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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Neroon, Sep 19, 2011.
Welp, the Casketeers' dreams have come true.
Now what?
They kill off Rick and have Alexis take over as the title character?
Now we watch them actually try to make a relationship work, obviously.
Well, if past romantic shows are any guide, they'll put them through an ongoing series of increasingly contrived crises that Threaten to Tear Them Apart, and audiences will start complaining about how much better it was before they resolved their UST.
Please please please please.
I'm kinda sorry I poo-pooed the episode several weeks back where Castle found out by accident about Beckett's remembering, because this was a fantastic episode.
Oddly, Castle and Beckett spending the night together felt less... triumphant?... and more quietly poignant than I was expecting - spurred on by Rick's disbelief that Kate meant it at first. Kudos to the writers for that.
Now I'm really curious where they go from here. I like the idea of Kate being a private eye if she doesn't end up back on the force. The lingering question is of course did us Castle/Beckett shippers have to sacrifice the friendship between Esposito and Ryan? That was rough.
Was that a jump the shark moment? We'll have to wait and see.
Yeah, I'm worried something like that will happen too.
Doubt it.. i've read a few interviews with the producer and it seems he's got a pretty good grasp on how TV relationships work and how he wants his to be played out.
While i got a bit bored (so to speak) during mid Season 4 with all the stolen looks, the subtext and the small personal moments it was all gone once Beckett blew the lid involuntarily. It was such a cool build up to the finale that it reset my passion for Castle to 100% and i couldn't wait for a new episode.
I'm convinced that the writers will do the right thing with the relationship they now have and won't use cheap plots like misunderstandings to throw a wrench between them.. Castle writers are better than that and Marlowe, the big boss of the show, has explicitly stated that they won't be using this to get some drama out of the relationship.
Drama will come all by itself.. they are still two very different characters even if Castle has changed her tremendously but everyone who's ever been in a relationship knows that it can get rocky all by itself without any outside influence.
I'm definitely looking forward to season 5 and how their story progressess.. i didn't expect them ending up in bed immediately (or did they? We didn't see the real aftermath of the kiss.. just them holding hands and leaving the screen but to where? ) but i can understand.. it's not a one night stand or an affair.. it's full on love and they've known each other for year so why not?
Season 5 will be a blast!
Links, please?
Another interesting thought, if Beckett does return to the force will she and Castle need to keep their relationship a secret in order for Castle to continue shadowing her?
I'm not sure what the specific NYPD regs are for fraternization; all I could find in a (non-exhaustive) web search were vague statements that fraternization between members of the same precinct are generally discouraged, and that married couples aren't allowed to serve on the same shift. But since Castle is a civilian, I don't see how whatever rules exist would apply to him.
If Laney and Exposito could date, can't see why this would be much different...
Yea, but keep in mind they tried to keep that a secret, albeit very poorly. Besides, everyone in the station knows that Beckett and Castle have been giving each other googoo eyes for months and most of them probably figure they've been together for a while anyway.
ABC renews Castle
^I didn't think there was much doubt about it being renewed, but still, good news!
Caskett!!!! My shipperness aside, I think I have to finally concede with some of you guys who have felt that this season was lack luster. Christopher I think was one of the first to point out and despite the hard time I gave him...I have been watching the re-runs on Bravo and think he is quite correct. We got nearly zero JB case plot and a whole lot of filler episodes. I'm all for the Caskett stuff since as I've said many times before, it is what got me involved in this show, and I think there is some reason to be concerned, but like FBAlpha pointed out before the producers have given statements and interviews over the course of the season that has me confident that this isn't going to be another Mulder and Scully or any other kind of relationship we've seen. Plus what is most important I think...is that Stana and Nathan have fully embraced this shipper aspect of their characters and have pretty much stated Andrew should go for it.
That blue butterfly episode was amazing.
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The new Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Poplar Road has been open less than a year, but it is already experiencing wait times that have led to a new medical screening exam in the emergency room to more effectively serve patients with more severe conditions.
"Emergency rooms across the country have seen a continual increase in the number of patients who visit for primary care needs, and Piedmont Newnan is among them," said hospital president and CEO Michael Bass. "As a result, patients are experiencing longer wait times."
Hospital representatives said that in 2012, approximately 50,000 patients were seen in Piedmont Newnan Hospital's emergency room (ER). This number is expected to be much higher this year as there has been a 54 percent increase in the number of patients seeking treatment in the ER since the new facility opened in May 2012.
According to the New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI), 56 percent of ER visits are potentially avoidable. As healthcare becomes more affordable and accessible to millions of Americans who are currently uninsured, primary care doctors, when available, should be a patient's first stop.
In an effort to provide the best emergency care possible, Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Jan. 14 implemented a new medical screening exam policy in the emergency room.
The new policy requires patients arriving at the emergency room to complete a medical screening exam.
"It is important to understand we will not deny or delay care of a patient who has been determined to have an emergency medical condition," said Sheri DeShazo, R.N. and vice president and chief clinical officer of Piedmont Newnan.
After completing the medical screening exam, patients who do not have an emergency medical condition and who would benefit from seeing a primary care doctor for symptoms such as hay fever, sore throat and ear ache will meet with a patient access representative to discuss options. Should the patient choose to wait and receive non-emergency care at the emergency room, the representative would then collect the patient's insurance information and payment.
"A visit to an emergency room can be stressful and expensive, and we want to do everything we can to make the patient experience as positive as possible," said DeShazo.
Benefits of decreasing the number of non-emergent patients in the emergency room include decreased wait times, keeping patient costs lower and maintaining a high level of quality care by reserving resources for patients with emergency medical conditions. Use the following tips below to protect your family from unnecessary emergency room visits, hospital representatives said.
Advice for those visiting the emergency room include:
-Know when a trip to the emergency room is really necessary. Health issues that should be treated immediately include chest pain, stroke symptoms (numbness on one side of the body, face, arm or leg; trouble walking, speaking and seeing in one or both eyes), excessive, uncontrolled bleeding and difficulty breathing. Severe stomach pain that is accompanied by other symptoms such as coughing up or vomiting blood, dizziness or fainting and vision changes should all be treated immediately in the emergency room.
-Seek treatment at urgent care or walk-in clinics when appropriate. Anything from sprained ankles to sore throats and ear infections, cuts and falls can be treated at an urgent care or walk-in clinic, which is often open later than family doctors' offices. Familiarize yourself with the local urgent care clinics in your area before an accident or health event occurs. Seeking treatment at one of these facilities for non-emergency medical conditions can save families significant time and money.
-Visit your family doctor. Seeing a primary care doctor regularly can save families hundreds or even thousands of dollars in the long run and can prevent you or a loved one from ending up in the emergency room unnecessarily. Regular visits with a family doctor also increase chances of early detection should a medical issue present itself.
-Come prepared. If it is necessary to go to the emergency room, be sure to have your health information such as current prescriptions, the primary care doctor's name and insurance information ready whenever possible.

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At first glance Richard Lewis might just look like a surly old white man who has every intention of keeping that baseball you threw into his yard, but the minute you strike up a conversation you'll probably be ready to forsake the ball in place of escaping Lewis' neuroses. In much the same vain as Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) — to whom Lewis' fame, at least with the younger generation, can partly be accredited — his comedy rolls along like a barrage of twitchy self-deprecation that leaves you wondering whether the shrinks he so often discusses actually know what they're in for. This said, the man is a legend. A comic genius of the highest order, and just as funny now as he was back in the day.
For those unfamiliar, Lewis is Jewish. Say that ten times fast. This means, much like his Curb counterpart David, he's been involved with wry, feverish deadpan comedy since his fly-by-night beginnings in the '70s. Influenced by Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce and the like, he's worked through a career of television, film and stage work that many should be familiar with; the 1993 Mel Brooks film Robin Hood: Men in Tights, for instance, adorns Lewis' filmography.
Lewis is from an era in comedy that reveres honesty and openness, no matter how many times you have to remind the audience that you've got issues — Richard Pryor's legendary performance at the Sunset Strip comes to mind — and he embodies the anxiety of masochistic, psychologically taxing comic production with gusto. As Mel Brooks once uttered, "Richard Lewis may just be the Franz Kafka of modern-day comedy."
Although he might take you to the end of your rope, mostly by way of being at the end of his, Lewis has found a way to ramble with eloquence, and this gives him a grace that most would be hard pressed to locate in this day an age. Granted, it's sorta like listening to an ill-tempered senior citizen at a delicatessen, if they ran out of pastrami and there was a completely non-pressing political issue at hand, but nevertheless I'd much rather listen to Lewis complain for six hours than hear a 40-something Larry the Cable guy say "git'rdunn" one more motherfucking time, and I'm betting you would, too.
