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Starling Marte and Jeff Locke Rank in International League Top 20
Baseball America released their 2012 International League top 20 list yesterday, with two Pirates prospects making the list. Starling Marte and Jeff Locke both made an appearance, and both were in the top ten. The rankings can be seen here, and scouting reports can be seen here by subscribers.
Marte was ranked the second best prospect in the league, falling only behind Matt Harvey of the Mets. Baseball America noted that he could be a star if he gets in to more hitters counts and taps in to his plus raw power. They also noticed his tendency to be too aggressive.
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Not everyone's a fan of Denny's branded Wweb video campaign "Always Open." During a roundtable discussion at the OMMA Video Conference, Denny's vp for product development John Dillon said that some of the material elicited calls from disgruntled patrons.
Last March, Denny's began airing a series of four-minute Web videos on sites like College Humor that featured actor David Koechner (of Anchorman and Thank You for Smoking fame) sitting down with comedians like Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, and Sarah Silverman over a meal at Denny's.
It was part of a campaign to bring the Denny's brand to a slightly younger age group. "We had to age down our brand," said Dillon. "We needed to reach for the millennial generation." But the success of the videos brought problems. Grandparents in Omaha don't necessarily appreciate the subtleties of the comedy of someone like, say, Silverman.
"We knew this couldn't be overly corporate and it couldn't be boring," said Dillon. "We pushed, and [then] fielded angry calls from people outside of our target demographic." What, exactly, were they complaining about? "Sarah Silverman's anal wart [jokes] in particular," Dillon said.
And that was the material that made it. According to Dillon, some of the conversations were too racy even by Silverman standards. "There were a couple that did cross the line for a family diner, but we wanted these guys to push the envelope," Dillon said. "Even today, some people in the company are skittish about that one but I say, 'Look you're not the target.'"


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|Opekun, Antone
|Quezada-calvillo, Roberto
|Villa, Xavier
|Smith, E
|Navarette, Marilyn
|Baker, Susan
|Nichols, Buford
Submitted to: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/22/2008
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Citation: Robayo-Torres, C.C., Opekun, A.R., Quezada-Calvillo, R., Villa, X., Smith, E.0., Navarette, M., Baker, S.S., Nichols, B.L. 2008. 13C-breath tests for sucrose digestion in congenital sucrase isomaltase-deficient and sacrosidase-supplemented patients. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 48:412-418. Interpretive Summary: The small intestinal enzyme sucrase-isomaltase is essential for table sugar digestion. Mutations in the gene are associated with failure to digest sucrose and abdominal pain when foods with sugar are eaten. The diagnosis is based upon demonstrating lack of the enzyme in biopsy samples from the small intestine. Here we used a non-invasive breath-test to confirm the diagnosis and prove that a oral sucrase enzyme supplement fully corrects the deficiency.
Technical Abstract: Congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID) is characterized by absence or deficiency of the mucosal sucrase-isomaltase enzyme. Specific diagnosis requires upper gastrointestinal biopsy with evidence of low to absent sucrase enzyme activity and normal histology. The hydrogen breath test (BT) is useful, but is not specific for confirmation of CSID. We investigated a more specific 13C-sucrose labeled BT. Our goal was to determine whether CSID can be detected with the 13C-sucrose BT without duodenal biopsy sucrase assay, and if the 13C-sucrose BT can document restoration of sucrose digestion by CSID patients after oral supplementation with sacrosidase (Sucraid). Ten CSID patients were diagnosed by low biopsy sucrase activity. Ten controls were children who underwent endoscopy and biopsy because of dyspepsia or chronic diarrhea with normal mucosal enzymes activity and histology. Uniformly labeled 13C-glucose and 13C-sucrose loads were orally administered. 13CO2 breath enrichments were assayed using an infrared spectrophotometer. In CSID patients, the 13C-sucrose load was repeated adding Sucraid. Sucrose digestion and oxidation were calculated as a mean percent coefficient of glucose oxidation averaged between 30 and 90 minutes. Classification of patients by 13C-sucrose BT percent coefficient of glucose oxidation agreed with biopsy sucrase activity. The breath test also documented the return to normal of sucrose digestion and oxidation after supplementation of CSID patients with Sucraid. 13C-sucrose BT is an accurate and specific noninvasive confirmatory test for CSID and for enzyme replacement management.


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Concord Grape Jam Tart
These aromatic grapes may be a fleeting autumn experience, but their distinctively sweet, musky flavor lingers on in this tart's vibrant filling. A cluster of grapes cut out of the buttery crust leaves no question as to what's within.
- Servings: 10
Source: Martha Stewart Living, October 2008
For the Dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup ice water
For the Jam
- 1 1/2 pounds Concord grapes, stems removed
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- Salt
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Coarse sanding sugar, for sprinkling
- Creme fraiche, for serving
Make the dough: Pulse flour, granulated sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add butter, and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds. With the machine running, add ice water in a slow, steady stream until mixture just begins to hold together. Shape dough into 2 disks. Wrap each in plastic, and refrigerate 1 hour (or up to 2 days).
Make the jam: Combine grapes and lemon juice in a medium nonreactive saucepan over high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until grapes release their juices, about 7 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve (you should have 1 1/2 to 2 cups juice). Return juice to saucepan over high heat, stir in granulated sugar and a pinch of salt, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until temperature registers 220 degrees on a candy thermometer, about 8 minutes. Transfer jam to a bowl, and let cool, stirring occasionally.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out each disk of dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Transfer 1 round to a baking sheet, preferably lined with parchment, and fit the other round into a 9 1/2-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Trim edges flush with tart pan. Freeze both until firm, about 15 minutes.
