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0.058916	<urn:uuid:bd4f7163-9b4e-46b9-9cd6-8ab5d3cfc488>	en	0.974592	WSJ Blogs Real-time commentary and analysis from The Wall Street Journal Health Blog WSJ's blog on health and the business of health. New York AG Nabs CVS, Rite Aid Selling Expired Products • Vicks for chest congestion? If it is VapoRub it should last for years. I have a "new" plastic opened jar and it is fine. The experation date, Nov 1999. The old jar ,preplastic glass, is also pre exteration dates. I would guess 15 years old. It is fine too. The govt. wants experation dates, so they put them on. Since they have to test the product to that date they only go out about a year as it is costly to test for 15 years and the test would not be done yet. There is an older story in the WSJ about the Army testing how long stuff can last and for most stuff it is much more than most people think. Sounds like a very smelly NY politician trying to make a name for himself. The sad part is poor African nations don't get good drugs and suppies because aid will not take them if they are with in months of experation dates. So they get nothing. I used to buy at a cloesout drug store and when a item got close to experation it was a deal. As for milk I watch that experation date, but even then temprature is everything. • does cvs expect thier emplyees to constantly check for outdates when they have 2 employees working on any given shift??? Seems like to many chiefs in corporate trying to run stores without ever going in one. Lets put more hours in the stores so they can be run properly and issues like this wont happen. p.s. It takes more than 6 hours (W.M.)to check your entire store for outdates! • I've seen a lot of old milk being sold in CVS. • Does it really matter, who shops at a drug store anyway? • Tons of people shop at drug stores!!! Its not like CVS is purposly selling out dated items. I hardly believe that these stores' goal are to sell expired products to thier customers. I agree with "how in the world." I work in retail and there is plenty to do on top of to try and keep up with being under staffed and waiting on customers. • Sounds like a politician trying to get some votes. Get his head out of his posterior and worry about the drug issues in NY, the unemployment in NY, the HIGH gas prices, and his mistress. • retract the mistress comment, very unprofessional and uncalled for. I apologize! He is to represent us in NY and I feel there should be more of a concentration on larger issues here in NY. • cvs has a program where every month you have to check the store for out dates it is up to the manager to follow through with the procedure • I would have to agree it does happen but by no means there being sold purposely it a matter of lack of hours yea i would love to see someone to complete the 22 categories in 6 hrs. Gotta love it.... Mr. Ryan we need more hours bottom line!!! • I feel quite certain that CVS and Rite Aid were not the only violators so let's not just pick on them, or is there some axe to grind in the matter? Release the entire report and get on with something a little more important than this. • i work for cvs and they have outdated items pulled every month. its a pain to go through all the items and check but it gets done per company policy. customer should be checking milk because milk vendors will bring it in expired already so cvs shouldnt be at fault for that. • To Ed: When you go to a closeout store, you normally get a discount, and you also know that these are closeout items. If the products are old or expired, then at least CVS could separate them from remaining stock and mark them down. • cuomo is try the same tricks splitter did as atty. and is cuomo doing the same as his buddy??? what about the oil co. and their high prices that are un-called for instead of picking on good companys • Right after this story hit, all CVS stores in the nation were instructed to go and pull ALL of their outdates in every section of the store. Last night at the store I work at we pulled $3,000 worth of out-dated merch. • Outdates are bad. However, one thing people need to keep in mind regarding these stores is that their payroll often times allows for only bare minimum staffing. Literally. There are many many cases in drugstores across the country where 85% of the day only has 2!!! people working on the entire front end of the store. With such minimal staffing allowed, customers may blame the people at store level, but ultimately these companies do not give the resources needed to Do all the tasks. From Recalls, to changing prices, to stocking shelves, making schedules, assisting customers, setting planograms, washing windows, mopping the floor... etc... None of these tasks are difficult... but they do take time. There is simply a lack of hours allowed by these companies to do every task as in depth as they should be done. Until companies give up the "single greatest controllable expense is payroll" line of thought, there are always going to be issues with outdated items, customer service issues and theft. • Also I agree with how in the world. There is just not enough workers to do these things on top of their other tasks. I know from experience. • I work at CVS as a Pharmacist and I understand how hard it is for the front store staff to pull out of dates b/c they just don't have enough hours alotted by corporate to allow someone to do it. However, as a consumer, I always check dates on products as I take them off the shelf to purchase them. I have an infant too and have baby formula out of date in every store I have ever purchased it. I usually just set the expired can on the floor to call someone's attention to it. We routinely check prescription bottles for out of dates and send them back but I have many hours alotted to do that in addition to filling prescriptions. • Opportunistic politicians...I can't believe this is what they are spending our money and their time on! What a crock! All the B.S. that's going on and they're worried about outdated Vick''ve seriously got to be kidding me! As a taxpayer, this saddens me. • my fear is that I will go into the CVS for my Synthroid and be handed pills from the year of the flood. how can I tell if these pills are good or not? Is there a telltale sign or color to determine the "age" of the pill or do I just rely on the faith of the pharmaceutical staff??? sour milk I can return. what about those pills? • I'll have to carry a magnifying glass with me to check the dates on all the drug items from now on. I think they print those things that tiny so that you SHOULDN'T be able to read them! • I work for a cvs/pharmacy in Indiana, and i understand whats going on. We check our outdates once a month, but with soo few hours, its just not possible to do every section with every item. We have to get cleaning, planograms, customers, all that stuff done, and naturally it seems outdates fall behind. At my store we do go through once a month, and take two full days to do it, but mistakes happen. however, we ALWAYS get the medicine/food/baby as the first priority. Mr. Ryan....WE NEED MORE HOURS to run our store effectively. • I think as an investor this will give customers the confident to continue to shop at rite aid . • they treat their customers the same as their employees • I too work for CVS as a shift manager. During the day we usually have 1 manager and 1 clerk. The manager is doing the daily stuff that management gives us to do, while the front cashier runs the photo lab, runs the register, answers the phone, and helps customers. Then at change of shift, again usually 1 manager and 1 cashier. If hours are over even the slightest at the end of the week, we get our butts chewed. Then we also get chewed out for not being caught up on planograms, workload assignments, out of dates, etc. We each only have 2 hands and 2 feet. We are not super people. Mr. Ryan....If customer service is a priority to you then give us the hours to take care of them in every way needed!!!!!! • Im an assistant store manager for a cvs. I agree with the person above. I work at a 24 hour store so we have more payroll than most but we are high volume and end up needing more help. Everyone one gets burnt out fast! MORE HOURS!! by the way we checked outof dates and had very little. • Big chains like CVS and Rite Aid have incredible multi-million-dollar computerized inventory systems that record all the prescriptions physicians write which they resell to Health Information Organizations like Verispan and IMS) for billions of dollars. So please, CVS, Rite Aid, Walmarts, etc: PLEASE do not insult our intelligence by telling us you don't know when products, esp. drugs expire on your shelves. Every day, your pharmacy computers should be alerting your staff as to when particular inventory is about 1 month from expiration and then 1 day from expiration so it can be pulled off the shelves. By selling expired meds to people and then collecting payment from their insurance companies, YOU ARE COMMITTING HEALTH FRAUD in violation of federal and state False Claims Laws. I hope the AGs go after you all as aggressively as they have gone after physicians who render shoddy or no treatment and bill Medicare and insurers for it. • It'll be interesting to see if the feds and the state AGs charge these chain pharmacies with False Claims charges for selling expired meds to patients then charging their insurances, Medicare or Medicaid for it. If the feds/states did, they would find a whole wellspring of false claims revenue (through paybacks, fines, etc.) that would go back to government, aka "taxpayer" coffers. Good luck! • out of dates is not good, but with cut hours...what needs to be done doesnt get finished, or at least NOT on time. these things take time, which we have none of now!!!!!!!!!!! if customer service is important we need more hours!!!!!!!! and to the person above (no excuses) i dont know what exactly you read or what exactly you think you know, but we do not have a computer system that tells us when stuff goes out of date! it is clear that you have never worked in retail and are just talking out of your ass because you have nothing better to do. but its a really good idea why dont you go and invent it. • If you're busy screaming abuot false claim charges, why don't you look at the article again. It was purely front end stock they checked, not prescription drugs. If they wanted to know about prescription drugs, they would need to do an inspection, not just purchase items - after all, how many prescription bottles tell you the expiration date? They don't - you're told to throw them out after 1 year at the latest if you haven't used it. An inspector would have to come look at the dates on the bottles you're dispensing from. Outdates are never good but I agree with several people above - if they want stores to be able to keep up on everything they want them to do (including the new things they're constantly adding), they need to look at the payroll they're providing to do it. I'm aware of a couple stores in my area that do not even have payroll to have 2 people in the store at all times - they have to schedule a cashier an hour after they open many days to meet their budget. Yet customer service is a priority! Along with everything else they expect to have done! It leads to burn-out and unhappy employees to go along with issues such as outdated product. • Retail employees are paid a minimum, & at chains like CVS & Rite Aid, they're paid less than comparable jobs at stores like Target or Walmart. This doesn't apply to Pharmacists of course, but, they have nothing to do with anything outside the pharmacy - it's treated at both CVS & Rite Aid almost as a separate store within a store. Both CVS & Rite Aid say employees should be cycling stock on the shelves, and getting rid of expired products - but that's just one very small part of a long list of demands including things like setting up sale ads & keeping the shelves full - and those last 2 are where the district mgmt really paid attention. Having outdated merchandise on the shelf was entirely predictable. Now that the District mgmt can't rely on the excuse that "they were told", instead of working on keeping shelves stocked and prices current, hourly employees will focus on outdated merchandise for the next week or two. If this had gotten more press, I'd also have expected a flurry of coupons for switching prescriptions to competitors, but without that it's really a flash in the pan that'll just boost the NY coffers once it's settled. • Instead of constantly changing every planogram once or twice a year, that take numerous hours every week to complete, lets just update the ones we have, Get rid of half (or maybe 2/3) of the 'planogram staff' and put those hours in the stores. In fact you could probably get rid of half the jobs at the corporate level and it would not hurt the buisness. Have you looked at the millions of dollars in stock options our upper management have been cashing in?? $177,000,000, yeah $177 million! in the last year alone WOW!! Meanwhile Walgreen...around $10 million. I guess thats one reason why cvs makes for good pickin on. • I,ll tell you strait.Every time this type of news comes to light there is something behind it. Who do you think is behind this.?Over paid union bosses taking there cut out of $7 an hour cashiers!! like 1199/..... • I work for CVS and I must say though this is not suprising to me everyone needs to realize that this in fact is a very hard subject to keep up with. To "NO EXCUSES" although you may think computers run our store they dont, we dont have a super computer keeping track of outdates etc. As for pharmacy outdates are checked very often and nothing is ever filled with old drugs! On to Tom Ryan my CEO yes we do need more hours in our stores but with the economy the way it is and oli prices the way they are it is very hard to do the company would be losing major profit. One more thing, A year ago Walgreens was targeted by the media for having un trained employees working in the pharmacy and CVS/Rite Aid were left out of it. I have a feeling something more then just public safty sparked this, just saying, why werent other retailers targeted. I also worked for walgreens and they dontdo anything different... • Here come another training module, ivr call, compliance sign off, on how to spot outdated merchandise while...sweeping, dusting, cleaning, fronting & facing, backing up the rx dept., doing a p.o.g., unloading a warehouse truck & putting out the merchandise, scanning outs, pushing overstock, doing price changes, product withdrawls, new item cut in's, amm labels, putting up ad signs, taking down ad signs, taking a break or lunch, running the photo lab, answering phone, checking in vendors, or even while helping out at other store during an inventory or remodel. Oh I almost forgot....waiting on customers.(yeah we still try to give good service, THEY are the reason WE have jobs) • I am a store manager for CVS and I have to agree it is very hard with no hours in the stores we litarally are running on two people a shift and sometimes one. Its sad to see when you got to a fast food establishment and they have more people behind the counter in one shift then we do in one whole day to run a store. WE NEED MORE HOURS. • i work at cvs and we had to pull outdates today because of this.....we had 3 carriages of food full of outdates. and two baskets of vitimins amoung more. • I work for CVS in a very small store with limited hours and a handful of employees. While most of my time is spent in the pharmacy, I do occasionally work in the front store and like the many who have posted before me.....THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOURS!!! We have a manager and 1....that's right....1 cashier all day. That 1 lonely cashier is suppose to do price changes, cycle counts, wait on customers, do new item cut in's, wash the windows, vacuum, front and face etc... We are lucky if we have more than 4 employees in the whole store in a whole day and that is including the Pharmacist and the store manager! Maybe outdated merchandise wouldn't be a problem on our shelves if we had the extra hours in our stores so that someone could specifically do that on a daily or weekly basis. Sometimes the trouble is getting outdated merchandise from the warehouse, but that is few and far between and if so it never gets put out on the shelf in our store. As for the outdated drugs in the pharmacy, they are checked quarterly and sent back before the end of the month. CVS would never knowingly or intentionally sell outdated merchandise or drugs just for a profit. • Nice to see CVS finally get caught. I live in NJ. I brought expired merchandise up to the counter, told them it was expired and that it should be removed. Same expired product was back on the shelf next day. CVS is getting what they deserve, bad publicity. • They got it coming to them. What do they think happens when they cut payroll and still expect more from their employees and more to get done? Glad it's biting them in the rear. Maybe they'll realize less employees/payroll is not the best way to run a business. • CVS isn't trying to "put one over" on anyone. Unfortunately, things may slip by and that is still no excuse. Everyone must try to do a better job and it is a serious matter, but it sounds to me that Cuomo has a hidden agenda and has singled out two of the biggest pharmacy chains. • The main issue is that there aren't hours to be given out to employees to get things done. And why are CVS and Rite-Aide the only ones being targetted here? You can't tell me that Walgreens and Giant and Walmart, etc don't have expired things on the shelf. As for the milk, CVS is not at fault for that. At my store, we have the laziest milk vendor I have ever seen. He will leave expired milk in the coolers and give us expired milk. There are so many things to be done in the front of a store and there just aren't the hours to get everything done. And whoever created that task in the workload manager that it would 1 person 6 hours, has lost their mind. Come work at an understaffed store (which it sounds everyone is) when you've got shoplifters to catch, price changes, cycle counts, customers, sale signs, cleaning, etc to do and then tell me how long it takes and how many people are needed to do it. More hours please Mr. Ryan!!! • It's pretty stunning that these stores don't have more staff, b/c the front end sells at least half the amount of stuff that a large supermarket sells, and the pharmacy banks a large enough margin to hire more people. Some of the larger supermarkets have at least 1 stocker per aisle, even with its razor-sharp margins. Oh well, typical short-sighted, greedy CEO you are, Tom Ryan. • Outdates, outdates, we're talking about outdates. Let's talk about a corporate culture that seems obsessed with squeezing blood from a stone. It's constant shananigans and wink and a nod procedures will eventually do it in. It takes people and time to run a successful store. Until Tommy Boy figures that out, we will continue to be the Black Sheep whipping boy of the Drugstore industry. • I have never worked for a company that forces people to do so much with so little. They do not care about their patients, their customers, or most importantly there people. I have worked in stores where people got no breaks or lunches because they had no relief. In this area we went through a string of robberies because stores had to open with just one person because their hours were so limited. There is not time to check outdates, do LP quizzes, do certifications, run photo, push sales, review reports, train employees, face, unload a truck box by box, respond to email, take conference calls, deal with customer and employee issues, etc. with 2 people per shift. Why does Walgreens have fewer stores but make more money? You be the judge. Engage that! • You know what's even worse, and I know this isn't a wage forum, but, for what we do, and the responsibility CVS workers maintain, even the lowest-paid workers, we deserve much much more. I just graduated from college, and I'm still making 6.50 an hour, the same amount I made around a year an a half ago. This is only slightly more than the new minimum wage that will be implemented soon. And, to better all that, I just graduated from college! I've never seen a company that expects so much from their workers yet never rewards them for good work or accomplishment. • As a CVS Pharmacist and former Walgreens RPh, I can tell you that none of these major drug chains are giving the alloted payroll to complete simple tasks. If Cuomo is worried about outdated merchandise on the shleves he should also be worried about all the possible deadly errors that could occur in the pharmacies. CVS is a great company, but Mr. Ryan and the rest of the executives are fooling themselves if they think we have enough manpower to fulfill any tasks other that run around like maniacs with no break for 14 hours. They expect us to create a culture of engagement and emotional connections with people. WHATEVER!! CVS is full of it, they take away all of my overlap pharmacists hours and give me an increased budget. They always expect you to do more with less. Good luck with your "Man on the moon" Mr. Ryan (he'll know what that means). I feel for the Front Store management • I feel for the front store management, they get crapped on and then they expect them to stop everything they are doing to check outdated product that should only take 6 hours!!! Come on Mr. Ryan, get into a store and listen to your people. Screw Wallstreet and the earnings they want us to meet. You want to b e the employer of choice, you have got to show the people on the front lines you care. Spend some money on payroll. We can give better service than any other drugstore out there. WE JUST NEED MORE HELP!!! You wan to do patient care right, give us the money to take care of our paitents. That includes the front store as well. Tell Rikard to get on the ball with this. We need you guys. Your kidding yourself if you think morale is good in the stores. Am I getting my point accross to you yet!! • When I go to your stores there is never anyone to help because there aren't any employees there. Maybe this is the reason why you have so many outdates? • You are exactly right CVS customer!! Make sure you check your medications before leaving. These pharmacists are overworked, they are asking us to fill over 500 prescriptions per day with no overlap pharmacist help. I would hate to be the patient that is script # 500. We are playing with peoples lives Mr. Ryan. Listen to your people!! NOT WALLSTREET!! • Once again we have kicked ourselves in the rear. Payroll control, payroll control, payroll control. There has to be a limit. I think we have found it. We cannot hire and train good people because we don't have the hours to bring them in. Any manager from an outside company would quit in a month because they are probably used to managing not checking and stocking and all the projects suited for employees that, whoops we don't have the hours for. Now field management has the nerve to pin this on the stores? I would like to see Tom run a store on 200 hours a week! Maybe if more time and attention was spent on the Front Store we could avoid things like this. What shady money saving scheme is next, we've had the omeprazole scam, now the outdate scandal, what next I ask? Answer this Tom, and do not dare place the blame for this on the stores. Your ivory towers are tarnished, and don't by CLR from CVS it's outdated! • Does anyone wonder why we have outdated merchandise on the shelves???? I would love to see Tom Ryan, Larry Merlo and David Rikard along with all the other EVP's, SVP's and AVP's get into the stores and try working one shift in the front and one on the pharmacy. You guys wouldn't make it one minute. Yes, Ryan and Merlo are pharmacists. I would love to see you guys work a day wothout lunch or even going to the bathroom and still smile!! Get real, HELP US!! • I m with you Fed up and done with it. Help out the teams in your stores. Give us payrol help and we will give you engaged teams without any divide between FS and Rx. • I am a former Osco customer and my store was converted to a CVS. Overall the same people are there, and the atmospere is the same, but the level of service is less. It has to be because there are so few people there now. The people there are great but I don't see how they can handle such a huge store. Kudos to the management and employees at the store, but I think its time to take my business elsewhere. • I am happy to see people are understanding the core issues but CVS uppermanagement don't care what a handful of managers and pharmacist think. It's Wal-mart lite. • Run as fast as you can to Walmart. They pharmacy system is better than ours and they have more pharmacists per shift. AND they have over 400 generic drugs for $4. You may to wait in line their too, they are not big believers in FS payroll either, but they are spending it in the pharmacy. CVS is lucky they have a huge mail order business, because they are going to lose all of their retail stores soon if they do not invest in them to add more help. I guess it makes more sense to get sued and pay a multi million dollar settlement than give that money to your stores to increase manpower. • The copied email from another CVS employee below explains the assigned tasks most of the employees I have ever met working for CVS do. It will never change until the corporate leadership understands that customer service will pay bigger dividends in return business than the demands placed on all store level employees to cut costs to the bare minimum so corporate can enjoy huge bonuses, stock options or retirement packages. The District and Regional Managers will cover themselves by having task sign off sheets of who inspected each department and threating to fire them if something slips through. While the entire store operation was put on hold because of this alert. I nor my fellow employees would ever want to sell outdated items, however, there is not but 24 hours in a day we can work. And as some District Manager's will tell their store managers that they are salaried so "make it happen." By District and Corporate Supervisors not working in a store from time to time they lose all touch with reality with what goes on in a store and how stupid some of the assigned task are. I look forward to see my customers come in my store and am embarrassed when they tell me about an out of date item because they could have become ill through my staffs or my lack of attention to detail. That's unacceptable. However there is no way to cover down on most assigned task with 2 staff people in the front store most of the time. This will continue as long as we are understaffed and from District Mangers to Tom Ryan get out of the mindset that there are more $7.00 per hour people wanting to enter the labor force or get the employee discounts so why fix it? Make no mistake about it, if this was a top priority as you will here from Woonsocket, Rhode Island (CVS) it would be fixed. Not by firing good store managers and staff but by putting their stinking money where their mouth is. In properly staffing those store who need additional staff members. It's real easy to send out your public affairs spokes person and make a plea for the public to help us fix our problem, and we value their input but watch, this is nothing but "eye wash" because nothing will change at the store level. How many of those stupid commercials have you started seeing again. It's there to move you past your first bad thoughts hearing about this incident. I have found in my life experiences that in most cases the people at the bottom and top agree and want to do the right thing. It's the middle management brown nosers that would twist, change, or undermine their boss because they are working on their bonus and then blame everyone else when the wheels fall off the wagon. It used to take about three or four hours to set next weeks sale, now you have to take down this weeks sale signs, or if it's this first of the month take down the monthly extra care buck signs down too, clear this weeks end caps put up all the regular sale signs, the buy two get one free sale, the extra care buck back sale, the rectangular extra care signs, the compare and save signs, (which have created so much confusion by customer not reading the entire label), and set next weeks end caps, make signs for the end caps, big sale signs for the paper products, put up any sale items on the outdoor sign, completely vacuum the store, clean the bathrooms, clean the break rooms, completely face the entire store, check in any vendors dropping off Coke or Pepsi's, completing any film processing, waiting on customers, changing filters in the GrayTag machine because of customers coming in on Sunday from all the party's and cookouts the day before to process their film, count and close out the nightly deposit, all on Saturday before closing. On most days with two employees. On most nights after working at my store I remember turning out the light when I go to bed but I don't remember it getting dark in the room because I'm so tired. I give CVS a good return on their investment but I can't do it all. And you'll hear "you need to properly train your staff or get them more involved and hold them accountable. Some forget that this company is made up of some great dedicated members and the actions of a few or inactions shouldn't cast that same shadow on all of us. We just need additional staffing, not time and motion studies that determined we could canvass our store in 6 hours. How stupid! I would invite the brain surgeon who came up with that "nugget" to come to my store and show me how I could have accomplished that task. In an old saying I heard long ago, "never mind the horse, keep loading the wagon." Below is from another employee who framed it well. Thanks for your insight. "Here comes another training module, ivr call, compliance sign off, on how to spot outdated merchandise while…sweeping, dusting, cleaning, fronting & facing, backing up the rx dept., doing a p.o.g., unloading a warehouse truck & putting out the merchandise, scanning outs, pushing overstock, doing price changes, product withdrawls, new item cut in’s, amm labels, putting up ad signs, taking down ad signs, taking a break or lunch, running the photo lab, answering phone, checking in vendors, or even while helping out at other store during an inventory or remodel. Oh I almost forgot….waiting on customers.(yeah we still try to give good service, THEY are the reason WE have jobs)" Frustrated at the Bottom! • You're right upper management wont care, but they will when we keep losing customers and money. It may not happen today, but dont kid yourselves, we cannot continue like this. And for all of you Walgreens people reading this and thinking you are better than CVS. You are not, I worked there. It's the same crap and even worse. • I've never heard of this happening at Bartell's • If all of you are so unhappy and think this company is so bad then quit. People who are willing to work and put in the time are ready to take your place. • I have worked in the drug business for over a quarter of a century. There have always been challenges and there will continue to be more. It is a function of planning, time management and leadership. The people at these stores though we would love to pay them more, make the appropriate amount for the posistions they hold. Everyone needs to be accountable for themselves, it's called ownership. Though it is easy to bash and ridicule CEO's and VP's we are the ones making the calls that keep tens of thousands of people employed. Stand up take responsibility and accountability. • I work at CVS and I agree with everyone. There arent enough hours. After this came out on Thursday my managers were calling us asking us to come in on our day off to check all of the items in the store. Most of us didn't show up. We feel unappreciated and didn't feel motivated or obligated to come in and help. There's regularly no hours for us, but we're supposed to run in on our day off to help out? Negative. I hope CVS gets their ass handed to them...I really do. • Hey Go, this is the attitude of upper management. Just quit. You must have your head up your ass. Are you listening, these people love CVS, and stay because of it. We are just being treated like dogs!! Consider CVS the master illusionists, cut pharmacist hours to make it seem like we are fully staffed. Then threaten FS management to help the pharmacy and create engagement. All we are creating is enragement!! Keep buying abck stock to fatten your pockets! How bout payroll • to go, and winner... Most arent complaining. Most are simply stating the facts of the job. They aren't asking for a raise for themselves... or even higher pay for the employees... Its a minimum/slightly above Minimum wage job. What they are asking for is just more hours to hire more people to handle the tasks required. In a low volume drug store, with only 2 people working for most of the day, it is simply just a matter of time. Very few, if any, aspects of the job are difficult... but they are time consuming. No one is saying they dont want to do the work-- there just are not enough hours in the day to get all the tasks done properly. Some things should be outsourced to other companies... probably things you dont even realize the staff is doing... the staffs of the store clean the bathrooms, mop the floors, wash the windows, take out the trash.. etc. • I've read many of the comments. As a disclaimer, I have not worked for the company since 2001, however I worked at various stores from 1989 until then. It was always in our training to check for outdated merchandise and always stock new merchandise behind old. That said, there is always something missed. However, in looking at the detailed list, it appears the most in any store was 7 or 8 units. Do you know how many units of dated merchandise is in an average store? The training is there, management needs to reinforce it. • I work for cvs and we have plenty of staff. It is a twentyfour hour store and we have enough hours. The real blame is on the store manager and no one else. Our manager is so lazy and doesn.t care one little bit. He has retired people doing all his work and does not care about his employees. He has done some bad things in the past but middle management refuses to move this guy out. Everyone in the store loves their job but wants to leave because of him. Outdates? If it wasn't for two old people in our store who work their but off, we would of been one of those stores. Upper management needs to get off their ass and stop accepting subpar store managers. Make the changes for the better. Every store manager should be held accountable and the district manager needs to act. • Hey Stock Holder, what planet are you on?? You are one of 6300 stores that claims to have enough hours. Maybe thats where all our payroll went. You are right about holding people accountable. My DM and Pharmacy Supervisor are great and do an incredible job. But the fact of the matter is that corporate wants to only spend about 9% of their total sales on payroll. Thats ridiculous when you are doing over $80 billion in sales. Keep cuting payroll and you will not need to be a stockholder!! • I have worked for cvs for 11 years. I am a shift supervisor, photo lab supervisor, cashier and I run the cosmetics department. We are also expected to sit in on conference calls, go to meetings and not go over hours. We have always been told that if our sales go up that so will our hours. How do you get your sales up in a community that has no money? We run our store on 164 hours. We are open 80 hours a week. I have to work two 12 hour days a week just to make sure that we have management on duty. How do you take a lunch or go to the bank without leaving someone by themselves? I don't think it is fair to expect the Manager (who gets paid only for 45 hours) to work 60-70 hours a week. It is easy to say quit but there is no one hiring now. I enjoy the people I work with. We are like a family. Everyone that works in my store has been there for 10 or more years. They could hire 2 part-timers who make a lot less than we do and things will still not get done. Corporate just needs to get of their lazy butts and put in a couple of hours to see how hard it is to run these stores on no hours. Every time we turn around there is something new to add to our workload. All the while we have to make our customers happy or our triple s scores go down. Which in my district we get chewed if we are not at our goal. Happy employees = Happy customers!! • AMEN CVS Shift!! Have you gotten the is your team engaged, what is the culture like in your store speech yet? We could be the best company on the world, if we just realized where our shortcomings are. Its unfortunate • We have a great team at our store. I can only imagine what we could be if we had the hours. We just got our employee engagement survey. They should make those things about CVS as a company not as a store. I know that because I have to be on register for most of my day that I am not being used to the best of my ability. We just hired a new manager at the end of last month. For 3 months we ran without one. I was putting in tons of hours just to keep our heads above water. We were still expected to get everything done on time. So the VP's and CEO's should stand back and watch the monster you created. Because until you do something about the hours in the stores the monster will keep growing. Give us hours and watch your stores become the best! • This comment is mostly directed towards "Go" and "Winner": The point that most of the posted comments are making is that we are not dissatisfied with the job or what we do as a career. In fact, quite the opposite. I too have over two decades in retail and ten years in foodservice before that. Those of us who have chosen a customer service industry as a career strive to be the best at what we do, and take great pride in doing it. The frustrating and disappointing thing is when we are unable to take care of the customer as we would like. This company has spent millions of dollars building a business, sparing no expense on so many aspects of the business, yet fall short when it comes to its employees. A company's greatest tool, asset and resource is its employee's. Yet, this is the "most controllable expense", so they cut back to skeleton crews and expect the world. There are only so many hours in the day, and a few people can only accomplish so much. "When the sales go up, payroll will then be added." I feel that you have to spend money to make money. And when the company is not willing to spend the money on its greatest asset, its people, then it is destined for failure. The economy is in crisis. People are very selective about where and how they spend their money. Competition is high. So we promote superior customer service over the competition to draw in customers. When the customer comes into our store and is not delivered the customer service and overall shopping experience they were promised, they not only leave dissapointed, but feeling betrayed and deceived. Bad news travels faster than good news, so how long before we lose customers, and with it sales. The Extracare card is designed to garner repeat business, but that will only go so far when our competition offers similar cards, coupons and offers to entice them to shop elsewhere. No matter what effort we put into the job, if we can't be there when the customer needs us, whether to help find a product, view the correct price on the right stack of merchandise, or offer them a fast and courteous checkout, they will go elsewhere. We can't afford to lose customers. It hurts us on a personal and company level. We don't like feeling that we let the customer down, and the company doesn't like losing the business. All we ask is to help us do our job better, by giving us what we need most.....the employees to make everything happen. All we are accomplishing now is a short-term quick fix for good numbers on reports, and a dividend to the stockholders. That and watching our future business go down the street to our competition, who actually have enough people working today to accomplish the assigned tasks and help the customer. I checked, and yes, I felt like I received fine customer service when I went in there today. All of the planning and time management in the world won't do a bit of good if the management is the one on the cash register because we don't have enough payroll to have more than two people on a shift. If we would only invest in the payroll, tasks would be accomplished more accurately and timely, customers would be happier, and I can't help but believe that the sales would go up and we would feel better about the job we do. • will cvs change their ad from expect something extra to " expect something expired" • You are right Retail Manager, I do love my job. That is why at my store we have all been here 10 years or more. We pride ourselves on being the best. But that is hard to do when you can't help but get behind. I just hope that someone at corporate is reading these comments. • I don’t know about Rite Aid but I suspect that, despite their pharmacy licenses, CVS is ultimately being run by people who have no background in retail or pharmacy. Someone may want to clue whoever is in charge at CVS (and stockholders) to the need to increase their pharmacy lighting budget. A few years ago, we had a wave of thunderstorms during the summer. By September, the pharmacy section of my local CVS pharmacy had overspent their LIGHTBULB budget. It got to the point where CVS managers started telling the pharmacy staff to bring in their own lighting source from home. So, one of the pharmacy techs devoed out a flashlight from CVS front stock, and s/he and started using a flashlight to pull prescriptions from stock. If CVS does have issues with expired dispenses, maybe the pharmacy staff can’t read the expiration dates because they (and potentially others at CVS) are working in the dark. • Most of all, I love my job! I pride myself on the level of dedication that I share with my cvs team. I will not complain about the tasks that we are expected to do. The majority of these tasks are not difficult, nor do they require thriving intellect to accomplish. Our benefits and health package is far better than the majority of the companies in our area. We work in clean environment, but..... I work in a very small cvs store in an okay neighborhood. We run 14 hours a day, 7 days a week on 162 crew hours. To have the manpower to put up our weekly shipment, I am alone in the front of the store for one hour every morning. It is okay by CVS standards since the RPh is all the way in the back of the store alone as well. They cannot see us, nor us them. We are alone while we cover each other's lunches, bank trips, trash runs, and potty breaks. Talk about a loss prevention nightmare!!!!!!!Our loss prevention screams to monitor internal theft.......uhhhhhh....yeah, ill do that.....while doing the other 37 events other than the regular store activities in my workload planner....watching for shoplifters that i cannot stop since i have no one else to escort them to a safe zone while waiting on police!!! OH YEAH, DID I MENTION THAT WE NEED HOURS!!!! Wait, forget hours, just give me a camera system so that when we get shot dead in our tracks, the police have a clue!! all in all: Tom ryan, would you allow your child or wife to work in a store with no help, no hours, no coverage, and NO CAMERAS?????!!!!! We needed help four years ago, and we need loss prevention to update all stores with cameras if we are not going to get more hours. We are asked about how is our "dedication" all of the time...IF WE WERE NOT DEDICATED, WE WOULD NOT WANT MORE HELP, WE WOULD NOT CARE!!! What does it take??? • I check the dates in every store I shop in, especially the supermarkets. I always find expired products. Take a few moments and check before you buy it. • What are you griping at!!! just do what we tell you to do!!! We dont care if managers have to put in 60+ hours a week, or if our customers have to look for a cashier so they can check out, this buisness is about script counts! Just pull the outdates and shut up!!! We can handle the rest from here. If you start getting more hours at store level then they may cut ours and then I might have to work a weekend off the clock ot miss my tee-time....oh the horror!!!! Just sell more stuff and beat your budget and you can have a couple more hours. Beside's we put the workload planner in for YOU and you did just get a big raise right!?!?