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Procrastination & 'What ifs' – How to start to move forward.
Procrastination is created from fear, just like everything else we struggle with.
So how do we find a solution to our procrastinating? how do we break the bad habit of avoiding doing what we need to get done, and of course what we want to get done?
It's all about the FIRST step, the hardest one to take.
Sometimes I find myself avoiding things and knowing it's just because I am afraid to make the move. Or sometimes avoidance comes because we don't want to face a sad, scary or awkward situation.
But, where does this get us? nowhere, in fact it leads us to doubt ourselves more, prevents us from moving on and it leads us to actually let in the fear and the ego and being to believe that we aren't capable of things.
We start to make negative comments like 'I can't do that'.
Which is worse, 'failing' or doing nothing at all? I think we all know the answer. Choosing to be afraid of failing or just choosing to be afraid of a situation isn't moving forward, it's stepping backwards into our comfort zone believing that we are better without the worry of the 'what if?'
What if there was no such thing as failure? There isn't, it's only a fear based term which holds us back. Fear of failure is just a fear of change.
The 'what if?'
When I was younger I really fell prisoner to the 'what if' feeling, so many things I thought or wanted to do came with this tag and often led me to become static and also unhappy. I often stayed within my comfort zone and also was very afraid of a lot of things. I only really pulled out of this because of a life experience that changed the way I looked on things and also my concept of fear itself. Now when I feel like I could be worrying about a situation I think it's important to switch around the thoughts and turn the 'what if' into a positive. Everything is about perception, so we can CHOOSE to see things differently.
What if everything works out great? / What if he/she's the love of my life? / What if it's a huge success? / What if I have a good time? / What if it helps me? / What if i end up happy?
It's only really a simple case of glass half full or half empty and if what you do doesn't go to how you planned it then you have the joy of your effort. When you're dealing with a difficult or painful situation then you can be glad that you HAVE dealt with it, you didn't hide or run away, and now you can go forward.
I used to be really afraid of flying. 'What if the plane crashes?' to other things like 'what if I get sick in flight?' and when you have these thoughts then no amount of logic helps you turn from the feeling of fear.
When I started flying again (after six years!) the thing that actually pushed me to be able to do it was visualising how proud I would be of myself when I'd arrived at my destination, to be able to message my family and send that 'landed' text that we always send each other.
It was seeing myself within in the positive result (a good example of positive visualisation) happy that I'd taken that step to get through a fear and proving that love was way stronger than the fear itself.
First step = Movement
I believe that if you can take that one step forward then the Universe will take three more for you, you will get a nudge when you're moving in the right direction. This has been proven to me time and time again.
Be willing to let go of control and to embrace FLOW.
Don't be scared of: The unknown, of starting new projects, of finishing old ones, of saying hello, of saying goodbye, of letting go of the past, of letting go of illnesses or friendships, of making new connections, of saying sorry, of working hard, of taking a break, of forgiving someone,
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mavrach wrote:The Inbetweeners Movie - Very weak considering how strong the BBC series' were. They made a raunchy but witty awkward high school show into an American Pie ripoff movie. I chuckled at a few points but wasn't worth much.
It's not a BBC production or programme, in case anyone searches for it on the BBC iplayer and wonders why it is not there. It was made by an independent company and shown on E4 and Channel 4.
mavrach wrote: The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) - Pass on this one, especially considering the quality of the original. A squealing, overacting John Travolta does not compare to Robert Shaw in the original, and it's missing the humour that Walter Matthau was able to bring previously. Tony Scott tries to bring some energy to the movie, but it wasn't nearly enough. At least Scott & Denzel were able to properly apologize with the better train movie that is Unstoppable.
I agree that the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 is not a patch on the original, but I didn't think much of Unstoppable either. It lacked imagination and the characters were stock-in-trade; the villainous chief executive interested only in PR and profit, the lowly veteran driver with personal problems but a maverick in waiting who turns out to be a hero because he refuses to obey his superiors, assisted by his new "naive, but his heart is in the right place" sidekick also with a troubled personal life with whom he starts to forge a personal bond etc. etc. I would love to see a film like this just for once turn expectations on their head and end with the maverick causing disaster through ignoring set procedures and disobeying the commands of superiors, as a result of being convinced by belief in his own wisdom! I suppose I expect too much from a piece of escapism (see what I did there? I'll get my coat), but I would like to see a modicum of thought and creativity go into films of this kind. The philosophy seems to be to create a set of action sequences and then connect them with a plot written in five minutes on the back of an envelope.

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Samsung U900 Standard 880mah Lithium Battery Memory Free Standard Capacity Highest Quality New… for $1,327,210
If you need a cell phone battery here is the one for you. Check out the reviews and if you buy two you can use code 6Z54KYNM to get %5 off at check out. Unfortunately they only have one in stock.
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I'd seriously think of ordering one of these for my Samsung phone but the $6.99 is a deal killer :(
mixed reviews...but it does qualify for prime!
Generaly when the price is raised by that much that means they no longer have it in stock and it is easyer for merchants to sometimes change the price than say out of stock.
In for 20
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Way too much for a standard capacity battery.
$1.3 Million is a bit much but I put int for 10 or so. I figured I could sell them on eBay dutch style and make a few mill. WTF?
Would anyone's card NOT get declined at checkout?! lol
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I used to be able add photo tag via graph api call. But it doesn't seem to work now. Does anyone know if it is an API change or something else?
Here are the steps I used to add photo tags
Step 1: use curl to send a graph call for add a photo tag
curl -k "https://graph.facebook.com/[PHOTO_ID]/tags/[USER_ID]" -X POST -F access_token=[ACCESS_TOKEN]
and it returns "true"
Step 2: send a request to obtain photo tags via browser and return no tag


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William W. Featheringill '69
December 9, 2012
William W. Featheringill '69 was a leading entrepreneur in the health care and biotechnology fields. He passed away on December 9, 2012, at the age of 70.
Featheringill graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1964 with a degree in engineering. He was president of the student government at the university, as well as a member of the Vanderbilt football team. After two years of service in the U.S. Navy, he began studies at both Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School, earning a J.D. in 1969 and an M.B.A. in 1970.
Featheringill returned to his hometown of Birmingham, Ala. after graduation and began working in the health care field. He co-founded Private Capital Corporation, an investment company, in 1973. Through Private Capital, Featheringill financed and ran several successful businesses during the next few decades, including the HMO Complete Health Services, which merged with United HealthCare in 1994, and the MACESS Corporation, an imaging company that converted medical forms into electronic data. Complete Health Services was named the most outstanding venture-backed company in Birmingham in 1990.
Among Featheringill's many distinctions and honors, he was named "Investor of the Year" by the Birmingham Venture Club and received the Enterprise Integration Award from CIO magazine. In 2000, Featheringill was inducted into the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering's Academy of Distinguished Alumni.
Featheringill was also a member of the "Birthday Boys," a group of friends born in 1942 who have celebrated their birthdays together every five years since 1992.
Featheringill is survived by his wife, Carolyn; his daughter, Elizabeth Pharo, and her husband, Andrew Pharo; and three grandchildren.


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I try to set up mySQL replication, however I have question before I connect 2 servers
Q1. Should I import all data from master into slave before I connect 2 servers?
ex. if My db have millions of rows, should I copy all data to slave first?
Q2. I have read few post about when disaster strikes on master, it switch to slave, so you have time to fix master. What kind of disaster could happen? I have set up mySQL only SELECT, ADD and UPDATE, just wondering what could happen?


