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From a pattern perspective is there a difference? Or are they really different names for the same thing?
Sliders and Carousels effectively they mean the same thing: while perhaps factually different at one time, they are conflated to such a degree today that you couldn't effectively communicate one meaning or the other without being misunderstood. 1) A quick Google survey of jquery "sliders" and "carousels" shows many variations of the same thing: people are using these terms interchangeably as a means to display a "gallery" of photos. 2) The developers in my office respond to the question with "tomayto tomahto."
In the case of Galleries, these are the overall collections of images presented via carousels & sliders. Galleries tend to be presented in grids and lists.
I don't disagree with Andrew's usage (slider=horiz/vert, carousel=rotating focus), per se, but if you want to use terminology that will ensure you are not misunderstood, you might just call everything a carousel, and specify what sort of navigation it uses: filmstrip, slider (although I would avoid that), prev/next or stop/play buttons, dots, etc.
I attach some sketches to illustrate examples of what I mean:
Remember, everything we're talking about is born from from the physical analog of real photographs and slides. In the old days presentation slides were shown using a carousel slide projector.
A slider and carousel are NOT the same thing. A slider slides the images horizontally or vertically (usually horizontally) usually with a momentum effect.
A carousel rotates the images radially and in a 3D feel by using distance and depth of field. They rotate on an axis where the image is always facing you.
A gallery is usually where all images are available to see... but that doesn't mean a slider or carousel can't show all the images either. A gallery is also the umbrella term for anything that shows images... or the name of the page where you see the images. Usually completely filled galleries will be styled in a matrix layout.
The content and inclusion of all or featured images is up to the designer of the application in mind (site, app, etc)
The clear distinction between "slider" and "carousel" lies on the user experience that both deliver, which define the context of both words:
1) Slide --> a knob or lever that is moved horizontally or vertically to control a variable. 2) Carousel --> a merry-go-round.
Personally, I would opt to address, articulate and deliver them "distinctively"! I would stick to Andrew's perspective! ;o)
Over time there has been overlap of the terminology which appears to have come from the animation used in popular carousels (the slide left/right).


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In the early 1940's, the U.S. was trying to supply Chinese and U.S. forces in China fighting against the Japanese. The only route was from India over the Himalayas by aircraft. This was called "Flying the Hump'--taking off from sea-level and climbing continuously at full power to 30,000 feet. The engines were failing quickly and many planes and crew were lost (killed) as visibility was often zero in the monsoons. Navigation was by compass, directional gyro and a watch- and all too often was not accurate enough as the planes had to zig-zag back and forth along the mountain slope to gain enough altitude.Engine failure was caused by pre-ignition brought on by continuous detonation (fuel knock) because the fuel simply was not good enough for the engine's demand. Cumene (isoproplybenzene) was developed as a high octane (150 +) fuel component and refiners were ordered to make it. Alkylating benzene with propylene using phosphoric acid on quartz rock was the UOP process used.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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Tips and tricks for natural body care
by Gina DeBacker, Assistant Editor
Natural Product Review, EmerginC, Lavender Toner, Beauty Review, Product Review, Facial Toners, Gina DeBacker
Everyone loves lavender. At least, that's what I've been lead to believe working for The Herb Companion and Mother Earth Living. Whenever we feature this lovely herb in our print publication, our website or even our social media outlets, we receive praised responses from readers. And what's not to love? Lavender is a strikingly beautiful plant with a refreshing scent. Plus, its health benefits seem never-ending: it's a natural antiseptic, it soothes the skin, it calms the senses, it induces sleep … and so on and so on. Needless to say, I was stoked to discover a new lavender-infused body care product for my beauty arsenal.
The Lavender Toner from emerginC is a light, refreshing and gentle face toner, perfect for sensitive skin. In addition to lavender, its active ingredients include chamomile, witch hazel and green tea; and its other ingredients (azulene and polysorbate-20 being the worst offenders) show very low concern from the Environmental Working Group's massive cosmetics database Skin Deep.
While toning is the second step in the traditional three-step routine for healthy skin—cleanse, tone and moisturize—many beauty experts agree that using a toner is optional. I have never been one to pay much attention to toners, aside from enjoying a hydrating facial mist every now and then. Many classic toners contain a small percentage of alcohol, leaving my skin feeling a bit icky. (Alcohol-based toners can increase the production of sebum, as the removal of oil from the skin can lead to excess oil as the skin tries to compensate for this.) But after trying this product, I'm beginning to come around to the idea of using a gentle toner on a daily basis. A good toner conditions, nourishes, soothes and calms blemishes. My favorite thing about this particular toner is its subtle lavender scent. In the evening, after cleansing the skin, I like to apply this light and cooling toner with a cotton pad. Its light and refreshing scent helps me feel relaxed and ready for bed.
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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Hands-On Preview - Ghostbusters!
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It's been a long road for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. First revealed in January 2010, the title has undergone significant changes in recent years. The demo Dan previewed at E3 2010 bears little relation to the game I played just a couple of weeks ago. It's been almost completely rebuilt.
Where once Future Soldier boasted class-based characters with strength and speed-enhancing exo-skeletons, those elements have been either removed or scaled down dramatically. Indeed, if they're still a factor then the game now provides little evidence of their existence. Even the gadgets, a core of both the Tom Clancy and Ghost Recon series, have undergone a reshuffle.
One of the flagship toys of the 2010 iteration was optical camouflage. This constituted a billowing cloak with a hood, allowing you to slip into Predator-style invisibility, a barely perceptible blur. Well, for as long as the batteries lasted anyway. Now the tech is built into your armour and only active when you move at slow speeds. No hoods, no batteries, deployable when the game sees fit.
Similarly, while the early previews and marketing guff (remember the live action trailer?) placed futuristic armoured drones centre stage, they played no part in our demo, a taster that spread across four of the game's missions. Future Soldier looks decidedly less 'future' than it once did. Plonk a little mini techno-tank in this game now and it would seem out of place.
Indeed, in rebuilding the game, Ubisoft Paris has thrown out most of the content unveiled at E3 2010. The beach-based stealth attack that constituted the game's first gameplay footage? Gone. Gone with it, cool stuff like being able to hold up a downed enemy so as not to arouse the suspicion of further enemies.
What this means is that prior to this demo, all we really knew about the game's campaign was the Nigeria-based demo of E3 2011, the one that put civilians, synchronised shots and action at the forefront. And even that stirred suspicions, as it seemed to take the series further from its tactical roots.
With all this in mind, it's perhaps not surprising that Future Soldier has received a number of sizeable delays. Initially set for a winter 2010 release, you can conservatively calculate that the game will have been in development for four years by the time it hits shelves. The developers are quiet on the precise dates, but in truth only a fraction of that time has been spent bringing this particular vision of the game to fruition.
It shows. In its current state, Ghost Recon Future Soldier displays all the signs of a game that needs the extra couple of months afforded by the most recent delay. Frame rates occasionally collapse, odd scripting bugs pop up, the mission design needs tightening in places. At one stage the game even started arguing with itself, a sure sign that all is not well. Not yet, anyway.
Usually, only the slickest content is shown to press, pre-release. This build, just a week old at the time, is definitely not slick.
That's not to say that it was completely without merit though. Far from it. The new gadgets are fun for a start. Along with the active camo and the deployable, controllable AR droids – little remote control helicopter type things you use to scan an area with – there's also a magnetic view and recon grenades to fiddle with.
They're both toys with which to identify the exact location of your enemies, with the magnetic view essentially acting as a slightly more future-tastic type of heat-sensing vision. With it, you'll be able to see through walls. The recon grenades, meanwhile, allow you to toss enemy-marking emitters into the action, tagging the game's various weapons dealers and ultra-nationalist baddies.
All of these gadgets came into great use during a protracted firefight taken from midway through the game. Amongst a town's narrow streets, with civilians running and screaming all over the place, we were tasked with pushing forward while facing some fearsome resistance. Between the recon droid, magnetic view and the grenades, it was easy to tell who was who and who was where, despite the utter carnage around us.
So that was great. But aside from the gadgets, it was essentially the same third-person shooter level you've played a million times; jumping from cover to cover, from car to car, popping out to explode heads as you go. A suppression mechanic that violently shakes the screen when you're pinned down and destructible environments spice things up a bit, but the cover mechanic is a little unintuitive, clunky and, well these aren't the kind of experiences you play Ghost Recon for.
While it would be churlish to deny a series the chance of evolution, you have to wonder why it's evolving to be so similar to other military shooters.
Far, far better were the stealth sections. Moving quietly through an area, snapping necks and generally acting like a tooled-up future ninja is fantastically fun. This is due in no small part to synchronised shots. These can work in two ways. You tag enemies using a shoulder button, then either take your shot, at which point your teammates will take theirs, or you hold the shoulder button to instruct your allies to do it independently. Watching four idling enemies simultaneously crumple to the floor is ultra satisfying.
There's variety there too. In one level - essentially a stealth level - I snuck from cover to cover, silently executing or slipping by everyone I encountered. In the demo of the same level we'd been shown earlier in the day, with the game's Creative Director in control, a firefight had broken out. And not just a "oh shit, I got detected" kinda firefight like you'd get in something like Hitman. This was a full-on set-piece, with a running battle against soldiers in a Jeep.
It's this kind of variety that suggests the great potential of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. If they can squash the bugs, tighten everything up and afford the player some agency over their experience, then this may just rejuvenate a now ailing series. But if Future Soldier goes heavy on the brainless combat, it will just be another shooter, albeit one with flashes of brilliance. We're hoping for the former.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be marching onto the retail battlefield in May 2012.


