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This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. Ï119 to German Application 100 39 668.2 filed in Germany on Aug. 14, 2000, and is a continuation application under 35 U.S.C. Ï120 of PCT/IB01/01438, designating the United States, filed Aug. 13, 2001, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to a measuring apparatus, in particular a laboratory measuring instrument such as an analytical balance, which has means of setting values of parameters for performing specific measurement tasks, and/or for effecting communication with an operating person, and which has such sets of parameter values stored as profiles.
Measuring apparatuses of the type described are known in a great diversity of embodiments. Depending on the type of measurement, the complexity and accuracy of the apparatus, and the operating convenience offered, they differ mainly in the number of settable, and especially storable, parameter values. Storing sets of parameter values as user profiles is widespread, for example, in the PC world. On measuring apparatuses, however, the settings are of even greater significance: an inappropriate setting can distort the measurement result, or even destroy an instrument. For example, in a laboratory there are often many operating persons working at different tasks, all of whom need to use one laboratory balance. Normally, a balance can be adapted to the respective needs of an operating person by setting certain parameters, i.e. by entering a profile; examples of such settings are, for instance, the stabilization time and vibration filtering—which affect the accuracy of the measurement—the unit of measurement, and the language appearing on an alphanumeric display device. An embodiment of a balance of this type can be found, for instance, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,327, which provides a special operating field for entering specific settings before the actual weighing (column 2, lines 53-64), and which is hereby incorporated by reference.
However, even setting only the most important parameters is very time-consuming. For this reason, an operating person prefers to use a balance with its own preset profile. Also in this manner, setting errors can be better avoided. As a rule, high investment costs and extensive space requirements make it infeasible to provide in a laboratory a separate balance for each operating person, or for every frequently-used application. On the other hand, with the electronics available today, saving on one and the same balance different preset sets of parameters for different people or measuring tasks is possible without major additional outlay.
Activation of saved profiles by the operating person requires manual inputs, comprising as a rule depression of several touch keys in succession, which is also time-consuming and subject to error. Alternatively, there can be a large number of keys available, and a profile can be activated by depressing one single key. Although this can be faster, it can involve a large input device, the possible number of profiles can be limited by the number of keys, and the risk of depressing an incorrect key is also present.
The problem therefore presents itself of improving a measuring apparatus with stored user profiles in such manner that for each operating person and/or specific measuring task to be performed by them, the correct set of parameter values for them can be set rapidly and with great accuracy.
The problem is solved by a device assigned to the measuring apparatus which can recognize the operating person, and activate a set of parameter values stored for that person. The set of parameter values can include settings preferred by the operating person, as well as settings necessary for a specific measurement task generally assigned to that operating person.
The proposed solution makes use of the fact that the number of persons and applications for which a profile is stored is indeterminate, but finite, and not large. Because of this, the demands on a recognition device are quite modest. A recognition device can function, for example, as follows. Signals which are present and affected by the operating person are analyzed according to certain criteria, which can take account of uncertainty. The result is a possibly incomplete set of values for the individual criteria. The specific combination of values characterizes the signal and allows discrimination, in other words differentiation, by classification of different signals. For each operating person registered, a unique, specific combination of values is stored. The recognition device compares the combination of the weighted criteria of the analyzed signal with the stored combination of values and, should there be a match, determines from which person the signals most probably originate.
Analysis of the signals becomes especially easy if there are certain transmission signals with specific characteristics to which the receiver especially responds. Because of this, the operating person can carry with them a transmitter whose signals can be identified beyond doubt by the measuring apparatus, or more precisely, the receiver of the recognition device belonging to the means for processing and weighting the personally affected signals. In consequence, the measuring apparatus can with great reliability cause activation of the correct set of parameter values. Such transmitters can be constructed with small dimensions, and designed as needed. They can, for example, be integrated into a badge to be worn in the laboratory in any case, or into a personal object which is always worn, such as a wristwatch or finger ring.
The analysis criteria naturally take account primarily of characteristics which can be used to classify, or differentiate, the signals of different operating persons from each other. Such signals can also originate directly from the operating person, and be emanated by them involuntarily. Examples of such signals are the radiation of heat and its distribution, the silhouette, and the voice. The latter can also be readily recognized at a distance. The analysis is more involved than when receiving an active signal from a transmitter. However, the advantage is that the person themself is detected, not simply an object assigned to them.
An exemplary embodiment envisages the measuring apparatus being provided with a transmitter, a single transmitter being capable of serving several measuring apparatuses. The receiver detects the person-dependent changes in the transmitted signal. This is especially pronounced, and possible with great reliability, if the operating person bears a transponder, a device which modifies the transmitted signal in specific manner and returns it at relatively high power. Discrimination then becomes particularly easy, and validation extremely reliable. Transponders can be passive electric circuits, so that they do not need to be supplied with electric power. With regard to their physical design, the same considerations apply analogously as were described for the individual transmitters borne by the operating person.
