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Boys basketball: Bulldogs rally in 4th quarter to top Wolcott
Tyshon Rogers scored 29 points and dished out seven assists for Crosby in its 78-68 boys basketball victory over Wolcott on Wednesday night.
The Bulldogs outscored the visitors, 28-14, in the final period for the come-from-behind win.
Asiem King added 15 points and seven assists for the Bulldogs (12-1), while Lex Perez and Stephon Dunbar chipped in 10 points apiece. Perex also pulled down 10 rebounds.
Nick Japs netted a team-high 20 points for the Eagles (7-5), and Mike Bozzuto had 14.
St. Paul 63, Naugatuck 50: Kyle Dube registered a game-high 29 points as the Falcons soared past the Greyhounds at Naugatuck.
Jake Kawiecki scored 16 points, including three from beyond the arc, while Logan Marchi finished with eight points for St. Paul (6-6). Brandon Kuczenski scored 25 points while Husani Foote contributed 17 points for Naugatuck (6-7).
Torrington 81, Derby 47: Austin Kelson notched a game-high 23 points to lead Torrington over Derby at home. David Canny scored 16 points while Anthony Davis added 10 points for Torrington (7-6).
Eric Hicks had 17 points and Michael Kreiger chipped in with 16 points for Derby (1-11).
Ansonia 81, Holy Cross 71: Vinny Constantino scored 21 of his career-high 32 points in the first half and had nine in the fourth quarter to lead the Chargers in Ansonia.
Constantino added 10 rebounds for the Chargers (4-9) and Rashawn Pender had 13 points. Tyron Black added 10.
Kristian Harmeling had a team-high 27 points for the Crusaders (4-9). Chris Anderson chipped in with 12. Holy Cross converted 33 of 43 free throws while the Chargers made 22 of 37.
Taft 76, Berkshire 52: Joey Flannery scored a team-high 19 points for the Rhinos in Watrtown.
Quinton Dale scored 12 points with 10 rebounds for Taft (9-3), and Kade Kager recorded eight assists and four steals. Tim Drakeley chipped in with 10 points.
Kyle Kobis scored a game-high 20 points for Berkshire (4-7).
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Watertown-Pomperaug 2, New Milford 0: Derek Bizier and Kevin Murphy both scored goals for Watertown-Pomperaug (8-2) as it defeated New Milford to qualify for the Division II state playoffs. Kyle Block, Garrett Young and Jon Manzer added an assist apiece.
The Indians host Masuk on Saturday at the Taft-Mays Rink at 7:30 p.m.
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Sporting a Hawaiian shirt and red shorts with his signature bushy white beard, Santa Claus stands out in any crowd, even in the middle of summer. And it would be hard to argue that his distinct look doesn't radiate a magnetic kind of manliness, before he ever says a word. But to the famous local figure who enjoys not only engaging with people everywhere but also spending time with family and more solitary outdoor pursuits like bird-watching, hunting and fishing, masculinity is about a lot more than just appearances.
"I think the most important attribute for a man is humility. Humility is being able to respect other people, regardless of who they are, what they look like, how they act, the color of their skin… It's all irrelevant. If I'm practicing humility, I'm just enjoying people, showing preference for others," Santa explains. Naturally gregarious, he certainly practices what he preaches, effortlessly bringing out a confidence or a smile in whomever happens to be nearby. He has a way of drawing out even the shyest of children, whether he's at his day job as a greeter at Home Depot, or in his official Santa uniform in the winter months, as Lead Santa at Bass Pro Shop.
Though he can often be overheard asking the children he meets if they've been naughty or nice, Santa takes an opportunity to teach, not reprimand those who admit they haven't been entirely well-behaved all year. "This is the most important message that I have for children: Forgiveness. (To kids who have misbehaved) I say, 'Are you sorry you did it? Do you want to be forgiven? Then you need to go to the person you hurt, and say I'm sorry. And then there's one last thing – you don't do it again.'" Rather than playing the bad guy, Santa prefers to help children learn from their mistakes, and the results of this method are almost instantaneous. "You see the smiles come back on their faces; you see the release," he affirms.
Santa's favorite moments, however, are when he is able to touch the lives of special-needs children and their families. Recalling a visit to a day care for children with special needs, he remembers a mother who lifted her 17-year-old son to sit in his lap. "All that child could do was look at me," Santa shares. "I just began to cry. For me it was just wonderful. I thought, why me? Why am I privileged to have this experience with this beautiful child? …To see the depth of his love, the depth of his mother's love for him, it made me think, how great the love of our Father must be."
He may have a way with children, but they aren't the only people to whom Santa aims to bring joy. As official Santa for the Louisville Lightning soccer team, he delights in seeing the athletes – tough, grown men – warm up and have fun with him, perhaps recalling childhood experiences. In his day-to-day life he is approached by almost as many excited adults as young people, and is just as quick to inspire a laugh or a hug.
"My goal is to capture the child in every person, regardless of age," Santa smiles. "Because that's the appeal that Santa has – to the child in you."


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al.cap wrote on Nov 10, 2012 5:59 AM:
Brian Zukauskas wrote on Nov 10, 2012 7:27 AM:
You're part of the 1% I'm sure.
