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Iran: continuing analysis UPDATE
Those who continue to follow events in Iran will find this analysis of Iranian voting patterns and possibilities of interest:http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/755/HT: NYTimes which offered this summary:The authors cite these highlights of their analysis:
1) At a provincial level, there is no correlation between the increased turnout, and the swing to Ahmadinejad. This challenges the notion that his victory was due to the massive participation of a previously silent conservative majority.2) In a third of all provinces, the official results would require that Ahmadinejad took not only all former conservative voters, and all former centrist voters, and all new voters, but also up to 44% of former reformist voters, despite a decade of conflict between these two groups.3) In 2005, as in 2001 and 1997, conservative candidates, and Ahmadinejad in particular, were markedly unpopular in rural areas. That the countryside always votes conservative is a myth. The claim that this year Ahmadinejad swept the board in more rural provinces flies in the face of these trends.http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/sunday-updates-on-irans-disputed-election/Bob Nunz references this in his comment.President Obama: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/us/politics/23text-obama.htm
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Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, writes frequently in these pages and blogs at dotCommonweal.
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I think that a striking image portrays more than a thousand words(or scolding, or tears from the Ayatollah.)Womwen holding the banner, "I am Neda" will transfix many, permanently in Iran!
The picture is iconic.
Meanwhile the President is all over it: He had ice cream with his family. I guess Neda isn't that important.
Bob: it's about time for you to take a few breathes and grow up.
Jimmy Mac:Thanks for the advice. What that advice has to do with Obama's inaction as regards the Ayatollah's thugs who gunned down Neda, and the transparently farcical election, i don't know.
And what Obama's having ice cream with his daughters on FATHER'S DAY had to do with his reaction to any aspect of what has been going on in Iran is beyond me.But I guess you'd prefer that he would just decide to bomb, bomb Iran and take the high testosterone road to this problem.Question: have you heard ANY responsible Iranians ask for US intervention in any way, shape or form?
Disgusting. How anyone can look at those images of a beautiful young woman gunned down and bicker is beyond me. It is times like this that the civilized world needs to stand together in solidarity with the force of progress and compassion.My prayers are with Neda, all the dead and injured, police, Revolutionary guard and people of Iran, regardless of politics.
And it is time for the President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama, to stand up like a man and publicly state in no uncertain terms that we as a nation stand behind the Iranian people, that we condemn the murder of Neda, and stand ready to assist in any way we can, their struggle. This should be done in the United Nations as a special assembly called by the President.Otherwise, all Obama's soaring rhetoric about freedom and self-determination are nothing but the flatulent emissions of a boy, a boy way out of his league.
Bob S:Rant and rave all you want about Barack "Hussein" Obama. (Do/did you refer to his opponent during the recent election as John Sidney McCain? Why not?)Ill ask again the question that you seem to be reluctant to answer: have you heard ANY responsible Iranians ask for US intervention in any way, shape or form?How about Reza Aslan, the author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0R-_dzOR9w (Start at about 1:33 cf)How about Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council (June 17th):PARSI: A couple years ago, the Bush administration put together a fund they called the Iran Democracy Fund. Critics called it the regime change/fund. And what they were doing is that they were saying they were going to give money to NGOs in Iran and then implicitly saying that it was for them to do regime change.They never really asked the NGOs in Iran if they thought that that was something that they wanted. And the end result was that the Iranian government started to view all NGOs in Iran as potential targets and potential enemies, and there was significant clamp down on them.And major Iranian NGO leaders, as well as human rights defenders, such as Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, came out and said, "Please, stop this. This is not what we need." Yet, Senator Lieberman ensured that it was re-appropriated. It doesn't seem as if we're even listening to the people as to whether this is really what they want.PARSI: ---- polls have shown consistently that the Iranian-American community overall is very negative towards the government in Iran. But at the same time, they are strongly against war. They very heavily favor diplomacy between the two countries in order to be able to resolve the differences in a peaceful manner.And whenever the United States is saying that it will be pursuing regime change, it strikes a negative cord with most Iranian-Americans because of the very same history that President Obama referred to today. Mindful of the 1953 coup that the CIA orchestrated against the democratically-elected prime minister in Iran, Mohammad Mosaddeq, mindful for the support of the Shah and the perception that existed that the United States was ensuring that the Shah would stay in power.To go forward now, at this very critical stage, with no sensitivity to the history, with no sensitivity that we have not actually heard from the Iranian people if this is something that they want, I think, really, is reckless.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31407448/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/How about Reza Shah Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah: Pahlavi praised the statements and tone of President Obama, saying that any outside attempt to interfere in Iran's internal affairs will give the tyrants the excuse they need to paper over their own differences and target every man struggling for freedom as a foreign agent. Pahlavi does say that there was a difference between interfering in a country's sovereign affairs and standing for principles of human rights and democracy. Obama has expressed more than once his belief in and support for exactly these principles.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iran.crown.prince/index.html?i... The truth is that the impressive thing has been how well Obama has handled the crisis. Again and again, Obama was pounded for his lack of experience during the 2008 election campaign. But imagine if John McCain were president. The mullahs would not be in the predicament they are. Instead, they could point to the demonstrators as American stooges. The uprising would have been quashed before it ever began. Fortunately, Obama's basic approach has been to follow the foreign policy equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath: "First, do no harm." Imagine the obloquy that would greet Obama if he were to champion the demonstrators and help to create a bloodbath, as Radio Free Europe did during the 1956 Hungarian revolution, when it encouraged Hungarians to revolt by assuring them that they had backing of the West, which they didn't. So far, Obama has shrewdly hewed to a middle course that allows him some flexibility in dealing with Iran.http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/19/is_obama_selling_out_the... ultimate problem that Pahlavi identified in the citation above will be if there is an Iranian version of Tiananmen Square, what is the rest of the world (not just the US maybe a little European backbone for a change?) prepared to do? What is the US prepared to do? Are folks ready to send their already overstretched military to yet another place of conflagration? Are they willing to reinstitute the draft in order to have a large enough military?Its very easy to insist that Obama does something. What do you propose that he does (and that means the rest of us ultimately) if and/or when? I honestly do not have an answer and distrust any easy ones that roll off the tongue without prior serious vetting by the intelligence or those who have access to information that you and I dont have. If that justification was OK for Dubyas approach to world situations, then maybe his supporters will allow the same courtesy to Obama and his advisors
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"Do/did you refer to his opponent during the recent election as John Sidney McCain? Why not?"I hope he didn't; he has rested in Section 3 of Arlington since the 40's.
Then I guess his ghost was the Republican candidate for POTUS in 2008: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_John_McCain_middle_name
"Then I guess his ghost was the Republican candidate for POTUS in 2008."No. That was his grandson, John Sidney McCain III.
That was his grandson, John Sidney McCain III.Which, then, takes me back to my original question re: the use of "Hussein" by those who are not exactly in his corner of the ring.And speaking of those not in Obama's ring:Some unexpected support for Obamas dealing with the Iran situation:http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/22/1972886.aspxGeorge Will (a well-known Obama fan) on ABC ---- GEORGE WILL, ABC NEWS: It will never be the same there. And the legitimacy of the regime, such as it was, is much diminished. Whether or not that's a good thing is another matter. The president is being roundly criticized for insufficient rhetorical support for what's going on over there. It seems to me foolish criticism. The people on the streets know full well what the American attitude toward that regime is, and they don't need that reinforced. Furthermore, there's an American memory of encouraging things like the Hungarian revolution in 1956, with rhetoric about rolling back communism. We had balloons flown in and dropped medals with the Statue of Liberty on it and leaflets. Came to crunch, there was nothing we could do about it. Senator Richard Lugar on CNN--LARRY KING: If President Ahmadinejad or the supreme leader, Mr. Khamenei, came back now and said, we want to sit down with the United States at a high level, Secretary Clinton perhaps to the foreign minister, or president to president, should the United States say yes or would you be rewarding the unjust, to use the president's word, behavior he sees on the streets of Iran right now? LUGAR: We would sit down because our objective is to eliminate the nuclear program that is in Iran. This is...(CROSSTALK) KING: Even though -- even though they are shooting people in the streets and beating people in the streets and arresting political opponents, if they called tomorrow, you would sit down with them? LUGAR: Yes, it's totally improbable. And the reason is that this regime now is under fire. This is not a stable regime in which two people suddenly sit down with the United States. They may not be able to impose their will. This is what -- this is all about in the streets. But in direct answer to your question, of course, we really have to get into the nuclear weapons. We have to get in the terrorism of Iran in other areas in the Middle East. Now we have a new opportunity in which we might very well say we want communication with Iran. We want openness of the press. We don't want to have use Tweeter (ph). We want to have to press on the ground. But in order to have any kind of relationship, we need to be able to talk to people, hear from people, argue with people. This is not imposing our will, but it's fundamental to our democracy and to the development of democracy and or better governments in Iran at this point.Then there is Henry Kissinger, not exactly another Obama flag waver) ---http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/18/kissinger-obama-iran/On Fox News last night (June 17), former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, noting that he was a McCain supporter, said that he thinks the president has handled this well:KISSINGER: Well, you know, I was a McCain supporter and but I think the president has handled this well. Anything that the United States says that puts us totally behind one of the contenders, behind Mousavi, would be a handicap for that person. And I think its the proper position to take that the people of Iran have to make that decision.Of course, we have to state our fundamental convictions of freedom of speech, free elections, and I dont see how President Obama could say less than he has, and even that is considered intolerable meddling. He has, after all, carefully stayed away from saying things that seem to support one side or the other. And I think it was the right thing to do because public support for the opposition would only be used by by Ahmadinejad against Mousavi.The June 22 Lou Dobbs show on CNN:I cant find the transcript online, but Fouad Ajami, a frequent Lebanese-born contributor on Middle Eastern issues and contemporary international history to The New York Times Book Review, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, and others, and who has appeared on Dobbs show many times, tonight criticized Obama for not doing enough. Three times Dobbs asked Ajami what he would have Obama do, and three times Ajami did not answer but simply set off reiterating his prior position.
I too think that Obama has handled the evolving events judiciously enough. Had it been GW Bush, he'd probably condemn the regime's crackdown, but that would be consistent with his previous condemnations. It may give immediate moral uplift to Americans, but not necessarily helpful to Iranian protesters.The fact that many conservatives in media & blogosphere have vocally criticized Obama for not condemning the Iranian government strikes me that Republicans have lost the upper hand in international issues in addition to domestic ones. BTW one of the most interesting things about the international affairs in the Obama administration is Hillary Clinton. Her works in the State Department is reminiscent of her "policy wonk" style she adopted in her first years as Senator. I am happy that State seems to have brought the best out of her. Had she won the Democratic nomination & the election, I'm not sure if the White House bring the best out of her due to Bill's presence (among other things).http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13...
For the moment (Tuesday), things seem to have moved behind closed doors in Iran. A good deal of maneuvering and bargaining may be going on. The role of the Revoluntionary Guard was highlighted in the NYT this morning; they seem formidable not only militarily but economically--a state mafia. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/world/middleeast/23security.html?_r=1&... story highlights how little intelligence the U.S. has about events and probably personalities; imho another reason for the U.S. and Obama to maintain a careful rhetorical distance. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/world/middleeast/23diplo.html?scp=3&sq...
I'm sure that if i used the offensive language of Mr. Schwartz, Grant would have deleted my post.I see the latest news tidbit is the wife of the deceased Shah, who says she's followed events there closely from exile for 30 years, describes the Obama response as diplomatic and wise.Of cousrse, ideologues know better.On the ground, I do think matters have shifted behind closed doors to a divided clericalist circle.The "principalist" thugs in the street can beat folks down, but the issue of the role of religion in politics there is deeply in play -among the clergy themselves.
Mr. Nunz: not to disappoint, but I think Grant is off-line at the moment.Clericalists: how much does their power rest on the Revolutionary Guard and how much the RVs on the clericalists. The RV according to this morning's story appears to be a relatively small force (120,000).
The Chicago Tribune published an editorial this morning praising the President's measured response. I find it persuasive.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0623edit2jun23...
From the Council on Foreign Relations:"Summing up, what should we look for in the coming weeks?"No one is making the argument that Mr. Khamenei or Mr. Ahmadinejad do not have support among the population. They do. It's not the majority, but they do have support. They also have the resources of the state--both financial and military. So that makes them quite robust. On the other side you have other leaders that have come together, and they are a powerful bunch--Mr. Rafsanjani, Mr. Khatami, Mr. Karroubi [presidential candidate], Mr. Mousavi--these are stellar revolutionaries that also have the support of a large part of the population. So we have these robust contenders--titans in some way--in a confrontation. To assume that this will lead ultimately to a victory of one over the other is unrealistic as well as dangerous because it may come at the cost of tremendous violence. My hope is that the path is opened to some sort of a compromise that allows, for example, a backing down on the part of Mr. Khamenei, perhaps some sort of a truth commission or a reelection, while at the same time he can maintain power, perhaps reduced power. [In this situation,] no side [would be] purged from the political system in such a way that they ultimately decide to engage in violence, or extreme violence, and the compromise would be the only way they can assure their survival."Whole interview with Farideh Farhi, Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii here:http://www.cfr.org/publication/19679/
In addition to the conservative luminaries listed by Jimmy Mac who are preaching restraint by the U.S. when it comes to responding to the events in Iran, there is also conservative WSJ columnist Peggy Noonan (of kinder, gentler nation and thousand points of light Republican speech writing notoriety): America so often gets Iran wrong. We didn't know when the shah was going to fall, didn't foresee the massive wave that would topple him, didn't know the 1979 revolution would move violently against American citizens, didn't know how to handle the hostage-taking. Last week we didn't know a mass rebellion was coming, and this week we don't know who will emerge the full or partial victor. So modesty and humility seem appropriate stances from which to observe and comment.http://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html
If even Peggy Noonan gets it right! Obama must be okay.
This may be the best assessment for the time being; from Gary Sick of Columbia University and long-time Iran expert:"Now that it has arrived at this point, both protagonists are faced with decisions of unprecedented gravity. There has been nothing like this in the thirty year history of the Islamic Republic, and today there is no Khomeini father figure to moderate and mediate among the warring factions. They must improvise in conditions of severe uncertainty. If anyone tells you that they know how this will turn out, treat their words with the same regard you would have for any fortune teller peering into a crystal ball....."For the United States, the watchword should be Do No Harm. The situation in Iran is being exploited for short term domestic political purposes by those who have been looking for an opening to attack the Obama administration. Wouldnt it feel good to give full throated expression to American opposition to the existing power structure in Iran? Perhaps so but it could also be a fatal blow to the demonstrators risking their lives on the streets of Tehran, and it could scotch any chance of eventual negotiations with whatever government emerges from this trial by fire."Can President Obama play chess as well as he plays basketball?"Whole thing here: http://garysick.tumblr.com/
Peggy (BTW, why do people call you "Peggy"?): Why is Grant off line? Actually (this for Bob Nunz's benefit) I am surprised that my "offensive" remark was not censored by Grant. For anyone wondering about it, Grant has been unwaveringly fair with me, and I can assure you Bob (Nunz) that he has censored more than a few of my rants. I am lucky to be able to post on this blog because I am aware of how annoying I can be. It is my nature to be abrasive and obnoxious, but what the hell, my wife loves me :]]
The wife must be a great and compassionate woman!
Peggy:She is indeed. People put up with me because they love her so much. But enough of that: I just heard President Obama's remarks about the Iran situation, and, because I'm a "half full" (Bob Nunz restrain thyself) rather than "half empty" type of person, I am very pleased at what he said, herewith giving him full credit for being a standup guy on this. Bravo and well said Mr. President!
One more to the growing number of links in this thread. Anne Applebaum: Not Obama, not Bush, not Twitter. It's women who are shaking the regime.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR200906...
President Obama:"First, I'd like to say a few words about the situation in Iran. The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings and imprisonments of the last few days. "I strongly condemn these unjust actions, and I join with the American people in mourning each and every innocent life that is lost. "I've made it clear that the United States respects the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is not interfering with Iran's affairs. "But we must also bear witness to the courage and the dignity of the Iranian people and to a remarkable opening within Iranian society. And we deplore the violence against innocent civilians anywhere that it takes place." More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/us/politics/23text-obama.htm
As more voices rise across the world, the notion that there will not be "one day of peace in the next four years" presumably piut forth by the Mousavi camp has some resonance,. Irani Nobel peace prize winner Shiriri has called on EU not to negotiate with the cureent Irani leadership.Across Europe, the sense of "appall" is clearly in the air.A major problem though, not mentioned here, are the Russians who undoubtedly will side with the entrenched regime and will further complicate lots of issues.
From today's Der Spiegel:DIFFICULT DIPLOMACYThe West Struggles to Find Correct Tone with IranBy Yassin Musharbash and Philipp Wittrock http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,632005,00.html#ref=nlint
--- what a Catholic News Service reporter found was that Catholics who live among Muslims are giving President Obama high marks for his Cairo speech and his outreach to the Muslim world.http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/catholic-islam-experts-obama-initia...
For those who care, here is the link to yesterday's Lou Dobbs show that I mentioned above:http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/06/22/ldt.crisis.in.iran.cnn


