text:
If you've been enjoying the Hendersonville Community Band's performances in seasons past, then you'll know why it's opening this season with a concert called, "By Popular Request."
If you've been enjoying the Hendersonville Community Band's performances in seasons past, then you'll know why it's opening this season with a concert called, "By Popular Request."
"By Popular Request" is the band's musical response to its recent audience survey.
Co-conductors Walter Moore and Fern Barber will lead the 80 member concert band in a program of audience favorites on at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Blue Ridge Conference Hall at Blue Ridge Community College.
Barber will begin "By Popular Request" with one of her personal favorites -- "Festive Overture" by Shostakovich, transcribed by Hunsberger.
"Pavanne from Symphonette No. 2" was composed and arranged for concert band by Morton Gould. Russ Sena will perform the muted trumpet solos that were made famous by trumpeter Al Hirt. The oboe solos in "Pavanne" will be played by Cheryl Tuttle.
One of the most requested selections from both audiences and musicians is Jerry Bilik's "American Civil War Fantasy," a musical portrait based on the tunes of the times just before, during and after the Civil War.
Faith Wheeler performs the flute solo at the beginning of "Shenandoah," arranged by Claude T. Smith. The flute is followed immediately by Jay Carrigan on trumpet before the entire band joins in.
A traditional Spanish tune for the bull ring, "La Virgen de la Macarena," adapted for concert band by Calvin Custer, will features Jay Carrigan, trumpet soloist, with Crystal Smith performing the clarinet cadenza.
Karen Cole, clarinetist, will play the cadenza in Fillmore's arrangement of "Light Cavalry Overture" by F. von Suppe, which features the trumpet section in a rousing introduction.
It's impossible not to sing along to Alfred Reed's arrangement of "Funiculi Funicula" by Luigi Denza. There's also a tune for dancing -- an arrangement by Krance of Bernstein's "Danzon, the Third Sailor's Dance" from the Ballet "Fancy Free."
In true concert band tradition, the Hendersonville Community Band will perform favorite marches -- "The Chimes of Liberty" by Goldman, arranged by Schissel, and "The Gallant Seventh" by Sousa, edited by Fennell. In this Sousa march a quartet of regimental trumpets appears on stage. Wayne Arrowood, Pat Bond, John DeGelleke and Kathy Hashley are HCB's own regimental trumpets.
John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" ends the concert -- "By Popular Request!"


text:
a nonprofit press devoted to furthering the creative works of writers and artists. We embrace and support feminism and the values of equality for all; we are anti-racist, anti-heterosexist, anti-classist, pro-choice, pro-tolerance, and pro-free speech.
Por Vida Press also recognizes the plural and complex nature of feminisms and encourages the exploration of this complexity within fictional and nonfiction works.
You can find the guidelines at their site.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
..of camping with friends and spending the day at the wildlifeprariestatepark...what a great place!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
{weekend fun...
Posted by meganklauer at 6:29 PM
2 comments:
- Heather said...
wow that pic is awesome.
Hope you all have a great time.
- July 18, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- Christine said...
amazing picture!!! can't wait to see how you scrap it!!!
- July 19, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Hozelock Maxi Plus Garden Hoses
Barcode: 5010646053174
Product Code: HOZ7230
£22.30(£18.58 exVAT)
Select Variation:
The Hozelock Maxi Plus Garden Hoses from Hozelock.
The Hozelock Maxi Plus Hose is a good quality general purpose braided hose. The hose has four layers, a smooth PVC inner layer to allow maximum flow, a thick PVC layer to add strength, a braided polyester layer to stop expansion of the hose and a tough PVC outer layer.
Diameter : 12.5mm (1/2 inch).
Quality : 3 Star.
Guarantee : 10 Years.
Hose is guaranteed free of heavy metals.
Technical Question?
If you have technical questions regarding this product please fill in this Enquiry form.
Product Reviews
This product currently has no reviews.
Please login to leave a review


text:
Kindle Daily DealEach day we unveil a new Kindle book deal. Check back daily to see what's next. Deals go live at approximately 12:00 a.m., Pacific time. Individual Daily Deal titles may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories. Amazon may modify the selection of books offered at any time.
|Time Left on Today's Deals:
|0 Days, 19 Hours, 6 Minutes, 21 Seconds


text:
Scott and I enjoyed a short, yet delightful visit from Sydney and her new husband, Mark.
It was Thursday, which means guitar and ukulele lessons for the boys. Mark and Sydney flew into SLC for a ski weekend. They wanted to swing by, which means an hour drive in the wrong direction to say "hi". I didn't want them to go out of there way and thought we could meet them for dinner in Park City or something. Because of the boys lessons, though, that couldn't happen. So they did make the trip down to the house. In hindsight, Sydney wanted to show Mark where the dress was created. So it worked out in the end.
I can't say how great it was to see Sydney! It seems like just a month or two since she and her mom came from California to have her dress made. But it was back in June. That gives you an idea of how time moves for me.
The conversation couldn't have been more interesting. They told us all about the wedding. It sounds like quite the day including fire, heat, and a pleasant resolve. We also touched on religion and a bit of politics. It was a short, but meaningful visit. Scott even wanted to continue the conversation, which, if you know him at all, is saying a lot.
I am hoping Sydney will give us her story shortly. I imagine then you will get to hear about closed down bridges and the lack of clergy at the start of the ceremony.
How is that for a teaser.
An unusual photo of the bride AND the groom in the studio.
The dressmaker and the bride. Thanks for stopping in Sydney!


text:
Sunday, December 9, 2012
In Brisbane a bloke's biggest fear is running out of beer
In Idaho right now people already are skiing over at Sun Valley. As winter approaches, local TV news broadcasts here in Boise are including ski reports.
Meanwhile, down in the Southern hemisphere it's almost summer. An article in the December 6th Brisbane Times proclaimed:
"It's usually spiders, heights and public speaking that rate highly as common worst nightmares, but as summer hits and the mercury hits the high 30s, Brisbane men have a new one: running out of beer.
According to shameless publicity by Great Northern Brewing Company, Brisbane men may fear running out of beer on a hot summer day worse than anything else."
A bar chart based on that article about a survey shows the three biggest fears, which were running out of beer (33%), having no air conditioning (25%), and changing a flat tyre on the highway (23%). The article also suggested that Australian men should prepare for summer by putting an emergency beer map on the refrigerator, with a list of nearby bottle shops and pubs (and their opening and closing times).
Another article in the next day's Morning Bulletin mentioned two other fears: losing a marlin you reeled in and not having the television work for the Boxing Day Test. But, they didn't cite any other percentages, or mention public speaking.
Posted by Richard I. Garber at 9:06 AM
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
- Libraries. This isn't as huge as it could be since we were able to use the library at one of the international schools in Bishkek and I could walk to it, but it's lovely to find a book I want to read and be able to get it from the library.
- Having our own car. We'd have to have one where we live since bikes and walking aren't safe on the roads around our house and public transportation is really limited here, so that's not what I like about having a car. It's being able to get out on the weekends. I missed that a lot in Kyrgyzstan. We could and sometimes did get a taxi, but it's not the same. At all.
- Homeground whole wheat flour. Despite many valiant attempts, I never found real whole wheat flour there (when we go back someday, I'm taking a grinder). No more white flour for us!
- Lots of other nice ingredients. I don't miss all the convenient ingredients while we're in Kyrgyzstan, but there are plenty of things in my kitchen now that I haven't seen in a long time.
- It's nice to go to church with other people.
- Amazon Prime. We'd never done it before, but since it's the only place I can find that has more than a few Mr. Rogers episodes, we signed up. I like Mr. Rogers, but the free 2-day shipping is the best, especially since I don't have the car during the day.
28 August 2012
Thinking Positively
4 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2012
I have to say I didn't miss driving a lot. I kind of got use to the go downstairs and I'm in school habit. Now it takes me an hour by car and metro.ReplyDelete
But I do agree the food is a great plus on this side of the world.
I've seen all sorts of recipes on your blog, but have you ever tried something latino (other than Mexican)?
I've made a few things- empanadas, Cuban black beans, etc. But not much. I would LOVE to get some recipes from you, Clara.ReplyDelete
There was no part of me that wished for a car to get around Bishkek. I loved being able to walk everywhere or take a marshrutka. I really miss that right now.
Since you are in the States any hope of catching this:ReplyDelete
Thanks! We'll have to try to get up there to see it.ReplyDelete


text:
Monday, February 16, 2009
What are your favorite lyrics?
Lyrics are diverse, and assumed to have various meanings or references. Which lyrics are the best in your opinion? What do they mean?
2 comments:
almost any lyrics by van morrison, because it's like reading a great Irish writer's story....more of a story than just a song.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Lyrics by Cat Stevens...can see him cross from nature, human interest stories to religionReplyDelete
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Joshua was a native of Nelson Co., VA; born there on Sep. 23, 1809. Polly was probably born in Nelson, but could have been born in Amherst c1815. They were married on May 12, 1832 in Nelson. I have no death dates or burial sites for them.
They were parents of at least seven children, all of whom seem to have been born in Nelson, probably in the Montebello area.
Robert Hall was born Feb. 2, 1833, died Dec. 27, 1908. He married Mary M. Fauber or Fauver on Dec. 12, 1855 in Nelson. She was born Jul. 12, 1840 in Nelson and died Apr. 22, 1937 in Montebello.
The second child was William B., born c1836, died Aug., 1861.
George Givens was their third child and third son. He was born Jan. 6, 1838 and died Apr. 5, 1906. He married Jane Wood on Dec. 24, 1857. She was born c1841 in Augusta Co.
Nancy F. was the first daughter. She was born Jan. 6, 1840 in Montebello and died Apr. 30, 1915 in Tipp City, Miami Co., OH. She was married to Jesse C. Coffey, a son of Garland G. and Nancy Coffey Coffey, on Dec. 21, 1853 in Nelson Co. Jesse died Aug. 5, 1887 in Waverly, Pike Co., OK. Nancy is buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Tipp City; Jesse's burial place is not known to me. This couple lived for a short time in Nelson before moving to Rockbridge Co., then to Augusta. By 1880 they were back in Nelson but by 1900 they had moved to Augusta Co. and then to Ohio. They were parents of 12 children, some of whom have been written about in this blog. I expand on them later.
Mack was the next child, born c1843. No further information.
Margaret Sarah was child number six. She was born c1845 and married Martin H. Lotts on Feb. 6, 1862 in Nelson Co. Martin was born in Nelson c1840.
The last child was Malinda, born Jun. 27, 1853. I have no further information about her.
Drop me an e-mail if you can add to or correct any of this info.


