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Brutha are promising a "harder edge" on their sophomore album VACANCY due out this Spring. The first single, written by none other than R. Kelly is entitled "One Day On This Earth." You can check it out here!
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Hemi RPM VS Penstar RPM
What is your RPM level with the HEMI when coasting at 60mph?
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1700 at around 60 mph. Stock tire size...Hemi
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Overland Hemi 2,000 PRM's at 80MPH with the stock 18's.
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For V6 with 18" Latitudes in 5th gear I have recorded:
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130 kph (81mph) - 2,300 rpm
PS for the Hemi figures given above, the ratios are unequal at 60 vs 80 mph. Must be something different about the drivetrain or readings.
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Hello, My name is Connie. I live in Swartz Creek, Mi. I graduated from Swartz Creek H.S.1967. Then from Mott Community College in 1993.
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It was my pleasure. My mom passed away just before Christmas 2009 and I still miss her terribly. Best wishes.
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Hi! My name is Diane Jane (Murphy) Harris and I have been looking for my Grandmother's biological mother for our Family Tree.
The only leads I have is that she, Rose Stevens, gave up her Daughter (my grandmother), (Diana Mae) Stevens (b. 05 July 1934) for adoption on 07 July 1934. She then became Diane Mae Christian, later Diana Mae (Christian) Murphy when she married.
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All Together Now: "Marketing Is Everything"
Marketing is everything. Now that's a bold statement.
Wait a minute, you say. The engineers in product development would certainly take issue with that. So would the analysts in finance who have been studying price elasticity. And what about the warehouse -- it doesn't matter what you sell if they can't ship it right.
How can marketing be everything? Simple. Everything those people do -- the product engineers, the financial analysts, even the warehouse managers -- contributes to how customers perceive a brand. In one sense, everything they do is marketing. So marketing is everything.
Here's a real-life example. I live in Albuquerque, a beautiful city that stretches from the foot of the Sandia Mountains to the Rio Grande and beyond. Sometimes in the cool of winter something meteorologists call an "atmospheric inversion" traps smog in the valley and it can be seen from the higher elevations. One day I was driving along the edge of the city, dreading the thought that soon I would be breathing the haze into which I was descending.
In the distance I spotted a delivery truck spewing plumes of thick, black smoke from its tailpipe. It made me angry. That, I thought, is the problem -- most vehicles run clean these days but it's the few offenders that cause the bulk of pollution.
After a few minutes, I caught up to the truck and pulled alongside. Imagine my surprise when I spotted the logo: Crystal Springs Bottled Water. Here was a brand that built its image on purity and it was plastered on a truck that was spewing garbage into my atmosphere. At that moment, not only was all of their advertising undone in my mind, it actually backfired. And every time I've seen an ad since I've been reminded of Crystal Springs' inconsistency.
I don't mean to point a finger at this company in particular, because no one is perfect. I really don't think Crystal Springs is made up of two-faced executives who talk a good game but couldn't care less about the environment. The point is simply this: Crystal Springs' marketing department spends a lot of time, money, and effort crafting a brand image around the purity of their products. But all their hard work was undone in an instant for everyone on that freeway, simply because some maintenance tech failed to tune up a truck. Marketing is everything.
Contrast that with an experience a colleague recently had after she purchased a new pair of running shoes. Not only did she enjoy a positive experience in the store, a few days later she received a call from a pleasant customer-service representative who simply wanted to ensure everything was still O.K. That impressed her. Shortly thereafter, the store, unprompted, delivered a handy gym bag to thank her for her business. Needless to say, she now considers herself "in the club" and is telling everyone she knows about it. Marketing is everything.
Southwest Airlines (LUV) understands this principle, perhaps better than any other major brand. Year after year, Southwest's competitors try to take advantage of the fact that the airline doesn't assign seats and serves its customers tiny bags of peanuts. The other airlines actually see these as negative elements of the Southwest customer experience.
What they don't understand is that, to a Southwest customer, fighting for a seat and nibbling peanuts actually enhances the brand. Even though they aren't positive experiences in themselves, they reinforce the primary reason why people choose to fly Southwest: to save a buck. Southwest doesn't choose its snacks only because they're cheap but because they bolster the image of what its customers think they pay: peanuts. And delivering it all with a smile (as Southwest does so consistently) makes it quite tolerable.
Too many CEOs believe marketing is only a department on their organization chart or a chapter in their business plan. But marketing is so much more. Marketing is everything a company does, from the logo on its letterhead to the way it handles customer complaints to whether its uniformed personnel keep their shirts tucked in. (The latter is a challenge a current client of my firm is actually facing.) Company leaders who ignore this do so at their peril.
The other night, my wife and I decided to try a new restaurant. But when we turned down its street, we just kept on driving, never even getting out of the car. It was the sign that gave us pause. It was simply a flat, translucent panel with an amateurish, one-color logo slapped on -- the kind of sign you would see on a check-cashing operation in a seedy strip mall. The sign was of low quality and in bad taste -- imagery not well associated with a fine-dining establishment. With plenty of other good choices we simply didn't want to take the risk of spoiling our dinner date.
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Perhaps after a few more quiet weekends the proprietor will realize that marketing is everything and will do something about the sign. Perhaps not. But I'm determined to apply the lesson to my own business and think about marketing in a much broader context. Are you?


