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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In the chess match of the fiscal cliff negotiations, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are narrowing the divide between their positions while contending with discontent among their respective ranks.
Boehner on Tuesday proposed what recently was the unthinkable for Republicans -- letting tax rates go up on income above $1 million as a short-term step to avoid some of the fiscal cliff while continuing to negotiate a broader deal.
The White House and Democratic leaders immediately rejected Boehner's move, saying the focus should be on a comprehensive deficit-reduction agreement instead of a partial step that no one likes.
It was the latest in a series of concessions by both sides since last week's school shooting in Connecticut that killed 20 youngsters.
Asked if the massacre affected what had been incremental negotiations, Boehner said: "I think both sides would agree to that."
"This is a difficult time for Americans," he said, adding that "it's not a time to put Americans through more stress."
At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney acknowledged that the Newtown tragedy had affected all Americans and "reminds us what really matters," but he stopped short of saying it had directly impacted the talks.
"It's obviously hard to know what the impact of an event like that is on the way that lawmakers and others in Washington approach other issues," Carney told reporters. He later added, "To the extent that an event like that, as tragic as it is, brings us a little closer together, both in the nation and in Washington, that would be a good thing, but it's hard to measure an impact like that."
The latest back-and-forth in the negotiations came two weeks from the end of the year, when automatic tax increases and spending cuts of the fiscal cliff will take effect.
At a news conference after meeting with House members Tuesday, Boehner called his new proposal a "plan B" to prevent tax rates from rising on everyone next year as part of the fiscal cliff.
The Ohio Republican told reporters it was important to have a "backup plan" to hold down most tax rates while continuing to negotiate a broader agreement. A Republican source told CNN that Boehner's plan B also would include GOP priorities to make permanent the current estate tax and alternative minimum tax.
While addressing part of the fiscal cliff, the Boehner plan B would leave intact government spending cuts, including defense, that are required under a budget deal reached last year to raise the federal debt ceiling. Known as sequestration, the cuts were intended to motivate Congress to reach a deficit-reduction deal to avoid them.
In separate but similar statements, the White House and Democratic leaders said Boehner's fallback option would fail to win congressional approval, especially in the Democratically controlled Senate.
Facing an insistent Obama and pressure from some in his own party, Boehner already had conceded on higher tax rates for wealthy Americans as part of the broader talks on an agreement to reduce the nation's chronic federal deficits and debt.
His plan B proposal Tuesday further demonstrated the lack of leverage Republicans have on the issue. Obama has made clear that allowing tax rates to go up on top income brackets was a non-negotiable demand to ensure that the wealthy contribute more to deficit reduction.
Under Obama's plan, which polls consistently show has strong public support, tax rates from the Bush era would be extended for families who earn less than $250,000. The higher rates of the 1990s would be assessed on incomes above that threshold.
As part of the broader talks, Obama on Monday raised the threshold for the higher tax rates to $400,000. The Boehner proposal would set the threshold at $1 million.
Democrats claimed Boehner made the plan B offer because he knows he can't get conservative House Republicans to back the agreement he is negotiating with the president.
"The Republicans in the House have rejected their own speaker's proposal at this stage," Rep. Xavier Becerra of California told reporters. "So, this stage it seems like the real negotiation and fight is among Republicans."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Boehner's backup plan appeared to be a result of pressure from tea party conservatives opposing a wider deal.
"It would be a shame if Republicans abandoned productive negotiations due to pressure from the tea party, as they have time and again," Reid said.
Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, shot back that the plan B proposal gave Democrats exactly what they wanted -- higher tax rates on millionaires. He noted the Senate passed a similar measure in 2010, saying that to oppose Boehner's plan now would make Democrats responsible for failing to avoid the fiscal cliff.
That brought a response from a spokesman for Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, who came up with the 2010 compromise that never won House approval.
Since the 2010 vote, "we've had an election on the president's tax plan, the president won, and Republicans can't turn the clock back," said the spokesman, Brian Fallons.
"It's not surprising Republicans are having buyer's remorse, but we need higher revenues now," Fallons said. "The more revenue we raise upfront through a tax rate increase on the wealthy, the less likely the middle class will get hit on the deduction side."
Carney made a similar point, telling reporters that Obama wants to lock in the increased revenue from higher tax rates on top income brackets now. Expected negotiations next year on a broader reform of the tax system would be "revenue neutral," meaning the changes would result in no increase or decrease of overall tax revenue, Carney said.
Conservatives trying to shrink the federal government generally oppose increasing tax revenue. They are particularly opposed to higher tax rates because history shows that once rates go up, it is difficult to later reduce government revenue by lowering them again.
Obama and Democrats argue that increased revenue, including higher tax rates on the wealthy, must be part of broader deficit reduction to prevent the middle class from getting hit too hard.
The president previously said that once Republicans agreed to higher tax rates on wealthy Americans, he would be willing to compromise on spending cuts and entitlement reforms sought by Boehner as part of what the president calls a balanced approach.
Obama's latest offer brought the two sides billions of dollars closer, but it also generated protests from the liberal base of the Democratic Party because it included some benefit cuts in entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Justin Ruben, executive director of MoveOn, the liberal movement that backed Obama's presidential campaigns, said the group's members would consider any benefit cuts "a betrayal that sells out working and middle-class families."
In particular, he cited concessions that Obama made in his Monday counteroffer, including a new formula for the consumer price index applied to benefits.
"If such a deal were proposed by the president and speaker, MoveOn members would expect every Senate and House Democrat to do everything in their power to block it," Ruben said. A litany of other progressive groups and politicians also expressed their opposition to what is known as chained CPI.


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This information page will help you with the various procedures necessary to maintain your F-1 immigration status while you are in the United States. It is important that you be aware of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regulations so that your stay in this country will be lawful. Your Designated School Official (DSO; currently Rick Houseknecht) will endeavor to keep up with the latest developments.
USCIS utilizes an internet-based system for tracking international students, called SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems). I-20 forms are generated for each family member from SEVIS.
SEVIS Fee
USCIS has instituted a $200 fee for all initial status students or students applying for reinstatement. This fee must be paid via credit card or check/money order drawn on a US bank. The fee may be sent to USCIS (with form I-901: I-901 Student/Exchange Visitor Processing Fee, P.O. Box 970020, St. Louis, Missouri 63197-0020) or paid over the internet (www.FMJfee.com). Students must have a receipt of payment in order to apply for a visa. For more information, see www.FMJfee.com. Note: If you are already in student status, you do not have to pay this fee.
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According to USCIS, F-1 students must be both matriculated and enrolled full time. Because Biblical is on trimesters, students must enroll in at least 9 credits in the fall, 9 credits in the winter, and at least 3 credits in the spring term. In order to remain "in status", you must maintain these requirements. You must also be making satisfactory progress toward your degree program.
Students who are granted an I-20 but who either fail to register or fail to show up for classes must be reported to USCIS.
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You must maintain a full-time course load (see above under Maintaining Status). Reductions for emergency and or ongoing medical reasons cannot exceed more than twelve months total (aggregate), and must be approved beforehand by the DSO.
If you fail to take classes for a trimester, drop below full-time status for one term without any authorization, or fail to file for an extension before the date of completion on your I-20, you will be "out of status". In order to regain your status you must request reinstatement. Students out of status for more than 5 months cannot be reinstated and must leave the country.
Reinstatement is not granted for student or DSO oversights. It will only be considered for circumstances beyond your control, such as serious illness or injury, closure of the institution, or natural disaster.
Students will be required to submit a new I-20, noting the student request for reinstatement, and form I- 539 by mail to the district director. Once adjudicated, the student will receive his or her I-20 form with the decision of the director.
If you are in the country illegally for more than 5 months without filing for reinstatement, you will be barred from entering the U.S. for 3 years. Please be careful to maintain your status!
Program extensions
If you find that you will not be able to complete your program by the date on your I-20, you must notify the DSO immediately for a program extension. You should notify him before the program completion date on the I-20. He will issue you another I-20 with the new date of completion.
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If you decide to change to another academic program at Biblical, you may need a new I-20. This will most likely involve providing updated financial data. Please see the DSO if you are considering a change in your program.
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Biblical Seminary is required to keep F-1 student addresses up to date. If you move, please submit your new address to the DSO immediately.