Validation of a (personal) object which the person bears is a particularly suitable variant if it is less the person themself than the specific measuring task which is of primary interest, and if the object carried activates the application-related set of parameter values in the measuring apparatus. In this way it is possible, for example, to have available in a laboratory a large number of transponders, each of which is coded for activation of a specific parameter set, which set is itself optimized for a specific measuring task. To perform a specific measuring task, the operating person takes the corresponding transponder and approaches a measuring apparatus selected freely from several present in the laboratory, which after validation automatically makes appropriate settings. The coding of the transponder can also take account of individual circumstances of the operating person.
If it is particularly important that the person actually operating really is the person determined by the validation, and the one for whom a profile should be set, this can be verified by an additional means of confirming the identified person. A common means of so doing is by entering a password, which however only verifies that the operating person has at their disposal the information which gives the validated person access to further actions. If the operating person themself must be identified directly, this makes reading a biometric feature necessary, for example analyzing a fingerprint. The measuring apparatus can provide for considering in the normal case, when the detected signal can be discriminated without difficulty, only validation, but in exceptional cases, when discrimination, validation, and therefore recognition at the first level prove difficult, or special functions require greater security, for requesting verification. Again, given the relatively small numbers needing to be considered, the demands on biometric identification are not very high. It may well be sufficient if validation as well as verification, which take place according to different criteria, are both only moderately reliable, since the probability that both systems identify the person as being the same person who they are in fact not, is in any case very low.
In many cases, occasional incorrect validation may not present a problem, provided the operating person takes note of this and can take corrective action. It should also be possible to change a prompted, or already activated, set of parameter values, if other values are required for the immediate measurement needing to be performed. Provision can therefore be made for dividing the profile into sub-profiles, which are successively activated in dialog with the operating person. Thus, after validation, the measuring apparatus can address to the operating person a message of greeting, from which the validation is apparent, can announce the remaining profile which will be activated—which can, for example, depend on the transponder being used—and can request confirmation. Only after the operating person has confirmed, does activation continue. Alternatively, confirmation does not take place, and the measuring apparatus switches into a mode which allows normal inputs, including changes to parameter values. Moreover, the measuring apparatus can be so designed that it undertakes activation of the set of parameter values on the basis of more than one signal recognition, for example validating the operating person by analyzing biometric data, and making task-dependent settings based on a transponder signal which can be person-independent.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals have been used to designate like elements, and wherein:
The invention so far outlined will now be illustrated by a more concrete description of an exemplary application, but without being restricted thereto.
A representation of an exemplary
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The balance possesses various possibilities of setting for specific tasks, some of which will be described for illustration. When a load is placed on the weighing pan, the latter tends to oscillate. If it is desired for the weight to be displayed quickly, and it is accepted that a certain tendency to oscillate remains, and that the measurement is therefore less accurate, less damping will be desired than in the opposite case. The damping can therefore be set. The display of the balance allows the units being displayed (gram, ounce, carat, etc.) to be changed. For certain applications a calculated value is displayed, e.g. the number of pieces or the volume. The mode and the display unit are also settable parameters. Other pre-settings of the balance can, for instance, relate to the way of performing the weighing, such as dispensing weighing, in which individual components are added to a mixture, and after each weighing of an added component, resetting to zero takes place automatically. Another frequently used type of weighing is so-called differential weighing in which, for instance, a moist substance is first weighed, the weighing result saved, the substance dried in its container, and then re-weighed. A further frequent form of weighing for items which are themselves identical is multiple weighing, in which the individual weight is calculated by dividing the total weight by the number of items. Further functions usually dependent on the user and/or the type of their work can be motorized or manual operation of a door of a draft shield, the function of an actuating sensor (open/close draft shield door, tare), or operation of a printer, should one be connected. All these, and other, functions are dependent on the wishes and/or activity of a user, who must frequently set a predefined profile of such parameters for his/her purposes. It is now readily apparent that if several persons take it in turn to use the balance for different tasks, it would be very tedious to have to check after every change of person which settings must be retained, and which newly set.
For this reason, the balance can have a menu item with which the settings of some or all the parameters can be saved as a profile once they have been made (e.g., in a profile storage 118). This can take place many times, with each profile being assigned a designation. Furthermore, the balance according to the invention can administer the users, meaning it can store a list of registered users and assign the defined profile to the user. A single user can call multiple profiles his own.
So that the balance can validate a user, the balance can store the user's "personal characteristics". In the present case, the balance can have stored the response of a certain transponder to the signal transmitted from the balance. For this once-only input, a special menu item is provided which is only accessible to persons with special access authorization. Validation can, for example, be based on proper entry of data (e.g., a password), and/or biometric feature analysis, and/or any desired, suitable validation technique. Exemplary techniques for identification of a user in a manner as described herein are set forth in, for example, DE 195 01 531C2; DE 43 31 300A 1 and DE 40 09 951C2, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
An exemplary instance of using the analytical balance in the laboratory can proceed as follows, with reference to the
However, the dialog also provides the option of not selecting any of the profiles, whereupon a standard profile is set, and changeover to setting modus takes place. Thereupon, before or after the weighing operation, a newly set profile can be saved as a further profile.