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by armygirl, Jul 9, 2009.
Great trade. Do it Joe.
Let us not piddle around the margins. Rip is a Philly product. Rip, plus Sharpe and a #1 for Brand. Rip, plus Sharpe and a #1 for Stoudemire Keep your alter ego Tay for secondary backup for a Center/PG Finances are in the dump and heading deeper. Get you team together this year. Give K some breathing room to work with new personalities and some structure for the youth. Do what it takes and get your business done this year. Sell transition, knowledge base associated with winners (organization and players) and and talented youth. The organization (with the additions, yet to come) will be playoff bound. The longer you wait the more complicated it becomes. Aggressiveness (just like the opening day FA signings), presented on a continuous basis, now will branch the links. Every transaction now opens and closes many lanes. Has anyone had thoughts on the repercussions on your quick move with the FA signings and how they may have added and subtracted many options to those others that were left reacting? You have to know what you want...then move quickly. Keeps the links hot and move with concentrated speed. You have trades, future picks and cash...use it.
Agreed. Straight up talent for talent, that would be a laughable exchange. Joe would be kicked out of the league. My fear is that talent isn't the only deciding factor and that the almighty Expiring Contract and Cap Space are becoming more and more of a factor. You see more and more lopsided trades for the sake of clearing $$. To most fans, we couldn't give a flying flip about Expiring Deals or Cap Space. We care about the product on the court. Unfortunately, GMs consider these other factors. That's what scares me about rumors like these.
This fits into my lose now, win later strategy. Ben Gordon and Charlie V. are wrapped up long-term, so they won't mind sacrificing a year. CV wouldn't even know what he was missing. Also, they can both get more playing time and take more shots than ever before in their NBA careers. Q-ster can explore the rotational permutations possible with 6 small forwards. And it will be nice having a backup for Kwame Brown... in case the unthinkable should happen and he goes through a slump of some kind.
I don't think people are seeing it. The cap space is not because I am a fan of the Pistons organization making money. If they are successful, they will make money. Only the Clippers have played the game of being 2 bit misers to squeeze out a profit in the NBA. The cap is shrinking. If the cap goes down near $50 million next year, almost no one will be able to compete in the 2003 draft class sweepstakes. If Joe can get us a 20 MPG center who comes off the books next year (by limiting his minutes) then we could be a major player. 2 years in a row. In a league with a declining salary cap. We're not going to win a title next year. But if we had to tank (not even, but whatever) a season to add Bosh or Melo to Villanueva, Gordon Prince and Stuckey, wouldn't you do it? Or Joe can shoot off every bullet now, we can finish in the second round, and then next year be lucky to add one middling player to the mix? Erick Dampier is the worst basketball player since I dunno. He makes Darko look like an All-Star. But this might be the most we can get from Rip in trade. The chance to grab a superstar or shop for 2 top tier players next year in FA.
I'm actually worried that Dallas would be the ones to refuse this deal.
Money is basically no object to Cuban. He's already sunk a lot into trying to win a title. I don't think he is going to let $10 or $20 million deter him.
I'm afraid that they are going to ask for one of our SF's too.
We may even let them choose which one. Just pretend that Daye is a PF.
The problem with Cuban (with his vision of accommodation as service) is that everything is now too easy and open. Success, with extreme rewards, no longer presents boundaries. Creative solutions live symbiotic relationships: that accept the problems of variables as challenging obstacles. They continually pound you into a good night's lack of sleep. Those same obstacles are creative juices (on a good night's positive dream sleep), alter frameworks trying new approaches in the morning. The brilliant Freud new all this. Compartments of conscious let loose the mixture of boundaries. Dreams on this level, has complicated connections. This was a creative question faced by Philip K. Dick. His novel (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) was a statement of possibilities. The equally perceptive movie (Blade Runner) visually mixed these concerns. Freud, meet Philip K. Dick: have a conversation about an odd character name Jack Dowland. A composer who new he that he was not up to talent of a Mozart, but understood the universal language of tears.
Nobody even said Dumars was entertaining this retarded offer. This is just another dumb rumor.
It's actually is not even a rumor. It's from someone's blog.
I don't know what must happen to make this trade work,becouse Cuban isn't that simple-minded to think he can get a hero from zero.God I would love to be a journalist.
That´s the way to have one elite starter next year,not a veteran player with untradeable salary and declining basketball. I´m full agree with roscoe,rip for dampier or other expiring contract. Jou muts wait to see new pistons until trade date in february next year, to evaluate if we can deal Tay for a good player or we must keep him in our roster.
Dampier was 27% more productive than Kwame last year on a per minute basis. He's a better defender, scoring per minute is equal to Kwame though Dampier shoots a much higher percentage. Dampier is a better rebounder per minute. Keeping him below the minutes threshold is a weird way to tie your coaches hands, but getting out from under Rip's contract with some money to spend after next season isn't a bad notion.
Damp is roughly 3pts and 1/2 a rebound away from being Tyson Chandler with an expiring contract. What's the big deal? I'm with [STRIKE]TheMicrowave[/STRIKE] Roscoe on this one.
Wow, way to put this trade in a good light man!
If we are going to get a mediocre player for 1 year, another center would be the best choice. Kwame isn't a terrible player and Damp is probably a little better. At least they are both big and not afraid to use their fouls.
If the cap is going down to the levels reported isn't trading for an expiring contract this season risky because you may not be getting close to the amount of the contract once the amount is set? You could end up trading Rip for a few million in cap space and not 12 million.
If the cap goes lower, your decreasing amount of space becomes even more premium because almost no one will be under the cap. If the cap is higher, you have even more room in FA. No matter what, going into next offseason with a smaller payroll is a win-win. Rip's contract is terrible.
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text: So what will you do about the swarm cells? I tore mine out and put in some more frames and moved everything to the back of the hive. Don't know if it will work. In a regular hive I would have done three or four splits and maybe recombined later, but I don't have any equipment this size except for this TBH.


