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Jul 10, 2007
With less than 12 hours left until the first midnight showings of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix take place, more reviews of the film are being published across the country. Here is a roundup of the latest reviews from the past few days:
The Miami Hearld has a glowing review of the film, which gives it three out of four stars. The review begins by saying:
The plot finally thickens in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,or at least it builds up enough momentum to pull off the most amazing magic yet for the wildly popular franchise: It is genuinely engrossing.
Devoted readers of the J.K. Rowling novels may disagree, but this is the first installment in the soon-to-be series-of-seven that doesn't seem like just another spinoff capitalizing on the money-minting Harry Potter brand name. Instead, Phoenix feels like a real movie, albeit a chapter in a larger narrative that is only now starting to develop into something interesting and substantial.
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert also gave his opinion on the film. Published in the Chicago Sun Times Mr. Ebert notes the darker and more serious turn of the films, which showcase, along with the books, the characters growing up. Mr. Ebert describes a particular scene in the film, that he feels notes this evolution and goes on to say on the subject:
There will come a time, I fear, as we approach the end of the series (one book and two films to go), that Harry and his friends will grow up and smell the coffee. They weren't trained as magicians for fun. When they eventually arrive at some apocalyptic crossroads, as I fear they will, can the series continue to live in PG-13 land? The archvillain Voldemort is shaping up as the star of nightmares.
A number of other reviews of the film can be found here:
New York Times San Francisco Chronicle Manchester Evening News Boston Globe IGN MSNBC Time Magazine Washington Post Salon
Update: On the films official release date, a slew of new reviews have been published online. Here is a few more reviews of the latest Harry Potter film.
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Many SEMI member companies may be interested in funding opportunities from the government. There are a wide range of programs available and new sources of funding are coming on-line as agencies implement the economic stimulus bill. A summary of selected opportunities is below.
What can you do?
1) Monitor the official source for funding opportunities: www.grants.gov.
2) Track where the funding is going at: www.recovery.gov. This website was created to increase transparency and provide information to the public about how the stimulus funds are being used.
3) Contact the SEMI Washington, D.C. office (email@example.com). SEMI sends information updates as new funding announcements are made. This information is available to all SEMI members – just let us know if you want to be on the distribution list.
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- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR): www.sbir.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers the SBIR Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. Through these two competitive programs, SBA ensures that the nation's small, high-tech, innovative businesses are a significant part of the federal government's research and development efforts. Eleven federal departments participate in the SBIR program; five departments participate in the STTR program.
- Technology Innovation Program (TIP): www.nist.gov/tip
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- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA): http://www.darpa.mil/funding_opportunities.html
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- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E): www.arpa-e.energy.gov
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SALEM — An employee of Norpac Foods Inc., a food processing cooperative, was found dead in a plant parking lot early Wednesday morning. Salem police are investigating the death as a homicide.
The victim, a man whose name has not yet been released, was a medium- to long-term employee of Norpac, not a seasonal worker, company spokeswoman Amy Wood said. His body was discovered in the parking lot of Plant 7 by another employee arriving for work at about 6 a.m. The victim worked in Plant 7, a seasonal vegetable processing facility that is largely in maintenance phase this time of year, Wood said.
The cause of death has not been released. Employees of the plant were sent home for the day, and the company will make grief counselors available, Wood said. The company anticipates the plant will reopen Thursday.
In a prepared statement, Norpac said it is "deeply saddened and shocked by the apparent homicide of one of our longtime employees. Our thoughts and ongoing support are with this employee's family and close colleagues. NORPAC management is working closely with Salem police to provide them with full access to any information they need to investigate and solve this crime."
NORPAC Foods is a farmer-owned cooperative that processes vegetables and fruit grown by 240 farmer-members on about 45,000 acres. The company produces about 600 million pounds of frozen and canned products under labels such as Flav-R-Pac, Santiam and Westpac. The company employs up to 3,500 people during harvest season and has about 1,000 full-time employees.


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AUBURN, AL (WSFA) - There's a lot on the line for the Tigers of Auburn and the Seminoles of Florida as the two prepare to compete in the BCS National Championship. And now, the stakes are getting higher, at least for the mayors of the two cities in which the teams call home.
Monday, Auburn Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. and his counterpart in Tallahassee, Mayor John Marks put a friendly wager on the game that will benefit a worthy non-profit organization.
Mayors Ham and Marks agreed that the losing team's city will give $200 to the Boys & Girls Club of the winning city.
The winning mayor will also get a tasty treat of his own. Should the No. 2 Auburn Tigers defeat the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles, Mayor Marks will be sending a sampling of sausage from Tallahassee's iconic Bradley's Country Store. If the Seminoles manage to end the season with the crystal trophy, Mayor Ham will be sending south some legendary Toomer's Lemonade.
The mayors are both very confident in the teams of their city.
"I have to say we've done pretty well against undefeated teams recently," said Ham. "I'm confident in what Coach Malzahn and this Auburn team are bringing to Pasadena, and I look forward to getting a taste of Bradley's sausage and to Mayor Marks' upcoming generous contribution to our local Boys and Girls Club."
