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Boxes filled the living room with even more piled up in the family room. The 12-foot artificial Christmas tree had been broken down into five separate pieces as it prepared for its long winter's nap, and what was once a bustling, snow-covered Dickens village was now just a stark sheet of plywood resting on three metal saw horses.
It was quite obvious that the decorations that had come in with such excitement and anticipation prior to the holiday season were now heading back out to the garage with all the luster of wadded up gift wrapping paper.
So as Natalie neatly wrapped up all of the ornaments and carefully packed them away with all of the other delicate breakables, I clumped the strings of lights into a big ball and stuffed them into a box, figuring I wouldn't have to worry about untangling them for another 10 months or so.
It's our annual holiday tradition--I get everything out just after Thanksgiving and she decorates the house, then she packs everything away and I put the boxes back in the garage.
Sounds like a pretty fair deal, right? Yeah, especially when I guilt my youngest son Kevin into helping me get everything out, then putting everything away again.
And it was the same this year. I just called him last week to ask for a little help getting Christmas out of the house, since he has all of the muscle that I used to have (OK, so he has way more muscle than I ever had ... even more reason he should carry the boxes out, right?).
So he came over a while back to be greeted by a dozen boxes in the house and six strings of lights (that he had put up over a month ago) still hanging on the roofline outside.
After he hauled out a couple of huge boxes filled with the heaviest decorations and I followed with a little container packed with feathers ... I mean, tinsel garland, he lamented, "You know, Christmas used to be so much more fun at your house."
"Oh, I know, son," I said, consoling him. "But that's just because you were so much younger ... hey, grab that one in the corner on your next trip out--it's super heavy."
"OK," he said, adding, "but that's not what I mean. It used to be so much more fun ... "
"I know," I interrupted. "It was the anticipation of Santa Claus coming. And leaving carrots and water out for the reindeer. Hey, did I mention that the ladder is in the garage? Go get it so we can take the lights off the house."
"We!" he exclaimed with all the emphasis of someone who knew he'd do the work while I would just watch.
"But really, Dad," he added, "it used to be so much more ... "
"Yeah, I get it, Kev," I said, interrupting again. "I know--the whole Santa thing, decorating the cookies, setting up the electric train around the tree. I was a lot more fun back then ... hey, did you get that box with all of Natalie's village pieces in it? It weighs a ton."
It took a while, but we (I mean he) finished the job and the decorations were all put away in their off season home in the garage and our house was back to normal again. As we were sitting back resting after all of our hard work, Kevin said once again, "Really, Dad, Christmas used to be so much more fun at your house."
"I understand, son," I said with all of the sincerity of a 1950's sitcom dad. "Maybe that's because you were so much younger."
"No," he blurted, "it's because you were so much younger and you used to do everything!"
Heh, heh--I knew what he was talking about all along.


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BlackenedPixels is a variation of the "basic black" screensaver concept. Not only does it turn your screen black, but it also powers down all the displays to keep the room cool and dark. G5 owners will appreciate this one even more, considering the heat their hardware already brings down on them. Unless they live in Canada, Alaska or great mother Russia.
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This is so wicked. Nice and simple like it should be. Better than just putting a black jpeg in a folder for the screen saver.
groxx: I believe that, with this, you can invoke the black screen manually, as opposed to the Energy Saver, which only does it if you've been inactive for a certain amount of time.
So awesome. I've been looking for this for a long time.
Can't you do the same thing in Energy Saver? Just turn the screen turn-off time earlier. It powers them down too, doesn't it?
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Sarcoma survivor Rebecca Greenway, was originally told she had a benign growth. Upon waking up from surgery to remove the growth, she learned that it was malignant. Rebecca shares her memory of that day and the emotions she felt as a 17 year old. At Children's Hospital, she found an extended family in the doctors and nurses. After surgery and a total of 12 months of chemotherapy, Rebecca is now cancer free.


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ACUSHNET — Steven E. Isbell, 63, of Acushnet, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013, at home, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Deborah (Farinon) Isbell, to whom he had been married for 36 years.
Born in Texas and raised in No. Adams, MA, he was a son of Irene (Lloyd) Inglis of Acushnet.
Steve was employed at General Supply & Metals, Inc. in New Bedford where he was referred to as "Papi." He enjoyed Drag Racing and was a lifelong fan of the NY Yankees.
Besides his wife and mother he is survived by three children, Jeff Isbell, Chilli Moulton and Carol Bentz; four grandchildren; his brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Laurell Farinon; and niece, Maria Farinon.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to General Supply & Metals, Inc. for their care, support and overwhelming generosity.
His funeral service will be held Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at 7 PM in the ROCK Funeral Home, 1285 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford. Visiting hours, Tuesday 4-7 PM prior to the service. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Steven's memory may be made to The Learning Center for the Deaf, 848 Central St., Framingham, MA 01701.
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NHL.com: Suter, Weber ready to once again carry heavy load
NASHVILLE -- His team did not make it past the Western Conference Semifinals last year, but nonetheless Predators defenseman Ryan Suter led all skaters during the playoffs in average time on ice per game at 28:51.
During the 2011-12 regular season, Suter finished third in that category with a paltry-by-comparison 26:30. Shea Weber, with whom Suter forms a pair -- and who, like Suter, was an All-Star -- finished fifth in that category at 26:09.
One of the reasons Nashville acquired defenseman Hal Gill in February was to take minutes off of Weber and Suter. Amazing as it might seem by their statistics, Gill did so and Weber and Suter were glad for it.
However, with the arrival of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the yoke is off, so to speak, and Weber and Suter are ready to log the heavy minutes again. With Gill being a game-time decision for Wednesday, they might get even more than they initially suspected.
"Yeah, yeah, I think we are [ready]," said Weber, a finalist for the Norris Trophy last season. "Obviously, this is an exciting time. We're ready to go and we got a little bit of a rest in the last week, playing less minutes, and it's 'go time,' so we're going to play as many minutes as we need to."
In the season finale, with Nashville already assured of the No. 4 seed, Suter played only 19:48 in a 6-1 win over Colorado while Weber skated for 19:00. Suter joked that it was a harder adjustment to play less than it is to play more. In the past, he has said it's easier to play more because he gets in a rhythm, whatever the physical demands might be.
"It's tough to stay in a rhythm, especially when you're not used to it," Suter said of playing less. "If I were used to playing that -- but when you're used to playing 26 minutes and you go down to 20, it's pretty big difference."
Weber said quickly following up a good shift can create a virtuous cycle while quickly following up a bad one provides a chance for redemption and to forget about the former one.
Judging by last season, Weber and Suter could play at least 10 more shifts per game Wednesday night than they did in the season finale. In that game on Saturday, Preds defensemen took 141 shifts for an average of 51 seconds each. Weber and Suter played 22 apiece. By comparison, last year when Nashville was eliminated 2-1in regulation in Game 6 of their second-round series with Vancouver, Weber took 34 shifts and Suter 32, so out of 160 shifts that night on defense -- notice the team has a whole had plenty more and, as a result, the shifts were shorter than in the regular season -- Weber and Suter played 41 percent of them.
