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New Animations Reveal Details of Cursed Warship
Remarkable 3D visualizations of deep-sea scans are helping archaeologists to reconstruct one of the best-preserved historic warships yet discovered.
Over the course of several years, a research team led by Johann Rönnby, professor of maritime archaeology at Sweden's Södertörn University, has photographed and scanned the 453-year-old wreck Mars, the legendary flagship of Swedish King Erik XIV.
(Read more about the discovery of the Mars shipwreck.)
Named for the Roman god of war, Mars went down in the Baltic Sea in 1564 during a battle against Danish and German forces. The massive three-masted warship was nearly 200 feet long, and carried more than 100 cannon and between 800 and 900 Swedish and German sailors at the time that it sunk.
The Mars wreck site was discovered in 2011 by Rönnby's team near the Swedish island of Öland. Initial investigations of the vessel, lying at a depth of 250 feet, indicated that a combination of slow currents and a dark and cold environment helped to facilitate the stunning preservation of the wooden warship.
Raising Mars is an extremely expensive proposition and would result in undue damage to the hull and associated artifacts, so Rönnby's team chose to document the site using photogrammetry and multibeam sonar scans accurate to within 0.08 inches. The resulting reconstructions will enable them to not only reconstruct the vessel itself, but also the site's remarkably well-preserved maritime battlefield.
The research project is a recipient of funding from the National Geographic Society.
According to legend, Mars was doomed from the start due to the fact that its cannon were constructed from melted-down church bells, according to Rönnby.

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For Immediate Release: April 15, 2010
Contact: Division of News & Electronic Media, Office of Communication
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New CDC Study Finds Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices Need Improvement
Current screening methods for Fecal Occult Blood Tests are often not appropriate
More than 75 percent of primary care physicians in the United States who order or perform the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) as a screening option for colorectal cancer perform an in-office test rather than relying on the home-based test, even though the home-based test is more accurate, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found.
National guidelines recommend that FOBT testing be done with stool samples collected at home. Previous studies have shown that the in-office FOBT, in which a single stool sample is collected by a physician during a digital rectal examination, is ineffective because it misses 95 percent of cancers or polyps that may become cancer. The in-office test is not recommended for colorectal cancer screening.
The study, "Fecal Occult Blood Testing Beliefs and Practices of U.S. Primary Care Physicians: Serious Deviations from Evidence-Based Recommendations," is published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine at http://www.springerlink.com/content/p7q4n4114510574t/fulltext.pdf.
"Many primary care physicians continue to use inappropriate FOBT methods to screen for colorectal cancer, thereby missing the potential to save lives," said Marion Nadel, Ph.D., health scientist in CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, and lead author of the study. "FOBT is an important option for screening, but it must be implemented correctly. People who choose FOBT for screening should use high-sensitivity home tests on an annual basis and be sure to follow-up on any positive result."
In this new study, researchers analyzed data from the 2006-2007 National Survey of Primary Care Physicians' Recommendations and Practices for Cancer Screening conducted by the National Cancer Institute in collaboration with CDC and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The scientists looked at whether there has been improvement since 2000, when an earlier study revealed that many primary care physicians used inappropriate methods to implement FOBT.
The current survey included 1,134 primary care physicians who reported ordering or performing FOBT at least once per month. The researchers examined FOBT implementation practices and physicians' beliefs about and use of the newer tests, the high-sensitivity guaiac-based FOBT and the fecal immunochemical tests. In the guaiac-based FOBT, the chemical guaiac is used to detect blood in the stool. In the fecal immunochemical tests, antibodies are used to detect blood in the stool.
Of the physicians who reported that they ordered or performed FOBT, 25 percent said they used in-office FOBT exclusively, and about 53 percent reported using both home and in-office tests. Also, 61 percent of primary care physicians used the standard guaiac-based FOBT, while use of the more sensitive guaiac-based test and the fecal immunochemical tests was significantly lower. The high-sensitivity tests are superior to the standard guaiac-based FOBT in detecting colorectal cancer and advanced lesions.
On a positive note, 93 percent of physicians reported using colonoscopy as a follow-up to a positive FOBT, as recommended in national guidelines.
Screening is recommended for adults aged 50 years and older. Those with a family or personal history of colorectal polyps or cancer, or inflammatory bowel disease, should speak with their physicians about whether to begin screening at an earlier age. Annual FOBT is one of several screening options recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the joint guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society, the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology. The other recommended screening tests are flexible sigmoidoscopy (every 5 years) and colonoscopy (every 10 years).
Recent reports show that most primary care physicians recommend FOBT, either alone or in addition to colonoscopy, to screen for colorectal cancer. FOBT is preferred by a significant number of adults. Moreover, it is relatively inexpensive and easily accessible, and often the only screening test available to people with insufficient insurance coverage or those who live in areas with limited high-quality endoscopic services.
The researchers noted that educational efforts are needed to inform physicians of the recommended practices for screening with FOBT and to raise awareness of the newer high-sensitivity stool tests. The authors also encourage efforts to promote the use of provider tracking and reminder systems to enhance FOBT test completion and follow-up care.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, after lung cancer. In 2006, more than 139,000 new cases of colorectal cancer were diagnosed and more than 53,000 people died from this disease. Screening tests can find precancerous polyps so they can be removed before they have a chance to turn into cancer, thus preventing the disease. In addition, screening can detect cancers at an early stage when treatment can be very effective.
CDC's Colorectal Cancer Control Program funds 26 states and tribal organizations across the U.S. to increase rates of colorectal cancer screening among men and women 50 years of age and older through population-based approaches such as policy and health systems change, outreach, case management, and selective provision of direct screening services.
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Siemens Healthineers workflow consultants are Lean-accredited, experienced in Six Sigma methodologies, and collectively perform more than 1100 workflow consultations each year. Leverage world class experience and best practices in large scale project management derived from more than 2000* track-based automation projects implemented by Siemens since 1998.
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After checking out one of the last teaser images, we had a hunch that the A-Class' front would end up looking quite similar to the CLS'. It turned out to be a valid assessment as the two cars, despite playing in very different leagues, basically share the same front end design. But that doesn't mean all future models carrying the three-pointed star badge will get the new fascia as Mercedes has promised to come up with a more diversified design among its models.
Nicknamed the "Predator" face, the sharper headlight arrangement flanking a reversed grille shape will be "dedicated to our most progressive cars," according to Mercedes' chief designer Gorden Wagener. Speaking with Australian media at the hatchback's reveal even last week in Amsterdam, the man in charge with the company's styling language mentioned the A-Class and CLS (both pictured below) are "very design-oriented" cars. He went on to specify the fact that both are sharing the same face won't have a negative impact on sales since the two belong to different segments.
When asked about whether future cars from the compact lineup – particularly the GLA crossover and CLA sedan - will carry over the Predator theme, Wagener said these two cars won't have it. We might add that the same thing can be said about the GLB, which spy shots have shown it will be a boxy crossover with an exterior design inspired by the G-Class. In addition, the B-Class minivan will also take a different approach, judging by what we have seen in recent spy images.
Getting back to the A-Class, Wagener pointed out it was quite tricky to create those triangular headlights, adding these have "actually never been tried before":
"We squeezed the engineers here quite a bit, but it makes [the A-Class] super aggressive, super high tech and modern looking."
The jury is still out on which other cars will get the so-called Predator face (A-Class Sedan should be one of them), but Wagener did say the next generation of the C-Class is not on the list. Instead, the W206 will come with a "different face" when it will debut at the beginning of the next decade.
