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IT'S A BIKINI REVOLUTION!! For the past 10 years, L*SPACE Swimwear has taken the iconic bikini and fashioned a brand synonymous for creating sleek, sensuous swimwear that accentuates a women's figure and oozes femininity. To celebrate the bikini as an icon and the women who love them, L*SPACE sees it fit to declare June 21st NATIONAL BIKINI DAY – a day for women to come together to celebrate femininity, self expression, and the body that they were given.
To celebrate this historic day, L*SPACE Swimwear invites women of the world to celebrate their bodies (big, small, and everything in between) and participate in its NATIONAL BIKINI DAY FACEBOOK CONTEST which will mark the first day of the countdown to the NATIONAL BIKINI DAY holiday. Starting June 1st and ending June 21st, loyal and new L*SPACE Facebook "fans/"likers" are being asked to post a picture of themselves in their favorite bikini on L*SPACE's Facebook page for a chance to win a one night stay in the L*SPACE designed room at the swanky La Casa del Camino Hotel in Laguna Beach, California, a gift bag full of L*SPACE's hottest bikinis to start the summer out right, and be treated to dinner with L*SPACE designer Monica Wise at K'ya Bistro. One lucky winner will be chosen at random on June 21st.
To sweeten the deal a bit more, L*SPACE has partnered with several swimwear retailers – both online and in store – who will offer a discount for those wishing to show L*SPACE some love in this bikini movement. Just mention "Facebook" at checkout at one of the participating retail locations and you will receive a discount off your L*SPACE purchase. E and Retailers include: Shangri La Boutique, Pesca Trend, Pesca Boutique, SPF12, The Orchid Boutique, Beach House of Naples, Swimwear Boutique, Bora Bora, Sweetwater, WRV, Molly Brown's, Sundance, Splash, Dogfunk.com and Prospect. Be sure to check out their Facebook pages for promo codes.
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'Tis the season for crab, that's right, as well as red and yellow peppers, wild king salmon, chocolate covered apples, oranges, pears, pomegranates, apple turnovers, plump sweet carrots and ginger yam pie. Some people don't know you can find all these things, and so much more, with a stop at Erin Tormey's Certified Coastside Farmers' Market in Rockaway. But rain or shine, farmers, fisher folk and savory bakers will continue to bring their products to Pacifica, every Wednesday, through December 19.
Heading in from the northern entrance to the market, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, the first thing that stopped everybody in their tracks was Poppy's Crab Shack. Recently founded by local Coastsiders Tom Borden and Amy Hoffmann and named after their 2-year old daughter, this mobile crab shack serves Coastsiders crustaceans from Pescadero to Pacifica. Selections from the menu board include — Poppy's crab roll, a boatload of sweet crab dressed with shaved celery, chives, lemon and a hint of house-made aioli, then, drizzled with European style butter and sprinkled with sea salt on a buttered and toasted Acme roll. There's also a "naked crab roll," which begins with a "luscious" amount of crab dribbled with European style butter. Among the other items are fennel slaw and homemade pecan shortbread.
Down at the southern entrance to the market was Captain's Ocean Fish Fresh. They brought sand sole, shrimp with the shell on, wild king salmon, fresh halibut, fresh crab and divers' scallops. The crew catches everything off their ship, Seabird, which is located in Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, E-dock, and they also sell right off their boat.
Across from and in between these two seafood stations was a continued food arcadia. J & M Ibarra Farm offered mouth-watering strawberries, plump tomatoes, green beans, green onions, radishes, lettuce and more. La Milpa Organic Farm had a wide selection of vegetables which included celery, red and yellow peppers, broccoli, kale, lettuce, chard and bright orange carrots. The Achadinha Cheese Company of Petaluma offered an aged goat cheese called capricious, a Jersey cow/goat milk blended cheese called broncha, as well as pasteurized goat feta cheese and a number of curd cheeses.
Rojas Family Farm's selections included pomegranates, nectarines and oranges. At the Tamales Place one could choose a chicken Salvadorian tamale, or a chili and cheese tamale, among other items. Sukhi's had mint chutney, cilantro chutney, eggplant spread, curry sauces, and a stuffed Indian bread called paratha, filled with spinach, potato, or pumpkin.
Beckmann's Bakery carried pies, cinnamon rolls, banana nut bread, apple turnovers, bear claws, and the list goes on. The vegan and organic Frittle and Chocolate Factory had s'mores, caramel and chocolate covered apples, dark and milk chocolate hearts, and "frittle." In Coastsider Elizabeth Honneyman's family for seven generations, frittle is a combination of brittle and fudge and stupendousness.
Miss Lynn's Pies offered at least pecan pie, ginger yam pie and strawberry lemon pie. Edna's Cookies had cookie choices which included oatmeal butterscotch, chocolate chip, cashew, oatmeal raisins, snickerdoodles along with red velvet cupcakes. Beesy Brothers had homemade honey and there were stands of raspberries, pears, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, organic artichokes, fava beans, broccoli, cauliflower and spinach. Bay Area Bagels has 24 varieties of homemade bagels. The Hummus Guy's stock included roasted garlic hummus, artichoke hummus, original hummus, basil and sundried hummus, garlic pita chips and roasted red pepper tapenade.
There were also artisan stands. Kathena with Avelon Arts makes handmade jewelry and Susan Bruno created snuggly little beanies (hats) of polar fleece, that are flexible and super warm, which in some cases were topped with fleece reindeer antlers. And while customers strolled the merchandise, local singer, songwriter and guitarist Jay Howlett offered samplings of his American folk, tumbleweed roots style music from his recent releases "Carnival Lights" and "American Ghost Town."
"Our Coastside climate produces a lot of wonderful foods and wonderful people," market founder, manager Erin Tormey said. "And if you want to know what goes on in each season, come to the party."
The Coastside Farmers' Market in Pacifica runs every Wednesday, from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. through Dec. 19 at Rockaway Beach.

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Social media MADNESS
Companies often miss major step when advertising
I' VE been driving around town lately and have been seeing these huge billboard advertisements. It's pretty cool that companies are investing thousands of dollars monthly to advertise their brand or their new product out in the middle of traffic. I mean, when people are sitting in traffic, they always look to the sky to see the advertisements, right?
Next time you are stopped at a light, take a look at what the drivers around you are doing. I guarantee that more than 50 per cent of them are checking their smartphones. They are texting, tweeting, checking Facebook or reading a summary of an email notification.
Why are companies paying a lot of money every month to have their billboard in the sky when people aren't even looking at the road, never mind the advertisement?
As dangerous and as illegal as it is, people still text, tweet and drive all the time.
There may be a few exceptions here that I must mention so I don't have realtors or mortgage specialists sending me hate mail. For some businesses, billboards can work because facial recognition may be a large part of their business model. In this article, I am aiming my criticism towards larger companies who have a product.
I also must make a conflict- of- interest declaration. If you've ever read my biography above, I run a full- service digital agency called iBX. We work with national brands. Our bread and butter as a company is social media consulting.
Lately on television, print ads, billboard, benches and buses, I've seen companies place a few social media icons onto the ad. You know, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube icons. Companies place these on the ads so they appear hip and social- media friendly. I applaud the effort, but laugh at the execution. If you are going to place social media icons onto a non- digital advertisement, you must do one thing: TELL THE CONSUMER WHAT YOUR USERNAME IS! I can't believe companies miss this step.
There is a company that is running a series of ads downtown right now. You could take a drive down Portage Avenue near Polo Park and see two or three of their billboards. They are pretty nice ads with great imaging. Of course they put Facebook, Twitter and YouTube icons on their ads. However, it wasn't as easy as it should be finding the company on Facebook and Twitter. Their username on Facebook and their Twitter name are two different things.
Maybe I am just extremely advertising OCD, but I just wish companies could do it right when trying to implement social media in their ads. It's simple. Throw up your icons if you wish and then identify yourself on those platforms. But be sure to include your username with the logos. It lets consumers know your identity across the social networks. Because if you are putting up the icons with some hope of gaining new fans or followers, if they don't know what your username or Twitter handle is, you will not gain any new fans, plain and simple.