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Just a reminder that the latest "Sounds and Sights of Cinema" podcast is up and running today! The show features the latest new and recent CD releases, meaning you get a cool blend of music both new and old...
New stuff: Hans Zimmer's epic Angels and Demons, Alexandre Desplat's charming Cheri, John Murphy's atmospheric The Last House on the Left, Dario Marianelli's Beethoven-infused The Soloist, and Wendy & Lisa's new age writing for the television show Heroes.
Old stuff just released on CD: Jerry Goldsmith's dynamic One Little Indian, Shirley Walker's exciting Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, James Horner's lilting Something Wicked This Way Comes and Bronislau Kaper's bustling The Way West.
So, a little bit of something for everyone. You'll also hear my review of Ron Howard's new film Angels & Demons. I hope you enjoy it!
My question for you this week: At the suggestion of my esteemed colleague Judge Brett Cullum, I'm doing a show featuring electronic film scores next week. Anybody want to make any requests? Obviously I may not have access to everything, but I'll certainly do what I can.


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Your baby often brings his hands to his face and sometimes sucks his thumb at this stage; however, the sucking action is not well coordinated and the thumb is more likely to enter the mouth by luck than design. The arms are now in proportion with the rest of the body.
While he's in the uterus, your baby is practicing his breathing movements and this also aids his lung development. When he breathes in, the diaphragm moves downward and the chest wall moves inward.
Each "breath" the baby takes lasts less than a second. Breathing might only happen occasionally at this stage and when it does it can be either regular or irregular.
Your baby might also open his jaw and swallow at the same time as making a breathing movement. A single breathing movement with a large movement of the diaphragm may resemble a sigh.
For the chest wall movements to be effective, there must be adequate amniotic fluid (see You are 15 Weeks and 6 Days). This is especially true for the critical time of lung development, from 16-26 weeks.
By the 24th week of pregnancy, your baby will spend approximately three hours in a 24-hour period practicing breathing movements, and around eight hours in a 24-hour period in the last eight weeks of pregnancy.
When a pregnant woman smokes, it reduces the number of times her baby practices breathing movements.
In a British Medical Journal research study, the proportion of time that the baby practiced breathing movements was found to fall within five minutes of the mother beginning to smoke her cigarette.
While most unborn twins grow at much the same pace, from now on some don't.
Your babies are almost certainly developing all the right organs at the right time, even when there's a size discrepancy. If, however, a scan detects a growth difference between your twins, you'll have additional scans to monitor growth. Lesser degrees aren't usually a problem. Doctors aren't usually concerned unless there's a growth difference of more than 15 percent.
As many as 70 percent of pregnant women find the color of their skin changes. You may notice brown patches appearing on your forehead, cheeks, and neck, known as chloasma or the "mask of pregnancy." Darker-skinned women may develop lighter-colored patches.
Chloasma is caused by an increase in the production of melanin, the pigment that gives the skin and hair its natural color. It will gradually fade after the birth. To minimize the patches, stay out of the sun as much as possible, use a high protection sunscreen, and wear a hat outdoors. Try covering larger patches with a tinted moisturizer or foundation and use concealer on smaller patches.
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Makes 16
Made with sweet, colorful yams, these croquettes are veggie mini-burgers that can be served as a first course or appetizer, or serve several croquettes as a main course for vegetarian guests. If tangerines aren't available, substitute orange juice. Or, omit the sauce and top the croquettes with a dollop of sour cream, a cherry tomato half, and a tiny sprig of fresh flat-leaf parsley.
For the sauce
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons fresh tangerine juice
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons dry sherry
1 teaspoon minced fresh jalapeño pepper, or to taste
Salt to taste
For the croquettes
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 cup (about 8 ounces) coarsely shredded peeled yam or orange sweet potato
½ cup finely chopped red onion
½ cup minced celery
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup prepared dried bread crumbs
¼ cup slivered almonds, crushed or ground
¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 egg, lightly beaten
Sprigs of fresh flat-leaf parsley for garnish
To make the sauce, whisk together all the ingredients in a small bowl until smooth; set aside.
To make the croquettes, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the yam, onion, celery, and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients.
For each patty, gently squeeze about 1 tablespoon of the mixture in your hand to form a ball, then flatten into a 2-inch round patty. Place the patties on a plate as they are prepared.
Wash and dry the skillet. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Cook the croquettes for about 3 minutes on each side, or until lightly brown. Transfer to a plate lined with a paper towel; pat gently.
Arrange the warm croquettes on a platter and garnish. Serve the sauce in a small bowl with a spoon or small ladle for drizzling it over the warm croquettes. Provide plates and forks for your guests.


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Nevada Restaurant Owners on Obamacare: 'We Can't Pay For This'
Nevada restaurant owners—increasingly anxious about the future of their businesses under the Affordable Care Act—are echoing statements by national restaurant chains about the excessive costs President Obama's health care law will impose on them.
"I don't know what secret [the politicians] know, where they just assume we can write them a check," said Sam Facchini, owner of Metro Pizza in Las Vegas. "We can't pay for this. Most of us [restaurant owners] operate on a thin margin, and trying to stay in compliance [with the law] will make things much tighter."
The biggest concern restaurant owners express about the law is Section 1513, the Employer Mandate. Going into full effect in January 2014, it requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to provide federally approved health insurance plans or pay penalties of up to $2,000 per employee.
Nevada will be hit hard, according to the Nevada Restaurant Association, because the state's restaurant industry is the second highest contributor to state taxes and employs nearly 150,000 people.
Shift to Part-Time Work
Because the law defines "full-time employee" as an employee working 30 hours per week, some businesses—including Darden Restaurants, parent company of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster eateries—have stated that, to avoid penalties, they may shift more employees to part-time work. Other restaurant corporations, including Papa John's and Applebee's, have stated they plan to cut back on hours and cancel plns for new locations.
"They were public about it, but it's a reality within our entire industry," said Facchini. "Thirty hours is not reflective of any industry, let alone our industry, where there's a lot of different shifts and time frames required depending on how a business is doing."
The Supreme Court's June ruling upholding the constitutionality of the law does provide an escape hatch for employers in most states—those that, unlike Nevada, chose to not set up a nominally state-run exchange. Early in 2011, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislators rushed to authorize one of the Obamacare exchanges, meaning Nevada's restaurant owners and other large employers will have no insulation from the law's mandates.
"What happens when [lawmakers] realize we can't afford to pay for it, or that $2,000 isn't enough to pay for [the law]?" asks Facchini. "Do they kick it up to $2,500? $3,000? The costs will eventually hit the employees and customers."
Metro Pizza employs approximately 200 workers in Nevada, which could mean upwards of $400,000 worth of penalties per year, should the company not comply with the law. Darden Restaurants—employing nearly 1,500 people across the state—could face $3 million in penalties annually.
Encouraging Avoidance
Todd Clore, owner of Todd's Unique Dining in Henderson, says the law encourages more employers to try to avoid its provisions than comply with them.
"We're all looking for ways to avoid it," Clore said. "It changes the way we operate, from hiring to payroll to pricing, and it hurts small guys the most."
Jim Rees, co-owner and partner of Hash House A Go Go, which has five locations in Nevada, says cutting employee hours below the 30-hour threshold may be the only way to avoid penalties.
"I'd hate to see great employees forced to work two or three jobs because a law makes it impractical for an employer to let them work more hours," said Rees. "The two things we hate doing are cutting employees and raising prices, but the way the law's written means we could have to deal with both of those outcomes."
Recently, a Denny's franchise owner in Florida received criticism for announcing he may charge customers a 5 percent "Obamacare surcharge." Industry members say these costs are an economic reality.
"If a company's costs increase, it has to make up for the increase somewhere, and that usually comes from a price increase," Facchini said. "Restaurant customers are much more price-sensitive than customers in other industries, and they'll only tolerate so much before eating somewhere else."
Preventing Hiring and Expansion
Many restaurant owners acknowledged Obamacare could force them to cut staff hours, but the law could also prevent owners from opening new restaurants and hiring more employees. Rees thinks industry expansion will be weighed more carefully once the law is in effect.
"[Obamacare] does make you consider if you can add more employees without taking a hit," he said. "A new restaurant is exciting for a lot of parties involved, but when you see companies already searching for ways to accommodate current employees under the law, you wonder if they can justify bringing in new ones."
Facchini said the law's objective of increasing insurance coverage is well-meaning, but it will backfire.
"The way it's funded is fraught with all kinds of peril," Facchini said. "If a company folds because it can't afford to operate, then you have more people without jobs and insurance, which is the opposite of what lawmakers wanted to accomplish with this [law]."
Clore is among the employers who hope the law will be revised before its provisions take effect in 2014.
"It's such a complicated law that my gut says we're going to see some changes before it becomes enforceable," Clore said. "Someone's going to realize we're just little guys trying to run restaurants and have already taken big enough hits."
Kyle Gillis (email@example.com) is a reporter for Nevada Journal.


