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I like this episode better than the 1st. Really can't wait for the tank battle in the next episode due to how intense it was overall >:3
Sounds terrible, I doubt I will watch it. How much acid must have been consumed in the creation of this I wonder.
I'm A Leaf On The Wind, Watch How I Soar
Gave it a try. I personally find Flight Witches and Upotte unwatchable, but this is actually bearable, even enjoyable. A lot of the enjoyment actually comes from the music and the sounds the series makes. I love hearing the bugle filled World War 2 marching tunes and the sound of the clatter of tank tracks.
I couldnt watch Upotte or Strike Witches either, this one though is far more entertaining, probably because the fanservice is toned down, and when it is present it feels rather organic. Not there just because they needed fanservice. The third episode was pretty fun to watch, the one problem I had with it was
It was a good episode though, you can tell the difference in experience with how calmed and focused Miho was throughout the entire thing.
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How during the battle exercise, they were stuck on a suspension bridge and no one thought about taking out the bridge, even firing from the bridge would not have been a good idea. They were in the most dangerous and exposed position ever and still managed to win. That seemed rather silly.
Episode three... Well, it was fun and watchable. Silly but fun.
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Tank A took a hit in side armor but kept working. They shot three other tanks in front armor from a bridge but took them all out... The line "Ita mita uta" "I came I saw I shot" was very funny though. Then the bath scene with no fanservice, wow... Waking up Mako and the neighborhood with a bugle and then a blank round from the Mk IV was very funny. Pink, red and gold tanks, umm... They alluded to people living on land. Seeing the tanks lined up with cars to get off was funny. Ankou dance, you can't get married after, that won't happen obviously, captain Miho and the girls are going to win next week's tank match I'm sure.
Episode 4 is terrific! Still overflowing with "inacuracies" but... who cares! It's cute!
I dropped Upotte because the girls were so... dull! Boring even. Too many stereotypes and not enough else to make it enjoyable.
Strike Witches, otoh, the girls are adorable! They are all individuals (with some stereotyping, it's impossible to avoid entirely) and watching them interact, deal with life and fight in those rediculous gizmos is... fun!
With G&P I think there's a wondeful blending of characters, situation and flat-out funny!
And cuteness, have I mentioned how uber-cute it is? In that good way, of course.
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@hpully: nope! Lolz! Watching our girls dance was terrific! Of course they can't win their very first match, that would be crazy! You gotta lose and learn to make it interesting.
I like cats, and catgirls, quite a lot!
This is saki but with tanks.
This is definitely one of my favorite anime of the season.
A thrilling sports drama...with girls....and tanks. BRILLIANT!!!
Living life in the Far Far West
I actually enjoy the series so far.
I tried explaining the shows concept to a friend. In the end I just said: "think Strike Witches, without all the panty shots."
Hard at work on my Manga - I will be your little sister!
Seems like another generic moe anime with girls wearing extremly short skirts. Dropped it after the first episode. Not like there's anything wrong with moe but it doesn't seem interesting enough. The whole tank idea turns me away a bit.
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Seems like another generic moe anime with girls wearing extremly short skirts. Dropped it after the first episode. Not like there's anything wrong with moe but it doesn't seem interesting enough. The whole tank idea turns me away a bit.
It's called Girls Und Panzer so the tanks shouldn't be surprising.
It is fairly generic but I like it. Hard even to say why but it is fun and I'm actually disappointed in the production delay on episode six but the extra 5.5 could be interesting...
great plot and well made anime
You know, I'm surprised that this is a far more serious show that I expected it to be.
The Sherman battle was exciting and entertaining. Whatever the production problem was, ep 6 didn't disappoint. And now we know why Oorai restarted their Tank program:
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The school is closing.
Quite happy I am watching this series great tank battles friendships ans some intrigue withe schools future and the sister dispute.Great animation quality too.
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Hello, my name is Brendan McCollam. I'm an American who's traveling around the world visiting hacker spaces in Europe and South America. I am not a hacker myself, just a general-purpose geek.
I went to school in LA at Pomona College where I studied neuroscience. Afterwards, I received a Thomas J. Watson (yes, that T.J. Watson) Fellowship to travel, visit hackerspaces and meet the hackers who inhabit them.
The Watson Fellowship was established by Thomas Watson's children in honor of their father. Thomas Watson Jr., in particular, had spent a great deal of time as a young man traveling and felt that it was a very important experience in his personal development. After building IBM into the computer-inventing, holocaust-enabling Linux-supporting behemoth we all know and love, he was basically like, "I have more money than god, what should I do with it? I can either swim in it Scrooge McDuck-style, or I can be awesome and fund cool things."
He settled on the latter, and the Watson Fellowship was born. The Watson Fellowship is not an academic program, and I'm receiving no degree or academic credit for my travels. Rather, it's an opportunity for lucky individuals to learn more about the world, themselves and some subject they're deeply, personally interested in. I chose to study hackers because I've always been a computer geek and hackers are the coolest computer geeks there are.
When I tell people I'm traveling to hang out with hackers, I typically get one of two reactions. Either, "That's awesome!" or "Be careful they don't steal your credit card number!" Which reaction they have usually reveals quite a bit about that person's attitude toward computers and technology. Sadly, hackers have been so pilloried in the mainstream media that I even had one person ask me if I was conducting jailhouse interviews (I haven't done any yet).
I'm almost six months into my travels now, and I've been all over Europe to many different hackerspaces and conferences. I've been invited to come on here as a guest blogger and share some of my experiences. Going forward, I'm going to be posting photographs and interviews from some of the hacker spaces I visit. If you're interested to see where I've already been and some of the other things I've seen on my trip, I've been keeping a personal/travel blog since I started last August.
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I'm sure this informational void has left you feeling out of the loop, guilty, empty. This is why, as a public service, I spent the past week combing the celebrity news websites in an effort to bring you up to date.
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Mark Norman Levine, M.D., Ontario Cancer Foundation, Hamilton University and professor of medicine, McMaster University, National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (Kingston, Ontario, Canada), presented a study which examined the relationship between the timing of breast cancer surgery during the menstrual cycle and the risk of breast cancer recurrence.
The results of previous studies relating the timing of breast cancer surgery during the menstrual cycle to breast cancer recurrence have been inconsistent. Some studies have suggested increased recurrence rates if the surgery was performed during the first 14 days following the onset of menses (follicular phase) compared to the second part of the cycle (luteal phase). Although these studies were retrospective and small in size, some women have chosen to have their surgery during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (i.e., 14-30 days following the onset of mensen).
Between December 1989 and July 1993, the National Cnacer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Groupd conducted a trial comparing two different chemotherapy regimens in premenopausal women with node positive breast cancer. In these women, the relationship between timing of surgery and breast cancer recurrence was examined. Of the 107 patients whose primary surgery was during the luteal phase, 31 (29%) developed recurrence compared with 24 of 214 (19%) whose surgery was during the follicular phase. Day 8 of a 28 day cycle was calculated to be the optimal time for surgery.
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Maybe we're still secretly lusting after that awesome Jabba the Hut Barge lego set that was on our holiday wish list year after year. Whatever the motivation, we think Siftables are cool.
David Merrill's talk from the most recent TED conference caught our attention. Merrill, an MIT grad student, says that his passion is "making new human-computer interactions that better map to the way our brains work." We think that rocks. Tactile computing could change our daily lives – and education – in big and small ways.
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MERRIMACK — Police are warning residents about a telephone scam from callers claiming to be representatives of health care alert companies.
The Merrimack Police Department says it has received several complaints recently about the calls.
Callers say that a relative has purchased a medical alert system for the resident and even paid for all the shipping, but the recipient needs to cover a $1 daily monitoring charge. The caller asks for a credit card number to set up a nonexistent account.
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Back in January 2014, I wrote an article for SQLperformance.com describing the cardinality estimation process for queries with multiple predicates, from the point of view of the old and new cardinality estimators. The article describes the various behaviours and formulas involved, along with the usual sprinkling of documented and undocumented trace flags.
I was able to describe the formula SQL Server 2014 uses to calculate a cardinality estimate for multiple predicates connected by AND (conjunctive predicates), which was already relatively well-known. Despite some fairly energetic research, and basic-to-intermediate skills with Excel, I was unable to deduce a similar formula for the disjunctive case, where predicates are connected by OR. The trace flag output I describe in the other article clearly showed that exponential backoff was used in the new 2014 cardinality estimator, but the precise formula eluded me.
I gave up on it until a few weeks ago, when I was invited to contribute to the a technical review of a White Paper Joe Sack was writing with assistance from Microsoft. One of the small contributions I was able to make was to point out that exponential backoff was used for disjunctions as well as conjunctions. The paper has now been released so I can now write about the detail behind the statement that appears there concerning cardinality estimation for disjunctive predicates (thank you Joe for pointing this out to me):
The key bit of new information is the second sentence. As soon as I read it, a vague memory from my patchy education came back to me, as well as a cunning query rewrite Itzik Ben-Gan shows in one of his books. Both relate to a set of rules for transforming Boolean algebra, known as DeMorgan's Laws. Wikipedia has this to say:
This gives us a way to turn a disjunction into a conjunction. It is a short step from there to understand that exponential backoff for disjunctions in the SQL Server 2014 cardinality estimator works by applying DeMorgan's laws. Converting the troublesome OR to an AND (with the appropriate negations) allows us to reuse the AND exponential backoff calculation for OR queries!
Borrowing from the Wikipedia article again, we have DeMorgan's Laws stated as:
The interesting transformation from disjunction to conjunction can be expressed as:
"not (A or B) is the same as (not A) and (not B)"
This does not quite give us a direct translation from OR to AND. We need an extra step of observing:
"(A or B) is the same as not (not (A or B))"
This trivial double-negative means we can now directly substitute the not (A or B) above, to get:
"(A or B) is the same as not ((not A) and (not B))"
This gives us OR expressed in terms of NOT and AND.
The very last bit of theory is to remember that A and B are probabilities between 0 and 1, so:
(not X) = (1 – X)
Now we have all we need to show how the disjunctive exponential backoff calculation works in SQL Server 2014:
COUNT_BIG(*) AS NumRows
FROM Production.TransactionHistory AS TH
TH.TransactionID BETWEEN 100000 AND 168412
OR TH.TransactionDate BETWEEN '20070901' AND '20080313';
There are two predicates in this query, connected by OR.
The selectivity of the predicate on Transaction ID can be derived directly from the statistics histogram:
Transaction ID
This very compact histogram gives us all the information we need to say that the range of 68,413 Transaction ID values can be expected to produce 68,413 rows.
Expressed as a fraction of the 113,443 rows in the table, the selectivity of this predicate is 68413 / 113443 = 0.603061. We will call this value selectivity A.
The second predicate (on TransactionDate) is estimated from the histogram in a similar way (except the histogram has more steps than is convenient to show here). The histogram calculation results in a cardinality estimate for this predicate that is also 68,413 (because I deliberately chose the predicates to qualify exactly the same physical rows). The selectivity is likewise 0.603061. We will call this value selectivity B.
We know from our work with DeMorgan that:
So we can rewrite our (A or B) predicate immediately as not ((not A) and (not B)), enabling us to avoid worrying about the OR.
Note this transform is done purely for cardinality estimation purposes. The optimizer tree is not affected by this work.
Now, given that selectivities A and B are both equal to 0.603061 in this contrived example, our expanded expression becomes:
not ((not 0.603061) and (not 0.603061))
We also know:
Expanding the inner nots means the computation becomes:
not ((1 - 0.603061) and (1 - 0.603061))
We can perform the numeric math inside the parentheses to get:
not (0.396939 and 0.396939)
Now we use exponential backoff to compute the and selectivity:
not (0.396939 * SQRT(0.396939))
And replace the outer not just as we did before:
Now we have just numbers. The final selectivity is 0.749916.
The very final step is to multiply this selectivity by the cardinality of the base table to get our overall estimate:
0.749916 * 113443 = 85073 rounded up
The 2014 execution plan for this query, when using the new cardinality estimator, is:
The cardinality estimate is 85,073 rows, just as we predicted!
Sadly, the actual number of rows returned by this query is 68,413 rows (because both predicates qualify exactly the same rows). Nothing is perfect, and cardinality estimation doubly so.
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So.... do double notted ands get better results than old ors?
Hi RichB,
The pre-2014 formula was (S1 + S2) - (S1 * S2); see the linked article for details).The exponential backoff approach in 2014 might be "better" or "worse" for any particular query, it's hard to generalize.
Thank you ! Fascinating topic and well written !!
Great article. In your SQLPerformance article that you've linked, you've stated the the new CE formula for conjuctive predictes can be expressed as:
Estimate = C * S1 * SQRT(S2) * SQRT(SQRT(S3)) * SQRT(SQRT(SQRT(S4)))
So, from the article above, are you saying that the new CE formula for disjunctive predicates can be expressed as:
Estimate = C * (1 - (S1 * SQRT(S2)))


