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Whale-Tales Archery located in Dousman WIsconsin is having a Archery Swap. Sell your old and buy some old new! Bring your own table or sell it out of the back of your car or truck. Questions call 262-965-3554
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Thursday, June 29, 2000 By Elaine Light
It's the All-American food, the very symbol of summer, those butter-dripping ears of sweet corn that define picnics, clambakes, barbecues and suppers as long as the season lasts.
Bring a large pot of water to a vigorous boil over high heat. (Don't add salt; it toughens corn.) Cook in batches, shucked and with the silk removed, adding a few ears at a time, so the water continues boiling. For fresh young corn, cook only 30 seconds -- just long enough to heat the corn through; boil more mature corn for up to 3 minutes.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Peel back corn husks, leaving them attached at the base of the ear, then remove and discard silk. Smear softened butter on each ear, then rewrap corn with husks. Pile corn in a roasting pan, cover loosely with aluminum foil, and roast for 8 to 10 minutes.
Soak corn in the husks in cold water for a few hours before grilling. This lets the corn steam as it grills, making it moister, but it is not necessary. To grill corn, let a bed of coals burn down until glowing and covered with ash. Place corn on grill and cook, turning several times with long-handled tongs. Cook shucked corn for 3 to 4 minutes, corn in husks for 6 to 8.
Good if you are doing small amounts. Individually wrap one or two ears of husked corn in waxed paper or place several ears in a covered dish with 2 to 3 tablespoons of water. Cook wrapped corn 3 to 6 minutes; in a dish, 5 to 7 minutes.
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If there is a complaint about corn, it is that the season is never long enough -- about two months from mid- or late July to frost. Many Western Pennsylvania farmers, though, start their crops under plastic so they have corn ready to pick by the Fourth of July.
The Indians greeted Columbus with corn when he touched the shore of what is now Cuba on Nov. 4, 1492. In a translation of his journal, which was written the next day, he noted, "There was a great deal of tilled land sowed with a sort of beans and sort of grain they called 'Mahiz' which was well tasted, baked or dried or made into flour."
The early settlers would have starved without corn because the grains they brought with them failed to grow in a hostile climate. It got its name, corn, from the Europeans, who called any grain corn.
Corn is a species of grass believed to have developed more than 7,000 years ago in Central America. Its botanical name is Zea Mais and it is one of the most important cereal crops in the world.
Only about 10 percent of the $2 billion yearly corn crop is the sweet corn Americans prize and love. The rest is field corn used for animal feed and thousands of food and other products ranging from latex paint and toothpaste to core binders for the molding of iron, steel and aluminum.
Fresh corn on the cob is a purely American -- North, South and Central -- passion. When corn was introduced to Europeans, at first they first fed it to the animals, creating a strange prejudice that lasts to this day. You will not find corn recipes in Escoffier.
My grandmother refused to touch it, saying they fed it to the pigs in Europe.
Monique Atkin, a native of France, confesses she lived in Pittsburgh 10 years before she was persuaded to taste fresh corn. "Now I can't get enough of it," she says, "but I still can't talk my sister into tasting it when she comes to visit."
The Italians accepted cornmeal, which they call polenta, and the Hungarians also eat cornmeal as mamaglia. Otherwise, Europeans still shun corn as animal fodder.
But for Americans, corn on the cob is an eagerly awaited summer treat, described by one writer as "Eating the summer sunlight."
Special soil needs
If there is a downside to enjoying corn on the cob, it's the fact that the sugar in corn begins to turn to starch the instant it is cut from the stalk. The old rule said to put the water on to boil before you picked the corn. That only worked if you owned or lived next to a cornfield.
I was lucky. As a child, I lived in a small Ohio town that was next to a farm. I remember my mother setting the water to boil while my father crossed the road to buy the corn from the farmer.
I spent my married life in Punxsutawney, a town surrounded by farmland with farmers who trucked their corn into town every day.
One such farmer is Shirley Wright, who has been growing strawberries and corn most of her life. The daughter of a farmer, she married farmer Ivan Wright, now 70, who has just survived a triple heart bypass. They raise sweet corn on 16 acres of a 250-acre spread called Pine Valley Farms in Rochester Mills, seven miles south of Punxsutawney. The rest is planted in hay they sell to eastern markets.
The Wrights still harvest their corn by hand, helped by son Jeff, 40, who is taking over the farm, and his wife, Jenny. The grandchildren, Kegan, 11, and Jenna, 8, pitch in to ferry the heavy burlap sacks of corn to the truck for the trip to town.
"I get up at 6 a.m. and pick corn until 8 or 8:30 a.m.," Mrs.Wright says. "I load the truck and drive into town. I try to be there from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. but I'm 64 and it gets harder all the time.
"It is almost impossible to get farm help . . . " her voice trails off as she contemplates the future.
Corn requires special soil, and the Wrights send soil samples to Penn State for analysis every year before planting. This year's corn was planted in April, earlier than usual because of the warm winter.
"We took a chance," she explains, "because we have had frost as late as June 9, but you have to take a chance if you want early corn."
On the other hand, the warm winter prevented frost from killing insect grubs, and the Wrights fear they will have to do a lot of spraying.
Many new varieties
Newer varieties of sugar-enhanced corn have given corn lovers a little more time between pot and field, but the best corn is still the freshest.
Look for bright green husks and light colored corn silk. It has a fresh corn smell and if you dare prick a kernel it will spurt milky juice. If you do want to keep it a day or two, refrigerate it in the husk.
With Pittsburgh's abundance of farmers' markets and farm stands it is possible to get one's fill of freshly picked corn. Most out-of-season and supermarket corn comes from Florida.
There are many varieties of sweet corn, some yellow, some bi-color and some white. Mrs. Wright says the most popular is the sugar-enhanced bicolor that replaced the smaller corn known as sugar and butter. That is all they raise, planting it at various intervals to insure a supply until frost.
Pete Ferretti, professor of vegetable crops at Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, says Pennsylvania's temperate climate is perfect for growing sweet corn. Pennsylvania ranks fourth nationally in sweet corn production.
Some farmers claim you can actually hear corn growing on hot nights and Shirley Wright says, "It's true. You can hear it crackle!"
Freeze that freshness
One way to preserve the flavor of fresh corn is to freeze it. An easy way is to always buy more than you plan to eat. If I am going to eat two ears, I buy six. The four I plan to freeze are boiled about 2 minutes and then chilled in ice water. When it's drained, holding the cob vertically, pointed tip down, I cut the kernels with a sharp knife, then use the back of the knife to squeeze out the milky juices. I fill about two plastic bags and freeze.
That way, during the course of a corn season, I amass an amazing amount of corn without knocking myself out doing it. Of course you can buy dozens of corn and do it all in a day. Either way, you will have wonderful fresh-tasting corn that bears no relation to the commercial product.
You can also have variety from the first yellows, which take about 73 days to mature, to the bi-colors, which take 72 to 84 days, to the great whites, such as Silver Queen, which requires 92 days.
According to Ferretti, Silver Queen has "been the Cadillac of sweet corn for about 30 years" but is being eclipsed by newer varieties such as Silver King, Argent and Silverado.
Vegetable compatibility
Shirley Wright has a different recipe, which is very good. She also strips the corn and corn scrapings. For 8 quarts of corn kernels, about 3 dozen, she adds 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 cup of water in large kettle. She heats this over low heat -- "Don't cook it, heat it," she admonishes -- for 20 minutes. She then packs it in freezer bags.
How long you cook corn is a matter of taste, anywhere from 2 minutes to 5. You can also microwave it (not practical for more than 4 ears), grill it, bake it or use in combination with virtually any other summer vegetables.
The Indians always grew corn with squash and beans and served them together. They taught the early settlers how to make succotash, which combined two of their three main crops, corn and beans.
A meal consisting of fresh corn on the cob, red ripe tomatoes anointed with fresh basil and olive oil, with or without fried chicken, a hamburger, hot dog or steak, and a fresh peach or berry dessert is a meal the greatest chef cannot improve.
Blanche McManus, head librarian at the Squirrel Hill branch of Carnegie Library, says she and her husband have a Sunday routine during corn season.
"After church," she says, "we drive out to Trax Farms and buy a dozen and a half of corn. We go home, put the water on, cook the corn and that is our dinner. I can eat five ears and my husband can eat six or seven. We never tire of it."
Good as corn on the cob is, it is wonderful in corn puddings, corn fritters and corn soups. Corn soup and corn relish are staples of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking.
Recipes for corn breads, or virtually anything else with cornmeal, is enhanced by the addition of fresh kernels. Corn salsas often accompany fish entrees in trendy restaurants. Corn is good raw in salads, often teamed with black or kidney beans, black and red peppers and a simple vinaigrette dressing.
A vast fan club
Corn is subject to a variety of pests, including corn borers and Japanese beetles, not to mention groundhogs, which like it as well as humans do. In fact, corn is responsible for the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
It was in the August cornfields that a group of local citizens gathered to picnic and roast the groundhogs (tastes like chicken) that were eating the farmers' corn. A local reporter christened the group "The Groundhog Club" and history was made.
That was 106 years ago. Now they toast rather than roast the groundhog, but they still have an annual picnic in addition to the Groundhog Day festivities each Feb. 2.
We asked Mrs. Wright if she had ever seen a black corn fungus, and she grimaced and said she had -- "lots of it." I told her it was Huitlacoche, much prized in Mexico, and now actually being grown for use in some fashionable restaurants in the United States. It has a mushroom like flavor and is used in soups, and sauces.
She expressed surprise but did not indicate she planned to try it any time soon.
Elaine Light is a free-lance food writer, who lives Uptown.
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pp: 115-129
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TDSC.2013.31
Qinghua Li , The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Guohong Cao , The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Thomas F. La Porta , The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
The proliferation and ever-increasing capabilities of mobile devices such as smart phones give rise to a variety of mobile sensing applications. This paper studies how an untrusted aggregator in mobile sensing can periodically obtain desired statistics over the data contributed by multiple mobile users, without compromising the privacy of each user. Although there are some existing works in this area, they either require bidirectional communications between the aggregator and mobile users in every aggregation period, or have high-computation overhead and cannot support large plaintext spaces. Also, they do not consider the Min aggregate, which is quite useful in mobile sensing. To address these problems, we propose an efficient protocol to obtain the Sum aggregate, which employs an additive homomorphic encryption and a novel key management technique to support large plaintext space. We also extend the sum aggregation protocol to obtain the Min aggregate of time-series data. To deal with dynamic joins and leaves of mobile users, we propose a scheme that utilizes the redundancy in security to reduce the communication cost for each join and leave. Evaluations show that our protocols are orders of magnitude faster than existing solutions, and it has much lower communication overhead.
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This article is about a/an series entry (the 17th) in the Power Rangers franchise. |
Number | 17 |
Number of episodes: | 32 |
First episode: | The Road to Corinth |
Last episode: | Danger and Destiny, Part 2 |
Intro: | RPM Intro |
Adapted from: | Engine Sentai Go-Onger See comparison page. |
Original airing: | 7 March - December 26, 2009 |
Producer: | Disney |
Production Order | |
previous Jungle Fury | next Samurai |