"Auburn is also a great team," admitted Mayor Marks, "but if there's someone out there with any doubt as to who will win, I have one word for them: Unconquered!"
The two teams take the field in Pasadena, California on January 6. For FSU, it will be a chance at winning the national title for the first time since 1999. For Auburn, it will be a chance to win again following a 2010 title. There's also the streak of BCS title wins Auburn hopes to keep alive for the state of Alabama (5) and the SEC (8).
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My wife, Karen, handed me this lesson a few years ago. It was something I needed to learn at the time. Actually I find myself re-reading it often.
There is an Island fantasy
A "Someday I'll," we'll never see
When recession stops, inflation ceases
Our mortgage is paid, our pay increases
That someday I'll where problems end
Where every piece of mail is from a friend
Where the children are sweet and already grown
Where we all retire at forty-one
Playing backgammon in the island sun
Most unhappy people look to tomorrow
To erase this day's hardship and sorrow
They put happiness on "lay away"
And struggle through a blue today
But happiness cannot be sought
It can't be earned, it can't be bought
Life's most important revelation
Is that the journey means more than the destination
Happiness is where you are right now
Pushing a pencil or pushing a plow
Going to school or standing in line
Watching and waiting, or tasting the wine
If you live in the past you become senile
If you live in the future you're on Someday I'll
The fear of results is procrastination
The joy of today is a celebration
You can save, you can slave, trudging mile after mile
But you'll never set foot on your Someday I'll
When you've paid all your dues and put in your time
Out of nowhere comes another Mt. Everest to climb
From this day forward make it your vow
Take Someday I'll and make it yours Now!
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Most of us never consider the source of the multiple pressures and stresses we experience. I suppose it's easier to focus on society and the competition rather than on ourselves. Yet isn't it possible we're trading the potential joy of each moment for the vision of that elusive "Someday I'll" on the distant horizon?
How often do we find ourselves so caught up in the quest that we lose sight of today? Counting down the years to retirement, many people merely live and save for that special day when life can finally be enjoyed. Consumed with that enticing vision of "Someday I'll," they set their course on a journey that literally consumes them. By the time those elusive shores are within reach, the quest abruptly comes to a close, the dream fades and health declines.
For the goal-oriented, there will always be another quest. Yet does the end truly justify the means? Is your next goal worth the sacrifice of living, loving and enjoying the fullness of every precious moment?
Perhaps it's time we learned that rushing toward the end is the surest way to destroy the journey. As noted in this poem, putting happiness on "lay away" and struggling through another blue today predictably destroys the wondrous moments that enable us to enjoy our lives one step at a time.
Yet striving for the future isn't the only way to miss out on today. Living in the past, many people fail to enjoy the richness of the "present" as well. You know who they are - their conversations are often revealing, repetitive and depressing. Advancing beyond memories of the "the good old days" isn't conceivable. Constantly let down by what the present has to offer, little effort is expended toward making the best of today. As a result, memories of yesterday block the richness of the journey and its steps toward tomorrow.
So if you're overwhelmed with either the future or the past, a time-out may be in order. Do not allow time to fly by ignoring the present and hastening the future. Do not cash in every valuable moment to save for a time that may never exist. Do not waste your life in anticipation of that elusive life-wrecking destination, "Someday I'll."
Create your journey one step at a time, and remember to spend every moment exploring with the wondrous eyes of a child. As the author noted, "happiness is where you are right now." It is yours simply for BEING in the moment. Travel your journey well - Mind Over Matter!


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MANCHESTER - A 53-year-old woman was smoking in bed Monday night while on oxygen, which caused an explosion that burned her face and her airway, according to fire officials.
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How North Korea Reported Schmidt's Visit
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said the message he gave North Korea was "very, very clear": you need the Internet to save your economy.
But the message that North Korea relayed from the trip was—unsurprisingly--very, very different.
Domestic coverage of the group led by former Gov. Bill Richardson and Mr. Schmidt contained nothing about what the visitors told their hosts. Rather, as is common with high profile overseas guests, the narrative provided by Pyongyang was about how the group came to learn and pay their respects to the ruling family.
After noting the arrival of "a delegation of the Google Corp." on Monday, the state news agency reported on Wednesday that the group visited the mausoleum that houses the bodies of North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung, and his son, Kim Jong Il.
"The members of the delegation paid high tribute to the statues of the peerlessly great men," reported the Korean Central News Agency.
The group's visit to the massive library in the center of Pyongyang known as the Grand People's Study House was also noted. There, the visitors were "briefed on the fact that people and students acquire knowledge about modern science and technology and improve their cultural attainments," according to KCNA.
The web site for Rodong Sinmun, the North's biggest newspaper, carried the same report. By Wednesday, North Korea's media had at least figured out the correct name of Mr. Schmidt's company, referring to it as Google Inc.
Web site North Korea Leadership Watch notes that state television had similar coverage of the delegation, as well as footage of the group visiting tourist sites and the elite Kim Il Sung University.
