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Many people prefer Apple's iPhone to Android phones for two reasons: The iPhone is simple to use and ultra-reliable.
Android, by contrast, can sometimes be a little tricky if you're not the most technically minded person. Contacts in Android can be complicated — it pulls contacts from all sorts of different databases and you end up with a ton of duplicated contacts unless you sit down and learn how to manage them.
So if you want simple contacts, iPhone is the way to go.
But the iPhone also has a huge danger area when it comes to questionable contacts management: iCloud.
iCloud, Apple's storage and backup system, will delete all the contacts on your iPhone if you make one wrong step inside your iPhone's settings. I discovered this myself recently, to my horror. It is the ultimate smartphone nightmare. I was innocently picking through my phone's "settings" section, trying to figure out how to free up enough space on my phone to accept Apple's latest operating system update when suddenly ... all the contact info for everyone I know just disappeared.
Everyone — gone.
I couldn't even call my mom (she just moved and got a new phone number).
My tech blogger colleagues will be laughing at me for this, I realize. We're supposed to know how a phone works. But the problem with iCloud is that it works in such a counterintuitive way that even among Apple fans, people avoid using iCloud or don't understand it.
iCloud is the Apple system that keeps backups of all the data and files you want. You can preserve your music and email in iCloud if you want. But for contacts, iCloud works slightly differently than other types of cloud backups.
Many cloud backup systems work by uploading a copy of the file on your device into the cloud. So the "real" file you care about is on your device; if you lose it there will be a copy in the cloud. (Carbonite works this way; Dropbox's main innovation was to not have duplicate real/cloud files — the file is either on your device or in the Dropbox cloud, but not both at the same time.)
When it comes to your iPhone contacts and iCloud, however, the reverse is true. If you've got iCloud backup for your contacts switched on, your iPhone contacts are stored in iCloud, NOT on your phone.
So if you switch that off, they all get deleted.
Trust me, it's a nightmare. The good news is that your contacts come back if you switch iCloud back on again. But that only means your contacts are trapped inside iCloud — they're not actually on your phone.
Here is how to avoid deleting your iPhone contacts via iCloud:
1. Go into Settings.
2. Go into iCloud.
3. Look but do NOT touch the "Contacts" setting for iCloud.
4. If iCloud is "off" for contacts — i.e. the slider is white — and your contacts are all still on your phone, then this means your contacts are stored only on your phone. This is great — unless you break your phone. Then your contacts are gone forever. You have no backup.
5. If iCloud is "on" for contacts — i.e. the slider is green — then your contacts are actually living in iCloud. If you switch iCloud off they will disappear from your phone. This means your contacts are trapped inside iCloud. This is great if you want to get a new Apple device — those contacts will magically transfer when you sign in.
6. If you do move the slider from on to off (green to white) then you'll be asked whether you want your contacts deleted or stored locally on your phone. Obviously do NOT delete your contacts. If you want them unhooked from iCloud, store them locally on the phone.
Bottom line: Apple has a function in its settings that will wipe out your contacts if you make a wrong move. This seems like a crazy thing to have on a phone, but there it is.


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POWER TALKS / Philip Tinari: Museums for China
Friday, October 26, 2012
Philip Tinari is Director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Tinaris talk will discuss the proliferation of museums throughout China, and the challenges and opportunities of presenting contemporary art to a Chinese public.
POWER TALKS / Angeline Scherf: Lart de lexposition: quelques exemples significatifs at Arc /Musée dart moderne
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Angeline Scherf has been the Chief Curator at ARC, the contemporary department of the Musée dArt moderne de la Ville de Paris, since 2007. Scherf will speak about her curatorial practice and interest in defining new frames for exhibitions.
POWER TALKS / Nigel Prince: Institution as Transmitter
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Nigel Prince is Executive Director of the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Princes talk will reference recent curatorial projects as a means to outline the philosophical, thematic and practical direction he is bringing to the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouvers program.
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In the body, dangerous naturally occurring substances called free radicals pose a risk of harm to many tissues. The body deploys an "antioxidant defense system" to hold them in check. Glutathione, a protein made from the amino acids cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine, is one of the most important elements of this defense system.
Glutathione does much of its work in the liver, although it is also found elsewhere in the body. Besides fighting free radicals, it helps keep various essential biological molecules in a chemical state called "reduced" (as opposed to "oxidized"). In addition, glutathione can act on toxins such as pesticides, lead, and dry cleaning solvents, transforming them in such a way that the body can excrete them more easily.
Nutrients such as vitamin C and vitamin E also help neutralize free radicals. In the 1990s, such antioxidant supplements were widely promoted for preventing a variety of diseases, including cancer and heart disease. Unfortunately, this hope has largely floundered as the results of large, reliable studies have come in. During this period, oral glutathione became popular as an additional antioxidant supplement but glutathione is not absorbed when taken by mouth, so such supplements are almost certainly useless. It may be possible, however, to raise glutathione levels in the body by taking other supplements, such as vitamin C , cysteine, lipoic acid , and N-acetylcysteine . Whether doing so would offer any health benefits remains unclear.
There is no dietary requirement for glutathione. The body makes it from scratch, utilizing vitamins and common amino acids found in food.
Glutathione levels in the body are reduced by cigarette smoking. Various diseases are also associated with reduced levels of glutathione, including cancer, cataracts , diabetes , and HIV infection . 1
Therapeutic Dosages
A typical recommended dose of oral glutathione is ranges from 50 mg (and higher) per day. As a general rule, glutathione taken by mouth is destroyed. 2 Therefore, no matter what the dose, it won't make any difference.
It is possible that some glutathione may be absorbed if it is held in the mouth and allowed to dissolve, but this has not been well studied. 3
A more promising method for raising glutathione levels in the body involves taking supplemental cysteine or antioxidant supplements. Evidence suggests that cysteine (often supplied in the form of whey protein, which is high in cysteine) can raise glutathione levels in people with cancer , hepatitis , or HIV . 4-7
In addition, because vitamin C has overlapping functions with glutathione, vitamin C supplements may spare some of the body's glutathione from being used up, thereby increasing its levels in the body. 8,9 The antioxidant supplement lipoic acid appears to raise glutathione levels as well. 10-15
Other supplements that might raise glutathione levels include N-acetylcysteine , 16-19glutamine , 20methionine , 21 and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe). 22
Therapeutic Uses
Various websites promote glutathione for a wide variety of health problems, from preventing aging to enhancing sports performance. However, oral glutathione supplements may be useless for any condition since they do not appear to be absorbed or stay in the body for any length of time.
There is a bit of evidence that injected glutathione might offer a few heath benefits, such as preventing blood clots during surgery, 23 reducing the side effects and increasing the effectiveness of cancer chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, 24-26 treating male infertility , 27-31 and alleviating symptoms of early Parkinson's disease . 32,33 Although oral glutathione is not likely to provide the same benefits, it is at least theoretically possible that taking the nutrients described in the previous section (and thereby raising glutathione levels indirectly) could offer similar benefits. However, there is no direct evidence to indicate that this hypothesis is true.
