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But What Are Software Patents Good For?
from the still-waiting? dept
This is a key point that some of us have tried to raise before. The purpose of government intervention and regulation should be to solve a situation where the market has somehow failed -- and the regulation is designed to solve that market failure. It's hard to see what market failure software patents are solving. The industry did incredibly well for many years without patenting software, and it was only recently that, as the federal courts clarified what was and was not patentable, that patent attorneys rushed to have companies patent their software. The market itself seemed to be providing plenty of incentives to produce software products. The richest man in the world became that rich selling software. It's hard to see how there's any kind of market failure that would need the government to support monopolies to create incentives for more people to write software. This is important whenever there's a discussion over intellectual property rights. Go back to the original purpose of intellectual property: to encourage new innovations where the market fails to provide those incentives.
There's a second point that Tim makes that is also very much worth highlighting. One of the keys to creating incentives for continuous innovation is to have a competitive market. In fact, it's pretty well accepted that believers in the free market support competitive market places. If they're not competitive, that's often a sign of market failure. Well, it seems that the folks at PFF have flipped the equation -- which is why it's difficult to see how they can claim that they're libertarian. They say that software patents are necessary to prevent "copying," but as Tim notes, in any other business "copying" is known as "competition." So, the supposedly free market supporters at PFF are basically saying they don't want a free market or competition in software -- which goes against everything they claim they stand for.

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Jan. 27, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Wheaton College raced out to a 23-6 lead and never looked back as it defeated MIT, 58-40, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's basketball game on Saturday. The Lyons picked up their ninth win in 10 games as they improved to 13-6 on the year and 6-1 in conference play. With the loss, the Engineers' record dropped to 3-14 overall and 0-7 in the NEWMAC.
Wheaton notched the first two baskets of the game, which was followed by a lay-up by Michal Ruchelsman that put MIT on the board. Back-to-back buckets by Krystin Hickey prompted a timeout by the Engineers. Amy Marshall converted a lay-up for the Engineers following the break, cutting their deficit to four (8-4) at the 16:33 mark. Wheaton went on 15-2 run that spanned eight minutes and resulted in its largest advantage of the half at 17. Ruchelsman ended Tech's scoring drought by draining a three-pointer with 6:17 remaining. After two minutes of scoreless play, Sharon Prange registered a three-point play which was answered by a basket by Wheaton's Ida Kruse. Behind a lay-up by Prange, a trey from Clara Yuan, and a jumper by Marshall, MIT cut its deficit to 29-19 at the intermission.
A defensive battle ensued in the early stages of the second stanza as the score remained unchanged until a jumper by the Lyons' Casey Sorbara at 16:17. Hickey extended Wheaton's lead with a lay-up, but MIT narrowed the margin to 11 (33-22) on a free-throw from Ruchelsman and put-back by Prange on Ruchelsman's missed second attempt. This was as close as it would get for the Engineers as the Lyons went on a 10-3 spurt that pushed their advantage to 18 at the midway point of frame.
Prange recorded her third double-double of the season on 14 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Yuan and Christa Margossian each added eight points while Kimberly Soo Hoo dished out seven assists.
Hickey led all scorers with 15 points as Kruse notched 10 on 5-of-6 shooting. Becky Aitchison paced the Lyons with eight boards while Bri Smith grabbed a game-high three steals.
Both teams will continue conference play on the road on Wednesday, Jan. 31. MIT will travel to Babson College while Wheaton will make the trip to Wellesley College.


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text: Ok, So I have a Openvz setup as described here: http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-openvz-plus-management-of-vms-through-ispconfig-3-debian-6.0-p2 I had been up about 36 hours straight, probably not the best time to work on control panel lol Anyway, I was checking the logs in ISPConfig master server when I saw that there was no RKhunter installed. It said the following: "RKHunter is not installed, so there is no log data" Anyway I remember installing RKhunter in every perfect server tutorial since ISPConfig 2. So I panicked and installed it lol So it is in there generating log files but ISPConfig isn't seeing them. Questions: 1. Is there a reason why RKHunter should NOT be installed on the master openvz server? 2. If it shouldn't be installed is there any particular way I should go about removing it? 3. If it can be there then what can I do so ISPConfig reads it's logs? I know this is a moot discussion since Till has 3.0.5 right around the corner for us a New Years gift and I'll have to redo everything anyway lol But still thought I would ask lol Thanks as always folks. Scott


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|2009-08-12, 08:01
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Monogatari Series Favorite Quotes Thread
A thread for your favorite quotes from Bakemonogatari. Please don't type out the entire script from an episode quote your favourite part of any scene or episode.
This thread will most likely contain spoilers! If you are posting a quote from a recent episode then please use spoiler tags. (hint and make sure that you include a title for the spoiler!).
|2009-08-13, 13:52
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"There was a figure of a man who fought an elementary school kid, threw her over his back with all his might, and was boasting about his victory from the bottom of his heart, despite the fact that he was in high school. Actually, that's me"
- Araragi Koyomi, episode 3.
"There stood a high school boy, who for selfish reasons had twice beaten an elementary school girl unconscious, and had gotten all nihistically worked up about it. Actually, that's still me."
- Araragi Koyomi, episode 4.
"My, aren't you knowledgeable, Senjougahara."
"It's you who's ignorant and incompetent, Araragi-kun."
"The word 'ignorant' has a nice ring to it, so I don't mind being called that, but 'incompetent" is going just a bit too far..."
"Is that so? Then I'll just use 'pathetic' next time."
- Senjougahara Hitagi and Araragi Koyomi, episode 4.
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Araragi - Do you know about "verbal abuse"
Senjougahara - Then call the verbal abuse police.
Araragi - umm.... My name is Arargi Koyomi
Hachikuji - Koyomi?
Hachikuji - That sounds like a girls name
Hachikuji - eww it's girly! Stay away from me!
Araragi - Hey, you!
Hachikuji - Aragi-san
Araragi - Thats not enough "ra"s
Hachikuji - Sorry, I stutted
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|2009-08-17, 02:13
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Bash'a no falor talah
Araragi: It'd be great if it came into fashion
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Araragi: Senjougahara Fascination
Already in fashion since episode 1
Senjougahara: If I may suggest, I recommend my waking you up every morning wearing nothing but an apron. Then I can cook you breakfast.
Isnt it a mans fantasy to watch that from behind?
Yes it is!
|2009-08-17, 17:36
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me too! ^_^
the look on Hachikuji's face contributed to it too.
|2009-08-20, 11:33
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Episode 3, at the park
Senjougahara: "Fine. I'll correct myself. I have no experience. I'm a virgin. More to the point, the only kind of girl who'd talk to an unappealing virgin like you are late-bloomer virgins like me!"
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Senjougahara : "You've got nice solid childbearing hips, so I think you're sure to have healthy babies. Uwehehehe" Didn't you just tell me that recently?
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KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to giving kids the childhood they deserve by bringing play to those who need it most. Children today spend less time playing outdoors than any previous generation, a fact that is having disastrous consequences for their health, achievement levels, and overall well-being. Founded in 1996, KaBOOM! envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America because children need to play actively every day at home, in school and in their communities.
The client was in the process of refocusing its organizational strategy, and needed support in determining how best to align its website with its new strategy. The overall goal was to provide KaBOOM! with a way to better engage website visitors and volunteers to achieve its mission of creating great playspaces for children.
In order to achieve this, the Accenture team undertook a thorough review of the organization's existing online capabilities in order to make recommendations for the client's revised digital strategy.


