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Discussion in 'Off-topic Zone' started by Sam I Am, Oct 19, 2011.
He's the main character on Breaking Bad...
How many people realize what they are looking at here? How many people realize the significance of what they are looking at?
Yes, that flame shooting up is MUCH larger than the entire planet Earth.
Yes the picture is real, and yes it's 110% pure awesome.
Without the Sun (see picture above) you would not exist.
I would still exist, but I don't know about the rest of you.
Returning the favor? One *** pounding gets another? :laugh2:
It looks like the boat if floating above the water.
Sounds like someone believes in the Boltzmann Brain Hypothesis.
Unless you're just a figmant of MY imagination.
Giant dogs and their humans...
took me about 20 seconds or so to figure this one out
is this acceptable? like seriously would this count as payment? if so that is awesome
Wouldn't you prefer to have killers on your team for a Zombie Apocalypse?
San Francisco Bay Bridge gets struck by lightning.
Not your normal domino tumble.
How did the other guy not lose it?

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If you want a home cinema sound system to pair with your flatpanel TV but can't accommodate five speakers and all the other bits and pieces, then a soundbar could provide the perfect solution. These increasingly popular products pack all the necessary audio decoders, amplifiers and speaker drivers into a single unit, which is designed to be wall-mounted below your TV or to sit on your AV cabinet.
Denon DHT-FS5 X-Space soundbar not for you? Check out our round up of the best soundbars to buy
Although they're no match for a full 5.1 system (and to be honest, they don't pretend to be) the aesthetic benefits and convenience usually make it worth the sacrifice - but the sound dispersal technology found inside most models does at least attempt to deliver something more expansive than bog-standard stereo, even if the results aren't always convincing.
The DHT-FS5 is designed to accompany TVs between 24in and 37in, but if your TV's between 32in and 50in you'd be better off with the bigger DHT-FS3. The FS5 is robustly built and its 750mm width/118mm height make it reasonably compact, but its 138mm depth means makes it stick out quite far when wall-mounted. The unit's plain looks are nothing to write home about, but that's probably a good thing - after all, you don't want anything to divert attention from your flash flatpanel TV, do you?
The front panel is covered in black speaker cloth, behind which sits a small two-digit LED display that glows through the material to indicate which modes are selected. At the bottom is another panel that indicates which audio codec is being received and a power light. The top and sides are also finished in black, but the unit is available in silver if black doesn't float your boat.
On the back is a small selection of sockets, including analogue stereo input and three digital audio inputs - two optical and one coaxial - which pleasingly enables you to feed signals from a Sky box or Freeview receiver as well as your DVD player. The selection is completed by a subwoofer pre-out should you want to expand the system further, although the unit's integrated virtual subwoofer with three bass reflex tubes means you might not need to. You can also connect the optional ASD-3W wireless control dock to the FS5 and enjoy Wi-Fi streaming, iPod playback and Internet radio access.
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Summary - Recommended but probably needs a separate subwoofer to do it justice.
I bought the x-space based on this review (couldnt find any other reviews) to use in my second lounge where space is limited but the family hangs out for thermal reasons in winter ( in the basementt I have an AV set up - KEF 5005.2 / onkyo 606 and audio set up - Arcam CD73/Lentek amp (inherited family heirloom from my cousin who made them) /Quad 22l floorstanders + Quad l-ite subwoofer. So I bought this as the third system in the house and for general family use (games, movies etc). I chose this over the Boston tvee since it had optical inputs. The X-space sounded good when I played "300" for the first time, with the level up fairly high it was good enough for "family" use but obviously lacked the thumping bass of a separate subwoofer unit. So as a test I paired this with the KEF HTB sub from the KEF 5005.2 and I must admit I couldnt go back to listening without the sub. But the x-space covers the mid and hi freq spectrum very well, and I will pair this with a KEF Kube 1 which will be powerful enough , as the HTB can scare the children when the level is above 20%. It might have been cheaper to go the 5.1 route direct , but I can recommend this unit for smaller rooms where you cannot or dont want to run cables and wall mounts and dont have the space and inclination for free standing speakers.
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Panasonic currently has a strong position at the high end of the HD camcorder market, with recent models such as the HDC-TM700 offering an almost perfect blend of enthusiast features and image quality. But more budget-oriented models like the HDC-TM10 sacrificed a little too much to be similarly dominant in their respective price range. In particular, the choice of a 1/6in sensor meant low-light performance wasn't quite on par with the likes of Sony's Exmor-equipped HDR-CX105E or JVC's Everio GZ-HD300.
So, for its 2010 entry-level HD range, Panasonic has upgraded the CMOS sensor to a 1/4.1in unit. This week we look at the HDC-SD60, which was released alongside the TM60 and HS60. All three models offer nearly identical features, the main difference between them being the recording medium used. The HS60 captures video to a 120GB hard disk, so is a little larger than the other two, which are identical in dimensions. Of these, the TM60 incorporates 16GB of flash memory, whilst the SD60 only offers a single SD card slot, so you have to supply your own storage. Other than these differences, the video features are the same.
The larger sensor used in all three new models also has more than twice the resolution of Panasonic's previous generation, with 3.3-megapixels instead of 1.47-megapixels. So there is now ample resolution for Full HD, and a healthy dollop of interpolation has been added to provide digital stills up to 5-megapixels. Video recording options remain the same as before, however. The 1080/50p mode introduced with the TM700 and SD600 is not present, and Panasonic still hasn't added the top 24Mbits/sec data rate available for AVCHD, which both Canon and JVC already offer. So the highest-quality Full HD mode uses 17Mbits/sec, which means around an hour's footage will fit on an 8GB SDHC card.
Despite the larger sensor, which would usually be accompanied by a reduction in zoom for basic optical reasons, the SD60 actually provides an increase in this area. The optical telephoto has been boosted to a very respectable 25x, and Panasonic takes advantage of the excess pixels on the CMOS sensor to provide an additional iZoom function, which isn't accompanied by the usual loss in image quality associated with a regular digital zoom. This takes the factor to a whopping 35x, which we found very useful indeed for capturing footage of the aerial displays of the Red Arrows flying team, for example.
