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Richard writes:
Blacks will be way overrepresented in the government work force, even considering the demographics of the city and especially compared to the private sector workforce.
Posted March 6, 2011 5:58 PM
Yancey Ward writes:
Seriously, these don't seem to be hidden cameras on this show, so are the employees just playing dumb, are truly dumb, or is the entire show a staged performance?
Posted March 6, 2011 6:31 PM
Sam writes:
I've read that for one episode, that the co-workers were told the crew was filming a documentary about an unemployed older man (e.g. the undercover boss) getting back to work at the entry level. Probably similar stories are given for others episodes.
However, Undercover Boss is now in its second season and had decent ratings-tens of millions of people have seen it, so you've got to wonder how well the cover stories are holding up these days.
Posted March 6, 2011 7:18 PM
Pandaemoni writes:
In one episode I saw, the Hooters episode, featured an almost caricaturish sexist pig of a manager routinely demeaning and sexually harassing his employees. The CEO thankfully put a stop to it, but that was one outlet among many and the CEO didn't implement across the board fixes. He just got rid of the one guy who was being a pig on camera, so who pretty much had to be dealt with from a simple marketing perspective.
Second, it strikes me that *of course* the employees are all diligent and hard working, since they know they are being filmed. Who wants to be shown to be lazy on film in a documentary?
I'd expect the city workers will be the same way, seemingly on the ball because they know they are being filmed. At the same time, I have known many firefighters and police, and none of them struck me as "unproductive" (save that, for firefighters, a large part of the job is "waiting around" until someone calls in a fire).
Posted March 6, 2011 7:33 PM
Alex Tabarrok writes:
You were spot on. It was clear--for better or worse--that the government employees were working less hard than many of the private sector employees featured on previous episodes (e.g. the ship waitress, the roto-rooter worker, the water technician at Belfor). Precisely because the government employees were less stressed, tonight's episode lacked the emotional ups and down of earlier episodes.
In earlier episodes you felt that the rewards at the end were bringing some justice to the world, a recognition of people who went above and beyond the call of duty. Who went above and beyond the call of duty tonight? You could even seen this in the workers themselves--there was less crying in this episode. It was clear that rather than feeling joy that their efforts were being recognized the workers felt lucky that they had won a prize but it was just a prize--not something tied to their identity. Giving the mechanic a motorcycle? It was like manna from heaven rather than a reward for a job well done.
Finally, I did feel that the gifting was a bit slimy. Hard to say what the mayor should have done but what is one to think when the mayor's "friends" give random workers checks for $10,000?
My bet is that the producers will see that tonight's episode did not work and we won't see more undercover mayors.
Posted March 6, 2011 11:00 PM
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@ Alex:
I think the difference is subjective. While none of the employees is in the incredibly stressed category, I am not sure why that suggests private employment is superior (rather than inferior) to public. Granted that if you think you can be fired or replaced at any moment by an uncaring management, that's a motivator to work hard, but I wouldn't want to work under that sort of stress. Employees SHOULD NOT be constantly on the verge of tears over their jobs (however convenient that may be for the cameras), and if they are, then the the bosses are terrible as managers, if not terrible as human beings.
They employees in this episode seemed to me to be reasonably dedicated to doing their work. They were not shirking or trying to weasel out of their responsibilities (at least on camera).
Again if you think the episode showed they were "unproductive" to use David's word, then I think we interpreted the evidence differently.
I do agree that the gifts seems stupid, but unlike you I always think that the gifts given at the end seem stupid. They improve noting save the recipient's mood for a little while, but never seem to answer of of the systemic problems any of the organizations (including Cincinnati) face. The van was a nice gift, but the $10,000 (which was applied to help the worker retire early) was simply dumb. In fact, if I had received the trip to New York plus $3K spending money, I'd have asked to trade for $10K with no strings attached.
The mayor did seem to find some ideas he thought worthy of trying out on a broader scale, but frankly setting budgetary priorities on the basis of the fact that a mechanic harangued him is just dumb. Neither a city nor a corporate budget should be set based on the random interactions the CEO happens to have on a reality TV show. If he had served in any city department and discussed the budget, they likely would have been the winner of this bizarre lottery. No doubt the mechanics work hard and provide an important service, but so do the teachers, firefighters, police, paramedics, courts, etc., all work hard with smaller budgets than they'd like.
Posted March 7, 2011 1:23 AM
Lars P writes:
Most reality shows are not very real at all. Strongly scripted and heavily edited.
You're probably learning what the show's creators set out to tell you, not discovering reality.
That said, I know nothing specific about this show, so this is non specific misanthropy.
Posted March 7, 2011 2:39 AM
mark writes:
Hello David,
The show is corny but kind of fun. David, I predict that your predictions will come true, in part, because you already have prejudged the show.
Posted March 7, 2011 11:30 AM
Vinnie writes:
Last night was my first time ever seeing the show, so I have no basis for comparison. It didn't seem as staged as most reality shows, but obviously, anything done in the presence of TV cameras is, in some sense of the word, staged. Also, couldn't Mallory have discretely grown some actual facial hair in the few days prior to taping? The fake goatee looked like something you'd find at a gag shop.
When Mallory was handing out goodies to the participants, all I could think of were the city employees in every other department fuming and wondering when their GPS units were coming. And I know New York is expensive, but could that trip really be worth $7,000 in cash? That dude got hosed.
I guess the typical episode is a dressed-up PR stunt whereas this was a dressed-up campaign ad. I wonder which version I'd find more off-putting.
Posted March 7, 2011 8:44 PM
Nick writes:
Dr. Henderson,
I know you've already responded but I would like to address a point
3. The boss typically messes up in various degrees in whatever job he's put in. I'm not sure what to make of that. Did you do well for first few days on a job that had any complexity? I remember when I worked in a nickel mine in northern Manitoba and I was a complete disaster--on the first shift. Second shift: much better.
