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Hatton can take the Tyson track and head for a better future after comeback
The end for Ricky Hatton was eerily reminiscent of the evening one of his idols realised that the force was no longer with him.
It was seven years ago to the month that Mike Tyson sat on his stool and forfeited the victory which gave run-of-the-mill heavyweight Kevin McBride his one moment of totally unexpected fame.
As an event it was less violent than Hatton's collapse under a brutal blow to the liver in Manchester on Saturday night but the shock which reverberated around the world was far greater.
The end: Ricky Hatton's comeback ended in disappointment on Saturday night
Moving on: Hatton can hang up the gloves for good this time with his head held high
Gave it a go: Hattonwent at Vyacheslav Senchenko of Ukraine at the Manchester Arena
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The outcome was the same - a comeback ended more abruptly than any of us could have imagined.
Both Hatton and Tyson had been out of action for more than three years. Tyson spent most of that time in prison, Hatton in wild and self-destructive excesses.
Tyson, one of the great boxers of the modern era, retrieved from his jail cell enough of his physical strength and aura of menace to regain the world heavyweight title.
Hatton, a fighter of the people and for the people, was too damaged by the freedom of his lifestyle to return for more than a single fight.
Yet both men have come through these toils clinging to a better future.
One difference is that where it took Tyson years after that surrender to build a new life, Hatton has done it while in the course of preparing for his one-night comeback.
Yet the hour of truth was the same for both men.
Tyson came before those of us who had chronicled his extraordinary career to say this about his capacity for almost decapitating opponents: 'I just can't do this any longer.'
Hatton told we who he had taken on a thrilling ride: 'It's not there any more.'
That said, Tyson walked out into the cold, dark, rain-soaked streets of a Washington night in November 2005, never to throw a punch in anger again. Hatton did the same in Manchester shortly after midnight on Saturday.
They say they never come back. But they do. And who is to say they shouldn't try.
Both the Hitman and the Iron Man have been improved by this harrowing experience.
Long may they remain so.
The end for Iron Mike: Tyson lost to Kevin McBride in Washington
It's certainly not cricket, Freddie
The up-coming weekend is heavy in more ways than one for boxing.
Two Brits aiming for world title shots next year – David Price and Tyson Fury – should move another rung up that ladder without undue discomfort.
It is less certain what will happen when a former Ashes winning cricketer – Freddie Flintoff – steps into the prize-ring for the first time.
Neither Price nor Fury are likely to be derailed by Matt Skelton or Kevin Johnson, respectively.
Skelton, who is a toned advertisement for fitness fanaticism despite being well into into his 40s, will do his best to rough up Price for as long as he can evade the giant Liverpudlian's sledgehammer right hand at Aintree on Friday night.
Change of scene: Andrew Flintoff (right, with British champion David Price) laces up the gloves on Friday
Johnson, who most of us on this side of the Atlantic thought had retired, will bring his American wiles and professional pride to Belfast on Saturday night and make it as awkward as possible for Fury to land his knockout bazooka.
Neither fight is likely to go the distance and the odds are that Fury will precede Price into world championship challenges to a Klitschko next year.
Predicting the consequences of Flintoff entering the MEN Arena on Friday evening is more problematic.
Whatever Freddie thinks boxing for real may be like, one thing is for sure – it isn't cricket.
There are dangers inherent in facing up to fast bowlers but the object of the game is not to hit the opponent in the head.
Flintoff is not the first successful British sportsman to fancy his chances in the ring.
Olympic rower James Cracknell, for one, ventured into one heavyweight fight which lasted less than a minute.
There is a difference with Flintoff. He has been taken under the wing of Barry McGuigan, who is not only one of our legendary world champions but also one of the most intelligent icons in the hard old game.
Bring it on: Flintoff has been training under the guidance of Barry McGuigan and his son Shane (pictured)
McGuigan and his fitness trainer son Shane have pared 50lbs of Flintoff's post-cricketing flab, kept him off the booze and promise they are bringing him to this moment properly prepared.
In that, they have convinced the British Boxing Board of Control to issue Freddie with a license.
By way of precaution, the fight is only scheduled for the professional minimum of four two-minute rounds.
Even so there is much criticism of what is being labelled as a TV reality stunt – Sky screened the documentary this week - which risks inflicting harm not only on Flintoff but to boxing's already battered image.
McGuigan insists: 'This should help boxing's profile. Freddie can bring our sport to a wider than usual audience. He has taken it very seriously and is in the best possible shape.
'Yes, he does have a knee problem left over from his cricketing days but we have compensated for that in training and he now has a strong right to follow up a good jab.
'I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think he can take care of himself in a fight like this.
'Whatever other people may say this should be seen as a celebration of boxing, something which can broaden its appeal to the public and interest more young people in taking up the sport.
'We are not saying that he will go on and challenge for titles. We just want to show that anyone with a mind to do so and who is willing to put in the hard work can have a go in the ring.'
Dream team: Flintoff with Barry (left) and Shane McGuigan
There is no denying that Flintoff has dedicated himself to the task and lived right during his training camp.
But although his hand-picked opponent is just a two-fight professional novice plucked out of the American back-woods, he will be at physical risk.
Reports from those who have seen him sparring are mixed, to say the least, and more than one established boxer has warned him to be shocked and rocked to his boots the first time he is caught by a blow from a heavyweight wearing the lighter fight gloves.
Flintoff himself says: 'I won't know what it will be like until the bell rings.'
Questions have been asked of the Board's decision to sanction this experiment. Although they have studied Flintoff in the gym and put him through stringent medical tests, they too will be hoping that nothing goes too painfully wrong.
It takes courage for any man – or woman these days – to climb through the ropes, notably so in this case given the memory of how worryingly long it took for Cracknell to be revived.
So it would be churlish not to wish our Freddie the best of luck, along with out Barry and our game.
Price-Skelton and Flintoff's debut will be live Friday night on BoxNation. Fury-Johnson will be live Saturday night on Channel 5.
Goodby brave Camacho
Hector Camacho was as brave as any man to have laced up the gloves and his senseless slaying is a cowardly violation of the fighting qualities he brought to the ring.
Yes, the Macho man had slipped into a cocaine habit towards the end of his career and there are suggestions of a drugs gang connection to his fatal shooting.
Even so, for this to happen in Puerto Rico, where he was a national hero, defies belief.
Boxing grieved with his family as they came to the heart-rending decision to allow his life-support machine to be switched off.
Sad ending: Hector 'Macho' Camacho was shot and killed in Puerto Rico
It is more years than he would have cared to remember since Camacho won world titles at three weights, lost to Oscar De La Hoya and then ended Sugar Ray Leonard's last comeback with a famous win in his last fight.
Yet just lately, aged 50, he was considering a comeback. If it had happened he would have thrown himself into it with all his old effervescence.
We would also have seen again that infectious smile, which made the shooting of Camacho in the face all the more obscene…..but for which we will remember him.
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INDIANAPOLIS — New Browns head coach Rob Chudzinski said he wanted to have an "attacking-style offense," but he went into a four-minute kind of approach when faced with questions over who would be under center.
In a sly game of bob-and-weave with questions that made the first-year head coach look like a seasoned pro in dealing with the media, Chudzinski spoke in the most general terms about the quarterbacks on the Browns' roster and what the draft might be able to provide at the position.
"I've been playing catch-up on a lot of the college study and the college tape," he said. "I am planning on doing some of it this week and this weekend, and the interviews and being around some of the guys — with all the positions we'll be looking at."
On incumbent QBs Brandon Weeden and Colt McCoy, Chudzinski wouldn't tip his hand to which ones might be back or which ones might be in a position to compete for a starting position.
"(I have) been looking at that quite a bit in conjunction with some of the other things I've been looking at," Chudzinski said. "I am excited about those guys. They have interesting skill sets. They've made improvements. They've been able to win games.
"Ultimately, watching guys on tape, it's hard to make a total assessment on them. You want to get them out there on the practice field. You want to get them into meetings."
Chudzinski was asked what adjustments Weeden, in particular, might have to make adapting from Pat Shurmur's West Coast scheme to Chudzinski's and offensive coordinator Norv Turner's new triple-digit-based system.
"I didn't really study the offense necessarily that Brandon was in last year," Chudzinski said.
Chudzinski has called plays the past two years in Carolina and, with the more versatile Cam Newton at QB, expanded his play-calling repertoire with a host of read-option and spread-based offensive concepts. When he was hired, Chudzinski planned to call plays at first before hiring Turner changed his plans.
"I had planned on calling plays unless I could find someone I trusted and had all the faith in the world in, and that person is Norv Turner," Chudzinski said. "You're talking about one of the best play callers ever. So I am not that much of an ego guy that I feel like I have to control, or feel I have to control that."
As for what their offense might look like in conjunction, Chudzinski was vague but hinted that it would be a meshing of the two men's styles.
"I think you see a pretty wide range when you see what Norv has done going back, or even what I have done, whether it's Carolina, or even back at University of Miami," he said. "It's been fun sitting down with Norv and talking, discussing things we can do from a philosophy standpoint and seeing what we can put together.
"Ultimately, we want to have an attacking-style of offense. We want to put pressure on the defense, and you can do that in a lot of different ways by what you're doing scheme-wise. There's a lot of different ways to attack.
"Obviously, you have to have balance in this league — running the ball and throwing the ball."

