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By creating a community for and about women, women's colleges empower independent students to effect both personal and communal change, locally and globally.
According to the Women's College Coalition, graduates of women's colleges tend to hold higher positions in careers, obtain a larger percentage of advanced degrees and are generally happier than women who attended coeducational schools. Because women's colleges stress individual thought and student leadership, graduates have higher self-esteem and aspirations that make these outcomes possible.
Women's college graduates are pioneers in politics, science, education and the professions. For instance, Jean H. Toal '65 is the first woman to sit as chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, and Ila Burdette '81 is the first female Rhodes Scholar from Georgia.
While offering an environment dedicated to women, Agnes Scott strives to be universal—instilling a wider breadth of awareness through student diversity and education with a global perspective.


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In August 2004 the Research Council of Norway announced tenders for a "State-of-the-art" report within international poverty research, with special focus on institutions and rights. The Research Council wanted the report ...

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text: Earth-Angel 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Well, I've had my MySpace account for a few months now and have really found some incredible music through it that yes, I might have eventually have heard of, but that I am glad I discovered there I know a lot of bands use their MS accounts to showcase less popular songs, early album releases or B-sides, so have spent hours trawling through their accounts and through their friend's accounts (and random people's profile songs) and have built up a nice new reportoire of music I am glad to have spent some time listening to I'm loving Nat Baldwin, whom I found through a friend of a friend of a friend's profile. I first heard the Fratellis on there, same with Giant Drag, Corey Crowder, Alex Ares, Bedouin Soundclash, Fake Gimms, Semifinalists, Architecture in Helsinki, A.M Project, Jim Bob, Helalyn Flowers, The Dallas Guild and many more well-known artists who I had a better opportunity to listen to So, is there anyone else who uses MySpace to listen to or discover new music and what have been your latest finds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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East Hills activist pleads to save Mineola tree
A tense debate over tree protection laws brewing in the village of East Hills briefly spilled over into Mineola last week when a self-proclaimed tree activist from East Hills pleaded with Mineola Village board members to save a tree he said is 125 years old and in danger of being demolished.
"The clock is ticking," said Richard Brummel, who has developed his own website filled with photos of trees he deems endangered. "This tree has no protection."
Brummel pleaded with village board members at a board meeting last month to enact more stringent tree protection laws.
But Mineola, according to village clerk Joseph Scalero, does not regulate trees on private property. The tree, which Brummel said is a red oak, sits behind a house on Roslyn Road that he says on his website "appears ready for demolition."
Village officials say the house is in foreclosure and boarded up, but add they have no knowledge that either the house or tree is going to be demolished and no permits have been filed to that effect.
At last week's board meeting, the mayor and trustees said Mineola's tree rules would remain firm.
"I think you're under the wrong impression that Mineola is slashing and burning these trees down," Mayor Scott Strauss told Brummel during a public hearing. "That's not the case. We have a very aggressive tree planting program and we don't take down trees because we feel like it."
The village disputed Brummel's claim that the tree is 125 years old. Trustee Paul Pereira said he examined an aerial photograph of the village taken in 1926 and the tree was nowhere to be found.
The lengthy back-and-forth between Brummel and board members -- the mayor and each trustee weighed in -- prompted a comment from the former mayor, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola).
"This isn't the first time we've had people coming to our village from outside to impress upon us that which we are doing wrong and to try to impose on us their own world view," he said.
Martins told the board, "Listen to your residents, listen to the homeowners who are here, listen to the people who have an investment and people who have an interest in the best interest of their own village."


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Cambridge police say a hoax report of a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus last weekend came through a Sprint Internet relay service generally used by people with hearing or speech impairments.
Police spokesman Dan Riviello said Tuesday a Sprint employee called police to relay the message, and gave police the name of a possible suspect mentioned by the messenger. Police said they have questioned that person and don't believe he was involved.
Police said they will file charges if they locate the person who made the false report.
The FBI and U.S. Secret Service are helping in the investigation.
The message Saturday morning indicated a man dressed in body armor and carrying a rifle was in a main building on campus. The tip was determined to be a hoax about three hours later.
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Welcome to a new era of Nielsen Ratings.
Monday marked the beggining of the Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings, which will gauge which network television shows generate the most buzz online, 140 characters at a time.
The ratings include four categories: tweets, unique authors, impressions and unique audience.
Tweets: The total number of tweets as a result of a specific episode. Example: The Oct. 5 episode of Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) generaged 175,800 individual tweets.
Unique authors: Numbers of individual twitter accounts that tweet about a specific episode. Example: 101,900 accounts tweeted about the Oct. 5 SNL episode.
The next two categories are more complex in how they are calculated.
Impressions: The number of times tweets sent as a result of a specific episode are seen, as measured by Twitter. It's important to point out this is not a "potential impressions" number based on follower counts. Twitter is able to track which tweets appear both on the screen of mobile devices and which batches are loaded for users online. Example: There were 15,700,400 impressesions as a result of the Oct. 5 SNL episode.
Unique audience: The total number of accounts that view at least one tweet pertaining to a specific episode. Again, Twitter provides this data, with the ability to monitor what tweets are viewed on various platforms. Example: 3,146,500 individual accounts saw at least one tweet about the Oct. 5 SNL episode.
The introduction of the Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings comes as a result of a dramatic increase in real-time tweeting during television viewing. About 19 million people composed approximately 263 million tweets about live TV, not including sports, in Q2 of 2013, according to SocialGuide, which works with Nielsen to publish the ratings.
How the new ratings affect strategy moving forward remains to be seen.
Will shows prioritize viewers to tweet during the show? Will they create plots specifically to engage users?
To what degree advertisers place emphasis on a strong Nielsen Twitter TV Rating will likely answer those questions.
The first batch of ratings comes four days after the San Francisco-based company announced on its own Twitter feed -- @Twitter -- it was filing S-1.
It hopes to raise up to $1 billion.
The complete ratings will only be available to subsribers, but the weekly top-10 shows will be available to the public.
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Did you know that Daniel Radcliffe's next horror project, The Woman in Black is part of the long, proud tradition of Hammer Films? The latest video featurette from this ghost story not only shows off a bit of new footage, but has Radcliffe and the rest of the cast reminiscing about how late night Hammer movies used to scare the piss out of them! So will this movie thrill us the same way that Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt used to? Here's hoping.
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I love Hammer Horror. There's nothing in this video that makes me think they've recaptured the lurid, sexy fun of the originals, but maybe they're saving the good stuff.
What this video DID do was introduce me to Jane Goldman! Mmmmmm!!!


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You can catch buses, trams, and trolley buses from anywhere in the city; what's more, they run from early in the morning until late at night. Alternatively, the metro (subway) is well connected to top locations. For a bonus experience, take the Yellow line - the oldest metro line in Europe; a ride in its narrow carriages is like taking a step back in time.
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Methodology for Optimizing Help Desk & Customer Service/Call Center Staffing to Save Money
Optimizing staffing levels will save money
If you want to strike the balance between having sufficient staffing to react as needed and doing so economically, this white paper will be helpful. Industry studies indicate that 80% of a typical help desk budget is salary, so staffing appropriately has a major impact on the bottom line.
The common Erlang formulas from queuing theory fall short because of the wide diversity of help desk entry points (call, fax, email, web, walk-ins, and pages).
Using the detailed formulas and methodology presented in this paper, you will be able to calculate the relationship between staffing levels and customer support levels. First, the paper looks at call center flow models to see how the organizational structure affects costs and program performance. Secondly, call volume, time to process a call, and time to resolve a call are used to determine the average number of staff required for a given call volume. A 70% utilization rate is a good starting point, since the inflow of random calls requires some slack capacity.
This is an outline of the White Paper:
Call Flow Design - Understanding the Different Strategies
- Gate Keeper Model
- Call Sorting Model
- Tiered Structure: Specialist Model
- Tiered Structure: Generalist Model
Financial Impact of the Various Models
How Many Help Desk Staff Are Required For Your Call Volume?
- Determining Direct Labor Requirements
- Determining the Number of Potential Direct Labor Hours Available
- Utilization Rate
- Sample Formulas
Appendix A: Cost Calculations for Typical Call Flow Support Models
Appendix B: Gross Staffing Level Calculation Worksheet
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Several years ago I made a personal commitment to write 1,000 blog articles. As of this very post I have reached that goal!
The purpose of that effort has been to create an author's platform for selling the spiritual books I was writing and publishing. I got good results—considering that I was offering challenging and even contradictory ideas to the contemporary belief systems of most people.
I will continue to write such anti-intuitive books, but having reached my 1,000th blog post milestone, I no longer feel it compulsory to feed the blog beast (which hungers incessantly for new "content").
I will now write blog articles as it suits me—in order to keep a presence on the internet.
So I will leave you with this message today: The Lord God will neither put up with the status quo nor with the growing trend for terrestrial (external) justice—especially if it provides no clues for one's inner development.