text:
Miyhahuaa01's website
Our website
How to Determine Best iphone 5 Screen Protector Which includes Clarity and can Final Extensive
The iphone five strike the ground managing and it's under no circumstances stopped operating as it was introduced. It's simply just on the list of right units, within a course of its unique. You probably have used your treasured bucks on their wondrous gadget, you will definitely evidently be looking to find solutions to shield it and extend its lifespan. The nice thing is the fact that the industry is rife with a great number of components like speakers, handles and cases, all intended to improve the usability from the iphone sensible cell phone. Right here, you can expect to understand every one of the techniques and tips for buying an outstanding iPhone 5 screen protector. What's going to you try to look for, wherever will you search for it and how a whole lot will want to you be all set to pay for for it. We shall check out every one of the very important variables term for phrase. With the monitor is supposed to always be scratch-free, you will even now choose to look after it. Like that, it is possible to be sure that it will stay in outstanding ailment for the longest time probable.
You are visitor no.
Free website powered by Beep.com
The responsible person for the content of this web site is solely
the webmaster of this website, approachable via this form!


text:
The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his Band
Prices from:
Following on from his highly-acclaimed reunion concerts in the USA with Billy Joel's original touring band, Elio Pace delivers this sensational tour celebrating the
phenomenal music of Billy Joel. Featuring the massive hits, Uptown Girl, Just The Way You Are and My Life as well as fan favourites such as Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Goodnight Saigon and Piano Man.
Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to experience The Billy Joel Songbook in this electrifying concert performed by the dynamic singer/songwriter and piano-player, Elio Pace and his magnificent 6-piece band.
"Elio rocks!" Brian May
"Elio is tremendous... I'm a big fan. Music made the old fashioned way... played" Huey Lewis
"Elio is a treasure trove of musical knowledge. It literally flows through his fingers... if musicians had Jedi masters, he would be one" Raul Malo
"A dazzling talent whose music appeals to all generations" Albert Lee


text:
|Factors Associated with Herb and Dietary Supplement Use by Young Adults in the United States
Gardiner, Paula; Kemper, Kathi J; Legedza, Anna; Phillips, Russell Scott
Note: Order does not necessarily reflect citation order of authors.
|Gardiner, Paula, Kathi J. Kemper, Anna Legedza, and Russell S. Phillips. 2007. Factors Associated with herb and dietary supplement use by young adults in the United States. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 7: 39.
|Full Text & Related Files:
2213683.pdf (271.3Kb; PDF)
|Background: Little is known about the association between use of herbs and dietary supplements (HDS) and lifestyle/behavior factors in young adults in the US. Methods: Analyzing the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), we examined the patterns of HDS (excluding vitamins/minerals) use among young adults in the United States using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. Results: In our sample of 18 to 30 year olds (n = 6666), 26% were current smokers, 24% were moderate/heavy drinkers, 43% had high physical activity, and 54% and 76% use prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications respectively. Non-vitamin, non-mineral HDS was used by 17% of the overall sample in the last 12 months. In the multivariable analysis, the lifestyle and behavioral factors associated with HDS use include: current smoking (odds ratio 1.41 95% CI [1.16–1.72]); being a former smoker (1.50 [1.15–1.95]); moderate/heavy alcohol use (2.02 [1.53–2.65]); high physical activity levels (2.45 [1.98–3.03]); and prescription medication use (1.51 [1.26–1.81]). Among HDS users, only 24% discussed their use with a health care professional. Conclusion: Nearly one in five young adults report using non-vitamin/non-mineral HDS.
|Published Version:
|doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-39
|Other Sources:
|Terms of Use:
|This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#LAA
|Citable link to this page:
|Downloads of this work:
Contact administrator regarding this item (to report mistakes or request changes)


text:
Price Mean Reversion, Seasonality, and Options MarketsAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
Document TypeArticle
Publication VersionAccepted Manuscript
Publication Date1-1-2015
AbstractOptions on agricultural commodities with maturities exceeding one year seldom trade. One possible reason to explain this lack of trading is that we do not have an accurate option pricing model for products where mean reversion in spot-price levels can be expected. Standard option pricing models assume proportionality between price variance and time to maturity. This proportionality is not a valid assumption for commodities whose supply response brings prices back to production costs. The model proposed here incorporates mean reversion in spot-price levels and includes a correction for seasonality. Mean reversion and seasonality are both observed in the soybean market. The empirical analysis lends strong support to the model.
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in American Journal of Agricultural Economics following peer review. The version of record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aav045
Copyright OwnerThe Authors
Copyright Date2015
File Formatapplication/pdf
Citation InformationChad Hart, Sergio H Lence, Dermot J. Hayes and Na Jin. "Price Mean Reversion, Seasonality, and Options Markets" American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2015) p. 1 - 19
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chad-hart/149/


text:
So, blogging community (who has read my words and accepted them time and time again,) if you'll have me, I'd love to come back to Sweet Like a Song! I don't know how often or for how long, but I do know there will be some catching up to do, and many new things along the way! You'll hear about trips and great food, adventures with apartment hunting and home decor, talk of my friends and family, and as always, lots and lots of shopping! See, some things never change! :) It may also take a little while to get this page updated, so bear with me.
I look forward to updating you on my life, and I hope you'll do the same for me with yours! Let's see how this thing goes!
...and just for the sake of continuity...
Love what you're reading?
Follow Sweet Like a Song on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest & Facebook!
As always, Have a Sweet Day!


text:
It's been a while since I've posted storyboards. Let's fix that.
This assignment was a fun one. The idea is to use symbols and visual metaphors to foreshadow elements of the story and drive the plot forward. Flagg suggested a few extra elements and to watch Lair of the White Worm.
I decided to use a Brian De Palma kind of set-up for this one. After the last image I'll tell you what the metaphor used was.
I hope you enjoy it.
So… the idea was "Fly gets eaten by a spider". Read it back and if I did it right, you'll see the hints about that.
Note: The tattoo on her neck is the symbol of the black widow, if you didn't catch that one.