Predators coach Barry Trotz said it's by no means a given that Weber and Suter will go back to playing huge minutes, but agreed that Gill did help to take some of the load off them.
"We're going to play them the way we need to play them, be it whatever the game dictates," he said, "and Hal did that. He took them off the penalty kill a little bit. And [rookie] Roman Josi's gone in there and done that. There were times when everybody was in the lineup that Shea and Ryan's minutes were served a little bit more on the five-on-five and also on the power play and what have you."
Suter and Weber said that the recovery the day after a game when they play heavy minutes is not much different than any other. Suter said some players prefer the cold tub, though not him. He said sleep and nutrition take on an enhanced role.
"You kind of know what works for you," Weber said. "Obviously, you might get a few more bumps and bruises during a physical series, but that's just part of it, but at the end of it -- at the end of June -- it's well worth it."
Center David Legwand, whose minutes traditionally have gone up for Nashville in the playoffs over the last two seasons over what he played in the regular season, said Weber and Suter have another coping mechanism: less practice on off days.
"Obviously, they're going to be playing a lot of hockey in game-type situations and those things, so I think that's good," Legwand said.
With Games 1 and 2 at Bridgestone Arena, Trotz will have the last line change and could match Weber and Suter against Detroit's line of Valtteri Filppula, Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi. On the road, it's a different story, and Suter expects to be on the ice for more defensive zone faceoffs and in other situations.
Whatever it is, Suter is looking forward to the challenge.
"The more we play the better we are," he said. "I think that's a big thing, too, that [Trotz] knows that we want to be out there and we want to play."
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Welcome to BNA Online, the leading source of life history information for North American breeding birds. This free, courtesy preview is just the first of 14 articles that provide detailed life history information including Distribution, Migration, Habitat, Food Habits, Sounds, Behavior and Breeding. Written by acknowledged experts on each species, there is also a comprehensive bibliography of published research on the species.
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Extolled by conservationists for its ability to stop a bulldozer in its tracks and reviled by land developers as their worst enemy, the tiny California Gnatcatcher has become a symbol of the challenges of how to interpret and apply the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Commonly found throughout most of southern and central Baja California in a variety of arid scrub habitats, the range of this small, nonmigratory songbird extends northward into coastal southern California, where it occurs on some of the most expensive private real estate in the United States. Explosive human population growth and resultant suburban sprawl within the last 50 years has reduced and fragmented the species' coastal sage scrub habitat, and led to Federal protection of the northernmost subspecies as a Threatened species in 1993. Furthermore, concerns engendered by this decision catalyzed passage of legislation by the State of California intended to protect natural communities while allowing continued economic growth. Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt described this novel initiative, known as the Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) program, as a "breathtaking experiment" that "may become an example of what must be done across the country if we are to avoid the environmental and economic train wrecks we've seen in the last decade." Conservation of the California Gnatcatcher continues to be the dominant factor in determining details of the NCCP program's implementation, thus emphasizing the importance of scientific information about the species' behavior, ecology, and distribution.
Little is known of the California Gnatcatcher's biology in the heart of its range in Baja California. In contrast, substantial research has been conducted on its distribution and biology in the United States during the last 10 years. Much of this recent work was done in response to various management and conservation decisions, resulting in a diverse but sometimes poorly conceived research agenda pursued by environmental consultants, academics, wildlife agency personnel, and conservation advocates. Many results were never peer-reviewed or formally published, leading Rotenberry and Scott (1998: 238) to comment that "researchers had few avenues of communication, no one could build off the established work of others, and mechanisms for identifying reliable data went unused." Publication of papers presented at the 1995 California Gnatcatcher Symposium began to correct this situation (Rotenberry and Scott 1998), yet much of what is currently "known" about the species still is found only in scattered field notes, anecdotal reports, and "gray literature," rather than rigorous scientific studies. Where warranted, this account refers to such unpublished data as a means of summarizing all currently available information, while readily acknowledging the need for more careful and controlled studies. All unpublished reports cited here have been deposited at the Wilson Ornithological Society's Van Tyne Memorial Library (Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079).
California Gnatcatchers are small, slender, gray birds with long, black tails narrowly edged and tipped with white. During the breeding season, males have a glossy black cap. Dark-gray northern populations grade clinally into pale southern forms. Upperparts are darker gray than underparts, with females having warmer, brownish tones on back, flanks, and belly. The species' kittenlike mewing calls best distinguish it from the similar and largely allopatric Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Polioptila melanura .
Although the species is abundant throughout much of Baja California, fewer than 5,000 pairs of California Gnatcatchers now persist in coastal southern California, where their distribution is mostly restricted to the coastal sage scrub plant community. Breeding pairs are generally monogamous and sedentary, and both sexes participate in nest construction, incubation, and care of young. High rates of nest predation are offset by rapid and persistent renesting efforts extended over a protracted breeding season; as many as 10 nesting attempts may occur in a single year, producing up to 3 successful broods. Juveniles generally disperse less than 10 km from their natal territories, and establish pair bonds within several months of fledging. Rates of annual survivorship are variable and likely influenced by poorly understood interactions between winter temperature and rainfall patterns.
Atwood, Jonathan L. and David R. Bontrager. 2001. California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/574


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"10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Sex Transition"
Annika Penelope: 10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Transition
Exactly two years ago, I sat apprehensively in the reception area of the public health clinic in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, waiting for my name to be called. If all went according to plan, I would leave that evening with my first prescriptions for estradiol and spironolactone -- day 1 on hormones. I had just come from work, and because only a handful of my colleagues knew about my transition, I was still presenting as a boy (albeit an androgynous one wearing gold eye shadow). I remember looking around the room at the other trans girls sitting nearby. I couldn't wait to be just like them -- to have people see me as my true gender and to finally start feeling comfortable in my body. . . . 1. Brace yourself for beauty culture. This is especially true for my fellow femme girls, and there's a reason it's #1 on my list. Before I started presenting as female, I had no idea just how toxic beauty culture is in this country. Women are constantly inundated with airbrushed images and messages aiming to tear down our self-esteem and make us feel inadequate. Fashion magazines and the beauty industry make billions every year by exploiting these insecurities with the promise that if we only try harder to be prettier, we too can be happy. As a trans girl, beauty culture can be especially difficult to navigate, because most of us have haven't been exposed to it very long. Our cis partners and friends have been dealing with it since middle school (if not earlier), and many have had years to develop effective coping strategies, so we DMAB ("designated male at birth") ladies have to make up for lost time, and on top of that, cissexist standards of beauty add another way for us to feel insecure. It helps to maintain a sense of perspective. Many trans girls, including me, have a habit of romanticizing the cisgender experience. A month or two into my transition, I told my girlfriend that I couldn't wait until I could look in the mirror and see a pretty girl staring back at me. "You realize that's never going to happen, right?" was her response. "You're going to look at your reflection and feel unsatisfied -- just like every other woman." And it's true: Even the most gorgeous of my friends can list a dozen things she'd change about her appearance. So the next time you're feeling unattractive, don't blame yourself; blame capitalism and a beauty culture designed to make you feel that way. 2. Say goodbye to male privilege. If, like me, you presented as a normative guy before transitioning, you probably didn't realize just how many privileges you were about to give up. I took so many little things for granted, like being able to walk outside or go to a bar without random men feeling the need to comment on my appearance. Sexual harassment is such a routine thing now that I can't even remember what life was like without it. You'll probably also notice that people take you less seriously at work because of your gender and presentation. You'll have to be twice as assertive as you were before in order to get people to pay attention to your contributions, and you'll possibly be labeled a "bitch" for doing so. . . .


