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Global Connections builds bridge between international students, community
Global Connections builds bridge between international students, community
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Melike Faiz's first month in the United States was a major challenge.
She had no friends, her grasp of English was shaky and she was taken aback by the contrast between State College and her bustling home, the Turkish capital of Ankara.
"I said this 'Is this the USA, really? It's really small, what can I do here?" the visiting doctoral scholar recalled.
But soon, Faiz would find a path to cultural understanding that started at 427 Boucke Building, the home of Global Connections and its myriad programs for international visitors. Through Global Connections, Faiz joined a book club, found English language courses and broadened her cultural understanding.
She no longer struggles to find things to do. She has friends from the United States, Peru, South Korea and beyond. Her English is improving, and once she discovered the wealth of information at University Park, she didn't doubt her decision to study social studies education in central Pennsylvania.
Since the 1960s, Global Connections has recognized the value of connecting international visitors with the community. Originally called the International Hospitality Counsel, Global Connections is a nonprofit affiliate of Penn State, cooperating with the University's Global Programs office while working independently within the community. The organization receives a significant portion of its funding from Centre County United Way. Services are available for University Park's international student population -- 7,329 in fall 2013 -- and any other international visitors living in the area. In recent weeks, Global Connections supported Global Programs' International Student Orientation with activities like walking tours of downtown State College, a welcoming reception at the Hintz Alumni Center and a resource table at the HUB-Robeson Center.
"The international community is going to continue to grow. When they feel included and part of the community, they're able to meet friends and increase self confidence. That helps them, that helps the family, ultimately it helps Penn State."
-- Marc McCann, executive director
Global Connections' chief programs connect foreigners with volunteers who are native English speakers. The Conversation Partners program facilitates group and one-on-one meetings focused on improving language skills while the International Friendship program is geared toward increasing cultural understanding. Both programs have waiting lists. Global Connections' most popular programs reach hundreds. In 2013, the Tax Assistance Program helped 795 people from 53 countries, Conversation Partners served 612 and 396 participated in English as a Second Language classes.
Other activities include the International Speaker Series, which gives foreign visitors the chance to discuss their culture in local schools and other community venues; the annual International Children's Festival in the spring; and Passport on a Plate, a fundraiser that connects different cultures through food.
Penn State's globally focused programs were welcomed when Svitlana Iarmolenko came to study for her doctorate in recreation, park and tourism management after earning a master's degree at a southern university with a small international population.
"I came to Penn State and thought to myself 'There's all these international students and they gave us an international student orientation. How is that possible? And there's Global Connections and the office of Global Programs. There's a whole office taking care of us. What?' It was such a huge change," she said.
Born in Ukraine, Iarmolenko graduated this month and is now an assistant professor of recreation and tourism at Georgia Southern University. At Penn State she was paired up with a Conversation Partner and joined the Global Connection's Women's Intercultural Book Group, but soon started giving more of her time to helping others. She spoke about Ukrainian culture to elementary and middle schoolers, guided youngsters at a transitional housing facility in creating decorative Ukrainian Easter eggs called pysankas and cooked a Ukrainian dinner for residents at the Village at Penn State senior community.
As a doctoral student, Iarmolenko said she received persistent feedback on what she needed to improve. While volunteering with Global Connections, she knew she was doing something right.
"Volunteering, contributing and helping other people just really helped me sort of step away from those experiences and realize 'You know what, I'm a valuable member of this society. I made these kids happy today.'"
Shortly after arriving at Penn State from India in 2013, Chitralekha Beniwal took a tour of downtown State College, guided by Global Connections volunteers. It wasn't long before the master's student in industrial engineering was taking others on a journey through Indian culture at events like the children's festival.
"We grad students get so engrossed in our academics that we barely socialize with new people or keep ourselves involved in fun activities," Beniwal said. "GC happened to be a good respite for me where I showed my cooking skills, mehndi (skin painting) skills and represented my country at different events. Nonetheless, I got to know about the cultures and trends of other countries too; (it was) a candid exposure."
Alireza Ostadhossein, an Iranian doctoral student, gained friendship and confidence through the Conversation Partners program. Talking with his five-member group, Ostadhossein said, made him more comfortable when it came time to face larger audiences at conferences in his field of study, engineering science and mechanics.
"Global Connections makes a very friendly atmosphere if you want to prepare yourself for being in a social group," Ostadhossein said.
According to Executive Director Marc McCann, Global Connections is a bridge between Penn State and the community with potential to build empathy and end stereotypes on an increasingly "shrinking planet."
"The international community is going to continue to grow," he said. "When they feel included and part of the community, they're able to meet friends and increase self confidence. That helps them, that helps the family, ultimately it helps Penn State. They're going to go back home and tell people, 'I went to Penn State and this was our experience.'"
McCann started in April, replacing Merrill David, who stepped down after leading the program for a decade. McCann, who earned a master's degree in history from Penn State, and has taught in the College of Health and Human Development, previously worked at Arrow Child & Family Ministries in State College.
In his new role, McCann wants to increase Global Connections' profile, adding volunteers, increasing donations and growing the list of community partnerships that currently includes the likes of the American Association of University Women and the Centre County Women's Resource Center.
A volunteer in the Conversation Partners and International Friendship programs, McCann along with his wife, Denise, recently invited a couple from Iran to their son's Little League game. It was the first glimpse of a baseball game for the husband and wife, both visiting scholars at Penn State.
"To have this vehicle to do that is powerful," McCann said. "They took pictures, they're posted on Facebook, it was really meaningful."
To register for Global Connection programs or to become a volunteer, complete the registration form at www.surveymonkey.com/s/gcregister.
To view Global Connections' blog, go to http://gc-cc.blogspot.com/.


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Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloë Sevigny—three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today.
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'The last Tourist' is an online passage along hand drawn maps, texts and photographs. This website provides a personal reading of the cities that write themselves.
To walk in a city without a set destination is relatively new. It was only in the twenties of the last century that the flaneur emerged, a modern day man who went drifting trough the cities that appeared.Now almost a hundred years later more than half of the world population lives in cities. Dutch artist Jan Rothuizen will traverse these coming months the streets of Cairo. An urban conglomeration of 17 Million people, which after 5000 years of continuous habitation remains the greatest metropolis of Africa and the Middle East.
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The tangle of lists that Canadian banks and other financial institutions rely on to sanction terrorists, tyrants and other troublemakers are confusing and often out of date, industry players are telling the federal government.
The complaints have prompted a federal plan to create a single, comprehensive roster of targeted people and organizations, records released under the Access to Information Act show.
Businesses currently use 19 different lists from five domestic and international websites to ensure the freezing or seizure of assets linked to certain individuals and entities in countries including Iran, North Korea and, most recently, Russia and Ukraine.
Although governments and the United Nations have applied various types of sanctions for many years, they have only become a significant factor in the Canadian financial sector since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the federal government says.
That has added up to more work for banks, credit unions and others working in global finance.
Private-sector members of a federal advisory committee on anti-money laundering measures and terrorist financing have expressed concerns about the burdensome requirements involved in monitoring lists of hundreds of names.
At a May 2013 committee meeting, the Finance Department circulated a draft plan to address grievances including:
- Lack of a consolidated, downloadable list of people and entities subject to targeted financial sanctions in Canada;
- Concerns with the lists issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions;
- A need for "systematic and timely" updates to all current lists;
- Numerous reporting requirements of frozen assets for different sanction regulations;
- Minimal – if any – compliance guidance to the private sector.
Officials told a follow-up meeting last November that the item would remain on the committee's to-do list "until the problem is resolved."
"Progress is being made on developing a single website with all relevant sanctions information," internal notes released under the access law say. "The United Nations (UN) is also working to improve how they produce and disseminate sanctions lists."
In the federal budget delivered in February the government promised regulatory or legislative changes to make the system more effective and reduce the compliance burden on companies.
The government is in the process of "reviewing options" to improve its sanctions regime, Finance Department spokeswoman Stephanie Rubec said in an emailed statement.
"We hope to have a successful resolution to this issue in the coming months."
The Department of Foreign Affairs, which has taken the lead on the initiative, did not respond to questions about the project Thursday.
The Canadian Bankers Association would welcome any initiative to simplify the process for financial institutions, said spokeswoman Kate Payne.
"Compliance requires considerable resources, but we also fully understand and support the necessity of these sanctions and measures."