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I always try to avoid the verb machen if possible. What would be the best verb for this sentence?
Brauchst du zusätzliche Information, um eine Abschätzung zu __?
- erstellen
- schaffen
- kreieren
- ???
I always try to avoid the verb machen if possible. What would be the best verb for this sentence?
My first idea would indeed be "zu machen", and I suspect it wouldn't upset anyone. However, there are some alternatives:
Note that using "Informationen" (i.e. the plural form) is perfectly fine in German - and that's why lots of Germans also tend to use "informations" in English.
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Maybe it makes sense to look into the more subtle connotations of the verbs you proposed:
Depending on what the person you ask is supposed to do, you could say
However there is not a single most appropriate verb associated with "Abschätzung". You may also want to consider using "Einschätzung" in case there is not a quantitative analysis.
Avoiding a verb is also avoiding the use of an inappropriate one. Simply say:
I think erstellen is fine. I'd stay away from schaffen, since that could also mean to manage. So it wouldn't only add an implication that there's some difficulty involved (which may not be the case), but could also imply that you're questioning if the person you're talking to is able to achieve what you're asking.
If you slightly change your wording, you could say
This could be something like:
Ich sehe irgendwie keinen rechten Sinn darin, zu einem Substantiv, welches von einem Ver abgeleitet ist, ein neues Verb zu bilden.
Was ist denn der subtile Unterschied zwischen eine Sache abschätzen und eine Abschätzung zu etwas machen?
Also mein Vorschlag:
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Situated on the outskirts of Magdeburg, Landhaus Hadrys with its idyllic terrace is a cosy favourite with visitors from far and wide. The Hadrys family is very attached to this region, and not just in relation to food. Sebastian Hadrys describes his cuisine as honest craftsmanship with functional design. Together with his wife Tina he has built up the Landhaus and he loves nothing more than offering creative regional set menus that can also be enjoyed à la carte.
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From Leading Man to Someone's Old Man
Six years ago, Gerard Butler became in international sex symbol as the scarred, shirtless leader of the Spartan forces in "300." Two years later, at 39, he was on the Tom Bosley track, playing a father for the first time in "Nim's Island." Now, he's a retired soccer hero trying to be present for his 10-year-old son in "Playing for Keeps," to be released Dec. 7.
How an actor navigates the voyage—from Fred MacMurray noiring it up in "Double Indemnity" to donning a cardigan for "My Three Sons"—can be a crucial career test. Some manage it better than others.
"I'm not saying it's something that doesn't go through your mind. For instance, I wouldn't want to take on the role, right now, of having a 20-year-old kid," says Mr. Butler. "But the role itself is what wins through—does the movie interest you? And you've got to let that overpower other kinds of fears, and your vanities about that."
George Clooney in "The Descendants," Brad Pitt in "Moneyball" and Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness" have the talent and clout to put dear-old-dad roles on their resumes without worrying about having to play them endlessly. Others struggle to return from raising movie kids. Eddie Murphy received an Oscar nod for playing a debauched singer in 2006's "Dreamgirls," but he played the dad three years later in "Imagine That," and Dennis Quaid has taken several father roles after 1998's "The Parent Trap," including one alongside Mr. Butler in "Playing for Keeps."
"Often it seems to be a permanent transition," says Noel Brown, British author of "The Hollywood Family Film: A History from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter" (2012). "It's quite difficult to reclaim that general leading-man persona."
In "Playing for Keeps," Mr. Butler's George Dryer is a dad who must keep out of trouble (of the lady-killing variety) to prove himself responsible to his beloved ex-wife (Jessica Biel). With his thick Scottish accent and hunky stubble, Mr. Butler's shaggy-haired retired sports star relates to his son (Noah Lomax) by calling him "champ" and "kiddo," transforming his soccer team into winners and letting him drive a Ferrari. "There has to be a subtle change in where you are," says Mr. Butler, who was estranged from his own father in real life, "but I think I just stepped into it and dealt with it."
Whether an actor can return to leading-manhood after a daddy detour depends on several factors. One, of course, is star power. "If anything, women find sexy men playing caring fathers to be incredibly appealing," says Ilene Starger, a veteran casting director who worked with Mr. Quaid on "The Parent Trap." "And I'm sure it appeals to male moviegoers. Wouldn't you want to sit in an audience and think, 'Oh, I'm a cool dad like Brad Pitt or George Clooney?' "
Adds Richard Walter, a film and TV professor at the University of California, Los Angeles: "It depends on the actor. Robin Williams is never, ever going to come back and play a romantic lead. George Clooney, when he's 153 years old, is going to play a romantic lead."
One good plan is to play a widower. In the coming "This Is 40," where writer/director Judd Apatow's once-teen world is largely populated by anxious parents and children, the characters of Paul Rudd and Robert Smigel discuss how nothing slays women like being a single dad, mourning sensitively and in need of comfort. "The polar opposite of divorced guys," says Mr. Smigel.
Another factor is generational. The anti-heroes from the '60s to the '80s—Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis—could scarcely be bothered with sniveling little kids, unless they were rarely-seen props to make the heroes look more sinister (as in "The Shining") or heroic (as in "Die Hard"). But "Moneyball" and "Descendants" show a movie star's more tender and complex side.
The coming indie "In Our Nature," for example, has John Slattery essentially reprising his "Mad Men" role as the distant, witty Roger Sterling—only his relationship with his adult son allows him to add shades of vulnerability and self-analysis.
And in last month's "For Ellen," rising star Paul Dano, 28, plays a narcissistic, "Easy Rider"-style anti-hero rocker who gets to spend a tender two hours with the young daughter he left behind.
"The good thing about working with a kid is you have to, in some ways, care for them, so if you're crossing the street, you have to make sure they get across the street safely," Mr. Dano says. "So it naturally takes you to another place."
Acting Your Age
How five actors made the switch from loincloth to cardigan sweater:
Spencer Tracy
'Father of the Bride' (1950)
Mr. Tracy transformed himself from a tough yet sensitive hero into a bemused father for this comedy, then spent the rest of his career toggling between leading-men roles ("Judgment at Nuremberg") and stern dads ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"). By contrast, Steve Martin fell comfortably into dad roles with "Parenthood," then the 1991 "Father" remake and its sequel. "He moved completely away from that anarchic comedic persona he had earlier in his career to this conservative family patriarch," says author Noel Brown.
Michael Keaton
'Mr. Mom' (1983)
Mr. Keaton overcame the father stigma to star in "Beetlejuice," "Clean and Sober" and "Batman." "Time catches up with you, and the camera is a painful thing," says Stan Dragoti, who directed "Mr. Mom" and is still working on indie films at age 80. "But men like Keaton or Clooney, they can go anywhere they want."
J.K. Simmons
'Juno' (2007)
Mr. Simmons wasn't exactly a leading man, but he was so pitch-perfect as Ellen Page's dad that the veteran character actor moved into that rarefied dad-o-sphere of Harry Dean Stanton in "Pretty in Pink." Two years later, he played Paul Rudd's father in "I Love You, Man." "It was interesting how quickly my fatherhood progressed from having a 15-or-16-year-old to having a 30-year-old in the space of about one year," Mr. Simmons says. "I'm just a bald white guy."
Dennis Quaid
'The Parent Trap' (1998)
Mr. Quaid was the first actor cast for this remake, as the divorced father to twin Lindsay Lohans. "I was on the fence about it," he said in a 2003 interview with about.com. "A woman in my life said, 'You must do it.' I'm glad I did it because I'm king of the carpool line now." Mr. Quaid would play a dad in "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and the upcoming "Playing for Keeps," although he does other roles, too. "Dennis is one of those actors like Jeff Bridges," says casting director Ilene Starger. "They're incredibly handsome, and total leading men, but at heart they're character actors."
George Clooney
'The Descendants' (2011)
Mr. Clooney had played a dad before, in movies such as "One Fine Day," just as Brad Pitt had been a father in "Legends of the Fall" before "Moneyball" and "The Tree of Life." But the later roles best defined them as dads. Mr. Dano says of Mr. Clooney: "You get to see more parts of him, and people are surprised when you feel that. I don't think it's a sign of age, or change of direction in a career. It's just maybe a different piece of him."
Corrections & Amplifications
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When I installed ubuntu 12, my terminal was showing user@XYZ. After fiddling with some external application, now my terminal looks like this user@ABC. How to switch back to XYZ?
Thanks a lot.
I changed my
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Undergraduate Research Fair Will Be Held April 3
Penn State Beaver's annual Undergraduate Research Fair will be held Thursday, April 3. The event is designed to highlight student scholarship and research conducted on campus and showcase student presentations of in-depth, original research and scholarly work. Projects from all disciplines are invited, including humanities, business, social sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science.
To participate, contact Undergraduate Research Fair Committee member Dr. Talha Harcar, assistant professor of business, at email@example.com or 724-773-3892, or visit http://www.personal.psu.edu/tdh13/researchfair/index2007.html.