Using the wide base of 2 pastry tips (one 3/4 inch in diameter and one 1 inch), cut clusters of holes in dough on baking sheet to create a bunch of grapes. Using a paring knife, cut a stem at the top. Freeze until firm.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread 1 cup grape jam over dough in tart pan. (Refrigerate any remaining jam for up to 2 weeks.) Brush top edge of dough with egg. Slide remaining dough round on top, centering the design. Press edges to seal, and trim excess dough. Brush top with egg, then sprinkle with sanding sugar. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Bake tart for 15 minutes, then gently tap pan on counter to release air bubbles. Return to oven, and bake until golden brown and bubbling, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool. Unmold, and transfer to a platter. Serve with creme fraiche.


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Being a woman is obviously different in many ways from being a man. So, what does it mean to be a woman on the Internet today? Well, comScore asked that precise question, and answered it with a beautiful resource: Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping The Internet.
The name alone is empowering, as it indicates that women are not passive participants, but rather active players helping to forge the present and future of the World Wide Web. comScore, a global leader in measuring the digital world and the preferred source of digital marketing intelligence, created this free 30+ page whitepaper to provide valuable insight into the world of women on the Web.
From advertisers to publishers and from content producers to agencies, nearly everyone can benefit from understanding Web usage patterns through a gender-specific lens. This global report provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel.
The downloadable Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping The Internet presentation is organized well, neatly divided into the following categories:
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The resource became available on June 30, 2010, but holds relevant information for women, brands or anyone else interested in learning how women are participating in and contributing to the internet community.
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Most people ply the Well Trodden Path. A few seek a different way, and leave a Trail behind.
- John Hajny, a.k.a. TrailMaker
stepping out of lurk mode to say incredible! nicely done!
Disclaimer: I run Regular Cycles (as of 2016). As a profiteer of the bicycle industry, I am not to be taken very seriously.
frame #2 ? really?
Well done!!!
really like how you joined the chain and seat stays to the dropouts
Sick. Just plain sick.
*** jaw -> floor ***
concept A+
details A+
craftsmanship A+
nicest 2nd frame ever?
fat bike? geometry?
Very nice. From the back end and the BB shell I think it will be fat bike. What color will she be?
Mark Farnsworth, Raleigh, NC
Gotta be fat, i saw a 45nrth tire leaning on the wall.
The stays to dropouts are absolutely gorgeous! It must have taken some time but it was worth it!
Bend, OR
DAM Trail can't wait to see it fatted out, are you making the fork? Supernice!!
PAYASO 36er.....Live the Circus
MR. 36er TROLL
I'm sorry what part of "BIGLY" didn't you understand?
Kick butt! Tell us about the geometry!
Waltworks Custom Bicycles
Park City, UT
Stay and ride in Park City!
Unreal dude. Second frame? Really? Absolutely stunning!
I'm sick about the stay-to-dropout transition. How the hell'd you do that???
gorgeous. Nice work.
Holy Crap !!! Want.
Ok, elaborate on the drop out joinery. TIG'd and filed?
Needs a truss fork (no **** my phone's predictive text knew that's what I was going to say)
Spill it on the geo #'s. I'm pleasantly surprised a how nice my new Fatty handles, so it's possible to get away from self steer / wheel flop handling.
Slowly slipping to retrogrouchyness
Very nice finish work.
Joinery was mitered, plated (SS's), TIG'ed, and filed, and filed... and filed, and sanded too.
This was my first time rolling tubing. I learned where to put cable stays, I hope. I learned to be patient enough to remember vent holes. Now I am going to learn about Powder CoatING and CoatERS. I am going to learn about holing rims and building wheels, which I have never done. I'm quite hopefully going to learn that I got this one righter than the first one!
Thank you all very much for your kind words. I feel the same way!
Stay tuned.....
Maybe I'm missing it, but what's the HT angle?
How did the actual geometry turn out compared to the plans?
Originally Posted by FTMN
Maybe I'm missing it, but what's the HT angle? How did the actual geometry turn out compared to the plans?
You didn't miss it. It disappeared from my drawing somehow. 70*. All I can say right now is that the HT/ST relationship is spot on. I'm almost afraid to find out the rest....
got any photos of the build process of the stays to dropout joints?
I just hope that your legs do not scrap against the forward seat stays.....2 tone?
Wow. That is beautiful work and a great looking frame.
Fantastic, I love the stays to dropouts. Any more pics of that specific process? B
Departing from East Hampton, CT
Originally Posted by MDEnvEngr
Fantastic, I love the stays to dropouts. Any more pics of that specific process? B
I did not take any specific pics of that process. All I can do is describe it.
Where the CS-to-DO joinery was concerned, I placed the DOs on my dummy axle and in my axle fixturing tower on my CS mitering jig.
I place the forward tab portion of the DO right above the area of the CS that would be mitered. I marked and trimmed the ends of the CSs until they cleared the tabs and then slid the dummy axle holder down to align the CS-to-DO interface. Level the DOs and stays with a height gauge. Tack. Unlike the case pictured, the CSs on the Kroozer come in behind the DO tabs, so there is nothing to do but weld it up and file/sand it smooth.
In the case of the SSs, you can see in the pics that they are clamped in place on the DO tabs. The first step in joining them was to flat the back side of the tube, which was accomplished by placing them over a railroad spike clamped in the vice, and hammering them flat. High tech stuff! Then, the outer portion of the SS tube was trimmed flush to match the level of the DO surface with a 3" cut off and disc grinder. At this point, the face of the DO tab is relieved the thickness of the sheet metal that was used to plate over the opening in the SS, and the SS was then trimmed back further to match. The sheet metal cover plate was trimmed in the bullet shape to cover the opening in the SS. Weld, file, and sand.
