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Phase denotes the particular point in the cycle of a waveform, measured as an angle in degrees. It is normally not an audible characteristic of a single wave (but can be when we using very low-frequency waves as controls in synthesis). It is a very important factor in the interaction of one wave with another, either acoustically or electronically.
The Flash example below traces a sine wave by plotting the height of the tip of a spoke (or radius) of a rotating wheel (y-axis) against time (x-axis). The height of the spoke-tip corresponds to the waveforms relative amplitude, here plotted between an imaginary +1 to -1. To measure the phase angle, we start with the reference of the spoke pointing completly to the right and refer to that as 0º, with a relative height or amplitude of 0 as well. A the wheel rotates couterclockwise, the sine wave reaches its peak positive amplitude when the spoke has traveled 90º from its starting point (click on the 90º button), with a relative amplitude of +1. At 180º from the starting point, the amplitude of the sine wave has returned to 0 (click on the 180º button). At 270º, the sine wave reaches its peak negative amplitude of -1 (click on the 270º button) and then returns to 0 as it returns to its starting point of 360º or 0º.1
Another common sinusoidal waveform used in synthesis or measurement is the cosine wave, which is exactly the same shape as a sine wave and would sound exactly the same all by itself, but is distinguished by the fact that its cycle begins 90° out of phase to a sine wave, or at +1.
When waveforms of either the same or differing phases are combined, they interfere with each other and their instantaneous amplitudes are summed to create a new composite wave. This is a fairly simple-to-predict process with electronic circuits, but is far more complex in the realm of acoustic sounds as we will see below. For waves of differing phases, the fraction of a period between peaks is the phase difference and is also expressed in degrees, as above with the sine and cosine waves. Two waves with the same frequency and phase will combine to create a single sound of greater amplitudethis is called constructive interference.
Two identical waves 180 degrees out of phase will completely cancel each other out in a process called phase cancellation or destructive interference.
Often there is a combination of both destructive and constructive interference as pictured below in a mix of a sine wave and cosine wave of equal amplitude and frequency. Notice how the result is a sinus-shaped wave of slightly greater amplitude than either component, but slightly out of phase with both.
In real-world acoustic environments, constructive and destructive interference occurs constantly due to room acoustics and other factors. In fact, interference between the sound source and reflected waves are key to producing standing waves. Sometimes taking a small step to the side may completely change the timbral characteristic of a sound because it alters the phase relationship of the source and its reflections. Stereo microphone pairs that are improperly placed can inadvertently lead to unwanted phase cancellations at certain frequencies.
Two sounds with a small difference in frequency, say two piano strings of the same pitch, may be perceived as a single sound, but as the waves evolve, they move slightly in and out of phase with each other. The resulting constructive and destructive interference produce a pulsation of amplitude. This pulsation is known as beating. The rate or pulsation or beat frequency is the difference in frequencies. A string tuned to 440 Hz and one tuned to 441Hz will produce a pulsation once per second.
Use the interactive example below to create beats for yourself. Turn on the 440 Hz sine wave, then turn on the 441 Hz tone (see if you can time your click to the 1-second timer). This will produce one beat per second (441 - 440 = 1). Turn off the 441 Hz tone and click on the 442 hz tone. This will produce two beats per second (442 - 400 = 2). What happens when you activate all three tones?
Use the interactive example below to create beats for yourself. Turn on the 440 Hz sine wave, then turn on the 441 Hz tone (see if you can time your click to the 1-second timer). This will produce one beat per second (441 - 440 = 1). Turn off the 441 Hz tone and click on the 442 hz tone. This will produce two beats per second (442 - 400 = 2). What happens when you activate all three tones?
For further study, see Hyperphysics->Interference, Hyperphysics->Beats


text: There were, of course, a lot of opponents to the new VC interpretation, as we all noted aat the time. There were also people who resented the destruction of local business in the persona of the National tower, and more significantly, Steinwere Avenue business when the VC was moved.Tthere were people he decried the removal of the "historic" old VC and there is still the issue of the "architecturally" significant Cyclorama building. There are people who resented Dr. Latschar not agreeing to statues to there own personal statue on the field. There are people upset over the destruction of artillery sites adjacent to the new VC. There are people who decry his failure to preserve local underground railroad sites. Ad naseum. In short, he ticked off a lot of people. It was not just the interpretation. It was years of denying the lilliputians that nailed Dr. Latschar , coupled with a personal quirk. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Lawrence" <denlaw at gojade.org> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: GDG- Changes in Gettyburg Battlefield thru the years > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > Hello, > > I would just as soon not go there. But. there was a lot of opposition to > the changes Dr. Latschar made that was based on the interpretation > including an emphasis on slavery. > > That is not hearsay or wrong, as anyone who followed the development of > the VC can attest. > > Take Care > > Dennis > > At 04:21 PM 1/2/2012, you wrote: >>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >>The reason the last superintendent was removed was over personnel issue, >>not interpretation of the field. >>The reason some people was that some people really resented that he would >>not remake the park in their image and likeness. >>Dr. Latcshar was the finest steward of the field since Bacheldor. Your >>statement is wrong and a repetition >>of groundless hearsay. >>You are on your own on the rest. >>Regards, >>Jack >> >>jo > > > > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com > -to unsubscribe > http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives >

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01 Stockholm Street Style: Some lovely summer ensembles to admire… both the clothing and accessories play compliment to the overall look. From the all black ensemble to the woven clutch and golden shoes, to Miroslava's incredibly bold look, there are so many lovely styles…
02 Chloé Fall & Winter accessories: Stunning handbags, jewelry, shoes—all to make us long for (maybe for just a moment or two) Autumn to arrive. Soft creams and camels, a bit of tangerine, soft, classic Chloé yellow, and of course, the basics: red, white, black. Aren't they just divine?