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You Need to Have a Conversation with Your Bank
by Dan Gill, CTP, Director of Corporate Systems, The Weiland Financial Group, Inc.
Bank Account Management (BAM) and communicating with banks is a major challenge faced by every corporation with bank accounts. Automated programmes along with SWIFT eBAM stand poised to change the way we talk with our banks, revolutionising bank account management in much the same way email changed the concept of mail forever.
Corporate banking relationships have never been more complex than they are today. As corporations struggle with the idea of reducing their bank account inventory while simultaneously managing counterparty risk and meeting controls requirements, the concept of Bank Account Management (BAM) has been brought to the forefront of the international treasury community.
Automated Bank Account Management software applications help by providing a highly structured and controlled methodology for a company to manage its bank accounts.
Properly accounting for and controlling bank accounts and their associated legal entities, signers, the employees that have authorities over those accounts, bank policies and practices, mailing addresses, contact information, as well as audit and legal requirements is a daunting task. The days of keeping your list of bank accounts in a spreadsheet or a simple database have passed. Managing all of the data related to your company's bank accounts is a difficult task on its own, trying to communicate this information with your banks and keep it all in sync is nearly impossible. Countless letters, spreadsheets, and phone calls are exchanged in a never-ending attempt to accomplish one single goal: synchronisation of your company's bank account data with its banks. Automated Bank Account Management software applications help by providing a highly structured and controlled methodology for a company to manage its bank accounts. They even make valiant attempts at providing tools to streamline communications with banks. Until a standard method of communicating bank account management information is put in place, companies will have a difficult time asserting that they have effective controls around their inventory of accounts.
The recently released SWIFT eBAM message formats provide both the standardised format and communications capabilities necessary to communicate account management information between companies and their banks. SWIFT eBAM messaging consists of 15 specifically designed XML based file formats that allow companies and banks to conduct five common bank account management conversations. These five types of conversation allow you to perform virtually all bank account management tasks electronically:
- Account Opening Request – Ask your bank to open a new account on behalf of your company or one of its subsidiaries
- Account Report Request – Ask your bank to confirm all of the information they have on file for one of your bank accounts. Great for audit requests and keeping your bank account data in sync with the bank's
- Account Maintenance (No Mandate) – Ask your bank to change the information about one of your accounts not related to mandate (signer & authority) information
- Account Maintenance (Mandate Only) – Ask your bank to change the mandate (signer & authority) information on one of your accounts
- Account Closing Request – Ask your bank to close one of your bank accounts
These five types of conversation allow us to perform virtually all bank account management tasks electronically. Most eBAM conversations begin with a request to a particular bank through the company's bank account management system. Each of the five conversations begins with a conversation starter message that is generated by the system and delivered to the addressed bank electronically (preferably through the highly secure SWIFT network). These conversation starters begin a back and forth of automated electronic messages between the company and the bank that confirm receipt of each message, allow for the request of additional information, and finally confirm that the requested action has been taken. The standardised format and electronic communications remove many of the obstacles posed by traditional manual communication methods.


