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News: Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade Paints His Championship Toes, "RockStar Ish"
Monday, Jul 9, 2012 12:19PM
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade is living up to his team's name by warming up the Internet with a photo of his toenails painted black.
D-Wade posted the photo to his Instagram page late Sunday (July 8) night.
Everyone's feet take a beating in the summer. We can't even imagine what it's like for the feet of professional athletes -- let alone an NBA champion like Dwyane Wade. So we totally understand if the dude wants to pamper himself a little, now that the season's over, and get a nice pedicure. We like to imagine that he and gf Gabrielle Union went together. But we're on the fence about his decision to paint his toenails. Maybe he's got a couple of bruised-black toes and wants to hide them under this attractive polish? "Matte black paint... RockStar ish," Wade wrote as a caption to the above Instagram. Does he mean "rock star ish," or "rock-star-ish"? And is this all just a late entry into our list of the 25 most scandalous celebrity Twitpics of the year so far? We'll file this away for consideration at the end of 2012. In the meantime, counting down the minutes until other guys jump on this trend. Let's get some nail art in there, too, boys! (VH1)
Recently, NFL star Chad Ochocinco made headlines after painting his fingernails.
Several weeks back, Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson posted a similar photo where his nails were painted. I've never had a problem with a man who goes to the nail salon for a little 'man'icure, but I think that this might be a bit much for my liking. Ladies, what say you....would you get with a man who had a serious nail polish fetish!? Fellas, will you be rockin' this look with your sandals this summer? (Miss Jia)
Last month, D-Wade and his Miami Heat teammates celebrated winning the NBA Finals in South Beach.
LeBron James is gonna be one exhausted (and hungover) NBA champion today ... 'cause the guy partied his face off 'til 6 AM ... and TMZ has the pics. James and the rest of the world champion Miami Heat hit up the LIV Miami nightclub at the Fontainebleau Hotel ... where LeBron was drinking out of a 15-liter bottle of Ace of Spades champagne ... which usually run around $75k. Sources at the club tell us ... LeBron grabbed the mic ... and rapped along with the music all night long ... while a bunch of his teammates puffed away on cigars. At one point, 'Bron rapped along with the song "Riot" by 2 Chainz while LMFAO rocked out on a nearby stage. (TMZ)
Despite his respect for them, New York native N.O.R.E. recently discussed his issues celebrating the Heat's win.
"Nah man, I'm such a hater,'" he said. "Once the Knicks got out, I was rooting for OKC [The Oklahoma City Thunder]. It was hard going to bars out here [in Miami]. Don't get me wrong, congrats to LeBron James, congrats to Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem, but the New York in me wouldn't allow me to cheer for them." (XXL Mag)
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Many saw the decision of the CBA Appeals Panel in the case of the four players suspended for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty system as a blow to the authority of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. In a statement released on Thursday, the NFL clarified the panel's decision with respect to Goodell's authority.
The panel's decision rests on the little matter of undisclosed compensation that the players were said to have received as part of the Saints' bounty program. The role of the commissioner in handed down discipline for conduct was untouched by the ruling. It also reaffirmed that the league's case against the players still stood.
Here is the statement from the NFL:
In light of some confusion surrounding the ruling of the CBA Appeals Panel, it is important to understand what the panel did and did not rule. The panel did not overturn the suspensions and did not say Commissioner Goodell overstepped his authority.
The panel's decision asks no more than that the commissioner clarify his earlier rulings to ensure -- and to clearly state -- that no part of the prior ruling was attributable to matters within Professor Burbank's authority (salary cap violations). It does not require the commissioner to take additional evidence or to "reweigh" the evidence currently in the record. The panel did not take issue with any findings that were made in the course of the investigation, did not exonerate anyone involved, and did not say that the commissioner "overstepped his authority."
The panel made clear that the commissioner had full authority to impose discipline on the players so long as the discipline was attributable to conduct detrimental to the league, rather than "undisclosed compensation." The panel asked only that he clarify that he was not relying on the "undisclosed" nature of the financial incentives in imposing the discipline. In the meantime, the panel put the suspensions on hold.
Goodell will meet with the four suspended players prior to walking back through the disciplinary process. Goodell could re-issue the same suspensions for those four players under the conduct banner, and the league's statement certainly makes it clear that Goodell reserves that right. Many hope to see some compromise in the wake of the panel's decision last week, a way to save face and move on from an ugly chapter in the league's history.


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Oil Spill Commission hears health concernsBy Teresa Collier | Published 14 Jan 2011 07:15am |
President Obama's panel that investigated the BP oil spill is taking its final report to the Gulf Coast in a series of community meetings. Eileen Fleming reports that people attending the first session in New Orleans are pleading for attention to health problems related to the spill.
Only two of the seven panelists panel managed to attend the first session. Co-chairmen William Reilly and former Senator Bob Graham were stuck in the aftermath of an East Coast snowstorm. Panel members Don Boesch (bawhsh) and Frances Beinecke (BYE-neh-kee) presided at a forum in a downtown New Orleans hotel. Boesch started off with an overview of the major questions, and what the panel has determined.
"How could this situation come to pass? How could it be that such questionable practices take place when the stakes were so high? We are sad to say that it occurred in part because our government let it happen." :16
The final report calls for reorganizing and increasing government oversight, holding the oil and gas industry to higher safety standards, and making sure there's a system in place for handing future spills. The panel agrees with political calls for dedicating 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines to Gulf restoration, and calls on Congress to increase company liability caps that it says are now too low.
But during the question-and-answer session, people began pleading for assistance with health problems they link to the use of chemical dispersants. Boesch says the Environmental Protection Agency is being asked to continue monitoring health complaints. But he says there's no definitive link proven yet on health problems caused by chemical dispersants. And he says the panel has no authority to dispatch medical teams to provide health care.
"We certainly realize the very intense feelings about dispersants and recognize why intuitively putting a chemical on to treat another chemical doesn't make sense to a lot of people. But the decision about dispersant use was -- is a choice between two bad choices." :17
Biloxi, Mississippi, fisherman James Miller, known as 'Catfish," was visibly angry at that response. He says he worked on the Vessels of Opportunity program for BP using his own boat to contain the spill, became sick, and is now stuck huge medical bills.
"I might not survive for another five years from cancer or them benzene gasses I've been sniffing. People I'm so upset. I'm shaking in my limbs right now here talking to you." :12
A woman speaking directly after Miller also pleads for help with getting health care and support from the damage-claim process headed by attorney Ken Feinberg.
"I know your job's probably already one but I'd like to hire you, if you don't mind. And God knows I can't pay you nothing – but I need your heart and I need your voice and I need you to come to that table. And I need you to insist that Feinberg and anybody else that needs to be in on that conversation comes too. And I'm asking you that today, and I would like you to say 'Yes' to me today while you look at me in the eye. Please say 'Yes' you'll come to my table."
"Yes. And I think also, these health issues. I pledge that we'll take those back and tell the White House, because."
"Thank you."
" Because, you know, that's the best we can do. That's who we report to."
"God bless you."
"You know, you're very powerful. And I think, you know, we're hearing what you're saying. I promise you." :48
After the meeting, Beinecke said panel members will lobby Congress and the White House for continued study on the multitude of problems Gulf residents continue to face because of the BP spill.