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Munro's "Might Haves"
Last weeks New Yorker contains a typically wonderful short story by Alice Munro. (Here it is; subscription required.) Haven tells the story of a young girl who is forced to live with her aunt and uncle for a year during the 1970s after her parents go off to teach in Ghana. The move from one household to another is a culture shock. The narrators parents, who lived in Vancouver before leaving for Africa, are liberal both in religion (they are Unitarians and believe, the girl says, that every person has his own idea of God) and in lifestyle: they encourage religious discussion, afford the women of the house a real voice, and generally maintain an environment of intellectual seriousness and physical disorder.Things are altogether different with Aunt Dawn and Uncle Jasper. There, grace is said before every meal, without fail. There, the house is clean and crisp, with bright sterling spoons and forks, polished dark floors, comforting linen sheets. There, gender roles are defined quite clearly. Jasper is a doctor, and Dawn is a housewife; he talks, and she listens; the house was his, the choice of menus his, the radio and television programs his, while the cleaning and the cooking are hers (with help from a maid named Bernice). At one point, the girl tries to sum up the feel of the household: Haven was the word. A womans most important job is making a haven for her man. Did Aunt Dawn actually say that? I dont think so. She shied away from statements. I probably read it in one of the housekeeping magazines I found in the house. Such as would have made my mother puke.In an essay trumpeting Munros brilliance, Jonathan Franzen praised the writers rhetorical restraint and her almost pathological empathy for her characters. Given these gifts, it should come as no surprise that Munro challenges the easy binariesliberal versus conservative, lively versus stultifiedlaid out above. We come to see that an orderly house could be quite agreeable, even if this agreeableness comes at a cost, and that charitable intentions can unwittingly hurt others. (As the narrator says, I had not approved of my parents going to Africa. I had objected to being dumpedmy word for itwith my aunt and uncle. I may even have told them, my long-suffering parents, that their good works were a load of crap.)Munro even succeeds in humanizing the bullying Jasper. At one point, after being served a dissatisfying meal, Jasper quietly expresses his disapproval and then makes himself a peanut butter sandwich: he had eaten [all of the meal] before pronouncing his verdict. So he was propelled not by hunger but by the need to make a statement of pure and mighty disapproval. This is Jasper at his worst, domineering and uncaring.But even here, Munro forces us to reconsider the situation: It occurs to me now that something might have gone wrong at the hospital that day, somebody might have died who wasnt supposed toperhaps the problem wasnt the food at all. But I dont think that occurred to Aunt Dawnor, if it did, she didnt let her suspicion show. She was all contrition. The conditionalmight haveis a distinctively Munrovian tense, and Haven is shot through with maybes and perhapses. Munros fiction is obsessed with what might have happened, both in the sense of lost opportunity (characters constantly think of how their lives might have turned out differently) and in the sense of the ultimate mystery of other people: we can never know what other people are thinking or feeling, a fact that should lead to sympathy and forgiveness.This isnt to say that Munro explains away all wrongdoing. Regardless of why Jasper reacted in the way he did, his actions hurt Dawn, and this is a fact that cant be ignored. Rather, Munro reminds us that people are more complexboth more culpable and more deserving of forgivenessthan we normally imagine. This is something that Munro's stories have been teaching us for a long time. "Haven" is further proof that Alice Munro is one of our best best living writers.
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Oh, my. Fiction is worthy if and only if it makes solemn social pronouncements, preferably looking down on an entire class of people.
Goodness gracious, David, your sarcasm is unbecoming. The whole point is that she's *not* looking down upon an entire class of people, that she's saying individuals are far more complex and interesting than we think. Munro writes with sympathy about urban people and rural people, liberals and conservatives, religious and non-religious. Munro isn't in the business of making social pronouncements, and she's less interested in making them than almost any writer I know.
Hmm. Guess I'd better read the piece, then. So far, I've managed to avoid her. Don't remember why, exactly. She's one of those writers into whose prose I've dipped far enough to know I'd find the rest unpleasant. But it's Lent - time to do penance, bit the bullet, drink bitter water.
Munro reminds us that people are more complexboth more culpable and more deserving of forgivenessthan we normally imagine. This is something that Munros stories have been teaching us for a long time.
To each his own, Anthony. But thanks for that introduction to Munro. I liked her writing a little better than I expected - it's workmanlike and fluid - but not enough to want to read any more. The empathy Franzen remarked on felt partial and forced, as though life for the narrator is a series of awkward lessons learned out of necessity and constraint, rather than easily and generously. It's a clinical empathy - maybe that's what Franzen means by "pathological". Also, there's no humanity in the story - everyone - even the absent parents - is a caricature.
You didn't read the piece? Come on. Look, David, if you can't be bothered to read the stuff you're commenting on, do us all a favor and keep quiet.
Yes, Grant, I read the piece. What the hell?
"Hmm. Guess Id better read the piece, then."Could this be the comment in contention between David and Grant? I would like to read the story--it has Unitarians!--but I have no subscription, so I have to wait until it's available through my college library's e-resources. Of tangential interest, one of my students is doing a term paper looking at attitudes about marriage as seen in movies about the 1950s ("Mona Lisa Smile," a couple of decades later than Munro's story) compared to ideas about "good wives" promulgated in contemporary ladies' magazines. The notion of the "haven" was certainly rampant among women in my mother's generation, though she and other Unitarian women felt that providing intellectual stimulation for their husbands by being well read, arranging to go to concerts, making crewel embroidery pillows and samplers, arranging flowers, and learning French or Japanese cooking was part of the package. My father's notion of a "haven" was coming home from the factory, getting in his beat-up International pick-up, installing fences or lawn sprinklers for fun and profit until it was too dark to see, eating fried baloney with horseradish sandwiches in front of "The Beverly Hillbillies," and watching Jonathan Winters on Jack Paar.Lesson learned: Women expend needless energy on man-havens. Maintain a nice assortment of lunchmeat, keep the TV in working order, don't talk during the news, provide large nightly quantities of goulash type skillet or casserole dishes, and maintain a reasonable level of cleanliness. Change things as little as possible, including your hairstyle. If you feel the need to be thanked, bake a bundt cake three or four times a year for no reason in particular (though a 12-pack of Ding-dongs with whipped cream in a can has about the same effect).
Lesson learned: Women expend needless energy on man-havens. Maintain a nice assortment of lunchmeat, keep the TV in working order, dont talk during the news, provide large nightly quantities of goulash type skillet or casserole dishes, and maintain a reasonable level of cleanliness. Change things as little as possible, including your hairstyle. If you feel the need to be thanked, bake a bundt cake three or four times a year for no reason in particular (though a 12-pack of Ding-dongs with whipped cream in a can has about the same effect).
None of that where I grew up. Maybe it was a Unitarian thing. We were Methodists.
Sounds great, could that be a woman-haven, too? (My husband's the one home with the kids). I'm going to ask him to bake me a bundt.
Irene, I think it's high time for man-created woman-havens (different from the "feminized" churches where women have made their own havens that evangelical leaders like Chuck Colson like to complain about). Demand your bundt! And lemme know how that works out.

