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We warmly welcome you to our unique hotel in Chumphon, the gateway to the south of Thailand.
Paradorn Inn offers a clean, calm, and comfortable stay. All our guests receive personalized hospitality in this home away from home. We do our best to accommodate you with all your special needs. From the hotel you can easily visit many vacation spots, such as beaches, waterfalls, mountains and caves, rafting locations, forests, and historical places. Our hotel is near the railway station and bus station, each about a 5-minute drive away. Also, you can easily reach nearby ports to take speed boats to Koh Tao and other islands.
Our main lobby pleasantly invites you to put your worries away. Our hotel is truly a peaceful place for relaxing, meeting friends, or simply having a quiet drink.
Paradorn Inn is located in the heart of Chumphon province, in an easily reached part of the city. We provide three types of rooms: Superior, VIP, and VIP Suite. Room rates vary by season and are impressively affordable. We also have dining facilities, such as a restaurant that offers tantalizing Thai cuisine and some Western dishes. Once you are settled into your room, we can help you arrange tour packages to see the city or visit nearby islands.
From the highway, go to Paraminmunka Road. A clock tower will be on your right and a hospital to your front. Turn left at Paraminmunka Road, and continue to Saladang Road. You will pass a courthouse on your left. Turn right onto Saladang Road (on the first traffic light), then go pass the next traffic light Paradorn Inn's drive way will be on your right.
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Mitt Romney's ambitions for the 2012 primary have never been mysterious. He's in it to win it, and with a weak field, the primaries should have been a mere prelude to his coronation. Things haven't worked out that way.
First there was Rick Perry in September, a chiseled Texan with conservative cred, undone by his inability to list more than two government agencies at a prime-time debate. Herman Cain, charismatic and entertainingly unpredictable, was finally brought down by a raft of sexual harassment-allegations in October. After the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich took the lead, but Gingrich couldn't overcome his own reputation and inability to be likeable. Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator with antiquated social views, seemed destined to sit on the bench the whole primary season, but has suddenly been catapulted to the front of the pack because of his appeal to the most conservative edge of the party.
When facing the first few challengers, Romney wasn't worried. He kept his campaign message focused on the general election. The media's take on the GOP primary has remained in fast-forward mode, too; of course Romney was the inevitable nominee—the GOP base just needed to get on board.
However, the media couldn't predict how bad a candidate Romney would be. His off-hand comments on wealth and inequality are cringe-worthy, and his debate performances, campaign speeches, grassroots efforts, and singing ability are serviceable at best. Although he picked up wins in New Hampshire, Florida, and Nevada, his conservative brother-in-arms' solid wins in the South and the Midwest show that he still has a long way to go. A race that supposedly ended in the fall looks as though it might sputter all the way to the convention in August, and Romney actually needs to stop planning his general election strategy and start fighting to protect his inevitable candidacy.
The biggest weapon in Romney's arsenal is cash, which is the best card to hold when facing a potentially glacial primary fight. Romney will repeat his Florida strategy of blasting the airwaves with more ads than his opponents in Michigan, Super Tuesday, and beyond. He can also afford far more staff than Santorum, although he hasn't invested much money in bolstering his campaign's ground game. All Romney needs to stay at the front of the pack is a string of wins that give him a sustained burst of momentum, and when primary contests become a multi-state affair as the race wears on, Romney is the only candidate with the funds to set up campaign offices and spend money on ads on multiple fronts.
Romney's biggest problem is that he hasn't found his base, and that he can't steal social conservatives from Santorum or Gingrich. And as Zeke Miller pointed out on Wednesday, being able to outspend other candidates may not always be an option. Over 82 percent of Romney's 2011 fundraising came in amounts over $1,000, which means that the 1 percent well is running dry. Santorum, on the other hand, has seen his fundraising gain as much momentum as his poll numbers after his recent primary sweep.
But Santorum's threat to Romney has probably been overstated, too. If Romney's campaign has been running on cruise control, Santorum's campaign is the Flinstones' car—the social conservative's campaign does not have the infrastructure to transition to the big leagues yet, and if the money runs out his campaign will be done. Santorum's platform is also troublesome, and his social-issues-heavy, economics-lite stump speeches may hit a wall when he challenges Romney in bigger and more moderate states.
Although the Michigan primary on February 28 is being set up as a game changer, it won't be. Even if Santorum wins—and that's looking increasingly likely—the basic dynamics of the race will stay the same. While the rest of the candidates have dialed up the antics as though they were the cast of Jersey Shore, Romney is playing Survivor: Outwit, outplay, outlast. Once everyone else gets voted off the island, Romney thinks he will be the last one standing. It's not a strategy to fire up the base a la Obama 2008, but Romney will never be the fiercest candidate. He's the GOP's safe bet, and he knows it.
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Fri, 2012-02-17 11:20
Romney appears to be turning into the guy who won the nomination without winning the nomination. He may be the establishment candidate with all the money, however the clowns in DC and in the Laboratories of Democracy are so determined to take issue with whatever the President does, nationally, the Republican party is playing to Santorum's strengths and right into Obama's hands. Really, how many primaries in a row can Romney lose, or have retracted (Iowa, maybe Maine) before this inevitability thing falls away?