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McHenry Woman Killed In Crash in Grayson County
Date of News Release: 08/09/2012
(CANEYVILLE, KY) On Thursday, August 09, 2012 at approximately 11:37 p.m. ET Grayson County Sheriff's Deputies requested a KSP crash reconstructionist respond to the 89 mile marker on the Western Kentucky Parkway. The investigation revealed that a 1998 Pontiac Firebird being driven by 26-year-old Sara B. Hatton of McHenry, KY was westbound on the WK Parkway when for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the roadway traveled approximately 163 feet in the grass median and struck the end of a guardrail. The vehicle spun counter clockwise and came to final rest in the passing lane on the westbound side.
Bennett W. Smith, 62, of Summerville, Alabama, was also westbound on the WK Parkway and was operating a semi tractor trailer and was passing another semi when he saw the Firebird in the roadway. Smith stated that he tried to avoid the car but was unable to do so. Smith also stated that he saw the occupant of the vehicle trying to run away as he struck her vehicle. The Semi struck her vehicle which caused her vehicle to strike her. Hatton was thrown over 150 feet before landing on the pavement on the eastbound side. Hatton was taken by the Grayson County EMS to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center where she died from her wounds at approximately 11:54 p.m. ET. The tractor trailer then struck another tractor trailer causing minor damage to its side. The Smith vehicle then lost control and jackknifed in the roadway covering both directions of travel. No one else was injured in this crash. This crash is being investigated by MTPR Norman Chaffins. The Western Kentucky Parkway was shut down for approximately 5 hours.


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Families' Stories, 2012
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L-1 * Lagnadhipathi
Ascendant Lord * Planetary Ruler of the Rising Sign * Planetary lord of Bhava-1
Planetary lord of the Radix Lagna
Vyayapa = 12th-from-lagnesha = lands one will visit
Lagna = "line"= "ascendant"
Radical Lagna = line of the earth's horizon at the time of birth
Most frequent use of the term Lagnesha = the planet which rules the rashi which is positioned on the radical lagna.
However lagnesha can refer to the planetary ruler of any line including the line of Chandra's degree or any lagna in any diagram (varga).
~~ BPHS Ch. 12, (Effects of Tanu bhava)
"Fame, wealth, abundant pleasures, and comforts of the body will be acquired
if Lagna lordis in a movable rashiand be drishtied by a benefic graha."
Lagnesha = social attributes of the flesh-body appearance
Lagnesha = planetary lord of the D-1 lagna
Lagnesha gives information about the physical body and its appearance, and the body's predisposition to seek a particular environment.=how the individual identifies oneself through bodily participation in particular undertakings, ventures, traditions, and departments of society.
a reliable guide to self-chosen social role .
Charisma (charm, delight) of lagnesha in radix lagna.
(To evaluate, combine the natural karaka significations + the character of the house lordships measured from lagna)
Lagnesha = active identity; Chandra = passive identity
The Moon and the ascendant ruler (lagnesha) are the two most important planets (graha) in any chart.
Happiness: emotional vs. social-behavioral
Chandra and angles to Chandra will profile the native 's psycho- emotional condition.
Lagnesha profiles how the individual will fare socially in the outside world. How others view him and treat him, whether one has found a "good fit" with the external social environment, will contributes significantly toward happiness and self-satisfaction at the active, outward, bodily level.
Graha occupying the lagna = attributes which society assignsto the native 's identity.
Graha occupying the lagna indicate the force of social "pigeon-holing" =r social profiling = a strong social pressure upon the native to dramatize affinity with a particular social role or behavior.
Lagnesha in lagna
This native exhibits a distinctively strong affinity for a recognized social role.
Conflict between lagnesha and graha-in-lagna
Physical Body = End Result of a Long Generative Process
The physical body is a direct expression of the astral bodies, the causal bodies, and the spiritual bodies which underlie and interpenetrate the physical form.
As the past-life information encoded in the subtle particulate matter of the finer bodies percolates into the physical form, the physical body receives its past-life-driven mandate to look and act in ways that carry out its ancient destiny.
|Physical Appearance and Social validation
Radical lagna = the sign which was ascending on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth.
Radix lagna determines the appearance of the physical body and gross personality traits. Physical appearance and behaviors dictate to a considerable extent how the individual will be treated by others.
Lagnesha tells us about the individual's physical constitution, which in turn tells us how that individual is likely to be perceived by society.
|Social Identity Markers in the Lagnesha
Psycho-socially, the lagnesha helps answer the question "Who am I? How do I see myself in my primary social context?"
Who, in my preconceptionof my social Self, am I really?
First, examine the position of lagnesha in D-1.
Bhava residence of Lagnesha = show the type of environments where the native prefers to express his/her destiny.
After looking for the house location and sign characteristics in radix, I recommend finding the navamsha-lord-of-lagneshato answer the more intimate question of how the native truly sees oneself.
The self-view may be in conflict with public opinion, but it will help the consulting Jyotishi know how to advice the native on ways to live more happily and authentically.
One may or may not actually be recognized as either articulate or useful. There could be karmic blocks in radix which prevent public validation. But one's subconscious dharma expectations (D-9) which are the accumulation of awareness built up from past lives, tells one to pursue this belief in their higher self as one's real self..
Even when Shani is exalted, His concern is with the practical application of social justice. Shani is not a theoretician. Shani is about work, practice, work.
Did I mention practice?
Such a person will seek social validation for the worth of their person through material accomplishments and capital wealth.
Such a person is also rather unlikely to consult a Jyotisha, since they do not generally require spiritual information to complete their dharmic view of "how it is". However, you might see a lagnesha like this as a relative of a more spiritually inclined person.
One is naturally aggressive (or passive-aggressive); and strongly invested in being a busy, ambitious person. One enjoys the sporting challenge of contentious, conflicted, or quarrelsome environments This type of lagnesha is also unlikely to seek the Jyotishi's sage advice, but will often enter appear in the Jyotisha consultation as the male relative of a tamer client.
If the lagnesha is strongly empowered- such as, uttama or moolatrikona or swakshetra- and/or receiving drishti of functional benefics - the person will be born into favorable circumstances.
One will be physically strong and attractive, with past-life-acquired permission to have good self-esteem that is recognized by his parents, educators, and moral authorities in his culture.
the native 's area of highest praise may be known according to the sign and house of the exalted lagnesha.
On the other end of the scale, if the lagnesha is strongly disempowered- such as, nichha and/or receiving drishti of functional or natural malefics - the native will be born into less favorable family circumstances.
One will feel somewhat or perhaps extremely stigmatized, with limited past-life permission to receive social validation for their appearance, abilities, or conduct.
nichha graha = fallen planets = weakness = dysfunctionality of the planet's powers. The graha might be quite powerful in effect but this effect is not well-received in the native 's living environment.
For example,
Also nichha L5 + L10 Mangala in Karkata becomes a Yogakaraka. Although the native 's personal life may suffer some effects of hypocrisy or dishonesty, great contributions of literary or political arts (5) and social governance (10) can also be produced by these natives.
In a past-life setting, the native once deprived another of resources, took more than one's proper due, or misused the empowerment of which one is now deprived by the malfunctioning planet.
Before birth, one selects the timing of one's first breath to ensure that one will have the proper planetary rays in place in order to pay back whichever karmic debts one feels strong enough to undertake.
Fallen planets show not so much an arduous positive task one is obliged to perform; that is the role of Shani.
Nor do they show the bondage of obsession; that is Rahu.
Fallen planets indicate an expected capability which never manifests properly.
