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Google Now for iOS has most of the features from Google's Android app and plenty of customization options that aren't available in the Android app. There aren't many missing cards: research topics, activity summary and events nearby.
I was surprised to see that Google added a lot of settings that let you tweak each card. For example, you can customize the traffic card and decide when it appears and the transportation mode for commutes and other trips.
Since most Google Now cards use location data, it's obvious that Google wants to update your location even when you're not using the app. "Location Reporting helps Google Now show you cards related to traffic alerts, directions, and more. Turning on Location Reporting allows Google to periodically access your location data, even when an app is not in use. If you have Location History enabled, reported locations are stored in your Location History. (...) Since Location Reporting has been optimized to use GPS as infrequently as possible, there should be minimal impact on your battery life." Location Reporting can be disabled from the app's settings section, while Location History can be disabled from the Google Latitude site.
It's interesting to notice that Google Now for iOS is placed less prominently, at the bottom of the screen. You need to swipe up to see the cards. Google Search for iOS doesn't show notifications yet, so you need to constantly open the application to see the new information.


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These mustard seeds aren't spicy until they are cracked and mixed with a liquid—generally wine or vinegar. Photo of mustard seeds by Magda Skale | SXC.
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CAPSULE REPORT: Mustard is an ancient condiment. Although it wasn't the Romans' favorite (they preferred a fermented fish sauce), wealthy Romans made mustard fresh at the dinner table, by grinding the seeds on their plates. The monks of Gaul raised mustard making to an art, and Dijon became the mustard epicenter because a mustard-loving Pope needed a sinecure for his lazy nephew. There's a National Mustard Day—August 4th—but with the hundreds of different types of mustard available, most at just five or ten calories a tablespoon, it should be enjoyed every day of the year. This is Page 1 of a four-page article. Click on the black links below to visit other pages.
The origins of mustard are lost to history, but it is a Northern Hemisphere plant, the seeds of which have been found in Stone Age settlements. Egyptians tossed the seeds onto their food, and sent King Tut to the great beyond with a goodly supply in his tomb. The Sumerians ground it into a paste and mixed it with verjus, the juice of unriped grapes. Wealthy Romans ground it and mixed it with wine at the table. Cultivated for thousands of years, mustard was the primary spice known to Europeans before the advent of the Asian spice trade: Westerners had mustard long before pepper, which originated in India. Once trade routes were established, ancient people from India to Egypt to Rome chewed mustard seeds with their meat for seasoning.
Our word mustard comes from the Middle English mustarde, meaning condiment; which in turn comes from the Old French mostarde. Mosto derives from the Latin mustum, the word for grape must, or young, unfermented wine, which was the liquid mixed with ground mustard seed by French monks who made the condiment. (Today, white wine and verjus, the juice of unripe grapes, are used to make several varieties of mustard; various vinegars are used to make most others.) The monk's word for mustard was mustum ardens, meaning "burning wine."
The Mustard Plant
There are about 40 species of mustard plants. The ones used to make the commercial mustard products are the black, brown and white mustard. White mustard, which originated in the Mediterranean basin, is what largely ends up as bright yellow hot dog mustard; brown mustard, which originated in the Himalayas, is the basic Chinese restaurant mustard served in America and the basis for most American and European mustards; and black mustard is popular in the Middle East and Asia Minor, where it originated (it needs to be hand-harvested, so isn't used much in the West). The mustard plant is in the same family as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collard, kale and kohlrabi.
The condiment is made from the tiny seeds of the plant, which do not become pungent until they are cracked and mixed with a liquid. It is sold in powder form or already mixed as a paste (when it is properly called prepared mustard). All parts of the mustard plant are edible: The leaves of the plant, known as mustard greens, are delicious in salads when they are young and tender. Older leaves with stems may be eaten fresh as a vegetable. Mustard greens are often cooked with ham or salt pork, and are used in soups and stews. The mustard seeds are also used to make an aromatic oil, and the flowers can be enjoyed as edible decorations.
Here, the mustard seeds have been cracked, exposing the brown kernel inside, and mixed with vinegar to create spicy, "whole grain" mustard. Photo by Dominic Morel | SXC.
Not only tasty, the mustard plant also has significant health benefits. Mustard seeds contain nutrients called isothiocyanates that have been shown to prevent the growth of cancer cells, particularly with regards to stomach and colon cancer. The seeds also contain selenium, which reduces the severity of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis, and magnesium, which may reduce high blood pressure and the frequency of migraines.
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A suicide car bombing killed six government allies in the northern city of Kidal, as French confirm that they are engaged in heavy fighting in northern Mali.
The suicide bomber exploded his vehicle Tuesday evening at a checkpoint at an entrance to Kidal, said Ag Alghabas Intalla, a leader of the Islamic Movement of Azawad, or MIA, reached by phone in Kidal. He said he counted six dead and others wounded. The MIA group is fighting with the Malian army and French troops against Islamic extremists.
Responsibility for the suicide attack has not been claimed, but it is suspected to be the work of the Islamic extremists of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO.
French troops are involved in "very violent fighting" in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains of northeastern Mali, said France's defense minister Tuesday. Jean-Yves Le Drian said that it's too early to talk about a quick French pullout from Mali, despite the growing cost of the intervention.
The French intervention in Mali has cost more than (euro) 100 million ($133 million) since it started Jan. 11, said Le Drian on France's RTL radio.
"We are now at the heart of the conflict," in protracted fighting against Islamic extremist rebels in the Ifoghas mountains, Le Drian said.
While some expected the 4,000-strong French force to pull out next month, Le Drian said he couldn't talk about a quick withdrawal while the mountain fighting goes on. A clash in the area killed 23 soldiers from neighboring Chad last week, according to French President Francois Hollande, who expressed condolences to his Chadian counterpart.
Soldiers from Chad and a few other African countries have joined the French-led operation to help Mali's weak military push back the Islamic extremists who had imposed harsh rule on northern Mali and started moving southward toward the capital, Bamako, last month.
Ag Ghali's armed extremists conquered much of northern Mali after a military coup in Mali's capital, aided by al-Qaida's North Africa wing. In Timbuktu, they imposed strict Shariah law and forced thousands to flee; others were tortured and executed. But the French-led intervention in January brought the Islamic radicals to quit the northern cities of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal and retreat to mountainous hideouts near the Algeria border.
In the first weeks of the campaign, French and Malian forces easily took back cities in northern Mali. But the fighting is rougher now that it has reached more remote terrain in the mountains of the southern Sahara.
At the United Nations in New York, a top U.N. humanitarian official said Tuesday that as security improves in Mali, the world must seize the moment to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid.
John Ging, a senior humanitarian affairs official who just visited Mali, said that country's northern region is stabilizing but needs help re-opening schools, markets and health clinics. The U.N. is appealing for $373 million in aid, but has only received $17 million.
Even before fighting erupted last year among government forces, Taureg rebels and radical Islamists, Ging said Mali was suffering from the severe food crisis that has hit Africa's arid Sahel region.
Ging said more than 430,000 Malians have been displaced.
On Tuesday, the Obama administration imposed sanctions on an Islamic rebel leader whose extremist group seized much of northern Mali last year and prompted the French military intervention. The United States State Department designated Iyad Ag Ghali, head of the Islamic group Ansar Dine, a global terrorist. The action blocks any assets he holds in the U.S. and prohibits Americans from doing business with him.
The United Nations also added Ag Ghali to its global sanctions list.
Charlton reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Bradley Klapper contributed from Washington and Ron DePasquale from the United Nations in New York.


