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Wouldn't it be cool if you could walk in your house and command things to turn on or off with just the sound of your sultry voice? Though this scenario may sound like a stolen scene from a Sci-Fi flick, it's real and you can have it in your home today.
HouseLogix's VoicePods lets you play out the above scene, delegating tasks to your home as if it had ears. The device has built-in microphones and speakers so you can interact with it, like a virtual butler if you may. It controls your TV, music, radio, lights, thermostats, shades, locks, security and other things around your house. It speaks weather reports, temperatures and useful security information on demand and alerts you of open doors, tripped sensors, and unusual temperatures.
You can plug it in your home audio system, plug a mic into it if you want hidden external mics lying around the house, connect to the internet and update its firmware via a special VoicePod cable, and it uses Zigbee wireless technology that strengthens your home control network.
But if having a voice controlled home is too hi-tech for you, then you might like to start with something much simpler but just as functional and informative.
ivee has two products already available, the Flex and the Digit, that tell you the time, date, and temperature. The difference between the two is that the Flex has a built in radio while the Digit has some sleep sounds ready to lull you to sleep. Both device are voice controlled and there's no need to "train" it in recognizing your voice as it looks for phonemes, a sound that makes up part of a word, and compare them to a grammar list called the "Hidden Markov model" to determine what your command is.
Another promising ivee product is the Kickstarter project Sleek which tells you the time, date, temperature, stocks, weather, and much more as well as control other Internet-connected devices in your home via WiFi. And since it's cloud-based, it can deliver more functionality for you, your family and your home. you can even command it to tell you or your kids a bedtime story.
But if voice controlled technology just doesn't float your boat, don't worry, there are other solutions to infuse newer technology in your home.
Xfinity Home Control
Comcast announced a new addition to its Xfinity Home umbrella of services – the Xfinity Home Control. This service allows users to remotely control their home's lighting and thermostat, watch live streaming video of their home via wireless cameras, get real-time text and email alerts when doors and windows open or close. For $9.95 a month, you get all the remote access features and security enhancements without hiring a professional to do it for you. All you need is to purchase the Xfinity Home Control starter pack for $99.95 and you're all set.
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Speaking of Internet connectivity, if you want to save some cash or if you think you're spending too much on your phone bill because of your data plan, there's a new product that can help you deal with costly phone bills.
Enflick, the creator of TextNow – an app that allows you to send free texts and make free calls, has partnered with Sprint to deliver a new MiFi device that makes it affordable for anyone to have mobile wireless connectivity on-demand without the need for WiFi. The TextNow MiFi delivers ubiquitous connectivity at the lowest price point available on the market today which means no more costly phone plans or year-long contracts. With TextNow MiFi, users can have internet connectivity wherever they go as well as power other Internet connected devices such as the iPod Touch.
For for as low as $15/month for 500MB of data, you can turn your teen's iPod Touch into an iPhone as he or she can use it to make calls or send messages as it is connected to the Internet.
Let's be realistic – not everything can be connected to the internet, but that doesn't mean you can't. There's this new startup project called Tile that allows you to track things like your wallet, keys, bags or anything that you can think off so you never have to lose your things.
Tile is a small square Bluetooth Low Energy device that you can put on any of your belongings with a companion app that let's you track or find your lost item. It has a built-in speaker so you can set the Tile's alarm to go off so you can find the keys you've been looking for over an hour. But the best part about this little device is it's crowdsourced item-finding technology. If you left your Tiles wallet in a public place or someone took it, just press the Tile lost button on your app. The Tile then sends a signal of its position, and if a person using Tile is nearby, the owner will be made aware of the position of the lost item. The nearby Tile users isn't even made aware that a lost Tile has been found. The point is, as more people use Tile, it would be easier to find lost items.
Tile is compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad Mini, iPad 3rd and 4th gen, and iPod Touch 5th gen and it has an internal battery that doesn't need to be charged as the Tile battery lasts for a whole year. A month before the battery rans out, you get a notification regarding this and you can easily order a Tile replacement. The old Tile can be sent back to the manufacturer so it can be recycled. And you can purchase as many Tiles as you want, as the app can support mulitple Tiles in use.
Right now, Tile is a Selfstart campaign and is looking to raise $20,000 so it can start making the cute device. It just launched yesterday and it has already 660 backers and raised over $30,000 with still a month to go. If you want to be the first to get your hands on a Tile, you can pre-order the device now for $18.95 for a single Tile. Better to get it early, as a single Tile will cost $25 a piece after the campaign.


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McLaren has little hope of challenging for the constructors' championship this season after it scored just a single point at the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday while leaders Red Bull fished in the maximum haul of 43.
The defending champions lead the teams' standings by 77 points from Ferrari and 83 from McLaren with four races remaining in the season, but the British squad isn't getting its hopes up too high.
"I think it's over for both of us," said Jenson Button referring to teammate Lewis Hamilton and his own chances in the drivers' championship.
"The constructors' is also difficult for us as a team but still possible if Red Bull have a bad weekend," he pointed out.
"We can see how quickly it can turn around. It can just as easily go the other way with us and Ferrari," Button told Reuters. "The worry is how far Red Bull are ahead at the moment in the championship and also how strong they are. They are consistently winning and also getting very good points."
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh added, "We'll be moving heaven and earth to win the four Grands Prix that still remain this year. It won't be easy, but I promise you we'll all be giving it our very best shot."