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Six East Stroudsburg University organizations cleaned streets in East Stroudsburg as part of an Adopt-A-Block program sponsored by the ESU Campus-Community Coalition. The coalition is an initiative of the ESU Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Prevention Services Office. Four ESU students majoring in exercise science and members of the ESU Exercise Science Club participated in the cleanup on Analomink Street.
Other Adopt-A-Block cleanups by ESU organizations were conducted on South Green Street by the Biology Club; Broadhead Avenue by the Public Relations Student Society of America; Prospect Street and East Brown Street by ESU Athletics; Ridgeway Avenue by Warrior Elite, a student ambassador group that develops activities to instill a sense of pride in the ESU community; and North Green Street by the National Student Speech, Language and Hearing Association.
There are 17 college organizations that regularly clean 18 streets in the borough.
The ESU Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Prevention Services Office provides both education and prevention services about responsible decision-making regarding drinking, tobacco and other drugs. Its goal is to give students information so they can make better choices while in school and after graduation. The overall mission is to support academic programs by planning, coordinating and participating in campus efforts that reduce dangerous and illegal drug and alcohol use.
The mission of the ESU Campus-Community Coalition is to reduce dangerous and illegal drug and alcohol use, reduce destructive behaviors and increase awareness about these issues, . The coalition also seeks to create a positive relationship between ESU and local communities and improve the well-being of the campus and community.
For more information about theses programs, contact the coordinator Alyson Patascher at 570-422-3298 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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An architectural detail fashioned with 'attention to detail' sounds redundant; but the phrase correctly describes the precision applied to even the smallest aspect of a Freeport Woodworking project. Thoughtfully designed and crafted details should not shout "look at me." They should give the eye something more to discover, something extra to appreciate.
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IDBI (down 6.13 per cent to Rs 16.85) declined on selling pressure, after Wednesday's gain. The stock rose by over 17 per cent on Wednesday, after the development bank posted impressive results. For the quarter ended 30 September 2002, it recorded a net profit of Rs 115 crore (Rs 25 crore) on total income of Rs 2,035 crore (Rs 1,899 crore).
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STOCKTON — City Hall has fallen two years behind in filing standard state reports on its finances and accounting.
On Wednesday, the office of California Controller John Chiang sent letters to nine cities, including bankrupt Stockton, telling them they had until Dec. 31 to file delinquent documents.
Sixteen months ago, Stockton filed for Chapter 9 protection. It was the largest city in the nation to do so at the time.
Chiang's office said a fine of $5,000 will be levied if the Dec. 31 deadline is not met.
Read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Kevin Parrish.
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There will be a talk on the Food Safety Modernization Act and its effect on small farms from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Oregon State University Extension Auditorium, 569 Hanley Road, Central Point.
The free lecture will be hosted by OSU faculty member Lauren Gwin, who will talk about the act and how sustainable agriculture groups are asking for changes before it's signed into law.
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Book of the Month: Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions
For the month of November, PsychiatryOnline is offering free access to the Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions, by Avram H. Mack, M.D., Amy L. Harrington, M.D., and Richard J. Frances, M.D.
The Clinical Manual for Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions provides a concise overview of addiction treatment issues relevant to physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, alcohol and drug counselors, and rehabilitation therapists who are involved in the care of patients with substance use disorders. The manual
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View the original review at: http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/hundred-miles-or-more-collection
Forget that the idea of A Hundred Miles or More is to corral the music Alison has made over the years without her usual backing group, the great Union Station—its members are all over many of these songs anyway, and the tracks without them don't sound all that different from the ones with them. Think of it instead as just a terrific way for fans to get tracks recorded for tribute albums, soundtracks and whatnot (including the current hit duet with John Waite, "Missing You"), plus five new songs, all in one place.
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NEW BEDFORD — Jose I. Sequeira, 64, of New Bedford, died unexpectedly Thursday, January 3, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital.
Jose was born in St. Jorge, Azores, the son of the late Francisco D. and Luiza (Rosa) Sequeira. He was the husband of Odilia A. (da Fonte) Sequeira.
Jose has resided in this area for the past 47 years. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. He was employed as Foreman of the South Dartmouth Cemetery, prior to that he was Foreman of the St. John Cemetery. He was a long time member of the New Bedford Rod and Gun Club, The Holy Ghost of Horseneck as well as The Holy Ghost of the Island of Pico. Joe also enjoyed woodworking.
Survivors include His Wife: Odilia A. (da Fonte) Sequeira of New Bedford; Son: Joe I. Sequeira of New Bedford and favorite companion his dog Sereia.
His Mass of Christian burial with cremains present, will be celebrated Monday, January 14, 2013, in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at 9:00. Interment in South Dartmouth Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to AUBERTINE-LOPES FUNERAL HOME, 129 Allen Street.
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Bergeron, Bruins Pack Up
Monday, 04.9.2007 / 3:31 PM ET / News
Boston Bruins
Patrice Bergeron looked like he was about to go to the dentist's office (sorry Dr. Byrne) when he was asked about this season.
"It's going to be very disappointing to see the playoffs on TV," said the young Bruins assistant captain. "We could have been there, but we didn't play good (enough) all the time and we were inconsistent the whole year.
"And that is why we are where we are now."
Where the Bruins are now is in the locker room, packing.
And it does not sit well in anyone's craw -- particularly Bergeron's.
"I just think we have to play more as a team," said Bergeron, giving his opinion as to an antidote. "We have to stick to the game plan a little bit more, and be tougher.
"And I don't think 'tougher' means we have to fight.
"We have to take the body a little bit more, be more aggressive and harder to play against," he said.
The Black & Gold jersey that he wears on a game-by-game basis demands that improvement from the Bruins, especially in the grit department, but skill wise, Bergeron doesn't think that the B's are that far out of the playoff picture for Spring 2008.
"There is a lot of talent in this room," said Bergeron. "There are a lot of hard workers on the team. Yah, I think these guys can do it, but I think that we are all going to have to tell ourselves that we need to step up at the beginning of next year."
Easier said than done, but if his teammates follow Bergeron's example (he played through a number of nagging ailments throughout the season) the B's should be ok.
"Yah, I played through some stuff, but now that the year is over, I don't want to make any excuses," said Bergy. "It's been a year where I've learned a lot."
Asked if he was surprised to learn that the Bruins were not a playoff team, Bergy said, "Sure it's a surprise, and it's disappointing, too."
The young forward continued to elaborate.
"When I talked to (the press) at the end of last season, I said I didn't want to go through this twice," he said. "And here we are again this year, so, it's disappointing and frustrating.
"Hopefully we can learn (from this past season).
