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Team USA wins silver, two bronze medals in alpine skiing
Alana Nichols finished second in her first event of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the downhill.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia – Alana Nichols won silver, and Laurie Stephens and Allison Jones won bronze in the women's downhill competition on the first day of alpine skiing at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.
Nichols (Farmington, N.M.) and Stephens (Wenham, Mass.) landed on the podium in a very competitive women's sitting race. Nichols crossed the line .14 seconds back from Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany who claimed gold. Stephens was close behind in 1:36.94 to claim bronze. Nichols now owns six Paralympic medals, with four from the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, and gold in wheelchair basketball in 2008. Stephens is a five-time medalist in alpine skiing, and she has extended her streak of winning a downhill medal at each Paralympic Winter Games since 2006.
Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won her eighth Paralympic medal and her first downhill medal, as she took bronze in the women's standing class. This is the second time Jones has claimed the first American medal of the Games, as she won the first Team USA medal of the London 2012 Paralympic Games in cycling. Jones crossed the finish line in 1:34.88, to secure her podium position by less than eight-tenths of a second.
Danelle Umstead (Park City, Utah) and guide Rob Umstead finished fifth in the women's visually impaired race, with less than a second separating her from the podium.
Mark Bathum (Seattle, Wash.) and guide Cade Yamamoto (Quincy, Wash.) had a similar result in the men's visually impaired race, as they came back from a hard crash during Thursday's training run to ski a clean run to finish fifth, with less than eight-tenths of a second separating them from the bronze.
It was a challenging day in the men's sitting class, as multiple competitors were unable to complete the course. Team USA's Chris Devlin-Young (Bethlehem, N.H.) skied a clean run to finish tenth. Jasmin Bambur (Granby, Colo.) missed a gate mid-course, while Tyler Walker (Franconia, N.H.) was transported off the mountain by helicopter after crashing on the course. He is stable as of 3 p.m. local time.
Alana Nichols
"Well I was really excited this morning to wake up and see the sun come out. Inspecting the track, it was in great shape, it couldn't have been a better set up. I felt confident going into this run considering my last two training runs. I knew it was going to be a tight race with Anna Schaffelhuber, as it always is, so I was really giving it. I think though I wasn't running the exact line I wanted to be on, slid out and made a huge mistake. I'm really really lucky that my ski hooked up and I was able to pop out of it. After that I was pretty disappointed, but I came into the finish with a surprising time equivalent to my first downhill training run with no mistakes. I really feel like I could have skied better. Not terribly happy with the performance today, but considering I hung in there and was able to finish in second, I consider it a win."
Laurie Stephens
"It's pretty exciting to have it be so close like that. I was pretty nervous going into it and just tried to ski the best that I could you know that you can I always improve but I'm pretty happy with that. The competition is pretty exciting like I said I was pretty nervous at the start but I just tried to ski the best I could and I got a bronze, that's pretty awesome."
Allison Jones
"They are taking really good care of the snow and the course, they are really holding a top notch event in tough conditions.The course workers are out there and every night the course seems to be getting a good freeze which allows me to race; knowing how things are going it's a huge stress reliever. Really it's amazing to be here, amazing to be a part of it."
Danelle Umstead
"I think we had some pretty fantastic moments and then we had some moments we wished had been faster, but all in all I think we had a great run. "
Mark Bathum
"Well we were hoping for more success quite frankly. We won the last three downhills, we thought we'd get on the podium for sure. The run felt pretty good to us, so we are still trying to figure out where we gave up so much time to not get onto the podium. It's a fantastic course. I mean it runs down where the men's Olympic downhill ran so it's the toughest course we've been on probably since the last Paralympics and so it was a great track, really challenging hill lots of bounces and terrain in it and it was a good challenge for us."


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A house fire at 611 Holly Street could be a problem for Coulee Dam's town council.
Fire razed the home last Tuesday evening, Sept. 18, and the question of its cleanup will likely fall into the hands of town officials.
Seems there's no owner of the house.
Taxes on the house had been paid by a descendent of the former owner of the house so that his daughter, now deceased, would have a place to live.
The person who paid the taxes for the past several years didn't claim ownership of the house then, and doesn't now, Police Chief Pat Collins stated.
"The house now is a safety hazard and the fire chief and I are going to ask the council to have the town take it down," Colllins said.
The house used to belong to Red Sayler, who had some ownership ties with the old Green Hut Restaurant in the early days. He has been deceased for several years. His son paid the taxes in recent years, Collins explained.
The house has been uninhabitable for several months with no water, garbage or sewer service, Collins noted. Okanogan County Health Department had been notified that there were no services to the house and yet some people were occupying it.
"The health department was supposed to come down and red tag the house so people wouldn't try staying in it," Collins said. "That was about three weeks ago." He said they didn't show up to do it.
The property likely will sit until the county steps in and takes it over for taxes.
If the town cleans it up and places a lien on the property, the county could end up paying for the cleanup, Collins stated.
Officials are investigating the cause of the fire.


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New Year's Day is one of 15 tracks on Edge's Picks, a limited-edition live CD that comes with From The Ground Up:U2.com Music Edition.
Here's what it was like at Croke Park, Dublin in July 2009. Remember it ?
Here's what it was like at Croke Park, Dublin in July 2009. Remember it ?
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22 January, 2013
Family occasionWe were there, my wife and I and our 8 and 6 year old sons. I'd never seen my very shy 8 year old have such a fantastic time. The 6 year old is now almost 10 and still complains that the set didn't contain anything from POP. We had a memorable time in the company of not just the band but the really cool fans. Next time you're in Dublin boys, don't forget to play something from POP for my youngest, and don't leave it too long!
09 December, 2012
yesI was there. Rail. Adam's side with an Aussie, Canadian and Swiss group of gals. A night.
09 December, 2012
Great showI flew from Philly to Dublin to see all three shows. The second show on July 25th, was my 29th birthday and the best birthday party I've ever had. Thank you U2 for a great birthday. NYD was played in the July 27th show FYI.
09 December, 2012
All shows seenI saw all the three shows at Croker and it was an amazing experienc. I can`t wait too long to get new stuff from Dublin. When will it happen?
07 December, 2012
Bucket ListI wasn;t there in Dublin ...wish I had been. I went to the 2 concerts in New Zealand - awesome, words can't do them justice. It is number one on my bucket list to see U2 play in concert in Dublin, so hopefully next time I will be there to experience the magic. Love you guys
07 December, 2012
Three times Croke ParkI was in Dublin for all three shows in July 2009. A great experience.
05 December, 2012
by the skin of our teethwasn't there for this show but for the first Dublin show. After missing the flight from NC to Dublin, getting on with two stand-bys in Philly and Gatwick, we arrived in Dublin and Croke Park after Glasvegas and just before the main event. whew! and what a show. Capped a history of seeing the band since 1985.
04 December, 2012
HomecomingWhat great shows U2 put on in Dublin.I will never forget these gigs.Cant believe its 3 years ago. Come on U2 some new songs please!!!!
01 December, 2012
Great way to start our honeymoonBest vacation ever. Got married on July 2, flew to Ireland on Wednesday 7/22/09, saw U2 at Croke on Friday and Saturday night, then cruised around Ireland, spending nights in Kilkenny, Kinsale, Kenmare, Dingle, Doolin, Sligo, Derry and Bushmills before heading back. Best trip of my life, easily! The Irish are a heck of a lot of fun to hang out with!
