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Where the Jobs of the Future Are
Did you hear the air slipping out of the economy earlier this month?
That was the sound of a terrible jobs report, showing an increase of just 69,000 jobs when economists had expected 150,000. To make matters worse, March and April's jobs numbers were revised down by a total of 49,000.
The unemployment rate ticked back up to 8.2%, far above its historical average of 5.8%, and even if job growth came in at a rate of 175,000/month, we would not reach 6% unemployment until 2021. Economists are starting to say that low national unemployment could be a thing of the past. This may be the new normal.
They call it structural unemployment
The unemployment rate generally rises and falls with the overall business cycle, but for a number of reasons, some economists believe that full employment may not return with a healthy economy. One trend they've spotted in the U.S. and other developed countries is the "polarization" of the job market, meaning that technology is making more and more middle-class jobs, including many in manufacturing, obsolete. The need for humans to do certain white-collar jobs like travel bookings and low-level legal work has also been disappearing. What's left over are positions that demand advanced degrees like software engineering or financial services, or jobs that can't be outsourced overseas such as collecting trash, prepping food, or taking care of children.
Two of the economists studying the trend, Nir Jamovich and Henry Siu, said that the last three recessions have led to "jobless" recoveries because "you have these middle-skilled jobs that are being wiped off the table" and aren't coming back. Another example they cited is the advent of e-commerce and automated checkouts in the retail sector, which helped that industry shed 34,000 jobs in March despite an increase in sales.
The invisible hand never said anything about jobs
Forgotten in the national debate over the economy is that capitalism has never really been about job creation. Free markets are based on competition, efficiency, survival of the fittest, and creative destruction. They're about letting consumers decide what's best for them, creating a marketplace where buyers essentially vote with their wallets. An entrepreneur starts a business that he or she hopes will provide a meaningful and valuable product or service, which will turn a profit if the economics and market forces are right for it. Job creation is secondary. While businesses generally need to hire more employees to grow, there is little correlation between the number of employees and the success of a business. Facebook's (NAS: FB) recent $1 billion purchase of Instagram offered a stark reminder of this. The 16-month old photo-sharing service has all of ... 13 employees. For every W-2 the company distributes, it's valued at $77 million. How's that for efficiency?
Contrast that with General Motors (NYS: GM) , a company so important to the country that its bellwether status became an expression. The carmaker's massive workforce of about 200,000 might make it a darling of a job creator, but its bloated payroll and pension obligations were a major part of the reason it had to come groveling to Washington for a bailout in order to survive.
Perhaps, the best recent example of this debate centers around Transcanada's (NYS: TRP) proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which has become a flashpoint in the battle over the economy, the environment, and energy. The debate mainly focused around job creation with claims varying from as high as "more than 100,000" to as low as 5,000 to 6,000 temporary construction jobs. Transcanada itself estimated 20,000 new jobs from the project, which it emphasized to help sell the project, but job creation was not what they were talking about in the board room (and I don't mean that in a bad way). They want to build Keystone XL because it's good business. Pipelines in that part of the country are at capacity, and Transcanada would like to ship its oil down to the Gulf to refine it and bring it to market. Good business doesn't just benefit the company undertaking the project. Increasing supply would help bring oil prices down (even if by ever so slightly), benefiting consumers, and the direct investment to build the pipeline would also benefit the country, along with any jobs created, of course.
If you're focused on job creation you're missing the point
The beautiful thing about capitalism is that jobs are (supposed to be) created organically, not as a corrupt favor to an industry lobbyist or to pander to a valuable constituency come election time. Like happiness, employment is best created as a byproduct of something else. When a successful business creates jobs in a fair market, that adds value for all other stakeholders, including consumers and the nation as a whole.
Critics like to lament the fact that in the Internet era companies like Facebook don't employ nearly the numbers that industrial giants like GM did back in their heyday. But they are forgetting that an entire industry has sprung up because of social networks. Social media has become a huge part of marketing -- according to one survey, 7.4% of marketing dollars are now spent in that area, and that percentage is expected to jump to 19.5% in the next five years. You can bet there's someone, if not an entire department, at nearly every corporation you've heard of dedicated to managing and promoting the brand on Facebook and Twitter.
Same thing with search engine optimization and Google (NAS: GOOG) , or Apple (NAS: AAPL) and smartphone apps. Googling things has become such a force in the modern economy that competition to sit at the top of searches is enormous. Companies will pay you a pretty penny if you've mastered this skill.
App development, meanwhile has become its own niche industry, thanks to the strength of the iPhone and the copycat Android platform. Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, has been valued at as much as $6 billion, simply by giving people a way to entertain themselves flinging birds into pigs. Fellow game-maker Zynga would never have reached a post-IPO valuation as high as $12 billion without the platforms enabled by Facebook and smartphones.
In Part 2 of this article, I'll discuss more growth industries of the future, as well as the post-consumerist economy visible in countries like Denmark, and steps the government can take to encourage job creation and a strong economy. Stay tuned.
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Saturday, 21 April 2012
Sewing 101 - How to Use a Pattern - The Preparation
Right, let's get started, first find your pattern. The packet that it comes in is full of helpful information to get you started, from the picture of the finished garment on the front, the sizes and level of difficulty, to information about the type, amount of fabric as well as the notions you will need to buy. Notions is a wonderful, old fashioned word for the extras you will need to make up your items, eg the number of buttons, zips, embellishments, hooks, poppers, thread etc.
The pattern will also tell you how much fabric you will need in varying widths in imperial 36", 45" and 60" and in metric 90cm, 115 cm and 150 cm... do not think that you will save money by buying less fabric because someone has spent a lot of time ensuring that the pattern pieces will fit. When you choose a fabric, make sure it is appropriate for the job... if you are making a pair of play trousers for a toddler then heavily embroidered brocade is not going to cut it... especially after a few turns in the washing machine!
Open the packet, inside you will find more reading, now I know that like me you will want to get started but don't! Set aside the paper pattern pieces and read the instructions, not once but at least twice... yes, it is a pain but it will save you so much wasted time... I promise and I would never lie to you!
You will notice that your pattern pieces have multiple lines for each different size, make sure that you have true measurements of your victim/lucky owner to be, don't be silly and lie if this is for you... no-one cares what size you are, the whole point of making something for yourself is to make clothes that really fit you properly.
The next piece we are going to tackle is the pinning out. Cut out around all the pattern pieces that you need to use, not to the actual line but just around the pattern pieces. Let's get cracking with the iron, I know I bang on about this but you will find that the iron is one of your very best friends and now here come the really mad bit, you need to iron the tissue pieces as they will be very creased... so whatever you do turn off the steam element of your iron, otherwise you will end up with a mushy pile on your ironing board. Next you may iron the fabric that you want to use.
Next look at the layout for your pattern, it is likely that your fabric will need to be folded in half with selvedge to selvedge (selvedge is the side edges of your fabric, sometimes it is a raw edge but often it is bound with little pin prick perforations). Now to stop your fabric shifting when you pin the pattern pieces to it, pin your selvedges together. I know you think this is a pain but it will repay you and make sure that your garments sit and hang properly and if you don't do it I will tell you all about a pair of Trevira trousers I had for Christmas 1973 which were even worse than wearing a pair of twisted tights and all because the cutter in the factory did not keep grain lines straight and it must have been bad if I still remember them nearly 40 years later!
Circle the layout that you need to use on your instructions, gather together your pressed pattern pieces and tick them off. Now if you need to make any adjustments to the pattern pieces do it now... I am very short, which means I can take a good couple of inches off the hem and I have a short body (so that is Ros the Munchkin!). On adult patterns you will see a line marked for adjustment on the body to make it larger or smaller, if you need to make it smaller by say 2", remember you will only need to pin it half the amount you need ie an inch above and an inch below the fold line.
Use the biggest table you can find to pin out, do not use the carpet, it will not give you a good result and I will come over to your house and walk over your fabric and make you iron it again, this is a promise. Start pinning your pattern pieces to the fabric as shown on your diagram. I usually start with the pieces to be pinned to the fold.