That's sort of the point of the show, in the past generally one might become the head of a department or company by starting in a low level position and working their way up. Showing aptitude at many aspects of the business got you promotions (hell even Michael Lewis book Liars Poker talks about wall street heavy hitters who started in the mail room!). Now we live in a credential-centric society where companies are managed by professional managers and it seems very difficult to break through to even middle management in many large firms without an MBA. I understand that its important for a CEO to know about finance and so on but judging from this show it seems many are completely oblivious with the basic day to day operations of the businesses they are charged with running.
A close friend of mine attended a very old and very prestigeous hotel management school in switzerland. In his first year I called to see how he was doing and he had said he was cleaning rooms, peeling potatos, serving food and so on. I asked why they had him doing all that instead of being in a class. He said the school's philosophy was that you must not only understand the duties of all of your charges, but master those duties, because it would be impossible to tell some one how to do a job which you are not familiar with.
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Hedge Funds Circle Ailing Northern Rock
Northern Rock's embattled management is working against the clock on a funding strategy to tide over the troubled mortgage lender until a bidder emerges. With refinancing due on billions of pounds of debt issued to support mortgage loans, Adam Applegarth, the bank's chief executive, and his team will use the next two weeks to decide on funding options.
One option is to use the Bank of England's emergency funding facility. Northern Rock has borrowed almost £3bn under the arrangement, according to New Star Asset Management's analysis of the Bank of England's balance sheet. Northern Rock declined to comment.
But Northern Rock hopes with the Bank of England's backing it will be able to attract investors to refinance short-term commercial paper debt that is due for repayment in the next few weeks. "The guys are working hard and the focus is very much on funding to get that sorted out," a source familiar with the bank said. The bank hopes with funding in place the business will stabilise and bidders will re-emerge.
Northern Rock has been the bank hardest hit by the credit crunch as investors have fled the markets it used to fund its business. The Newcastle-based bank has since tried to attract bidders but the most serious suitor, Lloyds TSB, withdrew two weeks ago and Northern Rock was forced to go to the Bank of England for help.
Northern Rock's shares closed at 194.3p on Friday, less than one third of their value when Lloyds TSB was considering buying it. But there is no sign of a trade buyer for the business, whose brand is tarnished after thousands queued to get their money out before the Government intervened with a public guarantee of savings.
Price is not the problem for a buyer. The risk lies in the funding requirements of Northern Rock's balance sheet, with more than £100bn of assets funded by little more than £20bn of retail deposits. The bank had used securitisation -- packaging up its loans and selling them as bonds -- to fund much of the shortfall, but investor appetite for these bonds has dried up. Analysts estimateNorthern Rock needs to refinance almost £3bn of securitisations by the end of March.
Northern Rock's position is the most extreme, but all Britain's banks are hoarding cash to meet demands imposed by the credit crunch. This is why Lloyds TSB asked the Bank of England to support Northern Rock's book on favourable terms if Lloyds TSB bought it, a request that was turned down. The Bank did offer to extend its emergency funding at a penal rate to Northern Rock's book if it was sold.
The only option may be for the bank's loan book to be sold off and carved up. Hedge fund investors were said to be plotting yesterday a joint bid for the mortgage book at below face value. The potential investors are thought to include Chris Flowers, a former Goldman Sachs banker.
Northern Rock plans to pay its interim dividend of 14.2p a share next month, despite its financial woes. The bank declined to comment on whether Mr Applegarth and other directors would take their dividend payouts.
The bank announced a 30 per cent increase in the dividend on 25 July, even after its funding started to come under strain. MPs on the Treasury Select Committee want to know why this was done and why the Financial Services Authority allowed it. They will question the FSA's chairman, Sir Callum McCarthy, and Hector Sants, the regulator's chief executive, on 9 October.
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Toronto Blue Jays Minor League ReportMay 8, 2010
This is the second installment of what I hope is going to be a bi-monthly article updating fans on the Toronto Blue Jays ' minor league teams and prospects. A new one should be available every Thursday.
Las Vegas 51's (AAA) —(13-15, Third in PCL Pacific South Division)
Unfortunately, the 51's were unable to sustain their fast start and have fallen 4.5 games back on the division leading Fresno Grizzlies. The hitting has continued to be very good, but the pitching is whats hurting the team.
First basemen of the future Brett Wallace has continued to hit the ball hard as he has nine home runs and a .302 batting average in just 28 games. Second basemen Jarrett Hoffpauir has been the best hitter for the 51's, hitting .340 with three home runs.
Catching prospect JP Arencibia is hitting a decent .266 with three homers. The good news is that his OBP is at .348, meaning he has started to walk more then in the past. The only player who is really struggling at the plate for the 51's is Brian Dopirak , as his .207 average is just not cutting it.
The 51's pitching has struggled after starting off well, a lot of it has to with their best starter (Brett Cecil ) and two best relievers (Josh Roenicke and Rommie Lewis ) being called up by the Toronto Blue Jays.
Brad Mills continues to excel, going 2-2 with a 3.09 ERA in six starts. He has also managed to strike out 40 batters in 35 innings pitched. Zach Jackson has also done admirably considering he has been used as both a starter and a reliever. He has a 1-1 record to go along with a 4.26 ERA.
After those two, the starting pitching has been extremely brutal. Robert Ray (2-2, 4.55 ERA), Lance Broadway (0-3, 6.58 ERA), and especially Reidier Gonzalez (3-2, 9.10 ERA) have all been knocked around.
The bullpen has slipped as well, Steven Register (0-2, 6.38 ERA), Jesse Carlson (0-0, 5.14 ERA), David Purcey (2-1, 4.97 ERA), Marty McLeary (0-0, 17.47 ERA), and Merkin Valdez (0-1, 9.00 ERA) have all shown that they have no business even being on a AAA roster.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA) —(18-9, First in EAS Northern Division)
The Fisher Cats have gotten contributions from both the hitters and pitchers so far this season and that is why they have had such a great start, as they are two games up in their division.
