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Check out this quote:
"The critical issue for Google is to segment commercial Gmail traffic from consumer traffic. Google must prove that consumer and commercial services are largely independent of each other, and that the commercial services will sustain at least a 99.9 percent uptime, which is the standard for most commercial e-mail SaaS (software-as-a-service) services."
Matthew Cain, Gartner, InfoWorld, "Update: Gmail Suffers Widespread Outage," September 01, 2009
For those who havent seen the news on this outage:
"Google Inc's efforts to persuade businesses to buy its email services
suffered a setback this week after a highly publicized outage shut down
accounts of millions of corporate customers for almost two hours."
Social Business transformation
From archive: September 2009 X
Interesting quote from Matt Cain on Google GAPE given the recent outage
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Did you have trouble with Gmail?
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Did you have trouble with Gmail? try http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23gmailfail
More about Smart Work Jam on Sept 16 to 18
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You got to sign up for this jam folks: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/smartwork/virtual/?S_CMP=social
Interesting topics:
Why Microsoft's VDI solution is not very useful
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Must read.
"Microsoft has traditionally not embraced the concept of VDI. For the longest time it was actually a technical violation of the Windows desktop license agreement to use Windows for VDI. Then when Microsoft finally changed that policy, they did so by creating a license called "VECD" (for Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop) which is a new license that's required in addition to your Vista Enterprise license. .. Oh yeah, VECD is only available if you have Software Assurance. ..
Microsoft created a new license bundle called the "Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suite," which, like most Microsoft products, is available in multiple editions. This suite is not a new product, but rather a hodge-podge bundle of most of the different things you'll need to start using Microsoft's VDI platform. ... The problem is that the "suite" is just a sort of random collection of various products that aren't really related. ..."
The Microsoft VDI Suite starts at $21 per user, per year.,
and more here: http://vbridges.com/wp/?page_id=61
Interviewed in developerworks
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I was interviewed by developerworks team recently...
IBM CIO study 2009 results based on surveying 2500 CIOs in 75 countries and 15 industries
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Sign up and read this CIO study results - based on surveying 2500 CIOs worldwide:
Videos, etc here: http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/cio/ciostudy/
a Project Liberate proof point: Directions on Microsoft analyst says customers are not renewing Microsoft Enterprise Agreements
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Check this out:
A new report by Directions on Microsoft analysts Paul DeGroot and Rob Horwitz called "5 Reasons Why Microsoft Licensing Is Hard" claims that Microsoft licensing isn't likely to get any easier any time soon..."
Microsoft doesn't think there's a problem," report co-writer DeGroot said in an interview Wednesday. "The money keeps rolling in ... Microsoft looks at the numbers and the reality is that most customers don't have a choice."
And despite Microsoft's rosy view of things, he said that some enterprise customers have chosen not to renew their contracts this year because "the customer doesn't understand the value of what they bought or how they bought it," DeGroot said."
Check out http://www.ibm.com/software/info/liberate for ways to free up money.
Try this TCO Calculator to see how much money you can save: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/offer/roi-calculator.html
Remember Binary tree CMT tool to migrate Microsoft Exchange Outlook to Lotus Notes Domino?
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Many of you may remember this tool from Binarytree: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/d-ls-dominoexchange/index.html
Sure they do the other way too. But looks like this way is getting hot: from Exchange to Domino...
Why not.. See how the math works here: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/offer/roi-calculator.html
Programming Macros in Lotus Symphony
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Here you go.. info on programming macros in lotus symphony:
Can i just upgrade from Windows XP to 64bit Windows 7 to make use of the 4GB ram, etc.?
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Upgrade from Windows XP to 7 64bit? No. Think twice.
Migrate from Windows XP to 7 64bit? Well that is the right thinking, but lots of issues...
- Sure, you have to reinstall all applications, save data externally and then copy back after installing the OS
- Watch out for missing device drivers
- Watch out for application incompatibility
- Not just that it is not available/wont work in Windows 7 but it doesnt support 64bit hardware
Recent articles include http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Windows-7s-64bit-Troubles-568358/
TCO analysis from Applicable in UK comparing IBM and Microsoft
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Interesting analysis by Applicable in UK, modelled for 500-4000 users:
Cost of adding advanced collaboration capabilities: compare between IBM and Microsoft:
- IBM Solutions are up to 37% cheaper based on Infrastructure costs and subsequent user support costs.
- When licensing costs are introduced, particularly those of Microsoft Office – this saving is more pronounced.
ZSL live webinar Sept 16th, with United nations pension fund CTO on Freeing up IT budgets
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Join us on Sept 16th to listen to Mr George Abraham, CTO of United Nations Pension Fund, New York on freeing up IT budget and investing for growth: http://www.zslinc.com/Marketing/FreeupITbudgets/Free-up-IT-budgets.html
Help create a smarter, more productive work environment
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"I'd like to personally invite you to join me tomorrow for a global discussion on how to create a smarter, more productive work environment. Forward-thinking IBM customers, expert thought leaders from around the world, and top IBM executives will be sharing ideas and setting direction for future investment. I would appreciate your adding your voice to the conversation.
Please take a moment right now to register here https://www.collaborationjam.com/minijam2/jam/registration/index.do?jamId=1746
US Bank upgrades to Lotus Notes Domino 8.5 and adopts IBM Collaboration 2.0 technologies
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US Bank, is getting their 58,000 users upgrade to the latest Lotus Notes Domino 8.5. Moreover, this bank, who had more than 5000 siloed Sharepoint sites, is adopting Lotus Quickr and Lotus Connections software in addition to Lotus Sametime that is already in use. Working smarter together...
See details here: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/28400.wss
"Our industry has undergone unprecedented changes over the last year, and that serves as great example of why it's so important for U.S. Bank's employees to be able to use technology to communicate and collaborate efficiently," said Mark Dickelman, senior vice president, innovation, research and development for U.S. Bank. "Keeping up with economic developments and policy changes and the need to quickly communicate while innovating for growth would be nearly impossible with traditional methods, and that's why Lotus collaboration software will continue to be incredibly useful to us, especially as we continue to solidify our company's position as a leader in the financial services industry."
Makes lots of sense, given the recent TCO math (see my previous blog entries) that shows a reduction in TCO by more than 37% if you adopt IBM Lotus collaboration software rather than Microsoft sharepoint, and office communications server.
