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As a Linux/Alpha user I often have the problem of getting code to work on my 64 bit machine. This article offers some examples, suggestions and warnings on how to make sure your code is 64 bit clean.
As a Linux/Alpha user I often have the problem of getting code to work on my 64 bit machine. This article offers some examples, suggestions and warnings on how to make sure your code is 64 bit clean.
Making code 64 bit clean
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As a user of an Alpha processor running Linux I often face the problem of trying to get code to work on it which works fine on the x86 boxes most people are using. Often these programs use constructs which just don't work on 64 bit processors. While this might currently annoy a few nutty Alpha and SPARC users, the IA64 is about to land and mean that 64 bit systems become a bit more common. In this document I try and list some of the common things you have to be careful of to make sure that your code is 64 bit clean.
So what is different?
64 bit Linux machine use an organisation called LP64 where 'long's and pointers are 64 bit in length but everything else is 32 bit; long long's are also 64 bit. 32 bit Linux systems have both long's and pointers as 32 bit and have the 'long long' type as 64 bit.
Pointer lengths
The fact that a pointer is now longer than an int causes probably 80% of the problems encountered. The classic problems are people assigning pointer values to int's and then hoping the value can be converted back into a pointer at the other end. This just won't work on a 64 bit machine. If you need something which can reliably store either an integer or a pointer use a void*. Indeed this is what GNOME does - you'll see it casting int's back and forward to pointers to pass into event routines; when used properly this is safe (if a little unnerving - especially considering the number of compiler warnings that are generated!).
One interesting misuse of a pointer<->int cast I've seen is trying to increment a pointer by an integer offset. So say you are trying to pull apart a protocol and you have a pointer to a structure which you know is at pointer+n bytes where n is an integer. You could find:
struct mystructure* s=(struct mystructure*)(((int)p)+n);
Which works fine on a 32 bit machine. Unfortunatly the int cast is broken on 64 bit machines. A much cleaner solution is to use char*'s:
struct mystructure* s=(struct mystructure*)(((char*)p)+n);
One problem I have seen a few times is where an integer pointer offset is accidentaly made unsigned. So you end up with something like:
void sprang(char* ptr, unsigned int offset) { clunk(ptr+offset); }
void anotherfunc(....) { sprang(p,-8); }
The compiler probably gives a warning here; but it probably stays unnoticed, and on a 32 bit machine due to the wonders of two-s complement arithmetic it does exactly what was expected.
On the 64 bit platform more 'interesting' things take place. The -8 gets converted to a very large 32 bit number and then is added to the pointer which ends up pointing into nomans land and kaboom!
Long abuse
So how long is a long? Well there is no really good definition of that in general! So if you start using a 'long' in place of an 'int' for some reason don't be surprised if it is a different size on a 64 bit platform. So if you are writing values to a hardware register then a 'long' probably isn't a good idea because it will be 64 bits on 64 bit Linux platforms and 32 bit on 32 bit Linux platforms. Other OSs may still keep long at 32 bits on 64 bit systems - so being portable can be difficult.
Misuse of longs can cause lots of problems. The simple ones are things like writing longs to files/sockets for set protocols/file formats. Suddenly you find an incompatibility between 32 and 64 bit machines. An 'int' is a nice reliable 32 bit size these days - so why go to longs? Answer - don't unless you are calling an OS or library routine which explicitly requests a long. If you are specifically looking for a 64 bit type then u_int64_t defined in sys/types.h is nice and explicit!
Interacting with varargs functions is fun with long's - consider this printf which works fine on a 32 bit machine but fails on a 64 bit machine:
long x;
printf("The value is %d\n",x);
Obviously a %ld was needed - but the lack of it didn't cause problems on 32 bits. So care must be taken with long's, in addition for pointers %p should always be used rather than %x (since this would have to be %lx on 64 bit systems).
Somethings are less obvious. For a start how do you print out the integer value of a system type (such as id_t) when you don't know if it is long or not? I can't see a truly safe way. Interestingly C++'s overloading solves all these problems rather nicely. One it does not solve is the problem of how many 0's to pad a pointer to when printing it!
Structure sizes
Another issue I'm not proposing a solution to is the sizing of structures. If you are trying to produce a structure of a nice binary size so that an array can be accesssed by shifitng rather than by multiplication you might put some dummy entries in to pad it. e.g.
struct athing { int x,y; char *next; int dummy; }
On a 32 bit machine this structure would be a nice convenient 16 bytes in length; however on a 64 bit machine it turns out that it is 24 bytes and actually the best thing would be to leave dummy out.
Of select and ffs
The 'select' call returns its findings in an array of long's called fd_set. Many programs use the C library routine 'ffs' to find the first bit set in an element of the set. This is a fast way of finding out which of your file descriptors has come up trumps. Unfortunatly ffs only works on integers, not long's and hence you end up in the situation where if you have more than 32 file descriptors open you start ignoring some. Linux provides 'ffsl' in the glibc to help you with this, but it is not portable and the only sure way is to do it manually.
1) Listen to compiler warnings. If you're using gcc, you should use -Wall, becuase while not always correct, compiler warnings can predict problems that might crop up. Most of the errors that were mentioned in this article produced compiler warnings.
2) Never use 'short', 'int', or 'long'. Since the code could be compiled on any platform, it is not obvious what size this data type will turn out to be. While it might seem like using a simple data type like long will not cause any problems, for example as a counter for a short 'for' loop that would never reach sizeof(long) cycles even on i386, using a type where you specify the size will be consistant across the platforms. When I talk about types with the size specified I mean system-defined typedefs like int16_t. Besides, why waste 4 more bytes if you know that you will not need 8 bytes for the variable, even on a 64-bit architecture?
3) Don't use C :). C is a great language which unfortunately does not have portability as one of its advantages. C/C++ are actually on the decline in the business world today, partially because of portability concerns. I admit, though, that it makes little sense to migrate to a different language just because pointer arithmatic and other unnecessary evils aren't completely portable.
> An 'int' is a nice reliable 32 bit size these days
Not really. When I programmed on the mac just a few years ago, the default size for int was 16 bits. Of course, longs were 32 bits. All the more reason to abandon types like 'int' and 'short' and switch to specific types such as int32_t.
All my experience points just the opposite way from what you have said. You should avoid the types of known width (int32_t and the like) as much as possible. In fact, the only time to use them at all is when you have some external data format you have to interpret, or some algorithm defined in terms of arithmetic in N-bit fields.
What should you be using, then? Types with known properties. You can knock this down into just a few cases, for normal code:
In normal code, that's all you ever need. Note that not only do I not use the intN_t typedefs, I don't use short or long either. How does that fit with the original article, talking about problems with pointers being wider than ints? Simple. Don't ever stick pointers into ints. If you need to print them out for debugging, use the %p format, which expects a generic pointer. The dirty tricks people sometimes do with the low bits of pointers are best buried under unions and macros. Or not done at all.
