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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
I had way too much fun with this...
It's a little tough to save your work - you have to do a screen capture of the page and then trim it down manually in Paint or Photoshop or something. But totally worth the effort.
Here's me!
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- towwas said...
I know not how to do this screen capture of which you speak, but my little character is awful cute.
- November 15, 2005 8:33 AM
- grrrbear said...
To do a screen capture (on a PC at least) hit the "Print Screen" key (it's usually up above your numbers keypad on the right side of our keyboard).
Then, in your drawing application (Microsoft's "Paint" application is what I used - it's on every installation of Windows) open a new document and "paste". A copy of whatever was on your screen will be displayed as the image. You can now crop just the picture of your little character and save that as a graphics file.
- November 15, 2005 10:51 AM
- towwas said...
Hey! It worked! Whaddya know!
- November 15, 2005 11:52 AM
- Spice said...
Dude, that totally evokes you, Grrr! You can see my sad little grad-student self if you go to my profile...
- November 15, 2005 12:46 PM
- Sophist said...
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! what a brilliant site! My labmate and I just spent 30 minutes making characters for various people in the lab. I should have been working on my thesis talk or at least thesis, but this was much better
- November 15, 2005 12:52 PM
- towwas said...
Ok ok go look at mine now! http://mellificent.blogspot.com/2005/11/holy-cow.html
- November 15, 2005 11:18 PM
- Spice said...
I look much more yellow on my home monitor than I did when I made my character on my laptop. Some how South Park me got jaundice on the way home from school.
Props to Sophist and TOWWAS for their adorable South Parkian selves, though!
- November 16, 2005 12:07 AM
- Sophist said...
Wait a second, Grrrbear. I see you wearing beige. where are your hip new clothes courtesy of your girlfriend's shopping savvy??
- November 16, 2005 1:40 AM
- grrrbear said...
Oh that's not beige. That's "Mocha" - or as I call it "Brown".
There is a huge difference, according to the GF. I'm allowed to wear brown. Wearing beige would be punished with two hours in the stocks where I'd be pelted with stale fashions from 2004.
- November 16, 2005 9:16 AM
- towwas said...
Didn't you have a brown jacket like that in college?
- November 16, 2005 12:19 PM
- miss shirley said...
That was so much fun! Yay!
- November 16, 2005 12:48 PM
- grrrbear said...
I totally had a brown jacket like that in college. In fact I had it well into the 21st century. Now I have a different brown jacket, but I don't wear it very often. Usually just when I am going out to a smoky bar where I don't want to stankify my good coat.
- November 16, 2005 3:27 PM
- J.Po said...
Wow! I have NOT been reading lately. Bad bad bad bad bad. This character looks SO much like you. I'm off to create myself...
- November 16, 2005 5:18 PM


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firmware requests Edit
Does anybody have plans to port the firmware to this version? I would love to help (I have a SD550) but have no prior experience so I am not sure if there is anything I can do.Darthmullet 04:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- I'm also having an IXUS 750 and I'd also be interested in additional features. And I would like to point out that I found this wiki quite difficult to understand. Why do I have to look on the "downloads" page to find out whether my camera is supported? And I found the short intro sentence naming the supported cameras easy to overlook. I would have expected a table like the one on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Ixus where the columns are: US name, European name, Japan name, support for GrAnd's, support for Allbest, support for Owen's, support for Ewavr's, ... Or something like that. ... Oh, I just found such a thing on For Developers. Why doesn't the FAQ tell me to look there whether my camera is supported. .. Okay, maybe I'll just add that. -- jH 184.108.40.206 11:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I also have the SD550 so any info would be greatly appreciated. 220.127.116.11 23:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)Jason Hatfield
I too am interested in an SD550 version of CHDK. Is anyone actually working on the port? It seems like there are a number of dumps but no active project. -- User:188.8.131.52 (maybe Meatlocker) 13:53, 12 May 2008
I believe that the SD550 is very similar if not identical to the SD500 except in the screen size and minor interface. The SD500 already ported, but it seems that only DUMP is being created for the SD550. -- User:184.108.40.206 20:17, 13 May 2008
Maybe it's possible to use one of the same builds you'd use on an SD500 then, could that be the case? Tobym 10:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I just tried the two SD500 builds (allbest). No luck. Anybody out there willing to come to our rescue? -- User:220.127.116.11 22:38, 27 May 2008
- I just wanted to add, what I got as firmware version.
- Canon DIGITAL IXUS 750
- Firmware Ver GM1.00G
- Aug 3 2005 13:58:33
- That's what I get when asking for my firmware version. I googled that E18 seems to indicated that there is a problem with the lens opening mechanism. I am not aware of any problem with that. A year ago I tried to open the camera it was stopped by outer constraints. .. but the camera recognized them, closed again and I never had a problem afterwards or before. -- jH 126.96.36.199 23:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Since there is no build for GM1.00H, is it possible to downgrade firmware from 00H to 00G or 00F?
More requests, was: When Edit
When is someone going to reply? -- User:188.8.131.52 07:07, 19 June 2008
Also looking for a port of this! I'd do it but I have no experience with this. Can someone who has the knowledge hook us up? Maybe even a guide for how to do it would help enough... -- User:184.108.40.206 11:02, 14 July 2008
Discussion on firmware development, was: Here Edit
Look here for current thread discussing success so far. Zippo CHDK 07:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
- As far as I understood the thread:
- On 13th of July Zippo released a version of CHDK SD550s with firmware 1.00G (which seems to be the PAL version).
- Someone then made a version that worked with 1.00F firmwares (or someone found that zippos version worked for both.
- Then it was found that there was a problem with zooming while filming and someone warned not to use it, because it might harm the hardware (though this seems to be a general warning not based on any known problems).
- Then someone found that scripts didn't work as they were supposed to, and someone suggested that this might be a problem not just with the port but with all Allbest firemware versions. And someone suggested, that replacing all "shoot"s with "shoot full" might solve the problem.
- I don't really know what the AllBest firmware is, in contrast to the other firmwares and I don't know why the SD550 isn't listed on the cameras that are supported. Maybe the testing isn't far enough. -- jH 220.127.116.11 00:36, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Anyone know what specific parameters need to be changed to make scripts work on this firmware/model? I am trying to make, in particular, an Intervalometer or time lapse script and have tried several that are out there to no avail. Darthmullet 23:34, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
REQ: SD550 GM1.00H CHDK Support Edit
I have an SD550 GM1.00H (not supported by CHDK). Is there a way to downgrade the firmware to 00G or 00F so CHDK will work?
- No; changing the firmware is only possible with a Canon firmware update, but there's none for the SD550 available. Fe50 05:57, February 25, 2010 (UTC)


