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Bubble Bath Pirates! written and illus. by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Viking, 2003 34p
3-6 yrs
There are innumerable lovely bedtime books, suitable for reading aloud with cuddles during that standard daily ritual of childhood. Bathtime, however, is more of a literary challenge: for a start, it'd be an unusually docile child who'd sit still for a book while largely submerged, an unusual caretaker who could read while scrubbing, and an unusual book that would physically survive the watery excitement. Once past those obstacles, however, bathtime is an experience rife with opportunities for all kinds of playfulness, subversively messy cleanliness, and adult-sanctioned nakedness, and in Bubble Bath Pirates! Krosoczka makes the most of those opportunities.
It's the piracy that's the real inspiration here, making bathtime into a swashbuckling, splashbuckling triumph rather than a submission to an adult-enforced indignity. Credit clearly goes to the story's wise mother, who has displayed considerable cunning in evolving what's obviously an established ritual to get her two little guys into the bubbling tub, starting from her injunction to "Walk the plank!" The happy little pirates rule the high frothy seas under the watchful eye of "the pirate mommy," sailing pirate schooners through the bubbles and piratically objecting to various ablutions ("'Blimey,' mumble her little pirates" as they undergo shampooing). The end of bathtime is a glorious culmination, with a countdown to plug-pulling ("Prepare the cannons!"); that's not the end, though, since the slippery little customers evade their mother's grasp, gallop off for "buried treasure in the kitchen" (heedless of clothing or bath towel), and dive into chocolate fudge ice cream (official pirate bounty).
The text is boisterous but contained (which is more than the bathwater will be), effectively balancing its rhythm with patterned dialogue wherein "pirate mommy" offers a directive and her "little pirates" respond; the book is rife with phrases that could be happily incorporated into audience bathtimes and give little bathaneers an excuse to explore those marvelous bathroom acoustics with salty bellows. Krosoczka's thickly textured paints, the solid figures, and the ebullience (and the streaking) will remind some of Shannon's No, David (BCCB 9/98), but this has plenty of flair all its own. Toothy grins (these are definitely pirates with unusually good dental hygiene) and cheerful faces keep the mood as buoyant as the bath toys, but the real bounty, aside from the ice cream, is the swashbuckling detail throughout. Brandished cutlasses, a skull-and-crossbones hat, even a convenient prosthetic hook suitable for pirates wishing to chase Peter Pan in the bath will have kids clamoring for their own home equivalents, but the prize above prizes will be the snarling rubber duckie with eyepatch (who figures prominently on the book's cover and ours); you can practically hear him quacking a piratical poultry "Arghh!"
An attempt at a single-handed readaloud at bathtime will likely be scuppered by overenthusiastic participation, but there are lots of creative ways, short of laminating the pages, to find uses for this: staff bathtime with more than one grownup (really, you'd have to be a commander of the stature of the pirate mommy to hold effective sway over not just one but two such dastardly privateers on your own anyway) and flood the occasion with uproarious glee and the floor with spillover, or use this as a pre-bathtime enticement for reluctant washers. And on a hot summer day, add some salty savor to backyard hijinks: read them this while you squirt 'em with the hose.
Deborah Stevenson, Editor
Cover illustration by Jarrett J. Krosoczka from Bubble
Bath Pirates! ©2003 by Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Used by permission of Viking
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Millian liberals are not fond of upstream laws. All things being equal we would, for example, rather ban firing guns at people than ban owning guns. The latter has a far greater effect on people's liberty (it affects a lot of people who don't actually fire guns at other people, for example, and it affects a lot of conduct that will not necessarily cause anyone any harm). Putting it another way, we're wary of laws about indirect harms.
Now, upstream-ness and downstream-ness, or direct and indirect, are difficult to define with precision. Now and then I read facetious comments such as, "Guns don't kill people; bullets kill people." Or, "Bullets don't kill people; bullet wounds kill people." Nonetheless, the general idea is important. Millian liberals want to forbid as little behavior as possible, and so we look for some proximity between an action and the harm it causes. Conduct that is well upstream from the harm may be fine unless it almost inevitably leads to more downstream actions, or has some very powerful statistical connection with the harms, or perhaps unless relying on more downstream laws alone is futile for some reason. I don't think the categories of exceptions are closed – it's all open to argument – but we have a strong suspicion of upstream laws and we think the onus is always on the person who wants them to provide some sort of compelling case for them in each instance.
Many of us do, in fact, support various kinds of laws controlling what weapons people can purchase, what sort of licensing is appropriate, and so on. Even though these are more upstream laws than the law relating to, say, murder or armed robbery, we think that the case has been made out. Exactly what regulation should be used is another matter, and again there is plenty of room for argument, but hopefully you get the idea. We may be so persuaded that ordinary harms of a very serious kind are sufficiently inevitable without more upstream gun regulation that we are prepared to make an exception to our usual aversion to upstream laws.
I don't want to talk about gun control today, though this business about upstream laws is the loose end from one of my recent posts where I said there was an aspect that I wanted to discuss separately.
I want, instead, to say a bit more about pornography. I think that Millian liberals would be open to laws banning or severely regulating pornography (defined in some workable way, I hope) if we could be persuaded that, downstream, it caused ordinary harms of a significant kind. We'd want to see evidence that the connection is a very strong one, that without an upstream law against distributing and/or purchasing and/or viewing pornography it would be somewhat futile relying on downstream laws against, say, rape or sexual assault. And so on. The exact shape of the argument might not be determinable in advance, but you can get at least a rough idea of the form it would it take.
Making out a case for severe regulation of pornography is going to be harder than making out a case for severe regulation of guns for one obvious reason. Guns, or bullets, or bullet wounds, actually do kill people in the sense that guns make effective murder weapons. From a simple commonsense viewpoint, you'd think that making such weapons less available could reduce the number of murders. By contrast, pornographic books or images or movies or videos are not employed as rape or sexual assault instruments. Generally speaking, these things are not involved in the more immediate downstream actions that cause ordinary harms.
Instead, the argument is going to have to be that pornographic items produce the downstream actions via some sort of psychological effect on people who view them, which "reprograms" them to have more callous attitudes to women, and hence to be more likely to commit rapes, sexual assaults, etc.
The issue here is that it has always been very difficult to demonstrate a strong causal connection of this kind. Most people who analyse the issue from a Millian liberal perspective seem to end up being very skeptical about laws requiring any especially severe regulation of pornography. Given the way I look at the issue, I am open to evidence if it can be provided. In particular, I am open to evidence that some specific and definable kinds of pornography have such a tight connection with ordinary downstream harms that we ought to introduce (or, where it already exists, retain) stringent regulation of these kinds of pornography.
Right now, though, I just don't see that any especially powerful case has been made out for severe restrictions on any type of pornography involving adult participants. The studies are just too murky and inconclusive, and the arguments tend to rely on emotions, suppositions, and intuitions that have been shaped by the general anti-sex culture in which we live (which has roots that are deeply entangled with religion).
Here's a post by Stuart Ritchie which goes through just how inconclusive the various studies are that try to draw any conclusions at all about links between (1) the production, distribution, and use of pornography, (2) callous attiudes to women, and (3) downstream harms. As far as I can see, it's all a wash. The evidence really comes to nothing much either way – and certainly does not add up to a case for wider, more upstream limits on anyone's liberty. The Ritchie post is only an example of the conclusions that scholarly people seem to come to when they look at the evidence dispassionately.
