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Play in the yard
When kids are ready: 2 and up
Look for these signs: Your toddler is able to leave your side for short periods of time and is curious about exploring.
How to start: Supervise your 2- and 3-year-old closely, even if your lawn is fenced in -- there's no way to predict when she'll figure out how to unlatch a gate door, or scale a wall, or pick your thorny roses.
Once your child's 4 or 5, she's ready to play on the sidewalk or in the yard in front of your house. But watch her closely and teach her not to wander off. "Draw a large box on the sidewalk with chalk and tell her to stay inside the lines while she plays," says Marguerite Kelly, author of "The Family Almanac" advice column. Keep an eye out from your steps.
By the time she's 8, she'll probably want to hang around with neighborhood friends. Be sure she knows how far down the street she can go, that she can't pop into anyone's house without your permission, and that she's got to check in regularly.
At least one parent should keep tabs on the posse. "Several children on our street between the ages of seven and twelve play together outside, and I watch them from the kitchen window while I make dinner," says Leslie Callahan of South Bend, Indiana, the mother of two boys, ages 11 and 7.
Alix Finkelstein, a mom of two in Brooklyn, frequently writes about parenting issues.
Walk to a nearby friend's houseWhen kids are ready: 5 and up
Look for these signs: Your child can follow simple directions and has a decent sense of distance and time.
How to start: Phone the friend's parents and arrange a playdate, then tell your child exactly what to do ("Walk to Matt's house. Play for a while, then I'll get you"). Watch him from your steps or window until he arrives. Keep the playdate short, and make sure your child knows he can't leave or go to another house.
School-age kids are usually old enough to walk both ways. "When my twins were six, I let them visit a friend three doors down, but I had the mother call me when they arrived," says Kendra Isett, of Sparks, Maryland. Ask your children to alert you before they leave the house, to check in with you often while they're away, and to call before they head home so you can watch out for them.
Cross the street aloneWhen kids are ready: Around 7 or 8, depending on your child's maturity and how busy the street is
Look for these signs: Your child generally has good impulse control and is patient enough to thoroughly scan the road.
How to start: Begin teaching the basics of traffic safety when your little one is about 3 years old. "Whenever my children and I crossed a street or walked in a parking lot, I would tell them, 'Look both ways and make sure no cars are coming,'" Isett says. "Now they're eight, and when we cross the street, they make sure I look both ways!" Explain that it's safe to cross only at a corner or stop sign, and never to dart out from between parked cars.
No matter how well drilled your child is, though, he'll still need plenty of practice. Start him off on a quiet road, and follow a few feet behind him to see how he does. After a couple of weeks, stand on the other side of the street, and let him come to you. There's no rush. If you live in an area with fast-moving cars and few stop signs or traffic lights, or your child is easily distracted, wait until he's 10, or even older.
Walk or ride a bike to schoolWhen kids are ready: 8 and up
Look for these signs: Your child follows directions closely and has experience walking or biking around your street. If you live more than a few blocks from your school, or it's located by a major traffic intersection, wait several more years.
How to start: Map out the route together so you can choose the safest crossing spots and point out possible dangers, like blind driveways and sharp turns. And review some basic precautions -- your child should know to be especially careful at intersections (bikers should walk their bicycles, not ride across) and never to stop to speak to strangers, for instance. Make it clear that she can't switch routes unless you say it's okay first, and that she should never accept an invitation for a ride -- even from someone she's seen around the neighborhood.
On the first few outings, it's a good idea for you to trail behind (either on foot or in your car) to make sure everything goes okay. Later you can keep slightly looser tabs, like Liz Dressel of the San Francisco Bay Area does. "This year, I let my older daughters, who are ten and eight, ride their bikes to school together," she says. "I usually take the same route when I drive their younger sisters to their classes ten or fifteen minutes later, so I just keep an eye out to make sure nobody got a flat tire or had another problem."
Staying home aloneWhen kids are ready: 10 and up, depending on where you live
Look for these signs: Your child generally behaves well at home, can remember directions, and consistently follows general safety rules (such as not opening the door to a stranger) when you're in the house.
How to start: Begin by going out for only small blocks of time. "We first tried it when my son was eleven," says Peg Mochel of Winfield, Illinois. "I gave him my cell number and told him not to answer the door or the phone, and stayed away only twenty minutes. Even now that he's twelve, I'm never gone more than an hour and a half."
Before you head out, let your child practice dialing your cell phone number and leaving you a voicemail message (in case you don't pick up). Post emergency contact numbers near the phone, and show him how the front- and back-door locks and chains work. Be sure he knows what he is and isn't allowed to do while you're away, too. (If it's okay for him to make a snack but not to use the microwave, for instance, spell it out.) Say exactly when you'll be back -- and don't be late. 138 Time to Talk About Strangers Teach your child to be cautious around adults they don't know Alix Finkelstein
It's never too soon for kids to learn to be careful around adults they don't know. This is a tricky topic, so tailor your discussions to your child's age.
"Raise the subject when he is three and could get separated from you in a shopping mall or other busy place," recommends psychologist Anita Gurian, Ph.D., of New York University's Child Study Center. Give him a simple definition of who strangers are ("They're people you don't know").
Explain that she should never talk to a stranger, and that if one approaches her, she should tell a trusted adult. Mention the key exceptions -- for example, it's okay to talk to a police officer or a crossing guard, especially if she's in trouble. (Teach your child her name, address, and phone number so they'll be able to help her.)
Discuss how to treat acquaintances like the neighbor down the street or a store cashier. Explain that it's fine to be friendly, but not to go anywhere with a grown-up unless Mommy or Daddy says it's okay.
Once your child is school-aged, help him fine-tune his instincts. Walk him through scenarios, such as a stranger's driving up and asking for directions. Explore some acceptable responses (in this case, stepping away from the car before answering the question, then walking away, would be one. You should also note that adults don't usually ask kids for directions and it may be a warning sign). Stress that someone can look nice but still have bad intentions.
If your child travels your neighborhood on her own, go over some safe places she can duck into if she thinks someone's following her -- such as a friend's house or a store. Tell her that as a last resort she can ring the doorbell of someone's home and ask that person to phone you, without going inside the house.


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Not skimping on budget is paying off for AMC & they are garnering the Emmys to prove it, I foresee Walking Dead winning for original or adapted story(ies), BS Actor & actress, basically all the Emmys Breaking Bad doesn't win.
They teach in creative writing & dramatic writing classes that if you show a gun, even one hanging over a mantelpiece, in Act I it has to go off before Act 3 -- anyone else expect that grenade he found in the tank to be used in Ep. 2? If not I don't think it will last unused through Ep. 3.