(around $2 a day after ins. went up around $1 a day....Thanks for nothin') Well I have to take a flight to my favorite district now (could drive it in 3 hours but....) So I can check for outdates and make sure the endcaps are how I like em'. • It is refreshing to see the level of engagement in the topics outlined. I am exhausted in listening to what i have to try to accomplish in a day!!! • Our store was one of those 'caught' by investigators for outdated items. This was by no means a surprise, as a customer returned expired baby vitamins to me just two days prior to this scandal hitting the media. However, up to that point I was not aware of outdated merchandise being on the shelves. It is sad that this problem has come to a head, but it makes so much sense that it has. With payroll hours in the front store, and to an extent in the pharmacy, being cut to levels that allow less than 2 hours/hour of store being open, it is no wonder basic tasks like pulling outdates are neglected. Also when store teams are consistently being shouldered with more and more frivolous responsibilities such as conference calls, useless internal paperwork, worrying about generic efficiency percentages (something pharmacies really have no control over), and the brand new PCI (basically calling patients on the phone and asking them to fill prescripitions without giving them the chance of calling them in themselves just to make more money for the company, under the guise of making peoples 'lives' better) there is no opportunity to do the basic tasks that actually made CVS a successful business in the past. Such things as helping customers, putting up stock (which takes about 4-5 days to put up the weekly truck in our store), working outdates, cleaning the store, etc. All of these frivolous tasks do nothing but give middle and upper management something to do so they can be the first in line to kiss the ass of the manager(s) above them in ladder of command and tell them how great their store is compared to the others. Until CVS stops firing good managers, as we had until recently, allow more hours to be utilized for personnel stop trying to create new tasks for stores to take on, and get back to basics, the company will continue to decline in the quality of service it provides and eventually will lead to its unraveling and possible demise. Wake up CVS, listen to the people in your stores. For the most part they are not greedy employees looking to get ahead by putting someone else down, but just have pride in their store and their work, and want nothing more than to be given the resources to do their job effectively, and not constantly undercut by added responsibilities and selfish corrupt management. If CVS could do this, it could easily be a company envied by the pharmacy and retail world, and would be solid, strong, and successful for the LONG TERM, not just for what the stock price is going to be tomorrow. The anonymous person who posted this three days ago was right. Our region manager sent an e-mail orderng store managers to guarantee there was absolutely no more outdates on the shelf. CVS higher-ups are trying to shift the blame squarely onto the store managers. • Actually, MR. BIG WHIG CVS raises a couple of interesting points. They DON'T care if the manager has to work 60+ hours a week in order to "make it happen". Managers are only paid on a 45 hour workweek, yet we are measured, and tested, on our dedication by the amount of overtime we have to put in, and not be a "clockwatcher". With payroll reduction, we end up having employees who are begging for hours, hours that we are not able to give them, but yet we are killing ourselves with plenty of under-compensated overtime to try to accomplish all the tasks. Our employees will eventually get frustrated and quit, leaving us with nobody to call in if our one scheduled cashier calls in sick. And somewhere along the way, we will be reminded of how much time we are NOT spending with our families, friends and loved ones, until they graduate from high school or you take off work to attend your parents funeral. Then you are left wondering what the phrase "quality of life" means and why upper management doesn't want to hear it mentioned. We could discuss it with our families if we weren't so exhausted from our 60-70 hr week. Another point in response to the numerous posted comments: there is no computer program to tell us when product is outdated. This is something that has to be checked by people. People are only human, and humans make mistakes. That, and with the fact that not every category in the store is checked every month (how could it be?), no matter how thorough we are, something is going to slip by at some time. This goes for all businesses that sell any product that could expire, not just drugstores. Everyone is quick to put the blame on the store manager. But really folks, let's face it......if the manager is the one doing all of the tasks involved in the store including running the cash register half of the time, how is that person being a manager? Who are we managing? It seems to me that at the corporate level there are "too many chiefs and not enough indians", but at the store level we have "too many indians and not enough chiefs". To be an effective manager, you must have people to manage, partaking in a process that involves effectively knowing what needs to be accomplished, creating a timeframed and responsibility driven plan to accomplish the tasks, and follow-up including training so that in the future tasks are completed in a more timely and accurate manner. As it is now, all we do is run around like chickens with our heads cut off just trying to keep up and hope we don't miss something, or get "on a list". • What ever happened to the consumer checking the dates before he or she purchases the item? I agree that stores need to be responsible and diligent on not leaving outdated items on the shelf, but people aren't robots. Many products have codes on them that no one can decipher. I feel the state should stop trying to hold everybody's hand and let the consumer take some responsibility. And if a customer should find something out of code, tell the manager and he or she will take care of it immediately. It's really very simple. This is nothing but a way for Cuomo to make a name for himself in an election year. Much bigger issues exist in New York State and if this is his focus, then I don't want him for governor. He's lost my vote. • What happened to looking for people with expired VISAS? How about safety of the country. Hopefully the AG is putting equal energy into finding down terrorists. • This is what it all comes down to. Businesses attempt to make money, efficiently. They need a high return on their invested capital. Payroll cost and cost associated with employees are very high. Health care, 401K matches, sick days, disability, etc., these are some of the biggest cost of business. Is this the fault of CVS? All companies that suceed control payroll and associated cost. All sucessful companies grow. All growing companies hire new people. All working Americans spend money. All the money they spend puts money into everyone's pockets. Being "self interested" as opposed to selfish(negative conitation innapropriatly applied) is good for everyone. CVS is not bad for limiting hours in its stores. It is responsible, it is creating more opportunites for more people by doing so. The fault here lies in the fact that we live in a hyper sensitive society that wants to sue, when a store misses outdates, when a pharmacist makes a mistake, when they spill hot coffee on themselves. People get a grip! No store that has over 1 million dollars worth of products will be free of outdates, NONE, ZERO, NUNCA, NADA, ZILCH! Have you checked your house for outdates. If you have some smart bueracrat in NY may be ready to sue you, because there are outdates there. Maybe we should call child protective services? Let's drop the investigative local news reports drama please. By the way Ray Cortipasi says "Is the Internet Killing Your Kids?", lets sue Micheal Dell. This is all a big joke. To make the easily manipulated masses forget about anything that actually matters. Do you want moral outrage? Sue insurance fraud grifters that drive all of our premiums up, sue politicians that scream family values and cheat on their wives, sue the people crying about the sky falling and breating our precious are but outdates? Outdates? I wonder if Bill O'Riely is behind this? I hear he wants to sue A Current Affair:) • I am a manager for CVS, I checked my store for outdates. I had outdates, I expected to find outdates. That's why we check,DUH! It happens. Would I like more payroll? Once again, Duh. Yes, but these are some of the challenges we face. There are stores that make it work. Yes I work over 50 hours a week. So does my brother a radiologist, so does my uncle an engineer, so does my boss, so do most proffesional people who give a damn about their career. This is life folks. To see so many Rph's complain it makes me snicker. They work 40 hours a week, read magazines, eat at their workstations, call in sick, get paid for any and all overtime, refuse to help customers outside of their box, complain about anything extra they have to do, and make over 6 figures and have no worries after they leave their little box. I appreciate them but look, we all have to work for a living, you either deal with it, hit the lottery, marry well, or keep it to yourself. • I don't like cops! • My Pharmacists come out on the floor and work on truck, P-O-G's, outdates, sale signs and anything else we need. I may have a rare store but we couldn't do it without them. So even if we all work together with very little hours it still doesn't work. We are not saying that you shouldn't put in some extra time but when is enough, enough? This company doesn't appreciate their employees. We get a whopping 30% off a couple times a year. We aren't celebrated when we do something good. Only ripped when we don't make budget or go over hours. • My boss was told at the district meeting that if any store is caught with an outdate by the attorney general's office from now on, the manager wil be fired outright by order of the area VP. I suggest all the managers update their resumes unless they are able to handle each and every item personally each week when they put up truck. Outdates happen. There is no malicious conspiracy by CVS to profit from selling outdated goods. With very few man hours, the managers are doing their best to find all the outdates, yet they will be the ones fired. One was already fired in Syracuse. Expect more of the same. • A corporation this large would not would not put their entire company in jeopardy by selling out dated items to consumers, out dated eggs?! CVS is not intentionally cheating consumers by selling them out dated items. Consumers should always check if the item is outdated or not before making the a purchase anyways. Other pharmacies such as Walgreen's are intentionally cheating by improperly switching patients' prescription drugs to more expensive ones in order to increase its reimbursement from Medicaid, the U.S. Justice Department announced today. These are our tax dollars that they have been cheating. We consumer had no control over this but we do have control over checking for outdated items. We can go to any store and find out dated items. Why bash just is everywhere. • I was so happy to find this blog because I felt alone in my thoughts of what was at the cause of this issue. Lack of hours. I've worked for CVS for 11 years. We are now running are store at 55 hours a week less than what we once had. That's alot of outdates that could have been checked. Some of us take alot of pride in the job and never want to see anyone at risk for things that we haven't been able to do. It has only been a matter of time before something severly went wrong. Thank goodness someone wasn't badly hurt. I was on a conference call this week when they talked about the seriousness of the situation and in the next breath talked about not going over in hours. Did anyone know that shampoo, bar soap and diapers expired before this week. It's all out of control. I just hope something good comes out of it and I'm not going blind checking dates for nothing. Why can't they just make the dates clear and easy to read. • I think its funny how are so called loving company if full of bull. we feed customers all this bull in are adds but treat are staff like dirt. are CEO made 1.7 million more than last year are stores are cutting hours and we never have enough staff to do the full job. I mean really what do you expect people want so much for so little. we do what we can with what we have. a customer wants to pay so little and expect that they will get the best... what you pay is what you get. as for are company as I hear it no one go more than a 3% raise this year so you got over worked and underpaid employees checking for out dates. of course they are going to do the bare amount. they never get the whole job done. I hope the AG's all get in this and every tv channel. Lets not forget that when we have mice and bugs on overstock in the back it still ends up on the shelves because no manager wants it to come out of there shrink is any one checking for that???? think no. have fun and enjoy. Oh and yes its another great day at CVS • It seems we all agree what is going on at CVS. The question is what can we all do to fix it. Is there really anything? I don't see anyone of any importance commenting on this. Over 6000 stores in this company you would think we could have an impact somehow. And why is no one at Rite Aid speaking up? • It just shows that the employees of cvs really do want to make a difference. We do care what happens. I have been in Rite Aid in my town and they are not as friendly as those in our cvs. They don't look as happy. The people who wait on me at cvs are always polite and friendly. It is alarming to hear all the comments about the things that are going on behind closed doors. I can't imagine how the CEO's and VP's keep their employees. I would quit. When I asked why the employees stay the cashier told me because they love the customers and the people they have helped. That is why I shop at my local cvs. Keep up the good work. Maybe someone important is reading these comments. • To "Concerned customer" Thanks for your support! We appreciate it. I hope you are right. I hope someone is reading and actually listening. Someone that can help us do our jobs the way we really want to do them. We would all be beter off, including CVS. • Its amazing how I read some of these comments and some saying its the mangers fault and we all have challenges and have to suck it up and do it. I agree we all have challenges and sometimes it does get really tuff and we do have to deal with it, BUT when we have over 6,000 stores in the same boat with the same problems all needing more hours to do what is asked of us, maybe it isnt the store manager. CVS wanted bigger earnings, and they got it, but look at what cost. I dont think we have over 6,000 bad and lazy managers, but I do know we have over 6,000 exhasted and tired managers trying to there very best with what little we go to do it with. • Store Manager- I agree. I give 100+% every day and go home tired and defeated, as probably do too. It certainly isn't for lack of long. How long before we all give up? Many already have. I've seen many good managers leave. • I work for cvs, and our store dont check anything at all. We have customers bringing back outdated things all the time and the store manager don't take them back. I feel this is wrong and that it could cause harm to the customer. When I took back something that was outdated I got wrote up! I will testify that they don't care about the customer just the money • Just worked our truck overnight this weekend. Outdates came in on truck. A lot of stuff came in with worse dates than what was on the already on the shelf. They are not rotating in the warehouse, yet we are getting blamed. • AMEN!!! • who cares about outdated items, it happens. all these employees are complaining about no hours and all that crap, to bad. all it takes is 1 day a month at most to check, so instead of complaining about no hours and tom ryan just do it. no ones forcing u to stay at cvs so leave if your not happy. its funny that all it takes is some outdated cookies or milk to get people complaining, like thats our biggest problem in life.take a minute and think about it • ..... there isn't any real reason for having out dates, especially in baby formula. Maybe some employees need to realize one task is more important then the others. Yes there are a ton of things I could be doing like photo but maybe checking a sections out dates is more important then a one hour 6.99 roll of film. Yes it is common sense for a consumer to check the dates as well, but that shouldn't be a requirement. Let's face it, almost every thing expires. You could turn a 1 hour grocery trip into a 4 hour job if you checked all your dates. As a consumer I expect all products to be in date, as an employee of RA I make sure my products are in date. I've spent many 10 hours shifts doing out dates alone. Payroll is a reason things don't get done but then there is another, like the lazy employee who reads a magazine the whole shift. Some people don't realize but Eckerd hasn't been Eckerd in years. It was sold to JCPenny's then Brooks Pharmacy and now Rite Aid. JCP just wanted the right off, Brooks well they really got a sweet deal. Eckerd/Brooks/Rite Aid in all three acquisitions have had one constant problem. The upper management (corporate levels) isn't changing. So the people who drove Eckerd into the red, continue to sit at the steering wheel. I envision Rite Aid will be selling off some stores in non core markets (total BS). • where is all are money going • Hey Chris- Get real! I couldn't check all the outdates in my pantry and medicine chest in one day. You have no idea. And if you think you can, you wouldn't be doing a good job. Most of us see the reality of this issue. It sounds like the CVS mind set all over again. Like giving us 3 hours to complete a cough and cold plano. And that should include checking outdates too. There are very unrealistic expectations. • When CVS starts to treat their employees like the employees are expected to treat the customers - maybe this company would be a good company to work for. Where I am, good luck trying to find an Americcan pharmacist as they have held hostage the people here on VISAs. A few Regional Managers (RD in the SE) are completely insane and with fish rotting from the head, well expired foods aren't going to be the worst of CVSs problems. • The money for RA is being spent for all these conversions and grand openings they're doing. A full store paint, powder & replanogram (3rd party company). I went through 2 weeks of the PPR and a week later went into the Grand Opening Month. The IT conversion alone has to be a small country. All register systems went from the archaic to the elite in every store bought by Rite Aid. They've been spending more money then what they make & what is the most commonly cut expense.. payroll. To top it off every planogram got redone barely two months ago, in the last week I've done 17 again and more show up daily. One Pharmacist's annual pay could pay the entire FE payroll (managers included) for a year and there would be money left. • Comments by imbittered former employees are not allowed. • I agree with all the comment made. This not only happen in CVS; the same thing happens in Rite Aid. A store manager,assistant manager of superviser has to run his or her store under staff. Because the store does not have enough hours; usually open the store with one person and only have 2 to 3 employee for the entire day. Usually each store has 9-15 aisle per store. The store needs many tasks to be complete price changes, stock the store, check the recalls, face the entire store, map and, take care of the customers (which are upset because they can't find help on the sale floor), clean the bathroom and keep organize the stock room. Only one cashier and the lines never end; because, their is not enough help at the register. Also, "the outdate" how it could be pull of the shelves if there is no payroll and 3 people in a store can't do everything that is require. It is really sad that corporate don't care how their store are presented and don't offered the help that the stores really need. The district manager only says make happens like 3 people could do miracles. • So I just read that they went back to stores and found that 50% of cvs stores are still selling out of date! where is it all coming from if stores pulled it 2 weeks ago? I guess some d.m.'s did not "make it happen". Managers are expected to manage thier stores but in all actuality are just glorified stockboy's/stockgirl's. I have a pile of paperwork 6 inches high in my office that I can't even get to. Oh well gota go empty the trash out front and check the bathrooms for toilet paper. • They should hire the AG's people to come to the stores and pull out dates. They seem to be able to find them all. How many people do they send into a store at a time to find 1 or 2 more things? It cant't be just one person. • Sounds to me like the drug stores need to update their technology a bit. They use barcodes to scan for price and deplete from stock on hand, which in turn triggers ordering when minimum levels of stock are released. Why not switch from barcode to scatter code where more info would be stored/read, including expiration date? The store would scan in the items with XX expiration date into stock, then when the item is sold, it is depleted from stock. When XX date arrives on the calendar, the inventory system would then print out a report showing which items, and how many need to be pulled off the shelf. The store employee would then go to only those items listed to pull stock. No more pawing through items that haven't reached their expiration date. Another technology that could help in this area, would be Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Each item could have an RFID affixed that would show (through a scanner) its expiration date. Employees could bulk scan a shelf area and if their were outdated items present, the scanner would notify them as such. The cost of this system would probably be higher than of implementing expiration dates in the scatter codes. • How do they expect the managers at Rite Aid to keep up with all the resposibilities they have if they keep getting called to the register for manager approval for every little transaction? And they stress that if there are 3 people in line, cashiers are supposed to call to open another register. Who are you supposed to call if there is no one there but cashier and manager? • Again it's great to see some people with ideas. CVS has been sending people from other states to assist in checking again. Now they are pulling another month or two that weren't pulled prior. These people are making comments how everone in the store should be fired. That really helps. Go back to where you came from if you want to talk that way. • Outdates sucked. The store i worked in however spent over a week touching every item in the store with the exception of picture frames and blank CD's.... Our reward? A couple Lazy stores in New York decide this isnt that big a deal.... so i get to spend the next 2 weeks rechecking every store in my entire region. No extra day off because of the holiday. No Concievable way to work less than 60 hours. Thanks Stores that couldnt be bothered./ • I work for one of these companies and yes, I agree that this is a big issue. However, I would like to know why other drug stores are not being checked like ours. If you go into any store there will be SOMETHING that is out of date. Also, if these investigators are so concerned with the welfare of people then why did they NOT tell us of the outdates that they found in their initial investigation? I read in a newspaper article the other day that they had an undercover investigation where they bought outdated products from stores back in March. We heard NOTHING about this until this entire story broke. And you care about the welfare of people?! If that was the case then you would have IMMEDIATELY notified the management of the store where these items were purchased so that they could pull the items off the shelf. This was not done! Instead they waited months! Does this sound like concern for public safety? I think that it is unfair that our stores are being targeted while others are not even being checked. Why were we not informed of the outdates when they were found and why are our competitors not being checked? Something else is going on here and everyone in this industry knows it but no one has the balls to say it! • I know you are upset, but your caps lock key will be confiscated(along with your 1/! key) unless you refrain from abusing them. Thank you. • Most of the drug outdates really don't matter, but this is what I expect from the oversized and understaffed chain drugstores. If there is an Independent Pharmacy in your community-support it! These chains deserve to be smacked, but not only because of this headline-grabbing nonsense. Clearly Mr. Cuomo would rather go after low-hanging fruit than take on serious crime in his community. • i can use caps whenever i want. who are u to confiscate my caps lock key and my ! key. im just stating my opinion. its a free country deal with it buddy. and i can say whatever i want too. • First of all we are not buddies. Secondly you are allowed to state your opinion, just please don't look uneducated when you do so. It makes your opinion look insignificant. We are just looking out for you kind sir. • This issue is just the tip of the iceburg. As I have been wit hCVS for a while now I have experienced many things. Talk about middle management and their bonus. I was instructed that i could not give a 10 year employee a 4.5% raise because they were at the cap. I asked superiors to show me the cap so i know for the next time. "Well it is not written any where" I was forced to a 2% raise to give because the employee MADE TO MUCH MONEY! Way to engage • Come on this is how business works. There is a cashier in my district that makes 17.00/ hour because nobody enforced the cap. That is ludacris! Most of the commentors should get a job at a not for profit, because they obviously don't like making money. • Thanks for letting me know what I can expect in my raise this year. There is no cap on what they can increase how much we pay for our health care benefits. My raise doesn't even touch that. • If that person makes $17 an hour it is because he/she has been with the company a long time probably. Doesn't longevity or company loyalty account for anything? I suppose that person should consider themself lucky they haven't been nudged out and replaced with a minimum wage part-timer who spends half their shift text messaging their friends • You are right. There are many days I feel like if I didn't show up the doors wouldn't open. The kids have no concerns for what happens when the don't feel like working. There is a never a way to get back hours lost. The clock just keeps on ticking towards the next missed deadline. I wish I made $17.00 to be a cashier. I know that their commitment is important but I also know that in spite of the fact that I'm always there and am actually doing work 100% of the time I'm there that the raise I got last year was a lower % than a lot of other people received. I guess that was because I the 2nd highest hourly person in the store. The shift A's in the stores all know what it is like to run a store just like an assistant but with NO BONUS. The price you pay for not having an assistant in your store. Just as much is expected of you. • don't forget about the kmarts, targets and walmarts of the world. Too many discount stores cannibalizing each other and its employees. • I work for one of the Rite Aid Distribution Centers. Last week they (management) started checking dates. This is something that should have been done by the Inventory Control Dept. I know that there are expired product in these stores. I work for these people and I won't even shop there. They need this to open there eyes. I think they have been getting away with this type of thing for years. Some needs to be held accountable, yes customers should check the products but they shouldn't be on the shelves in the first place. • Save CVS managers!!! they are the life line of the stores!! CVS has front store policies in place which require code pulls every week that pull product which has one month in advance of present date. have special agents check out the CVS warehouses. the store managers have enough on their plate as it is. Yo special agent man let me see if you can last one week in a cvs store environment,balancing payroll, schedules, price changes hundreds of daily price changes, customer service issues emails,banking,DM visits, vendor deliveries,pharmacy ego's photo lab, inventory,audits,theft,certifications training just to mention a few no overtime for the managers thats right a 75-80 hour week in a 40 hour salary. you think you have it tough? • Even hourly people are under the same pressure if they care at all. But don't you get it? No one is listening to how hard we work on how much we care. • Can you believe Rite Aid stores are open all day on July un-American....or should I say how money hungry is Mary Sammons? • CVS is open all day July 4th as well. Christmas too. • Get the Distric Managers and the other Head Honcho's that do nothing and let them pull the products from the shelves in their assigned stores! • We had 5 people in our store last week 2 days. Went over our budget 50+ hours. Now they have an outside agent doing audits. Thousands and thousands of merchandise distroyed, much of which still had several months left. When I think of this all for just one store, the cost has to be out of this world. Yes CVS has policies in place but again does not invest in the hours to implement them. This is where it cost them this time. Where will it be the next time? Now the focus is outdates. Something else will have to be pushed to the rear. • I am a store manager for CVS, and I am ashamed of this report. It does not inspire confidence in the consumer to continue to shop our stores. Even if we don't have enough hours, even if there is only 2 people on each shift, that is no excuse for having outdates on your shelf. Sure it may take quite awhile to check for these outdates, but that is your job to do. If you don't like it, them go somewhere else. Have some pride in your job!! • I totally resent your comment. You have no idea how much I and others have given to this company if you feel that way! This is not an excuse. Out dates and confidence are extremely important. I too take pride in my job and in my store. I'm just saying that had CVS invested the hours in their stores in the begining all this money would not have been wasted to recover the damage done. Again, it is just a shift in priority again. Will only having 2 people in a store be an excuse when some stores get robbed and someone gets hurt or worse? Maybe then we'll finally stop calling it an excuse and call it the reason. • You are right about the hours, but that does not give us the right to have outdates on the shelf! It's very simple to just check your outdates when you are putting up truck. That way when the 20th of every month comes around, it won't take that long. By no means did I intend to offend anyone by my comment, I just feel that outdates are a very important part of our job to get done. If that means that I have to stay a little longer to get it done, well then that's what I'll do. It's alot easier to do the outdates that to explain to a customer why you have an outdated product on your shelf. • There is nothing wrong with this practice. If someone wants to buy an item like this they should be able to do so. Lawsuits over this kind of thing just drive up costs for everyone. The AG needs to be sanctioned for driving our costs up. • CVS and Rite Aid and all other stores should be ashamed of themselves for being open all day on a holiday.....July 4th was INDEPENDENCE DAY....unfortunately we are all slaves to the almighty dollar. We have to go back to putting family first and spending time with family is important..not shopping • CVS treats its store employees like dirt.The salaried people "manager and Assistant manager" are paid paid a measly salary for working around 60 hours weekly.Bonus is negligible,if any.They need help.The corporate is running an organized slavery show.Most managers at CVS have only high school diplomas.CVS knows that and they exploit it to their full advantage.By giving the around 45K (in texas) they bait them with enough money that they will think hard before quitting.But then they saddle them with infite back braking work,long hours,no holidays and NO HELP. • Get a job as CVS store manager if, 1.You hate your family 2.Dont mind getting paid 45 hours salary for 60+ hours of work,weekly. • I posted earlier about the hours things... but now its just people complaining. Any manager routinely working 60 hours a week is not working smarter. Sure some weeks 55 hours happens, and other weeks its 45 (RA managers are 50 hour work week).... I am a manager of a low volume store (the types with the real staffing issues) and still rarely put in over 53 hours. My store is also the best in the district in Customer Service Scores and maintaining all the weekly tasks... If some of you managers would come out of your office and actually help with doing the work on the floor, I bet your hours worked would go down too. • The problem with businesses (not only RA and CVS)today is that they expect workers to multi-task but they don't multi-pay and that is why quality is down. A pat on the back doesn't pay the bills • Why would the Attorney General Office only investigate CVS_ And Rite Aide- Maybe someone should investigate this- There are many other Drug Stores so target all in your investigation and don't just try to put down two chains to promote your polital contributing back pocket investors to boost your own pockets- It is a good idea that customers can now read the outdates , they should check them and if they should find one bring it to a store attendant's attention so it can be removed. I do not work in Retail nor do I critisize but I usually get alot of care and concern from CVS employees and I've bought out dated dairy product at numerous locations, I took it back and got new ones- no fuss - Once I got bad meat a grocery store and took it back, late at night and saved the store because the refrigeration unit was not working properly and they were able to have it fixed the next day- I came in a few nights later and was told Thank You and that made me feel important- one they recognized me as customer, 2 they took the time to thank me for letting them know right away, 3 they explained the problem and that it was repaired that next day. So why destroy a reputation when it could have been just as easily remedied by notifying the company rather than making it all about two brands of stores!!!! • Expired out of dates can be mostly taken care of by rotating your stock. New stock to the back old stock to the front. Employee should be trained to follow that. Also outside venders should also be checking their dates also. Some out of dates can be lessen also by reducing you merchandise. If a product doesn't sell then don't re-order so many. I work as a CPhT at a CVS. Yes we are very very busy. But good training pays off big time. When I take a drug off the shelf I check the date quickly even if the bottle is opened. Only takes a quick glance not hours. Yes I have found out of dates. But if everyone employed followed those 2 simply rules rotate and quick glances some problems could be avoided. I work truck day and putting up alot of bottles does take time. But if you put new ones to the back and if out of dates do get put on the shelves then a quick glance before filling can catch those ones. Also drugs don't go bad like mold on food. When a drug expires it just loses it's potence or in other words it's strenght. But that happens slowly not right at the very minute it expires. And that's why you should only get a month at a time for prescription drug's and take all the medicine unless the doctor tell's you to stop. If you have medicine in your cabinet that is prescrition look at the fill date if it is over a month throw it out if you don't intend to take it anymore. With can goods unless the can is dented then your alright. Can food was found in German bunkers 10 years after the war and when opened was found to be just fine. But use consumer common sence "when in doubt, throw out". The only gripe I have about CVS is the breaks that we get or don't get. If we work 6 hours or over we MUST take a half hour. But since we don't start breaks until 12 noon and 3 of you started at 8am and we have to take turns then the last going end's up eating lunch at around 2pm. I end up skipping eating because I don't want to eat so close to supper at 6pm. Also our store manager won't let us have our 2 other breaks that we should be paid for. You know those 2/15 minutes one. He said it's 2/10 minutes and that if we should gripe about taken them then every time we have to go to the bathroom we have to do it on those 2/10 minute breaks. I wonder if upper managment and CEO's follow those rules. If any of them are reading this I work at store 7745 in Ringgold, Georgia. • I love the notion that rotating stock is the solution to all the outdated problems. For rotating of stock it has to be done at ALL levels- not just store level, or it doesnt work at all. Just for kicks, last week i kept track of everything i put up with an expiration date. 73% of the items with dates... the "new ones" that came in on the truck had a date that is sooner that what was already on the shelf. • I work for Rite aid and just in our store alone, after taking everything past expired, and things expiring in the next 3 months off the shelf we had over 10 totes. Annoying thing is, on stock day, some things come IN expired. • I know it is wrong to sell expired merchandise, but the public has to remember the item doesn't go bad on the exact expiration date. They should be as vigilant in their own homes as they want us to be. • I have worked for cvs for many years and one of the problems I see is the upper management always notifies local management when they are coming and then everyone has to clean and overstaff when they come so no one can see the real problem of understaffing. They also make lie about how it really is on a day to day basis when you work long hours with no breaks and you work alot of hours for no pay because you don't want to leave your coworkers when their so busy in the pharmacy with no help. They should be investigated for labor law practices. • I agree with all the payroll issues, we are struggling severely. If you have such a tight schedule, there is no flexibility to cover vacations, or people out sick. But wouldn't it make sense for the manufacturers to shoulder some of the responsibility for their product? Couldn't they be required to clearly and boldly print the expiration dates on the items, rather than have them hidden in tiny print, or just engraved, where you have to turn the package just so to read it? Big, bold, black type would make them much easier to identify, even just in passing/facing, etc...And as for date CODES, we asked for list of how to read these, and were told there was no such list in the works. How can we be held responsible for outdates on items with codes we cannot identify? At a district meeting, we were told, yes, inspectors would know how to read them, but we would not. Once again, thanks for the assistance. And if I didn't have to spend half of my time entering the same sku into the RF to "count" it three more times, even though I do not have this many locations, as my store is small. Or spend the other half on the phone with Retail Imaging trying to get our state of the art photo equipment up and running properly... • Can someone explain to me how stores like Rite Aid expect to make money when they have sales with the Single Check rebates where customers get the item for free after rebate? I assume they think the customers buy other items as well but this is NYC. Customers only come in for the freebees and buy more than 1(probably to sell for full price in their $.99 stores)....each on a single receipt causing a long line at register and aggravating the people behind them. And when you ask the cashier if there is another register they say no one is there. • To all the CVS employees complaining about thier jobs and hours. Just do your job and stop complaining. Fix the problem. if you do it on a monthly basis you wont have a bigger problem later on. Lead by example.Take pride in your store. Do you keep outdated merhandise in your house? It takes more time to complain and blame it on hours,the economy and each other. No matter where you work,as long as that establisment sells consumeables there will be outdates. Have you forgotten our vission,mission and values. or SSS. wht it really means. take a step back,look at it through a customers eyes. so stop complaining and do your job. Its amazing we have CVS employees. including members of managemnt bashing the company that has given them a career.In todays economy you should be happy you have a job. • of something painful, just for being a douche. • I work for riteaid and i tell you, two people a shift is a joke(and ones a cashier) who they expect to do a bunch of stuff in between customers. Then, if its so busy the task couldn't get done, the cashier gets the blame. Oh, i was moving too slow. Im sorry, i was wasting my time feeling the beer over and over and over then by time im done with that i have another whole line of customers, im forever moving in an arrobic pace, if i moved any faster, i would be running. • About the rebate thing, i think the manufacture reimburses Riteaid. Its usually a way to promote a new item. • Allen, I also work for Rite Aid. I know the manufacturers use the rebates to promote sales of their items and hopefully bring business into the store. But, like Confused said, a lot of the times that is all they buy. From what I see, people make a business out of it. Buy the product that is free after rebate and also use a coupon. So in essence they are being paid to buy the product. Then a few weeks later they return the product for a refund. Therefore it is costing Rite Aid money to process the sale, rebate and return. And try explaining the rebate concept to people who don't speak English and can only read FREE or whatever the price is after rebate and want it for that price. Or when they find out it isn't at the rebate price at the register and they get mad and throw the item at the cashier.They don't want the item and the sale has to be voided, which means you have to call the manager. People waiting in line then become disgusted and leave the store. Do you wonder why Rite Aid's stock is way down? • I just bought a bottle of Sino Fresh from Rite-Aid. I didn't see an expiration date on the box after I got the box home so I called Sino Fresh and gave them the "lot #" and was told the product expired--TWO YEARS AGO!! Does anyone know who I can report Rite-Aid to I had already used it before I found out the expiration date! • I was trying to make this point in an earlier post. We can check for outdates on a daily basis, but if we are not told by the manufacturer how to read the "code", how do we know it's outdated? Why isn't there something in place to force manufacturers to list an actual expiration date on their product? How can we be held responsible for having outdated merchandise on the shelves, when we are not told how to read the lot # and know that it's outdated? I have been told the FDA is working on making all manufacturers list an actual expiration on their products, but it is like any other red tape, going to take time to put it in effect. • Why are manufacturers allowed to put expiration dates in codes and in strange places. We were doing outdates and to find an expiration date we had to hold package on an angle in a certain light to see it. It is so easy to miss and takes longer. • who do I call if I buy expired products? Russian stores do that all the time. My wife is pregnant and everything could happen. • You CVS employees forget about that wonderful saying you hear on the PA every 5 mins. ("Manager to the front, Manager to the front, for customer assistance") I mean that just never gets old huh? Key scans for just about everything other than scanning an item....oh ya the power we hold with our key tags like a light saber...oh that got old after the first day that got activated for me... Maybe in 10 yrs or so they will finally understand what needs to be done to fix all of this. Intill then...hang on to the 14 high totes that just keep on coming and don't fly out the door with the ad's that just dont' stay on that stand @ the front door. ; seriously, the sad part is you do need to start looking for a new job. Nobody is going to offer it to unless you take the time on your days off and look. Dont' wait to sink with the ship or just stay miserable. It's not going to change anytime soon. There is better jobs out there that pay even more.. you have to be aggressive and look. I don't plan on staying with CVS much longer. • Yes I know some grammar errors with my post. This isn't school right? Anyways to add to what I was saying. CVS isn't a bad company. It's not hard to figure out, the FS needs more hrs yes. But that's easy to say. It really does depend on your Store manager and yes THE HOURS YOUR's a combination of depends on how your manager manages his or her building. You have to have a game plan when you try to accomplish anything...there are countless tasks to be done @ CVS I know all about it..from setting an ad to making sure there are store use labels on all the items in the office and break room etc...but seriously I was saying earlier. It's a major problem they have like some other retail companies and It's not goint to change now, especially with the economy the way it is. It's kind of sad...hearing "increase your sales and watch your hrs go up" How can your sales go up, when you cut hrs? That means less gets done and you want more blood out of a stone? No it's called invest money and see if money makes money....GOT IT STOCK HOLDERS??????????????????????????????????????????? RING A BELL NOW? CAT GOT YOUR TONUGE? GIVE ME A BREAK! OH THAT'S RIGHT 1/2 IS TOO MUCH....i'll take my 5 mins drink my meal thru a least i see it's not just me going thru this nonsense. Goodluck CVS employees! • People need to stop complaining that there is not enough hours allowed at store level to check for outdates. Even if hourly employees feel checking outdates is beyond their scope, management shouldn't. Rite Aid managers and assistant managers are salary and are required to work a minimum of 50 hours a week. I have seen very few of them actually do it. Even if they did, then they need to stay that extra 6 or 10 hours to check outdates if no one else can get it done. That's why you're salary people! If you don't like it, you're in the wrong job! I worked for Rite Aid and just after this big "scare" about outdates happened I was helping out at another store. There had been a huge emphasis on checking the whole store for outdates from corporate. Apparently, this store had complied. You would not believe the outdates that I found and they had already gone through the store! This is typical for Rite Aid. Mismanagement is the only thing I can say. After all, Rite Aid was one of the few companies that was so unethical that the government took action and signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. What else is there to say about a company that needs the government to step in and tell them to be ethical? • I currently work for Rite Aid, I'm appauled at the lack of some policies. True, there are only 2 employees working on most shifts, plus a management member, or supervisor, and there's not a lot of time to check for outdates let alone, straighten out the store. I don't agree with corp tying the hands of cashiers, or with the lack of employees scheduled to ensure out dates are being checked. One of the major faults I've found, is that when shipment arrives, NO ONE rotates stock!! Including the manager!! I found outdates as far back as 07. Another major pet peeve, is that Rite Aid does not recycle!! Everything is thrown into the trash. Unexcusable, unacceptable. You should be ashamed of yourselves Rite Aid. • It's really sad to read all the negative comments. I'm right there with all of you in your frustrations, and with the customers also. I hate the rebates, or freebates as we call them in the NW. There's the regulars who will be lined up at the door tomorrow morning, and you know dang well they do not use all these products. Yes, they purchase them to sell at their stores for a higher price. And then get upset with us because a rebate wasn't honored.. why, because they didn't bother to READ the sign. So now our time is wasted by having to do returns. It's all a scam. And to AMAZED who posted earlier this year, who says "just be happy you have a job"... that is the Wrong attitude to have. Why enable the corporate world to screw every employee any way they can? I was laid off for over a year, I haven't been able to find a company who wants to pay me what I was making. So I've taken a job for $4 an hour less, various shifts, split days off, no benefits.. and I'm supposed to be happy about it??? No, I've "Settled". I've taken what I can just to attempt to put food on the table for my kids, while the CEO's make the big money, and don't have to work holidays so THEY can be home with their families. Retail isn't about Family, none of these companies care about family time for their employees.. it's all about making a dime. It's the world we chose to get into. • I work at Rite Aid and I just hate having to pack out the perishable goods like candy. The mgrs aren't in control of some items we are shipped. They are just sent to us by the whse. I am sick and tired of getting the same box of candy each delivery when we haven't sold 1!!!No wonder there are so many outdates. This stuff comes in every week! Add a Comment About Health Blog • Health Blog on Twitter • Health Blog on Facebook	http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/06/12/new-york-ag-nabs-cvs-rite-aid-selling-expired-products/tab/comments/	dclm-gs1-157240000
0.337434	<urn:uuid:8e19df0a-eed7-4274-8b25-e700604205df>	en	0.930021	The Motley Fool Discussion Boards Previous Page Financial Planning / Tax Strategies Subject: Re: Mello Roos taxes Date: 11/23/2002 11:54 PM Author: KenAtPcs Number: 62198 of 121585 The code section quoted in the other reply applies to taxes levied for improvements to the specific property assessed. I'm not a CPA or a tax preparer, so I certainly defer to your experience & knowledge. Not only that, but I certainly prefer that your answer be the correct one. Also, perhaps it's different in different parts of the state. Here, the Mello Roos is assessed by development, with the benefits (supposedly) going directly to the new neighborhood (streets, sewers, parks, etc.). In that regard, it seems to be benefiting the specific property. Personally, I think it stinks. It's on our property tax bill, it goes up 2% a year just like our property tax. Ok, it isn't based on the value of our property like our property tax is, but other than that, it walks like it, it talks like it ....	http://boards.fool.com/MessagePrint.aspx?mid=18199046	dclm-gs1-157250000
0.020688	<urn:uuid:f1f413f8-0bbe-43c2-9047-8744925d9cc6>	en	0.662163	Debarca Municipality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Debarca municipality Општина Дебарца Rural municipality Flag of Debarca municipality Official logo of Debarca municipality Coat of arms Location of Debarca municipality region Southwestern Statistical Region Municipal seat Belčišta • mayor Ljupčo Kojčinovski • Total 425.39 km2 (164.24 sq mi) • Total 5,507 • Density 12.95/km2 (33.5/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code(s) 046 Debarca (Macedonian: About this sound Дебарца ) is a municipality in southwestern part of Republic of Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. Debarca Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region. The municipality borders Kičevo Municipality to the northeast, Demir Hisar Municipality to the east, Ohrid Municipality to the south, and Struga Municipality to the west. The municipality encompasses the Debarca Valley, part of the Sateska River watershed that flows into Lake Ohrid and belongs to the Lake Ohrid Drainage Basin. The majority of the villages are nestled between the Karaorman Mountain in the west and Ilinska Mountain in the east. According to the last national census from 2002 this municipality has 5,507 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include: • Macedonians = 5,324 (96.7%) • Albanians = 153 (2.8%) • Others = 30 (0.5%) Inhabited places[edit] The municipality consists of 30 villages. Inhabited places in Debarca Municipality Village(s): Arbinovo \| Belčišta \| Botun \| Brežani \| Velmej \| Volino \| Vrbjani \| Godivje \| Gorenci \| Gorno Sredorečie \| Grko Pole \| Dolno Sredorečie \| Zlesti \| Izdeglavje \| Klimeštani \| Laktinje \| Lešani \| Mešeišta \| Mramorec \| Novo Selo \| Ozdoleni \| Orovnik \| Pesočani \| Slatino \| Slatinski Čiflik \| Slivovo \| Sošani \| Trebeništa \| Turje \| Crvena Voda Coordinates: 41°30′00″N 21°23′00″E / 41.5°N 21.3833°E / 41.5; 21.3833	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debarca_Municipality	dclm-gs1-157370000