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This question is going to be little incomplete but I am sure you will guess what my problem is. So 2 days back When I restarted my machine I got 7 options on the Boot Screen instead of 5. Earlier Windows was the 5th Option (I made it default), but now some Memory test is the 5th option (Being Defaulted). How did it automatically happen? I didnt configure or changed anything.
When the Linux kernel is updated, the older kernel images stick about in case the newer ones are incompatible with your system in some way. There are two parts to each kernel image - the normal one, which you boot up with, and the recovery image, which is why the menu increases by two entries with each update. The number of older kernels doesn't usually go beyond three (plus the respective recovery images, for a total of six images) so the size of your boot menu should be fixed from now on.
You can stop the older ones from appearing by editing your grub menu file, by typing
into a terminal and commenting them out with a
The safest way, in my mind anyway, to do this is to install Ubuntu Tweak, which contains an option to remove redundant kernel images. It will display a list of the additional images and you just pick the ones you don't want, and the safety comes from the application not displaying the one that is currently loaded.
It's not advisable to get rid of all of them, either by hiding them or removing them, for two reasons. The first is that when you encounter a serious problem (usually related to hardware and usually when it's not working) the best course of action is to boot using a previous kernel image to see if the problem is resolved there. Updates to the kernel can have a nasty habit of breaking parts of one's system. The other reason is that the 'recovery' image in can be quite useful, especially if you forget your password.
A new kernel was installed with an entry in the boot menu when you updated your system, this made the boot menu longer, and pushed the Windows boot menu entry further down.
Read this: Is there a way to remove/hide old kernel versions?
Just an advice: for security reasons (in case some update messes up your running kernel,etc.), i usually keep one more kernel image in my /boot folder (it has indeed proved helpful to me).
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What's the best method to poach an egg without it turning into an eggy soupy mess?
I have tried many techniques but what gets the best results for me is dropping them directly in water and vinegar. Complete method below:
This is my morning routine twice a week - with english muffin, butter, bacon, rocket/spinach salad and hollandaise sauce.
Take some microwave plastic wrap and place it in a ramekin; push the plastic into the corners and lightly oil the inside with a brush. Gently break a fresh egg into the centre of the plastic lined ramekin, then gently pull up the sides of the plastic wrap and tie it off with string or a plastic band. Place the pouch in boiling water for (depends on your eggs) minutes. Open the pouch and you have a perfect poached egg.
Personally, I cannot stand the taste of vinegar in a poached egg.
Here is the method that I use with perfect results every time:
Just to add to the other answers ... the fresher the egg (properly free range helps too) the better the shape and firmness of the result, whatever technique or trick you use.
you can buy some things (in the UK, maybe not in the US) called poach pods which I use, and work a treat. They're £5 for 2 (or about $8) I guess. They don't take up much room when stored as they stack:-
To be perfect honest, I'm a fairly big fan of microwaving eggs in lieu of poaching. There are little plastic gadgets you can get that you break the eggs into. You can microwave them either to hard or soft boiled levels, and they end up as nice, symmetrical mounds. The only trick is not to microwave on too high a power, or the yolks might explode! In that case, the result is a bit exploded in texture, but because the eggs are in the plastic gadget, at least you don't have egg all over the inside of your microwave!
Boil a reasonably large pan of water with a small pinch of salt, then take it off the heat. Crack the eggs gently into the water so they lie separately from each other. Leave them for about three minutes and they're done. Voila!
BTW: I don't stir the water as I fond this can make the white separate from the yolk.
Heston Blumenthal seems to have a good way to do this and get "the perfect egg every time", and it actually looks pretty easy.
I haven't had a chance to try this technique yet, but it seems pretty straightforward, and I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
Use a small pot with hot water from a kettle or water boiler, add small amount of vinegar (helps to keep the egg together) then wait until you see small bubbles. No need to swirl the water, just add the egg and don't let the water boil vigorously. Wait until cooked to your preference.