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SDSU, USD Athletes Will Dance For Food [VIDEO]
Student-Athletes from all across the Summit League are taking part once again this year in the 'Summit League Food Fight', collecting non-perishable food items and cash donations at select home events during the school year. The school that raises the most pounds of food receives the Summit League Food Fight trophy.
There's a new wrinkle to the contest this season, each school a video featuring its student-athletes dancing to raise awareness for the food fight. Those videos were then uploaded to The Summit League YouTube Channel. The school that gets the most "likes" wins $770 toward its food fight totals. Voting ends February 28th.
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Woods opens with a 70 at the Masters
Augusta, GA – Tiger Woods posted a 2-under 70 on Thursday and is four strokes off the lead during the first round of the 77th Masters.
The four-time Masters champion mixed three birdies and one bogey in his opening round of 70.
Woods exited the course at Augusta National tied for 10th place. His tie for 40th last year was his worst finish as a pro at Augusta National.
The three-time winner this year ran off five straight pars to open his round. Woods got on the board with a 4-foot birdie putt at the sixth.
Woods got up and down for birdie on the par-5 eighth to move to minus-2. He parred four in a row around the turn. Woods notched the third birdie of his round at the 13th, where he two-putted from some 60 feet out.
At the 14th, Woods stumbled to the lone bogey of his round. He had some birdie chances coming in, but was unable to convert. Woods parred the last four to finish four off the pace after one round.
"I played solid today and got a good round out of it," Woods stated. "I felt like I putted well today. I left myself some pretty good little par saves and I was able to make those. You continue hitting greens and continue putting the ball in the right spots. I didn't leave myself the easiest of putts today."
Three of the previous four times Woods opened with a 70, he went on to win the title.
Woods trailed Marc Leishman by four when he finished his round, while David Lynn and Rickie Fowler finished their first rounds two shots off the pace.


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Last weekend I had the pleasure of checking out a semi-new vegan restaurant in Brandford, Conn., called G-Zen. I went with my friend Hannah and met a new friend there, Paul, who I uhm…may or may not have met on the Internet.
Anyway, let me tell you that my dining experience at G-Zen was probably one of the best I have had at any veg restaurant over the past year, and that's saying a lot because I've been visiting some of the well knowns–in just this month I went to NYC's vegan babies Blossom and Caravan of Dreams. In my opinion—which is the only one that matters right now because this is MY blog—G-Zen blows them both out of the water.
G-Zen is terrific because it is actually geared toward non-vegans; the owners say about 50 percent of their patrons eat meat. So on the table was a great little pamphlet explaining why veganism, educating anyone who stumbled upon the place without a solid knowledge of the movement. G-Zen owners are also owners of the popular vegan food truck, G-Monkey.
Their menu was completely innovative, with fresh ingredients prepared beautifully. They also have a massive drink menu, and although I didn't imbibe, I did have a fresh young coconut which they cracked for me so that, after I drank the milk, I could enjoy the flesh, Hannibal Lecter style.
Okay so the food. We started with their signature sweet potato fries, called G-Fries; a plate of dim-sum; and the raw tacos—a brand new menu offering. Sweet potato fries are my go-to guilty pleasure, and they kicked it up a notch with their home-made hickory ketchup, which tasted like a mix between barbecue sauce and ketchup. Bangarang Rufio!
The dim sum was an eclectic mix of fried fare, dumplings and these gorgeous raw veggie spring rolls filled with beets and carrots. While I normally avoid fried foods when I do eat them, I want them to be fresh and unique. Fried bell peppers?! Don't mind if I do.
But the raw tacos! Can we talk for a second about the raw tacos?! Wrapped in lettuce and stuffed full of sprouted walnut meat, veggies, guac and cashew cream, these tacos seriously fucked me sideways, which is the ultimate SexyTofu seal of approval—ask my boyfriend. If you're not a fan of heat, I wouldn't suggest them, however. While the heat isn't overwhelming at first, it creeps up on you from behind and before you know it—bam! Belly down on the bed with your face in a pillow. Wait…what?
For entrees, I had the Kama Sutra. Any restaurant that incorporates sex into their food names is fine by me. This delicious coconut curry dish was full of veggies, sweet potatoes, and local tofu. Get in me!
Hannah had the Portabella Tofu Napoleon—which I think would be the perfect dish for a meat eater trying veganism for the first time. Layers of delish mushrooms, local tofu and caramelized onions, piled next to mashed potatoes and asparagus and drizzled with a porcini merlot sauce. Hannah and I accidentally switched doggie bags, so I ended up taking her Napoleon home, and my omnivorous man-friend and I ate the left-overs at midnight. He was extremely pleased, and although he will eat vegan fare with me, this is a guy who digs his meat. So A ++, G-Zen.
In a moment of extreme gluttony we ordered three desserts. We had the carrot cake, the cheesecake, and these phenomenal raw donut holes made of nuts and dates. They had a really crumbly, donut-y texture, which was amazing considering they were completely raw!
Now is the time for name dropping, and although my sweet friend Hannah hates when I brag about her, I will tell you that Hannah is the author of three awesome vegan dessert cookbooks (buy them on Amazon here) and as a vegan pastry chef, she is the ultimate dessert aficionado. Now pepper in the fact that I was raised by a pastry chef (Hi, Mom!), so the two of us are the ultimate sweet snobs. The carrot cake was killer, not too sweet, but not too earthy the way some "healthy" carrot cakes can be. The ginger crème frosting was sprinkled with coconut, and I was pleased through and through. The cheesecake, made with a mix of tofu and Tofutti, was also delicious. Simple and melt-in-your mouth creamy, this is the type of cake I would eat in a bathroom stall to avoid sharing.
Paul, my new vegan friend, is a G-Zen regular, and knows the owners, so everyone was especially nice to us. All in all, the experience was really incredible, and everyone was so kind—they even let Hannah in the back to take photos of the chefs at work in the kitchen. As someone who has worked in a kitchen before, I believe it's the ultimate mark of a great (read: clean!) restaurant when they are fine with people documenting the kitchen space on any given evening.
Oh also I love that in the bathrooms, the toilets have a "half flush" button. Way to be eco-conscious!
G-Zen is only open for dinner Tues- Saturday 4-9, but I am considering starting a sit-in (non violence people!) advocating a G-Zen brunch. Please scramble my tofu with a side of spicy sweet potato hash, G-Zen! Call it the SexyTofu.
Now another note before I bombard you with sensual food porn. At the end of the night I dropped Hannah off at home, and she invited me in to take some of her latest pastry projects off her hands. She gave me generous slices of an awesome ice-cream cake with edible glitter (new stripper name, anyone?) and this chocolate cherry pie that I inhaled in my living room later that evening, growling a bit at the fact that I was expected to share with my man-friend. Keep an eye out for that recipe in the cookbook she is working on as we speak! Little pastry genius.
Okay have you been to G-Zen!?! Do you often have food field trips with super cool vegans you met on the Internet? Wanna make bets on how long I can continue doing this before someone turns me into a lampshade?