I hope that makes sense. Doing that slice & patch mitering process might be my favorite part of the build!
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Very nice work. Please do us a favor and post pics of completed bike.
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VERY Slick! I really like SS/DO interface. Great job there and very creative.
Dragged me over from the fatbike forum John.
That is just gorgeous. Well done doesn't begin to describe my thoughts.
Wish I had you time, energy, patience, and tooling. I've built close to 30 frames at this point, but they are all hack jobs compared to this.
Ever find yourself up my way with it, stop in, I'd love to see it in person.
This is a Pugs not some carbon wannabee pretzel wagon!!
- FrostyStruthers
Impressive piece of work.
Looking forward to see it finished.
Charlie War.
Thanks Everyone;
I am truly gratified by the results so far, and your consideration as well. It's the warm glow of having something really click and speak to you. I am now grappling with the cost of powder coating pitted against my aesthetic demands for the project, and getting peripheral bits ready for whatever finish ultimately awaits them. To wit;
TM, which tubing did you use for this? The overall design is absolutely stunning, but I keep returning to the photos of the stays and dropouts. Amazing.
Build me one in ti or stainless?
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Stellar job!!
I second the best 2nd frame ever.
I'm jealous of your curvy-tubed Rotundcycle!
I love the tape and coat hanger fixturing. Classic! Beautiful dropout/stay work.
Originally Posted by cendres
TM, which tubing did you use for this? The overall design is absolutely stunning, but I keep returning to the photos of the stays and dropouts. Amazing. Build me one in ti or stainless?
Don't know nuttin bout Ti. Stainless might not be too much of a stretch, though.
Boring old straight gauge .035 ChroMo. for this one. The stays are all .750. I thought if I ever built another one, I might get away with .028 x .750 for the SSs at least, and bridges/braces. Save a little weight, given the redundancy of some of the tubing here. .028 x .750 is lighter than .035 x .675, by the by... and I'd imagine it might also stronger too. Don't know, but it's an interesting thought.
Thanks Whit;
You were very kind to take an interest in my earliest ramblings on this topic of frame building, and I'm glad you like it.
The Big Brown Truck just paid a visit!
Brown Santa!
Idea: Rather than powder, emery cloth it and clear it. The heat-affected zones look really cool.
I'm not big on raw, really. My welds are nothing to show off either! Besides, clear won't stay on bare metal for long.
Annoyance - I wanted to get rid of the juvenile SINZ logo on the seat clamp. Figured I'd take the lever and buff it off with a rag and some compound. Yep, buffed off, but the white powder coat is pretty thin, and I went through it! Damn. Well, nothing to lose. Tried a little carb cleaner on a rag and the same logo on the clamp body wiped right off like grease. DOUBLE Damn!
How come you always find out what to do first second?!?!
Heh. Measure once, cut twice...
Wow. I really need to learn how to weld.
Oh noes. I'm going to drink the Kool-Aid.
Just for those that love to agonize over my "time wasting projects."
This is my Problem Solver for my Problem Solver; taking a standard 68/73 direct mount derailleur adapter out to a 100mm Fatbike version. Why, you are doubtless asking? There are very good reasons for it.
1) ANY project that requires making something out of metal is good in my book.
2) Every time I do one, I learn and improve.
3) Saved me another shipping charge. ??
Tried buying anything for a Fatbike lately? If you have, you already know where I am going. The Fat market is exploding so fast that you just can't find anything. If you do, you better not hesitate or it will be GONE. I had a nice little order all put together, and only needed a few $$ more to get free shipping. Ha! I'll get the FD/DM. They don't HAVE the Fat mount?!?! Out of Stock?!?!
Ta Da. Another $10, another cardboard box, another week... or another project? Win, win, win. It's all good to me!
Originally Posted by TrailMaker
Just for those that love to agonize over my "time wasting projects."-
What? If possible I'd rather make the part than buy if reasonably possible.
Find it funny that you can not find anything fatbike as they are to popular. Here the LBS will not order one as they are afraid it will never sell.
If my "machine shop" consisted of more than a harbor freight bench grinder and a dremel.... I'd look for reasons to make that kind of thing.
Originally Posted by crux
What? If possible I'd rather make the part than buy if reasonably possible.
I guess it depends on your frame of reference. Many here feel it is a poor use of their time, and would rather buy their bits. We obviously fill a different frame!
Find it funny that you can not find anything fatbike as they are to popular. Here the LBS will not order one as they are afraid it will never sell.
Ironic indeed. They are out of touch with their own industry. Fatbikes are the fastest growing portion of it right now. If nothing else, they should see the value in having something that draws people's attention, even if it didn't sell. The smart businessman would get one and start taking it on the weekly shop/group rides. When people experienced them, he'd be selling them regularly in very little time after that!
Tell this shop to check out the Global Fatbike Day thread, over on the busiest forum on MTBR!
Originally Posted by Yogii
I just hope that your legs do not scrap against the forward seat stays.....2 tone?
That was my second thought (after WOW that's beautiful dropout work!!). With as wide of a BB and crank setup as he'll run for going fat it may not be an issue. I hit mine all the time on my 36er but I'm just used to it now. Only bang it hard every once in a while.
Heel clearance might be the function behind the form. On my new Fatty using the same drops, shorter chainstays and size 12.5 Lake's I'm just barely Ok. But I offset my chainstay at the dropout outboard as much as practical. With how he finished the drops having nothing outboard of the drops themselves..... I bet TM's just fine in that regard, unless he pronates worse than I do with huge feet.