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Retire Ready Tennessee: New Phone Support for TCRS and Deferred Compensation Plans
Now you can ask questions and receive information concerning TCRS and your Tennessee Deferred Compensation plan with one phone call.
Call 800-922-7772 to reach Retire Ready Tennessee customer service representatives who are ready to assist you with questions regarding your entire retirement.
You may also access your accounts online at MyTCRS.com or www.treasury.state.tn.us/dc/.
Payees receiving payment by debit card, please refer to the "Headlines" tab for an important notice.
Great news! Concord's Self-Service is now available to Retirees, Employers and Members. Please click on the Self-Service link to access the login page. We are experiencing high call volume at this time. If you have questions about Member Self Service, please refer to the User Guide or Demonstration Video for assistance.
The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) is a defined benefit pension plan that covers state employees, higher education employees, K-12 public school teachers, and employees of political subdivisions who have elected to participate in the plan. This means that the amount of any future retirement benefits is determined by a benefit formula rather than an account balance.
The TCRS provides retirement benefits as well as death and disability benefits to plan members and their beneficiaries. Benefits are determined by a formula using the member's high five-year average salary and years of service. Members become eligible to retire at the age of 60 with five years of service or at any age with 30 years of service. A reduced retirement benefit is available to vested members with five years of service who become disabled and cannot engage in gainful employment. There is no service requirement for disability that is the result of an accident or injury occurring while the member was in the performance of duty.
Please click HERE to view the fees associated with the debit cards issued for retirement payments beginning April 30, 2013.
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System's recognition of claims under Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO)
Retirement benefits may be impacted by a divorce. The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System ("TCRS") began recognizing claims under qualified domestic relations orders ("QDRO") effective July 1, 2016 under exemptions in state and federal law. TCRS will recognize claims for payment under QDROs on the standard form at treasury.tn.gov/tcrs/PDFs/QDRO-Form.pdf that are dated on or after July 1, 2016, so long as the QDRO relates to the provision of marital property rights relating to TCRS for the benefit of the member's former spouse. The form and the instructions for completion are available on the TCRS website at treasury.tn.gov/tcrs/Forms.html under the QDRO tab. The TCRS Board of Trustees has adopted proposed rules for QDRO recognition, which are posted on the Secretary of State's website at http://share.tn.gov/sos/rules/1700/1700-03/1700-03-03.20160626.pdf.
Members of TCRS who are also participants in the State of Tennessee Deferred Compensation Program, including those who participate in the State's Deferred Compensation program as members of the Hybrid Plan, will need a separate QDRO if division of Deferred Compensation benefits is desired. The State's Deferred Compensation Program will recognize QDROs dated on or after July 1, 2016. Processing of QDROs for Deferred Compensation will be done by the Deferred Compensation Program's third party administrator, Empower Retirement Services. To obtain the Deferred Compensation Program's QDRO form, please contact Empower Client Services at 800-922-7772.
2016 COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for TCRS Retirees
Retired teachers and state employees who have been on the TCRS retired payroll for at least 12 consecutive months as of July 1, 2016 will receive a 1.0% cost-of-living adjustment.
Retirees of local governments that have authorized COLAs will receive the same increase.
QRDO Claims Recognized beginning July 1, 2016
Retirement benefits may be impacted by a divorce. As a governmental retirement plan, the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System ("TCRS") has not recognized claims under qualified domestic relations orders ("QDRO") under exemptions in state and federal law. However, effective July 1, 2016, TCRS will recognize claims for payment under QDROs. ...more
Fraudulent Email Targeting Debit Card Holders
(January 20, 2015)
The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) has been made aware that a fraudulent email could be distributed to all TCRS debit card holders. more...
Alert to Active Johnson City Power Board Employees Participating in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System
(December 23, 2013)
The Tennessee Department of Treasury is informing active Johnson City Power Board employees about a theft of personal information. more...
Alert to Active Metro Nashville Teachers Participating in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System
(December 14, 2013)
The Tennessee Department of Treasury is informing active Metro Nashville teachers about a possible theft of personal information. more...
Consumer Alert: Misleading Mailout Sent to TCRS Members
(September 25, 2013)
TCRS has been made aware of a misleading mailout sent to TCRS members from a Texas-based company not affiliated with TCRS. This mailing makes incorrect and misleading statements about TCRS. Members should contact TCRS directly with questions about their benefits. more...
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Approves Four New Investment Commitments
(March 28, 2013)
The investment committee of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) Board of Trustees has approved two new commitments within its private equity portfolio and two new commitments within its strategic lending portfolio. more...
Tennessee's State Pension Fund Rated Best in Nation for Investment Strategy
(March 19, 2013)
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS), the state's retirement fund for state government, higher education and other public employees, is managing its investments better than any other large public pension plan in the country. So says Money Management Intelligence, a publication featuring news, trends and analysis about and for institutional investors. more...
Treasurer Lillard Proposes New Pension Options for State & Teacher Plans
(February 25, 2013)
State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr. is recommending that the General Assembly adopt a number of reforms to the state's retirement plan for public employees. The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) is a well-funded pension plan. more...
TCRS Newsletters
(November 29, 2012)
The Active member employee newsletter is now available. Click here to view the current issue of the TCRS Report.
TCRS Board Meetings
(November 1, 2012)
Information concerning the current and past board meetings can be found here.
Treasurer Lillard Proposes New Pension Options for Local Governments
(January 23, 2012)
To give local governments more choices for their employees' retirement plans, Tennessee State Treasurer David H. Lillard Jr. today proposed several new options to state legislators for their consideration. more...
Important Tax Notice
(January 19, 2011)
Many of you may have noticed a change in the withholding tax deducted from your TCRS benefit payment in January. In 2009 and 2010 there was a "Making Work Pay" federal tax credit in effect as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit expired on 12/31/2010. This means that most retirees will notice an increase in the amount of federal withholding deducted.
In addition, TCRS has received several questions concerning the effect the Social Security rate decrease from 6.2% to 4.2% will have on their monthly pension benefits. This change will not affect TCRS pension recipients since the pension benefits are not subject to the Social Security tax.
At any time, you can change the amount of taxes being withheld from your monthly retirement benefit by completing a Substitute Withholding Certificate for Pension or Annuity Payments form. This form can be downloaded at tcrs.tn.gov. You may also send a letter indicating any changes to TCRS, ATTN: Retired Payroll, 502 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243-0201.
Tennessee's Retirement Fund in Good Shape Compared to Others
(July 25, 2010)
Good economic news can be hard to find in the Capitol building, but Tennesseans can breathe a little easier about one corner of the state budget. ...more
(Knoxville News Sentinel article by Josh Flory. Posted July 25, 2010.)
Financial Welfare of TCRS
The financial marketplace has been exhibiting a high degree of volatility for several months, mainly due to issues related to the mortgage industry. Several Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) members and retirees have expressed concern. ...more
Legislation has been enacted to create a new Hybrid pension plan for state employees and K-12 teachers hired on or after July 1, 2014. Current employees or retirees are not affected by the changes. Local governments also have the option to adopt the new Hybrid pension plan with cost controls. You can find more information concerning the new plan can below.
- Frequently Asked Questions for Employers and Employees Updated July 8
- New Employee Brochure - Hybrid Pension Plan (Group 1 General Employees) New!
- New Employee Brochure - Hybrid Pension Plan (Judges, Attorney General,
District Attorney General, District Public Defender) New!
- New Employee Brochure - Hybrid Pension Plan (General Assembly) New!
- New Hire Flowchart New!
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6 Real Planets That Put Science Fiction to Shame
George Lucas dreamed up planets with two suns and cloud cities, and Gene Roddenberry invented dozens of worlds that were all suspiciously similar to the Southern California desert. But as actual space exploration advances and we start to learn what's really on the surface of those distant worlds, it becomes increasingly clear that our imagination has no chance of competing with the jaw-dropping, pants-peeing craziness outer space is capable of cooking up.
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#6. Gliese 436 b Is Coated in Burning Ice
This may seem completely foreign to you, but just for a moment try to pretend you are Han Solo (ladies, you can pretend you're Princess Leia). You are in the rebel base on the planet Hoth, and every inch of the entire planet is covered in ice. What you are picturing right now is somewhere close to the actual Gliese 436 b. The key difference, however, is that the planet is so close to its star that it stays at a consistent 800 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.
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In other words, T-shirt weather.
"So where the hell did all this damn ice come from?" you say, because it's understandably confusing and because once you're Han, it's hard to step out of character. Everyone knows there's no way that ice, let alone liquid water, can exist at more than four times its boiling temperature.
But Gliese 436 b has the remarkable ability to defy everything you know about the predictability of matter. The gravity on the planet is so powerful that it compresses all of the water vapor in the atmosphere and pushes it together into a solid, forming a thick layer over the entire planet of what scientists call "ice ten."
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It's like Satan's Aspen.
So the result is kind of like the ice we have here on Earth, except it would do absolutely nothing for a warm soda, and holding a hunk of it in your hand would require you to get a new hand. So it would make the world's most awesome, destructive snowman, is what we're saying.
#5. WASP-12b Is Slowly Getting Eaten
WASP-12b is the planet equivalent of a fly caught in a web. The gravitational pull from its sun has lured the planet in so close that WASP-12b can't escape the orbit, and now the star can take its time consuming it. In fact, planets like WASP-12b are known as "insect" planets rotating around "arachnid web suns," according to the space terminology we just made up.
But it's this devouring that makes the planet interesting. The proximity to the star has heated up the atmosphere, causing it to balloon to an absurd size. This means WASP-12b is literally too fat to escape the gravitational force of the star, and as a result it's being distorted into the shape of a football.
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Sorry, Europeans. It's our word now.
The whole planet has become oblong as the sun eats away the mass of WASP-12b at 6 billion metric tons per second. Eventually, it will be sucked up into the outer layer of the sun, which is of particular interest to astronomers because they can actually see the last stages of the life of a planet.
In addition, they can see the remnants of another planet that was already torn apart and now flecks the surface of the star, a planet they suspect had a lower density and was a lot like Earth. Given that WASP-12b was likely about the size of Jupiter before it bloated with all the heat, what we could be looking at is the future of our own solar system. So (Spoiler Alert) things look pretty grim.
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More of an egg than a football. By the way, we're taking the word "egg," too.
#4. HD 69830 c Puts Our Night Skies to Shame
In a long list of horrible planets that would do horrible things to you, think of HD 69830 c as an intermission. In the future, when interstellar space travel is possible and every family has its own shuttle, this will almost certainly be the planet teenagers will bring dates to in the hopes of getting laid.
HD 69830 c is exactly the right distance from its star for liquid water to form. That will come in handy for reflecting the vast glowing beam of light that never leaves the sky, like a permanent shooting star.
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It's the best real estate in the galaxy, but the local HOA are assholes.
For comparison, our solar system has an asteroid belt, one you probably don't recall seeing in the night sky, because it's so far from Earth and the asteroids are so far apart that it's practically invisible to the naked eye. HD 69830 c has a similar belt that's 10 times closer than and 20 times as massive as ours. That translates to a light so bright that it's 1,000 times more intense than the Milky Way. Looking at this ring would be the equivalent of looking at the very center of a comet, except stretching brilliantly across the entire sky.
And considering the proximity of the asteroid belt to the planet, you can expect some heavy meteor showers every single night, making HD 69830 c the pinnacle of romantic stargazing. We hope it's comforting to know that the peak of future of space exploration may be your great-great-grandchildren having tons of shuttle sex on the planet equivalent of Lookout Point.