03 On Barney's New York, a great selection of classic "it" bags
04 A virtual visit to Italy with a lovely old film
05 On Linen and Lavender, the beauty of essential oils
06 Fabulous artwork on Anna Stelmakh
07 I think I am in love with Heidi Merrick's entire Fall collection
08 A beautiful antique menu—so decorative!
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So beautiful post! Chloé collection is stunning.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the link love :-)
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The orange and tan Chloé bag is definitely my favourite. And I'm also in love with the minimalist design of the ones in Barney's selection. Thank you for the mention, Sarah! Wishing you a lovely week!ReplyDelete
Ada, this is one of my favorites as well :) Seems so buttery soft and the color is ideal! Wishing you a lovely week as well, xxDelete
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Dying over your images! Each thing more chic and beautiful than the next! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. And that orange and tan Chloe caught my eye too!ReplyDelete
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ooh, Sarah! the images selection is really pretty. Chloe creations are amazing and Stockholm Street Style inspiration is very wise.ReplyDelete
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Defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd and safety Matt Elam both earned spots on the first team All-SEC defense. The two combined for 21 tackles for a loss during the 2012 season, as Elam became a menace playing as an extra man in the box for team's to prepare for.
Punter Kyle Christy earned his spot on the first team All-SEC after being one of the top punters in the country. He averaged 46.1 yards per punt and totaled 25 punts of 50+ yards. He dropped 26 punts inside the opponent's 20 while totaling just six touchbacks.
After not being on the Associated Press All-SEC first or second team, linebacker Jon Bostic was voted by the SEC coaches onto the second team All-SEC. The senior was third on the team with 62 tackles, adding three sacks, two interceptions, four quarterback hurries and one forced fumble.
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Exa has a unique solution to fan noise issues. By directly simulating the noise generated by fans, engineers can easily identify how to reduce the noise signatures. This has distinct advantages over the traditional CFD methods of looking at pure component level simulation.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University's Counseling and Testing Center will hold a conference Oct. 18-19 in recognition of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.
The free conference, "Kaleidoscope of Change: Patterns in Prevention," is open to FMU students, as well as faculty and staff.
The conference will begin on Friday, Oct. 18, with registration at 4:30 p.m. and dinner and a speaker from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Smith University Center commons area.
On Saturday, Oct. 19, registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by concurrent workshop sessions from 10 to 11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. A luncheon with entertainment will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
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— On March 22nd, Joseph "Abyss" Park and Velvet Sky will be doing a meet and greet with fans before the TNA house show in Concord, NC. It will take place from 2 to 4PM at Direct Auto Insurance 1509 S. Cannon Blvd. in Kannapolis, NC.
— TNA has signed former Gutcheck winner Sam Shaw to a contract. You can read more about that here.
Wait wasn't he signed to TNA already? or did they give him an OVW contract when he won Gutcheck?
i think the contract you get for passing gutcheck is a developmental contract.
i reckon this news has been mis-reported.
from the sound of it, they gave him a developmental contract, getting OVW was one of the best things tna could of never done. give them a great place to send people to get training
I still can't believe that WWE let OVW go as their developmental training area. I mean I know that area is rich in local talent like Memphis, TN used to be.
I can the WWE is so much driven by $$$ that it took on the PG it's all about the money not the content. I seriously can see growth in TNA . It's slow growth however is growing, I think TNA was Smart to team up with OVW. I think TNA was even smarter to take impact on the road! Comparing the two TNA product has gotten better, while the WWE continues the rehash the same old same old. It was so bad about a year or so ago, a friend of mine set down to watch raw, half way through we turned the channel it was BOREING ! Lol! I switched this year to TNA only an have been pleasantly surprised by some of the angles and matches. It hasn't been perfect by any means however, it's held my attention and that is what it's suppose to do.
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In order to study perfect and non-perfect secret sharing schemes with all generality, we describe the structure of the schemes through their access function, a real function that measures the amount of information that every subset of participants knows about the secret value. We present new tools for the construction of secret sharing schemes. In particular, we construct a secret sharing scheme for every access function.
We extend the connections between polymatroids and perfect secret sharing schemes to the non-perfect ones to find new results on the information ratio. We find a new lower bound on the information ratio that is better than the ones previously known. In particular, this bound is tight for uniform access functions. The access function of a secret sharing scheme is uniform if all participants play the same role in a scheme (e.g. ramp secret sharing schemes). Moreover, we construct a secret sharing scheme with optimal information ratio for every rational uniform access function.
Algebraic properties of modular addition modulo a power of two have been studied for two operands by Braeken in fse\'05. Also, the authors of this paper, have studied this operator, in some special cases, before. In this paper, taking advantage of previous researches in this area, we generalize the algebraic properties of this operator for more than two summands. More precisely, we
determine the algebraic degree of the component Boolean functions of modular addition of arbitrary number of summands modulo a power of two, as a vectorial Boolean function, along with the number of terms and variables in these component functions. As a result, algebraic degrees of the component Boolean functions of Generalized Pseudo-Hadamard Transforms are driven.
In this work we explore the possibility of using cut-and-choose for practical secure \\emph{three-party} computation. The three-party case has been studied in prior work in the semi-honest setting, and is motivated by the observation that real-world deployments of multi-party computation are likely to involve few parties. We propose a constant-round protocol for three-party computation tolerating any number of malicious parties, whose computational cost is essentially only \\emph{twice} that of state-of-the-art two-party protocols.
One of our main contributions is the definition of an ideal primitive, which we call $\\mathcal{F}_{\\mathrm{CR}}^\\star$ ($\\mathrm{CR}$ stands for ``claim-or-refund\'\'), that formalizes and abstracts the exact properties we require from the Bitcoin network to achieve our goals. Naturally, this abstraction allows us to design fair protocols in a hybrid model in which parties have access to the $\\mathcal{F}_{\\mathrm{CR}}^\\star$ functionality, and is otherwise independent of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
We also show an efficient realization of $\\mathcal{F}_{\\mathrm{CR}}^\\star$ that requires only two Bitcoin transactions to be made on the network.