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Comic strip for Der Tarantel 46 (July 1954)
Hui was the signature of one of the cartoonists for Der Tarantel. This "satirical monthly magazine for the Soviet zone" was produced in West-Berlin and distributed illegally over the eastern border between 1950 and 1962. In the DDR, possession and distribution of Der Tarantel could lead to arrest by the Stasi because of its magazine's satirical yet primitive anti-communist content.
It is probably therefore that all the contributors hid behind pseudonyms. Chief editor and publisher Heinrich Bär was actually called Heinz Wenzel and the contributing cartoonists resorted to unrevealing signatures like Vau, Fax, Zwick, Hui and Tunitz.


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Now, to the fun part of this series: the man at the left. Is he or is he not John Tanner?
Since the identities of both of the women in the daguerreotype are known, and their approximate movements are known, we know that the daguerreotype could have been taken in Illinois, in Utah, or in California. If it was taken by Lucien Foster in Nauvoo, Illinois, John Tanner could have been in the picture, and he would have been 66 years old.
The man in the picture does not look 66 years old. He does not look like he has suffered a very serious head injury at the hands of the mob in Missouri, as is recorded in the history of the Church, and had suffered through other serious health problems.
As the experts at the Church History Library noted, the man in the picture may be in his 30s or 40s.
Also, if the daguerreotype was taken in Nauvoo, the case should show fire damage. (See notes about the fire in a previous post.) I have sent a note to the Church History Library asking if there is fire damage, and was hoping to hear back by now. I will include the response when it arrives.
If the picture was taken in Salt Lake City or San Bernardino, John Tanner cannot have been in the picture. By the time any daguerreotypist is known to have been in Salt Lake City (Robert Campbell or J. Wesley Jones in the summer of 1850 or Marsena Cannon in October of the same year), John Tanner had died.
|Marsena Cannon's advertisement for daguerreotypes. Deseret News, December 14, 1850, 6.
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The other day I had a curious experience. I sat down in the foyer at church and a few minutes later a man sat down opposite me to feed his newborn baby a bottle. I said something polite about the baby and went back to reviewing this daguerreotype series on a handheld device.
A few minutes later, I thought that I should show him the daguerreotype. As we discussed it, he asked if the picture was from a matriarchal society. I said that it wasn't. He explained that in the culture where he'd been raised, the only time you would see a woman seated in the center of a picture would be if she was the grandmother. This woman doesn't look old enough to be a grandmother.
The more he thought about it, the stranger he found the family grouping. His final conclusion was that the woman in the middle of the picture was the mother and that her position in the center indicated that the father was not in the picture. (He said "The father is not in the picture" at least three times.) He said that the man to her right would be her oldest son or a brother-in-law.
That conversation reinforced my opinion that the man to the left is not John Tanner, but puzzled me since her oldest son was standing behind her, and I didn't know of any brothers-in-law who could have been in the picture. I thought perhaps the man could be Sidney Tanner, her oldest step-son not living in the Northeast, and resolved to compare the picture again with the one known photo of Sidney Tanner.
Tomorrow we will review pictures of the men in the Tanner family.
Links to Posts in the Tanner Family Daguerreotype Series
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: We Meet the Tanners
Part 3: What is a Daguerreotype?
Part 4: Technology Meets the Tanners
Part 5: Woman at Right
Part 6: Woman in Center
Part 7: Boy in Back: First Possibility
Part 7: Boy in Back: Additional Possibilities
Part 8: Man at Left — John Tanner?
Part 8: Man at Left — Options
Part 8: Response from CHL about Fire Damage
Part 9: Conclusion
Part 2: We Meet the Tanners
Part 3: What is a Daguerreotype?
Part 4: Technology Meets the Tanners
Part 5: Woman at Right
Part 6: Woman in Center
Part 7: Boy in Back: First Possibility
Part 7: Boy in Back: Additional Possibilities
Part 8: Man at Left — John Tanner?
Part 8: Man at Left — Options
Part 8: Response from CHL about Fire Damage
Part 9: Conclusion


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Test meters used to just provide the basics: voltage, current, and resistance. Thanks to solid-state circuitry, though, today's instruments are packed with several features the typical electrician may never use, and in some cases, may not even recognize. But as Editorial Director John DeDad explains, a feature doesn't have to be well-known to be useful.
Q. I've heard and read about a multimeter capability called "peak capture" and a measurement called "crest factor." I don't quite understand their importance or how they're used in a power quality site analysis. Can you explain?
DeDad's answer: As you know, electric utilities generate various voltages of electricity at 60 Hz that results in a sine wave waveform. The height, or amplitude, of this sine wave is called its "peak value." Instead of using the peak value, however, we describe the amplitude of a sine wave as its effective, or root-mean-square (rms), value. As shown in the Figure above, the rms value of a pure, undistorted sine wave is about 71% (0.707) of its peak value.
The term "crest factor" describes the ratio of the peak value of a measured waveform to its root mean square. So a pure, undistorted sine wave's crest factor would be 1 divided by 0.707, or 1.414.
This crest factor value will vary from 1.414 if the waveform is distorted, which results in a peak value different than that of a pure, undistorted sine wave. In other words, a good voltage sine wave will have a peak value that's close to 1.414 times its true rms value.
This is where the "peak capture" capability of a multimeter comes into play. Basically, you would compare the theoretical peak value with what you measured using the peak capture feature. For example, let's suppose you're measuring voltage on a 120V circuit. Theoretically, the peak value of this voltage waveform would be 120V times 1.414, or 169.7V. A measured voltage peak, using the peak capture feature, that's significantly higher than this is an indication of the presence of harmonics.
Be careful here. Many nonlinear loads will cause these peaks to be reduced or clipped, especially if the source impedance is high. Use the following three-step test to verify voltage clipping due to harmonics:
Measure the true rms value of the voltage, and then multiply this value by 1.414 to get the theoretical peak value.
Measure the actual peak value using the peak-capture feature.
Compare the actual value to the theoretical value. If they're significantly different, the waveform is distorted and contains harmonics.
For voltage harmonics, the typical crest factor is below 1.414, as in "flat top" waveforms, for example. For current harmonics, the typical crest factor is a great deal above 1.414.
Typical true rms handheld digital multimeters have a crest factor of 3.0 at full scale, which is more than adequate for most power distribution measurements. At half scale, the crest factor is double, or 6.0. For example, some meters will have a crest factor specification of 3.0 when measuring 300VAC and 6.0 when measuring 150VAC.
Got a PQ problem? E-mail your question to [email protected].