As a final note, it's worth mentioning "Predator" is also the rumored codename for a hotter A45 derivative set to adopt a hybrid powertrain to generate even more oomph than the regular model's already confirmed 400+ hp output.
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7 questions for needs assessment to help you figure out if you're addressing the actual problem and if that problem can be addressed with training or some other solution.
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다른 표현을 사용해주시기 바랍니다.
건전한 인터넷 문화 조성을 위해 회원님의 적극적인 협조를 부탁드립니다.
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We worked with a mining major to deliver a cutting-edge human rights impact assessment at site-level, in full alignment with the United Nations Guiding Principles.
In order to broaden its understanding of human rights issues at operational level, the client contracted us to deliver an on-site HRIA at a mine site in Peru. One of the aims of this operational-level HRIA was to better understand human rights impacts in the local value chain.
Ahead of the on-site assessment, we completed a desk-based assessment of human rights risks using our human rights indices, data provided by the company, public input and NGO reports. The on-site HRIA then verified the results of this assessment, and ensured less visible risks were captured. The HRIA also provided insight into specific impacts associated with vulnerable groups such as children and minorities.
The HRIA analysed the type, volume and severity of impacts, as well as identified previously unknown issues. The results of the assessment were integrated by the company in to their annual sustainability report.
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Gold, Guns and Gas: Three Ways To Keep Your Money Safe
The world's economies have fallen to their weakest level since the recession ended in 2009. German and U.S. bonds actually charge buyers interest rather than pay buyers interest. The euro zone's survival appears at risk and China's red-hot economy, the second-biggest in the world, is not so red hot any more.
It's enough to make a retail investor throw in the towel. And in case that's not incentive enough to get out, there are the market gyrations.
Some people are trying to take money out of the market just because of volatility, Jerry Doyle, a wealth strategist with BNY Mellon Wealth Management, said.
So what's a retail investor to do? Start by breathing deeply ... there really are alternatives to the stock and bond markets and the troubles in the euro zone and China. Stuffing cash under a mattress is not the only alternative.
And read this guide on how to protect assets from the storms and downdrafts pummeling conventional securities.
Five Factors for Analysis
When considering an alternative investment, think first about whether it can be quickly sold for cash. That's called liquidity. Fine art or collectible cars may take longer to sell than gold or futures. If you won't need the money for awhile, liquidity matters less; if you will need the money in the short-term, liquidity matters more.
Secondly, make sure the alternative investment rises when conventional markets fall and falls when conventional markets rise. That's called noncorrelation. An alternative investment that loses value when bonds or stocks lose value, isn't much of an alternative.
Thirdly, determine whether there is any demand for the alternative investment. Ignore alternative investments that strike most people as merely weird. The demand for a highly unusual piece of art by a noted artist could cost a fortune but be of zero interest outside a tight circle of the cognoscenti. Likewise, be careful not to price yourself out of a limited market; an over-the-top price tag can kill off demand as quickly as weirdness can.
Fourthly, gauge an alternative investment's objective value. Does its perceived worth vary greatly by region, or does its value rise and fall according to the mood du jour of cultural brahmins? Precious metals and diamonds tend to have a higher objective -- that is steady -- value than do sculptures.
Lastly, when reading advice on alternative investments make sure you know exactly what an advisor is trying to protect against. Some advisors offer advice for use if the stock market declines more than 20 percent; other advisors offer advice for use if a global apocalypse drives us into bands of hunter-gatherers. What is good advice for one scenario is bad advice for another.
The Midas Touch
There's no question in the case of gold specifically. Gold today is increasingly being treated as currency alternative, said James Kuntz, managing director for Pacific Wealth Management. Gold is increasingly used as currency by central banks and in developing economies such as India, and many see it as being the only asset with any true inherent value.
Moreover, there is definitely a historical factor of gold that has gone back over the millennia. At the end of the day, it's a store of value, Kuntz said.
Gold and silver are seen as having specific properties that enable them to beat other assets in maintaining value and liquidity. Gold and silver, if they are pure, one is the same as any other one, and that's one of the assets of good money, Albert Lu, managing director of WB Advisors LLC, said. Essentially, because pure gold is pure gold wherever it is, it maintains value across borders and markets in a way currencies do not.
Lu also counsels against buying precious metals-backed equities, like mining stocks or gold-backed exchange-traded funds, because in the event of a global financial panic that freezes markets it might be impossible to sell one's holdings.
I always tell people to think about holding at least some portion of their gold in bars or bullion of some kind, Lu said, although investors do have to keep in mind the cost of storing and moving gold bullion.
What Will the Future Bring?
Kuntz recommends using a managed futures portfolio, a basket of futures contracts in multiple markets, because it is relatively liquid and the value of the portfolio tends to move in the opposite direction of stocks. While futures may not generate lots of additional value in times of relative economic calm, when stock markets fall futures offer opportunities not available to the investor who only holds equities.
Additionally, futures offer another alternative investment, like gold, where there is not a huge amount of objective variation between experts. Unlike fine art, where opinions and tastes can differ radically, the markets treat soybeans as soybeans, even given the fact that there are varieties of soybeans.
I Like Racehorses and Cars and Paintings and Stamps and Guns and Coins and ...
A third category of alternative investments that can help protect assets are collectibles. Examples include fine art, race horses, wine, numismatics, philately, antique guns and classic cars. Kuntz says collectibles have the potential for a lot of variation in the qualitative interpretation of value. Investors must be willing to spend the time to develop expertise in the collectible market to know when they are getting something at a good rate.
Timing also matters, says Karl Byrd, executive vice president of Security Ballew Wealth Management. The key to buying a collectible is buying it at the right price and selling it at the right price, he said.
If I had a multimillionaire client that said he really wanted to collect X, the first thing I would do is ask if they have expertise in that asset class. If they say no ... I say look for someone you trust to offer specialty advice, do due diligence, Byrd said, adding that he frequently helps clients with that due diligence.
Another pitfall for investors buying into collectibles is that they do not consider the liquidity of the collectibles. The rarer and more valuable an object, the fewer potential buyers and thus the longer it may take to sell.
Rarity takes care of supply, but demand is not guaranteed. You are basically vulnerable to their taste and their ability to make that kind of purchase, Lu said.
Collectibles are not a good place to put your money if you think you may need to access it quickly. If an object has to go through an auction, you are limited to the timetable of the auction houses and also must be prepared to pay commissions and expenses for the sale. Likewise, for the duration of the time that you hold the collectible, you must be prepared to pay upkeep and insurance on it, costs which are not usually tax deductible.
As an alternative to selling collectible assets, some wealthy collectors may choose to give them to charitable foundations as tax deductions. However, collectibles given to a public charity must have been held for more than a year, and the charity must use the donation for a similar use, according to Doyle. In other words, a painting given to a museum must be displayed or loaned for display by that museum.
Bottom line: When entering into the collectible market, investors should carefully consider what percentage of your investable portfolio is an appropriate percentage to invest in this asset class, Byrd said.
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Analyzing CAPTCHAs
New research: "Attacks and Design of Image Recognition CAPTCHAs."