Pack your bags; maybe you know a better lace to live?
The times have changed. You haven't. "
concerned citizen wrote on Nov 10, 2012 4:29 PM:
I have to agree with the writer. If you think these things are "non-issues" then you are not in touch with what is important to the majority of the voters. Please excuse me from getting personal but I can tell from your posts that you are not a woman, not a minority and not a youngster. Therefore you are likely a late middle-aged white guy with a steady income, possibly retired. Not that I have any problem with that, only that you cannot seem to see through your own biases and personal interests to what is important to the majority of Americans.
If you think that scare tactics on economics is more important than basic human dignities to the rest of the population, you have miscalculated, just like Mitt did.
Women will not vote for intrusion into their healthcare or allow middle-aged-bible-thumping-men to determine what their reproductive rights should be.
Lower income people will not vote for people who describe them as victims and say they don't count.
Minorities will not vote for a candidate that ignores them.
The scare tactic from the Party of NO is not going to work. We refuse to give up our basic American freedoms. "
N�kkenbuer wrote on Nov 10, 2012 5:55 PM:
Despite being an Independent, my views are very liberal regarding culture and society, but I am also fiscally conservative and strongly disapprove of the excessive spending both parties commit. Despite the views I hold that would undoubtedly repel most members of the Republican Party (including some of you who may be reading this), I strongly agree and support Beth Kehoe's above statements. It gives me hope to know that people like Kehoe exist because from what she said in this article, it appears to me that her and I would find common ground on the basis of dissatisfaction toward the current state of the Republican Party. I will probably never join or affiliate myself with Republicans, but I definitely will stand by Beth on her analysis. "
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al.cap wrote on Nov 12, 2012 8:44 AM:
@cc- if you had bothered to read any of the other recent threads, you'd know something about me.
over 95% of blacks voted for obama, yet i'm the one with biases? check out youtube, you should be disgusted.
lower income people will not vote republican because the dems successfully portray the gop as the party of the rich. class envy goes a long way. who doesn't like robin hood? steal from the rich, give to the poor. they'll swing dem every time.
for the last time, abortion(at least use the word), is a non-issue. no one is going to take away your right to kill your babies. the support is not there,even on the right, and neither are the votes, be it congress, the supreme court, or the population. if you voted based on this issue, you played right into obama's hand, because you failed to see the only important issue, the economy.
there will be no compromise, because president robin hood can't go back on the campaign pledge to stick it to the rich, and republicans know this is unfair. we'll go over the cliff together, and everyone's taxes will go up. that's fair. i'm actually starting to agree with kitty. let's go back to the clinton-era rates for everyone.
question- why is it the fault of the gop-led house that we can't make any progress? obama get's a pass. however when you guys talk about gwb, it's all his fault, and the dem-led congress(both houses) of 07-08 bears no responsibility for the chris(i sold the country for an irish cottage)dodd housing meltdown? "
Larry wrote on Nov 12, 2012 9:00 AM:
We need conservatism, what we don't need is economic survival of the fittest, which is ALL the republicans promote these days.
So they lost.
signed.....middle age comfortable income white guy. "
al.cap wrote on Nov 13, 2012 5:35 AM:
president robin hood bemoans the fact that all the 'manufacturing' jobs are leaving. we can go all day about why ,but how many of today's kids want those jobs? they've all been conditioned that they need a mba and a job at 'the office'.
and the prez proved you can win when you campaign on divisiveness, as long as you promise to spend other peoples' money. "
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Jenkins' High School's (Chewelah) Snyder Field will be the beneficiary of this old Eastern Washington University (Roos Field) scoreboard. The 23-year-old scoreboard was disassembled last week and will make way for a new scoreboard and video display that will be in place for Eastern's Sept. 29 home opener against Big Sky rival Montana. The EWU project is being financed by the EWU Foundation. Paul Delaney (Cheney Free Press) photos.


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All of the artwork in this calendar was created by children with cancer, either as inpatients at Children's Hospital's recently renovated Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman Oncology Unit and the Jeffry Jay Weinberg Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, or as outpatients during their visits for treatment. We thank these marvelous, courageous youngsters for sharing their feelings and emotions with us. The opportunity to communicate through art, under the guidance of the Hospital's Child Life Program, offers a valuable outlet for these youngsters, during an otherwise difficult period -- a time often marked by isolation and helplessness.
Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children in the United States today. However, cancers considered incurable 25 years ago now respond to treatments which produce remarkable recovery rates. The proceeds from calendar sales benefit The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Cancer Research Center. The Center administers care to 80% of all pediatric cancer patients in the Delaware Valley.
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Let's imagine I have a Toolbar:
MyToolbar = Ext.extend(Ext.Toolbar, { initComponent : function() { this.items = this.getToolbarItems(); MyToolbar.superclass.initComponent.call(this); }, getToolbarItems: function () { return [{ text: 'Original Button' }]; } });
Ext.override(MyToolbar,{ getToolbarItems: function () { return [{ text: 'Additional Button' }] } });
I've read the following:
But I don't really like the solution of closures because then I cannot incorporate the change inside of a component...
Is this the only way to achieve what I want?