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Can Netflix Change the Script Tonight?
It's been several days now since Netflix finally ended its experiment to see how many customers, analysts and investors it could infuriate at once, and the stock still hasn't recovered.
Wall Street analysts think the company's quarterly earnings release, due after the closing bell this afternoon, could be a big chance for Netflix to restore its name.
Analysts, on average, think Netflix earned $1.05 a share on $812.50 in revenue in the quarter. Netflix doesn't often miss earnings forecasts. It last did so in the third quarter of 2010, and before that you have to go back to the first quarter of 2007 to find another earnings miss, according to FactSet.
More important for the company's stock price, though, could be how management behaves on the conference call, how effectively they can convince investors they know what they're doing.
Netflix shares are down 61% since mid-July, despite earlier this month abandoning their widely derided plan to split their DVD-by-mail business into the poorly named Qwikster.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts tell us what they're hoping to see tonight:
The impact of Netflix's 3Q call on 10/24 will likely be driven by whether management provides sufficient transparency into the company's recent roller coaster of uncharacteristic business decisions. If the company opens up and explains in detail its recent actions and the relative prospects of both streaming and DVD segments, we believe the stock should perform well.
Although 3Q numbers are well understood, there is very little clarity on what or even how Netflix will guide for 4Q. We are assuming the company continues its recent practice of guiding to three types of subscribers (streaming only, DVD only, and hybrid). We believe the company should see continued robust growth in the streaming only group and relative stability in the smaller DVD-only segment.
What will happen with the 12mn hybrid subscribers remains a mystery, with many expecting significant churn in the group. We expect, however, that many hybrid subscribers downgrade to streaming only, a small group will move to DVD only, and the biggest group will continue to pay $15.98/month as hybrid subscribers.
Pacific Crest Securities analysts, too, want to know how many customers Netflix has chased away with its recent shenanigans, but think the stock is getting attractive:
After the termination of Qwikster, investors have focused on the potential for elevated churn in Q4. Consequently, Q4 subscriber guidance will likely be critical to near-term stock performance when Netflix reports Q3 results on Oct. 24.
The price change and separation of DVD and streaming subscriptions has created an unusually wide range of expectations of subscribers and ARPU. We believe most investors expect conservative Q4 guidance….
We believe Netflix retains significant competitive advantages that can drive strong global subscriber and margin growth, and believe the current stock price is pricing in very reasonable assumptions about subscribers and margins. Increased confidence in the near-term direction of subscribers and ARPU, or a lower stock price, could prompt a more positive view.
Cowen is more concerned with what Netflix is spending — but also thinks it has a "cash cow" on the farm:
with or without Netflix's "Qwikster stumble," we think that investment levels will remain high over the next 18 months as the company builds its streaming content and boosts marketing to combat increasing competition in the U.S. In addition, we expect an aggressive ramp in international markets to weigh on profits, especially since the company expects to launch additional international markets early in 2012.
Despite increasing competition, we believe that Netflix will remain the market leader in streaming in the U.S. In addition, we believe the U.S. DVD-by-mail business will remain a cash cow for at least the next 5 years.


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On all vital existential questions, human beings have biases more deepset than they can begin to comprehend. The task of philosophers is not to work up fanciful idealistic rhetoric designed to appeal to hypothetical disinterested-bourgeois bipeds, but to get to know what the actual or extant preconceptions and worldviews of human beings really are, and WHY they ultimately are such as they are. It may be interesting ad hominem how and why humans might happen to presume themselves to be impartial listeners. But the truly challenging question is Nietzsche's: just how the hell did such a species ever imagine that it might want to know what "the truth" is, in the first place? Why would we presume ourselves to be at all INTERESTED in "the truth"?
Kenneth Smith
Contributed by: Dave
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
Contributed by: Meenakshi
"… 'You're making the 'rational man' mistake.' He meant that we usually assume that science is a rational process, but it's not. When we're presented with evidence that counters our prior beliefs, instead of the new evidence swaying us toward a new or revised belief, it tends to reaffirm our prior beliefs. Well, I thought, that's completely ridiculous. It's got to be a mistake. Unfortunately, after witnessing precisely these reactions to the data for twenty years, I have reluctantly concluded that the 'rational man' hypothesis is indeed false.
The technical term for one form of this irrational phenomena is the 'confirmation bias.' This psychological quirk causes evidence supporting your beliefs to be perceived as plausible, and evidence challenging your beliefs to be perceived as implausible. Studies in social psychology have repeatedly demonstrated that journal reviewers invariably judge articles being submitted got publication according to their prior beliefs. Those who agree with a hypothesis tend to judge a paper reporting positive results as an excellent piece of work, and those who disagree judge the very same paper and a flawed failure. The former referees recommend publication and the latter don't. The final decision to publish is left up to the editor, so if the editor doesn't happen to agree with the paper's hypothesis then there's a good chance it won't appear on the journal. And then the evidence doesn't exist as far as the rest of the scientific community is concerned. In science, this tends to create a genteel 'good old boys' club of acceptable ideas, while unacceptable ideas are consigned to the biker's bar lounge on the wrong side of the tracks. Fortunately, most scientists also tend to have high curiosity, so the club's rules can change with sufficient persistence (and after the retirement of some of the older good old boys).
Dean Radin
Source: Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality, Pages: 101..2
Contributed by: HeyOK
All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions, or from customs necessary for the survival of the group in social and economic circumstances that now lie in the distant past.
Peter Singer
Source: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/12/philosophers_on.html
Contributed by: Ryan
It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives
Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Source: The Works of Francis Bacon, page 348
History is a selective interpretation of events intended to justify those currently in power. Memory is the same thing on an individual scale.
Source: Unknown
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.
Henry Bessemer
Source: www.quotegarden.com
Contributed by: Anu
As a matter of strict logic, perhaps, there is no contradiction in taking an interest in animals on both compassionate and gastronomic grounds. If a person is opposed to the infliction of suffering on animals, but not to the painless killing of animals, he could consistently eat animals that had lived free of all suffering and been instantly, painlessly slaughtered. Yet practically and psychologically it is impossible to be consistent in one's concern for nonhuman animals while continuing to dine on them. If we are prepared to take the life of another being merely in order to satisfy our taste for a particular type of food, then that being is no more than a means to our end. In time we will come to regard pigs, cattle, and chickens as things for us to use, no matter how strong our compassion may be; and when we find that to continue to obtain supplies of the bodies of these animals at a price we are able to pay it is necessary to change their living conditions a little, we will be unlikely to regard these changes too critically. The factory farm is nothing more than the application of technology to the idea that animals are means to our ends. Our eating habits are dear to us and not easily altered. We have a strong interest in convincing ourselves that our concern for other animals does not require us to stop eating them. No one in the habit of eating an animal can be completely without bias in judging whether the conditions in which that animal is reared caused suffering.
Source: Animal Liberation
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Hello ladies and gents!
I had an introduction all typed up and it took about 10 minutes to type but the power went out out for a few seconds and then it all got erased so basically this is going to be a short introduction.
I made a scale the other day which is named Lord Scale and it consisted of a criteria for an average person. Which is:
Torso - 5 bricks high
Legs - 6 bricks high
Head - 2 bricks high
Arms - 3 bricks + 1 brick for the hand
Let's get into some pictures!:
Princess Leia
Here she is makin' that important message to the the mysterious jedi,
Ponda Baba
Probably not a character talked about alot but I still decided to do him because I had some orange bits floatin' around
Lando Calrissian
Hmmm......not to happy with this one. The black bricks are supposed to be a gun being held on an angle as the reference picture I had, had Lando holding it like this.
So I hope to see some people have a go at this scale
PS. Check out Darth Maul here!


