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The following occurs in version 5.0.1 (Mac OS X). This works as expected: DSolve[x''[t] == -k x'[t] , x[t], t] {{x[t] -> -(C[1]/(E^(k*t)*k)) + C[2]}} So does this: DSolve[{x''[t] == -k x'[t], x[0] == x0, x'[0] == 1}, x[t], t] {{x[t] -> (-1 + E^(k*t) + E^(k*t)*k*x0)/(E^(k*t)*k)}} However: DSolve[{x''[t] == -k x'[t], x[0] == x0, x'[0] == v0}, x[t], t] DSolve::bvnul: For some branches of the general solution, the given boundary conditions lead to an empty solution. {} I wonder which "branches" of it are causing the difficulty. :^) ----- Selwyn Hollis http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis (edit reply-to to reply)

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An economist, Dr. Collins joined the Fund in 2002 and has led the Fund's national program on health insurance since 2005. Since joining the Fund, Dr. Collins has led several national surveys on health insurance and authored numerous reports, issue briefs and journal articles on health insurance coverage and policy. She has provided invited testimony before several Congressional committees and subcommittees. Prior to joining the Fund, Dr. Collins was associate director/senior research associate at the New York Academy of Medicine, Division of Health and Science Policy. Earlier in her career, she was an associate editor at U.S. News & World Report, a senior economist at Health Economics Research, and a senior health policy analyst in the New York City Office of the Public Advocate. She holds an A.B. in economics from Washington University and a Ph.D. in economics from George Washington University.


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text: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories from 80 Different CountriesCharlie Jane Anders2/04/13 3:03pmFiled to: BooksanthologiesPublishingWritingSaphir im stahl5EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkWe've seen some collections of science fiction from non-U.S. writers recently, and Japanese SF in translation is making waves in the U.S. But chances are, there's never been a book quite as international as the one the German publishing house Saphir im Stahl (Sapphire and Steel) is planning — they want to put out a book of 80 stories, each from a different country. Yes, like Around the World in 80 Days, except this time it's around the world in 80 stories. More details over at Europa SF.Reply5 repliesLeave a reply


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What is it about vintage costumes that makes them so much more
bizarre—and so much scarier—than their modern equivalents? Were people
really that much stranger back then, or do they only look absurd in
hindsight? Anyone fed up with the animal-ears-and-a-bra option that—no
matter how many times everyone rolls their eyes over it—seems to be the
prevailing trend year after year, should look for inspiration in vintage
photography. I scoured the web for the wildest, weirdest costumes of
yesteryear, and came up with everything from toadstools to telephones,
and one guy in "fancy dress as a side of bacon."
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Lucky buggers (Pakistanis I mean); I just spent an hour on You Tube and noticed my brain rot accelerated. Yet I go back, occasionally, for more. I guess it's like needing to look at your shit in the bowl before flushing; unpleasant yet necessary to check-in occasionally.


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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands (AP) -- Britain is preparing a formal extradition request to Brazil for the jailed former premier of Turks & Caicos Islands, a British Caribbean territory.
Michael Misick was detained early last month at an airport in Rio de Janeiro on an international warrant issued by Interpol.
British authorities in the Turks & Caicos Islands want to question Misick as they investigate criminal allegations of systemic corruption in the islands during his tenure.
The islands' attorney general said yesterday that the extradition request will be submitted this month.
Misick stepped down as premier in 2009, shortly after Britain took temporary control of the islands' government. He has denied any wrongdoing but was a fugitive until his arrest last month.
He had sought political asylum in Brazil.


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TUPELO – U-Save has been in the rental car business for more than 30 years. The Tupelo location has been open since 1998.
Car and truck rentals are available for businesses, individuals and families.
Chris Lindley, manager of the Tupelo store, said his location has a regular stream of customers.
"We have a lot of people like clockwork," he said. "Like everybody in town, we're a big weekend market."
By that, he means customers often rent vehicles to take out of town, rather than driving their own vehicles.
"We rent a variety of sizes, makes and models," he said.
Large passenger vans are very popular, he added.
"And one of the biggest things we have is that we have cash rentals. A lot of places don't do that," Lindley said.
Owner Casey Skelton also has locations in Starkville and Louisville.
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As lobbyists beat a path through Ottawa's political maze last year, they more often than not ended up at Gerry Ritz's door.
The agriculture minister was the most lobbied minister by a country mile in 2012, according to records from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada.
The Parliament Hill newspaper The Hill Times researched the numbers.
Under federal legislation, anyone lobbying federal ministers or officials to influence policy development or outcome must register as lobbyists and then report any contact.
According to the registry of lobbyist actions, Ritz held 111 meetings last year on topics ranging from trade, supply management and food inspection legislation reforms to potash industry control and pork industry problems.
The next closest minister in hosting lobbyist visitors was natural resources minister Joe Oliver with 83 meetings followed by environment minister Peter Kent with 77.
For Ritz, who also is the political minister for Saskatchewan, his lobby year began Jan. 10, 2012, with a visit from Bob Friesen of Farmers of North America.
It ended Dec. 13 with a visit from the Food and Consumer Products of Canada food processor and manufacturing group.
Lobbyists from grain and commodity associations met him to press for rail service legislation, which was introduced by transport minister Denis Lebel late last year, and the co-operative sector.
Ritz also topped the list for the most popular minister among lobbyists in 2011.