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Re: st: PCA and rotation
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Title: Re: st: PCA and rotation The following intereesting article recommends
Reeve, C. L., & Blacksmith, N. (2009). Identifying g: A review of current factor analytic practices in the science of mental abilities. Intelligence, 37(5), 487-494. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W4M-4WN8H8G-1/2/b92c4e9a744cb75285467c53e906aed6.
Makes sens to me.
Other views?
On 21/12/2009 21:33, "Michael I. Lichter" <email@example.com> wrote:
I recently found that when I extracted components using -pca-, rotated
them using an orthogonal rotation (e.g., -rotate, varimax-), and scored
them using -predict-, the correlations between what I presumed were
uncorrelated factors were actually as high as 0.6. I know that component
scores may be correlated, but this seemed a bit much. Somebody else
noted the same thing a few months ago
(http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2009-08/msg00793.html). On the
other hand, I found that factor scores (produced with -factor, pcf-) for
the same data remained virtually uncorrelated after orthogonal rotation.
I therefore assumed that the behavior of rotated PCs was a bug. I
contacted Stata. Isabel Canette told me that I was mistaken. She
referred me to "Methods of Multivariate Analysis" by A. Rencher, Second
Edition,Wiley, 2002, page 403, where Rencher says:
"...If the resulting components do not have satisfactory interpretation,
they can be further rotated, seeking dimensions in which many of the
coefficients of the linear combination and near zero to simplify
However, the new rotated components are correlated, and they do not
successively account for maximum variance. They are, therefore, no
longer principal components in the usual sense, and their routine use
is questionable".
In other words, it's not a bug, it's ... something else. Isabel said
that for this reason Stata discourages the use of rotation after -pca-.
What's odd is that I've seen a number of articles that use varimax
rotations (with Kaiser normalization) of principal components in scale
development. The authors only use the PCA to guide scale development;
they perform further analysis with Cronbach's alpha and create summative
scales rather than using factor scores. Still, their interpretation of
the components are based on rotated component loadings that, at least
from Rencher's perspective, are "questionable".
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Dr Giovanna Tinetti from the Astrophysics Group has been awarded the Institute of Physics (IOP) Moseley Medal "For her work, pioneering the use of infrared, primary transit spectroscopy to characterise the molecular composition of extra solar planets."
The discovery of over 550 extrasolar planets in the last decade or so represents a paradigm shift in astrophysics. Giovanna Tinetti has spearheaded the work of characterizing the exoplanets, which represents the next major advance in this new field. She has played a crucial role in planning and interpreting the observations that have, for the first time, given us real insights into the molecular composition of exoplanets. This work has concerned some of the most unusual exoplanets so far discovered – the class known as Hot Jupiters.
In particular, she played a key role in establishing the idea of studying the infrared radiation blocked by a planet passing in front of its star (as viewed from earth) as means to perform molecular spectroscopy. This infrared, primary transit spectroscopy has proved much more powerful than the commonly adopted secondary technique.
In three key papers which make use of data from the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, Tinetti and others showed that water, methane and carbon dioxide indeed exist on these planets and their presence can be measured quantitatively in their atmospheres.
All this work, and more recent studies using ground based telescopes, relies on Tinetti's expertise in planetary and spectral simulations as well has her ability to interpret data taken with telescopes not really designed for this purpose. This work is now driving the whole subject forward, with new space missions being planned explicitly to build on the use of infrared, primary transit spectroscopy. In particular she is playing a leading role in pushing the novel EChO space telescope to do systematic transit observations.
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Day 13 - 18 June 2011:
So it was time to up and leave San Francisco. After our big night, we were feeling a little under the weather but ready to leave the big smoke behind and head into the wilderness.
We checked out of the hotel and picked up another hire car. Our destination was Cedar Lodge in El Portal, a little town outside of Yosemite National Park.
Here's a funny story (kind of)
The scenery on the trip from San Fran to Yosemite was really cool. The trip was about 3 and a half hours but we weren't bored at any stage. This was especially true for the scenery as we neared Yosemite.
Due to record snow melt, thanks to a sudden rise in temperatures, the Merced river was really running fast. The river and the surrounding, enormous mountains made for some really breathtaking sights.
We arrived at Cedar Lodge and checked in. The rooms were actually really nice, and the whole motel had a nice feel, not what you'd expect from the Wikipedia entry...
We decided that to make the most of the National Park we would have a quiet night and get up early the next day
Day 14 - 19 June 2011:
We got up early and went to the same restaurant for breakky. It was nice because they finally offered eggs and bacon rather than waffles. We were served by a lady that was 114 years old.
After breakky we hit the road up to Yosemite Park. We were surprised with how well run the park was with information centers and places to eat scattered around. We followed the advice of a nice lady (park worker) and saw the following sights:
- Yosemite Falls - Huge waterfall that you could get right to the bottom of. The power of the wind and spray coming off it was incredible.
- Bridal Veil Falls.
- Glacier Point - This was really cool. It was a really hot day but there was snow everywhere. Shell even made a little snowman. We had lunch up the top of Glacier Point which had some of the best views of the park.
- Mariposa Grove - Yosemite has around 600 giant Sequoia trees. We saw the biggest one they had to offer in the Grizzly Giant. Sequoia trees are not generally the tallest trees but often take records for sheer volume of their trunks.
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Health Director Rebecca Wittenberg told the Courier Monday that a stray found in the vicinity of Barrett Hill Road and Ernest Lane in the Mahopac Falls section of the Town of Carmel tested positive for the rabies virus last weekend.
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Genre: Historical Fiction
He ' floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee' and the world says he was the 'greatest'. Of course I am talking about Muhammad Ali, the world's most famous boxer. The movie to celebrate
his life was an exceptional piece of cinematography. With an outstanding cast and hypnotic story, 'Ali' brings to life the controversial and popular boxer that we all love. This movie can be
enjoyed by anyone, whether they like boxing or not.
The Champ Is Here! With wit and athletic genius, with defiant rage and inner grace, Muhammad Ali forever changed the American landscape. Fighting all comers, Ali took on the law, conventions, the status quo and the war - as well as the fists in front of him. Ali both ignited and mirrored the conflicts of his time and ours to become one of the most admired fighters in the world.