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At the heart of his calling is a desire to see the nations experience God's presence and to equip churches with practical training in worship leadership. His wife Angela is a gifted exhorter and has taught all across the globe in the area of Christian Spirituality. They have two daughters who love to travel and share the Word where others will not go. They recently relocated to the United Kingdom where Jeremy accepted a position as the Head of Music and Worship Programmes at the London School of Theology (LST).
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During his time at Regent, Jeremy felt a call on his life to reach out to the places where the Church doesn't exist during Divinity courses in Spirituality and Worship. As he continued his prayer and worship assignments, God increased the burden on his heart for the unengaged tribes of the earth. It was during his last semester though that God began to open up doors for the training he would need to equip those indigenous leaders across the globe.
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By Kevin Grandia • Friday, November 22, 2013 - 12:14
All week people have been coming by the press center here at the COP-19 UN climate negotiations asking, "Hey Kevin, why are you just sitting there playing with that pencil?" I sigh and reply, "Just waiting for Canada to do something… anything."
Finally, Canada's Environment Minister showed up Wednesday to make a statement. But, not surprisingly, the Minister's words were a far cry from reality.
It used to be easy to write about Canada from UN climate negotiations. There was always some outrageous story to cover about how Canada was blocking progress or making life miserable for countries trying to actually make headway. But it has become a lot harder here at the negotiations underway right now in Warsaw, Poland.
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Jordan: agreement signed with Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation to establish 1st mortgage insurance company
United Arab Investors Company (UAIC) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC) to establish the first mortgage insurance company in Jordan.
The new company, which will be registered under the provisional name Jordan Mortgage Insurance Company (JMIC), aims to contribute to the development of the Jordanian mortgage market by providing mortgage insurance products and services to retail mortgage lenders and banks in Jordan. This will benefit potential Jordanian home owners struggling to keep up with the recent increase in house prices, by supporting lenders with insurance and risk management expertise and encouraging them to provide higher risk loans.
The USD $1.8 million contract requires CMHC to provide technical expertise to UAIC and other stakeholders over five years to support the creation and operation of JMIC. CMHC will also assist in developing liquidity funding and a securitization operation which, when JMIC proves successful in Jordan, will be jointly explored in other markets in the region.
The agreement was signed on May 28 at Le Meridien Amman by Mr. Younis Al Qawasmi, General Manager of UAIC, and Mr. Pierre David, Executive Director of CMHC International. The ceremony was attended by government officials and representatives of banking and real-estate investment companies in Jordan.
Dr. Fayez Tarawneh, the newly appointed Chairman of UAIC, said: "We are very pleased to be working in close collaboration with a well-established company such as CMHC. We truly feel we are entering a new era that will deepen the growing property market and real-estate sector. We also feel that this new mechanism will highly contribute toward the realization of the powerful and humane slogan that His Majesty King Abdullah I had initiated, namely: a home for every citizen."
"CMHC is taking the lead in sharing Canada's housing expertise with the world," said Mr. Pierre David, Executive Director of CMHC International. He added: "By making housing more accessible in other countries and helping Canadian companies find opportunities in new markets, CMHC is becoming an ambassador of Canadian excellence."
Mr. Younis Al Qawasmi, General Manager of UAIC, said: "The joint efforts of UAIC and CMHC will have far and positive implications for the growth and prosperity of the Jordanian real-estate sector. Through providing lending insurance products, Jordan's lenders will gain the confidence to increase their risk portfolios, while buyers will be empowered to make important decisions about their family's future."
The establishment of JMIC transpired after UAIC, CMHC and Trycana Development of Canada conducted a feasibility study that was funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA Inc.). Acting as the business development arm of this venture, Trycana has been developing and implementing projects in a number of emerging markets, and has brought together numerous progressive companies, including international organizations involving various sectors.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is Canada's national housing agency. Established as a government-owned corporation in 1946 to address Canada's post-war housing shortage, the agency has grown into a major national institution. CMHC is Canada's premier provider of mortgage loan insurance, mortgage-backed securities, housing policy and programs, and housing research.
United Arab Investors Company P.L.C. (UAIC) is a public shareholding company founded in 1994 by Mr. Zuhair Khouri along with other various investors including leading financial institutions, foreign investors and associations. UAIC portfolios are composed of investments in financially strong, well-managed companies. Its core activities cover all economic sectors including financial, industrial and real-estate.
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Stalley Prepping Album For Second Quarter, Wiz Khalifa And Omarion On Deck Too
Stalley hosted a dinner party at a restaurant in New York City last night, celebrating the release of his recent Honest Cowboy EP, which dropped September 17. The EP, his first retail project since signing to Maybach Music Group in 2011, was a 7-track update on his August mixtape of the same name and included three new previously-unreleased tracks that did not appear on his last tape.
At the event, Stalley was in a jovial mood, and told XXL that his debut album was on course to drop in the second quarter of 2014, with other mixtapes or EPs that may be scheduled in the months prior to the project's release. Stalley told XXL in August that he had, "three albums worth of material," or around 100 songs, already recorded, but said last night he was going to head back into the studio later this month to work on more new material for his debut. He'll also be dropping a number of videos—with his solo track off MMG's Self Made Vol. 3, "Coupes & Roses," and "Samson," his ode to the power of his beard, set for a treatment—as well as a handful of additional tracks from his Honest Cowboy releases.
Omarion is also gearing up to release his own Maybach debut around February, according to Atlantic reps, with a mixtape coming in the next few weeks while he continues to work his own Self Made Vol. 3 single, the Fabolous and Pusha T-assisted "Know You Better." And Wiz Khalifa has been in the studio working on Blacc Hollywood, his upcoming fifth solo album, which is tentatively slated for the end of the year. The recently-married man was jsut featured on Leon Thomas' new single "Hello How Are You" and made an appearance in the video for Mike WiLL Made It's debut track "23" alongside Miley Cyrus and Juicy J. He's also said recently that he's got tracks with Miley and Adele on his album.


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Students Learn About Cyber Security Studies, Careers
Faculty-Student Research, Experts Highlight College's "Security Day" Event
Nov. 20, 2013
Mikhail Gofman, assistant professor of computer science, presented his research during the recent "Security Day" event. Gofman's research interests include web security, virtualization security and biometrics.
Computer science graduate student Chad Wyszynski knows the importance of research to protect the confidentiality of personal information in cyberspace.
For his master's thesis, Wyszynski is working with faculty mentor Mikhail Gofman, assistant professor of computer science, on research that strives to improve security of virtualized environments by excluding user's confidential information from virtual machine checkpoints, Gofman explained.
"Any time data is shared or transferred on the Internet, there is a threat to your confidential information," said Wyszynski, who presented his project during the College of Engineering and Computer Science's first-ever "Security Day."
The Nov. 15 event, attended by computer science and engineering majors, gave students insight and information about areas of study and careers in computer security. Both Wyszynski and Gofman, whose research interests include system security, were among student and faculty presenters.
Wyszynski, who plans to complete his studies this fall and graduate in January, noted that in today's cyber world, it's commonplace to provide passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information to Internet servers at places like Google and Amazon.
"These servers run on virtual machines, which frequently save snapshots of what they're currently doing— even if they're processing your confidential information. Chances are, there's a snapshot on an Amazon server with a credit card number sitting around, waiting for someone to read it with Notepad. And, yes, it's that easy to read," said Wyszynski.
Through their research efforts, he and Gofman are developing a solution that prevents such confidential information from being saved in that snapshot to reduce, even eliminate, intentional breaches.
Industry and government security experts also provided their perspectives on the growing danger of cyber threats and attacks. Michael Skroch, strategic capabilities deputy at Sandia National Laboratories, and Ron Williamson, senior engineering fellow at Raytheon Network Centric Systems, were guest speakers.
This fall, computer security scholar Yun Tian joined the college as an assistant professor of computer science. Tian also gave a presentation on her research efforts, which include storage security, cloud security, high-performance computing and computer science education.
To meet the growing need for more security professionals and research, Gofman also discussed the college's proposal for a center with a cross-disciplinary approach that would focus on computer security issues and research. Plans also call for developing security courses and establishing a degree program in cyber security.
"At this time, the college and Department of Computer Science are in the planning stages. We want to generate interest and awareness of the issues, need and relevance of cyber security," said Dean Raman M. Unnikrishnan.
Wyszynski added that his study to improve cyber resilience is a valuable skill for his career as a software engineer: "Computer security is a continual stream of ah-ha moments. I learn a new concept and then discover a dozen different ways to look at it. Computer security is a cool combination of puzzle solving, general knowledge and clever thinking; it's a ubiquitous need — and a hot and lucrative field. More importantly though, it's intellectually compelling work."