A small randomized trial showed some promise that glutathione may remain in the body with regular use. Fifty-four adults were given a glutathione supplement (250 mg per day or 1000 mg per day) or placebo for 6 months. Glutathione levels in blood increased in those taking the supplement, with a greater response seen in those taking the higher dose. The supplement group also demonstrated a reduction in oxidative stress. However, blood levels of glutathione returned to their original baseline level within 1 month of stopping the supplement. 34
Safety Issues
Firm glutathione dosages have not been established, though most supplements range up to 1,000 mg per day. There are no known side effects or toxicities, but some people may be more sensitive to it than others. Talk to a healthcare professional before taking any glutathione supplements.
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ESSAY- New mission: No child left inside
When I was a kid, about all I ever did inside was sleep, eat, and torment my grade school teachers.
Every other waking moment was spent outside– not just fishing, hunting, and camping, but doing all the little things I thought up myself, like catching nightcrawlers, investigating anthills, watching toads come out on a rainy night, or making my first backpack from wood scraps, wire and burlap (that was before they invented duct tape).
I never even thought about what was happening, nor did my parents. But during those critical, formative years, I was becoming an outdoor person, a conservationist, a person who'd never enjoy inside toys like TV, computers, or game stations as much as fly rods, bicycles or binoculars, still among my favorite toys.
Kids today aren't so lucky. Most are under a societal, parental, or self-imposed form of house arrest, with access to a wild world shrunk down to the size of a computer screen. Little wonder they've been called the Screen Generation.
Which is largely why one of every three U.S. kids are overweight and headed toward an adulthood likely dogged by diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems. And things are getting worse, says the Institute of Medicine, which blames the problem on a junk food diet, too much TV/computer use, urban and suburban environments that discourage walking, and decreased opportunities for exercise in or out of school.
But for once, there is good news out of Washington: a bill meant to reverse this dire state of affairs. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) have introduced Senate and House versions of the historic No Child Left Inside Act of 2009 (S. 866 and H.R 2054). If passed, this would mark the first environmental education legislation to pass Congress in more than 25 years, and would begin to get kids back outside.
The bill (currently referred to the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education) authorizes $500 million over five years for states to offer higher-quality environmental education and to support outdoor learning activities. Similar bills died a silent death during the Bush Administration.
Now, though, this bill might have enough political tailwind behind it to advance through the new, blue Congress. The legislation's primary promoter is the No Child Left Inside Coalition (NCLIC), a massive combine of 1,300 conservation and education nonprofits representing over 50 million people. Adding to that support is a long list of congressional co-sponsors, 16 senators and 72 representatives.
NCLIC describes the Act as a "non-partisan effort," but that is, regrettably, a push. Out of 88 sponsors, 83 are Democrats. Republicans have, in fact, already panned it as wasteful spending and as a way to spread environmental propaganda through the public school system, setting up another partisan fight in Congress.
But truly, the Act is an outgrowth of a movement started by Richard Louv, author of a best-selling book called Last Child in the Woods, in which he describes the dramatic decline in our children's ability to connect with nature because of what he describes as Nature Deficit Syndrome.
This disorder, he says, "describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. The disorder can be detected in individuals, families, and communities." Though research is still scanty, Louv argues that less nature in our children's lives can lead to higher crime rates, depression, and other urban maladies.
Louv points to still another serious likely result of Nature Deficit Disorder. The long-term impact is fewer grown-up children connected to nature and willing to work to protect it. With the problems we now face, ranging from climate change to disappearing natural resources and wildlife, the No Child Left Inside Act is an important step toward protecting our nation's future.
"Environmental education must be a part of the formal pre-K through 12 education system if we are to fully prepare students to become lifelong stewards of our natural resources and compete in a green economy," says bill sponsor Congressman Sarbanes.
So take a moment and contact your senator or representative and urge him or her to support the bill's passage. Yes, it's extra tax dollars, but $100 million per year seems like pocket change compared to the billions Congress has devoted to Wall Street bailouts.
As someone put it to me: This is not a conservationist's issue, or a left-leaning environmentalist's issue. This is everyone's issue. It's a small investment in the health of our children and our planet.
And one last thought. After you send that email to Congress, shut down the computer, and go take the kids for a walk in the park. It's good medicine!
Montana writer Bill Schneider pens a weekly column called Wild Bill for NewWest.Net, an online magazine where a version of this commentary, now circulated by Purcellville-based Blue Ridge Press, was originally published.


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lets start documenting our dme's both local and national. we all know they are getting greedy.
millers akron, oh. i dont recommend. they will only do chairs w/ highest reimbursment, which equals shit.
lets start documenting our dme's both local and national. we all know they are getting greedy.
millers akron, oh. i dont recommend. they will only do chairs w/ highest reimbursment, which equals shit.
mods, hellooooooooooooooooooooo
Thx guys...........
Ok bring it on. This can be a wealth of info
Carolina Mobility - Chesapeake, VA Office
Long term para running the front end, spec'ing chairs. Nice guy, good experience. Shop runs at a kind of a slow pace, but what DME could ever be called fast?!?
I liked dealing with them. Next time I have to go to ins for a chair I'll start there first, for sure.
He who hears not me but the Logos will say: All is one.
Metro Rehab Services - Chicago area (Rehab Institute of Chicago vendor)
VERY POOR. Will never use them again.
- Many errors with ordering equipment
(ordered wrong shower chair, wrong shower bench when discharged)
- Equipment was not ready when discharged from the hospital
- Wheelchair ordering hell
Despite us ensuring all paperwork/documentation needed for ordering wheelchair was complete, delayed even sending it to insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield) for pre-certification for months until I threatened to report them.
Terrible customer service - never called back, lame excuses, unreliable. Poorly staffed without multiple people covering. Everyone seems to go home early (eg. 3pm).
Repeatedly sent opaque, confusing bills for thousands of dollars to my parents that were WRONG. All for things that we knew insurance would pay for (everything was pre-approved) and that they had not processed properly. I thought this was near fraud, as my parents would have ignorantly paid the bills if I hadn't intercepted them. And every time I called to ask what the bills were even FOR they acted like they had no idea what was wrong... The bills didn't even say what they were for!!
Incompetent billing agent - admitted she wasn't experienced with Medicare! Made many mistakes submitting the claims to Medicare - I had to clarify them in the end and facilitate payment by our insurance companies as she clearly did not know how to.
Had to call literally dozens of times to push them or I suspect we would have never seen our wheelchair.
You know it's bad when Medicare actually recommends that you switch Providers.
The only positive note is their wheelchair specialist who works with the OT at RIC - Dave Knight. A very good guy, fairly earnest, tried to help us. When we finally got our wheelchair - and the wheels didn't fit the frame (!) he was good about getting the problem rectified quickly (2 weeks).
Great guys, this is something all us gimps need, a resource to dme's. They are going to shit fast.
i live in new mexico , i used united seating and mobility , very poor , they are unqualified to do work stay clear , the sales rep chanin is a jerk is only concerned about his commission , isnt a dme suppose to help us not screw us .
Chesapeake Rehab Equip. - Philly office is sloooow and has messed up all my orders
The service dept. is awesome, but the head tech just left... so who knows now!
