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Floating Point Compare
You want to compare two floating-point numbers and know if they are equal. Unfortunately, floating-point arithmetic is not precise so very few results will match exactly. Consequently, we usually want to compare floating point values up to a certain number of decimal places.
Erlang (unforunately) does not implement the full tower of numerics, which would provide built-in support for access to exact and inexact integers, bignum support, and a raft of other tools making this particular recipe somewhat unnecessary.
Consequently, we will implement a "fuzzy match" on two real numbers where the difference is below some epsilon threshhold.
In these cases, you can use floating-point byte strings to represent and compare numbers:
1> Aval = 8.001e-3 * 9.001e5. 7201.70 2> Bval = 8.0011e-3 * 9.001e5. 7201.79 3> Aval == Bval. false 4> ABin = << Aval/float >>. <<64,188,33,179,57,192,235,237>> 5> BBin = << Bval/float >>. <<64,188,33,202,68,166,34,63>> 6> << ABinTest:3/binary, ARest:5/binary >> = ABin. <<64,188,33,179,57,192,235,237>> 7> ABinTest. <<64,188,33>> 8> << BBinTest:3/binary, BRest:5/binary >> = BBin. <<64,188,33,202,68,166,34,63>> 9> BBinTest. <<64,188,33>> 10> BinTest == BinTest2. true 11> << ABinTest2:4/binary, ARest2:4/binary >> = ABin. <<64,188,33,179,57,192,235,237>> 12> << BBinTest2:4/binary, BRest2:4/binary >> = BBin. <<64,188,33,202,68,166,34,63>> 13> ABinTest2 == BBinTest2. false
Another option is to convert the numbers into strings and then compare the portions of the numbers of interest:
14> [Nsa]=io_lib:format("~.12f", [Aval]). ["7201.700099999999"] 15> [NSB]=io_lib:format("~.12f", [Bval]). ["7201.790110000001"] 16> string:substr(NSAa, 1, 6) == string:substr(NSB, 1, 6). true
It would obviously be better to make use of some (imaginary) Erlang bignum and exact integer facility to carry calculations through your programs with the highest level of precision. However, Erlang does not consistently provide the level of detail necessary for certain mathematical operations. Consequently, it is frequently useful to provide "fuzzy" matching on numerical terms. Hopefully this recipe can help deal with those situations.
A final thought:
20> Equal_to_digit = fun(Digit, Numa, Numb) -> 20> [N_a] = io_lib:format("~.12f", [Numa]), 20> [N_b] = io_lib:format("~.12f", [Numb]), 20> string:substr(N_a, 1, Digit) == string:substr(N_b,1,Digit) end. #Fun<erl_eval.18.83214871> 21> Equal_to_digit(6, Aval, Bval). true
Note: Some error handling would obviously be necessary to handle cases where the digits are insufficient for the match.
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I'm just tossing this out there because there are many new people on board this year. The board has a chat room that can be a lot fun during games. It's located on the menu bar next to your User CP.
I see last night's game thread is 36 pages. I only read the last page. It sounds like there was lots of other discussion going on.
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what nutritious food should my baby eat
My baby love to eat.He is still breastfeeding I use to feed him cereal,mashed potato and carrots.This few days my baby looks like don't want the food I give to him,looks like tired of eating it.Do you have some nutritious food that enjoyable to it by a baby.He is 11 months old I'm worried cause he's loosing weight.
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Thank you for your question.
If your baby is losing weight then this is a sign something is wrong (even if only a temporary illness such as a stomach bug) and you should have him checked with your doctor.
You are doing a great job breastfeeding him. At this age, he can still get over 90% of his nutritional needs met through your breastmilk (as long as you feed him on demand i.e. whenever he seems to want feeding)
You can give him solid food alongside the breastmilk. Here is a resource of fantastic recipes from the baby led weaning site. Baby led weaning is where you allow your baby to feed himself, alongside having his breastmilk, from 6 months of age. There is actually no need for purees! It may take a week or so for your son to adapt to this if he has not had much solid food to date.