The best hitter for the Fisher Cats has been catcher Brian Jeroloman . He has a .357 average, .471 OBP, 3 home runs, and 13 RBI so far this season. Eric Thames has been the teams best power hitter, smashing 7 home runs and driving in 25 to go along with a .312 batting average.
First basemen David Cooper continues to struggle in his second year in the minors, hitting just .248 with absolutely no power. Former pitcher Adam Loewen , now a outfielder, is also continuing to struggle with a .230 average and three home runs.
Top pitching prospect Kyle Drabek (pictured above), has started to heat up after a slow start. He is now 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA and 34 K's in 34 innings. Luis Perez (3-1, 3.09 ERA) and Randy Boone (1-2, 2.93 ERA) have also pitched amazingly well for the Fisher Cats.
The bullpen has been inconsistent for the Fisher Cats. Trystan Magnuson (0-0, 1.65 ERA), Adrian Martin (0-1, 1.88 ERA) and Vince Bongiovanni (2-0, 1.50 ERA) have all been incredible. Unfortunately, Bubbie Buzachero (2-0, 8.00 ERA), Danny Farquhar (0-0, 4.91 ERA), and Zach Dials (0-0, 5.68 ERA) have all struggled mightily.
Dunedin Blue Jays (A) —(15-12, Second in FSL North Division)
The best hitter for Dunedin has been Raul Barron , who has a .333 avg, two home runs, and six runs batted in. Unfortunately, Travis D'Arnaud's hot start has been slowed as he has been placed on the DL with a back injury. Dan Perales , with a .291 average and four home runs, has been a pleasant surprise for the team.
Dunedin has a lot of players struggling to hit and they include: Welinton Ramirez (.184 AVG, 1 HR), Michael McDade (.209 AVG, 2 HR), and Brian Van Kirk (.237 AVG, 1 HR). Four regulars are hitting .237 or less.
Dunedin has two starting pitchers who have been close to perfect this year. Charles Huggins (3-0, 1.91 ERA, 5 starts) and Henderson Alverez (3-1, 1.63 ERA, 5 starts) have been lights out this season.
The bullpen has gotten great contributions from Frank Gailey (1-0, 1.65 ERA), Boomer Potts (2-0, 0.69 ERA), and Dumas Garcia (1-0, 1.29 ERA).
Lansing Lugnuts (Low A) —(16-12, Third in Eastern Division)
Bradley Glenn has continued his tear from the beginning of the season, hitting .350 with three home runs and ten RBI. Mark Sobolewski is hitting a solid .333 and has driven in ten as well.
After a slow start to the season, top pitching prospect Chad Jenkins has rebounded and is now 1-2 with a 3.94 ERA. Jenkins has struck out 29 batters in 29.2 innings and has only walked an incredible five batters.


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Bears vs. Lions: Final Grades and Analysis for ChicagoSeptember 29, 2013
Jay Cutler's four turnovers, coupled with a huge day from Reggie Bush, put the Chicago Bears in a hole they were not able to climb out of against the Detroit Lions.
Final Score
Bears: 32
Lions: 40
Final Analysis
Passing Offense: Jay Cutler seemed to revert back to his old, inconsistent ways in this game. He was off the mark much too often, and four turnovers on the road isn't going to win you many games.
Passing Defense: Matthew Stafford didn't have a big game but he didn't need to. It was nice to see Julius Peppers step up and have a good game, but the Bears still struggled to cover down the middle of the field.
Rushing Offense: For the second straight week, Matt Forte's numbers were highlighted by a big run. It would have been nice to see him get more than 14 carries. Michael Bush didn't get a carry at all.
Rushing Defense: Reggie Bush had over 100 yards by halftime and finished the game averaging over seven yards a carry. It was a terrible effort by the defense against the run.
Special Teams: The Bears lost the battle of field position. Adam Podlesh struggled and Devin Hester never got going in the return game.
Coaching: Poor game plan against Reggie Bush by the coaching staff. They should have known he was going to be a big staple in the offense this week. Misdirection was supposed to be a big part of the offense, but it was abandoned way too early.
First-Half Analysis
Passing Offense: Too many poor decisions and passes by Jay Cutler. He looked sharp on the first drive but was not good after that. He came back with a nice throw to Alshon Jeffery before the half.
Passing Defense: No big plays from Calvin Johnson, but too many holes in the middle of the field for Matthew Stafford to throw. There still needs to be more of a pass rush from the ends.
Rushing Offense: The yards virtually came from two big running plays by Matt Forte and Alshon Jeffery. The Bears are really struggling to sustain any type of running game.
Rushing Defense: One of the worst efforts in a half in quite some time. Reggie Bush has been able to do anything he wants on the ground.
Special Teams: Adam Podlesh has had some poor punts that have really cost the Bears field position. Devin Hester was lucky he didn't lose the ball on one particular kickoff return.
Coaching: Marc Trestman found success with misdirection plays on offense, and then he abandoned them. The defense has been gashed in every way up the middle. The Bears look unprepared against the Lions.


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Radio in Yemen
Broadcasting began in Yemen in the 1940s when it was still divided into South by the British and North by Imami ruling system.[1] After the unity of Yemen in 1990, Yemeni government reformed its corporations and founded some additional radio channels which can broadcast locally. However it drew back after 1994 due to destroyed infrastructures by the civil war. In 1995 it commenced its first TV broadcasting abroad and since then there has been some gradual increase in its radio and television channels most of which belong to the government.
Southern Yemen[edit]
British army established a small radio station at Ra's Bradly in the Tawahi district of Aden in 1940. It was mainly to give military news about the Second World War, together with information about precautions against air raids. Aden Radio was then established on 7 August 1954. Mukalla radio was established in 1967, soon after the residence of Southern Yemen and Sayun radio in 1973. Television service was established in 1963 in monochrome whereas colour transmission started in the South on 8 March 1981.