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Metal-Cored Wire for Welding Galvanized Steel Full Speed Ahead
Due to the protective layer of zinc oxide on its surface, galvanized steel offers excellent corrosion resistance as well as high strength, even at thinner gauges. However, these same properties also challenge metalformers required to weld galvanized steel. For example, thinness increases the likelihood of burnthrough, while the zinc-oxide coating can cause weld defects when improper welding procedures are used.
Many automotive suppliers use galvanized steel in the 1.6- to 4-mm range, for components such as frames, engine cradles and suspension links, and use even thinner material for other areas of the vehicle. In fact, it's not uncommon to find autobody skins on galvanized steel as thin as 0.7 mm.
Most automotive manufacturers use one of three types of galvanized steel: hot-dipped, galvanealled or electrogalvanized. Of these, hot-dipped galvanized steels tend to be the most challenging to weld, but also the most prevalent in the industry due to their lower cost.
Hot-dipped material tends to have an uneven surface thickness that makes the completion of consistent welds particularly challenging. To obtain its zinc-oxide finish, the material passes through molten zinc at high temperatures (in excess of 800 F), after which the zinc undergoes a series of chemical reactions. The result is the tough zinc-oxide surface that provides a protective barrier and acts as a sacrificial anode to provide corrosion resistance.
Welding Challenges
Most automotive manufacturers weld galvanized steel with the gas-metal-arc welding (GMAW) process—either pulsed or constant voltage (CV) —running solid weld wire. Pulsed and CV welding processes, however, have proven difficult to perfect when it comes to gaining consistent weld quality on galvanized steel when using similar travel speeds as those used to weld mild steel.
Spatter is one troublesome issue that arises, and typically results from the shorter arc lengths associated with CV welding. Porosity is by far a greater problem, and the travel speeds used during welding directly impact this weld defect. The faster the travel speed on hot-dipped galvanized steel, the faster the weld pool tends to freeze. That is especially troublesome since zinc vaporizes at a much lower temperature than steel. The temperature differentiation can lead to gas pockets becoming entrapped, because the weld solidifies before the zinc gas can escape. Therefore, while the welds may look acceptable, they may contain significant subsurface porosity. Porosity can appear as small pockets, but also can span the entire length of a weld joint—referred to as "piping" or "worm tracking." Or, porosity can appear in a linear path that can cause the weld to "unzip" during cyclic loading.
Fig. 1—Penetration profile of a weld created with metal-cored wire and pulsed GMAW, optimized for galvanized steel.
As a rule of thumb, to ensure quality welds, individual instances of porosity should be separated by at least their own diameter, and the total length of porosity (sum of diameters) should not exceed 6.4 mm in any 25 mm of weld length. The maximum diameter of any instance of porosity should not exceed 1.6 mm. Internal porosity is generally limited to less than 25 percent of the area being inspected.
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To avoid porosity when welding galvanized steels, metalformers often will simply reduce weld-travel speed—effective from a quality perspective, but a clear productivity-limiter. Instead, they should consider pairing their current pulsed-GMAW process with metal-cored wire, in place of solid welding wire.
Metal-cored weld wires are tubular —a metal sheath filled with metallic powders, alloys and arc stabilizers. As opposed to solid wire, metal-cored wires carry higher current densities (at equivalent amperage settings), allowing increased weld-deposition rates. Because of the fast travel speeds these wires allow, they often get the call for robotic-welding applications.
Recent advancements in metal-cored wires, specifically those carrying the AWS classification E70C-GS, provide significant advantages when welding hot-dipped galvanized steel. These wires feature formulations that allow them to weld with straight polarity (direct current/electrode negative). Operating in straight polarity offers two distinct advantages on galvanized steel:
• Softer arc penetration, which helps to prevent burnthrough on thin-gauge material and creates an improved penetration profile (Fig. 1); and
Metal-cored wires also feature arc stabilizers that help improve weldmetal transfer from the wire to the weld, minimizing spatter to help avoid post-weld cleanup.
Controlled Freezing
Combining the use of a metal-cored wire with a pulsed-GMAW waveform also will help control the pace at which the weld pool freezes. This will allow the zinc vapors to escape more readily. In addition, the pulsed-GMAW process inputs less heat into a weldment than does a standard CV process with solid wire, helping to avoid burnthrough.
Other benefits of combining metal-cored wires for galvanized steels with the pulsed-GMAW process, when welding galvanized steel:
• Improved T-joint and downhill welding;
• A fine ball transfer of weldmetal, which creates a broad arc pattern and wide weld bead with good gap-bridging ability;
• The ability to weld a wide range of material thicknesses (1.2 to 4.0 mm); and• The ability to weld in multiple positions. MF
See also: Hobart Brothers Co., Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
Related Enterprise Zones: Materials/Coatings, Welding


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Famous Harvard University Alumni
List Rules People on this list must have gone to Harvard University and be of some renown.
List of famous alumni from Harvard University, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Harvard University include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Harvard University alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Harvard University are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Harvard University.
The list you're viewing is made up of graduates like Natalie Portman, Tyra Banks and many other Harvard Crimson.
This list answers the questions "Which famous people went to Harvard University?" and "Which celebrities are Harvard University alumni?"Check out these notable Harvard alumni.


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Questions for Maps 1-3
1. Using Map 1, note the location of Mammoth Cave National Park within the state of Kentucky.
2. Map 2 was drawn by Stephen Bishop, a slave and famous Mammoth Cave explorer. Many similar maps have been drawn through the years as people continue to discover previously unknown passages. How would one go about exploring and mapping passageways that twist, turn back on themselves, and continually change levels? What problems do you expect Bishop encountered in drawing his map of the cave? Would you like to use this map if you were going to tour the cave? Why or why not? What is missing that would be important to know?
3. Study Map 3. What features can you find on both Maps 2 and 3? What do you think was the origin of some of the names given to areas of the cave? Why would it be important to assign names to various features and segments of the cave? Why is Map 3 easier to read than Map 2? Which map would be most useful and interesting for a tourist? a spelunker? a historian?
* The maps on this screen have a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of Map 1, Map 2, and Map 3, but be aware that the files may take as much as 30 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 teases VGAs gameplay reveal
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is set to make its gameplay debut at the VGAs next week.
Spike host Geoff Keighley revealed the premiere on Twitter, offering a short teaser video.
The teaser can be viewed on Spike – although not, apparently, if you're an Australian, so you'll have to fill me in.
The VGAs take place on December 7. Lords of Shadow 2 was first revealed by teaser site in May before being leaked ahead of its GTTV E3 reveal. It is set to conclude the saga, after which developer Mercury Steam wants to do something else, with another team likely to take up the Castlevania torch.