There's no mention of Mr. Schmidt's remarks about the Internet. Neither is there coverage of the message that Mr. Richardson says he gave to officials about the need to hold off on rocket launches and nuclear weapons development, nor his inquiries about the American citizen detained in the North. Of course, you wouldn't expect that from a media apparatus that is devoted to delivering propaganda to bolster the regime.
In spite of the PR value it provides the regime, some have argued the payoff from the visit comes from the exposure the North Koreans get to the message of freedom and engagement with the international community — online and in the real world.
That would seem to depend on who the message is being given to. From their account, it appears the Richardson/Schmidt delegation didn't meet anyone of any real significance in the regime beyond the career diplomat who handles North Korea's negotiations on its nuclear program. We know they didn't meet the current dictator, Kim Jong Eun.
So analysts remain skeptical about the value of the visit and the motivation behind it, particularly at a time when the United Nations Security Council is struggling for consensus on a response to North Korea's missile test in December.
In the meantime, North Korea can spin the trip for its own purposes, including a message that ties-in with a point made in Kim Jong Eun's New Year's speech about the harnessing technology to take the country forward under his leadership.
"Their aim to advertise that Kim Jong Eun has an interest in information technology and that he is not a stubborn person seems to have worked," said Kim Young-hyun, a North Korean studies professor at Dongguk University in Seoul.


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Big12Sports.com Correspondent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the past several weeks, expansion talk has again swirled around college athletics. Unlike years past, though, the ill winds are not threatening to blow apart the Big 12 Conference, which is holding its annual spring meetings here this week.
The speculation even brought a reporter from the Tallahassee Democrat. As you might have heard - even if you're not a social networker - Florida State might (or might not) be interested in leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference if the Big 12 was willing to grow its current membership.
The message Wednesday, though, was clear. Ten is enough.
"We think we're positioned extremely well," said Iowa State's Jamie Pollard, chairman of the Big 12 athletic directors. "I don't think there is anything that has transpired that would [make] us talk about that anytime in the near future. At the same time I think it's important to say our heads aren't buried in the sand."
Acting commissioner Chuck Neinas, whose stewardship during the past nine months has helped solidify the Big 12 during a time of uncertainty, echoed Pollard's sentiment.
"The future is very bright for the Big 12 Conference," he said. "There is no hurry to consider expansion. You have to remember where we were and where we are. We have to build family unity. We have the opportunity for two new members to come into the Conference. We have a very cooperative spirit and something to build on. When you build a house, you build the foundation first.
"Are we happy and satisfied at 10? Yes. We have not reached out to Florida State nor have we been contacted by Florida State."
There are several reasons why the Big 12 wants to stay at 10 members. One reason is the round robin scheduling for football and basketball. Another is the evolving nature of college football's postseason. The Big 12 has put a major brick in its foundation with the recently announced game that will match teams from the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference.
Over the next month or so, a new postseason model for deciding a national champion is expected to be finalized. With 10 teams, the Big 12 believes it has the most convenient path to playing for a national title if a four-team playoff is involved.
"We appreciate the position we're in by not having a championship game," Pollard said. "Our champion can get there with one less game. It's a good position to be in."
Expanding to 12 or more teams wouldn't necessitate a conference championship game but scheduling models would be challenging because round-robin play would be eliminated. Having 12 or more teams would allow for a conference championship game but as Pollard pointed out, one more game for a team to win in order to play for a national title.
"The first time somebody's best team gets knocked out of a four-team playoff because they lost their championship game to a 7-5 team or 8-4 team, we'll see how long they want to keep a championship game," Pollard said of conferences that have expanded, split into divisions and have a title game.
Neinas was asked what would happen if Notre Dame picked up the phone and called the Big 12 about joining. "We'd accept the call," he said.
Perhaps the only development that could change the Big 12's decision to stay at 10 schools would be a membership inquiry from South Bend. That may or may never happen. But for now, the Big 12 is ready to forge ahead with 10 members.
The Big 12 championship sites for 2012-13 have been set. There will be 11 Conference championships held on campus sites. Member schools submit bids to host. One of the biggest changes in next year's championship schedule involves the Phillips 66 men's and women's basketball championships. For the first time in Big 12 history, the events will be held at different times in different cities. The women's championship will be in Dallas at American Airlines Center from March 8 to 11 - that's Friday through Monday. The men's championship will be in Kansas City at the Sprint Center from March 13 to 16 - Wednesday through Saturday.
As mentioned, how college football determines its national champion is in the decision process.
"Our athletic directors continue to favor a four-team playoff and there's a desire to rank one through four and having the four strongest teams involved," Neinas said. "There's skepticism regarding the current ranking system.
The Big 12 will push for a selection committee to help determine the four teams involved in a playoff. "There needs to be a human element to kind of handle the unknowns. You can't always say computers get it right or opinion polls will get it perfect,'' Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said. "You still need someone with good, rational thinking to deal with unforseen circumstances that may come up. Who knows what form that takes but some form of human element that gets college football to the point of determining the best teams.''


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By Andrew Osborn
LONDON (Reuters) - He lost by just 13 votes, but Prime Minister David Cameron's failure to win parliamentary approval to launch military action against Syria may place a question mark over Britain's role in the world as well as his own career.