29 November, 2012
Was there 3 nights (from Mexico)Went to Ireland for the 3 shows and also enjoy the beautiful green of the country. It was great meeting other fans from around the world who knew more than just "With or Without You" hahaha! Awesome atmosphere.
29 November, 2012
july 24 25was there for the first two shows!!!
28 November, 2012
That's U2New years day= U2 One of the best live song ever:) the highlight of a U2 show:) THX The Edge :) Greetings from Germany
Jon Dimick
28 November, 2012
SpeechlessThis trip was a defining moment in my life. 20 years old, traveling international by myself, seeing the most influential band of my life. No one will ever understand what this band has done for me in my life. The ultimate Mecca for any U2 fan, hands down!
27 November, 2012
3 nights to rememberI'm so glad I had the chance to attend all three Dublin shows. They were something special and I will always remember them.
27 November, 2012
triplei was at all 3 nights in my hometown with my hometown boys
27 November, 2012
cnugi went to the Dublin gigs they were fab. I was sat with two girls from Brazil who all the lyrics of most of the songs... well impressed.
27 November, 2012
Greatestive been waiting 20 years to experience the" U2 concert " experience. Every time I saw them the crowd wasn't with the band or the band seemed a bit flat. ( everyone has an off day) So they have always been my band but I never understood the almost transcendental concerts that fans talk about. In Dublin 2009 they absolutely nailed it!!! The crowd was up for it the sound was perfect the band were on top form. Easily the best concert I have ever been to. Difficult to describe but has stayed with me and everyone who was at the Friday show still talk about as an almost mystical night. These people are not the sort of people to gush about a band but they do about that night. Playing in Dublin is a double edged sword (no pun intended) I think the band get a bit self conscious in bedgruging old Dublin. But that night that flew!!!
27 November, 2012
U2-3Yeah I was at all 3 - feel's like longer than 3 years... great to finally have a home town gig included in the selection now
26 November, 2012
Excellent tuneCan't wait....Thanks Edge
26 November, 2012
Magical nightsI was there !!
26 November, 2012
1st TimeIt was my first time seeing U2 in Dublin. Travel from the US to see U2 there was worth three times the cost to gothere. Priceless!!!
26 November, 2012
Oh yeah!!!Was there! 3 nights...a dream come true! ♥♥
26 November, 2012
Was there.........started my addiction through 360 seeing them in Dublin - what a show!
26 November, 2012
We need more of thisYep, was there for the 3 nights. Fantastic way to spend a few evenings. Could do with a few next summer.......
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26 November, 2012
What a song , what a day...Yeah I was there , hard to believe it was three years ago....
26 November, 2012
Can't wait for it to be shippedCan't wait for the cd to be posted & I missed the home shows but caught the tour in Paris probaly their best live tour yet cant wait for the next tour
26 November, 2012
SuperbGeat song as usual in any concert and at home. Great musicians, thoughtful lyrics. No, I wasn't there, wish Mexico was closer to you guys...Anxious for receiving my gift, though
brendan roberts
26 November, 2012
It's true it's trueWasn't there that night but was the next night.
Peter Nordsmark
26 November, 2012
Great pickGreat pick Edge. One of my absolute luved songs live.
Avion Espia
26 November, 2012
Best. Song. Ever.Master Clayton Approves.
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
• Reader Tim sends along this photo of two FX programming fans wildin' out in front of Kings defenseman Jack Johnson. The Canucks won the game on account of some Mikael Samuelsson goal-scorin'.
• The Canadiens upset Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals in OT, proving once and again that things will never go according to Jose Theodore's plans.
• Brandon Roy will undergo surgery on his right knee and sit out the Blazers' series against Phoenix.
• With the help of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, we now know which words were circled in the dictionary of the late David Foster Wallace. "Brevity" and "footnote" are delightfully missing from the list.
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David wrote about this Carville-Greenberg polling memo showing that seniors seem to be changing their minds about policy and the GOP. Its summary starts like this:
There's something going on with seniors: It is now strikingly clear that they have turned sharply against the GOP. This is apparent in seniors' party affiliation and vote intention, in their views on the Republican Party and its leaders, and in their surprising positions on jobs, health care, retirement security, investment economics, and the other big issues that will likely define the 2014 midterm elections...
(I think there's evidence that the Republicans are seeing these numbers too, even if some of their vocal constituents are arguing with them.) The question is why the change? Everyone knows that seniors are a bunch of rightwingers who hate every kind of progress right?
Well, "seniors" change characteristics all the time. Obviously, this is because the older cohort is always dying off and younger people turn into seniors. Every single day. And there is a huge group of "younger" people becoming seniors right now. They are called baby boomers and they have a very different set of beliefs, experiences and political affiliations than those who are dying out.
Now, it's wrong to assume that boomers are liberals simply because they had a very showy counter-culture in their youths. In fact, there was always a boatload of boomers who were conservative even then. But no matter what, these particular seniors are not their grandparents or parents and never have been. They have lived very different lives and have a whole different set of expectations and experience.
It's a big mistake for anyone, especially in politics, to simply assume they are a bunch of doddering old white people who are living in the 50s. Neither is it realistic to assume they are modern conservatives. They came up before the Reagan revolution after all. Unlike those of the older cohort who were raised in the depression this is a group that has always had a lot of expectations from government and a belief that it had a responsibility to fulfill them. Even if they hated the usual dark colored suspects, they weren't raised in a world in which all those feelings had been subsumed in Atwateresque dogwhistles about Big Gummint. And they've never needed government more than they do now. I think a great many of them will end up back into the Democratic fold --- where seniors have historically been.
I don't know how much these new numbers are a reflection of that. But the vanguard of the baby boom has been entering the category of Senior Citizen since 2007. And like I said, there are a lot of them. I'd be very surprised if they aren't t least partly responsible for this change in senior attitudes. And there's no doubt in my mind that boomers are going to change this cohort in many different ways over the next few decades just as they changed everything else in their (our) lives.
It the GOP is assuming this very active and politically aware demographic is a carbon copy of their own parents that would be a big mistake. They are a very different animal. And these are people, for better or worse, who have always been engaged and are going to be even more so in their elder years. What else have got to do?


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I returned to America from Korea after almost four years' absence, in mid-March. Taking a whirl-wind tour from Los Angeles, to Portland (Or.), to Nashville and Knoxville, then on to Tampa, Chicago, Kansas City, and then to Minneapolis, Northfield, St. Cloud and Mankato, Minn., and finally down to Lincoln, Ne. and Stanberry, Mo. where I shot a film for my friend, Blake Eckard. I acted in it as well. The journey was prompted by a wish to get a quick over-all sense of the state of the Union, which I'd tracked somewhat obsessively from my distant perch in Seoul. From that remove I'd read the statistics on unemployment, the grim news of the economy. From the glancing view I got on this trip, it was frankly difficult to perceive this, but then I was traveling for the most part in the economic cocoon of academia, a firmly middle-class realm in which $4 for a cup of coffee is taken without a comment. It was only on an Amtrak ride from LA to Portland, and a few bus rides I took – Nashville to Knoxville, and Mankato to Lincoln – where I was afforded a glimpse of the other America. The fiscal chasm which divides America is deep, and seems carefully constructed to hide from both sides the reality which unites them. I found myself wondering how many of those people who filled the restaurants and cafes and bars I was taken to as a guest – often places which on my own I'd never entertain – were living on credit.