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Take away the part about whether it's a good line or not.Yeah, or just, what's going to be left afterwards, that's what I want to take away. It's like we'd have an easier time painting with water on chalkboards, because that is going to go away.
Well, that's like, chimpanzees apparently really like painting? But they don't like paintings.Yeah! [Laughter]
So as soon as they're done putting paint down on the paper, they're done. They don't want to look at it any more.It's like a kid really likes to ride bikes but he doesn't like to look at videos of him riding bikes.
Right! Exactly.So those are two very different activities. But looking at a painting is a lot like making a painting.
Right, because your eye travels through it.Yeah — again, we're looking at motion and something going on in the brain.
I think all art is sequential, even if you're looking at a painting.Oh, yeah. There's no fixed sequence, but it is sequential. So this is the kind of stuff I'm interested in and from teaching, I've had this magic thing happen to me where I get to teach, with just having my hippie BA, and it is a hippie BA. Although I have to say that I was at college, when I was getting my hippie BA, that this whole thing started.
Really?Yeah, my teacher, Marilyn Fraska at Evergreen State College, a hippie school — it was an experimental college, I went there in '74. And the way they did it was, a lot more like elementary school where you only had one class, not a whole bunch of different ones. You took one class and one group of students that you pretty much stayed with. . . . So I started working with this teacher Marilyn, and I studied with her for two years and she's the one who asked that question, "What is an image?" And when studying with her, her whole idea was that the form was not as important as understanding what an image was. And she really convinced us through our practice together, that there was not that much difference between writing and drawing.
Where you drawing comics by then?I started doing comics when I was working with her, and at the same time, at our college newspaper, Matt Groening was the editor. And he published this thing when he took it over, saying he would print anything anyone submitted. I didn't know the guy, but I went up and kinda spied on him — now we're really good friends, this was the beginning of our friendship — and I went up and spied on him up in the newspaper office, it had these big glass walls and I could watch. It was a hippie school, right? And he was wearing slacks and like, he had buttons on his shirt, and he had shoes that had, like, you know, laces, and I thought, "This is some kooky straight dude." What I didn't realize was that he was so hip and hated hippies, and his whole thing was to do every anti-hippie thing he could do, just to drive the hippies nuts. Wwhich is so him. He lives to just challenge, you know?
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Chapter 1
Singular Nouns – Part I
What is a noun?
A noun is a word used to denote a:
All Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine.
Usually - although not always - masculine nouns end with –o and
feminine nouns end with –a
Examples of masculine nouns which end in –o would be:
vaso ..........glass
plato ......... plate
cuchillo ..... knife
libro .......... book
Examples of feminine nouns ending in –a would be:
taza .......... cup
mesa ........ table
cuchara .... spoon
cabeza ...... head