Let it be further assumed that the second operating person does not wish to weigh, but wishes to enter a third person into the balance as user. The second person can be authorized to do this, but only if verified as the operating person. For example, the second person can first use a fingerprint reading system, which grants release.
Although the invention is illustrated by the example of a laboratory, where the operating person remains in the vicinity of the measuring apparatus, it is not limited thereto. Measuring apparatuses, including balances, can be operated from a distance, for example over the Internet. In such cases, validation can take place automatically, for example through speech, if there is simultaneously a speech connection, or through the manner typical for the person in which a mark is traced over the input medium, usually the viewing screen.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presently disclosed embodiments are therefore considered in all respects to be illustrative and not restricted. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and all changes that come within the meaning and range and equivalence thereof are intended to be embraced therein.
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Care providers with flawed records can sneak through gaps
California's Health and Human Services Agency acknowledges that deep flaws exist in the state licensing system for people who work with small children, the elderly and the mentally ill.
It formed a work group one year ago that meets at least monthly to discuss problems such as the ones exposed in Capitol Watchdog columns on June 10 and 17, which documented how two men with troubled pasts have gotten second and third chances to work with vulnerable people because the licensing system is so fragmented.
In one case, Orange County resident Simon Andrew Casey was criminally convicted of practicing psychology without a license. But he started up again, practicing psychology at MedPro Treatment Inc., state records show. The Department of Social Services caught him and documented conduct deemed so reckless that officials banned him for life from its facilities.
There was just one problem. MedPro had two licenses, and it never lost the one granted by the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Casey continues to act as director.
One glitch in state licensing is that taxpayer-funded investigations by one department aren't automatically shared with other departments, allowing troubled workers to shift around undetected.
"We want to increase coordination between departments," said Scott Carney, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services and leader of the work group.
He said his group has not yet proposed any solutions, but he believes a key addition should be a central computer system where information on licensees could be stored and easily accessed by all departments.
The group has no cost estimates for such a system, and Carney acknowledges that in a time of budget constraints, this idea might be a difficult sell to the Legislature.
And it still might not fix all the problems.
Leighton Dills, the Social Services attorney who investigated Casey and MedPro, gave his report to the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs the old-fashioned way - he handed it to them. That department had the report in its files for more than a year, but didn't do anything with it until the Capitol Watchdog began inquiring about the case. Now it is investigating MedPro.
So how will the working group make sure departments actually use the information made available to them?
"Looking at that is going to be part of our assessment," Carney said, adding that a report of the group's findings and proposed solutions will be finished "as soon as possible."
However, a year into the effort, there's no draft proposal.
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LOGAN, Utah - For the fourth-straight year, all Utah State football games can be heard in various locations across the state of Utah and southeastern Idaho, as the Aggie Sports Network will once again have numerous affiliates broadcasting the games live.
KVNU 610 AM in Cache Valley will continue to serve as the flagship station for Aggie football, while affiliates in Salt Lake City, Vernal and Price will once again be part of the Aggie Sports Network.
Fans can listen to USU Football in Salt Lake City on KZNS 1280 AM, in Vernal on KVEL 920 AM, and in Price on KRPX 95.3 FM. Every affiliate station will carry the one-hour pregame and postgame show in addition to the 50-minute weekly coaches show.
Additionally, Cache Valley/Tremonton fans can listen to the Aggie Sports Network on KVNU 102.1 FM and KLZX 95.9 FM, while Southeastern Idaho fans can listen via a KLZX translator on 105.3 FM in Montpelier, Idaho.
Along with its affiliates to the Aggie Radio Network, fans can continue to tune into all audio broadcasts free of charge via the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com and click on the "Listen Live" link.
Utah State will open the 2014 season on Sunday, Aug. 31 at Tennessee and plays its first home game the following weekend against Idaho State on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. USU's first Mountain West game will be at home against Air Force on Saturday, Oct. 11 and the Aggies conclude the regular season at MW foe Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 29. The Mountain West Championship game will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the home stadium of the divisional champion with the highest College Football Playoff Committee ranking.
For USU football ticket information, contact the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, or by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305 or on-line 24 hours a day at www.utahstateaggies.com under the "tickets" drop down menu.