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Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare does not perform elective abortions now and it could not do them in the future under the terms of its proposed affiliation with St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
The hospital agreed to the no-abortions condition as a stipulation for church approval of the proposed affiliation between the secular Faxton St. Luke's and the Catholic St. Elizabeth, hospital officials explained during a recent discussion with the media. It also agreed never to allow physician-assisted suicides should they become legal in New York.
Despite this abortion provision, Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson officials say they're comfortable with the affiliation.
They have met with officials from Faxton St. Luke's, the state attorney general's office and a few groups interested in reproductive rights, said spokeswoman Linda Scharf. They've also read the affiliation documents and the certificate-of-need application the hospitals submitted to the state, she said.
"We are confident that the Faxton St. Luke's board will continue to protect the full reproductive rights of women in the community," Scharf said, emphasizing the word "full."
If the affiliation goes through, Faxton St. Luke's would still be allowed to perform abortions if the health or the life of the mother were at risk, said President/CEO Scott Perra. Such cases would be reviewed by the hospital's ethics committee, he said.
It would not, however, perform abortions for women with health conditions that prevent abortions at Planned Parenthood if the pregnancy does not endanger the mother, he said.
The hospital also could continue to provide emergency medical services for patients undergoing abortions at Planned Parenthood's Utica clinic, he said.
If Planned Parenthood were to stop providing abortions someday, Faxton St. Luke's has the option of withdrawing from the affiliation to perform abortions, Perra said.
Under the affiliation, Faxton St. Luke's would also continue to offer all the reproductive health services it currently offers, including procedures such as tubal ligations that are not allowed under rules for Catholic hospitals, officials promised.
When the two hospitals began exploring the possibility of a merger or affiliation, women's health groups raised concerns that the affiliation might limit the reproductive health services available in Utica. But the two hospitals have jumped through legal, bureaucratic and ethical hoops to create an affiliation agreement that would allow St. Elizabeth to remain Catholic while allowing Faxton St. Luke's to remain secular and able to perform procedures not allowed by the Catholic church.
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The ear canal is lined with hair follicles and glands that produce a waxy oil called cerumen. The wax will most often make its way to the opening of the ear. There it will fall out or be removed by washing.
Wax can build up and block the ear canal. Wax blockage is one of the most common causes of hearing loss.
Ear impaction; Cerumen impaction; Ear blockage
Ear wax protects the ear by:
In some people, the glands produce more wax than can be easily removed from the ear. This extra wax may harden in the ear canal and block the ear. When you try to clean the ear, you may instead push wax deeper and block the ear canal.
Most cases of ear wax blockage can be treated at home. The following remedies can be used to soften wax in the ear:
Another method is to wash out the wax.
To avoid damaging your ear or causing an infection:
After the wax is removed, dry the ear thoroughly. You may use a few drops of alcohol in the ear or a hair dryer set on low to help dry the ear.
You may clean the outer ear canal by using a cloth or paper tissue wrapped around your finger. Mineral oil can be used to moisturize the ear and prevent the wax from drying.
If you cannot remove the wax plug or you have discomfort, consult a health care provider, who may remove the wax by:
The ear may become blocked with wax again in the future. Hearing loss is often temporary. In most cases, hearing returns completely after the blockage is removed.
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Armstrong C. Diagnosis and management cerumen impaction. Am Fam Physician. 2009;80:1011-1013.
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O'Handley JG, Tobin EJ, Shah AR. Otorhinolaryngology. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 19.
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Moussa Dembele has insisted he is not looking to leave Fulham despite reported interest from some of England's top clubs.
Belgium international Dembele, 24, has only a year remaining on his current deal and had said in November last year that he was looking to "step higher" after proving himself at Craven Cottage.
Belgian newspaper De Morgen recently claimed the player's agents were holding discussions with Chelsea, while Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have all been linked, but Dembele says he is enjoying life under Martin Jol.
"I'm very happy to stay at Fulham, especially because of the boss," Dembele told the Fulham Chronicle. "I think it's very important to have the backing of the manager and he's a coach who gives me a lot of confidence - that's why I feel I owe it to the gaffer as well.
"I think every player needs that and I'm no different. I go to training every day and work with joy. It's a fantastic club and I'm not in a hurry to move anywhere."
Jol converted Dembele from attack to midfield last season and the player is thrilled with his new role.
"I'm very happy with the change this year in the position I play because I'm a player who likes to have the ball as much as possible - and that is down to the manager as well," he said. "I think I can hold the ball very well, and it's an advantage to the team if I have a lot of the ball, so I like that position a lot.
"I'm also very happy with the way the season went. The club is doing very well and we have a very strong team with good players.
"Next year, everybody wants to do even better. I'm not sure what will be our target next season, because in a way it's the club and manager who decide. I don't know if it is realistic to try for fourth or fifth or sixth, but I think we should look to do even better than this season and last.
"Maybe we will have more energy because we don't play in Europe this season and we can concentrate on the league."
Pajtim Kasami, who signed from Palermo last summer, has also suggested he expects to stay at Fulham despite having made only two appearances in 2012.
"At the beginning of the season it was quite difficult being in a new team, in a new country, and playing in a new league, but I felt like I adapted quickly to English football so the first part of the season went very well for me," he told the club's official website. "The second half of the season didn't go so well. I'm not sad but I'm a little bit disappointed in myself and the only thing I can do is look forward to the next season."


