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In this completely revised and updated pocket reference, Jennifer Niederst, the author of the best-selling Web Design in a Nutshell, delivers a complete guide to every HTML tag. As with O'Reilly's other pocket references, this handy book offers the bare essentials in a small, concise format that you can carry anywhere for quick reference. This guide will literally fit into your back pocket.Each entry in the book is devoted to the description of a single HTML tag, its standard usage, information on the tag's attributes, browser support (for Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Opera), and support for WebTV. Niederst puts the tags in context, indicating which ones are grouped together. She also offers bare-bones examples of how standard web page elements are constructed.All the tag-by-tag descriptions in this new edition have been brought up to date with the current HTML specification (4.01), and the book includes useful charts of character entities and decimal-to-hexadecimal conversions.The HTML Pocket Reference, second edition is an indispensable reference for any serious web designer, author, or programmer.
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I must have a later edition, the "" tag is where it should be in my copy. All in all, I use this little book quite a bit. I have trouble always remembering different forms for each tag and the many attributes that can go for each. Whenever I'm stumped and can't remember, I can just reach for this reference and flip to it instead of hunting it down on the web. It's saved me time when I needed to be working on scripts or code but needed to output some html and couldn't think of what I needed.
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By Wortwart
Very sad and hard to understand that even the second edition is spiked with errors. One needn't to be a genius to put together all available documents from W3C and make a book of it, so the errors only weigh more. At least, the German edition ("HTML kurz & gut") has corrected the worst errata. What I liked about the book were the document examples in the beginning. The %coreattrs, %events and %i18n attributes should be easier to find (they are not listed in the TOC). I think, required attributes should be listed before optional ones. What is missing (as some readers also remarked in the errata list):- color names- some words about other character tables- some words about http-equiv- ... and about the use of other attributes like -coordinates. A sentence like "The syntax depends on the form" is poor.But still, as I don't know a better book of this kind, I do not regret having bought it. It's handy and useful, in spite of the errors. But maybe O'Reilly should think about withdrawing it and reworking it before damaging their reputation.
By Mike Agnes
The "Reference" in the work's title is unearned. A browse through the list of errata reported on this website for the printed book is hair-raising. A reference book is one we are expected to trust. After two editions, for example, the author seems still not to have grasped character entities and their independence of the Macintosh platform. This is not a difficult subject to cover: as will all HTML specifications, the W3C has the complete listing, so there is no reason for errata. A well-done equivalent of this book would be extremely valuable. Perhaps another imprint can exercise the sort of quality control that used to be expected of publishers and produce a genuinely worthwhile book in this format.
By Robert Chappelear
I also can't believe that they forgot the tag. Imagine my surprise when that was the first tag I tried to look up! Where is their sense of quality? If you are looking for a handy little book to keep with you, this is not the one, at least not until they get to the 3rd edition and restore to its rightful place.
By Mark Lynn
Must have book for any web developer. I use it constantly. My only grumble is that there is no listing for the tag. How could they miss that one?
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Pomeranian Temperament
What's Good About 'Em,
What's Bad About 'Em
Pomeranian Temperament, Personality, Behavior, Traits, and Characteristics, by Michele Welton. Copyright © 2000-2016
The AKC Standard says the Pomeranian is "buoyant in deportment... inquisitive by nature... cocky, commanding, and animated."
That he is. Vivacious and spirited, bold and brash, the typical Pomeranian thinks he's "hot stuff."
He is a sharp-eyed busybody who must check out every sight, sound, and activity and preferably tell you what he thinks about it. He is delightfully alive and aware of everything going on around him.
Keenly alert to approaching strangers, the Pomeranian requires early socialization so that he doesn't become sharp or shrill.
Most are fine with other pets -- it is a tribute to their amiability that male Pomeranians can often run and play together with little or no bickering. Some Poms, though, are bossy and will attempt to chase strange dogs, regardless of size.
The Pomeranian is very bright and will look directly at you, cocking his head attentively. BUT he is not inclined to take orders from anyone whom he views as below himself in importance. Don't allow him to become possessive of his food or toys, and control barking from day one.
This proud, self-possessed little breed won't meekly submit to mischief or rough handling and is not a good choice for children.
If you want a dog who...
- Is very small and "spitz-like", with pricked ears, foxy face, a thick coat, and curled tail
- Is vivacious and spunky, bright and attentive
- Is delightfully alive and aware of everything going on around him and keenly alert to approaching strangers
- Is usually fine with other pets
A Pomeranian may be right for you.
If you don't want to deal with...
- The fragility of toy breeds (see below)
- Suspicious yappiness toward strangers when not socialized enough
- Strong-willed mind of his own, requiring a confident owner who can take charge
- Barking
- Regular brushing and combing
- Heavy shedding
- Housebreaking difficulties
A Pomeranian may not be right for you.
- choosing the RIGHT breeder and the RIGHT puppy
- or choosing an ADULT dog from your animal shelter or rescue group – a dog who has already proven that he doesn't have negative traits
- training your dog to respect you
- avoiding health problems by following my daily care program in 11 Things You Must Do Right To Keep Your Dog Healthy and Happy
More traits and characteristics of the Pomeranian
If I was considering a Pomeranian, I would be most concerned about...
- Unstable temperaments. Pomeranians are a dime a dozen, and most of them are bred and offered for sale by people who don't have the slightest idea of how to breed good-tempered dogs. Obedience instructors and behavioral consultants see LOTS of Pomeranians with neurotic behaviors, including biting, sharpness, extreme fearfulness, moodiness, and general nastiness.
- Fragility. Too many people acquire a toy breed puppy without understanding how incredibly fragile a toy breed is. You can seriously injure or kill a Pomeranian puppy by stepping on him or by sitting on him when he's curled under a blanket or pillow, where he frequently likes to sleep. And Pomeranians can seriously injure or kill THEMSELVES by leaping from your arms or off the back of your sofa. A larger dog can grab a Pomeranian and break his neck with one quick shake. Owning a toy breed means constant supervision and surveillance of what's going on around your tiny dog. Pomeranians must always be kept indoors, in a safely fenced yard, or on-leash -- they are just too easy to injure when not under your complete control.
If you have small children, I do not recommend a Pomeranian. There are just too many Poms who won't tolerate any nonsense. And there are too many Poms who feel overwhelmed by the loud voices and quick movements that children can't help making -- and stress and shyness (even defensive biting) may be the result.
- Suspiciousness. Standoffish by nature, Pomeranians need extensive exposure to people and to unusual sights and sounds. Otherwise their natural caution can become suspiciousness, which are difficult to live with and could even lead to defensive biting.
- Mind of their own. Pomeranians are not a submissive or sissyish breed. They are very bright, but they have an independent mind of their own and can be manipulative. You must show them, through absolute consistency, that you mean what you say.
To teach your Pomeranian to listen to you, "Respect Training" is mandatory. My Pomeranian Training Page discusses the program you need.
- Barking. Pomeranians are often too quick to sound the alarm at every new sight and sound. You have to be equally quick to stop them. If you work all day and have close neighbors, Pomeranians are not a good choice for you. For the same reason, Pomeranians should NEVER be left outside in your yard, unsupervised. To make matters worse, some Poms have high-pitched barks that can set your teeth on edge.