Our constructions also enjoy high efficiency. In a multiparty setting, our protocols only require a constant number of calls to $\\mathcal{F}_{\\mathrm{CR}}^\\star$ per party on top of a standard multiparty secure computation protocol. Our fair multiparty lottery protocol improves over previous solutions which required a quadratic number of Bitcoin transactions.


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Mercy is pleased to announce that the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Women's Sports Association has added the Mary Jo Huismann Administrator Award to their 2012 ceremony. The award will be given to a current administrator of an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics program who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and service and made significant contributions that enhances and promotes the sports experience for girls and women in our community.
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The Board of Trustees elected Miss Margaret Mann as principal in 1849, hoping she possessed the qualities to continue Miss Cate's improvements. After only a brief tenure, however, the Board noted that her "lack of serious religious commitment" in the Seminary caused them great concern. Although Wheaton Seminary was non-sectarian, it was committed to Christian spiritual and moral concepts, and expected them to be emphasized in the curriculum and leadership. After the board searched for and found a principal that they believed would provide these qualities, they essentially forced Miss Mann to resign.
One obstacle to Miss Mann's success in her one-year tenure was the construction of a new Seminary Hall, paid for with Laban Morey Wheaton's gift of $10,000. The noise, dirt, workmen, and general disruption must have made it difficult to maintain order and discipline.
Margaret Mann married Mr. Thomas Rice. Like all the other principals, she returned to address the Seminary at its 50th Anniversary celebration in 1885.


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Yesterday news broke that Master P's soon to be ex-wife was claiming he had kidnapped his children. She claimed he waited for them after school then never returned the kids home. She did file for emergency custody but unfortunately did not get it. Now Master P is setting the record straight about the situation AND he got the KIDS involved. Is it ok to have the kids involved when mom and dad don't agree? Check it out below!


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AN ELABORATE wooden easel handcrafted by an Eastwood high teacher is to take pride of place at special events across East Renfrewshire.
Design technology teacher JP Murray spent a week's holiday making the easel, designed to hold a plaque at the official opening of the school.
Former furniture designer JP used Scottish witch elm from sustainable woodland.
Woodwork is the teacher's passion, and he added: "I have a lathe in my garage, and I'm out there most nights!"
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Steve Lord writes: => > ok - i have found the place where it hangs (by the help of lots of => > printk's and at the end also delays :-) - it loops in xfs_xlatesb => > through the while loop taking the "if (arch == ARCH_NOCONVERT" and => > the "if (dir>0) {" (not the "else" one in both cases) ... does this => > help you in any way ? - should i print out any variables there ? => My cheap answer is we wait for the Australians who did the endian => conversion => work to come in to work. A big endian version of this code has booted but => any changes this required have not been put back into the tree, I suspect => something in this area, since this code is dealing with byte swapping => and should be a noop in your case. We're awake now but soon to be in meetings. Stubbing out xfs_xlatesb is fine in the mount, but later on it gets used to copy selected fields between two superblocks, so you'll need it to work. When you say it loops in xfs_xlatesb, do you mean it loops _forever_? Because it should loop quite a few times (once for each field) but obviously should terminate. If it loops forever, I suspect there must be an endian issue with xfs_lowbit64. Could you print out the value "f" returned by this each time around and let me know what you get? You should get "0", "1", "2"... "42" and then the function should exit The only way I can see it getting stuck is if xfs_lowbit64 has issues and ends up returning the wrong number, never letting the while terminate. You'll need xfs_lowbit64 to be correct for everything to work, so it would be worth checking it out... Let me know how you get on. ----------------------------------------------------- Daniel Moore dxm@xxxxxxx R&D Software Engineer Phone: +61-3-98348209 SGI Performance Tools Group Fax: +61-3-98132378 -----------------------------------------------------
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Team Australia, the national team headed by Alan Jones that will compete in the new A1 Grand Prix of Nations series, will conduct its first test next week in the UK.
The series, being run by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum, will pit country against country rather than individuals against each other.
Twelve countries will be represented and 25 cars are expected to race, with all teams running identical 3.4-litre V8 Zytek-engined Lola A1 chassis.
The opening race of the series will be at Britain's Brands Hatch on September 25, while Eastern Creek west of Sydney will host the fourth round on November 6.
The first of the two Australian cars will have its first shakedown at Silverstone next week. Jones said the test session would be used to ensure all systems were operating smoothly.
"… It essentially allows us to get the drivers behind the wheel and get them comfortable in their surrounds, along with allowing the team to gather some data ahead of the major test at Paul Ricard at the end of August, when the race for driver selection will really be on," he said.
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Monchengladbach, Germany: Olympic champions Australia ran circles around Pakistan on way to a fluent 3-0 win in the concluding match of the league phase of the men's hockey World Cup on Wednesday night. The victory took Australia (12 points) to the top of pool A ahead of Spain (11) and set up a semi-final meeting with Korea on Friday. Spain will face pool B toppers and World champions Germany in the other semi-final. Pakistan ended fourth in their pool behind New Zealand and will be playing for 5-8 positions along with the Netherlands and England. The Aussies, who had begun their league campaign with a surprise loss to Spain, exerted total control over the Pakistanis who could only launch a few sporadic attacks, forcing a couple of penalty corners that Sohail Abbas failed to put away. At the other end, the Aussies struck through Bevan Geroge (13th, 50th) with Jamie Dwyer flicking home one of the top goals of the tournament after a brilliant solo run in the 33rd. (PTI)
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SHIRBRIG: Ready to deploy
Established in 1996 by seven countries, the Multinational Stand-By High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG) is a multinational brigade that can be made available to the UN as a rapidly deployable peacekeeping force.
The SHIRBRIG initiative has brought together a group of like-minded countries – 15 members and eight observers – committed to reinforce the UN Stand-By Arrangement System through effective and continuous pre-deployment planning, with highly qualified officers. SHIRBRIG promotes interoperability through the establishment of common standards and procedures, as well as joint training of headquarters staff and the officers of the SHIRBRIG assigned units.