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Today the new awesome ETC comps came out, so I decided to build a new O&G list! Normally in ETC comped games the biggest problem of O&G army is the max. 40 models/unit restriction. But now the new comps let O&G bypass this restriction, so I can have the lovely units of 100 Night Goblins!
Goblin Warboss
* hand weapon
* Obsidian Lodestone
= 115 points.
Orc Great Shaman
* hand weapon, magic level 4 -upgrade
* Dispel Scroll
= 225 points.
Black Orc Big Boss
* lots of choppas, heavy armour, battle standard
* Standard of Disciple
= 130 points.
Goblin Big Boss
* wolf, spear, light armour
* Charmed Shield, Dragonbane Gem
= 61 points.
(6x) Night Goblin Big Boss
* great weapon
= 204 points.
100* Night Goblins
* spears, musician, netters
= 355 points.
100* Night Goblins
* spears, musician, netters
= 355 points.
5* Wolf Riders
* spears, shields, short bows
= 65 points.
5* Wolf Riders
* spears, shields, short bows
= 65 points.
45* Night Goblins
* short bows, 2 Fanatics, musician
= 195 points.
2* Wolf Chariots
= 100 points.
2* Wolf Chariots
= 100 points.
2* Wolf Chariots
= 100 points.
(2x) Rock Lobber
= 170 points.
(2x) Doom Diver
= 160 points.
So, the idea is to stick the Night Goblin hordes into the center and put the Big Bosses in the hordes. The bunker of archers with the key characters go behind the hordes, and the chariots go on the flanks. Finally the fast cavalry go to the extreme flanks and the war machines go behind the army.
The game style is a bit one-sided, one trick pony. The enemy should get stuck in the hordes, and the chariots will hit the flanks and hopefully cause some damage. The fast cavalry will try to take out enemy war machines and cheap units, and the war machines and Foot of Gork will do their own thing.
It's just a fast list I made, I believe the restriction will be nerfed a bit sooner or later but it's just nice to try things out.
- Cheers, Skarsnik.
Posted: Feb 10 2012, 05:31 PM
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I had an idea for a similar list, since it would look so cool.
Last few days I have changed my mind about the 100-blocks of gobbos. I kind of like the 50
-strong with nets for the character bunkers and 3 fanatics in each to deal with nasty monsters/elite units trying to charge you. 100 strong forces us to field them wider than 5 and I am a bit concerned about the ammount not being able to keep characters in the second rank. With so few units I am also afraid I will go up against a player who will be able to tie them up with something much cheaper, but more killy.
What about a horde of trolls? It would look cool and could be competative in an environment where the other armies are restricted from fielding such expensive units. Keep a mounted orc big boss or two attached to the unit to keep it in check.


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with lengthy report on local "anti-aging clinic" which supplied performance enhancing drugs to star athletes, and they have names. It's not clear if the drugs received by some broke the rules of their sport or not, but some on list have already been suspended--Melky Cabrera and Yasmani Grandal, for example, in baseball--while others have not (Gio Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz). Of course, Alex "A-roid" Rodriquez is also linked to the place, as the NYT reported last week. By the way, the owner has disappeared.
Sports Illustrated with major piece today.


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Federal Judge Guts Florida GOP's Omnibus Anti-Choice Law
"For many people, Planned Parenthood is the only place they can turn to," said Barbara Zdravecky, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida. "We may be the only place they can go in their community, or the only place that offers the screening or birth control method they need. No one should have their basic health care taken away."


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Hey everyone, I found some cool links on deployment that you may already know about, but in case you don't:
First, open three tabs in your browser.
Second, open this.
Third, open this.
Fourth, open this.
Finally, get classy!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Let's Get Classy this Thursday
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Was the goal of this to hear the mixture of music cause that was super nice..... Very Very cool :)ReplyDelete
Yep, I think the best way to view it is to hook up your computer to your TV, and then make the fireplace video full screen.ReplyDelete
If only I could do that. I would kick back and relax and walk through my thoughts. Fireplace would be weird where I live as it's sunny all year.ReplyDelete
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A team of researchers are reporting the ongoing emergence of a new species of fruit fly--and the sequential development of a new species of wasp--in the February 6 issue of the journal Science.
Jeff Feder, a University of Notre Dame biologist, and his colleagues say the introduction of apples to America almost 400 years ago ultimately may have changed the behavior of a fruit fly, leading to its modification and the subsequent modification of a parasitic wasp that feeds on it.
The result is a chain reaction of biodiversity where the modification of one species triggers the sequential modification of a second, dependent species. The National Science Foundation supports the research.
"It's a nice demonstration of how the initial speciation of one organism opens up an opportunity for another species in the ecosystem to speciate in kind," said Feder. "Biodiversity in essence is the source for new biodiversity."
For almost 250 years after the introduction of apples to North America, insects referred to as hawthorn flies, Rhagoletis pomonella, continued to meet on the small, red fruit of hawthorn trees to mate and lay eggs. Then, in the mid-1800s, some of these "hawthorn flies" began to mate and lay eggs on apples instead. According to Feder, the flies attracted to apples eventually became genetically differentiated from the flies attracted to hawthorns, and so did the wasps that live on the flies' larvae.
The genetic distinctions mainly show up as gene frequency differences between the flies and their associated wasp populations rather than fixed, all or none, differences. This is consistent with the process by which new biological species arise.
"The Diachasma alloeum wasp that we studied is just one of several wasps that spend a significant portion of their lives attached to hawthorn and apple flies," said Feder. "We have preliminary evidence that one of the other wasps also may be forming specialized races on the flies, but it is too early to tell definitively."
"What is startling is how fast populations can ecologically adapt to new habitats and begin to evolve into different species in front of our eyes," he said.
Feder says the research is important because it provides insights into solving Darwin's mystery of the origins of new species. "Clues can be found right before us as we sit on our deck chairs barbecuing and drinking pop. All we have to do is open our eyes and we can see new life forms coming into being in that scraggly old apple tree in our backyard."
Notre Dame biologists Andrew Forbes and Tom Powell, along with University of Florida entomologist Lukasz Stelinski and Michigan State University biologist James Smith also worked on this project.
National Science Foundation (2009, February 6). Key Insights Into How New Species Emerge. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 6, 2009, from
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Sarah Palin thought this type of research was a waste of money.
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Well, to people who believe in mythology instead of science, this IS a waste of money since it disproves their point of view.
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welfare has brought about new creatures evolving too
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Poor headline, they are describing natural selection not evolution.
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I can't help but feel the urge to shout, "Settle down, everyone!" But I haven't because: 1. You all live inside my computer, which doesn't have a microphone, and 2. While everyone's fear and outrage isn't entirely misplaced, they aren't looking at the big picture.
This outlook, that the point of guest blogging is to boost SEO, is one of the reasons Matt Cutts said in that post that "we can't have nice things in the SEO space" (excellent way of putting it, Matty). SEOs wearing black hats and marketers looking to cut corners are so wholly focused on this one benefit that it's what drives their content and SEO strategies. They're approaching guest blogging thinking only about backlinks.
There's more to guest blogging than backlinks, and that's what you should be focusing on. Click to tweet this
Let's not forget that. SEO is only one of dozens of reasons to guest blog. Even the post title says "guest blogging for SEO," not guest blogging in general. The next time Matt Cutts posts a blog post or video on the subject (which he's been talking/ranting about since at least 2012), remember that you also guest blog, too:
1. Build Traffic (Tweet this reason)
While guest blogging may soon do nothing to boost your website's organic traffic, don't forget that people actually click the links in posts - you don't just put them there for search engines. Whether it's in your author bio or in the body of the post, that's a link that interested readers can click. You never know which of those readers will turn into your next social media follower, blog subscriber, or even your next customer.
Any link on the web has the chance of bringing you referral traffic, and if your website is well-designed, informative, user-friendly, and filled with great content, you have a great chance of turning that one click into a repeat visitor.
2. Build Influence (Tweet this reason)
Writing content for your own company or website will create a community of readers over time, but it can be hard to draw in new devoted readers. By posting on another blog with its own devoted audience, you're putting your thoughts, opinions, and expertise in front of hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people. What's more, since they already trust the publication you're guest blogging for, they inherently already trust you a little bit. If they know that a certain blog writes high-quality content and is trustworthy, the fact that the blog has deemed you worthy enough to contribute content says something to its readers.
3. Build Relationships (Tweet this reason)
Guest posts can be a great networking tool. The foundation of a great professional relationship is two people being able to help each other when help is needed. And do you know what most websites need? Content. Blog posts. Expertise. Whatever you want to call it, marketers can never have enough content, as long as it's good. Help out a peer by contributing great content to their blog when they need a hand. Through the process, you'll get to know each other better, you're gaining more experience in writing and content creation, you get all of the non-SEO benefits of guest blogging, and they'll likely be willing to help you with something in the future.
4. Build a Social Following (Tweet this reason)
Let's say Matt Cutts' opinions influence a new Google algorithm, and guest blogging eventually has no SEO benefit. That can actually be seen as a great opportunity. The guest bloggers currently linking to their companies' homepages or new feature landing pages can now take a chance to promote other areas of their online presence, instead. A company may have an amazing LinkedIn page just waiting to convert visitors into customers or new hires, but they're not spreading the link to that around the blogosphere. Try promoting some of your other properties, rather than your main one, and see if you get results beyond a higher ranking.
5. Build Experience (Tweet this reason)
Many people (rightfully) say that the best way to become a better writer is to write more. Write more, write differently, write about new things. The more you write, the better you get. I doubt there's a single person who can look at the first blog post they ever wrote and think, "Nope, I couldn't do better than that today." Guest posting is a great way to broaden your horizons. You can write about topics that would be out of place on you or your company's blog, write in different formats, and use a different voice. All of this will help you improve your writing.