- Grooming. To keep their thick coat free of mats, Pomeranians require regular brushing and combing, and occasional trimming of straggly hairs.
- Heavy shedding. Pomeranians are one of the heaviest shedding of the toy breeds. Frequent vacuuming will become a way of life.
- Housebreaking. Toy breeds are almost always difficult to housebreak. It is so easy for them to sneak behind a chair or under a small table, and it takes only a few seconds for the deed to be done. The results can be hard to see. When you don't see it, you don't correct it -- and so the bad habit becomes established. If you hope to housebreak a toy breed, consistent crate training is mandatory. Pomeranians should not be loosed in the house for many months, until their small internal organs become strong enough for reliable control.
To learn more about training Pomeranians to be calm and well-behaved, consider my dog training book,
Teach Your Dog 100 English Words.
It's a unique Vocabulary and Respect Training Program that will make your Pomeranian the smartest, most well-behaved companion you've ever had.
Teaches your dog to listen to you, to pay attention to you, and to do whatever you ask him to do.
My dog buying guide, Dog Quest: Find The Dog Of Your Dreams, will teach you everything you need to know about finding a healthy Pomeranian puppy. Health problems have become so widespread in dogs today that this book is required reading for ANYONE who is thinking of getting a purebred, crossbred, or mixed breed dog.
If you'd like to consult with me personally about whether the Pomeranian might be a good dog breed for your family, I offer a Dog Breed Consulting Service.
Once you have your Pomeranian home, you need to KEEP him healthy -- or if he's having any current health problems, you need to get him back on the road to good health.
My dog health care book, 11 Things You Must Do Right To Keep Your Dog Healthy and Happy is the book you need.
Raise your dog the right way and you will be helping him live a longer, healthier life while avoiding health problems and unnecessary veterinary expenses.
Please consider adopting an ADULT Pomeranian...
When you're acquiring a Pomeranian PUPPY, you're acquiring potential -- what he one day will be. So "typical breed characteristics" are very important.
But when you acquire an adult dog, you're acquiring what he already IS and you can decide whether he is the right dog for you based on that reality. There are plenty of adult Pomeranians who have already proven themselves NOT to have negative characteristics that are "typical" for their breed. If you find such an adult dog, don't let "typical breed negatives" worry you. Just be happy that you found an atypical individual -- and enjoy!
Save a life. Adopt a dog.
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There are different kinds of consolidation; mergers and acquisitions, temporary partnerships, and even hostile takeovers. As times change, new combinations of people and institutions recombine and shuffle for optimal fit. This has certainly been highlighted for me in the past couple of weeks. First, I saw the financial battlefield of winners and losers with some institutions disappearing and others being picked by past competitors in ways we could never have imagined six months ago. Second, I attended a series of sessions on the dozens of software company acquisitions that IBM has folded into their portfolio over the last half-dozen years.
I've heard the process of folding these companies into the IBM world described as a core competency. The informal term I've heard is: 'blue-washing' and while can I imagine there may be a Harvard Business Review article on the detail someday, I can state, as an unofficial observer, that we get better at it each time a company is 'blue-washed'. Externally, the process delivers tighter, pre-integrated solutions with more functionality for our clients. Doing these integrations of once isolated and disparate pieces can save our clients a huge amount of effort and time; as in an order of magnitude less effort.
This behind the scenes consolidation of middleware gets added to the consolidation efforts already underway in IT. Workload from legacy, ISVs, and e-business applications are moving in together where once they got to live in their own, sometimes messy, apartments. Platforms are merging for cost efficiency and infrastructure effectiveness, not unlike that house you may have rented with friends at college.
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|Could Cuddyer get his first All-Star appearance?
The two players that provided light in the darkness that was the first two months of the season were Jason Kubel and Denard Span. Both of these players got off to great starts to help the Twins through their struggles. Kubel seemed like he would be a lock for the All-Star Game until an injury took him out of the line-up. After a collision at homeplate, Span has also found himself with continued time on the DL.
With both Span and Kubel on the DL, the Twins will have to find their All-Star pick from somewhere else on their roster. There are four main candidates that have emerged as the deadline approaches to set the American League roster. A lot of the decision could come down to what Ron Washington will be looking for to fill his roster. Will the AL All-Star Game Mananger need a pitcher or a utility player?
Pitching Candidates for the TwinsScott Baker (5-5), 3.39 ERA, 92 K, 1.210 WHIP, 2.2 WAR
Baker has struggled to get consistent starts in back to back outings during the early portion of the season. The month of June has been a little more consistent for Baker as he has been able to throw at least six innings in all of his starts. His best start of the year came against the Texas Rangers. In that outing, he pitched a complete game while only allowing one run and striking out seven. Of the possible All-Star options for the Twins, he has the highest WAR and that could bode well for Mr. Baker.
Nick Blackburn (6-5), 3.15 ERA, 51 K, 1.309 WHIP, 1.8 WAR
Like many Twins players, Blackburn struggled through the first month of the season. After winning his first start of the year, Blackburn got the loss in his next four appearances. The month of May saw Blackburn run off a very impressive string of starts. In his first five starts of May, Blackburn pitched a quality start in each of those outings and only allowed a total of seven earned runs. Recent starts have brought Blackburn's stats back down to earth but he is still a viable candidate.
Carl Pavano (5-6), 4.24 ERA, 45 K, 1.320 WHIP, 0.6 WAR
Pavano has been a representative in the All-Star Game before but that was seven seasons ago. This version of Pavano has come a long way since his last appearance in the Mid-Summer Classic. Pavano has been a work horse for the Twins again this season. He has two complete game and 10 games that he has pitched seven innings or more. His stats are a little below that of the other starters so Pavano will probably have a tough time being the Twins selection.
Utility Candidate for the TwinsMichael Cuddyer .292 BA, .823 OPS, 10 HR, 30 RBI, 1.7 WAR
Cuddyer had a very cold start to the season and he struggled to even get his first RBI of the year. His first month of the season saw him with only a .226 BA, .287 OBP, and 4 RBI. Every month has seen Cuddyer improve and the month of June has seen him be one of the best hitters in the American League. The current month of June has broken down to a .357 BA, 1.100 OPS, 5 HR, and 17 RBI. The biggest thing in favor of Cuddyer could be his ability to play defensive positions all over the field. Cuddy's defensive flexibility might be hard to ignore for Washington and the American League
Twins All-Star Rankings:
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While it may seem like having more channels for communication increases our ability to actually communicate, the decline of real-time, in-person exchanges has created a deficit in communication skills. The words come across, but the meaning often gets lost.
With so many businesses vying for attention, those wanting to make sure they are being heard turn to communication experts like Ted Agne, CEO of The Communications Strategy Group Inc. CSG helps both new and established technology, health care, biotech and life science companies develop the best external communication strategies for effectively reaching clients, investors and industry partners.
"Our sweet spot is helping emerging companies make themselves known and find their way," Agne said. "To fine-tune that, we help U.K and E.U. companies wanting to come to the U.S. Whether they are at the clinical stage or are marketing a product, we help them find potential partners, collaboration deals and sometimes funding."
