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Modern portfolio theory isn't dead, declared theory inventor and Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz in a televised interview on Tuesday with Index Funds Advisors (IFA).
Markowitz, now an 84-year-old advisor serving on several boards, including that of the registered investment advisor IFA, said he still believes in the concept of "portfolio selection"—two words that were the title of the groundbreaking paper he published in 1952 while still a University of Chicago graduate student. In 1990, Markowitz won a Nobel prize in economic sciences.
His theory emphasizes the greater importance of choosing portfolio diversification over high-yield individual stock picking (which is why Markowitz recently told The New York Times that wise investors shouldn't lose any sleep over Facebook or JPMorgan stock gyrations).
"If you do like I recommend, look at your portfolio once a year when you do your income taxes," Markowitz told IFA founder Mark Hebner in the "Is Modern Portfolio Theory Dead?" episode of a three-part interview on IFA.tv, which is based in Irvine, Calif. "Whether you like portfolio theory or not, whether you think there are black swans or not, either you credit me or blame me, but I am the father of modern portfolio theory."
Insisting that he looks at standard deviations and annual volatility dating back to 1926, when the Ibbotson series starts, Markowitz said that the financial crash of 2008 delivered only a moderate deviation from the norm of the S&P 500 annual return.
Hebner's interview with Markowitz covers topics including the Nobel laureate's accomplishments, his early years, the advent of modern portfolio theory and behavioral finance.
Markowitz wrote the foreword for the 2012 edition of Hebner's book, "Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors." John Bogle called the book "incredibly handsome and wise," while Anders Oldenger of Seligson & Co. nominated it as one of the three "all-time greatest investment books," alongside those written by John Bogle and Warren Buffett.
Read more about modern portfolio theory in When Bad Things Happen to Good Portfolios—and What to Do About It at AdvisorOne.


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During their visit in Brussels, the five women will meet high level EU representatives, including High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, and civil society organisations.
'Ms President' gave women across Kenya a unique opportunity to display their leadership capacity and ability.
The TV show successfully promoted the role of women in political life and made it clear to the entire nation which leadership role women should play in effective nation building. The show also aimed to empower women and girls to become key players in preventing the spread of violent extremism and radicalization.
Throughout the process, contestants went through an extensive training course on facilitating dialogue covering a wide range of topics, including peacebuilding, reconciliation, social cohesion, human rights, women's participation, and citizen-state relationships.
The show has been an impressive success both in quality and quantity, reaching an audience of 3.5 million viewers per episode. In July 2019, the Kenyan women leaders even met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Librarians in Training: HEA Writing Retreat - Morning Session Special
Mon 10 Dec 2018
- Have you started an application for HEA fellowship but have no time to write?
Would you like a day to work on your application with no disruptions?
- Alternatively, have you heard about HEA Fellowship and are considering applying? Are you curious about the benefits of Fellowship and which level (AFHEA, FHEA, SFHEA) best suits your experience? Would you like help brainstorming evidence for your application?
- On 10 December, Librarians in Training are sponsoring a day-long writing retreat to work on applications for HEA fellowship. Come be in a room with others experiencing the same pain and just write. We will have writing sprints of about an hour and then a short break. Repeat until the end of the day!
- The retreat will be held at the Institute for Manufacturing on the West Cambridge site in a lovely seminar room with lots of natural light. Coffee/tea/biscuits and will be served in the morning and afternoon (but you'll need to bring your own lunch or purchase food in the common room or in a nearby café).
- The IfM is large, so if you'd like to discuss HEA fellowship generally or brainstorm aspects of it, we can easily meet up in the common room. Or if there is interest from everyone at the beginning of the day for a short plenary session, we can do that as well.
- You can sign up for just a half-day or both the morning and afternoon sessions. Numbers are limited to 10 people per session.
- You will need to bring your own laptop. Please come a bit early so that we can start at 9.00am sharp. If you need to arrive later, that is fine. Just please tip toe in and get set up quietly.
Can't come on December 10th? There will be two more writing retreats for HEA applications in 2019: 22 March and 21 June. Bookings for those sessions will open approximately a month before the date.
Target audience
- You must be a staff member of one of the Cambridge Libraries (College, FDL, Affiliated, Institution or UL) to attend this session.
- For further information please see our eligibility criteria
Number of sessions: 1
|Mon 10 Dec 2018 09:00 - 12:30
|09:00 - 12:30
|Institute for Manufacturing, Seminar Room 3
|Meg Westbury
- Bring your own laptop
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Syrian Rebels Skeptical That U.S. Aid Will Help
Syrian rebel leaders remained deeply skeptical that the U.S. decision to arm them would tip the balance of the conflict unless the arms included anti-aircraft weapons. Nicholas Casey reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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Everyday I think about what it would mean to suffer the panic of a disastrous earthquake. Sometimes the thought is latent, residing somewhere in my metal recesses. But at other times, like a few mornings ago when a magnitude 4 earthquake centered a few miles away literally shook me out of bed at 5:33am, it glows at the front and center in my mind like a warning fire. Can anyone ever really be ready for a seismic shift of any size? How does one prepare for the aftermath? Is there a price you wouldn't pay for hindsight?
It has been almost a year since the Tōhoku earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis and during that time there has been a great deal of giving, in terms of fundraising and charity, so that those in Northern Japan affected by the calamity may bolster their hope and know whatever relief may reach them while muster the strength to move forward and rebuild their communities. This Sunday, March 11 marks the one year anniversary of the natural disaster and I urge everyone to seek out and participate in local memorial events that honor those whose lives were claimed while maintaining awareness and providing support for organizations that continue in their effort to provide relief to survivors still striving to carve out an existence in the wake of such a catastrophe. For example, I will be heading to San Francisco's Japan Town for the community remembrance fundraising events featuring live performances and street sale (the Rise Japan booth will have all kinds of artwork on sale, including totes by Kelly Tunstall) then afterwards to Sushi Zone where owner, chef and Amoeba Music regular customer Kimiyaki Aoyama will have the restaurant open from 1-5pm -- mind you, they are never open before 5pm or on Sundays -- selling sake, beer and sushi with all profits to benefit the Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation. However, you can make a contribution and score some new vinyl at the same time.
If for no other reason than to acquire some beautiful music, Kazu Makino of the band Blonde Redhead has recently released a charity compilation on her newly founded Asa Wa Kuru label (meaning "Morning Will Come" in Japanese) with proceeds to benefit the Japan Society Earthquake Relief Fund and Architecture For Humanity (a list of these and other groups, individuals and institutions active in the disaster hit areas in Northern Japan can be found here). The vinyl-only compilation, titled We Are The Works In Progress, features some of the most hauntingly 4AD-esque broken-yet-crystalline pop-synth clarion calls to be heard of all the relief offerings put together by musicians with a mind to support Japan's post-tsunami healing process. The collection, spread over two LPs, features Blonde Redhead of course, plus an impressive array of singular artists like Four Tet, Ryuichi Sakamoto teamed up with David Sylvian, Broadcast, Deerhunter, John Maus, Interpol, Terry Riley, Pantha du Prince and many more - it is available for purchase through Amoeba Music here. Simply put, it is a gorgeous effort created to further a worthy cause - one that shouldn't provoke a pause to contemplate the value of music, but rather the value of hope.