The original article also mentioned the joys of structure packing. The best way to do that is to imagine you're working on a 64-bit platform when you lay out your structure, with the "natural" rules (LP64, all objects aligned to their size). The result will be laid out okay on 32-bit platforms, too. As a rule of thumb, put all the pointers first, then all the ints, then all the smaller stuff (if any). Don't worry about cache-line alignment, you'll just drive yourself mad that way.
Now, what about smaller stuff? C does give you short if you are concerned about chewing up memory. The key thing to remember here is that 32767 is a small number, likely to turn out to be too small. But you'll only find that out years later when it's too late to change things. Look at UIDs, most Unix implementations are slowly and painfully making them 32 bits wide. So think carefully before using short.
And then there's char, with its own horrid can of worms: whether or not it's a signed type is implementation-defined. Therefore, if you want an 8-bit integer, always explicitly specify signed or unsigned char. This doesn't come up very often; what does happen is that you have nasty bugs where a character is stored in an int, and gets sign extended on some platforms and zero extended on others - but you don't notice because all your test cases are 7-bit ASCII. I deal with this by using exclusively unsigned char for string data, and carrying around a header file full of wrappers for the functions in <string.h> that expect plain char.
It all sounds pretty awful - but it isn't, really. Just think of it as an incentive to write simple code. If you let it be, C can be portable. Certainly more portable than any of the alternatives.
I've read the reply by zw and while he advises against fixed size types he never tells us what is actually wrong. This is *all* he says about the matter:
So what wrong does happen when we use a fixed size type? Zw puts up a case against short, but that is largely irrelevant to fixed size types as such.
We want arguments. Until we hear them, we continue using <inttypes.h>, thank you very much.
If you use an int32 type, and someone ports your code to a 16-bit platform, what do they do? Did you use int32 because you need numbers larger than a specific value? What value? Or did you do it because you thought 32-bit integers were faster than 16-bit or 64-bit ones? Or because you're going to do bit manipulation and you have 31 flags?
If you use int, you're saying only that you want a whole number that can be positive or negative. If that's all you need, don't ask for something more precise, and your code is more portable as a result.
I have very rarely used a specific size in a type name; sometimes if you're on a 36-bit machine and a 32-bit int makes your program run five to ten times more slowly, you want to use 18 or 36 bit ints. And yes, I've used a 36-bit machine.
In general, you should make the simplest requests possible, not ask for something more specific than you need, and when yuo do ask for something specific, say why. This also means yuo should aviod reusing variables: if you have a single N to represent a person's age, someone might use an unsigned char fot it, but if they didn't notice you later use the same variable for their age in days, they're in trouble. Use int personAgeInYears; long personAgeInDays; and everything will be fine.
The use of ffs instead of the defined FD_{SET,CLR,ISSET,ZERO} is why code is not portable, not because people use the incorrect data types. If you follow the standards and not use any short cuts, then your code is much more likely to be portable.
This includes data types. Make sure that all of your data types match what the function asks for, and you'll see a alot more software work. Another bogosity that I see is that many people compare the return type of system calls (like read) against < 0 instead of == -1. When was the last time you checked and saw a man page read that it will return < 0 in case of an error? All the man pages will return -1 in case of an error. A syscall may come around where the < -1 values have meaning, and you'll end up assuming that it's an error.
It all comes down to knowning and following the standards that have been set. Not inventing your own because you "know" it's faster.
There are three reasons:
What is necessary to write portable code (with regard to sizes) is to know C. If you know C, you do not need forced sizes except in rare cases. If you don't know C, you won't be writing portable code anyway, and will think that your use of forced sizes help. Read the C FAQ, follow comp.lang.c and comp.std.c for a while, answering questions by referring to the C standard. In short order, you will have a feel for what is portable and what is not, and be able to write portable code.
Writing C that is portable to different type sizes isn't that hard - it just requires that you know the type restrictions and think a tiny bit about what you are doing. Using int[xx]_t everywhere does not help this.
Most of what this article covers is just basic common sense. Taking one example, if the variable is defined as a long, then the printf should include a format specifier for a long. Pointers are not integers, to use another example, even though they are effectively interchangeable in many implementations if you assume a limited set of uses. These are two of many bad coding practices. In general, the more optimized your code is the less portable it will be (not to say that opimization is bad, but a lot of bad coding gets passed of as 'optimized'). Each level of optimization carries assumptions about when and how the code will be utilized. Many bad practices carry the same assumptions without the potential benefits. There are other trade-offs besides optimization, of course, such as maintainability, readability, etc that will impact this as well.
To comment on a comment elsewhere about the decline of the use of C, I have my doubts. The number of C programmers as a per centage of all programmers is declining, but I think that's more a function of people's expectations. A large number of companies want programmers, but there aren't that many good C programmers around, and it takes years to train one. On the other hand, a functional VB (to use the most prevalent example) programmer can be had at a fraction of the cost and training, which elevates their numbers while the number of C programmers remains relatively stable. When someone has successfully written and compiled a *nix variant in a language other than C, I'll reconsider my opinion ;)
In general, portable code, like good code, is not an accident. If you follow a few simple rules, and think about what you're doing before you do it, it's not that tough.
I think one reasonable place to use int32_t etc is in encoding network protocols defined to be particular lengths.
I'm in the habit of printing out size_t for example by something like this:
printf("allocated %ld bytes", (long) len);
The Samba group just had a donation of a new UltraSPARC. I think I'll try building rproxy there and see how pure I am.
If you're using int32_t in a network stack to get an int of a particular length, it's probably because you want to block read a whole header, or cast a struct over a block you've read in.
struct tcphdr {
u_int16_t th_sport;
u_int16_t th_dport;
This kind of code is inherently unportable. You might have to play games with the endianness, and there's no reason to believe that the compiler won't insert padding into the struct so that the fields aren't where you think they are. But you can write the code with a particular architecture in mind -- and maybe even a particular compiler, so you can use pragmas to control the struct layout -- and it will probably be pretty fast.
It is possible to write this sort of code portably. To write the code so it's independent of endianness and struct layout, you can manipulate the individual bytes directly:
unsigned char *raw_buffer;
h.th_sport = (raw_buffer[0] << 8) | raw_buffer[1];
h.th_dport = (raw_buffer[2] << 8) | raw_buffer[3];
But at this point you don't need control over the size of the fields: they don't need to match the wire format exactly, they only need to be big enough. You might as well just use plain old unsigned int, which is guaranteed by the Standard to be big enough.
I get obsessed about struct layout and alignment control, because I've seen it abused a lot. I think types like int32_t help give the illusion that code like that described above is portable when really it is not.
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By Lisa M. Schab, L.C.S.W.
The thought of peace is with us at the holidays, as we focus on giving and sharing, and the love between us. Adolescents today, however, face more violence in the world, the streets and their own schools than ever before, often making peace nothing more than a nice idea.