Power Rangers RPM[1] was the title for the 2009 season of Power Rangers. It is based on Engine Sentai Go-Onger. It was the last season of Power Rangers to be produced by Disney, as they had intended to cancel the series after Power Rangers Jungle Fury however decided to go ahead on a final season (it is believed this was due to having a contract with Bandai). Despite this, Disney dropped the show from its new 'Disney XD' channel leaving it to be aired on ABC Kids.
Eddie Guzelian took over as Executive Producer from Bruce Kalish at the beginning of the season. By his and John Tellegen's admission, Eddie fought a number of people to get his vision through: inspired by films like The Road Warrior. Tellegen said that he enjoyed the "freshness" of Guzelian's new take, which was wildly different to what the show had done before. [2]In contrast, RPM marked the departure of long-term writer Jackie Marchand, who has said she was not involved in the initial writing but "diplomatically" said she thought Guzelian's scripts were very strong.[3] Guzelian was then fired halfway through the show, rumored to have used up the RPM's entire budget already and been responsible for allowing an unacceptable slowdown of the writing and production process due to perfectionism. He was replaced with the previous producer, Judd Lynn, who brought the series to its conclusion.
After the final episode aired, Disney announced that the following season would be a 'reversionised' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers however the long-term status of the franchise appeared to be in limbo until it was reacquired by Saban Brands who immediately announced the production of Power Rangers Samurai.
- "A computer virus has built armies of robotic soldiers and taken control of our world. But there is still one place where we can be safe. The domed city of Corinth. And the only hope we have left is..."
- ―Doctor K[src]
In the not-so-distant future, the mysterious and sinister Venjix Computer Network is attempting to conquer and lay ruin to the entire planet. It had succeeded and nearly conquered the entire Earth. Fortunately, mankind has retreated from the threat into environmentally-shielded domed cities to protect against the pollution and machines unleashed by Venjix. In the shining city of Corinth, an elite force of Rangers must learn to drive and operate an arsenal of radically advanced biotech vehicles in order to battle the attacking machine army bent on world domination.
The events of the show were intended to take place in an alternate universe, which was confirmed two years later in "Clash of the Red Rangers" when Scott travels to the main universe. As such, the Morphing Grid takes on a new name - the Bio Field. The only signs of previous characters are an Operation Overdrive helmet at Alphabet Soup and Jungle Karma Pizza.
Production History
Power Rangers RPM was the first Power Rangers season since 2005 to have a fresh lead producer, as Bruce Kalish departed in 2008 to work on Aaron Stone. Taking his place was Eddie Guzelian, former American Dragon: Jake Long executive producer and Kim Possible story editor. R.P.M. was his first live action series. With Guzelian came two writers he had been associated with on various Disney Channel projects, Matthew Negrete and Madellaine Paxson. The three of them, along with R.P.M story editor John Tellegen and producer Jackie Marchand made up the writing team for the 32-episode season.
A few months into production, Marchand left the show, seemingly fired given her message to the fans of "welcome from the peace conference", alluding to the situation in which Austin St. John, Thuy Trang and Walter Jones were written off the show. Not long after, Guzelian was fired mid-season by Disney executives, and replaced by returning writer and producer Judd Lynn in July. Reports have Paxson and Negrete leaving the show in solidarity with Guzelian. Lynn's return to the series that he has been involved with since day one was not an easy one, and there have been reports of difficulty with the transition between executive producers. Lynn left the series with Time Force, but a sudden rise in the quality of "Jungle Fury" writing caused rumors that he may have contributed a script under a pseudonym during the Writer's Strike.
Ranger Operators
Color | Role | Actor |
Ranger Operator Series Red | Scott Truman | Eka Darville |
Ranger Operator Series Blue | Flynn McAllistair | Ari Boyland |
Ranger Operator Series Yellow | Summer Landsdown | Rose McIver |
Ranger Operator Series Green | Ziggy Grover | Milo Cawthorne |
Ranger Operator Series Black | Dillon | Daniel Ewing |
Ranger Operator Series Gold | Gem | Mike Ginn |
Ranger Operator Series Silver | Gemma | Li Ming Hu |
- Doctor K - mentor and creator of the Ranger Series technology (Olivia Tennet)
- Colonel Mason Truman - Head of Corinth City defense (James Gaylyn[4])
- Samurai Rangers
Supporting Cast
- Benny (Murray Keane) [5]
- Mr. McAllistair (Jason Hoyte)
- Hicks (Damien Avery)
- Vasquez (Mia Koning)
- Marcus Truman (Fellis McGuire)
- The Venjix Computer Network
- The Cartels
- Alphabet Soup
These morphers, like the Zord Attack Vehicles, are operated by the use of Engine Cells.
Zord Attack Vehicles and Megazords
Zord Attack Vehicles System
- Legend:◆ 1-pilot zord, ❖ aux zord, 2-pilot zord, ◇ unpiloted zord
- RPM Ultrazord◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆❖❖
- Paleomax Megazord ◆❖❖
- Paleozord ◆❖❖
- SkyRev Megazord◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Mach Megazord ◆◆◆
- Falcon Zord ◆
- Tiger Jet ◆
- Whale Zord
- Zenith Megazord◆◆◆◆◆◆
- ValveMax Megazord ◆◆◆
- Tail Spinner ◆
- Wolf Cruiser ◆
- Croc Carrier
- High Octane Megazord ◆◆◆
- Eagle Racer ◆
- Lion Hauler ◆
- Bear Crawler ◆
- ValveMax Megazord ◆◆◆
- Mach Megazord ◆◆◆
- Paleomax Megazord ◆❖❖
- Road Attack Zord ◇
- Alternate Combination - High Octane Megazord with Tail Spinner ◆◆◆◆
- Alternate Combination - High Octane Megazord with Wolf Cruiser ◆◆◆◆
- Alternate Combination - High Octane Megazord with Falcon Zord & Tiger Jet ◆◆◆◆◆
- Alternate Combination - ValveMax Megazord with Falcon Zord ◆◆◆
- Alternate Combination - Mach Megazord with Tail Spinner ◆◆◆
- The Road to Corinth
- Fade to Black
- Rain
- Go for the Green
- Handshake
- Ranger Green
- Ranger Red
- Ranger Yellow Part I
- Ranger Yellow Part II
- Ranger Blue
- Doctor K
- Blitz
- Brother's Keeper
- Embodied
- Ghosts
- In or Out
- Prisoners
- Belly of the Beast
- Three's a Crowd
- Heroes Among Us
- Not So Simple
- The Dome Dolls
- And... Action!
- Ancient History
- Key to the Past
- Beyond a Doubt
- Control-Alt-Delete
- Run Ziggy Run
- If Venjix Won
- End Game
- Danger and Destiny Part I
- Danger and Destiny Part II
- The year is left vague - far enough in the future for the domed city to exist but close enough to our timeline for 2009's cars, fashions, and buildings to remain. It was assumed by some fans that the series took place between Power Rangers SPD and the year 3000. However "Clash of the Red Rangers" would cross over RPM and Power Rangers Samurai, with no time travel mentioned - it was established that Power Rangers RPM took place relative to the time it was airing, however was set in an alternate dimension.
- Venjix is released "three years ago" when Corinth is sealing itself off, and the rest of the series happens "one year later". "Within a year" of release, Venjix had infected an estimated "37% of the world's computer systems" The Road to Corinth
- "The Road to Corinth" presents Venjix as steadily crippling the world before he unleashed his robots on a conquering spree, Doctor K, stock footage, and news reports refer to the loss of stock markets, communication, utilities and military systems, and a newspaper reports "President Declares State of Emergency; Europe, Africa, South America Decimated". The later flashback episodes will instead show the United States, the United Kingdom, and an unnamed nation Flynn McAllistair is working in to be unaffected and ignorant of what's coming, until Venjix launches bombardment sprees everywhere at once. (This included the US Air Force - Scott has no idea what's happening but Marcus Truman immediately knows they're leaving flight computers off Ranger Red) The retreat to Corinth is so rapid that "world leaders are advising people to flee to the dome of Corinth City" when the first robots attack, before it's confirmed it is Venjix Ranger Green and when some news broadcasts are still reporting "unconfirmed reports... [of] a series of direct attacks". Ranger Yellow
- RPM, along with Wild Force and Operation Overdrive, are the only teams to not have any unmorphed appearances in any subsequent Power Rangers incarnation.
- Although Eka Darville would reprise his role as Scott Truman in the Samurai/RPM crossover Clash of the Red Rangers, he stays morphed throughout this appearance, in this case, making Wild Force and Operation Overdrive subsequently the only incarnations whose actors have never reprised their roles as Rangers in any subsequent Power Rangers incarnation in any form
- This is the first series to have the end credits run during the last scene of the show, although ABC did this during their repeat showings of Mystic Force and Operation Overdrive.
- This season reuses the word "Venjix"; Power Rangers Wild Force also had a General Venjix as part of a splinter of the Machine Empire.
- It was not revealed on-screen what the acronym RPM stood for (although material on the Bandai website stated it stood for 'Racing Performance Machines').
- This is the only season to appear only on ABC rather than Jetix or Fox Kids. This is because the show was dropped when Jetix was replaced by Disney XD. It did air on Jetix/Disney XD in other countries such as the United Kingdom.
- This is the first season where a member of the team is sent to jail while serving as a Ranger.
- So far this is the only season to directly mention their Sentai counterpart, in this case, Go-Onger. This is also the first season to use and state it as part of their arsenal.
- RPM is one of the few series not to source elements of its plot from the Sentai series it is based on. While Go-Onger settles on a Beast Racing theme, RPM's theme was set in a post-apocalyptic future.
- A "Jungle Karma Pizza" joint, the same restaurant where the Jungle Fury Rangers worked in, was seen inside Corinth (though it was obviously not the same location). This was seen in "Ranger Green".
- This is the first season in which there's an episode that tells about behind-the-scenes of Power Rangers, as opposed to a special such as the one Operation Overdrive had.
- At Alphabet Soup, Tenaya 7 found a modified version of the Red Operation Overdrive Ranger's helmet worn by Mack Hartford in Ancient History. That, however is not the true helmet because of RPM being in a different timeline.
- This is the first season to begin in any other month than February since Turbo and also the first season since Mighty Morphin to air new episodes in the month of December.
- RPM was originally going to be the last season for the Power Rangers Series; however, this was changed when Haim Saban decided to buy the show back from Disney and decided to bring an 18th season called Power Rangers Samurai.
- Danger and Destiny, Part II marks the 700th Episode of Power Rangers.
- RPM was the last Power Rangers series to air in the 2000s.
- This was the final series to air on ABC Kids.
- RPM is the only Power Rangers season confirmed to be in a different timeline than the other Seasons.
- This season aired concurrent with the Super Sentai series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, which would be adapted two years later as Power Rangers Samurai.
- Although RPM is not the first season to simultaneously include a Black Ranger and a Green Ranger on its team, RPM is the first season to include both a Black Ranger and a Green Ranger on the core team. This will be repeated in Power Rangers Dino Charge.
- Also, this season is the first season to include both a Gold and Silver Ranger as Sixth Rangers, which will again be repeated in Dino Charge.
- This is the only season to end on a cliffhanger, and not have the next season resolve it.
- This is the first series since Power Rangers Wild Force not to give all of the Rangers superpowers that they could access outside of their morphs.
- This is the first series since Power Rangers Ninja Storm to have unsung dialog in the opening before the theme music begins.
- This is the most recent season to not feature a Pink Ranger.
- This is the first season in the Disney era where the rangers each have vehicles assigned to them for transport that are not part of their arsenal but are rather their own personally owned vehicles. Summer has a bike, Dillon has his black car named Fury, Scott has his racer, Flynn has his hummer, and Ziggy usually rides with another ranger but used a worn out moped at one point. Gem and Gemma usually travel with other rangers or on foot.
- RPM was intended to be a darker, much more serious Power Rangers series compared to previous seasons. Ironically it's Japanese counterpart, Engine Sentai Go-Onger was portrayed as a light hearted and goofy Sentai series. They have the element in common of lightly satirizing standard series elements, however.
See also
- Engine Sentai Go-Onger - Super Sentai counterpart . See comparison page.
- RPM (Toyline)
External links
- ↑ http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77521866
- ↑ [http://danstokurants.rangercentral.com/?p=3182 Toku Rants interview with Jon Tellegen
- ↑ Toku Rants interview with Jackie Marchand: 51:17 to 52:31
- ↑ http://www.kractors.co.nz/details.php?act_id=15 James Gaylyn as Col. Truman
- ↑ http://kractors.co.nz/detailsx.php?act_id=28
- ↑ http://johnsonlaird.com/assets/documents/1325/1325_actor_biography.pdf