The normal resources of the planet are twisted, retarded, disoriented, or confused.
In that planet's area of expertise, society will expect its members to do, perceive, or cooperate in a culturally predetermined way.
Fallen planets indicate that the individual will fall short of social expectation, be considered unsuccessful, and feel marginalizedin that performance area.
If the lagnesha is fallen and not rescued through some type of nichha-bhanga or healing parivartamsha, native will identify strongly with one's marginalized status.
One's social "error" may be known according to the sign and house of the fallen lagnesha.
Vimshottari periods of the lagnesha
Lagnesha in career
Lagnesha is also influential in career choices because lagnesha is an indicator of social standing and natural ability to function in the environments which match the rashi, bhava, and drishti characteristics of the lagnesha.
swakshetra Shukra in bhava-1 lagnesha for Thula-lagna Mahatma Gandhi .
Lagnesha shows broad environmental orientation, body type, musculature etc. which create natural suitability to certain career areas.
In determining career, also consider:
Commentary from Das:
"The lord of the 1 is in a kendra
or Venus is in a kendra
or Jupiter is in a kendra.":
"The Ascendant lord, Venus or Jupiter are located in a Kendra, which will bless your overall live to some degree.
Fortune, wealth and other material blessings would be almost guaranteed throughout life. "
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DORTMUND, Germany (AP) -- Germany midfielder Sven Bender and Serbia defender Neven Subotic have agreed to long-term deals to stay with Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund says on its website that Bender has agreed a one-year extension through to June 2017, while Subotic's contract has been extended by two years to June 2016.
Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said he is "very happy that these lads also want to travel down our chosen path."
Bender, 23, and Subotic, 24, follow Mario Goetze, Mats Hummels, Jakub Blaszczykowski, Mitch Langerak and Lukasz Piszczek in extending their deals with the defending Bundesliga champions.
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text: Would it make any sense to throw out an offer sheet for Ryan O'Reilly? I think this kid has a good future and I would love to piss the Avalanche off again. Dont know what kind of comps would need to be thrown back the other way but when PK was in this pickle we were asking the same thing about offer sheets. Yes, we need defense but after we pick up O'Reilly we could always tap into our deep forward pool for a trade. We all know Cleary and Bertuzzi are gone next year...right?


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American Revolution
by 2008reform, Sun Feb 03, 2008 at 01:36:52 PM EST
We are in an election cycle where I hope the wonders never cease. Susan Eisenhower, Caroline Kennedy and Tom Hayden agree on the same thing. All three want Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States. Who does this scare? It severely frightens the establishment of both the Democratic and Republican parties. The recent purpose of our two party system has been to ferment screams of ear popping loudest and conjure the best scare tactics to cause panic among the American people.


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My favourite thing about Wednesdays – STELLENBOSCH! For those of you who have not been, tonight promises to be prime. The quaint town by day, will churn out every newly-returned Stellenbosch student to revel in the custom of frenzied festivity by night.
Places of preference? I have always opted for chaos and crowds over class, but those of you seeking a calm start to the evening stop by The Brazen Head. A cosy pub that livens up for pre-drinks and keeps lively 'til the early hours.
To those seeking stomach lining, Aandklas offers fantastic pizza over old school rock and a draught.
For those who start the night in fifth gear, as I like to, hit up Terrace. Legend has it that they are the largest distributor of Cane in the world, and once you're inside you'll understand why. Cane and creme soda is the Stellenbosch drink of choice, and at R6 for singles and R12 for doubles there's no reason not to. Terrace gets dirty, full and raucous but if you can handle it it's all the songs you know and love, and you love them so much more after a few drinks at unreasonable value for money.
Those really topping the tank will love De Lapa – a dark and dingy little pub that serves the best Red Candy flavoured fishbowls – good to share if you're intending to keep moving. It's a great stop on the way to ridiculous.
Hoping to reel in an artisan? Bohemia caters to a clan of skinny jeans and inventive hairstyles, and is the perfect place to have a drink and conversation. Most importantly it is right next door to, what I consider, Stellenbosch's haven of choice…
The Mystic Boer is nothing short of Magic. The music is ineffable – always an incredible DJ flawlessly mixing popular songs from the periphery. The vibe is restless but relaxed and somehow comfortably houses almost every age group. Five stars from my personal party people, Meg and AJ.
For those looking for a more mainstream "jol" (as they say in our own deep South), see NuBar or Denim and Diamonds.
Eager to keep off of your feet and sip a cocktail? Cubana accommodates a composed, refined evening.
Lastly, at 2AM, when Stellenbosch shuts its doors, the die-hards head to Springboks. The mood is set for not quite golden-olides – the songs everyone knows- and by now we're too sauced to see shame in shaking to them. A great way to wrap up and evening.
Then finally, when tired and turbulent in the stomach region, head into the light. MacDonalds' golden arches and their 24 hour appeal complete the ritual of Stellenbosch revelry.
Overall, Stellenbosch is alarming in its cheap drinks and free entrance (except to Springboks). When you've been once you'll understand why it is that every week, hoards of Capetonians make the half hour journey.


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Me personally, am looking forward to lendale white, I think we all saw how his performance is essential to our team making a successful run at this long over due SB.
I would also say jared cook because if lendale is 30 pounds lighter im expecting us to be "cooking" in the redzone this year.
And I guess there's VY as well, I've always believed in his abilities, so lets see if the metal game shows up this year to make him the VY people are scared of on the field. I still get goose bumbs when i think of the weak zones and man coverage our Wouts would face if VY still ran like he did, they would be in trouble with bo, cook, vy, cj, nw, and 12gage all on the same field let me tell you.
Bless guys lets get us some fresh buffalo meat tonite.


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When Jordyn was 15 months old, the little girl passed out at the dinner table and went into cardiac arrest. Doctors learned she suffered from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. She underwent chemotherapy and radiation, and achieved remission. But, the fight was far from over. A genetic disorder in her leukemia cells increased the likelihood that the cancer would return. After more chemo and a bone marrow transplant did not produce a cure, Jordyn and her family were running out of options and hope.
It was November 2009, and Jordyn had been fighting cancer for seven years. Her parents were advised that their best option would be to take her home and give her the best quality of life for the time she had left. Her parents knew that without treatment, Jordyn would most likely pass away within four to six weeks. They were devastated.
Jordyn's mom remembers thinking, "There's got to be something else. There's got to be something else." And that's when Jordyn's parents began to notice the commercials on TV for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. One TV spot in particular featured Jennifer Aniston and a little girl who looked to be Jordyn's age. St. Jude had helped save her life.
Her parents learned more about St. Jude. They found out the hospital had a protocol (treatment plan) for children with leukemia relapsed after bone marrow transplant. Her family obtained a referral.
St. Jude has developed a revolutionary transplant procedure and chemotherapy regimen that gave Jordyn another fighting chance. The procedure makes it possible for parents to donate bone marrow and cancer-fighting white blood cells even if they are not an exact match to the patient. Thanks to this breakthrough procedure, Jordyn's father was able to donate cells to his daughter. The bone marrow transplant was a success.
St. Jude uses minimal residual disease technology to detect even trace amounts of cancer. These tests indicate that Jordyn is now in remission.
"She understands that this means we have another chance of life," said Jordyn's mother.
Jordyn loves coloring and painting. When she grows up, she wants to be a veterinarian or a doctor. In 2010, Jordyn co-starred in a commercial for St. Jude with Jennifer Aniston. In 2011, Jordyn joined the St. Jude Performance Team with her sister, Taylor. For the third year both girls will be performing on the 2014 Performance Team.