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We fired an employee a few weeks ago. She never saw it coming.
She was truly surprised that she got the axe.
I've noticed that the people we fire rarely see it coming. I've always thought they were kind of clueless.
Recently, however, I recognized that their surprise is not evidence of their cluelessness.
Their surprise is evidence of our incompetence as managers. We are dropping the ball. They shouldn't be surprised. If we were doing our job as managers, they'd see it coming. They see it coming really clearly and in vivid colors!
It's our job to show them what we expect, to show them the gap between our expectations and their performance, and to show them how to fill the gap. If we're explaining, teaching, coaching, and providing feedback, they'll be very familiar with their deficiencies. They'll know whether they're failing to meet expectations, and they'll know what to do to correct the situation.
We're not giving sufficient feedback when employees are surprised by their own termination.
I'm not suggesting that every employee can do the job. I'm not suggesting that it's our responsibility to fill the gap for them.
I am, however, suggesting that they should know exactly what they were supposed to do, and they should know they aren't doing it.
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The actual message is that the Apple iPad can be used for many endeavors, and not all of them are related to business or the pursuit of the almighty dollar. For example, we see Apple's new flagship tablet being used by a sumo wrestling coach to improve his student by changing the angle of attack. We also see the iPad Air employed by a band director to improve a marching band's performance.
Once again Apple tries to get to your purse strings by tugging on your heart strings. Check out the entire ad by clicking on the video below.
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FOXBORO -- Tight ends Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski were at practice for the first time this week on Thursday, but both Hernandez (ankle) and Gronkowski (hip) were both limited in their activity. The two tight ends were among the 13 players who were limited, a group that included quarterback Tom Brady (right shoulder) for the second consecutive day as the Patriots continued preparing to meet the Broncos Sunday at Gillette Stadium. Here's the complete report:
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S Steve Gregory (hip)
CB Ras-I Dowling (non-injury related)
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RB Brandon Bolden (knee)
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DE Brandon Deaderick (ankle)
DT Justin Francis (ankle)
TE Rob Gronkowski (hip)
TE Aaron Hernandez (ankle)
LB Dont'a Hightower (hamstring)
TE Michael Hoomanawanui (concussion)
G Logan Mankins (calf/hip)
OL Nick McDonald (shoulder)
CB Sterling Moore (knee)
RB Shane Vereen (foot)
OT Sebastian Vollmer (back)
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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - As U.S. lawmakers prepare to debate a bill that would expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, South Korean scientists have announced what supporters will see as the biggest breakthrough yet in the controversial work.
For the first time, the researchers say they have produced embryonic stem cells that genetically mirror specific patients whose cells were used to clone early-stage human embryos.
Proponents have called the technology "therapeutic cloning" on the grounds that the cells may one day be used to treat disease.
Increasingly, however, scientists are advising against the use of wording suggesting that treatments are looming, when they are years or even decades away. They favor the scientific term "somatic cell nuclear transfer."
Pro-lifers who believe human life starts at the point of conception prefer to call the process "destructive cloning," pointing to the resulting death of the embryo.
In an achievement reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science, a team of scientists from Seoul National University extracted DNA from skin cells of nine people diagnosed with spinal injures, juvenile diabetes and a rare immune disorder. These are the types of problems researchers hope will one day be treated with stem cells.
The genetic material was then inserted into donated eggs - whose original DNA had been removed - and fertilized in a laboratory. Once the eggs developed to a stage where stem cells were present, the cells were harvested.
The scientists, who last year were the first in the world to report the successful cloning of a human embryo, said their latest work had proven far more efficient: They were able to derive one stem cell line from 17 attempts, compared to an earlier success rate of one in more than 200 attempts.
This was attributed in part to the fact that the eggs used in the latest research had been donated - with consent - by young, fertile women, rather than ones left over from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.
Science magazine quoted a leading stem cell researcher, Rudolf Jaenisch of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as saying of the Korean research results: "Some people will hate it, others will love it."
"But it puts the discussion on a very firm footing now. People will have to rethink the argument that it's not efficient."
The news drew a strong response Friday from Australia bioethicist Dr. John Fleming, who said researchers continued to define ethical arguments in scientific terms, justifying the cloning and subsequent destruction of embryos in terms of "efficiency."
He also questioned the efficiency claim, arguing that the stem cells had come from "unhealthy cloned embryos which will almost certainly be a basket case of genetic errors."
"And where the violation of fundamental human rights is concerned, 'efficiency' as an ethical justification doesn't cut it, any more than when it was used to justify Nazi experiments on human beings," added Fleming, adjunct professor of bioethics at the Southern Cross Bioethics Institute and president of Campion College, a Catholic institution in Sydney.
Australian Bioethics Information director Amin Abboud called the Korean research "a step backwards ethically."
He pointed out that when the U.N. recently called for a ban on all human cloning, the many reasons given included concern about the potential for the exploitation of women.
"The latest results from the Korean team indicate that they are harvesting oocytes [immature eggs] from young women for this experimental research," Abboud said. "In the long run, this will lead to exploitation of women."
'Destruction of human life'
The research announcement is likely to stir up the debate in the U.S. over the ethics of experimenting on human embryos, just days before the House of Representatives considers a contentious bill on the subject.
Four years ago, President Bush limited federal funding of the research to a small number of then-existing stem cell lines.
The decision triggered a strong campaign, spearheaded by patient and other groups under the umbrella of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR), urging Bush to expand the policy.
A bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) seeks to expand the number of cell lines eligible for federally-funded research. House Republicans are reportedly split on the measure.
The House will also discuss another bill, authored by Rep. Christopher Smith (R-New Jersey), calling for a federally-funding network of banks for umbilical cord blood.
"Adult" stem cells from cord blood have already been used in numerous therapies, and many pro-lifers argue that as an easily-available and non-controversial alternative to embryonic stem cells, adult cells are the way to go.
Proponents of embryonic research counter that the stem cells derived from embryos have greater potential than adult ones - an assertion that remains in dispute.
The U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference sent a letter to lawmakers this week saying the Castle-DeGette bill would "encourage large-scale destruction of innocent human life."
"Government has no business forcing taxpayers to become complicit in the direct destruction of human life at any stage," Cardinal William H. Keeler wrote in the letter.
"Nor is there any point in denying the scientific fact that human life is exactly what is at stake here."
Supporting the bill, CAMR president Daniel Perry in a statement Thursday urged lawmakers to approve it and "move stem cell research forward."
Perry called the Korean research announcement "news that will excite the scientific community and give hope to millions of patients waiting for help."
"This work is powerful evidence that stem cell research can unlock the keys to understanding and eventually treating conditions from spinal cord injuries to diabetes," he said.
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Britain's Business Secretary, Vince Cable, dismissed warnings from UK banks of a potential brain drain to Asia if the government implements its pledge to crack down on bonuses.
Warnings that banks might quit London were "a familiar negotiating technique and clearly one has to listen to them -- one has to take these things seriously", Mr Cable said yesterday in Beijing.
"But it is clear that you have got to balance that against our national interest. Banks have to be safe and that means that the regulations have to take into account the potential problems created by cash bonuses."
Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Philip Hampton and Standard Chartered chief executive Peter Sands – on a trade mission to Beijing with Mr Cable and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Financial institutions are considering how much to set aside for bonuses at a time when politicians are under pressure to show voters the rich will share the pain as they implement the biggest government spending cuts since World War II.
Mr Osborne said last month banks would pay the "maximum sustainable" amount of tax without forcing them to leave Britain.
"The banks must be moderate in the way they approach their bonus round," Mr Cable said. "We expect the banks to behave responsibly and with moderation and the government will respond to the situation as it needs to."
About £4.1 billion ($6.5 billion) of the banks' estimated £7 billion bonus pot for 2010 will go to the government in tax, the Centre for Economics & Business Research said last month.
"Not every jurisdiction in the world has done much" about bonuses, Mr Sands said.
"We face an uneven playing field in attracting talent and these markets are highly competitive."
In April, Britain introduced a new 50 per cent tax band for those earning more than £150,000 a year.
Mr Osborne said last month he would block the payment of large bonuses unless banks showed they were extending credit to households and companies.
"These are global markets and both business and to a lesser extent individuals do move around these markets," Mr Hampton said. "There is absolutely the possibility that more markets will move outside London and outside Europe. Being the right place to do business is a whole pile of things, obviously, but it certainly includes regulation and it includes the ability to employ the right people."
Bonuses for 2010 will be 4 per cent lower than the £7.3 billion paid to staff for 2009 because trading revenue is declining, the CEBR said.
Mr Hampton said the amount RBS spent on bonuses in 2010 was likely to be smaller than last year's £1.3 billion following a weaker performance by its investment banking division.
"It would be strange if market forces did not play a part in reducing bonuses because this has been a weaker year for investment banking markets than last year and so, if the word bonus means anything, it means payouts should be lower than last year," Mr Hampton said.
The government is still considering implementing a bank tax proposed by the International Monetary Fund if lending to businesses does not increase and if banks do not moderate pay.
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He will announce the appointment of 16 new "business ambassadors" -- senior executives who will advise the UK government and lobby overseas for deals when travelling for their own work.
They include Anthony Bamford of JC Bamford Excavators, Brent Hoberman of Lastminute.com and Richard Lambert of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Please allow me another computer model run to monitor the path of this snowstorm! Currently the Twin Cities metro is on the northern edge of a rather heavy snow event, including blowing and drifting snow.
Currently, I am thinking that up to a foot of snow could fall from Worthington to Winona. The worst travel will come after dark on Saturday into early afternoon on Sunday.
This has all the makings of a REAL DEAL.
Stay tuned. Later today we may see the Winter Storm Watch extended closer to the south metro for Saturday night and Sunday.