Northern Yemen[edit]
Sana'a Radio was established in January 1946 but closed after two years, resuming in 1955. In 1963 another local radio station in Ta'iz was established, and Al-Hodeida in 1969. TV channel service began broadcasting in 1975 in monochrome and colour transmission started in the north in 1979.
Yemen was united in 1990 leading to merging of southern and northern authorities and corporations. Mukalla radio channel was reformed, Al-Hodeida was also improved. Haja radio was established later in 2004, Sada and Ibb radio stations in 2007. On the other hand, Yemen TV channels joined space TV channels on Arabsat, Nilesat and some other satellites the years after 1995.
Radio broadcasting[edit]
The following table lists some of the radio channels of Yemen Radio and TV Corporation and their operating frequencies in Yemen.
|Radio channel
|Average Power
|Sana'a Radio
|1008 KHz (Medium wave)
|600 Kw[2]
|Sana'a Radio
|711 kHz (Medium wave)
|200 Kw[2]
|Sana'a Radio
|837 kHz (Medium wave)
|30 Kw[2]
|Sana'a Radio
|6135 kHz (Shortwave)
|50 Kw
|Sana'a Radio
|FM: 91.1, 92.5 MHz
|Aden Radio
|792 kHz (Medium wave)
|750 Kw[2]
Sana'a Radio and Aden Radio also broadcast via satellite radio besides shortwave, medium wave and FM.
Also Yemen Radio and TV Corporation has local radio stations for most Governorates of Yemen or other Cities like:
- Al Hudaydah Radio
- Hajjah Radio
- Ta'izz Radio
- Mukalla Radio
- Say'un Radio
- Shabwah Radio
- Sa'dah Radio
- Abyan Radio
- Al Mahrah Radio
- Lahij Radio
See also[edit]
- ^ The media in Yemen, short introduction to media in Yemen including broadcasting. Last revised on 21 February 2006
- ^ a b c d "Asia radio stations: 1000-1025 kHz mediumwave".
External links[edit]
- The Yemen Radio and Television Corporation, Arabic Website.
- Aden Radio, Arabic Website
- Sana'a Radio., Arabic Website


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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: What you must know before a hip replacement
By Michael Taunton, M.D.
ANSWER: Hip replacement surgery can be done several ways. The one you mention -- the direct anterior approach -- is an option that spares more tissue than other hip replacement surgeries. It may involve a shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery time for some people. Before you decide to have any type of hip replacement, though, you should carefully consider all your options for treating hip arthritis.
Hip replacement surgery involves removing part of the hip joint and replacing it with an artificial joint that has a ball component made of metal or ceramic and a metal socket that has a liner made of plastic or ceramic. Using the direct anterior approach for hip replacement, the surgeon makes an incision directly in front of the hip and performs the procedure from that approach. During some other surgical approaches for hip replacement, the incision is made over the outside of the hip.
In general, the director anterior procedure is an option for most people who need hip replacement. Other approaches may be better, however, for those who have a lot of bone loss in the hip socket or in situations where the top of the femur bone that fits into the hip socket is significantly deformed.
After surgery, people who undergo the direct anterior approach typically stay in the hospital for two nights. They leave the hospital with crutches or a walker to use until they can walk stably without pain. That can vary from a few days for some people to six weeks for others. Most people take some pain medication after hip replacement surgery.
The amount of pain medication required for those who have the direct anterior approach can be less than for those who have other hip replacement procedures.
Typically, you can begin driving again about three weeks after surgery. For physical activity, normal daily tasks and walking usually are recommended for the first eight weeks. After that, low-impact exercises such as swimming and biking are a good idea to start building strength.
In the long term, most people can return to their usual routines. The only activities that are not recommended for people who've had a hip replacement are running and sports like basketball that place a lot of impact on the hip joint.
Keep in mind that no matter what type of hip replacement procedure is used, this is a significant surgery. So before you decide to go ahead with hip replacement, I would encourage you to talk with your doctor to make sure you've tried all the nonsurgical options that fit your situation.
For example, in some people a combination of an anti-inflammatory medications and weight loss along with changes in activities are enough to ease hip pain caused by arthritis. In addition, injections of corticosteroid medications may relieve pain in your hip joint temporarily. For some people, using an aid such as a cane or walker can take some of the load off a hip joint and ease pain, too.
If you have tried a variety of these treatments and pain or loss of function is still disrupting your daily activities, then hip replacement may be a good choice. Talk to your doctor and an orthopedic surgeon to learn more and to find out if the direct anterior approach for hip replacement could be right for you. -- Michael Taunton, M.D., Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- An analyst is boosting his rating for Papa John's International Inc. and price target for Domino's, saying both pizza companies will likely benefit from more restaurant openings overseas.
KeyBanc Capital Markets' Christopher O'Cull lifted Papa John's to "Buy" from "Hold" and gave the chain a $53 price target. In a client note, the analyst said that that the 7 percent to 8 percent rise in sales at international restaurants open at least a year in 2013 will likely prompt overseas franchisees to speed up restaurant openings.
O'Cull said that the company should see sales rise at U.S. restaurants open at least a year since Papa John's is one of the bigger industry players and can use advanced technology that smaller chains and independent pizza operators can't afford to increase its market share. Papa John's also stands to benefit from lower prices on ingredients like wheat and cheese, he added.
In a separate note, O'Cull said that he also believes international restaurant openings will accelerate at Domino's Pizza Inc., as the chain has only 61 percent penetration in its 10 biggest markets and room to grow in countries such as China. These openings will be the primary driver of the company's earnings per share growth, he added.
O'Cull anticipates that Domino's strong free cash flow will allow it to make an aggressive increase in its quarterly dividend, predicting it may rise by 40 percent when it reports fourth-quarter results in February.
The analyst increased Domino's price target to $80 from $70 and kept a "Buy" rating.