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Just like it has happened so many times before, the deer showed up rather unexpectedly, and, of course, from an area where I didn't expect to see a deer appear. This hunt was a also a little different than the thousands of others I've experienced over the years. Instead of being a man alone with his thoughts on a deer stand, I had an audience.
The location was perfect: a comfortable blind overlooking some beautiful brush-choked west-central Texas ground. Yes, there was a feed station about 120 yards away. When morning light filtered across the landscape, deer appeared. They drifted in and out of the brush, nibbling grain and feeling their oats. Young bucks chased does, and skittish does stepped around as if they were trying to avoid land mines.
The rut was on, and it was a scene to behold. Then it happened.
Glancing to my right, a direction we did not expect to see a deer appear because it was close to the cattle road that we drove in on, I instantly saw a tine protruding from the middle of a dead cedar. Those was no mistaking it; it was at least a foot long, and it was pointing straight toward the sky.
"Big buck!" I gasped as videographer Jay Ellioff instantly whirled and started taping the deer. The buck was only 75 yards away, and he wasted no time in surveying the scene. With a single flick of his tail, the buck deemed the coast was clear, and he made his way toward a small group of does near the feed station.
My heartbeat instantly went into overdrive, and my breathing became labored. Sure signs of buck fever, I know, but it was kind of hard to prevent it.
We watched the deer for a long time as he poked around the feed station. I've had similar encounters on big deer while bowhunting food plots over the years. Waiting, waiting, waiting for that perfect shot opportunity. I wouldn't have to wait for long today, however, because this 7 mm Mag was way more than enough gun for this whitetail. In that regard, gun-hunting is a bit anti-climactic. But I will never complain about making quick, clean kills.
"Dan … Dan!" Jay whispered as the buck stood stationary about 130 yards out. "You need to calm down; I can hear your heart pounding in my headset."
Putting my binoculars down for a moment, I took several deep breaths and exhaled slowly. "Don't look at the antlers," I told myself. "Just make the shot."
Finally, the buck moved into a wide-open spot. I instantly melted into the gun's stock and placed the scope's cross-hairs dead center on his shoulder blade.
POW! At the shot, the buck folded instantly.
The hunt was over, but the celebration had just begun.
— This concludes this series on Dan's Texas hunt. Check back tomorrow, however, for a fun slide show of all the sights and scenes from the Vatoville experience.
Part 4: If This is a Cull Buck, I'm Davy Crockett
Part 3: Big Buck Down on the Texas Ground
Part 2: Scorched Earth and Rutting Bucks
Part 1: The 5 Dirtiest Words You Can Hear at Deer Camp
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Some of Egypt's Christians are concerned about Islamists in power, but there is greater freedom of speech than before the revolution, said the pope's ambassador to the Middle Eastern country. "I think there is a greater freedom now, though they accuse the present regime of also clamping down on people, on trying to control the press...so they say that the president is becoming a pharaoh," said the Vatican nuncio, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, describing the mood of Egypt's Christians.
"Christians are feeling uncomfortable, and certainly the Salafi group," an ultraconservative sect of Islam, "is showing...disrespect for Christians," he said during a visit to Washington in mid-October. "There are complaints, and I would say they are genuine complaints." The archbishop said that often what begins as a conflict over property or family affairs turns religious and "ends up with people having their houses burned or their shops destroyed or their place of worship also attacked.
"It's easy to arouse a group of Muslims against the Christians, and there can be also a reaction on the Christian side," he said, adding, "The thing is that people are rather hot-tempered and they don't reason very much before they react." When there is a problem, he said, Christians feel "that the security forces don't come in time, they always come late, and very often they hold reconciliation sessions, and the Christians are always the losers."
After President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt was ousted in February 2011, an Egyptian military council assumed broad powers. Sixteen months later, Mohammed Morsi of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood was elected Egypt's new president. Morsi has finished his first 100 days in office, and critics say he has not kept most of his promises about what he would achieve in that time. Morsi has pledged that he would promote equal rights for Egypt's Christians and women. "Our Christian brothers, let's be clear, are national partners and have full rights like Muslims," Morsi said in May before his election. Egypt's Christians, mostly Copts, account for about 10 percent of the country's 82 million people.
Egyptians also are awaiting a court ruling on whether the assembly drafting the country's new constitution is legal. Members of Parliament chose members of the assembly, and some Egyptians argue that the assembly does not reflect all sectors of society. The court has said it will issue its ruling on Oct. 23.
Archbishop Fitzgerald said these were signs of emerging democracy: "Certainly people are ready to criticize the president and to say, 'Look, you promised many things, and you're not fulfilling your promises.'" He said he is trying to encourage Christians to participate in the new democracy, although some express fear for what the future holds for their children.
"My own message to them has been: Look, there is a new spirit of democracy, and you have to build on that," he said. "Though the Islamists are in power now, this doesn't mean to say that they will always be in power. This depends on you."