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Circles of Time (Paperback)
The Acclaimed Trilogy That Has Been Called a Must-Read for Fans of Downton Abbey
A generation has been lost on the Western Front. The dead have been buried, a harsh peace forged, and the howl of shells replaced by the wail of saxophones as the Jazz Age begins. But ghosts linger that long-ago golden summer of 1914 tugging at the memory of Martin Rilke and his British cousins, the Grevilles.
From the countess to the chauffeur, the inhabitants of Abingdon Pryory seek to forget the past and adjust their lives to a new era in which old values, social codes, and sexual mores have been irretrievably swept away. Martin Rilke throws himself into reporting, discovering unsettling political currents, as Fenton Wood-Lacy faces exile in faraway army outposts. Back at Abingdon, Charles Greville shows signs of recovery from shell shock and Alexandra is caught up in an unlikely romance. Circles of Time captures the age as these strongly drawn characters experience it, unfolding against England's most gracious manor house, the steamy nightclubs of London's Soho, and the despair of Germany caught in the nightmare of anarchy and inflation. Lives are renewed, new loves found, and a future of peace and happiness is glimpsed for the moment.
About the Author
Born in Hollywood, California, Phillip Rock lived in England with his family until the blitz of 1940. He spent his adult years in Los Angeles and published three novels before the Passing Bells series: Flickers, The Dead in Guanajuato, and The Extraordinary Seaman. He died in 2004.
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"Rock never slips his moorings to the story line; and it's all immensely energetic, top entertainment in the Upstairs/Downstairs vein, complete with bubbling family gossip."
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Basic Rules for Financial Freedom: Make Wealth Happen
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Think Long Term
If you expect a rapid and sudden catapult into prosperity, go play the lottery and good luck to you. (You'll need it.) Gaining wealth is a slow process, and rightly so. If you get it all quickly, you have no time to acquire experience and sense. Too quickly, and it'll be all "spend, spend, spend."
Thinking long term is a bit like thinking in very fast motion while the rest of the world moves incredibly slowly around you. Easy does it, as they say. Ever tried to swat a fly? A fly's eyes are different from ours and they basically see in fast forward. By the time you raise your hand, they have already predicted the movement and flown away. You have to develop the same ability. You have to see what's happening before it happens, and the only way to do that is to think long term.
Think of gaining prosperity as stalking a reluctant tiger. It'll be wary and cautious, and you have to stalk it skillfully, quietly, almost lovingly. It's no use running up and shouting at it -- it will either turn round and kill you or run off. Better to take your time and creep up slowly and quietly. Any sudden movements will startle the canny beast.
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SIDNEY, Neb. — Cabela's co-founder and chairman Richard N. Cabela will be named chairman emeritus June 5, during the company's 2013 annual meeting of shareholders. His brother, James W. Cabela, who is vice chairman and co-founder, will be named chairman at that time.
"Dick Cabela is a legend at Cabela's as well as throughout the entire outdoor industry," said Tommy Millner, Cabela's CEO. "From their kitchen table in Chappell, Nebraska, 52 years ago to pioneering direct catalog marketing and experiential retailing, Dick and his wife, Mary, revolutionized every aspect of outdoor product sales. Dick's passion for the outdoors transformed Cabela's from a small company in western Nebraska to a $3.1 billion globally recognized brand."
"We are particularly pleased our long-term succession plans once again worked," Millner added. "This has been a key focus over the past four years for our management team and board of directors at every level of leadership within the organization."
"Dick's enduring legacy continues, and I look forward to continuing to learn from Dick's wise counsel and advice in his new role as chairman emeritus," Millner said. "On behalf of Cabela's employees, shareholders and customers, I would like to thank Dick and Mary Cabela for their passion for the outdoors and vision and business acumen, which led to the founding of this extraordinary company. Dick, Mary and Jim weren't the first to offer outdoor goods through the mail, but nobody did it better or with a greater focus on customer service. This passion for delivering legendary customer service will forever be Cabela's foundation."
"As we look toward the future, we are very pleased to have our co-founder, Jim Cabela, become chairman," Millner said. "Jim's leadership has been a powerful force in building our company over the last five decades. Jim's passion for the outdoors and his role as our new chairman will ensure we remain focused during this exciting growth period."
Cabela's Incorporated is a leading specialty retailer and the world's largest direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. It was founded in 1961.


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Reading � The Reading Community Schools are accepting new students for the 2013-14 school year.
Offices at the elementary school and high school are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. School will begin Sept. 3.
Reading Elementary School student hours are from 7:45 a.m. until 3:08 p.m. (Walkers are released at 3:14 p.m.) Reading High School student hours are from 7:45 a.m. until 3:18 p.m. Time To Grow (young fives) and all day kindergarten will be in session from 7:45 a.m. until 3:08 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served to all day students.
A Latchkey program is available for enrolled students from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at a cost of $1.50 per hour per student. For more information call 517-283-2188.
Dates to remember:
� Reading High School open house 6-8 p.m. Monday
� Reading Elementary School open house 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, PTO will be serving hot dogs
� Seventh grade orientation 6 p.m. Monday in the high school G.P. room
� Senior parent meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday in the high school G.P. room
Reading High School was recently recognized as a Reward School.
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6 Steps to Cure a Whiny Child
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Whether you have a young child or a teen, she needs to learn that whining will not help her get what she wants.
When your child starts to whine, say something along the lines of "I will listen when you speak to me calmly," and follow through with what you say. Although it may take some practice and patience, your child will eventually learn to use a calm and rational voice when she needs or wants something.


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28 Mar 2011 7:15 AM #1
Grid only displaying 25 rows
I can't quite figure this out, but for some reason, I can only get 25 records to display in my grid, even though the JSON blob has 200+ records. I see in the POST (http://www.my.url.com/GetData.ashx?_...50486&limit=25) that a 'limit' variable is being passed, but no where am I setting that. I have tried setting a limit in the extraParams in the store, however it does not seem to be helping... Any ideas?
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Found it, in case anyone else has this issue. Its in Ext.data.Operation.
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Aluna Art Foundation held an opening reception of "Body, Maps and Territories: Personal Geographies," an exhibition that combines artwork from Patricia Schnall-Gutiérrez, Chris Radtke of Louisville, Ky., María Martínez-Cañas and Carola Bravo; with the participation of Lili(ana). The reception was held Jan. 19 at Aluna Art Foundation in Miami, Fla.
For the project, local artist Radtke created installations that are somewhat organic – changing over time and environment – with mesh cubes. These mesh cubes are metaphors for the live body that not only respond to their environment, but also contain subtle references to sexuality and the passage of time. Radtke outlines maps or alternative path structures that infuse life to the exhibition space, reminding that each part is connected to the other: the transformation is constant and every change affects the totality.
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Here's a question from Shelah's book Classification Theory. Given an order $I$, we consider cuts of the form $(A,B)$ where for all $a \in A, b \in B$ we have $a < b$ and $A \cup B = I$. The cofinality of a cut $(A,B)$ is the pair $(\lambda, \kappa)$ where $\lambda$ is the cofinality of $A$ and $\kappa$ is the cofinality of $B$ in the reverse order.
The reader is asked to show in Exercise VII.1.7 that given any order $J$ with $|J| \leq \kappa$ there is an order $I$ with $J \subseteq I$ and $|I| = \kappa$ so that if $(A,B)$ is a cut of $I$ then the cofinality of $(A,B)$ is $(\aleph_{0}, \aleph_{0})$. In other words, given any order of size at most $\kappa$, it can be expanded to an order of size $\kappa$ so that every cut has countable cofinality.
Does anyone know how to show this? In the absence of any hypothesis on $\kappa$ it is difficult to see how one could kill off all uncountable cuts in an order of size $\kappa$ without increasing the cardinality.