I agonized over that very issue, to the point of actually posting a thread about how one manipulated a tube in two planes. I note that the custom Fatback Ti belt drive cruiser does not appear to have any significant manipulation of the SSs in the horizontal plane, but I never found any good pics of the rear end of it.
I had all kinds of ideas for how to try it, but in the end I just didn't feel like potentially wasting many $$$ worth of tubing trying to find out. The thing that sealed the deal for this design was riding my current fatbike to see. My feet were FAR outboard of where those SSs were, will be far below where these arched ones will lie, I think, and it suddenly became a non issue in my mind. Sure, they will be closer than normal, and there may be more contact than normal if I get lazy, but I don't think it will be a big deal.
I hope.
I'm really looking forward to the new CS layout. They are straight back from the bend around the tire to the DO, and well inboard of where my first design was on the Humvee. I do have some moderate contact on it, so I'm interested to try this one out. The low mount Paragon DOs really made this all possible.
Originally Posted by TrailMaker
Curious as to why you went this route over making a braze on FD mount.
(really like the chainstays, BTW)
Originally Posted by Feldybikes
Curious as to why you went this route over making a braze on FD mount.
The rigidity of the braze on is nice, but comes at the price of adjustability. This adapter defeats some of the advantage of the direct mount, but I have had many times where giving the FD a little radial tweak was just the cure for the constant battle between chain rub in higher gears and a crisp downshift under power into lower ones.
Anyway... amongst all the other new challenges, I added cable stays on this one. One hurdle at a time, please.
To sick, TrailMaker! I am in awe of your fabrication skills. Also can't wait to see the pics of the finished product.
Originally Posted by FastFix
To sick, TrailMaker! I am in awe of your fabrication skills. Also can't wait to see the pics of the finished product.
Thanks Mate;
Me either. I'm just this close to saying screw the PCer and painting it myself!
I rattle-canned my first and only (so far) frame. Not knowing how long the frame would last, I didn't want to spend the $$$ for a good paint job. Several hundred miles later, I kinda wish I had invested in a good paint job. Yours is a beautiful frame....please be patient!
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If you've been following the growth of either DevOps or Node.js you may have noticed the number of deployment, monitoring and automation tools being created in Node.js. One of the most recent example is Dreadnot, a deployment automation tool created by RackSpace Cloud Monitoring, which is based on Deployinator another
Node.js based automation tool created by Etsy (Update: this is actually Ruby based, but Etsy uses Node.js for other DevOpsy things). And of course Joyent has been using Node.js internally for cloud management.
I talked to Tom Hughes-Croucher, the principal of the Node.js consulting firm Jetpacks for Dinosaurs and author of Up and Running with Node.js from O'Reilly about why this might be the case.
He explained that although there are plenty of companies using Node.js to build all new end-user facing applications, quite a few companies are using Node.js as a layer on existing infrastructure. Even relatively new companies like Yammer have found an advantage in using Node.js as a proxy for its API.
Hughes-Croucher notes that DevOps people tend to have more familiarity with Ruby than JavaScript (Chef recipes are written in Ruby, for one thing), so the use of Node.js for infrastructure tools is no accident. Instead he suggests the system's architecture is the reason it's so popular for tasks like keeping services running, generating alerts and provisioning resources.
Node.js has a couple distinct advantages for infrastructure maintenance:
1. It has a small footprint
2. The event-based nature of Node.js helps keep servers from getting bogged down handling time consuming tasks.
It helps to understand what event-based means in this context. Here's an explanation from Dan York, who uses a fast food restaurant as an analogy:
The thread-based way would be to get to the front of the line, give your order to the cashier and then wait right there until your order was cooked and given to you. The cashier would not be able to help the next person until you got your food and went on your way. Need to service more customers… just add more cashiers!
Of course, we know that fast food restaurants don't work that way. They are very much event-driven in that they try to make those cashiers as efficient as possible. As soon as you place your order, it's sent off for someone to fulfill while the cashier is still taking your payment. When you are done paying, you have to step aside because the cashier is already looking to service the next customer. In some restaurants, you might even be given a pager that will flash and vibrate when your order is ready for pickup (My local Panera Bread does this). The key point is that you are not blocking the receiving of new orders.
Other asynchronous frameworks include Twisted (for Python) and Netty (for Java). Nginx is a general purpose asynchronous Web server that gaining a lot of traction.
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Battlers or bottlers? As usual, New Zealand go into a World Cup campaign ranked as the No1 nation in the world. The problem for the All Blacks is that the No1 by the end of the tournament usually turns out to be someone else.
New Zealand are the only country never to have lost a pool match, but when it comes to the knockout stage they have reached one fewer final than England and their record is inferior to Australia's and South Africa's. Their three rivals have shown an ability to battle their way to World Cup success: Australia in the dour 1991 final against England and the attritional semi-final against South Africa at Twickenham in 1999; England virtually all the way in Australia in 2003 and South Africa in the 1995 final against the All Blacks and against England in 2007.
New Zealand, when the result, rather than performance, counts and when substance matters more than style, seem to lose their way: a side who have been consistently good throughout a year have been vulnerable to a team able to raise their game for a week or so. For all their protests about the refereeing decisions that did not go their way against France in the 2007 quarter-final in Cardiff, the All Blacks still exerted enough pressure to win. No one tried a drop at goal in the closing minutes, and it is perhaps instructive that Dan Carter has been letting fly this year.
At least New Zealand, who face Tonga in the opener, are not going into the tournament having swept all before them. It is two years since they lost a Test on their own soil but defeats in Port Elizabeth and Brisbane at the end of the Tri Nations led to Australia being crowned champions. "Those losses will not do the All Blacks any harm," the former New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick says. "I would rather we go into the World Cup a little bit uneasy about where we are rather than full of confidence as in the past. People go on about the pressure the players will be under but they are expected to win every game they play so this tournament will be no different. The support they receive will outweigh any pressure."