If you are trying to attract new users to social media channels, why not create an online campaign dedicated towards that? Drawing users from social media onto the company's social channels makes a lot of sense, right?
Final question: Have you ever seen those advertisements with huge QR codes on buses lately? I get a pretty big kick out of those because how am I supposed to open the QR reading app ( which not too many people have or care about) and take a picture of a moving bus? I always like to be professional but — LOL.
Thanks for reading folks. Follow me on Twitter @ thedavidbell and please send me an email [email protected] thedavidbell. com telling me what you thought about these ideas. I'd love to hear them!
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Frozen Dead
Premium Format™ Figure by Sideshow Collectibles
Limited Edition: 500
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The horrors of war know no boundaries between the living and the dead as this abomination will attest to. The Frozen Dead Premium Format figure captures the shuffling stagger of one of Germany's lost soldiers somewhere between the retreat from Stalingrad and the Gates of Hell. At over 19 inches tall, the haunting 2nd Battalion soldat wears a tattered uniform of the Third Reich, his flesh decomposing, entrails pouring from his torso. Crafted in approximately 1:4 scale, the Frozen Dead Premium Format figure presents this horrific image in unnerving detail.
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- Andy Bergholtz (Sculpt)
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Which band(s) could realistically headline *ALL* the major UK festivals: Glastonbury, Reading, V, Download, Isle of Wight, T in the Park, Bestival?
I think the only answer is The Prodigy.
We were discussing this in the pub last night. Are there any other bands who are big enough and have enough of a cross-genre appeal that they could realistically headline *any* of the major festivals in 2013?
Foo Fighters was another potential, but I can't quite see them headlining Glastonbury for some reason.
The Prodigy are the only band who could equally please the metal kids at Download, the rockers at Reading, the dads at Isle of Wight, the pop fans at V/T, the students at Bestival and the middle managers at Glastonbury. I don't think there's anyone else who could do it.
Hmmm, intersting...
Rage against the machine
not to headline glastonbury
not big enough
When they played 94 Glastonbury
they were pretty high up the bill. Or one of those years. But I know it's changed a lot since, but they would be big enough to do it I think.
I was going to add a could *and* would caveat.
As in, the Stones probably cold do it, but would they do it? I doubt it.georgiabeth this'd this
obviously, technically, no one could play them all due to exclusivity agreements
any one of those though, if they paid enough, could have the stones i think
I don't mean play all the festivals in a single year.
I take your point that the Stones are likely to do any gig that pays them enough money, but I can't really see them being invited to play, or accepting to play, Download or Bestival. I think in reality they'd probably only ever do Glastonbury (or Isle of Wight at a push for the 60s connection).
also disagree that prodigy would be anywhere near the top of the bill for pretty much any festival in this day and agemug_mug_mug and dis-charge this'd this
Prodigy headlined Download this year...
No chance in the hell the Stones would be booked to headline Download.
Daft Punk
could do it
or would they struggle with Download?
I'm not sure they would you know
On balance you may be right
Metallers love a crossover but maybe that's too far.
Dizzee Rascal
in time maybe if he does another raw album or two, best I can come up with since you mentioned Prodigy already.
Can't think of any
Prodigy is a very good call.Cementimental and colon_closed_bracket this'd this
Prodigy would never headline Glasto
Other Stage headliners through and through, my friend.Matt_was_taken, Puds, meths, vamos, rainmaker, Rev_Kramer, Anthonyc, and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
They did in 1997 I think
Though they've come a long way down in popularity since then
and the headliners are bigger now than they were then
although I reckon Prodge could probably just about pull off a Pyramid headline slot
They did the Friday in '97 (Radiohead were Saturday's ones).
They didn't come across well: sound issues.
they'd pull it off in the sense that people would probably have a good time
which is obviously important, but in terms of status, nah way
I know enough metallers who love Muse
to think they could pull it off
I'm not sure they'd go down that fit with the Bestival thing.
think they would, easily
if the cure can, why not?
Muse, Prodigy, Foo Fighters, RHCP.
- politelydeclined, film_maker, Rev_Kramer, and munx this'd this
disagree with Foo Fighters not being able to play Glastonbury. They can headline V, they can do Glasto.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers comes to mind.
Pearl Jam.
The Cure
would they go down well at Download?
- littlebirds, georgiabeth, and Antelope this'd this
I mean, I'm sure loads of people who go to Download like 'em, but there's no way they'd fit in.
If they played the My Iron Lung EP
and plenty of the heavier tracks from The Bends / OKC they'd be alright, and tracks like Myxomatosis and Bodysnatchers.
Of course they'd never do this.
Metallica at V?
Having a laugh mate.
- littlebirds, rainmaker, and Wooly31 this'd this
you cunts
oh I thought you meant Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath are too lumbering for the Glastonberry crowd yes
Black Sabbath could easily
metallers and hipsters like em, V and maybe Glasto would be the only ones that would be a little weird IMO
The Peppermint Apes
crossover appealPale-eyedBadger this'd this
- ajb123 this'd this
- seedler this'd this
White Stripes could conceivably do it
The only one that may be a bit sticky would be Download, but it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility - I go to that festival and like The Stripes, and I think a lot (not all, of course) of other attendees would feel the same.
- ithica this'd this
Fucking Slayer
The answer to most tough questions is Fucking Slayer
Depeche Mode
probably not but close
Oh wait
I didn't see Download in that list.
Muse at Bestival?
hmm. But yeah, them, and maybe The Prodigy?
- Wasted_Days and Mick_Squalor this'd this
its 2012
The prodigy glasto not a chance not big enough. They could headline beautiful that's about it. The times are a changing
Prodigy headlined download last year, and IOW several years in a row.
They could headline one of the bigger festivals if this new album is as big a hot as the other ones
No problem.hungover this'd this
They wouldn't, but they could
or . . . Alice Cooper?
Neither. Absolutely no way AC/DC or Alice Cooper
would headline V or Bestival... and Glastonbury never have 'hard rock' headliners.
Dingus Khan
Beastie Boys
Well... y'know, they could have.Lambchops and Gashwrecker this'd this
who cares.
- littlebirds and munx this'd this
I'm going to go for...
...The KLF.Stuzza this'd this


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B & J fangirl the president
Beyonce's best friend Gwyneth Paltrow co-hosted an Obama fundraiser last night in London, a day after B and J actually hosted the president. I have not seen any official pictures from the event but here's one that B posted on her tumblr. As you can see, she chose a photo that shows her in full fangirl and afterwards Obama said that B is a great role model, or something. I guess the President has never met Sasha Fierce, or is it Beyonce who gets upset when emergency service vehicles get in the way of her mealtime?
But the real question is has the president been summoned yet to meet with The Blue Ivy Carter?


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CRESTVIEW � A Bradenton-based dental school that last spring considered opening a branch campus here announced it has selected DeFuniak Springs instead.
CRESTVIEW � A Bradenton-based dental school that last spring considered opening a branch campus here announced it has selected DeFuniak Springs instead.
This week�s announcement by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine comes more than a year after school administrators toured Crestview with Mayor David Cadle and Dr. Durell Peaden, a LECOM board of trustees member.
Peaden, who was instrumental in luring a Florida A&M University School of Pharmacy campus here, had said, �Rural and underserved areas like Northwest Florida� interest LECOM.
LECOM selected DeFuniak Springs when a former neurosurgery clinic and an adjacent, three-year-old motel went on the market.
"The Lord sent us that," Peaden said, adding the site can serve people from 80 miles away. "It was ideal as a dental school and was already approved by state."
The former motel will serve as a student residence hall when the LECOM School of Dental Medicine patient clinic opens in 2015, Peaden said.
The $975,000 school will provide 24 jobs, including a full-time dentist and 12 part-time faculty members, a LECOM news release stated.