Papa John's shares finished at $45.40 for 2013 and rose 63 percent for the year. Domino's ended 2013 at $69.65 and rose more than 53 percent for the year.


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Video: AIST's HRP-4C Walks More Like A Person
AIST (Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) has published a video showing their female android HRP-4C (nicknamed "Miim") walking more like a person. Previously, HRP-4C walked with its knees bent at all times, which looked very odd given the robot's otherwise realistic appearance (watch an older demo here). Because the robot was built with the entertainment industry in mind, it should be able to walk more like a person, and even display a specific emotion or attitude in how it walks. In other words, a choreographer shouldn't be limited to one type of performance when working with the robot.
The team admits that they could not combine a realistic motion with robust balance, focusing instead on a few key areas. The robot's toes now support the legs longer during each stride, allowing the legs to straighten out more. As you can see in the stills from the experiment (above), the knees are still bending more than they probably ought to in order to maintain balance. As a result the motion still looks stilted, but it's a marked improvement over the previous walking gait.http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbAqw0sk6M
Since making headlines around the world with its incredible dancing last year (watch the video here), and the success of "live" concerts starring digital idols (Hatsune Miku), it seems there does exist a market for this kind of entertainment. It'll be pretty interesting to see where this goes in the next decade.
The technical details are presented in "Human-Like Walking with Toe Supporting for Humanoids," by Kanako Miura, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Shuuji Kajita, Kenji Kaneko, and Kazuhito Yokoi, Proc. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
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(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Qatar Metals Coating Company (Q-Coat), the sole supplier of anti-corrosion epoxy coated rebar (ECR) in Qatar, has emerged as one of the largest producers of the fusion bonded ECR steel in the GCC region with the installed capacity of producing up to 100,000 tonnes per annum, said a senior official of the company yesterday.
Q-Coat, located in Mesaieed Industrial City, is a joint venture between Qatar Steel Company and Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (with equal interest). The company was founded in 1990 with a view to provide solutions to concrete reinforcement corrosion, which is one of the serious problems affected steel rebar in the region.
Despite having several benefits of using ECR in a building, especially in the below surface part of a structure (which is more prone to corrosion due to intrusion of seawater), the use of ECR is not very popular among the private builders in Qatar compared to other parts of the world such as North America and Japan.
Experts say that there is a lack of awareness and confusion among developers about the use of ECR as they are of the notion that the product is about 20 percent more expensive and provides lesser bond strength. Within the context of promoting the usage of epoxy coated rebar, a technical seminar was held here by Q-Coat yesterday, which was participated by experts and researchers from USA, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Dr David McDonald, Managing Director of the US-based Epoxy Interest Group of CRSI, during his presentation, said: "The use of ECR in North America is very popular. The product was used in over 80,000 bridge decks (2013 NBI) covering over 89,000,000 sqm."
McDonald said that apart from North America, the ECR is also the most widely used corrosion protection system in Japan, China, Middle East and India, where developers use it in many marine piers and other structures.
Referring to the findings of forty years of research, he said: "The field performance of the product has been excellent both in marine and deicing salt."
Another expert, Dr Khalid Butt, Manager, Projects Division at Qatar Steel, said: "Given the benefits of the product, such as low maintenance cost and much longer life-expectancy of a building using epoxy coated rebar, we must compare the prices of ECR with the total cost of a project rather than just comparing with the prices of black bar. If one opts for using ECR in place of simple black bar, the project cost may go up by nearly two percent."
Ali bin Hassan Al Muraikhi, Managing Director and General Manager of Q-Coat also stressed that the company presents practical and economical solutions for the protection of concrete structure against corrosion, by providing the high quality epoxy coated rebar, which is the most effective protection means, especially in the GCC corrosive environment.


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Jack Cork remains hopeful of breaking through at Chelsea.
Defensive midfielder Cork - son of Wimbledon Crazy Gang legend Alan - admits that his efforts to emulate Chelsea captain John Terry by breaking through from the youth ranks have hit a wall.
On-loan at Burnley, Cork, 20, told the People: "It's been frustrating at Chelsea because I have had to keep going out on loan, and this is the first time I have gone to a Premier League club.
"John Terry is the biggest player there who has come through the ranks and done it, but apart from that it has been really hard for everyone. I've been to Coventry, Southampton, Watford, Scunthorpe and Bournemouth before Burnley.
"I've been living in hotels and apartments. It's been frustrating but I have enjoyed it. I've had some great experiences. I knew what the score was as a professional footballer before I started playing because of my dad.
"I've played in the Championship and if I do well at Burnley it is a good step for me, to try to break through at this level. The loan market is so helpful for young players at Chelsea. Going on loan is the way it is going to have to be done."


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James Turk: "This is option expiry week, Eric. As you and I have often discussed in the past, we know what to expect. Even though gold and silver started the week with strength, it is likely that their prices will now be capped, with some selling pressure as we approach option expiry…
The objective of the option writers is to push prices as low as they can so that as many call options as possible expire out of the money. Meaning they end up worthless. In this way the option writer earns the full premium, and more importantly, does not have to deliver physical metal for those options that still offer settlement with metal instead of cash settlement. The current
What I am describing of course is a rigged system, and one that is perpetuated by central banks. Today's rigged system is the exact opposite of what existed under under the classical Gold Standard. When Sir Isaac Newton invented the classical Gold Standard circa 1700, he established a basic rule for the Bank of England to follow, which was adopted by other central banks. By the end of the 19th century, the British Empire and the gold-backed British pound dominated commerce, but the several other central banks that existed at the time eventually accepted the Gold Standard and followed the rule. The United States did not have a central bank then, but the individual banks that issued dollar currency also followed Newton's rule.