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- " The front desk staff are friendly, helpful and courteous. The full American breakfast was a nice touch to my stay. The location is fantastic. "
- 19 Apr 2016 Onitha Sri Lanka
- " Stayed only one night on my way to next city, but it was great experience. Dinner and pubcrawl were nice and I met many nice people there. "
- 25 Mar 2016 Anonymous Finland
- " The Staff was really helpful and everything was clean. The only complaint, is that the bunk beds made a lot of noise when someone moved. "
- 03 Jan 2016 Anonymous
- " Good things: excellent staff, great recommendations for touring Lisbon. Good location, close to downtown. Good services offered by hostel to help see Lisbon. Great breakfast, and has option to buy a dinner for a reasonable price. Security measures are good. Bad things: NO hot water at all, cold showers all week. Bathrooms are always wet and messy, not very clean. Rooms are poorly ventilated and not sufficient linens provided. Hostel offers dinner but makes it impossible to cook free for yourself "
- 01 Jan 2016 Charlotte Canada
- " Either there is no sound proof or it doesnt work as it can be really noise when staying in the street view room "
- 29 Dec 2015 Thi Thanh Le Vietnam
- " There are so many great hostels in Lisbon, and Yes! is definitely one of them. One of the best hostels I've stayed in. They even let me borrow a lock for my locker and offered to heat me up chicken for dinner when I accidentally signed up for a fish meal. Thank you guys!!! "
- 29 Oct 2015 Anonymous USA
- " take the walking tour its worth it "
- 15 Oct 2015 michael USA
- " This is the best hostel I stayed in Europe! I had such an amazing time and everything was great: amazing location, a curtain for each bed (so when people wake up or the lights are on you're not so bothered), outlets next to each bed, wi-fi worked pretty well, a locker for each person on the room, the showers had lots of space so you could leave your stuff and change in there, the breakfast was good (bread, jam, cheese, eggs, ham, fruit, coffee...) and it was pretty clean. You have to stay there! "
- 10 Oct 2015 Julia Brazil
- " Amazing hostel experience! Impressive how clean it is - how do you do that with so many people? Awesome staff, thanks Fabio and all the others for the help, the nice talks, the Portugese lessons and the free shots :) Nice beds, I slept very well! Got to meet so many lovely people and have such nice evenings (even though always too late haha). Maybe one tiny thing: I don't really get why the 5th floor rooms are more expensive :( ? No bathroom, no windows to open, no sink in the room. "
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- " This was amazing! Very clean bathrooms and good beds. Awesome staff and it's really easy to get in touch with other travellers. Party and sleeping area are very well seperated, no night sounds at all. In the middle of the center with good connections to train/metro/tram for day trips. Don't go here if you don't want to meet other people and just wanna be alone in a corner with a book: it's too social for that. Wish I could go back already :) "
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Thirty-six hours might not seem like much time. But we are hoping it will be just enough time for all Americans to convince our members of Congress that no president should have the authority to order the military to detain civilians without charge or trial in the United States, or put anyone in our country on trial in front of military commissions.
Using indefinite military detention of civilians here at home in the United States is unconstitutional and illegal and we do not believe it is permitted by last year's National Defense Authorization Act — but incredibly, some top members of Congress seem to think it is perfectly ok and allowed by the NDAA. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has kept himself busy in the Senate arguing that there is a war going on in your backyard and using the military to lock people up without charge or trial is a good idea. He has been more recently joined by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), who believes in indefinite military detention without charge or trial here at home.
But now is your chance to fight back. No one should be picked up far from a battlefield and locked away without charge or trial by the military, and certainly not here in the United States itself.
Some key members of the House of Representatives are putting party differences aside and are trying to make clear that last year's law doesn't permit indefinite military detention within the United States. They can't fix the problem for the whole world right now, but they are committed to making clear that the United States is off-limits to indefinite military detention. They also want to make clear that military commissions cannot be used for civilians in the United States.
On Thursday afternoon or Friday, a bipartisan group of congressmen will offer the Smith-Amash amendment to this year's NDAA. They range from Tea Party-endorsed Republicans to senior Democrats, including Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Ron Paul (R-Texas), Paul Garamendi (D-Calif.), John Duncan (R-Tenn.), and many others from both parties. And a broad range of groups, from the ACLU to the Gun Owners of America to the United Methodist Church have endorsed it.
By working across party lines, the Smith-Amash amendment could pass the House of Representatives this week. But supporters of indefinite military detention are playing lots of tricks to try to defeat it. They even stuck a so-called habeas protection amendment into the NDAA, even though the habeas provision does absolutely nothing. They are so hell-bent on putting people into indefinite military detention without charge or trial that they will try to deceive even their own constituents.
But don't be fooled. You can use the next 36 hours to push the Smith-Amash amendment across the finish line to a winning vote.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress realized that the only way to fight back against indefinite military detention would be to work together on the Smith-Amash amendment. But the only way this amendment will actually pass this week is if everyone, regardless of party, emails or calls their member of Congress, and says it is time to start fixing the NDAA. It is time to pass the Smith-Amash amendment and make clear that civilians in the United States can only be imprisoned after charge and trial in our civilian courts, and not for anyone who the government decides should be locked away by the military without even being charged. Let's make the most of these 36 hours.
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If The 2012 NDAA is not an act of treason then what is? as it undermines the Constitution and Bill of Rights the very foundation of our government. I personally will vote against any senator or congressmen who voted for this bill and strongly encourage others to do the same.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
Source: First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
We stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Nothing is so responsible for the good old days as a bad memory.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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quick bladerunner fanart,
quick bladerunner fanart,
Very cool!, though i'b biased for anything Blade Runner
Reminds me of the Alien Movie, same feel.