Richard Lewis performs 8 pm Friday, June 29, at McDonald Theatre; $40 adv., $45 door.


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Code Coverage: Challenges For Open Source Projects
08 August, 2014In this blog post I'll pose a few challenges to open source projects. These challenges, among other goals, are designed to push automated test suites to maximize code coverage. For motivation, I'll present code coverage stats from the OpenSSL and OpenSSH test suites, and contrast this with what I'm trying to achieve in the fwknop project.
Stated bluntly, if comprehensive code coverage is not achieved by your test suite, you're doing it wrong.
With major bugs like Heartbleed and "goto fail", there is clearly a renewed need for better automated testing. As Mike Bland demonstrated, the problem isn't so much about technology since unit tests can be built for both Heartbleed and "goto fail". Rather, the problem is that the whole software engineering life cycle needs to embrace better testing.
1) Publish your code coverage statsJust as open source projects publish source code, test suite code coverage results should be published too. The mere act of publishing code coverage - just as open source itself - is a way to engage developers and users alike to improve such results. Clearly displayed should be all branches, lines, and functions that are exercised by the test suite, and these results should be published for every software release. Without such stats, how can users have confidence that the project test suite is comprehensive? Bugs still crop up even with good code coverage, but many many bugs will be squashed during the development of a test suite that strives to exercise every line of source code.
For a project written in C and compiled with gcc, the lcov tool provides a nice front-end for gcov coverage data. lcov was used to generate the following code coverage reports on OpenSSL-1.0.1h, OpenSSH-6.6p1, and fwknop-2.6.3 using the respective test suite in each project:
|46.1 %
|Full code coverage report
|53.5 %
|33.7 %
|54.5 %
|Full code coverage report
|69.5 %
|41.3 %
|90.0 %
|Full code coverage report
|99.7 %
|79.7 %
The numbers speak for themselves. To be fair, fwknop has a much smaller code base than OpenSSL or OpenSSH - less than 1/10th the size of OpenSSL and about 1/5th the size of OpenSSH in terms of lines reported by gcov. So, presumaby it's a lot easier to reach higher levels of code coverage in fwknop than the other two projects. Nevertheless, it is shocking that the line coverage in the OpenSSL test suite is below 50%, and not much better in OpenSSH. What are the odds that the other half of the code is bug free? What are the odds that changes in newer versions won't break assumptions made in the untested code? What are the odds that one of the next security vulnerabilities announced in either project stems from this code? Of course, test suites are not a panacea, but there are almost certainly bugs lying in wait within the untested code. It is easier to have confidence in code that has at least some test suite coverage than code that has zero coverage - at least as far as the test suite is concerned (I'm not saying that other tools are not being used). Both OpenSSL and OpenSSH use tools beyond their respective test suites to try and maintain code quality - OpenSSL uses Coverity for example - but these tools are not integrated with test suite results and do not contribute to the code coverage stats above. What I'm suggesting is that the test suites themselves should get much closer to 100% coverage, and this may require the integration of infrastructure like a custom fuzzer or fault injection library (more on this below).
On another note, given that an explicit design goal of the fwknop test suite is to maximize code coverage, and given the results above, it is clear there is significant work left to do.
2) Make it easy to automatically produce code coverage resultsNeither OpenSSL nor OpenSSH make it easy to automatically generate code coverage stats like those shown above. One can always Google for the appropriate CFLAGS and LDFLAGS settings, recompile, and run lcov, but you shouldn't have to. This should be automatic and built into the test suite as an option. If your project is using autoconf, then there should be a top level --enable-code-coverage switch (or similar) to the configure script, and the test suite should take the next steps to produce the code coverage reports. Without this, there is unnecessary complexity and manual work, and this affects users and developers alike. My guess is this lack of automation is a factor for why code coverage for OpenSSL and OpenSSH is not better. Of course, it takes a lot of effort to develop a test suite with comprehensive code coverage support, but automation is low hanging fruit.
If you want to generate the code coverage reports above, here are two trivial scripts - one for OpenSSH and another for OpenSSL. This one works for OpenSSH:
#!/bin/sh # # Basic script to compile OpenSSH with code coverage support via gcc # gcov and build HTML reports with lcov. # LCOV_DIR=lcov-results LCOV_FILE=coverage.info LCOV_FILTERED=coverage_final.info PREFIX=~/install/openssh ### tmp path mkdir $LCOV_DIR make clean ./configure --with-cflags="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage" --with-ldflags="-fprofile-arcs -lgcov" --prefix=$PREFIX make make tests ### build coverage info and filter /usr/include/ files lcov --capture --directory . --output-file $LCOV_FILE lcov -r $LCOV_FILE /usr/include/\* --output-file $LCOV_DIR/$LCOV_FILTERED ### create the HTML report genhtml $LCOV_DIR/$LCOV_FILTERED --output-directory $LCOV_DIR exit
3) Integrate a fuzzer into your test suiteIf your test suite does not achieve 99%/95% function/line coverage, architectural changes should be made to reach these goals and beyond. This will likely require that test suite drive a fuzzer against your project and measure how well it exercises the code base.
Looking at code coverage results for older versions of the fwknop project was an eye opener. Although the test suite had hundreds of tests, there were large sections of code that were not exercised. It was for this reason the 2.6.3 release concentrated on more comprehensive automated test coverage. However, achieving better coverage was not a simple matter of executing fwknop components with different configuration files or command line arguments - it required the development of a dedicated SPA packet fuzzer along with a special macro -DENABLE_FUZZING built into the source code to allow the fuzzer to reach portions of code that would have otherwise been more difficult to trigger due to encryption and authentication requirements. This is a similar to the strategy proposed in Michal Zalewski's fuzzer American Fuzzy Lop here (see the "Known Limitations" section).
The main point is that fwknop was changed to support fuzzing driven by the test suite as a way to extend code coverage. It is the strong integration of fuzzing into the test suite that provides a powerful testing technique, and looking at code coverage results allows you to measure it.
Incidentally, an example double free() bug that the fwknop packet fuzzer triggered in conjunction with the test suite can be found here (fixed in 2.6.3).
4) Further extend your code coverage with fault injectionAny C project leveraging libc functions should implement error checking against function return values. The canonical example is checking to see whether malloc() returned NULL, and if so this is usually treated as an unrecoverable error like so:
char *buf = NULL; int size = 100; if ((buf = malloc(size)) == NULL) { clean_up(); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }Some projects elect to write a "safe_malloc()" wrapper for malloc() or other libc functions so that error handling can be done in one place, but it is not feasible to do this for every libc function. So, how to verify whether error conditions are properly handled at run time? For malloc(), NULL is typically returned under extremely high memory pressure, so it is hard to trigger this condition and still have a functioning system let alone a functioning test suite. In other words, in the example above, how can the test suite achieve code coverage for the clean_up() function? Other examples include filesystem or network function errors that are returned when disks fill up, or a network communication is blocked, etc.
What's needed is a mechanism for triggering libc faults artificially, without requiring the underlying conditions to actually exist that would normally cause such faults. This is where a fault injection library like libfiu comes in. Not only does it support fault injection at run time against libc functions without the need to link against libfiu (a dedicated binary "fiu-run" takes care of this), but it can also be used to trigger faults in arbitrary non-libc functions within a project to see how function callers handle errors. In fwknop, both strategies are used by the test suite, and this turned up a number of bugs like this one.
Full disclosure: libfiu does not yet support code coverage when executing a binary under fiu-run because there are problems interacting with libc functions necessary to write out the various source_file.c.gcno and source_file.c.gcda coverage files. This issue is being worked on for an upcoming release of libfiu. So, in the context of fwknop, libfiu is used to trigger faults directly in fwknop functions to see how calling functions handle errors, and this strategy is compatible with gcov coverage results. The fiu-run tool is also used, but more from the perspective of trying to crash one of the fwknop binaries since we can't (yet) see code coverage results under fiu-run. Here is an example fault introduced into the fko_get_username() function:
/* Return the current username for this fko context. */ int fko_get_username(fko_ctx_t ctx, char **username) { #if HAVE_LIBFIU fiu_return_on("fko_get_username_init", FKO_ERROR_CTX_NOT_INITIALIZED); #endifWith the fault set (there is a special command line argument --fault-injection-tag on the fwknopd server command line to enable the fault), the error handling code seen at the end of the example below is executed via the test suite. For proof of error handling execution, see the full coverage report (look at line 240).