"I said that last year and I guess we didn't learn enough," said Bergeron.
It wasn't the season that he wanted or imagined, especially looking at the standings, but it wasn't a disaster for the young Quebeccer, either.
In 77 games, Patrice had 22 goals, 48 assists (a career high) and 70 points (only three off his career high). To boot, Bergeron had career highs in power play goals (14), power play assists (24) and tied his career best in game winning goals (6).
Going forward, there is a chance that the Bruins forward might represent Canada (like he did last season with Sidney Crosby, shown above right) at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia starting on the 27th of April. But for now, nothing is definite.
"I want to talk to Steve Yzerman," said Bergeron of Canada's General Manager. "I'll make the decision after that. We'll see."
Asked where the B's would be on April 9, 2008 and Bergeron was sure of his answer.
"We'll be in the first round of the playoffs if everything goes the way we hope," he said, with a big smile.


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Issue No.08 - August (1978 vol.27)
pp: 713-720
A. Thayse , MBLE Research Laboratory
The theoretical concepts of meet and join derivatives and extended vector of Boolean functions are defined. These concepts give rise to new methods (using the Kronecker matrix product) for prime implicant and prime implicate extraction. An extensive comparison between meet and join derivatives and the consensus theory is made.
prime implicants and prime implicates, Boolean functions, consensus theory, extended vectors, meet and join derivatives
A. Thayse, "Meet and Join Derivatives and Their Use in Switching Theory", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.27, no. 8, pp. 713-720, August 1978, doi:10.1109/TC.1978.1675178


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More Americans May Get Reduced Mortgage Payments Under Obama Plan
James R. Hagerty and Michael Corkery report:
Citi and J.P. Morgan are the latest lenders to implement a temporary freeze on new foreclosure filings, while the Obama administration finalizes its plan to rescue struggling homeowners.
But those freezes are only going to last for a few weeks and will do little to solve the problems underlying the foreclosure crisis. The onus is growing on the White House to devise a comprehensive plan to stem to the foreclosure crisis. The president says he expects to unveil such a plan in the next couple of weeks.
People familiar with the administration's discussion of the plan say it would aim to allow more Americans to qualify for reduced home-mortgage payments.
Government officials want to make such modifications available to people who are still current with their payments but in danger of defaulting. At present, government-backed mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are focused on modifying loans for people who are already 90 days or more behind.
The plan is likely to call for holding people's monthly payments as low as 31% of pretax income, according to some people taking part in the policy making.
The plan may involve government subsidies to help pay for the costs of lowering borrowers' payments as well as government purchases of troubled loans from lenders or investors.
The discussions also are focusing on ways to create a standard method for lenders to determine whether to proceed with a foreclosure or seek to modify the terms, such as by reducing the interest rate or the principal.


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This is a blog about living with HIV. When it was first started 9 years ago it was meant to keep friends and family informed of my health. It does still hold that purpose but it has become my life work. To my readers I just want to say thank you. Your words of kindness and inspiration over the years have kept this going. This isn't my blog anymore...this is a blog for all in the fight with HIV/AIDS.
12 June 2005
What is the World coming to?!?
For those who read this blog that I don't know personally you may be thinking...well he got HIV because he was reckless and didn't use protection. I want to clear the air with that right now. The person I was with used protection, however, condoms not being fool proof broke. At the time he did not know that he was positive due to the incubation period. I was a bit upset that it busted but knew that it happened and didn't think much about it, until I got the call with him telling me that he was positive.
Furthermore I can understand that we as a nation who is well off may have the urge to help other countries get on track. What I can't understand is why we are helping other countries secure HIV/AIDS meds when we cannot even secure meds for everyone in this country. For example say you want to get on Ryan White or the Drug Manufacturer's Patience Assistance Program you can only make $12,000.00 (give or take a few dollars) in order to qualify for assistance. If you make $12,001.00 then you cannot receive assistance. That means that there are a lot of people in this country who are not taking meds not because that don't want to but because our government is making them choose between meds, food and shelter.
Perhaps I am just being overly sensitive on this issue. However, I think with just cause. When we sit back and allow injustice then people can never see the truth. I just hope that the people that watch Family Guy and Team America and think AIDS is a laughing matter never have to endure the pain of watching someone they love or themselves die of this non-laughing disease.
James words of wisdom: He who laughs and partakes in others misfortune gets bit in ass hard.
Hugs and kisses,
2 comments:
- Liz J said...
I have not watched Team America, but I have a feeling they were probably making reference to the Broadway Musical "Rent," which dealt with AIDS and was written by a man who had AIDS (and passed away just before the show opened--I think).
It is so unfortunate that people and the media only find other people's misfortunes comic. I remember a time when AIDS and AIDS research was at the forefront of media and individual conversation. It was a serious thing, and people were finally inspired to do something about (once they conceded that it wasn't a punishment for people who live in sin). Thanks for reminding me and the others that read your blog that HIV/AIDS is still a big issue, but more than that, it effects real people. It's not only far away, but right next door as well.
HI James,
Greetings from across the pond. I was in my clinic yesterday (Graham hayton unit, the royal london hospital. I have been positive for 3 years now and so far im in a good state. Bar the last few months ive been getting a bit sick a bit too often. This is largely due to the recreational and overspill of the use of meth which is blowing up over here. I saw your profile in one of the free mags called baseline and decided i wanted to read your blogs to see what its really like. Ive just started reading from the beginning of your new adventure and so far am up to what is the world coming too. And i just cant believe you dont have meds available for everyone even more so being one of the richest countries in the world !!!. I realise how lucky i am now over here and promise you im gonna look after myself and use everything to my advantage. I wish you well and am gonna crack on with the rest of your reads.


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Lavender Lounge is the website home of Lavender Lounge Studios, a gay hardcore production company by producer Mark Kliem. The models typically have a rougher look to them, most are athletic and quite a few are hairy. What makes Lavender Lounge different, is the models do the casting. They choose who they want to fuck. It's a hot collection that explores a few gay fetishes and includes access to four bonus sites for $30 a month.
Exclusive collection.
Lavender Lounge offers up an original collection of amateur gay men, some of whom you won't find anywhere else. The action includes a mix of everything, plenty of blowjobs, cumshots, anal, some bondage, and even fisting. The men choose their own partners, and that results in some fantastic chemistry. Kliem seems to really enjoy producing these scenes and that's clear in the highly entertaining content on the site.
Good quality content.
Overall I was pleased with the quality of the scenes. The photos are usually professionally, and the videos range from "good" to "great" quality, with newer scenes actually including a high definition Flash stream. It's a good-looking collection that offers semi-pro scenes while still maintaining an amateur feel to the action.
Other Good Stuff:
Older videos have lower specs.
Only about half of the collection has videos that are labeled as "HD". These scenes include a high definition Flash stream that the rest of the scenes don't. You'll also notice higher rates and sharper quality on the newer mpegs and wmvs, as well.
Small collection.
Lavender Lounge is a small site, with just 39 models in 36 galleries. The site has been online for several years, so I expected a larger collection, but it turns out it's under new management so perhaps that's why. At any rate, it won't take long to see everything here.