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I asked the VA Hospital for assistance in providing me with a ride. Eric, a fellow veteran with the Disabled American Veterans in Danbury, about 26 miles from my home, called me and volunteered to take me to the hospital.
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GM Heritage Collection Cars - Junkyard BuilderWritten by on June 1, 2011 Going, going, gone! Escapees from GM's Crusher
It's been a few years since GM teetered on the edge of financial abyss. Fortunately, the General is back and perhaps stronger than at any time in recent history. During the '09 Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Palm Beach, Florida, GM decided to offer a selection of items from its in-house vehicle archive/museum, the GM Heritage Collection. While some incorrectly predicted this was a desperate, fire-sale move intended to keep the lights on a few minutes longer, the fact is, GM regularly skims cars off the top to make room for new additions.
For the spring 2009 Florida auction, somebody at GM had the foresight to ask, "Why do we crush our engineering mule cars and other oddball stuff? Why not let them out into the world so collectors can appreciate and preserve them?" Naturally, most of these vehicles carried scrap titles—to prevent their use on any public road...ever. And so it was as dozens upon dozens of former GM Heritage Collection vehicles were released into extremely grateful private hands at auction. Though some of the offerings were little more than dolled-up show cars meant to be seen by the public, there were also many former top-secret critters scampering away to safety. Let's have a look at these refugees from the crusher.
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The sight of any '86 Pontiac 2+2 is rare enough, but one bearing a VIN marked EX4788 and with a GM-provided description calling it an '85 model? Now that's pretty wild. Though Pontiac did build 1,118 of these aerodynamically enhanced GPs for NASCAR homologation in 1986, this one's a preproduction prototype. Though it carries the same sleepy 165hp 305 as any other V8 GP (sorry, no LS1). The real news is at the back of the car.Notice something missing? Production 2+2s wear a huge glass bubble of a backlite that's designed specifically to slip through the air at 200-mph NASCAR race speeds. The problem was that the one-piece glass was so long, Pontiac had to compensate with a mail slot for a trunk lid. Also, each installation called for a ton of hand fitment work that wasn't assembly-line friendly. Not here. Notice how the trunk lid is fullsize to allow complete access—also note the 270-degree duckbill spoiler. Rendered in plastic, this molded trunk lid was very likely considered a wind tunnel alternative to the glass bubble layout that ended up in production. With this structure, building the 2+2 wouldn't need any extra bodywork other than substituting this simple trunk lid, and customers couldn't complain about the tiny trunk opening. That said, the failure of this configuration to reach production is likely based on its failure to perform as well as the glass bubble in the wind tunnel. Truth be told, we're glad this deal died.Ugh, an '80 Chevy Citation X/11. Few sights conjure memories of the bad old days like this thing. No 135hp, HO-660 V6 and fiberglass cold-air hood is ever going to make a Citation cool. But what if Chevy stuck two engines in a Citation? That'd change things, right? Well say hello to GM Engineering's "push me/pull me" Corvette prototype. Corvette? Yes, Corvette. Masterminded by GM engineer Richard Balsley (who ran a '56 Ford with twin 312 Y-blocks on Woodward as a kid), this is an exploration into a possible twin-engine configuration to keep the Corvette competitive in a post-V8 world.This is normally a front-engine, front-wheel-drive platform, but Balsley mounted another power- train cradle under the back of this special all-wheel-drive Citation. He stroked each 2.8 mill to 3.1 liters and added forged and billet guts for a combined total of nearly 600 hp. Here's a peek at the handbuilt rear suspension. The VIN reads 15X0169, so you can forget about registering this one for street use—unless you own an automobile factory and have manufacturer's plates available. Didn't think so.Inside, note the double-vision gauge setup to monitor the coolant temp, oil pressure, and alternator function of each engine. If GM had canceled all further V8 production in 1980 (as was considered), this is one way the Corvette team might have allowed future Vettes to have world-class performance—and acceptable fuel economy (the Citation body was just a mule to sort things out). In the end, saner minds prevailed (hello 5.7 Cross Fire, TPI, LT1, LT4, LT5, LS1, LS3, LS9, and so on). That didn't stop Balsley from revisiting Woodward in this thing a few times. He admits, "We liked to dust dentists on Woodward Avenue in their Turbo Porsches."A total of 23,330 Corvettes were built in 1994. What makes this one special is that is bears VIN 1G1YY22P4R500001. See all those zeroes? Yep, this is the first regular- production coupe built in 1994 (excluding preproduction prototypes), and that's cool. But it's also an example of GM's continued philanthropy. After serving duty as a GM test car, it was donated to Arapahoe Community College for engineering students to work on. GM was contacted after students discovered the low VIN, then the car went to the National Corvette Museum for display. Any Arapahoe grads out there remember this car?To thwart those who might look a gift horse in the mouth, GM placed these stern warning and disclaimer stickers on the windshield. Get out your magnifying glass and don't cry when you get to the part that reads, "Upon completion of your use of this vehicle, it must be scrapped (completely destroyed) by you." Yikes! Fortunately it's in the hands of a caring Corvette collector who (we hope) will refrain from removing the dead-man-walking stickers.Let's close things out with this amazing creature. Akin to buying a UFO from the CIA (the truth is out there), some lucky bidder scored this C6 Corvette preproduction beta test mule. During testing, these cars often go out on public roads as early as a full year before official new-car announcement time, so padded vinyl cladding is applied to disguise exact styling cues—like the front fascia bra and crude cover affixed to obscure the front fender scallop detail. Note how the Velcro-backed patches approximate the look of the pop-up headlamp pods used on the C5 Corvette.In reality, the patches must be removed for nighttime test duty since this mule—like all production C6 Corvettes—was the first Corvette model since 1962 with exposed nonretractable headlamps. Lifting the flap exposes what appear to be production-equivalent projector beam headlamps. There's a GM Milford Proving Grounds sticker on the windshield. Man, if only this thing could talk!
Though some mules wear simple, stamped, metal VIN tags, this one has what appears to be a normal VIN plate with the usual etched characters and UPC bar coding, until you notice the suffix that reads EX—for experimental. Going further, while a regular '05 Corvette coupe VIN would read 1G1YY24U855100001, this one reads 1G1YY24UX5X7120EX. Yep, more Xs to confound the DMV computer. The letter U in the eighth spot is shared with production Corvettes and signifies the new-for-'05 6.0L, 400hp LS2 mill. Historically, cars like this just don't survive or ever wind up in private hands. But thanks to the open-mindedness of the GM Heritage Collection, this, and several other noteworthy engineering test cars, will live on. Wouldn't you just love to show one of these things off to your friends? Just don't try and get license plates—it ain't gonna happen.