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Town backs off cease and desist order for Gilsum man's shooting range
Robin F. Oke received the order to stop all shooting on his Mack Road property last month after neighbors signed a petition complaining about the noise.
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Your 21st Week
You're Halfway through your pregnancy already-it's all happening so fast.
Not all women happily accept their changing body shape, even though they're overjoyed to be pregnant. But a belly "bump" doesn't have to mean frump. You've got a good excuse to treat yourself to a few attractive maternity clothes or to indulge in some pampering, perhaps by having a gentle massage. Keep up your exercise routine, because you'll feel energized and all the better for it.
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The Pratt High School girls golf team hosted an Invitational with 10 schools in attendance Monday afternoon at Park Hills.
The Lady Greenbacks had a respectable showing, finishing in 4th place with 220 points.
Larned won the meet with 199. In second was Hoisington with 204. Russell barely edged out Pratt for 3rd with 218. Wilborn of Hoisington was the top individual with a 41.
Pratt's Morgan Schmidt collected her 2nd silver medal on the season, carding a 44.
Teammate Lauren Beardsley was also a medalist for the second time, finishing 7th with a 48.
Joining Schmidt and Beardsley on the medal stand was Kayla Baer who placed 19th with a 61.
Rounding out the scoring for PHS was Shelby Richards who turned in a 67. Lexie Lanterman also competed on the varsity and posted a 73.
The girls scores' were all roughly equivalent to the scores they posted two weeks ago at the vaunted Highlands, which is a testament to the difficulty at which Park Hills is currently playing.
Despite some tough holes, like #9 where it was difficult for several in the field to carry the gunch off the tee, the Lady Greenbacks persevered and competed well against some good golf teams.
In junior varsity action, Bailee Farr took the 11th place medal by carding a 66 on the back nine.
The Lady Greenbacks next match will be Thursday at Larned.
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Do you give all your players one day rest on Xmas Day? Or are you a Scrooge...
I always give them the day off, but after three years of bland Boxing Day 0-0 home draws, I might have to get all Ebeneezer on their a$$es this time around.
Do you give all your players one day rest on Xmas Day? Or are you a Scrooge...
I always give them the day off, but after three years of bland Boxing Day 0-0 home draws, I might have to get all Ebeneezer on their a$$es this time around.
im always a scrooge cos i never really think into that date in game xD
Yeah never really thought about it, but might have to now
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
I don't think there are that many teams in RL that give the players Xmas day off, they might get a half day but that's just a normal day to a footballer.
....I'm a cheap ******* and usually schedule an away friendly against the team offering the biggest fee (usually some random foreign team) during that two week breakv
Never theres a game the next game need to be prepared.
Most teams have players in for a couple of hours in real life on Christmas day, all SSN was last year on Christmas day was showing goals, saves etc and pictures of players messing about in training that day in the snow.
Yeah, boxing day fixtures mean they have to go in.
I make them train. If I have to do stupid press conferences on Christmas day, they have to do some training.
I might think of doing this now....
Never!, they should be ashamed they always start their bad form around Christmas!!
I only sign muslim players, so no
i noticed (at least on fm10) that all the match build up crap i.e. the odds etc comes to your inbox on xmas eve for the boxing day fixture as opposed to the day before as per usual, so at least some one in game gets the day off
slightly off topic but i love the news articles when you play on your birthday about whether the result did/did not ruin it lol, i skim read those reports so much i think it took me about 5 seasons to notice, my birthdays boxing day which is what made me think of it.
Never ever thought about it being christmas day and giving my players the day off lol
Holidays don't mean squat to me.
Bah humbug.
I allow them to put an extra piece of coal on the fire but that's all.
Sorry to ask the obvious but can you actually give your players a day off on christmas day?!
I make them train twice as hard to work off all them mince pies!
I haven't given my players a day off in 6 seasons
I give them Hanukkah off.
I am curently managing in germany and they have a winter break
im jewish so because i dont celebrate xmas, my players cant either!
People who do this are far too much into the game.
Small beer compared to the guy who wore a suit in real life while his team played the FA Cup Final in FM
I don't generally 'do' christmas in real life, let alone in FM... that and the fact my game just likes to skip over the date anyway menas I don't normally give them the day off.
Saying as my top earners may be getting paid £15,000 - £20,000 wages for that one day alone, I wouldn't exactly call myself a scrooge for making them train


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WHEELING - Parkersburg South and Steubenville are neck and neck heading into today's final rounds at the 60th annual Ron Mauck OVAC Wrestling Tournament.
With championship semifinal matches beginning at noon at WesBanco Arena, the three-time defending champion Patriots hold a 163.5-155.5 lead against Big Red. After the second day last year, South led Big Red by seven points.
The Patriots have nine competitors in the semifinals and Steubenville seven.
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WIN?AND?ADVANCE — Steubenville's Tariq Wilson grapples with Barnesville's Collin Wilson on Friday night in a 106-pound quarterfinal in the 60th annual Ron Mauck OVAC Wrestling Tournament at WesBanco Arena. Wilson, the top seed, won by technical fall, 22-5. He will face Wheeling Park's Tyson Lira, the No. 4 seed in the semifinals today.
''We're really proud of what the boys have done so far,'' South coach Donna Dixon said. ''It's looking positive for us.''
South and Big Red will not face each other in a semifinal match, leaving the possibility of three championship showdowns.
The finals begin at 7 p.m.
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Championship Semifinals
1-Tariq Wilson (Steub) vs. 4-Tyson Lira (WP); 6-Dalton Wood (Came) vs. 7-Logan Ball (PS)
1-Lance Hill (PS) vs. 5-Sam Ronevich (BuL); 3-Dallas Baciak (WP) vs. 2-Josh Henderson (BeL)
1-Jerad Patterson (Mead) vs. 4-Josh Cornell (OG); 3-Hobie Howlier (Barn) vs. 2-Matthew Beaman (Brk)
1-Anthony Craig (Steub) vs. 4-Kyle Moffit (IC); 3-Damon Outward (MF) vs. 2-Kyle Mack (OG)
1-Scott Lopez (Uni) vs. 5-Nate Kirk (BuL); 3-Jordan Quiocho (PS) vs. 2-Ron Foster (BeL)
1-Dylan Taylor (WP) vs. 5-Jacob McKitrick (Steub); 3-Dylan Hall (JM) vs. 7-Ryan Lopez (Uni)
1-Ian Baker (Shady) vs. 5-Jake Schwertfeger (Brk); 3-Stewart Morris (PS) vs. Jonny Davis (WP)
1-Alex Quinn (Shady) vs. 5-Garrett Hypes (Mad); 6-Chip Sturek (PS) vs. 2-Sawyer Leppla (Camb)
1-Chase Kinemond (Shady) vs. 4-Briar Shively (PS); 6-Danny Colby (WP) vs. 2-Dalton Nolte (St.C)
1-Kale Rayner (Cald) vs. 5-Mark Cole (Steub); 6-Daniel Lattanzio (BeL) vs. 2-Drake Mills (PS)
1-Cody Amos (WP) vs. Brandon Jones (Steub); 3-Mitchell Wells (Edi) vs. 2-Jared Leasure (Cald)
1-Nate Dawson (Brk) vs. 4-Geremy Paige (WP); 3-John Miscuk (EL) vs. 2-Charlie Kennan (Steub)
1-Greg Moray (Steub) vs. 4-Zac Coole (MF); 3-Cullen Ebbert (JM) vs. 2-Seth Bloor (Wells)
1-Taylor Ortiz (Motown) vs. 4-Dane Mills (PS); 6-Ryan Wood (Steub) vs. 2-Corey Earnest (St.C)
Wheeling Park is third in the team standings with 127 points, while Beaver Local (99.5) and University (86.5) round out the top five. John Marshall (86), Brooke (82), Cambridge (81), Shadyside (74.5) and Morgantown (74) complete the top 10.
The Patriots held a five-point lead after Day 1. South won 13 of its 14 matches by pin and the bonus points that were accrued continued to aid in its lead as both teams had solid days Friday.
South sent two No. 6 seeds into the championship semifinals, while Steubenville sent two No. 5s, a No. 6 and one unseeded entrant - Brandon Jones at 182 pounds - into the semis. Magnolia's Alex Newman (285) is the other unseeded semifinalist
All of the top seeds haven't lost. Also, just four of the 14 weight classes (120, 126, 195 and 220) have the top four seeds alive for championships.
Five No. 6 seeds made it to the semifinals, including Park's Danny Colby at 152. He is joined by six teammates in the semis.
''I think all of them have a chance,'' Park coach Jack Doyle said. ''I think if we get guys that wrestle hard and give themselves a chance to win late in matches, I'll be happy.''
As for Colby advancing, Doyle wasn't surprised.
''Maybe from an outside standpoint it's a mild upset, but we came in expecting him to win. He wrestled very smart (against Cambridge's Dillon Sunnafrank). He won 1-0, but a win is a win.''
''We couldn't have asked more from our guys.''
- As part of the "SUBWAY Sports Clinic Series" the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference will be playing host to its annual free youth wrestling clinic in conjunction with the Ron Mauck OVAC Wrestling Tournament this morning from 7:45-9 a.m.
Registration begins at 7:15 a.m.
The clinic will be led by Branden Lee Hinkle, National Champion NCAA Wrestler, US National Freestyle All-American and MMA participant. The clinicians will teach the basic fundamentals of wrestling and help build the kids' self-esteem. The clinic is free and open to boys and girls ages 5-13.
Parents are required to have insurance and be present the day of the clinics to sign a waiver form.
- The West Liberty wrestling team will welcome Ohio Valley for a match at 10 a.m. The Hilltoppers are ranked ninth in the nation in NCAA Division II.
- Todd Fullerton was presented with the first Cindy Clegg Medical Service Award prior to the start of Friday night's session. Fullerton, currently a registered nurse at Ohio Valley Medical Center, is a fixture at the OVAC Tournament.
- This year's OVAC Wrestling Venerable Patron is Richard 'Dick' Wolf. A presence at the OVACs for more than 30 years, Wolf has served as the creative force behind the event's program for the past 17.
- The following people received Sid Stoltz OVAC Worker of the Year Awards - Robert 'Bob' Butts, Mickey Duffy and Sam Sedosky.