Next look at the pattern piece, look for the arrow, this will need to lie on the warp or grainline (ie the threads that run up and down), with your trusty tape measure, place it in the corner of the arrow and measure to the selvedge or the fold and stick a pin in to hold it... now go to the other corner of the arrow and measure to the edge again, fiddle with it until it is the same distance as the other side of the arrow, only then can you continue to pin the rest of that piece to the fabric. When pinning your pieces, pin on the diagonal on the straight lines and in the corners just like the example below, you do this so that if your scissors try to cut through the pin, the pin will slide back and do no damage to your precious scissors.
Fold your fabric up as you go along so that it does not pull and distort your grain line. Now comes the fun, cutting out. Stand up when you do it, it gives you more control, put your non-cutting hand flat on the fabric to keep it still, and I have been known to put books on the table to keep it still whilst cutting, remember you can move round too, to ensure you cut precisely. On your pattern pieces you will see triangles, you need to cut round these carefully as they will help you place the pieces precisely together when you come to sew them together.
Collect all your pieces together, chuck away the scrap tissue paper, and put your fabric scraps into the applique bag. Now I want you to get your bobbins out, find one with thread which is a totally different colour to your fabric, in truth you should not over fill bobbins with a new thread but who wants to waste cotton, so we are going to use it to do our tailor's tacking and marking.
We will use tailor's tacking for the pleats at the front - so what is tailor's marking, it is a method of marking fabric temporarily to show where we need to sew. I am assuming you know that tacking is just a line of running stitches, well we are doing sloppy stitches with a double thread which means we will not pull the stitches taut to the fabric but leave enough thread on top that you could slip your finger under it. I have done this for the four lines shown on my pattern. Now cut each loop.
Tailors marking is used for darts and placement points for zips, you will see on your patterns small circles, in these, use your double thread, sew twice around your finger, cut through the middle of the loop.
Lift the pattern piece off the fabric, fold it and put it back into the packet. Gently tease the pattern pieces apart and cut the threads to leave marks on both sides of the fabric.
When you have done this on all pattern pieces you are ready for the next session... but in the meantime go and have a coffee and we will do the sewing up in the next blog post!
10 comments:
- Erin said...
Great tutorial. Thanks!
- 22 April 2012 at 04:39
- Wendy said...
You've taken me back Ros! My needlework teacher must have been related to yours! Must admit, I hated tailor's tacks and haven't used them since about 1978 *hangs head in shame*
- 22 April 2012 at 07:47
- KC'sCourt! said...
You took me back a bit! I was taught dressmaking by Miss Maul at King John School Thundersly between 1967 and 1972 - we didn't get on, but I did learn a little bit!
Julie xxxxxxxxx
- 22 April 2012 at 08:02
- mcrafts said...
what a great tutorial Ros - Perfect for the likes of me! Mich x
- 22 April 2012 at 21:51
- Tickled Pink said...
Brilliant tutorial - took me back to the days of watching Mum sewing. Thank you.
- 23 April 2012 at 13:01
- Nicola Ellen said...
Ooo excellent tutorial Ros! This is good for future reference as I want to make clothes for myself but actually didn't know where to start! Thank you :) xx
- 23 April 2012 at 13:09
- butterflyblossom said...
This is perfect for me Ros thank you so much for this!
- 23 April 2012 at 18:53
- Helen said...
Another great tutorial Ros, thank you :)
- 24 April 2012 at 10:33
I haven't made my own clothes since I was a teenager. You have brought it all back to me! Thanks.
- 24 April 2012 at 11:02
- Susie said...
I'm saving this because I have asked my Dad to track down if he still has all of my Mom's old patterns, I'm ready to tackle trying to sew with a pattern. Thank you.
- 24 April 2012 at 19:55

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While we might come back to take a look at the trickier segments of the heroic Zul'Gurub and Zul'Aman instances, there's something little more pressing that we should cover today.
While I'm sure that most of you have cleared the new heroics by now and maybe could use just a few pointers on the topic, what we should really be thinking about at this point in time is the upcoming 4.2 content patch that should be dropping sometime this month.
While there aren't all that many videos out on bosses as of yet, those strategies will come clear in time so don't worry overmuch about them for now. A new addition with the 4.2 patch is the encounter journal that will make it easier to figure out what the bosses do without help from out of game sources. This will help to prepare you for the bosses that you're about to face even if it is your first time ina dungeon so it might be helpful for you to take a bit of time at the start of a new dungeon to familiarize yourself with the upcoming bosses.
A new content patch like this one is a good time to make good impressions on people from your realm, especially from other guilds. While you might be happy with the guild that you call home right now, burnout and life are common factors in the death of a raiding team and it would be easier to find a new home if you were remembered by people around your server as the only tank who could get so and so boss down in one try.
The new function of the looking for group tool that does what it can to match you up with people from your server first is very helpful when it comes to making contacts among the people of your server so when the Firelands are first launched, it might be a good idea to get yourself out there and to run those random dungeons.
Finally, there are a few things that you should do before the patch is launched to prepare yourself for the patch. Make sure that your stock of consumables and raw materials are stocked up. This means to not only stock up on enchanting materials and herbs, but also crafting materials. There are a lot of new epic crafting patterns that will give you that boost to an item slot that you might be unlucky with so be sure to take advantage of those ways to stopgap your weaker gear slots.
Finally, if you're anything like me, you have a giant load of Valor points stocked up from this tier of raiding. When the patch hits the live servers, all of your current Valor points will be automatically converted to Justice points instead so it doesn't do you any good to save up on them.
The best ways that there are to burn off these points is to wait until the patch and buy a bunch of Heirloom items for your future alts, or you can use them now to buy the epic boots which are BoE and sell them for a boost to your gold before the patch.
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Any opinion about this new freerace tri-find Board ?
Try a smaller kite. I haven't ridden the free race, but on my raceboard, I can go upwind with my 7.5m kite in 16 or 17 knots of wind. 10 meter kite, plus 32 knots is very powered on a twin tip, way overpowered on a (free)raceboard.palle wrote:Today I go out in wind between 20 and 32 knots with the north freerace and bandit 3 10 m.
The board go to fast and I couldn't controlled it .
So I take my naish haze 132 and go again. I had a really good speed and a good controle.
Why I can not controle the board in high wind?
Is it my technique of is the board not made for + 20 knots?
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Home » NEWS » Santa announces major award to the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
Santa announces major award to the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
The influential rail lobbying group Railfuture made a special award to the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway (C&PRR) on 10 November at their annual awards ceremony in Reading.
The citation read:
"Reconnected with Chiltern main line services in August, with a high-quality interchange platform in Princes Risborough station built by the C&PRR volunteers".
Railfuture said:
"The judges were so impressed with the nominations this year that they decided to make two Special Awards", said awards organiser Roger Blake. "The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway won their award, received by Chairman Danny Woodward, for reopening their heritage service into Princes Risborough mainline station in mid-August."
And because of this interchange opening just 100 days ago, it will be possible to catch a steam hauled Santa Special at Princes Risborough for the very first time.
Santa inspected the new interchange and went on to Chinnor with Chiltern Railways recently on a special train and made announcements on the new platform.
Santa announced that you could join his train at Princes Risborough on Saturdays and Sundays 1st & 2nd and 8th & 9th December for the one-hour steam hauled special service. Trains leave at 10.45, 12.00 and 14.45 on each date and Santa meets every child at their seats on the train with a thoughtful present. Hot drinks and mince pies (or fruit drinks and biscuits for children) are served during the journey.
Seats must be booked in advance via www.chinnorrailway.co.uk and to celebrate the award and operating these first Santa Specials from Princes Risborough there is £2 reduction per person.
C&PRR Chairman Danny Woodward said: "The CPRR is a 100% volunteer operated railway and the award is a fantastic and timely recognition of volunteers' efforts who have been greatly supported by Chiltern Railways and Network Rail in delivering the project over the last few years."
Santa's visitors can travel by Chiltern Railways services to Princes Risborough from all stations between Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Aylesbury and High Wycombe.


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Pitching staff shows grit as Cubs power past Cards
CHICAGO -- When Travis Wood needed 66 pitches to get through the first two innings of Friday's game, Cubs manager Rick Renteria started to look ahead.
