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Hi, my name is Jens Lund, and I'm a 37-year-old freelance artist from Copenhagen, Denmark. I bought my first Marvel Comics book in October 1984, when I was 10 years old. The comics book was a Danish edition of Amazing Spider-Man ("Edderkoppen" in Danish). The story was from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #11, by Dennis O'Neil and Frank Miller. The cover really popped from the newsstand at the local grocery store. I much later discovered that the Danish publisher had used a Marvel Team-Up promo poster from 1983 by Ron Frenz for the cover, which I thought was really cool. I really was excited to find out who all those characters on the cover were, and would study them for hours. (This was long before Wikipedia, so it took me a few years to figure out who the heck the white toaster with the red light beam was, LOL … ROM, The Spaceknight, I later learned.)
I've been a loyal Marvelite since then. (DC never really made an impact on me, though I did enjoy Byrne's revamp of Superman way back then.)
I used to have all my books stored in boxes, but I really like just being able to grab a book without the hassle of having to sort through all the heavy boxes (and because I lack storage space.) Instead I have all books in open or closed cabin shelves, all bagged and boarded. (About 8,400 comics.) Though I still have some boxes tucked away, since I finally did run out of space, LOL.
Here's a look at my stuff, hope you enjoy it.
(Last year I was lucky to find a print of the Marvel Team-Up Promo poster from 1983 on eBay.)
View of my 1st floor art studio/ bedroom.
This is one of my favorite statues, the Thanos and Mistress Death Diorama. The infinity Gauntlet lights up when flicked on.
My newest addiction is IDW's Artist's Edition. They are amazing, but I'm having a real hard time figuring out how to display and store them; they won't fit into any regular shelves, for sure…so here they are, on the floor.
Sideshow Hobgoblin and Mystique striking a pose.
Sideshow's Thor and Cap standing tall (Shipping them to Denmark was a pain, but worth every $). The Thor statue is an exclusive model (2 heads) I prefer to display the Walter Simonson version, with the beard). This was actually my second Sideshow Thor statue, the first (regular edition) got its cape broken to pieces when I accidentally dropped a piece of furniture on it … argh, I hated myself for weeks after that.
Sideshow's Galactus and Silver Surfer diorama
Alex Ross Life size Spider-man bust was a hard buy: The seller I bought it from on E-bay, was'nt able to ship abroad, so I had it shipped to a friend's house in NYC instead, and 6 months later I was lucky to convince another friend who was visiting NYC from Copenhagen to pick it up at my friends house. He never forgave me for asking him this favor, lol … he had to buy an extra suitcase to transport the bust, and he told me later that he felt very awkward riding in a cab with a Spider-Man head on his lap. (Plus, it's pretty heavy.) Best friend ever!
Running out of cabin space!
My 1st floor living room
I've never been a huge Tintin fan, but I really dig the statues, so I've been collecting a few of them over time.
( somehow my non-comics friends seems to have a better knowledge and understanding of Tintin, than f.ex. Thanos, lol )
Love the Marvel Omnibus…the DVD box set is the Incredible Hulk complete series, I still have not had the time to watch all episodes, saving it for a rainy day.
This may have surpassed Ken Stacks (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/10/send-us-your-shelf-porn-88/#more-58100) as my favorite Shelf Porn.
So clean and well maintained. The only thing I would have differently if this was my collection, is put glass doors on the shelves with the solid wood ones.
Otherwise, wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
You sir have an awesome collection!
I really like the shelf porns where you can see some light inside the room.
That Hogoblin sideshow statue is sick, I've never seen it but I need one in my life right now!
That Wally Wood's EC stories First Edition on the floor will be giving me nightmares for all week, you should be in jail for that! XD
I could loose a few months reading everything you got, great collection!
Amazing stuff – love Tintin in his kilt!
I love, love, love all the Tintin statues!! Truly great!
nice love that hobgoblin piece including his evil grin and how he is on the glider without looking like he could fall off and smash to pieces. plus this is the second time i have seen that scarlet witch piece with a litle baby vision . may have to track one down one myself. and you have a good friend who was willing to travel with that spider man head.
This has got to be the best Shelf Porn Saturday collection I've seen! The well organized collection is amazing and the statues and figures are the coolest ever!
This not comics related, but I love, absolute love your furniture! Danish furniture with its simple classy elegance is highly sought after in the U.S., especially the retro-modern ones from the 50's and 60's, which are highly collectible and sought after.
Your home just simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Yeh, really classy rooms. Very impressive.
Are those original ASMs with The Death of Gwen Stacy? (If so, wow.)
Think I will need to take a leaf out of your book and declutter slightly!
IS THERE ANYWHERE WE CAN VIEW YOUR ART(The only Jens Lund i keep running into is a deceased artist)and i would really like to view your art!
Love the collection Jens!
But with regard to that Thanos statue in the window, perhaps you should read the the Statue Care information on the Bowen Website here http://www.bowendesigns.com/statue_care.aspx
I draw your attention to, "Keep your figurines away from direct sunlight to avoid fading or discoloration."
Hi Everyone
Thank you all for the great feedback!
I would have love to show pics of the comics in my collection, but I figured it would be best to just show what I have on display, and not go beyond that. But to give you an idea, the collection includes a lot of key issues, FF#48, AMS #50, #121,122,128 (CGC's 8.5-9.2) Iron Man #55 CGC 8.5, Hulk #81, Silver Surfer #1, Giant Size X-Men #1, etc.
The reason I prefer the closed cabins, are to protect them from direct sunlight exposure. I've mounted all my cabins on the wall, as it gives an illusion of more floorspace (Plus, much easier to vacuum clean)
As Fero mentioned in his post above, it's not the first time I've been confused with my name sake ( I did not know, he had passed away, though ) An old friend googled me once, and travelled across country for a surprise visit, he was a bit shocked when there wan an elderly man at the door instead of me. At least he learned to call ahead, the next time, lol.
If you click on my name in the top of the article, it should bring you directly to my website:-)
Hi Kev
Good point. I should've mentioned, that I really don't get any real direct sunlight, my duplex is behind another building, so I get sunlight kind of sideways, that's why I don't have any plants, there's just not enough light to keep them alive.