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The best stocks of the past 10 years all started small. That's documented fact, and it's something any investor putting together a portfolio should know.
But as many readers have pointed out, that fact is also backward-looking. These curious Fools want to know what the best stocks of the next 10 years will look like.
I'm no soothsayer, but I'll give it a college try ...
Far be it for me to shun the lessons of history, so I'll go out on a limb and predict that the best stocks of the next 10 years will start small -- as in a market cap of a few hundred million or less. Of course, if we take the world's major exchanges as our oyster, that means we're looking at more than 11,000 prospects. Not a big help, I know.
Of course, any tiny company that aspires to greatness will need significant tailwinds. A recent business trip gave me quite a few insights into a true hurricane-force gale.
We're live from the center of the storm, Bob
Small companies with big opportunities can be difficult to come by in the United States. That's because our economy is mature, and many industries are dominated by a handful of slow-growing, large-cap players. For instance, McDonald's
Where large-cap industries are dominated by small-cap companies
That's not so much the case in a little country called China. Maybe you've heard of it. For a long time, the Chinese economy was controlled by the state. And though it's becoming more liberal, many sectors remain closed to foreign firms. This creates an enormous opportunity for small Chinese companies to take hold in newly private niches. And while the China story has been going on for years, it's still young. As Roth Capital's Gordon McBean told us during our visit to the firm's office in Shanghai, "It's not the seventh inning. It still feels early."
But investing in Chinese small caps isn't a risk-free proposition.
Will you pay to play?
Chinese stocks tend to be expensive. Excluding those with negative earnings, the average U.S.-listed China stock has a P/E of 30 and a P/B of 4. That's almost outrageous!
Maybe China's stocks deserve those multiples. As Roth Capital noted in its February report on the Chinese economy, China has the world's best economic growth record. More importantly, that growth is expected to continue as urban migration and the development of western China roll onward.
Not much of a riddle
What do you get when you combine the world's fastest-growing economy, entrepreneurial small companies, and a political environment that effectively incubates these companies? A recipe for remarkable returns.
But don't go throwing money in blindly. That's how you'll get wiped out when growth slows and competition builds.
Instead, focus on finding the best-run small Chinese companies that are also operating within the widest niche market opportunities. Roth Capital's McBean has some tips:
- Steer clear of companies with government-run ownership structures. They won't be entrepreneurial enough.
- Don't invest in companies that compete against government-run companies. It won't be a level playing field.
- Keep tabs on the five-year plans the government releases. The Chinese government is efficient when it comes to achieving these goals. Find the companies that will help the government make its plans happen.
- Look for companies that will benefit from increasing consumer affluence. The Chinese are getting richer, and they're looking to spend on luxuries such as travel, designer clothes, and nice homes.
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There's nothing like a clear night when the stars fill the sky and you wonder what's out there. Currently we are if you've been keeping up with the news. There's an International Space Station, which is fascinating when you get a minute to take a look.
Of course you can delve deeper into space with a telescope. It's a bit of technology where you can get away from clicking and punching all the devices around you.
Nothing puts you further into space than a telescope. Have you ever wondered how to shop for one? Well, you can start here with a list of a couple highly rated telescopes great for stargazing:
1. Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 (267 x 114mm) costs just under $200. (pictured)
2. Celestron NexStar 130SLT (31145) (306 x 130mm) costs about $400.
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Currently I am trying to understand how to express directions in Latin. I have already created quite a list of these, but one thing is causing me problems: how to deal with directions like NE, SE, SW, and NW.
Now, the Nuntii Latini has adjectives like these:
- septentrionalis-orientalis
- orientalis-meridionalis
- meridionalis-occidentalis
- septentrionalis-occidentalis
It is nice to have adjectives, but I am interested in expressing things like:
- to the northeast, in the northeast: with verbs of rest (e.g. is, lie, etc.).
- to(wards) the northeast, (or simply) northeast: with verbs of movement (e.g. go northeast).
- from the northeast: with verbs of movement.
How do you do that? I know, there is the classical
spectant [sc. Belgae] in septentrionem et orientem solem.
But, that sounds rather heavy-handed, and how can such a construct be adapted for use with verbs of movement (2nd of the above examples) or for indicating origin. I am able to come up only with really cumbersome sentences like:
- Marcus contendit ad regionem, quae spectat in septentrionem et orientem solem.
- Marcus venit e (or ab?) regione, quae spectat in septentrionem et orientem solem.
Isn't there anything a little shorter? Imagine a sentence like this: To the northwest of country xxx lies abc, to the southwest is def, to the southeast ghi, and to the northeast jkl. Using the above constructions would be, hmm, unwieldy, and outright ugly.
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Careers in zoology span a tremendous range of biological subdisciplines, from systematics and taxonomy to physiology and biochemistry to ecology and behavior—all connected by the subject of study: animals.
The questions you will explore and the services you will learn to render are limited only by your imagination, given the incredible diversity of past and present animal life from microscopic invertebrates to 100-ton whales.
With a zoology degree, you could work in teaching institutions, industry (food, health, pharmaceutical, agriculture, and biotech), government agencies (environmental protection, food and drug, fish and wildlife, land management agencies, park services, water quality, and agriculture), as well as zoos and nongovernmental conservation organizations.
Many zoologists choose to earn a graduate degree before pursuing a career conducting basic or applied research involving animals, teaching at the high school or college level, or serving as educators in informal settings such as museums, zoos, and aquariums.


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WELCOME | A greenhouse off of Arnold Road in the Welcome community is being called a total loss after it caught fire Wednesday afternoon.
WELCOME | A greenhouse off of Arnold Road in the Welcome community is being called a total loss after it caught fire Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters with the Welcome Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a working greenhouse fire at 3303 Arnold Road at 1:24 p.m.
Bradley Crafford, a lieutenant with the WVFD, said the greenhouse, which spans 100 feet, was fully involved with flames upon arrival of firefighters. He said about 50 feet of the structure burned before firefighters could contain it. The fire, Crafford said, was contained in about 20 minutes.
"Once we got the line pulled, we had the majority of it knocked down," said Randy Rackley, a lieutenant with the WVFD.
The fire did not impact any other structures as the greenhouse is 100 feet behind a residence. The cause of the fire was unknown Wednesday afternoon as Danny Ward, Davidson County deputy fire marshal, was on the scene investigating.
Reggie Lookabill, the chief of the Davidson County Rescue Squad and also an operations supervisor with Davidson County Emergency Medical Services, and his wife, Patty Lookabill, were at the scene of the fire Wednesday afternoon. The land in which the greenhouse is located has been in Patty Lookabill's family for decades.
Reggie Lookabill said there was no power running to the greenhouse. He said there was gas running to it but it has been off. Reggie Lookabill said the greenhouse has not been in use for 18 months and two years.
The Lookabills were at church Wednesday setting up for a nativity play when they learned the greenhouse was on fire.
"It's a really big greenhouse," Reggie Lookabill said. "To heat it and to power it, it really was expensive. The family chose to cut the power off because it was so expensive."
Reggie Lookabill said the fire started in the middle of the greenhouse, which was a shock to him. He also didn't know the cause of the fire Wednesday afternoon.
No injuries were reported.
The A–RC-H and West Lexington volunteer fire departments assisted Welcome firefighters with the greenhouse fire.
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(DETROIT, MI) – It appears Carlo Colaiacovo will have a new home this season.
Andy Strickland of the The Fan 590-AM in St. Louis reported Wednesday night that the 29-year-old defenseman has agreed to a two-year contract with the Red Wings. The deal, according to Strickland, is worth $5 million.
Colaiacovo, who became an unrestricted free agent July 1, appeared in 259 games for the St. Louis Blues over the past four seasons after arriving via trade from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
A former first-round pick (No. 17) in 2001, Colaiacovo was dealt by Toronto to St. Louis, along with Alexander Steen, on Nov. 24, 2008, in exchange for Lee Stempniak.
Colaiacovo had two goals and 17 assists in 64 games for the Blues last season.
He has 30 goals and 109 assists in 370 NHL games. He also has three assists in 11 Stanley Cup playoff contests.


