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"The inordinate passion for pleasure is the key to remaining young" – Oscar Wilde.
I've never heard anyone say that they enjoy the physical aspects of getting older.
I've heard people say that they enjoy knowing more than the young whippersnappers of the younger generation, but I've never heard anyone exclaim, "man, I'm loving all these varicose veins that keep popping up."
Truly, "Father Time" is a bastard worth deceiving whenever you can. Although, eventually, the toll of his disciplinary whips to your backside translate to the mornings that you are all too familiar with now. The random aches and pains, the crackling orchestra of your joints, and the wrinkles that seem to breed quicker than rabbits in heat.
The sins of the 20s are the ailments of the 40s.
I was sitting on the beach the other day and looked up from reading my book to watch a few 5-year-olds playing on the beach. Now, this was not unusual behavior for me, since I have a little boy who is almost five, and noticed this group of 5-year-olds because my son had joined their little beach party despite not ever meeting them before. It has always amazed me that a bucket and a little shovel equate to hours of fun for little kids on the beach. Kids that age are still totally content with spinning around in circles until they fall down or merely just running up to the water's edge and sprinting the other way to escape the shorebreak.
Four dollars and an imagination for the little ones and you have the best day ever. If you compare that to the ever-growing sum that it takes adults to have the same amount of fun, you have quite the price gap. Granted, this town relies on that ever-growing price for adult fun to live and breathe, and I don't have the desire to be some martyr for a holiday minimalist movement. All I'm saying is that it is a big difference in price point to attain that euphoric feeling of being really dizzy.
"If youth knew, if age could" – Henri Estienne (16th century French writer)
I'm getting to an age where my hobby options are getting increasingly lame. I'm becoming the old guy that can't keep up with the young kids, so my options are to either join a beer league in some random sport like softball, or try to be the really mature young guy hanging out with the "good ol' boys club" on the back nine of one of the area's many golf courses.
I once had a conversation with a guy who was trying to talk me into joining his softball team. He was quite convincing before he told me that he may have to switch teams in a year or two by doing something he referred to as "testing the free agency waters." His reasoning for entering the beer league free agent market, according to him, was that he knew that he only had a few good years left before the younger (washed up) guys came in and moved him back to the outfield and the bottom of the lineup. This sad fact, was why he needed to get on a team that could potentially win the title.
I decided to test the free agent waters of "something better to do with my time."
I've heard friends of mine at a similar age compare this troublesome decision to their gym membership as well. Do they join the gym where many of the older generation work out, so as to feel as if they were more fit than the wrinkly naked guy in the locker room, or do they stay at the "twentysomething" gym and risk becoming the guy that the "plastic people" whisper about over Michelob Ultras?
(I know that it is also sad that I have friends that actually spent more than a few minutes deciding this. This is yet another reason why I don't work out in a gym.)
Golf is the rich man's pool. When you can't physically play sports without being in a full body cast for the early part of the week, men turn to golf, pool or perhaps bowling. Pool is a sport where a few guys get a roll of quarters and two pitchers of beer and have hours worth of conversation, competition, and use a few brainwaves while inadvertently implying a couple laws of physics with the banking of the 8 ball. The idea of playing pool with women is also way sexier than the idea of playing nine holes with a woman. (This could be because of my disdain for sunvisors and pastel colors in general, however.)
Golf is a multi-billion dollar industry that has exploded in this country in the last decade, mostly because of a bionic athlete/Titleist physicist called Tiger Woods. He made golf a sport that is desirable to the younger demographic. Before Tiger Woods, I considered a golf course to be a place where old Republicans got together to drink mint juleps and get away from their "Stepford wives."
I realize that someone in pleated pants and an Ashworth polo shirt is going to start cursing me for not bowing down to the beautiful Scottish game, so let me say this: 1. Golf is hard as hell. 2. It does take a lot of skill (although you don't necessarily need to have the athleticism of a vertical jump or a good time in the 40 yard dash).
Golf may be of Scottish decent, but it's truly American. It takes all damn day to play a full game, kind of like baseball and it's kind of a boy's club. So while the men play, what do the women do? Women seem to approach getting older as a curse rather than something that is merely inevitable. The botox industry exists only because we've taught the female generation that they must preserve their youthful beauty in some sort of silicon fountain of youth. Perfect example: There are many male TV news anchors that are older than 60, how many female anchors do you see on the news other than Barbara Walters that aren't young and beautiful?
"Isn't it a pity as one gains experience, one loses youth" — Vincent Van Gogh
People still want to feel pleasure, regardless of their age. My uncle Dominick swears he won't die until he shoots his age in golf, (which means he will live to a ripe old 123). I would love to find a hobby that doesn't demand that I wear pleated pants and one that won't make me feel like I just ran a 10K the next morning.
Is getting older tougher because we run out of ways to truly amuse ourselves or is it tougher because we can't physically do all the things that we'd really like to do to amuse ourselves?
I'm going to go spin around in circles with my kid and see if I can answer that.
Oh, to be young again.
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The only animal I've ever killed was a cat. With my car. While running studded snow tires.
I felt terrible, but it was dark out, and I just didn't see the feline in time to even attempt saving its life. Since then I've come dangerously close to much larger animals: an elk on the side of a North Idaho highway and a number of bucks encroaching on I-90 in Montana and Wyoming. But I've never come close to hitting a kangaroo, and I've never swerved to hit an animal on purpose.
Unlike some people.

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53 days into my One Year Chronological Bible reading plan in PocketBible and I'm already significantly behind. I blame Leviticus. It gets me every year. Thankfully, PocketBible has those convenient "reschedule" options. If (or when) you find yourself in my position, PocketBible actually offers several scheduling options that can help. Here is the best way to use each one:
- Set First Reading to Today – use this option to start tracking progress in any devotional book. You'll get an option to erase any previous progress (or not).
- Set Current Reading as Today – use this option when you have been reading out of a particular devotional book for a while and now decide to start tracking your progress. Or if you've been using the printed version of the book and want to switch to PocketBible. When you choose this option, you'll be asked what you want to do about progress tracking. You can mark all readings through yesterday or today as read.
- Catch Up – use this option if, like me, you've fallen behind in a plan you have been otherwise consistently reading (you don't want to use this option if you've been reading and marking days here and there because you may get unexpected results). PocketBible will change the start date of the book to put you back on schedule through yesterday or today (you choose).
- Reset Progress Data – use this option if you just want to start over and erase any progress in the book. This can be done when you've only partially completed a book OR if you have completed an entire book, so you can start it over again.
If you are a visual learner (or you just like videos), here is Laridian president, Craig Rairdin, explaining how the "catch up" feature is used on the iPhone.


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Tigger_the_Wing, Ranged Throngs Termed A Nerd With Boltcutters says
I would just love to have skin like that.
chigau (違う) says
Me, too.
I like to trade my wrinkly, spotty, moley hide for shiny colours-on-demand.
Lofty says
I like to trade my wrinkly, spotty, moley hide for shiny colours-on-demand.
And the lifespan to match? Natch, I'll put up with the skin I have, it works well enough to keep the rain out. The beauty of being human is that you can wear any colour clothes you like, with flashing lights too if it turns you on…..marketing opportunity: ceph skin suits. ;-)
chigau (違う) says
Live fast
Die young
Stay pretty
Tigger_the_Wing, Wants Cephalopod Skin says
Lofty, I don't believe that a short lifespan in cephalopods is due to the skin; but, even if it were? Yes, I'd exchange. A long life is only appealing just so long as one is resaonable fit and healthy, and without excessive pain. I'm going to carry on finding something worthwhile to do and to enjoy every day as long as I am able, but the thought that I may still have several decades in front of me fills me with horror.
Lofty says
Tigger_the_Wing, I am not the one to deny you the dream of cephalopod skin, if it cheers you up. As for the happiness and health of someone confined to a wheelchair, I can always look at my mother. She had a major stroke 9 years ago (at 68) and now lives in a medium care state in a christian nursing home, while remaining a staunch atheist. Yet despite her failing health she enjoys life (no more vacuuming!!!!) and cracks rude jokes with all the nursing home staff. So I hope you too can continue to enjoy life for what little pleasures it can bring you.
Peace. (and colourful clothes)
chigau (違う) says
gratuitous poetry link
When I am an old woman…
Tigger_the_Wing, Wants Cephalopod Skin says
Thank you, Lofty.
Lovely poem, chigau! The next time I wear purple I shall wear a red hat. =^_^=
I don't mind using a wheelchair, mobility walker, walking sticks. They are tools that enables me to do more than I could without it. What I mind is the pain. It's the pain that restricts me. So I rebel against the restrictions in every way I can.
I rebel by: turning my walking sticks into hobby-horses.
I rebel by: wearing bright and silly clothes, and dressing up as a pirate on Fridays.
I rebel by: decorating my wheelchair with cutlasses in the wheels, pirate stickers on the paintwork, a pirate flag on the back, pirate plushies on the handlebars and multicoloured LEDs on the frame.
I rebel by: going on a picnic dressed as a Pokémon trainer, with pink pigtails.
I rebel by: going to a cosplay ball, dressed as Davros (I turned my old wheelchair into his 'dalek-skirt' chair. I even shaved my head totally bald).
But sometimes, far too often, like today, my body rebels and refuses to carry my mind to the places it wants to go.
So my mind goes there by itself.
I cannot surf at Bondi Beach with the cephalopods, but I can surf the 'net and connect with wonderful people.
I can read. I can talk to my grandchildren on Skype.
I am luckier than a cephalopod. But I'd still like to have skin like theirs.
thesandiseattle says
Imagine: designer skin colors! Feeling blue, pop a pill and your skin is blue. Might be worth looking into for some bright young chemist.
Ichthyic says
I would just love to have skin like that.
considering we've been able to gene-splice bioluminescence and flourescence into mammals already, can't imagine it will be too long before color-changing mice are a reality, and then… well why not?
I've often predicted the future will have people being able to custom design the superficial genetics for their own offspring.
kids with chromatophores doesn't seem too much of a stretch to me, 50 years or so down the line.
thumper1990 says
See up til now the biological adaptation I most wanted was a prehensile tail… I think that's still top of the list, but bioluminescence is now second.


