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Dear Urban Outfitters,
We've got a problem, you and I. You might not be aware of it, distracted as you are by the armies of spendy hipsters that march through your doors each week, but our relationship has been deteriorating for years. If indeed, it was ever truly a relationship to begin with. I've hankered after your nostalgic blouses, your vampy skirts and your little strappy dresses for yonks now, while you remain coolly oblivious.
Not to toot my own trumpet, but I'd like to think that on paper, I'm the kind of customer you'd like. I'm 23, I live in London, I work in the media. I throw more of my income than is sensible at the high street, and I'm a sucker for a whimsical trend. If you wanted, you could probably have quite a lot of my money. You'd like that, wouldn't you?
So what's standing between you, me and this beautiful cash-splashing coupledom, then? Well, a zip. Or a few zips. The zips on your clothes that I can't do up, despite wriggling, wrenching, partially dislocating joints and inhaling till I turn puce.
You see, while most high street stores stick to the conventional 8, 10, 12 sizing, up to 16 and beyond, you prefer to keep things rustic with XS, S, M and L. Which might be fine, if my 12-14 figure could fit into the 'M' that I'd expect it to. But it doesn't. Often it doesn't fit an L. Now, I made my peace with not being Alexa Chung many years ago, but I'm still moderately confident that if you saw me walking down the street you wouldn't think 'Hark! There thunders an EXTRA-LARGE woman.'
Have you ever heard of breasts, Urban Outfitters? Of course you have, I'm sorry for being patronising. But did you know that we can't conveniently detach them, or reposition them under our armpits, each time we'd like to wear a garment that isn't made of stretch jersey? It's just that, sometimes, when I'm trying on your clothes, it seems like you're not very familiar with the concept.
Then there are hips. These are like breasts, but lower down, on the sides, and not as squishy. It would be nice if we could contain these in our clothes too, as an alternative to, y'know, carrying them in our handbags or wearing them as a decorative headpiece. A little arse-coverage would be good too, though I realise that might be stretching it (boom boom).
You're not the only ones, of course. I've rarely exited a Zara changing room without tears in my eyes (and bruises on my ribs), or had an encounter with American Apparel that didn't leave me reaching for the gin bottle. Up and down the high street, stores are playing fast and loose with sizes and our gymnastic capabilities. I've been stuck in more impossibly-designed garments than you've had hot dinners.
But before you dismiss this as yet another chubby girl rant, let me assure you that it isn't. It's a piece of sage business advice. You're making money, I'm sure, given that you sell ironic pendants for the price of a weekly travelcard, but you could be making more. Oh, you could be making SO much more - if you weren't alienating a massive portion of your potential customer base.
And yes, I'm wishing I hadn't just used the words 'massive portion'. It was between them and 'huge chunk'. Pass me a biscuit.
We're all here, you see, Urban Outfitters. Look, over here! The ladies with the swinging handbags and great hair. We're not that scary. In fact we're a lot like your other customers, just slightly better insulated against the cold. Our demands are simple - we want clothes that do up properly, don't brand us gargantuan humans when we're patently not, and look foxy.
Are you ready for this jelly, Urban Outfitters? Are you?
Lauren (or 'XL' to you)

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I have been searching for months, to identify the cabinetmaker and year it was made,and what kind of wood it is. When my Father and my Mother passed away, I inherited the desk along with alot of other antiques.
The Slant Front Desk belonged to my Father's first wife, who was born in 1908, in Springfield Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I believe she inherited it from her family. A few weeks before his death, he told me that this desk was the oldest antique furniture in the house.
The Desk has all the markings of being handtooled.(dovetail top, side of drawers, and the back of one of the back legs,looks like it has been scraped. (Scraped like a comb was scraped across a block of clay.) Some of the nail's heads are long and slender width and are small, some are newer round with a raised grove across top. I beleive the round nails were added to stabilize the desk, since my Father retired as an Airforce Officer, and moved around alot. The brass hardware have been replaced from the original. The drawers have several holes from prior hardware. Inside the desk portion there are 11 drawers, 9 regular drawers and 2 (Scroll design) tall and slinder drawers.
I have more pictures, (close shots of back of legs, and back, and inside and outside side of the drawers, should anyone want to look at them, let me know with your e-mail address, and I will send them.
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Law's Johnson blanks Foran
MILFORD -- On the eve of his team's game with intra-city rival Foran, Law baseball coach Greg Simler wasn't exactly sure who he was going to give the ball to on the mound.
And, remember, this wasn't going to be just any Foran-Law game.
Prior to the first pitch the Lions were planning to honor the late Ken Walker by naming the school's baseball field after their former coach with a pregame ceremony.
Kevin Johnson made Simler's -- and in turn the Lawmen's -- decision a lot easier when he came to the coach and asked for the start.
It paid off in the form of a two-hit shutout by the big junior righty and Law walked away with a 5-0 victory Wednesday afternoon, handing Foran its first loss.
"It was a nice day, it was a nice way to remember coach Walker, but I don't think he'd want it any other way than to for us to come out with our best effort," Simler said.
Before the game began a large crowd gathered in, on and around the field to honor Walker, who passed away on June 29 at age 60. Walker coached the Foran baseball team from 1986-2003 as well as in 2011-12 and also led the school to its lone football state title in 1994.
"Absolutely, everybody loved coach Walker," said Milford Mayor Ben Blake, one of about a half-dozen people to speak as the school unveiled a large banner across the wall in left field bearing Walker's name.
Once the game commenced, following a roughly 20-minute warmup, both sides looked a little out of their usual routine.
Law (3-2) quickly jumped on Foran starter Casey McCone with the first three batters reaching to load the bases.
The senior righty managed to avoid any damage with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout.
It was then the Lions' turn to threaten with Reinaldo Jackson drawing a leadoff walk followed by Chris Yee's single. Johnson helped himself, picking Jackson off second base for the first out, then inducing a pair of groundouts for the final outs.
"That really did hurt us," said Foran coach Garrett Walker, who succeeded his father in the Lions' dugout. "Casey loads the bases and gets out of it, so we were riding high. That let them off the hook. ...The atmosphere of the day could have put some nerves on some kids. As much as we talk about not putting on pressure, it's hard on a day like this."
That was as close as Foran (4-1) came to scoring on Johnson, who finished with seven strikeouts and three walks. After Yee's single in the first, he retired 11 straight batters before an Anthony Alicki double to lead off the fifth.
"I got locked-in pretty easy," Johnson said. "I really just had to get used to the mound because there was a big divot, but that's about it."
Jake Rouse gave Law all the runs it would need to back Johnson in the second, scoring Drew DeRubeis with an RBI groundout. Rouse finished 3-for-4, including a two-run double in the fourth which put the Lawmen ahead 3-0.
Law made it 5-0 in the sixth on a two-run single by Jim Palmer off McCone.
"This is a special rivalry we have here in Milford," Simler said. "I miss coach Walker. It's really difficult to look over there and not see him on his bucket. I can still hear him yelling in my ear when I'm coaching third base."
Trailing by five in the bottom of the seventh it almost seemed like Foran might've had a Hollywood ending in store.
McCone and Joe Zanghi drew back-to-back walks off Johnson to start the frame. Johnson appeared to have lost command of his fastball, but he managed to strike out Alicki looking for the first out and he promptly retired the next two batters without incident.
Six of Johnson's seven strikeouts came on called third strikes.
"We as a team, we all tensed up a little bit," McCone said. "(Johnson) did what he had to do. He threw strikes. He kept us off-balance. We (kind of) beat ourselves looking at a lot of strike threes, kind of hoping for us to win than going and getting it."
Garrett Walker, who spoke before the game along with former Milford High baseball coach Dick Jeynes and former Foran captain David Esposito, felt the school's ceremony to honor his father hit the right notes.
"It was fitting and a tribute," he said. "It was hard for me to get through."
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Records: Law 3-2; Foran 4-1; Batteries: L--Kevin Johnson (W, 1-0) and Drew DeRubeis; F--Casey McCone (L, 1-1) and Joe Zanghi