If you're interested, you should check out http://www.bolia.com , it's where I purchased most of my furniture, they have a great retro-modern style, as you mentioned. ( unfortunately their website reads in Scandinavian and German only)
@ Jens Lund
Great set-up you have there, mate. I run my family's interior design business and I have to say I'm very impressed with the way you've managed to keep your space clean. It's a big challenge for my team whenever we engage clients who have hobbies like collectibles — that is, how to store their collections without basically putting them "in storage" (i.e. out of sight). Usually, we resort to custom solutions, which can be pricier but comics tend to be easier because they're book-like (especially collections).
Anyway, I was thinking about your small issue with how to store, display your artists' edition. I have the Romita and Simonson AA's myself and display them as I would a large coffee-table book — on top of a wide-table, ideally with another object to serve as contrast. In my case, I lay them beside some orb-shaped display candles (contrast) rested on a small tray.
Alternatively, I noticed some of your walls are bare, so you may want to use "floating" shelves. You can prop them up on the shelves, facing outwards, perhaps side-by-side with a figurine (like your Thor figurine w/the Simonson AA). The books are beautiful enough to act as display pieces (as are Mignola's oversized Hellboy HCs).
I've seen discreet solutions for displaying coffee table books facing outwards (i.e. a book display stand) without damaging the book (a big concern for collectors like ourselves). I'm sure you won't have a hard time finding those in Denmark — you've got such wonderful design and furniture there.
This looks great. Keep up the great work.
I'm curious to know where you got all the Tintin statues, because those are all just amazing. Specially that Blue Lotus one and the Seven Crystal Balls mummy, hoo boy.
Fedt! Sjovt at se ordet "Denmark" på en stor amerikansk tegneserieside.
I envy this man. I still live at home with my folks, and am struggling to fit all of my statues in my room, which is tiny. I have that Fine Art Avengers Reborn Iron Man statue. I have a few others too, but none of the stuff he has pictured.
Hvor køber du dine trades og HC's? Jeg synes det er svært at finde et ordentligt udvalg her i Danmark. Du har en samling jeg kun kan drømme om
Sender Sideshow til Danmark?
Try checking out Amazon.com UK or Ebay for great deal on trades and HC, you can easily save 10-25% buying books online , even when you include shipping cost. The chances of finding trades and HC in stock would be to buy through US Amazon or Ebay, but be aware of Danish custom tax( Though, you can be lucky that shipments sometimes sail through customs without tax. )
I also recommend checking out http://www.forbiddenplanet.com ( UK store ) I've bought all my Artist's Edition through them ( just make sure to preorder months in advance, they sell out fast )
I buy my weekly Marvel Comics online at http://www.midtowncomics.com, great discounts and great customer service. ( I've been a loyal customer there for 12 years now, so I highly recommend them )
I've never bought directly from Sideshow, they mostly run out of stock quickly, unless you make a preorder long time in advance. I usually preorder from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com, or search for good deals from E-bay vendors in Europe. The US E-bay will likely have more rare, hard to find items, so you should defintely check it out.
Happy hunting
What is the framed art/poster behind the standing clothes rack? Many thanks, great stuff!
The framed poster is a 19″x24″ repro of the 1972 Stan Lee Carnegie Hall Poster by artist George Delmerico
(The original poster is very rare, I haven't been to find one, yet )
Great collection Jens! I love the way we get the statue eye view of your collection. Really neat way of drawing your eye to the other statues. Especially like the view from right behind the Thing!
amazing! love how you placed your statues on the floor! i wouldnt do, but it looks awesome. your friend is indeed a best friend anywhere for hooking you up like he did. how did you ever repay him?!!
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Why do agriculture producers plant cover crops in the fall? Is it to hold the soil in place? Increase the rainfall's filtration into the soil? Decrease the amount of runoff from rain events? Or is it to increase the yields of the crop they plant the following spring?
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Short answer: no. Even though the Denver Department of Human Services received numerous tips that something was going terribly wrong in that house, and social workers even called on the family, no action was taken to help Kristen, who finally found the will and means to break free when she learned that her oldest daughter was being abused by her rapist's father. But the department is protected by Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act.
I first told Kristen's story in September 2010, when she was giving up custody to her four children so that they could grow up in real families, an experience she'd never had. At the time, she wasn't looking to sue anyone; all she wanted was for the county to quit billing her for the foster care for those children -- all of whom she loved, all of them the result of rapes that would never have happened if the Denver Department of Human Services had taken care of her and Will when they were kids.
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Artificial insemination of pigs reared under smallholder production system in northeastern India: success rate, genetic improvement, and monetary benefit
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The study investigated the success rate, genetic improvement, and monetary benefit of artificial insemination (AI) technology in smallholder backyard pig production system. The pig production system was studied, and performance of nondescript and crossbred pigs under the traditional system was evaluated. Litter size and growth rate of crossbred pig was significantly (P < 0.05) higher compared to the nondescript pigs. Non-availability of superior germplasm to produce crossbred pigs and high mating cost were the major constraints observed in the study in addition to indiscriminate mating and non-availability of breeding boar. For genetic improvement of nondescript local pigs and to produce crossbred pigs, AI delivery mechanism was developed in participatory mode including farmers, village leaders, and key persons in 36 villages. The information system was designed in such a way that AI was carried out at the doorstep of the farmer upon request. A total of 167 estrus sow/gilts were artificially inseminated, and a farrowing rate of 78.44 % was obtained with a mean litter size of 7.86 ± 0.65 following AI, which did not differ significantly from natural service. However, the growth rate of crossbred piglets obtained through AI was significantly higher than the growth rate of piglets born out of natural service. The tribal farmers were benefited by AI in several ways: (1) timely availability of superior germplasm to produce crossbred piglets; (2) saved the mating cost of INR 1,000–1,200 and transport of cost (INR 300–400) of female to the boar premises and (3) controlled mating to prevent inbreeding. The present study clearly demonstrates the feasibility and potential benefit of AI technique to smallholder backyard pig production system in tribal rural areas. In addition to genetic improvement of nondescript local pigs, this technology can help in overcoming breeding constraints in smallholder backyard pig production for increasing productivity.