Inc C4 since Oct 07
"Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing" - Optimus Prime
health aid of ohio.
long story short, i was disputing a bill w/ them while trying to get zr ordered. after they would not give me a copy of what they billed i got it from my ins, they inflated several items 2-3 x's retail, then charged me a percentage of that. then they wanted money down b4 ordering my new zr, i said hell know and moved on, when they found out where i went they called that company and said i wasnt paying a 500 bill, yup hipaa violation.
they have no idea what they stirred up. i lodged complaints w/ bbb, attorney general , inspector general and brought the fraud issue to anthems attention. i recieved a letter from anthem and inspter gen, they are both going to investigate.
the girl rachel i went through on my 1st zr was great, but she moved on, the new rep got greedy.
the hr girl hndeling this for health aid is incompent and potentially cost them alot of headaches and fines, not to mention the anthem fraud issue.
the one positive w/ them is the service guy hes incredible.
these dme's have us at their mercy or so they think, stand up for your rights, dont take any shit.
funny thing, i did all the work, they did nothing but fax what i had sent to them to anthem. spec sheet, ltr med nec, everything, i do it all. they would have made money for doing nothing.


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"Forty percent of businesses in this room, unfortunately, will not exist in a meaningful way in 10 years. Seventy percent of companies will attempt to go digital but only 30 percent of those will succeed. If I'm not making you sweat, I should be" ― John Chamber, former CEO of Cisco
Earlier this year, Gartner analyst Matthew Cain said the company doesn't routinely see digital workplaces. Only 15 percent of Gartner's clients claim to have one and 50 percent haven't pursued one in any meaningful way.
This peaked my interest. It also reinforced a somewhat unconventional notion I have around the digital workplace concept.
The Digital Workplace: A Means to an End
Despite the current popularity of the term, there is little agreement as to what a digital workplace means or how to achieve it.
Many definitions focus on technology — 'consumerizing' the technology environment, providing sophisticated collaboration tools and making more use of architecture and APIs to link applications, data stores and digital devices. Others describe a change in culture, facilitating collaboration and introducing different methods of working.
While a workplace needs all of these items to earn the 'digital' moniker, the definitions significantly miss the mark in their portrayal of the digital workplace as an end in itself, a standalone target to be achieved.
I think of the digital workplace as a means to an end, a required evolution of a company's internal environment designed specifically to help achieve business outcomes made imperative by digital disruption. Business outcomes that include: providing seamless omnichannel customer experiences; turning the explosion of personalized digital data from customers into contextually relevant responses that increase trust and satisfaction; innovating products and services to take advantage of digital capabilities; and improving business agility to react to changes at the speed of digital.
That said, several critical building blocks are required to transform a work environment into one that takes full advantage of digital capabilities. The following questions can help you assess how far along your company is to an internal work environment that facilitates the business outcomes most important to you.
Assess Your Digital Workplace Maturity
Do You Have a Clear Digital Strategy, Coupled with Executive Mandate?
Much has been written about the need for culture change and leadership during a digital transformation. While important factors, they are not unique to digital.
Any sweeping organizational change must account for culture and include appropriate leadership support. The first step in a transformation that incorporates these critical factors is to have a clearly articulated strategy that is tied to desired business outcomes, a cross-functional planning and implementation team, and a detailed plan highlighting required changes, specifying milestones and assigning accountability.
Questions to ask include:
- Is there a CEO mandate for this initiative? Can the entire executive team articulate the strategy, the overall effort and the anticipated benefits? Is the effort regularly monitored at the board level?
- Is the digital transformation strategy closely tied to digital business outcomes (e.g., customer experience)?
- Does the implementation plan define milestone steps and do these parallel the steps needed for digital business outcomes (e.g., providing store employees with tablets allowing them to communicate with each other as well as access information for customers)?
- Is there a clear change management process in place?
- Does the plan identify business processes that need to change in order to complete the transformation? Is a team assigned to that?
- Do the rank and file employees understand the initiative and what their roles will be? Do they know how it will affect their responsibilities?
- Are skills gaps identified and is there a clear plan to hire or retrain?
Have You Made Measurable Progress?
Measuring progress toward desired digital business outcomes is a great way to determine the true maturity of a digital workplace. While mature organizations may focus on both customer experience and digital products, most companies start with one or the other.
Questions to ask include the following.
Customer experience:
- How quickly can you recognize and respond to a change in customer expectation?
- Have you personalized and contextualized all customer communications?
- Is there consistency across all communication channels?
- Do you determine communications and responses based on customer insights?
- Does the company engage with the customer community through social media?
- Is the customer experience a competitive differentiator and are you measuring loyalty and satisfaction?
Digital products and services:
- Have the products and services been modified to use digital capabilities (e.g., mobile claim reporting for auto insurance)?
- Is there a digital innovation group looking at possible enhancements to both products and services?
- Do the products and services incorporate customer insights or produce them (e.g., smart appliances)?
- Can partner solutions be integrated seamlessly (e.g., social media or mobile location information incorporated into real-time responses)?
- Do the digital products or services provide a competitive differentiation? If so, is it measured?
Do You Have a Flexible Technology Backbone Providing Ready Access to Data?
Technology can either act as the greatest facilitator or the biggest inhibitor for agility and collaboration — two critical qualities found in leading digital companies.
Questions to ask about the technology backbone include:
- Is a flexible systems architecture in place that allows ready access to information?
- Is high quality master data available for both customers and products?
- Can social, IoT, mobile, unstructured and other emerging digital and big data sources be easily incorporated?
- Does the architecture provide API access to both internal and external entities?
- Can the transaction processing applications be modified to handle changes in process or information? Can digital services be incorporated?
- Does the technology environment facilitate frequent experimentation and A/B testing?
- Are there systems that facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing and flexible workspaces?
Yes or No? You Know Your Path Forward
If you answered yes to most of these questions congratulations, you are a digital leader with a workplace to match.
If not, the negative answers should provide an indication of the areas to shore up as your company speeds down the digital path.


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Silver Accents: Cool metal touches give this room a sophisticated air. The scrolling mirror, the legs of the coffee table, even the fireplace andirons are all glossed in chic silver. Writing on the Wall: For truly unique (and sometimes quirky) decor. You can search by theme, type, even lyrics to your favorite Men Without Hats song. Does your living room work double duty as a front entry? Keep the two separated and well defined by lining one wall with a welcoming wallpaper, and keeping the living room furniture appropriated to an area rug. Flower Power: Here's a bloomin' brilliant idea: Keep oversized patterns in check by limiting them to well defined spaces (here a bouquet of blue flowers covers an occasional seat and an oversized roman shade). It will keep the powerful pattern from taking over the room. Back to Back: Create a dynamic seating arrangement by placing a set of sofas in the center of the room and with their backs to each other. It's a bold move that creates two conversation corners.