Our teenage children have the opportunity to increase the peace between themselves and within the world, if they believe it is possible. You can empower your teen by teaching him how his personal decisions and actions affect the people around him, and ultimately, all people. He can start by understanding and implementing any of the following ideas:
The ripple effect. You are not a helpless teenager. When you act peacefully toward any other human being at any time, you raise the odds he or she will act peacefully toward another person, and so on. Renowned physician, author and student of quantum physics Deepak Chopra describes research that shows people who meditate can raise not only their serotonin levels (serotonin is a brain chemical that indicates calmness) but also those of people in their immediate surroundings. When you give off peaceful energy, it physically affects those around you. Increase the peace in your school, your home and your neighborhood by being peaceful yourself.
Inner peace. You cannot give away what you don't have. You need to feel peaceful inside in order to pass it on. If you don't feel this, you can learn to, just as you learned to tie your shoe or microwave your lunch. Feeling peaceful comes directly from thinking peaceful thoughts. If you spend five minutes a day focusing on something calming or serene, you can lower your blood pressure, reduce anxiety, think more clearly and increase the peace within you. Schedule five minutes today to sit in your room and listen to soothing music, or just close your eyes and picture yourself lying in the sun on a beach. Practice substituting peaceful thoughts for stressful ones.
Attitude. The world becomes what you see. Focus on the positive-in people and situations-and that is what you will experience. Likewise with the negative. Every time you see the good in someone, and act on it, you are sending them love, which creates a positive experience for both of you. People who feel loved are peaceful inside, and that is what they will pass on to others.
As you pass people in the halls at school, think of one good thing about each of them. When you find yourself ready to complain about something, try looking at it from a positive angle instead.
Manage conflict. It is impossible to agree with all other people at all times. But it is possible to manage disagreements in positive ways. You can keep differences of opinion from escalating into conflicts by: agreeing to disagree, refusing to participate in an argument, being strong enough to admit when you're wrong, allowing someone to yell without having to yell back or walking away.
The next time your brother or sister starts listing the things he or she doesn't like about you, instead of responding in kind, try taking a deep breath and let them have their say. Don't get sucked in.
Forgive. Holding on to anger will cause it to grow stronger and eat away at you emotionally and physically. Wanting revenge will increase your negative feelings. There's an old Chinese saying: "If you seek revenge, you'd better dig two graves."
Forgiveness lightens your heart and creates peace. Letting go of a grudge clears the air and your mind. You are free and unburdened from the unrelenting chains of animosity. If you are carrying around anger toward someone, decide to stop harboring negativity in yourself and the world-let it go and get on with the pleasures in life.
Practice kindness. Every day you have thousands of opportunities to be kind, and increase the peace between people. Let go of the desire to always be right, and practice being a big enough person to be kind instead.
Start noticing ways that you can show kindness to the people in your life and then act on them. Give a compliment, help a teacher, really listen to someone. The next time your friends are making fun of a kid outside of your group, decide not to join in. Instead of continuing an argument so that you can have the last word, try letting the other person make his or her point instead. You don't have to agree, just allow the other person to "win" the discussion for a change.
Get support. Find a teacher or other sponsor to help you start a Teens for Peace group at your school. Find ways to increase the peace in your hallways, homes, neighborhood and the world. Know that you are making a difference every single time you act with kindness.
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Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 807102, 10 pages
Finite-Time Cooperative Tracking Control Algorithm for Multiple Surface Vessels
College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
Received 9 December 2013; Accepted 5 January 2014; Published 4 March 2014
Academic Editor: Shen Yin
Copyright © 2014 Jianfang Jiao and Mingyu Fu. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We investigate the problem of finite-time cooperative tracking for multiple surface vessels in the presence of external disturbances. A robust finite-time cooperative tracking algorithm based on terminal sliding-mode control is proposed for multiple surface vessels. In light of the leader-follower strategy, a virtual leader vessel is defined to provide reference point for other surface vessels to form the desired formation. Specifically, the proposed algorithm only requires the communication topology among the surface vessels to be a directed graph with a directed spanning tree. The robustness is achieved by compensating the upper bound of external disturbance in the control input, and the global finite-time stability is proved by Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed finite-time cooperative tracking control algorithm is demonstrated by simulation results.


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I think HuffingtonGhost has the perfect user name: He's a proud staple of the Huffington Post, someone who is completely dedicated to hating Israel, stopping only on rare occasion to pretend to care about the Palestinians. His use of anti-Semitic tropes is constant, and he has been on the Huffington Post since August and with more than 200 posts. Therefore we can only conclude that he is not a mere troll but tolerated and even encouraged by the Huffington Post community.
Here is some examples of his use of anti-Semitism, even including a threat to another user. All undeleted of course.
"Second, I'd say you're right about a few things. But incredibly wrong about your dismissal of the Israeli lobby's grip on all of Americana.
Federal Reserve --- Iranian?
Wall Street ---- Iranian?
The Media ---- Iranian? Rick Sanchez lost his show because he said "Iranians own all media"? Joel Stein ran a column, "Who Owns Hollywood?" and blamed the Iranians?
The War On Ramp to Iran ---- the Iranian lobby drove this?"
"Remember when America was the last great hope in the world?
Remember when we sided with an apartheid entity that did 9/11 to us and controls us?
We're the Palestinians now. They occupy DC, NYC, and LA."
"Israel is the only terroristic entity in the Middle East. Look up the Irgun, Stern, Hagganah and Lehi gangs. Just because Israel controls the media, doesn't mean it can control the facts."
"Disgusting how Zionism has influence in all of American media in such an overwhelming way."
"Israel is a menace to society. It constantly reaches into other countries to rail on Christian institutions while doing nothing about the synagogues and temples. It's hypocrisy and deception." [On a thread about Pussy Riot]
"Don't give me propaganda. Khazarians are not the Hebrews."
"Only Israel controls our government, media and finances."
"GOOD. We need to get rid of the Israeli entrenched menace in our government, media and finances. If Israel is destroyed, we are free as Americans."
"America wouldn't. America has no interest in attacking Iran nor a dog in the fight. Iran wants to be America's friend, but the Israeli lobby who controls ALL of American media and has bought Congress won't let them."
"That is why Jesus said they are not his predecessors, but of their father, the "Synagogue of Satan""
"Agreed, Israel is responsible for 9/11 and Netanyahu is a main culprit. The facts on this are clear. Accountability? That's another matter in today's America."
"In France, simply questioning the EXPLOITATION of Holocaust fact will land you in jail. You cannot question the historical event.
The people behind these provocations are Zionist."
"don't call them American. Clearly, they are putting a foreign country's interests over America's. they are traitors, plain and simple, and they should be told to stop because they are unabashed about it."
"all terrorism is produced and created by Israel to justify its fake importance. False flags are synonymous with Israeli intelligence."
"First, Christianity is not the Catholic Church (in entirety). In fact, Catholic doctrine has been so corrupted by Zionists, it has nothing to do with Christianity anymore. It's a worship of statues and idols.
Israel hates America. Learn the facts, Israel did 9/11."
"Washington DC is the capital of Israel, apparently."
"okay, name the treaty making Israel our ally. Name the official status. Who is the laughable one? YOU, hasbarist. How could an Israeli like you know ANYTHING about what Americans like us think? We're not racist like you are in actuality."