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It's an election year, and the divisiveness of the last years is being amplified in our four-year cycle of political combat. In the last few years the Supreme Court has issued rulings which effectually make our supposed democracy a system formally for sale to the highest bidder. Asserting that corporations are de facto "persons" and that money is speech, the Court has openly condoned what is now legalized corruption, evident in the avalanche of super PACs flushing millions of dollars into the political process, whether for advertising blitzes or into the pockets of "lobbyists" who in turn slip it into the pockets of our revolving door politicians. As in the classic American axiom "Money Talks and Bullshit Walks" the massive flow of funds from Wall Street through the halls of Congress is now transparent, and in the form of ALEC has shown up in every State House as well, ready to bend the "law" to favor still more the interests of "business." America is busy fracking itself to pieces, all in the name of patriotism, profits, and the God Almighty Buck. American as Apple Pie.
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On my arrival back in Los Angeles, as I left the plane, an airline stewardess asked me if I was glad to be back. I answered her, "I don't know yet." It remains my view.


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There is scarcely a reputable scientist—and none in the earth sciences—who doubts the reality of climate change today. Plenty of ideologues do, and it seems that no amount of evidence or fact can sway them. Still, here are a few bits and pieces from the recent news that speak pointedly to the issue.
To begin, thousands of bats died last month in Queensland, Australia, after a period of unusually hot weather (remember, of course, that it's summer in the Southern Hemisphere). The temperatures exceeded the hitherto scarcely surpassed barrier of 43C, or 110F, at several points. Reports The Guardian, the death of the bats is profound enough, but bats, now disoriented by the heat, also carry numerous viruses that are extremely dangerous to humans, including Australian bat lyssavirus and Hendra virus.
Meanwhile, in what are supposed to be cooler climes in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins are declining in number because of extreme heat, which is especially dangerous for young birds, as well as ever more intense rainstorms, which are themselves a by-product of abundant heat in the atmosphere. Writing in the online journal PLoS One, scientists who have studied a Magellanic population in Argentina for three decades note an increasing trend of reproductive failure and increased infant mortality that can be directly attributed to climate change. …


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How fat is my DRM?
Sony rootkit settlement prompts Bloatware Disclosure
Some CD buyers in Texas and California can claim up to $175 each from record company Sony BMG as a result of a legal settlement this week.
Both states took action against the music giant over its "rootkit-style" DRM, designed to prevent PC users from copying music CDs to their hard drives.
The complaints allege that Sony BMG failed to notify consumers of the presence of the DRM on the outer-packaging, and therefore loaded unauthorised software onto their PCs.
Sony used software called XCP (Extended Copy Protection) created for it by British company First4Internet Ltd to prevent copies being made. XCP was dubbed a "rootkit" because it took over basic system level functions, then concealed its presence. The DRM compromised users' security and knocked some CD drives out of action. Uninstallation was only possible by sending a request to Sony BMG's customer support line.
CDs with the DRM had been on the market for several months before a security consultant described its nefarious technical practices. Sony eventually issued an uninstallation tool, and settled a class action suit late last year (site here).
The lawsuits also compensate punters for CDs encumbered with SunComm's MediaMax's 3.0 and 5.0 DRM, which "phoned home" - transmitting user information back to SunnComm.
Sony agreed to pay each state $750,000 in costs, and individuals can claim from $25 to $175, depending on the damage the DRM incurred.
The settlement includes some interesting new disclosure obligations for Sony BMG. For the next 12 months, such DRM should be clearly labelled on the packaging, and also:
In Clear and Conspicuous language, the range of computer system resources, if any, which the DRM software may consumer after installation when the CD is not in use on the computer (e.g., "between .5 per cent and 3 per cent depending on the configuration of your computer");
So the settlement doesn't prevent Sony BMG from trying such tactics again - merely making them more obvious, and these disclosure requirements only lasts a meagre 12 months.
But it's the first time we've seen such a Bloatware Disclosure - unless readers know different? ®
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 19 (UPI) -- A Lebanese lawmaker said Friday Hezbollah's military activity is of greater concern than its role in Beirut's political affairs.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri this week accused Hezbollah of threatening national security with its decision to fight in Syria alongside pro-government forces. Attacks in Beirut and near the Lebanese border with Syria were associated with Hezbollah's role in Syrian conflict.
The Lebanese government this week asked the European Union to keep Hezbollah off its list of terrorist organizations. The United States lists Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, though the EU has so far been reluctant to do so because it may disrupt diplomatic affairs with Lebanon.
Antoine Zahra, a lawmaker from the pro-western March 14 political alliance in Lebanon, said there was little interest in sidelining Hezbollah from the political environment in Beirut. Hezbollah's "illegal weapons" were the issue for some lawmakers, the official National News Agency reports.
Zahra said Hezbollah was working through a campaign of "intimidation and the use of weapons [on the domestic scene]."
The United Nations helped broker a cease-fire in 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel. The resolution calls on Hezbollah to disarm and embrace the political process, while reminding Israel of its obligation to respect Lebanon's sovereignty.
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26 October 2012
In his review of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Dream of the Celt, John Banville writes:
The Dream of the Celt is, like its subject, stout-hearted, well-intentioned, tender, and somewhat naive. It is not in any real sense a novel, but is, rather, a biography overlaid with a light wash of novelistic speculation. It is an exoskeletal work, in that it wears its research on the outside. The author has read widely and diligently on his subject, but the material gathered, instead of being absorbed organically into the narrative, is presented to the reader in the form of raw data. The forays that Vargas Llosa makes into Casement's thoughts and dreams, although warmly sympathetic, are less than inspired. The novelist has fallen in love with his subject, which is admirable, but his amatory approach does not help the novel.
Vargas Llosa would have done well to remember Henry James's repeated injunction to himself in his notebooks: "Dramatize! Dramatize!" Yet Casement's story is so absorbing, and the background against which it unfolds is so fascinating, that the reader will be swept along regardless of the novel's flaws as a work of fiction. In The Dream of the Celt, for all its shortcomings, Mario Vargas Llosa has done an inestimable service to the memory of a great man.
I found this to be a strange conclusion to a review of a novel; Banville seems to forgive Llosa for writing an underwhelming novel, because he has delivered to us compelling historical information.
I was thinking about this in relation to ARGO, which I saw last week. I enjoyed it, I recommend it; but I was also left thinking that the film could have been so much better. The material was fascinating, and dramatic; the film delivered the action but gave us, I thought, very little character. Since it was conceived as a narrative feature, not a documentary, I wanted to see artistry and history working together to create for the viewer an experience. It sort of did that, but not fully.
I guess what I'm feeling is: if you're going to work with the dramatic forms — narrative film, novels — then do it! Your material alone won't carry you. A great concept is just half the hog.
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In contemporary film, character almost always seems to lose out. I'm hoping the Lincoln film won't be that way.