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Perhaps unfairly, the perfectly practical and painlessly efficient Toyota Yaris has gained a reputation for being a rather unexceptional thing. That may once have been true but it certainly isn't the case now. The current car offers sportier styling and an extra helping of technology allied to even better build quality and the usual fine powertrains, generous kit and keen pricing. Here we check out volume Icon spec.
It's easy to forget quite how long Toyota's Yaris has been with us. The first generation car appeared in 1999, replacing the wholly underwhelming Starlet model. The Yaris was a vast improvement but still a modest achiever, offering reliability and low running costs while singularly failing to tweak the heart strings. The second generation Yaris arrived in 2005. it was bigger and better built. That model received a good refresh in 2009 with a more efficient 1.3-litre petrol engine, a revised diesel unit, improved transmissions and the addition of Stop & Start to further boost efficiency. Further running tweaks ensued leading up to the mid-2011 launch of the MK3 model we're looking at here which ushered in sharper design, a slick new Touch & Go multi-media system and enhanced value for money with more equipment offered as standard. The mid-level Icon variant is expected to mop up the majority of UK sales.
Driving Experience
As before, two mainstream petrol engines are offered to Yaris buyers and both have something to be said for them. Featuring smart VVT-i variable valve timing, the 69bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder unit marks the entry level while those looking for more power will prefer the 100bhp 1.33-litre option you have to have with Icon spec which uses the more advanced Dual VVT-i configuration and gets Stop & Start technology. The diesel option is a 90bhp 1.4-litre D-4D engine. The 1.0-litre unit takes a rather tardy 15.7s to get to 60mph which, although adequate for shopping duties, struggles out of town. The 1.33-litre Dual VVT-i engine feels much stronger during everyday driving and its Stop & Start system saves fuel too. 0-60mph takes 11.7s, but that's still slower than the 1.4-litre D-4D diesel's 10.7s. As standard the 1.33-litre engine and the diesel are mated to a clever 6-speed manual gearbox with a higher than usual 6th gear to boost fuel economy on higher speed runs. Toyota has also paid attention to smoothing out the shift action, reducing noise and bringing improved feel to the clutch pedal. The 1.0-litre engine gets a five speed manual but the other option is Toyota's MDS continuously variable transmission (CVT), which features a sequential seven-step mode that the driver can operate using either the gearshift lever or paddle shifts on the steering wheel.
Design and Build
Now into its third incarnation, this is certainly the most aggressive looking Yaris to date and the one most likely to stand out from the crowd. The angular headlights, pronounced 'V' sculpting of front grille, re-modelled bumpers and eased-out wheelarches give the car a sturdier, more purposeful stance. Move round to the back and the chrome strip running along the boot combines with the small tailgate spoiler to further massage the up-tempo message, an effect nicely rounded off by the dark-hued 8-spoke alloy wheels.External dimensions have stayed more or less the same which means the Yaris a good slice shorter than a Fiesta. While this means it's easier to park, it also means that Toyota has needed to box clever when it comes to fitting four passengers and their luggage inside. The boot is 272-litres compared to 295 in the Ford but Toyota's impressive EasyFlat rear seats split 60:40, fold and slide bringing a useful degree of versatility and up to 477-litres of space. Toyota's exemplary build quality is evident in the Yaris cabin and you'll search in vain for shoddily assembled trim components. That said, apart from the multi-function steering wheel and Touch & Go multi-media system, the interior remains much as before - which is to say unadventurous, verging on the bland. The controls are sensibly positioned and extremely easy to get to grips with but with rival superminis offering some highly intelligent and charismatic interior designs, the Yaris continues to fall a little short. It's a shame because the car does the hard work so effectively and may lose sales due to that last one per cent of interior tinsel that's often all that's needed to generate a little showroom wow factor.
Market and Model
The basic model range structure for the Yaris comprises Active, Icon, Icon Plus and Trend trim levels. The mid-spec Icon is expected to account for a significant number of UK sales and is available only with the 1.33-litre petrol engine and the five-door bodystyle. You do though get a choice of manual or MDS auto transmission. Or you can stretch to Icon Plus trim which widens the engine choice to include the 1.0-litre petrol and 1.4-litre D-4D diesel powerplants. Here, you can expect15-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and touchscreen audio controls, Bluetooth and rear parking camera. The Touch & Go media system first debuted on the Verso-S and combines a 6.1-inch touch screen, Bluetooth connectivity and an optional sat-nav system, and can be updated with new 'apps' during the life of the car. Top Trend spec is teamed exclusively with the 1.33-litre Dual VVT-i petrol engine and gets 16-inch alloy wheels, a leather handbrake and steeering wheel, rear privacy glass and chromed side sills.
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Cost of ownership is one area where many of the Yaris' key rivals begin to look a little underpowered. This generation car continues to shape up extremely well as an ownership proposition. Its residual values are better than a Fiesta's, a lot better than a Corsa's and leagues better than a Punto's. The latest version of Toyota's three-cylinder 1.0-litre VVT-i petrol engine returns 58.9mpg, while CO2 emissions are 111g/km. The 1.33-litre Dual VVT-i engine you have to have with Icon spec isn't far behind, especially when matched to the MDS auto transmission, giving 56.5mpg and CO2 emissions of 118g/km. Also more efficient than before is the 1.4-litre D-4D diesel - though you have to stretch to Icon Plus trim to get it. Its combined cycle fuel economy is 72.4mpg and CO2 emissions are just 99g/km, so there'll be no road tax to pay.
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In the last article, I discussed some of the basic tenets of Perl 6. Continuing from here, we will go onto using subroutines and other dilly dallying.
Subroutines have taken a few good changes in Perl 6. There are also things that have been left alone, as we shall see. Let's go ahead and start:
[altair@stormwind diveintoperl6]$ pugs
pugs> sub abcd {
....> True;
....> }
pugs> if (abcd() == True) { say 'yes!'; }
Too trivial, but an example nonetheless (well, it at least shows that the last expression evaluated in a sub is the return by default; but I hope you caught that.)
Before going on, I'll take this time to point out a couple of different ways you can define subroutines. The first and most apparent, is a named subroutine:
pugs> sub cool ($a,$b,$c) {
....> $a ~ $b ~ $c;
....> }
pugs> (cool "ab","cd","ef").say;
You may also specify the return type in the parameter (remember the type system?) The above could also have been started with:
sub cool ($a,$b,$c --> String)
It's worth noting if you do not define parameters with the read-write trait explicitly (
is rw attached to the particular parameter), they will be readonly aliases, i.e. immutable in the context of your sub. Also, if your sub declaration says it takes no parameters, but ones are passed anyway, they are passed in
You may also define sub's anonymously, by simply saying 'sub' without a name:
pugs> sub a {
....> @_.join(' ');
....> }
pugs> a("hi","there","guy")
"hi there guy"
pugs> sub {
....> say "hi";
....> }
pugs> my $tea = sub ($a,$b) { $a ~ $b; }
pugs> $tea("a","b")
The third way is to use 'pointy-blocks.' These are almost synonymous with an anonymous sub declaration, but you can't have traits, and you don't need parenthesis for a parameter list:
pugs> my $s = -> $v { $v**2; }
pugs> $s(10)
pugs> my $t = -> $d,$e,$f { $f ~ $e ~ $d; }
pugs> $t('x','y','z')
Now that that is out of the way, let's continue (tip: the
~ operator is Perl 6's concatenation operator. Yes, that's really it.)
Perl 6 subroutines can, of course, take parameters. The way they take them ideally is pretty similar to that of perl 5, i.e.:
pugs> sub a($a,$b) {
....> ($a,$b).join(' ').say;
....> }
pugs> a("asdf","aoeu");
asdf aoeu
pugs> sub b {
....> @_.join(' ').say;
....> }
pugs> b("a","b","c","d");
a b c d
And so on and so on. Now, let's continue with some more interesting parts of parameters in Perl 6.
Optional parameters
Generally you will pass your arguments in order to the function; after these ordered, required arguments you may specify several other types of parameters, optional parameters are one of these. Optional parameters simply appear after all required arguments and are post-fixed with the
? symbol. Example:
pugs> sub opt($a,$b,$c?,$d?) {
....> say "a & b are:\t"~ ($a,$b).join(' ');
....> say "c & d are:\t"~ ($c,$d).join(' ');
....> }
pugs> opt("my","name","is","austin");
a & b are: my name
c & d are: is austin
pugs> opt("my","name","is");
a & b are: my name
c & d are: is
pugs> opt("my","name");
a & b are: my name
c & d are:
pugs> opt("my");
*** No compatible multi variant found: "&opt"
line 1, column 1-10
You may also give these optional parameters default values, such as:
pugs> sub opt2($a,$b? = "seipp") {
....> ($a,$b).join(' ');
....> }
pugs> opt2("austin","seipp").say;
austin seipp
pugs> opt2("austin").say;
austin seipp
Named Parameters
You can also explicitly associate your parameters with a name, by prefixing it with
:. This forces the parameter you mark in question to be passed with a name, rather than being passed by position. Example:
Named parameters are always optional, and they must come after optional parameters marked with
pugs> sub named($a,:$b) {
....> say $a;
....> say $b;
....> }
pugs> named "a", b => "str";
pugs> named b => "str","a";
Note: you may also do a key-value pair in the form of
:key(value); such as:
This option syntax is purely for pleasure, of course.
pugs> named :b('str'),"a";
Variadic Parameters
A variadic parameter in a subroutine declaration allows the sub to take [extra] arguments and roll them up into an array. Using variadic parameters, this Perl 6 subroutine stub:
sub test(Int $a,Int $b,*@rest) { ... }
And this C prototype:
int test(int a, int b, ...);
Are the same semantically; the extra parameters are rolled into
@rest in this case. Example:
pugs> sub test($a,$b,*@rest) {
....> say "a & b:\t" ~ ($a,$b).join(' ');
....> say "rest:\t" ~ @rest.join(' ');
....> }
pugs> test("austin","brian","chris","david");
a & b: austin brian
rest: chris david
pugs> test("austin","brian","chris");
a & b: austin brian
rest: chris
pugs> test("austin","brian");
a & b: austin brian
On the note of variadic parameters, you can also do the inverse by flattening an array and passing it to a function, element for parameter, ex:
pugs> sub test($a,$b) { $a ~ " " ~ $b; }
pugs> my @a = <cool refrigerator>;
pugs> test(|@a).say;
cool refrigerator
Multi-subs and signatures
In Perl 6, the parameters an argument accepts defines what is called the subroutine signature. Signature's are your function differentiator when you call a sub that is defined twice, over two different sets of parameters. This difference is based on the type annotations you provide in the signature. Multi-subs allow you to basically overload functions in the classic sense; you use the
multi keyword on a sub to state it will be defined more than once with different signatures, and when you call it, the appropriate sub will be called based on signatures.
That's a lot of talk, here's an example of what I mean:
pugs> multi multiples (Int $i) {
....> say "int:\t"~$i;
....> }
pugs> multi multiples (String $s) {
....> say "str:\t"~$s;
....> }
pugs> my Int $a = 1;
pugs> my String $b = "asdf";
pugs> multiples($a);
int: 1
pugs> multiples($b);
str: asdf
pugs> multiples(1);
int: 1
pugs> multiples("asdf");
str: asdf
Currying a function allows you to take a function with multiple parameters and reduce it to a function with one parameter (essentially.) This allows you to curry multi-argument subs and use them in operations like
map, where the function is expected to take one argument. Example:
In this case, $c would be a function that simply took numbers to the power of 2.
pugs> sub curryer($one,$two) {
....> $one**$two;
....> }
pugs> curryer(3,2)
pugs> my $c = &curryer.assuming(two => 2);
pugs> $c(5)
Currying is pretty useful as it allows us to define a sub that may take multiple parameters, but map it over a list of values sequentially as if it only took one, i.e.:
Nifty, I know.
pugs> sub tester($first,$second,$third) {
....> say "first = " ~ $first;
....> say "second = " ~ $second;
....> say "third = " ~ $third;
....> }
pugs> map &tester.assuming(second => 5, third => "asdf"), 1..5;
first = 1
second = 5
third = asdf
first = 2
second = 5
third = asdf
first = 3
second = 5
third = asdf
first = 4
second = 5
third = asdf
first = 5
second = 5
third = asdf
Wrapped Subroutines
Aside from currying, it is possible to have fun with subroutines in another manner: by defining a function wrapper that is executed when sub is called. Wrappers basically allow you to write fairly polymorphic/generic functions, and wrap them with a specific functionality using full Perl 6. It's important to note though, that this wrap actually modifies the function itself; it doesn't return you an anonymous function in a
Scalar or somesuch (we'll get to this in a sec.)
Routine's have a
.wrap method. It expects one argument of type
Code (a block of code, essentially.) This parameter may have the special expressions
nextsame and
nextwith within it. These all call the original
Routine, but you may specify different parameters, etc..
The id returned by a
pugs> sub wrapexample($a) {
....> say 'in middle; value passed == '~$a;
....> }
pugs> wrapexample "asdf";
in middle; value passed == asdf
pugs> $h = &wrapexample.wrap({say 'beginning'; callwith(42); say 'end';});
pugs> wrapexample "asdf";
in middle; value passed == 42
.wrap method can later be used to
.unwrap the method. A call to
.wrap replaces the previous routine definition with what you supply as your
Code block, and you may have multiple wraps. Therefore, it's wise to get the return value of
.wrap so you may unwrap it later:
(addendum: so far, .wrap doesn't work like above on pugs r16525; ergo, the above is fabricated, but accurate. It is however documented in S06 and will most likely be implemented sometime in the near future [hopefully.])
pugs> &wrapexample.unwrap($h);
pugs> wrapexample "asdf";
in middle; value passed == asdf
Well, in this article I roughly covered subroutines in Perl 6. There're quite a few changes, so you need to adjust to them; none are too daring to accept, however. Next round, I think we'll cover Object-orientation in Perl 6, before moving to Grammars and rules.


