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Today Alan Queen pointed me to his AIR application that allows to mix wave samples. It`s a really nice AIR application but what was the most remarkable thing is that it actually mixes samples and outputs a new wave file. That`s what i always (and still ;-)) dream to do with RichFLV but reencoding FLVs and Mp3 files with actionscript may not be possible because of the complex algorithms used for compression. But still i had to find out how it`s possible with Wave files. The trick is that the wave files have to be in PCM format. PCM is a periodical measure of acoustic pressure at regular intervals and thats why it`s possible to easily modify samples of PCM data with simplest math lik addition In order to mix two samples you just sum up the values of the two samples. Crazy easy!
So here is a quick and really dirty test:
This AIR app mixes two wave files. The wave files should have the same sample rate and have to use PCM encoding. I did not test it really well and stopped working on it when i got some results so this might not work with all waves. Yeah it`s pretty ugly (codewise) but i think i will not put more time into this so i thought i share this information and my code. I was also able to do some other modifications like modifiying the volume and stuff like that.
Get the AIR app: WaveReader.air
Get the Flex Project (source): WaveReader.zip
Now I go back to my super cool AIR project I`m working on ( to be released in december
08 07 ;-)) . And I`ve also started to work on RichFLV Version 2! Yeah i skip version1.0 and go directly to 2.0. In this version you`ll be able to import multiple FLV and Mp3 files and merge them together with all the export and editing functionality of version 1. Ah yeah and i`ve not forgotten my article series I`ll continue that soon – hopefully.


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Faded Photos of San Francisco
Richard over at Sparkletack recently wrote about the Charles Cushman Photograph Collection, which includes hundreds of pictures of San Francisco from the 1930′s to the 1960′s.
The images offer a fascinating tour of San Francisco history, from Chinatown in 1952
to hippies on Haight street in 1967:
The real coup, though, is to find an image of your own block or apartment from the photographic past. To that end, I've put the Cushman images which include a street address on a Google map. There aren't any pictures here from my block, but maybe you'll be luckier! Here's the map:
If you catch the old photo bug, the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection is another great place to look. Here's a photo I found of my block in 1926:
Just look at those cars!

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There are countless lotions and potions that promise youthful skin. Now there's something that may make the wrinkles under your eyes disappear instantly. It isn't magic, it's chemical engineering. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University published a report in the journal of Nature Materials on Monday about a product that can take some of the signs ...Read More »
May is skin cancer awareness month, early detection is crucial
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer at some point in their life, but it can be treated and cured if detected early, a dermatologist says. "Knowing your own skin is the key to discovering skin cancer early on. See a dermatologist for a skin check if you notice a spot, mole or lump on your body that ...Read More »
Feds expand Medicaid coverage to most of those in halfway houses
Thursday April 29, 2016 – Most inmates in halfway houses after release from prison will be eligible for Medicaid benefits under a new federal policy announced today. The change, part of a larger push by the Obama administration to help former inmates or reduce sentences, means nearly 100,000 people in halfway houses in states where they would be eligible for Medicaid should soon have access ...Read More »
Study shows childhood obesity on the rise
Rates of childhood overweight and obesity have not decreased in the U.S. in recent years, and severe obesity is on the rise, especially for minority children, according to a new study. Ten percent of teens now have severe obesity, lead researcher Asheley Skinner of the Duke Clinical Research Institute told Reuters Health by phone. The public health campaigns and White ...Read More »
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Friday April 15, 2016 – WASHINGTON — E-cigarette use continued to rise among young teenagers and preteens in the United States last year, according to new federal data, but cigarette smoking overall did not increase, suggesting that, at least so far, fears that the devices would hook a new generation on traditional cigarettes have not come to pass. Experts ...Read More »
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Unemployed smokers have more difficulty finding a job – and when they do find one, they tend to earn less than their smoke-free counterparts, a study suggests. Among unemployed people in the San Francisco Bay Area, nonsmokers were 30 percent more likely than smokers to have found a job a year after entering the study, researchers found. The new ...Read More »
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Monday April 11, 2016 – The cost of health care that could save the lives of millions of children and their mothers every year would be less than $5 per person, researchers report. The money would expand basic health services — such as birth control, nutritional supplements and medication to treat serious illnesses such as pneumonia and malaria — in ...Read More »


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The flaw in the plan to make Ryan Giggs the next Wales manager
OTP throws a spanner in the works
With rumours flying around that Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs is now the Football Assocation of Wales' preferred candidate to become their new national team manager, OTP felt obliged to step in at this stage and stop them from making a massive mistake.
Appointing Giggs would leave the FAW significantly out of pocket.
