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For as little as 30 cents a day, you can give these orangutans a future. By choosing to become an adoptive parent of an orangutan you will be helping to ensure that he or she will have everything they need until they can be safely released back into the forest by our partners BOS, IAR & SOCP. Each orangutan adoption is US $120 per year– payable yearly or in 12 monthly installments of $10. Please Note: ADOPTIONS ARE VIRTUAL! The orangutans stay at the care centers in Borneo & Sumatra! Learn more about the adoption process.
Unlike orangutans, our website is not perfect. It's difficult to make sure it works flawlessly on all browsers and computers. If you try to adopt but our website doesn't work, please contact us and we'll be happy to help you set it up! Please don't let technology get between you and your adopted orangutan!
Adopt JumboJumbo is being cared for at BOS Nyaru Menteng. Just two days after the rescue of Cinta, a van pulled up to the main gate. One of the passengers was carrying a tiny baby orangutan. He claimed to have found the baby when he was out with his hunting dogs. The dogs ran towards the mother who quickly disappeared behind the trees. The man grabbed the infant who, he claimed, she'd left behind. Orangutan mothers NEVER leave their babies! The little guy, named Jumbo, is now in BOS Baby School with his best friend Cinta. See more photos of Jumbo!
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Adopt MegalomanMegaloman is being cared for at the SOCP orangutan rescue center in Sumatra. He's one of the youngest infants to arrive at the Baby House. He is very cute and has a warm, easygoing personality. He's quite popular among the staff due to his shock of wild hair. He gets along well with the other infants and seems smitten by Nadya, who he follows around the baby yard during play time. It's amazing to think that one day this handsome little guy will grow into a dominant male cheekpadder orangutan. See more photos of Megaloman!
Adopt nowNadya
Adopt NadyaNadya is being cared for at the SOCP orangutan rescue center in Sumatra. She's the only girl in a group of boys living in the Baby House. She's very independent and loves spending time with other babies like her best friends Gokong and Siboy! She's showing all the signs of being a wild orangutan — which is perfect for release in the near future into a safe, protected forest. See more photos of Nadya!
Adopt nowCinta
Adopt CintaCinta is being cared for at BOS Nyaru Menteng. While the team was busy preparing an orangutan release they received a phone call from villagers who had 'found' an infant orangutan and wanted to send her to the care center. BOS immediately coordinated with the authorities to rescue the baby and on the morning of February 14th, Valentines Day, the team set out on the four-hour journey to get her. The baby came from an area which, until recently, had been a lush forest populated by many orangutans. A palm oil company had cleared the land and destroyed the forest. The baby, named Cinta ('Love' in Indonesian), was all that remained of her extended family. See more photos of Cinta!
Adopt nowGober and the Twins
Adopt Gober and the TwinsGober is an elderly Sumatran female orangutan who went blind due to age-related cataracts. When she began raiding farmers' crops, villagers called SOCP and asked them to remove her from the site. Gober entered the SOCP quarantine center in November 2008. Kept alone at first, in 2009 she was gradually introduced to another blind orangutan, a male named Leuser. Unexpectedly, Gober fell pregnant and in February 2011 delivered healthy twins – a male and female, Ganteng (meaning "handsome") and Ginting (a common family name from the local area). The infants are thriving under Gober's care and she's doing a perfect job caring for them. In 2012, following a surgical procedure on her cataracts, Gober's sight was partially restored! See more photos of Gober & the Twins!
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Adopt GunungGunung is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. One day the team got an emergency call from the local forestry department informing them that a man had found a tiny baby orangutan alone in a tree in an area called Tanjung Gunung. It's hard to say what really happened, but one thing is for sure: It is highly unlikely that 2-3 month-old baby orangutan would be alone in the forest without any sign of his mother. The little fellow was given the name "Gunung " which means "Mountain" in Bahasa Indonesian. See more photos of Gunung!
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Adopt EloElo is being cared for at BOS Nyaru Menteng. Before being rescued, he was being kept as a pet in a village a few hours from the Center. Elo was being treated like the village spectacle, and the little orphaned orangutan had no choice but to go along with the wishes of his "owner" who was constantly showing him off in public. Elo's luck finally turned when another villager felt sorry for him and decided to contact BOS Nyaru Menteng. See more photos and a video of Elo!
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Adopt PingkyPingky is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. She was chained to a tree for 13 years– so long that the chain was embedded into her neck and had to be surgically removed. Many people prefer to adopt a relatively 'easy' and cute baby orangutan but we would also like you to also consider the more challenging orangutans like Pingky. Please support this lovely lady. She has been through so much misery, and it is time for her to learn to become an orangutan again. See more photos of Pingky!
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Adopt RickinaRickina is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. She was rescued in the capital city of Pontianak from a man who claimed that he had encountered a mother orangutan with the baby in the forest, and that the mother was so startled that she abandoned the baby and ran away. The man picked up the baby and in doing so apparently caused a gaping wound on her head with his machete… A mother orangutan will never leave her infant behind and will fight to the death to protect her baby from aggressors. So what really happened? See more photos and a video of Rickina!
Adopt nowMonti
Adopt MontiWhen she first arrived at IAR Ketapang, Monti was one of the smallest orangutans in the Baby Group. She was brought to the original transit center after an anonymous caller contacted the local Ketapang forestry officers and told them some rural people had found her all alone in the jungle, but the truth is something altogether different. Monti has grown into a lovely orangutan who always helps the new kids adjust to Forest School. See more photos of Monti!
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Adopt PungkyPungky is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. He loves climbing high into the trees and swinging from side to side from the top branches. When he gets anxious or nervous he chases his babysitters, creating remarkable speed by rolling over like a wheel, and trying to bite their ankles! When he can't catch them he sits down and makes little squeak sounds. He's quite content playing by himself, but he also loves spending time with his friends Melky and Mimi. See more photos of Pungky!
Adopt nowOscarina
Adopt OscarinaOscarina is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. When the vet team was called to come and get a baby called Oscar, the first thing they noticed when they arrived was that 'he' was actually a 'she'! So Oscar became Oscarina! The poor little girl had a high fever, her skin was dried up and shriveled, and her hair was falling out… The professional vets and highly trained staff quickly got her on antibiotics and a proper diet. She is now getting stronger every day and her lustrous red hair is growing in beautifully! See more photos of Oscarina!
Adopt nowNeng
Adopt NengNeng is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. We had heard stories about a female orangutan called Neng for more than two years, but had been powerless to rescue her for lack of any safe place to bring her. Neng was on a short chain, huddled in a small ball at the end of a wooden platform consisting of two small wooden planks 30 feet above the water. Her face was sunburned and we could see she was scared and severely malnourished. We learned later that her diet for the past six years had consisted of nothing but white rice and an occasional banana… See more photos of Neng!