Because the purchasing power of gold remains essentially unchanged over long periods of time, Newton's basic rule was straightforward and simple to follow. To maintain adherence to the Gold Standard, the central bank was tasked with managing the quantity and quality of the currency it
This reality proves the point that we don't need central banks to 'manage' our currency. The fact that gold preserves purchasing power over long periods of
So based on past experience, we can expect downward pressure on precious metal prices for the rest of this week, with the low likely to occur Thursday morning US time when Comex options go off the board. But it is always important to watch how option expiry unfolds because one of these months – and it may be this month – option expiry will not follow historical patterns.


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Historical, Social, and Cultural Contexts of the African American Immersion Schools
The African American Immersion Schools were established within an atmosphere of crisis. This crisis was based both on the general belief that education in the United States was in need of major reform and on the overwhelming evidence that existing school models and programs had failed miserably to educate African American children, particularly those in poor urban communities. The two African American Immersion Schools in Milwaukee, although viewed by some as controversial, were greeted by others with considerable hope and optimism. Educators, parents, and others who were supporters of these schools viewed them as educational innovations that might finally succeed where other school models had failed to educate African American children successfully.
The concept that the history and culture of African Americans could form the basis of an educational program is not new, particularly for African Americans in the United States. It is important, however, to understand the historical and contemporary contexts from which these schools emerged as well as the reasons underlying the establishment of the African-centered educational models in Milwaukee.
This chapter discusses the historical and contemporary contexts within which the African American Immersion Schools in Milwaukee were implemented. In this chapter, the following questions are addressed: (1) What were the precursors to Milwaukee's African American Immersion Schools? (2) What were the conditions in urban black America that led to or were associated with an increased interest in African-centered education on a national level? (3) What were the specific conditions or characteristics in Milwaukee that led this public school district to be one of the first to initiate an African-centered educational model? The answers to these questions will provide a perspective on the national and local contexts within which these schools emerged.


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Open source insecurity
by Andy Oram
Advocates of open source showed such a moment on the first day of the
Ottawa Linux Symposium, about which I recently
at length. But the incident I am thinking of was recorded for history
in a
Newsforge article by David "cdlu" Graham:
He [Doug Fisher] wrapped up his presentation to the usual polite
applause and closed his slide show to reveal the message "Windows XP
has locked your desktop," resulting in the single loudest and most
sustained booing by nearly everyone present I have ever heard,
followed by a member of the audience rushing to the front brandishing
a Linux installation CD to widespread applause.
I was present for this incident, and vouch that the noise and emotion
released was extraordinary. Wow! I felt like I was in the middle of a
scene from some Hollywood epic where the soldiers raise their spears
and roar their defiance to the enemy.
Graham makes a subtle but valuable comment on the incident while
describing the next speaker:
His laptop, in contrast to Fisher's, ran Linux, but perhaps
demonstrated why Fisher's didn't. After a lengthy battle with X to
have an appropriate resolution for the overhead projector, he launched
his presentation entitled "How to talk to business people about the
value of open source," which sparked the comment of an audience member
sitting near me: "not like this."
So why was this audience of 800 hard-core Linux developers and
adopters so intolerant of a speaker who uses a Window platform? What
is the deep well from which such emotion comes?
They have legitimate anger, of course, at Microsoft's illegal
anticompetitive behavior, which has been well established in several
courts, and the company's continuing hounding of Linux by pressuring
governments, funding SCO, and spreading biased reports. The attendees
also have the same kind of familiar team spirit that breaks out
(sometimes quite violently) when different sports fans come together.
But that does not add up, in my view, to the display of anger I saw
that evening. Another ingredient needs to be added: insecurity.
Linux developers and users are aware that what they put together is
not yet convenient to install or easy to use. They resent Windows not
only because it has a dominating position, but because that position
is maintained by something more organic than the vaguaries of
computing history or corporate behavior. Microsoft (on the desktop, in
particular) awaits an open source challenge, and that challenge is not
yet strong enough.
I have prepared some fairly detailed slide presentations, trying out
Microsoft's PowerPoint, OpenOffice.org's Presenter, and KDE's
KPresenter for that purpose. Presentation suites are either very hard
to develop or are the perennially neglected stepchildren of the office
suite, because I found all three products embarrassingly buggy.
PowerPoint bears the most shame because it's been around the longest
and Microsoft promotes it as a professional tool worth a lot of money.
Still, if Doug Fisher has spent a career developing presentations with
PowerPoint, why is it a sin for him to use it for one more
presentation? It would certainly have been a smart move to feel out
the mood of his audience beforehand and to take the time to set up
Linux and a free software office suite. But if the Linux and open
source crowd felt more secure in the superiority of their product, his
gaffe would have been greeted with just a few snorts and giggles.
I see too much of this moralistic hypersensitivity among people whose
goals I respect. Environmentalists are telling us to replace our light
bulbs, take public transportation, and recycle everything we can--yes,
all wonderful goals. But some environmentalists also realize that
individual behavior change cannot be achieved on a mass scale through
moralizing; new technologies and institutional strategies must drive
The same goes for personal life choices, which contribute to the
health care crisis. It would be great for everybody to cut down on
tobacco, trans fats, chemical household products, and epic Hollywood
movies, but lecturing does little to help.
You can apply this principle even to nationalistic and religiously
close-minded political stances. These are tearing the world apart, but
we can't get anywhere by telling people just to throw away their
commitments to these beliefs and to embrace a neutral, diverse
world. Those attempting change have to realize that people have
reasons for holding on to their stances.
Getting back to open source: the way forward is to build something so
great it compels everyone to use it, and to move institutions
(ironically, the topic of the second presentation that evening at
Ottawa Linux Symposium) to positions where they can make the switch.
The really great aspect of the Ottawa Linux Symposium is that its
attitude overall is in diametric opposition to the defensiveness
displayed toward the Windows-wielding presenter. The Linux developers
and their communities could easily waste time wallowing in excuses
such as "Vendors don't give us their specs" or "Implementations don't
conform to standards." But they don't do this. They say, "What can we
do to make this work?" And that's the path to success.
