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quote: Try descriminating by race, gender, sexual orientation, political offiliation, age, religion or dissabilities and see how long that lasts.
quote: Just look at your last statement about how the "gun guys" should suck it up. How much more arrogant and hypocritical can you be?
quote: Where's teh difference in these two scenarios?
quote: Personally I believe Square and the flower shop should be free to follow their respective guidlines wether they are religious based or not.
quote: A flower shop in Washington is getting dragged thru the courts bc she doesnt want to provide services for a gay wedding.
quote: The company is a free entity, and under no obligation to be "fair". Any *real* libertarian understands this, and that as a consequence the company is entirely within its rights to refuse service to gun retailers.
quote: Or you couldn't sell a car and tell the driver that it can only be driven certain places. Or you couldn't tell your buyers that they can only use that product in the support of a certain political party.
quote: Can a business refuse to deal with a customer because they are black? or because they are muslim, or jewish? No they cannot.
quote: Your examples are all of things that would be illegal.

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First of all, a BIG thanks for this great piece of software !!
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"A-Round Crunch" isn't a funky new ice cream flavor. But it is giving plenty of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs an upset stomach.
In recent years, more valley startups have been launched than at any point since the dot-com era, thanks to the shrinking costs of building an Internet company and the rising number of wealthy "angel" investors.
But as those fledgling companies now go hunting for the next funding round to help them grow, they're smacking up against a harsh reality: Widespread consolidation in the venture capital industry means there are fewer places than ever to find big cash infusions.
"A huge number of startups are going to run out of money next year," said Peter Relan, who runs a Burlingame incubator for mobile and gaming startups called YouWeb.
CB Insights, a New York firm that analyzes investment trends in private companies, just released a report predicting that 1,000 startups will be orphaned over the next 18 months -- the bulk of them in California.
Anand Sanwal, the firm's CEO, calls his prediction "simple math," noting that while the number of startups landing "seed" deals of $1.5 million or less spiked to 4,000 over the past three years, the number that have gone on to raise Series A rounds has remained just a fraction of that.
Sanwal said the meltdown will force early investors to write off more than $1 billion they've poured into fledgling companies.
Not everyone is convinced it's time to panic. Naval Ravikant, the influential founder of AngelList, a matchmaking service for startups and investors, suggested it's too soon to say whether the crunch is real.
"Companies that assume the next round after seed is a $5 million 'A' round are poorly positioned," said Ravikant. But because it costs less to grow a tech company than in years past, thanks in part to the ability to "lease" rather than build key infrastructure like data centers, Ravikant said the traditional boundaries of seed and A rounds are shrinking.
In other words, he said, entrepreneurs who can keep their belts tight should be fine.
Venture capitalist Duncan Davidson, on the other hand, argues that the problem is even worse than people realize. He says what's looming isn't a crunch, but a cliff.
"People say, 'There always have been too many companies that get seed money, what's the big deal?'" said Davidson. "The big deal is the rise of funds that specialize in seed rounds." So-called super-angel and micro-VC funds, backed by wealthy individuals, have burgeoned in recent years, even as the number of traditional funds that invest in larger Series A rounds has shrunk.
And with Wall Street still displaying limited appetite for initial public offerings of stock by tech companies, even those venture firms that remain in business have become much choosier about writing checks.
"If you do the math, there's only something like 97 venture funds have invested more than $1 million in each of the last four quarters," Davidson said. "Yet people think there still hundreds of funds that are actively investing."
While most valley startups are so thinly staffed that their failures won't throw huge numbers of people out of work, Davidson and others say the risk for the valley is that if seed investors end up losing so much money that they stop funding new companies, innovation will suffer.
"You don't know what ideas that could become big companies could just fall through the cracks," said Davidson.
He saw the A-round crunch forming two years ago, when he and several partners created Menlo Park's Bullpen Capital. With cash infusions as small as $1 million, the fund aims to tide over selected startups between their seed rounds and eventual A-rounds -- much as, in baseball, pitchers come out of the bullpen to provide a bridge between the starting pitcher and the closer.
Others hope the rise of "crowdfunding," enabled by new federal legislation that makes it easier for companies to raise money from a wide pool of investors, will provide a way forward for startups in need of cash. Ravikant recently added a new service, AngelList Invest, which lets accredited investors put as little as $1,000 into a startup.
But, Ravikant acknowledged, such platforms will take time to fill the hole left by traditional venture firms. "Lots of small investors added together still equals a small investment," he said.
Gary Flake, a Yahoo (YHOO) veteran who's now CEO of a Seattle-area Internet startup called Clipboard, said the lousy climate for A-rounds has forced him to become more creative in seeking growth capital.
"Clipboard has taken a mixture of seed and strategic investments from individuals, institutes, and companies," he said. "I believe that the startups that survive (or at least find a soft landing) will do so because they identify other, nontraditional fundraising paths. But none of this is the end of the world for entrepreneurs."
YouWeb's Relan, for his part, said the best times to put money into early stage companies are times like these, when momentum investors flee to the sidelines.
"It's like Warren Buffett said: 'Buy when everybody's selling.'"
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A northern Minnesota man has been sentenced to at least 35 years in prison for a fatal shooting in Grand Rapids just before Christmas.
The sentence imposed by a judge in Itasca (eye-TAS'-kuh) County Thursday says 26-year-old William Levi Payne will have to serve at least 35 years of a 52½ year sentence in prison followed by supervision release.
Prosecutors say Payne went to the home of 59-year-old Rosemary Oberg-Johnson on Dec. 22 and shot her and her 32-year-old son Paul Johnson, then kidnapped his estranged wife who was visiting the home. Oberg-Johnson later died of her injuries. Her son survived.
The Bovey man earlier entered guilty pleas to second-degree murder, kidnapping and five other charges.
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My name is Joan, I just discovered this great software and the first thing I tried to improve was the translation. Theres a website called transifex that has free services for the opensource communities.
They do support the .properties files and allow you to translate them online, thus avoiding mistakes and allowing you many other features, such as don't having to worry for the language encoding and that stuff.
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Two armed men accused of forcing their way into a West Augusta apartment are still on the street tonight. News 12 has the latest on a criminal investigation that is on hold.
It has stalled for now because the alleged victim isn't cooperating with deputies. The two accused robbers will remain free unless someone else involved in the incident comes forward.
A deputy showed up at Hunters Run Apartments around 1 o'clock Friday morning after 41-year-old Gustavo Flores said two men broke into his apartment and demanded money. Neighbor Fred Hutto worries about his wife's safety because both men had a semiautomatic pistol.
Flores didn't want to go on camera. He says one of the men put a gun to his head and then in his mouth. Lt. Jimmy Young says they wanted cash.
"The majority of the time, they get what they want, and they're gone," Young said.
That's exactly what happened. The incident report says both men ran away after they got the money. One of the three men who live here watched through his bedroom window as the two armed suspects came in. According to the incident report, the door was left open because they were trying to cool off their apartment.
Jim Therrien had no idea any of this was going on. His twenty-one year old son lives just a few doors down
I didn't hear any shattering or sirens or anything," Therrien said.
A deputy searched the apartment soon after but found nothing. Investigators still wonder why that apartment was targeted, because the area doesn't have a history of break-ins.
"Is there something going on or some circumstances here that may have caused this to be the particular area that was hit?" said Lt. Young.
That's Therrien's question. He thinks it's an isolated incident.
"I know he would not have taken this particular apartment if it was not a safe place to be," Therrien said.
But not everyone is so sure.
"I work at night, and I'm on call and stuff. I'll be worried about my wife by herself now," Fred Hutto said.
Police say robbery suspects are often after cash, and in most circumstances they say the safest thing to do is hand it over.
There is a rough description of the suspects. The first is a white male, five foot nine, about a hundred and seventy pounds with blonde hair. The second is a black male, a little over six feet, and one hundred eighty pounds. Both men were armed at the time of the robbery.