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Bulls 95, Wizards 92
With their star sidelined all season and just about everyone else in their rotation banged up at some point, the Chicago Bulls did not take the easy road to the playoffs.
They got there, though - even if the outside expectations are a little lower this time.
Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 15 rebounds and the Bulls locked up the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 95-92 victory over the Washington Wizards in the regular-season finale Wednesday night.
Kirk Hinrich added 18 points and Nazr Mohammed added a season-high 17 for the Bulls, who will face the Brooklyn Nets in the first round.
Chicago finished with the best record in the East the past two years but has ceded that distinction to the defending champion Miami Heat.
Considering all they've overcome, they'll take it.
''We proved this year that we can beat the best and lose to the worst,'' Joakim Noah said. ''Up-and-down year. It's been a tough year. I'm proud of the way we've handled so much adversity.''
They've dealt with the soap opera surrounding Derrick Rose and his season-long recovery from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, not to mention a long line of injuries to other key players.
Yet here they are, about as healthy as they've been all season and hoping to stick around and not make this a one-and-done playoff appearance.
They come in on a winning note, although this game sure wasn't easy.
They had to withstand A.J. Price going off for a career-high 24 points and John Wall finishing with 23 after a slow start, not to mention several big comebacks when the Wizards looked as though they were ready to be put away.
The Bulls led by 21 late in the first quarter but allowed Washington to pull within a point in the second. Chicago then got the lead back up to 11 in the third, but the Wizards rallied again.
This time, Washington tied it at 85 on a 3-pointer by Price with just over three minutes left before the Bulls responded with seven unanswered points. Richard Hamilton fed Jimmy Butler for an alley-oop dunk, Hinrich hit a floater and Luol Deng nailed a 3 - after missing five of his first six field goal attempts - to make it 92-85 with 1:42 remaining.
The Wizards cut it to 94-92 on a 3-pointer by Wall and a floater by Price with 26.1 seconds left. Hinrich then had a chance to make it a two-possession game but missed the first free throw before hitting the second to make it 95-92 with 17.1 seconds left.
Taj Gibson blocked a 3-point attempt from the wing by Price with 10 seconds left, and Wall put up an air ball from long range at the buzzer with Butler guarding him, preserving the win for Chicago.
''I was surprised (Gibson) got a piece of it,'' Price said. ''I told him he's so long after he blocked the shot. I thought I had room. Had about four feet, but he still got a piece of it. Great defensive play by him.''
The Bulls appear to be healing with the playoffs set to begin.
They had every key player available except Rose, although Noah (foot) and Gibson (knee) had their minutes limited for the second straight game after missing time because of their injuries.
Noah played 14 minutes, did not score and grabbed one rebound. Gibson had eight points in 21 minutes, and it's not clear if they'll start or come off the bench when the Bulls open against the Nets.
''We're just trying to figure out the best thing in terms of where their minutes are,'' coach Tom Thibodeau said. ''But having them back is a big plus for us. Whatever they can give us, I feel confident they will get better as time goes along.''
The Wizards had their share of injuries, too, and a season that started with 12 straight losses ended with them dropping their sixth in a row. They were missing Emeka Okafor after he sprained his right ankle against Brooklyn on Monday.
''Great season for our team from where we started and where we finished,'' Wall said. ''We know where we can be if we play together and everyone stays healthy.''
Notes: The Bulls took three of four from Brooklyn, winning twice at the United Center and once at the Barclays Center. ... Boozer had his 13th double-double in 16 games and his 44th of the season. ... Besides Okafor, Washington was also missing Bradley Beal (stress injury, right fibula), Nene (sore left foot), Martell Webster (strained abdomen), Trevor Ariza (sore left knee) and Leandro Barbosa (torn left ACL).


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The Secret Beyond Matter
Everyone suffers hardship and anxiety. Most people who live apart from the Qur'an's moral teachings go through difficult times feeling discontented, sad, and anxious. They think they can pass through this earthly life without being tested, and do not believe in Allah or in the destiny that He created for them. Therefore, they regard whatever happens to them as having no meaning and suffer even deeper pain. Allah states in the Qur'an that He will test Muslims and distinguish between those who are good and those who are not:
Or did you imagine that you were going to enter the Garden without Allah knowing those among you who had struggled and knowing the steadfast? (Surah Al 'Imran, 142)
Allah will only leave the believers in the position you now are in so that He can sift out the rotten from the good. Allah has not given you access to the Unseen. But Allah chooses those of His Messengers whom He wills. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. If you believe and guard against evil, you will have an immense reward. (Surah Al 'Imran, 179)
In this regard, the Qur'an gives us the example of something that happened during our Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) lifetime:
What assailed you on the day the two armies met was by Allah's permission, so that He would know the believers, and so that He would know the hypocrites. (Surah Al 'Imran, 166-167)
Believers know that everything happens according to destiny and treat every event as an opportunity to show their faithfulness, attachment, and submission to Allah. As a result, He turns what appear to be evil or difficult events to the advantage of His sincere believers, for He wants them to follow the straight path and attain the endless rewards of Paradise. Thus, times of difficulty are very valuable times of which believers must take advantage.
Unbelievers do their best to avoid making mistakes, for such people are mocked by their own people, or may be denied an important opportunity. However, the Qur'anic morality teaches something quite different: Believers know that Allah creates everything for a good purpose and that everything is a grace from the All Merciful and Most Merciful; that believers do not judge others on the basis of their mistakes; that believers feel a sense of compassion and mercy, for they understand that whatever occurs is destined. Therefore, they will feel regret and do their best to reform themselves by repenting and then abandoning that particular sin completely. When they make a mistake, the sorrow that they feel also turns out to be for their good, for it contains the determination not to continue making this mistake. It is very important that believers show trust and submission in such times and that they act with the knowledge that everything happens in a way designed to bring them closer to Allah.
According to 216th verse of Surat al-Baqara, Allah can turn things that appear bad into good for human beings, and that people may like what is bad for them. One example of this is miserly rich people who do not believe. It is a great mistake for unbelievers to think that miserliness is something clever and that not using their wealth in His path will somehow benefit them. In fact, the Qur'an reveals that such wealth will be worse for its possessors and bring them great pain in the Afterlife:
Those who are miserly with the bounty that Allah has given them should not suppose that that is better for them. No indeed, it is worse for them! What they were miserly with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Rising. (Surah Al 'Imran, 180)
Believers have a totally different understanding of wealth and possessions. First of all, it is not so important to have possessions, because believers devote themselves to earning His good pleasure by using what they have in His path, instead of amassing possessions for themselves, as the unbelievers do. Believers never pursue worldly gain, but always direct themselves toward whatever will earn them eternal life and an exalted status in Allah's sight. Allah announces these good tidings to them in the Qur'an:
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in return for the Garden. They fight in His Way, kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his [or her] contract than Allah? Rejoice, then, in the bargain you have made. That is the great victory. (Surat at-Tawba, 111)
All prophets, messengers, and sincere believers who were aware of this truth acted with the knowledge that their possessions actually belonged to Allah, and so used them to earn His good pleasure. For example, the Qur'an says that believers who possess a moral character and mercy will give "…; those who honor their contracts when they make them, and are steadfast in poverty and illness and in battle" (Surat al-Baqara, 177). And, unlike some people, believers spend of their wealth not for show, but "spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of Allah and strengthen their souls" (Surat al-Baqara, 265). Therefore, if they lose some of their possessions, they consider it a test from Allah and remain patient and optimistic:
Say: "O Allah! Master of the Kingdom! You give sovereignty to whoever You will and take sovereignty from whoever You will. You exalt whoever You will, and abase whoever You will. All good is in Your hands. You have power over all things." (Surah Al 'Imran, 26)


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July 23, 2009
Google Helps You Understand Recursion
"A recursive process is one in which objects are defined in terms of other objects of the same type. Using some sort of recurrence relation, the entire class of objects can then be built up from a few initial values and a small number of rules," explains MathWorld.