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LONDON (AP) — If you punch a punk in Manchester, it could be a hate crime.
Police in the English city announced Wednesday that they will begin recording offenses against members of alternative subcultures in the same way they do attacks based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity.
The Greater Manchester force - the first in Britain to take the step - says "Goths, emos, punks and metallers" and members of other alternative groups often endure abuse.
Members of these groups - often teenagers - are easily identifiable by their distinctive clothing, hairstyles and accessories, from Goths' pale makeup and black garb to punks' spiky hair and piercings.
"People who wish to express their alternative sub-culture identity freely should not have to tolerate hate crime," Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said.
Manchester police said the change would enable officers to give more support to the victims of anti-punk or anti-Goth crime.
But it won't necessarily mean tougher sentences. Although British judicial guidelines call for people convicted of hate crimes to receive tougher sentences, the Manchester decision has not been recognized nationally.
The move was well received in London's Camden area, a youth hub where myriad subcultures mingle.
"Some people discriminate against somebody else because they are wearing a Slayer T-shirt or have long hair," said Jay White, 23, referring to the thrash metal band. "They deserve to be brought to justice."
White, a leather-clad, self-described "metalhead - or a dude that likes good music," said members of subcultures faced discrimination just like religious minorities.
"For a lot of people, metal is their religion," he said.
The police decision follows campaigning by the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, a charity set up in memory of a 20-year-old who was fatally attacked in a park near Manchester in 2007 because of her Goth appearance.
The judge at the trial of the five teenage attackers called the assault on Lancaster and her boyfriend a hate crime.
The foundation is campaigning to get hate crimes laws expanded to include "alternative subcultures or lifestyle and dress" and has gained support from musicians including Gary Numan and Courtney Love.
The victim's mother, Sylvia Lancaster, said the police move was "a validation of the work we have undertaken in the past five years and hopefully other forces will follow (Manchester police's) lead."
There are no immediate plans to change the national hate crimes register, but last year Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone acknowledged that the five recognized categories of hate crime was "an incomplete list."


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Mark Driscoll is a bestselling and highly-regarded author. He is pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, a popular speaker at conferences, and is founder of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network. But is there more to this man than meets the eye? According to a shocking new article in Preaching Illustrated, there may be.
In a bizarre turn of events, Mark Driscoll has become embroiled in a theological doping scandal. Random testing, conducted immediately following the sermon he delivered in his church on Sunday August 20, revealed the presence of unusual and inconsistent teachings. While no official statement has been released, investigators have hinted they suspect Driscoll has been using theobolic steroids. Like the sport of professional cycling, those under investigation are considered guilty until proven innocent. This could prove to be a serious blight on an otherwise surefire hall of fame career.
"This is becoming increasingly common," said David Pullman, lead investigator in the case. "This guy has no seminary degree, no Calvinistic background. He writes books, preaches sermons, runs a church planting network and has a whole brood of children. Somehow he finds time to do all of this and to maintain theology that is consistently biblical and Reformed. It doesn't add up." Theobolic steroids, consumed in small amounts, can increase a pastor's understanding of theology and his theological output, giving him a decisive edge over competitors.
"It's little wonder his church has grown so quickly," said another investigator who spoke under condition of anonymity. "What chance does anyone else have against a guy who is willing to shoot up with theobolic steroids? It is a despicable crime!" Rumors are circulating that discarded syringes containing traces of Reformed theology have been discovered scattered around the pulpit at Mars Hill.
The side effects to theobolic steroids can be serious, ranging from the eventual shrinking of a pastor's discernment to the complete undermining of his faith. George Wright, a former theobolic steroid user, was recently interviewed about his years of steroid abuse. "It seems so harmless, but soon you become addicted. You set a standard while on the steroids you can't hope to match without them. Your sermons are great, your theology is sound and people are convicted." After many years of abuse, Wright found his faith and discernment lessening. Now a decade removed from that abuse, he currently serves as pastor of a PCUSA church and spends his mornings watching preachers on BET and TBN. "Last week I heard Joel Osteen preach a sermon on the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. It was so convicting to me! Joel Osteen is my hero!"
A source close to the investigation hinted that Driscoll will also be investigated for blood doping. This is the process of artificially increasing the amount of theology infused in the bloodstream in an attempt to improve theological performance. Preachers have been known to "donate" a unit of blood following a particularly edifying conference or immediately after reading a good book. This blood is stored and transfused back into the body immediately before a big preaching or speaking engagement. This effectively increases theological output because of the extra theology contained in the blood. Investigators were tipped off to the possibility of blood doping shortly after Driscoll attended a Chris Rock show. "We suspect he mistakenly 'donated' blood immediately after the show and returned it to his body several weeks later, immediately before writing Confessions of a Reformission Rev. That will explain a thing or two!"
At the time this article went to print, there had been no statement from Mark Driscoll or Mars Hill Church. Investigators are expected to report on their findings in the coming weeks.


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hello everybody,
i'm a student from Germany and i've to write my term paper about the strategy and the organization of OLPC. That's why i've got some questions.
OLPC have so many partners and members to create and invent thinks like the user interface, the hardware, the software, the marketing compaigns and so on. For example there is Quanta to produce the laptops.
But what is the staff of OLPC exactly doing. Is OLPC a kind of centre of specialists to combine, controll and to plan the activities and to make the project popular? Is the project of OLPC a kind of new partner-strategy?
I'm not able to find some good and valid information in the internet. Are there any pages with corresponding information?
thank you very much for help
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Textkit has inherited the broader problems in presenting Greek text on web pages. In the past, we used SPIonic, but now we use Unicode.
You will find SPIonic in older posts using Greek, and in a few of the Greek Tutorials, so you may want to install that font if you haven't already had a reason to do so.
Unfortunately, one past upgrade of the Forum software messed up all the Font tags, so you get to see unencoded SPIonic. This should always display completely, but isn't very nice to read. It is quite similar to Betacode.
Sensu stricto Unicode is not a font, but a method of encoding a writing system. It aims to provide a way to accurately represent every writing system in the world. Reasonably modern versions of all the major operating systems (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux and most Unices) will understand and correctly display any Unicode characters if there's a font available which can display the characters requested.
For Windows and Mac users (especially if your OS is pretty current), this presents no problems. Macs come by default with a Unicode font capable if displaying Classical Greek (also known as "polytonic" because of the many accent and breathing marks required). Windows users should see this Textkit post, which will explain both how to get the Microsoft fonts that can display polytonic Greek, as well as how to turn on methods to allow you to enter it.
Mac OSX has the concept of "Keyboard Layouts" which allow you to enter a dizzying array of languages. Versions 10.4 and later come with a built-in layout for polytonic Greek, but it's not very intuitive. Most of Textkit's Mac users use SophoKeys for entering Greek. That package comes with documentation explaining how to use the layout. If you're content to use Apple's, go into the "System Preferences" application, pick "International" and then the "Input Menu" tab. You'll want to check "Show input menu in menu bar", and then click the "Greek - Polytonic" layout. You'll have to log out and back in (or reboot) for this to take effect.
If you cannot produce Unicode Greek in the forum, please please please do not invent a new Latin transcription scheme for posting to the Forum. Often this is as hard to interpret as whatever question you might be asking. Please use Betacode. It's not very pretty, but it's unambiguous and widely used in scholarly circles for email, etc. It's also what SophoKeys uses, as well as this web tool which produces Greek for you: Greek Inputter.
Unicode Fonts
If you don't like your system's default Greek font for Unicode, a list with examples can be found here. Of them, I'd recommend SIL Gentium as choice that is both attractive and free, though some do find it too heavy.


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Can you hear the hair?
On billboards and bus ads across Los Angeles, the curly locks of Gustavo Dudamel often seem to be in motion as the conductor strikes a pose of musical ecstasy.
In "Mozart in the Jungle," Amazon's new comedy series set in the classical music world, "Hear the Hair" is a cringe-worthy promotional campaign behind Rodrigo, the new music director of a fictional New York orchestra.
Like Gustavo, the smoldering Rodrigo, played by actor Gael García Bernal, hails from Latin America, studied violin, shot to international fame as a conductor in his 20s and is now so beloved that he is often referred to by first name...