History tells us that Giggs never turns up for Wales friendly games. Now, he has managed to get away with that for years as a player but it could be viewed as quite an unprofessional trait as the team's manager.
And while whimsical injuries suggested by Sir Alex Ferguson have always smoothed things over in the past, we don't think chewing gum lockjaw is going to cut it as a reason to be absent from the Millennium Stadium dugout.
Then there is the expense of repeatedly hiring Jason Koumas as caretaker manager for the friendly matches to be taken into account. Employing two managers would not be a wise move for the FAW.
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Distribution already starts with promoting the product regardless whether the advertised product is actually bought or nor. This is, in a nutshell, the take-away of the most recent decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered with regard to the interpretation of Article 4 (1 of the InfoSoc Directive 2001/29 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (CJEU, judgment of 13 May 2015, C-516/13 – Dimensione vs. Knoll).
The case at issue was originally referred to the CJEU in 2013 by the German Federal Court of Justice. The German judges had to deal with an Italian manufacturer of designer furniture which offered its products via Internet, in various German newspapers and magazines as well as in a German advertising brochure. The Italian firm was not in possession of a license from the Knoll group which actually held the copyrights to the designs once created by such famous designers as Marcel Breuer ( "Wassily", "Laccio" table, etc.) and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ("Barcelona" chairs, stools, couches and tables, "Brno" and "Prague" chairs, etc.). Not surprisingly, Knoll took offense of the advertising in Germany. However, as the sale and purchase took place in Italy and only the promotion was directed to the German consumers, the judges had to decide whether mere promotion falls within the definition of the distribution right as set out in Article 4 (1) of the Directive 2001/29.
The first and second instance courts both ruled in favour of Knoll and banned the Italian manufacturer form promoting its products in Germany. The German Federal Court eventually stayed the proceedings and referred three questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling. In first place, the German judges wanted to know whether the distribution right under Article 4 (1) of the Directive 2001/29 includes the right to offer the original or copies of the work to the public for sale. If the first question were to be answered in the affirmative, then two follow-up questions were posed: Does the right to offer relate to contractual offers only or are pure advertising measures covered as well? And, is it of relevance whether the promoted product is actually sold on the basis of the promotion?
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The CJEU interprets the exclusive right to distribute a copyright-protected work as defined in Article 4 (1) of the Directive 2001/29 in a truly broad and embracing sense. The judges do so in reference to the notion of "distribution" constituting an independent concept of EU law. Further, it is emphasized that any EU legislation must, so far as possible, be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with international law, in particular where its provisions are intended specifically to give effect to an international agreement concluded by the European Union, such as the WIPO Copyright Treaty of 1996 (see also CJEU, C-5/11 – Donner).
Against this background, the CJEU points out that any "distribution to the public" is characterised by a series of acts eventually culminating in the conclusion and performance of a contract of sale (see CJEU, C-98/13 – Blomqvist). This series may very well commence with acts or steps preceding the actual conclusion of the purchase agreement. According to the judges, also a mere invitation to submit an offer, or a non-binding advertisement for a protected object also fall under the series of acts taken with the objective of selling the respective object. This applies irrespectively from whether the offer is of pure domestic nature or stemming from a merchant seated in another Member State, but directed to the domestic consumers by way of a website, print ads or brochures held in the respective language.
Further, the CJEU rules that it is irrelevant, for a finding of an infringement of the distribution right, that such advertising is not followed by the transfer of ownership of the protected work or a copy thereof to the purchaser. Rather, it is already sufficient to invited, by targeted advertising, third parties to acquire ownership of the original or a copy of that work.
By accepting pure promotional acts as adequate in terms of the concept of contribution to the public, the CJEU clearly chooses an opening gate for Article 4 (1) of the Directive 2001/29 which is quite "upstream". Hence, right holders will, in practice, benefit quite substantially from the current ruling. For, they neither need to prove the existence of a binding offer of a contract of sale nor the actual sale of the work at issue. As a matter of fact, the threshold for demonstrating mere promotional activity that is intended to eventually bring about the sale of the promoted product is recognizably lower.
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Despite seeing some of his close friends come and go, Quincy Wilson still remains 100 percent committed to the University of Florida.
Wilson has seen fellow South Florida products Dalvin Cook, Ermon Lane and Chris Lammons decommit from UF in the last 20 days, and has even cut ties with one of them
"I'm done with Ermon," Wilson said Sunday after being in attendance for South Florida Express 7-on-7 tryouts at Hollywood McArthur High. "I don't talk to him no more.
"I just don't like what he did. He didn't really have no reason to decommit. He would've fit in well with the offense that we're bringing in."