The Cubs' bullpen was overworked, and Renteria had a list of relievers who needed a breather, not another inning.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- When Travis Wood needed 66 pitches to get through the first two innings of Friday's game, Cubs manager Rick Renteria started to look ahead.
The Cubs' bullpen was overworked, and Renteria had a list of relievers who needed a breather, not another inning.View Full Game Coverage
"I was doing the math in my head and calculating what my next move would be," Renteria said. "Fortunately for us, I didn't have to do anything out of the ordinary. It was a nice job [by Wood] just to keep us in the ballgame."
Wood gutted out five innings and added a solo home run, Ryan Sweeney drove in four runs, including three on his second homer of the year, and Luis Valbuena smacked a go-ahead two-run blast in the seventh to power the Cubs to a 7-6 victory over the Cardinals in front of 41,534, the largest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field.
"It was a good team win," Renteria said.
The Cubs trailed 6-5 in the seventh against Kevin Siegrist, who hit Anthony Rizzo with a pitch to start the inning. One out later, Valbuena launched the first pitch he saw into the bleachers in left-center field for the game-winner.
Renteria wasn't sure if he'd need one of his position players to help pitch after Wood's pitch count soared in the first two innings.
"I really wanted to go deep in the game," Wood said. "I wasn't throwing pitches all over the place, they just fouled off a lot and made me work and I was only able to go five, but luckily I could keep it close."
The Cubs' defense faltered in the first. The Cardinals had runners at first and second and one out when Matt Adams hit a grounder to second baseman Arismendy Alcantara for a potential double play. But the rookie's throw sailed over shortstop Starlin Castro for an error and one run scored. One out later, Jon Jay doubled to left, driving in two more runs, and he reached third on left fielder Chris Coghlan's fielding error.
It took another 34 pitches for Wood to deal with five batters in the second. He got some help from Sweeney in the Chicago half. Valbuena walked and Welington Castillo singled to set up Sweeney's second home run of the season to tie the game at 3. It was the first home run off Cardinals starter Joe Kelly this year.
"What ended up hurting us the whole game through was free bases, whether it's the walks, the hit batsmen," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "Those typically come back to haunt you and they did again today."
With two outs and two on in the third, Sweeney delivered an opposite-field RBI single. The four RBIs are the most by the outfielder since he drove in six on June 23, 2013, against the Astros.
"Whenever I get in there, I have to try to do what I can," Sweeney said.
Wood, who had thrown 94 pitches through four innings, led off the fourth with his third home run of the season. But the lefty then served up home runs to Matt Carpenter leading off the fifth, and one out later, Matt Holliday tied the game at 5 with his ninth homer.
"Any time the wind is blowing out, everybody loves to hit," Wood said. "I missed with a pitch to Carpenter in the fifth, and the pitch wasn't executed as well as it could be to Holliday there. In my opinion, it was a popup that the wind helped out, but that's baseball, especially playing here."
The Cardinals took the lead in the sixth on Oscar Taveras' pinch-hit RBI single off Wesley Wright. But the Cubs' bullpen rallied. Neil Ramirez may have saved the game when he struck out Carpenter to end the eighth and strand a runner at third.
"[Carpenter is] a tough out, a very tough out," Ramirez said. "I tried to reach back and get a little bit extra today. I was able to get it past him and it was exciting."
The win was only the Cubs' fourth in their last 17 games since July 4.
"We've had a rough couple of weeks and we have to keep a positive attitude and play with the guys we have here," Sweeney said. "We can't really look at what's going on outside of the lines. We just have to focus on what we're doing and play hard every day."
And the state of the bullpen?
"We had just enough 'pen to get through it," Renteria said.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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mango coconut pudding with coconut sagoI discovered Indira and her lovely blog Mahanandi on IMBB. There, I read about her event "Jihva for Ingredients" and was struck by the poetic meaning of the word "Jihva". In Sanskrit, Jihva means taste, desire and deep longing. The theme for Jihva for Ingredients #1 is mango – a fruit that I have always loved. Whether it's mangoes from Mexico, Haiti, the Caribbean, South America or the Philippines, I deeply appreciate this fruit. I was surprised to learn, though, that there are over 1,000 varieties of mangoes in the world. When you are selecting mangoes, ripeness can be determined by smelling the end or by squeezing the fruit – it should be slightly soft to the touch.
My first thought was to make mango pudding, which resembles a cross between a jelly and a pannacotta. Mango pudding is something that I always make room for when I go for dim sum. It is made in a variety of ways: sometimes with cream, sometimes with diced mango, and sometimes with agar-agar. The recipe that I made, mango coconut pudding with coconut sago, combines mango with coconut – two flavours that compliment each other perfectly. It is a dessert that counterbalances the creamy texture of mango pudding with the small pearls of tapioca in coconut milk.
Note: Since mangoes are not always in season, I suggest using pre-made mango puree in desserts, as the puree has a more consistent taste and sweetness. Many bakeries, restaurants and hotels use puree because it is also cost effective. Mango puree is often sold in specialty and ethnic food stores. I have found mango puree at Loblaws/The Real Canadian Superstore, for all you Canadians.
mango coconut pudding
500ml mango puree
100g sour cream
250 ml heavy cream
400ml whole milk
100 ml coconut milk
90g sugar
10g gelatin
1. Mix mango puree and sour cream together in a small bowl and set aside.
2. In a small bowl add gelatin and 2 Tbsp of water; let it sit for 5 minutes before using.
3. In a small pot, add heavy cream, whole milk, coconut milk and sugar and bring to a gentle boil. Add the gelatin to the cream mixture and stir until dissolved.
4. Let the mixture cool a bit; add the mango and sour cream mixture and then mix until fully combined.
5. Pour the mixture into glasses, cups or ramekins, and chill until set.
coconut sago
15g sago tapioca pearls
250ml coconut milk
250ml whole milk
60g sugar
1. In a small pot or saucepan add whole milk and tapioca pearls. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for approximately 30 minutes.
2. Add sugar to the mixture and simmer for another 10 minutes.
3. Once the tapioca mixture is finished cooking, stir in coconut milk and simmer for 5 more minutes.
4. Let the mixture cool, then cover and refrigerate overnight. If the mixture is too thick, gradually add coconut milk or whole milk until you achieve the desired consistency.
5. Spoon coconut sago onto mango coconut pudding and enjoy.
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ACPI\MSFT0101 (Intel Platform Trust Technology (Intel PTT). This feature only for Windows 8< for Windows 7 you need to install Intel TPM (Trusted Module Platform)
1. Download hot-fix provided by Microsoft:
Update to add support for TPM 2.0 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Download Link : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2920188
2. Disable TPP on BIOS.
Open BIOS, normally by pressing F2 upon boot screen(the key might differ from one model to another), go to security - advance and disable the Intel Trusted Platform.
Here is a usefull information from Microsoft support forum: Source
" Intel Platform Trust Technology (Intel PTT) is a type of virtual TPM. It resides in the FW of your NUC and is controlled by the system BIOS. The version of TPM it emulates is TPM v2.0, which is not recognized by Windows 7.
The hotfix from Microsoft will resolve the unknown device/yellow bang in Device Manager but will not make it usable. This is true for PCs that have a HW TPM v2.0 as well. There is no support for them under Windows 7 and no way to get them to work. TPM v1.2 and earlier are the ones supported by Windows 7.
For the ACPI\MSFT0101 unknown device you can also simply disable Intel PTT. On Intel NUCs Visual BIOS: BIOS Setup
Advanced - Security - Security Features pane - uncheck Intel Platform Trust Technology. Intel PTT was created as a way of satisfying Microsoft's requirement that Client PCs have a TPM for newer Windows products (8.1 and later).


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Sandy Underwood scored 27 points and Steven Samuels 25 to lead the University of West Alabama men's basketball team to a 93-80 victory over William Carey on Saturday.
LIVINGSTON | Sandy Underwood scored 27 points and Steven Samuels 25 to lead the University of West Alabama men's basketball team to a 93-80 victory over William Carey on Saturday.