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Those of you who know me as a software engineer have no doubt heard me talk repeatedly about if you look at computer science as a social science it's clear that there are a lot of consequences to the lack of diversity in the discipline. One of them is a lot of the design space just isn't getting explored.
Most software today is designed and developed by teams and companies (or open-source projects) where the power is with white guys whose cognitive style is analytical and reductionist. A lot of developers would agree with the Microsoft Technical Fellow my former Ad Astra colleagues once worked with trying to design an asset-based thinking workshop: "I'd much rather not talk about emotion". Functional, sparse, flat designs with limited configurability in the style of 37 Signals are great for people who like that kind of interaction. A lot of us don't, and our needs are badly underserved.
So when Cindy Gallop left a comment in my thread Guys talking to guys who talk about guys …
My startup http://www.ifwerantheworld.com – a simple web-meets-world platform designed to turn good intentions into action, one microaction at a time – is what I describe as 'emotional software': the synthesis of technology and psychology.
My startup team is 4 women, 3 men. My head of user experience, my designer and my programmer are all female.
Emotions? Psychology? Moving people to action? Sounds like social sciences to me. I was intrigued.
So I checked it out, and talked with Cindy and superhero Giovanna Mingarelli, then had a total mind meld with design goddess Oonie Chase via Skype, talking about Seductive interfaces, agile software terminology and so much more. Now I'm even more intrigued — and very impressed. If She Ran The World … on Tales from The Net has more.
So what does "emotional software" feel like?
What other software (apps or web sites) do you think of as "emotional software" and why?
PS: thanks to Kyra Gaunt (aka @kyraocity, author of The Audacity of Humanity) for the term "Emo-ware", and to oonie for burgling it and dropping the hyphen. fistbump. Read on for more …