And if you have any question of value on that score I suggest viewing the following hour-long BBC documentary which chronicles the events of March 11, 2011 and weeks and months following as it was seen through the eyes of children. The accounts captured here are nothing if not the essence of hope in its purest form. Please do whatever you can to help Japan's healing, for what it is worth. がんばれ日本。


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Keeping its promise & heritage of always being the first to introduce the latest in technology for Indian markets at most affordable price, HCL Infosystems Ltd., India's premier information enabler and country's leading ICT system integrator and Distribution Company today unveiled 'MiLeap' India's first full functional, ultra portable range of laptops that offer true mobile internet computing experience at a price point starting from Rs.13,990/- in Agra. After receiving astounding response post the recent launch of MiLeap in New Delhi, HCL now brings this unparalleled range of leaptops to the Agra consumers.
The ethnic city of Agra is on the fast track to IT advancement with the market facing consistent growth over the years. The launch of this new range of Leaptops that are sleek and light weight, yet offers a full PC functionality with true internet experience, will surely herald in a new category which holds the promise of being the future of personal mobile computing. The entire range of MiLeap Laptops is now available at HCL Digilife store in Agra, offering consumers a first hand experience of the entire product range.
'MiLeap' is targeted at consumer who needs to stay connected, informed, entertained and productive-anytime and anywhere. It's lightweight and small in size makes it so convenient, that one does not think twice about carrying it to the office, home, gym or park, or using it in a train, bus, plane or metro.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajendra Kumar, Executive Vice President, HCL Infosystems Ltd. said, "HCL is proud of its strong heritage of leading the technology revolution in India. With a legacy of having pioneered India's first micro-computer, the country's first desktop PC and the first home PC, at HCL it's always been our endeavor to create technologies that touches lives. This revolutionary new range of Ultra Portable 'MiLeap' Laptops will herald in a new category of computing devices, opening up a wide range of new usage scenarios and application areas."
"As an Indian company, we at HCL have a vision of empowering the nation through the adoption of IT at all levels. This new category, backed by HCL's reach through its nation wide distribution, service and support network will revolutionize the PC penetration in India and brings us a step closer to this vision," Mr. Kumar added.
In a world where the access to information technology is really the passport to the 21st century, Intel and HCL are determined to broaden the number of people who can get access to the internet. Many different areas of our society benefit from broadband internet access as it gives opportunities for our children to learn, opportunities for the rural population to have 21st century learning and business tools, and opportunities for small business to compete on a national and world wide scale. Affordable access to information via broadband internet is the key to keeping India growing fast and competitive in the new global economy. In order to broaden the number of people who can have access to those things, it is important to make the internet more affordable and accessible to a much larger number of people. The Indian market for information technology has tremendous potential, and has the opportunity to lead the world in delivering affordable solutions for the masses.
The 'MiLeap' range of Laptops with its ability to deliver true mobile internet experience will trigger the development of a number of new application scenarios for useful and exciting online mobile application for day to day life.
Its Ultra portable form factor makes it convenient to carry it with oneself, opening up limitless possibilities in new usage scenarios e.g in Corporates and Small businesses the 'MiLeap' range of Laptops will enable true automation of their mobile field sales and service teams bringing to them the power of real time information on the move. The HCL MiLeap Series of Ultra Portables are uniquely suitable for Women and School Children due to its sleek and ultra light design.
Among the products showcased today the HCL 'MiLeap' X Series Ultra Portable range of Laptops breaks the Rs. 14,000/- price barrier. With prices starting at Rs 13,990/- the HCL 'MiLeap' X series, which is specially designed for the Indian environment delivers exceptional value at a very affordable price.
Available with both flash-based and disk based storage versions, its sturdy design incorporates features that make it dustproof, shock-proof and durable. Both the models have network ports, are Wi-Fi ready/, have the option for "Data card" and are available with GUI enabled user friendly Linux OS.
Also showcased today is the HCL 'MiLeap' Y Series Ultra Portable Laptops breaking the sub Rs 30,000/- price barrier. Ranging from Rs 29,990/- onwards this range of Ultra Portables are at half the price point of current similar products available in the market.
The HCL 'MiLeap' Y Series, powered by the latest Intel Ultra Mobile Platform & Microsoft's Vista Home Premium, operating system weighs just 960 gm. This ultra Portable Laptop comes with a Swivel 7'' touch screen, 80GB HDD, wireless connectivity, Data Card option, blue tooth & Ethernet network port offering full PC functionality with true internet experience on the move.
The MiLeap Top Y Series incorporates a unique Navigational Pad that offers multiple navigational features such as touch screen, thumboard, stylus, keyboard, mouse and One touch buttons, making it one of the most intuitive products. It also features a Swivel 7" display cum note pad, making it a pleasure to input using a stylus and hand writing. The Microsoft Windows Vista Home premium powered MiLeap Y series is priced at Rs 33,990/-
Designed using the latest Intel Ultra Mobile platform- Intel processor A110 & Intel 945GU express chipset- this energy efficient lower power silicon design consumes less power, reduces thermal impact and gives an extended battery life.
HCL being a socially responsible organization and conscious of the environment, both products are fully RoHS compliant with low energy footprint design.
HCL also shared that they are going to come out with even more exciting products in this new category.
About HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems Ltd, with revenue (LTM) of US $ 3.1 billion (Rs. 12,500 Crores) is India's premier information enabling and ICT System Integration company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that includes Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom, Imaging and Retail. HCL is a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements of an organization.
India's leading System Integration and Infrastructure Management Services Organization, HCL has specialized expertise across verticals including Telecom, BFSI, E-Governance & Power.
HCL has India's largest distribution and retail network, taking to market a range of Digital Lifestyle products in partnership with leading global ICT brands, including Nokia, Apple, Casio, Kodak, Toshiba, Bull, Ericsson, Cisco, Microsoft, Konica Minolta and many more.
HCL today has India's largest vertically integrated computer manufacturing facility with over three decades of electronic manufacturing experience HCL desktops is the largest selling brand into the enterprise space.
With India's largest ICT services network that reaches to every corner of India, HCL's award winning Support Services makes it the preferred choice of enterprise and consumers alike. For more information please visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in
About HCL Enterprise
HCL Enterprise is a $ 4.7 billion (Rs. 19,215 crore) leading Global Technology and IT enterprise that comprises two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. The 3-decade-old enterprise, founded in 1976, is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. Its range of offerings spans Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products. The HCL team comprises approximately 53,700 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 18 countries including 360 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.in


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[Spoiler Alert! This story reveals almost many plot points from Thursday's episode of Glee. If you haven't yet watched, avert your eyes now!]
Thursday's episode of Glee didn't just tug at viewers' heartstrings. It yanked them right out! Titled "The Break-Up", the episode lived up to its name to a startling degree when pretty much every couple on the show, even the relatively new coupling of Jake and Kitty, came to crashing halt. Instead of reliving the nitty-gritty detail of the entire episode — we're still a little fragile — we counted down the six most tear-jerking moments from the love massacre of 2012:
6. Mr. Schue goes to Washington...without Emma?
Excuse you, Will? May we remind you of your unsupportive, greedy, shrew of an ex-wife? Because you seem to have forgotten and now you're just blatantly and unapologetically taking sweet, sweet Emma for granted. We're not one to take sides, but it's hard to argue with her stance. "I didn't know you just expected me to drop my entire life. ... I don't want to sit in a hotel room somewhere doing nothing while you're out fulfilling your dreams."