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From ALSC
This is a cheat sheet designed to help first time users get in signed up and into the wiki. Follow the directions and you should be ready to go in no time!
Log in/create account
In the upper right hand corner, click "log in/create account" and then select "create an account"
- From there you will be prompted to create a username for yourself; this username is how edits to the wiki will be attributed to you
- Do not use symbols
- You will need this each time you edit the wiki so choose something you will remember
- Make up a password; submit your e-mail address; and enter your real name
- Once that has been submitted, return to the Main Page
- An e-mail will be sent to the address you provided; follow the link in the e-mail to confirm that you are the person who set-up the e-mail account
Editing the Wiki
- Go to the page you would like to edit, and on the tabs at the top of the page, select "edit"
- New pages are created by creating an internal link to them off an existing page. Once you create the link and are out of the edit page, you will be taken to a new page when you click on the new link and can edit from there.
- Creating an internal link: type of the name of the new page in double brackets new page
- Creating an external link: type the URL followed by anchor text in single brackets [www.ala.org/alsc ALSC Web site]
- Bold: put three single quotes before and after what you want bolded '''bold'''
- Italics: put two single quotes before and after ''italics''
- Bold AND italics: five quotes before and after '''''bold italics'''''
- ==Top level heading= =
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- If an article has at least four headings, a table of contents will automatically be generated.
- Indentations are made placing a colon at the beginning of a line
- This is all the way to the left
- This is indented slightly
- This is indented more
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- This is all the way to the left
- Bullet Points are used by putting an asterisk at the beginning of the line; more asterisks in front of a paragraph means more indentation
- *List item
- **Sub-list item
- Numbered Lists are made by using the number sign or hash symbol (#), similar to how bullet points are made
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Veg Out: 10 Vegetable-Themed Art, Decor & Textiles
Monday was World Vegetarian Day. Despite once going 10 years without eating meat, I've always been pretty picky when it comes to vegetables. You'll find beets, greens, and artichokes among these ten good-looking renditions of what's good for you. But no broccoli allowed!
1. Morels tea towel by Nell & Mary; $18
2. Beets dish towel by Patch Design Studio; $22
3. Pumpkin greeting cards (pack of 8) by Pioneer House; $17
4. Artichoke napkins by Foxy & Winston; $24
5. You Look Radishing card by Stone Barns Center; $5.95
6. Vera Neumann canning apron from Crate & Barrel; $14.95
7. Cinque Pomodori tomato print by Jamie Shelman; $86
8. Lettuce art print by Anek; $30
9. Season Vegetables of California print by Claire Nereim; $50
10. Pick-a-Pepper Dishtowel by Julia Rothman for Anthropologie; $18
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Firth senior wins at BPA nationals
FIRTH — Firth High School (FHS) senior Brittney Robinson won first place last week in the nation in desktop publishing at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) in Washington, D. C.
This is the second time Robinson had qualified in this discipline at BPA nationals. The 2010 contest was in Anaheim, Calif.
"I wasn't expecting anything," Robinson said. "It was a complete surprise.
"I was just happy to make it to the top 10," she said. "I couldn't believe I had actually done it."
In the desktop publishing category, contestants are given a booklet, explaining the three projects that must be designed in 90 minutes.
The 78 competitors in this category completed a letterhead, calendar and newsletter.
BPA nationals was "fun," Robinson said. "You meet different people, new people from across the nation."
"You're introduced to how it's going to be in the real world," she said. "The convention puts an emphasis on the dress code."
Robinson liked sightseeing in D.C. She liked the Lincoln and FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) memorials.
"The Iwo Jima memorial is huge," she said.
Robinson plans to attend Boise State University next year, majoring in biology.
"I want to thank my advisor, Kim Harrison, for putting up with us throughout the year and encouraging us to do our hardest," Robinson said.
Robinson is this year's yearbook editor for FHS.
Brett Skaar, a FHS sophomore, also competed at nationals in graphic promotion. Out of 49 competitors, he placed 13th.
The last time a Firth student took first place at BPA Nationals was in 1993, Harrison said.