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One can sense a certain bewilderment as the public comes to grips with "sequestration," the 75-cent word used to describe hundreds of billions in federal spending reductions. If sequestration is so bad (as The New York Times, President Obama and other people of the left assert), why did Congress go on vacation last week rather than stay in Washington, D.C., to head off the crisis? And if it's not so bad, as one might infer from the congressional apathy, why did the Times devote its entire Sunday editorial-page column to describing the impending agony?
Sequestration certainly is no joke for Connecticut, whose economy is unduly dependent on defense industries. The National Association of Manufacturers predicted last summer that Connecticut will lose 9,000 defense-related jobs if the sequestration cuts go through and remain in place. Many more jobs that are dependent on the defense industry would disappear as well.
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett makes remarks during a news conference after a Penn State Board of Trustees meeting in State College, Pa. Corbett said Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over sanctions imposed against Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says the NCAA has been trying to use his antitrust lawsuit over its sanctions against Penn State in a child sex abuse scandal to combat a groundswell of public criticism.
Corbett filed a court document late Monday saying a judge shouldn't dismiss the lawsuit he filed in January against college sports' governing body.
The Republican says the NCAA's request to have the lawsuit thrown out makes a factual error in saying the penalties were voted on by the university's trustees.
Corbett's lawsuit seeks to throw out the penalties, including a $60 million fine, a four-year bowl ban and the loss of football scholarships.
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Saturday's letters: Lack of outrage
Published: Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 14, 2012 at 5:32 p.m.
To the editor: For more than two months, our congressional leaders have been searching for information on the Benghazi incident in which four Americans were killed. While I agree that its important to get all the facts in this event, Im stymied as to why they havent put as much effort into gathering information on the multiple school, workplace and business shootings weve had in this country over the years.
Countless innocent people, many of them youths, have been intentionally injured and killed in premeditated events right here in America. How were these shooters able to obtain the instruments of death? Why are so many unstable people allowed to purchase assault weapons and ammo so easily? Where is the oversight, and where are our outraged congressional leaders when our own citizens are slaughtered in their own country?
I dont recall Congress spending months holding hearings to try to get to the bottom of the slaughter right here in America. Is there an answer to this dilemma? Are any of us ever safe from those who can get weapons so easily?
Sam Palazzolo
Brilliant show
To the editor: Maybe the Flat Rock Playhouse has serious work to do on its budget woes, but as far as putting on a show is concerned, our Playhouse has done it again with great work in The Nutcracker, an adaptation of the holiday classic restaged by our local and now Broadway talent Chase Brock. He came back home from New York City to put on a show for his hometown, and if you miss this, you will miss a shining star.
The audience is swept away in a visual display of whimsical set design, creative costumes (dont miss the flower dance), hilarious modern touches (a car scene in The Nutcracker? R-e-a-l-l-y? YES!), and dancing that is so playful and engaging that its misleading in masking its performance difficulty.
The music is certainly identifiable (who cant hum along with The Nutcracker?), but the music takes off on its own in modernized upbeats that make you tap your toes. (Toe-tapping to The Nutcracker? R-e-a-l-l-y? YES!)
What a brilliant show entertaining, funny, charming, energetic, playful, incredibly well-performed, and dazzling in its innovative take on a familiar holiday tale. Wonderful, just wonderful. Thank you, Flat Rock Playhouse thank you, AGAIN!
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Spewing lies
To the editor: Isnt it nice, as editor, that you can print 611 words of hate-filled lies and opinion by Mr. John Fogle (Times-News columnist) while allowing those who differ with his position only 200 words in the letters. You also reserve the privilege of editing those letters for length and content or to refuse to print at all.
Shamefully, you dont require Mr. Fogle to honor the profession that holds a mirror up to society and speak truthfully.
He lies about Republicans not showing the same level of nastiness as Democrats. Not once have I seen a Democrat with a bumper sticker that even begins to approach the nastiness of the one saying Dont Re-nig that I have seen on several vehicles around town.
There are signs in some Southern states saying Barack Obama was elected in 2008 because (#) Christians Did Not Vote. Democrats are still fighting the lie that Mr. Obamas a Muslim.
Or maybe its all about hating the black guy guised in lies about where he was born, that he wants to run the U.S. with foreign laws and many other issues that honorable folks know arent true.
Mr. Fogles hatefulness shows in every word he writes.
Sam Stone
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Blonde Ale – Crisp, light taste
Julia – 4 boobs
RM Wheat – Tastes the same as the blonde but with a little more bite in aftertaste which overall doen't make it a very good beer
Lisa – 2 boobs
Julia – 3 boobs
Raspberry Wheat – This ACTUALLY tastes like the fruit it says it does ( take note Fort Collins Brewery Pomegranate Wheat beer). This beer is pretty good for a fruit beer as long as you don't have anything to compare it to. (Which, unfortunately we did because we'd been drinking Sea Dog Raspberry Wheat by the pool the previous weekend)
Julia and Lisa – 3 Boobs
American Amber – For an amber, this started off pretty good. It didn't have that bitter, copper taste that ambers are known for. But it was a gyspy trick.
"I don't hate it…. Oh wait. There's the aftertaste"
Lisa – 4 boobs
Julia – 3 boobs
Hoppy Boy – This is the regular IPA of the brewery which would be ok had they not had their Hoppy Man Imperial IPA that was twice the beer that this one was. We'll choose a man over a boy any day.
"That's what happens when you get smarter. You like IPA's"
Julia and Lisa – 2 boobs
Raspberry Espresso – This was a combination of their raspberry beer and also their expresso stout (hence, the name.) We were really excited about it, because who doesn't love weird beer combinations? Unfortunately, the raspberry gets overpowered COMPLETLTY by the Espresso flavor.
Key takeaway from this beer: Â A brewery should try to refrain from combining two beers into one even if they are fantastic standalone beers.
Julia and Lisa – 1 boob
Honey Brown Ale – Nice. Smooth. Nutty and Brown.
Julia and Lisa – 3 boobs
Creamy Style Stout – This was a good beer. It was dark and smooth and just slipped down your throat. Unfortunately, I dislike beers that have the word "milk" or "cream" in their name. Something about the texture is unnerving.
Julia: "I don't like stouts that are too smooth".
Lisa: "Prepare to be terrified"
Julia – 2 boobs
Lisa – 4 boobs
Espresso Stout – Strong Black coffee taste. We still have out doubts that this was actually a beer or not. If we could start our mornings off with this beer, we would.
Julia – 3 and a side boob
Lisa – 4 boobs
Blueberry Blonde – This is like eating a blueberry muffin except better. Anything is better with alcohol, especially baked goods. But seriously, the blueberry flavor was robust and lingered. And not in a bad way.
Julia – 4 boobs
Lisa – 4 and a side boob
Billy's Chilies – Taste like a green chili burrito however it smells like butter. Anyone that's ever ventured outside of the 3 refrigerators at a liquor store that contain the staple beers has probably seen this beer and didn't know it was from this brewery. It barely says the brewery name on the bottle, and doesn't follow the branding scheme but it worth trying if you're in a daring mood. We also don't recommend a 6-pack of these unless you have 5 friends to share them with or you are truly a Mexican that is sustained by spicy chili products.
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Imperial Porter – AMAZING. So much alcohol but tastes like chocolate ice cream. 10.5%
Dark bitter taste. Thick like you could make pudding out of it. And who doesn't <3 pudding?
Barelywine (Thunderstruck) – Sour, potent 9.5%
Julia – 2 boobs
Le Petit Saison – Stella glass. Everything we hate about hefferveisen beer.
Imperial IPA – Crown Jewel. Hoppy Man. Manly Strength. There should be a warning on this beer that it WILL dominate you.
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The recent announcement that Proctor & Gamble will be expanding in Greensboro was good news and the latest in a long list of economic development success stories in the Triad – but frankly we need more, much more.
Our area has never fully recovered from the loss of tobacco, textile and furniture. And while individual counties and communities have had good success stories, we need a unified effort that will embrace the entire Triad. People need jobs, and they need them now.
Look at all we have to offer. A trainable workforce backed up by one of the finest community college systems in the nation. Abundant land at fairly low prices. A first-class transportation infrastructure. Outstanding weather. And best of all, welcoming communities steeped in traditional values.
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Enjoy creating nature art on the go with your kids!
Whenever I take the kids out on a nature hike, they love to bring along their little sketchbooks for some impromptu nature drawings. This time, we packed our Melissa & Doug Triangular Crayons for some leaf rubbings! We found these crayons are ideal for leaf rubbings because they don't have any wrappers and they have flat sides. We also love the case because it is easy to pack the crayons and it fits quite nicely into their little backpacks. Perfect for on-the-go art!
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Try to find different varieties of leaves to make a small booklet of rubbings. Issue a challenge to see who can find the most varieties. You may even want to make a quick trip to the library to try to identify which trees and plants you saw while on your nature hike!
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The success of the existing undergraduate courses and degrees in Spanish Translation together with the successful startup of a Graduate Diplomate in Spanish Translation and Interpreting led the Department of Modern Languages to start a new undergraduate BA Major in Spanish Translation and Interpreting. The program was officially approved in September 1st. of 2009, with the goal of helping future practitioners of the art and science of Translation and Interpreting to play a vital role in shaping the global society of the 21st century. The program will contribute to the development of the analytical skills, cultural literacy, linguistic competence, and professionalism needed to become superior translators and interpreters.
The Bachelors of Arts degree in Spanish Translation and Interpreting will require 33 credit hours in Translation courses with a grade of "C" or better, 21 of which must be upper division. It also requires 6 hours in advanced Spanish or Translation electives (39 hours in total). Students earning all related credit hours (+ General Education Core requirements) will additionally qualify for the existing Associate in Arts degree in Spanish Translation.
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It also allows for highly recommended Minor in French Language and Translation. The proposed Bachelor of Arts Major Degree program in Spanish Translation and Interpreting, in combination with our currently existing Minor program in French Language and Translation would make it possible for students pursuing a solid professional empowerment to fulfill a complete translation and interpreting curriculum to match the standard international requirements, usually consisting of a combination of three operational languages.
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A fire smoldering inside two silos filled with sawdust at the Ethan Allen Furniture manufacturing plant in Orleans kept firefighters on the scene for at least 12 hours and forced the shutdown of the plant for today.
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We're going to put together a 4 week monday night league playing a temp course at some of the lesser used parks in Cedar Rapids.
First week we are going to be at Shawnee Park.
Signup 5-530, tee off quickly after that. 100% payout. Probably going to be 9 holes with 2 tee pads to make it 18, might be 6 with 3 teepads for each. We are still debating the fine details, but you get the gist of it.
We will post a little more as we go, hope to see you monday night!