What an unbelievable role, by Hollywood superstar, Will Smith. He was fantastic in the role of Muhammad Ali. The work that he must have had to put into become 'Ali', would have been so grueling. I remember reading that Smith had to go through heavy amounts of boxing and weight training, to feel like a boxer, and then also look at Ali as a youngster from footage, and then become him. That he did, in only the way that Will Smith can. He was so good that the academy saw the role to be worthy of an academy award nomination. It was a shame that he did not win it.
The other roles in this film were also of a high quality. I found Jon Voight's role as the outlandish sports commentator, Howard Cosell, to be brilliant. At no stage can you pick that it is him. I am sure that what we see of Cosell, from Voight, is the true man of the time. It was also interesting to see Will Smith's real wife, Jada Pinkett, in the same movie. She was good as one of Muhammad's love interests.
The story to this film was interesting, as it had many fascinating facets to it. I found the way that we see Muhammad's interaction with the many women in his life to be written and portrayed well. I also enjoyed the way that Ali stood up for himself outside of the ring, with a poignant time in the film being when Cassius Clay rejects serving in the US army to fight in the Vietnam war. In addition to the fighting scenes that were interweaved brilliantly, to help balance this film's story. A lot of the praise must be given to the main man behind this film, director Michael Mann. He did an amazing job bringing 'Ali' to life. He was also a producer and a writer, so he had a big role in making 'Ali' the film it was.
Also having real boxers appear in this film, made the movie all the more enjoyable, as you believe the fighting is real. In fact the boxing scenes in this film, are of the finest quality. Will Smith put a lot of himself on the line, by really fighting as a boxer. He was up against fighters such as Malick Bowens, Michael Bentt, James Torney, Alfred Cole and Charles Shufford. I am certain that these men could pack a good punch, so Will was very willing to put his health on the line to make this film 'believable'.
I must make mention of what a personality Muhammad must have been. He was very opinionated, but also stood up for what he thought was true. I remember one comment about Ali being that he was 'a loud mouth', and that was so true. I mean the way that he must have fired up his opponents before a fight, by his blind arrogance is truly amazing. Again praise must be given to the way that Will Smith captured Ali's personality, to be really coming 'the greatest'. It is a shame that Muhammad's life has been affected by the horrible 'Parkinson's disease'. Yet I am sure that he is giving a great battle against this.
Ali is another film based on a true story, with a role that one performer makes his own. Smith is now in the class of actors such as Jim Carrey who became the crazy Andy Kaufman, Denzel Washington who became Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, the fine role taken on by Academy Award winner Hilary Swank, who became the controversial figure of Teena Brandon in 'Boys Don't Cry' and Julia Roberts, who was Erin Brockovich, in one of the best performances of her career. This role was great from Smith, as it can and will show many people of my generation how great a legend Ali really was and is. This movie gives us all an important lesson. That we can be anything we want, against adversary and for the only person who counts - that being you!
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They're sensitive to gender identity as well as immigration status.
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The controversial poet and playwright's work in Newark still offers inspiration to those who would speak truth to local power.
He also prefers phone calls to Twitter.
Will he actually accomplish anything?
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From initial research, it appears that the radio shutdown issue is likely (hopefully) attributed to a blown or improperly placed fuse (if it was blown or improperly placed, wouldn't the radio not turn on??). They both look fine to me, but I think I should take a closer look and perhaps swap one out with another (associated with rarely used functionality) one and see if that resolves the issue? It seems that the headunit doesn't realize that the car is on and acts as if the car is off (and thus, auto-shuts down after xx minutes.) This makes sense- I hope this is the cause.
Ahha! I think you have just debugged your problem!!! Well, narrowed it down to the 5A fuse or the connection to pin#5 (12V Acc) to the HU.
The HU will operate with the key in the off position or no key in the ignition at all
BUT you will NOT get text from the PA12 when you do this.
I apologize - I should have though of this earlier.
I don't know why exactly, but the HU must ignore anything on the ibus when this happens, but it can still send commands to the PA12. btw the Dice behaves the same way, so its a car thing & not a feature of the PA12.
So, the 5A fuse could look fine but still be broken OR the fuse element may be making intermittent connections. Regardless, change it.
If that doesnt fix things then its time to pull the HU and make sure power is getting to pin#5. If it is, check for a bent pin.
There is also a fuse on the back of the HU. I do not know what this is for or what it would do if pulled.
I believe you simply have a bad 5A fuse.
Yes, you will get a little bit of a spark when you plug the 30A fuse in. This is the constant 12V to the HU and the spark is due to the inrush current of power supply.
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El Paso County cancels federally unfunded vanpool program
El Paso County Commissioners unanimously voted Monday to cancel the "Vamonos Vanpool" program, but taxpayers may still have to pay more than half a million dollars for it.
The county was paying for the program through grants from the Texas Department of Transportation, but county employees failed to turn in required reports to the state. Now the county could still be on the hook for more than $600,000 in unpaid bills and un-reimbursed expenses already paid to the vanpool service contractor.
"I cannot overstate how terrible this is," said County Judge Veronica Escobar.
The judge expressed her frustration to County Family and Community Services Manager Rosemary Neill, who oversaw the program.
"My first instinct was to see if we could fix what I thought was a billing issue, and to see if TxDOT was going to release that final year of funding that we needed, so that we could see if we could migrate to a different funding source," Neill said.
"Let's make it very clear," responded County Commissioner Patrick Abeln. "This isn't TxDOT releasing funding. This is TxDOT refusing funding, because we have not met Federal Highway Administration standards.
Ablen said the Federal Highway Administration requires that the county provide information about each van's mileage and regular passenger counts. But the county said it failed to produce those numbers, which TxDOT uses to confirm that the program indeed reduced pollution and traffic congestion.
"My duty and obligation to the county is to look at these invoices that we have submitted, cure the underlying information, so that we make the county whole," Neill said.
"Isn't our duty and obligation to understand the grant requirements and to adhere to those grant requirements?" Abeln asked. "And didn't that duty and obligation start at the inception of the grant?"