More browse tools are needed.
Although getting around the site wasn't difficult, there's definitely room for more browse tools. Categories, other sort options, and some kind of search tool would come in handy as the collection grows.
A small but highly entertaining collection of high quality original gay scenes.
Lavender Lounge has some real potential for fans of gay amateur video. I was impressed with the entertaining scenes and the move to high definition. The main issue in my book is the small collection. The site definitely needs some growth. The cost of $30 a month is a bit high for such a small site, but the network access helps. All in all, it's one to watch and a site I'll be coming back to in the future.
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Executive Editor of The Times and Top Deputy Step Down
Published: June 5, 2003
(Page 2 of 2)
A short while later, Mr. Raines grabbed a straw hat from the office he had just vacated and walked out of the building. Mr. Boyd followed a minute later. (Neither man responded to requests for interviews.)
Moments before the men departed, the younger Mr. Sulzberger had told the staff, "There is so much to say, but it really just boils down to this: This is a day that breaks my heart, and I think it breaks the hearts of a lot of people in this room."
He added that the newspaper, which was founded in 1851, had "seen good times and bad times" and would continue to do so in the coming decades.
"We will learn from them and we will grow from them," he said. "And we will return to doing journalism at this newspaper because that's what we're here for."
For the news media, the day's events were the culmination of a story line that had played out for weeks. The Times's investigation into Mr. Blair's journalistic deceptions revealed communication problems among the top editors and newsroom department heads. Some staff members said those problems — including the top-down management style of Mr. Raines and Mr. Boyd — contributed to gaps in the oversight of Mr. Blair as he helped cover several major news events, including the Washington-area sniper hunt and the hometown reaction to the rescue of Pfc. Jessica D. Lynch. Other internal problems of the newsroom were soon playing out in the news media.
On May 28, for example, several reporters on the national staff circulated internal e-mail messages complaining about comments that had been made to The Washington Post by their colleague Rick Bragg, after The Times published an editors' note that said he had relied heavily on the reporting of a freelance journalist for an article about oystermen of the Florida Gulf Coast in Apalachicola, which Mr. Bragg had visited only briefly.
Mr. Bragg suggested it was common practice for national correspondents to rely on such freelancers for the bulk of their reporting, a characterization that many of the reporters disputed. By early that evening, Mr. Raines had announced that Mr. Bragg, a reporter to whom he was close, had resigned.
The departure of Mr. Boyd, the newspaper's first black managing editor, prompted the New York Association of Black Journalists to release a statement from its president, Errol Cockfield, that said, in part: "There are many black journalists who are questioning whether, in an effort to restore its credibility, The Times has gone too far."
Mr. Cockfield, a reporter at Newsday, added, "We should not make journalists scapegoats for a dysfunctional system."
A committee of editors and reporters as well as several outside news media experts has been charged with taking a sweeping look at the paper's newsroom practices, and is expected to report its findings in July.
Gay Talese, who worked as a reporter at the paper from 1955 to 1965 and later wrote "The Kingdom and the Power" (World, 1969), a narrative account of its history, said that the resignations came on "a dark day," but that the paper surely would endure.
"I grew up believing The New York Times represented the closest that we could get in this country to trying to get the facts right with a sense of fairness and balance," Mr. Talese said. "I believe that The Times, in doing what it did today, sad and sacrificial as it may be, is nevertheless acting in the paper's enduring spirit to be responsible."


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*DEFUSE: Design For Use*
Where and when: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009. 7pm until 11:30pm @ The
Sugar Club, 8 Lwr. Leeson St. Dublin 2. (Map:
Admission: Free
IxDA Dublin will host an evening of rapid-fire presentations on
Interaction Design on 3 November. To mark Irish Design Week 2009 (
http://www.designweek.ie/ ), the event will draw on the broad experience
of IxDA members to put together "an evening of big ideas and fast talk
on the stuff that makes stuff do stuff". The DEFUSE: Design for Use
event will use the Ignite format (based on the Pecha Kucha) to cram as
much interaction design insight as possible into an entertaining and
engaging event. This format gives each presenter just 20 slides and 15
seconds on each slide (5 minutes per presenter). That means 13 or more
high-speed presentations can fit into the evening:
20 x slides | 15 x seconds | 13 x explosive talks = DEFUSE
Fiachra Ó Marcaigh, AMAS – http://amas.ie/about_fiachra.html
Henry Poskitt, Frontend.com – http://www.frontend.com/
Steve Gotz, Nonconforming Mind – http://www.nonconformingmind.com/
Simon Roberts, The Ideas Bazaar – http://ideasbazaar.typepad.com/
Des Traynor, Contrast – http://www.destraynor.com/
Neil O'Gorman, Bespoke With Direction – http://www.bespokewithdirection.ie/
Niamh Redmond – http://www.niamhredmond.org/
Mark Congiusta, Irish International BBDO & Proximity –
Brian Donohue, iQ Content –
Deneva Goins, Microsoft – http://www.linkedin.com/in/denevagoins
Dónal Rice, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design –
Simon Dennehy, Perch.ie – http://www.perch.ie/
Daragh Byrne, Centre for Digital Video Processing (DCU)
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The Waking
by Theodore Roethke
Stanza 6 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Line 16-19
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
- You can feel the poem is coming in for a landing, can't you? This is where the speaker makes his final declaration, his summary. If you know villanelles, you know this is where all the strands that are knit together, or braided, get tied off in some kind of a bow.
- This shaking—what shaking? Did anyone mention shaking? Minutes ago, the speaker was discussing Death and Nature and lovely learning. Perhaps he's talking about the poem itself and the shifting, shaking, shuffling form of his investigation into the nature of human consciousness.
- Here's another one of those paradoxes. This shaking steadies the speaker, or is with the speaker steadily, keeping him. He's not shaking from fear, or is he? Is he shaking from some other form of ecstatic experience that leaves him rattled?
- Every good paradox deserves an ambiguity in this poem, and thar she blows. When the speaker says "I should know," it could mean, "trust me, been there, done that—I know." It could also mean "I should know, even though I don't." With "should" we get that feeling of obligation again. Does the speaker know? What do you think?
- And things get much more mysterious before we're done. Line 17 both clarifies and confuses (how's that for a paradox?). What falls away as one ascends to a kind of spirit is "always." The body and matter will fall away and this is an inevitable event, a cycle of life. It will always repeat. But, the notion of always, that eternity, falls away too. Maybe the speaker believes that one sees the "end" of always as it falls away. (Look at how closely aligned "away" and "always" are, as one loses or gains letters to shift meaning.)
- The speaker adds a sentence fragment, the only one in the whole poem, "And is near." This is the opposite of enjambment, a kind of premature ending. Are we to power through the period and read this as one sentence, "What falls away is always and is near"? If so, why break the sentence up? It's like an afterthought, something reassuring. Remember the mention of "those so close beside me" (7)? Even as whatever it is that falls away does fall, it's also near. It doesn't leave. It's the falling away, the separation of self from soul, mind from matter, logic and vision that is always, that is near. It sounds like a grand finale, doesn't it?