As a communication specialist, Agne knows how to keep deals moving by understanding the nuances of each party's perspective. "Nothing is impossible," he said. "Clients come to us with very difficult problems, and we find ways to resolve them. It's like the old saying goes: 'When the front door slams in your face, go around to the back and find another way in.'"
Agne says having learned early in his career to use a journalistic writing style in his business communications has proven invaluable, adding that being able to write effectively seems to be a diminishing skill these days. "Students can't write today," he said. "When I taught part-time at a local university, I was somewhat shocked at the poor quality of the writing turned in. I attribute this to our current 'texting society." He compared this to the stringent requirements his first employer had for approving any written statements leaving the company. "If a press release wasn't well written, it didn't go out. Writing needs to be filled with facts, not a bunch of hype," he added.
Boston-based CSG started out working with tech firms at the start of the tech boom in the mid-1980s. Agne's concept was to provide a service that in "scope and cost fulfilled the demands of emerging companies in an emerging market." This model also worked well for segueing into life sciences. "We bring a very high-quality, high-level communications experience at a price they can afford," Agne said.
In order to keep costs down and quality high, CSG has both in-house specialists and partnerships with top-tier boutique firms in the U.S. and abroad to meet various service needs—advertising, design, writing, media relations and financial investor relations. Agne says that having a team that can expand or contract depending on current needs helps CSG stay fresh, economically mobile and able to bring value to the client.
Because CSG has developed alliances throughout Europe, they are uniquely positioned to help life sciences companies trying to enter the U.S. "We understand the U.K. and the European culture," Agne said. This helps them facilitate effective communication on both sides of the pond.
"There is fantastic science coming out of U.K. universities," Agne said. "They have brilliant scientists, but one of the things we do better here in the U.S. is to take that science and develop it and commercialize it." CSG helps provide that marketing edge needed for successful growth.
Another trend Agne noted was American companies launching new pharmaceuticals and medical devices in Europe first because of the slow FDA approval process. "The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has a better approval process," he said. "More companies are going that route, and since we know our way around in Europe and have dealt with the EMA for a number of years, we are positioned to help our clients with this type of strategy."
While the FDA is aware of its organizational problems when it comes to dealing with red tape and is trying to correct them, changes are difficult and slow to put in place. "Like anything else in Washington," Agne said, "it's like trying to turn a supertanker. It takes miles to execute the turn."
Agne explained that getting approved in Europe first doesn't mean the product is also approved for use in America. The American companies still have to go through the FDA's approval process. However, having a proven product that is approved and performing elsewhere does help facilitate getting FDA approval.
From educating clients on the real versus perceived value of press releases to enlisting the support of international ambassadors to ease strained relations in global partnerships, CSG is proactive about making sure its clients, regardless of size, are able get their message out correctly and effectively.
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This won't come as a surprise to most moms, but my kids can tear apart a room in under 15 minutes flat. Have you seen that meme about a mom wondering why she cleans since her kids still live there? That's me! But I like having a clean house and guests do come over from time to time, so cleaning is a necessary activity. Here is one quick and easy hack that will save you time and space when cleaning up your kids toys.
TRICK – store toys inside other toys
Ok, it's not rocket science, but stay with me here.
Toys take up a lot of space. By putting toys inside other toys, I am saving tons of useful toy bin realty. My toy bin philospophy is that I like to have toys all over my house. Now this time I'm not being sarcastic! I like having my kids toys on every floor of the house. When we are downstairs, they can play while I do the laundry. When we are upstairs, they can play while I make dinner or put away the laundry. They get to play and I get to supervise while still getting household chores done. For me, it's the only way!
Here are a few examples of hiding toys within toys.
Barbie purse and Barbie
We have this adorable Barbie purse that my daughters love. There aren't any Barbie shoes here, but I can save some space by storing a Barbie inside the purse. Ta da!
Fabric Houses
This is actually a set that is meant to be stored together. Place one house inside another and it takes up MUCH less space than one by one. Shove some figurines in there too and you save even more space. Bonus – you keep all the pieces together.
Blocks bag
Another example of a toy that is actually meant to store it's parts (LOVE!). Every toy should do this so well. However my kids have completely lost the pieces, or they are scattered everywhere. My daughters actually like to use this as a kind of purse (they love purses). But that doesn't mean I can't put OTHER toys inside. Just find any other small toys that will fit.
Kitchen and food
This one is a favorite of mine. Hide all the pretend food INSIDE the pretend kitchen. It's all ready to go when my kids head over to play with the kitchen and it saves tons of space.
Purse and puzzle pieces
You probably got it that my daughters love purses of every kind. So, it's a no brainer to put toys inside all the purses to save space when cleaning up. This is just one example of maybe half a dozen purses we have.
Here is the BEFORE picture of all these toys, put away in a toy bin.
Here is the AFTER picture, showing you all the space you're saving by using this one easy trick.
Do you have any tricks to organize toys? Let me know in the comments.
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i do put toys inside each other but the toys go together. My two mix and match while playing but when cleanup time rolls around all pieces are accounted for, searched for if missing then placed in the set's designated location. This works extremely well at reducing loss: toys are so expensive. (It does help to have a small house eliminating the need for toy sprawl.)
That's such a practical idea. I should start doing that too. I need help with all my toys lol!
You should come link up at our Bloggers Spotlight party, we pin everything to our group board and have two separate link-ups, one for posts and one devoted to pins so you get even more exposure!
I love this "hack!" We have done this in my daughter's closet and it has saved so much space! Also I wanted to share this cute quote I saw on my friend's wall. It read "Excuse the mess, my children are making memories." I love that! It's okay not to have the perfectly clean house… Our children are busy growing up, making messes, and making memories. <3
I've always cleaned something similar to save space.


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How Often Do You Contact the Same Company?
I contacted Bumble Bee last fall and they sent me (4) $.35/1 coupons. They are the "makers" of Snows Clams. They used to put coupons in the inserts a couple of times a year, but there has been nothing for over two years. I would like to contact them again to ask for more since it's the new year, but I'm not sure if I'm requesting more too soon.
How often do you do a "rinse and repeat" contact with the same company?
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I would say it's about a 3-6 month wait between the latest contact to when you can successfully contact a company again. P&G allows coupon requests of a specific set once every specified quarter. I'm of the mind a six month wait may be your best bet since Bumblebee doesn't run the same kind of promotional campaigns as P&G.
I know, in general, you want to be careful about contacting the companies more often. I've read horror stories of some people getting cease and desist letters from companies they've contacted. That's extreme and a little ridiculous on the manufacturers' part, IMO, but the companies can get annoyed with repeated requests. I think that they assume your a reseller - something they don't particularly like.
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Anderson, D.J., Yates, P., McCarthy, A.L., Lang, C.P., Hargraves, M., McCarthy, N., et al. (2011) Younger and older women's concerns about menopause after breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 20(6), pp. 785-794.
Davey, Jeremy D., Richards, Naomi L., Lang, Cathryne P., & Davies, Amanda (2006) The threat of hepatitis C as an influence on injecting amphetamine users' change towards non-injecting. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 15(4), pp. 89-104.