Seeking a virtual linux and or windows desktop on the cloud? midas touch
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Seeking to have your virtual linux or windows desktop available anytime, anywhere, up in the Cloud?
Want to use Lotus Symphony on the web?
How about emails, social software, real-time communications? Your entire desktop on the Cloud.
Access it using your linux, MAC, windows netbook/laptop/desktop/thin client from home, kiosk, work...
Check out: http://midasnetworks.com/desktop.shtml


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blah blah blah, head on back to the rsx boards. my stock, auto, 2004 would walk all over that almost stock rsxs from a stop and a roll.Originally posted by smokey
That is a false statement...from a roll, a stock RSX-S can hang with/beat a stock WRX.
So one with an exhaust would do the same. Jesus, just compare trap speeds. WRX kills RSX-S from a dig, but compare trap speeds and maybe you'll understand.
No one is calling the WRX a POS or even implying the RSX-S is a good sportscar. Just realize the deficiencies of both cars and maybe you can be more objectice.

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On the Rocks
Houston has to be one of the most horizontal cities on the planet. The hills of Austin look like mountains in comparison to our coastal flatlands. So where do we go if we want to climb some rocks? Austin, of course -- or an indoor climbing gym. The popularity of indoor climbing reached its summit a couple of years back, but there are still plenty of gyms where novice cliffhangers can hone their chops (or grips, as it were). Hard-core mountain men and women might shun fake rock walls, complaining about the ease of the routes and the artificiality of the air-conditioned atmosphere, but indoor climbing offers the rest of us the chance to dangle in the air and get some great all-around exercise -- in a nice, cool environment. Hey, one person's authenticity is another person's unnecessary sweating.
And, really, in a town as flat as this muggy burg, where else are you gonna go? "Gym climbing is not like climbing the Flatirons, but it's better than nothing," reasons Matthew Goode, a Colorado-transplant and climbing enthusiast. Texas Rock Gym, 9716 Old Katy Road, suite 102. For more information, call 713-973-ROCK or visit www.texrockgym.com. $9.50 for a day pass. -- Keith Plocek
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Dog-loving singles mini-golf for charity
Miniature golf evokes so many images: colored balls, crappy, dented putters, that narrow ramp into the clown's mouth and...dogs? This Sunday, Houston Single Source is hosting a charity putt-putt golf tournament to benefit PAWS Houston, a nonprofit organization that serves low-income pet owners who are living with terminal illness. The two groups are a perfect fit, considering that Houston Single Source has its own dog lovers' community. Its motto: "People who love dogs should be together." Participants' own animal companions will have to spend Sunday alone, however -- the event is strictly No Dogs Allowed. Tournament entry fee includes food, beverage and entry for special prize drawings. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 28. Malibu Grand Prix, 1105 West Loop North. For information, call 281-443-3360 or visit www.pawshouston.org. $20. -- Lisa Simon
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Re: Evaluation Question
Since your points are well defined, just make a list of them and apply
your function to each point:
pts = IntergerDigits[Range[0,7],2,3]
To see how this works, click on the Apply function at:
Good luck!
On May 22, 3:13 am, hoffmannick <hoffmann... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone help me solve the following problem?
> I have a function of 3 variables, let's say
> f[a_, b_, c_] = a + b + c
> Now I need to evaluate the function at some given points. To evaluate
> at a single point I would do
> f[0,0,1]
> For the point (0,0,1)
> Now here is the main question.
> I need to evaluate this function at the points (0,0,0) through (1,1,1)
> That would be the points:
> 0,0,0
> 0,0,1
> 0,1,0
> 0,1,1
> 1,0,0
> 1,0,1
> 1,1,0
> 1,1,1
> I'm testing these for approx 32 different functions. Is there an easy
> way that I can define the function and then have it test all the
> points for me? It will always be those finite points listed above.
> I looked into the mathematica documentation and it said how to do this
> with a function of a single variable, but it didn't say how to do it a
> function of more than one variable.
> I really appreciate your help


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Student/Athletic Accident Insurance
Your school has purchased accident coverage to protect all students involved in any school sponsored activities including sports against accidental injury or death occurring while the policy is in force. Coverage is provided by Zurich Insurance Company and administered by Bollinger, Inc. Usual & Customary benefits are provided on a full excess basis.
If your primary medical coverage is an HMO or similar plan, you must follow their rules for obtaining benefits. If the HMO is not utilized, benefits otherwise payable under this policy may be denied.
Following is an example of how a Full Excess claim is handled. A student incurs medical expenses of $100.00 for treatment of an injury sustained during recess. The student's parents have private group insurance. The medical bills must first be submitted to the parent's insurance, being the primary carrier. The primary insurance pays $65.00 of the bill and sends an explanation of benefits (EOB) to the parents. The parents then submit a copy of the original bills along with a claim form and the primary insurance EOB to Bollinger, Inc., who may then pay up to $35.00 (the amount of covered expense that is "in excess of medical expense paid by another plan providing medical benefits.")
Claims Instructions
In case of accident, notify the school immediately. You may obtain a claim form from the school or you may download one from www.BollingerSchools.com.


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Flash, not chip.
just scheduled to drop the car off wednesday morning for an APR stage 1 flash.
my dad just got his JSW APR tuned two days ago, it really woke the car up and you can tell a huge difference. but his car does have 50 thousand miles, and TDIs tend to break in around 70 thousand miles. i would personally reccomend that you wait and enjoy your car with the low milege, it is not even close to broken in. have fun with it the way it is, sounds like you just got it. either way GOAPR all in all it is a great chip good luck!


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A tenured teacher with the Corning-Painted Post School District has resigned after being arrested for allegedly trying to buy narcotic drugs without a prescription.
Heather Darcangelo was an English teacher at Corning West, but was reassigned to Northside Blodgett school after cuts at the end of the last school year.
She was arrested in July after police were tipped off she was trying to buy drugs. Darcangelo was charged with attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Her resignation will be voted on by the school board at its Wednesday meeting.


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Want to start using all the websites that take advantage of the latest technologies in HTML5, but can't move away from Internet Explorer? Google has your back.
The company has released an open-source plug-in for IE users called Google Chrome Frame. It can be used to automatically force IE to load a website using the same WebKit rendering engine as Google Chrome, complete with its enhanced JavaScript rendering and support for HTML5 technologies like Canvas and embedded audio and video.
