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Many major cities now have bike sharing schemes, and each seems to have its own system of rates, designed to encourage shorter rides and quick returns; but it's hard to compare them. Is there a reference somewhere that draws direct comparisons among the pricing schemes for the major bike sharing systems?
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A quick Google brought up This article. It shows a list of prices for bike sharing rates in 10 cities around the world. It shows prices for various lengths of time that you can rent/borrow the bike for. In most places, the first 30 minutes (sometimes 45 minutes) are free, if you pay for a small yearly membership.
All of the large cycle hire schemes offer several plans and for each, the cost of a ride depends on the length of the ride, as well as the number of rides during the period covered by the plan.
Assuming 2 rides on 24 hour pass, some example plans stack up like this, for rides of up to 2 hours:
Here and in subsequent figures, four systems are shown, London's, Boston's, New York's and Washington DC's, represented by the livery color used by each — light, Barclay's blue for London, Hubway green for Boston, dark "citi" blue for New York, and red for Washington DC. Solid lines are for single day plans, while thin dashed lines are for example annual plans, assuming 50 rides.
The first thing that's clear is that — not surprisingly — cost goes up with duration. The second is that plans have similar structures, in which costs go up in steps, typically at 30 minute intervals. More surprisingly, perhaps, is the significant difference in cost, with New York being most and London being least expensive.
This figure is a bit misleading though, since all of these systems are designed for short rides of generally less than 30 minutes, and certainly less than an hour. Focusing on these gives a better picture of actual scenarios:
Both if these figures though conceal a misconception about the pricing schemes that all of these systems use: that they discourage long rides. This is really only partly true, and only true, as it were, "in steps", as one can clearly see by looking at the cost per minute, for "rides" of up to 24 hours:
Here, some odd features are exposed, notably the leveling off of cost per minute, the jump in average cost in London (from being cheapest, to matching New York's most expensive), and the long decline in some cities.
Again, it's most useful to focus on short rides:
Over this range the outstanding feature is the rise and fall of per minute cost, the initially very high cost per minute, and, again, the large difference in cost between systems.


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If you are playing the blues in the key of C, any note in the blues key of C should sound good in the melody with either of the C, F or G (I, IV or V) major chords in the bass.
Why is this and how do these three chords relate to each other?
The three chords you have identified are known as the Tonic (I), Subdominant (IV), and Dominant chords of the traditional major scale. By in large for over 300 years the IV and V chords have been used extensively in western music to reinforce the tonality of the tonic.
This is accomplished by the resolution of tension created by dissonance. The V to I transition is the strongest feeling of resolution as the 7th degree of the scale and 2nd degree of the scale converge to the tonic.
The blues scale is sometimes referred to as minor pentatonic scale or an altered major scale with lowered third, fifth, and seventh degrees. The transient use of the "blue note" (flat fifth or sharp forth) is highly characteristic of blues music. This note relative to the tonic, is also known as a tritone, or in sacred music, the 'devil's note' which was avoided in that idiom. In any case the blues scale in practice is dynamic, it changes all the time, often a major 3rd scale degree in the scale is altered to a minor 3rd scale degree or the reverse, sometimes within the same melodic line. A slick blues lead might embellish any scale degree with repeated grace notes of a semi tone above the scale degree or below it depending if the line is ascending or descending.
Often the chords you identified are played with 7ths which adds more dissonance and allows for more tension. Typically in a blues song a tonic chord played with a 7th would be constructed with these scale degrees: 1, maj 3rd, 5th, flat 7th, or in the key of C this would be C, E, G, Bb. Likewise the subdominant and dominant chords are constructed with the same relationships. Subdominant in the key of C: F, A, C, Eb. Dominant: G, B, D, F. Now what may change in these chords are the 3rds, and 7ths. The changes along with the use of embellishments such as heavy use of sliding extended grace notes back and forth, or repetition of tritone relationships, glissandos (keyboards and guitars), bending notes (guitar), even literally banging the keyboard and other innovations shape the blues idiom.
Summary: The tonic, subdominant and dominant chords in the Blues scale have a tradition in classical music that best supports tonality. Altering the 3rd, 5th and 7th scale degrees in these chords creates a platform to allow the melodic line to be more flexible and use more notes.
I think it's because they really DON'T fit any. They just have their own inherent sense of the tonality of the tonic, while the chords - sprung from the same tonic but in a different mode - guide themselves in and out of dominant relationships, for example bar 4 makes the I chord the dominant for the 5th bar with the IV chord, even though it has been dominant all the time.
The blues scale contain all the chord tonics though and the rest of the scale is putting dissonance to the chords. E-flat; is dissonant to E in C7, F-sharp; is dissonant to G in C7, F and G in G7 and B-flat is dissonant to B in G7.
There is really nothing theoretical about the blues scale it's a tradition inherited by the slaves that used to bend their guitars a bit to play the notes in between the 12 notes.