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For the Fourth Quarter:
Lyn Kirby, Ulta's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated: "We are very pleased with our fourth quarter performance. Our results surpassed the increased guidance we provided in January and included a 6.2% comparable store sales increase, a 60 basis point improvement in merchandise margin and continued momentum of our cost management initiatives, all of which contributed to a 61.9% increase in diluted earnings per share - a strong finish to the year."
"As we began the year, our priorities were threefold: growing profitable market share, achieving permanent cost efficiencies and delivering free cash flow," stated Ms. Kirby. "We exceeded each one of our goals in fiscal 2009. Our comparable store sales increased 1.4% for the year, or 1.6% on a two-year basis, and we continued our store expansion by increasing square footage by 12%. We also achieved $19 million in permanent cost reductions and generated free cash flow of $104.7 million."
"As we begin fiscal 2010, we continue to build on our successful 2009 game plan. We are particularly optimistic about our opportunities for market share gains through comparable store sales growth and new store expansion," Ms. Kirby continued. "We expect to continue to generate free cash flow in 2010 while we increase our capital investment in support of our long term growth and believe that we will deliver another strong earnings performance in fiscal 2010," Ms. Kirby concluded.
For the Fiscal Year 2009:
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Merchandise inventories at the end of the fourth quarter totaled $206.9 million, compared to $213.6 million at the end of fourth quarter fiscal 2008, representing a decrease of $6.7 million. The decrease is due to a 12.9% decrease in average inventory per store driven by management initiatives focused on leveraging supply chain inventories, offset by the addition of 35 net new stores opened since January 31, 2009.
For the fiscal year 2009, the Company generated free cash flow of $104.7 million through a combination of increased earnings, working capital management, reduced new store program and lower initial new store investment. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. A reconciliation of free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure, is included at Exhibit 5.
Store Expansion
During the fourth quarter, the Company opened 3 stores including Tupelo, MS; Summerville, SC; and Longview, TX. In addition, the Company closed 2 stores. The Company ended the fourth quarter with 346 stores and square footage of 3,613,840, which represents a 12% increase compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company currently expects net sales in the range of $301 million to $307 million, compared to actual net sales of $268.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. This assumes comparable stores sales increase 4% to 6%, compared to a decrease of 2.3% in the first quarter last year.
Income per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 is estimated to be in the range of $0.14 to $0.16. This compares to income per diluted share for first quarter fiscal 2009 of $0.08.
For fiscal 2010, the Company plans to:
Conference Call Information
A conference call to discuss third quarter results is scheduled for today, March 11, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Investors and analysts interested in participating in the call are invited to dial (877) 407-0784 approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the call. The conference call will also be web-cast live at http://ir.ulta.com and remain available for 90 days. A replay of this call will be available until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 18, 2010 and can be accessed by dialing (877) 660-6853 and entering account number 3055 and conference ID number 345778.
About Ulta
Ulta is the largest beauty retailer that provides one-stop shopping for prestige, mass and salon products and salon services in the United States. Ulta provides affordable indulgence to its customers by combining the product breadth, value and convenience of a beauty superstore with the distinctive environment and experience of a specialty retailer. Ulta offers a unique combination of over 22,000 prestige and mass beauty products across the categories of cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products and salon styling tools, as well as salon haircare products. Ulta also offers a full-service salon in all of its stores. The Company currently operates 346 retail stores across 38 states and also distributes its products through the Company's website: www.ulta.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, future events and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "plans," "estimates," or other comparable words. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon our historical performance and on current plans, estimates and expectations. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation: the impact of weakness in the economy; changes in the overall level of consumer spending; changes in the wholesale cost of our products; the possibility that we may be unable to compete effectively in our highly competitive markets; the possibility that our continued opening of new stores could strain our resources and have a material adverse effect on our business and financial performance; the possibility that new store openings and existing locations may be impacted by developer or co-tenant issues; the possibility that the capacity of our distribution and order fulfillment infrastructure may not be adequate to support our recent growth and expected future growth plans; the possibility of material disruptions to our information systems; weather conditions that could negatively impact sales and other risk factors detailed in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2009.Our filings with the SEC are available at www.sec.gov. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
(a) Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company believes free cash flow is an important metric as it represents a measure of how much cash the Company has available after the deduction of capital expenditures, as the Company requires regular capital expenditures to build and maintain stores and purchase new equipment to improve the business. The Company uses this metric internally as the Company believes the sustained ability to generate free cash flow is an important driver of value creation. However, this non-GAAP financial measure is not intended to supersede or replace the Company's GAAP results.
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What do Hasidic hats, the Borscht Belt, the king of competitive dreidel-ing and a tiny row house shul have in common? They all played starring roles in the Forward best videos of 2013 — along with a poignant portrait of the Jewish mother who lost her son in the Newtown school massacre.
This year saw a major transition in our video department: Nate Lavey, who had laid the groundwork for stunning video journalism at the Forward moved to the New Yorker. Since the fall, I have the privilege to continue our practice of ambitious visual storytelling. Here are them most delicious highlights from this year.
We used the camera for time travelling. Borscht Belt takes us on a trip to Upstate New York to re-discover the history of Jewish summer resorts. Little Row House Shul depicts how a tiny synagogue in southeast Philadelphia is struggling to survive after a century of service. And Men of Many Hats investigates the changes in two Hasidic neighborhoods in Brooklyn through the prism of hat fashions. This beautiful report won Lavey the first award of the national Press Photographers Association.
It's always yummy to combine film and food. In Debating the Deli David Sax and Josh Ozersky go head to head-to-head on "new school" versus "old school" delis. We also had the pleasure to chat with the famous chef duo Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi who share insights on The 8 Flavors of Jerusalem.
One of my favorite challenges is to produce "vox pops", which confronts a diverse set of people with the same question. In response to the Pew survey "A Portrait of Jewish Americans," we created quick video portraits of Jews from different backgrounds. The question: What does "Jewish" mean to you? The answer: It's Complicated. The video A Fine Balance features the voices of participants of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Conference (JOFA). It's intriguing to witness how Orthodox feminists are trying to balance the desire for inclusion with the aim to preserve traditional gender roles.
The Dreidel Dude was our fun contribution to this year's Thansgivukkah craze. A hip owner of a Brooklyn bar explains how he took dreidel to the next level – from a children's game to a competitive sports championship.
One of the most moving moments for me was the trip to Newtown when we produced a video profile of Veronique Pozner – the mother who lost her six-year-old son in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting and who became a fierce advocate for gun control. The Forward honored her as the No.1 of this year's Forward 50 list.
Borscht Belt
Little Row House Shul
Men of Many Hats
Debating the Deli
The 8 Flavors of Jerusalem
It's Complicated
A Fine Balance
The Dreidel Dude
Veronique Pozner
Martyna Starosta
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and for those brave enough, watch his 1 1/2 hour video of the actual lecture.
I am back on the road tomorrow towards Providence, RI. Maybe a day or 2 there with a visit to Boston. Give me a few days to get caught up here.
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Whats the price for them hoyt gamemasters...? I have only shot recurves but have been toying with the idea of getting a compound..rather hesitantly.. I don't like all the technical aspects associated or the weight. I cut my teeth on a ben pearson 40#, and that little thing is a nail driver I love it. About two years into shooting I stepped up to a 55# PSE take down and just never did really care for it, and quit bow hunting period.. Im wanting to get back into the sport but am having a tough time deciding as to stick to a recurve or go with the wheels
All of my buddies told me the skills I've acquired from the stickbow will make me lethal with a compound..
Im planning on taking an archery trip outwest for antelope in 2years..how many of ya'll would feel comfortable/trust yourselves enough to go with a recurve?
Also on a funny note, I showed up at a deer expo prize shoot with my recurve & people looked at me like is this guy serious? Then a couple of the guys came up to me as I was getting ready..one of them grabbed my arm and whispered for me to take it easy on him ..I held out first overall for the first hour, I of course got whooped before the night was over, but I wasn't in the bottom 10 either