Davey, Jeremy D., Davies, Amanda, French, Nicole, Williams, Clive K., & Lang, Cathryne P. (2005) Drug driving from a user's perspective. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 12(1), pp. 61-70.
Smith, Simon L., Lang, Cathryne P., Sullivan, Karen A., & Warren, Judith (2004) Two new tools for assessing patients' knowledge and beliefs about Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy. Sleep Medicine, 5(4), pp. 359-367.
Smith, Simon S., Lang, Cathryne P., Sullivan, Karen A., & Warren, Judith (2004) A preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of a sleep apnea education program. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56(2), pp. 245-249.
Conference Paper
Lang, Cathryne P., Sullivan, Karen A., & Yates, Patsy (2007) 56% of respondents in a Queensland sample report significant pain: Examining the nature of significant pain in a community sample. In 42nd Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Sept 23 - 29, 2007, Brisbane.
O'Connor, Erin L., Tay, Richard S., Watson, Barry C., Edmonston, Colin J., & Lang, Cathryne P. (2004) Drink-walking: An examination of the related behaviour and attitudes of young people in Queensland. In The NSW Local Government Road Safety Conference, September 2004.
Lang, Cathryne P., Tay, Richard S., Watson, Barry C., Edmonston, Colin J., & O'Connor, Erin L. (2003) Drink walking: An examination of the related behaviour and attitudes of young people. In 2003 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference - From Research to Action: Conference Proceedings, Sydney, Australia.
QUT Thesis
Lang, Cathryne P. (2008) Exploring non-cancer pain conditions in a community sample : critiquing a current conceptual model of the acute to chronic pain transition and examining predictors of chronicity. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.


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Breaking 96 out of 100 targets, B.M. Higginson won the HighOver-All Scratch Cup at the Travers Island traps of the New York Athletic Club yesterday.
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2015 Nationwide Survey Confirms Continued Rise of Obese Pets, Sparking the Need for Industry Change
Calabash, N.C.—March 15, 2016—Pet obesity continues to be a growing problem, affecting the majority of US dogs and cats. Research conducted in 2015 by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) found that approximately 58 percent of cats and 54 percent of dogs were overweight or obese. Veterinarians are alarmed by the steady increase in pets classified as clinically obese. They are calling upon the veterinary industry to clearly define and classify pet obesity as a disease and adopt a universal Body Condition Score (BCS) scale for assessing pet obesity.
"The American Medical Association (AMA) recognized obesity as a disease in 2013. I think the time has come for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to follow suit," stresses Dr. Ernie Ward of Ocean Isle, North Carolina, founder of APOP. "By defining obesity as a disease, many veterinarians will take the condition more seriously and be compelled to act rather than ignore this serious health threat."
APOP also points out a lack of consensus surrounding the definition of obesity. The organization defines clinical pet obesity as 30 percent above ideal weight, but that definition varies among veterinary practitioners, industry stakeholders and pet owners. "Our profession hasn't agreed on what separates 'obese' from 'overweight,'" University of Georgia veterinary surgeon and APOP Board member Dr. Steve Budsberg states, "These words have significant clinical meaning and affect treatment recommendations."
The lack of professional consensus in defining pet obesity has created confusion among industry leaders. This confusion can lead to underreporting and a decreased emphasis on the pet obesity issue by the veterinary industry and clients. A uniform definition of pet obesity would benefit veterinarians who are struggling to find a tactful and effective way to discuss obesity and the importance of weight loss. It will also create an increase in awareness and discussion around the issue for both veterinarians and pet owners.
Due to these growing problems, Dr. Ward challenges the veterinary profession to standardize medical terminology and tools for obesity. "APOP is committed to uniting veterinarians with a single set of pet obesity definitions and tools. We are working toward a common professional standard Body Condition Score (BCS) with European colleagues and universal definitions for overweight and obese."
"There are currently three major BCS scales used worldwide," emphasizes University of Minnesota veterinary nutritionist and APOP Board member, Dr. Julie Churchill. "We need a single standard to ensure all veterinary health care team members are on the same page." Multiple methods for assessing and classifying an animal's body condition creates considerable confusion and requires additional clarification for veterinary professionals to distinguish how they are assessing a pet's body condition.
APOP is pushing for the adoption of a universal BCS—a whole-integer, one-through-nine (1–9) scale. This scale will allow veterinarians to more consistently interpret veterinary medical research, accurately assess their patients' body conditions and clearly communicate with colleagues and clients.
Excess weight can reduce pet life expectancy and negatively impact quality of life. "The reality is, obesity kills," comments Dr. Joe Barges, Academic Director for Cornell University Veterinary Specialists and APOP Board member. "Numerous studies have linked obesity with type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, many forms of cancer and decreased life expectancy. Our survey validates the notion that we're seeing more obese pets with more potential medical problems."
APOP has joined forces with other international industry organizations to form The Global Pet Obesity Initiative. The group's goal is to create obesity standards and provide training for the veterinary community. Leaders look forward to collaborating with other organizations, universities, researchers and industry leaders to develop additional efforts and tools to combat pet obesity as a disease. They also plan to develop a certifying procedure for veterinarians and veterinary technicians who successfully complete additional training programs.
To learn more about the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention or the 2015 study, visit PetObesityPrevention.org.
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The annual obesity prevalence survey is conducted by APOP. Veterinary practices assessed the body condition scores of every dog and cat patient they saw for a regular wellness exam on a given day in October. Body condition scores based on a five-point scale and actual weight were used in classifying pets as either underweight, ideal, overweight or obese. The latest survey included the assessment of 1,224 dogs and cats by 136 veterinary clinics.
About the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP)
The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention was founded in 2005 by Dr. Ernie Ward with the primary mission of documenting pet obesity levels in the United States to raise awareness of the issue and its negative impact on pets. The APOP board is made up of veterinary practitioners, nutritionists, surgeons and internal medicine specialists. APOP conducts annual research to substantiate pet obesity prevalence levels in the United States and offers resources for veterinarians and pet owners to better equip them to recognize and fight pet obesity. More information about APOP can be found on their website, petobesityprevention.org and Facebook page, Facebook.com/PetObesityPrevention.


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Same needs, different service
By Amy Taylor On a recent trip to a council in the West of England I was struck by the difference in the level of services offered to young people in need who become homeless at the ages of 16 or 17 and those leaving care. While both groups often seemed to have similar problems, […]
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There will be no more posts on The Childminder for the time being as we have a shiny new blog where you can find all the latest news and views on children's issues and social care – The Social Work Blog. See you there!
Jonathan Ross insults children in care
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This weeks feature articles
In Community Care this week, there are two featured articles relating to the childrens sector. Firstly we have "Stitching a deal together" – read Mark Hunter's report on the Midlands experience of cross region collaboration Secondly read "Measures of future success" – an investigation, written by Lauren Revans, Natalie Valios and Anabel Unity Sale, into […]
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Watching TV is bad for you – I knew it all along! According to the latest research, reported in Medical News Today watching violent telly between the ages of 2 and 5 is linked to aggressive and anti-social behaviour in boys when they reach the age of 7.