/* Popluate a spa_data struct from an initialized (and populated) FKO context. */ static int get_spa_data_fields(fko_ctx_t ctx, spa_data_t *spdat) { int res = FKO_SUCCESS; res = fko_get_username(ctx, &(spdat->username)); if(res != FKO_SUCCESS) return(res);
Once again, it is the integration of fault injection with the test suite and corresponding code coverage reports that extends testing efforts in a powerful way. libfiu offers many nice features, including thread safey, the ability to enable a fault injection tag relative to other functions in the stack, and more.
5) Negative valgrind findings should force tests to failSo far, a theme in this blog post has been better code coverage through integration. I've attempted to make the case for the integration of fuzzing and fault injection with project test suites, and code coverage stats should be produced for both styles of testing.
A third integration effort is to leverage valgrind. That is, the test suite should run tests underneath valgrind when possible (speed and memory usage may be constraints here depending on the project). If valgrind discovers a memory leak, double free(), or other problem, this finding should automatically cause corresponding tests to fail. In some cases valgrind suppressions will need to be created if a project depends on libraries or other code that is known to have issues under valgrind, but findings within project sources should cause tests to fail. For projects heavy on the crypto side, there are some instances where code is very deliberately built in a manner that triggers a valgrind error (see Tonnerre Lombard's write up on the old Debian OpenSSL vulnerability), but these are not common occurrences and suppressions can always be applied. The average valgrind finding in a large code base should cause test failure.
Although running tests under valgrind will not expand code coverage, valgrind is a powerful tool that should be tightly integrated with your test suite.
- Publish your code coverage stats
- Make it easy to automatically produce code coverage results
- Integrate a fuzzer into your test suite
- Further extend your code coverage with fault injection
- Negative valgrind findings should automatically force tests to fail


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1. Why do you think Bella doesn't want to go to the spring dance? She could easily just have said to anyone, "Let's just go as friends". Why is it that from day one, none of the boys appealed to her?
Bella isn't the school dance type. Apart from being so clumsy she borders on disabled, she's almost painfully shy and I kind of get the impression that she isn't one who does things on a regular basis that put her already fragile self esteem at risk, at least not consciously. And, also, I whole heartedly agree with all of you who pointed out that, by the time the line starts forming, she had already had her first friendly conversations with Edward. After that, Mike and the rest just really look like ridiculous high school boys.
2. Bella asks Edward if he has multiple personality disorder because he either seems to be overly friendly or sarcastic moments apart. To what did you attribute Edward's odd behavior?
I classified Edward's behavior as being exactly what Bella's was; still trying to figure out exactly what was happening between the two of them, and what it would...could...become.


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You know, I'm normally a huge proponent of my class. Don't get me wrong, I love my Dwarf Priest. There's all these great healing spells we have at our disposal. No one's ever going to turn down a Priest from joining a raid or a guild. I have to admit, we have it pretty easy. I'm used to giving newer players advice about Priests and reasons for selecting that class.
Every once in a while, I get extremely bitter about being a Priest. For those of you that want to roll a Priest, let me introduce some second thoughts.


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Griffin would be useless without a good point guard
Griffin would be useless without a good point guard
griffin...not a great defender,not a great rebounder, not a great shooter,not a great shooter from the charity line...
I think we should get him... he'll fit right in...
griffin is a younger amare who needs to get fed by an elite pg to be effective
Now you have the Lakers asking for Shump possibly and they are interested in Chandler who sources say the Knicks will not let go unless we can get rid of JR as well.....Good thing we signed JR too a 4 year deal and now rather then be trade bait he is our issue to get rid of ..........Why oh why did we need to sign JR for 4 years when he testes free agency and nobody made him offer.....doesnt that dictate a players market value......
I could see the Clips making this deal for Melo in an attempt to get them over the top in a competitive WC. It's also one of the few teams that Melo would bless going to and opens up trade possibilities for a multi-team deal where we get picks and the some other team gets Griffin.
It may not be necessary to blow up the team just yet, with Bargs and Stat coming to life this team may finally be turning the corner. TC comes back, we may just turn around the ship.
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If Melo is to be traded, I believe the Clippers and Griffin must be involved. I do not see Melo out of New York or LA. Melo is a great player but he needs solid players around him. We do not have them. I am all for a rebuild now.
I said previously:
I don't really want Griffin here, I'd rather see him go somewhere that produces a lottery pick that give the Knicks a decent chance at Jabari.(3-team, obviously)
I watched that Duke vs Kansas game, in November, to see Wiggins #1 and Parker #1A.
But came away thinking that Jabari is the realest of the deals. That jumper is so effortless, he's sneaky athletic and can finish at the rim, he has the basketball IQ to make the correct play in the heat of the moment, and the size to be a decent defender.
If we have to lost Melo, I want Parker to replace him.
I just don't think it's realistic at all. So I've fallen back on the 2nd pipe-dream of Rondo before the deadline, to entice Melo to stay. He's clearly a diff player with a comprehensive point guard.
I just fear none of this will happen.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
we should rid of JR right now its complete useless player
dont get woodson s5 vs hawks then benched
The only Melo deal I'd take is the one where Melo goes to the Clippers, Blake goes to the Suns and the Knicks get the draft picks.
Only potential problem, is that I think with the new CBA, any team over the luxury tax has to take back equal dollar values in any trade. So even if the players being moved from the Knicks and Clips were a match, and Phoenix can absorb the contracts they get, I think the Knicks still have to take something back to match the money leaving.
I think. I could be wrong tho.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
Why not get Griffin. He is still young. We could go after Kevin Love and a PG
because we are better off with draft picks,,,,,then trading CHandler for a first round....having 4 draft picks and a group of players that have expiring contracts makes the Knicks a big player in Free agency in 2015 , have 4 new first rounders in 2014, and hopefully have shump and hardaway still......so I think thats a very pretty picture of a future,
because Griffin is ass.


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Rihanna, who is scheduled to perform at the Grammys Sunday, joined Chris Brown in court Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
Brown is being accused of violating his parole from his 2009 felony assault on the "Diamonds" singer. According to a motion filed at the Superior Court Of The State Of California For The County Of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Brown may not have completed his required 180 days of community service.
The District Attorney's office is asking the court to "find the Defendant in violation of the terms of his probation," according to the legal document.
Rihanna and Brown reportedly exited the courtroom arm in arm. TMZ reports that Brown looked "dejected" while Rihanna attempted to lift his spirits.
The news site added that Rihanna blew Brown a kiss before entering court and sat behind him during the proceedings.
Brown intends to fight the claims. Before the hearing, Brown's attorney formally opposed the accusations. Brown is due back in court on April 5.


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I love this strategy! I'd never heard of it before, but I'll use it all year long! Thank you!
First Lines is a pre-reading comprehension strategy in which students read the beginning sentences from a book and then make predictions about that book. This technique helps students focus their attention on what they can tell from the first lines of a story, play, poem, or other text. As students read the text in its entirety they discuss, revisit and/or revise their original predictions.


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Survey of Churches and Church Membership by County, 1952 (ICPSR 14)
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Egypt's prosecutor general appointed by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has withdrawn his resignation days after submitting it in a move expected to cause uproar ahead of a key vote on the country's draft constitution.
Talaat Abdullah on Thursday told reporters he initially submitted his resignation "under pressure" from prosecutors holding a sit-in in front of his office on Monday.
Fellow prosecutors accused him of pressuring a judge not to release some 130 anti-Morsi protesters taken into custody this month.
The judge had been investigating the Dec. 5 clashes between Muslim Brotherhood members and anti-Morsi protesters - one of the tensest moments Egypt has seen in recent weeks.
In a speech, Morsi said detainees had confessed they were paid to attack his supporters, a charge the judge refuted.


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Transfer News: Eliaquim Mangala pleased to still be at Porto
Eliaquim Mangala has insisted that he is more than happy to still be at Porto after being linked with a move away.
By Giscard Gourizro
Last Updated: 10/09/13 5:31pm
The French international defender was strongly linked with a move to Manchester City this summer and he has already admitted that the English giants failed with a late bid in the window.
However, despite the move failing to materialise, the 22-year-old maintains he is happy to still be in Portugal.
"I am delighted to continue and progress with Porto," he told Sky Sports.
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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by Samurai8472, May 4, 2013.
Great episode. Strax and the tegan reference in particular cracked me up. Not having a "love conquers all" resolution was also nice.
*Sigh*. Going through a bad patch again.
