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The White House will begin a campaign Monday to push for the confirmation of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Senate is expected to vote on Cordray's nomination Thursday, White House officials said in a conference call with reporters today.
"With the vote slated for this week — likely Thursday, I understand — we intend to aggressively take the case for Mr. Cordray's nomination directly to the American people," Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
He added that the White House will target seven states in particular: Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, Tennessee and Utah.
In these states, the White House intends to articulate "the consumer protections that would be put in place if Mr. Cordray is confirmed and the tangible consequences for families in those states if the Senator who is elected to represent them in Washington, D.C., sides with the financial industry and votes to block his nomination," Earnest said.
White House officials have scheduled a special briefing Monday for Washington-based print journalists from these states, and on Thursday television news stations from these states are expected to interview the president.
The White House National Economic Council released a report today underscoring the need to confirm a CFPB director in order to provide the oversight and reforms promised under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial industry reform law, which created the agency.
"Without a director, the CFPB does not have the capacity to provide full oversight and full supervision," National Economic Council Deputy Director Brian Deese said.
Members of the National Association of Attorneys General will also hold conference calls and participate in public events this week in favor of Cordray, a Democrat and former Ohio attorney general.
Last month more than three dozen state attorneys general, including eight Republicans, signed a letter calling for Cordray's confirmation.
Mayors and other elected officials from these states are also expected to speak out this week on behalf of Cordray.
Initially there was speculation that Cordray would receive a friendlier reception from the GOP than Elizabeth Warren did. A White House adviser who helped design the CFPB, Warren is popular among liberal advocacy groups and was thought to be President Barack Obama's first choice to run the CFPB. But moving on to Cordray has not swayed Republicans, for whom Warren was a lightning rod.
Republican opposition, led by Senate Banking ranking member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), has instead focused on efforts to change the CFPB before it removes its blockade on any nominee to run the agency.
One issue has been the GOP's unease with the authority given to the director under the reform law. Forty-four of the 47 Senate Republicans sent a letter to Obama earlier this year expressing their accountability concerns.
"One of our nation's founding principles is that the government should be accountable to the people," Shelby said at a Banking Committee hearing in September. "Yet, the majority structured the bureau to grant its director unprecedented authority over the lives of the American people without any effective checks."
Despite Republicans' concerns, the Banking Committee approved Cordray's nomination in October with all Republicans on the panel voting against him, including Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, one of the states included in the White House media blitz.
Obama is scheduled to speak Tuesday in Osawatomie, Kan., where he will discuss themes connected with the push to confirm Cordray, according to Earnest.
"The argument in favor of confirming Mr. Cordray … dovetails nicely with the speech President Obama will deliver on Tuesday … [on] his vision for America where everyone engages in fair play, everyone does their fair share and everyone gets a fair shot," he said.
Obama and other White House officials this week will also continue to urge Congress to extend and expand the payroll tax cut that expires at the end of the year. Two versions, one to extend and another to expand the tax break, failed in the Senate last week.


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Are vacations actually good for your health? A new Huffington Post article reaffirms the health benefits of reducing stress levels by relaxing in a natural setting, and, according to manager of a popular Belizean spafeatured in the article as one of the top ten best in the world, this enjoyable therapy is in reach of most US and Canadian households.
Bryony Fleming Bradley, who manages the Hilltop Spa at Belize's Chaa Creek eco resort, said that the March 16 2013 Huffington Post article confirms that the health benefits of a tranquil vacation are now well documented.
"It may seem obvious to those of us working in this field, but taking a break from the stresses of day to day life and getting back in touch with nature can have a very profound, positive effect on people's health, both mental and physical. We've seen amazing changes in people after just a few days, and our repeat guests report that the benefits can last for a long while after they return home.
"It was very satisfying that a source as well respected as the Huffington Post chose Chaa Creek as one of the world's most relaxing, and greenest, destinations in their article. For people in the Americas and Canada, this means that a beneficial holiday is nearby and affordable," she said.
Under the headline, "Eco-Resorts: The World's 10 Most Relaxing Destinations For Sustainable Tourism", the Huffington Post article points out that, "The health benefits of spending time in nature are well-documented, as are the stress-relieving benefits of taking a vacation. Travellers looking to really get away from it all, and help conserve some of the world's most pristine natural habitats, should consider de-stressing at a relaxing and secluded eco-resort".
The report then goes on to list what their journalists consider to be the top 10 of the world's most relaxing and environmentally responsible eco resorts, including destinations in Egypt, Greece, Australia, Thailand, Tanzania, and other far flung locations.
"Our close proximity to the US and the affordability of our all-inclusive Belize vacation packages are definitely big pluses and stress busters on their own," Ms Fleming said.
"With absolutely everything from all transfers, accommodation, meals, a huge range of activities and even staff gratuities included in one set price, much of the worry and stress is taken out of the holiday," she said.
The Huffington Post article also chose the top ten eco resorts based on their environmental sustainability, saying, "And it's a vacation you can feel good about… all (ten resorts) are committed to preserving the surrounding land, benefiting native communities and employing local staff."
Ms Fleming Bradley said she agrees. "It's important to feel good about the place you're staying at, knowing that you're actually contributing to the local environment and community. Guests appreciate the number of Green and environmental best practice awards we've won over the years, and the fact that under our Chaa Creek Cares program, 10% of all room revenue goes directly into environmental and social programs," she said.
"It's great to see the health benefits of looking after yourself and the environment are not only well documented, but also being reported in a major news source. Now there's even more reason to take some time out and reconnect with nature," Ms Fleming Bradley said.

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Tired of carrying your Android phone charger or backup battery to ensure a full day's worth of use? Fortunately, Android has some of the best tools to find out what's killing your battery. Once you've identified the culprits, chances are you can extend your phone's battery life by changing some settings and taking a couple of steps to conserve battery power. Read on to find out how to max out your battery life.
Before we start, a note: All of the information below is accurate for Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). If you're running an earlier or later version of Android, you may find the location of options screens and the type of available options to be slightly different. Users running a version of Android that's been modified by the manufacturer (Samsung, LG and HTC, among others) are likely to have a slightly different experience. If you have trouble finding a setting mentioned below, please consult your manufacturer's documentation.
What's killing my battery?
Want to know what's draining your battery? Android makes it easy: Head to Settings > Battery to pull up a list of exactly which apps have used up your battery power. The worst battery hogs are listed at the top — and if they're apps or features you can live without, it may be best to disable them.
What you need and what you don't
Even if you know what's draining your battery, it may not be immediately obvious what to do to fix it. Some things like phone talk time aren't easy to simply stop using — after all, you probably own a phone so you can make and take calls on the go. But there are other functions you can live without, and maximizing your battery life is about figuring out which ones.
Some manufacturers, like Samsung and HTC, make it easy by offering a low power mode you can run in or set to turn on when your battery reaches a certain percentage. These modes will automatically dim the screen, limit the processor's speed and turn off vibration feedback, among other things.
If your phone doesn't have a low power mode or you want to customize your setting, here are the features you can turn off (or tweak) without much impact on your day-to-day usage.
Lower your screen brightness
Chances are that screen brightness was somewhere near the top of your battery use list. You can make a few easy tweaks to reduce battery drain from screen brightness. Go to Settings > Display > Brightness, and dial down the brightness to the low end of your comfort zone.
Similarly, you can set the screen time-out to one minute or less of inactivity to minimize battery drain. Go to Settings > Display > Sleep, and set it to the lowest setting for the best energy savings. If the low-end setting at 15 seconds is too quick for you, 1 minute is a reasonable time-out.
If your device has an AMOLED screen (check with your manufacturer), you can enjoy big power savings just by using a black background for your home screen. That's because AMOLED screens use less power to display black. You may be surprised how much these small tweaks help.
Disable Bluetooth
If you don't use any Bluetooth accessories with your phone, it's an easy call to turn off Bluetooth entirely. But even if you do use Bluetooth devices, you probably don't use them all the time. To minimize battery drain, switch off Bluetooth when not in use under Settings > Bluetooth.
Turn off GPS
Though we love location services, which allow us to do things like navigate in unfamiliar areas, find nearby restaurants or check in to favorite places on Facebook or Foursquare, we don't always need them. In KitKat, go to Settings > Location, and change your location mode from high accuracy to battery savings to lower your battery drain. In this menu, you can also see applications and services using locations and gauge whether or not they really need it. If you aren't on KitKat yet, you may be able to turn GPS off entirely.