Wow how do you make these so fast. 2h? wow. Do you use ... special brushes or something?!
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a bit cluttered but still a good piece of work
Androids do in fact dream of electric sheep. I asked.
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blade runner!
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What it sounds like is a defective extractor or the extractor is in need of adjustment. Any gunsmith can do both, probably for a lot less than it cost to ship back. Since it's extracting about 90% of the time, my guess would be it needs adjustment to latch on more firmly to the casing. An easy way to test for this, is to field strip the gun. Take the bare slide and push a cartridge up from below into the extractor. The extractor should hold it firmly in place. If it's very loose or falls out, it needs adjustment.
Although this is a simple operation, your gun will have to wait it's turn. Depending on their workload, it could be a week or several months before you get it back from the factory.


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Perspectives of Men - Alabama is the Manliest State
You might remember from way back in days of yore last week when I asked for guest posts. Here is the first in the Perpsectives of Men series, from a guy identifying himself as "The Farmer." He's here to talk about why he thinks Alabama is the manliest state, and also apparently to pick a fight with one of my readers. Mike, I need to apologize in advance to you...I shouldn't have mentioned your question when The Farmer brought up the idea for this topic, because he went a little crazy. Note that the views expressed here may or may not be the views of Dr Awesome. If you would like to say why your state or country is the manliest, feel free to send me a guest post. Here's The Farmer.
What an honor it is to be here posting on the manswers blog! Dr Awesome and I emailed back and forth about what a good topic would be for me, and we decided it would get some good discussion going if I talked about what the manliest state is. He said he's gotten questions like that before, including one recently from a guy named Mike Miller who thinks Michigan is the manliest state. That is crazy. Today I'm going to convince Mike Miller and everyone else that Alabama is far greater than Michigan and all other states as well.
But before I go any further, I had no idea that Dr Awesome was being read by NBA stars. I assume Mike Miller is the Mike Miller of Washington Wizards right? The white, tattooed, 3-point specialist with such long hair that a girl hair band must be worn during games? Not that being white or having tattoos are grounds for being unmanly, but being a 3-point specialist with girly hair that slightly curls and using hair products such as a hair band is pretty girly. Shooting 3-pointers is the equivalent of Chuck Norris throwing a hand grenade into a fight. We all know Chuck never even considered that option because what manly man would stand outside the fight arena and not get face to face with his opponent/enemy to issue a round house kick to the face? Or in Mike's case, what beast of a manly NBA player would be afraid to drive to the hole with the chance of administering a full out charge on the weakling trying to stop you? A manly NBA player is never afraid to get his nose bloody. He understands that blood is a man's "make-up". Tell me, who is considered more manly: Shaq or JJ Redick – enough said.
But as much as I respect Dr Awesome and who he hangs out with, I suspect you aren't the NBA Mike Miller, but just some random Mike Miller who believes cold weather is enough to make a state manly. I disagree. A quick answer to the "what is the manliest state" question is that all manly states fall in line behind Oklahoma – the birthplace of Chuck Norris. I think most of us would agree with this statement, so we need to move onto the real question of who is the #2 manliest state?
To figure this out we must ask ourselves what are the criteria for being a manly state. Well let's start first with some state symbols. Flags will tell you a lot about a state. To find a manly state you don't look for a pretty flag but a flag that is simple and didn't take much time to make. The men of the state were off fighting, farming, foresting, etc and the women were too busy sewing up bullet holes, hemming coveralls, or washing a sap infested/chain saw torn shirt. So you see, there would not be much time to create some pretty and colorful flag. You grab a white cloth and throw the second easiest thing to draw in the world (a single line would be the easiest to draw), an X, on it and then get back to building your fort. And that is exactly what Alabama did. Heck an X is a pure symbol of being manly. An X marks the spot to shoot, can mark the spot of which tree to cut down, of which woman to marry, and in Alabama's case, marks the place of a manly state. Heck what Alabama was truly saying was "This X marks the state of men, COME GET YOU SOME". Now let's take a flag that screams "I was made on the HGTV show Divine Design." Michigan's flag has two deer looking animals holding up an emblem on a pretty blue background. Blood doesn't show up on blue like it does white. Can you imagine how many designs were gone through before getting to the two deer? A negative point is awarded to Michigan. To be fair, let me throw some other flags under the bus filled with manly men. Florida, is a tricky one. They knew a good flag when they saw Alabama's flag. So good job but then they tried to make us out like dummies and tried to make it look like they didn't copy Alabama by putting a Florida seal on the red X. Good try but try again. Then you have state flags that actually put the state's name on them such as Kansas, Iowa, California, etc. If a state has to put their name on the flag so people will know who they are, it is clear that no respect is given to them. They might as well put Wish Bear the Care Bear on their flag because they are just wishing they were a manly state. To be truthful, I think all flags stink in comparison to the simple Alabama flag so let's give a point to Alabama.