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Ireland sent center great Brian O'Driscoll into international retirement with the Six Nations title after a nailbiting 22-20 win over France in Paris on Saturday.
"The emotions are starting to kick in now," O'Driscoll, the world's most-capped player, told the BBC.
"It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner. So many seconds along the years and so many disappointments, it is great to finish my career on a high. When I do hang this jersey up on the hook inside it will be with fond memories," he said.
"I am absolutely delighted. There is a huge Irish contingent here and I am glad we gave them something to shout about," O'Driscoll added.
Jonathan Sexton scored two tries and missed five points with the boot before the Ireland flyhalf, who plays his club rugby for Paris-based Racing Metro, was knocked out trying to tackle giant French center Mathieu Bastareaud.
Ireland then survived a late French rally — Jean-Marc Doussain missing a penalty and Damien Chouly having a try disallowed for a forward pass — to secure their first Six Nations title since 2009.
Wing Andrew Trimble's try also contributed to a first Ireland win in Paris since 2000, when O'Driscoll scored a memorable hat-trick.
Earlier on Saturday, England went to the top of the table with a 52-11 victory away to Italy in Rome.
However, although England scored seven tries, their points difference of plus-73 was still marginally worse than previous leaders Ireland's plus-81.
That meant any sort of Ireland win would give them the Championship, and with Wales thrashing Scotland, France — who were title contenders at kick-off — finished in fourth place.
All England could do was sit and wait for several hours before Ireland's win meant they finished runners-up for the third time in as many Six Nations under coach Stuart Lancaster.
"Credit to Ireland — they are deserved winners and it's a fitting finale and send-off for Brian O'Driscoll, a legend of the game whom everyone in this [England] squad respects massively," Lancaster said in a Rugby Football Union statement.
England, who beat Ireland 13-10 at Twickenham last month, might have been celebrating a Grand Slam but for a last-gasp loss to France in their tournament opener in Paris.
However, Lancaster was heartened by the way his youthful and injury-hit side had performed this Six Nations.
"I am very proud of what we have achieved over the tournament, both in how this young group has developed and also our intent to play attacking rugby," he said.
England were 24-6 up at halftime at the Stadio Olimpico after fullback Mike Brown scored two tries and flyhalf Owen Farrell also crossed the Italian line.
Then, after Italy were reduced to 14 men by the sin-binning of lock Marco Bortolami, England wing Jack Nowell scored their fifth try.
Prop Mako Vunipola and replacement back Manu Tuilagi added to England's try tally.
Leonardo Sarto pulled one back for Italy before England captain Chris Robshaw scored a try with the last play of the game.
Saturday's second match, which had no bearing on the title, saw two-time defending champions Wales inflict a record 51-3 defeat upon Scotland in Cardiff.
Scotland were forced to play with just 14 men for nearly an hour after fullback Stuart Hogg was sent off for a late tackle on Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar
The visitors opened the scoring with a Greig Laidlaw penalty, but from then it was one-way traffic.
Wales scored seven tries, six after Hogg was dismissed, with wing George North and center Jamie Roberts grabbing two apiece.
This was Scotland's third heaviest Test defeat of all time, with their previous worst in the Six Nations a 43-3 thrashing by England in 2001.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Biogen Idec Inc said on Friday it will charge $54,900 a year for its multiple sclerosis drug, Tecfidera, which received U.S. approval on Wednesday.
The company has priced the drug at a discount to key competitors such as Novartis AG's MS pill Gilenya, which costs roughly $60,000 a year, in a bid to maximize its market share.
"We think this represents solid value to the MS community and demonstrates our commitment to patient access," said Kate Niazi-Sai, a Biogen spokeswoman.
The price is somewhat higher than the low $50,000-range expected by fund managers polled by Mark Schoenebaum, an analyst at ISI Group, but largely in line with analysts' expectations.
Tecfidera is a pill that is widely expected to become the leading oral treatment for MS, steadily taking market share from older, injectible treatments such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' Copaxone, which is currently the market leader.
Tecfidera is expected to generate sales of more than $3 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Reporting by Toni Clarke, editing by G Crosse


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Double posting isn't well liked, but since you're rather new I doubt anyone will take it seriously, just remember to use the edit button next time.
Most people probably don't realise this, but this forum has had two editors for a number of years. One is the xenForo default editor, and the other is a custom editor I made years back I called BBCEd.
All the settings for which editor you use was lost during the upgrade. You can find the setting under Account Settings > Preferences > Editor.


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I like the answer that was given.
"Remember that coming out in your private life doesn't mean you have to come out at work. The workplace isn't an appropriate place for religion OR atheism. If they're constantly flaunting their Christianity, they're in the wrong, and you don't have to flaunt your atheism to counteract their gaffe. Keep your nose down at work, and do your job so well that nobody will think of giving you less than an excellent rating. Don't comment on religion one way or the other. But in your private life, don't be afraid to make non-believer friends, or to hang out with them in public. As long as you're not seen as an active threat to Christians at work, they're unlikely to cause you any trouble."
Good one...I'll use THAT one. If you say "I'm not a member of a church" you're likely to get INVITED. Personally, I just stay vague and neutral. The opposite of militant. I see no reason to get into this sort of thing in the workplace...I don't think the opportunity will even come up because I'm too busy pretending to be WORKING>ha.
I look at it like others have commented: Gossip. We don't need more gossip in the workplace. I have a hard enough time juggling all the drama (and work stress) on a day-to-day basis...I don't want to be ADDING to the drama.
But maybe I'm predicting that there would be some sort of huge reaction to my 'coming out at work'....maybe the response would be like crickets in the audience...'so what's the big deal'! ha If somebody asked me directly (and I cared about their opinion of me), I would give a direct answer: I don't believe in any gods. (I like the term 'freethinker' too, because it's vague and kind of new-agey sounding. Like I'm a hippy or something. That's a safe role to assume.)
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VCS package guidelines
zh-CN:VCS PKGBUILD Guidelines zh-TW:VCS PKGBUILD Guidelines Template:Package Guidelines
Version control systems can be used for retrieval of source code for both usual statically versioned packages and latest (trunk) version of packages. This article covers both cases.
The ABS package provides prototypes for cvs, svn, git, mercurial, and darcs PKGBUILDs. When abs is installed, you can find them in
/usr/share/pacman. Latest versions can be found in the prototypes directory in the ABS Git repository.
- Properly suffix
-gitetc. If the package tracks a moving development trunk it should be given a suffix. If the package fetches a release from a VCS tag then it should not be given a suffix. Use this rule of thumb: if the output of the package depends on the time at which it was compiled, append a suffix; otherwise do not.
- A VCS package may be updated as and when needed to adopt changes to the build system, including ammendments to dependencies, URL, sources, etc. If the revision number remains the same after such an update, but produces a resulting binary which is different, increasing the
pkgrelis mandatory. If both the revision number and the resulting binary remain the same,
pkgrelshould be kept intact. There is no need to update the VCS package just to accommodate a revision bump, but one may choose to do so.
- When makepkg is run, by default it will check for newer revisions and then update the
pkgverin the PKGBUILD. Look at
--holdverin man makepkg if you want otherwise.
--holdveronly works for cvs and svn, which allow checkout of older revisions.