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Consider the canonical symplectic structure $(\omega, J)$ on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$.
(i) What can be said about the density of the lagrangian grassmannian $L$ (i.e. those rank $n$ totally isotropic linear subspaces of $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$) in the usual Grassmannian $Gr=Gr_{n}(\mathbb{R}^{2n})$ of rank $n$ linear subspaces?
(ii) How stable is $L$ within $Gr$. ie. which homeomorphisms of $Gr$ preserve $L$ (not necessarily pointwise)?
(iii) In what sense can we see $Gr$ as ''swept out'' by $L$ ie. decompose $Gr$ as the orbits of $L$.
(iv) What projections $Gr \to L$ can we produce?


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I would like to sync my work outlook calendar with a google calendar. But I read that the Google Calendar Sync program is being retired in Jan 2013. What alternatives do I have?
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Just so you know, if you sign up for Google Sync before January 30, you will still be able to use it. Only new sign-ups are ending. (Though if you uninstall, you can't reinstall...)
There are extensions available for Outlook that allow you to sync with CalDav calendars like Google Calendar. SyncDroid has a list of a bunch of different ones -- they recommend CompanionLink. Sync2 is also pretty popular.
You can also use outlook.com, Microsoft's own online calendar; I think it's free, but you'd have to migrate all your data over.
Try any third-party tool. I personally use Sync2 to sync my inbox, calendar and contacts between work desktop and my laptop. Useful piece of software.
gSyncit works reliably.
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I don't see a good free alternative yet, but Google's own "Google Apps for Business" provides this feature and more for much less than other alternatives popping up - only $5 per month verses $15 a month and up I've seen advertised elsewhere.
I found this today : https://outlookgooglesync.codeplex.com/releases/view/105332 It's free, open source, and looks non intrusive. FTW!
Now that the Google Calendar Sync has stopped working I found a replacement Outlook4Gmail. Although it isn't free it works great, actually better than Google's own product did.