Experience has proven that the rapid deployment of military assets within the first six to seven weeks after a Security Council mandate is crucial for the success of a peacekeeping operation. In his 1995 statement "Supplement to an Agenda for Peace", Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali recommended that the UN consider the idea of a rapid deployment force, consisting of units from a number ofMember States, trained to the same standard, using the same operating procedures and interoperable equipment, and taking part in combined exercises at regular intervals.
Any deployment of SHIRBRIG must be mandated by the Security Council. Although originally established for UN missions under Chapter VI of the Charter, more robust missions are considered on a case-by-case basis. SHIRBRIG will deploy for a maximum of six months, following which the mission is either terminated or replaced by a non-SHIRBRIG contribution.
From 2000 to 2006, SHIRBRIG participated in five UN missions, either with deployments or in support to the planning: UNMEE, UNOCI, UNMIL, UNAMI and UNMIS.
A series of SHIRBRIG initiatives have also been taken to assist the African Union and the various African regional organizations in their desire to establish the African Stand-By Forces, a regional initiative based on the SHIRBRIG model.
At present, SHIRBRIG has a rapidly deployable permanent staff consisting of 16 officers located in Høvelte,Denmark.Another 100 non-permanent staff officers, who perform duties in and for their home countries, are trained and ready to join the permanent staff in addition to force pool units.
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Shady Lane Knitted Afghan
Pattern calls for Brunswick Germantown Knitting Worsted or Windrush.
Pattern calls for this number 4oz skeins:
- color A 9092 Lt. Lime 3 skeins
- color B 9093 Lime 3 skeins
- color C 9094 Med. Lime 3 skeins
- color D 9095 Dark Lime 3 skeins
Published in 1976
What looks to be the same pattern is on the Bernat web site with the name Bernat Worsted Pink Afghan to knit. Free but membership required.


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Hopkins County sheriff's deputies went to Quinlan Wednesday morning and arrested a 28-year-old man for online solicitation of child.
Chief Sheriff's Investigator Lewis Tatum identified the man as Gary Allen Lovejoy of Quinlan.
"Investigator Daniel Winn and Sgt. Corley Weatherford had been working an online solicitation of a minor case on Lovejoy," Tatum said. "They had developed enough evidence, went to the district attorney's office and got a warrant."
The deputies were in Quinlan early yesterday and arrested Lovejoy at his residence and returned him to Hopkins County.
Tatum said the man had been in online communication with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl but was actually one of the investigators.
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Stevens downplays rate pricing
The admission by Reserve Bank of Australia Governor
Rarely do central bank officials mention specific numerical currency targets, but the RBA has become increasingly forthright in trying to talk down the currency in recent months – and has repeatedly suggested of late that it was "uncomfortably high".
Where did this US85¢ level come from?
While not mentioned specifically, published RBA research suggests one of its preferred currency valuation models is based where the currency has tended to trade in the past at given levels of the terms of trade, and at given levels of inflation and real (in other words, after inflation) interest differentials for Australia compared to other major economies.
The best model is based on "regression analysis" of these relationships back to the mid-1980s.
I've replicated this model and updated the estimates to the current quarter, based on the latest available information.
Looking at just the Australian-US bilateral exchange rate, the model suggests the nominal Australian dollar has tended to fall over time to offset the fact local inflation has been higher than that in the United States – in other words, the real exchange rate, or index of competitiveness against the US, tends to remain constant over time. That's good news for those who fear a high exchange rate is killing our competitiveness – allowing for other factors at work, history suggests the exchange rate adjusts to offset differences in cost competitiveness.
What the model suggests
That said, the model also suggests that every one percentage point increase in the real interest rate differential between Australia and the United States increases the bilateral exchange rate by 1 per cent, and every 10 per cent rise in the terms of trade increases the exchange rate by 7.5 per cent.
Sure enough, the model suggests that "fair value" for the Australian dollar is currently around US85¢.
How so? Due to higher local inflation, for the exchange rate to be back at its long-run average in real terms, it would need to be around US66¢ today. The model, however, says the $A should now be 30 per cent above this average real value, due to the fact the terms of trade – even though they have fallen 18 per cent from peak levels in late 2011 – are still 40 per cent above their average since the mid-1980s. That would place $A nominal fair value at US85.8¢.
Against this we can knock off a cent from fair value because the real interest rate differential is currently around 1 percentage point, or a bit less than its long-run average of 1.7 percentage points.
Yes, that's right: despite all the talk about exceptionally low US interest rates driving up the $A, the fact is that local interest rates – in both real and nominal terms – are currently even lower than their average since the mid-1980s than are those in the United States.
In other words, it's the still very high terms of trade – rather than local costs or interest rates – that are largely responsible for the exchange rate being where it is today, and producing such a negative shock for other trade exposed non-mining sectors of the economy. It's a classic "Dutch-Disease" problem – where particular strength in one-trade exposed sectors (in our case mining) drives up the currency and squeezes the competitiveness of other trade exposed sectors.
Clearly, even with today's still elevated level of the terms of trade, the $A is a bit higher than it should be – but not massively so.
Standard deviation
Indeed, what's perhaps most surprising is how close the currency has been to fair value – even before the Governor's Stevens latest verbal assault. After all, the model's so-called "standard deviation" is around US10¢, suggesting there's around a two thirds chance the $A will be within US10¢ of fair value at any given time.
Earlier last week, the $A was trading around US91¢, or about US6¢ – less than one standard deviation – above fair-value. In recent times it was most overvalued back in the December quarter last year, when it averaged US$1.04, or 15¢ above the then fair value estimate of US89¢. The $A was most undervalued in mid-2008, when it briefly traded at US21¢ below fair-value.
The good new for those wanting a lower $A is that it should still fall over time – assuming the terms of trade also fall back to more normal levels. Indeed, if the terms of trade fell back to their average since 1986 – which would imply a further 30 per cent decline – and the real interest rate differential also lifted to its long-run average, the $A's fair value would decline to US66¢.