Turn off voice services
Your device may include voice services that drain your battery by always listening for a command. Turn off that feature by opening Google Settings (a separate app from Settings) and going to Search & Now > Voice, and then unchecking hotword detection, which prevents your phone from constantly waiting to hear if you say "OK Google" to search.
Turn off NFC
Your phone may or may not have NFC. If it does and you don't use NFC (which powers Android Beam and other wireless features), you don't need to leave it turned on. To disable NFC, go to Settings > More, and uncheck NFC.
Watch your Wi-Fi
If you're in an area without Wi-Fi, turn off Wi-Fi to prevent your Android device from using power by regularly checking for Wi-Fi networks. If you don't need data connection at all, turn on airplane mode, which also disables cellular data and Bluetooth. This is no good if you're waiting for an email, but it's a great way to save battery life if you're out of range of cellular service or are only doing offline tasks.
If you're in an area with Wi-Fi, using Wi-Fi will drain your battery less than pulling down data in cellular mode. So if you're going to be streaming video, syncing or downloading data, keep Wi-Fi running. Tweak your Wi-Fi settings under Settings > Wi-Fi. If you want to turn on airplane mode, go to Settings > More > Airplane mode.
Stop syncing everything
Your Android device helpfully tries to sync all your data with your Google account. While this is great for things like calendar and email, it can drain your battery and pump up data usage when it syncs things like photos. To make sure your phone isn't constantly backing up things you don't want or need to back up, go to Settings and then click your account listed under accounts. From there, click on your email address to see everything Google is syncing. Uncheck anything you'd rather not sync.
Manage your settings with widgets
To more easily wrangle some of these settings, add Android's power widget to your home screen. Go to Widgets, then select Power Control and drag it where you'd like it on your screen. This widget lets you tweak settings for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, location settings, syncing and screen brightness with a simple click rather than making you dig through settings menus.
Let an app manage your settings for you
Lots of apps in Google Play help you get the most out of your battery, but our favorite is Juice Defender. Juice Defender comes in three versions: free Juice Defender, $1.99 Juice Defender Plus and $4.99 Juice Defender Ultimate. The free version definitely gets the job done, automatically turning off big battery drainers when your screen goes to sleep. When you wake your phone up again, Juice Defender turns these things back on, so you get the best battery life possible without having to worry about switching things on and off.
If you want battery life management that's a bit less draconian, look into Agent, a handy app that does things like silencing your phone during meetings, remembering where you've parked and responding to text messages while you're driving. Agent also turns off features that you specify when your battery level gets to a certain percentage. If you like its extras, it's free to download.
Watch your apps carefully
Whether you have an Android smartphone or tablet, the experience is all about apps. Every app you have running uses at least a little power, so using these tips ensures your apps don't drain too much battery power.
Keep your apps up to date
The whole point of app updates is to make the apps better — and "better" often means bug fixes and improvements for issues that might have been causing your apps to use too much battery power. Updating your apps is easy. Just fire up the Google Play store and go to the My Apps section, which you'll probably find listed when you tap the Play Store button. Any apps in need of updates will be listed at the top. Click on the app, then hit Update, then Accept to load the newest app versions. Speed through multiple updates by clicking Update All.
To keep updates as simple as possible, when you're on an app's page (before you've clicked Update to update it), click the checkbox to allow automatic updating so that your Android device will automatically download and install future updates. Some updates could still require manual installation, so check My Apps regularly for updates.
Uninstall unused apps
Even if you aren't using an app, it could still be running in the background, doing whatever it's still supposed to do. If you've tried an app but don't plan to use it again, go ahead and uninstall it. To uninstall an app, go to Settings > Apps, and tap on the app you want to uninstall. In the App info page that comes up, tap on Uninstall in the upper right.
Pay for the apps you use
Research has shown that ad-supported free apps can drain your battery much faster than paid apps. That's because they're running your processor and using your data connection to download and display new advertisements. For apps you love, it's definitely worth it to shell out a few dollars for the full version.
Don't run more apps than you need
The ability to run more than one app at a time (multi-tasking) is great — except for what it can do to your battery life. Check out what's eating your battery (Settings > Battery) and what's gobbling up data (Settings > Data usage). If there's anything here using a lot of resources, consider whether you really need it to be running.
Close running apps by hitting the recent apps button at the bottom of your home screen, which will bring up a list of currently running apps. Swipe to close the application. (If you're running modified versions of Android by HTC, Samsung or other manufacturers, these processes may be different.)
You might find that some apps seem persistent, always wanting to run. For these apps, check to see if there's a setting inside the app that causes it to open automatically or to check regularly for data or status updates. You may be able to tell it not to run all the time or configure how often it checks for updates, reducing your battery drain. If you're still having trouble, it may just be a flaw in the app itself; if you're having battery problems, you may need to consider whether you need the app at all.
Consider a task manager app
Task managers (sometimes called task killers), which help shut down battery-draining apps on your Android device, have very mixed reviews. Some (like the 50 million people who have downloaded Advanced Task Killer) would say they're essential tools for keeping your Android device running smoothly; others would argue that they're needless on Android devices.
There is one app in this category, however, that we really like: Watchdog (free or $3.49 without ads). Watchdog is great because it gives you the information you need to decide when an app is misbehaving without terminating apps left and right. Watchdog tells you how much of your Android device's memory and processor power an app is using and alerts you if any seem to be gobbling more than their fair share of resources. When you know that, you can kill the app, check for updates, tweak its settings or just uninstall it.
More battery life tips
If you're still not getting the battery life you want, here are a few other things to try:
- Turn off any live or animated wallpapers. Go to Display > Wallpaper and selecting a non-live background.
- Use fewer widgets. Loading your home screen with widgets (all of which run in the background all the time) could be bogging everything down. While widgets are a great feature of Android, don't use more than you need, and cut back if you need the battery life more than the widgets. To remove a widget, just press and hold until a trash can or X icon shows up on the screen; drag the widget to it, and it's gone.
- Control your syncing. Configure email, Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds and other services that your smartphone checks automatically to check less frequently or only when you ask. You'll find settings for these in a settings menu within the app itself. (Check the app's help documentation for details on exactly where.)
- Turn off vibrations. A vibrating ringtone can really cut into your battery life. Turn it off under Settings > Sound.
What's using my data?
One of the biggest battery drain culprits is applications that download data over cellular or Wi-Fi. Knowing what's using data and shutting it down can be important when you need to conserve battery power.
Fortunately, Android 4.0 and higher has a built-in tool to tell you exactly which apps are downloading exactly how much data. Just go to Settings > Data usage to see what each of your apps is doing (and whether they're doing it when you're using the app or in the background).
When you're trying to save battery life, we recommend avoiding data guzzling apps that stream media (like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora and Spotify), teleconference or videoconference (like Skype, Google+ Hangouts and Google Voice), download or upload photos (like Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and Tumblr), help with navigation (like Google Maps) or download data (like Google Play, Google Drive and Dropbox).
Here's how to check on the amount of data you're using:
- AT&T: AT&T should text you data usage alerts when you reach 65% and 90% of your data plan. If you want more details, the myAT&T app will let you see all of your AT&T account information in one place. Alternatively, dial *3282# to receive a text message indicating your current data usage.
- Verizon: Verizon will send you an alert when you reach 50%, 75%, 90% and 100% of your data allowance. If you want more details, download the My Verizon Mobile app to view all your Verizon account information. You can also dial #3282 to receive a text from Verizon listing your current data usage.
- Sprint: Sprint will send you an email or text alert when you reach 75%, 90% and 100% of your data allowance. Though Sprint doesn't have an app, you can log on to the Sprint website for account information. If you aren't keen on that, you can also text "usage" to 1311 to receive a text message listing your voice, text and data usage.
- T-Mobile: T-Mobile will send you usage alerts that can be configured on My T-Mobile on the web. (Once you've logged on, go to Go to Manage, Your Profile page and then the Account Usage Alerts.) Download the T-Mobile My Account app to check your account info from your phone, or dial #932# to get a text message with usage information.
We hope this information has been helpful in increasing your Android device battery life. If you use any great battery-saving tips we may have missed, let us know in the comments.
This article was written by Elizabeth Harper and originally appeared on Techlicious.