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Perfect 10 | 49 | 28.82% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 40 | 23.53% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 45 | 26.47% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 21 | 12.35% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 7 | 4.12% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 3 | 1.76% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 2 | 1.18% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 2 | 1.18% | |
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2007-04-02, 06:55 | Link #83 | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sengoku
Age: 28
There's ALWAYS a limit. Too much muscle isn't exactly a very good thing if your body can't handle it. What that limit is depends on the physical and mental capabilities of the user, everybody's different after all. Even with technology.
2007-04-02, 07:14 | Link #84 | |
Ah... So ok i will do with it :/ Anyway, about Ep1 Thanks for Dragnfly to make me Suffer , I wait long and long for this One and I'm not disapointed so. This Episode is Perfect... Not having much to say except Spoiler:
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2007-04-02, 08:04 | Link #86 | |
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2007-04-02, 08:13 | Link #87 | |
仁王 - Benevolent King
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sengoku
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I think we should have gotten that issue settled 2 seasons ago...
2007-04-02, 08:19 | Link #88 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004
Reinforce Zwei is officially awesome. She even holds a rank in her own right, although she's only an NCO... I guess she'd probably act as Hayate's adjutant in their normal duties.
Hmm, nanoha.com seems to be down at the moment - the standard error message it's displaying cites "maintenance downtime or capacity problems." I wonder if they've got more interest than they expected, now that the first episode's aired? |
2007-04-02, 08:32 | Link #89 |
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I actually think the first episode is a bit flat because of the lack of suspense (it's only an exam, after all). I also haven't been following the Nanoha news, so the appearance of Mahou Shoujo Subaru & Teana is a bit of a surprise for me. I guess this is similar to how Raiden appear in MGS2.
Having said that, there are lots of good things in the episode, especially the music and also the new direction with all the girls getting much older. The action scenes are pretty well done too. I think we are also on track to see Nanoha Jr. and especially Fate Jr. in Nanoha IV More impression and a few more caps
2007-04-02, 08:35 | Link #90 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Is that Ichiro Miyata and Makanouchi Ippo I see working together? Oh Shiii...
Wait, wrong series. Anyway, the first episode was decent. Nothing outstanding in my opinion, but it gets the main idea of what it wants to show in episode 1 which is the dynamics of Subaru/Teana and what they're capable of well. It didn't really fill my quota of setting up the epic scale I was hoping to see yet, but it already felt more "involved" than A's and Nanoha since episode 1 really was more like a mecha series's field exercise episode (( something I haven't seen in a long time...maybe almost 5? )), only with girls channelling super robot vibes. Let's just hope they really up the scale when the shit officially hits the girls. Right now...with only one apparent loli villian and some cracky ugly drones that can be taken out by a well set up B-team, it doesn't truly feel that awesome yet. Regardless, it's a good episode. The Miyata/Ippo dynamic between Subaru and Teana was well-concieved, and the final part where Subaru payed respects to mechanical hotblooded greatness so few people watch and appreciate was orgasmic. I'll give it a 7 out of 10. P.S Am I the only who thought Elio looked awesome in the OP moreso than everyone else?
2007-04-02, 08:52 | Link #91 |
Bored and Lurking ~
I guess with the OP, that obscure line on the character infomation for Elio on something like converting Magic to Lighting or such starts to make sense now. I guess the affinity to lighting does go well with Fate. Makes me wonder on the power output through.
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Maybe I was too young, or not well informed, but I don't get the reference of Subaru's attacks at all
Anyway, remember that we're at the first episode of a 26 episode series, so don't expect anything earth-shattering yet. Quote:
If the OP is any indication, those 'cracky ugly drones' could be taken out by both Nanoha and Fate without even trying to aim. Of course, any villian that uses machines to do their dirty work only has one combat strategy: "If the current number of drones don't get the job done, add another '0' to the back and try again" Quote:
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of the usual flamenco
Subaru's Revolver Knuckle in general = Gear Fighter Dendoh Her Break Road skill = Combattler V Her attack on that sphere's barrier by firing more cartridges = Super Robot War Original Generation's Alteisen Reise' Revolver Bunker Attack And her Divine Buster = 95% a rip off of GaoFighGar's (From GaoGaiGar FINAL) Broken Phantom attack If it turns out that Subaru's a closet mecha otaku she'll become my #1 StrikerS character by default XD
2007-04-02, 09:05 | Link #94 |
It`s a miracle!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: This is the Kind of Woman I want to play Games with. And by playing Games I mean.... ^____^
Age: 35
Freaking awesome! I almost cried manly Tears of Joy
Hayate looks damn fine, and Reniforce Zwei was Uber moe Im Glad the old Cast is still in the Show.- Also the new Cast seems not so bad. No Competition for Hayate, but still fine XD I wish I could understand what they where talking about... By the Way, who votet 1/10?
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2007-04-02, 09:30 | Link #95 | |
Just click on the 1 , next of the 1/10, you will see every names of everyone vote
2007-04-02, 10:04 | Link #97 | ||
仁王 - Benevolent King
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2007-04-02, 10:08 | Link #98 | |
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At least I see one guy that try to convince a famous blogger not to blog this series because he/she think it's waste of time to blog anime that he/she hate. |
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仁王 - Benevolent King
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sengoku
Age: 28
Last time it was 'Kanon' and 'Code Geass', I'm guessing this season would be 'StrikerS', 'Hayate' and 'Lucky Star' @Jabawock Wonder if he has given up yet? EDIT - Why StrikerS? Because ALOT of people love the previous two. Why Lucky Star? Because it's Kyoto Animation. Why Hayate? ... Gut feeling
2007-04-02, 10:19 | Link #100 | |
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On topic; downloading this hefty 500 MB raw, and at a time when my ISP decides to get shifty too, is really getting on my nerves. |
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has avoided imminent bankruptcy after its international creditors finally agreed to give it the money it urgently needs but the cash-strapped country's economic distress is likely to drag on for years to come.
After three weeks of negotiations, Greece's euro partners and the International Monetary Fund agreed to release vital loan payments totaling some (euro) 44 billion ($57 billion) and introduce a series of measures designed to reduce the country's massive debts to a more manageable level within a decade. These include reducing the interest rates Greece has to pay on the loans and a bond buyback program.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras hailed the agreement in Brussels early Tuesday as a victory that heralds "a new day for all Greeks," but the reaction in the markets was a bit more cautious.
Most stock markets in Europe were modestly higher. The Stoxx 50 index of leading European shares was up 0.4 percent, but the main stock index in Athens fell 1.4 percent as investors had hoped for some more debt relief for the country. The euro also gave up earlier gains to trade 0.4 percent lower at $1.2947.
"There remains the potential for this deal to fall apart in the medium term as there are a lot of moving parts and it is a long way away from the permanent fix that the IMF had been insisting upon," said Gary Jenkins, managing director of Swordfish Research. "Instead it is just one more big kick of the can down the road."
For three years, Greece has been struggling to convince markets as well as its creditors that it can get a grip on its public finances, which spiraled out of control. The country is predicted to enter its sixth year of recession and is weighed down by an unemployment rate of 25 percent.
The so-called troika of the European Central Bank, IMF and the European Commission has twice agreed to bail out Greece, pledging a total of (euro) 240 billion ($310 billion) in rescue loans — of which the country has received about (euro) 150 billion ($195 billion) so far. In return for its bailout loans, Greece has had to impose several rounds of austerity measures and submit its economy to scrutiny.
Without the bailout money, the country would be staring bankruptcy in the face together with a possible exit from the 17-country eurozone, with potentially chaotic repercussions for the world economy.
The meeting agreed to release (euro) 34.4 billion in loans to Greece in December, with the remainder issued in three installments in the first quarter of 2013. The money will be used to help recapitalize Greece's struggling banking industry and pay back suppliers.
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said the deal was "very important for it keeps Greece in the euro, offers it a significant opportunity to exit the vicious cycle of recession and over-indebtedness, and contributes to its debt reduction."
But opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, whose Radical Left Coalition wants Greece to scrap its bailout commitments, accused the conservative-led governing coalition of failing to defend the country's interests.
"The solution does not include a viable program for Greece, therefore it is no solution," he said. "(It follows) successive failures of a program that has destroyed our society and meets none of the targets it sets."
The meeting in Brussels was the third time in the last two weeks that finance ministers from the 17 European Union countries that use the euro had tried to hammer out a deal on the next installment of bailout money for struggling Greece.
The main aim of the bailout program is to right Greece's economy and get it to a point where it can independently raise money on the debt markets. It has been clear for months that the country is far from achieving that goal. The talks have centered on trying to get Greece back on the path to sustainability by reducing the country's debt load.
Tuesday's meeting reached an agreement where Greece's debt level would be reduced from the 190 percent of its economic output predicted for 2013 — some (euro) 346 billion — to 124 percent by 2020 and below 110 percent by 2022. The IMF had originally insisted on a debt-to-GDP ratio of 120 percent by 2020.
To reach this level, the meeting agreed on a raft of measures. These included:
—A cut of 100 basis points on the interest rate charged to Greece by other eurozone member states — excluding those that are also receiving bailouts.
—A 15-year extension of the maturities of loans from other countries and the eurozone's bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, and a deferral of interest payments by Greece on EFSF loans by 10 years.
— A program whereby Greece could buy back some of its debt from private investors. The details of this program are still to be agreed by the eurogroup and IMF.
The deal still requires the authorization of a number of Parliaments in Europe, including Germany's, where patience with repeated Greek rescues has been running low.
However, Rainer Bruederle, the caucus leader of the Free Democrats, the junior coalition partner, said he expects broad approval this time on Thursday.
"Conditions have been put together which maintain a tough mechanism toward Greece, but still save us from a collapse of the Greek economy possibly having consequences that could pull down the whole of Europe," he said.
Greek newspapers were divided on whether the agreement would give the country breathing space to right its economy, or keep it trapped in years of recession and austerity.
Broad-circulation "Ta Nea" daily argued in an editorial that the deal affords Greece "a last chance" to escape the crisis.
The leftwing "Efimerida ton Syntakton" carried the headline "A poisonous (loan) installment," arguing that the agreement "condemns Greek society to a slow death."
Pylas contributed from London. Geir Moulson in Berlin also contributed.