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Where are they for alto?👿
um ok so basically i wrote a bari solo plz help dm me for performing rights
Does anyone want a piece of music for a certain instrument ?
I've convinced my director to get my saxophone section new mouthpieces for jazz. I've been researching them for a while, but have not found good mouthpieces for a good price. Any recommendations? We have 2 altos, 2 tenors, and I play bari.
In this group, I will help ANYONE with a Saxophone! I will love to help! I myself play the Alto Saxophone, But I will help Alto, Tenor, or Baritone Saxophone! Just Keep in mind... If you need help, Please join my group! Also if you need help with a song, I can somehow help you! :) If you want to join please click join!
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A small composition i had composed back in January , but decided to uploaded now.
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Join my new banana group. Sure to be lots of sweet yellow slippery fun (whatever that means).
haven't did this in a while
Sorry but I thought that it should be done
still, a work in progress need feedback and a name for the piece I'm open to ideas I'm not going to get offended if you say it's not that good
Looking for advice on how to transpose Bass clef Trombone part to a treble clef Eb Saxophone part ?
On the melody of this well-known theme, I have made this original arrangement dedicated to a saxophone quartet. Enjoy it.
One of the most important, even the most important aspect of saxophone playing technique is producing sound. Well, that's obvious: after all, music is the sequence of sounds, and if some musician can't produce full, nice, let's say "high-quality" sound, then it's not worth practising anything else - both the performer and the listener won't like any music such musician could ever play. But the good news are: with "right" breathing and embouchure (position of lips and everything that is in and around your mouth) anyone can produce the sound he or she really happy with. So let's deal with the first part of it in this overview: breathing. I've been playing saxophone for 17 years and would like to share the information on the topic I find extremely useful.
Actually there are three breathing methods that we use during our day-to-day life. Those are: clavicular (colar bone), chest (throatic) and diaphragmatic. In order to get a full-supported sound on saxophone we need to combine all three methods, but the accent should be put on the diaphragmatic breathing, as this one is the most efficient for our goal: wind instrument playing.
So, what is diaphragm? I don't feel like inventing something new here, but just referring to wikipedia article instead: it is " a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that … separates the thoracic cavity, containing the heart and lungs, from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration: as the diaphragm contracts, the volume of the thoracic cavity increases and air is drawn into the lungs."
The idea is simple: the air flows naturally to the place with less resistance. So all we need is: 1) Exhale as much air as we can, thus making our lungs a low resistance area 2) Inhale expanding our chest cavity as much as we can to get more air (for our future use in playing instrument) - that is done by lowering of the diaphragm. When playing saxophone during exhaling we "support" the air column contracting the stomach muscles, meanwhile preventing the diaphragm to get quickly to the initial "upper" position, That enables us to play long musical phrases with steady tone/sound.
Here are some exercises on the topic.
To feel the diaphragmatic breathing
What instruments do you play?
Hope y'all are having a great day!
Please check out my new piece for solo piano ( Rondo Comique):


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Application security tools address Ajax security
Security vendor Cenzic adds Ajax testing capability to its automated vulnerability assessment offerings, while Denim Group releases an open-source vulnerability scanner.
The "next big thing" for users is frequently the next big thing for attackers as well. So as Ajax-style applications continue to gain momentum, the security world is adding Ajax to its tools arsenal.
Today Cenzic Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of automated application security assessment and policy compliance testing tools, announced Ajax testing capability. Cenzic's Hailstorm, an automated penetration testing tool, and the company's ClickToSecure managed remote assessment services now both offer full support for testing Web applications built using Ajax software development technology.
Ajax support in Cenzic Hailstorm and ClickToSecure is available now. Hailstorm customers are getting the capability as a patch release.
And last week, the Denim Group Ltd., a consulting company in San Antonio, announced the public release of Sprajax, an open source Web application security scanner developed to scan Ajax Web applications for security vulnerabilities.
Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a rich Internet application development technology that enhances the user experience. "Ajax by itself is a good thing, but developers need to think through security issues," said Mandeep Khera, vice president of marketing at Cenzic. "A lot of developers are building [Ajax] code, but they're not worried about or have little knowledge about how to secure it."
Indeed the "newness" of Ajax's popularity -- though it has been around since the introduction of JavaScript -- prompted XML gateway security vendor Forum Systems to issue an Ajax security alert earlier in the year. And the next version (2.1) of the Open Web Application Security (OWASP) Guide project will include a chapter on Ajax written by Andrew van der Stock, who is leading the Guide project.
While industry experts say Ajax in and of itself is not insecure, Ajax-style Web applications present new security challenges. According to Cenzic, because Ajax enables more interactive Web pages that are interoperable with Web services, Ajax increases the amount of XML, text or HTML network traffic and therefore exposes applications to Web services vulnerabilities. Ajax applications may expose back-end applications that were not previously vulnerable or allow unauthenticated users to quickly elevate their privileges if there is no server-side protection.
Khera said Ajax-style applications face the same types of vulnerabilities as traditional Web applications, but the issues are magnified "because you have both client-side and server-side scripting. You have a lot more scripts than before with Ajax because there is a 'middleman' [Ajax engine] in between. You have a lot of scripts working on the back end, so those scripts are more vulnerable now."
He said there are also more session management vulnerabilities introduced. In addition, he said, "The way Ajax is coded, there are a lot of URLs hidden, but hackers know how to get to them. Developers have a false sense of security."
Khera said authentication and authorization are also problems because of the way the client interacts with the back-end server. "Most developers don't think they need to do double validation," he said.
Ajax coolness overshadowing security
Dan Cornell, principal at Denim Group, said the security issues for Ajax-enabled Web application are "just as huge" as for normal Web applications, but developers are so focused on the "coolness" factor that not a lot of attention is being paid to security yet.
"The whole point of building with this technology is so you can store an increased amount of data and processing on the client side; it's why you get good responsiveness," Cornell said. "The security danger is that because all that data is manipulated and handled on the client side, you have to re-verify all of that when it reaches the server side. You can't trust it will execute as you want it to. You need to understand the security implications."
To do so, developers needs to change their thought process to properly integrate security concerns, Cornell said. "The important thing is that security be considered, first of all. The only way to do that is to do risk analysis or threat modeling on the application." A tool like Sprajax, he said, catches security problems later in the game, when they are more expensive to fix.
Cornell said when writing any code developers need to assess the following: "Who might want to subvert this application? What are the things they might do to break it?" Then developers need to assess the risks and decide what is or isn't acceptable.
The Sprajax tool is available now for download as an alpha release. It support sites written using Microsoft Atlas framework for Ajax and requires SQL Server 2005. Cornell, who is the author of the tool but is hoping others will get involved, said the next steps will be adding support for the Google Web Toolkit and removing the requirement for SQL Server.
Charles Kolodgy, a research director for security products at IDC in Framingham, Mass., said his only concern with an open-source tool for finding vulnerabilities is that the hackers will also have access to it, referencing what happened with the Satan tool. "Originally, Satan was a scanning tool for system administrators and it became the hackers' scan of choice in the '90s," he said.