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MARC Pugh believes Cherries are facing a tense battle for League One promotion but he insists they have the character to handle the pressure.
The Cherries star is predicting that the race for honours will go the distance as a number of clubs fight for the right to play Championship football.
Pugh, 25, has once again emerged as a leading performer for Cherries this season during the Dorset outfit's rise into the upper echelons of the table.
Cherries, who were knocked off top spot by Swindon in midweek, are one of seven teams separated by just four points in the push for promotion.
Eddie Howe's men are entering a potentially crucial period with tomorrow's home clash against Sheffield United (3pm) coming ahead of meetings with Coventry, Orient and Doncaster.
Pugh is confident Cherries have the personnel and quality to keep their cool. The Lancastrian told the Daily Echo: "It is unbelievable and probably one of the closest (promotion races) I have ever seen.
"A couple of teams have games in hand on us but I would sooner have the points on the board.
"It is just so tight and I think it is one of those seasons that is going to go down to the wire.
"Usually, the top team or, maybe, the top two pull away but everyone seems to be beating everyone and, if that carries on, it is going to be a tense finish. Hopefully, we can put together a good run and be one of the teams who can try to pull away from the pack.
"We have got a lot of good characters in the dressing room with a lot of experience, along with a lot of young lads who want to be successful.
"We have got a good mix and a good bunch and I believe it will, hopefully, bring us success at the end of the season."
In 34 appearances this season, Pugh has netted eight goals while also chipping in with seven assists from the left flank.
He endured a rare day to forget during the defeat at Preston last time out as he was substituted on 31 minutes as he still felt the effects of illness.
But Pugh, who is aiming to be fully fit in time to face the Blades, added: "It is probably one of the biggest games of the season so far.
"We need to go into it full of confidence. We have been superb at home recently so, hopefully, we can continue our fine run of form.
"On our home patch, we have been absolutely superb and we will make it a really tough game for Sheffield United.
"They are a big club going into this game and there is probably even more expectancy of them to get promoted than us this season. Hopefully, we can play our natural game and cause them lots of problems."


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AP report on Scalia's controversial Gitmo comments ignored issue of recusal
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In an article on a recent speech by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in which he said that Guantánamo detainees are not entitled to legal protection under the U.S. Constitution or international conventions, the AP left out the serious questions about whether he should recuse himself from an upcoming case involving the rights of Guantánamo Bay detainees.
In a March 26 article on a recent speech by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in which he said that detainees held at the Pentagon's prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are not entitled to legal protection under the U.S. Constitution or international conventions, the Associated Press left out any mention of the significance of Scalia's comments -- that the Supreme Court is scheduled on March 28 to hear the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which concerns precisely the issue on which Scalia was indicating his views. Scalia's statements raise serious questions about whether he should recuse himself, an issue wholly ignored in the AP story.
During an unpublicized March 8 lecture at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, Scalia told the audience that the legal rights of the detainees held at Guantánamo are not protected by the U.S. Constitution nor the Geneva Conventions. Newsweek broke the story in a brief article in its April 3 issue:
"War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," he [Scalia] says on a tape of the talk reviewed by NEWSWEEK. "Give me a break." Challenged by one audience member about whether the Gitmo detainees don't have protections under the Geneva or human-rights conventions, Scalia shot back: "If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son and I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy." Scalia was apparently referring to his son Matthew, who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.
The article, written by Newsweek investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff, went on to broach the question of whether Scalia's comments obligate him to sit out as the court rules on Hamdan. Federal law requires a justice to "disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned." From the April 3 Newsweek article:
"This is clearly grounds for recusal," said Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a human-rights group that has filed a brief in behalf of the Gitmo detainees. "I can't recall an instance where I've heard a judge speak so openly about a case that's in front of him -- without hearing the arguments." Other experts said it was a closer call. Scalia didn't refer directly to this week's case, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, though issues at stake hinge in part on whether the detainees deserve legal protections that make the military tribunals unfair. "As these things mount, a legitimate question could be asked about whether he is compromising the credibility of the court," said Stephen Gillers, a legal-ethics expert.
Gillers appeared to be referring a number of incidents in which critics raised questions about Scalia's conduct. As Isikoff noted, Scalia recused himself from a 2004 case concerning the Pledge of Allegiance after commenting publicly on the issue. In 2004, Scalia joined Vice President Dick Cheney on a hunting trip to Louisiana. At the time, the Supreme Court was considering the legality of the Bush administration's refusal to turn over documents relating to the private meetings of Cheney's energy task force. Scalia rejected subsequent calls for him to recuse himself from the case. Similarly, while deciding a 2004 case concerning gay rights, Scalia spoke at a dinner hosted by the Urban Family Council, an advocacy group opposed to gay rights. Scalia has also been criticized for his participation in judicial junkets. For example, he was found "on the tennis court at one of the country's top resorts, the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Bachelor Gulch, Colo.," during the swearing-in of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on January 23. Most recently, Scalia raised eyebrows on March 26 when he made an obscene gesture outside of a Boston cathedral in response to a reporter's question about his impartiality on matters pertaining to the separation of church and state.
Following the online publication of the Newsweek piece, AP released an un-bylined March 26 article on Scalia's controversial remarks. But while the AP noted that the court is scheduled to hear Hamdan in the coming days, it ignored the question of whether Scalia is obligated to recuse himself. Numerous newspapers reprinted the article in their March 27 editions, including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Kansas City Star, also without mentioning the recusal issue.
By contrast, a March 26 Reuters article noted that Ratner and Father Robert Drinan, a professor of judicial ethics at the Georgetown University Law Center, argued that Scalia is now obligated to recuse himself from Hamdan:
Ethics experts said the impression that Scalia had already made up his mind before the hearing should mean that he will voluntarily drop out of the proceedings. However, Newsweek said he did not refer specifically to this week's case.
"He should remove himself when there is a reasonable doubt of his impartiality," said Father Robert Drinan, a professor of law at Georgetown University and long-standing human rights campaigner, who teaches judicial ethics.
"It should logically be a reason for his recusal but I don't think he'll do it ... he's so stubborn" said Drinan.
"A judge has to have an open mind; when he hears the articles and reacts to briefs. If he's made up his mind on a particular issue, he shouldn't be sitting (in)," said Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
"Here he has publicly said that this is what my position is, before the arguments ... It's really stacking the deck," Ratner said. CCR has argued for Guantanamo prisoner rights.
A March 26 United Press International article and a March 27 New York Sun article similarly noted that Scalia's comments raise the issue of recusal.
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 In case someone wants to look into this. The attached patch tries to do
 relocable coreboot_ram. It does not work. It looks like dynamic linker does not
 fix call to hardware main in the c_start.o - reason is unknown.