Wilson's friendship with Lane, the Homestead wide receiver, ironically started because of their participation with the 7-on-7 team last year. It also solidified his ties with Lammons - the Plantation athlete Wilson is the most close with of the three decommits. Lane, Lammons and Wilson all committed to Florida on Aug. 12, 2013.
"I kind of knew Chris was not really committed 100 percent, but he's got to do what's best for him and his family," Wilson said of Lammons, who withdrew his pledge after UF received a commitment on Jan. 9 from five-star cornerback Jalen Tabor of Friendship Academy in Washington, D.C. "I'm not mad. He's got to do what he's got to do."
Wilson has now shifted his focus to helping the Gators get better on the recruiting trail in the coming weeks with National Signing Day on Feb. 5. He has already made an impact on Deerfield Beach running back Brandon Powell, who enrolled at UF on Jan. 10 – two days after the longtime Hurricanes commit was supposed to enroll at the University of Miami.
"It was really good to get [Powell] because of Dalvin [decommitting on Dec. 31, 2013]," Wilson said, referring to the loss of Cook, the Miami Central running back now enrolled at FSU. "And he's a great player, too. He's just as good as Dalvin."
Next up on Wilson's radar: Plantation American Heritage slot receiver Isaiah McKenzie and cornerback Adoree' Jackson from Junipero Serra High in Gardena, Ca.
"We're going to have the next couple of weeks until signing day," Wilson said. "We've got some big stuff happening."
Wilson has an in-home visit set for Monday night with Gators defensive backs coach Travaris Robinson and defensive coordinator D.J Durkin. He will take his official visit to UF on Saturday.
"I remain solid because I believe in what Coach [Will] Muschamp is doing and the guys he's bringing in," Wilson said. "Florida plays great defense, and I want to play in a great defense.
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The London Knit Crawl: St Pauls Cathedral
Posted by Deadly Knitshade on June 17, 2007
As the St Pauls clock struck noon three of Stitch and Bitch London's Stitchettes made themselves comfortable on the steps of the grand cathedral, pulled out their sticks and string, and began the very first stitches of the official 2007 Stitch and Bitch London knit crawl.
We were lucky with the weather. The sun shone down, the bells rang and gradually more and more knitters began to arrive. We even had a couple of four-legged group members (or though they were more interested in the bitching rather than the stitching).
A vicar stopped by to comment on our cathedral-steps stitching , countless tourists snapped away with their cameras (whilst pretending to be taking a photo of their friends), even Queen Victoria (in statue form) has cheeky peek over her stone shoulder.
By the end of hour one of our Knit Crawl we had gone from three to ten knitters. The stitching on the steps was done.
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Sunday, January 28 –1 pm and 3pm The Science of Sinkholes
There are many features on the land around us that have helped scientists learn more about Ice Age mammals. For example, did you know that the remains of ancient animals and plants have been found preserved in features such as sinkholes, tar pits, quicksand, and bogs? These features are not as common in Yukon as they are in other parts of North America. You may have heard about sinkholes swallowing roads and cars, but have you heard about them swallowing a mammoth, a camel, or a short-faced bear? A sinkhole at the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota has preserved the greatest concentration of mammoth remains in the world!
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Culver City Democratic Club – 62 Years
General Membership Meeting – Veterans Auditorium Rotunda
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
A. Guests included: Jared Morgan, Scott Houston, Taylor Bazley, Randy Arizmendiz and Solomon Rivera.
B. Jared Morgan, assistant with Karen Bass' campaign asked for signatures for her campaign.
C. Jeffrey Prang running for the Los Angeles County Assessor re-introduced himself.
E. Executive Board Meeting will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at Pat Levinson's home.
Motion to adjourn moved by Martin Goldberg, seconded by Jonathan Friedman.. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
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More than two decades after rising out of the Chicago indie scene with the hit alt-rock single "Seether" on debut album "American Thighs," Veruca Salt's Louise Post and Nina Gordon are the first to admit that though their passion for music hasn't changed, their lifestyles have.
"It used to be about our Johnny Walker Black," Gordon says, as the two sit down at a bright and airy cafe in Studio City. "Now, it's our lattes."
Regardless, Veruca Salt's original lineup has returned for the first time since the late '90s with "Ghost Notes," a record that doesn't shy away from scrutinizing the band's tumultuous breakup. (Veruca Salt celebrates Friday's release of "Ghost Notes" with a performance Saturday at the El Rey Theatre.)
After the release of the sophomore album "Eight Arms to Hold You" in 1997, drummer Jim Shapiro quit the band. Gordon and bassist Steve Lack left in 1998, leaving Post alone under the Veruca Salt moniker for two subsequent albums.