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Health requirements for Umrah and Hajj (1431H) season announced
October 5, 2010
The Ministry of Health has issued health requirements for Umrah and Hajj performers for the current year (1431H) and has instructed Saudi embassies and missions abroad to abide by all these requirements for the issuance of Umrah and Hajj visas. In a statement, Ministry of Health spokesman Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Marghalani noted that the Ministry has been following the development of epidemic diseases, adding that the health requirements this year focus on several areas, including yellow fever, cerebrospinal meningitis fever, polio, and seasonal influenza. According to the latest regulations:
Hajj and Umrah performers coming from countries affected by yellow fever are requested to submit a valid vaccination certificate, according to International Health Regulations. The certificate must state that the holder was vaccinated against yellow fever between 10 years and 10 days before their arrival in the Kingdom. Aircrafts, ships and other means of transportation coming from countries affected by yellow fever are requested to submit a valid certificate certifying the extermination of insects onboard, according to International Health Regulations.
Countries affected by yellow fever are: Angola, Benin, Sudan, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Burundi, Chad, Uganda, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Togo, Kenya, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mali, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Peru, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay.
Hajj and Umrah performers or seasonal workers in Hajj areas coming from certain countries must have a valid certificate verifying their vaccination against meningococcal meningitis between 3 years and 10 days before coming to the Kingdom. Health authorities in these countries must ensure that children 2 years and older and adults are vaccinated with ACYW135. Saudi health authorities will give preventive doses (one dose = 500 mg of Ciprofloxacin) at ports in order to reduce the spread of the disease.
The affected countries include: Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Gambia, Senegal, and Central Africa.
Arrivals from countries affected by poliomyelitis are requested to vaccinate children under 15 years of age with the oral polio vaccine at least 6 weeks before their travel date. They will receive another dose upon their arrival in the Kingdom.
The affected countries are: Uganda, Kenya, Benin, Angola, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Nepal.
People who suffer from chronic diseases (heart disease, kidney disease, respiratory disease, neural disease and diabetes), immunodeficiency from birth, HIV, and metabolic diseases, in addition to pregnant women and overweight people, should receive seasonal flu vaccinations.
Hajj and Umrah performers are not allowed to bring with them any kind of foodstuffs from their countries, unless if it is canned, sealed, or in easily opened containers for checking ingredients and in sufficient quantities for traveling by road.
In the eventuality of any health emergency or the spread of diseases subjected to International Health Regulations in Hajj and Umrah performers' countries, health authorities in the Kingdom may take any additional precautions toward the arrivals from these countries in coordination with the International Health Organization in a timely manner in order to avoid the spreading of infections among the pilgrims and Umrah performers, or the transfer to their countries.


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I am looking for a way to take every link that I have indexed by Google and export them to a CSV file. Recently I have had way more pages indexed by Google then I actually have and I want to find where all these pages are coming from without having to view each search result page.
Unfortunately there is no way to get a full list of every indexed page in Google. Even milo5b's solution will only get you at most 1,000 URLs.
It sounds like you have some duplicate content issues. In Webmaster Tools, check in Health > Index Status and it will show you a cumulative total of pages indexed over time. If the graph makes a big leap at one point you may be able to work out if a specific change on your site triggered the jump.
You could also try using Bing's Webmaster Tools. They have an Index Explorer which could help you find the URLs. Search engine spiders are quite similar so if Google found those links, Bing probably did too.
I thought Bing had a way to export most of its data but I cannot find it on a cursory glance. There is an API though so you could probably use that to extract everything.
I ended up drilling down to the problematic sub-folder through searching for site:domain.com/foo/bar/ but in my search I did come across a method for getting the search results into an excel file.
Open up a Google Docs spreadsheet and use this formula:
It will only get the first 100 results but you can use it again to get the next 100. Just change the start variable:
This will only provide up to 1000 results, as mentioned previously by DisgruntledGoat, but the formula can be changed to provide links from specific sub-directories:
You could write a script that parses Google's SERP (for example PHP + Curl) and store each link in a CSV file. Be careful to have your script behave like a human, because Google could ban your IP from search results for a few hours if you abuse this.
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Maker Faire 2013/Afterparty
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Abel Rodriguez
Launching a public service career.
I am from the Norristown area, near Philadelphia. As an undergraduate, I went to Montgomery County Community College and Cabrini College. I majored in Spanish and minored in math. Before enrolling at Penn Law, I was a Lecturer in Foreign Language and Course Coordinator at Penn. Before that, I completed a Master's programs in Latin American Studies and Theology.
My first year out of law school I worked at Esperanza Immigration Legal Services as a Langer, Grogan and Diver Fellow in Social Justice. I now work in a split position as a staff attorney at Nationalities Service Center and immigration specialist at the Defender Association of Philadelphia. My long-term career goals include teaching and working as an advocate on issues of migration, race, and poverty.
I took courses in the School of Social Policy and Practice at Penn, which helped me understand our immigration system in the context of broader racial and socioeconomic inequality. It also helped me understand the importance of the non-profit sector in effecting social change.
Clinic experiences led to my current work.
My experience in the Transnational Legal and Criminal Defense Clinics were particularly impactful and ultimately led me to my current work advising people of the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and representing people with convictions in their immigration cases.
The fellowship boot camp that Arlene organized was incredibly helpful. I ended up getting a Penn fellowship, which launched my public interest career.
Creating a documentary film.
My best experiences in law school were my clinical experiences. I also had the opportunity to create an advocacy film with two other law school students, which allowed us to collaborate with advocates in the city and continues to be used to advocate for formerly convicted people seeking employment.


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Steubenville-area churches have announced the following sermon themes for their Sunday services:
-- Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, Steubenville: "It's Just Around the Corner."
-- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Steubenville: "Characteristics of Thanksgiving," guest speaker the Rev. David Massimi.
-- Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville: "Risk-Taking Ministry: Epaphroditus," morning service; "Who is Jesus?" evening service.
-- First Christian Church, Disciples, Steubenville: "A Mother's Heart," the Rev. Trina Morgan.
-- First Church of Christ, Scientist, Steubenville: "Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced."
-- First United Methodist Church, Toronto: "Perfecting Grace."
-- First Westminster Presbyterian Church, Steubenville: "The Truth Will Set You Free."
-- Harmony United Methodist Church, Mingo Junction: "Redeemed."
-- Rush Run Community Chapel, Rayland: "The Power of Two."
Second Baptist Church, Steubenville: "A Life in Transition."
-- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Steubenville: "Christ the King."
-- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Steubenville: "You and Your Strength," the Rev. Ben Wright.
-- Starkdale Presbyterian Church, Steubenville: "A Biblical View of Children" with Bobbyjon Bauman, associate pastor, with special youth-led worship.
Tiltonsville United Methodist Church: "The Seven Spirits Before the Throne."
-- Toronto North River Avenue Christian Church: Speaker Tom Williams, morning service; meditation service, evening service.
-- Wintersville United Methodist Church: "A Festival of Thanks and Praise."
-- Zion United Church of Christ, Steubenville: Guest pastor, the Rev. Richard Beck.


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During the development of a super sports car, it is crucial to always bear in mind its driving dynamics. No matter how powerful the engine is or how sophisticated the aerodynamics are: there is no driving fun if the car understeers in corners or loses its rear when accelerating. For this reason, the driving dynamics are so important to us.
Our engineers make sure all suspension and drivetrain components are perfectly matched to each other. Thus, the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster is well controllable in all kinds of situations and enables a sportive driving style.
The secret of the suspension
A special suspension system, inspired by motorsports, is used in the Aventador Roadster. On the pushrod suspension with double wishbones a bellcrank is used to actuate the internal, vertically integrated spring and damper unit. This layout reduces the unsprung mass, improves the aerodynamics and leads to direct steering with minimized perturbation.


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A while ago I asked how to construct an infinite family of $(v,b,r,k,\lambda)$-designs satisfying $r=\lambda^{2}$ and got very good answers from Yuichiro Fujiwara and Ken W. Smith.
Now I'd like to up the ante and to generalize the question to $(r,\lambda)$-designs. Formally, we are talking here about a family $D$ of subsets of $\{1,2,\ldots,v\}$ such that:
(a) Each $i \in \{1,2,\ldots,v\}$ belongs to $r$ sets in $D$.
(b) Every two distinct $i,j \in \{1,2,\ldots,v\}$ belong together to $\lambda$ sets in $D$.
I am trying to find examples with $r=\lambda^{2}$, which is more difficult than in the case of $(v,k,\lambda)$ designs because this is more off the beaten path, so even stand-alone examples will be greatly appreciated.
P.S. As in the previous question, I require at least one pair of disjoint blocks, so most constructions based on symmetric designs will not apply here.


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Women's Nike LIVESTRONG All Time Half-Zip Hoodie
This Hoody is the extra style that you have been looking for.Constructed with raglan seams and bold print detail in front, the LIVESTRONG All-Time Half-Zip Women's Hoodie delivers unrestricted comfort and style in a soft, Dri-FIT cotton blend.
Don't let your old workout clothes hold you back from looking your best when you are doing your thing in the gym. This hoody has got to be the next piece in your cute collection.