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The relationship between President Trump and what is usually defined - with Soviet terminology - as the American "deep State" is increasingly complex and conflicting.The reason is easy to explain: Trump wants to avoid having tense relations with the Russian Federation, while the "deep State", which is largely represented by the 17 US intelligence agencies, wants to restore tough and overall confrontation with Russia, as well as to avoid the materialization of the Russian Eurasian project with China, to regionalize China and finally shut in Russia between the Black Sea and Poland.
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Authors: Zhou Dong-chen and Du Hui-yan
Although Brexit was already a fait accompli, the British chancellor Philip Hammond has called for closer economic ties with China as Britain enters a new post-Brexit era. As early as in 2015 when Chinese President Xi Jin-ping made his first state visit to the United Kingdom, which ushered a "golden age" to bilateral relations, the two great powers declared their consensus in working together with all Belt and Road project partners.
Authors: Wang Li and Raphael Lissillour
Chinese presidents usually reserve phone calls to heads of foreign countries for use in case of emergency, such as the Korean peninsula crisis. However, on May 7th 2017, President Xi Jinping immediately extended his warm regards to French President Emmanuel Macron after his election, and two days later, they talked to each other again over the phone.
The loss of a mighty Soviet empire stills haunts Russians, their leaders. Russian President Putin has not made any secret of his anguish and anger over the unexpected disintegration of Soviet Union that made Russia a less important super power. Initially Putin made efforts to rebuild the Soviet state but could not succeed as many former Soviet republics now independent nations refused to join the Russia dominated single nation.
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As is also the case with Chinese traditional philosophy, present, future and past always tend to coincide in one single choice in the Chinese strategic vision.In Xi Jinping's initial proposals for the "Belt and Road Initiative" - or, to use the official terminology, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which were outlined by him on two occasions between September and October 2013 - he starts from two evaluations, namely a strategic evaluation and another one having an immediate interest.
Connecting people through the soft power of education, culture and scientific innovation in the spirit of the ancient Silk Roads will open new opportunities for peace and shared prosperity, said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on 14 May, 2017.
Speaking at a major international conference in Beijing, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today drew comparisons between China's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals, saying both are rooted in a shared vision for global development.
Moon Jae-In is the new President of South Korea, elected with 41.4% of votes. The leader of the Democratic Party, who is the current president, had already been considered favoured in opinion polls, especially compared to Hong Yoon-Pyo, the leader of the Liberty Korea Party who, however, got 23.3% of votes.


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STORMTRACK 12 WEATHER CENTER - As of 9PM Saturday evening, Tropical Storm Isaac moves northwestward just off the coast of Northeastern Cuba.
This large storm is moving at 20 mph with sustained winds at 60 mph. For it to become a hurricane, it must have sustained winds of 74 mph.
The models are wanting to take the storm into the Gulf of Mexico. The very warm water temperatures will aide in strengthening the storm into a Category 1 hurricane by Monday. It is expected to make landfall on the Southern Gulf Coast by Wednesday evening. Since Wednesday is still a few days away, the storm could make landfall as far west as the Mississippi/Louisiana border to as far east as the Florida Panhandle/Georgia border. Where it goes after that depends on a cold front approaching us from the west which will send the remnants of the storm across the Appalachians into our neck of the woods, or another ridge of high pressure keeps it more west of us. Some models are trending that it will climb up the Mississippi River Valley and we will get rain from the cold front. The timing of that will be Wednesday-Thursday. It will be interesting to watch what the Appalachians do to the storm if it decides to head our way. We will continue to track Isaac.


