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About Despereaux : My life revolves around reading, music, and love. And I love a good tragedy. Fml is about hilarious suckish times for people. Lets just focus on them, and not start pointless stupid fights with people less intelligent than us, because we sink down to their level of stupidity and they will win for more experience in that area. If anyone needs a booster, ill be here. Ive needed that rock too many times. I needed to grow up, but I'm always here for anyone who needs it. In love with Ed Sheeran, Olly Murs, Parachute, Bastille, Harry Potter (books and movies), superwholock, and pretty much any book. I share this account with 6 of my best friends, so we added things each of us liked here. Xoxo, despereaux.
Despereaux's FML badges
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Despereaux's favorite FMLs
Today, I was talking with my girlfriend. We both have family issues, so we'd agreed to open up to each other today. Turns out I'm dating my cousin. FML
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Today, I was eating and my dog kept bothering me. She kept scratching my legs for food, so I took a large piece of fish from my plate and tossed it out into the hallway. It flew right into my mother's face. FML
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Today, the girl I like finally replied to a text I sent a week ago. Her reply was: "Don't ever text me again, fuckface." FML
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Today, I received my employee ID, which I have to wear at all times at my new job. The only problem is that in my photo, I look like a donkey having a seizure. Customers keep snickering at it, and my boss thinks I posed like that deliberately. FML
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Today, in my second year at university, I took a pregnancy test. It is the only test I've passed all month. FML
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Today, I realized I need to start hitting the gym, when my boyfriend actually utilized my love handles during sex. FML
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Today, I went to visit my sister, who lives four hours away from me. I'd only just sat down on their couch when her husband told me I needed to leave so they could have sex. FML
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Today, my friend made me go on a carnival ride. The whole time, I complained that I was going to puke. I didn't, though. She did, all over me. FML
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Jobseekers' allowance claimants fall in Reading
The number of people in Reading claiming jobseekers allowance has fallen for the sixth month in a row.
Latest unemployment figures show 171 fewer people were getting the benefit in the town. It comes following a job fair held at Reading's Broad Street Mall last month.
How will they build a career?
VIDEO: The latest figures reveal another reduction in the number of people looking for work. But for young people the news is not quite so good - with one in five still struggling to find jobs. Over the last 12 months Reshma Rumsey has been following a group of young jobseekers.


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"A friend asked yesterday if this blog is addressed to anyone in particular? I said yes– it's a love letter to someone I haven't met yet."
CarrollBlog 8.30
Hate Hotel
by Tony Hoagland
Sometimes I like to think about the people I hate.
I take my room at the Hate Hotel, and I sit and flip
through the heavy pages of the photographs,
the rogue's gallery of the faces I loathe.
My lamp of resentment sputters twice, then comes on strong,
filling the room with its red light.
That's how hate works—it thrills you and kills you
with its deep heat.
Sometimes I like to sit and soak
in the Jacuzzi of my hate, hatching my plots
like a general running his hands over a military map—
and my bombers have been sent out
over the dwellings of my foes,
and are releasing their cargo of ill will
on the targets below, the hate bombs falling in silence
into the lives of the hate-recipients.
From the high window of my office
in the Government of Hate,
where I stay up late, working hard,
where I make no bargains, entertain no
scenarios of reconciliation,
I watch the hot flowers flare up all across
the city, the state, the continent—
I sip my soft drink of hate on the rocks
and let the punishment go on unstopped,
—again and again I let hate
get pregnant and give birth
to hate which gets pregnant
and gives birth again—
and only after I feel that hate
has trampled the land, burned it down
to some kingdom come of cautery and ash,
Only after it has waxed and waned and waxed all night
only then can I let hate
creep back in the door. Curl up at my feet
and sleep. Little pussycat hate. Home sweet hate.
CarrollBlog 8.29
"The young composer, working that summer at an artist's colony, had watched her for a week. She was Japanese, a painter, almost sixty, and he thought he was in love with her. He loved her work, and her work was like the way she moved her body, used her hands, looked at him directly when she mused and considered answers to his questions. One night, walking back from a concert, they came to her door and she turned to him and said, "I think you would like to have me. I would like that too, but I must tell you that I have had a double mastectomy," and when he didn't understand, "I've lost both my breasts." The radiance that he had carried around in his belly and chest cavity-like music-withered quickly, and he made himself look at her when he said, "I'm sorry I don't think I could." He walked back to his own cabin through the pines, and in the morning he found a small blue bowl on the porch outside his door. It looked to be full of rose petals, but he found when he picked it up that the rose petals were on top; the rest of the bowl-she must have swept the corners of her studio-was full of dead bees."
Robert Hass, A Story About the Body
CarrollBlog 8.27
"Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day, it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every cranny of your body. No, don't blush, I am telling you some truths. That is just being "in love", which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident."
Louis de Bernières
CarrollBlog 8.18
Afterward, the compromise.
Bodies resume their boundaries.
These legs, for instance, mine.
Your arms take you back in.
Spoons of our fingers, lips
admit their ownership.
The bedding yawns, a door
blows aimlessly ajar
and overhead, a plane
singsongs coming down.
Nothing is changed, except
there was a moment when
the wolf, the mongering wolf
who stands outside the self
lay lightly down, and slept.
Maxine Kumin
CarrollBlog 8.16
When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.
…When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.
When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.
When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter.
When you continue to raise the bar on what you do and how you do it, you matter.
When you teach and forgive and teach more before you rush to judge and demean, you matter.
When you touch the people in your life through your actions (and your words), you matter.
When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
When you inspire a Nobel prize winner or a slum dweller, you matter.
When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.
And when the legacy you leave behind lasts for hours, days or a lifetime, you matter…
— Seth Godin
CarrollBlog 8.13
The rather unfortunate incident of having a long-forgotten ticket stub, or some other such seemingly harmless slip of paper, fallout from between the pages of some long-forgotten, long-ago read book has most certainly befallen every reader. If not proof that our pasts come back to strike us, then the ticket stubs, scrawled notes, postcards, etc., certainly serve as reminders that the dead do indeed rise again. For each stilted period of one's life, an echo, a eulogy, a funeral notice, a dead body in the guise of paper gets buried into a book. Bookshelves then should be seen not so much as the proper place for the storage of books, but rather as columbaria, containing our lost lives, our former selves. Just as parasites will feed on the dead, we must remember that books offer their own ecosystems, living and thriving with their own atmospheres (acidic vapors, noxious gases) and weathers (dampness and darkness, airiness and lightness), their own forms of life (bookworms and psocids, silverfish and cockroaches). So too will your ticket stubs, your remnants, your reminders of your former life be eaten away by microscopic vermin, decompose into their own cellulose dust. There will be people and places that you would much rather forget, but whoever it is that lets himself into our rooms, when we drift into sleep each night, prevents us from this forgetting, slipping the endless, previously discarded notes, letters, photographs, boarding passes, Polaroids, programs back into our books, and thus back into our lives…
Jenny Boully, The Book of Beginnings and Endings
CarrollBlog 8.5
The other day, at your show, you said something about how difficult it is to hold onto all the ways you used to feel when you were young. As we get older, the precision of our sadness, the dark fear and awe at the universe, the brightness, clarity, and ferocity of first love, they fade out of our lives, becoming something like a vague mist that floats beyond our grip, and we are powerless to stop the partial dissolution of ourselves into that mist, until one day, we find that we have lost track of who we were. It happens when we don't even realize it, and it is inevitable.
But when I hear your music, I am suddenly sixteen again, and that is a powerful thing you do — taking someone back in time so far, and so quickly. And I think that is what it means to be an artist — to try to hold onto that part of yourself that existed when you were sixteen — that crazy wild freedom of mind hoping to be saved so much that it save itself. And it means holding onto that part of yourself even when the rest of the world wants so badly for you to give it up, and even as it is disappearing.
And even if you can never go back yourself, maybe you can write a song that takes someone else back to how they were then. And I think that is alright, and in the end, maybe more important.
from Amy Rebecca Klein's letter to Conor Oberst
CarrollBlog 8.3
For Italian fans, my short story VEDRAN (which is posted elsewhere on this blog in English) was translated into Italian and read on Rome's RADIO ROCK. Follow the link for the YouTube version.
CarrollBlog 8.2
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice —
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do —
determined to save
the only life you could save.
Mary Oliver