This episode was just awful in so many ways. I felt there was not enough time for the story to develop properly, it felt like they just blundered in. I hate this Sontaran and Silurian duo, I can't stand it when they make villains into good guys. It never works. Plus I didn't understand the plot properly, again.
The only thing that stopped me from giving it one star is Matt Smith's performance and that cute little red parasite thing. I could imagine them making it into a soft toy like they did with the adipose.
Plus the sonic screwdriver is being used far too much. How the hell did the doctor cure himself from that corny looking crimson thingy? By shutting himself in a vault and pressing his sonic screwdriver for five seconds.
I think I was wrong when I said part 2 of series 7 was better. Although I prefer the companion, title sequence, and some of the stories (just two really), looking back on it statistacally, part one was better as I liked 4/5 of those episodes.
I hope the cyberman one next week is a gooden, otherwise I've lost all hope in Dr. Who.
LOVED it. Was expecting lightweight shit from last week's trailer but it was all dark and twisted too. My favourite episode of Series 7 along with Cold War. Finally Mark Gatiss starts to deliver the goods..
Every now and then a post just makes me want to break something. The Silurians weren't villains.
How is this the show's fault? If you want simplistic shit then Star Trek Into Darkness is just round the corner y'know?
It is! No Chris Chibnall, no companions that leave and come back every episode, less of a blockbustery feel and every episode has tried to do something interesting.
Awesome, now I know I'll love it
Loved it Doctor Who meets Carry On Screaming.
They certainly wern't good guys either way. Moffat has defeated the whole point of the Silurians, that they were not meant to have human faces, and now they're all green lizzard women.
In RTDs run, I never got lost. Even in the first Smith series I just about grasped it. But now it's too complicated. An I am.
We had the Rings of Akentanm or whatever. That episode alone should weigh down the entire part of the series as it's so bad.
See, the thing about that is, that's an entirely subjective statement. You may say it's the worst thing ever, etc. etc. But it was actually one of my favorite episodes so far of this series (I refuse to separate series 7, it's one long series as far as I'm concerned.
I prefer the original design too but the Silurians were always meant to be as diverse as humans, not villains. I think Vastra is a more interesting direction than merely repeating the same story over and over again with The Silurians, The Sea Devils, Warriors of the Deep and The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood.
Because Russell T. Davies made his scripts as stupid as is humanly possible to appeal to the Ant and Dec audience. The Bells of St. John, Cold War, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror are better than damn near all of RTD's scripts.
Complicated is good.
It didn't work entirely but it was an ambitious failure. Whereas Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and Power of Three were pretty mediocre.
Don't think there's been an outright bad episode this series at all though, and I'd rank Asylum of the Daleks, Cold War and The Crimson Horror as among New Who at its best. The most consistent New Who series yet. Compare it to Series 2 or 4 where we were getting howlers like Rise of the Cybermen and Fear Her, or The Doctor's Daughter and Journey's End!
It was a terrible episode. If that's what you like about Dr. Who, then you watch the show for completley different reasons to me.
Then just stop with Silurians completley. And why not brng back the Sea Devils? They looked cooler.
Sometimes, not being complicated and even a bit predictable is a good thing. He wrote it with more care.
Complicated is bad. It means small children get completley lost becuase they're small children, and older people are too old to understand it at all. I don't like having to work to understand a script. I just like to watch it and enjoy the ride instead of fucking wondering what the fuck's going on until the very last minite, and even then it's sometimes not explained properly.
I liked them. I thought DOASS was going to be terrible and had extremley low expectations for it, but I was pleasantly suprised although I hated parts of it like the doctors "gang". Power of Three was suprisingly good too. A nice flashback to RTD.
I did love Cold War. I was disapointed with AOTD as I had high expectations for it as the concept was golden. The daleks should have been insane instead f just a bit rusty.
Wait, you didn't like Rise of the Cybermen? There is something wrong with you. It's one of Tennant's best episodes of all time. I can give or take Fear Her. I can also give or take Doctors Daughter. I loved Journeys End. It was a piece of art. One of Tennants best too.
Tennant's best episodes are ones like Blink, Gridlock, Silence in the Library, Midnight or Waters of Mars. Ones that like.. actually try? Thankfully the writer of the abhorrent Rise of the Cybermen redeemed himself with my favourite New Who episode to date, The Girl Who Waited.
You have the worst Doctor Who taste of all-time. You seem to hold intelligent writing in contempt and genuinely seem to desire the series to be as stupid and simplistic as possible. I'm glad you're not getting your way.
Douglas Adams, one time script-editor/script-writer for Doctor Who, famously said his goal with the series was to make it complicated enough for the children to be interested but simple enough for the adults to understand. I completely see his point now...
Eh, RotC/TAoS was heavily rewritten by RTD after MacRae's more Spare Parts-inspired drafts so I'm not surprised he could produce quality work once, y'know, his material actually reached the screen.
Wasn't aware of this, damn shame we missed out on a Spare Parts adaptation of some kind.
Reckon you'll enjoy tonight's episode when it airs in cowboy land. Really eccentric and interesting as opposed to the sub-Hollywood, bland shit we're discussing.
That was good, I enjoyed that a lot more than I expected to, as opposed to last weeks whic I enjoyed a lot less than expected...
the first 10 minutes or so were a bit of a drag, but then once the doc turned up it was really good, which i wasn't expecting from an episode with the victorian freaks.
the end with the kids was a nice way to set up the next episode too.
for me this season has been really inconsistent, the episodes have either been very good or really bad with no sort of average ones.
Average episode for me, while I do like Strax, Jenny and Vastra and there was plenty of funny moments to laugh at, the plot felt really rushed & half baked. Got to admit after season 6 more Arc based story this season more standalone style has not been as enjoyable though mostly in the 2nd half of the season. My grades in part 1 were stronger than part 2...
Asylum of the Daleks - Good
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship - Good
A Town called Mercy - Good
Power of Three - Average
The Angels take Manhattan - Excellent
The Bells of Saint John - Good
The Rings of Akhaten - Average
The Cold War - Average
Hide - Good
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS - Good
The Crimson Horror - Average
With the finale of Who being potentially of the whole Silence & Doctor's name story arc I was hoping for some major build up but we aren't getting it.
Enjoyed the Hell out of that. Loved the Tom-Tom joke. Only complaint is that near the end, the villain-ess suddenly knew to call him "The Doctor", though he was never ever introduced to her as such. She just "knew" his name/title out of nowhere. But other than that... Wonderful.
Mad episode! The Bells of Saint John's still the best New Who. Can't find the interview right this second but Gatiss said he wants to take the Ice Warriors to their home planet at some point. He's on a roll.
The Rings of Akhaten's fucking sweet if terribly vague, otherwise expertly told. Hide got actually a bit sloppy.
Why not sometimes one long series sometimes two halves?
Leaving and coming back made a poignant arc for Eleven. He tried to keep away from the Ponds.
There's something beautiful about Chibnall's text when he doesn't appear to have a malfunction in the linguistic centre of his brain. I just want to hear his dialogue more. Speaking of that Whithouse is terrible in that regard. Stiff official sounding sentences with ill-fitting stock phrases to appear more literary, instead of actual skill. Decently told stories from both if little imagination.
Who's up for a Resurrection of the Daleks remake from Chibnall? Daleks with scalpels and claws to grab people from throats while people actually get shot endlessly...
Complicated is good, but too complicated is bad. It's a fine line to walk. And I guess if Moffat crosses over into "too complicated", well, that just increases the DVD sales. Win-win for him.
As for the episode itself: I loved it. Probably my favorite episode so far this half-season.
Spoiler: The Crimson Horror
Needed more Jenny Ninja Action, though.
EDIT: I do wish that whoever tracked the music did a better job, though. They didn't seem to understand that they were using the Doctor's theme, not just generic action music...
That was a fun episode. It was great to see Jenny get some screen time. I'm guessing her fighting outfit is also a homage to Mrs Peel and Diana Rigg. This was a fun ride. I would love a miniseries with Madam Vastra and the gang. Hopefully they will be back soon.
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Goodwin: Obama should learn from past
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the author of "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," – the book that inspired the movie "Lincoln" – says President Barack Obama should follow the model of presidents past and use the White House as a tool.
"The most important lesson the movie illustrates by getting the passage of the 13th Amendment through a really fractious Congress is you do everything you can, every means within your control," Kearns Goodwin said in an interview aired Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "That means assignments. jobs. it means looking to the history of the person, making them want to feel better that they've done something important, low-level stuff. It's messy. It's compromising. It doesn't look pretty but it gets the job done."