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The crude distillation unit (CDU) was shuttered last Aug. 6 when a leak in associated piping caused a major fire. Other plants at the refinery have been operating at reduced rates since then.
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Chevron on Friday said the process of introducing feed to its
Richmond, Calif., refinery's crude unit is underway
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The crude distillation unit (CDU) was
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major fire. Other plants at the refinery have been operating at
reduced rates since then.
"This is one step in a thorough and methodical process in
allowing the refinery to resume normal operation
of the crude unit. We are taking the time necessary to perform
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Ritchie said in an emailed statement.
Earlier this month, the company said repairs to the
245,000-bpd crude unit had been completed and that normal
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Era: Late 19th - Early 20th Century
- Number of Pages: 352
- Subject: Ship Reference
- Date Available: November 2013
Your tax-deductible gift to the Naval Institute Press underwrites worthy books that might not otherwise be published.
This volume completes the reissue of R. A. Burt's magnificent three-volume history of British battleships, and it covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following. In this new volume, the author presents full details of design and construction, armament, protection, machinery and performance, all backed up with accurate data tables listing design figures, trials results, and full particulars at different stages in the ships' careers. The history of each battleship is recounted, especially their major contribution in WWI, where they bore the brunt of the action at the Dardenelles, bombarded the Belgium coast, patrolled the North Sea and the Channel, reinforced the Italian Fleet, and served in East Africa, the East Indies and the White Sea. Most were extensively modified during the war and this variety has made them of special interest to the historian, enthusiast and ship modeler. With the addition of many new photographs from the author's massive collection, this new edition is a great addition to every naval library.
R. A. Burt is the noted author of several works, including British Battleships, 1919–1945, British Battleships, 1919–1939, and British Battleships of World War I.


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On to the second of the five weeks Coursera / University of Edinburgh MOOC: 'eLearning and Digital Cultures'. This week is centred around looking to the future, the "future-focused visions of technology and education" whilst building on the previous utopian/dystopian 'discourse'.
Having to watch, and comment/analyse, films introduced as "evocative and sometimes disturbing visions of what the future of information technology might hold" is always going to get your attention.
"Who is set to benefit from the personal, constant attentions of information technology, and who might lose out?"
Isn't this the question we ask, in one form or another, each time Apple releases a new device? Isn't this what causes the backlash each and every time Facebook changes it's privacy policy? Isn't this the current question educators around the world are asking since to the rise of the MOOC and it's much lauded 'saviour' of Universities?
- How is education being visualised in "A Day Made of Glass"? You could argue that most of these 'tools' are already available in one form or another in society and that schools already do most of what is shown here – maybe not exactly as shown, but some of it: smart boards, NearPod App (teacher presents to student device), tablets, etc. What is shown isn't as far fetched as you may think, it's just the way in which it is presented rather than what is presented that is different. How the technology is used outside of the classroom is more 'futuristic' and is where you could argue its worth – should children be given space (in or outside) that is free from technology, free for them to experience the world as it is and not through some sanitised technology that reveals the real world through a camera lens?
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Whether it's a family tradition, a special ornament or an unexpected gift, Christmas is the holiday celebration that naturally fosters fond memories.
A request for readers to share some of those generated responses that included one from Debbie Grimm Artman of Toronto.
"The old yellow house still stands on Main Street in Richmond, but we don't go there any more," begins Artman.
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FOND MEMORIES — Debbie Grimm Artman, above, sits in front of the Christmas tree in her Toronto home where holiday decorations include mementoes of Christmases past spent at the Richmond home of her paternal grandparents, the late Kip and Darlene Grimm.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
"But if those rooms could talk, they would tell of all the happy memories that were made there at Christmas. That house belonged to my grandparents, the late Kip and Darlene Grimm, known to us as Paw Paw and Me Maw. They had five kids, and then there were 14 grandchildren, and before we stopped having Christmas there, some great-grandchildren were starting to arrive," she wrote.
"When I drive by that house, I can always remember something that happened there," Artman said.
"After we had Christmas at our own homes, we would head to Paw Paw and Me Maw's for a Christmas feast and presents. As you opened the kitchen door, you could smell the good food cooking and see Me Maw in her apron stirring something on the stove top.
"We had all the usual - turkey, mashed potatoes, ham, noodles, stuffing with chestnuts and also, for some members of the family, oyster stuffing," she reminisced.
"Right before it was time to eat, my mother (Barbara Grimm) would head to the basement to deep fry sweet potato balls with a marshmallow inside. Yum! Yum! For dessert, we would have fruit salad, Christmas cherry pie and cookies. The cookies were kept in a very special place. There were two doors leading in the house from the porch, but only one was used. The other door was used to keep cookies. The space was cold, so she stored the cookies there. She would go into the living room, open that door, and there were the containers with buckeyes and fruit slices," Artman said.
True to tradition, her paternal grandmother always had an aluminum tree with a color wheel on it.
"One year, three great-grandchildren - my two included - were playing by the tree. My daughter, Sarah, fell into the tree. It tipped into the color wheel and sparks flew. No light shining on the aluminum tree trimmed in red that year," she said.
"Then there was the year my cousin Cindy (Pollock) got a new Chatty Cathy doll. She was so excited for us to see it. Her dad (Art Pollock) pulled the string, the ring came off, the string went into the doll, and she talked no more. That made for a sad day for cousin Cindy," Artman said.
"When it was time for presents, there was always something special for everyone. There were boxes from the Hub, Phil Mor, Denmark's, Reiner's, the Hello Shop and Stone and Thomas. It was great," she reminisced.
"Those times have passed. We have the memories, and family members left us, but my mom and dad (Tom and Barbara Grimm) continue these traditions with their grandkids and great-grandkids," Artman noted.
"And now since I'm a grandparent of three, I have started some of my own traditions for them. Merry Christmas in Heaven, Paw Paw and Me Maw. Thanks for the memories," Artman concluded.
Steubenville resident Mitzi Ring Probert shared a special memory inspired when she comes across a certain Christmas card.
"There's a greeting card that I keep stowed away in a box which reminds me of those wonderful Christmas times gone by," begins Probert. It's one showing a little child following his father as they drag a Christmas tree through a snowy pasture to a house below.
"My father was not one to get too excited about holidays, but Christmas seemed to spark a certain childlike wonder in him," Probert said. "About a week or so before Christmas arrived, my father would start preparing the living room for the tree's arrival. Chairs and tables had to be moved, extension cords found and a white sheet scavenged from the wardrobe upstairs.
"I honestly don't remember too many of those tree-hunting days to be without snow. So, while my dad went out to the barn to get a saw and some twine, I would bundle up and get my boots on. Once he was ready to go, I would follow. I remember those years when I was 6 or 7, trying to walk in the footsteps he would leave in the snow ahead. Sometimes it wasn't easy, especially when my dogs would want to run in front of me, but in all was a fun time," she recalled.
"Picking out the tree was actually a feat in itself. We usually would trudge up to the tippy top of the hill in front of our house - a summit where you could see for miles around, to the Ohio River to the east and as far north to the top of the power plant stacks in Brilliant. Once there, we had a variety of trees from which to choose. It was my job to figure out which one to get. Of course I always picked the tallest," Probert wrote.
"We would first look for bare spots or other imperfections the tree might have. But, if it was really the one I wanted, Dad would cut it and proclaim it to be a pretty nice tree," she continued.
"After arriving to our back porch, it was time to get the tree in the stand. This was probably the most frustrating part for him, yet I never heard one foul word stream from his mouth the whole time - a trait very rare nowadays. Once secure, it was time to disrupt my mother's baking in the kitchen.
"Yes, the kitchen table had already been moved out of the way for the tree's grand entry. As I 'helped' parade through the house with the tree, Mom was quickly sweeping behind us what needles or small branches were left so that she could get back to baking. The corner by the living room window was ready, and so there my father carefully would place what outside appeared to be a bit smaller of a conifer. Yet, inside, the tree morphed into a gigantic redwood of sorts," Probert reminisced.
"The branches had to be clipped and the top trimmed, too, for the angel's resting place later on. I would stand back with my Mom as my father struggled to turn the tree so that its 'best' side could be seen. After twisting and positioning the tree, Dad would finally get our approval. It was now official. The tree was ready to have its first drink of a hot sugar water concoction and us a drink of homemade hot chocolate Mom had waiting for us," she said.
"While my Dad is no longer with us, our family has carried on the annual Christmas tree-getting event. The two boys now follow their Dad to a local tree farm, picking out what they believe will be the best tree," she said.
As for Probert, "I stay home and make the hot chocolate."
Retired Indian Creek schools teacher Natalie Doty of Wintersville shared two special Christmas memories, including one from 49 years ago.
"It was December 1963, and I had planned my wedding for several months," Doty began.
"My fiance and I had put up Christmas decorations in 'our' second-floor apartment on Virginia Street in New Martinsville, W.Va. The living room had a huge, lovely bay window on the south side, so that is where our 8-foot live Christmas tree was set up, decorated with our newly purchased ornaments and tinsels and watered to last while we were off on our honeymoon for a few days," Doty reminisced.
"Under the tree, we had placed beautifully wrapped gifts to each other and a manger creche with the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Wise Men. During our few days away, a huge snowstorm hit the New Martinsville area. Upon our return to our lovely decorated apartment, we were greeted by a disaster in the bay window," she said.
"Unknown to us, the window was not sealed too well, and when the snow on the roof melted - well, you can guess - the water flowed onto our beautiful tree, drenching all the ornaments, tinsel and all the gifts under the tree," Doty recalled.
"What a way to start a new life together, but we laughed and began cleaning up the mess, never to forget our memoriable first Christmas together."
Another Christmas memory for the former Natalie Johnston revolves a special gift.
"Last summer I read a magazine article titled 'Daddy's Gift,' but my memory is of 'Mommy's Gift' to me. I did not have an ear for playing music, but my mom sat on an old piano bench with me on one side and my little brother, Eddie, on the other side as she played sheet music from the 1930s and 1940s," Doty wrote.
"Eddie and I knew, and still do know, every word to those old World War II songs. Mom taught me where to put my fingers on the piano keys so I could play a few songs. She taught me the main notes on the sheets of music so I could play just the melody. As I grew older, I learned to read music in band in high school and taught myself to play using both hands," Doty noted.
"Music has always been important to me, and I've always had a piano in my home. Right now I have an old black, upright Mason & Hamlin piano which is basically a baby grand in an upright frame, and it sounds like a baby grand when I play it," she said.
"At one time, I had two pianos in my home, and one was in the kitchen. The magazine article brought back all the old memories of my mother's gift of music to me and I say, 'Thank you, Mom' every time I play her sheet music every morning."
Constance Miller of Brilliant drew on "wonderful memories of Christmas. I think they were the best years of my life back in the 1950s."
One memory includes what was a tradition that wasn't necessarily thought of as one until in retrospect.
"All year, my father threw his loose change - no pennies - in a three-pound coffee can and on Christmas morning he brought it to my mother, who would later count them and there was always at least $100 worth of change," she wrote.
"My mother always loved Christmas. She would get together in her kitchen with my aunt Alice, and they would make several different kinds of candy. My mom - Santa - would bring me a toaster that looked like a two-slice Sunbeam toaster. After Christmas when she noticed I wasn't playing with it any more, she would put it away and bring it out again next Christmas. After two or three times, I said, 'Mom, Santa brings me this same toaster every year.'"
"Dad would go up in the woods behind our house and cut down a beautiful tall Christmas tree. We decorated it with a lot of our homemade trimmings such as strings of popcorn, strips of construction paper intertwined and glued together to make a long garland for the tree," she wrote.
"Mom would get a Jane Parker fruit cake from the A&P among lots of goodies and a turkey for Christmas dinner. I remember one Christmas dinner we had sat down to - my younger sister and brother, mom and dad. The table was full with the turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberries, sweet potato casseroles and lots more," she said.
"As we were preparing to eat after giving thanks, one leg of the kitchen table gave way, and all the food slid off on to the floor. We salvaged the turkey nad casseroles. There were more mashed potatoes and gravy on the stove. Dad fixed the leg on the table, and we got to eat," she wrote.
"On Christmas Eve, our church choir went caroling after services. The houses were far apart, and it got pretty cold, but we enjoyed it and the shut-ins waved and enjoyed it. Afterwards, we had the hot chocolate and ginger cookies at the church," Miller noted.
(SUBMITTED SCANNED PHOTO Sharon Parsons, center, with her daughters Debbie and Dawn (older daughter is mentally challenged)
An Elvis Presley song figures in to a Christmas memory shared by Sharon Parsons of Follansbee.
"My husband and I were divorced, and every Christmas since then, even after my younger daughter got married and had her own tree to decorate, it was a tradition for her and my other daughter to put on Elvis Presley's music and decorate the tree, just the three of us," Parsons wrote.
"We did this for many, many years and always looked forward to it. One song on the album was 'Mama Loved the Roses,' and one time when it was playing, my younger daughter said to me "I don't know what I would do without you, mom,'" Parsons reminisced.
"That was probably 30 years ago, and now my husband puts the tree up, but it is just not quite the same.I will never forget that day as long as I live. That is my favorite Christmas memory," Parsons wrote.
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I was wondering what web browsers exist for Ubuntu; I don't want to use wine. I just want the ones written for Ubuntu.
I've never liked the Ubuntu software center because it never has all of the programs that I might want to install and therefore it's not perfect.
I just want a list of all the browsers for Ubuntu and what's the point of them.
- Firefox: open source, and is pre-installed.
Please give me only one browser per answer or this will be confusing.