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Ensuring that parents in recomposed families see their children regularly is a complex network problem.
Physics can provide insights into societal trends. Problems involving interactions between people linked in real-life networks can be better understood by using physical models. As a diversion from his normal duties as a theoretical physicist, Andrés Gomberoff from the Andres Bello University in Santiago, Chile, set out to resolve one of his real-life problems: finding a suitable weekend for both partners in his recomposed family to see all their children at the same time. He then joined forces with a mathematician and a complex systems expert. This resulted in a study published in EPJ B, showing that solving this problem essentially equates to minimizing the energy in a material model.
The authors assume that they deal with a network of people who are connected, either because they are in a current relationship or because they are ex-partners. Another assumption is that all involved in the network are willing to cooperate and communicate in an open manner.
They then attempt to verify whether it is possible to find a custody arrangement whereby all parents see all of their children together every other weekend, thus satisfying the expectations of all members of the network. The answer is that it is not possible, in general, to have such an agreement.
However, they also found that it is possible to have an arrangement in which one of the parents gets to see all of their children every other weekend. They also found an algorithm to maximize the level of contentment of members of this extended family network. Maximizing the number of parents spending time with their own children and those of their current partners was akin to minimizing the energy of a particular magnetic material called a spin glass.
Who said that physics can't have real-life applications?
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shivanand tiwari
RSS, corporate houses working for Modi: Shivanand Tiwari
Tiwari, who is campaigning AAP's Gurgaon candidate Yogendra Yadav said, "People want to see Yadav as their representative in Parliament."April 6, 2014, 10:27 pm explore: India
Expelled JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari to campaign for AAP
Expelled JD(U) MP Shivanand Tiwari on Friday pledged his support to AAP and said he would campaign for AAP candidates in three Lok Sabha seats including Varanasi where Arvind Kejriwal may take on BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.March 21, 2014, 6:06 pm explore: India
Lalu Yadav rejects expelled JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari's plea to join RJD
Expelled JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari from Bihar on Saturday said RJD supremo Lalu Prasad rejected his plea to allow to return to his party.March 8, 2014, 10:46 pm explore: India
JDU expels five rebel MPs for 'anti-party' activities
The Lok Sabha MPs to face the axe are Captain Jainarain Nishad, Purnmasi Ram, Sushil Kumar Singh and Mangani Lal Mandal.February 27, 2014, 4:38 pm explore: Politics
NCP, JD(U) plays down Anna-Mamata bonhomie
Tariq Anwar of the Nationalist Congress Party played down the series of meetings between Anna Hazare and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying, "It is hard to say that how long Anna will stay on this stand."Smitha Nair, February 14, 2014, 12:42 pm explore: Politics
Shivanand questions Nitish Kumar's sincerity to confront Narendra Modi