Kearns Goodwin suggested that Obama needs to "use the White House as a political asset" in the model of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his team in the White House.
"If LBJ were there now, trying to get the fiscal cliff, they would be sleeping in the White House. [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell would be in one room, and [Speaker John] Boehner in another and LBJ would be parading around in his robe," Kearns Goodwin said. "But if they remain obstructionist, Teddy Roosevelt is another lesson for him because he knew that he couldn't get his conservative Republican party by being nice to them and offering them things."
"[Obama] needs to mobilize pressure from the outside in, and that's where I think Obama has to also play an outside game," she continued. "He's got that base now. That base is still mobilized and there's got to be a way-- maybe he should take a train trip around the country. Get them out there all the time, get the immigration bill signed because people pressure you from the outside in."


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Officials: School security is still evolving
BRATTLEBORO -- With many students staying away from Brattleboro Union High School Monday, one parent put it this way: "It's a new ballgame we're playing, and everyone is trying to figure out the rules."
That sentiment is shared by many area school administrators who are trying to ensure student safety while dealing with concerned parents, online rumors and high-profile tragedies like December's shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Officials say it's a difficult balancing act and a work in progress.
"The question of school security has been an ongoing concern for many years -- not just since last month," said Mark Truhan, vice chairman of the Brattleboro Town School District board.
The pros and cons of a public alert system were evident this week as parents in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union received calls saying "precautionary" security measures would be in place at schools on Monday.
One message said "an individual may have made threatening statements." But police said they have not undertaken an investigation, and it was unclear on Monday when or how a threat was made.
Officials also took pains to say that there had been no specific threat against any school or group of students.
The general lack of detail provoked diverse reactions from parents and other who commented on the Reformer Facebook page.
Some were understanding: "The lack of information is a bit disturbing as parents. But what we all need to realize, the information was given as a precaution. The schools and law-enforcement community are doing all that they can do without jeopardizing any ongoing investigation."
Others were less accommodating: "They wanted to sound like they were on top of things, but with all the vagueness all they did was cause a mass panic. The kids are all scared, and nobody wants to send them to school today."
Ron Stahley, Windham Southeast superintendent, stood behind his decisions.
"That's just part of the job," Stahley said of the criticism.
Other school administrators said emotions go hand-in-hand with the school-security question.
"When you inform people of precautions, then they have a heightened anxiety," said Steven John, Windham Central Supervisory Union superintendent.
Sometimes, John said, "I don't have an adequate answer."
A concerned parent may want information that is not available or cannot be made public, officials said. Christopher Kibbe, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union superintendent, said administrators "try to give out as much information as we can."
"The line you have to be careful about is, what isn't public information, and what are our emergency procedures?" Kibbe said. "In the wrong hands, these could be used in really unpleasant and dangerous ways."
There's no secret, though, that the trend is toward more locked doors and less public access during the school day.
"The unfortunate thing is, this is all in direct contrast with our desire to be open and welcoming to the community," Kibbe said.
Truhan has heard from parents who want a locked-tight school and those who argue against it.
"That (debate) will probably be going on for a long time," he said.
So officials across the region are taking a close look at their security procedures, especially in the wake of the Newtown incident. For example, police in Keene, N.H., reportedly have announced that they will make daily visits to city schools.
In December, Vernon police said they expected to regularly be on hand when students arrive at and are dismissed from the town's elementary school.
And last week, the Brattleboro town school board met with local emergency officials and school staff to discuss safety.
"It was essentially a question-and-answer session: This is what we've got, this is what we're doing," Truhan said.
The verdict, at least for now, is that nothing significant is changing.
"We left it as, what is in place is what's going to stay in place until we have further discussions," Truhan said.
School leaders know that, in some ways, they are pursuing an unreachable goal -- absolute security inside a public educational institution.
"The best advice is to plan and to practice the drills," John said. "But don't think you can provide 100 percent security to anyone."
So, on days like Monday in Brattleboro, school administrators may be tasked with conflicting roles: They are protectors in a high-stakes security situation and educators who are answerable to the public.
It's a position familiar to police. On Monday, Brattleboro police Chief Gene Wrinn urged residents to be "hyper-vigilant" while also hoping that his officers were seen as signs that the matter was under control.
"We're doing what we can to be the face of calm and reassurance," Wrinn said.
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Pagan's defense displayed, but no breaks for Giants
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- Before Tim Lincecum ran out of pitches, before the Cardinals poured it on, before the Giants' offensive frustrations mounted -- it was the play of the game. Because it could have changed the game. It unfolded in the fifth inning of Thursday night's Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. The Cardinals had the lead, 2-1, but not the momentum. Lincecum had give up those two runs in the first and since had mowed down the Cardinals. Hunter Pence's second-inning homer had made it 2-1.
That is where it still stood when Matt Carpenter doubled with one out in the fifth and Matt Holliday followed with a sinking liner to right center.That was the cue for Angel Pagan to show he has as much horizontal dive as he does vertical leap. Two innings earlier, he had soared above the center-field fence to snare a drive by Yadier Molina. Now, he lowered himself into a dive for Holliday's rope, which was sinking faster than Pagan could. But in the same motion that he failed the catch, Pagan short-hopped the ball into his glove's sweet spot, rolled over and jumped to his feet and spun to unleash a virtually no-look precise laser to cutoff man Brandon Crawford. Crawford pivoted and made an identically perfect throw to catcher Hector Sanchez. Carpenter, having had to delay to see whether Pagan would make a catch, still tried to score but wasn't yet even in the picture when Crawford's throw reached Sanchez. Alas, the catcher went for the swipe-tag before he actually had the ball -- which squirted by him and into Carpenter, who slid across the plate safely. Instead of the inning ending on Allen Craig's ensuing strikeout, the Cardinals scored once more, and continued putting up deuces each of the next two innings. Had Sanchez secured that throw, there is no scoring that inning, and the fate of a 2-1 game remains in the air. Asked after St. Louis' 8-3 win whether completion of that play could have altered the course of the entire game, Pagan said, "Definitely." "It would've kept us in the game," he said. "The way it went, they opened up the game a little bit. That's the way it went. [Crawford] made a good throw, we just could execute all the way. We did what we could." Pagan was nearly a one-man band when it came to trying to rally the troops. In addition to that stellar play -- a combination of athleticism and intuition -- and his two hits, there was his theft of Molina. "I can't tell you [whether the ball would've cleared the fence] but it was pretty close," Pagan said. "I'm glad I made the catch. I was just trying to get something going for the team. "Sometimes, you can do that on defense. I was trying to get everyone pumped up." His trademark salute to the dugout after the catch did that. But the effect quickly wore off as the Giants couldn't put up a fight against Adam Wainwright and sunk into a 3-to-1 NLCS hole.
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Beehive Cluster
|Beehive Cluster
The Beehive Cluster is an open cluster in Cancer just visible to the naked eye.
|Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
|Right ascension
|08h 40.4m
|19° 59′
|577 ly (177 pc)
|Apparent magnitude (V)
|Apparent dimensions (V)
|Physical characteristics
|Estimated age
|~600-700 million years
|Other designations
|M44, Praesepe, NGC 2632
The Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189, is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open clusters to the Solar System, and it contains a larger star population than most other nearby clusters. Under dark skies the Beehive Cluster looks like a nebulous object to the naked eye; thus it has been known since ancient times. The classical astronomer Ptolemy called it "the nebulous mass in the breast of Cancer," and it was among the first objects that Galileo studied with his telescope.[2]
The cluster's age and proper motion coincide with those of the Hyades open cluster, suggesting that both share a similar origin.[3][4] Both clusters also contain red giants and white dwarfs, which represent later stages of stellar evolution, along with main sequence stars of spectral classes A, F, G, K, and M.
