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Soft Real-Time Fuzzy Task Scheduling for Multiprocessor Systems
All practical real-time scheduling algorithms in multiprocessor systems present a trade-off between their computational complexity and performance. In real-time systems, tasks have to be performed correctly and timely. Finding minimal schedule in multiprocessor systems with real-time constraints is shown to be NP-hard. Although some optimal algorithms have been employed in uni-processor systems, they fail when they are applied in multiprocessor systems. The practical scheduling algorithms in real-time systems have not deterministic response time.
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|AAP > SEC Filings for AAP > Form 10-Q on 13-Nov-2012
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Quarterly Report
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements that appear elsewhere in this report. Our first quarter consists of 16 weeks divided into four equal periods. Our remaining three quarters consist of 12 weeks with each quarter divided into three equal periods.
Certain statements in this report are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are usually identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "likely," "may," "plan," "position," "possible," "potential," "probable," "project," "projection," "should," "strategy," "will," or similar expressions. We intend for any forward-looking statements to be covered by, and we claim the protection under, the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are based upon assessments and assumptions of management in light of historical results and trends, current conditions and potential future developments that often involve judgment, estimates, assumptions and projections. Forward-looking statements reflect current views about our plans, strategies and prospects, which are based on information currently available.
Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations as reflected in or suggested by any forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not guarantee or give assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Actual results may differ materially from our anticipated results described or implied in our forward-looking statements, and such differences may be due to a variety of factors. Our business could also be affected by additional factors that are presently unknown to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial to our business.
Listed below and discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on February 28, 2012), which we refer to as our 2011 Form 10-K, are some important risks, uncertainties and contingencies which could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any forward-looking statements made or implied in this report. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
• a decrease in demand for our products;
• competitive pricing and other competitive pressures;
• our ability to implement our business strategy;
• our ability to expand our business, including the location of available and suitable real estate for new store locations, the integration of any acquired businesses and the continued increase in supply chain capacity and efficiency;
• our ability to attract and retain qualified employees, or Team Members;
• deterioration in general macro-economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation or deflation, consumer debt levels, high fuel and energy costs, uncertain credit markets or other recessionary type conditions could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows;
• regulatory and legal risks, such as environmental or OSHA risks, including being named as a defendant in administrative investigations or litigation, and the incurrence of legal fees and costs, the payment of fines or the payment of sums to settle litigation cases or administrative investigations or proceedings;
• security breach or other cyber security incident;
• business interruptions due to the occurrence of natural disasters, extended periods of unfavorable weather, computer system malfunction, wars or acts of terrorism; and
• the impact of global climate change or legal and regulatory responses to such change.
We assume no obligations to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In evaluating forward-looking statements, you should consider these risks and uncertainties, together with the other risks described from time to time in our other reports and documents filed with the SEC and you should not place undue reliance on those statements.
We are a leading specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items primarily operating within the United States. Our stores carry an extensive product line for cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and light trucks. We serve both "do-it-yourself," or DIY, and "do-it-for-me," or Commercial, customers. Our Commercial customers consist primarily of delivery customers for whom we deliver products from our store locations to our Commercial customers' places of business, including national garage chains, independent garages, service stations and auto dealers. At October 6, 2012, we operated a total of 3,727 stores.
We operate in two reportable segments: Advance Auto Parts, or AAP, and Autopart International, Inc., or AI. The AAP segment is comprised of our store operations within the Northeastern, Southeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands which primarily operate under the trade names "Advance Auto Parts" and "Advance Discount Auto Parts." At October 6, 2012, we operated 3,517 stores in the AAP segment. Our AAP stores offer a broad selection of brand name and private label automotive replacement parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items for domestic and imported cars and light trucks. Through our integrated operating approach, we serve our DIY and Commercial customers from our store locations and online at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com. Our online website allows our DIY customers to pick up merchandise at a conveniently located store or have their purchases shipped directly to their home or business. Our Commercial customers can conveniently place their orders online.
At October 6, 2012, we operated 210 stores in the AI segment under the "Autopart International" trade name. AI's business primarily serves the Commercial market from its store locations in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States and Florida. For additional information regarding our segments, see Note 11, Segment and Related Information, of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Management Overview
We generated earnings per diluted share, or diluted EPS, of $1.21 during our twelve weeks ended October 6, 2012 ( or the third quarter of Fiscal 2012) compared to $1.41 for the comparable period of Fiscal 2011. The decrease in our diluted EPS was primarily due to a decrease in our operating income. Consistent with our second quarter, our sales during the third quarter remained constrained particularly in our colder weather markets. The current economy affected our sales consistent with many other retailers, including our peer companies in the automotive aftermarket industry, as consumers faced high unemployment and gas prices and low consumer confidence. During the third quarter, we increased store labor and advertising along with more targeted promotional activity in response to the difficult sales environment. The increase in store labor was focused on providing better service to our Commercial customers and improving weekend staffing to better serve our DIY customers. While price promotions negatively impacted our top line during the third quarter, we believe they will positively contribute to our growth in the future by retaining current customers and attracting new customers. Despite our current performance, we remain encouraged by (i) the long-term dynamics of the automotive aftermarket industry, (ii) initiatives that are underway in support of our strategies and (iii) the improvement in our comparable Commercial sales from the second quarter to the third quarter.
Although our operating income for the third quarter of Fiscal 2012 declined over the comparable period of last year, we generated significant operating cash flow through the third quarter of Fiscal 2012. We currently have a significant amount of cash on-hand to invest in capital improvements and initiatives to support our strategies. As discussed later in the "Business and Industry Update," we remain committed to investing in our two key strategies.
Summary of Third Quarter Financial Results
A high-level summary of our financial results for the third quarter of Fiscal 2012 is included below:
• Net sales during the third quarter of Fiscal 2012 were $1,457.5 million, a decrease of 0.5% as compared to the third quarter of Fiscal 2011, driven by a 1.8% decrease in comparable store sales partially offset by the addition of 82 net new stores over the past 12 months.
• Our operating income for the third quarter of Fiscal 2012 was $150.4 million, a decrease of $27.5 million over the comparable period of Fiscal 2011. As a percentage of total sales, operating income was 10.3%, a decrease of 182 basis points, due to higher SG&A partially offset by a slight improvement in gross profit rate.
• Our inventory balance as of October 6, 2012 increased $83.6 million, or 4.0%, over the comparable period last year to support our inventory availability initiatives.
• We generated operating cash flow of $504.8 million during the forty weeks ended October 6, 2012, a decrease of 17.4% over the comparable period in Fiscal 2011, with the largest portion of the decrease consisting of an increase in accounts receivable resulting from the in-sourcing of our Commercial credit program.