text:
Friday, September 5, 2008
Australia Tonight (Live Blogging)
Race 1: I was going to go with #10 Noble Samurai, but the track downgrade from Dead to Slow eliminates him (plus his regular jock Vlad Duric is off his mounts today, and Peter Mertens hadn't ridden him before). Instead, let's go with #7 Bolle who loves the wet and, better yet, gets top jock Damien Oliver up (and three pounds off). [edited: now they're saying it is actually the opposite, Dead but moving towards Good, so I'm taking another look at Noble Samurai...]
If you're out there, toss in your comments!
Race 2: #13 Romneya gets a tough outside post position, but comes in off a second-place finish where she beat Augusta Proud. She drops eight pounds and loves the wet [and dry]. Love fillies against 3-year-old colts and geldings! However, given Light Vision's easy win in the first, you have got to respect Lord Tavistock who crushed Light Vision (by 6 lengths) in a barrier trial at the beginning of August, and finished second to Fernandina last out. Nice post too (and short odds).
Damn, Romneya lost by a neck...to Lord Tavistock. Urgh!
Race 3: I really like #9 Emma Princess, though her last campaign was disappointing. She did win last out, and has good past form against Hips Don't Lie. Given Romneya's race, #8 Tobouggie Woogie looks to be an interesting play.
Result: Marveen (12-1), the top weight, was marvelous on the straight-away to win, but my $2 show bet on Tobouggie Woogie (15-1) should pay decent since the co-favorite came in second, at 4-1. $8.40 to be precise.
Race 4: Ah, Viewed is back! But no Craig Williams who's opted for David Hayes' Largo Lad. I doubt Stavka can get 7f. Jungle Ruler is getting some money based on his last out vs. Weekend Hussler and Light Fantastic. Still he's never won here in 4 tries. I'm going for Playwright. $1 tri-box 3-7-13.
Argh, Stavka makes me a liar, winning a photo to The Fuzz, with Jungle Ruler third.
Race 5: The formline here runs right through #6 Princess Gisella, #2 Mimi Lebrock and #1 Devil Moon. Princesss Gisella appears to be a wet-tracker, though, so I'm tossing her. Mimi looks to have the better recent form. I'm looking for value. I like Dane Julia, but hate her post position. I might have to toss something on Blazonry--after my dog, Blaze :)
Result: Mimi Lebrock over Bellini Rose, and Devil Moon hung on for third. My bet on Dane Julia failed, as she finished fourth. Too bad...terrible post on the far outside.
Getting closer to the big race....
Race 6: How can one not love #4 Augusta Proud? She HATED the heavy going in the G1 Golden Slipper vs. Sebring, but has yet to lose a race on a good track. Taking on the boys again here, you have got to include her in the exotics. Some money coming for Aichi, but he's a wet tracker. David Hayes sends out Nicconi with Craig Williams up, but he didn't beat much first out. I'm liking Fury much better, with Newitt staying on him for Peter Moody. Carnero is possible, but last out in March and no first-up wins. Dunn sticking with Time Thief makes me go "hmmm".
Result: Well, Aichi isn't just a wet tracker...he won by a bob over Time Thief. Nicconi got third, and Augusta Proud faded badly at the end. My only win here is a place bet on Time Thief.
Race 7: The Makybe Diva Stakes. Weekend Hussler vs. Light Fantastic. Ding, ding, ding. Round 2. Then again, there are the two mares...I love Riva San, but not first up and without a little give to the turf. Zarita, on the other hand, is a real threat second up, but would have loved a softer turf. It really does, I think, come down to the Hussler and the undefeated gray. And, until he loses, I'm going to trip the Light Fantastic...
and he's not undefeated any longer....Great, great race by Weekend Hussler! And thank you Zarita! I put a WPS on her, so her second place finish (at 12-1) will pay nicely. Unfortunately, Weekend Hussler didn't get any money, as 60-1 Littorio got up for third ahead of him.
Now, I defy anyone to say that fillies and mares can't run competitively with the big boys. Look at Zarita, finishing second to Weekend Hussler and ahead of Light Fantastic!
Race 8: Given Stavka's strong win earlier, Grand Duels looks very good here, especially with his Weekend Hussler form. I'm going for Gabbidon for a piece, as well as Marching.
Flemington's no-turn, straightaway 6f track is so odd. Some days the field splits into two and each runs against opposing rails. Tonight the entire field shifted to the outside, clustered against one another. Bon Hoffa was the 22-1winner, a complete surprise given his horrible recent form. Grand Duels finished second, with 12-1 Orange County getting third.
I know there's one more race, but I'm pooped. Thanks to my amenable partner-in-live-blogging for an enjoyable evening!
42 comments:
- Winston...not really said...
Dead to slow is a downgrade?
Outstanding, no wonder we have a hard time bringing in new fans.
Now if only Tessitore could explain the N1xyOC.
- September 5, 2008 at 10:01 PM
- Valerie said...
Their "Dead" is actually our Yielding. Go figure! But their pp's NEVER call it Dead.
- September 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
- Winston...not really said...
In the PP's after Rtime, what is St, S, 8m, 12, Trn?
Race 2B Flemington
- September 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
- Valerie said...
I think what you're seeing is the position they were in at those points in the race. Are you looking at the ones from Twinspires?
- September 5, 2008 at 10:45 PM
- Winston...not really said...
No. Don't have an account.
Looking at the Australian ones you linked. I think it's the points of call but in meters. Is that right?
- September 5, 2008 at 10:47 PM
- Valerie said...
Yes, meters.
See if this link works for you:
- September 5, 2008 at 10:50 PM
- Winston...not really said...
No, thank you though.
This exercise is academic anyway. HRTV is not carrying the Australian races for some reason. They usually do. Wankers.
I probably should join the new millennium and get a Twinspires account but I am leery of handing out my SSN. Do you find it secure?
- September 5, 2008 at 10:55 PM
- Valerie said...
Oh, but you can watch the live video of them here: http://www.australianracing.com/pages/members/31.php
Free sign-up. You don't have to bet through them. The video feed is excellent (it's under the link "Members")
I love Twinspires, and have had no problems with security (knock on wood).
If you send me your email, I can email the downloaded file for Flemington. Their pp's are much easier to read than the ones you're looking at now :)
- September 5, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- Winston...not really said...
Great, thank you.
I will send it to your Yahoo account from my REAL address.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:05 PM
- Valerie said...
Got it?
- September 5, 2008 at 11:20 PM
- Winston...not really said...
Yes. Thanks.
I can't watch the races live though. Grrr. The replays I can get no problem...oh well.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:25 PM
- Valerie said...
If you sign up, you should be able to view the live video feed. They do replay the race too in between races, so maybe that's what you are seeing?
- September 5, 2008 at 11:30 PM
- Winston...not really said...
I signed up but for some reason I am not getting the live feed at all.
I can go to the replay tab and watch the races there.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:32 PM
- Winston...not really said...
I know you have been beside yourself worrying about this. I managed to get the thing working. Apparently Windows media player needs to be the default player to run this feed...I guess.
Thanks for the help tonight, I now have another reason to lose sleep...
- September 5, 2008 at 11:58 PM
- Valerie said...
Hang on for race 7. Two of the best horses in the world, Weekend Hussler and Light Fantastic running.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:59 PM
- Winston...not really said...
We'll see. Up since 5.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:06 AM
- Valerie said...
Geezer! :) LOL
It's Friday night :)
- September 6, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Oh, it's on now;)
- September 6, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Under the lifetime stats...what is the 1lay, 2lay?
And do they only show total starts-first-second?
- September 6, 2008 at 12:28 AM
- Valerie said...
Actually, it's total starts, wins and placings (seconds or thirds). 1Lay and 2Lay is their record first-up off a layoff and second off a layoff. Barrier trials are organized workouts. They don't post workouts like we do here in the U.S.
The best trainers at this track are D(avid)A Hayes, D L(ee) Freedman, R(ichard) W Smerdon, and J B(art) Cummings.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:33 AM
- Winston...not really said...
I would be all over Devil Moon at 5-1.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:36 AM
- Valerie said...
Check out #4 Augusta Proud, the only filly in race 6. Also love #7 Fury on the dry track (didn't look to care for the wet). Love name because it reminds me of the tv show that used to be on when I was a kid.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:50 AM
- Winston...not really said...
I was just going to ask about her.
Her lifetime record shows 8-6-1 but her 12m record shows 8-6-7. WTF is that?
- September 6, 2008 at 12:57 AM
- Valerie said...
OK, I know it's stupid, but their 12 month record includes wps in the third number. So, she's run 8 times, 7 times in the money including 6 of those being wins.
Silly Aussies...
- September 6, 2008 at 1:02 AM
- Winston...not really said...
And I thought the 12m was their 1200meter record...doh.
I like Time Thief at 8-1.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:04 AM
- Valerie said...
You are GOOD! Time Thief is an excellent possibility because Dunn is Freedman's top rider, and he's jumping off the #2 horse Exceedingly Good whose already a G3 winner.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:08 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Augusta Proud looks GOOD.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:15 AM
- Valerie said...
Don't know what happened to her there at the end, but we were right on about Time Thief! Happy dance :)
- September 6, 2008 at 1:26 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Do they not do entries in Australia?
- September 6, 2008 at 1:33 AM
- Winston...not really said...
I thought you had something a week ago on Weekend Hussler. Wheeling right back...wow.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:35 AM
- Valerie said...
No, they never run coupled. You did see Time Thief is a Darley horse (Sheik Mohammed)...
They run back to back to back like this all the time. It's just now spring there so their coming off the winter break. All their horses' birthdays are August 1, so these 4-year-olds were 3-year-old a month ago.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:38 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Why, on some of the final place margins do they have a superscript for beaten lengths and on others they don't?
- September 6, 2008 at 1:48 AM
- Valerie said...
The ones without superscript I take it to mean it was closer than a length victory (nose, head, neck, et al).
So, who you liking here?
- September 6, 2008 at 1:50 AM
- Winston...not really said...
As much as I would like to stab at something here-Master O'reilly if he weren't coming off a layoff, I have to go with Light Fantastic.
I think this third race in 3 weeks, for Hussler, after such a close win in his last gives the edge to the fresh horse but there really is nothing between them on paper.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:58 AM
- Valerie said...
Look at Weekend Hussler prancing on track with his neck arched...he knows he's a champ. Still, I'm a sucker for grays :)
- September 6, 2008 at 2:00 AM
- Valerie said...
Isn't it weird that they don't post fractional times?
- September 6, 2008 at 2:06 AM
- Winston...not really said...
- September 6, 2008 at 2:07 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Those last 3f times that they do post. Are those the times of the winner or each horse or what?
- September 6, 2008 at 2:10 AM
- Valerie said...
Gee, horses that actually run races are fit enough to win more races...with one week off, Weekend Hussler back for more :)
And, how about Zarita? No one can convince me that fillies and mares can't run competitively against males.
- September 6, 2008 at 2:12 AM
- Winston...not really said...
Well...my geriatric ass is going to bed.
Thanks for putting up with me and for the help.
- September 6, 2008 at 2:15 AM
- Valerie said...
Live blogging like computer sex for horse racing degenerates...was it good for you? :)
Nite, geezer :)
- September 6, 2008 at 2:18 AM
- dana said...
wow... what a night!
- September 6, 2008 at 10:12 PM


text:
Marcus MestonHey, it's a typical day for a 16 year old. Get up late, go downstairs, dig into a bowl of Wheaties, write a song, mix a track, post a single from your new EP "Everything is Fine" on YouTube and attend to the zillion little details that need ironed out for your debut release. That's life for Marcus Meston right now.
The teen is a multi-instrumentalist who's just finished his own project while also the singer and lead guitarist of power rockers 13AM (which just dissolved late last month). And if that wasn't keeping him busy enough, Meston is a producer and engineer for another handful of area artists, using his dad's basement recording studio to mix tracks.
He came about his chops honestly. His pap, Tom Meston, is a veteran jazz musician who's played sax, keys, guitar and drums and was part of the fusion group Stir Fry that used to rock Shadyside's Balcony in the eighties. Meston pere is a protege of Duquesne's Dave Budway, and has a couple of his own CDs out, 2003's "Upside" and 1992's "If You Only Knew." Tom is also the steady hand and unbending ear behind Marcus' travels along the music path.
Marcus is catching up quickly. 13AM released their first (and we guess only) CD in December, "Turn It Up" on the Stir Fry label. On August 27th, Meston's "Everything Will be Fine" is scheduled to be released, available from all the usual on-line download suspects. One of the tracks, "Separate Ways," is already collecting hits on YouTube, with the song "Save Me" to follow.
(You can download the LP at http://marcusmeston.bandcamp.com/ and stream the track "Everything is Fine")
Tom played most of the bass, drum and keys on the EP. Marcus did the programming, guitars, second keys, vocals, and all of the songwriting with the exception of "Separate Ways" and "Disappear," which his dad co-wrote with him. Man, that's a one stop shop!
Meston will be the guest on the Saturday Light Brigade show on the 27th, aired locally on CMU's WRCT and another half dozen college stations. It's also broadcast on the local channels of Comcast and Verizon for you cable fans.
We kinda pity the Upper St. Clair teacher who asks Marcus, who will be a junior when classes start again, to face the class and tell them what he did this summer. That tale should take care of the semester.
Marcus Meston - "Separate Ways"


text:
Before you get too excited about the potential team-up of Robert Pattinson, Naomi Watts, and Werner Herzog on "Queen of the Desert," MTV News has an update on the project straight from Park City, Utah.
At Sundance promoting her new film, "Two Mothers," Watts stopped by to speak with Josh Horowitz about the upcoming project, which was supposed to begin filming last fall. According to the actress, "Queen of the Desert" is on hold for now and Pattinson's involvement may be up in the air.
"We'll wait and see. [Herzog is] obviously a filmmaker I'm completely in awe of. He's a wonderful filmmaker and documentarian," she said. "It's a fantastic character, a great story. I'm not sure when it's going to take place yet."
The film, which tells the story of English writer Gertrude Bell and legendary British army office T.E. Lawrence, may still move ahead as planned, but some issues still need to be addressed before production can begin. "It's been so much travel as well, and I've got little kids," Watts said. "So we'll see if it happens later this year or maybe next year."
And though Watts said she wasn't sure if a deal was in place for Pattinson, when we spoke with the actor last year, he seemed very intrigued by the prospect of working with both Watts and Herzog. You can watch that segment of the MTV First below.