Ratings: 1 tissue
5. Finn and Mr. Schue hug it out
"Can I talk to you about something, Mr. Schue?" Finn asks, before collapsing into his chest for a good cry. (No, that's not a tear! It's called allergies!)
Rating: .5 tissues
4. Blaine performs the most depressing version of "Teenage Dream" at Callbacks
Oh hey, remember when this Katy Perry jam became one of Glee's best-selling singles and got everyone keen on the Warblers? Oh well, too bad, because those memories have all officially been erased and replaced with this truly depressing vision of Blaine pouring his heart out over a piano at a karaoke bar. "This is the song that I sang for the first time that I ever met the love of my life," he says as he intros the song. [Insert awkward sob-induced voice crack here].
Ratings: 1 tissue
Glee: Who is the Warblers' new frontman?
3. Blaine and Rachel admit to cheating
Fans knew first-hand that Rachel had strayed for a whole week — also, we know Finn isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but how did he not get suspicious when he saw Brody sitting on Rachel's floor enjoying a candlelit dinner? — so her confession seemed inevitable. But Blaine?! Cheating on Kurt?! And worst, it wasn't just a kiss — it was a hook-up that "didn't mean anything." While Rachel had at least a semi-decent excuse — her boyfriend refused to talk to her for months — Blaine had no such protection. "What matters is that I was by myself," he tells Kurt. "I needed you. I needed you around and you weren't there." Who is this Eli guy, anyway?! Kurt looks shell-shocked and says he's been lonely too but didn't cheat because he "knew what it meant." Even that great performance of "Don't Speak" can't silence the tears. RIP, Klaine.
Rating: 2.5 tissues
2. Santana breaks up with Brittany with a Taylor Swift song
Another song, another couple's demise. But Santana's recollection of her days sitting in the back of choir room — "where I could say things with music when words just weren't enough" — and waiting for Brittany to smile at her is heart-melting. She then serenades Brittany with the perfect song, Taylor Swift's "Mine." However, the moment is truly heartbreaking because unlike the other couples, where one person strayed or acted way out of line — we're looking at you, Will — Santana just wants to break up because she knows it's not going to help her or Brittany if they stay together and keep trying to pretend like things are never going to change, when in fact they already have. A lot. "This is not an official break-up," Santana says, even though it totally is. "You know that I will always love you the most." Whoa, Heather Morris' tears are powerful. Pass the Kleenex.
Rating: 3 tissues
9 Glee Spoilers: Finn's return, more Sam impressions and a new school musical?
1. Rachel is "done" with Finn
Rachel's final speech to Finn is a friggin' doozy. In the same tangent, she is able to praise him again and again, like when she says "this is how a man loves" in reference to his making her go to NYADA and when she tells him "you were the first boy who made me feel loved and sexy and visible," and also break his heart into tiny, teeny pieces. As soon as she says how much she wants him to be her last love, she abruptly changes gears and tells him she can't go it anymore and that they're "done." She tries to make him feel better about being without a girl, a job or general purpose in life, but where the heck does Finn go from here? And is there really hope for these two? Sure, they broke up and got back together many times during their high school days. But, as the theme of this episode points out over and over, this ain't high school anymore, kids. Rachel is busy following her dream, and Finn still needs to find his. The real stomach punch comes when the group Coldplay performance shows flashbacks to each couple's happier times. Wahhhh!
Rating: 4 tissues
What did you think of Glee's big break-up episode? Which split shocked you the most? Which couple do you think will be able to get back together?


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Congratulations to Chris A! She won an ebook from Laina Villeneuve.
Author Laina Villeneuve is with us today to celebrate the release of her third book, Such Happiness As This, available now from Bella Books.
She's also giving away an ebook copy. Want to enter the drawing? Leave a comment down there and I'll draw a winner on Friday, 27 NOV 2015. That's Black Friday for all you bargain shoppers living in the US.
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Such Happiness
by Laina Villeneuve
My third book, Such Happiness As This was released by Bella books in October. In the Acknowledgements, I thanked both of my parents, my dad for the music and my mom for the title. This writing thing I do so often feels like magic. In this book, I gave Grace's character the cello only to get her practicing at the home of her love interest, Robyn. I'm no expert on music, but my dad is, so I called him and talked about music in a way I've never talked with him before.
I told him my character was angry, and I needed a piece of music for her to be practicing. He's the one that said she should play "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals, and we had long conversations about what the cellist is trying to accomplish with the piece. I watched Yo-Yo Ma perform it over and over listening for what my dad described. I studied how a piece of music could repair someone's mood, or as my wife and I describe it, smooth down the prickles.
I am a person of prickles. Sometimes when I apologize to my wife after a particularly difficult day, she'll say it's okay, that my prickles didn't poke her. I have learned to become more aware of what spikes my prickles, and it's often tied to what Father Boyle calls the overactive disapproval gland. In his book Tattoos on the Heart, he describes the disappointment we often feel in ourselves as something we project onto God. As a Unitarian Universalist, I am not typically thinking of what God thinks about me, but I do worry about what others think, and with my highly overactive disapproval gland, I figure that those around me, my parents and colleagues (both writing and teaching) must be as critical of me as I am of myself.
Grace would never waste her time worrying about what others think. Robyn would like to say she doesn't but has spent a long time feeling pressured to be someone she is not. In one scene, she listens to Grace play and then describe "The Swan" and says it is just like Hans Christian Andersen's story, "The Ugly Duckling" when the duckling spends a winter swimming in circles trying to keep the pond from freezing around him. He feels the pressure of society to be something he is not, but he is so confident about who he is that he won't bend to the cat's idea that he should just purr or the hen's idea that he should just lay eggs.
It was that scene that had me searching through Andersen's story for a title. I found several maybes but none that spoke to me. I called my mom and ran each maybe by her, and she agreed that it was a good idea and said she'd have a look at the text. I woke up to her proposal of Such Happiness as This in my inbox, the turn of phrase from a different translation.
One would think that for someone so worried about what the world thinks, a writing career might not be the healthiest mental decision. And yet the characters I write are so much more grounded than I am, and I can't help but think that it's healthy for me to spend time in their mind-space instead of my own. The product, too, is satisfying. When the magic of writing pulls a thread tight through what I've created, I feel seen, and I feel proud as the swan that graces the cover of this book. I remember Alice Walker's idea that we write to heal ourselves, and this book brings me a few steps closer.
But not so much that I don't have more writing to do.
When I look at all that I have, I cannot help but see how very much I have that makes me happy: a wife of ten years, three spunky children and a wonderful home in Southern California where early morning walks with our little white dog give me the opportunity to see the sunrise on the San Gabriel Mountains. I'm also grateful to be a professor of English at the local community college where I'm lucky to teach Children's Lit which helped with Such Happiness as This as well as the novel I'm about to finish. I'm hoping my mom has found the right title.
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NEW YORK - November 5, 2013 - Syfy's newest original scripted series Helix will launch Friday, January 10 at 10PM (ET/PT). Repeats of the premiere will air continuously on Syfy all-day Saturday, January 11 until 10PM (ET/PT).
Executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander), Steven Maeda (Lost, The X-Files) who is also showrunner, and Lynda Obst (Sleepless in Seattle, Contact), the 13-episode drama stars Billy Campbell (The Killing, Killing Lincoln) and Hiroyuki Sanada (The Wolverine, 47 Ronin).
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to the high-tech research facility, Arctic BioSystems to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that may hold the key to mankind's salvation or total annihilation. However, the lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to unravel.
Campbell stars as Dr. Alan Farragut, leader of the Centers for Disease Control outbreak field team called upon to investigate and control a potential outbreak. Sanada also stars as Dr. Hiroshi Hatake, director of Arctic BioSystems and its mysterious viral research program.
Helix also stars Kyra Zagorsky (Supernatural) as Dr. Julia Walker, Mark Ghanimé (Emily Owens, M.D.) as Major Sergio Balleseros, Jordan Hayes (House at the End of the Street) as Dr. Sarah Jordan, Meegwun Fairbrother as Daniel Aerov, Catherine Lemieux (White House Down) as Dr. Doreen Boyle and Neil Napier (Riddick) as Dr. Peter Farragut.
Helix is produced by Tall Ship Productions, Kaji Productions and Lynda Obst Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television. Prolific director and producer Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights) is directing the premiere episode of Helix, which was written by creator and co-executive producer, Cameron Porsandeh.
About Sony Pictures Television
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I am trying to analyze the results of a physical experiment consisting of $n$ "runs" of measurements, each of which generates a set of $k$ points in Euclidean space. The following problem came up when trying to quantify the difference between these point sets. I would be extremely surprised if the problem is not already solved, but I was unable to find a solution in graph theory textbooks and on google.
I will outline the problem for $n=3$ because it is the first non-trivial case. Hopefully the solution does not fail for higher $n$. Consider a $3$-partite graph $G$ with vertex bins that we will call Red, Blue and Green. Assume that each bin has the same number of vertices, say $k>0$. Assume now that this graph is complete in the standard sense, i.e., there exists a (positively) weighted edge between any two differently colored vertices. Completeness puts us in a different situation from the one discussed here.
By a matching $m$ I mean a partition of the vertices into $k$ $3$-cliques of the type (red, blue, green). Each clique $C$ is assigned a weight $w(C)$ which equals the maximum of the weights of the edges in that clique. So a clique consisting of vertices R,B and G is assigned the max weight of the three edges RB, RG and BG. The weight of the matching is defined to be $$W(m) = \max \lbrace w(C)~|~C \text{ is a clique of } m\rbrace.$$
Here is the question:
Is there an efficient algorithm to compute $$\inf \lbrace W(m)~|~m \text{ is a matching of }G\rbrace ?$$
Note that the trivial algorithm which consists of constructing all possible matchings is known to me but happens to be a computational nightmare. If this is a known / non-research problem, I apologize. Please just point me to the correct references or search terms in this case.


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Killer 7 was awesome, and if I owned a Wii there is no way I would have ever seen this review because I would have still been far to busy playing No More Heroes for the 100th time, because that's the kind of fanboy I am. Hopeless.
I may have to secure this game, now that I have a Wii.
"thick like sarcastic marmite"???
shine on you crazy diamond.
absolutely genius episode this week.
EDIT - Earthbound was the greatest RPG for the entire Nintendo catalog, and I'm talking better than anything Enix, Square, or Level 5 has done. But they are my favs there (square-enix being the line).
@ myopicseal. Thank you so much for the transcript. I was about to ask some ... rather emberassing quesitons, because I really, really had some difficulties of getting some of the words. Ah, this is so hard to understand but worth every trouble. *sits down with the dictionary*
I haven't gotten far into this game because, quite frankly, it is so god-damned ugly. Normally I am a strong advocate of graphics coming last and being the least important thing about a game, but something about this game made it just... hard to look at. At first I thought maybe there was something wrong with my Wii, but other games ran fine. I looked at the disc... perfect condition. This is just an ugly, ugly, ugly game, and I can't understand why. Something about it makes it difficult for me to tolerate. If it looked good during the tedious parts, or if it didn't have those tedious parts which also look like the hind end of a diarrhetic yak with a tie-dye coat, I have a feeling I would be a lot farther into it by now.
How about you stop taking offense at stuff you read/see on the Internet, you 'nob.
Bitchin', as always. Actually made me want to buy the game, which is weird as it's not the sort of game I'd usually spend my rare supply of cash on.
Okay! Who slipped Yahtzee acid and a copy of Killer7?!!!
That was the most disappointing review ever. Did he only try this game for an hour or so? That's the only excuse for this review. I liked NMH at first too but about an hour into it I realized I'd been ripped off and they were trying to pass some half finished, repetitive disaster of programming as a complete game. This was one game that I was really expecting Yahtzee to give a well deserved roasting. I do appreciate the fact that he can enjoy a good game every once in a while, but NMH is the most overrated, underdeveloped, half-ashed, piece of crap I've played in a long time and is damn far from even being a half decent budget title. There were sooo many things to make fun of and he didn't even touch on them:
Not only awkward talking to someone who has an I <3 Hitler shirt is awkward, but I believe he has a star of David on the other person. So what could be more awkward than someone talking to a Jew wearing a Hitler shirt?
...I'll agree with you, though. I feel like there were probably other, more tactful "awkward" situations you could take advantage of there. It was gratuitous Hitler.
On a different note:
Another good review. It is interesting to see The Escapist has kicked you into the advertising business too..
THAT would explain why he recommends buying it: he was paid to.
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Good review as always. Now I may have to go pick up this game. Sounds pretty good.
As anyone could guess, such a unique game creates polarized opinions.
P.S.: I don't know if he id it purpose but when the joke about the baby seal first comes up, he describes Travis as being a "fuckbend". It might be funny to know that, in french, seal is pronounced exactly like fuck: "phoque". Yahtzee's habit of making references with frogs (e.g. "Je suis Cap'n twat") may have altered my brain to see the slightest unexisting jokes. It may be because I watch his reviews too much.
Maybe it's just because of the game but that one sucked. Is Yahtzee losing his touch?
I suggest you to watch the CoD4 and psychonauts reviews: it seems that people can't stand yahtzee being nice to a game or liking it... seriously people give yahtzee a fucking break, he isn't a white black-outlined dummy who squirts liquid hate by every porus of his body created to amuse us.
And about saying directly "this review sucks": This one isn't one of his best reviews. At least for me. But saying that it sucks, sir, is a huge load of stupid bullshit.
yah maybe u get games late cause you say they all suck... ur turok review sucked and u had no good arguments why modern fps suck. stronger grenades? please u just suck so u need to grenade spam. plus the reason of no health bars is so u dont run around looking for health for 5 hours or if u just defended and epic battle and then get shot by the last guy u never saw ud have to restart.
if halo 3 sucks so much how come so many people play it everyday. over 900,000 average.
Then let's eat shit gentlemen! over 900,000 flies can't be wrong!
Apparently many are unaware of the fact that there are other JRPGs in existence besides FFVII, FFVIII and FFX. Ah well, what else is new?
I think he will too. Of course, these sites say in their terms of service, "we will not sell your e-mail to any third party," but what they don't mention is "the way we see it, the sites we do all our business with don'tcount as third parties, and since they want to tell you about their offers too, we don't think giving them your personal e-mail address is a bad thing."