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Hey, I don't know how to prove this.
So... help me
Let f: X -> Y and g: Y -> X be functions so that g o f = 1x(which means Identity function). Prove that f is injective and g is surjective. Need either be bijective?
On hints sheet, This has 3 parts. Justify your answer to last part w/ a proof or counterexample.
Thank you
Can I prvoe g's being surjective by same way?
Suppose g is not surjective. Then there exists such that a is not contained in the image of set Y. By definition, g(a) doesn't exist. But in order for g to be a function, g(a) should be defined(not sure about this part).


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John McCain is a big phony! He cares only about himself and sucking up to the media.
Washington Post reports as the hearing continues, our ace photographer Melina Mara reports she spotted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) "passing the time by playing poker on his iPhone during the hearing."We eagerly await the photographic proof, but generally trust Melina's sharp eye.Update 5:55 p.m.: And here's the proof:Senator John McCain plays poker on his IPhone during a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing where Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey testify concerning the use of force in Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, Tuesday, September 3, 2013. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)More here
The real joke is on the American people because John McCain and other Republicans siding with President Obama on the need to strike Syria with a military attack is playing all of us for fools.


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Setting WebSphere Path Variable
Technote (troubleshooting)
WAS 5.0 and Workbench Server 4.2.3. Tried to check out a process with key update. When attempting to click on process from those displayed, a window pops up which says "click to install plugin." It installs properly. Do not reboot. And then he can check out with no
Tried to view a process in web publisher. processes fail to display when he clicks on any of them. A window pops up saying that plugin "x" is needed. It directs user to the Sun Website to choose the operating system and then it prohibits you from obtaining it.
Workbench Server, requires plugin regenerated and use of proper Java plugin..
Resolving the problem
Replicate the problem by reinstalling WBI Server and not regenerating plugin, then seeing if the regeneration of the plug in eliminates the error seen in the Server.
Also check your path variable and ensure that the java being used is that which is installed with Webpshere
We no longer support the java coming with sun.. for example,
path = C:\WebSphere\AppServer\java\bin
The client browser requires the Java 1.4 plugin.
Prerequisite software for the installation of Workbench Server outlined in the
Workbench Server Deployment Guide. It lists that JRE 1.4.0 is what is needed.
Document information
More support for:
WebSphere Business Integration Workbench Server
Software version: 4.2.3
Operating system(s): Platform Independent
Reference #: 1173597
Modified date: 04 July 2004


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My LO is 18 weeks (4 months) and had been eating just fine up until maybe late yesterady and then today (fine last night). He will eat for like 30secs maybe 5 mins and then pull off and cry and then latch on for a few mins then pull off and cry. I'll swtich breasts thinking maybe he milk is going to fast but I just don't know. He seems to enjoy and want it and then when he gets it for more then a few mins he gets upset.
???? anyone ????
Thanks in advanced.