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Eminem makes puzzling appearance on ESPN
September 8, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Eminem made an unlikely and puzzling appearance on ESPN's "Saturday Night Football" halftime show.
The rap superstar, who has a new album out in the fall, appeared to promote his new single and video, "Berzerk."
Sitting with Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, Eminem seemed at first slightly confused, with his mouth hanging open.
Eminem rarely does interviews, and certainly not live on ESPN. Musburger asked him questions about his music and referred to him by his given name, Marshall Mathers.
Said Eminem: "Live TV freaks me out a little bit."
But he soon seemed to relax, saying "Berzerk" would be the new theme of "SNF." The Detroit native also talked about his devotion to the Detroit Lions.
His "MMLP2" comes out Nov. 5.


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Asap :)
I suggest Channing courts!
I am 3.5 - 4 (I guess), top spinner, 25, eager to play!
Let me know!
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I am a male around 3.5, live in Orinda but can come to Berkeley.
Can you play weekdays, late mornings?
Hi Daphne. If you're still looking for players, I'm available most afternoons around 2pm onward and play in Berkeley often. Let me know if you want to hit sometime. Thanks, Scott
Let's play friday 2pm! At channing :)
Great, see you there.
Hey everyone!
I just started as a prof at Berkeley and would love to hit with people here. My schedule is pretty flexible, and I'm probably about a 4.0. Feel free to call/text - 650-823-9488
Thanks :)
What about Wednesday?
Are you available in the morning too?
10 am at channing?
Hey Daphne,
Wednesday at 10 is perfect. I'll see you then! Will you reserve the court?
Hey Daphne,
Just wanted to make sure we're still on for tomorrow morning. Thanks! My number is 650-823-9488
Hi i'm studying at UC Berkeley this summer. Really want to play. I'm available any time, used to play 1 - 2 times a week in Switzerland.
Any court around the campus. Best at Clark Kerr (I live there).
Hi Daphne,
If you're still looking for any hitting partners let me know. Wed, Thurs, & Sunday work for me.
Looking to play Sunday 8/25/13
3.5 male
anyone up for it?
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BiologyComb ducks are usually found in single pairs or small groups (harems) during the breeding season, and in groups of up to 30 to 40 birds at other times. The diet consists mainly of vegetable matter, such as aquatic vegetation, seeds of grasses and sedges, grain (including crops such as rice and corn), as well as various invertebrates, such as aquatic insect larvae and locusts (2) (8). Comb ducks usually nest close to water, in large tree cavities, holes in the walls of isolated buildings, abandoned nests of other birds, or sometimes on the ground. The nest is a rough structure built from twigs and course grass, and is lined with grass, leaves and feathers (2) (8). The breeding season is variable, but usually coincides with the rainy season (2). In some areas comb ducks are monogamous, while in others males may hold small harems of two to four females, which they defend against other males (5) (10). Between 6 and 20 eggs may be laid (2), though nests sometimes contain the eggs of more than one female (5). Incubation lasts 28 to 30 days, and is performed exclusively by the female (2) (10). Within just a day or two of hatching, the ducklings leap from the nest, which may be up to 12 metres above the ground (8), when summoned by the female (5). Fledging occurs at about ten weeks (2) (5).


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10 Easy Supper Side Dishes That Sing
Ever find yourself with your main dish planned out for tonight's dinner but in need of a little something extra on the side? If so, pick one of these 10 easy side dish recipes, from roasted winter vegetables to grilled cabbage wedges with spicy lime dressing; from brown rice salad with apples and walnuts to Greek-style braised green beans. Simple, satisfying, and just enough to round out the meal.
• 1 Brown Rice Salad with Apples, Walnuts, and Cherries
• 2 White Bean & Roasted Vegetable Salad
• 3 Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Fontina
• 4 Roasted Winter Vegetables with Miso-Lime Dressing
• 5 Roasted Mushrooms with Herbs
• 6 Hashed Sprouts with Hazelnuts and Fried Capers
• 7 Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Spicy Lime Dressing
• 8 Recipe: Greek-Style Braised Green Beans
• 9 Extra-Crispy Tossed Potatoes
• 10 Easy Skillet Cornbread with Creamed Corn
Related: How To Pan-Sear Any Vegetable for a Quick Weeknight Side Dish
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Speaking of righteous and unrighteous, I'm still reading the Jonathan Haidt book. (I read several books at once, so that I'll be sure to confuse them all.) I'm quite liking Part One, which argues for the primacy of intuition over reasoning. I've seen a lot of it before but not all of it, and anyway it's presented well. It's convincing.
Like the bit on p 55 about William Wundt and "affective primacy."
Affect refers to small flashes of positive or negative feeling that prepare us to approach or avoid something.
I've been noticing something like that recently, with amusement, about driving – about a ridiculous little sorting thing going on in my head while driving that has to do with approval of the road I take and disparagement of the road others take. That's related to stuff like "I'm going fast enough here, so the people behind me will know I know my way and I'm not some pathetic outsider who doesn't know the way." I have thoughts like that constantly, and then once in awhile I notice them and laugh at how ludicrous they are.
That's not related to the affect, really, but to the small flashes.
Anyway, Wundt said that
affective reactions are so tightly integrated with perception that we find ourselves liking or disliking something the instant we notice it, sometimes even before we know what it is.
Wundt said it in the 1890s. In 1980 a social psychologist, Robert Zajonc, revived the idea, to correct the then-prevalent one that humans are "cool, rational information processors."
Zajonc urged psychologists to use a dual-process model in which affect or "feeling" is the first process. It has primacy both because it happens first (it is part of perception and is therefore extremely fast) and because it is more powerful (it is closely linked to motivation, and therefore it strongly influences behavior). The second process – thinking – is an evolutionarily newer ability, rooted in language and not closely related to motivation.
Affect is more powerful than thinking.
I knew that, but that's a particularly vivid way of explaining it, or reminding us of it.