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The shape of disputes to come
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This project is one of the six projects shown on the LIVE Singapore! exhibition. The projects were developed by the SENSEable City Lab and part of the Future Urban Mobility research initiative at the Singapore and MIT Alliance for Research and Technology. Researchers have collaborated on the development of an open platform for collating and publishing a range of innovative, real-time data visualisations about the city. It is being described as a "feedback loop between people, their actions, and the city".
As vehicular traffic opens up and jams in the course of the day, the time we need to move in Singapore shrinks and expands. How long will it take you to go from home to any other destination? Find out with this isochronic map, where the deformations are proportional to travel time – and reveals the changes in the course of a weekend/week day. Chrisian Sommer built a network from the massive data collected from GPS location record of Singapore taxis of August, 2010 and estimated the shortest travel time between every pair of places on an hourly basis.
The final app runs on a big display controlled by a Magic Trackpad. Visitors can click anywhere on the map to see its animation through the month. This video demos the maps for the central business district and the airport.
Be sure to read the project's full description by one of the authors: Xiaoji Chen.
Questions raised
How long will it take you to go from home to any other destination?
Which parts of Singapore can be reached in the shortest time, using road transportation?
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Re: Reordering Downvalues?
"Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote in message
news:c1iqkd$683$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi,
> you do nothing wrong, but Mathematica orders the patterns by itself
> to ensure that more special patterns are applied first and this
> happens in your case.
I feared that this was the case - book section 2.5.7 is pretty clear on it,
but 2.5.13 gives explicit instructions on how to change the order. It isn't
helpful that the order doesn't matter in the example they use.
Not being able to change the *Value order doesn't bother me as much as the
cheerful way that Mathematica takes the instruction then doesn't do
anything. Some kind of message would have been nice.
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How did America begin? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. As Philbrick reveals, the story does not end with the First Thanksgiving; instead, it is a fifty-five-year epic that is at once tragic and heroic, and that still carries meaning for us today.
The author evokes the drama of the voyage, the eerie emptiness of coastal New England in the fall of 1620, and the large and small decisions that determined how everything would unfold for centuries to come- his tale will startle anyone who thought they knew the story of the Pilgrims.
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I've certainly been slow blogging this month, and I'm using the "new baby" excuse :) Not entirely true, but I'm catching up with things at work and the on-going projects we have.
The UofArizona MIS 300 course is going well. We're about a month into the semester and the enrollment has been at 37 students. It's larger than we expected but not unmanageable. Per my previous post, this course is on preparing students for roles in community management. We certainly have hands-on work with social software tools, but the overall goal is more around designing and planning your community, how to keep it growing, how to market and measure it.
The course is also about cooperation, communication, and leadership, so there are other in-class exercises when the Junior level undergrads have to do activities like presentations, pair tasks, group tasks and of course the final project of building a community of other real students and helping to train their community. It helps also to make it fun.
The hopeful outcome is a base level of understanding where they can go into a new entry level position as community manager for a company. Since these roles are still quite varied and evolving, there would be a lot of learning on the job that still needs to happen, but at least they will understand the basics and the personality aspects required of them.
My other hope is that we can reach out to other companies who are looking for such people for coops or internships with these skills.
This week we've started everyone on blogging. They each have to post several times a week on Wordpress accounts and connect with other bloggers, and continue doing so for the rest of the semester. This will likely be trivial for some but not for others. It takes a bit of motivation to blog on such regular frequency and that depends upon the people. Hopefully later this year, I'll demo some of this. This is so they understand what they are asking of a potential blogging community, learn the components of blogs, and experience the issues themselves.
They will also go through assignments to collaborate on a wiki, create their own podcast or videocast, and so on, all the let them become familiar with these from a users perspective.
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Annapolis, MD - National Draw 2011 turned into a showcase for the talent and depth of the Yellow Jackets club program.
The Long Island-based organization captured three of four championships at the 12th annual tournament – an impressive accomplishment that had founder and owner Carol Rose beaming with pride.
"National Draw always attracts the top competition in the country so it is certainly a feather in our cap to win three titles this year," Rose said. "I'm extremely proud of the whole organization – players, coaches and parents. We work very, very hard to develop players and field strong teams so it's nice to see those efforts rewarded."
The Yellow Jackets were crowned champs in the Varsity, Risers and Middlers divisions. Rose said the organization, which was founded in 1999 and now features 600 athletes and 26 teams, has won three titles at smaller tournaments, but never that many at a major event such as National Draw. "This year's tournament fields were all very strong so it is a real credit to those three teams to emerge as champions," Rose said. "There were some very close, competitive games along the way and our kids showed real determination to consistently come out on top."
Rose was particularly proud that the Varsity Division championship game was between two Yellow Jackets entries as the 2012 squad defeated the 2013 contingent, 4-2. It was a real breakthrough tourney for Yellow Jackets 2012 Blue, which has reached the semifinals or finals of numerous tournaments without coming away with a championship.
"It took us five years to do this," exclaimed Paige Bonomi, a rising senior at Northport High who has committed to play collegiately for the fledgling program at USC. "This group of girls has been together since 2007 and come close so many times. To finally win an event, especially one the caliber of National Draw, was very rewarding. All of the players were completely ecstatic," Rose said. "This is their last summer together and almost all the players have picked colleges. They played relaxed because there is no longer any pressure."
Goalkeepers Michaela Aymong (Northport High, Richmond University) and Chelsea Sidaras (William Floyd, Fairfield) anchored a stingy defense that held opponents to an average of four goals. Defender Stephanie Peragallo was outstanding in one-versus-one coverage and forced a slew of turnovers during the tournament as Yellow Jackets went 4-0 in round-robin play then 3-0 in the playoffs. Lefty attack Jenna Fuchs (Garden City, Fairfield) scored several game-winning goals for Yellow Jackets, who knocked off defending champion M&D 2013 Black in the semifinals. Alex Bruno (Garden City, Princeton) dominated the draws while fellow midfielders Christina Esposito (West Babylon, Northwestern) and Catherine Dickinson (Garden City, Pennsylvania) showed tremendous heart and hustle while making on impact on ground balls and in the clearing game.
This year's National Draw, held June 24-26 at Cherokee High in Marlton, N.J., attracted 4,827 athletes with 250 teams from throughout the United States. The tournament, organized and directed by Synapse Sports and sponsored by Gatorade and STX, has long set the standard on the women's club lacrosse circuit.
"National Draw continues to live up to its enduring legacy as one of the finest club lacrosse tournaments in the country," said Cathy Samaras, founder and CEO of Synapse Sports. Following is a brief look at the other championship teams from the 2011 National Draw:
Goaltenders Rachel Ortell (Marriott's Ridge High) and Cameron Baumgartner (Glenelg Country) anchored a suffocating defensive effort that lifted Howard County, MD based M&D 2014 Black to a 7-1 victory over Syracuse-based Relentless Hustle in the Junior Varsity final. Julie LeGar (Garrison Forest), Amanda Miller (Mount de Sales), Kay Kelly (Centennial) and Alexis Zadjura (Marriott's Ridge) formed a rock-solid defensive unit that played great containment and caused numerous turnovers. Amanda Ignacio (Mount de Sales) was the finisher while fellow attacker Megan Whittle (McDonogh) served as playmaker for M&D, a group of rising sophomores that has been together since the sixth grade. Stephanie Holmes (McDonogh) controlled the draws while fellow midfielder Taylor Hensh (Marriott's Ridge) provided superb work between the lines as M&D went 7-0 in the tourney.