- Check for package conflicts. For example fluxbox-svn will conflict with fluxbox. In this case, you need to use
- Use the
providesfield so that packages that require the non-VCS package can be installed (
- You should AVOID using
replacesas it generally causes unnecessary problems.
- When using/defining the cvsroot, use
anonymous:@rather than
anonymous@to avoid a password prompt and having to enter a blank password OR use
anonymous:password@if a password is required.
- Don't forget to include the appropriate VCS tool (cvs, subversion, git, ...) in
- To preserve the integrity of the checked-out code consider copying the original build directory if you have to make edits. For example, having checked out source code to
$srcdir/$_vcsnamefrom a host you can use:
mkdir "$srcdir/$_vcsname-build" cd "$srcdir/$_vcsname-build" ../"$_vcsname"/configure
cp -r "$srcdir/$_vcsname" "$srcdir/$_vcsname-build" cd "$srcdir/$_vcsname-build"
This is no longer needed for pacman 4.1. Pacman works with vcs sources in a totally different way.
- With the introduction of the AUR, it is most important to avoid using backtick execution to create package variables. makepkg will automatically bump the
pkgveranyway when building the package (unless
--holdveris used).
- Starting with pacman 4.1, there vcs sources are handled more similarly to other sources. This removes the need for a
-builddirectory. A quick explanation of what pacman does now using git as an example:
- makepkg sees that the source is a vcs (in this case git) source in the
sourcearray in two ways: either the url is a
git://url or the source is written as
- Sources can be specified in a few ways: Either the url is obviously a vcs url (
git://, etc.) or the url is preceded by the type of vcs used (
- Each vcs has its quirks, but you can specify branches and tags in the source using
- Sources can be specified in a few ways: Either the url is obviously a vcs url (
- The repository is cloned into a bare repository (check the git documentation for a more detailed explanation).
- Because git already checks for integrity, you should use
'SKIP'in the checksum. This concludes getting the sources.
- After the sources have been cloned, a new, non-bare repository is made in the
srcdirectory, and this is what is worked on.
- makepkg sees that the source is a vcs (in this case git) source in the
- As of pacman 4.1, pkgver gets some special treatment. If
pkgveris empty, makepkg looks for a
pkgver()function. This can be one of many things, outlined below:
Git specific
pkgver function:
pkgver () { cd "$srcdir/$_gitname" git describe --always | sed 's/-/./g' }
Git specific
pkgver function with no tags:
pkgver () { cd "$srcdir/$_gitname" echo "0.$(git rev-list --count HEAD).$(git describe --always)" }
pkgver function:
pkgver() { cd "$srcdir/$_hgrepo" hg identify -ni | awk 'BEGIN{OFS=".";} {print $2,$1}' }
pkgver function: (to be used if the top two do not work)
pkgver () { date +"%Y%m%d" }
- You should make sure that there are no VCS directories and files left over in your package. If there are, you may want to remove them, by adding a command similar to this one at the end of the the
find "$pkgdir" -type d -name ".svn" -exec rm -rf '{}' +;
- When using Git, one can speed up the cloning operation using the
--depth 1parameter. This creates a shallow clone, and has only the last change history - since histories are unimportant for builds most of the time.
git clone --depth 1 git://hostname.dom/project.git
- It's possible to create the package also from a branch other than the master. To do so add
--branch branch_nameafter the first
git clone, in this way:
git clone "$_gitroot" "$_gitname" --branch branch_name
Remember to save package with a different name, for example
pkgname-branchname-git, in order to avoid confusion with the package from the branch master.
- Copy paste script when building from repo
If you are lazy here is a sample script when making git-based PKGBUILDs. This is not needed if you are using pacman 4.1 or later.
cd "$srcdir" msg "Connecting to GIT server..." if [[ -d "$_gitname" ]] ; then cd "$_gitname" && git pull origin msg "The local files are updated." else git clone --depth 1 "$_gitroot" "$_gitname" fi msg "GIT checkout done or server timeout"
# change dir and prepare to call configure, make etc cd "$srcdir/$_gitname"
- Here is an example of a Git PKGBUILD in pacman 4.1:
# Contributor: Dave Reisner <email@example.com> # Edited for pacman 4.1 by William Giokas (KaiSforza) <firstname.lastname@example.com> pkgname=expac-git _gitname=expac pkgver=0.0.0 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="pacman database extraction utility" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://github.com/falconindy/expac" license=('MIT') depends=('pacman') makedepends=('git' 'perl') conflicts=('expac') provides=('expac') # here is the fun bit. makepkg knows it's a git repo because the url starts with 'git' # it then knows to checkout the branch 'pacman41' upon cloning, expediating versioning. branch="pacman41" source=("git://github.com/falconindy/expac.git#branch=$branch") # because the sources are not static, skip checksums md5sums=('SKIP') pkgver() { cd "$srcdir/$_gitname" echo $(git describe --always | sed 's/-/./g') # for git, if the repo has no tags, comment out the above and uncomment the next line: #echo "0.$(git rev-list --count $branch).$(git describe --always)" # This will give you a count of the total commits and the hash of the commit you are on. # Useful if you're making a repository with git packages so that they can have sequential # version numbers. (Else a pacman -Syu may not update the package) } build() { cd "$srcdir/$_gitname" make } package() { cd "$srcdir/$_gitname" make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install }
- Temporary build directories: When using Git, and where you need to create a separate build directory (e.g., for building/compiling), you should avoid copying over the
.gitdirectory located in the parent folder because it contains history information that Git uses internally. With repos with thousands of commits, this .git directory will contain upwards of hundreds of MiB of useless commit history that has *nothing* to do with the current working tree. The only time you'd need to copy over the .git directory itself is when you need to build from a specific, older commit (which is generally never the case as the point of a VCS PKGBUILD is to pull from the latest bleeding edge commit). Thus, instead of
rm -rf "$srcdir/$_gitname-build" cp -R "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/${_gitname}-build" # copy everything, including the useless .git directory cd "$srcdir/${_gitname}-build" make # build/compile from source
you should do
rm -rf "$srcdir/$_gitname-build" git clone "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/${_gitname}-build" # if on same partition, will just hard link all of the .git directory cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build" make # build/compile from source
to cut down on build time and disk usage. As of pacman 4.1, this is obsolete.


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Sex, relationships can get better with age
After kids leave, older couples need to reconnect
You don't just get older, you get better, the old adage says. And many believe the same can be said for sex and relationships.
Curtis Weaver says the secret ingredient to successful relationships and a great sex life is understanding one's partner.
"I believe most older people don't have great sex," Weaver says. "I also believe most people at any age don't have great sex. Most don't care enough about the other person to ensure they are satisfied, at any age."
Weaver, an anti-aging expert and host of a Blog Talk Radio show, says having a great relationship and sex does not automatically occur. "If you're having good sex after 60, it's because you've been having good sex for quite a few years before. Good sex is simple: Make sure your partner believes it's good sex too. "
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Dr. Dorree Lynn, a psychologist and life coach, says sex definitely improves with age, and she says there are many contributing factors.
Lynn says sex earlier in life is often hormone driven, but as a person ages it is sensuality driven.
"There is more touching, cuddling, kissing as well as intercourse," says Lynn, who is also the founder of Fiftyandfurthermore, which deals with a variety of topics for people embarking on the second half of their lives.