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This RWS Thru Bolt w/Aluminum Lever is the latest version of DT's RWS technology. Where the standard RWS Thru Bolt uses a carbon reinforced plastic lever arm, you'll get a lever made from machined aluminum here. The weight is exactly the same, and you'll perhaps get more durability in the event of a crash with these alloy bits, not to mention the appeal of the more sculpted look.
RWS stands for Ratchet Wheelmounting System. It has the look of a quick release (minus the springs), but in place of a lever attached to a cam, there's a lever attached to a bolt head. Turn the lever clockwise to tighten. When there is sufficient resistance (15nm), stop turning. Press the red button to position the lever in a place where it won't get knocked around. You're done, and the benefits are pretty obvious. It provides up to 50% greater clamping force than with a conventional quick release, which can be a great thing when riding a disc brake in front as it will resist the twisting forces better. And, they make it super easy to pop your wheels off your bike. The oversized shafts are high-strength, light weight 7075 aluminum, as are the lever arms. Want it off? Just start turning the lever counter-clockwise to loosen.
The DT Swiss RWS Thru Bolt w/ Aluminum Lever is available to fit three hub configurations -- Front 9x100mm, Rear 10x135mm, Rear 12x142mm (Syntace X-12 type). The weights are as follows: 49g (front 9 x 100) 63g (rear 10 x 135.)
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Didn't fit
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
This is a high-quality, well made product from DT Swiss, but it didn't work on my frame. If your non-threaded axle hole is not counter-sunk, then this is not the thru axle for you. I think this is for a Syntace frame. If you look closely at the 2 product photos, one has a flat washer and the other a tapered washer which is not removable. The flat washer is probably on the front/fork version. I ordered the 12mm x 142mm for the rear of my Lynskey Cooper CX frame as part of a QR to TA conversion. The size and thread pitch are correct, but my frame is not tapered like the washer on the axle. Consequently, the threaded end of the axle doesn't extend all the way to the far edge of the frame, making the axle effectively a few millimeters too short. Even though it works, it's not ideal and needed to be returned.
check your thread pitch
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
These have a 1mm thread pitch. Some frames ( mine for example) require a 1.5mm or other thread pitch. Check to make sure this is what you need.
I have DTswiss racheting skewers on my road bike, and they work great. I bet these would as well, if they fit my bike.
Agree. Same problem on my bike.
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Easy to use
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Love it! Easy to use and very convenient.
Do these work with any hub? Looking to put one on my White Industries MI6 rear hub on my CX bike (10x135), and wondering if it's just a straight swap. Would love to throw some on my old 29er wheels too in that case (Bontrager Rhythm).
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WARNING this product does not include the nut! It is shown as a complete unit axle and nut.
Did you contact competitive cyclist about this?
Why would you need a nut for a through axle bike?
Thru-axle don't have "nuts" that is the point of the thru axle. Simplicity and convenience and very strong!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Cool, but cam based through bolts work well, too. I've never had an internal cam quick release get knocked open on the trail, but I have had these self loosen a bit, on the trail. Try to position the lever so that if it gets knocked or starts to self loosen for any reason, it will get stopped by your frame/fork.
Stiff and easy to use
Wish this released years ago. A very simple and well executed idea. Increases stiffness, which is always a good thing. Arguably easier to use than QR. And you can position the lever at any angle, out of harm's way.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The DT Swiss 10 mm Thru Bolt Skewer has been a great help in securing the rear wheel on my Santa Cruz Butcher frame compared to the old 10mm qr. The spring loaded mechanism is great! I am able to put the lever in exactly the position I want with very little effort and creates the correct bearing preload every time.
Great upgrade from Standard QR
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I got this because I went to the 135 x 10 on the rear wheel and this system is as easy if not easier than the standard qr. I was pretty surprised the difference in stiffness this upgrade has made from this one little bolt, make the change if you have an option with your current hub setup.


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Q: My son is 5 1/2, and he�s started stuttering. My husband also stuttered as a child, but as an adult he speaks quite well. I know kids can grow out of it, but is this something we should be concerned about right now?
A: Don�t be too alarmed; stuttering affects 5 percent of kids between the ages of 2 and 6. And while you can�t know for sure that your child will grow out of it, 80 percent of kids do within 12 to 24 months. Still, early intervention, if he�s been stuttering for three months, is valuable.
Therapy can help put his speech difficulties behind him sooner rather than later, and that can make him more self-confident and socially relaxed. That�s important for his making friends, which is key for intellectual development. Kids need buddies to become healthy and smart.
Three things we do know about stuttering: It runs in families, it affects boys three times more often than girls, and it has a brain component. Scans of a brain area (the pars opercularis) that�s important for speech show structural differences in some people who stutter. Therapy works by creating a neural workaround that reduces stuttering.
It�s most successful with young children who haven�t learned that talking can be difficult or is a negative experience. Although King George�s later-in-life therapy certainly helped him.
A recent study from China suggests that specific kinds of retraining therapy can reorganize the brain and reduce stuttering at any age in as little as one week.
Advanced language and communication skills can be damaged if stuttering persists without treatment.
So go for professional therapy early, and see your nearest medical center�s developmental pediatrician and speech therapist.
In the meantime, make sure you help him by talking to him slowly and clearly, and by expecting the same level of intellectual ability from him that you would from any child his age who doesn�t stutter.
Q: My mom is always picking up my baby�s pacifier off the floor and saying, �Five-second rule � it�s OK.� It freaks me out. Is it safe?
A: Is there any science behind many moms� favorite germ-control method � the five-second rule? Millions of parents, grandparents and legions of parenting gurus and doctors say there is. But we thought we might take a closer look, and you�ll be surprised by what we found.
Even though you want to make sure your children�s immune system develops properly (they need exposure to good and bad bacteria for that), too much of the five-second rule isn�t healthy. It depends on what hit the ground � wet things like apple slices and pacifiers collect germs quickly; harder, dryer candies or crackers, not so much � and where it landed. The sidewalk is surprisingly clean, say researchers, while your kitchen floor may have bacteria from raw meat juices and other foods that can cause gastro-upset.
If nasty bacteria are lurking underfoot, it takes ingesting about 10,000 of them to get sick. Any fewer and the body usually fights them off rather easily. So how soon can those 10,000 glom on to a dropped pacifier?
In a flash � whether it�s been 1 second or 30 � it�s covered with bacteria. Picking it up and giving it a quick rinse under running water may reduce the amount to an acceptable level, around 1,000; but sticking it in your mouth and then giving it back to your child just adds your bacteria to what came off the floor.
What you do not want to do is put hand sanitizer on the object. It�s not made for mouths.
Instead, travel with spare pacifiers and sippy cups; use water to rinse off food and objects when possible.
Really stuck? Wipe it off with a paper towel and keep your fingers crossed.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is chief medical Officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute


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The Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut is one of the nineteen archdioceses of the Church of Antioch. The establishment of the Archdiocese of Beirut is attributed by tradition to the Apostle Quartus, one of the Seventy. The area within the archdiocese has varied through the centuries as the Orthodox population had changed. At different times the area of Mount Lebanon has been part of the Archdiocese of Beirut.
The diocese includes the area of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and the town of Souk El Gharb and consists of eleven parishes and two women's monastic communities. The diocese is served by eighteen priests and four deacons.
In addition to its religious structure, the archdiocese supports a social structure that includes the 300 bed general hospital, St. George Hospital, that was founded in 1878, a nursing home for the elderly, and three dispensaries. These social and educational services are provided to the Lebanese population regardless of their religious, racial, or ethnic status.
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There's nothing we like more at PGA.com than great courses that are open to the public.
This week we reached out to our friends in Pennsylvania for a little help. We asked those in or familiar with golf in the Keystone State to tell us: What are the best golf courses available to the public?
We must admit this is a pretty stout list.
Check out the list of courses below -- identified by our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation -- as the best (open to the public) in Pennsylvania.
Agree with the list? Disagree with the list? Let us know why in the comments section below.
Also, if you've played any of the courses listed below and would like to leave a review, be sure to click that courses name and visit its course page on PGA.com.
9. Whispering Woods Golf Club in Erie, Pa. Here's a description from its website: "Whispering Woods can accommodate any golfer with five sets of tees, chiseled fairways, 50 bunkers and creatively shaped greens. Play your best golf while your senses experience the tall trees, wandering streams, soothing waterfalls, and rolling terrain of northwestern Pennsylvania."
Facebook fan quote:
"Whispering Woods... Erie." -- Ian Woodruff
8. Venango Valley Inn & Golf Course in Venango, Pa. Here's what they say about Venango: "Located in the rural foothills south of Lake Erie, and situated on the banks of the historic French Creek, the Venango Valley Inn & Golf Course is a family owned establishment, rich in Pennsylvania history and hospitality. Venango Valley Golf Course is a public, daily fee 18-hole golf course with a fully automated driving range with natural grass tees and two practice greens. A historic inn, built in 1838 serves as the foundation of the clubhouse. In the clubhouse you'll find one of the finest restaurants in Northwest Pennsylvania. You'll also find a friendly, full service bar featuring everything from Sprague Brew (microbrew) specialties to Australian Shiraz. Open year round, the restaurant specializes in Italian, Steaks and Seafood, and also serves up a variety of sandwiches, salads, vegetarian and healthy heart entrees."
Facebook fan quote:
"Venango Valley in Venango, Pa." -- Matt Dailey
7. Cobb's Creek Golf Club in Philadelphia, Pa. Featuring two courses, The Olde Course and The Karakung Course, Cobb's Creek is a favorite in the Greater Philadelphia area. The Olde Course has received many accolades. Not surprising, seeing as it was designed by Hugh Wilson (architect of the famed Merion-East course, which will host the 2013 U.S. Open).
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"Cobb's Creek golf course -- Philadelphia." -- Ray Hofmann
"Cobb's." -- Bhargav Shingre
6. Buck Hill Golf Club in Buck Hill Falls, Pa. From the course's website description: "Buck Hill Golf Club enjoys a long and storied past. Opening its first nine holes in 1907, Buck Hill quickly established itself as the premier course in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As you play through the wooded, rolling mountainside terrain, you will experience the timeless design of legendary golf course architects Donald Ross and Robert White. Ridgeline silhouettes, relentless undulations, and classic subtleties define this 27-hole masterpiece."
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"Buck Hill Golf Club. Donald Ross Classic." -- Joe O'Malley
5. Hershey Links in Hummelstown, Pa. This is a great track, but not your traditional flat, links course. There are plenty of rolling hills at Hershey Links, providing incredible views. It's also real close to the Hershey theme park and could double up as a great family vacation.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Hershey Links, Hershey, Pa. hands down." -- Craig Dewalt
"Hershey Links." -- David Holland
4. Penn National Golf Club in Fayetteville, Pa. There is plenty of great stay and play packages available at this 36-hole facility, located 20 miles west of Gettysburg, Pa.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Penn National Golf Club in Fayetteville, Pa." -- Logan Moon
"Penn National." -- Keith Helinsky
"Penn. National and just played Greencastle Golf Club... What a hidden gem that is!" -- Tom Osborne
3. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pa. In particular, the Mystic Rock course, designed by Pete Dye used to be home to a PGA Tour event. It provides one of the most difficult tests in Western Pennsylvania.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Nemacolin Woodlands Resort." -- Kelly Holly
"Nemacolin is sweet, I like Wyncote as well." -- Jerry Bosse
"Mystic Rock at Nemacolin." -- Jason Wheeler
2. Olde Stonewall in Ellwood City, Pa. Ranked among the top 50 public courses in the country according to Golf Digest, Olde Stonewall is simply amazing. I say that as someone who has played and spent most of that day visiting most, if not all of its bunkers. An absolute must play.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Olde Stonewall Golf Club, Ellwood City, Pa." -- Luke Newstrom
"Old Stonewall in Elwood City. One of the most scenic (and challenging) rounds you will ever play." -- Michael Dodge
"Olde Stonewall Golf Club, Ellwood City, Pa. Rated number one public in Pa." -- Luke Newstrom
1. The Golf Course at Glen Mills in Glen Mills, Pa. Well, according to our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation, when it comes to great public golf courses in Pennsylvania, Glen Mills takes the cake.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Glen Mills is the best in the Philly area." -- Michael Lane
"Glen Mills." -- Ben Ricci
"Glen Mills for sure." -- Howard Flowers
"The Golf Course at Glen Mills." -- Jason Schatz
"Glen Mills for sure. Great mission and great golf course. What more could you ask for?" -- John Morton


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This hard to find Majamas nursing top is designed for the new Mom's needs! This is a perfect casual/active wear nursing piece. We loved the lace trim detail at the bottom and the fabric thickness. These tops are designed for discreet nursing. This top is so stylish, comfortable and versatile that you will be wearing it long after your baby's first birthday.


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Using Sybr green in realtime pcr - (Mar/10/2011 )
Hi all,
I'm new to realtime pcr and I have been given the task of amplifying a 700+ bp cpg island and then determining its melting curve characteristics using sybr green. I have bands when I run my primers in a regular pcr w/no sybr but the moment I put it on the 7900 I get no product..terrible dissolution curves etc. The control (a 100 bp oligo) works fine in this format. I have tried sybr concentration gradients, template gradients, primer gradients, the works. Im wondering if the combination of dmso and sybr could be killing the reaction.
How about the extension time you set on 7900? Longer PCR product need more extension time


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Finding Yardage Needs by Fabric Width
To determine your yardage needs for a window treatment or slipcover, measure your furniture or window first. Use this table to easily convert your yardage needs from one width to another. Most decorator fabrics are 60 inches wide, which is why that column is shaded in the table below, so start your calculations based on 60-inch wide fabric. If you need 2 yards of 60-inch fabric but the fabric you love is 45 inches wide, just slide your finger from the 60-inch column to the 45-inch column; you need 2-3/4 yards for the same coverage.