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text: Fargo police are looking for a man who robbed Game Stop at gunpoint tonight (Saturday). It happened just before 9 this evening at 1801 45th Street South. Police say the robber demanded money and the clerks handed it over. The robber then left on foot. Police set up a perimeter and tried using a K9 tracker, but it was unsuccessful. Police say they are looking for a man who is tall, thin and white.


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Of all the ways to fasten objects, threaded fasteners are probably
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I've always liked those magnetic
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Everything you throw in the trash or recycle gets handled by workers to be sorted. In Otter Tail County one of those employees was sent to the Emergency Room after coming in contact With needles!
"We get all kinds of stuff in here that shouldn't be here." says Zach Fjestad, the Public Information & Education Officer for Otter Tail County Recycling Center.
Some days at the recycling center, being a sorter can be a dirty job. "We've had deer carcasses come in like during deer hunting season, we get a lot of fish guts in the summer time." Zach says.
Workers sort through 15 tons or 30,000 pounds of recyclables each day. If they are going through things like newspapers, they try and get rid of contaminates like plastic bottles. And the last thing that they have on their mind of coming across is hazardous materials, like a bag full of needles.
"So as the material come across the line a lot of things come in plastic bags, and we open everything up to find out what's in there because a lot of times things are mixed. And she opened up a bag that was like any other one and it was full of needles." Zach explains.
He said the bag had hundreds of needles in it, and this wasn't her first time. About ten years ago the same thing happened to the employee, both times she went straight to the emergency room. Thankfully neither time led to any transfer of blood-borne diseases like Hepatitis-B, HIV or AIDS.
"A couple different ways of properly disposing of your needles, the first one and maybe the best is to get one of these red sharp collector containers, you can get them at pharmacies." Zach says.
Another way is to put them in to plastic one or two containers and write sharps on them so workers know they have needles inside. Zach continues, "It's important to put it into something that's going to not easily puncture, like a plastic bottle and it's going to be able to seal."
And those bottles should go in the trash, not the recycle bin, to keep employees safe. Zach tells Valley News Live that this is a problem they see come and go, but lately it's been an increasing amount being recycled instead of thrown away.
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Captain Derp | August 20, 2012 7:56 AM
If, like me, you love this soundtrack, you should definitely check out this guy http://soundcloud.com/vance-soundcloud
Antoine | May 31, 2012 5:09 PM
I just saw Drive it was really amazing! the music is really driving the movie. I found the drive score online there, might interest someone: http://www.allobo.com/en/soundtrack-drive-3789.html
isaw43sunsets | December 2, 2011 8:51 AM
Our acoustic cover of Kavinsky's 'Nightcall', and Desire's 'Under your spell', from the OST of movie 'Drive', by "i saw 43 sunsets".
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Nightcall-Under your spell - i saw 43 sunsets
paul | November 16, 2011 4:37 AM
whats the song with, is it Eminem?
jingmei | October 28, 2011 8:23 AM
This post greatly helps me, thank you.
The Driver | October 9, 2011 2:34 AM
To Heftman !!!
the song in the elevator and at other points in the movie is
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
very famous piece!
one of my fav ambient songs
hope this helps!
Heftman | October 7, 2011 1:16 AM
Can anyone help by telling me the title of the instrumental track played in the elevator scene of Drive (where Ryan Gosling kills a gangster by stamping on his head)? Its not on the soundtrack released for the Drive movie, sounds a bit like 'I Drive' (Martinez), but is an older piece, possibly from a Lynch movie (Badalamenti?).
El Boogz | October 4, 2011 3:21 AM
I am in love with this soundtrack.. especially Nightcall, simply amazing...
panayotis ioannidis | September 28, 2011 8:49 AM
mesmerising film
and the soundtrack is quite superb
Tommy | September 27, 2011 9:39 AM
Hand Covers Bruise from The Social Network score was in the movie as well.
thoughts | September 24, 2011 2:41 AM
Kept thinking M83 was in it.
Hank Single | September 23, 2011 9:43 AM
I haven't been this shook up and engaged by a soundtrack since the masterpiece of 'Hanna' - totally submersive, just perfect.
Really one of the best made movies I've seen in years, too - the color palette, the sound production, the performances; not what I expected. Totally worth it.
Joel | September 18, 2011 7:29 AM
Just saw the movie. Was pretty lukewarm about it, but the soundtrack was Vangelis-loving goodness.
Lakeshore Records | September 16, 2011 6:51 AM
The coolest soundtrack of the year for the coolest film of the year is now #2 on iTunes! Help it get to #1 by downloading the DRIVE SOUNDRACK from Lakeshore Records now, feat music by Cliff Martinez and songs from the movie by Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx, College, Chromatics and more: http://bit.ly/DriveSoundtrack
ryan | August 28, 2011 6:41 AM
i saw this at Comic Con, and it was hands down the best video shown there. It was also hands down the Best movie i have seen so far this year.
Doctor | August 3, 2011 3:22 AM
Wow, just heard the newest song from M83 called "Midnight City" and it would've been perfect for this movie. It has a fun, pulpy 80's sound and the lyrics are about waiting in a car after dark. How perfect. Almost sad it's not in the soundtrack.
Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyonn3mQj8&feature=grec_index
On another note, I can not wait for this to come out! this is seriously the movie of my dreams.
The Playlist | August 2, 2011 5:54 AM
I haven't seen the film, but i'm pretty sure it's the first song off the soundtrack to the 1971 Italian film "Addio zio Tom" ("Goodbye Uncle Tom").
Here's an Itunes link. Sure sounds like something that Refn would use, but since i haven't seen, i can't be sure. I hope so though because the tune is gorgeous.
ferencv | August 2, 2011 5:41 AM
Can anyone find this?
Oh My Love - Riziero Ortolani & Rina Ranieri
I've been searching for like twenty minutes and nothing. Thanks!
Chase | August 1, 2011 12:51 PM
Here's the YouTube video for College's "A Real Hero" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8
rotch | August 1, 2011 10:42 AM
I really hope the official poster is the same as the ost cover. It's awesome!
Sly | August 1, 2011 10:30 AM
wow, I think you've hit your record for number of Refn/Gosling related posts in a day!


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MILWAUKEE (WKOW) -- Doctors have recommended Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett spend another night in the hospital, where he's being treated for exhaustion following a 20-kilometer run.
The mayor's office says Barrett underwent a series of tests Monday at Wheaton Franciscan-Wisconsin Heart Hospital and doctors found "nothing alarming."
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MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Fifteen-year-old James Prindle looked like a scared kid in his mug shot taken at adult jail following his transfer from juvenile court on aggravated rape charges involving a toddler."He'll be indicted and probably appear in criminal court in the next three to six months," said attorney Blake Ballin.Prindle was transferred Thursday by a juvenile court judge who decided to drop rape charges against a 13-year-old friend of Prindle's and that boy's 11-year-old brother.Ballin represented the older brother."He was found guilty of facilitation," said Ballin. "We, of course, respect the judge's ruling. He did a fine job of listening to the evidence and separating everything out."The 23-month-old victim was raped and beaten inside a unit at the Cordova Creek Apartments. That was where police said two of the boys claimed a home invasion had occurred. Police quickly determined the story was an attempt to cover up the crime.Action News 5 spoke with the victim's father the next day, who told us he and his wife left their daughter with Prindle while they went to work. The young man is a family member."She's a strong girl," the father told us. "Very strong girl, hard as nails. So, she's doing good."The toddler is reportedly still doing well despite what she endured.James Prindle is being held in a special unit for juveniles on a $150,000 bond.