Senior JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari, who has been denied re-nomination to Rajya Sabha, on Thursday attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar questioning his sincerity to confront BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
February 6, 2014, 9:06 pm explore: India
Shivanand Tiwari slams Nitish Kumar for 'arrogance'

Peeved at the denial of a second term in Rajya Sabha, senior JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari on Sunday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for being 'arrogant' and said there was no place in the party for anyone who disagreed with Kumar.
February 2, 2014, 6:00 pm explore: India
After Shivanand Tiwari, NK Singh also refuses to contest LS polls

After senior JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari, bureaucrat-turned politician NK Singh, who has also been denied renomination to Rajya Sabha, on Thursday refused to contest the Lok Sabha elections.
January 30, 2014, 10:40 pm explore: India
JD(U) MP slams Shivanand Tiwari for dissent

The JD(U) on Thursday slammed its Rajya Sabha MP Shivanand Tiwari for criticising the party leadership over denial of renomination and said that it would have been appropriate if he had aired his views in the party forum.
January 30, 2014, 8:24 pm explore: India
Won't act against Shivanand, Sabir Ali, NK Singh: Bihar JDU chief
Bihar JDU chief Bashistha Narayan Singh said his party would win big in Bihar and added that talks were on with Left parties for an alliance.Priyarag Verma, January 30, 2014, 7:06 pm explore: Politics
Denied RS re-election, JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari revolts

Senior JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari, who was recently denied re-election to the Rajya Sabha, on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of nurturing 'hatred' toward him and spurned the offer to contest the Lok Sabha election.
January 29, 2014, 9:26 pm explore: India
JDU nominates 3 new leaders for Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar
The party has replaced Shivanand Tiwari, NK Singh and Shabir Ali who have been instead asked to contest Lok Sabha elections.January 24, 2014, 5:27 pm explore: Politics
JDU says SC order on Section 377 not right
"I don't support the SC decision. I think the Delhi High Court order was practical and constitutional," said Shivanand Tiwari.December 11, 2013, 1:02 pm explore: Politics
No evidence against Nitish Kumar in fodder scam, CBI tells Jharkhand HC

CBI on Friday informed the Jharkhand High Court that it did not find any evidence against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam. Responding to the directive by the court of Justice R R Prasad on September 20 to file a counter-affidavit on a writ petition seeking to make Kumar and Tiwari accused in the scam, the CBI contended that it did not find any evidence against them to proceed further.
November 23, 2013, 9:04 am explore: India
Why Bharat Ratna to Sachin, he didn't play cricket for free: JDU
Tiwari asked why the award was not given to Dhyanchand who won several medals for India at a time when it was not a free nation.Arunima, November 18, 2013, 12:15 pm explore: Politics
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Originally posted on Jun 26 2010, Declaration had the summary 'A love poem I greatly enjoyed writing' and its tags were 'declaration', 'love' and 'thoughts and feelings'. I think I either wrote it in fourth form or fifth form (year 10 or 11)
What's happening? What's happening?
I'm changed, I'm new,
I only care about one thing being true -
that I'm truly sitting here,
sitting with you
Nothing else matters, nothing else is,
when the breeze blows playfully and catches my hair
then you catch it back and you're tucking it... wow...
behind my ear... Awe
at the feeling, sensation so strong,
that nothing else matters, since nothing is wrong
And the flight of my hair
meant the flight of my love
and the leap of my heart
as I knew you'd be there
to catch it and care and
cradle it softly, like you hold very gently,
the source of my love. You stole it, my heart,
but I don't want it back. As long as you have it,
and keep it to treasure, I feel nothing else but
formidable pleasure.
This is not merely some wondrous sensation,
for my heart's beating out a grand declaration
To feel it's to say it, to shout it out loud!
I've fallen for you
and I wish for a crowd
in front of whom I can release this elation
in case I explode,
since if I exploded, I'd need no abode
and my abode is you and I do need you
I want to be with you.
Home's where the heart is,
and boy, you're a mansion!
A luxury, an expansion
on wildest desires and fantasies dreamed
but you're so much better: life is as it seems
I want you to know that my heart is now yours
and my love for you just seeps out my pores
My life, like the Earth, is revolving,
evolving to orbit my sun,
since you are my sun -
I'd die without you...
Serious intensity flows through our deep passion
and my life's the model which you choose to fashion