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Oracle Retail Advanced Science Engine (ORASE) is the centralized science engine that powers analytics for both the Oracle Retail Modeling Engine (ORME) and Oracle Retail Assortment and Space Optimization (ORASO) in support of retail business processes.
ORME performs data mining and calculates model parameters to support business processes in Oracle Retail Category Management, Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF), and Oracle Retail Analytics.The ORME 14.0 release contains the following modules: Customer Decision Tree, Demand Transference, Advanced Clustering, and Market Basket Analysis (a back-end process only). ORME solutions share a common workflow and user interface (UI). The common workflow lets users implement and interact with the new science modules using similar techniques.
ORASO is a separate application that is used to optimize the use of space in a location or store cluster for a retailer's product assortments.
This new suite of products provides the functionality described below.
Customers make purchasing decisions by the characteristics, or attributes, of the competing products they are considering. Because customers purchase products by attributes, retailers can understand customer purchasing behavior by understanding how customers perceive the attributes by using the Customer Decision Tree module. A customer decision tree presents, in tree form, a hierarchy of attributes. The level of each attribute within the tree indicates the relative importance a customer places on each attribute when deciding what to purchase.
The CDT application uses historical transaction data from the retailer to derive a customer decision tree, which segments the products by attributes. The application provides a measure called the CDT score that indicates how good a generated customer decision tree is. Retailers can analyze their product assortments using the information provided by the application in conjunction with the standard merchandise hierarchies.
Demand Transference allows retailers to understand customer purchasing behavior in terms of item substitutability and to improve assortments by knowing how items in the assortment may substitute for each other. With the information provided by the application, retailers can optimize assortments to available space. In addition, retailers can understand how total category sales may be affected by assortment changes. Demand Transference can also demonstrate how total category sales are affected by assortment changes. It can show whether adding items to the assortment may result in large or small increases in total category sales.
Advanced Clustering allows retailers to group locations based on product and store selling characteristics and other key attributes. The resulting clusters can be used to drive assortment, pricing, promotion, forecasting, allocation, and supply chain processes. Retailers can target specific customers by understanding customer characteristics, including the profile mix of who is shopping in the store or trading area and customer demographics such as ethnicity, income levels, education, household size, and family status.
Market Basket Analysis employs data mining to provide insight into the correlation among products in a customer's basket.
ORASO is used by Category Management to make optimized assortment decisions. It is used to optimize the space for a category manager's preliminary assortment. The category manager creates a preliminary assortment and wants to determine how well that list of products can fit in stores, given the available space, product sizes, and merchandising goals and rules. ORASO creates virtual planograms that organize products onto shelves according to these requirements in a way that optimizes total performance.
The documentation set for this new suite of products is described below.
The Implementation Guide provides detailed instructions regarding the configuration and implementation of ORME and ORASO. These details include WebLogic, database, user, and module-specific configurations, as well as information about data interfaces, ETL batch scripts, and database schemas.
The Security Guide describes the implementation of the required security features for ORME and ORASO. These include securing access to the applications and managing any security vulnerabilities.
The Installation Guide describes the pre-installation setup procedures for the database, application server, and password stores, and provides detailed procedures for installing the application.
The User Guide provides an orientation to the ORME user interface. In addition, it describes in detail how to configure the application based on specific retailer constraints and how to interpret the analytical results of the calculations performed by Customer Decision Tree, Demand Transference, and Advanced Clustering.
The Installation Guide describes the pre-installation setup procedures for the database, application server, and password stores, and provides detailed procedures for installing the application.
The User Guide provides an orientation to the ORASO user interface. In addition, it describes in detail how to configuration the application based on specific retailer constraints and how to interpret the analytical results of the space and assortment optimization performed by the application.


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My favorite Super Tuesday Tweets
Super Tuesday is one of those events that brings out the clever Tweeters. Here are a handful that I found interesting or amusing.
Which Tweets caught your eye?
Obama to Romney: "Good luck tonight. Really." http://on.wsj.com/yuK9qV #SuperTuesday
"ham sandwich" holding commanding lead in #SuperTuesday but "potato chips" is winning in #Ohio, with Mike-sells beating all #GOP candidates
Early Exit Polls: Santorum trailing badly among sluts.
If we took all the money from negative ads and spent it on educating our kids, we wouldn't be America. #SuperTuesday
Mitt practicing victory speech: "Don't say anything rich-sounding, don't say anything rich-sounding, don't say anything rich-sounding …"
Why, Oh why, Oh why, Oh… Why does it always come down to Ohio? http://liveblog.washingtonpost.com/?p=275#liveblog-entry-308 via @washingtonpost