For more information, search Google for [recursion].
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32 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 9:26 AM
The funny part is if you keep clicking on the did you mean link, Google can show you slightly different results.ReplyDelete
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.ReplyDelete
Not quite sure where I heard that first.
yeah great feature :-DReplyDelete
i tried to do that on wikipedia but it didn't let me link to the article itself. ;-)
is there any good collection for all (search based) google eastereggs?
like "answer to life, the universe and everyting" or "how many horns on a unicorn"... anyhow, the good old "we can not find chuck norris, he finds YOU" doesn't work anymore :-(
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2009 at 1:55 AM
Nice try. How about this?ReplyDelete
- What is the difference between 'primitive' and 'blob'?
- It's like between cake and a piece of it.
- What piece?
- See? You got it!
That's funny :DReplyDelete
That's funny! In fact, I'd have to say that's funny as a shirt I once saw that said, "The Department of Redundancy Department."ReplyDelete
I love how Google comes up with stuff just for the fun of it. I think it's great!
- Chas Hathaway
For my comment, click the blue # just above here ................^ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Geeks! Nerds Looosers!!! Ahh hahha! Into the locker, Q-ball!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2009 at 4:16 PM
and if you click in "did you mean link", still appears again and again (recursively) ... it might be a joke from googleReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Doesn't work on IE or Opera. Nerds don't use them? :DReplyDelete
It no longer works (not just in Opera or IE).ReplyDelete
So they decided it is a bug after all.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2009 at 6:36 PM
It still works for me in IE and Firefox for me on July 28th 2009.ReplyDelete
it wasn't working earlier, but it is re-working now, in google chromeReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM
heh, I thought it was a google fail.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Works fine in Firefox...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Things like this are what win Google a place in my heart.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2010 at 10:00 PM
The problem is that is working only every other hour of the day. Regardless of the browser. Just by chance people have been trying it either the wrong hours or the right ones and thinking it is the browser.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2010 at 4:42 PM
this really made me laughReplyDelete
This comment is about this commentReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Lol :] Brought a smile to my face.ReplyDelete
This is funny...I am learning about it in programming class tee hee....I am weird lol...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2011 at 1:33 AM
And more:
- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2012 at 9:04 PM
It can take a lifetime to truly understand recursion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 3:34 PM
It does still work .ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 9:55 PM
recursion is really hard, once you grasp it you wouldn't understand why you didn't get it, I learnt it the hard way. Recursion actually made me cry now that I look back it cracks me upReplyDelete
In a recursive definition, something is not defined *exactly* in terms of itself, but something slightly different (such as defining the solution to a problem in terms of the solution(s) of smaller instances of the same kind of problem). In Google's case, 'recursive' is not defined recursively, but circularly ... *exactly* in terms of itself. This is not the right definition, and could be confusing. Brownie points for a clever idea, though :-).ReplyDelete
Its actually a good option when we dont know the spelling or the word exactly.ReplyDelete
- The DoctorAugust 3, 2012 at 11:21 AM
But I spelled it right!ReplyDelete
well,recursion is as same as recursive function that called itself,so google keep calling the recursion function if you click itReplyDelete
recursion is a function that called itself,so if we called recursion it will be back to the "recursion" search result.I've learn it at my college...ReplyDelete


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Above: Approaching the summit from Malaucène side.
Woooohoooo. I'd had been feeling relatively fit, so I decided to try something a little crazy as the season winds down. I am a little surprised but really pleased that I managed to cycle all three sides of Mont Ventoux in a single day.
There is a 4th way possible by mountain bike, explained here.
Details of all three sides of Mont Ventoux, Le Géant de Provence:
Side #1: Start Bédoin – The Famous Side
Length: 21.5 kms Ascent: 1610 metres
I decided to start with the most famous side, to see how the legs felt. This side can be divided into three parts:
- Easy: The first 6 kms are open, and not steep. A perfect warm-up.
- Very Hard: At Les Bruns, the road turn sharply left and heads up and into the forest. the next ten kilometres are consistently brutal. Few hairpins, but a continually wiggly road through the Réserve de Biosphère du Mont –Ventoux – a rare ecological environment.
- Hard: At Chalet Reynard, the route exits the woods for a final 6 glorious (and usually windy) kilometres through a unique lunar environment.
Quiet / No Traffic
Fun Factor
I felt better than hoped heading through the woods, gradually passing several riders. At this point, I started thinking a triple ascent was at least a possibility.
At Reynard the wind was howling from the north-east. This led to a bizarre experience where occasionally i had an angled wind push, and occasionally the wind in my face.
Despite it being a sunny clear day in the region, I couldn't see the summit due to fog, and the top was freezing and viewless. Not to worry, I was confident the fog would melt as the day progressed.
The last half kilometre was steep, and foggy:
I proceeded to descend down the back side to Malaucène.
My main strategy was to eat and drink to excess all day to avoid the bonk. I probably gained weight during the ride, consuming 5 water bottles, 3 cokes, 4 gel power shots, 2 chocolate bars, one apple juice, and a huge baguette fromage.
Side #2: Start Malaucène – Equally Tough
Length: 21 kms Ascent: 1570 metres
Less famous than the Bédoin side, the climb from Malaucène shares almost the exact same statistics. This is a big climb.
The toughest part of this climb is a four kilometre stretch in the middle , below the little ski station at Mont Serein (see 3rd small borne photo above). Plenty of stretches well above 10%. Hard work.
But by far the funnest part is the last 2 kilometres as the summit comes into view. Beautiful hairpins stretched across the moonscape, and the unforgettable "lighthouse:"
I snacked at the start of this side, and stopped for a coke at Mont Serein, and generally felt pretty good as I kept my effort slightly lower than my first ascent. The arrival of sun at the top didn't hurt my spirits either.
It was decision time. It was mid-afternoon, and I had to get a move on, but I decided to descend the 26 kms to Sault, and attempt the third side.
Side #3: Start Sault – The "Easy" side
Length: 26 kms Ascent: 1220 metres
This side is longer and starts several hundred metres higher than the other two side — thus it is FAR less steep.
Most people call the start at the village of Sault, but the low point is a kilometre before Sault – shortening the climb – and is where I started.
While the two tough sides of Ventoux feature impeccably surfaced, wide roads, with bike lanes – the Sault side is narrower, far bumpier, and far quieter. I saw few cars and no cyclists.
Immediately, I realized I had a problem — a strong head wind much of the way. But after battling so many steep kilometres, this side was a pleasure, and the distances flew by.
This side is perfect for someone that would like to cycle a "full Ventoux" but is slightly intimidated. Long, but rarely steep, and still the same famous finish.
With 6 kilometres to go, at Chalet Reynard, the route joins the classic Bédoin route, and becomes the toughest part of this 3rd ascent. But I was vaguely euphoric at this point as I realized I would succeed. The views passing the Tom Simpson memorial:
Less than a kilometre from the summit is the Col des Tempêtes (storm pass!) and the wind almost always seems scarily strong here. As I approached, I was only 400 metres away from the summit, but for the first time felt truly exhausted as I tried to stay upright and keep pedalling:
But at as I turned pass the col, I had a helping tail-wind as I survived the final steep half kilometre.