text:
Friday, December 3, 2010
Why I despise hipsters or "Artschule Macht Frei"
I was hating hipsters before it really became cool to hate hipsters. I used to live in Savannah, Georgia which is home to SCAD, probably the most hipster art school west of Austin and south of New York. My favorite bars were often overrun with the little twerps, always trying (but never accuse them of trying) to be more hip than everyone else. Eventually what was once a cool place for live music became hipster central, featuring obscure bands that only two people had heard of and once they played one tour, they were then "not cool" because they had finally sold more than one sleeve of CDs. Seriously.
I understand the importance of growing up and finding what you're comfortable with. I just never saw how wearing your girlfriend's capris and worn out clothes from the thrift store was comfortable and call me crazy, I just can't fathom drinking PBRs if I had the money to drink something better. Let me tell you how much PBR sucks. For me, drinking one PBR is like gagging down a cocktail of paint thinner mixed with urine and last night's spilled beer, rehydrated from the sticky floor under the back booth in a smoky club. Anything more than that and waterboarding seems like a welcome alternative. Yes, I drank my share of PBRs back then because it was all I could afford when I drank with a purpose, those times when you drank to not feel feelings anymore. But, I paid the price the next morning when my body felt like I had been beaten up and my entire digestive system was trying to force last night's bad ideas out of my body as fast as possible. I understand it's "working class" beer and it's union made, I respect that, I'm just not gonna drink it if I have any alternative.
All that being said, I have known some pretty cool people who went through art school and went on to do something besides working in a coffee shop or record store. I guess my main point is that trying to be cool without being cool, trying that hard to differentiate yourself by being into the most obscure things possible, is just silly.
5 comments:
You must have missed the faux hippie movement during the late 80s. That was a scream. LOL!ReplyDelete
Oh I remember it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I'm not getting the PBR tie-in, but otherwise I agree. I rarely see hipsters around here drinking that, and thats my go to, still.ReplyDelete
Though I DO buy better when I have the money lol.
I know a few people that are pretty sure they are hippies.. Just because you smoke pot and tyedye everything you wear does not make you a hippie. These hipster dipshits bother me too. I saw one at walmart last week, I couldn't tell if she was genuinely so fashion ignorant that she came out of the house looking like that intentionally; or if she was a hipster attempting to be ironic. The glasses were a dead give away.. hipster. But the catch 22 here is that the more people despise them the more they will continue to dress like colossal asshats. Next time you see one, tell them they look super cute and trendy.. and that you saw that look in the last months Cosmo magazine available for purchase at target... if that doesn't get their ass squared away then there is no hope.ReplyDelete
I will have to remember to do thatReplyDelete