Some excellent healthy food options for babies of this age are:
- steamed chicken cut into approx 2-4 inch long pieces (so that your baby can grip them and still have some chicken sticking out of his fist)
- avocado chunks; pound for pound avocado is the only food more calorific than breastmilk
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Remember throughout the second year of life breastmilk is still very important to your son. He will gradually increase his solid food intake over the second year of life. Foods such as pureed fruits can never be a substitute for breastmilk - they don't come close to its nutrients and calorie content.
Please let me know what you think and I can make some more suggestions if you like.
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Teaching your child the right attitude towards food and meal times has a longstanding effect on their health and lifestyle as they grow older. Through the preparation of toddler recipes and consumption of food, your child can learn so much, including independence, customs, culture, togetherness, exploration and routine. Because of this, it's important to start healthy habits and encourage a happy dining atmosphere from a young age.
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Fed to Continue Quantitative Easing Program
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 165,000 payroll jobs during the month of April with the private sector adding 176,000 payroll jobs. This was slightly above expectations of private forecasters. BLS also reported that the unemployment rate ticked down to 7.5%. The labor force participation rate remained steady at 63.3%, while the employment to population ratio ticked up to 58.6%.
Much of the positive news in the report was driven by significant upward revisions to data for March and February. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised from +268,000 to +332,000, and the change for March was revised from +88,000 to +138,000. With these revisions, nonfarm employment gains in February and March combined were 114,000 higher than previously reported. In the private sector the total upward revision added 124,000 to previously reported gains.
Despite the positive gains, the private sector jobs gap remains at 4.1 million compared to the average of other post-World War II recovery and private sector payroll employment remains 1.8% or two million below the prior peak in January 2008.
The average monthly gain in private sector employment remains more than 100,000 less other recoveries in the post-World War II era. This number is calculated using percentage gains from cycle lows for private sector employment.
While the unemployment rate ticked down in April, the drop in the unemployment rate from its high of 10% in October 2009. If the labor force participation rate had not declined since January 2009, the unemployment rate would be 10.9% instead of 7.5%. As the following chart shows, this is well above the officially reported rate and the "stimulus promise" of 5.1%.
This point can also be observed by looking at the percentage of adult Americans who are counted as employed. The employment to population ticked up 0.1 percentage point to 58.6% -- only 0.1 percentage point higher than its reading when the unemployment rate peaked in October 2009.
Federal Reserve to Continue Quantitative Easing Program
Following its meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday of this month, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced no major change in policy. The FOMC indicated that it intended to continue purchasing $40 billion per month of mortgage-backed securities and $40 billion in longer dated Treasury securities per month.
The FOMC announced that it would continue reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities. The FOMC also announced that a highly accommodative monetary policy stance would continue for some time after its bond buying program ceased.
The FOMC again voted to keep its Fed Funds target rate range at 0 to ¼ percent and indicated that the exceptionally low range for the Fed Funds rate would be appropriate as long as unemployment remained above 6 ½ percent and the one- to two-year forward inflation rate was no more than ½ percentage point above its target rate of 2 percent.
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Some research i just stumbled on.
A new study analysed photographs taken at dozens of UFC , weigh ins and found that fighters who smile are more likely to lose the fight the next day.
The researchers were testing the idea that in the weigh in context, similes are an involuntary (unconscious) signal of submission and lack of aggression just as teeth baring in the animal kingdom.
Consistent with the researchers predictions, fighters who smiled more intensely at weigh in, where more likely to lose, get KO'd, hit more times and taken down by their opponent.
If fightes similes are a sign of weakness , there's a chance the opponent may pick up on this cue which could then boost their own performance , confidence and aggression. The smiling photos were rated as less physically dominant, aggressive and hostile indicating that these interpretations may be being made by the similing fighters opponent.
We all can think of examples when somebody literally - lost the fight at the weigh in. There certainly needs to be more research on the psychology of the weigh in. Often the importance of weigh in psychology is under estimated IMO


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Last week's price action in the broad market was a gut-punch for anyone who owns stocks. Thursday alone was the biggest one-day drop in the S&P 500 since all the way back in November 2011.
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And Wednesday's reaction to the Fed's latest public statement was the worst since Sept. 21, 2011, when the market dropped 2.94%. Those aren't exactly the kinds of records that investors have been hoping for this summer.
From a technical standpoint, Wedesday's drop was meaningless -- but Thursday's selloff was a very big deal. The selling shoved the S&P's price down below the price channel that it's been trading within since November. In short, that means that stocks are likely to correct for a little while at best.