Now we'll move on to the state bird. We will leave out the state flower because let's face it, there are no manly flowers. Unless we find a flower that has camouflaged parts, then all flowers fall into the girl category. No man, well let me rephrase, no manly man cares what the state flower is. So which states have manly birds as their symbols? Well right off the bat you see Alabama, not only because it is first alphabetically in the list of states but also because of Yellowhammer. Any bird with hammer associated with its name must be able to bring some pain and possibly help build some houses. So right off the bat we have a bird that is both deadly and a handy man. Arizona has the Cactus Wren which any bird that can be associated with cacti is a tuff little bird. Michigan has the Robin…wait that is not a bird but a woman's name. So Michigan just got deducted a point for not only have a weak bird but causing confusion to some who make think the state bird is their Aunt Robin. The Cardinal is a fierce bird but several states have that bird as their symbol. No manly state would be a copy cat, or even own a cat for that matter. Nevada has the Mountain Bluebird. Just the name makes it sound manly. So several states get a manly point here including Alabama again.
Next let's focus on the "state" sport. Michigan does have hockey. Even though it is not the most popular sport in America, no one can argue the toughness that is needed to endure a flying puck being shot at your face or the massive blind side hits that you may take. Heck weapons are even allowed in this sport. And let's not forget that fighting is not only allowed, but invoked and cheered on. The one negative is that ice skates are worn and while ice skates in general are not girly, the popularity of figure skating really doesn't help. But yes, a bunch of toothless men hitting each other with wooden weapon can be considered a very manly sport even if they wear ice skates. Hockey definitely gets a man point here. However, another manly sport and arguably the most popular sport is what we Americans call football and what southerners call SEC Football!! So with SEC winning the past four BCS titles and with Alabama currently being crowned National Champs, I think clearly Alabama gets a manly point and wins again by being the state with the manliest sport. Michigan isn't that far behind, but the Big 10 will always be inferior to the SEC.
Next is what kind of occupations make up a state. Sure Michigan is Ford Central but who is to say Ford is manly? Is Mike Rowe really the best spokesman for the job? Sure Mike Rowe has a manly voice and a fairly ripped body, but he doesn't have any other manly characteristics. Sure he likes to get dirty and check out different jobs but that is the point, he only checks them out. About 45 minutes into the show he has had enough and you then see him begging for people to email dirty job possibilities to him so he can keep his show going. He is essentially begging and depending on others for a job. Yeah that is a real manly characteristic. How about going out and finding dirty jobs yourself. There is an idea. I choose to follow Howie Long and drive a Chevy. He has proven his manly hood by being a NFL Hall of Famer. Wait, Chevy is in Michigan too so that doesn't help my point. Forget what I just said. But let's look at Alabama, where we have NASA. Heard of it? We build their rockets. We are the silicon valley of engineering. We harvest chickens and cattle. We put seeds in the ground and watch our food grow. Well let me go back, this is not solely Alabama. Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina also grow their food. To be honest I believe California is the national leader for agriculture, but I think the brilliant minds who conduct these agriculture polls can't discern the difference between growing manly corn, green beans, and cabbage, and growing pot and raising puny teenage boy actors. Bottom line, Alabama probably grows more food than Michigan.
What does Michigan have going for it then? Well, it's cold, but so what? Cold weather doesn't equal manly, it equals a winter wonderland. Yeah real manly there, do you also hear sleigh bells jingling year round? Go tell a young lady that you live in a Christmas carol and see what she says. If I had my guess she will probably ask you if you want to make cute snow angels with her. So while Michigan men are dusting the snow off their backs and comparing who made the prettiest snow angel, Alabama men are winning national championships and making out with hot southern women. They are out planting the soil with good old fashion man sweat and blood. They are literally grabbing bulls by the horns and living life. So clearly I have disproven the theory of Michigan being the manliest state and in the process thrown Alabama in the ring for being the manliest. I could go on for days, but I'm a guest here and I don't want to overstay my welcome. Yay Alabama, Boo everywhere else.
The Farmer


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Good car, a few common problems to note: 1. Headlights are poor, and aftermarket ones are nearly impossible to find. This has caused me to hit three deer last year. 2. Transmission slippage will probably occur around 150,000. Some people have driven this car an additional 200,000 before the transmission breaks down. 3. Strut replacement is needed a little more often than normal 4. Rusting is an issue. The factory engine is the best part about this car
I can not complain bought the car for 200 at 145k miles still going at 310K the winter salt has taken its toll full of rust. With minor repairs it keeps running every day.
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Dust 514 is still cruising through beta, moving ever closer to an as yet unnamed release date, but the developers at CCP want to make sure the hype train keeps rolling on their MMO first-person shooter set in the world of Eve Online. To that end, theyve released a number of details about Dust 514 Neocom, the companion app for the PlayStation Vita.
In short, the Neocom app gives players access to just about everything but the actual shooting in Dust 514. While what happens in Dust will affect the world of Eve Online and vice versa, what the player does in Neocom on the Vita will also jack directly into Dust on the PlayStation 3.