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Creating Safety Programs for Workers at Tata Steel
- CHALLENGE: Protection
- INDUSTRY: Construction
- LOCATION: India
Jun 3, 2011
To help support their families, many women in India have taken jobs with Tata Steel. Traditionally, women in India wear saris — a practice that, on some job sites, was followed even while operating machinery. Tata Steel was interested in developing safety programs that would specifically address the needs of their women employees. The documentary features a single mother who enjoyed her work, but wanted the reassurance that she was part of a safe workplace culture.
DuPont worked with Tata Steel on industrial workplace safety to bring about an improvement in safety culture, educating employees and contractors on the best occupational safety practices, while remaining aware of the sensitivities of the Indian culture.
The program successfully addressed the benefits of a uniformed workplace, and communicated that its first priority was to create safety programs to ensure workers could do their jobs safely. The results were positive.
- CHALLENGE: Protection
- INDUSTRY: Construction
- LOCATION: India


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Friday, January 1, 2010
Fancy-Schmancy Shoe Storage for Your Closet
How do you store your shoes? Most of us settle for one or more of the standard options: shoe boxes, shoe racks and the like. But so you can fully understand your shoe storage options, let me introduce you to the Shoe-Zen, from Rev-A-Shelf - although you won't find this new product on the company's web site yet. It comes in 3-shelf and 5-shelf versions. Update on Sept. 13, 2012: You can now find the Lazy Shoe-Zen on Rev-A-Shelf's web site.
And then there's the ShoeSelect from StorageMotion - "an electric, motor-driven, vertical carousel." There's a video on the company's web site that shows how this one works.
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4 comments:
- Buttercup said...
that last one reminds me of something from the movie "Overboard" - lol:o) I personally have a shoe rack in the closet and a maximum limit of 25 pairs of shoes - I used to have way too many shoes (over 50 pairs), but I de-cluttered when my husband and I packed up our stuff to move to the West coast.
- January 1, 2010 at 2:55:00 PM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
Buttercup, congratulation on de-cluttering prior to the move. I hope you're enjoying the West Coast.
- January 1, 2010 at 7:06:00 PM PST
- kbfenner said...
I love them both, but the second one would take up my entire closet. The problem with this would be....
- January 1, 2010 at 7:29:00 PM PST
- pixie65 said...
Under the bed suits me fine. I don't have many shoes. :) I go to my parents' house and my Mum has at least six pairs of shoes lined up near the back door and they are all black casual sandals. I have one pair of each - Summer work shoes, Winter work shoes, runners, thongs (you guys call them flip flops), sandals, going out Summer shoes, going out Winter shoes. Oh and Ugg boots for slippers. That's a total of eight.
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Wales 30-3 England, Six Nations
Wales stun England to win Six Nations
March 16, 2013
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Wales defeated England by a record margin and secured their second Six Nations championship in as many years.
Match Analysis by ESPNscrum's Graham Jenkins
Wing Alex Cuthbert's second-half try double shattered England, while full-back Leigh Halfpenny kicked four penalties and fly-half Dan Biggar landed a drop-goal, penalty and conversion. England, smashed in the scrums and out-thought and outfought in every other key area, could only muster an Owen Farrell penalty as they crashed to the heaviest loss of head coach Stuart Lancaster's reign.
Wales needed a minimum seven-point win to deny England silverware but they went way beyond expectations, keeping their opponents scoreless during the second period. The 2011 World Cup semi-finalists eclipsed their previous record score for the fixture of 25-0, 108 years ago, and England could not really have complained had it been even worse. It was the first time since 1979 that Wales successfully defended a Five or Six Nations title after they delivered an unforgettable performance.
England, whose captain Chris Robshaw was a tower of strength in adversity, will bounce back from today's mauling and they will be stronger for the experience, but Wales were in a different league, leaving their opponents to reflect on a 10-year gap since their last Grand Slam. Wales had heroes everywhere but none more so than Cuthbert, who scored the game's only try in last season's Grand Slam clincher against France, workaholic flanker Justin Tipuric and scrum-half Mike Phillips.
England showed four changes following last weekend's narrow victory over Italy, including half-backs Farrell and Ben Youngs, while prop Gethin Jenkins captained Wales in the absence of Ryan Jones. Jones suffered a shoulder injury during the win against Scotland seven days ago, and a reshaped back-row saw openside specialists Sam Warburton and Tipuric start a Test match together for the first time.
England enjoyed early territorial dominance but they ended up back in their own 22 after centre Manu Tuilagi knocked on, and Wales surged upfield to establish a first threatening position of the game. Halfpenny kicked a 10th-minute penalty to open the scoring and England found themselves having to soak up incessant pressure, with Phillips causing havoc around the fringes.
Phillips, whose 77th Test match appearance made him Wales' most capped scrum-half, repeatedly tested the English defence and Halfpenny's second successful penalty - this one from 48 metres - made it 6-0. Farrell cut the arrears when a long-range strike deflected over off the post, yet Wales quickly resumed normal service, gained another scrum penalty on the back of tighthead Adam Jones' dominance and Halfpenny restored a six-point lead.
England then mounted a spell of pressure but wing George North intercepted and galloped away following a feeble challenge by his opposite number Chris Ashton, and it took a tap-tackle by Mike Brown to halt North in full flow. England lock Geoff Parling brilliantly won possession on the floor and England looked to counter-attack after scrum-half Ben Youngs' touchfinder, yet Wales always looked dangerous with ball in hand and continued testing their opponents out wide.
The game was played at a remarkable pace with tackling of shuddering intensity. North, though, looked the most dangerous attacking force on view as he kept England's defence busy. A punishing first half ended with Biggar rifling a drop-goal attempt wide, but the home side proved good value for a 9-3 interval lead.
England's scrummaging woes showed no sign of abating, even after Lancaster made an early second-half substitution when he sent on Mako Vunipola for loosehead Joe Marler, as Vunipola infringed at the first set-piece he contested. Their front-row continued to give Wales a strong platform and England found themselves under prolonged siege as the home side went through phase after phase in an attempt to cross the line.
But England were having none of it, and despite conceding another Halfpenny three-pointer, they escaped from a situation that could have been far worse. Northampton forwards Dylan Hartley and Courtney Lawes entered the fray after 52 minutes - replacing Tom Youngs and Joe Launchbury, respectively - only for Wales to strike just five minutes later.
England fumbled the ball 30 metres from their line and Wales did not require a second invitation to capitalise, as Tipuric and Phillips found centre Jonathan Davies, who then freed Cuthbert. Cuthbert still had it all to do, with space at a premium, yet he finished majestically as Wales opened up a 14-point lead approaching the closing quarter.
And when Cuthbert added his second touchdown, following another lung-busting effort from Tipuric after Biggar had dropped a goal, it was game over before Biggar slotted a penalty and wild Welsh celebrations could begin.
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Mark Cuban Won't Back Down
The Billionaire Entrepreneur on His Battles With the SEC, the Success of the Dallas Mavericks and the Lessons of 'Shark Tank'
As the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban relishes victory, so much so that he often stands during basketball games and screams. But it is an off-court win—against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission—that has him fired up now, and he isn't backing down any time soon.
Today, he is sitting back on a plush leather couch in a long-sleeved T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, with his feet up on the table in a room known as "the bunker" in the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The room, down the corridor from his office suite, lives up to its name. Inside is a kitchen, bathroom and shower, as well as a wall covered in flat-panel televisions broadcasting Mr. Cuban's high-definition AXS TV network, among others.
These days, most of his energy goes into AXS TV and the Mavericks, but they represent only a part of his business efforts. His latest idea stems from his recent experience with the SEC, which sued Mr. Cuban, alleging that he had traded on material, nonpublic information when he sold his investment in the Internet search company Mamma.com in June 2004, before the company announced a private offering of shares that caused a drop in its stock price. The SEC alleged that Mr. Cuban agreed to keep confidential and not trade on information about the offering that Mamma.com's former chief executive told him during a phone conversation, but Mr. Cuban denied agreeing to either.
Mr. Cuban could have settled for a few million, a small part of his estimated $2.5 billion fortune, but he chose to fight instead. Ultimately, the jury sided with him. It was a tough case for the SEC to prove, in part because the trial was held in Mr. Cuban's hometown of Dallas, where he is well-known and popular, and the SEC's star witness didn't testify in person.
During the process, Mr. Cuban says, he became so frustrated with the SEC's lawyers that he is now considering a new venture publicizing SEC transcripts. "It wouldn't be a big business, but it would be a business because it's not getting done," he says. "I'm going to get as many as I can, and I'll put it out there." His first step, he says, would be publishing trial transcripts on his blog and highlighting tactics he considers suspect. "Sunshine is the best disinfectant," he says with a smile.
Mr. Cuban doesn't give the SEC much credit for its recent victory in a civil case against Fabrice Tourre, a 34-year-old Goldman Sachs analyst, for misleading investors—a case that became a symbol for some of the behavior that caused the financial crisis. The Mavericks owner doesn't see why the SEC would target the youthful Mr. Tourre. "That's the SEC thinking they have a win," he says.
Mr. Cuban says he isn't against the SEC as a whole but thinks that the lawyers who work there should be held responsible for their actions. "There's such a revolving door, and it was run by attorneys with an attorney's mind-set looking for their next job," he says. "It's a résumé builder." Mr. Cuban says individual lawyers aren't held accountable because the public is familiar only with the name of the SEC's chair, Mary Jo White. "No wonder they say or do whatever they damn well please," he says. "I'm like, 'OK, I'm going to start calling them out by name.' "