TX Repub
Sun, 2012-02-19 16:41
TX Repub
Sun, 2012-02-19 16:30
I'm for Romney, am a Pre-Tea Party Conservative Republican, and think the assessment of which candidate is "Ahead" is flawed. Comparing the Florida Primary with a smaller state Caucus which has few votes and no delegates attached seems unfair and unequal in strength, in reality. Why not wait for that state to award delegates to count it? GO TEAM ROMNEY!
TX Repub
Sun, 2012-02-19 16:38
In Massachusetts, one difference was that the voting members of the Legislature voted for the Insurance bill with no bribery, sweetheart deals to get their votes by the Governor, and the members and the public were able to know what the bill said before they voted for it-----Big Differences with Obamacare worth talking about.
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Sun, 2012-02-19 22:08
Tue, 2012-02-21 19:22
If Romney is the Republican nominee, I am open to voting for him. I was a big Obama supporter in 2008. If its Romney, I'll follow the campaign and decide pretty late between Romney and Obama. I really like Ron Paul and if he was 10 years younger than he is, I think he would have had a great shot at the nomination. He's done a great service to the country just speaking out and delivering that message, especially the foreign policy message against these wars and bases all over the world and all the spending.
I cannot imagine voting for either Gingrich or Santorum and the author of this article is, IMO, wrong to believe that the Santorum surge is because he is "conservative" (whatever that means). It is pure anti-Mormon bigotry on display.
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Fox Entertainment President: Kevin Reilly
Victoria Chang; Bill Guttentag; Rod Kramer
Price: $6.93
Kevin Reilly, at forty-six years old, had one of his first television executive experiences in the drama department at NBC, had?like many others?experienced his fair share of drama. What he described as the "three toughest years of my career" were at NBC when he served as entertainment president from 2003 to 2007. Reilly had re-joined NBC, after having originally worked his way up the executive ladder there from 1988 to 1994. He joined the second time around, just as NBC- which had a record ratings and profit run in the mid-90's to 2001-had begun a downward spiral brought about by a long development drought. In a little over a month, Reilly became the President of Entertainment at the top-rated Fox network. Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori, Reilly's former boss at the FX Network (a Fox-owned cable network), approached Reilly about the prospect of gaining a chance to "do over" his experience at NBC. Reilly had worked with Liguori at FX (from 2000 to 2003), where Liguori had been chairman and Reilly entertainment president. This time around, Liguori hired Reilly to oversee all programming responsibilities for FOX Broadcasting Company. Reilly started at Fox in July 2007 but nearly four months later, he faced a writers' strike, which hobbled the entertainment industry for most of the year, ending just as the nascent signs of the severe economic downturn had already begun to taken shape. Despite such challenges, Reilly pushed forward, doing what he had done throughout his career, which was to challenge the system, question convention, and find and develop hit shows that appealed to general audiences and critics alike.
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To teach students about the entertainment industry, particularly the broadcast television industry and what a studio executive does
Subjects Covered:
Career changes; Career planning
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The U.S. News and World Report online money and career guide has
great news for those considering a career in massage therapy. It
ranks massage therapist as #17 on a list of Best Health Care Jobs.
Furthermore, it ranks massage therapists as #27 on their list of
"100 Best Jobs" overall.
The article discusses the pros and cons of massage therapy, as
well as training requirements and salary data. According to their
data, the median salary for a massage therapist is currently
$35,970, while the upper 10% of massage professionals earn $70,140.
Furthermore, it states that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
predicts that jobs for massage therapists will grow 22.6% between
2012 and 2022, adding 30,000 more professionals to this field.
Read the U.S. News article here, and then learn
how you can get started on your new massage therapy career at National University of Health
In two
separate studies, massage therapy shows promise in reducing pain
and increasing the range of motion for those with osteoarthritis of
the knee.
One study had a group of patients attend supervised self-massage
sessions twice a week, and taught them a regimen of self-massage
techniques to use at home. At the end of the study, researchers
found an overall improvement in stiffness, function and pain for
the intervention group, while a control group that did not
participate in the self-massage remained the same.
In a second study, patients receiving regular weekly or
bi-weekly massage showed reduced pain and stiffness and increased
Here is a
summary of both studies prepared by the American Massage
Therapy Association.
It's great to know that massage therapy may have the potential
to reduce reliance on prescription and over-the-counter pain
medication in osteoarthritis of the knee.
NUHS has a strong culture of supporting research by its faculty,
graduate students, and students in its massage therapy program. The
field of massage welcomes new research and case studies that track
the benefits and applications of massage for various health
One massage student, Lauren Camer, did research at NUHS that
culminated in a poster that she presented at a national conference
after she graduated. She presented her poster at the 2013 American
Massage Therapy Association National Convention in Fort Worth,
Texas in September. Her topic was "Massage Therapy for Balance and
Proprioceptive Deficits in a Juvenile: A Case Report."
Lauren Cramer presents her research at the AMTA National
The poster was based on the case of a boy with balance problems
who received ten 30-minute manual massage therapy treatments over
the course of five weeks. The therapist performed balance
assessments on the boy before, during and after the massage therapy
sessions. Lauren's case study on the boy showed that massage
provided a positive and lasting impact.
While working on her research project, Lauren appreciated
mentorship from her clinical supervisor, Dr. Patricia Coe,
as well as her co-author, NUHS clinical research coordinator, Jen
"They were always available to answer questions, and helped me
with the preliminary work I needed to do to get my research
proposal approved by the university," says Lauren.
Now that she has graduated from NUHS, Lauren Camer is currently
a licensed massage therapist in Illinois. She has a mobile massage
service in addition to providing corporate chair massages and
working in a chiropractic physician's office part-time.