A rotation of 50 fourth-year dental students � under licensed dental faculty members� direct supervision � daily will provide affordable care to 150 patients.
The dental patient clinic will be a �godsend to health care in the area,� DeFuniak Springs resident Mac Work said.
While Crestview lost the LECOM campus, there are medical and educational opportunities in the city's future, Peaden said, adding he could not yet discuss them publicly.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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- Math.Combinatorics.Digraph
- Math.Combinatorics.Poset
- Math.Combinatorics.IncidenceAlgebra
I'll go through their contents at some point, but this time I want to talk about the tensor algebra.
So recall that previously we defined the free vector space over a type, tensor products, algebras and coalgebras in Haskell code.
In HaskellForMaths, we always work with the free vector space over a type: that means, we take some type b as a basis, and form k-linear combinations of elements of b. This construction is represented by the type Vect k b.
Given two vector spaces A = Vect k a, B = Vect k b, we can form their tensor product A⊗B = Vect k (Tensor a b). So Tensor is a type constructor on basis types, which takes basis types a, b for vector spaces A, B, and returns a basis type for the tensor product A⊗B.
We also defined a type constructor DSum, which returns a basis type for the direct sum A⊕B.
Now, we saw that tensor product is a monoid (at the type level, up to isomorphism):
- it is associative: (A⊗B)⊗C is isomorphic to A⊗(B⊗C)
- it has a unit: the field k itself is an identity for tensor product, in the sense that k⊗A is isomorphic to A, is isomorphic to A⊗k
Given some specific vector space V, we can consider the tensor powers of V:
k, V, V⊗V, V⊗V⊗V, ...
(We can omit brackets in V⊗V⊗V because tensor product is associative.)
And indeed we can form their direct sum:
T(V) = k ⊕ V ⊕ V⊗V ⊕ V⊗V⊗V ⊕ ...
(where an element of T(V) is understood to be a finite sum of elements of the tensor powers.)
This is a vector space, since tensor products and direct sums are vector spaces. If V has a basis e1,e2,e3,..., then a typical element of T(V) might be something like 3 + 5e2 + 2e1⊗e3⊗e1.
Now the interesting thing is that T(V) can be given the structure of an algebra, as follows:
- for the unit, we use the injection of k into the first direct summand
- for the mult, we use tensor product
For example, we would have
e2 * (2 + 3e1 + e4⊗e2) = 2e2 + 3e2⊗e1 + e2⊗e4⊗e2
With this algebra structure, T(V) is called the tensor algebra.
So how should we represent the tensor algebra in HaskellForMaths? Suppose that V is the free vector space Vect k a over some basis type a. (Recall also that the field k itself can be represented as the free vector space Vect k () over the unit type.) Can we use the DSum and Tensor type constructors to build the tensor algebra? Something like:
Vect k (DSum () (DSum a (DSum (Tensor a a) (DSum ...))))
Hmm, that's not going to work - we can't build the whole of what we want that way. (Unless some type system wizard knows otherwise?) So instead of representing the direct sum and tensor product at the type level, we're going to have to do it at the value level. Here's the definition:
data TensorAlgebra a = TA Int [a] deriving (Eq,Ord)
Given the free vector space V = Vect k a over basis type a, then TensorAlgebra a is the basis type for the tensor algebra over a, so that Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) is the tensor algebra T(V). The Int in TA Int [a] tells us which direct summand we're in (ie which tensor power), and the [a] tells us the tensor multiplicands. So for example, e2⊗e1⊗e4 would be represented as TA 3 [e2,e1,e4]. Then Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) consists of k-linear combinations of these basis elements, so it is the vector space T(V) that we are after.
Here's a Show instance:
instance Show a => Show (TensorAlgebra a) where
show (TA _ []) = "1"
show (TA _ xs) = filter (/= '"') $ concat $ L.intersperse "*" $ map show xs
It will be helpful to have a vector space basis to work with, so here's one that we used previously:
newtype EBasis = E Int deriving (Eq,Ord)
instance Show EBasis where show (E i) = "e" ++ show i
Then, for example, our Show instance gives us:
> :l Math.Algebras.TensorAlgebra
> return (TA 0 []) <+> return (TA 2 [E 1, E 3])
(Recall that the free vector space is a monad, hence our use of return to put a basis element into the vector space.)
So note that in the show output, the "*" is meant to represent tensor product, so this is really 1+e1⊗e3. You can actually get Haskell to output the tensor product symbol - just replace "*" by "\x2297" in the definition of show - however I found that it didn't look too good in the Mac OS X terminal, and I wasn't sure it would work on all OSes.
Ok, how about an Algebra instance? Well, TensorAlgebra a is basically just a slightly frilly version of [a], so it's a monoid, and we can use the monoid algebra construction:
instance Mon (TensorAlgebra a) where
munit = TA 0 []
mmult (TA i xs) (TA j ys) = TA (i+j) (xs++ys)
instance (Num k, Ord a) => Algebra k (TensorAlgebra a) where
unit x = x *> return munit
mult = nf . fmap (\(a,b) -> a `mmult` b)
So now we can do arithmetic in the tensor algebra:
> let e_ i = return (TA 1 [E i]) :: Vect Q (TensorAlgebra EBasis)
> let e1 = e_ 1; e2 = e_ 2; e3 = e_ 3; e4 = e_ 4
> (e1+e2) * (1+e3*e4)
We've got into the habit of using QuickCheck to check algebraic properties. Let's just check that the tensor algebra, as we've defined it, is an algebra:
instance Arbitrary b => Arbitrary (TensorAlgebra b) where
arbitrary = do xs <- listOf arbitrary :: Gen [b] -- ScopedTypeVariables
let d = length xs
return (TA d xs)
prop_Algebra_TensorAlgebra (k,x,y,z) = prop_Algebra (k,x,y,z)
where types = (k,x,y,z) :: ( Q, Vect Q (TensorAlgebra EBasis), Vect Q (TensorAlgebra EBasis), Vect Q (TensorAlgebra EBasis) )
> quickCheck prop_Algebra_TensorAlgebra
+++ OK, passed 100 tests.
Ok, so what's so special about the tensor algebra? Well, it has a rather nice universal property:
Suppose A = Vect k a, B = Vect k b are vector spaces, and we have a linear map f : A -> B. Suppose that B is also an algebra. Then we can "lift" f to an algebra morphism f' : T(A) -> B, such that the following diagram commutes.
In other words, f' agrees with f on the copy of A within T(A): f = f' . i
Ah, but hold on, I didn't say what an algebra morphism is. Well, it's just the usual: a function which "commutes" with the algebra structure. Specifically, it's a linear map (so that it commutes with the vector space structure), which makes the following diagrams commute:
So how does this universal property work then? Here's the code:
injectTA :: Num k => Vect k a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a)
injectTA = fmap (\a -> TA 1 [a])
liftTA :: (Num k, Ord b, Show b, Algebra k b) =>
(Vect k a -> Vect k b) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> Vect k b
liftTA f = linear (\(TA _ xs) -> product [f (return x) | x <- xs])
In other words, any tensor product u⊗v⊗... is sent to f(u)*f(v)*...
Let's look at an example. Recall that the quaternion algebra H has the basis {1,i,j,k}, with i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = -1.
> let f = linear (\(E n) -> case n of 1 -> 1+i; 2 -> 1-i; 3 -> j+k; 4 -> j-k; _ -> zerov)
> let f' = liftTA f
> e1*e2
> f' (e1*e2)
Recall that we usually define a linear map by linear extension from its action on a basis - that's what the "linear" is doing in the definition of f. It's fairly clear what f' is doing: it's basically just variable substitution. That is, we can consider the basis elements ei as variables, and the tensor algebra as the algebra of non-commutative polynomials in the ei. Then the linear map f assigns a substitution to each basis element, and f' just substitutes and multiplies out in the target algebra. In this case, we have:
e1⊗e2 -> (1+i)*(1-i) = 1-i^2 = 2
We can use QuickCheck to verify that liftTA f is indeed the algebra morphism required by the universal property. Here's a QuickCheck property for an algebra morphism. (We don't bother to check that f is a linear map, since it's almost always clear from the definition. If in doubt, we can test that separately.)
prop_AlgebraMorphism f (k,x,y) =
(f . unit) k == unit k &&
(f . mult) (x `te` y) == (mult . (f `tf` f)) (x `te` y)
This is just a transcription of the diagrams into code.