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Upon the fulfilling of all of the requirements for your degree, you have a 60-day grace period before you must leave the country. This is true even if you finish your degree before the date on your I-20. If you plan to remain in the country you must gain admittance to another degree program or apply for optional practical training before your current program is completed.
If you plan to transfer to another school, please notify the DSO immediately. You should provide the name of the school, proof that you have been accepted at the school, and the date you plan to transfer. The DSO will transfer you out of your program at Biblical and set a release date when the other school can view your SEVIS record.
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7 Pack Diamond Anti Dust Earphone Jack Plug Stopper for Apple iPhone 3G 3Gs 4 4S for $4.99 + free shipping
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Totally won't work with on anything other than an iPhone. Trust me. Dust all over the headphone jack of my Galaxy S2, what a nightmare!! Now what am I going to do with 7 of these and no iPhones?!
lol countdown. i know right. they are the right size to fit any headphone jack but for some reason they just dont keep the dust out on anything but an iPhone...
Are you guys that dumb? It clearly says IPHONE, not any phone.
@pringle13: are YOU that dumb? Obviously you are
I never thought about how dust is destroying my jacks. that's pretty.... JACKED UP! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


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The exhaustion of war
I suspect few war-mongers come here, so I don't want to alarm anyone, but.... Secretary of Defense Robert Gate's "exit" interview with Jim Lehrer on the PBS Newshour (June 23) was impressive. The man is sane and even balanced! He spoke of the troops' exhaustion; he seemed a little exhausted himself--time to become the dispensable nation?There is a transcript posted here. Dare I say, far more impressive than his predecessor--what's his name.
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Goven the present crop pf GOP presidential candidates I keep looking around for other possible GOP candidates. I wonder if Gates is a Republican. Should Obama go down in the polls I think we'd need to worry about who is running against him.
The same wise man gave a superb speech recently on that most human of old arts - leadership. It was not about how to go to sea and win but about "a strength of purpose and belief in a cause that reaches out to others, touches their hearts and makes them eager to follow." It was impossible while reading it not to think of the long stream of Catholic bishops and cardinals whose performance has been on display in recent times. The speech is non-sectarian and non-military - it's for anyone burdened with important responsibilities and authority. Recommended. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gates-on-leadership-a-rare-and-pr...
The glorification of war in this country is a sick affair. It is one thing to defend against attackers. It is another to go to war for material interests. The latter, sadly, is more common.
Thanks for the link to the text. I find it much more rewarding to go over what's said at a reading-and-review pace, instead of being dragged along linearly at the speed of and with the distractions of the video.Sane, balanced, sure. And intelligent, reasonable. One hopes his successor will be made from an equally solid mold.I wonder, though, what happens if the "enemy" should simply pick another -stan in which to base themselves. Also, presumably, keeping Iraq and Afghanistan adequately supported when the spotlight of "our war" is off them will be a tough political job.
Jack Barry ==Yes, thanks for posting that address for Secretary Gates' superb speech. He certainly deserves a rest, but I hope he'll be available for future service. Wise man.
Huntsman/Gates '12!
Thanks for the Gates speech. Very nice. It reminds me of "A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix" by Ed Friedman, a book I recommend. There's a slight danger here: it runs the risk of romanticizing the image of the leader, full of integrity, standing alone against all opposition. My guess is this will produce both the best and the worst of situations, depending on how often a leader mistakes ego (or something) for integrity.
Jack Barry: Good call. I attended the USNA commencement and the Secretary did indeed give a very nice address. I did not attend, but have heard from colleagues, the Secretary spoke at this year's Notre Dame commencement regarding public service which was well regarded by the people I know who read it.
JL: Why not gates/huntsman?
Not sure Gates is that interested. Nor am I sure of his debt/budget credentials, unlike Huntsman.But I wouldn't be that disappointed by Gates/Huntsman, as long as he appointed Mitch Daniels to Treasury and Obama to HHS.
Then again, what if Gates is a Democrat? He has worked for 8 presidents. I remember when people were just starting to talk about Eisenhower as a potential candidate no one was sure which party he was in. He was a real centrist, at least for his time.
"Then again, what if Gates is a Democrat? He has worked for 8 presidents. "He is a known registered Republican, hence the plaudits Obama earned by keeping him.
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Several companies that operate barges on the drought-stricken Mississippi River have asked Gov. Steve Beshear to intervene by calling for a presidential disaster declaration.
The companies, including three based in Paducah, said doing so could be a first step in getting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release water from the Missouri River to improve the flow of the Mississippi.
Crounse Corp., Marquette Transportation Co., AEP River Operations, James Marine and Ingram Barge Co., made the appeal in a Dec. 20 letter.
On the day the letter was penned, company officials said 15 towboats were waiting to travel an especially shallow portion of the Mississippi with barges that were only partially filled in order to navigate the channel.
Beshear previously declined to ask for a presidential disaster declaration.


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I am making an icon depicting "Follow me" can 2 arrows pointing to either sides be used as follow me or any other suggestions arrows in a circle??? chain link...?
Can an icon depicting two arrows pointing in opposite direction be used as an indicator for "Follow me"
Unless you are used to walking in two different opposite direction at once this icon is a poor graphical representation for following you :-)
The problem is that there is no accepted standard graphical representation for "follow me", mostly because there is no accepted definition for the "follow me" action (at least on a computer).
So 1. you really do need to provide more information if you want icon suggestions and 2. the icon will be non-standard (because the action is non-standard) and will (not might, will) be confusing to new users of your site - so a label is a better solution in this case.
By the way, two arrows in opposite direction is the standard icon for "conflict" in development tools, and chain links is the "link" icon in almost every document editing program/component on the plant (including the text box on UI stack exchange I'm typing this into right now).
If you mean follow me on twitter use a bird icon (preferably with the label "follow me on Twitter").
"Follow" is an not a common action and has no standard icon. A text label is more obvious.
Twitter provides text on their "follow" button. If icon-only approach does not work for them, it hardly would anywhere else. I assume they did some usability testing.
UsabilityPost put out a great article last week about false simplicity. Here's a great quote related to what has been discussed so far with this question:
I would need to understand the context of your "Follow Me" icon more to give a concrete answer, but it sounds like something that needs to be more obvious to the user.
If your layout leaves no room for a label, use a easier-to-understand button. Maybe an icon with a Twitter bird? Otherwise, use a label.
On a general note, icons don't have to accurately depict the operation they stand for, though as wnathanlee points out with his link to this Usability Post article icons can be pretty meaningless without context.
Yes it does help, but what's more important is that your applications icons are clear and unambiguous within the context of your application and you've made it easy for your users to find out what they mean. You also need to make sure that you are consistent with industry norms - using
Tooltips and optional text help to educate people as to what icons mean, but you may have to consider using text instead.
What's the context? Is this your own web site or a gadget/widget that other people include on their web site?
+1 to Chris's note -- and I'd also say that you should not only try to be consistent with industry norms, and more importantly be consistent inside your app: having the icon in different places it should still indicate the same thing.
Also, if it's clickable, make sure you visually represent its clickability as distinct from flat labels and text.
Finally, try to be sensitive to cultural norms -- black, white and red all have cultural significance in various countries. And colour blindness -- avoid red / green combinations as 6% of the male population have this.


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STEUBENVILLE - The owner of a funeral home has signed a tentative offer to purchase the former St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, rectory and convent on South Seventh Street.
Hardin Martin, owner of the Williams, Gregory, Martin Funeral Home on North Seventh Street, said Thursday night the transaction still is pending as he proceeds with financing and applies for a rezoning of the property in order to operate a funeral home at the site.
"Hopefully with the grace and focus of God it will be a new funeral home facility. Our direction will be to have a full service, multi-cultural funeral facility in the community," said Martin.
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CLOSING AT ST. ANTHONY CHURCH — Parishioners of the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church carried a statue of St. Anthony from the church following a June 8, 2008, Mass by former Bishop R. Daniel Conlon. The church was closed and the parish was merged with five other parishes to form the Triumph of the Cross parish. A tentative sales agreement has been signed to sell the former church, rectory and convent on South Seventh Street to Hardin Martin, who plans to convert the building into a funeral home.
"We will richly value the church's historical background," he added.
The church was one of three Catholic parishes closed on June 8, 2008, as part of a consolidation of six city parishes that were merged into the new Triumph of the Cross parish.