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Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has published a set of Global Stewardship Principles to be adopted across its business.
Developed and endorsed by CFSGAM's Global Responsible Investment Committee which is comprised of the chief executive plus representatives from investment, distribution, and other teams; the Global Stewardship Principles outline the CFSGAM approach to ensure that client interests are at the core of its investment process.
Designed to be compliant with the current disclosure requirements for the UK and other stewardship codes, the principles guide CFSGAM's approach to managing conflicts of interest, monitoring and engaging with senior management of companies, intelligently executing voting rights, collaborating with other investors and how the stewardship activities will be disclosed, assured and reported.
The implementation of the Global Stewardship Principles will subjected to an annual quality assurance process from this year onwards.
"At Colonial First State Global Asset Management, we recognise our significant responsibilities as stewards of our clients' assets. Our role as stewards is to ensure that we always act in our clients' best interest and protect and enhance their capital over the long term," CFSGAM chief executive Mark Lazberger said.
"The responsibilities associated with this important role include maintaining the integrity and quality of the markets in which we operate and the allocation of investment capital to productive purposes. Our global stewardship principles will ensure that we always put the best interests of our clients first when making investment decisions."
CFSGAM global head of responsible investment Will Oulton added: "As a leading global asset manager a single set of globally applicable stewardship principles is in line with our approach to responsible investment.
"Actively monitoring and engaging with company management and diligently executing our ownership obligations are central to our stewardship responsibilities. We have taken this commitment one step further by formally developing this global set of stewardship principles across our global investment business."
The issue of responsible investment is gathering momentum in the pensions and investments world and is particularly pertinent in Australia where the pool of pension assets is growing increasingly large.
The first Stewardship Code was launched in the UK in 2010 with support of the UK National Association of Pension Funds and other leading global investors. Since then, a number of other jurisdictions have also codified stewardship practices in their domestic markets.
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I want to evaluate VS2013 but I do not know how to integrate the Intel Fortran Compiler (IF 2013) in it.
Any suggestions how to do it?
I want to evaluate VS2013 but I do not know how to integrate the Intel Fortran Compiler (IF 2013) in it.
Any suggestions how to do it?
1. Install Visual Studio.
2. Start Intel Fortran installation, and select installation of Visual Studio Integration.
thanks for your comment, but there is no option to integrate it with Visual Studio 2013 (!). There only checkboxes for VS 2008, 2010 and 2012.
Sorry, I overlooked "2013". According to the release notes for Intel Fortran for Windows, "... requires Microsoft Visual Studio 2012* or Visual Studio 2010* or Visual Studio 2010* Shell or Visual Studio 2008* SP1 or Visual Studio 2008* Shell with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 update applied."
You may recall that Intel compilers have waited to release support for new VS releases until after the final release is available, in part because incompatible changes are usually slipped in without warning. I saw speculation that it wouldn't be stabilized for a year. It might also lead to having to drop VS2008 support, but VS2008 seems still to be popular.
I don't see from the ads what VS2013 could offer specifically for Fortran. I could imagine a significant load of development and testing to make both ICL and ifort compatible.
Tim is correct - we don't provide support for new VS versions until their product release, as Microsoft often makes incompatible changes during their beta. We will support VS2013 as soon as we can after its product release - we are evaluating it.
Hi Steve,
I understand that changes to the interface are annoying, but maybe Intel should also consider the benefits from an early integration into the VS-preview such as feedback from developers on the quality of the integration. I'm sorry, but at this point I have to mention some of the still existing drawbacks/bugs of the IF2013 - VS2012 integration:
- debugging of large projects (mixed MSVC, IF) with a lot of COMMON-Data in scope is awful slow (several seconds per single debug-step)
- specifying conditions on breakpoints (in the FORTRAN-code) simply crashes the VS
- syntax highlightning always asumes 72-column mode for Fixed-Form-files (ignores /extended_source:132)
- parallel-compilation within a IF project is not working
Wouldn't it be much better for Intel to get early feedback on those issues?
Some of the problems you list I am not familiar with (and I use these features myself) - have you reported them? If schedules work out, we do add support for beta VS versions in our own beta versions - we did this for VS2012. But Microsoft kept VS2013 "close to its chest" and we did not have access to it soon enough to do so. Please be assured that we will support VS2013 as soon as we can.
Hi Steve,
good to hear that you are on the topic.
I have posted the following problems, but to the first a got a answer that helps for beginner-errors, and the second thread eventually switched to a discussion about symbol-files.
- VS 2012 Editor: extended source-switch ignored, Wed, 05/08/2013 - 01:23
- VS2012: debugging very slow, stack and symbols missing
all the problems mentioned still exist.
Maybe it's my configuration:
HP-Blade with 2 Xeon E5-2690, 64GB RAM, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (64-bit), English-Version
VS2012 with IF2013 integration (I only use the Fortran-compiler from Intel, all C/C++ sources are compiled with MSVC)
My solution contains > 100 projects about 50% IF (static libs and dlls) and 50% MSVC-C++ libs, dlls and exe.
The largest Fortran-project has about 300 files (all single modules, ext-source 132) that builds a static library which is linked (with the MS-linker) to a MSVC-C++ project and results in a dll (which is loaded on startup into a quite large MSVC-C++ executable)
PS: I just tested the extended-sourec-switch and it seems that the problem only arises when there are multiple projects in the solution. I added a screen-shot: both IF-projects (Console2 and Lib1) have /extend_source:132 set but only "Source1.for" (from Console2) is shown correctly (just to be clear: compilation with /extend_source:132 always works, it's just the display that's sometimes wrong)
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Tobias, please start a separate thread for each issue and attach a zip of an example project/solution that shows the problem. I'll also point out that adding support for VS2013 doesn't help issues you describe.
I started two new threads:
Debugging-Watch: evaluation of expressions not working
VS 2012 Editor: extended source-switch ignored - revisited