That's not to deny that we can make aesthetic judgments about particular images or moral judgments about the messages that they might send (bearing in mind how open images are to multiple interpretations). Some images, or kinds of images, or some narrative types, may have some tendency to convey and reinforce callous attitudes to women. There is plenty of room for literary, cultural, and moral criticism in this area, as long as we bear in mind how contestable this sort of discourse is, and how shaky its ultimate foundations can be in many cases. But as for anything that would convince a Millian liberal to support severe regulation of pornography…no I just can't see it.
This is the single most bizarre site I've seen on the Web:
(the full address can't be included because the word 'televictim' also appears in the URL, thus it's automatically blacklisted by IEET).
The site can be perceived as scam and put-on; yet there are in fact millions of Christians who escape from their repression by looking at porn—which reinforces the scam and put-on of the site.. such is as clever as it is devious.
Dr. Blackford: Thanks for the links, but aren't they ignoring two elephants in the room: pornography's effect on marriages, and its influence on promiscuity and fornication (which lead to many societal ills) especially among the young? I'm not a social scientist, but it seems these realities are ignored by the researchers, as if sexual assault were the only possible problem.
Henry, men are so rebellious, the laws do more harm than good.
You don't want to tilt at windmills the rest of your life, do you?
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PARIS (AP) France's ambassador to the U.S. has asked Gov. Rick Perry to pardon a Texas death row inmate married to a Frenchwoman.
Hank Skinner faces execution Wednesday night in Huntsville for the killings of his then-girlfriend and her two adult sons in 1993 in Pampa, Texas.
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero says "our ambassador in Washington has asked the governor of Texas to pardon Skinner" or to suspend the execution and heed Skinner's request for further investigation.
Skinner maintains his innocence.
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Cigarette, cigar, and pipe-smoking are so debilitating that the immediate cessation of the habit is always the first step of any program to improve one's health - even more important than vitamins, diet, or exercise.
International studies of millions of people by government, industry, universities, and private research institutions have determined that smoking can cause:
stained teeth, fingers, and hair;
increased frequency of colds, particularly chest colds and bronchitis;
gastrointestinal difficulties, constipation, diarrhea, and colitis;
leukoflakia (smoker's patch);
heart murmur;
Buerger's disease (inflammation of blood vessel linings);
shortness of breath;
smoker's hack;
wrinkles and premature aging;
gastric, duodenal, and peptic ulcers;
lung cancer;
cancer of the lip, tongue, pharynx, larynx, and bladder;
high blood pressure;
heart disease;
artherosclerosis & arteriosclerosis (thickening and loss of
. elasticity of the blood vessels with lessened blood flow);
inflammation of the sinus passages;
tobacco angina (nicotine angina pectoris);
pulmonary tuberculosis;
tobacco amblyopia;
impared hearing;
decreased sexual activity;
and mental depression.
Blood flow to the extremities is decreased (cold hands and feet). One puff lowers the temperature in the fingertips 1?F to 3?F in 3 minutes.
Nicotine affects the nerve-muscle junctions, causing tremors and shaking. Nicotine causes narrowing and constriction of the arteries, adding to the heart's load. Nicotine, through its ability to stimulate, causes excitement and anxiety. But the effect wears off, often a period of depression follows, whereupon another cigarette is taken. Nicotine, an insecticide, makes the blood more viscous and decreases the available oxygen. It also adversely affects the breathing, sweating, intestinal, and heart actions of our autonomic nervous system, probably due to hindering the blood flow to the nerve centers in the brain.
Two to four cigarettes in a row increase blood fats 200 to 400%. The average smoker (30 cigerettes per day) has 4 to 6 times the chance of having heart disease if he's in the 45-54 year age group.
If the mother smoked during pregnancy, her baby will average 6 ounces less and its pulse will be 30% faster than a non-smoker's baby, and there'll be withdrawal symptoms in the baby after birth. Premature birth has been related to smoking by the mother. There is a direct link between parents' smoking and children's respiratory disease.
The Smokers Body
Every 10 seconds, someone dies from tobacco use, according to the World Health Organization.
Medical research suggests that those who start smoking in their teens ) 90 percent of smoker do) and continue for two decades or more will die 20 to 25 year earlier than those who never light up. And there is growing evidence that it's not always lung cancer or heart disease that kills them. Below, some of smoker's less publicized side effects-from head to toe. This is bought to you by Colors Magazine, dedicated to smoking cessation.
1. Hair Loss
Smoking weaken the immune system, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease such as lupus erythromatosus, which can cause hair loss, ulceration in the mouth and rashes on the face, scalp and hands.
2. Cataracts
Smoking is believed to cause or worsen several eye conditions. Those who smoke more than 20 Cigarettes a day are twice as likely to develops cataracts, a clouding of Thai's lens that blocks light and may lead to blindness. Smoke causes cataracts in two ways: by irritating the eye and by releasing chemicals into the lungs that then travel up the bloodstream to the eyes.
3. Wrinkling
Smoking prematurely ages skin by wearing away proteins that gives it elasticity, depleting it of vitamin A and restricting blood flow. Smoker's skin is dry, leathery and etched with tiny lines,especially around the lips and eyes: In one study, smokers in their 40s had facial wrinkles similar to those of nonsmokers 20 years older.
4. Hearing Loss
Because smoking creates plaque on blood vessel walls, decreasing blood flow to the inner ear, smokers can lose their hearing earlier than nonsmokers(up to 16 years sooner, according to one study) and are more susceptible to hearing loss caused by ear infections or loud noise.
5. Skin Cancer
Smoking does not cause melanoma) a sometimes deadly form of skin cancer), but it does increase your chances of dying from it(this may be because smoking impairs the immune system), And smokers have a 50 percent greater risk of contracting squamous cell carcinoma-a cancer that leaves scaly, reddish eruptions on the skin.
6. Tooth Decay
Smoking interferes with the mouth's chemistry, creating excess plaque, yellowing teeth and contributing to tooth decay. Smokers are one and a half times more likely to lose their teeth.
7. Lung Ailments
In the former Soviet Bloc, 88,000 smokers die each year from debilitating lung conditions other than lung cancer, Emphysema, a swelling and rupturing of the lung's air sac, reduces the lung;s capacity to take in oxygen (and expel carbon dioxide). In extremes cases, a tracheotomy helps patients breathe: An opening is cut in the windpipe, allowing a ventilator to force air into the lungs(see image) creates a buildup of pus-filled mucous resulting in a painful cough and breathing difficulties.
8. Osteoporosis
Carbon monoxide, the main poisonous gas in car exhaust fumes and cigarette smoke, binds to blood much more readily than oxygen, cutting the oxygen-carrying power of heavy smokers' blood by as much as 15 percent. As a result, smoker's bones lose density, fracture more easily and take up to 80 percent longer to heal. Those who smoke more than one pack per day are also more susceptible to back problems: One study shows that industrial workers who smoke are five times as likely to experience back pain after an injury.
Smoking causes widespread permanent destruction of the tiny air sacs (alveoli) and narrowing of small blood vessels in the lungs, decreasing the oxygen supply, requiring a higher blood pressure, thus causing extensive circulatory problems and premature heart attacks. Smokers have difficulty running and exercising.