text:
What is Machine Learning for z/OS?
Machine Learning is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides computers with the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. Using algorithms that iteratively learn from data, machine learning allows computers to find hidden insights in the data without being explicitly programmed where to look. Machine learning systems can find correlations in data and recognize patterns to provide early detection and to predict events before they happen. This can mean early detection of healthcare conditions, prediction of factors that lead to better patient adherence or better clinical outcomes, or algorithms to reach new heights of personalized care and tailored treatment protocols.
Machine learning projects generally include tasks such as data cleansing and ingestion, data feature engineering and selection, data transformation, model training, model evaluation, model deployment, scoring, re-evaluation, and re-training (feedback loop). Many of these tasks need to be performed iteratively to get to desired results. Each task requires heavy engagement from experienced analytics personas across the organization from data scientist and/or software/data engineers to application developers. As such, a machine learning project usually takes weeks to months before a usable model could be generated and deployed in production.
IBM Machine Learning for z/OS (Machine Learning for z/OS) is an end to end enterprise machine learning platform that will help to simplify and significantly reduce the time for creation and deployment of machine learning models by:
- Integrating all the tools and functions needed for machine learning and automating the machine learning workflow.
- Providing a platform with freedom of choice and productivity for better collaboration across different personas including data scientist, data engineer, business analyst and application developers, for a successful machine learning project.
- Infusing cognitive capabilities into the machine learning workflow to help determine when model results deteriorate and need to be tuned and provide suggestions for updates or changes.
Machine learning is needed where business rules are rapidly changing, or where application development can't keep pace with changes that need to be made, or where applications need to be continually tuned. Instead of writing lots of complex business rules you would use machine learning, select the appropriate algorithm and parameters to build the model. Once the model is created, it can be trained on historical data and deployed to recognize patterns to make future predictions. Predictions are retained and compared to actual result as part of model monitoring. As environment evolves, model results may deteriorate at which time, the data scientist can choose to retrain the model with stored feedback data. By simplifying model management, Machine Learning for z/OS reduces the amount or maintenance in an application because the model is "aware" and always learning, becoming smarter over time.
Why is Machine Learning Important to zEnterprise Customers?
Many of our enterprise customers have expressed an interest in leveraging the latest analytics technology with the flexibility to deploy on premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid environment. That said, many of our z Systems customers are not yet ready to move their most sensitive data to the cloud. They want to take advantage of their existing significant investment in infrastructure, minimize costly data movement and ensure data governance/security. For some customers this will be their first entry into the machine learning domain. For them we have made this process much simpler by lowering the bar for development and maintenance of predictive behavior models. For some customers, with already extensive data science expertise we have simplified the development and maintenance process by providing cognitive expertise to build behavioral models and automation to maintain those models over time -- freeing up their data developers and data scientists to work on enhancing their existing models and to bring data science to new areas of the business.
Machine Learning for z/OS also offers RESTful APIs and programming APIs to perform tasks such as transactional scoring. Scoring allows zEnterprise customers to evaluate a transaction against a machine learning model to determine in real time e.g. risk of pre-diabetes, likelihood of medication adherence/compliance, risk of over-payment prior to claims payment, and to make real time decisions based on these information (e.g. elastic drug pricing). This type of real time scoring requires access to the actual transactional data which means the model scoring engine should be collocated with the transactions to meet transactional SLAs. Machine Learning for z/OS includes the various tools and functions needed to train and deploy machine learning models and automating machine learning workflows. It includes collaboration features for personas such as data scientists and application developers. It also includes capabilities to determine when models need to be tuned and advise changes. Through its web UI, RESTful APIs and programming APIs, it provides a suite of functions to ingest all types of zEnterprise data, transform and cleanse the data, train models with a selected algorithm using the data, evaluate a trained model, select optimal models/algorithms through the Cognitive Assistant for Data Scientist (CADS) interface, manage models, deploy models into production, automate feedback to ingest new data and re-train models, monitor model status and resource utilization, RESTful APIs to call for online scoring with models, a data scientist notebook interface to use machine learning APIs in interactive mode.
IBM makes it possible for customers to satisfy these requirements while benefiting from the latest analytics advancement like Machine Learning for z/OS. They can access z Systems data in place and combine that data with other sources of information, such as structured and unstructured data from other systems. They can then build models to predict customer behavior to make the most optimal business decisions. And by accessing live data they can be more agile. This is exactly what our large customers want to do.
What is the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator?
The IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS (the Accelerator) is a high-performance appliance for DB2 z/OS that deeply integrates Netezza balanced and highly parallelized asymmetric massively parallel processing technology with IBM z Systems technology at the database kernel level. The accelerator allows DB2 to offload data-intensive and complex static and dynamic DB2 queries (e.g. data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytic workloads) to the accelerator without any application changes. With the accelerator, these queries can be executed significantly faster than was previously possible, while avoiding expensive general purpose CPU (GP) utilization in DB2 for z/OS. The performance and cost savings of the Accelerator opens up unprecedented opportunities for organizations to make use of their data on the zEnterprise platform.
The analytics accelerator is conceptually the same as a hybrid automobile. The hybrid automobile has a standard vehicle user interface (e.g. steering wheel, brake, accelerator pedal). A hybrid automobile may at any given time run using its gasoline or electrical power source to optimize fuel economy. The switching between power sources to optimize fuel efficiency is done by the automobile itself without requiring constant manual intervention by the user or a change in the standard vehicle API's.
With the DB2 Analytics Accelerator, DB2 for z/OS can offload data-intensive and complex static and dynamic DB2 for z/OS queries, such as data warehousing, business intelligence and analytic workloads, transparently to the application. The DB2 Analytics Accelerator then executes these queries significantly faster than previously possible—all while avoiding CPU utilization by DB2 for z/OS. It allows users to run workloads that historically were offloaded from z Systems, or run queries that were governed or shunted in DB2 for z/OS such as ad hoc queries whose performance characteristics are typically unknown at runtime. And IT administrators can allow DB2 for z/OS to choose where to run these queries, or they can force these queries to the DB2 Analytics Accelerator to prevent additional DB2 for z/OS consumption.
- The accelerator delivers dramatic improvement in response time on unpredictable, complex, and long-running dynamic and static query workloads. It helps in meeting SLAs and shortening batch windows by offloading complex query workloads. The idea is to keep what's working well in DB2 and improve response times for CPU intensive queries.
- The accelerator allows users to run new workloads that had previously not been considered for the MF or run queries that had previously been governed or shunted in DB2 (e.g. Ad-hoc queries whose performance characteristics are typically unknown at runtime). Clients can allow DB2 to choose where to run these queries, or they can force these types of queries to the accelerator to prevent additional DB2 consumption.
- By offloading resource intensive queries and the associated processing onto the accelerator, clients can lower MSU consumption. Additionally, they can reduce the cost of storing, managing, and processing historical data with a near line storage solution.
- There is also the reduction in costs associated with the time it takes to perform general tuning and administration tasks associated with supporting and improving performance for resource intensive workloads in DB2 for System z.
- Clients can also lower or eliminate the cost of acquiring HW and SW for data warehousing and analytics as well as lowering or eliminating the cost incurred from data movement, transformation, landing, storage, and maintenance of systems. With the accelerator, clients can consolidate disparate data to their existing zEnterprise platform while benefiting from integrated operational BI.
- With Accelerator-only tables and in-DB transformation capabilities, data can be Extracted from a number of source systems, Loaded into the Accelerator, and Transformed within the Accelerator (ELT). Applications directly access the transformed data through DB2 for z/OS. Accelerator-only tables can be used to store transformed data 'only' in the Accelerator and not maintain a second copy in z/OS.
- Increased organization agility by being able to more rapidly respond with immediate, accurate information and deliver new insights to business users.
- Reporting is consolidated on zEnterprise where the majority of the data being analyzed lives, while retaining zEnterprise security and reliability.
How Does the Analytics Accelerator Complement and Improve the Enterprise Data Lake Strategy?
The Analytics Accelerator was designed to be used in concert with DB2 z/OS with a vision to become the first true Hybrid Transactional and Analytics Processing Engine (HTAP). The Analytics Accelerator was intended to be complementary to a zEnterprise data lake strategy and not competitive. Several new features within the Analytics Accelerator actually reduce the costs of data movement to the data lake AND improve the data latency of the data that is landed in the data lake.
In 2017, two new features will further the Analytics Accelerator's ability to complement a zEnterprise data lake strategy.
- Transactional consistency in the Analytics Accelerator: With this feature, DB2 applications will no longer need to be concerned with data currency within the Analytics Accelerator: the most current result set will be guaranteed. This removes the largest obstacle for much broader use of the Analytics Accelerator. Today many customers hesitate to use the Analytics Accelerator because they cannot guarantee that the queries can tolerate potentially stale data. With this feature, there will be no difference in latency between data returned by DB2 and by the Analytics Accelerator. This will make DB2 + the Analytics Accelerator the only true Hybrid Transactional and Analytics Processing Engine (HTAP) solution in the market.
- Remove the cost of replication to the Analytics Accelerator from the 4HRA: When customers say 'we can replicate to other environments', there will be 2 major advantages with the Analytics Accelerator. First is that they cannot guarantee transactional consistency when replicating to a separate environment (see above). Second; when sending data to an external environment, replication and ETL has a cost on z/OS on top of the standard People, Process, Infrastructure, Liability of Data Breach costs from maintaining 2 copies with 2 separate access points. See our 'Cost of ETL' Calculator. With this feature, the cost of replication to the Analytics Accelerator will be removed from the 4HRA. Any other replication or ETL to disparate environments will impact the 4HRA and thus lead to additional costs.
As was mentioned above, the Analytics Accelerator also supports Accelerator Only Tables (AoT's). With Accelerator-only tables and in-DB transformation capabilities, data can be Extracted from a number of source systems, Loaded into the Accelerator, and Transformed within the Accelerator (ELT). Applications directly access the transformed data through DB2 for z/OS. Accelerator-only tables can be used to store transformed data 'only' in the Accelerator.
What this all means is that the Analytics Accelerator data will be transactionally consistent with DB2 data. The replication of data from DB2 to the Analytics Accelerator will be $0 cost. The Analytics Accelerator will support in accelerator transformations of data. Therefore, data can be replicated to the accelerator, transformed to match the structure of data in the data lake, and extracted with 0 latency from the DB2 data without incurring any costs in DB2 AND without having to extract to a ETL server in between to do the transformations. Such a solution avoids the high cost of extraction of data from DB2 for System z, the cost of maintaining a set of ETL servers and complex ETL flows (Test, Prod), the additional liability of data breach from maintaining additional data copies and interfaces to these copies, the latency in moving this data to disparate systems before landing to the data lake, etc. Many customers are already using federation technologies between DB2 + the Analytics Accelerator and the data lake (Big SQL, Impala) to reduce data movement processes. With HTAP, $0 cost of replication to the Analytics Accelerator, and AoT's, the Analytics Accelerator is completely complementary to the enterprise data lake strategy and reduces costs, liability of data breach, and latency associated with getting data from System z to the data lake.
The proposed solution architecture, with Machine Learning for z/OS and the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator at its core, is intended to drive substantial new analytics driven revenue for clients while reducing existing people, process, and infrastructure costs. This solution provides the tooling to derive a tremendous amount of actionable insight from its transactional data (monetize its transactional data), reduces existing costs by reducing data/infrastructure sprawl across the enterprise, improves existing Service Level Agreements (SLAs), reduces data latency for analytics initiatives, improves data governance, etc. Ultimately, the goal of Machine Learning for clients is to take new, transactional AI solutions to the market in an efficient and scalable manner. In the case of a 'Transparent Pharmaceutical Benefits Manager (PBM)', machine learning and the analytics accelerator can serve as the transactional analytics engine that deliver new revenue opportunities to a consumer. Showcasing state of the art analytics and AI solutions may also attract new PBM opportunities (e.g. marketing machine learning based formulary and rebate management processes to earn new claims adjudication business). Some examples of opportunities for Machine Learning and the Analytics Accelerator in the PBM example are:
Example 1: Health Outcomes Optimization; ex Diabetes
Most health conditions being treated have metrics associated with success. Conditions can be segmented into common chronic (i.e. diabetes, asthma, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, etc.) and uncommon high cost/needing specialty medications (i.e. RA, Crohns, multiple sclerosis, cancers). Diabetes has very clear metrics tied to success (ABC: A1c = average blood sugar; B=Blood pressure; and C = cholesterol). Unfortunately, payers and providers have limited views on the successful metrics for a given population. A PBM can build out a predictive risk model to provide a health score for patients with Diabetes and thereby segment the diabetes population into well controlled, moderate control and poor control. By having this information available for real time analysis inside it's Db2 adjudication system, a PBM can enable its health plan clients to "treat/manage" these segments differently – i.e. someone who is poorly controlled may receive additional counseling at the pharmacy, have a different copay for the member or have a different message to the physician. At both the point of care in the doctor's office and the point of sale, the PBM would measure the adherence to medications. If someone is not at goal, and was not taking their medications regularly, an adherence program could be implemented. If the patient was taking their medications, then a more potent medication or a new medication may be needed.
The value of doing this type of analysis to consumers is that the PBM can help patients meet clinical goals and drive lower copay's to the consumer. For the physicians, this type of analysis can be used to drive pay for performance programs. This analysis can also be used to drive value between the health plans and pharmaceutical companies. By leveraging the concept of differential rebates, this technology can help members achieve clinical goals. By increasing achievement in clinical goals, the pharmaceutical companies get paid more, and the health care systems can reduce costs. A PBM can monetize this by further aligning itself with the health systems (increased value to the health system from better clinical outcomes, more effective transactional scoring and auditing within fast pass and e-Prior Authorization control processes, etc.) and potentially driving increased revenue through its 'prescription outcomes' contracts.
Example 2: Major changes in "risk" - Resource Utilization Bands (RUBS)
Example 3: Showcasing the Value of Machine Learning Driven Insight to Existing Clients
With the ability to access medical data files from existing customers, a PBM can:
- Use ML capabilities to show correlations (e.g. patient attributes and co-morbidity) using medical/health data
- Apply Johns Hopkins ACG functions to this data
- Show clients the value of ML to clinical outcomes
- Integrate ML features into the existing application (e.g. via a Bot)
- Sell this new application as a service to clients
Other clients may have other interesting data sources. For example, some customers may engage human coaching companies who have a wealth of data, interactivity with member, and a wealth of asynchronous communications that can be leveraged in Machine Learning modeling.
Example 4: Fast Pass, e-Prior Authorization, Alternative Drug Recommendation
Example 5: Drive new revenue at Hospital Systems
There are several immediate potential opportunities that exist within small to medium hospital health systems using Machine Learning.
The first opportunity is with employee health at these hospital systems. Small to medium systems may have 50K employees. In the case of employee health, every 10K employees represents $100M in employee spend. Machine learning driven insight can be used to show these hospital systems how a PBM can help save 5-7% on employee health costs and improve the qualities of service for its employees.
The second potentially large opportunity is to use machine learning to help hospital systems optimize revenue for specialty products. A transparent PBM typically wants to align with the hospital systems. For example, there are cases where hospital systems are treating patients that require expensive drugs (MS, HIV). Historically, some of these health systems started prescribing the drugs and sending them out to a 3rd party who would handle the filling of the medication. These drugs often represented $50K of medication. This presents an opportunity for the PBM to showcase what they can do as a partner and sell new core services to the hospital health system.
Smaller hospital health systems may also be more interested in population health management. For instance, understanding the factors that lead to some people taking medications and others skipping or not filling their medication. Machine Learning is key to uncovering factors that humans may not have previously considered.
Example 6: Drive Value to Retail Clinics/Stores
Promote patient medication adherence using other financial motivators such as free co-pay cards to use with retail pharmacy's or retail grocery store coupons for health food options.