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Officials report tree planting underway in Crow Wing County
More than 70,000 pine and spruce pine seedlings will be planted in 2011 in Crow Wing County.
Land Services Supervisor Kirk Titus announced that tree planting is underway this week on several sites located throughout the county. The planting sites are located on about 110 acres in Crow Wing, Mission, Fairfield, Pelican and Little Pine townships and the cities of Baxter and Crosslake.
"We rely heavily on the natural regeneration for many of our hardwood species like aspen, birch and oak, but we do plant the conifers to maintain and increase species diversity on the county managed lands," said Bryan Pike, county natural resource manager in a news release.
The jack pine seedlings planted this spring came from seed gathered at the county's second generation jack pine seed orchard. The seed orchard is a joint venture with the Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative.
Crow Wing County has been a member of the cooperative since the early 1980s. The purpose of the cooperative is to increase the quality of jack pine by making improvements to growth, form, branching and disease resistance. As a result of the work between the county and the Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative, the county reports it has the best possible jack pine seed source available for future forest regeneration projects.
"Growing these trees is a long term commitment," Pike said. "These sites will be closely monitored for growth and survival over the next five years. We will follow up with protection measures to minimize the effects of deer browse on these trees."
Pike said he expects the first red pine thinning to happen in 25 to 30 years.
More than 3.6 million seedlings were planted on county tax-forfeited timber lands in the last 30 years. Funding for this spring's tree planting comes from a state of Minnesota Lessard Sams Outdoor Heritage Council grant and from the sale of timber stumpage and platted tax-forfeited parcels, the county reported.
The county manages 103,000 acres of forest land for timber production and diverse recreational opportunities for multiple users.
"Trees are a renewable resource and the spring's tree planting is the start of a new generation of trees for our county," Titus said in a written statement. "Over the next rotation of 50-100 years, these trees will provide habitat for wildlife, recreation opportunities for county residents and forest products for local loggers, paper mills and sawmills."


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The Iraq Cabinet gave its approval to a security pact negotiated by its government with the
Bush administration. Iraq has attempted to gain complete sovereignty but was forced to accept the presence of American troops for until 2012. The US government gave assurances to Iraq that in-coming president Barack Obama would abide by the agreement. The only negative vote in the Cabinet came from Minister of Women's Affairs, Nawal al-Samaraie, who wanted the agreement submitted to a referendum rather than being approved by he legislature. She also wanted the US to release Sunni prisoners who have yet to be charged with any crime.
A cloud on the horizon is refusal by Shiite leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, who opposes the agreement and wants US troops to leave immediately. He has threatened to resume attacks on US forces unless they evacuate.
The unknown factor is Barack Obama and what he wants. The Bush administration can not speak for the new president.