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Pope Francis spoke about families. The temporary quality of modern life cuts us to pieces, he said. But marriage gives us courage.
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Kerry: Iran Deal 'Verifiable And Clear' (VIDEO)
Kerry insisted that Iran will need to prove itself in order to have a nuclear program of any kind.
"There is no right to enrich. We do not recognize a right to enrich," he said. "And everywhere in this particular agreement, it states that they could only do that by mutual agreement and that nothing is agreed on until everything is agreed on."
Kerry defended the adminstration's decision to make a preliminary deal with Iran without strengthening sanctions against the country.
"Now, the choice people have is: do you want to sit there and argue that you have to dismantle your program before you stopped it, and while you're arguing about this dismantling it, they progress?" he said. "You cannot sit there and pretend that you're just going to get the thing you want while they continue to move towards the program that they have been chasing."
Kerry assured that if Iran does not live up to its end of the deal, the U.S. will strengthen sanctions.
"And if they're not prepared to do the things necessary to be able to have a peaceful program, truly peaceful and provable as such, then the sanctions can be turned back up," he said.
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- A growing mark: Outdoor school opens world's largest wilderness medicine classroom in Cullowhee
- Lead contamination prompts permanent monitoring at SCC
- SCC asks Macon for 40 percent of bond project cost
- Contamination persists at SCC shooting range, testing shows
- Designer selected for $17 million health building
- Swain left off SCC priority funding list
- Lead cleanup poised to start at SCC
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Southwestern Community College has started a new degree program whose graduates will likely become the leaders in the growing field of wilderness therapy.
The course work was designed in collaboration with area wilderness therapy providers such as Woodson Wilderness Challenge, Second Nature Blue Ridge, Phoenix Outdoors and others.
"We have a lot of interns in the field working with different organizations through our Outdoor Leadership program," said Paul Wolf, the director of SCC's Outdoor Leadership program. "And the message we kept hearing from these groups was that their biggest challenge was to get qualified staff and be able to keep them."
Wolf is excited and enthused about the program, which began this fall semester and requires 18 semester-hour credits.
It's been a two-year journey from brainstorming sessions to opening the doors to Wilderness Therapy students this fall. The journey began with meetings with Deb Klavohn, dean of health sciences at SCC. Then SCC had to get permission from the North Carolina Board of Community Colleges.
"We were granted permission last summer," Wolf said.
A shift in direction
Wolf said wilderness therapy has had a major shift in direction since its early boot camp mindset.
Tragedies such as the ones at the Challenger Foundation in 1990 — where two teenagers died during separate wilderness survival trips — and the death of Aaron Bacon in 1994 while enrolled in a North Star Expeditions program made the industry slow down and take a second look. While "natural consequences" — i.e. if you don't make a dry shelter and it rains, you get wet — are still a primary tenant of wilderness therapy, the industry has moved to an "empowerment model" rather than a punishment model.
He said that most of today's wilderness therapy programs employ professional therapists or psychologists with graduate degrees. However, these therapists don't march every step with participants, so the need for highly skilled field instructors is paramount to the success of the program and the safety of the participants.
SCC's Wilderness Therapy program
A wilderness therapy field instructor wears many hats. That person is the trail boss to get from point A to point B. The field instructor has to have primitive living skills to ensure the group is prepared for whatever type of trail or weather conditions it encounters. Excellent orienteering and map-reading skills are mandatory. Plus, the field instructor is the first responder in any medical emergency and, for the majority of the trip, camp counselor.
Wolf has designed a diverse yet focused program to guarantee that SCC Wilderness Therapy graduates have what it takes to be competent field instructors and valued wilderness therapy employees. Courses in the program include Intro to Wilderness Therapy, Wilderness Therapeutic Models, Methods of Experiential Education, Primitive Living Skills as well as Land-Based and Water-Based Activities. The two courses offered this fall are Intro to Wilderness Therapy and Primitive Living Skills. Wolf said there were nine students in each class.
Wolf, who teaches most of the classes, has a bachelor's degree with a double major in psychology and environmental studies from Mankato State University in Minnesota and a master's in educational administration from Western Carolina University. He has years of experience in outdoor leadership and education including seven years with the Voyager Outward Bound School in the Boundary Waters wilderness in northern Minnesota. He was also coordinator of the Action Learning Programs at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Wolf also uses adjunct professors such as Jonathan Bryant, director of NOC's wilderness medicine department, and Stephan Hart, who is a NOC instructor specializing in wild foods and medicinal plants.
A good fit
Wolf said the Wilderness Therapy program was a great fit and addition to SCC's Outdoor learning Program.
"I would recommend an Outdoor Leadership degree for someone just out of high school," Wolf said. "But the Wilderness Therapy certificate is a great add-on for someone who already has a degree or experience in outdoor learning."
And it's a great fit in the overall mission of community colleges. "This is something that is career-ready and specific. It was designed to meet industry needs and there are employers out there waiting," Wolf said.
What is wilderness therapy?
Wilderness therapy — sometimes referred to as outdoor education or adventure-based therapy — are outdoor programs intended to be therapeutic in nature. They may simply self-identify as therapeutic or may offer more traditional psychotherapy in a wilderness environment.


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A recipe for Chai Tea concentrate as well as a recipe for a Dirty Chai Bourbon Cocktail
Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?


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December 15, 2011 - Industry News
To help meet the federal government's new fuel economy regulations for heavy trucks, engine makers are looking to improved engine oils, including lower-viscosity oils that can perform under more demanding conditions. Earlier this month, a team was formed by the American Petroleum Institute to develop a new API oil-service category, to replace the current CJ-4. And for the first time, there will be two subcategories to deal with the issue of backward compatibility
Tags: Fuel and Oil
December 12, 2011 - Industry News
The recommendations follow more than 12 months of study on the subject and are outlined in a 66 page Position Paper released by the association last week
The national average price of a gallon of diesel dropped nearly 4 cents this week to $3.894, falling for the third week in a row, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy
December 8, 2011 - Industry News
Tesoro Corp. says it will increase diesel production at its Mandan North Dakota refinery to 22,000 barrels a day
December 7, 2011 - Industry News
Diesel fuel should hold pretty close to $3.85 per gallon for 2011 and 2012, according to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration
December 6, 2011 - Industry News
Future growth in world energy demand is a cause for optimism because it will signal economic recovery and progress, Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, said today
December 5, 2011 - Industry News
National average diesel prices dipped 3.3 cents over the past week, according to the Department of Energy. It's weekly price survey for the week of Dec. 5 shows diesel sitting at $3.931 per gallon
Emissions analyst Integer Research published the national average price for DEF in the first edition of its new Diesel Exhaust Fluid pricing service, DEF Tracker
November 28, 2011 - Industry News
The U.S. biodiesel industry has set a new annual production record, producing more than 802 million gallons of biodiesel in plants from Florida to Iowa to Washington state
November 21, 2011 - Industry News
For the first time since May, the national average price of a gallon of diesel has topped the four-dollar mark
November 16, 2011 - Industry News
Oil prices hit $100 per barrel for the first time in nearly four months Wednesday as U.S. supplies dropped, and a pipeline deal promised to cut them further
November 14, 2011 - Industry News
Diesel prices across the country rose over the past week to their highest average in nearly six months, the Department of Energy reported on Monday. The DOE's weekly price survey shows diesel just shy of four dollars at $$3.987 a gallon
November 13, 2011 - Industry News
Look for continued diesel shortages in Nebraska, western Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and the Dakotas over the next several more weeks
The Obama Administration last week announced that it wants a more environmentally friendly route for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, which will delay approval for as much as a year
November 8, 2011 - Industry News
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the U.S. average refiner acquisition cost of crude oil to remain relatively flat for the next year, averaging about $100 per barrel in 2011 and 2012
November 7, 2011 - Industry News
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a request from the oil and chemical industry to strike down the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In refusing to hear the case, the Court has Affirmed EPA's renewable fuels standard
Diesel prices have retreated slightly for the first time in a month, while oil prices are on the rise, pushed by higher seasonal demand and hints of stability in the eurozone
November 3, 2011 - Industry News
The DEF Tracker draws on Integer's strong position and expertise in DEF, fertilizer and chemicals market analysis and price reporting. DEF Tracker, the first report of its kind, was created in response to increasing trading activity and more frequent contract settlements in the market
November 1, 2011 - Industry News
Georgia utility regulators approved a plan developed by Atlanta Gas Light that incents the private sector to invest in Compressed Natural Gas vehicle fueling stations
October 31, 2011 - Industry News
The national average price of diesel rose 6.7 cents a gallon from last week, while oil prices for October leapt from about $79 to $93 per barrel during the month
October 30, 2011 - Industry News
Capstone Turbine Corporation is working with domestic heavy-duty truck manufacturers Kenworth and Peterbilt to demonstrate Class 7 and Class 8 microturbine range-extended series hybrid trucks
October 27, 2011 - Industry News
Detroit Diesel launched the first of its new, four-part driver training video series developed to help drivers enhance their engine's performance
October 24, 2011 - Industry News
Diesel and crude oil made gains over the past week while gasoline prices dipped slightly, according to the Department of Energy's weekly on-highway retail price survey
October 17, 2011 - Industry News
The average price for diesel fuel at pumps across the country leapt 8 cents this week, putting the brakes on a five-week slide. Meanwhile, fears of a slowdown in the global economy and renewed uncertainty over European debt drove oil prices 42 cents lower on Monday
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Comment Re:Require pay and benefits parity (Score 1) 612
Give them full legal residency and give them the option to stay instead of sending them home after 6 years and perpetuating the "shortage".
I've been saying that for years! Right now if they lose their jobs they have 2 weeks to find another one or they have to leave. Of course they're willing to accept lower pay and all kinds of abuse from their employers. At the least, make the green card automatic after one year. Then it'll be obvious if there is really a skilled worker shortage or if employers are using H1Bs to undercut the job market. Employers don't have to pay competitive salaries to H1Bs (as required by law) unless the workers are free to accept a better offer.