If you could only choose one room in your home to put your heart and soul into designing, the living room would top the list. It's that treasured (and often off-limits) space that sets the tone for your entire decorating style. Seeing Red: The secret to taming a fiery red? Balance it with pops of white. A smattering of dove white wall accents with the white fireplace, chair rail, and coffee table keep the bold color in check. Pattern Play: Trellis, ikats, florals oh my! The trick to mixing patterns is to pick a color theme here, reds, browns, and blues and to use big swaths of solid color (the brown sofa, red chairs, and green ottoman) to anchor the space. Light and Airy: You can pack a lot into your living room even a dining set if you keep furnishings from weighing the space down. Lucite dining chairs, an open weave coffee table, and an unobstructed wall of windows keeps this room from feeling cramped.
Sea of Space: Make your living room a welcome respite for a gang of friends with ample seating and a circular coffee table that's easy to navigate. Easy Elegance: Keep a formal living room from getting too fussy by mixing dramatic accents like these floor to ceiling drapes with everyday classics, like a pair of neutral slipper chairs. Ladylike Charm: Soft, muted colors and sinuous curtains infuse a living room with a little feminine grace. Extended Seating: The right furniture layout, with a quirky accessory added here and there, can broaden a living room to accommodate large groups and big parties. Mix It Up: Throw caution to the wind and mix in a bunch of different patterns for a lively look. Pick complimentary colors to guide you when shopping.
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Regal Components, Inc., Clearwater, FL, has published a 24-pg. catalog and price list featuring ejector pins, core pins, ejector blades, ejector sleeves, die-ejector pins, bevel-head pins and more. Included is the firm's Thru-Tuff hardened-through high-speed-steel line, H-13 nitrided products and H-13 through-hardened products. Offered in straight and shoulder styles, the pins come in standard diameters of 1⁄32 to 1 in., and in lengths from 4 to 36 in., as well as in a full range of metric sizes.
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Sanya Richards-Ross | 12/17/2013, 1:09 p.m.
Sidelined by injury after injury, starting in early April, Sanya was unable to compete for the majority of the 2010 season.
From the very start of the 2009 Track and Field Season, Richards-Ross was unstoppable, staking her claim on the World stage as 2009 World Champion. She was named IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year and is nominated for the prestigious Laureus Award, in the same category. In addition to earning her 5th U.S. National title, Richards-Ross' name sits beside 6 of the 7 fastest times run in the world during the 2009 season, achieved while on the way to breaking the record for most 400m races run under 50 seconds with 39 sub-50 clockings and counting.
Richards-Ross blasted her way to winning a share of the $1million Golden League Jackpot for the 3rd time, remaining undefeated in all of the 6 event races this season. Sanya recently joined Lance Armstrong in the fight against Cancer on the Livestrong campaign, and was chosen to don a custom made Livestrong uniform and golden spikes at a recent competition. Sanya Richards-Ross is poised, proven, and eager to claim her seat on the throne as the Face of Track and Field.
In the 2008 Olympic Games 400m final, Richards earned Team USA's fourth Olympic medal ever in the 400m dash and the first since 1984. Running the anchor leg for the 4x400m, when Richards-Ross took the baton, she trailed Russia by several meters. In a stunning finish, and one of the highest rated moments of the Beijing Olympics, Richards-Ross overtook Russia moving into first, turning in a 48.93 leg and crossing the line in 3:18.54, the fastest time in the world since 1993…Richards-Ross staked her claim at the top of the U.S. heap in the women's 400 at the 2008 Olympic Trials, sprinting away to win by nearly 1 full second, running 49.89.
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Platform: PC
Developer(s): Headup Games
Publishers(s): Headup Games
ReleaseDate: 2011-02-24
Co-op: No
APOX is a real-time strategy game that uniquely includes gameplay concepts from first-person shooters. Like in a FPS, you can prone, crouch, switch active weapons, throw grenades, and loot corpses. Soldiers in APOX have limited ammo, but ammo sharing is done seamlessly. Soldiers can be placed in vehicles, and this essentially lets you create your own unit designs. APOX keeps everything that makes RTS great like making bases, controlling strategic sites, and managing your resources.
Genre(s): Strategy |


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I was very fortunate and pleasantly surprised to receive my school's 'Top Lecturer 2011′ award last week. The award is an encouragement for innovation in education. Among other reasons, I received the award because of how much the students of last year's 'Econometrie 2′ course liked the prediction contest I organized as a class assignment. The competition required the students to model a given 'training' data set in order to predict an unseen 'testing' data set, using the methods that were covered during the course, with the winners of the competition receiving a bonus to their grade. The contest was set up using Kaggle-in-Class: a free service by prediction competition company Kaggle, which makes this process extremely easy. If you are involved in teaching any courses on statistics or data analysis, I would highly recommend having a look at Kaggle-in-Class!
In addition to Kaggle, I would also like to thank Dennis Fok and Jan Brinkhuis for supporting my development as a teacher, and of course the students who worked hard and made the contest a great experience for everybody!


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As I've said all week, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods is one of the best "horror" movies I've ever seen, and it's easily one of my favorite films this year. While many of you might love the horror genre, I find it repetitive and stale. It seems like the genre is stuck in neutral, and no one is making any progress forward. But that all changed after I saw Cabin in the Woods. Without spoiling anything, let's just say the film turns "horror" on its head, and I loved every second of it.
At this year's SXSW, I got to talk with the cast and filmmakers for both our partners at Omelete and Collider. Over the past few days I've posted my interviews with Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard and Anna Hutchison, Jesse Williams & Kristen Connolly. Today I've got Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. During the interview we talked about premiering at SXSW, Joss Whedon, rehearsals, how much changed on set, how did they get involved in the project, Liberal Arts, The West Wing, and a lot more. Hit the jump to check it out.
Collider: How have you two been enjoying the love fest?
Bradley Whitford: The love fest? People have been very, very nice. That's the kind of screening that you dream of, where you have a really enthusiastic crowd who's getting every moment of the film. I'm anxious for it to come out.
Richard Jenkins: You don't always say that do you?
Whitford: I don't always say that.
For the two of you, how familiar were you with Joss [Whedon's] writing and his shows prior to this particular project?
Jenkins: I wasn't that familiar. I knew who he was, I knew Buffy, but I had never been a viewer. I wasn't the demographic, maybe. But I know that people loved him. I had no idea, when I read the script, how good he was. I'd been missing stuff over the last few years.
Whitford: I have an odd connection. He went to the same college I went to and I kind of knew him through that. We weren't there at the same time, but I was aware of things like Buffy. I wasn't a big sci-fi person.
You guys have fantastic chemistry in the film. Obviously we can't talk too much about your characters and I don't want to ruin it for anybody, but the chemistry between you two and the dialogue that you guys are working with is just great. For the two of you, did you do any sort of rehearsal and how much do you break down the script prior to getting into a movie or before filming?
Jenkins: No, we didn't rehearse.
Whitford: No.
Jenkins: We had a read-through one day when we arrived. We just kind of jumped in and shot it, which was good. Rehearsal for film is tough. Until the camera's there, everything changes. If you get it in your mind what you're going to do, and say, "This is who this guy is, I'm going to do this," and you stick to that, you're missing a lot of stuff because once you're on the set and the camera's there, that's when stuff starts to happen. And you have to be ready to go and change direction.