Fitzpatrick's former understudy as hooker, Warren Gatland, now the coach of Wales, disagrees. "I think they will be feeling it after losing their last two games," he says. "If they lose [Dan] Carter and [Richie] McCaw, they are definitely vulnerable. The All Blacks' coaches have relied on those two players in the last four years without really looking for viable alternatives. There is a huge amount of pressure on them."
The New Zealand assistant coach, Steve Hansen, hinted this week that key players, such as Carter and McCaw, were likely to start all the pool matches, rather than being rotated. The alternative to Carter is the relatively inexperienced Colin Slade, who has seen off Stephen Donald and Aaron Cruden. Openside flanker is as big a problem with Adam Thomson, normally a blindside, wearing the No7 jersey in the defeat against South Africa last month
The web chatter in New Zealand this week has shown signs of foreboding and the country's largest newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, has started running a choke-o-meter. "The squad today is not fit and is unbalanced," ran one post. "Woodcock shouldn't be there, not should that loose forward Thomson who has the presence of a wine gum." Another ended: "The sooner we lose this World Cup and Ted [Graham Henry, the coach] and his chums are gone, the better." Defeat was anticipated by a third who sighed: "The All Blacks will not win because there is too much mentality on running and an open game, a preoccupation with entertaining the crowd. Bring back the tightly controlled style. If it warrants a 10-man play, so be it."
The comments were in response to an article which cursed the New Zealand Rugby Union for not sacking Graham Henry after the failure in 2007 and replacing him with Robbie Deans, the current Australia coach. The vast majority of the posts were behind Henry, but a mild panic rippled through page after page. Why should this World Cup be any different to those since the inaugural event hosted by New Zealand in 1987?
The host nation have also never lost a World Cup match in their own backyard. They have won 54 of their past 59 Tests on home soil and, if they reach the final, they will play five out of seven matches at Eden Park in Auckland, a ground where they last tasted defeat way back in the amateur era. France, group opponents there on 24 September and the All Blacks' nemesis in the World Cup since the inaugural final, won 23-20 in 1994.
Defeat against France in their pool this month would, unlike 2007 and 1999, not be fatal for the All Blacks. It would lead, probably, to a quarter-final against England, a team New Zealand have never lost to in the World Cup, and then a semi-final against Australia. The Wallabies triumphed in the only two matches in the tournament between the sides, in 1991 and 2003, but have not won at Eden Park since 1986.
Yet the doubts remain. After all, even when Jonah Lomu was trampling all before him in 1995, New Zealand still failed to win the World Cup, losing to a extra-time Joel Stransky drop-goal in the final against the hosts South Africa. "The All Blacks' biggest opposition is themselves," says the former wing. "They have to get their heads round the fact that the World Cup is unlike any other tournament."
The All Blacks are not pretending that the pressure on them, both to succeed and to shake off the chokers' tag, is a media invention. "We may not have the best record in the competition but we have to thrive on the pressure because we are playing on our home turf," Carter says. "We have to feed off what is going to be a fantastic occasion."


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It's been a pleasure...
I just wanted to thank everybody on this forum for their advice/guidance/etc.
Sadly, Title was turned over on my '04 325xi w/ 63K miles on it this AM to a new & hopefully loving owner...& in return I got $10K & the plates!
I'm sticking w/ "German" & pick-up a new 2013 Audi Quattro A4 on Thursday...hopefully that doesn't translate into my having to walk the gang plank on this forum!
Yet, I'm still in the BMW fold w/ an '08 328xi Wagon that I don't have a clue what to do with.
Interestingly, I've read the forum E46 v E90...& all I can say is that the E46 is---in my opinion---much superior. The exception being the placement of the cup holders next to the hazards/power lock switch, my only gripe. On the E90...as BMW has gone sleeker, they have also compromised the amount of front windshield outward viewing space---the E90 with an EZ-PASS possibly provides for 10"-12" of outward viewing, terrible!
Anyway thanks again all & I wish you all very happy & safe decades of continued E46 motoring & enjoyment & Pleasure!
Damn, that sucks. Good luck with your Audi, only Audi I'd ever consider is none of them, but the A5/S5/RS5 sure is a beaut!!!
And you're right about E46 VS E90.. I could not stand the E90's window switch placement when I drove them as loaner cars when my E46 was still under warranty.. at least their front looks a heck of a lot better than the F30's grossness.
Good luck with the Audi. After hundreds of trips in both the E46 and E90, I have complaints about both's interiors. The E46 is nice, and I love the placement of the window controls, but the center armrest and cup holders just suck. I can fit one full size bottle and only a small can in the second holder. My companions always end up having to hold their drinks in their laps. Quite embarrassing. As far as the E90, I can't stand the window switch placement (as my friend above said,) and the drink holders are only mediocre. When driving with a taller passenger (such as my father or grandfather,) they always have to mind where their drink is in relation to their knee cap as the cup holder slides out and becomes bothersome. From a drivers perspective, both vehicles are surprisingly comfortable and fun to drive. I prefer the speed of the E90, but the braking and overall feel of the E46 trumps it. The 90 is considerably more comfortable on long highway trips as I LOVE the cruise control system compared to the E46. Also, the backseat in the E90 is (or at least it feels) more spacious and actually has cup holders back their too! The E90 has an advantage as far as being more technologically advanced with amenities such as blue tooth, navigation, and BMW assist. None the less, they're both extraordinary cars.
:) E46's can have blue tooth, navigation and BMW assist as well!