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The term forex broker is understood in many different ways in the foreign exchange world. However, on its basic level it is an entity that stands between the trader (yourself) and the actual forex market. This is a place where you post your desired transaction which will be executed in the market.
Nowadays almost all forex brokers offer an online platform from which you can trade directly. Usually, the trader opens a trading account with this broker through an online transaction using either a credit card or one of the electronic money companies. Once your real money are there, you will be able to observe the movements of the forex markets represented by currency pairs and make buying and selling orders. Remember, that forex exchange is entirely decentralized. It is what we call "over the counter", in other words, there is no official exchange center like in the case of shares. As opposed to that, all interested parties that buy or sell currencies make up the forex market.
Your forex broker must execute your transactions without delays and minimize requotes . The broker must provide secure transactions, hold you deposit and return it immediately if required. The broker must display a real time currency exchange market and give you additional information such as important financial and political news. Many brokers will offer you a possibility to see what other (successful) traders are doing and follow them (copy trading, social trading, etc). The broker also must teach you their trading tools and provide with expectations of the trading items you select.
There are thousands of online forex brokers and some of them are scams, cheating on the forex trader. However, the competition between the brokers is enormous and it is getting more and more difficult for scammers. Of course, there always will be scammers claiming to be successful forex traders. They will promise 100% interest on your investment in three months or less, or sell you a book full of secret forex recipes to make you billionaire. However, there are individuals claiming to be forex gurus and such which is a specific subject outside the scope of this review.
As far as forex brokers are concerned, traders typically register with regulated brokers. It means that they are under supervision of a reliable regulatory authority, for instance, The Financial Services Authority (FSA) of UK, National Futures Association (NFA) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of US, etc. Remember that registering with a forex broker is not a marriage. Top regulated forex brokers usually offer a demo account. The time is unlimited and you can practice your forex skills, verify the forex tools and the user interface. Most demo trading accounts are comparable to their live versions, but are not exactly the same. There may be a difference in the execution rate, slippage and reliability. Actually, live versions are more reliable than the demo versions.
However, do not play with the demo account too long. Trading the real money is different from trading the virtual money. It requires integrity, physiological skills and very well defined set of goals. It is an entirely new life experience, no more no less. Besides, the demo account comes with a large amount of virtual money (100,000 USD or more ) so you can use a high leverage. Try to trade a small part of that virtual money on the scale of your initial investment. If you are a beginner, 1,000-10,000USD is what you are planning to invest, right ?
There is a number of trading parameters to characterize the broker. When you open the demo account and practice, you will eventually learn all of them. However, at the very basic level you will have to check the following list:
It is important, that the broker is regulated (see the discussion above). In addition check when the company was founded. Top forex brokers are those established 3-5 years ago or more.
There are many types of accounts at the various online brokers. The most common accounts are the standard, mini, micro, and demo. For instance, the for many brokers the minimum standard account can be 1,000 USD and the micro account could just 1USD. There are also special types of accounts called Islamic account which are regulated in compliance with the rules of Islam. Of course, the more money you invest, the more privileges you get. Many brokers offer extra services for larger accounts such as extra visual tools, large bonus etc. The general rule is the spread that brokers charge you: usually there will be lower spreads for the larger account.
This is how the forex brokers are making their money. The spread is the difference between the currency price at the marker and the price you buy or sell this currency through the online broker. For example, the bid /ask market price of the currency pair EUR/USD is 1.4238/1.4239. It means that you can buy euro for 1.4238 and sell it for 1.4239USD. However, the broker shows you the pair as follows 1.4235/1.4236. In that case the forex traders say that the spread is 3 pips (the difference in the last digits). The spreads can vary from 2 to 20 pips depending on the market situations and the currency pair. Many brokers offer a fixed spread, i.e. it is guaranteed that the spread always remains the same irrespectively of political turns, bad financial news and possible market volatility. On the other hand, varying spread does not mean that the broker is going to cheat on you. As opposed to that the floating spread broker offers the best price at any given moment. Therefore, in times of high liquidity, the floating spread tends to be lower. This makes trading through these brokers cheaper. However, it comes with the risk of market conditions at times.
The idea is simple. A forex trader borrows the money from the broker for trading. Leverage allows a trader with a small trading account to invest in large value contracts. Usually, brokers offer up to a ratio of 1:500 for an account holder. Therefore, Leverage is about maximization of your profit. At the same time, the risk of trading with leverage is also multiplied many times over and hence there is a need for a proper risk management and control (see our articles Leverage and its Significance, Risk and Leverage, Forex Leverageholic Review ).Also remember, that before a forex trader can use leveraging, he/she has to put a deposit of "good faith" also called the performance bond. In return, the broker set up a margin. In that case the trader can execute an order larger than what he has in his trading account. Nevertheless, if the trading account fall below the margin, the broker will close some or all of the trader's positions. The possibility of high leverage, shows a trust between the broker and the trader. It also makes obvious that the broker has a strong position and does not depend specific market
is one of the most important factors. This is something easy to verify, something that you can feel right away. Delays in replies, non existing or hard to reach phone numbers, delays with withdrawing your trading money are warning signs. If there is no clear way to contact someone at the company or this way does not work it is a definite red flag. Top ranked brokers offer a variety of ways to contact them. This includes phone, email, live chat, skype, paltalk and many others. Besides, professional brokers usually offer a multilanguage support which can include your national language. Finally, value-added service is becoming a regular feature due to an enormous competition between the forex brokers. Service including forex analysis, forex news and forex signals is a definite sign of a good broker. Many brokers offer a debit card which simplifies your transactions. Using the card you can add up to your account or withdraw your win online or at the ATM machine.
Clearly, there is a lot to consider when selecting your broker. There are many other factors such as the simplicity and transparency of the visual tools, free forex signals, expert articles, bonus, promotions, social trading, PAMM accounts, copy trader systems, etc.
However, signing up with the broker is not a marriage. If you do not like the broker you can always move on. Use the demo account. If you like it, try a small deposit and see what happens. There are hundreds of well established forex brokers. With them you are absolutely sure that there is no scam or cheating. Do not blame the broker for your loss neither praise them for your wins. At the end of the day it is your trading skill, your integrity, your education and your trading plan that make it possible.
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On Twitter, people have been requesting that I take pictures of guys to use in their Twitter avatars. Today, the Texans left tackle, Duane Brown was kind enough to do a picture. I think he's doing more than just a gun show.
(You can see a variety of pictures I've taken at camp, elsewhere here).
What is remarkable watching Brown in camp is how often you see him blowing up guys in the second level, way down the field. Practice how you play. (Notice Connor Barwin chasing down guys way down field too–tremendous closing speed even against offensive players who are supposed to be faster than he is. In practice.)
Sometimes I hear comments like, "Why would any fans want to go to a football practice?"
The answer is that for most folks, this is by far the closest you will see these guys as a group. Including coaches. Not just an edited clip on TV of the sidelines. Or helmeted views from far away. You can stand right next to where they are doing drills. You can see when they get praised, when they get dog-cussed.
You see what matter to the coaches, to the players.
The best part of NFL Network is when they show the guys without the helmets so you can see there personalities some. It's easier to get a sense of guys more with social media and more news sources too.
I also think that being at practice gives you a better appreciation of the work that they do. Anyone who has done sports outside in Texas knows the challenge of the heat here. And the Texans practice in particular is done at a quick pace. There's very little stopping time.
To me, it is always more fun to watch a sport if you know some about the players and their story.
The Preseason. It Matters.
Last year, the teams needed preseason games because there was very little off-season due to the lockout. This year, the Texans in particular need the preseason to sort out position battles. Last year, the entire starting offense was coming back with the exception of fullback. Easy.
The camp battles this year may not end up being finalized until coaches get to see these guys more in preseason games. Kubiak today:
(on T Derek Newton and G Brandon Brooks) "I think there have been flashes. I think that Gump (RG Antoine Caldwell) has done some good things. (RT Rashad) Butler has done some good things. The young guard (Brooks) has the ability, he has big-time ability, but he has to catch up. You see flashes of what you're looking for. I think Newton is still a young player, but he's a physical player. It'll be interesting. It'll sort itself out in the games, probably not in practice."
(on how much the competition on the right side of the offensive line picks up with them in pads) "It's picking up. It's very competitive. They're going back and forth right now and what we do, one day one of them works with the ones. The next day the other one works with the ones. They're split right down the middle. We'll see who gets it done."
Guess your opinion on preseason games has a lot to do with whether you pay for tickets and any guys on your favorite team get hurt in a preseason game.
Personally, I love preseason games. You could put together a very good roster based on guys who made teams based on their preseason performances. For backup quarterbacks in particular, it may be the only time you get a sense of what they can do. It's like watching the future of your team, for better or worse.
And for the Texans, the pressure of an audience will be particularly important for figuring out the kicker competition. For second day in a row, the kickers made field goals in front of the team, media, and some fans that were there for the Toro's Kids Club day. I didn't see any Shayne Graham misses but I heard Nick Scurfield on the radio say that he thought he saw one but that he was far away. (Didn't see it, but given my angle, I might have missed it). Saw a Randy Bullock miss of a fairly short field goal–doinked off one of the crossbars. So far, they haven't worked on long field goals in front of an audience.
The key kicks will be during the preseason games. Those kicks will count for more in the evaluations.
On DeVier Posey.
I sort of wish I wasn't identifying each day of camp in these blog posts. I think sometimes that fans pay too much attention to the ups and downs of particular days. DeVier Posey got a little bit of a Gary Kubiak chew in OTA's for his conditioning and some fans over-reactively translated that to bust. Which was ridiculous given that a lot of rookies who are new to Texas struggle some with the heat early in the off-season. Happens every year.
Kubiak clarified as it related to Posey that he's direct with players because he knows he may be counting on them and needs them to get better, quicker.
Today, Posey had one of those flashy play days. Ones where the fans have to notice his catches. Caught a nice ball in stride downfield from a bomb thrown by Schaub. Fake touchdown Texans. /Vandermeer voice. Also heard he looked good in 1 on 1s.
This year, Posey is going to be the player doing the rookie diary for the Houston Texans website. Here's the first Posey rookie diary.
I know with the aging of the wide receiver starters, and the injuries and lack of depth last year, that some fans are wishing for more *name* players at the position. But the reality of the situation is that anyone who is great would cost too much, and some of the *name* guys who are available at a reasonable price are available for a reason. And a *name* older guy who wants playing time means you are postponing the development of a younger guy.
If you see Posey at camp, you can't help but be intrigued by his size/speed combo. And it looks like he "gets it." He's one of the guys that is staying after regular practice to work more with the quarterbacks/jug machine.
If you see Lestar Jean at camp, you like seeing him try to out physical guys. You can see him talking with Andre Johnson a lot.
With Keshawn Martin, it is fun watching him run routes. He has a great suddenness to his running. You can appreciate his special teams versatility.
With the entire wide receiver group, you can see flashes of good things.
But young wide receivers are like musicians. There are many very talented musicians that don't become famous, get a break, an opportunity, some luck, some magic. The Texans offense is one that can make wide receivers look very good. The scheme is designed to take advantage of defensive tendencies, and to go to the open guy. It will be all a matter of the wide receivers making good with the few balls that come their way in this target rich offense. Need to make their own luck through hard work, and get luck by staying healthy.
And if you don't believe that, read the story of Bronco great Rod Smith. Is there a Rod Smith on this team? That's a bit much to put on anyone, but not all wide receivers started out as *name* guys.
Quote of the Day.
(Bradie James on his perspective of ILB Brian Cushing now compared to when he did not play with Cushing) "I didn't know him. Now it's great to be with one of the best inside linebackers in the NFL. I try to help him on fundamentals and doing all the right things. I think he'll be as or more productive this year than he was last year."
Eyebrow raise. A more productive Brian Cushing? I think I know what Jaguars' QB Blaine Gabbert would say about that but you can't print it in a newspaper blog.
Previous Related Posts:
Day 1 2012 Texans Training Camp – We made it. Thanks.
Day 2 2012 Houston Texans training camp: Andre, Andre, Andre
Day 3 2012 Texans training camp: Handy things to know
Camp Tweets (and other stuff because I am not a robot): @StephStradley