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Recipes For The Grill:
• Basic Marinade
• Asian Marinade
• Italian-Style Marinade
• Southwestern Marinade
• Roasted Eggplant Sandwiches with Basil and Fresh Mozzarella
• Basil-Garlic Mayonnaise
• Grilled Portabello Mushroom Sandwiches
• Oriental-Style Grilled Tofu and Vegetable Sandwiches
• Wasabi Mayonnaise
• Southwestern Grill in Tortilla Wraps with Tomatillo Salsa
• Kabobs in Pita
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After a long day of work in the garden, I want to relax and reap the rewards of my labors, but as twilight softens the merciless sun, I'd rather be outdoors than in the kitchen. My solution? Pour myself a tall cold drink, gather some favorite herbs, slice a platter of summer vegetables, and light the grill.
Grilled vegetables take on added flavor if you marinate them with herbs before cooking, place branches of herbs on the grill, or top them with complementary herb-laced sauces. Rub some toasted bread with garlic, arrange the vegetables on it, and voilà! You have a delicious, quick, and easy meal.
For tasty sandwiches—the perfect outdoor meal—combine fresh herbs and summer vegetables. Keep them simple. Basil goes especially well with tomatoes, corn, squash, and eggplant. Cilantro gives chiles, onions, peppers, tomatillos, and corn southwestern flavor, but with eggplant and snow peas, it lends a Southeast Asian influence. Sprigs of chervil or dill or whole leaves of basil, parsley, cilantro, or arugula used in place of lettuce give any sandwich a bright green taste.
Prepare a medium-hot wood or charcoal fire or gas grill. Ideally, the grate should be about 4 inches from the coals. Brush it with oil if the vegetables have not been marinated or brushed with oil. Grill the vegetables, turning them occasionally. The cooking time will depend upon the heat of the fire, the thickness of the vegetables, and their distance from the heat. If the fire is too hot, the vegetables will blacken on the outside before they are cooked on the inside. If the fire is not very hot, the vegetables will take longer to cook. Grill them on both sides until they are nicely browned and cooked through. Placing small pieces of vegetables on a small-mesh grill rack or in a wire basket makes them easier to handle and keeps them from falling into the fire.
Susan Belsinger, a frequent contributor to The Herb Companion, treats her family to grilled vegetables all summer long. She is the author, with Thomas DeBaggio, of Basil: An Herb Lover's Guide (1996) and several other books from Interweave Press.
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I had surgery done on my right hand on september 9 2009. I had severe carpal tunnel syndrome.
My hand has healed but I still have pain in the palm, my wrist still has pain, my middle fingers go numb, but my biggest problem is no strength in my hand, i have no grip. and it seems to be getting worse.
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Hi Art. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder if the nerve is still constricted at the wrist. Is the numbness and loss of wrist strength the same as it was pre-surgery, or different?
I also wonder how much of that numbness etc is coming from up at the front of the neck and chest/shoulder. Surgery wouldn't help that at all.
1. If you haven't been, start IceDipping as described on the How To Reduce Inflammation page.
As many dips as you are motivated to do for a week, let's see what happens.
You have inflammation in place, and all the tight muscles and connective tissue in the forearm that were there before surgery is still there too. Icing helps get new stuff in and old stuff out, which helps EVERYTHING.
2. Inflammation Causes Vitamin B6 Deficiency. It can't hurt to start supplementing with B6, it might help a lot if B6 deficiency is part of the problem.
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> Is there anyone out there I could regularly converse with regarding
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I have a couple of clients who use Medical Manager but my time is
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regarding the O/S or about the application? Googling "Medical Manager
users group" reveals a couple of groups in msn.com which both seem to
be inundated by spam. If you search comp.unix.sco.misc for "Medical
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Erin States is headed to Cooperstown, N.Y., this weekend, and she'll be bringing many of the trademark signs she used to flash from the Oakland Coliseum's left field seats to show her love to her favorite baseball player.
One would expect no less of the little girl from Tracy who attracted Rickey Henderson's attention as a 5-year-old and soon after was anointed his "No. 1 fan" during his A's playing days.
Erin subsequently attracted national media acclaim at age 9 when Henderson was traded away to Toronto near the end of the 1993 season, writing a heart-rending letter to several Bay Area newspapers about how his departure had crushed her emotionally.
"I still consider myself Rickey's No. 1 fan,'' said Erin States Hoy, now 25, married with a 2-year-old son and living in Escondido. "I just decided from the moment he was voted into the Hall of Fame, I had to be there. I wouldn't miss it."
Erin's husband, Ben, and son, Ryan, will accompany her on the trip. She hopes to get some personal time with Henderson for the first time since 2005 when Henderson was closing out his playing career with the San Diego Surf Dawgs of the Golden Baseball League.
The trip won't come without some financial challenges for the family.
"We're just going to put everything on the credit card, and we'll eventually figure out how to pay for it all somehow," she said. "Rickey brings back too many good memories for me not to do this."
As a youngster, Erin did more for Henderson's public image than the best press agent could have ever dreamed up. Through the imaginative handcrafted signs she brought to the Coliseum and the frequent interaction she had with the A's left fielder, she became a local celebrity. Her parents, Tom and Cheryl States, had season tickets in 1989, and Erin's first-ever baseball game was Henderson's return to Oakland on June 22 that year.
"The thing I noticed right away was how he interacted with all of the fans," Erin said. "He would turn around and smile and wave or talk to them, and he would toss baseballs into the stands sometimes. I liked that. I yelled at him to try and get his attention, but I was only 5 and he didn't hear me or notice me."
She instantly began plotting to get Henderson's attention on her next trip to the ballpark. She drew her first sign, which said "Hi Rickey" with a big red heart colored next to it. She still has that sign, along with others, that she's taking to the Hall of Fame induction.
"We had a big backyard in Tracy, and I still remember my mom telling me to go to the farthest part of the yard with the sign so we could make sure he'd be able to see it," she said.
He did. After the next game Erin attended, Henderson not only waved to her several times, he brought her a baseball in the ninth inning. A fan-player bond was formed. She put together more signs to bring to games the next few years, ones that said "NICE CATCH" or "GREAT HOME RUN." Henderson was so taken with Erin that he sought her out during nearly every game she attended, and he even mentioned her in his 1992 autobiography, "Off Base: Confessions Of A Thief."
But on July 31,1993, when she was 9, Henderson was traded to Toronto. Erin was unprepared, which was evident in the letter she wrote to the newspapers.
"I know Toronto is a long way away from here and my mom and dad won't let me move there," she wrote. "I asked my mom to take down all my Rickey posters and pictures in my room. They make my heart hurt too much to look at. My mom said that the hurt won't be so bad later and I'll be able to stop crying when I hear his name. If someone out there knows Rickey, would you please tell him that the girl with the signs in the left field corner of the Oakland Coliseum misses him very much, and would you tell him I said goodbye? I didn't even get to say goodbye."
The letter was faxed to Henderson, who cried when he read it. "The fans and press might be on me, but I always knew I could count on that little girl."
When Toronto visited Oakland in late August, the first thing Henderson did was seek out Erin in the stands. He gave her a hug and a kiss, promised she would always be his No. 1 fan and said he would hit a home run or steal a base for her in the World Series if the Blue Jays made it. A photo of a weeping Erin embracing Henderson ran in newspapers throughout the country. Their reunion received a sizable write-up in Sports Illustrated. It put a positive spin on Henderson's relationship with fans that has made him arguably Oakland's all-time favorite player.
The story had a happy ending when Henderson returned to the A's for the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
Ironically, his bond with Erin didn't end there. Two years after the States family moved to the San Diego area in 1999, when Erin was 15, Rickey joined the Padres, and the two reconnected. She was at the game when Henderson broke the all-time runs record and presented him the plaque that honored the achievement. As a 17-year-old, she posed with Henderson on the cover of the Padres' magazine.
"I still start crying whenever I start thinking about Rickey," she said. "He meant so much to me when I was growing up and he still does. My husband doesn't always understand, but he's heard all the stories. And he's a baseball fan, so I didn't have to sell him too hard on the trip (to Cooperstown)."