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Charlotte has won three conference championships including two tourney titles and one regular-season crown. Charlotte has finished in the top four of its league (A-10; C-USA) in four of the last six years. The individual achievements that have accompanied the team success include a USA Basketball U-21 World Championship Team member, a National Freshman of the Year, an Academic all-America, an NBA Lottery Pick, a Conference USA Player of the Year, a two-time Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year, 10 first-team all-conference selections and seven all-conference tournament choices. The 2007-08 recruiting class was ranked as high as 13th by HoopScoop, the highest ranking ever for a 49ers' incoming class. Lutz has completely changed the landscape on which the 49ers recruit, regularly attracting top players and nationally-ranked recruiting classes, including newcomer Chris Braswell -- a top 60 recruit. In addition, Lutz, who owns four degrees, is intelligent and loyal. He tutors players, stresses academic importance and takes pride in each graduate's success. In fact, 12 seniors over the past four seasons have graduated, including former Chicago Bull Eddie Basden, three-time first team all-conference choice Curtis Withers, two-time team MVP Leemire Goldwire and current Harlem Globetrotter Charlie Coley, III. On top of all that, Lutz is one of the good guys in the business. He is on the board of charlotte's First Tee program. He's a two-time participant in the the Defense Department's [quote]Operation Hardwood - Hoops With Troops[quote] program (August, 2005; June, 2006) in which NCAA coaches visited Kuwait to coach troops in week-long tournaments. He served as Honorary Chair of the Leukemia and Lymphona Society's Man and Woman of the Year Campaign in 2007 and 2008 and he is currently serving as an ambassador for Coaches' Curing Kids' Cancer. He participated in NASCAR's Elliott Sadler's 2004 [quote]Hoops For Hope[quote] Charity Basketball Game. He was named a Carolinas' Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Council in 2002 and has been given [quote]The Key to the City[quote] of Harrisburg, N.C., where he and his family reside. He has served as Grand Marshall of the small town's 4th of July Parade and is still regarded as a [quote]Hometown Hero[quote] in the annual parade. He has a basketball tournament named in his honor, by his former school: Pfeiffer University, where he is an inductee into the Athletic Hall of Fame. He is a member of Pfeiffer's Board of Trustees. He was inducted into UNC Charlotte's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2002. On the court, Lutz's 49ers teams have amassed a 199-146 record, averaging over 18 wins per season. He attracted the 2001 National Freshman of the Year (Rodney White - ESPN.com and All-Star Sports) as well as four Top 20 recruiting classes (1999 - 19th; 2000 - 15th; 2002 - 19th; 2007 - 13th). Last year, even with a team decimated by injuries, the 49ers managed to defeat three teams bound for the NCAA Tournament: #16 ranked Xavier, at-large choice Dayton and SEC Champion Mississippi State. In 2007-08, the 49ers went 20-14 and advanced to the NIT, marking the program's fifth 20-win season and eighth post-season appearance under Lutz. Charlotte finished tied for fourth in the Atlantic 10 and reached the A-10 Championship semifinals. In 2006-07, the 49ers went 14-16 in their second season in the Atlantic 10, despite the high-scoring efforts of all-A-10 choice De'Angelo Alexander, who finished fourth in the league in scoring. In 2005-06, the 49ers debuted in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a runner-up finish, a 19-13 slate and a post-season appearance in the NIT, behind the strength of double-double man Curtis Withers and scoring phenom Alexander. The NIT bid was the 49ers seventh post-season trip in Lutz's first eight seasons. In 2004-05, Lutz notched his fourth 20-win season (21-8) and earned the school's 11th NCAA Tournament appearance, the school-record fifth that he has overseen. He became the first coach in school history to go to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments twice in his career. The 49ers finished as Conference USA runners-up with a 12-4 league mark, led by C-USA Player of the Year Eddie Basden and fellow first-teamer Withers. The season was highlighted by a perfect 7-0 record in February that led the 49ers back into the national rankings for four straight weeks, peaking at #18 in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls. The 49ers also posted an unbeaten league record in home games (8-0). Lutz finished as one of 10 finalists for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award. In addition, he picked up his 300th career coaching victory. In 2003-04, Lutz picked up his third 20-win season, his school-record 4th NCAA Tournament trip and led the 49ers to a share of their first C-USA regular-season title with a 12-4 record (the 49ers second-best league record since joining C-USA). For his efforts, Lutz was named Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year by Basketball Times and Conference USA Coach of the Year by Dick Vitale. He won his 100th game as the 49ers head coach, joining only Jeff Mullins as 100-win coaches for the 49ers. He also landed the 49ers first-ever Top 10 wins in true road games, winning at #7/#7 Syracuse and at #8/#7 Cincinnati. Determined to rebound after the 2003 season, he attacked the 2003-04 season with a renewed vigor. He made greater demands of himself, his staff and his players. Mostly, he demanded results. And, beginning with the win over Syracuse in which the 49ers became the first team in NCAA history to defeat the defending national champions in the champs' home opener, results are just what the 49ers produced. They rode through a school-record 10 true road wins, posted a first-ever victory at Cincinnati and three Top 10 wins. They earned a share of the program's first-ever C-USA regular-season crown and earned the school's 10th NCAA Tournament bid. In 2001-02, Lutz claimed career coaching win #250 with a victory over #25 Marquette. With a schedule strength of 15 that included eight games against Top 25 RPI teams and seven wins vs. the Top 100 RPI, the 49ers earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament, landing a #9 seed in the program's ninth NCAA appearance. Three of those bids belonged to Lutz-coached teams, matching Mullins (1988; 1992; 1995) for most NCAA bids for a 49er coach. With the 49ers second straight bid, in 2001, Lutz joined Melvin Watkins (1997; 1998) as the only 49er coaches to post back-to-back NCAA Tournament seasons. The season included a 6-5 record against the 49ers toughest non-conference schedule, which was ranked 18th by Basketball Times, and an 11-5 record within Conference USA, with key wins over Marquette and Memphis as well as road wins at South Florida and Houston. Two late home wins secured the 49ers' bye in the C-USA Tournament, where the 49ers advanced to the semifinals for the sixth straight year. In 2000-01, Lutz led the 49ers back into the national rankings. Led by National Freshman of the Year (ESPN.com and All-Star Sports) Rodney White, the 49ers raced to a 6-1 start that included double-digit victories over NC State, South Carolina and Miami. The 49ers would put together a late-season rally, as well, to capture the Conference USA Tournament Championship and the 49ers fourth NCAA bid in the last five years. With a top 20 recruiting class, the 49ers finished the season with a 22-11 record, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in its last four trips. White was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year to complement his national awards. The previous year, the 49ers went 17-16 and earned a berth in the NIT despite a season of adversity that began with the death of forward Charles Hayward (leukemia), included an emergency appendectomy for star guard Diego Guevara and concluded with a groin pull for team MVP Tremaine Gardiner in the C-USA Tournament that sidelined him for most of semifinal matchup with DePaul and all of the NIT showdown at Mississippi. In his first season at the helm, Lutz made a quick impression by working some coaching magic. With a team picked to finish fifth in the American Division of Conference USA, Lutz posted a 20-win season, captured the C-USA Tournament Championship and earned the school's third straight NCAA berth. The 49ers finished the season ranked in the final AP poll (#24) and earned the program's best-ever NCAA Tournament seed at #5. Lutz became the third first-year coach in school history to notch a 20-win season and Lutz' initial 23-11 campaign was highlighted by a program-best home win over #3 Cincinnati, 13 wins over 1998 post-season participants and an incredible run of four wins in four days, over three of the top four seeds, to win the Conference USA Championship. In addition to the C-USA crown and the trip to the NCAA second round, Lutz was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year by The Birmingham News. Charlotte Director of Athletics Judy Rose recommended the hiring of Lutz as the program's eighth head men's basketball coach to the University's Board of Trustees, April 9, 1998. Lutz replaced Melvin Watkins, who resigned March 31, 1998, after two seasons. In 2002, Lutz signed a six-year contract extension and in 2003, he added another year. In March, 2008, he signed a five-year deal and then added a one-year extension that carries him through 2013-14. Lutz' hiring was a dream come true for the 1980 UNC Charlotte grad and three-year 49er assistant. [quote]This position remains a labor of love for me,[quote] he said. [quote]People who know me know I am relentless in my pursuit, be it recruiting, scheduling, game preparation and development of players. My staff and I will provide 49er basketball fans and our students a well-prepared, entertaining and hard-working team.[quote] Lutz joined his alma mater's basketball staff as an assistant coach to Jeff Mullins in 1995 for the program's first season in C-USA. When Watkins was named head coach in April, 1996, he retained Lutz as an assistant. Lutz, who turned 51 on April 4, 2009 said, [quote]This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. (In 1995) when I joined Jeff Mullins' staff, my goal was what it has always been, that when the time came, I wanted to be considered for the 49ers' basketball job. First, I want to say how proud I am to be part of the 49er basketball coaching family. Second, I want to thank the administration, namely Judy Rose, for having the confidence in choosing me to lead this program to even greater heights. [quote]I am extremely grateful, as well, to Jeff and Melvin for providing me the opportunity to prove that I can make a difference as their primary assistant coach at a major NCAA Division I program. Each made a lasting impression on me and 49er basketball.[quote] The 49ers amassed a record of 56-35 during Lutz' three seasons as an assistant, with records of 22-9 and 20-11 and back-to-back NCAA berths in the final two. The author of an ultra-successful career as head coach and athletics director at Pfeiffer University in rural Misenheimer, N.C., Lutz produced a 181-91 record from 1986-95, including six straight NAIA Tournament berths, three [quote]Final Four[quote] appearances, one [quote]Final Eight[quote] and one [quote]Sweet 16[quote]. From 1990-95, his teams had an amazing .785 winning percentage (153-42). He developed 10 NAIA All-Americans and sent six players on to professional playing careers in Europe and the NBA, including all-time leading scorer Tony Smith ('92) and former L.A. Laker Antonio Harvey ('93). The Falcons played in one NAIA Tournament prior to Lutz's reign. During it, Pfeiffer was one of the nation's Top 10 programs of the 1990s. He was named head coach at Gardner-Webb University in March, 1995. He left Gardner-Webb to join Mullins' staff two months later. [quote]I told (Gardner-Webb's) administration, the only position I would leave for is one with UNC Charlotte. They were good to me and allowed me to pursue my lifeplan.[quote] Lutz graduated from UNC Charlotte in 1980 with [quote]High Honors[quote], a B.A. degree in Economics and Psychology and a 3.82 G.P.A. He was a charter member of the UNC Charlotte Honor Society. Lutz holds a Master's degree from Clemson University (Education in Administration and Supervision, 1986) and Winthrop University (Arts in Teaching Secondary Social Studies, 1985) achieving a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. in both programs. After a playing career at Bandys (Catawba, N.C.) High (1976), where he was class valedictorian, Lutz entered UNC Charlotte and enjoyed the 49ers run to the 1977 NCAA Final Four as a student after failing to make the team as a walk-on. He was an instructor in Economics and Psychology labs at his alma mater, 1979-80. He coached and taught Social Studies at Parkwood (Monroe, N.C.) High, 1982-83; and Bunker Hill (Claremont, N.C.) High, 1983-84. In 1984, Lutz joined Cliff Ellis' staff at Clemson as an assistant for two years. He was named head coach at Pfeiffer prior the 1986-87 campaign. Of his 37 recruited student-athletes at Pfeiffer, 30 graduated during his career. Lutz and his wife, Janet, are the parents of Natalie, 20, who is a senior at the University of Florida and Christine, 18. The Lutz family lives in Harrisburg.
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The 10 Least Romantic Love Song Lyrics
Since before Shakespeare asked if he should "compare thee to a summer's day," songsmiths have endeavored to paint the perfect picture of their lovers. But with the advent of the modern-day rock groupie, it's apparently become too damn easy for musicians to get laid. Just look at the following love song lyrics that span from insulting and lazy to downright creepy.
"One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue."
Oh Jesus Christ, John! You almost had it, too. The cliches sort of worked for a little while, but then you decide to venture out into the land of uncharted metaphors, and the best you can come up with is bubblegum tongue?
"Grab you by your coat tail take you to the motel, ho sale,
don't tell, won't tell ...
if you pick me then ima pick on you,
d-o-double g and I'm here to put this dick on you."
Certainly not a conventional love song, but the goal is the same, Snoop just happens to be a little more direct about what he wants to do to his lover. Unfortunately, Snoop's strategy for accomplishing that goal involves telling her that he's going to kidnap her and take her to a ho sale, which sounds less like romantic braggadocio, and more like a human rights crisis worthy of an international tribunal. From there he immediately tells the girl not to tell on him, giving off a creepy Kevin-Bacon-in-Sleepers vibe good for scaring off any non-hearing impaired woman within earshot.
And finally, Snoop, we're pretty sure it's meant to go "in" and not "on," unless we've been doing things wrong all these years (It should be noted that this is entirely possible).
"When you're buried in disguise
By the dark glass on your eyes
Though your flesh has crystallized;
Still ... you turn me on.
Every day a little sadder,
A little madder,
Someone get me a ladder."
We're not sure if it's the talk of rage that grows inside him each day, or the necrophiliac imagery of crystallized flesh, but by the time he gets to that last line, we can't help but wonder if the ladder is for the girl he keeps in the hole in his basement.
"As we followed in the dance,
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love's hot, fevered iron,
Like a striped pair of pants."
Women have been compared to many things. Roses, honey and now a pair of striped pants. Not just any striped pants however, but a pair that is wrinkled, and thus needs to be ironed.
"Won't need too much pursuadin,'
I don't mean to sound degradin,'
But with a face like that you got nothin' to laugh about."
Rod Stewart making comments on someone else's looks? That's pretty rich, Roderick.
It's a good rule of thumb that anything you could possibly say to a woman following the phrase, "I don't mean to sound degradin,' but ... " is good for a trip directly to dry-penis-ville.
"She's just 16 years old
Leave her alone, they say ...
As far as opening lines go, this one certainly qualifies as an attention grabber, especially when the guy singing it was 36 years old at the time it was released. Take out the 16 year old business and you've got one of the all-time great wedding songs. As it is, the song ends up feeling like a beautifully sung deposition, and Mardones is cursed to a lifetime of interviews explaining how he wrote his only hit about this guy he knew ...
"You should've known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn't listen
You played dead, but you never bled,
Instead you lay still in the grass, all coiled up and hissing"
The chorus, with its promise to "keep on loving you," made this song a staple of those "As Seen on TV" love song compilation CDs. This verse however reads like bad poetry by a rageaholic husband from a Lifetime Channel movie. First he gets mad at her for not reading the tone of his voice correctly. Then the woman in question plays dead, presumably so he'll stop hitting her. But, as he points out, she wasn't bleeding. So, you know, he did her a favor. Then he calls her a snake, making this one of the most hate-fueled lyrical barrages this side of "Bulls on Parade."
But it's not REO Speedwagon's fault. He puts up with so much. Besides, REO Speedwagon only does it because he loves us so much.
"Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin'
What you're thinkin' of me ...
You're a woman in love,
and I love what's goin' through you.
The need inside you, I see it showin'. Do you feel it growin'?"