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- Artificial insemination of pigs reared under smallholder production system in northeastern India: success rate, genetic improvement, and monetary benefit
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Tropical Animal Health and Production
Volume 45, Issue 2 , pp 679-686
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- 2013-02
- 10.1007/s11250-012-0277-z
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- Genetic improvement
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- 1. Division of Animal Production, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, 793 103, India
- 2. Cattle Yard, LPM Section, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
- 3. National Research Centre on Pig, ICAR, Rani, Guwahati, Assam, India
- 4. Assam Agricultural University, Assam, India
- 5. ICAR, New Delhi, India


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R�gen Island seen from the ferry from Trelleborg
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It can be accessed via a bridge from Stralsund and ferries from Trelleborg, Sweden, and other locations. Coming from Trelleborg, the coast shows off its beautiful chalk cliffs (Jasmund National Park) north of Sassnitz, the port location. The island is off-the-beaten-path for its geographic position, certainly not in terms of tourism.
Most of the territory is a protected area and worth to discover. Pasture land, woods, countless quiet inlets and several beach resorts. North of Binz, a popular destination on the eastern coast, lies the decadent and massive housing establishment of Prora. This was built to be a beach holiday resort at the time of the Third Reich but never actually used as such. Ironically, it was used by the Soviet Army as a base in 1945 to be soon abandoned again. The complex is nearly three miles in length and originally intended as the "Kraft durch Freude", or KdF project (Strength through Joy) with a capacity of 20,000 guests. Too costly to be destroyed or converted into a useful facility, this monster still stirs debate.
The bad weather, temperature and empty beaches as of August 2011 in Binz reminded me of our Mediterranean shores in winter time, when most of the buoying folks can be Germans indeed.
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Cycling along the Elberadweg, the cycling path that follows the long Elbe river, is an occasion to come across the former border separating the two Germanies and trespass the "Iron Curtain" in Stresow. Located about middleway between Hitzacker and Havelberg, this is now a memento park where sections of fencing and border facilities were saved for posterity. It was a highly watched zone extending for miles and actually forming a wide no-man's-land gap. It's now a protected area and wildlife sanctuary but, considering that this area was banned to humans for years, one can assume wildlife was left in peace here even before. For those who have time, a museum in nearby Schnackenburg should further explain.
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Torgau - "Elbe Day" Monument
Located in the northern part of Saxony, Torgau lies on the left bank of the Elbe river.
It has a nice restored city center and the fine Hartenfels Castle featuring a beautiful external staircase in its courtyard. A couple of bears sadly kill their time in a portion of the moat and can be seen while walking on the access bridge to the castle's entrance. Their pain can be read in their eyes and redundant movements, I hate the concept of confining animals for mere display purposes.
A better sight is a monument by the river. It is here that the US and the Soviet armies had met on the meaningful "Elbe Day", April 25th, 1945. The monument commemorates the event and its intrinsic meanings. The end of a terrible war that had swept away millions of humans, and the Yalta decisions re-drawing borders and changing the lives of millions for a long time to come.
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However tyrannical the reign of superheroes and special effects over the box office, naturalism, even hypernaturalism, is not dead as a cinematic style. Witness two recent films.
The Class, a French Oscar nominee for best foreign-language picture of 2008 and the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, is certainly an antidote to education-themed weepies such as Freedom Writers, Stand and Deliver, and To Sir, with Love, in which teachers oozing compassion and urging self-respect win the hearts of a roomful of delinquents and wean them away from drugs and gangland wars by...oh, you know the drill, by having them sign contracts to do several hours of homework each week, read Anne Frank's diary (this gets assigned in The Class, too, but no one seems to get much out of it), and—this is the clincher—write "honest" essays about their families, neighborhoods, hopes, and dreams. Result? Though at least one student winds up riddled with bullets (a wake-up call for the others), everyone else passes finals, some go to college, and all live happily ever after.
The Class will have none of this. For one thing, François Marin, the teacher-protagonist, isn't really much of a teacher, though he always retains our sympathy. He is played, not by an actor, but by an actual teacher, François Bégaudeau, who wrote the novel that inspired director Laurent Cantet to...
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When it comes to job posts, most managers put all their focus into writing the job description and instructions for applicants — both vital to the hiring process. However, there is one tiny little detail can have a huge impact on the number and even the caliber of contractors who apply, and that is the timing of your job post.
Your job post should go 'live' at a time and date most likely to attract the best pool of contractors for the job. This means putting some thought into whether or not your ideal contractor is likely to be found in one particular time zone, country or culture.
For example, if you need an Italian-to-English translator, there is a strong chance your best applicants will be found in Italy. Of course, the beauty of the Internet is that the whole world is your applicant pool. (You might find that the best Italian-to-English translator is in Argentina!) But, putting a little thought into which parts of the world your best applicants are likely to be found is a job posting best practice.
Why? Because jobs are posted online every minute, and the older the job post, the less likely it is to get the attention you think it deserves. You've got to consider the time of day, the day of the week and whether or not a holiday is near before posting your job. No matter how much people may need work, they're just not likely to be searching job posts in the middle of the night, on weekends, or on holidays, which is why having at least a vague idea about the culture and location of your ideal candidate matters.
For example, that Italian-to-English translator you want is not likely to be sitting at his computer searching job posts on June 2nd, which is Festa della Repubblica — a national holiday in Italy. So wait a day or two if it's June 1st and you want to post that job. Likewise, need a U.S. contractor? Don't post a job on a Friday night, when your U.S. pool of contractors are probably either out with friends or on their sofas with their feet up.You'll likely receive applications from every other part of the world before the U.S.-based contractors even see your post on Monday morning.
While there is a world of potential quality candidates for your position, thinking carefully about the timing of your next job post can help you pinpoint the contractors that are a likely fit. Don't let your hiring process be sabotaged by something as easily avoided as bad timing.