Hmm, I smell something... it smells like the banhammer approaching, although I can't possibly think why...
If George W. Bush is such a complete fucktard why did people vote for him? ANswer: People are idiots. We need no further proof than your post.
New rule. Anyone who consistently ignores grammar and puncuation (Ironic considering the name of this feature) is not allowed to have an opinion.
ummm George bush didnt win by votes and id like to see anyone here be a better president then him cause i bet its a hard ass job to run a war and to deal with terrorists. but of corse u just think its easier to jump to conclusion. and yatzee! your vids are getting dull say more hatefull shit!!!
Nor shall they be allowed to procreate. We don't need any more of their kind.
I really wasn't planning on getting NHM before this, but thanks to this, I'm going to rent it for a "test-drive" before I actually pick it up. You know, just in case.
2nd time around. And I feel that running a war is a lot easier when you don't start a second one based on faulty intelligence and refuse to back down from it. And tell me, just how is he "dealing with terrorism" in a way that Bill Clinton didn't have to?
Why don't you buy it and, if it does fail, return it under warranty? no money spent.
Good thinking. My EB Games has a "Bring it back if you don't like it" policy if I remember correctly.
They all do.
Not nearly as funny as before. The ending was quite nice, but cutting out the music at the start ruined your flow. C+, down from an A- average.
No More Hereos?
Thanks for your comment, it's reeeeeeally helpful...
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done and done.
Seems the escapists underhanded strategy of recruiting ZP fans to vote for them has paid off.
I don't see why you shouldn't be allowed to express your negative opinion.
I think the phenomenon is actually kind of interesting. Yahtzee went for months without receiving anything but unanimous praise. And I don't find this review particularly different from all of those other ones. So what's different? I personally wonder if as time goes by he won't attract more and more negative comments.
And none of this is said in any offense to Yahtzee, mind you. Perhaps I am slightly the anarchist for believing that having a diversity of opinion represented here trumps the need for everyone to have valid, well constructed posts, with college level grammar. Negative opinions I think will keep Yahtzee honest.
I mean, think about it, if everyone loves what you do, no matter WHAT you do, then you will spend as little effort as possible on what you do, so you can use the rest to pursue other ventures. Obviously, if the pay-off for breaking your back over an excellent review is equivalent to the pay-off for producing a so-so review, then you will only produce so-so reviews.
... Eh, let me reinforce that I'm only playing devil's advocate here. I believe my initial posts were along the lines of "As funny as usual."
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Life has been up and down these last couple weeks – failed hard drive in my computer, flooded cellar, thermostat and furnace issues, suspicious activity on my credit card, and my father facing serious surgery. So far, we have replaced the hard drive and recovered all the files and data, fixed the flood issue (but will have to deal with a holy mess on the back lawn where they dug a huge new trench to lay drain pipes), installed a new thermostat, and canceled the credit card (awaiting the new one in the mail). Dad's surgery will hopefully be taken care of well before Thanksgiving, and each day is a new chance to move on.
One constant through it all has been brewing. Like clockwork, I have brewed, racked, bottled and tasted, and shared with friends. Like bread, beer is life. Or beer is bread, maybe, in liquid form…
Another recent constant has been the presence of mice in the brew house. A dead one in an empty fermenter a while back, another raiding my sack of pale malt, a third scurrying along a counter top among cases of bottles, and this morning, as I assembled my brewing set-up, there was a field mouse trying to jump out of the cooler I use as a mash tun. How it got in there, I have no idea – there was a lid on it with an empty fermenter on the lid… Anyway, I took the mouse out and dumped it in the woods, wished it godspeed, and went in and thoroughly cleaned and sanitized everything…
The weather has turned cold enough here in Vermont that my back room is down to a constant 50° or so – lager season has begun. This week's beer is the first in a series of cold-fermented brews, slowly aged and conditioned. Hopefully, this will be ready about Opening Day in April (Go Sox!).
Wühlmaus (German for field mouse or vole) Pilsner is a classic German-style pilsner, lighter in color than the Czech/Bohemian equivalent and more bitter – the emphasis is on a crisp, clean taste, with low maltiness and medium to high hop flavor. Don't worry, there will be a Bohemian Pils later in the year too!
Wühlmaus Pilsner
5 gallons, all grain
- 7 lbs. Weyermann's Bohemian Pilsner malt
- 1/2 lb. carapils malt
- 1/2 lb. Vienna malt
- 1 oz. Mt. Hood hop pellets (4.6% aa)
- 1/2 oz. Northern Brewer hop pellets (10.6% aa)
- 1 oz. Tettnang hop pellet (5.1% aa)
- White Labs Pilsner Lager yeast (WLP800)
- 3/4 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Crush grains. Heat 13 quarts water to 162°F. Mash in grains, hold 60 minutes at 150°F. Heat 15 more quarts water to 170°F, begin runoff and sparge, collecting 26 quarts of sweet wort. Bring to a boil, add Mt. Hood hops, boil 30 minutes. Add Northern Brewer hops, boil another 15 minutes. Add Tettnang hops, boil 15 more minutes (60 total), remove from heat. Chill to 80°F, take a hydrometer reading. Pour into a sanitized fermenter, splashing well to aerate. Pitch yeast, seal and ferment cool (60°F) until onset of active fermentation (a day or two), then move to a cooler location (50°F). Rack to secondary after two weeks, condition cold (40°F) for four to six weeks. Prime with corn sugar, bottle. Let stand in a warmer area (65 – 70°F) for three days then move bottles to a cold location (35 – 40°F) and age at least a month.
IBU's: 36.5
Notes on style: As noted above, the German or Continental Pilsner style differs from the Bohemian or Czech version in degree only – a bit lighter in color (Bohemians tend to be a deeper gold, Germans a pale straw color), balanced but leaning toward the bitter side (Bohemian varieties are a tad maltier), otherwise pretty similar. Best-known examples (not necessarily the best representatives, though) are Beck's and St. Pauli from Germany, Grolsch and Heineken from the Netherlands. Dig deeper and you will discover a wealth of smaller German Pilsner breweries, well-known in their homeland but not major exporters, such as Warsteiner, Bitburger, Jever among others.
Notes on yeast: This Pilsner yeast is probably Czech in origin, perhaps even Urquell's strain itself. It's likely that some, if not most, of the German pilsners are also using a yeast strain that is originally from Bohemia, the birthplace of the light lager style.
Notes on lagering: "Lager", of course, comes from the German verb "to store". Lager yeasts generally function best in very cool to cold temperatures. I prefer to start mine warm, let the yeast get established, then gradually move the beer to a cold space. Part of the necessary process for any lager style (Munich, Vienna, Bock, Märzen, Schwarzbier, etc…) is time – allow several months before planning to drink this beer at its best. Consistency, however, is equally important – your beer will be better at a constant 50°F than if it "yo-yo's" between 35 and 60°F.


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Nescafe Gold Blend White Coffee. A convenient way to serve quality coffee from kettle or water boiler - simply add hot water !
Each sleeve contains 25 cups of rich Nescafe Gold Blend coffee with whitener added. They are ideal for use in the home or office. Can easily be packed and taken on a day trip or holiday.
The Nescafe Gold Blend cups lock together forming an air-tight seal which will help preserve the freshness of your coffee.