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RICHARD BUCK may only opt to run the relay at the World Indoor Championship trials in Sheffield this month.
The City of York Athletic Club runner was part of a record-breaking Great Britain and Northern Ireland quartet that smashed a stadium record at the Sainsbury's Glasgow International late last month.
One-lap specialist Buck, along with Luke Lennon-Ford, Conrad Williams and Nigel Levine, beat reigning Olympic champions the Bahamas after they clocked three minutes 6.27 seconds.
It was a performance that has put Buck, along with his team-mates, in the driving seat for the relay team spots at the World Indoors, held in Sopot, Poland, in March.
Buck was quickly back in action, flying to Vienna to race at a European Individual meeting last week. Running 46.67 seconds, he was third overall in the event.
But working with Nick Dakin, director of coaching for Loughborough University, the pair have decided that the outdoor season must be the priority and that means Buck might swerve the 400-metre individual event at the trials if he feels it might hurt his body.
"I've started off the season really promisingly and it's always my ambition to go for both," he said.
"It's a really tough ask, though, to got flat out four times on three days against the world's best. We will have to see how I am going.
"I am managing some small injury problems and, with the Commonwealth Games coming up, the outdoor season starts so early and that is my main focus.
"My best medal chance (at the worlds) is in the relay but, if I am running well enough, I will have a crack at the individual. It would be great to run in a world final and I haven't done that yet."
On his record-breaking display in Glasgow, Buck added: "It was brilliant – really good to get into the first team of the year and to get back into that environment.
"We beat the Olympic champions and, while the Commonwealth Games selection is more complicated than usual in that it takes times last year into account, when you are in the first team of the year you are in the conversation when teams are getting picked."
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The Colorado Rapids continued their quick descent into chaos, announcing the departure of Managing Director Jeff Plush on Tuesday. Plush was mainly involved on the business side of things for the Rapids, but was heavily involved in the construction of Dick's Sporting Goods Park and was one of the people conducting the search for their new head coach.
The Rapids also parted ways with coach Gary Smith at the end of the season. Just one year ago, Plush and Smith helped engineer a MLS Cup victory for the Rapids. Smith had publicly clashed with Plush and technical director Paul Bravo prior to his leaving. Now, only Bravo remains.
Although the Rapids are putting a nice face on this move, saying that Plush will still be an advisor with the team, an ESPN report suggests there is more to it. Whether or not Plush and the Rapids parted ways amicably, this does leave the team in a less than desirable situation.
No clear candidate has emerged to replace Smith and the team has already interviewed four coaches. The Rapids had hoped to have a coach in place in time for Christmas, but that now seems unlikely. If a coach is not in place by the Jan. 12 SuperDraft, he will have missed out on a significant portion of this offseason as the team has already gone through the Expansion Draft, the first stage of the Re-Entry Draft and has already made a decision about many of the players currently on the roster.
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Who are the winners and losers of the Budget?
Steven Bruck, a partner at Blick Rothenberg Chartered Accountants, takes a look at the winners and losers of this year's Budget.
Steven Bruck, a partner at Blick Rothenberg Chartered Accountants, takes a look at the winners and losers of this year's Budget.
Osborne surprisingly had a fair amount of leeway in his Budget. But we have to set all this in the context of a very gloomy overall picture.
For the government it's a matter of policy, but tomorrow's Budget will have implications on ordinary people's pockets. Here's a preview.
New research suggests parents are facing an increasing struggle to give their families a decent standard of living.
A study from the Child Poverty Action Group says it costs a minimum of £148,000 to raise a child to the age of 18.
The report blames rising costs, coupled with a squeeze on pay and benefits.
The Government says it knows times are tough, but is introducing measures to help.
Helen Ford reports.
A spokesman for the RPA said their priority will be to talk directly with all those affected to listen to "their preferences and understand their individual circumstances."
– Spokesman for the Rural Payments Agency
"We appreciate the decision to leave Alverton Court is disappointing to many of our people.
"However, we will do everything possible to ensure a smooth transition for everyone and would stress that this is not about job losses and that we will continue to deliver the same level of service to our customers.
"This decision has not been made lightly and we are working hard to provide as much clarity and certainty to those impacted. All our people who are prepared to work flexibly have been guaranteed a job and all posts will remain in the region."
A government agency office in Northallerton is to close with the loss of 350 jobs.
Workers at the Rural Payments Agency in the Yorkshire town were told today.
A spokesman said the jobs would be split between York and Newcastle.
A masterplan has been discussed to create jobs and homes across Newcastle and Gateshead.
Land has been earmarked for housing developments, business and industry in a bid to kickstart the economy.
More than thirty thousand homes are planned to meet growing demand
Around three quarters would be built on urban and brownfield sites
The remaining quarter are planned for greenbelt land
The 'Local Plan' as it is known, is a framework stretching to the year 2030. It will now go out to public consultation.
A final decision on the plan is expected to be made next year.
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The Chancellor has also revealed there will be further job losses by 2016. Around 144,000 more posts are expected to go across the UK. The announcement has been criticised by unions.
George Osborne did stress that for every job lost in the public sector over the last year, five more have been created by private firms.
There will also be a new seven-day wait before claiming unemployment benefits and all job seekers will be required to attend the job centre every week, rather than once a fortnight.
The Resolution Foundation, an independent research and policy organisation, analysed the Chancellor's 2013 Budget:
– TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady
The Chancellor is either oblivious to the tough time that millions of public sector workers and their families are having or he is deliberately setting out to punish them.
Public sector workers have seen their pay frozen as the cost of living soars and thousands now find themselves earning less than the living wage.
Family budgets are at breaking point and millions of nurses, teachers, fire-fighters, council workers and civil servants will have been hoping the Chancellor might ease their pain today, not add significantly to it.
The decision to cancel the fuel duty increase due in September has been welcomed by the MP for Thirsk, Malton and Filey.
This news will be welcomed by many living in Thirsk, Malton and Filey. Obviously, I am disappointed that the Chancellor has not agreed to a rural fuel duty rebate for certain areas of North Yorkshire. Measures in the budget that will help hard working families include future childcare vouchers for working parents or single parents, help with mortgages for new homes, the reduction of tax on new jobs in small companies, as well as the commitment to raise personal allowances so no-one will pay income tax for the first £10,000.
– Anne McIntosh MP for Thirsk, Malton and Filey
These measures show that the Government is trying to help all with aspirations who are trying to do their best for their families.
Steven Bruck, a partner at Blick Rothenberg Chartered Accountants, takes a look at the winners and losers of this year's Budget.Read the full story
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"I am grateful for Ben Lowe's book. Green Revolution is an invitation, not just to believe that another world is possible, but to begin enacting it now."
—from the foreword by Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution, Jesus for President and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers
"This is the book we need. No set of challenges calls more directly to people of faith than these environmental cataclysms--the de-creation we are now engaged in. Here's strong evidence of both the good thinking and great energy needed to set things right."
—Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature
"Ben writes with a refreshingly youthful and transparent style that is at times penetrating and disturbing, and at other times light and casual. The book is a good read for the Metro--it doesn't require reading in a single setting!"