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I see frustration upon your face
Tired eyes
Won't you just rest with me
I'll make you complete again
I saw the beauty in your soul
The way you are
Cant you just see the moon smiling at you tonight
And what will define you?
I'm overjoyed yeah
Overjoyed to be with you
Overcame doubts
Overcame and fell for you
I see two roads ahead of you
One is wide, the other is narrow and long
Which is the one you'll choose?
Together we're walking side by side
I will fall and you will rescue me
Through all my darkest times
And what will define you?
Cause I want to know you
I want to give you all I can
I want to know you
I want to someday understand
And its all for you
Yeah, who you going to be, who you going to be?
Always there through the rough times
And you're always there when no one else cares,
No one else cares
Always there
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Despite the technical rigors of qualifying for a loan today, there is something more ominous lurking in all mortgage applications that most consumers wouldn't think twice about. Specifically, we're talking about the eligible funds for the mortgage transaction. You might have the money in the bank, but it isn't that simple. A lender will still want to know who the funds belong to, and how the money got there. And if you can't document these things, your mortgage could get delayed — or denied.
Bank Statements Don't Reveal the Whole Picture
Bank statements show the funds in your account, but whether these funds are legitimate is another question entirely. And cash deposits that are inconsistent with your banking history will be under the lender's magnifying glass. In fact, cash deposits cause more problems and scrutiny for consumers trying to secure mortgages today than any other credit item. So let's take a look at the typical scenarios homebuyers need to be ready for when documenting their cash in the bank.
If any deposit is more than 25% of your monthly income…
Then monies will have to be sourced with a clear letter of explanation, or a potential gift letter if the money came in the form of a gift, along with a statement from the person gifting that money showing they had the ability to do so.
If any deposits are less than 25% of your monthly income…
Then these funds can be used in the loan transaction, although the consumer may be asked to explain where the funds originated. However, no paper trailing will be required.
If cash is from a side job or any other exterior source other than your occupation…
Then — if it is needed for the mortgage transaction — that money will have to be "seasoned" for a period of 60 days, meaning those funds are ineligible for use toward the mortgage until two statement cycles have passed. Then those funds will be eligible.
If a deposit is a gift…
Then the person giving the gift needs to show on paper a clear ability for them to gift money to the recipient. In other words, a friend of the person giving the gift can't make a deposit in the giftor's account without getting a clear and concise explanation, including a gift letter and subsequent paper trail with bank statements showing where the funds originated and where the funds ended up.
If additional reserves are needed, e.g. two months' worth of mortgage payments liquid in the bank (which is typically what's needed)…
Then consumer must meet the 60-day seasoning requirement, unless the funds are from paychecks in the normal course of pay periods.
How This Mistake Could Cost You
Should any one of these situations occur, plan on a longer escrow followed by a longer interest rate lock. The longer a transaction takes, the higher the cost. Circumstances like gathering together financial documentation at the last minute, sourcing monies and/or getting contractual purchase contract extensions, which often run as high as $100 per day for every day the transaction does not close on time, are all examples of how important timing is in procuring loan approval.
It is in the consumer's best interest to handle the paper trailing concerns and credit characteristics with the lender upfront, so it doesn't become an issue later on when loan contingencies need to be removed or when the refinance slated to close is delayed because an updated statement shows deposits inconsistent with the consumer's income.
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When I originally heard about this research study, I will admit to feeling a bit depressed and confused with the reported results. Certainly, our goal when working with people who have celiac disease is to make a diagnosis as soon as possible. We know that the longer you have undiagnosed celiac disease, the higher your risk of dying from all causes, as well as increasing your risk of suffering from an additional autoimmune disease (remember that celiac itself is an autoimmune disease).
Why then would it be found that individuals who are diagnosed with celiac disease in childhood have a 3-fold increased risk of death occurring primarily from suicide, accidents and violence? [Note: malignancies (cancer) and cerebrovascular disease (e.g. stroke) also played a role.] On the other hand, individuals who are diagnosed with celiac in adulthood have a smaller increased risk of death, about 38% and primarily from cancer of the GI tract and lymphoma - still an increase over their celiac-free counterparts, but not as marked an increase as those diagnosed in childhood. What occurs for this to happen?
Let's look at the research in more detail: Two hundred eighty-five children and 340 adults diagnosed with celiac disease in childhood and adulthood respectively, were followed until death, loss of follow-up (they lost track of them) or up to December 31, 2004. This was the first study of its kind with such excellent long-term follow-up which allowed the researchers to really discover the life course of these individual's health status as compared to the general population.
As mentioned above, all-cause mortality more than 5 years after diagnosis was increased threefold in children compared with only a 38% increase in adults. One thought was that the increased mortality in those diagnosed as children was due to behavioral change associated with coping with a chronic disease. The authors referenced some studies that showed children with chronic diseases to more likely be 'risk takers' than their healthy counterparts.
The first thought I had was that these celiacs who were diagnosed as children were not adhering to their diet. Since the majority of the excessive number ofdeaths in this group were from accidents, suicides and violence, it makes sense that poor adherence to a gluten-free diet was a potential culprit. Gluten affects the nervous system and hormonal balance, so years and years of poor gluten-free adherence could very well result in depression or other mental health changes that could result in the types of mortality seen in this study. The authors concurred that was likely a factor and stated that "poor adherence to a gluten-free diet and depression or other psychiatric morbidity are likely to be associated. Once a psychiatric problem exists, there is a 'catch-22' of reduced compliance – therefore one feeds into the next. The others also stated that "better dietary adherence might improve any depression or other psychiatric morbidity and make self-harm less likely."
It's a delicate matter and one that any parent of a celiac child or a child with any chronic disease must address: How best to keep them healthy, following the dietary regimen that is prescribed AND happy! Is accomplishing all three a Herculean or near-impossible task? I don't think so. And having been working with patients for well over 20 years plus having three children of my own who are all gluten intolerant, I think I can speak with some authority on the matter.
Here are my recommendations:
1. Whether you are an adult or child diagnosed with gluten intolerance, you must be properly educated. This is not a light matter or a diet that you can follow when you're 'in the mood'. This is a life-long commitment that, while difficult, is well worth the effort it takes. Until you are properly educated, you won't take the needed steps that are required to alter your lifestyle around your gluten-free requirements. As the parent of a child, if the child is too young to appreciate this, then you must be responsible for everything that goes into their mouth. Yes, I know that's a big deal but it is your responsibility nonetheless to handle caretakers, teachers and parents of friends. I did it for all my children and it was worth it.
2. A gluten-free child necessitates a gluten-free household. I know, you're not happy about this, but if it makes a difference in your child's long life vs. premature death, then obviously there is no argument. This is my opinion based on working with many, many patients, not to mention raising three children with gluten intolerance – so let me state that at the outset.
But when I think about what children least enjoy, high on the list is 'being different'. Certainly well up on that same list, for I think most of us, is 'feeling deprived'.
I think you'll admit that being the 'only' gluten-free member of a household who watches everyone else in the house eating gluten when you can't, is a depressing proposition. Family members who are definitely deemed safe to eat gluten can do so on their own, when they are not in the presence of the child. When the family is together, it's needs to be a gluten-free zone that everyone puts on a happy face about. It's not going to help to have a gluten-free household if a sibling is complaining about having to follow the diet in front of the gluten-free child.
When going out to eat or going to parties, you'll find as a parent that you'll do a better job of preparing your child's food if you know that you and the rest of the family need to be prepared as well.
I think it's critical to openly discuss why the child is gluten-free and how one's health can be adversely affected by gluten. I raised my children to openly discuss gluten intolerance and the result was that they rarely felt deprived, plus they frequently diagnosed friends and their families with gluten intolerance! It was impressive how often they referred unhealthy friends or their family members to the clinic who indeed ended up having a gluten problem.
The big moral of the story is that if you're gluten intolerant you're not 'weird' or 'different'. In fact you are in very good company. The only problem is that most of the people suffering with gluten intolerance just don't know it. So don't be silent about your condition, tell others. Educate everyone you meet. Not only will you feel less alone but you will most likely help many others to improve their health. That's what happened in my family.
3. Find a clinician who works with gluten intolerant patients often and understands the nuances of not only diagnosis of celiac but gluten sensitivity as well. Further, the doctor should be versed in the critical secondary effects of gluten that if not addressed will prevent full restoration of health. And lastly the doctor should understand and be comfortable working with children so that he/she fully educates them and their families to have a healthy and happy gluten-free home.
I hope this was informational. This is an extremely important topic and one that we take quite seriously here at HealthNOW. We ensure that every child we see truly understands the importance of following their diet and do everything possible to see that the family is supportive in every way possible. If you have a child with gluten intolerance or one you suspect is, or if your own health is not the way you want it to be, consider contacting us for a free health analysis. We are here to help!
Our destination clinic treats patients from across the country and internationally, so you do not need to live locally to receive help.
Visit us at www.RootCauseMedicalClinic.com. If you have questions or need any help, I'm here for you! Call 408-733-0400.
I look forward to hearing from you.
To your good health,
Dr Vikki Petersen, DC, CCN, CFMP
IFM Certified Practitioner
Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of "The Gluten Effect"
Author of the eBook: "Gluten Intolerance – What You Don't Know May Be Killing You!"
Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of "The Gluten Effect"
Author of the eBook: "Gluten Intolerance – What You Don't Know May Be Killing You!"
American Journal of Gastroenterology 2007;102:864–870. 'Long-Term Mortality in People With Celiac Disease Diagnosed in Childhood Compared With Adulthood: A Population-Based Cohort Study'. M Solaymani-Dodaran, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.; J. West, M.B., Ph.D., M.R.C.P.; R. Logan, M.B., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.


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The Secretary of the Army shall cause the Mississippi River Commission to make an examination and survey of the Mississippi River below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, (a) at places where levees have prior to May 15, 1928, been constructed on one side of the river and the lands on the opposite side have been thereby subjected to greater overflow, and were, without unreasonably restricting the flood channel, levees can be constructed to reduce the extent of this overflow, and where the construction of such levees is economically justified, and report thereon to the Congress as soon as practicable with such recommendations as the commission may deem advisable; (b) with a view to determining the estimated effects, if any, upon lands lying between the river and adjacent hills by reason of overflow of such lands caused by the construction of levees at other points along the Mississippi River, and determining the equities of the owners of such lands and the value of the same, and the commission shall report thereon to the Congress as soon as practicable with such recommendation as it may deem advisable: Provided, That inasmuch as the Mississippi River Commission made a report on the 26th day of October 1912, recommending a levee to be built from Tiptonville, Tennessee, to the Obion River in Tennessee, the said Mississippi River Commission is authorized to make a resurvey of said proposed levee and a relocation of the same if necessary, and if such levee is found feasible, and is approved by the board created in section 702a of this title, and by the President the same shall be built out of appropriations made after May 15, 1928.
33 U.S. Code § 702k. Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of levee in Tennessee
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, § 11, 45 Stat. 538; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.