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Frosty Freeze Flashdances Into the Beyond
Frosty Freeze, one of the world's most respected B-Boys, died yesterday at the age of 44 [NYT]. He was an early member of the world famous Rock Steady Crew. More importantly for white people, his dancing scenes in 1983's "Flashdance" helped to popularize break dancing to whites across the earth. He also appeared in the seminal hip hop films "Style Wars" and "Wild Style." Below, a clip of the break dancing scene from "Flashdance," and a clip of a b-boy battle from "Style Wars." The man was damn good at what he did, THAT'S FOR SURE.


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I am having some problems after setting application settings via programs and components. On the next boot some hang and on checking the settings they were not saved.
In particular my printer drivers/demons to a parallel port on the first print attempt hangs in the queue. If I turn off ZA the restart the document in the print queue it prints. I I restart ZA on the next print it works. I set all components regarding printer spooling, etc., to allow and all related services to custom allow and super trust, tried both authenticate and don't authenticate components, allow sendmail, etc., although that should not be necessary.
This is Win XP SP3.
In a similar setting without any updates to Firefox 3 or its components (add-ons/plug-ins) it some times generates a pop-up for a download. I found some of the settings did not stick.
This is ZA Pro:
ZoneAlarm Pro version: 10.0.250.000
vsmon version: 10.0.250.000
Driver version: 10.0.250.000
ZoneAlarm Browser Security: 1.5.322.0
ZoneAlarm ForceField Spyware Scanner: 1.5.322.0
ZoneAlarm ForceField Anti-Phishing Database: 22.214.171.124
ZoneAlarm ForceField Spyware Sites Database: 04.155
Anyone else having problems getting settings to stick?
I am thinking I have to close and restart ZA after the full Win boot is completed.