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Remember Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup finals? Chicago led 3-2 and was headed to Philly and handicappers and fans alike flocked to Odds Shark to ask the critical question: when was the last time Chicago won in Philadelphia? The answer was 1996 when Jeff Hackett defeated Garth Snow 3-1. In all, the Blackhawks lost 10 straight there, but we all remember the Pat Kane OT goal and the Chicago celebration. The biggest and best NHL database and hockey odds archive is right here, free at your disposal. With preset NHL searches below, you can tailor the questions and customize the stats you get back from the database. Use the results for your office pools or NHL wagers or just to show off your vast hockey knowledge around the water cooler. Search the NHL database and get the data you want today!


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Here is a selection of some recent Shadertoy demos ported to GLSL Hacker. All demos are available in GLSL Hacker code sample pack in the GLSL_ShaderToy/ folder. Launch GLSL Hacker and load any XML demo (or drag n drop under Windows). Now you're ready to hack all those fantastic shaders with live coding.
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You can benchmark each demo with GLSL Hacker by using some command line options (available on Windows, Linux and OS X):
GLSLHacker.exe /demofile="GLSL_ShaderToy/regular_4d_polytopes.xml" /benchmark_duration_ms=10000
/benchmark_log_score /benchmark_display_score_box
The demofile param accepts a relative or absolute file path. At the end of the benchmark, the score is stored in a CSV file (if /benchmark_log_score is specified) and the following box is displayed (if /benchmark_display_score_box is present):


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Little green pigs across the nation are cowering in fear now that Angry Birds has finally come to Windows Phone 7.
It's certainly been a long journey, as All Things D points out: the first we heard of the popular mobile game hitting Windows Phone 7 was before Windows Phone 7 even launched, way back in October 2010. A few days before the official launch of WP7, Microsoft released a promotional image that suggested Angry Birds would be included in the launch lineup of apps.
The only problem, of course, was that Rovio hadn't yet committed to making a WP7 version of Angry Birds. Microsoft was just trying to capitalize on the physics game's popularity in an attempt to draw people to the platform. Rovio totally called them out. But Rovio wasn't mad; the company just wanted to set the record straight.
Microsoft and Rovio later made up, and Microsoft hinted at a 2011 release of Angry Birds on WP7. The game was initially set to ship in May, and then pushed back to June 29. And on Tuesday night, users could download the addictive game on their Windows Phone 7 phones from their local Zune store.
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Edinson Rincon made it on the Prospect Hot Sheet for Baseball America this week:
Rincon has lived up to his scouting reports this year. He's got a good body and a good feel for hitting—just don't expect to see him stick at third base over the long term. Rincon isn't a particularly fluid defender, not with a slow first step. His .828 fielding percentage (20 errors in 43 games) ranks among the worst in the league. But at the plate, he has an advanced batting eye with the bat speed to catch up to good fastballs. The icing on the cake is that he already can recognize and hit breaking balls, something many teenagers can't master. A year ago, Rincon had only two extra-base hits in 65 at-bats in the Arizona League. This year he has seven home runs and 27 extra-base hits in 227 at-bats for Eugene.
Mike (Vista, CA): I hear that Edinson Rincon has a good arm and range. The Padres say his defense will get better with more work. If he can not play 3b where will he play?
Conor Glassey: Yeah, Rincon is an interesting guy and his bat and approach are getting some very solid reviews from managers in the Northwest League (I'm doing the NWL Top 20). The reviews I've gotten on his defense are actually that he doesn't have good range or footwork. He's young, so he'll get every chance to learn and iron out the kinks over there, but he may have to move to a corner outfield spot or first base.
Kent (San Diego): Why hasn't Dexter Carter been able to put together the kind of numbers he did in the Sally League, in your estimation?
Conor Glassey: Probably just some bad luck. I wouldn't get too concerned about five starts.
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What about Martinez at A + ball in LE, around 300 a catcher, unlike Camham does he have the defense. Anyone have a scouting report on him?
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What about Martinez at A + ball in LE, around 300 a catcher, unlike Camham does he have the defense. Anyone have a scouting report on him?
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Originally posted by golgo 13 View PostA 5'10 210 pounds that is not athletic player. He is 22 playing against 18 and 19 year old league. He is stuck at firstbase and Herny think he is top of his class. No he is not Henry.
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3rd rounder Gerald Sullivan P.. had a nice start at Eugene.. 4IP 1 H 4 BB's 8 SO (overall ERA at 3.86).. the 4 BB's a concern.. but good ratio with the 8 SO's....
Bass made another start at LE after being promoted from Fort Wayne... 5IP 5 H 1 ER 2SO 0 BB's to improve to 2-0 2.96 ERA in the Cali league... for the yr he is a combined 11-3 2.36.
Good to see Ramos make it back to AAA Portland.. Solid outing except for the 3 HR's... 5IP only 4Hits allowed (3 solo HR's), 3ER 2 BB 6 SO's his AAA ERA sits at 3.72 for the year --excellent for the PCL.
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Williams 2 for 5 with a double and 3 RBI's.. hitting a cool .389
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Jake Peavy was pulled from his rehab start Saturday with a "recurrence of tightness" in his right elbow.
Peavy lasted just 3 1/3 innings and 64 pitches, giving up two runs. He had hoped to go at least six frames and wanted to eclipse, or come close to eclipsing, the 100-pitch mark. He'll probably require at least a week of rest and one or two more rehab outings.
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I know it is the AZL and what not but Cameron Morgan has 29 stolen bases in 52 games just turned 21
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Hey, I know Brandon Gomes is a little guy who just turned 25, but...95 K's in 69 innings at SA?
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When it comes to language popularity, C takes the top spot, based on an assessment that looks at search engines. But another survey, examining code repositories in GitHub, has JavaScript in the lead.
Language popularity as gauged by Tiobe's monthly index measuring searches has seen little change during the year. The top eight spots this month were held down by C, Java, Objective-C, C++, C#, PHP, Visual Basic, and Python -- the same rankings as in December 2012. Tiobe bases its rankings on how often languages are searched on in Google, Yahoo, and even Wikipedia; the number of skilled engineers, courses, and third-party vendors pertinent to each language is taken into account.
HubReports, though, has JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Python, and PHP as its top five languages, based on a review of code repositories in GitHub. In this appraisal, C comes in sixth. "It's all collected from the GitHub API on a daily basis, within an hour window," HubReports spokesman David Boyer said. "The statistics are based on counts returned by specially set searches and the list of languages are defined by the language detection system that GitHub built called linguist. The idea is straightforward enough, but it did take a lot of effort to put together."
Tiobe's top four biggest gainers for the year have been Transact-SQL (up 1.30 percentage points), Visual Basic (0.80 percent), JavaScript (0.53 percent), and F# (0.41 percent). The Tiobe Index has seen some variation throughout the year; Java took the top spot in August, for instance, only to relinquish it a month later. PHP jumped to the fifth spot in July, but is now ranked sixth again.
This article, "C vs. JavaScript: Split decision on top programming language," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Get the first word on what the important tech news really means with the InfoWorld Tech Watch blog. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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New America Media Editor's Note: Tensions between Muslim Uighurs and majority Han Chinese escalated July 5 when a peaceful protest over the deaths of two Uighur workers in Southern China turned into riots, leaving at least 156 dead and more than 1,000 injured. China expert Dru C. Gladney, Ph.D., says the riots reflect longtime ethnic tensions caused by unequal resource distribution and employment. Gladney is president of the Pacific Basin Institute and professor of anthropology at Pomona College. His most recent book is "Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects†(2004). He was interviewed by NAM reporter Vivian Po.
What was your first reaction when you learned about the riots in Xin Jiang?
I think it is quite remarkable. Mostly, incidents have taken place in the south of the province, so this is quite extraordinary to have such a high number of people involved in this many casualties, in the downtown district of Urumqi. This place has really a small Uighur population, about 11 to12 percent of the entire city population. Urumqi has never been a Uighur city. It is just one small district. I understand there is a sympathy riot in support of them in Kashgar, so it is interesting to see whether it will spread to the rest of the region.
What really caused the riot?
Clearly, there is a lot of tension underneath the surface. Though a lot of people make references to the uprising in Tibet, I think a better analogy is what happened in the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. There was a terrible beating of Rodney King, but there were so many other tensions in the city, racial tensions that were ignited by this incident. I think the Tibetan situation is different. It was much more internationally focused, monks were involved, and religion was a factor.
Is religion playing a part in this riot?