The cilia are tiny, delicate, hairlike coverings on the thin membrane of the surface of the lungs and trachea that, by means of their whipping, beating action, produce an upward current of foreign material and mucus from the lungs which is then swallowed or expectorated. This is the way the body cleans the lungs. This delicate lung-cleaning mechanism, in a cigarette smoker, at first paralyzes, then deteriorates, and is eventually made inoperative, through the complete destruction of the cilia. The smoker then must resort to coughing as a lung-cleaning method. This isn't efficient, and more than a cupful of tars will have accumulated in his lungs by the time of his premature death.
Air pollution (auto exhausts, industry wastes, etc.) increases the lung cancer rate of the smoker, but not of the non-smoker. Apparently, the lung-cleaning cilia are alive and working for the non-smoker.
The time to recover from any specific ill, whether caused by smoking or not, is much longer for the smoker. Often, a non-smoker will survive a sickness from which he would have died had he smoked.
The non-smoker has no need to spend money to buy cigarettes, matches, lighters, holders, ashtrays, or to spend a dime a mile for that special trip to the store. Just the cigarettes alone amount to an average of $250 per year, after taxes - wasted. Add another $250 if the spouse smokes. This is hard-earned, after-tax, money of yours, used to pay for the above smoking paraphernalia - plus tax! (Please note: these are 1971 figures.)
By dying earlier, the smoker will lose many tens of thousands of dollars in social security and other benefits which will naturally end up in the pockets of the non-smoker. The cigarette tax is more money from the smoker to the non-smoker.
The smoker is sick more often, explaining why he misses an average of 71/2 work days per year, usually with a loss of pay, while the non-smoker will miss only 41/2 days.
The smoker must spend valuable time looking for ashtrays, cigarettes, matches, retail stores, vending machines, or change for these machines. He experiences displeasure if they aren't immediately at hand. Just the process of deciding on "which brand" wastes vast amounts of mental, physical, and financial resources.
The overall bad health of the smoker results, on average, in a decrease of 8.3 years in his life expectancy, or about 12 to 14 minutes per cigarette. Just in lost social security income alone, this amounts to about a 5Ѓ' a cigarette. The actual cost of each cigarette when you include extra medical expenses, lost pay, etc., is of the order of 25Ѓ' per cigarette (1971 figures).
Just the extra medical expenses alone can be expected to eventually use up all of a smoker's hard-earned savings, already depleted by the high cost of smoking. By the time non-smokers get sick, Medicare will foot their medical bills.
The smoker's body requires more sleep every night. This extra sleep must come from his spare time. Besides needing more sleep, smokers don't sleep as well.
Smoking destroys vitamins, particularly vitamin C and the B's. Smoking has induced cancer in dogs. Insurance rates can be higher for smokers. Some 100,000 doctors stop smoking every year.
Foods will taste much better to non-smokers. Many subtle flavors and aromas will be savored if your nasal and oral senses are freed of the effects of harsh chemicals, coal tars, and other combustion products. How long has it been since you've experienced the smell of fresh-cut grass or the delicate taste of lobster from Maine or Nova Scotia?
Other disadvantages of smoking: You must always carry cigarettes and matches; your pockets bulge - or there's less space in your purse; smelly breath; smelly house; smelly clothes; messy rugs and furniture, often burned; cigarettes lying around for kids to smoke (and matches to light); you're a bad influence on kids; you're held in low esteem by your kids and your friends (even your smoking friends); the inside of your home and auto windows need cleaning more often; death or property loss due to smoking in bed.
Some 120 persons have died in two airline crashes that have been attributed to ashtray and lighter-fluid fires. Cigarette smoke collects with lint and is known to gum up delicate mechanisms such as aircraft controls.
Smokers get into more auto accidents due to being less alert, having slower reflexes, and also due to fussing around while driving (lighting up, etc.). In Czechoslovakia it's illegal to smoke while driving. Accident-proneness has been related to smoking.
A non-smoker would have to put on an additional 150 pounds in order to increase his mortality rate to that of an average smoker.
The fact that the tobacco industry provides work, that wouldn't exist without it, is a myth. The money now wasted on tobacco, if diverted elsewhere, would create a wealth of new job openings in industries producing goods and services more useful to the society than cigarettes.
Smoking makes a person irritable and argumentative, partially due to a subconscious knowledge of all of the above facts. Smoking has been related to brain damage and premature senility.
A smoker needs much more food and sleep since nicotine makes his body work harder and less efficiently and his heart beat faster, thus using more fuel and energy. This, together with the fact that a smoker loses much of his appetite and his taste for food, explains why smokers have less trouble keeping their weight down. When one quits smoking, it's IMPERATIVE that the intake of food is drastically reduced in order to keep the body weight normal. Having to eat less is of course an additional saving of time and money.
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone quit smoking? There'd be less general litter, no more butts, ashes, or wrappers in the streets, grass, urinals, etc.; no more smoke in restaurants, theaters, airplanes or buses; a more alert society, with more spare time to enjoy or improve their lot in life; fewer auto, plane, on-the-job, and household accidents; fewer forest fires; less air pollution; lower auto and life insurance rates; and fewer people coughing and spitting in public. By inflicting smoke on your non-smoking friends, it's been shown that even THEIR health and life expectancy are adversely affected.
Notice how many of your friends have quit smoking in the last 5 years. They're the smart ones (and you know it). Lower intelligence has been related to smoking. In fact, smoking is both a cause and an effect of lower intelligence, just as smoking is both a cause and effect of lower income. The (smoking)-(lower-intelligence)-(lower-income)-(more smoking) vicious circle can unknowingly spiral a brainwashed young person down and down into the depths of poverty and despair. He'll not be as physically or mentally able to cope with life's challenges. Our successful capitalistic system is based on competition, and the physically-mentally handicapped smoker inevitably ends up at the bottom of the heap. So get smart, today, now, and join the happy, healthy ranks of the non-smokers.


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RUSH: Here's Todd in Cortland, Ohio. Glad you waited. You are on Open Line Friday. Hello.
CALLER: Hey, Rush, how are you?
RUSH: Fine, sir.
CALLER: I'll try to make this quick because I'm still on hold with Rezko mortgage company. So if I hang up, I apologize.
RUSH: That's the Rezko Rescue from yesterday. (laughing)
CALLER: (laughing)
RUSH: Good for you, sir. The Rezko mortgage company. Good for you, sir.
CALLER: Hey, Rush, real quick it seems like with this administration, if you need something, all you have to do is ask for it, and you'll get it and I'm referring to the lady last week that asked for a house and got it. Do you think...?
RUSH: She did not get it from the administration. She got it from the wife of a Democrat Congressman. I don't even know if she accepted it. Look, it's not true whatever you ask for from this administration you get. Now, don't say that. There are certain people who might think that's going to happen to them.
CALLER: Heh, heh, right.
RUSH: But it isn't going to happen.
CALLER: Okay, well, if enough people start complaining that they can't afford to go to a sporting event because it's too expensive -- they can't take their family and their kids are crying or what have you -- do you think the Obama administration will demand salary caps on pro athletes and take their bonuses?
RUSH: No.
CALLER: You don't?
RUSH: No.
CALLER: What about the Hollywood elites?
RUSH: No.
CALLER: Because I can't afford to take my family to the movies.
RUSH: That's good. They're not worth it.
CALLER: (laughs) That's true. Okay, and one more comment.
RUSH: Yes?