Abstract. We systematically study the design of image recognition CAPTCHAs (IRCs) in this paper. We first review and examine all IRCs schemes known to us and evaluate each scheme against the practical requirements in CAPTCHA applications, particularly in large-scale real-life applications such as Gmail and Hotmail. Then we present a security analysis of the representative schemes we have identified. For the schemes that remain unbroken, we present our novel attacks. For the schemes for which known attacks are available, we propose a theoretical explanation why those schemes have failed. Next, we provide a simple but novel framework for guiding the design of robust IRCs. Then we propose an innovative IRC called Cortcha that is scalable to meet the requirements of large-scale applications. Cortcha relies on recognizing an object by exploiting its surrounding context, a task that humans can perform well but computers cannot. An infinite number of types of objects can be used to generate challenges, which can effectively disable the learning process in machine learning attacks. Cortcha does not require the images in its image database to be labeled. Image collection and CAPTCHA generation can be fully automated. Our usability studies indicate that, compared with Google's text CAPTCHA, Cortcha yields a slightly higher human accuracy rate but on average takes more time to solve a challenge.
The paper attacks IMAGINATION (designed at Penn State around 2005) and ARTiFACIAL (designed at MSR Redmond around 2004).


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Check out this turn-by-turn description of the flattest, fastest course in the St. Louis Region!
The USATF Certified MO' Cowbell Half Marathon has quite the picturesque start with Frontier Park and the Missouri River to the right as runners head north on Riverside and turn left on Clark.
The course spends less than a quarter mile on Clark before turning right onto 2nd Street also known as Hwy 94.
The one-mile mark is just past the intersection of N. 2nd & French.
Runners continue heading north on 2nd Street past quaint storefronts of Old Town St. Charles then turn right on Tecumseh.
The course then takes a left on N. Main Street which becomes N. River Road.
The two-mile mark is on N. River Road, just a quarter mile or so after passing under the 370 overpass.
Fluid Station #1 is just after the two-mile mark at the parking area for the Dusable Dog Park.
Runners continue on N. River Road running parallel to the Katy Trail and Missouri River on the right and with plenty of green fields and trees on the left.
The N. River Road bears left and becomes Hawning Rd.
The three-mile mark is on the N. River Road just before Hawning Rd.
Runners continue on Hawning Road for just over a half mile as it heads toward Hwy 94. The course takes a right at 94 and heads north to the northern most point of the course.
The 4-mile mark about a quarter mile after the turn onto Hwy 94, just north of Joyce.
Runners continue on Hwy 94 to State Hwy B. Runners make a left on Hwy B and another quick left onto Boschertown Road and are greeted by cheering volunteers at Fluid Station #2.
The 5-mile mark is a quarter mile after turning onto Boschertown Road.
Enter New Town by turning right onto Island Harbor which becomes Sublette Street.
This course is meant to be pretty darn fast, but there are a few turns as the runners tour New Town.
Just after Sublette Street curves left, runners take a right onto Barter Street.
Runners head west on Barter St. then left onto Hempstead and then turn south on Galt House Drive.
Runners are officially in New Town at the six-mile mark, which is on Galt House Drive.
Follow Galt House as it borders the New Town Lake and then as it bends right to Rue Royale St. Head north onto Rue Royale Street and then loop west onto Outer Civic Circle to Domain.
Runners make a short jog south on Domain St. to N. New Town Ave. then run west thru a tree-lined alley along the canal in the center of New Town and quickly turn left again onto South New Town Avenue.
Heading east, runners turn right on Domain, then loop back left on Outer Civic Circle, then left on Rue Royale Street to New Town Lake Drive.
Runners head east on New Town Lake Drive toward Granger Boulevard with the canal on their left.
Mile seven is on New Town Lake Drive just after the turn from Rue Royale.
Runners continue east and turn left on Granger at the corner of New Town Lake.
Heading north on Granger Boulevard runners reach Fluid & Fuel Station #3 before they turn right onto Barter to rejoin the out-and-back portion of the course.
Before this mile is complete runners turn left on Sublette Street and continue on Island Harbor toward the exit of New Town.
The eight-mile mark is on Island Harbor about 200 meters before exiting New Town.
Say goodbye to New Town as you turn right on Boschertown Road.
The remainder of mile nine is slightly downhill, fast straight-away south on Boschertown.
Mile 9 is near the north entrance to Charlestowne Village.
Say hello to some hills as you enter mile 10! For the first time on this mostly pancake flat course you'll have to pump the arms and call on the quads to do some climbing.
Before you turn left onto the aptly named Little Hills Expressway, volunteers at Fluid Station #4 will cheer you on your way.
The ten-mile mark is a little less than a half mile after turning onto Little Hills.
This mile is the only truly tough mile on the course. Before this is child's play and after this it's mostly smooth sailing to the finish.
Runners remain on Little Hills Expressway for most of this stretch before turning onto Mel Wetter Parkway.
The 11-mile mark is not long after the turn onto Mel Wetter Parkway.
What goes up must come down right? Runners will enjoy a nice downhill as they continue on N. 5th Street followed by another slight uphill.
Runners make a left on Olive Street and are welcomed by volunteers at the Fluid Station #5.
Here half-marathoners will wish marathoners Good Luck and turn right onto 2nd
As if the first ten miles of flat roads weren't enough to make this a fast course, the last mile rewards runners for their hard work with a big downhill finish!
After continuing on 2nd Street runners then turn left on Clark followed by a right onto Riverside Drive. There they have a straightaway of less than a half a mile to the finish on Riverside just north of First Capitol.
We recommend getting there as fast as you can so you can enjoy all the post-race fun in Frontier Park!


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The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Project as a Collaborative Project
The goals of the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Project are to repair and conserve 29 large whirligigs that were constructed by artist Vollis Simpson and erected in a field along a rural road near his repair shop in Wilson County, North Carolina. Upon completion of the repair and conservation work the sculptures will be installed in a park in downtown Wilson, North Carolina, to serve as an anchor for ongoing creative development and revitalization of the downtown area as an artistic, economic, social and cultural hub for the community.
ArtPlace funds help support the continuing repair and conservation work on Mr. Simpson's kinetic sculptures, the creation of jobs and training of workers through art conservation, design of the downtown Wilson, North Carolina park and environs, development of educational outreach through park programming and continual marketing and community outreach of the project, programs and opportunities.
Jefferson Currie II is documentation, collections and surface conservation manager for the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Project. ArtPlace spoke with Currie about the challenges and rewards involved in working with local, state and national partners.
ARTPLACE: Do you have partners on the project?
CURRIE: We have had numerous partners involved in the repair and conservation of Vollis Simpson's whirligigs as well as the revitalization and development of downtown Wilson, North Carolina, the education programming, job creation program and community outreach. The North Carolina Arts Council has provided financial and technical assistance throughout the process. They have worked with us on documentation of Mr. Simpson's artwork, educational programming and exhibit curation concerning the repair and conservation work, a community oral history program during the annual Whirligig Festival in Wilson, NC and curatoral input on the repair, conservation and park design. Their continued support is crucial to the project and we appreciate all of the time and talent they have shared with us. Wilson Community College has been working with us to develop programs to help folks on the repair and conservation crew who need formal educational opportunities to go along with the on the job training they are getting while working with the experienced mechanics, welders and machinists we have employed.
This project is multi-faceted and in addition to the formal assistance provided by organizations and institutions, we have been getting a lot of support from local businesses and individuals. Evan-MacTavish-Agricraft, Inc., a Wilson manufacturing company has donated the metal we need to repair the artwork and support the whirligigs while they are being conserved, and Green's Auto Salvage has donated hard to find parts and scrap metal that we need to replace corroded or missing pieces that Mr. Simpson uses in his sculptures. It's hard to just pinpoint a few people, because there have been so many people that have lent their support and guidance to the project. Some give us our time and energy, some give donations and sponsorships, some give advice when we need a little guidance. The community of Wilson City and County and people from across North Carolina and the United States have been so giving to this project that we feel real humbled by their generosity. I would have to say that our most important partnership is with Vollis Simpson. It has been crucial to the project having him advise us on the process, materials, methods, thoughts and inspiration that informs each and every piece that he created. Being able to visit with him, documenting his life and work, and have him come into the repair and conservation headquarters to see the process of conserving his whirligigs has been invaluable. We all get a little boost just knowing that we are helping his windmills return to a functional and visual form that pleases him and his family. Our most valuable partner is the 93 year old artist Vollis Simpson. I think we all feel proud to know him and prouder still that he has entrusted us with the awesome responsibility of conserving his magnificent sculptures.