It is not. In the past, the problems of the region have been attributed to Islam and to complaints about religious freedom, independence, separatism and even jihad. But none of them seems to be an issue here. There are many complaints from the Uighurs about wanting more roles in government, and more freedom to practice religion, but that is not what prompted this riot.
The Uighurs organized the protest as a response to a fight that took place at a factory in Guangdong, after a Han Chinese man who used to work there accused Uighur men of raping two Han Chinese girls. How did relations between the Han and the Uighurs in China's labor market contribute to this riot?
Labor is a very important issue in this whole situation. I wouldn't be surprised if the Han Chinese man who accused the Uighurs of rape did it because he was angry over losing his job. Uighurs from Xin Jiang had jobs but he couldn't get a job, so he made these allegations about rape that are totally unsubstantiated.
And Uighurs in Xin Jiang have complained that they get squeezed from both ends of the labor market, as both the skilled jobs go to the Han and then the unskilled and low-wage jobs go to the Han migrants, so Uighurs are really stuck in the middle. And when they go outside of the region to look for work, they are discriminated against and are not protected by the government. That was what a lot of the protests in Urumqi were about.
What is the Chinese government's approach to ethnic minorities in China?
The policy and constitution in China are extremely enlightened and have some very positive policies for minorities, but the reality is that there is discontent. It is clear that these people have some legitimate concerns. You do not get that many people out on the streets if they are satisfied with their situations. So there are real problems.
How did technology play a role in the riot?
The role of the Internet in fostering Uighur national consciousness is very important. Now, Twitter and cell phones, YouTube and Youku, all this technology has made the region much more accessible. In the past, the region was very cut off and in some ways less accessible than Tibet because Tibet was a place people were interested in and people knew the history. Uighurs have always been isolated, and nobody really knew or cared about them. Now through technology, international organizations of exiled Uighur groups, as well as the media attention that the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo Bay have gotten, it has become a global issue.
The Chinese government claims political activist Rebiya Kadeer masterminded the riots. What do you think?
I think it is true that several international organizations, not just Rebiya's, were engaged in this issue, but to suggest that any one of them has masterminded the event in Xin Jiang is very difficult to prove. I think the Chinese government is taking a cue from the Iranian situation, where they blamed the Americans for inciting people to go into the streets.
How would you compare the ethnic conflicts in China and those in the United States?
The Rodney King riots were an example of these extraordinary racial tensions. Hopefully we won't have to wait for a Uighur to become president or premier of China before racial tensions improve. They run very deep. We also have the issue of the indigenous people here, like the Native Americans and their concerns, and many have similar problems such as joblessness and high mobility.
Is there any solution to the ethnic conflicts?
Uighurs are demanding a greater voice in their own affairs and greater representation. There are Uighurs in the government but they are handpicked by the party, so their real concerns aren't being addressed. There are some policy issues the government could address, such as limiting Han migration, ensuring that Uighurs are given equal opportunities or even greater compensation for the mineral wealth that is extracted from their province. Residents of Xin Jiang should get some special privileges. Also, the Chinese have the "hukou†(household) residential privilege system where residents get certain benefits, such as education, and Uighurs do not feel they are getting those benefits in their autonomous region.
What do you think about the way China's state-sanctioned media has approached covering the riots?
I find it quite striking that they immediately reported the uprising in the region. I think they've recognized the fact that they can't keep a lid on the news anymore because of cell phones and easy access to media outlets. But you also see their bias. It is really extraordinary that the level of animosity between the Uighur and the Han population exhibits itself so clearly, so you can actually see Uighur men kicking a Han Chinese girl on TV. I am concerned that the reason this was shown on Chinese television, as opposed to a policeman beating protesters, was deliberate and can be very counterproductive.


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Scientists are a famously anonymous lot, but few can match in the depths of her perverse and unmerited obscurity the 20th-century mathematical genius Amalie Noether.
Albert Einstein called her the most "significant" and "creative" female mathematician of all time, and others of her contemporaries were inclined to drop the modification by sex. She invented a theorem that united with magisterial concision two conceptual pillars of physics: symmetry in nature and the universal laws of conservation. Some consider Noether's theorem, as it is now called, as important as Einstein's theory of relativity; it undergirds much of today's vanguard research in physics, including the hunt for the almighty Higgs boson. Yet Noether herself remains utterly unknown, not only to the general public, but to many members of the scientific community as well.
When Dave Goldberg, a physicist at Drexel University who has written about her work, recently took a little "Noether poll" of several dozen colleagues, students and online followers, he was taken aback by the results. "Surprisingly few could say exactly who she was or why she was important," he said. "A few others knew her name but couldn't recall what she'd done, and the majority had never heard of her."
Noether (pronounced NER-ter) was born in Erlangen, Germany, 130 years ago this month. So it's a fine time to counter the chronic neglect and celebrate the life and work of a brilliant theorist whose unshakable number love and irrationally robust sense of humor helped her overcome severe handicaps — first, being female in Germany at a time when most German universities didn't accept female students or hire female professors, and then being a Jewish pacifist in the midst of the Nazis' rise to power.
Through it all, Noether was a highly prolific mathematician, publishing groundbreaking papers, sometimes under a man's name, in rarefied fields of abstract algebra and ring theory. And when she applied her equations to the universe around her, she discovered some of its basic rules, like how time and energy are related, and why it is, as the physicist Lee Smolin of the Perimeter Institute put it, "that riding a bicycle is safe."
Ransom Stephens, a physicist and novelist who has lectured widely on Noether, said, "You can make a strong case that her theorem is the backbone on which all of modern physics is built."
Noether came from a mathematical family. Her father was a distinguished math professor at the universities of Heidelberg and Erlangen, and her brother Fritz won some renown as an applied mathematician. Emmy, as she was known throughout her life, started out studying English, French and piano — subjects more socially acceptable for a girl — but her interests soon turned to math. Barred from matriculating formally at the University of Erlangen, Emmy simply audited all the courses, and she ended up doing so well on her final exams that she was granted the equivalent of a bachelor's degree.
She went on to graduate school at the University of Göttingen, where she earned her doctorate summa cum laude and met many of the leading mathematicians of the day, including David Hilbert and Felix Klein, who did for the bottle what August Ferdinand Möbius had done for the strip. Noether's brilliance was obvious to all who worked with her, and her male mentors repeatedly took up her cause, seeking to find her a teaching position — better still, one that paid.
"I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her," Hilbert said indignantly to the administration at Göttingen, where he sought to have Noether appointed as the equivalent of an associate professor. "After all, we are a university, not a bathhouse." Hilbert failed to make his case, so instead brought her on staff as a more or less permanent "guest lecturer"; and Noether, fittingly enough, later took up swimming at a men-only pool.
At Göttingen, she pursued her passion for mathematical invariance, the study of numbers that can be manipulated in various ways and still remain constant. In the relationship between a star and its planet, for example, the shape and radius of the planetary orbit may change, but the gravitational attraction conjoining one to the other remains the same — and there's your invariance.
In 1915 Einstein published his general theory of relativity. The Göttingen math department fell "head over ear" with it, in the words of one observer, and Noether began applying her invariance work to some of the complexities of the theory. That exercise eventually inspired her to formulate what is now called Noether's theorem, an expression of the deep tie between the underlying geometry of the universe and the behavior of the mass and energy that call the universe home.
What the revolutionary theorem says, in cartoon essence, is the following: Wherever you find some sort of symmetry in nature, some predictability or homogeneity of parts, you'll find lurking in the background a corresponding conservation — of momentum, electric charge, energy or the like. If a bicycle wheel is radially symmetric, if you can spin it on its axis and it still looks the same in all directions, well, then, that symmetric translation must yield a corresponding conservation. By applying the principles and calculations embodied in Noether's theorem, you'll see it's angular momentum, the Newtonian impulse that keeps bicyclists upright and on the move.
Some of the relationships to pop out of the theorem are startling, the most profound one linking time and energy. Noether's theorem shows that a symmetry of time — like the fact that whether you throw a ball in the air tomorrow or make the same toss next week will have no effect on the ball's trajectory — is directly related to the conservation of energy, our old homily that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but merely changes form.
The connections that Noether forged are "critical" to modern physics, said Lisa Randall, a professor of theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard. "Energy, momentum and other quantities we take for granted gain meaning and even greater value when we understand how these quantities follow from symmetry in time and space."