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We have set a monthly goal of providing 50 bags to the community served by Viva House. We hope to maintain this level of support so we invite all members of the Loyola community to consider participating in this monthly program. Increasing our delivery of monthly food bags would be a great way to give back to the community.
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It would be nice to have a 'Virtual Training Buddy' to measure myself against, but there doesn't seem to be any way of searching C25k participants by Week and / or pace so I thought I'd just try putting a Shout Out!
Let me know if you'd like to compare notes.
Well thats plenty too fast for me, to cover 4.44km in 30 mins is an average(ish) pace of 9kph and with only 9 mins of running on W2D2 thats a lot further than I went at that stage.. Way to go !!
Almost 50 years young - was about 340lbs, now about 180 lbs and just started running for the first time in 28 years
Started the c25k dec 2011 and will move onto b210k once I have completed it
First 5k booked for 18th March 2012 - Malaga Spain
First 10k booked for May 27th 2012 - London UK
Thanks for the reply Bob, although now you're making me doubt the data my 5k app has given me! It seems really glitchy (one day it told me I had run 4.26km at 3:30 per km!)
Hmm. I'll maybe need to bring a stopwatch and a pencil and paper on my next run and just work it out the old fashioned way :-)
What stage are you at now?
You're still running faster than I can ever go. My PR for 5k is 34 minutes.
If you have a smart phone, try the Google My Tracks app. It's free and has really neat features.
Thanks! I'll check that out (and I won't be at all surprised if my time isn't as good as I've been thinking it is! ;-)
OK - can someone check my maths??
Today's Walk / Run took 30 mins including the 5 min warm up & 5 min warm down and I covered 4.2km = 7:30 / km pace overall.
If I take off the Warm up & Warm down sectors (using Google maps), I covered 3km in 20 mins = 6:40 / km pace
That 20 mins was a mix of Walking and Running. From the Warm up and Warm down sectors I know that my walking pace is approx 10:00 / km so 11 min of Walking = 1.1 km, therefore (stick with me here! ;-) my 9 mins of running covered 1.9km = 4:45 pace
Can anyone confirm this or tell me where I've gone wrong?
I read it a little different...
5 mins warm up @ 7.2 kph = 0.6km
11 mins walk @ 7.2 kph = 1.32km
9 mins run @ 11.2 kph = 1.68km
5 mins cool down @ 7.2 kph = 0.6km
total time 5+11+9+5 = 30 mins
total distance 0.6+1.32+1.68+0.6 = 4.2km
Its still pretty fast though.. I am at week six and just about cover as much ground as you did in week 2.. My walk is 6kph and my run is 10kph so either (a) you are quick or (b) your time/distances are off ..
Cheers and keep it up..
Almost 50 years young - was about 340lbs, now about 180 lbs and just started running for the first time in 28 years
Started the c25k dec 2011 and will move onto b210k once I have completed it
First 5k booked for 18th March 2012 - Malaga Spain
First 10k booked for May 27th 2012 - London UK
Thanks for that Bob!
I was doing W3D1 on Saturday and I think gave myself a slight calf tear (like this) so I've probably been going too fast - assuming I'd still be able to run like I could when I was a teenager
I'll have to take a week or so off now, and then take it easier when I get back.
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) " Two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a town in north Cameroon, killing at least five people and injuring 12 others, a military official said Saturday.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) " The latest on the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local):
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) " Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to end the Ukrainian's 9 1/2-year reign as heavyweight champion on Saturday and take his WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles.
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) " Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to end the Ukrainian's 9 1/2-year reign as heavyweight champion on Saturday and take his WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles.
WASHINGTON (AP) " Black Friday shopping is shifting from hours spent in line to more time online.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) " A gunman who police say staged a deadly attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic was a recluse who stashed food in the woods, avoided eye contact, warned neighbors about government spying and passed out anti-Obama...
DALLAS (AP) " A slow-moving wintry storm system that has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths began moving eastward out of Texas on Saturday but kept coating some states to the north in ice, making driving dangerous.
TORONTO (AP) " Maurice Strong, whose work helped lead to the landmark climate summit that begins in Paris on Monday, has died at age 86, the head of the U.N.'s environmental agency said Saturday.
MIAMI (AP) " Diabetes, arthritis and open-heart surgery have kept Sherice Bennett from working, but she can't afford her medicine and became homeless while waiting for more than two years for a chance to convince a judge that she qualifies for...
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) " After touring refugee camps in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Saturday suggested that camps should serve as a long-term solution for millions, while other refugees could be absorbed by...
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Sun GlassFish WebSpace Server consumes SAW API
By vihangpathak on Feb 13, 2009
Sun GlassFish WebSpace Server 10.0(henceforth referred as "WebSpace" was released as part of GlassFish Portfolio launch.
Traditionally, performing tasks on multiple portals is tedious and inefficient as enterprises adopt back-end business processes and must then continually manage them. Hence, demand has steadily mounted for the capability to perform tasks on just the portal itself instead of on multiple sites with a single-point solution; that is, a solution that not only handles the process interactions but also enables end users to seamlessly perform tasks as "hooks" in the process. Bear in mind that automation of business integrations requires human steps on portals, often accomplished through proprietary applications. By integrating human workflow into portals, you ensure that all the tasks, whether performed by humans or by software, occur in one place.
WebSpace consumes the SAW API to provide this functionality. The Simple API for Workflow(SAW) is intended to offer a generic workflow api to perform human workflow interaction with various workflow engines. SAW API is an API for performing task management(update(e.g. approve/reject), delete, reassign, escalate etc.) created in a human oriented workflow. The Workflow can be defined in various languages supported by the workflow engines. With SAW API, portlet developers can manage tasks created via various instances of workflow definitions defined in languages specific to Workflow engines.
Currently the SAW API has implementations for Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite, jBPM, OpenSymphony OSWorkflow.
These implementations are showcased by means of:
- Workflow Portlet available in Portlet Repository(works with saw-impl-jcaps).
- Workflow Portlet available as part of Liferay Plugins(works with saw-impl-jbpm)
- Expense Report Portlet(available as part of eval bundle, works with OpenSymphony os-workflow)
Details about '1' are available here. Stay tuned for details around '2' and '3'.
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Introducing the "Waffogato," the Cronut Creator's Latest Invention
The creator of the Cronut has come up with a new combination: an ice-cream waffle topped with maple syrup espresso.
"I always like combining textures and also ideas," said chef Dominique Ansel, whose croissant-donut combination has attracted long lines outside his SoHo bakery, an underground trade and as a result, plenty of media attention (including earlier this month, when the shop was shuttered for a mouse infestation). "Sometimes it can be playful and [you] have something fun and original."
Created for "Taste of the Nation" a benefit for hunger relief organizations, the "waffogato" will have its premiere at the New York City fundraiser Monday night. Taste of the Nation organizers approached Mr. Ansel about two months ago with a request to create something around the theme of breakfast, he said.
"I always like to be challenged when doing new things," Mr. Ansel said.
The chef drew inspiration from two sources: the classic Italian "affogato" dessert, a scoop of ice cream topped with a shot of espresso, and memories of his mother cooking him waffles as a child growing up in France.
"The food you love is the one you remember," Mr. Ansel said. "Breakfast is waffles for me, it's such a big item."
The result is waffle-shaped ice cream set into a cup and doused with warm maple syrup espresso. As the ice creams melts, textures emerge of tapioca and bits of Belgian waffle mixed into the ice cream. "It's a little like a milkshake at the end," Mr. Ansel said.
Mr. Ansel, whose previous creations include a take on a classic American treat with a frozen s'more, describes the "waffogato" as "playful" and "fun" but "not something you travel with. "I would recommend to eat it right away," he said.
The dessert will be available at Mr. Ansel's bakery from May 9 and will cost in the region of $7, he said.
"I think it's always fun for my customers to see new things," he said.