ARTPLACE: What is the toughest thing about collaboration?
CURRIE: Collaboration is a process that has many facets, but the ones that jump out at me are honesty, openness and sharing. In this project we are working with many partners that bring different things to the table. As a group, the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Project is working with the artist, repair and conserving the whirligigs, organizing educational programming, designing a downtown park, running a job training program, fundraising, marketing and developing a framework to harness the creative, economic, social and cultural development of the downtown area surrounding the park. Each of these aspects of the project has multiple partners that we have to collaborate with to achieve something that works for Mr. Simpson and his family, the community and the artwork. Being in the repair and conservation headquarters everyday and working with Mr. Simpson gives me a different perspective. I sometimes have to step back and realize that not everyone that we collaborate with thinks of each sculpture as a friend. I try to share my passion for the artwork and for Mr. Simpson with everyone, and what pleases me is that they all seem to get it and are as much in awe Mr. Simpson and his windmills as I am. It's easy to be honest and open and to share, what is harder is making sure that everyone gets a chance to share in this collaborative process. We all want full representation from anyone who wants to be involved, but sometimes people might be reticent to get involved or not know how to get involved. In order to collaborate we need to make sure all the partners are at the table or it's not true community collaboration. That's tough to me, making sure all the voices are heard.
ARTPLACE: What is the most rewarding thing about collaboration?
CURRIE: Being able to talk with and spend time with Vollis Simpson is the most rewarding thing about collaboration on this project. I get to collaborate with the artist on the repair and conservation of the sculptures that he started creating on over thirty years ago, and that he continues to create today. Mr. Simpson is working on new pieces just about every day. He is always working on new ideas and fabricating parts that he can mechanize and engineer into artistically beautiful and kinetically breathtaking artwork. I get to learn from a master craftsman who is generous with his knowledge and his humor, a man that I respect and admire. Our countless conversations and interviews have informed the project in numerous ways. He has given us parts that we could never find, much less identify. He has explained to us a process of creating that has helped us understand how we can repair and conserve his artwork. Collaborating with him means listening. One day when we were out near his repair shop where he does most of his work he just casually mentioned that this one piece that most people call Guitar Man should be the last one move so that we can conserve it. I was curious and asked him why he wanted Guitar Man to be the last one we moved and he said that he just liked looking at it. We want to do right by Mr. Simpson and his family and so in our collaboration we work hard to make sure that their hopes and wishes for his artwork and the project as a whole are well understood.
ARTPLACE: What advice would you give to those having trouble making a collaboration work?
CURRIE: It is hard making a collaboration work. When there are multiple voices and ideas in a project it can get chaotic, but I think the keys to collaboration are the things I mentioned earlier, things like honesty, openness, sharing, but also, listening and compromising. We all have ways of seeing how things should be done, but if we listen and can genuinely compromise in a situation where there is a difference of opinion then we can get things done correctly. This project has been one where the collaboration has been easy and all of the partners have worked hard to see the collective vision of documentation, repair, conservation, economic development, park design and construction, education and fundraising are successful. By working together, collaboratively, we can show the people of Wilson County, the State of North Carolina and all of the United States that Vollis Simpson's sculptures are magnificent, Mr. Simpson is a treasure and art can help us create places that can benefit our communities economically, socially, creatively and culturally.


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Sonos has made a name for itself with high-quality wireless audio products, but even as its built out its product line one area has remained untouched: the living room. The fit seemed natural — we even asked CEO John MacFarlane about the company's ambitions ourselves — and today the company is answering that question with the Sonos Playbar. It's a $699 soundbar that provides a complete audio system for your movies, TV, and games — as well as serving as a full-fledged Sonos music player unto itself. It's a product the company says could be transformative for its business — and may just help convince some users to ditch their home A/V receiver in the process.
The Playbar is nearly three feet wide, and its matte aluminum and fabric exterior houses nine different speakers — three tweeters and six midrange speakers. They're angled at 45 degrees, so you can mount the soundbar on your wall or lay it flat on a table beneath your television; a built-in accelerometer detects the orientation and modifies the output of the speakers accordingly. On its own, it's a three-channel audio system, with the bare minimum of connectors: power, two ethernet jacks, and a TOSLINK optical connector for hooking it up to your television (it recognizes Dolby Digital as well as standard two-channel audio). While you can control it with the Sonos Controller mobile app — it's a standard Sonos device, after all — the Playbar also recognizes most remote control codes, so if you just want to watch TV you should be set for volume control right out of the gate.
Make no mistake — this thing is loud
We heard the Playbar in a Sonos demo theater and were frankly extremely impressed. We started off with a clip from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, and the Playbar provided a wide and immersive field of sound, with low-end that had the floor rattling. Make no mistake — soundbar or no, this thing is loud. Switching to music provided a similar experience. Pink Floyd's "Money" was used to show off the stereo separation, and the rattle and clang of cash registers in the song's intro seemed to come from the corners of the room, well beyond the physical reach of the speakers themselves. A classical track — while not sounding like we were exactly in the room with the musicians themselves — revealed a lovely texture and clarity in the high end. Then again, for a $699 device with the Sonos name, one expects stellar sound quality.
The most impressive performance, however, came when the Playbar was paired with some of Sonos' other products. The Playbar can connect wirelessly to the company's Sub subwoofer for even more low-end — Skrillex's "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" was positively thunderous — but you can also add two Play:3 speakers into the mix. The result is a true 5.1 sound system — all without cables. We watched the train crash sequence from Super 8, and the result was one of the closest things to a true movie experience we've heard in a home theater. To be fair, the demo happened in Sonos' own room, so your mileage at home may vary — but we were excited by what we heard.
A true 5.1 system — without the cables
Sonos is also introducing a new version of its Controller app with several Playbar-specific features, such as a dialogue mode if you can't hear voices in the mix, and a "nighttime mode" to make it easier to listen at lower volumes. And as a Sonos player above all else, it can stream music from the multitude of services supported by the company, and will work as part of a Sonos multi-room set-up (in a nice touch, you can route the audio from your television to a Sonos speaker in another room if you need to step away).
Of course, at this kind of price point, this isn't a device for the casual music listener. In fact, if you're a new Sonos user and don't want to plug the Playbar into your router, you'll need to shell out another $49 for the company's Bridge device to set up its proprietary mesh Wi-Fi network. But as Sonos co-founder Tom Cullen sees it, the Playbar solves a problem nobody else has been able to tackle. "A lot of modern music lovers have a nice TV," he told us, but no competitors have solved the problem of providing great sound for that television while simultaneously offering access to such a multitude of music services.
Home theater is a software problem
The time is right for something like the Playbar, he says, because technological advances have obviated the need for dedicated devices like the home A/V receiver. Home theater, he says, is a software problem. "What looks like a hardware problem over time almost always becomes a software problem in this game," Cullen says, explaining that functions that are physical hardware features in something like a receiver — source selection, control, and the like — can be performed virtually in software as general computing technology has advanced. (One only needs to look at Sonos' own hardware controller, killed off by its smartphone apps, to see the principle in action.) With source-switching moving to TVs thanks to HDMI, Sonos can now step in and be that software-oriented solution.