Cameron's inability to determine Britain's foreign policy and join Washington and Paris in strikes against Syria will strain the "special relationship" with the United States - the foundation of Britain's global role since World War Two.
It is a stunning reversal in international affairs, after a decade in which Britain was the only major power to join the United States on the battlefield in Iraq, and by far its most important comrade in arms in Afghanistan.
More than 600 British troops have died under U.S. command in those two wars, since Prime Minister Tony Blair declared he would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with America after the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States.
No more. After Cameron lost Thursday's vote to support the principle of military action against Syria to deter President Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons, Washington can no longer rely on Britain for automatic military backup.
"I think there will be a national soul-searching about our role in the world and whether Britain wants to play a big part in upholding the international system," said George Osborne, Cameron's finance minister and close ally. "Obviously, it would be better from the point of view of the special relationship if we were able to take part in any military action."
There were lively scenes in parliament's wood-paneled debating chamber as lawmakers digested the result. One minister was seen repeatedly shouting "disgrace" at those who voted against Cameron, saying they had given "succor" to Assad.
Loud cries of "resign resign" rang out from opposition Labour lawmakers before Cameron, visibly shaken, told parliament he would heed parliament's will: "I get it".
Historians dusted off old books to find a precedent. It was the first time a British prime minister had lost a vote on war since 1782, when parliament conceded American independence by voting against further fighting to crush a colonial rebellion.
Labour's Ed Miliband - who led the parliamentary revolt saying he was not opposed to force in principle but unconvinced by Cameron's case - was the first opposition leader to oppose government plans to deploy troops since the 1956 Suez crisis.
Back then, Britain and France tried to intervene in Egypt without U.S. support. Their failure was seen as proof that post-war Britain, which had given up its global empire, could now shape world events only by standing with its superpower ally.
Paddy Ashdown, a former international envoy to Bosnia and now a member of Britain's upper house of parliament, echoed many in Britain's divided political establishment in lamenting the erosion of British influence on the world stage.
"In 50 years trying to serve my country I have never felt so depressed/ashamed," he said. "Britain's answer to the Syrian horrors? None of our business! We are a hugely diminished country."
But others said it was about time Britain gave up its great power airs and accepted the limits of its role in the world.
"The desire to re-order foreign states - still embedded in parts of the British establishment - has long been subsumed in the constitution of the U.N. and international courts of justice," wrote Simon Jenkins in the Guardian. "Sometimes it takes courage to conclude of foreign conflicts that we can only do more harm than good by meddling in them."
Cameron said he hoped President Barack Obama would understand, and he had nothing to apologize for.
"(This is) a government and a parliament that is deeply engaged in the world," Cameron said. "We've the fourth largest military in the world and one of the best diplomatic networks any country has in the world. We have great strengths as a country and we should continue to use those."
For Miliband - whose first act as Labour leader in 2010 was to repudiate the party's support for the Iraq invasion - the stance distanced him from Blair, the former Labour prime minister whose support for U.S. wars saw him depicted savagely in political cartoons as George W. Bush's snarling pet poodle.
"Being an ally of the United States and having a special relationship with the United States cannot simply be about doing what the American president says he wants you to do," Miliband said. "We will have disagreements with the United States, we will take a different view to them but we have got to operate on the basis of the British national interest."
Domestically, the defeat was the heaviest Cameron has suffered in his three years in power. It underlined his failure to pacify malcontents in his ruling Conservative party who complain he doesn't listen to them.
He had begun to recover from previous party rebellions over gay marriage and Britain's EU membership, had begun to erode Labour's opinion poll lead, and, with the economy showing signs of recovery, was optimistically eyeing re-election in 2015.
But 30 of his 304 Conservative lawmakers rebelled against him and many others used a febrile debate on the subject to criticize him and the government for trying to rush into war.
Cameron's critics are already circling. Their main allegations: He is not a conviction politician and fails to prepare the ground properly for his policies.
Public opinion was never on his side: a YouGov poll published on Thursday showed 51 percent of the British public opposed a missile strike, with just 22 percent in favor of it.
Cameron cut short his holiday to recall lawmakers for what he thought was going to be a swift joint strike on Syria, and tried to woo his own members of parliament before the vote.
His plan began to unravel on Wednesday evening when Miliband said he wanted major concessions before he could support action.
Cameron agreed to wait for a report from U.N. inspectors on last week's suspected chemical attack in Syria before launching any strikes, and to hold two votes in parliament instead of one.
But Miliband, battling to establish his leadership credentials within his own party, said he still couldn't back Cameron, leaving the prime minister relying solely on his own party and his Liberal Democrat junior coalition partners.
Nine of 55 LibDems joined the 30 Conservatives in rebelling. Cameron lost the motion by 285 to 272 votes.
"Were there question marks over his tactics and did they fail? Well yes, obviously," one Conservative MP who voted against Cameron told Reuters.
Cameron himself said he regretted that it hadn't been possible to build a consensus but said he had "worked hard" to try to achieve one and he thought the whips - party vote enforcers - "did do a good job".