To implement it, all the developer needs to do is add one line of code to a page's header:
<meta equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">
The plug-in accomplishes this engine switching using the IE=EmulateIE7 tag Microsoft built in to Internet Explorer 8 to ensure compatibility with older, quirkier websites.
This is pretty much the height of awesomeness — or audacity. Google wants everyone to start using HTML5 as soon as possible, but IE doesn't support HTML5 natively. So, the company hacks Microsoft's browser to run Google's browser inside of it.
Google is coyly releasing this now as a lead-up to this fall's public launch of Google Wave, the company's real-time communication tool which makes extensive use of WebKit's JavaScript and HTML5 rendering abilities. The company wants to ensure that Wave works for everyone, including IE users.
But it's an especially welcome development to those who want to start using the latest web technologies, but aren't able to switch browsers due to corporate lockdowns on installing software or other, similar limitations on user privileges on their machines. Of course, use of the plug-in assumes the users can install their own plug-ins, but restrictions on app extensions are less common than restrictions on application installers, .exe files or mounting disk images.
From Google's Chromium blog:
Here's a video:
See also:
- Google Chrome Closes in on Firefox With Official Extension Support
- Google Chrome Is Growing Up, Slowly but Surely
- Google Waves Goodbye to E-Mail, Welcomes Real-Time Communication
- Google Docs, Google Groups Catch the Real-Time Sharing Wave


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Movie Title – Venicile Vyapari
Producer: Murali Films
Director: Shafi
Cast: Mammotty and Kavya Madhavan
Music: Biji Bal
Genre: Comedy-Action
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Shafi's directed 'Venicile Vyapari' has hit the screens. The Malayalam movie has been well in wait and now it has come up to entice the viewers. Murali Films produce this movie that stars Mammotty and Kavya Madhavan who plays the main protagonists in the film. Biji Bal scores the music.
A comedy movie, the film is based around the famous Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice'. It has been learnt that the title of this flick was given by Salim Kumar who has been awarded the National Award for his brilliant acting skills.
Although the film is based on the great playwright's play but it has nothing much to let the viewers enjoy with. The script writer and the director simply fail to ignite the oomph the play of Shakespeare has. The apparent comic caper cannot tickle your funny bone at all.
It is Mammotty's show all the way since he is shown off the screen wearing various outfits, dolling up some action and comic sequences. The director tries to infuse the 80's era into the movie by getting Mammooty wearing the wigs and shirts (big collared) of that time. But his efforts looks wasted since he could not generate the actual feel of the time. The jokes of SMS seem pretty ordinary and even cannot generate laughter on the lips.
Shafi's Venicile Vyapari talks about a murder happened way back in the era of 80s. Pavithran (Mammootty) happens to be a cop who is roped in to investigate the killing and the whodunit associated with this murder. Since the film is based around Skahespeare's Merchant of Venice, the Venice of Kerala is Alappuzha and Merchant is Mammooty. The incidents unzip in Alappuzha where Ajayan (Biju Menon), a local union leader, gets killed and the cop Pavithran is brought up to investigate the scene and the case. Previously the police officers who tried to do the investigations against the criminal activities of the powerful landlords of the place got assaulted. Now Pavithran fastens the belts to brawl against them. Ammu (Kavya Madhavan), who is the sister of the murdered Ajayan, starts loving Pavithran. Follows next is the cop's business with the investigation of the case.
Direction is weak. Shafi shows no power to bind the viewers till the climax. Script is another feeble thing that has nothing special and even has been written very badly. The cinematography is lackluster. Editing is bombastically poor. Music is letdown.
On the whole, Venicile Vyapari is a big downer that carries nothing to rave about and enjoy with. Spending time and money on this venture is an idiotic thing, so avoid it.


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Scott Jagow: I'm sure you've heard the argument Americans have been living beyond their means, and now, we're gonna pay for it. Commentator Robert Reich doesn't exactly buy it.
Robert Reich: The "living beyond our means" argument, with its thinly-veiled suggestion of moral terpitude, is technically correct. Over the last 15 years, average household debt has soared to record levels, and the typical American family has taken on more of debt than it can safely manage. That became crystal clear when the housing bubble burst and home prices fell, eliminating easy home equity loans and refinancings.
But this story leaves out one very important fact: Since the year 2000, median family income, adjusted for inflation, has been dropping. One of the main reasons the typical family has taken on more debt has been to maintain its living standards in the face of these declining real incomes.
I mean, it's not as if the typical family suddenly went on a spending binge -- buying yachts and fancy cars and taking ocean cruises. No, the typical family just tried to keep going as it had before. But with real incomes dropping, and the costs of necessities like gas, heating oil, food, health insurance, and even college tuitions all soaring, the only way to keep going as before was to borrow more. You might see this as a moral failure, but I think it's more accurate to view it as an ongoing struggle to stay afloat when the boat's sinking.
The "living beyond our means" argument suggests that the answer over the long term is for American families to become more responsible and not spend more than they earn. Well, that may be necessary, but it's hardly sufficient.
The real answer over the long term is to restore middle-class earnings so families don't have to go deep into debt to maintain what was a middle-class standard of living. And that requires, among other things, affordable health insurance, tax credits for college tuition, good schools, and an energy policy that's less dependent on oil -- the price of which is going to continue to rise as demand rises in China and India and elsewhere.
In other words, the way to make sure Americans don't live beyond their means is to give them back their means.


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Folk Art Game Boards
Use these Folk Art Game Boards as trays, or as a unique, colorful wall element.
This new modern bathtub by Italian architect and designer, Carlo Colombo, for Antonio Lupi has a built in backrest and comes in two colors. Just introduced at the trade shows this year.
This amazing seesaw is a collaboration between designer Ben Wilson and Brooks England, Ltd. Perfect for adults and kids alike.Added 8 Years Ago from Designboom
This would make a great gift for the art/ domino lover.
A great home accent piece to rest your feet on. Check out the website for other colors available.Tags: home, style, home decor, relaxation, plants, wool, feet, leisure, restAdded 8 Years Ago from Thefutureperfect
Absolutely adorable kinetic wood sewing machine. Crank the wheel and the wood needle moves up and down. Handmade with a nontoxic finish, FDA approved and Kosher certified.