Whitford: It is a weird thing, because in some ways you want to be prepared but the main thing on film is you want to be innocent to the moment. It's deadly if what you do in rehearsal leads to a decision about how you want to play it, so that instead of being innocent to the moment, you're presenting something. That's not a good-
Jenkins: It's the old thing that once you make a decision, the creative process stops; it's over, your options are gone. It's weird, I know, especially in theater, too. You've got to be ready to change direction and ready to go with what's going on.
I would imagine both of you have worked with directors who are indecisive, not exactly sure what they're looking for…maybe not, maybe you've been very fortunate. I would imagine Drew [Goddard] and Joss, when you read the script, they had a very clear understanding of what they were looking for. On set, how much were they tweaking performances or were they really dialed in with what they were looking for?
Whitford: They're two guys who are very secure and the best directors, and this isn't just an actor-centric point of view, but really good directors want the actor to feel like they know more about how to act it than the director does, because it empowers the actor, it triggers the actor's initiative. They're two guys who get delighted by being around actors and it just makes a very secure, creative place. You saw it across the board in this movie. I thought the performances of the kids were – everybody's blood is flowing, everyone is truthful.
Jenkins: He means that, everybody's blood is flowing. (laughs)
Whitford: Yeah, yeah. That comes what I think is from a healthy director/actor relationship.
Jenkins: I love it when a director says, "I don't know." Drew, I remember him saying it a few times: "What are these…I don't know, let's try it." He would say that a lot. He's willing, he has a vision, but he wants to see what you bring. That's why he hired you. I love that. It truly helps actors to have the trust of the director.
I think I should also amend the original question, because I post audio so people will listen, the fact that sometimes the script isn't there either, so they're figuring it out in the moment, if you will.
Whitford: Yeah, this script was very clearly there. Yeah.
Some actors prefer the two-take method of Clint Eastwood; some actors like the David Fincher method of fifty takes. Both of you guys have theater experience. I'm very curious, for you guys on a movie, how many takes do you like to do and what's the most you've ever done?
Jenkins: I like to do it until you feel good, then move on. Sometimes it's two, sometimes it's ten. But I don't have a rule about…sometimes it's one. There comes a time when, especially when it's about something else, something technical and you have to do it so many times. But, the older I get, the less takes I like.
Whitford: Listen, I've done a Clint Eastwood movie.
Jenkins: Me too.
Whitford: The interesting thing is you start to realize that…there are a lot of sets where you're using takes as rehearsals. On a Clint Eastwood movie, everybody adjusts really quickly and you start to realize, "Holy shit, the first or second one I do is going to be in the movie!" They can sometimes come a little more prepared. I think it is best not to be dogmatic about it. Some things are complicated. I used to want as many takes as I could possibly get, but the older I get, I feel like I can tell. Sign the painting, walk away.
For Cabin in the Woods, how quickly when you were reading the script did you know, "I want to be involved in this." Or was it that you had sat down with Joss and Drew and they pitched you the project and you said, "Oh, this sounds really cool?"
Jenkins: I took about five pages of reading of this and then I really got interested. It's just the way they write and the way they write dialogue, before I knew this whole story. I didn't know either one of them, but by five pages you could tell.
Whitford: It's really fresh writing. It's all in the execution, so if somebody were to say to me, "This is the idea of the movie," it's always going to be, "Let me read it."
I have to wrap but I have one last question, an individual question for each of you. One of my favorite films at this year's Sundance was Liberal Arts.
Whitford: I was up for that. (laughs)
Were you really?
Jenkins: The part of the girl.
I wanted to know if you could talk about working with Josh [Radnor] on that. I'm not sure if you heard the buzz on the movie, but everyone really, really enjoyed it. So, a little Liberal Arts talk. And I have to bring up the fact that one of my favorite shows of all time is a certain show called The West Wing. Is it, for you, like everywhere you go, you're waiting in line at Starbucks, people want to talk about Josh or just the show? Does that part ever get old? So many people love that show. Those are my individual questions.
Jenkins: Working with Josh Radnor was interesting. He's really smart. He's really growing as a filmmaker. Again, I was surprised when I saw it at how he had woven it all together. The stuff I saw in the page about him doing the age thing, subtraction, and him walking in the streets of New York. But the way he did it, it was so Woody Allen. I thought, this guy is like…I'm glad I'm on this ride. He told me he was going to write the part and [asked me] would I do it a while ago. I said, "It depends on the part." But he put a couple of different goes at it, he went at it two or three times. It got better and better. I had a great time. I think he's got a great career ahead of him as a filmmaker. I think he's just grown from his first film to this one, a lot. It's cool to be a part of that. And I am sick of hearing about The West Wing. (laughs) I'm surprised he didn't bring his Emmys.
Whitford: Yeah, it's hard to get those in carry-on. That show was such, again, you've got a guy who, for very different reasons, was allowed to be the brilliant freak that he is and pull off something that initially seemed insane, let alone write every fucking episode. I mean it's still, to me, the most amazing thing I've ever seen in show business, was to write 22 of those for four years, because they were complicated. It was beyond, as a creative experience, was beyond my highest expectations and for it to be in an arena that, at that particular time and that I've always felt and that I continue to feel is an urgent, fascinating arena…it was a really good gig.


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Archbishop William E. Lori writes that religious freedom is under threat in the United States by the exclusion of religious values from public life ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June 16). This is difficult to understand in Maryland where our leaders include U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch, all of whom are Catholic.
The main impetus for Archbishop's Lori's campaign seems to be the Affordable Care Act and its coverage of contraception services. That law is being implemented by Kathryn Sibelius, head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a Catholic. In Washington, the Catholic contingent includes Vice President Joseph Biden, Speaker of the House John Boehner, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and no fewer than six of the nine members of the United States Supreme Court.
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Accelerating Girls Education In Yemen: Rethinking Policies in Teachers Recruitment and School Distribution
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Yemen is the least developed country in the Middle East with a position as number 151 out of 177 nations on the Human Development Index and a GDP per capita of US$ 631. On the gender equity scale Yemen demonstrates large inequalities between men and women, ranking 121st out of 140 countries.
Although the number of children has been growing over the last 5 years, recent trends in primary education still point to slow progress. Despite an increase in gross enrolment rates from 73% in 2000/01 to 76% in 2004/05 only 63% of girls were enrolled in 2004/05. The gender gap remains high and while it is being reduced, the rate of change is not enough to ensure that gender parity will be improved to less than 5 points by 2015.
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I do get a couple seconds of that while it tries to lock on to the signal, which it does and then it goes away. It never used to do that before, but since it only lasts for 2 - 3 seconds for me it's no big deal.
A couple of days ago I received the 6.3a update from DTV on my HR10-250 receiver with the oval 3LNB dish. Since the update, I get searching for signal message, but it depends on which channels I have each tuner set to. I have noticed this only affects the HD channels which get the message when the opposite tuner is on a SD channel. For example, I can have both turners set to HD feeds such as 509 (HBO HD) on one and 543 (SHOW HD) on the other and they both come in just fine. If I change the channel on either tuner to a non-HD feed, like 501 or any other SD feed, then I get the searching for signal message for the tuner I didnt change the channel on. On the signal meter, I have excellent reception for all 3 sat's so that is defiantly not the problem, that and the fact it was working perfectly before the update.