National University is proud of its many of its faculty members
who are published in nationwide magazines and professional
journals. This includes our faculty who are experts in massage
therapy. For example, this November, you'll find our massage
therapy clinic supervisor,
Dr. Patricia Coe, quoted in O: The Oprah Magazine.
Also, one of National's research professors, Dr. Jerrilyn
Cambron, wrote an article on the topic of vetting good massage
research for the November/December issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine. Dr. Cambron
knows a great deal about massage research, as she is the current
president-elect of the Massage Therapy Foundation and a co-founder
of MassageNet.org.
Learn more about our massage therapy programs so
that you, too, can come learn with the experts!
In this video, you'll hear why massage therapy instructor Candy
Washington, LMT, feels that NUHS produces outstanding massage
therapists. Hands-on training, as well as internship experience in
an integrative medical clinic are key reasons. Read more about
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Quick question. Some time ago we migrated from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2008 R2.
We used Microsoft's migration tool to upgrade to the latest version of Windows Server.
As part of the migration, we re-domained 200 odd workstations with mainly Windows XP.
A few weeks after the systems had been migrated, Microsoft Word started crashing when saving document or failing to save in general. Slowly over time, this started creeping out to other workstations.
We've been trying to track down the problem for some time, but we keep on having to fall back to a workstation rebuild in order to resolve the issue with crashing. 8/10 time's this resolves the problem, but in some cases it doesn't.
We've also highlighted Microsoft Office's File Validation Tool and put the update on hold (using WSUS) at the moment as we have had performance hits because of this.
Has anyone come across this problem before as I'm a bit stumped at the moment.
The documents in question are being saved to Windows Server 2000 SP4 and its quite a heavily utilized server.
The thoughts I've got at the moment are as follows,
- Network congestion
- Legacy server security settings (LanMan + Digitally signing SMB)
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Universal mount.
This tilter bracket is used to mount lights onto a standard light stand.
Cast aluminum.
Unit is constructed from heavy-duty cast aluminum.
Adjustable locking handle.
Adjustable locking handle allows for locking at precise angles.
Umbrella receptacle.
Mount an umbrella, Halo or Apollo using the included umbrella receptacle.
Tilt as needed.
This unit offers a wide range of tilting capability.
Oversized knobs.
Oversized knobs are ergonomically designed for comfort and ease of use.
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|One year against manufacturing defects
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iRiver Story ebook reader hands-on
iRiver's Story ebook reader, currently available in the UK, was on show at CES and we were on hand to grab some photos.
As you can see from the pics, the Story boasts a full QWERTY keyboard, as well as a voice recorder, headphones jack, built-in speaker and 2GB of memory as well as an SD card slot.
In addition to file support for all the things you might want to display on the E-Ink screen, it also boasts MP3 playing abilities.
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The Model K016, Vegetable Garden Drip Irrigation Kit for up to 10 rows each up to 10' long is The Drip Store's custom-designed drip tape kit that includes all the parts needed for installing a drip irrigation system for rows of vegetables.
See Added Parts to expand your system by purchasing additional pieces separately.
The kit contains 100' of 15-mil drip tape with drip emitters every 12". The emitters have flow rates of .35 GPH @ 10 PSI, and .6 GPH @ 25 PSI. The kit also has a 50' of high quality 1/2" drip tubing with .600" ID x .700" OD, sufficient to start a vegetable garden on a lot 40' wide by 10' long. The drip tape kit includes all the fittings and accessories needed to install 10 rows of drip irrigation in a vegetable garden, starting from a hose faucet (spigot). This drip irrigation kit can be used to water all types of vegetable plants with 8" to 12" spacing. The kit can accommodate a flow rate of up to 260 GPH (5 GPM), using the 100' of 15-mil drip tape.
When designing a drip irrigation system using drip tape please be aware that drip tape work at very low pressure of 12 to 25 PSI. Make sure to install a 15, 20 or 25-PSI pressure regulator to each zone.
Suggestion in installing a drip tape system, first identify the number of similar irrigation zones needed. Irrigation zones are based on factors such as type of crop, total flow available in a given time (see drip tape flow rate and spacing), available pressure at the zone, available pressure for periodic flushing, topography layout, field length and soil texture. Once the zones are assigned and the drip system is designed, a schedule of irrigation must be set up to meet the unique needs of the crop in each zone. A properly designed and installed drip system will provide better uniformity for many years and can improve crop production
Recommendation: To install the drip tape fittings, turn the sleeve on the fitting counter-clockwise, insert and push the drip tape over the barb, and secure by turning the sleeve clockwise to go over the drip tape, ensuring a quality watertight connection.
The most important practice for a healthy and productive vegetable garden is the use of an appropriate irrigation system. During years of normal rainfall, rains usually wet the soil and provide a good supply of deep soil moisture. What happens later will depend upon the efficiency of your irrigation system. Adequate soil moisture is important for seed germination, uniform growth, and productivity. Correct use of a drip irrigation system should keep vegetable plants actively growing in dry periods yet cause no problem when rain occurs following irrigation. The system, when properly operated, keeps soil at the base of the plant (root zone area) moist. This may require operating the system for short periods two to four times a week during dry weather in order to prevent the soil from ever becoming completely dry.