Refer to the "Results of Operations" and "Liquidity" sections for further details of our income statement and cash flow results, respectively.
Business and Industry Update
Our two key strategies, Superior Availability and Service Leadership, remain unchanged in Fiscal 2012. Superior Availability is aimed at product availability and maximizing the speed, reliability and efficiency of our supply chain. Service Leadership leverages our product availability in addition to more consistent execution of customer-facing initiatives to strengthen our integrated operating approach of serving our DIY and Commercial customers whether in our stores or on-line. Through these two key strategies, we believe we can continue to build on the initiatives discussed below and produce favorable financial results over the long term. Sales to Commercial customers remain the biggest opportunity for us to increase our overall market share in the automotive aftermarket industry. Our Commercial sales, as a percentage of total sales, increased to 38% for the third quarter of Fiscal 2012 compared to 37% for the same period in Fiscal 2011.
A few of the priorities under our strategies include:
• Improving in-market availability through the continued expansion of our HUB network and completion of store inventory upgrades;
• The commencement of outbound shipments to our stores from our new Remington, Indiana distribution center during the third quarter of Fiscal 2012, which will provide needed capacity and upgraded supply chain technology;
• Our continued efforts to enhance e-commerce offerings; and
• The in-sourcing of our Commercial credit function and addition of other customer offerings to support the continued investment in our Commercial business.
The automotive aftermarket industry is influenced by a number of general macroeconomic factors similar to those affecting the overall retail industry. These factors include, but are not limited to, fuel costs, unemployment rates, consumer confidence and spending habits, and competition. While we feel that the difficult conditions affecting the macroeconomic environment continue to constrain consumer spending, we remain confident that the long-term dynamics of the automotive aftermarket industry are positive.
Favorable industry dynamics include:
• an increase in number and average age of vehicles;
• a long-term expectation that miles driven will increase based on historical trends; and
• a fragmented commercial market.
Conversely, the factors negatively affecting the automotive aftermarket industry include:
• high gas prices and unemployment rates and relatively low consumer confidence;
• later maintenance and part failure intervals on newer cars due to an increase in quality; and
• an overall reduction in discretionary spending on elective maintenance and other accessories.
While we believe the deceleration in our sales will not be a long-term trend given the overall positive long-term industry dynamics, we do anticipate constrained sales for the remainder of Fiscal 2012 based on the current trend of lower customer demand. Despite the lower sales, we are committed to achieving our long-term sales growth and profitability goals by remaining focused on our Commercial sales growth while balancing support and discretionary expenses with the additional cost of investments in our key strategies.
Consolidated Operating Results and Key Statistics and Metrics The following table highlights certain consolidated operating results and key statistics and metrics for the twelve and forty weeks ended October 6, 2012 and October 8, 2011, respectively, and the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and January 1, 2011. We use these key statistics and metrics to measure the financial progress of our key strategies. Twelve Weeks Ended Forty Weeks Ended October 6, 2012 October 8, 2011 October 6, 2012 October 8, 2011 FY 2011 FY 2010 Operating Results: Total net sales (in 000s) $ 1,457,527 $ 1,464,988 $ 4,875,802 $ 4,842,890 $ 6,170,462 $ 5,925,203 Comparable store sales growth(1) (1.8 %) 2.2 % (0.5 )% 2.0 % 2.2 % 8.0 % Gross profit 49.8 % 49.5 % 49.9 % 49.9 % 49.7 % 50.0 % SG&A 39.4 % 37.3 % 38.8 % 38.5 % 39.0 % 40.1 % Operating profit 10.3 % 12.1 % 11.2 % 11.4 % 10.8 % 9.9 % Diluted earnings per share $ 1.21 $ 1.41 $ 4.34 $ 4.19 $ 5.11 $ 3.95 Key Statistics and Metrics: Number of stores, end of period 3,727 3,645 3,727 3,645 3,662 3,563 Total store square footage, end of period (in 000s) 27,194 26,533 27,194 26,533 26,663 25,950 Total Team Members, end of period 54,220 52,386 54,220 52,386 52,002 51,017 Sales per store (in 000s)(2)(3) $ 1,683 $ 1,702 $ 1,683 $ 1,702 $ 1,708 $ 1,697 Operating income per store (in 000s)(2)(4) $ 178 $ 177 $ 178 $ 177 $ 184 $ 168 Gross margin return on inventory(2)(5) 6.9 5.8 6.9 5.8 6.6 5.1
(1) Comparable store sales include net sales from our stores and e-commerce website. The change in store sales is calculated based on the change in net sales starting once a store has been open for 13 complete accounting periods (each period represents four weeks). Relocations are included in comparable store sales from the original date of opening.
(2) These financial metrics presented for each quarter are calculated on an annualized basis and accordingly reflect the last four fiscal quarters completed.
(3) Sales per store is calculated as net sales divided by the average of the beginning and ending store count for the respective period.
(4) Operating income per store is calculated as operating income divided by the average of beginning and ending total store count for the respective period.
(5) Gross margin return on inventory is calculated as gross profit divided by an average of beginning and ending inventory, net of accounts payable and financed vendor accounts payable.
Store Development by Segment
The following table sets forth the total number of new, closed and relocated stores and stores with Commercial delivery programs during the twelve and forty weeks ended October 6, 2012 and October 8, 2011 by segment. We lease approximately 79% of our AAP stores. We lease 100% of our AI stores.
AAP Twelve Weeks Ended Forty Weeks Ended October 6, October 8, October 6, October 8, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Number of stores at beginning of period 3,489 3,424 3,460 3,369 New stores 28 20 57 76 Closed stores - (2 ) - (3 ) Number of stores, end of period 3,517 3,442 3,517 3,442 Relocated stores 2 - 9 4 Stores with commercial delivery programs 3,212 3,099 3,212 3,099 AI Twelve Weeks Ended Forty Weeks Ended October 6, October 8, October 6, October 8, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Number of stores at beginning of period 203 203 202 194 New stores 7 - 13 9 Closed stores - - (5 ) - Number of stores, end of period 210 203 210 203 Relocated stores 1 - 5 2 Stores with commercial delivery programs 210 203 210 203
During Fiscal 2012, we anticipate adding approximately 110 to 120 AAP stores and 10 to 20 AI stores, respectively, and closing approximately 10 total stores.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations are based on these financial statements. The preparation of these financial statements requires the application of accounting policies in addition to certain estimates and judgments by our management. Our estimates and judgments are based on currently available information, historical results and other assumptions we believe are reasonable. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. During the twelve and forty weeks ended October 6, 2012, we consistently applied the critical accounting policies discussed in our 2011 Form 10-K. For a complete discussion regarding these critical accounting policies, refer to the 2011 Form 10-K.