These adorable little lambs are handmade and have a metal armature inside making them fully posable.Tags: kids, home, accessories, childrens, office, style, gifts, toddler, home decorAdded 9 Years Ago from Rompstore
This hammock is huge and the site claims it can hold the entire family.Tags: home, outdoor, accessories, style, home decor, living, slings, Garden, summerAdded 9 Years Ago from Kwhammocks
This articulated wood character is sure to spark the imagination.
Beautiful rocking chair!
Lovely color. With a nice cushion this would be a great chair to sit in on the patio.Added 9 Years Ago from Design Within Reach
Brilliant idea. This could easily occcupy a child's time. I'd probably give it either a cherry or dark wood finish.Tags: toys, kids, home, accessories, childrens, modern, toddler, Eco, home decorAdded 9 Years Ago from Moderntots


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Welcome To
Male Infertility at a Glance
- Male infertility is the inability to cause a pregnancy.
- Male infertility is often due to low sperm count.
- A semen analysis is often the first step in getting help.
- Treatment is available.
Millions of men face infertility. If your partner is having trouble getting pregnant, you are not alone. The good news is that many men with fertility problems go on to become fathers.
Whether you are dealing with male infertility or are a concerned partner, friend, or family member, you may have many questions. Here are the answers to some questions people commonly ask about male infertility.
- What Is Infertility?
Some couples have a hard time getting pregnant. A couple is considered to have infertility issues when they try for a year without success. More than 1 out of 10 couples experience infertility.
There was a time when people thought infertility was only a woman's problem. But men can have fertility problems, too. When a couple is having a hard time getting pregnant, it is just as likely to be caused by a problem with male fertility as it is with female infertility.
When a couple has a problem achieving pregnancy, it's estimated that about
- 1 out of 3 times it's due to a problem with the man's fertility
- 1 out of 3 times it's due to a problem with the woman's fertility
- 1 out of 3 times it's due to a problem with both the woman's and the man's fertility, or a cause cannot be found for the problem
That's why both the woman and the man usually get tested for fertility problems when a couple is having infertility problems.
- When Should I Get Help for Male Infertility?
It can take up to a year for a woman to get pregnant. This is considered normal. Most health care providers suggest waiting a year before seeking infertility testing. If you and your partner have been trying to get pregnant for more than a year, it may be time to see your health care provider.
Some health problems may reduce a man's ability to get a woman pregnant. You may want to see a health care provider sooner if you have a history of
- cystic fibrosis
- injury or trauma to the scrotum and testes
- problems getting an erection
- problems ejaculating
- What Causes Male Infertility?
The most common causes of male infertility are related to sperm — usually problems with sperm count and the quality of that sperm. Sperm-related problems include
- low sperm count
- sperm that don't move quickly enough — they die before they reach the egg
- sperm that are not formed correctly
- seminal fluid that is too thick — sperm can't move around in it very easily
- no sperm
Sperm-related problems may result from too much or too little of some of the hormones that guide sperm making.
Another cause of male infertility is a problem with ejaculation. In some cases, tubes inside the male reproductive organs are blocked. If so, you may have a hard time ejaculating, or nothing comes out when you have an orgasm. Sometimes, the ejaculation goes backward from the prostate into the bladder instead of out of the body.
In some cases, there is no known reason for someone's infertility. This is called unexplained infertility. This can be a very frustrating diagnosis. But even if you are diagnosed with unexplained male infertility, you still have treatment options to consider.
- What Could Increase My Risk of Infertility?Certain things may increase a man's risk of infertility. They include
- chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer
- environmental toxins, like lead and pesticides
- excessive drug or alcohol use
- injury to the scrotum and testes
- smoking cigarettes
- having overheated testicles from wearing clothing that is too tight or swimming or bathing in hot water
- having an undescended testicle
- What Kinds of Tests Are Used to Diagnose Male Infertility?
Diagnosing infertility may take several months, so don't get discouraged if you do not receive an answer quickly. Testing for male infertility usually begins with a health care provider doing a physical exam and asking about your medical history.
You will be asked to give a semen sample so that your sperm and seminal fluid can be examined. This is called a semen analysis. The semen sample will be examined for
- the amount of seminal fluid
- the sperm count — how many sperm there are
- how quickly the sperm move
- the size, shape, and appearance of sperm
Problems with any of these factors can make it more difficult to get a woman pregnant.
You may also have a blood test to find out if there are any hormone problems.
- How Is Male Infertility Treated?
Treatment is available for male fertility problems. Male infertility treatment options include
- surgery
- medication
- hormone treatment
If a man's sperm are not able to fertilize an egg, donor sperm — another man's sperm — can be used.
Surgery, medication, hormone treatments, and donor sperm may be used alone or along with other treatments that help the egg and sperm unite. Two of the most common treatments include
- intrauterine insemination (IUI) — Semen is collected from a man. A procedure called "sperm washing" is done to separate the healthy sperm from the rest of the semen. A health care provider puts the sperm directly into the uterus. This puts the sperm closer to the egg. It cuts down the time and distance sperm have to travel to reach an egg. IUI is often referred to as donor insemination, alternative insemination, or artificial insemination.
- in vitro fertilization (IVF) — A woman takes medication to make several eggs ripen. A health care provider removes the eggs. Semen that has been collected from a man is put together with the eggs in a lab. After some eggs have been fertilized, one or more of them is put into the uterus. Pregnancy happens if one or more of them implant in the wall of the uterus.
- Where Can I Get More Information and Help?


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More than 63% of U.S. households include pets, and Hurricane Katrina showed the government that most of them would rather not leave their animals behind in case of an emergency. PETS requires state and local officials to create evacuation plans that include companion animals and to provide basic care for them once they and their guardians have been relocated. PETS has already passed in Maine and New Mexico and is pending in California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont.
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I am going to be remodeling a single wide mobile home trailer. the floor is in pretty bad shape. I have found a flooring that is suppose to repel water I think the name is advantic (sp). my main question is do I need to replace the joist under it with pressure treated 2x6 or untreated? In some areas of this trailer it has a lot of moister under it... I want this to last a while since we have replaced the floor in the kitchen before...
Can you post some pics of the floor joists so we can get you a better answer on replacement?
Depends or there condition. If there covered with fungus but still strong they can be treated with Timbor or Boracare to kill the fungus.
The best thing you could do is figure out what there's so much moisture.
If the grade is low and the water is pooling under the home then it can be raised with fill dirt and then covered with a vaper barrier.
Vented skirting can also help to keep it dry.