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The Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch creates applications prepared by NIAID researchers and collaborators to share with the broader research community.
Examples of Web applications include the following:
Hemagglutinin Structure Prediction (HASP) Server
HASP is an interactive tool for the generation and analysis of high-quality hemagglutinin (HA) homology models.
PaVE: Papillomavirus Episteme
PaVE is a bioinformatics resource for papillomavirus researchers. PaVE includes over 420 complete genomic sequences from the Papillomaviridae and will soon feature tools for the comparative analysis of viral isolates. PaVE includes unique visualization and search tools for sequence information specific to the Papillomaviridae.
BMID is a Web application that allows bioinformatics developers to design and build Web interface components for command-line applications using an intuitive editor and drag-and-drop features. BMID helps computational biologists and bioinformatics developers build Web interfaces to improve existing applications, as well as design command-line arguments for new applications.
DRAP uses an automated workflow to read dosage-plate layout files and experimental data from plate readers, construct non-linear dose-response curves, determine IC50 and IC90 for each treatment, and generate analysis reports with publication-quality images.
SNP Explorer
SNP Explorer is used for the visualization and analysis of SNPs from custom Affymetrix resequencing Hyper-IgM/CVID microarrays.
The following are examples of downloadable desktop applications:
NetCirChro: Networks on Circular Chromosome (Cytoscape plug-in)
NetCirChro allows researchers to view and analyze network data in a context of chromosomal location and proximity. NetCirChro is particularly useful to any researcher studying bacterial genomes. Researchers can take advantage of the synchronization between Cytoscape and the NetCirChro plug-in to perform complex analyses, searches, and selections that were not possible before the NetCirChro tool was available.
SPICE: Simplified Presentation of Incredibly Complex Evaluations
The SPICE application is used by immunologists for data mining and visualization of multicolor flow cytometry data. However, the application has a broader utility: researchers may use SPICE to analyze any multivariate data set that has a series of nominal measurements and a single continuous measurement.
dCAS: Desktop cDNA Annotation System
The dCAS software automates large-scale cDNA sequence analysis. Researchers import their raw cDNA sequences to the dCAS software, which then automatically performs a series of clean-up steps and analyses. It then outputs an annotated Microsoft Excel file with assemblies.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
The Complications of Passing Time
Posted by Shreve & Co. at 11:09:44 AM in IWC (29)
IWC matches the intricacies of the turning of the world with an equally complicated timepiece – the globe-bearing IWC Portuguese Grande Complication. Understated and beautifully designed, the grande complication summarizes time as the chief agent of change with its tilted globe design on the dial and Portuguese-inspired elements. The 45 mm diameter timepiece, running on Caliber 79091 self-winding mechanical chronograph movement, offers a host of complications that are among the greatest watchmaking achievements. Portuguese Grande Complication features a chronograph, a perpetual moonphase display on the 12th hour, and a perpetual calendar that is mechanically programmed until 2499. Water resistant up to 3 bars and protected by arch-edged antireflective sapphire glass, the 45 mm watch also has a stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds. On the case back, an elaborate sextant is engraved, signifying the watch's Portuguese heritage.
Explore the complications of the Portuguese Grande, available at Shreve & Co. on Post Street in San Francisco – authorized retailer for IWC.
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The Trading Desk
By MICHAEL LEWIS
Published: March 30, 2003
It was late July of last year, July of last year, which is to say that Mike Magnante had picked a bad time to pitch poorly. Mags, as everyone called him, had come in against Cleveland in the top of the seventh with two runners on and a three-run lead. The first thing he did was to walk Jim Thome -- no one could blame him for that. He then gave up a bloop single to Milton Bradley, and the inherited runners scored -- just plain bad luck, that. But then he threw three straight balls to Lee Stevens. Stevens dutifully took a strike, then waited for Mags to throw his fifth pitch.
After the game the first question the Oakland A's' general manager, Billy Beane, asked his manager, Art Howe, was why he brought in Magnante. Howe's first answer was that he thought that Mags, the lefty, would be effective against a left-handed slugger like Thome. Which was just more conventional baseball nonsense, in Beane's view, since Mags hadn't got anyone out in weeks. Howe's second answer was that Beane put Mags on the team, and if a guy is on the team, you need to use him. Howe won't say this directly to Beane, but he'll probably think it. The coaching staff had grown tired of hearing Beane holler at them for using Magnante. ''The guy has got braces on both legs,'' said Rick Peterson, the pitching coach. ''We're not going to use him as a pinch runner. If you don't want us to use him, trade him.''
Magnante went into his stretch and looked for the signal. He had recently turned 37 and was four days shy of the 10 full years of big-league service he needed to collect a full pension. Paul DePodesta, Oakland's assistant general manager, often said that ''for guys to be available to us, there usually has to be something wrong with them,'' and it wasn't hard to see what was wrong with Mags, to discern the defect that made him available to a strapped team like Oakland. He was pear-shaped and slack-jawed and looked less like a professional baseball player than most of the beat reporters who covered the team.
Magnante made an almost perfect pitch to Lee Stevens, a fastball low and away. The catcher was set up low and outside. When you see the replay, you understand that he had hit his spot. If he missed, it was only by half an inch. It was the pitch Mike Magnante wanted to make. Good pitch, bad count. The ball caught the fat part of the bat. It rose and rose, and the two runners on base began to circle ahead of the hitter. It was Lee Stevens's first home run as a Cleveland Indian. By the time the ball landed, the first and third basemen were closing in on the mound like bailiffs, and Art Howe was on the top of the dugout steps. Magnante let in five runs and got nobody out. It wasn't the first time that he had been knocked out of a game, but it wasn't often he had been knocked out on his pitch. That's what happens when you're 37 years old: you do the things you always did, but the results are somehow different.
The game was effectively over. The Indians' own left-handed relief pitcher, Ricardo Rincon, struck out David Justice on three pitches and got Eric Chavez to pop out on four. The contrast cast Mags in unflattering light. The A's had the weakest left-handed relief pitching in the league, and the Indians had some of the strongest. To see the difference, Billy Beane didn't even need to watch the game.
he next day, when Billy Beane sits upright in his office, a few yards from Oakland's Coliseum, he faces a wall covered entirely by a white board and, on it, the names of the several hundred players controlled by the Oakland A's. Mike Magnante's name is still on that board. Swiveling around to his rear, he faces another white board with the names of the nearly 1,200 players on other major league rosters. Ricardo Rincon's name is on that board. At this point in the year Beane doesn't really need to look at these boards to make connections; he knows every player on other teams that he wants, and every player in his own system that he doesn't want. The trick is to persuade other teams to buy his guys for more than they are worth and to sell their guys for less than they are worth. Jermaine Dye, Johnny Damon, Ray Durham, Mark Ellis, Cory Lidle, Chad Bradford: in just the past few years Billy Beane acquired an obscene amount of talent at so little cost to himself that he is finding other teams reluctant to do business with him. The Cleveland Indians are not yet one of those teams.
Waiting for the Cleveland general manager, Mark Shapiro, to call him back, Beane distracts himself by paying attention to several things at once. On his television is ''Lou Dobbs Moneyline.'' On his desk is the most recent issue of Harvard Magazine, containing an article about a Harvard professor of statistics named Carl Morris. The article explains how Morris had used statistical theory to determine the number of runs a team could expect to score in the different states of a baseball game. No outs with no one on base: .537. No outs with a runner on first base: .902. And so on for each of the 24 possible states of a baseball game. ''We knew this three years ago,'' Beane says, ''and Harvard thinks it's original.''