I love telling my wife to hold her drink so I can whip around corners whilst mine stays nice and tight! The E90's cup holders, while more out of the way, seem too low to actually hold anything with good grip... guess this has always been a flaw on BMW's, probably because they are the ultimate driving machine and were not meant to carry food and drink..
Yes, BMW has cup-holder issues. E46 v E90 is truly a personal taste thing...E46 is the better looking car, especially in comparison to those early E90's w/ fuggly rims & non chrome exhaust tips. Never used the bluetooth, but it did have the SOS/Maintenance button on the rear-view mirror & fin on the roof, so it had BMW assist. I agree that the E46 back seat is a bit tight..but overall---side by side---the E46 will stand the test of time, and has...2 generations later & in my opinion it is the best looking of the bunch!
ohh & the iPod/iPhone integration on the E46 knda sucked. But besides that, not much to gripe about.
Dang trizzuth!! Your spot-on. I think the "engine rubber plastic beacon" is the last of my gripes---and what is that 3. Rest assured my rest last night sucked thinking about that car never being in my driveway again. It is testament to the E46 that I'm totally sanguine about picking up a new car tomorrow.
Driving the E90 as a daily for the past couple of weeks has been a joy, but I am still in a state of disbelief that the finest Engineers for daily drivers on the Planet are clueless when it comes to cup-holders. I guess it is an American "Super Big Gulp" thing. But @ least take a page from Honda, I just got my Wife a new Odyssey in Dec & Honda certainly "engineers" some of the finest cup-holders on the road today...is that a compliment or a back handed compliment???
HA! some-what back handed as a minivan has a natural seating position way higher than a sedan/coupe, and sh(tloads more room, so they can put legitimate cup holders wherever they please and they will always be robust. Center stack of controls in a minivan is huge compared to what we have in our cars..
True-True on cup-holders/minivans. I like how the Germans, if you press the auto-up on a window don't have a kill feature if an object/hand gets in the way..sort of an..."let the idiot american break his wrist, then they will have no need for a cup holder!!!!!!"
Audi has all of 72 miles on it, but that electronically controlled speed sensitive steering or whatever it is called is gonna take awhile to get used to...as is all the technology junk. I don't have ADD, yet after 1.5+ hours of "that does this, but this does that, and you can do this & that with this only if you have that"...they got to the "smart key" dissertation & I was like "okay, i've had it...if I jam the key up an orifice...by accident OF COURSE..the start button won't work...I get it...I want to go home"....the salesperson was halfway out the door, and saying something like "...well if the key is actually on your body...or I guess in your body...the smart key technology will still...." I started to drive off before hearing what it would still do.
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Re: st: How to apply sktest to panel data?
Mon, 8 Apr 2013 23:33:25 +0800
I'm sorry I tried to attach the dta file here but the email is bounded. How should I give you the data to make my point clearer?
Dear Nick,
Thank you very much for your reply. The attachment is my data. I'm sorry for not offering it in the previous email. This is the first time I contact with statalist.
The "doesn't work" appeared to be like this (perhaps this is the problem withe format in this column):
. sktest Return if Fund == 000011.OF
variable OF not found
The major reason I want to do these tests is to explore whether female- or male-managed funds have a (more significant) positive skewness, which is actually preferred by investors. And similar reason to test kurtosis. I wish to test for individual fund is because I also want to have the proportion of funds managed by different genders that may have positive skewness.
The return data is collected weekly while the other data I have is on a half-year base from 2005 to 2010. Since the time length is quite limited, I wish to see the results on each time spot as well as the whole period.
I don't quite understand the 3rd point you mentioned. For the 4th one, I might also achieve the daily return that will generate a larger sample.
I just started this and I will take into consideration seriously.
Thank you again and regards,
在 2013-4-8,下午10:22,Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> 写道:
> There is no problem in principle about specifying -if- with -sktest-.
> Here is a dopey example:
> . sysuse auto , clear
> (1978 Automobile Data)
> . sktest mpg if foreign
> Skewness/Kurtosis tests for Normality
> ------- joint ------
> Variable | Obs Pr(Skewness) Pr(Kurtosis) adj chi2(2) Prob>chi2
> -------------+---------------------------------------------------------------
> mpg | 22 0.143 0.477 2.98 0.2250
> You don't give your code or explain what "doesn't work" means,
> contrary to request, so I can only guess that you made some syntax
> error.
> A bigger question is what are you going to do with the results and why
> they are of interest.
> 1. Suppose some panels fall one side and other panels fall the other
> side of your chosen threshold significance level? What then?
> 2. -sktest- tacitly assumes independence of observations. If this is
> not valid for an -xt- problem, P-values are suspect, so decisions
> based on them are shaky.
> 3. Normality (Gaussianity) of the marginal distribution of the
> response is not a requirement for much. In practice, marked skewness
> for example might on various grounds fit better with (e.g.) fitting on
> a log scale, but that's a rather different story. (As you have returns
> as your response, that is unlikely to be possible.)
> 4. 26 is a rather small sample size to estimate skewness and kurtosis.
> The short answer to your question is "use a loop" and the mechanics of
> what you are seeking are covered are an FAQ
> FAQ . . . . . . . . . . Making foreach go through all values of a variable
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
> 8/05 Is there a way to tell Stata to try all values of a
> particular variable in a foreach statement without
> specifying them?
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/try-all-values-with-foreach/
> Nick
> firstname.lastname@example.com
> On 8 April 2013 15:06, LI Mengjia <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> I want to run skewness and kurtosis normality test on my panel data in the following way:
>> (1)For each Fund, and for each Year, use the Return from Week1 to Week26 to run the sktest and also get the value of skewness and kurtosis.