Abeln also pointed out Monday that as far back as 2012, TxDOT informed the county that the program was not compliant. Abeln also showed Neill pictures of the vans holding just two people, when they're required to hold seven.
"It grieves me that you have such a poor opinion of our management of this program," Neill said.
"It speaks for itself," Abeln responded.
TxDOT and the vanpool service didn't respond to requests for comment Monday.
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Canadian National Park Entry Fees To Be Waived In 2017
Canada is set to mark its 150th anniversary in 2017, but some of our country's most beautiful spaces have decided to start their celebrations early.
Parks Canada rang in the new year by offering prospective annual passholders a deal: buy a 2016 Discovery Pass and it won't expire for 24 months.
Meaning, outdoor lovers won't have to deal with any sort of renewal process until 2018. Rejoice!
One annual adult pass costs $67.70. Family and group passes are priced at $136.40. Seniors pay $57.90 and youths, $33.30.
Passholders have unlimited access to nearly 100 national parks, historic sites, and marine conservation areas across the country that normally charge entry fees.
Check out some of Canada's beautiful national parks worth visiting:
Where: British Columbia The earliest threads of Haida culture can be traced back 12 millennia to this spectacular rainforest. Its moss-draped cedars, soaring Sitkas and ancient totem poles are jointly protected by Parks Canada and Haida Nation. Look up and you may see eagles soaring above its skies.
Where: Alberta Canada's very first national park spans 6,641 sq. kilometres and boasts mountains, valleys, forests, rivers, meadows and glaciers, making it one of the country's top tourism magnets.
Where: Northwest Territories In Inuvialuktun, Aulavik means "place where people travel." Here, a spiraling 12,000 sq. kilometres of protected Arctic lowlands is home to the highest density of muskoxen in the world.
Where: Nova Scotia Here visitors will find the famed Cabot Trail hugging rugged and rust-coloured cliffs. Whales are a common sight off in the Atlantic, the same water where local merchants pull fresh lobster, crab, and oysters out for lunchtime fare.
Where: Quebec Right at the tip of the province's Gaspé Peninsula, Forillon Park overlooks the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Gaspé where thousands of birds and colonies of seal can be found on its steep cliffs.
Where: New Brunswick On its coast, the park is home to the world's highest tides — allowing visitors to walk the sea floor when they recede. Inland, waterfalls and yurts await discovery for those who venture inland.
Where: Newfoundland and Labrador Declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site, this western part of Canada's easternmost province promises dramatic fjords that highlight a "rare example of the process of continental drift." Pristine lakes and treks up to its alpine highlands offer incredible panoramic views of its ancient landscape.
Where: Alberta Called the "gentle giant of the Rockies," 97 per cent of the 11,000 sq. kilometre park is protected wilderness. Well-kept trails invite visitors keen for outdoor adventure.
Where: Northwest Territories Made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, this is one of North America's most spectacular rivers is marked with spectacular waterfalls and a unique limestone cave system.
Where: Ontario Carrying the title of Ontario's only wilderness national park, this rugged landscape offers visitors 1,878 sq. kilometres of rugged stretches of the Canadian Shield, boreal forest, and Lake Superior vistas.
Where: British Columbia West Coast beach lovers, unite. This coastal shoreline on the western edge of Vancouver Island brings together both sandy and rocky beaches and a mountainous horizon for those who yearn to be closer to the Pacific.
Where: Prince Edward Island Who wouldn't like biking alongside red cliffs and wind-sculpted dunes on a seashore path? In summer, the Island's gentle rolling hills, grown with tall blades of grass, catch the wind and breathe life into its pastoral landscape — bringing satisfaction to those seeking calm.
Where: Newfoundland and Labrador Here lies Canada's most easterly national park. It boasts both dense forest and a gorgeous coastline carved with 12 extensive hiking trails to thrill nature lovers.
Where: Alberta Located in the province's northeastern region, crossing into the Northwest Territories, is the country's largest national park. Spanning 44,807 sq. kilometres, the UNESCO Heritage Site is larger than all of Switzerland. The area protects the country's remaining bison herds and highlights the beauty of Canada's Northern Boreal Plains.
Where: British Columbia Nestled in the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, this area of land is named after a Cree expression for awe and wonder. And it lives up to the name. Visitors can witness its steep slopes and flat valleys carved from Ice Age glaciers. Make sure to draw deep breaths to take in the cool alpine air.
The offer echoes a pledge made in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mandate letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna to, "Make admission for all visitors to National Parks free in 2017, the 150th anniversary of Confederation."
And that's just the tip of other Parks Canada changes expected to roll out soon.
"Beginning in 2018, ensure that admission for children under 18 is free, and provide any adult who has become a Canadian citizen in the previous 12 months one year's free admission," it continues.
According to its 2014 report, nearly $670 million of Parks Canada's operating budget comes from the federal government. Entrance fees contribute approximately $59 million in non-government revenue to the federal agency.


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What would be the stop for SOXL? It is down today compared to the other ETFs.
The stop for SOXL or any stock or ETF depends on your maximum stop loss. Some investors set it at 7-8%, as recommended by O'Neil. Others may set it slightly lower or slightly higher depending on their risk tolerance levels. SOXL is one of the more volatile ETFs. We bought it when the MDM issued a buy signal on September 1, so it is still showing a small gain. Our options going foward are that we continue to hold it, or switch into a stronger performing ETF, or scale out entirely, depending on market conditions. In general, we prefer to keep maximum stop loss anywhere between 5 to 10%, depending on the volatility of the instrument. In practice, we often sell before it reaches this maximum point.
SOXL is down today because Intel (INTC) was downgraded today to neutral. Some semiconductors are moving into new technological realms such as cloud computing while others such as INTC are slower to make that move. Thus the SOX index, while being one of the more volatile ETFs thus poses larger upside than other ETFs, could also lag over a longer timeframe. Switching out of or halving ones position is certainly an option.
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Measles and Rubella elimination campaign kicks off in Armenia
YEREVAN, 1 October 2007 – Over 1 million people aged 6 - 27 will be immunized against measles and rubella between 1-13 October in Armenia during the mass immunization campaign that has been officially kicked off today in Yerevan by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation and other partners.