In order to test the universal property, we have to check that liftTA f is an algebra morphism, and that it agrees with f on (the copy of) V (in T(V)):
prop_TensorAlgebra_UniversalProperty (fmatrix,(k,x,y),z) =
prop_AlgebraMorphism f' (k,x,y) &&
(f' . injectTA) z == f z
where f = linfun fmatrix
f' = liftTA f
types = (fmatrix,(k,x,y),z) :: (LinFun Q EBasis HBasis,
(Q,Vect Q (TensorAlgebra EBasis), Vect Q (TensorAlgebra EBasis)),
Vect Q EBasis)
So the key to this code is the parameter fmatrix, which is an arbitrary (sparse) matrix from Q^n to H, the quaternions, from which we build an arbitrary linear function. Note that the universal property of course implies that we can choose any algebra as the target for f - I just chose the quaternions because they're familiar.
> quickCheck prop_TensorAlgebra_UniversalProperty
+++ OK, passed 100 tests.
With this construction, tensor algebra is in fact a functor from k-Vect to k-Alg. The action on objects is V -> T(V), Vect k a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a). But a functor also acts on the arrows of the source category.
How do we get an action on arrows? Well, we can use the universal property to construct one. If we have an arrow f: A -> B, then (injectTA . f) is an arrow A -> T(B). Then we use the universal property to lift to an arrow f': T(A) -> T(B).
Here's the code:
fmapTA :: (Num k, Ord b, Show b) =>
(Vect k a -> Vect k b) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b)
fmapTA f = liftTA (injectTA . f)
For example:
newtype ABasis = A Int deriving (Eq,Ord,Show)
newtype BBasis = B Int deriving (Eq,Ord,Show)
> let f = linear (\(A i) -> case i of 1 -> return (B 1) <+> return (B 2);
2 -> return (B 3) <+> return (B 4);
_ -> zerov :: Vect Q BBasis)
> let f' = fmapTA f
> return (TA 2 [A 1, A 2]) :: Vect Q (TensorAlgebra ABasis)
> f' it
So this is variable substitution again. In this case, as f is just a linear map between vector spaces, we can think of it as something like a change of basis of the underlying space. Then f' shows us how the (non-commutative) polynomials defined over the space transform under the change of basis.
Let's just verify that this is a functor. We have to show:
- That fmapTA f is an algebra morphism (ie it is an arrow in k-Alg)
- That fmapTA commutes with the category structure, ie fmapTA id = id, and fmapTA (g . f) = fmapTA g . fmapTA f.
Here's a QuickCheck property:
prop_Functor_Vect_TensorAlgebra (f,g,k,x,y) =
prop_AlgebraMorphism (fmapTA f') (k,x,y) &&
(fmapTA id) x == id x &&
fmapTA (g' . f') x == (fmapTA g' . fmapTA f') x
where f' = linfun f
g' = linfun g
types = (f,g,k,x,y) :: (LinFun Q ABasis BBasis, LinFun Q BBasis CBasis,
Q, Vect Q (TensorAlgebra ABasis), Vect Q (TensorAlgebra ABasis) )
> quickCheck prop_Functor_Vect_TensorAlgebra
+++ OK, passed 100 tests.
So can we declare a Functor instance? Well no, actually. Haskell only allows us to declare type constructors as Functor instances, whereas what we would want to do is declare the type function (\Vect k a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a)) as a Functor, which isn't allowed.
Ok, so we have a functor T: k-Vect -> k-Alg, the tensor algebra functor. We also have a forgetful functor going the other way, k-Alg -> k-Vect, which consists in taking an algebra, and simply forgetting that it is an algebra, and seeing only the vector space structure. (As it does at least remember the vector space structure, perhaps we should call this a semi-forgetful, or merely absent-minded functor.)
The cognoscenti will no doubt have seen what is coming next: we have an adjunction, and hence a monad.
How so? Well, it's obvious from its type signature that injectTA is return. For (>>=) / bind, we can define the following:
bindTA :: (Num k, Ord b, Show b) =>
Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> (Vect k a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b)) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b)
bindTA = flip liftTA
Note that in addition to flipping the arguments, bindTA also imposes a more restrictive signature than liftTA: the target algebra is constrained to be a tensor algebra.
> let f = linear (\(A i) -> case i of 1 -> return (TA 2 [B 1, B 2]);
2 -> return (TA 1 [B 3]) + return (TA 1 [B 4]);
_ -> zerov :: Vect Q (TensorAlgebra BBasis))
> return (TA 2 [A 1, A 2]) `bindTA` f
So the effect of bind is to feed a non-commutative polynomial through a variable substitution.
Monads are meant to satisfy the following monad laws:
- "Left identity": return a >>= f == f a
- "Right identity": m >>= return == m
- "Associativity": (m >>= f) >>= g == m >>= (\x -> f x >>= g)
As usual, we write a QuickCheck property:
prop_Monad_Vect_TensorAlgebra (fmatrix,gmatrix,a,ta)=
injectTA a `bindTA` f == f a && -- left identity
ta `bindTA` injectTA == ta && -- right identity
(ta `bindTA` f) `bindTA` g == ta `bindTA` (\a -> f a `bindTA` g) -- associativity
where f = linfun fmatrix
g = linfun gmatrix
types = (fmatrix,gmatrix,a,ta) :: (LinFun Q ABasis (TensorAlgebra BBasis),
LinFun Q BBasis (TensorAlgebra CBasis),
Vect Q ABasis, Vect Q (TensorAlgebra ABasis) )
> quickCheck prop_Monad_Vect_TensorAlgebra
+++ OK, passed 100 tests.
Once again, we can't actually declare a Monad instance, because our type function (\Vect k a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a)) is not a type constructor.
So, we have a functor, and indeed a monad, T: k-Vect -> k-Alg. Now recall that the free vector space construction (\a -> Vect k a) was itself a functor, indeed a monad, from Set -> k-Vect. What happens if we compose these two functors? Why then of course we get a functor, and a monad, from Set -> k-Alg. In Haskell terms, this is a functor a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a).
What does this functor look like? Well, relative to a, Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) is the free algebra on a, consisting of all expressions in which the elements of k and the elements of a are combined using (commutative) addition and (non-commutative) multiplication. In other words, the elements of a can be thought of as variable symbols, and Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) as the algebra of non-commutative polynomials in these variables.
Here's the code:
injectTA' :: Num k => a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a)
injectTA' = injectTA . return
liftTA' :: (Num k, Ord b, Show b, Algebra k b) =>
(a -> Vect k b) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> Vect k b
liftTA' = liftTA . linear
fmapTA' :: (Num k, Ord b, Show b) =>
(a -> b) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b)
fmapTA' = fmapTA . fmap
bindTA' :: (Num k, Ord b, Show b) =>
Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> (a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b)) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b)
bindTA' = flip liftTA'
The only one of these which might require a little explanation is liftTA'. This works by applying a universal property twice, as shown by the diagram below: first, the universal property of free vector spaces is used to lift a function a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b) to a function Vect k a -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b); then the universal property of the tensor algebra is used to lift that to a function Vect k (TensorAlgebra a) -> Vect k (TensorAlgebra b).
Here's an example, which shows that in the free algebra as in the tensor algebra, bind corresponds to variable substitution:
> let [t,x,y,z] = map injectTA' ["t","x","y","z"] :: [Vect Q (TensorAlgebra String)]
> let f "x" = 1-t^2; f "y" = 2*t; f "z" = 1+t^2
> (x^2+y^2-z^2) `bindTA'` f


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The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the NHL.