- Time for the refrains to come back in, partnered at last—one thought unified. That's the beauty of the villanelle form. At the end of the poem, when the two refrains are lined up as a kind of couplet, it gives the poem a wonderful feeling of completion. What do these words mean in this last context?
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go. (18-19)
- Now, more than ever, it seems that the speaker is discussing a slowly dawning awareness of death, the final sleep, recognizing that it may just be another kind of consciousness. When he says that he learns by going where he has to go, that seems to encompass the entire span of a life, what you've had to do to get to the end, what you've learned along the way. Just as these lines have acquired meaning as they've woven in and out of the fabric of this poem, so too does a life gather significance from where it's gone.


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If you are aiming to eat a high raw diet and/or don't eat dairy products… this is a perfect replacement. My sister LOVES sour cream and that might even be putting it mildly. The other day while she was visiting, I asked her to give this a try.
I will be honest, I held my breath, crossed my fingers and even crossed my toes… She dipped the spoon into the bowl, raised it to her lips, they parted… the spoon went in… the spoon came out… she raised her eyebrows… she smiled! she LIKED it, she really liked it! Shew! My sis can be a tough sell so after receiving her stamp of approval, I had an extra bounce in my step for the rest of the day. :)
You can substitute almonds for the cashews. The soak time will be a bit longer and you will need to remove their skins after soaking. Either nut works beautifully. Lemon juice can also be used instead of raw apple cider vinegar. Both give the recipe a nice balanced tang.
Yields 1 3/4 cup
One of the greatest joys when creating raw food recipes is experimenting with different ingredients… a practice that I highly encourage. Daily I get questions regarding substitutions. Of course we all might have different dietary needs and tastes which could necessitate altering a recipe. I love to share with you what I create for myself, my husband, friends and family. I spend a lot of time selecting the right ingredients with a particular goal in mind, looking to build a certain flavor and texture.
So as you experiment with substitutions, remember they are what they sound like, they are substitutes for the preferred item. Generally they are not going to behave, taste, or have the same texture as the suggested ingredient. Some may work, and others may not and I can't promise what the results will be unless I've tried them myself. So have fun, don't be afraid, and remember, substituting is how I discovered many of my unique dishes.
Where do I get these dishes!?
By the way, thanks for the great recipe too! :-)
How about fermenting it to get probiotic bacteria? I've tried one once, it was really good. I've heard you'd need to put less vinegar and leave it in a dark place, but I'm not sure for how long.
I wanted to make a suggestion for your sight.
See I have you on my e-mail and when you did your series on Mexican food I literally made everything for an all out Mexican night. Really fun but It was way more than could be eaten all at once unlike SAD food even for 9+ people. What it did do is make me want more groupings.
Please Please Please (if possible) make a way to let me look at asian inspired,mexican,or just dinner groupings so I don't have to jump pack and forth to every sub heading looking for the sauce to put on my Tacos, "noodles", or wraps :)
hello, thank you very much for all your marvellous receipts, they are really fantastic! this is the very best raw-web ever! :)
Please, what could you use instead of cashews? I'm alergic to them, and I see they are used in a lot of receipts. (I am also alergic to brazil-coconuts).
Thank you very much for your help :)
Awesome recipe. Always something I was looking for and later saw that it is normal to do this in our indian "neighborhood".
Yesterday I modified it with some more water and different herbs, to have an awesome salad dressing.
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This is really a delicious recipe! Can I use this one for clotted cream or can you advise me a better one?
Just made this using lime juice instead of vinegar. Perfect. Thank you! xx
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In this morning's media roundup:
News: California Pizza Kitchen Inc., which once served its pear and gorgonzola pies under the watchful eye of a private equity firm, may do so once again. The chain is seeking buyers, The Wall Street Journal reports, including among PE firms, many of which have recently shown themselves to have a taste for restaurants once again (see, e.g., CKE Restaurants, On The Border).
Recently we wrote about a lawsuit against Carlyle/Riverstone by creditors trying to reclaim some dividends the two firms took out of SemGroup LP shortly before the energy trading company declared bankruptcy. At the time, we wrote, lawsuits related to dividend recaps were rare. Seems they're getting increasingly less so, however, as another one has cropped up. The court-appointed trustee in Buffets Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy is suing the restaurant chain's former owners, Caxton-Iseman Capital and Sentinel Capital Partners, for allegedly extracting "illegal dividends." Read the story in LBO Wire.
Ravi Sinha is under investigation by the U.K. FSA over claims he stole GBP1.3 million in "phantom fees" from former employer J.C. Flowers & Co., according to the Financial Times. Prior to his dismissal, Sinha had been part of JC Flowers since J. Christopher Flowers launched the firm in 2002, the paper reports.
Advent International has raised $1.65 billion for its fifth Latin American fund. That's oversubscribed, according to the press release, although the firm did revise its original target downwards, LBO Wire previously reported.
Analysis: The Distressed Debt Investing blog looks at a few Bloomberg charts that it says confirm that the opportunity set for distressed debt is declining.
How do you get an endowment to do business with your big wall Street firm? By hiring former CIOs from endowments, is how. (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Just for fun: Bob Wigley, former chairman of Merrill Lynch in Europe and now an operating partner at Advent International, is trying his hand at producing movies. According to our colleagues at Financial News, he's executive co-producing a film version of Len Deighton's Second World War novel "Bomber," a "fictional account of an important Royal Air Force bombing mission in Germany that goes wrong."
It's a little late for April Fool's Day jokes, so we'll take this report at face value: In Iceland, Reykavik City Theatre plans to perform a 2,000-page report on Iceland's banking collapse, according to the FT Alphaville blog. There will be a live stream! Too bad we don't speak Icelandic, or have a spare three-plus days.
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The Giants brimmed with confidence. They had a phalanx of new players. They even wore their orange jerseys, which hadn't produced a loss after nine of clubhouse manager Mike Murphy's wash cycles.
But the San Diego Padres were one-run wonders once more.
In an NL West showdown Friday night, Jonathan Sanchez couldn't make good on his guarantee, and the Giants barely missed bailing him out. Ryan Ludwick avoided the tag on a close play at the plate, scoring the tiebreaking run on a ground out in the sixth inning as the Padres won 3-2 -- their eighth victory in nine meetings with the Giants.
A sellout crowd at AT&T Park gasped in the eighth inning as Aubrey Huff hit a 420-foot out to the wall in right-center field, barely missing a two-run home run that would've sent the place into delirium.
Instead, Huff snapped off his batting gloves and took out his frustration on a cooler in the dugout.
The Padres improved to 57-1 when leading after eight innings, as closer Heath Bell got red-hot Pat Burrell to pop out on the ninth pitch of his at-bat, then struck out Aaron Rowand with a runner on first base to end it.
"You live and die with your park," Huff said. "We died on that one."
Huff's deep drive was a metaphor for the Giants, who have come up just short against the Padres all season and now trail them by 31/2 games; of the Padres' eight victories against them, five have been one-run decisions.
Sanchez (8-8) failed to escape the sixth and also contributed a bad bunt in a costly second-inning rally that imploded on Rowand's base-running blunder.