The Tigers (4-5) broke a three-game losing skid with the win. William Carey, ranked 10th in the NAIA coaches poll, dropped to 11-2.
UWA built a 26-point lead in the first half, beating the Crusaders' press to make 20 of 32 shots from the floor, including 7 of 8 3-pointers. West Alabama led 56-38 at the half.
"We played the first 16 minutes as well as any team I have had in a long time," UWA coach Mike Newell said. "When we attacked the way they were playing us defensively and made shots the outcome is going to turn out well. We attacked it the way we practiced it.
The Crusaders went on a 9-3 run to open the second half, cutting the UWA advantage to 61-47 with just over 16 minutes left. William Carey cut the lead to 12 by the 14:30 mark and to seven, 76-69, with 7:22 left in the game but got no closer.
"In the first half we were clicking on cylinders, but in the second half it was a little slower," Underwood said. "We were moving the ball and my teammates did a great job of helping me get the ball in rhythm."
The 93 points are a season high for the Tigers. UWA shot 51 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Crusaders 38-29.
Underwood added 11 rebounds, while Desmond Raymond chipped in 18 points and a team-high five assists for West Alabama, which gets back into Gulf South Conference play Jan. 5 when West Georgia comes to Pruitt Hall.


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Most of us have never jumped from a ridiculous height to a pool of water below. Even fewer have dived and added a somersault and twist, or two, or three.
But it's clear that one of the requirements to all of this is to make really odd faces. Perhaps it's the concentration. Perhaps it's the thought that you have a long way to fall and a lot to do before you get there.
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Figures vindicate Paul campaign's angry response to CBS News debate shame
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Despite being given just 89 seconds of speaking time during Saturday's Republican debate, Congressman Ron Paul is in a dead heat with fellow top tier candidates Cain, Romney and Gingrich for the highly influential Iowa caucuses, placing second just one percentage point behind Cain amongst likely voters.
"A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent, Romney at 18 percent and Gingrich at 17 percent among the likely attendees with the caucuses that start the nominating contests seven weeks away."
Paul is undoubtedly in the strongest position going into the race, because his support is "more solidified than his rivals," a key factor given that 60 per cent of respondents in the poll said they could still be persuaded to change their vote.
32 per cent of Paul's backers say they are sticking with the Congressman, whereas only 25 per cent of Romney supporters and 17 per cent of Gingrich voters say the same.
Being the first event of the electoral nomination process, taking place this year on January 3, the Iowa caucuses are traditionally seen as a highly influential in determining the final GOP nominee. If Ron Paul takes Iowa he can no longer be ignored by the establishment media and will have a genuine shot at building momentum for a victorious campaign.
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The results of the poll vindicate the Paul campaign's angry response to CBS News' treatment of the Congressman when he was afforded just 89 seconds out of a 90 minute debate on Saturday night in South Carolina.
It subsequently transpired that Paul and other candidates had been the victims of a deliberate CBS policy to restrict questions to so-called lesser candidates, despite the fact that Paul's figures have consistently proven he is a top tier performer.
As Reason's Seth McKelvey highlights, even candidates with significantly lower polling figures than Paul were given more time.
Despite his embarrassing faux-pas in the previous debate when he failed to remember the name of the federal agency he wanted to abolish, Rick Perry, whose support has been sinking for weeks, was given the most time out of all the candidates during the CBS News debate.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.


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Employees at the Pepsi Bottling Group, a $10 billion company with more than 35,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada, are responsible for making, selling, and distributing Pepsi beverages. If a salesperson or a truck driver is out sick for a day, soda "doesn't get sold and it doesn't get delivered," says David Kasiarz, the company's vice president for compensation, organizational capability, and risk management. At PBG, that matters.
"We are in a day-in and day-out battle with our primary competitor," Kasiarz says. [Can anyone say Coke? — Ed.] "And we know that our ability to [compete] in the retail segment — in supermarkets and in all channels of distribution — depends on our primary asset, our people. So everything we can do to keep our employees efficient, effective, and engaged provides us with a competitive advantage and is a key part of our culture."
To help keep workers healthy, the company is establishing more than a half dozen medical clinics at its bottling plants this year, according to Michael Rosenberg, director of risk management at PBG. (See "Pepsi Spreads Out Bottling Group Clinics" below.) The clinics, staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants, will have the dual responsibility of taking care of on-the-job injuries when appropriate and developing and running wellness programs. So far, the company tested the idea by opening clinics at plants in Baltimore, Md.; Orlando, Fla.; and Pittsburgh, Pa. "We wanted to ensure our investment generated positive returns," says Kasiarz.
The bottling group calculated the savings using several factors, including the number of visits to a physician or therapist that were avoided, based on the average for each diagnosis gathered from past claims; the number of replacement hours of labor that were avoided; the savings from purchasing supplies at cost; and the savings from not having a third-party claims administrator manage the claim. PBG did not include the harder-to-measure productivity benefits that it believes come through the convenience clinics and their wellness programs.
While the company's straight ROI measure — what it didn't spend on visits to physician offices and hospitals — may appear to put the clinics in a competitive role with local health care providers, the company hopes physicians and insurers will keep an open mind.
"We'd like to strengthen our partnerships with physicians and insurers," Kasiarz says. "It's about population health and wellness."
One of the goals of the clinics, Kasiarz says, is to establish ties with the local medical community in order to launch disease management and wellness programs, as well as to set up referral capabilities for the clinics. At the company's first clinic in Baltimore, physician assistant Gretchen Smith has begun accompanying employees on doctor visits to get to know orthopedic doctors in the community. "One company set me up with its nurse case manager, so that if I need to get someone seen in a timely manner, I can contact her directly, instead of waiting a week or more for an appointment," she says. "It's working well for both of us."
Local insurers, however, have been more difficult to connect with, Smith says. She invited several health plans in Baltimore to a health fair in October that was being hosted by PBG, and they declined to attend. Nationally, more insurers are beginning to offer, or are expanding, wellness programming to employers, sometimes at an additional cost.
Many physicians and consumer-based health organizations attended the fair, Smith says.
As long as physicians are told in advance that such a clinic is coming to town and are aware of how it functions, they will probably welcome the added layer of health care in the community, says Karen F. Taranto, a principal in PMPM Consulting Group, a Sacramento, Calif.-based health care consulting company that often works with physicians and physician organizations.
"Most of the care the clinics provide is episodic, routine care that would not likely be very competitive with a practicing physician who has a busy practice," she says. Health fairs also offer physicians a public relations opportunity, and they'll often come in to do preventive screenings, she says. "It builds a patient base for them for those things that they are best at."
PBG, of course, is not alone in offering work-site clinics. Johns Hopkins University's division of occupational medicine, the company's clinical partner in establishing its nationwide chain of clinics, has doubled in size in the last year due to corporate contracts, says director Edward J. Bernacki, MD, MPH. The division, which now has 34 employees and 8 corporate clients, operates similar clinics for General Electric, Becton Dickinson, Continental Airlines, Gannett, and other companies Bernacki says. Close to 100 respondents to the American Academy of Physician Assistants 2003 Census Report were employed by industrial facilities, according to the association.
PBG evaluated several health systems across the country before choosing Johns Hopkins to run its clinics. The company needed to develop a strategy for employee health and wellness, Kasiarz says. Johns Hopkins now hires and trains clinic employees and has developed a Web site that links the clinics nationally. Each month, the clinics focus on a wellness topic such as dieting or heart health, and Johns Hopkins helps develop relationships with national organizations, such as the American Heart Association, to provide targeted programming.
Each PBG clinic is staffed by one person, who works 30 to 40 hours per week, often in split shifts to accommodate the around-the-clock activity of the plants, which employ several hundred people each. Clinic employees go through a 60- to 90-day orientation program that includes joining PBG salespeople on deliveries and sales calls.
Clinic staff members see patients for a variety of reasons, including performing drug screens required by the U.S. Department of Transportation, offering preventive care such as flu vaccinations, and treating on-the-job injuries. "We work in manufacturing facilities where, while safety is a top priority, sometimes accidents happen," Kasiarz says. The clinic offers immediate treatment. The physician assistants and nurse practitioners on site can suture, teach exercises for sore backs, and in some states prescribe medications.