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Panel is not shown in Chrome but in iOS Simulator
Hello Guys, have a really annoing problem within my app. I'm using a Ext.Container (card layout) with 3 panels on it. If i change from my "third" to my "second" panel i get an blank screen in Chrome & Safari. In the iOS Simulator everything is quite well, the panel is shown. So i opened the chrome developer tools, because i wanted to see if there's a error in the console line, and then the panel was shown. the obscure thing about that is that this only works on my computer. Tried this "bug" at a collegues computer and nothing was shown, only blank screen. Does anyone of you have a solution for this problem ? Why does opening the developer tools, affect my panel ?
Here's the code where i switch the panels in my controller :
goBackToList: function(button) { mc = this.getMainContainer(); mc.setActiveItem(1); }
17 Sep 2012 1:20 AM #2
it seems that the problem is solved. I pushed a text into an array. I commented this lines, it doesn't work. After i uncomment this lines it still works, this is kinda crazy and i'm puzzled right now...never thought that an simple array could cause such trouble xD


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Audi e-tron Spyder is a study concept car and will be presented at the Paris Auto Show 2010. The two-seater open sports car, e-tron Spyder is powered by a 221-kW (300-hp) twin-turbo V6 TDI at the rear axle and by two electric motors producing a total of 64 kW at the front axle. The Audi e-tron Spyder's low total weight of only around 1,450 kilograms (3,196.70 lb) combined with the high-torque TDI and the two electric motors results in respectable performance. The car accelerates to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in just 4.4 seconds, and top speed is electronically governed at 250 km/h (155.34 mph).


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I'd like to create multiple layers for asset management using openlayers, could anybody help?
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FORT HOOD (October 24, 2012)--The 4th Brigade Combat Team "Longknife," 1st Cavalry Division, will conduct a color casing ceremony Friday in preparation of their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
The casing of the colors will represent their movement to a new theater of operation.
This will be the brigade's fourth deployment, their first to Afghanistan.
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I am working a full time job as a software engineer. I am also doing masters in computer science. I don't have to take any classes this year as I have completed my coursework.
I work from 10 to 7 in my office. But when I go home I am too tired to study.I have my weekends free.
I can study on my weekends but the problem is I think I would eventually get tired of doing this. It would burn me out if I don't take two days off in a week. Ofcourse I can study in the morning or at night. Maybe even on weekends.
How can I manage this to maximize my productivity so that I perform well both on my job as well as my research and don't get sick of either one. Please help me.