I can't yet but the flooring is presswood now. water runs under the house due to the way land runs and a pool. . however I have very limited funds so jacking the house up and backfilling with dirt isn't a viable option
your yard needs a french drain on the uphill side of the yard to direct ground water toward either direction away from the structure otherwise you will always have moisture under there. gutters will be a must as well if you do not already have them. once you get the water under control and relatively dry under the house put down a vapor barrier to keep the moisture from the ground contained.
that isn't a option right now... but no one has answered my true question... do I need pressure treated or untreated joist under the floor.. I've heard pressure treated expands and contracts and could cause bucking. I have limited funds for this project (2,000.00) for total project for now. please give me some advice that doesn't involve things I can't deal with right now... yes I agree in the future I will backfill against the trailer to divert the water however that will have to be 6months to a year away due to funds. please help
there is no need for pressure treated for a floor inside a house. I suggest building it how you normally would and deal with the water when you can. No one wants a deck inside of there house..
The pressure treated joists aren't going to solve your problems, you would still have to deal with the moisture ruining your decking and flooring. You have got to stop the moisture some way. Maybe you could trench or put a berm in to divert the water. A french drain won't divert the water as it works under ground.
thanks so much I appereciate the answers
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The government of Israel has a unique ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. For over half a century, Israel has complained there were no Arab leaders willing to negotiate for peace and when people like President Abbas arrive on the scene the Israel government does all in its power to marginalize him. Marwan Barghouti, a powerful Palestinian leader who is serving a life term in jail for his role in the jihad of 2000, told the media from his jail cell that it was time to resist Israel in other than simply talk. He urged competing Palestinian factions such as Hamas and Fatah to unite and engage in a unified program of opposing Israel. "Betting on negotiations alone was never our choice. I have always called for a constructive mix of negotiation, resistance, political, diplomatic and popular action." He called for a popular campaign to oppose West Bank settlements and to get rid of the wall which impairs movement of Palestinians.
So, one day in the near future, Palestinians will take to the street. There will be suicide bombers and innocent Israelis will die. Naturally, the Israel government will blame "terrorists" and tell the world this is what happens when you attempt to negotiate with Palestinians. Of course, nothing will be said by the deliberate campaign of Prime Minister Netanyahu to block meaningful dialogue for peace. In the end, the innocent on both sides die.


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I reacently took my car in to have the rear intake gasket replaced. Up until then my car ran fine..just leaked like siv. When I get my car back it acts like it is runnin on 7 cylinders.I know there are a few things that can cause this my question is is timing not set correctly going to cause this. That is the only thing I can think of. Or has the machanic messed my car up bad
your timing should be fine. I think i would look to see if there is any vacuum lines off or installed incorrectly.
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I agree with johnny your timing should not make it seem to be running on seven cylinders.vacuum,wiring,fouled plugs,please recheck these first before you jump to major conclusions.then go from there (wrenchturner)
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come to think, it probably is your timing. the mechanic you used could have possibly dropped the distributor in 180 degrees off. take your spark plug wires, mark the first one you change with a chlothespin, and take the wires directly across the cap (take one off, replace with direct opposite). fire the engine and if it huffs or backfires the timing was right to begin with, put the wires back and start over. if it runs better, or just plain good, put the wires back, yank the distributor out and turn it 180 degrees and drop it back in. the other thing i could muster is that when he took the intake off he didn't plug the cylinder head's intake runners. if some old gasket material got down in there it could bend a valve, causing it to miss, or if it was a larger solid particle(metal shaving,tiny rock, stick) it could have caused permanent damage to the head or cylinder wall making for a poor seal and miss or poor combustion.
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I agree with Wrenchturner. Check all the vacuum lines and electrical connections first then go back and talk with your mechanic before jumping off the deep end.
The chances that piston rings are causing this problem are about a million to one.
just a few simple sugestions here, did you check plugwires(at plug and dist)recheck pluggap certainly check all vaccum lines (for connection and condition(cracking))also spray carb cleaner on intake gaskets to check for more leaks (never heard of a rear intake gasket on a V8 its either rt or lt and I've never replaced one without replacin the other as well)hopin for the best
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Children's Criminal Responsibility in Australia: Some Legal, Psychological and Human Rights Issues
Mathews, Benjamin P. (2000) Children's Criminal Responsibility in Australia: Some Legal, Psychological and Human Rights Issues. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 5(2), pp. 27-45.
Australian law marks the transition from a protected state of childhood and legal incapacity to a state of liberated adulthood and legal responsibility in many facets of life. The law says at what age an individual acquires legal capacity to make contracts, have sexual intercourse, consent to medical procedures, marry, consume legal drugs, drive a motor vehicle, and participate in elections. These changes in legal personality are not catalysed by merit or personal characteristics, but by the expiry of a span of time from each individual's date of birth. The ages at which law sets these capacities is informed by historical habits, changing perceptions of children, and by other factors such as social climate, realpolitik and economics. Yet, since individual human beings develop at different rates – physically, intellectually, psychologically and emotionally – it is clear that the law's conferral of rights and imposition of responsibilities occurs at inappropriate times for many individuals. This discussion sets out the Australian law ascribing criminal responsibility to children. It recognises the problems inherent in the Australian laws, and then outlines some of their legal consequences. These consequences include the low age of criminal responsibility in Australia compared with other nations, and the bareness of the law's inquiry into when a child is criminally responsible, in many cases deciding the issue simply by age, and at most only seeking to assess the offender's cognitive state. These legal principles demand an examination of psychological and human rights issues. This article refers to developmental psychological evidence to demonstrate that it is theoretically impossible and morally unjustifiable to measure criminal responsibility only by age. Finally, the Australian legal position is contrasted with international law's promotion of children's rights.
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He won't listen to Martha Burk, who will be leading a demonstration of feminists outside Augusta National on Saturday, during the third day's play in the Masters. He won't listen to the Rev Jesse Jackson, who has told him that gender bigotry is on the same plane as racial bigotry. And he won't even listen to Tiger Woods, who sets out today to win his third Masters title in a row and has let it be known, very gently, that he believes women should be admitted as members of Augusta National.
"I won't tell Tiger how to play golf," Hootie Johnson said yesterday, "if he doesn't tell us how to run our private club."
Johnson, the chairman of Augusta National, is the central figure in the hottest issue in American sport. Last June the question of allowing women to join the 300-strong membership arose when Burk, the chair of the National Association of Women's Organisations, wrote a private letter to the club. Hoping to head trouble off at the pass, and acting on the advice of a public relations expert, Johnson published his reply, in which he said the club would not change its policy "at the point of a bayonet".