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Scientists Admit They Cannot Predict Drought
The threat of widespread and persistent drought, ruining crops and threatening water supplies, is constantly cited as an outcome of global warming. Media talking heads, climate scientists (who should know better) and even the American President have all made this assertion—and there is nothing to back up the claim. Results presented recently at the annual assembly of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna show that forecasting drought is still beyond the reach of current climate models. Models run against historical data have either predicted periods of drought at the wrong times or missed them all together. Yet climate alarmists continue to spread this pernicious lie, preaching damnation with the certitude of an Old Testament prophet.
As reported in the journal Nature, Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory ran tests to determine whether a state-of-the-art climate model could simulate the droughts known to have occurred in the southwest United States during the past thousand years. The model incorporated "realistic" numbers for factors that affect temperature and rainfall, such as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, changes in solar radiation and ash from volcanic eruptions. It even included changes in the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a recurring temperature anomaly in the tropical Pacific Ocean that is known to affect weather in the western US and other parts of the world.
Sloan Coats and his colleagues then compared the results of its simulations with data from the North American Drought Atlas. The NADA is a detailed history of droughts based on the thickness of tree rings. According to the Nature article:
Sloan et al.'s first choice of climate model was not the only failure to perform. Other climate models tested by the team performed no better. Specifically, all the models failed to reproduce a series of multi-decadal droughts that occurred in the southwest during the Medieval Warm Period (900-1200AD), a period when global temperatures were as high or higher than they are today. Note that the MWP is often called the Medieval Climate Anomaly by disingenuous climate science types who just can't bring themselves to associate warm temperatures with anything but the past half century or so.
The results were puzzling. Although the simulation produced a number of pronounced droughts lasting several decades each, these did not match the timing of known megadroughts. In fact, drought occurrences were no more in agreement when the model was fed realistic values for variables that influence rainfall than when it ran control simulations in which the values were unrealistically held constant.
The Dust Bowl—computer models say this didn't happen.
"The model seems to miss some of the dynamics that drive large droughts," says study participant Jason Smerdon, a Lamont-Doherty researcher who studies historical climate patterns. Bear in mind that these are documented climate events and the models were being fed the best "realistic" environmental data that the scientists could scrounge up (or make up). A major problem may be the models' inability to reproduce the cycling between the ENSO's El Niño and La Niña phases.
The ENSO "behaves much messier in the real world than in climate models", says Jessica Tierney, a climate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. "We're not sure how it has varied in the past, and we don't know how it might change in response to climate change. This is really one of the big uncertainties we're facing." This uncertainty is not limited to climate change in the American southwest. Tierney and colleagues investigated the connection between the El Niño/Southern Oscillation and droughts in the horn of Africa in a recent paper in Nature. Here is a quote from that paper:
The 2010–2011 drought in the Horn of Africa, by some measures the worst drought in 60 years, is a reminder that rainfall in this politically and socioeconomically vulnerable region can fluctuate dramatically. Prevailing La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific were partly to blame; East African rainfall is teleconnected to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the Horn of Africa experiences droughts during La Niña events and pluvials during El Niño events. However, it is debated whether the failure of the 'long rains' (the rainy season of March, April and May) in 2011—which exacerbated the drought—is related to decadal variability in the Indo-Pacific region1 or anthropogenic forcing. It is critical for us to understand the character and mechanisms that drive decadal to centennial shifts in East African rainfall if we are to evaluate future regional projections of drought frequency and food security, but the short length of the instrumental record fundamentally limits our ability to understand variability on these timescales using observational data alone.
For data, Tierney et al. turned to proxy measurements from lake sediment, but they admit those data are not accurate. "If constrained by radiocarbon (14C) dating, can have a relatively large (~50–100-yr) temporal uncertainty due to compounded analytical and calibration errors," they state. "This uncertainty can make the identification of shared trends between different site archives challenging, especially within the time frame of the past millennium."
So naturally they turned to every climatologist's friend, the computer. They decided to synthesize hydroclimatic proxy records from East Africa using a Monte Carlo empirical orthogonal function (MCEOF) approach "to develop a spatiotemporal view of regional water balance during the past millennium that accounts for time uncertainty." This is a variant of Monte Carlo simulations used to quantify the uncertainty of model predictions as a result of parameter uncertainty. In other words, if you don't have enough data make some up.
Comparison between East Africa MCEOF1 (blue) and an SST reconstruction from the Makassar strait in the western Pacific warm pool (orange).
In any case, the result of their study is shown in the figure, taken from the article. The right-hand axis is flipped such that cooler conditions plot upwards. Shading on MCEOF1 indicates the 68% (dark) and 95% (light) two-tailed uncertainty bounds. Shading on Makassar SSTs indicates the standard error on the binned proxy SST data. The implication is that the ENSO also affects drought conditions in East Africa, often in a way that climate models cannot replicate.
"Efforts to explain the recent decadal drought in the region and project future hydroclimatic change, whether forced or unforced, must acknowledge the existence of potent low-frequency hydroclimate variability related to the Indian Ocean that is not detectable from the instrumental record alone," Tierney et al. conclude. "Present climate models predict that East Africa will get wetter as a consequence of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, but the region has in fact gotten drier in recent decades."
Oops! The models got that exactly wrong. Even so, climate alarmists read the output of their models, like the auspices of ancient Rome reading entrails, and confidently predict a return to the Dust Bowl—a seven-year drought that devastated large swathes of US prairie land in the 1930s. In a 2011 Nature news article, titled "Mega-drought threat to US Southwest," it is claimed that "global warming could tip region towards repeat of Pleistocene events." Climate models suggest that the region will in future become even drier as atmospheric circulation patterns change and subtropical dry zones expand towards the poles.
The only wrinkle in this scenario is that the drying is predicted by computer climate models, and honest scientists know that the climate models cannot predict drought. "Models are often at odds over the very direction of regional changes," the first Nature article concludes. "For example, different projections prepared for the Colorado Water Conservation Board disagree on whether mean precipitation in the state will increase or decrease by 2050."
Why do they persist in making these predictions? Perhaps they just can't help themselves, perhaps they are all pathological liars. Or perhaps they just are not very good scientists. Lazy investigators who find it easier to believe their computer playthings than seek out hard evidence. Spellbound, they have committed the gravest sin in modeling—believing that their models are reality.
Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.
So naturally they turned to
So naturally they turned to every climatologist's friend, the computer. They decided to synthesize hydroclimatic proxy records from East Africa using a Monte Carlo empirical orthogonal function (MCEOF) approach "to develop a spatiotemporal view of regional water balance during the past millennium that accounts for time uncertainty.
Models not right
In this case the old saying by Wolfgang Pauli comes to mind: "this isn't right, it's not even wrong". Truly, climate models are not even wrong.