—Paul Corts, president, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
"Ben Lowe writes with a fresh voice about an issue that affects each of us deeply. Pick up this book and join the green revolution today!"
—Will Samson, coauthor of Justice in the Burbs
"A new generation of younger evangelicals is leading the way in showing us how to be mindful of our stewardship for the world in which we live, not as a substitute for biblical faith but as a faithful expression of it. Ben Lowe's book helps us do just that. I recommend it to all Christians everywhere."
—Timothy George, dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, and senior editor, Christianity Today
"Ben Lowe has been an outstanding pioneer of practical caring for creation. His generation is probably the one that most urgently needs to understand and live by the passionate convictions that he has expressed so eloquently in these pages. If they do we may enter a season of hope. If they don't, we are probably, most literally, cooked."
—Peter Harris, founder, A Rocha
"Green Revolution is more than a great book. It's a powerfully convincing invitation to join a fresh movement of God. Thanks, Ben Lowe, for your faithful creation witness!"
—Jonathan Merritt, faith and culture writer, and national spokesperson, Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative
"Ben Lowe has done us all a favor: he has assembled some of the most notable teachers in the world to mentor us on the greatest of coming revolutions. This planet is our great gift from God, but it is also our sobering responsibility to renew for the poor and the coming generations. In these pages you will find the intellectual and practical path forward. This book will develop your strategy and your faith."
—Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed, Florida
"Ben Lowe makes a compelling case for the role of colleges and universities in preparing tomorrow's creation care servant leaders. This book is must-reading for those faculty, students and institutional leaders who will be called to teach and model new ways of thinking and living if we are to heal our planet."
—Dr. Ed Johnson, president, Au Sable Institute
"I commend this book to all college students and concerned citizens of God's earth. Lowe gets it right! Biblical environmental stewardship is about the transformation of hearts and minds, and about incarnational living on earth. The book's case studies and stories illuminate and provide a useful framework to help Christians relearn what it means to love God, neighbor and creation."
—Susan Drake Emmerich, CEO, Emmerich Environmental Consulting, and coproducer, When Heaven Meets Earth: Faith, Environment and the Chesapeake Bay
"The Christian youth of America are making their mark in a Genesis- and Jesus-based commitment to creation conservation. Ben Lowe speaks for them and is out to add to their ranks. His witness and invitation seethe with hope and energy. Listen to him. Join him."
—Eugene H. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, and translator of The Message
"Some readers may not be interested in reading a book on the environment. These readers are in luck. Lowe's book isn't just an environmental work because Lowe extensively explores the larger kingdom issues inseparably connected to environmental problems. Green Revolution is more than a great book. It's a powerfully convincing invitation to join a fresh movement of God."
—Jonathan Merritt, Relevant Magazine, March 2009
"This is a book that's been needed for a LONG time! This book is inspirational, informative, and even occasionally witty in its call to action. Every Christian college student (and those who aren't in college as well!) should read this book, then go outside and DO something about the environment."
—Christy P., Book Bargains and Previews (bookbargainsandpreviews.com), March 2009
"I have thoroughly enjoyed this little book. In fact I think that it is a great book for all Christians who are interested in creation care to read. I found Green Revolution to be a well researched and informative book."
—Christine Sine, Godspace (godspace.wordpress.com), March 24, 2009
"Lowe's voice is original and worth hearing. Green Revolution is part ecological, theological, and political primer, part road warrior for the planet memoir, and part how-to book. Although likely to resonate best with teens and twenty-somethings, there is something here for people of every age. Pastors especially would benefit from reading this fresh, transparent, and evangelically orthodox account written by a member of the generation that is often not sitting in their pews. Ben Lowe offers a holisitic vision for creation care, one that does not place this task above other aspects of the Gospel, but rightly includes it in the work of bringing God's shalom to all the earth."
—John Murdock, DeepGreenConversation (deepgreenconversation.org), April 8, 2009
"Lowe uses Scripture to make a compelling case that God's mission to restore shalom extends to the natural world, and that is is our privelge and responsibility to participate in that mission."
—John Pattison, Relevant Magazine, May/June 2009
"Lowe has written a book that provides motivation and resources for those who want to get involved in environmental stewardship."
—Marianne Peters, The Covenant Companion, August 2009
"Green Revolution is a book with a vision of a better world realized not with great wealth, ambition, or resources, but with the possibilities, potential and power of empathy, compassion, and faith in action."
—P.J. Ruschmann, Catholic Library World, June 2010
"Ben Lowe offers a practical (and Biblical!) how-to guide for weaving creation care into your church or campus ministry. It is full of tangible examples and real-life stories about how to catalyze the next generation's interest in nurturing the environment."
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Nearly 250 Hancock County foster children celebrated Christmas early this year. On Sunday the Hancock County Youth Court and the Hancock County Sheriff's Department held their first ever Christmas party for the children.
"We wanted to be able to give all of our children Christmas gifts. And create a special party for them," Chief Court Administrator Chere Hayward said.
Foster children ranging from four months to 18-years-old attended the event held at the Bay St. Louis Community Center.
"All the children are either in foster care or with relatives," Hayward said. "This was a happy time for us and them."
There were games, prizes awarded, a mobile video game van, laser tag, horse drawn wagon rides and Santa arrived on the Bay St. Louis fire truck.
The children also watched the Vonderbruegge Family and Friends sing Christmas music and dance.
Plus a ballet group performed the "Nutcracker".
"We were able to give every one of our foster children four to five gifts each, due to great community support," Hayward said.
The Hancock County Sheriff's Department stood outside of Walmart collecting donations for the children and community members donated toys.
"With the money we collected, we called all the teenagers and purchased exactly what they wanted," Hayward said. "We owe a special thanks to the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, community members, all event participants, Kristen Blanchard and Friends decorated the event and Heather Jackson helped organize the entire event."
Seeing the smiles on all the kid's faces made the event worthwhile, Hayward said.
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When writing tests for an application which involves a database, one of the first things you need to do is ensure sure that all of database integration tests start from a known state. Now, understandably, there are already libraries that can do this for us, such as the Database Cleaner gem. However, when we started the project, I didn't really see the value in importing a ~1000 line library when about 10 or so lines of Ruby would do the trick, and result in a helper which was quickly comprehensible without having to hunt down the defining Gem.
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Preferences class provides a common place for all parts of a Squeak Smalltalk image to register their switches: Which update stream do we want to follow? What colour do we want our Browsers? Do we allow assignments to block parameters? Do we allow underscores in selector names? Preferences range from low level things that affect the language's grammar, all the way to trivial things.
In the old days we would create a preference by adding a getter/setter pair that would expose a key-value pair in a dictionary. That sounds great. It's certainly simple. It's only when a system evolves organically over decades that we realise the trap: such a dictionary is a giant chain, coupling together otherwise independent packages that simply wish to store something configurable. Even though we can store the preference accessors within each package, the packages still share the backing dictionary. It's a recipe for trouble. Let's see how we can untangle the chain.
When playing with a new bit of language, it can be helpful to restrict the problem space to an old, well understood algorithm. For me at least, learning one thing at a time is easier! For this post, It'll be prime sieves, and I'll be exploring clojure reducers.