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My client wants me to make a plugin and sell it through a membership subscription system. They asked how they can roll out updates for this plugin. Typically I have had the plugin intercept the dashboard viewing after a login into wp-admin. It then checks if a newer version of the plugin is on the server. If so, it notifies the user so that they can download it again with a click. The problem is that they must unzip the files, copy them over, and resave the plugin settings.
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5 Creepy Things London Did to Prepare for the Olympics
#2. Big Brother Is Watching You (You, Specifically)
In Great Britain, everyone is a film star. That's because, while Brits are only around 1 percent of the global population, they're being watched by 20 percent of the global CCTV cameras. That's more camera surveillance than even communist China. But it's not enough to just have one camera for every 14 people at the London Olympics. So LOCOG is not just installing more surveillance equipment, they're also making it smarter.
There'd better be the disembodied brain of a wounded cop controlling that thing.
The city of London is being wired up with a new range of scanners, biometric ID cards, number-plate and facial-recognition CCTV systems, disease tracking capabilities, new police control centers and checkpoints. All of which will now be under a central control, and yes, that is exactly as sinister as it sounds. This means the cameras are capable of tracking beyond one location -- no more frantically checking every screen, trying to pick up somebody who's walked out of frame. Because the computer does that for you. It can now track individual human beings from camera to camera and plot their progress, location and habits on a live, constantly updating map of Your Business.
"That's expired salsa. Twenty quid says she poops within the next half hour."
And don't think you can get away in a lucky fog or sudden drizzle. CCTV isn't nearly as effective on days when it rains (which you'll remember from our hilarious accidental missile explosion joke earlier is every single day in London), so new thermal imaging technology is being introduced to the CCTV cameras. And not just to watch for suspicious terrorist behavior, like excessive hand wringing and sinister mustache twirling -- they'll also be used to prosecute people selling counterfeit Olympics goods.
That's right: They're arming Big Brother with Predator vision just to stop people from hawking unauthorized Wenlock shirts.
"Hi kids, I'm Wenlock! YOUR WORLD WILL END IN FIRE."
Because there's such an insane demand for merchandise of that adorable angry amorphous robot with the all-seeing eye. Kids just can't get enough of him; he's like Dora the Explorer ... if she were furious, a robot and always watching you.
#1. Berlin Wall 2: Wall Harder
The organizers of the London 2012 Olympics have surrounded the stadium with a wall, which is, yeah, probably not entirely in the spirit of nations crossing borders to come together as one world community. But it's just a stupid wall, right?
Except that it's 11 miles long.
Oh, also it's electrified; touch it and you will get a 5,000-volt shock.
And it's a uniform six meters in height across its entire length, more than two meters taller than that puny one in Berlin.
Some sections have the equivalent of a slutty see-through shirt, something the Russians were always too cheap to buy.
And it's going to be patrolled by those 7,500 Royal Marines, unmanned drones, 55 dog teams, 900 day/night surveillance cameras and 1,000 armed U.S. diplomatic and FBI agents on special assignment.
Which probably doesn't seem like that big of a deal to you, until you remember that these Olympics are not being held in an empty field 200 miles from society. They're right smack in the middle of one of the largest, most populated cities on Earth. Which means that the giant, imposing, electrified and locked down Barrier of Death that comprises one of the most militarized borders in history, rivaling even the DMZ and the infamous Berlin Wall ...
... runs right through your quaint little jogging path.
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what is the relation between mass density $\rho$ and pressure $P$ for a perfect fluid ?
There is no restriction. The simplest choice is $P = \kappa \rho$, where $\kappa$ is a real constant, and that is often used to get simple results. $\kappa=0$ is dust, $\kappa=-1$ is cosmological constant, and $\kappa=\frac{1}{3}$ is a gas of photons. A proper analysis also needs an equation describing the flow of internal energy and its relationship to temperature.
As a concrete example, note that $PV=NkT$ can be rewritten as $P = \frac{N}{V}kT = \frac{\rho}{m_{p}}kT$, where $m_{p}$ is the mass of the particle making up the ideal gas. Thus, if the fluid is held at a constant temperature, we get $\kappa = \frac{kT}{m_{p}}$. If the fluid is not at a constant temperature, we need to use the First Law of Thermodynamics and knowledge of the process (isoentropic, adiabatic, etc) the system is undergoing to get a relationship between the density and pressure.
I see you are at the moment interested in fluid dynamics and its motion under an external force. For the given question, you are searching the Euler equations which should be introduced in any standard fluid dynamics textbook and most of the books on continuum mechanics. I suggest you to pick your favorite one and try to understand from there. The community will be glad to help you in any related questions. Sincerely,
This page gives the energy-momentum tensor of a perfect fluid:
$$T^{\mu\nu} = (\rho + p) \, U^\mu U^\nu + p \, \eta^{\mu\nu}$$
Knowing the energy and momentum densities, it is then trivial to relate them to mass density in either the classical or relativistic cases.
Yet-to-be-postulated. Perfect fluid is a set of assumptions that does not touch compressibility (ok, it brings some limitation to some very esoteric cases, but this does not change the meritum).


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In the same vein as my Drafting Strategies question, what strategies exist for a good sealed deck? I want to know about general strategies regardless of the card pool being played.
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Exactly the same as for draft, in terms of the BREAD rule. Obviously that you don't have to worry about what to pick and pass: all that has been done for you, by the vagaries of random chance! All that's left is to locate the most synergetic deck you can from whatever you've opened out of your boosters.
One thing I've seen the pros do, that I think is a great idea, is start off by checking your rares and mythics. Oftentimes any truly busted bombs will be found here, and give you a good idea of what colours you want to find a way to include, if humanly possible.
Beyond that, the very intuitive thing holds true: separate your cards by colour and look for piles that contain lots of good creatures and efficient removal. If you have two such piles, you're off to an excellent start! Be careful though of possible mana curve issues: if you have two piles that are both stacked with great expensive cards, you may be better off going for a weaker colour that better complements your curve.
Don't get greedy and try to play a 4-colour deck, just because you have bombs in 4 colours: sometimes you just have to show some discipline. Anything beyond two colours with a small splash of a third colour should set off some serious warning bells. Having said that, don't panic that your deck doesn't seem as "bomby" as the decks you're used to drafting. Sealed is typically a much slower format, with a bit more room to develop your position, and a bit more tolerance for the odd clunky card. Though of course if you have the good fortune to be able to assemble a blazingly fast draft-quality deck out of your pool, you probably ought to go for it!
Most importantly, you can apply the same skills you use in Draft and come out with a good Sealed deck. The main thing is not to be disappointed when your deck feels a bit crappy compared to a good Draft deck.
In Sealed, you'll actually have a bigger set of cards you can put into your deck (60 cards vs. 45), but those cards won't be ones you've hand-picked out of a larger pool for synergy. Consequently:
Equal access to several colors open up a strategy that's rather rare in Draft: "transformative" sideboarding.
Limited sideboarding differs from Constructed sideboarding in a number of ways:
All of this allows you, if the card pool and deckbuilding time permit it, to make two decks from your card pool and switch between them between games. This is much easier to do in Sealed than in Draft because your pool isn't going to be as focused between certain colors. Don't waste time on this if your pool clearly leans in one direction, but if you've got the cards for two divergent so-so decks, you can squeak out some extra wins by playing one and then transitioning to the other when you run into an unfavorable matchup.