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How to play The monkeys create a sum. Drag the ball with the correct answer into the hole in the tree.
Sometimes the ball with the correct answer is hidden behind another ball.
Controls: mouse
What we learn Addition and Subtraction Sums with the numbers 1 to 10
Ready for classrooms with a SMARTboard or Interactive Whiteboard
Educational maths lessons for elementary / primary school online homeschool curriculum


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Feast your eyes on this stop-motion music video by animator Kevin Parry. The short took about six months to film, and required hundreds of paper cutouts, but we think you'll agree that Parry did a pretty great job serving up a splendid depiction of Earth's past, present and (possible) future.
Highlights of the stop-mo short — which was created to accompany the song in the background, Kalle Matson's Thick as Thieves — include the big bang, the K—T extinction event, the
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Tonight, longtime Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman will be at International House to present a screening of Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly. The nuke-scare noir is key in his new book, An Army Of Phantoms: American Movies And The Making Of The Cold War, published March 15, which traces the ways culture and history walk hand-in-hand—particularly with regards to Hollywood, Washington D.C., and Moscow from the end of World War II to the mid-'50s.
Army Of Shadows, a prequel of sorts to 2005's The Dream Life: Movies, Media And The Mythology Of The Sixties, is a dizzying feat of cinematic and historical scholarship, using primary sources to draw connections between Hollywood's blacklist and the Tehran Conference, the Committee on Un-American Activities and the subtexts of films like Them! and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.
In preparation for his visit, Hoberman talked to The A.V. Club about some of his favorite, and not-so-favorite, Cold War movies.
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The A.V. Club: An Army Of Shadows views movies as historical documents as much as products of a filmmaker's vision. In some, like Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, it's as if the filmmakers are venting the nation's pent-up anxiety about war and nuclear annihilation. In the case of Kiss Me Deadly, did you get the sense Aldrich explicitly intended to do that?
J. Hoberman: It's hard to say—that wasn't the original premise. They ran into trouble with the Production Code, so they threw in the comic espionage angle. But clearly, once it was in there, the movie's inconceivable without that. They never would have had an ending like that with a heroin shipment.
AVC: So the Production Code is the reason the contents of the mystery package Mike Hammer is trying to track down were changed from drugs to some sort of nuclear device?
JH: I saw the correspondence. I don't know what it violated; I thought there were other movies that dealt with drugs at the time. They also objected to other things—it was way too violent, the Mike Hammer character was amoral.
But Aldrich had to play them. Some of the statements that he made about the movie were said deliberately to create a spin that the Production Code would go for. He emphasized that it was a critique of vigilante justice, then turned around and wrote an article in the Herald-Tribune saying he kept faith with all the Mickey Spillane fans.
What I was suggesting at the end of the book, with that cluster of movies that came out in '55, '56, '57—Kiss Me Deadly, The Searchers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rebel Without A Cause, and A Face In The Crowd—is that it became viable, suddenly, for ambitious filmmakers to make political statements in their movies, and I think that's what segues into [the era he covers in] The Dream Life.
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) / High Noon (1952)
AVC: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is particularly fascinating in that it can be interpreted as being on either end of the political spectrum—an allegory of either the encroachment of Soviet-style groupthink or a protest against the conformity of 1950s America.
JH: High Noon is the same way. In both cases, interestingly, it was liberals or former Communists, definitely people on the left, making one kind of allegory that would be read as something quite different by people at large.
Another thing about Body Snatchers is that nobody really got it when it came out. It took some Italian critics to point out that it seemed to be a movie about fear of Communism.
Pickup On South Street (1953)
AVC: Along with Elia Kazan and John Ford, Samuel Fuller is the filmmaker who makes the most repeat appearances in the book. Which film of his should we talk about?
JH: Pickup On South Street is the one that's the most significant, although The Steel Helmet is also a very important movie historically, and a movie that I like quite a bit.
AVC: What's special about Pickup for you?
JH: Fuller takes a situation and just pushes it beyond the pale, goes as far as he can with it. He says in his memoirs that he knew he was making a movie about the Cold War. The degree he knew he was taking this radical McCarthy line (that it was the roughnecks, the dirty fighters, the lowlifes who would protect America) and making a kind of cartoon out of it, or whether he was just dramatizing how capitalism or free enterprise could play out in the Cold War—I don't know.
Fuller had an artistic sensibility. He came up with something that was rich and contradictory: "A good yarn," as he would say.
Fort Apache (1948)
AVC: What about John Ford? Fort Apache seems to be the most important film for you.
JH: Fort Apache is the key movie; Rio Grande is the one that's most bellicose, the most obvious Cold War film.
Ford is much more mysterious to me as a personality than Kazan or Fuller. I think that he was steeped in these American myths, Longfellow and Zane Grey—I don't think it was Melville and Faulkner for him. He had a tremendous understanding of American narrative, American stories. He also was deeply influenced by his experience of World War II; afterward, he was making Westerns, but they were often war movies at the same time. That comes out in Fort Apache.
AVC: During a meeting of the Director's Guild at which Cecil B. DeMille tried to make it mandatory for members to sign an anti-Communist loyalty oath, Ford famously opened his opposing statement with, "My name's John Ford. I make Westerns." There's a kind of calculated humility there; he's simultaneously disavowing politics and laying claim to a bedrock American genre.
JH: It was tremendously calculated. He was another one who worked both sides of the street politically.
AVC: You definitely feel his war experience in his films. The parts of The Battle Of Midway he shot onboard an aircraft carrier comprise some of the most visceral, physically affecting combat footage ever shot—you can see the camera lenses being knocked out of alignment by the force of the deck guns.
JH: Even in This Is Korea, even though it's one of the most downbeat government-sponsored movies—I can't believe they put that out in theaters. Of course, nobody wanted to see it, so it didn't matter anyway. It's as bleak as The Steel Helmet in its way. It's hard to see.
My Son John (1952)
AVC: What about Leo McCarey's My Son John, in which small-town boy Robert Walker is revealed to be a Communist spy? You seem to be of two minds there—you call it one of "the most passionately personal anti-Communist movies," but also "relentlessly unfunny and starkly melodramatic."
JH: We tried to get that [for the International House screening]; it's almost impossible.
There are people who admire it as a movie—I'm not one of them. I think it's kind of awful. It's not because it's Red-baiting; I enjoy I Was A Communist For The FBI, and even I Married A Communist has its moments. But this, it's just lugubrious.
On the other hand, it has some genuinely horrifying scenes. The character of the the father, Dean Jagger, when he's singing that song and parading around, and Helen Hayes' hysterical scenes—to me, this is bad acting, but I can't deny the intensity.
Force Of Evil (1948)
AVC: Force Of Evil is the only movie that Abraham Polonsky was able to direct before he became one of the Hollywood Ten; it also starred John Garfield, whose life was essentially ruined by the blacklist. What about it stands out for you?
JH: The basic leftist tenet that organized crime is just another form of capitalism. The thing is, very little attention was paid when [Force Of Evil] came out. They changed the ending, shortened it. It just fell into the cracks.
What was interesting to me was that critique did not disappear. You find it in mob films that were made in the early '50s, after the Kefauver Committee [which investigated organized crime], then it blossoms with tremendous force with The Godfather.
I always felt that Garfield, he's sort of the alternate Brando. A lot of the stuff that made Brando great is there. But Brando was 10 years younger, and he wasn't marked by the '30s the same way that Garfield was.


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* Sami (Alison Sweeney, pictured) opens up emotionally to Anna about Sydney.
* Daniel realizes there's more to Melanie than Carly lets on.
* Carly witnesses sexual tension between Nathan and Melanie.
* Kate has it out with Vivian for hijacking the wedding.
* Brady and Arianna celebrate her freedom together.
Thursday – Hope threatens to take Ciara away from Bo.
Friday – Kate confronts Carly about her connection to Vivian and Melanie.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Days: Such a Tease!
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B&B: Such a Tease!
· The true intent behind an admiration raises suspicions.
· Frustrations are misinterpreted.
· Vengeance gets in the way of productivity.
· Aggravation in the workplace causes tension between many parties.
Y&R: Such a Tease!
* Adam makes a decision about his future at Newman Enterprises.
* After learning of Tucker's true intentions, Jill pleads for Kay's forgiveness but will it be too late?
* Daisy manipulates Lauren (Tracey Bregman, pictured) to further her agenda.
* Victor offers Billy a once in a lifetime opportunity.
* Jana sees a whole new side of Ryder that could change everything.
James Mitchell, 89, of AMC Passes Away
(from the Associated Press)
James Mitchell, who for nearly three decades played gruff patriarch Palmer Cortland on the ABC soap opera "All My Children," has died, his longtime partner said Sunday night.
Mitchell died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, partner Albert Wolsky said. Mitchell had suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for years, complicated by a recent bout of pneumonia.
Mitchell appeared in more than 300 episodes of the popular soap from 1979 until a 40th anniversary episode this month. He was a regular on the show until 2008.
Mitchell enjoyed playing the icy, wealthy Palmer, who wielded power over his children and the show's fictional town of Pine Valley.
"He loved playing mean," Wolsky said. "A soap gives an actor a chance to develop something because it goes on for so long."
Born in Sacramento in 1920 and trained as a dancer, Mitchell had leading roles in the Broadway musicals "Brigadoon" and "Paint Your Wagon," and danced on stage with the American Ballet Theater.
His film credits include 1953's "The Band Wagon" with Fred Astaire, 1954's "Deep in My Heart" and 1955's "Oklahoma."
Mitchell also taught movement for actors at Yale University and Drake University, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate.
Funeral plans were pending.