One of the most important features of a drip irrigation system is the creation of a totally new and more favorable root zone environment within the planting. Drip irrigation sustains this environment by using low flow rates to maintain constant soil moisture levels. This encourages better growth and disease resistance by reducing plant stress.
Advantages and Benefits
•Water Efficiency:
By applying water only where and when it is needed, with less runoff and less evaporation from leaves and soil, the uniform application of water from drip irrigation systems can achieve high water savings.
•Ease of Installation:
The system can be installed without special tools or glue, and with limited knowledge, making the installation a very simple process.
•Reduced Pest Problems and Weed Growth:
Watering only the roots of your plants with drip irrigation cuts down on water-borne pests and fungal diseases that spread by water movement, as well as the germination of weeds in the areas between your plants.
Note: The pressure regulator (included) is used to lower the incoming pressure to the suggested operating pressure of 25 PSI, which is within the range of recommended pressures for a drip system.
This kit has all the parts needed to start the system connecting to a faucet. The Drip Store also includes instructions on how to start the system from a PVC pipe or a pipe thread.
Starting the system from a faucet:
Optional: Starting the system from a PVC pipe:
Steps to connect all others components:
To install the drip tape fittings, turn the sleeve on the fitting counter-clockwise, insert and push the drip tape over the barb, and secure by turning the sleeve clockwise to go over the drip tape, ensuring a quality watertight connection.
See installation instructions for details.
How much time to water: Turn the water onfor 45 minutes to 1 hour every two days, depending on your location and the soil type. After a week or two check the soil and the health of the plants, and adjust the watering time as needed. If you have a controller and you need to add more time, adjust the time on the controller or program the controller with additional start-times.
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|3/4" FHT Basic Pressure Regulator, 25 PSI
|Backflow Preventer 3/4" FHT x 3/4" MHT
|Palm Hole Punch
|5/8" Drip Tape Coupling
|5/8" Drip Tape Connector to 1/4" Barb
|5/8" Drip Tape Connector End : Offline Review
|3/4" "Y" Style Filter with Hose Threads, 155 mesh, polyester screen, green
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|1/2" .700 OD Compression Tee
|3/4" FHT x .700 O.D. Swivel Adapter with Washer
|5" Hold Down Stake for 1/2" Drip Tubing
|Goof Plugs, Strip of 10
|DIG Corporation Drip Tubing, 50', 1/2" coil with .700 OD
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What is CROMERR?
Key Program Information
The Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) provides the legal framework for electronic reporting (ER) under all of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) environmental regulations. CROMERR applies to:
(a) regulated entities that submit reports and other documents to EPA under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
(b) states, tribes, and local governments that are authorized to administer EPA programs under Title 40. CROMERR establishes standards for information systems that receive reports and other documents electronically (including email, but excluding disks, CDs, and other magnetic and optical media) that are submitted to satisfy requirements of a program that a state, tribe, or local government is authorized to administer under Title 40.
These standards cover a variety of system functions, such as electronic signature validation. The standards are designed to provide electronic submittals with the same level of legal dependability as the corresponding paper submittals. Although CROMERR does not subject EPA systems to the standards, EPA has decided that all of its systems will conform to the standards when they operate to receive electronic submittals that are covered by the regulation.
CROMERR also requires that states, tribes, and local governments that wish to continue or begin using ER for their authorized programs must revise or modify those programs to incorporate ER. CROMERR details the process to obtain EPA approval of ER-related revisions or modifications to an authorized program.
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Jun 30, 2006
My Portal has changed...
Well, I had to verify this - and it has changed! Looks like LEGO is getting ready to offer us some new content using the My Portal tool - I had completely forgotten this was going to be available.
Thanks, Jonathan.
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Just wondering, but does anybody know (or guess) what is going to be able to download? This is going to be intresting.
- Jun 30, 2006, 11:41:00 AM
I think it will be building instructions and the like. If you look on the bottom of your NXT box, there's a couple screenshots of the future NXT website. In one, you can see a tab for "Building Instructions". My guess is that the portal simply takes you there.
BTW, I also found that if you click on Help > Online Support and Help > Online Updates, it no longer comes up with the "Sorry, the page isn't available" but the support comes up with the help for old mindstorms products, and the Updates comes up with a page that says "You have the most recent version of the NXT software". Does this mean we'll be able to download better versions later on? Anyway I'm glad to see they're getting things going...
- Jun 30, 2006, 11:46:00 AM
Did you know that lego sells rechargeable battery set for nxt (@ S@H)?
- Jun 30, 2006, 9:55:00 PM
Excuse me if this is out of place, but since this is not a forum, I assume this is OK (blogging newbie).
I googled "Lego NXT source code" to see if Lego was releasing source for the NXT and it seems that they are. Does anyone know when that might happen and what language it will be in?
I've ordered my NXT and the supposed ship date is 1 July. I have the RCX and did a little with it, but not a lot, but I hope to get into the NXT more. I program for the ARM on my job and I'm sure a lot of us could come up with some good solutions for firmware problems before Lego releases "official" fixes.
- Jun 30, 2006, 10:36:00 PM
- Jim Kelly said...
Hi, Dave.
Yes, they made the announcement a while back, and there's a post or 2 (probably back in April/May) about it, but I can't seem to find it right now. I don't have any details on the release date, though, but I'll make some inquiries.
Hi, Kert.
Yes, the recharge system has been a much-anticipated product... it's on the S@H but not available yet... trust me, most people want to get their hands on one :)
And MSIM,
No idea what downloads they will offer, but I'm sure it'll be a bunch of things - MyBlocks, WebDownload Blocks, building instructions... whatever it is, it will be welcome stuff...