But Sanchez didn't backtrack from his bold declaration that the Giants would sweep the series, take the NL West lead and wouldn't look back.
"I believe in my team, you know?" Sanchez said. "I've got confidence. Nothing against them, but I know we keep fighting out there. If we keep playing like this, better and better, I think we're going to make it."
Sanchez made one other comment: "Those guys are pretty good, too."
The Padres didn't gloat at smashing Sanchez's crystal ball.
"We've avoided getting caught up in that, not worrying about what people are saying," said third baseman Chase Headley, whose grounder scored Ludwick. "Not too many people (have said) good stuff all year. We knew it was going to be a great atmosphere here. For me and most of the guys, I don't think there's any extra pleasure."
Their victory rendered moot a protest that manager Bud Black lodged after an interference call deprived them of a run in the fifth. No matter, since the Padres had Sanchez on the ropes again soon enough.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a leadoff double in the sixth and stopped at third on Ludwick's single. Sanchez caught a break when Yorvit Torrealba grounded to third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who tagged out Gonzalez after a rundown.
But Sandoval got shaken up as he made a diving tag, allowing both trail runners to move into scoring position. Headley followed with another sharp grounder to shortstop Juan Uribe, but Ludwick slid his palm across the plate ahead of catcher Buster Posey's tag.
The Padres led and Sanchez was finished, left to hope his bullpen and his hitters could save his pride.
Santiago Casilla did him the first favor, stranding both his runners in the sixth. But after the Giants self-destructed in the second inning, they managed just three more hits -- all singles -- off left-hander Clayton Richard and the Padres' three top relievers.
The Giants scored twice off Richard in the first inning and had him in trouble again in the second, when Uribe and Rowand led off with singles. But Sanchez's bunt was too hard, allowing Uribe to be forced at third base. And Rowand ran into an out when he inexplicably took off while Richard stood in the set position, making him an easy out.
"He thought he had something read there," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "We didn't have anything on. It hurt with Johnny not getting the bunt down. That's when you can help yourself."
Said Huff: "They do the little things right, and we haven't. That second inning set the tone. We just didn't do the little things to score runs."
That's what matters, no matter the opponent -- or the color of your jersey.
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After ten months of hard planning and harder work, its sad that
two days can go by so fast. August 13 and 14, 1977 were two of the
fastest but most enjoyable of my life. The event was the 16th
annual Platte County Steam and Gas Engine Show, at the Platte
County fairgrounds in Tracy, Missouri.
There were an abundance of steam engines on hand as usual,
including 8 full size traction engines and 14 fine model engines.
Among the small engines, were Ross Naler's 2/3 scale 16 HP
Advance, Ron Roebuck's size 22 HP Advance, Ralph Leving's
size double cylinder Rumely and a scale double cylinder
Buffalo Pitts owned by James Bell, whose father was one of the
founders of the show. The large engines included a 16 HP Russell
owned by Rod Conner, a 16-60 HP double cylinder Nichols &
Shepard owned by Calvin and Ted Brookover, a 65 HP Case owned by
Robert and Wilbur Fleming, a 20 HP Advance owned by Wilbur Fleming,
a 18 HP double cylinder Keck Gonnerman owned by Bill Fickel, a 25
HP Russell owned by James Bell, and a rubber tired free lance road
locomotive using a 40 HP Case boiler and an undermounted double
cylinder engine, also owned by James Bell.
We had the usual displays of threshing, baker fan, teeter board,
miniature sawmills, powered by the models, and, thanks to the
efforts of Wilbur Fleming and Ross Naler, a new full size
Saturday night the gas tractors that were on hand, plus many
that were hauled in, got to show their stuff at our antique tractor
pull. These tractors are not as loud as the 9,000 lb. hot rods, but
there is something kind of nice about seeing a 40 year old machine
doing what it was meant to do, and I might add, doing it well. The
highlight of the whole show for me, was the end of the tractor
pull, when I hooked my 20-75 double 'Nick' to the sled,
which was a 10 x 20 foot sheet of steel, with something over 10,000
lbs. on it, and pulled it all the way through. The crowd seemed to
enjoy it as there was a lot of standing and clapping.
Sunday was another fine day, and after the church service in the
grand stand, there was lots more fun for all. With the flea markets
going strong, the antique cars being shined up, the steamers
smoking, and delicious chicken and beef dinners being served, it
was parade time almost before I knew it. And as I drove through the
parade, I was sad that the show was about over, but it had been a
glorious two days and that makes it easy to plan for 1978.
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The 22-year-old Frenchman has earned recognition for his performances relative to experienced team-mate Timo Glock at Marussia this season. His best results to date are 15th places in Melbourne and Valencia.
Caterham team boss Cyril Abiteboul said Pic had impressed him while challenging his cars with the Marussia.
"We are thrilled that Charles has decided to join us for his second season in F1 and beyond," said Abiteboul.
"We are all looking forward to working with a young driver who has clearly shown in his first season in F1 that he has the pace, racecraft and demeanour to help us achieve our goals.
"Throughout the 2012 season we have been monitoring the progress that Charles has made, challenging us on several occasions in qualifying, and it is clear that he is a special talent.
"As the year has progressed he has performed extremely well against a very experienced team-mate and we are looking forward to seeing him develop further within the environment we will provide in 2013 and beyond."
Although Marussia is now ahead of Caterham in the constructors' championship and has closed on the Anglo-Malaysian team on-track in late-2012, Pic is still confident his new squad has the better long-term potential.
"It is clear that the team has great ambitions for the future," he said. "The investments already made and the decisions taken in the last few months show how committed the shareholders are to succeed and demonstrates their willingness to keep going forward."
Pic added: "I am very excited about starting my second year in F1 with a team that has so much potential. Caterham F1 team has everything in place to help it move into a position to fight with a number of teams ahead.
"I know how determined the team is to keep progressing and I am looking forward to playing my part in helping them move up the grid."
Both Caterham's current race drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov face uncertain futures, with the Finn admitting in Brazil on Thursday that his chances of a 2013 F1 seat now appeared slender.
Pic was promoted from the Marussia reserve role to a race seat this season, having previously been a race-winner in GP2 and Formula Renault 3.5. Current Marussia test driver Max Chilton is expected to take Pic's current drive next year.
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Coppell High's Colin Peterson (3) runs under and grabs his own team's on-side-kick during the first half of an UIL high school football game against Rockwall High at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall on Friday, October 14, 2012.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, foreground, briefs the media about the pending snow storm, at New York City's Office of Emergency Management, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. He is accompanied by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, left, Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano, second from right, and Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway. Snow began to fall as a massive blizzard headed for the American Northeast on Friday, sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and supplies ahead of a storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)


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Tragedy on Six Flags' Texas Giant roller coaster
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The Texas Giant opened in 1990 as the world's tallest wooden roller coaster but was closed in November 2009 to convert it to a steel-and-wood hybrid. The rebuilt ride incorporates some of the original structure and includes 4,700 feet of new track.
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Published: Monday, March 31, 2008 at 10:52 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:41 a.m.