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not a problem, ping me next week when you want to play
Are we playing today ?
Hi Dustin, my tennis lessons were changed to tuesday evenings, can we play on
thursday, today i need to attend the classes. I am very sorry for the change of plans
this late.
okey then lets play on tuesday
Let me know if you want to hit some balls today or tomorrow(SAT).
Seneca is great. I've played there a few times. I'll see you on Wednesday. Thanks.
Wednesday will work. 8:30?
I can play any night after 8.
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What Is Business Waiting For?
By JOE NOCERA
Published: August 15, 2011
When the German economy turned south after the 2008 financial crisis, the pain was mitigated by a program known as "Kurzarbeit."
"The jobs solution is found in a new trade policy that seeks a balanced trade account and a tax policy that forces corporations to pay taxes on the profits that they hid offshore."
Pat Choate, Washington, VA
The word means short work. Instead of laying off workers, German companies cut back their hours. The government then used money set aside during good times to pay the workers around 60 percent of their lost wages. The labor unions went along because they believed it was better to keep people employed even at reduced pay. This is the German social compact.
As we suffer through our own economic hard times, the German approach is something we can only envy. Here, companies quickly lay off workers, many of whom never find their way back into the full-time labor force. Corporations shy away from investing for the future, even though investment is what will turn the economy around. The government, for its part, invariably starts talking about "job creation," but rarely does anything that makes a difference.
This downturn is no exception. What are the latest unemployment figures? Some 25 million people — more than 16 percent of the work force — are looking for full-time work. Companies are hoarding cash while reporting record profits.
As for the government, President Obama's idea of job creation is extending unemployment insurance, on the one hand, and painting grandiose pictures of far-off "green jobs," on the other. He is bereft of ideas for creating jobs in the here and now. Meanwhile, the Republicans insist — despite mounds of evidence to the contrary — that more tax cuts would create jobs. By now, most Americans have lost hope that our current government will come up with a viable jobs program. It won't.
I am coming more and more to think that with the government essentially paralyzed for the foreseeable future, the only way we're going to get jobs is by turning to actual job creators: business itself. With all their cash, companies shouldn't be waiting for Congress to give them tax incentives to hire people. They should be trying to jump-start the economy — and fend off another recession — by making investments, and hiring workers, that will lead to renewed prosperity.
The only way that's going to happen, however, is if our society implicitly makes the kind of compact that German society makes explicitly: We have to be willing to allow companies to sacrifice short-term profits for the long-term good of the country. As the leadership expert Michael Useem wrote recently on The Washington Post's Web site, business needs to make "people a priority, not just earnings."
What makes that hard for executives is that they've spent the last 30 years having it beaten into them that the only thing that matters is delivering "shareholder value." Over time, this phrase has become code for focusing on short-term profits — and chief executives who have ignored this mantra have often found themselves kicked to the street by impatient investors like Carl Icahn.
But as Useem points out, it hasn't always been this way — and doesn't have to be in the future. "What might seem an id�e fixe of the American way is really a moment's artifice," he writes, "a prescription that served a past era but less well the current one."
Indeed, it turns out that the focus on short-term profits is nowhere enshrined in the law. On the contrary: Delaware law, where many big companies are incorporated, gives directors enormous leeway to ignore short-term gain if they believe that doing so would ultimately benefit the corporation.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Hudson Valley Restaurant Week has released a list of nearly more than 180 restaurants participating in the event this year.
HVRW announced the official list of 183 participating restaurants that will be involved in the 10th annual Hudson Valley Restaurant Week from March 10 to March 23.
The launch event is set for 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 at RiverMarket Bar and Kitchen at 127 West Main St. in Tarrytown.
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week "celebrates the region's outstanding dining scene with a focus on farm-to-table, sustainable seasonal products, and buying local," representatives said.
The two-week event features three-course dinners for $29.95 and lunches for $20.95 at participating restaurants. HVRW is presented by The Valley Table.
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This is one of the most sad and cruel incidents which recently happened in India (New Delhi). A 23-year-old woman who is a physiotherapy intern, along with her male friend boarded a wrong bus at late night. The driver along with gang of 5 a**holes, hit the male friend with an iron rod and made him unconscious.
She was cruelly hit with the rusted iron rod and dragged to the rear of the bus and raped her so brutally that I can't even describe. The brave woman fought for her life so badly, she survived for 13 days under a very bad condition until 29th of December 2012. This was a small youth protest which happened in Hyderabad.
May her soul R.I.P.


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by Sarah Small
A team of four students traveled to New Brunswick, New Jersey on April 9 to compete in the national round of the Johnson & Johnson case competition, where they earned first place and made a name for ILLINOIS in a relatively unchartered company for the College.
"We weren't exactly favored to win, mostly because we did not have the exposure other schools did to Johnson & Johnson," said Angela Jiang, junior in Finance and Accountancy. "ILLINOIS is not a large recruitment school for the company and the amount of exposure we received was a natural reflection of that. Regardless, we still walked into the competition with confidence that we could win."
Participating in the competition were two veterans to the Johnson & Johnson competition: Jiang and Kyle Branyik, senior in Accountancy, and two first-timers in the competition: Alex Florea, senior in Finance, and Anny Ying, junior in Finance and Information Technology.
Branyik said he and Jiang were on the ILLINOIS team that placed second the previous year and they wanted to get another chance to win the competition.
"Naturally, we wanted another chance to compete on the national level and put the University of Illinois on the map with a first place win," Branyik said.
Prior to competing nationally, the team won the regional competition that allowed them to advance.
"Our team was ecstatic that we were able to return for a second year, and jump to first place," Branyik said. "Out of 10 teams, we were the only team outside of the East coast. It was a great opportunity to present our recommendation in front of corporate executives and showcase the strength of our business program at the University of Illinois"
The case required the students to evaluate three strategic options for a large pharmaceutical company; they completed financial and strategic analysis on each option before making their recommendations to a panel of judges. The students prepared their solution at the regional level and presented the exact same case at the national competition.
"The competition tested for a balance of quantitative and qualitative analysis that was able to serve as a pitch, but also as a feasible investment proposal," Jiang said.
ILLINOIS competed against nine other teams from schools such as Rutgers University, the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Florida International University and others.
The students worked as a team on past case competitions, and both Branyik and Jiang attributed their success to the team members' ability to collaborate and work well together.
"Our team's success was a combination of excellent teamwork and diversity," Branyik said. "When dividing the presentation we tailored it to each of our strengths which allowed us to give the best in-depth qualitative analysis with an unbeatable financial analysis and projections to support our recommendation."


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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins rookie Tyler Seguin figures that a buzz cut is better than a pink Mohawk, especially if you're 19 and don't want to be gawked at.
So participating in the fourth annual "Cuts for a Cause" should be pretty easy for the teenage forward, whose hair is just part of the reason the girls at Bruins practices and games fawn over his every move.
"Picture me walking around a high school of 7,000 kids with a pink Mohawk. That's what I did for a week. … I walked around and everyone just looked at us and said 'what?' You see everybody's lips going like, 'what?'" explained Seguin today after practice at Ristuccia Arena.
It seems the last two years, Seguin's Plymouth Whalers squads went with the pink Mohawks to aid breast cancer awareness. Needless to say, there were some embarrassing moments. Now a pro, Seguin has to sacrifice his hair again, but this time around he and 14 of his teammates will be getting their heads shaved to benefit the Bruins Foundation and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center.
"Cuts for a Cause," which is presented by Bruins forward Shawn Thornton and the Toucher & Rich radio show on 98.5 The Sports Hub, will be held April 7 from 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Ned Devine's at 1 Faneuil Hall Market Place in Boston. People can bid to win the chance to be a head-shaver starting Monday March 21 by emailing email@example.com.
The other 13 participants in addition to Thornton and Seguin are scheduled to be Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference, Nathan Horton, Steve Kampfer, Chris Kelly, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Adam McQuaid, Daniel Paille, Rich Peverley, and Dennis Seidenberg.
In the case of McQuaid, it's almost disappointing that one of the most famous manes in the NHL will be history. But, as he does on the ice by jumping in to protect teammates every chance he gets, McQuaid once again wants to show how unselfish he is.
"It's more noticeable on me because of my long hair," said McQuaid, who figures he last wore a buzz cut seven years ago. "A lot of guys have shorter hair, so you don't notice if they're shaved. I don't want to be the guy that people say his hair is more important than anything. I didn't want to be that guy."
Many of the veterans are protective of their hair but are willing to participate in this event to show team unity and benefit the cause. Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci and Milan Lucic have all done it before. Peverley, a newcomer to the Bruins, says he hasn't shaved his head since his senior year of college but he was willing to sign up.
Players that aren't participating will still donate $400 to the Bruins Foundation. When you think about it though, there's no reason for anyone to avoid the event. After all, it's not like they'd have to sport a pink Mohawk.