- Jun 30, 2006, 11:05:00 PM
Wow, the retail rechargeable battery kit costs exactly the same as the same parts would from lego education. . . [-2 cents]
I guess Lego didn't want everyone buying from the education website instead of retail.
One thing I hope will be on the "software downloads" for NXT-G is the Legacy Programming Blocks.
But I guess that doesn't matter for me, if I'm gonna be a sissy and wait on the Lego Education kit to come out. . . but just in case I get a retail kit instead. . .
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Long-Distance LEGO Collaborations (or How the Internet Changed Everything, Again... With LEGO)
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- J. twin said...
This is genuine stuff. The robot is cool, but better yet, the way you guys communicated long distance and collaborated so fast in order to meet the deadline shows efficiency as well. And that sensor is very practical. Will it come out in the market soon? Because some real live experiments could be conducted with that. I'm in a Chemistry class right now, so using the sensor and setting up my own experiments with it would really help my understanding, the way you two did.
Congrats to a job well done!
- Oct 1, 2010, 1:41:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Nice project.
Remembers me of the Rock and Scissors playing robot you, Jim and me created in a similar long distance collobaration back then in 2006.
I have experienced over the last four years that this sort of projects is working quite well with a limited number of team members (three? four?), but that it's apt to fail once the number exceeds a certain amount (not sure where's the border, but eight seem to be too many already).
- Oct 1, 2010, 5:51:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
Agreed - virtual collaboration has some amazing pluses, and also some amazing minuses if you don't end up with the right group or the right structure. I'm not sure what the optimal group size is, but I suspect it has a lot to do with the way the group is structured. For example, the Monster Chess project involved significantly more than 8 people and worked pretty well... but the amount of work each person did was *certainly* not equal, and the people involved are somewhat experienced with such electronic collaboration.
- Oct 1, 2010, 9:25:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Wasn't there a lot of "real" contact of team members in the Monster Chess project?
I found that one of the hazards of pure virtual (Internet) communication is the lack of visual feedback by the partner in question and her non-lingual signals - a lot of (if not most) of the frictions and problems in pure virtual communication arise from that, I presume.
Hence I take it that projects where the team members meet at least occassionally "in real life" are much less poised to failure than pure virtual ones.
- Oct 1, 2010, 9:59:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
There was certainly some "real" contact in the Monster Chess project... but perhaps not as much as you think. An awful lot was done with exchanging photos, LDD files, and programs made in one place and used in another. We also used Google to coordinate some things.
Large-scale internet collaboration can certainly function (ever read a wiki?), but it does take some special coordination, and sometimes a special temperament.
- Oct 3, 2010, 3:28:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Oh, I decidedly agree! They certainly can work - a lot of successful large-scale Open Source projects do prove that.
And I might add that in addition to a good deal of coordination, large-scale internet collaboration projects need tolerance for drop outs of some of its "cells" (in large wikis, for instance, it usually does not matter whether some of the contributors loose interest eventually).
Actually, the challenges of that sort of projects and its differences to "traditional" ones is a most interesting topic and yet to be explored by the PM gurus. Even more, as future industry will face an increasing proportion of them.
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Wanted to venture into the BOA system. Now I understand why Sidi and other top ends use a double boa and/or boa with a velcro system. Unfortunately with a single boa the entire shoe is tightened at the same specs across the 3 points. I like the toe box to be a little loose. With these they are either tight everywhere or a bit to loose everywhere. If I crank to the preferred specs in the middle and top the bottom is too tight and it creates numbness and hot spots for me. If you like a tight fit at every point these are great shoes. If not, PASS!!!
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I have wider feet, and Lake is known to offer wider toe boxes. I also own a >10 yrs old pair of really excellent MTB shoes from Lake that are still in really great shape despite 1000s of miles of abuse. A recent upgrade to a new pair of MTB shoes made me realize that Lake offers on their homepage very accurate measuring ans sizing instructions (width and length). After receiving a pair of excellently fitting and well-built MTB shoes, I *had* to upgrade my road shoes and got these shoes. They are another perfect fit, very comfortable, well built, and of high quality (very soft leather, well ventilated, stiff sole, BOA,...).I did not expect BOA to be such an improvement over Velcro straps. Very even pressure, no constrictions, great power transfer. Had I discovered BOA before, I would have bought the Lake BOA MTB shoes on sale, too. Well, live and learn...
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Like all the reviews say, the boa system is GREAT. Regular price is well below other boa road shoes; these are NOT cheap - real leather upper, quality build. The dial is on the back vs the side, which may affect the wire tension somehow, but it makes for a clean shoe and easy to reach & adjust. As others have noted the toe box IS wider...which was great for me with a little wider foot. This does tend to put a bit more tension near the top of the foot as you dial down, but it hasn't been a problem. I wear 10.5 US and the 44.5 size is spot on; might do 44 if you have narrow feet. No races yet, but I have done some transition practice and YES they will work well for triathlon.
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Bought these as others said that the toe box was a little larger than other brands and this proved to be correct. Have worn them a couple of times at this point and have been pleasantly surprised at how good they have felt (vs. some fairly inexpensive Sidis I have). The ratchet system for lacing is certainly a leap from velcro but works well. Leather makes thems softer so this likely helps.