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Thread: Harrods Perfume Extravaganza
Harrods is proud to announce the first significant perfume exhibition of recent times, The Perfume Diaries. A true celebration of the fragrance industry, The Perfume Diaries chronicles the fascinating story of perfume from ancient times right through to modern day and beyond. Harrods will unveil the amazing heritage behind fragrances on the market today, demonstrating the evolution of the world's favourite scents.
A series of high-profile events during the exhibition will see the world's finest and most revered perfumers talk about their work.
A true celebration of the fragrance industry, The Perfume Diaries chronicles the fascinating story of perfume from ancient times right through to modern day and beyond.
To complement the exhibition the world's finest and most revered perfumers will discuss their work in a series of events. These will take place within The Perfume Diaries exhibition, on the Fourth Floor at Harrods, and will work on a drop-in basis. No admission charge applies.
Wednesday 8th September 2010
1pm - 2pm Jade Jagger for Guerlain
Personal Appearance and Fragrance Signing 12.30 - 2pm
Jagger reveals her interpretation of
Guerlains legendary Shalimar bottle
Thursday 9th September 2010 6.30pm - 7.30pm The House of Guerlain
Enjoy a unique presentation by renowned
perfumers Jean-Paul Guerlain and Thierry Wasser
To reserve a place at this highly anticipated event please call 020 7730 1234 ext. 3020
Thursday 16th September 2010 6.30pm - 8.00pm An Evening of British Perfumery
Explore the best of British perfumery, led by
curator Roja Dove, with speakers from Ormonde Jayne, Floris, Grossmith, Penhaligon's and Clive Christian
Tuesday 21st September 2010 6.30pm - 8.00pm An Evening of European Perfumery
A celebration of European perfumery, led by curator Roja Dove, with key speakers from Lubin, Mona di Orio, Chantecaille and Givenchy
Thursday 23rd September 2010 6.30pm - 8.00pm The Science of Scent
Discover the fascinating creation process of how a fragrance is made
Thursday 2nd September - Saturday 2nd October 2010 The Perfume Diaries Afternoon Tea
Indulge in fragrant afternoon tea in the Georgian Restaurant
I so want to be there !
Petty small minded people have no place in my life.
I have lots of pics, which I'll put up at the weekend.
"...her fragrance all in my keeping; softly she comes in the night." Lyrics, Gordon Lightfoot, "Softly."
Grant, OH MY!
"...her fragrance all in my keeping; softly she comes in the night." Lyrics, Gordon Lightfoot, "Softly."
Stunning pictures, thanks so much for posting them! I wished I could have been there
great share i needed this
Who Else Loves Discontinued Perfumes?
Harrods is where I 1rst lost my mind to perfume! I was literally dizzy with excitement and the possibility of beautiful scents in the world. My favorite fragrance, was actually the incense burning at the shrine. I loved it so much. I wish I were there!
Grant, your pictures are much better than mine, except for one Aramis soap teddy bear I snapped !
This collection of old bottles with the accompanying scent samples was an unforgettablre experience.
And one I have prayed for. Too bad it's a fleeting temporary installation and not a permanent installation in the V&A or something.
For those of you going to this, another great installation in London, which is awesomely going on both down the street and at the same time, is the 'History of Fashion' installation at the V&A with the traveling contents of Grace Kelly's clothing wardrobe.