"The expectation was for us to skyrocket," Post said. "We were so disappointed when we felt like anything short of that was happening."
"When blunt haircuts and grungy guitar work go the way of the Pet Rock, the band will likely survive," read a 1995 review for a Veruca Salt concert that ran in The Times. "Its sense of style and feel seem too strong to be rendered obsolete."
"Our favorite thing in the whole world was to sing together, sing harmonies and kick on our distortion pedals," Gordon said. "The industry, the expectations, all of that stuff is part of what ate away at the trust and bond."
After years of scarce correspondence and each writing scathing songs about the other, Post and Gordon, both having started families, began talking on the phone and reviving their friendship.
"Everything was friendly, but we didn't discuss music," Gordon said.
However, when Gordon noticed the buzz Mazzy Star was receiving after its 2012 reunion and appearance at Coachella, it triggered a desire to play music again with Post.
"We met for dinner, and we laughed and we cried," Gordon said. "We saw each other for the first time in 14 years."
But before recruiting Lack and Shapiro to restart Veruca Salt, Post and Gordon first had to reconnect musically.
Post shared an idea for a song that would become the new album's final track, "Alternica," which looks back on the alternative music scene that gave birth to their band. For Gordon, hearing Post's song signaled a need for the duo to write about the friendship that had spawned Veruca Salt.
"The most powerful and wounded place was our relationship," Gordon said. "That was the place we needed to write from."
With Post and Gordon both raising families, the songwriting demanded a joint effort. "We relied on each other to write these songs and to finish these songs," Post said. "We've never really done that before."
Post and Gordon used the tracks of "Ghost Notes" to deconstruct the breakup of the band and their relationship. "Black and Blonde," a song Gordon had previously released in 2000 as a searing critique of Post, was rerecorded for the group's new album.
"We reclaimed it and reframed it to be a song about us and what happened to us, not what was done to me," Gordon said.
Reuniting to retell the emotions of the breakup, Post and Gordon made a point not to hold back any feelings. The album "is the exclamation point of all the excavation we did in order to be able to heal and come back together as a unit," Post said.
Post and Gordon said naming the record "Ghost Notes" became an allegory for the tracks that were inspired by the band's breakup. "I think of each song as a page torn out of a notebook, our notebook," Post said. "It's our way of honoring a time and letting it have its day."
Even though "Ghost Notes" focuses on recovering and rebuilding after the band's breakup, the opening track, "The Gospel According to Saint Me," makes it clear that the reunited band still means business.
"It's gonna get loud," Gordon sings with backup vocals from Post. "It's gonna get heavy."
With the band's signature mix of sticky pop melodies over crunchy, distorted guitars, "Ghost Notes" has become the third Veruca Salt album that never was, a proper follow-up to "Eight Arms to Hold You." However, Post said Veruca Salt didn't aim to recapture an established formula.
"There was no conscious decision to stay true to our sound or even recognition that we had a sound," she said. "It was just the four same people making an album, with all these years in between."
Veruca Salt
Where: El Rey Theatre
When: 9 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $25
Info: https://www.theelrey.com


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The forum has made these suggestions to Parliament's standing committee on energy. It says power regulatory bodies need to be armed with the same enforcement power as given to a court decree, on the Lines of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity.
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On regulatory independence, FoR has said as a regulatory panel is a collegiate body, non-performance cannot be a ground for removal of an individual member. It has recommended that the amendments in section 90 and the clause 109A proposed by the ministry of power be dropped. It has suggested FoR determine 'normative standards of performance', which would allow for self-assessment and evaluation.
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So many things to do, so little time in 24 hours of "Jerusalem Day!" Although many tempting activities city-wide beckoned, nothing beats parading down Jaffa Road with hundreds of thousands of our closest friends, walking around the Old City singing "Am Yisrael Chai," entering through Damascus Gate and marching to the Kotel, where we met up with hundreds of thousands more of our Jewish (and Jewish-supportive "Christian Zionist" and "Noahide" friends) and we were ALL TOGETHER (albeit often in a stifling, too-close-for-comfort and somewhat oxygen-deprived way).
Walking - no, marching - into the Old City via Damascus Gate, past closed Arab-owned stalls and stores, young Arab men stood on balconies, rooftops and through windows looking at us - and by "us" I mean the huge crowd of flag-waving, kippah-wearing Jews singing songs about rebuilding the Beit HaMigdash (Holy Temple, whose site in currently occupied by their Dome of the Rock ).
Yes they were looking at us, and smoking, waiting and thinking. One lone late middle-aged Arab woman stood alone in a doorway and our eyes met. "Sorry for all the noise," my eyes said to hers, "But that's what you get when you live in the middle of the world's most contested piece of real estate."