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I think you want to extend and not override. If you override, then all future instances of MyToolbar will use the additional button not the original button. You can do something like this to use both buttons:
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I understand Mitchell, but imagine this Toolbar is in a component and that component is part of another component and so on. Then I would need to extend the Toolbar, and extend the component that used it in the beginning, etc, etc which in my case (I want to implement sort of an OSGI) is a burden. Imagine the following:
Panel (border layout)
- North section contains a banner
- Center section contains a Panel with a Toolbar with buttons
Let's imagine another project I have just wants to add another button to that Toolbar. If I extend it then where the Panel adds the original toolbar I need to override that Panel to use the newly created Toolbar, alternatively I need also to extend the Panel that uses the original Toolbar, and so on, which is a burden...
That's why override is kinda what I want, I just cannot figure out a way to do it so in a modular way.
Any ideas on this?
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5 Ways Superman Is Shockingly Realistic According to Science
#2. Solitude Makes You More Empathetic and Gives You Super Memory
A classic element of the Superman stories is the Fortress of Solitude, a giant, secret palace in the Arctic where he can get away from the stresses of life and fart in his spandex without killing any bystanders.
"Yes, this oughta be enough room for my porn collection."
Everyone needs to get away from people every once in a while, but shouldn't Superman be, you know, above that sort of thing? Protecting others is his entire job, and assuming that he never needs to sleep or rest, what possible benefit could he get out of isolation? The answer, says science, is that it makes him a better person. Or alien, whatever.
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The explanation for this is that being with friends or family satisfies our need for social connection, which in turns means you won't give that much of a shit about strangers. In other words, isolating himself in his fortress in the middle of nowhere helps Superman care about those puny little humans he saves every day. But that's not the only benefit he gets from being alone: Solitude also improves your memory. Seriously.
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In a study at Harvard University, volunteers were paired off and shown random images. Some groups were told they'd be working on the same task on their individual computers, while others were told they'd be working alone. A week later, the ones who thought they were working alone were a lot more likely to remember the images.
The obvious explanation here is that the people working in pairs got lazy and assumed that the other guy would cover for them, but researchers think there's something else going on here: Apparently, just the act of being with other people drains our attention and makes it harder to keep track of stuff. You can see how that could be a problem for Superman.
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#1. Having a Big Jaw Means You're a Better Team Player
We told you a while back that having a wide face, high cheekbones and a big fat chin makes you more likely to be a jerk to everyone around you. According to that, if Superman and his massive jaw were real, he would be the biggest dick that existed.
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Which would be a drastic change from the comics.
However, according to one study, there's a very specific circumstance when wide-faced people are more likely than others to do good: if they're working on a team. Considering that Superman has been a member of some superteam or another since 1940, this might very well be the reason why he hasn't fried all of us with his heat ray vision by now.
A study published in the journal Psychological Science asked student volunteers, the fuel of all scientific advancement, to play a simple game where they could choose between helping themselves while screwing over the group they were part of or giving up money for the good of all. Half of the volunteers were told that their results would be compared to other students from the same school. The other half were told that they were in competition with a rival school.
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Incidentally, the day after the study, the rival school was covered in dong graffiti.
The implication for Superman is that he didn't just inspire all the other superheroes, but that being part of the superheroic community actually makes him less of a jerk (which makes sense when you consider how much of a dangerous psycho he was before 1940). So basically, as long as we keep emphasizing to Superman that he's part of team Super Friends, he'll continue using his powerful aggression, indicated by his face, to help us. Or at least to beat the Legion of Doom next fall at homecoming.
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- There exists a smooth function $F$ such that $\{F,H\}=0$, and yet $F$ is not of the form $f(H)$ for any smooth function $f$ in one variable?
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My conjuration is level 26 and I can't seem to figure out a quick way to level it. What's the quickest/most effective way to level it up?
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Kill a weak monster (skeever) and use soul trap on it about five times, if not six then wait for one hour to regenerate magica
I use a Bound Sword as my only weapon, and my conjuration is around 40 at level 11. I would suggest using Bound Items in combat.
Your conjuration skill does not increase by conjuring anything out of combat, it only increases while you' in combat with something or someone. Conjuring up a creature and a weapon, and then entering combat does level up your conjuration skill.
So, try to just conjure a creature and use a bound weapon in all fights, this will level up your conjuration skill relatively quickly.
You can also cast Soultrap on dead enemies, so you could put on a lot of magicka regeneration gear and continuously cast Soultrap on dead enemies to level up the skill. Alternatively, cast it until you run out of magicka and wait an hour (using the wait feature) and repeat.
In the lower conjuration-levels (around 20) the Soultrap spell gives nearly 1 level of Conjuration per use.
You can also summon a creature, and then attack it with a bound weapon. After a while the summon will start fighting back, and you'll get experience.
It may be a bit cheesy, but it works and it can be done everywhere!
Least "boring" way I've found: keep two spells handy while exploring, something like Conjure Flame Atronach and Soul Trap, or Bound Sword and Soul Trap. Soul trap everything when you get the magicka, even while not in combat, even your companion (I don't know how many times Lydia's threatened to kill me) as you explore--animals, dead bodies, etc. Conjure Atronach or Sword to deal with low level baddies you are likely to encounter. Switch to a favorite damage dealing spell or weapon for dragons, giants, etc.