A quick recap, the sieve of eratosthenes is a not-maximally-non-optimal way of finding primes. It's usually expressed as follows:
To find primes below n:
generate a list of n integers greater than 1
while the list is not empty:
take the head of the list and:
add it to the output
remove all numbers evenly divisible by it from the list
In clojure, something like:
(defn sieve
([n] (sieve [] (range 2 n)))
([primes xs]
(if-let [prime (first xs)]
(recur (conj primes prime) (remove #(zero? (mod % prime)) xs))
(sieve 10)
;= [2 3 5 7]
Which is fine, but I'd like it lazy so I only pay for what I use, and I can use as much as I'm willing to pay for. Let's look at lazy sequences. Luckily for us, there is an example of exactly this on the lazy-seq documentation, which we slightly modify like so:
(defn lazy-sieve [s]
(cons (first s)
(lazy-seq (lazy-sieve (remove #(zero? (mod % (first s))) (rest s))))))
(defn primes []
(lazy-seq (lazy-sieve (iterate inc 2))))
(take 5 (primes))
;= (2 3 5 7)
So now we have a nice generic source of primes that grows only as we take more. But is there another way?
A few months ago Rich Hickey introduced reducers. By turning the concept of 'reducing' inside out the new framework allows a parallel reduce (fold) in some circumstances. Which doesn't apply here. But let's see if we can build a different form of sieve using the new framework. First a quick overview (cribbing from the original blog post):
Collections are now 'reducible', in that they implement a reduce protocol. Filter, map, etc are implemented as functions that can be applied by a reducible to itself to return another reducible, but lazily, and possibly in parallel. So in the example below we have a reducible (a vector), that maps inc to itself to return a reducible that is then wrapped with a filter on even? which returns a further reducible, that reduce then collects with +.
(require '[clojure.core.reducers :as r])
We'll be referring to r here and there – just remember it's the clojure.core.reducers namespace
(reduce + (r/filter even? (r/map inc [1 1 1 2])))
;= 6
These are composable, so we can build 'recipes'.
;;red is a reducer awaiting a collection
(def red (comp (r/filter even?) (r/map inc)))
(reduce + (red [1 1 1 2]))
;= 6
into uses reduce internally, so we can use it to build collections instead of reducing:
(into [] (r/filter even? (r/map inc [1 1 1 2])))
;= [2 2 2]
So here's the core of 'reducer', which "Given a reducible collection, and a transformation function xf, returns a reducible collection, where any supplied reducing fn will be transformed by xf. xf is a function of reducing fn to reducing fn."
(defn reducer
([coll xf]
(coll-reduce [_ f1 init]
(clojure.core.protocols/coll-reduce coll (xf f1) init)))))
And we can then use that to implement mapping as so:
(defn mapping [f]
(fn [f1]
(fn [result input]
(f1 result (f input)))))
(defn rmap [f coll]
(reducer coll (mapping f)))
(reduce + 0 (rmap inc [1 2 3 4]))
;= 14
Fine. So what about sieves? One thought is we could build up a list of composed filters, built as new primes are found (see the lazy-seq example above). But there's no obvious place to do the building, as applying the reducing functions is left to the reducible implementation. Another possibility is to introduce a new type of reducing function, the 'progressive-filter', which keeps track of past finds and can filter against them.
(defn prog-filter [f]
(let [flt (atom [])]
(fn [f1]
(fn [result input]
(if (not-any? #(f input %) @flt)
(swap! flt conj input)
(f1 result input))
(defn progressive-filter [f coll]
(reducer coll (prog-filter f)))
And we then reduce with a filtering function that is a function of the current candidate and one of the list of found primes (see the #(f input %) bit above)
(into [] (progressive-filter #(zero? (mod %1 %2)) (range 2 10))
;= [2 3 5 7]
It's nicely lazy, so we can use iterate to generate integers, and take only a few (r/take, as it's operating on a reducer):
(into [] (r/take 5 (progressive-filter #(zero? (mod %1 %2)) (iterate inc 2))))
;= [2 3 5 7 11]
Or even
(def primes (progressive-filter #(zero? (mod %1 %2)) (iterate inc 2)))
(into [] (r/take 5 primes))
;= [2 3 5 7 11]
You get the idea.
Resumable exceptions form a key component of the Smalltalk infrastructure. They are one of the standard means of communicating along the call stack, much like Common Lisp's condition system. They can, however, add a "cross layer" dependency.
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1. a property of a long biopolymer (such as duplex DNA) equal to the number of twists (related to the frequency of turns around the central axis of the helix) plus the writhing number.
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PARIS (AP) -- What's in a name? A struggling French soccer club hopes plenty.
Angers of the second division has offered a contract to Lionel Messi, and it is assuredly not that one. This player is a 17-year-old French midfielder from Cameroon whose full name is Lionel Messi Nyamsi.
He is still playing with Toulouse Fontaines and is considering the offer. His game has never been mistaken for that of the Barcelona great but he did impress during a trial period after he was spotted playing in southwestern France.
Angers head of youth recruitment Axel Labatiniere told The Associated Press that the club watched Messi in February playing for Toulouse Fontaines and was struck by his natural "feel for the game."


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Runners who don't sufficiently replace electrolytes during long runs or races can risk over-hydration. Hyponatremia, which is low blood sodium concentration, can occur when athletes drink excessive amounts of water and don't replace salt lost through sweat.
The current advice about running and hydration is very simple -- try to drink to thirst. Scientific evidence says that drinking when you're thirsty can help prevent underhydrating (which can lead to dehydration) and overhydrating, which can lead to hyponatremia (low blood salt level due to abnormal fluid retention).
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It was as close to a consensus as we'll probably ever see. When the Carolina Panthers selected NT Star Lotulelei with the 14th overall selection in the 2013 NFL Draft, Panthers fandom was united in its elation.
Bereft of a defensive anchor for years, Lotulelei was an easy pick for the Panthers. Arguably one of the most talented first year players, Star figures to make a big splash. But unlike other defensive linemen, nose tackles don't often make their presence felt on stat sheets. Regardless, the nose tackle holds the most important job on the line, play in, play out. In this post we'll look at the first series from the Panthers matchup with the Chiefs, to illustrate the value of a top-shelf NT.
The Panthers defense had a good 2012 campaign behind the pass rush of Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson, finishing tenth in total defense, having surrendered only 333.1 yards per game. Even still, there is much room for improvement for Sean McDermott's squad, as is evident in this series versus the Kansas City Chiefs, Week 13.
Winning the toss, the Chiefs elected to receive the ball, and with 14:58 left in the first quarter, from their own 26 yard line.
The Chiefs open with this 1x0, 22 personnel, I formation, opting to start with this off-tackle run. In response to the run heavy set, Carolina have 9 men in the box.
Right at the snap Sione Fua (circled), who is the 1-tech for much of this series, is beaten in the leverage battle by the Kansas City Center. To make matters worse, the Chiefs LG doesn't even warrant Fua a look, instead he immediately locks in on MLB Luke Kuechly.
Star's biggest impact will be in his ability to command double teams. It's not size and brute strength that merit a double team. As Smartfootball's Chris Brown notes:
Size is actually less important than athleticism and smarts. The line between touchdowns and stops is exceedingly thin, and it's footwork and feel that are the difference.
That's why John Jenkins was chosen in the third round, and Star in the top half of the first.
With Star up front, Kuechly will have much more freedom to track and engage the ballcarrier.
The LG makes it to the second level and neutralizes Kuechly. With the edge secured, Jamaal Charles is able to bounce the run outside. Take note: 2/3 of the Panthers LB corps is engaged with blockers before Charles even crosses the line of scrimmage.