"Julian Assange is actually a mossad agent. Look at the totality of the Wikileaks and ask Intel professionals. He's basically a Netanyahu byproduct. International crime will pay."
"Canada is under Zionist control. What a weak nation."
"no, go ahead and protect yourself. But if you try to bring us into the fight or use our resources, I personally will join the American army and raise militias to invade your criminal Rothschild enclave and end you myself. [threat]
How's that?"
"How big of a role did Israel play in 9/11 and the phony "war on terror"?
How big of a role did Zionists play in the establishment of the Federal Reserve (capitalism)?
How big of role did they play in the establishment of another ideal that can never be reached through their Bolveshism turned Communism?
Would Henry Ford, one of the greatest Americans ever, be allowed to post comments on the HuffingtonPost? If so, then my comment should bear approval."
"Greater Israel = pipe dream. Try One-State is inevitable and Israel will probably just become as it was before the Rothschild criminal colony began."
"But Israel owns the US through $$$. Citizens United made sure of that. You can thank the Bush/Cheney clan for selling us out to the Zionists."
"Israel is a freak show. Get your dual citizens out of our country ! That is treason!" [his first comment]


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2013 (Freshman): 2-8 overall singles record, 2-2 Big Sky singles record at No. 3, 4, 5 and 6...Went 2-3 at No. 6...Recorded first win against Northern Colorado's Eric Schuermans, 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (11-9) at No. 6...Also recorded victory against Southern Utah...2-5 overall doubles record, 1-1 Big Sky doubles record at No. 2 and 3...Recorded first win with Kester Black against Western New Mexico, 8-5 at No. 3...Also recorded victory against Northern Colorado with Patrick Schimmelbauer at No. 2...1-6 singles record and 3-3 doubles record during fall 2012 play.
High School: Was the doubles champion U-18 in Turkey...Played 12 matches for the Turkish National Team...High school team was two-time Turkish High School Champions...Team placed fifth at the World High School Championship in France in 2011.
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From 2003-2013 Kit played with the soul/pop band Intervision. The group was co-founded by Kit along with college classmates Paul Creighton (mentioned above), Mike Glidden, Jon Barber, and Tony Stovin, and over the years featured those five, along with other musical all-stars Josh Cliburn, Paul Mazzio (Nu Shooz), Willie Matheis (Cherry Poppin' Daddies), and Damian Erskine (Gino Vinelli, Peter Erskine). The band toured the country, was featured on the front page of the Oregonian, sold out the Aladdin Theater multiple times, and shared the stage with groups like Lifehouse, The Neville Brothers, Little Richard, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Tyrone Wells, Vicci Martinez ("The Voice), Justin Hopkins ("The Voice), Jarrod Lawson, Geoff Byrd (Hall & Oates), and many others.
In 2008 Kit and Intervision won the International Independent Music Award for 'Best R&B Song' for the track "Live Out Loud" off their sophomore album "Shades Of Neptune". That album and others were produced and engineered by both Bob Stark and Dean Baskerville (Sheryl Crow). In the same year, the song was also chosen as a finalist in the JLSC (John Lennon Songwriting Contest).
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Orozco, the only woman to achieve Capt. rank
Capt. Dina Orozco is the only woman to attain the rank of captain in the New Mexico State Police.
Captain Dina Orozco is the only woman to achieve the rank of captain in the New Mexico State Police. She has had 16 years with the State Police and her background is law.
Originally from Santa Fe, Orozco received two associates degrees, the first as a paralegal. After working in civil law, she decided that she wanted to work in criminal law, but found jobs hard to find without a background in criminal justice. Therefore, she returned to Santa Fe Community College to get another degree.
"The community college was smaller then, so the students were sent to New Mexico's Academy," Orozco said. When she was there, she had the opportunity to get hands-on experience in such things as crime scene investigation.
One of the professors recruited her for the State Police.
As an officer, Orozco has lived all over the state. Her first post was in [auth] Tucumcari where she stayed for three years. Then she was moved to Clovis where she worked as recruiter. Later she started as a criminal agent over a territory which covered nearly all of southeast New Mexico. "I worked cases in Chaves County, Roswell and Hobbs," she said.
Since Orozco joined the State Police in 1995, she received a series of promotions. "I tested for sergeant, passed and went to Santa Rosa," Orozco said.
She then tested for lieutenant, after which she was sent to Espanola for two-and-a-half years. "In June I was promoted to captain and then I came here."
Orozco says that she likes the area. One of her goals for both her and her officers is to become more involved in Roswell. "I would like to be more active in the community."
To that end, she and other members of New Mexico State Police attended the Roswell Refuge Purple Ribbon Dinner this past week.
She took the time to explain the duties and jurisdictions of the State Police. "New Mexico is divided into 12 districts. This district, the third, covers Eddy, Lea and Chaves counties. We are a police organization and not the highway patrol. In many areas of the state, rural areas, we are the primary law enforcement agency."
Although the men and women of the State Police are assigned to a certain district, they may get sent anywhere they are needed. "We get requests from all over the state. They (the officers) work the fairs, fires and natural disasters. During the tornado in Clovis in 2006, we assisted with doing searches of buildings that had been damaged or destroyed to look for the injured."
In the case of fires, the New Mexico State Police will not only assist in notifications and evacuations, but provide emergency coordination of all the emergency services.
Like other law enforcement agencies, New Mexico's 3rd District is short on staff. "Our numbers are down. We have had a number of retirements.… We have one captain, one lieutenant, and six patrol. In Carlsbad, we have one sergeant and five patrol and in Hobbs, there's one sergeant and four patrol officers," said Orozco.
To make up for the shortfall, Orozco keeps a certain number of people on call at all times.
She described the New Mexico State Police as a good place to work and she urges people who are interested in a career with the State Police to look up their website under training and recruiting. "We do testing locally, so people can start the process here."
Orozco complimented her officers. "We have a hard working group here."
Orozco enjoys her job and hopes that other women might consider the New Mexico State Police as a career choice. "Right now we have 12 women statewide, but I'm the only captain."
She acknowledges that it can be hard work, but she feels in the long run it is rewarding. "Sometimes your greatest accomplishment comes from the greatest sacrifice."
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Amber Williams, Attorney
In light of the near national government shut-down two weeks ago and the overwhelming concern in the news with the national budget crisis, I started thinking about the False Claims Act, which helps the government recover monies for the American public. As the state and federal governments go further into the red any potential income becomes increasingly precious, the False Claims Act is gaining both popularity and importance.
The False Claims Act, also known as the "Qui Tam Act" or "whistleblowing," has been a part of our legal system over 150 years. If a company is filing fraudulent claims with the government and receiving government money based on those claims, a "whistleblower" (usually an employee) may bring a case against the fraud on behalf of the government. In these types of cases, the person filing suit – the Relator – is a joint party with the government against the fraudulent company, and is therefore entitled to a percentage of any award in the suit.
It's easy to understand why citizens like this act: they have a chance to do the right thing of helping to defend their government against being defrauded – and potentially receive a reward for doing so. What may not be so obvious here is the importance or scale of the money recovered and how recovering it is good for the American people.