Government fury at Miliband's stance boiled over into language normally unspoken in parliament. A national newspaper reprinted an extravagant expletive-laden tirade from a source in Cameron's office denouncing the Labour leader.
A top Cameron aide accused Miliband of "giving succor" to Assad. The Labour leader demanded the accusation be withdrawn, but Defence Secretary Philip Hammond later repeated it.
Miliband said the vote defeat had exposed Cameron for the "reckless" and "cavalier" leader that he was.
Political allies believe Cameron will recover and his party leadership will not be challenged before the election. However, critics, some in his own party, think he is now vulnerable.
David Hartwell, a former British Ministry of Defence official, told Reuters Cameron had badly miscalculated.
"Cameron really only has himself to blame. He's tied himself in a bunch of knots largely out of a desire to distance himself from his predecessors," he said, referring to Blair.
"You can't march your troops up to the top of the hill and then down again like that. He's made so much noise on Syria on strikes and chemical weapons and arming rebels and at the end of the day he's just been totally unable to deliver."
(Additional reporting by William James, Peter Apps and Costas Pitas; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Peter Graff)


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Weird how a roughly 15 point IQ gap survived through desegregation, voting rights for blacks, massive amounts of new federal programs for the poor, affirmative action, "Diversity" campaigns designed to raise the status of African Americans etc. Wonder why that could be? My hypothesis is that there was an offsetting massive increase in the nebulous forces of institutional racism. Gotta be that.
Thoughts, xo?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33948957)
lol @ this insanity(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33951930)
Also I'm not sure how motivated I would be to gun for those extra 150 points if I knew I was already getting into my state flagship without them. Comparing that group to the group who gets shit on the most other than poor Asians in college admissions is clearly apples and oranges. I've never been able to get a satisfactory answer on how selection bias might alter this stat since poor blacks can still get into college with very low scores and poor whites can't. But it does underscore a basic truth that focusing all our resources on giving extra boosts to rich black people seems like a dumb way to address the issue, albeit a good way to maximize tuition paid.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33953623)
These tests show equivalent predictive validity between races, and they have consistent intercorrelations. If they were measuring different things this shouldn't be the case. They would either significantly underpredict black real world performance, or show a pattern of variability that is different from other ethnic groups (which would suggest cultural biases and differences in skill profiles).(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949151)
So people with the same IQ have similar outcomes regardless of race(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949224)
Also I think this is the part when we start talking about Neanderthal DNA...(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33951998)
Japanese in 2018: Sex robots, bullet trains, Nintendo Switches, and virtual reality anime porn
Africans in 1908: live in mud huts
Africans in 2018: live in mud huts with AIDS(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949102)
Because I'm pretty sure most of the continent still lives in mud huts while the Japenese have toilets that shoot heated water into your asshole while massaging your cheeks(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949136)
Asia, really smart
Americas: dumbish
Europe/ME: dumb
Africa: sos(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949174)
The current rate of progress in reinforcement learning makes me think AI is likely more of a threat.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949308)
Generalized AI in the sense of making smart people mostly obsolete a long, long way off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33952216)
the strong progress in many domains through deep learning systems (model-free reinforcement learning, vision, audio recognition etc) seems to validate the view the learning algorithms the brain uses are probably not very complex. DeepMind's latest RL algorithm beats humans at 40 out of 57 Atari games. transfer learning and model-based RL are still unresolved problems, but the capabilities of existing algorithms are still extremely impressive considering where we were just a few years ago.
i increasingly believe Shane Legg's predicted date of around 2026 is not going to be very far off.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33952411)
You also have to look at how much the tech world relies and will continue to rely on the hype of AI for selling its products - every customer service chat bot is being marketed as an "AI" now as one simple example. So on one level the incentives are greatly skewed towards overhyping the progress we've made towards AGI.
The average person, even the average "technologist" who keeps up closely with all this while not formerly trained in math / ai, doesn't realize how separate AGI is from marginal improvements in some deep learning application or reinforcement learning task of a computer playing GO or whatever game. So an advance was made in RL that now the deepmind algorithm DESTROYS everyone at GO when it only won ~80% of games a few years ago (nevermind the specific numbers) - what does that really get us in terms of AGI?
The problem with AGI is not with some performance metrics on an algorithm that's just not quite good enough yet, the problem with AGI is that it's an insanely complex problem that we don't even understand yet how to structure and how it would fully work.
So when we see advancements in "AI", for example a new deep learning algorithm has substantially improved its image classification / performance accuracy, for the short term this is a big deal b/c it gets us machines that can mimic narrow human tasks with great performance that closely resembles (or even beats) human performance. So we will first see an explosion of "AI" products that are extremely good at doing those narrow tasks - but taking that and generalizing it to some fully functioning AGI is not only a long ways off, but a completely different type and structure of problem to solve than "increase this algorithm's performance on GO or audio classification or whatever.
Advantaged White parent Average IQ when child is 17 = 115
Average IQ at 17 of white non-adopted kids = 109
Average IQ at 17 of white adopted kids = 106
Average IQ at 17 of mulatto adopted kids = 99
Average IQ at 17 of black adopted kids = 89(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949684)
I don't doubt genetics has some effect..But to deny that upbringing and institutions can't possibly be more important is questionable(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949723)
Average IQ at 17 of Asian adopted kids = 96(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949956)
"Asian and indigenous American children came from Minnesota as well as from Korea, Vietnam, Canada and Ecuador."