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I'm looking to buy a folding bike for my commute to work and want to spend $350-400. The bikes at Vela.ca look very good but I want to make sure I get the best deal. Shipping costs are also a concern. Vela has a flat rate of $35 which is very low.
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Downtube is well-thought-of, and they ship internationally. They also accept returns, although you'd be out the money for shipping.
Dahon has several bikes under $400US/$412CAD - the Boardwalk and Eco (and the 7-speed Speed is you can stretch your budget a little). Dahon is likely the best choice for a budget folder, and they have dealers in Canada.
I'd suggest starting with your local bike shop. They're the ones that will do some of the servicing (I'm guessing) and having a good relationship with them is always important. If they can't even come close to pricing or won't get a folding bike for you then your local Craigslist might yield some results.


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There's a special "winter" gas mix available for gas stoves. How is it different from the usual propane/butane mix and why does it work better in low temperatures? (Does it work better in lower temperatures? :-)
While there seem to be a few different mixtures, key to them all is a lower vapourisation temperature requirement and lower viscosity so they are easier to ignite.
In cold weather, normal fuel may not flow will or may not be able to light as it won't vapourise.
Different gasses have different boiling points. Under boiling point the gas is liquid and don't have enough pressure to come out from the canister (if used in upright).
The boiling points of usual gasses used in (camping) gas stoves are:
source Wikipedia: Propane, butane and isobutane.
The propane is the best gas to use in cold winter as it will stay gas in really cold temperatures.
However, the vapor pressure of propane is really high (see Wikipedia) compared to for example butane (see Wikipedia) which means 100% propane needs heavy steel canister to hold the gas adding more weight for backpaking. Making a solution of, for example 70% butane and 30% propane, will allow for more light weight aluminium canister and decrease the boiling point to be suitable for colder weather.
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Osaka,OV Mall go to court
October 8, 2013
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Representatives of the Ohio Valley Mall Company and Osaka Japanese Restaurant made their arguments before Common Pleas Court Judge John ....
Hopefully this be settled and Panda can open. I love Osaka, but we as the public deserve a choice. Osaka is great food, but pretty expensive. If all competition was removed, we would have a very boring mall!
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Stacy Lee
I was born in Southern California (I still miss the sunshine), but I love the Tri-Cities. I've been in radio for almost 20 years. I golf, fish, ski and I love to cook. I'm a proud mom and grandma. I love Maroon 5, P!nk and Bruno Mars. I watch old episodes of "Breaking Bad" and am obsessed with "Sons of Anarchy."


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I find that sweeping a bathroom floor when it is wet is very hard. When wet, dust and hairs tend to stick to the floor, making them very hard to sweep up. Furthermore, they tend to get stuck in the brush, but then get dislodged when I am sweeping another part of the floor. How can I sweep this floor more productively?
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Use a squeegee on wet floors. It also works well (depending on squeegee size) on windows, shower enclosures, tile walls, and bathtubs. We keep a small one in the shower, and spend about 30 seconds after a shower to wipe down all the walls and floor. We have much less mildew to remove than we did before starting this practice.
Why sweep a wet bathroom floor? Either mop the floor or sweep it. But both can not be done at the same time. Mop - wet (floor), broom - dry (floor). It's more efficient to let the floor dry then sweep what's left behind. There are plenty of wet vacuums out there that work well with wet and/or dry floors. Maybe you might want to invest in something like that.


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n walkers ${A}_{i}$ start out from X to Y simultaneously with speeds ${a}_{i}$, $i=1,2,...,n$. ${a}_{i}\neq {a}_{j}$ if $i\neq j$. At the same time, a motorcyclist M with speed $m=1$ starts out from Y to carry them (as shown in the illustration attached). The motorcyclist can pick up any person he meets. He can carry at most one person. But he's free to drop off the person he carries at any time. Walkers just walk straight forwards (from X to Y), while motorcyclist is free to drive either forwards or backwards.
The motorcylist's goal is to find a plan under which all the walkers arrive at Y simultaneously, if such a plan exists. We call such a plan a feasible plan.
Define the configuration of the problem to be the n-tuple $({a}_{1},{a}_{2},...,{a}_{n})\in {\mathbb{R}}_{++}^{n}$.
Define ${B}^{n}\subseteq{\mathbb{R}}_{++}^{n}$ to be the set of all feasible configurations (i.e., configurations for which a feasible plan exists).
Trivially, we know that ${B}^{1}={\mathbb{R}}_{++}$ and ${B}^{2}={\mathbb{R}}_{++}^{2}$. Also it's easy to see that ${B}^{n}\subseteq {(0,1)}^{n}$ for $n>2$. However, it is nontrivial to find ${B}^{n}$ for $n>2$. Without loss of generality, assuming ${a}_{1}<{a}_{2}<...<{a}_{n}$, I find that ${B}^{3}=\{({a}_{1},{a}_{2},{a}_{3})| 2{a}_{2}\leq{a}_{1}+1,\ {a}_{3}<1 \}$, which is neat!
When I tried to figure out ${B}^{4}$, however, I found it to be significantly harder than ${B}^{3}$. So I have two related questions here:
1.How should we tackle ${B}^{n}$? Is there some systematic method we can use to characterize ${B}^{n}$ for successive n's?
2.If not, can we speculate what ${B}^{n}$ will look like, for example by giving some upper and lower bound on it which we are able to characterize?
EDIT: $n=4$ is EXHAUSTING, and honestly I have no idea where to start. Maybe it's just impractical to find ${B}^{n}$ for $n>3$. An interesting way to simplify the model is to assume that M can teleport himself anywhere he wants (as long as the motorcycle is not loaded). This assumption may allow a cleaner analysis and nicer answer.


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Reference: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/realtime/
When a subscription has been created for real-time updates of some sort (say user properties, for instance), what happens if the provided callback URL is unreachable?
There are a few sub-cases here:
- Failure to reach the callback URL at subscription verification;
- Subscription verification succeeds but the callback URL becomes unreachable at some later time when attempting a change notification.
It's mainly #2 that interests me. Does the notification go into a retry queue? If so, how many retries are attempted, and over what time span? Is there any way to query for "missed" notifications? Is there different handling for different failure modes (host name lookup, host unreachable, port closed, error return code in the HTTP response)?


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Its pretty much all in the title. I have a SQL Server which is showing that 90%+ of CPU Usage and Logical IO Performed is due to "Adhoc Queries" The rest rest of the usage shows up under the actual DB name. This is all from the "Server Dashboard" report.
I have a few databases on this server which are accessed directly by vendor applications of which I have no control. They are very low usage in general; I have two databases that are accessed and used by internal applications written in Entity Framework and Linq-To-SQL. I'm wondering if that is why my "Adhoc Queries" are showing such high use instead of the names of my internal databases.
The reason I'm asking is because I've been noticing somewhat degregated performance and the CPU on my server is running 95% on sqlserver.exe process for extended periods of time, with minimal "down spikes" to 10-15% use.


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I will be traveling to Jaipur India, and wanted to know which lens to take along with my Nikon d5100. I currently have a 35mm f1.8, 55-200mm, 70-300mm and a 18-70mm.
I want to take pictures of the palaces and other landmarks in Jaipur.
I would probably prioritise the lenses like this, and bring as many as I feel like carrying:
The build quality of the lenses would however come in play also. If there is a pro-grade lens I would prioritise that higher for the better image quality and better weather sealing.
If you have to choose just one, take 18-70 or also add 55-200 for street photography. I actually don't see any sense taking 35mm and keep changing it during my travel.
Couple of more helpful tips.
Enjoy your trip!
PS: If I were you, I'd sell all my lenses and get 18-200 as just one lens for travelling and keep 35mm for indoors for kids/family portraits.
Personally and based on your lenses - I would take the 35mm for those 'in the streets' and 'market style shots' (nice bokeh) - also good for people photos / later at night shots and the 70-300mm for versatility.
I say take both because the 35mm is tiny - as you know it fits in a pocket!
Your camera is APS-C so this means there is a 1.5x crop factor so your 35mm is really 50mm ish on full frame.
This is what I would have done: Take the 35mm for everything except if you are very far from the subject, the bring out the 70-300. On zoom-lenses people(including me) tend to only use the extreme ends of the zoom-scope (in this case 70 or 300). The 35mm will let you take pictures without scarring people away. Good luck & have a nice trip!
Frankly, I am surprised there are so many answers and you have not found one yet to your taste. Your question is rather vague but I will assume you are satisfied with the quality of your lenses.
Palaces in India are big to enormous, so you really need your widest lens, the 18-70mm. I am concerned you have no other lens below 55mm because if that one fails, you will lose a lot of opportunities. So, I strongly suggest adding another wide-angle lens - possibly the same one - or something even wider like the Nikkor 12-24mm F/4 or Tokina 11-16mm F/2.8.
Your long lenses will be great to pick out small details in palaces, sculptures, windows and other decorations which give those places character. Use the 70-300mm primarily and the 55-200mm as a backup (or vice-versa if you prefer the quality of the former).
The 35mm F/1.8 is a more creative lens and you can have fun with it. It will also come in handy in some palace interiors which may be get dark. Keep in mind that in religious temples you may not be allowed to take any photos inside. I would not worry much about having a backup for this lens.
Finally, I know you only asked about lenses but remember than any thing that fails can ruin your trip photographically. If this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, I strongly suggest a backup camera, plus backup batter and charger. Another Nikon D5100 or a D3100 will do nicely and let you use all your lenses. Understandably if budget is restricted, you can always buy a compact camera. The image quality wont compare but you will get plenty of worthy images to recall and share your trip.
I would recommend the 18-70, 70-300 and 35mm. You would probably want the flexibility of the 18-70 doing street. 35mm will come in handy in the palaces and forts. 70-300 for compressed landscapes and isolating subjects.
It really depends on your personal taste.
If it were me, I'd take the 18-70mm because I do mostly landscape photography. I find zoom to be over-rated (except when shooting my son's soccer games) as it de-emphasizes depth and makes the images very flat.
When I went to Africa back in 2000, I used mostly the 24-120mm. I had the 70-300 but really only used it while on safari and not wanting to get all that close to the animals. (Note that was an F90x -- FX size.)
My main lens on my D80 was an 18-200 because of its extreme versatility with a 10.5mm fish-eye for the really wide stuff.