From what I've noticed conjuration goes up by having a conjured creature out, but maybe only when you're actually fighting something.
While soul trapping for easy conjuration skills think about spending your hard earned cash on as many empty soul gems as you can buy and level your enchanting skill while your at it.
You can also use the invisible chest in Dawnstar to find soul gems for free
Conjuration does only level up in combat, however you can summon a creature, such as an atronach, then summon a bound weapon and start beating on it. At about half health it will turn on you and you will get some skill ups for being in combat.
Summon atronach, make it attack you, hide from attacks, and constantly cast a bound weapon. Best to hot key it for pc users and just switch to a new spell and back to bound weapon. Happy leveling
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Tuesday was the first sale in Bowling Green since the news broke before Christmas. Agriculture officials say genetic testing confirms the cow infected with Mad Cow disease was born in Canada.
The results will help investigators track down the source of the infection as officials kill the 450 cows that tested positive last month. It's back to normal at Barren River Regional Livestock Trading Center. But many are waiting to see what is in store.
Marty Lile, manager of Barren River Regional Livestock says, "Everybody seems to be understanding. We have a lot of spectators today. Everybody looking to see what the markets gonna do."
Frank Hayes says he came out to watch, "Mostly to see what the cattle markets gonna do. I'm not here to buy or sell just curiosity I guess."
First day sales in Lexington were light but not as bad as some had predicted.
Marty Lile says, "Of course everyone watches the Lexington markets-they're the largest in the state. And they didn't have the numbers but their prices hung on, and that's what we hope happens here."
Just before Christmas a case of Mad Cow disease farmers scared that they wouldn't be able to make money selling their cattle this year. But as the first day of trading resumes, farmers seem optimistic.
Jimmy White, is a farmer looking to buy, "I think it's gonna be fine just give it a little time and it should be fine.
That's the genera; consensus between buyers and sellers.
Frank Hayes says, "A lot of people are really concerned about this. As long as it stays confined to Washington I don't think cattle growers have got a whole lot to worry about."
Farmers here say they aren't afraid to buy.
Jimmy White says, "I'd buy, you know, if the right kind of pens come through you know what I'm trying to put together. Yeah, it wouldn't be no problem to buy."
So if the attitude stays positive and the turnout stays full the market here should not be affected.


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"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." - Psalms 147:3
We can ask "why" all we want and will never get an answer.
At least, not one we will ever understand - until that day.
That day when we stand before God after our life on earth is over.
Only then will we truly understand.
We can talk all we want about stricter gun laws, about the NRA and anything to do with mental sickness and bullets, but it goes much deeper than that and we all know it.
We all may not completely acknowledge it, but, in our hearts, we know it.
We cannot continually be surprised that the more and more we have kicked God out of the public forum, out of schools without prayer, the more and more we as a society have pushed him away, and most times, not so gently, that terrible tragedies like the most recent unthinkable act in Sandy Hook, Conn., will happen.
Virginia Tech.
Fort Hood.
West Nickel Mines School.
Wedgewood Baptist Church.
San Diego.
Unfortunately, the list goes on.
To me, this is not a Second Amendement thing or a mental illness thing.
We don't value life.
I first heard about a school shooting when a 16-year-old opened fire on an elementary school across the street from her house in San Diego on a Monday morning in 1979.
Two adults were killed and eight students injured.
A song was made out of her reason for the shooting.
The shootings haven't stopped.
We don't value life.
We have been an evil society for a really long time and it's waxing worse and worse.
We are a selfish society.
We are a rebellious society.
You just have to watch television to figure those out.
If you want to know how selfish our society really is, attend any sporting event at any age level and you will quickly find out.
"My daughter."
"My son."
My. Me. I.
Adults get kicked out of sporting events on a regular basis and it's all due to selfishness.
And, then you wonder where their children get it.
Being a member of a team is no longer good enough.
It's all about playing time, points and shots.
It's about a team going 0-for and placing all the blame on the coach.
The talent of that said team really doesn't matter to most, if not all.
If your team does not win, it's obviously the coach at fault.
But, it's not just in the athletic arena.
See how kids act in movie theaters, grocery stores, restaurants and the mall.
Then you see the same parents standing at the front of the checkout line, whether it is at Subway or Wal-Mart or Riesbeck's, talking on their cell phones, not giving their full attention to the person on the other side.
Of course, when that same adult doesn't get the full attention of the person they are talking to, they get offended.
"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men." - Acts 5:29
Twenty-six innocent people died on Friday.
Twenty of the 26 were first-grade students.
The adults were Rachel DaVino (29), Dawn Hochsprung (47), Anne Marie Murphy (52), Lauren Russeau (30), Mary Sherlach (56) and Victoria Soto (27).
So, where do we go from here?
Well, too many people will stand on their sides of the aisle and talk about gun control, or lack thereof, and what we must to do curb that type of violence.
Others will talk about mental illness and that is where we need to start with this type of unthinkable tragedy because "normal" people would never do this.
Yes, both should be talked over and something should be done.
This is where people on both sides of that aisle need to look at our future and not just in the mirror and what other Republicans or Democrats are saying.
This is a heart issue.
It's about enlarging that heart to add more than just "I. Me. My."