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I added cinnamon and replaced the canola oil with plain yogurt
Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
From EatingWell: Spring 2004, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004), July/August 2012
EatingWell reader Beverley Sharpe of California contributed this recipe. She updated a favorite treat by cutting back on sugar and incorporating whole grains. To increase protein, she replaces the rolled oats with 1 cup almond meal.
179 Reviews for Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
I added cinnamon and replaced the canola oil with plain yogurt
I completely re-worked this recipe because the calorie count was too high. I substituted applesauce for the oil (same amount), used equivalent amounts of Splenda for baking instead of all sugar, cut the butter in half and used plain Greek yogurt for the other half, and used a cup and a half of ground oats and a quarter cup of whole wheat flour. I also substituted a half cup of walnuts for the chocolate chips. I made 24, 2 inch, substantial and really yummy cookies. Each has a calorie count of 60. I just like to eat more than one cookie!
1 cup almond meal 3/4 cup rolled oats
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup apple sauce
2/3 cup honey powder or agave
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips
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In 2013, members of the CU-Boulder community stood out in a wide range of areas, from publishing cutting-edge research to volunteering in compassionate service to performing at the top of their game in sports. Here's a look at some of the highlights:
Picture-perfect launch to Mars
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission made a flawless launch in November. The mission, led by CU-Boulder, will help scientists determine how the loss of gases in the Martian atmosphere changed Mars from a warm, wet and possibly habitable planet to the cold, dry and inhospitable place it appears to be today.
Related link: MAVEN in-depth series
Physicist wins a 'genius grant'
Theoretical physicist Ana Maria Rey—a fellow at JILA, a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology—was named a winner of the 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the "genius grant." Rey, who teaches graduate and undergraduate classes, is the eighth CU-Boulder faculty member to win the award.
Related link: CU-Boulder/NIST physicist Ana Maria Rey wins 2013 MacArthur Fellowship
Floods bring campus community together
The historic floodwaters that inundated the Front Range in mid-September caused water damage to dozens of buildings, forced the evacuation of some of the family housing units, and closed the campus for multiple days. In the face of the seemingly endless rain, staff members across campus, from facilities management to CU Police, put in long hours to take care of displaced students and faculty, repair buildings and keep the community safe. Volunteers from across campus pitched in to help—student athletes served warm meals to evacuees, for example—while scientists used the the opportunity to learn more about the local interplay of geography and weather and how those risks can be mitigated in the future.
Related links: September 2013 flooding at the University of Colorado Boulder, Student athletes serve flood-weary community with a hot meal, The Western Water Assessment's Front Range Rain Event and Floods, September 2013
Athletes stand out, take national honors
The ski team won its 19th national championship in 2013 in Vermont. This year, the men's cross country team also became national champions. The NCAA victory was the team's fourth. Other teams that had exemplary performances in 2013 were the men's basketball team, which made the NCAA tournament for the second straight year, and the women's basketball team, which made the field for the first time in nine years. The women's volleyball team also made it to the NCAA tournament—their 17th such appearance—where they advanced to the second round for the ninth time in their history. CU-Boulder's women's soccer team also was noteworthy for making the Sweet 16. 2013 also was a big year for many of CU-Boulder's 33 club sport teams. National championships were won by triathlon, free-style skiing and swimming teams. The free-style ski team also was selected to represent the U.S. in the Winter World University Games and brought home two medals: Alexis Keeney won gold and Katie Souza took bronze.
Related links: CU Skiers Rally To Win NCAA Championship, Men's Cross Country Claims National Championship, Volleyball Enjoys Memorable 2013 Season, CU Soccer Upsets No. 19 BYU To Advance To Sweet 16
Physicist named a U.S. Professor of the Year
Physicist Steven Pollock was named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Pollock is the second CU-Boulder faculty member to receive the award. Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, also a CU-Boulder physics professor, was honored with the designation in 2004. The Professor of the Year award honors the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country.
Related links: U.S. Professor of the Year helps students create their own understanding of physics, CU-Boulder physicist Steven Pollock named a 2013 U.S. Professor of the Year
Scanning the brain to measure pain
Scientists at CU-Boulder discovered a neurologic signature for pain that allows them, for the first time, to objectively measure how much pain a person is in. The researchers used a computer to help them identify the signature in a series of brain scans. Now, the only method doctors have for knowing how much pain their patients are in is to ask them.
Related link: First objective measure of pain discovered in brain scan patterns by CU-Boulder study
Remembering some of CU-Boulder's brightest stars
In 2013, CU-Boulder lost several of its most distinguished community members. In September, Al Bartlett, professor emeritus of physics, died at the age of 90. Bartlett was well known for his lecture on the impacts of world population growth. Alumnus Scott Carpenter, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, died in October at the age of 88. Carpenter was the second American to orbit Earth after fellow astronaut John Glenn. CU-Boulder also lost former university Chancellor Roderic Park in September and Lawson Crowe, the campus' first chancellor, in November.
Related links: CU-Boulder alum, NASA Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at 88, CU-Boulder campus mourns death of longtime, celebrated physics professor Al Bartlett, Former CU-Boulder Chancellor Roderic Park dies at 81
North America's oldest petroglyphs
A high-tech analysis by a CU-Boulder researcher indicated a set of rock engravings, which are cut into several boulders in western Nevada, date to at least 10,500 years ago and perhaps even as far back as 14,800 years ago, making them North America's oldest known petroglyphs. Located near Winnemucca Lake 35 miles northeast of Reno, the petroglyphs consist of large, deeply carved grooves and dots forming complex designs on several large limestone boulders.
Related link: New CU-Boulder led research effort dates oldest petroglyphs known in North America
A commitment to upgrade athletic facilities
The Board of Regents unanimously approved a $143 million plan to upgrade CU-Boulder's athletic facilities. The plan includes adding an indoor multipurpose practice facility and refurbishing the Dal Ward Athletics Center. Rick George, who took over as athletic director in August, said the upgrades would allow CU-Boulder to create "a world-class, holistic student-athlete experience." George is the former president of business operations for the Texas Rangers.
Related links: Board of Regents approves $142 million plan for athletics facilities upgrades, DiStefano names Rick George next Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at CU-Boulder
Shakespeare play takes on bullying
A new anti-violence production of "The Tempest" put on by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in conjunction with CU-Boulder's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence toured Colorado schools in 2013. A shortened version of the play, which focuses on themes of vengeance and forgiveness, was used to engage kids in a discussion about bullying. The work builds on a similar production of "Twelfth Night," which has been seen by more than 22,000 Colorado schoolchildren.
Related link: CU's anti-violence production of 'The Tempest' to tour Colorado schools
Fiske's new 'star ball' shines
Fiske Planetarium reopened this fall after a modern makeover that included the installation of a "star ball" that can project 20 million individual stars, a vastness not fully visible to the naked eye. The new digital ball replaced a 40-year-old analog projector. The planetarium also upgraded its video system, allowing for high-definition pictures that audience members can see in a 360-degree view.
Related link: CU-Boulder's modernized Fiske Planetarium to reopen Oct. 12
Army ROTC earns national honors
CU-Boulder's ROTC program won one of eight MacArthur Awards in the nation. The program was selected as the top unit of the Cadet Command's Fifth Brigade, which consists of 36 Army ROTC programs in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming. The award recognizes the ideals of duty, honor and country.
Related link: CU-Boulder Army ROTC ranks among nation's top 8 units, receives 2012 MacArthur Award
Engineers give printing a fourth dimension
CU-Boulder engineers developed a technology that allows an object created with a 3D printer to later self-assemble into another form. The new 4D printing method incorporates "memory fibers" into the material used by traditional 3D printers. After the object is printed, the fibers remember how to stretch, curl, twist or fold, ultimately creating a different structure. The technology could allow solar panels or similar products to be produced in a flat configuration that could be activated after shipping to assemble into the optimal form.
Related Link: CU-Boulder researchers develop 4D printing technology for composite materials
First scholar in Conservative thought
CU-Boulder appointed Steven Hayward its first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy. The visiting scholar position is a three-year pilot program supported by private funds. During his one-year appointment, Hayward, who has a Ph.D. in American studies, will be teaching classes and hosting public discussions in the campus community.
Related link: CU-Boulder appoints Steven Hayward as inaugural Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy
Recognition for a globally minded campus
The university received two top rankings this year that reflect an international interest among students. CU-Boulder was ranked No. 1 in the state for sending and receiving international students, according to the Institute for International Education. CU-Boulder also was ranked No. 4 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers in 2013. The school has ranked in the top four every year since 2004. In 2013, CU-Boulder also set a record for Fulbright grants. Twelve students were offered grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies during the 2013-14 year.
Related links: CU-Boulder ranks No. 1 in state for sending, receiving students internationally, says new report, CU-Boulder ranked No. 4 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers, Record number of CU-Boulder students offered Fulbright awards for 2013-14
Julie Andrews speaks at commencement
Actress Julie Andrews won the hearts of buffs everywhere when she gave a speech at the spring commencement. She was met with cheers from her first line ("Hello buffalo people") to her last ("Congratulations, dear students. These hills, today, are truly alive, with the graduating class of 2013.") The ceremony honored candidates for 6,084 degrees, including 4,687 bachelor's degrees, 903 master's degrees, 171 law degrees and 494 doctoral degrees.
Related links: Julie Andrews, Spring 2013, 2013 CU-Boulder Spring Commencement
Less sleep leads to more weight
CU-Boulder sleep researchers found that participants in a study who slept just five hours a night over a workweek and who had unlimited access to food gained nearly two pounds of weight. While staying awake requires more energy than going to sleep, the extra food participants ate more than offset the calories burned. The findings suggest that adequate sleep could be one tool to help battle obesity.
Related link: Less sleep leads to more eating and more weight gain, according to new CU-Boulder study
Service learning: Students provide shelter
Fifteen CU-Boulder students studying environmental design spent part of their summer constructing an entire building--from foundation to roof, from insulation to siding, from caulk to paint. The simple 9-by-12-foot structure was built for the Lama Foundation in Questa, N.M. The nonprofit, which is still recovering from a 1996 wildfire, is an ecumenical spiritual retreat and educational center nestled in a mountainside near Taos, N.M. The location is about 300 miles south of Boulder.
Related link: Through the creation of a simple shelter, students gain new skills, community


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The word なし, of course, means ない, and it is defined as such in dictionaries. But why does this word exist? Are there even any situations where you can say なし but you can't say ない? Is it a remnant of something from classical Japanese? It seems similar enough in use and meaning to ない that it doesn't seem that it can be dismissed as its own word entirely and etymologically separate from ない. I checked etymology sites and dictionaries and tried googling, but I can't find any explanation for this word.
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nasi and nai are the same word. Like all adjectives, nasi is the conclusive form (終止形), while nai is the attributive form (連体形). More specifically, the attributive ends in naki, but the medial -k- drops out in modern Japanese becoming nai. This is true of all adjectives: atusi -> atuki > atui, takasi -> takaki > takai, muzukasi -> muzukasiki > muzukasii etc. You can still see this medial -k- in the adverbial form (連用形) -ku.
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I have an aluminum single-speed frame that was marketed as a fixie. I'm wanting to convert it to a single-speed commuter. (I'm getting older and the fixie doesn't agree with my knees anymore.) It has enough clearance in the rear for 700x35 tires. It has a brake bridge but it doesn't have posts to mount v-brakes or cantilevers. Is there any kind of adapter that could make that work?
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Is there any kind of adapter to mount v-brakes or cantilevers to a frame that's not designed to accommodate them?
Adapters like this do exist, e.g. http://www.danscomp.com/489051.php?cat=PARTS or http://www.bentechbikes.com/vbrakes.htm
In fact I used one on my old folding bike - but you can see it looks a bit of a mess, and when I tried it on the front fork, it really wasn't up to the job (I ended up using a chunky long reach caliper brake taken off a BMX bike). (I'd changed wheel size and was using much fatter tyres, so the original brakes wouldn't fit.)
There are also adaptors that bolt around a chainstay: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33168&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30
I'm not saying I'd recommend you use them, but the option is there (if sometimes hard to find - the one I used was the last the local store had in stock of a discontinued line).
I do not think anything bolted on could be good enough. Since it is aluminum frame, brazing or welding the bosses would also be complicated.
But instead of replacing the whole frame, you might just change front fork with one that has bosses. That way on front where it makes more difference you would have V-brake, and on the rear you could have long reach caliper brake.
There used to be castings that were designed to fit over existing brake studs and stiffen frames that had too much side-to-side flex for the cantis to be effective. Don't know if they could be adapted to your purpose, though, and don't know if they're still available.
They are not cheap ($130 front & rear), but Campagnolo makes a lateral pull TT brake that mounts on the center post:
But, wouldn't it be easier to mount side-pull caliper brakes? You can buy a pair of good-quality dual pivot side-pull calipers for $40-$60, and they will just mount on the single-bolt brake bridge you already have.


