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Many people are convinced that taking large quantities of vitamin C will prevent colds or relieve symptoms. To test this theory, researchers have done several large-scale, controlled studies involving children and adults. So far, the data have not shown conclusively that large doses of vitamin C prevent colds. The vitamin may reduce the severity or length of symptoms, but there is no clear evidence of this effect.
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In the WSJ, James Q. Wilson reviews Steven Pinker's upcoming The Better Angels of Our Nature: On the Decline of Violence. Wilson gives it a thumbs up, but reminds Pinker not to forget his Sailerisms. :
Alas, when Mr. Pinker departs from his customary close attention to facts, he writes some strange things. ... Mr. Pinker dislikes Mr. Bush because he is "unintellectual." In fact, Mr. Bush never took an IQ test, but he did take the SAT and the armed-forces qualification test. Converting those scores to IQ, Mr. Bush turns out to be brighter than Mr. Kerry, whom Mr. Pinker admires though he got lower grades in college than did Mr. Bush. [Links added.]
When discussing the IQs of American Presidents (Kennedy was smarter than Nixon? Really? That news would have come as a surprise to Joe Kennedy Sr., who paid a lot of money to Ted Sorensen to ghostwrite Profiles in Courage for his son, and to Pulitzer juror Arthur Krock), Pinker can sound a bit Canadian.
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On Sept. 7, I took my son to his first day back at school, which was good preparation for Sept. 13 when, in a sense, I went back to school myself, by attending the Microsoft BUILD conference. Along with my classmates (about 5,000 Microsoft-focused developers), I lined up outside of school (the Anaheim Convention Center Arena) to attend my first day of classes (the day-one keynote and "Big Picture" sessions) and get an overview of what I'd be learning this year.
At BUILD, we learned about "Windows 8" and the Windows Runtime (WinRT). We learned about "Metro style" applications and the various ways of writing them, ranging from HTML5, CSS 3 and JavaScript to C#, Visual Basic and .NET. We learned about the Windows Store, about applications that should look and work in a "fast and fluid" manner, and we learned how those applications would coexist with their opposite numbers on the Windows desktop.
BUILD is now well behind us, and the development of Windows 8 lies before us. With that in mind, let's take inventory of what Microsoft shared with us that week in September, form some conclusions about what it all means and think about what lies ahead.
Fears Overblown; Changes Not ImaginedFirst and foremost, let's acknowledge that Microsoft is offering a comfortable path for .NET developers and a shallow-sloped onramp for them to Windows 8. Many people fretted away their summers worrying that C# and Visual Basic -- and the developers who use them -- would have no entrée into the new Windows 8 world. In my March column this year ("Microsoft, Windows Azure and Assisted Transitions"), I remarked how Microsoft's track record of helping developers through platform shifts was excellent; the BUILD message leaves this record untarnished. In my June 23 Redmond Diary post, I conjectured that HTML and JavaScript were vehicles for bringing in new developers, not forcing out developers already in the Microsoft camp. BUILD validated this conjecture. That makes me happy -- not just for my record of accuracy, but also for Microsoft's record of holding developers in very high esteem.
But make no mistake: Windows 8 marks a change for Microsoft. Yes, Metro apps can be developed in .NET. But HTML, CSS and JavaScript seem at least a little closer to the Metro "metal" and, surprisingly, with their more-welcoming home in Visual Studio, using them doesn't seem so crazy. Microsoft's message in the fall proved the summer's panic in certain circles unfounded. But Microsoft's uncharacteristic secrecy this summer was nonetheless real, and it was at least a little uncomfortable for most of us. This message discipline probably wasn't an anomaly, either; it's likely going to be a standard approach for Microsoft going forward.
Momentum and LossSo where does this leave us? What should we think? No, Microsoft's not irrational, and it hasn't lost respect for its developer elders. But yes, things are changing. The platform is changing. Microsoft's approach to dissemination of information is changing. And while Microsoft does nearly always assist developers in transition, it doesn't eliminate those transitions -- nor can it prevent all their discomfort. Computing careers are a bit paradoxical: As developers, we reach equilibrium when platforms stabilize, but those platforms (and we) lose competitive value if stasis sets in. Our achievements must be disrupted in order for us to prosper.
Microsoft is no different. Whether it's Apple and Google/Android at the consumer end, or Oracle, IBM, SAP and others on the enterprise side, Microsoft is facing unprecedented, unrelenting competition. It has to change. It has to upset its own equilibrium. Not just in its technology stack but in its market approach, too, and even in its corporate culture.
The company can't disregard, nor disrespect, its heritage. But it must view that heritage in industrial and competitive context, and recognize that as this context changes, the company must change as well. That's what I learned at BUILD. As I had hoped and expected, things aren't all doom and gloom. But they are different, and this difference, in a real way, involves loss.
The back-to-school analogy applies. The transition from senior to freshman is perhaps the hardest. Stature and security slip away. But sometimes, incurring loss puts wider horizons within reach.
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I agree with Richard. I'm loving C++ now!
@Jamie - Wow I just looked at the URL you sent regarding db connectivity and Metro apps, and am utterly speechless. This along with the apparent multi-tasking limitation is just unfathomable. Geeez,,,, maybe it'll be addressed by the time it RTMs...
If they decide to bin .Net devt in favor of this HTML5/JS script kiddie garbage nonsense, then it's going to lose significant dev support (even from me). They have a fantastic thing going here with .Net and Silverlight, and need to press on with it. If they want to offer 'equal' support for both, then fine,, whatever... But right now I'm so disgusted and disillusioned with the whole prospect and it truly sadens me. Maybe the only way to make things right is for tech people to regain control of the companym but what are the chances in that.
@Chuck - I totally agree with you. It's craziness and for who knows why MS is pushing Html5/JS harder than ever. Yeah C#/VB/Xaml is supported but its abundantly clear that they would prefer you use Html5 and JavaScript. Without a doubt if they could push the kill switch on .Net without fear of reprisal they would do it in a heartbeat.
My only complaint is that MSFT "shifts" seem to be occuring at an ever increasing rate. It's like watching a dog chase a bouncing ball.
I'm with Gary - suggest the other poster put down the Kool-Aid and step away from the table...
@Garry: We aren't being sent back 10 years. We still have access to the FULL .NET framework, and the FULL stack in .NET 4.5. The only limiting factor is if you want to enter the sandboxed arena that is Metro apps. Then some of the APIs are limited. WinRT has some growing to do, but right now they are concentrating on the functionality required for full screen tablet apps. Come down off of your nerd rage and actually pay attention to reality.
This all sounds great, .Net lives on etc... What's hiding under the covers though is that they're stripping out fundamental capabilities that developers rely on. For example, do you want to connect up to the databases running your off-the-shelf packages apps? Sorry buddy...you can't do that. Don't believe me? Read this: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithcsharp/thread/f3dcce6d-ce3d-4ffc-8f62-45c7c51be1c0
How much does it pay, this cranking out of nonsense as Microsoft apologist?
The truth remains that Redmond has lost its way, having run off to chase this latest false messiah, HTML5/JavaScript, all as a result of that which was Steve Jobs' greatest coup of all time, having justified his bias against Flash with false statements about HTML5 and JavaScript being the future.
Given the advent of such a world would destroy Apple's iron-fisted control over its native platform, liquidating its kingdom, as much as it would additionally obviate any real further need for a Windows OS, the major players have nothing to gain, creating a marketplace in which catering to an abysmal lowest common denominator (HTML5/JavaScript), Jobs is likely still laughing hysterically somewhere, seeing the degree to which he so easily ran Microsoft off its rails.
The most exceptional and incredibly immersive user experiences on the Web are still created via Flash, and for as long as it lasts, Silverlight. Other than insulting the intelligence of those who already know this to be the case, no amount of Redmond propoganda will create the mass delusion for which they're hoping.
Looking so forward to something worthwhile rising from the ashes in Redmond once Nero's done playing his fiddle...
>Our achievements must be disrupted in order for us to prosper - really?
So we have to go back 10 years to pre .Net just because of this mistaken premise?
Just to be clear; writing spaghetti and unmaintainableJavascript mangled with HTML is absolutely NOT the way developers want to build business applications for windows.
It strikes me that what Microsoft did is level the playing field - that HTML 5, C++ and .NET all are equal in the Windows 8 landscape. Now we'll see how well they do one way or the other. Each has it's own challenges - I don't think the Javascript engine (aka Chakra) is anybody's dream solution either. That being said, some time in the future we might look back on this moment and say "this was the beginning of the end for .NET."
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This oversize wall chart (24 x 32 in.) details many historical inaccuracies of the popular play Inherit the Wind, which presented Christians and the Bible inaccurately. Sadly, this is the only version of this historical turning point that many see. It is time people separate Hollywood from history by knowing what truly occurred in the famous "monkey trial." They must not allow a fictitious Hollywood portrayal to shape their understanding of the events or shake their faith in the accuracy of God's Word. 24x32 inch poster. Ideal for framing. Ships rolled, not folded.


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Ever wonder what happens to framed pictures during an earthquake? One of our readers did, so we tested out her setup on the shaketable at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering.
We were pretty surprised to learn that even though Lee Ann and her husband Louis Song commute to work in different directions, they have never made an emergency plan for their family or spoken to their sons' school about the school emergency plan. Fireman Ron helps them get a plan in place with easy to use emergency wallet cards, and also teaches the whole family how to drop, cover and hold on.
We visited the home of San Diego newscaster Lee Ann Kim and her husband Louis Song. Their home is lovely, but hides some scary lack of earthquake preparedness that will give our host Ron Haralson nightmares!
Sesame Street goes to Chile to get folks to make an earthquake plan. You can do it for your family too with these simple steps.
A reader from Los Angeles sent us a video of her prized Nightmare Before Christmas snowglobe collection. We did our best to recreate her collection on the UCSD shaketable. Just watch the snowglobes fly!
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When Ron reviewed Todd and Miel's house with the Earthquake Safety Checklist, he was surprised to find a curio-laden bookshelf directly above little Miel's bed. In quintessential Telstar Logistics fashion, it was loaded with awesome artifacts and mementoes of a life full of fun and adventure, but it was a top-heavy shaking disaster waiting to happen. If an earthquake were to happen at night or during naptime, the hole bookshelf could land on little Miel in bed!
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Spencer Leak is a funeral director on Chicago's South Side. Last year, he says he counseled more than 100 families after the death of their loved ones—many between18 and 25 years old.
The youngest victim tugged at the hearts of Chicagoans. 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins was shot several times in her father's arms. Leak says since that funeral he's been on a mission to get Bibles back in the classroom.
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Prayer and the Bible were taken out of schools across the nation in the 1960's. Because of the violence, Leak and a number of pastors have sent this letter to the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools asking Barbara Byrd- Bennett and the school board to teach the Bible as an elective class for credit--not a mandatory course.
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[1]Spasmodic dysphonia is a voice disorder caused by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx or voice box. Individuals who have spasmodic dysphonia may have occasional difficulty saying a word or two or they may experience sufficient difficulty to interfere with communication. Spasmodic dysphonia causes the voice to break or to have a tight, strained or strangled quality. While the cause of spasmodic dysphonia is unknown, most cases are believed to be neurogenic (having to do with the nervous system) in nature. Some cases occur along with movement disorders and some may be inherited. While anyone can be affected, spasmodic dysphonia more often affects women and begins in those between the ages of 30 and 50.
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- Adductor spasmodic dysphonia (causes the vocal cords to slam together and stiffen)
- Abductor spasmodic dysphonia (causes the vocal cords to open)
- Mixed spasmodic dysphonia (causes the vocal cords to open and close)
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Superhero games often carry a stigma of simply being a way to cash-in on fans of a particular franchise. There have been few games in past years that have challenged this preconception, such as Batman: Arkham Asylum and Transformers: War for Cybertron, but it seems that some studios are keen on seeing the tradition live on to disappoint generations of gamers. Developer Beenox only recently released Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions last year, which received above average praise for its presentation of the Spider-Man franchise. This is what makes the gameplay experience of Spider-Man: Edge of Time such an aggravating and confusing experience when compared with their previous title.
Spider-Man: Edge of Time does not feature a particular groundbreaking plot in comparison to some of the story arcs featured in superhero comics and films. The storyline contains all the usual elements of a superhero game including twists, reveals of classic characters, and of course an assortment of one-liners. In this particular story, Peter Parker must work with the Spider-Man of 2099, Miguel O'Hara. Walker Sloan, a scientist working for the Alchemax corporation in 2099, goes back in time using a portal device to start the company long before it originally had been established resulting in a dark dystopia. Spider-Man 2099 creates a link using the DNA of Spider-Man in the current day to allow for communication between each of them. Thus, both now must work together to stop the evil scientist and other enemies that appear along the way while also saving each of their worlds from destruction. The storyline can best be described as a convoluted mess that quickly becomes more tedious than interesting.
One heavily touted feature was a cause-and-effect system in which the action of one Spider-Man directly affects the other in the alternative world. However, this system is only ever seen in a few scripted events that are usually timed to add some urgency. Don't expect to keep playing if one of the Spider-Man dies in the other world, there is no freedom in the cause-and-effect system. In fact, don't expect anything even remotely resembling freedom in the various stages. Each level follows a linear path with glowing orbs and jump markers to direct the player in the right direction. Nearly all the levels have Spider-Man constricted to small areas which only serve as spawn points for enemies. Worst of all, the entirety of the game takes place inside the same skyscraper complex. The only difference is the aesthetics from the two different time periods. It is quite unfortunate that in a Spider-Man game, the only time that either character steps outside takes place in a cinematic.
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Since the game takes place in a skyscraper that is apparently endless in levels, Spider-Man 2099 will travel to various areas by falling from one to the next. Each new occurrence of this odd gameplay mechanic introduces more obstacles to avoid from hitting or else suffer from a section restart. It was actually somewhat enjoyable on the first occasion from the sense of speed. However, by the third and fourth occurrence it becomes severely tedious and an impracticable way of travel. The year is 2099, when did skyscrapers stop using elevators as transportation between levels?
The broken controls for movement do not fare any better when facing off against enemies. Spider-Man is cable of defending himself against a couple of enemies, however, his ability diminishes greatly when the game spawns multiple guards or monsters. When facing off against multiple opponents, the best line of defense usually comes down to spamming the jump and attack buttons in the hope to quickly bring down enemies. There is a hit counter for every battle, but it is nowhere as elegant as systems employed in other similar superhero titles such as Batman: Arkham Asylum. The primary problem is that Spider-Man feels particularly weak in most battle scenarios. The best defense is to simply swing around while waiting for his health to regenerate after a severe pummeling. The best element of most superhero games is the amount of power available to the player. Unfortunately, Spider-Man feels like one of the lousiest superheroes in nearly every battle occurrence.
There are some boss battles that offer an escape from the mundane gameplay, but they usually come down to simple button mashing until the enemy health bar is depleted. Some of the more noteworthy boss encounters include Black Cat from the year 2099 and Anti-Venom. However, most of these encounters artificially extend the game's length and lack any challenge. The more difficult areas in the game are actually the free fall sections in comparison to enemy encounters.