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Kickoff temperature: 80 degrees, 0% chance of precipitation
Line: Jaguars by 6.5
Trends: Jaguars have lost two of their last three games; Chiefs have dropped 27 of their last 30 games.
Three most important things for the Jaguars on defense:
1. Pressure Matt Cassel. Everyone else has. The Jaguars pass rush has been downright awful, but the Chiefs have allowed 27 sacks in just seven games. Matt Cassel hasn't been good under pressure, and if the Jags can make him uncomfortable, he should struggle.
2. Win third down. Kansas City is converting on just 21% of their third downs this season. Don't let that change.
3. Blanket Dwayne Bowe. Bowe is the Chiefs best play-maker and really the only player that should be on the Jags defensive radar.
Three most important things for the Jaguars on offense:
1. No turnovers. The Chiefs can't sustain long scoring drives so the only way they'll mount much of an offensive attack is by capitalizing on mistakes. David Garrard must play a safe game.
2. Give MJD the ball. Good things happen when they do. Why wouldn't they give it to the best player on their team?
3. Get MSW involved. Mike Sims-Walker had just two catches for nine yards a week ago. He must be targeted more.
What to look for:
1. Look for Maurice Jones-Drew to get near 30 touches. The trend has been to get MJD more involved after an embarrassing loss in which the offense isn't smart enough to give him the rock.
2. Look for the Chiefs to have under 80 yards rushing. The Jaguars will tackle better this week and more importantly, they won't be going up against Chris Johnson.
3. Look for Mike Thomas to have an impact. The Jaguars slot receiver has shown he can be a legit weapon.
4. Look for Dwayne Bowe to score. Bowe is an excellent receiver and the Chiefs best (and really only) weapon.
5. Look for the Jaguars to get back to .500. Kansas City is a worse team on paper than they are on the field, and they're really bad on the field. No way the Jags drop this one.