CALLER: Okay. Would it be fair to compare the administration to the Mafia? I grew up close to Youngstown, Ohio, where in the seventies where Mafia ran rampant, and it seems like pretty much the same. They strong-arm everybody, and I think we should start giving the administration Mafia names.
RUSH: Somebody said the other day, a couple months ago now (I wish I could remember who), "There's no difference between the Mafia and politics."
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: But I don't remember the tagline to it. You know, like "politics is show biz for the ugly," that's how they compare. But this politics and Mafia, the mob, there's no difference -- and I wish I could remember the tagline to it. The bottom line is, politics has always been a shakedown game. Most of the time, Todd, most of the big money people -- not the average people who give their 25 bucks 'cause they believe in ideas, the big money people, most of them -- give money to Washington as a protection to make sure Washington doesn't come after 'em. Of course with this administration, those bets are off. (laughs) It doesn't matter how much you've given. If you're big, they're coming after you, and they're going to sit back and laugh and smile, while they watch your business plummet in value at the same time.


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Why? Sharyl Mayhew LVT
Why we do what we do?
For most of us the answer is a resounding "I love animals"! However, I have had the great pleasure over the years to work with many wonderful veterinarians and clinic staff members who can equally claim that they love the pet owners too.
I have degrees in language and international service. I originally wanted to be a translator or diplomat when I was in college. My path took me through law firms, universities and government agencies but ultimately I found my way into veterinary medicine. It was a roundabout trip but I am truly thankful for arriving here! I am still a "translator", just now more interspecies rather than internationalities.
People ask me what it's like to work with animals all day. I tell them it is a wonderful job that gives me a great feeling of accomplishment. I like to think that I am the pet's advocate; they can't speak so they need me to help translate their needs to the human world.
And the people I meet that love their pets or love working with pets are what keeps all of us satisfied in our work. Recently a client came to visit me at VCA-Healthy Paws, she was a client I have known for years from VCA University. She stopped by because she was in the area -- just to chat.
I started thinking about what a treasure these friends are that we have made through working with their pets. We are there with these friends through happy times, funny times and sad times. We grow into a family of sorts, bonded by our love of pets and animals and each other.
I am meeting a lot of my neighbors here in Haymarket for the first time, again, because we are here to help them with their pets. We offer veterinary services of course, but we are also so blessed to be able to offer compassion, friendship and community spirit with our clients, neighbors and fellow pet owners.
I would love to hear stories about how someone at VCA-Healthy Paws touched your life through their care for your pet or for you as a client. Feel free to send me an email and tell me your story or just tell me about your pets " pictures too please!!! [email protected]


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Smithfield Foods announced today it will expand its partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports to include primary sponsor of the legendary No. 43 Ford in 25 events during the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Smithfield Foods and its family of brands including Eckrich, Farmland, Gwaltney and Smithfield will all participate as primary sponsors throughout the year. Aric Almirola will drive the Smithfield Foods-backed No. 43 Ford in his second full-time season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest producer of pork products, will continue to engage fans with unique marketing initiatives that introduce NASCAR fans to the company's many brands and products. Both rich with history, Smithfield Foods and Richard Petty Motorsports are a natural match while both pursue continued excellence in their respective industries.
"We are thrilled to come back as a partner of Richard Petty Motorsports, Aric and the No. 43 team this season," said Joe Luter IV, Executive Vice President of Smithfield. "We were very pleased with the value that the partnership provided us and our customers in our first year together. We are already working hard to make our race program better this year."
"We are happy to continue our partnership with Smithfield and its family of brands," said Richard Petty, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports. "The folks at Smithfield put some great programs into place last season, and we can't wait to see what they have in store this year. Smithfield came on board at a pivotal time for our company and helped us develop to the team we are today. Aric and Todd came on strong at the end of the year last year, and we're looking forward to a solid year in 2013."
Almirola not only became a partner of Smithfield last season, but also became part of its marketing programs, playing a key role in giving back.
"I had a great time working with Smithfield and its companies last season," Almirola commented. "Together, we gave back to the community through Smithfield's initiative Helping Hungry Homes, Eckrich's Operation Homefront and to Harvesters Food Bank with Farmland Foods among others. It has been a privilege to work with a company that focuses on giving back. Not to mention, their quality products."


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Tim BrayTim Bray managed the Oxford English Dictionary project at the University of Waterloo in 1987-1989, co-founded Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq:OTEX) in 1989, launched one of the first public web search engines in 1995, co-invented XML 1.0 and co-edited "Namespaces in XML" between 1996 and 1999, founded Antarctica Systems in 1999, and served as a Tim Berners-Lee appointee on the W3C Technical Architecture Group in 2002-2004. Currently, he serves as Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems, publishes a popular weblog tbray.org, and co-chairs the IETF AtomPub Working Group.
Website: http://www.textuality.com
Articles by this author:TAXI to the Future
Tim Bray presents TAXI, a Web application architecture that utilises the power of XML to deliver a responsive user environment. [Mar. 14, 2001]
What Is RDF
An introduction to the W3C's Resource Description Format, a standard for exchanging metadata, and a key technology for the W3C's "Semantic Web". [Jan. 24, 2001]
Framing the XSL Debate: An Editor's Note
A few words on why we decided to publish Leventhal's view on XSL and why this kind of debate is good for the entire XML community. [May. 20, 1999]
XML support in IE5
Microsoft officially released Internet Explorer 5 and XML.com's technical editor Tim Bray finds that though the final release of IE5 has some nice features for the XML community, its XML implementation is still a little buggy. [Mar. 18, 1999]
XML Namespaces by Example
The hows and whys of XML namespaces explained by a co-author of the specification, XML.com's technical editor Tim Bray. [Jan. 19, 1999]
Low-Rent Virtual Reality with XML
3DML is almost XML - though you wouldn't know it from its creator's marketing information. This 'economy' virtual reality language has some benefits that VRML doesn't, and proves that you can use XML to do some surprising things. [Jan. 19, 1999]
An Introduction to 3DML
A detailed description of this alternative to VRML. [Jan. 19, 1999]
Standards to the rescue!
Using XML and other standards-based technologies, seafarers are no longer out to sea when it comes to specialized medical care. (Part 2) [Dec. 19, 1998]
Proof of Concept: JABR Technologies' Consult98 Implementation
Using XML and other standards-based technologies, seafarers are no longer out to sea when it comes to specialized medical care. (Part 3) [Dec. 19, 1998]
How it works
Using XML and other standards-based technologies, seafarers are no longer out to sea when it comes to specialized medical care. (Part 4) [Dec. 19, 1998]
The doctor will see you now
Using XML and other standards-based technologies, seafarers are no longer out to sea when it comes to specialized medical care. (Part 5) [Dec. 19, 1998]
The Trouble With Browsers
XML.com's technical editor wants to know why the Web browsers don't support XML. [Dec. 18, 1998]
Microsoft Outlines XML Support in IE 5 Beta 2
This week Microsoft announces the next beta of Internet Explorer 5.0. XML.com has the details of the browser's XML support. [Oct. 14, 1998]
Conclusion: How Much Work Was It?