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Huff's improvement afforded Giants extra pitcher
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Manager Bruce Bochy's satisfaction with first baseman Aubrey Huff's mobility proved to be a primary factor in the shaping of the Giants' Division Series roster. Bochy noted that Huff ran adequately when he started a Sept. 30 game at San Diego.
"He's not hobbling," Bochy said.
Bochy wasn't suprised, noting that Huff received a painkilling injection in his right knee a few days earlier.Huff cemented his place on the roster by rapping six hits in his last 13 pinch-hit at-bats. Due to his inclusion, the Giants were forced to go without a fleet baserunning specialist, such as Francisco Peguero or Justin Christian. Bochy said that infielders Joaquin Arias and Ryan Theriot would handle pinch-running responsibilities if necessary. "Obviously, we haven't done much game play on it, but just running around in practice it feels twice as good as it did [before]," Huff said. He jokingly added, "I feel pretty confident that if I hit a ball in the gap, I can get a triple." Employing a 12-man pitching staff also prevented the Giants from keeping an extra position player. Bochy said that he liked the "coverage" that a 12-man staff afforded. An ominous interpretation: Bochy believes he needs more relief help to address concerns about the starting pitching. San Francisco used an 11-pitcher contingent throughout the 2010 postseason, but Bochy pointed out that the club temporarily operated with a 13-man staff during the regular season, so 12 actually represented a belt-tightening of sorts. One challenging pitching-related decision involved keeping rookie George Kontos over veteran Clay Hensley to bolster the supply of right-handed relievers.
"Really, he has been consistent all year, and I like the way he has been throwing lately," Bochy said of Kontos, who has held opponents scoreless in 14 of his last 17 outings.Bochy said that Kontos' dramatic strikeout of Los Angeles' Matt Kemp in the next-to-last regular-season game didn't seal the decision to keep the 27-year-old.
"But it certainly helped," Bochy said. "... It probably helped validate taking him."Peguero, Hensley, catcher Eli Whiteside and right-hander Jean Machi will remain with the team through at least the Division Series in case the Giants need an injury replacement.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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You may play sports only rarely, play a sport on a regular basis, or play a sport at a competitive level. No matter how involved you are in a sport, consider these questions before returning to your sport after a back injury:
When you are deciding when and if to return to a sport after having low back pain, the amount of stress that any sport places on your spine is an important factor to consider. If you would like to return to a more intense sport or a contact sport, talk about whether you can safely do this with your health care provider and physical therapist. Contact sports or more intense sports may not be a good choice for you if you:
Doing any activity over too long a period of time can cause injury. Activities that involve contact, heavy or repetitive lifting, or twisting (especially when moving or at high-speed) can also cause injury.
See Back pain and sports for more about individual sports and your back.
These are some general tips about when to return to sports and conditioning. It may be safe to return to your sport when you have:
The type of back injury or problem you are recovering from is a factor for deciding when you can return to your sport. These are general guidelines:
Large muscles of your abdomen, upper legs, and buttocks attach to your spine and pelvic bones. They help stabilize and protect your spine during activity and sports. Weakness in these muscles may be part of the reason you first injured your back. After resting and treating your symptoms after your injury, these muscles will most likely be even weaker and less flexible.
Getting these muscles back to the point where they support your spine well is called core strengthening. Your health care provider and physical therapist will teach you exercises to strengthen these muscles. It is important to do these exercises correctly to prevent further injury.
Once you are ready to return to your sport:
When you are ready to begin the movements and actions involved in your sport, start slowly. Before going full force, take part in the sport at a less intense level. See how you feel that night and the next day before you slowly increase the force and intensity of your movements.
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I feel better today, today will be a good day, the Cubs will win today, or they won't. Grienke vs. Garza this afternoon at 1:20 PM Central, another solid pitching matchup. Here is how both teams lineup today, for my money this is the best lineup the Cubs can put on the field at this point.
RF – DeJesus
2B – Barney
SS – Castro
LF – Soriano
3B – Stewart
1B – LaHair
C – Clevenger
CF – Johnson
P – Garza
2B – Weeks
CF – Morgan
LF – Braun
RF – Hart
1B – Gamel
SS – Gonzalez
C – Lucroy
3B – Izturis
P – Grienke
How about a win today? I'll settle for Grienke throwing more then 90 pitches by the 5th. Take a pitch! Go Cubs!
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Burglary suspect arrested
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BENNINGTON -- Police have arrested one of two suspects in the theft of $31,000 in equipment from the local access television station, and have tied the pair to a number of other burglaries.
According to Bennington Police Officer William DiNunzio, the men used portable radios to coordinate the burglary Tuesday at Catamount Access Television. One acted as a lookout while the other entered the building, removing computers and recording equipment. DiNunzio said police recovered most, but not all, of the equipment, which included a wide assortment of computers, computer monitors, television monitors, keyboards, cables, and remotes.
Police believe the men also burglarized three dentist offices, Ramunto's restaurant, Allied Auto Parts, Apollo Fuels, Oma's Cafe Express, and Bennington Potters. In most cases, cash was stolen but items have also been reported missing. DiNunzio said some property from Allied Auto Parts has been recovered and police are working on finding what remains.
He said the items from CAT-TV were found at a home on Observatory Street, where Joshua D. Mylott, 23, lives. Mylott has been cited with one count of burglary, two felony counts of possession of stolen property, and possession of burglary tools. DiNunzio said Mylott will likely be held at the Rutland jail over the weekend and arraigned in Bennington Superior Court Criminal Division on Monday.
Police declined to name the second suspect, as the investigation is in progress, but said he is in custody on another matter. DiNunzio said Mylott has admitted to his involvement with the CAT-TV burglary but his exact role has yet to be determined. Police declined to specify how they broke the case, but they did say a concerned citizen came to them with information after learning about the CAT-TV theft through Facebook and the Bennington Banner.
At Mylott's residence, police found gloves, a flashlight, portable radios, and a screwdriver which they said were used in the break-ins.
"I believe they've been at this for a while," said DiNunzio, adding that he believes the burglaries occurred over the past two to three months. "This shows some dedication to what they're doing. We may not agree with it, but they seem to take their work seriously."
He said he believes the businesses were targeted at random, and the work of multiple officers led to the arrest.
In June, Mylott pleaded not guilty in Bennington Superior Court Criminal Division to two counts of grand larceny, and one count of burglary. He was accused of stealing rings belonging to relatives. He told police he sold the rings to a local jeweler for drug money.
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Google's special logos ("Doodles") commemorating holidays and historical events have been successful at conveying a playful nature for the ever-growing corporation. As time has gone by, the special logo treatments have begun veering off from playful quirkiness and have perhaps actually crossed the line of legibility. The Father's Day Google logo deployed today is perhaps the worst example of all:
The neckties, intended to whimsically reference the letters spelling out "Google", have become so abstracted that I think their resemblance to the letters in the name have utterly disappeared.
Graphic artists can certainly recognize and appreciate the rough symbolic shaping, but this sort of symbolic reference is really too vague for most of the public.
I've enjoyed watching Google play with their logo for years while dancing all over traditional corporate intellectual property law for how trademarks should be treated. I've long felt that Google was thumbing their nose at frustratingly conservative IP lawyers who anally force major corporate employees to follow logo use style guides mindlessly. After all, the name itself can be a trademark, regardless of graphic treatment, and trademark law certainly is flexible enough to allow some degree of logo variations. Google's logo treatments have shown that temporary logo variations and nonstandard logo treatments can be effected without incurring risk of "losing control of the mark".
The problem I see with today's Father's Day logo is that the humorous treatment has become way too subtle for its own good — the logo is illegible, and devoid of the website most reasonable individuals would be unable to see the company's name in the treatment.
Have Google logos finally jumped the shark with this treatment? Has the joke worn thin?
The challenge for the Google logo artists has been continuing the thematic treatments without becoming a cliche. Recently, Google has experimented with enabling individuals to display custom background images on the homepage, and their "doodle" advertising the capability was so roundly criticized that they removed the feature. The background image treatment was so derivative of Bing's changing homepage background images (which aped Ask.com's earlier treatment) that many thought Google was trying to immitate the feature.
I think the takeway from this is that Google should stick with what is working for them and avoid straying too far from successful formulas. Today's doodle logo lost the "Googleness" that made the concept so charming to begin with.
I expect they'll continue displaying special logos, but they need to make them resemble the standard logo more closely or else the charm will be lost permanently.
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The latest Bonnie 'Prince' Billy album from Will Oldham is aptly named – while he usually prefers to explore the dark side of life, Lie Down in the Light is the sunniest, most hopeful record he's ever made. Produced by Lambchop's Mark Nevers, the album features a strong supporting cast (including a couple of duet vocals from Ashley Webber, formerly with the now-defunct Vancouver band the Organ), and a rich and varied acoustic-oriented sound rooted in country, folk and gospel, along with Oldham's most heartfelt and expressive vocals. 5/27/2008 - Don Yates
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Google TV Gets Do-Over With Vizio Co-Star
Jun 26, 2012 12:29 PM PT
Vizio on Tuesday announced the release of its Co-Star Stream Player set-top box, which includes Google TV and the OnLive gaming service. The company known for affordable televisions first revealed the device at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in January.
While this is the company's first foray into set-top box territory, it could also prove to be a "reboot" of sorts for the Google TV service, which was clearly not ready for prime time when it arrived for the 2010 holiday season.
The Logitech Revue Google TV set-top box was so badly received that Logitech CEO Guerrino De Lunca reportedly described the product as a "mistake of implementation of gigantic nature."
Vizio is thus giving Google TV a do-over, and ignoring the past problems with the service.
"Logitech admitted it was a disaster," said Tom Morrod, senior analyst and head of TV technology at iHS Screen Digest. "Everything we can tell is that this is really a revamp on its first attempt. That doesn't mean it is going to work, but it could be a good second try. This is when the market will get interesting. It is an important step."
Vizio did not respond to our request to comment for this story.
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Vizio could also be seen as hedging its bets with the Co-Star box, which includes Google TV and features support for the Chome Web browser, as well as apps; supports Flash and HTML 5 in the browser; and provides users a way to make full use of the Internet. The box can be connected to existing satellite or cable boxes via HDMI, and it can stream content from services such as Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and YouTube. It will also provide access to OnLive's cloud-based gaming service.
The Co-Star will offer control from a Bluetooth remote or QWERTY keyboard, and features support for an external hard drive via a USB port. The box, which will be available in July for US$99.99, thus offers an affordable way to transform a regular TV into a smart or connected set.
"To a certain extent, this is a way for people to get access to services very inexpensively," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
Subscriptions will be required, however.
"OnLive is a subscription service," added Enderle. "There are some options, including a flat rate or monthly subscription. Google TV is connected to Hulu Plus, as well as those other subscription services."
Google TV's Reboot
With the 2010 launch of Google TV on Logitech and Sony devices, the search giant clearly was looking at a way to venture into the living room and capture eyeballs on what remains the primary screen in most homes. However, Google will undoubtedly face some serious competition, with virtually every set-top box on the market -- including game consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 -- essentially also being able to transform every TV into a smart TV that provides endless content options.
Moreover, the company needs to show that it is really ready this time, and the Vizio box maybe a cost-effective proof of concept for Google.
"Google TV has a very bad reputation and it needs to recover," Morrod told the E-Commerce Times. "These types of products do help. Google would have had a difficult time convincing people of the benefits with a full smart TV set, but some people will spend $100 on a media extender with the OnLive player and other features. That could remedy the bad reputation and allow users to see that Google 'mark II' works quite well. That could prove there is a value-add and that Google is worthwhile."
It also positions Google and Vizio against Sony and Microsoft.
"OnLive also offers high value for the consumer," added Morrod. "With this type of device for $100, you don't really need to have a game console in the living room."
Vizio's Time to Shine
While Google may hope the Co-Star will give Google TV another chance with consumers, Vizio, which relies on contract manufacturers to provide affordable flat panel TVs, could use this to leverage its other products.
Users of other sets might not notice or consider the maker of their sets as much when they see the Vizio and Google TV interface every day.
"This could very well be a way to turn another brand's TV into essentially a Vizio TV," said Morrod. "This could help Vizio sell TVs to users who become accustomed to those features."
Thus far, Vizio has succeeded at attracting budget-minded consumers.
"Vizio already has been really aggressive in carving out a niche of affordable price points," said Enderle. "They can be very aggressive in value technology angle. They provide a significant amount of value at a reasonable price."
The question is whether products such as the Co-Star will turn Vizio into a consumer electronics superstar, but past history says it might not be that much of a stretch.
"LG and Samsung were not the premium brands 10 years ago," emphasized Morrod. "And before that, the Japanese companies weren't the premium brands. It is certainly a possibility that Vizio could move up into that space."


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"The survey runs statements by the respondent and asks him or her to rate their believability. One statement, for example, says, 'Susan G. Komen is an organization of right-wing conservatives with an anti-choice agenda. They decided to stop funding Planned Parenthood, which has become a punching bag of anti-choice Republicans, even though Planned Parenthood helps to provide life-saving cancer screenings for young and low-income women who do not have regular medical care.'
'Perhaps most interestingly, one section of the Komen survey asks participants whether they feel that the organization still owes them an apology, and then lists a series of potential apologies to test whether or not they are effective. The options range from deeply apologetic to defensive and deflective of blame. 'We made mistakes, but political elements on the right and left have sought to use our missteps to advance their own political agenda,' one potential apology reads."
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text: Just caught the first legendary in X, Xerneas. Other than Dragonite, I have my original team from Red. Charizzard, Gyrados, Nidoking, Raichu, and Pidgeot, and I know Mewtwo is in the game. Liking the callbacks to gen 1, the first forrest is a copy of Viridian Forrest, and the spinny tiles of puke-y doom and warp tiles are back. You can change your characters appearance, something I've wanted to see since gold and silver. game gas a good aesthetic outside of the main city, which has horrible camera angles and almost no real point of reference. Story's alright but Team Flare's motivation is...weak, Kind of a touching story with it though.