But while the bottling group expected those types of visits, employees also have been simply stopping by. "We were pleasantly surprised by the high level of interest in health and wellness," says Kasiarz. "What we found is that many, many people who wouldn't have had the opportunity or time to go to the doctor have used the clinics as an initial step before they go into the health care system — to talk with the nurse practitioner or physician assistant. They'll say, 'I've had a problem with my back' or 'Let me tell you about this pain in my arm.'"
"Employees aren't always able to go to a physician's office between the hours of 9 and 5," he says. "We run three factory shifts, and people just can't get there in time. As a result, they don't seek care."


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The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe
Imagine if BMW were to upstage the Bentley Continental. They'd need to build a proud, stately 12-cylinder coupe with cabin so lush you'd never want to leave.
Well, it's just occurred. Unfortunately it's only a one-off, but we can dream. And it's nice to see it has happened by putting BMW designers into co-operationwith one of the greatest historical coachbuilding names of all, Pininfarina.
Step forward the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe.
OK, click through to the photo gallery.
Wiped the drool from your computer? Time, then, for some designer mumbo-jumbo from us. Under the hood is BMW's mighty twin-turbo V12, and the shape has been created to highlight the power within. The bold kidney grille and flat-toppped headlights give it an aggressive, sharky aspect. Along the sides, a deep scallop flicks upwards to lighten the back end.
The details are just gorgeous. The grille, lights, wheels and handles all use combinations of finishes and materials, imbuing an extra sense of depth and craft.
Just to prove it's a one-off, the interior wood is actually fossilised material rescued from ancient New Zealand swampland. It's very beautiful, with a shifting from red to brown according to how the light strikes it. It even comes with its own carbon-14 dating certificate, saying it's more than 48,000 years old. Hardly a renewable resource, then, unless you're very patient.
The Gran Lusso has been created to ascend the catwalk at one of the most glittering automotive beauty pageants of the year, the Villa D'Este concours. This weekend on the shore of Lake Como in Italy is an overdose of one-off concepts and priceless historics, poured over by the world's best-dressed and moneyed car enthusiasts and socialites. Which rules us out.
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Kes wrote:Although you might one day get Q+AL stuff released, I doubt it will ever be mixed with "Queen" stuff.
They've kind of been shocked when Hollywood and Best Buy threw TCR in a vinyl box with some Queen albums, and when some EMI out stations did book issues of the albums, and slid ROTC in with them (as TWO albums!)
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AlexKx wrote:Time for "A Concert Through Time And Space" (Just don't use the "Rare Live!" part of the title anymore, eh) to be re-released! But in an updated and expanded super deluxe form edition! There should performances from the beginning of their career up to the latest shows with Prince Adam! Huge hard cover book! It should include the audio on c.d.s both related to the film clips as well as songs that do not have film clips from yet even more shows! The video part containing the selected live performances could and should also include new and old interviews and behind the scenes whilst on tour too! This could and should be huge! Now's the time for this for sure!!!
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Alex Jones: What Does He Believe?
Alex Jones has a warning for humanity! The global elites are putting lead, mercury and arsenic in our water! You must take action NOW to protect your health! The solution? Alex tells us to beat the global elites by using ProPur Water Filters to reduce or remove detectable levels of lead, mercury, arsenic and other demonic poisons from our water. Curse those global elitists!! Thank you Alex!!!
But there's a problem.
Alex also endorses a nutritional drink called Beyond Tangy Tangerine, manufactured by a company called Global Youngevity that has some very interesting ingredients. Let's go to the video:
WHAT?!? Beyond Tangy Tangerine lists as part of their ingredients lead, mercury and arsenic?? Alex Jones is pitching a water filtration system to remove the very same chemicals found in the nutritional drink he wants us to ingest?? Yes!
But wait, there's more!
Here is the list of ingredients for Beyond Tangy Tangerine:
See the ingredients inside the black boxes above? Those ingredients are on the "contaminants removed or reduced" list (image to the right) for Alex's water filtration system. Again, Alex Jones is pitching a water filtration system to remove the very chemicals found in the nutritional drink he wants you to ingest!!!
See the ingredients inside the red boxes? These are ingredients Alex has previously warned us to avoid because they are dangerous and evil (All sources are from sites controlled by Alex Jones):
Aluminum Hydroxide
- "… aluminum hydroxide, the main metal-based adjuvant present in vaccines, as well as a supplemental aid, may be causing an aluminum overdose at the point of vaccine injection(s)."
- "(A)luminum hydroxide [may be] contributing to the pathogenesis of diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome, macrophagic myofasciitis and subcutaneous pseudolymphoma."
(Source: aluminum_hydroxide (ZIP) (PDF))
- calls arsenic "a powerful cancer-causing agent" in our water supply.
- reports (falsely) arsenic falls from man-made clouds and … is "a huge cause in most respiratory breathing problems in america."
(Source: arsenic (ZIP) (PDF))
- reports (falsely) barium falls from the sky and "short term exposure can lead to anything from stomach to chest pains and … long term exposure causes blood pressure problems" and can contribute to weakening the immune system.
(Source: barium (ZIP) (PDF))
- "cesium causes cancer of the liver, kidneys, pancreas and other organs. it is particularly dangerous when it is in the soil and ends up in food."
(Source: cesium (ZIP) (PDF))
- "chlorine is pretty bad for people, and has been linked to heart disease."
- "(w)hen chlorine is not filtered out of the water and is instead consumed in tap water, it destroys the natural microflora throughout the body. this adversely affects natural immunity and dramatically increases the risk for immune disorders and cancer."
(Source: chlorine (ZIP) (PDF))
- lithium side effect: "if taken during a woman's pregnancy can cause her child to develop ebstein's anomaly (cardiac defect)."
- "unresolved scientific issues [concerning] the drug's use."
(Source: lithium (ZIP) (PDF))
- "mercury and most of its compounds are highly toxic to humans, animals and ecosystems."
- "… even relatively low doses (mercury) can seriously affect the nervous system and have been linked with possible harmful effects on the cardiovascular, immune and reproductive systems."
- "there is really nothing new about the dangers of mercury …[.] it's a highly toxic substance and science has recognized this for some time."
- mercury has "been directly linked with autism in children."
(Source: mercury (ZIP) (PDF))
- Health Effects:
- neurological effects and behavioral changes
- disturbance of blood circulation
- heart damage
- effects on eyes and eyesight
- reproductive failure
- damage to immune systems
- stomach and gastrointestinal disorder
- damage to liver and kidney functions
- hearing defects
- disturbance of the hormonal metabolism
- dermatological effects
- suffocation and lung embolism
- "laboratory tests with test animals have indicated that sulfur can cause serious vascular damage in veins of the brains, the heart and the kidneys. these tests have also indicated that certain forms of sulfur can cause foetal damage and congenital effects. mothers can even carry sulfur poisoning over to their children through mother milk. finally, sulfur can damage the internal enzyme systems of animals."
(Source: sulfur (ZIP) (PDF))
And there you have it – these are some of the chemicals/ingredients Alex Jones says are very bad for us, yet he wants us to buy his favorite nutritional drink which will put these very same ingredients back in our bodies. It seems the only thing Alex Jones believes in, is making money. He has weaved conspiracy theories out both sides of his mouth to collect a paycheck from both sides of the corporate fence.
When will his followers wake up?
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illumiCorp – Training Module I
Originally posted May 13, 2013
Hello initiates and welcome to module one of the Illumicorp video training course. I would like to officially welcome you as a member of the team.
You've joined our organization at perhaps the most exciting point in our long history. Our founders shared a passionate dream. To transform this country, and eventually the whole world to one cohesive organization.
This presentation is designed to enlighten you about our organization's goals and achievements. As your guide, I will help to answer some basic questions you might have about Illumicorp, and familiarize you with the valuable role you will play in helping us reach our prime objective. So please, take a tour with me as we march together towards an exciting new world.