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Daniele Presutti
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Daniele Presutti is the market group leader for Accenture Insurance in Italy, Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East, and is the managing director of Accenture Life Insurance Business Services. He also has extensive experience in client relationship management, cost and benefit analyses, transformation and change strategies, and more. Daniele joined Accenture in 1987.


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Tips for exercise, especially for those who have been too sedentary
I'll begin by saying that there are many opportunities for getting exercise these days. This article is more about how to begin if you've been inactive for a long time. Originally, I was going to write about exercise for seniors, but many seniors have already taken on the issue of getting enough exercise to keep fit.
If one has money, personal trainers can be one way to get instruction for well planned physical training, but few people care for that extreme. There are gyms and exercise centers scattered just about everywhere, so finding a place with good exercise facilities is easy. Memberships for the YMCA are available as well as for profit centers, which provide good exercise machines and other equipment that will aid one in getting physically toned.
Some choose to have a treadmill, elliptical or other exercise machine in their home for convenience. This, of course, requires space and can be expensive. I want to talk about simple ways to aim toward better fitness that will cost nothing but can provide comparable results.
Many of us are too sedentary. If we sit in front of a computer all day, it can be most difficult to feel as though we're getting enough exercise. There are a number of exercises, however, that one can do while seated without interrupting the work they're doing. Stomach flexing exercises can also be done while driving.
If you like to read, try standing up for every other chapter. After a while you can increase the number of chapters you read standing up. You can also do simple movements while reading. Many people think they just don't have the time to exercise, but if you will think in terms of multi-tasking, you will find that you do have the time. In fact, a good exercise program will buy you additional time. You will not only live longer, but you will have more energy and be able to complete various tasks more quickly.
You can buy five, ten or twenty pound barbells that will help you build some upper body strength. If you feel that you can't afford that sort of investment, you can use cans of food, or other items to exercise your arms for additional upper body strength. Just a few minutes a day of pumping your arms with small weights can have a long term beneficial result.
I have never been drawn to running, though many people find that a wonderful form of exercise. If you don't care for running, walking is considered a highly effective but low impact method of strengthening legs and increasing endurance. If you start by walking only short distances and then increase your distance daily, you will likely find that it becomes almost addictive. Not only do you get physical benefits from such activity, but you can let your mind rest a bit and perhaps find nourishment by enjoying nature. Seniors who don't like cold weather often find large shopping areas where they can walk.
Exercise in water can be most beneficial. Certainly Kirksville has year round opportunities for individuals to get involved in classes where water exercise is available. In these classes, the resistance of the water, while exercising, helps build strength and endurance.
It is always wise to discuss any exercise program with your doctor, especially if you have particular issues that warrant such consultation. The choices you make in your everyday patterns can really help you to increase your strength. If you happen to be attending an event of some kind, make an effort to leave a bit early and park at a distance from your destination so that you can walk a portion of the way.
Finally, make exercise a regular part of your day. It might help if you do it at the same time every day. If you really like to watch television, you don't have to be sitting comfortably with a large bowl of popcorn. You can stand and watch your programs and perhaps do more intense exercises during the commercials. No one can decide any of these things for you, but I can almost guarantee you that not only will you be better off physically, but you will feel better about yourself.