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To cope with the correction, we're turning to a new set of best-in-breed Rocket Stock names this week.
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Without further ado, here's a look at this week's Rocket Stocks.
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2013 has been a strong year so far for Kohl's (KSS). Shares of the big box department store chain have rallied almost 18% since the calendar flipped over to January, significantly outperforming the rest of the market. The firm's model is built off of selling well-known brand names at moderate prices to middle income consumers through its 1,150 stores. Kohl's value focus makes it a defensive retail name for the start to this summer.
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There's a lot that differentiates Kohl's from your typical department store. First off, product exclusivity is paramount -- around half of the firm's sales come from private labels or brands sold exclusively at Kohl's. That, in turn, gives the firm bigger margins and more defensible profitability. So do the firm's store locations: Unlike most of its peers, Kohl's doesn't typically anchor mall locations, cutting its overhead and helping the firm follow through on its cost focus.
Moats are relatively shallow in the retail business, but Kohl's unique positioning gives it much bigger advantages than the typical department store. That fact shines through to KSS' balance sheet too. Financially, Kohl's is in good shape, with a $4.5 billion in debt and a half billion in cash sitting on its balance sheet; that's a comfortable amount of leverage for the industry, especially with free cash flows north of $2 billion on tap this year.
While retail isn't without its risks right now, the defensive bent at KSS makes it stand out.
Affiliated Managers Group
If Kohl's is having a strong year, Affiliated Manager Group (AMG) has managed to do one better in 2013. Shares of the asset manager are up close to 23% over the same timeframe, besting the broad market by 11%. AMG is a very unique financial sector name -- the firm doesn't actually manage money itself. Instead, Affiliated Managers holds ownership stakes in a collection of small to midsized boutique investment managers.
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That fractured nature of AMG's business is attractive because it gives the firm exposure to a broader basket of expertise than a holistic firm ever could. While that does mean that costs are higher than they would otherwise be (leadership roles like investment strategists are replicated at each firm, rather than centrally), it also means that there isn't a single investment edict decided at the top, which gives AMG the ability to spread risk across less correlated strategies. The well-regarded nature of AMG's portfolio firms gives it a big advantage, particularly as stocks continue to recover -- it means that the firm can collect bigger fees.
Make no bones about it, AMG is in many ways a ramped up bet on the equities market. And while that carries some risks as this rally cools off in June, increasingly hefty exposure to alternatives should offset that risk with bigger fees and bigger gains in market rough patches.
We're buying the dip in shares of this Rocket Stock this week.
Chinese internet giant Sina (SINA) has made leaps and bounds in grabbing internet users in the People's Republic over the last few years. The firm owns a leading news portal as well as Weibo, a platform that's been called the Chinese version of Twitter.
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The one-two punch of a popular news portal and social media site make Sina especially valuable for advertisers looking to capture the valuable (and burgeoning) Chinese middle class consumer. Because Sina's user base skews wealthy and educated, it's able to command higher advertising fees for its space. Weibo has been a huge growth driver for Sina since it was launched in 2009. Currently, there are more than 500 million Weibo accounts on the service.
While the threat of increasing regulation in a country not known for its online freedoms could squeeze Weibo's user-base, the site ultimately remains the best platform for microblogging, however flawed it may be. Newly imposed restrictions will impact all Chinese social media sites equally. Meanwhile, SINA's debt-free balance sheet sports more than $1.1 billion in cash and investments, giving the firm ample dry powder to buy more traffic generation brands going forward.
Health insurer Humana (HUM) is one of the biggest healthcare firms in the country -- but its "insurance" label is a bit of a misnomer. Around 75% of Humana's members are actually covered by government-sponsored plans, with Humana as the plan administrator. By becoming the go-to expert in programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, HUM has carved out an attractive niche.
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Size matters for plan administrators like Humana. The firm's scale gives it the ability to invest in complex infrastructure to control healthcare costs, and it gives the firm leverage with providers, which in turn helps to boost the value proposition HUM can sell Uncle Sam, as well as the firm's own bottom line. Obviously, hefty reliance on government programs is a double-edged sword for firms such as Humana. On the one hand, it provides extremely reliable revenues for the firm with large expected growth in users, but on the other hand, any changes from the government could slam HUM's business model.