I spent several hours on the phone with DTV tech support and reset the box, went through guided setup several times, still no change. I was trying to convince them that this just happened after getting the 6.3a update, so it has to be a software issue, but they refused to believe it. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
I do get a couple seconds of that while it tries to lock on to the signal, which it does and then it goes away. It never used to do that before, but since it only lasts for 2 - 3 seconds for me it's no big deal.
I see this on OTA channels, a brief flash of the 'searching for signal' message. I have not seen this on sat channels however. Have anyone else experienced this? This began at the 6.3 upgrade...
1 x HR20, Best of the HD boxes
1 x HR21 / AM21 Slower than Moses' grandma.
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I see it also on OTA. They need to fix it ! It never happened prior to the 6.3 and 6.3a updates. It does matter, I bet the kernel or tv logs have entries for each of these "hiccups" Between this and the audio dropouts they need to get their "****" together and correct it !
I just did a quick double check and it is happening with my OTA channels as well. It's like certain HD and SD combinations on the tuners knock out the signals for some reason. They have a tech coming out on Friday and it's going to be interesting to see what they think they will be able to do. I'll post the results here afterwards. Funny thing, when I was on the phone with them the other day, the rep mentioned the upgrade offer for 99.00 to which I replied, "yeah right…I'm going to send you more money for this kind of service? Are you crazy?" That pretty much ended the discussion on that subject.
Well, had the Direct TV service call today and after showing the guy what was happening, he agreed with me that is was probably due to the upgrade and unfortunately there was nothing he could do but call it in. After waiting on the phone for what seemed like forever, he finally talked to someone in advanced technical support and the only thing they said they could do was send me out another box. I asked if it would be another HR10-250, they said most likely. The tech also let me know that he had seen this problem at other locations several times and replacing the box was all they could do. Unbelievable. Well, I guess Ill just have to see what shows up on the doorstep in the days to come.
I took the 6.3a upgrade this weekend. Now the tivo hangs at "aquiring guide info" 0%. After that screen fails and dumps you to "tivo central" I checked the sat signal strength and I'm getting no (or limited) signal on the following sats/transponders.
Sat 101 Transponders 2, 28
Sat 119 Transponders 23, 25, 27(40%), 29, 31(40%)
I'm not sure if this is related to the upgrade, or something else, but it seems like an odd coincidence. Has anyone else seen this sort of thing? It seems to be a more exptreme version of the original posters problem.
Just a quick update before I head out on a business trip. On the advice of the DTV tech, (which was really a contractor and not an employee of DTV) I did a reformat which consisted of selecting the delete everything option under the setup menu and waited the 2 hours for it to complete. After it came up with everything wiped from the system, I started going though all the processes and checked the signal. Still the same thing. If I am on 509 on one tuner, then switch to a non-HD channel on the other tuner, I lose the signal on the previous tuner. Does not matter which tuner Im on, still the same scenario. The new box came today, but I wont have time to test it until Friday, which I will then post an update afterwards. Any bets on the outcome?
I also noticed that those same sat/transponders have the same reading in 3.1.5f as they did in 6.3a and I have no ill effects. I'm baffled.
I got the 6.3a slices last night, and upgraded just a moment ago. The TiVo can no longer get a sat signal, and I'm hosed again.. I guess I'll try to find 6.3 slices and go to that version since all seemed to work. If anyone happened to save the 6.3 slices, not 6.3a please send me a PM, I'd be very greatful.
I was a bit overzealous, and restored a backup of 3.1.5f, so 6.3 is gone.
Pretty much confirmed that the problem Im having is NOT hardware related today. Hooked up the new HR10-250 and called DTV to have it activated. Everything was working perfectly and checked the software on the box and it was 3.1.5. In order to rule out the hardware, I swapped the hard drives on the unit with my original one that has the 6a upgrade and got the same problem with the new box. Im hoping that something went wrong with the update on the old box and when the new box gets the 6a upgrade, I will not have the same problem. Now Ill just have to wait for the 6a upgrade to come down again after I make a copy of the 3.1.5 before it gets whacked of course.


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Businesses Thrive in Pueblo
Courtesy Jessica Walker, Images Magazine
Pueblo is home to a variety of booming businesses, from steel suppliers to tortilla manufacturers.
Pueblo Economic Development Corporation
A private, not-for-profit organization, the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation (PEDCO) works to promote the Pueblo area to relocating or expanding businesses. In addition, PEDCO strives to attract, retain and expand jobs in the community.
Transportation Assets
Situated about five miles from the Central Business District of Pueblo, Pueblo Memorial Airport is used for commercial passenger flights, as well as charter, military and business travel by based and visiting aircraft, plus recreational and general aviation flights and flight training. The airport also offers nonstop service to Denver, which is 40 miles away, twice each day.
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This 4,700-acre industrial park is located south of Pueblo, and is adjacent to both Interstate 25 and two major rail lines, the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern. Created by PEDCO, Minnequa Park was designed to fill a hole in the area's available industrial space.
A variety of businesses have relocated or expanded into the park, including Vestas Wind Systems, a Denmark-based company that produces wind turbines. Vestas recently chose Minnequa Park as the location for the world's largest manufacturing plant for wind turbine towers.
Major Employers and Other Notable Companies in Pueblo
Headquartered in Pueblo, Professional Bull Riders Inc. was created in 1992 and now consists of more than 1,200 bull riders from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico.
One of Convergys many locations in the United States is in Pueblo, where employees strive to help clients decrease costs while also recruiting, servicing and retaining customers.
With a location in Pueblo, Trane Company is a world leader in air conditioning systems, services and solutions, working to keep clients comfortable in their homes.
Based in Texas, Mission Foods has a plant in Pueblo that manufactures corn, flour, wheat and flavored tortillas, as well as a variety of tortilla-related products.
Founded in 1984 and working to assist with customers' brand strategies, Innotrac Corp. has built its fulfillment, distribution and customer care center in Pueblo.
A human service agency, Pueblo Diversified Industries Inc. strives to help disabled individuals, offering a variety of employment opportunities, as well as life enrichment programs.
Steel City
Formerly known as the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel Mills is a specialty mini mill producing a variety of steel products including rail, seamless pipe and coiled reinforcing bars.
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Erik Manassy is the founder of Jets Twit, a blog dedicated to everything New York Jets on Social Media. [http://jetstwit.com/] Erik is also the founder of the Manassy Media Group, L.L.C.
- OfficialBraylon Thank you to all my family and fans for hanging in there and bearing with me...
- The Jets Twit Podcast had Brian Bassett on this week to talk Twitter, Blogging, what he REALLY thinks about certain beat writers (eh hum, Mike Florio) and much more. Check it out and give it a listen.
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50 years of manned space exploration
Today is the 50th anniversary of one of the most important events in human history: the day when a human being left the confines of Earth and entered space.
On this date, April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first such person. It took him just 108 minutes to orbit Earth and he returned as the World's very first space man.