Components of Statement of Operations
Net Sales
Net sales consist primarily of merchandise sales from our retail store locations to both our DIY and Commercial customers and sales from our e-commerce website. Our total sales growth is comprised of both comparable store sales and new store sales. We calculate comparable store sales based on the change in store sales starting once a store has been opened for 13 complete accounting periods (approximately one year) and by including e-commerce sales. We include sales from relocated stores in comparable store sales from the original date of opening.
Cost of Sales
Our cost of sales consists of merchandise costs, net of incentives under vendor programs; inventory shrinkage, defective merchandise and warranty costs; and warehouse and distribution expenses. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales may be affected by (i) variations in our product mix, (ii) price changes in response to competitive factors and fluctuations in merchandise costs, (iii) vendor programs, (iv) inventory shrinkage, (v) defective merchandise and warranty costs and (vi) warehouse and distribution costs. We seek to minimize fluctuations in merchandise costs and instability of supply by entering
into long-term purchasing agreements, without minimum purchase volume requirements, when we believe it is advantageous. Our gross profit may not be comparable to that of our competitors due to differences in industry practice regarding the classification of certain costs.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
SG&A expenses consist of store payroll, store occupancy (including rent and depreciation), advertising expenses, Commercial delivery expenses, other store expenses and general and administrative expenses, including salaries and related benefits of store support center Team Members, share-based compensation expense, store support center administrative office expenses, data processing, professional expenses, self-insurance costs, closed store expense, impairment charges, if any, and other related expenses.
Results of Operations The following table sets forth certain of our operating data expressed as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated. Twelve Week Periods Ended Forty Week Periods Ended October 6, October 8, 2012 2011 October 6, 2012 October 8, 2011 Net sales 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % Cost of sales, including purchasing and warehousing costs 50.2 50.5 50.1 50.1 Gross profit 49.8 49.5 49.9 49.9 Selling, general and administrative expenses 39.4 37.3 38.8 38.5 Operating income 10.3 12.1 11.2 11.4 Interest expense (0.6 ) (0.6 ) (0.5 ) (0.5 ) Other expense, net 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Provision for income taxes 3.6 4.3 4.0 4.1 Net income 6.1 % 7.2 % 6.6 % 6.8 %
Twelve and Forty Weeks Ended October 6, 2012 Compared to Twelve and Forty Weeks Ended October 8, 2011
Net Sales
Net sales for the twelve weeks ended October 6, 2012 were $1,457.5 million, a decrease of $7.5 million, or 0.5%, as compared to net sales for the twelve weeks ended October 8, 2011. The sales decrease was primarily due to a decrease in comparable store sales partially offset by sales from new AAP and AI stores opened in the last twelve months.
For the twelve weeks ended October 6, 2012, AAP produced net sales of $1,386.8 million, a decrease of $8.1 million, or 0.6%, as compared to net sales for the twelve weeks ended October 8, 2011. The sales decline was driven by decreases in both transaction count and pricing. Despite a slight improvement from the second quarter, we continued to experience a decrease in transactions through weaker customer demand from both DIY and Commercial customers which we believe to be driven by the difficult economic environment and lingering effects from this year's warmer winter in certain of our colder weather markets. Pricing was negatively impacted by (i) an increase in promotional activity in response to the lower customer demand, (ii) a lower mix of parts sales partially due to customers' decision to defer routine maintenance and (iii) cost deflation in certain of our product categories compared to the same period last year. For the twelve weeks ended October 6, 2012, AI produced net sales of $74.5 million, an increase of $0.9 million, or 1.3%, as compared to net sales for the twelve weeks ended October 8, 2011.
Twelve Weeks Ended October 6, 2012 October 8, 2011 AAP AI Total AAP AI Total Comparable store sales % (1.9 %) 0.2 % (1.8 %) 1.9 % 7.8 % 2.2 % Net stores opened in last twelve months 75 7 82 93 12 105
Net sales for the forty weeks ended October 6, 2012 were $4,875.8 million, an increase of $32.9 million, or 0.7%, as compared to net sales for the forty weeks ended October 8, 2011. This growth was primarily due to an increase in sales from new AAP and AI stores opened in the last twelve months.
For the forty weeks ended October 6, 2012, AAP produced net sales of $4,646.7 million, an increase of $28.1 million, or 0.6%, as compared to net sales for the forty weeks ended October 8, 2011. The sales increase was primarily due to sales from new AAP and AI stores opened in the last twelve months partially offset by a decrease in comparable store sales. The AAP comparable store sales decrease of 0.7% was driven by an increase in promotional activity and a decrease in transaction count. For the forty weeks ended October 6, 2012, AI produced net sales of $241.1 million, an increase of $4.7 million, or 2.0%, as compared to net sales for the forty weeks ended October 8, 2011.
Forty Weeks Ended October 6, 2012 October 8, 2011 AAP AI Total AAP AI Total Comparable store sales % (0.7 %) 1.9 % (0.5 )% 1.7 % 9.4 % 2.0 % Net stores opened in last twelve months 75 7 82 93 12 105 . . .

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Sauteed Shad Roe
|Shad roe
|Unsalted butter
|3 Tablespoon
1) Wash roe.
2) In a skillet, cover the roe with water and parboil for 5 minutes.
3) Drain.
4) Wipe out skillet and melt butter in it.
5) Saute roe on both sides in hot butter over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until roe is golden brown on both sides.
6) Serve the dish as appetizer.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 207 Calories from Fat 161
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18 g27.8%
Saturated Fat 7.8 g39%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 318.2 mg106.1%
Sodium 751.3 mg31.3%
Total Carbohydrates 2 g0.7%
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 0 g
Protein 12 g24.8%
Vitamin A 14.7% Vitamin C
Calcium 14% Iron 33%
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I want to remote control another computer (behind a router) over the Internet with Windows Remote Assistance, like it is possible with VNC (which is too slow for my use). The problem I have right now is that I can't open a connection to the remote host.
I've sniffed the network traffic using Wireshark and it seems to try to connect to the LAN IP address of the remote host. This is also the address which is in the config file. Moreover it tries to connect to a port which seems to change with every start of the server part (e.g. 56723).
Can I just change the private IP in the config to the public one and forward the port in the router?
And how can I configure Remote Assistance so it always uses a fixed port?
Both computers use Windows 7.
Update: I've tried substituting the LAN IP with the WAN IP in the .mrsIncident file but it still tries to connect to the LAN IP. I guess it's also saved somewhere in the encrypted part of the config. Also, please don't suggest other remoting software, if it's technical possible (barring using VPN) I want to use RDP.