The conclusion of Tim Bray's explanation of how he created the Annotated XML Specification. [Sep. 12, 1998]
Building the Annotated XML Specification
XML.com's technical editor explains the conceptual design and syntactical execution of our popular Annotated XML Specification. [Sep. 12, 1998]
Flipping the Links
How Java was used to convert the XML to HTML. [Sep. 12, 1998]
How the Annotated XML Specification Works
Tim describes the architecture of the AXML system and the design decisions he made. [Sep. 12, 1998]
News Wire Services Heading for XML
The News Industry is hoping that a switch to XML will jump-start adoption of the News Industry Text Format (NITF) among users and vendors of news wire services. [Aug. 12, 1998]
RDF and Metadata
Not excited about metadata? XML.com's technical editor Tim Bray thinks you should be and he explains why. He presents RDF, a spec that standardizes how to supply metadata on the Web. [Jun. 9, 1998]
The Annotated XML Specification
If you want to understand XML, you have to read the specification. However, to really get inside the specification and understand why it says what it does, you need an expert guide. Tim Bray, co-editor of the XML 1.0 specification, shares his knowledge and insights about XML, SGML and the working group behind the specification in this annotated version of the document. [Apr. 15, 1998]
An Introduction to XML Processing with Lark
Lark is a non-validating XML processor implemented in the Java language; it attempts to achieve good trade-offs among compactness, completeness, and performance. [Oct. 2, 1997]
XML Linking
This document specifies a simple set of constructs that may be inserted into XML documents to describe links between objects and to support addressing into the internal structures of XML documents. It is a goal to use the power of XML to create a structure that can describe the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of today's HTML as well as more sophisticated multi-ended, typed, self-describing links. [Oct. 2, 1997]


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Just makes too much sense. Earl Boykins...smh3. A SOLID STRETCH 4
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name Robert Horry? For me, seven championship rings. The former Rocket, Laker and Spur set the standard for the stretch 4 position, a power forward-type player who not only could create better spacing on the court to allow for more driving lanes for guards and more post spacing for centers but also could knock down the open 3. For the Knicks to acquire Anthony, they had to part ways with their main stretch 4, Danilo Gallinari. You could even argue by how well he guarded post players and protected the paint, averaging 1.4 blocks per game while in New York, that Wilson Chandler was also a stretch 4. By letting go of those guys, the Knicks lost forwards who not only could play inside but also possessed the skills of a guard with passing, ballhandling and especially shooting. You could make a case for Shawne Williams because of his size and shooting, but he doesn't take his game inside like Gallinari or Chandler do. Overall, the Knicks tended to play better with a smaller lineup with Gallinari at power forward, especially Stoudemire who shot 56 percent, when Gallo was on the floor. Take a look at the impact that Chandler and four other formidable stretch 4s had on their teams this past season when they were on the court versus off it:
Wilson Chandler, (with only) New York Knicks
Off -.3 45.1% 38.2 55.7%
On 2.2 46.5% 43.7 56.6%
Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers
Off 4.4 45.5% 42.8 53.5%
On 6.9 46.7% 44.9 56.6%
Ryan Anderson, Orlando Magic
Off 3.2 46.8% 37.8 55.3%
On 9.4 44.9% 35.5 55.6%
Channing Frye, Phoenix Suns
Off -5.8 46.5% 41.5 54.4%
On 1.9 47.3% 41.0 56.8%
Matt Bonner, San Antonio Spurs
Off 4.0 47.6% 44.3 55.9%
On 8.6 47.4% 38.4 58.1%
All team stats are based on per 48 minutes PITP = Points in the paint TS% = True shooting percentage, which calculates shooting percentage adjusting for the value of free throws and 3-point field goals
Realistic available free-agent stretch 4s: Matt Barnes (unrestricted), Wilson Chandler (restricted), James Jones (unrestricted), Jason Kapono (unrestricted) and Peja Stojakovic (unrestricted).
Scout's take: "In their attempt to get Carmelo, they gutted their surrounding cast. I think it showed a lot when they didn't have guys who could space the floor and make shots to help give Amare, Carmelo and Chauncey room to do their thing. They really could use a couple of shooters. The Gallinari type of catch-and-shoot guy on the perimeter. The James Jones type. The Jason Kapono type. The Mike Miller type. Those guys are so much more valuable because they draw the [defense's] attention away from Carmelo and Amare."
After catching flak all season for being a poor defensive team, the Knicks surprised all of NBA Nation in Games 1 and 2 of the first round of the playoffs, holding the Celtics to 91.5 points per game. Of course, you have to be cautious of only two-game increments, and the Knicks still need to show they can play consistent defense for an entire season.
D'Antoni has been unapologetic about his offensive philosophy. He's not in it to try to stop teams; he's in it to try to get teams to stop his own. That's not to say D'Antoni has to coach like Jeff Van Gundy and slow the pace down dramatically to where his team is scoring in the 80s and 90s, but he has to find a better balance between offense and defense (a là Phil Jackson, whose teams usually ranked in the top five in offensive and defensive rating year in and year out).
Although the Knicks gave up a lot of points in the regular season (105.7 per game; third-worst in the league), that's a condition of their fast-paced and perimeter-based offense. More possessions and longer shots, which lead to longer rebounds, mean more scoring opportunities. The true indicator of defensive excellence is opponents' field goal percentage, and the Knicks struggled significantly in that category, finishing fifth-worst (47.2 percent) in the league.
Scout's take: "I commend Mike for doing what he believes, but there's gotta be some attention paid to defense. Certainly a guy like Tom Thibodeau would've helped Mike, but he would've helped him if Mike bought into defense as well. I think that's the tough part. Mike has his philosophy and he also has his staff, and I don't know if it's easy to integrate someone from the outside unless Mike really buys into it.
"I'd look at a Dick Harter type. Harter is very well known for his defensive philosophy and strengths. Jim O'Brien had him on his staff for a number of years for that reason, and so did a number of other head coaches. That is really what his MO was: defensive assistant. Maybe a P.J. Carlesimo type. I'm not saying you can't be fast and still be a good defensive team, but I think it's paramount that you have the ability to get defensive stops."


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Glee tackles body image on a regular basis, but last night's "Naked" dug a little deeper. Rachel is cast in a student film which requires her to do a topless scene. She has the support of her live-in boyfriend Brody, but Kurt completely shuts down the idea. Meanwhile at McKinley, the New Direction boys are dealing with their own type of bareness.
The Players:
- Director: Ian Brennan
- Writer: Ryan Murphy
- Cast: Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Jenna Ushkowitz, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Ashley Fink, Chord Overstreet, Harry Shum, Jr., Cheyenne, Darren Criss, Jayma Mays, Jane Lynch, Dean Geyer, Melissa Benoist
Episode Title: "Naked"
Rachel is cast in a student film production, but is faced with a dilemma when the part requires nudity. The New Directions need to raise money, so the guys pose mostly bare in a photo shoot for a "Men of McKinley" calendar.
The Good:
- Breakfast Chat: Rachel decides to go ahead and film the topless scene for a student's thesis film. Brody supports her decision, and shows this by showing up to breakfast completely nude. Kurt, on the other hard, rejects the idea and tells Rachel that serious actresses don't do nudity. But he's wrong. Brody gives Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates as examples (they all got an Oscar after showing some skin). This information doesn't keep Kurt from calling Rachel a "slutty barbie" though. It's a very hostile first meal, but quite entertaining.
- Quinn and Santana: At Kurt's request, Quinn and Santana show up in New York to have a last minute intervention with Rachel. They make her rethink her decision to do the nude scene, not because they're against nudity, but because it's not a Hollywood movie. Rachel shouldn't need her friends to fly in for this. She's smarter than that. Still, it was nice seeing Quinn and Santana perform a song again. We've missed their voices.