The average IQ of these different groups vary by huge amounts (koreans 105ish, viet mid 90s, american indians low 90s, latinos in the high 80s to low 90s)(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949985)
This debate is pretty silly now. observable environmental factors do not account for the gap. More importantly, when we look at how IQ alleles vary across populations there is now strong evidence of differences in natural selection. East asian populations were selected more for high IQ than whites, who were selected more for high IQ than blacks.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949565)
I don't doubt genetics has some effect..But to deny that upbringing and institutions can't possibly be more important is questionable(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33949682)
Beating the world over the head with the fact that blacks have inferior intellect proves what exactly? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33950266)
Hbd research shows a whole host of other outcomes are predicated on your genes, eg there are genes for delayed gratification, violence, empathy etc. That's to say nothing of how various groups have learned overtime to implicitly favor others who have tells hinting at similar lineage.
That said, it shouldn't be a basis to discriminate against individuals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33951962)
Shouldn't be a problem.
No school learnin' needed.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33950230)
A better example would be something like simple reaction time, which is a very pure measure of neurological integrity.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33951950)
But, yes, there are lots of ways to measure intelligence.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3696254&forum_id=2#33969487)


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NEWTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Joseph Kennedy III easily won the Massachusetts congressional seat being vacated by the retiring fellow Democrat Barney Frank, becoming the first member of his generation of a storied U.S. political family to hold public office.
Kennedy, grandson of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was virtually assured of victory over Republican Sean Bielat after he defeated two lesser-known Democratic Party rivals in the September primary. The district is solidly Democratic and last elected a Republican in 1944.
"We each want the chance, the opportunity to make the most of what we've got, the chance to build a life we can be proud of," Kennedy told Reuters. "I got into this race because, above all else, I believed that that is the promise this country makes to each and every one of us."
As supporters and family members gathered at a hotel in the Boston suburb of Newton, Kennedy's campaign reported late Tuesday he had captured 62 percent of the vote versus Bielat's 36 percent, with 80 percent of precincts reporting.
Kennedy, 31, is heir to one of America's most storied political dynasties, which also produced President John F. Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
He will fill the House seat being vacated next year by veteran Democratic Congressman Frank, who formerly served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
"Joe Kennedy will be great," Frank said at the event, which was held at the same Boston area hotel where he was married in July in a same-sex ceremony. "What you have is a very able, very committed guy who in addition has that family name which will frankly make him better for the district ... He's going to have a lot of influence."
Before launching his bid for office, Kennedy served as a Massachusetts prosecutor, served in the Peace Corps - founded by his great-uncle President John Kennedy - and worked on the final election campaign of his great-uncle Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, who died in 2009.
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100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 1, 1908
As is usual at the first of September, a large number of hotel guests have left during the last two days for their winter homes.
From the Newport Daily News, September 2, 1908
Fishing from the rocks at Beavertail has not been up to the average standard this season, until yesterday, when the fish seem to have struck in, Mr. E. G. Littlefield making a record catch of more than 100 fine tautog.
From the Newport Daily News, September 3, 1908
The Western Union Telegraph office here has closed for the season.
The unusual sight of a horse chestnut tree in bloom in September can be seen on Mr. S. G. Carr's place on the Shore road, where the top of a tree of that species is in full bloom, almost four months after the usual time.
From the Newport Daily News, September 4, 1908
Carter's Inn, better known by its old name of Prospect House, a small hotel on Greene lane, which has not been open the past season, was sold today at public auction. It was struck off to Mr. J. T. Allen of Newport for $5,000.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 1, 1933
(At the Town Council meeting) the town treasurer was authorized to hire the sum of $5,000 for a period of two months, with further renewals if necessary, said note issued in anticipation of taxes assessed as of June 15, 1933, the money so hired to be used and expended on payment of the current expenses of the town.
The committee on Mackerel Cove beach reported that the beach had been cleaned; voted that the committee be authorized to spend no more than $15 in further cleaning.
From the Newport Daily News, September 6, 1933
W. C. Simpson of Jamestown has returned from a seven weeks' cruise on the Allison V. Armour yacht, Utawana, which arrived in Newport Tuesday. Mr. Armour was on a scientific expedition to Labrador, and Newport was the first port of call after leaving the north.
The Saunders house at Saunderstown, built over 40 years ago, and operated as a hotel for a number of years by Stillman Saunders, and for several years past by Mr. Redman, will close Friday, and Sept. 15, razing operations will commence.