A backstop of employer-sponsored insurance plans takes some of the risks away from Humana's overreliance on Uncle Sam, but it doesn't provide the same sort of moat that HUM has in the government side of its business. But the growth potential from a quickly aging population in the U.S. helps to offset a lot of that risk. In the immediate-term, rising analyst sentiment in shares is our reason for betting on shares of this Rocket Stock.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Last up is Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), a stock that's been on an absolute tear this year. In just under six months since the first trading session of 2013, shares of the Vermont-based coffee company have rallied 80%. And with momentum names holding up extremely well during the market's most recent correction, it makes sense to take another look at GMCR in June.
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Green Mountain isn't just a coffee maker; the firm owns the extremely popular Keurig brand of single-serve beverage brewers. Keurig's machines use self-contained K-Cups to make coffee, teas and other drinks in seconds per cup. The brewer's popularity has been breakneck in recent years, as K-Cup caddies adorn seemingly every home and office kitchen in North America. Sure, Keurig may be a "fad" at this point -- but aren't the fad stocks exactly the ones that you want to own on the way up?
K-Cups offer a sticky revenue stream for Green Mountain. Because they're proprietary, the firm can command premium pricing for them. And because the firm can offer new, diverse drink choices (like hot cocoa or iced coffee), it's able to drive sales among its large base. I've said before that Starbucks' (SBUX) decision to renew and expand its deal with GMCR is a big indication that SBUX's rival Verismo brewer isn't destroying Keurig's share of the market. Quite the contrary.
There isn't a big value argument in Green Mountain. This stock is the definition of a growth stock, and the valuation metrics reflect that. Even so, this stock hardly sports the multiple that it once saw, and that hefty price tag for this Rocket Stock is becoming more easily justified each day. This week, we're betting on shares.
To see all of this week's Rocket Stocks in action, check out the Rocket Stocks portfolio at Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Cafe Vogue is a new wine bar in the centre of Wigan (upstairs next to Little fifteen), serving a great range of continental lagers, plus wines, cocktails and some more usual stuff too. Very smart with a "dance anywhere" policy - the whole floor space is useable and large enough for a few dozen dancers. Owned and operated by soul enthusiasts, it already plays host to late-night weekend parties which feature a large percentage of soul music.
Now every Sunday** from 4pm to 10pm, admission is free, and expect quality tunes from Wigan, Mecca ,Torch and Wheel with a smattering of crossover/modern soul. DJ Deano presiding.
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Rapper Young Jeezy will appear in court today to face charges stemming from an alleged altercation with his son.
The rapper turned himself into Atlanta authorities earlier this month on charges of battery, false imprisonment and making terroristic threats. The charges apparently stem from a September 2012 incident in which Jeezy reportedly tossed his son against a glass shower door.
Jeezy -- born Jay Jenkins -- is also accused of punching his son in the face and threatening to kill him. Jeezy allegedly told his son that he would "put a bullet in your head right now."
Last Tuesday, Jeezy was arrested again and charged with obstruction. Police claim the rapper refused to surrender his ID and wouldn't give them his name when they responded to a report of a tripped security alarm at an apartment. He is also accused of cursing at officers.
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While the potential to increase business for a green subcontractor is clear, it should be noted that green building is not without risk. Owner expectations are often heightened in green building. Often the general contractor or developer has promised a certain level of "green" that may or may not be able to be achieved on a particular project. Arguably, the most likely claim to arise will be that the finished building is not as "green" as promised by the contractor. In order to protect the subcontractor from overstated promises erroneously made or implied by the general contractor or developer, there are certain contract provisions that must be in every subcontract.
As always, a clear and well-defined contract will be critical to protect the subcontractor from potential risks on such projects. It is imperative that green subcontractors include clear definitions and performance standards, clear disclosures, and exercise greater caution in bid and contract negotiation. Of particular importance will be express contract provisions to protect the subcontractor should the general contractor or developer fail to deliver as "green" a building as was initially promised. A green sub-contract should include language stating that ordinary skill and care will be used to achieve the project's green objective; however, the subcontractor does not warrant or guarantee that those objectives will be met beyond the subcontractor's limited scope of work.