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Trade the ball for an iPad! Lol.. I thought that was a pretty good deal. Hope you walked out with that car in the end. LOVE free Swag. We'll keep that in mind to bring a bigger duffle the next time we attend. =)
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Fish Oil for the Treatment of Depression in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
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|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|July 20, 2005
|Last Updated Date
|February 27, 2015
|Start Date ICMJE
|July 2005
|Primary Completion Date
|June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Fifty Percent Improvement in Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale After 3 Months of Treatment Was Used as the Primary Outcome Measure as This Would be Considered a Clinically Significant Change in Depression [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale is a structured interview assessment of depression, designed to be especially sensitive to changes in patients' depression symptoms after antidepressant therapy and is more oriented towards psychic rather than somatic symptoms of depression
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00122954 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Quality of Life (SF-36) [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Whether the change in IFN-g level is correlated with the change in MADRS scores
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Fish Oil for the Treatment of Depression in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
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|Fish Oil as an Adjunct Therapy for Depression in Multiple Sclerosis
|Brief Summary
This study will determine whether fish oil can reduce depression in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are mild to moderately depressed and are currently taking antidepressant medication.
Study hypothesis: Three months of fish oil supplementation will improve depression scores on the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS) or Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) better than placebo.
|Detailed Description
Depression occurs in 50% to 60% of all individuals with MS. Evidence suggests that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil supplements can significantly reduce depression with a low risk of side effects. Therefore, fish oil supplements may be a safe adjunctive therapy to improve the therapeutic benefits of antidepressants. This study will determine the effectiveness of fish oil supplements in reducing depression in MS patients who are taking antidepressant medication.
This study will last 3 months. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either fish oil supplements or placebo daily for 3 months. At the end of 3 months, participants who show an improvement in their depressive symptoms will have the option to continue their treatment for an additional 3 months. Participants will do no respond to treatment will be excused from the study. All participants will remain on their antidepressants and MS medication throughout the study. Participants will have weekly study visits. At each visit, participants will be asked about their general health, and self-report scales will be used to assess depressive symptoms. Medication adherence will be monitored by pill counts and through red blood cell fatty acid analysis. Blood collection will occur at study start and at study completion.
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Drug: Fish oil concentrate
fish oil concentrate (triglyceride form) at a daily dose of 6 grams (1.95 grams of EPA and 1.45 grams of DHA).
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|June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Senior)
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|United States
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K23AT002155-01 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
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|Lynne Shinto, Oregon Health and Science University
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Custom 600 Super SunSport
- Year:
- 2003
- Length:
- 60'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Twin / diesel
- Located In:
- To be Stuart, FL
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- 64851-2573959
- Current Price:
Bandido is a unique customized 600 Super SunSport equipped with powerful 1,012hp Man diesels, extended hardtop with door and climate controlled upper salon. Standard options include a huge, overstuffed Ultra-leather salon sofa that converts electrically to an additional berth with corner table and recliner aft. Bose Lifestyle stereo system, clever dining table and a lavish galley with a full complement of equipment including SubZero refrigerator drawers. The headliner is upgraded ultra-suede and the interior wall linings are designer 'ostrich' hide.
The master stateroom offers a queen-size bed with innerspring mattress and spacious storage below, custom wood cabinetry, private head/shower plus generous storage. The forward stateroom also has a queen-size bed, plenty of storage and four portlights and a large deck hatch provide light and ventilation. There is also a guest head with shower.
At the helm there is a wraparound control console with plush captain's chair and companion seat. In the upper salon you'll find a full wetbar with custom countertop, grill refrigerator and ice maker as well as a plush U-shaped sofa with custom hi/lo inlaid table. The upper salon is fully enclosed and air conditioned with the elegance of custom cabinetry and teak flooring. The extended factory hardtop has an aft door cockpit outside cockpit area and swim deck.
Contact Garret Almeida for more information.Office: 772.692.1001Cell: 561.818.0300Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Central Agent: Garret Almeida Cell phone: 24/7 (561) 818-0300 or email@example.com
Please contact Garret Almeida at (561) 818-0300
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
600 Super Sunsport
Builder: Sea Ray Yachts
Hull Shape: Deep Vee
LOA: 60 ft 0 in
Beam: 15 ft 9 in
Maximum Draft: 4 ft 1 in
Displacement: 55000 lbs Dry Load
Total Power: 2024 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Man
Year Built: 2003
Engine Model: D2840LE403
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 700
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 1012 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: Man
Year Built: 2003
Engine Model: D2840LE403
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 700
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 1012 HP
Cruising Speed: 30 knots
Maximum Speed: 34 knots
Fresh Water Tanks: 1 Plastic (200 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: 2 Aluminum (350 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: 2 Plastic (34 Gallons)
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 2
Customized interior with ultra-suede headliner, designer 'Ostrich' walls, cherry cabinets and wood galley floor .. Custom sculpted salon carpeting and upgraded upholstery add to the elegant and custom nature of this beautiful and unique interior.
The Master stateroom aft has a custom enlarged master island berth with inner spring mattress. There is ample below berth storage
Upper salon / enclosed cockpit
- Wetbar with JENN-AIRE grill and custom countertop
- Refrigerator
- Icemaker
- Teak flooring
- Inlaid wood hi/lo table
- Beautiful cherry cabinets
- Cherry flooring
- 3 burner cooktop stove
- SubZero refrigerator drawers and side opening freezer
- Subzero ice maker
- Convection microwave
- Wine chiller
- Custom composite countertops
- Washer / dryer combo
- Hydraulic swim platform lift
- Bow thruster
- Extended factory hardtop
- Upper salon air conditioning
- Electric windlass with helm and foredeck controls
- Remote control spotlight
- Electric antenna mounts on hardtop
- Foredeck sunpad
- Teak cockpit sole
- Custom teak inlaid hi/lo cockpit table
- Upper salon wetbar with electric JENN AIRE grill
- Custom KARADON countertops
- Front Isinglass new in 2013
- Foredeck sunpad
- Raymarine RL-80C plotter / radar
- Sea Ray Navigator touchscreen plotter
- Raymarine ST-60 speed / depth
- Raymarine RAY VHF Radio
- Raymarine ST 7001 Autopilot
- Bose surround sound stereo system
- Electric antenna mounts for remote lowering
- Satellite TV receiver
- Satellite radio
- Clarion cockpit stereo
- 1,012hp Man D2840 LE403 diesels
- ZF 550A Transmissions
- Westerbeke 15 kw Generator with soundshield
Electrical System
- Westerbeke 15kw Generator in soundshield
- 120/240 Volt electrical system
- 12/24 Volt DC onboard power
- Glendinning Cablemaster
- Six 8D Batteries
- 12V and 24V Automatic battery chargers
Additional Information
- Bandido has high performance 5 blade props plus aditional spare props
- Dinghy / tender not included.
- Seller's personal items excluded.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Learning to Accept Rejection
This week I was hanging out with the guys and one of them received a message from a girl he has been talking to. He explained to use what is gong on with them, and then he asked for me for my opinion. Why is it hard for some women to accept rejection?
The girl who is involved with my friend wants to move their relationship forward. He says that he explained to her that he is not interested in being with her, but she can't seem to except it. She feels that he will change his mine and they will be together.
People, pressuring someone into a relationship never work. It's not going to make them change his mind, it ultimately comes off as annoying seems desperate. At some point we have to learn to accept rejection and move on.
For the young lady that is waiting on my friend; she is still waiting and using tactics to get him. While she is doing that he is moving on with his life. In the end it's not finding a man, it's about meeting someone who wants you as much as you want them.


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Discussion in 'Photo & Video Gallery' started by ChevyFan, Jul 9, 2011.
Keep posting!
Me and my beautiful wife a few years ago
my wife and son
me and my daughter
great pictures man!
This is about 2 years ago inside Ruby Falls, TN
And this is about a year old, me the wife and Ironman..
My wife of 27 years, Teresa and Myself Last October 2011
Sorry for the off subject post here, but jbjohnson, where did you get that ROX grille? I did a google search and cannot find anything. I really like that particular grille. If you would be so kind to let me know where I might find one. Thanks
I'll have to find a more recent pic to put on the computer.... Most recent one is over a year old now...
EDIT: and right now I can't even find that one...
My wife at the NY Auto Show a couple years ago when we still had her TBSS:
And a pic with her and Drago:
Some pics of my family for Christmas and Halloween of 2011.
My wife doesn't like to have her picture posted, but here's one of me and my oldest daughter Emily workin' on an old Bronco II I scored off of Craigslist last summer...
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SM North's Burchstead wins 1600 meters. SM North standout runner Ben Burchstead won the 1600 meters at this weekend's Sunflower League Track and Field Championships. Burchstead's win was a rare success for the northeast Johnson County schools at Friday's meet, which was held at SM North. SM North's girls team finished ninth of the 12 Sunflower League teams. SM East's girls finished eleventh. On the boys side, SM East finished seventh overall, and SM North finished eighth.
NEJC natives earn honors at Virginia college. Two northeast Johnson County natives have made the Dean's List at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia. Mission Hills native Erin Harvey and Leawood native Richard Coulson both earned the honor by maintaining at least a 3.4 grade point average on the school's 4.0 scale.
SM East parents asked to take survey. The SM East PTA is following up a survey it sent out last fall with another set of questions for SM East families. The current 29-question survey, which only takes a few minutes to complete, focuses on communication. The district made a transition to a new communication and notification system this year. The survey can be found here.