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Kuwaiti Top Officer Calls for Unified GCC Defense Policy against Iraq, Iran
The Gulf Cooperation Council's six member states must get more serious about combining their small forces into an integrated army for effective defense against potential threats from Iran and Iraq, a top Kuwaiti officer was quoted in reports as saying Tuesday.
First, GCC members Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates must formulate "a combined political policy" about defense and relations with Iran and Iraq, the Gulf region's powerhouses, said Maj. Gen. Fahed Al Amir, deputy chief of staff of Kuwait's armed forces, was quoted by The Associated Press as saying.
"There is no combined political policy. Each GCC country is pursuing its own relations with the big two in the region, Iran and Iraq," he told a meeting on the sidelines of the International Defense Exhibition in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.
He said there was also "no joint defense doctrine" among the GCC states.
Middle East News Line quoted the official as stressing that the GCC must first define threats and priorities for the six-member alliance to ensure unified defense efforts.
Al Amir said the GCC has a long way to go before the council can achieve regional defense.
Addressing the Gulf Defense Conference in Abu Dhabi, Al Amir warned that Arabs in the region must prepare for a continued and growing threat from Iran and Iraq.
The deputy chief raised the prospect of another war between Iran and Iraq, which he said will harm Gulf security. But Iraq was placed as a greater threat.
"The threat to the Gulf is clear from Iraq," Al Amir said. "The threat from Iraq continues."
Al Amir said the GCC must move from words to action regarding Gulf defense. This means that the GCC must replace its appeals for Western security with regional defense programs
Al Amir said that a January 1st. agreement signed in Bahrain called for military co-operation among the GCC states, so that a threat against any one would be regarded as a threat against all other members. "We believe the steps (taken) are still below the required ambitions," he said.
The January agreement calls for the strengthening of the GCC's 5,000-strong joint ground force that was created in 1986 and is based in Saudi Arabia.
The states took the first real steps toward integration when their command, control and radar systems were linked on March 6, said the AP.
Iraq has repeatedly rejected accusations that it is a threat to its neighbors. Except for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Iraqi relations with the Gulf monarchies have remarkably improved after they were severed following its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Also, Iran's relations with its Gulf neighbors have improved since reformist President Mohammad Khatami rose to power in 1997 – Albawaba.com
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Doc talked to Sean about clinching the division, and about the importance of home-court advantage.
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My Garmin GPS did not find this campground. This is one of the friendliest campground we have stayed in. Arrived pulling a trailer, manager found us a site that we did not have to disconnect. Upon parking, other residents came over to welcome us. The sites are large with small gravel and flat. We would stay here again.
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This is an all gravel campground with level sites. There is water and dump available. Register inside the Casino and then they turn on electric. Bathrooms inside Casino are very clean. Easy in & out to I-25 with cheap fuel available. Camp here every time we pass.
Date of Stay: January, 2014
Clean, quite campground with friendly hosts. It is all gravel with very level long pull through sites. Did not use bathrooms or showers, but they where being repainted. Paid $19 for one night with Passport America. We got waffles and coffee. Train track about 1/2 mile away, but could not hear it inside. About 1 mile from I-10 and easy in and out. Would stay here again.


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Robert Sarnoff Hosts Q&A Session
Excerpts from Robert Sarnoff's "got a minute? humorous vacation tales and tips" and "AFTER THE FALL - 9/11/11" were read at RAA's sTudio 7, Monday evening, May 14.
The audience was curious as to the evolution of these books and how they were developed.
This led to discussions re: travel, why we feel compelled to capture moments, write postcards, sketch, take notes and photos.
Sarnoff read from the back cover of "got a minute?"
"I guess it all started on The Champs Elysees. My stomach revolted and lost the battle. I found myself in every sallede bain along the magnificent route. I plopped myself down at an outdoor cafe and wrote: 'I'm too loose to trek.'
"Since that day, I've documented all my trips ... here, there, and everywhere ... in one form (art) or another (notes)."
Technical aspects involving scanning images into the computer, page layout and cover design were explored.
Sarnoff reports that RAA intends to offer courses addressing these skills and techniques.
"AFTER THE FALL - 9/11/11" was then examined. The writings, snippets and some two hundred editorial cartoons created for The Wave fill the pages of this book in an attempt to capture and make some sense of the days, weeks, and years that render this a decade to remember.
The audience was curious to learn more about Sarnoff's films, if they are perhaps an extension of his drawings and writings.
"It's a marriage of all this, words, images, blending ... capturing, documenting moments, stringing them together to allow the viewer access to a world they might never have known existed."
"THE ROMEOWS" (Retired Older Men Eating Out Wednesdays) was just selected for The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival in August.
The movie is currently being expanded to theatrical release length. "GREEN, The AmeriCan Dream," an Official Selection in The Queens World Film Festival and New Zealand's Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, has also been lengthened.
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Thank you all. This is one of those patterns that non-quilters think is much more complex than it is. One of the great things about scrappies is the same thing as it was for our great-grandmothers. You pick up a fabric and remember what it was a scrap from. Of course, if you are new to quilting, get FQs or buy half yards of things you like and do it that way. I just noticed that a half yard will make 4 2 1/2" strips and 5 5 1/2" strips (WOF...width of fabric) Hmmmm It might be fun to make this up in batiks.
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VLSI Design
Volume 4 (1996), Issue 2, Pages 141-147
Hardware Design Rule Checker Using a CAM Architecture
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo 14260, NY, USA
2135 Bell Hall, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo 14260, NY, USA
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This paper presents a hardware implementation of design rule checker using a specialized Content Addressable Memory(CAM) for the Manhattan geometric designs. Two dimensional relationships between rectangular objects in a design are checked with one dimensional design rules. The input data is processed by the pixel pre-processor in such a way that direct comparison between the input data and the stored rules in the CAM is possible. The comparison by the CAM reduces the number of memory references and logic operations of pattern matching and the simple architecture of the system enables a low cost implementation.


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