"This team goes 22 deep and I can substitute liberally without any drop off in play," said Chris Robinson, founder of M&D and head coach of the 2014 squad. "We played seven games in two days, including five on Sunday, so I think our depth was a huge factor. We were still fresh for the playoffs."
Midfielders Emma Gallagher (Garden City) and Kasey Mitchell (Mount Sinai) led the way as Yellow Jackets 2015 Blue shut out M&D Black 2015 Black, 3-0, in the championship game of the Middle School bracket. Gallagher, one of the fastest players in the country for that age group, was a force in transition and scored two goals in the final. Mitchell, a true finisher, scored at least one goal in every game as Yellow Jackets went 7-0.
Versatile, athletic midfielder Nikki Ortega (Middle Country) gobbled up ground balls and created for teammates while attacker Gabbi Labuskes (Northport) scored two goals to key a 6-0 shutout of Long Island rival Top Guns in the semifinals. Fast, aggressive defender Sydney Pirreca (Mount Sinai) routinely shut down opponent's top scoring threat and was also instrumental in the clearing game for a team that has won almost every tournament it has entered over the past three years.
"This is an intense group of girls that are on a mission," Rose said. "They have great team chemistry and tremendous overall speed."
Attacker Alex DiChiara along with midfielders Grace Shapiro and Ali Murphy displayed superb stickwork and provided most of the scoring as Yellow Jackets 2017 Blue defeated Hudson Valley, 10-3, in the finals of the Risers division. Goalies Hannah Van Middelem and Sarah Reznick anchored a stout defense as Yellow Jackets limited opponents to an average of four goals in going 7-0 in the tournament. Defenders Devon Heaney and Taylor Gladd helped make it difficult for opposing offenses to get off quality shots.
"These girls play with a maturity beyond their years. They are a very unselfish group that knows how to move the ball and work together," Coach Courtney Bertolone said.


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The community's combined effort over the course of a week in October has officially borne fruit. Ennis High School Principal David Averett said Tuesday the school won a $25,000 grant as part of State Farm Insurance's "Celebrate My Drive" contest.
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Text mode programs are program which output is only made out of text (surprise!). In Windows terminology, they are called CUI (Console User Interface) executables, by opposition to GUI (Graphical User Interface) executables. Win32 API provide a complete set of APIs to handle this situation, which goes from basic features like text printing, up to high level functionalities (like full screen editing, color support, cursor motion, mouse support), going through features like line editing or raw/cooked input stream support
Given the wide scope of features above, and the current usage in Un*x world, Wine comes out with three different ways for running a console program (aka a CUI executable):
bare streams
wineconsole with user backend
wineconsole with curses backend
The names here are a bit obscure. "bare streams" means that no extra support of Wine is provided to map between the Unix console access and Windows console access. The two other ways require the use of a specific Wine program (wineconsole) which provide extended facilities. The following table describes what you can do (and cannot do) with those three ways.
Table 3-1. Basic differences in consoles
|Bare streams
|Wineconsole with user backend
|Wineconsole with curses backend
|How to run (assuming executable is called foo.exe)
$ wine foo.exe
$ wineconsole -- --backend=user foo.exe
$ wineconsole foo.exeYou can also use
--backend=curses as an option
|Good support for line oriented CUI applications (which print information line after line)
|Good support for full screen CUI applications (including but not limited to color support, mouse support...)
|Can be run even if X11 is not running
|Maps the standard Windows streams to the standard Unix streams (stdin/stdout/stderr)
|wineconsole will create a new window (hence requiring the user32 DLL is available) where all information will be displayed
|wineconsole will use existing Unix console (from which the program is run) and with the help of the curses/ncurses library take control of all the terminal surface for interacting with the user
|Known limitations
|Will produce strange behavior if two (or more) Windows consoles are used on the same Un*x terminal.
When wineconsole is used, several configuration options are available. Wine (as Windowses do) stores, on a per application basis, several options in the registry. This let a user, for example, define the default screen-buffer size he would like to have for a given application.
As of today, only the user backend allows you to edit those options (we don't recommend editing by hand the registry contents). This edition is fired when a user right clicks in the console (this popups a menu), where you can either choose from:
Default: this will edit the settings shared by all applications which haven't been configured yet. So, when an application is first run (on your machine, under your account) in wineconsole, it will inherit these default settings. Afterwards, the application will have its own settings, that you'll be able to modify at your will.
Properties: this will edit the application's settings. When you're done, with the edition, you'll be prompted whether you want to:
Keep these modified settings only for this session (next time you run the application, you will not see the modification you've just made).
Use the settings for this session and save them as well, so that next you run your application, you'll use these new settings again.
Here's the list of the items you can configure, and their meanings:
Table 3-2. Wineconsole configuration options
|Configuration option
|Cursor size
|Defines the size of the cursor. Three options are available: small (33% of character height), medium (66%) and large (100%)
|Popup menu
|It's been said earlier that wineconsole configuration popup was triggered using a right click in the console's window. However, this can be an issue when the application you run inside wineconsole expects the right click events to be sent to it. By ticking Control or Shift you select additional modifiers on the right click for opening the popup. For example, ticking Shift will send events to the application when you right click the window without Shift being hold down, and open the window when you right-click while Shift being hold down.
|Quick edit
|This tick box lets you decide whether left-click mouse events shall be interpreted as events to be sent to the underlying application (tick off) or as a selection of rectangular part of the screen to be later on copied onto the clipboard (tick on).
|This lets you pick up how many commands you want the console to recall. You can also drive whether you want, when entering several times the same command - potentially intertwined with others - whether you want to store all of them (tick off) or only the last one (tick on).
|The Police property sheet allows you to pick the default font for the console (font file, size, background and foreground color).
|Screenbuffer & window size
|The console as you see it is made of two different parts. On one hand there's the screenbuffer which contains all the information your application puts on the screen, and the window which displays a given area of this screen buffer. Note that the window is always smaller or of the same size than the screen buffer. Having a strictly smaller window size will put on scrollbars on the window so that you can see the whole screenbuffer content.
|Close on exit
|If it's ticked, then wineconsole will exit when the application within terminates. Otherwise, it'll remain opened until the user manually closes it: this allows seeing the latest information of a program after it has terminated.
|Edition mode
When the user enter commands, he or she can choose between several edition modes:


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Thu 11 Feb 2009, 1pm GMT and 5am SL time
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Join us for our regular monthly AVALON LEARNING event in Second Life aimed at exploring best practise in language teaching and learning in virtual worlds.