We need to add "Everyone Else."
That enlargens our heart.
Negativity has to end.
Negativity shrinks our heart.
I am not saying everything is rosey at all times.
But, as a society, we have to quit whining about everything and begin to figure out answers.
It's hard to find answers when everyone is complaining.
We need to get out of our own ways and figure out how to help others.
"For we walk by faith, not by sight:" - 2 Corinthians 5:7
All of these acts are about humans not caring about humans.
We don't value life.
Violence is second nature to our kids today like a recess game of dodgeball was to my generation.
Our access to violence as a soceity is sickening, scary and unprecedented.
But, people have to act on that violence.
We don't value life.
I really don't think the youth of today fully comprehend that their actions effect more people than just themselves.
You see, not only did the actions of one person alter the lives of 26 families, he also altered the lives of his family.
His brother no longer has a mom or a brother.
His father no longer has a son or an ex-wife.
Please do not forget those two in your prayers.
Obviously not in all schools, but the value of birth control has replaced the value of God in our schools.
Am I missing something?
Yes, I am.
We are missing something.
God, prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance must be put back in schools.
Will it stop these unnecessary tragedies?
But, it will help our kids understand what is important and, first and foremost, who is important.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" - Jeremiah 17:9
We need to stop excusing poor behavior.
We need to stop making excuse when humanity are punks, regardless of age.
There is no longer a line between right and wrong.
That line was erased a long time ago.
But, it's unacceptable because too many people have allowed that line to continually disappear.
Saying "no" to a teenager is like a sin to too many adults.
Back in my day, there were no such things as timeouts.
It was called a belt.
And, whether you think so or not, I'm OK.
I have no nightmares of a leather belt being cuffed in half and snapped.
Teachers had the power, not the parents.
If a kid brought home a bad grade, it was because the kid was lazy.
If a kid bring homes a bad grade now, it's because the teacher is lazy.
When did this happen?
Kids no longer fail.
Since when did failure become a bad word?
Enough is enough.
I get that.
Who will draw that line back in the sand again?
"Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah." - Psalms 61:1-4.
I know that 20 sets of parents never get to hold their children again, but Jesus did when they got to heaven.
"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted." - Matthew 5:4
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Radosevich said what makes the donation special is that it will be helping local women who are receiving treatment or who need diagnostic testing such as a mammogram. The money also is often used to help women - who are uninsured or underinsured - pay for related costs, such as gasoline to reach the hospital. The money was generated via boxed lunches sold at the store and a contribution from Dellalo, which sells various food products at Riesbeck's.
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I found this link for a group that is converting fedora RPM's to run on S/390 hardware. Wikipedia tells me that the S/390 was made by IBM as a mainframe computer in the 1990's (and run out of service before 2000). So I have two questions: Why would you run a "standard desktop" OS on a (deprecated) mainframe? and are there any practical applications for a 1990's mainframe nowadays? The site seems to be pretty active, so I feel I must be missing something in its purpose.
Like most distributions, Fedora is not really only a 'desktop' OS - it is a 'server' OS as well. It depends on what packages you install since in the repositories are both desktop and server applications available.
Thus, I guess that you want to use Fedora on S390 for server stuff (mainframes are advertised for their IO performance/throughput, batch processing, right?).
As with other vintage hardware there are probably three major reasons to run Linux on it:
How active the Fedora s390 project is I don't know. I mean, some packages you care about you have to port, but other portable software just need to be recompiled and once a buildserver is configured for yet another architecture, new incoming packages are automatically built.
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Loooong time between drinks on posts!! I am back in Australia after 3months away and I will get to that adventure soon. I have finally gotten a chance to go through some of the photos I have taken, albeit at 1.25am on a Tuesday morning and I came across this one.
There are photos when you travel that you know you will look back on in years to come and feel very connected with the time and place that you took it. This story is about one of those photos. I'm a sucker for animals, baby animals especially and in Varanasi, India there are plenty of them around. At this point in my trip I was travelling with fellow photographer Karina Holland. It is said that it is best to travel with another photographer when abroad because they understand your need to stop and snap away. Let me tell you, I think Karina was nearly at her wits end with my animal infatuation!!!
We had headed down to the main ghat area in Varanasi which has the famous Ganges River running along the edges. There were people everywhere – crowds upon crowds of people indicating that there was something going on. Despite the crowds and the normal human desire to "rubberneck", all I saw were these three little puppies on the steps below. Channelling my inner Alex Cearns, of course I started to photograph them. Couldn't resist!
Next thing I realised, Karina was nearby laughing and photographing me photographing the puppies. I couldn't quite figure out why she was doing this, let alone laughing at me – I mean after all I had previously stopped at every other puppy along the way to no laughing. For the first time since arriving at the location I took my eye away from the camera eyepiece and took note of what was going on around me.
No more than 100-200 meters away were massive movie lights, reflectors, clapper boards, make-up artists and the like running around. The crowds had formed due to what appeared to be the filming of a fairly significant Bollywood Movie. Karina was laughing at me because I had chosen to photograph these cute little puppies over a Bollywood movie set! I guess I kinda see her point but in my defence I think my puppy photo is cuter!