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A great study by Sergey Mikhailovich Kaminer (1908-1938), a chess genius who died at a very young age. The winning mechanism is extremely elegant. White is a piece up, but to win he must take another Black piece. How?
Likely because it's not a miniature (up to seven pieces), but a Meredith (up to twelve pieces). Anyway- the final mating position is really spectacular.
BTW, nice nickname! I have already posted a classic study of Mark Savelevich, here:
Zowie, what a mate!
That is a very intricate placement to achieve checkmate
Pure beauty! Once again, GM Frendzas has delighted the community with his subtle brilliance. Thank you.
I like these sorts of puzzles, which are short, have few pieces, and are just beautiful.
I would never get this right if I was playing white. Never.
o my god what is this?!This is a Unique Puzzle, please Annotate maybe!!
they are fun and good for study. But a puzzle with unlogical happenings is impossible for me to solve. (I didnt even find move 1 btw :) )
the film "dumb and dumber" is looking more and more of a classic at this point, fedtel. i know of someone who'd be impressed.
you could try telling an easy joke to it.
I am Impressed, but who's the dumb there? Houdini?
Don't you have a mirror in your bathroom?
Oh, OK. I have yours, too. You are very cute.
how do you know that is his real picture?
Boy, Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker sure can jest, can't they?
A perfect example of beauty in chess. I seriously would have leapt for joy if I found this mate in a real game.
I just hope you have one of those spill-proof drink thingies.
nice puzzle!
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Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, right, commends Richard Gubish of Northampton, left, a LANTA bus driver who blocked the front of a getaway car after it struck Frank Pavlick on his bicycle and Jud Smull, 17, of Bethlehem who used his car to block the rear of the getaway car, second from left. At center is Bethlehem Police Commissioner Jason Schiffer. Second from right is Frank Pavlick of Bethlehem who was struck by the motorist while riding his bike across the Fahy Bridge.DONNA FISHER / THE MORNING CALL


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JSIS PhD student Joshua Williams traveled to Japan in September 2014 to conduct initial fieldwork for his dissertation. His research looks at the effects of the Internet on politics in Japan, and this fieldwork specifically focused on the causes and effects of a major legal change in 2013 which largely freed political candidates to use the Internet during election campaign periods. He also looked into digital campaign strategies of politicians and political candidates at the national and local levels. Williams conducted interviews and meetings with: five current members of the Japanese Diet and one staff member, one former member of the Diet, three individuals connected with regional politics, two election campaign managers, one youth political and Internet activist, and five academic specialists in Japanese politics—including Hironori Sasada (a UW alumni who is currently an associate professor at Hokkaido University), Steven Reed (who was a visiting professor at UW in 1989), and Michiya Mori (who was a visiting foreign scholar at the UW in 2013-14). A personal highlight during his trip was being mentioned in a tweet by senior LDP member Ichiro Aisawa and in a Facebook post by LDP member Gaku Hashimoto (son of former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto).
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Fall is here, and I love pumpkin! These were great little scones. Served them with my morning coffee last week and they were very satisfying. Instead of serving with honey butter (which sounds wonderful) I made them with turbinado sugar crusted tops so they would travel better to work. Americans should take care with the conversions here: I came up with 8.9oz pumpkin and 2 cups 2 Tbsp Self Rising Flour [america] #5274 after visiting "The Metric Kitchen" website for conversions. Not the 1 to 1 ratio you would expect as they are both 250 grams in the ingredients list (the flour is much lighter weight). I will be making these again. Thanks, French Tart! [Made for Zaar Cookbook Tag]
Wow these are so yummy! I had quite a lot more pumpkin than the recipe called for, so I made a double batch and left out the milk. They turned out really light, lovely and soft. I probably used the upper limit of the spice mix and also added ground ginger. My husband isn't a huge fan of pumpkin and wasn't sure he'd like them as they were baking, but he gobbled his up when they'd cooled down enough to eat and has even asked to take some of them to work to share tomorrow. Thanks for a yummy recipe which will be made frequently in our house. :)
Delish!! FT, these are wonderful scones, and easy, too! They have a much more tender crumb than the scones I normally make, probably due to creaming the sugar and butter, the addition of the egg, and the pumpkin - the texture is slightly reminicent of pumpkin pie - mmmm! The honey butter is wonderful - having never made it before, I'm thrilled to have a simple, delicious spread to offer for morning treats! I did add cinnamon chips and pecan to the scones, and as I didn't have mixed spice (can't find that in Canada), I used Pumpkin Pie Spice, which I understand is very similar. Thanks, FT, for a lovely new scone to add to my repertoire! Made for Veggie Swap 18, for our VIP Chef!
Mmmmmm good! The weather this weekend called for scones so I made two batches of these .
I think I did something wrong though, because I had to add quite a bit of flour to the mixture. I used 250g tinned pumpkin and 250g self rising flour. I was really careful to measure everything so I don't know what happened. In the end, they turned out wonderfully. I dusted them with a bit of icing sugar and served them with the honey butter and jam. Incidentally, I used your spice mixture....much better than what the shops sell.
Two friends came for Sunday afternoon tea and they complimented me several times. All the while, my two children were looking at the table counting the scones to make sure we'd left some for them. :-)
Karen, thanks again for another winner!
Very good and easy to make. My kids (all 8 of them) loved it! I did all that the recipe said and then added course sugar on top.
These are delicious, very moist. I used homemade self-rising flour, Homemade Self-Rising White Flour or Whole Wheat Flour, and some mixed spice that was sent to me by Joyful Cook. I forgot to brush them with milk, though! We loved them with the honey butter. Great recipe, thanks for posting!
Oh I must have really messed up because my scones took 30 minutes to cook and they were a little dense. I may have overworked the dough. I have tried many French Tart recipes and they are always excellent. It must be me. I wil try again next time I have pumpkins.
Add me to the fan club for these scones! I could tell from the gushing reviews that making "as is" would be wonderful, so I just had to mix it up a bit. Because a 15oz can of pumpkin is 425 grams, I essentially doubled the recipe so I didn't have half a can left over. I made these vegan by using margarine, almond milk and egg replacer. And as if that wasn't enough I replaced the sugar with Splenda and for half the flour I used whole wheat pastry flour. (250 grams of flour is just a little over 2 cups.) I used the spice mix link in the description and I made my own self-rising flour (1.25 t baking power + 1/8 t salt per cup of flour). But even with my drastic experimentation, the recipe held up really really well and is really really good! The hardest part is following the directions at the end that say to wait 15 minutes before serving. This recipe makes moist scones and is definitely a keeper!!