Adopt nowMimi
Adopt MimiMimi is being cared for at IAR Ketapang. She was rescued in May 2010 along with her friend Momo. They were being kept in a tiny cage in a hidden bathroom over an open sewer. They were huddled together for dear life and remained nearly inseparable even after being confiscated and brought to the center. They were such a rambunctious little duo that they immediately gained the nickname "Double Trouble". They were incredibly energetic and playful and both had a very big appetite. Sadly, Momo passed away in April 2013, but Mimi continues to thrive in Ketapang Forest School. See more photos of Mimi!
Adopt nowLuna (in loving memory)
Adopt Luna (in loving memory)Luna was the youngest of the group and the smallest of the bunch. With her fluffy hair, her big brown eyes and her Mona Lisa smile, she stole everyone's hearts. Our little angel "disappeared" in early April 2011 under suspicious circumstances, causing us to question the very notion of what it means to rescue an orangutan… Learn more about Luna's suspicious disappearance Funds from Luna's adoption will go toward the care of her friends at the Ketapang Orangutan Center, which is professionally managed by our partners International Animal Rescue. See more photos of Luna!
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I don't understand the point of unicycles and penny-farthings. The regular, two-tire bicycles were invented first and in my opinion, they work the best.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 6:52am
It's National Boss Day, so give that boss a smile.
National Boss Day is observed every year on October 16th, or the nearest working day.
It is a time when workers show extra appreciation to their employers.
Some people give their bosses cards, gift certificates or flowers. Others may be just extra nice for the day.
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MDNA (Deluxe Edition)
Release date: March 23, 2012
Iconic menopausal Cloverfield monster, Madonna, who once tantalized the world with her music videos and tormented it with her trite scandalous behavior, returns to music after a few years off laying eggs and shedding her skin.
Having signed a three-record deal with a new label, Madonna is evidently going into her 50s to prove she can reclaim her status as The Queen of Pop. Like some Alien Xenomorph slithering around, she keeps coming back. Probably she was sick of watching Fergie get all the attention for lowering people's IQs; or maybe she just got tired of chasing Sigourney Weaver. Whatever. The damnable death of culture is back with her 12th demon-spawn and that's pretty newsworthy for Kathie Lee and Hoda.
It certainly doesn't matter that she's 53 – plenty of musicians continue to make new and exciting music well into their 50s and 60s – what matters is whether or not she can deliver. The problem is, for all of her experience, Madonna has nothing new to say. In her prime, Madonna was an exciting singer and performer who changed the musical landscape by manipulating DJ culture and varying styles with a canny sense of fashion, sex, religion and self-awareness. From "Holiday" and "Vogue" to "Beautiful Stranger" and "Ray Of Light" she was a performer who continued to raise the bar and push the boundaries while staying relevant with new, different and exciting music. Lately it seems she's abandoned being adventurous for making disposable dance music.
The album is 17 tracks of meaningless pop confections. As usual, she has tons of people producing (William Orbit, Martin Solveig among them); and young, contemporary stars who join her (Nicki Minaj, M.I.A.). "Girl Gone Wild" will be the annoying Facehugger of the summer, blasting out of every Express and Limited with subzero air conditioning and two-for-ones on leggings. The same goes for the club-thumping "Gang Bang" that features the chorus, "Bang, bang shot you dead" and has nothing to do with a "gang bang," but since it's more salacious to title it this way, well, who cares? It has a dubstep break (so hot right now).
A few songs in, the album drags with repetition. "I'm Addicted" and "Turn Up The Radio" (not the Autograph song and a cheap shot at getting airplay – she could have just called the song "This Radio Station Is The Best Ever!") are slimy and boring, but have the coarse acidity of being able to burn through speakers and will likely keep Madonna in the public eye well after the Apocalypse. "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is so bankrupt of originality Gwen Stefani should be getting royalties since she basically wrote it seven years ago. "Some Girls;" "Superstar;" "I Don't Give A" are instantly forgettable. "I'm A Sinner" is a rewrite of "Beautiful Stranger" just in time for the next installment of Austin Powers. "Love Spent;" "Masterpiece" and "Falling Free" wouldn't qualify as b-sides for Rebecca Black singles.
Of the bonus tracks, "Beautiful Killer" is not unlistenable French electronica; but the rest is garbage. "B-Day Song" is so cheesy it should only be listened to by children under ten with pictures of ponies and rainbows on their bedroom walls. This is the fault of the Black Eyed Peas who wrote that Bar Mitzvah song (now played at every single Bar Mitzvah), so clearly Madame Xenomorph had to slime all over with something to guarantee another 50 years of cash flow. Another bonus track is a remix of "Give Me All Your Luvin'" featuring LMFAO, which says everything.
She's not branching out, she's not breaking barriers, she's not trying new genres. She could be moving into Deborah Harry territory, but she's still trying to retain her crown as the Queen of Pop. So MDNA will do very well and undoubtedly enjoy promotion from the singer's upcoming tour, but these songs are as forgettable as the songs on her last album. She needs to go back to the Nostromo, chase Sigourney Weaver around some more, and really think about her next move.


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This topic contains 189 replies, has 120 voices, and was last updated by Mckayla Maroney 2 years ago.
Been on pretty much everything, but boards that I actually get stoked on are my
147 Ride Crush for jibbing and street, 153 Buckwild for your average park day, 155 DH2 for getting real on jumps and pow under a foot, 157w Jamie Lynn Phoenix for the neck deep steeps!
Only rode 3 boards… First was a Option Team (152) board. Indestructible to this day…solid board.
Libtech TRS BTX 2010 (157): I dont know if it was just me or if this board was just a bad apple. Loved the board, super fun to ride, super surfy feel to it. but blew up on me in 1 season. I fixed/super glued this thing well over 10 times to keep it goin.
Libtech TRS C2-BTX 2012 (154): I definately miss the extra 3 cms of length from the last board i had. But nonetheless a super fun board to ride, good in the park, great in the mtns. magna-traction is the bomb. ill ride the iciest ice walls you ever seen and grip it the whole way.
……i've rode a few other boards as well (NS, DC) but have always loved the Libs. Never Summer is probably the only other company i'd consider..NS is tight
just got in my 2012 capita stairmaster, cant wait to use it
Riding a beatup K2 Weapon 151 from 2010. Works so well for everything except serious powder. Also got a 147 Capita Ultrafear FK from 2010, but that's pretty much dead now.
The new Happyhour is a dream board though.
I just got a K2 WWW. I like it a lot. I had a TechNine Lucas Magoon model for my first park board before that. It sucked. If I could get a free one whenever I wanted I woulda loved it, but the board started falling apart. Now I use that for urban or screwing around in a backyard.
I got the same quiver I had back on page 6 but now my main jawn is a Artec Cipher Rocker 154.5
It's rad and I like it.Â
*EDIT I sold the Burton Dominant 56 when I got the Artec. COMPELLING AND RICH POST I KNOWÂ
chopped up burton ration from two seasons ago is my early season/fun board. Just got an Arbor del rey from my local shop which im pretty excited to start riding though
Never Summer 155 EVO-R – not as good as beer or sex, but close
Picked up a ultrafear and rome reverb for this season
Burton Whammy Bar
lib tech
capita is pretty sick tho.. i want to get the stairmaster!