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Simple & Sleek Trash Cans Under $100
Though we'd all kill for one of those super high tech, robot-like trash receptacles to show off in the corner of the kitchen, we usually shy away from the purchase due to the always-shockingly high price tag. But, to prove that you don't always have to spend a fortune for style, check out this roundup of basic trash cans we wouldn't mind leaving out in the open for well under $100.
1. Overstock.com : Stainless Steel 17.5-quart Step-open Trash Can, $43.99
2. J&R : Simplehuman Fingerprint-proof round step can, $69.99
3. Ace Hardware : Simplehuman Round Step Can , $49.99
4. Overstock.com : Honey-Can-Do 40-liter Trash Can, $44
5. Container Store : Double Undercounter Pull-Out Can, $59
6. Container Store : 11 gal. Step-On Trash Can, $14.99
7. IKEA : FILUR Bin with lid, $12.99
8. IKEA : RETUR Recycling bin, $12.99
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When the subject of "golf etiquette" comes up, it usually focuses on the plague of slow play and how to speed things up — from the professional level down to the weekend nine-holers at the municipal course.
But an age-old problem with the game involves an issue that would actually make golfers take a little more time: Taking care of the playground.
"You have people who do all of the things, and people who don't," said Mike Kelly, director of golf at Spruce Creek Country Club and a 39-year veteran of the golf industry. "I've never seen it change. It's the same now as when I first started. Ask anyone in the business."
There are many facets of golf that fall within the wide range of "proper manners," but chief among them — things that can directly affect the quality of the course and other golfers — are the three basics captured on new signage at Kelly's Port Orange course: "Fix Ballmarks; Fill Divots; Rake Bunkers."
Failure to do the basics isn't just bad for the golf course, but potentially maddening for those who come along and find their rounds sabotaged by someone's unwillingness to rake a bunker, fill a divot or take care of the putting surface. Well, it's not always unwillingness — sometimes, it's a lack of awareness.
"It's like etiquette is never taught today. When we used to have caddie programs, the caddies were taught and they taught the people they caddied for," said Craig Shankland, the local teaching pro whose clientele spans the globe. "That's how they used to learn — how to lay down the flag, how to walk on the green, how to replace the pin, all of that. Nowadays, it's learned by somebody yelling at you."
Or maybe not learned at all.
"It's very frustrating, really," said Bo Irby, head superintendent at Spruce Creek. "When I played golf as a kid, my dad taught me the right way to do that stuff — filling divots, fixing ball marks, all that stuff."
Some suggest an increase in education is needed, but over the generations, the sport's governing bodies and international promoters have initiated countless efforts with, at best, mixed results. Human nature, it seems, always wins.
"When you play golf or I play golf, how many times do you fix five or six ball marks on every green?" Kelly asked. "Or when you fill in your divot, you fill in four others while you're waiting on the other guys to hit. Serious golfers who learned proper etiquette when they're young, they do much of the work.
"Most people don't take care of the greens, the divots or the bunkers. They leave it to somebody else to do. I've been at the finest clubs, and the people who play at the most high-end clubs, and those at the regular clubs . . . it's all the same."
Golfing Etiquette: Course maintenance isn't just for the crew
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Does anyone know about the bancrupcy of EFA? If I remember correctly they closed down about a year ago? Where did all that labels go which were distributed by EFA? What were the reasons for the problems? Did the guys from EFA start new companies? How important was EFA in britain? where there any profound articles about the end of EFA?
please let me know, thanks, David


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Exclusive: First Spanish-language trailer of 'Dream House'
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We just got our hands on the exclusive 'Dream House' Spanish language trailer from Universal Studios. You won't find this video anywhere else except here. The film stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts in a half-ghost, half-mystery thriller about a family who unknowingly move into a home where several grisly murders were committed…only to find themselves the killer's next target. Successful publisher Will Atenton (Craig) quit a job in New York City to relocate his wife, Libby (Weisz), and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates the tragedy, his only lead comes from Ann Paterson (Watts), a neighbor who was close to the family that died. As Will and Ann piece together the disturbing puzzle, they discover that the story of the last man to leave Will's dream house will be just as horrifying to the one who came next.
The buzz around the 'Dream House' is rooted in the original trailer that supposedly reveals the twist of the film half way through. But according to an executive producer, the twist shown in the original trailer (which is not shown in the Spanish trailer) is not the main twist of the movie. So is there another one? We'll all have to wit for the reviews to come in and see.
Dream House will be released September 30th, 2011.


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Nokia is up to their old tricks again, taking to Twitter to tease something for tomorrow. In case you needed a reminder, tomorrow is Friday the 13th and legend has it it's an unlucky day. Well, unless you rock a hockey mask, live on Crystal Lake, have mommy issues and a grudge against promiscuous teens.
What could tomorrow hold? Your guess is as good as ours.
Before you ask, we checked Nokia's support page and AT&T is still listed as "waiting for approval" for the Lumia 920 and GDR2, so unless that changes soon, we don't think that's it. New app? A bloody red Lumia 1020 (rumored to be coming)? That red Lumia 928 for Verizon? Maybe just a silly joke?
Sound off in comments as to your guess.
Update: None of you remembered that a certain Lumia 925 for AT&T goes on sale tomorrow ;)
Source: Nokia (Twitter); Thanks, Jon M., for the tip