Oh mmmmmmmmmmmmm, yummy!!!! These delicious, moist scones really made my day! They are so soft and perfectly spiced! I luv scones and have made quite a number of different recipes over the years, but this one really stood out! I had fully intented to make this recipe exactly as written using hokkaido squash, but then my dad requested to have our only squash roasted for dinner and how could I say no to that? So, I thought frantically what to do as I was determined to make this recipe. A look into the fridge offered the perfect solution: A parsnip thick and chunky. I ended up cooking it for 8 minutes and then mashing it. It worked out beautifully texture wise and also went perfectly with the suggested spices. THANKS SO MUCH for sharing yet another scone lovers dream recipe with us, Tarty! :) Made and reviewed for my chosen chef during Veggie Swap #19 February 2010.
These were absolutely fantastic! These were perfect for a snowy morning when we couldn't get out of the house! I used pumpkin pie spice with a little extra cinnamon. Served with honey butter and cinnamon butter! They had a perfect texture and tasted a little like pumpkin pie! Can't wait to make them again! :) Made for Veggie Swap January 2010!


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Days when temperatures climb into triple digits followed by evenings with fast-moving thunder storms can leave beginning gardeners unsure about whether or not to add supplemental water to their vegetable gardens.
The general rule of thumb is that plants need about one inch of water a week either from rain or irrigation or a combination of the two.
The amount of water can vary depending on the type of soil in the garden, but the objective is to wet the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches and not water again until the top few inches begin to dry out.
"Your garden needs to be watered deeply,"says Henrico Extension Agent Lisa Sanderson. "And that requires some time.
"Some people think sprinkling water with a hose for a few minutes and wetting the surface of the soil will be enough,"she adds,"but deep watering is not something you can do for 10 minutes and be done."
Taking the time to water plants deeply can make them more resistant to droughts because the plants develop deep roots.
"Watering a little bit every day encourages shallow roots," says Sanderson, "So plants dry out quicker. And watering every day helps surface seeds, which are usually weeds, to germinate and grow."
Sanderson cautions that every garden is different, so gardeners need to check their soil to see when to water. Sandy soils may need to be watered more often, while a clay soil can hold moisture longer. Organic matter that you can add by incorporating it at tilling or by top dressing plants with compost can help soil hold moisture.
"You can use a rain gauge to see how much rain water your garden is getting," says Sanderson. "Or use a soil meter to see how dry the soil is."
"Fingers are also wonderful things to check soil moisture,"she adds. "Or use a trowel to pull back some soil and check for moisture."
The best time to water is in the morning when cooler temperatures mean less water will be lost to evaporation. Watering early also allows foliage that gets wet to dry before nightfall.
"It's better to water at the roots,"says Sanderson. "More water gets to the plant, and you have fewer issues with disease caused by moisture on the leaves."
If time is an issue, busy gardeners can use soaker hoses that allow water to slowly seep out all along their length. Placed at the base of plants and left on for sufficient time, soaker hoses can provide the deep watering that plants need.
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Sanderson adds that these watering principles also apply to landscape plants.
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When Chano Domínguez was a boy in Cádiz, Spain, he played the flamenco music his father loved on guitar. At the Jazz Standard in Manhattan in December, he reached briefly into the guts of his piano, damping its strings to make his notes sound as though plucked. He was performing "Freddie Freeloader," a Miles Davis tune, but save for Mario Rossy's acoustic bass, the stage evoked the flamenco of his native city and of Barcelona, his current home: Drummer Israel "Piraña" Suárez sat atop a cajón, a boxlike hand drum, and used his hands to strike cymbals. Seated stage right were Blas Córdoba, a singer, and Tomás Moreno Romero, known as "Tomasito," a palmero in the flamenco tradition, who clapped out rhythmic accents along with Mr. Córdoba. At one point, Mr. Romero rose. He struck birdlike poses, darted his eyes. He spun, shimmied, pounded out beats with his heels. He rotated his wrist and extended his fingers to punctuate a phrase, then stomped it to a brilliant conclusion.
Mr. Domínguez, now 49, switched to piano in his teens, first playing what he calls "symphonic rock" (inspired by bands such as King Crimson), then falling under jazz's spell. One experience that changed his musical course was his first listen to "Kind of Blue," Davis's epochal 1959 release that has gone on to become the best-selling jazz album of all time. Despite Mr. Domínguez's high profile in Europe, he has performed only twice before in a New York jazz club. His three-night stand at the Jazz Standard was billed as "The Flamenco Side of 'Kind of Blue,'" part of a trans-Atlantic exchange program with the Barcelona International Jazz Festival.
"There is no one sound that defines Catalan jazz, any more than you could say there is a certain style that jazz has in any place," said the festival's director, Joan Cararach. "But Barcelona is one of the places around the world where jazz lives today, and is home to some of its most distinctive voices." For his 2009 festival, Mr. Cararach had booked a "Kind of Blue" tribute band led by drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of the album's original ensemble. "But I wanted to do something special to honor Miles Davis," he said, "and to highlight Catalan voices." He offered commissions based on Davis's album to pianist Omar Sosa, who was born in Cuba and now lives in Barcelona, and to Mr. Domínguez; the two works that resulted both had their premieres at the festival. Mr. Domínguez's three-night engagement at the Jazz Standard was billed as the festival's official closing program, and it was recorded for release in the fall.
Mr. Domínguez has been playing jazz with flamenco musicians for more than 15 years. "I'm seeking to find a new language," he said at his hotel one afternoon, "where the line is not so clear as to where one begins and the other ends." He's neither the first nor the last musician with such ambitions. Tete Montoliu, a blind Catalan-born virtuoso, blended flamenco rhythms with bebop in his playing, and was integral to Lionel Hampton's 1956 recording "Jazz Flamenco"; more recently the trumpeter and conga player Jerry Gonzalez, an American of Puerto Rican descent who resettled in Barcelona, has collaborated to great effect with the flamenco musicians.
"Jazz improvises within a musical form," said Mr. Domínguez. "In flamenco, you improvise the musical form. Typically, the guitar player is waiting for the singer: When the singer starts to sing, he knows what happens—but that is changing every day. It depends on how the singer feels—or, in my case, how the pianist feels."
It's only natural that "Kind of Blue" is a powerful vehicle for Mr. Domínguez. There's the obvious reference point—one of the album's five tracks is titled "Flamenco Sketches"—but more significant is Davis's bold decision that all the music be modal, based on specific eight-note scales rather than chords, as had been the case for bebop and its precursors. It was a liberating concept Davis absorbed from composer and scholar George Russell, a game-changing improvisation of form.