Lobster boards are dope too! I wish i could get the park jib board!!
Urban & Jibbing board – 2010 Rome Garage Rocker 152 w/2010 Rome 390 Bindings in Acid colorway.
Jump, Competition, and POW board – 2008 Salomon Drift 156 w/2005 Burton Cartel Bindings El Habano edition.
Dream setup – Signal Park Flat 150 or Capita Ultrafear 147 with Union Atlas Bindings
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George Osborne in £50bn private sector building vow
The government is to underwrite up to £50bn of private sector building projects which need finance, in an effort to boost growth.
It will also legislate to speed up planning decisions and encourage development of Green Belt land in England, if certain conditions are met.
Chancellor George Osborne also said a third runway at Heathrow was an option.
Labour said Mr Osborne had "no new ideas" and called for a cut in VAT and tax breaks for business.
The Treasury said the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill, which builds on a scheme launched in July, will give the green light to £40bn of construction projects by using the government's low interest rates to underwrite them.
To qualify, the projects must be "nationally significant", ready to start construction within 12 months, financially credible and "good value" for taxpayers.
'Do more'As MPs return this week from their summer recess, ministers are also expected to set out plans to underwrite construction of up to £10bn worth of new homes, including guaranteeing the debt of housing associations and private sector developers.
The chancellor's regular mantra is that 110% of his attention is devoted to doing everything he can to get the economy moving again.
The Infrastructure Bill that will be introduced in parliament in the next few weeks, George Osborne says, should be law by the end of October.
An Economy Bill is also imminent, which will liberalise the planning system.
And yet, at the heart of Mr Osborne's mantra, is what appears to be a striking contradiction.
Arguably the biggest, most controversial planning decision of them all, and one many businesses have been lobbying for for some time, is a third runway at Heathrow.
But there is a catch. The Conservative election manifesto, the Liberal Democrat election manifesto and the Coalition Agreement ruled a third runway out.
Ruled it out, in other words, until 2015.
It's highly unlikely the current government will perform an about turn.
But there is a growing sense at Westminster that a third runway might be a medium term option.
It was an option George Osborne didn't rule out.
An economy bill will follow, focusing on making it easier to secure planning permission quickly by reducing the time allowed for appeals and judicial review.
Mr Osborne said ministers would also be encouraging local authorities to use existing powers enabling them to build on Green Belt land if an equivalent area of land elsewhere is brought into the Green Belt.
He warned that the country could not afford to wait years for new development at a time when the economy was struggling.
"We have to do more and we have to do it faster," he told BBC One's Andrew Marr show.
"They are difficult times for the British economy, difficult times for the world but our economy is healing, jobs are being created, it is taking time, but there is no easy route to a magical recovery."
But shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, for Labour, said that investment in new infrastructure was being held back.
"One of the problems that we have is that at the moment is that major infrastructure investment projects are falling backwards," he told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.
"There has been delay and indecision all along the way."
He said the government's decision to re-write planning rules just six months after it introduced a new framework, would create uncertainty and deter investment.
Labour said the chancellor had no new ideas and it would kickstart growth by giving firms a National Insurance break to take on extra workers and reverse the government's VAT increase to get money back into the economy.
Runway capacityIn his Marr interview, Mr Osborne appeared to contradict Downing Street and senior cabinet colleagues who have repeatedly insisted the coalition will stick to its pledge not to build a third runway at Heathrow.
He said extra runway capacity was needed in the South East of England and "then it is a question of where it should go - Heathrow, a new estuary airport, Stansted, Gatwick - people have lots of different options.
"What I would say is - let's examine all the options, let's do it now, let's make sure we can create a political consensus."
He added: "I understand all about the local pressures but you have got, as a nation, to be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the south-east should be."
A consultation on future air capacity in the South East of England has twice been delayed amid reported divisions within the coalition and Conservative ranks.
On Sunday, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson added her voice to those backing a third runway at Heathrow, arguing the move is in Scotland's economic interests.
But the Lib Dems have rejected any expansion of the airport - which was explicitly ruled out in the manifestos of both coalition partners.


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Tall Tales Brewing Company is another brewery to recently open on the Eastern Shore. Located outside Salisbury, Maryland as you travel to Ocean City in Parsonsburg, Tall Tales has been in existence since January of 2011. Their beers are themed after the legendary stories we all grew up with, know and love.
It is with pride that our brews are themed on folk lore. Tall Tales have been told for years, stories of real and fictitious people who do unbelievable and amazing things. These stories have become part of our culture and heritage. The legends of Paul Bunyan, Blue Ox, Calamity Jane, John Henry, Red Headed Step Child, Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill and Excalibur. These are just a few of the legendary stories that have been told over the years. Stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. Our brewers have carefully developed beers that would be worthy of each legendary tall tale. These brews appeal to many different tastes. We are certain you will find something to delight your palette!
The brewery itself hosts a large tasting area with about 7-8 tables with chairs, as well as a bar area you can sit at. They also have a lounge area on the other side of the room as well as an outdoor garden area (which we did not know about / check out.) We headed over to the tasting section and grabbed a table. We took a quick look at the menu to see that they offer wood oven pizza's, wings, salads, crab dip as well as some desserts. We had already eaten lunch, so we didn't order any actual food, however, we all really want to go back to eat. They didn't open until 3 o clock that day, so we knew we couldn't wait to eat there, with dinner reservations at 6:30. The good news is that the next day (I think) they expanded their hours and will now be open for lunch! The one thing we decided we needed to try, hungry or not, was the Dessert Pizza. I tell you what, it was amazing. It was their wood fired pizza crust, sweet cream cheese, peaches, blueberries and an agave syrup drizzle. Wow. As a group we decided that the crust was amazing and if that is the crust for all their pizzas, they are going to all taste great.
As we sat down there were a lot of people coming in and out and people enjoying the beer and conversation. The wait staff / bartenders / possible brewers were as friendly as can be, coming around talking to tables, answering questions and interacting. It made for a great atmosphere. Our specific waitress was very sociable and a ton of fun. The head chef even got in on the interaction and came out to ask us how the pizza was. It was actually the first one he made for the day, having never made this specific pizza before. It was really awesome to talk with him.
We ordered the sampler of beers and tried them all. They even had a guest tap from Shorebilly Brewing Company, which just opened it's doors in Ocean City. The beers were all pretty good, with Red Headed Step Child being the group's favorite. There was nothing overly great about the beers, they were all above average, well made and easy to drink but the atmosphere put this place over the top and that is something that will keep us coming back.
I did enjoy each of their beers and the dessert was awesome. I can't wait to stop in again try the different small batch beers they do, as well as eat off the menu. If you are ever heading East to Ocean City from Salisbury, do yourself a favor and check out Tall Tales.