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Those who can not join Second Life can listen to the panel discussion by using Adobe ConnectPro. We will screenshare this event. The URL for this virtual classroom is http://ecampus.mpa.uni-kassel.de/lancelot
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mansquito (120) Nueva York, New York | September 24, 2015
The museum was closed for renovations when we wnt on a Wednesday evening. However. There were plenty of people in the beer halls. Also there was a guy with an accordian and another with a fiddle who were acting as MCs and entertainment... Heard many Ukrainian songs. Beers were what were expected but fortunately they had atuff generally not available elsewhere. Nothing great. Service was quick at the bar. Good time in general.
Beershine (850) VANCOUVER, British Columbia | July 28, 2012
Went daytime but after museum hours so was empty and boring. But large cave interior worth a look. It is far from the old town. Not a "must." Some of the beers were in poor condition and it is not true than it is the only place to find nefiltrane. Unfortunately service was terrible when we were there.
kosherbeer (30) gudvangen, Norway | February 1, 2012
Quiet midweek afternoon, so no ambience to speak of,but great food ,good service,i would recommend to all beer Lovers,the museum is upstairs,20uah(2),not topných to see,but 2 beers included,lvivskae 1715,and the unfiltered version,worth a look


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Re: Conformal Mapping
On 2 Nov 2012, at 05:43, Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> On Nov 1, 2012, at 3:19 AM, MaxJ <maxjasper at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> I need help finding a Mobius transform such that the region:
>> |z-i| < sqrt(2)
>> &&
>> |z+i| < sqrt(2)
>> in z-plane be mapped conformally into a unit circle in w-plane.
>> Any help is appreciated very much.
> I assume you really did mean "and" rather than "or" in describing the region.
> This seems more like a mathematics question than a Mathematica question.
> Mathematica can help peripherally. The two circles bounding the region obviously intersect at complex points z = -1 and z = 1. They intersect the imaginary axis at the points found from:
> ptBelow=z/.First@Solve[{Abs[z-I]==Sqrt[2],Re[z]==0,Im[z]<0}, z];
> ptAbove=z/.First@Solve[{Abs[z+I]==Sqrt[2],Re[z]==0,Im[z]>0}, z];
> pts={ptBelow,ptAbove}
> {I*(1 - Sqrt[2]), I*(-1 + Sqrt[2])}
> And you may easy plot the region by using David Park's "Presentations" application, which allows you to express things directly in terms of complex numbers:
> << Presentations`
> Draw2D[{
> Opacity[0.6],
> ComplexRegionDraw[Abs[z - I] < Sqrt[2] && Abs[z + I] < Sqrt[2], {z, -2 - 2 I, 2 + 2 I},
> BoundaryStyle -> Directive[Thick, Dashed]],
> PointSize[Large], ComplexPoint /@ pts
> },
> Axes -> True]
> As to the mathematics: the region is "lens-shaped". Consider what the Moebius transformation you seek does to the boundary -- surely maps it onto the unit circle. Consider the inverse of that transformation. Now apply the theorem that the image of a circle under any Moebius transformation is a circle (in the extended complex plane or, equivalently, on the Riemann sphere).
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You most certainly do not need any external packages (you never really need them, don't believe when they tell you otherwise). To get a quick picture of your region just use:
Abs[x + I y - I] < Sqrt[2] && Abs[x + I y + I] < Sqrt[2], {x, -2,
2}, {y, -2, 2}]
You can make it much more fancy if you want, but for most purposes this is enough. It's both quicker and much cheaper than the suggested method.
Murray's mathematical solution is, of course, fine although he did not give you the explicit mapping. Actually, you can automate almost the entire process by using the cross ratio. First, define the cross ratio:
crossRatio[z_, q_, r_, s_] := (z - q) (r - s)/((z - s) (r - q))
Next, we take three points on the boundary of the lens and map them onto three points on the boundary of the unit circle. Since Murray has already shown how to find the first three points, we can take:
points1 = {-1, 1, (-1 + Sqrt[2]) I};
For the three points on the unit circle we can take
points2 = {I, -I, 1};
The order is important. Also, since the Moebius transformation does not map the lens onto the unit disk (only into), you can find more than one mapping that wil accomplish the task. Anyway, here is how we find a mapping:
ff[z_] = w /.
Solve[crossRatio[z, Sequence @@ points1] ==
crossRatio[w, Sequence @@ points2], w][[1]] // Simplify;
Lets check if our ff does really what we want, in other words, maps points1 onto points2:
So we have a Moebius transformation (or a linear fractional transformation) which maps three points on the boundary of the lens onto three points on the unit circle. It is easy to check that the interior of the lens goes into the interior of the circle. To see the image of the interior we need to find the inverse Moebius transform:
Check again that this works fine on the boundary points:
{-1,1,I (Sqrt[2]-1)}
We can now again use RegionPlot to see the image of the lens:
Abs[gg[x + I y ] - I] < Sqrt[2] &&
Abs[gg[x + I y ] + I] < Sqrt[2], {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}]
You can also check that the image of the half-disk under the inverse Moebius transform gg is indeed your lens:
Abs[ff[x + I y]] < 1 && Re[ff[x + I y]] > 0, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}]
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April 2, 2014
By Brian Rice KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- The unit that drew the most attention for Tennessee during the 2013 season was the center of attention once again on Wednesday morning as Tennessee Football held its annual Pro Day at the Anderson Training Center.
Representatives from all 32 National Football League franchises turned out to see the Vols, as did media from from all over the country. The five offensive linemen on display were the main attraction, so much so that several teams didn't just send a scout, they sent their offensive line coach.
That list included the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks, whose O-Line coach Tom Cable, a former NFL head coach himself, put the linemen through a drill himself, as did the others.
"Just that you could play offensive line, that you could fit their scheme," Ja'Wuan James said of why he felt the coaches made the trip to personally observe the group. "Every coach had a different drill, they just wanted to see how you would fit in their systems."
The five linemen, Alex Bullard, Zach Fulton, James, Antonio Richardson and James Stone, have the chance to do something that hasn't been done since 1975: Be selected in the NFL Draft. Nebraska had five linemen picked in the draft nearly 40 years ago -- a draft that included 17 rounds.
The last team to have four linemen selected in the same draft was in 2003, when four Notre Dame Fighting Irish were picked in a seven-round draft. In 2002, four Arizona State linemen were also selected.
"It would be a blessing and a tribute to all of the work we have put in," Fulton said of the chance to have all five selected. "We had talked about it during our sophomore year because we were all starting by then. We figured that there was a good chance we would all go to the combine with our experience. For it to finally be true, it's a dream."
Richardson agreed.
"It shows how much work we've put in," he said. "This has been a tight unit and we've worked for everything we've gotten. We deserve it."
Another advantage was the comfort factor that they had training together and going through the drills as a unit one more time after so many hard morning and afternoons on the same turf where they competed Wednesday.
"It was fun," James said of the session. "I expected to be uptight, but it was just one last time doing a workout with my guys Zach, James, Alex and Tiny, just going out there and doing what we do."
"There is nothing like being with your boys," Bullard said. "I have played with these guys for three years. They are my closest friends. It was good to be out working with them again."