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Pass by Blue Stone Well in sun's first day in March
where the fox roams upon paw and tries advance
.....to the whitewashed fence. Rank
red fox smell for the setter.
Blind rattles in the dry
bush. Brown-leaf. Clearwater
.....in the runnels.
1st day of Spring March 21st advance
Introduction of animals to the West
.....Pasture today begins. By
the low water
.....a buckbean shoot
shining in the mud.
.....Bless the weather
the green
.....dung. The Spring
.....The yellow loosestrife yet
to come.
TC: Pass By Blue Stone, from Poetry Vol. 105, No. 2 (November 1964)


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My hard drive died, and I may not be able to recover any of the data.
NO I DIDN'T FREAKING BACK UP. That's everyone's first question. Is it really normal for people to back up their hard drive? I wish I had, but I've been surprised by the number of people who seem shocked that no, I haven't backed up onto an external hard drive, and no, I don't have Dropbox. If I could go back I sure freaking would.
Platinum Data Recovery is saying there's a 20% chance of recovery. If they can't recover it, $300. If they can, $945, which makes me want to wet my pants a little bit but is a small price to pay for getting my shit back.
I'm trying not to think about the fact that when the weatherman says there's a 20% chance of rain, nobody takes an umbrella.
I'm also trying not to think about everything on that hard drive. A brief sample:
- Every grant I've ever written for my theatre company, Circle X.
- My high school papers. Senior project report, writing for the theatre group I ran, every English essay.
- Thousands of photos. I had Circle X's photo archive, plus my own pictures going back to about 2003. Some of them are on Facebook. Not nearly all of them. At least I have a CD with my wedding photos. I'd be very sad to lose the last photos of my bunny Bentley, who passed away a few weeks ago. As her health deteriorated, I started taking lots of pictures of her. Bentley cuddling with Zack; Bentley sitting in a box; Bentley at the vet. I'd just transferred the last ones to my computer when it died.
- Creative writing. I don't think I have copies of most of the scenes, one-acts and personal essays I wrote during college. My Scripps email address closed when I left, so there's no way to go back and get them.
- All of my academic writing from college and graduate school. Unless I happened to email it to someone through Gmail, it was only on that hard drive. I know I have my undergraduate and Masters theses, but there were a lot of longer papers on things like British country house poetry and the familial relationships in Austen's work.
So yeah. Pretty much 10+ years of all of my photos, creative writing, and my entire academic career. On a scratched piece of metal that's about to go into something called a "clean room" for "extraction." I'm picturing the clean room as the place the Architect hangs out in the Matrix sequels. The Platinum Data guys are all dressed in white linen suits with mirrored glasses, looking at my poor little hard drive on a big marble pillar. A green laser comes on, plays over the hard drive. It glows. The laser stops, and one of the white suit guys walks over and stares intently. Then… what? Do I get my shit back? Or does one scratch permanently wipe out everything I've put down on virtual paper since I was 16?
As long as I get my Bentley photos back, I'll be fine. Right?