text: Started her up for the 1st time in a week, it was about 20 degrees out this afternoon. Ran fine but after a while the GEN light came on. I was about 7 miles away from home when this happened so I just drove it home and parked it. Everything was working just fine. Now when I go to start it its DEAD. Won't even think about cranking no clicking nothing, lighs and radio powers windows horn etc all work but not the starter. There was a wire that looked like it was coming apart, it ran off the alternator to a buinch of wires going towards the back of the engine on the passenger side, I replaced the wire and still nothing, not even with a 50 amp jumper box on it. The thing that gets me is the meter on the jumper box doesn't move when you turn the key either, so I believe the starter has no power going to it. But why would that cause the GEN light to come on? What should I inspect/test? I know how to test the batt but how do I test the alt? There were no problems leading up to this, the car has been just fine! It's sitting on the street, would like to get her back in my garage! Any help GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!


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this morning's NY POST

NFL admitted the wrong calls.....lotta good that does us now =\

Do we have a link that shows the NFL admitting those mistakes? I can't find anything.
[/quote]Ah, a Poe fan, ehh?
One of my favorites:
"A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel."
"And the motto?"
"Nemo me impune lacessit."
"No one provokes me with impunity". This motto appears on the royal arms of Scotland.[/quote]
Moorehead's season ends after MNF this week..
Quote the bud: 'NEVERMORE'


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Swipe-happy consumers are paving the way for what may be the strongest Christmas trading period in years.
Statistics New Zealand data for October showed $3.6 billion in electronic card transactions spent across the core retail sector - a 1.8 per cent rise on the same month last year.
There were 116 million electronic card transactions across all industries, compared with 109 million in October 2012, and a seasonally adjusted total spend of $6 billion compared with $5.6 billion last year.
Last October, retail sales fell 0.2 per cent on the previous month and totalled $3.4 billion.
Retailers Association chief executive John Albertson said the figures painted a positive picture for festive-season spending.
"We are starting to see a lift and certainly we would expect this now to carry right on through until the end of the year," he said.
"There's been the indications for quite some time now that we are starting to see a slightly more positive consumer out there and once we start to get that positive attitude from consumers, we always see spending rising as a result."
He said retailers around the country were reporting positive outlooks and he expected to see up to 3.5 per cent growth in sales this Christmas.
"Certainly the anecdotal evidence in the industry is that we have got no reason to see a grim Christmas; in fact, we might actually see some positive growth.
"It's not to say that it's easy out there but it's certainly improving."
Bank of New Zealand chief economist Tony Alexander said the figures reflected strong consumer confidence and pointed towards a better Christmas trading period than last year.
"These numbers are stronger than they were a year ago," he said.
"It would be reasonable simply on the basis of these numbers for retailers to be anticipating Christmas to be better this year than last year."
Mr Alexander said the figures, despite their monthly fluctuations, were driven by high job confidence and the growing housing market that provided both financial security and necessity for people to spend.
That was reflected in sales of durables, such as whiteware and house furnishings, that showed people were comfortable to commit to larger purchases.
If the labour market continued to grow, he believed there might be a boom mid-2014.
Electronic card transactions account for two-thirds of retail spending, and debit cards were consistently the most popular payment option.