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STRAVA is a unique alternative to a bike computer: a cycling app. If you ride a bike and want to keep track of those rides, the STRAVA app is for you (heck, it is for everyone). Free of cost and loaded onto your smart phone, STRAVA keeps track of distance, time, elevation, calories, and speed. Third-party components allow heart rate and cadence tracking, and an upgraded membership accesses power output, your suffer score, and GPX file exporting. STRAVA uses GPS to accurately keep track of your route, whether on the roads or on the trails.
The real-time monitoring of metrics isn't as easy or considered as GPS-specific bike computers like the Garmin Edge 810 or Garmin 200, but STRAVA is a good alternative that provides similar results. The STRAVA website adds a great social aspect to training. It is extremely easy to use, giving in-depth analysis of recent rides and connecting you with friends and strangers alike. You can compare your efforts to yourself, as well as to athletes all around the world.
If you want a tool to record rides from commutes to intense training rides and you already own a smart phone, STRAVA is an excellent choice.
Check out the The Best Bike Computer Review to compare other bike computer models.
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Bike Computer
Cons: Touch screen (no gloves), options while riding, phone exposed to elements, no auto stop option
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Review by:
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While we don't recommend using a smartphone and an app while in the saddle, Strava allows you to track and record your rides even if you do not own a GPS enabled dedicated cycling computer like the Garmin Edge 500. Limited battery life will keep you on shorter rides, but this app can be a good transition for someone without a computer to the ride tracking online communities.
Performance Comparison
Ease of Use
The STRAVA app is incredibly intuitive and easy to use. Using the iPhone 5, the download took almost no time and was free of charge. Signing in via a Facebook account enables you to see friends already using STRAVA. The only downside to this is adjusting privacy settings through the Facebook web site not the mobile app or mobile website. You have the option to fill out a quick profile with a photo, age, gender, height, and weight, which plays a role in calculating calories.
When we were ready to ride, the opening screen has a very large 'start' button. This starts the timer, and you are ready to roll. The large screen of the iPhone 5 shows elapsed time, distance, and average speed. Although displaying three modes falls short of most of the other computers tested, these are the basic three points of data used when riding.
Most cyclists wear riding gloves year-round, but they are a necessity in the winter. One downside to the touch screen is not having the ability to use it with gloves. During our colder jaunts, instead of removing the two sets of gloves on one hand, we found that the nose will work just fine to start and finish a ride with the touch screen.
Although STRAVA only displays three modes while riding, the range of data collection and features are vast. After finishing a ride, the application uploads it to the STRAVA website. Since the app is GPS based, it gives you a detailed map of exactly the route you have ridden. This includes biking trails in addition to roads.
For each ride, STRAVA tracks distance, moving time, elevation, calories, speed, heart rate, and average temperature. The elevation is shown in chart form, detailing ascents, descents, overall gain (in feet), and max elevation. Speed is also shown in chart form, with average and max speeds included. Heart rate can also bee seen in a chart, showing average and max heart rate. All of these can be overlaid to see how they compare with each other. This is a very useful tool to see how hard you worked on different sections of a ride. A note worth mentioning is that a third-party ANT+ sensor is needed for the iPhone to pick up a heart rate monitor. If you have the iPhone 5, you would also need a Lightning to 30-pin adapter, making the sleek design of the phone much more cumbersome while riding.
For us, a surprisingly fun aspect of STRAVA is the social connectivity of the program. You are able to 'follow' other athletes, which shows their recent activities in your feed. Clicking an activity shows the same details you get for your ride, and even does a side-by-side comparison of things like average rides per week, weekly mileage, and all-time stats. We found ourselves checking STRAVA on a regular basis just to see the activities of friends. On more than one occasion it was the deciding factor to get on the road when cold or rain would otherwise have kept us inside. The interface is extremely well done, making it easy to find what you are looking for.
STRAVA has the ability to create 'segments' in a ride. These are usually climbs or descents on regular routes that you want to track progress on over time. You can keep these private, or make them public for other riders to see. When public, any cyclist can see these segments. STRAVA keeps a leaderboard of the fastest times, with the top rider earning the KOM (King of the Mountain) badge. You can compare your own efforts on this segment, and then compare to other riders in your area. STRAVA then keeps track of your Achievements by letting you know personal records or if you rank overall on a segment.
You are also able to link to your Instagram account, which will only post pictures you have taken during the time you were engaged in an activity. This way photos of your epic ride, not last night's bar crawl, end up on your STRAVA account.
The optional Privacy Zone eliminates the origin of rides so that users are not able to see exactly where you live, just the general area.
STRAVA also lets you keep track of different bikes and components, which allows easy tracking of how many miles each bike or part has been used.
Although we do not recommend this behavior for obvious safety implications, you do have full functionality of the phone while recording with STRAVA, including taking photos (for your Instagram/STRAVA feed), making calls, and typing texts. We even took a speaker phone call at 20mph without interruption.
There is also an upgraded Premium account that opens up more features. This is $5.99/month or $59.99/year, and is charged through your Apple account. The upgrade gives access to the Suffer Score, a number using heart rate, elevation, speed, and cadence to quantify how hard you have worked on an activity. It also enables Weekly Progress Goals, Leaderboard Filters by age and weight, Power Zone Analysis, and exporting GPX files.
Finally, the STRAVA app is not necessary to keep track of rides on the website. If you currently own a GPS computer like the Editors' Choice winning Garmin Edge 810, Garmin Edge 510, or 200, you can upload rides from those computers directly to STRAVA via the website, giving you all of the above features for each ride. STRAVA also keeps track of running activities and can upload from GPS devices like the Garmin 405, 610, 910xt, and more.
Attachment Method
A mount is not needed to keep track of your activities. Many of our uses of the STRAVA app included turning it on and putting it in a pocket until we finished our ride. Most of the detailed information is better gained after the ride is uploaded anyhow. However, there are a variety of third-party bike mounts for the iPhone 5, ranging in price and protection. Most attach to either the bars or the stem. Due to the size of the iPhone 5, this can be somewhat of a hindrance while riding, and weather can play a big part in whether or not you want your phone exposed to the elements.
Best Application
The STRAVA application is great for a variety of cyclists and appeals to a wide range of people. The social aspect works well for friends who keep track of each other's rides, as well as serious athletes who want to compare themselves to the local competition and national professionals. It is a nice way to track moderate progress, and a powerful training tool to hone technique and see physiological improvements, especially with the Premium account. STRAVA does a good job of making itself relevant to all riders.
STRAVA is based on a 'Freemium' model, meaning the standard version is available to everyone at no cost, but the ability to upgrade to a Premium account comes at a price. If you already have a device like an iPhone, STRAVA provides more details and functions than many of the other computers in this review free of charge. Free is an incredible value for what STRAVA provides. If you are an athlete that is interested in the detailed metrics for each ride, the Premium upgrade is well worth the $5.99 (or less) per month for direct comparisons with the Suffer Score, Power Zone Analysis, and Weekly Progress Goals. The main downside is that use of the website requires the ownership of a smart phone or a GPS enabled bike computer.
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February 26, 2014 - The Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Circle at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) will host local artist Jimmy Rose on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 1 p.m. in the Tex Turner Arena on the LMU main campus in Harrogate, Tenn.
Rose, a native of Pineville, Ky., gained the national spotlight in Fall 2013 when he became a finalist on the NBC television program "America's Got Talent." Rose, a Marine veteran and former coal miner, became known for the original song "Coal Keeps the Lights On," which he performed on the show. Rose finished in third place on the show.
Rose will speak to the audience at 1 p.m. on March 12, and will finish his presentation by performing several songs. Rose's appearance is funded by a Maurice A. Clay Leadership Development Initiative Grant from the national Omicron Delta Kappa Foundation. The presentation is free and open to the public. Local middle and high school educators are encouraged to bring their students to this event. Schools wishing to attend the event may contact Robert Sabbatini, dean of students, at 423-869-6849 or email@example.com.
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In January, Edson Barboza set an early standard for what would be considered a Knockout of the Year candidate when he stiffened Terry Etim with the UFC's first-ever spinning heel kick knockout. None have matched the spectacle that was Barboza's kick, but many knockouts have come close.
Heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and featherweight titleholder Jose Aldo even defended their belts with impressive knockout finishes in their respective fights against Frank Mir and Chad Mendes, but neither of those stoppages stacked up against Barboza's.
Already, 2012 has provided several devastating and come-from-behind knockouts worthy of mention with regards to determining the Knockout of the Year. With that said, let's take of look at the 10 best knockouts heading into the second half of 2012.


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Although people are calling this a trailer, I disagree. It's not a clip of the film or really a preview either. I would consider it more of a music video featuring Mike Tyson, with clips from the film The Hangover, than a trailer. After just having seen Tyson, it's really funny to see the big guy showing up in a movie about people partying it up in Vegas while he sits singing behind a grand piano.
This is a REDBAND trailer which means it's NSFW and it's not for the kiddies. If you want something more appropriate, then check out the theatrical trailer now. But if you're man enough! Check out the "music video" below…
You sing it Tyson! Don't ever let anyone stop you from following the Phil Collins dream!
Synopsis (in case it's not completely obvious): A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy named Doug during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
The film is less then a month away, it will be hitting theaters June 5th. Who is in for Jagger bombs at a bar before watching the film? Come on! Get in the spirit!


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You can multiply any two numbers together, regardless of powers. You just add the exponents when you do so.
But you can't ADD two numbers with different exponents together.
That may have been what your teacher was saying.
(f)(g) (x) f(x)= -x^2+2 g(x)=3x^2+2x-1
I need to multiply these together
I know its setup as follows
I know x^2 has to be multiplied to everything in the "( )" first.
I get -3x^4 but then the next thing that needs to be done is multiply -x^2 by 2x. However, according to my calculus teacher, u cant multiply a number that is squared by a number thats not, do I simply bring it down as -x^2(2x) and continue.. if so what is the final result?