At that point the issue became a cause célèbre. When Jesse Jackson joined in, it was to point out that a private club benefiting from the support of local government and public companies should not be allowed to discriminate.
Born three miles from the club, Johnson watched his first Masters at the age of four and became chairman in 1999. Yesterday, at his annual pre-tournament press conference, questions about the condition of the sodden greens and fairways were elbowed aside in an attempt to get the 72-year-old banker to talk about why the club, which admitted its first black member about 10 years ago, refuses to end its discrimination against women.
"Single gender is an important fabric on the American scene," he said. "There are thousands and thousands all across America, of both genders health clubs, sewing circles, junior league, Shriners. We're not discriminating and we resent it very much when that accusation is made against us."
In a packed auditorium, with green-jacketed club members lining the walls like a tanned and smiling Praetorian Guard, Johnson alluded briefly and modestly to his own record in the fight for equal rights among the races and genders.
Like many southerners, he appears to outsiders a creature of contradictions. Although a friend and supporter of Strom Thurmond, the segregationist senator who ran for president in 1948, he has given his influential support to black political candidates, and his bank was the first in its state to appoint a woman to the board of directors. By the standards of southern men of his race, age and class, he is a dyed-in-the-wool liberal.
But on Saturday there are likely to be hundreds of demonstrators outside the gates that open on to Magnolia Lane. A district judge has ruled that they cannot congregate in groups of more than four, but they are still likely to disturb the serenity of this ultra-traditional institution, particularly if a counter-demonstration is joined, as promised, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
To make the story even stranger, Johnson's own immediate family consists of a wife and four daughters. Asked yesterday what they thought of his stand, he found himself reaching for a homespun tale to help him explain his members' way of life.
"We have this lake place," he said, "and the other day they wanted to go there to celebrate my wife's birthday. They let me know that they really didn't want me to come along with them, and they didn't want their husbands to come along. It's a natural thing. I don't know how to articulate it, but it's been going on for centuries. Men like to get together with men every now and then and women like to get together with women every now and then. That's just a simple fact of life in America."
On the roadside outside the club, vendors have opened for business, with anti-Burk and pro-Hootie hats among their merchandise. Yesterday the club announced a ban on the wearing of "any apparel, including hats, buttons, pins or similar items, expressing an opinion - pro or con - on any political or social issue". Johnson confirmed that the prohibition extended to what he called "the women issue".
Last year, to avoid exacerbating the problem, Johnson announced that the 2003 tournament would be doing without its regular television sponsorship, thus voluntarily reducing its income by a sum that would cripple most major sports events. How long, he was asked, could the Masters survive this self-inflicted loss? "Indefinitely," he said.
Some believe the furore has been counterproductive, and that although Augusta National may have been moving steadily towards a position of accepting its first female members, now the heels have been dug into the clubhouse lawn. Although Johnson is the figurehead and the principal target, and although his stubbornness is legendary, this is by no means a one-man crusade.
"If I drop dead this second," he declared yesterday, "our position will not change on this issue." And around the walls the men in green jackets, the smiling galaxy of CEOs and corporate lawyers and bankers and surgeons, nodded their approval.


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February 4, 2002,
Bardwil Linens, which last September signed a licensing deal with fine china and dinnerware brand Lenox, is getting ready to unveil its new line of casual, formal and holiday table linens this during the annual winter market here.
Because the Lenox brand has begun placing a stronger emphasis on more casual looks for dining, Bardwil created a series of looks to support that program using three Lenox patterns: Swedish Lodge, featuring pale blues and white rendered on an engineered print, a textured solid and a linen jacquard; Butterfly Meadow, a Lenox garden collection designed with botanical flowers and butterflies rendered on both solid and printed linens, including a trellis floral print on cotton and a linen cloth in four soft pastel colorways; and Butlers Pantry, a neutral solid-color program featuring an engineered woven border, a pieced linen and a chenille damask in white and ivory.
Further building on its fledgling but growing kitchen textiles lineup, Bardwil created a series of coordinating kitchen towels, oven mitts and pot holders for its Swedish Lodge and Butterfly Meadow collections.
The Lenox line's basic and formal collections were designed to mix and match with the brand's casual and formal china. This overall solid group includes solid wovens, linens, damasks and a white burnout lace. The key damask pattern is Laurel Leaf, an elegant basic available in eight colors.
Finally, the holiday collection for Lenox was designed around the brand's fine and casual patterns, including Holiday Nouveau, Holiday Fine and Winter Greetings. In table linens, Bardwil created a grouping of prints, damasks, cross-dye damasks, embroideries, cutworks, matelasses and several engineered prints on damasks, crepes and cottons, including patterns that coordinate to Holiday Nouveau and the Winter Greetings casual collection.
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Large crates of equipment stand unopened outside the entrance to the plush new Swissotel above Sochi as it scrambles to be ready for the start of the Winter Olympics.
A bricklayer in a woolen hat puts the finishing touches to a nearby wall, workers in white helmets fix cables and others clear snow with shovels. Inside the hotel, new chairs are piled on top of each other in the lobby.
Russian officials have declared Sochi ready for the Games, on which President Vladimir Putin has staked his and his country's reputation. But days before they open on Friday, the organizers acknowledge that not all the new hotels are ready, despite the Games' $50-billion price tag.
"We have our first customers coming on February 6," said Oliver Kuhn, manager of the Swissotel in the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort, which will host the Alpine skiing in the Caucasus mountains above Sochi.
"We actually planned to open last month," he said, explaining that the opening date had been put back "due to some challenges we had here."
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Lil Wayne Talks 'Uno' Expertise While Behind Bars
Lil Wayne spoke about life in prison in the new issue of Rolling Stone, and it seems like the Young Money leader spent a lot of time playing the card game Uno.
"I'd bust a nigga's ass at Uno," he told RS. "We gamble for phone time. I'd take nigga's commissary: Lemme get them cookies, lemme get them chips, get that soup."
Weezy was apparently so good, his cellmates would stop inviting him to play. "They'd be like, 'Oh, we thought you were asleep,'" Wayne said. "Like you can't look inside my cell and see that I'm right there! We ain't got no doors!"