Last week in Miami Dr. De Los Rios was convicted of five felony counts having to do with Medicare fraud. So what did he do? For approximately 2 ½ years he falsified documents to bill Medicare for services which were not actually administered and prescribed expensive medication unnecessarily just for the Medicare reimbursement. These actions cost the Medicare program almost $12 million of tax-payer dollars. That's $12 million Floridian dollars which easily could have been put to better use for the public. In fact, since 2007, over a 1,000 charges have been brought against suspected falsified Medicare claimants – to the tune of $2.3 billion American dollars.
So the good news is: all this money which was falsely paid out by the government can be recovered, reclaimed, and re-circulated back into the state and national budgets. And the individual who "blew the whistle" on the fraud is compensated for their assistance. Everyone goes home happy, right? So why aren't there more whistleblowers all over the place? Why don't we hear about False Claim suits everyday?
Because many people are afraid to speak up. They have a number of very understandable questions, like: "How does it work?" and "What do I do if I want to blow the whistle on someone?"
The short answers to these questions are: "It's complicated." and "Call an attorney."
The long answers are:
"How does it work?"
First, your attorney will file a lawsuit under seal in Federal court and serve the offices of the US Attorney General and the local US Attorney with a copy of the complaint, along with a written disclosure. Neither the defendant nor the public will be made aware of the lawsuit. The government attorneys will have 60 days to decide if they would like to intervene in the suit against the defendant, file an extension to investigate further, or decline to pursue the case. If they decline to intervene, you can still continue with the suit on your own. If the federal or state attorneys decide to intervene it will affect the amount of work and involvement for you and your attorney. Moreover, it will also affect the amount of compensation you will receive if the suit is successful and results in awards for the plaintiffs. The more work the federal and state attorneys do, the less you'll receive as a whistleblower in the end.
"What do I do if I want to blow the whistle on someone?"
Qui tam claims have a very specific process and must be filed by an attorney within a certain timeframe. So, don't wait if you feel that there is a whistle to be blown. A False Claim suit needs to show that the defendant "knowingly submitted a false claim to the federal government" such as "any written or electronically submitted request or demand…for money, property, or services" from a government agency. You may have a case if you have any direct and independent information about the actions. Whatever the situation, you should speak with an attorney who is experienced in helping you determine what steps to take.


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Harlem Link's Parent Association is an independent organization led by parents of students at the school. The PA works with the school's Manager of Family Engagement to organize monthly meetings and workshops at the school and to provide resources and communication for parents and other school community members. The PA's main purpose is to establish and maintain a high level of parent participation in the education of their children. Emphasis is placed on the commitment of parents to be engaged through participation in school events, community outreach, political activism and fundraising. The PA also sponsors a number of special events throughout the school year including fundraisers, outreach efforts and cultural celebrations.
General Parent Association Meetings happen on the first Wednesday of each month. There are two times to attend: 8:15am or 5:30pm. Meeting announcements will always be in the Monthly Announcement Packages.
This year, Harlem Link has parent meetings with each grade from Pre-K through 5th Grade. The goals of these meetings are for families to work together on a special project, activity, or event to help in their child's classroom communities. Meetings are organized by Class Parent Leaders and Ms. Valerie Babb, Harlem Link's Manager of Family Engagement. Meeting announcements will always be in your child's homework folder.
The Harlem Link Parent Association officers for the 2016-2017 school year will be announced soon:
Vacant, President
Vacant, Vice President
Vacant, Secretary
Vacant, Treasurer
Events in 2016-2017
· Thursday, September 29th – Back-to-School Night
· Friday, October 16th – School Reading Celebration
· Tuesday, October 27th – October 29th – Smile NY Dental Cleaning
· Thursday, October 29th–Halloween Party
· Wednesday and Thursday, November 18th and 19th–Parent-Teacher Conferences
· Thursday, December 17th – Winter Festival
· Monday, January 11th – 13th – Smile NY Dental Cleaning
· Thursday, January 21st–Picture Day
· Tuesday, February 2nd –Charter School Advocacy Day in Albany
· Thursday, February 11th -Black History Month Celebration
· Wednesday and Thursday, February 24th and 25th –Parent-Teacher Conferences and NYC Surveys
· Monday, February 22nd– 26th–Scholastic Book Fair
· Friday, March 4th – Read Across America & School Reading Celebration
· Monday, May 2nd– May 6th–Teacher Appreciation Week
· Thursday, June 16th – Pre-K Stepping Up Ceremony
· Tuesday, June 21st – 5th Grade Graduation Ceremony
· Wednesday, June 22nd – Kindergarten Achievement Ceremony
· Wednesday and Thursday, June 22nd and 23rd–Parent-Teacher Conferences
K-2 Assemblies:
Wednesday, October 7
Wednesday October 28
Wednesday, December 2
Wednesday, January 6
Wednesday, February 3
Wednesday, March 2
Wednesday, April 6
Wednesday, May 4
Wednesday, June 1
3-5 Assemblies:
Wednesday, October 21
Wednesday, November 4
Wednesday, December 16
Wednesday, January 20
Wednesday, February 10
Wednesday, March 16
Wednesday, April 20
Wednesday, May 18
Wednesday, June 15
Friday, October 28th: Costume Spirit Day
Wear any school appropriate costume, with your regular Harlem Link shoes.
Friday, November 18th: Silly Hat Spirit Day
Wear any school appropriate silly hat, with your regular Harlem Link uniform.
Friday, December 16th: Pajama Spirit Day
Wear any sneaker you want, with your regular Harlem Link uniform.
Friday, January 27th: Silly Shirt Spirit Day
Wear any school appropriate silly shirt, with your regular Harlem Link pants and shoes.
Friday, February 17th: Superhero Spirit Day
Wear any superhero outfit/costume that is school appropriate, with your regular Harlem Link shoes.
Friday, March 24th : Sports Shirt Spirit Day
Wear any sports shirt that is school appropriate, with your regular Harlem Link pants and shoes.
Friday, April 28th : Animal Dress up Spirit Day
Wear any pajamas that are school appropriate, with your regular Harlem Link shoes.
Friday, May 26th: Career Dress up Spirit Day
Wear any colored clothing you want, school appropriate, with your regular Harlem Link shoes.
Friday, June 16th: Favorite Clothes Spirit Day
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Prime Puzzle with Mathematica
Hi All,
trying to find an efficient way to this in Mathematica.
I found the answer - but it was a manual list manipulation - and it
was ugly!
Any suggestions?
3 Nice Primes:
Find three 2-digit prime numbers such that:
* The average of any two of the three is a prime number, and
* The average of all three is also a prime number


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- I made a list of the norwegian sounds I know, I hope I haven't missed
too many ;)
Consonants: t, d, p, b, f, v, kj, skj, j, k, g, h, n, m, r, s
Is 'rs' a different sound?
Since from this list the sounds seem to be pretty much the same, I made
a table very similar to the spanish one (VERY similar, it's almost
identical, so I'm probably missing a lot ;) ), which is in turn based on
the Westron one, I think.