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These are my first road shoes, and I've beeen using an old pair of Shimano mtb shoes for the last 10 years. These shoes are so much lighter, and I'm a real fan of the lacing system. It's really simple to make quick adjustments while on the bike which I appreciate.
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Adjustment dial is over Achilles heel area. This might make it difficult to fit shoe covers over these shoes.
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Lakes have a wider toe box than previous shoe sidi. For me the wider shoe is more comfortable. Have only ridden a few times and so far are a very comfortable shoe. The sole is stiff and so far hot spots are not a problem. Same size as Sidi worked just fine. I have wide feet and would try the wider Lake, if I could find it. The shoe is very well made and hope to ride it for years.
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Great price if on sale. First pair of clipless for me, so only 4 stars since I have nothing to compare them with. I have wide feet, and these provide plenty of room. I wear US 13 and 48 (I got the regular width Lakes, not wide) are a perfect fit for me. Have ridden a couple hundred miles with these shoes, no numbness or soreness. Was hesitant about the Boa system, but it works like a champ. Extremely easy to put shoes on and take off, and very easy to adjust while cycling.
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Ben improving, but Batch still starterPosted by on December 4, 2012 – 12:25 pm
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger continues to work his way back from a shoulder injury that has forced him to miss the last three games. Roethlisberger is expected to get more work in practice on Wednesday than he has since the injury, and how he performs could indicate if he will be available this week.
"Ben is getting closer to healthy," said Coach Mike Tomlin. "He threw (Monday) and I guess it could be described as successfully. We'll see what it looks like on the football field (Wednesday). He will be given an opportunity to prove that he is healthy and we will let that progress go from there."
Tomlin said that at this point Charlie Batch will be the starter this Sunday when the Steelers host the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field. Batch started the last two games, leading the team to a gutsy win on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.
"In the meanwhile Charlie is our guy and we'll prepare and plan with that in mind just like we did a week ago," said Tomlin. "We will continue to give Brian (Hoyer) some work if we can. The reps that we give Ben will primarily come from Brian. There won't be many opportunities for Byron (Leftwich) to prove that he is getting healthy even though he is.
"We'll focus on the two healthy quarterbacks and the one guy who is trying to prove his health in Ben. We'll see where the week takes us, particularly tomorrow. Once we get out there tomorrow it will provide some clarity for us and we will be able to make firm decisions. As we sit here today and put together a game plan we are doing so in the same manner we did a week ago in that Charlie is our guy and we our building our plan around what he is capable of and we'll see what Ben can prove to us in the early part of the week from a health standpoint."
Tackle Mike Adams (ankle) will be out this week, as will cornerback Ike Taylor, who could miss several weeks with a fractured right ankle. Cortez Allen will start in his place and Curtis Brown will play in sub-packages.
Guard Willie Colon missed the last two games with a knee injury, but he is expected to return against the Chargers, although he will be limited in practice in the early parts of the week.
Also on the injury front fullback Will Johnson suffered a concussion against the Ravens, but is going through the battery of tests needed and has done well according to Tomlin who expects him to play. Wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders suffered an AC shoulder sprain against the Ravens while Mike Wallace has inflammation in his right knee from jamming it, and while both could be limited in practice early in the week, they are expected to play.
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By fansofsteel on Dec 4, 2012 | Reply
For now Batch is our man. Our offensive line needs to be handed the game ball because they did an excellent job protecting Batch. We need the offensive line to protect like that again and our Defense to do what they been doing. Im so proud to be a Pittsburgh Steeler fan after how everyone played last week. Now, let's protect the ball and put the Chargers away early.
By tony on Dec 4, 2012 | Reply
We will have a top notch backup if Ben suits up and Charlie starts, Beachum is gettin the job DONE, Of the few sacks he has given up he slipped on one and other was coverage sack. Millertime is best te in NFL and BRonco Legursky is best backup ol in league. Lets keep thhe roll going, Chargers have duped us 2 weeks in a row, lets run them off the field!
By Mike Carrasco on Dec 4, 2012 | Reply
Big Ben is still hurt let him rest. Charlie Batch can handle the rest until BB is back. What we need is an Offensive Attack. We do not need a back running up the middle and a pass then a kick. Hit the different line holes with different backs then surprise the Chargers with a pass. Remember the Steelers ram the ball through the line first. The Ravens could not stop the Steelers then and the Chargers will not stop the Steelers now. Great Game Steelers!
By Samuel Cognasse on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
Heath Miller is great. Throw to him more. Mike Wallace can't catch, can't separate from defenders and is grossly over-rated. Batch can do the job.
By walt on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
love this team,have been a huge fan since i was 6 years old (1976),thank you for all the great and not so great years,i,ll b here
By John Nolte on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
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By steelerfaithful671 on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
Keep everyone healthy and take one game at a time. Don't focus to far ahead just the task at hand and the team will be fine. Both the Ravens and Bengels all have to play to win now and that gives the Steelers a shot for the division.
By Steelersforever!!! on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
I am proud of our team. Right now, playoffs aren't going to be easy to get to. the colts are working on taking the AFC wilcard. Lets all just hope and pray that the ravens lose to the upcoming redskins, giants, bengals and bronchos. we NEED to take this division.
By James M. on Dec 5, 2012 | Reply
I've been a Steeler fan since I was 10 years old (1970) I love my Steelers. I live in San Diego Ca. So I really need a big victory so we can shut up all my Charger fan friends. GO STEELERS!!! Happy B-Day to Charley we all love you and are happy that you are a Steeler. Get wel Big Ben we'll need you in the playoffs.