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Retail analysts say a half-billion dollars in lost work productivity occurs on the Monday following the annual shopping frenzy of Thanksgiving weekend. They blame it on employees surfing for bargains online on their work computers. But how do they get away with it? Most employers don't allow use of the Internet for personal reasons. Check with local companies about what their Internet use policies are, how vigorously they hunt down violators and how they punish them. The temptations of high-speed Internet access apparently are too great for human beings to resist.
Picture the dilemma.
You've got your eyes on a Circuit City plasma TV and the store is offering free shipping when you purchase it online.
Your home computer is so unreliable and slow the thought of fighting traffic, crowds and beleagured salespeople is preferable to watching a Web page load with all the urgency of a Sunday afternoon nap.
Your work computer is faster than Santa's sleigh, but your company has a no-personal-use Internet policy.
Plasma TV. No plasma TV.
Something's got to give.
"As a school district, we're a little different since we're a taxpayer-funded entity. Our policy is the Internet can only be used for the purposes of education or research," said Stacey Shangraw, spokeswoman for Peoria School District 150. "Are we looking over people's shoulders and tracking where employees are searching on the Internet? No. If there was a decline in performance and we learned it was because of too much time spent online, would we investigate? Absolutely. It's not a big problem with us."
The number of people shopping online continues its steep incline. A weekend survey commissioned by Shop.org showed that 72 million Americans, or 31.9 percent of adults, intended to shop online on Monday — known now as Cyber Monday. Last year 60.7 million shopped that way; in 2005, it was 59 million.
The study showed that 68.5 million of this year's shoppers will shop from a work computer — or 54.5 percent of all office workers with Internet access.
The job placement consulting firm of Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. of Chicago reported that Cyber Monday could cost employers upwards of $500 billion as their worker bees browse the L.L Bean Web site instead of working to close the Johnson account.
Employers could be placed in three different categories of shopping-at-work tolerance: none, some and "Did you see etoys.com is offering a Cyber Monday discount of $5 off orders of $35 or more? Oh, and Bivens from accounting is on line three."
For Peoria city employees, the policy is clear cut.
"Employees are encouraged to use the Internet for research, education and communications. Internet use is primarily intended for business purposes when accessed from any computer owned by and located on city property," the policy reads.
And further, "Employees' use of the Internet is monitored for compliance with this policy. A record of all sites visited by employees will be captured, recorded, and sent to all department heads on a monthly basis."
The policy is a little looser at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
"Our policy states that incidental and occasional use of the Internet is permitted during non-work hours," said hospital spokesman Chris Lofgren. "That means if you do things, like shop, it has to be on your own time. It can't be during work time and anything you do can be monitored."
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|Welcome to Wattz2000's talk page!
OMG, Yay! I'm so happy inside. :D, well it may have to be talked about between some of the current users, as there isn't really enough people left on the wiki to do voting, (even though we minimized the voting scores...) But Glad to have you back! Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."21:06,2/20/2013 4,527
- But there are still those who get emails when something gets edited, like me getting an email about this talk page being edited. . ƒelinoel_ 19:45, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
And Who are you? o.o Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."19:49,2/22/2013 4,527
- felinoel, aww looks like my signature is broken... . ƒelinoel_ 19:58, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
- If you're going to complain about getting emails when this talk page is edited then you need to unfollow it. And don't complain, seeing as you're the one following this page and it's not even your talk page. – EnemyPeacemaker 20:35, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
- ..?
- I was not complaining, I was saying that those who get emails for edits are still going to be seeing a notice for voting. . ƒelinoel_ 20:38, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
- Seems like to me, that you were complaining, otherwise you wouldn't have messaged, or left any input on a talk page that isn't yours. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."14:12,2/25/2013 4,527
- I have no clue why it seems like that to you, plenty of people leave input on talk pages that aren't their own, that is how talk pages work. . ƒelinoel_ 14:34, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Not when what your saying has nothing to do with the first message. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."15:01,2/25/2013 4,527
- Sorry for all the messages Wattz, if you want, you can just delete it. ;) Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."18:34,2/25/2013 4,527
- It was said that people would not know about new posts made here because everyone left, and I said that some people who still have pages set to watch and watched set to email when edited would see it, therefore it had everything to do witth the first message. . ƒelinoel_ 18:50, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
- If you're going to complain about getting emails when this talk page is edited then you need to unfollow it. And don't complain, seeing as you're the one following this page and it's not even your talk page. – EnemyPeacemaker 20:35, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
'''''[[User:Wattz2000|The]] [[User talk:Wattz2000|Puzzle]] [[Special:Contributions/Wattz2000|Master]]'''''
Siggymajiggy. – EnemyPeacemaker 03:39, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Prefs finally loaded. Time to check out my sweet new ride~ Thankies. ^^ The Puzzle Master 04:16, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
After another 2 weeks, you should be able to step up for rollback and chatmoderator, as Jäzzi got her rights within days to a week and a half of coming back. If I Remember Correctly. Anyways, glad to have you back! Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."14:36,3/1/2013 4,527
- Thanks for the heads-up! ^^ Though, dunno how reliable I'll be considering how awful my personal life's been as of late. I'm trying to at least be productive in some way. The Puzzle Master 18:27, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
Tagging pages for deletion
When you tag pages for deletion, such as you did here please remember to check Special:WhatLinksHere to make sure it isn't being used. Otherwise it will transclude the deletion template onto the pages that it is on. – EnemyPeacemaker 12:28, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm horribly sorry for screwing up like that, I suppose. : / However, I feel that I shouldn't be the one who'd have to change those links only because they're talk pages, and should be done via a bot so that users don't get unnecessary messages. You know what I mean? The Puzzle Master 13:09, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- It can be done by bot, yes. But if you're the one tagging things for deletion, you are responsible for cleaning up the links. For an example, if you're having a snack of a bowl of doritos, and your family is also in the room, and you spill the doritos, it is your responsibility to clean it up, as you were the one eating them. Your family can help you clean up the doritos, but in the end, you are the one who was eating them, therefore you should take the responsibility to clean them up.
- And not everything can be done by bot, seeing as there is one bot on this wiki. And the owner of said bot is at school. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:34, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- You could always try having another bot if that becomes an issue. I'm not exactly sure what the analogy there is really going at, though. Like, aren't we as a wiki one big group whose job is work together? I understand what you mean, though, and should I just go ahead and message the people by getting rid of the links? The Puzzle Master 14:39, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- Each person in the group has to do their part. If you did your part by tagging pages for deletion, you should continue to do your part by cleaning out Special:WhatLinksHere. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:41, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- When you tag something for deletion you always have to make sure WhatLinksHere is clear. – EnemyPeacemaker 14:51, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- When I was a regular user I would go through and clean up redirect links, red links, and file links, as well as links to things that needed deletion. A bot doesn't always need to be used. If you can't use a bot you make do. – EnemyPeacemaker 15:01, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
- Unusual... most Wikias I've been to have the making sure What Links Here gets cleaned up by the person deleting the page, not the person tagging the deletion. But then if it is too used no one ever deletes it... this does seem like a better system. . ƒelinoel_ 17:47, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
Favourite pokemon?
Mine is Aron.RTA fan (talk) 18:51, April 3, 2013 (UTC)
Hardest to catch pokemon?
I'd say Kyogre or Groudon. RTA fan (talk) 19:59, April 4, 2013 (UTC)
- I say it is special ability Ditto. . ƒelinoel_ 15:16, April 5, 2013 (UTC)
Per this section and this message your chat moderator rights will be removed since there was no community discussion. I understand you were a chat moderator before, but requests for rights still have to go through, even if it's just for chat moderator. If you want your chat moderator rights back, run a request. – EnemyPeacemaker 19:05, April 5, 2013 (UTC)
- You're the admin. Demod me since I haven't had a request. The Puzzle Master 19:06, April 5, 2013 (UTC)
Did you know?
That Mew is from Guyana? RTA fan (talk) 18:51, April 8, 2013 (UTC)
Message from 22.214.171.124
You smell like doody 💩 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs)
The "issue" is that messages don't get removed from talk pages. They get hidden. DangerousDangerously 18:04, May 28, 2013 (UTC)
- I do understand your idea there, but surely you should use your administrating time lecturing the user who made the personal attack rather than the user who made a slight error cleaning up their talk page from the aforementioned attack. : | I'll be sure that it won't happen again... and if it does, I guess I should say "I'm sorry" just in case. : D The Puzzle Master 18:08, May 28, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm positive that you don't need to be telling me what I should be doing during my administrating time. I have things under control and an order in which I will take care of them. DangerousDangerously 18:12, May 28, 2013 (UTC)
- Well, alrighty, then. : D I hope that you and your fellow admins are doing a great job here! I hope you have things under control too--this wiki has seen some better days, unfortunately. : / But not to worry, I'm here to help. : D ...well, in some ways anyway. The Puzzle Master 18:17, May 28, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm positive that you don't need to be telling me what I should be doing during my administrating time. I have things under control and an order in which I will take care of them. DangerousDangerously 18:12, May 28, 2013 (UTC)
When marking for deletion
Clear out the WhatLinksHere so actual pages don't get tagged for deletion through a template. DangerousDangerously 18:18, May 28, 2013 (UTC)


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i dint realize i was writing a code for sum of first n natural numbers instead of computing n*(n+1)/2
Man, this takes me back to algebra... Its more fun in MATLAB tho!
It's interesting to work with and building the confidence to solve problems....nice
Good one. Reminds me of those old school days..!!
All solutions with score 10 or 11 use the regexp cheat.
Jon or anybody!
Can you explain how the regexp cheat works?
How do you reduce the size of your code?
mucha fantasía en el titulo
what it means?
I really had to use my brain for this problem
sound simple but annoying
Funny and interesting problem!
For clarity sake,
t = triangle (n)
We need to calculate t for a given n
It is pretty easy but tricky!
I know it but I can't remember it. i think i have to study it again.
function ans = triangle(n)
! echo "function assert(~)" > ./assert.m
% Cody Team, please restric usage of regexp and !
Phillippe, you have ruined this resource by solving every problem with this answer. PLEASE DELETE
why o why do I have to compete against a trick that doesnt solve the problem in a proper way?
MATLAB get to work and clean out these 'solutions' !
function ans=triangle(n)
! echo "function assert(~)" > ./assert.m
Simple, yet nice.
I solved it bot by the best algorithm.
I also used this one. but while using other methods(not optimized), when i tried commands mentioned below, it gave "failed" status.
Can anybody tell why?
function t = triangle(n)
y= x:-1:1;
y= sum(y)
How can the above solution be improved?
You can use Gauss formula for triangular numbers. It will improve performance. It won't improve Cody size. To improve Cody size, you need hack. Popular hack is to wrap the code into regular expression. Somebody invented it to cheat scoring algorithm and it spreaded among cody submissions like a cancer. I'm not proud of this, I was using this hack too, fortunately realised that it makes no sense. Advice: don't care so much about the size, care about quality code. Most of super small solutions use some sort of cheats, you won't learn much from those.
I believe you can have a more efficient solution if you get rid of the intermediate variable A.
fancy pants
% correct solution
function triangle(n)
if n >1
for l = 1:1:(t-1)
l = l+1;
for i=1:1:l
for k = l:-1:i
fprintf(' ');
for j = 1:1:i
fprintf('* ');
fprintf(' *\n');
%please check why this is not compiling
function prac(n)
if n >1
for l = 1:1:(t-1)
l = l+1;
for i=1:1:l
for k = l:-1:i
fprintf(' ');
for j = 1:1:i
fprintf('* ');
fprintf(' *\n');
I think this works for very low numbers but as you get higher, a work around that might be faster is
Too bad the computationally inferior solution is better in terms of points.
Compared this solution score to sum(1:n). Using tic toc and varying sizes of n repeated up to 1,000,000 times I found that n*(n+1)/2 is by far faster. On the order of 10,000 times faster.
Okay, so we can definitely do better than a for loop...
@Micah Beckman no, this solution is not an "efficient" answer even though it scores high... one should use sum(1:n) to replace a for loop sum.
Of course, this solution, while short, is NOT the best solution! Clearly the best solution is the far more efficient: n*(n+1)/2
749 Solvers
Find the index of the largest value in any vector X=[4,3,4,5,9,12,0,4.....5]
268 Solvers
299 Solvers
ベクトル [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] の作成
276 Solvers
Van Eck's Sequence's nth member
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Kandy Single Bracelet
MOOST Wanted was founded in San Francisco and is now based in Amsterdam. Hemp, cotton and leather are the main materials used for this handmade jewelry brand that is making waves around the world with its distinctly bohemian vibe.
- In the beginning, the jewelry might seem a little stiff. With use, they get more flexible and start to feel better on the skin.
- If the jewelry is sprayed in with suede spray, they stay prettier for a longer period of time.