>> (2)For each Fund, use all its Return to run the sktest and also get the value of skewness and kurtosis.
>> The 1st column is Fund, in which each cell is the code of one fund. The 2nd column is Year, from 2005-2010. The 3rd column is Week, from Week1-Week26. The last column is Return.
>> I tried "if" to restrain the sktest to each fund code but it didn't work. And I have 299 funds that I wish to finish the tests in one go instead of running each fund for 299 times.
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Doubling Wildrye's Chromosomes Brightens Pasture Grass' FutureBy Don Comis
December 23, 2002
It's amazing what 14 more chromosomes can do for Russian wildrye, a pasture grass introduced to the U.S. Northern Plains area from Siberia in 1927.
John Berdahl, a plant geneticist with the Agricultural Research Service, has created Russian wildrye plants that are called tetraploids because they have double the usual 14 chromosomes. The extra chromosomes result in a plant that produces larger seeds and much more robust seedlings, solving the biggest barrier to wider use of the grass.
Russian wildrye helps keep cattle well fed by providing forage with higher digestibility and protein, especially in late summer and fall when other grasses, such as crested wheatgrass, tend to become less nutritious. But farmers and ranchers still often choose those other grasses because they're easier to grow.
Berdahl, plant physiologist Al Frank and colleagues at the ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory in Mandan, N.D., hope to change that by using tetraploids to breed new Russian wildrye varieties. They expect to one day see them planted extensively on marginal land in the Northern Plains and Intermountain Region.
Berdahl and colleagues created the new plants without any gene transfer or sophisticated biotechnology. Instead, they induced chromosome doubling by pressurizing flower-bearing stalks in canisters filled with nitrous oxide gas. Nitrous oxide is commonly known as "laughing gas." The nitrous oxide technique enables production of numerous tetraploid seeds and development of genetically diverse populations from which to select superior plants.
It will take about five years to release the first tetraploid Russian wildrye variety to seed growers. Then it will take a few more years for seed growers to produce enough pedigreed seed for sale to farmers, bringing the new variety to market around 2010.
ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency.
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Ms. Hankins is the Co-Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community at the University of Minnesota. In this capacity she provides leadership in working with national and local projects dedicated to ending domestic violence among African Americans. Specifically her work includes research, policy, community education and awareness, community organizing and developing, and the provision of technical assistance to federally funded and other non-profit organizations. She has 30 years of leadership experience and is recognized nationally for her work in the domestic violence field. Additionally, Ms. Hankins provides training, meeting facilitation and consulting services nationally.
Before assuming her current position, Ms. Hankins held the following leadership positions: Project Director of the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board, Vice President of Programs for HAVEN in Oakland County, Michigan; Project Director for Laurel Consulting Group in Laurel, Maryland; and Administrator of the STOP Violence Against Women Grant for the State of Florida's Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence in Tallahassee, Florida. Additionally, Ms. Hankins has held the position of Executive Director of Detroit Women's Justice Center, and of the Downtown and Northwest Branches of the YWCA of Metropolitan Detroit.
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This is a discussion on i was involved in a car chase today.... within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; i spent the last week up in PA with my parents. i drove back to NC today, i left early this morning. it's an 8 ...
i spent the last week up in PA with my parents. i drove back to NC today, i left early this morning. it's an 8 hour ride. no traffic the entire way. i had my wife and 7 month old daughter and my German shepherd with me. we made it 1 mile from our house when all the sudden a late 90s red mustang jumps over a grassy area in front of a auto detailing business, the mustang runs over a young girl late teens early 20s, then hits a nissan titan PU truck who was getting a detail done and speeds off thru traffic.
i was in my 06 ram PU truck diesel. the truck puts out about 500HP with the mods i had done to it. in a split sec i had to determine weather to help the young girl who got ran over or take chase. i decided on the chase because i saw at least 4 people running to the aid of the girl. at this point the truck was stopped in the road.
i through the car in reverse and turned it around. when i stomped the skinny pedal black smoke from the tires and exhaust poured into the street. i took off like it was a drag racing through down town. the mustang got a good head start and i tried to catch up. by this point i had already told the wife to get on the cell and call 911.
when she got thru to the operator others had already called for the girl who got ran over. my wife told the operator we were riding after the mustang, she gave a description of the car and driver, and the cardinal direction and what road we were driving down. The driver was a young looking white female with blonde hair.
meanwhile i am trying to catch up, the truck was pouring smoke thru the street. the mustang was driving on the wrong side of the road, weaving in and out traffic and the situation was getting dangerous for other drivers. she knew i was after her. the chase at this point went about 1 mile. just when i determined it was getting too dangerous to continue the chase a cop car with its lights flashing took over.
the car stayed out of range for reading a plate. so i never got it. when i slowed down and the cop drove past he was about a 1/2 mile behind the mustang. there were a lot of roads that the mustang could have gone down in order to lose the cops. the mustang was pretty smashed up on the left fender and left side of the hood.
everyone in my truck was fine including my 7 month old. if it had only been me, i might have chased a little further but it was just too much for me with the whole family in the truck.
i drove back to the crime scene where the girl who had been ran over was already walking around! there was an ambulance and police officers on scene. only about 10 minutes had gone by from the time it all started. i got out of the truck and found out that the girl was only bruised badly (amazing). i found out that the police were still in pursuit of the mustang and had not caught her yet. i waited to give a statement and than i drove home about a mile in the opposite direction the chase went.
and now i am writing to tell everyone the story. i will find out tomorrow if the mustang was caught. my wife is friends with a local cop she went to college with. i will repost with any updates.
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
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I must have more 1911's. Someone donate me a Springfield EMP.