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2005-07-26 09:42:13
I like the sports analogy
I am often annoyed by people standing out in the hall at work arguing about their favorite sports teams, the players, coaches, etc. As if "My Team" is at all affected by my enthusiasm or how loud I shout at the TV.
I think from now on, I will refer to myself as a "Linux Fan" (short for fanatic, I believe, but apparently it's better than zealot. At least I'm not a Linux fundamentalist, whatever that is...) instead of a "Linux Zealot", although I may still call myself a "Penguin Lover". I'm not going to take down the large format color print of Tux someone made for me on the color plotter.
Unlike sports fans, I have a very real affect on the outcome of the game. I'm a member of the team, and I carry the ball in the form of LiveCDs and various distro Install CDs.
I set up Linux servers at work, at clients offices, and at home. I continually encourage them to improve their uptimes... "C'mon, let's make it 540 days this time!!!". I restart services, tweak config files, perform automated backups, and write new and interesting shell scripts.
Ok, I'm finished...
2005-07-26 17:03:47
I was there too, and yes, I did boo as well. But I didn't do that because I _hate_ Windows, but because it was fun to point out the obvious.
|mark miller
2005-07-26 20:16:42
"Linux Zealots"
Lets turn it around. If a team member from that other OS were to be found out when she used Linux for a Windows presentation do you think tshe would get the can? If you are going to advocate for Linux or desire to work in that space you damn sure better use the products you are touting. I have a job working in the Linux community and you can bet I use Linux for everything including presentations.
2005-07-27 00:05:22
Linux as a religion
The fervour of the crowd you witnessed is a clear sign of religious zeal.
To that crowd Linux is god and Linus his prophet.
They consider themselves the priests of Linux and his Holy Army, their mission to stamp out all evil by spreading the Faith through whatever means possible (preferably by defeating that evil in a sea of blood).
No wonder then that they behave similarly to a crowd of Palestinians after a mullah calls for the destruction of all infidels. Replace Linux CDs with bomb belts and shouts of "Microsoft is evil" with "Allah Akhbar" and there is no difference between these groups (except that one wears Tux T-shirts and the other wraps towels around their heads).
2005-07-27 13:28:19
Linux as a religion
That just… I mean… I don't even know where to begin. I thought you were a little off before, but you've just placed yourself firmly in the nutjob category.
2005-07-28 06:43:04
Booze helps
It should be pointed out that the talk in question involved free booze provided by Intel for the conference attendies.


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Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 (by the Julian calendar then in use; or January 4, 1643 by the current Gregorian calendar) in Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. He was born the same year Galileo died. Newton is clearly the most influential scientist who ever lived. His accomplishments in mathematics, optics, and physics laid the foundations for modern science and revolutionized the world.
Newton was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he lived from 1661 to 1696. During this period he produced the bulk of his work on mathematics. In 1696 he was appointed Master of the Royal Mint, and moved to London, where he resided until his death.
As mathematician, Newton invented integral calculus, and jointly with Leibnitz, differential calculus. He also calculated a formula for finding the velocity of sound in a gas which was later corrected by Laplace.
Newton made a huge impact on theoretical astronomy. He defined the laws of motion and universal gravitation which he used to predict precisely the motions of stars, and the planets around the sun. Using his discoveries in optics Newton constructed the first reflecting telescope.
Newton found science a hodgepodge of isolated facts and laws, capable of describing some phenomena, but predicting only a few. He left it with a unified system of laws that can be applied to an enormous range of physical phenomena, and that can be used to make exact predications. Newton published his works in two books, namely "Opticks" and "Principia."
Newton died in London on March 20, 1727 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, the first scientist to be accorded this honor. A review of an encyclopedia of science will reveal at least two to three times more references to Newton than any other individual scientist. An 18th century poem written by Alexander Pope about Sir Isaac Newton states it best:
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Accolades began to roll in a year after WeaverRidge opened. Golf Digest ranked it No. 2 on its 1998 list of best new upscale public courses in the country. A year later, Golf Digest gave it a No. 6 ranking among all the golf courses in Illinois. Jerry Weaver is only half-kidding when he says the golf course turned out so well because he didn't know enough about golf to interfere with designers Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry.
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Welcome to the Web Page of the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar, the mandatory bar organization for attorneys who live or work in Durham County, North Carolina. This is also the Page for the Durham County Bar Association (DCBA), the voluntary organization for attorneys in Durham County, and the Durham Bar Foundation.
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2017-2018 mandatory Fourteenth Judicial District Bar dues are $75.
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A new bill being considered by Puerto Rico's House of Representatives would penalize the use of the American flag in the absence of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's flag on any state and municipal government building or any public corporation.
According to Puerto Rico's Primera Hora, the proposed flag law filed by Rep. Charlie Hernandez aims to amend State Department regulations and make those who violate the rule subject to an administrative offense and a $100 to $500 fine. Hernandez believes the island is unique and needs to represent its individuality.
"The flag is the national symbol of the highest value to a nation. It is the main symbol that identifies each town and stands before the range of countries that make up the international community," Hernandez's bill reads. "The people of Puerto Rico are no exception to the global community, because we have our own flag: the 'monoestrellada'."
The bill comes on the heels of a November two-part referendum revealing that 53.97% of Puerto Rican voters are dissatisfied with the island's commonwealth status and 61% prefer Puerto Rico become a U.S. state. More than 498,600 Puerto Ricans, however, left the statehood question blank, which may indicate that they don't agree with the terms on the ballot.
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Yesterday, we had another mass shooting, this time at a community college in Oregon. You know what happened next. Before we even knew how many people were dead, Barack Obama was giving an angry press conference, blasting Second Amendment advocates and calling for more gun control, whether or not it had any relevance to this incident. Liberals, predictably, loved it.