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Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (May 27, 2014) – Despite a rough start, Trey Starks put together a solid weekend with the ASCS Northwest Region during an Oregon tripleheader.
"It had its ups and downs," he said. "I didn't draw better than a 35 all weekend."
Starks started in the third row of his heat race each night, beginning last Friday at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon. However, he was able to maneuver from sixth to fourth place, which earned him enough points to start 11th in the main event.
"I believe we were up to fifth or sixth and then there was a road block," he said. "It was one of those deals where you had nowhere to go. Unfortunately it ended our night. I think we were going to have a decent run."
Starks was credited with a 15th-place finish in the feature after being caught up in a crash in turns three and four around the midpoint of the race.
The team ventured to Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday for the first of two nights of action at the quarter-mile track.
"We didn't have a very good heat at all," said Starks, who finished where he started – fifth. "We had stuff a little more figured out in the B Main."
Starks led the distance to win the B Main and transfer to the main event, which he started 17th.
"Going into the main it seemed like the track was good, but we just couldn't find anything," he said. "We had to stick to the bottom because our car wasn't very good on the top.
Battling a loose race car, Starks stayed on the inside line throughout the main event and he rallied for a 10th-place result.
The weekend concluded on Sunday at Cottage Grove Speedway with Starks charging from sixth to second place in his heat race, which earned him the most points of any driver in heat race action and a trip to the feature redraw.
Unfortunately, Starks pulled the second-highest number – seven – to start the 30-lap feature on the inside of the fourth row.
"We had a couple of incidents where I'd get by a guy and the caution would come out," he said. "We were battling at the end with a bunch of lapped cars."
Starks competed for a top five throughout the feature before driving into fourth place exiting turn two on the final lap.
"That was a good position to pick up, just kind of a boost at the end," he said. "We had a good working car. It was really fun."
It marked his third top five of the season.
Starks will take this weekend off before competing at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash., on June 7.
May 23 – Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. – Heat race: 4 (6); Feature: 15 (11).
May 24 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Heat race: 5 (5); B Main: 1 (2); Feature: 10 (17).
May 25 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Heat race: 2 (6); Feature: 4 (7).
26 races, 0 wins, 3 top fives, 8 top 10s, 12 top 15s, 14 top 20s
June 7 at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash.
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Dallas Sleeper Sectional
by Younger Furniture
Cushy and flexible, the Dallas Sleeper Sectional does everything you could ever ask a sectional sofa to do - and with its full sleeper sofa, it even has a use when the lights turn off. Make it a movie night, let your friends crash at your place, or just read for a while on the comfy chaise. Room for the whole family and tons of fabric options make this sleeper sectional a sure bet with something for everyone to enjoy.
Dallas Sleeper Sectional Features:
- 142" wide; chaise is 62" deep; 110" deep overall
- Choose from right-facing (chaise on right) and left-facing (chaise on left) configurations
- Removable seat and back cushions for easy cleaning
- Sturdy solid wood frame
- Room for 2 to sleep comfortably when sleeper sofa is not in use; sleeps up to 3 with sleeper in use
- Great variety of fabric options
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Materials & Measurements
- Overall: 35" h x 142" w x 110" d
- Seat Height: 20"
- Sofa Depth: 38"
- Sofa Seat Depth: 23"
- Sofa Seat Width: 123" on the long side including chaise, 91" on the short side
- Chaise Depth: 62"
- Chaise Seat Depth: 47"
- Chaise Seat Width: 32"
- Total Weight: 541 lbs
- solid wood
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Local design, local manufacturing, local company: based out of North Carolina, Younger Furniture has been delivering American-made style, quality, and comfort since 1989. Younger's fresh sofas, chairs, loveseats, and sectionals are known for their solid construction and excellent upholstery. With an ability to produce both modern sofas and traditional furniture, Younger neatly straddles the modern/traditional divide ... without compromise. Their Avenue 62 Collection illustrates their ability to add a Mid-Century look to their oeuvre.
Younger Furniture is becoming more and more widely known for their quality of craftsmanship. Techniques that ensure durability - such as corners that are blocked, double-doweled, glued, screwed, and (for good measure) stapled - give each customer a sofa or lounge chair that can last for decades with the proper care. Generous padding is added in all the places you'll need it, including under the upholstery at the bottom of each sofa's front, ensuring comfort and a smooth look. Younger Furniture pieces tend towards the medium-firm side for a well-supported sit, with the option for a YLux cushion upgrade for a softer sit. This enables each customer - whether she prefers a firm sit or a cushy sit - to find comfort in the Younger line of sofas.
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The beloved, bestselling international author of The Alchemist returns with another haunting novel—a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fame, fortune, and celebrity.
A profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, The Winner Stands Alone is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cinema. Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours during the Cannes Film Festival, it is the story of Igor, a successful, driven Russian entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love—his ex-wife, Ewa. Believing that his life with Ewa was divinely ordained, Igor once told her that he would destroy whole worlds to get her back. The conflict between an individual evil force and society emerges, and as the novel unfolds, morality is derailed.
Meet the players and poseurs behind the scenes at Cannes—the "Superclass" of producers, actors, designers, and supermodels, as well as the aspiring starlets, has-been stars, and jaded hangers-on. Adroitly interweaving the characters' stories, Paulo Coelho uses his twelfth novel to paint an engrossing picture of a world overrun by glamour and excess, and shows us the possibly dire consequences of our obsession with fame.
About the Author
Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.


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The new office expands NRI's commitment to servicing the US Gulf region with same-day material availability, extensive product inventory, delivery services, job assessment services, and ASME qualified product training classes, the company said. Investment terms were not disclosed.
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A relative category is a category $C$ with a subcategory $W$ containing all the objects of $C$.
Given a relative category $(C,W)$, $W$ is said to satisfy the ``2 implies 6'' property if, for any collection of three composable maps,
$$X\rightarrow Y\rightarrow Z\rightarrow A$$
the presence of the composites $X\rightarrow Z$ and $Y\rightarrow A$ in $W$ implies that each individual map is in $W$ (and so also the triple composition).
The property I'm more familiar with from thinking about weak equivalences is the ``2 implies 3" property, which says that, given a pair of composable maps
$$X\rightarrow Y\rightarrow Z$$
the presence of any two of the maps
$$X\rightarrow Y$$ $$Y\rightarrow Z$$ $$X\rightarrow Z$$
in $W$ implies that the third is as well.
The "2 implies 6" property implies the "2 implies 3" property, and I've been told that "2 implies 6" is a strictly stronger property.
QUESTION: What is the basic example of a relative category $(C,W)$ where $W$ satisfies "2 implies 3", but not "2 implies 6"?
Edit: By "basic", I mean what is an example which comes up in applications, or better yet, what is the example to keep in mind?


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Enjoy three levels of action on the first riverboat casino in Illinois, with more than 1,000 of the most popular machines, from penny to $25 slots. Try your luck at the tables with blackjack, roulette, Caribbean stud poker, pai gow poker and craps.
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Robert B. Harris.
CITY:Granite City
The bright lights of Vegas have nothing on the Casino Queen, home of the loosest slots! The Queen has had the loosest slots in the entire country for six years running, plus the hottest table games in town. Hungry? The Queen has you covered from fine dining to casual. The best view in town is from the Casino Queen Hotel.
CITY:East St. Louis
Everett Moody Park at Longacre
This park is a ball player's dream with two lighted diamonds, including one with grandstand seating and a concessions stand. In the late 1990s this park hosted the Pan-American Games Junior Baseball Tournaments.
CITY:Fairview Heights
Fairmount Park is home to live thoroughbred horse racing action. From March through September, the horses run on the one-mile oval dirt track Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Located in Maryville, this facility has an indoor arcade, batting cages and lots more fun for kids. Alfonzo's Restaurant is right next door for pizza lovers.
This par 72, Goalby-designed golf course has 18 challenging holes.
Located in Wodland Park, this ball field was named in honor of baseball player Athur Fletcher.
Fox Creek features an 18-hole golf course.
Gateway features mini-golf, go-karts, an arcade, bumper boats, a kiddie track and Rudy's Restaurant.
Gateway Grizzlies at GCS Ballpark
The Gateway Grizzlies are a professional baseball team based in Sauget, IL. The Grizzlies are a member of the West Division of the Frontier League – which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Grizzlies played their home games during their inaugural 2001 season at Sauget Field. In 2002, GCS Ballpark, (formerly GMC Stadium) opened and has remained the club's home since. This 5,000-seat stadium, home to the Gateway Grizzlies minor league baseball team, has reserved box seats, lawn seats and a hot tub.
Racing enthusiasts of all kinds will find special events around every hair pin from the drag strip, oval, road racing track, National sanctioned carting track as well as concerts and corporate functions. Former race car driver Curtis Francois brought back the track and the NHRA Midwest Nationals. Don't miss many of the other events that are held through the year.
Gateway National offers an 18-hole, par 71 course made up of rolling links, separated by gentle mounds that meander through lush, green pasturelands.
GCS Ballpark is home to the Gateway Grizzlies, a professional baseball team in the Frontier League. This 6,000-seat venue plays host to nearly 50 home dates from late May through early September.
Grand Marais includes an on-site restaurant and pro shop.
The Grizzlies Baseball Academy is located at the U.S. Cellular Kid's Zone at GCS Ballpark, and features a three-cage setup for hitting and pitching instruction. On site is the Pro-Batter PX2 Professional Baseball System, a top-notch pitching machine.
Indian Mound offers an 18-hole golf course.
CITY:Fairmont City
The center is a multi-purpose meeting and sports venue with satellite conferencing, computer work stations and a 1,200-seat gymnasium.
CITY:East St. Louis
This complex features 12 ball fields (six are lighted), six soccer fields (one is lighted), one football field and concessions.
A 5,000 sq. ft. laser tag arena and a 2,500 sq. ft. game arcade is conveniently located by hotels and restaurants off I-64.
Mac's Time-Out Lounge/Off Track Betting
Order off the extensive menu. Why not try the real Southern-style chicken and dumplings or meat-lover's pizza? You'll find fair prices, large portions & excellent dishes. Try eating outside at the comfortable terrace-style beer garden. Your whole family will have a pleasant dining experience. Place your bets at the off-track betting parlor. Stay late for a cold one.
Oak Brook features a 27-hole golf course.
This multi-sport, Olympic-style festival showcases the finest amateur athletic talent in Illinois each year on the last weekend in June.
CITY:Fairview Heights
Riverbend Billiards provides 10,000 sq. ft. of entertainment. There is great food and beverages for everyone, plus a full bar for our over 21 crowd. You'll find 15 7-ft. bar tables and two 9-ft. Gold Crowns. Dart machines and video games are available for the kids. Riverbend Billiards sells a wide variety of pool cues, cases and miscellaneous pool supplies as well as a large selection of soft tip darts and dart supplies. Open Monday - Thursday, 11 a.m. - 1 a.m., Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. - 2 a.m., and Sunday, Noon - 1 a.m.