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It was June 6th, 1996. I woke up just like on any other day, but before the day was over I'd have experienced a stealth Phish show that would indeed change the course of things to come for me.
I got a call at around 6 p.m., that a friend was on the Phish Bowl back in the Grateful Dead Forum on Prodigy, and got a flash from someone in the band that they'd be playing a secret show that night. I called my buddy, skipped a girlfriends high school graduation, and got on the road with nothing but a milk gallon container to piss in and a few tabs of blotter.
We had to rush. By the time we got on the road it was almost 7:00 and we had over two hours to travel from Hartford, CT to get to the Bearsville area.
When we finally got to the bar, we saw a line outside the front that was easily 40 deep. Since I was19 at the time, with no fake ID, my heart pretty much broke as I realized that I was "this close" and now would have to just hope that no one would boot me from the parking lot so I could at least hear the music. That's when I saw some kid climb about twelve feet up and over the balcony that formed the outside sitting area outside the bar. And thats what I did, too. I snuck in the side door just as the notes of Split Open and Melt echoed through the bar.
Trey was wearing a Boston Bruins black T-shirt, and Page and Jon were sunken in the floor on either side of he and Gordon. I didnt dare buy a beer at the bar; I wasn't getting kicked out for sure. The place was packed with an assortment of old school Phish fans, locals, and those of us that were lucky enough to get in to see our favorite musicians tear it up.
Funky Bitch, BBFCFM, and the Scent of a Mule from Set I were awesome. I still have Trey's Rolling Rock bottle that he used as a slide during the Mule... we were that close. YEM in the second set was particularly good; other musical highlights were Bowie, Stash, and two debuts: Character Zero, which ended abruptly because "we don't know the end yet" (Trey), and Waste.
After the show, the crowd poured out into the gravel lot, and who did we end up talking with but Mike Gordon, for fifteen minutes or so. He talked a lot about the soon-to-be-launched Phish.com, their plans for Europe, and music in general. What a great guy Mike was that night, he was so thankful for us all coming to their little secret show, and assured the summer tour to follow wouldn't suck. I ended up only hitting Hershey and the Clifford Ball, but I thought about this after: I bookended the summer with Phish's smallest show in years to start, and their biggest ever to end.
God, I love this band.


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You can listen to Saint of the Day using recent versions of either Windows Media Player or RealOne Player. Windows Media Player comes already installed on newer computers using Windows operating system. If you're not sure, select Windows Media Player below. If you do not have either player installed, use the link buttons below to download one. There are free versions of both players available.


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Greenville Little Theatre will present 'Sherlock Holmes'
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
The Greenville Little Theatre will present "Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Jersey Lily" by Katie Forgette, at 8 p.m. Feb. 22-23, Feb. 28, March 1-2, March 7-9 and Feb. 24 and 3 p.m. March 3.
Want to go?
What: "Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Jersey Lily"
When/where: 8 p.m. Feb. 22-23, 28, March 1-2, 7-9; and 3 p.m. Feb. 24, March 3 at Greenville Little Theatre, 444 College St. Greenville
Tickets: $26
Info: www.greenvillelittle theatre.org or 864-233-6238
Holmes and Watson are out to stop the evil Professor Moriarty in this escapade that includes lies, lilies, mistaken identities and mayhem.
Tickets are $26 with discounts available for seniors, children and groups of 10 or more.
Call the Box Office, 864-233-6238 or visit www.greenvillelittletheatre.org for more information.
The Greenville Little Theatre Box Office is at 444 College St. and is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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XenDesktop 5, vSphere 4.1 and VNX Reference Architecture
A common theme that I see coming up up time and time again with customers is VDI using Citrix XenDesktop and vSphere 4.1. It's popularity generally stems from the previous success companies have had with the more traditional Citrix products such as Presentation Server / XenApp. I know when I was looking at VDI solutions I was very much in favour of Citrix due to one thing, the ICA protocol. It works and it works well over long distances, in a lot of companies it has proven itself over a long period of time, it is a protocol they trust to deliver.
Following a customer meeting recently I was desperately searching for an EMC reference architecture (RA) for a XenDesktop / vSphere deployment. At the time it turned out we didn't have a completed one, we did however have one in draft format that was going through the final stages of review. That RA has now been completed and released for public consumption, an overview of the documents purpose is below.
The purpose of this reference architecture is to build and demonstrate the functionality, performance and scalability of virtual desktops enabled by the EMC VNX series, VMware vSphere 4.1 and Citrix XenDesktop 5. This solution is built on Machine Creation Services (MCS) in XenDesktop 5and a VNX5300 platform with multiprotocol support, which enabled FC block-based storage for the VMware vStorage Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) and CIFS-based storage for user data.
The RA covers the technologies listed below and details why the VNX array with FAST cache enabled is a perfect match for your Citrix VDI deployment. One other interesting area that is discussed is the use of Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) which is a new feature XenDesktop 5 and provides an alternative to Citrix Provisioning Server (PVS). For those new to MCS I suggest you have a read through the following Citrix blog post as their are some additional design considerations around IOPS that need to be considered.
Citrix XenDesktop 5
Microsoft Windows 7 enterprise (32-bit)
Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS)
VMware vSphere 4.1
EMC VNX 5300 – (Fast Cache & VAAI enabled)
EMC virtual storage integrator (VSI) – Free on EMC PowerLink
If you are considering XenDesktop 5 and vSphere 4.1 then I suggest you download and have a read through the RA linked below.
EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops enabled by EMC VNX Series (FC), VMware vSphere 4.1 and Citrix XenDesktop 5


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NIH Bethesda (Main) CampusFrom an office phone: 911From a cell phone: 301-496-9911
Off-Campus in Bethesda/Rockville Area From an office phone: 9-911From a cell phone: 911
Note: Be sure to alert the building security guards of all incidents.
At times, specific NIAID buildings can be adversely affected by severe weather events or other types of emergencies. There are several options for staying updated on building-specific issues. Due to the nature of power outages affecting phone services and Internet access, we have several options available for communicating with staff.
If you are at work and face an emergency situation, refer to these guides for instructions on what to do and whom to contact:
There are three ways to find out the operating status of the federal government in the Washington, DC, area:
Go to Capitalert to sign up for free emergency alerts from local governments in the Washington, DC, area.
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When a stiff breeze swept through the New England Patriots owner's box last night, Donald Trump's long-suffering hair saw its chance: With the wind as its cover, it would stage an escape.
Monday Night Football caught the moment when Donald—seated between Patriots owner Robert Kraft and former linebacker Ted Bruschi—nearly lost his hair. But, alas, the Great Hair Escape was foiled by the follicle. Hang on to hope, Donald's hair. You'll break away someday. [Deadspin, OpieRadio, Music: "Run Away" by the Real McCoy]