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The 5 Most Needlessly Evil Movie Villain Strategies
Some classic movie bad guys have great motivations, like Darth Vader ("corrupted by the Force"), Voldemort ("I don't have a nose") or the shark from Jaws ("I am a shark"). Others are just crazy, like the Joker.
But in a lot of cases, the bad guy is just an excuse for the hero to do stuff, and so the writers are forced to come up with some flimsy explanation for why this particular guy has chosen to do things that are bad ... even when there are much better and easier ways to accomplish what he wants. Like ...
#5. Up -- Charles Muntz
During the first few minutes of Up, we are introduced to the bad guy, Charles Muntz. He's a famous explorer who falls into disrepute after allegations that his latest find -- a skeleton of a never-before-seen bird -- was a fake. Muntz vows to prove his detractors wrong by capturing said bird and disappears into the South American wilderness. Some 70 years later, an old guy named Carl ties a bunch of balloons to his house and floats away in it.
It's a complicated film.
Carl, his floating house and a Boy Scout named Russell somehow make it to South America and inadvertently befriend the same strange-looking bird Charles Muntz has been looking for all these years. As a result, Muntz sets Carl's house on fire, kidnaps Russell and then tries to kill them both by sending an army of talking dogs to shoot them in little planes.
There's a pun somewhere in here.
The Pointless Evil:
Uh, why?
And don't say, "Because he was evil!" Even in terms of carrying out an evil plan to kidnap a rare bird, it doesn't make sense.
Things turn ugly at first because Muntz thinks Carl and Russell have come to steal the bird and rob him of his discovery, but Carl's story should have been verified once Muntz realized that he really did travel to South America in a floating house (if he was telling the truth about that, we'd believe literally anything else he said).
It's because he's old. Once you lose the ability to poop, everyone must pay.
But even if Carl and Russell turned out to be black market bird dealers or something, Muntz could have easily negotiated an arrangement with them, since he only needed the bird temporarily (that is, long enough to show it to the public). He was only making things harder for himself by antagonizing the only people who actually knew where the bird was.
And they brought along their entire kitchen as a warning.
Even if he was afraid Carl would take the bird to civilization and claim credit, he didn't need to worry -- all that would do is vindicate Muntz's discovery from 70 years earlier (remember, he had a skeleton of one -- he was unquestionably the bird's discoverer). Also, at one point Russell casually tells Muntz about the bird's weakness for chocolate bars (literally the only reason it befriended them) and he does exactly nothing with this information. It would have made a lot more sense to rig a few chocolate-laden traps, sit back and wait for the bird to wander into one.
"I don't understand. When do the flying dogs come in, exactly?"
It doesn't make sense from any angle for him to chase and terrorize the bird's friends for half the movie. If he had bothered thinking this through instead of instantly jumping to canine homicide schemes, he could have saved himself a lot of trouble and a lot of money in ammo and doggy parachutes.
Also, teaching dogs to pilot aircraft is arguably a more significant achievement than finding any bird.
#4. First Blood -- The Hope Police Department
First Blood begins when Vietnam vet John Rambo wanders into the small town of Hope looking for a place to grab a bite. He happens to run into the sheriff, who makes fun of his jacket and tells him to go away. When Rambo refuses to leave the town, the sheriff arrests him for vagrancy. Things escalate, and soon the National Guard is shooting at Rambo with a rocket launcher.
In most other states, vagrancy warrants a small fine.
It's pretty clear that the sheriff is the antagonist here, but he was just trying (in his own assholish way) to protect his quiet little community from shady drifters, right? How was he supposed to know things would get so out of hand?
The Pointless Evil:
Actually, if that were the sheriff's motivation, the movie (and by extension the entire Rambo film franchise) would have lasted about 20 minutes. You see, after the cops start taunting and abusing Rambo in the police station, triggering his 'Nam flashbacks, he makes a run for the hills, and that should have been it: Rambo was no longer in the town. The sheriff got what he wanted. He could have turned around and gone back to, you know, actually doing his job.
"Time to give parking tickets to people without cars."
But no, for some reason he decides to keep going after Rambo in a Dukes of Hazzard-esque chase sequence through the outskirts. Maybe the sheriff wanted to get back the motorcycle that Rambo stole during his escape? Nope: Rambo drops it right before going into the woods, and as far as we know, the cops just left it there for the rest of the movie. But we're still within the realm of normalcy: The exact moment when things get out of hand is when the sheriff brings in a freaking helicopter to capture one guy whose only crime up to that point was defending himself from police abuse, borrowing a motorcycle and wearing a jacket with an American flag on it.
Didn't Arlo Guthrie write a song kind of like this?
At this point these small town cops are cracking jokes as they scour the area for Rambo with their high-powered rifles and killer dogs -- the only one who seems to think that devoting all their resources to chasing a hobo might not fall under his job description is the rookie played by David Carradine. It's perfectly possible, based on what we've seen, that all the others have made a habit of hunting drifters for sport.
And then, of course, the cop in the helicopter falls to his death while trying to shoot Rambo and all hell breaks loose. Rambo's jungle survival programming kicks in, and now he's the one hunting the cops ... but it really took a lot of effort on their part to even get him to this point.
"OK, let's all just take a breath and discuss what I believe to be a series of slight overreactions."
First Blood is a poignant tale about the American institutions' failure to reintegrate war veterans into society, and about how we shouldn't chase them with dogs and helicopters for absolutely no reason. We agree, movie!
Actually, this isn't the only Stallone villain to lack any kind of motivation for what he does ...
#3. Demolition Man -- Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Demolition Man is a perfect example of the "futuristic cop" film genre we seemed to love so much in the '90s. More specifically, the "includes both Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider" subcategory.
We were sure there were at least 16 more of these, including one with Estelle Getty.
Wesley Snipes plays the world's most notorious criminal who, decades earlier, was cryogenically frozen as part of some freezing-based reform system. Sylvester Stallone is the world's most badass cop, who also was frozen decades earlier. When Snipes is unfrozen and starts wreaking havoc, Stallone is unfrozen to catch him. Wow. We've actually never stopped to say that plot out loud.
Anyway, you probably remember Wesley Snipes' murderous character as the villain of the piece, but the guy behind everything was actually Dr. Raymond Cocteau, the leader of the pacifist utopia of San Angeles. He was the mastermind.
You can tell by his completely emotionless, robotic gaze.
The story goes that by the year 2032, San Angeles is a city free of crime and violence -- we're specifically told that there hasn't been a single murder for the past 16 years. Sure, some people oppose Cocteau's bans on trivial things like junk food, swearing and freedom of speech, but all that these rebels can do is a) spray graffiti that is instantly, automatically cleaned away before anyone sees it and b) knock over the occasional Taco Bell truck.
Also, the rebels don't seem so threatening when you remember that their leader was this guy:
"Everyone take cover, he's gonna say 'HEY ASSHOLE!'"
The Pointless Evil:
The entire reason the rebels are acting up is that they don't have any food. Rather than throwing them some scraps to shut them up, Cocteau decides it would be much easier to break out Wesley Snipes -- the most diabolical criminal in cryogenic prison -- and program him to kill Denis Leary. Not all the rebels. Just Leary.
Pictured: Overkill.
Cocteau unleashed this psychotic killer on a city that had been a crime-free haven for nearly two decades (and therefore was completely unprepared to stop him). The fact that Snipes proceeded to immediately fuck things up for everyone -- killing a dozen cops, blowing shit up, getting into car chases, generally acting like a homicidal maniac -- came as no surprise to Cocteau. To make matters worse, Snipes was also trained with several violent skills while he slept. The man was a walking murder machine.
"Nope, still better than Denis Leary."
Sure, the other cops release Stallone to stop Snipes, but that wasn't part of Cocteau's plan. And that brings up another problem: Why not unfreeze Stallone in the first place, reinstate him as a police officer and order him to arrest Leary? Did he have to pick the biggest psycho in the bunch?
In the end, it all comes down to Cocteau being a huge dick. Think about it: When he inserted the orders to kill Leary in Snipes' brain, he could have just as easily added a line or two about perhaps not killing innocent people. We know this because that's exactly what he did -- but only to protect himself. The fact that he also provided Snipes with a posse of other violent criminals (with no mental programming at all) proves that he was either really stupid or he hated Denis Leary beyond all reason.
"I'll never forgive him for ripping off Bill Hicks. Never. Let me show you this YouTube clip ..."
So, to recap: Instead of giving some poor people food, Doc Cocteau decided to release a gang of murderous thugs onto a world that had no idea how to stop them, thereby ruining the paradise that he made.