Some of CCPs head honchos presented the app to SCEE Blog Manager Fred Dutton during the recent Gamescom event, explaining just how much functionality Neocom will allow players to take advantage of on the go.
It brings all the customization, community and commerce features onto the Vita said CCP Marketing Director Cameron Payne during an interview for the PlayStation Blog. Theres no direct gameplay, but you can use pretty much all the features the Neocom user interface offers in the main game. You can interact with battles, purchase items on the market, play around with your dropsuit or vehicle and then save it so you can use it on PS3.
Everything from weapon load-outs, armor and vehicle configurations will be available for tinkering in the Neocom app and, once youve got something you like, you can send it directly to your PS3 copy of Dust 514, where it will be ready for immediate use once you boot the game up.
Players will also be able to use the app to view the Eve galaxy, getting a live feed of stats on the 700 solar systems, on down to the individual planets.
While the Neocom app offers little in the line of actual gameplay, it certainly sounds like a robust offering for those who plan on diving deep into the world of Dust 514. This is exactly the sort of thing Id like to see become more common for portable game consoles. Actual gameplay would be nice but, when thats not possible, the ability to stay connected with my game in a meaningful way is certainly a nice alternative.
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Clifford D. May: Herbert Hoover's LessonsRoundup: Media's Take
Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism and Islamism.
It was Herbert Hoover's misfortune to be president when the stock market crashed in 1929. Three years later, Franklin Roosevelt would blame him for the Great Depression and defeat him at the ballot box. Historians ranking American presidents have placed Hoover near the bottom of their lists ever since.
If you've read Amity Shlaes's masterful The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, (and if you haven't, do so without delay) you know there was more to Hoover's economic thinking than is generally recognized. But for the last 20 years of his life, Hoover spent much of his time and energy on national security, laboring over what he called his "magnum opus," a combination revisionist history of World War II, memoir, and scathing critique of Roosevelt's foreign policy.
Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath was completed almost half a century ago but published only last year following a herculean editing job by historian George H. Nash. According to Nash, Hoover's 900-page tome should be read "as an argument that challenges us to think afresh about our past." It should be read also, I would suggest, as an argument that challenges us to think afresh about our present and future...
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Today, 8th December....
1888: Herbert Disney is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is the oldest child of Flora and Elias Disney.
Today, 8th December....
1888: Herbert Disney is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is the oldest child of Flora and Elias Disney.
Today, 9th December....
2002: The soft opening of Tower of Terror 4 (featuring new random drop sequences goes into operation at Disney-MGM Studios.
Today, 10th December....
1954: Chris Miller, Walt Disneys grandson is born in Monterey County, California.
1969: Composer Leigh Harline passes away in Los Angeles. Among his best known Disney tunes .When You Wish Upon A Star.
2003: WDW begins placing motion sickness bags in the capsules of their newest Epcot attraction, Mission:SPACE.
Today, 11th December....
1992: Walt Disney Pictures releases The Muppet Christmas Carol - the fourth feature film to star The Muppets, the first distributed by Disney, and the second produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. The film is directed by Jim Henson's son, Brian Henson
2004: Mickey's Magical Gathering, a brief show featuring Disney characters and area performers appear for a free holiday gathering at Dallas' City Hall.
Today, 12th December....
1927: Disney's Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit short Empty Socks is released. This silent black & white animated piece is the first ever Disney Christmas themed short.
2005: It is reported that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe topped the British box office with the biggest-ever opening weekend receipts for a Disney film.
Today, 13th December....
1966: Walt's wife Lily writes his annual birthday letter to sister Ruth. Her opening words include: "As you have probably surmised things have been a little irregular around here with Walt being ill and so your birthday remembrance from him is a little late. I know it comes with his best wishes that your day was a nice one and the hope that you will find something special to get for yourself with this check." Lily writes of her daughters and grandchildren and assures Ruth that her brother will write as soon as he is back in the office. (Walt will pass two days later.)
1975: Disney announces it will begin construction of EPCOT in 1976, instead of 1977 as originally planned.
Today, 14th Decembr....
1938: An afternoon story meeting takes place at the Disney Studio.
Walt and his staff discuss Sequence 10 of Pinocchio.
1966: Lilly Disney visits her ill husband Walt at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California. She is encouraged by the strength Walt shows. His brother Roy pays him a visit at night and they talk about company matters, EPCOT, and Disney World. Walt looks at the ceiling and points out the design of the new Florida park to a teary-eyed Roy. After he leaves, Walt asks to have his bed raised so he can look toward the nearby Disney Studios. At Roy's orders, every one of the studio's lights is left on to shine through the night.
Today, 15th December....
1966: Walter Elias Disney passes away at St. Joseph's Hospital of acute circulatory collapse (caused by lung cancer) just ten days after his 65th birthday. When the news of Walt's death reaches Disneyland in Anaheim, consideration is given to closing the park for the day, but instead it is kept open (as Walt would have wanted), but the flags on Main Street USA are lowered to half-mast. Disney will be cremated two days later.
(His brother Roy will postpone his planned retirement and start construction in Florida on Walt's latest project, Disney World.)