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I asked this question in http://math.stackexchange.com/posts/204115/edit but remains unanswered.
For any matrix $A\in M_n(\mathbb F)$, where $\mathbb F$ is an algebraically closed field, there is a matrix $S\in M_n(\mathbb F)$ such that
$$SAS^{-1}=D+N,$$ where $D$ is diagonal and $N$ nilpotent. Moreover, this decomposition is unique.
Suppose now that $A\in M_n(\mathbb K)$, but $\mathbb K$ is not necessarily algebraically closed. It is also true that there is a matrix $L\in M_n(\mathbb K)$ such that
where $M$ is nilpotent and $R$ is diagonalizable in the algebraic closure of $\mathbb K$? Moreover when we consider the decomposition in $\mathbb K$ and in the algebraic closure of $\mathbb K$ the nilpotent part is the same?


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I will move to California in January and I really need to take my cat with me. I will fly from Lisbon to Newark and then San Francisco with United Airlines. I know that they accept animals as cargo and also in the cabin. However this last bit of information is not very clear for transatlantic flights. I called United and It was confirmed to me that they fly with small animals in the cabin. But I also read some comments saying the opposite. Did anyone try to fly with a cat/ small dog in a transatlantic flight recently?
Before the merger, United airlines did allow in-cabin pets on trans-atlantic flights, but Continental did not. I don't know the post-merger situation.
The only way to be certain is to call the airline and ask. You will have to pay a fee (probably around $100) to reserve a spot for your pet in the cabin (there is a limit on the total number of in-cabin pets carried on the flight). If they allow you to make this reservation and pay the fee, then you can be reasonably certain that they'll let you take your cat onboard. (-:
Note that if your total itinerary is operated by multiple carriers, you will have to call each operating carrier separately.
United's rules for in-cabin pets are clearly described on their website.
In short, yes, you can travel with your cat in the cabin, however it must remain in a carrier underneath the seat in front of you for the entire trip. There is a $125 fee per one-way trip.
Alternatively you can send it as cargo, which will cost more but may be more comfortable for the animal as you can use a larger carrier.
Your two flights are about 9 hours and 7 hours long (from boarding to unboarding).


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Is it possible to create a Firefox shortcut with username and password stored inside? Even if the cookies got cleared the username and password should remain.
WARNING: this method is insecure since bookmarks are not encrypted, which means anyone with access to your machine could login with your credentials if you save bookmarks this way.
Most web browsers support the following syntax:
For example,
Using this syntax will work in a Firefox bookmark (though FF will warn you when you click it)
Note that this only works for websites that use HTTP password authentication (.htpasswd files in Apache). This won't work, for example, on Facebook.
Get Secure Login extension. It allows to store bookmarks with login data (you need to enable that option in the extension preferences). It is secure, because it doesn't store the password or the user in the bookmark url, but just the reference to the Secure Login data, which is retrieved from the password manager and thus can be protected with a Master Password, which is highly recommended btw.


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27 Jul 2008 3:10 PM #1
tooltip issue
I have an issue with correct sizing of tooltips
I have added a new tooltip to the Html widget. The content of tooltip is a img html tag and the image is taken from image server <img href="path to server" />
when I hover over the element the tooltip will appear but it is reduced but when I do it again after reloading or redirecting the tooltip is OK it appears completely rendered and the size is fine
do you have any ideas what is wrong with it
best regards Lukas
27 Jul 2008 6:32 PM #2
I'd guess that sizing is not working with the html embedded img - tooltip is a ContentPanel and probably needs sizing hints before rendering ??
28 Jul 2008 1:55 AM #3
OK it can be worth of trying
how can I do that????
I will appreciate any help