Richardson has been projected by some as a first-round selection, while his stock has dropped in the minds of others with injury concerns. He estimated that he felt "about 65 percent" during the season, but came out to prove he's completely healthy at the NFL Combine and again at UT's Pro Day.
"You really don't know anything until draft day," Richardson said. "I have faith that I'll be a first round draft pick and I'll continue to believe that until it doesn't happen. I feel good, I feel healthy and I believe I'm going to have a good career."
Unless he's selected to go to New York for Draft Night, Richardson isn't planning on stressing much over the telecast.
"I'll be at home in Nashville with my family and friends," he said. "I told them they can watch the Draft, I'll probably be upstairs watching Batman until a team calls me."
James started all 49 games at Tennessee at right tackle and projects to play the same position in the NFL. His workouts have showcased his skill, but have also been designed to help showcase his versatility at any of the five positions on the line.
"Only seven people dress out," James said of the NFL gameday roster each Sunday. "I'm just trying to be one of those seven."


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I'm building a Millennium Falcon table.
I finished the 3D design and now i'm thinking about which techniques to use to make the Millennium Falcon.
I was thinking about the following techniques:
- Outsourcing to a CNC foam milling company and finishing the model with resin(/fiberglass) afterwards
- Outsource to a 3D-print company after i made the model hollow instead of solid
- Doing it myself using Papekura (Designer) and finishing the model with resin(/fiberglass) afterwards
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By MIKE DONOVAN
Real Salt Lake could soon be bolstering their roster with a veteran player that has played at the highest levels.
Former Jamaican captain Ricardo Gardner has joined RSL this week on a trial basis. Gardner is best known for playing 14 seasons with the Bolton Wanderers and his performance in the 1998 World Cup for the Reggae Boyz. Despite being 35 years-old and having not played in 2013, Gardner might provide depth at the outside back positions.
Head coach Jason Kreis told the Salt Lake Tribune that the team struggled when starters Tony Beltran and Chris Wingert missed time recently.
"We have to look at the results we had and ask ourselves a question whether we should be trying to get stronger in the back," he said. "Because when we missed our main guys we gave up a whole lot of goals. It's an evaluation process we have to do, and we have to consider at least trying to get better."
Here are some more news and notes from around the Western Conference heading into MLS Week 25 action:
Bobby Burling made his return from concussion Sunday, as the defender played seven minutes in Chivas USA's 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids. It was the first time the 28-year-old had seen MLS action in a month. Unfortunately for Burling, he sustained a knock to the head in the Goats' reserve match on Monday.
"I felt pretty good. I came back from a concussion and just like that I got kicked in the head in the last play there, so for precautionary matters, they kept me away from the game and from coming right back in," Burling told the club's website. "But I felt pretty good to get some fitness back and to get back into the group and it definitely felt good to play a game."
Less than a week after signing with the Colorado Rapids, Uruguayan forward Vicente Sanchez made his MLS debut in Colorado's 1-1 draw with Chivas USA Sunday night. Sanchez, who came on as a second-half substitute, rattled the crossbar in his debut.
"First of all, I felt good physically," the 33-year-old Sanchez told the club's website. "I have to thank my teammates and the coaching staff that in one week, they gave me the confidence to be able to play."
FC Dallas has emerged as the city of Dallas' choice to operate a youth soccer complex that is being built in the Northwest part of the city. The $31 million Elm Fork Athletic Complex will be ran by the club and will host the annual Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup.
The terms of the deal, which were disclosed by the Dallas Morning News, show that the city of Dallas will pay the subsidiary of Hunt Sports Group $818,008 a year for the next five years, with two more five-year renewable options to operate and maintain the site. The contract will likely be signed by the city council in September.
The LA Galaxy's struggles with set-piece defending throughout the season came to a head Sunday as the club conceded three times to FC Dallas on set pieces. It was also the second time this season that FC Dallas has taken points from LA after scoring on a set piece.
"It's been the story of the whole year, our set pieces, where we end up falling asleep and they end up getting a goal," centerback Omar Gonzalez told the club's website. "It's just a matter of putting everything you have into that, into that, 15- or 30-second play. It just has to be better. Our fight has to be better more so than the guy we're going up against, and [in this game] it just wasn't there."
It has been one year since the Timbers acquired goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts from the Montreal Impact in exchange for Troy Perkins. And a year in, the trade has paid dividends for both clubs.
"As you evaluate it over the length of the time of the trade, I think it's been beneficial to both organizations," Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson told the Oregonian. "Troy has done very well in Montreal and I think they're happy with him. I think Ricketts has done very well for us and we're delighted with how he is performing at the moment."
Ricketts is currently second in MLS in numerous statistical categories including goals against average, saves percentage, and shutouts.
Despite the academy season being in the offseason, the Earthquakes hosted more than 70 players for a combination camp and tryout at the beginning of the month. Local college coaches from Stanford, Cal, and the University of San Francisco were on hand to speak to the players. The U-18 version of the club is heading into just its fourth season of competition.
Marcus Hahnemann has started the last two matches for the Sounders, but the two victories are nowhere near the most important games in Hahnemann's Sounders history. Hahnemann led the A-League version of the club to consecutive championships in the mid-90s.
"My biggest Sounder moment was lifting up the trophy at Memorial Stadium," Hahnemann said to the Seattle Times.
Hahnemann has been starting in place of Michael Gspurning, who has returned to practice from an arm injury and should be healthy for this Saturday's match against Houston.
A 43-year-old man has been arrested after setting off a marine flare during the Whitecaps 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday. According to the Province newspaper, a woman was taken to the hospital after the flare caused her breathing problems. The Whitecaps have denounced the incident.
"Safety of our fans is paramount, and together with B.C. Place, we are taking this situation very seriously," the Whitecaps COO Rachel Lewis told the Province.
The suspect, whose name has not been released, is facing charges of mischief, criminal negligence, and common nuisance.
What do you think of RSL having Gardner on trial? What do you make of the situation in Vancouver involving the fan who set off a marine flare? Do you see Burling being available for Chivas USA in the next couple of weeks?
Share your thoughts below.
There wasnt anyone else younger RSL could have taken on trail? 35 years old? seriously?
This is probably just one of many trial players RSL has taken a look at this year. They typically don't make headlines unless there is something particularly notable — like their age, or past experience.
White Kix
But it is Ricardo Gardner!. MLS should have got him a long time ago. Hopefully he still has something left in the tank. If he does, it could be a big move in the short term, and considering where they are at in the standings, if he can help them lift a trophy this year (SS or MLS Cup) it would be worth it.
How about SS & MLS CUP? This RSL fan has two cups that are both half full. Maybe three if I pause long enough to care about the OC. That's a big IF. I still see the Open Cup as the fast way into Concacaf and the fastest way to injur your players with added games.
Read the article on the Vancouver incident, it's ridiculous…..
That woman should be banned for a year for being ignorant of supporter culture worldwide and being ridiculous.
ed - houston
lol, yeah….. and "common nuisance" is funny too …. a few years back an SG member burnt a Dallas FC flag in the stands which was not cool, he got banned for the rest of the year…
Heard an interview with Gspurning on kisw here in Seattle yesterday, sounds like he fully expects to play this weekend.