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A special-called meeting of the Anderson County Commission — at which no member of the public can attend — has been called for the county leaders to meet with their attorney.
The executive session between the County Commission and County Law Director Jay Yeager is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Room 312 of the Anderson County Courthouse, Clinton.
Items on the agenda include information that was slated to be talked about during an executive session Monday, which was the day the County Commission met for its quarterly day meeting. However, Yeager wasn't able to attend that meeting because of illness.
Leading the list of items to be discussed is Sheriff Paul White's lawsuit against County Mayor Terry Frank for the mayor's refusal to sign the sheriff's petition for salaries.
The case is set for a court hearing in December.
The Commission and Yeager on Nov. 6 will also discuss:
• The Glen Alpine Convenience Center relocation lawsuit;
• The Coal Creek vs. Anderson County lawsuit;
• The Carl Clifford Smith Jr. vs. Anderson County Sheriff and Civil Services Board suit; and
• The medical examiner's contract.
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Want to hunt alligators?
Published: Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 10:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 10:37 p.m.
A set number of the tags needed to legally kill alligators will be given out via a lottery system, which qualified hunters can sign up for through July 5, state wildlife officials said.
The application can be downloaded at www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting/lottery-hunts. Names will be drawn between Aug. 27 and Oct. 2.
Details: 337-373-0032 or 225-765-2346.
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While Regulators Drew Map, Street Changed
The first eight minutes of the Volcker rule's life were the easiest.
That is how long it took President Barack Obama to announce the surprise new ban on Wall Street banks' trading with their own capital and owning hedge funds. That was back in January 2010. The ensuing three-plus years of industry lobbying, intra-governmental infighting and regulatory uncertainty took the "devil-is-in-the-details" cliché' to a new level.
On Tuesday, we should see the fruit of those labors, a final version of the rule named after the former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker that should come into effect in 2015.
One paradox stands out: The Wall Street that will receive the Volcker rule is profoundly different from the one the Obama administration targeted at its outset.
In grammatical terms, Tuesday's publication of the new rule is more of a period than a new paragraph, an endpoint rather than a harbinger.
In the 1,419 days between the president's announcement and Tuesday's publication, the global financial industry has changed dramatically, mostly in the direction the Volcker rule sought to push it.
As regulators took their time to figure out Volcker, two key elements of how Wall Street does business changed: the makeup of its trading units and its personnel policies.
On trading, "pure" proprietary trading units—the walled-off teams that played with a bank's capital—are long gone. Their traders knew Volcker was coming so they took their talents to private-equity firms and hedge funds not covered by the rule.
The remaining businesses also are changing, particularly in the profit engine known as "Ficc"—fixed income, currencies and commodities. As capital regulations penalize riskier activities such as long-dated derivatives, and unpredictable currency and bond markets advise against taking big bets, the likes of Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank are retooling.
"Goldman's management team is in the process of significantly re-engineering trading by optimizing the balance sheet, triaging underperforming activities, and cutting costs," Brad Hintz, an analyst at Bernstein Research, wrote to clients last week. Also last week, Deutsche Bank said it would exit most of its commodities businesses because of the high costs of regulation.
These moves, and the added restrictions imposed by Volcker, are likely to lead to a reduction in the peaks and (hopefully) troughs in Ficc's profitability. Those units should become more predictable businesses that are less profitable in the good years but also less prone to blowing up a-la 2008. In that environment, firms controlling the biggest flows of business are likely to win out.
Change is more apparent on the "softer" side of the Street. After a long period in which traders ruled, the balance of power is switching.
"The regulators have been much, much tougher and have come down the hardest on the trading businesses," says Philip Purcell, who headed Morgan Stanley between 1997 and 2005. "This is going to change the dynamics of a lot of things. The guys with the power at the banks are going to be different people."
That changing of the guard is already in motion. Morgan Stanley itself transitioned from the trader John Mack to the former McKinsey consultant James Gorman in 2010. More recently, Citigroup, Barclays and Deutsche Bank all named non-traders to their top echelons. Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and UBS also are run by executives who don't hail from trading floors.
But the waters are stirring below the C-suite. Take Robert Jain, one of Credit Suisse's rising stars. Mr. Jain had a typical pre-Volcker trajectory: head of global proprietary trading, followed by co-head of global securities in the investment bank. Then, in 2012, he made a switch that few would have contemplated before the crisis—he moved to the asset-management unit, which he now heads.
The reason? "I started at Credit Suisse when I was 26 and I was managing a big portfolio of capital by the time I was 28. Now if I want to manage a big portfolio of capital, I do it for clients," Mr. Jain, 43, told me.
The Volcker rule will certainly usher in change on Wall Street. As William Silber, a New York University professor and author of "Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence," a biography of Mr. Volcker, says: "If a firm like Goldman Sachs, which is now a bank, can't speculate, then the pendulum will swing."
But a close look at the inner workings of the securities industry suggests that the pendulum has been in motion for some time.
Francesco Guerrera is The Wall Street Journal's financial editor. Write to him at: firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter: @guerreraf72.
Related: Neil Barofsky joins MoneyBeat to discuss the Volcker Rule.


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Hi all
I seem to be able to stream all normal files (.avi, XVid, VidX, Mp4 etc etc) fine with the occasional stutter (like say every 10-20 mins and just pause for say 3 seconds and resume and its all good - no big issues there). Also the size of them are roughly your average 700 - 1400 mb size
But for RMVB files (200-250 mb), they stutter like crazy. Like every 3 seconds.
My computer is pretty old (like AMD 1.8ghz, 512 RAM etc) but as I said, other files dont seem to have a problem transcoding or playing. I am also using a wireless connection which offers above average signal connection (65-100%, m = 85)
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Madame Pascal Blanchard at a party
As a scene or portrait, this enigmatic painting by Desvallières caused a stir at the 1903 Salon of the National Fine Art Society. This was a pivotal year for this artist, who had returned from England and played an active part in establishing the Autumn Salon at which Parisians were soon to discover the Fauvist and Cubists.
In the portraits which punctuated his work until 1914, Desvallières set his models in context against an appropriate backdrop. In this way he was able to go beyond the personality and conjure up a milieu and an atmosphere. These portraits are generally of close family or friends such as the wife of his fellow member of the Julian Academy, Pascal Blanchard.
The Petit Palais version was preceded by several studies. Painted in oil on paper, this seems to be the most complete version, although it has retained all the liveliness of a watercolour sketch. The composition focuses tightly on Madame Blanchard, a beautiful Russian-born brunette whose blue eyes punctuate her long profile, described by André Chaumeix as "morbidly graceful and highly-strung".
A fin de siècle ambiance, "full of perfume and stifled passions" (Gabriel Mourey), emanates from this ball where a pair of dancers embrace ardently, whilst Madame Blanchard is incorporated into the reflections and transparencies of an ivory, pink and gold decor. The influence of Gustave Moreau, with whom the young Devallières completed his training, can be discerned in this elegant and strange work with its background cluttered with objects and precious furniture.


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Hello there.
I'm testing the Demo version of Q-Cad.
I'd have a question about the compatibility of Q-Cad with DXF.
I've concerted a DWG in DXF, and I've opened it with Q-Cad.
These draw showed a section of a tank filled with a powder, with quotations.
The result I've obtained it is:
- Ok for the general structure of the draw and for quotations;
- So so for the cross-hatching and for texture representing powder, that disappear if I save in DXf for Autocad 2000/LT200, 2004 and that are visible if I save in DXF for autocad R12/LT2, 2.5 e 10.
If I open the same DXF with Autocad I can see both cross-hatching and texture representing powder, independently form the version.
I've also converted DWG in DXF with a converter, not with autocad, and the results are the same.
Q-Cad it is not compatible with same versions of Autocad?
There are features that are completely not translable from Autocad draw to Q-Cad draw?
Thanks if someone can answer me.


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The Inheritance of Rome AUG 24 2009
As Tyler Cowen seemingly reads every new book published in English each year (and I'm not even sure about the "seemingly"), a rave review from him directs my finger from its holster to Amazon's 1-Click trigger. This week Cowen is on about The Inheritance of Rome by Chris Wickham. From the review:
What can I say? I have to count this tome as one of the best history books I have read, ever.
Having just finished, coincidentially, Cowen's Create Your Own Economy (more on that soon), I *am* looking for another book to read.