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Juniors Homer Twigg, Zach Webb, and Clayton Craig spent 15 days of summer break paddling 400 miles to study the history, biology and aesthetics of the Wabash River. Two excerpts from their writings:
The TIPPEY
The people who seem to have the least are the most likely to feed you.—by Homer Twigg '08
ON THE 400-MILE FLOAT on the Wabash River through Indiana and Illinois, you begin to have deja vu. I kept thinking, I've seen this quarter-mile stretch of phlox, sycamores, and water before. But it's the people who live on this tired river who make her aged instead of old, seasoned and not filthy.
Not more than a mile from where the Tippecanoe River runs into the Wabash, my two partners and I saw two kids on the side of the river who had turned an old piece of rope into a human pendulum. The weather was hot and sticky and we were tired from two days of paddling a kayak and canoe on the river, so we decided to take a break and hope these kids were hospitable. I felt like Homer, coming battered upon the olive thickets of Phaeacia.
Both kids asked about our trip, and we told them about the Lilly Grant we received to research the river by traversing the whole thing. After 30 seconds their eyes began to dart inattentively, and mine drifted toward that rope swing over the river. So we stopped talking and got down to business.
First they recited "Mom's rules"—a list of dos and don'ts to keep us safe on the rope. Then the first boy, about 10 years old, let us go. While in mid-air, I realized my situation: three college students on a rope swing with two kids no more familiar with me than I am with the Ohio River. The two kids were seeing what raw sunshine and muddy water can do to the psyche of three 20-year-olds. I felt like pure energy on the rope.
After a few jumps I wandered back to the older of the two boys and started asking him about life on the Wabash. He told me of the flooding and Asian Carp and the sandbars and their jon boat. He told me about the dangerous parts of the river "downstream the Tippey," treating what was 20 minutes away as though it were the edge of the world.Yet when I asked him about the Tippecanoe River a minute later, he had no idea what I was talking about. I explained to him that the proper name of the river was Tippecanoe. He shrugged it off and swung on the rope some more with us until we returned to the canoe to drip-dry.
Back on the boat, I had my first real revelation in a series that would follow like blows to the face on my trip down the Wabash River. Who am I to correct that kid? If someone came to my stomping ground and told me that I had the name wrong, I'd shrug them off, too.When it comes down to the essential characteristics of his home, who is the authority: his whole family and community calling the river one thing, or me, a scruffy, sandy stranger swearing that the map says otherwise?
Would Homer have said, "No gentlemen, it's phay-EISH-ah. Look at the map?"
I wrote about this in my journal that night and slept like a ton of bricks.Two weeks later we were in southern Indiana. By the turns of the river and our compass, I figured we were in a place called Rising Sun, Illinois. I met some fishermen who invited me onto their boat, offered me a Stroh's Lite, and told me their stories. I asked about Rising Sun.
They looked at me, puzzled, and said, "Rising Sun? You're in Dogtown, boy."
I shrugged it off, wrote the real name of where I was on the atlas, and finished my drink.
First Photo: Zach Webb and Homer Twigg near the George Rogers Clark National Historic Park, Vincennes, IN
Lower Photo: Zach Webb, Homer Twigg, Clayton Craig and an ominous guest head back to the river.


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Till September 30, we'll be accepting photo submissions for the contest. Our panel of judges will pick eight finalist photos. Then Project AWARE supporters will decide who wins the grand prize.
Tires, plastic bags, bottles and fishing nets are just some of the types of debris that threaten ocean life. In order to introduce more effective policies that prevent debris from entering our planet's ocean, we need to better inform decision makers and the researchers who advise them.
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I have been using ZA free for some years now and have never had a problem.
Today it said there was an upgrade, so I downloaded it and installed it with no problems, however every time I start up or log in to another user I get a pop up from ZA, is there any way to disable this as it it not in the start up program list.
I hate pop ups and have not had them before with ZA.


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>> That's the worst advice actually -- If you're inside, don't try to go outside. If you're outside then your advice is okay.
True, I suppose. You can tell I'm experienced, no? The closest I've come to one was that movie volcano.
>> Cast 'Float' on the entire party.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is a continent of opportunities for U.S. businesses with overall projected growth rates of approximately six percent in 2012 – some of the highest in the world. In looking at the world's ten fastest growing economies from 2001 – 2010, six were in Africa. This trend accelerates in 2011-2015 with seven of the ten world's fastest growing economies being in Africa. In the World Bank's Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World an impressive 36 out of 46 economies in Sub-Saharan Africa improved business regulations this year – a record number since 2005. Of the economies that improved the most in the ease of doing business in 2010/2011, with improvements in three or more areas of regulation measured by Doing Business, four of the twelve are Sub-Saharan African countries.
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The United States Government has been proactive in promoting increased opportunity in Africa. The Department of Commerce led a trade mission of 19 companies to South Africa last fall, and a trade mission to South Africa and Zambia is planned for November this year. In February of this year the State Department also led an energy trade mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana. These missions are ideal opportunities to encourage private sector linkages which in turn underscore economic development as a path towards prosperity, sustained economic growth, and increased trade and investment.


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Back Talk: Rib misalignments can mimic a heart attack
By Dr. Layne Towery
Aug. 13, 2013 at 3:13 a.m.
I am a 35-year-old female in good health. I was doing some yard work and lifted something heavy. I started having sharp pain under my left shoulder blade and in my chest. My left arm ached some. I thought I was having a heart attack. The ER checked me out and said nothing is wrong with my heart. I am still hurting, especially when I cough or sneeze. What could this be? Can chiropractic work help? What can I do at home to get some relief?
Good thing it was not your heart. It would be very unusual for a woman your age to have a heart attack, but it does happen. Given your history, it sounds like you have thrown a couple of ribs out of alignment.
In their most innocuous form, rib head misalignments feel dull, sore and achy. At its worst, these subluxations can feel like a sharp stabbing pain that radiates into the chest. Coughing and sneezing is really painful.
Pain is usually felt up underneath the shoulder blade area. The rib head may feel swollen or inflamed. The area around the rib will be painful to the touch.
Manual chiropractic adjustments is the treatment of choice for any misalignments. Massage and acupuncture can be helpful for the pain. You need to ice the area of swelling several times a day for 30 minutes.
Taking some over-the-counter medication may be helpful. Lifting with your arms away from your body should be avoided.
My doctor wants me to get a home TENS machine for my chronic back pain. How can a TENS help with my pain, and how do I know were to put it and how long can I use it per day?
TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. This pocket-sized machine is a non-invasive, drug-free method of controlling pain. TENS sends tiny electrical impulses through the skin to the nerves to modify your pain perception.
You should place the pads either on the area of pain or as the Chinese say, "surround the dragon," which is the area around the pain.
Treatments should be at least 30 minutes. I have left my TENS on my back for hours depending on the situation.
I have cholesterol problems. I have tried multiple statin drugs, but they all made me weak and gave me muscle pain. What do you suggest that is more natural?
Cholesterol is a huge problem here in the United States. Statin drugs are by far the most commonly used prescription medications. The problem with statin drugs is the dangerous and unwanted side effects. Leg pain and general fatigue are the most common.
In my practice, I have had good luck with the Chinese herb Hong Qu extract or red yeast rice. Also, I have my patients take omega 3 and 6, which are purified fish oils.
Regular exercise is helpful along with increasing your fruits and vegetables. Stay away from saturated fats. Stopping smoking is also recommended.
Layne Towery is a Victoria Chiropractor and Acupuncturist and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 361-570-6284.