Karina, if you read this and you are game, send me through the photo of me taking the photo and I will complete this picture 😉


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Considering the sentence:
I'd like to do ... in such a way that ... is achieved.
Does this sound wordy? If so, is there a way to streamline it?
Considering the sentence:
Does this sound wordy? If so, is there a way to streamline it?
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"So" should do? "I'd like to do ..., so (that) ... is achieved."
You can directly substitute it with "in a manner that". Not much shorter, granted, but if you want to avoid repetition it may be of use to you.
Perhaps you can use "such that"
I'd like to do addition on the calculator in such a way that the addition function is achieved.
I'd like to do addition on the calculator such that the addition function is achieved.


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During the reigns of Charles V and Philip II Habsburg, the Spanish Empire had to declare bankruptcy several times. What were the consequences of these events? Did, for example, some of their assets get seized by the bankers, or something like that? Despite the financial troubles, the Spanish Empire survived and grow for several more centuries.
The huge debt inherited from his father, Charles V (Charles I of Spain), had to be renegotiated with bankers several times. Thus, a system of bonds was created in which bankers accepted to receive the interests only. The principal, however, was never returned and the interests kept on growing. This system of bonds was the first in history, by the way.
The main creditor was the Fugger family, a German banking family, but they were never paid the whole amount and went equally through financial difficulties. With them, many members of the nobility of the Netherlands.
According to Reinhart and Rogoff (2008), Spain has gone bankrupt 13 times: "Spain's defaults establish a record that remains as yet unbroken. Indeed, Spain managed to default seven times in the nineteenth century alone, after having defaulted six times in the preceding three centuries." Sad record.
One important consequence of repeated Spanish bankruptcies was that the modern Netherlands won its war of independence from Spain. It may have (years later), led to the successful secession of Portugal in 1640 as well. In any event, they marked the decline of the Spanish empire, and its eventual withdrawal (in the 19th century) from the affairs of (central) Europe.
Since I was just looking up information in David Graeber's Debt: The First 5,000 Years in the context of another question, I can contribute a quote from that source that confirms part of what @fledermaus has already indicated:


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The Russians took early control of the match by making use of their quick passing skills to establish a 4-1 lead in the first period, which helped them to control the rest of the game. they made sure to control throughout the rest of the match for a solid 8-4 win.
Egor Eremeev opened the scoring with just three minutes on the clock, with Yury Gorchinskiy doubling the advantage a minute later. Nigeria did pull one back through Isiaka Olawale, but then Russia's No9 Egor Shaykov began to exert his influence by netting twice in the period, his second being a sublime volley.
Russia extended their lead to four goals in the second period, despite a mini-fightback from Nigeria who went from being 6-1 down to 6-3, thanks to two well-worked strikes from Victor Tale and Musa Najare. However, 22 second later, the four goal cushion was re-established when Ilya Leonov scored his first of the match.
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Genetics is obviously an important cause of whether someone becomes extraverted or introverted. But what percentage is genetics and what percentage is the environment? What factors in the environment are most important in determining this trait?
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Heritability estimates of Extraversion (and other Big 5 factors)
The introduction section of Loehlin et al (1998) provides a narrative review of heritability estimates of big 5 personality traits (i.e., one of which is extraversion). A brief extract gives a flavour of some of the research that has been conducted:
They also mention other twin studies, with heritability estimates for Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness respectively as:
Thus, in summary, it seems that such estimates for the heritability of extraversion are around 50%.
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Just want to check whether i understand it correctly:
Long Calls have positive delta
Long Puts have negative Delta
Long stock has 0.01 delta
100 Shares have 1 delta
Therefore: Covered Call = 1 minus delta of Call option.
Is this correct?
Look at the chart on this site. Do you see how the line is upward sloping for a covered call until the stock reaches a price of 45? To simplify things, you have a delta of 1 until 45 and then a delta of 0 after 45 onwards. Delta is the slope of the line. Delta of a covered call changes depending on how ITM your short call.


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France 3 is proud to be associated with the Jacquemart-André Museum fort the "Twilight of the Pharaohs. Masterpieces of the last Egyptian dynasties" exhibition. France 3 will be at the event at the Jacquemart-André Museum to pay tribute to the quality and richness of this exhibition which it is happy to partner.
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Following its support of "Fra Angelico and the Masters of Light" and "From El Greco to Dalí. The great Spanish masters" exhibitions last season, France Inter continues the adventure by supporting the new exhibition at the Jacquemart-André Museum entitled "The Twilight of the Pharaohs". An event to discover, experience and explore on the airwaves of France Inter and on the Internet.
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Paris Match has been a partner of the Jacquemart-André Museum for many years. This loyalty to cultural commitments unites the magazine with the teams at the Museum and at Culturespaces. The exhibition "The Twilight of the Pharaohs. Masterpieces of the last Egyptian dynasties" opens the doors to ancestral culture that boasts such astonishing modernity that it continues to be relevant today.
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Every Thursday, France's leading news magazine, Le Nouvel Observateur supplies comment on the latest political, economic and cultural news. It analyses and deciphers what happens in society and predicts the consequences. Le Nouvel Observateur is delighted to be associated with the Jacquemart-André Museum and to be a partner to this beautiful exhibition.