On the CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite,
commentator Eric Sevareid states this about Mr. Disney:
"He was a happy accident, one of the happiest this century has experienced. And judging by the way its behaving, in spite of all Disney tried to tell it about laughter, love, children, puppies, and sunrises, the century hardly deserved him."
Today, 16th December....
1966: At 5:00 p.m. on this Friday, a private service is held for Walt Disney's immediate family at Little Church of the Flowers of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. No announcements of the funeral are made until after it has taken place.
1994: After extensive renovations, Walt Disney World's Snow White's
Adventures reopens as Snow White's Scary Adventures.
Meanwhile over in Tomorrowland, the new ExtraTERRORestrial Alien
Encounter offers a soft opening.
1997: Ninety-eight-year-old Lillian Bounds Disney dies peacefully in her sleep at her home in West Los Angeles, after suffering a stroke the day before. (Her husband Walt had died thirty-one years ago and a day in the early morning of December 15, 1966.)
Today, Wednesday 17th December....
1966: Roy Disney announces to Disney management and the Imagineering team that the company will continue to be run according to Walt's wishes. (Walt Disney passed away two days ago.) He states that Walt's first name will be added to the title of the Florida theme park project.
1971: Roy O. Disney (Walt's brother & the builder of Walt Disney World) decides not to attend the Disneyland Christmas Parade with his wife, son and grandchildren. Although he is not feeling well, he insists that they go on without him. (Sadly he will slip into a coma and pass away 3 days later.)
1990: Honey I Shrunk the Audience Movie Set Adventure opens in the backlot annex area of Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World.


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Portraits of Oklahoma heroes are under less heat at state Capitol
Old-fashioned, heat-producing bulbs that slowly were damaging the four large portraits surrounding the fourth-floor rotunda of the state Capitol have been replaced.
The last of the traditional 300-watt bulbs were replaced Friday with cooler LED lighting, part of an ongoing effort to replace all lighting on the Capitol's irreplaceable artwork, which includes murals, paintings and portraits.
Fixtures with the bulbs, which were similar to floodlights and the heat they produce, were replaced with two rows of light-emitting diodes. The entire fixture is 22 watts, said Jerry Shelton, sustainability coordinator for the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services' office of facility management.
The colors of the murals appear sharper and much brighter under the LED lights. Shadows caused by the old bulbs are gone on the portraits of former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Robert S. Kerr, Will Rogers, Sequoyah and Jim Thorpe.
"It's a wonderful change," Shelton said. "When you're dealing with artwork, you want to make it look proper."
The LED lights and fixture for each of the portraits cost $650; total cost was $2,600, Shelton said.
The Capitol's maintenance workers installed the fixtures.
Shelton said the traditional bulbs lasted about two months. The LED fixtures should last about 10 years, meaning the state will recoup the cost of the fixtures in savings in about four years.
The Oklahoma Arts Council last year told the Capitol Preservation Commission of the harmful effects the heat-producing bulbs had on the portraits, which were painted by Charles Banks Wilson in the 1960s.
Shelton said traditional 150-watt bulbs were replaced earlier with 10-watt LED lights that illuminate some of the smaller portraits in the Capitol.
The traditional 115-watt bulbs that were in two tall lampposts on each side of the large portraits have been replaced with 18-watt compact fluorescent lightbulbs, which don't give off heat, Shelton said.
Heat-producing bulbs in the Betty Price Gallery on the Capitol's first floor were replaced last year with LED lights.
It's a wonderful change. When you're dealing with artwork, you want to make it look proper."
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Research Article
Group commitment in the face of discrimination: The role of legitimacy appraisals
Version of Record online: 11 JUN 2010
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.743
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
European Journal of Social Psychology
Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 116–126, February 2011
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How to Cite
Jetten, J., Schmitt, M. T., Branscombe, N. R., Garza, A. A. and Mewse, A. J. (2011), Group commitment in the face of discrimination: The role of legitimacy appraisals. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 41: 116–126. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.743
Publication History
- Issue online: 19 JAN 2011
- Version of Record online: 11 JUN 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 13 JAN 2010
- Manuscript Received: 11 MAR 2009
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- ARC. Grant Number: DP0984576
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In contrast to everyday use of the term discrimination, we propose that discrimination can be appraised as either illegitimate or legitimate, and a comprehensive analysis of responses to discrimination needs to account for both ways of experiencing discrimination. We examine how perceived pervasiveness of discrimination and legitimacy appraisals affect group commitment among women in academia (Study 1) and tobacco smokers facing an upcoming smoking ban (Study 2). We found support for our hypothesis that legitimacy of discrimination appraisals moderates the effect of pervasiveness of discrimination. In both studies, group identification and collective action intentions were undermined most when the ingroup claimed that discrimination against them was legitimate and discrimination was perceived as pervasive. In both studies, group identification mediated the effects on collective action intentions. The results highlight the important role of legitimacy appraisals in understanding disadvantaged group members' responses to discriminatory treatment. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.