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Discussion in 'Future of Trek' started by Knight Templar, Oct 7, 2012.
On a tv show they ought to.
I would love to see how the universal translator handles a Pentecostal speaking in tongues.
it comes out in Klingon...
You've got me rolling in the question, and the answer!
On a halfway serious note: one of the Chaplains who works for me is, herself, Pentecostal. I believe she would state that the interpretation was invalid.
It was just as "civil" as one with an agenda making sweeping, insulting generalizations such as Longinus posting:
Funny how you missed that in your defense of any statement about atheist behavior.
But if you were not so woefully one-sided, you would picked up on another of Longinus' insulting, loose-minded posts:
No...you missed that too while playing armchair defender. Not only was the above quote revealing a glaring ignorance of historical record, but lowering said record to that of genuine myth only proves agenda leads his every thought--the very reason he tried to re-script a stated religious belief/practice even in the fictional Star Trek III.
Let's see if you will attempt to spin the quotes as being something other than part of his long list of hostile posts regarding religion.
This should be good.
Um, why is saying that isulting?
That is exactly what believing that prayer can affect physical world is. (It is different thing to pray for courage, patience, peace of mind, etc, things that only affect the mental state of person praying.)
Again, why is this insulting? Religions will have cultural effects long after they're finished as actual religions. This should be obvious to everyone, especially at the time of Christmas. It was an old pagan holiday, coöpted by Christianity, and now it is completely non-religious holiday in many places.
You seem to have an odd idea that Christianity is somehow different than those old religions that are now gone? That those were myths and Christianity is true. Isn't that kinda insulting to all those thousands of people of the past that prayed Zeus and Apollo with equal piety and conviction than you pray to your god? Isn't it insulting to (admittedly very few) neo-pagans that pray to those ancient gods today?
You are not in a position to isolate the effects of prayer to being something only affecting state of mind, as you have no grounds to form a judgement--and you reject the efficacy/reality of the opposite, so you are truly operating from a position of ignorance.
From the post above, it is clear your are so driven by a hatred of Christianity, that you ignore any historical records (or i'm suspecting do not know beyond what certain atheist "heroes" spun/groped around) which exist apart from scripture--a far different situation than the pagans you refer to. Your every post in this thread has been a study in hostility--even to the extent of trying to rewrite a plain-as-day series of statements/actions in the STIII script in a failed stab at reducing a clearly religious belief/action/result to something scientific--not even remotely suggested by the script or released film.
When you go that far, you are making it rather easy for others to spot your agenda, so it should come as no surprise when you are called out regarding your bitter stand.
No I'm not. This matter has been studied, if you don't agree with the conclusions, that is hardly my problem.
Furthermore, am I also operating from position of ignorance if I claim that broken mirrors do not actually cause seven years of misfortune?
And did you even read the dictionary entry for 'superstition'? It describes exactly a prayer affecting the world. Which part of it do you not agree with?
Now, one could argue that having superstitions is not such a bad thing, and could even be beneficial in certain conditions, but that is another matter.
Some of the biblical stories are based on historical events, some are not. So what? That hardly matters when judging the veracity of the supernatural elements. Jesus probably existed (albeit, the evidence is rather slim outside the Bible), that no way means he actually was a god. Egyptian Pharaohs were believed to be gods, I don't thing they were either.
But this is indeed as Xhiandra said: certain religious people take an offence when other people do not recognise the special status of their beliefs. Your stance is rather arrogant, not only towards atheists, but to people of other faiths as well.
If you are so insulted by me calling your religion a myth, why should not pagans be equally offended by you deeming theirs a myth?
I remember it was you who started to make up conjectures about transferring of the Katra not actually being transferring of the Katra or something like that...
In any case, what is going on in that film is vague, and I am sure that as human beings we view it though own our paradigms, interpreting it differently. To me it seemed to be perfectly natural continuation of whole Vulcan telepathy/mind meld business, and I've never seen that as any way 'magical' either.
You are mistaken. I am not hostile, nor bitter. It is you who sees grave insults in an ordinary conversation.
I haven't read this thread, but the answer is this: GR was an atheist. He thought that "evolved humans" would have no need for religion. That's the long and the short of it.
The fact that there is a chapel on the Enterprise is easily explained away and I'm sure it has been discussed to death in this thread and elsewhere.
It would be more accurate to say that GR was atheist toward the end of his life, the last several years.
That it is an actual chapel would likely be the most straight forward explanation.
Yes, there was one. Hard to prove that Roddenberry didn't agree with it, unless someone has an actual record about his opinion on it.
Although it is very easily to imagine, that a TV show, a 60s sci-fi program of all things, has a very hard time generating ratings.
They try to appeal to a mostly christian audience, I think this much is undisputed.
So a TV Exec at the time reads the draft, reads the wedding scene in Balance of Terror and schedules the stage prop guys to produce a starship chapel, because it doesn't even occur to him that it might be a future without organized religion.
Seriously, a christian TV Exec who wants to sell his show to a 90% christian audience (presumably) would NOT imagine it any other way.
The second an atheist Roddenberry found out about it, he might protest, but a schedule to build the set has already been issued and the Exec would put the idea of no christianity in the future down anyway, cause he doesn't want to risk losing what scarce viewers they have.
Entirely speculated on my part, but given what I know about the time and circumstances very likely.
Regarding the effectiveness of prayers.
Please go and take a look at www.whydoesntgodhealamputees.com.
Excellent prayer study and statistical evidence.
The gist of it is, apparently prayers only ever appear to have any effect at all, when the circumstances are ambiguous enough to allow a statistical glitch which then get's called a miracle.
For example 500 cancer patients praying to be cured. then a few of them indeed get healthy again. of course obviously God did it, never mind the scientifically sound methods of chemo, whatever other cancer treatments modern medicine has come up by now or even your own immune system fighting the cancer of and it going into remission.
As soon as any ambiguity is gone, like an amputee praying to jesus/god/allah/flyingspagetthimonster to restore his lost limb, the net result is always zero.
Apparently god hates amputees, because he never heals them.
Of course, I now fully expect any of the following rationalizations to debate this:
Healing amputees violates god's mysterious plan (even though cancer healing is allowed).
God needs to be hidden, healing an amputee would be to obvious a miracle (tell that to Jesus running around healing all sorts of people and resurrecting Lazarus from the dead).
God needs amputees to teach us all some obscure valueable lesson (why amputees and what are we supposed to learn from it if the message remains hidden).
It was the amputee's own choice to go into war and get his leg blown off. free will issue (tell that to an innocent kid after playing on a landmine field).
You are not allowed to test God with such an unreasonable prayer (then what are all the other prayers?)
Seriously, read the website and think 2 seconds about the whole issue... humor me, if you actually think prayers are anything other than useless superstition.
You cannot "study" generations' worth of prayer and its effects on millions. Sorry, but investing your atheist hope in bankrupt "studies" will not move you anywhere near truth, or a greater understanding of history's accounts, when the "studies" are anything other than comprehensive--possible to reach a (likely pre-concieved) conclusion.
Slim to one who has not studied the historical record--or is deliberately holding on to a fiction as a means of keeping his platform alive.
Arrogance--if not raging hatred is the only reason you are in this thread--the irony of the post above, is that you do not attack Judaism, Islam, or any other major faith--but center--on Christianity, as your ill resentment for it is obvious. Again, the agenda is clear.
...enter the lies. Unlike you, I presented the film's facts--not attempt to spin it into some scientific process never implied, intended or seen in the film. How are you not getting why it is so easy to call you on this?
Nonsense. Dialogue is not vague. It was scripted to tell both Kirk and the audience a specific about a religious belief and practice. That is basic storytelling--so no one is left grasping for meaning, or filling in blanks (left by other films suffering from a poor story). This was the case with the STIII script, and since its 1984 release, next to no one ever questioned what Sarek said, or how the Katra was restored to Spock.
It is only through your frustration/hatred of religion that you tried to rewrite the plot by suggesting a scientific element nowhere to be found in the script, and rejecting the reason why no scientifc element was applied to the katra plot.
Your hatred and bitter posts run through this thread, and have been cited. At this point, your denial is about as believable as the axe murderer standing in a basement full of dismembered bodies, covered in blood, holding the weapon in one hand, a head in the other and after being discovered, shrugs his shoulders and utters, "huh? I don't know where these fresh victims came from. This stuff was here when I moved in 15 years ago."
Yes, studying the reality will not get us any closer to the truth... Right. This is exactly what is wrong with the religious mindset.
You really should take a look at the website Timelord Victorious posted a link to. It has the prayer thing pretty well covered.
I have on another message board argued for existence of historical Jesus. I know the evidence and it is not terribly strong. Most of it outside the Bible merely refers to what Christians say, and is written centuries or decades acter he alledgedly lived. I still find it more likely that he existed than not, though. Seems like the easiest explanation.