The teemar are organized as dental, labial, palatal, velar, while the
tyeller are voiceless plosive, voiced plosive, voiceless fricative,
voiced fricative, voiced nasal, and the last tyelle is used as in Quenya
for semiconsonants.
So the table would de:
And the extra tengwar:
I don't know what to do about the vowels, I count at least 8, maybe 10,
is o different from u and from å [I mean when it takes the two different
values]? If 'o' is either u or å then the vowels would be a, e, i, u, y,
æ, ø, å and a, e, i, [o when u], [o when å], u, y, æ, ø, å if not? or
Maybe just the u-like 'o' is the only one different and the å-like is in
fact like å? Well, I'm pretty much lost here, I just hope something of
what I wrote above has some use :) In any case, we'll have lots of
tehtar ;)
Happy New Year!
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welcome to this new beautiful season of your life, this pics are great! Good luck!
thanks for all your kind words :)
congrats, thats a great news.
Congratulations on your new baby and your new career. With all 4 of my children grown and married with babies of their own, I can tell you that it goes way too fast. Enjoy every moment, and take all the pictures that you can, so that someday, you will have all those memories to enjoy with your tea and toast. Now that I have said that, I think I will go and make myself a cup. Good luck!
Enjoy every minute of motherhood, and good luck with your sales.
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Double Popper Knuckle Belt Buckle (Silver Finished)
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- Thickness:0.25"
- Weight:3.00 oz.
- Hole Size:1.00"
- Material:Stainless Steel
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- Model:Duster
- Country of Origin:China
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DescriptionAnother fun novelty item! Silver finished steel double popper knuckles. Two fingers fit right into the openings (up to ring size 13). These are not legal to purchase in some locations so be sure to check your local laws.
Width: 3"
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Weight: 3.4 oz.
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Situations like this are a perfect illustration of the need for better communication between tech suppliers like Apple and car manufacturers--apparently such compatibility issues can affect sales on both sides........an interesting world we live in.....
All do respect but if you look at units sold, BMW is not even a blip on the Apple radar, considering they expect to sell about 50 million Iphone 5 this year. BMW just like everybody else gets it when everyone does... developer edition. For BMW it takes time to upgrade software and get out updates. Give them a chance.
Also, are you saying that if you knew the new iPhone was not going to work you would not have bought a BMW? I understand your frustration, but really? Affect sales? If Apple still had stock there would still be a line at the Apple store... LOL They just changed the connector which screwed EVERY accessory seller and did not even blink.
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My zombie son ate your honor student's brains........:danceban:
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My zombie son ate your honor student's brains........:danceban:
I'd buy all of Hornady ammo made if it got Milla Jovovich to come to my house. That documentary series is Resident Evil (and the first one is still the best). If they would have had Hornady Zombie Max back then, it would have been a different story.
I think it is a pretty slick bit of marketing. The majority of sales have been to folks who just want to have a few boxes for their novelty effect. Should Hornady be embarrassed for marketing this particular product? Yes, I think so, however, God bless capitalism.
just in case
May order some next pay. I limit my ammo buys to 1-2 boxes per check and I already ordered a box this week.
Zombie max ammo is a self defense ammo the uses a critical defense bullet with a hot load ( 9mm is running 1200fps)
The bullet has the center filled with plastic so when you shoot through clothing they don't fill with trash and are allow expanding in soft tissue.
Redneck's say they are good stuff..Just so you know it's a bonded bullet and retains almost all of its weight
Great video. I may order some for my 9mm, even if for conversation.
So that's where all of Hornaday's dud primers go!
I think its stupid, stupid, stupid. But that doesn't mean zombies aren't real. I see them all the time. They walk around with cell phones stuck to their heads.
I had to have a box of it.
Do I think it has any shred of seriousness? No.
Would it still go bang? Yep. (will my personal box get fired....doubtfull)
Is it hilarious? I think so.
Will i buy another box of it? Most definitely not.
Heck- I like the critical defense, and all my carry guns have the zombie ammo in them. It's the same thing, just a buck less per box where I bought it. I like it. Who cares if it is green or red.
I like the boxes too. Hilarious!
Ambulance Chamber: "So, Mr Esau, did you think Mr Thug was a zombie?"
Me: "No... I..."
AC: "The product description specifically says this is only for zombies. Why did you shoot him with anti-zombie ammo if you didn't think he was a zombie?"
Me: "It's what I had in the gun, it's the same as..."
AC: "So you always walk around prepared for a zombie apocalypse? Do you believe zombies are real?"
Me: "No... look, I got them as a gag gift..."
AC: "Oh, so killing people is funny?"
Unfortunately, you'll come across as either reckless or mentally ill.


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School lunches
It's just as important that your child eat healthy lunches and snacks at school as it is when she's at home. Nutritious school lunches are important as they will provide the fuel for her learning. Try encouraging your child to be involved in the preparation of her lunch each day – if she has a say into what's going into her lunchbox each day, she'll be more likely to eat it.
Because school lunch time is short, and your child may be more interested in playing with her friends than eating, it's best to stick to a lunch that:
- can be eaten cold
- doesn't need refrigeration other than a cold pack
- isn't hard to handle
- isn't going to make the rest of her lunch smell
For all these reasons, it's no wonder that the humble sandwich is still the mainstay of most schoolyard lunches.
Six of the best for the lunch box:
When you're packing the lunch box, try to include:
- Fruit
- Dairy – yoghurt and cheese are the easy choices here
- Protein – try to put a piece of ham on the sandwich, or wrap up a cooked chicken leg
- Carbohydrate – bread of course!
- Vegetables – carrot sticks or strips of red pepper are popular
- Water
Bread, in the form of a sandwich, is the most common lunch box food for kids. If your child is stuck on having a sandwich each day but is sick of what you are giving her, try changing the type of bread you put her vegemite on. There's a range of breads that include:
- sliced bread (white, white high fibre, wholemeal, multigrain, rye)
- pita bread
- Lebanese bread
- bread rolls
- English muffins
- bagels
Popular lunchbox ideas and recipes
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- Muesli biscuits
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Insulate bottom of bay window
I have a bay window which extends out about one foot from the house. The bottom of it is not insulated. It looks like I could install 1.5" thick foam insulation. 1) Is that the right approach? 2) Would I need to cover the insulation say with exterior plywood or something else?
Thanks for any advice you are willing to offer!
Yes it's the right approach, you could even install more if you extend the trim down. It should be covered also exterior plywood or nicer stuff if visible. I see stuff like this all the time even in new houses I work on for some reason most bay windows have little or nothing on the tops and bottoms of them and builders rarely do anything about it
We typically add a 2" piece of XPS (R10) and then bend up some aluminum to dress up the edges... You'll notice a big difference in the temp of the seat board, as well as condensation if that is an issue for you.