Wooohooo, I was spent. In the wind, I struggled to hold up my bike and get warm clothes on. A kind man in full eskimo gear, hood and all, kindly helped after taking a photo of me, where I was too exhausted to smile properly:
Ventoux was the last big climb I did before my year long struggle with injury that ended this May. During the lay-off In frustration, to avoid complete depression I worked-out at the gym and focused on losing some weight. Glad I did.
Since getting back in the saddle, I have probably over-compensated by cycling "up" stuff more than I ever have. But this mediocre cyclist is feeling stronger than ever – and today seemed a fitting finale to the happiest few months I've ever had on the bike. 🙂
Looking for other Ventoux cycling ideas?
There is a 4th way up by mountain bike: see here.
Or try cycling up to see the sunrise: Details here.
A dream. I never thought I'd be able to do this. Late autumn is the perfect time for this challenge. Ensuring quiet roads and cool temperatures.


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Justin Verlander fans 14 as Tigers trounce Yankees
DETROIT -- Justin Verlander raised his left arm to acknowledge a roaring, standing ovation.
It was his right arm, though, that gave the New York Yankees so much trouble.
Verlander matched a career high with 14 strikeouts and got home-run support from Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera, leading the Detroit Tigers over New York 7-2 Monday night.
"Felt pretty good," Verlander said.
He looked good, too.
Verlander (12-7) threw 132 pitches, his most in a regular-season game, to lift the Tigers to a fifth straight win.
Before this opener of a four-game series, manager Jim Leyland said the Tigers needed a big effort from Verlander.
"Hopefully your ace is an ace," Leyland said.
Verlander was, putting together one of his best performances of the season.
He started strong and didn't let up.
The reigning AL MVP and Cy Young award winner struck out former teammate Curtis Granderson -- for the first of three times -- with an 85 mph breaking pitch to lead off the game and struck out the first two Yankees in the second inning. Verlander also fanned Ichiro Suzuki and Mark Teixeira three times each.
Verlander gave up two unearned runs after his fielding error extended the fifth inning.
Leyland visited Verlander at the mound in the eighth after he gave up a walk to Raul Ibanez, and left him in the game following a brief chat about how he felt following Derek Jeter's comebacker off his left leg the previous inning.
Verlander said he told Leyland his left calf was OK.
"He said, 'Then let's get this last batter and we'll see what happens,' " Verlander recalled Leyland saying.
With many of the 41,381 fans on their feet, Verlander responded by striking out Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez and Suzuki to tie his strikeout high set last year against Arizona.
"In the eighth inning, he still had a 100 mph fastball," Suzuki said through an interpreter. "The rest of his pitches are great, too."
Suzuki snapped his 12-game hitting streak with the Yankees. He also struck out for the first time with his new team and finished with three to match a career high.
Verlander hit low and outside corners with fastballs and also buckled knees with an assortment of breaking pitches that left the Yankees standing and looking or swinging and missing.
"Did you see some of those pitches?" Detroit catcher Alex Avila asked. "That last curveball, I don't think anybody could've hit it. I had enough trouble catching it."
When New York did make contact for base hits, Verlander was at his best.
"He shut us down," Jeter said. "A lot of time great pitchers get a little attitude when they have guys on base and they bear down. He did that."
After Verlander's night was over -- one pitch shy of the career-high 133 he threw in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series last year against Texas -- closer Jose Valverde retired the side in order in the ninth.
Detroit, which is chasing Chicago in the AL Central, has won 19 of its last 23 home games. The AL East-leading Yankees have lost 11 of 17 overall.
Ivan Nova (10-6) was roughed up for seven runs and 11 hits -- matching a career high -- in 5 1/3 innings. Nova is 1-4 over his last eight starts since June 28.
"Every pitcher goes through it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "You're going to go through struggles. For the most part, the kid has been pretty good for us but right now, he's struggling. He'll find his way out. Verlander, as good as he is, goes through struggles. He's not 20-0 this year."
Nova said he still has confidence in his stuff.
"I've got to keep my head up and keep working," he said. "It's just location. I left too many pitches over the plate."
Cabrera sent a thigh-high pitch over the middle of the plate 454 feet, clearing the second row of shrubs in center field, for his 28th homer in the fourth inning. Fielder cleared the fences for the 19th time with a no-doubt shot to right in the second.
The Tigers broke it open with three runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to go ahead 7-2.
Verlander allowed the Yankees to score twice in the fifth when Granderson hit a two-out grounder and the pitcher glanced down to step on first base as Fielder made an accurate throw that hit his glove. Jeter and Robinson Cano took advantage with RBI singles that made it 2-all.
"I need to be able to make that play," Verlander said.
He made up for that miscue -- easily.
Game notes
Verlander joined Jim Bunning (June 10, 1958) as the only Tigers to strike out 14 Yankees in a game. ... The Yankees have decided Triple-A LHP Manny Banuelos, out since May with a bruised left elbow, won't pitch again this season. ... Verlander had lost his last two starts, giving up nine runs over 12 innings. ... Nova has given up 11 hits twice this year to Detroit and three times in his career. ... Jeter had two hits, his 43rd multihit game of the year after having more than one hit in 45 last year.
Series tied 2-2
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Tony Randazzo
- First Base Umpire - Bob Davidson
- Second Base Umpire - Tim Welke
- Third Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
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Introduce colour through dressing like this.
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Add lettering inside?
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Could have signs of the original use of the warehouse such as dusty cars or crates.
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The intrepid researchers at MIT never fail to impress, and a new system they've designed that uses fleets of drones to automatically light a shoot for photographers is no exception. The prototype of the system will be on display at the International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging happening in August, and uses a single lightweight UAV to produce "rim lighting," an effect in which one edge of the subject being photographed is lit particularly well.
The initial system allows a photographer to set the width they want of the lit border on the subject, after which the drone then takes the appropriate place to create that effect with its on-board light. It can even adjust its position in real-time in response to moves made by the subject, which could be a stationary object or a person, which requires a tremendously delicate sensitivity to light.
System co-designer Manohar Srikanth also notes that the drone can compensate for the photographer's movements, too, by providing the drone-controlling computer with a sample image 20 times a second to help it update its position. These pictures aren't actually stored on the camera's memory card, which would take up an immense amount of memory, but instead are streamed and bypass local storage.
Future versions of the system could incorporate a large number of drones working in concert to provide more complex lighting effects, without the usual breakdown and reset required when trying to do the process manually. This could cut down on labor costs and overall shoot time, which could greatly reduce the cost of professional-caliber photo shoots.


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Eastern Women remain perfect in Big Sky, top Montana
It was a feisty, physical game between the top two teams in the Big Sky, but the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team had the edge on Thursday as it defeated Montana, 58-56, in a regular-season meeting at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash.
With the win, EWU improves to 7-5 in the 2012-13 campaign, and a perfect 3-0 in Big Sky play. The Eagles have won their last five games in a row, and will go for six this Saturday (Jan. 5) when they take on Montana State (4-7, 1-2) at 2 p.m. at Reese Court. Montana drops to 8-4 overall and 2-1 in conference.
Thursday's game between the Big Sky leaders proved to be a defensive battle.