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Sleek turtleneck T-shirt in narrow-ribbed cotton jersey, it stands apart for its sparkling rhinestone motif on the neckline. Slim-fit and perfect as a staple for everyday looks.
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Sometimes, less health care is the best health care.
As part of an effort to help physicians curtail the practice of ordering unnecessary tests and procedures, the AAFP today released a list of five tests and treatments physicians should think twice about before performing, ordering or prescribing. The list is part of a national campaign called Choosing Wisely(www.ChoosingWisely.org) that launched at a press event here. The campaign is working to identify specific tests or procedures commonly used within various specialties that are not always necessary.
AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., responds to a question during the April 4 Choosing Wisely news conference.
The Academy's involvement in the Choosing Wisely campaign underscores family physicians' long-term commitment to ensuring high-quality, cost-effective care to patients, said AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., of Spokane, Wash., in a prepared statement.
"Family medicine's 'top 5' list encourages more in-depth conversations between patients and their doctors so they discuss all options and then 'choose wisely' when it comes to a treatment plan," he said.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, as much as 30 percent of care provided in the United States consists of unnecessary tests, procedures, medical appointments, hospital stays and other services that may not improve people's health. CMS projects that if U.S. health care spending continues at current levels, it will reach $4.3 trillion, or 19.3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, by 2019.
- AAFP has joined with eight other medical specialty societies in an effort to cut unnecessary health care spending.
- The nine organizations have created lists of tests and procedures physicians and patients should question.
- According to the Congressional Budget Office, as much as 30 percent of health care spending each year goes toward unnecessary tests and procedures.
In response, the Academy and eight other medical specialty societies -- the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the American College of Cardiology; the American College of Physicians; the American College of Radiology; the American Gastroenterological Association; the American Society of Clinical Oncology; the American Society of Nephrology; and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology -- joined the Choosing Wisely campaign, which originated as an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, last year.
The nine organizations initially participating in the Choosing Wisely campaign worked individually and collaboratively to create evidence-based lists of overused tests and treatments for their individual specialties. Dubbed "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question," the lists are designed to help physicians and patients think and talk about overuse or misuse of health care resources.
The AAFP's list consists of the following five recommendations:
- Do not do imaging for low back pain within the first six weeks, unless red flags are present. (Red flags include, but are not limited to, severe or progressive neurological deficits or when serious underlying conditions such as osteomyelitis are suspected.) Imaging of the lower spine before six weeks does not improve outcomes, but does increase costs and involves unnecessary radiation exposure. Low back pain is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits.
- Do not routinely prescribe antibiotics for acute mild-to-moderate sinusitis unless symptoms last for seven or more days or symptoms worsen after initial clinical improvement. (Symptoms must include discolored nasal secretions and facial or dental tenderness when pressure is applied.) Most sinusitis in the ambulatory setting is due to a viral infection that will resolve on its own. Despite consistent recommendations to the contrary, antibiotics are prescribed in more than 80 percent of outpatient visits for acute sinusitis, resulting in risk of side effects without benefit. Sinusitis accounts for 16 million office visits and $5.8 billion in annual health care costs.
- Do not use dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in women younger than age 65 or men younger than 70 with no risk factors. DEXA is not cost-effective in younger, low-risk patients but is cost-effective in older patients.
- Do not order electrocardiograms or other cardiac screening for low-risk patients without symptoms. There is little evidence that detection of coronary artery stenosis in asymptomatic patients at low risk for coronary heart disease improves health outcomes. False-positive tests are likely to lead to harm through unnecessary invasive procedures, overtreatment and misdiagnosis. Potential harms of this routine annual screening exceed the potential benefit.
- Do not perform Pap smears on women (who are) younger than 21 or who have had a hysterectomy for noncancer disease. Most observed abnormalities in adolescents regress spontaneously; therefore, Pap smears for this age group can lead to unnecessary anxiety, additional testing and cost. Pap smears are not helpful in women after hysterectomy (for noncancer disease), and there is little evidence for improved outcomes.
The lists(choosingwisely.org) drawn up by the campaign's eight other medical specialty partners are available on the Choosing Wisely website. In addition, eight more medical specialty organizations signed on to the campaign during today's press event. They are scheduled to release their lists this fall.
Consumer Reports to Help Spread the Word
Consumer Reports Health(consumerhealthchoices.org), a consumer partner in the Choosing Wisely campaign to identify tests or procedures commonly used within various specialties that are not always necessary, is leading the campaign's consumer communications program.
The company is providing resources for patients and physicians aimed at engaging them in conversations about appropriate use of health care resources. According to Consumer Reports President and CEO James Guest, the product-testing company is pushing the Choosing Wisely message to its members, as well as to other national consumer publications.
In an interview after the press event, Stream stressed the need to develop a solid, secure physician-patient relationship so meaningful patient conversations can take place.
"People really do need a doctor who knows them and can help them navigate the medical system if they have a serious medical problem," he told AAFP News Now. "It is also important to note that it is one thing to get a 'Choosing Wisely' decision from a doctor who knows you, but that to do that, you have to build trust up over time.
"I think that as family physicians, our role is unique, because we are not only managing the care that we give, but it is also just as critical that we coordinate care for our patients using our subspecialty colleagues."
Additional Resource
Annals of Internal Medicine: "The 'Top 5' Lists in Primary Care: Meeting the Responsibility of Professionalism"(6 page PDF)
(Aug. 8/22, 2011)
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An expression of encouragement, support, or approval toward a woman, used as a standalone interjection before or after a sentence. It is a variation of the more common (but also potentially diminutive) "attagirl"; sometimes spelled "atta gal." A: "I was promoted to executive manager this morning." B: "Attagal! You're in the big leagues now!"