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Bows were a common weapon in Arda. Though mainly associated with Elves, all peoples, Good and Evil, were known to used them, most notable of them being the Numenoreans, Rohirrim, Orcs and even Hobbits.
Bows varied in shape, size and material. While Elven flawless bows were made from wood, Numenorean and Orcish bows were made of steel, forged in armories.
Bows by Faction
- Elves used longbows (in the case of the Elves of Doriath and Lothlórien) which were ,as their name suggests, longer bows and shot farther and higher then any other types of bows. Elves were the first race to develop and master the use of bows, and later passed their knowledge to Men.
- Númenóreans, as described in Unfinished Tales, used a type of bow called the steelbow, which was hollow and made of steel, as its name implies. As it is made of steel, one can make a parallel to the medieval arbalest. Like the arbalest, the Numenorian steelbow probably required much strength to pull, and thus perhaps a lower rate of fire. It was much feared by their enemies.
Notable bowmen
- Beleg Cúthalion who bore Belthronding
- Bard the Bowman who slew the Dragon Smaug with his Black Arrow
- Legolas, a member of the Fellowship of the Ring
- The Men of Númenor who's hollow steel bows had a fell reputation
It is possible Tolkien's fascination with bows came from Red Indian stories:
- "Red Indians were better: there were bows and arrows (I had and have a wholly unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow)"
- ― On Fairy-stories
- "But he [Tolkien] liked Red Indian stories and longed to shoot with a bow and arrow."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography


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The drug Rituximab causes considerable kidney injury healing in patients with membranous nephropathy, a common form of kidney disease, according to a study appearing in the November 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology ( CJASN ). The results suggest that this condition, previously destined to progress to kidney failure in 30-40 percent of cases, can actually be healed in some patients.
Membranous nephropathy ( also known as membranous glomerulopathy ) is one of the most common immune-mediated kidney diseases, and is thought to be caused by autoimmune reactions against the kidney. The disease, which is characterized by the loss of large amounts of protein in the urine, leads to impaired kidney function that may ultimately require dialysis or renal transplantation.
A variety of immunosuppressive drugs have been tested to inhibit the production of the antibodies that attack the kidneys during the progression of membranous nephropathy, but their effects have been inconsistent. These therapies also can cause significant toxicity and can suppress a patient's immune system, exposing the patient to an increased risk of infections and illnesses.
A new drug called Rituximab selectively depletes B lymphocytes, the cells that produce the damaging autoantibodies of membranous nephropathy. The drug was initially developed as a cancer treatment for patients with B cell lymphoma, but kidney researchers have shown that this drug also is safe and reduces the amount of protein lost in the urine due to membranous nephropathy. These same researchers, led by Piero Ruggenenti, MD, of the Negri Bergamo Laboratories in Bergamo, Italy, have now provided evidence that Rituximab actually reduces the amount of kidney injury in patients with the disease.
In this study, Dr. Ruggenenti and his colleagues treated 50 patients with membranous nephropathy with Rituximab. The investigators found that 10 of the patients eventually achieved a complete remission of their disease, seven of whom provided consent to participate in further evaluations, including additional kidney biopsies. In these patients, deposits of autoantibodies eventually disappeared or were almost entirely reabsorbed and the damage originally noted in certain kidney structures significantly healed.
According to Dr. Ruggenenti, "This represents the first demonstration that kidney injury in membranous nephropathy can regress after selective depletion of B cells. Thus, the present data provide a strong rationale for using Rituximab to treat patients with membranous nephropathy."
The authors concluded that their study suggests that the functional and biological abnormalities of membranous nephropathy can be reverted with a safe and selective drug. "Whether this may apply to other [similar kidney conditions] and may translate into long-term protection from renal function loss and the potentially life-threatening complications remains to be established," they wrote.
Source: American Society of Nephrology, 2008


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D Artem Sergeev, VDO: Did not play
Season totals: 29 GP, 5-18-23, +9, 24 PIM
W Nikita Kucherov, QUE: 3-2-5, +2, 0 PIM, 7 SOG, 0 Hits, *Second Star*
Season totals: 13 GP, 9-13-22, +5, 2 PIM
With R-N: 7 GP, 6-6-12, +6, 0 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM
Nikita Kucherov (pictured – Abitibi Express photo) was moved onto a line with fellow import Sven Andrighetto (undrafted) and center Marcus Power (undrafted) and the three combined for 12 points in the Huskies 6-4 win over the visiting Foreurs. Kucherov's final goal was scored into an empty net. Fellow Lightning prospect Artem Sergeev did not play. It is thought he is preparing for Russia's World Junior camp, but nothing has been confirmed. Kucherov is also on the camp roster and is obviously still playing. And playing well.
Rimouski Oceanic 6 @ Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5 (SO)
C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 0-1-1, +2, 2 PIM, 11 SOG, 5 Hits
Season totals: 29 GP, 13-24-37, +15, 52 PIM
Cedric Paquette extended his point streak to five games with an assist in a shootout loss to Rimouski. He led the Armada with 11 shots, 15 faceoff wins, and five hits on the night. His shootout attempt was saved. The Armada fought back from a 4-0 deficit at the first intermission to eventually tie the game, then tie it again in the last minute, 5-5.
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Brampton Battalion 3 @ Kingston Frontenacs 4
D Dylan Blujus, BRAM: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 32 GP, 2-12-14, -5, 26 PIM
Brampton let three 1-goal leads get away in a road loss to the Fronts.
Owen Sound Attack 1 @ Guelph Storm 4
D Jake Dotchin, OS: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 29 GP, 2-7-9, +2, 33 PIM
C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: 0-1-1, +1, 5 PIM
Season totals: 28 GP, 3-32-35, +11, 65 PIM
Tanner Richard was a goal shy of the Gordie Howe Hat Trick on Friday night in a big win over Jake Dotchin and visiting Owen Sound. Richard fought the Attack's Cameron Brace. Guelph held Owen Sound to 19 shots on goal and moved within six points of the Attack in the Midwest Division. Richard will play Saturday then leave for Switzerland to prepare for the World Junior tournament.
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Ok guys i jsut finished this PvP battle and it took about 30 min.
My Team
(Sea Food) Emperor Crab
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Random PvP guys team
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So he killed my Flayer and i killed his Grinder. Then the rest of the fight was his Crawdad and Monk VS my Molten Hatchling.
He couldnt even get my Hatchling below 3/4hp with either pet, after about 30 min and like 10 Crawdad wishes i killed his Monk and he ran.
I wasnt about to flee from a fight.
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I mostly concur with John's thoughts about today's shooting at the Family Research Council. However, I find more merit than John does in criticism of the MSM's reticence about the incident.
It is instructive, I believe, to compare that reticence regarding this patently partisan political shooting in the offices of a conservative organization to the noisy, reckless, anti-conservative approach the MSM has taken in instances where there was no sound basis for suspecting political partisanship, e.g., the shootings in Tuscon and Aurora. Today, as Mary Katharine Ham notes:
CNN managed to stay away from the story entirely for more than two hours despite the fact that FRC's offices are less than a mile from their D.C. bureau. The Huffington Post's afternoon e-mailed Capitol Hill report mentioned nary a word about the shooting. The Washington Post noted the suspected shooter "expressed disagreement" with the organization's positions. . . .
To illustrate the double standard, all you have to do is replace one letter of this story. FRC becomes HRC, the Human Rights Campaign. Please tell me CNN would have missed that story for several hours or that the media would studiously have noted, over and over, that police had no clues as to the motive of the shooter.
Like Mary Katharine, I prefer the approach the MSM took today to its usual rush to partisan judgment. But the double standard is sickening.
I also found it instructive that after his attack failed and he was subdued, today's shooter, Floyd Corkins, reportedly begged not be shot, saying that his assault was nothing personal, he just had a problem with the FRC's politics. Apparently, Corkins thought he was entitled to mercy because his politics were pure.
Let me be clear: Corkins alone is to blame for his attack; no culpability of any kind attaches to critics, no matter how vehement, of the FRC. But the notion that violent attacks become more (see hate cirmes) or less culpable by virtue of the political or social opinions behind them is widespread, and implicit in the double standard employed by the media in covering incidents like today's.