If, instead, the terms of trade fell in line with Treasury's latest official forecasts – contained in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal outlook – it would imply a further fall of around 10 per cent by June 2017, which would leave them 27 per cent above average.
It turn, that would generate an $A fair value – assuming a return to average interest rate differentials and broadly equal local and US inflation – of US79¢. That would be some relief, but still put the real exchange rate at a challenging 20 per cent above its long-run average.
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DENVER (Ticker) -- Chris Carrieri scored his first career playoff goal as the Colorado Rapids evened their first-round series at one win apiece with a 1-0 blanking of the Dallas Burn. The decisive third game will be played Wednesday in Dallas, where the Burn will try to reach the MLS Cup semifinals for the first time since 1999. With just 12 minutes remaining, Carrieri broke through on a quick strike. Rapids defender Robin Fraser intercepted a clearing attempt on the right flank and knocked a cross into the penalty area. Eight yards from goal, Carrieri beat defender Tenywa Bonseu to the ball and turned before first-timing the ball into the back of the net, past goalkeeper Matt Jordan. A two-year veteran, Carrieri had 11 goals during the season to tie Mark Chung and Chris Henderson for the team lead. The Burn brought in attacking midfielder Joselito Vaca in the 80th minute, but he left eight minutes later after taking a boot to the head from Carlos Valderrama. Dallas never mounted a serious threat at the equalizer as David Kramer recorded his third career playoff shutout. The Rapids owned the better of the play in the first half with a 9-4 edge in shots. But their best opportunities came on shots from outside the box. After conceding four goals in Game One, Rapids coach Tim Hankinson made two tactical changes to his back line, inserting fullbacks Wes Hart and Ritchie Kotschau. They replaced central defender Rick Titus and Zach Kingsley, a right midfielder, in the starting lineup.
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A musical icon rebuilds his life, home and music
By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
NEW ORLEANS Fats Domino, a founding father of rock 'n' roll, an R&B legend and a New Orleans saint, summarizes his 58-year recording career with sweet sincerity: "There's not too much to talk about."
He squirms slightly in his metal chair near the stage of Tipitina's nightclub and continues in his thick Creole patois. "I'm glad that people liked me and my music. I guess it was an interesting life. I didn't pay much attention, and I never thought I'd be here this long."
And then his anxiety dissolves as he jumps into the title track of his 2006 album, Alive and Kickin':
All over the country, people wanna know
What ever happened to Fats Domino?
And I'm alive and kickin'
"That song's been around awhile," says Domino, 79. "People think I wrote that after Katrina. It was before."
The 2005 hurricane capsized Domino's life, though he's loath to confess any inconvenience or misery outside of missing his social circle in the Lower Ninth Ward, still destroyed and deserted despite some signs of renewal. The smaller of his two side-by-side homes there is nearly restored, with fresh funds expected from a star-studded tribute album out Tuesday on Vanguard. Goin' Home, a 30-track double disc, boasts Domino classics remade by New Orleans heroes from Allen Toussaint to Dr. John, plus such Fats admirers as Tom Petty, Elton John, Randy Newman and Norah Jones.
In addition to renovating Domino's Caffin Avenue home, proceeds will fund other Tipitina's Foundation projects, including Instruments a Comin', which aids area school band programs. The tribute is why Domino, arriving with his favorite cabdriver, came from his current home in Harvey, La., to the Uptown club for a rare interview.
Soft-spoken and pathologically bashful, he's uneasy facing a reporter, though he brightens at the sight of an ice chest stocked with Heinekens, his favorite after earlier loyalties to hometown Jax and Dixie brands.
"I like to go four or five a day," he says. "I just like the taste. I met the company owner in Amsterdam, you know."
It's a rare exotic flavor in Domino's insulated world. He built his Ninth Ward homes a few blocks from the canal-flanking Jourdan Avenue house he was born in. Reluctantly touring the globe, he carried a hot plate and gumbo ingredients. He quit touring decades ago and never takes vacations. When he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998, Domino declined President Clinton's invitation to accept it at the White House.
"I traveled so much, I don't have anywhere left to go," says Domino, plump and dapper in a pale blue shirt, captain's cap and diamond-encrusted ring. The gold airplane pendant he frequently sports "reminds me not to fly. There's no place like New Orleans for me. I like that nightclubs stay open all day and all night. People are friendly here. You can't find better food."
A quiet, but vital, presence
Even in his backyard, he's rarely glimpsed and seldom performs.
"I play enough," he corrects. He may perform at Tipitina's Sept. 29 Goin' Home release party. He last took the stage for a raucous 32-minute gig May 19 at Tip's.
"Only 32 minutes?" he says, turning to Bill Taylor, executive director of the Tipitina's Foundation. "That's all you wanted?"
"That's all you wanted to give," Taylor shoots back.
Domino grins. "Maybe you all didn't pay me."
Taylor: "Another beer, Fats?"
Domino: "Do hogs like slop?"
Conceived a year after Katrina, Goin' Home coalesced into a perfect storm of good intentions.
"Fats wanted to be more involved in recovery efforts — not in a public way, but behind the scenes," Taylor says. "He inspired so many artists, and this gave them a tangible way to recognize Fats and help New Orleans."
After securing Yoko Ono's permission to use John Lennon's Ain't That a Shame, Taylor easily lured others, with Neil Young and Paul McCartney submitting tracks just under the deadline. Getting clearances from labels proved taxing, but artists were enthusiastic.
"We call it the Domino effect," Taylor says. "He's been out of the spotlight for years, but that doesn't change the impact he had. Everyone who signed on understood the significance of Fats."
The tribute's diversity in such pairings as Robert Plant with the Soweto Gospel Choir illustrates how "he really did bridge a gap between black and white audiences," Taylor says. "A lot of white performers had more success financially, but not in terms of influence. Fats is very humble about that. Fame is not of interest to him. If people treated him like a celebrity, he'd be embarrassed to the hilt."