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Four British soldiers from the multi-national Rapid Reaction Force were killed yesterday when their helicopter crashed into the Adriatic off the coast of Croatia. The disaster ended a grim weekend for the international community in Bosnia, where three American officials and a French peace- keeper were killed in a traffic accident on the treacherous Igman road into Sarajevo.
One man survived the crash with only cuts and bruises, and was rescued by a Croat fishing boat, the commanding officer of 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel John Greenhalgh said in Ploce. "He's obviously been incredibly lucky.The aircraft turned upside own. He managed to escape and get to the surface."
Rescue helicopters found only debris, but army divers found the wreckage in 80ft of water. "It has been confirmed there are four bodies in the aircraft, which are being recovered," Col Greenhalgh said. All five men on board were from 3 Regiment and had arrived in Ploce three weeks ago to join the multi-national force, whose job is to protect UN peace-keepers in Bosnia. The Army would not release the names of the victims until their families had been informed.
An investigation is under way to discover why the Lynx, on routine reconnaissance training, ditched in the Adriatic, 5 miles south of Ploce. Officers have confirmed it was not the result of hostile action.
"This is a tragic accident which has saddened the entire brigade," said Brigadier Robin Brims, commander of 24 Air Mobile Brigade. Yesterday's incident - and the deaths on Igman the day before - highlight the dangers posed by the international involvement in Bosnia. Brig Brims was careful to praise the Croatian authorities for their support yesterday, but relations are not always good.
The Rapid Reaction Force must contend with the suspicion and demands of the Bosnian and Croatian governments, which have refused to allow some elements of the force to cross the border and deploy in Bosnia. Sarajevo fears the force's tanks, guns and helicopters may be to used to withdraw the peace-keeping force without Bosnian consent.
Units of French heavy artillery were forced to return to Ploce yesterday after trying to cross the frontier, apparently because a Bosnian Croat militia, like Zagreb and Sarajevo, demanded money for services and a veto over the force's action.
The refusal of Croatia and Bosnia to provide training areas may have contributed to yesterday's accident, UN officers said in Zagreb. The British brigade has been "confined to a swamp". As a result, equipment cannot be tested and pilots cannot be properly trained.
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Skew succeeds in being a genuine mind fuck, for lack of a better phrase. Inexplicably the camera has a draw to it's carrier Simon and chooses it's victims based on his tampering with matters of life and death. At the core though Skew isn't about the odd deaths that occur from the lens of the camera but the secrets that possess each friend. There's quite a bit of baggage that's weight is felt throughout the film, even as details become apparent and the big 'secret' is revealed you still fell that you've only gotten part of the story. Which is an attribute to the screenwriter and director Seve Schelenz who did successfully instill that tension between each friend and create depth in this portion of the script. The film does drag though and be cautious that you'll spend a good portion of it not understanding what the hell is going on. Also Skew just has some genuinely creepy moments, hence my photo choice below.
Acting is really weak, not awful all around but a good portion of it seems to be trying a bit hard and a little unnatural. Though each character has their moments of seriousness and they are convincing there are a lot of other parts where it's just not strong. It's not all the actors fault though as a good bit of the problem lies in the writing of the character's themselves. Eva's is difficult to like as she comes off rather pissy from the start, not really allowing us to get a good side to her character even if her anger is warranted. Rich felt almost absent from the film, having few lines and not really making a noticeable presence till the end. And lets be honest, no one really likes the person behind the camera, whom which this unfortunate is Rich. It's that unsought out narrator role that requires constant commentary. Found footage films make it hard for me to address the DP of a film as often they are shaky but as far as cuts, editing, and basic lighting go it's all fairly good.
This film came to my attention through Jason at Film Reviews From the Basement who was tweeting while watching the film and expressed much perplexity as the events came to focus. Which in itself is a fair assessment of the film as it really works on a level of disrupting logic to the viewer. I'm not sure if I even liked Skew per-say but it is unique and serves as an interesting take to the found footage genre. It does suffer from a few possessions found in the sub-genre, such as Simon's typical and annoying 'I won't put the camera down' pester that easily pisses off Eva, for good reason. This does, however, have the most feel to the original sub-genre film, The Blair Witch Project, than those that have followed. It picked up a lot of intentional or maybe unintentional homage which I respect, despite not having liked The Blair Witch Project. Based on the rating on IMDB a lot of people didn't like it and as I said I'm not even sure I liked it, but it's interesting and it at the least deserves a watch.