Start this video to continue your training:
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Heyward's Homer Gives Braves Win in 12 Innings vs. Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The way Carlos Beltran was swinging, Atlanta Braves relievers felt as if they had to face the St. Louis Cardinals' cleanup man every inning.
Jason Heyward got the swing that really counted, hitting a two-run homer in the 12th inning of a 9-7 victory Friday night, putting a damper on the Cardinals' celebration honoring former manager Tony La Russa.
"I thought Beltran was going to beat us every time he came to the plate, and he almost did," Heyward said. "I just got enough of it. I tried to stay simple, not try to do too much."
Dan Uggla homered and Michael Bourn had three hits for the Braves. Craig Kimbrel gave up a hit but struck out two for his National League-leading 11th save in 12 chances.
Beltran homered twice during a four-hit day for the Cardinals that also included a two-run triple. In addition, Matt Carpenter and Allen Craig went deep.
"Anytime you're seeing it well, it's a good feeling," Beltran said. "Unfortunately, we just couldn't finish them off."
A sellout crowd was on hand to watch the Cardinals retire La Russa's No. 10 in a pregame ceremony that included several of the manager's former players. But seven Atlanta relievers combined for 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball, helping the Braves end a seven-game losing streak in St. Louis that included a three-game sweep last September that propelled the Cardinals past Atlanta for the NL wild card on the way to their second World Series championship in five years.
"They've had a good team here for years, and they have another good team," Heyward said. "Our pitchers hung in there; our defense hung in there."
St. Louis loaded the bases in the 10th and 11th but came up empty against Livan Hernandez (1-0). Pinch hitter David Freese grounded into an inning-ending double play to end the 10th, and Craig popped out to second to end the 11th.
"We had some opportunities to finish it off," manager Mike Matheny said. "We just couldn't make it happen."
Chipper Jones, who got a standing ovation before his first at-bat to begin his final scheduled series in St. Louis, walked against Kyle McClellan (0-1) to start the 12th. Heyward followed with his fifth homer to the power alley in left-center, close to the wall decal of La Russa unveiled several hours earlier.
Beltran tied it at 7 in the eighth, driving Jonny Venters' pitch to the visitors' bullpen in left-center. Beltran's team-high 12th homer was the first of the year off Venters, who hit his first batter of the year later in the eighth.
Beltran had a grand slam and six RBIs in a two-homer game at Arizona on Tuesday. He now has 33 career multihomer games, including three this season, and has 10 homers and 31 RBIs in 91 career at-bats at 7-year-old Busch Stadium.
He's 11-for-26 (.423) during a six-game hitting streak.
"From the eighth inning on, it seemed like Beltran hit every inning," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I was looking to see if somebody was batting out of order over there.
"Every time we left a mistake out over the plate, he hurt us."
The Cardinals are the majors' second-highest scoring team and the Braves are third, and the matchup lived up to that billing.
The Braves scored twice on passed balls in the first when Yadier Molina couldn't track down Jaime Garcia pitches that darted. Atlanta then doubled four times in a span of five at-bats in the third to give Mike Minor a 5-1 lead.
Beltran and Craig homered in a span of three pitches in the fourth for St. Louis, which chased Minor with four consecutive two-out hits in the fifth. Beltran's 11th homer was estimated at 454 feet, the second longest at Busch, and his triple in the fifth put the Cardinals up 6-5.
Uggla hit his fifth homer off the facade in the second deck in left against Marc Rzepczynski in the seventh, and Freddie Freeman's infield hit with the bases loaded put Atlanta up 7-6 in the eighth.
Minor's past three outings have been the worst of his short career. He surrendered six runs in 4 2/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season, and has an 11.81 ERA the past three while giving up 21 earned runs in 16 innings.
Garcia has been just as ineffective lately, allowing 12 earned runs in 10 2/3 innings his past two starts with a pair of no-decisions. Garcia gave up five runs, four earned, in 5 2/3 innings against Atlanta.


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In the first time against the Bengals, I did a preview with Todd Lippincott of the Who Dey Revolution blog. I strongly suggest you read it because it was a good one. Now it is the playoffs, and time for Part 2 Texan – Bengals. Todd (@WDRevolution) has enlisted some help from Daniel Blair from his site, otherwise known by the handle, "Blesterov."
I did a Texans preview for Bengals fans, and will put the link here as soon as it is live. [Update: My Texans Q&A for Who Dey Revolution here] With no further fluff, here's our Bengal's Q&A:
What in your previous preview is the same? What in your previous preview is different?
"Oh hi, Steph…you guys again huh? Okay, well, let's do this I guess. It is the playoffs after all. A rare event for both our fanbases. I prefer to be able to generate some real dislike for the opposing team, but the Texans elicit no emotions from me whatsoever. You guys seem totally, like, okay. I think I hate the fact that I can't hate you. I'll go with that. I hate you Texans for not being hate-able.
Moving on, what is the same since we last played? Mostly everything. We are the same team you faced in almost every facet. Literally, every narrative both on the field and off the field is pretty much the same. We are the team that is decent at everything and excellent at nothing, except for perhaps rushing the passer. Remember when I said that we're the team that will beat average and bad NFL teams but fail to beat good teams? Well, since we faced you we beat the Cardinals and Rams and lost to the Ravens. So, yep, that pretty much still holds. The only question remains is what you are Texans, and I'm not sure in Round 1 you definitively answered that question.
What is different? The single biggest thing I can think of is that the Bengals will have Carlos Dunlap for this game. I mentioned him in my last post but he's a real trouble maker on the defensive line. When both him and ProFootballFocus' number one pass rushing DT Geno Atkins get going, people get hurt. I like to think young TJ Yates may not have been able to pull of the game winning drive against the Bengals if Dunlap was out there wreckin' stuff.
The other player of some note that did not participate in Round 1 of Bengals-Texans was RT Andre Smith. You'll remember him as the best rated tackle in college football for Alabama (along with Michael Oher) a few years back. Actually, you'll probably remember him more for taking his shirt off at the Combine and freaking everyone out with his, um, floppiness? Yes floppiness (Google it if you like things that are gross). By time it later came out that this was all part of a government program to "scare kids straight about diabetes" his draft stock had fallen which made him the perfect bargain for Mike Brown. For a couple years it looked bad but this year he's been a very solid anchor on the offensive line. He's pretty crucial given the tough time our offense has had recently manufacturing offense."
Talk about key Bengal injuries and how they affect the team.
"The big injury was, and remains, Leon Hall. I'll let fellow Comrade Blesterov of The Revolution take it from here though as he articulates well how his loss has affected the Bengals on the field. It's best that he takes it away right now anyway before I start openly weeping for Jonathan Joseph (i love you JJoe). Blesterov, the floor is yours:
The loss of Leon Hall has been detrimental to the success of the team. It is very hard for a defense to win a fight when it only has one hand tied behind its back, and without Hall the defense has lost its right arm. They have been on their heals trying to over compensate for his loss ever since. As mentioned previously, Hall was even our best CB prior to Joseph leaving in FA, and now a secondary that had one of the best CB tandems in the game has been reduced to the best bargain bin lineup you can find. You might remember that our owner is the cheapest in the NFL and only shops blue light specials in free agency. And oh did he ever go bargain shopping for DB, landing a Pacman Jones in aisle 12 of Big Lots. Great find! Keep away from children though!
Without Hall in the lineup, the secondary has had continuing communication errors that have helped allow two or more huge plays each game. These mistakes finally spilled over in the win against the Cardinals where aforementioned DB, "Adam" Jones, and safety, Chris Crocker, had to be physically separated by Marvin Lewis after allowing another big gain. As with any change, it takes a while to adjust. In the secondary's case, they seem to have finally gelled, resolving the communication errors during the Ravens game, and they did not allow a completion longer than 40 yards. However by focusing on taking away the deep ball, it opened up running lanes that Ray Rice was able to exploit for big gains, which were the difference in the game.