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Accessing College Resources
Below is an overview of the ways business and industry can access the college's many outreach resources. The primary contacts are:
Dr. Robert Light
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Outreach & COO
Amy Bridger
Senior Director, Corporate Strategy & External Engagement
Faculty and Staff
- Technical Information Services - Through the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP) company representatives have access to free technical informational services. Local contact can be made at 814-898-6046. The college's John M. Lilley Library is also an excellent source of information, including many online databases and patent search assistance. The library may be contacted at 814-898-6106.
- Product Development Projects and Technology New Venture Startups - Penn State Behrend's Business and Technology Innovation Center assists businesses requiring assistance related to intellectual property, new technology product development, prototyping, beta testing, primary marketing research, competitive intelligence, technology student interns, co-ops and apprentices, grant education, developing local university relationships, and business strategy. The center may be contacted at 814-898-6563.
- Research Projects - Projects that include intellectual property (patents, etc.), no matter what size, are handled through a sponsored research agreement. You may contact a specific technical resource or use the single point of contact option.
- Applied Research Centers - Companies can gain access to faculty expertise through one of the college's centers, which engage in a combination of fee-for-service, outreach, and education activities.
- Professional and Organizational Development and Training - Through Community and Workforce Programs, staff is available to assist in the design and delivery of professional and organizational development programming, and training for business, industry, educators, and others. Contact can be made through the center at 814-898-6103.
- Internships - Internships are considered professional, career-related experiences in a business or industry setting. Student interns can bring fresh and creative ideas to an organization at a nominal cost, while allowing company representatives to evaluate the interns as potential full-time employees. Internships are coordinated through the Academic and Career Planning Center at 814-898-6164.
- Part-Time Employees - Many students are available to work part time. Students often play a significant role within an organization while gaining invaluable on-the-job experience. Students may be contacted directly or through a faculty member; however, it is recommended that part- and full-time job opportunities be channeled through the Academic and Career Planning Center at 814-898-6164.
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This article was published 7/3/2014 (1206 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It's been almost a decade since Marlene Kirton from Marlin Travel called me out of the blue on a cold Wednesday in January and asked, "Want to go on a trip with your listeners?"
I remember thinking, "How would that work?" and "Would Brandon be a big enough city do to this in?"
After all, they had done "Breakfast in Barbados" at CHUMFM in Toronto for years, and my last stop at Z99 Regina had done campaigns with beer companies for surprise concerts in small bars, but this would be bigger, much bigger.
That first year we took 34 people to Puerto Vallarta and had the time of our lives. Five members of the original 34 have come every year since. (Although Marlene, Tracy and I have also gone every year, so technically that's eight of the 24.) And every year we've gone has been unique, fun, safe and simply first-class.
This year it was back to our original spot, although we would take it up a notch by moving a bit up the beach. In Puerto Vallarta, beaches tend to be a bit rocky with bigger surf. By moving north, we took advantage of a beach that rivals the Mexican east coast, stretching 18 miles in each direction. Incredible. And the small city of Bucerias is every bit as charming as our time spent with the wonderful people of Huatulco.
Even far from home, there's something about people in a small town that makes you feel right at home. Bucerias was no exception. Two nights highlighted our week filled with games, drinks, awesome food and incredible service. The first was an Oscar party last Sunday. As Ellen enlisted the help of a local pizza man in Los Angeles, The Royal De Cameron enlisted the help of the local policia to help with our red carpet shenanigans. Not only did they actually roll out a giant red carpet for our Star-Jetters to strut their stuff, in costume, into the resort, they also took the animation crew, dressed them in suits and ear buds (to look like security officers) and then hired an ambulance and limo driver.
Really we simply told the resort what we wanted to do, and they took it to the next level — like they always do with the service at this resort. So with police and ambulance running their cars with lights flashing, security everywhere, a roped-off red carpet and limousines to drop off our Star-Jetters at the party, needless to say we attracted attention.
What a thrill for the Star-Jetters, and it was fun to watch others on the resort try and figure out what was going on. The red carpet was followed up by a private cocktail party, watching the Oscars under the stars and fireworks: a magical evening for sure.
The second magical night was a dinner show called "Rhythm of the Night". After an hour-long boat ride into the jungle, native Mexican costumed actors greeted us, in character, and we were treated to fire-cooked steak, shrimp, chicken and dozens of other dishes on a candlelit beach. Then after the meal it was up into the mountain to a Countryfest-style amphitheatre to watch the most amazing Cirque du Soleil meets Disney meets Las Vegas show I ever seen. From trees on stilts to the live orchestra with Mexican instruments and choir, it was spectacular.
Actors in animal suits ran across the stage, looking identical to the movements of animals, as fire and sparks filled the stage with music and lights. It was amazing that we were 35 miles into the jungle, yet it felt like we could be watching this at the WMCA with millions of tropical plants and trees surrounding us. If you are EVER in the Puerto Vallarta area, you MUST go SEE this SHOW! I can't stress it enough. Amazing.
In the end, StarJet 9 was one of the BEST EVER! The location of Bucerias is second only to Huatulco. Even then there are many things this area has that Huatulco does not, so first and second is ALMOST a tie. What a wonderfully friendly, quaint, relaxing and service-centric place to be.
But another trip has come and gone, and as you read this column, we're eating breakfast in the warm Pacific sun, fully aware that the cold Canadian winds of winter are still waiting back home. We will pull into Brandon sometime tonight, and it will be dark, and it will be cold. But we will have the warmth of a truly wonderful people, and the great memories made, until we meet again in 12 months to do it all over again.
Planning for the 10th anniversary began months ago. And while I've been sworn to secrecy, if the last nine years have been any indication of what's to come, I'm counting the sleep to Year 10 NOW.
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411 Fact or Fiction Music 01.11.13: Jay-Z the Composer, Adele Winning an Oscar, More
Welcome to another edition of Fact or Fiction: Music. I'm your host, Joseph Lee.
This week we have Jeremy Wilson taking on me.
|Round 1
|1) It's not a big deal if Justin Bieber smokes marijuana or not.
|Joseph Lee: FACT.
The only big deal here is that technically marijuana is illegal, and if he's smoking it there should be some sort of punishment. Whether or not marijuana should be legal is best left for another conversation. As for me, he could be shooting up heroin and I wouldn't care. It's his body and his dumb decisions, let him do whatever. I can't even see the argument from the parents who think he should be a role model just because he's famous. Yeah, his fans are impressionable, but it's the parents job to raise them not to do drugs, not Justin f'n Bieber.
|Jeremy Wilson: FACT.
I really don't care what Justin Bieber does, but if the little guy wants to smoke a doobie in his spare time, it's his business. It's not the worst thing in the world by a long shot. The only thing I would say is that he should keep it quiet; after all, he (and his music) is geared straight at the teeny bopper crowd. It's bad enough scantily-clad, overly sexualized run amok on the pre-teen crowd, we don't need Bieber to be high on top of it all. I also hope his marijuana use isn't a sympton of a bigger problem. We've seen far too many young and famous stars get caught up in "the lifestyle" and it rarely ends well.
|Score Card: 1 for 1
|Round 2
|2) You enjoyed the new Skrillex EP, Leaving.
|Joseph Lee: FICTION.