Domino does squirm at the mention of Goin' Home's roster of Fats fanatics. "I'm so glad they took the time, and I certainly appreciate what they've done," he says.
He sold more than 65 million records and scored 37 top 40 hits during his stint at Imperial Records (1949-1963). Only Elvis Presley sold more rock records in the '50s. Eclipsed by his disciples, Domino never complained about his place in rock's pantheon: "I'm satisfied with what happened."
About half of Home was homemade in New Orleans, with Domino attending the Plant and Herbie Hancock sessions. B.B. King taped the title track in Las Vegas. McCartney worked in London. And local sensation Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews did Whole Lotta Loving in New York with Lenny Kravitz, ReBirth Brass Band and James Brown's former horn section.
"For the first time ever, I was nervous," says Andrews. "Lenny's one of my idols, I grew up under ReBirth, and Fred Wesley is king of the funky trombone. And here we are, honoring one of the greatest New Orleans musicians ever.
"After Louis Armstrong, Fats was the key icon to take New Orleans music and make it mainstream, to keep the music real but make it commercially appealing to the rest of the world. He's an inspiration."
Andrews is especially impressed by Domino's hometown allegiance.
"People in the Ninth Ward love him," he says. "For him to live in the toughest part of town, it gave people hope. They respected that. He was the king of the Ninth Ward."
Mostly self-taught, Antoine Domino was inspired by pianists Albert Ammons and Amos Milburn and learned piano from his brother-in-law Harrison Verrett, a player in Oscar "Papa" Celestin's band.
"I didn't need school for that," he says. "I could listen to a record and play it right away. Anything with a lot of piano, I'd pay attention.
"I didn't know I would be a musician. I worked on an ice truck. I towed ice blocks on my back, sometimes 100 pounds, sometimes 25 or 50. I was 15. In the houses where people had a piano in their rooms, I'd stop and play. That's how I practiced."
Big time for The Fat Man
In 1949, after being discovered in The Hideaway on Desire Street, Domino and longtime collaborator Dave Bartholomew retooled drug-themed Junkers Blues into The Fat Man, his first Imperial Records hit and considered by many the earliest rock 'n' roll song. They teamed on a host of R&B hits, including Domino's first crossover, 1955's Ain't That a Shame, a No. 10 pop hit. Pat Boone's version reached No. 2. Did white artists get better breaks?
"They had better laws," says Domino, who avoids discussing politics or race. "I was used to it, so it didn't make any difference. It was harder traveling. There were separate places to get gas or use the bathroom. I didn't let that bother me. It still doesn't bother me.
"Maybe I'm putting you on," he adds with a sly chuckle. "Maybe it's the beer."
Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday and I'm Walkin' landed in the top five. His last single to crack Billboard's top 100 was a 1968 cover of Lady Madonna (the song McCartney wrote to pay homage to Domino).
He continued performing after his chart slide in the mid-'60s, but gradually retreated into a quiet existence, emerging only for infrequent concerts or special occasions. He was part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1986 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.
Life was good. Until Katrina. The morning after the storm, drummer Ernest "Box" Fontenant went to Caffin Avenue and found Domino stranded as waters quickly rose. He carried him on his back to the second floor of Fats' big house next door, and they huddled with a dozen others, including Domino's wife, Rosemary, until a boat rescued them from the balcony that night as the flood reached 8 feet.
He was dropped at a bridge before winding up on the couch of LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell. His agent and some relatives were unaware of his fate for three days, and nerves weren't soothed by graffiti scrawled on his home: "R.I.P. Fats. You will be missed."
He doesn't dwell on the loss of pianos, cars and memorabilia, including gold records stolen in a post-storm burglary. (Capitol recently provided replicas.)
"A lot of people lost more than that," he reasons. "You can replace pianos, you see. You can't replace life, and we got out alive."
Domino was dazed and numb in the aftermath of the hurricane, which stole his happy routine, says close friend Haydee Ellis.
"The Ninth Ward was a real community," she says. "People walked to his house to visit all the time. He was so relaxed with his friends and the musicians he knows. Strangers could knock on the door, and if Fats was up to it, he'd share whatever he was cooking, and he'd play the piano for them. He'd shake hands with people on a tour bus."
These days, Domino passes time watching TV, and cooking remains his passion, though he's less inclined to whip up hog's head cheese or red beans and rice without a gang of pals to feed.
"You get tired when you cook for yourself," he says. "You keep tasting it and then you don't want it.
"I'm getting a new stove put into my house today. I have a big stove in the kitchen, but I need a little one in my room, so I don't disturb my wife when I'm cooking. And I can cook without being disturbed."
He starts singing: "I hear you knockin' but you can't come in!"
Aside from promoting Goin' Home, his only quest is "paying more attention to the master," he says. "I hope it goes well with the Lord; that's what I've got to prepare for. We're only passing through. We're a bunch of sinners, and time is passing on."
Pressed again to survey his past, Domino says he wouldn't alter one minute. Has he always had a positive attitude?
"I don't remember changing anything except my clothes, and I don't always do that," he says. "I don't know anything about an attitude. I'm just me."
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Even if I DO get the desired results, the experience was bad and it could've been 100% better if offices would just LISTEN to the experiences of their patients and share that w/others considering it. I would've appreciated their honesty and still would've gone through w/the procedure if they had warned me about the possible 2 weeks of pain. Now, I just feel lied to and as though they don't care about me for not prescribing any meds. Needless to say, I cannot take any time off from work and sure hope this gets better soon! :( Sending hope to all those out there going through this right now!


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(School of Arts and Crafts, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1964–69; Hochschule für bildende Künst, Hamburg, Germany, 1970–74; Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, 1974–79). Borek Sípek is an architect, and a furniture, glass, and metalwork designer. His clients include Ajeto, Driade, Maletti, Sawaya & Moroni, Steltman Gallery, Swarovski, and Vitra. Sípek has received several awards, including an honorable mention, for a glass house, in the German Architecture Competition (1983); the
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It would be nearly impossible to write about the 100th anniversary of the Advertising Women of New York and Advertising Age's first ever list of the 100 most influential women in the industry without mentioning the last season of the AMC drama "Mad Men."