Leading French distributor of leisure tickets and show tickets, every year Fnac offers more than 60,000 events. It associates itself with numerous events, thereby fulfilling its role as both cultural player and promoter of curiosity. By becoming a partner of the Jacquemart-André Museum, it is confirming its determination to defend the right of everyone to access all types of culture.
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The UGC Group is very proud and pleased to support the "The Twilight of the Pharaohs. Masterpieces from the last egyptian dynasties" exhibition at the Jacquemart-André Museum. This partnership also demonstrates UGC's goal to help open up access to high-quality works to a larger audience, as it does in the areas of cinema and opera with Viva l'Opéra!
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It's beginning to look a lot like Kitschmas
Southern California's undisputed curator of all things kitsch is bringing his holiday bonanza to Ventura
By Essie Lustig 12/20/2012
Charles Phoenix describes himself as a man with a particular "Pee Wee Herman, Martha Stewart and Huell Howser" sensibility. A California native son, Phoenix dedicates the majority of his life to celebrating Southern California's rich tapestry of kitsch, evolving modern design and theme-park-style geography. As a guest on Conan and NPR, he's touted his love of holiday Americana, amateur slide photography and campy twists on classic recipes. On Saturday, Dec. 22, Charles Phoenix will bring his majestic Retro Holiday Slide Show to the Ventura Center for Spiritual Living, also known as "The Mayan Temple."
Earlier this year, Kodak completely discontinued its famous Kodachrome slide film as it was edged out of the market by digital photography, smart phones and PowerPoint, but the scarcity of the medium will not deter Charles Phoenix. He spent the last 20 years amassing slides from places like garage sales, flea markets and estate sales. After he selects the slides that best fit his current theme out of his collection of more than 200,000, Phoenix narrates over the slide show with what he describes as "observational humor and storytelling."
What sets Phoenix apart from other artists who utilize "found" photography in their work is his complete reverence for his subjects. He understands that these holiday memories, while funny to the outside observer, are brief glimpses into private worlds. Kitsch is not an aesthetic to be mocked, but rather, it is an examination of the ubiquity of popular culture and, in the case of amateur photography, how iconography relates to the individual. His goal is to "shine a light on the more colorful aspects of our culture; that's what holidays are — they best define the word kitsch."
Charles Phoenix contends that his Retro Holiday Slide Show appeals to a wide cross-section of people, from modern design aficionados to the rockabilly crowd and, ultimately, to their "normal" parents. The parents especially relate as the luscious Kodachrome medium evokes almost cinematic memories.
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"Christmas has remained very similar from the mid-century to the present," he notes. "The mechanics [of Christmas celebrations] are still there, we just have LED lights now and far less tinsel." The show also touches on something very human: a year's worth of anticipation culminating in exhaustion, gifted bottles of booze and the stray unwanted gift.
Aside from his slide-show extravaganza, Phoenix is the proud food engineer behind the "cherpumple," the dessert equivalent of the "turducken." The cherpumple is a stack of three pies (cherry, pumpkin and apple) ensconced in three different layers of cake. Of course it is frosted. In his test kitchen, he continues to pay homage to the popular food of yesteryear, usually adding a slightly coronary-inducing twist such as fried breakfast cereal and a melting fondue snowman shaped entirely out of a king's ransom of Velveeta and cream cheese.
Not only is Charles Phoenix a showman, he is an established author of popular coffee table books documenting vintage Americana, such as his book of slides, Americana the Beautiful: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome, and a love letter to his home turf, Southern California in the'50s: Sun, Fun, and Fantasy. A mind-blowing picture of an Oxnard strip mall can be found in the latter. Obsessed with theme parks, he leads field trips around downtown Los Angeles and several other Southern Californa kitsch treasure troves.
When attending the Charles Phoenix Retro Holiday Slide Show, prepare yourself for an evening of holiday-themed memories, narratives behind the slides, some lesser-known facts about Ventura's kitschy past and just a tiny touch of voyeurism — for art's sake. Although little in life is certain, regarding the show, Phoenix assures, "It will really put you in the mood for the holidays. I guarantee you that."
Holiday dress is encouraged, but not mandatory. Sometimes, things look perfect just the way they are.
Presented by Attaboy Vintage, the Charles Phoenix Retro Holiday Slide Show takes place on Saturday, Dec. 22, 8 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Living, 101 S. Laurel St. Ventura. Tickets are $25 and only available at www.charlesphoenix.com.
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Let $X$ be a vector field on a compact manifold $M$ that has the form $$ X = \lambda_1 x^1 \partial_1 + \dots + \lambda_n x^n \partial_n + \dots$$ with respect to some chart $x$ around a point $p$. Also, let $\lambda_1, \dots, \lambda_n > 0$.
By the stable manifold theorem, there is an $n$-dimensional unstable submanifold $N$ of $M$ around $p$, i.e. a manifold with $\lim_{t \rightarrow -\infty} \Phi_t(p^\prime) = p$ for each $p^\prime \in N$, where $\Phi_t$ is the flow of $X$.
Thus, $N$ is just an open set in $M$. My question is: Is the boundary of $N$ smooth (I suspect yes) and if so, how to prove it or where to look it up?