Further, the sub-contract should also contain express disclosures to protect against unrealistic expectations of the owner or user. One such disclosure should be that a green building does not equate to a "defect-free" building. Similarly, it should be clear that no specific level of energy efficiency or performance is guaranteed. The sub-contract should also include a standard disclosure that new and innovative products and/or technologies may be used and that those products and technologies may lack a proven history. The subcontractor should not expressly guaranty any new product or technology.
As with all projects, the parties to a green contract or sub-contract must contractually account for the uncertainty that may occur during a green building project. It is important to minimize risk where possible.
Although a green building design may carry with it the potential for increased claims and liabilities, taking the precautionary measure of creating a clear contract — which defines realistic performance criteria — provides a simple way to protect both the subcontractor and the owner from disputes arising from unrealistic expectations or ill-defined terms.
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June 24, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced plans to increase the mileage reimbursement rate for relocation of federal employees to 27 cents a mile, up from 19 cents, consistent with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rate change, effective July 1.
IRS also increased its standard mileage reimbursement rate for privately owned vehicles (POV) used for official business to 58.5 cents a mile. GSA will determine whether to change the existing federal POV reimbursement rate of 50.5 cents a mile, only after consulting the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Defense and other stakeholders, reporting adjustments to Congress and fulfilling other legal requirements.
"Federal employees need an increase in the mileage rate due to the current cost of gasoline," said Kevin Messner, Acting Associate Administrator of the GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy. "We are quickly investigating how much of an increase is needed when federal employees use their personal vehicles for U.S. Government work."
The General Services Enhancement Act, submitted to Congress three months ago, includes a provision that would allow the GSA's POV mileage allowance to equal the IRS rate, automatically, which would eliminate the delay between IRS and GSA rate changes. The proposed legislation also would eliminate redundancy within the federal government and save taxpayer dollars.
GSA provides a centralized delivery system of products and services to the federal government, leveraging its enormous buying power to get the best value for taxpayers.
• Founded in 1949, GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles.
• GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.
• GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? GSA's telework goal is to enable 50 percent of eligible employees to telework by 2010.


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US to Russia: Hand Over Snowden
(NEWSER) – Edward Snowden spent the night in Moscow's airport and was expected to fly to Cuba today—but American authorities are making it clear that they'd prefer that the NSA whistleblower was enjoying their hospitality instead. In a statement, the National Security Council said it expects Moscow to look at "all options available to expel Mr. Snowden back to the US to face justice" especially in light of "intensified cooperation after the Boston Marathon bombings and our history of working with Russia on law enforcement matters," CBS reports. But "intensified cooperation" may not be coming:
- The Washington Post reports that a Russian official today told Interfax that Moscow doesn't have the legal authority to comply with the US government's request. Other officials add that air travelers who don't cross passport control aren't technically on Russian land; because Snowden is without a Russian visa, there's no way he could have gone through passport control. John Kerry is chiming in, adds the AP, calling it "deeply troubling" if Russia allows Snowden to flee.


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WaPo reporter: "the real fiscal answer is ... slashing Medicare benefits"
This is a couple days old, but Paul Kane's Washington Post online discussion [1] last week is a near-perfect example of the tendency of many reporters to behave as though the Left and the Right are equally wrong and dishonest - and in the same ways - and only they, the noble reporters, standing squarely in the middle, tell The Truth. And of how that approach is itself an ideology, and one that often gets things very wrong.
And, in the process, Kane proved the point of my most recent column [2]: the media's approach to budgets is incredibly stupid.
In Kane's very first answer, he addresses the growing national debt, and it doesn't take Madame Marie [3] to predict his "solution":
Kane: The real fiscal answer is entitlement reform -- that's code word, everyone, for slashing Medicare benefits and raising the retirement age/payout time for Social Security recipients. Those steps would save trillions of dollars over the years, but both parties are scared to death of infuriating seniors.
Given the way the Establishment media covers the deficit [2], I'd be shocked if there was anyone reading who didn't see that one coming. The media believes in few things more strongly than the "need" to slash entitlement benefits in order to balance the budget. Of course, entitlement costs have skyrocketed because health care costs have skyrocketed, and we spend considerably more per person on health care than other nations, without providing better care. But somehow it never seems to occur to these reporters that rather than slashing entitlement benefits, we could reduce health care costs. Perhaps because recognizing that possibility would be agreeing with the liberals, which would eliminate the reporters' ability to portray themselves as the only sensible, non-ideological, fearless truth-tellers.