In Season 5, particularly in the episode "The Other Woman," women took center stage. The season hinted at the rumblings of feminism in the 1960s, where women were finding their way in corporate culture and changing social norms.
Peggy Olson, played by Elisabeth Moss, decided she would leave Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce for a better paying job as the copy chief at a rival firm. Joan Holloway, played by Christina Hendricks, accepted an offer to have sex with an automobile executive to help Sterling Cooper land an account. She received $50,000 and a partnership in the agency as compensation.
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A surprise patch late in the AFL season where Gary Ablett showed he is, in fact, mortal might have left the door open for a massive Brownlow Medal upset.
The Gold Coast captain's four-goal, 33-possession master class in the season-ending win over Greater Western Sydney could make the difference to Ablett winning his second Brownlow.
That typical day out for Ablett, where he will surely pick up three votes, came after a four-game run where the output from the star midfielder temporarily dropped.
Gold Coast only won once from rounds 19-22, against Melbourne, and in that game Ablett was held to a season-low 19 possessions.
So Ablett needs a solid lead once AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou starts reading the votes out a little quicker in the closing stages of the count.
There has been a big betting plunge on Hawthorn midfielder Sam Mitchell, who was the runner-up for the last two Brownlows and should feature prominently again.
Since Friday, 90 per cent of the money taken by Centrebet has been for Mitchell.
The Hawks star's odds have plummeted from last Monday from $21 to $5.50, making him third-favourite.
In the same time, Ablett has eased from $1.68 to $1.80.
Other big names who could spoil the night for Ablett include Collingwood pair Scott Pendlebury and Dane Swan and Geelong captain Joel Selwood.
All are proven vote winners - Swan won two years ago - and all have the advantage over Ablett of playing in teams that made the finals.
While the punters have belatedly decided Mitchell is a big chance, he has had a more varied role this season and was named on a half-back flank in the All-Australian team.
That could go against him, because it is definitely a midfielders' medal.
Ablett is deservedly the man in Monday night's count after an astonishing season where he eclipsed even his own lofty standards.
The 29-year-old had 13 games where he had 30 or more disposals, including his mammoth tally of 49 in the round-17 upset of Collingwood.
He only missed one game this season and Gold Coast improved to eight wins.
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Ablett will still need to poll well in losing games, given all five previous winners have had at least 30.
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Thank you for your reply. We apologize for the delay in our response.
Hyundai Auto Canada's audio system warranty covers any component installed by the manufacturer that is found to be defective in material or in workmanship, as you have mentioned below. Our Bluetooth system is not compatible with the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the latest BlackBerry software version 7.1 on any of our Hyundai models.
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Hello Customer Support people of Hyundai:
It has been a while now and I would like to learn if and when Hyundai is prepared to fix the issue of failed pairing as described below.
You have admitted that there is awareness and that you are investigating, if for whatever reasons you cannot commit to have this issue resolved I will have to file a claim under warranty. As you know the radio systems are covered under a 60,000km warranty and since I have had the car for less than 4,000km I feel I am entitled to open a warranty case through my dealership.
Since I cannot reliably place hands free calls with the combination of my device and since Hyundai is aware of this situation I feel that a resolution should be found within a reasonable amount of time. I also must note that this issue does occur with a 2011 model as well (I rented a vehicle last week and it had the same issues).


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Mankind has always had a need to move from place to place quickly and efficiently. In today's fast-paced world, the need has never been stronger.
While there are more transportation options available to us than ever before, these solutions have failed to combine the benefits of speed, convenience and efficiency with an environmentally friendly approach.
Trikkes are three-wheel transporters that can be powered by the rider or by a long-lasting lithium battery. They're lightweight, foldable, and, with their three-wheel cambering technology design, totally stable – making them ideal for leisure and/or business use.
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In 2010 we built 2 villas for our estate in Bali- "dream home" with all things we wanted for decades: our own spa, tennis court, a...
In 2010 we built 2 villas for our estate in Bali- "dream home" with all things we wanted for decades: our own spa, tennis court, antiques and tranquility of the surroundings. In 2015 we added third villa to the compound. We were very particular about the villas' location as the main idea was to capitalize on spectacular ocean views. We tried to construct our buildings around coconut trees and cut just a few. We built with the ocean view in mind, using traditional Balinese compound ideas and principles as an integral part of the "view architecture". We take pride in our home in Bali. We hope that over the years we succeeded to put together appropriate hard working team to take care of the property and guests. Our staff members are responsive to any of our renters' needs and proved to be very helpful. We would be happy to host at our place people appreciating our unique property and it's elements. Our estate is fully furnished and have all the amenities of a luxury home!
We hope you will be able to come to Citakara Sari estate for a week or so and check if all said above is true. See you there.
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Let's Get Active : Learning about Plants (An illustrated activity book that teaches young learners all about plants)
Let's Get Active : Learning about Plants (An illustrated activity book that teaches young learners all about plants)
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Plants are an important part of our environment. They also add beauty and colour to our surroundings. Learning about Plants explains interesting facts about plants through spot-the-difference, maze, and colouring activities, besides various simple counting and writing exercises. These easy-to-do activities promote creative thinking and problem solving among young minds, making the title a fun supplement to their textbooks. At the same time, it acquaints them with the importance of plants and trees.
Other titles in the series
Learning about Animals (ISBN: 9788179934333)
Learning about Birds(ISBN: 9788179934340)
Learning about People and Places(ISBN: 9788179934371)
About the author
Eman Chowdhary was born and brought up in Patna. Thanks to her professor parents, she started reading when she could barely hold a book properly! As the natural progression of this reading habit, she joined the publishing industry and has been there since!
Table Of Contents
What is a Plant?
How Plant Life Began?