The closing of three church buildings and the merging of six city Catholic parishes into one parish was first announced in 2005.
Former Diocese of Steubenville Bishop R. Daniel Conlon officially signed the pastoral plan, renewing the church in Steubenville into effect in July 2005 that called for the merging of "Holy Name Cathedral, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Stanislaus, Holy Rosary, St. Pius X and Servants of Christ the King. This new Parish shall be formed gradually, as provided in the Steubenville Task Force Pastoral Plan: Renewing the Church in Steubenville. I further decree that the name of the Parish shall be Triumph of the Cross Parish."
In an April 5, 2008, interview, Conlon described the merger of the six parishes "as an opportunity for new growth. The closing of a parish is like losing a loved one. You have to accept the reality. But in this case we can move forward with the new parish."
Conlon planned to build a new church near Catholic Central High School but construction of the church never took place.
According to diocesan spokeswoman Pat DeFrancis, "Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton has gathered information on the plans to build a new church and is weighing the input. He will make a decision on a new church building in the next several months."
The former church, rectory and convent have been for sale since the church was closed in 2008.
"An offer was made on the property through a local Realtor. The parish finance and pastoral councils recommended the sale to Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton," said the Rev. Thomas R. Nau, pastor of Triumph of the Cross parish.
"The sale is contingent on rezoning of the property to commercial and obtaining of financing by the buyer," Nau said.
Nau said conditions of the sale exclude the former St. Anthony School, now used by the Jefferson County Community Action Council Head Start, and provides access to the former convent for a period of time by Urban Mission Ministries.
Martin said the Williams, Gregory, Martin Funeral Home on North Seventh Street will remain open and operating while the purchase of the former church proceeds.
"We have been told the rezoning application will take from 60 to 90 days. We also have to have an architect come in and look at the buildings as we prepare it for a funeral home facility. Once we move our funeral home to the new property, we will be revamping our business and it will be under new management," said Martin. He said the lease for the North Seventh Street funeral home will go back to the owner.
"We are excited about this opportunity and are working hard to make this happen," Martin said.
"The church has been sitting empty since it was closed. This will be good for the South End of the city," remarked Tony Guida of Guida Realty who handled the transaction.
Diocesan officials declined to discuss the financial terms of the tentative purchase agreement of the St. Anthony property.
The former St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and school building were sold in 2010 for $50,000.
DeFrancis said the stained glass windows and all religious items in the St. Anthony church were removed following the closing of the church.
St. Anthony of Padua was a national parish that was established in 1906 at the Holy Name Church.
By 1910, construction was started for the church on South Seventh Street that opened later that year with, according to the Herald-Star, "a ceremonial procession that ended at the church where Bishop John Hartley of the Columbus Diocese knocked and the church doors were opened."
The 2008 closing of St. Anthony Church drew the most vocal opposition when the six parishes were merged into the Triumph of the Cross parish.


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I commute by bicycle every day, and sometimes I use my commute for training and to improve my fitness (I wear cycling clothes and shower when I arrive, so I can push hard if needed). About a month ago I obtained a heart rate monitor to aid my training. Based on my physical characteristics, male age 31 5'9" 200 lbs, I should have a max heart rate of around 185. However, in the last month my heart rate rarely exceeded 160 BPM, even on some tough climbs, and I've only ever exceeded 170 BPM twice, and only for a few seconds, once reaching 171 and once 174. This is despite numerous "all-out" efforts over the course of the commute. What number should I use for my max heart rate for the purposes of interval training and endurance training?
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You can use max heart rate to determine training zones assuming you can get an accurate max heart rate. There are several calculations you can use to guess a max heart rate zone. However, max heart rates can very drastically and in many cases is NOT an indicator of overall health. Some people have really high max heart rates because they have a very high resting heart rate. Some people are the exact opposite. And others have a smaller range between max heart rate and resting heart rate. A good field test can determine your max heart rate better than any calculation. The problem with a field test for a max heart rate is that it is difficult to perform on a bike, outside and do so safely. So, it is commonly done on a bike trainer which may or may not be as accurate as riding outside. Also, if done correctly, your body will be in such a state of stress and fatigue that you will need several days to recover. May I offer an alternative?
Instead of focusing on a max heart rate, let's use your aerobic threshold and build your zones based off that number. Your aerobic threshold is the effort and/or heart rate where you body changes from a mostly aerobic state to a mostly anaerobic state. A common set of training zones, often used in endurance sports, like triathlon is Z1-Z5 where Z1 is easier than Z2 is easier than Z3, etc. Z3 is usually right around your aerobic threshold and Z5 is just about full on effort that can only be handled for very short periods of time. Many people find benefit from training in a Z2 zone (aerobic) for long periods of time and then throwing in some short Z4 and Z5 intervals to build anaerobic performance. But, many more people that do not do zone training suffer from a lot of Z3 training - they are going too hard to build aerobic endurance but aren't working hard enough to build anaerobic performance, speed and power.
I should also note that the Z1-Z5 zones is only one example of zone training. I've also seen and used other programs that have many more zones and are named A1, A2, A3, AT1, AT2, etc. There are several resources available to determine your zones once you know your anaerobic threshold and/or lactic threshold, which are similar, but may not be the same heart rate.
Phil Maffetone has a fairly simple way of figuring out similar to a Z2 heart rate zone for you without any field tests. Some will argue or agree that this is where you should spend the majority of your training.
Joe Friel also describes setting your zones (Z1-Z5) based on your lactic threshold.
Bike Zones
And one last point. An example field test to find your aerobic threshold or lactic threshold is to do a time trial. For instance warm up slowly over 15 minutes to a comfortable but low race pace effort. At 15 minutes in the TT will begin. You want to go as hard as you can at an effort (not speed) that you can maintain for 30 minutes. 10 minutes into the TT, hit the lap button on your HRM. And after the full 30 minute TT, hit the lap button again. Cool down appropriately. Your average HR for the 20 minute second part of the TT can be used as the base for the Zones. If you go out too hard and cannot maintain a stead effort for the full 30 minutes, you will probably want to try the field test again in a week or two.
If you want to get the most out of your workouts, then training in your target heart rate zone is one step toward doing that. Hence the word zone, its actually a range of bpm that you want to stay in during your workout. From what I've seen, %50-80 of your max is sufficient, I don't think anyone can train very close to their max for very long.
They also don't say much about if a certain exercise will put you there. If you've been biking long, then biking the same route every day may not put you in your t.h.z. like, say, sprinting for example. It's all about adaptation there.
The calculators are also an estimate, don't be afraid to dial it up or down as needed. If the monitor says your operating at 160 but you're barely breaking a sweat, try wearing a weight vest for added resistance, for example. After listening to your body in addition to where the formula puts you, you'll know your true target heart rate zone.
This is one THR calculator.


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Hey guys, done a season at Barcelona and realised just how awesome Fabregas is, and Iniesta too.
Im asking for a squad you had or have, players, positions, attributes - everything!
The teams/players that are personal favourites and why!
Hey guys, done a season at Barcelona and realised just how awesome Fabregas is, and Iniesta too.
Im asking for a squad you had or have, players, positions, attributes - everything!
The teams/players that are personal favourites and why!
Hmm i dont think i could name a full eleven as i havent completed many seasons but for whatever reason (pending i'm in the championship or below) i always tend to sign Stevenage's centre half Mark Roberts and also Chuks Aneke i like to try and make him a solid prem league quality player, oh and Charlie Telfer (16yr old always released by Rangers) lol
Lol cool! How cine you dont complete seasons though?
Eden Hazard & Mario Gotze. why? because their the dogs bollocks. Plain and simple
dunno about favourite eleven, my favourite strike force is Leando Damiao,Neymar and Jovetic in a 4.3.3
leigh griffiths. goal machine
my best-performing and best-deal non-regen players that i have BOUGHT
Schelotto(fm11-siena) GonzaloRodriguez(fm11-everton) Rajkovic(fm12-roma) Lukovic(fm10-roma)
MauroMilano(fm11-siena) FrodeJohnsen(fm11-siena) Vukojevic(fm11-everton) Buonanotte(fm10-roma)
Cardozo(fm10-roma) Paloschi(fm12-roma)
Paloschi! Man I had forgot about him. Made him into a PSV legend on FM11 after getting him on a free. Used to net consistent hat-tricks. Thanks man.