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Oracle Enterprise Manager Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack Release 9.0.1 Part Number A88748-02 |
The Oracle e-Business Management Tools (hereafter referred to as e-Business Tools) are a set of applications that enable centralized management of the complete e-Business infrastructure including the client, middle-tier HTTP servers, and database. The e-Business Tools provide a seamless monitoring, reporting, and diagnostics of the e-Business middle-tier HTTP servers.
The following HTTP server platforms are supported in Enterprise Manager release 9.0.1:
Release 9.0.1 of the e-Business Tools focuses on operational management which includes the reporting on, and the monitoring of the HTTP servers. All the components are controlled from and fully integrated into the Enterprise Manager console.
The monitoring features of the HTTP servers include:
HTTP server targets are recognized on all nodes in the system. The supported HTTP server targets are the Apache HTTP server and the Oracle iAS HTTP Listener.
The middle-tier HTTP server I/O and HTTP server processes are monitored in real time. The e-Business Tools advanced event tests are provided for lights-out event monitoring and problem detection of the HTTP server. There are two types of event tests associated with the HTTP server:
The HTTP Server UpDown event test checks whether the Apache HTTP server being monitored is running.
The threshold event tests are triggered by user-specified metrics. You can register events for the following metrics:
The Apache Server Access Log Traffic report provides an overview of the daily, weekly, and monthly statistics of activity on the HTTP server. Data for this report is extracted from the Apache server log files and is viewed in HTML format.
The Apache server log files can be configured by the administrator to determine their refresh rate. The amount of data displayed in the report is dependent upon the amount of data in the log files.
The Log Analysis Report job task analyzes the access log file for the HTTP server target and generates a report. The output is an HTML file that contains various statistics. See "Contents of Apache Server Access Log Traffic Report" for details of the report.
The Apache Server Access Log Traffic report is divided into the following sub-reports:
This report gives top level details that allow the administrator to view information about the monthly server activity.
The data for this report is cumulative and displayed by day of week (for example, Sunday, Monday, and so on) and represents the total amount of traffic on that server for each week day. Administrators can use this report to determine which day of the week receives the most traffic.
This report displays the cumulative data that shows the amount of traffic on the server by hour of the day. Administrators can use this report to see which times of the day are their peak periods.
This report shows the total amount of traffic on the server for a particular day. Information includes:
This section describes the HTTP Server charts and chart groups available in Oracle Performance Manager. Some of these charts provide the ability to perform administrative tasks, for example, server utilization.
The HTTP Server charts are divided into classes. The classes are:
The following sections describe these classes and their associated charts and chart groups.
The Performance Overview class provides chart groups that describe high-level activity. The chart groups and their associated charts are:
The I/O class provides charts that describe I/O activity.
The Server Utilization class provides charts that describe server activity.
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James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly has the full numbers from the Game of Thrones premiere. Hibberd reports that 2.2 million viewers watched the first airing at 9 PM, 1.2 million watched the second airing and 800,000 the third. The total number of viewers who watched Thrones on Sunday night was 4.2 million!
The first episode delivered a decent 2.2 million viewers for its premiere airing, then a rather strong 1.2 million for its first encore (the NBA playoff game with the Celtics vs. Knicks might have pushed some viewership to the second airing), and another 800,000 for the third telecast for an overall healthy total of 4.2 million. HBO then aired Thrones six times across all its channels Monday night, and those numbers will be added to this post later today.
Thrones first telecast was down 54% from the premiere of 2010′s Boardwalk (4.8 million) which received an immediate second season renewal. Yet HBO always takes into account what Sunday show was used to ramp up viewers to the new program's premiere, and Thrones had a weak platform — Mildred Pierce, which averaged around 1 million viewers, a number Thrones more than doubled.
Winter Is Coming: I think HBO has to be pleased with this number. Expecting the 5-6 million that tuned into Boardwalk Empire's premiere was unrealistic. Over 4 million total viewers is a great start and I really think word-of-mouth will help propel this series to an increase of viewers by the end of the first season, as opposed to Empire's downward trend. Now we wait for that season two announcement …
UPDATE: James Hibberd provides an update: an additional 1.2 million people watched Game of Thrones during Monday repeat airings. This brings the direct viewing number to the total of 5.4 million.