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This past Thursday, Liverpool and new boss Brendan Rodgers made the call to accept a deal to loan striker Andy Carroll to West Ham.
The news wasn't overly surprising, given that Rodgers seemed to think that Carroll's playing style did not fit with Liverpool. Still, the mere £1 million, combined with Carroll's salary for the year, was a low price for West Ham to pay.
This is coming just two seasons after Liverpool purchased Carroll from Newcastle with a £35 million bid.
The move by Liverpool showed a clear intent to save money and get Andy Carroll out of town. That should make it obvious that Carroll's loan to West Ham will spell the end of his brief career with the Reds.
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Personal finance observation, musing and decisions in a journey toward financial independence by 2020 with at least $3 million.
A friend of mine recently asked my opinion of Washington state's Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program.
As the Evergreen State's 529 prepaid college tuition program and backed by the state's full faith and credit, GET allows parents to purchase "units" in today's price and guarantees a payout value that is indexed to the tuition of the highest priced Washington public university. (Each unit represents 1/100th of the annual undergraduate tuition and "state-mandated fees.")
The main selling point: in the past 10 years, tuition in this state has increased at an average of 9.5% per annum (source). In fact, GET units bought back in a decade ago delivered handsome return for their investors despite the financial turmoil in between.
My friend is attracted to the seemingly brilliant offer, until I pointed him to the fine print: the unit price today is $172, but the payout value of each unit is only $117.82. Yes, one need to buy a GET unit at a whopping 46% premium!
In mutual fund terms, every $100 one invests at the current price will be charged a ransom-like 31.5% front-end load. Will you ever buy a fund with 31.5% front-end load?
But how about the tuition guarantee? Compared to investing in a low-fee index fund, will a parent still be better off by getting guaranteed returns, 9.5% annually in the last decade, despite the upfront cut?
In the following table, I compared 1) the payout value growing from $117.82 at 9.5% a year, with 2) do-your-self investing with annual returns of 3%, 5% or 7%, starting from a base of $172. 20% capital gain tax is assessed on the DIY scenario at withdrawal only.
Despite the vast difference in compounded growth rate, our DIY investor growing his assets at 3% rate will still be better off after 5th year. At 5%, which is approximately the S&P 500 growth over the last decade, DIY investors will still be ahead after the 7th year. And compared with someone who will grow his investment portfolio at a still-modest 7% a year? Our GET investors will need to wait 12 years to get ahead.
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Brooklyn-based electronic duo Tanlines, aka Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm, believe that good music and art come out of friendship. We went to their Greenpoint, Brooklyn studio to see how they use that energy to pump life into their computer-based music and got some insight into their recording process along the way.
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DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki bounced down the steps, smiling wide and greeting each media member with a handshake. He joked about his short hair, showed how his twice-wounded left middle finger is healing and enjoyed the perk of holding a news conference while teammates sweated through conditioning drills.
Hey, it's good to be the reigning NBA finals MVP.
Yet as excited as Nowitzki is about trying to defend the championship he brought the Dallas Mavericks, he's also curious about who is going to defend it with him.
Tyson Chandler and J.J. Barea are free agents and probably won't be back. It's not even clear how much of a push Mavs owner Mark Cuban is making to keep them.
Chandler is the most important because he "changed the whole culture defensively for us," Nowitzki said. The problem for Dallas is that's why Chandler is among the most coveted of all available players.
Caron Butler is already off the market. He's headed to the Clippers, a person familiar with the situation has told The Associated Press. Barea has gone from saying he couldn't imagine leaving to expecting to sign elsewhere.
Cuban appears loathe to offer the long, lucrative deals needed to keep those guys. He seems to prefer freeing up salary cap space, and avoiding a huge luxury tax bill, for the first time in his tenure.
He and general manager Donnie Nelson may be making a risky tradeoff, at least in the eyes of his fan base. The swap: Giving up the chance to try repeating with the same nucleus for the chance to land Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Deron Williams and-or others in the next crop of free agents. Part of the gamble is that the players they want could be dealt in the next week, or any time this season, and never hit the market.
"It's not a decision I'd want to be a part of," Nowitzki said. "Donnie and Mark are obviously looking at what's best for the franchise and for the future. Obviously we all know we're old. So looking at the next three, four, five years, maybe they want to get some fresh legs."
Nowitzki recalled the heady days in June, when the Mavs rallied to beat the Miami Heat in the finals for the first championship in franchise history. They returned home for a parade and celebration 31 years in the making. During a private moment, players all said they wanted to stick together and try doing it again.
Then came the lockout.
Negotiations, and anything else between players and management, were forbidden. Nowitzki said the only contact he'd had with Cuban since the lockout hit came at the ESPYs, and it was brief. ("He was sitting somewhere else," Nowitzki said, smiling as he set up his zinger to the boss: "I was sitting front row.")
Having a title makes it easier for Nowitzki to take a wait-and-see approach. Had the Mavs just been denied again, he — and probably Cuban, too — would be fretting about the dwindling number of prime years left in the 33-year-old German's career.
"As a player, you've won it once and you'd obviously love to have the same crew back and defend our title that way," Nowitzki said. "But we understand that it's a business."
Last summer, Nowitzki went through the business end of things as a free agent for the first time in his career. When he decided to stay in Dallas, he took $16 million less than a maximum contract so the club would have a better chance to sign a quality supporting cast.
"I guess I didn't take less enough," Nowitzki said, laughing. "I still got a decent deal out of it so maybe it wasn't enough cutback."
Another reason for Nowitzki's calm is that he's seen Cuban do this before.
Nowitzki didn't like losing good buddy Steve Nash, then Michael Finley a year later, but the Mavericks ended up going to the finals without them in 2006 and had one of the best records in league history in '07. The same front office team of Nelson and Cuban rebuilt the roster again to get Chandler, Jason Kidd and the other key players that won it all in '11.
"We know that Donnie has the knowledge and Cubes (too)," Nowitzki said. "They're going to make the right decisions for this team."