Approximately 3,000 vaccination centres equipped for the campaign have opened at policlinics, rural primary health facilities, schools and universities across the country with about 3,500 health workers mobilized to ensure each eligible person gets the vaccine.
The measles and rubella vaccine is provided to children at twelve months as part of the standard immunization schedule. However, this campaign targets those who may not have received the vaccination in the mid and late1990's when the basic immunization programme in Armenia was not as strong as it is now.
"Having a strong basic immunization programme in place is one of the most cost effective and powerful tools to guarantee a child's future health" – UNICEF Armenia Representative, Sheldon Yett.
"Having a strong basic immunization programme in place is one of the most cost effective and powerful tools to guarantee a child's future health," said the UNICEF Armenia Representative, Sheldon Yett. "Campaigns such as this, can never replace the importance of a strong, well financed and effective basic immunization programme. However, this campaign will help ensure that no one falls through the immunization net," Yett continued.
UNICEF together with WHO, and other partners such as the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation, Vivacell Telecom, the Millennium, Armenian Children's Vaccination Fund and other partners has been actively supporting Armenia's, measles and rubella campaign through the provision of vaccines and other supplies and through support for social mobilization activities.
In particular, UNICEF delivered about 1.5 million doses of measles and rubella combined vaccine, 1.5 million auto-disable syringes to ensure safe injections, cold chain supplies, vaccine carriers and other key items for the campaign.
UNICEF also provided technical assistance in the development and implementation of social mobilization and awareness raising activities, helping to shape key messages for target groups, design posters and flyers, including those featuring UNICEF Armenia Goodwill Ambassador, singer Alla Levonyan..
In Armenia elimination of measles and rubella remains a public health priority and is part of the national public health strategy. The last measles outbreak was reported in the country in 2004-2005, when over 4 000 people were infected with this disease.
"Thankfully, and due to the concerted efforts of the Ministry of Health, Armenia has been relatively successful in ensuring children receive full and timely vaccinations. However, the evidence from other countries in the world is clear. Without substantial and sustained national budgetary commitments to public health, this high rate of coverage may not be maintained and outbreaks in disease that otherwise would have been prevented, may not be," Yett stressed.
Measles claims a staggering 30 per cent of all vaccine-preventable deaths world-wide, and globally kills more children than any other vaccine-preventable disease.
Rubella is a major cause of birth defects in children and if contracted during pregnancy, the disease can cause miscarriage or the birth of an infant with severe birth defects, including deafness, blindness, mental retardation or heart disease
About UNICEF
UNICEF established its presence in Armenia in 1994. UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
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The word civilization (or civilisation) has a variety of meanings related to human society.
By the most minimal, literal definition, a civilization is a complex society.
Technically, anthropologists distinguish civilizations in which many of the people live in cities and get their food from agriculture, from band societies, in which people live in nomadic or semi-nomadic groups, and tribal societies, in which people may live in small semi-permanent settlements.
The term "civilization" is used in common parlance with both a normative and a descriptive dimension.
In the past, to be "civilised", was linked to the feeling of being "civil," a term for politeness and propriety.
To be "uncivilised" in this usage means to be "rude", "barbaric" or a "savage".
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Police in Tokoroa spent last night searching for the caregivers of a young boy found wandering in the town.
The boy, who is estimated to be about 2 years old, was first seen by a member of the public in the Carrington Cres area of the town about 9.30pm. At 11pm the same member of the public saw the boy again in the same area and contacted police.
Police collected the boy who they said was cold, upset and seemed disoriented.
He was put in the care of Child Youth and Family while police searched through the night to find his caregivers.
A team of officers were continuing those enquiries this morning when the boy's parents were found.
The 2-year-old boy was reunited with his mother this morning and police spoke to the family to establish the circumstances in which he left the family home.
Police this afternoon said the little boy had been staying overnight at a relative's home when he wandered from the property while they slept.


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Discussion in 'Chevy Truck Talk & GM News' started by linxx, Apr 20, 2012.
Does anyone know where to locate and how to disable/disconnect the onstar module in a 2011 Sierra?
pretty sure its the small box located behind the glove box. as in how to disable it i guess pull all the plugs and hope it doesnt break anything else lol. But I would wait for someone else with more info to respond =p
May I ask why you want to disable it? You dont wear a foil hat do you? You should also introduce your self to the forums.
Here's a post for 99-06's: http://www.gmtruckclub.com/forum/sh...r-in-Onstar-equipped-99-06-Silverados-Sierras
Your unit likely won't be identical but it's probably located in or near the same place since GM deliberately buries these units in hard-to-reach and/or inobvious places so that thieves can't easily disconnect them. All of our trucks have a cavity around the passenger-side airbag and it makes for a good location for GM...
I disconnected my OnStar on my G6 not my truck yet, all I didwas follow a video on you tube. It worked for me after I found the correctvideo. Here is a link you can check out. If you don't trust it, then you don'tand don't do it. It did work for me. There are a lot of people that disagreewith doing his way (by using a video online). Up to you. .
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Seven Falls months away from opening
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - September floods devastated a popular attraction, forcing it to close.
Six months later, work is still being done.
Natasha Shnapr hopes it can open soon, because when the falls closed, it took away something her family enjoyed.
Her coffee shop is also affected by the park shutting down.
"(Tourists) stopped coming and for the business it was really bad," Shnapr said.
Ryan Cole works for the Pikes Peak Country Attractions Association. He said the September floods washed away roads, parking lots and the lights on the waterfall.
He feels it's better to do the construction right, rather than quick.
"When they do reopen it's, of course, safe, but people can come and have a great time there and to make sure they're accustomed to the same fun year after year," Cole said.
He hopes Seven Falls can reopen by early or mid-summer.
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We don't know how soon it will happen but it will be a shock to the Western Finger Lakes economy. Employees at the General Motors fuel cell plant in Honeoye Falls were told this morning that the plant is being shutdown.