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The transformation of L'eglise (an 80 year-old church) into an urban, multi-level loft commanded more than one-years time from Billard Custom. As the original private studio/showroom for Billard Custom, the potential and creative opportunities became obvious and irresistible. The shell of the church was left intact, but stripped down to wood floors and beams. Beginning with just a handful of ideas – no existing blueprints – Billard Custom worked in collaboration with his client's imagination to create this one-of-a-kind urban loft.
At its completion, L'eglise totals roughly 2500 sq-ft. Two stairwells ascend at opposite ends of the mezzanine connecting the two levels. The upper level includes two bedrooms and features eight skylights that bathe the main living area in sunlight. Flowing space deliberately links the salon with the kitchen and main bathroom. The result is an open canvas created from wood, glass tiles and other raw materials that when combined, transforms into an expressive space that strips away all preconceived notions of loft living.


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What Do Entrepreneurs Pay for Venture Capital Affiliation?
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November 11, 2002
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This study empirically evaluates the certification and value-added roles of reputable venture capitalists (VCs). Using a novel sample of entrepreneurial start-ups with multiple financing offers, I analyze financing offers made by competing VCs at the first professional round of start-up funding, holding characteristics of the start-up fixed. Offers made by VCs with a high reputation are three times more likely to be accepted, and high-reputation VCs acquire start-up equity at a 10 to 14% discount. The evidence suggests that VCs' "extra-financial" value may be more distinctive than their functionally equivalent financial capital. These extra-financial servicesn can have financial consequences.
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Johnson, Van Dalen named America East Scholar-Athletes of the Year
July 18, 2012
Cambridge, Mass. - Tyler Johnson '12 of the baseball team and Lucy Van Dalen '12 of the track & field team have been named America East Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, respectively. Johnson is the first Stony Brook male athlete to claim the honor, while Van Dalen is the first since Jenny Payne in 2003.
Johnson, who was drafted by the Oakland Athletics, led Stony Brook to its first-ever College World Series. As a senior, he won 12 games, including victories in the Coral Gables Regional and Baton Rouge Super Regional, and is the program's all-time leader in wins with 36. Johnson earned a degree in history with a 3.70 GPA, claiming Academic All-America honors.
One of the most decorated student-athletes in school history, Van Dalen will represent her native New Zealand in next week's Olympic Games. A six-time All-America and winner of the mile at the 2012 Indoor Championships, Van Dalen also took home All-America honors at the Outdoor Championships, finishing fourth in the 1,500. She will compete in the 1,500 in London. Having already completed her undergraduate degree in sociology, she finished her master's degree in liberal studies with a 4.0 GPA.
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One of the continued growth areas that is often overlooked when it comes to the social web are blogs. It is a market that continues to grow at a rapid pace even if it is in part fuelled by pictures of cats. The success of Tumblr as well as the continued growth of platforms like Word Press, Google+ and Blogger shows no signs of letting up. By the end of 2011, NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company, tracked over 181 million blogs around the world, up from 36 million five years earlier.
Quora, the intelligent questions and answer site, has decided to throw its hat into the blogging ring and launch a Quora blogs platform. It isn't, it wants to make clear, a place for cat pictures, or light viral type material like animated Gifs that you might find on Tumblr (among much else).
Instead the idea is a place "where people share ideas and thoughts. So the same type of people who write answers are going to be the same types of people who write on blogs".
Quora has made the leap to take advantage of the many who already write long detailed pieces on the site. It clearly makes sense to offer them a different kind of Quora platform and build its community.
At the moment active writers on Quora average 30,000+ monthly views and 350,000+ annually. Its most active writers average 90,000+ monthly views and 1+ million estimated annual views.
So who in the busy blog market is Quora targeting?
"Blogs on Quora are great for people who (1) don't have a big, established online presence already and (2) don't want to do the time-intensive, heavy lifting of marketing their blog and slowly building an audience.
"If you are a good writer but don't have thousands of Twitter followers or a big audience for your blog, Quora is an ideal place to write. Your blog will be discovered quickly without you having to do any work besides writing. Writing one great post on Quora will attract a big audience, no matter how many people already know or follow you," Quora said.
However, Quora is also hoping to appeal to those with an established blog and audience and it is tempting them the "more quality distribution from an audience".
What will be interesting to see is if it can translate the variety of questions and answers it gets, on topics from movies, TV, sports, food, technology, startups, career advice, parenting, children, politics, economics, and major news events, into blogging traffic.
Initially it is offering two choices for blog's design: a basic themeless view and its first blog theme, Loose Leaf. Loose Leaf has been built specifically for an easy reading experience, with nice typography and a minimal layout. The new theme has been optimized for mobile browsing, and is readily visible inside Quora iPhone and Android apps. It sounds like it will be rolling out more themes in the near future.
If it gets all this extra traffic it has given no word on what it might do with it. Quora doesn't monetize the site although clearly blogs would offer an opportunity.
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- Examining trends in digital design
- Setting preferences for interactive documents
- Understanding intent and presets
- Working with images and swatches
- Creating and working with interactive PDFs
- Creating alternate layouts for multiple screens
- Linking text and page items
- Fitting frames to content
- Setting up a file with layers
- Creating a slideshow with transitions and hyperlinks
- Building a table of contents
- Adding a SWF slideshow to a PDF
- Placing video
- Creating PDF forms
- Adding animation
- Working with the Digital Publishing Suite
Skill Level Intermediate
To create animations in InDesign, you use the controls in the Animation panel. So let's take a tour of those controls and see how they work. We will start by opening the Animation panel. I have it here in my workspace, but if I wanted to open it and I didn't have it in that workspace, I could also go to Window > Interactive > Animation, and I will select this text frame on the left and I can see by the icon in the bottom right corner that some animation has been applied to it. In the panel I can see that the animation has been given a name, Artists, and it uses the Preset, Fade In. I see a preview of any selected animation at the top of the panel with the butterfly logo.
So when I mouse over it, it fades in. If I look in the Preset menu, I can see all animation presets that come with InDesign, and there are two sublists. One at the top is simpler animations and then there are more complex ones below. There is also a choice None at the top to remove an animation, or I could also click on the trashcan in the bottom right corner of the panel. Next we have the Events to trigger an animation. This one is set to On Roll Over (Self). If I click on it, I can see the different choices, On Page Load, On Page Click, On Click (Self), and On Roll Over (Self), and there is another one that's grayed out currently On Button Event.
If I create a button to control this animation, I can select this choice. With this icon on the right, I can create a button trigger for an animation. So let's see how that works. Below the author's name I have just a regular InDesign frame over here and I'd like to make this into a button that will trigger the animation to play. So I can click on the trigger and then click on the frame. This is converted into a button and it's going to play the Animation (Artist). And if I look in the Options menu, it can do other things too. It can Stop the animation, Pause it, Resume it, Reverse it, or Stop all animations.
I could've also clicked on an existing button and InDesign would add an additional action to play this animation. And one more thing, if you use the Create button trigger then be sure you don't forget to give the button a descriptive name. The name button 448 isn't very descriptive. Another important thing to remember about the Events menu is that you can have more than one event trigger an animation. So if I select the Animation again, I can see now there are two events that will trigger this animation, On Roll Over (Self) and On Release of that button.
Adding another event doesn't remove any previously selected events. To do that, I would have to select them again from this menu. So if I wanted to remove On Roll Over (Self), I have to come here and deselect it. Now the only event for this animation is On Release. Now let's look at the other controls in the Animation panel. Duration is how long the animation takes to complete, so in this case it will take one second for the artist name to go from invisible to fully visible. I can also control the number of times and animation plays or I can set it to loop to play endlessly.
Speed is a little deceptive. It's not really how fast the animation plays. That's controlled by the duration. Speed is really the change in speed, or easing, as it's called. Many of the presets contain easing built into them or you can turn that off by choosing None here. You can have an animation Ease In which means go slow at the start, Ease Out which means slow down at the end or both. The Properties section can be shown and hidden by this little triangle here. And the first property is Animate and the choices are From Current Appearance, To Current Appearance, To Current Location.
From Current Appearance means use the object's current appearance as the starting point for the animation. To Current Appearance means use the object's current appearance as the endpoint of the animation, in other words, the animation would be reverse of From Current Appearance. And To Current Location tells InDesign to use the objects current appearance as the starting point and its current location as the endpoint of the animation. To illustrate let's go to the next page of this document where I have some simple objects. There are identical black squares and they have all been set to animate. So they are all going to use this preset Move Left and Grow, but the property is different for each one.
So the first choice here I have From Current Appearance. I can see the motion path with the arrow pointing left, so the arrow head on the left over here. Now I will select the second object, and this one is set to, To Current Appearance. So I have that same exact motion path, the same length but now the arrowhead is pointing towards the center of the object. So it's going to end up here. The third one has a motion path on the right starting out over here and ending up at the center of the square, and this one uses To Current Location.
Let's preview those animations. I will open the SWF Preview panel and click, let's see that one more time, From Current Appearance, To Current Appearance, and To Current Location. I can also help illustrate these by showing the animation proxy. So I will select the first one, open the Animation panel and down here there's a button to show the animation proxy. So this is a little ghosted preview of what the other end of the animation looks like.
So this is where it's going to end up, large into the left. This is where this one is going to start out, large and to the left and end up here. And the third one can't show you the size that it ends up at, but it can show you where it's going to start out in terms of position. If you can understand those options, the rest of the controls are pretty straightforward. Back in the panel I can apply a Rotation to an object. I can set a Reference point for where the transformations will take place. I can scale objects in either width or height and I can constrain that or unconstrain it.
I can control changes in Opacity, I can Fade In or Fade Out. Unfortunately, the change in Opacity is an all or nothing thing. I can't fade in or out to anything less than 100% or 0%. So I can't fade to save 50% opacity, and lastly we have Visibility controls. So I can have an object be hidden until the animation starts, or I can have it disappear after the animation ends. I also have a button down here for opening the Timing panel and a button for converting a regular path to a motion path down here, and we'll get into that in another video, and I can click the trashcan to remove an animation.
Let's look in the Panel menu. I have commands for saving a new preset, so if I tweak all the settings just the way that I want them, I don't have to redo that work all over and over again. I can save a preset and then pick it from the Preset menu. I can manage presets to add and delete presets and I can also preview a selection, the entire spread, or again, if I had a organically had a path selected I could convert it to a motion path. So there you have it, the Animation panel. It might be the most fun panel to use in InDesign because it allows you to bring the objects on the page to life.
You can have a lot of fun experimenting with the settings and being creative and I encourage you to do so.