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Arrested: Lawan Livingston II, 22, 3209 St. Charles Drive, bench warrant out of municipal court, Monday.
Vandalism: Vehicle scratched on all sides with sharp object in driveway in the 500 block of North Fourth Street, Monday.
Arrested: Jacob T. Nale, 19, 22 Pontiac Road, Wellsburg, theft, Monday.
Cited: Jacqueline S. Bachie, 20, Bridgeport, expired registration; and William R. Coburn III, 37, 147 Williams Blvd., speeding.
Arrested: Alouvise Harris, 27, 1208 State St., petit theft and two bench warrants, Monday.
Arrested: Dana R. Owings, 28, 32 Devils Run Road, Burgettstown, bench warrant out of municipal court, Monday.
Arrested: Kory S. McKenney, 37, 433 Rockdale Road, Follansbee, domestic violence warrant, Monday.
Arrested: Scott McGraw, 26, 97 Palomino Drive, Weirton, falsification and bench warrant out of Toronto county court, Monday.
Charged: Amber Hood, 29, no fixed address, public intoxication, Monday.
Arrested: Matthew J. Allietta II, 18, 1247 county Road 41, Richmond, operating vehicle under the influence, possession of marijuana and possession of drugs, today.
Arrested: Brittany S. Scurry, 26, 3101 Pennsylvania Ave., Weirton, drug trafficking, Monday.
Jefferson County
Vandalism: Vehicle window shot out on county Road 16, Rayland, Monday.
Arrested: Matthew E. Grace, 29, 307 1/2 Lockhart St., Mingo Junction, drug trafficking and probation violation out of common pleas court, Monday.
Arrested: Gregory Bensie, 19, 1430 Bantam Ridge Road, Wintersville, domestic violence, Monday.
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Arrested: Kyle Horsburgh, 26, 588 county Road 28, Wintersville, operating vehicle under the influence, carrying a concealed weapon and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, today.
Cited: Vallerey G. West, 21, 708 Oakmont Ave., Steubenville, driving with suspended license; Kimberly G. Ingold, 45, 153 Starkey Blvd., Wintersville, speeding; Bobbie Cash, 63, 1518 Euclid Ave., Steubenville, speeding; Amanda M. Snyder, 23, Apartment K-12, 601 Two Ridge Road, Wintersville, driving with suspended license and improper registration; Deborah M. Vjevich, 46, Apartment B, 40 Christopher Ave., Wintersville, driving with suspended license; Peter P. Merritt, 45, 1806 township Road 378, Steubenville, open container in motor vehicle; Kelly A. Jones, 42, 485 Longvue Drive, Wintersville, speeding; Thomas D. Bradley, 23, 1192 Two Ridge Road, Wintersville, driving with suspended license; Lonnie W. Culp Sr., 56, 86 Paul Ave., Wintersville, stop sign; Timothy M. Bellardine, 55, 113 Wilma Ave., Steubenville, speeding; Keith T. James II, 30, 3613 Hanlin Way, Weirton, improper registration; and Anthony L. Shreves, 74, 173, Aberdeen Road, Steubenville, speeding.


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I had my first book published about one month ago: "From a Boy to A Godly Man: A Boy's Bible Study of David." I wrote the book for my 11-year-old son -- still a child, yet he sees manhood up ahead.
Feeling a lot of anxiety about the book "out there," I asked my son at dinnertime, "How is the Bible study going?"
He looked at me so seriously and began to tell me what he has been reading in I Samuel. All about David, Saul, and Goliath. He talked about GOD'S Book, not my book.
God reminded me, through my son, why Christian writing is needed: for HIM! To solely point to HIM!
Psalm 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us,
But to Your Name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.
Thank you for the opportunity to share this.