With both teams shooting below 30 percent from the field in the first half, EWU and Montana went into the locker room in a 24-24 deadlock. The Eagles earned a slight advantage after scoring 11 points in the first two minutes of the second half, but Montana, under 35-year head coach Robin Selvig, never let it get out of reach.Eastern Women remain perfect in Big Sky, top Montana
With less than four minutes remaining in the game, Eastern enjoyed a seven-point edge at 53-46. But a basket by UM forward Jordan Sullivan sparked an 8-1 run for the Lady Griz, as they managed to knot the score at 56 with 1:14 on the clock. EWU sophomore Melissa Williams came up with a big shot on the baseline – her first made field goal of the game – to put Eastern back up by two, but Montana's first-team all-conference forward, Katie Baker, answered with a layup, leaving Eastern with 13.9 seconds.
"We wanted to try and get Lexie [Nelson] going to the hoop off a hand-off ball screen," said EWU head coach Wendy Schuller. "But Montana defended it well, and at that point, we just tried to make a play."
Nelson drove hard to the lane and put up a shot that was off the mark, but after fighting for position, junior center Laura Hughes came up with the offensive rebound. She went back up and was fouled in the act, sending her to the line with 1.8 ticks left on the clock.
Already 4-of-4 on the night, Hughes knocked down both free throws to give Eastern its final 58-56 lead. Montana attempted to pass the length of the court on the inbound, but Hughes intercepted that play as well, as EWU prevailed in just its third game this year decided by five or fewer points.
"Laura plays hard for us, and that situation comes with a lot of pressure," said Schuller. "It's one of those you imagine in your head, and I was extremely proud of her for stepping up and knocking them down."
Hughes finished with six points, all earned at the free throw line, four rebounds and three steals.
Nelson, who was playing for the first time against her former team, led the Eagles with 14 points. She also contributed four rebounds, four assists and three steals. The 5-6 guard out of Butte, Mont., started her collegiate career at Montana as a true freshman in 2010-11. She transferred to Eastern following her rookie campaign.
"Montana was working hard defensively on Lexie, but she just did what she does for us every game," said Schuller. "She gave us a great effort, and did a great job on the defensive end. Deep down this might have been a tough game for her, but she goes as hard as she can whenever she steps on the floor."
Junior Aubrey Ashenfelter finished with eight points, five rebounds and three assists, while senior Carrie Ojeda chipped in nine points and seven boards before fouling out in the final two minutes.
Although Eastern ended up shooting just 31.4 percent from the field, the Eagles kept Montana from doing much better, as the Lady Griz shot 32.1 percent on the night. Montana came into the game ranked No. 1 in the nation in turnovers, averaging just 10.9 per game. Eastern was able to force 14 on Thursday, as Williams, Nelson and Hughes each had three steals a piece.
"Our team battled, and I was really pleased with our defensive effort," said Schuller. "It was a grind. We knew it was going to be a physical, long night, and both teams really, really fought. Although it doesn't always show up in the stats, we had a few players do a great job defensively for us. Aubrey was phenomenal, and Carrie is probably one of the best defender's in our league. She sees everything, and is everywhere."
Williams was a few points shy of a double-double, as she finished with seven tallies and a team-leading 10 rebounds – her third double-digit rebound performance this season.


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A growing number of Chinese iPhone applications let users trawl through maps, look up English words and check stock quotes, even though the smartphone has not been approved for use in China by the country's telecommunications regulatory authority.
Both Chinese and foreign firms have released apps targeting China's iPhone users, who carry the phones back from trips abroad or buy smuggled versions.
Users have flocked to download apps like Chinese-English dictionaries and map services that give traffic updates and directions for Chinese cities. Programs that stream Chinese news or let users update their blogs are available in the iPhone App Store from Sina, a Chinese Web portal. And also on offer is the dominant Chinese messaging client QQ, which had 890 million registered users at the end of last year, according to owner Tencent.
There are already over 1 million iPhones in China, telecom consultancy Ovum estimates.
That number could rise if Apple completes talks with carrier China Unicom to launch an official iPhone 3G in China, where high-end users see the smartphone as fashionable. Apple hopes to start iPhone sales in China in the next year, it said last month.
Developers seem to be counting on the deal. One firm, Vuclip, has teamed up with state-run broadcaster CCTV on an iPhone video app it plans to launch this month, said a company spokeswoman in Beijing. The firm's parent company, California-based XinLab, already offers a Chinese app that lets users search streaming video Web sites for downloads and converts HD clips so they can play on a handset.
Hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded the Chinese video search app, Vuclip estimates. The firm is working on other mobile entertainment apps, the spokeswoman said.
An official iPhone launch in China could boost app downloads, said a spokesman for AutoNavi Information Technology, which offers a Chinese iPhone app called MiniMap. The app offers bus route planning and weather forecasts on top of map and address search services.
But a rise in iPhone users could also draw greater competition from other map program developers, the spokesman said.


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Data-integration vendor Informatica and a customer are embroiled in a legal dispute over US$6.3 million in license fees that Informatica says it is owed due to noncompliance.
Hospital Corporation of America's Information Technology and Services division filed a motion for injunctive relief against Informatica in December 2010, seeking to have the court absolve it of any wrongdoing or recompense. The case was continued repeatedly this year, with Informatica ultimately filing its response last month in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
In October 2010, Informatica conducted a software license audit on HCA ITS' systems, and based on the results, claimed the organization was using its PowerCenter software in excess of its licensed rights, according to court filings.
In 2007, HCA ITS upgraded to version 8 of PowerCenter, according to its motion for relief. The license granted it "the right to one 'central repository' installed on a single host server that serves as a central point of connection for the PowerCenter CPUs."
HCA ITS also set up a series of what it called "repository services" for different lines of business. Informatica has argued that each of these services amounts to a separate repository, and requires its own license.
But HCA ITS maintains that the main repository and the services have a "parent-child" relationship, and its license agreement allows it to create an unlimited number of them "so long as they are installed on a single host server that has a single central connection to a PowerCenter Production CPU, i.e., one parent."
Moreover, at one point in 2007 Informatica inspected HCA ITS' infrastructure and confirmed its interpretation that multiple repository services were allowed within a single central repository, according to the complaint.
Informatica denies those claims.
HCA ITS does admit that in one instance, it "exceeded the scope of its license by using an additional source target," but that Informatica refused to provide an invoice for an additional source license so HCA ITS could make a payment. That sum would be "minimal" compared to Informatica's $6.3 million demand, it adds.
While Informatica terminated HCA ITS' license in February, it continues to use the software without authorization, Informatica said in a filing the companies made jointly last week on a proposed case schedule.
The two sides conducted settlement talks during the past several months "but reached an impasse," the joint filing added. "The parties believe that it is premature to schedule any settlement conference."
The case isn't the only recent example of a licensing audit dispute reaching the courts. Earlier this year, textiles manufacturer BMP America filed suit against ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor Infor, seeking a declaration that it did not owe some $150,000 in alleged additional fees turned up by an audit.
Overall, licensing audits are an ever-present fact of the IT industry, to the point where specialized consultancies, legal firms and even software packages have sprung up, aimed at helping customers prepare for one and minimizing any ill effects.
There are some general measures customers can take at the bargaining table in order to protect themselves down the road, said analyst Ray Wang, CEO of Constellation Research.
"When you look at software licensing agreements, you should consider more than just price per seat," he said. "The intrinsic factors are important. What happens when you change hardware, site location, merge or become acquired are equally or more important provisions to negotiate than just price alone. You have to consider the software ownership lifecycle or face these type of issues in lawsuits."
Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Chris's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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South African Journal of Animal Science
On-line version ISSN 2221-4062
Print version ISSN 0375-1589
HOUSHMAND, M. et al. Effects of non-antibiotic feed additives on performance, immunity and intestinal morphology of broilers fed different levels of protein. S. Afr. j. anim. sci. [online]. 2012, vol.42, n.1, pp.22-32. ISSN 2221-4062.
In order to investigate the effects of the dietary supplementation of organic acids, prebiotics and probiotics on broiler chickens, a total of 288 day-old male Cobb chicks were allocated in a completely randomized design according to a 2 x 4 factorial, consisting of two levels of crude protein (recommended or low (85% of recommended)) and a four feed-additive programme. The basal diet without any feed additive served as control and one of the following additives, organic acids, a prebiotic and a probiotic, were added to the basal diet to form the other treatments. Starter and finisher diets were offered from 1 to 21 d and 22 to 42 d of age, respectively. The birds were reared in an open-sided house system under natural tropical conditions with the same housing and general management practices. Lowering the dietary protein level significantly decreased bird performance throughout the experiment. Additives had no significant effects on body weight, body weight gain and feed intake. Dietary supplementation with the prebiotic resulted in significant improvements in feed efficiency during 22 - 42 d and 1 - 42 d of age. At 21 and 42 d of age birds fed the diets containing the prebiotic had the longest duodenal villi compared to the other treatments. Jejunum villi, and duodenum and jejunum crypt depth were not influenced by additives. At 21 d of age the dietary addition of the prebiotic and organic acids significantly increased the antibody titres against Newcastle disease compared to the control group. It could be concluded that under the condition of the current study, the prebiotic affected performance, small intestinal morphology and immunity of broiler chickens significantly.
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The Asked & Answered department shares excerpts from discussion threads on the online MyNCTM community. In this issue, featured threads highlight responses to members' questions related to mathematical depth in preschool, spiral review in the upper elementary grades, ideas for differentiation in middle school, and projects for high school algebra.
Geraldo Tobon and Marie Tejero Hughes
We share our experiences and those of culturally diverse families who participated in math workshops. We tie our experiences with the importance of family engagement, in particular, viewing families as a resource to be tapped into. We do so, in hopes that other school personnel take on a similar venture.
The Asked & Answered department shares excerpts from discussion threads on the online MyNCTM community. In this issue, featured threads highlight responses to members' questions regarding 1st grade number sense, multiplication and division of fractions, issues of definition and precision related to circles, and the value of rationalizing denominators.
Karen S. Karp, Sarah B. Bush, and Barbara J. Dougherty
Try these meaningful alternative approaches to helping students make sense of word problems.
Christie Henderson
Math is so much more than numbers.
Stefanie D. Livers, Kristin E. Harbour, and Lindsey Fowler
In our attempts to make a concept easier, we may hinder student learning.
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Students are given a problem to break down rectangles.
Candace Joswick, Douglas H. Clements, Julie Sarama, Holland W. Banse, and Crystal A. Day-Hess
Modify activities according to these principles and suggestions.
Students use a super-hero theme to compare the imperial system to the metric system.
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Since its inception, the Mathematical Lens column has provided teachers with resources to use with their students to make connections between mathematics and the world around us through the use of photographs. The editors and the dozens of teachers who submitted material for columns have taken all of us on a journey around the world to discover where mathematics lives. These columns have offered teachers a license to do mathematics everywhere and to travel far with their students with a full tank of resources.


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49 L.Ed. 417
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY and R. M. Coffin, Plffs. in Err.,
No. 67.
Argued December 2, 1904.
Decided January 3, 1905.
The American Express Company received at Rock Island, Illinois, on or about March 29, 1900, four boxes of merchandise to be carried to Tama, Iowa, to be there delivered to four different persons, one of the packages being consigned to each. The shipment was C. O. D., $3 to be collected on each package, exclusive of 35 cents for carriage on each. On March 31 the merchandise reached Tama, and on that day was seized in the hands of the express agent. This was based on an information before a justice of the peace, charging that the packages contained intoxicating liquor held by the express company for sale. The express company and its agent answered, setting up the receipt of the packages in Illinois, not for sale in Iowa, but for carriage and delivery to the consignees. An agreed statement of facts was stipulated admitting the receipt, the carriage, and the holding of the packages as above stated. The seizure was sustained. Appeal was taken to a district court. The express company and its agent amended their answer, specially setting up the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States. There was judgment in favor of the express company, and the state of Iowa appealed to the supreme court and obtained a reversal. 118 Iowa, 447, 92 N. W. 66. This writ of error was prosecuted.
Mr. Lewis Cass Ledyard for plaintiffs in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 134-138 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Charles W. Mullan for defendant in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 138-140 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice White, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court:
Although the majority of the supreme court of Iowa doubted the correctness of a ruling previously made by that court, nevertheless it was adhered to under the rule of stare decisis, and was made the basis of the decision in this cause. In the previous case it was held by the supreme court of Iowa that, where merchandise was received by a carrier with a duty to collect the price on delivery to the consignee, the merchandise remained the property of the consignor, and was held by the carrier as his agent with authority to complete the sale. Upon this premise it was decided that intoxicating liquors shipped C. O. D. from another state were subject to be seized on their arrival in Iowa, in the hands of the express company. Sustaining, upon this principle, the seizure in this case, the supreme court of Iowa did not expressly consider the defense based on the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States, because the court deemed that its ruling on the subject of the effect of the C. O. D. shipment was a wholly non-Federal ground, broad enough to sustain the conclusion reached. And this the court considered was sanctioned by O'Neil v. Vermont, 144 U. S. 324, 36 L. ed. 450, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 693.
In accord with the opinion of the supreme court of Iowa it is insisted at bar that this writ of error should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, because the decision below involved no Federal question, and the case of O'Neil v. Vermont, 144 U. S. 324, 36 L. ed. 450, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 693, is relied upon. The contention is untenable. As pointed out in Norfolk & W. R. Co. v. Sims, 191 U. S. 446, 48 L. ed. 256, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 151, the view taken of the O'Neil Case is a mistaken one. True, in that case the supreme court of Vermont gave to a C. O. D. shipment the effect attributed to it by the supreme court of Iowa in this case. True, also, a writ of error was prosecuted from this court to the Vermont court upon the assumption that the commerce clause of the Constitution was involved, but this court dismissed the writ of error because it did not appear that the commerce clause of the Constitution was relied on in the state court, was in any way called to the attention of that court, or was passed upon by it. As on this record it appears that the protection of the commerce clause was directly invoked in the state court, it is apparent that the O'Neil Case is inapposite. And as, in order to decide the contention that the judgment below rests upon an adequate non-Federal ground, we must necessarily consider how far the C. O. D. shipment was protected by the commerce clause of the Constitution, which is the question on the merits, we pass from the motion to dismiss to the consideration of the rights asserted under the commerce clause of the Constitution.
We can best dispose of such asserted rights by a brief reference to some of the controlling adjudications of this court.
In Bowman v. Chicago & N. W. R. Co. 125 U. S. 465, 31 L. ed. 700, 1 Inters. Com. Rep. 823, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 689, 1062, it was held that the statutes of Iowa forbidding common carriers from bringing intoxicating liquors into the state of Iowa from another state or territory without obtaining a certificate required by the laws of Iowa was void, as being a regulation of commerce between the states, and, therefore, that those laws did not justify a common carrier in Illinois from refusing to receive and transport intoxicating liquors consigned to a point within the state of Iowa.
In Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S. 100, 34 L. ed. 128, 3 Inters. Com. Rep. 36, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 681, it was held that a law of the state of Iowa, forbidding the sale of liquor in that state, could not be made to apply to liquors shipped from another state into Iowa, before the merchandise had been delivered in Iowa, and there sold in the original package, without causing the statute to be a regulation of commerce, repugnant to the Constitution of the United States. In Rhodes v. Iowa, 170 U. S. 412, 42 L. ed. 1088, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 664, the same doctrine was reiterated, except that it was qualified to the extent called for by the provisions of the act of Congress of August 8, 1891 (26 Stat. at L. 313, chap. 728, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3177), commonly known as the Wilson act. In that case a shipment of intoxicating liquors had been made into the state of Iowa from another state, and the agent of the ultimate railroad carrier in Iowa was proceeded against for an alleged violation of the Iowa law, because, when the merchandise reached its destination in Iowa, he had moved the package from the car in which it had been transported to a freight depot, preparatory to delivery to the consignee. The contention was that, as by the Wilson act, the power of the state operated upon the property the moment it passed the state boundary line; therefore the state of Iowa had the right to forbid the transportation of the merchandise within the state, and to punish those carrying it therein. This was not sustained. The court declined to express an opinion as to the authority of Congress, under its power to regulate commerce, to delegate to the states the right to forbid the transportation of merchandise from one state to another. It was, however, decided that the Wilson act manifested no attempt on the part of Congress to exert such power, but was only a regulation of commerce, since it merely provided, in the case of intoxicating liquors, that such merchandise, when transported from one state to another, should lose its character as interstate commerce upon completion of delivery under the contract of interstate shipment, and before sale in the original packages.
The doctrine of the foregoing cases was applied in Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co. 170 U. S. 438, 442, 42 L. ed. 1100, 1102, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 674, to the right of a citizen of South Carolina to order from another state, for his own use, merchandise, consisting of intoxicating liquors, to be delivered in the state of South Carolina.
Coming to test the ruling of the court below by the settled construction of the commerce clause of the Constitution, expounded in the cases just reviewed, the error of its conclusion is manifest. Those cases rested upon the broad principle of the freedom of commerce between the states, and of the right of a citizen of one state to freely contract to receive merchandise from another state, and of the equal right of the citizen of a state to contract to send merchandise into other states. They rested, also, upon the obvious want of power of one state to destroy contracts concerning interstate commerce, valid in the states where made. True, as suggested by the court below, there has been a diversity of opinion concerning the effect of a C. O. D. shipment, some courts holding that, under such a shipment, the property is at the risk of the buyer, and therefore that delivery is completed when the merchandise reaches the hands of the carrier for transportation; others deciding that the merchandise is at the risk of the seller, and that the sale is not completed until the payment of the price, and delivery to the consignee, at the point of destination.
But we need not consider this subject. Beyond possible question, the contract to sell and ship was completed in Illinois. The right of the parties to make a contract in Illinois for the sale and purchase of merchandise, and, in doing so, to fix by agreement the time when and condition on which the completed title should pass, is beyond question. The shipment from the state of Illinois into the state of Iowa of the merchandise constituted interstate commerce. To sustain, therefore, the ruling of the court below would require us to decide that the law of Iowa operated in another state so as to invalidate a lawful contract as to interstate commerce made in such other state; and, indeed, would require us to go yet further, and say that, although, under the interstate commerce clause, a citizen in one state had a right to have merchandise consigned from another state delivered to him in the state to which the shipment was made, yet that such right was so illusory that it only obtained in cases where, in a legal sense, the merchandise contracted for had been delivered to the consignee at the time and place of shipment.
When it is considered that the necessary result of the ruling below was to hold that, wherever merchandise shipped from one state to another is not completely delivered to the buyer at the point of shipment so as to be at his risk from that moment, the movement of such merchandise is not interstate commerce, it becomes apparent that the principle, if sustained, would operate materially to cripple, if not destroy, that freedom of commerce between the states which it was the great purpose of the Constitution to promote. If upheld, the doctrine would deprive a citizen of one state of his right to order merchandise from another state at the risk of the seller as to delivery. It would prevent the citizen of one state from shipping into another unless he assumed the risk; it would subject contracts made by common carriers, and valid by the laws of the state where made, to the laws of another state; and it would remove from the protection of the interstate commerce clause all goods on consignment upon any condition as to delivery, express or implied. Besides, it would also render the commerce clause of the Constitution inoperative as to all that vast body of transactions by which the products of the country move in the channels of interstate commerce by means of bills of lading to the shipper's order, with drafts for the purchase price attached, and many other transactions essential to the freedom of commerce, by which the complete title to merchandise is postponed to the delivery thereof.
But general considerations need not be further adverted to in view of prior decisions of this court relating to the identical question here presented. In Caldwell v. North Carolina, 187 U. S. 622, 47 L. ed. 336, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 229, the facts were these: The Chicago Portrait Company shipped to Greensboro, North Carolina, by rail, consigned to its order, certain pictures and frames. At Greensboro the company had an agent who received the merchandise, put the pictures and frames together, and delivered them to the purchasers who had ordered them from Chicago. The contention was that the portrait company was liable to a license charge imposed by the town of Greensboro for selling pictures therein, and this was supported by the argument that, although the contract for sale was made in Chicago, it was completed in North Carolina by the assembling of the pictures and frames, and the delivery there made. It was held that the license could not be collected, because the transaction was an interstate commerce one. In the course of the opinion, after a full review of the authorities, it was observed (p. 632, L. ed. p. 341, Sup. Ct. Rep. p. 233):
'It would seem evident that if the vendor had sent the articles by an express company, which should collect on delivery, such a mode of delivery would not have subjected the transaction to state taxation. The same could be said if the vendor himself, or by a personal agent, had carried and delivered the goods to the purchaser. That the articles were sent as freight, by rail, and were received at the railroad station by an agent, who delivered them to the respective purchasers, in nowise changes the character of the commerce as interstate.'
In Norfolk & W. R. Co. v. Sims, 191 U. S. 441, 48 L. ed. 254, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 151, these were the facts: A resident of North Carolina ordered from a corporation in Chicago a sewing machine. The machine was shipped under a bill of lading to the order of the buyer, but this bill of lading was sent to the express agent at the point of delivery in North Carolina, with instructions to surrender the bill on payment of a C. O. D. charge. The contention was that the consummation of the transaction by the express agent in transferring the bill of lading upon payment of the C. O. D. charge was a sale of the machine in North Carolina, which subjected the company to a license tax. The contention was held untenable. Calling attention to the fact that the contract of sale was completed as a contract in Chicago, and after reviewing some of the authorities on the subject of interstate commerce, the court said (p. 450, L. ed. p. 258, Sup. Ct. Rep. p. 154):
'Indeed, the cases upon this subject are almost too numerous for citation, and the one under consideration is clearly controlled by them. The sewing machine was made and sold in another state, shipped to North Carolina in its original package for delivery to the consignee upon payment of its price. It had never become commingled with the general mass of property within the state. While technically the title of the machine may not have passed until the price was paid, the slae was actually made in Chicago; and the fact that the price was to be collected in North Carolina is too slender a thread upon which to hang an exception of the transaction from a rule which would otherwise declare the tax to be an interference with interstate commerce.'