George Canellos, co-director of the SEC's enforcement division, sent a response to Mr. Cuban's statements through an SEC spokesperson: "Mr. Cuban's comments are without merit and uncalled for. Our lawyers acted in the finest traditions of government counsel and entirely appropriately in strongly advocating the position of the government in this matter."
Mr. Cuban has never shied from combat. Ever since he bought the Mavericks in 2000 for $285 million, his ownership style has been controversial. He has often fought officials and referees, leading to about $1.5 million in fines over the years. Within his first months as owner of the Mavericks, he says, he was fined $100,000 for conduct unbecoming an NBA owner for watching a game while sitting on the baseline. "You realize back then most owners were old rich guys, and I was 40 years old," he says. "The old rich guys are like, 'What the hell is this guy doing?' "
Under his management, the Mavericks have greatly improved their performance, winning the NBA championship against the Miami Heat in 2011. Mr. Cuban credits his players—particularly "a big German guy," power forward Dirk Nowitzki —for the team's success.
Many of Mr. Cuban's other ventures have been entrepreneurial. He first made his fortune founding the software company MicroSolutions and then selling Internet broadcaster Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for nearly $6 billion in 1999. Still, he says, "you could have the best year for a typical company, and no one is throwing a parade," he says, as fans did for the Mavericks' championship. "There aren't 400,000-500,000 people jamming the streets." And he finds sports more competitive. "Now there's one winner and 29 losers," he says. "You get do-overs, and you get trades; it's not like you get a whole new season in regular business."
Still, Mr. Cuban's business career has been far more varied than a typical sports season. Born in Pittsburgh, the son of an automobile upholsterer and a homemaker, he started his first business at 12, selling garbage bags to pay for basketball shoes. He enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh and then transferred to Indiana University. In college, he started various businesses, including teaching disco-dancing lessons. "If you get asked by a bunch of sorority girls to come to a sorority house to teach girls how to dance for $25 an hour, you do it," he says. He later tried to bring those skills back as a contestant in 2007 and 2008 on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
Mr. Cuban has also invested in media companies such as Magnolia Pictures and Landmark Theaters, but he hasn't always been financially successful in the film world. "The first movie I ever greenlit took me 12 minutes," he says. It was called "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and got nominated for an Academy Award. "I thought, 'This business is easy,' " he remembers. "It went downhill from there." What worked better was his distribution business with Magnolia Pictures. Mr. Cuban changed the model by premiering movies on television as videos on demand 30 days before they would launch in theaters.
Now Mr. Cuban is back on television. On the ABC reality show "Shark Tank," he and other investors called "sharks" listen to pitches and decide whether to fund companies. He says he likes the show's impact on his three children. "My 10-year-old will say, 'I don't know, Daddy, why would you invest in that?' " he says. All of his children want to be entrepreneurs, he says, and he's tried to impress upon them the difficulty of this route. "They don't want to do the work… but I don't let them take shortcuts," he says.
One initiative that Mr. Cuban says he thinks will help enable entrepreneurship is Obamacare. Though he calls its rollout "horrid," he thinks the law will help small businesses focus on their strengths rather than worry about health care. "As someone who owns chunks of small businesses, the one thing all those companies have in common is [that] buying and providing health care is not a core competency," he says. "It's expensive."
By removing the responsibility to provide coverage from these firms and giving it to the government, he says, "You've freed up money and time." When he started his businesses, he never bought health insurance for himself because he thought it was too expensive and preferred to put his money into his companies. Today, he holds up crooked fingers. "I broke my fingers playing basketball, and my whole body is broken," he says. "If I [had] paid a couple hundred bucks a month, maybe my fingers wouldn't be broken."
Despite his support for President Obama's health-care plan, Mr. Cuban doesn't associate himself with either party and considers himself "apolitical." He says he used to be a libertarian but now thinks of himself as an independent. "Libertarians, I think, fail to realize you can't undo" the past, he says. "Now I'm about solving problems." One of his proposed solutions—to the problem of poverty in the U.S.—would be canceling the government's social-welfare programs and giving money directly to the poor. He would also get rid of government-funded pensions. "You can't offer certainty in an uncertain world," he says.
His iconoclastic views extend to foreign affairs too. He commends his former player, Dennis Rodman, for going to North Korea, where he met dictator Kim Jong Un. "Why can't basketball be like ping pong?" he asks. "I would love to go and would in a heartbeat if invited," he says. "Nothing changes if no one does anything."
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On June 6, the Financial Times reported the administration of President Donald J. Trump is planning punishments for any company doing business with Iran. A company that could be affected by U.S. sanctions is the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, commonly known as SWIFT. Founded in 1973, SWIFT is a global provider of secure financial messaging and transaction services commonly used by banks around the world.
The United States has stated that SWIFT must cease financial transactions with Iran or face frozen assets and other punishments.
But is the Trump administration's demand really about Iran? Or is it an attempt by the United States government to conquer the international payment market and its data?
Why US dominates digital economy
The United States dominates most digital markets via search engines, social media, website builders and operating systems based in the country. Through these platforms and others, the United States likely has access to the data and information of not only American citizens, but citizens and companies worldwide. This unique access to worldwide data is the basis of the United States' primacy in the digital economy.
However, one essential item is missing in the country's data bucket: control of international payment transactions.
SWIFT is a cooperative company that says it connects more than 11,000 financial institutions worldwide. It maintains a secure messaging system banks use for international transactions. The company is headquartered in Belgium, but has data centers in the Netherlands and United States, with backup facilities in Switzerland.
SWIFT values its neutrality and goes to great lengths to prevent outside parties gaining access to its financial messages and transaction records.
On October 23, 2013, the EU parliament passed a resolution suspending the international Terrorist Finance Tracking Program "as a result of US National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance." The resolution was a reaction to news that the NSA had created illegal backdoors into SWIFT servers located in the United States in order to tap into international payment records.
A second NSA hack of SWIFT payment information was reported in April 2017 in the American Banker. That publication reported the NSA had managed to gain access to SWIFT data on some Middle Eastern banks by hacking a third-party facilitator of SWIFT connectivity located in Dubai through an unsecured patch in MS Windows.
A crypto challenger emerges
A possible American competitor to SWIFT is the California-based crypto company Ripple. Ripple provides an international payment system based on cryptocurrency. Ripple is aggressively promoting its operation (Forbes) as an alternative to SWIFT for fast international transactions between banks.
The Financial Times reported Ripple has a $15 billion war chest to finance a hoped-for takeover of the international payment market. The company was founded in 2012. To date, more than 100 financial institutions have signed up with Ripple, which establishes it as a potential competitor to SWIFT.
If Ripple manages to displace SWIFT as the world's primary facilitator of international banking transactions, it would mean a replacement of a neutral international nonprofit organization (SWIFT) by a for-profit company (Ripple) subject to California and U.S. laws governing international financial payments.
Ripple uses a distributed encrypted ledger. Each user has a copy of the ledger providing full payment information. In theory, the confidential information in the ledger cannot be read due to encryption. But with a key to decrypt, in combination with data outside the ledger collected by Ripple, a complete data set of all international payments can be made.
US interest in global financial data
The safety of data in the United States is unclear. An 2017 article published by Thomson Reuters describes a panoply of federal privacy-related laws that regulate the collection and use of personal data.
However, in a November 2017 report from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee regarding the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden wrote in his minority opinion: "Under current law, the CIA, NSA and FBI can conduct these searches for no other reason than that they reasonably believe the searches will turn up foreign intelligence information."
Having made at least two attempts to hack SWIFT, the U.S. government appears highly interested in international payment data. If the global preference for making international payments migrated from SWIFT to Ripple, the U.S. government would have much easier access to information on global payment transactions, and could theoretically access that information without informing the parties involved. Such an outcome would vastly increase U.S. control over international payment transactions.
Even if a legal government seizure of records didn't occur, there's a reasonable chance of a breach via a software backdoor to the data. Outsiders can't verify the data security of Ripple.
A SWIFT response
In December 2017, SWIFT published an opinion article about blockchain technology (which is used by Ripple) in an IM Forum. The report claimed blockchain cannot yet handle one million financial transactions a minute, as SWIFT says it currently does. The report stated that a standard for international transactions should carry money from national banks, backed by governments instead of cryptocurrencies with no official backing or only the backing of a commercial company.
Financial transactions are not secure, because encrypted transactions might be reverse-engineered. Only a semi-centralized version of blockchain technology could be secure.
SWIFT concludes that widely distributed confidential information (such as its rival Ripple's ledger) can never be completely safe.
What implications does an American company keeping records on the financial transaction data of the world have on a socioeconomic scale?