The other advantage of the approach, Cullen says, is simplicity — something that's become increasingly important as consumers find themselves facing an overwhelming number of choices in everything from which music service they want to use to what video device they should use on a given night. "You can do anything, and that's actually a problem," he says. "Sonos continues to exist because we're bringing more precise access to what is otherwise an insane amount of abundance. There is no scarcity, so what it means is you have to make some hard choices to get to people what they want... So he who solves that for you, for your application, wins you."
The Sonos Playbar will be released on March 5th for $699 in the US, €699 in the EU, and £599 in the UK.


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The company was funded in 1958, as a transport company, with departmens of processing into splintering and fixing the mineral oil's equipment, having a pipe control plant activity. The transport activity has begin in 1995 with the fondation of Drilling Offive Nr. 3 Bascov.Measured by the drilling's extention and the rock oil's extraction from Muntenia-West area, as part of the company are funded new sections and departments of transport and labour conscriptions with construction tools.
From 1991,in the base H.G. 1361/1990, the society is organised as Publicly Held Corporation, at present practising its atributions provided by the Low no.31/1990 republished regarding Commercial Societies.
About the company:
Romanian Private Capital
No. ORC ARGES, J03/158/1991
It has no subsidiaries, no branches,no agencies, no other working places.The whole activity is carring on its social residence.The grounds and the buildings situated on these grounds (departments, stores, storehouses, administration buildings) are the society's property.
The society's administration is made by unit system. The management is done by the General Director who is the Administration Council's President.
At present the society has the following certificates:
a) a certificate refering to the management system of quality SR EN ISO 9001/2001
b) a certificate refering to the management system of health and occupational serutity OH SAS 18001/2004
c) a certificate refering to the management system of overage SR EN ISO 14001/2005;
d) a Member of International Association Drilling Contractors 2007 certificate.


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This week The Seneca Scene welcomes Professor of Physics Steven Penn to discuss the discovery of gravitational waves and his work with LIGO on coating design for the interferometer detectors. Join us for this chat where we learn more about Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, the collision of black holes and neutron stars, and what this discovery means for our understanding of the Big Bang.
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By the time this publishes, PENZONE Salon + Spa, our new concept salon, will be open. I've written previously about communication, managing change and focus — all elements that have been critical to this project. Now, as it draws to a close, I've been thinking about the driver behind our new concept: relevance.
In April, we embarked on our 50th year in business. This is no easy feat for any business. All the work we've done, and will continue to do, will be to remain relevant for not only our existing guests, but also future guests. Since this effort is fresh in my mind, I want to share a few strategies that have guided our efforts.
A focused brand = a strong brand
Despite our proven track record, we intentionally started fresh when ideating our new concept. This involved more than just defining the space or experiences within it. Our process involved exploring our brand's purpose and pillars that support why we do what we do every day.
This fresh perspective provided the foundation for our new concept. It provided our team concepts that could be understood and infused into their work. And even more, it'll be the constant our training will be built upon.
Be daring
To remain relevant, change is the only constant. Trust your gut and approach change with an open mind and heart. Don't be afraid. Fear can paralyze even the most successful businesses. I'll admit, I had to remind myself and our team of this fact many times throughout the project.
Would our new concept, PENZONE Salons + Spas, be confusing for existing guests? Would unifying our brands throughout Central Ohio be jarring for our team? Would adding elements of our new concepts, Royal Rhino Club Barbershop & Lounge and LIT Life + Yoga, into our core brand be unwelcomed?
I knew in my heart that all these elements would make up the future for our brand. So, we went for it — a holistic approach to beauty — while realizing not everyone will get why at first.
Share your knowledge
Help your audience understand the why behind certain decisions — especially if these decisions help drive your future. Without the context, our team and guests might question some of the decisions we've made.
Complimentary beverages have been part of the Penzone experience from the beginning. You won't find soda in our new concepts, though. This was intentional. We've long been a supporter of the American Heart Association and we know that heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women in America. Our decision to not offer sugar-laden soda was made to encourage our professionals and guests to sip smarter, with fresh options like infused spa-water, organic, cold-pressed juices and specialty coffees and teas. By sharing the impetus behind our decision, we've empowered others to make healthier choices and live healthier lives.
I encourage businesses of any size, at any stage in their life cycle, to consider these strategies, as you embark on your journey to stay relevant in our changing world.
Debbie Penzone is the president and CEO of Charles Penzone Inc. Debbie's expertise as a business leader, hair professional and her avid philanthropy have earned her the respect of the salon industry and the nonprofit community. She has been recognized as one of the 20 most remarkable women in Central Ohio, one of the 20 most intriguing salon owners and was a Smart 50 winner.


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JavaScript Quiz: What does this function do?
Are you ready for a quick programming challenge? You will be presented with 18 short JavaScript functions. Your mission is to decipher what they do, and choose the correct option from the list. Good luck!
Tip: The code samples are available as a github gist for easier copying and pasting in your browser's console.
What does this function do?
Great job!
Now make your friends jealous:
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Great quiz,
I recognize that the longest answers are correct :)
This was so fun, and I'm not even a JS developer! You're stuff is really great, Martin! :)
Thank you! I am happy that you like it :)
Great work, Martin very easy to understand. -Paul
San Jose, California
Great job!
You guessed 14 out of 18!
:) :)
Now some are tricky... #13 above all, because nobody uses that anymore and you have to remember what it does.
And #18 too, because you've either have seen it around (I did) or there's no way to tell what it does without trying it in a browser (or Node)!
On #15: the answer doesn't exactly match the function's behavior, you may want to fix it ;)
Entertaining, anyway. Thanks Martin :)
Thanks! It is perfectly fine to try things out in the browser before answering one of the tricky questions. It isn't called cheating, but learning :)
never seen the #13, which make sense since it's dead code, in fact closure compiler minify that like this:
function whatDoesItDo(){var a=[];a.push("1");a.push("2");a.push("4");return a.join(",")};
weird syntax though,
thanks for the quiz
Awesome quiz. One of many things I like your web-site for :)
The 13th one really got me. I didn't know you can break a labeled block, I thought it's just for loops. Also the 15th question. Until today I didn't know strings have these methods (probably because they're obsolete). But great quiz. ;-)
I also discovered that you can label blocks only recently (it works with any statement like loops and if). Their use is discouraged, but are supported, which makes them perfect for the quiz :)
The string methods are non-standard but happen to be supported by all browsers.
15/18 love this kind of quiz, great job :)
Nice quiz, 14 of 18, realy didn't know that you can do some things with some objects.
Saw a good js quiz after long time, learnt a few things myself.
Thank you.
Loved it! Learned a lot too. 13/18
This was great.
I think it would make for a great follow up to go through a few of these and explain how they work.
Thanks for the quiz
11 solution say :
Returns a sorted copy of the array
but it is not true :
var arr1 = [2,4,23,123,6,87];
function whatDoesItDo(arr) {
return arr.slice(0).sort();
var sortedcopy = whatDoesItDo(arr1);
display :
[123, 2, 23, 4, 6, 87]
that's how Array.sort() will treat integers by default.
It is sorted list, just not an extremely useful one :)
Anybody please explain the #2 ?
function whatDoesItDo(param){
return { blue:"#0000ff", green:"#00ff00", red:"#ff0000" }[param];
Try to look at it as the following example:
var obj = {
//// now we want to get the value of the blue color
//// so we can call it as:
//// or using square brackets
/// we can also set "blue" value to some variable like this:
var param = "blue";
/// So now you have it.
function whatDoesItDo(param) {
return { blue:"#0000ff", green:"#00ff00", red:"#ff0000" }[param];
whatDoestItDo("blue"); /// will return #0000ff;
Such simple thing! Thank you Konrud.