"I hate you and all your kind, and we will eventually get you," her eyes replied.
"No you won't, and you'll only bring more misery on yourself and your people by trying. Can't we all just get along?" My eyes pleaded with hers.
"No," she narrowed and spat me a glance. "Never."
"Sorry to hear that. See you."
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For the last week i've been keeping in mind 'how should the old man act', and now, i've got a pretty solid idea in mind. I found looking at him I was reminded of Keith Richards, the boneyness of him but also his elegance and vibrancy in movement... Have a look at this video
I want him to move alot like Keith Richards does.. imagine him by himself going about his home, routeing round his study looking for something. The only exception, is I imagine him to be a more depressed Keith Richards.., not so bouncy like he is. What I like is the way he flails his limbs about and is expressive in that way.
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I see him as about 75 (if only to directly compete with Kernel..), a bloke whos been a labourer his whole life, he's still got that strength and self assurance in his abilities, only now he's more fragile.
Derek suggested to me doping the character and this fits the bill perfect. This way he can still have these grand gestures and the self assurance to carry himself as he would do, except now he has a stutter to his movement, suggested fragility & effort.
When he walks, he walks from the hips. He kinda swings his torso about, and his shoulders arch to and throw. He holds his head high, wise & pride old man.
Kinda like how Jim Morrison arches about. I like the allusion to rock stars. I think the old man's got that in him, its much like how many of them tended towards growing a beard and long hair at one time in their life's..
It seems like a subconcious thing on their part to go this way... fitting the Jesus mould so to speak. The wise old man up on the podium or the stage spouting knowledge waiting to be a martyr.
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Classic Jade Themes
The culture of jade is a very significant and indispensable component of Chinese culture. The early records of jade in China can be dated back to the Stone Age. Therefore the Theme system of jade is incredibly rich in China. Below is a brief view of some typical Theme genres in jade jewelries and carvings.
1. Auspicious Jade Themes:
Chinese Dragon, phoenix, auspicious cloud, LingZhi, and RuYi are the most often used ones. For example:
- Theme: Chinese dragon and phoenix: Chinese believe the Dragon is the king of animals and the phoenix the queen of birds. They used to fight each other, but since the dragon won and married phoenix then the whole world started to enjoy the peace and prosperity for generations. Dragon and phoenix also represents happy marriage and prosperous family.
- Theme: Bats. Bat enjoys the same pronunciation as "luck" and "prosperity" in Chinese . It is also the reason why bat is also representing auspicious Theme.
- Theme: Pie couple landing on the plum branch. Chinese always believe pie is a kind of auspicious bird, who will send you the good and happy news.
- Theme: three goats. Goat enjoys the same pronunciation as "sun". This Theme means three suns shall bright your future, and bring you prosperity.
- Theme: RuYi. RuYi means as you wish.
2. Long live and happiness Jade Themes
- Theme: three gods of luck, longevity, and fortune. Some time you might see the Theme of the god of longevity with deer (representing the god of fortune) and bat (representing the god of luck) instead.
- Theme: deer, crane, and phoenix tree. Deer and crane are auspicious animals and represent fortune and longevity respectively.
- Theme: tortoise and crane. Tortoise enjoys long living life, so together with crane they represent longevity.
3. Prosperous Family Jade Themes
- Theme: lotus, lily, China green, and box. This Theme represents a lifetime happy marriage.
- Theme: Chinese Bulbul and peony. Due to its white head, Chinese Bulbul couple have always been consider as the marriage paragon. Peony represents rich and honor.
4. Thriving Career Jade Themes
- Theme: carp jumping across the dragon gate. There was a legend, that if the carp can jump through the dragon gate then it can become a dragon immediately. This Theme represents becoming successful and famous.
- Theme: bamboo. Bamboo grows up sector by sector, so this Theme means continuously success.
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- There are few famous Buddha figures people usually wearing to prey for protection and good luck, such as Guanyin, Mile, and Zhongkui etc.


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This is 2 coats of OPI Gelcolor Wooden Shoes Like to Know. I added a fade with Additivies - Blush Bronze and Burning Ember, then dotted OPI Topcoat, cured and wiped with alcohol. The effect was very subtle.
The first time I tried this effect I used Gelish Structure Gel and it turned out great but had a pretty bumpy finish. So I tried using Topcoat this time but I find that the dots ended up running together in some places. So I will definitely not use Topcoat again.