Christianity is most widespread western religion by far. It is a natural reference point. And no, I have no particular animosity towards it. In fact, of the three religions mentioned I certainly like it most on the personal level, although I find the supernatural elements of each equally unlikely.
Where is the line? Are Vulcan mind melds non-scientific to you? Betazoid telepathy? I am afraid I do not understand your line of thinking. To me these are alien species that have senses and abilities that humans do not posses, but they're not more 'magical' than human ability of sight would be to a species entirely completely lacking sense of vision. And yes, I agree that Katras appear mystical, but they're still things that must be stored physically. It is a backup of the person's mind, not a soul in Christian sense. It cannot exist independently.
Ah okay. Glad that this was cleared. I really must polish my polite conversation skills and start calling people who disagree with me 'liars' and start comparing them to axe murderers to appear less bitter and hateful...
The decision for the wedding to be set in a chapel was by Paul Schneider, the man who wrote the script. To show Angela Martine genuflecting prior to the ceremony was either in the script, or a decision by Vincent McEveety, the episode's director.
It's difficult seeing it happen the way you laid it out. Again the script writer put a chapel scene in the script, the art department recieved their copy of the script and redressed the briefing room to be the ship's chapel. Removed the big table, brought in benches, built a small platform and podium. Matt Jefferies (art department director) would have designed the multiple religious symbols on the alter, and the layout of the chapel itself.
All of this would have been directly approved by Gene Roddenberry. There not a chance in hell that he was "out of loop" at any point.
As I said, it was speculation on my part, since I have no idea how the production procedures actually are.
Though that has nothing to do with my hypothesis, that real world considerations not to alienate a mostly christian audience was in play here.
I guess the only way to make reasonably sure why things turned out as they did, is to ask someone who was involved in the decision process.
Is there anybody still alive and capable of answering such a question?
What was most likely in play here was a realistic depiction of a wedding.
If the main purpose was tie into the religion of the largest group of Christian viewers, why was the bride not written to be Protestant, as opposed to Catholic?
What was shown on screen was a pretty average wedding ceremony. There was some prayer, the official mention faith, and the making of a pledge. Usually the fact that the ceremony is legal is briefly spoken of. There were candles and flowers. And the bride looked lovely.
I think Herb Solow is still alive, not sure though.
Ok, first of all, if Longinus is indeed on trial here, he'll have to look elsewhere for a defender, as I am no trained barrister.
Now, as to the quotes:
Quote 1: Well, he wouldn't be a very good atheist if he believed in prayer...
Y'see, one of the corrolaries of disbelieving in an higher power is disbelieving in asking said higher power for intercession.
If you take "being an atheist (and voicing it)" to be an insult, I'm afraid the intolerance ball is in your camp.
Quote 2: What? I don't think anyone still believes* in the classical pantheon and indeed we can recognise them for what they used to symbolise.
I fail to see a nefarious agenda in stating both those facts.
Ok, the first one relies on an assumption, but it's a pretty safe one.
At any rate, I'm not parsing Longinus' posts looking to be offended by such or such statement (why would I?), so maybe I did miss some genuinely abhorrent claims.
*Complete aside: it's arguable that many Romans (at least in the highly educated circles) didn't believe in them either; that they thought of mythology as allegories rather than literal account of godly beings.
Hopefully organized religion has gone the way of the dodo by the 23rd/24th century. We're supposed to evolve, right? Not stay stuck in the dark ages.
There are communities of neo-pagan revivalists in Greece today, tens of thousands of people at least. Sometimes tied to ultra-nationalist Greek political groups.
Hopefully, in the future we won't be seeing suppression of personal choice, whether you believe in God (or gods), or believe God doesn't exist. You will have the freedom to follow your beliefs.
Nah, I like my way better.
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US Forest Service Reopens Caves Despite Risk to Bats
Despite the unabated threat of a devastating fungal disease that has already killed nearly 7 million hibernating bats, U.S. Forest Service officials released a plan today to rescind their three-year-old precautionary cave closure policy in the Rocky Mountain Region, including in Colorado and much of Wyoming and South Dakota. The new policy, described in an environmental assessment posted to the Forest Service website, reopens all caves in the region to recreational activities, nullifying an aggressive approach to containing white-nose syndrome unique among western federal land agencies.
"This decision is a terrible blow to efforts to forestall the spread of this wildlife epidemic to the West," said Mollie Matteson, a bat specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. "It's extremely short-sighted, giving priority to the recreational interests of a small group of people over the survival of western bats, and it ignores all the benefits insect-eating bats provide to the rest of us, including farmers who depend on bats to save them millions of dollars in additional costs by containing crop pests."
The bat malady has already spread to 22 states and five Canadian provinces since 2006, causing mortality rates of more than 95 percent in some eastern bat species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing three species under the federal Endangered Species Act because of the precipitous drop in their populations due to the disease. Seven bat species are affected by white-nose syndrome so far, and more species will be put at risk if the disease moves into the western half of the country.
Biologists believe the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome was most likely introduced to the United States by a cave visitor from Europe. The fungus grows on cave bats in Europe but appears to have little effect on them. Bats themselves are the primary vector for the disease in North America, but their migratory ranges are limited. Human transport, on the other hand, could transmit fungal spores hundreds of miles beyond the leading edge of the disease zone and create a new epicenter for its spread.
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Target 16. In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth
Goal 8. Develop a global partnership for development
42. Coverage: Total.
44. Unemployment coverage: Total unemployed.
48. Type of survey: Household or labour force survey.
62. Remarks: Definition of unemployment revised.
93. Reference period: Average of quarterly estimates (continuous survey).
130. Coverage limitation: Excluding the unemployed not previously employed.
131. Coverage limitation: Excluding conscripts.
132. Remarks: Sampling methodology revised.
C - Country Data. The figure is the one produced and disseminated by the country (including data adjusted BY THE COUNTRY to meet international standards)
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Educator and Coach Rick Weinheimer '78 is Honored
March 12, 2014
Rick Weinheimer, teacher and coach in Columbus, Indiana, and 1978 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of the 2014 Education Hall of Fame Award.
Weinheimer has served the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation for 36 years. He is the chair of the English department at Columbus North High School and serves as the school's cross country team, which has been ranked #1 in the nation. An English major a DePauw, Weinheimer also is chair of the language arts department at Northside Middle School.
"Weinheimer sent out 71 resumes after he graduated from DePauw University, but he always knew he wanted to teach in Columbus," writes Michelle Sokol in the Columbus Republic.
"Rick has a gift that makes students want to please him," says John Quick, the superintendent of schools. "They don't want to let him down."
In a letter recommending Weinheimer for the award, Suzanne Diehn wrote, "Rick has woven many threads through our community's fabric. In fact, he has created an impact that is felt far beyond the classroom. Rick is a problem-solver, an innovator and dynamic member of our community. His name brings thoughts of integrity, honesty, professionalism, student advocacy and respect." She added, "He teaches his students to strive for excellence, to love reading and to respect each other."
The article in the Republic notes that "Weinheimer has won the Indiana Cross Country Coach of the Year award 10 times, the Conference Indiana Coach of the Year award 34 times and has been nominated for the National Coach of the Year four times."
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text: Count up the ship classes we see by the end of Voyager. At least this many types are in service (canon only) Galaxy Defiant Nebula Prometheus Nova Sovreign Akira Steamrunner Norway Saber Intrepid In addition we see a few classes during the DS9/TNG run that could logically still be in service: Excelsior Olympic Ambassador Miranda New Orleans Freedom Challenger Oberth You could also reasonably add the Luna-class (Titan). That's 20 different kinds of ships! And that's assuming the Shelley, Centaur, Yeager, etc. we see were simply forced into service and decommissioned after the war and don't really count. Or that the apocryphal Constitution, Constellation sightings in the DS9 run weren't actually there. And what's more, a lot of them appear to have overlapping purposes. The Sovreign and Akira are big fighting ships, the Steamrunner, Intrepid, Norway, New Orleans, Prometheus are all smallish tactical ships and all roughly the same size. Nova and Oberth are both science/scout ships, etc For that matter, the Nebula's very existence bugs me. It literally has all the exact same parts as the Galaxy, just re-arranged. Why would they even do that? It can't be cost effective and it doesn't hold any aesthetic value. You could literally build a Galaxy class ship for the exact same cost as a Nebula (probably a little less) and not have to devote any extra resources to R&D to reconfigure everything. Obviously some of this has to do with older ships staying in service for a long time while newer ones are developed, but that doesn't explain away everything. Why would you build Steamrunner/Sabre/Norway classes all at the same time when they are essentially the same kind of ship. Just pick one and build three times as many instead of squandering resources to develop and engineer more and more classes.