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Description: Color postcard depicting the Physeter Macrocephalus Sperm Whale beached near Beaumont, Texas. The description on the back of the postcard reads, "This Physeter Macrocephalus Sperm Whale was caught in the Gulf of Mexico 35 miles from Beaumont Texas. His dimensions are: Length 63 feet 6 inches.; Width if tail 16 feet 7 inches; Circumference of snout at end 31 feet; Circumference at back of eyes 37 feet; Length of lower jaw 10 feet 10 inches." Correspondence on the card reads, "Hello! mama, Roll-over is it finest place you ever saw. We went bathing as soon as we got here. Tell Charlie hello for me/ Blanche" It is addressed to Mrs. W.E. Reynolds, 1345 Magnolia Ave., Beaumont, Texas and is postmarked Caplan, Texas on July 3, 1921.
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I sometimes spend inordinate amounts of time memorizing math articles or theorems/proofs or formulas. My question is "am I wasting time?" and will 'active thinking' or 'working out problems' be faster way to master mathematics?
I am absolutely a beginner. So at an apprentice stage sometimes I find that best way to grasp a subject is through verbatim scribing. Also, memorization seem to be my forte.
Mathematics is a language and just like when trying to learn the basics one has to memorize grammar, does the same theory apply in this field?
I used to browse MO, this website, wikipedia but since "mathematics is not a spectator sport" I imagine more fruitful way would to be to isolate small problems and work on it?
I am sorry if the question is very general.


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My buddy Dave is a die-hard Lions fan who's been living with his girlfriend Darcy in Chicago for a few years. On Sunday during the Bears game, Dave had planned to jump off a 250 downtown watertower with a parachute that read "The Bears Still Suck" during the game. I just got the email – he (epic) failed.
This does not surprise me. Dave is a wild thrillseeker (cars, motorcycles, explosions, swingers parties, spicy foods), but just not a very good one. To enhance the experience of his extreme endeavors, he takes drugs (another addiction) and it's because of this that things usually go wrong.
According to his master plan, this was going to be a standard "hop and pop" off the tower and into his dropzone – a nearby parking lot at Northwestern Law School that Darcy found on Google maps and figured would be fairly empty on gameday. Apparently, he climbed the tower with relative ease (it only took four Pink Floyd songs on his iShuffle, although one song was a 15-min. live version of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"). Feeling good and powerful and literally atop the world, he popped more mushrooms. This turned out to be a bad idea.
While he was checking his chute one last time, a quarter mile above the streets, his vision got really blurry. He became overwhelmed by the situation and began hyperventilating. He tried to harness his Chi by standing on one leg and meditating but something broke his concentration – the sudden and intense roar of the crowd from Soldier Field. Well, Dave fell over and slid right off the side of that f#cking water tower. As he flailed around like a wounded duck, instinct took over and he pulled the chute and passed out. No joke.
Dave said he was awakened by a "wrecking ball to the chest/face". He had plowed into a chimney in Cicero, five miles from the tower. Dave learned via his helmet cam that his arms tangled in a way that perfectly positioned his elliptical canopy to catch the wind and propel him at speeds of over 50 mph west through the city. Elliptical canopies, apparently, are used in highly competitive cross-country parachuting.
The email was sent by Darcy, who says Dave is currently in the hospital. Handcuffed to the bed. Seeking legal recommendations.
The roar of the crowd? The Calvin Johnson touchdown being overturned.
Monday, September 13, 2010
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- A_Lerxst_in_PackerlandSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Thanks for the EPIC laugh! It has to be true, because you can't make up stuff this funny...ReplyDelete
that's one of the funniest fucking things i've ever heard. were there witnesses? any news blurbs?ReplyDelete
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patterns > Kate Davies Designs
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In Scots, "muckle" is an emphatic expression meaning much, or large, and this cosy colourwork skater's muff is "muckle" in these senses. The name of this design is also a shout-out to Mary-Jane Mucklestone: the colourwork pattern I have used here is no.172 in her book 200 Fairisle Motifs - an invaluable tome which should be on every knitter's bookshelf. Thanks for the inspiration, Mary-Jane!
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You begin by casting on provisionally, knitting half a lining, working from the chart, then knitting the other half of the lining. Most of the lining sts are then grafted together; the gap between the lining and the 'outer' is stuffed with roving; and the final sts grafted closed. Finished with icord edgings, wrist-loop, and optional strap, the resulting mucklemuff is sure to keep your hands warm whatever the Winter weather!
You'll need 2 skeins of Artesano Aran and some roving / combed tops to use for stuffing. The sample uses Artesano Aran shades 'pine' (c853) and 'deep purple' (3518)
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For the past couple months I've been working on a short side-comic for Spera, a series of collaborative adventure comics. The comic was a collaboration between writer Josh Tierney and myself, and I had a blast making it--I love drawing comics but I'm no good at writing them! Not great at drawing them either, I think, but I wanted to give my all to this project and make something fun. Below is a breakdown of my process, from thumbnail to finished colors, of one of the pages.
This comic will appear in Spera vol. 3, being published by Archaia. The story centers around Adel returning to school after summer vacation, and his relationships with his school friends. This page is when we meet the school friends for the first time. I love these three. I plan to draw lots of fan art of them!!
I really recommend you go read the original online Spera comic (and these online shorts) and maybe pick up volume 1 (and look out for volume 2 in February!)