Franchise History:
Bringing hockey to the Bay Area
The NHL's 1967-68 expansion included a Bay Area team but was a failure both on the ice and at the gate. After nine money-losing seasons and continued low attendance, in 1976 the Seals were sold to Cleveland businessmen George and Gordon Gund and moved to Cleveland, where they became the Barons. After two more years of losses, the Gunds were permitted to merge the Barons with the financially struggling Minnesota North Stars.
George Kingston years (1991-93)
For their first two seasons, the Sharks played at the Cow Palace in Daly City. During this time they were one of the worst teams in the NHL, as often happens to expansion teams 71 losses and a 17-game losing streak, while earning a mere 24 points in the standings.
Kevin Constantine years (1993-97)
For their third season, 1993-94, the Sharks moved to their current home, the San Jose Arena. The Sharks pulled off one of the biggest turnarounds in NHL history, finishing with a 33-35-16 record, making the playoffs with 82 points a 58-point jump from the previous season. They were seeded 8th in the Western Conference playoffs and faced the Detroit Red Wings, the near-unanimous pick to win the Stanley Cup. However, the underdog Sharks shocked the Red Wings in seven games. In the second round, the Sharks had a 3-2 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs, but lost the final two games in Toronto; including an overtime loss in Game 6.
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Owen Nolan was traded to Toronto, and McGillis, Bryan Marchment, AHL star Shawn Heins, and forward Matt Bradley were moved. Selanne left to sign with the Colorado Avalanche. Character centers Alyn McCauley and Wayne Primeau were brought in to stabilize the locker room. Jim Fahey, who led all rookie defensemen in points despite playing in only 43 games.
2003-04 saw another turnaround for the team, resulting in the team's best season ever. An injection of youth, with players like Christian Ehrhoff and Tom Preissing, and the influx of energy with Alexander Korolyuk jump-started San Jose. They posted the third-best record in the league with a team-record 104 points, won the Pacific Division championship, and were seeded second in the Western Conference. They charged through the playoffs, taking down the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 1 in the conference quarterfinals and stopping the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in the conference semis.
The Sharks entered the 2006-07 season as the youngest team in average age, as well as the biggest team in average weight, and they raced out to a 20-7-0 start, the best in franchise history. Ron Wilson chose the uncommon strategy of alternating both Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov every other game. The team made two significant trades at the trade deadline for defenseman Craig Rivet and winger Bill Guerin. The trades coincided with Nabokov, playing full time while Toskala recovered from an injury, putting together a string of outstanding performances. The Sharks finished the regular season with the best record in franchise history at 51-26-5, and defeated the Nashville Predators in a 1st round rematch of last year's playoffs with the same 4-1 result. In the Western Conference semifinals, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings. After taking a 2-1 series lead, they lost a pivotal game 4 when the Red Wings scored the tying goal with 33 seconds left and went on to win in overtime. The Sharks lost the next two games in a row giving the series to Detroit 4-2.
The Sharks are updating their logos and jerseys to help adjust to the new Reebok style jersey. The team unveiled their new logos on July 24, 2007, and will show their new jerseys in September.
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Brussels, 11 October 2012
Europe approves allocations of € 500 million of Food for the Most Deprived programme for 2013
The allocation of EU funds for the 2013 Food for the Most Deprived programme was voted through the Single CMO Management Committee today. It is expected that more than 18 million people in 19 EU Member States will benefit from the € 500 million budget available for the most deprived. This will be the last year that the scheme will run in this form, funded from the CAP. New proposals for a broader, more flexible scheme, more closely linked to social cohesion policy, are due to be presented later this month under the responsibility of EU Social Affairs Commissioner Laszlo Andor.
"We can be proud of what this scheme has achieved over the years, but now is the time to think of how best to continue responding to the needs of the most deprived in future", EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloș stated today.
"We believe this is an important policy for the EU, especially in this time of economic difficulty, and some 18 million people are expected to benefit from the scheme next year. This is why the Commission has proposed to reserve a budget of €2.5bn for a successor to this scheme to help the most deprived in its 2014-2020 budget proposal. Since it fits more appropriately with the EU's poverty reduction targets, this financing is foreseen under social-cohesion policy (heading 1) rather than the CAP. Commissioner Andor will be coming forward shortly with proposals for the new scheme after 2013."
The EU's "Food Distribution programme for the Most Deprived Persons of the Community" has been in place since December 1987, when the Council adopted the rules for releasing public intervention stocks of agricultural products to Member States wishing to use them as food aid for the most deprived persons in the EU. Over the years, the scheme has become an important source of provisions for organisations working in direct contact with the least fortunate people in our society. It is estimated that more than 18 million people each year benefit from the food aid distributed through the scheme.
Successive reforms have led to a much more market-oriented Common Agricultural Policy, with much lower levels of intervention stocks. As a result the scheme was finally revised in 2012 (after a long battle in Council), including the introduction of nutritional considerations measures to make it easier to access products from the open market – to the extent that canned fruit & vegetables, tinned beef and canned tuna can now be included. Indeed, under the 2013 Programme, there are virtually no stocks that will be sourced from public intervention stores.
As regards the future of the scheme, in its proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2014-2020, the Commission has proposed to provide a budget of €2.5 billion for the 7 year period to continue financing EU assistance for the most deprived under Heading I of the EU budget, where it fits more appropriately with the poverty reduction target of the Europe 2020 strategy. The Commission is currently drafting concrete proposals for shaping the future programme within the social cohesion policy framework, due for publication on October 23.
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Pity the poor little dude at the bottom of this knife cabinet, barely getting out of the way of the longest knife. This 11.5-inch mini-cabinet holds a variety of knives that you supply yourself, the longest one with a 9-inch blade. Get a 9.5-inch blade to really put the hurt on the poor little guy.
He must be related to that poor son of a bitch doing time as the Voodoo Knife Holder.
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Coreboot Symposium 2008
The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
general: breaks at 10-10:30, 12-1, 3-3:30
1-2 Ron opens the meeting and discusses the last year
2-3 Stepan talks about the automated testbed, and GSOC 2007 and 2008
3-330 break
330-400 Stepan talks about - his work for various customers etc. - his recent ports
400-rest of day hack session -- set up boards and prioritize the goals of the rest of the time
0830-1000 AMD talks about whatever they want :-) - consumer issues - what's going on - new ports this year - K10?
1000-1030 break
1030-1200 Marc talks about his work at Sun with simnow
1200-0100 lunch
0100- 0300 Ton gives an overview of v3, from the smallest to the large bits. Sample build/burn session
0300-0330 break
0330- 0400 open questions (please add some) 1. how do we tell when a board is good enough to move from v2 to v3? What's the test? 2. What pending issues are there?
0400-0500 The view from the FSF -- what's going on, etc.
- hack all day. We hope to fix the problems we prioritized thursday.
What needs to be brought
- monitor
- power supplies
Who is bringing what
Ron: dbe61 and dbe62. Alix 1C. Alix LPC pod. Artec LPC pod. T23 with ubuntu. OLPC devel board for v3 test. (No OLPC, it's too distracting). Outlet strips. FS2 if it arrives from LANL on time (it may not). USB hubs? What else?
Ward: alix2c3, Artec LPC dongle. I can bring an alix.1c too but Ron's already bringing one.
Stefan: Advantech PCM-5820, possibly other boards, Artec LPC Dongle, ByteBlaster II (if it arrives in time), other JTAG cables on Request, Galep-5 Flash Writer, Flash Plaice(?)


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Leonardo DiCaprio: The Love of Kate Winslet's Life!
Leonardo DiCaprio has a crowd of pals surrounding him as he makes his way to a yacht boarding area on Sunday afternoon (March 23) in St. Barts.
The 39-year-old actor, who was accompanied by a mystery blonde, has not been seen out and about since the 2014 Oscars, where he lost the coveted Best Actor trophy to Matthew McConaughey.