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Vague Objects Without Ontically Indeterminate Identity
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The supporter of vague objects has been long challenged by the following 'Argument from Identity': 1) if there are vague objects, then there is ontically indeterminate identity; 2) there is no ontically indeterminate identity; therefore, 3) there are no vague objects. Some supporters of vague objects have argued that 1) is false. Noonan (Analysis 68: 174–176, 2008) grants that 1) does not hold in general, but claims that ontically indeterminate identity is indeed implied by the assumption that there are vague objects of a certain special kind (i.e. vague objects*). One can therefore formulate a 'New Argument from Identity': 1′) if there are vague objects*, then there is ontically indeterminate identity; 2) there is no ontically indeterminate identity; therefore, 3′) there are no vague objects*. Noonan's strategy is to argue that premiss 1′) is inescapable, and, as a consequence, that Evans's alleged defence of 2) is a real challenge for any supporter of vague objects. I object that a supporter of vague objects who grants the validity of Evans's argument allegedly in favour of 2) should reject premiss 1′). The threat of the New Argument from Identity is thus avoided.
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- Vague Objects Without Ontically Indeterminate Identity
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Volume 74, Issue 3 , pp 351-362
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- 2011-05
- 10.1007/s10670-010-9257-8
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- 0165-0106
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- 1572-8420
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- 1. Dipartimento di filosofia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milano, Italy
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It's already been dubbed the "bouquet pass":
The circumstances: Tiny Bethel (Kan.) College surprisingly led nearby Sterling College 20-0 late in the third quarter of coach Mike Moore's final game.
(H/t Dr Saturday.)
It's already been dubbed the "bouquet pass":
The circumstances: Tiny Bethel (Kan.) College surprisingly led nearby Sterling College 20-0 late in the third quarter of coach Mike Moore's final game.
(H/t Dr Saturday.)
Best sleepers in college football of the decade. Hey that Chris Brown guy really knows what he's talking about.
– Brophy has several good posts about pattern reading. Check them out here and here.
– Red Cup Rebellion has a really nice breakdown showing why a busted trick play looked, so, well busted. (And also has an example of what it should have looked like.)
– Mark Mangino, interrupted. The Kansas coach is getting it from all sides. Now, I don't want to be flippant and there are some very serious allegations here, but there is something a little strange about the possibility that a football coach might get in trouble for yelling too much. But there seems to be more news to come.
– Can we thank Belichick? The Fifth Down says that the New England coach has emboldened the geeks, which is definitely a good thing. In that vein, here is a nascent, but promising, new stat blog.
– I'm very confused. I'll listen to anyone's ideas about this.
When it happened, I knew the Belichick story would be big, but I think few could have anticipated the shape or dimension of the conversation. Some of this I credit to the rise of new media: The immediate reaction to the call on NBC and ESPN was: Bad, awful, stupid call. But there was an undercurrent chorus of, "Hey, wait a minute. It actually kind of made sense." I'd like to count myself as part of that chorus, but clearly the guy who quite nearly turned the entire debate on its head was my friend and New York Times co-blogger Brian Burke, whose post on Belichick's call was cited everywhere from ESPN apparatchik Adam Shefter's twitter feed to a piece by the excellent (and decidedly mainstream) Joe Posnanski on SI.com. (I'd like to think I helped, as I linked to Brian's bit within about a half hour after the game, and my tweet of his piece was one of the most retweeted things I've ever sent.)
Credit where it is due, the interesting thing is what happened after that: A mess. Some people ossified in their views: Trent Dilfer tried to back up his bombastic criticism of Belichick, though he had more passion than arguments. Peter King said the call "smacked of I'm-smarter-than-they-are hubris," and compared Belichick to Grady Little. In the process, King messed up his math, but that was really besides the point for him. The call just didn't feel right.
Although some stats junkies went the other way and proclaimed that it would have been affirmatively stupid for Belichick to have punted, most people, when faced with the compelling statistical evidence that the odds were roughly in Belichick's favor (or at least so close as to be even with all the late game variables at play), were left in a fit of consternation. And this is why I think the decision has struck a national chord. It gets to the core of how people see themselves versus how they actually make decisions.
Most people fancy themselves as being driven by the evidence such that they will always follow it, but that's not really true. As amazing and wonderful as the human brain is, it is full of inherent biases, and information, even compelling information, that does not comport with those biases is often devalued, even on a subconcious level. (One famous experiment confronts people with radios where the speaker is discussing views contrary to or similar to those already held by the listener, but the volume is set too low to be heard well. The listeners frequently turn up the volume when the speaker is saying things they already believe; they rarely turn the volume up if the speaker is discussing the contrary views.)
And so it was with the Belichick debate. It's not that you must agree with the decision, but any reasonable person has to say, as Posnanski did, "Well, hmm, it seemed nuts at the time but I get it now, based on the evidence." As Keyes said, "When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?" Yet many people still refuse to reconsider their view on the subject. It was wrong and no degree of evidence can change my view or even make me reconsider. Consider Colin Cowherd's admonition on SportsNation that "stats are overrated." (Though I agree that many stats are.) The upshot is that, despite our best views of ourselves, it is very difficult to actually say that we are rational creatures in practice. As Jonah Lehrer wrote:
The reason I bring up this analysis is to demonstrate that even defensible decisions can have wrenching emotional consequences. Belichick's call might have been statistically correct, but it felt horribly wrong.
. . . The point is that there's often an indefatigable gap between the rigors of cost-benefit analyses and the emotional hunches that drive our decisions. We say we want to follow the evidence, but then the evidence rubs against a bias like loss aversion, and so we make an exception. We'll follow the evidence next time.
It's not really fair to pick on Tony Dungy, who was an excellent football coach, because his excellence had nothing to do with any training in statistics or probability. But his comment that "you have to play the percentages and punt" is symptomatic of a wider issue, which is that when something "feels horribly wrong" we inherently want the evidence to comport with that feeling and we convince ourselves that it does. Dungy is a conservative guy, he likely would say that punting gives him plenty of chances to win, he's a defensive coach so he has no qualms about showing faith in his defense, and, bottom line, the idea of putting that much significance on one play just didn't sit well with him. That's all fine, but it has nothing to do with the percentages. Yet his brain and experience had told him that somehow the percentages supported it too, and thus Belichick's move was the "risky gamble."