Red Headed Step Child (Irish Red Ale) – Smooth, crisp, toast and roasty malt. Little apple flavor to it as well. Really enjoyable.
John Henry (Irish Dry Stout) – Earthy, Roasted malt, mildly dry and bitter finish with a light lingering coffee. Pretty standard, but easy to drink
Some Beach (Kolsch) – Bready with a dry cracker taste. Tasted a bit off. Didn't like too much, especially compared to the Shorebilly Kolsch they had on tap.
Excalibur (IPA) – A bit caramel malt forward with a slightly bitter back end, ended up a bit more malt forward than I would have liked but was pretty tasty.
Paul Bunyan (APA) – Delicious citrus, light pale malt, easy to drink, slightly bitter.
Small Batch Experimental Brew:
Bonnie and Clyde (DIPA) – Sweetened malt, tons of tropical fruit, I mostly pick out Mango. Pretty darn tasty. Nice bitterness.
Overall I liked the Red Headed Step Child and the Bonnie and Clyde in that order. The only one I didn't like was the Kolsch. Excellent brews, great dessert pizza, and a great atmosphere. I can't wait to go back and maybe even take Shandy with me.


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"Those who stay
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more to think one vote will do no harm." —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today is a historic
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Stroke Research and Treatment
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 248789, 5 pages
Predictors of Extubation Success in Patients with Middle Cerebral Artery Acute Ischemic Stroke
1Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
2Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
3Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Received 14 April 2011; Revised 14 July 2011; Accepted 8 August 2011
Academic Editor: Chelsea S. Kidwell
Copyright © 2011 Linda C. Wendell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hack may refer to:
- Hack (computer security), to break into computers and computer networks
- Hack (programming language), a programming language developed by Facebook
- Hack (computer science), an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem
- Hack (programmer subculture), participation in a computer programmer subculture
- Hack (American TV series), a CBS television series
- Hack (radio program), a current affairs program on Australian radio network Triple J
- Hack! (film), a 2007 film starring Danica McKellar
- Hack (comics), a Marvel Comics Universe mutant character
Video games
- Hack (Unix video game), written in 1982
- .hack, a Japanese multimedia franchise
- .hack (video game series), a four game series for the PlayStation 2
- Hack, an album by Ed Kemper Trio
- Hack (album), a 1990 album by Information Society
- "Hack Writer", by Henry Rollins
- Hack (falconry), training method for young falcons
- Hack (horse), an animal used for pleasure riding, as well as the verb form (hacking, to hack) for the activity
- Show hack, a type of show horse and type of competition
- Hunter hack, a horse show event
- Hack, a piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
- Hack, a goal in a game of hacky sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
- Hack squat, a variant of the squat exercise
Other uses
- MIT hack, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Hack (name), a surname and given name
- Hack writer, a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books
- Hack (comedy), a joke, or premise for a joke, that is considered obvious, frequently used, and/or stolen
- Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
- Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand, also known as Hack
- Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
- Political hack, a person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations
- Hackney carriage, a London cab also known as a hack
- Hack, a motorcycle with a sidecar attached
See also
- ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image
- Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers to solve everyday problems
- What the Hack, a hacker conference held in Liempde, The Netherlands
- Hack and slash, a genre of video game or a type of gameplay
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A woman was taken into custody after hurling what she said was a shoe at Hillary Clinton during a Las Vegas speech — and the former secretary of state was quick with a witty comeback.
Penn State University is removing a statue of Joe Paterno from outside the campus' football stadium.
Authorities conducted a controlled detonation today as they slowly entered the booby-trapped apartment of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting suspect, which police said was "set up to kill."
The man in custody for allegedly killing 12 people at the screening of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado told authorities after the shooting that he "was The Joker," NYPD police commissioner Ray Kelly said today.
Egyptian security services are intensifying efforts to get a pair of kidnapped Americans and their tour guide released.
There were no signs of foul play in connection with the death of Sage
Stallone, the 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone, authorities said.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced this week that it won't cover damages that come from fracking, making it the first major insurance company to make such an announcement. Alanna Quillen reports.
Approximately 64,000 Americans could lose Internet access on Monday thanks to a criminal organization that infected millions of computers around the world with malware called DNSChanger.
Ernest Borgnine, the actor best known from the TV Series ""McHale's Navy," has died. He was 95.
A cross-country heatwave is breaking records and unfortunately causing dozens of heat-related deaths.
Nearly two million people are waking up today without power after a ferocious storm pummeled the mid-Atlantic region.
President Obama visited the wildfire-ravaged landscape in the foothills of Colorado Springs today, calling it a "major disaster," and pledged to release federal funding to the counties affected.
A classified ad posted online several weeks ago offered a four-month-old child for $6,500.
Game show host Alex Trebek is recovering after suffering a mild heart attack.
A student is severely sunburned after a school bans sunscreen.
Tropical Storm Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
Jerry Sandusky is on suicide watch at the local jail after being convicted on 45 counts of sexually abusing young boys, the former Penn State coach's defense attorney said Saturday.
The hotel where a girl said she was poked in bed by a bloody syringe said it is conducting an internal investigation before deciding whether to waive the room fees for the girl's family.
the choice, most school districts in America are saying "no" to lean
finely textured beef, more commonly known as "pink slime."
Attorney Robert Vogt
said this kind of lawsuit is "extremely rare" because it's often hard
to prove where the victim contracted the STD.
New Jersey Muslims filed a lawsuit against the City of New York on Wednesday, accusing police of using unconstitutional tactics to spy on them in the years after September 11, casting an unwarranted shadow of suspicion on the community.
The first frame of the amateur video takes your breath away. A small
child in China's Guandong province is suspended from the corner of a
four story residential building.
A severed human hand and foot sent to two Vancouver schools are linked to a grisly killing and dismemberment in Montreal, police said Wednesday.
The social networking website LinkedIn is investigating claims that more than 6 million passwords were stolen and uploaded to a Russian-language web forum today.
Deveau was charged with motor vehicle homicide and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, using a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicle, reading or sending an electronic message, a marked lanes violation, and two counts of negligent operation and injury from mobile phone use.
A Dutch artist is creating quite a stir by using his dead cat in a controversial art project. His cat didn't have nine lives, but definitely has two. Find out why on the other side of the break.
USA TODAY: Hall of Fame manager and one of baseball's prominent goodwill ambassadors, suffered a mild heart attack Monday night during baseball's draft and is recuperating at a New York hospital.
A Massachusetts man said he suffered second-degree burns from a grill after applying sunscreen aerosol spray on parts of his body.
At 18, Taylor Wilson has probably accomplished more than most people will in a lifetime.
The Vatican denies there's a connection, but its reprimand of an influential American nun, at a moment when the Holy See is already engaged in an intense fight with most American nuns, sends a clear message: The Catholic Church's leaders think America's nuns have gone rogue and must be reined in.
The Sesame Workshop was "dismayed" to find out today that a $20 million
U.S. program to beam Elmo and his pals in Pakistan has been halted
because of allegations of fraud and abuse.