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Authoring tools
Information on editing applications and other authoring tools is maintained on the DocBookAuthoringTools page.
Publishing tools
Information on XSLT and DSSSL tools and other publishing tools for transforming DocBook to other formats is maintained on the DocBookPublishingTools page.
Convenience tools
Scripts, utilities, and web services that act as easier-to-use "front ends" to DocBookPublishingTools.
In addition to the utilities listed below, several DocBookAuthoringTools contain publishing tool-chains built in. See Oxygen, Serna, and XMLMind, for example.
Docbkx, a Maven plugin for converting DocBook to html, webhelp, epub, and pdf.
DobuDish (Formerly Dopus) DobuDish is a Docbook publishing framework. It was designed with portability and extensibility in mind. DobuDish can run on any Windows or Unix platform that supports Java. GPL.
Forge Documentation Press is a pre-packaged DocBook XML tool chain. It uses comes with a collection of Java tools to process DocBook XML into HTML, PDF, and other formats. All of the tools come set up and ready to use. AGPL license.
docbookpublishing.com is a free web service for formatting DocBook XML to PDF. It uses RenderX's XEP engine. The service provides REST API as well.
docbook-utils, a RPM package that includes front-end utilities for using the Openjade DSSSL engine; also available as a Debian Package
xmlto, TimWaugh's front-end for using XSLT processors (but currently only understands how to use xsltproc)
sgml2x, front end for Jade/Openjade and Jadetex, written in Perl
Docbook Transformer, web transforming service from Docbook to html, you can send a url or upload a local file from your system. You can request using GET method too. By Cartesia.org.
Goshaky DocBook Online Tools Upload a DocBook-XML-File, Validate it and transform it to HTML or PDF online (2009-01-17: "Service Temporarily Unavailable")
DocMan (The DocBook Toolchain Manager), a GUI application that makes it easier to convert DocBook XML source files to PDF, HTML, XHTML, and HTML Help. Available for Windows and Linux.
DocBook Formatting Service, the web application to demonstrate abilities of RenderX web engine.
susedoc, a small documentation system which is used by SUSE. It consists of Makefiles and various scripts to convert DocBook XML sources into PDF, HTML or Manpages. Available for Linux only.
>e-novative> DocBook Environment, a free Windows environment based on ready-to-use commandline scripts (with simple installer)
Note that the front-end convenience tools the docbook-utils and sgml2x packages provide (the various docbook2* and docbook-2-* utilities such as docbook2html) are, like the older db2* utilities, (mostly) just scripts that act as "wrappers" around Openjade. So if you run into problems using the docbook2* or docbook-2-* or db2* wrapper scripts, you may want to consult the Openjade documentation and use Openjade directly instead.
Tools for "up conversion" of non-XML formats to DocBook (N-converters)
A variety of free and commercial tools exist for doing "up conversion" of non-XML formats to DocBook. The SGML Buyer's Guide calls these types of conversion tools N-converters (short for "Non-SGML/XML source document converters").
doclifter, converts troff documents (e.g. man pages); from Eric Raymond
DocBook Doclet, converts HTML and generates DocBook from Java source code
Html2DocBook, converts XHTML
table.el, converts ASCII tables to CALS (DocBook) and HTML tables
wt2db, converts plain text (Wiki text); see the Wt2Db page at this site for more info
DocBookClass.py, converts StructuredText
AsciiDoc, converts text documents to DocBook articles, books and man pages.
txt2docbook, converts plain text
The makeinfo tool converts GNU Texinfo documents to a variety of formats, including DocBook
texi2db, converts Texinfo; see the Texi2Db page at this site for more info
In http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-texinfo/2002-December/000851.html is described a method for going from latex to Texinfo. Then you can use the above two tools to get a transformer from latex to Texinfo.
Tex4ht can transform LaTeX documents to DocBook. The command for this is dblatex.
ooo2sdbk, converts OpenOffice Writer documents to SimplifiedDocbook (site in French)
SO-to-DocBook converts StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Writer documents to DocBook; written in Common Lisp
MajiX, converts Microsoft Word documents to SimplifiedDocbook. Version 2.0 released 2004-10-29
Logictran R2Net, converts RTF files to DocBook, XHTML, and OEB format (commercial)
upCast converts Microsoft Word documents to XML. It comes with a filter (an xslt stylesheet) that outputs the document as a DocBook article. upCast is commercial but they do offer a free version for non-commercial use. The free non-commercial license is somewhat hidden on their website. Go to the Licenses page and scroll down to the "Private Licences" heading.
Wordplay is a Word-to-XML converter. Comes with an XSLT stylesheet to easily export Docbook-compliant XML from Word (commercial).
YAWC is a plug-in for Microsoft Word (97, 2000 and XP) that can generate XML according to any XML DTD. YAWC ships with support for the Simplified DocBook XML DTD, but any other DTD can be supported with a small amount of configuration work. Pro (commercial) and Lite (free) versions available.
x4o is a plug-in for Microsoft Word (97, 2000 and XP) that can generate XML according to any XML DTD. Commercial.
ROBODoc generates DocBook from documentation headers extracted from source files (these can be in C, Perl, Lisp, TclTk, C++, FORTRAN, and many other languages).
Exegenix converts into DocBook-based XML any file that can be printed to PostScript.
LyX can export a LyX document of the "DocBook SGML article/book" document class to DocBook. See also Document processing with LyX and SGML.
Content and document management systems
Information about Content and document management tools is maintained on the ContentManagementTools page.
Other tools
The Lampadas Project, a new document production system from the Linux Documentation Project
AlcoveBook, a custom DocBook package that YannDirson developed for Alcove
DBMathTeX, a system for embedding TeX equations in DocBook documents
DocBook-specific Mozilla site-navigation toolbar, a modification that NormanWalsh developed to make the Mozilla site-navigation more useful with DocBook documents
[EnovativeDocBookEnvironment] a free DocBook documentation environment for Windows
http://refdb.sourceforge.net, a reference manager and bibliography tool that works with DocBook SGML and XML documents
