID and password.
Differences between Vista and Blackboard
Getting There
The address for Vista was http://vista.nau.edu. The address for Bb Learn is http://bblearn.nau.edu. You can also find a link to Bb Learn in the QuickLinks on the new NAU home page.
Browser Friendlier
In Vista, there were often problems depending on which web browser you used. There was a "check browser" link to test for compatibility. Bb Learn is more consistent across browsers, and you no longer need to check for compatibility.
The Back Button Works!
In Vista, it often caused problems if you used the back button in the browser. In Bb Learn, the forward and back navigation buttons in the browser are safe to use. This is much more intuitive for a web-based tool.
The HTML Editor
In Vista the HTML editor didn't work very well, especially on a Mac, and it opened in a tiny box no matter how big you made your browser window. For this reason, most people used DreamWeaver or created their content outside Vista in some other manner. The HTML editor in Bb Learn is much improved and we recommend you use it for the majority of content creation.
The Assignment Dropbox
In Vista, assignments were submitted through the Assignment Dropbox. In Blackboard Learn, when you create an Assignment, a column is automatically built in the Grade Center, and you will access uploaded assignments there.
When you logged into Vista, you could select a course from the Course List. Bb Learn is much the same, but the list is now called My Courses. In Vista, you would click on the My Vista link to return to the course list from within a course. In Bb Learn, you click on the My Bb Learn tab to return to the list of courses.
The "breadcrumb trail," which shows you the path to your current location in the course, is much the same as it was in Vista. You can click on any listed item in the breadcrumb trail to go to that location.
Vista had three tabs called Build, Teach, and Student View.
In Bb Learn, Build and Teach modes are combined. When the Edit Mode switch is in the On position, you can build and teach. When the Edit Mode switch is in the Off position, you are in Student View.
File Management and Content Creation
In Vista, most people built their course content outside the system using DreamWeaver or Microsoft Word, and then loaded the content into Vista's File Manager. This is still possible. In Bb Learn, the Content Collection is the place where externally created content resides. However, Bb Learn's internal editor is much better than Vista's so creating and editing content inside Bb Learn is another good option. There are distinctions between these two methods of content creation. If you build content outside Bb Learn, you can only edit it outside Bb Learn and then load it into the "Content Collection." If you build it inside Bb Learn, you can only edit it inside Bb Learn but these documents don't appear in the content collection. You can copy/paste from Word or DreamWeaver into the internal editor, and from that point forward edit internally. (Blackboard promises that in a coming upgrade at the end of 2011, the internal editor will be able to edit externally created HTML files.) See our Creating Course Content tutorial and the DreamWeaver tutorial for more information.
Create a Test Student
As in Vista, there are some limitations of the Student View, and there are times when you will want to log into your course as a student so that you can check the adaptive release or take a test, for example. You can create a single student account (for yourself only) by following these instructions.
Create the "Test Student" account from the Course Tools area of the Control Panel on the left, by clicking Add Test Student.
Be sure to write down the password you select because this password is not the same as your regular NAU password.
To login as the test student, use the special Guest Login link at the bottom of the Bb Learn login page:
Your student account will have the following username and password:
username: abc12-student (replace abc12 with your own NAU user id)
password: you will decide on the password; be sure to write it down! This password is not synchronized with your regular NAU password. You will need to contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you have a problem with this password.
You can change your student account password. Click on the My Bb Learn tab and select the Personal Information link in the Tools box. Then click on the Change Password link. Note that this only works for the test student password. Your regular NAU password can be changed here on ITS's website.
Hint: The best way to view your course as both a student and as an instructor at the same time is to open two separate browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox for example, and use one for the Instructor view and the other for the Student view. If you've been looking for an excuse to buy a bigger or second monitor, this is it! Most modern web browsers, such as IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera will work fine.
Migration Notes
When migrating content from Vista to Bb Learn, we had to make some minor changes to your content organization because of differences between the two systems. Below are some of the changes that may have resulted.
Course Menu
We have set a consistent Course Menu with links to the Home Page, Content, Tools and Help. You are free to add other links to the Course Menu if you wish (e.g., a link directly to Messages or Discussions, or to a specific Content folder). You can add links to the Course Menu by clicking on the dark blue '+' button in the upper left corner of the course menu.
Assignments and Assessments
If you were using Assignments and/or Assessments in Bb Vista, we have placed those in a folder on your Content page called Assessments. This will give you one place to edit and update the actual assignment, quiz, etc., even if there are course links to the item in one or more other locations in the course.
Be sure not to make this folder Unavailable (Actionlink: Edit: Options: Permit Users to View this Content set to No), as this will make any links to the items in this folder unavailable to users. You may certainly move the items contained in that folder elsewhere if you prefer, but remember that deleting the folder will delete all of the items (assignments, quizzes, etc.) contained therein!
Group Management
Group management and discussions are structured very differently in Bb Learn. If you are using groups, please spend time learning the new features. If you are using group discussions in Bb Vista, you will need to set these up as group discussion forums in Bb Learn, as the migration process placed ALL discussion topics to the general discussion board and none in the group discussion boards. Please read through the documentation, tutorials and online help; and feel free to schedule a session with an e-Learning Center Instructional Technologist to learn how best to set up group discussion activity for your class needs.
If you were using Weblinks (icons that point to external web pages) in Bb Vista, we have placed those in a folder on your Content page called Weblinks. In Bb Learn, you can perform the same function from the Content page, by choosing Build Content:URL.
Learning Modules
Due to inconsistencies in the way Learning Modules behave in Bb Learn, we have converted any Learning Modules in your course on Bb Vista to Content Folders on Bb Learn.