My strongest all time FM XI (so no CM players):
Igor Akinfeev - never actually controlled him, but he's the only goalkeeper who stands out despite some great ones playing for me. I remember him making impossible double and triple saves on FM07.
Darijo Srna- had him for Reading on FM07 and Man City on FM09 or 10. Only regens stand out to be honest, but I never had any issues with Srna. Versatile and a good set piece taker.
Ibrahima Sonko- a total rock for my Reading team on FM07.
Martin Skrtel- complemented Sonko excellently at Reading. Also had him at Liverpool on FM10.
Nicky Shorey- going to round off my title-winning defence from Reading. Excellent going forward, and displaced Ashley Cole from the England side.
Maxi Rodriguez- scored loads of goals and dominated my right flank, first at Atlético on FM07, then at Liverpool on FM10.
Michael Ballack- the best player I've ever had. Dominated the midfield for my Chelsea side on FM07, and scored brilliant goals with both feet and his head.
David Dunn- my Blackburn team from FM11 moved from 19th to 8th after I took over. Dunn was easily our best player, dribbling forward from midfield. He'd spend 70 minutes trying to set up a goal, then when one chance too many was missed, he'd score one himself.
Mark Gonzalez- outperformed Messi for my Liverpool side on FM07. Scored four goals in one brief subsitute appearance against Newcastle.
Daniel Sturridge- kept my Burnley side up on FM07, notably scored 5 goals in one match and was one of two Premiership-quality players.
Danny Welbeck- I have to include someone from my current Newcastle side. He massively outscored Ba and Cisse... until his loan expired
Good stuff lads! I always remember Berbatov for my FM09, 42 EPL goals and 19 assists in 36 games. A Target Man like no other. On my recent Barca save Iniesta assisted 42 of our league goals while scoring 7 himself. Fabregas though, 22 league goals with 12 assists. I found that just brilliant! I couldn't drop either of them lol, awesome season.
Oliver Norwwod and Robbie Brady Great free signings for Championship teams after first season. Norwood is ace from free kicks.
Iker Muniain - Had him in my game last year after seeing someone recommend him and he was brilliant - got him again this year and he's once again being brilliant.
Eden Hazard - again someone who i bought in previous versions and is performing excellently again
Heroes people!
probably michele paolucci for siena. he was truly a one-man team, leading in goals and MOTM's. i never had any other FM save where one player was completely dominant over the others. i didn't buy paolucci though. he was in siena's FM11 default squad. i even rejected a €54m bid for him from man city
Epic! Anyone else have any players that can beat that?
Sergio Aguero was unbelievable for me on a City save I had. over 40 league goals each season for 3 years. Also have to mention Sergio Floccari at Parma. Scored probably 70% of my goals over 2 seasons in Serie A.
Aguero only seems to net around 15 goals when its AI though lol. I bought him for my Barca save to partner Messi as Villa wasn't getting any younger and they scored 74 goals between them. Good season that one lol
since 08 to 12 and just going off my man united saves my team would have to be
rafeal zapata vidic fabio
valencia sissoko guardado
dzeko rooney aguero
guardado was only good on 09 or 10 but he was a tank on it, a lot of people said fabio and rafeal are crap but always did amazing for me and for the right wing it was always valencia and a regen and no matter how good the regen was valencia used to keep them out the team
Gk: Luis Ghuilerme
Lb: Lucas Digne
Cb: Sakho
Cb: Prestia
Rb: Romario
Dm: M'vila
Cm: Sigurison
Cm: Eriksen
If: Hazard
If: Gotze
Fc: Fierro
my favourite played all time is a guy named troy deeney (he plays for watford now i think) When i was playing fm 08 he was at wallsall and i just abused the fact he was quicker than everyone else and keep hitting long balls (I kinda knew i wasn't going to score goals if my highlights went for longer than about 10 seconds)
K.Schmeichel The lad has been a legend in the series for some time now..
Darijo Srna Quite how he hasn't been persuaded to join the big european leagues thus far is beyond me.
Leandro Gioda Is there anyone who hasn't bought this legendary CB? and if so, where have you been the last 3 FM's in the series?
Kompany Bought this guy almost every game i ever played (alongside his compatriot vanden borre also) ... glad to see he's proving to be one of the best in the world irl too
Joe Mattock Loved this kid.. always first choice for a young LB to develop
Cherno Samba If you didn't idolize this lad.. you weren't a fan of the game...
Mark Kerr Ruled the Midfield of any team you bought him for like a boss, be in Man utd or Luton.
Fredy William Was a tossup between this Fredy or the other (adu) .. but Thompson just pips it... buy him for 100k .. sell for 100 million
Gareth Bale Superb... particularly in fm12 but has been for some time now
Leandro Damiao Best Striker bar none in this version imo ....
John Fleck Always been legendary
honourable mention goes to :
nicolas millan
sherman cardenas
and i leave you with the best player ive ever managed:
I always want to sign James Rodriguez.. i played him on the right wing as an Inside Foward... they guy is an assist machine! chips in with a few goals too!
Only been playing since FM09, but mine would probably go:
GK: Alex Smithies (FM11, Porto) Model of consistency, kept goal for three back-to-back CL winning seasons with the Portuguese giants.
RB: Romário (FM11, Blackburn) Still good in FM12, but could be picked up for absolute peanuts in 11, think it was about £250k or something. Top talent given a few years.
CB: Phil Jones (FM11, Blackburn) The base of a very enjoyable Blackburn save. Nailed-on starter as a teenager, doesn't get better than that.
CB: Raphaël Varane (FM11, Porto) An unbelievably solid defender after a few developmental seasons, one of the few Ballon d'Or nominated central defenders I've had (non-newgen).
LB: Šime Vrsaljko (FM11, Blackburn) Slightly out of position, but just goes to show his immense versatility and ability to play solidly in several defensive positions. Even if not a starter, he's a tremendous squad player.
DM: Lorenzo Crisetig (FM12, Pro Vercelli) My absolute favourite FM player since he burst onto the (FM) scene a few versions ago. Even made me, a life-long Milanista, cheer when he came on for Inter for his Champions League debut last season IRL. Model pro, Italy captain, amore mio.
DM: João Moutinho (FM11, Porto) Superb deep-lying playmaker for the aforementioned Porto, as well as an excellent tutor and example.
AMR: Antoine Griezmann (FM12, Pro Vercelli) Ballon d'Or, World Cup winner, captain of my Pro Vercelli team and one of the few outfield players I've kept playing well into his 30s.
AMC: Andrea Bertolacci (FM12, Pro Vercelli) Solid performer and very versatile, having deployed him both as an inside forward, trequartista and a deep-lying playmaker.
AML: Iker Muniain (FM11, Athletic Bilbao) Part of a triple of super-talented Basques in the current Bilbao side along with Llorente and Martínez, Muniain is the most versatile (although Martínez makes for an excellent ball-playing central defender come to think of it) and, at his best, most unplayable. Great inside forward who can create and score in equal measure.
ST: Hervin Ongenda (FM12, Pro Vercelli) Hardest spot to decide on, as I have had some prolific speedy finishers up front over the years (Paloschi, Juanmi, Gianni Bruno, Bakambu etc.) but Ongenda has without question been the best, guaranteed well over a goal per game if nurtured and pushed to it.
Just missed the cut: Zargo Touré, Diego Polenta, Alberto Paloschi, Stevan Jovetić, Hulk, Javier Pastore, João Moutinho, Javier Martínez, Marco Verratti and probably a few others.
GK: Tim Krul - immense for me in FM 11, had some unbelievable saves and never made a single silly mistake (unlike Velthuizen at Vitesse, but he was great too).
RB: Mattias Johansson - fantastic Swedish talent in FM 2012 pre-January transfer update, available for a very low fee, very good at the start and even better as the time goes on, he was the best RB in Eredivisie in my Vitesse save (yeah, better than van der Wiel whom I managed in FM 11 on Newcastle save).
CB: Nelson Rivas - you know the deal surely. Such a great defender available for free, a physical beast who lets no one beat him. Playing a high defensive line never was so easy!
CB: Siyanda Xulu - the great unknown from South Africa, another bargain from Sundowns. He wasn't the best when he arrived to my Vitesse side, but he developed into my leading defender, scored some important goals too.