I felt my nails were yellowing slightly since I wore regular polish for a couple of weeks and decided to go with something light for a change. This is 2 coats of Shellac Cake Pop and some water decals. I put the decals over the 'finished' gel manicure and then top coated with Seche Vite. I didn't think I'd want to wear this for the full two weeks and I was right....
I ended up removing the decals and stamped with one of my new Bundle Monster plates using China Glaze Cranberry Splash which I also used to paint an accent. Definitely my favorite red ever!
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It's Step Up. The setting was moved from MSA to NYU but it's still Step Up. And aside from the NYU setting, the rest remained pretty much predictable.
Before I wrote further, I had to say that it's nice that we could see familiar faces throughout the film. We got Moose from Step Up 2: The Streets as the leading actor. We got Camille from Step Up as one of the female protagonists. We even got the MSA crews like Cable, Kido, and some others that I'm sure you'll come to notice if you watched the whole series again.
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The following is a comment I wrote on a post published by The Intercept about raising the minimum wage in New York, which argued that since Ford paid his workers the inflation adjusted equivalent of $15 per hour in 1914, a $15 minimum wage would be appropriate today.
I appreciate Mr. Schwarz's concern for low-skilled workers. We all want everyone to be able to afford a decent living. However, in economics, it is important to separately consider positive and normative questions (though, of course, the former can inform the latter). So part of the positive question in this instance is, what factors determine prices? As Mr. Schwarz alludes to (though expressing contempt for such an idea), and what most economists would say is, price is a function of supply and demand. Employers provide the demand for labor. However, if the price of labor is higher than the marginal productivity of that labor engaged in a certain purpose, employers will generally not hire labor for that purpose because it will result in a loss. Thus, any jobs at which people are employed in which they create less than $15 per hour in productivity will not be profitable with a $15 per hour minimum wage. Perhaps one could make an argument that employers have a certain level of bargaining power (for reasons such as occupational licensure, costs of starting a business, etc.) such that they are able to pay employees less than their marginal productivity, but regardless of this, employers will not pay their employees above their marginal productivity without incurring losses.
Thus, there are some limitations in Mr. Schwarz's analysis. One is that he has not established that the marginal productivity of Ford employees in 1914 is directly comparable to the marginal productivity of all workers currently making less than $15 per hour. If the marginal productivity of Ford workers then was higher than the marginal productivity of low-skilled workers today, then we are comparing apples to oranges. For similar reasons, there are limitations in comparing a 1914 Model T to a 2015 Ford Fiesta, which are obviously quite different products in terms of technology, comfort, performance, etc. Although value is subjective, there is a good case to be made that, other than for collector purposes, the latter car is much more valuable than the first in terms of actual function (in other words, if Ford made the Model T today with the same physical properties that it had in 1914, it would likely fetch a much lower price than the Fiesta. Therefore, in terms of actual purchasing power, being able to buy a Ford Fiesta is evidence of much greater purchasing power).
The fact that GDP per capita is several times higher now than in 1914 does not mean that a $15 minimum wage will increase the incomes of those with a marginal productivity below $15 an hour, for the reasons mentioned above. No matter how rich an employer is, they will not willingly pay a wage that is greater than a worker's marginal productivity because they will incur a loss by hiring that worker. The empirical question is whether those workers making less than $15 an hour are being paid significantly less than their marginal productivity. For those whom the answer is no, a minimum wage will not increase their wages if their productivity remains below $15 per hour.


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Howard Temin was born in Philadelphia. His father was an attorney and his mother was involved in educational civic affairs. Temin was interested in biology and during high school, he was accepted into the summer research program at Jackson Memorial Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. Temin spent four summers there learning about the world of biological research.
After high school, Temin went to Swarthmore College and majored in biology. In 1955, he went to graduate school at the California Institute of Technology. Although he started in biology, he became more interested in animal virology. His doctorate thesis was on work done on Rous sarcoma virus in Renato Dulbecco's laboratory. After his Ph.D. in 1959, he stayed in Dulbecco's lab for another year as a postdoctoral fellow. During this time, he developed his provirus theory, which hypothesized that RSV and other RNA viruses entered the cell and then made DNA copies of themselves before integrating into the host genome.
In 1960, he was offered an assistant professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the next four years in his basement laboratory, Temin performed the experiments that proved his provirus theory. He published his results in 1964 and in 1975 shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with David Baltimore and Renato Dulbecco for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
Temin stayed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and eventually became a full professor. In 1974 he also became an American Cancer Society Professor of Viral Oncology and Cell Biology. He was also on the editorial boards of several journals: Journal of Virology, Journal of Cellular Physiology, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Temin was a well-recognized figure around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. He walked or biked to and from work everyday along the same path following the lakeshore. In 1998, the University dedicated the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path in his honor.