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New shows: Tori Amos, John Legend, Darius Rucker, Gomez
To further clarify my earlier post about Blink-182 at Verizon: I had no clue what I was talking about.
All the mumbo-jumbo in the press release announcing the trio's summer reunion tour left me utterly confused about just who will open for 'em Sept. 17 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. Turns out it's everyone we've heard mentioned, and more -- Weezer, yes ... and Taking Back Sunday ... and collegiate rapper Asher Roth.
Now tickets are going on sale, Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m.
The Greek Theatre is putting several more dates in its Premier Marquee series on sale this weekend, including Tori Amos (pictured), performing July 17 behind her just-released 10th studio effort Abnormally Attracted to Sin, $35-$60 ... Gipsy Kings, Sept. 18-19, $39.75-$120.75 ... and Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sept. 23, $46-$91. The venue also has added a sharp soul show: John Legend with India.Arie and Vaughn Anthony, Sept. 1-2, $41-$86. All of those shows go on sale Saturday at 10.
Wondering when the Killers will get here on their own post-Coachella tour? Well, they play Sept. 13 at Santa Barbara Bowl ($37-$62, on sale Friday at 4 p.m.) and hit Mountain View, Sacramento and Phoenix throughout that month. Why do I feel a Forum or Staples Center announcement is imminent? By the way, also at the S.B. Bowl: Legend et al, Sept. 5, $52-$84, on sale Saturday at noon ... and CS&N, Sept. 22, $37-$74, on sale Saturday at 11 a.m.
How cool is this: Franz Ferdinand will open for Green Day at the Forum on Aug. 25. And this: In the press release announcing that pairing, it was revealed that there will be a second Forum show, Aug. 26. Tickets are due to go on sale next weekend. If the second show isn't automatically revealed, expect it to go on sale as soon as the first sells out.
That previously mentioned co-headlining show at the Grove of Anaheim pairing Reel Big Fish with the English Beat, Aug. 2, goes on sale Friday at noon, $22.50-$25. Also at the Grove: Frank Sinatra Jr., Sept. 8, $28-$48, on sale Saturday at noon.
The RBF/Beat tour also stops July 31 at Club Nokia, $25, on sale Friday at 10. But that's hardly the hottest new attraction at that L.A. Live hotspot.
Darius Rucker, whose Hootie- and covers-filled country show made a big impression at Stagecoach, will headline there Oct. 20, $29.50-$65, on sale Saturday at 10. Even more exciting (to me, anyway): the Cult will bring its Love Live Tour, in which the band will play 1985's Love (featuring "She Sells Sanctuary") in its entirety, to the club on Aug. 22, $40-$50, on sale Saturday at 10.
Also coming to Club Nokia: Thin Lizzy, Sept. 3, $25-$35 ... Gov't Mule with Carney, Sept. 23, $28 ... and Stryper with Flight Patterns, Nov. 14, $25-$35. All of those go on sale Friday at 10.
The Wiltern has added a few gigs that instantly get circled on my calendar: Gomez, touring behind its recently released sixth album A New Tide, Aug. 3, with Blind Pilot opening ... and the National, who hopefully will have something new to offer by the time the band plays Aug. 29. Both shows go on sale Friday at 10 exclusively through livenation.com. Another Wiltern show going up on the promoter's site at that time: Ratt & Extreme, July 17.
That R&E pairing (let's dub it the More Than Round & Round Words Tour) also stops July 19 at House of Blues Anaheim, $35-$67.50, on sale Friday at 10. Also new at the Mouse House: Pete Yorn, July 10, $25-$42.50 ... and Boyz II Men, Nov. 5, $37.50-$77.50. Those shows go on sale Saturday at 10.
You can also catch Yorn June 24 at the Roxy Theatre, the night after Coldplay's current opening act issues his new disc, Back and Fourth (obviously not his third or fifth album). Also at the West Hollywood club: HoneyHoney, July 7 ... theSTART, July 9 ... and the Glitch Mob, who just opened for the Prodigy at the Grove, July 24.
Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk will host Hippiefest on July 31, including turns from the Turtles (featuring Flo & Eddie), Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog Night), Felix Cavaliere (of the Rascals), Mountain (featuring Leslie West & Corky Laing) and Badfinger (featuring ... well, obviously not Pete Ham or Tom Evans). Tickets go on sale Saturday at 1 p.m. at livenation.com.
First Natalie Cole understandably canceled her July 15 performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Now, having undergone successful kidney transplant surgery, she has rescheduled for Sept. 9 at the landmark venue, where she will make her first appearance since recovering. Ticket-holders will be notified and existing tickets will be honored. A replacement concert for July 15, however, will not happen.
A year after putting out their 10th album, You Cross My Path, Tim Burgess and the Charlatans UK are coming back to Southern California, playing Sept. 18 at the Music Box at the Fonda in Hollywood, $25, on sale Friday at 10; and Oct. 13 at the Glass House in Pomona, $20, on sale Friday at noon. (Also look for them Oct. 12 at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa.)
Also at the Glass House: U-N-I, July 3, $10, on sale today, May 27, at noon ... Breakfestival -- Crew vs. Crew, featuring DJ Mark Luv, DJ Able, DJ Frankie and more, July 11, $15, on sale Friday at 10 ... and Azure Ray, July 18, $15, on sale now.
Comedian George Lopez will play Nokia Theatre at some point other than late December when he headlines the L.A. Live venue on June 27, $55.50-$79.50, on sale Friday at 10. Also at Nokia and on sale at that time: 6 Jokers and a Queen of Comedy, featuring Sommore, J Anthony Brown, George Willborn, Jimmie "J.J." Walker and more, July 5, $25-$65 ... and the Gap Band's Charlie Wilson with Keith Sweat and Jupiter Rising, July 18, $44.50-$84.50.
New at L.A.'s El Rey Theatre: the Script with Parachute, Aug. 5, $15 ... Friendly Fires, Aug. 24, $20 ... Matt & Kim, Aug. 27, $15 ... Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker, Sept. 10, $22 ... and Mono with Maserati, Oct. 13, $18. That last one goes on sale Monday at 10; the rest will be on sale by Saturday morning.
Canceled at El Rey, however, is the already postponed pairing of Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, May 31. Refunds available at point of purchase.
Finally, remember earlier this year when the Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana reopened? I haven't seen much action there since, but there's finally a new show to announce: KUCI Nights this Thursday, May 28, with Mothers Sons, Red Cortez, the Fling, Vast Atlantic and KUCI DJ Jeremy. Tickets are $8.
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Trident (layout engine)
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Development status | Discontinued in favor of EdgeHTML |
Written in | C++[1] |
Type | Application framework, software component |
License | Proprietary |
Website | msdn |
Trident (also known as MSHTML) is a proprietary layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft.
It was first introduced with the release of Internet Explorer version 4.0 in October 1997; it has been steadily upgraded and remains in use today. For versions 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer, Microsoft made significant changes to the Trident layout engine to improve compliance with web standards and add support for new technologies.[2][3][4] Since then, Microsoft intends to comply with many modern web standards[citation needed], and also intends to significantly update the layout engine to be more competitive and modern compared to other current layout engines.
In the Microsoft Edge browser, Trident is superseded by its fork – EdgeHTML.[5]
Use in software development[edit]
Trident was designed as a software component to allow software developers to easily add web browsing functionality to their own applications. It presents a COM interface for accessing and editing web pages in any COM-supported environment, like C++ and .NET. For instance, a web browser control can be added to a C++ program and Trident can then be used to access the page currently displayed in the web browser and retrieve element values. Events from the web browser control can also be captured. Trident functionality becomes available by linking the file mshtml.dll to the software project.
Release history[edit]
Trident version | MSHTML.dll version | Internet Explorer version | Internet Explorer Mobile version | Notes |
No version[6] | 4.0.x | 4.0 | N/A | Initial version. |
5.0.x | 5.0 | N/A | Improved CSS 1 support and had sweeping changes in CSS 2 rendering. | |
5.5.x | 5.5 | N/A | Corrected issues with CSS handling. | |
6.0.x | 6.0 | N/A | Corrected the box model and added quirks mode with DTD switching. | |
7.0.x | 7.0 | N/A | Fixed many CSS rendering issues and added partial PNG alpha support. | |
N/A | N/A | 6.0 | IEMobile 6 combines many features of IE 6, 7, and 8.[7] | |
3.1[8][9] | 7.0 | N/A | 7.0 | Second port on a mobile system of Trident. IE Mobile version for Windows Phone 7. |
4.0[10] | 8.0.x | 8.0 | N/A | First version to pass the Acid 2 test.[11] Added full support for CSS 2.1.[12] |
5.0[13] | 9.0.x | 9.0 | 9.0 | Added support for SVG, XHTML, HTML5, and CSS 3. Added a new hardware-accelerated JScript engine named Chakra. Scores 100/100 on the Acid3 test. Included with IE 9 Mobile in Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango". |
6.0[14] | 10.0.x | 10.0 | 10.0[15] | More support for CSS 3, HTML5 and ES5. Included in Windows Phone 8. |
7.0 | 11.0.x | 11.0 | 11.0 | Support for WebGL and SPDY. Improved support for HTML5.[16] Speed improvement.[17] Included in Windows Phone 8.1. |
8.0 | 11.0.x (Compat) | 11.0 | 11.0 | Compatibility view of Win10 with Internet Explorer 11 |
Use cases[edit]
All versions of Internet Explorer for Windows from 4.0 onwards use Trident, and it is also used by various other web browsers and software components (see Internet Explorer shells). In Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows 2000, it is also used for the Windows file manager/shell, Windows Explorer.[18] The Add/Remove Programs tool in Windows 2000 uses Trident to render the list of installed programs,[19] and in Windows XP it is also used for the User Accounts Control Panel, which is an HTML Application.[20] Trident however was not used by Internet Explorer for Mac (which used Tasman starting with version 5.0), nor by the early versions of Internet Explorer Mobile.
Some other Trident-based applications include:
- AOL Explorer, a web browser
- AOL Instant Messenger 6.x, which uses Trident to render conversation and profile windows, and advertisement panels
- Avant Browser
- Bento Browser (built into Winamp)
- EA Link, incompatible with Trident as of Internet Explorer 7 RC2
- Google Talk, which uses Trident to render chat windows and profile cards
- GreenBrowser, which is also presented at the BrowserChoice.eu page
- IE Tab, a Firefox and Google Chrome add-on used to render pages with Trident within the Firefox or Chrome user interface.
- Impulse (content delivery), uses Trident to render "Explore" page, as well as several of the "Community" pages
- KioWare Kiosk system software uses Trident to render web content.
- LimeWire, which renders the page 'New@Lime'
- Lunascape, developed by Lunascape Corporation
- Maxthon, which uses the Trident engine while adding features not built into IE7
- MediaBrowser, customized browsers, especially for Nintendo
- MenuBox, a web browser
- Microsoft Compiled HTML Help
- Microsoft Encarta and related products
- Microsoft InfoPath
- Microsoft Outlook which uses Trident to render HTML Messages (prior to Outlook 2007) and the "Outlook Today" screen
- Microsoft Outlook Express, which uses Trident to render HTML Messages
- Microsoft Visual InterDev 6 uses Trident in editing mode as visual HTML designer
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2002-2005 use Trident in editing mode to provide visual ASP.NET/HTML designer
- Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Basic to render the WebBrowser control
- MSN Messenger, which uses it to produce Flash-based "winks" and games, and for all advertisements shown in the advertisement banner
- NeoPlanet, a web browser
- NetCaptor, a web browser
- Netscape Browser (Netscape 8), which used Trident to render web pages in IE mode
- Pyjamas, a python Widget set Toolkit. Embedding IWebBrowser2 as an Active-X component and accessing the COM interface, Pyjamas uses Trident for the Desktop version, through the python win32 "comtypes" library.
- Phoenix Browser, a lightweight web browser
- RealNetworks
- SiteKiosk, a kiosk browser software
- Sleipnir, a web browser
- SlimBrowser, a web browser
- Skype, software for VoIP that renders HTML data with Trident
- TomeRaider, an ebook reader
- Tencent Traveler, a web browser
- ThreeTeeth Browser, a lightweight web browser
- UltraBrowser, a web browser
- Valve's Steam client, previous versions of which used Trident to render the "Store", "Update News" and "Community" sections as well as the Steam in-game browser and MOTD screens in Valve games. The Steam client was updated to use WebKit instead of Trident for these features. Then was updated further to use the Chromium Embedded Framework.
- WebbIE, a web browser
- Windows Live Writer, which uses Trident for its editor
- Windows Media Player, which uses Trident to render the "Media Information" pages
- 360 Secure Browser, a web browser in China
Standards compliance[edit]
Current versions of Trident, as of Internet Explorer 9 have introduced support for CSS 3, HTML5, and SVG, as well as other modern web standards. Web standards compliance was gradually improved with the evolution of Trident. Although each version of IE has improved standards support, including the introduction of a "standards-compliant mode" in version 6, the core standards that are used to build web pages (HTML and CSS) were sometimes implemented in an incomplete fashion. For example, there was no support for the <abbr>
element which is part of the HTML 4.01 standard prior to IE 8. There were also some CSS attributes missing from Trident, like min-height, etc. as of IE 6. As of Internet Explorer 8 CSS 2.1 is fully supported as well as some CSS 3.0 attributes.[12] This lack of standards compliance has been known to cause rendering bugs and lack of support for modern web technologies, which often increases development time for web pages.[21] Still rendering differences of HTML between standards-compliant browsers are not completely resolved yet.
Microsoft alternatives[edit]
Apart from Trident, Microsoft also has and uses several other layout engines. One of them, known as Tasman, was used in Internet Explorer 5 for Mac. Development of Internet Explorer for Mac was halted in roughly 2003, but development of Tasman continued to a limited extent, and was later included in Office 2004 for Mac. Office for Mac 2011 uses the open source WebKit engine. Microsoft's now defunct web design product, Expression Web as well as Visual Studio 2008 and later do not use Internet Explorer's Trident engine, but rather a different engine.[22]
In 2014, Trident was forked to create the engine EdgeHTML for Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. The new engine is "designed for interoperability with the modern web" and deprecates or removes a number of legacy components and behaviors, including document modes, ensuring that pure, standards-compliant HTML will render properly in browsers without the need for special considerations by web developers.[23][24] This resulted in a completely new browser called Microsoft Edge, which replaces Internet Explorer as a stock browser of Windows and a base of Microsoft's web related services.
See also[edit]
- ^ Hachamovitch, Dean (2007-12-14), Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone, Microsoft
- ^ "Details on our CSS changes for IE7". Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ "Overview of Platform Improvements in IE8 RC1". Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ "Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8". Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ "What's powering Spartan? Internet Explorer, of course". Neowin.net. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ Lawrence, Eric (2010-03-24), re: Introducing IE9's User Agent String, Microsoft
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- ^ Warren, Tom (2010-03-16), Windows Phone 7 browser is based on Internet Explorer 7, Neowin, retrieved 2010-03-16
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I imagine some sort of early adoption promotion will appear, but I doubt it will be as big as the 3DS's version.
Biggest Pikmin fan on NL!
Avian fact of the week: The Moa, an extinct relative of ostrichs and emus that inhabited New Zealand, was the tallest bird that ever lived at 12 ft tall (3.6 m). It was also the only known bird to have no wing structure.
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Seven marketing sins
Impatient... great marketing takes time. Doing it wrong (and rushed) ten times costs much more and takes longer than doing it slowly, but right, over the same period of time.
Selfish... we have a choice, and if we sense that this is all about you, not us, our choice will be to go somewhere else.
Self-absorbed... you don't buy from you, others buy from you. They don't care about your business and your troubles nearly as much as you do.
Deceitful... see selfish, above. If you don't tell us the truth, it's probably because you're selfish. How urgent can your needs be that you would sacrifice your future to get something now?
Inconsistent... we're not paying that much attention, but when we do, it helps if you are similar to the voice we heard from last time.
Angry... at us? Why are you angry at us? It's not something we want to be part of, thanks.
Jealous... is someone doing better than you? Of course they are. There's always someone doing better than you. But if you let your jealousy change your products or your attitude or your story, we're going to leave.
Of course, they're not marketing sins, they're human failings.
Humility, empathy, generosity, patience and kindness, combined with the arrogance of the brilliant inventor, are a potent alternative.