The blogosphere has filled with the usual array of anti-gun deceptions and distortions. So here's a free guide to the facts:
- Gun violence is way, way down, not up. We are at violence rates we have not seen since the 1950's. This has happened without any significant gun control.
- Mass shootings are not rising, not how matter how much people try to pretend they are. What's changed is not the frequency of shootings; what's changed is the instant politicization of it. Past Presidents did not address the media before the bodies were even cold to demand more gun control.
- When Barack Obama says these events don't happen in other countries, he is wrong.
- When people say there have been masses of school shootings, they are wrong.
- It's Friday, so they are probably out there saying "all the studies" show that gun control works. This is not true. It's totally not true.
- By the weekend, they'll be back to complaining that the NRA has blocked any research into guns. This is also not true. The study linked above was funded by the Bloomberg school. Only federal funds are blocked. And given the shenanigans the CDC and EPA have been up to with public health issues, I don't think that's completely unreasonable.
- Australia will be dragged out as an example of what we should do. Keep in mind two things. First, after Australia banned guns, their rate of gun violence did come down. So did ours. Faster. Second, Australia took away millions of guns. When people cite Australia as an example, they're not talking about background checks. They are talking about taking away millions of guns.
One last thing. I hate doing this. I hate that when there is a horrible tragedy, I have to take up my keyboard and answer this stuff. But the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. The Left takes the floor to cry out for gun control — no matter what the facts on the ground — after every single tragedy. They know, on some level, that what they're suggesting would have, at most, a minor effect. But they can't resist it because gun control is basically a moot issue. It's not happening. So they feel they must exploit every tragedy to try to crack the edifice of the Second Amendment.
It's hard to blame them if they honestly believe that gun control works. But then it's hard to blame us when we points out … that it doesn't.
That's all I'm going to say on this subject. I'd much rather mourn the dead. And praise the heroes.


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(Critical Survey of Literature for Students)
When word comes that George Winterbourne was killed in the war, his friend tries to reconstruct the life of the dead man to see what forces caused his death. The friend served with George at various times during the war, and it is his belief that George deliberately exposed himself to German fire because he no longer wanted to live.
George's father is a sentimental fool and his mother a depraved wanton. The elder Winterbourne married primarily to spite his dominating mother, and his bride married him under the mistaken notion that he was rich. They resigned themselves to mutual hatred, and the mother showered her thwarted love on young George. She imagined herself young and desirable and was proud of her twenty-two lovers. Her husband went to a hotel when she was entertaining, but he prayed for her soul. They were the most depressing parents to whom a child could be exposed, and they caused young George to hate them both. Soon after receiving word of their son's death, the elder Winterbourne is killed in an accident. After thoroughly enjoying her role as a bereft mother and widow, Mrs. Winterbourne marries her twenty-second lover and moves to Australia.
By the time he reached young manhood, George mingled with all sorts of unusual people. He dabbled in writing and painting, and sexual freedom was his goal, even though he experienced little of it. At the home of some pseudointellectual friends, he first met Elizabeth. They were immediately compatible: Both hated their parents, and both sought freedom. At first, Elizabeth was shocked by George's attacks on Christianity, morals, the class system, and all other established institutions, but she decided that he was a truly "free" man. In fact, it was not long before she adopted his ideas; soon free love was the only thing she would talk or think about.
George and Elizabeth considered themselves extremely sensible. They did not talk of love, only sex, and they saw no reason why they should marry to experience sex as long as they were careful not to have a baby. They decided that there would be no sordidness to cloud their affair, and that they were both free to take all the other lovers they pleased. That was freedom in an intelligent way. Elizabeth was even more...
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Sweet! Glad you got it figured out.Mosfed wrote:I decided to approach the problem a little more logically and bought an amp that had the output I needed rather than trying to go ass backwards and put reins on a larger amp.
I got a 1973 Bandmaster Reverb (pre-master volume), brought it back to Blackface AB-763 (but with a tube rectifier) and plugged it into a custom cab with 2 x 12" JBL D-120s.
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Charlotte, NC--The Carolina Panthers have re-signed defensive tackle Kyle Love to a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.
In 2016, Love played in 10 games with one start for Carolina, recording 19 tackles, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
Love signed with the Panthers as a free agent prior to the start of the 2014 postseason. He entered the NFL in 2010 as an undrafted free agent with New England, playing with the Patriots through 2012. He spent time with Kansas City and Jacksonville in 2013. For his career, Love has played in 68 regular season games with 28 starts and has produced 107 tackles, 10 sacks, one forced fumble, three fumble recoveries and one pass
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The summer has not been rosy for WilmerHale or Willkie Farr & Gallagher after both firms saw former New York partners suspended from practice for misconduct.
As revealed on www.thelawyer.com (2 August), former Willkie tax partner Patrick Carmody was suspended for one year after being caught billing clients for around 129 hours, or $30,000 (£16,000) worth of personal phone calls.
The Appellate Division, First Department enforced the suspension on 27 July after Carmody admitted to having made the long-distance calls over two years and billing them to several clients. He resigned from Willkie in April 2003 after another partner discovered his misconduct.
Meanwhile, former WilmerHale partner William DiSalvatore met a similar fate in August, resigning from the US bar after admitting to an array of misconduct charges.
DiSalvatore's resignation from the bar was approved by the Appellate Division on 10 August, ending a disciplinary investigation thought likely to end in his disbarment.
It followed his resignation from the firm's partnership in January 2006 after an internal investigation revealed what the firm has described as "a pattern of improper action".
In an affidavit sent to the Appellate Division in May, DiSalvatore admitted forging client signatures on a consent to joint representation and on a conflict waiver. He also said he had falsified credit card receipts to claim business expenses from the firm to pay for $109,000 (£57,000) in personal expenses.
DiSalvatore had been one of WilmerHale's most promising rising litigators in the firm's IP practice, having joined the New York office of Hale and Dorr in 2000 prior to its 2004 merger with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering.