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We have just about everything you all mentioned above. We just have older colors because our toys are older, but there is not much new out there. She loves our Thomas train table and all the trains and accesories we have had for years. She loves the little tykes kitchen. She puts stuff in all the drawers and cabinets. LOL Its so cute. But I have no idea yet. We may buy her a cuddle doll of some sort and ANOTHER doll stroller. All the stuff she plays with is from her siblings and nephew. After having six daughters e have bought sooo much for them.She loves books ,books, and more books. LOL
My husband says we need another house just for all of their toys especially playmobil and legos. We own every playmobil set just about ever made.
One year olds just like to crawl in kitchen cabinets and get into (non toy) things to play with.
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I have a love hate relationship with holiday decorations. I get super excited about the idea of decorating, but in actuality, it really isn't that fun. Moving boxes, suitcases, obnoxious toys with sirens that call out if you simply brush past them, and other knick knacks around in my basement while dodging spiders (eww) to find each holiday tote is not my idea of fun. And then handling the delicate balance of decorating stylishly while still letting my three year old participate and making sure that nothing is too "Christmasey" because we celebrate both Catholic and Jewish holidays is quite the challenge. Thank goodness I always decorate with wine. But this year I figured it out, and I'm so excited to share my findings with you.
You see, all you have to do is "shop your house" to find things that fit into three main categories:
- Things that are red, green, gold or silver…glass items are a plus.
- Objects that have a "rustic" feel to them…wood is key here, or some ragged metal (your tetanus shot is updated, right?).
- Anything that makes you think of winter…but probably not the ice scraper. Keep that in your car.
After you find knick knacks and other objects that fit the bill, start grouping them together.
Once you can find cohesion (let's say matching up two wooden objects and then adding something red to spice it up), start decorating.
I like to begin on my mantles (we have two because our fireplace is in the center of our house and can be enjoyed from either the kitchen or the family room) and then spread the holiday cheer all the way to the bathrooms.
I also like to take a simple approach to my outdoor decorations–some simple white lights and greenery from the yard goes straight into the pots that sit outside our door all year round.
Now don't think that we don't have ANYTHING holiday specific..Santa sits upon our welcome bench and the menorah graces our kitchen table. It's just that my life is much easier when I decorate with a simple "winter" theme and we can enjoy the decorations for longer. For those of you who don't know, winter in Chicago can last all the way until Easter, so we're in it for the long hall.
Now that I've shared my tips for decorating, share yours! Is there anything that you do to make life easier come January when you have to put everything back in storage? Yes, that's another task I loathe…but at least I make my hubby take the outside lights down…thanks, honey!
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Problem with Volume Fraction
I have created a pore and am attempting to run multiphase flow through it.
Primary phase - water
Secondary phase - carbon dioxide
Unfortunately when creating my results the volume fraction is a single block colour which isn't correct.
I am wondering where I am going wrong
In boundary conditions:
Inlet - phase - carbon dioxide - edit and change volume fraction to 1
In Solution Initialization:
1. Initialize
2. Adapt - Region - create a max x and y value
Then press adapt and mark
3. Then patch -in phase I change to carbon dioxide
In value box I change to 1 and then click texahedron in regsiters to patch (the only option in this box)
Then run the calculation and encounter these problems
Is my mthod wrong or am I leaving out something? Any help would be very much appreciated.
When you patch before you start the run view the contours of volume fraction of your phases this will give you initial distribution of the phases at time=0 if you see it incorrect your patch is incorrect.
When you are patching dont click on adapt. Just click on mark and then close.
And then enter the value 1 for volume fraction of carbon dioxide in initialize. Also b4 running your case disply the grid and see if the volume fraction is showing correct. It should show volume fraction one for the region which you have specified in adapt>mark. Hope this helps.
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Participating in the Stroud/Strode Y-DNA Project provides:
· A report on the participant's genetic DNA, which is very close (and sometimes identical) to the earliest known ancestor
· A classification of the participant's "deep" ancestry, which gives insight into the prehistoric origins of your surname ancestors
· A sense of camaraderie with all who participate in the, which is particularly strong for those who share a genetic ancestry
· Stimulation to family research and sharing of information
· A wider sense of identity and relationship, as we begin to realize how much we are a World Family.
· A chance to compare your genetic ancestry with those of the Surname and the Spelling variations
· Locates the genetic matches that do not share your common surname
Results Discussion
Although it is not the intent of the project, all of the participants included in the study so far are from the United States. Many of them believe their families originated in England, while at least one (S-7) believes his family may be German. Testing has revealed that these Strouds are not part of one big family. The results fall into more than one haplogroup. These haplogroups split apart long before the time surnames became established. We are starting to see some common lineages emerge, as described below, and we have a number of individuals who don't yet have any matches.
Haplogroup I1
I1 lineage 1
Two participants (S-1 and S-20) have a perfect match on 67 markers. However, they have not yet discovered a common ancestor. Both have traced back to ancestors who settled in southern parts of the USA in colonial times.
I1 lineage 2
Two participants (S-7 and S-23) have a perfect match on the 37 markers that they have tested in common. Both have paper trails hinting at a connection to the Thomas Stroud (adult by 1770) family of New York. However both have breaks in the paper trail.
Note on the Parnham result:
The participant has theorized that his surname Parnham may have come from the location of some of the early Dorset Strodes. It's an interesting theory and worth exploring. Here are his comments:
I am convinced that the Parnham/Perham families of Dorset and Somerset, England, were direct male descendents of the Strode family (or otherwise related to). This is possible, since they may have taken their surname from their place of residence, which was Parnham (Perham), Dorset, for quite some time. So the surname could have changed from Strode to Parnham etc, possibly.
I have had a DNA test on the Y dna and the conclusion from this was that my ancestors came from Norway (ie the I1a haplotype) and presumably came to England in 1066. I have attached my test results for you to look at.
I have traced my lineage back to 1489 to a William Parnham who lived 108 years. He is mentioned in a will of Richard Lord Parnham (or Pnams) dated 1521 - I'm unsure where he got the 'Lord' from.
Haplogroup I2
Southeast USA I2b lineage
DNA testing has brought together a group of researchers who had no earlier idea that they were connected. Several have taken the 67 marker test and they have been found to have a null value at marker DYS425. This is an indicator that they belong to a clade that is believed to have branched off in England about 3870 years ago. The following has been submitted by the primary researcher for DNA tester S-8:
Our Southeast USA DNA group comprises the families of Samuel Stroud (S-8) and Merrit Stroud (S-18), who had no known association prior to DNA testing. Circumstantial evidence suggests Merrit may be a descendant of William Stroud (son of John and Hannah Stroud of Prince George County, Virginia) through his son, Peter. Another Stroud, who reports that he is descended from William Stroud through son William Jr., appears to be a match to this DNA profile. However, since he has taken a different version of the DNA test, we can only establish a match to Merrit and Samuel Stroud on 27 of 28 markers. Our group also includes eight test subjects with the surname Griffin, and a handful of other surnames. Several of the Griffins are from a family that settled in the Union County, North Carolina area in the late 1700s. Two of our Griffins trace their ancestry back to William Griffin, born 1740 in Prince George Co., Virginia, son of Richard and Mary (Green) Griffin. William Griffin married Elizabeth Stroud, a granddaughter of William Stroud. How these families fit together has yet to be determined. Additional tests from descendants of John and Hannah Stroud and of Richard and Mary Griffin will be needed to illuminate the origins of this complex family.
18th Century Massachusetts lineage
We have had a success story in establishing a connection between Joel Stroud of Ohio and Iowa USA and William Stroud of Massachusetts USA (S-9, S-10, S-11). This relationship was previously suggested by a paper trail with a few breaks. Update 4-22-2011: Nathaniel B. Stroud, b. c. 1806, New York, is also a member of this lineage.
Haplogroup R1b
Stroud/Burton lineage
Recent DNA testing of males with at least three different surnames has proven that there was a common ancestral link to all three. This link has most likely occurred within the last three to four hundred years. Historical research is ongoing and no firm conclusion can be drawn at this time regarding the identity of the common ancestor. At present, it is thought that Archibald Strouds (S-12 on the results chart) biological father was a Burton. There was a Burton descendent who was in Mecklenburg Co., VA during this time frame. He most likely carried the Hatcher DNA pattern. If true, then DNA tests of Archibalds maternal grandfather, John Stroud through his offspring would not match those of Archibald.
(update 10/27/09 a descendant of John Stroud of Mecklenberg Co. VA (S-17) has been tested and does not match descendants of the Stroud/Burton lineage)
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what DO i feed him
ok im seriously stuck.
my littlest has celiacs, is allergic to milk,eggs, soy, shellfish, fish, nightshade veggies and fruits(new one) and a whole lot more.
Can anyone help me figure out what i can feed him?
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Oh there is TONS you can feed him :) You may have to doublecheck t
Quiona, grass fed meat and chicken (depending on how serious his allergy is) He could have coconut milk products, only oats. You can make some great GF baked goods with corn meal. You will soon find that when you think creativly that there is more you CAN feed them then you can't :)
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There are so many things rather than these.There are cereals available in the market.if your baby is not allergic to wheat than you can feed your little kid with wheat products.
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What you do is sit down and start listing what he *can* have rather than not have. From there you will gain a clearer picture of what to feed him. From there you can start searching out recipes that use those ingredients.
It does take a little more effort because you'll wind up making most of his things from scratch but once you're in the habit it'll be much easier.
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Check out Gluten free society on the web. That is a doc who has really helped me. He says avoid all grains but he has lots of recipes and things. Just a thought. To me it sounds like he has a leaky gut but once you heal it, some of his allergies might go away. I used to be allergic to all grains, dairy, citrus fruits, chicken (including eggs and feather like in pillow). All I could eat was like fish and I hate fish. I healed my gut but being on a strict diet and taking glutamine and now I just do a paleo diet.
Good Luck. I know it sounds overwhelming but it is doable.
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In this post, we will recommend Cambodian movies that you can watch online at Amazon Instant Video. Some of them are not made or acted by Cambodian people but the reason they are listed because they talk about Cambodia.
It's a part of our mission to introduce you the best of Cambodia.
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1. The Killing Fields – 1984
It's one of the best Cambodian movies that shows the most relevant of what happened in Cambodia between 1975-1979. It tells the true story of Cambodian journalist Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg.
The Killing Fields was released in 1984 and won 3 Oscars and 24 awards. It was filmed in Thailand, Canada, and the US. No scene of the film was in Cambodia. I guess it is due to the difficulty in entering into Cambodia and requesting permission to film locally.
It will be a very difficult moment to watch. But if you want to know the dark side of Cambodian history, this one is the best. But be prepare to recover yourself from the past.
I hope it will not make you scare of Cambodia. It's a history. It happened. But it ended completely. Cambodia today is different.
We have stability in politic, economic and smiling people. We are on our way to building our future.
Click to watch The Killing Fields on Amazon
2. Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll – 2015
Before the war, Cambodian music reached its top level. Even today, modern songs can't compete with the golden classic songs. We still listen to the voice of Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea.
Unfortunately, they were all killed in Khmer rouge regime.
"Don't Think I've Forgotten" has a lot of footage we rarely seen. It will surprise you how glory Cambodian music was. Compared to other movies that talk only about genocide, this documentary will give you something new.
The collection postal albums are impressive. I believe it took a lot of time to make this movie and it deserves to be listed here.
Let's go back to the glory days before the war:
Watch Don't Think I've Forgotten on Amazon
3. Apocalypse Now – 1979
This is not really a movie that focuses on Cambodia. I decided to list it amount Cambodian movies because it can give you a sense of how war and politic destroyed the country.
I watched the movie while I was studying in Paris. It reminded me of my childhood. My father used to bring us to Phnom Penh by a machine boat. I used to spend a lot of my time watching the landscape along the Mekong river.
Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece by famous filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. It became a classic of all generations in the film industry.
You have to watch it.
The movie tells the story of a mission to terminate an American commander who escaped into Cambodia. They need to go up to the river from Saigon to Phnom Penh.
It will help you to understand also the madness of the Vietnam war:
Watch Apocalypse Now on Amazon
4. The Missing Picture – 2014
It's the first Cambodian movie that won the Oscars award. Mr. Rithy Panh, the filmmaker, worked so many years to make movies on genocide. His ambition is to record what happened in the past to tell and show to the new generations.
He also co-founded Bophana center where people can find image and sound archives related to Cambodia.
The Missing Picture is his latest work related to Khmer rouge.
During 1975-1979, people are killed. Everything was destroyed. We learned what happened from listening to our parents and family. We read books.
To reconstruct the images, we might hire acting people. Mr. Rithy Panh created clay figures to tell the story. It's an art of telling the story.
Watch "The Missing Picture" on Amazon
5. A River Changes Course – 2013
This documentary will keep you update on what's happening in the country. It will put you away from the killing fields for a while.
A River Changes Course follows 3 ordinary people who struggle to adapt their lives according to the change of the country.
The movie was directed by Kalyanee Mam, who was born in Cambodia and was immigrated to the US along with her family after the fall of the Khmer rouge regime.
She came to the country in 1998 and couldn't detach herself from the beauty of country and people.
Watch the full movie "A River Changes Course" at Amazon
6. Enemies of the People – 2010
It's a fascinating movie. Thet Sambath is a Cambodian journalist. Each weekend, he traveled to meet Nuon Chea, the brother No. 2 of Khmer rouge. It took him 5 years before one of the most influence Khmer rouge leaders allowed him to ask any question.
Besides meeting Nuon Chea, Sambath met other few people who used to kill people during the Khmer rouge regime. Sambath finally makes those people confessed their crime and tell the truth.
All Sambath wanted to know if the truth. He wanted to understand why there were killing. He used his own expenses for this project.
Later he met Rob Lemkin, a filmmaker from the UK, who later on co-directed and produced the movie.
It's a 10 years film project. It is a very brave and rare achievement. Highly recommended.
Enemies of the People is a remarkable personal journey of a journalist. The movie won Sundance Film Festival World Jury Special Prize and many other awards.
Watch Enemies of the People on Amazon
7. S21 The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine – 2003
You didn't imagine that you could put survivors from S21, the Khmer rouge prison, to talk face to face with the guardians and the interrogators of the prison.
The achievement of making this movie cannot happen again. It is unique and unintentional from the director himself. But it was possible.
In the beginning, he wanted to film separately the scenes. This is to avoid the victims and the captors meet face to face. We can't imagine what will happen.
It is a rare experience.
It was difficult to rebuild the images and show exactly what was happening. But we can understand through their conversation and re-visit to the prison many times.
Watch S21: Khmer Rouge Killing Machine on Amazon
8. Brother Number One – 2015
This movie will conclude the Khmer rouge, genocide and dark past of Cambodia. The documentary follows Rob Hamill who was invited by Khmer rouge tribunal to give the victim's statement for his brother.
Khmer rouge tribunal is an international court, established to find justice for the victims in Khmer rouge regime between 1975-1979.
In 2012, Duch, the chief of S21 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court.
At the time of writing this, the Khmer rouge tribunal still continues to the case N. 2 which to accuse 2 top leaders Khmer rouge Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan.
Watch Brother Number One on Amazon
9. Comfortably Lost – 2013
We will complete the list with a movie that doesn't talk about Khmer rouge at all. It is a story of a young photographer who decided to come to Cambodia for a short escape.
He discovered some unexpected events but mostly he enjoyed his first visit to the country. It is a road film. It will not make you get anything but to relax and enjoy the moment.
I wish to see more Cambodian movies that talk about the present and daily life. We should be able to create a bigger story and explore our culture to the world.


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With the Statue of Liberty behind him, Orlando Duque from Colombia dived 75 feet backwards from a helicopter in a stunt announcing the arrival of the best cliff divers in the world in the United States.
The ten-time world champion will travel north to Boston for the fifth stop of the 2013 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series this weekend.
Britain's Gary Hunt currently leads the tournament with the Colombian in third position after the first half of the competition.
The Boston dive will take place off the 90-foot-high Institute of Contemporary Art building on Fan Pier.


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I broke the speed limit this morning!
Coming in I have a hill that I ride down. The road's a 2-lane 35 MPH, with a turn lane in the center and bike lanes on the sides. For quite a while I've been flirting with the speed limit, going 33 and 34 MPH, but today I was running a little late, so I was putting the hammer down all the way. I went through the speed limit and topped out at 36.5 MPH :eek:. At that speed I ride the road rather than the bike lanes, because the bike lanes can be full of loose dirt, rocks, and other junk that would throw me down and I really don't want to find out what it feels like to hit the pavement at those speeds.
Halfway down I passed a kid half my age (I'm 49) riding an unloaded roadie (I'm on a fully commuting-equiped Giro 20 complete with trunk that carries all my work clothes and stuff). I was sure to say hello as I passed :o.
I also managed to shave 5 minutes off my best time so far. 1 hour and 5 minutes for a 14 mile ride, including stoplights and traffic. I'm aiming to make it down in less than an hour. Looks like I'll have to average somewhere around 20 on the flats to make that. I think today I was hitting around 18.
Sounds like you are really moving...glad you can 'enjoy' your way to work. I am in agreement on riding in the lane if you are going that fast... ...does not take much sand or rocks to do a lot of dammage...........peace
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Interns attend weekly editorial meetings, contribute to the web and print versions of the Mercury, and are occasionally called upon to organize margarita parties, or address city hall while wearing a corn suit. You'll likely spend your office hours (roughly 12 a week) doing data entry and writing blog posts, but there's ample opportunity to get more involved depending on your particular interests.
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text: Tokyo - At first, she noticed Afghan children hauling brush. Then, in Afghan family compounds, she noticed women tending small fires and trying to cook over them.But it wasn't until US diplomat Patricia McArdle realised how often it was sunny in Afghanistan that she put it together with a youthful memory of cooking with solar ovens and realised this was a low-tech option offering long-term hope to the war-torn nation, which is preparing for a draw-down of US troops."My concern is that it [renewable energy] really hasn't been part of our talk of reconstruction," said the now-retired McArdle, who spent a year in northern Afghanistan from 2005 at the end of a diplomatic career, in a telephone conversation."My hope is that we will focus a bit more on renewable energy as we start to pull out."The solar ovens - basically a box covered in aluminium foil that can cook food by concentrating the sun's heat, which McArdle now promotes as inexpensive, renewable energy - fits neatly into what she sees as a long tradition of sustainable living in Afghanistan.NovelOne example is "cob", an age-old Afghan style of building that uses mud, chopped straw, sand and dung to build thick-walled structures that are naturally warm in winter and cool in summer. Yet US aid money can't be used to fund buildings like this due to requirements that all construction must follow international building codes."They're remarkable farmers, remarkable builders. I've seen satellite dishes built by Afghan craftsmen out of old salad oil cans," she said."These people are creative, they're resourceful."Solar ovens make an appearance in Farishta, a novel about an American woman stationed in northern Afghanistan based on McArdle's own experiences, with the main character wrapping herself in a burqa and sneaking out of the military base where she lives to bring the new technology into Afghan homes.That is one of the few incidents in the book that is not true. Most of the others are, including several ambushes and the time when the main character, Angela, took part in buzkashi, the Afghan national game in which horsemen try to snatch a beheaded goat or calf carcass."I thought more people would read a fictionalised account, but I also met and worked with a lot of people whose names I couldn't reveal publicly," she said, noting that she had originally thought of writing a memoir."I wasn't there as a spook or anything - I was a State Department diplomat - but I still couldn't name a lot of names without compromising people. So for those reasons I decided to write a novel."HopeDespite Afghanistan's decades-long history of troubles, McArdle, who surprised herself by falling in love with it, said she still clung to hope that the future would prove better, a feeling represented in the book by a pair of intelligent, educated young lovers."Those two characters are composites of young people I met in Afghanistan who were challenging the system. They're not religious fanatics, they don't want to be violent," she said."They respect their culture, their religion and their country, but they do want to move into the 21st century."


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Vern Cotter wants Scotland to focus on United States
Head coach Vern Cotter has told his Scotland squad to forget about winning their World Cup group for now and instead concentrate on making sure they do not slip up against the United States.
The Dark Blues overcame their first hurdle in Pool B when they crushed Japan's shock troops 45-10 in Gloucester on Wednesday.
Dodging that banana skin just four days after the Brave Blossoms stunned the world with victory over South Africa - and collecting a bonus point with it - was just the start Cotter was looking for.
Scotland have now moved on to Leeds, where they face the US on Sunday, in confident mood having leapt to the top of their section.
But Cotter is refusing to get carried away.
Asked if the Scots were capable of qualifying for the quarter-finals as pool winners, the Kiwi said: "Oh we are getting ahead of ourselves once again. I respect our opponents too much to be predicting anything. We're fully focused on trying to put in a good performance in two days' time.
"We're not on the paddock yet. The game starts on Sunday and we need to be ready for that.
"The players need to be 100 per cent committed and play our best rugby. Then we'll see what happens after that."
With just four days' rest between the first two fixtures, Cotter has announced sweeping changes to his line-up ahead of facing the Eagles .
Henry Pyrgos will lead out the team at Elland Road as he takes over both the captaincy and scrum-half roles from Greig Laidlaw.
With nine other changes, including a first start for Glasgow number eight Josh Strauss, it could be perceived as a gamble against a US side Cotter claims have improved since they were beaten 24-6 by the Scots in Texas last year.
But Cotter believes it is the only way to keep his squad fresh ahead of crucial clashes with South Africa and Samoa later down the line.
He said: "If you have a look at this game, four days after the first and six days before South Africa, it's a pretty tight schedule. So we're adapting.
"It's fair to say it's pretty challenging. We knew what it was going to be though, so we just get on with it.
"It's about energy, it's about those guys coming in that have had less game-time bringing their enthusiasm, redirecting and regenerating those energy levels against a big, powerful team. It is what it is. We'll try our best to get on with it."
The entire bench used against the Brave Blossoms has been promoted to the starting XV.
Pyrgos, who skippered Scotland against Ireland last month, knows this could be his one chance to kick-off a World Cup match, with Laidlaw certain to return for the potentially decisive meeting with the Boks in Newcastle a week on Saturday.
But he intends to make the most of his chance, saying: "It was amazing to lead the team out against Ireland and again it's a huge honour to captain Scotland at a World Cup.
"I know how much it means to the country and I'm really excited. I'm not sure how I'll feel when I get out there but it'll be a big moment for myself and my family.
"Greig had a great game on Wednesday. He kicked a lot of points and was man of the match. But I knew coming in that was how it was going to go.
"I just look at it like it's a great opportunity. I'll focus on my role and do it to the best of my ability. Hopefully we get the right result."
The stand-in skipper will partner stand-off Finn Russell, who retains his place alongside full-back Stuart Hogg, centre Mark Bennett, lock Grant Gilchrist and flanker John Hardie.
Bennett, who scored twice against Japan, will line-up alongside Peter Horne in the midfield, while Tim Visser and Sean Maitland start on the wings.
In the pack Ryan Grant, Fraser Brown and Jon Welsh form the front row, while l ock Richie Gray takes over from brother Jonny. Al Strokosch lines up alongside Hardie and Strauss in the loose forwards.
The States suffered a 25-16 defeat in their first match with Samoa but Cotter let a rare smile cross his face when he was asked if they were a sleeping giant.
"I hope they don't wake up for a while," he joked. " I expect them to be very physical, very direct.
"They have speed, size and power. They've been improving. They've worked well to get themselves to the World Cup and recently beat Canada by 40 points. They've also had a week to prepare. They watched us two days ago so they'ill be on the money. But our guys are ready to take that challenge up."


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Wine: Winery: Ambiance: May 01, 2011
I must have missed the positive tasting with Jim. Jim's wife gave us a tasting and served wine that had been opened for much too long. I also don't need to be told how to taste wine. The tasting takes a very long time as the woman who offered the tasting wants to tell you the entire story of the winery. I coul tell through the vinegar aroma and flavor that the Marechal Foch was a good wine, and it's hard to find early vintages in Missouri, so I bought a bottle but was surprised at how expensive it was. Most Missouri wines do not cost 26$. I'm sure the bottle I bought will be infinitely better than the bottle I tasted. Nice building, but condescending hostess.
Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Apr 25, 2011
My wife and I visited this winery over the weekend and enjoyed our visit. Neither one of us are "wine snobs" we just know what tastes good to us. I like the sweeter wines and my wife likes semi-sweet to sweet. Having said that, we tasted all of the wines and I was impressed. The dry wines were not as harsh as what I have experienced in the past. I attribute this to the vintner's statement that he dows not use sulfites. We did buy two bottles of the sweeter wines. Be advised: there is a tasting fee of $5 each and the wine is $26 a bottle which is much more than we have seen at any other winery that we have visited. Also, there are no prices posted to prepare you for any of the costs. The co-owner gave us a great history of the winery and the house, which is a bed and breakfast. Jim, the vintner and co-owner did a marvelous job of explaining the tasting process and preparation of each wine. All in all, it was a positive experience which was offset by the sticker shock. This winery is a long way from our home and we may not visit again just based on logistics. If we are in the area again, it will be nice to visit again.
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Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Mar 30, 2011
Favorite Wine: Chardonel
The wines here are of very high quality and craftsmanship. There is something different about them that I cannot quite put my finger on. But after the first sip, I liked each smell sip and swirl more and more. Jim is doing something with the oak that is just marvelous. The wines are dry but very soft at the same time. I really didn't want to swallow them. I am a red guy usually so varieties St. Vincent and Marecal Foch were different than the "norm" in and of themselves. Very interesting. He has a "Vintner's Reserve of a wine named "Lady in Velvet". It is a Norton that is toward the dessert end of the spectrum or Port but doesn't get all syrupy. I bought one of these at a price I don't usually go to. After contemplating the rich flavor and extremely wonderful liquered and full aroma of this reserve, I decided to buy another bottle. Too good to pass up. The biggest find of the day for my wife and I were some dry whites that we just fell in love with. All of Jim's whites had full oak flavor but without being overdone. And there was absolutely no metallic or vinegary flavors that my wife and I find to be a turnoff in our attempts to find a white we like at other wineries and with store purchases. I liked the Chardonel best and my wife liked the Spring River White best. The home as a bed and breakfast is very, very nice right down to the jacuzzi tubs. We didn't have time to eat here, but I am willing to bet Jan puts forth a very nice dining experience. We will visit again. Probably will find an excuse to spend the evening.
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Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Sep 14, 2010
Favorite Wine: Lady in Velvet
Visited the winery on our trip to MN. They have some very good wines. The visit was a little rushed since we needed to move on to Minnesota. Had a tasting with Jim O'Hara and his son. The old home has a facinating history and construction. Need to spend a little more time here as it in easy driving distance from our home,
Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Aug 09, 2008
I loved the wine bottles. There is a poem on the bottle and it was the beautiful. The atmosphere and hospitality was amazing. Can't wait to return.
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My friend Des first brought this show to my attention like two years ago: she told me how she stumbled upon it channel surfing one night and after watching for a bit she woke up her husband and told him "I just found the best show ever." Despite this endorsement, I didn't actually get a chance to really sit down and watch Ninja Warrior until earlier this summer when I found myself in the middle of a weekend marathon on G4 (that channel that's sort of like Spike TV, but maybe it's aimed at teenage boys who play video games). Anyway, all it took was a few episodes for me to get hooked.
So what is Ninja Warrior (or "Nin JAH Warrior" as G4 invites you to pronounce it)? It's basically a televised athletics competition where participants race through this obstacle course-on-steroids. Each season (I think every year there's a competition in the spring and fall), 100 competitors tackle the Ninja Warrior course -- out of whom perhaps as many as 15 advance past stage one. Besides the Ninja Warrior All Stars, who are returning veterans, some of the most successful competitors are gymnasts, firefighters, rock climbers, track athletes, Olympians and former Olympians. Moreover, there's always an assortment of joke competitors, including Japanese TV clowns, the model (like model airplane) enthusiast who races in a crash helmet, and my personal favorite Mr. Octopus, who no one expects to make it very far. I think it was last season when there was this one TV comedian who raced the course dressed as Obama while the crowd of spectators all shouted "Yes we can!" -- that was nuts.
Despite this injection of levity early on in the competition, Ninja Warrior is no joke. The obstacle course requires speed, balance, agility and strength, and -- like I said -- on a good day maybe 15 out of 100 competitors make it on to stage 2 (sometimes the number is much less). The next two stages are even more difficult, and the select few who make their way through them get a chance to try and "climb to the top of Mount Midoriyama" and achieve "Total Victory." Thus far, in the 22 Ninja Warrior competitions, only two guys have ever gone all the way. The 1st (way back in Season 4) was this crab diver from Hokkaido named Kazuhiko Akiyama who has freaky-looking eyebrows and who has since declined as a contestant apparently due to failing eyesight. More recently, in Season 17, a fishing boat captain named Makoto Nagano made it.
It's unclear whether you get some sort of cash prize for achieving Total Victory, in addition to bragging rights and title of "Nin JAH Warrior," but since only two people have ever done it it's basically a moot point. At the very least those who go far are often recruited to join the Ninja Warrior All Stars which seems to be a paying gig. Anyway, despite the questionable monetary rewards, there are people who take the competition very seriously -- even quitting their jobs to focus on training and constructing facsimiles of the course's obstacles to practice on.
The Course
There's basically two ways for competitors to get eliminated on Ninja Warrior: you either slip up and fall into the muddy water below (actually, if any part of you touches the water you're out of the competition), or you can run out of time (all of the stages except Stage 3 are timed).
The people who design the course are pretty much evil, and they are always changing things around to make it even harder. After Nagano's win in Season 17 they completely overhauled the course and since then a lot of the veterans who advanced pretty far in the past have been unable to match those performances. It seems that no one ever questions whether they might have made things too difficult. In Season 19, for example, only two competitors cleared Stage 1 and both of them fell early in Stage 2. You might think this would lead the producers to make the early parts of the course a tiny bit easier (if only to keep things interesting for the audience), but, on the contrary, they didn't change much of anything for Season 20. I guess if no one gets half way through the course that's fine, and they'll just need to step it up next time.
Favorite Stage 1 obstacles include the Log Grip (grab onto the log and hold on for dear life as it makes its ways down a shaky track), the Great Wall (get a running start, jump for the top of the curved wall, and then try and pull yourself up), and the Jumping Spider (bounce as high as you can off a trampoline and then IN MID AIR brace yourself between two walls "spiderman style"). Stage 2 features the incredibly difficult Salmon Ladder (it's like the pull-up bar from hell), and then Stage 3 is all about hanging from your arms for a really long time (not to mention the next to impossible leap you have to make on the Cliff Hanger). The rarely glimpsed Stage 4 seems to be all about beating the clock as you rope climb up this like 30 foot tower.
Favorite Competitors
Besides Nagano, some of the other front running competitors are village hall worker and former track star Bunpei Shiratori (I want to say he's really tall and skinny but apparently he's only 5'9"), fire rescue worker Toshiro Takeda, and gas station manager Shingo Yamamoto (I think it's cute how he wears his uniform and ball cap when he's competing). Then there's Levi Meeuwenberg this young American free runner who won G4's American Ninja warrior contest and came out of nowhere to get further than anyone in Season 20. There are other international competitors as well like Taiwanese rock climber Lee Enchi who got to Stage 3 in the last competition (#22). Women also compete in Sasuke, the main competition, in addition to the all-ladies Kunoichi, but I think only one or two female competitors have ever completed Stage 1.
The Allure of Ninja Warrior
So not only is Ninja Warrior fun to watch, but the obstacle course also looks like a lot of fun (although I'm sure in reality it would be more like scary and difficult). At the height of my obsession I was all "someday I will be a competitor on ninja warrior!" If that somehow happened, my aim would basically just be to finish Stage 1 (you've got to be joking with that salmon ladder shit). Logistics aside, I'd obviously have to get in super good shape to have a chance -- I somehow don't see myself building my own obstacles to practice on though. I hoped that maybe I could use my dream (or passing interest, whatever) to be on ninja warrior in order to get my lazy arse to the gym more regularly, but so far results have been mixed.
I imagine the hardest parts for me would be the jumping spider and the wall climb (maybe I would be at a height disadvantage?). Plus, did I somehow learn how to climb a rope since high school gym class? Even if you're a true ninja warrior you can still slip up and fall at any point in the course, and then you don't get another chance for six months. Also, at some point, I wised up to the fact that although it all looks like fun and games on TV I'm sure some of the obstacles that involve heights are daunting and overcoming the fear probably plays a big factor. Maybe jumping off that tree thing in Jamaica was a good start.
Alright, chances are I will never get the opportunity to compete on "Mount Midoriyama" (i.e. the Ninja Warrior course), but at the very least I think I'll have to have some kind of viewing party when Season 23 airs.
Images: Mr Octopus, Log Grip, Spider Jump and Salmon Ladder screen captures all found on funnystrange.com. Videos showing Levi Meeuwenberg and Lee Enchi competing in Sasuke 22 posted on youtube by BLM.


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Vienna Nocturne is a deeply moving debut novel that brings to life two extraordinary figures - a 30-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a young English soprano, Anna Storace, who was his muse - in prose as spirited, timeless, and touching as Mozart's greatest compositions.
In late 18th-century London, a young girl takes her first singing lessons with a mysterious castrato in exile. Her life is forever changed. Having learned everything he can teach her, Anna leaves behind all the security and familiarity of home and journeys to Naples and Venice to struggle and triumph in Italy's greatest opera houses. Only 16, she finds herself in an intoxicating world of theaters, nobility, and vice, overwhelmed by her newfound freedom and fame. Her first bitter experience of love and heartbreak inevitably follows.
Within a few years, Anna is invited to sing in Vienna, the City of Music, by the emperor himself. There, in a teasing game of theft and play, Anna first meets Mozart, a young virtuoso pianist and striving, prodigiously talented composer. They are matched in intellect and talent, and an immediate and undeniable charge occurs between the two, despite both being married to others.
As her star rises in Vienna and her personal life deteriorates, Anna experiences an ultimate crisis. During this trying time, her only light is Mozart: his energy, his determination for her, and his art. She, in turn, becomes his hope and inspiration, and his joy, as he writes for her some of his most exquisite and enduring arias - music that will live on as his masterworks.
Rich in historical detail and beautifully wrought by Vivien Shotwell, an author who is herself an opera singer, Vienna Nocturne is a dramatic tour de force of a woman's struggle to find love and fame in an 18th-century world that controls and limits her at every turn.
Advance praise for Vienna Nocturne
"You don't have to be an opera buff to fall deep into Vienna Nocturne. Vivien Shotwell catapults you straight into the eighteenth century with abundant, vivid detail. I found Anna Storace's journey from prodigy to prima donna an irresistible tale."—Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank and Under the Wide and Starry Sky
"Passionate and yet precise, dense with feeling yet as clean as a bird in flight: This novel emulates Mozart's music even as it beautifully imagines his love for a memorable singer. What an excellent debut!"—Andrea Barrett, National Book Award–winning author of Archangel and Ship Fever
"Vienna Nocturne is as finely intelligent as it is lushly romantic, and beautifully renders how much music can convey, even when it's hardly the only expressive tool lovers have at hand. Very few novels have expressed as persuasively how it feels to be taken up by the kind of passions that, despite everything, can make a soul huge with life and joy."—Jim Shepard, author of National Book Award finalist Like You'd Understand, Anyway
"Vivien Shotwell has written a novel that, like her heroine, the singer Anna Storace, is brilliant, warm, irresistible, and infinitely moving. Her descriptions of music, of her characters, of Venice and Vienna are so vivid and so richly compelling that I was amazed to look up from these pages and discover that I was still in Massachusetts. Vienna Nocturne is a transporting and deeply satisfying debut."—Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street and The Flight of Gemma Hardy
"Vivien Shotwell's love, knowledge, and passion for music shines through this seductive tale. A lovely read."—Eva Stachniak, author of The Winter Palace
"Vivien Shotwell combines the keen observations of a fine writer with a musician's sense of structure and technique. She brings alive the mystery of music from the inside, and the effect is delightful. A remarkable accomplishment."—Thad Carhart, author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
"Vivien Shotwell's elegant, keenly observed debut is as deeply imagined as it is deeply felt. At turns lyrical and dramatic, witty and wise, Vienna Nocturne is both a fascinating portrait of a long-lost world and an introduction to a gorgeous new literary voice."—Jennifer DuBois, author of Cartwheel
"Vienna Nocturne is a gorgeous symphony of a novel, the story, the prose, the sweet, sad whole of it both lush and perfectly controlled. Like much great music, it lures us in with the catchy and hummable—an irresistibly glamorous love story—but hides depths beneath and between the melodies. I will never listen to Mozart the same way again."—Yael Goldstein Love, author of The Passion of Tasha Darsky
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Satguru Gives Mantra Diksha
For the last few days, female sishya and students of Saiva Siddhanta Church have been attending what is simply called their "Ladies' Retreat." Some years ago, a few of our women sishya asked Satguru if they could, amongst themselves, organize such an annual event. Upon approval, they began their yearly visit to the Aadheenam, at which they receive various classes from Satguru and our swamis on subjects such as self inquiry, meditation, jyotisha, devotional singing, hatha yoga, etc.
During the midst of this year's Ladies' Retreat, Suselah Periasamy and Toshadevi Nataraj received Mantra Diksha from Satguru today. Initiated into the daily sadhana of chanting Panchakshara, they move from this day on inward and upward to further reveal their innate divinity for themselves by themselves. Panchakshara means "five letters" in Sanskrit, and is used as a name for Namah Sivaya. Na, Ma, Si, Va, Ya.
A Recap of Satguru's London Mission
We present photos from Satguru's recently completed visit to the United Kingdom from start to finish. Our full story today was written by Arulsishya Ramai Santhirapala of London.
Ramai's summary:
Between 28th June and 5th July, London had the immense boon of welcoming Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. This was His first official visit since 2005 and one that was much anticipated. London has been gently walking towards Satguru's Holy Feet over the past decade, and inner doors opened as Hinduism Today reported on London's Saivite temples last year. A somewhat unanticipated and delightful sequelae of reporting this article were the many stories which emerged from those who had met Paramaguru Siva Yogaswami , Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and Satguru Bodhinatha Himself. In short invites were aplenty requesting earnestly for the presence of Satguru in London bringing joy to the hearts of the Saivite community and beyond.
The visit was a gracious opportunity to visit a selection of London's Saivite Temples whilst spending time with the growing Europe satsang group of Himalayan Academy students and sishyas. Cordially Kulapati and Kulamata Veeragethiyar, London's only kulapati, held a satsang at their home to commence this blessed visit. The pada puja was vibrant and Satguru's talk on our Saiva Samayam was enjoyed by all. That evening heralded the start of the temple tour across London, first being London Sri Murugan. Satguru and Shanmuganathaswami received a warm vanakkam with a powerful Guru mantra chant with good friend Pitchai Kurukkral in attendance. Sri Murugan Temple and the close by Saiva Munetta Sangam have previously received Satguru Bodhinatha and Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in the past and this was a beautiful moment to build on this acquaintance. Satguru Bodhinatha's talk on 'Saivism is Not Well Understood' was received with immense thanks from devotees, especially as it was read out in English and Tamil.
The next morning the Europe satsang group organized a visit to Kew Royal Botanical Gardens which provided an opportunity to stroll through the tree-lined vistas, find a little Kauai in London in the Palm House and visit the newest feature entitled 'The Hive', the latter being an educational and audio-visual delight mirroring a real beehive at Kew. That evening Satguru and Shanmuganathaswami visited Enfield Nagapoosani Amman Temple where currently in construction is London's first all granite temple to which Satguru has been invited to its Mahakumbhabhishekam next year.
Continuing on this journey the following morning was a visit to 'Shanti Nilayam'; a small building dedicated to Siva Yogaswami established by long term devotees. The owners sought Yogaswami's tiruvadi and most humbled as Satguru blessed them with a wonderful puja. Natchinthinai were sang and we heard a beautiful poem from an elder, now in his 80s, who spoke of the wonders of our Guru parampara. Lunch was served at the Jananayagam home, most well known for their multiple generation association with Siva Yogaswami. Yogaswami seemed the common thread as that evening, Highgate Hill Murugan celebrated its monthly katthigai puja in Satguru's presence ending with an auspicious inauguration of a picture of Paramaguru Siva Yogaswami. The Ganesha murti at this temple was gifted by Gurudeva and it was interesting to hear of devotees connection with Gurudeva, Satguru Bodhinatha and Kauai Aadheenam.
The unique and boon of a workshop on Saivism was held at Shree Ghanapathy Temple on the third day of the visit. This was immensely well received as Satguru Bodhinatha gave a talk he has written on 'What is Saivism?', Participants found it very useful to flow from the mystical aspects of Lord Siva and Saivism through to pragmatic wisdom on implementing this to everyday life in a city. We flowed onto visit the home of London's Thiruchendur Murugan, the first Hindu murti in London, at Sri Rajarajeswari Amman Temple that evening where we witnessed a wonderful abhishekam, violin and mridangam recital.
The musical theme continued as the next morning Satguru was invited to London Sivan Kovil. London's othuvar, Samy Thandapani, amazed us with his precise recitals of Tamil thevarans and songs dedicated to Lord Siva and the Nayanmars. Interspersed were recitals by London's Pan Asai group alongside a flute recital. All the while Lord Siva received a wonderful abhishekam. This was a suitable close to the temple visits, all of which received a beautifully worded upadesha on Saivism by Satguru Bodhinatha and gifted with gems from the writings of our our beloved Gurudeva. To close five days of dynamic travel across London filled with activities, a satsang was held at the Santhirapala home where vratas were taken under Satguru's brilliant radiance. Prior to departing London, Satguru and Shamuganathaswami blessed the satsang group with an Aloha Dinner which took place in the riverside and greener side of London, Richmond-Upon-Thames.
Overall a blessed and vibrant time as all felt immensely grateful and blissful in the light of Satguru's grace. His words of wisdom and joy in His smile captured the hearts of many who look ahead to the next visit whilst also planning a visit to Siva's little island of Kauai. It is with the humblest of nandris to the love and dharsan from Kauai Aadheenam that this visit manifested and we very much felt the love from the international family; Siva's Sambandham. All is indeed His Dance.
Aum Namah Sivaya
Wailua Mission Iraivan Day
Each month the Wailua Mission members here on Kauai gather together for their Iraivan Day. Their contribution to the temple building project is to create lovely jewelry and rudraksha malas for sale at the Mini Mela gift shop. Their work has raised a great deal of funds for the temple. This month they were joined by Swami Ramana Swaroopananda, Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan and by our two taskforcers.
May Ganesha Homa at our Mauritius Spiritual Park
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Wailua Mission Iraivan Day and Monastery Tour Day
One Sunday each month, various Saiva Siddhanta Church missions around the world gather to help further manifest Iraivan Temple in some practical way. For the Wailua Mission here on Kaua`i, the focus is on rudraksha processing. The proceeds of all rudraksha sales go to building Iraivan Temple. It's a time of togetherness, bonding, sharing of ideas, hopes, and aspirations for the future of the temple and how to most effectively and joyously continue to make Gurudeva's vision a physical reality. But, you can't do that on an empty stomach. Everyone knows that. So, food is also a part of this valuable family time together. The annamaya kosha must be functioning properly in order for the others to, as well. We offer some images of said gathering as well as a few shots from the subsequent weekly aadheenam tour.
From Our Gurus' Teachings
- Gurudeva's Master Course Lesson of the Day
Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Commentaries on Path to Siva
How Do We Prepare For Death? , Lesson 34 (November 12,2017)
For our "Great Departure" we prefer to be at home in a religious, uplifting environment, in a clear minded high state of consciousness, having resolved all differences and fulfilled all obligations. There is nothing to fear: "Death is a blissful, light filled transition." We then get settled in the inner worlds with like-minded people of similar religious beliefs.
Path To Siva, Lesson 34.
Click here to go to an index of all of Bodhinatha's and Gurudeva's online audio.
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The Rise of Lex Cryptographia
לֹא, תִּגְנֹבוּ; וְלֹא-תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא-תְשַׁקְּרוּ, אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֹ
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As the human mind is inscrutable to others, so its elucubrations are the truly purest form of property. Raziel protects your secrets from the Adversary and provides proofs against its malicious machinations: you shall not be robbed neither of your data nor of your code, for they are your inalienable property.
On the Education of the Market Designer
Imagine devising a set of rules for a game such that the dominant strategy of every player is to truthfully reveal their valuations and/or strategies: this is just one of the ambitious goals of mechanism design, the science of rule-making and the most useful branch of game theory. Fifteen years ago, a pioneering paper of Nisam and Ronen (Algorithmic Mechanism Design) merged it with computer science by including the requisite that computations should also be reasonably tractable for every involved player: this created a fruitful field of research that contributed every tool of algorithmics and computational complexity, from combinatorial optimization and linear programming to approximation algorithms and complexity classes.
In practice, Algorithmic Mechanism Design is also behind the successes of the modern Internet economy: every ad-auctions uses it results, like Google's DoubleClick auctions or Yahoo's Auctions, and peer-to-peer networks and network protocols are being designed under its guiding principles. It has also contributed to spectrum auctions and matching markets (kidneys, school choice systems and medical positions) and it has also generated interesting models, like the first one that justifies the optimality of the fee-setting structure of real estate agents, stock brokers and auction houses (see Fee Setting Intermediaries).
Up until a decade ago, the only way to learn this fascinating field of research was by venturing to read papers dispersed between the areas of economics, game theory and computer science, but this changed in 2008 with the publication of the basic textbook of the field, Algorithmic Game Theory, also available online:
Now a bit dated, it has recently been complemented with some great resources:
- The Handbook of Market Design, of which the part I have liked the most is the one on experiments.
- The online courses of Tim Roughgarden, a real master on choosing and presenting the best proofs of this field: Algorithmic Game Theory and Frontiers in Mechanism Design.
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- USA DoD software development data over 2000 projects: a detailed review
- The Use of Natural Experiments in Merger Analysis: predicting the outcome of almost 2/3 of FTC merger challenge decisions
- Financial intermediaries and the Cross-Section of Asset Returns: broker-dealers as the wheels of financial markets
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One the biggest mysteries of economics is how an academic discipline could have come so long without solid models of one of its most fundamental pieces of study: markets. They are assumed to exist, without any formal typology nor empirical tests of their properties. So it's refreshing to find this recent paper to try to tackle this challenge:
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A high sum that completely justifies their price, but low if it's compared with the compensating variation of the Internet (26.8%) or that of electricity (92%), ie. no one would live without electricity. And even though the variation of the Internet is much higher than that of computers, and also its contribution to economic growth, computers are Generally Purpose Technologies absolutely necessary to access the Internet, thus complementary to it and its compensating variation cannot be taken apart from them.
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- Regulation and Investment in Network Industries: Evidence from European Telecoms. Access regulation considered harmful to network investment.
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