The fourth down debate is significant (though I risk inflating its significance), because it forces you to consider how you actually tackle problems. Indeed, the entire point of probability, statistics, and science generally is to make progress in spite of, not because of or consistent with, our preconceived biases:
That was us, yesterday:
You can check out SportsNation on ESPN2 or online. They picked up on my Belichick bit from yesterday. The show is supposed to just be fun, though I note that my point was more that Belichick had a legitimate case that the odds were very close, if not actually in his favor. It's fine if you want to disagree, but that disagreement is going to be based off your gut, in which case I think it's difficult to say he clearly made the wrong choice. But overlaying it all is that few people are able to think about possible outcomes, rather than purely with hindsight.
And (I know the show is just supposed to be entertaining), Colin's criticism that "stats can be overrated" reminds me of the words of wisdom of another great scholar:
"I hear the jury's still out on . . . science."
In tonight Colts-Patriots game, with the Pats up by 6 with just over two minutes to go, Belichick directed his team to go for it on fourth and two. Tom Brady threw a short pass to Kevin Faulk just past the first down marker, but he bobbled it, and the officials ruled that by the time he corralled the ball he was short of the first down marker. First down Colts. They then drove the thirty yards and managed to pull out a win in a game where they had trailed by 17. Peyton Manning again led an incredible fourth quarter comeback.
Yet the focus is on Belichick's call. Before, during, and after it, the announcers panned the decision. Tony Dungy all but said it was stupid, and Rodney Harrison pretty much did say that. But was it so bad?
I don't think so. I haven't crunched the numbers but the call doesn't strike me as being as stupid as everyone seems to be saying. But if you are going to say it is stupid, at least do the analysis.
The goal is, obviously, to maximize your chance of winning. If you punt, your chances of winning are your odds of stopping a streaking Manning who has just torched your defense the whole fourth quarter. He will have to drive about 70 yards. Because of his excellence in clock management, the two-minute warning, and their timeout, time was not really a factor. (The analysis would be much different if there was only, say, a minute left.)
If you go for it, your chance of winning hinges on two outcomes: (a) if you get the first down, you win the game; and (b) if you don't get it, you still have a chance to stop manning. So your chance of winning if you go for it is the sum of (a) your chance of converting; and (b) your chance of stopping Manning from the 30 yard line.
My best estimation is that the odds of converting on fourth and two (around 60% for the league, so probably closer to 65% for New England) plus stopping Manning from the thirty are greater than your odds of merely stopping Manning from seventy or so. Remember, the decision is also context specific: Manning was playing great and they had a gassed defense.
But feel free to disagree with me, though if you do I want to hear your reasons, not conclusory statements that it was stupid. I will say this: Agree or disagree, it was the ultimate compliment to Manning and showed similar faith in his own guy. I don't have a problem with the call. As Herm Edwards says, you play to win the game, not to satisfy someone else's preconceived notion about what makes a good football call.
Update: Brian from Advanced NFL Stats confirms the analysis. Great work from him:
Statistically, the better decision would be to go for it, and by a good amount. However, these numbers are baselines for the league as a whole. You'd have to expect the Colts had a better than a 30% chance of scoring from their 34, and an accordingly higher chance to score from the Pats' 28. But any adjustment in their likelihood of scoring from either field position increases the advantage of going for it. You can play with the numbers any way you like, but it's pretty hard to come up with a realistic combination of numbers that make punting the better option. At best, you could make it a wash.
Available over at Dr Saturday, so check it out. Thanks, as always, to the Doc.
You go back now, you go against Kentucky, we ran that ball and ran that ball and BAM BAM BAM. Now we're striving for what right now, more balance, right? That means less touches, right? That means the amount of touches are less and you're dividing them three ways. You see what I'm saying? In one breath it's throw it, throw it, balance it, balance it. The next breath it's where are the runs? Well, it's in there. It's in there. There's a reason why statistically we're pretty good in every category in the SEC. Pretty good. There's a reason for that. I'm a realist, man.
That's Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio. There's also a reference to falling off a pickle boat. H/t Dr Saturday.
[This is part of an ongoing back and forth between me and a friend of mine who goes by "Hemlock." He was a D-1 coach at a Big 12 school (among other places) and now is pursuing a PhD in non-football related matters. He's a spread offense/run & shoot guru, and has a lot of great thoughts on these offenses, their role and future in football. Below is his comment; I will have a response out soon.]
I broke into coaching when I was still in high school. As a player, I had long read the writing on the wall and knew that playing on Saturdays and Sundays was not in my future. This was not painful for me since I knew all along that what I really loved about the game was its technical side. As it so happened, one day early in the summer I read an article in the local paper that a rival HS had hired a new football coach. This coach was no ordinary, run-of-the-mill gym-teacher-will-you-also-coach-football guy, but instead one whose primary focus was on coaching: he was there to coach football first, not teach during the day and collect a check. What also made him unique was his commitment to the real run and shoot offense, not what Tiger Ellison and Red Faught had their success with — a modified wing-t type offense — but the real thing run by Mouse Davis with the Detroit Lions and John Jenkins at the University of Houston. On a lark, I called the school and asked to meet with the coach.
He agreed to take me under his wing as a sort of high-school version of a graduate assistant. Much like a college graduate assistant [Ed. Note: Most colleges take a graduate student as a grunt-level assistant, which is still the best way to break into coaching at the college level; not many guys start as a full-on assistant coach], in this capacity I pretty much did what nobody else wanted to do. The trade off for me, however, was that I was exposed to the real 'shoot — the real deal. Not only did I learn the schemes and the playbook, I learned the entire run and shoot culture, the deep grammar undergirding the offense. And, as an added bonus, I was learning it from the very people running it in college and (then) in the NFL.
I learned the offense, but I also became familiar with the familiar reservations coaches had about it. Indeed, in staff meetings someone usually stated that we could run our same four-wide schemes but with a tight-end or even with two running backs in the backfield. After all, wasn't the "K-Gun" that the Buffalo Bills ran back in those days the run and shoot with tight-end? Didn't they also run the choice route?
Then as now, coaches gave a whole litany of reasons explaining their desire to change the true, four-wide receiver run and shoot offense into one with another tight-end or another runningback — to unspread the spread. More often than not, these guys would say that the run and shoot would be better if you could just "run the ball downhill with more authority". Even then I always found these arguments flawed. As a budding scholar today, one of the principles I live by is the belief that you craft your questions around the issue before you. That is, you understand the premises and foundations of the project or topic you are researching and do not ask questions that seek answers to "Y" if the topic is "X." It's all about establishing and understanding the terms of the debate. People who say, gee, the run and shoot is great except you can't run the ball enough — or say the same thing about the Mike Leach/Hal Mumme Airraid offense — do not understand the whole point of the offense, the questions it seeks to answer, and the method it uses to pursue those answers. Let's look at a few of the major questions.