In a statement company Kim Carpenter said " the company plans to relocate the Honeoye Falls Fuel Cell activities to our Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters in Pontiac, Michigan. This decision has significant business advantages for the company." Some 220 area jobs will be impacted


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MF Global Investors Repaid Up to $600m
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Better risk assessments through molecular biology
By Ila Cote, 13:52 PM April 7, 2011
As director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's NexGen Program, toxicologist Ila Cote leads a collaboration that brings together data, methods, skills and brains from diverse fields to better understand how chemicals interact with living things and the environment. In doing so, scientists hope to answer questions about potential risks from chemical exposure more quickly and cheaply. Cote, who recently hosted a conference about NexGen in Washington, D.C., discussed the effort with S...
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How Much of Observed Economic Mobility is Measurement Error? IV Methods to Reduce Measurement Error Bias, with an Application to Vietnam
Research on economic growth and inequality inevitably raises issues concerning economic mobility because the relationship between long-run inequality and short-run inequality is mediated by income mobility; for a given level of short-run inequality, greater mobility implies lower long-run inequality. But empirical measures of both inequality and mobility tend to be biased upward due to measurement error in income and expenditure data collected from household surveys. This paper examines how to reduce or remove this bias using instrumental variable methods, and provides conditions that instrumental variables must satisfy to provide consistent estimates. This approach is applied to panel data from Vietnam. The results imply that at least 15 percent, and perhaps as much as 42 percent, of measured mobility is upward bias due to measurement error. The results also suggest that measurement error accounts for at least 12 percent of measured inequality. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press.
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The Real Story Behind The Nazis And Volkswagen
We've been talking about Volkswagen a lot lately, for pretty obvious reasons. And pretty often in all this talking, we've encountered a lot of references to VW's past, specifically the idea that the company was "founded by Nazis. :(" How true is this statement, really?


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The latest monthly property value index shows residential property values for September increased by 4.3 per cent in Hastings and 2.8 per cent in Napier during the past year.
Nationwide, residential values have risen 8.4 per cent in the past year.
QV's Residential Price Index for last month shows property values on average are still 2.4 per cent below the peak of April 2008 in Hastings and 4.6 per cent below in Napier.
QV Registered Valuer Bevan Pickett said there was a continuation of steady demand and marginal improvement in house values in both Napier and Hastings from last month.
"Hastings property values are improving slightly more than Napier values, but with Napier values higher overall.
"Activity is still relatively low and there is a general lack of supply of good properties on the market.
"There is a feeling of uncertainty around how the LVR [loan to value ratio] changes will affect the market which has only recently begun to show some signs of positivity.
"The coming months will test the depth of the market," Mr Pickett said.
He said property values were similar to what they were three years ago in the 2010 revaluation, with rating values updated every three years.
The new rating values for the Hastings District Council will be posted to all property owners from Monday October 14.
The report also showed the Auckland market had increased 13.6 per cent year on the year, and values were 21.3 per cent above the previous peak.
QV.co.nz research director Jonno Ingerson said nationwide values continue to rise, driven primarily by Auckland and Canterbury where high demand and short supply were pushing prices up.
"Most of the rest of the main cities and provincial towns are also increasing but at a much more modest rate."
"The LVR caps just applied by the Reserve Bank are intended to help slow down the rapid increase in values by limiting loans to people with a low deposit. This will take some time to fully impact the market as the main banks had a large number of pre-approved loan applications in the pipeline. This is likely to cause a short-term flurry in activity as people rush to secure a property before their pre approval expires."
He said while the LVR caps may have an effect on first home buyers with limited deposits, it was likely to have little effect on other buyers. "What remains to be seen is whether the overall activity and price levels in the market are affected, particularly in areas with more affordable properties."
Housing affordability.


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You don't have to be a caped superhero to stop a speeding bullet. Scientists have created a material that demonstrates how common plastics can bring projectiles traveling faster than a kilometer per second to a screeching halt. Similar materials might be used to make supertough lightweight body armor, or coatings to protect jet engine components or spacecraft from flying debris.
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While millions of good writers are struggling to get their first book published, Lauren Conrad of course already has a three book deal and the first of her books will be for sale beginning June 16th. The book, entitled LA Candy is the fictional account of a young girl who moves to LA and unexpectedly becomes the star of a reality show. I'm guessing Lauren had to really dig deep for that life experience. Are people who watch The Hills really going to be that desperate to read a book by Lauren? Are you telling me that HarperCollins couldn't find any other worthy authors out there? Whatever money they are paying Lauren, I am sure it is about ten times what they would pay any other new author. It might even be more. I would much prefer they gave 10 authors a chance at a first novel. I'm guessing that one of those novels would end up selling more than the Lauren Conrad book will.
Oh, that's right. It isn't just one book, we get two more after this from Lauren. On her blog, Lauren says that the books "are definitely influenced by my own life. Some of the characters may symbolize people in my life, but it is in no way calling anyone out. I want them to transport people to another place."
Where are they going to transport people to? It is going to be The Hills but with words. This kind of thing just makes me sick, especially because I guarantee you she didn't write the book on her own.


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MARK Winterbottom roared back into championship contention with the man they call "Frosty'' breaking Ford's 163-day winless drought with an emphatic victory at Winton Raceway.
Written off as a pretender following a slow start to the season, Winterbottom rocketed up to second place in the championship by blasting past Scott McLaughlin on lap 10 before holding off Holden's James Courtney and Tim Slade to score Ford's win since the Gold Coast 600.
Winterbottom made the most of a horror weekend for Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup with Red Bull Racing Australia slumping to their worst ever race weekend with both drivers barley managing to scrap into the top 10.
With Fabian Coulthard and Lee Holdsworth winning the first two races, five times series winner Whincup fell to fifth in the championship with his hopes of breaking the all-time championship record bruised by the surprise packet Winton weekend.
Winterbottom, who roared past Shane Van Gisbergen and McLuaghlin before his sole challenger Coulthard was taken out by a pit-lane penalty, claimed he was on track to finally win his first title.
"You have to get points when the other guys struggle,'' said Winterbottom.