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THE LIMITED EDITION BOOMBOX BACKPACK NEIL BARRETT x WIZPAK
NB x WIZPAK 'The Limited Edition Boombox Backpack with Premium Sound and Portable Power to charge your cellphone'.
Designed in collaboration with Wizpak, The World's first wearable luxury sound system company.
This backpack is HANDCRAFTED IN ITALY with premium italian fabrics and leathers.
It features Neil Barrett's signature 'THUNDERBOLT FAIRISLE' 3D-relief print and the iconic 'KEFIA CAMOUFLAGE' jacquard lining.
Connect or Plug in your device and get the party started!
• 40W 2.1 Stereo speaker system with 3D surround sound technology
• Battery power up to 14 hours of playback
• Rechargable battery
• Wireless Bluetooth connection for music or audio
• AUX port 3.5mm jack for microphone and musical instrument
• 3 USB ports for mobile and tablet charging
• 45 x 35 x 17 cm (approx. 17.7 x 13.8 x 6.7 inches)
• Water Resistant nylon twill & italian calf leather exterior
• Raw cut flap lined with suede
• Silver tone hand polished metal hardware
• Inner metal zipped pocket
• Secret Zip Pocket hidden in the back of the bag to keep your valuables safe
• 3d mesh back for comfort when wearing backpack
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Complete Story
Switch to Digital Television (DTV) Went Remarkably Well
By: Leslie Cauley, USA Today
The switch to digital TV, or DTV, on Friday went off without any major hitches, the Federal Communications Commissionreported.
More than 900 full-power TV stations shut down their analog signals on Friday. Going forward, they will broadcast exclusively digital signals.
Digital signals offer better pictures and audio. The shift also frees up airwave capacity, so consumers can expect to get a lot more programming over time — all of it free.
The analog shutdown only affected TV households that received signals over the air, not via cable or satellite. About 20 million U.S. households receive signals in this fashion.
Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps hailed the handling of the transition as a major success for the government, which has been planning the switch for more than a decade.
"For TV broadcasting, it was a final farewell to the Dinosaur Age and the dawn of the Digital Age," Copps said in a prepared statement.
While no meltdowns were reported, pockets of problems did crop up.
In cities with stations switching from UHF to VHF frequencies, the FCC noted, reception issues were fairly common.
Why: Users of converter boxes in these markets have to rescan — basically reprogram — so tuners can find new digital channels. (Channel locations shifted rather dramatically post-DTV.) Markets feeling the UHF/VHF effect included Chicago and Philadelphia.
The FCC said it would be watching those markets throughout this week.
By early afternoon on Saturday, the FCC said it had received 315,000 calls from consumers. That's about three times the volume from just one day earlier. By Sunday, calls had dribbled off, with only 60,000 calls received as of early afternoon.
FCC spokesman Rick Kaplan says many calls concerned garden-variety problems related to antennas and converter boxes. Those sorts of problems had been anticipated, he added.
The good news: "There were no dramatic moments," he says. Translation: Problems were mostly small, and easily handled.
Even though the DTV switch now is history, the government still is offering two $40 coupons per household for converter boxes. But you have to act quickly because the coupon program is ending on July 31.
For more information you can contact the FCC's hotline: 888-CALL-FCC or go to www.dtv.gov.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-14-digital-television-switch-DTV_N.htm?csp=34


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Last week, Laura from Eastlake sent me this note:
You often talk about Smooth Jazz and I must admit that I have been jealous. I would LOVE for the ride home to be to some music. So I thought I would send you a quick email to tell you about a great driver I had the other day coming home. It was on Wednesday night on the 70 at about 6pm. The bus driver sang a song to the entire bus about "humoring your bus driver so he doesn't leave you at your stop while waiting." It was really funny, he said he made it up on the spot, and the entire bus applauded and laughed (with him).
Her e-mail was the inspiration for last week's Real Change column, which was about some of my favorite drivers (including Smooth Jazz and one I used to call Preacher, for his tendency to pray on the job). Then, last evening, the woman who helped me at Nordstrom rather spontaneously launched into stories about her favorite 49 drivers: the one who looks just like Dave Chappelle–not as funny but really nice–and the one who is so cute she sometimes flirts with him on her way off the bus.
All this talk about cool (and sexy) bus drivers has me wondering: Who are your favorites? Why?


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Milk whey protein modification by coffee-specific phenolics effect on structural and functional properties (2013)
A suitable vehicle for integration of bioactive plant constituents is proposed. It involves modification of proteins using phenolics and applying these for protection of labile constituents. It dissects the noncovalent and covalent interactions of beta-lactoglobulin with coffee-specific phenolics. Alkaline and polyphenol oxidase modulated covalent reactions were compared. Tryptic digestion combined with MALDI-TOF-MS provided tentative allocation of the modification type and site in the protein, and an in silico modeling of modified beta-lactoglobulin is proposed. The modification delivers proteins with enhanced antioxidative properties. Changed structural properties and differences in solubility, surface hydrophobicity, and emulsification were observed. The polyphenol oxidase modulated reaction provides a modified beta-lactoglobulin with a high antioxidative power, is thermally more stable, requires less energy to unfold, and, when emulsified with lutein esters, exhibits their higher stability against UV light. Thus, adaptation of this modification provides an innovative approach for functionalizing proteins and their uses in the food industry.
Characterization and modeling of the interactions between coffee storage proteins and phenolic compounds (2012)
This study addresses the interactions of coffee storage proteins with coffee-specific phenolic compounds. Protein profiles, of Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora (var robusta) were compared. Major Phenolic compounds were extracted and analyzed with appropriate methods. The polyphenol-protein interactions during protein extraction have been addressed by different analytical setups [reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assays], with focus directed toward identification of covalent adduct formation. The results indicate that C. arabica proteins are more susceptible to these interactions and the polyphenol oxidase activity seems to be a crucial factor for the formation of these addition products. A tentative allocation of the modification type and site in the protein has been attempted. Thus, the first available in silico modeling of modified coffee proteins is reported. The extent of these modifications may contribute to the structure and function of "coffee melanoidins" and are discussed in the context of coffee flavor formation.


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I am happy to announce that Oricutron 0.9 has just been released. With a few exceptions*, this version is now feature complete enough to be a comprehensive replacement for Euphoric, for those that need one.
Changes since 0.8:
- Now uses comes with appropriate icons for OS4, MorphOS and AROS.
- Audio sync problems fixed in AVI recordings
- Various optimisations to the display routines
- 6502 emulation now includes all illegal opcodes
- Now includes an option to emulate the 6502 at various clock speeds from 1Mhz to 64Mhz (the rest of the hw is emulated at normal speed).
- Tape saving is now implemented. CSAVE/STORE will save to a standard tap file. You can also capture all tape output to a new .ORT format, which will record the actual output waveform from the tape port.
- Changes to disks are now automatically saved back to the disk image file. The old behaviour can still be selected from the config file.
- Reformatted the VIA panel in the debugger (thanks to Twilighte for the suggestion)
- Printer emulation now filters out non-ascii chars as a workaround for the phantom printer output (this is temporary until a proper fix is found)
- Added a PAL ghosting simulation to the GL renderer
- Switching between OpenGL and software rendering on the fly no longer causes hang-on-exit problems.
- Added NMI, reset and IRQ vector display in thedebugger (thanks to Twilighte for the suggestion!)