Dr. Randall, the author of the newly published "Knocking on Heaven's Door," recalled the moment in college when she happened to learn that the author of Noether's theorem was a she. "It was striking and even exciting and inspirational," Dr. Randall said, admitting, "I was surprised by my reaction."
For her part, Noether left little record of how she felt about the difficulties she faced as a woman, or of her personal and emotional life generally. She never married, and if she had love affairs she didn't trumpet them. After meeting the young Czech math star Olga Taussky in 1930, Noether told friends how happy she was that women were finally gaining acceptance in the field, but she herself had so few female students that her many devoted pupils were known around town as Noether's boys.
Noether lived for math and cared nothing for housework or possessions, and if her long, unruly hair began falling from its pins as she talked excitedly about math, she let it fall. She laughed often and in photos is always smiling.
When a couple of students started showing up to class wearing Hitler's brownshirts, she laughed at that, too. But not for long. Noether was one of the first Jewish scientists to be fired from her post and forced to flee Germany. In 1933, with the help of Einstein, she was given a job at Bryn Mawr College, where she said she felt deeply appreciated as she never had been in Germany.
That didn't last long, either. Only 18 months after her arrival in the United States, at the age of 53, Noether was operated on for an ovarian cyst, and died within days.


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Innovative free app sends personalized information directly to students' mobile devices
DEERFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2013. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) today launched the first free smartphone app specifically designed to help Illinois students plan, prepare and pay for college. The B4College app sends personalized notices directly to students who download and install the app on their mobile device.
"Just as technology is invaluable in the classroom, students are turning more and more to mobile devices for their social and information gathering activities," said Eric Zarnikow, ISAC Executive Director. "B4College provides individual students with highly personalized content on topics they self-select as part of their college preparation process."
Developed in-house by ISAC's College Access and Outreach, IT and Research, Planning and Policy Analysis teams, B4College automatically delivers relevant, timely and personalized alerts to college-bound students. Currently the application sends two types of user-selectable alerts: FAFSA completion reminders and alerts about local ISACorps and other agency outreach events.
Mr. Zarnikow noted that several factors made development of a smartphone app possible. "B4College leverages ISAC's unique data handling capability and custom data sets to generate notices to individual students based on their location and FAFSA filing status."
"B4College allows ISAC to share some of its institutional knowledge accumulated over 50 years of helping to make college accessible and affordable for Illinois students," Mr. Zarnikow added. We want to put that experience to work in a way that makes sense for today's students and today's technology"
Mr. Zarnikow added that the B4College app will continue to be enhanced, expanding the number of services available to today's always connected students.
Currently available for Android smartphones at Google Play, an iPhone version will launch in early summer. A Facebook account is required to use the app. Additional information, including an introductory video and link to Google Play, is available at ISAC's website, www.isac.org.
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The task interface to the controller presents the engines as a fault tolerant, dynamic load-balanced system or workers. Unlike the multiengine interface, in the task interface, the user have no direct access to individual engines. In some ways, this interface is simpler, but in other ways it is more powerful.
Best of all the user can use both of these interfaces running at the same time to take advantage or both of their strengths. When the user can break up the user's work into segments that do not depend on previous execution, the task interface is ideal. But it also has more power and flexibility, allowing the user to guide the distribution of jobs, without having to assign tasks to engines explicitly.
To follow along with this tutorial, you will need to start the IPython controller and four IPython engines. The simplest way of doing this is to use the ipcluster command:
$ ipcluster -n 4
For more detailed information about starting the controller and engines, see our introduction to using IPython for parallel computing.
The first step is to import the IPython IPython.kernel.client module and then create a TaskClient instance:
In [1]: from IPython.kernel import client In [2]: tc = client.TaskClient()
This form assumes that the ipcontroller-tc.furl is in the ~./ipython/security directory on the client's host. If not, the location of the .furl file must be given as an argument to the constructor:
In[2]: mec = client.TaskClient('/path/to/my/ipcontroller-tc.furl')
In many cases, you simply want to apply a Python function to a sequence of objects, but in parallel. Like the multiengine interface, the task interface provides two simple ways of accomplishing this: a parallel version of map() and @parallel function decorator. However, the verions in the task interface have one important difference: they are dynamically load balanced. Thus, if the execution time per item varies significantly, you should use the versions in the task interface.
The parallel map() in the task interface is similar to that in the multiengine interface:
In [63]: serial_result = map(lambda x:x**10, range(32)) In [64]: parallel_result = tc.map(lambda x:x**10, range(32)) In [65]: serial_result==parallel_result Out[65]: True
Parallel functions are just like normal function, but they can be called on sequences and in parallel. The multiengine interface provides a decorator that turns any Python function into a parallel function:
In [10]: @tc.parallel() ....: def f(x): ....: return 10.0*x**4 ....: In [11]: f(range(32)) # this is done in parallel Out[11]: [0.0,10.0,160.0,...]
The TaskClient has many more powerful features that allow quite a bit of flexibility in how tasks are defined and run. The next places to look are in the following classes:
The following is an overview of how to use these classes together:
We are in the process of developing more detailed information about the task interface. For now, the docstrings of the TaskClient, StringTask and MapTask classes should be consulted.


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Fending off damaging climate change is like a timed game of chess humanity can't afford to lose. Our odds of avoiding checkmate improve significantly if we keep cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under 350 gigatons between now and 2050. The problem is that if nothing changes, we will already deplete this CO2 "budget"—based on the Paris Agreement—by 2030.
A strategy known as "net zero," which many companies, institutions, and governments are considering, buys the world time to transition to low-carbon technologies and for behavioral changes to take hold. The basic concept behind net zero is simple: reduce emissions aggressively and balance out the remaining CO2 with removals.
But there is a catch. The nature-based forms of removals available today cannot be relied on to keep CO2 permanently out of the atmosphere (forests could die, for example, leading to the release of once-stored CO2). They are in that sense temporary, so while important in slowing climate change, they can only serve as a stopgap.
The best course of action is a strategy of "true net zero" that combines highly aggressive emissions cuts with permanent removals. The challenge is that it requires nascent technologies, such as direct air capture, that are not yet available on a commercially relevant scale. Reaching a meaningful global capacity will take decades, and it will only be possible if we soon begin to grow the demand for permanent removals—rapidly.
Fortunately, a small set of companies is already uniquely positioned with the incentives and resources to commit to true net zero. For them, the benefits could significantly outweigh the costs, and their actions would have an outsized long-term climate impact. As early adopters of true net zero, these companies will lower the price of permanent removals and allow others to follow, thereby driving the scaling needed to help us stay within our carbon budget. (See "Getting Technical.")
In addition to their risk of being temporary, today's nature-based removal technologies face practical constraints, such as competition for land. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), devoting land to large-scale forestation, for instance, would lead to food prices in 2050 that are 80% higher than they would otherwise be.
Without mainstream technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere for good, humanity will face a dilemma: either eliminate emissions from fossil fuels completely, or rely on temporary removals for any emissions left over after significant reductions. The first option would cause severe economic and social disruption. Countless activities emit at least some CO2, and prohibiting all emissions would even preclude critical mitigation technologies, such as carbon capture and storage for power, steel, and cement production (which typically are incapable of eliminating emissions entirely). Meanwhile, the second option risks only delaying climate change—and shifting the burden of mitigation to future generations.
Since emitting CO2 from fossil fuels creates a permanent problem for the world, the only way to truly undo those emissions is with permanent removals. True net zero is how we escape the mitigation dilemma, but that critical option will only become available if early adopters emerge to take the lead.
The strategy of true net zero aspires beyond the two currently available CO2 mitigation strategies of "carbon offset" and "stopgap zero." (See the exhibit.) The carbon offset approach entails balancing emissions by incentivizing others not to emit. But the price of such carbon offsets is so low that it encourages some companies to buy their way out of the need to change behavior and cut emissions. Getting to a middle-ground stopgap zero is a more effective mitigation approach, though it is more expensive and relies heavily on nature for temporary removals.
When permanent removal technologies achieve scale, they will be priced around $200 per ton, and potentially less. Today they are more expensive. Companies choosing the true net zero approach will need to carefully weigh the high price of permanent removals against the cost of cutting emissions. Adopting this strategy will yield the best mitigation outcome, but it costs more than the other two approaches. In the near term, true net zero adds a high-end option for a small set of companies that have both the ability and untapped willingness to pay.