0.126906	<urn:uuid:d1a6c0cc-ccaf-4b05-9ed1-f2b8f8ec5da1>	en	0.932457	Hal Scardino From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Hal Scardino Born Albert Henry Hugh Scardino Savannah, Georgia, USA Occupation Actor Years active 1993–1996 Hal Scardino (born Albert Henry Hugh Scardino; December 25, 1982) is an American actor best known for having played the leading role in the movie The Indian in the Cupboard.[1] He also starred in Searching for Bobby Fischer and Marvin's Room. He is the youngest of three children born to Marjorie Morris Scardino (chief executive officer of media group Pearson) and Albert Scardino (a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist). Born in America in Savannah, Georgia, Scardino grew up in the London neighborhood of Knightsbridge.[2] He was educated at Winchester College, an independent school for boys in England. He graduated in 2005 from Columbia University. External links[edit] 1. ^ The Philadelphia Daily News, "Kid Learns A Lot From A Little Indian," 14 July 1995 2. ^ The Baltimore Sun, "Despite a magic touch, actor's just a regular kid," 14 July 1995	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Scardino	dclm-gs1-157390000
0.052135	<urn:uuid:82936d67-6f8d-430d-afe6-ab20af4cf9e5>	en	0.867643	Take the 2-minute tour × I am searching for a conformal mapping from the upper halfplane onto a hyperbolic polygon, i.e. the sides of the polygon have to be geodesics. The classical Schwarz Christoffel theorem does the job for euclidean polygons (see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz-Christoffel_mapping). Does anybody know of a similar constructions in hyperbolic geometry? Does anybody know of similiar constructions for any other domains? Any idea will be very wellcomed! I am far from being an expert in conformal mappings and do only know some isolated examples! share\|improve this question I'm no expert on the subject, but presumably you could take normal polygons and and map them into the unit disc in the usual way. – Adam Hughes Nov 15 '10 at 7:00 @Adam: a hyperbolic polygon means one whose sides are geodesics for the hyperbolic metric, so they are not usually straight lines. If you take a polygon with straight edges in the upper half plane then the edges are not geodesic for the hyperbolic metric on the upper half plane, and the images in the unit disc are not geodesic for the hyperbolic metric there either. – Neil Strickland Nov 15 '10 at 8:32 That is exactly, what I am searching. Thanks Neil for the clarification. – Marc Palm Nov 15 '10 at 8:36 Why is this community wiki? – Willie Wong Nov 15 '10 at 11:27 3 Answers 3 up vote 5 down vote accepted See Harmer and Martin's work on Conformal Mappings from the Upper Half Plane to Fundamental Domains on the Hyperbolic Plane. Some of the ideas developed by Christopher Bishop in the context of computational geometry may also be of interest. See his talks and papers on conformal maps. share\|improve this answer So the work is done already;) Thanks for the refernce! – Marc Palm Nov 17 '10 at 8:28 I have now found a better reference for the question considered above: Nehari - Conformal Mappings - Chapter V - page 198 – Marc Palm Nov 24 '10 at 15:42 Good question, I also happen to need an explicit formula for conformally mapping a hyperbolic polygon to the unit disk or the upper half plane. Is that the 1st edition of Nehari's book ? Is this formula explicit ? – Analysis Now Mar 7 '12 at 0:12 There is a theory of conformal map for circular polygons (polygons bounded by arcs of circles). But in this case, instead of an integral in the Schwarz-Christoffel formula, you obtain a linear differential equation. In the case of a circular triangle, the equation is hypergeometric and you have an explicit representation of your mapping. The paper of Harmer and Martin mentioned in the previous answer deals mainly with the case of a triangle. The most comprehensive treatment of triangles is in the second volume of Caratheodory's textbook on complex variables, and in other books on hypergeometric functions. The case of quadrilateral is the simplest case when there is no explicit formula. It was subject of much research. See, for example, arXiv:1110.2696, arXiv:1111.2296, and references in these papers. share\|improve this answer In the Schwartz Christoffel differential vector equation, just use higher derivatives instead of first derivatives. share\|improve this answer I have no idea what you mean here. Could you please elaborate on your answer? – Marc Palm Aug 9 '11 at 17:45 Your Answer	http://mathoverflow.net/questions/46102/conformal-mappings-for-hyperbolic-polygon?sort=oldest	dclm-gs1-157610000
0.60095	<urn:uuid:ffd39b09-0340-4e08-b246-955917e16941>	en	0.857786	Take the 2-minute tour × I am trying to use the https://github.com/xavierlacot/joli.js Active Record style model for Titanium but a falling at the first hurdle... My app.js file contains the init code suggested in the read me. var db = require('joli').connect('myDb'); I have had a look around and cannot find any examples that explain how to setup the database when using Joli. Does the db.model.initialize(); method setup a new database if one does not exist and migrate tables for each model defined? share\|improve this question 1 Answer 1 This has the examples that you required. Abishek R Srikaanth share\|improve this answer Your Answer	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9993993/setup-of-joli-js-in-appcelerator-app	dclm-gs1-157880000
0.030353	<urn:uuid:84b1d8f8-b6fe-4f15-8060-5de00fe16681>	en	0.907544	178 reputation bio website stackoverflow.com/users/57630/… location London, United Kingdom age 43 visits member for 5 years, 5 months seen Dec 4 at 23:52 I am a total newbie when it comes to programming (been like that for the last 12 years!). I dabble a lot and have built websites and Windows apps, but I don't consider myself a programmer, as I don't really know whether I am doing it right. (but my applications and websites work, just don't know if I am using the best methods and techniques etc... example I once used a DataTable rather than a Generic.Dictionary - Newbie!!! - But don't worry I have fixed that now. ;)) Currently a Support Manager/IT Manager for an MIS software company. Thoroughly enjoying MongoDB, Node.JS and Express at the moment. Stack Overflow 465 rep 715 Home Improvement 459 rep 411 Super User 178 rep 128 Area 51 151 rep 1 Server Fault 128 rep 16 14 Votes Cast all time by type 14 up 1 question 0 down 13 answer	http://superuser.com/users/225/travispuk?tab=summary	dclm-gs1-157960000
0.027709	<urn:uuid:e01a96a9-c98b-4d73-9a02-25c840ac3431>	en	0.869715	View Full Version : nadal's strings? 02-09-2005, 09:15 AM anyone has any idea what strings rafael nadal is using at the moment? D. Nalbandian 02-09-2005, 09:43 AM Babolat Tour Duralast 1,35mm @ 24kg. 02-09-2005, 09:49 AM is this string new? where can i find it over the net? whats it made of? D. Nalbandian 02-09-2005, 10:00 AM No, here in Germany it's an old poly. It's very very stiff. I don't if you can buy it in the US. Does anyone know? 02-09-2005, 10:04 AM is it similar to any new Babolat polys? or did babolat create a new version of it? on babolat's main website its written that nadal uses the pro hurricane.hows that? D. Nalbandian 02-09-2005, 10:35 AM No, Nadal uses Tour Duralast, that's sure. I've never hit with it, but i will soon. 02-09-2005, 10:59 AM anyone tried the Tour Duralast before? 02-10-2005, 10:59 PM Is the Tour Duralast string "playing characteristics' similar to the ashaway dynamite 17g string (at low tension approx. 50lbs tension)? 02-16-2005, 11:55 AM It's a pain in the arse to string with - it's so stiff it's like chicken wire, I used to string a few Pure Drives with it for a colleague of mine, 65lbs with that stuff was like hitting with a 2x4 for me!!	http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/archive/index.php/t-22657.html	dclm-gs1-158000000
0.077025	<urn:uuid:4970a3dc-0727-4306-9821-e512149ac9d8>	en	0.93695	jaggies in ppt on xp joachim's picture thx much for any help, twardoch's picture 1. Is your font .otf or .ttf? 2. Did you compare yours to other fonts in the same format? As far as I remembered, PowerPoint used to always turn off smoothing above some point sizes. 3. How are your "gasp" table settings (font smoothing) in FontLab Studio? joachim's picture hi Adam! 1. it's ttf. -- we also made otf versions for their mac users. would the two behave differently in my case? 2. i'm not sure, i didn't know how to check font formats on a pc. i'm all mac, so my brothers helped me test my fonts on their machines. we looked at arial and microsoft sans serif (and also at eras, just to see how it handles the subtle slants). - could it be that powerpoint handles 8bit fonts alright, but has a problem with newer formats? (xp professional 2002, service pack 3; powerpoint 2003 professional edition) - if ppt turns off smoothing above a certain size, could that possibly be adjusted in the preferences? 3. i'll ask Rod Cavazos about the 'gasp', he did all the technical parts for me. 4. i forgot to mention! one of the client's mac users gave a ppt presentation on his apple laptop where our fonts looked fine, but in the image that the projector projected, it was all jagged (and very obvious since projectors tend to increase contrast). twardoch's picture .ttf and .otf render very differently on Windows. PowerPoint does "its thing" to .ttf, I never could figure out what exactly. Apart from the "gasp" settings (Font Info / TrueType-specific settings / Font smoothing), there is not much you can do. joachim's picture hmm.... does powerpoint not do anything to .otf fonts? or not as bad? i can tell them to switch.... twardoch's picture Actually, support for .otf fonts in PowerPoint 2000, XP or 2003 is pretty bad. Only versions 2007 and 2010 are fine. joachim's picture hmmm.... a glimmer of hope? they seem to use powerpoint 2007 on XP. we shall try that out. thank you! Si_Daniels's picture Joachim, it was nice chatting at TypeCon. I did hear back from Mike, and the problem doesn't quite match the one we remembered. Can you send me a copy of the font and maybe a repro ppt and we'll take a look. Cheers, si Syndicate content Syndicate content	http://typophile.com/node/73064	dclm-gs1-158020000
0.155158	<urn:uuid:df7a248d-7549-482c-a8b8-8bcb417808fe>	en	0.976002	UnNews:Update:US Marines did not blow on Japan nuclear reactor From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is part of UnNews UnNews Logo Potato1 UnFair and UnBalanced 10 March 2011 Clinton regrets her very understandable mistake. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has clarified her earlier statement suggesting that tens of thousands of United States Marines had been deployed to "blow really hard" on a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake on Friday. "It didn't happen," explained Clinton. "I thought it would be really cool if it did, so I said it happened. I regret my error." In a hurried press conference this morning, Clinton had explained that 45,000 United States Marines had been airlifted to the Fukushima nuclear plant. "We've got these really important Marines who the Japanese really need really bad," Clinton had said, "And they're going to put out the reactor fire by blowing really really hard, like when you have to blow out the candles on a cake or something." Clinton's declaration had raised some eyebrows among nuclear physicists. "Can you avert a meltdown by having a bunch of guys blow on a reactor core? No, no, I don't think you could," explained Dr. Dennis Schnitzer, a renowned nuclear physicist. "I mean, maybe if... well, no, not then, either. Yeah, I don't see how - oh, wait! Maybe.... no. Nope, that wouldn't work either. No, I'm going to have to go with 'no.'" The Japanese should have paid more attention to Hokusai's paintings. Clinton has since revised her statement, explaining that the Marines had actually been deployed to "provide moral support" and "generally get in the way." edit Sources Personal tools	http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Update:US_Marines_did_not_blow_on_Japan_nuclear_reactor	dclm-gs1-158030000
0.055266	<urn:uuid:2a711918-9ea1-4b37-8cdb-7faca8a70678>	en	0.934899	city > Ahvaz It's been a long, cold winter for Iranians who fell for Khomeini's lofty promises of a better future 35 years ago. International sanctions have exacerbated the pain of the middle class struggling with high levels of unemployment. Iran has accused the British military of co-operating with bombers who killed eight people in southwest Iran, but Britain denies involvement. A double bomb attack in the southwestern Iranian oil city of Ahvaz has left eight people dead. Iranian police have defused a large bomb under a bridge in the tense southwestern city of Ahvaz, just days after a double bombing there killed six people and wounded more than 100. At least 10 people have been killed and 83 injured by four huge blasts in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz and an explosion in the capital Tehran. The days when Iranians in the south-eastern city of Ahvaz could spend a pleasant evening smoking their water pipes are numbered. Featured on Al Jazeera join our mailing list	http://www.aljazeera.com/category/city/ahvaz	dclm-gs1-158070000
0.020695	<urn:uuid:e316da65-dafe-4efa-bb0c-382b918b6ad7>	en	0.978992	Try out the new Click here! Jeremiah 9 (Complete Jewish Bible) View In My Bible 1 wish my head were made of water and my eyes were a fountain of tears, so that I could cry day and night over the slain of the daughter of my people! 2 I wish I were out in the desert, in some travelers' lodge then I could get away from my people and distance myself from them! "Indeed they are all adulterers, a band of traitors is what they are. 3 They bend their tongues, their 'bow' of falsehood, and hold sway in the land, but not for truth. For they go from evil to evil, and me they do not know," says ADONAI. 4 Everyone, be on guard against your neighbor, don't trust even a brother; for every brother is out to trick you, and every neighbor goes around gossiping. 5 Everyone deceives his neighbor, no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to lie, they wear themselves out with sinning. 6 "You inhabit a world of deceit; deceitfully they refuse to know me," says ADONAI. 7 "Therefore," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, "I will refine them and test them. What else can I do with the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongues are sharpened arrows; with their mouths they speak deceit - they say nice words to their neighbors, while inwardly plotting against them. 9 Should I not punish them for these things?" asks ADONAI. "Should I not take vengeance on such a nation?" 10 I weep and wail for the mountains and lament over the desert pastures, because they have been burned up; no one passes through; they no longer hear the sound of cattle; the birds and wild animals have fled, are gone. 11 "I will make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, turn it into a lair for jackals, and make the cities of Y'hudah desolate, with no one living there." 12 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of ADONAI spoken, so that he can proclaim it? Why has the land perished and been laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? 13 ADONAI answers: "Because they abandoned my Torah, which I set before them, and neither listened to what I said nor lived accordingly, 14 but have lived by their own hearts' stubbornness and by the ba'alim, as their ancestors taught them 15 therefore," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el: "I will feed this people bitter wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink. 16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known. I will send the sword after them until I have wiped them out." 17 Thus says ADONAI-Tzva'ot: "Mark this, then summon the mourning women, so that they will come; send for those who are best [at mourning], so that they will come: 18 'Have them hurry and wail for us, so our eyes will be wet from crying, and our eyelids gush with tears.' 19 For the sound of wailing is heard from Tziyon: 'We are utterly ruined, we are completely ashamed, because we have left the land, and our homes have been torn down!'" 20 You women, hear the word of ADONAI! Let your ears receive the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail, have each teach her friend how to lament: 21 "Death has come up through our windows, it has entered our palaces, it has cut down children in the streets and young people in the public places." 22 Say: "Here is what ADONAI says: 'The corpses of people are scattered like dung in an open field, like sheaves left behind by the reaper with no one to gather them.'" 23 Here is what ADONAI says: "The wise man should not boast of his wisdom, the powerful should not boast of his power, the wealthy should not boast of his wealth; 24 instead, let the boaster boast about this: that he understands and knows me - that I am ADONAI, practicing grace, justice and righteousness in the land; for in these things I take pleasure," says ADONAI. 25 "The days are coming," says ADONAI, "when I will punish all those who have been circumcised in their uncircumcision - 26 Egypt, Y'hudah, Edom, the people of 'Amon and Mo'av, and all those living in the desert who cut the edges [of their beard]: "For although all the Goyim are uncircumcised, all the house of Isra'el have uncircumcised hearts." Link Options More Options	http://www.biblestudytools.com/cjb/jeremiah/9.html	dclm-gs1-158090000
0.189981	<urn:uuid:3f322365-0b1d-4a27-b517-0ea04f6d9f39>	en	0.843682	uploaded image Image text transcribed for accessibility: Look up the IEEE 754 Floating-Point Standard Implement a software Single Precision Floating point package for the MC68000 Chip. Your package will have the following functions: Convert standard Lword to 32 bit representation Floating Point Add Floating Point Subtract Floating Point Multiply Floating Point Divide Convert 32 bit floating point to standard Lword Your report should show the same information as the lab reports, including commented program listings, description of the algorithms you used, and output justifying that your demonstration programs worked. Want an answer?	http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/look-ieee-754-floating-point-standard-implement-software-single-precision-floating-point-p-q1194174	dclm-gs1-158160000
0.040195	<urn:uuid:1391c44e-95e3-4218-bd84-641ece47d3d4>	en	0.970615	Mark Cuban screams at NBA refs--on Twitter Long known for his loud and often correct views about NBA refs, Cuban decides he can take their calls no more--he Twitters his complaints after a game. (Updated 12.23PST. Herewith Mark Cuban's latest Twittered news- with Dallas being smoked by Cleveland, Cuban tweeted: "just found out got fined25k by nba.) nice". Oh, Lordy.) How can anyone not enjoy Mark Cuban? A man who danced passably well on "Dancing with the Stars". A man who tends to say frightfully sensible things as loudly as possible in the hope that someone will hear. And a man who has been fined a total of $1.5million, some of it for complaining about NBA refs. It seems as if he has been strangely quiet on that subject for a while. Until Friday, when he just couldn't take it any more. What does the modern human do when he just can't take it any more? He twitters. A little context: Cuban's Dallas Mavericks aren't all that good this year. They might just scrape into the playoffs, but they wouldn't even scare the bobcat who walked into an Arizona bar last night. On Friday they played the Denver Nuggets, a team that is slightly better, but also a team that has as one of its members, JR Smith. Regular Cubanists will know that the Mavericks' owner was fined $25,000 for walking onto the court in January and yelling at Smith. Frankly, I've wanted to do that myself once or twice. The man's body is so dense with tattoos that it looks like a decaying English country house drawing room wall and he always seems to play with a little scowl. He also always plays well against my Golden State Warriors, so that might have something to do with it. "Your Dad's not an NBA ref, is he?" CC Mil8 In any case, after a perceived Smith transgression, Cuban tweeted: "how do they not call a tech on JR Smith for coming off the bench to taunt our player on the ground?" Which he then followed up with: "scary part of that play: Same crew chief from game in Denver where they missed call - last play of the game & 1st JRSmith/Wright issue." Fights aren't scary. Crew chiefs are. One can only imagine how the NBA, an organization that seems uncomfortable with Cuban largely because he's more intelligent than most of its members, will react to his modern form of heckling. And just in case you were wondering whether it really was Mark Cuban doing the twittering, may I offer you his latest tweet: "just so you know, I dont use a "ghost twitter" like some folks do:)" Oh, if only they'd make him commissioner of the NBA. What fun we'd all have. Basketball would be better for it, too. Join the discussion Conversation powered by Livefyre Show Comments Hide Comments Latest Galleries from CNET A roomy range from LG (pictures) This plain GE range has all of the essentials (pictures) Sony's 'Interview' heard 'round the world (pictures) CNET's 15 favorite How Tos of 2014 CNET's 15 most popular How Tos of 2014	http://www.cnet.com/news/mark-cuban-screams-at-nba-refs-on-twitter/	dclm-gs1-158210000
0.022826	<urn:uuid:23b109e5-a09c-4cdb-9ace-4b579f8913a3>	en	0.952468	Microsoft Bing: The first real Google alternative Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, is the first real contender for the Google crown. It does things a bit differently, not much that's worse, and quite a bit that's better. Will it be enough? Bing front page I rarely use Google. Or rather, I rarely use Because Google is embedded into Safari, I just use the search box there, which creates huge stickiness that's hard to displace. Of course, Microsoft has the same option now for embedding Bing into Internet Explorer, assuming it's allowed to by the courts. But the very short amount of time I've spent with Bing has me rethinking my search engine options seriously for the first time. I know a lot of people gush about Google's user experience, and certainly there are a lot of nice things about using it: speed, accuracy of results, and things like weather, which give instant contextual results. But from an aesthetic point of view I've found its minimalism to be on the drab side, rather than the chic side. It's utilitarian, not fancy, and mostly not that fun. Bing has had the courage to say "to hell with eking out the last millisecond of page load time," which both Google and, historically, Yahoo have always emphasized. In today's world, and moving forward, it's just not that important (mobile being an exception, but for that you can provide a custom experience). Rafe Needleman at CNET Webware and Katherine Boehret at WSJ both have good write-ups on the niceties of Bing, so I won't repeat them here. It does some things differently than Google, breaking some ingrained habits, and while there isn't much that's significantly worse, there is quite a bit that is considerably better. The results that come back are somewhat different, sometimes more on target, sometimes not. I'd say the jury's out on that, especially since this is a just-launched service (assuming it's not just a reskin of Live, I don't know what's under the hood), and assuming it will improve as users contribute with clicks. (Like Google, it lists this blog as the top search when I self-search, so that's a plus.) It presents the search results in a nicer way than Google, especially image search (multisize thumbnails and grids, different choices of detail, filters by image size, colors, etc., and overall a presentation that focuses on the images themselves). I love how sounds and videos are embedded into search results and how there's a mouse-over for a small preview. Hovering over the right edge of a search result description pulls up more information without having to click through to the page. Bing avoids two traps: One, it doesn't just try to ape Google. Two, Microsoft hasn't overstyled it and thrown in the kitchen sink of aesthetics and functionality. There is clearly an editorial hand at work that hasn't allowed it to get focus-grouped to death. Kudos to Microsoft for that. I'm going to drop Bing into my toolbar bookmarks and give it a whirl for a while. Who knows, maybe it will be enough to displace the 800-pound gorilla. Tech Culture About the author Join the discussion Conversation powered by Livefyre Show Comments Hide Comments Latest Galleries from CNET A roomy range from LG (pictures) This plain GE range has all of the essentials (pictures) Sony's 'Interview' heard 'round the world (pictures) CNET's 15 favorite How Tos of 2014 CNET's 15 most popular How Tos of 2014	http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-bing-the-first-real-google-alternative/	dclm-gs1-158220000
0.071195	<urn:uuid:1ea4a980-8471-496b-ae27-36b78fcfa387>	en	0.976352	Experience Project iOS Android Apps \| Download EP for your Mobile Device Not Anymore That's right boys and men be tough. Suck it up guys don't cry. Men are macho dudes. Don't show any emotion. Guys are the boss and don't forget it. Get a job, discipline the kids, and make the wife do what you want. Throw your weight around. Yell if you don't get what you want. This was how I was raised from birth to 13 years of age. It's bullshit. There is more to life than being a bastard that no one wants to be around. Yes I have a feminine side. I'm exploring it everyday. We men need to show are feminine side. When you do you will find a more caring and nurturing side of you. Yes the male persona does come through when it needs to. Perhaps that is why women have far more friends than men do. They care and listen to others. I get the feeling that with men it is all about competition. I tiers of competing. I will never be great at most things. The one thing I can do is be a kind and loving person. In order to do that I must drop all that macho crap and embrace the feminine side of me. The feminine side of me being she, is a lot more pleasant to be around. For years now more and more of my feminine is coming through. I no longer try try bury it but embrace it. She is a nice person and loves people. So yes let her out and see what she can become. The feminine me. Adam59 Adam59 56-60, M 2 Responses May 12, 2012 Your Response "women have far more friends than men do".. what women you got in your life? -i don't find that to be the case at all. i find women have acquaintances that they wish they were able to be closer to. that women are constantly struggling for closeness with female companions. women are great at having people they know and share times with.. but not consider real friends, as most women (i've experienced being close to) believe they are not truly understood. -I MEAN THIS IN NO WAY DISPARAGING WAY. women are my heroes. Melodie, that really sums it up, "overall humanity."	http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Guys-Quit-Hiding-Your-Femme-Side/2268191	dclm-gs1-158450000
0.998273	<urn:uuid:521dba41-6955-4594-8dba-4f52fc8e8a58>	en	0.937203	June 20, 2009 Why internet dating sucks why internet dating sucks 3 Stitched by screaming lulu 1. hahahaahahah oh man, that's classic. 2. loool woooow, sitting here, having a cup of coffee... discovering this post... and it makes my day! Never saw anything like this and it is just GREAT! BTW: I am very very new to stitching on paper/ scrapbooking/ cards and saw a link to your blog. I want to send you a huge thank you for the inspiration found here! Greeeetings from Germany,	http://www.feelingstitchy.com/2009/06/why-internet-dating-sucks.html	dclm-gs1-158470000
0.4214	<urn:uuid:f7655917-0d9b-4384-aae7-1bec8841b26f>	en	0.96593	Huffpost Comedy Jon Stewart Mocks Obama Over Latest Scandals: 'I Think The White House Is Going To Start Reading Their Emails Now' (VIDEO) Posted: Updated: How is it that President Obama seems to find out about the scandals plaguing his administration at the same time as the rest of us? Doesn't he have people who are supposed to give him a little heads up? Jon Stewart posed those questions on Tuesday as he recounted the number of times Obama has trotted out the "I found out about it on the news" explanation. Incredulous, Stewart went so far as to say, "I wouldn't be surprised if President Obama learned Osama Bin Laden had been killed when he saw himself announcing it on television." Watch the clip above and let us know if you're equally baffled. Also on HuffPost: Jon Stewart Feuds Share this Current Slide Suggest a correction	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/jon-stewart-mocks-obama-o_n_3278306.html?ref=topbar	dclm-gs1-158630000
0.262345	<urn:uuid:09f6bbed-bd13-4f7e-85f5-89a815d89db3>	en	0.957468	Huffpost Entertainment Jon Stewart Explains The Most Outrageous Corporate Tax Dodge Yet Posted: Updated: It's the corporate tax loophole that could be costing you billions. American companies are quietly changing their paperwork to make it seem as if they're no longer U.S. companies but instead owned by one of their overseas subsidiaries. It's called a corporate inversion. Or, as Jon Stewart described it on Wednesday night's "Daily Show," it's "the business equivalent of gender reassignment." "It's a liberating procedure for companies that have been raised American, but know in their heart they're really Irish," he said. So how does it work? Stewart offers the perfect example in the clip above. Related on HuffPost: Daily Show Correspondents & Contributors Share this Current Slide Suggest a correction	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/jon-stewart-corporate-taxes_n_5636469.html?ir=Entertainment	dclm-gs1-158640000
0.036321	<urn:uuid:98fe643f-7669-49c3-b01d-3fc9c80334df>	en	0.957994	Huffpost Politics The Blog David Sirota Headshot Fear, Loathing & the Crisis of Confidence Posted: Updated: In my new nationally syndicated column out today, I explore the root cause of America's anger at our federal government and the growing embrace of conspiracy theories - trends displayed in recent Scripps Howard/Ohio University studies. It is not just a reaction to fear in the age of terrorism, but is a more fundamental crisis of confidence in our public institutions. Certainly, some of the conspiracy theories out there are offensive, inaccurate and should be ignored. However, the growth of conspiracy theories as a phenomenon should not be ignored, because they represent something deeper - a distrust of a government. This distrust, though it can go in crazy directions, is not crazy unto itself. In fact, it is quite rational. After all, everywhere we look, we see proof that our government actively conspires against the public. The most pristine example, as I say in the column, was the recent behavior by the Federal Communications Commission. This week, this obscure commission moved to relax media ownership regulations - the final insult in a kabuki dance in which the public, quite openly, kicked in the teeth. When America sees this kind of thing happen on a daily basis, can we really wonder why so many people are angry, or why so many people believe the government is always conspiring against the public? I think not. To be sure, many of these specific conspiracy theories are absolutely offensive. For instance, there is absolutely no proof that 9/11 was an "inside job" with government officials actively helping the attack - and those who push this myth without facts should be met with scorn. However, the media is also mislabeling some very clear facts as "conspiracy theories." For instance, it is not a "theory" that government officials knew of Osama bin Laden's growing determination to commit a domestic terrorist attack against the United States nor that terrorists were looking to crash airplanes into buildings. Those are just historical facts - not conspiracy theories. But, again, more important than a debate about what is a conspiracy theory and what isn't, is the rise of conspiracy theories as a social phenomenon - and the roots of that rise is what should trouble us the most. We have a government that now openly and remorselessly ignores the public - and the public has reacted by losing all confidence in that government. For the conservative movement, this crisis of confidence is great. Even if they lose an election or two because the Republican candidates of the moment take the blame, the more the public loses confidence in the government, the better chances their harsh anti-government rhetoric and policies could potentially get traction. On the flip side, this loss of confidence is something awful for progressives (and the country) - and yet it is something I think many progressives fundamentally ignore. We think that all we have to do is point out that the government is corrupt in order to make our case. But that's just the starting point for most Americans these days. The majority of the public already believes that - and we can't win issue campaigns or elections simply by proving something people already know. We have the much more difficult task of 1) showing how conservative leadership is responsible for corrupting the government (not easy when many Democrats are part of the problem), and 2) making people believe that progressive leadership can restore that government and thus give people back some confidence in their public institutions again. This dual task is not going to be easy. Go read read the whole column here. If you'd like to see my column regularly in your local paper, use this directory to find the contact info for your local editorial page editors. Get get in touch with them and point them to my Creators Syndicate site.	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/fear-loathing-the-crisis-_b_77869.html	dclm-gs1-158650000
0.450675	<urn:uuid:940503e3-e32f-4a59-b65a-e578d522618c>	en	0.972951	Huffpost Impact The Blog Phil Cooke, Ph.D. Headshot What Leaders Could Learn From Clint Eastwood's "Halftime in America" Commercial Posted: Updated: One of the big hits of Sunday's Superbowl was Chrysler's two minute TV spot, "It's Halftime in America," featuring actor and director Clint Eastwood. While it's taken some heat politically, the spot, created by agency Wieden + Kennedy, generated such an outpouring of emotion across all cultural, demographic, and political lines, I thought it was worth noting why. Right now, this country is plagued by far too many leaders who can't lead. Leaders across the political, business, and even nonprofit spectrum who arrogantly assert themselves, but who can't inspire those around them. Leaders who look for someone to blame rather than taking responsibility. So what could these guys learn from Clint's spot? Here's a few thoughts: 1. Timing matters. The fact that the spot played during the Super Bowl halftime and correlated that to "halftime in America" gave it context. Leaders don't lead in a vacuum, they speak during specific times of challenge, difficulty, or success. Tie aspiration to physical reality and it becomes focused, timely, and memorable. 2. Admit the current situation. The spot opened with the challenge America is going through right now. No sugar coating or obfuscation. If your organization is suffering or your people struggling, don't pretend it isn't happening. Don't use statistics to stretch the truth, or distract from what's really going on. Be real. People aren't stupid. 3. Stop blaming. The spot never directly mentioned the economy, politicians, or culture wars. Too many leaders are so focused on blaming people or situations, they never provide any answers. We're in a bad situation, and we get that. We're not looking for a blamer, we're looking for a leader. Help get us out, or get out of the way. 4. Speak the Truth. The script called us to "rally around what was right." Leaders today are often so afraid of offending someone, they either ignore the truth or side step it. Sensitivity is critical. Political correctness is suicide. 5. It's about aspiration. Ultimately, the spot wasn't created to assign blame, wallow in our troubles, or discuss what did or didn't work. It wasn't a high minded lecture. Its purpose was to inspire us to be great again. Great leaders are unifiers, not dividers. They call people to a higher vision that's achievable and specific. On the screen, Eastwood plays characters who are tough, grizzly and not afraid to do what's right. We could use a little of that in executive suites, boardrooms, and government buildings across America right now. After all, when was the last time you heard a press conference, CEO address, or political speech that inspired you like "Halftime in America" did Sunday night?	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-cooke-phd/eastwood-superbowl-commercial_b_1258912.html?m=true	dclm-gs1-158680000
0.280026	<urn:uuid:a065e084-8796-49b4-88ea-c5df3d5cebe5>	en	0.980845	Huffpost Politics The Blog Robert J. Elisberg Headshot Mrs. Rodgers Neighborhood Posted: Updated: When Cathy McMorris Rodgers gave the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address, it left out a few things, like literally any specifics about a single GOP proposal she was attempting to laud. If the speech got praised for anything, it was that she came across as charming when speaking about her upbringing as a little girl in Kettle Falls, Washington, growing up there, working hard on the Washington State family orchard for years, spending those years in Kettle Falls raising 4H animals to save enough money over time to pay for a college education. It was warm and inspiring, and you knew that Kettle Falls, Washington, must be proud of that little girl who grew up in their little town and has gone so far. As she put it -- It was a wonderful story. A true American success tale. From little girl in Kettle Falls to the U.S. Congress. The thing is... it was a story. And Cathy McMorris Rodgers left out more than specific Republican proposals. For one thing, she left out that she wasn't actually born in Kettle Falls, but that's minor. Far more notable is that she didn't grow up there at all. In fact, she didn't even grow up in America. She grew up in Canada. When she was still in kindergarten, the family moved from Salem, Washington to British Columbia. And they lived there for 10 years. (That's more than twice as long as Ted Cruz lived in Canada.) It wasn't until she was a junior in high school, two years from leaving for college, that she moved back to the United States and the family settle in Kettle Falls. It's all explained in an article here with the Spokane Spokesman-Review , written back in 2004 when Ms. McMorris had just been elected to Congress, long before she had any expectation of telling her story about growing up in Kettle Falls, America, to the nation. "In 1974, when McMorris was in kindergarten, the family moved to New Hazelton in northern British Columbia," the article states. It then notes, "In 1981, Wayne McMorris moved his family to Quesnel, B.C., where he took a job as principal of a private Christian school. The McMorrises moved again in 1984, when Cathy was a junior in high school, to an orchard near Kettle Falls where she worked at their family's fruit stand." Cathy McMorris did have a rough-and-tumble childhood growing up. It just wasn't in Kettle Falls -- or almost any of it in America. Like she was trying to make everyone believe. For those who think this isn't a big deal, not being open and honest about where you grew up, not acknowledging that you really, truly grew up in a foreign country -- consider for a moment how the Far Right has been driven crazy thinking that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, despite all evidence that he was. (Yes, that's supposedly about being eligible to be president -- but just imagine if it was simply the same as Cathy McMorris Rodgers. That Barack Obama let everyone believe by his tales that he grew up on a farm in Hawaii, and it turns out -- in reality -- he'd actually been living in another country for an entire decade. Do you think for a second that there'd be any less squawking, that the Far Right would find all that perfectly honorable and acceptable and dismiss the whole thing because, after all, some of it was true, and it was a strong upbringing whatever country it took place in?? Ha! There's more about the background of Ms. McMorris Rodgers that appears different that the apple pie All American fabrication she's presented to the nation, but some details remain hidden and others are open to more interpretation and are secondary to the larger facts about where she grew up. And in the end, those larger facts about growing up are not only far more important to the heartwarming All American tale she is selling, but... are actually on-the-record facts. To be clear, I don't care in the slightest where a person grew up. If they struggled, and had a tough upbringing and overcame challenges, then it's impressive, wherever to took place. It's just that not everyone on the other side of the aisle believes that. And to be clear most importantly, Cathy McMorris Rodgers has a very impressive life story from a difficult upbringing. It just didn't take place in the country where she let you think it did.	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers_b_4808787.html	dclm-gs1-158690000
0.755797	<urn:uuid:9eee7a9c-ec54-4f3d-854d-8c86d1138b0f>	en	0.974033	iOS app Android app Collaborative Team Teaching Why Black/Latino Male Teachers aren't as Effective in the Classroom... Yet Jose Vilson \| Posted 05.25.2011 \| Education Jose Vilson Black and Latino male teachers aren't as effective as they could be just yet, and it has everything to do with the roles they take on in schools.	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/collaborative-team-teaching/1	dclm-gs1-158700000
0.018646	<urn:uuid:8b6c90a1-0e1a-415b-b9de-5998e6cb26ef>	en	0.934571	Strategic CIO // Digital Business 10:36 AM Don DeLoach Don DeLoach 3 Steps To Survive The IoT Wild, Wild West Before you charge into the Internet of Things, focus on these policy and infrastructure considerations. Despite its gold rush vibe, the Internet of Things is still in its formative stage -- a lawless frontier where IT must think strategically to protect future company interests. Here are three things you can do now to stake a claim as the IoT unfolds: 1. Realize data governance is more important than ever. There are already a lot of voices clamoring for control of your data. Governments and policymakers are going to have their say and swing their weight. As you embark on your IoT journey, it is vital that you document and establish clear policies and procedures around the data your company interacts with and owns. Access control, analytics, retention, and backup policies need to be clear, and these areas must be managed from early on. While some starting points can be put in place today, others will require monitoring and adaptation as you progress. Here are a few examples: The need to monitor and understand the constraints, standards, and scope of the Internet of Things as it unfolds on a global basis. This includes contemplating naming conventions (such as the Object Naming Service, a derivative of DNS providing structure to the IoT), related security provisions, industry and geopolitical operational guidelines, and legal restrictions. [For more insight on IoT, see When Internet Of Things Meets Big Data.] Keep an eye on who is trying to influence standards and what that might mean to your organization. Precursor technologies, like RFID and closed-loop, silo-based sensor monitoring systems, provide lessons. How did those technologies shape your business, and how will that translate into the governance of IoT? Does the governing body (or bodies) operate centrally, or will there be local controls? Who and what will be the authority for international control? Some have suggested that organizations like the World Trade Organization or the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development could be likely candidates for this role. Keep a close eye on the extent to which state laws, international laws, or industry self-regulation could shape the constraints under which you will have to operate. 2. Make an adaptable infrastructure for changing times. We're entering a technology refresh cycle where many infrastructure, software, and application developers are keen on getting into the IoT ecosystem. It is important to make smart long-term decisions when committing resources -- especially with IoT, as so much is still to be determined. Favor technologies that can tap into your existing infrastructure but that are open and standards-based so they can work with tomorrow's innovations as the IoT matures and new business and data models emerge. Pay attention to who is "winning" the standards wars. Look not only to specs relating to APIs and data access but those governing wireless and related power considerations (Zigbee, BLE, 6LoWPAN), device hardware considerations, operating systems, and data storage and structures. It's also critical to watch the mega-vendor-backed industry consortiums such as Open Interconnect Consortium (Intel), Thread (Google), and AllJoyn (Qualcomm), as well as the Industrial Internet Consortium. Don't forget about Apple and its ability to singlehandedly create a sea change, at least in certain aspects of the market. 3. Understand the process controls behind the architecture. Security is a big part of the IoT equation and should be baked into your architecture from the outset, as should processes for data retention and ownership. Pay attention to how updates are administered, access is granted, and network interactions are managed. Documentation is key to ensure adherence to policies, and for forensics in the future. The Internet of Things will become reality. From consumers to the largest organizations in the world, I find it difficult to imagine any company remaining untouched. While it will happen fast, it may not be as fast as some think, and certainly it will not be easy. It's one thing to understand the various components that comprise emerging standards and have a grasp of the legal considerations around how and where you implement your systems. It's quite another to consider the real-life operational discipline that goes into making it a reality. Think about having a data center and 1,000 network-connected PCs to manage. A full-fledged IoT deployment means you're suddenly dealing with several data centers, which may or may not include third-party-operated public or private clouds, hundreds of thousands of PCs and mobile devices, and billions of sensors and collection points. This represents a quantum leap in scale where each very tactical consideration of establishing and maintaining the technology stack, from chips to OS to networking, will become a strategic make or break decision. Let's not repeat past mistakes. Don DeLoach is CEO and president of Infobright. He has more than 25 years of software industry experience, with demonstrated success building software companies and extensive sales, marketing, and international experience. Prior to Infobright he was CEO of Aleri, the complex ... View Full Bio Comment \| Print \| More Insights Newest First \| Oldest First \| Threaded View << < Page 2 / 2 User Rank: Ninja 8/25/2014 \| 2:28:37 PM Standards are bottlenecking infrastructure procedures and removing flexible operations under enterprises. What surprises me the most is that standards ought to be helping but they are not, hence a common ground would have to be found out that makes standards go with ease of development. Some Guy Some Guy, User Rank: Strategist 8/25/2014 \| 1:30:21 PM Not believable numbers Some (most) of these data points [Internet-enabled "things"] are not believable. e.g., 29% of thermostats aren't even programmable, let alone the small fraction of those that are communicating. What's the source of this data? What are the exact definition of the categories? For example, do headsets count as internet-enabled if they just have Bluetooth? Finally, are these statistics on the entire installed base (not believable) or just new offerings? And if new, is it just by unique catalog line-item for sale or actually volume weighted by the number of units sold, as well? David F. Carr David F. Carr, User Rank: Author 8/22/2014 \| 2:05:55 PM Overwhelmed yet? If the scale of IoT wasn't enough to scare you, the list of things IT managers ought to be staying on top of to prepare for the new era ought to. << < Page 2 / 2 Register for InformationWeek Newsletters White Papers Current Issue InformationWeek Tech Digest, Dec. 9, 2014 Twitter Feed InformationWeek Radio Archived InformationWeek Radio Sponsored Live Streaming Video Everything You've Been Told About Mobility Is Wrong	http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/digital-business/3-steps-to-survive-the-iot-wild-wild-west/a/d-id/1298196?piddl_msgid=251666	dclm-gs1-158740000