Although Temin did not smoke, he died in 1994 from lung cancer.
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Subway: Free Sandwich Fail
So, I feel that it's pretty established by now that I am a common patron of Jared's favorite haunt: Subway. Well, as such, I am one of those people that keeps one of their cards on me to rack up points for the occasional free sandwich. Makes sense to me. The only skin off my back is having to remember to hand them the stupid thing before paying for my sub.
So, a little while back, I had a hankering for a roast beef sub. Not unheard of, and we were heading to Subway anyways as it is in the same complex that my roommate and I do our grocery shopping. I had remembered from my last visit that they had pointed out that I had accumulated enough points for a free 6-inch sub. Perfect. I went into subway, ordered my sub, handed them my card…and guess what?
Apparently roast beef is a Premium sub, and you can only use the free deals on things that are on the five-dollar-foot-long side of the fence. So lame. So, here is the cautionary tale of there always being a catch…at least the sub was tasty though, but it could have done with some of that special sauce called free sandwich.


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Movers & Shakers: Erin Andrews
February 2016
Sportscaster Erin Andrews has been spotted on the field more than once in her VB – and now she gives us insider tips what to know before the big game, her favorite on-field uniform, top game time snacks and more!
What is your game day uniform?Since I don't have a Sunday off during the season, my Sunday uniform is based on the weather and comfort. I tend to wear a skinny jean or pant, a fun blazer or coat, and some sort of stylish flat. There are way too many cables to jump over on the sidelines and too much ground to cover to wear heels.
Funniest (or most clever) fashion faux-pas you've seen at a game?I think the funniest fashion faux-pas I've seen at a game is when women try to wear "club style outfits"….like high heels. That is flat out crazy to me. Fans have to walk a lot at games…who wants to wear heels??? Be comfortable…
Who are you most interested in interviewing?I love talking to players and coaches with great stories. Also, its great to catch a guy on the sideline with an awesome personality. I get it…these players get so tired of answering the same questions over and over. So have fun with me….the guys that do, and we're able to have a back and forth..that's the best….ie: Cam Newton, Patrick Peterson, Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett
Favorite halftime show? (or, Dream halftime performer?)Beyonce….and let's be serious…when Britney Spears came out w/ N'Sync and Aerosmith…."Walk this way!!!!"
Any insider scoop on Super Bowl 2016?After the way this season went in the NFL, its so hard to predict anything. My heart is telling me one thing and my mind is telling me another….I'll leave it at that!
How would you ideally love to watch the Super Bowl?For me watching a game and not working it is really hard. Ideally, I'd love to be working this game. Its harder to watch it when you aren't working it. I want to know what's being said on the sidelines, in the production meetings, in the huddles…. Our Fox crew ends up texting each other the whole time…its like we can't be apart for a game.
Your secret weapon?Good concealer!!!! My tempurpedic pillow!! You don't get a lot of sleep on the road…Anything that can help me cover my dark circles!! And my neck pillow to help me try and get some shut eye!!
Your on-the-road workout or health routine?I'm lucky b/c my crew is very health conscious on the road. I like to try and Yelp any barre or yoga studios by our hotel. I'll pop in and take a class everyday I'm on the road. Working out helps me feel better when I'm living out of a suitcase
Your ultimate Super Bowl party has...Beer or wine? Both! Nachos or wings? Both! Popcorn or pretzels? Both! Dan Marino or Jerry Rice? Can I ask Brett Favre to come?
Your job in 3 words?Unpredictable, Crazy, Awesome
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I usually ask Mr. N to perform some tricks during spare moments while we're out and about. Mr. N often does tricks for people on store counters, while we're waiting in line, and in the middle of walks.
Generalizing (responding to cues in environments different from the one that it was learned in) can be hard for dogs so doing this exposes Mr. N to practicing his tricks in a variety of settings and among different distractions. Your dog may sit in the living room but not outdoors in a park with squirrels which is why we're always practicing to build up fluency and improve on the three D's (distractions, duration and distance).
The tricks we practice tend to be ones without props and those that can be done in tiny spaces while being mostly stationary. Due to Mr. N's compact size, space is not a huge concern but for bigger dogs, you don't want them knocking into things and people. Some of the tricks that we practice:
- Touch
- High five/shake/fist bump variants
- Take a bow
- Cover your eyes
- Sit/down/stand
- Are you sad (down with head on the ground)?
- Cross your paws
- Wave
- Lick your nose
I like to make sure the treats I am giving him are healthy so if I have to adjust his food intake due to a lot of training that day, he's not filling up on junk. We only have so many calories a day to work with and raw food is not the easiest to use for training.