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- Features
- Description
- x36 BGA Bump Layout (Top View)
- x18 BGA Bump Layout (Top View)
- Pin Description
- Ordering Information
- Block Diagram (x36 Double-Data-Rate Mode)
- Timing Diagram: Double-Data-Rate and Single-Data-Rate Modes
- Address Sequence when LBO = VDD (Interleave Burst)
- Address Sequence when LBO = VSS (Linear Burst)
- Clock Truth Table
- Output Enable Truth Table
- Absolute Maximum Ratings
- Recommended DC Operating Conditions
- DC Electrical Characteristics
- Programmable Impedance Output Driver DC Electrical Characteristics
- PBGA Thermal Characteristics
- Capacitance
- AC Input Characteristics
- AC Input Definition
- AC Test Loading
- AC Test Conditions
- AC Characteristics
- Timing Diagram (Read and NOP Cycles)
- Timing Diagram (Read, Write Cycles)
- JTAG Recommended DC Operating Conditions
- JTAG AC Test Conditions
- JTAG AC Characteristics
- JTAG Timing Diagram
- Scan Register Definition
- ID Register Definition
- Instruction Set
- Boundary Scan Order (x36)
- Boundary Scan Order (x18)
- TAP Controller State Machine
- 9 x17 BGA Dimensions
- Revision Log
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SRAMs are synchronous pipeline-mode, high-per-
formance CMOS static random-access memories
that have wide I/O and achieve 2.5ns cycle times.
Single differential CK clocks are used to initialize the
read/write operation; all internal operations are self-
timed. At the rising edge of the CK clock, addresses
updated from output registers on the next rising and
falling edges of the CK clock, hence the double data
rate. Internal write buffers allow write data to follow
one cycle after addresses and controls. The SRAM
is operated with a single 2.5V power supply and is
compatible with HSTL I/O interfaces.
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mode; LBO = 0, linear mode)
8Mb (256K x 36 & 512K x 18) SRAM
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placements for both DDR and SDR modes. In DDR read mode, two sets of data-outs are generated from the
second rising and falling edges of the CK clock, assuming the first rising edge of the CK clock samples the
base address. The first of the two data-out sets (DOUT-A) is generated from the sampled base address
(Base-A). The second data-out set (DOUT-A') is generated from the next burst order address, according to
the burst order definition. Similarly, a DDR write requires data-in placement on the second rising and falling
CK edges. In SDR read mode, only one set of data-outs is generated from the second rising CK edge. In SDR
write mode, one set of data-ins is sampled on the second rising CK edge. The user can switch from DDR to
SDR mode (or from SDR to DDR mode) during any LOAD (B1 = 0) operation.
eliminates one of two bus-turnaround cycles normally required when going from a read to a write operation.
Late write is accomplished by buffering write addresses and data. The SRAM array update occurs during the
third write cycle. Read-cycle addresses are monitored to determine if read data is to be supplied from the
SRAM array or the write buffer. Full data coherency is maintained for both DDR and SDR operations. As a
result, NOP (write buffer flush) operations are not required going from write cycles to read cycles.
sentative of the data-outs. Echo clocks keep running during write and NOP operations. Echo-clock operation
is identical for both DDR and SDR operations. The close tracking of echo clocks and data-out timings allows
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A few new products and miscellaneous notes.
We have a small quantity of the new Kool Stop 4-bump Mafac-style brake pads. This style of pad has been very hard to find and we think it's great that they are being made again. So you can now rejuvenate those great old Mafac Raid brakes and put them on your new VP Rando or Mixte frame. We have only a small quantity now, but more are on the way.
Our VO brake pads are now brick red (except the MTB straight-post). They are the same compound as the black and stop equally well; we simply like the look of the red pads.
Simplex retro-friction shifters may well be the best downtube shifters of all time, but they used an odd cylinder-shaped cable end. And replacement cables have been hard to find. Fortunately the new VO shift cables have a Simplex and and a standard end; cut off the one you don't need. Simplex produced shifters for several other companies, so if you have old shifters that require funny cable ends, try these. BTW, this was Tom's idea so all of us Simplex fans should thank him.
We have three new VO wheels, a 650b Diagonale/Formula fixie rear wheel, 700c Diagonale/Novatech dynamo, and 650b Diagonale/Shimano Nexus 8-speed. Several of you asked for the fixie wheel; let us know how you like them.
We are working to post better photos of our components. Kyle shot new VO and Grand Cru headset photos that I think are are a big improvement over the originals. There are also photos of the headsets dissembled so you can see the bearing and races. Now he'll have to shoot the rest of our components; see what happens when you do a good job.
On another subject, communication with VO, there have been some small changes of late. As we keep growing my duties here are shifting. For example, I no longer have time to personally answer technical and product information e-mails. That task has fallen to Kyle, Perry, and Pat. I think you'll find that they can take more time and provide a more thorough answer. Also, if you have questions specific to your bike, rather than general questions/comments related to a blog post, please e-mail rather than asking in the comments section.
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The Urban Studies Program was established at Morehouse College in 1976. The program enjoys an excellent reputation in the nation, and especially among the universities and colleges in Atlanta that offer Urban Studies and City and Regional Planning programs. The program in Urban Studies at the College is made up of the core curriculum designed to introduce students to the field and prepare them for advanced work, and two concentrations, Urban Management and Urban Planning, designed to provide students with knowledge and competencies specific to each concentration.
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- To be responsive to the users of planning services in the public as well as the Private sector;
- To provide service to the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia by translating and applying urban studies training to the solution of specific community problems, more importantly, that pertain to urban pathologies.


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Popular cycling challenge the Trossachs Ton will take place this summer and children's charity Action Medical Research is calling for riders to sign up now and test themselves on this jewel of British cycling.
The event on Sunday, June 19, 2016, offers two options, a classic 75-mile route, the perfect introduction to distance riding, or the more challenging champion option which covers 106 miles - ideal for experienced sportive riders.
The route, which starts at Stirling High School, is one of the best ride outs in Scotland in an area of outstanding scenery full of mountains and forests, making the ride a pleasure despite the hills.
The classic route includes Crow Road and a single ascent of the Duke's Pass while the champion offers the ''Double Duke'', two runs at the steep but stunning pass.
This event is part of the charity's popular RIDE100 series of one-day bike rides that take place in fantastic cycling locations across the UK. All include chip timing, food and water stations, marshals and mechanics.
Entry to the Trossachs Ton is £38 and riders will be raising money to help fund medical research into conditions affecting babies and children – in 2015, almost 5,000 riders helped to raise a total of £286,000.
With the help of its supporters, Action Medical Research has played a significant role in many medical breakthroughs for more than 60 years, from the development of the first UK polio vaccines to the use of ultrasound in pregnancy. It is currently funding research into meningitis, Down syndrome, epilepsy and premature birth, as well as some rare and distressing conditions that severely affect children.
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Principles of bearing unit selection and application
In this section, and its sub-sections, the designer can find the necessary basic information, presented in the order in which it is generally required. Obviously, it is impossible to include all the information needed to cover every conceivable application. For this reason, in some places, reference is made to the SKF application engineering service. This technical service can perform complex calculations, diagnose and solve bearing performance issues, and help with the bearing selection process. SKF also recommends this service to anyone working to improve the performance of their application.
The information contained in this section and its sub-sections is general and applies to most ball bearing units. Information specific to one bearing unit type is provided in the relevant product section.