0.244696	<urn:uuid:62826681-35e4-4dd3-82d5-60377729efe2>	en	0.975082	Advice re unauthorised days absence in year 10 (15 Posts) lborolass Sun 15-Sep-13 17:33:21 I don't normally condone holidays in term time but in your case you've done the right thing, asked and been told it will be unauthorised so afaik you still go ahead but face the consequences of a possible fine As your children will be there are morning registration it's only 1/2 a day each so max £120 surely. At my childrens school I'm pretty sure they do actually do work on the day before half term, I don't think they'd be watching videos in year 10 would they? tywysogesgymraeg Sun 15-Sep-13 17:27:30 I think they should take the whole day off, as it won't be possible (or will be difficult) to get them out of school once they've got there in the morning. Learn by your mistakes! Next time - don't ask, just call in sick (but don't tell DCs, as will set the wrong expectation). BTW, I would never condone this at any other time other than the day before a holiday, when nothing ever happens in school anyway. From experience, they just watch DVDs in most lessons, on subjects loosely connected to the lesson they are in. The rules now are that you will be fined. £60 per child per parent per day. So as long as you can absorb the £240 fine just go. Don't lie. Just inform the school that they will be taking unauthorised absence for part of the day. lljkk Sun 15-Sep-13 16:04:33 It's a lot of paperwork to fine people, they are likely to only pursue repeat offenders. I would just go. RiversideMum Sun 15-Sep-13 14:25:27 I'd just write back and say that you understand the school's position, but that you will be going anyway and they DCs won't be in school that day. Whathaveiforgottentoday Sun 15-Sep-13 11:51:43 Go, school will have to mark it down as unauthorised but 1 half day in a year is not going to affect anything. You may get fined if you're very unlucky but nothing else should happen. Will you take the whole day off or make them go in for 2 periods? If they do go in the morning, what reason will you give for them leaving early? Keep it low key, just give them a note saying they are being picked up for family reasons. If questioned, they can tell the truth, most staff will be sympathetic especially if your twins have normally good attendance. Remember its not the school that has enforced this ruling. (not that i disagree with it in principle - just that a blanket rule makes life difficult for situations like this) BoundandRebound Sun 15-Sep-13 07:43:08 Go, but take whole day off They will have an unauthorised absence on attendance If the rest of their attendance is fine nothing will happen 5madthings Thu 12-Sep-13 17:19:35 Just go, they aren't even missing the whole day, I would probably have signed them out early saying they had a medical appointment or something, but you can't do that now. Our school has said our holiday will be marked as unauthorized but we won't be fined. If their attendence is generally fine it shouldn't be a problem. FeetUpUntilChristmas Thu 12-Sep-13 17:17:34 I'm not a fan of term time holidays especially for Secondary school pupils, however we are talking about 1 day (or part of a day) at the end of the term, which is in my mind acceptable. I had to do his last year at Easter, mine only do a half day on the last day of term and the only flights I could get were on that day, I didn't ask the school for permission, I wrote to them and told them. As you have already asked and been defined all I would do is to go on holiday and enjoy. kizzie Thu 12-Sep-13 17:15:51 Ps we can't reschedule the flights otherwise we'd end up needing time off at the other end of the holidays. It's either a cancel completely or go situation. kizzie Thu 12-Sep-13 17:11:26 Thanks for replies. Id feel very uncomfortable ringing in as ill after having it turned down as they'd 'know'. Such a good two shoes !!! meditrina Thu 12-Sep-13 17:07:21 I think an "illness" on a day you have requested absence will be absolutely blatant to the school, and it's not fair for the DC to lie either. If you are unwilling to reschedule flights, then just go. The absence will be marked as unauthorised, but if it's really just one day in an otherwise complete attendance record it's unlikely to go further. The worst that could happen would be a fine. But unless it's a lengthy absence or a whole series of short absences (like every Friday afternoon), it's pretty unlikely they'd do that. ItsDecisionTime Thu 12-Sep-13 17:03:03 Phone up on the day and say the twins are ill. They can't fine you for that and won't even bother following it up. It is only one day and I wouldn't be saying it if it were for a week but one day, jeez. kizzie Thu 12-Sep-13 16:59:01 DC twins have very good attendance records and they've never taken off time for holidays before but we have a special family trip planned for October half term and the only way we could get the flights to work was to go on the friday before half term. There were only a few seats left so booked during summer hols. Put the absence request in first day back. (Its actually not for full day - they would go in for first two lessons and then leave after first break. DC1 normally leaves at 1 on a friday anyway. DC2 has lessons till 3) Anyway had a letter today to say no exceptions to rule in year 10 so not authorised. Problem is that I dont actually know what this means blush (Ive led a sheltered 10 years !!! - theyve usually just turned up on the days they were meant to...) So does it mean cancel the flights you cant go, a fine, prison, go ahead but we dont like it ??? 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0.028004	<urn:uuid:6d6db078-392e-44d5-8c82-f5221fd0c08f>	en	0.933118	The Corner The one and only. Holes in the Umbrella In Thailand, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that if Iran acquires a nuclear-weapons capacity, the U.S. will respond with “crippling” actions and is prepared to offer allies a “defense umbrella” to prevent Iranian intimidation. First, until now, Iran acquiring nuclear weapons has been “unacceptable” to both Clinton and President Obama. If that’s now “inoperative,” it’s big — and unwelcome — news. Second, would it not make sense to use “crippling” actions now — in an attempt to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? For example bills sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman and Jon Kyl and Reps. Brad Sherman and Mark Kirk (and many others from both parties) would put serious pressure on Iran’s rulers by cutting off their gasoline supplies. Third: How can we offer a “defense umbrella” to allies against a rain of nuclear-tipped missiles at time when Congress appears to be slashing missile-defense funding and development?	http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/184731/holes-umbrella-clifford-d-may	dclm-gs1-158870000
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0.019475	<urn:uuid:534f5f4c-6d64-4f4a-8e1a-790102129856>	en	0.943043	Night Life on The Reef - Page 1 Over 10,000 Vet Approved Articles Search All Articles Night Life on The Reef By: Barbie Bischof Read By: Pet Lovers Email To A Friend Print Many people enjoy watching colorful fish dashing around their aquarium during the daylight hours. Hues of oranges, yellows and reds, purples, blues and greens dart about the tank. But few people know about the quirky night rituals of some fish that can make a nocturnal tank rewarding and interesting. Hiding out for most of the day, many of these "swing-shift" fish are active only at night. Coral polyps, for example, are usually closed up during the daylight hours. At night, they open up, extending their little arms into the water to use the current to trawl for prey. The most active time for nocturnal fishes is during the early evening and morning hours, when they feed. Grouper, lionfish and eels, are among the species that are active mostly at night, and about four families of fish are almost strictly nocturnal. You can keep a nocturnal tank by creating a cave-like environment and keeping the tank away from a bright window or area. Use coral rocks and try to set up the hiding spaces so you still may observe your pets under low light. You don't want nocturnal conditions to exist all the time unless you have species that are usually found at much greater depths than those typically at coral reefs. The only main difference in setting up a nocturnal tank is the lighting. You must pay attention to the amount of light you will expose your creatures to. Obviously, the ambient light during the day will be the period of lowest activity in your tank. To see the active creatures without disturbing them, you must use a red light. To create a thematic tank such as a nocturnal, reef or cold-water aquarium, you should already have some experience with saltwater systems and understand how to fulfill the necessary conditions that the species require. Some of the fish suggested for the nocturnal tank should be kept only be experienced hobbyists because they can be dangerous when mishandled or carelessly fed. Many nocturnal fishes are hues of faded red and reddish yellows because this color is the first to fade as one goes deeper into the water column. They also commonly have big eyes and are fairly shy. Corals can be kept in a nocturnal tank only if you make sure they get enough light during the day to appease their zooxanthellae (such as coral polyps). Soft corals may also be invertebrates to consider for the nocturnal tank. Many of these are used to lower light levels and would thus survive a tank that you've purposefully sheltered from normal daylight. Some species of fish to consider for a nocturnal tank include grouper, marine eels, squirrelfish, soldierfish, the rare pineconefish, and cardinalfish. Another group of fish that are ideal for a nocturnal tank are the Beryciformes. These fish are mainly lie-in-wait predators, waiting for prey to swim within range before they pounce. They must be fed live foods and cannot be kept with small invertebrates or fishes smaller than itself. Nocturnal fish have many interesting habits. Some fish, like tangs for example, blow a mucus bubble around themselves at night. And surgeonfish find a nook and lodge themselves in tight by propping up their spine against the reef, making it impossible to dislodge them without a struggle. Comment & Share Email To A Friend Print Email to a Friend Article to eMail Night Life on The Reef My Pet Coming Soon Tools to Care for Your Pet and Connect with Others! Be the First to Know. Notify Me	http://www.petplace.com/fish/night-life-on-the-reef/page1.aspx	dclm-gs1-159010000
0.027959	<urn:uuid:f5ab2c37-b7a0-46af-b6c0-f54739d0f46f>	en	0.929004	Latest Pleistocene extinctions Stories 2008-09-08 08:55:00 Paleontologists located in the south of France have found a rare mammoth skull. The almost 1323 pound fossil was found near Saint Paulien, and resided there for 400,000 years, scientists estimate. 2008-09-04 15:47:05 Woolly mammoths' last stand before extinction in Siberia wasn't made by natives - rather, the beasts had American roots, researchers have discovered. Woolly mammoths once roamed the Earth for more than a half-million years, ranging from Europe to Asia to North America. 2008-09-04 17:20:54 In the largest DNA study of the ancient wooly mammoths, Canadian scientists have discovered that the last Siberian wooly mammoths may actually have originated in North America. 2008-09-02 13:05:00 Researchers recently uncovered a fossilized skull of a steppe mammoth in the Auvergne region of France, shedding light on the evolution of such beasts. 2008-08-22 01:05:00 Venezuelan workers found more than just oil, when they laid a pipeline near an ancient tar pit. They discovered a rich trove of fossils, including a saber-toothed cat-that scientists had never seen the likes of before the unearthing. 2008-08-09 16:45:00 Miners in Romania uncovered the skeleton of a 2.5 million-year-old mastodon, thought to be one of the best-preserved skeletons in Europe. 2008-07-10 21:00:20 LOS ANGELES, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The screening of National Lampoon's "Homo Erectus" was so raucous last night, it looked like a scene cut straight from the film. 2008-07-09 18:05:04 2008-07-01 12:00:18 By Jean Guerrero SELAH -- Short of a time machine, your best chance to see a Columbian mammoth is on a hillside overlooking the Wenas Valley where anthropology students are excavating one that died an estimated 16,000 years ago. 2008-06-29 06:02:19 By Price, Gilbert Analysis of thousands of Diprotodon fossils has resolved the debate about how many species of this ancient giant wombat existed - and uncovered some clues to their behaviour. Imagine you could travel back in time to a period not more than 100,000 years ago. Latest Pleistocene extinctions Reference Libraries Australopithecus garhi 2013-11-29 11:38:51 Homo floresiensis 2013-09-16 13:06:40 Panthera leo spelaea 2012-11-16 15:34:04 Stag-Moose, Cervalces scotti 2012-05-11 12:12:45 Shrub-ox, Euceratherium collinum 2012-05-10 05:18:10 More Articles (23 articles) » Word of the Day	http://www.redorbit.com/topics/pleistocene-extinctions/?page=17	dclm-gs1-159040000
0.065778	<urn:uuid:40cc1ad4-ae2e-441e-9639-2c1492c886b3>	en	0.795897	View Chapter 11 Promo Uploaded on This book, titled “COMPUTER AIDED DATA ANALYSES” is a must download for everyone. Download at “Good decisions are driven by data. In all aspects of our lives, and importantly in the business context, an amazing diversity of data is available for inspection and analytical insight. Business managers and professionals are increasingly required to justify decisions on the basis of data. They need statistical model-based decision support systems” – The Author The Table of Contents is attached herewith for preview. Full text download at Also available in CD Format More in: Business , Technology • Full Name Full Name Comment goes here. Are you sure you want to Your message goes here Be the first to comment Be the first to like this No Downloads Total Views On Slideshare From Embeds Number of Embeds Embeds 0 No embeds Report content Flagged as inappropriate Flag as inappropriate Flag as inappropriate Select your reason for flagging this presentation as inappropriate. No notes for slide • 1. COMPUTER-AIDED DATA ANALYSIS BOOK (978- 978-088-568-7) CHAPTER 11 One Sample t Test A one-sample t-test tests the difference between a sample mean and a known or hypothesized value (the test mean). The test uses the standard deviation of the sample to estimate σ (the population standard deviation). If the difference between the sample mean and the test mean is large relative to the variability of the sample mean, then µ is unlikely to be equal to the test mean. The One-Sample t test procedure, in essence, determines whether the mean of a single variable differs from a specified constant. It tests the hypothesis that a population has a particular mean value, e.g. zero. Ho: µ = 0 Sample mean is equal to a specified constant i.e. There is no significant difference (Difference not significant) Hi; µ ≠ 0 Sample mean is not equal to a specified constant (Two tailed) There is significant difference Hi; µ ≠ 0 is two directional, meaning that sample mean can be greater or less than a specified constant Hi: µ < > 0 (Two-tailed) Ho: µ ≤ ≥ 0 Sample mean is less than or equal to/ greater than or equal to a specified constant Hi: µ < > 0 Sample mean is less than / or greater than a specified constant (One tailed) A one-sample t test compares the mean of a single column of numbers against a hypothetical mean you entered. SPSS calculates the t ratio from this equation: = Sampling Error/Standard Error of the Mean Statistics - For each test variable: mean, standard deviation, and standard error of the mean. The average difference between each data value and the hypothesized test value, a t test that tests that this difference is 0, and a confidence interval for this difference (you can specify the confidence level A P value is computed from the t ratio and the numbers of degrees of freedom (which equals sample size minus 1). 11.1. Why use a one-sample t-test A one-sample t-test can help answer questions such as: 1 • 2.  Does mean weight differ from the hypothetical test value (1.3 kg in this case)  Is the average IQ score different from a test value of say, 100?  Is the mean transaction time on target?  Does customer service meet expectations?  Does a water parameter meet WHO standard?  Is property rent inflation significant over a given number of years? 11.2. Checklist for using a one-sample t test Before accepting the results of any statistical test, first think carefully about whether you chose an appropriate test. Before accepting results from a one-sample t test, ask yourself these questions: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11.3. SPSS Applications 11.3.1. To Obtain a One-Sample t Test: From the menus choose: Analyze > Compare Means > One-Sample t Test... Select one or more variables to be tested against the same hypothesized value. Enter a numeric test value against which each sample mean is compared. Optionally, you can click Options to control the treatment of missing data and the level of the confidence interval. 11.3.2. One-Sample t Test Data Considerations Data - To test the values of a quantitative variable against a hypothesized test value, choose a quantitative variable and enter a hypothesized test value. Assumptions. This test assumes that the data are normally distributed; however, this test is fairly robust to departures from normality. 11.3.3. One-Sample t Test Options >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11.3.4. To Specify Options for One-Sample t Test From the menus choose: Analyze > Summarize > One-Sample t Test. In the One-Sample t Test dialog box, click Options. 2 • 3. 11.4 SPSS DEMO. The data we will use is given in the table below, with the numbers indicating total protein (µg/ml). For our data, double click on the var at the top of the first column or click on the Variable View tab at the bottom of the page, type in “protein” in the Name column, and hit Enter. Under the assumption that you are going to enter numerical data, the rest of the row is filled in. Changes in the type and display of the variable can be made by clicking in the appropriate cells and using any buttons given. Then hit the Data View tab and type in the data values, following each by Enter. Save the file as usual where you wish under the name protein.sav. You just need type protein. The suffix is attached automatically. We wish to test whether the mean of the population from which the sample came is 70 as opposed to a true mean greater than 70. We test: Ho : µ = 70 Ha : µ > 70. From the menu, choose Analyze > Compare Means > One-Sample t Test. Select protein from the left-hand window and click the right arrow to move it to the Test Variable(s) window. Set the Test Value to 70. 3 • 4. Click on Options. Set the Confidence Interval to 95% (or any other value you desire. Then click Continue followed by OK. You get the following output. 4 • 5. SPSS gives us the basic descriptives in the first table. In the second table, we are given that the t-value for our test is 1.110. The p-value (or Sig. (2-tailed) is given as .272. Thus the p-value for our one-tailed test is one-half of that or .136. Based on this test statistic, we would not reject the null hypothesis, for instance, for a value of α = .05. SPSS also gives us the 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference between our data scores and the hypothesized mean of 70, namely (-2.6714, 9.3298). Adding the hypothesized value of 70 to both numbers gives us a 95% confidence interval for the mean of (67.3286, 79.3298). If you are only interested in the confidence interval from the beginning, you can just set the Test Value to 0 instead of 70. 11.5. Interpretations To make a decision, choose the significance level, α (alpha), before the test: • If P is less than or equal to α, reject Ho. • If P is greater than α, fail to reject Ho. (Technically, you never accept Ho, you simply fail to reject it.) A typical value for α is 0.05, but you can choose higher or lower values depending on the sensitivity required for the test and the consequences of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis. P (.136) > α (.05) we can accept the Ho and conclude that the difference is not significant i.e. the mean is equal to 70 P-value The t-test results indicate that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11.5.1 If the P value is small (one-sample t test) If the P value is small (usually defined to mean less than 0.05), then it is unlikely that the discrepancy you observed between sample mean and hypothetical mean is due to a coincidence arising from random sampling. You can reject the idea that the difference is a coincidence, and conclude instead that the population has a mean different than the hypothetical value you entered. The difference is statistically significant. But is the difference scientifically significant? The confidence interval helps you decide. 5 • 6. The true difference between population mean and hypothetical mean is probably not the same as the difference observed in this experiment. There is no way to know the true difference between the population mean and the hypothetical mean. Prism presents the uncertainty as a 95% confidence interval. You can be 95% sure that this interval contains the true difference between the overall (population) mean and the hypothetical value you entered. 11.5.2 If the P value is large (one sample t test) If the P value is large, the data do not give you any reason to conclude that the overall mean differs from the hypothetical value you entered. This is not the same as saying that the true mean equals the hypothetical value. 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0.040345	<urn:uuid:a9d99410-ff83-4e0c-a561-44ce10e1f0d6>	en	0.908504	View Single Post Old 10-04-2012, 02:35 PM #69 (permalink) backstop13's Avatar Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 696 I have a serious, non-dick question for those who don't believe in a higher power, basically regarding my questions from a few posts up. Do you guys ever look around at the complexities of everything around us, from the way the universe works, to our perfect distance from the sun for life to exist, to the gravitational pull of the moon which allows the tides to support that ecosystem, so on and so forth, down to the complexities of how living organisms work and wonder: "Man, how the fuck did all this shit just happen to work out?". I mean, it seems that even the most fragile changes or shifts in about anything cause problems that are beyond human control. I know there's lots of scientific theories out there to try and explain the coincidences, but do you guys ever think, "Holy fuck?" backstop13 is offline	http://www.snowboardingforum.com/523182-post69.html	dclm-gs1-159120000
0.057871	<urn:uuid:6f35b40a-7bbc-41a4-8db3-7502c2740192>	en	0.966731	Champions League player ratings • Last Updated: May 24 2014, 23:08 BST Real Madrid overcame city rivals Atletico 4-1 in the Champions League final and we bring you our player ratings. Marcelo: Swung the game in Real Madrid's favour Marcelo: Swung the game in Real Madrid's favour Iker Casillas - Critical error led to the opening goal of the game as he came for a ball he had no chance of reaching. He was bailed out, big time. 5. Daniel Carvajal - Got up and down the flank well. 6. Raphael Varane - Stood firm aside from the goal and was involved in a late flashpoint with Diego Simeone. 6. Sergio Ramos - Booked for a first-half fracas and always looked on the edge until his brilliant injury-time header saved his side and took them to extra time. 7. Fabio Coentrao - Worked hard but was taken off early in the second half. 5. Luka Modric - Was busy in midfield but failed to do anything telling. 6. Sami Khedira - The surprise in the Madrid line-up having missed so long through a serious knee injury and he contributed little before going off. 6. Angel Di Maria - Looked Real's best outlet for large periods of the game and it was fitting that it was his run which laid on the match-changing second. 8. Gareth Bale - Was shaping up to be a night to forget for the world's most expensive player with a catalogue of glaring misses but, in extra time, he scored what was in essence the winner, just as he did in the Copa del Rey final. 6. Cristiano Ronaldo - Saw a free-kick saved and a header flick away from goal on a night when he never looked truly up to it. Fittingly, though, he had the last word with a late, late penalty. 6. Karim Benzema - Anonymous throughout. 5. Isco - Tried to inject some energy. 6. Marcelo - A real game-changer. Sharpened Real up in attack and then chimed in with a third. 7. Alvaro Morata - Sent on late in normal time and made himself busy. 6. Thibaut Courtois - Arguably the safest hands in European football, he had little to do other than pick Ramos' shot out of the net in normal time and then do the same thing three times more. 6. Juanfran - Difficult to criticise any Atleti defender. It was 30 minutes too far after a lung-busting season. 6. Miranda - Again, worked hard and just ran out of gas. 6. Diego Godin - Opened the scoring with his sixth of the season, a week after his goal won La Liga. Will not remember this one as fondly. 7. Filipe Luis - Bale ran at him hard but he did his bit. 6. Raul Garcia - Booked for foul on Di Maria early on but never took a backwards step. Game changed after he went off. 7. Tiago - Lucky that Bale did not punish him for shocking first-half error but worked as hard as everyone else. 7. Gabi - Outstanding shift, up and down the field. Giving away a penalty was rough justice. 7. Koke - Another with a brilliant work ethic. 7. Diego Costa - Gamble to start him despite a hamstring injury backfired and he did not last 10 minutes. 4. David Villa - A willing runner and threw himself about but Atleti did not exactly maintain an attacking presence. 6. Adrian: Sent on early on and contributed well. 7. Jose Sosa: Got stuck in when he needed to. 6. Toby Alderweireld - Unable to stop the rot in extra-time. 5. New Sky Bet customers: Free matched bet up to £30	http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/165/9324941/champions-league-player-ratings	dclm-gs1-159130000
0.018619	<urn:uuid:4bd9fffa-3ce7-4485-a8bd-3ded4f7eaee6>	en	0.96867	Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Count Chocola. The popular kids cereals of the '70s and '80s, now enjoy a following when they're released around Halloween each year, and some fans stock up. That is the berry-flavored cereal that turns milk bluish, delighting generations of American kids—and some adults, too. The 35-year-old Mr. Barr eats a bowl of it nearly every morning, and for Halloween dresses up as the blue ghost with a porkpie hat seen on the front of the cereal box. "It's the best cereal there is," says the Los Angeles-based website administrator. "I eat as much Boo Berry as I can." Mr. Barr's problem is that he can't eat as much Boo Berry as he would like, unless he lays away a year's supply. Not long after Halloween, Boo Berry disappears from stores like an apparition. The same sort of thing haunts lovers of Count Chocula and Franken Berry, the other two spectral cereals General Mills Inc. produces for the Halloween season. Boo Berry cereal "I'm a kid of the '70s," says Mr. Macedo, "and what kid didn't eat the monster cereals?" Mr. Barr and Mr. Macedo are among devotees who visit supermarkets around Halloween to stock up on the super-sweet, electric-colored phantom cereals. Enthusiasts often go to great lengths for their year's fix. Dave Lawrence, a 31-year-old public-relations director at Albion College in Albion, Mich., buys nearly 20 boxes of the three cereals annually. "Around this time of year, there's pumpkin pie, squash and Franken Berry," he says. General Mills says it introduced Count Chocula and the fuchsia-colored Franken Berry in 1971, followed by Boo Berry in 1972. The three cereals feature fingernail-size corn ghouls and multicolored "spooky-fun" marshmallow bats. Count Chocula is "chocolatey," by its box's description, while Franken Berry boasts an artificial strawberry flavor. Boo Berry touts "berry flavor." Processed-food lovers who appreciate artificial colors and flavors and lots of sugar couldn't be happier. The company later added two other spooky cereals, Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy. Fruit Brute's wolf-man-theme cereal died in 1982, and Yummy Mummy rejoined the dead about 10 years later. Their maker terminated them to focus on the three more popular brands, says Ari Zainuddin, General Mills marketing manager, in an email relayed through a spokeswoman. At first, the three surviving cereals were year-round familiars. But the cereal maker cut distribution to the period from September to around Halloween in 2010. "We wanted to focus on the pre-Halloween weeks to best capture the holiday excitement and enthusiasm for the products," says Mr. Zainuddin. The company doesn't release sales figures and won't say whether the cereals were selling poorly the rest of the year. "One of the most amazing things about the monster cereals is the passion of the people," Mr. Zainuddin says. Walgreen Co. discovered that passion last year. A spokeswoman for the drugstore chain says it doubled its order for the monster cereals this year in response to strong demand in 2011, when it offered them for the first time. A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokesman says its outlets sell "tens of thousands" of boxes of the cereal daily during October. "I plan ahead and stock up," says Ms. Thomas, a Warrenton, Mo., resident. "I like the strawberry milk it leaves behind." There is a difference of opinion about which ghost cereal is best. Jake Bell, a 37-year-old children's book author in Phoenix, each year stocks up on about a dozen boxes of Count Chocula. "I used to date a girl who was really into Boo Berry, and we would fight about which was the better flavor," says Mr. Bell, who emphasizes that the dispute wasn't a factor in their breakup. Mr. Bell says his wife won't touch the stuff but "tolerates" his passion for the cereal. Other spouses are less accommodating. Take Jared Gustafson, 41, who used to make his living promoting the monster cereals as a General Mills marketing executive in the mid-2000s. Now his wife won't allow the stuff in their Bellevue, Wash., home because it is "not exactly organic," says Mr. Gustafson, noting he hasn't had a bite of the ghoulish cereals in years. Many fans would love the cereals to be less elusive. Mr. Barr of Los Angeles, who collects bobbleheads, records, stickers and other Boo Berry memorabilia and runs a website called "The Unofficial Boo Berry Page," says he has written to General Mills demanding that it distribute the cereal all year long; he has received mostly polite form letters in reply. General Mills has no plans to make the three cereals available year-round, says Mr. Zainuddin, the marketing manager, in his email. "Sure, I get some funny looks at the register," says the 35-year-old Orchard Park, N.Y., resident, who buys about 40 boxes at a time for about $2 each at a Target Corp. store. "It's worth it," he says. "People are willing to pay an arm and a leg for this stuff." Write to Greg Bensinger at Corrections & Amplifications Albion College is located in Albion, Mich. 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0.064691	<urn:uuid:8104d3b7-f19a-4a40-b476-1754ec76a1ac>	en	0.878884	( speaks 3rd person present) ( speaking present participle) ( spoke past tense) ( spoken past participle ) 1 verb When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something. I rang the hotel and spoke to Louie... V to/with n She says she must speak with you at once... V to/with n She cried when she spoke of Oliver. V of/about n I spoke these idiotic words. V n spoken adj ADJ n 2 verb When someone speaksto a group of people, they make a speech. When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad... V to n He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention... V The President spoke of the need for territorial compromise. V of n He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged... V for n I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization... V for n He doesn't speak English... V n 5 verb People sometimes mention something that has been written by saying what the author speaks of. Throughout the book Liu speaks of the abuse of Party power... V of n St Paul speaks of the body as the `temple of the Holy Spirit'. V of n as n 6 v-recip If two people arenotspeaking, they no longer talk to each other because they have quarrelled. with neg He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife... V to n The co-stars are still not speaking. pl-n V 7 verb If you say that something speaks foritself, you mean that its meaning or quality is so obvious that it does not need explaining or pointing out. no cont ...the figures speak for themselves<endash>low order books, bleak prospects at home and a worsening outlook for exports... V for pron-refl 9 If you say `Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them. speak for yourself convention `We're not blaming you,' Kate said. `Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered. be spoken for phrase V inflects She'd probably drop some comment about her `fiancé' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for... 11 Nothing to speak of means `hardly anything' or `only unimportant things'. to speak of phrase n PHR, with brd-neg They have no weaponry to speak of..., `Any fresh developments?'<emdash>`Nothing to speak of.' speak well/highly/ill of sb phrase V inflects, PHR n Both spoke highly of the Russian president..., It seemed she found it difficult to speak ill of anyone. so to speak phrase PHR with cl 14 If you are on speaking termswith someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them. on speaking terms phrase usu v-link PHR, oft PHR with n to speak your mind to speak volumes volume speak out phrasal verb If you speak out against something or in favour of something, you say publicly that you think it is bad or good. As tempers rose, he spoke out strongly against some of the radical ideas for selling off state-owned property... V P prep Even then, she continued to speak out at rallies around the country. V P speak up 1 phrasal verb If you speak up, you say something, especially to defend a person or protest about something, rather than just saying nothing. Uncle Herbert never argued, never spoke up for himself... V P for n 2 phrasal verb If you ask someone to speak up, you are asking them to speak more loudly. no cont I'm quite deaf<endash>you'll have to speak up. V P Traduction Dictionnaire Collins Anglais - Cobuild Spoken is the past participle of speak. plain-spoken , plainspoken If you say that someone is plain-spoken, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even when they know that what they say may not please other people. adj ...a plain-spoken American full of scorn for pomp and pretense. Someone who is soft-spoken has a quiet, gentle voice. adj He was a gentle, soft-spoken intelligent man. -spoken combines with adverbs and adjectives to form adjectives which indicate how someone speaks. comb in adj The woman was smartly dressed and well-spoken., ...a soft-spoken man in his early thirties. spoken word Thespoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music. n-sing usu the N There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word. well-spoken , well spoken A well-spoken person speaks in a polite correct way and with an accent which is considered socially acceptable. adj I remember her as a quiet, hard-working and well-spoken girl. Traduction Dictionnaire Collins Anglais - Cobuild by word of mouth, expressed, oral, phonetic, put into words, said, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced blunt, candid, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, open, outright, outspoken, straightforward, unequivocal, upfront (informal) diplomatic, discreet, evasive, guarded, indirect, reticent, subtle, tactful, thoughtful Dictionnaire anglais Collins English synonyme-Thesaurus Consulter aussi: spoken, -spoken, spoken word, well spoken Dictionnaire Collaboratif Anglais pour Apprenants to be lost he went missing my dog went missing for three days Slang expression meaning one being annoying. behave in a manner that is commonly considered as specific to women be stupid expression used when someone becomes irritating be a man be kept waiting be exactly right be tone-deaf able to be seen to be unable to think for oneself used in a condescending way colloquial, British, very common be in a good shape to be left in a state of confusion or uncertainty be consumed by an emotion; experience an intense feeling be beside oneself with joy/ grief/ anger etc. be the best; shine; dominate disappear ; be absent; leave (temporary or for good) be/not be interested in getting married and having a family be very expensive; cost a lot to be likely to do something banks set to miss lending targets to be staggering Das ist ein Hammer! Communauté Reverso • Créez votre liste de vocabulaire • Participez au Dictionnaire Collaboratif • Mettez en valeur vos connaissances linguistiques	http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/anglais-cobuild/be%20spoken%20for	dclm-gs1-159880000
0.048016	<urn:uuid:ccc13a8e-1a40-4e0c-bd87-2cff77fe92e2>	en	0.954428	Bivouac of the Dead From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search A plaque quoting the poem at Golden Gate National Cemetery A plaque at Cave Hill Cemetery quoting the Bivouac of the Dead The Bivouac of the Dead is a poem written by Danville, Kentucky native, Theodore O'Hara to honor his fellow soldiers from Kentucky who died in the Mexican-American War. The poem increased its popularity after the Civil War, and its verses have been featured on many memorials to fallen Confederate soldiers in the Southern United States, and are even to be found on many memorials in Arlington National Cemetery, including Arlington's gateway.[1] When war against Mexico was declared in May 1846, O'Hara left Washington, D.C. to return to his native Kentucky in order to enlist. Within a month, he was appointed Captain of the Kentucky Volunteers, and served as their assistant quartermaster. Before he returned to Kentucky in 1847, he was made a brevet major. After hearing of the severe losses that the 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Kentucky cavalry suffered from the Battle of Buena Vista, O'Hara wrote the Bivouac of the Dead in dedication of the fallen troops. When many of the fallen Kentuckians were buried in Frankfort Cemetery on July 20, 1847, future congressman and U.S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge spoke for an hour at the event. Whether or not O'Hara spoke Bivouac of the Dead is disputed, but it is commonly believed that he did. It is agreed he spoke the poem in 1850 at the same cemetery, for the interment of William T. Barry and General Charles Scott. Bivouac of the Dead would later be called "a worthy contribution to American Literature." It was first published in the Frankfort Yeoman in 1850. However, modern historians have also claimed it was not written until 1851, after Narciso López's failed attempt to remove Cuba from Spanish control.[1][2][3][4] O'Hara was known to change the lyrics to Bivouac. Alternations included removing mentions of specific places, and removing various stanzas. In 1858 the Mobile Register published what is believed to be the original version, with the Louisville Courier publishing the original with an introduction stating it was the version spoken at the 1847 ceremony, reflecting the changes in the poem. In 1900 The New York Times devoted an article decrying all the alterations to the poem, and stressed returning to the original version.[2][5] When O'Hara was reinterred at Frankfort Cemetery, a friend used Bivouac as the eulogy.[2] The first monument to the fallen Confederate States of America in Kentucky, the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana, used a verse from the Bivouac of the Dead. Six other monuments in Kentucky also used parts of the poem on memorials to fallen Confederates.[6] Portions of the poem are also displayed on 7 plaques at Finn's Point National Cemetery in Pennsville, New Jersey, where a significant number of Confederate Soldiers who died in captivity during the American Civil War are buried. It was Montgomery C. Meigs who chose to quote Bivouac of the Dead for the entrance into Arlington, due to its solemn appeal. However, at Arlington and many other national cemeteries, O'Hara was not credited due to having fought for the Confederacy.[2] During the late 1920s and 1930s, instances of Bivouac on markers throughout national cemeteries were removed, leaving only fourteen with Bivouac verses on tablets. In 2001, the National Cemetery Administration began returning the first stanza to any national cemetery in which the poem is missing.[2] Parts of the poem may be found at Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg, Virginia Also, The national cemetery (Union soldiers only) at Antietam in Sharpsburg MD has phases from the first stanza on markers at various points. 1. ^ a b Bivouac of the Dead - Arlington National Cemetery 2. ^ a b c d e Bivouac of the Dead - Burial & Memorials 3. ^ Dixon, Susan Bullitt. THEODORE O'HARA.; His "Bivouac of the Dead" -- The Correct Version and the Incorrect Ones. The New York Times August 11, 1900 4. ^ Kleber, John E. Encyclopedia of Louisville. (University Press of Kentucky). pg.666. 5. ^ Dixon, August 11, 1900 6. ^ Civil War in Kentucky	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivouac_of_the_Dead	dclm-gs1-159890000
0.129101	<urn:uuid:676f2f2b-7d05-4099-ae80-38f70bb97ac7>	en	0.852821	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Gassenhauer nach Hans Neusiedler (1536), commonly known as Gassenhauer[1] (pronounced [ˈɡasn̩ˌhaʊ̯ɐ]), is a short piece from Carl Orff's Schulwerk. As the full title indicates, it is either an arrangement of, or inspired by, a much older work by the lutenist Hans Neusiedler from 1536. It (along with several other pieces) is in fact credited to Orff's longtime collaborator, Gunild Keetman, on at least one recent release of the Schulwerk.[2] As with many other pieces from the Schulwerk, it has been used multiple times on television, radio, and in films, including the films Badlands (1973),[3] True Romance (1993), Ratcatcher (1999), Finding Forrester (2000), Monster (2003), and, most recently, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) and The Simpsons′ 22nd season episode "The Scorpion's Tale" (2011). The piece was used as the theme music for an afternoon radio program also titled Gassenhauer on the classical music station WCLV in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1970s.[4] 1. ^ The title is a colloquial archaic German word originally meaning lively pieces of dance music, and later used for popular songs like operetta schlager during the early record era. 2. ^ "Orff-Schulwerk, Volume 1: Musica Poetica, Celestial Harmonies 13104-2". 3. ^ "Soundtrack listing for Badlands compiled by an Amazon reviewer". 4. ^ Francis, Mark (2010). "Street Song / Gassenhauer: A 500 Year History". Evergreen American Orff-Schulwerk Association Chapter Newsletter 34 (1): 3. Retrieved June 6, 2013.	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassenhauer	dclm-gs1-159910000
0.022366	<urn:uuid:0578f9ff-563e-4c25-8aea-e9f7ef630063>	en	0.904137	Josh (2009 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Josh 2009 poster.jpg Directed by Vasu Varma Produced by Dil Raju Starring Naga Chaitanya Prakash Raj J. D. Chakravarthy Sunil Varma Music by Sandeep Chowtha Cinematography Sameer Reddy Edited by Marthand K Venkatesh Distributed by Sri Venkateswara Creations Release dates • 5 September 2009 (2009-09-05) Country India Language Telugu Budget INR150 million (US$2.4 million) Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju.[1] An initial date of 3 September for release, was delayed due to the death of Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It was eventually released two days later. Satya (Naga Chaitanya) is a student. He discontinues his graduation studies in Vizag and comes to Hyderabad in search of a job. He stays with his uncle (Sunil) in Hyderabad. He runs into a fight with MGM college students who are influenced by political mafia leader Durga Rao (J. D. Chakravarthy). Satya tries to change the students but fails. Then Satya joins the college to cleanse the system. On the other hand there is Vidhya (Karthika Nair) who aspires to go to college but could not as her brother feels that college students are rowdies and she would not be safe in college. So she teaches in an elementary school. She meets Satya and love blossoms between them. Main crux of the movie is how Satya changes the students and brings them out of the bad influence of Durga Rao.[2] Soundtrack album by Sandeep Chowtha Released 18 July 2009 (2009-07-18) Recorded 2009 Genre Film soundtrack Label Aditya Music Producer Dil Raju Sandeep Chowtha chronology The music was composed by Sandeep Chowtha. The soundtrack, released on 18 July 2009 at Shilparama Vedika. Track listing[edit] No. Title Lyrics Artist(s) Length 1. "Diridiri Diridi" Seetharama Sastry Sandeep Chowtha, Kunal Ganjawala 4:49 2. "Neetho Vunte" Seetharama Sastry Karthik 5:26 3. "Jigijikka" (Bit Song) Chandrabose Chandrabose 1:13 4. "Aawara Hawa" Seetharama Sastry Sowmya Raoh 4:24 5. "Bad Bad Boy" Seetharama Sastry Benny Dayal, Ranjith 4:40 6. "Annayochinado" (Bit Song) Chandrabose Dil Raju 0:52 7. "Evvariki" Seetharama Sastry Rahul Vaidya, Ujjaini Mukherjee 4:58 8. "Me Me Meka" (Bit Song) Chandrabose Chandrabose 0:57 9. "College Bulloda" Chandrabose Vittal Rahul 3:47 External links[edit]	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_(2009_film)	dclm-gs1-159940000
0.025687	<urn:uuid:4bab0111-80c2-4f85-8678-551a48559275>	en	0.682876	North Tzoumerka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search North Tzoumerka Βόρεια Τζουμέρκα North Tzoumerka is located in Greece North Tzoumerka North Tzoumerka Coordinates 39°31′N 21°6′E / 39.517°N 21.100°E / 39.517; 21.100Coordinates: 39°31′N 21°6′E / 39.517°N 21.100°E / 39.517; 21.100 Country: Greece Administrative region: Epirus Regional unit: Ioannina Population statistics (as of 2011)[1] - Population: 5,714 - Area: 361.5 km2 (140 sq mi) - Density: 16 /km2 (41 /sq mi) Auto: ΙΝ North Tzoumerka (Greek: Βόρεια Τζουμέρκα) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Pramanta.[2] The municipality is named after the Tzoumerka mountains. The municipality North Tzoumerka was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 7 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Tzoumerka	dclm-gs1-159980000