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Ever wonder who picks the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants? Twenty-seven panels of journalists, chefs, and restaurateurs, and food lovers worldwide, do the judging. [NY Times]
Foodies at 41 is a club at P.S. 41 in which kid members get to make ice cream at Grom Gelato, pizza at Keste, and pal around with Thomas Keller at Per Se. [Wall Street Journal]
GrubWith.Us is an online supper club that allows you to sign up for prepaid meals online at a specific restaurant, then dine with a group of strangers. [NY Post]
Gwyneth Paltrow's cookbook, My Father's Daughter, drops today. And now, it appears, she's gunning to be the next Martha Stewart. [NY Post]
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Justin Long was spotted at BLT Fish waiting tables. Apparently, he just started doing it after his own meal there as a lark. [E! Online]
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IN 2007, Mr. Hawk got a phony charged dismissed against me for lack of evidence.
I lost my peace of mind and money... until Mr. Hawk stepped in and held the police and district attorney to the standard of proving their allegations. Many people assume that if you are arrested, you are guilty. Mr. Hawk proved I wasn't guilty and it was not on a technicality.
Policemen arrest many poor and minorities people knowing that they don't have money to hire a good attorney. If you are arrested... 90% of the time you are going to be found guilty or they are going to offer you a plea.
After several nights in a detention center with bad food, screaming and threatening people... and where they only dim the lights at night, you're ready to sign anything to get youself out of there... and that is coercion.
The District Attorney doesn't investigate your case. They take the word of all policemen (as poxy officers of the Court) as being true. They didn't investigate my witnesses or the facts of the charge. They took the Policeman word as true (and many policeman have hidden agendas and biases).... and without investigating, they offer a plea to you. Or if it is serious, they don't offer a plea and take you to Court... to make their record stronger.
The Police and District Attorney... and the Magistrates are all paid from the same purse... The District attorney depends on the Police to bring them cases... even if it is a case that shouldn't be tried.
You will need someone like Jacque D. Hawk to protect your interest... NO matter what anyone says, this is an attorney with INTEGRITY. I trusted him and so should you.


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Thursday, March 15, 2012
The fullness gushes over.
My heart is just bursting with momma love. So much of it. It's no secret that I think my kid is amazing. I think that every parent, in their own right, find their children to be awesome. I am no different. But for some reason this week I've just slowed down more.
I notice everything. All her little quirks. Her little facial expressions. The number of times she says "thank you mommy" when I hand her a cracker or "oops, sorry momma" if she drops something. I've been noticing how the warmer, more humid-like weather makes her hair curl up even more. And how darn adorable it looks up in a single ponytail with her 'bangs' pinned back. How adorable her little white, pasty arms look in those sweet little tank tops. And how happy I am to see her little chubby toes hanging out of her sandals once again.
This year feels so much different than last. She was so fun last year, so fun. But this year is different. She's older, even more fun (which I never thought was possible), and everything just feels so NEW! and Exciting! And amazing! to her. I am finding myself so wrapped up in her every day little excitements that I, too, am feeling the same excitement. Over things I didn't know I ever cared about. You know?
Like yesterday afternoon, we were sitting on the deck in this nice, sunny, blissful March weather, blowing bubbles. We blew bubbles last year, but this year? It's so much cooler. So much more fun. She ran around the deck jumping up and down smacking her hands together yelling, "I CATCH IT!" over, and over and over again. You couldn't wipe the joy off her face if you tried. And you couldn't wipe it off mine, either.
It's those little things. And this week I've just had a lot of full-heart-mom moments.
Like watching my girl run a playground like she's done it forever. Sliding down every slide known to man, and always by herself like a big girl. Or getting along with her friends so well and making me proud that she cares so much at her young age about other little people. Or how she tickled her baby cousins belly and made little faces at him to get him to smile and laugh. How she learned to swing on the swings on her belly for the first time. Or how she cups her hand around her ear and says "what's that?" every time she hears an unfamiliar sound. Or how she'll spot every single bird "tweet-tweet" that's around. How she had her first experience with a "bug", and how dang sweet she was to that little gnat. Yes. A gnat. She cried when it flew away saying, "Bye bug" through tears.
I'm just in awe of this little person. She really is a gem. And yes, she can frustrate the daylights out of me some days, but this kid? Is my heart. She makes me so proud to be a mom. To be her mom.
I'm privileged to get this opportunity. Momming this baby girl. Making the decisions to have water ice for lunch one day because it's more fun. Being able to dress her in bright, funky colors because why the heck not? Getting to buy her that minnie mouse bookbag because her face lit up when she saw it. Getting her the ugly Dora shirt I swore I'd never all because it makes her happy and she did a little jig when she saw it at the store. Letting her have the last sips of my slushy because I love her that much. And being honored that she wants to wear her sunglasses in her hair "like mommy do".
Kids have a way of expanding and stretching your heart more than you ever knew possible. That's for sure.
And thank God for that. I need her just as much as she needs me.
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I love this so much. You captured her little personality so well, like we were right there with you.
And girl, you're heart is just gonna up and explode when you've got TWO of these little cuties running around! :)
ps. I've done the same thing at the store. The other day I found some Thomas the Tank Engine gift bags on clearance for $.42 at Target. Of course, I snatched them up, but he has been carrying that package around ever since, just staring at the pictures. lol. It definitely is the little things.Sweet sweet post! I feel the same exact way. Easton truly just brightens my day. I think me and L look at each other more and smile now than ever...just watching what he does, listing to what he says. They really are gifts! So glad y'all are having lots of happy moments. It's amazing what Spring does for everyone!!!!! Sunshine for the soul.
ReplyDeleteOk, wow! I've been on the boy train before I was even pregnant. I wanted a boy, I craved a baby boy. Got my boy, I wanted another boy. This post just woke up something inside of me, I want a girl!!!
Your Eme sounds like such a gentle sweet soul, her talking to the bug? Melt my heart! Declan would have tried to eat it. Blegh.I can really relate. Stepping away from the internet more often and being present with my boys has made such a difference. Just a little while ago, B sent me a text to tell me he has to work three extra hours tomorrow night. Of course, I immediately sighed, frustrated. But then I decided we'd go out for snow cones and have an awesome little boy/Momma night. It's easier when they are these ages. Happy you are happy too. :)