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I work in a small room with 9 people, and the area is completely open (think school classroom). People are frequently having loud conversations and I am unable to concentrate when writing code (I am easily distracted). Asking my manager to relocate my desk is not an option, as there is no other openings.
Can someone make some suggestions on how to get work done in this office environment?
I have tried the following:
- Headphones - I find myself focusing on the music at this point and still have a hard time concentrating. I also find that I need to turn up the volume really far to drown out people.
- White Noise - This worked better than music, but I still hear conversation a decent amount.
I am currently considering the following:
- Bose Noise Cancelling headphones - Unfortunately I have read they only cancel low frequencies. Can anyone confirm?
- Ear plugs - Though I'm afraid that this would 'offend' people in an office environment. Anyone have any thoughts about this? Thanks!


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Please see screen prints, matches 1, 2 and 3 are consecutive games and these are only a handful of the games I had problems in. My strikers are Daryl Murphy, Charles Andre Dudin, Craig Davies and John Cunliffe.
Comments are welcome about what you think, I know some of you will agree and some will disagree.
I hope this works....
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I like playing battleship, and I would like to teach my nieces to play. What's a good, simple strategy to teach someone new to Battleship? In my particular case they are 8-12.
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Teach them two things:
By doing that, no matter where a ship is hit, there are at least two adjacent places to target that will be misses.
Children less familiar with spatial concepts might take longer to place their ships, but there's also a lot of flexibility given those rules, so one niece could put all her ships facing the same direction while another one could have them alternating back and forth across the board.
It may be useful to remember that there is a difference between teaching the game itself and teaching the game as you or someone else might play it. There will be time to teach them more specific strategies later if they become interested in the game and also show interest in strategic thinking; with this in mind, pay attention to how they respond to what you teach. If one niece doesn't seem interested in planning, let her put her ships where she likes. If another one questions you right away as you explain how to set up your ships – "But if I do that, you'll know what I'm doing!" – then you could probably go straight into more advanced techniques with her.
In terms of finding ships, instead of placing them, try teaching the concept of sub-dividing spaces, diagonally. Start with a simple X shape on the board, then proceed to making other angular lines within the shapes. You can use the trick of "try to place a ship inside this pattern and see how hard it is" to prove the point.
I use Battleships as a teaching tool in my English Foreign Language classes, so I've developed a simple way to teach the game to my teenage students. I'd recommend breaking the game into steps, something like this:
By playing they will learn to develop their own strategies, which will make it more enjoyable to them. Don't teach them strategies, because they'll be less likely to want to play more often. They'll be watching you, so that will inform their decisions in future games.


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From Noisebridge
Noisebridge currently has a space at 83C Wiese St in the Mission district of San Francisco. The space is on the ground floor of a commercial fourplex on a narrow alley just off of 16th St very near Mission St.
Nicknames for the space
The street name ( Wiese ) is appropriately a German word for a meadow, pastures or green fields. I propose and will call the space "Noisebridge Meadows" in honor of not wanting to butcher the pronunciation of the word.
Alternative nicknames will come in good time.
- Downstairs main room - 30'x20' (plus bathroom and kitchen). Tiled throughout.
- Downstairs "fishbowl" room - 10'x12' approx + closet
- Upstairs loft - 30'x15', shoji sliding screens + closets. Carpeted.
Have something you want to donate to the space? List it on the ThingsWeHaveToGiveAway page.
Getting Here
The space is located near the BART station at 16th and Mission on the northwest corner. For more transportation options, see Getting Here.


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I'm having trouble distinguishing the various sorts of tori.
One definition of torus is the algebraic torus. Groups like SU(2,ℂ/ℝ) and SU(3,ℂ/ℝ) have important subgroups that are topologically a circle and a torus, and I guess those were some of the most important Lie groups so the name torus stuck. Groups like SL(2,ℂ) and SL(n+1,ℂ) have a similar important subgroup isomorphic to ℂ* and (ℂ*)n, so the name torus gets applied to them too. In general, one calls the multiplicative group of an arbitrary field a torus in many situations, sometimes denoting the entire lot of them as Gm.
Another definition of a topological torus is a direct product of circles. A standard way to construct various flat geometries on a torus is to take ℝn and quotient out by a discrete rank n lattice Λ, for instance ℝ/ℤ or ℂ/ℤ[i]. A complex torus is defined analogously as ℂn/Λ where Λ is a rank 2n lattice (since ℂn has real rank 2n).
One reads in various places that every abelian variety is a complex torus, but not every complex torus is an abelian variety. The notation ℂn/Λ is usually nearby.
Is the multiplicative group of the field, Gm or ℂ*, an abelian variety?
In other words, is an algebraic torus over the complexes a complex torus?
Is an abelian variety isomorphic as a group to ℂn/Λ, or just topologically?
My dim memory of elliptic curves was that they were finitely generated abelian groups, but since they are uncountable that doesn't make any sense. Presumably I am thinking of their rational points. However, ℂn/Λ is always an abelian group, so I don't see what the fuss is about deciding when it is an abelian variety. It seems likely to me the group operations are different.


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I run the following command to upgrade my system -
aptitude update
aptitude dist-upgrade
However it gives me updates for the softwares and libraries that I have installed. This is not what I want. I want to upgrade the operating system itself, to apply any security patches or bug fixes. What is the way to do that?
I am running Debian 6.0 Squeeze.


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Bowling Green Postmaster Ray Lackey says while you'll probably be in time if you get your holiday packages sent out by the first week in December... if you want extra peace of mind, it's not a bad idea to go ahead and mail *before* Thanksgiving.
When sending gifts to our troops overseas, keep these things in mind: (These tips are courtesy of the Postal Service and the Department of Defense)
* Desert temperatures typically exceed 100 degrees.
* Select a box strong enough to protect the contents and large enough to accomodate cushioning. If reusing a box, cover ALL previous labels and markings with heavy black marker or adhesive labels.
* Cushioning the contents with newspaper is a novel way to send news from home. Styrofoam and bubble wrap are also good choices. Chose and shake the box. If it rattles, add additional cushioning to keep items from shifting.
* Occasionally a battery powered item such as a radio or electric razor will turn itself on during shipment. Be sure to remove and wrap the batteries separately.
* Tape the opening of the box and reinforce all seams with 2" wide tape. Use clear brown packing tape, reinforced packing tape or paper tape. Do NOT use cord, string or twine, as it causes the package to get caught and possibly damaged in sorting equipment.
* Include a card describing the contents. Occasionally, improperly wrapped packages fall apart during shipment. Including a card inside the package that lists the sender's addresses along with a description of the contents helps in collecting items that get lost during processing.
For conent restrictions, log on to www.usps.com. These are updated every other Thursday. You can also log on to usps.com for a complete list of deadlines for all APO/FPO AE mailing addresses.
Note: All parcel post deadlines have passed. Most other deadlines range from November 28 through December 11, but there are exceptions based on category, so make sure to check with the postal service!


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"The New Jersey constitution adopted overwhelmingly by voters in 1947 transformed a judiciary that was considered one of the worst in the country — with 17 different classes of courts and a 16-member high court including six lay members who did have to be attorneys — into one of the nation's most highly regarded. Over the ensuing six and half decades, the New Jersey Supreme Court has broken new ground in numerous cases that have dealt with some of society's toughest issues, delivering opinions that often have become models for other states.
For Courting Justice: Ten New Jersey Cases That Shook the Nation (Rutgers University Press, 2013), Rutgers School of Law–Newark professor Paul L. Tractenberg selected 10 cases decided between 1960 and 2011 that exemplify the Court's impact on society and the legal system. The cases, Tractenberg wrote, "tend to be, in the vernacular of some, liberal or activist decisions. That means they tend to find for the less powerful and influential against the more powerful and influential, for the public good against the private interests." Four made the New Jersey Lawyer's list of the 20th century's five most important New Jersey state court decisions. The remaining were selected based on the frequency with which they have been cited by other courts, in casebooks, law review articles and general media coverage, and whether their narratives would resonate with the general reader.
Courting Justice presents cases in chronological order and covers a wide range of subject areas, including high-profile litigation like the Karen Ann Quinlan case, in which the court concluded that the right of privacy can be applied to refusing life-sustaining treatments; and the Baby M case, a custody argument stemming from a disputed surrogacy contract in which the Court put the best interests of the child first. Other well-known cases are: Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel, which established a right to affordable housing throughout the state; Doe v. Poritz, which upheld the legal regulation of sex offender community notification (Megan's Law); and the various Abbott/Robinson decisions requiring the state to fund poor urban school districts at least on par with suburban districts.
Other less well-known but still seminal cases are: Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, which reshaped product liability and tort law to protect consumers injured by defective cars; State v. Hunt, which shielded privacy rights from unwarranted searches beyond federal standards; Lehmann v. Toys 'R' Us, which gave employees protection from sexual harassment and a hostile work environment; Right to Choose v. Byrne, which expanded state constitutional abortion rights beyond the federal constitution; and Marini v. Ireland, which protected low-income tenants against removal from their homes.
A brief introductory chapter by Tractenberg and a concluding chapter by John B. Wefing, Distinguished Professor at Seton Hall Law School and well-known chronicler of New Jersey's judicial history, frame the heart of Courting Justice—10 chapters, each dedicated to a specific case and written by a legal academic or practitioner, several of whom were involved in the litigation. Tractenberg, for example, has played an integral role in the public school funding cases, arguing many times before the Supreme Court, and establishing and serving as director for three years of the Education Law Center, which to this day continues to represent the student plaintiffs in Abbott.
New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice (Ret.) Deborah Poritz contributed the foreword and the other authors are: Hon. Paul W. Armstrong; Rutgers School of Law–Newark Acting Dean Ronald K. Chen, and Professors Robert C. Holmes, Suzanne A. Kim and Louis Raveson; Rutgers School of Law–Camden Professors Jay M. Feinman and Robert F. Williams; Richard H. Chused, New York Law School; Caitlin Edwards, Esq.; and Fredric J. Gross, Esq.
Professor Tractenberg is a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor and Alfred C. Clapp Distinguished Public Service Professor of Law. He is the author of numerous publications on education law; a frequent lecturer; and, over the years, a consultant and adviser to national, regional, and state organizations and agencies. In 2000, Tractenberg established and continues to serve as co-director of the Institute on Education Law and Policy (IELP), an interdisciplinary research project at Rutgers–Newark. In 2010, he and his seminar students published a book titled A Centennial History of Rutgers Law School in Newark: Opening a Thousand Doors.