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Antrel Rolle has never been shy when faced with a microphone so it shouldn't come as any surprise that he was right at home at Super Bowl Media Day.
Maybe a bit too at home, actually. Moments after Rolle said that he and his teammates took a lot of motivation from hearing Rex Ryan's big talk leading up to their crucial Week 16 win over the Jets, Rolle did an awfully good impersonation of the Jets coach who is always drunk on guarantee juice.
"We're going to win this thing," Rolle said. "We're going to win this thing for a lot of good reasons."
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Rolle continued, saying that the Giants weren't going to be denied and that they would take care of business. He stopped short of letting the world know whether or not he would be going to Disney World, but there wasn't much else about Rolle's diatribe that couldn't be described as a guarantee of victory in Super Bowl 46.
Given the fervid reaction to Tom Brady's hope that the Patriots would win the game over the weekend, you'd expect that the New York tabloids would be splashing these bold words all over their back pages. It's nowhere to be found as the News and Post continue to be cheering sections for the team while burying Rolle's brash talk deeper in the paper.
"I didn't say we're going to win," Rolle said later. "I said we're going to go out there and do whatever it takes to win. I didn't guarantee anything."
It's true, he didn't guarantee anything. It's not like you'll get double your money back if the Giants lose, but let's not split too many hairs when it comes to saying that you're going to win a football game.
Rolle's "These are not the droids you're looking for" moment is the most brash thing we've heard from the Giants, but there's no doubt that there has been a steady rise in the volume of the talk coming from Big Blue over the past few weeks.
Rolle's always talking, but guys like Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora and all three wide receivers laughing at questions about the Patriots secondary are all making the Giants sound a bit more like that other team from the Meadowlands.
So much for Tom Coughlin's admonition that talk is cheap? Ah, but there's a big difference between this team and the one that wears green.
The Giants are talking now that they've made the Super Bowl instead of at preseason games or during the week after a terrible loss. They've earned the right to strut a little bit and they've done a good job of backing up the big words they threw out before the wins over the Packers and 49ers.
Being guilty of confidence and cockiness are perfectly fine when you've made it to this point in the season because there's every reason to be confident in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. Rolle could have been more tactful, but that's what he feels so he might as well share it.
The only downside comes if you can't walk the walk after talking the talk. The Giants seem comfortable taking that risk and we'll find out soon enough if their comfort level is justified.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.


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2006 Honda Odyssey
The Honda Odyssey has been a bestseller ever since the second generation was introduced in 1999. When the all-new third generation was introduced as a 2005 model, Honda showed it wasn't resting on its laurels. Instead, Honda listened to Odyssey owners and adopted their suggestions in this latest model.
Odyssey boasts car-like ride and handling, a powerful and fuel-efficient 244-horsepower V6 engine, and a clever seating system that can accommodate up to eight passengers.
Odyssey comes standard with side curtain airbags, electronic stability control, and anti-lock brakes, and the body structure is designed to offer improved crash protection.
Completely redesigned for 2005, the Odyssey carries on with few changes for 2006.
Model Lineup
Honda Odyssey LX ($25,345); EX ($28,395); EX with Leather ($30,795); Touring ($36,595)
Walk AroundHonda says the Odyssey has a sporty Euro sedan look. That's stretching it a bit, though it looks curvy in profile and there is a similarity to the Accord in the front end.
Large headlights flank its big grille. The hood is sculptured with curves that lead naturally back to the windshield and emphasize the big fender flares. Honda has not hidden the sliding door channels at the base of the window but left them partially obscured by a crease that runs the length of the vehicle.
All models come with two sliding doors, manually operated on the LX and electrically operated on all other models. The power windows in each of the side doors can be opened in the same fashion as in a car. The tailgate is electrically operated in the top-of-the-line Touring. The power doors seemed a bit reluctant to operate at times, less responsive to key fob commands than Toyota's sliding doors.
The Odyssey boasts Honda's Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure. The vehicle's crush zones have been re-engineered to provide better protection for occupants while lessening damage when hitting other smaller vehicles and pedestrians. Its body structure is rigid, a key element for crisp handling and a smooth ride. A low drag coefficient helps improve fuel economy and high-speed stability.
InteriorInside, the Honda Odyssey is comfortable and convenient. It feels downright luxurious when ordered with leather trim. The materials are nice and the metallic-colored trim that runs across the center dash is attractive.
The driver's seat is designed to hold the driver more firmly and is positioned in a car-like setting. Power-adjustable pedals are available in the Touring model. The shift lever is mounted on the dashboard; it looks odd at first, but it's easier to use than a column-mounted shifter. A handy drink tray is provided between the front seats, but there's no center console.
The second-row bucket seats are comfortable.
The third-row seat is split 60/40 and folds easily into the well provided for it, and the headrests do not need to be removed before folding.
There's room for eight people with the optional PlusOne seat that fits between the two captain's chairs in the second row. If it's not needed as a seat it can be turned into a table or stowed in the floor in place of the Lazy Susan bin. If the PlusOne seat is not being used, the right-hand seat can be slid across to allow easier access to the third-row seats. This flexibility makes the Odyssey a versatile people hauler, but it's not the best in the class for hauling cargo.
The optional voice-activated DVD navigation system includes Zagat restaurant data. The large eight-inch monitor is positioned high on the dashboard for easy viewing. The voice-activated system responds to 637 commands and is smart enough to understand different accents and find locations without any need for input other than by voice. Apart from navigation, the system can be used to operate the radio and climate controls. We found the system responds effectively to voice commands.
The available DVD entertainment system features a large nine-inch widescreen display that folds out of the ceiling. For 2006, the DVD system comes standard on Touring models (previously it was only available with the navigation system). The wireless headsets turn on and off automatically as the ear pads are rotated. For 2006, XM Satellite Radio is standard on Touring models.
Who'd ever think of putting a Lazy Susan in a minivan? Honda has. No, it's not for serving food, but for adding an incredibly useful hidden storage area. The previous Odyssey had a storage well under the floor of the front seats for the spare tire. Honda engineers have moved the spare to a location in the rear. Instead of removing the round space under the floor where the spare used to reside they've turned it into a hidden storage compartment with a rotating compartmentalized bin. There's a small access panel in the floor between the two front seats for front passengers to get access and another bigger one in front of the center-row seats for access. So whatever stuff is stowed in the Lazy Susan, front or middle-row passengers can turn it for access. Ingenious!
Not as ingenious are the two glove boxes, which are more awkward for storage than one big one.
Driving ImpressionsUnderway, the Honda Odyssey delivers everything you could ask for in a minivan: a smooth ride, responsive handling, stability at speed and a smooth, powerful engines. Honda's goal with this latest-generation model was to produce a minivan with the handling of a European sedan.
The Odyssey belies its size on the road and handles like a premium sedan. It's not as dynamic as a European sports sedan, of course, but it's certainly better than an SUV. We found its handling and ride pleasant for long drives as well as around town.
During a test drive along country roads near the Honda factory in Alabama, we found the Odyssey offered a perfectly pleasant ride. It was neither too firm nor too soft. Granted, there is some road vibration. And there is some slack in the steering on-center: You can turn the steering wheel a few degrees in either direction before the vehicle starts to move. It was no worse than in a Chrysler Town & Country, however, and many people will not notice as it's a common trait of many large cars and most SUVs. All in all, it's an ideal vehicle for a long-distance drive.
Several laps around a race track showed the Odyssey to be stable at high speeds. And we were surprised how much we could chuck it into corners. We found we could drive hard enough into a sharp corner to feel the tires slip without any drama. We could not feel much body roll (lean) in corners, and an Odyssey lapping in front of us looked remarkably stable for a tall vehicle.
Parking is easy. The turning radius is among the tightest of any minivan, making it an easy to make U-turns and maneuver in parking lots. The park-assist system, with beeping tones that warn the driver of other bumpers front and rear, helps considerably when parallel parking.
Straight-line acceleration is good, better than other minivans. Yet despite having 244 horsepower going through the front wheels, the Odyssey is almost devoid of any torque steer.
The Odyssey's 3.5-liter V6 engine is smooth, powerful, clean and fuel efficient. The iVTEC V6 (intelligent Variable Timing and Electronic Control) that comes on the EX with Leather and the Touring model gets an EPA-rated 20/28 mpg City/Highway, which is better fuel economy than the standard VTEC that comes on the LX and EX, 19/25 mpg. The iVTEC engine does this by deactivating three of the six cylinders whenever you're cruising. We were never able to discern when the engine was running on three cylinders as there is no visible lurching or change in engine note, although a green dash light illuminates to tell you the system is working. Both versions of the V6 generate the same amount of power: 244 horsepower and 240 pound-feet of torque (though the iVTEC generates its peak torque at 4500 rpm vs. 5000 rpm for the VTEC). If it looks like horsepower figures are lower for 2006, it's due to a change in how the Society of Automotive Engineers tests engines. No change has actually been made to the engines.
The brakes work well. Every Odyssey comes with anti-lock brakes (ABS) and Vehicle Stability Assist, Honda's electronic stability control system. This system works in conjunction with the drive-by-wire accelerator and ABS to modulate the brakes while managing the throttle and ignition. If the vehicle starts to lose grip on a tight turn on a slippery surface, the system automatically slows the engine and gently applies brakes to stop the vehicle from skidding out of control. In a test on a soaking skid pad we found the system works well. Fortunately it only works in emergency situations so it's not distracting during normal spirited driving. It can be turned off, though we recommend against doing so.
Booming road noise, especially from the rear seats, was a common complaint of the previous-generation Odyssey. Honda claims that the current vehicle is much quieter with increased amounts of sound-deadening material and floating sub frames that keep suspension and tire noise more
Anyone who appreciates the versatility of a minivan coupled with the driving characteristics of a car will delight in owning a Honda Odyssey. The Touring model is especially compelling for drivers who a versatile luxury utility vehicle that rides like a car. Perhaps that's why Honda calls its Odyssey a premium adventure vehicle.
New Car Test Drive correspondent John Rettie filed this report from Alabama, near the Honda assembly plant.