I would expect the Texans to be able to position Johnson, Jones, Walter and the TE's into match-ups that are favorable for Yates and keep Zimmer guessing. Once Zimmer is able to figure something out, he has the ability to have his unit shut it down. Without having Hall on the field to take one of those three away, the Texans should be able to stretch the field to open the running game or vice versa. Regardless which comes first, it may be difficult for our defense to shut down the Texans balanced attack."
Other than the result, what did you like about the first matchup, and what did you like not-so-much?
"I'm currently busy caressing my handmade Joseph doll, Blesterov will also field this question:
Similar to the previous game, the Bengals do not matchup well to the Texans, despite taking a big early game lead. Every one of the Bengals strengths (offensive specialists, run defense, and defensive pass rush) can be negated by playing against the Texans primary strengths (strong pass defense and best OL in the league). When you take into account that the Bengals weaknesses (average OL and weak secondary) do not match up well to the Texans other strengths (defensive pass rush, run defense, and offensive specialists), the Texans have a clear advantage heading into this game.
The wild card in the game is Yates. If he can stay calm and rely on his OL to give him time in the pocket, this should allow him to manage the game plan and not make critical rookie mistakes. If the Bengals can get to him and force turnovers, then the game may go Cincinnati's way. However, from what I seen from both Yates and Delhomme, they are going to be difficult to disrupt mentally. The thing with Delhomme is that his baseline mental state is complete meltdown, so we're hoping Yates maybe gets lost on his way to the stadium. Or he slips into college party mode and gets wasted in the acres of tailgating surrounding the stadium ("drink this funnel BRO, it's liquefied Salt Lick brisket with Shiner Bock and bourbon" "well okay" [DIES]).
As Roethlisberger in 2004 and Sanchez in 2009 showed, if you have a dominate OL, good specialists, and a smothering defense to reduce the pressure from the QB, you can win in the playoffs with a rookie QB. Unlike the Bengals, the Texans have all those pieces in place. I believe that if Kubiak and his staff can win the chess match part of the game, the Texans could be the sleeper in this year's playoffs."
Two rookie quarterbacks facing each other in the playoffs for the first time I think since the 70's. How do you think the Bengals' offense plays on the road in front of a playoff crowd, and more particularly how do you think they will defend against TJ Yates in round two?
"The Bengals home environment may have been worse than the road this year because of the ongoing war between fans and the owner. Bengals attendance literally dropped over 20% in 2011 leading to empty stadiums and a demoralizing atmosphere. The owners had to cut prices in half and pay some money out of their own pocket just to sell out the home finale against the Ravens.
I think the Bengals may actually enjoy the energy of a playoff game, even if it's an energy focused on trying to kill them with mind bullets. I will say though, the offense has had a tough time finding a way to put up points the 2nd half of the season, and a rowdy crowd getting in the way of communication at the line of scrimmage could be a big issue on the margin. As far as the rookie thing goes, Andy Dalton plays with the poise of a veteran. His lack of experience may affect his ability to diagnose defenses and have complete command of the playbook but a rowdy crowd just doesn't seem to matter to this kid.
As for defending against Yates, I do not know what they may plan to do specifically. Zimmer philosophically comes from the Zone Blitz school, so he is always trying to generate sneaky pressure without having to bring lots of rushers and sacrifice coverage in the secondary. He will do what he can to confuse Yates as much as possible. I think Houston would do well to run the ball until the Bengals prove they can stop it and limit the amount they must rely on Yates. The Bengals defense is not an all time great squad, especially without Hall, but it is not to be trifled with."
Anything I didn't ask but should have?
"Did you know that the Bengals have been practicing outside all week in frigid weather because the owners have not built an indoor facility and won't pay $5000 to use the University of Cincinnati's facility only a couple miles away? No, you didn't know that? Well now you do. Good thing too, gotta be prepared for those icy winters in…Houston.
I will close by saying this. This is the 3rd time the Bengals have made the playoffs under Mike Brown. They are 0-2. Better hope the third time isn't a charm, Texans."
Thanks to the comrades for their handy preview.
It's on. For the first time of the season, I am not putting up any stats for the game. The numbers, everything goes out the window. Playoffs.
I don't think outsiders truly understand what this game means to Houston. I could use words to blather about it but they would fail. I know what the odds are for this year, this playoffs, but I don't care. I'm just rolling with it.
Just want to say how much I appreciate being a part of this Texans community of fans. Some of the most generous people I know. I thank new readers, and the ones that have stuck with me since 2006, and the ones that knew me from before that from tailgating, message boards, events, games and stuff.
Love seeing this from Wade Phillips:
(on how special it is to be a part of the Texans first playoff game in history) "You know, I was here, in fact I interviewed here when they first had the team and I wanted, you know, I was part of the Oilers when they left. So, Houston, it wasn't a Houston, Tennessee, it's just Houston, and once Houston got back and they came back, that was something special to me. That's where I'm from. That's where I believe in. That's where I started my career is in Houston so I hoped the best for them no matter who they took as the coaches and to see them get to where we are now is great, but we're not satisfied. Anyone who thinks this team is satisfied is wrong. I'm going to tell you that right now. We're not looking to just be in the playoffs, we're looking to win and that's what our goal is and that's what we're after this week. We're after to win. We said 1-0 all year and that's what we're going to go this week and then the next week and then the next week and the next week so that's where we are." (my emphasis, as I wish for you to run through a brick wall but not hurt yourself or anything).
Spoken like a man who appreciates his mortality.
Sometimes timing is everything. Whoever was going to be the first coach of this franchise was likely going to fail given the expansion terms and circumstance. Sometimes when you don't get what you want the first time, it ends up being for the best.
And with that, I wish to see some Christmas in January (February?). Here's an amazing display from a house in Sienna Plantation. This is full of awe:
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Is immutatble data always slower than mutable state? I was challenged in a discussion over at Reddit about this issue, and I decided to perform a little experiment to back up a rough estimate with some numbers. I was surprised and delighted to see that I could make my case very strong indeed by showing that no, immutable data can be twice as fast as mutable data in a modern functional language.
I concocted a trivial synthetic benchmark using simple records intended to emulate typical business entities:
module P0 = struct type person = { name: string; age: int; balance: float } end module P1 = struct type person = { name: string; mutable age: int; mutable balance: float } end let test0 = let module E = struct open P0 let rec test p iters = if iters == 0 then p.balance else test { p with balance = p.balance +. 1. } (iters - 1) end in E.test { P0.name="John Doe"; P0.age=19; P0.balance=100.} let test1 = let module E = struct open P1 let test p iters = for i = 1 to iters do p.balance <- p.balance +. 1. done end in E.test { P1.name="John Doe"; P1.age=19; P1.balance=100.}
The module
P0 encapsulates an immutable business record;
test0 is the attendant test that uses functional record updating and recursion in a classicaly pure idiom. The module
P1, on the other hand, with its corresponding test
test1 show the typical imperative use of a mutable record. The test and timing harness for both functions is simple enough:
let test times f iters = let best = ref infinity in for i = 1 to times do let t = Sys.time () in let _ = f iters in let t = Sys.time () -. t in if !best > t then best := t done; float iters /. !best let () = let iters = 1_000_000 in Printf.printf "Immutable record: %f updates/s\n" (test 5 test0 iters); Printf.printf "Mutable record: %f updates/s\n" (test 5 test1 iters)
I tested this code with the OCaml bytecode compiler on a 1.6/2.0 GHz Intel Atom computer with Windows XP, and compiled with both the bytecode and native compilers, without optimization, on a 2.2 GHz Core2 Duo MacBook Pro computer with Mac OS X 10.5.7. The results are as follows:
|Immutable (upd/s)
|Mutable (upd/s)
|Speedup (Δ%)
|1.6 GHz Atom/Win XP/Bytecode
|2.0 GHz Atom/Win XP/Bytecode
|2.2 GHz Core2 Duo/Mac OS/Bytecode
|2.2 GHz Core2 Duo/Mac OS/Native
The speedup afforded by imperative mutation in bytecode is modest, in all cases around 15%. On the other hand, the penalty incurred by mutation under the native compiler is more than double.