- Calendar Idea: Tina comes up with an awesome plan to make money for Regionals. All the New Direction guys get to show off their hot bods for a calendar. Most of the episode revolves around Sam's self-esteem issues, but there's still a lot of time dedicated to the guys' rocking physiques.
- I Love You: Marley and Jake share "I Love Yous," and it's such a sweet, innocent and awkward moment (as it's intended to be).
Best Lines:
- "Those Twilight books are poop on paper and we've turned them into a billion dollar industry." –Kitty
- "It's Broya. Yoga for bros." –Sam
- "Well not everyone in here looks like they're on The CW, some of us are more PBS." –Artie
- "Sue Sylvester you can suck a hot one because you are a hypocrite." –Finn
- "Now you're slutty Barbie asking misogynist Ken to move in with you, doing pornos" –Kurt
The So-So:
- Take Down of The Warblers: We were hoping to see The New Directions destroy The Warblers, slowly and painfully. It was super exciting to see that mystery unfold last week. Unfortunely, the writers decided to skip that and just show that the glee kids are back in the race and that the Warblers are out.
The Music:
- "Torn," Ednaswap – Rachel sings to herself about being torn. It's creepy, but different.
- "Centerfold"/"Hot In Herre," The J. Geils Band/Nelly – Shirtless New Direction guys get ready to pose for the McKinley Calendar. It's completely ridiculous and hilarious.
- "A Thousand Years ," Christina Perri – Love birds Jake and Marley perform a romantic duet. There's a lot of hand holding and kissing.
- "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)," Ne-Yo – Jake serenades Marnley with Neyo's most romantic tune. It's a beautiful and emotional rendition.
- "Love Song," Sara Bareilles – Rachel, Quinn and Santana sing happily together. This is lovely reunion of voices.
- "This Is The New Year," Various – The New Directions close the episode with this cheery number.
We're glad the New Directions are back in the running for Regionals. The McKinley calendar was a great idea too. That along with Rachel's nudity problem offered a fresh take on the subject of physical appearances on the show.
Rating: 8/10
Glee airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Fox.
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inFamous 2 Previews
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inFamous 2: Festival of Blood Preview -- A Serious Fang for Your Buck...Goodnight Folks!
Sucker Punch's upcoming standalone downloadable title offers up a ton of new gameplay, a massive city to vamp around in, and it'll only cost you $10. Read on to see why being excited about this release is perfectly understandable.
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On Location: Sucker Punch's Nate Fox
The upcoming inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood will be vampire-themed, and Adam Sessler goes on location at Sucker Punch Productions with Game Dir. Nate Fox to get details on this, and how Sucker Punch has thrived since their inception in 1999.
inFamous 2 New Enemies Preview -- Supersized Baddies for a Supercharged Hero
What good is having supercharged powers if there's no giant beasties to destroy with them? In our latest look at inFamous 2, we get our first look at some of the new super-sized enemies Cole will be facing in Sucker Punch's much anticipated sequel.
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Big Ones: Summer Games 2011
Duke Nukem Forever, inFAMOUS 2, and L.A. Noire are just a few of the big titles gamers will be losing hours to this summer. Here Blair Herter runs down our full list of the biggest.
inFamous 2 Karma System First Look Preview -- The Duality of a Supercharged Man
We take our first look at inFamous 2's new karma system and the two new characters who will be fighting for Cole's super powered attention in Sucker Punch's much anticipated sequel.
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inFamous 2 User-Created Missions GDC 2011 Preview
inFamous 2 is going to have user-created missions and Karl Deckard, Senior Designer for Sucker Punch, explain how creative you can get when making your own missions or remixing other missions.
inFamous 2 User-Generated Missions Preview -- Shock and Awe
Sucker Punch is turning players loose on the world of inFamous 2 by including an entirely new user-created mission system. We got our first look at the new tools during GDC, and there might have been some drool involved. Just saying.
inFamous 2: A Tour of New Marais
Cole sparks up two new areas of Infamous 2's New Orleans-inspired world.
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inFamous 2 All Access Preview
In this all access look at inFamous 2, Blair Herter visits with Sucker Punch's Brian Fleming for a preview of this New Orleans-inspired sequel and finds out just how they improved upon the original's graphics and hero Cole MacGrath's powers.
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inFamous 2 Preview
Cole MacGrath is back, and in this inFamous 2 preview, Morgan Webb hears from Bruce Oberg all about the return, including new powers Kinetic Pulse and Ionic Vortex.
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inFamous 2 Gamescom 2010 Interview
Sucker Punch's Co-Founder Bruce Oberg was at Gamescom 2010 showing off the new design version of Cole. Learn more about the fighting combat which introduces a new melee weapon called the AMP and find out more of Cole's super lighting power.
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The Biggest Sony PlayStation 3 Games of E3 2010
Adam Sessler gives you a preview of the biggest Sony PlayStation 3 titles shown at E3 2010 including LittleBigPlanet 2, inFAMOUS 2, Killzone 3 and Twisted Metal. Get the facts on the biggest PS3 titles in this X-Play preview.
E3 2010: InFamous 2 Preview
The sequel to the groundbreaking InFamous is on the way, and we've got a look with this E3 2010 InFamous 2 preview.
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RUSH: Unemployment. We had this news. Normally, back during the campaign, we would have led with this news. But it doesn't matter anymore. At least, it's not of paramount importance, because we extended unemployment benefits. So the number of people unemployed really is irrelevant, other than as an interesting discussion item. And the basic numbers are these. "U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December," And AP says that's "a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff," in Washington.
But it's not a steady gain. It isn't even enough to keep up with the increase in population. 155,000 jobs a month is pathetic. Joe Biden promised that we'd be hiring at a rate of 500,000 jobs a month in April of 2010 if we did the stimulus. We aren't even keeping up with our birthrate. Future job seekers, we're not even staying even, much less creating new jobs that would actually reduce unemployment.
Then the AP says, "The solid growth --" There is not any solid growth, folks. But they say, "The solid job growth wasn't enough to reduce the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8%." Now, that is outright mendacity. The unemployment rate in December, as reported, was 7.7%. The revised rate was 7.8%. You know, they report the unemployment rate one week, and a week or two later they revise it, and that's when you get the real number which is never reported. The same thing with the number of applications for unemployment. It's always revised, and the revision is always higher.
So just to show you the media dishonesty here, the reported unemployment rate in November was 7.7%. The reported unemployment rate in December, 7.8%. So we went up, 7.7% to 7.8%. However, AP says it stayed the same. How's that? Well, the 7.7% in November was revised to 7.8%, but that wasn't reported because it would not make Obama look good. So nobody knew that the real unemployment rate was 7.8%. What was reported was 7.7%. And AP did not report the revision.
So now the rate for December is 7.8%, and AP says it "stayed the same." So they're using the revised number that nobody reported. They never do this. Never! They never report the revised number. All of this, still, is to make Obama look good. The fact of the matter is, the 7.8% is gonna be revised upward, and it's gonna be 7.9% or 8% in a couple of weeks, but it won't be reported.