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There are many Jews in America who publicly engage in comedy, whether as a career path or as a way of expressing themselves (blogs, art, etc.). Is there historical precedent to this? Are there any religious and/or historical texts that point us towards finding humor in life as a coping mechanism?
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As far as comedy in Jewish history goes: the Gemara, in Taanis (22a), has a story where Eliyahu Hanavi tells Rabbi Beroka Hoza'ah that two particular men would merit the world to come. Upon asking them, the two men said that they were comedians, and that when they see someone who is depressed they try to cheer them up. Also, they said, that they always try hard to make peace between quarreling parties.
The Gemara (Bab. Pes 117a) reports that Rabbah used to open his Shi'ur with a joke to put everyone in a good mood before starting to learn in earnest and with fear of Heaven.
IIRC, Rabbi Neil Fleischmann, the funniest rabbi in New York, taught us that when the B'nai Israel asked Hashem why He had to take them out of Mitzrayim to die in the Midbar as if there were not enough graves for Him to bury them in Mitzrayim, it was the B'nai Israel who were trying to alleviate their situation by finding some comic relief.
This was a teaching of Rabbi SR Hirsch, and Rabbi Fleischmann had expanded on it.


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How do you switch Ubuntu to another (human) language without reinstalling it?
There are two ways to do this,
looks like DoR got the same thing as me
System->Administration->Language Support
You can use "Language Support" to change the system's current language(s).
"Language Support" is located in the System Settings (which you can find in the Launcher), and can also be found directly in the Dash by typing language.
Click the Install / Remove Languages… button to download and install a language that is not currently on the list, and then drag/drop the listed entries according to your preferences.
To apply your changes to the login and title screen, click the Apply System-Wide button.
On Quantal (12.10), language selection is no more present at the LightDM prompt, there is only a selector for input, no more for session, you can choose to use another LightDM greeter, like lightdm-gtk-greeter. You need to install this package, change in
and in
After that, language selection doesn't seems to work in quantal, but in really few rare cases I was not able to determine or reproduce.
I noticed than this is mainly a problem of coomunication between lightdm and AccountsService.
There is a bug report about this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/857651
You can change language by éditing the file:
For exemple in french:
Or in Mainland China chinese:
Go to System Settings (either through Dash or Logout button on the Panel) and Choose Language Support. You can also just type Language Support into the Dash.
You can Install new languages there, prioritize them and apply them system-wide. Just log-out and back in to have changes take effect.


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AUSTIN, Texas — For all his athletic achievements, with or without doping, cheating, lying and intimidation, Lance Armstrong was never a hero.
Strangely, his confession — after a decade of being hounded for cheating his way to the top of his sport and our celebrity culture — provides a kind of opportunity for all of us to rethink who we think are heroes. It seems absurd that we cull heroes of any sort at all from the worlds of politics and power, let alone from sports and entertainment. All this raises the question: Who, really, is a hero? And do we need heroes at all?
It is ironic, in the extreme, that at the same time that the television screen carries Armstrong's iron-jaw confession, bereft of at least a show of remorse, it also carries the bizarre story of another alleged hero, Notre Dame's Manti Teo. However he became embroiled in the fake, dead girlfriend affair, was an iconic hero really a college kid who played for a not-so-great team? It appears that our definition of a hero has, indeed, slipped that far.
The very word hero is derived from the Greek word of the first century — and it is almost entirely based upon myth. The hero, to cite Merriam-Webster (not Wikipedia) was either legendary or divine, or both. He was an illustrious warrior on a quest and appeared in epic poetry like "The Illiad" or "Gilgamesh," or "The Aeneid." The hero was Beowulf destroying the monster, Grendel. In not so many words it came down to this: The hero was never real.
Over time, however, it has become common for people with fame, money and power to try to grab the mantle of demi-god, and for a very simple reason. Becoming one — or rather, convincing others that you are one — invokes more fame, money and power. The trail is littered with heroes in business, politics, entertainment and sports who had talent, yes, but they just wanted more power, money and fame. Tiger Woods, John Edwards, the lions of Wall Street or Bill Clinton. The list is so long we actually forget who's gone through the cycle of public contrition and restoration. I mean who remembers what Kanye West, Kobe Bryant, and, say, Alec Baldwin even did? And why did it even matter.
And, with the help of our star-struck story-tellers in the mass media, many of us went along until they did not so much fall from grace but were revealed — voila — to have never been heroic at all. Instead, they were just talented mortals with extraordinary ambition, which almost always involves the temptation to lie, steal or cheat. The notion that a professional athlete, who is hard-wired to do anything to win at any cost to anyone, could be a leadership figure is preposterous on its face and has been all along.
A few days ago, I received a phone call from The Independent of London about the Lance Armstrong escapade; frankly, it doesn't even deserve the moniker of scandal. I was asked if somehow Austin was circling the wagons around Armstrong or if the city he has called home was mortified. I put the phone down and asked my friend Patrick what he thought. He replied: "We've moved on." I relayed that message over the phone, however anecdotal and perhaps disappointing.
And everybody should just move on. Armstrong's performance in his interview was gritty and determined and part of the ridiculous cycle of contrition — and a return to money, fame and power. It is trite and predictable as a stopwatch. But it should give pause to anyone putting stock in nothing more than ambition. When the Greek became the Latin and the Latin became the English, the definition of a hero evolved to include a character in a play or story, people who played a role, say, in a movement — or simply someone with noble qualities.
And are we not grown up enough now to not need public heroes? The mythology of heroism was originally spun as a form of both inspiration and, frankly, propaganda. And it is exploited as exactly the latter today. What if a hero is a friend who helps you get a job? Or, a hero is a mother who raises you or a father who puts you through college. A hero takes real risks to save other people, literally and figuratively. A hero is someone who strives day in and day out to do something meaningful — without an ounce of public recognition.
What if a real hero is someone who never becomes famous for his or her deeds at all? Then we would know that those who do are not heroic at all, just ambitious to the point of exploitative. As for Lance Armstrong, he was obviously a very determined athlete and a highly-compensated entertainer — and that's all professional athletes are. But no. He was never a hero. And neither is the next Lance Armstrong who is already out there, waiting in the wings.
Richard Parker is a regular contributor to McClatchy-Tribune and The New York Times. Hardy Gest contributed research to this article.


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(January 30, 2013)--IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer free pancakes to guests Tuesday while accepting donations for Shriners Hospitals.
Tuesday is National Pancake Day and to celebrate, guests can enjoy a complimentary stack of buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Guests are encouraged to make a voluntary contribution to help reach the restaurant chain's goal of raising $3 million.
According to the restaurant, Pancake Day began when the English prepared for fasting during Lent; dairy products could not be eaten so pancakes were created to help use up the prohibited ingredients.


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Panasonic has long been committed to making a significant contribution to society, and in the lives of people around the world. We are also passionate in being strong advocates of eco-friendly products, as we firmly believe that our products should not only enrich our customers' lives, but also make the world better and sustainable.
The rapidly developing markets of Asia Pacific region promise exciting times ahead for Panasonic. We look forward to leverage the strengths of our consumer insights and the diverse capabilities of our partners to offer innovative eco and smart products, solutions and services that will realise the growing aspirations of our customers in this region.
Besides meeting the needs of this growing consumer electronics market, we will also pursue growth in the "Business to Business" category through a new business model that offers not just hardware, but total solutions that include software and services.
As we look towards the future, we will remain steadfast in the company's founding philosophy of placing people before products and deliver our brand promise of creating 'A Better Life, A Better World' for everyone.
April 2014
Junichiro Kitagawa
Managing Director, Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.