Then there's this:
Portland, Oregon: I'm a liberal Dem, and think I may be missing something. It seems to me that during the W years, we had massive increases in spending, and in the deficit, but that the message was diluted b/c of the way the war spending was handled (separate from the rest of the budget). The Republican hand-wringing over the Obama budget therefore strikes me as insincere. Isn't this really about spending money on infrastructure vs. spending on the military, not on spending vs. not spending?
Paul Kane: No, sorry, Portland. You're wrong. I'm not putting blame on anyone, but everything's different now. Earlier this decade, the budget deficits were $300b-$400b, at its worst. Now, we're talking $1.8 trillion.
Everything's different, everything.
Well, Portland wasn't "wrong." Portland wasn't talking about the relative sizes of the current deficit and the deficit three years ago; Portland was making the point that the Republicans' complaints about deficits seem insincere given that they ran up deficits of their own. And those Republicans were attacking Obama last year, saying his policies would involve deficits - long before we were talking about $1.8 trillion deficits - so Portland would seem to have a pretty unassailable point.
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The Deficit: One of the great tragedies of the $1.8 trillion deficit is that there is nothing to show for it. (Except Iraq, but no one wants to look at that). On the other hand what Obama seems to want do is invest. There is great value in borrowing for investment purposes. Check my (and imagine your) college educations. Obama is saying we are going to increase the deficit, but afterwards we will have a functional health-care system; a grid that can handle 21st century energy needs, an educational system that will help our kids compete on a level playing ground with the Chinese and Indians. Those types of things pay a return on investment!
Paul Kane: The thing about liberals these days that is very striking about their fiscal thinking, is how similar it sounds to Reagan. Liberals believe in supply-side economics like Reagan did. Or something akin to it.
Reagan argued that cutting taxes, thereby reducing revenue, would lead to -- presto -- more revenue, because things would get good again financially, leading to more people making more money and then -- presto -- more taxes flowing in.
Liberals are currently arguing that increasing spending would lead to -- presto -- more revenue because the things they want to invest in would make things sound financially, leading to people making more money and then -- presto -- more tax revenue flowing in to pay for all these programs.
Here, Kane is debating a strawman. His questioner plainly did not claim that "increasing spending would lead to - presto - more revenue." His questioner made the - again, seemingly unassailable - point that not all deficits are created alike; that you can have deficits for which you get nothing in return other than an unnecessary war, and you can have deficits for which you get universal health care in return. For example. The question was really not at all "similar" to Reagan, or to supply-side economics. It was simply a recognition of the fact that borrowing money to pay for college is quite different than borrowing money to buy lottery tickets [2].
But, again, if Paul Kane agreed with that rather unassailable point, he would be agreeing with the liberals, and wouldn't be able to present himself as the only adult standing between two childish ideologies.
Later, Kane speculates about recent presidents' success in keeping their promises:
Kane: I wonder which one of the last 5 (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter) was best at keeping promises. I tend to think Reagan, but have no real data point to support that. Again, not placing judgment on his promises and their value, I'll leave it up to the Doris Kearns/McCullough/historian crowd to evaluate whether it was a good or bad thing that Reagan kept his promises. But he's my guess for best promise keeper.
Really? I'll leave the details to Will Bunch [4], if he wants to weigh in, but it seems to me that Reagan's central promises involved things like smaller government and fiscal responsibility - and that he did a spectacularly poor job of following through on either.
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AMHERST – The second week of Amherst Adult Hockey League action had two ties and one very close game.
– Bluewave Energy vs. J&K Electric
On Oct. 24, it was Bluewave Energy tying J&K Electric 5-5.
Former Amherst Rambler Justin Matthews had two goals for J&K, and Aaron Dobson, Simon Gaudet and Adam MacDonald scored one goal each.
Scoring for Bluewave was Ian McCarty with two goals, and Patrick Crabbe, Joel Stronge and Tony Wood with one goal each.
– Bluewave Energy vs. Colson Overhead Doors
Bluewave energy had another 5-5 tie on Sunday, but this time it was against Colson's.