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I am trying to learn what this small blue cupboard on the left side of the table is called? It's a corner cupboard but I am not sure what the technical term is:
I am not certain what you mean by a "technical term" for it. I would call it a corner hutch or a corner display hutch or maybe a corner bookcase.
Why corner? Because it is shaped to fit in a corner.
Why hutch? A hutch is sometimes something that sits on top of a bureau, table, desk, or other piece of flat-topped furniture. However, hutches can also be a free-standing shelved storage units with doors. The impression people have of "hutch" will vary by region.
Why bookcase? It's got books on it.
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Considering the fact that he has never been a playmaker, Hawk is overpaid. It's time to cut him loose along with Finley.Hide replies
Franchise Hawk and trade him for a 1 and 3, same with Finley.
A 1 and a 3?
Tell me that's tongue in cheek. You couldn't get a 3 yet alone a 1 and a 3 for Hawk. Finley's only 25. Keep him.
If Thompson could get a 1 and a 3 for Hawk, he would personally drive Hawk to the new team.
And I'd pay for the gas, both ways.
Please do not lump Hawk and Finley with one another. Finley actually has upside. I agree cutting Hawk loose.
You'd get a mid round pick best case for Hawk.
if only finley had hawk's brains, his upside might actually come to fruition some day.
How can you tag a player under contract? Hawk is.
Unfortunate...but in the best interests of the team. I enjoyed watching Woodson play. He will be missed. Good luck Charles.
What Tom doesn't write here is that Jeff Saturday's retirement clears another 2 million plus from next year's cap. Next - Hawk, Kuhn, Starks I'd cut all 3.Hide replies
Thanks for the reminder. I included it in the post.
Nice post right there I too can see Hawk and Starks cut. Kuhn is a differant story though cause he does play a key role on the Packers but other wise plenty more players to cut that are not worth the money to be honest.
Woodson was a great Packer. The heart of the Defense for many of his years in Green Bay. All the best, Charles!
This is why Ted Thompson is good for the Packers. He has proven to knowledgeable on the draft and being reliable to keep his head on what money he has to work with which probably makes the Packers accountents life easy. Ted Thompson looks 3 years ahead in most of his decisions to keep us ahead of the cap allowing us to have that extra money to re-sign our big guys and pick up some FA's here and there.
Now with that said I don't think Ted stops at last year in finding a replacement I say this years draft he will continue to draft the position due to the continue uncertainty at the position. Either or I trust Thompson on getting the right guy for the Packers.
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If he can look 3 years into the future, explain LT and RB?.. or a historically bad 2012 defense.
He made a business decison today. One that doesn't reflect any brilliance whatsoever.
.. historically bad 2011 defense.
You missed what I have meant I did not say talent wise I said financially wise and working with the Cap. Also he has been the most successful on getting rid of guy's who don't deserve the pay raise.
RB we will be fine sense we are a Pass first team and LT we are fine with Bulaga and Barclay taking that spot. Our defense in 2012 was not historically bad it was 11th overall in the league. He took our "historically" bad defense of 2011 and turned it over to a solid defense who had a terrible game at the wrong time.
I'm not in the "everything will be fine" camp.
This team has fallen signifigantly in terms of talent since 2010, and there is alot of work to be done to be a Super Bowl team again.
Perhaps but say we beat the Niners i could of seen a return to the Super Bowl for the Packers. However winning would still be unknown.
They only stand to get worse, likely losing their best WR within the next 45 days.
Losing Jennings won't kill the Packers at all we got three players who got what it takes to take the next step forward and players like Boykins ready to take off. Packers went with out Jennings for what 8 games in a row and still took care of buisness. Losing Jennings I don't fear of he is in the same boat as Woodson. He too is aging and asking too much. Our WR corps still one of the best in the league
They've lost more quality players than they've brought in the last few years.
It's caught up to them already. Especially on the O-line and in the running game.
The Packers beat the Niners the Packers would of made the Super Bowl why because the Falcons are that type of team we played all year and won 11 games. The only thing that kept us from the Super Bowl is
Bad run defense
Protection of the Football (Int, Fumble on a punt return)
Stuff TT and McCarthy can fix next season.
What doomed us 2011 was:
Bad Pass defense
Protection of the Football (one too many fumbles)
Ted thompson got our Pass defense under control and probably due to key injuries caused our Run D to go down. We need to address our Run D this offseason to get back to the Super Bowl.
The Packers really has not fallen that much from 2010. The Packers played 20 times better in 2011 winning 15 games and only one game tooks us out. This team has little to work on to get back on top. I think our Run game will improve next season with the duo of Bensen and Harris. On our O line I think having Bulaga back will help greatly in protection for Rodgers. I think we will get what we need through the draft and maybe in FA. 2013 will be another good year for the Packers first step is to get back to the playoffs which we will do.
They've lost a franchise LT
The running game is pathetic
They've lost 2 All-Pro DB's
Their offense has been cracked
Their defensive coordinator has been embarassed in consecutive postseasons
.. right, everything is fine.
Who is the franchise LT that they have lost?
The Running game has plenty potential and was pretty solid at the end of 2012 with Harris picking up the slack.
Yes we lost 2 all-pro DB's in Collins due to injury and Woodson because he became too expensive and Woodson's all pro days are gone.
Our Offense still is top 10 at the most top 5 and will kick into high gear with a promising run game next season.
Our Defensive Coordinator is one of the best in the league and had a few holes in defense. 2011 our pass defense was bad and now all patched up 2012 our run defense which will be addressed.
Yup we will remain a contender for the Super Bowl this year especially with top guys comeing back from injury.
2013 will probably be another good year, I do agree there. But the Championship window is closing fast. Alot faster than we anticipated.
Not really Mel I think it remains open for many more years and I know for a fact Rodgers and the Packers will win atleast one more Super Bowl before Rodgers retires. We will patch up what needs to patch up and make a strong push next year.
Look at 2010 that year was pretty bad up till the end of the year. There is no saying that the Packers can win the super bowl with a better record than 10-6. Never count the Packers out.
It's already at the point we have to HOPE they can win another Title.
After 2010 it was a certainty.
The thing regarding that is we HOPED we could win the Super Bowl in 2010 but SURPRISE somehow we went all the way starting with having the Bears letting us in. We can safely say we are in the SAME situation as 2010 like every fan that there is.... in the HOPE position. Heck San Fran fans HOPE they can even get back into the Super Bowl next season. History tells us they won't.
Juggernaut > hopefull
Every fan is hopeful to be honest if your not hopeful than why watch the game
Mel is spot on...JPKOOL? JPCLUELESS,
Mel is not exactly right about anything here and thanks for complimenting me guy who comes on here just to TROLL
I wouldn't call keeping Driver last year a total mistake. He took the role of the number 5 (or 6) receiver pretty well, played hard when he was asked, and was always there in case he was needed. I can only imagine he provided leadership in the lockerroom.
Perhaps a bit pricey for that role, but not what I would call 'a mistake'.Hide replies
not a mistake.
a wash at worse and there are worse guys to keep around in that situation.
Perhaps a mistake only in retrospect but not at the time.
That Drive asked to play special teams told me all I needed to know about the importance of keeping this role model around.
I wonder if Hawk is feeling a bit nervous today.
It's good to see a Packers writer make the obvious tie-in with the disastrous decision on Driver last Summer.
We kept our 7th or 8th best receiver and are now $2.3 million lighter in cap space.
But this is what makes Ted a good GM: He learns from his mistakes. I remember being infuriated by the Driver fiasco last Summer, but we won't be watching another embarrassment like that this year. Ted's human, but Ted learns.
Now, after we dump Hawk, we'll be closer to the cap space we need. I think Finley will be kept, and there isn't a team anywhere that would take Tramon Williams's salary off our hands, so we might have to settle for the space we have.
It's a start. Maybe we can draft a good kicker and drop a salary there.Hide replies
I would disagree. First of all, you can't look at it from the perspective of just Driver's salary, as you have to account for what the salary would be of his replacement and what that player's production would have been.
If we had instead of Driver an $800,000 receiver who also was 5 or 6 on the depth chart, he likely would have accumulated the same stats. So we paid perhaps $1.5 million for Driver.
Does Driver bring any intangibles at $1.5 million? I'd say 'yes'. Plus, had there been two or three receivers down at once, you have a guy who is not afraid to go over the middle and is extremely familiar with the offense coming off the bench.
He had as many TDs as Finley and two less than Jennings.
if they hadn't kept driver they likely would have had another O-Lineman on the roster not a receiver. They didn't need Driver, he was the 6th WR...no one keeps 6 WR on their roster. They also don't need Driver's "intangibles". Jones & Nelson are both 5th or 6th year players at this point. They are the veterans. They are not the young guys anymore.
driver was the #5 WR entering the season.
While I agree with the decisions on Driver & Woodson and the intent to re-sign important players on the roster, I'm not on board with the sentiment to spend a lot of money to re-sign Raji. IMO, he was decidely average at NT this past year.
You don't win by spending lots of money on average players.Hide replies
Raji had some outstanding games this year...Pick has shown the value of a block eating DT...Raji does it almost as well and collapses the pocket more. He is a rare talent.
While Raji is not a bad player, he is the most over-rated and over-hyped player on the roster. Yes, he makes the occasional nice play, but takes A LOT of plays off. I agree, he is a rare talent, but only when he wants to be. My concern is if he didn't go all-out in his contract year, what will he be like AFTER he signs for big money.
Raji would look all world if he had another player that could do what he does. He is about the only DL we have that commands a double team on each play. If we had someone else who could apply pressure he wouldn't need to have to try to move 650 lbs. of OL by himself on every play.
Chester . . . BINGO!
that's awesome that the "most over-rated and over-hyped player" on the packers is still a good player.
most teams aren't that fortunate or good.
kudos raji!
I also agree that Raji shouldn't be as pressing to sign as CM's or others, and that he is over rated. Just not the most over rated on the roster. One or two plays a game doesn't constitute a dominate player. Actually I thought the D Line got stronger when Pickett played nose when BJ was hurt.
time to face the music
looks like mcGinn was right about everything.
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Let $B \subset \mathbb{Z}^+$. Define $r_{B,h}(n)$ to be the number of ways of writing $n$ as the sum of $h$ elements of $B$ and $R_{B,h}(n)$ the number of ways to write $n$ as the sum of $h$ DISTINCT elements of $B$. In many applications, such as the Erdos-Tetalli theorem which finds a set $B$ such that $R_{B,h}(n) = \Theta(\log(n))$ it is more convenient to work with $R_{B,h}(n)$. The reason why such convenience does not affect the results is because in general, the number of elements in $B^h$ that sum to $n$ counted by $r_{B,h}(n)$ but not by $R_{B,h}(n)$, namely those with repeat summands, is negligible.
To illustrate with a fairly concrete example, consider the famous Goldbach Conjecture which asserts that every positive even integer larger than 2 can be written as the sum of two primes. In other words if $B$ is the set of primes, then Goldbach Conjecture is the assertion that $r_{B,2}(2n) > 0$ for all $n > 1$. But the truth is that one expects $r_{B,2}(2n)$ to tend to infinity. In this case the number of sums with repeat summands are precisely to write $2p = p + p$ for some prime $p$, and if $r_{B,2}(2n)$ does indeed tend to infinity, then this is a complete triviality to replace $r_{B,2}(2n)$ with $R_{B,2}(2n)$, since $0 \leq r_{B,2}(2n) - R_{B,2}(2n) \leq 1$ for all $n$.
So my question is, is there some general argument for this observation? That is, in a sufficiently general setting, one can essentially assume that the summands are distinct.
I note that in some very trivial cases this assumption is not appropriate at all. For example, consider $B =$ {$3k : k \in \mathbb{N}$} $\cup$ {$0,1$}. Then $B$ is an asymptotic basis of order 3, but it would NOT be a basis at all if we demanded that the summands be unique. This of course is a somewhat contrived example, since for a set of positive density the number of representations is very small. So of course our criteria for a 'sufficiently general setting' would have to exclude such trivial cases.


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"Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" tells the story of an eccentric wannabe scientist, Flint Lockwood. His latest contraption is a miraculous device designed to solve the world hunger crisis. But when Flint bites off more than he can chew, he sets in motion a global disaster of epic proportions. Based on the #1 best-selling book by Judi and Ron Barrett.
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great deal on an adorable movie. thanks!
I have a love hate relationship with this movie. I loved it because it was a cute little story and was pretty well written. I am getting a little tired of people going STEEEEEEVEH whenever they see me though.
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It was a wonderful, charming book but almost no connection except the title between the book and movie. Not worth it.