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Picking Pairs Now Way to Go -- Who's Buying?
Sunday's Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway seemed to have everything you could want at the end of 500 miles of NASCAR racing: A four-wide finish, sparks and a tie for the closest finish in NASCAR's history of electronic scoring.
The top-finishing competitors were all enthused by an environment that enabled a record-tying 88 lead changes -- and oh yeah, their finishes.
The racing is different. Even after getting through 300 miles in the Gatorade Duels, the Daytona 500 and Saturday's Aaron's 312 Nationwide Series race at Talladega -- it's still hard to accept this brand of racing is really here.
"Here's the thing," runner-up Clint Bowyer said. "It doesn't matter what happened throughout that race or what your thought was. If you didn't like that finish and it didn't make you forget about the race -- you're crazy."
That seems like a reasonable thought. Talladega still has all the strategy and nail-biting, action -- it's just spread out a little bit.
"It comes down to a strategy race to try to get yourself in position with 20, 25 [laps] to go," third-place finisher Jeff Gordon said. "And there's more to it than you think. I mean, when you see me and Mark [Martin] out there riding around -- six, eight seconds back to the lead -- it's not as easy as you think it is to manage that and to figure it out.
"You still are having to watch your temperatures and different things. But let's be honest, in my opinion, Talladega has always been about a 15 , 25 lap race and the rest is just trying to get to the end. And that's basically what we have now."
And that might be a problem, if a cursory look at the Talladega grandstands Sunday is any indicator. They weren't very full.
"If that [finish] doesn't sell some tickets, I don't know what will," Carl Edwards, who came from outside the top 15 in the final 10 laps to finish sixth, said. "I don't know what it looked like from the outside, but from inside it looked like about eight drivers doing some seriously precision driving. That was pretty wild."
"Something about [the finish], it just makes you forget about [the rest of the race] and makes it if it was a problem, it ain't a problem any more," Bowyer said. "You know, it always seems to fix itself at the end of these restrictor plate races, it doesn't matter who is up there."
Who was up there Sunday were some of the most popular drivers in the sport.
"I've got to see this finish on camera because I was scraping against the wall and had it to the floor and said, 'I don't care what happens.' Man, I don't know what it looked like on TV, but it was pretty exciting from my point of view," Greg Biffle said.
To hear that, after a seventh-place finish, you know that winning was all that mattered. But it makes you wonder even more, where the people were.
"You know, whether it's 10 cars or 43 cars left, it's always a hell of a finish at these [restrictor] plate races, and always comes right down to the wire for whatever reason," Bowyer said. "You thought it was going to be a green white-checkered [finish]. But it was still an unbelievable finish.
"Just all hell broke loose is exactly what happened -- but that's what makes this place awesome. I hope the fans enjoyed that finish. That's what Talladega is all about and that's why these people come out by the hundred-thousands to this place [and] I hope they enjoyed it because it was pretty wild from the windshield."
At least that used to be the case. But even with a similar menu of action as Daytona, Talladega was only about two-thirds full. It wasn't from lack of effort by the drivers.
"From my perspective, we were complaining with the old package and riding side by side and not enough passes for the lead, and there was always the big wreck," race-winner Jimmie Johnson said. "Now we have a ton of passes for the lead and statistically you look at the race and it looks pretty awesome.
"From a driver standpoint, we have a lot more control now with what we can do. Yes, it is still plate racing, but you can make stuff happen and there is a technique required to stay together and to work traffic together and to communicate and it puts it back in the driver's hands a lot more than the old combination of racing.
"So I think it's entertaining. And again, I don't remember people excited about the way it was before. So I think we're evolving as teams and drivers, and continuing to put on a better show, and from where I was all day long, I thought there was a lot of racing that took place. I thought it was a great race."
Talladega chairman Grant Lynch blamed the economy for the empty seats. The track blocked-out thousands of seats, based on demand and the cost of maintaining them for a limited number of patrons.
"Our [attendance] numbers have been going down for several years, and people were spread out all over the stadium and it cost a lot of money to clean them every night and open all the restrooms," Lynch said. "But quite frankly, we were tickled with our crowd. I think you're right, that there are a lot of reasons that impact our fans' ability to come to the race right now.
"Certainly the economy and the job picture right now is not good for a lot of folks and with gas approaching four dollars a gallon for a track where a lot of folks bring vehicles that are low mileage per gallon vehicles -- RVs and big pickups towing campers -- and the average distance for people driving [to the track] is probably No. 1 in our company [International Speedway Corporation, which owns 12 tracks on the Cup schedule]."
The track's backstretch Allison Grandstand was virtually full, and coincidentally three of the six cautions came for accidents that occurred right in front of it.
Talladega had priced seats in that section as a $49, two-day package and included for the first time a provision for children 12-and-under to be admitted free with a paid adult. Lynch said there were more than 1,200 children seated back there, and -- given the action, that might be a start to boosting future attendance.
Lynch has other things up his sleeve, which he detailed Sunday evening after the race.
"We did some pretty extensive research with our fans and we heard back that the cost of attending the event -- the cost of tickets and travel is an issue," Lynch said. "So we're going to be coming out next week with some new pricing opportunities for our renewal customers that were with us last October that we're hoping will make them make their decisions faster to come back and be with us this fall.
"There is some apathy among the fans because of the dominance of Jimmie Johnson, but there's never been a track in history that was more of an Earnhardt track than Talladega -- first his dad [Dale Earnhardt, who has 10 Talladega wins] and now Junior [who finished fourth Sunday after pushing Johnson to the win] -- and if Junior picks it up like he has the last few weeks, we're feeling pretty tickled about [attendance in] the fall, for us."
After that, it remains, as it always has, up to the competitors; and everyone in the sport hopes people are watching the brand of racing seen Sunday. It's what they're going to be seeing for a while, as a NASCAR spokesman said after the race no technical changes are planned with the cars.
"This two car draft is here to stay, unless they drastically change the cars," Gordon said. "[Changing] the restrictor plate is not going to change that. It would take a whole new revamping of the car to change that. But you know, I kind of laugh at that because that's kind of what was designed, with this car, was to create that.
"And not necessarily the two car draft, but to be able to get to the bumper and not spin one another out; have a car that's much boxier to blow a bigger hole in the air. That's what we have to deal with now and that's what's created the kind of racing that we have.
"I personally don't have a problem with it, actually. I thought that was pretty fun there at the end, whether I was pushing or being pushed. Those last 10, 15 laps are fun from a driver standpoint -- and I thought there at the end that the fans couldn't ask for a better show than that, with 10-15 to go."
But unless the fans get behind it and think it's just as enjoyable, despite how thrilling the racing and finishes are, filling seats is going to continue to be a challenge.
"It is another era, and what we saw [Sunday] is not like the racing of old," Lynch said. "But 88 lead changes and that finish -- I don't know what kind of racing you want to watch, but most people would say that number of cars that get a chance to lead a lap, close competition and people going to the front, and passing back in the pack -- it's a different Talladega but I don't think the stats are that much different."


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AS President Taylor Herren explains:
Hello, my name is Taylor Herren, and I am honored to be serving Chico State as the Associated Students president for the 2013–2014 academic year. I would like to welcome our new students to California State University, Chico and congratulate our returning students for continuing on with their college education. It is a privilege to be representing each student, especially during a year that is going to be exciting and progressive for this institution. Each of us as students will have many opportunities to build character, provide service, work together, and utilize the exceptional resources and support available on this campus. I am proud to be a part of a university that is dedicated to providing students with an enriching experience that empowers each of us to take an active role in our educational experience.
Chico State is kicking off this academic year with an exciting week of events and activities offered as part of Wildcat Welcome. Students will have the chance to participate in a wide range of activities, including a welcome ceremony, advising and faculty meetings, the #wildcatstyle concert, a late-night movie, an involvement fair, the LeadCat Conference, and several Wildcat Recreation Center-sponsored events.
The week will come to an end with the Be Chico Day of Service on Sunday, Aug. 25. This will bring together campus and community volunteers to serve at different sites throughout Chico. Events like this showcase the collaborative relationships that exist between the University, the City of Chico, the Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, and service providers and confirm each group's commitment to giving back to our community.
This service project truly exemplifies what it means to be a Chico State Wildcat and is an ideal way to wrap up a week that is aimed at welcoming students and showing the value that this University puts on civic engagement. As Wildcats, the education we receive is not only about earning a college degree but also becoming engaged members of society. It is about giving back to the place that, as students, we will call home for four years and about showing respect to a community that lends itself so that each of us can learn and grow during our time at college.
"Being Chico" means that you are leader in this community and that you put an effort towards positively impacting the place you live. Last year was marked with many achievements, and our previous student body set a legacy that we will aspire to live up to throughout the upcoming year. I am certain that we, as the students this year, will exceed the expectations that have been set for us and continue to embody the Wildcat Way.