Scoring for Bluewave was Crabbe, McCarthy, Stronge, Mark McLeod and Tim Ackles.
Matt Colson scored two goals for Overhead Doors, and Josh Coleman, Luke Crocker and Danny Small added one goal each.
– J&K Electric vs. Elmtree Pub & Grill
On Tuesday, J&K edged the Elmtree 4-3.
Justin Matthews had three goals for Electric and Brendon Grimes had one goal.
Scoring for the Pub was Mike Archibald, Seth Crowe and Scott Russell with one goal each.


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55 Park Street -- Fusco Corporation from New Haven completed this $80 million, 150,000 s.f. medical lab/office facility adjacent to the new Smilow Cancer Center. The LEED Silver building has street level retail and a three-story atrium. Project is completed ahead of schedule in first quarter of 2010. Located within the Route 34 Corridor Right of Way, the new building will serve as a pedestrian-friendly connection between the Hospital complex and the Dwight Neighborhood.
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Firefighters are strengthening containment lines around blazes across the state as they prepare for rocketing temperatures on Thursday.
Residents of Gippsland and the high country are on alert as the fires continue to burn and threaten communities and the mercury is tipped to hit 37 degrees.
Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley said the massive Gippsland fire burning about 200 kilometres east of Melbourne could threaten a number of communities if it broke containment lines.
"There's been significant control lines put in to make sure we're ready for tomorrow," Mr Lapsley told Fairfax radio on Wednesday.
"If that fire was to come out, it could come out in a number of spots which will threaten a number of different communities including Toongabbie, across to Heyfield again (and) Coongulla."
In preparation for the hot weather predicted for Thursday, meetings have been held in local communities, with fire brigades active on the ground, Mr Lapsley said.
Mr Lapsley urged locals to make an early decision on whether to leave or stay and defend their properties.
Parks Victoria has closed 10 state forests and parts of the Alpine National Park until further notice because of bushfires burning in the region.
Falls Creek, Hotham Heights and Bogong State Forests are among those closed.
However, Parks Victoria spokeswoman Zoe Furman said the remaining state forests and national parks would be open.
"The policy is that unless advised otherwise, parks are open," she said. "There are lots of parks that are open and people should be enjoying them.
"But people need to check our website before they travel, particularly if they're going into an area where fires are active. It's very important that people check."
Melbourne and bushfire affected regions will reach 37 degrees on Thursday followed by temperatures in the mid-20s on the long weekend.
That's a pattern that will be followed by most of the state. Even Mildura won't reach the 30s on the weekend, despite a forecast top of 41 for Thursday.
The Country Fire Authority will release total fire ban ratings for the state's regions later this afternoon.
The Gippsland Power football team were flown to safety yesterday when a bushfire ignited as they were hiking to the peak of Mount Feathertop.
Head coach Nick Stevens said 37 players and staff had to be rescued in three helicopters about 4pm on Tuesday.
"From the last chopper it was probably within a couple of minutes of coming through," he said. "It was only on that last chopper ride that it got a little bit hairy because we were against the clock.
"There were only about two boys who were a little nervy about it all. The rest of the group were fine."
Mr Stevens said the group phoned triple-0 after noticing a small fire as they hiked to the peak.
"By the time we got up to the top it had turned into a raging bushfire."
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A plague on my house . . . or maybe not
Armonk. Cupertino. Redmond. Santa Cruz.
Of the four aforementioned places, three have iconic status in the history of the personal computer, and the fourth hopefully can reverse its dubious place in the historic footnotes that have yet to be written.
Armonk is where IBM makes its home. Cupertino and Apple are joined forever in an infinite loop at 1 Infinite Loop. Redmond . . . well, the Death Star has to reside somewhere, and the suburb just east of Seattle just happens to be where Microsoft settled in.
Then there's Santa Cruz, which is the "SC" in the original "SCO," which at its founding in 1979 was the Santa Cruz Operation.
I live in Santa Cruz — in the mountains of the Santa Cruz County, not near surfing mecca on the shores of Monterey Bay (hence, I don't pepper the ends of my sentences with duuuuuuuude) — and through SCO's many metamorphoses, the company no longer has its headquarters in Santa Cruz (to be fair, there's an SCO office in Scotts Valley, a suburb here which would be more at home in Orange County than Santa Cruz, but I digress).