In assigning one or more flamenco rhythms to each tune, Mr. Domínguez lends both rhythmic variation and extroverted emotion to music that is famously restrained. "Freddie Freeloader," the album's only conventional blues, was set to an African-influenced tanguillo. "So What" featured a bulería, indicative of joyful celebration. For the balladic "Blue in Green," Mr. Domínguez used a soleá ("the rhythm of sorrow and anguish," he said); here, Mr. Córdoba's pained melismata embellished a text drawn from "Canción #51," written by Rafael Alberti, a poet from Cádiz. As Mr. Domínguez explained in an introduction, Alberti was a contemporary of Davis, an ocean away.
Mr. Cararach was a music critic before taking up the Barcelona festival's reins in 2003. Since then, he has pursued an ambitious agenda as a producer, quadrupling the number of concerts in the festival to 60 spanning six weeks, including some landmark shows—most notably last year's duo-piano performances by the father and son Bebo and Chucho Valdés. Both Mr. Cararach's festival and Mr. Domínguez's music speak of a still-vital and deep-rooted Catalan connection to American jazz. Barcelona's Club Jamboree has been open since 1960. The festival was created in 1966; its 1969 edition included a performance of Duke Ellington's second Sacred Concert at Barcelona's Santa Maria del Mar Cathedral, with the Ellington orchestra augmented by a Catalan choir. "Our concert hit a new and unforgettable high," Ellington recalled in his autobiography, "Music Is My Mistress." "In Barcelona, the audience entered into the spirit of the finale, they burst into the aisles and joined in the dancing."
In Davis's autobiography, "Miles," written with Quincy Troupe, the trumpeter recalls seeing the Ballet Africaine from Guinea when describing "Kind of Blue." "I wanted a lot of spontaneity in the playing," he wrote, "just like I thought was in the interplay between those dancers and those drummers and that finger piano player." Despite its success, Davis felt that "Kind of Blue" failed to get that impulse across. ("I just missed," he wrote.) At the Jazz Standard, punctuating some brilliantly inventive runs by Mr. Domínguez, Mr. Córdoba did the dancing—and gave fresh entrance into the spirit of Davis's half-century-old gem.
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Must-See Video Reveals What's at Risk With Canada's Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline
Protests Increase Against Canada's Alternative to Keystone XL
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is currently visiting China to forge alliances and open up the Asian market for Canada's environmentally-disastrous tar sands crude.
Harper may be making friends in China. But he's certainly not making any friends in the environmental and conservation communities in the U.S. or Canada.
As Americans fight an increasingly intense political battle over the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Canadian groups are stepping up their opposition to a proposed domestic pipeline that they say would destroy pristine wilderness and jeopardize the way of life of First Nations living in the path of the project.
This past weekend saw a new round of protests in British Columbia against the Northern Gateway project, a proposed 731-mile pipeline that would transport crude from a terminal near Alberta's tar sands to the Douglas Channel — located in a sensitive rainforest — for export to China and other countries.
More than 1,000 people gathered in Prince Rupert, British Columbia to voice their deep concerns about the project. The demonstration was organized by First Nations and featured a variety of local politicians who said that the protests were "bringing people together" to protect British Columbia's environment.
The groups were demonstrating against both the pipeline and the proposed shipping route that would allow hundreds of massive oil tankers to travel a treacherous path through pristine wilderness.
The Natural Resources Defense Council released a report last fall detailing the route:
At Kitimat, a tank farm at the edge of the water would facilitate the transfer of oil to holding tanks and then into large oil supertankers. These supertankers would then traverse 185 kilometres of inner coastal waters, including the Douglas Channel, before reaching open ocean in the unpredictably dangerous Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Dixon Entrance. There is a reason that large oil supertankers have not used these waters in the past: the route poses many navigational challenges for large vessels, even under ideal conditions.
…To export tar sands oil, supertankers called "Very Large Crude Carriers" (VLCCs), with a capacity of 2.2 million barrels of oil (320,000 tonnes), would be required on a much more frequent basis. There is already strong opposition to large oil tanker traffic in coastal waters among local citizens, First Nation communities, and organizations concerned about the potential impacts of an oil spill in the ecologically sensitive marine habitats of the coast.
The people of the Gitga'at First Nation who live in the area have expressed deep concerns about the shipping route. In 2006, a ferry transporting 101 people ran off course and sank while sailing these inner coastal waters, killing two people. The vessel was only a fraction of the size of the supertankers that would be carrying crude:
[Bob Hill, a treaty coordinator and negotiator for the Gitga'at] noted it was Gitga'at residents of Hartley Bay who rescued passengers off the B.C. ferry Queen of the North when it sank in 2006.
"And it's an example of what a small community is faced with in regards to tanker traffic — and the Queen of the North is minute compared to the size of the tankers they're talking about."
Hill said the view of the Gitga'at is, "No matter how careful we are in improving technology, and the safety concerns we have, there's always that chance that human error will enter the equation and do the damage to the environment."
With the fate of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline uncertain in the U.S., the Canadian government is looking to increase exports of carbon-spewing tar sands crude in other ways — and the Northern Gateway pipeline is key to that strategy. But the project has been in the works for almost six years and continues to face long delays because of extended environmental reviews and a strong opposition movement.
If the tar sands opposition movement continues to expand like it did in the U.S. last year, then Northern Gateway may suffer the same fate as Keystone XL.
So what would the Northern Gateway project mean for British Columbia's rainforest? Watch the amazing documentary below, called "Spoil," to get a sense for the consequences. In the film, the International League of Conservation Photographers spreads out across the BC rainforest documenting the unique wildlife and the special relationship the Gitga'at First Nation has with the land.
The film is 45 minutes long, so be sure to make time to watch the whole thing:
8 Responses to Must-See Video Reveals What's at Risk With Canada's Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline
Whether the XL was approved or not (and there's no reason to think it won't be approved after rerouting) I would have expected the conservative Canadian government to push for this pipeline regardless (which was in the works long before the expected rubber stamp of the Obama admin for the XL extension).
The Harper government (& the oil industry interests most importantly) want both the Northern Gateway and the XL.
Hopefully the Canadians can keep the Northern Gateway from happening (I'm not familiar with how corrupt their government is to Oil Industry Influence).
With the two existing and operating tar sands pipelines (Keystone 1 and Alberta Clipper) that President Obama approved in 2009, it should be obvious that we're going to suck all the tar out of the ground in Canada till its politically outlawed (anyone want to guess when that will be politically doable in the US or Canada?).
Good job of describing what's at stake for Canada's environment and the Aboriginals who live out that way. If you want to see the path that the supertankers will take 200 times a year go here http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/where-the-gateway-leads-tanker-routes-to-kitimat/article2296871/?from=2299637
Nothing but 90 degree turns – that first spill will destroy so much – as for the pipeline itself, well there has never been one built that didn't leak, and this one will go over, under and through beautiful rain-forest and salmon streams – this is so depressing and just plain dumb.