The following books were taken from the Jamestown library during the month of August: history 33, biography 31, travel 52, science and art 29, poetry and drama 41, literature and language 29, miscellaneous 55, fiction 1492.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 2, 1958
Jamestown won the Middletown Babe Ruth League by scoring four runs in the eighth inning to defeat Chaves' Heating, 6-3, in extra innings. From the Newport Daily News, September 8, 1958
A song recital was given by the voice pupils of Miss Emma Reid Mitchell at her summer home "Stonewall Cottage" at Conanicut Park, Jamestown, yesterday afternoon.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 1, 1983
Jamestown residents could keep dumping their household trash on Conanicut Island — if they're willing to pay someone to keep an eye on them, a state environmental official said today. Even if the state were to license the "mini-station" town officials are considering, islanders probably will be on dumping borrowed time, said Frank Stephenson of the state Department of Environmental Management. "I can't imagine the design is going to serve the town of Jamestown for the extended future."
A reception was held for the Rev. Frederick Spulnik, rector of St. Matthew's Church, Sunday after the 10 a.m. service. Father Spulnick, who became the new rector of St. Matthew's Church on Sept. 1, conducted his first service at the parish.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, September 2, 1993
With only 30 to 35 days of water left in the North reservoir, the Town Council is set to meet in an emergency session at 6 p.m. tonight to discuss what steps can be taken to alleviate the water shortage.
Opponents of the cross-island highway have filed an appeal of U.S. District Judge Francis J. Boyle's decision last month that gave a green light to the state's road project.
Today is the first day of classes at the Jamestown School. Helen O'Hara, the school's pupil services director, said approximately 590 students are enrolled this year (the count changes every day). To provide the education and services, there are 42 teachers, three administrators, 12 school aides, two secretaries, a custodial staff of three, a cook and cook's helper.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, September 3, 1998
A decision by the Zoning Board of Review last week in favor of converting a small, grassy residential lot off Hammet Court into a parking lot has ended 10 years of dispute.
The population of the two schools has reached 670, but with the addition of a few new classrooms and the teachers to front them, no class will have more than 21 students.


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I still remember the feeling of awe I had as the Star Destroyer flew over head for the first time.
So you're from the Seattle area then, I take it. Hopefully you guys can get the Store Reports section jumpin' in here then. Nice and private in that forum section, with no lurkers allowed, so bring the rest of the crew on over and enjoy some peace and privacy with your store reports.
Oh yes, what a moment that was! I'm an old school fan myself, and was 6 when I saw it for that first time back in '77. That Star Destroyer seemed like it would never end...
Actually, most of the folks who hang out here are old farts as well, especially the Canadians, who are REALLY old. But that lends to some more intelligent conversation too, so kick back and enjoy. Holler if you have any questions or comments about anything! Looking forward to chatting with you around the boards here...
BTW nice theory about Shmi/Palpy. I'm really curious if, and how that will ever get explained. The thing about ROTS that I sorta liked and sorta hated was that it didn't wrap up everything nice and neatly. It actually only opened up more questions which is sorta funny.
I always figured Anakin's father was a loser and ended up tossing them into slavery himself, so Shmi just disowned him altogether with some, "Oh, I can't explain it" story.
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Drs. Oz and Roizen: Healthy foods your wallet will love
Another health myth bites the dust! You don't need to spend a fortune to eat good-for-you food.
In fact, a new report reveals that buying healthy food saves money. That's worth celebrating – you could hear our whoops and cheers for miles when this important info made the news – because plenty of wrong-headed reports have led North Americans to believe that healthy diets are wallet-busters.
What we love most about this game-changing study is that it happened in the real world – and got real-world results. Researchers from the Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank asked 83 people, all trying to make ends meet on very small incomes, if they'd like to learn how to cook and eat a plant-based Mediterranean diet. Yup, it's the same kind of low-meat, veggie-packed plan that we endorse in "YOU: On a Diet" and "YOU: The Owner's Manual" for a healthier weight, less belly fat and a lower risk for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.
Volunteers took some healthy-eating classes, then shopped and cooked as they pleased. Eight months later, researchers collected their grocery receipts and asked them to step on a scale. The results? The average weekly grocery bill was cut in half, saving families about $160 per month. Half of the participants lost weight. And food insecurity – a hunger and health worry for a growing number of people – shrank, too.
With more food in the pantry, reliance on the local food bank dropped. That's a win-win-win!
What about those studies claiming that healthy food is only for the rich? It's true that a steady diet of $30-a-pound, wild-caught fish, trendy grass-fed beef and fancy "natural" products can rack up a three-figure grocery bill, pronto. But you don't have to eat that way to do what's right for your body and to thrill your taste buds. If you look at the cost per gram or per portion – more realistic measures – for starters, fruits and veggies are an economical, smart buy. To save money, lose weight and amp up your health and taste quotient, here's our advice.
No. 1: Plan around plant foods. You'll save money by giving beans and vegetables starring roles at mealtime and focusing on fruit for sweet treats. Cutting back on the amount of meat, snack foods and dessert items in your cart keeps more cash in your pocket – and can help you lose weight and improve your health.
No. 2: Shop for these superfood bargains. These are like the "dollar menu" at a fast-food joint, only healthy and at the grocery store. Our favorites include:
• Canned salmon (that's wild salmon) runs about 50 cents a serving.
• Black rice, with more antioxidants and fiber than blueberries, at 49 cents per serving.
• Adzuki beans, with 17 grams of fiber per cup, at 57 cents per serving.