Hidden Content
Anything that was Hidden by you on Bb Vista now shows up as "Availability: Item is not available." You can make it available with the Actionlink next to the item (Actionlink: Edit: Options: Permit Users to View this Content set to Yes).
Dates and Selective Release
- If you were using Selective Release in Bb Vista to make certain items available only on certain dates, to certain users, etc., this was not updated for you. You will still need to adjust the Adaptive Release (as its known in Bb Learn).
- You still need to adjust all dates as necessary (e.g., Assignment due dates, Test availability, etc. just as you would do when preparing for a new semester).
Course Entry Point
We set the "Home Page" module, which contains a collection of notification tools, as the Course Entry Point; you are free to change that to the Course Content page (or other things) from Control Panel: Customization: Style if you want to make Bb Learn look more like Vista.
Grading Forms
If you were using Grading Forms in Bb Vista to grade assignments or discussions, we have re-created the Grading Form as a Rubric in Bb Learn, and have attached it to the appropriate column(s) in your Grading Center. Be aware that the Rubric tool in Bb Learn does not work in the same way that the Grading Forms did in Bb Vista. Please review this tool.
Content Creation
Course content that was migrated from Vista has been placed into the Bb Learn Content Collection. It can be edited externally with DreamWeaver, but not with the internal HTML editor. See the "File Management and Content Creation" section above for more details.
Other Tools
- SafeAssign assignments will need to be re-created in Bb Learn.
- Elluminate meetings and links will need to be re-created in Bb Learn.
- iTunesU links will need to be re-created in Bb Learn.
- Goals will need to be created in either the Lesson Plan tool or as a page in Bb Learn.
If you have Vista-specific instructions in your course, please be sure to check these for accuracy and update as needed.
Questions and Follow-up Support
If you have any basic questions about Bb Learn, please review our tutorials and videos or contact the e-Learning Center's Faculty Support Desk at email@example.com. For more in-depth discussion, you can also schedule an appointment with an Instructional Technologist to review your migrated course.


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In a word…Scrumtrulescent.
TSG had a fine day at camp with the USMNT in what was the team's longest practice of the camp so far. Bob Bradley kept the intensity level high as the team went through warm-ups, drills and conditioning before finishing with a scrimmage.
Some observations before we file some longer pieces on our experience later this week. (One quick note: Remember one of our favorite sayings at TSG, "You can't look at one observation in isolation, you have to look at the whole body of work.")
- So, what do the USMNTers drive to practice? Caddy? Escalade? Benz? Charter coach? Nope, US players drive themselves in certified soccer mom-mobiles. That's right, they pile out of minivans just like they presumably did when they were seven.
- Two things that stand-out when you are at field level just feet away from players…Size and the pace on their shots. Boombosa is right!
- Marcus Tracy, Kevin Alston, Robbie Rogers and Chris Pontius were absent for today's practice. Alston came out and ran laps…so much so that I wondered if it was punishment.
- Zach Thornton is….MASSIVE.
- Long-time readers will be happy to know that Matthew's head did NOT explode when Benny Feilhaber buried one in the back of the net during the scrimmage nor during his interview with the Benny! at the conclusion of practice.
- Any San Jose Quakes fans out there? An auburn-cleated Brandon McDonald played exclusively at right back today, acquitted himself well and received counsel from Bob Bradley in the center of the pitch post-practice. Beyond losing the ball on a forward run during the 2nd half of scrimmage, TSG came away very impressed with McDonald's play today who also netted a goal off a corner kick.


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SAN ANTONIO (March 29, 2013) – Florida Panthers Executive VP/General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has returned on loan defenseman Mike Caruso and Colby Robak to the San Antonio Rampage (AHL).
Caruso, 24, was on the Panther's Opening Night roster and made his NHL debut on Jan. 19. The 6-foot-2, 191-pound defenseman played in two games for the Panthers this season. Before being recalled to Florida, Caruso played in 32 games for the Rampage, tallying one goal and three assists and a plus-4 rating. The Panthers fourth-round draft pick (103rd overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft recorded 13 points (five goals, eight assists) last year in his first season with the Rampage.
Robak, 22, played in 15 games for the Panthers and recorded one assist and 17 penalty minutes from the blueline. Robak has now suited up for the Panthers in 18 career games. Prior to his recall on Feb. 22, the 6-foot-3, 210-pound defenseman led the Rampage in scoring from the blueline with three goals and 16 assists in 52 games. Robak, who was drafted by the Panthers in the second round (46th overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft, recorded 39 points (nine goals, 30 assists) in 73 games for the Rampage last season.
The Rampage kick off their final road trip outside the state of Texas tonight (Friday) in the first of a two-game set against the Charlotte Checkers. The two teams will square off again on Saturday night to wrap up the season series. Puck drop for both games is 6 p.m. Tickets for all remaining Rampage home games start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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I am wondering over the dangers / difficulties in using external services like Google Chart in my production state website.
With external services I mean them that you can't download and host on your own server.
(-) Potentially the Google service can be down when my site is up.
(+) I don't have to develop those particular systems for new browser technologies, hopefully Google will do that for me.
(-) Extra latency while my site fetch the data from the google servers.
What else? Is it worth spending time and money to develop my own systems to be more in control of things?


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What is the maximum number of countries meeting at a single point on earth?
Where is it?
What are the countries?
At different times in history, there has been suggested that a Quadripoint - or meeting of four countries, existed in Africa - between Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. However this is generally now not believed to be true, with instead two tripoints quite close to each other marked.
Instead, the most is three, known as a tripoint. Amazingly, there are 157 (at least) tricountry points around the world.
Well known international tripoints include:
For a full list of all three-country tripoints, there's a convenient Wikipedia article on that too.
To some extent, this depends how you define a "country".
For one definition of country, the maximum countries that meet at a single point is 7.
The countries that meet at this single point are :
The point where they all meet? Latitude 90 degrees South - otherwise known as the South Pole! All of the countries have territorial claims to pie-shapes pieces of Antarctica, meeting at (or at least, near) the south pole as a part of the Antarctic Treaty.
I'm not sure how subterranean borders work, but if a country includes the land underground, then every border of every country meets at a point a the center of the Earth.
EDIT: The 4 countries do not actually form a quadripoint (as Mark pointed out).
Apparently the answer is 3 countries, even though there used to be a quadripoint: two tripoints that are now very close where Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe meet at approximately the same place, in Kazungula.
But there are a lot more of tripoints.


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MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the second time this season senior high jumper Erik Kynard has been recognized as the Big 12 Conference Athlete of the Week for track and field after he posted the best jump in the NCAA so far this season.
Kynard cleared 2.33 meters (7-07.75) to win the KSU Open and tie his own school record. It also tied the Ahearn Field House facility record held by former Wildcat Nathan Leeper from 2001 when he was jumping for Nike.
The jump moves Kynard atop the NCAA performance list for the season ahead of Indiana's Derek Drouin, who jumped 2.32 meters the previous week.
This is Kynard's fourth Big 12 Athlete of the Week award in his career combining indoor and outdoor seasons and his second this season.
Kynard and the Wildcats will be in action this weekend as they chase a conference title at the Big 12 Conference Championship in Ames, Iowa. Action is scheduled to start Friday morning from the Leid Recreational Center. Men's high jump is scheduled for noon on Saturday.
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A friend of mine described a recipe to me, and she said she deglazed the pan (I think I understood correctly). What does that mean?
Deglazing removes caramelized bits (the "browned" bits) from the bottom of your pan or skillet after cooking meats or vegetables.
It is usually accomplished by putting stock, sauce, wine, or even water (or really any liquid) in the pan over heat after the pan has been emptied of whatever was cooked into it and any rendered fat and scraping the browned bits into that sauce with a spatula. The browned bits dissolve into your liquid to create an excellent sauce for whatever you just cooked in the pan.
Deglazing is a technique for making sauces and gravies. It occurs after you've accumulated cooked on meats and other deposits. First remove your meat and any excess liquid fat. Second crank the heat up high and get your pan nice and hot. Next add a cool liquid (water/wine/stock). The liquid will boil rapidly and lift the browned deposits to create a flavorful sauce.


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Sparkling spirits, delectable dishes, an elegant ballet performance and, of course, an incredible fashion show were just a few of the highlights from this year's Best Dressed of Louisville Presented By Churchill Downs. Despite the fact the show has now gone on for seven years straight, it has continued to raise the bar with each installment.
In years past, many have wondered what it takes to produce such a spectacular event. On Aug. 25, Louisville's fashionable elite finally discovered the answer, as nearly 650 fashionably-dressed men and women gained a never-before-seen glimpse behind the curtain of The Voice-Tribune's Best Dressed, through this year's theme, "Backstage Pass."
The driving force behind Best Dressed is Creative Director Douglas Riddle of Bittners, The Voice-Tribune Publisher Tracy Blue, Design Director Ron Wolz of Bittners, Project Manager Lauren DePaso and Event Chair Lori Kommor. "Through all these years of doing these shows, people always say to me that they always want to be (backstage), because that's where all the action is, even though it gets completely crazy," Riddle said of the inspiration behind this year's theme. "I thought it would be fun for the audience to see what really goes into putting a fashion show of this magnitude together."
The crowd entered the massive ballroom, where they were greeted by a towering, translucent scrim covering the backstage area. Models, Joseph's Salon & Spa makeup and hair stylists and a large crew of technicians and staff could be seen hastily working to prepare for the main event of the evening.
"Best Dressed is such a well put together fashion/art show," said Dr. Meg Livesay, who walked away with the award for Best Dressed Couple along with her husband and fellow doctor, Kenny. "I'm always so impressed with the caliber of the show and how much thought and effort has gone into the show. We tell everyone that you would think you were in New York at a fashion show."
Before the models of Heyman Talent graced the catwalk for the runway show, a video produced by Josh Minogue of Blair Dog flashed across the large screen at the center of the stage. The edgy, black and white film displayed an eye-popping look at the setup process behind Best Dressed.
"Under the leadership of Douglas Riddle, Josh Minogue brought all the hours of preparation to life in the time lapse opening video which was exciting, sexy and artistic," said Wolz. "We all got to see a 'behind the scenes' peek to the hundreds of hours of work that it takes to put on such a world class fashion event."
Following the introductory film, the Louisville Ballet, under the artistic direction of Bruce Simpson, presented Annie Honebrink and Ben Needham-Wood, who executed a delicate, affectionate performance of "Saudade Amore," choreographed by Amanda Diehl.
"I'm on the board for the Louisville Ballet, so I love to see them get more exposure any way they can, and I think they're incredible artists and the performance was sexy," said Best Dressed Male Winner Dr. Sean Maguire, medical director and plastic surgeon at Physician's Center for Beauty. "(It) really just got everyone settled down and focused for the runway show itself, which was fantastic."
As the assembly applauded the captivating dance, models strode down the runway sporting the latest, trendy apparel from local stores, Blink Boutique, Boutique Serendipity, Circe, Clodhoppers, Rodeo Drive, Rodes for Him & For Her, Sunny Daize, eyewear from Gaddie Eye Centers and the hottest attire for dressing your best at Downs After Dark at Churchill Downs.
Then came the moment all had awaited: the arrival of nominees on the catwalk as emcee Angie Fenton of The Voice-Tribune announced the Best Dressed Men, Women and Couples. Ali Navigar, Dr. Sean Maguire and Karter Louis were named the night's Best Dressed Men, while Drs. Meg and Kenny Livesay and Bill and Becky Lamb received the honor of Best Dressed Couples. Patti Moore, Winny Wearren, Mimi Janson, Hadley Hartz, Kim Tobin and Lisa Walker also took home the award for Best Dressed Women.
"It feels great (to win)," said Tobin of Churchill Downs. "I think being 'Best Dressed' is not just what you put on your body to wear but how you feel inside and out – I feel great! The Voice-Tribune's 2012 Best Dressed was absolutely amazing. It was fun, it was classy, it was entertaining and philanthropic while benefiting a great organization – The West End Boys School."
As the winners celebrated their victory, Best Dressed attendees headed downtown for the official after-party held at St. Charles Exchange, where a vibrant group danced the night away on the lower deck to tunes from DJ Jaybird.
Now seven years strong, Best Dressed delivered its trademark elegance, high-fashion and top-of-the-line entertainment while benefiting an excellent establishment, The West End School. Delicious hors' d'oeuvres, a brimming open bar filled with Heaven Hill Distilleries and Carnivor Cabernet products, the ballet, runway show, award winners and post-party all converged to make the glamorous evening one guests won't soon forget.
"Each year we strive to make The Voice-Tribune's Best Dressed of Louisville better than the one before – and each year, Douglas Riddle, President of Bittners, continues to deliver his creative vision and talent into a truly spectacular event," said Tracy Blue.
"While Ron Wolz and Lori Kommor collaborate on the décor, putting touches of their fabulous taste throughout the Marriott ballroom, Lauren DePaso helps keep everything straight – me included.
"Plus, Managing Editor and BD emcee Angie Fenton and her production team lend their artistic craft in promoting and supporting the event. They're also responsible for ensuring all Best Dressed content and coverage is on point. When that last Saturday in August comes, we all look around the room and can finally take a deep breath at what has been accomplished.
"We are beyond gracious for the community's support in helping make this event what it is year after year – and are so thankful for our Presenting Sponsor, Churchill Downs, and all our generous sponsors, for always believing in what this event can be."
Fashion Bloggers Review BD2012
Cameron Miquelon
This year's Best Dressed runway, benefiting the West End School, brought everything from animal and floral prints, sequins, and head-to-toe white to neon, plaid pants, and mullet dresses, representative of the fashion trends in 2012 and 2013.
Kicking off the festivities, the Louisville Ballet turned up upon the runway donning a minimalist look of grey with random pale neon green rectangles and see-thru vertical side stripes; no flying phoenix women like in the closing ceremonies of the XXX Olympiad in London. This was followed by pieces from local boutiques – including Clodhoppers, Circe, and Blink – ranging from the aforementioned to more see-thru looks, peplum skirts and blazers, and feathered fur vests. Not to be outdone, the nominees rocked frocks of orange, plaid, color-shift sequins, even a lime green handkerchief/dress combo.
In short, BD2012 was the best one yet. May BD2013 surpass this night.
Miranda Rogers McDonald
As the lights dimmed and the crowd's chatter came to an immediate halt, I was overcome with that particular feeling of excitement that takes over when one becomes acutely aware that a handful of models are about to walk their way into the Best Dressed archives, and delight us all with a fashion show to remember. As soon as these women started their stylish trot down the runway in platinum wigs, ski goggles, and all white ensembles, I knew that this year's show would once again far exceed my expectations. Although there was a different style aesthetic for each boutique that presented pieces at this year's event, there was one common theme of femininity and strength that threaded each look together into one unified ensemble. Whether it was a skirted power suit from Circe, or a full sequined gown from Rodeo Drive, each piece inspired a crowd of women from a variety of backgrounds, ages, and yes, closets.
Dara Michelle
In the voice of fashion, amazing described The Voice -Tribune Best Dressed fashion show. The sparkling venue was transformed into a haute couture premiere. Highlights included the mix of this season's best runway collections to the announcement of the nominees and winners. My absolute favorite feature of the night was the opening of the runway show to introduce the infamous WHITE for fall. It was a bold testament of fashion: Who says you can't wear white after Labor Day!


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The move has an immediate impact on BP. The suspension will prevent the company from buying new oil-drilling leases or other government contracts until the company can provide sufficient evidence that it meets federal business standards, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
By TENNILLE TRACY
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has temporarily
blocked BP from obtaining new contracts with the US government,
citing a "lack of business integrity" that resulted in the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The suspension will prevent the company from buying new
oil-drilling leases or other government contracts until the
company can provide sufficient evidence that it meets federal
business standards, the Environmental Protection Agency said
The move has an immediate impact on BP. The London-based oil
giant will be prevented from obtaining new drilling leases
being auctioned off in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. That
auction, held by the Interior Department in New Orleans,
involves more than 20 million acres in the Western Gulf.
EPA said this type of suspension is put in place when a
"responsibility question is raised by action in a criminal
case." The agency has imposed more than 100 of these
suspensions in fiscal year 2012, an administration official
said, but a suspension involving such a well-known company with
potentially significant impacts is "fairly uncommon" for the
agency to take.
The government "take[s] these actions to ensure the
integrity of federal programs by conducting business only with
responsible individuals or companies," the EPA said. The
suspension does not affect existing contracts BP has with the
BP was unavailable for immediate comment.