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6 Jobs You Won't Believe You Can Outsource
They say you can't make every problem go away just by throwing money at it. But by God, society is doing its best to make that a lie.
Wherever there is money and even the slightest demand for a service, there is someone out there willing to provide it, no matter how bizarre, pathetic or borderline illegal. That's why for the right amount of cash, you can get ...
#6. Fake Paparazzi to Follow You Around
If you want to experience what it's like to be famous for absolutely no reason, you can actually hire paparazzi to follow you around for an hour or two and harass you, because this is clearly the most appealing part of being famous. The company, Celeb 4 A Day, has branches in L.A., Austin, New York and San Francisco, and it can provide its services for birthdays, corporate events, or shits and giggles.
"My friends think tragically little of me!"
Basically, you schedule a time and place, and the company sends its photographers out to call out your name, barrage you with questions and take endless photos of you. It has packages starting at $500 for 30 minutes of irritation and going all the way up to a heroic $2,500 for two full hours. With that package, you also get a freaking bodyguard to protect you from the fake paparazzi, a publicist to field the fake questions for you, a goddamned limo, a fake gossip magazine with you on the cover and after the whole thing is over a DVD with a handful of the pictures that your pretend entourage took of your sad bastard ass.
This, right here, will cost you two and a half thousand dollars.
We'd like to point out that all you are managing to accomplish with this service is giving away a large amount of money to get shouted at. Though if you could write the paparazzi's questions beforehand, it might actually be worth $500 to have a group of people hound you in the parking lot of the mall demanding to know whether the rumors are true that you're actually the Batman.
#5. An Alibi for Any Offense
Let's say you're showing up late for work because you spent last night drinking 17 beers and half a bottle of vodka and woke up in a hotel where you may or may not have had sex with someone in a donkey suit. You hope it's a suit, anyway. Normally, you would have to try to make up some excuse on your own ...
"Yeah, um ... my grandmother died."
... but backing up your massive whopper is not the easiest thing to do. You were sick? Where's your doctor's note? You were in a car crash? Why is your car in the parking lot with no damage? Well, fear not, because now you have the Alibi Network.
The Alibi Network bills itself as a "cutting edge full service discreet agency providing alibis and excuses for absences as well as assistance with a variety of sensitive issues." Essentially, it is a company that makes shit up for you and backs it up with convincing documentation and other necessary things to prove your alibi.
"That's right, Mr. and Mrs. Harris. Little Timmy needs to play at least four hours of video games every day until his dropsy improves."
It will come up with some crazy story like how you were actually going for a secret job interview, but on the way you were in a car crash and the hospital had to remove your kidney to save your life, and you're groggy from all the morphine -- and you will have all the documents from the "hospital" and "job interview" to prove it. It's as if Machiavelli ran a drive-thru.
Pictured: "Job Interview"
You can even get the company to help you fool potential employers into believing that you have attended certain classes and seminars to boost your resume. The prices run $75 and up, depending on how much effort is required to back up your story, though apparently the price to help you cover up an affair is negotiable depending on the situation. Before you decide to go and murder someone, though, please note that the Alibi Network refuses to help when criminal activity is involved.
#4. Someone to Dump Your Significant Other for You
Sometimes you just have to end relationships, whether it be because you've grown apart from your boyfriend or because your girlfriend caught you masturbating to ThunderCats. That conversation, be it on the phone or face to face, is one of the most difficult things you will ever have to do.
Next to shooting Old Yeller.
But what if you are shy or scared or don't know what to say when the time comes? The company iDUMP4U has decided to capitalize on your pain (or happiness, depending on which side of the breakup you're on) by offering its services to dump your significant other. It charges $10 for a basic breakup, $25 to call off an engagement and $50 to announce a divorce, and it records the whole thing to play on its YouTube channel, because anything worth doing is worth doing for Internet fame.
On the application form, the company specifically states: "Remember, we are ASSHOLES ... we dump people for a living. So if you feed us fake information, or wrong info, and waste our time. We will make fun of you on the web. That is what we do ..." We'd like to take that threat seriously, but we're wondering just how effective making fun of someone's fake identity is going to be, since, you know, it's a fake identity. Imagine taking the time and resources to dedicate an entire YouTube clip to berating a client whose only known handle is "Captain Bonertopia."
Followed by a three-part expose on "Chronic_smoke112"'s history of drug abuse.


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NEW YORK � Look online, and it seems everyone has a complaint about NBC�s Olympics coverage. Look at the ratings � the report card that really matters to NBC � and the London games are a smash hit.
The Nielsen company said 36 million people watched Sunday night�s coverage, a bigger audience for the second night of a non-U.S. summer Olympics competition since TV began covering them in 1960. Counting the opening ceremonies on Friday, an average of 35.8 million people have tuned in for the three nights, well above the 30.6 million who watched the first three nights in Beijing in 2008 and considerably more than the 24 million who saw the first three nights of the Athens games of 2004.
This is the opposite of most TV programs, where declining ratings are the rule rather than the exception. But it reflects how broadcast television has become a destination for big events and how social media is driving viewership.
�The ratings are surprising to me,� said Andrew Billings, a sports media professor at the University of Alabama and author of Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television. �I thought social media would be more of a detriment than an attribute. I thought more people would not tune in because they knew the results.�
Billings said he�s tried to avoid learning the results of events before he watches NBC�s tape-delayed prime-time telecast. But it�s hard: He didn�t want to hear about Ryan Lochte�s gold medal victory over Michael Phelps on Saturday, but when his mobile phone beeped that afternoon, he looked and saw a CNN news alert telling him what happened.
NBC knew more people would know the results before prime time in an increasingly wired world, if only because the company is streaming all competition live online as it happens. It hasn�t seemed to matter much to viewers, however. The network isn�t publicly saying, but the London ratings have exceeded their expectations.
That has financial implications for NBC Universal and its parent Comcast Corp. NBC has said it will lose money telecasting these Olympics, largely because the expense of working in London, but the strong ratings will enable the network to sell more of its remaining advertising slots for the rest of the games, and at higher prices than expected.
Twitter has been flooded with gripes about NBC keeping most day�s marquee events off the air until they can be shown in prime-time, the broadcast that brings in the most viewers and advertising revenue for the network. But many of the gripers are apparently watching, anyway and, for many people, knowing the results whets their appetite for wanting to see how the competition played out.
Many of the Twitter complaints are posted with the hash tag #nbcfails. Another entertaining destination of Twitter � #NBCDelayed � displays joking tweets of NBC delaying other events: �Breaking: Orville and Wilbur Wright�s machine flies� and �Tune in tomorrow for the Olympic opening ceremonies in Beijing.�
Yet NBC�s audience size is outpacing the Beijing games, even though the network had live coverage of two of Phelps� gold medal races on the first two nights of competition four years ago.
With fewer comedies and dramas grabbing large audiences, Americans are turning more toward big events as communal gathering places. The last three Super Bowls are the top three most-watched shows in television history. Both the Grammy and Academy awards shows reached nearly 40 million people this year. Many people watch these events and converse digitally with their friends.
Even Sunday afternoon, NBC had 16 million viewers for its Olympics coverage, a number that exceeds virtually all other prime-time shows this summer.
�There are so few water cooler programs left that when we see one, we hold on to it,� Billings said. �Even when we complain about it.�


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All Over Cover Stick is a very tiny stick foundation with an unattractively thick, greasy texture that blends decently but still looks heavy on skin (sort of like theatrical greasepaint). The waxlike thickening agents put acne-prone skin on the fast track for more blemishes, and two of the three shades are very peach. It does not contain a single "active natural" ingredient, and is in no way preferred to any other stick foundation.
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From a line of cosmetics whose claim to fame is its rock-bottom prices we weren't expecting much. With many of the makeup products selling for just $1, could there be any outstanding finds to rival the best options from drugstores and department stores? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. Yet although that's good news, the entire picture isn't so rosy, and many of the products from e.l.f. (which stands for Eyes, Lips, Face) are as basic as can be, while a few are resounding disappointments we wouldn't even give away.
e.l.f. was founded by Scott Vincent Borba—the same businessman responsible for the Borba "beauty waters" once sold at Sephora boutiques—and Joseph Shamah. The story goes that one day Borba was shopping in an unnamed "dollar store" (where everything sells for a dollar) and noticed women dressed in designer clothing and sporting designer handbags loading up their baskets with inexpensive nail polish, eye pencils, and lip balm. He took note of the products being sold in such stores and quickly decided he could offer products of even higher quality at the same competitive price. His idea paid off, as e.l.f. has enjoyed continued success and increased distribution online and in retail stores like Target.
As you might expect, not everything in the e.l.f. line is great. When you're offering almost every product for $1 (OK, there's plenty for $3 and $5, too), they're not going to be nearly as luxurious or innovative as the company proclaims (most of the ingredient lists couldn't be more basic and the packaging is sometimes slipshod). Many e.l.f. items have packaging that, while functional, can only be described as cheap. In terms of value, yes, almost everything is inexpensive, but in most cases the container sizes are much smaller than the norm. Still, if you're considering spending a few dollars on fun, occasional-use colors, size becomes much less of an issue.
This line can be found at select Target stores and some regional drugstores, but the best place to experience the collection is online (none of the stores provide testers). The cheaper elements are a given based on the price point e.l.f. has established, but overall you're likely to be impressed with what they developed for so little money, and you may just find some beauty bargains (especially makeup brushes) that raise the bar—at least to a height that's taller than your average elf!
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