Recently, Leo's frequent co-star Kate Winslet had to answer the question: Leo or her Divergent co-star Theo James.
"Leo is my love of my life, how could you possibly even ask me that question! If I said Theo over Leo, he would never let me stay the night at his house ever again. And we can't have that because that's where I stay," Kate told PopSugar. We love it!


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Taylor Swift Impersonated by Jimmy Fallon in Post-Super Bowl Special
Late night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Fallon made a good drag queen (of sorts) in his spoof of 'The Voice,' where he poked fun at artists like Taylor Swift after the 2012 Super Bowl drew to a close. Essentially, Fallon spoofed A-list pop talent, imitating what it might be like if they tried out for the much coveted Super Bowl halftime show gig in front of 'The Voice' judges. It's a bit of a complicated concept, but Fallon made it work and generated plenty of laughs.
Fallon donned Swiftian ringlets and perfectly aped the cute, surprised, "I'm in shock and awe" look that she demonstrates every time she wins a major award at a music industry ceremony.
Cradling an acoustic guitar, Fallon parodied Swift's hit 'You Belong With Me,' twisting it to 'You Should Have Gone With Me.' Fallon, as Swift, apologized for her voice being a bit deeper than usual, blaming it on a cold. "She" then used the lyrics to take a few swipes at Madonna, who ultimately got the desired halftime gig, singing "She wears pointy bras / I wear glitter." Just brilliant, since it's subtle in pointing out the differences between the sexualized Madonna and the girl-next-door Swift.
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GEORGIA daughters are in an uproar over Judge Jane Carroll of Milwaukee
County Probate Court ruling to place their mother back in the hands of her
abuser ("husband"). Our mother suffered several strokes in 2010 which
cause her to need a guardian. We later found out that the "husband"
(the abuser) received guardianship after fabricating a story to state agency
that her (the abuse woman) family was not in her life although we visit often
and called every day. After many visits from 2010 we notice no change in our
mother rehabilitation. On many attempts we have tried to talk to the
"husband" (abuser) about other options, but he refused them all.
(Fast forwarding)
In July 2012, we notice a change in our mother's reaction when arriving by
surprise in the early morning. We would wake her up when we arrive and she
would greet us with words of happiness and tears of joy. The smile she would
have on her face to see all of us..her children, grandchildren and sometime great-grandchildren. After my mother take her medication. She would then go back into her zombie state of just staring at you as if she didn't know who you were as always. This was a big concern to me who notice this change after the second surprise early morning visit. Again speaking to the NEW nurse present. She made concerns that she supposed to take care of my mother's needs, but the "husband" requires a lot of her attention for himself. Her words and I quote, " He is verbal abusive to her and leaves her alone upstairs while he is downstairs." We do have an older sister who lives in that state and he (abuser) bared her from seeing our mother at his house. How Cruel?
I, LaToya spoke to my mother asking her questions about her wellbeing. Base
on her answers and her constant reminder to come get her. I went back to
Milwaukee in August to pick her up and relocate her to Georgia. The first doctor's appointment in Georgia the doctor considered her under sedation. I was told to no longer give her any more medication from what I received from Milwaukee and she was ordering fresh meds. After a month with her daughters, my mother began to walk with a walker, talk more, getting her memory back, getting baths (something she didn't received in 2 years because the abuser claim she couldn't get in the tub) and a host of other things. Before coming to Georgia, she was barely talking, walking, eating, bathing and swallowing her medication she would hold in her mouth for an hour. (Later to find out she knew he was giving her bad medication)
At this time, we are now requesting medical records in Wisconsin to get
history on doctor's notes alone with the testing in Georgia. To my surprise..
My mother did not receive medication from July 2011 until June 2012 according to doctor's notes. He (abuser) also refused to give her the medication called ARICEPT that helps with memory on Dementia patience, he missed many doctors appoints and her weight went from 164 lbs. to 119 lbs. When I got her in August 2012 she was 119 lbs. to December 2012 being 130lbs. He claims it was because she was having difficulties swallowing her food. My sisters and I are getting my mother back to health and low and behold I received a called from Milw Co. Community Care case manager. The case manager stated that I kidnap my mother and to return her back to Wisconsin. I responded with an instant NO and the reason being. After explaining my reasoning of bring her to Georgia I than received knowledge of guardianship placed with this abuser of a man.
I received another call from Georgia Protection Agencies whom the Wisconsin
Department of Aging sent to my house to speak to my mom. Now at this point
everyone understands my story and is someone in my corner. I put in a Petition to Terminate Guardianship in Milwaukee, WI. Our first court appearance was December 5th which was the day I brought my mother back to Milwaukee. The Judge decided not to be present which means we were basically tricked to bring her back to the states to be placed in a group home until next court date. On January 10th I meet with the Judge in her chambers who wanted me to make mediating decisions without hearing the case. I told her no, I rather go to trial. We still had to leave our mother behind in Milwaukee for the February 28, 2012 and March 1st trial.
The "Honorable" Judge Jane Carroll of Milwaukee, WI made this ruling after she heard many testimonies of abuse from The Wisconsin Department of Aging who stated my mother told them that he hits her, showed his gun and she wanted to move with her daughters. The Community Care of Wisconsin also made statements of bad home conditions and dishonest statements made to them from the abuser. A
host of other witness testimonies of abuse and neglect including the police dept. report. She refused to see any evidence and the abuser never hit the witness stand for any questioning. She dismissed Restraining Order, and all other Petitions submitted to the courts. I forgot to mention she also dismissed the Petition to Terminate Guardianship from the Department of Aging. WOW!
How do you rule without giving the opportunity to provide evident to prove your case? I never heard of this. The County Judge believes there is no problem with this man remaining her guardian. She stills lives in constant anxiety with the thought of having to go back to him, as he is a manipulative, dishonest man, and who continues to deny the family their mother and grandmother - all while telling her we don't love and want her. THIS is what the court decided was best for my mother.
LaToya Fredricks
This petition closed 8 months ago
Judge Jane V. Carroll in Milwaukee, WI heard evidence of my mother being abused by this loser of a man. She ignored all testimonies by credible agencies who confirmed the abuse and she still ruled...
Judge Jane V. Carroll in Milwaukee, WI heard evidence of my mother being abused by this loser of a man. She ignored all testimonies by credible agencies who confirmed the abuse and she still ruled for this abuser to remain her guardian. She have my mother life in her hands and don't care what happens. Please do not vote for her to remain on the bench. Thanks


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I think Zapatera's food is contaminated. Then they ask Omaetpe for rice. Phillip gets all huffy and yells at Steve about it. Rob & Grant look happy in the promo, so they are glad their food is safe? I don't know! Julie wins immunity. If only one person goes home on RI, then Mike goes home. If two, Mike & Matt leave.
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Leagues & Tourneys / Re: Ropes at the Oaks (USDGC Performance Qualifier)- 6/28/14« on: June 27, 2014, 10:43:10 AM »
I'll see you all there tomorrow! Can't wait!
Leagues & Tourneys / Re: 31st Illinois State Disc Golf Championships« on: July 25, 2013, 09:49:00 AM »
We need some help. We have 3 Swedish pro players that are in Illinois for the Pro Worlds in Indiana and they want to play IL State this Saturday. They are currently staying at a hotel downtown on East Ohio Street Near North Side. They are looking for a ride and are willing to pay for gas both ways. If anyone can help heres some info to get something arranged.
I should be able to give them a ride. I sent Christian an e-mail.
Leagues & Tourneys / Re: IOS #55 - Oswegop Open June 1st-2nd 2013« on: May 29, 2013, 05:26:03 PM »
Just a heads up. A huge tree came down on 13s fairway last nightblocking most of it.
Lost & Found / Re: Lost disc at Channy (by the temp hole 21)« on: May 09, 2013, 07:51:02 PM »
Speaking of, Kester, I have one that was found there with your name on it.
I sent Kester a message on Facebook letting him know you have it, so he's aware. I'm sure the disc will find its way back to him eventually.