LB: Jose Enrique - one of the best LBs in FM 11, having him at Newcastle was a pleasure. Ridiculously fast and some great early crosses too.
MC: Adam Vass - not surprising I guess, cheaper and younger than the mighty Nick Montgomery, he's a rock in midfield. Had some great moments in offensive too, scored a few nice goals. Beast.
MC: Sejad Salihović - not the cheapest buy, but a 35-yard free kick to make it 1:0 for Newcastle at Old Trafford was worth every single penny (the match ended 5:4 for me and what a game it was!). He's my first buy whenever I can afford him and my favourite player ever.
MC: Simon Vukcević - FM 10, Sporting save and... yeah, the corner bug. You couldn't find a better player to make a good use of it. Simon was fantastic in the open play too though, shame he's not as good in real life.
AMC: Gylfi Sigurdsson - 7:1 against Benfica at Estadio da Luz and guess who scored the opener just two minutes in. 20-yard half-volley into the top corner. I had a terrible run with Vitesse at the end of 2012, scored just three goals and got four points from five games. Then I see this beast available for just 3 milion pounds. He single-handedly turned the season around and defended us the champions trophy.
ST: Liedson - FM 10 again, Sporting again. Converted every single chance into a goal, I was amazed how good can a striker be in this game (especially when watching Postiga wasting shot after shot). Shame he lost it after two years and I had to sell him.
ST: Willian - immense as a winger, immense as an inside forward and, guess what, immense as a poacher. Scoring and assisting, the man who wins games for every team he plays at. He's even better than Neymar.
There wasn't enough space for other great players, like Shaqiri, Simon Poulsen, Nick Hofs and Milan Lalkovic.


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- PIO Number: 01-9-14
- Date: Sept. 13, 2001
- Time: 0100
- Place of Occurrence: West Hillsboro Boulevard, Deerfield Beach
- William Benton, 39, 5/12/62, male, 684 Lock Road, Deerfield Beach
Description of Incident:
The Broward Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in finding a mentally disabled Deerfield Beach man.
William Benton is 39 years old, but he has the mental capacity of an eight-year-old and BSO detectives are concerned about his welfare. Benton's mother reported him missing early today after he failed to come home Wednesday evening. He was last seen in the 1700 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard at about 5 p.m.
Benton does not have his medication and may be agitated. He is slightly autistic and wears a dog tag necklace. He is known to frequent the Las Olas and Victoria Park areas of Fort Lauderdale, in addition to Deerfield Beach.
Benton was last seen wearing a navy blue tank top shirt and faded tan shorts. He is 39 years old, is 5'10" and weighs 160 pounds.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of William Benton is urged to dial 911 or call the BSO Missing Persons Unit at (954) 321-4240.
- THIS REPORT BY: Sgt. D. Bjorndalen, Lt. S. Schlueter, CI Jim Leljedal / PIO 9/13/01 1530
Posted At: 09/13/2001 03:27 PM
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Is there a characterization of modules $N$ for which the functor $N\otimes-$ reflects exact sequences?
As Alex Becker pointed out, $N$ is faithfully flat iff $N\otimes_R -$ preserves and reflects exact sequences. Since $N$ is flat iff $N\otimes_R -$ preserves exact sequences, you might think $N$ is faithful iff $N\otimes_R -$ reflects exact sequences. This is wrong, as we'll show below. These faithfully flat modules are extremely important, and probably the better place to do work if you can manage it. I think the concept of a module $N$ such that $N\otimes_R -$ reflects exact sequences (but $N$ is not faithfully flat) is an interesting one. However, this concept doesn't seem to appear in T.Y. Lam's Lectures on Modules and Rings, and that's my bible for these types of questions. So it seems the community hasn't found this concept interesting yet. Since no one seems to have coined a phrase for these yet, let's call them reflecting modules (not to be confused with reflexive modules).
When seeking to prove a module is flat you can use that $N\otimes_R -$ is always right exact, so all you need to show is that $N\otimes_R -$ preserves monomorphisms. To show $N$ is reflecting is harder. For example, you must show that if $N\otimes_R g$ is an epimorphism, then $g$ is an epimorphism. You must also show that if $N\otimes_R f$ is a monomorphism then $f$ is a monomorphism. These two follow if $N\otimes_R -$ is a faithful functor (this explains the terminology). According to Theorem 7.1 in Theory of Categories by Barry Mitchell, if $T:C\rightarrow D$ is faithful functor between exact categories which have zero objects, and if $T$ preserves the zero objects, then $T$ reflects exact sequences. Since $R$-mod is an exact category with a zero object, this tells us that $N$ is reflecting if $N\otimes_R -$ is faithful. We'll show the converse below. Consider the following two properties:
(1) For any left $R$-module $M$, $N\otimes_RM=0 \Rightarrow M=0$
(2) A homomorphism of left $R$-modules $\phi:M'\rightarrow M''$ is zero if the induced homomorphism $N\otimes_R M' \rightarrow N\otimes_R M''$ is zero. Note that this property is exactly saying $N\otimes_R -$ is faithful.
When $N$ is flat, these are equivalent, and also equivalent to the fact that $N$ is faithfully flat. Even without the flatness hypothesis, the theorem above shows (2) implies $N$ is reflecting. We can also see that (2) implies (1) because if $N\otimes_R M = 0$ then the map $N\otimes_R 0 \rightarrow N\otimes_R M$ is zero, so the map $0\rightarrow M$ is zero, proving $M=0$. Next, (1) implies (2) because if $N\otimes_R \phi = 0$ then $0=im(N\otimes_R \phi)=N\otimes_R im(\phi)$ so by (1), $im(\phi)=0$. Finally, $N$ reflecting implies (1) because knowing $N\otimes_R 0 \rightarrow N\otimes_R M\rightarrow N\otimes 0$ is exact implies $0\rightarrow M\rightarrow 0$ is exact, so we see $N\otimes_R M=0\Rightarrow M=0$. This completes the characterization:
(EDIT: Thanks to Martin for pointing out a flaw in the previous version. Here is an argument, now superfluous and a bit fishy, that $N$ reflecting implies (2): suppose $N\otimes_R \phi$ is zero. Then, because $N\otimes_R ker(\phi) = ker(N\otimes_R \phi)$, we see $0\rightarrow N\otimes_R M' \rightarrow N\otimes_R ker(\phi)\rightarrow 0$ is exact, so $0\rightarrow M'\rightarrow ker(\phi)\rightarrow 0$ is exact, i.e. $\phi=0$. This is fishy because it's not clear to me that $N\otimes ker(-) = ker(N\otimes -)$, though it does seem to work for $im(-)$.)
It may also be equivalent to say that for all maximal ideals $I\subset R$, if $N\otimes_R R/I=0$ then $R/I=0$, but I haven't checked this.
EDIT (in response to requests from Will Sawin and Zhen Lin for examples): I'll end by remarking on a confusing bit of terminology and giving some examples. There is a notion of what it means for a module $N$ to be faithful, but it is not equivalent to the above. One says $N$ is faithful if $Ann_R(N)=0$ (this appears in Lam). Note that this website erroneously calls a module faithful if it satisfies (1) above, but the link is still useful as it gives some properties of such modules and examples of modules which satisfy (1) but are not flat. An additional example is $N=\mathbb{Z}\oplus \mathbb{Z}/2$ over $R=\mathbb{Z}$. This seems to show that if $M$ is faithfully flat and $L$ is any module, then $N = M\oplus L$ will be reflecting but not necessarily flat. It's easy to see that $N$ is faithful iff for all nonzero $a\in R$, $aN \neq 0$. So (1) implies $N$ is faithful, because we can take $M=(a)$ for each $a$ and use the fact that $N\otimes_R (a) = aN$.
Note that $N$ faithful does not imply that $N\otimes -$ is a faithful functor. For example, $\mathbb{Q}$ is faithful as a $\mathbb{Z}$-module (since it's torsion free), but $\mathbb{Q}$ clearly fails (1) because $\mathbb{Q}\otimes \mathbb{Z}/2=0$. Faithfully flat implies faithful and flat, but not conversely (again because of $\mathbb{Q}$). Indeed, a module can even be projective and faithful, but fail to be faithfully flat. Consider $P=\mathbb{Z}\oplus \mathbb{Z}\oplus \dots$ as a module over $R = \mathbb{Z}\times \mathbb{Z}\times \dots$. It's faithful because it's a subring, it's projective (e.g. by the dual basis lemma), but it's not faithfully flat because for any maximal ideal $m$ of $R$ containing $P$, $Pm=P$.


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The settlement offer would cover potential fines owed by BP under the Clean Water Act and payments under another process known as the Natural Resources Damage Assessment. The fines stem from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill that ensued from the Deepwater Horizon well blowout in April 2010.
By TOM FOWLER
The US Justice Department and Gulf Coast states are mulling
offering BP a $16 billion deal to settle civil claims related
to the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident, according to
people familiar with the discussions.
The settlement offer would cover potential fines owed by BP
under the Clean Water Act and payments under another process
known as the Natural Resources Damage Assessment, or NRDA, the
people said. The fines stem from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil
spill that ensued from the Deepwater Horizon well blowout in
April 2010.
BP's potential Clean Water Act fines could run as high as
$17.6 billion, but the company has argued they would likely be
less than $5 billion. The NRDA payments could also run into the
billions, but they are tax deductible for BP.
BP must be found to have been grossly negligent in its role
leading up to the blowout and spill to receive the highest
penalty. The company argues it wasn't grossly negligent and
prosecutors and plaintiffs have a very high bar to clear to
prove otherwise.
The potential settlement offer helps illustrate the thinking
of federal and state governments about the largest penalty BP
faces in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon saga, a figure that
has been subject to wildly ranging guesses. But it is far from
certain that even if the offer is made, it will bring the
UK-based oil company closer to a deal.
The first of two
Deepwater Horizon trials is set to begin Monday before a
federal judge in New Orleans.
It isn't clear if the offer has been formally proposed to
BP, which declined to comment. BP said previously it was open
to negotiations but that it was fully prepared to start trial
Monday. The Justice Department, which also stated earlier this
week it was prepared to go to trial, declined to comment as
Federal and state officials met in Washington, DC, last week
to work on terms of a settlement offer and continued
discussions throughout this week, according to the people
familiar with the negotiations.
The people said among the disagreements between the
governments are how much of the fines will fall under the Clean
Water Act and how much will fall under NRDA. A law passed by
Congress would give the states control over 80% of Clean Water
Act fines, while NRDA fines would go to specific wildlife and
natural habitat restoration projects.
Louisiana would likely receive the most NRDA funds since that
state's coast line and waters were most directly affected by
the spill.
Terms of the offer and settlement discussions could continue
even through the beginning of the trial, the people said.
Tuesday, a judge agreed with BP and the Justice Department
that 810,000 gallons of the estimated 4.9 million gallons the
government has said leaked from the well were successfully
captured by spill-response vessels and shouldn't count against
any future fines.
That ruling effectively reduced the maximum possible Clean
Water Act fines by $3.48 billion.
BP previously agreed to a $4 billion settlement of criminal
charges related to the blowout on the Deepwater Horizon
drilling rig and the ensuing spill, as well as a $525 million
civil settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Transocean, the owner of the rig, agreed to a $400 million
criminal settlement and $1 billion civil settlement for
violations of the Clean Water Act.
BP says it is eager to fight it out in court, believing past
settlement offers didn't adequately reflect the company's legal
position. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal
this week, BP general counsel Rupert Bondy said of the few
Clean Water Act cases that go to trial, the per-barrel
penalties are significantly less than the maximum
He also noted judges take into account several other factors
when determining penalties, such as a company's efforts to
address the environmental impacts of the
BP has spent more than $14 billion on spill response and
cleanup, paid out more than $9 billion to Gulf Coast businesses
and individuals impacted by the spill, and committed billions
more to environmental restoration and
"Facing demands that we believe are excessive, not anchored
in reality or the merits of the case, we are preparing
ourselves to start the trial in one week's time," Mr. Bondy had
said Monday.
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What are the damages made from spill oil into deep waterWho were affected so? and why they request a settlement ?and how the affected people for spill oil damage have measured so?I really would like to know how finally BP really fix the DS spill oil??
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Jai Shree Hanuman - Divine Chants of Shree Hanuman CD offers traditional Hindu Sanskrit mantras of the Hanuman Chalisa rendered in various different Raags by world renowned singers for yoga and spiritual music.
Divine Chants of Shree Hanuman: In the realms of Hinduism, one of the principle epics, The Ramayana, defines the qualities of goodness in Lord Rama that is said to symbolise the Almighty. It also defines the qualities of Shree Hanuman. His selfless single-minded devotion to Lord Rama, infinite intelligence, calm disposition and rare intelligence, one that can perceive and analyse are wonderfully illustrated by Sant Tulsidas in this epic voyage of self-discovery.
Sant Tulsidas has offered its essence in 40 beautiful verses called the Hanuman Chalisa (40 verses about Shree Hanuman). It teaches us how we can purify our lives and be successful in all our efforts just as Hanumanji was successful. It is believed to ward off all evil and offer the devotee protection from all harmful influences and that meditation and chanting of these verses can guide one to a path of success.
Here then, we offer you an opportunity to understand the Hanuman Chalisa - one of the most powerful prayers ever in the attempt to realise one-self. In Jai Shree Hanuman, the Chalisas have been rendered in various different Raags by world renowned singers Hariharan, Anup Jalota, Devaki Pandit, Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam, Sanjeev Abhyankar, Ashit and Hema Desai to give a wonderful musical experience.
The tracks in Jai Shree Hanuman end with the ever-green, the ever-popular Hanuman Aarti. The divine music in this album encompasses absolute devotion to Shree Hanuman.
Lyrics and translation in English in the Liner Notes.
1. Hanuman Chalisa: Hariharan - Raag Darbari
2. Hanuman Chalisa: Anup Jalota - Raag Yaman Kalyan
3. Hanuman Chalisa: Devaki Pandit - Raag Gauti
4. Hanuman Chalisa: Ashit-Hema Desai - Raag Rageshree
5. Hanuman Chalisa: Sadhana Sargam - Raag Desh
6. Hanuman Chalisa: Suresh Wadkar - Raag Kalavati
7. Hanuman Chalisa: Sanjeev Abhyankar - Raag Bhairavi
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Ubaldo Sanchez, 53, was found guilty Tuesday of the 1982 slaying of a man at Rancho Lejos horse ranch.
Manuel Sandoval, 32, was fatally shot in the chest at the ranch in southern Monterey County on May 16, 1982.
Investigators said Sanchez and Sandoval had been involved in a fight over a girl. They said Sandoval was shot as he was leaving his home on the ranch where both of them worked.
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WEIRTON - City officials aren't taking chances in their proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
At Tuesday's final budget workshop, council signed off on a balanced spending plan that maintains the city's contingency fund as well as a budget stabilization fund.
General fund revenues have been budgeted at $15,088,365 for the new fiscal year, with another $122,643 in coal severance money penciled in as well.
They'll be getting about $30,000 more next year in ad valorem tax revenue from Brooke and Hancock counties than they'd originally expected, but chose to put that money in the contingency fund rather than spend it leaving them with just a little more than $333,300 in reserves.
City Manager Valerie Means characterized the plan, which must be approved by council and then submitted to the state tax department for its approval, as "conservative."
"We're always cognizant, watching where our revenues come in and make sure we don't exceed any limitations we might have," she said.
So far, no money has been budgeted for employee pay raises or bonuses. Means said negotiations with the city's three bargaining units continue, and it's far too soon to say what, if any, changes the new agreements might bring.
But this year, council tentatively agreed to use $840,000 in municipal fee revenue to pave streets throughout the city. In the past, Community Development Block Grant funding had been used in income-eligible areas, but, with that program in doubt, council opted for a seven-way split of the municipal fee money and signaled its intent to earmark any CDBG funding the city does receive for true community development purposes.
Because of delays in receiving federal approvals to pave streets in Ward 4 with money from the city's 2012-13 CDBG fund allotment, that work will be done this spring. Once that work is done, Ward 4 would be on the same paving schedule as the rest of the city.
Council also refused to set CDBG money aside for a new fire truck, suggesting that the department should be earmarking its share of Brooke County fire levy revenue for that purpose.
"Community development is community development," Ward 6 Councilman Dave Dalrymple said. "I never thought of buying a fire truck as a community development project."
Dalrymple also questioned several of the items on the fire department's wish list that council did allocate money for, but others said that while they thought the money could be better spent, they'd asked department heads to prioritize their spending needs.
"We told them to do that, and I feel obligated to (accept) their recommendations, Ward 2 Councilman Chuck Wright said.
A department spokesman said the items on their wish list were all safety issues, including an $18,000 expenditure for mobile software fire apparatus "that will help us manage fires (and) tie us into dispatch, it makes us more efficient in the field," as well as several thousands more to equip trucks with LED lights.
"But there are a lot of large expenditures still looming out there," Dalrymple said, adding that with new fire trucks costing in the half-million dollar range, it's important to make good use of levy money while they have it.
Finance Director Tom Maher, meanwhile, said council's no-frills, conservative approach makes good budget sense.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. intelligence community has set up a 24/7 center to analyze all threat information coming in during the Olympic Games in London, according to a senior American counterterrorism official.
Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday that the upcoming Olympics "present a potential target for terrorists and other disruptive groups."
In response, the counterterrorism center and its partners in the intelligence community set up the Threat Integration Center "to operate around the clock providing real-time situational awareness and threat analysis," Olsen said.
He said the United States is working closely with its British counterparts to collect, analyze and share potential threat information with the goal of making sure they can "respond quickly to prevent any possible plotting tied to the Games."
The U.S. military has also provided what one military source told CNN's Barbara Starr was "classified" military assistance for the Olympics. The source would not elaborate on what that entailed.
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The Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games will be held Friday, with competition going through August 12. More than 500 American athletes will participate in the Games.


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During The Dark Knight the Joker says:
Whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger
I believe the original phrase is "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." So what did the Joker mean by stranger?
During The Dark Knight the Joker says:
I believe the original phrase is "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." So what did the Joker mean by stranger?
I think it's important to look at (one of) the Joker's origin stories. From The Killing Joke:
You can see this philosophy behind so much of what the Joker does throughout the movie, notice how many of his crimes involve getting relatively innocent people to commit atrocities. He does whatever he can to give them that one bad day that will push them over the edge.
While Batman's sufferings have definitely left him alienated from the regular populace (stranger), they've also made him the man he is (stronger). The Joker's goal is just to corrupt people, to leave them as twisted and messed up as he is. This is particularly evident with Harvey Dent to whom the Joker gives personal attention. You can see his glee in corrupting Gotham's "White Knight".
Basically, while the Joker has no problem with killing people, he loves it when he can make them as strange as he is. Most of his plans are set up so that one way or another, he'll get an outcome that makes him happy.
The original phrase is by Friedrich Nietzsche, in his book Twilight of the Idols:
This means that every experience in life makes you a stronger, more rounded person. Joker's phrase is obviously a word play on this, as other answered have already identified, but to give some more reasons on why Joker says it, you have to understand his character a little better. To use his excellent Wikipedia article:
Joker is a bizarre, twisted individual who adores having "fun" with Batman, whilst simultaneously causing mass chaos and havoc on Gotham City. In the Christopher Nolan Trilogy in particular, the strange nature of Joker was emphasised. Think of some of the scenes he had like dressing up as a nurse at the hospital, or burning the mountain of money. His strange attitude is one of the things that make him so terrifyingly brilliant as a character - he wants nothing. He can't be reasoned or bartered with. He simply wants chaos.
The word play given by Joker is just one of many examples in the movie of his unusual and weird character.
As noted in other answers, it's wordplay and emphasizes how strange the Joker himself is. But the literal meaning of the expression is also important; to me, it seems quite reasonable to assume that the Joker really does believe that traumatic experiences ("whatever doesn't kill you") can push people to extremes and cause them to abandon social norms ("makes you stranger"). In particular, he thinks that even very stalwart-seeming people, those who attempt to uphold that which they consider "good," "virtuous," or "just," will eventually give up their socially normative ethics if they are pushed hard enough.
In other words, the point isn't so much that the Joker himself is "screwed up" by his own experiences; the point is that he believes that he can "screw up" everyone else around him using psychological warfare. His behavior, his individual crimes, and his overarching strategies are all motivated by his efforts to "break" people, both individually and en masse:
It's word play. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," is the familiar phrase. In the Joker's case he was hinting at the fact that his past troubles have messed him up.
It was a simple wordplay. He took a very famous and often used phrase (that you correctly identified in your question) and made it, well, stranger. This is just the Joker's kind of humour, especially when seeing that he has a thing for taking the normal and driving it ad absurdum. So I'm not sure he intended anything else than being funny and, uh, strange.
For the joker, who believes he is immortal, or at least behaves as if he is, life would be boring without chaos, the strange, or unexpected is the root of chaos. The more chaos, the more victorious or strong he feels. Nothing seems to kill him, so whatever entertaining means that others use in attempts to kill him only satisfy him in watching the chaos. Stranger, to the Joker, IS stronger.
I think he may have been alluding to his scars. He takes his mask off right when he says "..stranger." and then smiles and gets up. Maybe he was saying that though he wasn't killed when he was deformed, it did make him "stranger" in a sense.
I love the deep answers, about Jokers background. But I don't think it's really that deep of a meaning. As any other character, in any other movie could say the same thing, and would make just as much sense.
If someone was injured/traumatized, physically and/or mentally, there's a good chance they'll be "stranger" after the incident, assuming they lived.
For example:
This line is obviously a play on Nietzsche's, but it also implies that he's just someone normal but who has lived some very unusual, traumatic events (this is backed by the Alan Moore's backstory of th Joker).
He's implying that anyone can be like him, he's just anyone. Just like Batman, and is thus making a direct connection between them, implying that they're just the same.
This idea was also used in Batman Asylum game with the mythical image of Cain and Abel and the end of the game when Batman is carrying the dead body of his "brother" Joker.
Traumas no matter they are are physical, mental, emotional or of any other kind changes the persons physical or emotional being or both, thus making the person something different. When other people see it or experience it they feel the person is no more the same.. or in other words a stranger.
I think joker means that what doesnt kill you, (like the thing he puts in the bankers mouth) makes you a different (strange) person than what you had been... Possibly because those who have had a near death experience usually have a different (strange) perspective about life.
Expln. Build on: Dictionary meaning of strange i.e. unusual, uncommon or different from the normal course..
In my opinion, it was a very simple reference to the childhood wound caused to Joker by his father...His father deformed his face using a simple kitchen knife...of course, that does not kill him but made him...a stranger....
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Suppose I can compute interaction energy of two rigid bodies as a function of their coordinates of centers of masses and Euler rotation angles (total 6 + 6 degrees of freedom). Now I can numerically compute force acting on the center of mass of the body by calculating numerical derivatives e.g. $F_x = (E(x + dx) - E(x - dx)) / (2 * dx)$. But if you do the same for Euler angles this doesn't give you torques. So how do I convert numerical derivatives of energy by Euler angles to the resulting torque on a body?
OK. I found the answer:
$$ \partial V/\partial \theta = N_x \cos \psi - N_y \sin \psi $$ $$ \partial V/\partial \phi = N_x \sin \theta \sin \psi + N_y \sin \theta \cos \psi + N_z \cos \theta$$ $$ \partial V/\partial \psi = N_z $$
Where $\theta, \psi, \phi$ are Euler angles and $N_x, N_y, N_z$ are Torque components.
The mathematically correct method is to use a Jacobian, which is a matrix of partial derivatives. It works by the chain rule, which for a gradient vector looks like: $$ \begin{pmatrix} \frac{\partial V(\theta,\psi,\phi)}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial V(\theta,\psi,\phi)}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial V(\theta,\psi,\phi)}{\partial z} \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} \frac{\partial \theta}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial \theta}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial \theta}{\partial z} & \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial z} & \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial z} \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} \frac{\partial V(\theta,\psi,\phi)}{\partial \theta} \\ \frac{\partial V(\theta,\psi,\phi)}{\partial \psi} \\ \frac{\partial V(\theta,\psi,\phi)}{\partial \phi} \end{pmatrix} $$ The trouble is expressing the derivatives of $\theta$, $\psi$, and $\phi$ in terms of x, y, and z. Rotations about the fixed x, y, and z axes cannot form the Euler angles, so how do you find the derivatives? Seriously, I'm asking, I've been trying to figure it out for two weeks now.