The game's presentation has a great introduction with the player immediately entering the experience once the game loads with credits appearing in the level background. The voice actors for each Spider-Man fit the parts perfectly throughout their exchange during the game. Their remarks at one another in various sequences sound as if they have been pulled directly from a comic book or film. Unfortunately, these few aspects do not make up for repetitive music, dull sound effects, and uninspired level design. The game's music takes a back seat for most of the experience because it simply sounds like a series of ever changing loops. The sound effects have no particular punch during the gameplay experience. When Spider-Man smashes an enemy in the face, it should actually sound like an impact took place.
The worst aspect of the game's presentation is the visual style of each level. Two factors that severely impacted the experience was that the game takes place in one location and secondly is the location is portrayed in two different worlds. In one instance, the interiors are modern day while in the next they are the future aesthetics of 2099. Both designs were completely dull and uninspired, they seemed to have been pulled from every generic superhero game. Even worse, many occasions force the player to travel through various areas twice that were simply changed in terms of color palette, lightning, and textures. There were some instances when the level forced Spider-Man to walk past a window with a glimpse of the beautifully rendered world of either modern day or 2099, only to be reminded that it is simply a facade.
It is impossible to recommend a game that contains all the necessary elements that qualify as a generic superhero game. Spider-Man is a cherished superhero among fans and this game simply does not do justice to the franchise. The developers seem to have good intentions, but the amount of value does not match the price of admission. After only a couple occasions of sitting down with the game, each only lasting about two to three hours, the experience was over without any motivation or reason for a second playthrough. To recommend a rental for Spider-Man enthusiasts might be too generous, but everyone else should avoid their friendly neighborhood spider in his latest venture.
Spider-Man: Edge of Time is available now on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, 3DS, and DS. The review is based on the Xbox 360 version.
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JR: Since you arrived at UCLA a couple of months ago, we have been hearing some of your vision for international studies at UCLA. However, we haven't had much chance to hear your thoughts about research. Would you tell us about it?
GG: Sure. It will certainly take me a while to get my sea legs for the administrative side of the job, but I hope to continue to be quite active in my research since I think it is important for administrators to be actively involved in relevant academic pursuits.
JR: I see that you have been working in recent years both on the politics and economics of globalization and on European integration. Would you tell us a little about these projects?
GG: I am not sure we have time to discuss both of these, so I will leave European integration until another time. Globalization is obviously everywhere these days, but the more I look, the more I see fascinating and important questions to which we currently don't have very good answers.
I am currently working on several questions but I think the most fundamental one is also the most politically salient: is globalization a rising tide that lifts all boats, as most economists claim, or it is driving an even bigger wedge between haves and have-nots around the world?
JR: This question regarding globalization and inequality is certainly a live one, given the wave of protests from Seattle to Genoa. Where do you stand on this question?
GG: I think that both sides in the debate are right, in part, and wrong in part. On the one hand, President Bush and corporate leaders are right that while globalization benefits multinational firms and the global elite ("Davos man", after those who meet at the World Economic Forum each year), integration into the international economy has also been a boon for middle income countries of Latin America, East Central Europe and East Asia, and that these benefits have generally been shared by working people in these countries as well.
But there is no evidence that globalization has helped very many people in the poorest countries, which are concentrated in Africa. These countries tend not be very integrated into the world economy to begin with, and those that are more "globalized" have, if anything, been hurt by this – I think because they lack the "bootstraps" with which to pull themselves up. They simply don't have the stable political systems, quality education and healthcare, for example, that are essential to succeeding as market economies.
JR: In what way does globalization hurt less developed nations and what, if anything, should be done about it?
GG: The terms on which poor countries currently are internationally integrated tend to be bad for them, replicating and exacerbating old colonial patterns of dependence on agriculture and raw materials while importing more "modern" goods and services from the rest of the world.
As a result, I think development agencies like the World Bank should forget about globalization for a while and concentrate their efforts on more fundamental reforms in poor countries.
JR: Lets turn the question to other end of the spectrum. How do you see the impact of globalization in countries like the US?
GG: Here I think the anti-globalization activists have a point. It seems that the benefits of international integration fall disproportionately on multinational firms and highly educated and highly skilled individuals. Free trade and immigration, for example, do cost less-skilled Americans jobs and wages.