Earlier this month, BP agreed to plead guilty to 11 counts
of misconduct or neglect of ship officers and other charges.
The charges stem from BP's role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
explosion, which resulted in the deaths of 11 workers and the
release of 4.9 million bbl of oil into the Gulf.
Wednesday's lease sale is the first to be held under a new
five-year plan adopted by the Obama administration. The sale
involves lease blocks located up to 250 miles offshore in water
depths of up to 11,000 feet.
Being kicked out of Wednesday's sale is a big hit for the
biggest producer of oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico, and
also one of its most active oil prospectors. The region remains
a big priority for BP, and the company has said it intends to
spend $4 billion there this year and at least that amount
annually during the next decade.
The Gulf has been where BP has struck some of its biggest
oilfields so far, including Thunder Horse, which has become the
largest production facility in the Gulf and one of the largest
oilfields in the US. More recent discoveries include Kaskida
and Tiber.
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HUGO, Colo. (February 9, 2013)—Tristan Martin, 16, of Sulphur, La., has been sentenced to two years of probation for a traffic crash in Colorado that left two Texas women dead.
Martin was also was sentenced to 300 hours of public service and told he can't drive for two years.
Prosecutors say the teenager was driving an 18-wheeler to a competition in Wyoming last year when the rig hit two Texas women who were changing a tire on the side of Interstate 70 near Limon, Colo.
Shun Jones, 48, of Carrollton, and Amanda Omo-Iyamu, 38, of Balch Springs were killed.
The teenager, who left before officers arrived at the accident scene, was originally charged with two felony counts of leaving the scene of a deadly accident, as well as one misdemeanor count of careless driving causing death.
The boy's father, Michael Martin, 37, who initially told authorities he was driving the truck, is still facing charges.


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Reality TV Going Too Far?
November 23, 2010 by Samantha
Filed under Style, Fashion, & Beauty, Updates
I have been a huge fan of the E! network for many years. I love the new shows they come up with, from Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kendra, and now my newest guilty pleasure Married to Rock. I watch E! News daily and laugh along with Ryan, G, Jason, and Catt, and must watch all the E! True Hollywood Stories. But the latest reality show the network is promoting has be a little disturbed. Bridalplasty showcases 12 bride-to-be's competing for a different plastic surgery each week as they prepare to walk down the aisle. The last one standing gets her dream wedding (paid for by the show) and the rest of her plastic surgery "wish list."
Am I the only one completely freaked out by this idea? I think there will always be a debate over plastic surgery and why women (and men) choose to go under the knife. Many say it is to give them confidence, better their own opinions of themselves. But with a show like this, I can't help but feel disappointed in E! for making plastic surgery seem like it is some big extravagant prize. Especially for brides. Women who are getting married are under enough pressure as it is, with all the planning, choosing the one dress, the most fabulous cake, perfect DJ, but now to tell woman that your face must be free of wrinkles, breasts that rival Pamela, and any cellulite sucked off your bod? I can't believe woman would compete to get a complete overhaul of their body done before their big day. Didn't their boyfriends propose to them because they loved them, body imperfections aside? Do these brides want their husbands to recognize them as they walk down the aisle?
I enjoy reality TV, including the competitions. But people are usually competing for money, vacations, a modeling contract. I don't think I need to remind people that plastic surgery is actually dangerous, that serious complications can arise from cutting into a person's body. And the format of the show sounds like these women could be getting several procedures done in a short amount of time, which can be even more dangerous.
I guess my bottom line is that I just hate to see reality TV coming to this. Let us follow celebrities, let us watch ordinary people turn into singing superstars, but why do we have to ask women to completely change themselves to fit into this stereotypical world?


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I'm getting overstretched with urgent tasks (writing reports, fixing bugs, etc) that are sapping my time away from non-urgent tasks (visioning, system integration, etc). From my perspective all the tasks in question are important, and most are highly specialized (eg, adjusting my own code).
My boss is sympathetic, and gave me the challenge to help her present my work overload in a way that is clear to her superiors.
Are there any good examples of how to go about this? FWIW, I already track my time and tasks thoroughly, but I need to go the next mile to show what the various totals actually mean for my responsibility areas. How can I easily convey the big picture to people who aren't familiar with the details?


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Justin Verlander, the Detroit Tigers flamethrower who spun a no-hitter in a season evocative of hall-of-fame names like Koufax, Gibson and Carlton, will grace the packshot of Major League Baseball 2K12, 2K Sports said.
Verlander is the third pitcher in the past four years (with Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum) to hold down MLB 2K's cover. He led the American League in earned run average, strikeouts and wins, a "pitching triple crown" that practically assures a Cy Young award. His 24 victories are the most in the American League since Bob Welch's astounding 27 in 1990.
Verlander is also seen as the first starting pitcher capable of winning the American League MVP since Roger Clemens took the honor in 1986. The award's winner will be announced later this month.
"It's a dream come true to be on the cover of Major League Baseball 2K12," Verlander said in a statement. "I've worked closely with 2K Sports on the MLB 2K series since 2007, and I couldn't be more excited to continue my relationship with such a great baseball game."


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The question is:
Find the number of non-prime factors of $4^{10} \times 7^3 \times 5^9$.
I represented the number as $2^{20} \times 7^3 \times 5^9$ then the number of factors of this integer is $21 \times 4 \times 10 = 840$ now I can only see that there could be only three prime factors here $2,7 \text{ and } 5$. So the number of non-prime factors should be $837$ but my module says the answer would be $437$, what exactly I am missing here?