"They (Red Bull) don't struggle very often. They only have one or two bad rounds a year and you can't afford to have a bad round with them. You just can't catch them if you don't make the most of it. It was great that we could bounce back the way we did.''
Winterbottom rose from qualifying ruin to stun the field in a Ford that was regarded to be the slowest manufacturer on the grid. Ford Performance Racing's unspectacular start to the season looked like it would continue when the reigning Bathurst champion qualified for the first race in second-last place. He set up Sunday's gritty triumph by ploughing through the race one field to finish ahead of his Red Bull rivals.
"We dug deep to come back from 23rd,'' Winterbottom said.
"It didn't look like we were going to have a good weekend. We managed to 7th and then second and first. We were able to maximise how points for the weekend.''
Winterbottom admitted he thought his first race win would not come until after the Perth round when the team is due to receive several upgrades and a rare track test day.
"We are P2 in the championship,'' Winterbottom said.
"And I really didn't think we would be here yet. It is the best position we have been in at the start of a season and we have some good things coming. I really just thought I would be trying to survive these first few events and get to Perth. We have a big test and some new bits coming so I was expecting to be genuinely quick until then. We are in a good spot.''
The weekend that saw Mercedes win their first ever race ended with a safety car-free race dominated by Winterbottom, who was only ever genuinely challenge by Coulthard in his ever impressive Brad Jones Racing Commodore.
"It is disappointing that he was penalised,'' Winterbottom said.
"Because he was quick and I wanted to race him. That didn't happen but I am sure I will have the opportunity to race him soon.''
Coulthard was one of four drivers to be slugged with a black flag for breaking the pit-lane speed limit.
"They are the rules,'' Winterbottom said.
"We are warned and it is black and white. He was trying to make up time on me and he got caught. We all know what the penalty is.''
The series resume at the end of the month with an ANZAC day race in New Zealand.
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Made in the UK Week: Secret Bonus Content
Posted on 12th Apr 2010 at 09:53 by Joe Martin with 1 comments
Well, actually there are a lot of things I have left - articles that had to be culled from the final line-up and plans that just timed out - but there's one thing in particular. A little thank you to everyone who read the site last week...
Download the Full Fabled Lands Interview (.doc file, 49.kb)
The article I enjoyed writing the most over last week was undoubtedly the Fabled Lands: The MMO that Never Was feature, which looked at Dave Morris and Jamie Thompson's attempts to turn their gamebook series into an MMO with Eidos. It's my favourite because, not only did it give me a chance to talk to some childhood heroes of mine, it also revealed them to be thoroughly nice chaps. Dave and Jamie took a lot of time to answer my questions for the article, many of which didn't get incorporated into the final feature.
So, as an epilogue to Made in the UK Week and as a final bit of surprise content, I've decided to post the unedited, original interview transcription below, which, for the sake of simplicity and page length, I've made available for download above.
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Have you heard about Appreciative Inquiry?
It is certainly one of the most powerful coaching tools I know. It works extremely well in change situations – personal or organizational.
What is it about? Often people and organizations know they have to change. They know what they need to change. And they often go in negative spirals like "we have never been able to do that", "that's not possible".
Appreciative inquiry challenges this by pushing people or organizations to find situations in the past that were different and had a little bit of what we intend to change. To the heavy smoker: What were situations where you managed to smoke less? To the organization that never seems to be able to innovate: what were situations in the past where you managed to be a bit innovative?
There were always such occasions, because of the intrinsic variance in the way we behave, in the way things happen. Appreciative inquiry then digs appreciatively into these past events to find what were the factors that elicited those changes, and how it did feel.
It shows that the individual or the organization is able to do the change, and identify what needs to be done more or less to achieve the change that is needed today.
Appreciative inquiry requires external help, and is deeply powerful. It allows to figure out the highly emotionally engaged simple actions that make successful large changes.
Next time you think you are faced with a dead end, something you think is impossible, turn to appreciative inquiry. Dig into your past and recognize how you can change.
More so, appreciate your past and build your future upon the lessons you learnt. They may be hidden but they are there. Go and find them.


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BATON ROUGE - Kramer Robertson is a name LSU fans are going to want to get to know early on in the 2014 baseball season.
However, there is more to his name; the former high school quarterback and point guard is also the son of legendary Baylor women's head coach Kim Mulkey.
He's taken his natural athletic ability and paired it with her coaching knowledge to become an asset, as a freshman, for the LSU baseball team.
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Master of Science in Marketing — Project Management
Liberty University's online Master of Science in Marketing — Project Management program equips students to manage projects from conception through implementation. Students in this program receive the skills needed to advance in their fields, and particular emphasis is placed on the importance of faithfully stewarding time and resources. Students will gain knowledge relating to advanced project management theory, the role of a project manager in local and global business markets, and how to integrate their faith with their field to impact the world for Christ. Graduates of the program leave prepared to work as an expert in both small business and the global market.
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Iranian Women To Ahmadinejad: "Step Down Or We Will Unleash Our Earthquake Machine"
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TEHRAN (THE GLOBAL EDITION) – Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has publicly declared the capital city is in imminent danger of being wiped out by an artificial earthquake machine operated by the nation's women.
"As I have said before, the woes of Iran, and the earthquakes that threaten us in particular, can all be blamed on immodest women," said Ahmadinejad.
"And there is nothing more immodest than owning and using a giant earthquake machine to hold our populace hostage."
The ground shaking device was first brought to the president's attention by Muslim cleric and seismologist Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi.
"The evidence is clear," said a visibly nervous Sedighi. "Women are directly responsible for any and all tremors in Iran, owing to their failure to adhere strictly to Islamic codes of dress and conduct and also to their football stadium-sized quake device hidden somewhere under Tehran."
A video circulating on the internet filmed by the women of Tehran specifically calls for Ahmadinejad to step down and cease his campaign of female defamation.
"President Ahmadinejad and his regime must remove themselves from office, or Tehran will feel our wrath," said an unidentifiable woman in a hijab.
The video ends with a curious line delivered in English: "When it happens, it will be your own… FAULT."
Ahmadinejad was quick to respond in an attempt to alleviate fears that the device would be activated.
In his latest radio address, the president declared that the Iranian government would not rest until the machine was tracked down and destroyed.