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Hi all,
I'm currently working on my very first Responsive Web Design and I want to be really careful to use correct semantics when coding the content first. So I did a generic mock-up in Illustrator of the different modules or sections of the site I'm working on. Here's a .jpg image of the section in question that I'm not quite sure of the best way to mark it up semantically.
I've been searching through different sites to see how it has been done. I've seen unordered lists with the title just being between strong tags and the image tag before the a tag. I also saw one place where the image was placed inside the i tag and then the heading was tagged with an h2 tag.
My thoughts were to just do something like:

Issue Heading Here

Vol. XI No. 2
Fall 2011

Subscribe

More Recent Issues...

Another Issue Heading

Vol. XI No. 1
Spring 2011

Another Issue Heading

Vol. X No. 2
Fall 2010

I'm not sure if maybe for the More Recent Issues section I should use an unordered list? And the cover images should be part of the markup correct? Since they have meaning for the content, they're not decorative?
If anyone has any better suggestions and why I should do it that way I'd really love the help.
Did anyone have any suggestions as to the semantics of my markup. Is it fine the way it is? Or would there be a better way to mark it up that would be more semantic?
I fancy myself as a simple seo coder. Meaning I take my effort and googles into account. That is pretty much exactly as I would code it up. Those dont look like list to me. Divs stand for division. So your using them exactly as should be.
I would probably have used a definition list, particularly for your past issues. You seem to have headings with no content following them, which just seems an odd arrangement to me. I would normally expect a paragraph or two of text under a heading. Maybe I'm just taking your example too literally...
One point I would make is about your images and alt text. I agree that the cover images have meaning for the content. Somebody looking at them will see the main headlines or theme of the issue, giving them a better idea of whether or not they would be interested in that issue. Think about giving users without access to the pictures a similar hint. "Current issue" doesn't tell me very much and anyway, you already have text describing which issue it is. How about "Garden bonfire safety and how to store your pumpkin crop" or "Top Tips for cleaning your motorbike" or whatever it is that the picture conveys.
Yeah, I agree...I just wasn't sure how else to do it. But would a definition list be better than having the issue titles be heading tags? Do you mean something like this:

Another Issue Heading

Vol. XI No. 1

Spring 2011

Very good point. I was going to add the actual title of the issue in the real page for the alt tag, but you think I need even more description, more than just the title of the issue?
So you think it's ok to not have content after the headings? Or could I put the Vol. number and year in a p tag after the heading tags? What's your opinion on the definition list?
As I said before, think about what your image conveys, and try to put that in the alt text. For example, I did a site for a B&B, and they were very keen to have a photo of their dining room on the site. Why? Not to prove the obvious, that they have a dining room, but because it showed a glorious sea-view through the the window. So using "dining room" for the alt text, while strictly accurate, didn't convey the same information as the picture. "Brigadoon Harbour from the dining room window" adds the same extra detail as the photo does. Does that help?
One of my reservations about using <h*> tags for everything is the effect on assistive technology, such as screen readers. I understand that these allow users to scan through the headings on a page, much as a sighted user does, to find the most relevant content. If every line is a heading, you've removed this tool and forced them to read through the entire content.
Yes that does help. Thanks.
I see you make a good point. Perhaps I need a heading at the top section "Current Issue" and then a heading for the second section, "More Recent Issues..." then the each section with the definition lists?
That seems to me to make sense.
Another approach would be to leave your "issue header" as a heading, and follow it with a brief paragraph describing the main features in that issue. If you did that, you could apply the cover images as background images and not need to worry about alt text.
Oh yeah ok...that's a good idea too. Hmmm back to the drawing board. I need to see what will work best. Thanks for the suggestions.


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Mechanics of Image Stabilization within Canon
June 20, 2011
Image Stabilization Revealed from Camera Technica on Vimeo.
One of the great advantages of an SLR camera is the ability to attach long focal length lenses and capture high magnification images of faraway objects. One of greatest challenges, then, is holding said lenses steady during image capture. You may think you have a steady hand, but as you have read here, you are probably wrong. Click here to continue reading. [cameratechnica.com]


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Hi, just like to say that I am a Draco/Harry shipper or whatever the hell you guys call it here. And I for one, do NOT care if you dislike Draco/Harry because I DO. If you don't like my stories, don't read them. And DON'T review saying you dislike my stories because 1- it's a waste of my time and 2- it's a waste of your time.
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Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie.
Others receiving votes: Fairfield 19, Rhode Island 10, Cornell 9, Denver 9, Harvard 8, South Florida 8, Ohio State 4, Seton Hall 3, Air Force 2, Lehigh 2, Kentucky 1.
Voting panel: Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; George Gelnovatch, Virginia; Kevin Grimes, California; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Tom Martin, James Madison; Bob Reasso, Rutgers; Mitch Murray, Santa Clara; Ray Reid, Connecticut; John Rennie, Duke; Todd Saldana, UCLA; Keith Tabatznik, Georgetown; Bob Warming, Creighton; Dean Wurzberger, Washington; Jerry Yeagley, Indiana.
Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.
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NEW YORK — Before purchasing a shirt, shoppers will run their hands over the fabric, look at the price tag and wonder how it will hold up in the washing machine. Some might even ask if it makes them look fat.
The one detail, however, that is rarely considered: What are the conditions like for the workers making the shirt?
A horrific fire that raced through a Bangladesh garment factory Saturday, killing 112 people, has put the spotlight — at least temporarily — back on those workers and their sometimes treacherous work environment.
The factory, owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., made clothing for several retailers around the globe including Wal-Mart, Sears and The Walt Disney Co. All three companies have distanced themselves from responsibility for the incident, saying they didn't know that their subcontractors were using the factory.
Holiday shoppers have also maintained their distance from the tragedy.
"Truthfully, I hadn't even thought about it," said Megan Miller of Philadelphia as she walked out of the Disney Store in Times Square. "I had Christmas on my mind and getting my kids something from New York."
Shoppers from Cincinnati to Paris to Singapore all said the same thing: They were aware of the fatal factory fire, but they weren't thinking about it while browsing stores in the days since. Brand name, fit and — above all — prices were on their minds.
"Either our pockets get lighter or we have to live with more blood on our hands," said Amy Hong, a college student who was at a store in Singapore. "I try not to think about it."
Experts who survey shoppers say the out of sight, out of mind attitude is nothing new.
"When you talk to them about their biggest concerns, where something is made, or the abuses in some country, almost never show up," said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group, which interviews 10,000 to 15,000 consumers a week, mostly on behalf of retailers. "The numbers are so small, I quit asking the question."
Convenience is much more important to shoppers.
Take Tammy Johnson who was at a Walmart in Bloomington, Minn. this week. She lives nearby and appreciates that the store has a large grocery section in addition to clothing and other goods.
"It's easier and it's cheaper," she said of her decision to shop there. "I hate that, but it is true."
Even those who want to make socially responsible purchases a priority have little information available to work with.
There's no widespread system in place to say where all the materials in a shirt come from let alone whether it was made in a sweatshop or not.
A label saying "Made in USA of imported fabrics" doesn't provide as much information to shoppers as they might think. Maybe tailors assembled it under good working conditions, but what about the people who wove the fabrics? Another label saying that a shirt is made from 100 percent organic cotton fails to say anything about the conditions of the factory in which it was made.
"What do they know at the point of sale about where it comes from, other than the tag?" said Paco Underhill, founder of Envirosell, which studies consumer behavior. "Our hearts are generally are in the right places. It's the question of making sure we have the knowledge and pocketbook to follow."
And it's not just clothing. It is hard to tell where televisions or laptop components are made.
Companies selling products say they even struggle to tell. Work is often given to subcontractors who themselves use subcontractors. While many major companies stipulate ethics and standards that their subcontractors must follow, policing them is a costly, time-consuming process that sounds easier than it is.
In the case of the Bangladesh factory, Wal-Mart said it had received a safety audit showing the factory was "high-risk" and had decided months before the blaze to stop doing business with Tazreen. But it said a supplier had continued to use Tazreen without authorization.
In recent years, consumers have become much more aware about the food they eat, and where it comes from.
Supermarkets are full of eggs laid by free-range chickens, organically-grown apples and beef from grass-fed, hormone-free cows. Some upscale restaurants now name the farm that provided them with pork chops. And customers pay a premium for these foods.
The difference: They perceive a direct benefit, since the food is going into their bodies.
Ethical choices when buying clothing — or the latest version of Apple's iPhone — are much more blurred.
Jean MacLeod, who was shopping at a Walmart on the south side of Indianapolis, is willing to pay more for goods if they are made in an ethically responsible manner and does it all the time when she buys food.
Walmart wants the best prices for its customers, she said, but the company also has power as a buyer to make sure factories have decent working conditions.
"They should be able to say, 'Look it, we don't want to buy from you unless you do things a little more our way,"' MacLeod said. "If they don't want to buy from them, then that means that factory will go out of business."
Arguments have been made that producing items with cheap labor isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Factories in the Third World can provide jobs with wages well above a region's average. They can help lift families out of severe poverty. The catch is that there are fewer safeguards to protect workers from being exploited from unscrupulous employers.
At the Bangladesh factory, locked exits prevented many workers from escaping after fire broke out.
It draws eerie parallels to New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911, where 146 people died within 18 minutes of a fire starting in a factory with locked exits.
That fire was the catalyst for widespread changes in labor laws in U.S. But in the 100 years since, the desire for cheap clothing hasn't abated and costly labor has just shifted to factories overseas.
"To put it maybe too frankly, profit and efficiency and competition always trump safety and health," said James A. Gross, a labor relations professor at Cornell University.
Not every company sees things that way.
Los Angeles-based American Apparel promotes itself as a line of "sweatshop free" clothing. Its founder and CEO, Dov Charney, said that companies can control working conditions — they just need to bring production closer to home. American Apparel knits, dyes, cuts and sews all of its products in-house.
"When the company knows the face of its worker, that's important," Charney said. "You can control working conditions and quality."
Yes, American Apparel spends more on labor, but it isn't as much as you would expect. Charney estimates that an imported T-shirt selling for $6 at Walmart would cost about $6.30 if produced domestically thanks to the company's massive scale.
"The consumer can care. They can buy from companies that are committed to fair trade and try to seek out those companies," he said.
Take Nike.
In the mid-1990s, the sneaker giant came under pressure to change its ways after numerous reports of child labor, low wages and poor working conditions. Eventually wages climbed, minimum age requirements were put in place and Nike increased monitoring at its factories.
But such change only comes after persistent public pressure.
"Clothes makers will always do what they want, but the buyer should educate himself," said Paris shopper Pierre Lefebvre.
Not all buyers have that luxury. Family budgets are tight.
"Especially with this economy, we like our money to go as far as it can," said Lesley Schuldt, who left a Cincinnati Macy's this week with five shopping bags worth of jewelry, cookware and gifts. "I have no idea where half the stuff I bought was made, but I imagine it was not in the U.S."
Associated Press reporters Amanda Lee Myers in Cincinnati, Josh Freed in Bloomington, Minn., Tom Murphy in Indianapolis, Meghan Barr in New York, Heather Tan in Singapore and Thomas Adamson in Paris contributed to this report.
Scott Mayerowitz can be reached at http://twitter.com/GlobeTrotScott.