Thibodaux driver critically injured
THIBODAUX -- A 44-year-old arrested for DWI one week ago is suspected of driving drunk prior to a Sunday crash on La. 308 that left him in critical condition.
Allan Millen, who lives in Thibodaux, flipped his 2003 Chevy Silverado after failing to handle a left-hand curve and landing in a ditch, State Police Troop C spokesman Gilbert Dardar said.
Millen, for whom additional information was not available, was not wearing a seat belt, Dardar said.
Acadian Ambulance transported Millen to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, where he remained this morning.
Millen was arrested March 21 for DWI and hit-and-run.
Armed-robbery suspect arrested
HOUMA -- Police arrested a man Sunday after he allegedly robbed a downtown resident at gunpoint and fled from officers.
Hassan Y. Clayton, 25, was charged with armed robbery, armed robbery involving a firearm and illegally carrying a weapon after police responded to a residents complaint on Columbus Street.
Clayton allegedly threatened the resident outside his home with a gun and demanded money. After taking the mans wallet, Clayton ran down Columbus Street toward Main Street, where officers later found him.
He ran from police again and was later arrested on Barataria Avenue, authorities said. Police said Clayton had victims wallet and a handgun on him when arrested.
Get your dance on
HOUMA -- Beginning this week, Studio 371 will offer a wide variety of dance classes, likely to appeal to any style or technique level.
Weekly classes for basic waltz and intermediate-to-advanced waltz start Tuesday evening. Beginning and intermediate Jamaica and beginner ballroom classes start Wednesday. Basic hustle/disco and intermediate-to-advanced East Coast swing classes start Thursday.
The cost is $10 per class per student.
For information, call 655-3627 or 853-0030.
Campus projects up for approval
HOUMA -- The Terrebonne Parish School Board may approve several building projects during this weeks meeting.
Open to the public, the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the school systems central office, 201 Stadium Drive.
Among projects up for approval are lighting upgrades at the H.L. Bourgeois High Schools auditorium.
The board will also decide whether to install vinyl over the existing gym floors at Evergreen and Oaklawn junior high schools.
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Hi there,
I am trying to build the 2.6.1x kernel for my MPC8xx board (RPXlite).
My steps list below,
1) make mrproper (also tried make ARCH=ppc, CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx-
2) make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- menuconfig (simple select
mpc8xx as the target)
3) make zImage
then I get compile error message like,
>> arch/ppc/kernel/swsusp.S: Assembler messages:
>> arch/ppc/kernel/swsusp.S:139: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `dssall'
>> make[1]: *** [arch/ppc/kernel/swsusp.o] Error 1
>> make: *** [arch/ppc/kernel] Error 2[/color][/color]
I found other guys complaint about the similar problem, but for other
powerpc processor.
but If I select 6xx as my target in step2, the compile can pass
Any one met the similar problem here? Any hints? Thanks!


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It's hard to believe this much-loved Lindsay Lohan and Tina Fey comedy came out in 2004; it already feels like a classic. "I could watch this movie a million times and still laugh at every joke, which is exactly the kind of film I want to see when I'm cooped up inside," Becky Kirsch, entertainment reporter at POPSUGAR, says.
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Matt Patches, movies editor for Hollywood.com (@misterpatches), picks this 1942 black-and-white film for romantics. Match the volume of the TV to the rain pitter-pattering, he suggests: "The sound should complement the film. Not to mention the tears that will inevitably be flowing."
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If your mood matches the thunderclouds outside, pick this Jim Carrey-Kate Winslet vehicle that debuted in 2004. "Sometimes on a gray day, I'm happy to get emotionally lost in this beautiful, insightful film about love and how relationships can fall apart," Kirsch says.
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Kirsch loves this 1965 musical for any cloudy day because it "practically has sunshine bursting out of it." Plus, a sing-along is inevitable—and who can't get cheered up by "Do Re Mi?"
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Patches describes this 1962 drama as "one of the true epics of movie history. When you're dedicated to staying indoors for the day, it's the kind of movie you lose yourself to," he says. Plus, it's 3 hours and 36 minutes long, meaning you've got a legit excuse to lie around all afternoon. Make plenty of popcorn.
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Rainy weather ruined your plans? Kirsch thinks of this 1998 movie as the ultimate comfort watch: "The combination of '80's music, laugh-out-loud moments, and Adam Sandler's mullet always makes me happy."
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Help a never-ending dreary day fly by with The Godfather I (1972) and II (1974), featuring heavyweight stars like Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. "It's a bit moody, but you can watch it with pretty much anyone: family, friends or your boyfriend," Kirsch says.
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If you want to feel like a kid, this animated flick will lift your spirits. Patches recommends the 1999 sci-fi movie because "with kitschy '50s style and a heck of a lot of heart, this is another one that'll just make you feel warm and fuzzy through the cold, harsh day."
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Kirsch admits that a big bonus to this 1999 cult classic is Brad Pitt's body, but that's not what makes it perfect for a rainy day. "Fight Club is dark and gritty, which makes it a fun one to get sucked into during stormy weather," she explains.
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Instead of cursing the rain, try getting excited about it—this 1952 classic starring Gene Kelly should do the trick. Patches warns, "You may feel the impulse to head outside after this movie to do your own two-step. Just wear the right shoes."
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When JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon appeared before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, he testified that he told his daughter a financial crisis is something that happens every five to seven years. That observation turned out to be overly optimistic.
Once again, the world's financial leaders are cobbling together a rescue package to avert the potential failure of highly-leveraged financial institutions holding assets of questionable value. This time, the epicenter of the crisis is Europe, not the US, and the assets at issue are not toxic mortgages and derivatives, but plain vanilla government bonds.


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Probability and Statistics
In the Real World
As for the statistics part, you can actually make a living out of doing statistics. In fact, there are even statistics about statisticians.
As for probability, here's a fun yet oddly practical subject, depending on what you do in your spare time. Probabilities are what determine how good your poker hand is. Of course, we know you're only playing for Werther's Originals with your grandmother and not in some seedy, underground club. Even still, knowing probabilities can help you clean out your nana's stash of sweets.
Sample Problem
What's the probability that a five-card poker hand contains four of a kind?
The probability that the hand contains four of a kind is
First, the numerator:
A favorable outcome is any hand that contains four of a kind. Depending on how many Werther's Originals are in the pot, it could be a very favorable outcome indeed. Don't forget...our cut is 20%.
There are 13 different kinds we could get four of (four aces, four 2s, four 3s, and so on.). Once we get four of a kind in our hand, we've already filled 4 of the 5 spaces. There are
52 – 4 = 48
cards left, and we could have any of those. That means there are
13 × 48 = 624
possible hands containing four of a kind.
Next, the denominator:
The number of possible outcomes is the total number of possible five-card poker hands. Since we don't care about the order of the cards, this is a combination question. Given 52 cards, how many ways can we choose five of them? The answer is:
Now we've got the top and bottom of our fraction. The probability of a five-card poker hand containing four of a kind is
which is a pretty tiny number. You wouldn't think so from watching poker scenes in movies, where someone seems to have four of a kind every other hand. Ah, Hollywood. Reflecting real life since 1902.
For more fun with poker, you and your nana should head over here.