Of course, my correspondent was right in that the situation with current object-oriented languages is very different. I translated the benchmark straightforwardly into Java, and the result is what "common sense" would let us expect: Java is heavily oriented to mutation, or rather, it penalizes immutability quite heavily. I tried both client and server VMs, under the Windows environment detailed above:
|Immutable (upd/s)
|Mutable (upd/s)
|Speedup (×)
|1.6 GHz Atom/Win XP/Client
|1.6 GHz Atom/Win XP/Server
The difference is dramatic: mutation is between 4.7 and 8.5 times faster than functional update in Java, and even twice as fast than native OCaml code on a faster machine. Moral of the story: test your assumptions with experiments. The benchmark code is:
public final class MutTest { private static final class Person0 { public final String name; public final int age; public final double balance; public Person0(String name, int age, double balance) { this.name = name; this.age = age; this.balance = balance; } public Person0 deposit(double amount) { return new Person0(this.name, this.age, this.balance + amount); } } private static final class Person1 { public String name; public int age; public double balance; public Person1(String name, int age, double balance) { this.name = name; this.age = age; this.balance = balance; } public void deposit(double amount) { this.balance += amount; } } private interface Test { double test(int iters); } private static final Test TEST0 = new Test() { public double test(int iters) { Person0 person = new Person0("John Doe", 19, 100.0); for (int i = 0; i != iters; i++) { person = person.deposit(1.0); } return person.balance; } }; private static final Test TEST1 = new Test() { public double test(int iters) { Person1 person = new Person1("John Doe", 19, 100.0); for (int i = 0; i != iters; i++) { person.deposit(1.0); } return person.balance; } }; private static double test(int times, Test test, int iters) { long best = Long.MAX_VALUE; double balance; for (int i = 0; i != times; i++) { long now = System.currentTimeMillis(); balance = test.test(iters); now = System.currentTimeMillis() - now; if (best > now) best = now; } return (double) iters / ((double) best / 1000.0); } public static void main(String[] args) { final int iters = 10000000; System.out.printf("Immutable record: %f updates/s\n", test(5, TEST0, iters)); System.out.printf("Mutable record: %f updates/s\n", test(5, TEST1, iters)); } }


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Protesters confront NRA board member at gun meeting
The protests outside the NRA convention were were organized, civil and often spirited.
HOUSTON — Wearing a black hoodie on an unseasonably cold Houston morning and speaking in a loud, clear voice, a single protester read the names, ages and hometowns of the thousands of victims of gun violence in the United States since the Newtown tragedy.
"The NRA needs to hear about the consequences of their actions," explained Heather Ross, a 27-year-old from Austin, who read the names from her iPhone in front of a red, white and blue abstract sculpture.
By Saturday afternoon, Ross was joined by perhaps a hundred more protesters at a park across across from the National Rifle Association's annual meeting. They represented Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Texans for Smart Gun Regulation and an ad hoc group calling itself Occupy the NRA.
The protests were organized, civil and — when NRA board member Todd Rathner wandered across the street looking for a bank — often spirited.
"How many of your members supported universal background checks?" asked Aaron Black, an activist who flew in from New York to protest. He cited polls showing the number as high as 92%.
"I've told you three times today, I don't believe there's a 92% —" Rathner said.
"You have not told me three times," Black said.
"It's a bogus number," Rathner said. "If you explain to people that universal background checks require registration, that number would plummet."
"What endgame do you see?" asked Jeff Hunter of Houston. "Is the NRA going to form militias when the government comes to get your guns?"
"If there's no registration, we don't have to worry about it," Rathner said.
Black gave credit to Rathner for engaging the protesters. "This guy thinks he's representing gun owners? He's not representing gun owners. He's representing gun manufacturers."
He tried to confront Rathner with autopsy photos of 16-year-old Brishell Jeffries, one of three teenagers killed in a drive-by shooting in Washington, D.C., in 2010. "Gun violence is so sterilized, and dumbed down and Disneyfied, that no one cares. It didn't even faze this guy."
Rathner acknowledged a problem with violence in America, but said he doesn't blame the guns. Protesters, he said, have been misinformed by the media.
"I'm comfortable debating it, but I'm not going to change their minds, and they're not going to change mine," said Rathner, a gun lobbyist from Tuscon, Ariz., and self-described "Jewish redneck."
As the NRA announced that its rolls had reached a record 5 million members, the gun control groups said they, too, were growing. Michelle Green, a leader of the Houston chapter of Moms Demand Action, was collecting signatures on a petition to Texas congressmen and senators.
She said the chapter's membership is up 60% since conservative Senate Republicans — led by Texas's own Sen. Ted Cruz — blocked an attempt to expand background checks to cover gun shows and the Internet.
"We're ballooning since the background check bill failed," Green said. "Newtown is what did it for me. I think every mother knows where she was when that happened. It was like 9/11."


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Not only is it a perfect dish for formal events, but it dresses down as well. Halloween is on its way, and the girls and I have been planning to make some edible ghosts for a Halloween party the girls are attending. Mashed potatoes seemed like the obvious choice. Since I had some pommes duchesse mixture on hand, we decided to test our decorating skills today. I piped the pommes duchesse mixture into several cones. The girls added eyes by using mustard seeds and cumin seeds for the eyebrows. The result is ghoulishly delicious. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
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Server cabinets typically get no respect when folks try to improve the energy efficiency of their Data Centers. Why would they? Cabinets don't consume power. They don't even have moving parts. They're the second-string of Data Center physical infrastructure, used only so hardware, power strips and patch fields don't have to sit in a heap on the hosting area floor.
If you're treating the cabinets in your Data Center like nothing more than shelving units, though, you're overlooking a useful tool. Choosing the right server cabinet and being strategic about how components are installed within them can optimize airflow, reduce hot spots and even reduce power consumption as the Data Center's cooling system doesn't have to work as hard.
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The following editorial appeared in the Star Tribune (Minneapolis) on Tuesday:
The holiday season is a time to be grateful for what we have and to be compassionate toward those who are hurting. One in seven Americans relies on government assistance for food.
U.S. House Republicans not only want to cut that aid by $16 billion or more over 10 years, they continue to dodge a needed public debate over the nation's growing poverty problem and the role government should play in addressing it.
Government aid, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), accounts for 80 percent of the overall farm bill. Nearly 47 million people receive benefits from the program, which costs about $80 billion per year. Because of the nation's budget woes, cuts to the program were expected. The battle in Congress is over how much.
With bipartisan support, the Senate passed its farm bill in June, with $4 billion in cuts to SNAP over 10 years, or four times less than the House version. The House Agriculture Committee adopted its bipartisan version in July, but House Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to the floor for debate.
At the time, Boehner said he didn't have the votes to pass the bill, but members of both parties disputed that claim. In reality, the GOP's presidential campaign had already alienated a large swath of voters by deriding President Obama as the "food stamp president" and describing Americans as "givers or takers." Candidate Mitt Romney's "47 percent" gaffe and Rep. Paul Ryan's desire to turn food stamps into a state block-grant program also served to highlight the issue.
Boehner likely didn't want the GOP to be debating aid to the poor before the election any more than he does now that the party is dealing with the fallout from Romney's Nov. 6 defeat amid criticism that he ran an "elitist" campaign.
With the election season in full swing in September, GOP House leaders allowed the 2008 farm bill to expire, thrusting the nation's farmers, agribusinesses, conservationists and others into perilous economic uncertainty.
Boehner promised to deal with the bill during the lame-duck session, but the House only has a few days left to debate its version, adopt it and send it to a House-Senate conference committee to reconcile the two versions. Instead of that route, GOP leaders may try to wrap the legislation into a package dealing with the "fiscal cliff," which would also minimize public debate about the impact of the cuts to SNAP.
Obama has suggested $32 billion in agricultural cuts over 10 years. The House Agricultural Committee's version of the farm bill calls for $35 billion in cuts over that time period, while the Senate's would save $23 billion. The Senate could save more by cutting overly generous crop insurance payouts.
Congress could choose to extend the 2008 bill or take up the new proposals in January, when committee changes could cause further delays. That's not a good option.
Both the House and Senate versions have flaws beyond SNAP that should be debated openly. To dodge the public forum that Congress provides simply isn't acceptable.