Relocating coreboot_ram seems like a great idea.Ā It seems like there was a lot of discussion on the mailing list with v3 about PIC and why it couldn't work for us.Ā My memory about it is fuzzy now, but a little searching might turn something up.

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Alvin Toffler (born October 3, 1928) is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity. A former associate editor of Fortune magazine, his early work focused on technology and its impact (through effects like information overload). Then he moved to examining the reaction of and changes in society. His later focus has been on the increasing power of 21st century military hardware, weapons and technology proliferation, and capitalism. He is married to Heidi Toffler, also a writer and futurist. They live in Los Angeles. They wrote the books credited to "Alvin Toffler" together. Template:Fact
Accenture, the management consultancy firm, has dubbed him the third most influential voice among business leaders, after Bill Gates and Peter Drucker. He has also been described in the Financial Times as the "world's most famous futurologist". People's Daily classes him among the 50 foreigners that shaped modern China.[1]
His ideas
Toffler explains, "Society needs people who take care of the elderly and who know how to be compassionate and honest. Society needs people who work in hospitals. Society needs all kinds of skills that are not just cognitive; they're emotional, they're affectional. You can't run the society on data and computers alone."[2] Toffler also states, in Rethinking the Future, that "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
In his book The Third Wave Toffler describes three types of societies, based on the concept of 'waves' - each wave pushes the older societies and cultures aside.
- First Wave is the society after agrarian revolution and replaced the first hunter-gatherer cultures.
- Second Wave is the society during the Industrial Revolution (ca. late 1600s through the mid-1900s). The main components of the Second Wave society are nuclear family, factory-type education system and the corporation. Toffler writes: "The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass entertainment, and weapons of mass destruction. You combine those things with standardization, centralization, concentration, and synchronization, and you wind up with a style of organization we call bureaucracy."
- Third Wave is the post-industrial society. Toffler would also add that since late 1950s most countries are moving away from a Second Wave Society into what he would call a Third Wave Society. He coined lots of words to describe it and mentions names invented by him (super-industrial society) and other people (like the Information Age, Space Age, Electronic Era, Global Village, technetronic age, scientific-technological revolution), which to various degrees predicted demassification, diversity, knowledge-based production, and the acceleration of change (one of Toffler's key maxims is "change is non-linear and can go backwards, forwards and sideways").
In this post-industrial society, there is a lot of diversity in lifestyles ("subcultures"). Adhocracies (fluid organizations) adapt quickly to changes. Information can substitute most of the material resources (see ersatz) and becomes the main material for workers (cognitarians instead of proletarians), who are loosely affiliated. Mass customization offers the possibility of cheap, personalized, production catering to small niches (see just-in-time production). The gap between producer and consumer is bridged by technology using a so called configuration system. "Prosumers" can fill their own needs (see open source, assembly kit, freelance work). This was the notion that new technologies are enabling the radical fusion of the producer and consumer into the prosumer. In some cases prosuming entails a "third job" where the corporation "outsources" its labor not to other countries, but to the unpaid consumer, such as when we do our own banking through an ATM instead of a teller that the bank must employ, or trace our own postal packages on the internet instead of relying on a paid clerk.
Aging societies will be using new (medical) technologies from self-diagnosis to instant toilet urinalysis to self-administered therapies delivered by nanotechnology to do for themselves what doctors used to do. This will change the way the whole health industry works.Template:Fact
Since the 1960s, people have been trying to make sense out of the impact of new technologies and social change. Toffler's writings have been influential beyond the confines of scientific, economic and public policy discussions. Techno music pioneer Juan Atkins cites Toffler's phrase "techno rebels" in Future Shock as inspiring him to use the word "techno" to describe the musical style he helped to create.
Toffler's works and ideas have been subject to various criticisms, usually with the same argumentation used against futurology: that foreseeing the future is nigh impossible. In the 1990s, his ideas were publicly lauded by Newt Gingrich.
In 1996 Alvin and Heidi Toffler founded Toffler Associates, an executive advisory firm committed to helping commercial firms and government agencies adjust to the changes described in the Tofflers' works.
The development Toffler believes may go down as this era's greatest turning point is the creation of wealth in outer space. Wealth today, he argues, is created everywhere (globalisation), nowhere (cyberspace), and out there (outer space). Global positioning satellites are key to synchronising precision time and data streams for everything from cellphone calls to ATM withdrawals. They allow just-in-time (JIT) productivity because of precise tracking. GPS is also becoming central to air-traffic control. And satellites increase agricultural productivity through tracking weather, enabling more accurate forecasts.
Two major predictions of Toffler's - the paperless office and human cloning - have yet to be realized, not due to technological barriers but to sociological and politico-religious conditions.
Also influenced Timothy Leary (see Info-Psychology; New Falcon Press, 2004)
Alvin Toffler is mentioned in the Dance Exponents' 1983 hit "Victoria".
Alvin Toffler co-wrote his books with his wife Heidi. A few of their well-known works are:
- Future Shock (1970) Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-27737-5
- The Eco-Spasm Report (1975) Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-14474-X
- The Third Wave (1980) Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-24698-4
- Previews & Premises (1983)
- The Adaptive Corporation (1985) McGraw-Hill
- Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century (1990) Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-29215-3
- War and Anti-War (1995) Warner Books ISBN 0-446-60259-0
- Revolutionary Wealth (2006) Knopf ISBN 0-375-40174-1
See also
- ↑ 50 foreigners shaping China's modern development, 30 August 2006. Coverage at the Tofflers' site
- ↑ Alvin Toffler interviewed by Norman Swann, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National, "Life Matters", 5 March 1998.
External links
- Official Site
- Toffler Associates, the executive advisory firm formed by Alvin and Heidi Toffler.
- After Words: Alvin Toffler interviewed by Newt Gingrich (Real Audio format)