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Utah falls short in 60-57 loss to No. 3 Arizona
Utah guard Jarred DuBois took the inbound pass, turned and flipped a last-second 3-pointer toward the rim. The ball hit iron, bounced high off the backboard and again caught a piece of the rim before falling harmlessly to the floor.
Given a second straight chance to pull out a close road victory, the Utes came up short again.
Coming off an overtime loss in its conference opener, Utah made it two straight agonizing losses in the desert by falling 60-57 to No. 3 Arizona 60-57 on Saturday.
"It's extremely frustrating because we came so close the past two games," said Utah center Jason Washburn, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds. "When our team plays well enough to win on the road against the No. 3 team in the country and it's taken away from you, I have no words for that."
Utah (8-6, 0-2 Pac-12) lost in overtime to Arizona State in its conference opener and kept Arizona in reach behind its morphing defense and good shooting in the second half.
The Utes pulled to 58-57 when Cedric Martin hit a 3-pointer with 57 seconds left and had a chance take the lead after Arizona's Nick Johnson missed a 3-pointer, but DuBois missed a 3 of his own.
After Lyons' free throws and a foul by Arizona, Utah set up for a final shot and set up DuBois for a good look, but it caromed away.
Jordan Loveridge had 17 points and DuBois added 12 for the Utes, who still haven't won a road or neutral-court conference game since joining the Pac-12 last season.
"A game like that will be frustrating when we don't win," Loveridge said. "I've very proud of my team because we all know that Arizona is a very good team.
The Wildcats have had a knack for eking out victories like this.
Arizona (14-0, 2-0) pulled out a one-point win over Florida in a matchup of top-10 teams on Dec. 15 by scoring seven points in the final 56 seconds.
The Wildcats earned another close victory and the Diamondhead Classic title on Christmas when Nick Johnson swooped in to swat away a shot that secured a one-point win over San Diego State.
Their latest was of a different variety: Instead of rallying to victory, the Wildcats had to hold onto it.
Arizona struggled with Utah's mix of man and zone most of the game, shooting 36 percent. The Wildcats let the Utes slow the pace and ended up with no points on the fast break.
Arizona also had some defensive breakdowns, allowing Loveridge to score 13 points in the first half and Utah to make 14 of 27 shots in the second.
The Wildcats pulled it out, though, thanks to a pair of free throws by Mark Lyons with 7.2 seconds left and some lucky bounces off the rim and backboard on DuBois' shot.
Solomon Hill led Arizona with 19 points, Lyons had 12 and four assists, and Brandon Ashley scored 11 points.
Arizona is off to its best start since opening the 1931-32 season with 16 straight wins, but it hasn't been particularly easy over the past few weeks.
"We are not playing well. We are nowhere where we need to be," Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "Sometimes you hit a peak when you're playing so well and think no one in the country can beat you. Once in a while you don't play well and are reminded how difficult it is to win every game. We got through a weekend where the difference was very few points, but we were able to win both."
Arizona pulled off perhaps its best rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick of the season on Thursday, rallying from 16 points down in the second half to beat Colorado 92-83 in overtime.
The Wildcats seemed to catch a break in that one when the officials waved off Sabatino Chen's banked 3-pointer at the end of regulation and pulled away in the extra period.
Arizona was much more crisp at both ends against Utah early, building a 10-point lead in the first half.
But, as has been the case over the past month, the Wildcats couldn't sustain their success, letting Utah get back in it.
After going 7 of 22 from the floor in the first half - Loveridge was 5 of 10 and had all but 10 of their 23 points - the Utes started getting some shots to fall in the second half, pulling to 47-44 midway through on a 3-pointer by Washburn as the shot clock was winding down.
Washburn cut Arizona's lead to 51-50 with 5 1-2 minutes left and the Utes kept hanging around, never letting Arizona get more than four points ahead.
But, just like it did against Arizona State, Utah couldn't get the right shot to fall at the right time and left with another agonizingly-close loss.
"We have to make shots," Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. "That's what we are not doing."
The Wildcats are making just enough of theirs, but know they can't keep walking such a thin line with almost the entire Pac-12 season still ahead.


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Bill Resort
127 Moo 3, T. Maret
Koh Samui , Suratthani 84310
Lamai Beach
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Bill Resort was one of the first bungalow resorts on Samui. It's at the southern quite end of Lamai Beach. Naturally grown over the years, we kept the charm of the true Samui and its nature. Bill Resort offers 3 comfortable big beach bungalows with stunning sea views, Superior and Deluxe Rooms as well as the functional Standard rooms for the budget travelers. All rooms are located in our tropical garden, some close to the pool and some up on the hill.
The center of Lamai Beach road can be reached best by a short 10 minutes walk along the beach where plenty of restaurants offer international food form around the world.
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Date of stay:
Jul 15, 2016
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We loved our stay at Bill Resort and would like to thank all the personnel and management there: you made our stay great thanks to your friendly and helpful attitude and a relaxed atmosphere. We would recommend your hotel to friends with pleasure. The only things for improvement: better care for the garden (not to collect fallen leaves for soil fertilizing and flowers growing), some refurbishment of the buildings and less dogs in the swimming area on the beach. All the best!
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Jul 19, 2016
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Svetlana Shulga
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Mar 21, 2016
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Second visit to Bill Resort. Love the scale and laid back nature of the place. Slight confusion on the airport pick up that I cancelled but they showed anyway - thank you for that. Your gesture was greatly appreciated.
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Great booking service.
Jul 26, 2016
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Michael Fleming
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Apr 25, 2015
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Excellent !
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Very good choice. Better to book for bungalow at see level,otherwise you ll have to climb stairs everyday to get to Restaurant, beach, pool. As usual resort in thailand, very poor for maintenance of facilities and bungalows.
Apr 29, 2015
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Pros: Great bungalows, cozy territory in thai jungle style, friendly staff, great room service, good breakfast. And two free bottles of water daily. Cons: Hotel s beach is too small (50m) and barely usable for swimming due to many sharp underwater rocks. However, if you go 100m left or right, you ll find excellent sand beach with good entrance to water. Also, all standard bungalows are located up on a high hill, and you ll have climb very hard to return to your bungalow from the sea or restaurant. If you don t like to climb, take superior bungalows next to the pool on the sea level. Overall - not the best hotel in Lamai, but very good for its money.
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no problems with the check in at all.
Mar 18, 2015
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Anton Gaev
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Aug 15, 2014
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Easy standard. Not extraordinary, but really ok.
Aug 18, 2014
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Thank you for your interest in our experiences with Bill Resort, Koh Samui. Unfortunately some things failed. Nobody picked us up at the airport an we had to pay a TAXI from and to the airport - each for 700.- Baht - while we booked with pickup-service. The staff at the reception didn´t speak English very good so it was difficult to communicate and some of the ladies were very unfriendly. The treated guest, which booked over Sawadee, like guest second class. The first two nights we had to sleep in a room which only costs 1.700.- Baht. They didn´t care well the environment. Everywhere layed wrotten things under the bungalows, in the garden and on the beachside. We paid more to Sawadee! But the room service all the time was excellent!!
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Feb 16, 2014
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Volker Georg Trautmann
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Dec 23, 2013
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Bungalow was very old. There was a big mess on the property.