Free XML tools and software, This is a frequently-updated and hopefully complete index of free XML tools.
DocBook Glossary, dbglossary for short, is an open source project, released under terms of the Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.5 license, that aims to develop a Docbook XML glossary database containing definitions of computing nomenclature. The primary application for the source is realized in context of Docbook XML-based publishing systems.
DocBook authoring and publishing support is available in easy-to-install-and-maintain packages for almost all widely used operating-system distributions:
CygwinPackages: for Microsoft Windows users
FinkPackages: for Darwin/Mac OS X users
DebianGnuLinuxPackages: for Debian GNU/Linux users
RpmPackages: for users on Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Conectiva, PLD, Yellow Dog, ASPLinux, OpenPKG, etc.
XaePackage: for users on any operating system (includes integrated XSLT support)
TeiEmacsPackage: for Microsoft Windows users
EnovativeDocBookEnvironment: an easy-to-use, free DocBook environment for all Windows systems


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Third Runner-Up
Milwaukee Harley-Davidson
8-time winner
Owner: Chaz Hastings
Location: Milwaukee, Wis.
Store size: 36,000 sq. ft.
This year's Third Runner-Up says its mission is "to continue our legacy of embracing the rebel, non-conformist culture of the Harley-Davidson motorcycling community by providing a premium customer experience." It does so through a mix of regular employee training, a well-oiled service department, a host of monthly in-store events and strong customer service — bike buyers can join the monthly New Owners Ride and enjoy a free gourmet meal at one of the owner's historic taverns. The store creates ties to other local businesses for cross-promotional purposes and sponsors employee outings that range from family-friendly to adults only.


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Uptown Players announce 2013 season
We've all been complaining about the lack of scheduled shows in the soon-to-open Dallas City Performance Hall. Our theater community seems determined to pick up at least a little of the slack. Last week Undermain Theatre announced it would put one item of next year's season in the new facility. Now Uptown Players new season has a similar feature — a concert version of the musical Ragtime co-produced with the Turtle Creek Chorale. (But how is the all-men's chorus going to perform the male-female numbers in the show? And will they do all the dancing?!)
The rest of the upcoming Uptown season includes the regional premiere of Del Shores' most recent play, Yellow, and the revival of some musical favorites, including Songs from a New World and The Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Read the entire press release after the break.


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White truffle Salt Colcannon Recipe
Submitted By:from San Francisco.
White truffle Salt Colcannon Notes
Being enamoured of Spice House's white truffle salt, it occurred to me as I was cooking colcannon that this was a marriage made in heaven. See if you agree!
- 2 pounds waxy potatoes, scrubbed and diced
- 1 10-ounce bag cleaned and chopped kale
- 1 10-ounce bag shredded green cabbage
- 2 14-ounce cans chicken or vegetably broth
- to taste, truffle salt
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 6-8 ounces cream cheese, cut up
- freshly ground pepper
Serves / Yields
Preparation Instructions
Steam potatoes and kale until almost tender. Add cabbage and continue to steam until all is tender. Spoon out any excess broth. Add truffle salt to taste. Stir in buttermilk and cream cheese; blend with handheld mixer or immersible blender until not quite smooth. Top with generous grinds of black pepper.
Helpful Hints
Yogurt or sour cream should work in this recipe in place of the buttermilk or cream cheese, although I've not tried them.
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- By TENOVERSIX
- Buttons at nape
- Silk noil
- Dry clean
- Imported
Since opening in 2008, Los Angeles-based boutique TENOVERSIX has become a mecca for those seeking an eclectic-yet-curated mix of apparel and home goods. Owners Kristen Lee and Brady Cunningham began their own apparel line shortly thereafter to round out the designs there were buying for the gallery-like store. Their calling card? Fashion-forward basics with clean lines and timeless appeal, like this open-back dress, made of nubby silk noil. We love the subtle contrast of tones at the layered skirt.


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VIENNA - A ribbon-cutting was held Tuesday at the new Gift Gallery of Vienna, 1515 Grand Central Ave., Suite 6.
Employees of the store were joined by representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley and local dignitaries, including Mayor Randy Rapp, who extended a welcome to owner Victoria Yater and read a letter of support from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.
Yater, a native of St. Marys, returned home after several years in corporate business in neighboring states.
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The Gift Gallery of Vienna held a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday. From left, are Linda Kern, Barb Close, Mayor Randy Rapp, David Bell, chamber President Jill Parsons, Brock Yater, Victoria Yater, Kim Winland, Lexie Brown, Mike Nelson and Jim Slate.
Having lived in metropolitan areas, she said it has been her dream to "bring a fresh and eclectic mix of unique style and function" to her home state of West Virginia.
Her vision with the help from family and friends has been realized in the Gift Gallery of Vienna. The store offers gift selections of various tastes and budgets.
The shop is open from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. It is closed on Sundays.


text: I wish we would get the results of Michael Brown's autopsy asap. The results can not tell us exactly what happened and in what order, but they will give us a bit more information than we have now. Injuries which we will learn about from an autopsy can tend to corroborate or disprove eye witness testimony and, for instance, a shot in the back conveys a different message than one in the front. Blood / alcohol test results can sometimes be helpful in trying to piece together the events. Do not expect the autopsy report to answer all questions, but do expect that the report may better help people understand what happened.