The bottom line/take-away is that we're not making a dent in unemployment. Now, internals. "Government unemployment numbers for December showed that while the general unemployment rate remained flat at 7.8%," which, again, is a crock, "unemployment for women and African-Americans rose despite an economy that created 155,000 jobs. Unemployment for women rose to 7.3% in December from 7.0% while the rate for African-Americans rose sharply to 14.0% from 13.2% in November."
Now, this is from Cybercast News Service. This is not reported in the mainstream media. The mainstream media, AP (paraphrased), "Wow, the economy's still growing! It added 155,000 jobs! The unemployment rate stayed the same!" For women and blacks, the unemployment circumstance got worse. For youth unemployment? You ready for this? "The dismal jobs situation in America is even worse for young adults, who are suffering an unemployment rate 30% higher than the national average of 7.8%..
"According to Generation Opportunity, which charts unemployment for Millennials aged 18-29," your kids, "the rate is 11.5% and a shocking 22.1% for younger black Americans." But AP and the Obama State-Controlled Media are reporting 155,000 jobs and an unchanged 7.8% unemployment rate. But it's up for women and minorities and really up for young people, particularly black young people where it's 22%. It's not reported. It's there. You can find it. It's just not being reported by the Drive-Bys.
So it's getting worse, it isn't improving -- and, by the way, this is the only thing that can happen. We can't create jobs because we're taking money out of the private sector. When Obama starts raising taxes and fees and Obamacare kicks in, that's just money out of everybody's back pocket, including people that own businesses. When they have less money, there's less money to grow businesses, or hire new people -- or, in some cases, even stay open. It just isn't mathematically possible to create jobs with an administration that's taking so much money out of the economy.
Not possible.
What's happening is the only thing that can happen with current administration policies.


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Well, this is interesting. After walking away from his insanely popular Comedy Central TV show, Dave Chappelle's behavior could be politely characterized as 'erratic.' A good of example of which would be his performance this weekend at a Summer Groove charity show in Miami, Florida—after telling exactly one joke, Chappelle noticed that audience members in the front row were filming him with their phones. And then he kind of freaked out… quietly.
The AV Club states that "he then proceeded to spend the next 45 minutes just sort of standing around awkwardly—"sighing audibly" and occasionally checking his text messages," which is maybe the most polite form of comedic protest that I've heard of in some time.
CNN correspondent Roland S. Martin was there, and the AV Club conveniently gathered his tweets covering the event:
This Dave Chappelle set is bizarre. He's spent more time going back & forth with one audience member, & pretty much stopped telling jokes
One woman just yelled, "Can you tell a joke so we can enjoy ourselves!" He got texted four times during his show and actually checked them
I'm just not understanding what threw him off. He's complained about folks videotaping his set, yelling out loud. I don't get it
"This crowd is serious as hell," he says. Dave, we're trying to figure out what we've listened to for the last 25 minutes.
Chappelle says this is a "test of wills." He keeps saying "tick tock" & he has "nothing but time." He's just staring at the crowd & sighing
"As shitty as the show is, I can't wait to explain this on CNN." Dave Chappelle complaining about a guy taping his whole show
Then Dave started talking to me, asking if I was putting this on CNN. Yes, from the stage! He's been on stage 46 minutes & told one joke.
He kept saying "I respect your work." And then he said, He'll send me a tape of his better comedy work. This is a trip!
Still, it's better than screaming out racial slurs like Michael Richards did… so you've gotta give Chappelle this—his celebrity meltdowns are at least polite.
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"Goodbye clutter."
Facebook's moniker for its redesigned News Feed also applies to Google+, YouTube, and Twitter, all of which have received makeovers. The new designs organize written content into clean, user-friendly modules and play up images and videos.
As you read through each network's changes, log in to your own account and spruce up your profile. A fresh profile will help you showcase your brand in the most compelling manner.
Images have become Facebook's hallmark, with 50 percent of the total news feed content consisting of photos and videos. As such, Facebook is displaying photos and videos much larger in the news feed and is letting users overlay text captions atop images.
The redesign creates a unified user experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. A collapsible left-hand menu simplifies navigation and allows users to filter the content they view into category-specific feeds.
- The "All Friends" feed displays a full, unfiltered stream of all your friends' status updates, photos, check-ins, and links, in chronological order.
- The "Most Recent" feed displays a filtered stream of your friends' comments and likes on posts, pages, and public figures they follow. It also displays the people they've recently friended.
- The "Following" feed displays posts from Facebook brand pages you like, from public figures you follow, and from people whose personal updates you "follow." It also displays posts from pages your friends like.
- The "Music" feed displays what your friends are listening to, new albums being released, and recommendations of artists you might like.
- The "Photos" feed displays photos only – those uploaded to Facebook as well as photos shared from Instagram and other photo-sharing apps.
Facebook is encouraging users to share content more often by increasing the size of the image, title, and article summary in stories shared in the news feed. Shared stories pull in thumbnails of the sharers' profile image.
It also appears that when you "friend" someone, Facebook displays elements of your new friend's timeline, cover photo — even thumbnails of their friends or likes. (Hopefully, Facebook will allow us to decide how much of this information we want to remain private.)
Facebook's redesign applies to personal timelines, but I predict we'll soon see similar changes on Facebook brand pages.
To join the wait list for the new design, visit https://www.facebook.com/about/newsfeed
Here's a video from Facebook that highlights the changes.
It's obvious that Google intends to give Facebook and LinkedIn a run for their money with the attractive upgrades they've given to personal profiles and brand pages.
Google+ has super-sized its cover photo. Now a whopping 2120 by 1192 pixels, the photo hogs most – if not all – of your screen. Unlike Facebook, Google+ allows you to overlay your cover photo with a call-to-action that touts your products and services.
The Google+ About page for personal profiles features five easy-to-edit modules:
- People
- Story
- Contact Information
- Links
- Community
When you edit each module on your profile and brand page, you'll discover that you can add significantly more content than before. You can also add direct links to various web pages on which you publish content. Since Google indexes its users' profiles and pages, beefing up your content may help your search engine ranking.
A handy change for brand pages is an at-a-glance view of all the pages you administer. You can switch from page to page with one click and you can see how many people follow each page and the date the last post was published.
Google+ profiles now have a "Reviews" tab that displays reviews you've published about other people's pages. In your Profile Settings, you can check whether you want the Reviews tab to be visible to the public.
YouTube's new "One Channel" design allows you to arrange videos and playlists into topical sections that highlight your content.
The channel art (cover photo) scales to display perfectly on any size screen: a laptop, phone, tablet, or TV.
Since YouTube is owned by Google, it's not surprising that the channel art image is 2120 by 1129 pixels.
Here's a helpful tutorial for how to create channel art.
To help you entice new subscribers, you can feature a trailer that plays only when non-subscribed viewers visit your channel.
Of course, you'll want to optimize your channel so people can find it.
Here are some fabulous YouTube Channel optimization tips.
The virtual pinboard network has been rolling out changes over the past few months; several of them appeared on my account late last week. Currently, you can switch between the "new look" or the "old look" so you'll have time to get used to the change before the "new look" becomes permanent.
In this Old Look/New Look comparison screenshot, you'll notice that the new look isn't all that different.
Your bio area now has the ubiquitous "pencil" icon so you can edit your info with one click. Nice.
Your clickable website address now displays the URL, instead of just an icon. Great for branding.
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Few days ago I recieved a package from Fritzing Fab with 10 PCBs of the second iteration of my 08lunchbox project board.