Prime candidates for this high-end option would have high margins and relatively low emissions intensity. Such companies include technology, professional services, and luxury goods firms, whose reliance on top talent and strong brands enhances the direct benefits their organizations can gain from climate leadership. By opting for this ambitious and expensive mitigation strategy, these companies can create an enhanced sense of purpose that comes from doing the right thing for the planet. True net zero provides early adopters—and society at large—the following key benefits:
The amount of money required in the short term to help scale these technologies is well within the collective reach of those potential early adopters that are able to step up their voluntary climate ambition before others can do the same. Fully scaling direct air capture technology, for example, will take decades, but we estimate that a $13 billion investment over the next ten years would suffice to launch the scaling process. Beyond their potential willingness to invest directly, early adopters of true net zero have a key role to play in generating the demand that will give others the confidence to invest themselves.
In most ways, the climate crisis plays out as a tragedy of the commons, where parties undermine a common good by acting in their narrow self-interests. But with true net zero, making the independent decision to be an early adopter—regardless of what other parties do—enables a company to create significant benefits for itself and the world. For companies where the benefits outweigh the economic cost, their self-interest is aligned with the common good, giving them the opportunity to lead. As permanent removals become cheaper, more and more businesses, institutions, and governments will be able to join them in committing to true net zero. The growing demand for permanent removals will drive continued scaling of those technologies, reinforcing efforts to permanently limit the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
The game is still climate chess, and the power pieces of climate change mitigation (the prevailing means of cutting emissions) will still dominate the board. In contrast, the commitment to true net zero at this moment is akin to moving a pawn early in the game. Any good chess player knows that you should not underestimate the importance of an early, seemingly small move. Playing this way will increase the leverage of the power pieces over the next 30 years and improve humanity's odds of avoiding climate checkmate. That is in everyone's interest, and a few pioneering companies can help make it happen.
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Spanish scholar; emigrated from Spain in the early part of the sixteenth century; died at Arta, or Narda, in Greece, after 1536. He went first to Turkey, and then settled at Patras in the Morea, remaining there until the fall of the city in 1532, when he lost almost his entire library. He then went to Arta, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Vital was the author of the following works: "Keter Torah" (Constantinople, 1536), the 613 commandments and prohibitions, and the seven regulations concerning Ḥanukkah, the Sabbath candle, Hallel, Megillah, ablutions, 'Erubin, and benedictions, including also the "Birkot ha-Nehenin" (the initial letters of the Ten Commandments are employed in this poem, an original feature of which is a complete drawing of a lung to illustrate the meaning); "Hilkot Bediḳah" (1570, 1682), rules for examinations concerning the eating of a slaughtered ox, with "Shir Ḥaruz be-Mishkal" (1687, 1712), a poetic composition on the same theme from a Maimonidean point of view (published with the responsa of Jacob Weil, Mantua, 1740); "Mihtam le-Dawid" (Venice, 1540), a versification of the thirteen articles of faith of Maimonides (one verse was published by Dukes in "Orient, Lit." xi. 272, note 6), printed with a poem entitled "Baḳḳashat ha-He'in," and consisting of a thousand words beginning with ה. He wrote also a poem on the divisions of the year (Zunz, "Ha-Palit," Berlin, 1850-51), and a number of piyyuṭim.
- Orient, Lit. vii. 198, 780;
- ix. 272;
- De Rossi-Hamberger, Hist. Wörterb.;
- Benjacob, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii. 70;
- idem, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 138, 252, 329, 575;
- Zunz, Z. G. p. 231;
- idem, Literaturgesch. pp. 533 et seq.


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TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / September 14, 2023 / Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. (OTCQB:IPCIF)(TSX:IPCI) ('Intellipharmaceutics' or the 'Company'), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of novel and generic controlled-release and targeted-release oral solid dosage drugs, reports, as required by TSX rules, that the five nominees, each of whom was an incumbent director of the Company, identified in the Management Information Circular dated August 1, 2023 (the 'Circular') were elected as directors of the Company at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company held today (the 'Meeting'). The voting results, as set out in the scrutineer's report for the Meeting, were as follows:
All other resolutions tabled for consideration at the Meeting, as set out in the Circular, were also approved by shareholders of the Company. See the Company's Report on Voting Results filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com for additional details.
About Intellipharmaceutics
Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of novel and generic controlled-release and targeted-release oral solid dosage drugs. The Company's patented Hypermatrix™ technology is a multidimensional controlled-release drug delivery platform that can be applied to a wide range of existing and new pharmaceuticals.
Intellipharmaceutics has developed several drug delivery systems based on this technology platform, with a pipeline of products (some of which have received FDA approval) in various stages of development. The Company has ANDA and NDA 505(b)(2) drug product candidates in its development pipeline. These include the Company's abuse-deterrent oxycodone hydrochloride extended release formulation ('Oxycodone ER') based on its proprietary nPODDDS™ novel Point Of Divergence Drug Delivery System (for which an NDA has been filed with the FDA), and Regabatin™ XR (pregabalin extended-release capsules).
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After seeing generally positive reactions to Big Sandwich Games' Hoard for PlayStation Network, I was eager to try out the just-released Steam version, which offers the action/strategy title for PC and Mac in one relatively affordable little package.
Honestly, they had my undivided attention at "you control a dragon."
Hoard (PC [reviewed], Mac, PSP, PS3)
Developer: Big Sandwich Games
Publisher: Big Sandwich Games
Released: April 4, 2011
Indeed, you play as a dragon, and a greedy one at that. In Hoard, your primary directive is to amass a stockpile of treasure. Naturally, this is done by burning buildings to the ground, and capturing princesses for the sweet, sweet ransom. It's okay, though — the playing field is presented as a tabletop board game, so you don't have to feel too guilty about being the biggest jerk in all the land.
Hoard controls like a dual-stick shooter for those on a gamepad; for keyboard, it's the typical scheme of WASD for movement and mouse for aiming/firing. Both methods work well, although I personally felt more comfortable using a wired Xbox 360 pad.
You fly around the map, pillaging what you can, and carrying back as much loot as possible. Expanding your hoard results in points which can be used to upgrade your character — defense, speed, attack, and how much gold you can carry at any one point in time. Upgrades come slower and slower as you progress, naturally, so actual strategic thinking is imperative. Imagine that!
Throw in temporary power-ups — like speed boost, ice breath, etc. — and you can begin to see that there are quite a few viable ways to achieve victory. Additionally, there's a crucial multiplier element to keep in mind; losing all of your health (which sends you back to your hoard, where you can regain health) or having a thief nab some of your gold resets your score multiplier.
Lastly, letting towns grow over time, rather than instantly setting fire to every structure like a misguided arsonist, is something to think about. Older towns eventually lead to more potential gold on the map. At the same time, this also means more pests (knights, thieves, etc.) to worry about.
Long(ish) story short, Hoard isn't a particularly complex game. That said, it doesn't need to be. It's got an arcade-y vibe, and since matches generally run for five to ten minutes, it's easy to suffer from one-more-round syndrome. There's just enough depth and choice offered to keep you coming back for more. Adding much more complexity would, in my mind, likely result in Hoard being overdesigned.
The mode I described above was Treasure. There are a few more. Princess Rush has you capturing X amount of princesses, HOARD is a survival mode where you're fighting off towers and other attackers for a lofty high score, and co-op involves players working toward a combined pile of gold.
These can be played online or offline (with AI bots) — the former is the better choice, but the bots aren't half bad either. They can be especially dickish in Princess Rush by nabbing your Princess at the last second, and that's a good thing. You kind of have to play dirty in Hoard to win. This is by and large a game made with multiplayer — multiplayer with friends, specifically — in mind.
Now, up until this point, I've been pretty positive. Here's where we get to the paragraphs I shouldn't have to write, but need to. My main complaint is that of polish; as in, can I get some, please? This port is suffering from a number of — what I hope to be — merely launch-week technical issues.
Specifically, random debug text (?) flickering on the screen occasionally and random crashes to the desktop. As far as possible problems with games go, that second one is quite serious. Based on the state of Big Sandwich Games' forums for Hoard, it seems these are known issues.
In this current state, I want to recommend Hoard. The concept is fairly original, intuitive, and fun, if simplistic. After a few hours, you'll have the go-to strategies down, and that can lead to eventual boredom before long. It's a good little distraction for the price, or at least, it should be. I may be fairly forgiving when it comes to issues that can be eventually fixed via patch, but the crashes alone are entirely too frustrating to deal with.