0.021362	<urn:uuid:b7204bf8-2389-49ad-95f3-b34a96c3cb6f>	en	0.843826	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Resuscitate) Jump to: navigation, search "CPR" redirects here. For other uses, see CPR (disambiguation). Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR training-04.jpg CPR being performed on a medical-training manikin ICD-9: 99.60 MeSH D016887 OPS-301 code: 8-771 MedlinePlus 000010 Medical uses[edit] CPR is indicated for any person unresponsive with no breathing or breathing only in occasional agonal gasps, as it is most likely that they are in cardiac arrest.[2]:S643 If a person still has a pulse but is not breathing (respiratory arrest) artificial respirations may be more appropriate, but, due to the difficulty people have in accurately assessing the presence or absence of a pulse, CPR guidelines recommend that lay persons should not be instructed to check the pulse, while giving healthcare professionals the option to check a pulse.[3] In those with cardiac arrest due to trauma CPR is considered futile but still recommended.[4] Correcting the underlying cause such as a pneumothorax or pericardial tamponade may help.[4] CPR technique as demonstrated on a dummy. CPR training: CPR is being administered while a second rescuer prepares for defibrillation. In 2010, the American Heart Association and International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation updated their CPR guidelines.[2]:S640[5] The importance of high quality CPR (sufficient rate and depth without excessively ventilating) was emphasized.[2]:S640 The order of interventions was changed for all age groups except newborns from airway, breathing, chest compressions (ABC) to chest compressions, airway, breathing (CAB).[2]:S642 An exception to this recommendation is for those believed to be in a respiratory arrest (drowning, etc.).[2]:S642 The most important aspect of CPR are: few interruptions of chest compressions, a sufficient speed and depth of compressions, completely relaxing pressure between compressions, and not ventilating too much.[6] It is unclear if a few minutes of CPR before defibrillation results in different outcomes than immediate defibrillation.[7] A universal compression to ventilation ratio of 30:2 is recommended by the AHA.[8]:8 With children, if at least 2 trained rescuers are present a ratio of 15:2 is preferred.[8]:8 In newborns a rate of 3:1 is recommended unless a cardiac cause is known in which case a 15:2 ratio is reasonable.[2]:S647 If an advanced airway such as an endotracheal tube or laryngeal mask airway is in place, artificial ventilation should occur without pauses in compressions at a rate of 8–10 per minute.[9] The recommended order of interventions is chest compressions, airway, breathing or CAB in most situations,[2]:S642 with a compression rate of at least 100 per minute in all groups.[8]:8 Recommended compression depth in adults and children is at least 5 cm (2 inches) and in infants it is 4 centimetres (1.6 in).[8]:8 As of 2010 the Resuscitation Council (UK) still recommends ABC for children.[10] As it can be difficult to determine the presence or absence of a pulse, the pulse check has been removed for lay providers and should not be performed for more than 10 seconds by healthcare providers.[8]:8 In adults, rescuers should use two hands for the chest compressions, while in children they should use one, and with infants two fingers (index and middle fingers).[11] Compression only[edit] Compression-only (hands-only or cardiocerebral resuscitation) CPR is a technique that involves chest compressions without artificial respiration.[2]:S643 It is recommended as the method of choice for the untrained rescuer or those who are not proficient because it is easier to perform and instructions are easier to give over a phone.[2]:S643[8]:8[12] In adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, compression-only CPR by the lay public has a higher success rate than standard CPR.[12] The exceptions are cases of drownings, drug overdose and arrest in children. Children who receive compression-only CPR have the same outcomes as those having received no CPR.[2]:S646 The method of delivering chest compressions remains the same, as does the rate (at least 100 per minute). It is hoped that the use of compression-only delivery will increase the chances of the lay public delivering CPR.[13] As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR.[14] One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust", which is exactly 100 beats-per-minute and contains a memorable repeating drum pattern.[15] For those with non cardiac arrest and people less than 20 years of age, standard CPR is superior to compression-only CPR.[16][17] Prone CPR[edit] Simultaneous maintenance of blood circulation and ventilation can be obtained by compressing the back if the victim is in prone position, by turning the head to the side and compressing the back. Due to the head's being turned, the risk of vomiting and complications caused by aspiration pneumonia is significantly reduced, and the method means the patient continues to get air into their lungs without the need for mouth-to-mouth respiration.[18] During pregnancy when a woman is lying on her back, the uterus may compress the inferior vena cava and thus decrease venous return.[4] It is therefore recommended that the uterus be pushed to the woman's left; if this is not effective, either roll the woman 30° or healthcare professionals should consider emergency Caesarean section.[4] Interposed abdominal compressions may be beneficial in the hospital environment.[19] There is no evidence of benefit pre-hospital or in children.[19] Internal cardiac massage is manual squeezing of the exposed heart itself carried out through a surgical incision into the chest cavity, usually when the chest is already open for cardiac surgery. Type of Arrest ROSC Survival Source Witnessed In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 52% 19% [20] Unwitnessed In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 33% 8% [20] Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Overall 59% 10% [21] Unwitnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 21% 4% [21] Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest 41% 15% [21] Witnessed and "Shockable" with Bystander CPR 53% 37% [21] Bystander Compression-only Resuscitation - 13% [22] Bystander Conventional CPR - 8% [22] CPR serves as the foundation of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, preserving the body for defibrillation and advanced life support. Even in the case of a "non-shockable" rhythm, such as Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA) where defibrillation is not indicated, effective CPR is no less important. Used alone, CPR will result in few complete recoveries, though the outcome without CPR is almost uniformly fatal.[23] Studies have shown that immediate CPR followed by defibrillation within 3–5 minutes of sudden VF cardiac arrest dramatically improves survival. In cities such as Seattle where CPR training is widespread and defibrillation by EMS personnel follows quickly, the survival rate is about 20 percent for all causes and as high as 57 percent if a witnessed "shockable" arrest.[24] In cities such as New York, without those advantages, the survival rate is only 5 percent for witnessed shockable arrest.[25] Compression-only CPR may be less effective in children than in adults, as cardiac arrest in children is more likely to have a non-cardiac cause. In a 2010 prospective study of cardiac arrest in children (age 1–17) for arrests with a non-cardiac cause, provision by bystanders of conventional CPR with rescue breathing yielded a favorable neurological outcome at one month more often than did compression-only CPR (OR 5.54; 95% confidence interval 2.52–16.99). For arrests with a cardiac cause in this cohort, there was no difference between the two techniques (OR 1.20; 95% confidence interval 0.55–2.66).[26] This is consistent with American Heart Association guidelines for parents.[27] There is a higher proportion of patients who achieve spontaneous circulation (ROSC), where their heart starts beating on its own again, than ultimately survive to be discharged from hospital (see table above). This may be due to medical staff being ultimately unable to address the cause of the cardiac arrest, to other co-morbidities, or to the patient being gravely ill in more than one way. Ultimately, only 5–10% of patients in cardiac arrest will survive after an attempted resuscitation.[28] CPR is used on people in cardiac arrest in order to oxygenate the blood and maintain a cardiac output to keep vital organs alive. Blood circulation and oxygenation are required to transport oxygen to the tissues. The brain may sustain damage after blood flow has been stopped for about four minutes and irreversible damage after about seven minutes.[29][30][31][32][33] Typically if blood flow ceases for one to two hours, then body cells die. Therefore, in general CPR is effective only if performed within seven minutes of the stoppage of blood flow.[34] The heart also rapidly loses the ability to maintain a normal rhythm. Low body temperatures, as sometimes seen in near-drownings, prolong the time the brain survives. Following cardiac arrest, effective CPR enables enough oxygen to reach the brain to delay brain stem death, and allows the heart to remain responsive to defibrillation attempts. While CPR is a last resort intervention, without which a patient without a pulse will all but certainly die, the physical nature of how CPR is performed does lead to complications that may need to be rectified. Common complications due to CPR are rib fractures, sternal fractures, bleeding in the anterior mediastinum, heart contusion,[35] hemopericardium,[36][37][38] upper airway complications, damage to the abdominal viscus - lacerations of the liver and spleen, fat emboli, pulmonary complications - pneumothorax, hemothorax, lung contusions.[39][40] The most common injuries sustained from CPR are rib fractures, with literature suggesting an incidence between 13% and 97%, and sternal fractures, with an incidence between 1% to 43%.[41] Whilst these iatrogenic injuries can require further intervention (assuming the patient survives the cardiac arrest), only 0.5% of them are life-threatening in their own right.[40] The type and frequency of injury can be affected by factors such as gender and age. For instance, women have a higher risk of sternal fractures than men, and risk for rib fractures increases significantly with age.[42] Children and infants have a low risk of rib fractures during CPR, with an incidence less than 2%, although, when they do occur, they are usually anterior and multiple.[41][43][44] Where CPR is performed in error by a bystander, on a patient not in cardiac arrest, only around 2% suffer injury as a result (although 12% experienced discomfort).[45] Adjunct devices[edit] While several adjunctive devices are available, none other than defibrillation, as of 2010, have consistently been found to be better than standard CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.[2]:S644 These devices can be split into three broad groups: timing devices' those that assist the rescuer to achieve the correct technique,especially depth and speed of compressions; and those that take over the process completely. Timing devices[edit] Timing devices can feature a metronome (an item carried by many ambulance crews) in order to assist the rescuer in achieving the correct rate. Some units can also give timing reminders for performing compressions, ventilating and changing operators.[46] Manual assist devices[edit] Mechanical devices have not been found to have greater benefit than harm and thus are not currently recommended for widespread use.[47] Audible and visual prompting may improve the quality of CPR and prevent the decrease of compression rate and depth that naturally occurs with fatigue,[48][49][50][51][52][53] and to address this potential improvement, a number of devices have been developed to help improve CPR technique. These items can be devices to placed on top of the chest, with the rescuer's hands going over the device, and a display or audio feedback giving information on depth, force or rate,[54] or in a wearable format such as a glove.[55] Several published evaluations show that these devices can improve the performance of chest compressions.[56][57] As well as its use during actual CPR on a cardiac arrest victim, which relies on the rescuer carrying the device with them, these devices can also be used as part of training programs to improve basic skills in performing correct chest compressions.[58] Automatic devices[edit] There are also some automated devices available that take over the chest compressions for the rescuer. These have several advantages: they allow rescuers to focus on performing other interventions; they do not fatigue and begin to perform less effective compressions, as humans do; and they are able to perform effective compressions in limited-space environments such as air ambulances, where manual compressions are difficult. These devices use either pneumatic (high-pressure gas) or electrical power sources to drive a compressing pad on to the chest of the patient. One such device, known as the LUCAS, was developed at the University Hospital of Lund, is powered by the compressed oxygen supplies already standard in ambulances and hospitals, and has undergone numerous clinical trials, showing a marked improvement in coronary perfusion pressure[59] and return of spontaneous circulation.[60] In August 2013, a 41-year-old woman living in a town near Melbourne in Australia was treated with the LUCAS device for 53 minutes while a stent was placed in an artery near her heart, clearing a 100% blockage. She was considered to be clinically dead for 40 minutes. She was discharged from the hospital a week later.[61] Artificial ventilation can be achieved with multiple devices. While manual bag valve mask devices supply oxygen-enriched air through a facial mask (without maintaining an open airway), automatic devices utilize an oropharyngeal airway (e.g., Bergman or Guedel airways), which ensures airway patency. They also have a nozzle for the rescuer with a protective mask mode, preventing any mouth-to-mouth contact. Another system called the AutoPulse is electrically powered and uses a large band around the patient's chest that contracts rhythmically in order to deliver chest compressions. This is also backed by clinical studies showing increased rates of return of spontaneous circulation.[62][63] Mobile apps[edit] To support training and incident management mobile apps have been published on the largest app markets. An evaluation of 61 available apps has revealed that a large amount does not follow international guidelines for basic-life support and many apps are not designed in a user-friendly way.[64] Chance of receiving CPR[edit] Various studies suggest that in out-of-home cardiac arrest, bystanders, lay persons or family members attempt CPR in between 14%[65] and 45%[66] of the time, with a median of 32%.[67] This indicates that around a third of out-of-home arrests have a CPR attempt made on them. However, the effectiveness of this CPR is variable, and the studies suggest only around half of bystander CPR is performed correctly.[68][69] A recent study has shown that members of the public having received CPR training in the past lack the skills and confidence needed to save lives. These experts believe that better training is needed to improve the willingness to respond to cardiac arrest.[67] There is a clear correlation between age and the chance of CPR being commenced. Younger people are far more likely to have CPR attempted on them before the arrival of emergency medical services.[65][70] It was also found that bystanders more commonly administer CPR when in public than when at the patient's home, although health care professionals are responsible for more than half of out-of-hospital resuscitation attempts.[66] People with no connection to the victim are more likely to perform CPR than are a member of their family.[71] There is also a clear correlation between cause of arrest and the likelihood of a bystander initiating CPR. Lay persons are most likely to give CPR to younger cardiac arrest victims in a public place when it has a medical cause; victims in arrest from trauma, exsanguination or intoxication are less likely to receive CPR.[71] Finally, it has been claimed that there is a higher chance that CPR will performed if the bystander is told to perform only the chest compression element of the resuscitation.[13] Chance of receiving CPR in time[edit] CPR is likely to be effective only if commenced within 6 minutes after the blood flow stops[72] because permanent brain cell damage occurs when fresh blood infuses the cells after that time, since the cells of the brain become dormant in as little as 4–6 minutes in an oxygen deprived environment and, therefore, cannot survive the reintroduction of oxygen in a traditional resuscitation. Research using cardioplegic blood infusion resulted in a 79.4% survival rate with cardiac arrest intervals of 72±43 minutes, traditional methods achieve a 15% survival rate in this scenario, by comparison. New research is currently needed to determine what role CPR, electroshock, and new advanced gradual resuscitation techniques will have with this new knowledge.[73] A notable exception is cardiac arrest that occurs in conjunction with exposure to very cold temperatures. Hypothermia seems to protect by slowing down metabolic and physiologic processes, greatly decreasing the tissues' need for oxygen.[74] There are cases where CPR, defibrillation, and advanced warming techniques have revived victims after substantial periods of hypothermia.[75] Society and culture[edit] Portrayed effectiveness[edit] CPR is often severely misrepresented in movies and television as being highly effective in resuscitating a person who is not breathing and has no circulation. A 1996 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that CPR success rates in television shows was 75% for immediate circulation, and 67% survival to discharge.[76][77] This gives the general public an unrealistic expectation of a successful outcome.[76] When educated on the actual survival rates, the proportion of patients over 60 years of age desiring CPR should they suffer a cardiac arrest drops from 41% to 22%.[78] Stage CPR[edit] Chest compressions are capable of causing significant local blunt trauma, including bruising or fracture of the sternum or ribs.[79] Performing CPR on a healthy person may or may not disrupt normal heart rhythm, but regardless the technique should not be performed on a healthy person because of the risk of trauma. The portrayal of CPR technique on television and film often is purposely incorrect. Actors simulating the performance of CPR may bend their elbows while appearing to compress, to prevent force from reaching the chest of the actor portraying the victim. Self-CPR hoax[edit] A form of "self-CPR" termed "cough CPR" was the subject of a hoax chain e-mail entitled "How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone," which wrongly cited "ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital" as the source of the technique. Rochester General Hospital has denied any connection with the technique.[80][81] "Cough CPR" in the sense of resuscitating oneself is impossible because a prominent symptom of cardiac arrest is unconsciousness,[82] in which case coughing is impossible, although myocardial infarction (heart attack) may occur to give rise to the cardiac arrest, so a patient may not be immediately unconscious. However, the vast majority of people suffering chest pain from a heart attack will not be in cardiac arrest and CPR is not needed to begin with. In these cases, attempting "cough CPR" will increase the workload on the heart and may be harmful. The American Heart Association (AHA) and other resuscitation bodies[83] do not endorse "cough CPR", which it terms a misnomer as it is not a form of resuscitation. The AHA does recognize a limited legitimate use of the coughing technique: "This coughing technique to maintain blood flow during brief arrhythmias has been useful in the hospital, particularly during cardiac catheterization. In such cases the patient's ECG is monitored continuously, and a physician is present."[84] When coughing is used on trained and monitored patients in hospitals, it has been shown to be effective only for 90 seconds.[83] CPR learned from movies and television[edit] In at least one case, it has been alleged that CPR learned from a movie was used to save a person's life. In April 2011, it was claimed that nine-year-old Tristin Saghin saved his sister's life by administering CPR on her after she fell into a swimming pool, using only the knowledge of CPR that he had gleaned from a motion picture, Black Hawk Down.[85] Hands-Only CPR portrayed as more palatable version[edit] Less than 1/3 of those people who experience a cardiac arrest at home, work or in a public location have CPR performed on them. Most bystanders are worried that they might do something wrong.[86] On October 28, 2009 The American Heart Association and the Ad Council launched a Hands-Only CPR public service announcement and website as a means to address this issue.[87] In July 2011, new content was added to the website including a digital app that helps a user learn how to perform Hands-Only CPR.[88] In the 19th century, Doctor H. R. Silvester described a method (The Silvester Method) of artificial respiration in which the patient is laid on their back, and their arms are raised above their head to aid inhalation and then pressed against their chest to aid exhalation.[89] The procedure is repeated sixteen times per minute. This type of artificial respiration is occasionally seen in films made in the early 20th century. A second technique, called the Holger Nielsen technique, described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911, was a form of artificial respiration where the person was laid face down, with their head to the side, resting on the palms of both hands. Upward pressure applied at the patient’s elbows raised the upper body while pressure on their back forced air into the lungs, in essence the Silvester Method with the patient flipped over. This form is seen well into the 1950s (it is used in an episode of Lassie during the mid-1950s), and was often used, sometimes for comedic effect, in theatrical cartoons of the time (see Tom and Jerry's "The Cat and the Mermouse" [1949]). This method would continue to be shown, for historical purposes, side-by-side with modern CPR in the Boy Scout Handbook until its ninth edition in 1979. The technique was later banned from first-aid manuals in the UK. Similar techniques were described in early 20th century ju-jutsu and judo books, as being used as far back as the early 17th century. A New York Times correspondent reported those techniques being used successfully in Japan in 1910. In ju-jutsu (and later on, judo) those techniques were called Kappo or Kutasu.[90][91][92][93] However, it was not until the middle of the 20th century that the wider medical community started to recognize and promote artificial respiration combined with chest compressions as a key part of resuscitation following cardiac arrest. The combination was first seen in a 1962 training video called "The Pulse of Life" created by James Jude, Guy Knickerbocker and Peter Safar. Jude and Knickerbocker, along with William Kouwenhoven and Joseph S. Redding had recently discovered the method of external chest compressions, whereas Safar had worked with Redding and James Elam to prove the effectiveness of artificial respiration. It was at Johns Hopkins University where the technique of CPR was originally developed. The first effort at testing the technique was performed on a dog by Redding, Safar and JW Perason. Soon afterward, the technique was used to save the life of a child.[94] Their combined findings were presented at the annual Maryland Medical Society meeting on September 16, 1960 in Ocean City, and gained widespread acceptance over the following decade, helped by the video and speaking tour they undertook. Peter Safar wrote the book ABC of Resuscitation in 1957. In the U.S., it was first promoted as a technique for the public to learn in the 1970s.[95] Artificial respiration was combined with chest compressions based on the assumption that active ventilation is necessary to keep circulating blood oxygenated, and the combination was accepted without comparing its effectiveness with chest compressions alone. However, research over the past decade has shown that assumption to be in error, resulting in the AHA's acknowledgment of the effectiveness of chest compressions alone (see Compression only in this article).[96] CPR has continued to advance, with recent developments including an emphasis on constant, rapid heart stimulation, and a de-emphasis on the respiration aspect. Studies have shown that people who had rapid, constant heart-only chest compression are 22% more likely to survive than those receiving conventional CPR that included breathing. What's more, because people tend to be reluctant to do mouth-to-mouth, chest-only CPR nearly doubles the chances of survival overall, by increasing the odds of receiving CPR in the first place.[97] Administering CPR to animals[edit] It is feasible to perform CPR on animals, including cats and dogs. 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A landmark study published Oct. 6 in The Journal of the American Medical Associationfound that bystanders who applied hands-only CPR were able to boost survival to 34% from 18% for those who got conventional CPR or none at all. In addition, the percentage of people willing to provide CPR rose from 28% in 2005 to 40% in 2009. 98. ^ "CPR for Cats & Dogs". University of Washington School of Medicine. External links[edit]	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resuscitate	dclm-gs1-160000000
0.022499	<urn:uuid:50920c66-49a7-429c-8fcc-b863f5d4a0bc>	en	0.833149	By Topic Designing solar storm microsatellite for predicting space weather Sign In Formats Non-Member Member $31 $13 Become an IEEE Member or Subscribe to IEEE Xplore for exclusive pricing! close button puzzle piece Learn more about: IEEE membership IEEE Xplore subscriptions 1 Author(s) Paige, S.L. ; Aerosp. Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA Solar flares can cause serious damage to satellites and disruptions to power grids. To provide warning of impending solar storms to satellite operators, power companies and other users, a Sun- and Earth-viewing microsatellite located in orbit about the L1 libration point was designed by the Aerospace Corporation's Concept Design Center (CDC). The CDC's collaborative design methodology provided comprehensive investigation of the trade space to support the accelerated procurement timeline. Not all solar storms inflict damage. The polarity of the solar flare, available only minutes before the storm approaches the Earth, determines the potential for damage. The integrated dual payload concept of hemispherical imager and magnetometer provides up to three days warning of an impending solar storm with 30-60 minutes warning of confirmation that the solar storm has the potential to inflict damage to both ground- and space-based systems. Eight satellite configurations were developed to study the impact of varying key trade space parameters: spacecraft lifetime; data compression; direct injection into the L1 transfer orbit versus transferring from Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO); varying the number of hemispherical imagers; effects of technology freeze date and redundancy; and smallsat technology and components Published in: Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE (Volume:7 ) Date of Conference:	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=879290	dclm-gs1-160150000
0.471557	<urn:uuid:c5eeb87f-02cc-4bf1-878a-4030a376f97f>	en	0.963941	What is meta? × I have noticed certain questions (mostly joke questions) get a lot of up votes (usually low-rep users) just to get their rep up. For example: Optimus Prime Numbers I think people that have their questions closed for the "not a real question" reason should not receive rep from them, as in the above example the user has clearly just posted as a rep gatherer and gone from 100 rep to ~300, granted the rep cap will stop this at 200 each day but they did not work for or contribute in order to get it. Meaning they gain privileges other users have worked hard to achieve. Through this the user has gained these priveleges: View close votes Reduce ads Vote down share\|improve this question Don't worry. If 1 more 20k+ person votes to delete it, the reputation gained from it will go away. – jjnguy Feb 11 '11 at 19:06 I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that once a question or answer was deleted, all rep gained was lost in the next re-calc... – ircmaxell Feb 11 '11 at 19:07 You may notice that the reference question no longer exists. – jjnguy Feb 11 '11 at 19:10 @jjnguy - Thanks, understand how the system works now! – Myles Gray Feb 11 '11 at 19:11 1 Answer 1 up vote 4 down vote accepted Closure is a lot more of a temporary state compared to deletion, especially when it comes to "not a real question". Generally, two things will happen - junk gets deleted (as apparently happened in your example question) or glorious revisions lead to reopening. One already results in reputation vanishing, and the other would require the reputation to be re-instated post-fact. And the threat of the former scenario is typically enough to get people to revise, without needing to "deduct the reputation in advance", so to speak. Simply put, I don't believe that removing reputation for the period of closure would have any sort of significant impact. share\|improve this answer Thank you for clarification on that, I believe my question is redundant now. – Myles Gray Feb 11 '11 at 19:21 @Myles While the effect of your request would be redundant, I don't think the question itself should be considered such. It's not so different than, say, this suggestion for duplicates, which also has a proper question variant. – Grace Note Feb 11 '11 at 19:22 In addition, not all close reasons are alike. If the question was on-topic when asked (and gained good answers), and later the site's scope changed and the question was closed, why should the people who put in that effort be penalized? – Monica Cellio Mar 18 '13 at 18:02 You must log in to answer this question. Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .	http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/79007/remove-rep-for-questions-closed-as-not-a-real-question	dclm-gs1-160300000
0.039755	<urn:uuid:8bd78f45-0f07-4ad1-9d72-fc9b94efd653>	en	0.955285	• EMG; • hyperoxia; • interval sprint; • lactate; • power output; • reactive oxygen species; • swimming This investigation tested the hypothesis that breathing oxygen-enriched air (FiO2=1.00) during recovery enhances peak (Ppeak) and mean power (Pmean) output during repeated high-intensity exercise. Twelve elite male swimmers (21 ± 3 years, 192.1 ± 5.9 cm, 79.1 ± 8.2 kg) inhaled either hyperoxic (HOX) or normoxic (NOX) air during 6-min recovery periods between five repetitions of high-intensity bench swimming, each involving 40 maximal armstrokes. Oxygen partial pressure (pO2) and saturation (SO2), [H+], pH, base excess and blood lactate concentration were measured before and after all intervals. The production of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) hydrogen peroxide was measured before, directly after and 15 min after the test. Ppeak and Pmean with HOX recovery were significantly higher than with NOX throughout the third, fourth and fifth intervals (P<0.001–0.04). With HOX, electromyography activity was lower during the third, fourth and fifth intervals than during the first (P=0.05–0.001), with no such changes in NOX (P=0.99). There were no differences in blood lactate, pH, [H+] or base excess and ROS production at any time point with either HOX or NOX recovery. These findings demonstrate that the Ppeak and Pmean of elite swimmers performing high-intensity intervals can be improved by exposure to oxygen-enriched air during recovery.	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01349.x/abstract	dclm-gs1-160330000
0.101408	<urn:uuid:d577fe92-9380-4e17-8a21-4a009eb479e7>	en	0.885263	Take the 2-minute tour × I know there are some solutions on IVRS and VoIP in some Linux distributions, but I am not sure which one is reliable and stable. Or should I custom build a Linux dedicated for these services? Please give me some advices. share\|improve this question 1 Answer 1 up vote 2 down vote accepted Asterisk, running on whatever linux distribution you're comfortable with. share\|improve this answer seems a nice solution. Can it use VoIP ? – Raptor Aug 4 '10 at 2:20 Asterisk supports (at least) SIP and SCCP ("Skinny") more-or-less out of the box, so unless you have a very unusual environment, you should be good to go. – Vatine Aug 4 '10 at 12:14 Your Answer	http://serverfault.com/questions/166003/recommendation-needed-ivrs-voip-solution-in-linux	dclm-gs1-160410000
0.530954	<urn:uuid:c97adc78-eb53-4838-ad6f-a60980095069>	en	0.696305	Proteus > Allgemeine Diskussionen > Themendetails Posivated 22. Feb. um 20:13 Uhr Where can I get the soundtrack? Anyone know where I can buy it from? I must of not redeemed the code when I go it through humble. Beiträge 1 - 7 von 7 < > Darknightwing 14. März um 20:46 Uhr if you got it with the bundle, you can get it through the humble site. log in, go to my library, click music, scroll until you find the proteus soundtrack Posivated 15. März um 5:02 Uhr Yea I found it, but upon doing some research they actually haven't released the soundtrack yet. The 10 minute song with the humble bundle is some exclusive thing. Darknightwing 15. März um 18:35 Uhr That is the soundtrack. This game's music is interactive, so there is no set "soundtrack". This 10 minute song is actually a combination of all the sounds you can find throughout the game, condensed into a single track. Posivated 16. März um 5:28 Uhr On the proteus website they said that was not the soundtrack and it was supposed to be coming summer of 2013, which it hasn't yet. So i'm assuming they arnt making one. Lengray 1. Apr. um 13:46 Uhr Why not just play the game for an hour and record the audio output? Zuletzt bearbeitet von Lengray; 1. Apr. um 13:47 Uhr ² 1. Mai um 7:31 Uhr Kanaga said in January that there'd be news "soon". Looks like he works on Valve time, too. Zuletzt bearbeitet von ²; 1. Mai um 7:31 Uhr Posivated 1. Mai um 12:30 Uhr Lol valve time indeed, thanks for the update. Beiträge 1 - 7 von 7 < > Pro Seite: 15 30 50	http://steamcommunity.com/app/219680/discussions/0/540734423807193376/?l=german	dclm-gs1-160520000
0.945031	<urn:uuid:f2b0286d-7d68-4faf-bcd9-c0fde318fd9f>	en	0.822443	algorytmzamiatania 2013년 11월 18일 오후 12시 32분 Quite a big problem Alright. I have a huge issue. My game is basically working perfectly (I have a average laptop, not a big deal, but enough to play on high details) until at some moment the game just... It's something between freezing and fps dropping. It does work, but the speed is about -8 fps (not kidding. It takes like a 15 minutes for a guard to make a full step). Now You see, it happens at random places (mostly near city gates). I have tried playing without any mods (nope) and starting a new game (neither) and changing graphics detail doesn't do anything except for making game uglier (i mean, it doesn't help). It gives me a headache, and it's making the game unplayable. All the unofficial patches for some reason cause more bugs for me. So won't you please, please help me? 5개 중 1-5 표시중 < > Dr. Shocks . DO 2013년 11월 18일 오후 12시 35분 Since you have a laptop, it could be "Thermal Throttling" due to your computer overheating. Throttling is basically your computer slowing everything down so that it can cool down. The overheating is most likely due to dust clogging your fans/vents [even if appears clean from the exterior]. I use a gaming laptop, and I am always sure to clean my fans/vents every couple months. You can use a can of compressed air in a can, and use short burts to get the dust out. Remember, use shorts burts and be gentle. Dr. Shocks . DO님이 마지막으로 수정; 2013년 11월 18일 오후 12시 36분 algorytmzamiatania 2013년 11월 18일 오후 12시 39분 thank you, i will try to see if it works Aergistal 2013년 11월 18일 오후 12시 43분 +1 for Thermal Throttling. You can use something like Gpu-Z or the laptop software to monitor the temperature. You can lower the graphic settings. Some laptops are just badly ventilated, no matter the dust on the fan/vents. You could also try a laptop cooling pad. algorytmzamiatania 2013년 11월 18일 오후 1시 37분 I have checked things and it seems that enerything has been cleaned recently. Also, other games work perfectly, even with much larger amounts of mods and better graphics. Lowering the settings gave me literally a second of smooth game, and than it froze again. I belive it's an issue strictly connected to skyrim... algorytmzamiatania 2013년 11월 19일 오전 7시 52분 well, i modded it a bit (...a lot...) but i'm using nexus mod manager, and boss... so there really should't be a problem. 5개 중 1-5 표시중 < > 페이지당: 15 30 50 게시된 날짜: 2013년 11월 18일 오후 12시 32분 게시글: 5	http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/648811852620393287/?l=koreana	dclm-gs1-160530000
0.078027	<urn:uuid:93875a3f-8dfa-420d-89c2-b483ba8af163>	en	0.936876	Take the 2-minute tour × I have a TV (LG55LM620T) with Mini-SCART (RGB) out and a All-In-One computer (Acer Aspire 7600U) with HDMI In on it. How can I transfer the TV-image to the computer? Any converter for SCART Mini to HDMI available? Any way of transferring this signal wirelessly? share\|improve this question closed as not a real question by Mokubai, Simon Sheehan, Sathya Jan 21 '13 at 3:11 What do you mean by "transfer the TV image to the computer": Save/Process it on the computer itself, or just display it in real-time on your All-in-One? – haimg Jan 20 '13 at 22:04 I solved the problem by using a SCART to USB capturing device instead. By the way, I don't see why this was not a real question? Please motivate why you close threads! – Andreas Zita Jan 21 '13 at 11:27 1 Answer 1 That system does not have HDMI in to the system, but to the monitor itself. Meaning that you won't see the Computer picture, but still need the computer on. What you will need is an HDMI capture card (if one exists). One issue as well is that it needs to be HDCP compliant, which would probably prevent you from recording it. There are converters available, especially if you go to Startech (good selection for North America, not sure other countries), but you will be looking at $70+, plus shipping share\|improve this answer	http://superuser.com/questions/539075/how-to-get-tv-image-to-computer	dclm-gs1-160570000
0.03176	<urn:uuid:802b3679-c9a6-483e-918b-bb00ba1a1f31>	en	0.952903	JOE GANDELMAN: Seven thoughts on Iraq OPINION: There are twists and points to ponder as Iraq dominates the news again Joe Gandelman Joe Gandelman Wither Iraq? That’s actually a two-pronged question. First, where will Iraq wind up when it completes its latest, chaotic chapter? Second, will Iraq’s next incarnation be as a cohesive nation-state, or will it literally wither and splinter into two (or more) parts? There are many points and twists to ponder as Iraq (again) dominates the news. Here’s a partial list. And I’m sure that in keeping with how our 21st century 24/7 politics operates, I’ll get more of those charming weekly emails containing suggestions on where I should put my computer. Some thoughts: 1. Baby Boomers apparently learned nothing from Vietnam. Even though it was a bitterly divisive issue in the 1960s, the overriding historical and political consensus today is the Vietnam War was a massive, costly-in-terms-of-lives-and-treasure foreign policy mistake. The Greatest Generation’s “Best and the Brightest” miscalculated on Vietnam, and the “Mediocre and Ideologically Blinded” Baby Boomers failed to learn from their elders’ mistakes, despite possessing countless history books, studies and news articles. 1. Discount conservatives’ current “I told you so” on Iraq today. They were the ones who sold the Iraq War to Americans and to the British under what turned out to be false pretenses. They offered Polyanna-ish analyses on how long the war would last, wrongly characterized how Iraq’s population would receive victorious Americans and miscalculated on how a toppling Saddaam Hussein would reshape the Middle East. In retrospect, they were brimming with — and acting on — almost wishful thinking. 1. Discount liberals “I told you so on Iraq” today. A segment of the Democratic Party rooted in the George McGovern wing opposes most military ventures almost immediately. They argue we shouldn’t be the world’s policeman, the government is lying (usually before there is any concrete evidence of that) and/or that military action is being propelled by the military-industrial complex. Yes, some liberals did present specific, thoughtful reasons for opposing the Iraq War. But many merely repeated old recycled anti-war riffs. It’s like a psychic who makes 200 predictions and then touts the one that comes true as proof of special powers. 1. Televised or reported anger doesn’t necessary mean widespread support. Senator John McCain and what some call the “conservative political entertainment media” have been blaming President Barack Obama for Iraq’s woes and suggesting it’s time for stronger military action. McCain is screaming “I told you so,” contending the U.S. shouldn’t have withdrawn and should have left a residual force in Iraq. But Politico reports: “More Americans agree with President Barack Obama’s views on Iraq than those of Sen. John McCain, a new poll says. According to a Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday, 54 percent of voters say they agree more with the president on Iraq, compared with 28 percent who said they agree more with McCain.” McCain is as knee-jerk in his constant calls for military action as many Democrats are in their calls to avoid it. 1. The Weekly Standard’s editor Bill Kristol (as usual) needs a reality check. Kristol, increasingly the national symbol of a neocon political pundit, argued on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Americans could be convinced to support renewed military action in Iraq. And VHS tapes and pay phones are the wave of the future. 1. Former Vice President Dick Cheney needs to look up the meaning of the Yiddish word “chutzpah.” In an op-ed co-written with his daughter Liz, the former Vice President, who left office with a poll approval rating a tad above jock itch, delivered Iraq war criticism and all blame to Obama. Cheney offering sound Iraq strategy and accurately assessing blame is like Mel Gibson teaching a course to rabbis on the meaning of Judaism. 1. The world is a dangerous place and what happens in Iraq does matter. Serious policy makers and thoughtful Americans have to be concerned over what Al Jazeera calls the rise of “Syraq.” Whatever happens in Iraq could create significant ripples throughout the region and in the U.S. There are more aspects to ponder so this list is just a beginning. P.S. to those who plan to email: My computer won’t fit up there. Email Joe Gandelman at [email protected].	http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2014/jun/21/joe-gandelman-seven-thoughts-on-iraq/	dclm-gs1-160660000
0.312292	<urn:uuid:b5bfe28b-8c51-4e73-989d-5d17597b419f>	en	0.90637	You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat. Jon Fishman Copyright © 2001 - 2014 BrainyQuote	http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/jonfishman254594.html	dclm-gs1-160760000
0.246178	<urn:uuid:5fa5669e-359d-48c2-ae18-f3e67960619a>	en	0.97108	Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech to soldiers and their families at Fort Bliss, TX, today explaining the Fed's role and what it's doing to stimulate the economy. But tucked away in his speech was a little line everyone's been talking about: On the other hand, this speech wasn't exactly intended for economists or financial pros, so we're taking this statement with a grain of salt. Read his speech here and decide for yourself.	http://www.businessinsider.com/is-bernanke-hinting-at-ngdp-targeting-2011-11	dclm-gs1-160780000
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0.998589	<urn:uuid:6072aff1-39e1-440e-a16f-0a93fadac4d7>	en	0.879413	The radiation detector known as a Geiger counter uses aclosed, hollow, cylindrical tube with an insulated wire along itsaxis. Suppose a Geiger tube, as it's called, has a1.0-{\rm mm}-diameter wire in a tubewith a 25 {\rm mm} inner diameter. The tube isfilled with a low-pressure gas whose dielectric strength is1.0\times 10^6 {\rm{ V/m}}. What is the maximum potential difference between the wire and thetube? \Delta V_{\rm max} =___________kV	http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/radiation-detector-known-geiger-counter-uses-aclosed-hollow-cylindrical-tube-insulated-wir-q790434	dclm-gs1-160840000
0.775938	<urn:uuid:7ba7925e-e4d0-48bb-8421-6ee40f36bbb7>	en	0.940529	Rod ABD is guided by wheels at A and B that roll in horizontal and vertical tracks. Knowing that at the instant β= 60° and the velocity of wheel B is 40 in./s downward, determine (a) the angular velocity of the rod, (b) the velocity of point D. distance between B, D is 15 in. and the distance between A, B is 15 in.	http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/rod-abd-guided-wheels-b-roll-horizontal-vertical-tracks-knowing-instant-60-velocity-wheel--q1310365	dclm-gs1-160850000
0.031166	<urn:uuid:1af638fc-cf32-4c59-85e3-28e944f8eca7>	en	0.971189	The big wave that rolled across the country somehow threatened — if that's the right word — to miss the state almost completely. The question is not: What happened here? You've been witness to the craziness as it has unfolded over these many months. And anything that you might have missed, you could see again, and again, in the onslaught of campaign commercials that will now finally — I promise — go away. The better question — particularly as you look at the sea of red on all those national political maps — is this: What didn't happen here? Voters across the nation sent a message to Democrats and especially to President Barack Obama. The message may be a little vague. This is the third wave election in the last three elections, after all, and it's fair to ask what the difference is between a wave election and a temper tantrum. But it was a message that said voters didn't want Democrats in charge of everything in Washington any more. And in Colorado? Democrat John Hickenlooper wins the governor's office in a walk. Tom Tancredo, of American Constitution Party fame, ends up looking exactly like the talk-radio version of a candidate that everyone should have known him to be. And Republican Dan Maes? Dan "Serpico" Maes? Dan "Make That Donation in Cash" Maes? Dan "What Do I Do Now" Maes? As I'm writing this early today, Maes was flirting with the not-so- magical 10 percent number. If Maes didn't get 10 percent of the vote, it would mean the Republican Party would officially become a minor party in Colorado, where, as one TV commentator put it, the rent for Republicans would be too damn high. What in the name of Dick Wadhams went wrong? You know what went wrong in the governor's race. It started with Scott McInnis' elk-meat-for-the-poor campaign, moved to his toss-his-friend- under-the-bus campaign and then proceeded directly to Maes' bikes- can-be-U.N.-helicopters-too campaign and, finally, to Tancredo's decision to bully his way into the race. Across the nation, voters showed their bitterness toward Washington, but Coloradans don't necessarily care for — as Tancredo himself would put it — bitter-white-guy candidates. And so Hickenlooper shows once again that he lives a charmed life. No one deserves to have both Maes and Tancredo to run against in a single campaign. The governor's race was such a disaster for Republicans that it will take years to spread all the blame. I'm wondering whether it will be Maes or Wadhams who takes the first bus out of town, although, to be fair, we might miss Maes if he decides to go undercover. If Republicans don't lose the Senate race, it won't be for lack of trying. It's pretty much a given that if Jane Norton had won the primary, she would have easily beaten Michael Bennet, the appointed senator who is, to be kind, a much better senator than he is a candidate. Still, Bennet was a far better candidate than Ken Buck, who rode through the state, tossing gaffes wherever he went, but usually when a Democratic tracker was there to put them on videotape. The race, with all the money spent, was defined at the start with Bennet's negative ad using Buck's own words to describe a series of wacky Tea Party-style ideas. But the message of debt and deficit is a difficult message for anyone to overcome in this cycle. It's the message that was giving the Republicans a huge swing in the U.S. House. It's the message that gained seats for Republicans in the state legislature.	http://www.denverpost.com/littwin/ci_16507448?source=pkg	dclm-gs1-160950000