That's a good thing, too, because like Berchtesgaden in Germany trying to clean its sullied past as Hitler's playground, Santa Cruz also has some image problems in GNU/Linux circles thanks to SCO. This occurred to me during an on-line conversation with someone overseas that went like this:
J: Where do you live?
Me: Santa Cruz, California.
J: Santa Cruz? As in SCO?
Me: Um, yeah. But I didn't live here when SCO was around.
Why did I feel the need to defend Santa Cruz? I don't know. We have some pretty good software and hardware companies here — Borland started out here, and Seagate still makes its home in Santa Cruz County, as does Allume, which was once called Aladdin Systems and is still based in Watsonville. A plethora of independent developers — like Entrance's Tod Landis — write programs on "this side of the hill," while the Silicon Valley teems with activity on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Open Source and Free Software Reporter, my magazine, is based here, too.
SCO is now based in Utah, which begs the question why they haven't changed their name to UO, for Utah Operation (and keep those cards and letters — I've read the history and know why).
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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Deeply rooted in family tradition, Dario Vettori II is the eldest son of Paolo and the grandson of Dario I, who is known as "il liutaio della montagna". An accomplished maker, Dario II entered his father's workshop full-time at the age of eighteen and enrolled with the Associazione Liutaria Italiana Professionisti in 2001. He uses moulds and models from the Vettori family workshop, which are inspired after the great old masters, including Antonio Stradivari and Guarneri "del Gesu".
- Violin Information: Violin, Florence, 2008 - This fine violin made by Dario Vettori II is made on a pattern by Camillo Camilli. Its tone is warm and round with a certain maturity that belies its age. The top is of two-piece Italian spruce from the Val di Fiemme region and has a medium grain throughout. The back is of two-piece Bosnian maple with strong flame, slightly descending towards the edges. Ribs and head are similar to the back. The violin is varnished using a Bisiach/Stefanini formula used by the Vettori family and is of a red-brown color on a yellow ground. LOB 355 mm.
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Hi thereCould someone tell me how to retrieve the information for a purchase I made. I was sent a link for downloading the pdf file but not for the online course that I bought with it. I don;t seem to have any confirmation emails from Sitepoint about my purchases though has a receipts in Paypal. I imagine there is an account for me to log into?Many thanksAlison
You probably want to contact SitePoint directly for a faster response.
Well I have been waiting for a response from them to several emails for the last week. I won't buy from them again for sure.
Considering you say you didn't get the order receipt mails (from them, not PayPal) either, maybe they did respond but everything is hitting a spam filter/folder? Just something to check.
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I know there's an order tracking page, but the order number you have to type in there comes from the email receipt (from SitePoint). If you are not getting the mails from them they may not be able to respond to your e-mail...
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Texas firms dominate the latest list of Fortune Magazine's 100 fastest growing companies in the United States, 1200 WOAI news reports.
21 of the 100 firms are headquartered in the Lone Star State, far more than any other state. California, the state Texans love to hate, is second with 10 firms. New York State has three.
Three of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the country are head quartered in metro San Antonio. New Braunfels based Rush Enterprises ranks 27th, Rackspace of San Antonio is 96, and San Antonio's largest corporation, Valero Energy, is the 30th fastest growing company in the country.
"If you look at what's happening in the economy nationwide, the economy is still recovering from the downturn, but the energy sector has been very very strong," said Valero Executive Director of Communications Bill Day.
Most of the Texas firms in the 100 are in the energy industry, exploiting the booming Eagle Ford oil field south of San Antonio and other emerging oil fields across the state.
Day says the booming energy sector has enabled Texas to grow at an amazing rate since the end of the Recession.
"You don't have to travel too far out of Texas to see some of the starker impacts of the economic downturn," he said.
It is also another feather in the cap of Valero, and it's respected CEO Bill Klesse. V
"We were recognized earlier this year as being number nine on the Fortune 500, that's the 500 biggest companies in the U.S.," he said.
In fact, Valero is the second largest company on the list of the 100 fastest growing companies. Only Apple is larger. It is easy to be listed as a fast growing company when your assets are small, but for a mature company with $137 billion in assets is truly exceptional.