Lost & Found / Lost disc at Channy (by the temp hole 21)« on: May 07, 2013, 01:16:15 PM »
Was out practicing the temps before the tournament and turned one over into the flooded area to the right of hole 21, the last temp hole coming back towards the baseball field. It was a maroon/copper Westside Giant. Did not have my name on it yet. I went in there after the tournament to try and find it, but aside from several large carp and a few more colorful drivers (which were returned), I did not find anything else. Water was too murky to look for a darker disc like the Giant.
I don't come down there too often. If someone finds it after the water receeds, I would like to get it back. I actually was really liking that disc.
Equipment / Re: looking for THROW IN THE DARK discs« on: February 13, 2013, 12:19:20 PM »
I think he meant actual "THROW IN THE DARK" stamped discs. Innova made a bunch of glow discs in the 80s and 90s with that stamp.
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major macro economic indicators
|GDP growth (%)
|Inflation (yearly average, %)
|Budget balance (% GDP)
|Current account balance (% GDP)
|Public debt (% GDP)
(f): forecast
- Privileged location in a dynamic region
- Very high level of national savings (around 23% of GDP)
- Public debt is 90% owned by local investors
- Advanced technology products and diversified industrial sector
- Difficulty of consolidating public finances and bringing an end to deflation
- Reduction of the workforce; increasing share of precarious workers
- Political instability
- Low productivity of SMEs
Risk assessment
Cyclical recovery will slow in 2018
Japan benefitted from a combination of cyclical factors in 2017, enabling it to reach a higher than anticipated level of growth. However, the economy is still subject to structural headwinds, which are set to come into force again in 2018 and lead to a slowdown in activity. GDP grew robustly in 2017, driven by foreign trade, a surge in the industrial production, and – to a lesser extent – fiscal stimulus, but private consumption remains lacklustre, as real wages have not expanded – despite a tight labour market, with the unemployment rate sitting at 2.8% in April its lowest level since June 1994. Wage growth has been constrained by Japanese companies' sticky deflationary mind-set, which has resulted in insufficient efforts to redistribute profits. The structure of Japan's labour market, which features rigid permanent contracts as well as a growing number of temporary workers, has also played a role in keeping wages and productivity depressed.
Domestic demand has played a muted role in boosting inflation. The modest pickup in inflation can be traced back to higher import prices – led by commodities – as well as a weaker yen. However, consumer price inflation remains below the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) 2% target. Private investment will likely remain sluggish as investors wait to see signs of a real pickup in domestic demand. Notwithstanding this caveat, corporate profits, liquidity, and financial conditions are still favourable.
Going forwards, the Tokyo Olympics and an extension of BoJ's ultra-accommodative monetary policies will continue to sustain economic momentum.
Consolidation of public finances remains a crucial issue
2017 saw a widening fiscal deficit in 2017, due to ongoing policy stimulus, the rebuilding of infrastructure after a series of natural disasters, and construction ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games . However, there is less room to implement further fiscal stimulus going forwards: the increase in social spending significantly weighs on the state budget while revenues are insufficient. However, the government decided to postpone the next VAT rise (from 8% to 10%) until October 2019 for fear that another rate hike would cripple consumption. With a debt service burden representing 25% of GDP, the current trajectory of the debt accumulation does not appear sustainable, especially as costs continue to increase with the ageing population (health expenditure) and the 2020 Olympics (investment expenditure).
The current account is expected to remain in surplus in 2018. The yen has remained weak against the dollar, which has played a role in boosting exports in 2017. Robust demand from developed markets, a stabilization of the Chinese economy, and a pickup in global commodity prices, have also facilitated the increase in exports since the last quarter of 2016. However, this is not expected to continue considering the slowing demand from Japan's main trading partners (China, the United States and Eurozone countries) and signs of commodity price weakness. Imports are expected to increase as households adjust to the expectations of another sales tax hike in 2019. The trade balance is expected to remain slightly in surplus. The services account will continue its consolidation as a result of the rise of tourism – Chinese tourists, in particular and the income balance, which will remain significant.
Abe wins a majority, clearing the path for reforms
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took advantage of favourable cyclical conditions and called a snap election on October 2017, stating he was seeking a fresh mandate amid threats from North Korea. As expected, his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) managed to secure a majority, which gives him ample room to forge ahead with economic reforms, and reform Article 9 of Japan's pacifist constitution. The goal would be to increase military spending to 3% of GDP for defensive purposes. Prime Minister Abe has also stated that he is keen to revive the TPP, and on May 21st, trade ministers representing 11 of the 12 signatories met to revive the pact. Japan also wants to maintain close relations with the US so as to avoid being isolated in Asia, and is working on a bilateral trade agreement.
The North Korean threat continues to linger, posing a real security threat. The Korean neighbour has continued to forge ahead with its nuclear programme, despite reprimand from the international community. On August and September 2017, it flew ballistic missiles over Hokkaido, prompting Japanese authorities to sound alerts. Although global markets have so far heavily discounted the likelihood of a war with North Korea, a deterioration of investor sentiment could lead to the return of risk-off modes, triggering inflows into safe-haven assets such as the yen with a risk of derail ing the rebound in exports and impacting the profits of Japanese conglomerates.
Last update : January 2018
Japan has ratified the International Conventions of June 1930 on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, and of March 1931 on Cheques. As a result, the validity of these instruments in Japan is subject to the same rules as in Europe.
The bill of exchange (kawase tegata) and the much more widely used promissory note (yakusoku tegata), when unpaid, allow creditors to initiate debt recovery proceedings via a fast-track procedure, subject to certain conditions. Although the fast-track procedure also applies to cheques (kogitte), their use is far less common for everyday transactions.
Clearing houses (tegata kokanjo) play an important role in the collective processing of the money supply arising from these instruments. The penalties for payment default act as a powerful deterrent: a debtor who fails twice in a period of six months to honour a bill of exchange, promissory note, or cheque collectable in Japan is subsequently barred for a period of two years from undertaking business-related banking transactions (current account, loans) with financial establishments attached to the clearing house. In other words, the debtor is reduced to a de facto state of insolvency.
These two measures normally result in the calling in of any bank loans granted to the debtor.
Bank transfers (furikomi), sometimes guaranteed by a standby letter of credit, have become significantly more common throughout the economy over recent decades thanks to widespread use of electronic systems in Japanese banking circles. Various highly automated interbank transfer systems are also available for local or international payments, like the Foreign Exchange Yen Clearing System (FXYCS, operated by the Tokyo Bankers Association) and the BOJ-NET Funds Transfer System (operated by Bank of Japan).
Payment made via the Internet site of the client's bank is also increasingly common.
Debt collection
In principle, to avoid certain disreputable practices employed in the past by specialised companies, only lawyers (bengoshi) may undertake debt collection. However, a 1998 law established the profession of "servicer" to foster debt securitisation and facilitate collection of non-performing loans (NPL debts) held by financial institutions.
Servicers are debt collection companies licensed by the Ministry of Justice to provide collections services, but only for certain types of debt: bank loans, loans by designated institutions, loans contracted under leasing arrangements, credit card repayments, and so on.
Amicable phase
A settlement is always preferable, so as to avoid a lengthy and costly legal procedure. This involves obtaining, where possible, a signature from the debtor on a notarised deed that includes a forced-execution clause, which, in the event of continued default, is directly enforceable without requiring a prior court judgement.
The standard practice is for the creditor to send the debtor a recorded delivery letter with acknowledgement of receipt (naïyo shomeï), the content of which must be written in Japanese characters and certified by the post office.
The effect of this letter is to set back the statute of limitation by six months (which is five years for commercial debts). If the debtor still fails to respond, the creditor must start legal action during that period to retain the benefit of interruption of the limitation period.*
Legal proceedings
Fast-track proceedings
Summary proceedings, intended to allow creditors to obtain a ruling on payment (tokusoku tetsuzuki), apply to uncontested monetary claims and effectively facilitate obtaining a court order to pay (shiharaï meireï) from the judge within approximately six months.