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Authorities say an 8-year-old Boston boy backed his mother's BMW out of the driveway and crashed it into the porch of the house across the street.
Officials say neither the boy nor anyone in the home was hurt in the accident in the city's Dorchester neighborhood at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. The porch and foundation suffered an estimated $80,000 in damage.
The car, with its trunk ripped off and rear window smashed in, had to be towed from the scene.
Authorities say the car backed out of the driveway, across a street, between two parked cars and through a hedge before plowing into the other home. One official says the vehicle was probably traveling at about 30 miles per hour.
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Welcome back to 31 Days to Building a Cleaning Routine!
Day 5 task: How to get to a Big Task
I already established a cleaning routine on Tuesday. This list mainly is just a thorough list I came up with to maintain cleanliness in the home. Of course, there may be additional cleaning/home improvement-type projects for you to work on occasionally.
It seems like I always have some project in mind. We don't get to a long-term or ongoing project every week, but I usually put it on the to-do list in hopes to get to it.
We all know how husband don't like to be told at the last minute what chores we want them to do, right? Right?
I'm definitely a goal driven person and I sometimes am inclined to ummm….tell my husband how he can help me achieve my goals. Which was probably not the way he wanted to spend his day off. How do you 1) Get started on a big task, and 2) Get your husband's help?
Get Started
Step 1) Attitude
Realize that what you want done is usually just something YOU want done, not necessarily him. So, if you have that mindset you won't be thinking that "he should help me out" on every project.
If you are doing this project and it's for you, then don't expect praise from him. Even if it's something that will also benefit him, such as:
– organizing the basement, or
– deep cleaning before guests come over (he would probably just pick up and tidy, instead of a more thorough clean).
Just have the attitude that you are doing it for yourself, to make you happier. If he compliments you, then that is fine, but don't expect it.
Step 2) Gather Materials
Ongoing and long-term projects usually take a chunk of time. You may be able to set some of the groundwork and gather all the materials on your own, or you may not.
For example, this 31 Days series is a project I took on. I have done the research and gathered all the cleaning supplies needed (which I will share with you tomorrow).
However, when I asked for my husband's involvement in hanging the basement cabinets, he volunteered to do the research and making the supply list. Then, we went shopping for the materials together. It was so much fun for him to take the lead in that project!!
Step 3) Timing
My husband has been very gracious and willing to work on some of my honey-do lists for him on his days off, as long as I give him advance notice…not just ask for his help on that day off.
– Mention a project you have it mind, without naming a time you would like to have it done by, if possible.
– Collaborate on when you both have time to work on the project, either together, or separately.
– Be flexible and willing to put off the project if something comes up.
Do you have any tips for tackling a big project?


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Overview | Description | Applications | Operations | Results | Publications | ImageryExperiment Overview
Microbes are the most abundant life forms on earth, but the least well characterized and understood. International Space Station High Efficiency Particle Filter Analysis (ISS High Efficiency Particle Filter Analysis) studies the microbes present in the air of the International Space Station (ISS) by examining those trapped on the ISS air filter. The goal is to characterize the enormous diversity of microbes that are normally present in indoor environments.Principal Investigator(s)
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National Laboratory (NL)ISS Expedition Duration:
September 2010 - October 2013
25/26,27/28,31/32,35/36Previous ISS Missions
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J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) performs analyses of microbial communities from varied environments, e.g., oceans, indoor and outdoor air. Investigations of the International Space Station (ISS) air microbes are designed to better understand an environment with fewer perturbations than those previously studied by JCVI. Additionally, environmental parameters, such as increased radiation and microgravity have yet to be investigated genomically; therefore the ISS samples provided a platform to begin to study these effects on microbial communities.
In order to maintain crew health on board the ISS, it is essential to ensure crewmembers have clean air to breathe. Identifying and understanding the microorganisms present on the ISS HEPA filters allows for mitigation of any potential hazards that may result from this very specialized microgravity environment.Earth Applications
Humans spend the majority of their lives in indoor environments, but little is known about the microorganisms living along with us, including in the air that we breathe. This research identifies and helps us understand the vast diversity of microorganisms present in indoor air. Many of these are beneficial to humans, some are harmful, but most are merely co-inhabitants.
Analysis of the one HEPA filter obtained to date will be extremely informative. Four additional filters will be obtained, by agreement with ISS ECLS, and returned on STS-135. However, if additional filters can be returned after Shuttle retirement, further analysis will help us understand the variability and accuracy of the measurements. Placeholders for sample return are currently slated for SpaceX-3 and SpaceX-5.Operational Protocols
All research is completed postflight.
New. Preparations for undertaking experimental work are in progress. Studies will be undertaken once the preperation are complete.


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Choosing Music
SHAR Guest Blogger, Kim Wren, talks about choosing the bass as a lifelong musical partner.
Traveling with your Cello
Traveling with your instrument can be tricky, especially if you play cello. Read our tips.
Is your child just getting started? Visit our Parents section or check out the SHAR Library to learn more about your child's new musical journey.


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Apple releases AirPort Utility 6.3.1 update
Date: Thursday, July 11th, 2013, 14:07
Category: News, Software, wireless
Late Thursday, Apple released AirPort Utility 6.3.1, a 21 megabyte download which offers the following fixes to the AirPort Utility software:
– Fixed an issue that caused some AirPort Base Stations not to be recognized by device apps.
The update requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later to install and run. The AirPort Utility update can be located, snagged and installed via Mac OS X's Software Update feature or via the update feature in Airport Utility itself.


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Hello guys, I hope you are all having a nice day.
I was just curious as to which magazine you think is superior and why.
I had recently picked up the recent July 2012 Issue of Slam, (159), and I was dissapointed because for the so called "cost of admission" I didn't feel like I gained any knowledge on my favorite league and it's players that was worthwhile.
Does DIME have better articles then SLAM?