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Does Our Sweat Send Secret Messages to Others?
Scientists are investigating the role of sweat in the way we function. WSJ's Sumathi Reddy joins Lunch Break with a look at the latest research, and new products for Americans suffering from excessive perspiration. Photo: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source.
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Edward Snowden's Secret (Agent) Admirer: Spy Anna Chapman
MOSCOW – Fugitive National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden may have few choices about where he can live, but he suddenly has a number of options about who he can marry.
Superstar Russian spy Anna Chapman has professed her love for the admitted leaker of highly classified details of U.S. surveillance programs.
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On the flip side of the political spectrum, opposition activist Maria Baranova chimed in hours later with a similar offer.
"I would also like to offer Snowden my heart and mostly my passport! Edward! Marry Me!" she also posted on Twitter. She later said hinted to this newspaper that she may not have been 100% serious.
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He left behind a fiancé and $200,000 a year job with government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton when he decided to flee the United States before turning details of the program over to reporters.
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Hours after offering her hand in marriage, REN-TV, which broadcasts her show, posted an "exclusive" teaser on its Facebook page promising to show "Anna Chapman hunting for Snowden at Sheremetyevo." The link, however, was to a YouTube promo for her show from April in which she subdues several masked men in a shadowy corridor.
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1: Christians do not believe in a "patriarchal warrior god." For one, God has no gender. Secondly, Jesus has been known to say that a person with a sword will die by the sword. While it is possible to twist any religion and anyone's words to suit one's views, most Christians are not violent, they do not like war. You'll find some who do, but, as I just said, words can be twisted and the Buddha is no exception.m0rl0ck wrote:In my view the point needs to be addressed in this thread that to practice buddhism you need not believe in a judgmental god whose main historical use seems to have been dehumanizing enemies so that they could be killed and their land and property taken.
Its no accident that the followers of the patriarchal warrior god are so numerous, the ones who sat around saying "all religions are the same, they are good people too", likely got dehumanized by the priests of the warrior god cult the next valley over and killed for their arable land.
All religions are not the same and bad ideas kill people. Whenever religious groups attain political power, slaughter usually follows. Look at the world today, representatives of two of the worlds major religions (the US is arguably a christian power) both believers in apocalypse and the patriarchal warrior god and his "final judgement" are involved in conflict that could very likely take the rest of the planet down with them.
If you seriously believe that all religions are equal and that religions cant kill en masse, you need to take a look at your attitudes, education and especially at history.
I know its not pc to say so, but some ideas are contagious and deadly mental disorders. Theism is one of those ideas.
EDIT: Just for clarity sake, when i say theism above, what i meant was patriarchal monotheism. Matriarchal theism seems to have gotten the short end of the stick from the patriarchal variety historically. Seems to be making a comeback tho, which looks like a positive development to me.
I expect this post will likely be deleted as was my last in this thread, but at least i tried
2: With about a fifth not identifying themselves with any religion and the constitution separating state and religion it is indeed very arguable that USA is a Christian power.
3: "I know its not pc to say so, but some ideas are contagious and deadly mental disorders. Theism is one of those ideas."
No, it is more than that: it is rude, offensive and incorrect. While it is not enough, in my opinion, to be removed as you predict, I am not sure Buddha would be on your side here (or anyone, really)
4:Why are you using the word matriarchal as a positive? How is gender relevant?


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Health insurance giant Florida Blue, one of the state's largest employers and political donors, wants to restructure itself, but critics warn the move could create a conflict between turning a profit and the obligation to provide low-cost insurance to its 4 million policy holders.
MIAMI — Health insurance giant Florida Blue, one of the state's largest employers and political donors, wants to restructure itself, but critics warn the move could create a conflict between turning a profit and the obligation to provide low-cost insurance to its 4 million policy holders.
The Office of Insurance Regulation held a public hearing Thursday in Miami on Florida Blue's bid to switch from a not-for-profit mutual insurance company to a not-for-profit mutual insurance holding company. Florida Blue is a political powerhouse with nearly $5 million in campaign contributions during the 2012 election, including $2.4 million to the Republican Party of Florida and nearly $700,000 to the Florida Democratic Party, according to state campaign finance reports. The Jacksonville-based company employs 9,500 in Florida.
CEO Pat Geraghty says the move will allow Florida Blue to expand its assets outside the insurance industry and into the health and wellness sector. The company wants to change its mission from simply paying health claims on the back-end to working to keep people healthy in the first place.
For example, Florida Blue currently has 11 retail centers around the state where customers can purchase insurance, ask about a claim or get their blood pressure checked. Those retail centers will likely get more traffic because of the Affordable Care Act's provision requiring individuals to purchase health insurance. Florida Blue wants to capitalize on that business, selling vitamins, fitness gear and other non-insurance related items.
Geraghty said the restructure will allow the company to access broader products and get them to the market more quickly, hinting that Florida Blue will likely be acquiring other companies.
"It really is about financial flexibility and making sure in this time of great change for the health care industry that we're positioned in a way that's most supportive of taking care of our customers for the long run," he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
Geraghty said Florida Blue has "no intention of being a publicly traded entity."
"There will be no member of my staff, myself, my board of directors who will own stock in Florida Blue. That is crystal clear," he said at Thursday's hearing. "One-hundred percent of the stock will be owned by the mutual insurance not-for-profit holding company."
But critics worry the switch is just a bid to become a publicly traded company and boost executives' pay. Florida Blue is currently an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
"Mutual insurance holding companies create a shell, a parent company, that doesn't do any business. It doesn't issue insurance anymore. The only reason it exists is so the shareholder cannot control the corporation," said Brendan Bridgeland, director of the Massachusetts-based Center For Insurance Research.
The New York Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance called the concept "fundamentally flawed" in a 1998 report.
The Florida Alliance for Retired Americans cited that report when it spoke out against Florida Blue's proposed reorganization on Thursday.
"It's management nirvana really. It gives them the ability to issue stock through a subsidiary holding company, which means you can start giving yourself stock awards, stock options that you can cash in but you avoid the problem of having to answer to shareholders," said Bridgeland.
Opponents said the company could transfer $1.6 billion in surplus to a for-profit entity and that money would be available to give to company executives and outside investors if stock goes public, according to a lengthy statement from Florida Alliance for Retired Americans.
"The result of such a stock issuance would be crippling conflicts of interest between the interests of the policyholders (who want lower cost health insurance) versus the new outside investors," the organization said.
Lawmakers this year passed a last-minute amendment to allow mutual holding companies like Florida Blue to acquire not-for-profit subsidiaries. Previously, such companies had only been allowed to own for-profit subsidiaries.
"This was an amendment that never really got a chance for public debate. It looked like a pretty shrewd lobbying effort that got that amendment on," said Ben Wilcox, research director for the independent government watchdog group Integrity Florida.
But Florida Blue said the amendment was not needed for the reorganization and noted it passed unanimously in the House and Senate.
The Florida Times-Union reported the state's top insurance regulator originally opposed the move amid concerns the restructure "may not adequately protect the interests of the policyholders."
A spokeswoman for the Office of Insurance Regulation said the commissioner had not made any decision yet. If the commissioner signs off, policy holders will still have to vote on the change.
When asked about the commissioner's original concern, Geraghty said "there was some confusion as the process started." He added, "I think today there is support for what we're trying to do."