A Tennessee man facing charges that he shot his former roommate, a TV weatherman, with a crossbow during a home invasion.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is advising parents to stop using Evenflo's convertible high chair.
A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city Sunday.
Richard Dawson known best for hosting the "Family Feud" and starring in "Hogan's Heroes" has died, ABC News has confirmed.
911 tapes from Miami "zombie attack" released.
Law enforcement officials say George Zimmerman is expected to make the court imposed deadline to surrender himself at the Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Fla. early this afternoon.
While other drugs couldn't shrink Bridget Spence's cancer, she said T-DM1 did, and kept it at bay for nine months.
Tragedy struck a small Nebraska town on Friday when two high school basketball coaches were killed and eight of their athletes were injured after a van carrying the team collided with a pickup truck on a state highway.
One person was killed and seven others injured Saturday when shots were fired at the Eaton Centre shopping mall in Toronto, police said.
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The largest wildfire in New Mexico's history continued to burn almost uncontrollably Saturday
George Zimmerman, who faces second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, has until Sunday afternoon to surrender to authorities after a judge revoked his bond for misleading the court about his finances.
Netflix jumped to No. 1 in market share on a revenue basis, as subscription video soared in popularity -- an area where Apple is missing out.
In a press release sent around to reporters that cover the wireless sector, Verizon Wireless announced a new technology called "Viewdini."
Amazon is one of many companies that pay Facebook to generate these automated ads when a user clicks to "like" their brands or references them in some other way.
"If God brought lawsuits, Stephen King would face a charge of plagiarism," says J.M. Rawbone, an English horror novelist who has written an essay about the Christian themes in "The Stand."
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HOUSTON, TX (CNN/KTRK) — For parents of teenagers, not knowing where your child is can be frustrating, even frightening. And giving them a cell phone doesn't always mean they'll answer.
That's why a Texas mom took control and invented an app that her kids -- and yours -- can't ignore.
Sharon Standifird was livid the day she called and texted her teenage children and they didn't respond. Once she knew they were safe, but ignoring her calls, she got an idea.
"We need to develop an app that just shuts their phone completely down and they can't even use it.," said Standifird. "And I started- literally just started researching how to develop an app."
Her husband William says he wasn't surprised. She's served in the Gulf War in Iraq as part of the military police and even climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
So becoming an app developer was just one more challenge for this mom on a mission. After months of design and working with developers, "Ignore No More" was born.
"As a parent, all I have to do is touch the app, tap his name. To lock Bradley's device, enter at least a 4-digit unlock code, and now I'm going to press 'lock Bradley's phone.' And if you watch Bradley's phone, it's going to go blank. Bradley needs to call me because I'm the person that has the unlock password."
With one tap, a list of only parent-selected contacts comes up. The child can call, get the password and unlock the phone.
"It takes away texting, it takes away the gaming, it takes away calling their friends. The child will always be able to call 911," said the inventive mother.
So, how does her son feel about the idea?
"Well, I thought it was a good idea, but for other people, not me," Bradley stated.
"I do have to say that he responds to my texts and my calls a whole lot quicker than he used to," said Sharon.
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I found this interesting piece in an AP article talking about watches losing ground to electronic devices. No surprise here, my cell phone/blackberry has replaced my watch for a long time. I still sometimes wear a watch but that's more due to wanting to look fashionable.
The part I did find interesting is depending on your Blackberry beeps to control your life.
"I don't check my watch anymore. My watch checks me,†says Sean MacPhedran, a 27-year-old from Ottawa, Ontario, who works in advertising. He's referring to the beeps and vibrations his BlackBerry makes to remind him of his obligations.
"On the one hand, I've become a slave to its beeps,†he says. "But on the other hand, it automates a lot of things that I would have to do manually otherwise, like try to remember when I'm supposed to go learn how to cha-cha or call a client.â€
Wow and I thought it was just me! I jokingly tell my girlfriend the best way to spend time together is to send me a meeting request through Outlook so I can see if I can fit her in.
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One of Dr. Mary Kathryn McVey's best childhood memories is of going to the library with her father almost every evening. Her dad was in the Marines, so the family moved a lot, but the library trips were a constant wherever they went.
"Dad would help me check out the books, and Mom would help me read them," McVey says. "That's how I learned to love reading."
It's not surprising that the girl who loved libraries grew up to be a teacher dedicated to helping children to read. In 1990, with her BS in education from Ohio University, McVey began teaching in the public schools. In 1996, she earned her MA in education, emphasis in reading, from Muskingum College in Ohio. She loved the classroom and taught children from kindergarten to grade 12.
In 1998, Mary Kathryn and her husband, Mike McVey, an educational administrator, moved to Steubenville when Mike took a promotion. Mary Kathryn decided to take her love of teaching into higher education. "I wanted to teach teachers how to teach," she says. "And I liked the vision of Christian humanism at Franciscan."
She became an associate professor of education, earned her EdD from Duquesne University in 2004, and was appointed Education Department chair in 2005. But perhaps her most momentous move, she says, was converting from Methodism to Catholicism in 1999.
"My husband and I share the same faith now," she says. "And every day I'm trying to be a better Catholic. It's not always easy, but I'm in the right place!"
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To celebrate all things "design," the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York will be offering free admission to visitors Oct. 9-17 as part of its annual National Design Week. A variety of public programs will be held, including the fifth annual Teen Design Fair and a panel discussion between National Design Awards winners, both on Oct. 12; a panel discussion about the business of design on Oct. 13; and the National Design Awards Gala on Oct. 14, which will include an announcement of the People's Design Award winner.
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6WIND and Mentor Graphics have formed a partnership to provide embedded software customers with an industry leading operating system and high-performance packet processing solutions used by leading suppliers of networking equipment, telecommunications infrastructure, and security appliances. 6WIND's 6WINDGateT solution can eliminate up to twelve months of product development cycle time, while maximizing the performance of multicore platforms. To ensure the availability of a complete system-level ecosystem for Mentor Graphics customers, 6WIND also partners with industry leading suppliers of board-level products.
6Wind's comprehensive Linux networking software solution when combined with the Mentor Graphics operating system, provides customers worldwide with a complete OS/Linux networking solution that enables OEMs to develop multicore-based products that achieve the best possible cost-performance, integration, and energy efficiency. 6WIND is a privately owned company based near Paris, France, with a U.S. subsidiary in California. The company has its sales and support office in Asia, and an R&D center in Beijing, China.
Access Company, Ltd.
Mentor Graphics and AdaCore partnered in order to provide Nucleus customers with support for Ada, a state-of-the-art programming language designed for large, long-lived applications where safety, security, and reliability are critical. AdaCore's flagship product, GNAT Pro, is a development environment that includes expert on-line support, and is available on more platforms than any other Ada technology.