Along with playing Uno, Birdman, Jr. occupied his time by reading a lot of books, especially biographies on fellow music icons like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Marvin Gaye, Joan Jett and Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "[Kiedis'] Scar Tissue was really good," he said.
"I also read the Bible for the first time," he continued. "It was deep! I liked the parts where some character was once this, but he ended up being that. Like he'd be dissing Jesus, and then he ends up being a saint. That was cool."
The New Orleans star spent eight months in Rikers Island for attempted possession gun possession, stemming from a 2007 arrest after a concert in New York City. He was released last November.
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NTL to Invade The Glen in Search of the "Cornhole King of the Campgrounds"
By: WGI Staff on 7/23/2009
The National Tailgating League (The NTL), a newly formed organization created to sanction and execute organized tailgating games including Cornhole, Ladder Golf and Washer Toss competitions, announced today details for its first stop in New York with officially sanctioned cornhole tournaments at Watkins Glen International in August.
The doubles cornhole tournaments will take place Aug. 8 - 9 in conjunction with the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen and will be open to all ticketed patrons.
The NTL held its inaugural event in conjunction with the at Lowes Motor Speedway in May, amassing a strong following of 400 players and thousands more spectators over the course of just two days.
"New Yorkers are some of the greatest sports fans in the world," said Todd Hirschfeld, NTL Founder and President. "They're also some of the great tailgaters in the country so we're excited about including The Glen in our 2009 summer tour as we search for the 'Cornhole King of the Campgrounds.'"
In addition to the $2,500 cash prize for Sunday's main event tournament, participants in Saturday's amateur cornhole tournaments will compete for race-related experiences such as suite passes, pace car rides and other once-in-a-lifetime opportunities including driver meet-n-greets and private pit tours.
"We're proud to be among the first motor sports venues in the country to host the National Tailgating League. Cornhole is a huge part of the tailgating culture, and our Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Sprint Cup Weekend is one of the largest tailgating venues in the Northeast," said Paul Hemingway, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales. "Our fans are some of the most passionate outdoor enthusiasts in the country and I expect WGI to be a regular stop on the NTL tour for years to come."
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Investigating child participation in the everyday talk of teacher and children in a preparatory year
Theobald, Maryanne Agnes & Kultti, Anne (2012) Investigating child participation in the everyday talk of teacher and children in a preparatory year. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 13(3), pp. 210-225.
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In early years research, policy and education, a democratic perspective that positions children as participants and citizens is increasingly emphasized. These ideas take seriously listening to children's opinions and respecting children's influence over their everyday affairs. While much political and social investment has been paid to the inclusion of participatory approaches little has been reported on the practical achievement of such an approach in the day to day of early childhood education within school settings. This paper investigates talk and interaction in the everyday activities of a teacher and children in an Australian preparatory class (for children age 4-6 years) to see how ideas of child participation are experienced. We use an interactional analytic approach to demonstrate how participatory methods are employed in practical ways to manage routine interactions. Analysis shows that whilst the teacher seeks the children's opinion and involves them in decision-making, child participation is at times constrained by the context and institutional categories of "teacher" and "student" that are jointly produced in their talk. The paper highlights tensions that arise for teachers as they balance a pedagogical intent of "teaching" and the associated institutional expectations, with efforts to engage children in decision-making. Recommendations include adopting a variety of conversational styles when engaging with children; consideration of temporal concerns and the need to acknowledge the culture of the school.
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Comcast Customer Service Rep Shows Worst Display Of Customer Service Ever
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I am blown away by the way this customer service rep for the cable company Comcast handles this customer when he tries to disconnect his service.
"This phone call is a really amazing representative example of why I don't want to stay with Comcast."
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County pitches meals tax to legislators
By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor 11/15/12
Henrico County officials made their pitch for a 4-percent meals tax to the county's General Assembly delegation last week, telling the group that the proposed tax was their last resort to create revenue and close an $18-million shortfall in next year's budget before raising real estate taxes, cutting services or laying off employees.
Henrico lacks the authority to implement such a tax on its own, so officials want the General Assembly to grant it that authority, with the provision that the county's Board of Supervisors must unanimously support it.
A total of 204 other Virginia localities already have meals taxes, including 45 other counties – four of which were specifically granted the right to implement the tax by the General Assembly.
"We have evaluated all the alternatives, and this has the very least consequence," County Manager Virgil Hazelett told the nine delegates and senators who attended. "People will object – some people – but they will not object to police officers, to teachers [and other county services]."
Hazelett and Finance Director Brandon Hinton presented an impassioned argument to the Assembly delegation, recounting how in just their past three fiscal years, they have trimmed nearly $97 million from their total budget and eliminated or frozen 721 vacant government and school positions in an attempt to compensate for $84 million in lost revenue from declining real estate taxes and state funding.
The county also has refunded $317 million in debt through bond refinancing since 2009 and has weathered the storm without cutting services, laying off any employees or raising taxes, Hazelett said.
But a significant jump in the amount localities must pay into the Virginia Retirement System on behalf of employees looms large on the horizon, as do road maintenance and construction needs in Henrico that total $418 million but have no current funding source.
County officials have pointed to the fact that Henrico is the only state locality that maintains its own secondary road system but lacks the authority to collect a meals tax. (Arlington, the only other county that maintains its own roads, was granted the right to implement such a tax in 1990.) Locally, Richmond imposes a 6 percent meals tax, Ashland a 5 percent tax and Louisa County a 4 percent tax.
Henrico officials estimate that about 40 percent of all prepared meals purchased in the county are bought by non-Henrico residents, which would lessen the impact of such a tax on county residents. And unlike a real estate tax increase, residents would be free to avoid a meals tax by not dining out or by limiting their dining excursions, Board chairman Dick Glover said.
"A meals tax is not something we'd impose on them that they can't dodge if they want to," Glover said.
A 4-percent meals tax would generate between $18 million and $20 million annually, Hazelett estimated. He and board members told the Assembly delegation that they likely would not designate that money for any one particular use but rather apply it as needed.
Delegate Jimmie Massie wondered aloud whether it would be difficult to convince other members of the General Assembly to support a tax increase for just one locality.
Deputy County Manager John Vithoulkas, who will assume Hazelett's position in mid-January, suggested that the delegation could take another route by supporting the passage of language that would authorize all counties that maintain their own road systems to have the same taxing authorities as cities. (Cities inherently have the right to implement meals, cigarette and admissions taxes.)