I have previously discussed the smash concept, where an outside receiver runs a short flat or "hitch" route while an inside receiver breaks to the corner. The play works well against cover two zones in particular because it puts the cornerback in a bind: if he plays the man in front of him he opens up a big are for the quarterback to throw the corner route behind him.
One reason this play is useful, however, is because it does more than attack this zone aspect. Again man-to-man coverage the corner route is a very good option — so long as the throw is precise and the route is good. One reason for this is because many defenses who play man coverage use inside leverage to take away the quick slant passes that can gash them for big plays and are easy throws.
Moreover, many man defenses use a deep free-safety or an inside "floater" or "robber" player whose job is simply to read the quarterback's eyes. The advantage of the corner route is that the throw is away from all these inside defenders who can gum up a normal "who has beaten his man" read.
Finally, the fact that it is the inside receiver rather than the outside one who runs the corner route can get the offense some favorable matchups: Most defenses put their cornerbacks in man coverage on the outside receivers; the inside receivers are thus often guarded by safeties or linebackers or substitute "nickel back" players.
All of these advantages were on display in Penn State's game against Michigan, as the Nittany Lions scored on the same smash concept from the same formation against the same coverage (indeed, same receiver) twice. Below is a diagram of their play, followed by video, courtesy of mgoblog.
Below is the video:
1. Football's Eagle and Stack Defenses, by Ron Vanderlinden, currently Penn State's linebackers coach. This is a solid book on one particular defense, though much of it has general applicability. Fortunately you can read most of it online via Google Books, here.
2. Ravelstein, by Saul Bellow. Sad, funny, wistful (I enjoy the fake-word "wisty" as a descriptor). I'm only about halfway through but it's written beautifully and thus is recommended. Not for everyone, I suppose, but I enjoy it.
3. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. This book has no real policy analysis, no economics, and no politics, and these are strengths; it is a blow-by-blow of the End Of Days Scenario that was our recent financial crisis. I wasn't going to pick this up (it's not a short book), but I read some of the excerpts online and found them gripping. Indeed, someone mentioned that they imagined Sorkin writing this in one long manic Kerouacian frenzy, and it does read like that. Again, this is a compliment.
4. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy, by Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy). Someone picked this up for me. This is another of those too-long books that I nevertheless am tempted to hunker down and read. In particular, I am intrigued by this review of the book by economist/polymath Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution:
Could this be the best 736 pp. book on the diversity of human talent ever written? It starts slow but eventually picks up steam. It's also devastatingly funny. That said, if you don't know a lot about the NBA, it is incomprehensible. (I could not, for instance, understand the section of Dolph Schayes because that was not the NBA I know.) In the historical pantheon, he picks David Thompson, Bernard King, and Allen Iverson as underrated. The 1986 Boston Celtics are the best team ever, he argues. And so on. I found this more riveting than almost anything else I read and yes I think it is very much a work of social science, albeit in hermetic form.


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I just loaded Ubuntu 9.1 lite on to an Acer Aspire One and what a pleasure, all worked well all runs fast and clean. I even got a sierra 306 broadband wireless card up and running. Thanks to everyone that make this so easy. the only issue is that only one of the SD ports is viewable but hopefully a little digging on this site will have that up and running in no time.
After lot of time spent to learn the cinelerra code, I want to move an other step on the opensource contribute. I'm started from tangolerra project made by Franco Iacomella and after an hard job with svg I made my personal mochup of Cinelerra called Cutiehd. But when I started to work on the mochup of Cinelerra 2.1cv I tryed to enable again the support of font antialias (xft), write a draft of Utf-8 support, rewrite some parts of titler code and adapt the svg plugin from the Cinelerrasv by "Simeon Völkelâ€. I know that these features can generate instability, so I decided to make a new package with it's name and icon called Cinecutie, that can be consider more as "mochup†than a real "forkâ€. In order to make possible the installation with cinelerra I had to rename not only name but also libraries and settings dir (from ~/.bcast to ~/.ccutie).
I've just installed my laptop with a fresh Ubuntu 9.10. I've tried both 32bit and 64bit.
Just after the install, i log in, take a system update (about 120Mb), and reboot. Then i go system -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers, and install the Nvidia driver package. I've tried both the 173/185, and I've also downloaded and installed the newest 190 driver from the Nvidia site.
The problem with the 173 is that i get the log on sound, but Zero image. I get the terminal if i go ALT+CTRL+F1, no problem.
185 - I get the log on sound, and a torn image with white stripes. Nothing that i can watch and do something with, but just a fuzzy screen. I get the terminal, no problem.
190 - Same as the 185.
I've clean installed 6 times now, and it will not work. The only way to get the system ut again is to enter /etc/X11/xorg.conf and switch the driver from "nvidia" to "nv".
any ideas? I really want my 3d and my visual effects :)
I'm a beginner in Ubuntu and I want to install Bulgarian language. I used to have Vista and I installed Flex Type, chose my language and clicked CTRL key and it used to change back and forth from English to Bulgarian. I don't know how to do that in Ubuntu.I know you go to System-> Preferences-> Keyboard->Layouts->choose your language. But then when i tired that i only write in Bulgarian on application. I can't write in Bulgarian on the web.I want to ahve Bulgarian and English language on my computer, but How? Please tell me what I have done wrong. THANKS :)
I am in need of Bamini Unicode writer to type tamil letters
If any body know about it please inform
thank you
Hai Everybody
I installed ubuntu on my system two days before
On that day itself I connected to net thro reliance after few failure attempts.
If you want to know further go to jayarajsir.blogspot.com
Hawkscope is a productivity tool that allows you to access your hard drive contents quickly via system tray / menubar icon with dynamic pop-up menu.