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What Is High-Frequency Hearing Loss

People with high-frequency hearing loss can't hear sounds in higher frequencies, such as sounds like the letters s, h and f. On an audiogram, the frequencies go from low to high frequencies. The definition of high frequency varies. Some experts consider 2000 Hertz (2kHz) to be high frequency. The high frequency ranges go from 2000 Hertz to 8000 Hertz. (1000 Hz is considered to be mid-frequency.)

What Happens in High Frequency Hearing Loss?

A high-frequency hearing loss will affect a person's ability to understand speech. This happens because the consonants (s, h, f) are high-frequency sounds that range from 1,500 to 6,000 Hertz. Losing hearing in those frequencies means that those sounds are harder to discern. For children, this can mean a negative impact on their education due to inability to understand speech in the classroom.

High Frequency Hearing Loss Seems Stable in Adults, But Increasing in Teenagers

In an effort to find out how many people have this type of hearing loss, researchers compared data from the 1959-1962 National Health Examination Study, to data from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Study. Using statistical analysis, they found that from 1999 to 2004, adults heard better compared to adults in the 1959-1962 study.

In the study of teenagers, researchers compared data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for 1988-1994, to data from the 2005-2006 NHANES survey. For the earlier study, data for 2,928 participants was used; for the later study, data for 1,771 participants was used. All the participants were 12 to 19 years old.

The researchers found that from 2005 to 2006, unilateral hearing loss was more common and high-frequency hearing loss was more prevalent among the teenagers, than compared to the teens studied in the late 1980s and early 90s. (The researchers defined high frequency as 3000 to 8000 Hertz.) Specifically, from 1988-1994, the prevalence of high-frequency hearing loss was just 12.8%; but from 2005 to 2006, it was 16.4%. This was considered to be "significantly higher" by the researchers. In their analysis, the researchers did not find any difference in levels of exposure to noise between the two surveys, but pointed out that teenagers tend to underreport and underestimate their level of exposure to noise. Therefore, the jump in high frequency hearing loss among teenagers could be an indication of an increase in exposure to noise, resulting in noise-induced hearing loss.

Other Causes of High-Frequency Loss

Noise is not the only cause of high-frequency hearing loss. There are many causes. Causes include aging (presbycusis), genetics, ototoxicity (such as chemotherapy drugs), and diseases and syndromes. There are also suspected causes such as diabetes.

Preventing High-Frequency Hearing Loss

There are ways to prevent high-frequency hearing loss. People concerned about risks can consider various methods of hearing protection, such as ear plugs.

Managing High-Frequency Hearing Loss

Hearing aids can take the higher frequency sounds and lower them. There are two different ways to do this. The first way, called frequency transposition, takes the higher frequency energies and moves them to a lower frequency, which results in a mixing of the transposed (moved) sound and the non-transposed lower frequency sound. The other way, called nonlinear frequency compression, uses a compression ratio on the high frequency sound to lower it, but does not move it, thereby avoiding mixing with lower frequencies. If you believe you are experiencing hearing loss of this type, seeing an audiologist is crucial.

Treating High-Frequency Hearing Loss

High-frequency hearing loss can be managed by using hearing aids and cochlear implants. Of course, learning sign language and lipreading skills also can help.

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Americans Hear as Well or Better Today Compared With 40 Years Ago: Hearing Threshold Levels in the Unscreened Adult Population of the United States, 1959-1962 and 1999-2004. Ear & Hearing. December 2010 - Volume 31 - Issue 6 - pp 725-734

Developmental Disabilities: Hearing Loss. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/hi2.htm

Glista,Danielle MSc; Susan Scollie, PhD; Melissa Polonenko, MCISc; and Jacob Sulkers, BA. A Comparison of Performance in Children with Nonlinear Frequency Compression Systems. Hearing Review. November 2009.

Shargorodsky,Josef, Sharon G. Curhan, Gary C. Curhan, Roland Eavey. Change in Prevalence of Hearing Loss in US Adolescents JAMA. 2010;304(7):772-778.

Simpson, A. Frequency-lowering devices for managing high-frequency hearing loss: a review.Trends in Amplification. 2009 Jun;13(2):87-106.