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Nciku tells me the proper measure word is 类, but a quick search on Google garnered mostly results like "哪类角色更容易赢"小金人"?" implying that for the most part 类 is used when inquiring about a particular type of role. Does that mean that 个 is fine in most general statements?
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Same as English,角色 is a noun. For example,when there are only one person,we use "is"after words which express that,when there are many,we use "are". "角色" is the same as what I described,when you want to express many "角色",use"类",it won't be wrong,when you just want to say one "角色",use "个"
Yes, you are right on 类. 个 is more general for 角色.
Example: 你扮演哪个角色? you can also ask 哪类... but the two sentences will have different meanings.


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How can I put my CPU under very high pressure for a long period of time? Are there programs for that that I can keep running ?
At the command line, run this command:
(Open up a terminal window and type that into the window.)
This should keep your CPU loaded nicely for as long as you allow the command to run.
Look at some distributed computing like Boinc. This runs compute intensive programs where tasks are taken and run across many machines thus allowing projects access to free computing power. In your case as the programs take up much compute power they will use the CPU heavily. Boinc runs multiple processes on your computer so will se all cores of your CPU.
Do the following once for each CPU core in your Mac, open
The yes command will print the letter
Just create a small program that loops infinitely, something like:
Several database systems are multicore optimized. You could install something like mysql and setup a basic data set, then run some of the benchmarking tools against it. If tuned correctly, many DB systems are most efficient at high CPU load (because if it was not, you would be wasting resources).
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I just started working on predicting steady-state protein levels from different codon usage bias measures. I have whole-genome sequences (it's NGS data) from different strains of S. cerevisiae and S. paradoxus and I began to wonder if it's possible that different strains of the same species could have different copy numbers of tRNA genes? If so, would this be detectable in the sequencing data (presumably the reads were mapped onto a reference genome so maybe this copy number variation would be lost)?
I'd take that computational angle and run the sequence data through tRNAscan-SE (Lowe & Eddy, Nucl Acids Res 25: 955-964). Ideally, you'd install this locally. This tool is what the UCSC folks use and it has been the best known, most widely used tRNA predictor for years. It's what we all used on Arabidopsis thaliana genome annotation back in the late 1990's.
There is also a genomic tRNA database that may have many of the predictions you seek, at least for some of your species/strains.
I would use an RNA microarray to look at those difference instead of sequencing. To delicately amplify your tRNAs in an unbiased manner would be a tricky molecular biology endeavor. I wouldn't be surprised if there were detectable and significant differences. Those experiments will be able to confirm your hypotheses regarding codon usage bias.


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What Is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a broad term used to describe a group of chronic "palsies" -- disorders that impair control of movement due to damage to the developing brain. CP usually develops by age 2 or 3 and is a nonprogressive brain disorder, meaning the brain damage does not continue to worsen throughout life. However, the symptoms due to the brain damage often change over time -- sometimes getting better and sometimes getting worse. CP is one of the most common causes of chronic childhood disability.
About 10,000 infants are diagnosed with CP and up to 1,500 preschoolers in the U.S. are recognized as having it each year. The United Cerebral Palsy Association estimates that more than 764,000 Americans have CP.
Understanding Cerebral Palsy
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Between 35% and 50% of all children with CP will have an accompanying seizure disorder and some level of mental retardation. They also may have learning disabilities and vision, speech, hearing, or language problems.
Much remains unknown about the disorder's causes, but evidence supports theories that infections, birth injuries, and poor oxygen supply to the brain before, during, and immediately after birth result are common factors. Premature infants are particularly vulnerable. Severe illness (such as meningitis) during the first years of life, physical trauma, and severe dehydration can cause brain injury and result in CP.
What Causes Cerebral Palsy?
Congenital cerebral palsy results from brain injury during a baby's development in the womb. It is present at birth, although it may not be detected for months. It is responsible for CP in about 70% of the children who have it. An additional 20% are diagnosed with congenital cerebral palsy due to a brain injury during the birthing process. In most cases, the cause of congenital cerebral palsy is unknown. Some possible causes are:
- Infections during pregnancy that may damage a fetus' developing nervous system. These include rubella (German measles), cytomegalovirus (a herpes-type virus), and toxoplasmosis (an infection caused by a parasite that can be carried in cat feces or inadequately cooked meat). Other infections in pregnant women that may go undetected are being recognized now as an important cause of developmental brain damage in the fetus.
- Severe jaundice in the infant. Jaundice is caused by excessive bilirubin in the blood. Normally, bilirubin is filtered out by the liver. But often, newborns' livers need a few days to start doing this effectively, so it's not uncommon for infants to have jaundice for a few days after birth. In most cases, phototherapy (light therapy) clears up jaundice, and there are no lasting health effects. However, in rare cases, severe, untreated jaundice can damage brain cells.
- Rh incompatibility between mother and infant. In this blood condition, the mother's body produces antibodies that destroy the fetus's blood cells. This, in turn, leads to a form of jaundice in the newborn and may cause brain damage.
- The physical and metabolic trauma of being born. This can precipitate brain damage in a fetus whose health has been threatened during development.
- Severe oxygen deprivation to the brain or significant trauma to the head during labor and delivery.