Ever since I moved to Ubuntu, my only problem was that I couldn't use GTalk in Ubuntu.Here comes the solution - GTalx. It works flawlessly on my Ubuntu 9.10 karmic running on Dell Inspiron 1525.
gtalX is a Linux client for gtalk, the voip application of Google. It supports voice and text-based chat. Before you download it, please read the 'How to install' paragraph below.
You can capture video of all of the amazing things happening on your desktop with one of Linux's many screencasting applications. These programs are perfect for creating demonstrations for blogs and tutorials, and for illustrating projects with more than just still images.
Many different programs are available, and they all provide a different set of features, options, and output formats. When choosing, consider the degree of control you want to have over your video resolution and whether the video is intended to work on non-Linux operating systems. Common open source output formats, such as FLAC and Ogg Theora, work natively on Linux but require software and plugins on proprietary operating systems. User interfaces also vary greatly; some applications are nothing more than an icon in the system tray while others depend on large interfaces with many options.
I have six computers running both Windows XP and Ubuntu 9.10. When I am running a linux machine I can see all of the computers using Windows but none of the computers running linux. All of the Windows machines are in the same workgroup (obviously). Is there a way to allow the Windows machines to see the linux ones and each other?
Every time I try to install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer I receive this codes:
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|126.96.36.199|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/fina... [following]
--2010-02-05 13:56:39-- http://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/fina...
Connecting to superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net|18.104.22.168|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%2520fonts/final/a... [following]
--2010-02-05 13:56:39-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%2520fonts/final/a...
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|18.104.22.168|:80... connected.
Hello everyone,
So about a year back I had ubuntu and xp running as a dual boot on my Asus eeepc 1000hd. I had nothing but problems, so I deleted ubuntu. But I cant remember how I got ubuntu on here in the first place.
I dont have a optical drive, or a floppy drive, and Ive tried every method with a usb flashdrive but I cannot get ubuntu to work, I cant even get my computer to boot from the usb.
When I installed ubuntu last year I didnt have a usb flashdrive and I got it on here, but I cant find any resources on how to do that again.
How do I install ubuntu on my eee pc 1000hd without a cd drive, floppy drive, or usb?
I appreciate your help in advance, and I look forward to being done with any microsoft software.....and being free from it for the rest of my life.
I am brand spanking new to UBUNTU. I was so excited to use it today that I lost my Applications and Systems Buttons on my top panel/bar. Have any clue where they went?


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How should I compute the amount of energy of an EM wave absorbed by a material? Can I just use the divergence of the Poynting vector?
There is another possible approach. You can calculate the flux of the Poynting vector over the boundary of the absorbing volume (http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-6-001-electromagnetic-fields-and-energy-spring-2008/chapter-11/11.pdf , 11.1, eq. (1)). I used this approach to calculate the power absorbed in a thin cylinder heated by a broad electromagnetic beam (http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0405091 , http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611169 ). The results were later confirmed in experiments (http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.1626 , http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.0066)
Yes you can, as the thread in the lumerical knowledge base mentioned. https://kb.lumerical.com/en/layout_analysis_pabs_simple.html There is another method included in that thread. Hope that can help too.
The related material is listed as follows: The absorption per unit volume can be calculated from the divergence of the Poynting vector,
It is possible to calculate the absorption directly from this formula (see the Divergence of Poynting vector section), but divergence calculations tend to be very sensitive to numerical problems. Fortunately, there is a more numerically stable form. It can be shown that the above formula is equivalent to
Pabs=-0.5real(iwvec_Evec_D) (w is the radian frequency)
With a little more work, we get the desired result
To calculate the absorption as a function of space and frequency, we only need to know the electric field intensity and the imaginary part of the permittivity. Both quantities are easy to measure in an FDTD simulation.


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Aussie court clears Google in deceptive ad case
By AP - SYDNEY
Published: 06th February 2013 01:37 PM
Last Updated: 06th February 2013 01:37 PM
Australia's highest court on Wednesday threw out a ruling against Google Inc. that had found the Internet giant guilty of breaching trade law by hosting deceptive advertisements.
The High Court's decision overturned a federal court ruling from April that Google had engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct with four ads that appeared on its Google Australia website. The advertisers used the names of competitors as keywords to trigger their own ads appearing.
The federal court ruled this was likely to mislead people searching for information about those competitors, and therefore violated Australia's Trade Practices Act, which bars corporations from engaging in deceptive conduct. Google argued that it was not responsible for the content of the ads, and therefore couldn't be found to have violated the act.
The High Court sided with Google, stating in its ruling that the search engine is not unlike newspapers or broadcasters that publish the ads of others.
"Google did not author the sponsored links; it merely published or displayed, without adoption or endorsement, misleading representations made by advertisers," the court wrote in its judgment. It said that ordinary Internet users would have understood that the links were made by advertisers and that Google hadn't endorsed them.
Google said in a statement that it welcomed the decision. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which led the case against Google, said advertisers should still ensure they don't mislead consumers.
"The ACCC took these proceedings to clarify the law relating to advertising practices in the internet age," ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said in a statement. "Specifically, we considered that providers of online content should be accountable for misleading or deceptive conduct when they have significant control over what is delivered."
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Membership registration is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Randall High School commons area.
The club is open to children ages 4 to 15. Interested participants should bring a copy of their birth certificate to registration.
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Help musician Jeff Golub: check out this online auction
Hitfix devotes very little time to smooth jazz. Well, let's be honest, we devote no time. We know that's not what you come to this site for. However, we also know that our Hitfix readers have tons and tons of heart. So we want to make you aware of an online auction going on right now with lots of great items all to help Jeff Golub.
As some of you may know, Golub is a contemporary jazz guitarist, who, in addition to putting out his own albums, was Rod Stewart's longtime guitarist. His latest solo album is "The Three Kings," a tribute to BB King, Freddie King and Albert King.
While recording the album this summer, Golub inexplicably began to lose the sight in one eye. Diagnosed with a collapsed optic nerve, he went blind in his right eye.Then, the sight in his left eye began to go and he is now sightless. What has he done about? He has continued on with his life, touring and playing music, while pursuing ongoing medical treatments.
His many buddies in the entertainment world have organized the "Help 4 Jeff Golub" online auction, with 100% of the proceeds going toward Golub's mounting medical expenses. There are more than 65 items up for bid, ranging from bottles of wine and Jimmie Vaughan-signed guitars to cruise trips to charter jet hours to hotel stays at luxury resorts. In other words, even if you dislike smooth jazz, there's plenty here you might like or you can check it out for your parents.