It is now smaller: 50x50mm and interfacing pads are completely redesigned to allow more versatility and eliminate jumper wires for some components. Here is visual comparison:
V0.5 on the left VS V0.9 on the right.
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Just have seen JME Mantzel's robot on Kickstarter. I think it is awesome! :) Here is a related video from his channel on Youtube. Also if you like it, spread the word, as what he's doing is absolutely brilliant! :) I'm totally gettting one to play with as it is hack friendly! :)
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Hey everybody!
I have finally started setting up my new lab after moving to Canada! Wow! Went to few shops today, got myself some tools, parts, and stuff! The only problem is that my table was not delivered yet, so, here is a photo of my "Temporary refugie" robotics lab :)
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Hello, LMR!
It's been a while since I posted here... But now I'm working on a new robot! :D Am I? This is a variation of my LadyBugBot, and on the picture below you can see early work on chassis.


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Hey TimsBobby2.
For the first one: you need to consider the three axioms of the sub-space which are namely a) the zero vector being in the space, b) closure in the sub-space for scalar multiplication and addition.
The basis for a sub-space does not have to be the same as that for the whole space.
For number 2, you should firstly note that the transformation is square and secondly that you have non-zero eigenvalues if the determinant is non-zero.
When does the determinant with respect to the derivative be non-zero? (Hint: Think about when you have a minimum, maximum in a multivariable scenario).


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I've had this mask for ages and I use it whenever I feel like my skin is awful. It doesnt do anything for my acne and i dont see any difference in my skin. The only good thing about it is the price, a nice mask - just not useful for acne.
I actually just tried this product for the first time yesterday (you can see my video review here: [link edited out] and it really does shrink pores. I'm also trying it out as a spot treatment on some under-the-skin acne, so we'll see how it works on that.
I am in my mid-twenties and have suffered from acne and redness since the age of 9 (yes, I developed early). I have tried numerous products, sought help from doctors, and tried Proactiv. Nothing seemed to work. Perhaps worst of all, I have very sensitive skin so most products do more harm than good for me. However, I tried this mask today after reading the other reviews, and wow, after just one application my skin is looking better! Even my boyfriend complimented on the difference! The redness is gone, my pimples have shrank and flattened significantly, my pores are a lot smaller, and my skin's texture is smooth. I'm not going to say that this is a miracle cure-all (still too soon to make that conclusion) but considering the low price and the impressive results, give it a try! It has honestly helped me more than the expensive, well-known products and prescribed creams!
My only complaint is that the clay comes out in a big blob - more than what is needed. But otherwise, nothing bad to say. Some people may dislike the smell, but I find it to be refreshing (it's somewhat like mint toothpaste but not as harsh). Also, it is cool and tingly, so it doesn't burn like other products.
Other great things: This product contains no animal ingredients, was not tested on animals, and has far more natural ingredients than many other products.
I was surprised that something so simple to do such a great job. I started using it about 2 weeks ago and all my pores are small and my problem pores that give me blackheads often are getting smaller so I'm getting less breakouts in that area. Plus your skin smells amazing and feels very clean after.
I love the tingly feeling from the mint. It dries up fairly quickly for a clay mask. A nice clay thin/thick consistency, leaves face feeling smooth and soft. The scent is relaxing and refreshing. Also many youtubers "rave" about this product.
Developed severe break out, skin is still healing from the scars I was left with from using this product. Will never use again.
I love this so much, I've been using it for less than a week, and I apply it on some acne I have during the night and when I wake up it's literally gone, and I struggle with LARGE pores and this has made them a bit smaller not too much of a difference but good enough for the price (:
This has to be the best face product you can buy. You'd think for a quality, it'd be so much more than $5. It smells amazing, and makes my pores smaller and clear. I love to use this as an overnight spot treatment sometimes. It'll help a puss-filled zit shrink almost to nothing. This mask is also good for redness. After rinsing it off, my face is not red at all. It can burn a little, but it doesn't bother me.
I used this mask once a week for the past month. I was very excited to use it after seeing all the glowing reviews. However, every time I used it, I would breakout with whiteheads the next day (especially in areas where I am not usually acne prone). I have oily, sensitive skin. Just did not work for me, although I wish it did.


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Thought this forum would be a great place to share this info. You can get the app on Apple products. Evidently, it isn't available for Android. However, you can still go to the website. I went on the website version, put in my city, and found the clinic where I get treatment and the agency that handles ADAP. I even put in an obscure city, Yazoo City, Mississippi, and it gave me info. October 31, 2012Aisha Moore, communications director for AIDS.gov, describes the HIV/AIDS Prevention & Service Provider Locator -- a location-based search tool that allows the user to search for the following service providers near their current location: HIV testing, housing assistance, health centers, Ryan White HIV care, mental health, substance abuse, and family planning. She explains that since its launch in June 2010 by members of the Federal HIV/AIDS Web Council, the locator has gone from the Web to a widget, a mobile, Facebook, and API format, and is now available as an app for iPhone and iPad. A user with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch can download and use the free app.The blog provides details of how to download the app and how it works, new features that are not available on the Web or mobile versions, and the type of data that can be retrieved. Moore encourages users to download the app, spread the word to friends, and take action. She notes that the app is especially recommended for use by social workers, outreach workers, and others who link people to services. Users who do not have an iPhone should visit http://locator.aids.gov to use the Web or mobile version. To send feedback, comments, or suggestions a user can select the app's feedback button.http://www.thebody.com/content/69581/looking-for-hivaids-prevention-and-service-provide.html
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The two words in the cookery lexicon most likely to fill me with doom are "white sauce". But classic nursery fare — often bound by this buttery sauce — doesn't have to be the way you remember it. White sauce is such a staple of the stick-in-the-throat school of English cookery that it's easy to overlook its possibilities. Scented with herbs and cooked to the perfect consistency, it should take on a silky texture that is exactly right for binding a variety of ingredients.
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Caribbean Coconut-Banana Chip Cupcakes
Makes: 24 cupcakes
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup plus 1/3 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, divided
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, divided
3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
3/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut, toasted, plus more for decorating
1/2 cup rum, divided
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
3 cups heavy cream, whipped, for garnish
Banana chips, for garnish
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place racks in the upper and lower thirds. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla.
With the mixer running on low speed, add 1/3 flour mixture until just combined, followed by half of the coconut milk. Repeat process, ending with the flour mixture. Mix until just combined. Stop mixer, and fold in toasted coconut and 1/4 cup rum by hand, using a silicone spatula.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, dividing equally, filling the cups no more than 3/4 full. Use the back of a spoon or offset spatula to smooth the batter.
Transfer pans to preheated oven and bake until the tops of the cupcakes spring back when lightly touched, about 20-22 minutes, rotating and switching the pans between racks halfway through baking. Remove pans from oven and cool cupcakes in pans for 5 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to wire racks to cool completely.
To prepare rum caramel topping, place remaining 1/3 cup butter in a small skillet and melt over medium heat. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, stirring well to combine. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, then remove skillet from hear, and pour in remaining 1/4 cup rum. Return skillet to medium heat, and if desired, tip pan or use a long match to ignite rum. When flames subside, stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Remove skillet from heat.
To decorate cupcakes, poke a few holes about 1/2 inch down into each one. Spoon rum caramel topping over each cupcake, letting it seep into the holes. Pipe whipped cream onto cupcakes, and garnish with toasted coconut and banana chips.