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An investigation of a fatal wreck Tuesday that claimed the life of Priscilla Rollins of Vimville suggests that a toddler may have been buckled into a child safety seat.
It was initially reported the child was unrestrained. Wednesday, Sheriff Billy Sollie said the seat was designed for two buckles and one was not fastened after the wreck.
The sheriff said it's possible the child may have loosened the strap himself.


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So, protesters are occupying Wall Street and downtown banking districts in scores of other cities. Many Democratic politicos have endorsed the movement's spirit and goals.
Now what?
The pols are in no position to enact any further left-populist reforms — laws that create, say, a financial transaction tax, or that make it easier for employees to form unions — so long as Republicans control the House and have veto power in the Senate. For that matter, the Democrats couldn't even get those bills enacted when they controlled both houses of Congress. So what, besides affirming their solidarity with the demonstrators, can they do?


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Our opinion A small, well run hotel in a good location close to the River Arno and Ponte Vecchio.
Location... Via Solferino 2. Located in a quiet area of central Florence, 400 meters from the city's top historical and cultural sites and the Theatre of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
Accommodation 80 air-conditioned rooms with private facilities, telephone, TV
Facilities The hotel boasts a rooftop terrace with panoramic views across Florence and a swimming pool (June to September).
An American Bar/Restaurant is available for dining and relaxation
Transport... just a 5 minutes walk from the Santa Maria Novella Train Station.
Our opinion… Delightful 3* superior hotel in the centre of Florence
Location… Centrally located on Via Nazionale, this hotel is in the immediate vicinity of the Duomo and San Lorenzo market.
Accommodation… Perfectly soundproofed, all rooms have individually controlled air conditioning, satellite television, direct-dial telephone, hair dryers, private safe and mini-bar, as well as modem connections.
Facilities… Breakfast is served buffet-style, with a choice of pastries prepared according to delicious traditional Tuscan recipes, accompanied by a wide variety of cheeses, cold meats, yogurt and seasonal fruit. The hotel does not have a restaurant but there are many to choose from within the immediate vicinity.
Transport… Only steps away from the Santa Maria Novella train station.
Our opinion A beautiful deluxe 5 star property, providing excellent service and elegant surroundings.
Location... Via Garibaldi 14. This hotel is superbly located with all of the historic city centre within comfortable walking distance.
Accommodation 61 rooms are traditionally decorated with luxurious furnishings, bathrooms are in marble, and guests are provided with all facilities you would expect from a hotel of this category.
Facilities Public areas are very impressive yet subtle, with mosaic floors & elegant pilasters. The Capriccio Restaurant serves Tuscan food and wine on its candlelit garden terrace.
Transport 10 minutes walk from Santa Maria Novella Train Station.
Our opinion Facing the Arno River, the Hotel Privilege is ideal for exploring the city.
Location Situated in a XVIII century building along the Arno River, just a short walk from Florence's historic centre and across from Santa Croce Square.
Accommodation All rooms have TV, direct dial telephone, air-conditioning and fridge-bar. Bathrooms also have hairdryer.
Facilities There is a breakfast room and a small café
1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop
Our opinion A small friendly hotel, with helpful and welcoming staff.
Location... Via de' Vecchietti 4. Strozzi Palace Hotel is just a 5-minute walk from Florence's Cathedral, Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio or the fashionable Via Tornabuoni shopping area.
Accommodation 18 rooms, spacious and bright, each with individually controlled air conditioning, minibar, and a TV with satellite channels.
Facilities Breakfast room.
Transport Centrally located with easy access to public transport.
Our opinion Room Mate Luca is a modern design hotel renovated in 2013, located in a neoclassical palace dating back to 1865 right in the historic centre of Florence.
Location The hotel is located within a 10-15 min. walk from the Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery and the Ponte Vecchio.
Accommodation Rooms feature free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TV with cable and soundproof windows, safe, mini bar, telephone, air-conditioning and heating. Bathrooms come with hairdryer and selection of amenities.
Facilities The hotel has a breakfast room.
Railway and bus station (Central Station Santa Maria Novella): 12 minute walk away.


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David Jones Cut From Goldman's Focus List
Department store David Jones has certainly rocked one boat enough to be tossed aboard.
The retailer has been part of Goldman Sachs' Structural Leaders model core portfolio — a long-term, long-only, low-turnover portfolio of ideas which are poised to earn superior returns due to competitive advantages and management of environment, social and governance (ESG) issues — since its inception in November 2010.
But the broker has banished the stock due to its earnings downgrades, a cautious consumer outlook, structural threats posed by the high Australian dollar and online retailing and poor news flow in the near term. It also cost the model portfolio — which added 0.1% compared to the S&P/ASX200′s -7.7% in the 13 months to December 23 — an additional 2.7% of outperformance by almost halving in value in 2011.
"We expect a sharp deterioration in David Jones' returns profile over the next three years. Whilst we recognize there is a strong cyclical element to this, we are also concerned about the increasing structural headwinds facing the traditional department store model," analyst Hamish Tadgell said in a note, referring to the entrance of international brands Zara, Gap and Topshop to the Australian market as well as the continued growth in online shopping.
The broker rates only half of its fourteen focus list stocks a "buy", namely Iluka Resources, PanAust, BHP Billiton, CSL, Brambles, Amcor and Bradken.
Mineral sands player Iluka was the second-best performing stock on the benchmark index in 2011, adding 69.6% compared to the S&P/ASX200′s 14.5% decline.
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High, fast moving water is flowing down the Arkansas River. That's prompting a flood warning for the Canon City area.
The Fremont County Emergency Manager Steve Morrisey says there is an advisory in place for outdoor enthusiasts. The water is moving at about eight-miles-per-hour. But that's not the only concern. Big chunks of debris, like tree trunks, are making their way down the water, making it dangerous for water rafters.
A flood warning will stay in place until further notice.
Minor flooding in the low lying areas are possible.
Gushing waves are also expected to do some damage especially if Canon City gets a big rainstorm this week.
But the gauge that measures the water in the Arkansas River isn't completely accurate according to Morrisey. "It gives a false reading. We aren't seeing nine-feet of water, we are seeing about five-feet out here," said Morrisey.
But he says, that doesn't mean we are out of the water. Right now, according to that gage, the Arkansas River is at about nine-feet and could crest at nine-and-a-half-feet by Thursday.
It's a level Canon City sees only once every three-years.
"Any evacuations or any chance of flooding, our dispatch centers have been set up to do a reverse 911," said Morrisey.
Experts say stock up on sand bags and be prepared for the worst just in case.
You can get free sand bags at the Canon City Public Works Office. The first 10 bags are free, then 45-cents each after that.


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Some of Fashion Blogging's Biggest Names Have Lost Their Platform
Including Anna Dello Russo, Derek Blasberg, and Bryanboy.By Véronique Hyland
Including Anna Dello Russo, Derek Blasberg, and Bryanboy.By Véronique Hyland
And he certainly didn't make up any of her quotes.By Charlotte Cowles
Meanwhile, Texas Monthly stands by the story.By Charlotte Cowles
She can command as much as $20,000 for appearances.By Charlotte Cowles
We tagged along while Jane Aldridge and mom Judy pulled pieces from the What Goes Around Comes Around warehouse.By Caitlin Petreycik
Not like they need a lot of clothes anyway!By Amy Odell
Also, Jane "Sea of Shoes" Aldridge test-drives the black-lipstick trend.
For everyone who has ever wondered about what exactly beetles have on their undersides.By Amy Odell
Also, Giorgio Armani was aghast at the long line outside the Abercrombie flagship.By Sharon Clott
Seventeen-year-old Sea of Shoes debuted in Chanel Haute Couture.By Amy Odell
His and hers fashion blogs! Couldn't you just die?By Amy Odell
Holt Renfrew puts Bryanboy, the Sartorialist, and others on display.By Gabriel Bell


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Definition of community sentence in English:
community sentence
nounEnglish Law
A sentence whereby an offender is required to perform community service.
Example sentences
- The government, ministers might say, is already convinced of the value of community sentences.
- The Government wants magistrates to hand out more community sentences.
- Appearing to take a tough line on dangerous offenders may have been a trade-off for community sentences.
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