- Alvin Toffler interview on The Gregory Mantell Show
- BookTalk.org: discuss Alvin Toffler's Future Shock with other readers
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Your body needs to be given the time necessary to lower its body temperature before you sleep. That way, the benefits of the bath are still with you without any negative stimulating effects. Warm water benefits your circulatory system while soothing your body into tranquility and alleviating tension.
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· 1/2 cup liquid honey
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The purpose of a warm bath should be to unwind you, while lessening anxiety and stress. Making a warm bath filled with herbs or oils a part of your bedtime routine can be an effective natural method of promoting sleep and dealing with insomnia.
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Blue Nile (NASDAQ:NILE) will announce its Q3 sales in late October or early November as they have historically. The announcement will describe sales over the July through September period. Blue Nile has given guidance that sales will be in the $87 - $91 million range for Q3 and the average analyst estimate of Q3 sales is $89 million (right in the middle of the range provided by NILE). There are two very good reasons to believe that the Q3 announcement will disappoint these expectations, with a revenue number likely between $75 and $85 million.
1. Seasonality. The jewelry business is seasonal and, thus, quite predictable. Here are NILE's revenues broken down by quarter since 2006:
$ 50.7
$ 56.9
$ 53.2
$ 90.7
$ 67.9
$ 72.1
$ 67.4
$ 111.9
$ 70.5
$ 73.7
$ 65.4
$ 85.8
$ 62.4
$ 69.9
$ 66.9
$ 102.9
$ 74.1
$ 76.6
$ 67.5
$ 114.8
$ 80.2
$ 80.5
$ 75.0
$ 112.3
$ 83.1
$ 91.0
The seasonal patterns are obvious: Q2 revenue is always greater than Q1, Q3 revenue is always less than Q2 and Q4 is always greater than them all. This has everything to do with the seasonal purchases of engagement rings and gifts of jewelry in the holiday season. Notice that the average revenue drop-off from Q2 to Q3 is 7.4% which forecasts Q3 revenue of $91.0 x (1 - 7.4%) = $84.3 million, which is well short of expectations. The smallest Q2/Q3 percentage drop-off in NILE history was the 4.2% drop-off in 2009. Even this best case scenario (a 4.2% drop) predicts Q3 revenues of $87.2 million, which is below analyst expectations and on the low end of NILE guidance. Again, even in the best case scenario, history suggests a disappointment is coming.
2. Web traffic. Nile sells all of its jewelry online, which means traffic for BluenNile.com is highly correlated with Blue Nile revenue. Measuring web traffic for Blue Nile is just like counting the number of people that go into and out of a brick and mortar store. So what does Q3 web traffic look like for Nile? In a word, awful. According to Alexa [an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) company], the traffic for bluenile.com during 2012 Q3 is the lowest in recent history. Here is the traffic graph from Alexa with the last three quarters shaded so that you can see the drop-off in 2012 Q3:
Notice a few things about the figure. First, it does a very good job predicting that Q4 revenues are the highest in each year: these are precisely the time when web traffic is the greatest. Second, notice it did a good job predicting the very good Q2 results Blue Nile had in 2012.
To formally investigate the relationship between bluenile.com traffic and Blue Nile revenues, I downloaded the history of daily bluenile.com traffic from Alexa as far back as I could go which was Q4 2007. The daily web traffic is expressed as the number of internet users per million. I then averaged the daily web traffic within each quarter so that my unit of observation was quarterly (just like my revenues). This gave me 19 observations of quarterly web traffic (from Q4 2007 to Q2 2012) that correspond to 19 observations of quarterly revenues over the same period. Using these observations, the correlation between quarterly revenues and quarterly web traffic was 77%. The rank correlation (Spearman) between the two is even higher at 83%. In other words, web traffic does an excellent job at forecasting what announced revenues will be. With this in mind, I considered a linear regression model where the dependent variable (the one I want to forecast) is quarterly revenues (Revenues) and the independent variable (the one I know ahead of time) is quarterly web traffic (Traffic):
Revenues = a + B0*Traffic
Where a (alpha) is the intercept B0 is the coefficient on Traffic, using those 19 observations gives an estimated alpha of $22.55 (t-stat 2.38) and an estimated B0 of 0.532 (t-stat 5.38) and an R-square of 60%. Using those coefficient estimates and the average web traffic in Q3 2012 of 99.90 users (per million) forecasts Q3 2012 revenue of $22.55 + 0.532*99.90 = $75.69 million. Again, compared to expectations and Nile guidance, this would be a big disappointment.
Some readers may be concerned that Alexa provides a poor measure of site traffic. Keep in mind that if the Alexa numbers were poor, I wouldn't have found a historical correlation around 80%. Garbage in would mean garbage out and I would have found a correlation close to 0%. Also, it is worth noting that other companies which measure traffic but are updated less frequently (like compete.com and quantcast.com) also find a drop-off in bluenile.com traffic during Q3. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Insights plots the search volume for bluenile.com (the frequency Google users type bluenile.com in the search window) like this:
Google Insights shows a 16% drop-off in bluenile.com search volume from Q2 to Q3 and, in general, declining search volume over the entire period. Remember that with a P/E ratio above 70, NILE must have massive growth prospects to justify current valuations. Does the above graph look like a company with massive growth prospects?
Recommendation: Given the seasonality and web traffic data, I expect revenues between $75 and $85 million, which, using the same margins as Q2 2012, would deliver EPS in the range of -1 to 8 cents, versus the company provided estimates of 10 to 14 cents.
So far, the market seems unaware of this information. After Blue Nile announced its very good Q2 results on August 2, its share price spiked from $24 to $32 and has drifted upwards since to land at around $40. I recommend selling before the Q3 earnings announcement or before Blue Nile provides guidance that Q3 sales will be lower than expected.
Disclosure: I am short NILE. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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The JCCGW Film Festival has grown tremendously in popularity. Held in conjunction with the JCC of Northern Virginia's 12th Annual International Jewish Film Festival, the JCCGW's fourth annual Jewish Film Festival will feature filmmakers, speakers from the Embassy of Israel and leaders of organizations connection with various topics related to the films.
Following each film screening, you're invited to stick around for a lively discussion and Q&A session. Guest speakers include one of Nicky's "children" from Nicky's Family, relationship guru Amy Schoen, DC Community Shaliach Anton Goodman and more.
The festival features 10 films and runs through March 24, 2012.