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6 Real World Da Vinci Codes That Aren't Full of Crap.
#3. The Necropolis Code
Encoded Messages About: Freemasonry.
The word "necropolis" originates from a Greek word that literally means "city of the dead." Today, it's is a fancy way of saying "huge goddamn graveyard." Scotland's Glasgow Necropolis is arguably the most famous of these. So much so that, since the Necropolis was established in 1831, no self-respecting Glaswegian would be caught dead anywhere else. It's a national landmark and kind of a big deal there. Also, it may be the largest Masonic site in Europe.
The graveyard was established by the Merchants' House of Glasgow, an organization of powerful businessmen looking after the town's interests. According to the theory, most of these men were Freemasons, and they chocked the site full of symbols.
Like these.
One that shows up frequently is the Royal Arch, the emblem of the fourth degree of Freemasonry. Think of it as triple black-belt status of a very lame martial art.
And these.
They designed the layout of the Necropolis to reflect the "Masonic Journey," a sort of path to "enlightenment." The entrance to the Necropolis is on the west side, symbolic of darkness (where the sun sets), and a path leads to the east (where the sun rises), symbolizing the light. All the while passing those pillars, archways and other various Masonic symbols along the way.
Kept Secret Because:
As we saw with Mozart, at a time when Mason hating was in vogue (especially with Christian denominations, which a majority of the Scottish population would have belonged to), it's no surprise all of this was kept hush-hush. No one would have wanted to rot in a burial ground his church considered heretical.
Speaking of which ...
#2. The Knox Code
Encoded Messages About: Freemasonry. AGAIN.
If you're planning an extraordinarily boring road trip through Galesburg, Illinois, you may want to swing by Knox College of Liberal Arts. Honest Abe got his doctorate there, kind of, and the Old Main building is the only site from the Lincoln-Douglas debates that lasted longer than the GOP's reputation for being "Lincolny." These used to be the most interesting facts about Knox College, until one professor became bored enough that he just began staring at the walls and the grounds for hours on end, and discovered something comparatively astonishing.
Professor Lance Factor, aside from having a name that sounds like a television game show, believes that he's discovered coded evidence that Knox College's Old Main building was built in honor of, you guessed it, goddamned Freemasonry. According to Factor, Charles Ulricson, the architect behind Old Main, built it to be a giant Mason good luck charm. He designed it with techniques that supposedly harnessed the energies of the "Divine Architect" and "Geometer of the Universe." There was something about a Keymaster and Gatekeeper, too.
There's something strange in your neighborhood.
Freemasonry borrows a lot from ancient metaphysical symbols that allude to a harmony between God, nature and mathematics, and most of Factor's evidence consists of numbers and geometric patterns he found.
The "Golden Ratio," which equals approximately 1.6; the square root of five, about 2.2; and pi, around 3.1, are scattered everywhere. For example, the dimensions of Old Main's footprint is 70 feet by 112 feet exactly. Since it has a ratio equaling 1.6, it's known as the Golden Rectangle. According to Factor, the window panes form a "talismanic pattern" known as a dodekatopos. The 12 angles around the rectangle are symbolic of the Zodiac.
While this may just be a Beautiful Mind scenario of old, bored professors discovering coded patterns in neckties and slices of toast, the sheer number of examples make it pretty extraordinary. On top of all this, originally, the building had 16 steps representing the steps to the temple of Solomon, and a pattern on the floor that symbolized something called the "Pavement of Moses," but these were all torn up when the building was renovated in the '30s. Yes, pictures would be nice, but they're all in Factor's book and he isn't sharing them with Google anytime soon.
Kept Secret Because:
By now you know the Masons weren't all that popular no matter where they went. But you have to understand in this case how freaking brazen they must have been: During the mid-1800s, fundamentalist Christians in America were on an anti-Mason lynching campaign -- not only for the Masons' cultish ways, but because the organization had its roots with the treacherous British. And among the staunchest Mason-haters in the country were the founders of Knox College.
The Masons either had balls, or they were just the most passive-aggressive people on the planet.
It's the kind of douchbaggery that only an architect could pull off.
#1. The Newton/Galileo Code
Encoded Messages About: Their biggest discoveries.
During the 17th century, scientists like Galileo and Isaac Newton were figuring out how Earth works, discovering planets and laws of nature and inventing useful tools, like physics--all while still having to shit in a bucket.
Anything to get your mind off of bucket-cleaning day.
Science is a cutthroat game, however, and it's imperative to stake your claim before some other jerk gets the credit. For example, calculus was developed by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz at the exact same time, but today Newton gets all the credit, even though that other guy published his version of calculus first. Why? Because, it was discovered, Newton earlier wrote this puzzling letter:
"I cannot proceed with the explanation of the fluxions [the calculus] now, I have preferred to conceal it thus: 6accdae13eff7i3l9n4o4qrr4s8t12vx."
Although it looks like Newton fell asleep on his keyboard mid-sentence, the bit at the end there is actually an anagram, where the numbers represent the number of times each letter appears. Expand and unscramble it and you get this:
"Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitates involvente, fluxiones invenire: et vice versa."
Or in English:
"Given an equation involving any number of fluent quantities, to find the fluxions: and vice versa."
Which, of course, you will instantly recognize as the principal theorem of Newton's Calculus.
Kept Secret Because:
The patent system of the era was lacking a sophisticated procedure and had significantly less red tape (tape didn't exist yet), but basically how it worked was that the first person to publish a theory in print got to claim dibs on the new discovery. This was called "establishing priority."
Rock, paper, scissors hadn't been invented yet.
That's why writing up your findings in code was pretty standard practice in the olden days of science. If you're, say, Galileo, and you see through your home-made telescope that Venus has grown a pair of tits overnight, before you go running to the newspapers you need to be pretty damn sure that Venus has tits. But the fear is that while you're working on the theory, some other guy will jump out and claim he discovered it first.
So what you'd do is write down your findings in code and mail them off. So later, if some other schmuck comes around claiming he was the first to discover tits on Venus, you only have to reveal that you'd published the secret (in code) a year earlier. This is how Galileo claimed priority for many of his discoveries, such as the rings of Saturn.
We don't get what's so impressive about that. They're right there.
Of course, that creates the possibility that it will never be figured out. There's a theory floating around that suggests Galileo discovered Neptune 234 freaking years before its official discovery, but it's in an anagram out there somewhere that has yet to be decoded.
The message also probably reveals him to be a Mason.
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Remember the 1st time you used a computer?
I do. Many, many years ago. The oddest thing was the mouse. (Mouse? Are you blind?) "Click it on the left side", I was told. Click. WOW! Something new came up. Then it was "Now double click on this desktop icon (Icon? Desktop?). " Click........Click. Nothing happened. "You did it wrong (disgusted look), you have to click 2 times really fast." Click..click. Zero. Suffice to say it took me a while to get the hang of it. In fact, the entire web with all the sites, etc. was such a new, grand experience, it took a while to learn to navigate it.
I've learned a lot since then. Don't open suspicious emails. Don't go to web sites that might contain 'questionable' photos. Have safeguards on your computer to stop those pesky viruses & tracking cookies. Don't just jump into posting on a forum. Watch & read. A lot.
What now is 2nd nature to me was NOT in the beginning. I think we tend to forget that. Do you remember your FIRST time? Any funny, embarrassing or distressing things?
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Well, 2nd grade (1992) we were required to to know to "safely shut down computers". By 5th grade we were required to go on typing training for what felt like several hours where we type whats on the computer with a piece of paper on top of our hands so we can't see the keyboard, I guess it helped since I type like crazy nowadays. I think I was a bit of a natural on the computer... the only thing I hated the most was the "minimum requirements" and that 50/50 odds of the software your just installed was going to work.
But my most interesting memory was the first time I used a modern iMac (around 2003; that giant tube one) in middle school when I didn't understood what the dock was in OSX. When I clicked on an icon, it bounced. I thought it was hilarious. So I clicked on all 20 apps on the dock and they were all bouncing and all these windows came up and some were still bouncing. I don't recall them letting me come back to the computer lab again after that.
I was in 7th grade and took a computer class which consisted of 8 of us using Commodore 64's. We followed a script of commands for like 2 months to make this "Donkey Kong" style game. I thought I was an incredible programmer!
I don't remember my first experience. It was a long time ago...not sure when exactly but it needed 5-1/4" floppy discs. Good times.