The cluster's distance is often cited to lie between 160 and 187 parsecs (520-610 light years).[5][6][7] The 2009 catalog of revised Hipparcos parallaxes for Praesepe members and the latest iteration of color-magnitude diagram fitting in the infrared favor an analogous distance near 182 pc.[8][9] There is better agreement on its age, at about 600 million years.[4][6][10] This is equivalent to the age of the Hyades (~625 million years).[11] The bright central core of the cluster has a diameter of about 7 parsecs (22.8 light years).[10]
The Beehive is most easily observed when Cancer is high in the sky; in northern latitudes this occurs during the evening from February to May. At 95 arcminutes across, the cluster fits well in the field of view of a pair of binoculars or a telescope of low power.[citation needed]
Galileo was the first to observe the Beehive in a telescope, in 1609, and was able to resolve it into 40 stars. Charles Messier added it to his famous catalog in 1769 after precisely measuring its position in the sky. Along with the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades cluster, Messier's inclusion of the Beehive has been noted as curious, as most of Messier's objects were much fainter and more easily confused with comets. One possibility is that Messier simply wanted to have a larger catalog than his scientific rival Lacaille, whose 1755 catalog contained 42 objects, and so he added some bright, well-known objects to boost his list.[12]
Ancient Greeks and Romans saw this object as a manger from which two donkeys, the adjacent stars Asellus Borealis and Asellus Australis, are eating; these are the donkeys that Dionysos and Silenus rode into battle against the Titans.[13]
Hipparchus (c.130 BC) refers to the cluster as Nephelion ("Little Cloud") in his star catalog.[14] Claudius Ptolemy's Almagest includes the Beehive Cluster as one of seven "nebulae" (four of which are real[15]), describing it as "The Nebulous Mass in the Breast (of Cancer)".[16] Aratus (c.260-270 BC) calls the cluster Achlus or "Little Mist" in his poem Phainomaina.[14]
This perceived nebulous object is in the Ghost (Gui Xiu), the 23rd lunar mansion of ancient Chinese astrology. Ancient Chinese skywatchers saw this as a ghost or demon riding in a carriage and likened its appearance to a "cloud of pollen blown from willow catkins." It was also known by the somewhat less romantic name of Jishi qi (積屍氣, also transliterated Tseih She Ke), the "Exhalation of Piled-up Corpses".[14] It is also known simply as Jishi (積屍), "cumulative corpses."
Morphology and composition[edit]
Like many star clusters of all kinds, Praesepe has experienced mass segregation.[6][10][17] This means that bright, massive stars are concentrated in the cluster's core, while dimmer, less massive stars populate its halo (sometimes called the corona). The cluster's core radius is estimated at 3.5 parsecs (11.4 light years); its half-mass radius is about 3.9 parsecs (12.7 light years); and its tidal radius is about 12 parsecs (39 light years).[6][10] However, the tidal radius also includes many stars that are merely "passing through" and not bona fide cluster members.
Altogether, the cluster contains at least 1000 gravitationally bound stars, for a total mass of about 500-600 Solar masses.[6][10] A recent survey counts 1010 high-probability members, of which 68% are M dwarfs, 30% are Sun-like stars of spectral classes F, G, and K, and about 2% are bright stars of spectral class A.[6] Also present are five giant stars, four of which have spectral class K0 III and the fifth G0 III.[3][6][18]
So far, eleven white dwarfs have been identified, representing the final evolutionary phase of the cluster's most massive stars, which originally belonged to spectral type B.[4] Brown dwarfs, however, are extremely rare in this cluster,[19] probably because they have been lost by tidal stripping from the halo.[6]
The cluster has a visual brightness of magnitude 3.7. Its brightest stars are blue-white and of magnitude 6 to 6.5. 42 Cancri is a confirmed member.
In September, 2012 two planets which orbit separate stars were discovered in the Beehive Cluster. The finding was significant for being the first planets detected orbiting stars like Earth's Sun that were situated in stellar clusters. Planets had previously been detected in such clusters, but not orbiting stars like the Sun.
The planets have been designated Pr0201b and Pr0211b. The 'b' at the end of their names indicates that the bodies are planets. The discoveries are what have been termed Hot Jupiters, massive gas giants that, unlike the planet Jupiter, orbit very close to their parent stars.
The announcement describing the planetary finds, written by Sam Quinn as the lead author, was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. Quinn's team worked with David Latham of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, utilizing the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.[20]
In 2016 additional observations concluded that in the Pr0211 system there are actually two planets, the second one being Pr0211-c.[21]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Messier 44". SEDS. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- ^ "Messier 44: Observations and Descriptions".
- ^ a b Klein-Wassink, WJ (1927). "The proper motion and the distance of the Praesepe cluster". Publications of the Kapteyn Astronomical Laboratory Groningen. 41: 1–48. Bibcode:1927PGro...41....1K.
- ^ a b c Dobbie PD; Napiwotzki R; Burleigh MR; et al. (2006). "New Praesepe white dwarfs and the initial mass-final mass relation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 369: 383–389. arXiv:astro-ph/0603314 . Bibcode:2006MNRAS.369..383D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10311.x.
- ^ Pinfield DJ; Dobbie PD; Jameson F; Steele IA; et al. (2003). "Brown dwarfs and low-mass stars in the Pleiades and Praesepe: Membership and binarity". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 342: 1241–1259. arXiv:astro-ph/0303600 . Bibcode:2003MNRAS.342.1241P. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06630.x.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kraus AL; Hillenbrand LA (2007). "The stellar populations of Praesepe and Coma Berenices". Astronomical Journal. 134: 2340–2352. arXiv:0708.2719 . Bibcode:2007AJ....134.2340K. doi:10.1086/522831.
- ^ van Leeuwen, F. "Parallaxes and proper motions for 20 open clusters as based on the new Hipparcos catalogue", A&A, 2009
- ^ Majaess, D.; Turner, D.; Lane, D.; Krajci, T. "Deep Infrared ZAMS Fits to Benchmark Open Clusters Hosting delta Scuti Stars", JAAVSO, 2011
- ^ a b c d e Adams JD; Stauffer JR; Skrutskie MF; et al. (2002). "Structure of the Praesepe Star Cluster". Astronomical Journal. 124: 1570–1584. Bibcode:2002AJ....124.1570A. doi:10.1086/342016.
- ^ Perryman M; Brown A; Lebreton Y; Gomez A; Turon C; Cayrel de Strobel G; et al. (1998). "The Hyades: Distance, structure, dynamics, and age". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 331: 81–120. arXiv:astro-ph/9707253 . Bibcode:1998A&A...331...81P.
- ^ Frommert, Hartmut (1998). "Messier Questions & Answers". SEDS. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-01.
- ^ "M44". SEDS. Retrieved 2005-02-06.
- ^ a b c Allen, Richard Hinckley (1889). Star Names. p. 112.
- ^ http://messier.seds.org/xtra/history/deepskyd.html#ptolemy
- ^ "Messier Object 44". SEDS. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ^ Portegies Zwart SF; McMillan SL; Hut P; Makino J (2001). "Star cluster ecology IV. Dissection of an open star cluster: Photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 321: 199–226. arXiv:astro-ph/0005248 . Bibcode:2001MNRAS.321..199P. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03976.x.
- ^ Abt HA; Willmarth DW (1999). "Binaries in the Praesepe and Coma star clusters and their implications for binary evolution". Astrophysical Journal. 521: 682–690. Bibcode:1999ApJ...521..682A. doi:10.1086/307569.
- ^ Gonzalez-Garcia BM; Zapatero Osorio MR; Bejar VJS; Bihain G; et al. (2006). "A search for substellar members in the Praesepe and Sigma Orionis clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 460: 799–810. arXiv:astro-ph/0609283 . Bibcode:2006A&A...460..799G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065909.
- ^ "First Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in a Cluster". Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ "The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG". A&A Volume 588. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to
- M44 Photo detail Dark Atmospheres
- Messier 44, SEDS Messier pages
- NightSkyInfo.com - M44, the Beehive Cluster
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: M44: A Beehive of Stars (3 August 1998)
- The Beehive Cluster on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- Praesepe (M44) at Constellation Guide


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Just four weeks ago, Celeste Mills was discussing arrangements for hospice with her doctor after treatment to control her metastatic breast cancer stopped working.
"The end was very near, and the quality in her life was done," said Dr. John Glaspy, of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, who was preparing end-of-life care for Mills.
Mills has been fighting metastatic breast cancer for 14 years. And for a long time, it was controlled by the medication Herceptin.
But when the treatment stopped working, the cancer spread throughout her body.
"The cancer had grown in an area where if I laid flat on my back I couldn't breathe," Mills said. "Something big, really big had to happen."
That big thing was a first-of-its-kind drug that the FDA was considering, called Kadcyla. Mills just had to stay alive long enough for the medication to gain approval.
Three days after Mills began hospice, the FDA approved Kadcyla.
Her doctor called the drug maker immediately and the medication was rushed to her.
The next day, Mills became the first person in the country to receive Kadcyla, delivered by IV infusion.
"I feel great," Mills said. "I don't know how long this ride is going to be, but it's going to be the best ride of my life. And I have lots of things I want to do."
Kadcyla is stronger than Herceptin, and packs an extra punch.
"It is linked to a very powerful chemotherapy drug. It's a way of delivering very high, very toxic amounts of chemotherapy to the tumor, without delivering them to the normal part of the patient," Glaspy said.