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Little mention of Denmark[1], its people, or its culture can be found in Jefferson's correspondence. While American minister in France, Jefferson began negotiating a treaty of amity and commerce with Denmark, with its representative, the Baron de Blome. No treaty was signed, however, during Jefferson's European stay.
The rankling issue of Denmark's return to Britain of three ships captured by John Paul Jones during the American Revolution also remained unsettled, even during Jefferson's years as Secretary of State. In that post, Jefferson appointed the first American consul in Denmark, a Dane named Hans Rodolphe Saabye. He asked Saabye in 1792 to assure his government that "we are desirous to cultivate a reciprocation of favors, good offices and interests with them, and to encourage a mutual commerce on the most liberal grounds. Their subjects participate here of every right of the most favored nations, and we rely on their justice and friendship to receive ours with the like favor."[2]
After Jefferson's inauguration as President, the Danish charge Peder Pedersen was the first diplomatic envoy to be received by the new executive. There is no record that Pedersen was offended by Jefferson's informal attire, including slippers, as was British minster Anthony Merry some time later. Pedersen became a part of the Monticello family folklore, when he upset the dessert course on his head while dining at the President's House.
Jefferson's Library
Jefferson had at least three works on Denmark in his library. One of them, Robert Molesworth's Account of Denmark (1694), was famous among American revolutionary patriots for its exhibition of how the preservation of liberty was dependent on the vigilance of the people.
- Lord Robert Viscount Molesworth. Lord Molesworth's account of Denmark. Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie, 1752. Sowerby, 1:112.
- Paul Henri Mallet. Histoire de Dannemarc. Geneva, 1763. Sowerby, 1:113.
- Frederik Thaarup. Statistic of the Danish Monarchy. Udgave, Kiobenhavn, 1794. Sowerby, 3:43.
Primary Source References[3]
1786 May 12. (Jefferson to John Jay). "In the month of February, the Baron de Blome, minster plenipotentiary at this court from Denmark, informed me that he was instructed by his court to give notice to the ministers from the United States, appointed to negotiate a treaty of commerce with them..."[4]
1788 November 14. (Jefferson to John Jay). "I have received no answer yet from Denmark on the subject of the prizes: nor do I know whether to ascribe this silence to an intention to evade the demand, or to the multitude of affairs they have had on their hands lately."[5]
1790 August 26. (Jefferson to William Short). "Mr Campbell... asked me when a minster would be appointed to that court [Denmark] or a character sent to negotiate a treaty of commerce...that with respect to Denmark particularly, I might safely express to him those sentiments of friendship which our government entertained for that country..."[6]
1821. (Autobiography-As Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris). "Denmark and Tuscany entered also into negotiations with us."[7]


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Quirky Bookshelf Storage from Studio Proxy
Our focus on collections this past month has generated a lot of interest in display options, and we've seen some wonderful ways to tweak ordinary pieces to create extraordinary displays. As I am sure my recent movers would be happy to attest, my largest collection is definitely books, and the bookshelves necessary to store them. Though I get by with ordinary Billy bookshelves in my home, I find myself drawn to the unexpected beauty of the shelves above.
These pieces by Berlin-based Studio Proxy twist the form of the standard bookshelf without dramatically affecting the function. These unusual shelves have equally unusual names: Keep It Like a Secret, the King of Siam, even IKEA Hacks. Each shelf is a work of art but one that could easily blend with more standard offerings in any library or living room. The unexpected angles and variations in shelf height allow for a range of storage options and necessitate leaving some spaces completely open, all of which helps to create a one of a kind display that can accomodate multiple collections.
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Selected Abstracts from JASIS&T
note: We invite JASIS&T authors to submit structured
abstracts of their articles for possible inclusion in the Bulletin,
particularly those that might be of interest to practitioners.
From JASIS&T v. 56 (10)
L. (2005). R-sequences: relative indicators for the rhythm of
science, 1045-1049.
and Results:
evolution has its own rhythm. How can this rhythm be described and
made visible? To answer this question a relative indicator, called R-sequence,
was designed. The construction of the new indicator starts from a
publication-citation matrix. Based on such a matrix a series of
observed values and corresponding expected values are calculated.
Ratios of pairs of observed and expected values compose the
R-sequence. Two calculation methods of an R-sequence the
triangle method and the parallelogram method are introduced. As
a case study JASIS&Ts
R-sequences have been obtained.
New? The idea and method to design the R-sequence is new. R-sequences are
time-dependent indicators, derived from publication and citation
data, but independent of the absolute number of publications and
citations. Therefore they can be used to study and compare temporal
properties of research between different scientific fields, nations,
institutes or journals.
properties of the R-sequences are not yet derived in detail. Data
collection necessary for determining an R-sequence is often tedious,
and great care must be exercised not to collect wrong data.
Chaplan, M.A., & Hertenstein, E.J. (2005). Role-related library
use by local union officials, 1062-1074
Study and Results: Local union officials are involved in many roles that
require using information. This study is part of a larger research
project on the information needs and information-seeking behavior of
local union officials that also examines whether a model developed
to explain the information-seeking behavior of professional workers
is applicable to the behavior of local union officials. A
questionnaire was distributed to local union officials in the state
of Illinois to find out what information sources they use to carry
out their roles and whether the specific role affected the type of
source used. One section of the questionnaire asked about their
library use and the nature of their experiences when using
libraries. Local union officials use more than one type of library,
and they are usually satisfied with their experience when using
libraries. Their chief problems have more to do with inadequacies in
library collections than with library services, and they have
various suggestions for how collections and services could be
improved to make libraries more useful to them. Although suggestive,
richer information on local union officials' information-seeking
behavior is needed in order to determine the proposed model's
explanatory power.
New? The
study presents new information on a group of library users that have
not been studied in decades and relates their library use to their
union roles. The study collected specific information about library
use, both in order to understand their information-seeking behavior
and also in order to learn how to improve library service to this
group. It also proposes a possible model for union officials'
information-seeking behavior with directions for further research to
determine the applicability of the model.
The questionnaire was distributed in only one state, and the
response rate was less than ideal, although typical of other surveys
of union officials. The numbers in some categories were too small to
test hypotheses, and all data is presented in terms of frequencies.
The questionnaire, however, is one that could be used for surveys in
other states or on a national level.
From JASIS&T v. 56 (8)
Vaughan, L. & Shaw, D. (2005).
Web citation data for impact assessment: A comparison of four
science disciplines, 1075-1088
and Results:
In light of the growing interest in open access of scientific
publications, we investigated whether Web access can affect journal
impact. We sampled 5,972 articles published in 114 journals covering
four science disciplines. We searched for both ISI citations and Web
citations to these articles and found that the numbers of citations
correlated. However, the wider reach of the Web is evident: Web
citations are both more numerous and more evenly spread among
journals regardless of country of publication. About 30% of Web
citations in each subject area indicate intellectual impact
(citations from papers or class readings).
New? Web
citations correlate with ISI citations and provide a more global
assessment of impact as well as a balance to the geographic or
cultural biases. Web citations could supplement or potentially
replace analysis using citation databases.
Limitations: Four science disciplines were examined; therefore the conclusions may not hold in very different fields, such as humanities. The volatility of the Web and its openness to manipulation also limit extrapolation to other disciplines or times.
Erratum: We apologize for some serious cut-and-paste confusion in the What's New? column in the August/September 2005 issue of the Bulletin in the summary of an article by Jeffrey Pomerantz. One of his articles did, in fact, appear in volume 56, number 7 of JASIS&T. However, the title of the article in the citation is that of a summary we had previously published by Christian Schloegl and Wolfgang Stock, while the summary itself belongs to one of Jeffrey Pomerantz's later JASIS&T articles, A conceptual framework and open research questions for chat-based reference service. That article will appear in JASIS&T volume 56, number 12. We do not have a summary for his earlier article, the correct title of which is A linguistic analysis of question taxonomies.
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