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BREAKING: Toyota to build new Prius in Mississippi in 2010, trucks to stop for 3 months
Big news from Toyota this morning. The next gen Prius is coming to America! Production that is. Toyota just announced that starting in late 2010, it would start building the Prius outside of Japan for the first time as production starts at a new plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. When Toyota first announced the plant last year it was scheduled to build the Highlander crossover. However, the collapse of sales of larger trucks and SUVs has hit Toyota just as hard as the domestic automakers. Sales of the Tundra full-size pickup were down nearly 50 percent in June. As a result Toyota is shuffling around production of several vehicle lines. Toyota will start by suspending all production of Tundra pickups and Sequoia SUVs along with the V8 engines that power them on August 8. Production of those products will resume in November. Next spring all full size truck production will be consolidated at the San Antonio Texas assembly plant. The truck line at the Princeton Indiana plant will be switched over to building Highlanders with production to start in the fall of 2009. That will free up the new Mississippi plant to build the Prius and possibly the Lexus variant as well.
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Leaves are falling, it's foggy outside, there is a little bit of a chill to the air. That can only mean one thing...
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Friday, September 5, 2014
The Update That Never Upped
Here We Go, Again
I will skip past the proverbial, "It's been a while since my last post..." and get right to the meat of what's happening. It is finally summer--FINALLY! This means I get to sleep in late if I want, workout in the morning if I feel like it, or just be lazy and slump on the couch while watching reruns of Golden Girls.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Being A Mom of Three
I am finally back to blogging, even if only for one post, it's better than nothing. I love to write and I constantly have "bloggy" type thoughts running through my mind, but seldom find the time and energy to dedicate to blogging. My time is spent doing things like changing diapers, helping with homework, coming up with new and exciting recipes for (boring) chicken, and driving to and from piano lessons and football practices. Never a dull moment, never anything I can't handle with the support of a good strong cup of coffee, and never anything I don't absolutely love doing.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
See, What Had Happened Was...
I have not posted a Monday Tidbit, or anything for that matter, in quite a while. The truth is, I have just been too busy and pretty tired lately. Here are a couple updates...
Monday, October 14, 2013
Monday Tidbits...
Today is proving to be somewhat of a challenge in terms of publishing this blog. This weekend was great, I got a lot done around the house, everyone is well--I can't complain. But there was just one thing that occurred and has been on mind ever since.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Sleeping on Cement & Monday Tidbits...
Yes, you read that right, cement! Had a busy weekend around the house but nothing to show for it (how does that keep happening?). Found a really funny e-card that still makes me laugh!
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WASHINGTON -- Seeking to quell an increasingly vitriolic and public dispute, the Obama administration said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan was ''a figure that we respect,'' and it sharply countered claims by a former United Nations official that the president might be a drug user.
The State Department spokesman, Philip J. Crowley, defended Mr. Karzai after a turbulent week in which the Afghan president accused the West of manipulating Afghanistan's elections and was quoted as threatening to join the Taliban if the United States did not stop pressuring him -- all in the wake of a visit to Kabul by President Obama.
Despite that, Mr. Crowley insisted that the administration did not have concerns about Mr. Karzai's mental state. In particular, he rejected suggestions this week by the former United Nations official, Peter W. Galbraith, about suspicions that Mr. Karzai might have been abusing drugs, calling them ''outrageous accusations.''
''We have no information to support the charges that Peter Galbraith has leveled,'' Mr. Crowley said to reporters.
His comments were intended to defuse an atmosphere that American officials said was becoming increasingly toxic and could endanger America's military mission in Afghanistan. They also served to highlight that for this administration, there are no obvious alternatives to Mr. Karzai in a country where the United States will soon have close to 100,000 troops.
''It's important to try to tamp this down and get back to business,'' said a senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. ''If he's throwing charges at us and we're tossing them back at him, it undercuts our partnership.''
Mr. Karzai's anti-Western statements have become a source of growing concern within the administration, as they have flared from resentment to ever more bizarre threats. And the White House's public statements have done little to disguise its growing frustration with him.
On Tuesday, Mr. Galbraith, who has had a particularly tempestuous relationship with Mr. Karzai, said in an interview on the MSNBC program ''Daily Rundown'' that the president was emotional, impulsive and ''prone to tirades.'' He suggested that this behavior could be traced to drug use.
''In fact, some of the palace insiders say he has a certain fondness for some of Afghanistan's most profitable exports,'' Mr. Galbraith said in the interview, referring to the booming Afghan narcotics trade.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Galbraith repeated his suspicions but said he could not prove the allegations.
Mr. Galbraith has been at odds with Mr. Karzai since last summer, when, as the United Nations' deputy special representative to Afghanistan, he warned publicly about widespread fraud in the presidential election last August.
Mr. Galbraith was later dismissed by his superior, Kai Eide, after he accused Mr. Eide of helping cover up the fraud to benefit Mr. Karzai.
Last week, after Mr. Obama invited him to visit Washington in May, Mr. Karzai unleashed a stream of accusations. He said that Mr. Galbraith was behind the electoral fraud and that American and other Western troops risked being seen as an invading force in his country.
That outburst prompted speculation that the administration might revoke the invitation to Mr. Karzai, much as it shelved plans for a previous visit after the president tried to tighten his grip on an agency that oversees elections.
Mr. Karzai responded to that snub by inviting the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who gave an anti-Western speech in Kabul.
On Tuesday, the White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said the May visit was ''still on the schedule as of now.''
But Mr. Crowley was more definitive Wednesday, declaring, ''The visit is still on, and there's been no change.''
For all the harsh words back and forth, Mr. Crowley said the administration was still in close touch with Mr. Karzai. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to him on Friday. He met over the weekend with the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, and with the American ambassador, Karl W. Eikenberry.
''We have concerns about some of the things he's said, just as I think probably President Karzai and others, you know, may take issue with some of the things that are said in this country, whether said within the executive branch, the legislative branch, or wherever,'' Mr. Crowley said.
But he referred to Mr. Karzai as a partner, noting, ''He is a figure that we respect and that we are working closely with to see the emergence of an effective government at the national level.''