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Since reading the answers to my question about defrosting meat on the counter I've been good about giving my meat time to defrost in the refrigerator. However, my plans for tonight have changed and I'd like to defrost some ground beef that is completely frozen for dinner this evening. What are my options to do so quickly and safely?
Put the meat in a sealed plastic bag, place in a bowl in the sink, fill with cold tapwater, then set the tap running in a thin stream with the water overflowing the sides of the bowl. The moving water will safely thaw the meat through convection. Make sure you get as much air out of the plastic bag as you can. You might need to put some weight on it in the bowl to keep it submerged in the water.
If you're really in a hurry then you can't beat the microwave. It might defrost a little unevenly, but assuming you plan to brown it or something afterward, then that will take care of evening it out.
The microwave is perfectly safe; the key point about food safety here is not allowing the meat to sit in the "danger zone" (basically more than a few degrees above freezing) for a very long time, and if it's only defrosting for 5-10 minutes in the microwave then that's perfectly safe. Just make sure you cook it immediately afterward.
Just to be aware, a lot of people worry excessively on the safety issue.
Restaurant rules (at least here in Seattle) say that food coming out of <40-degree storage must be back in the cool storage and back down to <40 degrees within ... six hours. Seems a long time to me but that's the rule.
This isn't really an issue for this thread cause ahsteele is after quick defrost anyway. But just sayin'...
I've started using a new technique for defrosting without doing so unevenly. It takes a lot more time and patience than just hitting defrost and coming back 10 minutes later to a partially cooked plate of raw shrimp or fish (would work for ground beef as well.)
What I do is to run the microwave on defrost for about half the time it would take for a "normal" microwave defrost (where the edges of the fish and/or some shrimp are pink in spots.) Then I run the microwave for about 20 minutes at 10% and check on it periodically until it's defrosted.
I've also done the ziploc bag trick, but it sometimes leaks and it's really hard to submerge it. Putting it in front of an oscillating fan can work as well.
The quickest way is to defrost is in the microwave, although it may not defrost evenly and some may 'cook' slightly. Defrosting meat quickly usually means you lose moisture too. If you are planning on using the beef straight away I wouldn't worry about the safety issue as long as you cook it through.
This works only in the winter months:
My house drops ten degrees during the day so the time it takes to get to 70 is how long it takes to thaw my dinner.
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A report out today ranked 100 of the state's counties on overall health. Congrats to all you Wildcats in Riley County - you came out tops! Shawnee County ranked in the bottom half - 65th out of the 100 Kansas counties surveyed.
What's up with that? The survey looked at areas like adult smoking, obesity, binge drinking and violent crime. Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino of the Shawnee County Health Agency told 13's Giang Nguyen that individual behavior plays a role in some of those factors, but environmental influences also must be explored. For example, he cited access to things like education, recreational activities, outdoor activities and healthy food.
Those things aside, though, let's not chalk up our health as a lost cause. You might not be able to afford a gym, but you can go for a walk or find a workout show on television or check out an exercise DVD from the local library. Quit smoking - put the money you save in a jar and treat yourself to something nice later! Take advantage of our great parks and trails - Lake Shawnee and the Governor's mansion are a couple of my favorite areas. I keep frozen yogurt in my freezer now instead of ice cream for my indulgence - although I do need to do a better job of choosing a banana instead of the lemon cake when I visit our station's resident treat provider!
Changes are never easy, but perhaps seeing the rankings will motivate us to improve our numbers or, in Riley County's case, keep our bragging rights.


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What is the gold standard econometric model for volume? For example, a common model for price is the autoregressive (AR) model with GARCH(1,1) innovations. Do you know of any good survey articles about econometric models used for modeling volume?
GARCH will work if volume has memory with some decay. AR will work if volume has mean reversion properties. Both of these are empirical questions and depend on the market. You should also consider if there are seasonal (day-of-week, monthly, quarterly effects) in which case you would want to add dummy variables. MA models will work well if volume behaves like a random-walk (not the case).
There is no "gold standard" since markets have different volume characteristics (for example, emerging markets have rising volumes; developed markets more recently are seeing less volume traded year-over-year with the rise of crossing networks and dark pools). I would start by observing the volume of interest to see what properties hold (i.e. trend, mean reversion, persistence, seasonality) for starters.
You may want to consider using the auto.arima function in the package forecast to fit a volume model to each security rather than looking for a global functional form for all securities.
I deal recently with some analysis of the Volume time series, daily volume in € for European stocks. I found out that an ARIMA model works well. But, some EWMA could also provide good forecast if it's well parameterized.
You can also face some seasonality effect due to macroeconomic events, some you may need to clean you data and treat these days in a different way.
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Boling Springs, NC - The Charlotte 49ers (5-5) saw their two-match winning streak end with a 5-2 loss on the road at Gardner-Webb (4-3).
"Tough match today," Charlotte coach Billy Boykin said. "Gardner-Webb deserves credit for the win; they were tough at every spot."
Gardner-Webb won two of the three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. At number one doubles, Charlotte's Kamil Khalil and Krzysztof Kwasniewicz defeated Gardner-Webb's Adam Knutsson and Matt Parker, 8-6. At number two doubles, Charlotte's Paul Cisti and Alex Weber lost to Gardner-Webb's Ernest Alberch and Nikita Zverkov, 8-6. At number three doubles, Charlotte's Jordi Massalle Ferrer and Nate Shanok lost to Gardner-Webb's Brendan Dempsey and Benjamin Kaszas, 8-7 (7-3).
Gardner-Webb won four of the six singles matches to claim the overall victory. At number one singles, Charlotte's Massalle Ferrer defeated Gardner-Webb's Knutsson, 6-1, 6-3. At number two singles, Charlotte's Cisti defeated Gardner-Webb's Kaszas, 6-2, 6-3. At number three singles, Charlotte's Khalil lost to Gardner-Webb's Roman Piftor, 6-3, 6-3. At number four singles, Charlotte's Kwasniewicz lost to Gardner-Webb's Alberch, 6-2, 6-3. At number five singles, Charlotte's Shanok lost to Gardner-Webb's Dempsey, 6-2, 6-1. At number six singles, Charlotte's Weber lost to Gardner-Webb's Zverkov, 6-4, 6-4.
Next for the 49ers will be a home match against Presbyterian at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex, Tuesday, February 26 at 2:30 pm.


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Digestive Disorders Health Center
Bowel Incontinence
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Diagnosis of Bowel Incontinence continued...
Anorectal manometry. A pressure monitor is inserted into the anus and rectum. This allows measurement of the strength of the sphincter muscles.
Endosonography. An ultrasound probe is inserted into the anus. This produces images that can help identify problems in the anal and rectal walls.
Nerve tests. These tests measure the responsiveness of the nerves controlling the sphincter muscles. They can detect nerve damage that can cause bowel incontinence.
MRI defecography. Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis can be performed, potentially while a person moves her bowels on a special commode. This can provide information about the muscles and supporting structures in the anus, rectum, and pelvis.
Treatments for Bowel Incontinence
Bowel incontinence is usually treatable. In many cases, it can be cured completely.
Recommended treatments vary according to the cause of bowel incontinence. Often, more than one treatment method may be required to control symptoms.
Nonsurgical treatments are often recommended as initial treatment for bowel incontinence. These include:
Diet. These steps may be helpful:
- Eat 20 to 30 grams of fiber per day. This can make stool more bulky and easier to control.
- Avoid caffeine. This may help prevent diarrhea.
- Drink several glasses of water each day. This can prevent constipation.
Medications. Try these medicines to reduce the number of bowel movements and the urge to move the bowels:
Methylcellulose can help make liquid stool more solid and easier to control. For people with a specific cause of diarrhea, such as inflammatory bowel syndrome, other medications may also help.
Exercises. Begin a program of regularly contracting the muscles used to control urinary flow (Kegel exercises). This builds strength in the pelvic muscles and may help reduce bowel incontinence.
Bowel training. Schedule bowel movements at the same times each day. This can help prevent accidents in between.
Biofeedback. A sensor is placed inside the anus and on the abdominal wall. This provides feedback as a person does exercises to improve bowel control.
Surgery may be recommended for people whose bowel incontinence is not helped by noninvasive treatments. The types of surgery include:
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