Two weeks later, she was able to breathe on her back again.
"It's clear she's got major clinical benefit," Glaspy said.
She is doing so well, in fact, that she is planning a vacation to Hawaii.
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Binkie, paci, sucker, or pacifier, whatever you call it, it's an important piece of equipment for many newborns. There are many options available, and while they might all look the same during an emergency drugstore run at 3 a.m., when the baby just won't settle, all pacis are not created equal.
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Apple blocks Java on Macs over security flaws
Apple Mac computers have stopped running programs written using the Java programming language in their browsers, after Apple blocked it for the second time this year due to security problems.
Apple has previously blocked, then unblocked, the latest version of Java on the most recent versions of its Mac operating system — most recently in January.
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The series with the Braves continue.
The Phils (22-18) continue their three game series with the Braves (19-19) with a night game from Citizens Bank Park that will be televised nationally on ESPN. The game starts at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phils' starter will be Brett Myers (2-3, 5.33), who is coming off a lost to the Diamondbacks on May 8. The D-backs lit up Myers for seven runs, six of which were earned, on nine hits in five innings of work in the Phils' 8-3 lost. This was after coming off a no-decision against the Giants on May 3 where he gave up only two earned runs on six hits as he pitched seven innings in the Phils' 3-2 lost. In fact, Myers has lost two of his last four games as well as receiving two no-decisions. He has given up at least four earned runs in three of those games. There is a lot of concern among the Phillies' faithful about what is wrong with Myers and whether he can get his pitching ability back, while Myers will be looking for a win to even his record at 3-3. Myers' opponent will be Tom Glavine (0-1, 4.03), the future hall of famer, who is having just as bad a season as Myers. Although he has given up two earned runs or less in all but one of the five games that he'd pitched, he didn't last the first inning in one game (April 13 against Washington) and lasted only four and two-thirds innings in a second game (May 4 versus Cincinnati), where he got torched for six earned runs, although Atlanta was able to win the game. In the three games that he had lasted at least six innings, the Braves are 0-3, so overall, the Braves' record with Glavine as the starter is 1-4. Glavine will be looking for his first win of the year, and hoping to get it against the Phils, whom he had given fits over the years.
Edit: Glavine is 28-17 with a 3.68 ERA (HT/Beerleaguer) against the Phils.
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When Ruth Drysdale voted for Barack Obama in 2008, there was some poetic justice.
It was the first time she voted in an American election since coming to the U.S. from South Africa in 1980. Obama made an impression on her after his appearance at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, especially since she saw a land that practiced a racial segregation against whites, called apartheid.
"For a South African woman to vote for the first African American president, that really meant something," Drysdale said. "Politics have always fascinated me, and I was fascinated that in a country like America, a black man could become president."
At a Democratic National Convention viewing party in Lenox, the Stockbridge resident watched as the now-President Obama graciously accepted the Democratic Party nomination at the convention's closing night.
"You didn't elect me to hear what you wanted to hear, you elected me to hear me tell you the truth," Obama said during the convention, televised from the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
The announcement to formally accept the nomination was met with boisterous applause by those in the audience at the convention, and an equal excitement -- albeit more subdued -- at viewing parties throughout the Berkshires.
At the viewing party in Lee, 296 Housatonic St., a semi-circle of local Democrats glued themselves to the screen as Vice President Joe Biden took to the podium.
The party was mostly orchestrated and emceed by Lenox resident Maggie Sadoway.
"We definitely inspire each other, inform each other and keep track of each other," she said. "I feel that it's so important to get Obama re-elected."
Most of the women touted buttons that read "Women for Obama."
"We have a lot of work ahead of us," said South Lee resident Elisa Mishory. "There's a joy in us coming together with a shared vision for America, and for the future."
Another party in Pittsfield, equal in size of about 20 people, took place at Carole Ireland's home, 106 Stratford Ave. Ireland, a volunteer for the Obama campaign, agreed to host the party after being asked by another volunteer.
"I looked at both conventions, and this convention was so much more diverse and vibrant," Ireland said.
"The choice is so clear," Lee resident Wren Bernstein added on.
During Obama's speech, he made the occasional reference to his Republican opponent, candidate Mitt Romney, saying the party is asking for votes without revealing much of their plan.
"It's not that I'm against the Republicans as much as it is that I'm not sure how their ideas will be beneficial for the American public," said Pittsfield resident Eric Lamet, an attendee at Ireland's party.
For Republicans viewing the convention this week, they were less than moved.
"[Obama] talks a lot about jobs, but the only job I see coming is him bankrupting the country," said Jim Bronson, chairman of the Berkshire County Republicans Association.
With both parties having wrapped up their conventions -- the Republican National Convention was held last week in Tampa, Fla. -- both candidates will now make their candidacy for the Nov. 6 election.
"[The Democratic National Convention] laid out all the accomplishments of the administration, and Obama said very clearly what we have to do," said Mary O'Brien, a retired Middle District Register of Deeds and a member of the Democratic State Committee. "He's laid out the past, present and the future."
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Apple iPad 5 & iPad mini 2 rumor round-up: release date, price and features
0. phoneArena posted on 22 Oct 2013, 09:27
With the year drawing to an end, some of you may be falsely mislead into thinking that there's nothing left to look forward to as the holidays approach. This is one of thew few times that you're lucky to be wrong, for if nothing else – we still have the iPad 5 on our radar...
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1. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I'll be waiting to pick this puppy, and a mini2 up too. Bring em on apple.
3. saffant (Posts: 274; Member since: 04 Jul 2011)
I never understood fanboys; still don't, and i don't think I ever will.
6. bucky (Posts: 3395; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
So he is a fanboy because he said he is buying an iPad ?
I think true fanboys get hurt when someone chooses something other than what they like. Perfect example is you actually
8. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Mega +1 Bucky. Trolls will be trolls.
16. saffant (Posts: 274; Member since: 04 Jul 2011)
Nope. Not at all actually. In fact I get "hurt" when I hear people blinding parading behind some company that only cares about their $$. Trust me.. I hold the same stance (in terms of enthusiasm and "bias") for Apple or Google or Samsung or anyone really.
If you read his other posts, it's quite evident that he's quite a big Apple fanboy. Why? I'm not sure. Now if he just liked their products, then that's fine, but he tends to antagonize Android WHICH makes him a fanboy for Apple lol.
27. User72042 (Posts: 23; Member since: 30 Sep 2013)
yes I'm apple fanboy,But Darkk says the truth,I totally Appreciate whatever he says,If you just look at post #15 you'll realize that what you said is off-the-wall
21. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
and he got 8 likes for hating on darkk? where they do that at?
24. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Lol g2g, it doesn't even matter lol. See post #7 bro. +1
25. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
He have the same iPad from last year.
7. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I couldn't care less what you don't understand. My wife and I want em, my wife and I are getting em. Understand that troll.
14. JunitoNH (Posts: 1940; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
I guess he wants you to pick a Xoom or a plastic Nexus 7.
15. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Exactly, and those are good tablets, but we want what we want. What's wrong with that, ya know? +1
18. saffant (Posts: 274; Member since: 04 Jul 2011)
Of course not. If you're buying a tablet, it depends on your needs. If you're buying for multimedia purposes, then iPad is a disaster.
However, for apps, iPad takes the cake.. without a doubt.
22. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
hell yeah haha let darkk buy what he wants... geez! i guess in a perfect world we all should have android devices.
28. User72042 (Posts: 23; Member since: 30 Sep 2013)
My comment's main objective is in your comment,((Let people buy what they want))..you're not hitler lol
17. saffant (Posts: 274; Member since: 04 Jul 2011)
That's great, but perhaps go easy on the Android hate.
12. amats69 (Posts: 1526; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
So in that case...You will never understand yourself.....
23. HalaMadrid (Posts: 92; Member since: 04 Sep 2013)
iPad 5 and Mini 2 ♥
35. MobileKicker (Posts: 212; Member since: 19 Sep 2013)
These iPads rock!
2. bucky (Posts: 3395; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
I have been waiting for a better version of the mini. My iPad 3 is still good but monopolized by my wife now :/
Better get used to that dark lol
13. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
that's why he's getting 2.
4. THE.DARK.KNIGHT (banned) (Posts: 269; Member since: 09 Sep 2013)
The best tablet of the year! So beautiful! So sexy! iPad 5 ftw
5. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
You can tell this article was written by someone other than Alan because it doesn't mention colors.