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Lunar pages just sent us a note that our hosting account is suspended again. Due to high resource utilization. We use Lunar pages as simple redirect and direct image access. All heavy math is done on dedicated servers and that redirect pages are kind of load-balancing solution. We already forced to move our forums, blog, wiki off Lunar pages. Now they complain that tiny image downloads (i.e. http://wikisky.org/star_img_thumb/904/904673.jpeg) consume too much resources… They advertise UNLIMITED disk space while other providers (like 1and1) have disk caps 150-300GB. We keep there around 350GB of images. And now they're saying it's too much for their poor servers. Then why to offer unlimited space in first place? The most annoying thing is that they always suspend account without prior notice. Terrible service! I'm so want to move out of there…
Dark days for Internet in Canada are coming
CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) by recent decision let very few corporations, who owns all telecom in Canada to practically get rid of their smaller competitors, who offered better services, and put draconian tariffs on internet usage. Until now Canadians were enjoying unlimited broadband internet at reasonable price offered by smaller internet providers or with some bearable penalties from major ones. The new internet tariffs are 25GB/month, then $1 per each GB over (with some limited options to prepay for additional usage). No competitors are now allowed to jump over those limits.
To support WikiSky project we are heavily defendant on internet usage. Our monthly usage sometimes goes way over one terabyte per month (This does not include traffic on our primary servers located in data centers) With new UBB rates such usage will end up with four digit bills. We are looking for solution, but so far the only reasonable option is to upgrade our data center servers ASAP and move all internet bandwidth-hungry processes there. We recently have opened the fund-raising campaign to help with the servers upgrade project.
I don't know what was thinking our government by letting it happen, but it feels like we are moving back to dial-up Internet era…
SDSS-III cleaner version has been released
We've done some cleaning on new SDSS-III survey. New version is now available online. Basically we lowered priorities on drawing "dirty" SDSS frames on main survey, leaving cleaner frames on top. Though all SDSS frames are still available from list of images on starview pages. There still few minor spots left to clean. Next major thing to deal with would be the frame edges that sometimes, especially on bright objects causing significant defects – check out M31 for example. Due to limited resources on our primary two servers, we keep most of the new SDSS-III data on our temporary assigned servers sitting on slower internet link, so expect slower access to the survey until we upgrade our primary servers.
Another record breaker: ultra-deep image reveals ultra-distant galaxy
From NASA's Hubble Space Telescope press release:
Astronomers have pushed the Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what they believe is the most distant object ever seen in the universe. Its light traveled 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble. The dim object is a compact galaxy (UDFj-39546284) of blue stars that existed 480 million years after the Big Bang, only four percent of the universe's current age. It is tiny. Astronomers were surprised to discover that these observations offer evidence that the rate at which the universe was forming stars grew precipitously in about a 200-million-year time span. This huge change in the rate of star birth means that if astronomers can probe a little further back in time they are going to see even more dramatic changes. This will require the power of the James Webb Space Telescope, the planned successor to Hubble, which will be launched later this decade.
You can find more details in the Bad Astronomer's article.
For those who wants to dig deeper
WikiSky has a lot of information and images, but not as much as some professional astronomer's tools. If you are really curious about some object you found on sky map and you want to trace it to the source, try NASA's SkyView online tool. Well, it may be not that easy to navigate as WikiSky, but it is a great tool.
Check out the gallery of what SkyView's users found there: http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/userimages/gallery-1.html. I saw there many familiar objects, including our famous "spaceships" and many other "suspicious objects".
One good thing about all that "spaceships" story, is that many people raised they eyes to the sky, some curious ones did investigation and got some knowledge, some found out about all the beauty and mystery about astronomy. And for me, who loves astronomy and science in general, it is a good thing. After all it is one of the main reason we created and continue working on WikiSky project


text: Samsung is working with software developers to increase the performance of Solid State Drives for computers using the Sun's ZFS file system, which the next version of OSX Server, aka Snow Leopard, can take advantage of. The way traditional HDDs handle data transfers is different than how SSDs do, and it's Samsung's goal to make sure future operating systems are optimized for SSDs as well as HDDs. The performance upgrades could mean overall operational increases for OSX-equipped Macs that use SSDs. Currently the MacBook Air is the only Mac that ships with the option, but if Apple decides to make SSDs available on all MacBooks then this development would make the SSD option more desirable than it is now. Samsung is also starting talks with Microsoft to work the same enhancements into the next version of Windows. When all major operating systems have optimized support for them, SSD could finally replace HDDs as promised. [InfoWorld via MacRumors]


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I would guess the showstopper for him is probably the question alluding to his multiple accounts.
Really, we already know he's PeterBahn, so why ask and scare him out of the interview?
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
As usual, this is spam central for you guys. I'm waiting for Kidd's interview!
Anyone who hasn't been interviewed on that list, better hurry up with the answers and answer them enough so that we know who you really are.
I just love how you Captivate My Mind
Self reminder - Update blog more often and continue editing/writing for TOV fanfic.
To be honest, we haven't really been off-topic too many times overall.
Where where where?
EDIT: Oh grrrr.....you're the evil spy!
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Troll ControlOriginally Posted by bliss
What can I say? I'm still standing! No weapon against me shall prosper! I am more than a conqueror!!!
I don't care to sit by the window on an airplane. If I can't control it, why look?
Ok, Ladies and Gentlemen, Monkeys & Elephant (if any ) ....... long awaiting..... Here I present you, our friendly neighbourhood prankster, PJ (aka Precious Jade aka Power Jawdroppée*'s Interview)
*Jawdroppée - one who creates a sensation that makes others' jaws fall off.
Sit back with popcorns..... Enjoy!
__________________________________________________ __________
1. What is your real-life occupation? What do you do for a living?
I'm just another Asian kid who turned out to be a cyber geek Currently my work involves developing informatics solutions to improve research in the life sciences/biotech domain (informatics is the intersection of computer science, statistics, and biomedical science). The interesting thing about this field that attracted me to it is the level of unmet needs, and thus the tremendous opportunities for improvement (with the ultimate outcome of improving social conditions). The reason that prescription drugs cost so much in general is the intensive and costly research that goes into it. Currently, it costs approximately $1.0 billion USD to successfully discover and develop ONE drug. To make the research process more efficient, and thus reduce the price patients pay, we apply informatics capabilities to generate better drug candidates, which improves the translation of benchside research into safe, effective medicine that patients can actually benefit from.
2. What do you do as past-time, other than visiting SPCNET?
Outside of work, I can usually be found reading for the 29th time the passage from Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils where Jiumozhi slices a palm-shaped piece of bronze with his LDA of Prajna Palm, admiring the composition of an exquisitely shot photograph, analyzing the editing in a 1920s Soviet Montage film, and as much as I can, freeing myself from the cage (aka indulging in outdoor activities, especially skiing in the winter).
3. Why did you initially join SPCNET? What about SPCNET makes you stay? (from 2002 til now....that's a wong wong time....)