Henrico could enact a meals tax if a majority of voters supported the idea in a referendum, but they seem leery of trying that route again after voters defeated it in 2005 by 153 votes.
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson told the delegation that without the Assembly's approval of the issue, Henrico's would not survive unscathed.
"If you can't support a meals tax, then our issues are not going to go away," he said. "This is a last resort. A tax is going to come up or we will have to cut services or lay people off. We don't do that in Henrico, and we don't want to do this, but this is where we are. We need your help."
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Sat scores l around the nation tend to have a mean score around 500, a standard deviation of about 100 points and are approximately normal distributions. a person who scores 600 on the sat 1 has approximately what percentile rank within the population? please show all calculations
Your course is very, very, very dated.
Show calculations? These are done with tables, or a calculator, or a computer applet. Not even superman could do this calculating on paper with pencil.
I recommend you do it with this applet, getting the answer, then use your calculator to get the same answer, and finally, do it with the normal tables in the back of your book.
suppose we have a set of blood pressures with a mean of 80 diastolic, and standard deviation of 5 points. assuming a normal distribution of blood pressures, what two values should 95% of all blood pressures lie? show all calculations.
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Use the same applet( the second one)Enter the mean, std deviation, click between, and in the shaded area, type.95
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Dane Reynolds sees surfing through a very cracked lens, and yesterday, I took a look through that lens. I made my way into his hotel room about 80 minutes later than I'd said I would, stepped over a not-so-cold 30-pack of Coors Light and settled in for what Dane called "The West Coast Premiere Tour." In attendance for this West Coast Premiere, and hovering over Dane's MacBook with us, were John Florence, Kai Neville, Blair Marlin, Darren Crawford, Dusty Payne, Chris Coté and Dane's girlfriend Courtney, who is lead vocalist and drummer on many songs in the film.
"Is there a bar on this floor? I'm not sure I can watch you guys watch this," Dane said as we all snapped blue-mountain Coors and prepared to hit play. "It's not that kind of movie."
After some coaxing from Courtney, Dane managed to stomach the pressure and settled in for the first-ever screening of Thrills, Spills and Whatnot.
And it begins with a mistake. A fall. Many falls. Choppy edits and sounds. The film is a moving 'zine, shot about 99.9% on real, actual film. It looks incredible, even with a few not-on-purpose sun flares. It is like nothing the surf world has done before. There are no logos. It's gritty. And fun. Nothing makes sense, except all of it. Like Joyce's Ulysses. Or Benjy in The Sound and the Fury. There is no hook. No arc. No final sections, or sections at all. Or titles. And I'm pretty certain you're all going to hate it.
But what this film will do, and what Dane is doing for surfing — at a time when webcasts are in HD and our precious lifestyle is under siege from logos and energetic liquids and aerial assaults and helicopters and blimps and f—king Target — is he's done something for the sake of doing it. And from what I can tell, no other reason. And he did it nearly all by himself. Dustin Miller helped film and edit a bit, but this is Dane. And for fans of Dane Reynolds, this is as close to the man as you can get. Don't believe anything else. Believe this. Dane likes to create things and go surfing. And this is one of those things he's created and he does some surfin' in it, but for those of you who are expecting to see innovative, groundbreaking action, you will be disappointed. For those of you who want to see what things look like through Dane's sandy lenses, well, enjoy. I sure did.


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Fitzgerald's world travels chance to help others
TEMPE, Ariz. — Larry Fitzgerald is back from his latest globe-trotting adventure, this one to Southeast Asia. He jokes that the only place he's never been is Antarctica, and he plans to visit there "hopefully in late February."
But while the Arizona Cardinals' star wide receiver's travels are certainly something he truly enjoys , he says it's also given him a chance to see just how severe the struggles are for poverty stricken people around the world, and just how good most Americans have it.
"Some of it's leisure, some of it is just to get away," he said. "A lot of it is just to try to give back. We're extremely fortunate. I'm not talking about me or football players, as Americans we're fortunate to be able to turn the water on every day, be able to drink clean, healthy water and healthy food. There are a lot of places in the world where they don't have that same comfort."
Fitzgerald, whose main charity in the United States is to combat breast cancer — the disease that claimed his mother — has formed a foundation with good friend and former teammate Anquan Boldin to help drought-stricken Africa. He says on this year's trip, with stops in Malaysia and Thailand, he helped the Starkey Hearing Foundation, which distributes hearing aids to the poor around the world.
His trip to Africa a year ago left him stunned.
"You have no idea," he said. "People here complain it's 108 (degrees). It's 108 in Ethiopia but they have no water. They haven't had a raindrop in a year — a year."
Fitzgerald continued.
"Just imagine this," he said. "You have a son and a daughter and you don't have enough money to feed them. You have to make a decision that 'I'll take my daughter to a big city or take my son to a big city and just leave them and hopefully they will find their way, or they're going to die here on the farm with me.' Can you imagine making decisions like that? That's crazy, man. I can't even wrap my mind around stuff like that."
Fitzgerald came home a few days ago, in time for the start of offseason practices on Tuesday. He said he needs to lose a few pounds and get into football shape.
Meanwhile, he has taken the team's first-round draft pick, Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd, under his wing. Asked if Floyd is staying at his house, as other young players have done, Fitzgerald said "I can't confirm or deny those allegations. But he's taken care of, from what I hear."
Fitzgerald had lobbied hard for the Cardinals to draft Floyd. It's added depth at a position that's lacked it since the departure of Bolden and Steve Breaston.
"Now this is many, many moons ago, but I remember 1998 when I was a ball boy with the Vikings. They had Jake Reed, who was a thousand-yard receiver. And they had Cris Carter and Robert Smith, guys who were Pro Bowlers, and they drafted Randy Moss," Fitzgerald said. "And he was a difference. He was a guy that the league had never seen before."
Floyd has a long way to go to deserve that comparison, but Fitzgerald said the rookie "is going to be a tremendous asset for our ball club."
So it's back to work for Fitzgerald, a job he loves and is paid handsomely to perform. For now, the visits to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the walks through the stunning ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru or bungee jumping in New Zealand.
"Everybody talks about Larry's travels but what people don't know about is him going into depressed communities and working with kids and trying to make a life better for people all over the world," Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said. "That's a responsibility when you're in the NFL is giving back. Larry has the forum, because of his notoriety, to do that. I think that's why he's so beloved all over the country and certainly the world, because of doing those kinds of things."
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