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First, some context about where I'm coming from. I'm a lifelong lefty. In my 20+ years of voting, I have voted for exclusively Democrats in hundreds of positions at all levels of government.
In addition, my partner is a consultant in Democratic politics, and gave advice to Gore's team during the 2000 "hanging chads" election debacle.
I go into this history not because it has the slightest to do with the validity of my beliefs, but to indicate that whatever you might think about my current beliefs, I come to my positions with a long history of far left thinking and voting as my base. I delved into this a bit in this post on my original blog, where I explored what I believed then and now on various issues of the day.
If you happen to be a reader of my original blog (still active, by the way!), you know that my current views wouldn't always seem to match up with my staunchly liberal history, so I'm going to try and provide some context for that, and for why I would be giving McCain any consideration at all.
My straight-Democratic-ticket voting streak ended in 2004, when, for the first time I can recall, I voted for a Republican...not only a Republican, but the evilest of all Evil League of Evil Republicans ever, George Bush.
WTF? Had I lost my mind? My household worked hard to try and defeat him in 2000 when everything was at stake during those weeks in Florida, and now we were mired in a Vietnam-style war with no end in sight, and I voted for that guy?
Yup. I was a single-issue voter, and I trusted both candidates at their word. I trusted Kerry when, in his NY Times profile toward the end of the campaign, he said:
"We need to engage more directly and more respectfully with Islam, with the state of Islam, with religious leaders, mullahs, imams, clerics, in a way that proves this is not a clash with the British and the Americans and the old forces they remember from the colonial days," Kerry told me during a rare break from campaigning, in Seattle at the end of August. "And that's all about your diplomacy."
I suppose this is where I tread on being a mouth-breathing knuckle dragger, but when it comes to engaging with Islam, I'm more in the camp of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Salman Rushdie and Mark Steyn in believing that Islam is something to be confronted and reformed, not respected and coddled in its current form. Kerry's talk here scares the crap out of me, especially when I reflect on how our neighbors to the North flirt with introducing Sharia law into a civilized country.
There is a cultural war at work here, and it's one we absolutely cannot lose. Other modern countries have gone down the tubes in recent years by letting the Islamic camel get its nose under the tent, and we can't let that happen to us.
The funny thing is, to my mind, this was and is a profoundly liberal, profoundly Democrat, point of view. I want to protect the status of women as independent beings who can make their own life choices; I want people to have self-determination and freedom of speech, association, and religion. So from my perspective I was intensely interested in pushing forward the agenda that I and my fellow lefties had always believed in, but as I looked around in 2004, I found that my fellow lefties had wandered off to some other field, and I was standing alone.
At this time I don't think I knew the terminology, but I was beginning to understand the difference between a "classic liberal" and a Democrat liberal, and my exploration of that difference led to some deep realizations for me, more of which perhaps later in this post or others.
I also believed Kerry when he said, as paraphrased in that profile:
Kerry has argued that Bush's war in Iraq is a disaster, that troops should be brought home before the end of the next presidential term and that the Iraq war is a "profound diversion" from the war on terror and the real showdown with Al Qaeda.
I agreed with him that the war to that point was a disaster, a fact I found depressing and extremely disappointing, but I could not accept pulling out once we had engaged. We broke it, we needed to take responsibility and fix it -- or, more realistically, create the circumstances which would allow the Iraqis to fix it. To invade their country and then leave them helpless to defend themselves against terrorists and surrounding nations was not an option, in my mind.
I could not help but think frequently about what I consider our nation's lowest point in modern history, as chronicled here by PBS (about the first Bush during the first Gulf War):
Bush urges Iraqis to rise up. They do, and within days Saddam has lost control of southern Iraq. But the rebellion is soon overwhelmed by Saddam's forces, which include helicopter gunships, and Bush orders U.S. troops not to intervene. It is estimated that thousands of Shiites were killed.
It's even worse than that. After Bush told the Iraqis (specifically the Kurds) to rise up, he not only stood by and watched them die, he actually let Saddam have the helicopters and the permission to use the airspace so they could be killed.
Never again, I say. We cannot once again offer hope to the Iraqis, or any people, then leave them hanging, quite literally.
I believed Bush when he said he wouldn't pull out of Iraq. In my opinion, both candidates were men of their word on these issues, and, for me at that time, this was the defining issue and therefore determined my vote.
I voted for Bush on his promise that he wouldn't pull out of Iraq.
As such, I may be one of the few people in human history to not only get what he voted for, but more:
- Rumsfeld was finally fired.
- Real military leadership was put in place, and we got serious about dealing with Iraq and the terrorists there.
- When times got tough and everyone including his own party wanted to run, Bush doubled down and committed more by doing the Surge. His most vocal supporter? John McCain.
The Surge may be the most successful military gambit since WWII. Here is what Barack Obama has to say about it:
"I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated," Obama told O'Reilly in an interview taped Thursday in York, PA. "It's succeeded beyond our wildest dreams."
Some translation is in order: When he says "nobody anticipated", he means that he was totally wrong and Bush and McCain were totally right on this, the most important military decision in recent US history since our initial decision to invade. He still defends his call for us to pull out of Iraq in defeat and his condemnation (until this statement, in the face of overwhelming success) of the Surge.
I'm getting a bit sidetracked in time here, but this isn't a minor thing. This is politics at its best and purest. McCain put his campaign on the line to support the Surge at a time when people were sure that guaranteed his loss of the nomination; Obama took the easy route and refused to change his opinion in the face of changing facts and to this day refuses to change his opinion in the face of what he describes as the wild success of the Surge.
Whatever you side you find yourself on in this, there is no better litmus test of the difference between these candidates on which to make your choice.
But back to 2004. Voting for Bush was a shock to my system. I couldn't possibly be voting for someone I disagreed with so fundamentally on so many issues (as is true to this day) if something hadn't changed in me.
This was the impact of 9/11 on my thinking. I was pulled out of the more petty day to day political considerations to look at the bigger picture, and I found that I was no longer a partisan voter. I could no longer vote on party lines regardless of what the party said and did.
Now, for me, I look at the critical issues facing us, and I look for which candidate and which party is most likely to make progress on those issues in the next four to eight years, regardless of how many other things I disagree with them on.
This brings me to my initial consideration of McCain. In 2000 I saw him as some weird intense guy who I didn't understand and didn't feel I could really trust.
Here are the factors I know of right now:
- He is no friend to the First Amendment. Very troubling to me. Unfortunately, the Democrats are no better friends to free speech given their desire to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine. Free speech and trade are two pillars of a healthy society that no longer have a major party supporting them in this country.
- He was involved in the "Keating 5" scandal; my vague understanding is that he wasn't really very culpable, but was pulled in because they needed to include a Republican to seem fair. I need to look into this more.
- He believes in confronting and defeating evil, like Gandalf and I do. A point for him.
- His focus on service to the country is worrisome. I need to look into exactly what that translates into.
- He is not, by his own admission, very knowledgeable about economics, but his instincts are for free trade, low taxes, and a market economy. If this is not being knowledgeable, we need more not knowledgeable candidates! Big point in his favor, especially since neither party is willing to support trade any more and Obama can't talk about trade or jobs without saying things I find patently ignorant and dangerous.