We like Sojos treats because they are single-ingredient protein treats, easy to stick in my purse and carry it around, and meet Mr. N's exacting standards. He likes raw food and people food the best of course but these run a close second. And they fare much better in my purse for long periods. Like all freeze-dried treats, there tends to be some crumbling. I save the crumbs and toss them in with Mr. N's regular food as a topper. They come in a number of different proteins too which is nice for dogs with allergies and for variety's sake.
We are doing a giveaway for Sojos treats for two lucky winners. What sorts of tricks or behaviors will you be practicing with your dog?
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(Note: For more information on the Invitation to the Dance Movie blogathon, see the original notice at the Ferdy on Films blog.)
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Dance Movie? What's that?
An exact definite of "dance movie" is pretty hard to come by. A search of the web doesn't produce much of anything definitive, although all the usual suspects (Wikipedia, Britannica Online, etc) seem to agree that it's a subset of the musical. Filmsite.org provides a representative definition of musical / dance films as
"cinematic forms that emphasize and showcase full-scale song and dance routines in a significant way (usually with a musical or dance performance as part of the film narrative, or as an unrealistic 'eruption' within the film). Or they are films that are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography. In traditional musicals, cast members are ones who sing. Musicals highlight various musical artists or dancing stars, with lyrics that support the story line, often with an alternative, escapist vision of reality - a search for love, success, wealth, and popularity. This genre has been considered the most escapist of all major film genres. Tremendous film choreography and orchestration often enhances musical numbers."
So: dance films are musicals with dance; sometimes the dance furthers the storyline, and sometimes it pauses it... a pretty broad definition.
And this doesn't include films that document dance performances, or films that include dance without centering on it or being a musical, films that don't feature stars, or films that use dance instead of language to tell the story. And what about dance films that aren't escapist? Maybe it's just too hard to encapsulate "dance film" in an easy definition; to paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, you can't define it, but you know it when you see it.
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There are movies that are generally acknowledged to be dance films. Fred and Ginger dancing away the Depression, Gene Kelly singing in the rain, and Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr sweeping across the floor surrounded by yards of dress are universally recognized as iconic images in the category (and if there's a Golddigger hoofing it around the rings of Saturn, it's a safe bet that it's a dance movie). Many films developed from Broadway musicals, such as West Side Story and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, or Godspell and All That Jazz, are permanently listed in the annals of dance film.
But those aren't the only dance films. Dance is universal across cultures, and dance films span time, genres, and national borders, from something as simple as a record of a dance performance to a full-blown expression of emotion or action in the context of a plot. And they come up in the darnedest places. Think about all the times dance appears in a movie that isn't tagged as a musical, much less a dance film: the legendary dance contest in Pulp Fiction; the waltz across Grand Central Station in The Fisher King; the synchronized steps of the IDF soldiers at target practice in the very political Divine Intervention; and one of my favorites, Lady Wakasa'a dance of love and seduction for Genjuro in Ugetsu Monogatari.
So what makes a dance movie a dance movie? Is it the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire - or, for that matter, Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred did, except backwards and in high heels? The joy of being on the town or at a clambake? Or something more? And how well does that "something" travel, how much can change and a movie still be considered dance? What do time and changing social perceptions do to that definition? This little corner of the Invitation to the Dance Blogathon will spend the next week peeking around some corners and turning over a few stones to look at dance in some out-of-the-way places. It'll be a chance to look from a different perspective, learn a few new things, and have some fun along the way.


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One of the biggest problems with electric cars is "range anxiety," which occurs when those who own electric cars worry that their car will not be able to last until the next charge.
On Sunday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he would address this problem in relation to Tesla's Model S sedan at a news conference on Thursday.
In terms of range anxiety, the Model S is already pretty solid.
The Model S comes in four variations, delivering ranges of between 208 and 270 miles per charge, according to Tesla. That is far better than the ranges of other electric vehicles on the market, most of which deliver ranges of less than 100 miles per charge.
And Tesla is still expanding its extensive network of supercharger stations, which provide free high-speed recharging to Tesla owners for life. As Tesla steadily fills the supercharger gaps, at least in the US, range anxiety will diminish.
The update could entail a number of things. For instance, it could better distribute the existing power in the Tesla Model S, or it could provide more accurate warning systems to quell driver concerns about existing limitations, or it could involve something else entirely.
In January, the company released a software update that made the Tesla's top-of-the-line Model S, the P85D, significantly faster. And Musk gave some more details Tuesday:
Musk has been criticized for tweeting out veiled announcements at odd hours and not quite delivering. We shall see!
Matthew Debord and Taylor Lorenz contributed to this report.
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