But there are two important caveats to this. On the one hand, I don't think globalization has been the main cause of stagnant living standards among poorer Americans; the computer revolution – and the premium this has put on education – has been considerably more important. On the other hand, activists who try to make common cause with developing countries on an anti-globalization agenda should acknowledge that what is good for them is not necessarily good for developing countries.
As I said before, globalization is good for citizens in developing countries, so long as they have reached the minimal developmental threshold that lets them benefit from participation in global markets.
JR: Are you currently working on any publications we can look forward to?
GG: My major publication goals for this year are to complete a book for WW Norton that will be called Fact and Fiction in the Global Economy and to lay the groundwork for a book I plan to write with George Tsebelis of the UCLA political science department on the emerging political system of the European Union.
I am also finishing up several articles, including one on the early history of the World Trade Organization as a quasi-judicial institution, and one on the political economy of worldwide privatization.
Finally, I hope to begin a working group that will culminate in an edited volume on the diffusion of neo-liberal economic policies around the world.
JR: Thank you.
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Stat subtracts Defensive Passer Rating (rating of team's opponent) from offensive
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Just ask the 2010 Super Bowl champion Packers, who finished the year No. 1 in Passer Rating Differential (+31.7), or the dismal 2010 Panthers, who finished the year with the league's worst record (2-14) and worst Passer Rating Differential (-24.0).
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How good is the stat? Consider that 40 of 71 NFL champs since 1940 (56 percent) finished No. 1 or No. 2 in Passer Rating Differential.
We have long known that success in the NFL is all about highly efficient passing attacks -- and it always has been, dating to the dawn of the T-formation in the 1940s. The best offenses are those that pass the ball most effectively, as measured by passer rating. The best defenses are those that shut down opposing quarterbacks most effectively, as measured by what we call Defensive Passer Rating. The best teams are those that do both most effectively.
To prove the importance of passing efficiency, we introduced Passer Rating Differential before the 2009 season. It simply subtracts what we call a team's Defensive Passer Rating (the passer rating of a team's opponents) from its Offensive Passer Rating. It's been a runaway success, beyond even when we imagined.
New Orleans finished No. 1 in Passer Rating Differential in 2009, the first year of the indicator's existence. That year, the Saints won the Super Bowl. Green Bay finished No. 1 in Passer Rating Differential in 2010, and they, too, won the Super Bowl. That made us two for two picking Super Bowl winners simply by looking at the Passer Rating Differential charts.
But we needed to know more to prove this was no fluke. And, folks, it's no fluke.
During the 2010 postseason, we looked at the Passer Rating Differential of every single NFL champion since 1940, the year that saw the very beginnings of the modern quarterback position and modern passing game.
It was a treasure trove of data: the average NFL champion over the past 70 years produced a truly incredible Passer Rating Differential of +27.4 (82.3 Offensive Passer Rating vs. 54.9 Defensive Passer Rating). That's dominance in the passing game.
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Below is a list of the Top 25 teams in Passer Rating Differential since 1960. We decided to go with 1960 because it's a watershed year in NFL history, with the advent of the AFL. But we also began at 1960 because many teams at the very top of the all-time Passer Rating Differential list, and almost every team at the bottom, were from the 1940s and 1950s.
The top three teams all time in PRD, for example, are the 1943 Bears (+73.3), 1941 Bears (+65.0) and 1942 Bears (+60.0). The worst teams all time in PRD all played in the 1940s, as well. At the bottom of the list is the 1945 Steelers (-70.2).
The disparity in PRD in the 1940s stood out as a clear statistical anomaly and spoke to many issues with football in that era: namely, a disparity in modernization -- some teams used the new T formation, Chicago most notably, and others didn't. There was also a disparity in talent, one that was aggravated by the roster depletions caused by World War II. The 1950s also produced a pretty noticeable disparity from top to bottom, though not as distinct as in the 1940s.
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