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I say 'mailbox' (or post box as it's called in England) but it's really just a recycled metal bread bin sat outside our back door. (Its replacement - the bin without the rust holes - is full of bread flour in my kitchen.) The bin is big enough to hold lots of post and keep it dry, useful in an unpredictably wet climate. The postman drops everything in the old bread bin, except when Dakota is laid in the back porch with the door open blocking his path. Then he knows my sitting room window is usually open, and he puts it through the window, straight onto my my kitchen table conveniently located beneath.
Post box with hungry chickens
Kind of twee, isn't it? Often the post is too. There are letters from seed merchants bragging about great new developments in crops for pheasants, crops with names like 'Hold-em' and 'Easy Keep'. There are invites to clay pigeon competitions for charity, and small packages of vaccine and ear tags from the vets. All in a day's post for the country-dwelling small farmer.
That's why I look forward to my weekly delivery of The New Yorker. It looks mis-placed and aloof, sitting on top of Mike's subscription to Modern Gamekeeping (an oxymoron). What is that kind of magazine doing in the bread bin post box of a non-New Yorker? Mike calls the magazine my "secret shame" and no visitor to our house has ever leafed through it out of interest. The Shooting Times is well-thumbed by our guests though.
This week's New Yorker came with our local fox hunting supporters' club magazine. We're not technically supporters, but when we bought Teasel Farm it came with a legal stipulation that the local hunt be allowed to ride across the land during the hunt season. I think we got off lightly; friends of mine bought a house that came with an historic right allowing anyone in the village to pick asparagus from their garden, if they chose to grow it. By law. Again, kind of twee, in an inconvenient sort of way for the homeowners.
So, because we
I read both magazines back to back. Now I'm up to date with what's on at Tanglewood and the dates of the next horse trials. I know what to have if I ever find myself at The Dutch restaurant in SoHo (order the smoked chicken, skip the eggplant dip) and how to make fruitcake that will stand up to the rigours of being in your pocket and bounced about by a horse all day. (It involves boiling dried fruit and spices with sugar, and binding the gruesome-sounding result with 5 eggs.) Even the "mayo-heavy" eggplant dip at the Dutch sounded pretty good in comparison.
There was an excellent article in The New Yorker by Adam Gopnik, whose reputation I know well, contrasted with an equally excellent article in the hunt magazine by Dan, who used to be my next door neighbour. I know Dan and his lovely family well, though not as well as I know their old pony Gem. Gem was getting a bit strong and mischievous for their young daughter, and I offered my help. Not because I am a gifted rider, but in the hopes that my 140lbs would slow down his smallish 12hh frame, or at least tire him out. It worked for the most part, that exception being the time he bucked me off, face first, into a pile of logs. I only have to look at the prominent red scar on the left side of my face where he broke my cheekbone to remember that pony. I rode him anyway, even with blood trickling down onto my jodhpurs.
So far Adam Gopnik hasn't contacted me about re-training any of his animals.
As opposite as the world of a major metropolitan city seems from that of a local rural county, I'm surprised at the occasional crossover that happens between the two. A local filmmaker had her short film shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. A couple months ago I read a story on the 'Talk of the Town' section of the New Yorker about the opening of a sandwich shop, and the discussion was between Lord S - our boss - and his youngest son.
I don't know
I often suffer from 'A Foot In Each Camp' syndrome. I'm not English, though I've lived here 16 years. I'm American, though I've missed out on our shared culture for the past decade-and-a-half. (This was very evident to me with the recent 9/11 anniversary. I was living in France at the time of the attack and my connection to the attack was filtered through the French media, and week-old papers from the UK. I never shared the visceral experience of being terrorised.)
I suffer from the syndrome on those days when I can't hear the harmony, or ally things that seem so opposite. When I can't have a conversation with someone about Simon Johnson's proposal to regulate banks, or the new David Sedaris book, or make joking references to well-known SNL skits because it's not part of the cultural dialogue in my neighbourhood.
Other days I can find the connection and recognise a pattern, almost always through humour. Contradictory moments and activities put in relationship to each other make me smile: sitting on the tailgate of the truck reading a book on my Kindle while swatting away a chicken which keeps trying to drink the tea out of my cup. Turning up to our favourite French restaurant in a fancy frock and a filthy Land Rover. Writing this blog post while keeping one eye out the window at the pheasants stealing wheat from our chicken feeders.
I either embrace the contradictions and find the common thread that weaves it all together, or I struggle with internal contradictions and fight the differences, and hear only dissonance.
Or maybe I just need to stop over-thinking it all and let Mike get the mail from now on.


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Basic Keyboard Macro (`(info "(emacs) Basic Keyboard Macro")')
Keyboard macros can be used to automate or repeat tedious editing tasks in Emacs.
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Save Keyboard Macro (`(info "(emacs) Save Keyboard Macro")')
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