If the debtor contests the order within two weeks of service of notice, the case is transferred to ordinary proceedings.
Ordinary proceedings
Ordinary proceedings are brought before the Summary Court (kan-i saibansho) for claims under JPY 1,400,000 and before the District Court (chiho saibansho) for claims above this amount.
Those proceedings, partly written (with submission of arguments and exchanges of type of evidence) and partly oral (with respective hearings of the parties and their witnesses) can take from one to three years as a result of the succession of hearings. These proceedings generate significant legal costs.
The distinctive feature of the Japanese legal system is the emphasis given to civil mediation (minji chôtei). Under court supervision, a panel of mediators – usually comprised of a judge and two neutral assessors – attempts to reach, by mutual concessions of the parties, an agreement on civil and commercial disputes.
In practice, litigants often settle the case at this stage of the procedure, before a judgment is delivered. While avoiding lengthy and costly legal proceedings, any transaction obtained through such mediation becomes enforceable once approved by the court.
Enforcement of a legal decision
A court judgment is enforceable if no appeal is lodged within two weeks. If the debtor does not comply with the decision, compulsory measures can be ordered through an execution against Real Property (an Examination Court issues a commencement order for a compulsory auction) or an execution against a claim (a compulsory execution is commenced through an order of seizure).
Japanese law provides for an exequatur procedure in order for foreign awards to be recognised and enforced. The court will verify several elements, such as whether the parties benefited from a due process of law, or if enforcement will be incompatible with Japanese public policy. Furthermore, if the issuing country does not have a reciprocal recognition and enforcement treaty with Japan, the decision will not be enforced by domestic courts.
Insolvency proceedings
Restructuring proceedings
There are two types of restructuring proceedings. The first of these is corporate reorganisation proceedings (kaisha kosei), which are typically used in complex insolvency cases involving stock companies. They come with the mandatory appointment of a reorganisation trustee by the court and with a stay against enforcement by both secured and unsecured creditors. The court typically appoints a third-party bengoshi with substantial experience in restructuring cases.
The second of these is civil rehabilitation proceedings (minji saisei), which are used to rehabilitate companies of almost any size and type. The debtor-in-possession (DIP) administers the rehabilitation under supervision of a court-appointed supervisor. Enforcement by secured creditors is not stayed in principle. The debtor must enter into settlement agreements with secured creditors in order to continue using the relevant collateral to conduct their business.
Winding up proceedings
There are two winding up proceedings. In bankruptcy proceedings (hasan), the court appoints a lawyer as trustee to administer the proceedings. Enforcement by secured creditors is not stayed; rather, they can freely exercise their claims outside of the bankruptcy proceedings. The trustee will usually attempt to sell secured collateral with the agreement of the secured creditors and contribute a percentage of the sales proceeds to the estate. The debtor's estate is distributed to creditors in accordance with prescribed statutory priorities without any need for voting by the creditors.
The second, special liquidation (tokubetsu seisan), is used for stock companies. A liquidator is appointed by either a debtor's shareholders or the court. Distributor of the debtor's estate to creditors has to be approved by creditors with claims to two-thirds or more of the total debt or by way of settlement. This procedure is used when the debtor's shareholders are confident that they will obtain creditors' cooperation for the liquidation process, and wish to control the liquidation process without involvement of a trustee.


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Roy Callahan, 84, the owner of Houma's Feed and Seed on La. 24, worked at the store even on some of his last days on Earth, his son said.
Roy Callahan, 84, the owner of Houma's Feed and Seed on La. 24, worked at the store even on some of his last days on Earth, his son said.
"He came in three weeks prior to his health really deteriorating. ... Because he was having to spend so much time at home with his illness, any time he could get away from the house he would come in here," said Don Callahan, his son and vice president of the company. "This was the environment he loved to be in the most. He'd work for two or three hours, do a little paperwork. ... He never had a full retirement — which he didn't want. This store was his passion."
Roy Callahan died of Parkinson's disease May 14. In lieu of flowers, he asked that donations may be made in his name to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation or the Arthritis Foundation.
The Feed and Seed is officially known as South Louisiana Seed Co. Inc. Roy Callahan began running the feed store — which also sells plants, pet supplies, insecticides, herbicides and other agricultural supplies — when he was 20 years old with the late owner Lynn Richard, Don Callahan said.
"I don't think Dad had any formal schooling," his son said. "His dad passed away when he was young, and he had to start taking care of that family of his. His background was working hard and being a fast learner, being a pretty smart guy."
Roy Callahan became the full owner when Richard died in the late 1980s, Don Callahan said.
"He had a very strong reputation as being a great guy to deal with," his son said. "He was a very honest guy with a lot of integrity. He was just very people-oriented. Regardless of where you came from or what you were worth, he had the ability to speak to everyone and anyone. If you had a problem, he'd check it out and research it and get back with you. He was one of those go-to guys, somebody people did business with in confidence they were dealing with someone who was trustworthy and had a lot of integrity and would follow through on the things he said he would do. He was just a genuine, nice guy, and that got him a lot of customers and friends over the years."
"He loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren," family members wrote in his obituary. "He also loved the outdoors, spending time on gardening, watching any and every televised sports event and was also an avid fisherman. He was a generous man with a quick wit about him."
Don Callahan said he is in the process of becoming the company's president.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A cancer diagnosis for adolescents and young adults can be especially challenging, and new research shows the social, psychological and informational support these patients need might be going unmet.
Compared to both children and older adult cancer patients, adolescents and young adults, ages 14-39, demonstrate a different set of psychosocial needs and issues related to their unique age-related development. Whether these patients are treated in a pediatric or adult setting can influence their clinical and psychosocial well-being.
A new study lead by University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows significant proportions of patients in this age group are not getting their care needs met. Results from the study were published in the journal Cancer.
"When patients in this age group are diagnosed with cancer, they face issues like premature confrontation with mortality, changes in physical appearance, disruptions in school or work, financial challenges and loss of reproductive capacity, that can all be particularly distressing," says Bradley Zebrack, Ph.D., MSW, MPH, associate professor of social work and associate professor of health behavior and health education at the University of Michigan.
"Whether it's mental health care, information for topics like infertility, or other aspects of care like camps or retreat programs, this study shows that many of these patients aren't getting the care they need to address these unique challenges."
The researchers surveyed 215 newly diagnosed cancer patients between the ages of 14 and 39, assessing the patients' use of and desire for various information resources, emotional support services and practical support services.
They found that patients in their 20s were significantly less likely than teens and patients in their 30s to report using mental health services and were more likely to report an unmet need for cancer information, infertility information and diet/nutrition information.
Additionally, compared with teens who were treated in pediatric settings, young adults treated in adult, as opposed to pediatric, facilities were more likely to report an unmet need for age-appropriate Internet sites, mental health services, camp and retreat programs, transportation assistance and complementary and alternative health services.
Zebrack, the study's lead author, says because there's a lack of research surrounding the needs and desires for care of patients in this age group, it can be hard for health care professionals to establish age-appropriate services to meet their unique psychosocial challenges.
He says the results of this study might help medical professionals better tune their care to meet the needs of their adolescent and young adult patients.
"Our research shows increasing patient referral to community-based social service agencies and reputable Internet resources can enhance the care and improve the quality of life for this group of patients," he says. "The more we know about their needs, the better support health care professionals will be able to provide."
Citation: "Psychosocial service use and unmet need among recently diagnosed adolescent and young adult cancer patients." Cancer. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27713
Other authors: Rebecca Block, Ph.D.; Brandon Hayes-Lattin, M.D.; Leanne Embry, Ph.D.; Chrstine Aguilar, M.D.; MPH, Kathleen A. Meeske, Ph.D.; Yun Li, Ph.D.; Melissa Butler, MS; Steven Cole, Ph.D.
Conflicts: None
Funding: Research support provided by HopeLab Foundation, Redwood City, Calif.