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The Augusta High School seniors shown were recognized by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment for academic achievement and placing in the top 10 percent of their class. The AHS seniors named KU Honor Scholars and honored at a banquet held at El Dorado High School on Monday night.
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February 1, 2012
Nearly 44,000 Total Applications; Direct Applicants to Abu Dhabi Campus More than Double
NYU today announced that it had another record year for freshman applications: a total of 43,728 men and women applied for spots in NYU's class of 2016 at both its New York and Abu Dhabi campuses, exceeding last year's record for total applications of 42,242. Applications for freshman admission to NYU have more than quadrupled over the past two decades, and NYU has received a record-number of applications for five consecutive years.
NYU's global network – with two portal campuses (New York and Abu Dhabi) already operating, a third (Shanghai) under construction, 11 global academic centers, and unparalleled opportunities for study around the world – continues to exert growing influence on NYU's admissions, with more than 1,000 additional applications this year coming from students attending secondary schools outside of the United States.
For the first time this year, applicants to NYU's Washington Square campus and NYU's Abu Dhabi campus had the option of selecting one as their "primary" choice and the other as their "alternate" choice on their application.
In total, 42,776 potential members of NYU's class of 2016 applied for approximately 4,700 seats in NYU's freshman class in New York. Of that number, 41,274 selected NYU's New York campus as the primary choice, and 1,502 applied as an alternate choice.
In total, there were 15,489 applicants to NYU Abu Dhabi for the approximately 150 places in the NYU Abu Dhabi class of 2016. Of that number, 2,454 applicants asked to be considered for the Abu Dhabi campus as their primary choice – more than double the number from the prior year (1,222) – and 13,035 young men and women applied to the campus as their alternate choice.
A total of 6,485 students applied through NYU's Early Decision Program, which offers two rounds of admission to students who indicate that NYU is their first choice, an increase of 6.3% from last year. Of the 5,691 Early Decision applicants who indicated that NYU's campus in New York is their primary choice, 1,625 also asked to be considered for NYU's campus in Abu Dhabi. Of the 794 Early Decision applicants who indicated that NYU's campus in Abu Dhabi is their primary choice, 345 also asked to be considered for NYU's campus in New York.
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Liberal Studies Program, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, College of Arts and Science, College of Nursing, Students, NYU Abu Dhabi, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Student Life, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
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What movie are you most excited to see this year?
25 Answers answer
I am looking forward to seeing Zero Dark Thirty. I have been hearing good things. Maybe this weekend.
John Dies At The End
Sin City 2
Hobbit Part 2
The Dark Knight Returns Part Two (DC direct to dvd animation)
Star Trek Into Darkness
Hunger Games Catching Fire
Warm Bodies
This is the End
Anchorman 2
@portezbie: Looks like year of the sequels! :D
@portezbie: No Man of Steal or Iron Man 3 on that list :)
@laalo: Yeah..... I am keeping an eye on those two, but I'm wary. I did not really enjoy the last superman movie or the last iron man movie. If they get good reviews though I will definitely be seeing them.
I don't know if I'd call it year of the sequels.....sequels have been a staple in hollywood for years and years, for better or worse.
A number of movies I'm worried about are also coming out this year, remakes of things I love that I am pretty certain they will ruin. Examples:
Ender's game and Akira.
Actually really excited for The Evil Dead remake. Looks AWESOME!!
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Also looking forward to Thor 2, Ironman 3, Hunger Games, Star Trek, World's End, Anchorman, Sin City and Man of Steel.
I have a copy of Zero Dark Thirty I plan to watch tonight.
At the moment I am really looking forward to Mama. I love a good creepy movie!
I'm looking forward to Ender's Game.
I loved the books, so it'll be interesting to see how the movie turns out.
I guess I like the creepy movie too. Mama (Del Toro is incredible!), and I am hoping they haven't ruined WWZ. They are making me nervous with the looong delay to release, but I am still hopeful, the book was great.
Not really movies, but I'm looking forward to the next series of Top Gear at the end of this month, and Breaking Bad finale this summer. I'll probably see the new Star Trek but the other movies seem uninteresting.
I want to see The Great Gatsby. It's one of my favorite books and stars one of my favorite actors... I hope it's good.
Ender's Game is also on the list. They've been toying with that one for so long, though, I'm afraid it won't make its release date...
@inkycatz: Aren't most of them anymore - or remakes?
I don't think it will be this year (unless you count the Netflix episodes - which I do) but...
Arrested Development!!!!
@craigster38: Great choice, and yes it's a great book.
I'm looking forward to Pacific Rim. Over the top monsters fighting giant robots? Count me in! I think having Guillermo del Toro attached will finally give us a great modern giant monster movie.
@portezbie: I LOVE Ender's Game and I am absolutely DREADING the movie adaptation. I have this horrid feeling that they are going to ruin such a great book.
@hirshy: I just think it is one of those books that can't be done well as a movie. Too much of the substance of the book takes place in ender's head. Also, they are going to have trouble shooting a scene with naked children murdering one another.
@wickedd365: Wow, that trailer does look really good actually. Now I'm excited too!
@hirshy: I dunno. The end of the 20th anniversary audiobook posted here a while back had a bit about it from Card himself and he was quite optimistic and seemed to have retained a great deal of creative control. While it is rare indeed to find a movie that equals an excellent novel it was drawn from, I doubt that they will manage to quite ruin the story.
Star Trek Into Darkness
Man of Steel
We went and saw The Impossible this weekend, and impossibly, all the movie previews looked great. The ones I most remember are World War Z and the Great Gatsby. The previews looked fantastic. I am also looking forward to Pacific Rim. The new Star Trek looks great.
I'm still waiting for one to excite me. :(
Only looking forward to Man of Steel this year. I will watch many other films, but they don't excite me as much.
The mythos of Superman is one that I have not yet seen captured sufficiently on film. I know that was the big foray into having comic-book motion pictures, but the Christopher Reeve films were either just light and camp or cheesy in portraying Superman and CK. Superman Returns came close to conveying the conflict Clark feels in regard to duty and honor vs. his own personal needs and cares. I absolutely adore the casting of Russel Crowe and Jonathan Kent as Clark's two conflicting father figures; Jor-El and Jonathan Kent, respectively. From the trailers, it seems like this will be the defining conflict of what drives Clark Kent into becoming "Superman".
I like my superheroes conflicted between what he or she owes to a society that loves and fears him or her. "The Death of Superman" is one of my favorite storylines in any comic book, but I doubt it will ever be a film.
A Good Day To Die Hard (aka Die Hard 5) is My number one film for 2013 but i think i might be putting a lot of pressure on a film made just because old actors revamping there old series is a hollywood trend. Also the Hobit II.
Thor sequel, although I'm disappointed Branagh didn't continue through. I think he did an excellent job on the first one, balancing mythology, action and humor. I'd really like to be looking forward to Man of Steel, but everything about it seems so grim. I am hoping to see Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing some time, but probably not in the theatres.


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Using Technologies to Increase Perfect Order Metrics
August 01, 2011
Companies are continually finding new ways to get the right goods to the right customers at the right time, and have developed many metrics to measure their performance in these areas. Most of these metrics show distribution productivity and accuracy are improving over time, which keeps raising the bar for service levels. For example, from 2007 to 2008, companies reduced their average days on hand of finished goods inventory from 35 days to 28, reduced dock-to-dock cycle time by 2.5 hours, and reduced days of sales outstanding from 40 days to 35, all while maintaining 98 percent fill rates.
Customers demand continuous improvement, and markets reward it. In 2007 the 25 companies with the best supply chains (as measured by AMR Research) greatly outperformed the S&P 500, producing an average total return of 17.9 percent, compared to 3.5% for the S&P.2 Companies with perfect order rates (a popular metric that measures customer orders that arrive complete, on time, undamaged, and with an accurate invoice) of 80 percent or higher are three times more profitable than companies with perfect order rates of 60 percent, a separate AMR Research study found.3 Better perfect order performance also correlates strongly to higher corporate earnings per share (EPS) and return on assets (ROA), the same study found.
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Some of the Tri-State Area's youth soccer players will be displaying their prowess today and Sunday at the Jefferson County Kiwanis Club Youth Soccer Complex.
They will be in town to participate in the third-annual Riverview Soccer Spectacular.
The event, which will feature play from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the fields located next to the Jefferson County Airpark, has attracted at least 20 teams and about 300 players.
While the event figures to be two days of high-quality soccer and camaraderie, it also offers a chance to show off one of the region's top soccer facilities and give the area economy a shot in the arm.
Credit for making the spectacular possible goes to co-organizer Dr. Himanshu Desai and his loyal group of volunteers, who have worked tirelessly to ensure a successful weekend.
The action on the fields will be only part of the story, however. Players and their families will stay in local hotels and eat in local restaurants this weekend. They will shop in local stores and buy gasoline from local retailers.
That's why the list of supporters includes the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Progress Alliance and the Steubenville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Major sponsors include the YES Team, Target Sports Shop, IBEW Local 246, Trinity Health System, DPS Penn, General Rental and the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times.
Desai and his co-organizers promise a great experience for players and their families along with casual fans of the sport. He said food and other concessions will be available at the complex, and a fun zone for children will offer a place to relax.
It adds up to a great weekend for soccer and a chance to show off the many good things our area has to offer to residents of our region.
And that's good for everyone.


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6 Places You Should Never Twitter From
For better or worse, Twitter is a full-fledged phenomenon these days. And why not? How else are we supposed to know when Ashton Kutcher is going to the grocery store? But as fantastic as it is to finally be able to let people know that you're in a shoe store without having to tote along a laptop, technology should be used with caution. There are just some places where you really shouldn't get your tweet on. For example...
#6. From a Bar
Unless you're a sports announcer or you happen to be hosting the last hour of the Today Show, getting hammered while doing anything that involves communicating with people via technology is usually a bad idea. For most of us, tweeting while drunk isn't a problem, provided you are among the 99.9 percent of users that nobody gives a shit about. But for celebrities, it's a whole different story. For every tweet, there are countless scrutinizing bloggers and journalists praying that you say something stupid.
San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Brian Wilson found this out the hard way.
After blowing his first save of the season during a day game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a team that couldn't hit their way into the second round of a Whack-A-Mole tournament, fans and sportswriters started looking for something to blame his shitty performance on. In short order, they came up with a plausible theory thanks to this...
As Wilson's tweets from the night before reveal, not only does he drink pansy ass coffee drinks and aspire to be Don Johnson circa 1985, but he was hanging out in a bar (and coming dangerously close to getting into fistfights) until after 1 am the morning of the game. Sure, damn near all of us have shown up to work hungover before, but we aren't getting paid millions of dollars to do our shit.
Above: Cracked headquarters, Monday morning.
After word of the ill-timed tweets got out, fans far and wide were questioning Wilson's dedication to the game. A few feeble attempts at explaining himself later (it was all made up!), Wilson did what most of us hope all Twitter users will do eventually. He deleted his Twitter account entirely.