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Gricer: Gricer
Like Reich before him, Maleed has moved beyond one possible inspiration to create something original and compelling. On the three tracks most vividly reminiscent of Reich's composition"Trumpet," showcasing trumpeter Jay Phelps, "Folk," and "Land," an uninterrupted triple bill checking in at just under fifteen minuteshe tempers Reich's suspense-laden monolith with the well-judged use of space, melodic interest, and harmonic resolution (less so perhaps on "Trumpet," a roughhouse with flavours of Miles Davis' intense mid-'70s electric thrashes, contemporaneous Jimmy Page, and even a little John Cale).
Elsewhere Gricer moves convincingly into free collective improvisation ("Tiles"), pure sound ("Semiconductor Archive Or Longtone"), elegaic balladry ("Slow," another piece memorably featuring Phelps), and, briefly, even relative sunlight (the upbeat and aptly named "Tonic.")
Likely to appeal most strongly to modern minimalists, Gricer will also ring the bell of those who enjoy contemporary US jazz-infused avant rock and funk. It lacks the baroque expansiveness of either Critters Buggin's Stampede or Benevento/Russo's Best Reason To Buy The Sun, but has enough rough edges to sit cockily enough beside them.
Track Listing: Slow; Staccato; Taut; Trumpet; Folk; Land; Tiles; Beware Of Death; Tonic; Skin And Bones; Semiconductor Archive Or Longtone; The Weight Of The Well-Known Name.
Personnel: David Maleed: electric guitars, Hammond B3 organ, glockenspiel, environmental sounds; Subs Subassa: bass guitar; Dylan Howe: drums; Jay Phelps: trumpet; Jenny Adejayan: cello; Philip Bagenal: piano (2); Susan Hope: voice (9).
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We just picked up a new project at SP, and it's going to be a big one...
A few pics of what the car looks like:
Hidden within, there is a lot to be done on this one. Luckily for this Supra, someone loves it enough to get it back in shape. The wiring is to be completely re-done (harness and all), the HVAC system doesn't work, the audio doesn't work, two of the gauges in the main cluster work (if you're lucky), the piping is dented and beaten in (possibly for fitment?), the 4.7TT has a single 2.5" downpipe, the random ECU will be thrown out in favor of a ProEFI, and the motor.....well let's just say that we have a new 4.7L Tundra motor heading to the machine shop.
The new owner of the car wants a reliable 600whp and once we're done with it, it's going to be a whole new car. She definitely needs a lot of work, but after some SP love and R&R, I think the owner will be quite pleased.
Wait till you see the Gallo 24 motor we're using. It's far superior to the Gallo 12.
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Inter Arma -- Chicago, IL -- February 27th, 2014
Setlist now, review later. I need sleep.
The Long Road Home
Sky Burial
The Survival Fires
One thing of note: They did have a theremin player with them at this show. Made for gnarly atmospherics with these songs.
Edit: Date should be the 26th. I'm making a mental note for future reference not to post setlists until I'm well rested next time.
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September 1, 2008-- Home Textiles Today,
Braided texture rug and home accessories manufacturer cmi (Colonial Mills, Inc.) has partnered with Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC to co-create a new rug collection that is made entirely of recycled Sunbrella-branded fiber.
Trademarked and titled "renaissance," this domestically made indoor/outdoor rectangular rug grouping employs a new recycled Sunbrella yarn from Glen Raven's Renaissance Recycling program. These rugs represent the only soft floor covering on the marketplace today made of 100% Sunbrella fiber, featuring inherent fade and stain resistance.
The renaissance collection is manufactured in a flat-braid construction, which makes for a durable and reversible rug.
The new Sunbrella yarns used for renaissance were developed for the braided-rug construction from Glen Raven's Renaissance Recycling program and feature 50% recycled content from manufacturing and downstream waste. The other 50% of the content comprises virgin Sunbrella fiber.
The resulting effect, the company said, is "a rug with the look and feel of rich wool and the performance and ease of care expected in a Sunbrella product."
The collection comes in six patterns — banded diamond, Harwood stripe, Chatham stripe, surged border, outer border and solid — and 12 yarn colorways including mink, mushroom, garnet, pumpkin, granite, ebony, basil, feldspar, cornflower, papyrus, wheat and alpaca. It is available in eight accent and area rugs sizes as well as octagons, squares and runners.
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Here's what I have so far:
Estimate the number of terms required to approximate to within .
Solving gives:
Therefore so terms.
This seems to be a really big answer. I might just be confusing myself but I was also wondering if there was an easier way of doing it (if this is the right way).
awww, I thought I had the answer in the bag! =(
I should have spotted there was an error there since I did know that any alternating decreasing sequence, when summed to infinity, can be rearranged to sum to any real number.
The hardest part here is making the series into a geometric series so it can be summed. I've just got no idea what to turn it into.
at which point brute force runs out of umph!Code:log_10(N) log_10(|error|) 2 -2.0043 3 -3.0003 4 -4.00004 5 -5.00000 6 -6.00000 7 -7.00000
But it looks like a tight bound on the number of terms needed should be ~=10^10
An alternative approach to this problem is to group the terms in pairs to turn the series into a series of decreasing positive terms, then to get bounds for the sum of the tail by constructing integrals that over and under estimate the sum of the tail.
We start by writting:
(though if we need terms this series to get the error under we need terms of the original series)
So is this what I need to work out? if k is even, but can I use this fact at all? (or is this what you used to get the sum to 2N?).
I have another query: Since this series is a sum to infinity, can the individual terms be grouped together in this way? I was wondering this because if then is a decreasing null sequence of non-negative terms. Therefore can be used to sum the series to any real number.
So finding an such that
will give us a number of terms that will suffice to give the required error limit on the sum.
Doing the sums (at this point I resort to the use of Maxima for doing the integral. and the algebra) gives (in fact slightly less if we use double precision floating point, but with higher precision we find that any will do) but this is half the number of terms needed for the original series so for the original series you need no more than terms


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I bought this plant – it had six buds now all in full bloom – at the grocery for about $3.50, and did a colored pencil drawing today (click image for larger view)
Tulip One – colored pencil drawing
February 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Art · Pencil Sketch
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Regina…it's like a ballerina there in pose…lovely.
Thank you, Rose! What a nice comparison. All of these tulips are really pretty.
This is very beautiful and graceful. I like the black showing through.
Hi Regina I love this – so delicate. Really Nice.
Jo – thank you very much – I'd like to try it again with the whole group of tulips, but not sure I have the patience.
Karen – thank you! Your pencil work is so detailed – I love looking at your site.


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The NFL offseason is weeks and weeks of waiting followed by a brief period of absolute chaos.
The last few days have been pretty chaotic, and a lot has taken place, but we have all the major notes of interest in one place so that you don't have to go searching around our site, or the rest of the internet, to find what you are looking for.
Be sure to check out the Offseason Tracker to keep up on all of the latest Vikings news and follow the various links for complete analysis and opinion on each topic. Or, at the very least, lie to me and tell me you went there and like that page so that I feel special.
Either works.
Looks great, but I don't think TE John Sullivan reworked his contract on the 12th. Keep up the great work thoughLike(0)Dislike(0)
He didn't? When was it?Like(0)Dislike(0)
it was John Carlson, not Sullivan 🙂Like(0)Dislike(0)
Oh YEAH! haha, thanks for the catch!Like(0)Dislike(0)
Pretty slick, Adam. You are, indeed, special.
Speaking of special (needs), where that old curmudgeon coach get to? It's been awhile since I've told him he's completely wrong.
I guess heøs not a huge fan of this offseason thing.. Gotta agree though, after this little rush with football again, it will be LOONG before we hear anything relevant.. There is still around 40 days to the DRAFT!Like(0)Dislike(0)
We're missing a few 🙁
Coach, Johnny, etc. lots of new people showing up though which is cool!Like(0)Dislike(0)
Adam, Brett,
Nice work, You guys are doing a great job on this site.
Appreciate the hard work
Thanks guys!Like(0)Dislike(0)
Oh and Adam,
Still hope we get a shot at Ramses Barden…
Denario Alexander is still available. He's an RFA but he was assigned as original pick tender which means the Vikes could get him and not have to give up a draft pick.Like(0)Dislike(0)


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Progress at Green Trust
We have a replacement starter for the VeggieGen on its way (Thank you, AffordablePower.com), A replacement Transfer Switch, and two pickup loads of wood delivered. 5 hoops of the Geodesic Quonset have been raised, and more hoops are constructed, waiting for the weekend for raising. We hope to double the building to 10 hoops this weekend, bringing us to just over 30′ in length. Things are coming around. We had a great view of the Lunar Eclipse last night, and no view of the World Series finish. Great job Red Sox, thanks for nothing Fox (not available to us by satellite).