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Write stories based on search terms, mimic universe's worst news site.
During the last few weeks, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has unveiled a series of plans to save the long-suffering company from its lurch into irrelevance. First, massive layoffs—Armstrong plans to let go of 2,500 employees, a third of the firm's staff. The company is also getting a new "brand identity." The new AOL logo renders the company's name as if it were a pronounceable word—it is now Aol., with the period. Armstrong is apparently undaunted by the fact that this new word sounds like a-hole without the h.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal this week, Armstrong revealed his latest scheme to return AOL to its former glory: turn the company into the Web's premier destination for "content." Of course, that sounds like what a lot of Web companies—from Yahoo to YouTube—are trying to do, but Armstrong believes he's hit on a more efficient and accurate way to produce stuff that people are interested in. The new AOL will peer into the world's most revealing repository of human desire, our search keywords. And then the company will generate exactly what it thinks we want.
Here's how the plan will work: At the center of AOL's nearly fully automated content assembly line will sit a vast number-crunching operation that will tap into data from search engines and other sites to predict the stories, videos, and photos that people are most likely to click on at any given instant. As I write this on Tuesday, AOL might identify Tiger Woods' rumored mistresses as a hot topic, or perhaps Solange Magnano, the former Miss Argentina who died of complications arising from cosmetic surgery on her butt.
Next, AOL editors will try to satisfy our desires by putting out a call for entries on Seed.com, a not-yet-extant site where freelancers can submit content. Submissions will be automatically scanned for plagiarism, obscenities, and grammar errors and then quickly edited and fact-checked by a human being. And voilà—a matter of minutes after a beauty queen has died or a golfer hits a tree, AOL hopes, it will have blog posts, stories, essays, photos, and videos at the ready.
This might not immediately sound like a bad idea. Old-school journalists are skeptical of producing news by the numbers—under the high-minded assumption that reporters should focus on what's important regardless of whether people are interested in it—but most news organizations today look at Nielsen ratings, Web traffic, and search trends as part of their day-to-day operations. Some sites go even further. The Huffington Post monitors real-time click data to sharpen its headlines and story placement. Meanwhile, writers at Gawker (and at least one New York Times staffer) get bonuses for writing posts that garner a lot of traffic.
The trouble with AOL's plan, then, isn't that it's based on data-mining. Instead, it's what the company will likely do with search data—publish quick, vapid posts that do little to advance any hot story and instead feed readers a collection of factoids gathered from other places. How do we know this will happen? Because AOL's model is strikingly similar to that of Demand Media and Associated Content, two start-ups that also use search data and user contributions to build Web content. Indeed, AOL's Armstrong—who was an advertising executive at Google until earlier this year—is reportedly an investor in Associated Content, whose CEO is also a former Googler.
Associated Content stands as a cautionary tale for anyone looking to do news by the numbers. It is a wasteland of bad writing, uninformed commentary, and the sort of comically dull recitation of the news you'd get from a second grader. Oh, and here's one more interesting thing about Associated Content—because its stories are bulging with hot search terms, it gets more visitors than just about every news site online, including washingtonpost.com.
For a sense of how bad this sort of thing can get, check out the story that Associated Content published on Monday about the Tiger Woods saga. The piece, written by a frequent Associated Content contributor, carries a headline that reads like a spam e-mail subject line, packed with every possible search term related to the Woods story: "TMZ Tiger 'Kobe Special' Quote Made Before Tiger Woods Mistress Pictures Included Gloria Allred." The lead sounds like a bad translation:
Alleged Tiger Woods mistress pictures of Rachel Uchitel might have spawned the TMZ Tiger quote of having to get a "Kobe Special" from Zales. Now that Gloria Allred joined the fray, will it hurt or help Tiger Woods?
The post repeats news originally broken by TMZ, the National Enquirer, People, and several blogs. More important, it uses the phrase "Tiger Woods mistress pictures" at least eight times. Tiger Woods mistress pictures, not coincidentally, was one of the fastest-surging search queries on Monday, according to Google Trends. And Associated Content cleaned up—for much of the day, its story was the first Google result for that query.
To be sure, it's possible that AOL will deliver more-polished stories than the ones now found on AC. I wouldn't be too confident, though. AOL plans to mimic some of the worst features of Associated Content. First, it will pay writers only a small amount up front—less than $100 or so—and instead give them bonuses based on the traffic their posts generate. This will encourage writers to mimic AC's Tiger Woods story, spending little time crafting prose or doing original research and instead packing the story with search terms meant to spirit the link to the top of search rankings. In addition, just like Associated Content, AOL will allow advertisers to take part in the process of creating content. As the WSJ reports, "if its algorithms show consumers are searching for information about the Zhu Zhu Pets robotic hamster, a retailer could pay AOL to sponsor an article about where to find the hot toy."
Will this plan do wonders for AOL's bottom line? It very well might, at least in the short run. If AOL can replicate the success of Associated Content across its network of sites, it will surely see huge gains in traffic and renewed interest from advertisers. But this plan hinges on something that can't be guaranteed for long—a weakness in search engines. By any measure, stories like those found on AC don't deserve top billing in search results. If you search for "Tiger Woods mistress pictures," you should get pictures of Tiger Woods' alleged mistress, not a story that repeats that phrase a dozen times. Google and other search engines constantly battle search engine spam, and over time they're sure to steer people away from sites that rely on such trickery to get visitors. Then what? Associated Content gets 90 percent of its traffic from search engines. Once Google and co. wise up to AC's schemes, its business model is toast.
There is another model for producing news that people want to read: Hire a team of professionals to cover a beat, and pay them for excellent results. As it happens, AOL knows a thing or two about that technique. It already owns the celeb-news outfit TMZ and the gadget blog Engadget, two of the best news sites online. Both excel at covering subjects that people are looking for—their posts always rank highly on search engines.
TMZ, for one, has owned the Tiger Woods story. The gossip site has repeatedly broken news about the car accident and its aftermath—including the "Kobe Special" tidbit that Associated Content grabbed for its "story." (Another sign that Google is broken: As of Tuesday afternoon, a search for "tmz kobe special" lists the Associated Content item above TMZ's original post.) These are the kind of scoops that readers can't resist and that can't be generated by an army of traffic-hungry, search-term-repeating pseudo-journalists.
TMZ realized early on that it couldn't publish enough Tiger Woods items. But the site also reports on stuff that people don't know they want to read about. TMZ didn't get the scoop about Michael Jackson's death, Chris Brown's domestic abuse, or Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic tirade because it saw that people were searching for those topics. Instead, its staffers are constantly developing sources that blanket the entertainment industry, an effort that generates enormous returns—and wins a loyal readership that keeps coming back for more. There are no shortcuts to that kind of reporting and no algorithms that can tell you what makes for a good story. That's the difference between producing content and producing journalism.
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The human voice can convey much more meaning through tone and inflection than the printed word ever can. It's why millions of Americans sat, fixated, during the Golden Age of Radio – listening to everything from adventure, comedy and drama to classical music concerts, news and farm reports.
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