#5. On Vacation
What would Twitter be if it didn't give users the opportunity to lord the awesomeness of their station in life over their lowly friends?
Fuck you.
It's only natural that if you're heading out for a kickass vacation you would want to tell everyone about it. That's great if you're just relaying the information to people you trust. But some people find joy in telling the entire goddamned world about it. But with that joy comes some inherent risks, chief among them, the risk that Internet criminals will know that your home and the thousands of dollars worth of computer and video equipment inside it are unoccupied and waiting for hot singles in their area to steal them and pawn them off for drug money.
The above video is a news report about Israel Hyman, a professional podcaster (really?) who posted a tweet to let the entire Internet know that he was going to be out of town for awhile.
In turn, the Internet (or at least a very small portion of it) decided to break into his home and take some shit. Granted, it can't be conclusively proven that the tweet led to the break in, but damn, is that really the kind of shit you want to tell everyone about? Prior to the Internet, did people who left town post giant signs on their house saying they were bailing for a few days? Nope, that would just be stupid. But apparently, posting the same information on the Web is completely reasonable. In our professional opinion, for his blatant stupidity, Israel kind of deserved to have his shit tooken. (Welcome to the comments section, Grammar Police!)
#4. From School
Understand, when we say don't tweet from school, we're not talking about students. You little bastards can do whatever you please. Social Networking is one of the only things making money these days so maybe tweeting your way through Pre Calc is the exact type of training you need for the future.
Instead, we're talking about teachers. Listen up Teach, children are the future (insert shivers down spine here), it's your job to ensure that future is not one that resembles the underrated Mike Judge cult-classic, Idiocracy. The least you could do is lay off the tweeting when you're in class and pay some attention to your flock. And we're sure 99 percent of the teachers out there do. That's more than can be said for some as of yet nameless teacher in Scotland.
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This beacon of positive childhood development found time between handing out hall passes and confiscating switchblades to post several derogatory messages about her students on Twitter. A number of those tweets were posted during classroom hours, including these niceties:
"The thought of having some of my S4 beyond exam time doesn't bear thinking about."
"Had S3 period 6 Friday for last two years, usually following two periods prep time. Don't know who least wants to do anything, them or me"
"Have three Asperger's boys in S1 class - never a dull moment! Always offer an interesting take on things."
"Haha, and you say there's no cure for Asperger's? That's great, you're hilarious, keep it up."
We're not sure what S3, S1 or S4 means, but we're guessing it's similar to the metric system in that most Americans don't care to learn anything about it. Of course, once parents got wind of the teacher's lackadaisical attitude toward their presumably asshole kids, they were furious. One parent expressed her outrage thusly, "She is paid a lot of money to do her job and it is unbelievable that she is sitting talking about them on a computer rather than teaching." Highly paid teachers? You foreigners is so crazy!


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The popular carousel near Battleship Cove, which has been shuttered since August due to needed repairs, is expected to be spinning again by spring.
Kenneth Fiola, vice president of the Fall River Office of Economic Development, the organization that owns the decades-old carousel, said local roofing company Hetzler Contracting is replacing shingles and laying rubber roofing on the building that houses the carousel. The work should be done by Dec. 1.
Work on the water-damaged ceiling is going to be repaired by FROED staff.
Fiola said he's waiting for a technician to make a minor repair to the carousel after the ride was rendered inoperable.
The carousel, built in 1920, is located near Battleship Cove. Staff of Battleship Cove have been managing the attraction since 2001 at no cost to FROED.
The ride was originally owned by amusement park Lincoln Park in Dartmouth. When the park closed, the carousel was nearly shipped to New York to be auctioned off, but the carousel was rescued by a group of Fall River business owners.
The carousel reopened in Fall River on May 22, 1992, after it was refurbished. More than 250,000 riders enjoyed the carousel the first year.
Fiola said the cost to repair the carousel is between $65,000 and $70,000, funded by FROED.
A crucial step, said Fiola, will be to meet with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and secure a lease for the land the carousel sits on. Fiola said he made the request to meet with DCR three weeks ago and is still waiting for a meeting.
When FROED initially received the carousel, it negotiated a lease on the land at Fall River Heritage State Park, which DCR owns, but no lease was ever signed. As part of the agreement, DCR wanted FROED to pave the parking lot and provide security, which was declined.
Despite not having a lease from DCR, the city was granted authorization to place the carousel and pavilion at that location through legislation under Chapter 530 of the Acts of 1991, according to Bill Hickey, acting press secretary for the DCR.
After FROED reaches an agreement, Fiola will look for a third-party partner.
"I want to keep all options open, and I'm open to an independent third-party who can maximize the carousel," Fiola said.
He said he foresees bringing a concession stand to the site and offering more private functions.
Battleship Cove Executive Director Brad King said his organization is still interested in continuing to manage the carousel, and said he met with Fiola last week.
"We're still on track," King said.
City Councilor David Dennis, who is head of the City Council Committee on Economic Development and Tourism, has been critical of FROED for allowing the carousel to deteriorate.
Page 2 of 2 - "It didn't happen overnight," Dennis said.
Although his term will be over at year's end, Dennis said he will have one more committee meeting to get an official update on the carousel.
"We don't want to be back here with patch-ups and putting the carousel on the back burner," Dennis said.
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I'm a beginner in Illustrator so please excuse me if this is a very noob question. There's this thin orange-ish outline around the text. I'm 100% certain it is not a stroke. I'm guessing it is Illustrator's way of telling me that text color should not go with that background color, because it seems to go away when I switch to certain background colors. But I don't like to be told what to do.. :|
So how do I get rid of this regardless of what background color I choose?