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It can not be the same ring that Cori has mentioned unless of course Cori is telling fibs about the Hendrick's giving the ring to Emily after Ricky passed away. Emily's friend has said that the pink ring is her engaement ring. Cori has said that the engagement ring that Emily has was Cori's engagement ring. Therefore the two rings should be the same one, according to Cori. So something stinks and it appears to be on Cori's side rather than the Hendrick's side unless of course Cori wants to post a pic of her with Ricky wearing an engagement ring. Since Cori has decided to not do that yet, as far as we know, then it seems to me that Cori is the one making things up.
I'll take Mr. Hendricks at his word as well. He spoke these words six years ago and they have been accepted as fact - at least until Emily appeared to be the F1 on the Bachelor.
If history was re-written, it wasn't re-written for the benefit of rabid fans of the Bachelor show.
Go wherever you go...... WITH ALL YOUR HEART
I'm ready for the bach'ette Ash, now. My son is going to kill me if he lands on FORT these days seeing my new avatar
"People throw rocks at things that shine and life makes love look hard but my choice is you" -Bremily
One other thing I want to bring up. Cori's buds could not even get the name of a driver that Emily supposedly dated correct in that article. So why do we believe everything else in that article? If there are more than one lies in it then shouldn't we suspect that the entire article is based on lies?
K... Emily's Mom does own property in Austin TX... I found the info ... it's pretty easy to find but I don't want to post it because of other personal information on the site. It is her ... it lists David Maynard and Emily G. Maynard as family as well as other properties in Key West, and different parts of WV.
That is exactly why I question it. Perhaps Cori's ring was different, (and who knows if they gave it to Emily or not, not me!) -- but what I am saying is, all over the net people are saying "Look, here's the pix of Emily wearing the ring! So Cori is lying!!"
But what I want to know is, is that the same ring? Or was Cori's a completely different ring that may (or may not have) given to Emily after Ricky died.
Has Cori confirmed that the ring in the picture (to be clear, the pink center stone ring) was HER engagement ring, the one she spoke of?
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ha, I was just about the write the same thing! Anyone with working knowledge of Microsoft Word can produce a cheap "Save the Date" card (I couldn't help noticing that Ricky's full name is not even on the card, which is strange for wedding announcement ).
I agree, if Cori really wanted to prove her story she could have produce the picture of the ring on HER hand.
Regardless, Ricky and Cori's ended and he was with Emily (engagement or not). Perhaps, Cori was pissed that Ricky was not pining over her and had moved with someone beautiful like Emily and was clearly happy and in love. She is now making it her life's mission to ruin Emily's good name and reputation. Perhap she should have focused on her only life or she may still be married.