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Looking for a Blu-ray player that streams Amazon Prime instant video.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions for which one I should get?
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Price range? Any other features you're looking for specifically, like Wifi or 3D capabilities?
Most new blu-ray players are capable of streaming Amazon Instant Video, to be honest, so that won't be tough to find. I've had good experiences with a Sony player, so generally I'd recommend one of those. Also, while I don't have one myself, several friends of mine rave over the numerous capabilities of the PS3 Slim as a blu-ray and media player.
PlayStation 3 just added the Amazon Instant Video ability. Probably your best bang for the buck.
I have two Playstations (PS3) and a Sony Blu-Ray player (BD-S360 I think is the model). They all do an excellent job. The PS3 interface is a little better, but that is to be expected since the PS3 is going to be a little more capable in terms of processing power and updates, etc.
I believe other manufacturers have Amazon video, but Sony does it well and I believe it is in all of their Blu-Ray players.
EDIT: I have seen some Sony Blu-Ray refurbs for around $60-$70 recently listed here on deals.woot. You can get a new one for around $100. Wifi included for around $130.
I recently purchased the LG BD670 through Amazon and have had good results so far
@novastarj: I am not really enamored with 3D so I don't care about that. I would like to find one that is WiFi ready out of the box but that also has an Ethernet jack.
I'd toss in a vote for the PS3 as well. It has Netflix, Hulu, now Amazon Prime and a few sports streams I dont use since I don't follow any sports. I believe that darn near every streaming service has an app for the PS3.
The media server capability is nice too. I forget how to set it up, but basically if you've got a video on another device on the same network, you can stream it from there on the PS3, which is pretty cool.
I'm sure that more devices will support Amazon Instant as time goes on, but it'll probably be a while for TVs and stand-alone players.
PS3 also has built in wifi and ethernet, to address your most recent comment. Definitely look into it; even if you're not a gamer it still might be a good bet.
This one is currently on sale for $85 on Amazon...I think for only the next 2 days:
EDIT: In less than a minute after I posted this, the price went up a bit. Sheesh.
If you don't play video games, then I'd recommend against a PS3 as it costs over twice as much as a standalone player and the only additional things it can do are play video games and annoy you with updates.
The CNET top rated players last year were the Panasonic BMP-BDT210, Sony BDP-S185, and LG BD670. The first two have been discontinued, but you might still find refurbs for cheap. The LG you can still buy new for $100, which is a pretty good price given its capabilities. All of them have wifi, ethernet, a suite of streaming capabilities, and 3D.
I 'third' the PS3 advice.
While it does have software updates, I view this as a benefit, not an annoyance. I've seen the Netflix app on the PS3 evolve from a disc to the current version that has settings for "normal" and "for kids"<--which is great since I have kids, and they don't need to see the violent movies that daddy just watched.
The PS3 slim is fairly future proof as well. It is 3D Blu-ray compatible, and receives updates to Hulu, Netflix, Vudu and Amazon Prime Video.
A couple of weeks ago, I bought a Roku XDS from Woot or Amazon from one of the daily deals, and it was primarily because the PS3 didn't offer Amazon Prime viewing..., and then shortly afterwards, the PS3 was able to stream Amazon Videos. Now I can stream my Amazon Prime videos, rent through Amazon, and access all previously purchased Amazon online videos that I had hopped onto.
I also love the fact that my Amazon billing info isn't tied to Sony and Sony doesn't require a gold membership like Xbox.


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Lewmar - Size 10 Low Profile Flange Base Hatch
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This new innovative hatch replaces the Coastline range. Its additional strength and low profile style are designed for the modern yacht.
Low Profile StylingThe curved upper frame profile provides soft fluid styling and adds strength.
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Improved Friction Levers Improved friction lever performance has resulted in fewer friction levers being required on larger hatches to hold the lid open, increasing visibility through the hatch.
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Flush Hinge Hinges flush with upper frame.
Improved Lower Frame Design Improved stronger lower frame design with higher breakwater. The cut out in the deck is to Lewmar's standard sizes.


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Livigno is a superb all-round ski resort offering high altitude sunny skiing, plenty of entertainment and accommodation catering for all tastes and pockets. Lying in the stunning Valtellina alpine valley near the Swiss border, Livigno boasts modern ski lifts and well prepared pistes whilst retaining the traditional rustic character of its 3 original villages.
The extensive skiing for ski holidays in Livigno is split on both sides of the valley; to the east are the connected Carosello and Costaccia areas, to the west the recently expanded slopes of the challenging Mottolino ski area. Ski holidays in Livigno offer great stuff for beginners and intermediates, both boarders and skiers. You can also 'ski in, ski out'. The lift system is efficient enough to negate queues.
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Livigno's duty free status will delight bargain hunters who can browse through the numerous shops of the pedestrianised centre.
For après-ski on your ski holidays in Livigno there is a wealth of non skiing activities from horse riding to ice climbing, whilst the restaurants, bars and live music venues offer a wealth of atmospheric fun.
The accommodation for ski holidays in Livigno is situated in the desired pedestrian area with close proximity to the slopes and restaurants. An efficient free bus system, as well as an affordable taxi service, allows you to experience the entire valley effortlessly and easily.
Resort attractions:
Skating, tobogganing, horse riding, sleigh rides, skidoos, dog sledging, paragliding, ice climbing, snow shoe excursions, spa centres, ice driving, discos and live music bars; pubs; cafes; restaurants & pizzerias; 10 mountain restaurants, some offering happy hours & live music; excellent duty free shopping; swimming pool (at Spöl hotel); cinema.
A little known secret of Livigno is the option of a day trip to the über-fashionable St Moritz just across the border in Switzerland. For a nominal fee (arranged easily locally) you can rub shoulders with the super rich and ski in a world class chic resort. The view from the gastronomic Trutz restaurant is well worth the trip itself.
This beautiful part of Italy could only be complete with one of our excellent Livigno hotels. With our great prices, you'll easily be able to find the perfect accommodation for your ski holiday.
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