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EDMONTON - No doubt about it, this brownie square is a mouthful of heaven. More than a brownie, it has a shortbread base under a soft, chewy layer of maple-laced chocolate.
Makes 24 squares
- 11/4 cup flour (300 mL) divided
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) cold butter
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) cocoa
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. maple flavouring
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking powder
- 3/4 cup (175 mL) chopped walnuts
Stir together 1 cup flour plus sugar in a medium bowl. Cut in cold butter until crumbly. Press mixture firmly into bottom of a 13x9x2 (3.5 L) pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350 F. Remove from oven.
Beat together condensed milk, cocoa, egg, remaining 1/4 cup flour, maple flavour and baking powder in a large bowl. Stir in nuts. Spread over prepared crust. Bake 20 minutes, or until centre is set. Cool completely before dusting with icing sugar and cutting in squares.
This is a smaller, simpler, faster brownie that delivers a great mouthful of chocolate and a heavenly hint of creamy maple, thanks to the cream cheese.
Makes 16 squares
- 1 440 g pkg chocolate chunk brownie mix
- 1/4 cup each, water and oil
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) walnuts, broken or lightly chopped
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp (5 mL) maple flavouring
- icing sugar
Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray bottom of a 8 inch (2 L) pan.
With a fork, stir together brownie mix, water, oil and egg. Do not use an electric mixer. Stir in walnuts and spoon the mixture into prepared pan. Beat maple flavouring with softened cream cheese until almost fluffy. Drop by teaspoons on top of batter and swirl in with a fork for a marbled effect. Bake until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool completely before dusting with icing sugar and cutting in squares.


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Irene L. Travis, Editor
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Thom Haller, our associate editor for information architecture, is this issues guest editor for our annual information architecture (IA) issue. Thom has assembled a broad range of articles in the special section, from the theoretical to the practical and from the verbal to the visual. Each of us is bound to find a gem or two of interest. In addition, in his regular IA Column, Thom examines the impact of the existing landscape on how we go about our information architecture.
In our features this issue, we return to the subject of research data access and preservation (RDAP). In her article Sustainability: Scholarly Repository as an Enterprise, Oya Rieger addresses a very important topic in the digital world: the requirements and plans to sustain a repository in this case the pioneering subject archive, arXiv.com, now hosted at Cornell University. And then we have our own records to think about, too. As part of our ASIS&T 75th anniversary coverage, Kathryn La Barre offers timely guidance about accessing the ASIS&T archives at the University of Michigan and discusses the content of the archives.
And, finally, in recognition of the increasing importance of research data access and preservation, we launch a new column in this issue. With the support of SIG/DL (Special Interest Group/ Digital Libraries) RDAP Review will join the IA Column as a regular contribution. Susan Wells Parham, head of scholarly communication & digital curation at the Georgia Tech Library, will coordinate the column on behalf of SIG/DL for the current academic year. Joined in her debut by her colleague, Chris Doty, she examines whether the data management plans submitted with National Science Foundation proposals from Georgia Tech mention its institutional repository, SMARTech, and, if so, what they say and what sources they probably used for their information.
Articles in this Issue
Information Architecture Overview
Information Architecture in the Age of Complexity
The Architecture of Information
Optimizing Websites in the Post Panda World
A Metaphor for Content Strategy
A Conversation with Eric Reiss, Author of Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better
Sustainability: Scholarly Repository as an Enterprise
Spelunking in the Archives: Or How I Learned to Love the Art of the Unexpected
Editor's Desktop
IA; Attending to the Existing Landscape
RDAP: NSF DMP Content Analysis: What Are Researchers Saying?


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NEW YORK, NY- September 20, 2013 – The Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College is hosting its annual Financial Markets Conference on October 8. This year's conference, "Market Integrity: Do Our Equity Markets Pass the Test?" features several panel discussions and key presentations.
The integrity of our equity markets has received much attention due to the number of sharp intra-day price swings in recent years. This conference will focus on how market integrity is impacted by a spectrum of market structure issues, including system reliability, inter-market competition, fragmentation, transparency, and fairness. Panels will examine the integrity of price discovery from the perspective of exchanges and customers, as well as the integrity of a marketplace and of market regulation.
Speiser Professor of Finance Robert Schwartz will give opening remarks. Other addresses will be given by Huseyin Erkan, CEO of World Federation of Exchanges, who will discuss a global perspective; and Andrew Brooks, Vice President and Head of U.S. Equity Trading, T. Rowe Price Associates, who will give a traders perspective. Andreas Preuss, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Börse AG will give the luncheon address.
The event is co-sponsored by BATS Exchange; BIDS Trading; Bloomberg Tradebook LLC; Chicago Board Options Exchange; Deutsche Borse AG; Direct Edge; International Securities Exchange; ITG Inc.; Liquidnet: Nasdaq OMX; NYSE Euronext; PDQ ATS Inc.; Tabb Group.
WHAT: Financial Markets Conference, "Market Integrity: Do Our Equity Markets Pass the Test?"
WHEN: 8:15 a.m. – 5:00p.m., Tuesday, October 8, 2013; View Timeline
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Jessica Alba & Diane Kruger: Vogue Paris Dinner!
Jessica Alba and Diane Kruger add some star power to the Vogue Paris Dinner on Tuesday (January 25) at Hotel de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville in Paris, France.
Both actresses, dressed in Gucci, attended the bash, which was held in honor of Gucci designer Frida Giannini as part of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week.
Earlier in the day, Jess, 29, was spotted leaving the Gucci boutique before heading to Cafe de Flor with some friends.
Diane, meanwhile, stepped out for the Chanel show.
10+ pictures inside of Jessica Alba and Diane Kruger at the Vogue Paris Dinner…


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The Andy Leon Memorial Young Teacher Jazz Award Mentorship Program will take place 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.
The Andy Leon Memorial Young Teacher Jazz Award Mentorship Program will take place 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.
The program creates mentorship opportunities between young performers and music students. This program is meant to encourage young people, singers and instrumentalists to enjoy jazz.
The first award winner is Jay Rattman, recipient of an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. A sax and clarinet player, he holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Manhattan School of Music. He has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Coachella festival, in addition to appearing on NPR's "Sound of Young America," "The Late Show" and "The Tonight Show."
As an educator, Rattman maintains an active private studio in addition to having taught group instrumental lessons in New York City public schools, at COTA Camp Jazz and via distance learning from Manhattan School of Music. He also presented in a teaching artists' master class with Yo Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble.
During this class, Rattman will be joined by pianist Can Olgun, a member of the German Jazz scene. Discussion, among other topics, will include how to learn songs, how to interpret melodies and how to develop improvisations organically from the songs.
Following the session, Rattman will perform with his band from 5 to 8 p.m.
The class is free, though there is a $5 charge for the post-class performance. For information, call 570-424-2000.