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It's a Big Blue World for Indiana State University students to explore! Studying abroad has many personal and professional benefits. Indiana State offers various education abroad opportunities to attract our diverse student body. The Study Abroad team is committed to reducing financial and academic barriers for our students. Few other experiences in college have proven to provide such a positive and long term impact.
I am grateful to have had this opportunity to go to England for school, yet still have had the time for traveling to new places, seeing new things, and learning what each place has to offer. I believe that this experience has changed my perspective of the world and I cannot wait to see where else it will take me.Holly Dusek
I absolutely loved studying abroad at Edge Hill University. It was an amazing semester where I had an opportunity to explore British Culture as well as take amazing courses. The team at Edge Hill was absolutely amazing; Jason and Bill are 100% invested in students and their goals and education. I could not have chosen a better location to study abroad.Elinor Balensuela
The most valuable part of the experience for me was the culture. To immerse myself in another culture having never left the country let me see all the ways our cultures were different, and all the ways they were the same. By seeing how an entirely new place did things let me appreciate where I am more, and helped remind me how truly big this world is.Ben Coovert
My experience in Scotland was definitely one of the best events in my time at ISU. It was my first time out of the country, and it was so incredibly magical to be able to witness such historical and beautiful landmarks. I met so many incredible people, and the culture was so beautiful. I definitely plan on going back to Scotland.Sierra Stein
It was one of the most rewarding experiences that I have ever done. I have a new appreciation for different cultures, people, and language.Lynae Hostrawser
My Study Abroad experience was very eye opening. I did more things in Ecuador than I thought I could ever do. I pushed myself and persevered through the language difficulties and in the end came through proud and changed. Through being there I found my passion. If it weren't for my Study Abroad experience I don't think I would be chasing my dreams right now.Victoria McSwain
I loved Stirling and the Uni. I made lasting friendships, explored a new country, experienced the Scottish culture and became more independent. I'd go back in a heartbeat!Emma Eckrote
Studying abroad was an amazing experience to say the least. In five months I was able to experience various cultures while learning more about myself throughout the journey. By studying abroad I gained knowledge on how to interact with different people in an unfamiliar place. This not only prepared me throughout my collegiate years but also in my years after college in my career. I loved it!Keerstan Corwin
Boarding my plane to Barcelona, Spain, I would have never guessed my life would have changed so drastically. Seeing so many diverse people and being engulfed in so much culture was breathtaking. I have met so many people from around the world and studying abroad changed who I am today, it made me open my eyes to the beautiful world outside on the United States!Alexandria Ramirez
It was truly a life changing experience. I was shy at first but I made some really good friends. I would love to do it all again.Dontesia Harris
My experience living in Prague and travelling Europe was both eye-opening and inexplicably transformational. I learned more about myself and the world through my trip than any single experience I have ever had. My eyes were opened to so many different perspectives that I had never even considered, and seeing them while travelling to some of the most beautiful places in the world made it better!Tanner Smith
Although it can be stressful trying to get everything organized, studying abroad is worth it just to see ideas different cultures have to offer. My experience was academically fulfilling but not too stressful and thanks to the great staff at Maynooth, I made lots of friends and had some great adventures.Amber Compton