One caveat – the fight over the Keystone is not political though it has become that – it is over environmental concerns. Trying to avoid poisoning the Ogallala aquifer which supplies 3/4 of the state of Nebraska and 1/3 of all US irrigation is common sense and not political.
Anyone who has visited Western British Columbia has to be horrified about this. It's steep, volatile terrain, subject to flooding, slides, and much else. Pipelines will fail routinely, ruining parts of the most spectacular temperate rainforest on earth, and killing millions of salmon. And that's before the sludge even makes it to the tankers.
Canadians are going to have to step up in a big way. The government in Ottawa is now about like the one in Riyadh, and Alberta is like Yemen, full of delirious extremists.
Letters to the editor and polite pleas for votes for the opposition- themselves compromised- won't get it done. Our BC neighbors (Albertans are hopeless) need to do the right thing here, for all of our sakes. Let's see if they're up for it.
WHen comparing Alberta Tar Sand environment with LOTR, this comes to mind: Canadian (new home to Mordor) Prime Minister Stephen "Sauron" Harper.
Maybe you can help spread the work that independent analysis suggest this pipeline is not only dangerous for the environment BUT not good for the Canadian consumer. "Robyn Allan, the former president and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, concludes that "Northern Gateway is neither needed nor is in the public interest."
Moreover the project, if built, would raise the price of every oil barrel by $2 to $3 dollars in Canada over the next 30 years, and thereby create an inflationary price shock that would have "a negative and prolonged impact… by reducing output, employment, labour income and government revenues."
see the tyee: http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/02/02/Northern-Gateway-Inflationary-Threat/
Stop the pipeline.
Those backing efforts to extract these tar sands and ship them out using pipelines in this area are flying in the face of ecological preservation as the SPOIL film makes clear. Well done for bringing this to notice.
I only wish I was young enough and fit enough to go visit those wilds with my cameras (good to see that my use of Stofen type flash diffusers is endorsed by these dedicated people).
Are the proponents of pipelines so ignorant of the geological dangers presented by this area so close to the Juan de Fuca plate fault systems? Or are they simply criminally negligent about consequences? Probably a mix of both.
Check out GeoMapApp for a useful visual aid to track seismic activity over recent decades. Since 1973 there has been a virtual swarm of recorded >Mag 4.5 events off the North West tip of Vancouver island with the line of events following up along the ocean side of Queen Charlotte Island.
There was an 5.5 mag event located in the sound Long -131.42 Lat 53.9 on 12 January 1990.
Building an oil terminal anywhere near this lot is just nuts and shows a total disconnect with the realities of this planet.
OIL and HERRING a double Wammo
Oil Is More Toxic Than We Thought, Study Finds | PHOTOTOXICITY PACIFIC HERRING KEYSTONE SPECIES
Photos from a UC Davis/NOAA study show the effects of phototoxicity in Pacific herring embryos. Embryos on the left are unexposed to oil; those on the right have been in oil and then exposed to sunlight and show cells destroyed.
B.C. OUTDOOR ODYSSEY WITH Barry M. Thornton
"Pacific herring, a KEYSTONE species in our
inland waters.
It seems that their role is to be the breadbasket species for most marine mammals and fish species. Not an envious position, but, one which is vital to the health of our Pacific coast's aquatic environment. I have often told my fishing partners that, above all else, when I return in my next life, I pray that it will not be as a herring."
I met a family who went to the Tar Sands to see for themselves.They said people from Ethiopia were being brought in(think Slave labor)Canadians do not want to risk their lives


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Climatology of water excesses and shortages in the La Plata Basin
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This study presents a multitemporal climatology of water excess and shortage during the 20th century in the La Plata Basin. The climatology is based on 0.5o × 0.5o grid across the region. We transform monthly precipitation series for each point into index series at different time scales using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). A month is under water excess (shortage) conditions at different time scales (i = 6, 9, 12, and 18 months), when SPI[i](j) > 1.5 (SPI[i](j) < 1.5), where j is the current month. Trends in precipitation were determined using mean regional series of average values over the entire basin. A month when more than 30% of the total basin is under water excesses (shortages) is defined as an excess (shortage) critical month. From the vulnerability point of view, we analyzed the occurrence of critical months. The number of excess critical months increase with time scale of index, and almost all the critical months occurred after 1950 as a consequence of the low-frequency precipitation pattern. That means a noticeable increase in the vulnerability to extended excesses (more than 30% of the area under water excesses) after 1950, especially over the Upper Paraná and the Uruguay basins. For shortage critical months, the behavior depends on time scales. At large time scale (18 and 12 months), almost all the shortage critical months occurred in the period 1901–1950 and only at shorter time scale (9 and 6 months), some critical months appeared after 1950. That means a noteworthy decrease in the basin vulnerability to extended water shortage after 1950 and a moderate decrease in vulnerability to generalized shortage. If we analyze the frequency and mean duration of water excess and shortage events across the basin, we can appreciate that there is a tendency to relate higher frequency regions with regions with lower mean duration events, and conversely.
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Niese's Homework Pays Off, But Bigger Tests Await Him
PITTSBURGH—Johan Santana makes far more money. And David Wright's future is far more important. But in terms of years, Jon Niese represents the Mets' most significant long-term commitment.
He is theirs now, so long as they wish to keep him, at least through 2016 and potentially through 2018, under the terms of the $25.5 million extension they awarded him last month. And so his performance in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Pirates was encouraging for more than just immediate reasons.
Coming off the worst start of his career, Niese responded with his best start of the season. He allowed just one run in 7 2/3 innings to help the Mets win the three-game series at PNC Park.
In doing so, he demonstrated the ability to make the kinds of between-starts adjustments that will be key to his development in the months and years ahead.
"I thought he was much better focused," Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen said. "I thought his mound presence was better. Everything that we wanted him to do, he did."
That was far from the case in Toronto on Friday night, when Niese was pounded for eight runs on four home runs in just three innings. During a bullpen session a couple days later, Niese tried to correct a mechanical flaw. He thought he needed to keep his body more balanced during his delivery.
But Warthen pointed to a larger issue. During a meeting that also included Johan Santana, R.A. Dickey and bullpen coach Ricky Bones, Warthen told Niese he needed to prepare more extensively for opponents, especially teams the Mets do not see often.
Without understanding hitters' tendencies, Warthen explained, pure ability will only take him so far.
"That's his next step to being a really good pitcher, is not just saying, 'I have really good stuff,' but I have to use my stuff in the proper way," Warthen said. "I'm really encouraging him to look at the video—not just see the video but see the swing.…Without even having a game report, you should have an idea of how to pitch a guy."