Charles is able to pickup five yards before Josh Norman and Thomas Davis are able to bring him down.
The Chiefs come back with another 22 personnel I-formation look; running a toss to the left.
Shortly after the snap Fua is already beaten by the blocker; the Chiefs RG strikes first, and achieves optimal hand positioning, which jolts Fua practically upright. The Panthers NT is now under the blocker's direction.
The value of quickness cannot be understated. An explosive athlete, Star Lotulelei will stuff a lot of runs by beating or at least tying interior linemen at the snap.
Heady runner that he is, Charles identifies the massive cutback lane. Even should Fua have realized Charles' change of direction, he is in no position to adjust, still fighting off the RG's block.
Accelerating, Charles hits the hole and picks up a gain of ten yards before Kuechly and Nakamura make the tackle.
Switching to a single back, 12 personnel set, the Chiefs move to the passing game, calling a three-verticals concept, in which Dwayne Bowe, matched up against Josh Norman, will break his route for a crossing route. With LB Thomas Davis blitzing, the Panthers must harass the Chiefs QB in order to compensate for the dearth of underneath coverage.
Ten plus yards into his route Bowe reads the Panthers coverage, and breaks his route inwards. Not easily visible here, but Bowe has pulled out of his drive phase, a telltale sign of an imminent cut or change of direction, Norman does not read this at all and is still trailing backwards.
Turning attention to the pocket, Brady Quinn sits relatively unmolested. DE Greg Hardy has beaten the Kansas City LT, but he's too late to alter Quinn's throw. Even if Hardy were closing in on the QB, Quinn would have an immaculate pocket to step into; there is no interior pressure from the Panthers pass rush.
Again Fua has failed to strike first with his hands, is unable to extend his arms, to use his length to keep the KC interior linemen from his body, and consequentially loses the leverage battle, generating no push on the pocket. But the failure of this interior rush doesn't fall completely on Fua; both Dwan Edwards and Thomas Davis were unable to take advantage of the one-on-one matchup's Fua has afforded them.
Quinn completes the pass to the open Bowe for a gain of 16 yards, taking the Chiefs to the cusp of field goal range.
The Chiefs break out 11 personnel in a single back set. Turning back to the ground game, Kansas City goes with another outside run, pulling both their right guard and right tackle.
Fua gets a solid jump on this snap, and reads the direction of play. The Panthers NT does a good job of leaning his shoulder into the center, minimizing the contact surface for the center.
Fua extends his arm into the body of the center and has beaten the block. A more athletic NT would now have the opportunity to disengage from the blocker and cut off Charles' run behind the LOS.
An example of good team defense, the Panthers secure the edge, stopping Charles' momentum, long enough for Fua to catch the RB for a one yard gain.
On this second down and long, the Panthers operate Cover 2; in motion, Kansas City WR Jon Baldwin will run a 9 route.
Once again, there is very little pressure, specifically up the middle, against Quinn.
Fua again is unable to keep the linemen away from his body, nor achieve optimal hand placement or pad level to generate push.
A youthful, yet costly error, Norman doesn't carry Baldwin into Godfrey's coverage overtop; Norman lets Baldwin free, and the second year wide receiver makes the catch.
Godfrey saves a touchdown, and brings Baldwin down at the two yard line for a gain of 34 yards.
The sixth play of this drive, the Chiefs opt for another off-tackle run, this time from a bruising 23 personnel set, with Peyton Hillis subbed in for Charles.
An inside zone concept, Hillis' assignment is to hit the C-gap between Charles Johnson, facing the kickout block from a TE, and Nate Chandler, who, at the moment, is receiving the only double team on the line. Both Fua, and the other DL, who appears to be Dwan Edwards, are neutralized; Edwards is taken out of the play by the center, and Fua, absorbed by the left guard.
Chandler holds the all-important job of holding that double team and controlling the point of attack. It is imperative that he keeps the blockers from reaching the second level. Just after the snap, the RT is already prepared to disengage from Chandler, and is locked in on Kuechly.
Seconds later, all three Panthers interior DL are on the ground, and the Chiefs RT is in the process of driving Kuechly out of the play.
Hillis follows his FB's block and is just able to beat Thomas Davis and Sherrod Martin to the endzone.
And thus, the Chiefs have capitalized on a six play, 74 yard drive.
It's speculation to say that the Panthers, with Star Lotulelei in the breach, would have been able to keep Jamaal Charles & Co. from scoring. On the other hand, we can affirm that the Chiefs would not have enjoyed such an effortless ride to the endzone facing a strong interior presence.
On another note, Sione Fua is not a horrible player. The second year player has improved from his rookie campaign, and demonstrated himself as a decent reserve NT. However, Fua played 252 snaps last season for the Panthers, 24% of all defensive snaps; it's doubtful that he sees such playing time again (contingent on his making the roster, of course).
Certainly, the Panthers will be much more stout against the run next season. I prophesy that we'll see fewer performances coinciding with the Chiefs contest or the Eagles game, and more that align with the Week 14 matchup with Atlanta or the Raiders game.
I too expect Luke Kuechly to take a leap forward in 2013, although I think Star will play a large role in Kuechly's advancement. The rookie possesses a rare combination of quickness and strength that will allow him to be disruptive and control the point of attack, hopefully giving Carolina their 'War Daddy' for years to come.
Even though it isn't always inherently obvious, nose tackles are critical to a defense's constitution.


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Earthquake Rattles West Central Wyoming
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted much of western Wyoming on Saturday, but no damage was reported.
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted much of western Wyoming on Saturday, but no damage was reported.
According to the USGS, an earthquake that measured 4.0 on the Richter Scale rattled the western parts of Wyoming at about 11:30 PM last night. The epicenter was described as being 14 miles WNW of Afton, Wyoming and was appr
As he video blogs about Oklahoma State's football win over Kansas City, YouTuber Elmore Drive reacts with dismay to one of the earthquakes that rattled Oklahoma over the weekend.
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks — some felt as far away as Wisconsin — shook Oklahoma this weekend, startling people more accustomed to tornadoes than temblors.
Early Saturday, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake affected areas from Texas to Missouri, followed by a 5.6 quake later that night — Oklahoma's strongest in history — and more than 10 aftershocks.
Not only was last week's East Coast earthquake nice enough not to seriously injure anybody, but its rumbling effects may have actually helped a deaf man hear again.
Japan is still trying to recover in the aftermath of the 8.9 earthquake that rocked the nation just a few days ago.
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Since the early 1970s, Gov. Pat Quinn had been on the outside of Illinois politics looking in -- trumpeting himself and his causes as being a friend of us common men. For the most part, I believe that to be true.
Quinn had been a thorn in the side of the leadership of his own party until a strange turn of events opened the doors to the governor's mansion.
He has certainly restored dignity to the office and undoubtedly will be able to walk away from the job a free man -- unlike his immediate predecessors. Yet strange things are happening.
While the leadership of his party is clearly on record supporting his re-election, it was noted in the Chicago Tribune that President Obama and Sen. Dick Durbin will be at a fundraiser in the home of a man who is a contributor and overt supporter of GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner. Even the vile mayor of Chicago seems to have a warm spot in his cold heart for Rauner.
This is feeling a little like the 1976 epic Howlett versus Thompson.
Could it be in Quinn's hour of need all those years of being a thorn in the establishment's side may be coming back to haunt him?
Chris Beykirch