Something about that: Obama's economic advisors are quite good in my opinion, but what Obama says doesn't match up with what his advisors believe. People tell me he's just lying about his economic beliefs for public consumption, and the advisors are a signal to those who understand economics of what approach he'll really take.
That may well be, but I have a policy: I accept candidates at their word during the campaign. I don't try to play acrobatic games where I guess which things they are lying about and which not.
On the question of economics, I found it particularly odd that in his major speech on race, Obama included this indirect slam on foreign workers:
This time we want to talk about the fact that the real problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job; it's that the corporation you work for will ship it overseas for nothing more than a profit.
What slam on foreign workers, you ask? Well, the ones who get the jobs that are shipped overseas. Is it really a problem that someone somewhere got a job? Is it really only acceptable if Americans get jobs? This call to xenophobia and protectionism is deeply disturbing to me.
- Related to economics, he is assertively pro-immigration and, as with the Surge, was willing to tank his candidacy if necessary to defy his party and keep true to this. (Yes, he finally signed on to some watered down thing on immigration, but he stayed true to his core). I'm strongly with McCain here.
- He is anti-abortion, but unwilling to do much about it. I'm pro-choice, but not too concerned given his hands-off approach on this.
- He's socially conservative, I'm socially quite liberal. But, as with abortion, his feelings don't appear to translate to actions, and as the GayPatriot site has discussed multiple times, the McCain people and the Republicans have been quite accepting of gays at the convention (unlike, as GayPatriotWest stresses, his gay friends who are almost universally intolerant of him being a Republican).
- He's very close to Joe Leiberman, who I respect quite a lot (though I have the same disagreements with Joe in many areas). If he indicates that Leiberman will be an important part of his administration -- say, Secretary of Defense or State, it'll be a big point in his favor.
He apparently considered, at least in passing, Huckabee as his VP pick. It's in his favor that he doesn't seem to have taken this seriously; if he had picked Huckabee, that would have made me a guaranteed Obama voter, on the basis of Huckabee's confusion between us and fundamentalist Islamic countries:
"I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution," Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. "But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that's what we need to do -- to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view."
Those are the items I start with. As it happens, most of the blogs I read are anti-McCain. Here are probably the most influential (to me) anti-McCain blogs I read:
Megan McArdle and Will Wilkinson are extremely intelligent, thoughtful libertarians who refuse to vote for McCain for various reasons, his attack on the first amendment probably being the biggest. Their concerns give me pause.
Andrew Sullivan is a formerly-thoughtful-and-independent-conservative and former New Republic editor who is now a full-throated Obama supporter and whose attacks on McCain and Palin actually serve to drive me toward McCain just in reaction to the viciousness (Sullivan was probably the highest-profile pusher of the conspiracy theory that Palin's last child was actually her daughter's child...disgusting stuff.)
I think the only sort-of-pro-McCain blog I'm consistently reading is:
The Corner, a blog associated with National Review. Unlike Andrew Sullivan, these are a set of thoughtful, conflicted commentators who have been tepid for McCain and who, in response to the Palin pick, range from ecstatic to thinking McCain is nuts.
In other words, this is the perfect sort of blog to help sort through my opinions on the subject.
After all that, where I'm at right now:
Almost everything about Obama scares me.
Many things about McCain scare me.
everything - many things = probable McCain voter from what I know now
This could change as I learn more over the next couple of months, and as we hear more from the candidates.
My rule is that I don't throw away my vote on protest candidates, and I don't try to "choose the winner". I vote for whoever I feel will make the best progress on the most important issues of the day, whether I agree with them on other things or not and whether they are likely to win or not.
As indicated above, there are things McCain can do that would make me an instant Obama voter; at this point it's probably fair to say there's nothing Obama could do to make me an instant Obama voter.
Let me know what you think about all this -- and if you know of thoughtful blogs covering the candidates in an interesting or persuasive manner, please let me know.


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Here's to dirty white pants,
Sunburned skin,
Sunburned skin,
Torn up hands,
And sore EVERYTHING.
At Nationals...
We compete in whatever conditions we get.
Rain in Providence, we race!
Gale force winds, we race!
Crumbling forcola, we race!
Broken oar, flip it over and keep racing.
Here's to a crowd of people all cheering in striped shirts.
Here's to that pain that you'll remember after the race,
but you're ignoring right now.
And here's to pushing it as hard as you can till you hear that marvelous word from the judges: "TIME!"


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Lost Cities and villagesWritten by Ithacorama Portal on 28.10.2013
The first city founded was the Odyssean Asti . As for its location, the opinions of archaeologists are divided.
Others place it in Aetos and others in North Ithaca, in the triangle between the villages of Stavros, Exogi and Platrithias focusing on the location Pilikata as it is the only place in Ithaca , where three seas appear . Homer says that out of the city of Ulysses appeared three seas ! Meaning, looking to three different points of the horizon , you could see the sea. Exogi : School of Homer.
The second opinion , which is the most prevalent for Asti is the opinion expressed by the first Englishman Leake, whose attention went to the name of the port . In various excavations in this region he discovered Mycenaean finds . In the city there are the so-called "Cave of the Wolf " (from the name of the owner of the property ) , which also found ancient artifacts and some archaeologists believed that this cave is the Homeric " Cave of the Nymphs ."
Another city of Ithaca, according to the ancient writers were Alalkomenes at Aetos . Alaso the opinions are divided . Others believe that the city has existed since the time of Odysseus and others later in the 8th century. The existence of the city Alalkomenes mentioned by Plutarch and Strabona . In many writers the existence of the city name Alalkomenes is due to Odysseus was born on Alalkomenes Boeotia and gave the name of his hometown in this city of Ithaca. But this information, it seems unlikely.
Anogi : Geological menhirs . Stephen of Byzantium mentions the city Kynetha, but no information about it. Ptolemy and Skylax said that the city called Ithaca is not yet known if specified in the Homeric city or a later , because they do not give other details .
Newest Cities and villages:
The city is named Jerusalem which says Anna Comnena in the work of Alex in 1089 and placed at the current location Rousanos , southwest of Mount Exogi where tombs of the Christian year where discovered .
North of the Perachori village there was the Koukouvata city , from which ruins of houses are saved to today. This settlement is known as Paliochora . Apparently the name was given by downstream residents, who after the elimination of piracy, abandoned the city and then founded around 1700 today's Vathy .
Castle in Frikes.
Stephen Vyzantios records the settlement Korakostefano, the inhabitants were called Korakopetraioi . This site is associated with Korakos Petra which mentioned by the Homer in Odyssey and existed in Kalamos . Korakos Stone Homer's description resembles also the are Pera Pigadi at Marathia . The William Gell, who toured the island in 1805, says that he saw a cemetery in this are, and the area was named Mnimata . Vizantios referring to this settlement , he would obviously mean the location Pera Pigadi at Marathias.
The Bassadona mentions two other old settlements in Anogi and Exogi . The Exogi inhabited since 1600 and the settlement was then called Bassadona Stafronikion . Kolieri : Stone column shows the elevation of the human spirit.
Another village lost was Malo, at the are of Agia Kyriaki where preserved there until today the ruins of houses. At the slope of Anogi was a settlement called Paxinata , whose residents when passed the fear of pirates moved to Lefki. Another settlement that extinguished is Ai Lias , west of the bay Afales . At Stavros Villagfe up to the mountain Nirito , was the village called Maggano . In the periphery of Stavros there were also two settlements called Evgereti and Stella , who have been abandoned for many years.


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The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently determined that non-signatory insureds could not be compelled to arbitrate their claims under an arbitration clause in an agency agreement where the insureds did not obtain a direct benefit from that agreement.