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Via Weasel Zippers. The money line: "Are you going to keep building your party with Dixiecrats, ex-Democrats, who think the Democratic party is too mainstream?" Savor that last word, as it suggests that a party pushing a signature bill that's now -20 in net approval in some polls is the one that speaks for the great "mainstream." The idea of a liberal silent majority goes hand in hand with the idea of the GOP as a radical collective, which is where the confederacy meme comes in here. Nothing new for "Hardball": Kathleen Parker pushed that smear herself back in August during an especially insulting segment on why Palin fares well in the south while Obama doesn't, but it's a treat to see it paired this time with a blind assertion that the disintegrating Democrats are the true party o' the people.
A reminder on the "confederacy" point: According to lefty pollster PPP, the top seven most endangered Senate seats are all held by Democrats and come from the following very much un-confederate states — North Dakota, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Delaware, and Illinois. (Tenth-most endangered is Pennsylvania, a.k.a. the land of Gettysburg.) Bear that in mind as you watch the first clip. As for the second, in which Matthews salutes one of his ideological heroes of yesteryear, that's just for fun.
Update: From Politico's new report on Griffith's flip, a salute to the "mainstream":
"There's a real backlash in the conservative districts against Washington and the president," said one senior Democratic operative. "In any right-leaning district…you're going to see the incumbent looking at numbers they've never seen before."
"I just think it really shows the moderates feel they don't have a voice in the party, they don't like where we are going as a party, and that should be troubling for Democrats," said another senior Democratic strategist. "Less than a year into a Washington that is controlled by Democrats, they've lost hope, they feel disillusioned, and they don't think there's anything to stick around for."


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Nov. 1, 2008
BOSTON, Mass. – For the second year in a row, the MIT women's cross country team captured the NEWMAC championship, held Saturday at Franklin Park in Boston. Eight MIT harriers earned All-Conference honors by placing in the top 14, including top overall finisher and NEWMAC Runner of the Year Jacqui Wentz.
Wentz completed the five-kilometer course in 18:28, more than 12 seconds faster than her nearest competitor. Andrea Bradshaw (18:59) led a group of four Engineers through the chute, finishing fifth. Katherine Eve, Maria Monks and Janice O'Brien were directly behind Bradshaw. Eve received the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year award as the top first-year finisher in the race. Anna Holt-Gosselin, Jennifer Doyle and Elizabeth Finn were also named to the All-Conference Team.
MIT finished with a total of 27 points, giving them a comfortable victory over second place Wheaton (77 points). Springfield finished third with 87 points.
The Cardinal and Gray will look to build on this victory with a strong showing at the NCAA Division III New England Regional championship in two weeks in Williamstown, Mass.


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Satoshi Sakamoto
Satoshi Sakamoto was born 1970, in the Aomori prefecture, Japan. From 1996 he lived in Hirosaki city in the Tsugaru area. In 2010 he returned to his home town Nanbucho in Nanbu. The culture of the Aomori prefecture includes many local variations and differs from from the well known Japanese culture from Kyoto. And so too Satoshi's art is different from many of the perceived norms of Japanese art.
Max Ernst was his earliest influence, however it was in 1987 when HR Giger came to Tokyo and the unusual popularity that arose among the younger Japanese that Satoshi was inspired to create his own artwork. Although Giger's artwork was a popular sensation, Satoshi tried to look beyond the fashion and sought for it's deeper meanings.
Satoshi studied oil painting and graduated from the Musashino Art University. His fascination with fantastic art like Giger was encouraged by his professor Eizo Fujibayashi, a surrealist painter who passed away in 1996.
From 1992 onwards Sakamoto combined airbrush with his oil paintings. He sought to visualize archetypes in an abstractive level without any figurative shapes. Instead of psychological symbols he works more directly with vivid colours. Sakamoto gives terms his artistic style as "Sur-naturalism", which is based on the primary colors and abstract archetypes.
The inspiration for his artwork is often drawn from common everyday things, sometimes even rubbish that people don't notice. He magnifies the neglected senses into a grand scale, through a process similar to divination or mediumism. Philosophically he is influenced by Rudolf Steiner.
"Sur-naturalism is a style attempting to emancipate and direct life's power and senses through pure forms and colors. It strives to achieve the potential archetypes that are ever-present in nature."
In 2008 he participated in a group exhibition with the International Fantastic Art Association (IFAA), a Japanese art group which seeks to build contacts and relationships internationally. Included in this show were two foreign guest artists, Leo Plaw and Luigi La Speranza. This exhibition caused Satoshi to consider just what Fantastic and Visionary art is because to that date there was no strict definition for the genre. He then later separated from the group.
In 2009 Satoshi curated the group exhibition, VISIONs, at the request of the Gallery Art Point manger in Ginza. The exhibition concept was directed by Satoshi's investigation and concept of visionary art culture.
In considering where he places himself as an artist, he certainly does not consider himself as a psychedelic artist, although he admits his artwork has a psychedelic vision in some way. Rather he draws his use of vivid colours from both Asian and the Renaissance cultural traditions.
"I choose red to recreate the vital experience of initiation into a place where all living things act as a stimulus for the human soul. Like magma or blood, red declares a duel between internal nature and external nature. I think it also implicates the contrast between the red shrines of Japan and the green forests.
The artworks of the past, like ancient Japanese earthenware, instruct me to meditate upon the mythology described within its details. I believe that primitive artworks achieve higher states than any modern art. Perhaps by design it is a solemn experience of karma, a duality, of woman and man, killer and victim, or human and nature. Those are reflected in my paintings subconsciously."