Ada and GNAT Pro see a growing usage in high-integrity and safety-certified applications, including commercial aircraft avionics, military systems, air traffic management/control, railroad systems, and medical devices, and in security-sensitive domains such as financial services. Nucleus OS offers a highly configurable kernel and utility extensions ideal for small or high volume embedded computer markets where cost is an issue. AdaCore now offers Ada language development support for this operating system and its associated markets.
Mentor Graphics Corporation has selected Aricent, a full-service, full-spectrum technology software company to provide Nucleus customers with the latest, state-of-the-art technology software products and services in order to get their products to market quickly. As the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers, Aricent offers the depth and breadth of services and products within a unique combination of innovation, excellence and results.
Our integrated services and extensive product portfolio is designed to help solve Nucleus customer's most complex software design and development challenges. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Aricent has development centers in India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, Mexico and Germany where Nucleus customers are provided with cutting edge software solutions in Automotive, Consumer Electronics and Building Automation domains. With Mentor Graphics as a valued partner, our team of 7000 and (quality certifications in SEI CMMi Level 5, ISO 9001 - 2000, BS 7799) is ideally positioned to offer its quality but cost effective services.
Arphic Technology
Established in 1990, Arphic Technology became a leading developer and provider of global fonts for embedded systems. Arphic joined forces as close partners with Mentor Graphics in order to provide Nucleus customers with superior stroke-based font technologies to include Mobile Font®, HiFont®, and Compact TrueType. To support global languages, Arphic Layout Engine® is a program library mastering text layout of written scripts worldwide, such as Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Thai, etc.
Beginning with Asian Chinese character technology, Arphic has progressively developed a series of digitized fonts for a multitude of languages worldwide. Arphic continues to develop prominent font solutions for Nucleus customers to meet their time to market constraints for development of consumer and industrial electronic devices.
Ashling Microsystems Ltd
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Communications Consultants Worldwide
Communications Consultants Worldwide and Mentor Graphics partnership offers a Nucleus-based GSM platform ranging from a portable GSM/EGPRS protocol stack, GSM modem modules to end-user tracker products.
STAR-Let is a compact fully-programmable GSM/GPRS quad-band Class-12 micro-controller, with a wide range of I/Os and a 50uA deep-sleep. STAR-Finder adds a GPS/accelerometer combination to provide a complete programmable tracking platform solution. Additionally, CCww offers complete ready-to-ship tracking solutions for asset, professional and personal security, with outstanding battery life (up to 55hrs tracking using a 360mA-hr battery). A comprehensive and rapid design service customises product enclosure, electronics and application software to your specification.
Discretix' security solutions now support the Nucleus Operating System and are deployed in mobile and flash memory devices which enable the commercial distribution of premium services and applications while protecting the device and its contents.
Discretix' products are now available for Mentor Graphics customers and include embedded security co-processors and a broad range of software security applications. The solutions are tightly integrated into the device, enhancing security without compromising the user experience. A privately-owned company, Discretix serves the needs of some of the world's best-known semiconductor and device manufacturers and has been consistently ranked among the leaders of the embedded security market.
embWiSe Technologies Pvt Ltd.
InnoPath Software, Inc.
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MapuSoft Technologies
MapuSoft Technologies is the number one provider of embedded software re-usability solutions and services that are designed to protect software investment by providing customers with a greater level of flexibility and control with product development. Mapusoft partnered with Mentor Graphics to provide it's Nucleus customers with porting, integration, support and training services that assist in easy migration from legacy platforms to the next generation.
We are working hard to provide software that is practical, familiar, financially reasonable, and easily operable. As is with Nucleus products, Maspusoft provides a source/non-royalty solution. Our licensing strategy makes it extremely affordable for you to incorporate the Nucleus family of products with ours and within your embedded applications. OS Changer® compatibility API libraries allow you to instantly re-use your existing code base on Nucleus to protect your current software investment. OS Abstractor® API libraries allow you to re-use your code across multiple real time operating systems including Nucleus to protect your software investment. OS PAL(tm) (OS Porting & Abstraction Lab) leverages the existing OS Changer and OS Abstractor technologies while adding advanced code optimization capacities on multiple OS environments. OS PAL provides users an easy-to-use graphical user interface that is integrated with the Eclipse® based CDT environment.
Nanopower Communications
nCore Limited is a leading developer of localization software for embedded devices. Its nScript product for Nucleus OS offers multilingual rich text editing and font rendering capabilities, which enable Nucleus OS licensees to target their products at diverse geographical markets.
nScript is available pre-integrated with Nucleus OS, making it easy for manufacturers to support Asian languages (including Chinese, Japanese and Korean) as well as more complex scripts (such as Arabic, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Thai).
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StoneStreet One
Stonestreet One has been a leading provider of Bluetooth software solutions since 2000. Bluetopia, our upper layer Bluetooth protocol stack, is ideal for embedded Bluetooth applications across many different processor combinations for Mentor Graphics' customers. Bluetopia is 2.1 compliant, has full profile support and operates with all of the major Bluetooth chipsets on the market. Bluetopia is currently shipping in millions of consumer and enterprise devices.
Stonestreet One, in cooperation with Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, has ported Bluetopia to the Nucleus Operating System. This solution provides Nucleus licensees with the necessary Bluetooth software to support the Hands Free Profile, Headset Profile, Serial Port Profile, and OBEX File Transfer Profile, and has been integrated with Nucleus and its file system. Additional profile support is planned as well. This offering will enable a simple path to Bluetooth connectivity for Nucleus licensees.


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October 1, 2014 to March 22, 2015
World War I marked the beginning of modern nation states, modern warfare technology and the emergence of the United States as an international power. Commemorating the centennial of the 1914 onset of that shattering event in Europe, the Greenwich Historical Society will launch a multi-faceted project beginning with an exhibition mounted in the Storehouse. Compelling images, artifacts and documents will illustrate the diverse experiences of military personnel, volunteers, and civilians alike. For the first time in the Storehouse Gallery, touch-screen technology will be used to enhance the visitor experience through supplementary shared audio and visual resources including personal remembrances, photographs, newspaper reports, wartime letters, popular songs and more.
The project will also include a special tour and temporary installation in Bush-Holley House demonstrating how Greenwich inhabitants supported the war effort at home, along with a World War I-period, patriotic home vegetable garden (on view during the 2014 growing season). Online resources for educators and students and a menu of public events featuring lectures, workshops, and performances will round out the program.
From the discourse preceding the war to the actions and influence of its citizens once engaged, Greenwich provides rich material and multiple perspectives on a conflict that to this day influences international politics and continues to shape history.
October 1, 2014 to March 22, 2015
Exhibition hours: noon to 4:00 pm, Wednesday through Sunday
Storehouse Gallery
Admission: Free to members. $10 for adults; $8 for students and seniors.
Admission is free to the public the first Wednesday of each month.
This project was supported by planning and implementation grants from
and gifts to the Greenwich Historical Society's annual fund, the Greenwich Historic Trust, including special underwriting by Regina and Mario Gabelli, Jessica and Drew Guff, Davidde and Ron Strackbein and Reba and Dave Williams. Additional financial support was provided by members' gifts to the World War I Exhibition Patrons Council and by the Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich.