In Wilson v. Willis, the court considered 14 lawsuits that had been filed against an agent, the insurance broker who hired her, their insurance agency (Southern Risk Insurance), and six insurers for which their office sold policies. Twelve of the suits were filed by insureds who were customers of the agent, and two lawsuits were filed by other insurance agents (collectively, petitioners) who were in competition with the defendant agent and Southern Risk Insurance. The suits asserted various causes of action, including violations of the Unfair Trade Practices Act, and claimed that the broker, Southern Risk Insurance, and the insurers failed to prevent their agent from defrauding the insureds and stifling competition in the local insurance market.
Approximately one year into the lawsuit, three of the insurers filed motions to compel arbitration and dismiss the suits. Those insurers argued that a 2010 agency agreement they had signed with Southern Risk Insurance contained an arbitration provision and that petitioners were third-party beneficiaries to that agreement. The insurers argued that the petitioners were bound by the arbitration clause, which required arbitration of "any dispute or disagreement [that arose] in connection with the interpretation of th[e] [a]greement, its performance or nonperformance, its termination, the figures and calculations used or any nonpayment of accounts," and were equitably estopped from asserting their non-signatory status, because any claims asserted by petitioners were based upon duties that would not exist but for the 2010 agency agreement.
The trial court denied the motion to compel arbitration, and the court of appeals reversed, finding that the petitioners were equitably estopped from asserting their non-signatory status. In reversing, the court of appeals relied on the direct benefits test it had articulated in Pearson v. Hilton Head Hospital. Under that test, a non-signatory to an agreement containing an arbitration clause will be bound by that clause if the non-signatory receives a direct benefit from the agreement that contains the clause. In other words, under the direct benefits test, a non-signatory cannot assert his or her non-signatory status under an agreement containing an arbitration clause while simultaneously maintaining that other aspects of that agreement apply to his or her benefit. The court of appeals held that, because the petitioners' claims arose out of duties created by the 2010 agency agreement and the relationship the agreement created between the insurers and Southern Risk Insurance, they were equitably estopped from asserting their non-signatory status.
On de novo review, the Supreme Court of South Carolina reversed, finding that the arbitration clause was not enforceable against the petitioners. The court emphasized the distinction between direct benefits and indirect benefits, explaining that a direct benefit is one that flows directly from the agreement containing the arbitration clause. On the other hand, an indirect benefit is one where a non-signatory exploits the contractual relationship created by the agreement, rather than the agreement itself. The court noted that the petitioners were unaware of the 2010 agency agreement until the insurers filed their motions to compel arbitration, the petitioners had not asserted a claim for breach of contract, and there was no evidence that the petitioners had knowingly exploited or received a direct benefit from the agency agreement itself. Therefore, any benefit the petitioners gained from the agency agreement was indirect, and they could not be compelled to arbitrate their claims under a theory of equitable estoppel under South Carolina law.
As state courts continue to grapple with the circumstances in which an arbitration clause may be enforced against a non-signatory, insurers seeking to enforce arbitration clauses in such a manner should take extra precaution to make the intention to include non-signatories clear, such as including explicit language in agency agreements that the arbitration clause applies to all third-party beneficiaries of the agreement and informing the insureds that any claims they have related to their policies may be subject to arbitration pursuant to an agency agreement.


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His outstanding work in TV shows and movies has made him one of the most consistent actors right now. He has been a phenomenal actor and his success has reached greatest heights. He is none other than Patrick Flueger. He was born in a place called Red Wing, which lies in Minnesota of United States of America. He belongs to the nationality American and ethnicity white. A lot of information about him and his interesting biography can be grabbed from wiki sites like Wikipedia and IMDb. It does not seem like he is into social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram. Some of his shirtless pictures can be found easily if searched for. He has been very successful and his income proves that. He has his net worth in millions of dollars, which proves his success. He is an extremely tall man as he has a height of 6 feet, which is around 1.83 meters. His age is 31 but he still looks very young.
He has played great roles in TV shows and movies and he is known for that. He played the role of Rusty in a movie called The World's Fastest Indian in the year 2005. He played the role of Zeke Wilde in a TV series called Septuplets in the year 2002. Other TV shows and movies to his credits include the likes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Princess Diaries, The 4400 and Twelve Mile Road.
According to some sources he is currently dating his girlfriend Briana Evigan and their alleged affair has been one of the hottest topics of the town. He is not married and does not have a wife at this time but in near future he might have plans to get settled. He is definitely not gay as he is dating a woman at this time and has been linked with many women in the past. After being so popular and successful he is still very calm and humble.


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J Brand is having a "private" sale on it's new ready-to-wear line, and it's a pretty good one. I fell hard for the look on the far right the second I saw it, but I thought the prices on the line were just a tad inflated. Now that they've marked the line down 40-60%, the […]Keep Reading
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Dazed and Confused
I used to go to Johnny Rockets when they first opened I think back in 1995 or something. It was the coolest place to hang out back then. The majority of the restaurants lining up the beaches now didn't exist in 95. I think Fuddruckers was the first one that opened and the only one back then. Anyway, Johnny Rockets would be packed with students from all the schools. Everybody gathered up at Johnny Rockets first and then from there we would decide what to do. If there was a party some where you would find out about it at Johnny's. Everyone knew everyone, and if you didn't then you would sooner or later. The atmosphere was like something from the movie Dazed and Confused. Back then there was also no minimum order per person. So, we would be like 4 people and one person would order tea. Me and my friends were all broke back then. We used to spend all our money on tapes from Video Club, so the only thing we could afford was tea. Johnny Rockets wasn't making any money off us and all us students kept coming in every weekend, scaring away the older paying customers. Thats when they hit us with the 1.5KD minimum order per person. Everyone stopped going there. Some people started going back to Fuddruckers where you could get 1 coke, drink it, then give the cup to your friend to get a free refill, some people moved upstairs to McDonalds, and some people just started hanging out outside Johnny on the corner next to the No Entry sign, that didn't last long since the cops would come and tell the students that gathering on the sidewalk wasn't allowed! Kuwait was really boring back then. Salmiya wasn't the way it was now. There was no Fanar, and the road from the new salmiya to the old one wasnt yet connected. Across the street from NBK was an underground pedestrian passing. It used to really stink of piss. There was a large sheesha place on the other side and a popular music shop called Subway. Sometimes there would also be like 20 bedouins all aged under 10, and they would hide in the bushes and if they saw anyone coming out of the underground tunnel they would start throwing pebbles at them. Yeah the good old days.


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Meet your new favorite tie maker, the General Knot & Co. Started by apparel industry vet (and friend of ACL) Andrew Payne, the company just opened its virtual doors this week with its online shop filled with great looking ties made from vintage fabrics. Because General Knot & Co. is using mostly deadstock materials, the quantities are limited on each style. So if you see something you like, better to act on those instincts or it could be gone.
General Knot founder Andrew Payne explains the cravat makers concept further. "Because each design is produced in such small quantities and cannot be recreated, due to the vintage fabrics being in finite supply, we will offer new designs on a regular basis to keep the collection fresh and stocked." He went on to say. "The vast majority of the fabrics are vintage/deadstock from fabric collectors as well as from estate sales that I frequently visit. The non-vintage are for the most part a few collected patterns and then our classic chambray that we stock for the solids. At the moment Bedford, NY is the home base of the company and production is split between Vermont and New York."
All of the ties measure 2 7/8″ wide and prices range from $88 to $148 for the blue deadstock patchwork tie pictured above (which is one fine looking piece of neckwear). [General Knot & Co.]