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Red Alert: Rosacea Harbors Social Minefield for More Than 16 Million Americans
CHICAGO (April 1, 2013) – For many individuals with rosacea, every social occasion can feel like a minefield no matter how mild their condition, according to a new survey by the National Rosacea Society (NRS). April has been designated as Rosacea Awareness Month by the NRS to alert the public to the early warning signs of this chronic and conspicuous facial disorder now estimated to affect more than 16 million Americans.
"Rosacea's impact on appearance can be a disabling blow to the emotional and social lives of those who suffer from this poorly understood condition," said Dr. Mark Dahl, chairman of the NRS Medical Advisory Board. "In addition, the stress of facing friends, family and co-workers can act as a trigger for flare-ups, leading to a tailspin that can become increasingly difficult to bear."
Fortunately, for individuals who recognize rosacea's warning signs and seek medical help, diagnosis and appropriate therapy can bring their signs and symptoms under control and keep its social and emotional effects at bay.
According to the new NRS survey of 801 rosacea patients, most feel the negative social impact of their condition regardless of which rosacea subtype they may have.
While 61 percent of those with only subtype 1 (erythematotelangiectatic) rosacea, characterized by facial redness, said their rosacea had inhibited their social lives, the number rose to 72 percent among those who reported their redness was moderate or severe. Seventy-seven percent of patients with the bumps and pimples of subtype 2 (papulopustular) rosacea alone noted that their social life had been negatively impacted, and 85 percent of patients whose symptoms included subtype 3 (phymatous) rosacea, involving thickening of the skin, had been negatively affected.
Among the respondents who had the eye irritation of subtype 4 (ocular) rosacea, 71 percent said the disorder's effects had inhibited their social lives.
The most common complaint, cited by 50 percent of the respondents, was having to refuse food or drink they normally would enjoy for fear of triggering a rosacea flare-up. Forty-three percent said they had been the subject of stares, misconceptions, rude comments or jokes, and 39 percent had refused or canceled social engagements because of rosacea's effects on appearance. Other common complaints included not participating in physical activities they would enjoy, reported by 37 percent, and avoiding new or different experiences, cited by 28 percent.
Adding insult to injury is a common myth that rosacea sufferers, who often have a red face and nose, may be heavy drinkers. In fact, while alcohol may aggravate rosacea, these symptoms can be just as severe in a teetotaler. Another common misconception is that rosacea is caused by poor hygiene, while in reality it is unrelated to personal cleanliness.
Although the cause of rosacea is unknown, a vast array of lifestyle and environmental factors can trigger flare-ups of signs and symptoms in various rosacea sufferers. Common rosacea triggers include sun exposure, emotional stress, hot or cold weather, wind, heavy exercise, alcohol, spicy foods, heated beverages, humidity, certain skin-care products and many others.
"The good news is that medical therapy, combined with trigger avoidance, can help to reduce rosacea's impact on most patients," Dr. Dahl said. The survey results bear this out, as 63 percent of the respondents reported improvement in their social lives following medical therapy.
Rosacea usually first strikes individuals between the ages of 30 and 60, and may initially resemble a simple sunburn or an inexplicable blush. Suddenly, without warning, a flush comes to their cheeks, nose, chin or forehead. Then just when they start to feel concerned, the redness disappears.
Unfortunately, it happens again and again, becoming ruddier and lasting longer each time — and eventually visible blood vessels may appear. Without treatment, bumps and pimples often develop, growing more extensive over time, and burning, itching and stinging are common.
In severe cases, especially in men, the nose may become enlarged from the development of excess tissue. This is the condition that gave comedian W.C. Fields his trademark red, bulbous nose. In some people the eyes are also affected, feeling irritated and appearing watery or bloodshot. Severe cases of this condition, known as ocular rosacea, can result in reduced visual acuity.
Among the most famous rosacea sufferers is former President Bill Clinton, whose doctors disclosed that he had this condition in The New York Times. Others reported to have suffered from the disorder include Princess Diana, financier J.P. Morgan and the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Individuals with any of the following warning signs of rosacea are urged to see a dermatologist for diagnosis and appropriate treatment:
- Redness on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead
- Small visible blood vessels on the face
- Bumps or pimples on the face
- Watery or irritated eyes
During April and throughout the year, people who suspect they may have rosacea can visit the NRS website at rosacea.org, or call its toll-free number at 1-888-NO-BLUSH to obtain comprehensive information on the disorder. Information and educational materials are also available by writing the National Rosacea Society, 196 James Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It's been many years since Carolyn Espel attended the Bryant School in Princeton Township, but her memories are so vivid, it could have been yesterday.
Espel went to the school for almost six years, attending with older sisters, Nilah and Betty, and older brother, Bob.
Espel said every morning began with the Pledge of Allegiance, and then the students went to their desks, coming to the front of the room as the teacher taught a class to one or more grades. The Bryant School was a little bigger than some of the one-room schools in the county, and Espel said there were usually three or four students in each grade.
Teachers moved in and out fairly regularly during the years Espel attended, but one teacher especially "registered" with her.
One day Eula Clark was standing on the heating register when something gave way.
"The register evidently had gotten off the square that it was on and it was a fairly large register," Espel said. "It moved, and she fell through, and we laughed at first. And then we realized she was hanging on for dear life, or she was going to end up in the basement."
Two of the eighth-graders pulled Clark to safety, but a broken leg resulted in her retiring from teaching.
Clark said they regularly had art classes, and in the wintertime, they would go outside and make something out of snow.
"Marlene Vickery, Margaret Bird and I worked on one thing, and we ended up making Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," she said. "The reason we chose him was I had some gloves that were rubberized and they would make the nose red, so we ended up with a red nose for him."
One student who loved attention remains vivid in Espel's memory.
"One day he was blowing huge bubbles with his Bazooka bubble gum, large bubbles that covered his whole face," Espel said. "The teacher caught him, brought him to the front of the room, made him spit out his huge wad of bubble gum, and then stuck that huge wad of gum on the end of his nose."
It was perhaps not the best punishment for a child who loved to be in the spotlight.
"He loved making people laugh so he started crossing his eyes, looking at that gum," she said. "Everyone started laughing, including him. Everyone that is, but the teacher."
Espel said the fun came to an end when the teacher made the boy stand in the corner instead.
The holidays were also a source of many memories. Espel said every Halloween, the students would create all kinds of homemade costumes that they could wear to school. They would bob for apples and have a party.
One year they tried something different. They turned the garage by the school into a spook house and invited students from several nearby schools to attend.
"We would blindfold people and take them through," Espel said with a laugh. "We had spaghetti for worms that we'd make them stick their hands in, and peeled grapes for eyeballs."
Another big holiday was Valentine's Day.
"Everybody in the school would make a Valentine for everybody else in the school; you could not leave anybody out," she said. "We would make a box out of a shoe box and decorate it with construction paper and paints and things like that."
Her favorite holiday was Christmas. Fathers would put up a heavy wire so curtains could be hung to create a stage.
One of the highlights was the Christmas play. Espel said the teacher would order a book with a play, and one year the play didn't have enough characters so she had to order another book with more characters.
One play Espel remembers was about Santa and his elves and making toys for Christmas.
"I can remember we had to memorize our lines, and we had several rehearsals before we presented the play for our parents," she said. "There was always great excitement during that week!"
After all the students came out on stage to sing carols, Santa Claus would appear.
"We'd all line up and he had a big bag, and he had candy in there, which was a real treat for us because we didn't get it all that often, and maybe an orange or an apple," she said.
Santa would stop and ask each child if they had been good. Espel said he got an answer he didn't expect when she was about 6 or 7.
"I was a little smart aleck, and I said, 'No,'" she said with a laugh.
Santa passed her by, not giving her a treat, which made her feel bad. Then Santa came back.
"He said, 'Well, I'm sorry to hear you weren't good,' and I said, 'Well, at least I'm honest,'" she said. "He said, 'Yes, you were,' so he gave me my candy."
Espel said she was very well prepared for Logan Junior High School, which she began in seventh grade.
"We had really good teachers and you learned so much," she said. "I think we were actually ahead of the town kids because we learned from all the grades and you would remember."
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If US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates decides to pass the time on his flight to Beijing on Sunday by studying photos of the "stealth" fighter jet that China unveiled this week, he can draw comfort from one fact of which Beijing is all too aware.
By the time the first Chinese "Jian 20" plane makes its first operational flight sometime toward the end of this decade, the US Air Force is due to have more than 1,000 equally advanced planes in the air, and years of experience flying them.
The new Chinese fighter "will not make any difference to the balance of power for another 10 years or so," says Ted Galen Carpenter, a defense expert at the Cato Institute in Washington. "But psychologically and symbolically it's important."
"America keeps looking over its shoulder and sees China gaining," Dr. Carpenter adds. "The gap is still there, but it is getting smaller."
In three days of meetings with Chinese civilian and military leaders, Mr. Gates is unlikely to raise US concerns about any particular Chinese weapons system. Instead, he will seek to finally put US-Chinese military relations on an even keel.
Beijing has suspended its contacts with US military officers for two of the past three years to protest US arms sales to Taiwan, which the Chinese regard as a renegade province.
"This kind of long-term tension is really bad for both sides and for mutual trust," says Xu Guangyu, a former People's Liberation Army general.
Suspicions on both sides
The US side is particularly anxious to resume the military dialogue, worried that misunderstandings between the two potential rivals could lead to clashes at sea where both navies operate, and that China's military doctrine is unclear.
"One of the real problems of not having a relationship is I don't understand much about what they are doing," the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, said last month, announcing Gates's long-postponed visit to Beijing. "I don't understand the depth or the reasons for their military investment," he added.
The Chinese are equally suspicious of US intentions. "The US always sees China as a rival and in their military exercises we are always the enemy," complains Xu.
US naval exercises with South Korean and Japanese forces in November in the Yellow Sea, 100 miles off the Chinese coast, "were meant as strategic deterrence to China," says Xu.
The US aircraft carrier group "was designed to scare North Korea" after its forces shelled a South Korean island, he adds, "but it also showed that if China violates US or its allies' interests, America can deploy its military power without hesitation. If America cares about its relations with China it should avoid holding drills in such sensitive places."
"Both sides should dial it back a notch," suggests Carpenter. "China gets annoyed with this rather ostentatious display of American military power in China's backyard."
'Carrier killer' ballistic missile
Though Beijing can do nothing to stop such displays, its scientists are working on a "carrier killer" ballistic missile designed to strike enemy ships from space – the first such weapon in the world.
China's "investment … in antiship weaponry and ballistic missiles could threaten America's primary way to project power and help allies in the Pacific – particularly our forward bases and carrier strike groups," Gates warned in a speech last September.
The antiship ballistic missile has not yet been tested, however, and it is uncertain when it might be deployed even if it works, according to US naval analysts.
China's long-term maritime ambitions are symbolized by the expected launch this year of a refitted Soviet aircraft carrier bought from Ukraine. But no such vessel is expected to emerge from China's own shipyards for several years, and Chinese carrier proficiency and capability will still be very limited in 2020, the US Navy's intelligence chief said this week.
"I see them [the Chinese military] delivering individual … weapons systems," he said, but he pointed out that fielding a prototype is only the first step toward making it part of military operations.
Nonetheless, says Carpenter, "the concern is that China wants capabilities to neutralize America's military presence in the western Pacific."
That, insists Xu, is only to be expected. "The US is used to controlling all the open seas in the world," he says. "But the situation is different now and America should adjust its habits. China is getting stronger, we have our interests and our dignity.
"We can't always be weak," Xu adds. "But whenever there is a change in China's military power, it touches a sensitive American nerve."