In fact, she frequently hears from clients that the sex they are having as a senior citizen is the best they have ever had.
Another factor is that couples have more time for intimacy. Instead of jumping out of bed to go to work or take care of children, older couples can often lie around and allow more time for satisfaction.
Renegotiate Relationship
Often, couples have to relearn each other once children have moved out, but Lynn says this should not be viewed as a negative occurrence. It is just part of that stage of life.
Lynn, author of "Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex After 50," adds that often couples allow children to take up the bulk of the time and now "the glue that has kept them together no longer exists."
"Long-term relationships require renegotiations," she says. "Use the time to start to spend time with each other enjoying activities, reconnecting sexually. Sometimes things have been pushed to the side because of family dynamics."
If renegotiation is required, Lynn recommends taking walks together, communicating, working out, volunteering and visiting museums or other attractions.
"It is a chance for intimacy that they have never had before," says Lynn.
Rita DeMaria, author of "The 7 Stages of Marriage," calls this stage the reunion stage.
DeMaria's book deals with the various phases that all marriages go through.
DeMaria, like Lynn, views the stage in a positive light.
In this stage there is the "perfect opportunity to take stock of all your marital strengths and to draw on trust, commitment and comfort you've built through the years," she writes.
DeMaria writes that this phase is like your honeymoon but better, because you are "wiser, kinder and emotionally mature."
She adds that many call this the second half of a marriage. She offers a few tips to get through it fairly unscathed.
The tips include simply hanging out with your spouse, planning events that you both enjoy and anticipating that there will be disagreements you can settle.
This all leads up to the final stage, the reunion stage, which she calls a joyful culmination.
"The journey required hard work and patience, love and determination. Defying the odds, you've built a relationship. A home. A family. A life," she writes. "Was it all worthwhile? For most couples, the answer is a resounding 'yes.' "
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South Dakota State's John Stiegelmeier on FCS Playoff Win at Northern Arizona, Round Two Match-Up with Eastern Washington
South Dakota State may not have been one of the top eight seeds entering the FCS Playoffs in 2013, but very few of the 16 teams left in the field are playing at a higher level right now.
The Jackrabbits (9-4) polished off Northern Arizona in round one of the post season last Saturday, 26-7 - their fifth straight win - earning a second round match-up with another Big Sky Conference team, #3 seed Eastern Washington (10-2).
Last weekend in Flagstaff, SDSU won both sides of the line of scrimmage - starting on defense - with seven quarterback sacks, while shutting down one of the nation's best runners in Zach Bauman.
Head Coach John Stiegelmeier told me he couldn't have been happier with his team's effort:
Offensively, the SDSU offensive line paved the way for the second straight 300+ yard rushing game for the Jackrabbits, moving running back Zach Zenner into the #1 spot in FCS rushing with 249 yards:
The scene is Cheney, Washington this weekend will be vastly different from the indoor comfort of the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff. Roos Stadium is famous for its' bright red field, which is just another aspect of Saturday's match-up the Jacks will be preparing for:
One thing that will feel very familiar to the SDSU players Saturday is the weather. Temperatures in Eastern Washington are running about 20 degrees below normal this week, with a forecast high at kickoff Saturday of just 10 degrees.
Those are conditions South Dakota State will feel right at home playing in:
The big challenge for SDSU defensively Saturday is trying to slow down Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams, who has thrown for 46 touchdowns and more than 4,000 yards this season. But the sophomore can beat you with more than just his arm:
Offensively, SDSU will try to run the ball as effectively as they have the last two weeks (655 yards), but will also try to move the ball thru the air against a defense that was next-to-last in the Big Sky this season, allowing 275 passing yards per game. It's a weakness the Jacks are hoping to take advantage of:
For the second straight year, South Dakota State finds themselves preparing for a round two match-up in the FCS Playoffs. Rather than turning the page on last season, the Jacks have been trying to use that experience to propel them farther in the playoffs this year:
Kickoff in Cheney is 3:00pm CST Saturday. The game will be shown nationally on Direct TV channel 793 and DISH Network channel 462.
View the entire FCS Playoff bracket here.


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A violation, by one individual, of another individual's legal rights.
The idea of rights suggests the opposite idea of wrongs, for every right is capable of being violated. For example, a right to receive payment for goods sold implies a wrong on the part of the person who owes, but does not make payment. In the most general point of view, the law is intended to establish and maintain rights, yet in its everyday application, the law must deal with rights and wrongs. The law first fixes the character and definition of rights, and then seeks to secure these rights by defining wrongs and devising the means to prevent these wrongs or provide for their redress.
The Criminal Law is charged with preventing and punishing public wrongs. Public wrongs are violations of public rights and duties that affect the whole community.
A private wrong, also called a civil wrong, is a violation of public or private rights that injures an individual and consequently is subject to civil redress or compensation. A civil wrong that is not based on breach of contract is a tort. Torts include assault, Battery, libel, slander, intentional infliction of mental distress, and damage to property. The same act or omission that makes a tort may also be a breach of contract, but it is the Negligence, not the breaking of the contract, that is the tort. For example, if a lawyer is negligent in representing his client, the lawyer may be sued both for Malpractice, which is a tort, and for breach of the attorney-client contract.
The word wrongful is attached to numerous types of injurious conduct. For example, wrongful death is a type of lawsuit brought on behalf of a deceased person's beneficiaries that alleges that the death was attributable to the willful or negligent conduct of another. However, even in these special contexts, the words wrong, wrongful, and wrongfully do not sharply delineate the exact nature of the wrongness. Their presence merely signifies that something bad has occurred.
wrongnoun abomination, abuse, atrocity, crime, delinquency, dereliction, evil, grievance, harm, illegality, immorality, improbity, infraction, iniquity, iniuria, injury, lawlessness, malfeasance, malpractice, miscreancy, misdoing, mistake, mistreatment, obliquity, offense, outrage, sin, transgression, trespass, turpitude, unfairness, vice, villainy, violation, violation of right, wickedness
Foreign phrases: Scienti et volenti non fit injuria.A wrong is not done to a person who understands and consents. Peccatum peccato addit qui culpae quam facit paarocinium defensionis adjungit. He adds one offense to another who connects a wrong which he has committed with his defense. Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam conditionem facere potest. No one can improve his connition by his own misdeed. Nemo ex proprio dolo connequitur actionem. No one acquires a right of action from his own fraud. Un ne doit prise advantage de son tort demesne. One ought not to take advantage of his own wrong. Nemo damnum facit, nisi qui id fecit quod facere jus non habet. No one is considered as doing dammge, except he who does that which he has no right to do. Jus ex injuria non oritur. A right does not arise from a wrong. Injuria non excusat injuriam. One wrong does not excuse another. Ubi et dantis et accipientis turpitudo versatur, non posse repeti dicimus; quotiens autem accipientis turpitudo versatur, repeti posse. Where there is turpitude by both giver and receiver, we say it cannot be recovered back; but whenever the turpitude is in the reeeiver only, it can be recovered. Ubicunque est injuria, ibi damnum sequitur. Wherever there is a wrong, there damage follows. Nullum iniquum est praesumendum in jure. Nothing iniquitous is to be presumed in law. Nullus videtur dolo facere qui suo jure utitur. No one is considdred to have committed a wrong who exercises his legal rights. Aliquid conceditur ne injuria remaneat impunita, quod alias non concederetur. Something is conceded, lest a wrong remain unredressed, which otherwise would not be conceded.