Check back a few weeks from now to see if Hoard has been patched. Add two points to my score if the crashing, text pop-up weirdness, and graphical issues some users are experiencing have been addressed. For now, buy at your own risk.


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I've been experimenting with some new (to me) "craft-y" techniques using paints and glues and such. Since I'm simply performing tests and I wanted an inexpensive way to acquire enough brushes for my purpose that didn't necessarily need to stick around (not that foam brushes are known for quality or longevity). I quickly solved this problem at my local Walmart with their large pack of 25 one-inch foam brushes, and really there isn't much to say beyond that description.
These brushes are a ¼" wooden dowel of the cheapest and lightest variety, with a poorly stamped "not for lacquer or shellac" "warning" on the side, that are attached by a plastic tongue to a sponge too delicate for kitchen work with a wedge on one end. Since the price is only a few dollars for two dozen, none of the materials here are of notable quality, but they do hold together long enough for one to get a few uses out of the things. I've found that after 3 glue applications (uses, not individual coats) and subsequent washes, these brushes begin to disintegrate, but this doesn't affect how they work for at least a few more washes (and paint is obviously a little less harsh on them than glue). Even with foam brushes not being the highest quality at the best of times (where would one even acquire "high-quality" foam brushes?), these do seem to break apart fairly quickly, though not more than I would expect for the price.
I don't see much of a reason to fuss about which foam brush set to pick up. The nature of foam is that they are inexpensive and allow for easy application of media in exchange for their own durability. This set is a cheap way to get a lot of brushes that will get the job done. If that's what you need, they're easy to find in most places.


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Amanda Hopkins is the first full-time female baseball scout in over 50 years
SEATTLE (AP) Nearly two years ago, Amanda Hopkins' phone rang. It was a call she dreamt of receiving, one that broke barriers and made her a part of baseball history.
Almost immediately, her competitiveness took over.
"She put a sign up on her bedroom door saying, `Stay out, we're opponents,"' recalled her father, Ron Hopkins, a special assistant to the general manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates. "In other words, my bedroom is off limits to you, there is info in here. I got a kick out of it."
The 24-year-old Hopkins is now about to complete her second year as an area scout for the Seattle Mariners. Her responsibility is the Four Corners area of the Southwest, taking her to destinations like Greeley, Colorado, and Hobbs, New Mexico, two of the more challenging places to get to from her base in the Phoenix area.
She is also the first full-time female baseball scout in more than 50 years, breaking through a barrier that required diligence on her end and willingness by the Mariners organization.
Yet, Hopkins does not view herself through that prism or want to be viewed as a trailblazer. She's a scout . That's it.
"I think if anything people are more shocked sometimes when I will go meet with a player in the office or something like that. Maybe they just know, hey the Mariners' scout is coming in to meet with you today and they walk in and they're like, `Oh.' That kind of thing," Hopkins said. "It's usually more of like a shocked look. But then they're more curious, they're like, `How'd you get into this?' And they kind of like want a brief rundown of how I got to where I am. All the players, all the coaches, are incredibly respectful to me."
While she is believed to be the first woman to work as a full-time baseball scout since Edith Houghton in the middle of the 20th century, Hopkins has been around baseball since she was a child.
She traveled with her father to games, regularly making trips to the Alaskan Summer League or the Cape Cod League in summers. She would run the radar gun and pass along the speeds to her dad when she was as young as 8. It was obvious early on she possessed the same critical eye as her dad.
"She learned at an early age the difference between a curveball and a slider. As she got older it just sort of grew on her," Ron said.
"I'd go out with my dad and they'd be like `Oh what do you want to do when you grow up?' And I'd tell them, `I want to be a baseball scout,"' Amanda said. "It's like this little girl telling them that and it's like, `Oh that's cute. She wants to be like her dad.' But really, I think it was kind of like she'll grow out of it. That's kind of what everyone thought."
Instead, her passion for the job only grew. She majored in psychology while playing softball at Central Washington University, yet that failed to satisfy her desire to be around baseball.
"The whole time I was in there I wanted to be a baseball scout," Hopkins said. "And I remember probably my freshman year, sophomore year, I was like I really don't want to do anything but that. So why am I trying to almost talk myself out of it and find a different path?"
Hopkins served as an intern in Seattle's baseball operations department in the summer of 2014, but worked mostly with amateur scouting. A year later, she was sponsored by the Mariners to attend scout school and about a month after returning she got the offer.
"I was a little nervous myself because I knew she was going to be breaking a little bit of a barrier and she was pretty young," said Tom McNamara, who hired Hopkins and is currently a special assistant to the general manager with the Mariners. "I went into Jerry (Dipoto's) office and I had a lump in my throat and I said, `This is what I want to do.' And he was all for it. He didn't even hesitate."
When she was hired in December 2015, Hopkins was reluctant to talk about her place in baseball history. She wanted more experience as a professional before talking about a career that was just getting started.
"She was down in Arizona in the beginning and I would check on her and finally she said, `Tom, I'm OK. You don't need to check on me every other day,"' McNamara recalled.
Hopkins was part of a panel earlier this week about women in baseball organized by the Mariners. She is starting to get comfortable with the history she has made. But she doesn't want that to be her entire story in baseball.
"I have so much to learn still. This is such a profession that takes so many years to fully understand and you're continually learning," Hopkins said. "My dad, 40 years into scouting, is still learning something every time he goes to the park. So I definitely think that I just want to be the best area scout I can be right now. But I love the scouting aspect of it. I really think that I want to stay in the scouting side of the game."


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BERLIN- Worcester Prep's girls' varsity basketball team outlasted a pesky Greenwood Mennonite team on Tuesday in a see-saw contest that ended with a 35-32 win for the Mallards.
Greenwood Mennonite jumped out to an early 6-2 lead in the first quarter before Worcester Prep center Melanie Leiner got warmed up and started getting her shots to fall. Led by three straight baskets by Leiner, the Mallards went on an 8-0 run to close out the first quarter, which ended with Worcester ahead, 10-6.
After a long jumper by Greenwood Mennonite cut the Worcester lead to 10-8 at the 6:42 mark in the second quarter, neither team scored for a long stretch in the period. Leiner got Worcester back on the board with a little runner in the paint at the 2:40 mark in the second and converted a lay-up on the next possession to extend the lead to 14-8 with the clock running down in the first half, but the Flames scored on a long three-pointer with 50 seconds remaining in the half to cut the lead to 14-11 at the intermission.
The Flames wasted no time in the third, scoring a quick basket to cut the lead to one point at 14-13 and then connected on another long three-pointer to go ahead 16-14 for their first lead since early in the first quarter. Leiner converted a lay-up to tie the game at 16-16 at the 4:20 mark in the third and Marie Enderle hit a jumper from the top of the key on the next possession to put the Mallards back in front at 18-16 a minute later.
Greenwood Mennonite scored on a fast break to tie the game at 18-18 before Worcester's Hillary Roughton converted a lay-up to put the Mallards back on top at 20-18 with just over two minutes remaining in the third. After the two teams exchanged free throws, Enderle stole the ball and converted the lay-up to put Worcester ahead 23-19, but the Flames had the quick answer and cut the lead to two again at 23-21 with 50 seconds left in the third.
However, Worcester's Jackie Wangel hit a long jumper at the buzzer to extend the lead to 25-21 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter opened with a long jumper by the Flames to cut the lead to 25-23 and Greenwood Mennonite hit another bomb less than a minute later to tie the game at 25-25 with a lot of time on the clock. The Flames were living and dying with the outside jumper throughout the contest, but it was working for them as they kept responding every time it appeared Worcester was pulling ahead.
Leiner converted a lay-up in traffic to put Worcester back on top at 27-25, but missed a free throw after she was fouled on the shot. Wangel then rattled home a long bank shot to put the Mallards on top 29-25 with around five minutes left in the game. Again, the Flames responded with a long three-pointer to cut the lead to one at 29-28.
Worcester's Meegan Smith hit a shot from the top of the key with just over three minutes left to put the Mallards on top, 31-28, but the Flames responded quickly with another basket to cut the lead to 31-30. Leiner made a quick lay-up to extend the lead to 33-30, but the Flames converted a pair of free throws to pull within one again at 33-32 with 47 seconds left.
After a Worcester timeout with 33 seconds left and the ball, the inbound pass went to Smith who raced to the basket and converted a lay-up to put the Mallards ahead, 35-32. With 16 seconds left, Greenwood Mennonite got several good looks from the perimeter, but the shots wouldn't fall and the Mallards escaped with the 35-32 win.