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Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any... View full entry
Blumberg doesn't understand why a memorial to victims of communism was given such an "incredibly prominent, almost sacrosanct" site. "It is so centrally placed that it would seem to quite overshadow Canada's true history." [...]
"I have a massive problem, a huge problem, with this memorial going on that site. I think it completely misrepresents and skews what Canada is all about." — ottawacitizen.com
Previously: Winner of the Canadian National Memorial to Victims of Communism View full entry
ABSTRAKT Studio Architecture was chosen to design Canada's future National Memorial to Victims of Communism in Ottawa...The team was selected out of six finalists at the end of the two-phase national design competition held this summer. The memorial will pay tribute to the more than 100 million people around the globe who suffered or perished under communist dictatorship, as well as educate the public about the heavy consequences caused by communism. — bustler.net
As a national memorial, it will also signify Canada's role in offering refuge to those who escaped that oppression. It will be located on Confederation Boulevard beside the Supreme Court of Canada, the Library and Archives Canada, the Peace Tower, and other key federal... View full entry
Team Lord of Toronto was announced today as the winner to design the new Canadian National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, Canada's capital.
The team's proposal, titled "Landscape of Loss, Memory and Survival", was selected out of six finalists who were invited to present their concepts to a jury of professionals and then to the public during the national design competition. — bustler.net
Led by co-president of Lord Cultural Resources Gail Dexter-Lord, the Toronto-based team also includes Daniel Libeskind (architect), Edward Burtynsky (artist–photographer), Claude Cormier (landscape architect), and Doris Bergen (subject-matter advisor).More info about the project on Bustler. View full entry
Six finalist teams were invited to develop design concepts for the National Holocaust Monument that will be built in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. The two-phase national competition began with a Call for Qualifications in May 2013.
The teams — which had to be led by a Canadian citizen — consist of architects, artists and other design professionals from around the globe. — bustler.net
Some notable architecture team members include David Adjaye, Daniel Libeskind, Gilles Saucier of Saucier+Perrotte, and Jeffrey Craft of SWA Group. View full entry
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Yes, I'm Still Alive
Haven't felt much like blogging, barely into anime for a few weeks there. Now I'm catching up on last season (Nekomonogatari, Railgun) and starting one new show (Arpeggio), while downloading a few others (Freezing Vibration, Maken-Ki OVA) for later. Would … Continue reading
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It's a great time for P.J. Byrne.
On the big screen, the actor with roots in Old Tappan can be seen as one of Leonardo DiCaprio's debaucherous crew in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street." And tonight, television viewers can catch Byrne in a special preview of CBS' eagerly awaited new series "Intelligence," a dramatic thriller in which Josh Holloway stars as a high-tech intelligence operative named Gabriel, who has been enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain. This implant makes him the first human ever to have direct and complete access to Internet, WiFi, telephone and satellite data.
And Byrne's role in all this? He plays Nelson Cassidy, the son of the man who invented the super-chip technology that has made Gabriel what CBS calls "the first supercomputer with a beating heart." And Nelson feels a bit of sibling rivalry.
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Lots of issues
"I am a computer genius. I can do everything Josh Holloway can do with his computer, but I'm about a million times slower," says Byrne. "I can also beat people up or get in fights, but I wasn't trained by Navy SEALs and he was. … I can hit on women, except he's a lot more handsome. … So, there's a lot of reasons for me to be jealous."
Their characters work for the leading government cyber-security agency, which is the "final backstop," tackling cases that even the FBI, CIA or NCIS can't solve. What they do just might save the world.
Byrne's Cassidy is a world away from his "Wolf of Wall Street" character, Nicky Koskoff, who grew up with DiCaprio's Jordan Belfort character.
"He pulls me in when he opens up his own stock brokerage house," says Byrne, noting that besides getting to riff with DiCaprio and Jonah Hill, he got to work with Jean Dujardin. The Oscar winner ("The Artist") plays a Swiss banker who went to law school with Koskoff and comes in handy "when Leo's character has to hide his money."
Asked to further describe Koskoff, Byrne says, "Think of the worst person in the world you know, and then shave their head and put a wig on them and that is my character. Essentially, my character went bald at 18 and wears the ugliest toupee in the history of toupees but thinks he looks sexy and awesome. … That wig was a character in and of itself.
"This is a guy that makes love to professional women, does oodles and oodles of Quaaludes and cocaine, shaves girls' heads — that kind of stuff — on top of stealing essentially and manipulating people for millions and millions of dollars. Not a guy you want to be friends with."
Byrne — a cousin of former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne — lived in Maplewood until the second grade, when his family briefly moved to Buffalo, then to Old Tappan.
"Fourth grade all through high school, that was Old Tappan," says Byrne, whose older sister Courtney was in the same Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan graduating class as Cory Booker.
At Boston College, Byrne double-majored in finance and theater. After graduating, he passed up a Wall Street job offer, deciding to continue to study acting. "And that's the day, I think, my parents officially wanted to kill me," says Byrne.
"My mom was in politics and my dad was an IBM business guy, so they knew nothing about this world." (Emma Byrne, now retired, worked as state director for Sen. Bill Bradley, and as New Jersey's consumer affairs director. His parents now divide their time between homes in Manasquan and Jupiter, Fla.)
Gradual warm-up
"It took them a little while to warm up to the idea," says Byrne, who earned a master's degree in acting from the prestigious Theatre School at DePaul University. "But then they would come to grad school and see me work, and now, they're over the moon."
Byrne, 40, started out in the business by doing "tons of commercials," which was a great training ground, he says. His first "truly big break" was a role in Nora Ephron's 2005 movie "Bewitched," in which he got to improvise with Will Ferrell and Stephen Colbert.
These days, Byrne lives in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles with his wife, Jaime, and their daughter, Madison, who is named after the place in Hoboken where the couple met. "I'll have to tell my daughter one day she's named after a bar," Byrne jokes.
"Intelligence," which moves to its regular 10 p.m. Monday time slot next week, has a 13-episode order from CBS as well as, says Byrne, a killer cast. He calls Marg Helgenberger, who plays the agency's director, "the classiest woman in America" and says Holloway — who played Sawyer on "Lost" — is "the greatest No. 1 on a TV show."
"The No. 1 always sort of sets the tone for what the work environment is going to be and what the work ethic is going to be, and how people are going to treat each other," explains Byrne, who finished filming the final episode last week.
"So, not only is he the coolest guy, he's funny as heck. He's a people guy. And he's got tons of energy. Even when it's a Friday and you're shooting at 4 in the morning … he makes everyone else excited to be around him. He's a great dude."


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"Maarten Buis" <email@example.com>
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Mon, 6 Aug 2007 19:23:26 +0200
--- Sheela Athreya wrote:
> I am using Stata 9 for the PC, and have run the following command:
> mlogit tax pc1 pc2 pc3 pc4, vce(jackknife)
> Where (tax) has five outcomes
> The regression results seem to be fine, but when I then try to run
> "predict p1 p2 p3 p4 p5" to obtain posterior probabilities, I get the
> following:
> "p1: 27 missing values generated" (note: there are more than 27
> cases in the data set)
> And the resulting posterior probabilities are completely off--every
> value of p1 is either 0, 1 or missing (".")
> And, for a handful of cases, the values of p1-p5 are *all* 0.
Are pc1 - pc4 dummy variables for a single categorical variable
(called pc)? If that's the case you can look at a cross tabulation
of tax versus pc, by typing in Stata:
tab tax pc
What you are looking for are (almost) empty cells, and (almost) perfect
predictions, or anything else that looks odd. It's pretty hard to
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The beaches in Finland might not be the best ones in Europe, but they are probably most enjoyed by their visitors. Imagine spending long, cold and dark winter. Can you imagine that? Then it is quite easy to imagine how sun, beach and sea is needed during the Finnish summer.
Penny was getting ready for the trip to the beach, when the bell rang. She knew who it might be, so she opened the door still wearing her pajamas.
"Hey, you are supposed to be ready," her boyfriend tried to sound serious and strict.
"I know, I know. I am almost ready. Do not worry."
"Is it really necessary to take three cameras?" he asked her when he saw her packing the most needed things for the beach.
"I have seen Finnish beaches only in winter for now, so the answer is yes! I am sure it will be magical."
"Well, you might be disappointed with our 'magical beaches.'" And a strange grin appeared on his face when he said it.
"What is this grin about?"
"You will see."
After a longer walk through the park, which looked more like a deep forest then a city park, they finally saw behind the birches and pines the sea. They could even smell it and hear it. The wet and fishy air combined with calm splashing of waves, squeaking of seagulls, and children's giggles. Then the whole scenery unfolded in front of them. The sand was not exactly golden or white and they had to share it with some duck-family and some seagulls too. Similarly, the sea was not really deep blue. It was rather brown and thicker than the sea, in which she had swum before. However, there was more giggle, humming and laugh than she's ever heard on the beach. Some people were drinking beer; some were enjoying strawberries, while children were jumping in water, having fun despite the cold sea. It was a picture like from those ads on sun lotions and summer holidays, but this one was with the real feeling of happiness and enjoying of the sun.
"So what do you think? Missing the white Greek sand and deep blue water, right?"
"No, not really. All is as it should be," she gave him the wide smile and took a photo of their sunny moment.
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