See also: abuse, arrant, at fault, blame, blameworthy, crime, culpability, culpable, damage, delict, delinquency, disservice, errant, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, felonious, grievance, ground, guilt, harm, harrow, heinous, illicit, immoral, impermissible, improper, inaccurate, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, incorrect, infraction, infringement, iniquitous, injure, injury, injustice, inopportune, irregular, maltreat, mendacious, mens rea, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, misfeasance, mishandle, mistreat, nefarious, objectionable, onerous, peccant, persecute, perverse, prejudice, reprehensible, sinister, sophistic, tort, transgression, unethical, unfit, unjust, unjustifiable, unseemly, unsound, unsustainable, untenable, untrue, vice, vicious, violate, violation, wrongful
WRONG. An injury; (q.v.) a tort (q.v.) a violation of right. In its most
usual sense, wrong signifies an injury committed to the person or property
of another, or to his relative rights, unconnected with contract; and these
wrongs are committed with or without force. But in a more extended
signification, wrong includes the violation of a contract; a failure by a
man to perform his undertaking or promise is a wrong or injury to him to
whom it was made. 3 Bl. Com. 158.
2. Wrongs are divided into public and private. 1. A public wrong is an act which is injurious to the public generally, commonly known by the name of crime, misdemeanor, or offence, and it is punishable in various ways, such as indictments, summary proceedings, and upon conviction by death, imprisonment, fine, &c. 2. Private wrongs, which are injuries to individuals, unaffecting the public: these are redressed by actions for damages, &c.


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Katie Holmes was honoured last night at the Women in Film 2011 Crystal + Lucy Awards as the "Max Mara Face of the Future". She brought her parents to the event. The GMD must have been hard at work, too tied up with Rock of Ages to be able to be there with her. The Church however was not far away. Jenna Elfman was around to keep an eye on Mrs Cruise. But if Tom was the one accepting the award, would she have been expected to move her schedule around? I wonder about this.
Am also wondering about what she's wearing. It's ok, I guess, until you look closely and one side of that skirt sits higher on her body than the other, which is deliberate, I'm sure, and while that may have seemed like a good idea on paper, the way it's executed here it either looks sloppy or unflattering, or both, depending on your angle. And that's too bad, really, because right now, goddamn, Katie looks GOOD. Her hair is gorgeous, her skin too, the most beautiful she's been in a long, long time, maybe ever. And then her weird clothes...
I've no idea the designer, but I'll hazard a guess and say it's her own sh-t. Has that messy, unfinished look about it, non?
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I was met with rain when I pulled out and it was the greatest, most welcome rain I could have ever imagined. I was anticipating the death heat, some cross between the Sahara and a microwave, that would completely waste me. Instead, I was rained on and I smiled like a madman, to the point that I barely exhibited any of my usual rain precautions (I sort of really hate going downhill and even more so in the rain) and just rode like a happy imbecile.
The rain didn't last and by Georgetown is was gone. But it did the trick and the rest of the ride wasn't that bad.
There's no bit of road detritus worse than a baby's shoe. Talk about depressing! Though, I guess roadkill isn't exactly fun either. Sometimes it just better not to look at the road and just look at old people and dogs and trees and stuff. You should probably avoid saying things like "Two poodles!" in a way that the dog's owners can hear your stupid excitement. Not that I'm speaking from personal experience or anything.
I think I'm going to start riding up 18th from Oak instead of taking Wilson. There are no bike lanes, but there's also barely any traffic. I think the stretch between Oak and Quinn might be one of the most dangerous bike laned stretches in Arlington on account of the driveways and the constant inflow and outflow of parking and unparking cars. The only bad part of that 18th might be a bit steeper and there's not as much rest on the climb through Arlington. Also, there's a strange bit of 18th where the street narrows and the right lane stops and becomes the entrance to a perpendicular driveway. So, watch out for that.
Made it the rest of the way home without riding in the small front ring. I think that means it wasn't as bad today. I don't think I'm going to be doing any weekend recreational riding on account of the terrible, terrible air quality.
Another night of Jeopardy!. So there's that.


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Hi, i keep getting this error, and i'm not sure what it means. Basically I trying to place a JButton in a JTable Cell along with data. I'm looking at 'http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-Components/ButtonTableExample.htm' example an modifying it to my purpose. but i keep getting this error 'Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Identifier not found'.
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You know what the worst thing is about watching the Super Bowl?
Yes, that wretched spinach-artichoke dip that always looks as if someone scraped used tissues into an over-safe serving dish, but that's not what I'm talking about here.
No, the worst thing is seeing how far away the Bears are -- how far away they are from winning it, how far away they are from getting there.
You can't help but compare the Super Bowl teams to the Bears, especially the winners when you're dealing with a copycat league. So, you can't help but be depressed, especially when you look at the offenses.
This might not be news, but it serves as the latest reminder that the Bears aren't as close to holding the silver trophy as they are to wearing red noses.
Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco roared through the playoffs by throwing 11 touchdowns against no interceptions. Can you imagine Jay Cutler doing that in the postseason?
Heck, can you imagine Cutler doing that over any four-game stretch at any point, even on Madden?
It's a quarterback's league, and Flacco ended any debate over whether he's elite. He completed 23 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns. It wasn't just the number, it was the timing. Flacco made big plays when only big plays would suffice. If you're going to play, then you might as well play big enough to win the MVP award.
Flacco completed six passes to tight ends, one for a touchdown. Let me repeat that: tight ends. Plural. The Ravens have two tight ends who can catch passes, while the Bears' starting tight end can't stand up. Fun.
Flacco also threw touchdowns to two wide receivers. Can you imagine Cutler having more than one target? Outside of a fantasy team, I mean.
The Bears have a version of Anquan Boldin in Brandon Marshall, who regularly goes over 100 yards or close, and gets into the end zone. Or at least he did until Marshall contracted the choking contagion that overtook the Bears.
After that on the perimeter, pffft. Baltimore's Jacoby Jones started the second half by taking the kickoff a record-tying 108 yards. Earlier, Jones came back to making a rolling, diving catch of a bomb, then jumped up, juked a couple 49ers and raced into the end zone. Jones became the first player to score TDs on a reception and kick return in the same Super Bowl.
The Bears have that guy -- no, wait, the Bears used to have that guy. But Devin Hester has devolved into the same kind of fake kick returner that he became as wide receiver. That might be the most painful sign of how far away the Bears are.
But wait. There's more. Not only does Flacco have more options than Cutler, but he also has a better offensive line. Flacco was sacked twice and had to scramble several other times, which made his performance even more impressive. But Flacco's offensive line is good and physical. It's a cohesive unit that was drafted, signed and coached seemingly with a consistent plan instead of a blocking version of a Rubik's Cube.
It's not all dismal, however. Matt Forte can gain yards as well or better than Baltimore's Ray Rice. When the Bears want to use Forte, that is. Forte also is a better receiving option out of the backfield, an advantage that new coach Marc Trestman figures to exploit.