Yeah, not really, I was like 4 years old
Commodore 64, 1983. Now I pretty much stick to macs :)
Playing Dig Dug on my mom's work IBM PC. I also remember playing some Decathlon game. Everything was green and black.
Fun times.
1979. High school. Fortran programming. Punch cards. My lawn. Get off it.
Lol it was in the 80's and the only thing I ever did on it was play Monopoly on a green screen monitor and it actually had a screen over it! I was like 5 and it was so much fun.
Yep. About 1984.
No such thing as a mouse back then.
5 1/4 floppys that barely held anything. Monochrome screen. Not much to them and we still thought they were pretty cool.
Had a "memory" typewriter too. You could reproduce documents, or specific programed paragraphs. Made filling out forms easier.
Had punch cards I learned how to use in 1976 at school if that counts as a computer.
Even adults today have no clue what a punch card was used for.
I was using a commodore 128 with a tape deck and all, did my first programing on that thing typing in the games from the back of magazines
We had a commodore vic 20. Plugged it into a small TV as the monitor. Software (and there wasn't much) came on special cassettes.
I remember when my school got it's first computers. They were macs and we all learned logo! Anyone remember the "turtle"? :)
Grew up with them in my house - first one was a Commodore 64, then some beat up DOS PC... But I can't remember the first time - they were just always there.
High School 1979, we had a unit with 8-inch floppy disks. One of the first things I remember doing was to explore all the commands and typing 'Format a:\' and deleting all of the class's work for the previous few weeks. I never made that mistake again!
@klynb: Oh Ya!!! IBM 1032 with a card reader that was bigger than a couch and a printer almost as big... No monitor but there was a small printer at the CPU Station where you could input data in response to program needs...
Fortran 4 Rules... Learned Basic after the fact...
I still have some of my old Punch cards somewhere...
First one would have been a Burroughs mini in the late 70's, maybe the B80 or something like it. 8" floppies, primary display was a line printer, and the games were pretty terrible.
All these year later and I still work with early 80's computers on a daily basis (Gould 32/77's). But we just replaced one with a linux PC yesterday and only have 2 left to replace.
@klynb: 1969, punched cards, Fortran class also, as a freshman in college. In late 1970, got a job as a computer operator on an IBM 360/20 and 360/50.
@mlsapack: Wonder how many have made it since!
wow, great stories! First computer was in High School, tiny screen of about 6" and I forgot what language. The on to college IBM monster and punch cards (read that you floppy lovers!) We took the chads (the tiny card board punch outs) and added them to a friends car vents. So, next time he turned on the dash air, whoosh! ALL OVER THE CAR! Those suckers did not vacuum up worth a darn either.
1984. My dad's IBM 286. I played a lot of Zork!
I don't remember it...but probably around 1987-88 when I was 3 or 4. We had an IBM PC Jr :-D I actually remember the computer, since we had it for years and years after that. I had one really simple game that was for learning letters and numbers, and a set of Sesame Street games. Some of the games we had required you to plug some kind of BIOS extension cartridge into the computer.
It was 1976 in High School. No mouse and NO MONITOR! Everything you did was displayed on a dot matrix printer as you typed. We went through a lot of paper.
Mid-70's programming class in Fortran. Thank goodness for automatic cut-offs in the event of endless loop errors.
Anyone remember the old Timex Sinclair pc that had to be programmed in Basic and could only run loan amortizations and other simple programs? That was our first household computer. The monitor was a black and white tv. Extra memory was a big block that was attached to the thing and made it fall over if you weren't careful.
I remember it well, it was amazing.
Our school district had a traveling computer lab that moved between all the grade schools. There were a bunch of computers in rows, and cables everywhere. The first time we were taken into the 'lab' I thought I had just walked into Mission Control.
It was a bunch of TRS-80 model 3's. The thing I remember distinctly about the lab was they were all networked together and there was a lot of waiting involved. Only the teacher's computer had a disk drive so it acted as a server, a really slow server. We played various math quiz games, and a text only version of Oregon Trail. "Type: Bang!"..."You missed."
In 5th grade my teacher was the one in charge of integrating computers into the curriculum so we were the only class that had a computer (an Apple II) in our classroom full time. A friend and I convinced our teacher to let us stay inside during recess and use the computer. We spent countless recesses typing in various BASIC programs. Good times.
Second grade computer class, Apple IIe, playing Gertrude's Quest and the hellish "Paws" typing game.
Those were the days. Remember touching the metal of your chair so the computer didn't shock you?
I remember playing "Shufflepuck Café" on an Apple Macintosh when I was 2 or 3 years old. Besides that, I remember playing learning games using the big floppies on green-screen computers.
Also, if anyone recalls this next part, I will love them forever. A nifty little "app" that would put Oscar the Grouch in your Apple trash can, and he'd sing to you anytime you emptied it: http://vimeo.com/35022478
@joshobra: Were you in 2nd grade in 1992 and still in middle school in 2003, or did I just read that wrong?
My first computer was a 286. It had a 8 MHz processor and went all the way up to 12 MHz when you pushed the turbo button. It played King's Quest like a champ.
@joshobra: I'm confused... "2nd grade (1992)" and then "(around 2003; that giant tube one) in middle school" - How did 11 years pass between 2nd grade and middle school? XD
@misuhsipee: Doh! You beat me to it XD
@tossthedice: Ha! I was wondering if I was crazy because it seemed that no one else was confused about that.
An Olivetti Programma 101 in about 1976 (seventh grade).
My cousin had a green screen vintage Apple that we used to do math problems on.
My uncle had a stone age Macintosh with a flight simulator he would let us play, but I remember it not being very fun
Used to play with a TI-99/4 Still have the thing ferreted away somewhere...
Has a 3 mhz processor and 16Kb of RAM.
@misuhsipee: @tossthedice: Oh whoops, I just realized I was 2 in 1992.
I should've been in second grade in uh.. 1997? My bad.. thanks for noticing!
1966, FORTRAN programming class at UF.
1972, COBOL as part of Marketing Research MBA program.
1977, programming mainframes for Eastern Airlines.
1980, Sinclair ZX80 in "basic"
1982, first Apple
a lot of first times...
I remember when my school got its first computers (a lab full of Apples in what must have been 1992 or 1993). I thought that the painting program was the greatest thing (I was 6 or 7). We got our first home PC shortly thereafter for my mom to do word processing since she had just gone back to school.
Then in fifth grade, my teacher had computers IN HIS CLASSROOM! He had an Apple and two Commodore 64's he'd salvaged from the garbage. Rainy days meant staying inside at recess and playing Oregon Trail with green-on black text and rudimentary graphics. Good memories.
Yep, 1982 in U.S.A.F. Electronic CounterMeasures training on the ALQ 191 Jamming Pod test system. You would load test programs with an 8" (yep 8") floppy.
I started programming (ForTran4)on an IBM 7040 mainframe in 1967, but the first "hands on" was 1969, when I spent the summer working in the computer room. Hey Wooters: You know how, when you turn on your computer, it goes through a series of checks and "handshakes" with peripherals? In the sixties, we had to input all of those codes by hand on the computer main control board. One .. at .. a .. time. It was sorta fun, the first time. Then not so much. The computer room was also kept at 50 degrees, so we had to wear sweaters in August. And data tapes had to be loaded and threaded manually, at the direction of the computer. (Yes, the computer "talked" to us by sending commands, and occasional snide comments when we were slow, to the printer. Whoever programmed the instruction interface had a wicked sense of humor. I would gladly have strangled him.) I learned early in life how to live as a human servant to the Computer Overlords.
I'd guess it was in '77, since it was a brand-new store display Trash-80 Model I. I was fascinated, and told myself that some day I would have one. Never did get a TRS, though I've several other brands of computers kicking around now.
Tandy ex 1000, year 1984. Competent before kindergarten lol as i was born in 1981.
Mostly played lode runner, impossible mission, tysons punchout, and of course learned how to spell thanks to sierra games such as black cauldron, space quest, police quest and kings quest all of which had zero tolerance for spelling errors.
Thanks to everyone who answered! Interesting how far back some 1st experiences were. Would like to mention that when I asked this question I was thinking about the 1st time I used a personal computer - not 1 at work.
My 1st experience at work was with DOSS (I think) & then UNIX into a 3B computer. Keyboards varied - no mouse, of course. I also had a TTY machine that used paper - it was given to me to take home to 'learn' how to interact on the computer. I played Adventure. (The mainframe was in NJ, I lived in FL, used dial-up. Lots of long distance paid for by the company.) :-D
Side note: SO wish I could find that old Adventure game now! xyzzy
You want the "Colossal Cave Advanture"; Google it. Here is one site that will let you play it online.
@baqui63: OH! Can't thank you enough. Played a bit, it's difficult to remember...plus not having the previous moves on paper means I can't look back to what I've done. Such priceless memories. So simplistic & naive. Appreciated more than I can say!
You're welcome. I started playing it and killed about 20 minutes while waiting for the dryer to buzz.


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