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Dec 26, 2013
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We enjoyed staying at Bill resort 14 days. Many thanks to all staff, service is very good, all people very friendly and helpful. Thanks to Mrs. Bee! Hotel is very quiet, territory is big and picturesque, many trees and palms, ponds with fishes and frogs were so beautiful in spite of mosquitos - we had a little problem with them before we buy OFF. Beach was very clean and beautiful, the water was crystal clear that season, even after rains. Medusas caused us some discomfort some days but it was also ok and not the fault of Bill resort :) Hotel is not far from the center of Lamai with restaurants, shops and bars - it is in 7-8 minutes walk trough the beach or 10-12 minutes walk along the road. I think, Bill resort has the best quality-price ratio on Lamai. The pool was so good! And it is great that you can use it any time you want! Water temperature was also perfect - a bit colder and refreshing than the seawater, but warm enough to let the children play in pool long time. Breakfast was good, the time from 7 till 10:30 was always enough. It was a bit unvaried but always fresh and tasty. I hope to visit this nice hotel again next year.
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excellent service, the best price
Oct 08, 2013
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Ali Sagyndykov
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Aug 20, 2013
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Toooo many russian with no control over their children. Pool okey, the beach is okswim and good for snorkeling. Do not eat at the restaurant. Go next door. Better food og good price.
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Feb 06, 2015
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Mette Lyngtu Eriksen
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Jul 28, 2013
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On a pris 3 chambres standard plus un bungalow standard. Taille des chambres ok par contre la décoration et les équipements ont besoin d être rénové en urgence. Si non les personnels sont serviables et sympathiques. Concernant l emplacement de l hôtel. Il se situe vers la fin la fin de la plage lamai très loin du centre ville mais près des fameux rochers grand père et grande mère.
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Parfait. Transfert aéroport hôtel c est nickel.
Jul 31, 2013
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Thierry LIM
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Apr 21, 2013
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rooms are old and to dark. often no electricity. many mosquitos. breakfast...early finish.
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May 10, 2013
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Beate Pfirmann
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Nov 30, 2012
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Bungalows sind renovierungsbedürftig, bei längerem Regen läuft Wasser an der Wand herunter und im Bad tropft das Wasser von der Decke habe 3 mal reklamiert nichts wurde repariert und der Bungalow stinkt nach Schimmel
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Dec 03, 2012
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The very clean bungalows are well furnished and all have bathroom / toilet, hot water, refrigerator, mini-bar, air conditioning or fan as well as a private veranda.
The kitchen offers Thai and international dishes and a large variety of seafood and exotic fruits. The typically charming Thai service and the friendly family management will make your days of leisure even more enjoyable.
Die sehr sauberen Bungalows sind praktisch eingerichtet und haben Bad / Toilette, Heisswasser, Kuehlschrank / Minibar, Klimaanlage oder Ventilator sowie eine eigene Veranda. Die Kueche bietet thailaendische und internationale Gerichte sowie eine Vielfalt an Meeresfruechten und exotischem Obst.
Der landestypisch freundliche Service und das nette anagement dieses Familienbetriebes tragen zur Ihrer Erholung bei. Mietfahrzeuge wie Jeep und Motorraeder stehen zur Verfuegung und bei der Buchung von Ausfluegen und Sportgeraeten ist man Ihnen gerne behilflich.
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The room with 2 bed or 1 double bed. The bungalows all equipped with A/C, refrigerator, hot and cold water and TV.
:: Standard Bungalow ::
The room's all equipped with A/C, refrigerator, hot and cold water and TV.
:: Superior Bungalow ::
The Superior bungalow have double bed and a single bed. The bungalows all equipped with A/C, cable TV, refrigerator and hot and cold water.
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The terraces of beachfront bungalows offer a marvelous beach and sea view. All beachfront bungalows are spaciously built. All beachfront bungalows offer a terrace facing the sea. An one-step experience to unforgettable vacation.
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The Grand Deluxe Bungalow are measured out largely and have a double bed a normal bed. Thus it is also not narrow in threes and nothing stands in the way of a pleasant vacation. The bungalows all equipped with A/C, cable TV, refrigerator, bathtub and equipped landing on water shower warmly / coldly.
:: Connecting Bungalow ::
The Connecting bungalow have a connecting door or are each other built. The bungalows all equipped with A/C, cable TV, refrigerator, bathtub and equipped landing on water shower warmly / coldly. You have a bathtub and a big balcony to the pond.
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The terraces of beachfront bungalows offer a marvelous beach and sea view. All beachfront bungalows are spaciously built. All beachfront bungalows offer a terrace facing the sea. An one-step experience to unforgettable vacation.
Big Conference Room and Souvenir Shop.
Die Anlage liegt direkt am wunderschoenen, sehr ruhigen Strand von Lamai Beach. Froehliches Nachtleben gibt es im ca. 500 m. entfernten Ort Lamai.
The resort is located on the long Lamai Beach Big Pool with Jacuzzi and children pool.
Rental vehicles, like Jeep and motorbikes are provided and short trips or sports equipment can be booked at the reception. The resort is right at the spectacular and very quiet sunrise Lamai Beach. Nightlife you can enjoy in the village of Lamai which is 500 m. from the resort.
The Restaurant offers a relaxed atmosphere with stunning view over Lamai Beach and Sea.
The Bill Resort is an outstanding beautiful resort in green and blooming surroundings with white sand, blue warm water and the cooling shade of palm trees. Here you find absolute relaxation in typical Thai atmosphere. Show time. Bill Beach restaurant serves refreshing cold & hot drinks.
Das Bill Resort ist eine aussergewoehnlich schoene Anlage, mit weissem Sand, warmen blauem Meer und schattenspendenden Kokospalmen. Hier finden Sie die absolute Erholung in typisch thailaendischer Atmosphaere.
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EDSITEment Honored by the American Association of School Librarians as "Best of the Best" Website for Teaching and Learning
EDSITEment, the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) online repository of humanities-related teaching resources for K-12 classrooms, has been named by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) among the top twenty-five "Best Websites for Teaching and Learning."
AASL's Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning recognize high-quality websites that enhance learning and curriculum development and foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboration.
The list of 25 "best of the best" websites was announced on Sunday, June 27, at the 2010 American Library Association conference in Washington, D.C. AASL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
Now in its eleventh year, EDSITEment is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity, and the National Trust for the Humanities. This free-access, user-friendly website showcases over 300 top humanities sites that have been identified and reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in fields such as social studies, history, literature, foreign languages, art, and culture. EDSITEment also creates grade-specific lesson plans that incorporate online resources, original source materials, and interactive learning activities, games, and quizzes for use by K-12 teachers and students.
EDSITEment currently features, for example, a "virtual road trip" to Santa Fe, based upon an ongoing workshop for teachers funded through the Division of Education Programs, which traces the route of El Camino Real, the ancient road connecting Mexico City with Santa Fe, and introduces users to the cultures, histories, literatures, and traditions of the Pueblo people and Spanish colonials. It also offers a lesson plan, tailored to grades 3-5, on the songs, fiction, and social history of the Dust Bowl that integrates interviews with Great Depression survivors and the photographs of Dorothea Lange with information on FDR's New Deal policies. And it offers older students an interactive map of the Battle of Thermopylae, paired with descriptions from Herodotus and a reconstruction of a Greek phalanx.
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