During World War I the strategic importance of food was reinforced over and over again. Both enemy and Allied forces sought to control the other's food supply, and the entrance of the United States into the war in 1917 required securing even greater amounts of food for U.S. troops and Allied forces alike. President Woodrow Wilson established the United States Food Administration in 1917 and appointed Herbert Hoover to head the new agency. A national campaign–the first of its kind–was launched to promote home gardening, canning and food rationing. Emphasis was placed on growing crops that could be canned and stored, such as tomatoes. Crops not consumed at the local level would be preserved and shipped to Europe for both military consumption and humanitarian aid.
The residents of Greenwich took "doing their bit" for the war seriously. They established "war gardens" in backyards, on estates and even in public spaces and set up a Canning Kitchen where produce was processed for personal use, as well as for civilians in need and for troops. In 1917, canning centers were started in various sections of town to teach people how to put up their own produce. In fact, Holley Boarding House proprietress Constant MacRae, having gardened and canned what she grew for many years, taught canning classes at the Cos Cob School on "Thursdays at 2:00 p.m."
This WWI war garden has been re-created using the 1918 diary of resident and Cos Cob art colony artist Elmer MacRae, preserved in the Historical Society's William E. Finch, Jr. Library & Archives. The garden represents the kinds of crops the MacRaes would have grown during the war years from 1914–1919 to feed themselves and the patrons of their boarding house.
The Bush-Holley House is currently open to the public through guided tours. The house museum has a dual interpretation including documentation and presentation of two significant periods in the history of the house: the Colonial Period when the Bush family was in residence from 1790 to 1825 and the Cos Cob art colony from 1890 to 1920. Eight evocative, well-documented rooms tell a story of change over time, beginning with the turn of the century and moving backward in time to the Federal era.
Bush-Holley Historic Site is a member of the Connecticut Art Trail, a partnership of 15 world-class museums and historic sites across the state. Discover collections rich in history and heritage, including European masterpieces, American Impressionism, ancient art and contemporary culture. Visit www.arttrail.org for information about member museums.


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Today's man is smart, strategic, stylish and driven—and he has changed the rules of the menswear market. In response, brands from the independent to the iconic are breaking boundaries—evolving their images and developing innovative ways to reach this informed and powerful consumer. They are rethinking the traditional, finding new platforms and sales channels, and reinforcing an authentic consumer experience at every turn.
Themed Breaking Boundaries, the Fairchild Fashion Media Men's Wear Summit will bring together the industry's most innovative leaders to assess, discuss and offer insight on the challenges and opportunities in today's marketplace.
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Attendance at the Fairchild Fashion Media Men's Wear Summit includes CEOs, presidents, and senior retail and men's wear brand executives representing all aspects of the men's wear business — mass to luxury, domestic to international, manufacturing to retail. Offering industry leaders the latest and most strategic business intelligence, the event is an extraordinary networking experience, ideal for the exchange of ideas and establishment of partnerships.
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The real secret to unlocking big data? Math. It's often said that mathematics is the universal language.
It represents ideas and pure logic, crossing every domain from business to social and physical sciences, and even art. Yet with the advent of more and more (big) data, we have not fully used the power of math as a universal language; instead we've focused on more specific concepts like the query and pattern matching to help search information and find relationships in data faster. As technologists, we know all of this ends up as 1s and 0s, but the algorithms behind the data are less of a focus, leaving many problems deep within the lingo and existing practices specific to their domain. The Big Data Conundrum: How to Define It? One of the biggest new ideas in computing is "big data."
There is unanimous agreement that big data is revolutionizing commerce in the 21st century. When it comes to business, big data offers unprecedented insight, improved decision-making, and untapped sources of profit. Market Basket Analysis: Introduction and Approaches. 'Big data' is dead. What's next? How can big data and smart analytics tools ignite growth for your company?
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This is the continuation of my series exploring Machine Learning, converting the code samples of "Machine Learning in Action" from Python to F# as I go through the book.
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Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Parham v. J.R. that parents ultimately have the right to make decisions for their children in areas concerning health, education and family life. The case involved institutionalized children in Georgia. On September 30, the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State… more »


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It is a seasonally mild evening in Iowa. Temperatures are in the twenties, skies are clear, and caucus turnout is expected to be at record levels, as least for the Democrats, who are excited about their field of candidates and also their chances in '08. The Republicans are said to be less enthused about their field of '08 prospects.
Most polls show high percentages of likely caucus goers are still undecided. The hours leading into caucus night have been filled with candidates rallying supporters and seeking now support.
Clinton: Well, then let me ask you, are you ready to caucus tomorrow night to put us on a path to picking a president to get that done?
Romney: We're going so have to bring that same kind of spirit of change, of working together with people across the aisle to Washington. And if I'm elected, I will draw on the spirit of the American people, the great heart of the heartland, people from all over our country who love this land.
Obama: Bill Clinton was right then, and Barack Obama is right now.
McCain: And I have been involved intimately in every major national security challenge we've faced in the last twenty years. I need no on-the-job training.
Thompson: I was listening to Steve King. And all I've got to say is I'm Fred Thompson and I endorse this message.
Yeager: Now, the '08 caucus campaigns are easily the most expensive and sophisticated in history. They are also the most covered. By most accounts, races in both parties are tight. Kay Henderson is here fresh from the campaign trail with her take on all of this. Kay, let's start with the person not in this piece because he wasn't in Iowa yesterday, except for two small events, and that's Governor Mike Huckabee. He went to California to be on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Any talk -- I know Mitt Romney talked about it yesterday. Was it a discussion on other stump speeches yesterday?
Henderson: Well, the Huckabee camp maintains that more Iowans saw him on "The Tonight Show" than he would have been able to see in person had he stayed here. And there's been a bit of a dust-up between the Romney and Huckabee camp sort of spilling out a little nastiness as we've been down to the wire here. There's not a lot of love lost between the two camps, and we've been seeing that.
Yeager: There were plenty of negative ads between the two. Monday there was an event that I was at and you talked to the governor after that, where he said, "I've got a negative ad. I'm going to show it to you, but then I'm not going to show it to anybody else."
Henderson: It struck at the core of his message being an authentic person who is, you know, grounded and I'm not going to flip-flop. That was sort of the most public flip-flop that you can make in front of the national media. It drew a line. That is his core argument against Mitt Romney is that he is a flip- flopper. So I think that was a problem for him. But, you know, it may have been the best thing that he's ever done. People may respond to it. We won't know until the returns are in.
Yeager: That's one thing that he talked about. He said "I either am making the greatest or worst political decision of my career right now." Is it too early even to tell now, or are we going to have to wait until we get all the results in?
Henderson: We're going to have to wait.
Yeager: Okay. And other people that seem to be picking up would be John McCain. Last night he had a pretty good following in a small, packed room in Urbandale. It seemed to me he had a lot of the major network anchors were in attendance. Four years ago that seemed to be with John Kerry. Do we think that's going to be the story? Are they thinking John McCain is the story?