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September 12, 2013 – This week Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of 33 Conservation Innovation Grants awarded to entities across the nation to develop and demonstrate cutting-edge ideas to accelerate private lands conservation. Grant recipients will demonstrate innovative approaches to improve soil health, conserve energy, manage nutrients and enhance wildlife habitat in balance with productive agricultural systems. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service administers this competitive grants program. Cape Atlantic Conservation District was among the grant recipients, awarded $91,705 for their proposal "Expanding Pollinator Species Habitat Sites Utilizing Compost Filter Socks."
New Jersey State Conservationist for NRCS Carrie Mosley said, "We are really glad to have a state applicant succeed in the national competition. I have no doubt that this Cape Atlantic Conservation District project will benefit the New Jersey environment by establishing and enhancing pollinator habitat while preventing erosion."
David Reilly, District Manager for Cape Atlantic Conservation District said, "The District was quite pleased that USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service accepted our proposal. We are excited about working with producers and landowners in a way that we have not been able to in the past. This project will allow conservation planners an alternative to the traditonal methods of establishing pollinator habitat adjacent to crop production areas. Installation procedures will address soil health issues as well. The technology can also be adapted to areas on school sites, parks, roadsides and other open spaces where establishment of pollinator habitat is desirable. Its linear or curvilinear application makes it the perfect fit anywhere."
Cape Atlantic Conservation District will address the decline of pollinator species such as the honeybee that can have far reaching impacts on plant pollination and crop production. Often, farmers have a difficult time finding a plot of land on their farm suitable for creation of pollinator habitat without losing valuable agricultural production land. The time and energy cost it takes to prepare a field to plant a wildflower seed mix can also be prohibitive. The Cape Atlantic Conservation District plans will expand or enhance pollinator species habitat areas by taking the technology of establishing a grass cover with vegetated compost filter socks and adapting it to establish on-farm pollinator habitat areas with native wildflowers.
The grants are funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Grantees must work with producers and forestland owners to develop and demonstrate the new technologies and approaches. At least 50 percent of the total cost of CIG projects must come from non-federal matching funds, including cash and in-kind contributions provided by the grant recipient. A full list of recipients of the national grants is available online.
NRCS has offered this grant program since 2004, investing in ways to demonstrate and transfer efficient and environmentally friendly farming and ranching. In the past nine years, the grants have helped develop trading markets for water quality and have shown how farmers and ranchers may use fertilizer, water and energy more efficiently.
For more on this grant program, visit USDA's Conservation Innovation Grants webpage or contact your local NRCS office.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Become a Garden Volunteer and Share your passion of Nature!
New Volunteer Orientations: 1st Monday of each month
5:00pm-6:30pm Blaksley Library
Do you know someone who is interested in becoming a Garden volunteer?
Volunteer orientations are held every month on the first Monday.
- Learn about the diverse volunteer opportunities and the simple steps required to get started
- Experienced volunteers are welcome to attend
- Bring a friend and get the behind the scenes tour!
Hands-on with plants
Garden Growers
Join a Growers team for any day of the week to assist in the Garden Growers Nursery in all phases of propagation, plant care, and staging plants for sale. Help visitors find answers to their plant questions. An eight-week training program is offered every two years, and on-the-job training is provided in between. Read a history of the Garden Growers here.
Grounds (Dirty Hands Brigade)
The Garden has 78 acres of grounds to be tended, trails to be maintained, and special collection displays to be cared for in a variety of habitats. Our staff gardeners can always use help in meeting the challenge of nature versus nurture. The DHB is a growing group of dedicated volunteers who enjoy working directly on the displays and trails. Any morning of the week you'll see some hardy folk tackling weeds, pruning bushes or mulching a garden area in support of one of the garden areas.
The Horticulture unit provides opportunities to work with propagation of native plants and with the seed bank, both of which contribute to the Garden's work in plant conservation and maintaining the Garden's exhibits. Plants grown here are meant for the Garden grounds, grown for specific exhibit areas, and tracked with a database and tagging system.
Volunteers interested in becoming docents are expected to complete general docent training, California Naturalist Certification program, and continued training modules. Start shadowing tours now, meet some of our docents, and get a peek at what it is to be part of our docent team.
The Garden partners with the University of California Cooperative Extension in conducting an annual California Naturalist Certification. General docent training is held in January and additional school tour modules are held in the summer. Please inquire with the Director of Education for more information. Fingerprinting is required for this position.
Interpretation Volunteers
There are many opportunities to learn and share your knowledge through the Education Department. Interpretive volunteers staff discovery carts, assist in Science Night presentations, and much more. Please contact the Director of Education for more information.
Citizen Science
The Education Department partners with a wide variety of organizations to promote citizen science projects including Live Fuel Moisture, California Phenology Project, and Bumble Bee Watch.
Teen Opportunities
The X-Stream Science Team is a small group of teen volunteers who collect aquatic insects with freshwater ecologists, Dr. Scott Cooper and Sheila Wiseman. Our Jr. Docent program offers opportunities to work with kids in summer programs and weekend exhibits. Please contact the Director of Education for more information.
A local treasure, the Blaksley Library can use volunteer assistance with processing archive collections (including our new digital archive collection). Library Assistants work directly with the Library collections. If you are interested in preserving historic documents, photographs, art, digital media, etc., or if you would like to participate in oral history documentation, the Blaksley Library needs you.
Digital Image Library
Volunteers are invited to participate in our exciting project to digitize and database the Garden's extensive photograph and slide collection, the SBBGPhotos Digital Image Library, available to the public at www.SBBGPhotos.org
Photographer Volunteers
Photographers are invited to contribute directly to our SBBGPhotos Digital Image Library and support the Garden Communications Department with their photographic knowledge and skills. Garden Photographers are provided access to the Garden to capture the beauty of the Garden on a daily, seasonal and annual basis. Volunteer Photographers may be asked to cover special events and/or shoot special request images for Garden staff. Photographers interested in helping the Garden to share images on social networks such as Flikr and Facebook are also encouraged to participate in this program. Download the SBBG Photographer Volunteer Information Packet
Contributing directly to our research and conservation programs, volunteers perform data base work, mount herbarium specimens, develop the conservation collection, and do occasional data analysis - all part of the conservation goals of the Garden.
Many departments can use assistance with phone calls, filing, computer projects, mailings, and other special activities that require attention to detail and organization.
Garden Guild
The Garden Guild meets Tuesdays in a fascinating workshop setting to develop and produce craft items from natural plant materials for retail sale in the Garden Shop. They create a large inventory for occasional event sales. From year-round collecting, preserving, and storing of various plant materials for use in their amazing creations, to the artistic mentoring provided, this volunteer effort is a true guild experience.
Garden Shop
Assist in the Garden Shop - a gem of a retail setting - stocking shelves, wrapping purchases, helping with the register, and answering visitor questions about the Garden as well as shop items. Promote the Garden's mission through related gift items and sustainable materials. A great people-person opportunity as you interact with visitors from around the world!
Learn and assist with the various Japanese tea ceremony classes and events held in our unique California native tea garden, using traditional Japanese design and brought to life entirely with California native plants. Teahouse volunteers also learn the proper cleaning and care of the structure, and enjoy the beauty of the ceremony and the garden surrounding the ShinKanAn Teahouse at SBBG.
A wide variety of events throughout the year require extra hands. Events for children and families, donor events, and educational events bring the community to the Garden where they are introduced to its beauty. From Community Free Days to Members' Events, there are many projects to plan and implement all year.
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden fosters the conservation of California's native plants through
our gardens, research and education, and serves as a role model of sustainable practices.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
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Volume 60, Issue 3 (2003)
Prefatory Matter
Habeas Standards of Review Under 28 U.S.C.
§ 2254(d)(1): A Commentary on Statutory
Text and Supreme Court Precedent
Allan Ides
Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning
and a New Approach
Mark C. Alexander
Conflicts of Interest Challenges Post Mickens
v. Taylor: Redefining the Defendant's
Burden in Concurrent, Successive, and
Personal Interest Conflicts
Mark W. Shiner
Patient Autonomy Versus Religious Freedom:
Should State Legislatures Require Catholic
Hospitals to Provide Emergency
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Discussion in 'Photography & The Digital Darkroom' started by Rich, Mar 28, 2007.
A random mess I made with photoshop:
Sorry Rich it does nothing for me just make me wish I had one less beer last night. Keep playing in Photoshop it's a great package.
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You heard somewhere that love is a many splendored thing, but never knew what that meant until you saw this ornate dress. Its delightful mauve hue moved you from the very first glimpse, even before you noticed the detailed lace trimming the top of the bodice like icicles in an entryway, the sheer black stripes ringing the dress from the bust down, and the embroidered tulle overlay that starts at the empire waist. Now you pair this sublime number with black velvet platforms, a rosette-covered bolero, and a gold clutch, and head to the rooftops to shout your adoration for this exquisite ensemble to the streets below.
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Paul Gessing is president of New Mexico's Rio Grande Foundation, which promotes limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility.
He's concerned about a lack of progress in the state's education performance despite more spending:
During her campaign, Gov. Susana Martinez said she would not cut education. Based on revised budget numbers that were released immediately after she was elected, that went out the window. Now, Martinez is proposing modest cuts of 1.5 percent for K-12.
It didn't take long for the unions and other supporters of more spending to draw lines in the sand. Jose Armas of the Latino/Hispano Education Improvement Task Force recently wrote "Let's dispel the myth that we're throwing money at education. New Mexico has been steadily cutting education budgets for decades."
Instead of being "cut to the bone," however, New Mexico's K-12 system has seen funding rise dramatically for the better part of two decades. A new study, "K-12 Spending in New Mexico: More Money, Few Results," which relies on data from the Census Bureau's annual "Public Education Finances" report, clearly shows that K-12 spending per-pupil has risen far-faster than the rate of inflation since the late 1990s.
In the 1994-1995 school year, New Mexico schools spent $4,100 per pupil. By 2007-2008, the last year available, New Mexico was spending $9,068 per per-pupil, according to the Census. If per-pupil spending had grown at the same rate as inflation over that time period, we'd be spending less than $6,000 annually to educate that same student.
What tax-payers get for all of that money? The answer, quite simply is, "not much." In 1997, according to a report called "Graduation by the Numbers," New Mexico graduated 56.3 percent of its students. By 2007, that number had actually declined to 54.9 percent.
Obviously, higher spending alone is not going to achieve better results. Real reforms and accountability are needed in order to boost results.


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