• Dark meat chicken, packed with protein, B vitamins and minerals like iron and zinc, at 75 cents per serving (skip the skin, of course).
• Other healthy foods for less than $1 per serving include oatmeal, whole-grain pasta, canned and dried beans, kiwi fruit, oranges, bananas, real peanut butter, carrots, popcorn, plain frozen vegetables, eggs and canned tuna.
No. 3: Be choosy about produce. Local, in-season produce is riper and tastier and costs less than buying peaches in November or corn on the cob in February.
Reserve your money for organic produce that lets you dodge fruits and veggies tagged for high pesticide levels. That's apples, celery, strawberries, peaches, spinach, imported nectarines, grapes, sweet bell peppers, potatoes, domestic blueberries, lettuce and kale, according to the Environmental Working Group.
No. 4: Don't shop hungry; do pay with cash. You'll toss more bad choices in the cart if you're famished and if you pay with plastic. Studies show that you'll make 30 percent fewer unhealthful, impulse buys at the grocery store if you show up after a meal and pay with cash.


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The government's $182 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG should be seen as the Rosetta Stone for understanding the financial crisis and its costly aftermath. The story of American International Group explains the larger catastrophe not because this was the biggest corporate bailout in history but because AIG's collapse and subsequent rescue involved nearly all the critical elements, including delusion and deception. These financial dealings are monstrously complicated, but this account focuses on something mere mortals can understand—moral confusion in high places, and the failure of governing institutions to fulfill their obligations to the public.
Three governmental investigative bodies have now pored through the AIG wreckage and turned up disturbing facts—the House Committee on Oversight and Reform; the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which will make its report at year's end; and the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), which issued its report on AIG in June.
The five-member COP, chaired by Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren, has produced the most devastating and comprehensive account so far. Unanimously adopted by its bipartisan members, it provides alarming insights that should be fodder for the larger debate many citizens long to hear—why Washington rushed to forgive the very interests that produced this mess, while innocent others were made to suffer the consequences. The Congressional panel's critique helps explain why bankers and their Washington allies do not want Elizabeth Warren to chair the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The report concludes that the Federal Reserve Board's intimate relations with the leading powers of Wall Street—the same banks that benefited most from the government's massive bailout—influenced its strategic decisions on AIG. The panel accuses the Fed and the Treasury Department of brushing aside alternative approaches that would have saved tens of billions in public funds by making these same banks "share the pain."
Bailing out AIG effectively meant rescuing Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch (as well as a dozens of European banks) from huge losses. Those financial institutions played the derivatives game with AIG, the esoteric practice of placing financial bets on future events. AIG lost its bets, which led to its collapse. But other gamblers—the counterparties in AIG's derivative deals—were made whole on their bets, paid off 100 cents on the dollar. Taxpayers got stuck with the bill.
"The AIG rescue demonstrated that Treasury and the Federal Reserve would commit taxpayers to pay any price and bear any burden to prevent the collapse of America's largest financial institutions," the COP report said. This could have been avoided, the report argues, if the Fed had listened to disinterested advisers with a less parochial understanding of the public interest.
Fed and Treasury officials dismiss this critique as second-guessing of tough decisions they had to make in the fall of 2008, amid the fast-moving global crisis. Yet two years later, those controversial decisions remain highly relevant. Public anger has not abated. It fuels the election turmoil that this year threatens to bring down incumbents in both parties who voted for bank bailouts.


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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware's transportation chief says officials are hoping to reopen the southbound lanes of an important interstate bridge by Labor Day.
Officials closed the Interstate 495 bridge over the Christina River June 2 because supporting columns are tilting. The bridge typically carries about 90,000 vehicles a day.
Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt (SHAY-lin baht) said Tuesday that officials hope the northbound lanes can reopen a few weeks later.
Bhatt says equipment, materials and expertise are on the way to Delaware. Plans include drilling new foundations to bedrock.
Casings for concrete shafts on their way from Oklahoma and Washington state.


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General News
: Local News
Northwoods hit hard by snowstorm
Submitted: 01/14/2014
- Weather like this means preparation and work for highway departments across the Northwoods. The Marathon County highway department will use its 36 trucks to plow throughout the day. More than five inches have hit some parts of the area.But the Marathon County operations director calls this a nice winter storm."We're going to just keep on plowing and try and stay ahead of it and keep the roads open so they're drivable," says Marathon County Highway Operations Superintendent Dan Raczkowski. "They definitely will not be bare. ""After tomorrow when the snow stops and hopefully the winds die down that's when we'll go and scrap them down and probably have to hit them with a little more salt to try and get them bared up," says Raczkowski. High winds have also caused the department to send out six of their motor graters."This is a nice winter storm is what I'd consider it," says Raczkowski. "Snow isn't really wet and heavy so it plows reasonable, the heavier the snow the harder it is on the equipment and everything so it's not too bad."I think the snowmobilers will be happy because the trails were getting kind of rough," says Raczkowski. The coordinator says the 36 trucks running on the two lane state and county highways will get parked tonight. They keep a crew on for highways like 29 and I-39.
Written By: Dan McKinney
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