Henderson: The story that's at play here is that John McCain may do a repeat of what he did in New Hampshire in 2000. As many of your viewers may know, he skipped the Iowa caucuses. He got about 5 percent here without ever campaigning and then went on to New Hampshire to absolutely trounce George Bush by 20 percentage points. So they're all looking to see if that particular storyline will be playing out. And if he were to finish third here, that would be a remarkable story because have you in, as your viewers just saw, this fellow named Fred Thompson who has been traipsing around the state trying to capture third place. And so it would be a major story if McCain were to finish third.
Yeager: Have there been other major stories? I mean we have major media. We have world media. You've done plenty of media. What has been your take on just the media interest on this race this year compared to other years? Does it seem to be -- with the more media, are there more stories that are more important?
Henderson: I think it's proportionate to the job that's being sought. I think you're seeing international attention being paid to these events. Today I've spent time on the phone with people in Australia and Great Britain and, you know, Brussels. So people around the world are paying attention to this because this really is the kickoff event of the 2008 presidential selection process and people want to know who the next president will be.
Yeager: Do you think anybody in Iowa has learned anything from this? Have they said: You know what, he's right, he's a flip-flopper; or I've learned more about issues. Do we think the candidates have learned more about Iowa this time around than they have in the past?
Henderson: The candidates will all tell us that they've learned a lot about Iowa. I think what we've learned is that when other states, such as the Michigans of the world, push ever closer to Iowa, that makes Iowa's results ever more important. I think we've also learned that the fate of Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses rests in the hands of whomever is elected president, whether that be a man or a woman.


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Proficiency in deep snow is not necessary for this holiday and we welcome inexperienced powder skiers. First time guests should be in good physical condition and be strong downhill skiers comfortable with skiing most black diamond runs at a major ski area. Our guides make every effort to choose runs that will suit you.
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In the Greco-Roman period, it indicated "the one who draws hieroglyphs" and not hieroglyphs themselves.
Later, by a shift in meaning, the word hieroglyphs eventually indicates the hieroglyphic characters themselves.
It is important to distinguish the Egyptian language of the hieroglyphs which allows to note in writing the successive states of the Egyptian language.
What are really hieroglyphs ?
Egyptians named themselves their writing (or hieroglyphic writing) : medou-netjer ("divine word") or in transliteration mdw nṯr.
At the time of the Old Kingdom and of the New Kingdom, there were approximately seven hundred hieroglyphic signs, while in the Greco-Roman period, we counted more than six thousand.
Whatever is their function, the hieroglyphs are representational : they represent something tangible, often easily recognizable, even for somebody who ignores the sense of the sign.
For the drawing of hieroglyphs, Egyptians were inspired by their environment : for example objects of the everyday life, the animals, the plants, the parts of the body.
Before Pharaonic period, the use of the engraved hieroglyphs is not thus connected to the administrative necessities of a State in formation.
It limited itself to the domains where the aesthetics and the magic value of the words were significant :
- formulae of offerings,
- funeral formulae,
- religious texts,
- official inscriptions.
The writing consists at first of short inscriptions.
Then from the beginning of the Old Kingdom, especially under the reign of the Djeser Pharaoh marked by the development of the religious practices and the funeral rites, elaborate constructed sentences (which we find essentially in pyramids).
The evolution of hieroglyphs
Four other stages of evolution (and progressive simplification) of this writing can be
distinguished :
- later the hieroglyphic stage comes the linear hieroglyphs1,
- the hieratic2 writing,
- the demotic3 writing,
- then finally comes the Copt (the last stage of the process of abstraction and simplification).
The Copt is nowadays still used, but only as liturgical language. It spells by means of the Greek alphabet to which we added seven demotic characters to transcribe sounds foreign to Greek.
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These states of the Egyptian writing did not follow one another one after the other : they were for partially contemporary.
Period of use of hieroglyphs
The hieroglyphic writing is attested before Pharaonic period. The oldest inscription was discovered in 1992 on a grave in the site of Abydos.
This inscription was contemporary of the Mesopotamian cuneiform writing.
The last inscription known this day is dated August 24th 394, and is in the temple of Philæ.
1 A first simplification of the Egyptian system of writing is qualified by the Egyptologists of linear hieroglyphs. These keep the representational aspect of the engraved hieroglyphs, but were drawn with less precision than the latter. They were painted on the wooden sarcophaguses and the papyri of the books of deaths.
2 The hieratic writing constitutes the cursive shape. Reserved for the administrative documents and for the private documents, it was drawn in the brush and had for support ostraca, wooden tablets, or more rarely papyri and parchment of a very high cost.
3 From Saïte period, the hieratic was partially supplanted by a new cursive script, the demotic. It is about an extreme simplification of the hieratic writing, reserved for administrative acts and for documents of the current life, where from it name of "popular" writing.
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Coalition backtracks on pair for sick child's mother
PUBLISHED: 16 May 2013 10:02:00 | UPDATED: 16 May 2013 10:08:44PRINT EDITION: 16 May 2013
The Coalition has granted a government MP's request to leave parliament to be with her sick toddler after initially refusing it, but has accused Labor of using the child for political gain.
Member for Greenway Michelle Rowland on Wednesday applied for permission to return to Sydney to be with her baby daughter Octavia, who is believed to be suffering from the flu and a severe fever.
However, her bid to miss Thursday's sitting was refused across the floor.
Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury said Opposition Leader Tony Abbott wanted people to believe he was committed to policies that supported women.
"Then we see a case like this involving Michelle Rowland," he told Sky News on Thursday.
"There's not even going to be a vote and they are denying her the opportunity to return home to be with her sick child."
On Thursday morning, manager of opposition business Christopher Pyne said Ms Rowland would be granted a pair and that could have happened on Monday morning if the Coalition had been given more information.
"How desperate will Labor become to be now using a sick child as a political pawn to try and attack Tony Abbott," he told reporters in Canberra.
Mr Pyne said Coalition MPs members also were parents, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters.
"If somebody has a sick child, if somebody needs to visit their wife who has been in hospital for 14 days, of course they will be granted a pair."
However, a letter from the chief opposition whip Warren Entsch to chief government whip on Wednesday, obtained by Fairfax Media, indicates that despite Mr Pyne's comments, the Coalition had been aware that Ms Rowland's child was ill.
Ms Rowland's absence on Thursday means she will miss Opposition Leader Mr Abbott's budget-reply speech, due to be delivered at 7.30pm.
The matter follows a skirmish on Wednesday where the Coalition sought agreement from the government for a crossbencher to pair with Liberal MP Alex Somlyay, who was reported to have gone home sick earlier in the day.
However, Independent MP Rob Oakeshott later told parliament the opposition had been misleading, and that Mr Somlyay was capable of being in parliament.
"I have seen him in the corridor tonight," Mr Oakeshott said.
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