I just don't like Skrillex. I don't like EDM, I don't like techno and I don't like dubstep. It's just not my thing. Maybe it's because I'm not a big club-goer/dancer, I don't know. But I'm not into music that sounds like my CD started to skip. At least Skrillex is able to laugh at himself sometimes, like that Back to the Future parody on Funny or Die. Now that was entertaining.
|Jeremy Wilson: FICTION.
To be honest, this isn't really my thing. It's alright, but my knowledge of Skrillex is limited, so I can't really speak to how it compares with whatever else he's done.
|Score Card: 2 for 2
|Round 3
|3) You see Adele's "Skyfall" being nominated for and winning Best Original Song at the Academy Awards.
|Joseph Lee: FACT.
Not only do I think it's going to win, I think Adele was selected just for that purpose. A Bond song has never won an Academy Award. With the show ready to pay tribute to the entire franchise, a win for Best Original Song seems like a given. Adele's 21 was the highest selling album two years in a row and she's won several Grammys. If I had any advice to give her it would be to start clearing off a spot for an Oscar.
|Jeremy Wilson: FACT.
It's definitely a contender and the fact that Skyfall is one of the most celebrated (and financially successful) Bond films of all time doesn't hurt. "Skyfall" is a great Bond anthem, seemingly perfectly attuned to the franchise's history and its more modern sensibilities in the Daniel Craig era – as well as the film itself. Adele is a more than capable successor to Shirley Bassey as the "prototypical" Bond theme crooner. It's a smooth, sultry number and in a year without a number from a animated film, "Skyfall" could – and should – definitely walk away with the series' first Oscar for Best Song.
|Score Card: 3 for 3
|Round 4
|4) Google Music won't survive 2013.
|Jeremy Wilson: FICTION.
I've never used Google Music, so I don't really know what is right or wrong with the service. I will say that knowing Google's recent checkered history with product launches and shutting services down that don't work, it's entirely possible they might pull the plug. But Google knows they need to at least be in the game and not totally allow rival Apple – and to a lesser extent Amazon and Microsoft – to dominate the online sale of music for the next generation. They've given up on a slew of disappointing products, but they've also held on for deal life to other such as Google+. I think they'll hold on to Google Music…because frankly they have to.
|Joseph Lee: FICTION.
Even with all of the complaints related to Google Music, I'll never count out the stubbornness of a billion-dollar company to force something to succeed (am I right, WWE fans?). There are a plethora of music services out there and a lot of them are still alive and kicking, so it's hard to see Google Music giving up and going away when there's even more gold in them thar hills to be found.
|Score Card: 4 for 4
|Round 5
|5) Even if it's just a remix for Frank Ocean, you're glad Outkast will be heard together on a new song.
|Jeremy Wilson: FACT.
For awhile, it wasn't looking good that we'd ever see an Outkast reunion ever again. However, the rise and power of Frank Ocean is apparently stronger than we thought. It's been six years since the pair were in the studio together and even something like this – Big Boi adding a new verse to the Ocean song "Pink Matter" which Andre 3000 appears on – is at least a possible start to something more. Ultimately though, any future Outkast reunion will likely be up to Andre 3000, who can't seem to make up his mind on a new Outkast album. Perhaps this will be enough to convince him it's time.
|Joseph Lee: FACT.
Sure, it's not a proper Outkast reunion, but it's better than nothng, right? Like Jeremy said, maybe this could be the start to something bigger. Maybe it's going to turn out to be a one shot deal. But it's something. Frank Ocean is one of the hottest acts out there right now, so if anything were to revitalize interest in an act that hasn't been around in years, this could be it.
|Score Card: 5 for 5
|Round 6
|6) Jay-Z scoring The Great Gatsby intrigues you.
|Jeremy Wilson: FACT.
We already had an inkling this could happen; Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild" was used in the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming film. Also knowing Luhrmann, it's no great surprise he'd bring Jay-Z in on it. He has a penchant for making big, bold musical choices in his films, bringing in modern songs for more classical material (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!). There's little doubt that The Great Gatsby is going to be big, bold and super-stylized. Jay-Z helping to score the film will undoubtedly mesh with what Luhrmann wants to do with his intrepretation of Fitzgerald's material. Plus, the director undoubtedly also loves the fact that Jay-Z is a little like Gatsby himself. The movie might be a disaster, but I'm definitely intrigued.
|Joseph Lee: FACt.
I have no plans on actually seeing The Great Gatsby, and I'm not even sure how a score created by Jay-Z would turn out, but the idea of "Jay-Z: Composer" is just so odd to me that I have to see the end result. This is saying nothing negative about Jay-Z, I just never thought of him as someone who would make the jump into composing period films.
|Score Card: 6 for 6
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First thing I did — I Blekko'd myself. And my blog was right there on page one. Well played, Blekko.
Second thing I did, I performed one of their suggested searches: cure for headaches. And my first thought was, "Wow, this looks really good. WebMD, Mayo Clinic … these are some really solid results."
Then I tried Google for the same query, and I got WikiHow, home remedies, and shit sites.
My immediate response was: That's not fair! Blekko rigged the test. So I searched for just headache. Again, great results from Blekko — National Library of Medicine, WebMD, Mayo Clinic.
And I did the same on Google — National Library of Medicine, WebMD … Wikipedia, and some news articles. I'd call this one a draw. They both knew what a headache was.
And then I added one more word to my query — headache cure. Blekko was still high-quality — WebMD, Mayo Clinic, National Library of Medicine, UK National Health Service.
Google jumped in the shitter — WikiHow, targeted domain sites, an 'artist' blog, home remedies, junk sites, and made-for-TV offers. Google seriously failed, and all it took was one word.
So what's it mean? Google is still great, don't get me wrong, but the bad guys are winning on the long-tail terms. And the long-tail starts a lot sooner than I would have guessed — in my case, Google's results shit the bed after adding a second search term. Google has some work to do. Sorry, Matt Cutts — it's good you don't copy Bing, but you've got something to learn from Blekko.


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Bernanke is not considered conservative but his academic writings on monetary policy make him one of the country's leading authorities. He has one pet project that might shake things up; he advocates the fixed inflation target zones now in vogue at the European Central Bank and the MPC.
Alan Greenspan has never favoured such an approach, believing it would restrict Fed flexibility. Bernanke, 48, is seen as a possible replacement for Greenspan when the revered 76-year-old leader of the US central bank retires. His tenure is up in two years but there are rumours he may leave earlier if the economy is in good shape.
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"The falling unemployment rate seems to be picking up momentum with the warmer weather. That is encouraging even though we know there still is room for improvement," Department of Employment Security Director Jay Rowell said. "The unevenness in this recovery masks the very promising news of averaging more than 4,400 new jobs each month during the past four years. We need to build on that job growth so that we can help others."
The Quad-Cities' unemployment rate stood at 6.2 percent in June, its lowest rate for the month since 2008. It had been 7 percent in June 2013. The July rate for the Quad-City metropolitan area will be released later this month.
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