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Thursday, Feb. 28 • 5 p.m. CT
American Bank Center (8,100) • Corpus Christi, Texas
The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team will remain at home to host its final two home games at the American Bank Center. The Islanders will host Southeastern La. on Thursday, Feb. 28 before facing Nicholls State on Saturday, March 2, on senior night. It will be the second meeting between the Lady Lions and Islanders this season and ninth time in program history. The Islanders are coming off a 68-58 home loss to Northwestern State on Feb. 19 at the American Bank Center and are looking to bounce back from a 66-54 road loss to the Lady Lions in January.
The Lady Lions currently sit in ninth place in the Southland Conference and are tied with the Islanders all-time at 4-4. Southeastern La. has dropped four of its last five games and enters Thursday's game with a 10-15 record, including a 3-11 record in SLC play while the Islanders are 3-22 and 2-12 in the SLC.
Head Coach Royce Chadwick is in his first year as the Islanders' Head Coach. Chadwick, who spent the previous 11 years at the helm of the Marshall University program, has 563 wins on his collegiate coaching resume.
•The Islanders fell short, 68-58, to Northwestern State on Feb. 19. The Islanders cut the deficit to 10 with three to play in the second half but couldn't overcome the Lady Demons from behind the arc.
•Jessica Jammer paced the Islanders with her seventh double-figure scoring game of the season with 16 points.
•The Islanders' bench has outscored nine of its last 10 opponents. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi outscored the Lady Demons' bench 27-0.
•Ashley Darley leads the team with 8.5 points per game. She also leads the Islanders in conference play with 9.4 points per game.
•Jammer is currently tied for fifth place in career blocks with 68.
•Coach Chadwick has used 14 different starting lineups this season. Last Tuesday, he used the starting lineup of Jessica Jammer, Ashanti Plummer, Ashley Darley, Taryn Gregory and Verne'qua Taylor for the third time this season. The Islanders are 2-1 when using that starting lineup. 10 of the 12 active Islanders have started at least two games this season.
•The Islanders will host their final two home games this week. The team will honor four seniors on Saturday, Imani Dunn, Jessica Jammer, Alisa Roberts and Verne'qua Taylor.
The Lady Lions and Islanders will meet for the ninth time in program history and second time this season in Southland Conference play. The Islanders and Lady Lions are tied in the all-time series at 4-4.
The last time the Islanders and Lady Lions met up was on Janaury 26, 2013. Jessica Jammer led all scorers with a season-high 22 points, but it wasn't enough, as Southeastern La. had five players in double-figures to capture a 66-54 victory.
The Lady Lions have dropped four of its last four games. Southeastern La. is coming off a 75-67 road loss at McNeese State and an 83-80 overtime home loss to Stephen F. Austin. Prior to that, the Lady Lions picked up a 66-60 victory over Northwestern State. Southeastern La. is averaging 63.8 points per game behind Aja Gibson's 11.2 points per game and Brandi Simmons 10.9 points per game. Simmons also leads the boards with 8.8 rebounds per game.
The Islanders were picked to finish eighth in the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll after finishing with a 5-11 conference record last season.
Ashley Darley has made starts in 18 of the 24 Islanders' games and leads the team with 8.5 points per game (25th, SLC) in 19.5 minutes per game. She has chipped in a team-high 39 steals apiece (9th, SLC).
Jessica Jammer has powered the Islanders' offense in conference play. She is second on the team in scoring with 8.3 per game (27th, SLC) and has registered seven double-figure scoring games this season. She is also second on the team in conference play with 9.1 points per game. Jammer leads the Islanders glass with 5.2 rebounds per game, which is good for 19th place in the SLC.
Freshman guard Janae Blount is third on the team with 7.8 points per game and has tallied 5.5 points per game in conference play this season. She leads the team with 29 three pointers which is good for a tie for 13th place.
She has scored eight double-figure scoring games this season. The Washington, D.C. native scored a career-high 21 points vs. Auburn and tied her career-high four three-pointers at the 26th Annual Omni Hotels Classic in Boulder, Colo. to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team.
At Nicholls State, Imani Dunn tallied eight points all in the first half, including 2-for-4 from behind the arc in her third start of the season. Prior to that, the senior made her first season start vs. Oral Roberts and gave the Islanders a spark, scoring the first seven points for the Islanders. She also tied a career-high three from behind the arc in a career-high 32 minutes. At Southeastern La., Dunn tallied six points going 6-for-8 from the charity stripe.
Alisa Roberts is fifth on the team with 5.5 points per game. The senior tallied a season-high 16 points vs. Texas State.
Taryn Gregory recorded a season-high 12 points at Central Arkansas including a free throw with 3.7 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Islanders to victory. Marquesha Anderson-Sparks has been strong this season from the charity stripe with a .740 percentage (37-of-50). The junior made her first season start at Lamar and started against UCA where she went 7-for-8 from the free throw line.
The Islanders' bench has outscored nine of its last 10 opponents. The Islanders notched the 27-0 bench advantage against the Lady Demons. Prior to that the Islanders tallied a 23-17 bench advantage at Oral Roberts and a 28-4 bench advantage over UCA. The Islanders posted a 31-11 bench advantage over McNeese State and a 31-17 bench advantage vs. Sam Houston State. The Islanders also outscored Oral Roberts' bench 16-8 and followed it with a 21-13 bench advantage vs. UCA.
Royce Chadwick is the fourth coach in Islanders' history to make his debut on the sidelines. He holds 562 wins on his collegiate coaching resume and seven NCAA Tournament bids. Chadwick is familiar with the Southland Conference after coaching stints at Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston State. Chadwick was named the Southland Coach of the Year in 1997. He has 28 years of experience coaching women's college basketball and four career wins in the NCAA Tournament. Roxanne White joins Chadwick on the sidelines as the Islanders' Associate Head Coach. Darren Brunson also made his Islanders' coaching debut this season as the Islanders Assistant Coach. Geoff Grawn is in his 11th season on the Islanders' staff as an assistant coach.
The Islanders will face Nicholls State on Saturday, March 2 at the American Bank Center. The team will honor Imani Dunn, Jessica Jammer, Alisa Roberts and Verne'qua Taylor on senior night.


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Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 45(f)(1). Subpoena for Taking Depositions - Place of Examination.
Proof of service of a notice to take a deposition as provided in Rules 30 and 31, or the presentation of a stipulation for the taking thereof, constitutes a sufficient authorization for the issuance by the clerk of the district court for the county in which the action is pending, or by the clerk of the district court for the county in which a deposition is being taken to be used in an action pending in another state or country, of subpoenas for the person named or described therein. The subpoena commanding the appearance of a witness at a deposition may also command the person to whom it is directed to produce or to permit inspection and copying of designated books, papers, documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things which constitute or contain evidence relating to any of the matters within the scope of the examination permitted by Rule 26(b), but in that event the subpoena will be subject to the provisions of Rule 30 and subdivision (b) of this Rule 45, except that if the action is pending out of the state, the court issuing the subpoena shall have the authority to enforce such rules.
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Louise Carslake, baroque flute
Carla Moore, baroque violin
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba
Lorna Peters, harpsichord
Since its founding in 1979, Music's Re-creation has performed to high acclaim in both Europe and America, including appearances at the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music in London, York Early Music Festival (U.K.), Kilkenny Festival (Ireland), the Music in Old Krakow Festival (Poland), Carmel Bach Festival, and the Berkeley Festivals. Their CD recordings of music by Clerambault, Telemann, and Leclair on London's Meridian label have received praise from critics worldwide. Their four newest recordings on the Centaur label feature the music of C.P.E. Bach, Marin Marais, Georg Philipp Telemann, and William Lawes.
Well known for their performances of trios, quartets, and chamber cantatas from the Baroque era, the group has also expanded in size to perform such large-scale works as Monteverdi's Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, famous operatic arias by Handel, and concerti by J.S. Bach. Over the years Music's Re-creation has collaborated in concert with a long list of distinguished guest artists, including Jaap Schroder, Stanley Ritchie, Andrew Parrott, Nicholas McGegan, Nancy Argenta, James Bowman, Judith Nelson, Derek Lee Ragin, Jennifer Lane, and Julianne Baird.
Music's Re-creation has held artistic residencies with the University of Washington in Seattle and the Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ensemble's name was inspired by Jean-Marie Leclair's Recreation de Musique (1736), and John Playford's Musick's Recreation on the Viol (1682).
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AUSTIN – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team ran into a hot-hitting #23 Texas Longhorns team coming off of their highest scoring game of the season as the Islanders lost a 9-2 final at Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday night. Including the game Tuesday, the Longhorns were hitting nearly .400 as a team over the last two games, and .327 the previous 15 games coming into the night.
The Islanders move to 13-19 overall, while Texas improves to 18-12 on the year. Jake Dziubczynski got the start and was tagged with the loss, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks to fall to 0-3 on the year.
Texas third baseman Erich Weiss, the second cousin of Islanders outfielder Eric Weiss, led the charge for the Longhorns offense with a 3-for-4 night and three RBI. The UT infielder is hitting .464 over his last 16 games.
Islanders relief pitchers Franco Pace, Trevor Belicek and Phillip Garcia did a good job holding the Longhorns in check, combining for 3.1 innings and seven strikeouts between the final out of the fourth inning to the end of the seventh inning.
The Longhorns used a leadoff single, a sacrifice bunt, and then another single to score the first run of the game in the opening inning. They threatened to get more after loading the bases, but Dziubczynski induced an inning-ending double play to get out of trouble. Texas added two more runs in the third inning following a leadoff double and a three singles to make it 3-0.
The Islanders got on the board in the fourth inning, led off by an infield single by Eric Weiss. After a Jonathan Gonzales groundout moved Weiss to second, Jordan Lee followed with an infield single to put runners on first and second with one out. A third infield single, this time by Jeramie Marek, brought Weiss home to make it a 3-1 score.
Texas responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 6-1 game.
After a tough inning in the fourth, the Islanders worked quickly in the fifth as Franco Pace struck out the side for the first 1-2-3 inning of the game against Texas. It was part of seven strikeouts in three innings for the Islanders from the fifth through seventh innings.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi added a single run in the eighth to make it a 6-2 game. Drew Vest led off the inning by reaching on an error, and moved to second on a pinch-hit single by Stafford Brantley. Gonzales followed with an RBI single past the third baseman to score Vest and make it 6-2.
The Longhorns added three runs in the bottom of the eighth to put the game out of reach.
Next up for the Islanders will be a three-game Southland Conference series in Natchitoches, La. against Northwestern State. The teams will play at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
For all the latest on Islanders Baseball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball), follow them on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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Nicholls opens movie exhibit
Published: Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 1:02 a.m.
A new exhibit at Nicholls State University will showcase posters and memorabilia from movies filmed in Louisiana.
The exhibit opens Monday and lasts until June 21. It is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the first floor of Ellender Memorial Library.
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Plinky's Coin of the Month
February 2000
Six years before the Declaration of Independence, the man on this silver dollar was the first patriot to die in the American Revolution.
Can you name him?
Hint: He was shot during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks was the first patriot killed during the American Revolution.
On March 10, 1770, Attucks and four other men were shot by British soldiers.
Patriots named the fight the "Boston Massacre," and they used it to unite the colonists.
Angry about the fight, people came together and demanded that British troops be removed from Boston.
Attucks was also the first Black Revolutionary War Patriot to die for American independence.
In all, more than 5,000 African Americans fought in the Revolutionary War.
The back of this silver dollar shows a Black Patriot family.
It's the same design created for the
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial.
Both the coin and memorial commemorate these early veterans who fought in the Revolutionary War and the families who supported them.