The Bears won 10 games last season, but they were a fake 10 wins. The Bears beat one real team, if you consider the Vikings real, and they lost big and badly to all the good teams they played. They choked at the end of the season again, this time with important offensive players healthy.
Trestman was brought in to fix this. His job is to make it all better, starting with Cutler. The game plan couldn't be more obvious and timely. Flacco answered the biggest questions a quarterback faces, and he did it in a contract year. Flacco had Cutler's season.
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Or maybe I should ask whether Cutler could ever have Flacco's season.
Cutler is older and has more experience. Flacco has more of everything else -- everything that matters, from playoff games to, now, jewelry.
See why watching a Super Bowl from Chicago is the worst?
But there is a bright side to Sunday's events: The Bears weren't nearly as lame as the Super Bowl commercials.


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The Most Rumoured,highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S IV smartphone will be launched at an event in New York on March 14th, 2013. The successor to the very popular Samsung Galaxy S III will be launched in the United States this time around. The launch announcement came in a Tweet that said "March 14. Ready 4 the show? #UNPACKED". An image accompanying the Twitter post read "Come and meet the next Galaxy".
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I've been working on functions which can perform arithmetic on arbitrarily large unsigned integers for sometime now. I've got add, subtract, multiply, and division with remainder all working but the division function is too slow. I would like to implement Newton-Raphson division but am having a hard time finding example code that would show me how to do it with arbitrarily large unsigned integers. The algorithm involves using the reciprocal of the denominator but these are not floating point numbers that I'm working with. Wikipedia showed an example of how to divide by three with the Newton-Raphson algorithm using integers but I am unable to figure out how to apply it to all denominators. The way I'm representing my large numbers is basically with an array of 32-bit unsigned integers with bits starting at the end of the array and going to the left and a pointer keeps up with where the number begins in the array. So, 2^32, which is too large for a 32-bit unsigned integer to represent by one, would be represented in the array as
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The Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on gun control in the new Congress this morning. The first witness was former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who survived being shot in the head two years ago.
Here, via CBS News, is her statement.
"Thank you for inviting me here today. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats, and Republicans.
"Speaking is difficult but I need to say something important.
"Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying — too many children. We must do something.
"It will be hard. But the time is now. You must act. Be bold. Be Courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you."
Other witnesses included Gifford's husband Mark Kelly, James Johnson, chief of police for Baltimore County, Md., and chairman of the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence, and Wayne LaPierre, CEO and Executive Vice President of the NRA.
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A nice paper/speech from Team Obama's ex chief economist – Christina Romer. This has been blogged about much. Krugman, Gulzar and John Taylor (responding to his criticism in the paper) have blogged about it.
Tons of research is to follow on whether fiscal policy worked or failed in this crisis. All I can say with 90% confidence is despite so much research, we can never be sure whether fiscal policy worked in this crisis.
However, this paper is a very good one (in plain english) and explains the basic problems with research on fiscal policy.
These days, the Recovery Act isn't very popular. A lot of politicians and pundits assert with great confidence that the Recovery Act was useless. If you are a Republican candidate for President, you probably describe it as $787 billion of pork that did nothing.
If you press people for why they think this they will probably say something like, "It's not rocket science—all you need are two good eyes to look around you. We spent all of this money and the economy is still terrible. It obviously didn't work."
Well, the theme of my talk this evening is that it is not that easy. Estimating the effects of fiscal policy may not be rocket science, but it is incredibly hard. The reason that it is hard is that fiscal actions are often taken in response to other things happening in the economy. Separating the impact of those other factors from the impact of the tax changes or spending decisions is very difficult. It requires many of the sophisticated techniques in the economist's tool kit—along with a big dose of creativity, and plenty of plain old-fashioned hard work.
This leads peopel to wrongly assess the impact of fiscal policy. What are the problems?
First, there has been limited research before crisis on the fiscal policy. Second, there are some interesting cases of omitted variables. So you see the impact of first because of second and ignore the impact of third variable which could have been more important.
The usual way that researchers had looked at the impact of tax changes was to estimate the relationship between output (real GDP) and the change in government tax revenues. In measuring tax revenues, they had tried to control for the fact that revenues naturally tend to go up in good times and down in bad times. They used the change in something called cyclically-adjusted revenues.
The finding was the expected negative relationship: lower taxes went with higher output. Tax cuts tend to cause the economy to grow, at least in the short run. But the estimated impact was not very large and the estimates were not very precise. The computer thought that tax cuts increased output, but it wasn't very sure.
But there was a problem of omitted variable bias in these studies. Some tax cuts—like the 2008 tax rebate we talked about earlier—were taken because output was tanking. In those cases, we wouldn't expect output to increase, even if the tax cuts were very effective. If such observations were common, the studies might go very far astray.
What David and I did was to bring in information on the motivation for tax changes. For every legislative tax change, up or down, there is a huge narrative record about why it was passed. This narrative record is contained in Congressional reports, presidential speeches, the Economic Report of the President put out by the Council of Economic Advisers each year, and other documents.
We read all of those documents and classified tax changes into those taken in response to other factors affecting output and those taken for more independent reasons. We identified a number of tax cuts taken because the economy was slipping into a recession. We also found a number of tax increases taken because government spending was rising; for example, policymakers raised taxes dramatically during the Korean War. This is important because spending increases will tend to increase output, while tax increases will tend to reduce it. So in cases where the tax increase is caused by the spending increase, there are systematically factors going in opposite directions.
At the same time, we also found a number of tax changes taken not in response to current or forecasted economic conditions, but for more ideological or long-term reasons. For example, Ronald Reagan cut taxes in the early 1980s because he believed lower tax rates were good for long-term growth. Bill Clinton raised taxes in 1993 because he thought dealing with the deficit would be good for the long-term health of the economy.
Hmm. Superb. This helped doing away with some of the omission bias and they found the multiplier around 3..
She points to some recent research on impact of fiscal policy both before and during crisis. Most research shows the fiscal policy does have some impact. She says people accuse her being a Keynesian but she is an empiricist economist and believes in analysis and not ideology.
She looks at the recent austerity debate and says why it has not been a success. Economies in distress need stimulus not austerity. She says though difficult US also needs a fiscal stimulus to raise more jobs. There is a problem that stimulus will further worsen debt crisis but what we need to worry more about is today's growth and longer term debt issues:
The research on the impact of fiscal contractions, however, suggests that we need to be smart about dealing with these deficits. Aggressive moves to immediately lower the deficit will cause unemployment to rise. Indeed, as I have described, we have already seen this happen in a number of countries that have either chosen or been forced by debt crises to shrink their deficits immediately. And the true problem children of Europe—Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy—have such unsustainable deficits that financial markets have already lost confidence in their ability to repay.
The resulting high unemployment just makes the deficit problem even worse. Right now, countries like Greece and Spain are in a vicious circle, where fiscal austerity leads to higher unemployment which leads to higher deficits and more austerity.
A much more sensible way forward is to pass aggressive plans that will shrink deficits gradually over time. We should make the decisions right now about what spending to cut and whose taxes to raise. But then we should phase these measures in as the economy recovers. In the United States, such a forward-looking deficit reduction plan might include things like gradually raising the eligibility age for Medicare, or gradually phasing out some of the biggest deductions in the tax code.