"Until then do not panic, and try to carry on with your lives as usual," added Ahmadinejad.
Sources who were present at the time of the radio announcement's recording report that the president stood in a doorway the whole time, holding his limbs against the frame and cringing.
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Old basement....need ideas...
Hello all, i am finally in the position to tackel my basement and hopefully turn it into a gameroom.
My home was built in 1910. It is a full basement with lally colums, i am having a contractor come and take those out. My problem is i have 6' cielings.......I have done EXTENCIVE research, talked to many, many contractors about raising the cieling height.... one way is to dig down, cant do that because i was told the footing will want to slide towards the existing hole being dug? Another option is to jack the home up and add a couple courses of block...i really dont have the funds to do that....so now i am left to deal with a 6' cieling. I am sure i can move some plumbing around, move some electric around to accomodate some cieling height. Now i would just like to add a finished look some how without sacrificing cieling height......any and all ideas welcome.
I can add pics if desired
Pics ALWAYS help us out here to help YOU, so feel free.
Sounds to me like you have OUR old basement.
I'm over 6' so I always avoided going down there unless absolutely necessary.
I found digging down was a no-no as well.
Others here may/will have other suggestions, I'm sure. Po)
Thanks DM as soon as the wife gets home i'll snap a few pics and put em up :thumbsup:
ok here's the photos the first is the wiring i need to cover...keep in mind 6' cielings. The second is the water pipes i would like to move closer to the foundation? The third is just the corner i want to make the laundry room. Most everything in the basement will be moved to my garage when it arrives in JANUARY :yes:
What is with the Electrical Octopus. Hope you have a ACFI on the other end at the breaker box. This just happened locally:
A fire broke out in the basement of a home at 3419 Angelo St. on Saturday. Authorities said electronic equipment in the basement overloaded circuits about 2:45 p.m. Various cords and electronic equipment burned, but fire damage was minimal.
What holds up the house after the lally columns are removed?
Hi, I am a concrete contractor an I just finished a job simular to what you doing. The landlord (Older house) had to jack hammer the floor out an dig down the grade to make the ceiling 7"1" to meet code. Well, what he did not figure was by the time he got the grade right that the footings were above the grade of the floor (Did not think was very smart move for him to start with)
I did not take the job, I did not want my name to be on that mess. I did see a few weeks later that a mexican crew that I know for a fact has no insurane was pumping it threw the window, so I know he got it done. I would be suprised if he does not get red flagged for that mess.
and thats when the footings want to cave in or move towards the hole...im just gonna deal with having 6' cielings and like it....im not even going to waste money trying to do something that i alread know cant b done
Most basement remodeling jobs involve some clean up of wiring. If you are talking to guys and there saying you cant dig out a basement thats not true. Keep looking finding the guy who knows what he is doing is not easy but they are out there. I dug out many basement for people with old basements and no ceiling height. I have dug 6' basements to 8 or 9' no problem. It can get pricey but knowing what and how to do it efficiently can make it more affordable then one might think. 6' is pretty low I would think hard and find someone who had dug a basement out. If you decide to just go with what you have then clean the plumbing and electrical up really good. Then you could prepare and paint the joist cavities with a good primer and paint for a cool lofty type of look!
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Tonight the San Antonio Spurs kick off their preseason schedule with a date against European team Montepaschi Siena as part of the Euroleague Basketball American Tour 2012.
But for guard Gary Neal, it is also a reunion against a team he once faced while playing in Italy and is currently 0-6 against (via Menssana Basket) .
It 's nice to play against Siena - admits the American guard - I've played so many times when I was in Italy against Montepaschi and I think I was 0 and 6 against them. It 's strange to meet this side of the ocean, and who knows, it might be the first time that I beat them. We did not talk too much about them, their tactics, I know Daniel Hackett my great friend, with whom I played with in Treviso, and playing point guard in Siena. He is the only player on Montepaschi I know. We do not think about opponents, we are at training camp and we take care of ourselves, there are things both in offense and in defense we want to put into practice, because we know that the coach will pay a lot of attention to it.
Neal and the Spurs will square off against Siena tonight at 7:30 PM at the AT&T Center. Head on out to see if Neal will finally get a win against Siena. Though I got a feeling that will definitely happen tonight.
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I started with the trite (but true) response of cute, little animals, children laughing and exploring the world. Those are all true statements! Connecting with people, going on adventures, having meaningful conversations. But as I dug deeper and the same question was repeated to me, my ultimate joy was uncovered: the feeling I get when I play music with no preoccupations, doubts or boundaries. There are no limits, not even the grandiose horizon is in sight. Just merely the notes that create a space where any emotion can be unleashed and the true radiance and golden light that fills my whole inner being and is truly indescribable, try as I might.
The second question was what gives my life meaning and through many activities today the same idea reverberated: relationships. Of course of loved ones, but also of flighting ones. People who came in, perhaps lingered, and then walked right out of my life and the appreciation I have in sharing whatever that moment brought to light: a meaningful conversation or discussion, a memorable walk, a significant friendship despite the duration, a philosophical challenge or a new way to think about a jaded topic. The fact that I realized in my E Africa solo trip of music being a common thread that connects us together.
And somehow combining these relationships and this common thread to creation, Mother Earth, nature. From the purple-colored mountains in the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness to the true aqua waters of Lake Colca and Torres del Paine; from the sunset in San Pedro de Atacama to the vast, savannas of Tanzania, from the silverback gorillas branch thrashing millimeters from my face to the moonlike quality of the Tongariro Crossing and the mere awe of the glowworm caves; from the fine sands of Nahat to the breadth of the aquatic world beneath us in Zanzibar; from the African mamas with a three meter sugar cane atop their heads and their brilliant, colorful dresses to the spicy salsa dancers and dancing on the roof till 5 AM; from the crowded daladalas and micro rides to the kitchen of a true Italian, these are only a snapshot of what I've experienced in my 24 years of age. But they are all of our beautiful world that surrounds each and every day and the palette of emotions.
You are welcome to continue reading on my personal blog.
Sara Zanussi
Sistema Fellow, '13