Here's the link. The auction lasts through Nov. 15.
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How can I remove the commas that separate the tags above the posts?
Thank you in advance.
How can I remove the commas that separate the tags above the posts?
Thank you in advance.
Do not edit the Twenty Thirteen theme. It is the current default WordPress theme and having access to an original, unedited, copy of the theme is vital in many situations. First create a child theme for your changes. Or install a custom CSS plugin.
Thank you for your response, esmi.
I already created a child theme.
I copied the lines from functions.php which are related to the tags and pasted them on my child theme.
$tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) );
if ( $tag_list ) {
echo '' . $tag_list . '';
Then I tried to remove the commas and save it but it didn't work.
This is what my functions.php looks like before pasting the tags code.
//empty function.php
function ws_credits () {echo '2013 © spongevan';}
add_action('twentythirteen_credits', 'ws_credits');
What am I doing wrong?
You have to create a new custom version of the relevant parent function within your child theme's functions.php file. You can't just drop in a few lines.
Ok, thank you for replying.
How can I create that specific custom version? I'm new at php, sorry.
Which function in the parent theme are you trying to change?
I think it's this one:
function twentythirteen_entry_meta() {
Copy the entire function (lines 322 - 349) into your child theme. Then you can start customising the child's version.
It worked! Commas are removed.
Thank you very much for your help!
No problem. You should now be able to customise almost any part of the theme to your heart's content. :-)
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I've been using Bad Behavior for several sites for a while and it's been excellent, until a week ago when one blog has been getting A LOT of shoe and boot ad spam comments.
Has anyone else been getting these? I'm not sure how to figure this out, as other sites haven't reported this problem. Just wanted to know if others are experiencing this.


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One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as an ordinary young Englishman of our upper class.
Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)
Source: Culture and Anarchy
Contributed by: Zaady
Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too!
Source: Requiescat.
There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."
Source: Culture and Anarchy. P. 8.
He bears the seed of ruin in himself.
Source: Merope
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he Who finds himself loses his misery.
Source: Self Dependence
Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Light half-believers in our casual deeds . . . Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose tomorrow the ground won today- Ah, do not we, Wanderer, await it too?
Source: The Scholar-Gypsy
With close-lipp'd Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbour to Despair.
All this I bear, for, what I seek, I know: Peace, peace is what I seek, and public calm: Endless extinction of unhappy hates.
He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible.
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
Copyright © 2016 Gaiam, Inc.


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How to Overcome Obesity
Obesity is usually a lifestyle disease but it may be a consequence of other diseases like diabetes and thyroid gland diseases. It is not only common in the aged but youths and even children are victims of this disease. Obesity is a cause of various heart diseases and poses great danger to a person's psychological health.
1Exercise. It is the first and most important step to fight against obesity. Exercise helps to burn calories and extra fat. Exercise 3-4 days a week for about 30 mins but make morning walk your routine. Swimming, cycling, dancing, playing tennis, brisk walking, jogging help burn a lot of calories. Exercise releases endorphins, pleasure hormones, that keep you in a good mood, also sweating helps your body to get rid of toxins.
2Diet. It's not just the exercise that you need to do to control your weight. Watch your diet! What you eat really matters. Increase the amount of raw vegetables and fruits in your diet. Cucumber is really good as it contributes very little in terms of calories, good for the digestive system and contains lots of water. Do not cut back on meat completely instead eat fish and skinless chicken. Keep your body hydrated.
3Eat In small portions. Eat 5 to 6 small healthy meals instead of regular 3 meals a day. In this way your stomach will not remain empty for longer periods of time and you will not feel starved.
4Quit with the junk food. Tell yourself that you are not a food junkie. Say no to those fries, cheese burgers, sugary soft drinks.
5Slow down on your drinking. Excessive alcohol intake is bad for liver and also contributes to obesity and is one of the leading causes of alcoholic steatohepatitis.
6Weigh yourself. Get a weighing machine and check your weight every morning. It will motivate you to lose weight and will keep you informed about your progress. It will also help you to set a goal for every week.
7Calculate your BMI. Body mass index is defined as an individual's body weight in kgs divided by his height in meters squared. Normally a BMI of 18-25 is considered normal. 25-29 is overweight and 30 and above is obese while 35 and above lie in the category of morbidly obese. Calculating your BMI will help you to determine the degree of your obesity.
8Avoid weight reducing diets. Avoid those innumerable weight cutting diets that are available in the market. Follow a healthy diet plan based on vegetables, low fat meat, olive oil, liquids and exercise. Remember there is no shortcut to health.
9Avoid dieting. Avoid going on a crash diet. At first the person loses weight but as the time goes by body weakens and there is a serious deficiency of essential nutrients. Also crash dieters end up eating a lot after a month or two of dieting.
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- Love yourself and your body. Keep in mind that what you eat says a lot about you.
- Use your will power, tell yourself that its only you who can do it. Every morning stand in front of a mirror and say ' I CAN DO IT.'
- Appreciate your efforts and reward yourself every time you lose weight. Go to your favorite movie or do anything you love doing.
- Don't crib and complain about your weight instead start acting.
- Never lose confidence. If you are determined enough, you can do it!
- If you are morbidly obese or dangerously overweight then it's time to consult a doctor.
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Niku has been under the $1 mark for a few months now. Anyone know how long until NASDAQ notices and de-lists the stock?
I thought it was 90 days under $1. Then you have 4 months to get back above $1.
Not true. It has not been months, but your are correct in that it has been a long time. I do believe it has not traded above $1.00 since July the 9th. I think the NASDQ test is 30 days, but they will give you another 90 days to correct if you have a good story. Others thoughts would be appriecated.Just my opinion.
You are correct, I missed that they went over $1.00 for a short period of time. It appears that once you go below $1, it would be difficult to get above. Many organizations pay their institutional investors, or major stockholders, NOT to sell. I am curious to hear what others have to say.


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The Scott City boys basketball game against Egyptian, Ill., will start at 6 p.m Saturday night at Scott City.
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