SPCNET is truly a great community, and what makes it great is the people. Many of us have come here out of our -passion- for Asian entertainment, and I'm no different. However, what has kept me, and probably many other long-timers, is the bonds we've established with our fellow forumites. For me, it's great to be able to discuss wuxia with a fellow English-speaking, Chinese-aware audience, but let me say that I've truly enjoyed and appreciated the bonding experiences I've had with forum members such as Cedrey, Mamma Mia, danshu_, CC, and many others throughout the years. SPCNET has built a strong community through member participation in fun, interactive, and competitive topics, such as the SPCNET singing competition, Wuxia RPG games, Wuxia Survivor games, and of course: All-Purpose OT Spamming.
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4. Do you think you'll ever be able to beat Ken as the #1 poster? Why do you post so much? Where do you get the time to post so much?
Actually, I'm not the current most active poster by far. In terms of recent postings, I believe I'm no match for Bunny, Ren Wo Xing, and a few other extremely active posters. I just happen to have a high post count thanks to steady contributions over several years.
I have no desire to become the #1 highest poster. I just jot down my thoughts as I see fit. That said, I wouldn't find myself posting as much without the interesting content contributed by fellow posters, and indeed, SPCNET with numerous outstanding personalities and a strong user base, the sun doesn't set without something interesting happening on the forums (and by extension, its social functions).
I consider myself to be a wuxia loyalist, and I think about 90% of my posts must be in that forum.
5. what is PJ an acronym for? Surely, it isn't just Peanut Butter and Jelly? Or Pajamas? Also, who is the next great ELOC you are secretly trying to dig up info to educate us on?
Ah, the secret worth dying to know...
PJ is the first screen name I used when I was initially exposed to the world wide web in the late 90s. No, it's not denoting Peanut Butter & Jelly or Pajamas. It stands for Personal Jesus, a song by my favorite band. I had first logged in to their chatroom as Personal Jesus, but people called me PJ in abbreviation, and the name was born.
In terms of the next great ELOC, please direct your attention to the forgotten Quanzhen Master Liu Chuxuan, whom I will allude to later in the interview.
6. You appear to be quite a prankster. Yes, you are or No, youre not? If yes, what are the kind of jokes youll avoid playing on others?
Haha, I do enjoy taking the piss at someone (as CC calls it) from time to time. I also have a few quirks up my sleeve, such as the ELOCism and ARTSifications. But in the case of what some folks have perceived as a gender prank: No, it's not really a prank, though some ambiguity was intentionally placed to make the atmosphere more interesting. Sometimes, it's more interesting to not have the exact answer. Anyway, you can trace my -love- for ambiguity in my justification for initiating the soup of dream question:
Originally Posted by PJ
7. What is PDAIOTCOWFTFOM? And what is WAADTHAYUP?
Ah, IOA: Initiaton Of Acronyms, one of my favorite pastimes here on SPCNET.
Supplemental explanation: what is PDAIOTCOWFTFOM? It's basically when I play devil's advocate to obtain answers I need (aka having someone else do my homework). For example, if I'm a Democratic party supporter, and I want to know a few more intelligent ways to bash the Republican party, I would start a post, in over-the-top fashion, bashing the Democratic party, so that I can get some angry Democrats to respond with criticisms towards Republican party, aka just what I needed.
It's a tactic I've employed several times to get voluntary information out of you guys, so don't assume that everything I write is an accurate representation of my beliefs. I'm like the concealed ELOC contestants Quanzhen Master Liu Chuxuan or EDGY CROCODILE Mei Niansheng: you never know what they're thinking, or what else they got in their bag. I rather like it that way
That said, it's all done with good intention. I mainly do this for 2 reasons: 1) is to gather information for myself; 2) is in order to obtain a more unbiased argument from others, I need to disguise my beliefs; in the process I can also use their argument to evaluate my own beliefs.
8. If you only had three months to live, how would you spend them? Would you come to spcnet and tell the forum you are going to die? Would you ask to meet any Spcnet members? Or will you just disappear from the forum?
In that case the honest answer is I would try to get the most out of my remaining days.
9. That dream girl you are patiently waiting for, what is she like?
I'm still exploring. I'll know when I find her.
I don't construct an intricate model of what my partner-to-be should be like. In this case being too systematic takes the fun out of life. What I do know at this point is that personality and chemistry are more important to me than her appearance. Some traits that I'll be particularly looking for are modesty, integrity (not afraid to stand up for her beliefs), and responsibility (including the responsibility to take care of herself). And of course, they can expect the same, and more, from me.
10. What is the soup of your dream?
When I wrote this question, I had in mind a creamy Mediterranean Mussel Chowder with sprinklings of Aïoli Creme Fraiche and Tuscan Saffron.
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What can I say? I'm still standing! No weapon against me shall prosper! I am more than a conqueror!!!
I don't care to sit by the window on an airplane. If I can't control it, why look?
In some cases, the posts here are too short. Some of you could've edited your posts instead of making a new post right after you had posted. You may not be off topic, but the quality of the posts resembles more of chatting. I mean some of the posts are not even complete thoughts or sentences.
Thanks, I know I am a lady. And are you a gentleman?
BTW, I've never heard of the band Personal Jesus. What kind of music do they play?
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I just love how you Captivate My Mind
Self reminder - Update blog more often and continue editing/writing for TOV fanfic.
Good job, Ced, for bringing us a nice interview from P... Personal Jesus?! That's one thing I could never have guessed from PJ. Okay he just answered another of his own questions.
Anyway, that is indeed a great interview, full of surprises as promised.
Comments or questions? Fire them now!
Oh my!! I can't believe it! You're in bioinformatics?! Another shocker! I thought I'd never stumble into one outside work! So how did you trip upon this field? Don't tell me you planned for it 5 years ago; that is impossible.
Given your zeal to clarify your gender, I'm quite certain you are indeed a guy. But that doesn't mean you're not a naughty boy.
So what is WAADTHAYUP?
I was expecting more in your soup, dear.
What are all those error pic icons throughout the interview? Especially after "I'm still exploring. I'll know when I find her." Is granny blinded from some intriguing diagrams?
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What happened to the smilies in my interview? They're not included!
The font formatting could also use some tidy-up for consistency. For example, answer #3 contains different font than other answers.
Cedrey, my love, could you take care of this? Thanks!
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忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
Aiya! I knew this would happen. Apparently, smilies don't get copied and pasted. The easiest way out seems to be: when you receive the interview from the interviewee, click "reply" so that the interview with all its smilies gets decoded as quoted text. Then copy and paste the decoded version in the interview thread.
Otherwise, you'll have to redo all the smilies in the post.
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PJ has high standards.
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Ahhhh! I'm so careless with the copy & paste.
PJ is our sexy cute asian / with a neat and studied look. (select either one smiley, if you think that is PJ's gender.)
Meanwhile, Cedrey shall regain the smileys in PJ's interview.
*while enjoying my spagetti with shrimps*
What can I say? I'm still standing! No weapon against me shall prosper! I am more than a conqueror!!!
I don't care to sit by the window on an airplane. If I can't control it, why look?
=> Dead-on.
My personal page: http://www.whileranting.com.
Check out my creations and read the legendary Judge Expression's Courtroom Service.