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Curren$y Jet Life Tour at Summit Music Hall, Trademark da Skydiver and more, 5/21/11
Curren$y at the Summit Music Hall this past Saturday night
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Trademark da Skydiver • Young Roddy • Smoke DZA
Fiend • Corner Boy P • Monstabeatz
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To paraphrase Katt Williams: "If you don't mess with Jet Life because you don't like rap, that's cool. Go on and get your paper, Boo Boo. But if you like rap and you are not messin' with the Jets, I don't know what in the hell you are doing with your life. I really don't." Curren$y's Jet LIfe Tour, which touched down at the Summit Music hall Saturday night is easy to compare to Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life Tour. But let's go old school, because with a Motown revue styled concert -- that's exactly what the Jet Life crew did. If Barry Gordy's label was "The Sound of Young America," the Jet Life Tour is "The Sound of Blowed America" (or high, roasted, baked -- choose the adjective you prefer).
Most of the kids in the crowd know Motown only as a faded touchstone of a bygone era. It's ironic, though, that in this information age, many of the artists that appeared on stage on Saturday night do not have well known faces. Many in the crowd glimpsed them for the first time, like their grandparents got their first look at Smokey and the Miracles. The Jet Life Tour was as tightly rehearsed as a Motown revue, complete with DJ Bombshell Boogie keeping things moving as designated spinner for every act.
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Monstabeatz set the night off with a surprisingly lively stage show. As smoke filled the room, rapper Dee Low only became more animated, performing songs available on their free mixtape like they were radio staples. Unsurprisingly, a faithful crowd greeted each cut more enthusiastically than the last. Before this opening act could steal the show, Bombshell ushered on Nesby Phips, the genius beatmaker and an able showman.
Nesby's twenty minute set was more like a victory lap highlighting his own beats. He made sure to soundcheck "Supply," his excellent contribution to Wiz Khalifa's Kush & Orange Juice. What's astonishing about this whole Jet Life crew is the depth of talent. Usually a co-sign from a rapper means nothing (see Jay-Z's "dynasty"), because most affiliates don't produce on a level of the leader. Nesby and Monstabeatz are arguably deep into the Jet Life bench, but both are capable of compelling performances and sublime production.
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Nesby's "Supply" track inspired the biggest reaction from the crowd, and it's safe to say that even amongst the haze of weed in the air the place was going fucking mental. Shouts out to the security who tried valiantly to deter weed smoking, but what can you do in a dark room where the acts themselves are giving away rolling papers? Besides, if you eject all the smokers, all that will be left in here is me and the photographers.
Corner Boy P took the stage full of that NO swag. The excellent sound in the room couldn't help his voice, as we had to struggle to hear him over the pre-recorded tracks. His hype man fared much better. That hype man would be the legendary Fiend, formerly of No Limit records (just like Curren$y Spitta). Fiend served as a great hype man with his spooky electric deep voice and commanding stage presence. Full disclosure: I have been a fiend of Fiend since his excellent 1998 album There's One In Every Family. Needless to say, it wasn't long before Fiend was jumping into his own featured material. His breath control was incredible considering his stocky frame, altered state of mind and our Mile High altitude.
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The dynamic duo of P and Fiend had to make way for the other big name on the bill, and Smoke DZA did not disappoint. Performing material from his THC mixtape, DZA was like an alto version of the Notorious B.I.G. in his mannerisms, humor and presence. It was eerie and exciting at the same time. Smoke DZA is a future star of hip-hop. I could see his goofy smokers tales crossing over to the mainstream like Wiz Khalifa has done in the last year. Rrrright?
Smoke gave way to Trademark da Skydiver and Young Roddy, two cats who arguably steal the show with their appearances on "Hold On" on Pilot Talk 2. But amongst the veterans and young lions that had come before them, Trademark and Roddy seemed laconic and disconnected, especially when the headliner himself popped up at the end of their set, apropos of nothing.
TradeMark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy
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There was no doubt that this was the moment we'd all been waiting for, but just in case, Spitta gave us a minute to post to twitter (like our reality needed to be further augmented inside those clouds of smoke). It was easy to feel left out if you hadn't memorized every single word this man has committed to record. As the crowd impressively rapped along to all the hits and even knew his verse on Rick Ross' "Super High (Sativa Remix)," Curren$y was pleased. Speaking of album cuts, Spitta kept it official sticking pretty strictly to material from Pilot Talk 1 & 2, with both albums getting equal billing thanks to memorable perfromances of "A Gee," "King Kong," "Address," "Audio Dope I" and "Hold On."
Curren$y doing his thing
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Affable, edgy, cool and crazy hype to be in Denver, Curren$y should be one of the biggest names in hip hop. Hopefully his buzz and this tour will translate into greater recognition. The show was supposed to end on the hypnotic strains of "MIchael Knight," but instead we got treated to a cut off of his collaboration mixtape with The Alchemist "Covert Coup." I was coughing through most of the encore, so I cannot identify the cut, but I can say that Curren$y's fans most definitely smoke that good good.
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Jonathan Zebina has been included in France's squad for next month's qualifiers.
Jonathan Zebina's pleas for international recognition have been answered after he was included in France's squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers.The Juventus defender recently criticised France coach Raymond Domenech for overlooking him since he replaced Jacques Santini at the helm.
Domenech has clearly not taken umbrage at Zebina's comments and named the stopper in the squad for the games against Republic of Ireland and Cyprus.
Zebina has yet to make his debut for Les Bleus and will be hoping to be given the nod to start in the crunch qualifiers.
There are six Premiership-based players in the squad - Arsenal trio Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires and Thierry Henry, Manchester United's Mikael Silvestre, Chelsea's William Gallas and Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse.
Rangers centre half Jean-Alain Boumsong has also been picked while Olivier Dacourt, Rio Mavuba and Sidney Govou have been recalled.
Benoit Pedretti and Jerome Rothen are injured while Peguy Luyindula has lost his place in the French set-up.
Les Bleus entertain Ireland at Stade de France on October 9 before an away game against minnows Cyprus four days later.
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XPF – New iShares North American Preferred Stock Index ETF
The downside is the cost. The management fee is 0.45%, which is fairly high for an index ETF. The HST adds a little more: 0.03%. Then there is the currency hedging. Half the fund is invested in U.S. preferred shares and the currency exposure is hedged back to Canadian dollars. Such hedging usually seems to cause tracking errors in fund returns.
Another thing to consider is that while XPF has 120 underlying holdings, they are from a relatively small number of companies. For example, I counted 18 holdings of various Royal Bank preferred shares. Presumably, if there is risk of default on one Royal Bank preferred share, then they are all at risk.
For an investor who is only interested in the Canadian part of the ETF, a potential alternative investing strategy is to choose a few preferred shares from different companies and buy them directly. The limited universe of preferred shares means that XPF has limited diversification value over holding the preferred shares directly.
On the other hand, it certainly is more convenient to just buy XPF. Investors should likely be driven by costs here. An investor who works out the costs of XPF and the do-it-yourself approach for the anticipated size of investment can decide whether the annual additional costs of XPF are worth the convenience.
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I'm surprised that the U.S. only has 79 issuers of preferred shares. Am I the only one who thinks that number is low, at least compared to the size of the U.S. economy? Maybe it just takes prefs from mega cap companies.
I agree with CPD. I prefer to hold preferreds individually, since I have a long term time horizon and can therefore avoid that half a percent MER.@Thicken: Low trading volume can be a sign of a low number of outstanding units. If the market is avoiding a particular ETF, that may be a good sign that there are better alternatives. However, I prefer to do the analysis myself.
@Financial Uproar: There aren't that many issuers in Canada either. This is why I think that an ETF of preferreds offers limited diversification.Article is awesome. I like to say that preferred stock has fewer rights than common stock, except in one important area – dividends. Companies that issue preferred stocks usually pay consistent dividends and preferred stock has first call on dividends over common stock.
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She has been known as the 'kept woman', the 'fancy woman' and the 'other woman'.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Assignment 12(15.DEC,2008) - Autobiography
I was born on March 18, 1972 in Korea, and now I live with my husband and a daughter in Pa-ju city. When I was young, I live with my mother and a brother because my father who worked in a construction company was in the service abroad there. I had a busy and confused season at middle school and high school. When I was in university, I find my object for my life, and my husband. I think that did much happy school life. After graduation, I entered Asiana Airlines Ltd. and I have work by cabin crew member. Until now and in the future, I will do my best to make my life well-filed with my lovely people.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Assignment 5(17, NOV) - Think of Eun-Jeong Kim
My Classmate, Eun-Jeong Kim is very diligent woman. She wakes up early in the morning. She is a business woman. She works in ASIANA Town, Ose-Dong. She usually gets there
driving hers car. Also, she works from 8:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. She usually eats dinner with her family. After that she go to bed at 10:00.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Assignment 4 (13, NOV) – My Hobby!
When I have free time, I like to cook. I love to cook Italian food. I can cook seafood spaghetti with tomato sauce, Caesar salad and seafood gratin. Most of all, my daughter likes to eat food which I cook. As you can see, my husband and daughter like to eat my cooking food, so I really happy to cook for them.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Assignment 3(12.NOV,08) - My Family!
I have a happy family. There are 7 in my family. My parent live in Mok-Dong,Seoul. My father's name is In-Sik,Choi. He is an engineer. My mother's name is Pung-Hyang,Hawng. She is housewife. I have one brother. He is 33 years old. I have a daughter. Her name is So-Hyun,Park. She is 7 years old. She learns piano lately. She will enter the elementary school on the next year. Our family members love each other.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Assignment 3 (12,NOV.08) - My Best Friend!
My friend's name is Mi-Sook,Han. She is 35 years old. She is a flight attendant. She sings very well, so I sing a song with her. She is married. She has two cute daughters. She is warm and responsible, so I talk about my problem. I like to talk about hers, too. She is my good supporter. I am really happy to have a good friend like her.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Assignment 2(07.NOV,08) - My Classmate!
My classmate's name is Sang-dae,Kim. He is married. He is from Kwang-ju. He speaks korean. He is a dispatcher.He likes to listen to classical music. He also likes to go to hiking. He lives in Mok-Dong. He has to two sons. His favoite food is a traditional korean food. His major is flight dispatch.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Assignment 1 (03.NOV,08) - Intorduduce myself!
Hello, Everyone!
First of all, I'm happy to join in this class
Let me introduce to myself.
My name is eun-hee,choi, and I'm 35years old.
I've lived in paju city 35years ago.
My job is in-flight svc designer; in-flight services are in-flight food, beverage, and cabin crew service activity.
I compose of them, and then monitored adjustment. I like my job which is a very delicate and exiting, so I can feel the worth for my job.
My hobbies are listening to classic music, watching a TV drama.
Specially, I like a artist 'Beethoven' and I think his best symphony is 'Emperor'
I like to listen to that music. On this season, I like to watch the drama 'Beethoven Virus' ,a theme of classic music.
Again, I'm happy to join together in this class. I want that we'll do our best
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If your organization is facing the prospect of a merger investigation and your lawyers haven't raised the prospect of technology-assisted document review ("TAR"), then maybe you should be talking with someone else.
What is TAR?
TAR, a relatively new entrant into the world of litigation and investigations, is an iterative process in which human subject matter experts ("SMEs") interact with software and code small sets of documents. The computer takes into account the decisions of the subject matter experts and generates new sets of documents from which it thinks it will learn from the human decision makers. This process typically ends after a few thousand documents have been reviewed and the predictive coding tool concludes it can learn nothing more from the human reviewers. The predictive coding tool then extrapolates those judgments to the entire set of collected documents, and codes the documents as likely relevant or likely irrelevant.
This is not a "black box" or "set-it-and-forget-it" solution. Instead, the producing and requesting parties must first agree on protocols covering how the system will be trained, when training will end, and how the results will be audited. The parties will likely also discuss how transparent the training process will be to the requesting party. Will the requesting party participate in training? Will the responding party share its relevance decisions during the training process? How will privileged documents be handled? This may sound a bit more complicated than the traditional linear review, but TAR can provide efficiencies and consistency in return for that complication.
What are the benefits of TAR for merging parties facing the prospect of an investigation?
In a recent publication, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division's Senior Litigation Counsel for Electronic Discovery, Tracy Greer, noted that the "use of TAR offers the promise of reducing the costs incurred by merging responding to Second Requests and the size the document productions received by the Division, without undermining the ability of the Division to conduct an appropriately thorough investigation."
Greer offered several additional observations based on the Division's negotiations of "TAR protocols in approximately a dozen instances." Based on that experience, Greer found that "TAR produced smaller, more responsive document productions," which "contained much more relevant information and less that obviously is not responsive." Greer also felt that the Division staff benefited substantially and, based on reports from the producing parties, that the parties experienced "substantial time and cost savings" as well.
Greer went on to state that TAR provided additional opportunities to narrow party productions, including instances where the Division "encouraged parties using a TAR protocol to identify categories of documents that, while technically responsive to the Second Request, [were] not essential to resolving the competitive concerns at issue in the investigation." Overall, Greer saw the use of TAR as "an opportunity to reduce further the size of the production," which, in turn, saves the producing party money, and the producing party and the Division time.
But Greer also included an important caveat when it came to the validation of a TAR process. That is, the Division also consistently asked producing parties to "provide a statistically significant sample of nonresponsive documents to ensure that facially responsive documents were not excluded from the collection." Why? To support the use of TAR, the Division was checking both the produced documents as well as samples of the data left behind, but the Division did except "documents coded as privileged" from that nonresponsive review.
So, why haven't your lawyers raised the prospect of TAR with you? That is an excellent question.
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The University of Redlands men's tennis team landed on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team for boasting a cumulative team grade point average of 3.221. This award is given to any ITA member institution with a GPA of 3.2 or higher.
"This is a great honor for Bulldog men's tennis," commented Head Coach Geoff Roche. "Earning this award has become part of our tradition, dating back as far as I can remember. I'm proud to work with such exemplary student-athletes at the University of Redlands."
In addition, freshman Lander Jewett (Helena, MT), junior Daniel Adachi (Honolulu, HI), junior Mike Reading (Mill Creek, WA), and senior Aron Ouye (San Diego, CA) all earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status, which is given to varsity letter-winners with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above who have completed at least two semesters of college coursework.
Adachi owns a 3.507 GPA as a Liberal Studies major and played a supporting role in Redlands' 19-9 season.
Equipped with a 3.886 GPA, Jewett enjoyed his rookie campaign as a reserve competitor. He is pursuing a degree in Biology.
Reading looks forward to his senior year as a Religious Studies major with a 3.634 GPA. Last season, he joined forces with sophomore Cameron Spearman (Laguna Niguel, CA) as the Bulldogs' top doubles duo, earning a 19-12 record. In singles, Reading went 13-18, primarily at the No. 2 spot.
Ouye wrapped up a solid four-year career at Redlands by graduating with a 3.519 GPA as an Accounting major. He compiled a 52-47 singles record, primarily at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. He also garnered a record of 21-13 in doubles during his career.
The Redlands men's tennis team earned a solid 19-9 record during the 2009 season while competing against numerous nationally ranked teams. The Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Championships for the 18th consecutive year and finished out their campaign as the No. 10 team in the country.


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The Independent and Independent on Sunday are re-locating from their premises in Docklands to Northcliffe House, Kensington, headquarters of Associated Newspapers, according to a statement released today
Under an agreement signed today, Independent Newspaper titles will have their own dedicated office space and will share some back office services with Associated, publishers of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, Metro and London Lite.
The two groups' editorial, management and commercial operations will remain entirely separate. The Independent and Independent on Sunday will remain under the full ownership of INM.
The move, which will take place at the end of January 2009, follows last week's announcement of a major editorial restructuring of The Independent which will deliver annual cost efficiencies of approximately £10 million. The new shared service agreement with Associated will deliver additional savings.
Ivan Fallon, chief executive of Independent News and Media (UK) said:
"This move will transform the prospects of the Independent titles. We will have immediate cost savings when we move offices and take maximum advantage of the resources and services offered to us by our partners at Associated to create better and more commercially viable newspapers while staying true to the editorial values we cherish."
Ian Hanson, operations director of Associated Newspapers, said:
"We look forward to welcoming Independent News and Media (UK) to our offices in Kensington. The cost savings from a sharing of infrastructures will be beneficial to both organisations."