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If there was a question President Obama tried to answer with his speech this afternoon to the Associated Press, it was this—"what happened to the Republican Party?" And to that end, he marshaled evidence from a century of political history to show that today's Grand Old Party is dangerously unmoored from the American consensus, with a budget proposal that amounts to "thinly veiled social Darwinism."
To a large degree, Obama's speech was filled with the frustration of liberals who see the extent to which the Republican Party has rejected the notion of a government that works positively within the economy. "It was Dwight Eisenhower who launched the interstate highway system and made investments in scientific research … Reagan worked with Democrats to save Social Security … It was George W. Bush who expanded Medicare to include prescription drug coverage," he said, citing Republican presidents who worked to strengthen the social safety net over the course of the last century. "What leaders in both parties have traditionally understood," he declared, "is that these programs aren't schemes to redistribute wealth … they are signs that we are one nation."
Today's Republican Party, Obama argued, has abandoned this traditional understanding, in favor of a "failed approach" of trickle-down economics. "In this country, broad-based prosperity has never come from the success of a wealthy few," he said.
Case in point is Paul Ryan's latest budget, which—like his Roadmap released last year—would require massive cuts to existing social spending and destroy any semblance of fairness in the economy, as the rich received huge benefits from an economy slanted in their favor. As Obama described it, "The Republicans have doubled down and proposed a budget so far to the right that it makes the Contract for America look like the New Deal."
Indeed, Obama took the time to illustrate the extent to which the Ryan budget would demolish the federal government as we know it, citing the millions of people who would lose health care coverage with Medicaid cuts, the millions of children who would lose access to healthy food with WIC cuts, and the millions of students who would lose a shot at college because of cuts to Pell Grants and other programs designed to make school more affordable.
He pointed out that while Republicans refuse to say where they would make cuts, cuts have to happen if we adopt their budget, "Perhaps they will never tell us where the knife will fall, but you can be sure that with cuts this deep, there will never be a secret plan to protect the investments we need for our economy to grow. This is not conjecture, I am not exaggerating, these are facts."
From his aggressive tone to his sharp and clear language, this was a campaign speech, and he took care to tie his likely competitor—former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney—to the policies pushed by congressional Republicans. "He called it 'marvelous'," said Obama, highlighting the degree to which the "Path to Prosperity" is the Republican Party platform for 2012.
I said this morning that thanks to the short-sighted ideological fervor of Paul Ryan, Obama can make a strong and clear case against the Republican Party. I didn't realize that this would also be a brutal indictment of the party's priorities. With his speech, Obama presented the GOP as the defenders of a failed ideology that would leave most Americans trapped in their station, struggling in a hostile economy. If this sounds far-fetched, look no further than the last three years—Republicans have either pushed to eliminate regulations and cut taxes on the rich, or they have stood against any effort to make the economy more fair, or put some restraints on those who caused the financial crisis.
Obama's challenge is to convince the public that Republicans would continue on that path if elected to office. At the risk of sounding too certain, I think he can do it.
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Fri, 2012-04-06 14:44
The only thing Obama answered is whether he intends to keep increasing the national debt at the rate he is presently doing it. Some independent voters like me are not in favor of that. In fact I am at present one of the few people in direct opposition to the President's plan for America. I am trying to pay the national debt while the President and Congress try to increase it. Last year Americans like me donated more than three million dollars toward payment of the national debt. If all of these people donated the same amount I did, there could be as many as 60,000 people in the United States trying to reduce the debt while the President and his followers try to increase it. What the President does not seem to realize is that there are some of his followers who feel guilty that they are not doing more. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have already expressed their remorse for not paying more taxes. What will happen if they find out 60,000 Americans are actually trying to pay the national debt?
Fri, 2012-05-11 21:25
I'm not sure as to what you are getting at except that you want to relieve us from the national debt. What I don't understand, is how you think this should be done. First, we have two opposing parties that won't agree on how it should be done and I don't think they will. The huge deficit from paying for two wars, the addition of Medicare D for which there was no funding, the reduction of taxes for 11 years, and the collapse of the economy. The rest of the deficit was caused by us trying to buy our way back to an economy that functions on its own. The government still needs money for infrastructure and the maintenance of good programs. Just as our cost of living goes up, costs go up for the federal government.. Nobody wants to give up the most expensive programs or cut DOD expenditures. The rising health costs have been an enormous burden on our budget but are we just supposed to eliminate them? And the DOD? They don't want to cut there because the opposition party want to pave way to playing more wars in the Middle East and Iran. The amount of cuts they are talking about now will not even make a dent in the deficit even though they want to make cuts in all the social programs. A lot of people will suffer if they do that. What happened to our state's obligation to education? State colleges were free or had very low tuition costs and they keep going up and the states are making cuts to it, yet we need a prosperous society to succeed. The economy is going in the right direction but its recovery has been the total responsibility of the Federal Gov't. Where are our flourishing capitalists that should be hiring people and paying them a living wage? More people working, more tax money to increase revenues to help fund existing programs and budget in payments on the debt. With the vast differences in ideologies, nothing can get done. I'm all for a fund to reduce the deficit, the problem is where to get the money to put in the fund. Maybe the time has come to raise everyone's taxes. Are you saying that the money to reduce the deficit should come from private donors? Are you saying we should all donate 3 million dollars?