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Commuters face a big initial fare rise under the Carr Government's overhaul of public transport, but plans to scrap country train services and impose a fee for student bus travel have been dumped.
The one-off fare increase, to be followed by minor annual rises over five years, is aimed at helping rail, bus and ferry operators improve service standards.
Inflation-linked rises will be allowed during that period but no further increases unless there are significant improvements such as new lines or services. The rises must also be justified before a special pricing tribunal.
The scrapping of several rural train services and plans for a new $30 fee for student bus travel - the most contentious proposals in the interim transport report by Tom Parry - are dropped, with the Transport Minister, Michael Costa, instead giving CountryLink a 12-month reprieve.
Country train managers will review job allocation, ticketing and timetables, and administration.
taken, two-thirds of them related to the replacement of country trains with buses.
Dr Parry stuck to his strong criticism of cultural and managerial laxity in some sectors, especially rail.
He said big improvements in cost and efficiency were desperately needed, and that management and workplace practices and culture needed to be "radically overhauled".
"There is no doubt that the majority of people working in CityRail take pride in their work [but] there is an overwhelming sense that CityRail does not promote a real commitment to quality, customer focus and a service culture."
Dr Parry's concern about train reliability - caused largely by the confusion of lines - has been upheld.
By separating the lines into discrete sectors, punctuality can be improved. However, cuts to some services, and other changes, will be needed.
A new timetable to support these changes would need to be investigated.
The last timetable review was abandoned 18 months ago by Mr Costa's predecessor, Carl Scully, because of a perceived shortage of drivers and guards to work the required shifts.
To avert a threatened parent backlash on the school buses plan, Mr Costa has decided to trial an electronic smartcard for students in the hope it can map travel patterns and eliminate $112 million in annual "phantom" rides.
An integrated ticketing system is planned to be available by 2005. Its aim is for commuters to enjoy seamless travel on all forms of transport.
One big change is an increase in the $1.10 pensioner excursion ticket to $2.50, the only rise since 1988. The concession will also be expanded to areas where government transport does not operate - a boon for residents in Sydney's west and south.
As well, the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Craig Knowles, will lead an investigation into tolls on motorists for entering certain areas.
Consideration will also be given to a levy on developers and employers to help pay for network improvements.
Mr Costa said last night that the report had "placed fairly on the agenda the issues we need to address to provide sustainable public transport in the future. It makes clear the need for greater equity in fares and concessions - and it shows how taxpayers can get better value for their public transport dollar."
The report, which received 300 public submissions, canvassed funding proposals and investigated pitfalls in future spending plans.
In the two months since the initial findings were released, 900 further submissions were
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Volunteer Services
Volunteer Services matches the skills, talents, and interests of individuals 15 year of age and older with various needs at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. All volunteers serve as Auxiliary members whose goal is to support Lenoir Memorial Hospital and its mission, respond to the needs of patients and their families, enhance the community's understanding of healthcare through educational programs and outreach activities, and to maintain on going sources of revenue to meet present and future hospital needs.
There are 200 active adults volunteers. Over 50 Junior Volunteers serve during the summer months and during winter break from school. The paid staff includes a full time director, a full time gift shop manager, a part time administrative assistant, and a part time pastoral care coordinator.
Each staff person has an office located on the main level of the hospital. The Volunteer Services office is located in the discharge hallway next to the Volunteer Service Desk. Volunteers perform their duties in many areas throughout the hospital. They are integrated into departments and also have their own areas. The Volunteer Service Desk and Gift Shop are central locations for the majority of the volunteers.
Customer Population
Volunteers serve customers of all ages from infancy through adulthood.
The Care Provided
It is easiest to think of the Auxiliary as two-pronged program – volunteer service in the hospital and fund raising activities to benefit the hospital. The majority of the care is non-clinical with a limited number of patient care volunteers.
Major Services:
- Service Desk volunteers discharge patients, deliver mail and flowers, serve coffee to waiting areas, run errands, provide clerical help, and relieve the Information Desk staff.
- Cheer Corner volunteers staff the hospital gift shop.
- Cheer Cart volunteers push a cart loaded with goodies, gifts, and magazines onto the floors daily.
- Pastoral Care Services provide a minister on-call 24 hours each day. Volunteer PC Representatives greet new patient each day and give them information on Pastoral Care Services.
- Patient Representatives visit designated areas and inquire about quality of care and help with requests. Complaints are referred to Employee Patient Representative.
- Clerical assistance is provided to various departments in the form of filing, answering phones, and data entry.
- Volunteers greet and staff the Surgery and Day Surgery Waiting areas.
- A volunteer clown troupe visits patients one day a month.
- In addition, volunteers make holiday stockings for each baby born in December, fill and deliver Christmas stockings to Pediatrics patients, make turbans and pillows for breast cancer survivors, and make sock monkeys and small stuffed animals for surgery and ED pediatric patients.
- The Lights of Love Project has last generated over half a million dollars in the past 22 years for oncology services.
- Bake sales, jewelry sales, uniform sales, along with proceeds from the vending machines, Cheer Cart and Gift Shop have generated funds for nursing scholarships, exercise equipment for Cardiac Rehab, play equipment for the ED, $50,00 for the walking track, $45,000 for the Pastoral Care program, and much more.


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Re: Multiple Constants
On 11/15/07 at 5:37 AM, thehammerster at gmail.com wrote:
>Hi, I'm new to Mathematica and I feel like this is a stupid question
>but I can't seem to define more than one constant
>If I type SetAttributes[a,b,c,Contstant] I get SetAttributes::argrx:
>SetAttributes called with 4 arguments; 2 arguments are \expected.
So, give SetAttributes only 2 arguments as it wants. You can
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Never Ending - Poem by Christina Phan
Never ending
Story and lies from you
I'm wasting my breath on you
I'm not going say anything and just leave you with a letter
I can't say bye
It's just too diffcult and no fight
I won't look back and get my vribe back
I better off in other city or state
Bye honey
I just want to shine and be joyful again
Don't get upset
Never ending
Excuse from you
I don't want to hear it anymore
Just tell me the truth
I'm already in a lot of pain
I am breaking up with you
You can be with someone new and different
Don't you want to date other girls too who is better for you than me
I won't mind
I want another guys to date
I'm not feeling this anymore
Can you move on without me?
Never ending
This and that
Showing up too late
Never ending
Call and text
I can't stand this is anymore
You can realized at end that you can stand back up and realized that their other fish in sea
I want you to experience and have fun with someone else
You be ok
So bye forever
Never end
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Wednesday, December 22nd from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, UWF Commons Concourse
Experience Kwanzaa and Take Your Coat Off...One More Time! The Black Employee's Association will share information and gifts to highlight the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 11:00am - 1:00pm, Commons Concourse, Building 22. The principle of Ujima [OO-GEE-MAH] (Creative Work & Responsibility) - focuses on making our sisters' and brothers' problems our problems and seeks for us to solve them together. The coat drive will answer this call. The campus is asked to bring coats, gloves, hats, socks and/or blankets. Email or phone Alesia Y W Ross, firstname.lastname@example.com or 474-2423 for further information
The name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase "matunda ya kwanza", meaning "first fruits."
Kwanzaa is a week-long holiday celebrated in the United States honoring African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder). It is observed from December 26 to January 1 each year, primarily in the United States.
Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, featuring activities such as candle-lighting and pouring of libations, and culminating in a feast and gift giving. It was created by Ron Karenga and was first celebrated from December 26, 1966, to January 1, 1967


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Ada Harbin Turner, 96, wife of the late Gene M. Turner, of Chester, SC, formerly of Walhalla, died Monday, July 1, 2013 at Chester Regional Medical Center.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, July 5, 2013 at Oconee Memorial Park, Seneca, SC.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, Friday, July 5, 2013 at Davenport Funeral Home.
The family is at the home of the son, Russell Harbin, 381 Brewer Rd. Walhalla, SC.