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A volvulus is a twisting of the intestine that can occur in childhood. It causes a blockage, and may cut off blood flow and damage part of the intestine.
Alternative Names
Childhood volvulus
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
A birth defect called intestinal malrotation can make infants more likely to develop a volvulus. However, a volvulus can occur without malrotation.
Volvulus due to malrotation often occurs early in life, usually in the first year.
Bloody or dark red stools
- Constipation or difficulty releasing stools
Distended abdomen
- Pain or tenderness in the abdomen
- Nausea or vomiting
- Vomiting green material
Symptoms are usually severe enough that infants are taken early to the emergency room, which can be critical for survival.
Signs and tests
Barium enema
- Blood tests to check
electrolytes CT scan Stool guaiac(shows blood in the stool) Upper GI
Emergency surgery is needed to repair the volvulus. A surgical cut is made in the abdomen. The bowels are untwisted and the blood supply restored.
If a small segment of bowel is dead from a lack of blood flow (necrotic), it is removed. The ends of the bowel are sewn back together. Or, they are used to form a connection of the intestines to the outside, through which bowel contents can be removed (colostomy or ileostomy).
Expectations (prognosis)
Diagnosing and treating volvulus quickly generally leads to a good outcome.
If the bowel is dead (necrotic), the outlook is poor. The situation may be life-threatening, depending on how much of the bowel is dead.
Secondary peritonitis Short bowel syndrome(after removal of a large part of the small bowel)
Calling your health care provider
This is an emergency condition. The symptoms of childhood volvulus develop quickly and the child becomes severely ill. Get medical attention immediately.
Peterson MA. Disorders of the large intestine. In: Marx JA, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 93.
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3. Add in the flour, baking powder and salt. Continue to mix until well encorporated.
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This was a big hit! I loved it! It was actually really easy and the presentation was simple, yet a real stunner. Definitely a recipe I'll be keeping in my good-books ^^
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