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Barrett, Glenn and Prager check out the Philips Hue, a customizable bulb that is reinventing the light bulb.
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Ghoti Hook Biography
Last updated: 03/06/2008
Ghoti Hook is made up of Joel Bell - Vocals Jamie Tolosa - Guitar Mark Lacasse - Guitar Christian Ergueta - Bass Adam Neubauer - Drums
Ghoti Hook formed in November, 1991, when Joel Bell, Adam Neubauer and former member, Justin Levy, started the band. The boys grew up in the same church and discovered a passion for music in 1989. Christian Ergueta, Dan Feliciano and Conrad Tolosa were other friends in the church who became part of the original line-up. The band contained three guitar players (Conrad, Dan and Justin), a bass player (Christian), drummer (Adam) and a vocalist (Joel). They chose the name Ghoti Hook from a suggestion by Adam's dad ("ghoti" is the phonetic spelling of the word "fish" and is pronounced "go-dee"). Shortly after the band was conceived, Justin and Dan left the band to pursue other interests.
After years of struggling to make a name for themselves, finally in January of 1996, Ghoti Hook signed their contract with Tooth &Nail. They embarked on their first full length recording entitled "Sumo Surprise". The band recorded at Oz Studios in Baltimore, MD with engineer Drew Mazurek. Kevin 131 continued to act as the band's producer and also worked on the album. "Sumo Surprise" was recorded in ten days and contained fourteen original songs, though seven of the songs included in the record had been included on the first two independent releases. Ghoti Hook was pleased with their first album and excited for their future on Tooth & Nail.
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Vagina Monologues Author Begins Her Quest For a "Girl Revolution"
In 1996, playwright and author Eve Ensler sparked a worldwide phenomenon with the debut of her play The Vagina Monologues, which has since been staged in more than 130 countries. Based on her interviews with women about their bodies, the play became the catalyst for women to open up about their own personal experiences. The overwhelming number who spoke of surviving violence inspired Ensler to start the movement V-Day, which has raised over $70 million for anti-violence programs around the world. She hopes that the impact of her new book, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls, will be just as far-reaching: "To create a girl revolution."
After the success of The Vagina Monologues, the idea of a work about girls intrigued Ensler, though she didn't want to simply do it "by rote." But observing girls in her own life as well as those she met through her travels with V-Day, a central theme emerged: "the girl in everybody, the muted, censored, shut down, diminished, undermined girl in the entire species." She began to write.
Ensler describes the result as "a call to girls, about girls, for girls, around the world, to be their authentic selves," to overcome the "pressures that rob them of their originality and power." Though the pieces are all fictional monologues, Ensler says they are "based on what is real and true" in her observation of the lives of different girls all over the world. Among the girls Ensler creates are a teenager in a New York suburb struggling with high school peer pressure; a Masai girl resisting female genital mutilation in Kenya, where V-Day maintains a safe house; a survivor of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo; a teen who blogs about her self-starvation. Says Ensler, "I hope it tells these interior stories of girls that don't normally get told, the secret stories … as opposed to the fantasy version of what girls are living." She hopes that through the stories, "girls get freed into the reality of their lives."
Too often, she discovered, no matter their geographical location, girls are silenced. "It's one universal story with different manifestations, depending on the class, the culture, the community, the religion: how does the culture in any given place, mutate, censor, undermine, diminish and eradicate girls, and the power of girls?" observes Ensler. "And that can be getting a girl to believe that she has to be the size of a pencil," so that she devotes all her energy to "losing weight and disappearing. Or it can be a girl sold into marriage with an old man in a culture where people cut off girls' clitorises. Or she can be used to blow herself up in the front line of a fundamentalist war. In all of it she is basically fodder."
Ensler likens the experience of putting together I Am an Emotional Creature to her earlier project. Interviewing women for The Vagina Monologues, she discovered a world no one was talking about. "It was exhilarating and it was terrifying. And I felt the same thing in the last five years travelling the world listening to girls." She was amazed by what they are up against, "and it's also pretty illuminating and hopeful-making to see the triumph of girls over these obstacles."
She has also begun to identify what she calls the "girl self" that has been largely undervalued and suppressed. "It's the part of us that's passionate, and compassionate and associative and intuitive and emotional and resistant," she says. From the time we're born, women and men, she says, "we're taught that the worst thing you can be is a girl. That to be a leader you should never be 'a girl.' So it must be pretty powerful to be a girl if everyone's taught not to be one, right?" That realization is what inspired the title, "I Am an Emotional Creature." She has been told her whole life "that I'm too emotional, too extreme, too dramatic, too intense, too alive. I started to think, what if I actually saw that as my advantage, as my gift?" It's crucial, she says, "to respond with our heart -- not insanely or without analysis -- but I think the missing piece right now is that passion, that outrage and empathy that motivates you to break out of the box to change things."
Ensler believes in the dramatic medium of a monologue. "You can allow the interior world of the character to speak and be revealed, which is very difficult to do with a journalistic piece. You can explore the poetry of the character, you can explore high emotions, low emotions." Going deeply inside to understand motives and fears, she says, "is the crucial step if we are going to find a way to transform consciousness."
In the introduction to I Am an Emotional Creature, Ensler describes the power of girls as one of our "greatest natural resources." Look at the girl in Africa, says Ensler. Her father sells her into marriage for "maybe a thousand dollars at most. But if she is educated, she will take care of that family forever. Girls' empowerment is not going to take things away from people. It's going to feed people and make sure we stop destroying the Earth. It's going to be responsible for ending wars and bringing up children in more holistic ways. It seems so crazy to me that people don't understand this." Unleashing their energy would create "a new wind healing the world."
Beginning This Month ...
Ensler premiered the play, I Am an Emotional Creature, in Mumbai last November, a city where The Vagina Monologues had enjoyed great success. The experience was "fabulous," she says. "It was so much fun." Beginning this month, the play is being performed in assorted venues around the United States -- all as fundraisers for V-Day programs -- including a New York City performance last week by teenage girls directed by actress and V-Day Board member Rosario Dawson. Also in February, a V-Girls campaign will debut, which will include a comprehensive curriculum developed with experts in various fields to accompany the book when it is distributed to schools. V-Girls will create their own web site, "a place where girls can use the tools and the book and whatever they need to engage in a dialogue, empower themselves and become the next leaders." For more information, visit V-Day.


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- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
- 1 1/2 cups lightly packed baby arugula (2 ounces)
- 1/4 cup lightly packed parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup lightly packed basil leaves
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 12 thick-cut slices of rustic Italian bread
- 12 slices of thick-cut bacon (12 ounces)
- 2 large heirloom tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 3 ounces frisée, torn into bite-size pieces (1 1/2 cups)
- 6 large eggs
In a small skillet, toast the pine nuts over moderate heat until lightly golden, about 4 minutes. Let cool.
In a food processor, combine the pine nuts, arugula, parsley, basil and garlic and pulse until coarsely chopped. Add the mayonnaise, grated cheese, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice and puree until smooth. Season the aioli with salt and pepper.
Preheat a large griddle. Brush both sides of the bread slices with olive oil and griddle over moderate heat, turning once, until toasted, about 2 minutes. Transfer the toasts to a plate. Add the bacon to the griddle and cook over moderate heat until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes per side; drain on paper towels.
In a medium bowl, gently toss the tomato slices and torn frisée with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice; season with salt and pepper.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Crack the eggs into the skillet and fry sunny-side up or over-easy. Transfer to a plate and season with salt and pepper.
Lay 6 slices of toast on a work surface and spread with the aioli. Top with the tomatoes and frisée, then the bacon and eggs. Close the sandwiches, cut in half and serve right away.