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When you are feeling really unwell or are concerned about your health, you should contact your local practice or health centre to make an appointment to see the Doctor or a member of the Healthcare team such as a Practice Nurse. The receptionist will help to advise you on who you should see. If you feel you need to see your Doctor urgently, you will need to tell the receptionist when you phone.
It is worth remembering that your local pharmacist can advise on a range of minor ailments such as coughs, colds, flu, headaches and upset stomachs and in these cases you don't need to see your Doctor. For more information on how a Pharmacist can help you, please click on the 'Ask a Pharmacist / Chemist for Advice' page.
When your practice or health centre is closed in the evenings and at weekends, and your problem cannot wait until your practice or health centre opens, you should call the NHS24 Helpline on 111 and qualified staff will be able to advise you further.
Ask a Pharmacist / Chemist for advice
For a wide range of minor ailments, a visit to the Doctor is not necessary. It is always worth visiting your local Pharmacist or Chemist as not all conditions require medication only prescribed by a Doctor. Your local Pharmacist or Chemist can provide advice and medication which does not need to be prescribed by a Doctor for a wide range of circumstances including:
- Bugs and viruses
- Minor injuries
- Stomach complaints
- Women's health
- Men's health
- Skin conditions
- Allergies
- Aches and pains
- Children's problems
- Emergency contraception
Many Pharmacies have a small consulting room where you can speak to the Pharmacist in private and the range of services provided is growing all the time.
Log on to the NHS24 website for self care advice
For a wide range of self care advice log on to NHS24. NHS24 provides comprehensive up to date health information and self care advice.
Phone NHS24 on 111
When your local practice or health centre is closed in the evenings and at weekends and you cannot wait until it reopens you should call the NHS24 Helpline on 111 and qualified staff will be able to advise whether you need to see a doctor.
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The Falcons and Panthers have always had a good rivalry, but things really intensified last year in which the Falcons split their season series with Carolina.
The first game was a nail biter that the Panthers choked away at the Georgia Dome on a Cam Newton fumble that would lead to a decisive Matt Bryan field goal with five seconds left that would give the Falcons a 30-28 victory.
It was here that Matt Ryan screamed obscenities towards the Panthers after the Falcons won, yelling, "Get the f— off our field!" as the Panthers walked to the locker room demoralized.
The second game that year was all Panthers, as they exacted their revenge against the Falcons, winning 30-20 in a game in which the score didn't even remotely reflect the beat down the Panthers gave the Falcons.
It was before this game that Panthers defensive lineman Greg Hardy said that the Panthers were better than the Falcons despite the difference in the team's records (the Falcons were 11-1 at the time and the Panthers were 3-9). After backing his words up on that particular day, Hardy yelled the same obscenity towards Ryan that the Falcons quarterback had said to Carolina.
With the teams once again finding themselves on opposite ends of the spectrum (this time the Panthers are trending up, while the Falcons are trending down), it'll be interesting to see how this one plays out this weekend in Charlotte.
Here are our keys to Sunday's game:
In the last meeting between these two teams, Cam Newton's normal inconsistencies were non existent. Newton went 23/35 for 287 yards for two touchdowns and rushed nine times for 116 yards.
This year, Newton has had a solid year so far, throwing 12 TDs to five interceptions and throwing for 1,552 yards while completing 64.9% of his passes.
The Falcons have always had issues containing mobile quarterbacks, and have had a hard time against any quarterback so far this year. The Falcons have given up 300 yards passing or more three times this season. The average passer rating against this defensive unit is 110.
Quarterbacks have been dissecting this unit, and if this trend continues, it will be a long day against Cam Newton, who is having his most consistent season thus far in his young career.
Mike Nolan's unit has to find a way to contain Newton by making sure he stays in the pocket and can't create plays with his legs. The defensive line has to generate pressure on Newton to take the pressure off of the young secondary that was taken to task last week by Carson Palmer.
This will be the key to the game on defense for the Falcons. If Newton has enough time to pass, it will be lights out. If Osi Umenyiora and Jonathan Babineaux can get a couple of sacks and keep Newton from settling in, the Falcons have a shot against the Panthers.
Carolina has given up 21 sacks this year, so their offensive line isn't impregnable. Like he did against Tampa Bay, Nolan must dial up the pressure and dial it up often.
Matt Ryan has been harassed all season, taking hit after hit. But before the game against Arizona, the most he had been sacked in a game was three. Arizona sacked him four times, and the constant pressure forced four interceptions, a season high for Ryan.
The Panthers have 22 sacks this season, so they will be looking to get many more even with Ryan releasing the ball faster than Prime Time Deion Sanders returning a pick six.
DE Charles Johnson leads the Panthers with six sacks and the outspoken, aforementioned Hardy is second with five sacks. That's a combined 11 sacks from the two key pass rushing positions on the team.
Getting Sam Baker back could certainly help things, but the veteran left tackle is questionable for Sunday's game. It's unknown whether or not he will go.
This is a mismatch for the Falcons offensive line, as this will be the toughest DE combo they've had to defend against this year. If Baker can go, the Falcons will have a better chance than without him. Either way, Ryan will be under constant pressure on Sunday. It will be important for Ryan to keep up the quick strike effort and keep the ball moving.
The Falcons running game has been virtually missing in action the entire season. And it's only gotten worse. After rushing for 146 yards against Miami, the Falcons have rushed for 58 yards against New England, 64 against the Jets, 18 against Tampa Bay and 27 against Arizona.
The offensive line is bad at protecting Matt Ryan, but they are flat out atrocious blocking for the running game. They have been getting outperformed on a weekly basis, and haven't given any of their running backs a chance to do anything. There have been some fans that have wanted Steven Jackson gone after the season is over. But how can the veteran running back even have a chance to do anything when he's been constantly met behind the line of scrimmage by at least one defender on nearly every rushing attempt last week?
The offensive line must find a way to open some lanes up for Jackson and Jacquizz Rodgers, or once again, the Falcons will be forced to throw the ball so many times (61 last week), that the Panthers can just anticipate the pass every time.
It won't be any easier against Carolina than it was against Arizona. Carolina has the second best run defense in the NFL.
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Private finance can break down barriers in AFV market
Private finance is playing a critical role in accelerating the deployment of clean energy technologies that will reduce the impacts of our energy use on the global climate. Can some of these innovative financing tools – or new tools – also help spur alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) and fueling infrastructure?
That's a question we have set out to answer in a new initiative with the National Association of State Energy Officials. As a first step, we've explored some of the key barriers in the AFV market that private investment could help address.
Auld Lang Green!
Happy New Year! It's time to think about your resolutions for 2014. Consider making one that will result in a cleaner environment, a more stable climate … and a happier you. Here are a few ideas:
- Pledge to save energy. Take these actions to save money and energy, and leave the environment healthier for everyone in the New Year.
- Keep your gatherings food-waste free. Americans throw away 34 million tons of food every year. To reduce your waste, take what you know you'll eat and make leftovers with any remaining food. Learn more in this blog.
- Compost it. Composting can be done in a pile in the yard, an outdoor bin, or even in a vermicompost (worm) bin indoors. You can build your own or purchase one online. Composting can help reduce the 1.3 billion tons of food that goes to waste globally and help reduce methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.
Four ways climate change is transforming our winters
Joe Casola, staff scientist and program director of Science and Impacts, and Dan Huber, science and policy fellow, co-authored this article.
The terms "climate change" and "global warming" might conjure up images of balmy beaches and scalding deserts – a world without winter. But it's more complicated than that.
As we prepare for the official arrival of the season on Dec. 21, let's look at a few ways winters in the United States are changing because of global warming, and what we can do to adapt.
Research affirms climate impacts are already here
This year saw the release of three notable reports related to climate science. Together, they paint a clear picture:
- Global warming is largely caused by human actions,
- The future climate is likely to be very different without significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions,
- Climate change impacts are already occurring, and
- Some future impacts could be catastrophic to communities, businesses and ecosystems.
The draft National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released for public comment in January, and the major conclusions aren't expected to change when the final report is released in 2014. U.S. average temperature has increased by about 1.5°F since 1895 with 80 percent of this increase occurring since 1980. The report projects that temperatures will continue to rise, with a 2° to 4°F increase occurring in most areas over the next few decades. According to the report, these changes are contributing to an increased risk of extreme weather, coastal flooding, loss of biodiversity, and negative impacts on public health.
The federal climate: A look back and ahead
A year ago, the path ahead for climate action at the federal level was murky. Congress clearly had little appetite for climate and energy legislation, and while President Obama had declared that climate change would be a priority in his second term, the details were hazy.
Heading into 2014, there is a clear direction and a credible and comprehensive plan for action. The Climate Action Plan the president announced in June outlines a wide array of steps his administration plans to take using existing authorities to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency, expand renewable and other low-carbon energy sources, and strengthen resilience to extreme weather and other climate impacts.
Given congressional paralysis, this plan is likely to be the blueprint for U.S. climate action for at least the next three years. The reaction at the United Nations climate conference last month in Warsaw showed that other countries have noticed, and are encouraged to see stronger U.S. action.
A key step in implementing the plan was the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal in September to limit carbon emissions from new power plants. Other elements of the plan that have already seen movement include:


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Wild offseason for Marc-Andre Fleury
Marc-Andre Fleury hails from the quiet, usually cold Quebec town of Sorel-Tracy, so his summer vacation must have made for quite the culture shock.
"I went to Africa," the Penguins' goaltender playfully beamed after practice Saturday at Consol Energy Center.
Fleury and his fiancee flew to South Africa -- they started in Cape Town -- then went on a safari in the northern part of the country on one of its many wildlife reserves. They were driven through the reserve and, as he described it, saw some remarkable sights: Two lions attacked a hippopotamus. An elephant was knocking down a tree.
"It's something we both talked about doing, and we're really glad we did," Fleury said. "It's a great experience, something you'll never forget."
Especially watching those lions in action.
"It was amazing, to be so close to that, to see that for yourself," he said.
Their vehicle had no roof or windows, unlike many on African safaris, but Fleury could not recall feeling threatened.
"The animals know the jeep, and they stay away," Fleury said. "Besides, the guy with us had a really big gun."
An early glimpse
Drawing conclusions from the first scrimmage of training camp usually isn't productive, but even coach Dan Bylsma admitted being impressed with a line combination.
The trio of Evgeni Malkin, Tyler Kennedy and Steve Sullivan led Team B to a 5-1 victory over Team Black. Kennedy scored twice, and Sullivan added a goal.
Malkin, meanwhile, produced a couple of assists, scored on a penalty shot and skated fluidly, showing no signs of February's ACL surgery.
"It's tough not to notice Tyler Kennedy, Malkin and Sullivan together," Bylsma said.
Malkin enjoyed playing with Kennedy and Sullivan.
"I like it," Malkin said. "It's two small guys, but they work hard and skate hard."
What a crowd
Several thousand Penguins fans watched for more than four hours, as three groups practiced at Consol Energy Center. The crowd showered each player who took the ice with affection and delivered a standing ovation to Sidney Crosby that lasted more than a minute.
"I think it says a lot about our fans," Crosby said.
Practice is open to the public again starting at 9 a.m. today.
"I see a chance for a hit, and I'm like, 'Whoa, that's Malkin!"
-- Steve McIntyre, the Penguins' new 6-foot-5, 250-pound left winger, on scrimmaging against star players


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White T-Shirts Are Not OK In Philly
Philadelphia Senator Anthony Williams has decided that there's an interesting juxtaposition between crime and style, and is cracking down on the city's issues by addressing the fashion choices of a few residents. This morning, during an announcement from the Mayor, Williams mentioned that extra funds from the city's budget are going to be devoted to stopping the "white-T culture" in Philadelphia. Essentially, he feels that by eliminating the ability to derive power from their common look, the Senator believes he'll effectively decrease the power of street gangs who hang around on the city's corners in huge white T-shirts. "We're penetrating the veil of silence," he said of the decision. "During these tough economic times, we have to set our priorities and be a role model for the country. These children are looking for us to stand up for them, and we have to turn this 'white-T culture' in a different direction." I hate to say it, but, uh, I don't think the solution to ending gang violence is as easy as banning white T-shirts. What do you think? Could nixing the white T-shirt culture really help change the crime problems of the city? And what about people who aren't in gangs who want to wear white T-shirts? [Styleite]


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Description: Families are invited to the synagogue for a festive Hanukah service featuring a performance by the junior choir. The evening will include special holiday music, Hanukah candle lighting, latkes, treats, gelt, and dreidel games. Families can bring their own menorah for candle lighting.


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Body lice bites can cause intense itching, and you may notice small areas of blood and crust on your skin at the site of the bite marks.
See your doctor if improved hygiene doesn't eliminate the infestation, or if you develop a skin infection from scratching the bites.
Body lice are similar to head lice, but have different habits. While head lice live in your hair and feed on your scalp, body lice typically live in your clothes and bedding. They travel to your skin several times a day to feed on blood.
The seams of your clothing are the most common places for body lice to lay their eggs (nits). You can become infested with body lice if you come into close contact with a person who has body lice, or with clothing or bedding that is infested with body lice.
People who are at higher risk of body lice tend to live in crowded, unclean conditions. They include:
Dogs, cats and other pets do not spread body lice.
Body lice infestations usually cause minimal problems. However, a body lice infestation sometimes leads to complications such as:
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Social Media Debate: Representing Atrocities Online
Wed 29 Jan 2014
Time: 6.00pm - 7.00pm
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Library's Young Volunteers are hosting a social media debate at the Library for young people aged 16-25. In an informal setting, the topic of discussion will be:
'How should we regulate material on the internet relating to the Holocaust and genocide?'
We'll be covering questions about age limits and appropriateness of material, ethics of displaying atrocity imagery, issues of freedom of information and data protection, whether archives should make their material accessible and whether more could be done to prevent the spread of Holocaust denial material. The Library (@wienerlibrary) will be live-tweeting the main points made in the discussion and members of the public will be able to join in on Twitter using the hashtag #WLdebate.
To attend the debate at the Library you must be aged 16-25, please email firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
Location: The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London - click for map