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Opioid receptors as a drug target for stopping obesity
Imagine eating all of the sugar and fat that you want without gaining a pound. Thanks to new research published in The FASEB Journal, the day may come when this is not too far from reality. That's because researchers from the United States and Europe have found that blocking one of three opioid receptors in your body could turn your penchant for sweets and fried treats into a weight loss strategy that actually works. By blocking the delta opioid receptor, or DOR, mice reduced their body weight despite being fed a diet high in fat and sugar. The scientists believe that the deletion of the DOR gene in mice stimulated the expression of other genes in brown adipose tissue that promoted thermogenesis.
"Our study provided further evidence that opioid receptors can control the metabolic response to diets high in fat and sugar, and raise the possibility that these gene products (or their respective pathways) can be targeted specifically to treat excess weight and obesity," said Traci A. Czyzyk, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Physiology at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Scientists studied mice lacking the delta opioid receptor (DOR KO) and wild type (WT) control mice who were fed an energy dense diet (HED), high in fat and sugar, for three months. They found that DOR KO mice had a lean phenotype specifically when they were fed the HED. While WT mice gained significant weight and fat mass on this diet, DOR KO mice remained lean even though they consumed more food. Researchers then sought to determine how DOR might regulate energy balance and found that DOR KO mice were able to maintain their energy expenditure levels, in part, due to an increase in non-shivering thermogenesis. This was evidenced by an increase in thermogenesis-promoting genes in brown adipose tissue, an increase in body surface temperature near major brown adipose tissue depots, and the ability of DOR KO mice to maintain higher core body temperatures in response to being in a cold environment.
"Don't reach for the ice cream and doughnuts just yet," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "We don't know how all this works in humans, and of course, a diet of junk food causes other health problems. This exciting research identifies genes that activate brown adipose tissue to increase our burning of calories from any source. It may lead to a safe diet pill in the future."
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team reached out Wednesday to connect with critical voting groups — veterans, Hispanics and women — while gleefully mocking the man he is out to defeat in November.
Romney himself was ducking out of his own convention in Tampa to address the American Legion Convention in Indianapolis. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a top Hispanic voice in the GOP, made the round of morning talk shows to defend the GOP nominee's policies. And Ann Romney and Janna Ryan, the wife of Romney's running mate, teamed up to headline a "Women for Romney" event.
His nomination now official, Romney was free at last to start dipping into his general-election pot of campaign cash.
"We're excited that now he's going to be able to spend money, both in English and in Spanish, to explain to people how his policies will help grow the economy, help small business, help people have the confidence to invest in the future," Rubio said on "CBS This Morning."
To ensure the cash keeps rolling in, Ann Romney emailed supporters a fundraising appeal that echoed her Tuesday night speech to the convention.
"This man will not fail," she promised in the plea.
The main draw Wednesday night is vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, the 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman and author of a tough budget that remakes the way the government spends money. A poll by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post found Americans deeply divided about Ryan, whom they described as conservative, intelligent, fake, phony.
President Barack Obama, for his part, was courting another key voting group — young voters — with a second day of campaigning in college towns. He had hoped to speak on the University of Virginia campus, but the school rejected that idea, saying it would disrupt classes on the second day of the semester. He'll speak in an off-campus pavilion instead.
The politics played out as Hurricane Isaac blew ashore on the Gulf Coast, casting uncertainty into a convention that scrubbed the first day of events out of fear it would swipe Tampa. Any scenes of destruction along the Gulf Coast were sure to temper the celebratory tone, and further compression of the schedule was possible if the storm proved disastrous.
The latest economic news suggested weak growth in the second half of the year, fodder for Republicans who blame Obama for the sluggish recovery. The U.S. economy grew at a tepid 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the government reported Wednesday, a bit better than expected due to slightly stronger consumer spending and greater exports.
The GOP's outreach effort went into full gear after Ann Romney offered convention delegates — and a national TV audience — a soft-sided portrayal of the Republican candidate in her convention address. Her appearance was paired with a parade of gleeful Obama-bashers as the GOP seized its moment after days of worry about the hurricane.
Beyond Ryan, Wednesday's lineup includes 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Romney speaks Thursday night to bring down the curtain-closing balloons. Obama's Democratic National Convention follows next week in Charlotte, N.C.
Rubio held out Ryan as a "serious policy thinker" who's "going to have a bunch of new fans across this country" after he speaks.
The Obama campaign, in turn, released an online video targeting Ryan as a politician from a "bygone era" whose views threaten Medicare and would gut funding for Planned Parenthood.
Rice, warming up for her speech, said the voice of the United States in world affairs "has been muted" under this president, creating a chaotic and dangerous security environment. She spoke on "CBS This Morning."
Opinion polls, however, show Obama getting high marks on national security after ending the war in Iraq, drawing down the conflict in Afghanistan and ordering the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
The convention's keynote speaker, the unpredictable New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, issued a broad indictment of Democrats on Tuesday as "disciples of yesterday's politics" who "whistle a happy tune" while taking the country off a fiscal cliff.
"It's time to end this era of absentee leadership in the Oval Office and send real leaders to the White House," he said. "Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to put us back on the path to growth and create good-paying, private-sector jobs again in America."
Romney made his debut at the convention two days before his own speech, rousing the crowd into cheers as he took the stage briefly to share a kiss with his wife after she spoke. Ann Romney's prime-time speech was in large measure an outreach to female voters as she declared her husband "will not let us down" if elected president.
Her tone was intimate as she spoke about the struggles of working families: "If you listen carefully, you'll hear the women sighing a little bit more than the men. It's how it is, isn't it? It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right."
Obama's allies did their best to counter Romney and the Republicans.
In her own effort to woo female voters, first lady Michelle Obama traveled to New York to promote her healthy-living initiatives while visiting "The Dr. Oz Show" and Rachael Ray's talk show. The programs will air next month, closer to the election.
Mrs. Obama also was making a guest appearance on Wednesday's "Late Show with David Letterman."
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, dismissing GOP attempts to woo Hispanic voters, said: "You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate." He added, "This is a party with a platform that calls for the self-deportation of 11 million people."
Hispanics strongly favor Obama, according to public polls, and Romney and his party have been seeking to win a bigger share of their votes by emphasizing proposals to fix the economy rather than ease their positions on immigration.
Polls find the economy is overwhelmingly the dominant issue in the race and voters narrowly favor Romney to handle it. In an AP-GfK poll taken Aug. 16-20, some 48 percent of registered voters said they trust Romney more on economic issues, to 44 percent for Obama. However, a Washington Post-ABC News in the days immediately before the convention found that 61 percent of registered voters said Obama was more likable, while 27 percent said Romney.
Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Brian Bakst, Thomas Beaumont, Tamara Lush, Brendan Farrington, Julie Mazziotta, Steve Peoples, Kasie Hunt and Philip Elliott in Florida, Frazier Moore in New York, Julie Pace in Colorado and Stephen Ohlemacher and Jennifer Agiesta in Washington contributed to this report.
Republican convention is in full-throated roar
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team reached out Wednesday to connect with critical voting groups — veterans, Hispanics and women — while gleefully mocking the man he is out to defeat in November.