text:
No products in the cart.
Home/Free Energy
SP500 AC Generator Plans
Plans Cost: $70.00 USD
Learn how to build this awesome generator yourself or we can build it for you as a kit.
Plans are available in .pdf Adobe Reader format and can be downloaded or sent to you on computer CD.
Purchase Download > only $70.00 USD
The SP500 AC GENERATOR
A Super High Efficiency AC or DC Homemade Generator
Rated at 260 RPM
Voltage output 120 VAC x 2,280 Watts or 240 VAC x 4,560 Watts – 60Hz or 50Hz
The SP500 can also be made to run at a much higher wattage output! Easy to build! By using a fatter wire size such
as #15 AWG magnet wire for all 8 coils. You can increase the wattage output to:
Rating 6,720 Watts x 240VAC or 120VAC x 3,360 Watts.
as #15 AWG magnet wire for all 8 coils. You can increase the wattage output to:
Rating 6,720 Watts x 240VAC or 120VAC x 3,360 Watts.
You can build our generator to run any size home! Or if you like AN ENTIRE CITY!
It is easy! Simply scale up our design to any size voltage or wattage output you desire!
This is one of many coil tests done on the SP500 AC or DC Generator!
Detailed AC – DC Generator Plans!
This is a new type of AC or DC generator designed by David Waggoner.
New Technology for the 21st century, and designed as an easy homemade device that anyone can build! A breakthrough in AC – DC generator design! Great for Home use as well as industrial use! It was designed to operate with our Fuelless Engine, Windmill, and Fuelless Gravity Engine devices but can be operated by other means as well. Rated at about 6kw to 8kw x 120V AC. Can also be built to run at 12 VDC, to charge a battery bank for home inverter use.
Very high efficient! Unlike any other generator seen today! Can easily be designed to operate at much higher voltages other than 120V AC. Great for many high voltage projects. The plans are 137 pages long and are packed with color photo's, drawings and instructions that are easy to follow.
Included in these plans are the horsepower / generator formulas. Learn how much horsepower it will take, to achieve a certain wattage or voltage output. Plans also include a rpm formula guide. This will show you how many rpm it will take to get a 120V AC x 60 Hz or 50 Hz, and how many coils and magnets will be needed for certain rpm to stay at the standard 60 Hz or 50 Hz cycles for common household current.
For those needing 220V AC or 240V AC that live outside the USA, our SP500 can be designed to run at these voltages as well. We know of no other research group that has a generator and motor all in one like this!
We have made it easy for you to build at home. You do not have to be an electrical engineer to build this. Let us teach you through our easy to read and easy to follow step by step plans.
" I discovered this special type of generator when I was working on a new prototype for a free energy electrical motor. I placed my array of coils next to moving N38 Neodymium magnets and what I saw on my volt meter just blew me away! I could not believe what I was seeing. The electrical output was like nothing I had ever seen before! Very high efficient! I don't think there is any other generator in the world like our SP500 Generator, and it is not that hard to build!
I personally guarantee The SP500 to work or your money back! "
David Waggoner
Owner / Inventor
Click here for more information on SP500 AC GENERATOR KITS! Or Contact: Rick Gibson at: 1-812-945-5839 or by e-mail at: email@example.com –
Payment on kits can be made by personnel check if you live here in the USA or by bank wire transfer. If outside the USA payment can be made by Bank Wire Money Transfer Only!
The Fuelless Heater The Air Engine 5000 Watt Inverter Plans Homemade Battery Plans Permanent Magnet Motor PlansThe Fuelless Engine Model 2 The Gravity Motor Solar Cell Plans Free Energy From The Earth
Fuel From water Part 1 Fuel from water Part 2 High Voltage Capacitor Plans HV Power Supply Plans HV Tesla Coil Plans
More Plans > Site Map
2 reviews for SP500 AC Generator Plans
I will buy a built kit, even by paying extra. But, I will want to build, as soon as I get the instructions. Been tinkling with home magnets, and failed a few attempts of my own ideas. I 'm glad this website exists, instead of me trying decade, myself.
Why not globally distribute these, pre-made, manufactured with workers, to change the world?
Why doesn't mainstream news and big investors support this? Nations are paying ISIS…
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.


text:
We have had a great week here in Charleston, SC, and I have had a lot of fun with my family. Here is a glimpse into the week:
1. Returning from seven days on vacation (just my husband and I) for our 20 year anniversary, I had to do some laundry. However, my wonderful daughter had done the laundry at home. (I am so lucky to have such a responsible, trustworthy daughter.) My father in law and niece were at my house the week we were out of town, but my daughter did a lot-cooked, cleaned, bathed and help take care of her brothers.
2. At home learning fun-we started learning and keeping our brains sharp using letters and numbers. I stole this idea from my neighbor (with her permission-lol) and adapted to my kids, as well as, included practicing writing letters, numbers, and names. I brought home some things for my kids from school, but tried to take a more "parenting route" and not so much teacher.
3. Happy 5th Birthday to my baby! I can't believe he is 5 years old. It was a great day. Cupcakes for breakfast, cupcakes at lunch, cupcakes for snack, cupcakes before bed.
4. Library fun on Thursday. Check out yesterday's Throwback Thursday post to grab your freebie.
5. Baseball game at the hometown Minor League Baseball team, Charleston Riverdogs. We had an awesome suite (my husband got tickets from a local newspaper), but mainly sat in the seats outside. We had an awesome time! We are already planning our next visit in a couple of weeks.


text:
I've been here several times with friends. The last time was when my ( main committee ) KU (University of Kansas) professor invited me out after I had completed all my doctoral work and presented my dissertation. That wasn't all that difficult presenting. Finding something good on the menu now that was difficult.Chains don't excite me and this place doesn't either.
It was nice he invited me out so we could wrap up things informally. I mean I know had my doctorate, all that went into getting it down. Now all I had to do was wrap up the dissertation. Some people actually quite at this stage and never really finish their degree. I can't understand that. What I also can't understand is why people come here to eat Mexican.
Over the years, new and better Mexican restaurants have sprung. Many excellent better restaurants. This one just doesn't "pass the test".The menu has grilled items, salads, specialties, enchiladas and traditional Mexican stuff. & Combos. I had a chicken entree , Chipotle Chicken Burro, marinated chicken in a tortilla. But the meal was really boring . It's like the "whole" meal was "tired". The salad part of the entree did not seem all that fresh and the chicken was average at best. Wish I could say more but the meal " was just "sub par". Even the insides of the place, don't excite me and I guess it rubs off "on the menu" which is not all that great. There is nothing special on the menu and I have not been back because there are better places to spend money. And I will say that even if you don't have to pay like I did this time. I just can't see someone going here when there are so many other good Mexican places " to liven up the tastebuds".
Saturday, December 27, 2008
It's been around for a long time- not that great
Posted by Dr. Eric Flescher (firstname.lastname@example.com) at 7:54 PM
Labels: Kansas City, Lawrence Kansas, Mexican
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
The love of my life, Ted Cruz, has officially declared his candidacy.
Everyone saw it coming. He already has the third most visits to Iowa (an important Republican caucus), according to informational site P2016.org. He creates his image in such a way in the national press such that many people, regardless of whether or not they agree with him, view him as a viable candidate. He's a fringe candidate in the Republican Party, and uses that to his advantage – he decries the Republican establishment (who was never going to like him anyway), in favor of the more conservative base (especially in his home state of Texas).
But, fascinatingly, there is controversy over whether or not he's even eligible to run. To quote Article Two of the Constitution:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.Ted Cruz, despite his Texan constituency and Cuban roots, was born in Canada. Yes, the land of maple syrup, hockey, and communist health care. The natural born citizen clause is perhaps most interesting because it's never been officially interpreted; no definition of "natural born citizen" was brought up in the Constitution, and the only court interpretations have been regarding citizens born in America to foreign parents.
Cruz's situation is a bit different. At birth, he was an American citizen, thanks to his mother's American citizenship, but was also a Canadian citizen (he has since renounced his Canadian citizenship). Based on the most common interpretation of the natural born citizen clause, he's eligible to run, since he was a citizen "at birth."
There have been a few, but not many, other times when the natural born citizen clause has been called into question. John McCain was born on a military base in the Panama Canal Zone to US parents, calling into question whether or not a military base counted as "in the United States," and whether or not his citizenship from his parents would count. There's only been one elected President where this was an actual issue. Chester A. Arthur, who became President in 1881 after James Garfield's assassination, faced issues, according to J. Gordon Hylton of Marquette University Law School:
The controversy over Arthur's citizenship status centers around the place of Arthur's actual birth. By one account he was born in his family's home in Franklin County, Vermont. If this was true, then he was clearly a natural born citizen. On the other hand, the competing account has it that he was born during his pregnant mother's visit to her family's home in Canada.Based on the interpretation Cruz is using, Arthur wouldn't be eligible to run (much less become Vice President, since the same eligibility rules apply to both offices) since, at the time, citizenship couldn't pass through the mother (thank you patriarchy). But, McCain would be eligible, and so would Barack Obama, even if he was born in Kenya, thanks to his mother's citizenship.
If the latter story is true, then Arthur was technically foreign-born, and in 1829, citizenship in such cases passed to the child only if the father was a United States citizen, and, of course, at this point Arthur's father was still a citizen of the British Empire.
But, most likely, this is a non-issue. Democrats and Republicans would much rather debate about other things that don't matter instead of Constitutional law that doesn't matter; back in 2008, the Senate passed a bipartisan, technically non-binding resolution declaring McCain eligible, just to get it out of the way. Citizenship will most likely not prevent Cruz from becoming President; his road to the White House has many obstacles, but the natural born citizen clause won't be one of them.


text:
Professor John Lavine, with Northwestern University, IL, says "did you know that the more content you give people that they want, the more time they will spend on content that matters to you?". Also, he says that "It-'s Not Smart if It-'s Not Strategic"
I think, there is a dilemma in here. Let's think about a social issue among youth within a community: pregnancy in adolescents. If our goal is to reach that audience in order to provide them with information to prevent this issue, this give us an idea of which is the kind of content that this audience require.
By the other hand, what they want (and therefore, what is going to help us to engage them) is, for instance, things about pop stars, fashion or music.
And, by the way, maybe that music through videoclips, has been actually one of the triggers of the sexual-centered behavior that lead young people to unexpected pregnancy.
Let's remember: in this scenario the goal is to reach those who don't want to be preachify (?) or taught, and not necesarily those who already realized that they are now in a big deal and there is not way back.
So, how do you guys think we could deal with this paradox? The example is very specific and certainly, there must be a lot of alternative content to deliver to this audience, but I believe that sometimes, is going to be very difficult to find a wide range of answers.
A. de la Cruz, who is studying a course from Northwestern University, wrote something I want to use to finish this post:
"Content can be somewhat daunting for marketers. I believe that good strategic content lies not only the data of the content performance but also psychological behaviors of the audience.
We can only assume what the audience need or want, however through studying psychological behaviors we can safely create a valuable strategy.
Want Vs. Need, there shouldn't be a choice between them, rather there should be a cohesion of the both in terms of strategy. Identifying the need and presenting it in what the audience wants may prove to be a good strategy."