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How Gaza Changes Obama's Second-Term Agenda
Naturally enough, presidents like to control their own agenda, and sometimes they can even succeed in doing so.
More often, though, the agenda is dictated to them by events outside their control. And so it is with the eruption of Israeli-Palestinian violence around the Gaza Strip this month. Even with a ceasefire now in place, the fight already figures to alter President Barack Obama's second-term agenda.
The confrontation erupted within days of Mr. Obama's re-election, and after a presidential campaign in which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict went essentially unmentioned. That's a reminder of how campaigns often don't prepare the country or the candidates for the unpredictable world ahead. A prime example: George W. Bush was elected in 2000 after a campaign in which the terror threat from al Qaeda wasn't an issue, only to see his presidency transformed by the al Qaeda menace within a year.
In this case, Mr. Obama now simply can't avoid trying to push along an Israeli-Palestinian peace process, or at least appear to try. He likely was going to get to that point anyway; one need only recall how a second-term President Bill Clinton became obsessed with trying to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to realize that every president eventually takes a crack at trying to solve one of the world's most intractable problems.
The change is that Mr. Obama now will find it hard to wait. He'll soon need a new secretary of state, after Hillary Clinton's long-planned departure, and Israel has its own elections planned for January, so serious diplomacy may have to wait for those two transitions.
But after that, the new secretary of state will have to pick up the successful diplomacy Mrs. Clinton pulled off in recent days. The alternatives to sitting idly by have been well illustrated in recent days.
More broadly, the episode, combined with the continuing threat of Iran's nuclear program, shows how hard it will be to execute the administration's desire to make a pivot in American foreign policy toward more of a focus on Asia.
Over time, the frequency of presidential efforts to solve the Israeli-Palestinian question has been just about matched by the frequency with which presidents have tried to wash their hands of the Middle East and focus elsewhere. Somehow the Middle East always manages to lure them back into its morass.
That appears to remain true—and is likely to remain true even as new development of America's own oil and gas reserves makes the U.S. less dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Both to protect the economy and reduce the threat from Islamic extremists, the U.S. will retain a large stake in Middle Eastern stability even if it doesn't need the region's energy as much.
"The reality is that there is only one other country at this point that can provide security for Middle East oil exports," said Anthony Cordesman, a Middle East security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in an interview on "D.C. Bureau," the Journal's online politics show. "That would be China. That's a strategic choice I don't think we're going to make."
Moreover, Mr. Cordesman said, the U.S. is part of a world economy that needs a free flow of Middle Eastern oil even if it is going to other nations: "If you buy goods from Asia, you are essentially importing oil indirectly."
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel.


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NEW: For a prettier blog interface, see the Wordpress version!
|Check out Damien's patch
|Create a blogging thing for my planner wiki
|Fix Emacswiki bbdb URLs.
1. slashdot karma : 12:35
2. on why I do not judge poetry : 18:07
You can probably see how this kind of attitude got me two Ds in freshman English. I have neither patience nor desire to sit around in a circle discussing the irony in the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Give me a program instead.
3. open source questionnaire : 18:18
A Word document attachment.
I politely wrote her back and suggested the use of non-proprietary formats in the future, especially when sending out an open source questionnaire - I was nice, though, and told her I'd extracted the text already. To this, she replied that she didn't have any non-proprietary software on her system, but that she was working on it.
Ah, such is the insidious power of Microsoft! It causes people to forget that plain text and HTML files are eminently more open than the native Microsoft Word document, and much smaller too. Pffft. Not only that, people have gotten far too used to saving plain, unformatted text files as a Microsoft Word document, unaware of the other document types and the fact that they can produce such...
4. rms citation style : 19:36
5. initsplit.el : 19:44
John Wiegley has a tool called initsplit.el on his web-site for breaking customizations into multiple files. The issue (I believe) is why load all the customization information for a package into Emacs if you're not going to load the package (at least during this particular session)? Also, it would allow you to keep the customizations for a package close to (in the sense of your .emacs files) everything else associated with the package. Different people (I guess) have different levels of what they consider to be a "tidy" .emacs file.
I love Emacs.
6. emacs-wiki major uhoh : 21:00
7. tala's open source interview : 23:36
I maintain or contribute source code and time to a few open source projects like the Emacs Planner module. I've given several talks at local Linux events such as the UP Open Source Day held on February 20, 2003, and the Ateneo I.T. Forum held on March 7, 2003. I am also the current vice president of the Philippine Linux Users Group and I am active in a couple of mailing lists like plug and ph-linux-newbie.Why do you support the use of Open Source Software?
Because it's fun. Because it helps me practice my skills. Because it gives me bucketloads of free software that I can use, customize, debug and develop. Because it helps me make a difference.What are the advantages of using Open Source Software over
Proprietary Software generally and specifically for the Philippines? From a techie's point of view? From a layman's point of view (such as a student or an office secretary or clerk)?
Speaking as a techie, I find open source to be absolutely wonderful. I can learn as much as I want from whatever software program I choose. I can tweak, experiment, and rewrite to my heart's content. For me, free and open source software is about freedom - the freedom to learn, the freedom to improve.
You might also be interested in an essay of mine. http://www.inq7.net/inf/2002/sep/26/inf_27-1.htmWhat is the current state of Open Source Software in the Philippines?
You might want to check out the openminds_ph archives for a lot of discussion on that. http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/openminds_phIn your opinion, will the use of Open Source Software spread and gain more popularity? What factors will help the spread of use?
I don't see why not. Open source software just makes a lot of sense to me. There are a lot of companies and schools looking into open source, and even our government is slowly exploring open source.What factors will hinder the spread of the use of Open Source Software in the Philippines?
Many businesses are locked into proprietary solutions because they'd come to rely on a single vendor, and big software companies try to make sure that people don't know they have alternatives. For example, if you didn't know that you could save files in other formats simply by using the File -> Save As command in Microsoft Word, you'd end up saving in the closed Microsoft Word format. If you're using something like Microsoft Word 2002 and your friends only have Microsoft Word 98, they'll have to buy new software just to open your file. People buy Microsoft Office because "everyone else uses it."
There's also the impression that open source is intimidating and that it's only for geeks. A lot of work is being done to improve it on the desktop, and companies are springing up to provide Linux support.In your opinion, does Open Source Software have a future in the Philippine IT industry?
I'd love to hear about any questions, comments, suggestions or links that you might have. Your comments will not be posted on this website immediately, but will be e-mailed to me first. You can use this form to get in touch with me, or e-mail me at [email protected] .


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Sleepy Mexican Syndrome
A diagnosis for excessive sleepiness at all hours of the day
A diagnosis for excessive sleepiness at all hours of the day
I was so tired in class I feel like I have S.M.S
by The Worldwide Indian February 27, 2009
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Top Definition
The abbr. of Sado Masochism. A sexual act involving two or more participants whom having overwhelming amount of desire to either sexually torture others or be sexually tortured by others. Also associated with BDSM.
My friend had went to a SM party last night; that's why they stayed home today because it is a tiring activity.
by jongu January 27, 2004
a short version of sex machine
-Hey, do you see Robin over there? He's a total sm. Every cutie in the town has tried him.
by rainy day today November 05, 2010
Sex Machine (mostly used in chats)
- Hey, do you see Robin over there? He's a total sm.
by tingting44 November 04, 2010
Stage manager (in a theatrical production).
Kate was the best SM so far this year.
by Margo Roth Spiegelman II May 02, 2010
Shorted version of so much
"I hate math class sm."
by Ibl33dwh1t3andblaCk May 17, 2016
it is a prefix that you use to curse in school to not get in trouble
what the sm-uck (fuck) you sm-ushbag (dushbag)
by smack that all on the floor February 13, 2009