So you engaged in a high speed pursuit with a seven month old in the car? I have nothing positive to say to you right now. Your judgment is ridiculous and I am scared to know you walk around with a firearm.
i guess Blondie was in such a rush to get back to rehab she missed a couple of easy targets.
I'm sure the judge will let her back out in plenty of time to complete her dastardly agenda
your job rather starts and stops--literally, with the safety of your family,
rather you let yourself get caught in the moment ( perhaps too much TV?) and got your priorities skewered
re-reading.....you rather found a (?) legit excuse to let the horses out, no?
how are you critiquing yourself now?
You plug 'em, I plant 'em
...kid can't read at 17 (Garcia/Hunter 1985)
Lack of preparation on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on mine
I hope they catch her before she finally does kill someone.
"He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." - Leonardo da Vinci
Good job. The key in pursuits is maintaining contact, or better, while still providing a cushion of safety for yourself and others.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
Gecko45 is that you!? This really doesn't sound right to me. I would think your wife would be just a little upset that you engaged in a high speed pursuit with her 7 month old in the truck. My wife hates it if I am going 10 over the speed limit with the dogs in the backseat! If this is true, please re-evaluate your priorities!
"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack" - Master Yoda
"I'm not looking back, but I want to look around me now" - Time Stand Still - Rush
wow, some of you guys are harsh. At least someone in this country did the right thing for once. All too often we become sheep when something like this happens and just turn the other cheek. I witnessed a pretty bad wreck leaving class one day and hundreds of cars drove by without stopping to help the people involved. I was the only person to get out of my car and go administer aid.
I'm getting tired of the attitude in this country that for some reason no one should ever get involved.
I hope the girl that was ran over comes out of this OK. I am glad that you didn't kill anyone or that the person you were chasing didn't kill anyone while you were chasing them.
Don't do things you don't want to explain to the Paramedics!
Stupidity should be painful.
my truck did not go past 45 mph. its when i take off it gets up to speed quick. and the safety of my family was my first priority. you were not there so do not judge. all i saw was a young girl get ran over and the car take off. i cant sit and watch and know i could have gone after her. the objective was to get a plate number and to call the police so they could take over. we did not get the plates but the police did take over thanks to my wifes 911 call. i would never jepordize my daughters safety thats why when the mustang started to go in opposite lanes and weave in and out of traffic i was calling it quits. the cops just happen to take over seconds after that.
this was jacksonville NC
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
I'm not saying don't get involved, but take a look and see how many police chases end very badly for people not even involved in the original incident, and those are officers trained in high speed chasing, not some untrained dude, however well intended, tearing through town with his family in the truck!! What if he caused an accident himself? I don't think the people he hit would just let him off the hook because he was chasing a bad guy/girl! Get involved, help where you can? Absolutely! But how helpful to his family would he be if he ended up incarcerated for vehicular manslaughter or something like that?
"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack" - Master Yoda
"I'm not looking back, but I want to look around me now" - Time Stand Still - Rush
thank you for some clarification.
to get a license number is like......why? with all the traffic cams she had lots of pictures taken.
getting involved is something more people should do--with a plan.
sounds like you had a plan and a co-piolet....along with a this stops here passenger.
for sure alls well yet the what ifs you got t-boned ( right; 7 airbags)
----> this forum thing of getting a thought or story across is not easy, nor is it forgiving.
how about a sig like:
i can not say all i have to say, all at once, on the first post, all the time so that it makes sense to everyone without leaving anything out and keeping it short enough so it can be read in one breath.
You plug 'em, I plant 'em
...kid can't read at 17 (Garcia/Hunter 1985)
Lack of preparation on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on mine
His maximum speed of 45mph was well below that normally encountered in pursuit accidents, by the pursuing vehicle. That and not busting reds and other unsafe actions, not mentioned, so I presume did not happen, it appears his safety cushion was adequate. Without being there, it seems reasonable to me.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
After reading the clarification post I retract some, maybe most of my prior comments. Still not sure it was a good idea, but you are right, I was not there. Your initial post did sound like you went screaming through town after the Mustang, clearly that was not the case. Sorry if I came off sounding a little too harsh.
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American swimming legend Michael Phelps extended his record Olympic gold medal haul to 17 with a third consecutive victory in the Olympic 100m butterfly final on Friday.
Just a day after becoming the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three Olympics with victory in the 200m medley, he did it again.
The 27-year-old produced a strong finish to clock 51.21 seconds and finish ahead of South African Chad le Clos and Russian Evgeny Korotyshkin, who dead heated for the silver medal in 51.44.
Phelps, who earlier this week officially became the most decorated Olympian of all time, has now extended his total medal haul to 21.
He will get a chance to add another, and bow out of the Olympics with one last medal, in Saturday night's 4x100m medley relay.
After a slow start, Phelps has now won three gold and two silvers in six races in London.
While Ryan Lochte was expected to challenge as the world's premier swimmer at these Games, Phelps has ensured he will bow out firmly in the spotlight.


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Towering Inferno.
Horrible Movie. Completley campy acting with an implausable plot. Chock full of 60's/70's movie stars and faces that make you say, "isn't that the guy from that one movie.......". The end of the movie is classic frontier gibberish mixed with full-on sillyness with a touch of 'oh no he didn't'.
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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In the Shambhala teachings, the snow lion is connected with being perky, enjoying the freshness of the highland mountains. The snow lion is vibrant, energetic, and also youthful, roaming the highlands where the atmosphere is clear and the air is fresh. The snow lion is not perked up by temporary situations but experiences unconditional cheerfulness. Just as the snow lion enjoys the refreshing air, the perky warrior enjoys continous discipline. For the snow lion, discipline is not a demand but a pleasure.
From Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, pages 165 to 166.
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