text:
Very interesting if you are into Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling ... Hell week is going well. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed my opening titles and the music from Elvis. Tomorrow is showtime and there is a major update!
I may have a role! Yes, Kwame who plays "The Man" in the play does not usually show up on time and is a bit of a hassle when he is on set so the crew decided, or came up with the idea, to have me replace him in the play. Now this is both exciting and frightening. Exciting because he has a small and fun role. Frightening because I may have to remember all his lines by Friday! Eek!
Enjoy the five part video!
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Hell Week Day Four, Thirty-Six Days Down
Posted by *_*Antoine*_* at 10:12:00 PM
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Day 8 John 20: What would it have been like to meet Jesus alive from the grave? I love that Jesus met up with His disciples again. When the friends reunite, Jesus gives the disciples the Holy Spirit as promised to solidify their learning and to accompany them. Jesus announced the restorative work of the... Continue Reading →
Harrowing Events
Day 7 Matthew 27:32-56: Crucifixions happened frequently. In all likelihood the Romans, robbers, priests, and others thought that Jesus's death would be like any other. The priests and Romans mocked Jesus for not saving Himself. I think they had no idea how incalculable God's timing is. I can imagine these people reasoning, that Jesus should... Continue Reading →
Day 6 Matthew 26:47-27:31, Luke 22:47-23:23, John 18: Jesus had the power at His word to stop His arrest. He did not, He allowed His captors to come and take Him although they were afraid of Him. Jesus had committed no crime and no one could find a reason to kill Him, yet Jesus... Continue Reading →
The Garden
Day 4 Matthew 26:36-45 Jesus was sad and troubled because He knew how heavy His task was to carry out. Despite this, Jesus persevered. He didn't become depressed. Wow, what an example for me! The weight of the coming cross was so heavy that Jesus asked His father, "Can you take this away from me?"... Continue Reading →
The Good Shepherd
Day 3 What I got from Matthew 26:14-35: Judas betrayed Jesus for 35 silver coins, yet what Jesus did—dying for the entire world—cannot be bought with money. The kingdom of God is not monetary. Jesus paid for lives with His blood. This price is far higher than money. Luke 22:1-38 Wow, reading this passage was... Continue Reading →
Love and Honor
Day 2 John 12:1-11 reminded me that so often I forget what's important in honoring Jesus. It's my joy to worship and pray; I can give lip service to Jesus, but actually making a sacrifice of money and reputation like Mary did is really, really hard. Deeper still is the point Jesus made in response... Continue Reading →
"The Whole World is Going After Him!"
Day 1 After digging into John 11:45-57, it blows my mind that Jesus let people conspire against Him; He willed events to transpire which would lead to His death. I would never knowingly allow others to plot my assignation; I certainly would not willingly die a gruesome death for strangers or meanies, yet Jesus willingly... Continue Reading →
Easter for Real
I don't like to think of Easter as a religious holiday—because its more than a religious holiday.


text:
Our worship theme for July 26, 2015 is Forbearance/Patience. Scriptures: Matt; 18:21-35, James 5:7-11, 1 Sam. 16:1-13
I had to look up "forbearance" in the dictionary. I thought it was something like patience, but wanted a more accurate definition. My Canadian Oxford Dictionary says forbearance is; patient self-control, tolerance.
Patient self-control. What a descriptive phrase. I often think of self-control in a sort of episodic way. I use self control to stop myself from an unwise angry outburst, from eating a dessert I don't need, or to overcome inertia and go for exercise. All brief one time temptations I blast with a shot of self control, then it's done.
Forbearance is the ability to exercise these bits of self-control over and over again, maybe over days, months, or even years. Forbearance moves self-control from a few episodes to a whole series, from a one time attempt to better myself to better habit territory! It's not so much a blast as a steady stream.
In Matthew 18, Jesus tells Peter to forgive another member of the church 77 times. That sounds like a forgiveness habit, a steady stream! I want to have this habit of being a forgiving sort of person, however, I don't think a forgiveness habit should make anyone into a 'doormat.' Forgiving does not mean forgetting, and it does not mean allowing bad behaviour to continue unchanged. I can forgive my dog for eating my favorite hen (yes, it happened) but that doesn't mean I leave the dog with access to the rest of the chickens! Something had to change-he either had to learn to leave them alone, or he had to leave so that the flock would be safe. (The discipline worked-thankfully he did learn that chickens were off-limits for him!) Forgiving follows repentance and repentance means; "to regret one's actions." Repentance is, at least, trying not to repeat the thing that requires forgiveness!
We know it takes time to change bad habits or patterns into something else. Relationships and trust, when broken, are difficult and time consuming things to change. Many times people give up because the work is just too daunting, or maybe impossible. Forgiveness is a start, but saying'"I'm sorry", doesn't stop the wound from bleeding! Healing is a long process, and a habit of forgiveness is crucial for dealing with those times when old patterns resurface.
James 5 urges us to use patience in waiting for God. Patience is most definitely necessary in the whole 70 times 7 forgiveness habit! James also reminds us that God is the judge, so grumbling against each other is worse than pointless, it actually makes matters worse.
These passages are excellent reminders of the forgiving character we wish to constantly grow into as a community, and the patience and hard work required to get there. This is a calling of all people who belong to the church. What an amazing and hopeful thing. It's not only about being forgiving, but forgiven too!
Note: Our family is going camping, so I will not have access to the internet. (And I don't want access while on holiday!) The lectionary reflectionary blog will resume for the August 16 service at FMC.


text:
« Some notable death penalty headlines | Main | New Pew report with "evidence-based sentencing initiatives to control crime and reduce costs" »
May 21, 2009
Are federal supermax prisons tough enough for terrorist detainees?
According to this new AP article, which is headlined "Obama says US prisons tough enough for detainees,"President Obama views federal supermax prisons to be tough enough for government work. Here is part of an AP report on the President's security speech today:
President Barack Obama said Thursday some of the terror suspects held at Guantanamo would be brought to prisons in the United States despite fierce opposition in Congress. He promised to work with lawmakers to develop a system for imprisoning detainees who can't be tried and can't be turned loose.
"There are no neat or easy answers here," Obama said in a speech in which he pledged anew to "clean up the mess at Guantanamo" that he said the nation had inherited from the Bush administration. Obama conceded that some of the detainees would end up in U.S. prisons and insisted those facilities were tough enough to house even the most dangerous inmates....
Obama noted that roughly 500 detainees already have been released by the Bush administration. There are 240 at Guantanamo now.... "I can tell you that the wrong answer is to pretend like this problem will go away if we maintain an unsustainable status quo," Obama said. "As president, I refuse to allow this problem to fester. Our security interests won't permit it. Our courts won't allow it. And neither should our conscience."
Obama said his administration was in the process of studying each of the remaining Guantanamo detainees "to determine the appropriate policies for dealing with them."
"Nobody has ever escaped from one of our `supermax' prisons which hold hundreds of convicted terrorists," Obama said....
He described this [detainee] group as those "who cannot be prosecuted yet who pose a clear danger to the American people."
"I want to be honest: this is the toughest issue we will face," Obama said. He said that the his administration would "exhaust every avenue that we have" to prosecute detainees but there would still be some left "who cannot be prosecuted for past crimes" yet remain a threat. Among these, he said, are prisoners who have expressed allegiance to Osama bin Laden "or otherwise made it clear they want to kill Americans."
"So going forward, my administration will work with Congress to develop an appropriate legal regime" to handle such detainees "so that our efforts are consistent with our values and our Constitution."
Though I have never actually served time either in a federal supermax facility or at Guantanamo, my sense is that inmate life at a federal supermax facility is actually tougher than inmate life at Guantanamo. But I am basing this statement on mostly third-hand reports. Indeed, I would be grateful to hear from anyone representing persons in a federal supermax facility and/or at Guantanamo about their impressions about which locale is "tougher" for those held there.
May 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM | Permalink
TrackBack URL for this entry:
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Are federal supermax prisons tough enough for terrorist detainees?:
I represented a client at Supermax in Florence, Colorado and went there often. It is hard,hard time. But I can't compare it to Guantanamo because I have no firsthand experience with Guantanamo.
Posted by: AFPD | May 21, 2009 11:58:50 AM
I am going to be very surprised if the courts are willing to go along with holding non-convicts in such conditions. And don't expect the ACLU to forget about them just because they are tossed down a different hole.
Posted by: Soronel Haetir | May 21, 2009 12:46:53 PM
and don't forget about habeas corpus rights . . . .
Posted by: federalist | May 21, 2009 1:23:45 PM
I don't think the real goal is to house them in Supermax. The real goal is to get them they heck out of Cuba and then bury the whole matter. Once Gitmo is closed the Republicans will have that issue off their hit list and whatever happens next is going to buried on page nine, not page one. That's the goal. If people feel better about "Supermax" being the first step in that process, so be it.
Posted by: Daniel | May 21, 2009 2:56:04 PM
Supermax is not necessary. Federal prisons in general are plenty secure. These guys do not have superpowers, after all.
And, by the way, it was conceded even by the Bush Administration that many in the Guantanamo population are actually innocent. They shouldn't be in any prison at all.
Posted by: David in NY | May 21, 2009 3:08:30 PM
I am a Univ. of Virginia Law School graduate (J.D. 1987), and have also served almost 8 years in Federal prison, including 2 years at U. S. Penitentiary-1, Coleman, Florida (a High Security, not a SuperMax facility) , where I met several men who had spent years at "Supermax" in Florence, Colorado before being moved back down to a penitentiary. They describe a grim existence of men held in small, spartan single cells, 23+ hours per day, albeit with small black and white T.V.s. and showers in the cells. One man I met had been held in such solitary confinement for 11 years, with an obvious effect on his mental and social functioning. These men receive 1 hour of "outdoor recreation" 5 days per week, again in single dog run-like pens, perhaps 10' x 30', with only a handball. Book carts and clothing exchange are handled thru the food ports in the cell doors. Their only human communication is with the guards and case workers who come by their cells, and by shouting thru the edges of their cell doors to other inmates on their range. Their is even supposed to be a range housing several of the best known "bombers" (including Ted Kyzinski) in the world, which is referred to as "Bombers' Row". Some inmates aren't even permitted to handle their own mail, but view it over a video link. This life, with substantially reduced sensory input, stimulation and human contact is deeply depressing. Many of those inmates receive anti-depressant medicine daily. I understand that there are several different security levels at Gitmo, depending on the danger posed by the detainee and his degree of cooperativeness with his captors. Some are said to even have recliners and color T.V.s in their cells. "Supermax" conditions really aren't necessary for most terrorist detainees, as only 1 Federal prison inmate has escaped from a Penitentiary ("High Security") in the past 15+ years (and he was a state inmate transferred to the Feds from North Dakota, where he had escaped from prison 4 times).
Posted by: Jim Gormley | May 21, 2009 4:57:33 PM
I voted for Obama. [Stop laughing.] I did to get the opposite of what was promised. He is going to make the prisoners regret Guantanamo. He ordered the execution of Moslem pirates. And my estimated tax dropped by 5 figures, thanks to Obama.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | May 21, 2009 7:04:37 PM
Closing Guantanamo became such an emotionally charged issue that there was no reasonable discussion going on. This may become for the Democrats what Terry Shrivo was for the Republicans. It is a gesture not related to the problem.
Of course we can and have held dangerous terrorists in facilities in the United States. Robert Muellor need to become more familiar with our prison facilities. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to construct and staff such facilities. Those communities that have benefited from this expansion and employment cannot say that they didn't sign up for it.
Posted by: beth | May 21, 2009 9:37:19 PM
Jim Gormley's description of life in SuperMax reminded me of the original "penitentiary" outside Philadelphia (then; now, it is within Philadelphia, i.e., the Eastern State Penitentiary). My understanding of that one is that liberal Quakers designed a program of almost entire isolation, with food and other exchanges through a slot in the door and an individual outdoor "pen" for exercise. You went for a few months or a year, with the idea that you would reflect on your crime (penitence) and reform your soul. Apparently a high percentage of the inmates went insane, instead.
I think I'd rather be waterboarded than isolated from human contact like that over the long term. (Thought I don't want to have to choose.)
Posted by: Observer | May 21, 2009 10:38:52 PM
Jim: Assume you have committed a capital offense. Based on your experience on the inside and your talking to people who went to Supermax.
You have a choice. Life in Prison Without Parole. Death Penalty now.
Do you have a preference? Which is crueler in real life?
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | May 21, 2009 11:42:55 PM