The black iPad Mini is the best looking tablet I've ever seen. If they ditch that for "Space" Gray I'll be deeply and emotionally SCARRED.
9. Whateverman (Posts: 3291; Member since: 17 May 2009)
I was really looking forward to upgrading my ipad this year, but I don't think I can handle ios7. Finally saw it in person and I'm sure most people love its just not my cup of tea. Maybe it's Apple offers a different theme or skin later on, but for now... Is gonna be the Note 10.1 this Christmas.
10. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I think the note 10.1 will be a great tablet, enjoy it WM.
11. amats69 (Posts: 1526; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
My money is ready for mini 2! :)
19. geekpilot (Posts: 1; Member since: 27 Sep 2013)
Personally, Apple will need to do a bit more than shave off a few millimeters and add a faster chip to persuade me to shell out several hundred dollars to upgrade from the iPad 3 that I only bought 18 months ago, and which I'm quite happy with. A few features that I'd like to see:
1. Ability to add a keyboard dock (not a Bluetooth keyboard that requires a separate charger)
2. An embedded stylus with a fine tip to enable accurate sketches and drawings. I find the fat tip styluses currently available infuriating to use.
3. Embedded SD card support
4. Ability to add a bluetooth mouse or trackpad, for those of us who use the iPad with a keyboard and find it awkward when doing so to use touch gestures for certain activities.
5. A centralized file system that makes it easier to share files between apps
I realize that Apple is unlikely ever to offer any of these options, but doesn't stop me dreaming.
20. jack123 (Posts: 263; Member since: 07 Jan 2013)
That's not happening, the way you described just like u want macbook touch and can run the same app as ipad.
26. fistigons (Posts: 357; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
If there is no retina display for the new mini, you should buy the old mini for a cheaper price. Or a Nexus 7.
29. taojj (Posts: 33; Member since: 01 Aug 2013)
IPad 5 - A7 64-Bit chip, 2 GHz Dual Core Chip, Quad Core GPU (Power VR 6 Series) Touch ID, Slightly Bigger Battery, 1 Gb RAM, 32Gb, 64Gb, 128 Gb, 8 MP Camera, LTE band 13, Wi-fi a/b/g/n, Ratina Display
Ipad Mini - A6, 32-Bit chip, 1.4 GHz Dual Core, Pover VR 5 Series, Touch ID, Slightly Bigger Battery,1 Gb RAM, 16 Gb, 32 Gb, 64 Gb, 5 MP Camera, LTE band 13, Wi-fi a/b/g/n, Ratina Display


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From The Pueblo Chieftain (Chris Woodka):
Farmers and ranchers can make it through a drought by planning ahead, managing resources and making timely decisions. That advice was given to about 150 people who attended the Arkansas Valley Farm, Ranch, Water Symposium and Trade Show Thursday.
"It took me four years to learn what I should have learned in one," said Huerfano County rancher Grady Grissom. Grissom started the Rancho Largo Cattle Co. in 1995 with a business plan designed to maximize herd size in order to cover his costs.
Meanwhile, if you have water, the good news is that commodity prices for farm products are expected for the growing season. Here's an report from Matt Hildner writing for The Pueblo Chieftain:
While drought conditions are expected to continue to plague the state this summer, farmers and ranchers who can withstand them will likely see high commodity prices. James Pritchett, an agricultural economist at Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, reviewed the economic impacts of the drought and discussed potential impacts during a Wednesday session of the Southern Rocky Mountain Agricultural Conference and Trade Fair. "Farm revenues are going to hit record levels this year on the strength of higher prices," he said. "So if you have a crop — and not everybody does — and you're able to stay in production, you're going to make some money."
Pritchett and a pair of colleagues have yet to wrap up their surveys on how producers did in 2012 but based on preliminary results, he said operations with lower debt ratios would be in the best position to benefit from high prices for many commodities.
"I think it's the high-debt folks, I think it's the dryland crop producers, I think it's the cow-calf producers — those are the ones that are experiencing some of the most difficulties," he said. His results from 2011 found the San Luis Valley had an aboveaverage year and endured only $4.7 million in droughtrelated losses. "There weren't really reductions in irrigation yields and there wasn't a big change in harvested acres versus planted acres," he said.
That year also saw little impact on Main Street businesses dealing with agriculture, but he thinks that will change as the drought persists. "In 2011, I don't think anybody saw the drought coming," he said. "But if you expect the drought to come, you do adjust your input purchases."
That could mean farmers and ranchers spend less on pesticides, herbicides and farm equipment.
From Steamboat Today (Tom Ross):
Time is growing short if the snowpack — water content in the standing snow — surrounding Steamboat is to its historic norm by the end of the season, Mage Hultstrand, of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Denver, said Thursday. She said February and March typically combine to provide 36 percent of annual snowpack, with April contributing another 3 percent. With current snowpack in the combined Yampa/White River basin standing at 47 percent of the annual peak, mountains in the area would have to see 53 percent of the annual snowpack accumulate between now and the second week in April to reach the average.
"The average peak there is on April 11," Hultstrand said. "To get there in the next two months would take well above-average snowfall for February and March." Hultstrand is the agency's assistant snow survey supervisor.
The NRCS reported Feb. 1 that despite heavy snowfall in late January, Colorado's snowpack was at 72 percent of normal for the date and 10 percent lower than where it stood at the same time in the drought winter of 2011-12.
The combined Yampa/White river basin, which includes most of Routt County, is doing a little better, according to the NRCS, at 77 percent of average and 115 percent of last year's levels. Another encouraging sign is that reservoir storage across the twin basin currently stands at 103 percent of average for the date.
Focusing on specific locations in the Yampa River Basin, the snow measuring station at 9,400 feet on the west side of Rabbit Ears Pass was showing 11 inches of water contained in 43 inches of snow Thursday, or 75 percent of average for the date. Those 11 inches of water also represent 42 percent of peak snowpack (water content); Rabbit Ears typically peaks at 26.1 inches of moisture April 28.
At the Tower site at 10,500 feet on Buffalo Pass, there currently is 69 inches of snow on the ground containing 19.2 inches of moisture. The water content at the Tower site, which typically holds some of the most robust snowpack in the state, is just 66 percent of the average of 29.1 inches for the date and 37 percent of the seasonal peak.
From the Northern Colorado Business Report (Steve Lynn):
Coming off a pitiful 2012 snowpack, Northern Colorado farmers have worried for months about what this year's snowpack will portend. Snowpack in the South Platte River Basin hovered at 60 percent of average earlier this month. It has reached only 70 percent in the has reached only 70 percent in the Colorado River Basin.
The National Resource Conservation Service said recently that it expects below-average water supplies this spring and summer in the West, with Colorado especially hard hit. Cities are weighing a range of drought restrictions.
From the Northern Colorado Business Report (Steve Lynn):
The cities of Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland are considering new restrictions on water use in response to a drought expected to last at least through summer…
In Fort Collins, City Manager Darin Atteberry has the authority to enact water restrictions, though the City Council reviewed the matter earlier this week. The city's two main sources of water, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project and Poudre River, likely will yield less water this year because of the drought as well as High Park Fire destruction. The city is considering Level 1 water restrictions, which allows watering only two days per week and on a schedule. The restrictions bar watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and prohibit watering of surfaces such as sidewalks and patios except as necessary for health and safety. The last time the city enacted water restrictions was a decade ago.
Greeley has had water restrictions in place since 1907. It normally only allows watering just three days per week, and no watering between noon and 5 p.m. The city will decide whether to enact tighter drought restrictions in April, when Northern Water issues its quotas, said Jon Monson, director of Water and Sewer. Greeley, like the city of Fort Collins, is concerned that it may have to curb its consumption of Poudre River water because of debris-filled runoff during spring, he added.
City of Loveland officials also are discussing water restrictions, said Gretchen Stanford, customer relations manager for the city's utility. But like Greeley, Loveland is waiting for Northern Water to make a move. However, Loveland considers itself well-positioned for tight water supplies this year, considering it receives water from Green Ridge Glade Reservoir in addition to the Colorado-Big Thompson project, Stanford said. But next year could pose a problem if the drought wears on. "If we have the same exact summer as we had last year, we would be concerned about 2014," she said.


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By Dr. Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
A California insurance broker, who sells health plans to individuals and small businesses, told me that she's prepping her clients for a sticker shock. Her local carriers are hinting to her that premiums may triple this fall, when the plans unveil how they'll billet the full brunt of Obamacare's new regulations and mandates.
via Health Insurance Brokers Prepare Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock – Forbes.
You. Don't. Say. Thanks, Obamacare!