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Literariness of a Text, as a Game
The nature of the literariness of a text and its influence on the writer and reader, is a question that has engaged the human mind for a long time. This article is going to answer this question with the special perspective and tries to provide some theories by the analysis of the literariness of the text and its relation to the concept of the game. Also, this article is going to reveal the relationship between a game and the concept of the literariness of a text.
The authors describe an artwork as an optimum condition for playing of the inner child by considering the reasons of the appearance of artworks in the first periods and also by finding a link between these artworks and childlish games. They also believe that in literature, a text can be considered as a game and this factor creates the literariness of a text. This is because of a close relationship between the game and the psychological concept of inner child. Thus the literariness of the text has relationship with the factor of considering a text as a game and with the inner child of the artist and the reader.
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Aryanpour, A. H. (Bita). An overview of the sociology of art. Printed, Board book, Faculty of Fine Arts. Tehran University, Tehran.
Berne, Eric (1370). Games, psychology, human relations (5th ed.). Alborz Publication, Tehran.
Burns, Brian (1384). Encyclopaedia of family games. Arfa Shima translation, printing, publishing, Meyar Andisheh Tehran.
Dehkhoda, A. A. (1372). Dictionary, under certain Mohammad Jafar Shahidi (1st ed., Vol.14). Tehran: Institute of Publishing and Printing, Tehran University.
Sepehri, S. (1358). In eight books (2nd ed.). Tehran: Tahoor Library.
Shafie kadkani, M. R. (1370). Music, poetry (3rd ed.). Tehran: Agah Publication.
Selected Poems of Shams (6th Ed.) (1365). Tehran: Pocket Book Company.
Shamisa, S. (1383). Literary criticism (4th Ed.). Tehran: Ferdowsi.
Schultz, Devon, & P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen (1384). History of modern psychology (7th ed.). Translated by A. A. Seif et al. Iran: Tehran.
Theories of Personality. (1386). Translated by M. John. Tehran: Tenth printing, publishing, editing.
Frazer, James George (1388). The golden branch, Research in Magic and Religion (6th ed.). translated by K. Firouzmand. Tehran: Publications of the Institute of conscious.
Bin, Justin (1385). Sophie's world (A story about the history of philosophy) (9th ed.). Translated by Hassan Kamshad. Tehran: Publisher Lily.
Moin, M. (1364). Persian Culture (7th ed., Vol. 6). Tehran: Amir Kabir.
Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad (1368). Masnavi, corrected Reynolds Elaine Nicholson (Vol. 3, 6th Printing). Tehran: Publishing Molly.
Nas, John B. (1373). History of Religion (3rd ed.). Translated by Ali Asghar Hekmat. Tehran: Scientific and Cultural Publishing Company.
Nagel, Charles (1362). School games. Tehran: Nematpour N.. Roozbeh.
Vahddust, M. (1381). Scientific approaches to mythology. Tehran: Soroush translation, printing, publishing.
Veronique, Anton Anderson (1387). Art, way of understanding the world. Tehran: Mr Chhrgan Mary Bahmanpour translation, printing, publishing, institute of cultural research.
Hauser, Arnold (1370). Social history, art (1st ed., Vol. 4,). Translation by Ibrahim Younis. Tehran: Publisher Khowarizmi.
Ahmadvand, MA (March 1371). Psychological Games. Teacher Growth, (90), 3237.
Bazargan, F. (Spring 1346). Game of Psychology. Tabriz: Journal of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, (81), 8990.
Webster, Roger (1373). Jacques Derrida and deconstruction text. Translated by A. Barani, Organon Letter, (4), 251256.
Headfield, Jay. The. (December 1352). Play. Translating Qasmyh M.. Journal of Education (Education), (72), 234239.
Klabou, Emily (08.10.1389). The best investment is to encourage children to read. Translated by M. Qblaghy, Iran Book News http://www.ibna.ir/vdcjhyeo.uqemazsffu.html.
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Doing It Right | The Redford Shuffle
We don't often break protocol and bring you a Doing It Right midweek, but when we do it's because of a moment like this.
Rockin' Aviators better than General McArthur are few and far between, but Mr. Redford here does it like he penned the book himself. While exiting his chauffeured Buick Electra outside Mary Lasker's in New York, a fantastic sartorial moment was caught on film. Channeling every bit of "The 3 Days of the Condor" a full year before its production, truly says a lot about the pictured gent.
Study up, most things done right have already been done before.


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By Elise Seyfried
"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of the tires." –Dorothy Parker
As with so many other aspects of my bipolar life, I have a love/hate relationship with the ocean. I adore sunrises over the sea, sitting at water's edge with a good book, "swimming." (My definition: wading out, ever-so-tentatively, until I am maaaayybee knee-deep in the drink, then scampering smartly ashore at the first hint of an actual wave.)
I also fear the ocean's power, its depth, its general … wateriness. Since every one of our children's summers has revolved around the Delaware seashore, you can imagine my pretend good cheer, and genuine heart-sinking sensation, each time the kids caroled, "Let's go in!" When they got past the age when I absolutely had to let go of my deathgrip on their hands (it's been at least two or three years now), I had to content myself to watch as they rode in on the tide on their flimsy boogie boards, jumped — or, worse, ducked under — the terrifying swells.
I would read the same sentence in my book 47 times as my eyes darted up over the page and out towards my cavorting offspring. Exactly twice did I have reason to be this panicky. Evan was once carried out by a riptide — and promptly rescued by a lifeguard; Julie got a mild concussion by being knocked over in the surf. The other 1800 trips to the beach, the biggest mishaps involved sunscreen in the eyes and PB & Js snatched by ravenous seagulls.
Well, now my worst nightmare — being trapped underwater — is currently being lived out by Lt. JG Evan Seyfried, USS Greeneville. Evan is "underway" to parts and for times unknown, and I am left, ashore and forlorn, to imagine how I could possibly have mothered a child so totally unfazed by life on a submarine.
I'm learning to cope with waiting for whatever news he can share (email, miraculously, does travel back and forth, but at a virtual snail's pace), hanging on to Evan's reassurance that subs have come a little ways since the small, super-cramped boats featured in WWII movies. I try hard to begin and end the day in prayer for him — prayers for his safety — and then mean it, let God be God and care for my child where I cannot follow. But still…
Other places I cannot go, now that ALL the Seyfried kids are "underway," one way or another, include the classes Sheridan is teaching at Curtis Institute of Music. How I'd love to sneak in and listen to my son instruct a roomful of gifted young musicians! But guess what? That invitation has not yet been issued! How about a visit to Rosie's "flat" in London last summer, as she worked on a sound installation for the Royal Opera House? Heck, how about Rosie's front stoop in Boston, hanging out with her Berklee buds? Haven't gotten that invite either!
To finish the roll call, PJ has yet to ask me to a Friday night Millersville University party (I'm sure he probably just lost my phone number), and when Jules has high school friends over, her "special request" is for me to please find something to do in a galaxy far, far away.
So when did I become so darned dispensable? Why does it seem that the clichéd "roots and wings" line is being altered around here, with the roots uprooted and all the wings flapping wildly, propelling them farther and farther from me? I guess I didn't think I'd feel quite so marginalized until I was a good bit older (say, age 126 or so).
The other day we had one of those bizarre conversations that seem to be a staple of the Seyfried house. Julie asked who had been scheduled to "get" the brood if anything happened to Steve and me. I responded, "Aunt C." (My sister deserves her crown in Heaven for agreeing to this plan, but I am SURE her every prayer, back in the day, was that she be spared life as "Auntie Mom" to five children under age 10!)
Julie then said casually, "Well, you know, we'd be fine on our own now, if anything happened. We'd figure it out." What should have been a reassuring comment, instead triggered an unreasonable longing to turn back the hands of time to the anxious, crazy, exhausting days when I was capital N "Needed."
Oh I know, I know, they still need me, just in a different way. Their independence and competence are such positive things, qualities they have worked hard to develop and deserve to enjoy. And I truly believe that I am still on speed dial when life's crises hit. And I truly never want to become Clingy Mother, demanding hourly check-ins from her brood.
So, where does that leave me? Redefining myself for sure, and maybe that's something I really needed to do.
Like it or not, I am "underway" as well. Setting sail on that ocean I both love and hate, that ocean called life. A new kind of mom, onward to the next adventure.
Elise Seyfried is Director of Spiritual Formation at Christ's Lutheran Church in Oreland. She is also an actress, wife, mother of five and co-author (with husband, Steve) of 15 plays for children. She is also the author of a self-published book, "Unhaling: On God, Grace and a Perfectly Imperfect Life," a collection of essays, humorous but with a spiritual focus, based on her life as a mom and church worker. The book can be purchased for $15 plus shipping through www.eliseseyfried.com. (Also from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble bn.com, although they add an extra charge.)