text:
Just a couple cute pix to share of Miss G. We managed to sneak away to the beach on Monday with a friend. It was such a lovely day to take Pixie (dog) for a run and for the rest of us some sunshine! :)
|Rach and Miss G enjoying the beach!
I think Miss G is telling stories!
|Cute girl checking out the gorgeous flowers in the yard. :)
|Miss G and I taking our photo in the 'snow'...
|Snowing! (It's not meant to snow here!)
Finished a book off my list - A Fine Balance. I really enjoyed the book and am kind of quite sad I've finished it. Give it a go, it's a really well written book and it was just lovely really. :)
Well, off to bed for this nursing student / mommy. Mornings come waaayyy to early! :)


text:
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Mix together the ingredients. Serve with grilled or roasted beef or spread on bread for sandwiches made of beef, chicken, turkey or pork.
Saw this in the paper today. Will have to try it for my husband---I think he will like it.


text:
It was exciting to see what Apple have done for multiple devices charging, I would wish Anker could make something similar but better to charge multiple devices at a time, with perhaps software support to show the information, also a wireless charging adaptor for the older iphones?
I have confidence that Anker can create what you are talking about..... and probably at a much better price then what Apple would have it at when it comes out. Hint hint @AnkerOfficial
Everyone will jump on this idea, im sure samsung will come out with their multipad too
it'll totally be useful for charging many wireless devices at once.


text:
Practice Makes Perfect
March 11, 2011 § 17 Comments
Subheadline: Jonathan Loyd, starting guard for the University of Oregon Basketball team lets us in on what happens off the court and shares his some of his past as a player.
From Fisher-Price hoops in his driveway to the Matthew Knight Arena, Jonathan Loyd has come a long way over the course of his basketball career. Recruited by head coach Dana Altman, Loyd is currently the starting point guard for the University of Oregon basketball team.(1) As a freshman from a family with an extensive background in basketball, Loyd brings a lot of talent to the team.
Loyd was attracted to first year Head Coach Dana Altman's coaching style when Altman coached at Creighton University. After Altman made the move to Oregon, he started recruiting Loyd. Coming out of high school, Loyd's long list of prospective schools included the Northwestern Wildcats, Washington State Cougars, UCLA Bruins and George Washington Colonials.(3) When asked why he chose to come to UO, Loyd refers back to his first year in high school: "When I was a freshman, Tajuan Porter and Erin Brooks lead the team to the Elite-8, and I wanted to be another short guard to do that."
Coach Dana Altman has spent a lot of time putting together this year's basketball team at UO. Loyd believes Altman is a great coach: "his strongest aspect is that he works really hard at his job, he is always studying film of other teams, he knows a lot of good plays and understands the game really well. He is really smart and always puts us in the best position to win."
Since Loyd has been on the UO basketball team, he has averaged 5.1 points, 2.3 assists and 1 steal per game. He describes his point guard position as being similar to a coach, just on the floor. Although he is a freshman, he still leads the team by putting his teammates in position and calling out plays. He takes his commitment to the team very seriously and makes sure to take good care of his body by going to sleep early, not going out very often and getting extra practice in on his down time.
The UO basketball team has been practicing hard to try to win the Pac-10. During the season, the team averages four practices a week, while during the off season, six practices a week becomes the norm. Practice usually begins with weightlifting and toning, and then it's off to the hardwood. Although the practice may seem like any other basketball practice to the untrained eye, Loyd says the team aims its focus at defensive drills: "Defense wins championships."
Loyd started playing basketball around the age of two. Just a few years later, he began to play with his father and brothers in games of twenty-one and two-on-two. Considering that his father played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and his brother currently plays for Brigham Young University, Loyd had a lot to live up to. "We would bet on who would win the game and sometimes we would bring our dad into it; it definitely made me a better basketball player because I always had to play up with them. I had some pretty hard competition compared to other kids my age," Loyd says.
Before coming to Oregon, Loyd was on the varsity basketball team at Bishop Gorman High School for four years, leading his team to back-to-back state championships. Because of his talent, Loyd received a variety of awards recognizing him for his abilities. He earned the Most Valuable Player recognition at the 2009 Beach Ball Classics in Myrtle Beach, was named Player of the Year in the 2009-2010 in Class 4A Boys Basketball (according to the Las Vegas Review Journal) and earned the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. In his final year of high school, he averaged 14 points, 8.2 assists, and 3.3 steals per-game. Loyd was an all-around star, with big goals to play in college. (2)
With a new head coach and a lot of new players, the chemistry between the team took a little while to figure out. Now, however, "everyone on the team is best friends and the chemistry increases every time we step on the floor," Loyd says. Team Captain Jay-R Stowbridge, a Senior who has played at Nebraska and Jacksonville State University, says he views John as a little brother: "We watch out for each other. He has a great sense of humor on and off the court. But on the court I can really see his court leadership starting to show more and more as his confidence grows."
Loyd loves to play for UO, but it is a big transition coming from high school. The biggest difference between basketball from Bishop Gorman High and at UO is that coach Altman demands his players to play hard: "with UO basketball you have to play hard all the time or coach is going to be on you. He demands you to play hard no matter what. That's all he asked for." As long as his players give everything they have and leave it all on the court, coach Altman is proud.
Currently undecided in his major, Loyd says, "I just want to keep playing basketball as long as I can." His short term goal is to be on the All Pac-10 team; long term, he wants to keep playing basketball either professionally or overseas. He hopes that the new arena and the success from Oregon's football team will help bring some big recruits to the team. Loyd continues to say, "I think the football team's success will really help us because it shows off our school spirit here, people just want to be a part of the college atmosphere that Eugene has."
When asked if he believes in the saying "practice makes perfect" Loyd says, without hesitation, that he doesn't believe in it: "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. I mean if you just screw around at practice, then how can that make you a better player? Let alone a perfect player. I believe that if you practice the way you're supposed to you'll get better. Repetition, that's how you get better."
Multimedia piece on Johnathan Loyd: UO Basketball
1. ESPN.com
2. Goducks.com
3. Rivals.yahoo.com


text:
How exciting is this lineup?! LIONEL RICHIE AMIRITE?!
Okay, but actually this is probably one of the first lineups from Outside Lands since I've been living here that I'm a little bit excited about. I haven't quite made up my mind just yet, but Snakehips Miguel, Miike Snow, Kehlani, and Years & Years could change my mind. Actually – who are we kidding – Kehlani is ENOUGH for me to make me want to go.


text:
Welcome ,
I have joined with many experts and sources that I feel are some of the best to bring you FREE Courses , E-Books , Mp3's ,Health Advice , and more . You don't have to buy or do anything to get most of them… just download them and enjoy .
If you haven't already , please visit my Main Site for 1000's of ways to help you live a wealthier , happier , healthier , and safer life .
Best of wishes ,
Dr. Donald Ryles Ph.D , C.H., CPI
Enoch Tan's "Matrix Of Mind Reality"
I have known about Enoch Tan for quite some time and have revisited his writings often . When I do I am always instantly uplifted . If you are interested in "The Secret" , Law Of Attraction , Mind Power , Self-Help , And Self- Empowerment…"Matrix Of Mind Reality" is one of the most informative E-books I have seen…and it is FREE.
Best wishes, Dr. Donald Ryles


text:
I must admit I have a slight obsession with bedding, i.e. sheets, duvets, blankets, pillows, etc. You can always find me looking for deals on bedding. I look forward to the "white sales" around the July 4th holiday. This year I was not disappointed. I found a new duvet cover for our king size bed at "West Elm". This duvet was marked down to $34 with an additional 10% off and free shipping (originally sold for $69.99). It is now selling for $39.99 with 10% off (still a good deal).
Blocks + Stripes, Lagoon Duvet Cover from West Elm
I like sewing pillows with envelope closures and just happened to have some fabrics on hand that coordinated with the colors in my new duvet cover.
For $34 dollars, I was able to give the master bedroom a bright new look. This duvet cover is machine washable, which is always a big plus for our household. Between the kids and our dog, a machine washable duvet is a must.
Here is the duvet cover I got at last year's "West Elm" 4th of July sale. Unfortunately, this one is no longer available.
Did you score some good deals for the home during the holiday sales? If so, I would love to hear about it?