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Global Survey Finds One in Five Feel Discriminated Against Because of Their Diabetes
CHICAGO, June 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Key results from the global Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs 2 study (DAWN2TM) show that one in five people with diabetes feel discriminated against because of their condition, and support from the broader community is scarce. Results from the DAWN2 study were presented at the 73rd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). DAWN2 represents opinions from more than 15,000 people living, or caring for people, with diabetes in 17 countries across four continents.
Family members and health care professionals surveyed as part of DAWN2 report similar beliefs. According to the study, one in five family members also believes that their loved ones with diabetes face discrimination. Among the diabetes health care professionals participating in the survey, one out of three were concerned about discrimination and said there was a "major need" for improvement in the acceptance of people with diabetes as equal members in society. Furthermore, the DAWN2 study revealed that the experience of being discriminated against due to diabetes is associated with emotional distress.
"Evidence suggests that even with the best modern therapies and care, the experience of discrimination can influence self-management, quality of life as well as clinical outcomes for people with chronic illnesses. The DAWN2 study results highlight surprisingly high rates of perceived experienced discrimination and allow for an in-depth understanding now of the nature of this discrimination and the consequences it has for health and quality of life," said Professor Mark Peyrot, Principal Investigator and Chair of the International Publication Planning Committee (IPPC) overseeing DAWN2.
The DAWN2 study also found major variations between countries in perceived discrimination, ranging from 11-28 percent for people with diabetes1 and 10-40 percent for family members, suggesting that there are viable pathways for improvement and that countries can look to others for models to follow.
"Through DAWN2, people with diabetes and their families have been given a voice. In this day and age, no one should face discrimination because of diabetes and people with diabetes have the right to live full, active lives and have an equal role in society. We will use the results of DAWN2 to educate decision-makers to make changes that are desperately needed to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes," said Sir Michael Hirst, president of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
Additional DAWN2 study results released during ADA highlighted significant inadequacies across countries in relation to empowerment and education of people with diabetes, psychosocial support and quality diabetes care.2
Key results presented were (data were adjusted according to age and gender to reflect the general diabetes population in each country):
• People with diabetes had significant emotional distress related to their diabetes (mean 44.6 percent, ranging from 22 percent in the United States and 21 percent in the Netherlands to 65 percent in Algeria)
• 13.8 percent of people with diabetes had severely impaired emotional well-being and were at risk of depression (ranging from 8 percent in Mexico to 16.6 percent in the United States and 20 percent in Algeria)
• Over one-third (35.3 percent) of family members reported a significant burden on the family related to diabetes (ranging from 12-60 percent)
• 48.8 percent people with diabetes had attended diabetes education (ranging from 23 percent in India to 74 percent in the United States and 83 percent in Canada)
• 23.1 percent of family members had attended diabetes education (ranging from 12percent in The Russian Federation to 31 percent in the United States and 40 percent in Denmark)3
Three scientific articles were released on June 23, 2013, focusing on country variations in psychosocial indicators of diabetes care as assessed by people with diabetes, family members and health care professionals.
About DAWN2TM
DAWN2 is a global Novo Nordisk initiative conducted in collaboration with the IDF, the International Alliance of Patient Organizations (IAPO), the Steno Diabetes Center, and a range of other national, regional and global partners. The DAWN2TM results will be used internationally and nationally to facilitate dialogue among patient organizations, health care professionals and other key stakeholders to develop action plans for improvement of the lives of people with diabetes. Further information available at www.dawnstudy.com.


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HENCE, vain deluding Joys,
…………The brood of Folly without father bred!
How little you bested
…………Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys!
Dwell in some idle brain,
…………And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess,
As thick and numberless
…………As the gay motes that people the sun-beams,
Or likest hovering dreams,
…………The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train.
But, hail! thou Goddess sage and holy!
Hail, divinest Melancholy!
Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight,
And therefore to our weaker view
O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue;
Black, but such as in esteem
Prince Memnon's sister might beseem,
Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove
To set her beauty's praise above
The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended.
Yet thou art higher far descended:
Thee bright-haired Vesta long of yore
To solitary Saturn bore;
His daughter she; in Saturn's reign
Such mixture was not held a stain.
Oft in glimmering bowers and glades
He met her, and in secret shades
Of woody Ida's inmost grove,
Whilst yet there was no fear of Jove.
Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure,
Sober, steadfast, and demure,
All in a robe of darkest grain,
Flowing with majestic train,
And sable stole of cypress lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn.
Come; but keep thy wonted state,
With even step, and musing gait,
And looks commercing with the skies,
Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes:
There, held in holy passion still,
Forget thyself to marble, till
With a sad leaden downward cast
Thou fix them on the earth as fast.
And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet,
Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet,
And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's altar sing;
And add to these retired Leisure,
That in trim gardens takes his pleasure;
But, first and chiefest, with thee bring
Him that yon soars on golden wing,
Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne,
The Cherub Contemplation;
And the mute Silence hist along,
'Less Philomel will deign a song,
In her sweetest saddest plight,
Smoothing the rugged brow of Night,
While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke
Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly,
Most musical, most melancholy!
Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among
I woo, to hear thy even-song;
And, missing thee,I walk unseen
On the dry smooth-shaven green,
To behold the wandering moon,
Riding near her highest noon,
Like one that had been led astray
Through the heaven's wide pathless way,
And oft, as if her head she bowed,
Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Oft, on a plat of rising ground,
I hear the far-off curfew sound,
Over some wide-watered shore,
Swinging slow with sullen roar;
Or, if the air will not permit,
Some still removed place will fit,
Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom,
Far from all resort of mirth,
Save the cricket on the hearth,
Or the bellman's drowsy charm
To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Or let my lamp, at midnight hour,
Be seen in some high lonely tower,
Where I may oft outwatch the Bear,
With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere
The spirit of Plato, to unfold
What worlds or what vast regions hold
The immortal mind that hath forsook
Her mansion in this fleshly nook;
And of those demons that are found
In fire, air, flood, or underground,
Whose power hath a true consent
With planet or with element.
Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy
In sceptred pall come sweeping by,
Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line,
Or the tale of Troy divine,
Or what (though rare) of later age
Ennobled hath the buskined stage.
But, O sad Virgin! that thy power
Might raise Musaeus from his bower;
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing
Such notes as, warbled to the string,
Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek,
And made Hell grant what love did seek;
Or call up him that left half-told
The story of Cambuscan bold,
Of Camball, and of Algarsife,
And who had Canace to wife,
That owned the virtuous ring and glass,
And of the wondrous horse of brass
On which the Tartar king did ride;
And if aught else great bards beside
In sage and solemn tunes have sung,
Of turneys, and of trophies hung,
Of forests, and enchantments drear,
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Thus, Night, oft see me in thy pale career,
Till civil-suited Morn appear,
Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont
With the Attic boy to hunt,
But kerchieft in a comely cloud
While rocking winds are piping loud,
Or ushered with a shower still,
When the gust hath blown his fill,
Ending on the rustling leaves,
With minute-drops from off the eaves.
And, when the sun begins to fling
His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring
To arched walks of twilight groves,
And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves,
Of pine, or monumental oak,
Where the rude axe with heaved stroke
Was never heard the nymphs to daunt,
Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
There, in close covert, by some brook,
Where no profaner eye may look,
Hide me from day's garish eye,
While the bee with honeyed thigh,
That at her flowery work doth sing,
And the waters murmuring,
With such consort as they keep,
Entice the dewy-feathered Sleep.
And let some strange mysterious dream
Wave at his wings, in airy stream
Of lively portraiture displayed,
Softly on my eyelids laid;
And, as I wake, sweet music breathe
Above, about, or underneath,
Sent by some Spirit to mortals good,
Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloister's pale,
And love the high embowed roof,
With antique pillars massy proof,
And storied windows richly dight,
Casting a dim religious light.
There let the pealing organ blow,
To the full-voiced quire below,
In service high and anthems clear,
As may with sweetness, through mine ear,
Dissolve me into ecstasies,
And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
And may at last my weary age
Find out the peaceful hermitage,
The hairy gown and mossy cell,
Where I may sit and rightly spell
Of every star that heaven doth shew,
And every herb that sips the dew,
Till old experience do attain
To something like prophetic strain.
These pleasures, Melancholy, give;
And I with thee will choose to live.
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