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0.037219	<urn:uuid:5062238b-8eaf-49b2-be2a-8d5f788fe6af>	en	0.95911	The return of Silvio Berlusconi Mamma mia Italians may come to regret electing Silvio Berlusconi once again See article Readers' comments While the Economist has not always been right on everything, reading this article reminds me why I've been a subscriber of the Economist for the last 25 years. Belrusconi's picture in this article, depicts a facial expression and demeanor, that speaks louder than the article itself. Now, the onus is Belrusconi's to prove the Economist wrong, 'casue till then, like the Economist, myself and millions of Italians still believe, that Berlusconi is not fit to lead or govern. Serenissimo, Maurizio if you read the Economist that should probably mean that you are actively looking for grounded and objective opinions. Honestly, things that this newspaper has been quite successful in delivering. So, what have you read in the past years? Just the advertisements? You guys don't get it. The man is simply unfit! He should not be there! Beyond the evident reasons the Economist puts forward, there is the fact that the man did nothing to grow and liberalise the italian economy in the 2001-2006 term. Again, what do you read? Where do you look for information? There are tons of data that show his government did ZERO to reform and modernize the country. He spent the time to solve his personal issues. Again, what do you rely upon to make your opinions? Saying that the alternatives are worse is not an argument, as the man should not be there. I am one of those italians who left the country in the recent years, disgusted by him and by those who keep on believing to his burlesque promises. You will never find a mention of these italians in your "free" press. I don't believe that The Economist or any one else is implying that Italians who voted for Berlusconi are stupid. Unwise, scared, and cowards perhaps, would be more appropriate nouns. I put the name of Barak Obama , yes I know.., on the voting ballots after crossing all the other names, because none of the politicians on the list in the voting papers, are competent to introduce the reforms necessary to make the "Made in Italy" products competitive overseas, and improve the living standards that Italy so much deserves. Labor, pension, fiscal, bureaucratic, political, REFORMS are needed to bring Italy in line with the G7 countries.I'm skeptical that Berlusconi III will succeed, he lacks the balls to bring forward these badly needed reform. During Berlusconi II regime, he had a tremendous oppotunity with his larger Parliamentary majority to chance everything, and lost it. Instead Berlusconi II and his cronies were enriching themselves further, while the average Italian family's living standard declined. So,Italy became the laughing stock of every conversation amongst the dinner tables of Europe. Berlusconi's propensity to say cazzate ,gaffe, solidified the prevalent notion that Italy is not a serious European partner.The economic challenges facing Berlusconi III are more dire than when he started Berlusconi II, a lot stake is here. Failure to address these economic challenges, Italy could loose it place in the G7 club, also it could risk its ejection ( this would please Bossi) from the Euro zone, and cement Italy into a second tier status within the EU. As we ALL love Italy, lets us wish Berlusconi III good luck, as for my self, I'll keep praying, and my fingers crossed. Dear Oldwisdom,Do you have a name to suggest in place of Berlusconi that would be good for Italy?We'd appreciate to know your ideas... A wise man by the name of Indro Montanelli, definitely not left oriented, once said that the Italians needed to be vaccinated against Berlusconi, therefore needed to try him once before deciding to cross him out. Sadly, Montanelli underestimated the ability of Berlusconi to dupe the crowds with his ill sense of humour a subtle use of communication. Also, he overestimated the ability of the Italians to understand when they are being screwed by a clown full of hot air. Did he not marginally lower taxes at the expense of logal governments, did he not increase deficits and national debts... etc... etc? What a saviour! To those that voted him, on the basis of having no viable alternative, here is a thought on just one case that reveals the mentality of your man: are you prepared to put more public money into Alitalia, a company that failed despite huge public subsidies and is by all means out of the market? Just consider Berlusconi's attitude on this case and ask yourself if this is the champion of liberalism that you want in your wallet for the next five years. I am afraid he is already in people's underpants, so perhaps shifting to their wallet is an improvement. Your choice... Even if I did not vote for Berlusconi, I agree with Maurizio! Italians are not stupid. Simply, they have fear and don't risk enough: it's a pity, but it's perfectly rational. Supply-side reforms are necessary but menace all insiders: professionals, for-life full-time workers, olygopolist entrepreneurs like Berlusconi himself! So many people prefer stay relatively poor but secure!! And stop, please, stop, stop stop to offend dozens of millions of people simply for having a different opinion from yours! You don't seem living in a democratic world!!!! Maurizio, I'm one of the millions Italian mafiosi that voted for Berlusconi as well...What stupid people we must be! Dear SirsI am one of those millions of people that voted for Silvio Berlusconi, blinded by his TV network and by his grip on Italy's media. Given that I am completely stupid and, together with some other millions of Italian mafiosi, I have no clear knowledge of my interests, I will gone on reading your kind magazine and the interesting reader%u2019s comments that bring so vast inspiration to my narrow mind. I'm not sure if the comments received so far come from real Italian people, or just people that know about Italy only from the Economist.You guys don't like Berlusconi and I might agree with that, but what real alternative did we have?Veltroni? Wasn't he a sponsor of the Prodi government?I think the real problem of Italy is that we have more than half of the Country that contributes almost nothing to development of Italy since the end of the second World war.Not even the great statist of the World would have a chance to get something done in Italy.... for stillme - in the last 50 years (13 competitions) 7 went to South America and 6 to Western Europe. Argentina and Italy both won twice. :-\|Is football an opium of the masses, an escape from the chill winds of competition?Has South America had the same corruption issues in professional football as Italy?For Italy - here's hoping (yet again) "He will lead Rome to the ruins and the Romans will love him for this" (Gladiator by Oliver Scott, 2000) Quote:"This year Italy's GDP per head has fallen below the EU average for the first time. Next year, it will fall below Greece, after being overtaken by Spain in 2006."Italy won the World Cup in 2006, why should they worry? :-) Rather that make reforms, Berlusconi will ruin the Italian financial situation by lowering taxes without amministration expenditures decrease and structural expenditures reforms. The italian public debt will blow again...How it is possible that the Italian left wing parties have always such a work to do in equilibrateing public finance after every Berluskoni's legislature end? It is easy to lower taxes without financial cover,it is not responsable and socially descructive. I am so glad that you have stuck to your gun and you have hit the nail on the head in your analysis of Silvio Berlusconi's fantastic electoral success.Mr Berlusconi keeps on repeating that he is a liberal but he did not carry out any major liberalisations during his previous full term government when he also had a large majority in both houses of parliament.Moreover, his Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and the Lega Nord partners are mostly anti-globalisation, anti-free trade and Euro sceptics.So let us hope for a miracle for the good of Italy and its citizens! Berlusconi's slogan "I love Italy, I fly Alitalia" will be a good test of his conviction in free trade and market economy. Italians who supported Berlusconi were clearly upset by foreign news papers like the Economist's interference into Italians domestic politics. Accusing this news paper and others of communism, arrogance, and lack of understanding of Italians politics and Italians. Ironically these sane Italians fail to understand that Italy is part of Europe and has to adhere to treaties and obligations for the privilege to belong to the EU.Berlusconi personifies the puerile nationalism and "Italy for Italians" only immaturity that most insecure Italians exude, without realizing that Italy without Europe will join the banana republics club. Ok, now that this clown is back in power, everyone should give him a chance to do something meaningful. The first thing would be to let Alitalia collapse and allowed another European carrier set up hubs at Milan-Malpensa or Rome-Fiumicino. Italy really needs a Margaret Thatcher (someone con le palle quadrate) to take on the vested interest and uproot all what ails Italy. Otherwise, it will all be a huge waste of time, money, and effort. Kenosha Kid I really cannot believe this jackass is back. I feel like the rest of the world felt when W was re-elected in 2004-as in I want to ask an actual Berlusconi voter what the hell they're thinking. Products and events Take our weekly news quiz to stay on top of the headlines	http://www.economist.com/comment/25980	dclm-gs1-161020000
0.043107	<urn:uuid:10bcf3b5-4365-4b89-94ef-baeed34663a2>	en	0.971613	Ready for its next mission? Rockets are spectacular machines. They are also spectacularly wasteful. The Saturn Vs that launched astronauts to the moon were flying cathedrals of pipes, pumps, valves and switches; each had 6m or so working parts. And after travelling for a few minutes, their components were dumped unceremoniously into the sea, or left to drift in space. Looked at this way, space flight is insane: it is analogous to building a new airliner for every flight, and then dismantling it on arrival. Buying a rocket launch is so expensive that only governments and big companies can afford it. A reusable rocket could cut costs dramatically. It was this idea that inspired America’s space shuttle, although political compromises and over-optimistic engineering meant that NASA never came close to its expected cost savings. Starting in 2014, SpaceX, the most successful member of the privately run New Space industry, plans to have another go. It hopes to modify its two-stage Falcon 9 rockets so that they can be used again and again. The idea is that the first stage, which drops away at relatively low heights and speeds, will flip itself around and fly, under its own power, back to the launch site. It will then land on specially designed legs, like a child’s cartoon rocket. The second stage, which is moving much faster when it is jettisoned, will have to fly all the way around the Earth before returning home. Prices may fall by half Once the two stages are back, it should simply be a matter of buffing up the paintwork, refilling the stages with rocket fuel and launching them again. SpaceX hopes to have turn-around times measured in “single-digit hours”. The firm already offers the lowest launch prices around, undercutting some of its competitors by well over half. And rocket fuel and maintenance are cheap, at least compared with the cost of building new rockets. If it can make its machines fully reusable, then Elon Musk, SpaceX’s boss, reckons his prices may fall by half. But they may not. Rocketry is a conservative business, and for good reason. Mr Musk concedes that it will take many attempts before his firm masters the technology; a first test-flight in 2013 was only a partial success (Mr Musk had given it a 10% chance of working). He also said that, if things go very well, a Falcon first stage could return to its launch site by the end of 2014. That would be a game-changer. Tim Cross: science correspondent, The Economist	http://www.economist.com/news/21589077-reusable-rockets-will-make-spaceflight-much-cheaper-what-goes-up-will-go-up-again	dclm-gs1-161040000
0.117412	<urn:uuid:f93d88b8-fb23-48a6-a928-e932212408da>	en	0.946772	Social attitudes Generation gap Why a resurgence in support for the welfare state won’t help Labour See article Readers' comments Might this be because the older generation is almost entirely White British, while younger Britons tend to be of a browner hue? Lord only knows that here in the US, the handouts received disproportionately by older whites (Social Security, Medicare, the mortgage interest deduction) are seen as sacrosanct, while those disproportionately received by minorities (e.g. food stamps, TANF, Medicaid) are seen as "parasitic." Summing up this article. Pensioners want pensions. The young want opportunities. The recession-hit folks fear poverty for themselves and therefore want unemployment payments to match a decent standard of living. Big surprise. The only intelligent thing to come out of this article would be Labour's stance on siding with the young. The elderly do not swing elections. They vote how they have always voted. Labour knows the conservatives won't get the most votes. In the worst case a labour-lib coalition will please most. All in all the elderly will suffer the consequences unfortunately. Cutters. in reply to rusholmeruffian Poles are currently the largest immigrant population, there are more of them in the UK then Welsh speakers. EU migrants are the reason for the pressures on the NHS and Schools and other social services, with money being diverted for translators and additional help for those that cannot be bothered to learn the language of the country they are staying in. Younger Brits have also had to contend with the educational system playing politics. The whole system needs resetting, the country must have a system that is financial viable while looking after the most at need while protecting the most productive. Products and events Take our weekly news quiz to stay on top of the headlines	http://www.economist.com/node/21586358/comments	dclm-gs1-161050000
0.055887	<urn:uuid:95efe21f-5440-4dbe-b9f2-e3df6c037e66>	en	0.95829	You are here You Will Lose the Last 10 Pounds When Weight-Loss Wanes Is Your Scale Stuck? Don't Fixate on the Number So what's a frustrated woman to do? Beck recommends reassessing your goal weight; you may not need to lose any more pounds. "Perhaps you can reach your number. But the question to ask yourself is, once you get there, can you maintain approximately the same exercise and diet pace for the rest of your life?" she says. Instead of aiming for your lowest achievable weight, you might want to shoot for your lowest maintainable weight. "It's not giving up," she adds. "It's being realistic and shifting to a maintenance strategy before you get completely demoralized." Another good way to gauge whether you've lost enough weight is to consider your body fat, says Dr. Levin. The simplest test is to see where it's deposited. "If it's in your stomach, you probably ought to keep trying, since abdominal fat poses a real health risk for everything from diabetes to breast cancer." See "The Best Way to Beat Belly Flab." But if the fat is in your hips and butt and your body-mass index is within the healthy range (18.5 to 24.9), Dr. Levin suggests rethinking your desire to lose those last 10 pounds. "They're probably not medically harmful, and in trying to get rid of them, you'll be triggering all of those protective mechanisms that in turn make it even harder to mobilize the fat," he explains. Alternatively, measure your waist and hips. "If your waist is bigger, your risk of chronic disease is increased," says Diane Finegood, PhD, scientific director of the Canadian Institute of Health Research's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes in Vancouver. In this case, you have medical cause to lose more weight; the same goes if your waist measures more than 35 inches. Finally, there's your body-fat composition, the percentage of your body that is fat. This number is a far better measure of how fit you are than what the scale tells you, because muscle is denser than fat, says Steve Ball, PhD, an assistant professor of exercise physiology at the University of Missouri at Columbia. You can determine this number in several ways, but the one method you can use at home is bioelectrical impedance analysis, which calculates body fat based on how quickly an electrical signal moves through your body. Nowadays, it's available as a scale. (A great one is Tanita's FDA-approved InnerScan Body Composition Monitor, model BC-533; $120.) What's the number to target? "There's no absolute, but women generally want to be under 35 percent," says Ball. Getting the Scale to Budge If you still feel you could stand to lose the last 10, experts agree you need to change things up (and not, as I did, optimistically stay the course). Here are four strategies. Slash 100 calories from your daily intake. You may need to cut back more than before, since the lighter you are, the fewer calories you may need. "When you're on a trajectory of losing weight, you've got to continually reduce intake," says Finegood. Increase the number of calories you burn. Longer workouts aren't necessarily the solution, says Ryan Andrews, RD, an exercise physiologist at Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center. Try a new activity to work different muscles. "Or bump up your speed or intensity level, or do intervals," Andrews suggests. Personally? I'm taking my run outside for a change of terrain and scenery; I've had enough of staying in one place, both body and weight. And now when I get on the scale, I remember it's just a number — not the only reflection of my health. Love it? Share now! Loading comments...	http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/plans/lose-the-last-10-pounds/	dclm-gs1-161060000
0.032582	<urn:uuid:d186cc3a-a85b-420c-8a60-efe2e2740fb0>	en	0.950256	Match report: Bayern Munich 4 BATE Borisov 1 Bayern's Mario Gomez and Xherdan Shaqiri celebrate after scoring against FC Bate Borisov Bayern's Mario Gomez and Xherdan Shaqiri celebrate after scoring against FC Bate Borisov Photo: PA Bayern Munich sealed top spot in Champions League Group F after they coasted to victory over BATE Borisov at the Allianz Arena. Mario Gomez, one of seven changes, opened the scoring on 21 minutes and while Jerome Boateng saw red soon after half-time, Thomas Muller and Xherdan Shaqiri quickly netted to ensure a nerveless second period. BATE were also reduced to 10 men on 69 minutes when Denis Polyakov was given a second caution, before substitute David Alaba completed the rout on 83 minutes. Egor Filipenko grabbed a BATE consolation a minute from the end. Despite needing victory to assure their place at the top of the group, Bayern boss Jupp Heynckes rang the changes from the team that drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund at the weekend. That resulted in a completely changed back four with Daniel van Buyten, Jerome Boateng, Diego Contento and Rafinha handed starts Anatoliy Tymoschuk came in to anchor the midfield alongside Bastian Schweinsteiger and it was the other two new men, Shaqiri and Gomez, who combined for the opener. Gomez had already headed a Rafinha cross over but there was no missing after Shaqiri's penetrative run. The Switzerland international wriggled his way down the left to the byline and fired in a low pass that Gomez only had to turn in with an outstretched leg. Bayern spent the remainder of the half threatening a second goal without finding it. Toni Kroos volleyed a 25-yarder over and a better effort soon after forced Andrey Gorbunov into a parried clearance. Gomez flashed a shot wide before Denis Polyakov's well-hit effort from the edge of the area was just off target to provide a reminder the hosts still had work to do. The task looked tougher when Boateng was sent off five minutes after the restart for a bad challenge on Artem Kontsevoy, but Muller and Shaqiri soon got themselves on the scoresheet. Muller's goal came from an innocuous Kroos long free-kick that Schweinsteiger flicked on for his Germany colleague to turn in from six yards. Shaqiri made it 3-0 on 65 minutes with a strong header, holding off the attention of a defender behind him, to steer Gomez's left-wing cross past Gorbunov. Bayern were in full control and, when Polyakov was also sent off, a fourth goal arrived when Alaba volleyed home a Franck Ribery corner in the closing stages. BATE at least signed off their Champions League campaign, which promisingly began with back-to-back wins, with Filipenko's late 18-yarder as they prepare for the Europa League.	http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2012-12-06/match-report-bayern-munich-4-bate-borisov-1/	dclm-gs1-161200000
0.033214	<urn:uuid:84c6c132-faa7-4069-8126-735d564ee62f>	en	0.888875	OP Home > How-To > Shooting > Chasing Rainbows Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Chasing Rainbows How to predict where a rainbow will be and how to set up your DSLR to photograph it to create dramatic rainbow-scapes One practical conclusion from all this theory is that, in level country, rainbows can't appear unless the sun's altitude (its angle above the horizon) is less than 42º. At higher solar altitudes, the "rainbow" is below the horizon. In other words, don't bother chasing rainbows at noon. Realistically, you're most likely to see a photogenic rainbow when the sun is less than 20º or so above the horizon. In the mid-latitudes, that means rainbows are most often seen in the last (or first) two hours of the day. If you can see the shadow of your head, you can quickly estimate where a rainbow will appear using a measuring tool built right into your body. Extend your arms straight out and touch thumb tip to thumb tip. Spread the fingers of both hands as wide as possible, and place the tip of your left little finger on the shadow of your head. Sight toward the tip of your right little finger and scribe an arc in the air, keeping the tip of your left little finger on the shadow of your head. That arc is where a rainbow will appear because, for most people, a double hand span covers an angle of roughly 42º. Predict, Position And Shoot Many of the best rainbow photographs show the rainbow arcing up and over something photogenic in its own right. You probably won't have time to move to such a location once a rainbow appears, so you should plan where you want to be in advance. To do that, you need to know where a rainbow will intersect a level horizon. First, determine the direction of the sun. If the sun is visible, measure its bearing with a compass. If it's hidden in clouds, you can consult an app on your smartphone. I like Sun Surveyor (iPhone and Android, www.sunsurveyor.com) and The Photographer's Ephemeris (iPhone and Android, www.photoephemeris.com). Or you can consult a printout of sun positions you made before your trip (Figure 3). I like the inexpensive Heavenly-Opportunity software package (Windows, ho.fossilcreeksoft.com). Figure 3 However you get the sun's position, the next step is to subtract 180º from the sun's bearing. The result is the direction of the antisolar point, or to be more precise, the direction to the point on the horizon directly above the antisolar point (which usually will be below the horizon). Let's call this point the "horizon antisolar point." If the sun is about to set, the problem is simple. The right limb of the primary bow will intersect the horizon 42º to the right of the horizon antisolar point. The left limb will intersect the horizon 42º left of the horizon antisolar point. This calculation is exact if the sun is right on the horizon and is still a reasonable approximation at any sun altitude less than 10º, or about an hour or less before sunset. 1 Comment Add Comment Popular OP Articles	http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/shooting/chasing-rainbows.html?start=1	dclm-gs1-161390000
0.655624	<urn:uuid:84882e89-38f1-4a20-9411-737645e2a950>	en	0.907204	Microsoft Two-Step Verification Microsoft has done a much better job in the last few years of tying together all its services under one umbrella account. I use mine for, Xbox Live, Skype, an Office 365 subscription, and more. Naturally it should get some extra protection. Microsoft provides it. You sign into your Microsoft account at (Remember when they still called everything "Live"? These things linger.) In the left-hand navigation, click Security info—the top choice is then Two-step Verification. Microsoft recommends the use of an authenticator app—but maybe that's because Microsoft makes its own for Windows Phone. It also works with other authenticator apps, like Google's. You can set up with the QR code displayed during setup. Or you can skip it. If you do, Microsoft logins will still try to get you to use an app, but provide a link to other methods for getting a 7-digit verification code: text or email. Even if you chose text, it has to go to a phone you've pre-registered, and even then, Microsoft will make you re-enter the last four digits of the phone number as an extra bit of confirmation. That's pretty thorough. As you continue the setup, Microsoft provides a recovery code for you to write down and keep safe, a 25-digit whopper (like the kind they use on everything from software registrations to Xbox giveaways). Then it gets into the App Password section, by trying to make it easier for those who sync to non-Windows smartphones (like Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry) by providing a specific app password for each platform. Finally, it spells out all the other devices that will need a special app password: Xbox 360; Outlook desktop app for your PC or Mac; Office 2010, Office for Mac 2011, or earlier; Windows Essentials (Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Mail, Writer); and the Zune desktop app. You'll need to revisit the Microsoft account security page each time you need to generate a new app password for any of the above. You'll also get an email from Microsoft with a link to the help page on App passwords and two-step verification.	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C2817%2C2456405%2C00.asp	dclm-gs1-161430000
0.654859	<urn:uuid:c5fea17e-f6e1-46d6-b20e-3dcdadeaa61e>	en	0.943616	Your Wise Brain Rest Your Weary Head Too much on your mind? Clear it out. This Week's Practice: Rest your weary head. The traditional saying that is this week's practice has been sinking in for me lately. Thoughts have been swirling around like a sandstorm, about work, things I've been reading, household tasks, finances, concerns about people, a yard that needs mowing, loose ends, projects, etc. The other day I told my wife, "I'm thinking about too many things." Know the feeling? By your "head," I mean all the cognitive aspects of experience, such as planning, analyzing, obsessing, considering, worrying, making little speeches inside, going back over situations or conversations, and trying to figure things out. "Weary" means being fatigued due to continued exertion or endurance, sometimes also with a sense of being dismayed, even depressed; its roots as a word have to do with the effects of a long journey. Basically, it means your tank is running low. Find a Therapist Search for a mental health professional near you. When your thought processes are tired, it doesn't feel good. You're not relaxed, and probably stressed, which will gradually wear down your body and mood. You're more likely to make a mistake or a bad decision: Studies show that experts have less brain activity than novices when performing tasks; their thoughts are not darting about in unproductive directions. When the mind is ruminating away like the proverbial hamster on a treadmill, the emotional content is usually negative—hassles, threats, issues, problems, and conflicts—and that's not good for you. Nor is it good for others for you to be preoccupied, tense, or simply fried. On the other hand, when you rest that busy mind, you stop wearing it out and you start refueling and repairing it. The roots of the word "rest" come from places to take a break on a journey; it's natural and necessary to rest when you're weary. How can you do it? Above all, recognize that, if you're like me and I think most people, so much of what we twirl around with in the mind is, frankly, a waste of time. It doesn't solve a problem, prevent a bad thing from happening, or bring us to peace with others. And it's deeply unnatural. As we evolved, our ancestors probably experienced more physical but less mental fatigue than most people today in the developed nations. Consequently, our bodies are adapted to weariness—but our minds are not. For a brief time—finals week, an intense month at work, a demanding year with a new baby—OK, sometimes we just have to crank the mind up into overdrive and tough it out. But as a way of life, it's nuts. Subscribe to Your Wise Brain Current Issue Let It Go!	http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-wise-brain/201403/rest-your-weary-head?tr=MostViewedTh	dclm-gs1-161490000
0.022692	<urn:uuid:89997dde-c8b5-46b7-a6af-396c1db4d21e>	en	0.918188	Economic Botany (Impact Factor: 1.93). 04/2007; 61(4):376-384. DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2007)61[376:WWITFA]2.0.CO;2 ABSTRACT Ethnobotanists use a variety of interview techniques to collect ethnobotanical data. Drawing upon the results from a quantitative ethnobotanical study in five Yuracaré and Trinitario communities in the Bolivian Amazon, the pros and cons of the following methods are evaluated: (1) interviews in situ during transects, walk-in-the-woods, and homegarden sampling; and (2) interviews ex situ with fresh plant material, voucher specimens, or plant photographs as reference tools. Although the systematic use of plant photographs for ethnobotanical interviews is poorly documented in literature, the results show that indigenoùs participants in our study recognize significantly more plant species from photographs than from voucher specimens. It is argued that, especially in remote and isolated study sites, photographs might be advantageous over voucher specimens. • Source [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: This study compares the efficiency of identifying the plants in an area of semi-arid Northeast Brazil by methods that a) access the local knowledge used in ethnobotanical studies using semi-structured interviews conducted within the entire community, an inventory interview conducted with two participants using the previously collected vegetation inventory, and a participatory workshop presenting exsiccates and photographs to 32 people and b) inventory the vegetation (phytosociology) in locations with different histories of disturbance using rectangular plots and quadrant points. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 06/2014; 10(1):48. · 2.42 Impact Factor • Source • Source [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: We here tease apart the ethnopharmacological knowledge of plants in two Thai villages to determine to which degree the uses are particular to individual ethnic groups and to which degree they are part of a generalized and uniform set of widespread medicinal plants used over a large geographic range. We compared Karen and Lawa knowledge of medicinal plants in the Mae Cheam watershed of northern Thailand, where both ethnic groups have settled and share ecological conditions for resource extraction. We were interested in documenting the degree to which these two ethnic groups use the same or different medicinal plant species. The use of the same plant species by the two groups was considered a sign of uniform and cross-cultural local knowledge, whereas the use of different medicinal plants by each group was considered a sign of culturally specific local knowledge that developed within each ethnic group. We inventoried the plant species in different habitats around one Karen village and one Lawa village using stratified vegetation plots and using semi-structured questionnaires we interviewed 67 key informants regarding their use of plants for medicine. We then calculated the Fidelity Level FL (FL values near 100% for a species indicate that almost all use reports refer to the same way of using the species, whereas low FL values indicate that a species is used for many different purposes) and Cultural Importance Index CI (the sum of the proportion of informants that mention each of the use categories for a given species) to estimate the variation in medicinal plant use. We used Jaccard's Index JI (This index relates the number of shared species to the total number of species) to analyze the similarity of medicinal plant use between the two villages. A total of 103 species of medicinal plant species in 87 genera and 41 families were identified and they were used to cure 35 ailments. The FL of the medicinal plant species varied from 10-100%, was different for each ailment, and differed between the two ethnic groups. The most important medicinal plant species, those with the highest CI value, were not the same in the two villages. Costus speciosus, which is used to treat urinary infections and wounds in animals, had the highest CI value in the Karen village, whereas Sambucus javanica, which is used to treat wounds, fractures, bloat, and edema in humans, had the highest CI value in the Lawa village. Only 17 medicinal species (16.5%) were shared between the two villages. Methods of preparation and application were significantly different between the two villages, whereas the plant parts used, habit, and route of administration were similar. Our study demonstrates that ethnic groups that live in the same geographic area can have significantly different traditional knowledge systems for medicinal plants, at least when it comes to the species used and their preparation and medicinal application. We assume that differences in cultural history and background in the two villages led to differences in medicinal plant use, preparation, and application. Journal of ethnopharmacology 11/2013; · 2.32 Impact Factor Available from May 27, 2014	http://www.researchgate.net/publication/226522130_What_works_in_the_field_A_comparison_of_different_interviewing_methods_in_ethnobotany_with_special_reference_to_the_use_of_photographs	dclm-gs1-161530000
0.035653	<urn:uuid:d7b4bdf0-0f52-4f74-bd09-1e91f803130a>	en	0.938626	Amazing Science 380.0K views \| +70 today Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald onto Amazing Science! Beijing 106˚F: Earth Has Its Warmest May on Record Globally, Spring Could Be Warmest Beijing 106˚F: Earth Has Its Warmest May on Record Globally, Spring Could Be Warmest \| Amazing Science \| May was the warmest such month on record for the globe, according to preliminary data from Japan and NASA, with a noteworthy heat wave across Asia. Two of the leading centers that track global surface temperatures have reported their data for May, and they both found it to be the warmest such month on record for the planet. NASA found that May had an average global temperature that was 1.38 degrees Fahrenheit above average, which would make it the warmest such month, coming out far ahead of May 2012. The Japanese Meteorological Agency's separate analysis also found both May and the meteorological spring months of March through May to be the warmest on record. These results are preliminary, with the data from both agencies subject to revision. NASAposted a note on its surface-temperature data website Tuesday that said "missing data" from China has not yet arrived, and that their data is not "directly comparable" to previous records. Later this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their global numbers, which typically closely match the other centers, but sometimes differ slightly in rankings. According to the World Meteorological Agency, all but one of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred in the 21st century. May featured several noteworthy heat waves. Searing heat gripped a large part of Asia during the middle to end of the month, with all-time monthly record-high temperatures hitting Japan, China and Mongolia. According to Weather Underground, Beijing "shattered" its May monthly record with a reading of 106 degrees Fahrenheit on May 30, beating the previous record by six degrees, and came close to its all-time high temperature record for any month. Studies show that heat waves are already becoming more intense and long-lasting globally, as average temperatures warm in response to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the air. Warmer than average temperatures also predominated during May across Australia, Europe and the western U.S. No comment yet. Your new post is loading... Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! 20,000+ FREE Online Science and Technology Lectures from Top Universities This newsletter is aggregated from over 1450 news sources: All my Tweets and Scoop.It! posts sorted and searchable: You can search through all the articles semantically on my archived twitter feed You can also type your own query: Or CLICK on the little FUNNEL symbol at the top right of the screen Casper Pieters's curator insight, March 9, 7:21 PM Siegfried Holle's curator insight, July 4, 8:45 AM Your knowledge is your strength and power Acceso gratuito a documentos de las mejores universidades del mundo Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! New record: Ethereal deep-sea fish lives 5 miles underwater New record: Ethereal deep-sea fish lives 5 miles underwater \| Amazing Science \| "We were just blown away when we saw it," said Paul Yancey, a biology professor at Whitman College, Washington who studies how animals adapt to life in the deep sea. "Someone on the ship said it looks like a cross between a puppy, an angel and an eel." The fish was first spotted in November during an international research cruise to the Mariana Trench -- the deepest place on Earth. The new fish, which has not yet been named, was discovered by accident. In the video above you can see it swimming around a series of tubes that were part of an instrument collecting mud samples from the sea floor. The camera was supposed to be filming the core collecting, when suddenly this ghostly fish swam into view. It is about 10 inches in length, and almost entirely transparent. The dense white part you can see is actually its skull, visible through its skin, Yancey said. It's lengthy, mostly see-through tail is probably made of gelatin. "It's moving very slowly so it's not clear how well it can swim," he said. "But there has to be some muscle in there somewhere." The Mariana Trench is located in the Western Pacific, just off the coast of Guam. It starts about 3 miles beneath the ocean surface and stretches to an ultimate depth of 6.8 miles. Humans couldn't survive even at the top rim of the trench. At that depth, the proteins and cells in our membranes would collapse. And at the bottom of the trench, the pressure is so immense it would be like having 100 elephants standing on your head. One way deep sea animals survive even under the weight of all that water is with a molecule called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) that protects their proteins from being crushed. "It's the molecule that makes marine animals like fish and shrimp smell 'fishy,' " said Yancey, "and in deep sea animals there is a lot more of it." No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Global warming blamed for Pacific coral bleaching Global warming blamed for Pacific coral bleaching \| Amazing Science \| The Marshall Islands is experiencing its worst-ever coral bleaching as global warming threatens reefs across the entire northern Pacific, scientists found in a recent study. Marine researchers said an El Nino weather pattern had been developing in recent months, raising ocean temperatures and stressing delicate coral reefs. "The worst coral bleaching event ever recorded for the Marshall Islands has been occurring since mid-September," Karl Fellenius, a Majuro-based marine scientist with the University of Hawaii told AFP. C. Mark Eakin, manager of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch programme, said recent observations showed the problem was widespread across the vast waters of the northern Pacific. "Major bleaching was seen in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), the Marshall Islands, and Kiribati," he said. "Thermal stress levels set new record highs in CNMI and the NWHI and we saw the first widespread bleaching event in the main Hawaiian Islands." Fellenius said coral bleaching was a naturally occurring phenomenon but not on the scale currently being seen. "While bleaching can occur on very hot days in pools of water with little circulation (such as) very low tides on reef flats, it has become a global problem due to greenhouse gas emissions causing elevated temperatures under climate change." He said sea surface temperatures had been on average half to a full degree Celsius higher than normal for months, adding: "This does not seem like a lot but it makes a big difference to corals." Fellenius said the last major bleaching event was in 1997, when an exceptionally strong El Nino system affected about a quarter of the world's coral reefs. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! SyAm-Ps - a new class of synthetic molecules mimics antibodies to fight cancer SyAm-Ps - a new class of synthetic molecules mimics antibodies to fight cancer \| Amazing Science \| A Yale University lab has crafted the first synthetic molecules that have both the targeting and response functions of antibodies. The new molecules — synthetic antibody mimics (SyAMs) — attach themselves simultaneously to disease cells and disease-fighting cells. The result is a highly targeted immune response, similar to the action of natural human antibodies. “Unlike antibodies, however, our molecules are synthetic organic compounds that are approximately one-twentieth the size of antibodies,” said David A. Spiegel, a professor of chemistry at Yale whose lab developed the molecules. “They are unlikely to cause unwanted immune reactions due to their structure, are thermally stable, and have the potential to be administered orally, just like traditional, small-molecule drugs.” Spiegel said the process of synthesizing and optimizing the structure of the molecules required considerable time and effort. “We now know that synthetic molecules of intermediate size possess perhaps the most important functional properties of antibodies — targeting and stimulation of immune cells,” he said. “It’s also noteworthy that molecules of such a small size can bring together two objects as enormous as cells, and trigger a specific functional response, entirely as a result of specific receptor interactions,” Spiegel added. Beyond their potential for treating prostate cancer, SyAMs may have applications for treating other forms of cancer, HIV and various bacterial diseases. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Computer-based "deep neural network" as good as primates at visual object recognition \| Amazing Science \| This is important beyond the needs of automated digital information processing like Google's image search. Computer-based neural networks that work like the human brain will further our understanding of how the brain works, and any attempts to create them will test that understanding. Essentially, the fact that these networks work to a level comparable to primates suggests that neuroscientists now have a solid grasp of how object recognition works in the brain. To see how current networks hold up, the MIT scientists started by testing primates. They implanted arrays of electrodes in the inferior temporal (IT) cortex and area V4 (a part of the visual system that feeds into the IT cortex) of the primates' brains. This allowed them to see how neurons related to object recognition responded when the animals looked at various objects in 1,960 images. The viewing time per image was a mere 100 milliseconds, which is long enough for humans to recognize an object. They then compared these results with those of the latest deep neural networks. These networks produce arrays of numbers when fed an image – different numbers for different images. If it groups similar objects into similar clusters in this number matrix representation, it's deemed accurate. "Through each of these computational transformations, through each of these layers of networks, certain objects or images get closer together, while others get further apart," explains lead author Charles Cadieu. The best network, developed by researchers at New York University, classified objects as well as the macaque - a medium-sized Old World monkey - brain. That's the good news. The bad is that they don't know why. Neural networks are learning from massive datasets containing millions or billions of images, churning through the information with help from the high-performance graphical processing units that power the latest video games. But nobody knows quite what is going on in there as the networks refine their own algorithms. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! The importance of three-way atom interactions in maintaining coherence The importance of three-way atom interactions in maintaining coherence \| Amazing Science \| Quantum computers will someday perform calculations impossible for conventional digital computers. But for that to happen, the core quantum information must be preserved against contamination from the environment. In other words, decoherence of qubits must be forestalled. Coherence, the ability of a system to retain quantum integrity—-meaning that one part of the system can be used to predict the behavior of other parts—-is an important consideration. Over the past dozen years, remarkable experiments have shown how the coherence of a Bose condensate loaded into optical lattices can collapse and later return. New theoretical work by JQI scientists provides a detailed explanation for this quantum revival. The heart of their theory are interactions involving three atoms simultaneously. In Bose Einstein condensates (BECs) typically a million atoms are chilled until their respective waves overlap. In effect, they become a single coherent object. If furthermore the BEC is lined up into a series of zones in space using the powerful electric fields of crisscrossing laser beams—-a configuration called an optical lattice—-then the BEC atoms become a sort of crystal. The effect of the optical lattice is to encase the atoms in stacks of egg-carton-like confinements. Typically about 100x100x100 (one million) egg-carton slots are filled by a BEC cloud. For a million-BEC atom BEC this corresponds to about one atom per lattice site. The atoms in this artificial crystal are spaced much farther apart than the atoms in a natural crystal but still close enough for them to interact in interesting ways. If suddenly the strength of the lasers is increased, the depth of the well becomes deeper, and the atoms are less likely to tunnel from one compartment to another, and consequently more likely to interact with its partners within that well. What happens to the coherence of the BEC ensemble when atoms are encouraged to interact with each other at close range in the lattice sites? This is what scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Physics in Garching, Germany set out to explore in an experiment conducted a dozen years ago. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Mathematicians Make a Major Discovery About Prime Numbers Mathematicians Make a Major Discovery About Prime Numbers \| Amazing Science \| No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Unification of wave–particle duality and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! NASA considers possibilities for manned mission to Venus NASA considers possibilities for manned mission to Venus \| Amazing Science \| No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Dinosaur-killer asteroid nearly wiped out mammals too No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Modern genetics experiments confirm ancient relationship between fins and hands Modern genetics experiments confirm ancient relationship between fins and hands \| Amazing Science \| Paleontologists have documented the evolutionary adaptations necessary for ancient lobe-finned fish to transform pectoral fins used underwater into strong, bony structures, such as those of Tiktaalik roseae. This enabled these emerging tetrapods, animals with limbs, to crawl in shallow water or on land. But evolutionary biologists have wondered why the modern structure called the autopod—comprising wrists and fingers or ankles and toes—has no obvious morphological counterpart in the fins of living fishes. Initial attempts to confirm the link based on shape comparisons of fin and limb bones were unsuccessful. The autopod differs from most fins. The wrist is composed of a series of small nodular bones, followed by longer thin bones that make up the digits. The bones of living fish fins look much different, with a set of longer bones ending in small circular bones called radials. The primary genes that shape the bones, known as the HoxD and HoxA clusters, also differ. The researchers first tested the ability of genetic "switches" that control HoxD and HoxA genes from teleosts—bony, ray-finned fish—to shape the limbs of developing transgenic mice. The fish control switches, however, did not trigger any activity in the autopod. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Plans to put cyanobacteria on Mars to generate oxygen Plans to put cyanobacteria on Mars to generate oxygen \| Amazing Science \| Mars is a very harsh and hostile environment for future human explorers and like any other known planet it has no breathable air. That could change someday, and it may be soon enough for our generation to witness it, as the student team from Germany has a bold vision to make a first step to terraform the Red Planet, turning it more Earth-like. The plan is to send cyanobacteria to Mars to generate oxygen out of carbon dioxide which is the main component of Martian atmosphere (nearly 96%). "Cyanobacteria do live in conditions on Earth where no life would be expected. You find them everywhere on our planet!" team leader Robert P. Schröder told "It is the first step on Mars to test microorganisms." The project is participating in the Mars One University Competition and if it wins, it will be send as a payload to Mars, onboard the Dutch company's mission to the Red Planet. Now everyone can vote to help make it happen by visiting the webpage. The team behind the initiative is composed of a voluntary and interdisciplinary group of students and scientists, from the University of Applied Science and Technical University, both located in Darmstadt, Germany. Cyanobacteria will deliver oxygen made of their photosynthesis, reducing carbon dioxide and produce an environment for living organisms. Furthermore, they can supply food and important vitamins for a healthy nutrition. The team is already testing cyanobacteria with different environmental conditions in quarantined photobioreactors and monitoring their activities to determine the best working solution on Mars. Schröder reveals that the idea was born in August this year. But why cyanobacteria? "Initial ideas were of a technical nature, but that was too boring for me. In school I liked biotechnology and that have not changed very much. Once I heard of cyanobacteria and how they can survive in harsh conditions on earth and at this special night I had a flashback which grabbed me and convinced me completely," he explains. So what amount of this bacteria will be needed to fully terraform Mars? "As for now we don't know that really, because we need to find out the best habitable conditions for each strain to cultivate them and then we have references and can calculate it," Schröder says. "We need to test Mars-like conditions and analyze how much energy we have to put into the photobioreactor. So it's a lot work to do." Mars One will take one project to Mars along with its unmanned lander mission in 2018. Voting submission will be accepted until Dec. 31, 2014. The winning university payload will be announced on Jan. 5, 2015. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! In fossilized fish eye, rods and cones are preserved for 300 million years In fossilized fish eye, rods and cones are preserved for 300 million years \| Amazing Science \| It is the first time that fossilized photoreceptors from a vertebrate eye have ever been found, according to a paper published Tuesday in Nature Communications. The researchers say the discovery also suggests that fish have been seeing the world in color for at least 300 million years. Rods and cones are cells that line the retina in our eyes. Rods are long and thin, and more sensitive to light than cones. However, cones, which are triangular, allow us to see in color. Both these cells rely on pigments to absorb light. Using chemical analysis, the scientists found evidence of one of these pigments -- melanin -- in the fossilized eye as well. The fish pictured above is about 10 centimeters long. It was found in the Hamilton Quarry in Kansas, which was once a shallow lagoon. Fossils from this area are remarkably well preserved because they were buried very quickly in sediments in the lagoon, said Gengo Tanaka of Kumamoto University in Japan, the lead author of the paper. In the case of this fish, an extinct species called Acanthodes bridgei, the preservation process probably also got some help from bacterial activity that left a thin film of phosphate over the eyes before it was buried. Tanaka said that gills and pigments on other parts of the fish were also preserved. However, he had not looked to see whether organs and nerves were intact as well. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Deep-learning AI algorithm shines new light on mutations in once obscure areas of the genome Deep-learning AI algorithm shines new light on mutations in once obscure areas of the genome \| Amazing Science \| For researchers who study the genetic roots of human diseases, most of the light has shone down on the 2 percent of the human genome that includes protein-coding DNA sequences. “That’s fine. Lots of diseases are caused by mutations there, but those mutations are low-hanging fruit,” says University of Toronto (U.T.) professor Brendan Frey who studies genetic networks. “They’re easy to find because the mutation actually changes one amino acid to another one, and that very much changes the protein.” Now Frey has developed a “deep-learning” machine algorithm that effectively shines a light on the entire genome. A paper appearing December 18 in Science describes how this algorithm can identify patterns of mutation across coding and noncoding DNA alike. The algorithm can also predict how likely each variant is to contribute to a given disease. “Our method works very differently from existing methods,” says Frey, the study’s lead author. “GWAS-, QTL- and ENCODE-type approaches can't figure out causal relationships. They can only correlate. Our system can predict whether or not a mutation will cause a change in RNA splicing that could lead to a disease phenotype.” RNA splicing is one of the major steps in turning genetic blueprints into living organisms. Splicing determines which bits of DNA code get included in the messenger-RNA strings that build proteins. Different configurations yield different proteins. Misregulated splicing contributes to an estimated 15 to 60 percent of human genetic diseases. The combination of whole-genome analysis and predictive models for RNA splicing makes Frey’s method a major contribution to the field, according to Stephan Sanders, an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. “I’m looking forward to using this tool in larger data sets and really getting sense of how important splicing is,” he says. Sanders, who researches the genetic causes of diseases, notes Frey’s approach complements, rather than replaces, other methods of genetic analysis. “I think any genomist [sic] would agree that noncoding [areas of the genome] are hugely important. This method is a really novel way of getting at that,” he says. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Thinnest-ever imaging platform: Atom-thick CCD could capture images Thinnest-ever imaging platform: Atom-thick CCD could capture images \| Amazing Science \| No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Thermoelectric power plants could offer economically competitive renewable energy Thermoelectric power plants could offer economically competitive renewable energy \| Amazing Science \| A new study predicts that large-scale power plants based on thermoelectric effects, such as small temperature differences in ocean water, could generate electricity at a lower cost than photovoltaic power plants. Liping Liu, Associate Professor at Rutgers University, envisions that thermoelectric power plants would look like giant barges sitting in the tropical ocean, where electricity is generated by heating cold, deep water with warm, shallow water heated by the sun. Liu has published a paper in the New Journal of Physics in which he analyzes the feasibility of such power plants. "This work is about the new idea of large-scale green power plants that make economic use of the largest accessible and sustainable energy reservoir on the earth," Liu told, speaking of the oceans. This is because the sun heats the surface water to a temperature that, in tropical regions, is about 20 K higher than water 600 m deep. Essentially, the surface water acts as a giant storage tank of solar energy. As Liu explains, thermoelectric power plants would work by harvesting the energy of ocean waves to pump cold water from a few hundred meters deep up through a long channel. As the cold water nears the surface, it enters a heat exchanger where it is heated by surface water on the outside. The heat exchanger acts as an electric generator, as its tubes are made of thermoelectric materials that can transfer heat through their walls and directly convert temperature differences into electricity. Large-scale, ocean-based thermoelectric power plants would have many advantages. For one, the "fuel" or temperature differences are free, unlimited, and easily accessible. Also, the plants do not take up space on land. Because they have no moving solid parts, they would have low maintenance costs. In addition, the power output does not depend on the time of day or season. And finally, the method is green, as it does not release emissions. No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! How do you test an Ebola vaccine for efficacy? No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! Birds detect approaching storm from almost 600 miles away No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Back In Service And Finds A Super-Earth No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet. Scooped by Dr. Stefan Gruenwald! No comment yet.	http://www.scoop.it/t/amazing-science/p/4023167596/2014/06/18/beijing-106-f-earth-has-its-warmest-may-on-record-globally-spring-could-be-warmest	dclm-gs1-161600000
0.135093	<urn:uuid:15fea4b5-3b57-47f3-8615-5dd9782cdbce>	en	0.988777	or Connect New Posts All Forums: Posts by HRoi Give me Chapels or give me death! (Figuratively) he probably forgot about that swinging lemonparty that he attended this year He'll be fine (and the rockets will get a steal) if he just stops being hardheaded. There was one season in Atlanta - playing with two paint men in Horford and Shelden Williams - where he decided he was going to listen and never shoot threes. Those were the times he was an all star and a borderline first round fantasy pick The problem is that he insists on burning a high amount of his usage on the worst parts of his game. Your point is valid but everything you mention is exactly everything he's not good at. I think he's a very talented player but no one's ever been able to get him to fucking stop. He needs to take all his shots inside the paint and he'll be just fine. Problem is, Howard lives there so I don't see how this is going to be different than Detroit Josh Smith is the antithesis of the Rockets' spacing and analytics strategy. I guess they think they can rehabilitate him or he'll make good trade bait once they clean him up. So the Heat can't even beat Philly...sigh I have two takeaways from these gifs1. manu has the perfect old man game2. Deandre got faked out of his jock and he still recovered enough to make the second shot really difficult Smoove has never NEEDED to chuck up 3's. He's just too hard headed to stop. Yes, this is somewhat exacerbated by Detroit playing him with Drummond and Monroe, but it was the same way in Atlanta. It was so bad it became a meme amongst the media covering the Hawks, and I think his hard headedness is why they weren't all that upset to see him go. It's really too bad because he's a beast of a power forward that blocks and rebounds as well as anyone, and can handle, get to the... The girl's got some talent a lot of people have joked that the only way to get Josh Smith to stop shooting ridiculous threes and long twos was to threaten to cut him. i guess that didn't work either New Posts All Forums:	http://www.styleforum.net/forums/posts/by_user/id/41408/page/	dclm-gs1-161630000
0.028861	<urn:uuid:bd993a38-10c8-45a3-ac04-11a510859e27>	en	0.970495	A male who is considered by others, usually females, to be extremely attractive. Did you see the new kid? He is such a hunksicle! by TheCullenator November 10, 2009 a guy that is so hott that you just want to lick him like you would a popsicle, is even more affective in the winter when it can also refer to a guy looking hott even when its cold! girl 1: dayum dat boy is "c.u.t.e" girl 2: hellz yeah what a hunksicle! by Ashley Duke September 15, 2007 Free Daily Email	http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hunksicle	dclm-gs1-161780000
0.097771	<urn:uuid:e4712196-abd7-4158-8dcc-cf39291d2e3b>	en	0.981246	Amos Gitai’s Tour of Duty Combat Fatigue Amos Gitai was born in Haifa on October 11, 1950, to a Bauhaus-trained architect and the daughter of Zionist pioneers. But he was born as a filmmaker on the same day 23 years later, when he was one of seven soldiers in a helicopter shot down while flying rescue missions over Syria during the Yom Kippur War. "The cockpit exploded," the director recalled on an autumn afternoon in New York, when rumblings of war in the Middle East were once again audible. "The copilot was killed instantly, bits of blood and brains were all mixed up with us. Flying without windows or doors, the pilot managed to recross the lines and crash-land on the Israeli side." Kippur, his most recent feature, mines these harrowing memories for a soldier's-eye view of war. Gitai, then a student of architecture, emerged from the helicopter's ruins with light wounds, but his internal scars were as deep as the fault lines then opening in Israeli society. There was a lot of anger in me, coming out of that war. . . . I distilled that anger into cinema. photo: Robin Holland ‘‘There was a lot of anger in me, coming out of that war. . . . I distilled that anger into cinema.’’ "There was a lot of anger in me, coming out of that war," he said. "And it was also political. People of that generation were really furious with our political leadership's lack of responsibility. I distilled that anger into cinema. And that day I felt that I had gained my right to say what I think." It's a habit he's pursued through two decades of filmmaking in this volatile region. House (1980), a documentary he directed for state television, dug through the history of a Jewish home in Jerusalem, uncovering previous Palestinian owners; it has never aired in Israel. Field Diary (1982), a strangely lyrical cinematic journal, exposed the simmering violence of Israeli occupation in the West Bank and southern Lebanon years before the intifada became a nightly news feature. After that film, Gitai could find no backing for his work in Israel, so he moved to Paris, where he made his first fiction films. In 1993 he returned to Tel Aviv, but still finds much of the support for his work in Europe. Kadosh (1999), the story of two sisters living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem, was the first Israeli feature to screen in competition at Cannes in 25 years. (Kippur was the second.) Both were made with the help of French producers. Gitai will be shooting his next film in New York this fall—an adaptation of Arthur Miller's "Homely Girl, a Life," starring Samantha Morton and set in the 1930s. But the contradictions and passions of the Middle East, and of Jewish identity and history, are at the core of his work. Filmmaking in Israel, he said, allows him to engage in "a continuous dialogue with history as it is being formed." The land is dense with television cameras, he noted, but they rarely capture a profound reality. "The world networks have decided that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes for very good television," he continued. "But the media should not just shock you with violent images, but also help you analyze and situate what you see. Since, in most cases, it's not doing that, cinema has a very important role to play. "If my early films, like House, and Wadi, and Field Diary, explored the complexity and tragic nature of contemporary Palestinian history," he said, "then I think that Kippur works against an oversimplification of the Israeli soldier, of his universe and his attitude." Kippur was shot last winter on the Golan Heights, which were then under negotiation; Gitai mobilized enough tanks and helicopters for the United Nations to send a note to Syria assuring them that a movie, and not a war, was in the making. Yet the spectacular machinery and earsplitting music of war, the sound of guns and explosions, serve to highlight the tenderness that binds these men who are on the brink of exhaustion. Gitai's hopes for the region lie with the deep fatigue that Kippur makes palpable. "I think that peace will eventually be created through fatigue," he said. "People will basically crawl, when they're completely exhausted and shaken, to stretch their arm out to the other side. I had hoped that people were already sufficiently drained by this violence, but apparently not. They still have the energy, and determination, to create more suffering and inflict more death." My Voice Nation Help Now Showing Box Office Report Movie Trailers	http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-10-31/film/amos-gitai-s-tour-of-duty/	dclm-gs1-161800000
0.159328	<urn:uuid:3790437d-f233-4ff1-b91b-53b9953673b9>	en	0.988689	David Coleman's Last Meal Wild Mexican spinach at the most peaceful place on Earth Full disclosure: David Coleman—or, as I know him, Coleman—is an old friend, though one I hadn't seen in a couple of years before running into him at the farmers' market recently. I found him much more heavily tattooed than he'd been before, but otherwise, Tocqueville's chef de cuisine was the same. He has a certain way of scowling at you like you're a crazy person (or maybe that's just me). But when he talks about music or traveling, or especially about food, his enthusiasm betrays his grimace, which becomes a straight-up grin. Let's do this. Have you thought about your last meal? Uh, yeah. It'll be in Mexico, in Tulum. I had this meal at a place called Mike's Cafe. It's a weird name, not really Mexican. I don't even know if it's still there, but it was incredible. Oh, Tulum. I want to go there. What'd you eat? First of all, I had this drink that was made with something called "wild Mexican spinach." I asked the guy, and he said that would be the best translation. It was puréed with cucumbers, and then they put it over ice. It was amazing. What kind of fish? Tile fish. It was just so good. Then I had chicken enchiladas, baked with tomatillo sauce and queso fresco. That's what I would want for my last meal. Did you have any sweets? They just give you some fruit—you know, mangoes and papayas. It's so cool there, because you're in this little town, and the restaurant has garage doors that are open, and you're just looking out at this dirt road. It made me feel like I was in the desert. Where's the beach? It was like a mile away. You can stay in these bungalows, and they turn off the electricity at 10 p.m. It's pretty cool. Would you bring anyone in particular? No, I would go myself— if I'm gonna die, of course. I want a peaceful meal. My Voice Nation Help Sort: Newest \| Oldest	http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-08-14/nyc-life/david-coleman-s-last-meal/	dclm-gs1-161820000
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0.095075	<urn:uuid:af1c6187-24f3-42c9-a9b2-fe21f7257141>	en	0.968257	x FOX and Friends Set Clip Length: answer to the pentagon. a city threw a bomb on to the bus or left one it is not a suicide bomber, but 10 people were injured. three of them very seriously wounded here in this attack. the two suspects on the list would be hamas or islamic jihad, both operating out of the gaza strip. hamas is peace talks and trying to figure out if a cease fire over israel with the rockets and the bombings on the other side going into the gaza strip . islamic jihad has a different agend a. they are backers in iran who are pushing for rocket fire against the gaz strip. we should have a shot up of this on our live view, you can actually see this bus that stopped. this harkens back to the days of the second intfada where you had bombing on the buses mainly suicide bombings. this doesn't appear to be that. but it is a mange failure for the israeli intelligence services in a critical time, whether it is going to derail the peace talks or not is yet to be scene. obviously the fact that secretary clinton is in town and able to be the a voice of calm could mean that everyone goes to cairo and gets involved in the Excerpts 0 to 0 of about 1 results. Terms of Use (10 Mar 2001)	http://archive.org/details/tv?time=20121121-20121129&q=pentagon&fq=program:%22FOX+and+Friends%22	dclm-gs1-161900000
0.039671	<urn:uuid:940d466d-866c-47fb-ad82-9cac3ea20dff>	en	0.979034	x campbell English 42 Set Clip Length: . thomas e perez currently oversees the civil rights division and to no one's surprise he has a long history of controversy. and don't take my word for it. when he was floated as a potential pick, jay adams had this to say about his former colleague when he spoke "the great one" mark levin. >> tell us about this fellow perez before he went into the justice department. >> well, he's a radical's radical, used to be maryland, and worked with the-- he's an extreme radical, anti-business, a racialist to the core. >> can you imagine this man in charge of the labor department, the total leapt. >> totally lawless, this is a man for whom law is a nuisance. >> joining me now with the reaction from americans for justice, jay sekulow and congressman dennis kucinich. you didn't like when the black panthers were outside with the batons the polling place in philly, you didn't like that. >> that case didn't have anything to do with secretary designate perez. >> actually, it did. the issue came up with the new black panther case in which the inspector general reviewed the case and supported the accus will nominate thomas harris as the new labor secretary. he heads the justice department civil rights division. he faced criticism for giving misleading testimony to the u.s. mission on civil rights. he would replace hilda sill lease. instead of eating while you were distracted you are consuming more calories. people who eat meals or snacks watching tv playing games or reading tend to eat more. >> i do believe that study. >> the u.s. postal service is $16 billion in debt and stopping saturday delivery to stay athroat they say. you wouldn't know it by the way the agency is spending millions to send workers to a lavish conference in california and it is happening this week. we have an inside look at the event. >> here at the annual postal forum executives will meet with thousands of shippers and those in the direct mail industry. and then everyone gets to have a good time in stan fran. there's a guolf outing dance an food from the fisherman's wharf and chinatowchinatown. the travel exhibit space and other incidentals will cost the postal service $2.2 million lass. the agency receives no tax doll luther king memorial in washington. the president, connecting one civil rights and human rights leader to another, it's the melting of history, disconnection, the connection of the civil rights movement. that's the president brought throughout his trip. >> the story of the exodus was perhaps the central story, the most powerful image about emerging from the grip of bondage to reach for liberty and human dignity, carried from slavery through the civil rights movement into today. >> african-americans and jewish americans march with rabbis carrying as they walked. they boarded buses for freedom rights together. they bled together, gave their lives together. >> this is our obligation, not simply to bear witness but to act. for us, in our time, this means confronting bigotry and hatred in all of its forms. >> confronting it in all of its forms all over the world. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> shameless. let's play "hardball". ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. i hated the iraq war, said so when i s . the president named the head of the justice department civil rights division thomas perez to be the president's next secretary of labor. moments later republican secretary david vitter said he would block that nomination. he joins us. >> good to be with you. >> greta: why do you want to block tom perez from being the secretary of labor. >> and civil rights, i think he's completely politicized that office and running it like an extension of the national democratic party or even an extension of obama's reelection campaign and i'm very concerned about that. >> greta: what makes you say that? >> because they've sued louisiana and it's off base. >> greta: they've won. >> no, they haven't. >> greta: i thought they won in-- >> it's an ongoing litigation. >> greta: in january, didn't the judge have the trial in october and rule in january? >> no. >> greta: that the state of louisiana violated the federal law failing to offer an opportunity to vote for all applicants, that's wrong. >> it's ongoing, that part is under appeal, but it's a major, major effort to really intimidate louisiana, its offices to in our party. >> but if certain voices seem intent to move forward on civil rights, the party's right flank is digging in its heels. >> young conservatives, 30 and under, 35 and under, gay marriage, all that matters. homosexual marriage. if the party makes that something official, that they support, they're not going to pull the homosexual activist voters away from the democrat party. but they are going to -- cause their base to stay home. and throw their hands up in utter frustration. >> similar frustration was echoed by evangelicals and social conservatives. family reform council president tony perkins has wrote this week, raince priebus's has decided that the way for his party -- >> president of the national organization for marriage, brian brown, sass the grassroots of the party are 100% committed to protecting marriage and you can't just kick them to the curb. >> and according to faith and freedom coalition founder, raffle reed, if the republican party tries to retreat from being a pro marriage, pro family party, the big tent is going to become a pup tent very fast. >> will repub -- >> yes. and civil rights. he said to all of them, i agree with all of your positions. i want all of your things. but i have to tell you something, i'm not going to be able to do it. and i'm not going to do it. you're going to have to make me do it. he said that to them, make me do it. so fellow americans, that's our job. if we are calling ourselves citizens, that means we are participants in democracy. it is not that they sit back and they sit in some hall some place. we are the ones in charge. they are our servant. they are there to serve us. if they don't hear from us, then you know, who is going to win out are the money people. the gun manufacturers, national rifle association, people that grease the palms. that's who will win out. but this is what the nra is scared about tonight and gun manufacturers. there's a lot more of us than there are of them. >> no doubt. so they won't be able to hold us hostage. let's talk about something else you're doing, because i want to get this in. first i thought you were making house party part 4 but i discovered that's not what is going on. you are g . perez currently heads the civil rights division at the justice department and would be the only hispanic in the president's second-term cabinet if confirmed. >>> police in india say five men have confessed to raping a swiss tourist friday. investigators say two more suspects are being sought. >>> in canada, a daring escape from a quebec prison when two inmates suspended from cables by a helicopter flew to freedom, temporarily. police captured one of the menial with two other suspects. authorities say the second fugitive was arrested overnight. >> the. >>> the faa is expected to make the final decision on closing some air traffic control towers. 173 towers are on the chopping block as a result of the sequester. >>> boy or girl? william and kate have different preference are split when it comes to the gender of their baby, due in july. the duchess of cambridge said she wants a boy, prince william a little girl. >>> some of the most iconic images in green to celebrate st. patrick's day. italy's leaning tower of pisa and christ the redeemer statue in rio all turned festive green. at home a 5 . >> this -- this is an ugly policy that needs to be addressed. that's why i and other civil rights leaders led thousands in a silent march last year to protest stop and frisk. we made noise with our silence and brought national attention to this issue. it's the new racial profiling and we won't stop fighting it. both tylenol and bayer advanced aspirin are proven to be effective pain relievers. tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced aspirin. >>> ten years ago tonight, this was the top story. >> it is early sunday morning in baghdad and it's been another long night of punishing air strikes against that city and against other targets in iraq. >> "the new york times" headline that day, rumsfeld says iraq is collapsing. lists eight objectives of war. the objectives and the rationale for the war has kept changing ever since. but ten years later, we know how this tragic story turned out. $1.7 trillion war sold to the american public on lies. no weapons of mass destruction. more than 4,000 americans killed, many thous about rights. economic rights, civil rights. and it's about women who are here and women who will come after us. it's also a framing issue in the debate about reproductive rights and aboring. >> i also want to go back to what robert is saying. i'm from arizona which is a heavy libertarian state. i come from a family with individuals like yourself are quite conservative and people of deep faith. i feel like it's totally appropriate and okay for you o have your faith and you to have your faith and you to have your faith. what i think is important in the debate is we go to the fundamental american values which is liberty. you have have your faith and you have your faith and you have your faith. and our government's job is to protect each person's liberty. >> and trust you to make the right decisions. >> so protecting your faith, protecting your beliefs and not infringing on someone else's. libertarian philosophy is the perfect philosophy to have. zl when we come back we're going to north dakota. you said you wanted your in utero daughter to have freedom. we also want to have a nerd land w like this? avery freedman is a law professor and attorney specializing in civil rights. he's joining us right now from cleveland. good to see you, avery. >> hi, fredricka. nice to see you. >> obviously the anonymous call by someone appalled with this facebook pose of an 11-year-old with a supposed assault rifle. >> it's very interesting. i think it's an extraordinary case because until such time as vice president biden and certainly the congress actually gets to the point of outlawing such weapons, they are legal. and in new jersey the question really became is it unlawful for a child to be posed in a facebook photograph. so what the local officials did, fredricka, is there was a raid on the house of police and children services. once the owner of the home, the father of this child called his attorney, the attorney says you've got to get out of the house until you get a warrant. so law enforcement left. it's this convergence of government trying jitter ri about the guns in the wrong hands and protect against the right of search and seizure and first amendment right of expression. >> so it's a civil rights issue. >> state to state married in one state and. marriage equality has to be national. >> bill: i love this marriage equality. see that can extend out to other groups than other than homosexuals. if you want marriage equality then it's got to be a free fire zone that anybody who wants to get married. triads and. >> there is a push for triads. >> i like the word equality. >> bill: it's a cliche that you guys put out there. >> that's what the parlance is right now. >> bill: if you are going to be a good liberal, colmes, you have to extend equality to everyone. not just selected groups. so marriage equality then encompasses everybody. one issue is demographics is changing. younger group even republicans hear less about some of these social issues. >> they don't care about the issue. would you agree with that? younger americans not a priority for them? >> i think so. what you saw in the 2008 election cycle is barack obama won them by like 70%. now they are essentially locked into voting democrat maybe for the rest of their lives. >> bill: i just want to revi to vote. proponents say the law will reduce voter fraud but civil rights groups say it is an effort to discourage legal residents from voting as well. four other laws have similar voting requirements and 12 more could soon follow. robert barnes is the correspondent for the "washington post." how does this arizona law work and why do some folks say that it violates federal law? >> well, this is a part of the federal law called the motor voter law which makes it easier for people to register to vote. with part of this law, you can mail in your registration request and you sign that you swear that you were a citizen under oath. and send it in. what arizona wants to do is in those forms, they want you to also provide some sort of proof that you are a citizen. a driver's license number or if you don't have that, then a copy of a birth certificate or something like that. >> why are some folks saying it violates federal law? >> well, the federal law on registration says all you have to do is fill out this card. and it says that states must use this form. so the conflict is whether or not a . great to have you here. >> welcome. uma: how do you successful will the civil rights groups will be when they take aim at what governor brewer has done? >> i think they're going to be successful. i think the federal law is what controls here, but i understand where the governor's coming from. her state is the one that suffers the most apparently by people coming here illegally. she needs to stand up. she needs to make a statement. she needs to say, we're not going to tolerate this, even if she will wind up losing in the federal court system. even if the federal judges say, no, no, this is federal issue. this isn't a state issue. there are certain issues, governor, you're in charge of but there are other issues where the president is in charge. uma: why isn't this seen as state issue particularly the time it will affect the citizens of that state? >> there is something called the supremacy clause. this is recalcitrant act by jan brewer. she is saying i will ignore president obama's executive order because i don't think it is federally authorized. yet, the state policy itself is up consist to draw a parallel basically between the african-american civil rights movement and a rooabin and his efforts. president obama is trying to balance outreach to israel with his push towards trying to restart a stalled peace process between the israelis and palestinians. he's expected to travel into the occupied palestinian territories, into the west bank soon, to visit bethlehem. of course, we all know christians believe this to be the birthplace of jesus christ. visiting the church of the holy nativity, he'll be there with the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, and he'll have to pass through those huge security barriers. there's enormous walls that the israelis have set up around this traditionally christian city. and perhaps get a good look at some of the conditions that the palestinians live in. part of this is probably to try to raise some awareness about the christian palestinian population, very much caught in the middle of this grinding conflict between the israelis and the palestinians. zoraida? >> ivan watson live from amman, jordan, this morning. thank you. >>> c this? answer: yes. they can't target women or men or a racial group or a religious group because civil rights laws govern them. but the privacy laws permit them to make reasonable inquiry of their employees if the answer to the inquiry will help the business of the employer operate more efficiently. >>steve: this is scary because this means any company can do it. where do you draw the line? first they want to know how much you weigh, what your glow kos levels are. next they want to know are you a smoker? next do you drink coffee? >> i don't know how far this is going to go because this is the brave new world of obamacare kicking in. this is an unintended consequence or unrevealed consequence. >>alisyn: let me tell you what c.v.s. says their motivation is for doing this. a wellness review said colleagues know their key health metrics in order to take action to improve their numbers if necessary. is morethe wave of the personal responsibility in having to stop things like smoking and eating poorly if it's up to you. >> i don't think this is the wave of more personal responsibility. i thi will be flying to jordan. he he will meet with the king there we expect him to discuss the civil war in nearby syria. heather? >> all right. elizabeth, thank you so much. we will talk to you again. >> look who is talking this morning? we are hearing from rudy giuliani and he is sure fired up. >> absolutely. he is the former new york city mayor slamming president obama over this image. now, take a look at this closely. that is president obama speaking yesterday with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. take a look at the image above the president. yes. he is standing under a banner showing yasser arafat. >> so giuliani is furious over the fact that the president still stood there, despite a history of arafat against the united states. and here is his take on sean hannity last night. >> when i was u.s. attorney i investigated him. specifically for the murder of leon clinghoffer he ordered that murder of a jewish man who was in a wheelchair who was thrown into the mediterranean. i'm sorry, that was only one of 26 americans that he murdered. i'm not telling you this from the top of my head. i spen . ♪ >> shepard: the bloody civil war in syria is creeping up to israel's doorstep and creating another major security concern in that region. syrian rebels captured one village and parts of a few others right on the edge of the golan heights. that's a region that israel captured from syria back in 167. think useds it a strategic buffer zone ever since. as you know the assad regime and rebel groups are accusing each other of using chemical weapons in a deadly attack earlier this he can with. the united nations secretary general today said that the u.n. will conduct an investigation into the matter and said such a move would amount to crimes against humanity. now, yesterday, president obama said if an investigation shows the syrians did indeed use chemical weapons, weapons of mass destruction that would be a game-changer. and now it appears support in congress is sprouting for some kind of u.s. military action. to wit: a joint letter to the president, the chairman of the senate armed services committee, michigan democrat senator carl levin and the arizona republican senator john mccain today and created to kill people is hard for a civilized community to explain that. that's where we need the churches, the synagogues and the moral people, because common sense does not just foy what we're going through. >> is he right in we have seen other issues where churches have made a difference. could they, if they're able to motivate more religious groups to get involved? >> well the religious groups i know are very pro gun. guns are very personal. i'm a gun owner, an enthusiast and i do all of the above. it's constitutional second amendment constitutional right for most people. that's how they see it. this is very personal on both sides. and when you have a personal issue it's blurred in the middle on who talks about ought the maic weapons. we're talking about semi-automatic weapons. and the facts get blurred in the whole question. >> to be continued as we wait and see this go to the floor. thank you so much. and the gun control debate will be the focus of this sunday's meet the press. that should be an interesting conversation. meantime, a stunning turn in the investigation int Excerpts 0 to 41 of about 42 results. 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0.509672	<urn:uuid:0e7003b7-735c-4159-a035-39b23655fd0e>	en	0.975833	Register Log in Opposable Thumbs / Gaming & Entertainment Heavy Rain at E3: personal, third-person journey into hell At this year's E3 we were treated to a lengthy demo of Heavy Rain, the story- … Is it possible to create a game that is both cinematic and able to put you into the head of the character on the screen? We have no idea, but Heavy Rain is going to try. Petro Piaseckyj, Managing Producer for SCEA, played the game in front of me in a private section of Sony's booth, and he explained that you'll always be able to know what the character is thinking... even with a third person view. Heavy Rain is the follow-up to Quantic Dream's Indigo Prophecy, a title with a heavy cult following in the US. At E3 we're seeing a brief section starring one of the game's four characters, Norman Jayden. He's a profiler for the FBI, and he's looking for a stolen car. He's also a drug addict, and it has been too long since he's had a fix. You can change your camera angle to see what's going on in the scene with a single button press, and another button brings up a list of thoughts in the character's head. You can then explore those thoughts, digging deeper and deeper into Jayden's head. "Right now the thoughts are moving slowly, and they're easy to read," Piaseckyj explained. "But if he becomes stressed, or if he needs the drug, the thoughts move much faster, and the words may begin to jitter and twitch." It's a visual way of showing a character's mind racing, and it's very effective on the screen. Jayden hunches down against the rain as he walks around the junkyard, looking for clues. This isn't just a voice performance, actors did their own motion capture as well; each character in the game looks, moves, and sounds like an actual person. This is a game that may re-train players in how to play a video game. If you ignore the first few nudges in one direction, don't worry, you can get back on track later. You can explore every clue, or barrel straight through the storyline. If Jayden stops using the drug, he'll face the consequences. Or players can decide to continue to use, and deal with that set of consequences. "This is a mature game," I was told. "We're going to put you into situations that will make you very uncomfortable." Jayden gets involved in a fight with a character—I'm trying to avoid any kind of spoiler—and we get to see the next evolution of quick-time events. It's not so much that they've been updated, just used in a very polished way. Each arrow is placed where your eye will naturally go. If a button press would make a character punch, it will appear on his fist. If you want to make him dodge, the arrow will be where he will go. It doesn't feel like we're being locked into movements, it's more like a very visual choose your own adventure novel. No more taking your eyes off the action to handle the quick-time events; now they're placed where your eyes will be anyway, and that placement is contextual and gives hints about what will happen. Exploring, trying different things, and accepting the outcomes are all a part of the game. "There's no such thing as failure or winning or losing, you're creating a story. We have four characters, and any one of them can die at any point, and the story continues. It's just that character's storyline has been removed from your story." There will be autosaves, and if you fall into an outcome that bothers you, it's possible to go back and replay it. The hope is that you'll just come to terms with having a dark story, and not use the autosave often. So what happens if everyone dies? "You haven't failed. You've created a tragedy," Piaseckyz told me. While being brave and refusing to take a mulligan on bad choices will lead to a much darker, unique story, there was never a temptation to remove autosaves. "I think that would be horribly frustrating. The game is eight to 12 hours long, we don't want you to have to start the game over every time you play. You have to have save points." The fact that the game is over in 12 hours is somewhat misleading, though, since certain actions trigger certain scenes and avoid others. Your actions will have consequences, and there are always more things to learn by exploring and making new choices. How much content is actually in the game? Piaseckyz held his hands apart, pantomiming the size of a large book. You'll want to play multiple times, in other words. "There are dozens of endings," Piaseckyz said. How many characters will live to see them? That will be up to you. Heavy Rain is coming in 2010, for the PlayStation 3. Expand full story You must to comment. You May Also Like Need to register for a new account? If you don't have an account yet it's free and easy.	http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/06/heavy-rain-at-e3-personal-third-person-journey-into-hell/	dclm-gs1-161920000
0.032242	<urn:uuid:68e1eb95-f424-4591-8052-591a07026e9f>	en	0.936495	Take the 2-minute tour × Will alt textOneConf be in the next release? (Integrated into Ubuntu Software Center, I mean) Because the alt textLaunchpad blueprint whiteboard reads: share\|improve this question add comment 1 Answer Sadly, probably not. Right now even desktopcouch (which OneConf uses) isn't on the CD, and as far as I'm aware no further work has been done on OneConf in quite a while: the last commit to the project was in October 2010, so it's not looking good. Nevertheless, there is still hope; you can keep track of the state of things better if you subscribe to the natty blueprint that revisits the issue. share\|improve this answer Not quite true. Didier, the author of OneConf, is still planning on working on it in this cycle. – sil Jan 29 '11 at 8:38 That's why there's still hope :) – Chipaca Jan 29 '11 at 14:21 add comment Your Answer	http://askubuntu.com/questions/23258/will-ubuntu-oneconf-be-avaible-in-11-04	dclm-gs1-161980000
0.042454	<urn:uuid:1cc43d4d-7505-49bd-85ee-7cb4d1849ac8>	en	0.927123	David Lemson's WebLog Product Unit Manager, Exchange Configure Exchange 2003 to check recipients in SMTP protocol • Comments 21 • Likes For years, people have been asking me, "how can I make Exchange work just like sendmail, where it rejects invalid recipients during the SMTP protocol?" Sendmail has historically not had a directory, and so checking if a recipient was valid was just a getpwnam() call, which is quick. Of course, when Exchange accepts a user who is not in the directory, it will issue a non-delivery report later once it has done a directory lookup, so Exchange is not actually open for relay as some people might think. Accepting mail for nonexistant users in a local domain does not meet my definition for "open for relay". For three major reasons, Exchange has not had this feature: 1. Because Exchange has a distributed directory, it's possible that one machine doesn't know about users added elsewhere in the system, so you don't want one server to deny those users just because the user hasn't replicated to that location 2. For performance: At one point, we thought that we didn't want to do a directory lookup during the SMTP protocol conversation. The risk is that MUAs that are connecting to us might not appreciate needing to hang on for a second or two while we do a directory lookup. 3. (perhaps most importantly nowadays) Because doing this allows a spammer to harvest known good recipient addresses by doing a brute-force dictionary attack. Some systems solve this today by "tarpitting", where say the 20th RCPT command and higher all add a sleep (1) after each one. This can slow down legitimate mail traffic so it is best done with care. Well enough people asked for this that we actually put this recipient lookup feature into Exchange 2003. Enough people have asked me about it, and I don't see a KB article that explains it (I'm going to mail the right people to get that solved as well), so I wanted to quickly describe how to enable it. Enable directory lookup for recipients in the recipient filter 1. Open Exchange System Manager. 2. Open Global Settings, right-click on Message Delivery, choose Properties 3. Choose the "Recipient Filtering" tab 4. Check the box "Filter recipients who are not in the Directory" 5. Click OK to close. Enable the recipient filter on the SMTP protocol binding that accepts mail from the Internet 1. Navigate to the SMTP Virtual Server that listens on the Internet (repeat all of these steps if you have more than one) 2. Right-click on the SMTP Virtual Server, choose Properties 3. On the "General" tab (already open), click the "Advanced..." button next to IP address 4. Choose the IP/port binding that corresponds to the one that listens on the Internet. Either double-click or click the "Edit..." button. 5. Click the checkbox next to "Apply Recipient Filter" 6. Click OK three times to close this. Now, when someone does a RCPT TO: invaliduser@localdomain, they will get a: 550 5.5.1 User unknown Keep the questions about Exchange 2003 coming, I'll post the answers here so everyone can see them. • Great tip David! Will you post back when this is put in a KB article. Also, any plans by the exchange group to look at implementing SPF records for use with Exchange? http://spf.pobox.com/ Thanks, Todd • We have been involved in a number of groups, both internet-focused and industry-focused, that are looking at how to reduce spam and spoofing on the Internet. The short answer is: yes, we are looking at implementing things like SPF to help stop spoofing. • David, Does Exchange 2003 support the "tarpitting" with the recipient filtering? If so, how would it be configured? • If we have message journalling to an external SMTP address enabled. Will the forwarded emails be scanned before going out, by an Anti Virus software like Scan Mail etc..(we dont have SMTP level scanners). Do the forwarded email enter the information store and then sent out? Thanks, Madura • <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Todd: there is a quote from one of my co-workers in <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/986879.asp">this MSNBC story</a> that talks about spf.pobox.com as well as some other things. </body> • Oops, I forgot not to post comments within WinBlogX... sorry :-) Karan: No that feature is not built in. We are considering it for the future. Madura: It depends on your topology. I would say that in most cases, forwarded mails do not enter the information store to be scanned for viruses by store-based virus scanners. Many virus scanners do not have SMTP-based virus scanners, in Exchange 2003 we added a new interface to make it super-easy for them to adapt their store-based virus scanners to work on SMTP. • hello: is there any anti-spoofing in exchange 2000?..in other words can I tell it not to accept any emails claiming to be from local mailboxes if the source IP address is not one we specify ? • Thanks for the previouse reply. I have another question on journaling. I need to journal all the emails on an Exchange 2000 server to an external smtp address and it should be 100% reliable. I have enabled journaling and it works.. But If the remote server fails (external journaled smtp address is unreachable) I dont receive any NDRs for the journaled emails. How can we avoid this situation. I need to know if an email is not journaled and I need to journal it back somehow when the remote server is up again. How can we achieve this? Thanks, Madura • I am in the process of migrating from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 for a company that has multiple small (less than 5 users) branch offices. They want to migrate slowly, so here's my dilemma: The current Exchange 5.5 will still be active for a while. I'm using the Exchange Migration Wizard in Exchange 2003 to migrate the mailbox data over. All incoming mail needs to be split between the two servers, as the new Exchange 2003 server will be gradually hosting more & more of the users. Can you point me in the right direction where I can learn to write an SMTP event sink to route some recipients to one server, & others to the other? Thanks! I can't join the Exchange 2003 server to the same Exchange 5.5 site, as it's in a different domain. • Is there any way to track the IP address of systems recieving the 550 5.5.1 errors? I have SMTP logging turned on, but I don't see anything obvious in the logs that show that the connection was rejected for this reason. I'd like to be able to keep an eye out and if a system is brute forcing I'd like to notify abuse. Anywhere that I could get this info to extract out in an automated way? I.e. can it be logged to the event log? • What about us poor guys who are still on NT 4.0 Domain and Exchange 5.5? We are getting hammered with Invalid Recepients with an originator of <> I am getting about 10,000 a day.... I need a solution.... Scott Hart... • Is there a hack to make Exchange Server 2000 or earlier check recipients in the SMTP protocol or is this only possible in 2003? • It's only built-in to Exchange 2003. It's certainly possible to write code to do it on Exchange 2000 (though not 5.5, sorry Scott, this may be your reason to start planning your upgrade to 2003!), and I believe that some of the "content management" products listed at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/partners/emailcontent.asp do this. But if you want it built in to Exchange, you need to have Exchange 2003.	http://blogs.technet.com/b/dlemson/archive/2003/10/17/52019.aspx	dclm-gs1-162100000