Fri, 2012-04-06 14:54
What the Repoobs did while they had full control of the branches of government, left this country and the global economy in uncharted territory.
Quick assessments of what we can and should do are wrong. What will be right will become apparent over time. Witness the very slow improvement and you can be sure that what has been done since the collapse has been in the right direction.
Its absurd to listen to anything those who support the Repoobs say, given their clear record of economic and social destruction.
As for the Party; look up the history of the "Know Nothing" and "Whig" parties. It may be time again to say goodbye to a national political party.
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Fri, 2012-04-06 17:40
I am glad that President Obama said what he said about the GOP and its so-called priorities. Ever since President Obama's election Republicans have played an obvious (at least to some) and repugnant game with a stacked deck of cards with four suits: Race, Religion, Fear and Obstruction. They have continually played to the basest instincts of their base, including: Tea Baggers, Birthers and Birchers.
The Republicans claim to want to shrink government, but not smaller than a woman's uterus. They claim to want to cut the deficit, and want us to believe that can be accomplished by cutting revenue ... or at least that which the rich contribute. they claim they want to "... restore America"; apparently they plan to do that by cutting education and Medicare/Medicaid budgets.
I am old enough to have been a Rockefeller Republican when the Democratic Party was still in the latter days of the Dixiecrats. When, due to Nixon's Southern Strategy, the south's segregationist Democrats switched parties, so did I. One must continue to marvel at what has become of the "... party of Lincoln" as it has morphed into a party that neither Lincoln, Eisenhower, Rockefeller or even Goldwater would recognize, much less be welcomed in.
Fri, 2012-05-11 21:40
That is what I was referring to when I said that our states no longer want to invest in education. When Nelson Rockefeller was the governor of NY, he believed in the power of education and research and was very generous. The NYS colleges were dirt cheap and provided students with the opportunity to get educated and be a part of a flourishing economy and to live comfortably. Costs and the increases in tuition and interest on loans, prevent many from even considering college. Some have to get a job to support a college education while having to work full time. I haven't observed his vision in thirty years or more. What happened to our priorities?
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Glad you've awakened from that coma that you were apparently in during the Bush administration. Let me recap a few things for you: Iraqi WMD (there weren't any); Gulf War will be a "slam dunk" (it wasn't/isn't); "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised" (they didn't) and, "[Saddam Hussein is] a threat because he is dealing with al Qaeda" (he wasn't); "I'm a uniter, not a divider" (not even!). Then there's the fact that Bush, who said the war could be done on the cheap and that his tax cuts were aimed at the "bottom end of the spectrum", swung the nation from a 10 year projected budget surplus of $5.6 trillion to a 10 year projected deficit of $6.2 trillion while adding $2 trillion in war debt and $3 trillion in red ink due to tax cuts. Heck of a job Dubya.
jonrod, you can again lose consciousness ... sleep tight.
Fri, 2012-04-06 22:07
I was once surprised just how easily fooled people are by the far right. No longer. Those who vote for republicans deserve them. However the rest of us do not. The right wing has become the home for reactionary elements. I respect conservatives because they often actually stand for something. Reactionaries on the other hand only have a single goal. They would turn back the hands of time. Good luck with that.
Fri, 2012-05-11 21:50
They would turn their backs on God if it was to their advantage. Now the priorities are to win all elections and create a dominion of their own, regardless of the consequences. Obama has been quite steadfast in his policies although he lost advantage when he was blessed with an infectious congress in 2010. New members who promised they would change things around and all they have accomplished is to obstruct any or all.
Fri, 2012-05-11 22:01
To become politically knowledgeable, you can't just listen to your favorite news program on the radio or your biased news station on TV, you have to listen to and read the propaganda from the other side too whether you like what you see, hear or not. This gives you a clearer picture on the important issues of today.
Fri, 2012-06-22 17:05
Thank you for a fair report on the President's speech to the AP. He could hardly improve on his current gloves-off aggressiveness. Now is not the time for Obama to be "cool." He is never abusive, unlike his opponents. But he is emotionally engaged, formidable, and accurate. There really is a wide separation between Obama and Romney in both intellect and statesmanship, to Romney's distinct disadvantage. Bravo! to the President.
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Tier 4 (General) student visa
1. Overview
You can apply for a Tier 4 (General) student visa to study in the UK if you're 16 or over and you:
- have been offered a place on a course
- can speak, read, write and understand English
- have enough money to support yourself and and pay for your course - this will vary depending on your circumstances
- are from a country that's not in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
- meet the other eligibility requirements
How long it will take
You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before the start of your course.
You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks.
Check the guide processing times to find out how long getting a visa might take in your country.
It costs £322 to apply for this visa from outside the UK.
You must pay £322 per person for any dependants.
You'll also have to pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your application. Check how much you'll have to pay before you apply.
How long you can stay
You can arrive in the UK before your course starts:
- up to 1 week before, if your course lasts 6 months or less
- up to 1 month before, if your course lasts more than 6 months
How long you can stay depends on the kind of course you're doing and what study you've already completed.
What you can and can't do
You can:
- study
- work as a student union sabbatical officer
- apply from inside or outside the UK
- apply to extend your stay
- work - depending on what level your course is and what kind of sponsor you have
You can't:
- get public funds
- work as a professional sportsperson, including a sports coach
You may be able to bring in family members (dependants).
Read the full guidance to find out how long you might be able to stay and what you can and can't do.


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