The controlling force of the two cases last reviewed upon this becomes doubly manifest when it is borne in mind thta the power of the states to levy general and undiscriminating taxes on merchandise shipped from one state into another may attach to such merchandise before sale in the original package when the merchandise has become at rest within the state, and therefore enjoys the protection of its laws, and this upon the well-recognized distinction that the movement of merchandise from state to state, whilst constituting interstate commerce, is not an import in the technical sense of the Constitution. American Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed, 192 U. S. 500, 48 L. ed. 538, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 365.
As from the foregoing considerations it results that the court below erred in refusing to apply and enforce the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States, its judgment must be reversed.
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Iowa is reversed, and the cause is remanded to that court for proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
Mr. Justice Harlan dissents.


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How Willa Got Her Groove Back by Emily McKay
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance
Series: Creative HeArts #2, companion series
Publication: February 25th, 2016
When your life feels like a bad movie, rewrite the script.
When Willa Schofer's father comes home from a business trip with an über-famous new fiancée, Willa's senior year blows up in paparazzi-fueled flames. Overnight, she has a new house, a new car, and a new soon-to-be stepbrother--the unbelievably hot, unbelievably arrogant, Finn McCain. Thank god he's constantly pushing her buttons, or she might do something irresponsible. Like fall for the jerk.
Just when Willa's decided to avoid him for, oh, ever, Finn lands in the center of her senior project team. Seriously--how hard is it to shake a guy? At least her work on the project snagged the attention of the (second) hottest guy in school. He might only be into her because of her famous stepmom, and he's not quite as exciting as a certain annoying housemate, but at least she's allowed to crush on the guy.
Because crushing on your annoying stepbrother? So not cool.
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6 Ways to Get Your Child's Teacher on Your Side
You and your child's teacher both want the same thing: to do a good job and feel appreciated. Take a walk in her shoes, volunteer, and carefully pick your battles so the parent-teacher communication channel stays open all year.
When things go wrong at school — your attention deficit child acts up in class, or you find out he has not turned in homework assignments and may flunk the course — you're more likely to set things right if you have a strong alliance with his teachers. In most cases, teachers are like you: They want to do a good job, they give it their best, and they want to feel appreciated. So if they feel under attack by parents, they become defensive and brush off your requests as "unreasonable."
Walk in the teacher's shoes. Convey empathy about the difficult spot teachers are in. They have a hard job, they are underpaid, and they get too few resources to do it as well as they would like. When you press for additional assistance for your child, you are not making their job easier. Avoid "I win, you lose" interactions.
Here's a good script to follow: Say, "I know how backed up you are, and I appreciate all you and the school staff do for my son. But he seems to be falling further behind, and I know you are concerned, too. I hate to put additional pressure on you, but how can we get the testing going? Perhaps I can get some of the testing done in the community. It's expensive, though. What do you suggest?"
Be a part of a group. Join the PTA — and get to know the school staff. Talk with parents who have children with similar needs. Remember, there is strength in numbers. You have more leverage with school administrators if you speak with, and for, other parents.
Volunteer to help. Whether in the classroom, the library, or the front office, being seen and becoming known as a benevolent presence makes you an insider. You are part of the solution, not part of the problem. This strategy allows you to get a better feel for your child's problems, since you might be in a position to observe them more directly.
Pick your battles carefully. If you are not sure something is worth fighting for, but you are worried about it, you should put it on the shelf for two weeks. You're in this for the long run, so 14 days won't make any difference. When you revisit the issue, ask yourself: Is it still worth it? If not, let it go.
Anticipate problems and offer solutions. Maybe you're worried because a new teacher is scheduled to start in the middle of the year. Will she be willing to use the effective home-school behavior plan you've developed for your child? Help her with her problem, and solve yours in the process: Go to your son's IEP meeting with a handout that describes the behavior plan, and request that it be included in the IEP. Or meet with the teacher, before she starts, to discuss her experience with ADHD, and see if she suggests a behavior plan of her own.
Act early and act fast. Says one parent: "Early in the school year, I contact the principal and the teacher. I let them know I want to be informed of progress and problems — that I want to work with them to solve problems, that I support their expectations, and that I want processes in place to help my child succeed. I don't want my daughter to be 'beat up' and fail before we can help her."


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OKLAHOMA CITY – Kevin Durant scored 33 points, including a tying 3 late in regulation and the go-ahead foul shots in overtime that sent the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Washington Wizards 106-105 on Sunday night.
John Wall missed a driving layup attempt at the buzzer for Washington, which was seeking its third straight win. Bradley Beal scored a career-high 34 points for the Wizards.
Oklahoma City trailed 92-82 with 3:26 left with the fourth quarter, but went on a 14-4 run. Durant capped the burst with a straightaway 3-pointer with 13.6 seconds left.
Beal missed a running 12-footer at the buzzer while being closely guarded by Serge Ibaka.
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Notorious Altamont Wind Area Becomes Safer for Birds
Not that it much matters, since we now know that cats are the real killers that must be stopped, but there's good news in the long-running controversy about wind power and birds. A study of the notorious wind turbines in California's Altamont Pass suggests that efforts to reduce the number of bird deaths from the spinning blades are succeeding.
Shutting down turbines in the winter months, removing particularly poorly sited turbines and replacing hundreds of smaller, older turbines with fewer newer, larger turbines are all cited in what researchers say has been a decline of around 50 percent in fatalities to four focal species – the American kestrel, burrowing owl, golden eagle and red-tailed hawk – since the middle of the last decade.
This study – reported on first by the San Francisco Chronicle – was completed late last year for the Alameda County Community Development Agency by ICF International, which has served as the officially monitoring team for the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area since 2008.
Altamont was one of the first extensive wind power developments in the world, with thousands of what are by today's standards small turbines erected beginning in the 1960s. From April to September especially, it's a remarkable wind resource, with cool marine air from the Bay Area pulled furiously into the hot Central Valley. Raptors in particular love those winds, and when the turbines went up, it wasn't a good mix. (See related post: "Montana Wind Turbines Give Way to Raptors.")
Lawsuits have since brought settlements promising change, and while birds continue to die at Altamont, the new study indicates they do so in far fewer numbers than they did seven or eight years ago – in the neighborhood of the 50 percent reduction one of the settlements had sought by 2009.
The study used 1,130 as the baseline 2004 figure for the four focal species, and looked at what happened from 2005 to 2010.
"The estimate of the total number of focal species fatalities occurring during the 2010 bird year is 638 birds, a decrease of 44% from the baseline," the study reported. "Using the 3-year rolling average from the last 3-year period, the reduction is 51%."
The authors noted that comparing the new numbers to earlier ones is difficult, as sampling and assessment techniques have been far from consistent, and the task of recovering all carcasses over a vast terrain is a big challenge. But this latest study was far more intensive, comprehensive and systematic than any ever done, yielding "the best estimates available of total APWRA-wide avian fatalities ever produced," the authors said.
The Golden Gate chapter of the Audubon Society, a leader in fighting to make the Altamont wind area safer for birds, called the findings "very good news." The group said that although much work remained to be done at Altamont – particularly by NextEra Energy Resources, the largest wind turbine owner at the site – the results so far showed that "with careful siting and design, it's possible to significantly reduce the risk to birds from wind turbines." (See related quiz: "What You Don't Know About Wind Energy")
See the Golden Gate Audubon blog for a great discussion of how the group worked to force changes at Altamont and how repowering and thoughtful siting can make wind turbines less dangerous for birds.
The ICF study, a 171-page PDF, is available here.
—Pete Danko
This post originally appeared at EarthTechling and was republished with permission.


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