0.17092	<urn:uuid:0cb8cd96-9150-4193-8fa5-8d6744e8d05a>	en	0.944173	New Posts All Forums: Posts by Lynne3 I need to find the cutter that makes the tall twisted cuts (painted in gold) on this cake. The circles are also in question. Is that a cutter or just a circle with a pressed in design? It really depends on your budget and her desires. Does she want one huge (Lifesize) Barbie like Tori Spelling did? Or does she want a regular size Barbie princess cake incorporated into a larger cake? Did the client have her own idea? airbrush for sure Change "Sweet Inspirations" to "Gallery" And make it a part of your main menu. Also, add some cake pics on the other pages. It's great but no pics. Also, City and State and areas you service should jump out at people who find your site. Google search " gumpaste boots". There are a ton of pics I would treat it as a tier, and set it on a cake round. BUT I would adhere it with Museum Putty. The groom can approve it. It is used on valuable pieces, holds great, and causes absolutely no damage. Yes, fill the cauldron with a ball of foam. Get lime green candy (or fondant balls) . Make a really cool witches leg thing and be done. You can do the topper way ahead of time and be a calm and collected party host. No need to frazzle at the last minute. And it's a cute thing to save for a few days after. Plop it in the middle of a dish surrounded with cupcakes and you have another family celebration moment. Cute and easy. Why does the topper have to be edible. It's a topper. I would get a cauldron at the craft store. If you want it to have the "sugar look" cover it in black fondant. In my experience no one eats RKT toppers. where are you located. There has to be a CC member out there near you If you place fondant decorations on buttercream cupcakes it is best to do it as late as possible. It would have taken 1 minute to place them on when you arrived. New Posts All Forums:	http://cakecentral.com/forums/posts/by_user/id/822715	dclm-gs1-162140000
0.054495	<urn:uuid:0349b7d8-11f1-45c7-b8ab-d628b2ae575b>	en	0.92356	Take the 2-minute tour × How can I repair chips in a white porcelain floor? The chips came from dropping heavy cans, and they are small, less than pencil eraser size. share\|improve this question Do you have any extra tile that matches stored somewhere in the house? – The Evil Greebo Nov 10 '12 at 2:03 add comment 1 Answer The general recommendation for repairing a chip in a porcelain tile is to fill the chip with an epoxy that has as close as color match to the original tile surface as possible. When you go to purchase the epoxy make sure to select a type that indicates that it is suitable for use with porcelain. Prepare the chip area for patching by wiping the chipped area and surrounding surface with a microfiber cloth to remove all dust and dirt. Then thoroughly clean the are area with rubbing alcohol to make sure that all oils, remaining dirt and other deposits are completely removed. It is important to let the area full dry after the alcohol wash. Mix the epoxy according to manufacturer directions on the package. You can use a small discardable container or old clean bottle cap to hold the epoxy while mixing. (Note that if you are working in multiple areas that will take an extended amount of time you may want to prepare the epoxy for only part of the project at a time). Use a matchstick or toothpick to apply the epoxy into the chip area a small amount at a time. Work to fill the chipped area level with the surrounding tile surface without overfilling the damaged area. Protect the area from traffic or use until the epoxy has completely set up. Some epoxy materials could take till over night to fully harden. share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer	http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/20626/how-do-i-repair-my-porcelain-floor?answertab=active	dclm-gs1-162200000
0.161749	<urn:uuid:e792920d-5ec4-4032-81d3-adae6d2bd1cd>	en	0.906175	Ginger beer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Gosling's Ginger Beer Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer was first crafted back in 1801. Ginger beer is found[by whom?] in two versions: brewed ginger beer (which includes home-brewed) or a carbonated drink flavored primarily with ginger and sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners. As early as 500 BC, ginger was used as a medicine to cure sickness, and flavouring food in Ancient China and India. Western civilization used ginger to spice up the drinks. During Victorian era, ginger was used to brew beer. [1] Brewed ginger beer originated in Yorkshire in England in the mid-18th century[2] and became popular throughout Britain, the United States, and Canada, reaching a peak of popularity in the early 20th century.[3] Brewed ginger beer was brought to the Ionian Islands by the British Army in the 19th century, and is still made as a local specialty known as tsitsibíra (τσιτσιμπίρα) by villagers in rural Corfu.[4] Today, ginger beer is almost always produced as a soft drink. Ginger beer and ginger ale as soft drinks have been moderately popular in many parts of the world since they were introduced. The original recipe requires only ginger, sugar, water, lemon juice and a fungal-bacterial symbiote[5] known as a ginger beer plant. Fermentation over a few days turns the mixture into ginger beer. Forms of live culture other than the ginger beer plant can produce a fermented ginger beer. Cultures used include brewers or baker's yeast, lactic acid bacteria, kefir grains, and tibicos. Brewing ginger beer generates carbon dioxide as in beer. The alcohol content, when produced by the traditional process can be high, up to 11%,[3] although ginger beer is usually brewed with much less alcohol. Ginger beer plant[edit] Ginger beer plant (GBP) is not what is usually considered a plant but a composite organism consisting of a fungus, the yeast Saccharomyces florentinus (formerly S. pyriformis), and the bacterium Lactobacillus hilgardii (formerly Brevibacterium vermiforme),[5][6] which form a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast. It forms a gelatinous substance that allows it to be easily transferred from one fermenting substrate to the next, much like kefir grains, kombucha, and tibicos.[7] The GBP was first described by Harry Marshall Ward in 1892, from samples he received in 1887.[6][8][9][10] Original ginger beer is made by leaving water, sugar, ginger, and GBP to ferment. GBP may be obtained from several commercial sources or from yeast banks.[11] Alcoholic ginger beer[edit] Brewed ginger beer originated in the UK, but is sold worldwide. Shakemantle Ginger Ale has been around since at least 2001 if not earlier.[12] Crabbie's is a popular brand in the UK.[13] Other popular ginger beers include Stoney's.[14] It is usually labelled "alcoholic ginger beer" to distinguish it from the more established commercial ginger beers, which are not brewed (fermented), but carbonated with pressurized carbon dioxide.[15] Mixed drinks[edit] See also[edit] 1. ^ 10. ^ New Scientist article (alternative source) External links[edit]	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_beer	dclm-gs1-162240000
0.042761	<urn:uuid:0031e4cf-dad2-4864-be8c-73b397b62ba8>	en	0.69738	Static on the Airwaves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Static on the Airwaves Studio album by The Levellers Released 25 June 2012 (2012-06-25)[1] Genre Rock, alternative rock, folk punk Label On The Fiddle Recordings Producer Sean Lakeman The Levellers chronology Letters from the Underground Static on the Airwaves Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating The Independent 3/5 stars [2] Static on the Airwaves is the tenth studio album by folk-punk rock band The Levellers. The "iTunes Deluxe Edition" contains two bonus tracks and two videos.[2] Track listing[edit] 1. "Static on the Airwaves" 2. "We Are All Gunmen" 3. "Truth Is" 4. "After the Hurricane" 5. "Our Forgotten Towns" 6. "No Barriers" 7. "Alone in This Darkness" 8. "Raft of the Medusa" 9. "Mutiny" 10. "Traveller" 11. "Second Life" 12. "The Recruiting Sergeant" iTunes bonus tracks[edit] 13. "Going Places" 14. "Ways We Have Won" 15. Truth Is (Video) 16. Jeremy Cunningham's Tales From The Turntable (Video) External links[edit] 1. ^ [1] 2. ^	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_on_the_Airwaves	dclm-gs1-162270000
0.022774	<urn:uuid:512910f1-10e1-453a-80d6-2530ce20eeff>	en	0.920185	Alterations in Bone Mineral Density in Marfan Syndrome and Homocystinuria Purchase on $39.95 / €34.95 / £29.95* Rent the article at a discount Rent now * Final gross prices may vary according to local VAT. Get Access Homocystinuria and Marfan syndrome represent distinct genetic conditions that share phenotypically similar skeletal features. An overview of the current understanding of genetic and physiologic contributing to the etiology of these conditions is summarized. The focus of this review is to explore the present understanding of the pathophysiology of Marfan syndrome and homocystinuria relative to the occurrence of osteoporosis in both conditions. Osteoporosis has been reported in association with homocystinuria. However, evidence supporting an association of osteoporosis with Marfan syndrome is equivocal and sources of ambiguity are critically reviewed. Advisability and approaches to bone mineral density monitoring in patients with Marfan syndrome or homocystinuria to inform clinical management are discussed. Finally, future research foci are proposed which will improve understanding of association of osteoporosis with Marfan syndrome or homocystinuria.	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12018-008-9018-2	dclm-gs1-162430000
0.999709	<urn:uuid:9f457eca-189f-4d4d-ab8f-f21cc7c05c5e>	en	0.928191	Oklahoman Modified: September 7, 2012 at 12:45 am • Published: September 7, 2012 Oklahoma A+ Schools has published a list of suggested questions for parents to ask teachers during parent-teacher conferences this fall. 1. From your perspective, does he/she enjoy school? 2. Does he/she seem curious? 3. How can I help you to know him/her? 4. When given the choice, what does he/she choose to learn? 5. How does he/she deal with transitions or changes in the schedule? 6. How does he/she act when his/her behavior is corrected or redirected? 7. What does he/she talk to you about? 8. In a group setting, what role does he/she take on? 9. Is he/she confident about school? Is he/she confident in his/her abilities? 10. How does he/she express himself/herself best? 11. Does he/she demonstrate empathy? 12. What kinds of questions does he/she ask in class? Trending Now Around the web 1. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook out against Dallas Mavericks 2. 2 Westboro Baptist Church founder is dying, his son says 3. 3 Police search for suspect in adult toy store robbery 4. 4 5. 5 Is your name now 'banned' in Saudi Arabia? + show more	http://newsok.com/no-headline/article/3706965	dclm-gs1-162650000
0.025004	<urn:uuid:8df3ea71-0e8d-4b15-b557-d705b1efb8c0>	en	0.959749	Oklahoma State basketball notebook: Cowboys survive great unknown Among Oklahoma State's concerns going to West Virginia for the first time: a fear of the unknown. By John Helsley Published: February 24, 2013 Saturday's win in Morgantown put Ford at an OSU milestone mark: his 100th win as Cowboys coach. In his fifth season at OSU, Ford is now 100-61. Overall, he's 223-176 as a Division I head coach. Wednesday: at TCU, 6 p.m. Saturday: Texas, 3 p.m. March 6: at Iowa State, 6 p.m. When Smart picked up his third foul at the 2:34 mark of the opening half, he had no reference point on how to proceed from there. His last time to pick up three fouls so quick, or even close to that quick? “Never in my life,” he said. “They say there's a first time for everything. There it was. Let's hope it never happens to me again. “Very frustrating for me and my team, but we had a lot of guys contribute in a lot of ways. Guys stepped up for us.” \| \| by John Helsley OSU Reporter Sr. + show more Trending Now Around the web 1. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook out against Dallas Mavericks 2. 2 Westboro Baptist Church founder is dying, his son says 3. 3 Police search for suspect in adult toy store robbery 4. 4 5. 5 Is your name now 'banned' in Saudi Arabia? + show more	http://newsok.com/oklahoma-state-basketball-notebook-cowboys-survive-great-unknown/article/3758792/?page=2	dclm-gs1-162670000
0.041795	<urn:uuid:dd0c8969-2652-408a-b40f-8157e02aaeac>	en	0.913339	Old Believers (Difference between revisions) Jump to: navigation, search m (spec. cat) (External links) Line 37: Line 37: [http://www.oldbelieverskete.com/ Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Old Believer Skete] [http://oldbeliever.blogspot.com/ Blog of the North Dakota Old Ritualist Monks] (Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Old Believer Skete) [[Category:Old Believer Jurisdictions\|]] [[Category:Old Believer Jurisdictions\|]] Revision as of 03:16, July 31, 2006 The Old Believers (старове́ры or старообря́дцы) are a collection of schismatic groups from the Church of Russia. They are more properly known as Old Ritualists. The schism itself is known as staroobryadchestvo (старообрядчество). In 1652, Patriarch Nikon of the Russian Orthodox Church introduced a number of reforms aimed at centralizing his power and bringing Russian Orthodox ritual and doctrine in line with those of the Orthodox Church in the post-Byzantine world (e.g., in Greece and elsewhere). The Old Believers rejected Nikon's reforms, becoming labelled raskolniki (раско́льники), (i.e., 'schism-makers'). One of the main figures in the movement was Avvakum Petrovich. Even after the deposition of Nikon (1658), who broached too strong a challenge to the Tsar's authority, a series of church councils officially endorsed the liturgical reforms. Followers of the movement were anathematized at the synod in 1666-1667 and several, including Avvakum, were executed. The Old Believers thenceforce faced heavy persecution until the reign of Tsar Peter the Great, when they began to be tolerated as an extra source of tax revenue. An attempt to make the Old Believers obey the Church was the creation in 1801 of the uni-faith (единоверчество) church. Early Old Belief was characterized by rejecting "the World" where anti-Christ reigned; they preached about the imminent end of the world, asceticism, adhering to the old rituals and the old faith. Given a lack of bishops and priests, the laity were predominant. One group, the Popovtsy, sought to attract ordained priests and were able to set up an episcopate in the 19th century. The Bespopovtsy, on the other hand, renounced priests and all sacraments, except Baptism. Old Belief became associated with a strict asceticism that could sometimes be taken to extremes. In the 17th century some groups in Karelia that belonged to the sect committed suicide through self-immolation. Other groups that broke off from the Old Believers practiced castration of men and removal of breasts from women in order to enforce sexual abstinence. The Old Believers had no official toleration until 1905. In 1971 the Church of Russia lifted the anathemas placed on the Old Believers in the 17th century, but most Old Believer communities have not returned to full communion with other Orthodox Christians. The Old Believers Today In the modern day, differences between most Old Believer communities and mainstream Orthodox Christians are in details of ritual practice alone. However, centuries of persecution and the nature of their foundation has made them highly culturally conservative and mistrustful of anything they see as insufficiently Russian. Some Old Believers go so far as to consider any pre-Nikonian Orthodox Russian practice or artifact to be exclusively theirs, denying that the Russian Orthodox Church has any claims upon a history before Patriarch Nikon. Approximately one million Old Believers remain today, some living in extremely isolated communities in areas of Russia to which they fled centuries ago to avoid persecution. Their life there has been compared by some to America's Amish communities. A few Old Believer parishes in the United States have entered communion with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, such as the Church of the Nativity in Erie, Pennsylvania. Another was received into the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America by Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh. Many other Old Believer groups exist, some with teachings and practices that have even less in common with those of the Orthodox Church, even straying into heresy. Old Believer Churches External links Personal tools Please consider supporting OrthodoxWiki. FAQs	http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Old_Believers&diff=prev&oldid=36616	dclm-gs1-162740000
0.405096	<urn:uuid:e83623fa-0d84-4266-b1e0-1a094f75ec54>	en	0.924613	Skip to content Rockets reach into the D-League Mar 24, 2010, 1:16 PM EDT As is all the rage in the NBA this time of year, the Houston Rockets have made a couple of moves with their D-League affiliate the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, according to a team release. First, they signed Mike Harris, a 6’6″ swingman who has had earlier stints this season with both the Rockets and the Wizards. Harris has torn up the D-League, averaging 27 points per game and was named D-League player of the month in January. The other was recalling Jermaine Taylor, the 6’4″ guard who was averaging 20 points per game for the Vipers. Featured video How much can Andrew Bynum help Pacers? Top 10 NBA Player Searches 1. D. Williams (8639) 2. B. Lopez (4368) 3. E. Bledsoe (4020) 4. J. Crawford (3684) 5. A. Bargnani (3661) 1. S. Curry (3576) 2. L. Aldridge (3530) 3. A. Bynum (3469) 4. E. Gordon (3460) 5. K. Bryant (3333)	http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/24/rockets-reach-into-the-d-league/	dclm-gs1-162750000
0.031289	<urn:uuid:343d1b9f-a7b5-4d0c-af4f-8b9939560b9b>	en	0.928371	I think I spoke too soon when I said I had found a solution to the following problem. Is there any option I can use in codestriker.conf file to not have to use Authen::SASL. It has a dependency on GSSAPI, which in turn has a dependency on Kerberos or more specifically, krb5-config. We don’t need any of this on our system, but we do need Codestriker, and have to keep up with new upgrades of Codestriker. My previous append was as follows: Neeta Ahuja 62 TW Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Telephone: 919-248-5954	http://sourceforge.net/p/codestriker/mailman/attachment/A0B0014397A57045B4D09558802988C6040A4882@CORPUSMX30B.corp.emc.com/1/	dclm-gs1-162930000
0.025364	<urn:uuid:5c383a49-bb9d-460b-a6ca-81810e541172>	en	0.967267	Posted: Sunday January 25, 2009 5:00PM; Updated: Monday January 26, 2009 1:27PM SI's Verducci: New book about Yankees, not just Joe Torre Story Highlights Two New York papers say Joe Torre rips Alex Rodriguez and George Steinbrenner Co-author Tom Verducci says the newspaper claims distort the book's context Verducci says the book is about the Yankees, not a first-person book by Torre Decrease font Decrease font Enlarge font Enlarge font 'The Yankee Years' will be published by Doubleday on Feb. 3. Courtesy of Random House spoke with Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci on Sunday about his soon-to-be released new book, co-authored with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, called The Yankee Years. The book is published by Doubleday and will be released on Feb. 3. Two New York newspapers are reporting that Joe Torre rips Alex Rodriguez and George Steinbrenner in the book, and that Brian Cashman was not as supportive of Torre returning as Yankees manager after the 2007 season as was previously believed. What can you tell us about these reports? Verducci: I can't comment on specific content of the book because it hasn't reached its publication date yet and there are contracts to honor. But like I said, it's important to understand the context of the book. The interviews with Torre were done specifically for the book but this is the result of hundreds of interviews with not only Torre but players, front office executives, executives of other teams, players on other teams. It's a 477-page book about 12 years of baseball history. Again, it's not a Joe Torre first-person book, so there's a lot of reporting that's presented in there in addition to Joe's insights. Smart people will judge the book upon actually reading it and not reading preliminary reports prior to its publication. Once you understand the context of the book you understand the information. It's not a tell-all book. Anybody who reads it will understand that. He's honest and he takes things head on. He never goes after people in the way it's portrayed in the headlines. There's a lot of information in the book. Will Joe Torre be surprised by anything that is in this book? No, Joe Torre is not surprised by anything that's in this book. He has read and re-read and re-read the book. We've been working on it since last November. Do you think this will be a distraction for Joe Torre? Verducci: No, it won't be a distraction. It's not a tell-all book; it's a very insightful book into baseball. It's a much larger book about the Yankees, not only how the game changed around them, but the growth of information analysis, revenue sharing, growth of intellect in front-offices, changes in Red Sox ownership, the Steroid Era, etc. SI CoverRead All ArticlesBuy Cover Reprint	http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/01/25/verducci.qa/index.html	dclm-gs1-162950000
0.248374	<urn:uuid:ec2eff98-63cd-4b19-8c6d-be046a44d78a>	en	0.721787	Take the 2-minute tour × I have the following DB structure on my MySQL 5.1.66: ID int(11) PRIMARY CID varchar(255) INDEX V1 varchar(1500) DATE datetime IP_ADDR varchar(255) V2 varchar(1000) USER_DELAY int(11) M_ID int(22) REFERER varchar(255) BRAND varchar(255) LANG varchar(255) USER varchar(255) I have almost 9,000,000 rows in the DB and here are some of my more important my.cnf properties: innodb_buffer_pool_size = 256M innodb_log_buffer_size = 16M key_buffer_size = 128M bulk_insert_buffer_size = 128M max_heap_table_size = 128M sort_buffer_size = 8M tmp_table_size = 128M The problem is, when running a simple query such as: SELECT * FROM table WHERE CID = 123456 It takes over 60 seconds to get a response (CID is an indexed field and the query has only 10 results). EXPLAIN output for the above query: \| 1 \| SIMPLE \| table \| ALL \| CID \| NULL \| NULL \| NULL \| 9193357 \| Using where \| EDIT: I just noticed something, when I place the value under quotes, I get the results in 0.13 seconds, but if I run the query without the quotes it takes 60 seconds, what causes this? share\|improve this question Show us the complete indexes as well as an EXPLAIN of your statement. – FreshPrinceOfSO Jan 27 '13 at 20:40 @njk please see my last edit for the EXPLAIN My only INDEX is the CID and my PRIMARY is ID. – hoverhand Jan 27 '13 at 20:43 I think 60 sec. is so many. Try rebuild index. – Hamlet Hakobyan Jan 27 '13 at 20:43 How many rows returns query? Also can helped if you show index statistics. – Hamlet Hakobyan Jan 27 '13 at 20:46 @HamletHakobyan please see my last edit – hoverhand Jan 27 '13 at 20:53 show 2 more comments 2 Answers up vote 3 down vote accepted If you place the value under quotes server will use index if there are no quotes i.e. integer value passed in WHERE clause and index won't works. You think 123456 will be converts to varchar and then index must works. No. The precedence of integer higher than varchar then all CID values will be converted to integer to compare and you have table scan. share\|improve this answer add comment The type of CID is important. If you want to use the index correctly, you should build the query with the correct type In your case, CID is varchar. Therefore it is expected that you give a value in quotes. Otherwise it will be converted into integer which takes lots of time. share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14551995/mysql-innodb-performance-issues	dclm-gs1-163020000
0.908756	<urn:uuid:a49d4441-26a0-49b5-97e8-c84e10b477a4>	en	0.760877	Take the 2-minute tour × We want to loop through directory structure in ant without using foreach . Is there any elegant way to do the same ? share\|improve this question What are you trying to do with the directory structure? If you're doing something like building an ant project in each directory, you may be able to get the functionality you want with subant – David Mar 6 '13 at 16:17 add comment 2 Answers The apply task can iterate over a set of directories or files <target name="run-apply"> <apply executable="echo"> <dirset dir="src"/> I personally like the groovy ANT task <target name="run-groovy"> <taskdef name="groovy" classname="org.codehaus.groovy.ant.Groovy"/> <dirset id="dirs" dir="src"/> project.references.dirs.each { ant.echo it The installation of the task jar is easily automated: <target name="install-groovy"> <mkdir dir="${user.home}/.ant/lib"/> <get dest="${user.home}/.ant/lib/groovy-all.jar" src="http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/codehaus/groovy/groovy-all/2.1.1/groovy-all-2.1.1.jar"/> Finally if you're iterating thru other build files, the subant task is very useful: <target name="run-subant"> <fileset dir="src" includes="**/build.xml"/> share\|improve this answer add comment Short answer: Not really. There are ways around this, but I prefer the ant-contrib <for/> task for clarity and simplicity. With the <local/> task, you can now localize values of variables. Before, you sometimes had to use ant-contrib's <var/> task to reset the values, so you could loop through them over and over. <for param="directory"> <fileset dir="${some.dir}"/> <local name="foo"/> <local name="bar"/> <!-- Properties that may change with each iteration --> <!-- Here be dragons --> It's clean, simple, and easy to understand. The big issue many people have with Ant Contrib is that not everyone may have it installed in their $ANT_HOME/lib directory. Far enough. So, if you use ant-contrib, put it as part of your project. I'll put the ant-contrib jar in ${basedir}/antlib/antcontrib and then put this in my program: <fileset dir="${basedir}/antlib/antcontrib"/> Now, when someone checks out my project, they have ant-contrib already installed (since it's inside my project) and accessible (since I point my <taskdef> task at the location of ant-contrib.jar in my project). share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15245283/loop-through-directory-structure-in-ant	dclm-gs1-163030000
0.110628	<urn:uuid:24a7af4e-2d50-473e-b09b-f1958e518d6f>	en	0.88901	Take the 2-minute tour × I have some web service data in my app that needs to be updated every 3 minutes. I had tried out a few approaches but got a really good piece of advise in here last week, I should not build a new thread every 3 minutes and then subsequently try and dealloc and synchronize all the different parts so that I avoided memory bug. Instead I should have a "worker thread" that was always running, but only did actual work when I asked it too (every 3 minutes). As my small POC works now, I spawn a new thread in the applicationDidFinishLaunching method. I do this like so: [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(updateModel) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; - (void) updateModel { NSAutoreleasePool pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; BackgroundUpdate update = [[BackgroundUpdate alloc] initWithTimerInterval:180]; [update release]; [pool release]; Ok, this inits the "BackgroundUpdate" object with the update interval in seconds. Inside the updater it is simply like this for now: @implementation BackgroundUpdate - (id) initWithTimerInterval:(NSInteger) secondsBetweenUpdates { if(self = [super init]) { [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:secondsBetweenUpdates return self; - (void) testIfUpdateNeeded { NSLog(@"Im contemplating an update..."); I have never used threads like this before. I has always been "setup autoReleasePool, do work, get your autoReleasePool drained, and goodbye". My problem is that as soon as the initWithTimerInterval has run, the NSThread is done, it therefore returns to the updateModel method and has its pool drained. I guess it has to do with the NSTimer having it's own thread/runloop? I would like for the thread to keep having the testIfUpdateNeeded method run every 3 minutes. So how will I keep this NSThread alive for the entire duration of my app? Thank You for any help/advice given:) share\|improve this question add comment 2 Answers up vote 5 down vote accepted You're close. All you need to do now is start the run loop running so the thread doesn't exit and the timer runs. After your call to initWithTimerInterval:, just call [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] run]; The thread will run its run loop indefinitely and your timer will work. share\|improve this answer Thank You Ken, exactly:) It now ticks along and when the timer fires I get my model updated:) – RickiG Feb 23 '10 at 22:14 add comment It sounds like you might want an NSOperation instead of an old fashion thread. You could active the operation via a universal timer then it would execute on its own thread and then clean up its own memory when done. share\|improve this answer Thanks TechZen. I read parts of the guide you linked to and learned something new:) They however don't recommend NSOperation for repetitive tasks, but rather for queuing an arbitrary set of tasks that has dependencies. Why it is not just the "Thread in a box" solution, however, I cant say. It did sound very promising at first:) – RickiG Feb 23 '10 at 22:18 Okay, I missed that. Good to know. – TechZen Feb 24 '10 at 12:07 add comment Your Answer	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2318280/keep-an-nsthread-containing-an-nstimer-around-indefinitely-iphone	dclm-gs1-163040000
0.42959	<urn:uuid:f52a8eee-cab9-4e05-9fdf-3d43ae366ff8>	en	0.871419	Take the 2-minute tour × Possible Duplicate: Why does valgrind say basic SDL program is leaking memory? So I've been using a SDL a lot in creating a small OpenGL application; I recently became interested in checking out how my memory is going (I have taken as much care as possible to ensure no memory leaks etc). But then I created the SDL driver in my program, and it all went down hill. I've isolated the code, and have no idea if I'm doing something wrong, if it is SDL, or maybe its a library SDL is using (see Valgrind results). #include <SDL.h> int main() { SDL_Surface* Screen; if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) < 0) { return 1; Screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(1280, 1024, 32, SDL_OPENGL); return 0; Now I can't exactly isolate more than 1 section, so I'll post the results from Valgrind here for the init by itself, and then for the entire program. return 1; ==7485== LEAK SUMMARY: ==7485== definitely lost: 16 bytes in 1 blocks ==7485== indirectly lost: 176 bytes in 4 blocks ==7485== possibly lost: 9,155 bytes in 14 blocks ==7485== still reachable: 654,484 bytes in 1,484 blocks Note: Using SDL_Quit() after the above code induces further memory leaks, so this isn't the fix (unfortunately). Now for the entire program (as initial source posted)(first error is repeated several times before the below is displayed): ==7515== Invalid write of size 1 ==7515== at 0x4C29910: memcpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:497) ==7515== by 0xB9BE0CF: ??? (in /usr/lib/fglrx/dri/fglrx_dri.so) ==7515== Address 0x7f42bca30fff is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==7515== More than 10000000 total errors detected. I'm not reporting any more. ==7515== Final error counts will be inaccurate. Go fix your program! ==7515== Rerun with --error-limit=no to disable this cutoff. Note ==7515== that errors may occur in your program without prior warning from ==7515== Valgrind, because errors are no longer being displayed. ==7515== HEAP SUMMARY: ==7515== in use at exit: 4,539,966 bytes in 11,312 blocks ==7515== total heap usage: 49,855 allocs, 38,543 frees, 40,485,815 bytes allocated ==7515== LEAK SUMMARY: ==7515== definitely lost: 79,981 bytes in 126 blocks ==7515== indirectly lost: 30,480 bytes in 54 blocks ==7515== possibly lost: 3,374,770 bytes in 9,289 blocks ==7515== still reachable: 1,054,735 bytes in 1,843 blocks ==7515== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==7515== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory I am using Ubuntu 10.10 if it matters. Second note; I am using Valgrind like so (incase that is the issue?): valgrind ./main Third note; fglrx is the Ubuntu ATI driver. share\|improve this question Are your memory usage constantly climbing, or does it just report unfreed memory after exiting? – Cat Plus Plus Feb 7 '11 at 2:37 In this example, I am referring solely to the latter. Reporting unfreed memory after exiting. Which in a different situation could be a memory leak. – RommelVR Feb 7 '11 at 2:38 add comment marked as duplicate by Robert Harvey Feb 7 '11 at 2:46 1 Answer up vote 4 down vote accepted maybe you can find your anwser here: Why does valgrind say basic SDL program is leaking memory? share\|improve this answer Crap, its a duplicate, I searched, but obviously wrong keywords. Thanks. – RommelVR Feb 7 '11 at 2:41 add comment	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4917661/sdl-memory-leaks-detected-using-valgrind	dclm-gs1-163070000
0.257517	<urn:uuid:2787bf1c-0454-428a-9580-62a6817dddd4>	en	0.771215	Take the 2-minute tour × This question already has an answer here: Hi I have been reading up about regular expressions, I have got some basic res working. I now have been trying to use Re to sort out data like this: ...into a tuple but I cannot get it to work. Can anyone explain how they would go about something like this? share\|improve this question what do you mean by "data like this"? Numeric integers? that sometimes have 3 digits? Whats the pattern you're trying to capture with a regex? – Doug T. May 3 '11 at 2:33 I meant to separate every integer spaced out by a comma into a list. – freeload247 May 3 '11 at 2:36 add comment marked as duplicate by tiago, Mike, Sindre Sorhus, Steve Greatrex, Karl Anderson Aug 5 '13 at 21:20 3 Answers You don't want regular expressions here. s = "144,1231693144,26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960,26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960,1.00,4295032833,1563,2747941 288,1231823695,26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960,26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960,1.00,4295032833,909,4725008" print s.split(',') Gives you: ['144', '1231693144', '26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960', '26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960', '1.00 ', '4295032833', '1563', '2747941 288', '1231823695', '26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898738574164086137773096960', '26959535291011309493156476344723991336010898 738574164086137773096960', '1.00', '4295032833', '909', '4725008'] share\|improve this answer You'll want to use s.strip().split(',') if this is read in from a file. The strip method gets rid of the newline and other whitespace. – mgold Sep 7 '12 at 20:33 add comment How about a list? It might help if you could explain what kind of info we are looking at. Maybe some background info also? I had a thought you might want the info in groups of two? then try: re.split(r"\d,\d", mystring) and also if you want them into tuples [ (pair[0], pair[1]) for match in re.split(r"\d,\d", mystring) for pair in match.split(",")] more readable form: mylist = [] for pair in match.split(",") mylist.append((pair[0], pair[1])) share\|improve this answer add comment Question is a little vague. list_of_lines = multiple_lines.split("\n") for line in list_of_lines: list_of_items_in_line = line.split(",") first_int = int(list_of_items_in_line[0]) share\|improve this answer add comment	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5864485/how-can-i-split-this-comma-delimited-string-in-python	dclm-gs1-163080000
0.462178	<urn:uuid:33eee863-ac79-4aa4-a434-88c7bb420f1a>	en	0.772556	Take the 2-minute tour × I'd like for a single control to show a rich:popupPanel if it isn't visible, and hide it if it's already visible. Following through the tutorials and code examples, I've come up with: <h:outputLink value="#" id="loginLink">Login <rich:componentControl event="click" operation="show" target="loginPane" > <a4j:param name="event" value="event" noEscape="true" /> ... more params for positioning ... <rich:popupPanel id="loginPane" autosized="true" modal="false" moveable="false" resizeable="false" followByScroll="false" onshow="#{rich:element('userName')}.focus()" > Which shows my popupPanel and subsequent form well. I just can't recognize a way to overload that outputLink's componentControl to hide as well as show. Naturally "toggle" isn't a keyword - that would be too easy :) I'm pretty new with JSF and javascript, and have been trying various things for the better part of today. Can anyone recommend something to get me in the right direction? share\|improve this question add comment 2 Answers For me the following solution worked, while confirmPanel is the panel in the popup containing the updated data. <a4j:commandButton value="Delete" render="confirmPanel" <a4j:param value="#{record.id}" assignTo="#{showActivitiesAsTableView.selectedActivityId}" /> share\|improve this answer add comment up vote 0 down vote accepted In the end, I ended up just choosing the lazy route: I edited the css of the page inline to take the rf-p-shade style not effect alpha and made an onmaskclick event to close the popup. I could not get it to replicate a "Toggle" like behavior with javascript or jsf notations. share\|improve this answer add comment Your Answer	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9202990/richfaces-componentcontrol-toggle-popup	dclm-gs1-163100000
0.020918	<urn:uuid:be0a2bdc-f4b1-4cdb-b9cd-6d2eb25e43df>	en	0.98244	Underlying theme Is it possible that a simple creation(doodle) can be valued as High Art? The Story Steve is a doodle on a piece of paper. His creator randomly drew him while he was on the phone. Shortly after he is drawn ,he faces the reality of his life: He gets thrown away in the garbage. A twist occurs in his life, when he gets blown away by the wind and lands outside a gallery. He then gets noticed by the gallery owner who picks it up, appreciates its artistic value and decides to put it in his gallery. Steve is content.He gets exhibited as an important piece of art and enjoys everyone’s attention and respect. There’s still though something that’s missing, which prevents him from being truly happy…His owner’s appreciation. To his surprise, his owner – after reading about the exchibition- shows up in the gallery. She notices Steve on the wall and for the first time, she appreciates him for what he is. Being determined Steve is important, now that he’s part of an art exhibition, she decides he wants him back. She then buys him and takes him home, where she puts him up on the wall, replacing another ‘important’ painting…Steve is finally happy. Loading more stuff… Loading videos…	http://vimeo.com/12571139	dclm-gs1-163180000
0.02356	<urn:uuid:bd477cb4-0cc7-4f2a-9018-91ec7ef1d8bb>	en	0.850136	H2O Overdrive Athlete Ambassador and four time Olympian, Jim Terrell gives this paddle tip: Don't have the mindset that you are 'pulling the paddle through the water'. Rather, set the paddle blade and pull 'yourself and the board' past the submerged paddle blade. This is the correct way of thinking when paddling. Jimmy then follows with this playful advice, "If you're thinking about pulling the paddle through the water, you may as well turn the paddle upside down and put the handle in the water. It's a lot easier." Loading more stuff… Loading videos…	http://vimeo.com/54392237	dclm-gs1-163190000
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0.031066	<urn:uuid:e7a3b4b4-3cd4-4343-b02c-e1942d602170>	en	0.95746	Abdication of a superpower President Obama intervened militarily in Libya after his then-defense secretary, Bob Gates, said America had no national security stake in that nation. The result, in the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is that "[n]ow with a larger safe haven and increased freedom to maneuver, terrorists are seeking to extend their reach and their networks in multiple directions." Iran's nuclear weapons program proceeds at full speed under the protection of China and Russia. China and Japan are jousting over some uninhabited islands off Okinawa. And Pakistan, having been caught red-handed hiding Osama bin Laden, continues to support the Taliban and other terrorist networks. Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan had it right when he said on "Fox News Sunday," "We're seeing the ugly fruits of the Obama foreign policy unravel around the world on our TV screens." These developments have one factor in common: the ceding of American influence over the outcome. In most of these cases, we have already ceded the power to influence the parties involved; in some, President Obama is continuing to abandon our position. He is abdicating our global superpower role. Throughout history, superpowers have been brought down by internal decay. The British Empire lost the power to protect its interests abroad by exhausting itself in wars. The Soviet Union lost through powerful ideological conflicts and military stalemates. Our voluntary abdication may be unique. America became a superpower in World War II by mobilizing resources no other nation could to defeat the Axis. In the war's aftermath, only we had the ability to project power around the world to stop Soviet aggression. Obama inherited a nation weary of war but not debilitated by it. We were a superpower, able to defend our homeland, allies and global interests. Our economy, the world's engine of freedom, had been damaged, but with wiser stewardship could have recovered to historic growth rates. But Obama is not committed to this role for America in the world. His defining moment came in 2009, when the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court ousted President Manuel Zelaya for trying to break that nation's laws and keep himself in power. Instead of standing for democracy, Obama sided with Fidel Castro in denouncing Zelaya's ouster as a coup. Since then, Obama has failed to exercise American power for American principles and interests. As in domestic affairs, Obama announces a broad policy goal and expects others to carry them out -- he "leads from behind." But this fails because leadership is more than just speech-giving. Leadership requires hard work that Obama neglects. He doesn't work constantly with foreign leaders to develop alliances, ad-hoc coalitions or cooperate in even the smallest efforts. The result is America's abdication as a superpower. We now lack the influence over world events that were within our grasp only a few years ago. Our adversaries ignore Obama. Take, for example, his announcement that we were shifting our military's focus to the Pacific. China, our principal adversary in the region, hasn't reacted as the Russians do whenever we announce any initiative affecting Europe or the Middle East. The Chinese know that Obama's cuts to military spending and cancelation of future weapons development will render this Pacific shift meaningless. They know we aren't going to build the ships and aircraft necessary to make it a reality. As Obama withdraws America from its superpower role, he creates a geopolitical vacuum. NATO will not fill it, nor will the U.N. The vacuum will be filled, though, and most likely by our adversaries. There will be more wars, not fewer, than there would be if America remained the guarantor of security and stability for ourselves and our allies. View article comments Leave a comment	http://washingtonexaminer.com/abdication-of-a-superpower/article/2509973	dclm-gs1-163210000
0.121588	<urn:uuid:e60cbc60-96a1-43ea-afad-82ccb785e61a>	en	0.984752	I think it was a bit of a drive, so I'd assume more Southerly. Sadly I don't recall one iota of the drive, the direction. I was in a van (the DUAC rented a van or two, there were about 18-20 of us total, some folks drove themselves) and I was in one of the rows of the van napping or reading or something. I regret not paying attention better. I will scan the highlights sometime between now and the weekend.	http://www.apug.org/forums/viewpost.php?p=1117602	dclm-gs1-163330000
0.546867	<urn:uuid:424009d0-6478-43fb-8493-0cac70854475>	en	0.813785	Figure 1. Bar graphs of morphological and life-history trait means Daphnia populations in fishless and fish lakes. Fishless populations are shown in black and populations co-occuring with fish in white. A) body sizes; B) clutch sizes; C) offspring sizes; D) instar-specific ages. Bars represent the mean with error bars = 2SE. Significance levels for differences in trait means generated by a NANOVA (* = p < 0.05; = p,0.01; * = p < 0.001). See text for further explanation of trait designations and analysis. Fisk et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:22 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-22 Download authors' original image	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/22/figure/F1	dclm-gs1-163420000
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