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nah he didn't piss me off, i liked his thing, it was pretty great. he just seemed to be more into yelling and getting filmed than actually interacting...ZaphodBurner wrote:I appreciate the art.
The thing about the Dicky Box is, there always seemed to be a crowd around it when I passed, wheras a lot of art--regardless of whether I liked it--seemed to draw much less attention. Most of the critics...I'm still wondering what THEY contributed to the event.
One of our campers was Jack from Fuck in the Box and tried to attack you through the window. Afterward, in camp, he said "Wow, I think I pissed that guy off."
He still insists you killed Mama Salvatore and stole his recipe for ciabatta bread. Dude, seriously...that's just rude.


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Ms. Dilshika Jayamaha
Ms. Dilshika Jayamaha is a senior associate with Noetic. She supports Noetic's analysis of transitional law enforcement capabilities and concept development. Ms. Jayamaha has extensive experience managing programs to rebuild communities in the aftermath of conflict and natural disaster, and researching and analyzing policing in peacekeeping and stablization operations. She has run development programs in Liberia, Sri Lanka, and Colombia. With the United Nations, she ran economic revival and infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka and was an electoral officer in East Timor. Prior to that, Ms. Jayamaha worked as a journalist in Sri Lanka, India, and New York for both domestic and international agencies.
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Lessons Learned from U.S. Government Law Enforcement in International Operations
December 15, 2010
Authored by Ms. Dilshika Jayamaha, Mr. Scott Brady, Mr. Ben Fitzgerald, Mr. Jason Fritz.
The authors investigate how the full range of law enforcement capabilities available to the U.S. Government has been applied in pursuit of U.S. strategic objectives in Panama, Colombia, and Kosovo. This analysis identifies a number of lessons to be learned about the use of such capabilities (in a holistic sense) in current and future international operations.


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I have been doing questions from the past year and I come across this question which stumped me:
The constant term in the expansion of $\left(\frac1{x^2}+ax\right)^6$ is $1215$; find the value of $a$. (The given answer is: $\pm 3$ )
Should be an easy one, but I don't know how to begin. Some help please?


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Robotics Challenge offers $2 million prize
Competition set for June: DARPA sees increasing need for robots
In the days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, the Japanese government sent robots into contaminated reactors and turbines to survey damage, measure radiation and move hazardous debris.
Robots also sifted through rubble after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and disarmed or detonated explosives in Afghanistan.
But the promise of such machines to aid in the prevention or aftermath of disasters is still rudimentary. They're limited in the ability needed to navigate terrain cluttered with wreckage, manipulate an unpredictable array of objects and maintain remote connections in extreme conditions, among many other challenges.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to change all that. And it's putting up the money to make it happen.
Last year, the Department of Defense agency announced a $2 million prize for the team that wins its upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge, by steering virtual and real robots through mock disaster-recovery scenarios. The process took a step forward last week, and one local organization is playing an instrumental role.
Robotics challenge
The Open Source Robotics Foundation of Mountain View, Calif., has begun running prospective teams through a series of basic tasks designed to ascertain their ability to participate in the first real trial.
That phase, called the Virtual Robotics Challenge, is set for June 17-28. Teams will have to use software to control simulated robots through scenarios like using water to cool spent fuel rods in a nuclear power plant. Groups like the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and first responders helped design the mock disasters.
The Open Source Robotics Foundation designed the virtual environment for the competition, built on its Gazebo three-dimensional robot simulator system, which can also be used to test robotic software before plugging it into actual hardware.
The top winners of the virtual round will be handed an actual robot developed by Boston Dynamics, a "humanoid" variety that walks on two legs, to use in subsequent rounds in December 2013 and 2014.
Top prize money
There are a variety of tracks in the competition, broken down by teams that are and aren't funded by DARPA, and those that will and won't build their own hardware as well as software. But in the end, only one team will claim that $2 million prize -- whichever one does the most to advance robots' ability to take over in situations too dangerous for humans.
"What we need to do now is move beyond the state of the art," said Gill Pratt, DARPA program manager, in a statement. "This challenge is going to test ... mobility, dexterity, strength and endurance in an environment designed for human use but degraded due to a disaster."
The Open Source Robotics Foundation was spun out of Menlo Park robotics research lab Willow Garage last April. That company develops personal robotics, notably the PR2, that can serve beer, bake cookies and fold laundry, among many other tasks.
It gave away the software, as well as quite a bit of the hardware, in the hope of creating common robotics standards that could free up researchers to focus on building interesting applications atop it. The basic idea was to replicate the success of free and open operating systems like Linux, which with a related stack of software undergirds much of the Internet.
"We get further faster by pooling our resources and improving the capabilities of an open, shared platform that gives everyone a better starting point," said Brian Gerkey, chief executive of the foundation.
DARPA funding
But adoption was slowed in part because the (not so cleverly named) Robot Operating System was being managed by the for-profit Willow Garage, which raised competitive concerns among potential users. The company had talked for months about spinning the operation into a separate nonprofit, but finally took the leap after DARPA approached it about using Gazebo for the virtual challenge.
DARPA is now a major funder of the foundation, alongside NASA, Bosch, Sandia National Laboratories and others.
There are complaints about ROS, specifically that it's slow and convoluted, said Frank Tobe, publisher of the Robot Report in Santa Barbara. And plenty of companies are sticking with their proprietary software.
But ROS is rapidly spreading throughout the robotic world, Tobe said.
Most of the major institutions for robotics, such as MIT, Stanford and SRI International, are using ROS. A number of commercial robotics companies have adopted it for certain products, including Rethink Robotics, Clearpath Robotics and Toyota. And plenty of the robots in the later stages of the DARPA competition will use ROS.
"It is comprehensive and capable and offers everything the proprietary systems do not: ease of use, simulation (and) adoption of all the latest sensors, vision and mobility systems," Tobe said.
James Temple is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @jtemple.