In that regard, Warthen said Niese showed improvement Wednesday. But against such a feeble opponent, it wasn't clear how much of a difference Niese's preparation made. The Pirates have the lowest-scoring offense in baseball. And Niese's command of his fastball and cutter was so precise, he barely needed his curveball.
He limited Pittsburgh to five hits and two walks while striking out five batters. He threw 70 of his 102 pitches for strikes. And by the time he stepped off the mound in the eighth inning, it was easy to see why he isn't naturally inclined to pore over video and scouting reports.
"I still had to trust my stuff," Niese said. "I still had to have confidence in it. I didn't want to go away from my strengths. I tried to make them adjust to me instead of me adjust to them."
Niese's outing came at a perfect time for the Mets, whose offense has been weakened by a combination of injuries and slumps. Center fielder Andres Torres is batting .187 and was benched for the second game in a row Wednesday. First baseman Ike Davis is batting .159 and could soon be sent to the minors.
With Ruben Tejada, Josh Thole and Jason Bay all on the disabled list, the Mets are in no position to overcome the kind of start Niese gave them in Toronto. They'll play one more weak team at home this weekend, the Padres, before beginning a brutal stretch in the schedule.
Among the better teams the Mets will face between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July: the Phillies, Cardinals, Nationals, Yankees, Rays, Orioles and Dodgers. If Wednesday was a sign of things to come from Niese, it will only help the Mets (24-20) in their quest for legitimacy in the National League East.
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Aug. 3, 2010 -- More Americans are becoming obese. Obesity rates inched up 1.1% between 2007 and 2009, according to a new report released by the CDC.
In just the past two years, 2.4 million people have joined the ranks of the obese. About 72.5 million U.S. adults are now obese, the report found. That's 26.7% of the population, compared to 25.6% in 2007.
Some states are more affected than others, says Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the CDC, who presented the data at a teleconference Tuesday. "The number of states where self-reported obesity is 30% or higher has tripled, from three to nine."
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In the latest tracking of obesity rates, the CDC used the 2009 survey data known as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to update estimates of national and state-specific obesity rates. The BRFSS is an ongoing state-based telephone survey conducted annually.
Respondents self-report weight and height, although researchers know men and women tend to overestimate height and women tend to underestimate their weight.
This year's survey results show that no state met the Healthy People 2010 target of reducing obesity to 15%, although some states did better than others.
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index or BMI of 30 or higher. A 5'8" person who weighs 200 pounds, for instance, has a BMI of 30.4.
Colorado, with 18.6% of residents obese, came closest to the Healthy People 2010 goal. Mississippi, with 34.4% of residents obese, did the worst.
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When researchers look at another data source, the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey), they find a higher percentage of the population -- 33.9% -- is obese. For that survey, height and weight are measured by researchers rather than self-reported.
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Medulloblastoma is a cancerous tumor of the brain that starts in the cerebellum or the posterior fossa.
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The occurrence of childhood medulloblastoma is greater in males, (about 62 %) while it is about 38 % in females
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- There is not much known about medulloblastoma causes at present. Research and clinical trials state, the tumor arises from embryonal cells in their primary phase of development.• Some research data also states that the brain tumor emerges from the cerebellar stem cells which haven•t differentiated in to their normal cell types.• Genetics says, a shortage of genetic data on the distal portion of chromosome 17, could be blamed for the neo-plastic alteration of the undifferentiated cells.• Medulloblastoma is also associated with other conditions such as: Turcot syndrome, Gorlin syndrome, etc.• Studies also implicate the JC virus for the development of the tumor.
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I have to write a dissertation for my university. I have to respect various format guidelines, and my professor uses MS Word on his workstation. In my experience, LibreOffice has been faulty when it comes to MS Word compatibility, with many incorrect parameters (happened earlier this month). I can't afford a MS Office licence to install it in Wine, so I'd like to know if there are any alternatives for Linux.
As of right now, LibreOffice is the most compatible word-processor with MS Office.
KingsoftOffice has an interface which is more similar to MS Word than LibreOffice, but the documents made in KingsoftOffice are less compatible with MS Office than the documents made in LibreOffice.
Even though KingsoftOffice has a similar interface (GUI), that doesn't mean that it is compatible with MS Office.
I understand your problem, and I want to give you a good advice: Make the entire document in LibreOffice. Work in LibreOffice, but use MS Office only for final editing.
My advice does not work with complicated files with tables, but is sufficient for university dissertation with text and the occasional simple table. For final editing you can use someone else's MS Office, for example - The MS Office in your universities library.
I know that My proposition is not ideal, but it is a proper solution: Editing mainly with LibreOffice, but using MS Office Word only for compatibility checking and compatibility editing. In some cases it may occur that the document made in LibreOffice is 99% compatible to MS Office Word, in some cases not.
Format editing usually takes less time than creating an entire document in MS Office.
For example, when I learned in university, I wrote my thesis in LibreOffice, but my roommate had legal installation of MS Word. I asked him for his MS Office installation only few times a month, when I need proper MS Word formatting.
I think that'd be the default word processor that comes shipped with Ubuntu, LibreOffice.
Your best bet will be IBM lotus symphony. It is free and most compatible with MS office when compared with Libreoffice/Openoffice. Official Ubuntu binaries are available from their website for both 32bit and 64 bit architecture.Though package says Ubuntu 8.0, worry not it works well on Ubuntu 11.10.
Also don't forget to download and install the service pack 3.
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I think Kingsoft Office is the best when it comes to compatibility with MS Office. There is a free version available. http://www.kingsoftstore.com/
See also Can Kingsoft Office be installed?
Kingsoft Office has been rebranded as WPS office.
It can be installed, for free, on Windows, Android, OS X and Linux. They provide a .deb file for Ubuntu, and it can be found on the playstore.
It's interface is similar to Word, with the ribbon at the top and the Alt keyboard shortcuts.
It includes a Writer, a Spreadsheet and a Presentation program as part of it - the 3 commonly used office tools. I've used the Writer mostly, but will be looking into the Presentation one soon to see how well it works with PowerPoint (e.g. animations).
I'll add screenshots when I get home.
The original question is dated 2011. The answer is still basically the same in 2016 for a FOSS solution: Apache OpenOffice and/or LibreOffice.
You final paper should be paper hard copy or PDF for an "electronic hard copy". Even different versions of Word can have incompatibilities with the same Wprd .DOC file. All three editors can output to PDF (or you can install a PDF printer to print to and get your PDF that way), and if you and your reader both use the same PDF viewing/printing software, you should both see the same results.
There are a good compatible office suite for Linux, but unfortunately it's proprietary.
It has the standard toolbar-based UI, no ribbons.
There is also Open Office which many people still use for free. It is compatible with all word documents and you can save as a word document. I recommend this software.