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I know that DNA molecules or proteins can be separated in electrophoresis because the electrical charge is used to pull the DNA through the gel. So instead of using electrical, can I using physical impact like pumping ?
If you tried to set up a system in which movement of DNA molecules through a gel matrix was driven by pumping buffer, the gel would become compressed. I am old enough to remember running vertical agarose gel electrophoresis overnight, and these gels would collapse under normal pressure to about 2/3rds of their initial height. A gel porous enough to give useful separation of DNA molecules just isn't strong enough to withstand pumping.
not from gels but physical force can be used to separate molecules.. e.g. density centrifugation, filtration. Closest to what you are asking is size exclusion chromatography in HPLC where molecules are separated based on size and high pressure is maintained in order to pump the solution (containing the analytes) through the stationary phase.
As Alan Boyd mentioned, the gels cannot withstand high pressure. In HPLC silica beads are used (sometimes coated with specific resins for e.g. in ion-exchange chromatography).
The principal differences between electrophoresis and HPLC (chromatogrphy) are:
Size exclusion and gel-filtration chromatographies resolve the molecules based on size as in the case of electrophoresis but as I previously mentioned, the molecules need not be charged. The techniques used for analysis of molecules in both techniques can be similar. For e.g UV absorption/fluorescence. An advantage of HPLC is that it can be connected to other analyzers like Mass Spectrometer, Flame Photometer etc.
No, you can't use mechanical pumping for gel electrophoresis. The nature of electrophoresis is the create a uniform electric field through the gel, and this electric field stimulates motion from the charged DNA/protein.


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I'm trying to use Google App Engine to deploy a BootlePy + PeeWee web application.
I use PeeWee with SQLite.
Here is PeeWee's source code:
import sqlite3
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sqlite3 = None
Here is the error I'm getting in my Google App Engine development console:
ImportError: No module named _sqlite3
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Given a topological space $X$, form the category $\mathrm{Cov}(X)$ consisting of open subsets $U \subset X$ as objects and inclusions as morphisms. To what extend can we recover (properties of) $X$ from $\mathrm{Cov}(X)$?
Example: $\mathrm{Cov}(X)$ determines the Cech cohomology groups of $X$, and so for nice $X$ its homology groups, and thus for $\pi_1(X)$ abelian by the Hurewicz theorem the homotopy type of $X$.
Can we also read of $\pi_1(X)$ from $\mathrm{Cov}(X)$? This should be possible if there is a nice covering of $X$ by open contractible subsets with intersections connected (by the Seifert-van-Kampen theorem).
How is $B\mathrm{Cov}(X) = |N\mathrm{Cov}(X)|$ related to $X$?


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If you are not watching the heroic men and women keeping our borders safe in the dramatic ABC show Homeland Security, then realize that you are missing the single most asinine show on television.
I had the good fortune to mistakenly watch this show last night, so let me just describe for you two instances of drama and intrigue, accompanied by copious dramatic music and editing, that went down in this one episode, and which were broadcast out to the world, by choice, to illustrate the dramatic perils the Homeland Security department faces while keeping us safe:
- A dude coming into America claimed to be an American. Turned out to be true.
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HARRIS, Robert Edward, Sr., 67, of Wellsburg, WV, formerly of Weirton, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at the Weirton Medical Center.
Born Sept. 20, 1945, in Steubenville, OH, he was a son of the late Emery Helen Marie Keeder Harris.
He was also preceded in death by two brothers, John and Lewis Harris, and a sister, Florence Harris.
Robert retired from WVNCC, where he was the superintendent of the maintenance department. He also was a very talented painter. In his free time he enjoyed fishing and detailing cars.
He is survived by his girlfriend, Sue Brown of Wellsburg; three sons, Mark (Nycole) Harris of Myrtle Beach, SC, Patrick Harris of Richmond, OH and Robert E, (Theresa) Harris, Jr. of Weirton, WV; a daughter, Anna Harris Waugh of Weirton, WV; a brother, Thomas (JoAnn) Harris of Toronto, OH; two sisters, Audrey (Joe) Simich and Darlene Harris all of Weirton; a sister in law, Karen Harris of Weirton; grandchildren, Cortney (Tim) Yeater, Brittany and Michael Harris, Lucas Waugh, Jacob Glynn and Justin Reed; a great- granddaughter, Ava Yeater; a niece, Cindy James.
Visitation will be 2 p.m. until time of service at 3 p.m. Friday at the Riverview Baptist Church, Wellsburg. Rev. Lawrence Kimble will preside. Interment will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.
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Customer Service Associate
The customer service associate position is where total customer satisfaction begins. Since the most interaction occurs between the customer and the associate, they are responsible for ensuring that each and every customer receives a great shopping experience.
- Maintain a courteous, friendly attitude
- Stock, re-stock inventory merchandise throughout facility
- Check in vendor deliveries
- Complete sales and transactions accurately and in a timely manner.
- Handle cash and balance funds during shift
- Complete required paperwork including shift report, cigarette counts, etc.
- Complete cleaning tasks throughout facility as required
- Comply with all state and federal regulations of alcohol and tobacco sales
- Prepare food and beverage according to local and state health regulations.
Additional Info
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- Valid Driver's License
- Must be able to read, write and operate electronic equipment and sales transactions.
- Must have good communication skills
- Must be able to follow instructions
- Must be able to stand at all times
- Must be able to kneel, lift and bend up to 60 (sixty) pounds.
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Let $V$ be a real affine variety in $\mathbb R^n$, i.e. the zero set of a real polynomial $p(x_1,\dots,x_n)$. Consider the following three definitions of the dimension of $V$, $dim(V)$.
Definition 1: if $I$ is the ideal of polynomials vanishing on $V$, then $dim(V)$ is the maximum dimension of a coordinate subspace in $V(\langle > LT(I)\rangle)$ with a given graded order $>$ on the monomials ($\sum\alpha_i>\sum\beta_i$ implies $x^\alpha>x^\beta$) (see the book "Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms" chapter 9)
Definition 2: $dim(V)$ is the largest $d$ such that there exists an injective semi-algebraic map from $(0, 1)^d$ to $V$ (see "Algorithms in Real Algebraic Geometry" chapter 5)
Definition 3: $dim(V)$ is the largest $d$ such that there exists a subset of $V$ homeomorphic to $(0, > 1)^d$
Are these three definitions, for the case of real affine varieties, pairwise equivalent, or pairwise different, or something else?


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Center for Student Development
The Center for Student Development facilitates student success and transformation by supporting and promoting integrative learning and a high-quality student experience. Grounded in academic, personal and holistic success, the center provides programs and services for all students, including the Class Dean program, a four-year comprehensive experience program, peer mentoring and transitional support for transfer students.
The center:
- Provides holistic guidance and mentoring to all undergraduate students.
- Develops and promotes innovative class experience programs and structures that support student transition and success.
- Supports the transition of transfer students new to the University.
- Supports and ensures student success and engagement.
- Helps to facilitate referrals from all members of the community, including students, faculty and staff.
Who We Are
Class deans – the advocates – are faculty members who serve as mentors and support student success. Class Deans move with students as they progress toward graduation. They are a source of inspiration and a resource to enhance students' learning and co-curricular experience.
Experience directors – the architects – serve as experts on a particular class year and help to develop a comprehensive class experience. They work to ensure that programs and structures at the University speak to the experiences and needs of all students.
Along with Center for Student Development staff, class deans and experience directors, First Year Transitions instructors play a large role in the support and success of the University's new students. All First Year Transitions/Transfer Transitions instructors are current Salve Regina faculty and staff.


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Families that like to hike will love snowshoeing. Kids will have fun on the bigfoot-like shoes that help keep them from crunching down the snow and getting stuck. If your child can walk, he can snowshoe! Outdoor retailers sell snowshoes and poles for kids as young as age 2. Poles are optional depending on the trail and snow conditions and your child's balance. This is a great form of cardiovascular exercise for everyone in your family.
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