Evergreen Plants
Deciduous Plants
Plants as Food and Drink
Plants for Other Products
Plants as Medicine
Poisonous Plants
Global Warming and Plants
Save the Earth
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For me, the first step in suffering (and finding freedom) is knowing the truth and nothing but the truth. That being said, without knowing these Five Steps to Prepping it's pretty hard to track your progress. You end up relying on the scale and how many pounds you've gone up or down. But for me, this isn't about pounds as much as it is increasing tone, increasing strength, and liking how my clothes fit. Can I get an AMEN! 🙂
So here's the homework assignment! Let's make it due by next Monday! That means you've got seven days to face the music and take the first step.
1. Find or buy a journal.
You'll decide how much "keeping track" you want to do, but it's good to have it all in one place.
2. Let's get #2 done and over with.
Pick a scale you can use on a consistent basis and write down in your journal what your current weight and the date. Make sure you step on the scale at the same time every day with the same amount of clothing. I prefer in the morning when I wake up.
3. Measure your inches.
This 3rd step is so important b/c you may not see pounds come off the scale, but if you're tracking your inches you could be seeing loss in inches which means more toneness. That's a great thing! With a simple tape measure, get measurements for these body parts and write them down in your journal along with the date:
a. Upper Right Arm_______ / Upper Left Arm________ (relax your bicep at your side, and have someone help you by wrapping the measure right around your bicep, don't squeeze to tight but make sure it's tight enough to not be slipping around)
b. Chest _________________ (wrap the measure across the middle of your breasts)
c. Stomach_______________(go right over the middle of your belly button)
d. Hips__________________(go right over the middle of your rear and wrap around to the front)
e. Right Thigh_________ / Left Thigh __________________ (relax your leg and wrap the measure right around the middle of your thigh)
*record even 1/8 of an inch if that's what you're seeing b/c every little 1/8 or 1/4 adds up when you start losing 🙂
4. Get the Body Comp. This may take some research to find who offers Body Comps. I go to our Nateuropath and they hook up my toe and right hand and then run a current through me (can't feel a thing) which measure my Muscle Mass, Body Fat and Water Retention. It's only $18, and I'm going to start doing it every 30 days as we get closer to race season. Why is a Body Comp helpful? For me,it let's me know if I'm eating enough protein to be gaining muscle instead of body fat. Since I can't eat eggs or dairy, I struggle with getting protein and this keeps a Body Comp can help keep me on track. It also let's me know where my Body Fat percentages is in comparison to Muscle. This isn't necessary, but it can be encouraging when you see your Body Fat go down in percentages. 🙂
5. If #4 doesn't seem possible right now, DON'T SKIP #5. Purchase a Heart Rate Monitor. It's tough, actually almost impossible to know if you're working hard enough without knowing what your heart rate is doing. The heart rate monitor below is the one Diego and I use. Click here for the specs on it. On the right of their website page, you'll see the Dealer Directory tab. That's where you can find out where to purchase one. Why this one over others? Most heart rate monitors force you to buy new ones when the battery dies, but with this one you can switch out the battery and save a ton of money in the long run. And it has great features on it for every level of fitness.
Start thinking of your short and long term goals. What do you want to accomplish? Why are you going to start suffering with me? 🙂 If you've never done a Sprint Triathlon, that's a fantastic goal b/c you can go at your own pace. It's all about finishing, and triathlon people are one of the nicest and most encouraging crowds to hang out with.
Or how about a pair of jeans you fit into before kids or before the wedding day? 🙂
Maybe it's a certain amount of body fat that you'd like to exchange for lean muscle?
Maybe it's about having endurance and energy for shooting a 12 hour wedding and then keeping up with the kids the next day?
They can be as wild and crazy as you want, but make sure you have a few. We can even share them on the blog if you'd like to cheer each other on!
One of my short term goals is to suffer four times a week for the next month. That means I need to boost up my intensity level and just give this a freaking shot. Funny little story…Saturday I went to work out and decided to SUFFER. I got on the elliptical and did what Diego and my chiropractor said. I tried to do intervals of going 210 Strides/Per Minute for 4 minutes and then 2 minute recoveries. I honestly didn't know my legs could move this fast. It was like this major mental block. But when I focused on fifteen seconds at a time, I totally I did this for 45 minutes! Mind you, I almost puked when I was done, but I did it! Instead of burning my normal 380 calories, I burned 900 (including the weight training)!!
I came home and told Brian I was thinking of us having another more baby. Our window was getting smaller, maybe we should think about it. He looked at me and didn't say any thing. Then he gave me this little half smile and said, "You are so looking for a way out of suffering this month. If you got pregnant you wouldn't have to try this suffering thing for at least NINE months. " (ouch! He knows me so well :))
Okay, here's another question! What would be good reward incentives to reaching our short term goals? They can be personal, or something everyone can have access too, small and big, ideas, ideas, ideas!!! 🙂
As you get your Five Steps to Prepping done, post it up on the blog to encourage others to get it done too!!


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The 49ers announced they have released defensive lineman Ray McDonald after the latest rape allegations have surfaced.
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News is breaking this am that defensive end Ray McDonald is involved in a domestic violence dispute.
Ray McDonald was arrested early Wednesday morning on an oustanding warrant.
Matt Barrows is reporting that according to a league source DE Ray McDonald and the 49ers have agreed to terms on a five-year deal.
Ray McDonald was arrested over the weekend for suspicion of driving under the influence.
The 49ers shutout the St Louis Rams for their third win of the season, after beating down the Rams the 49ers are now 3-1 on...
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SIT199 - Applied Algebra and Statistics
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Campus: 3 x 1 hour class per week, 1 x 1 hour practical per week.
Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin. Students will have the opportunity to participate in online consultation sessions.
This unit includes: the algebra of complex numbers, matrices and sets; probability, and the major discrete and continuous probability distributions. The relationship between exponential functions, trigonometric functions and complex numbers is emphasised and applied to electrical networks. Solutions to systems of linear equations using matrices and determinants, and applications of set theory and symbolic logic are considered. The statistics techniques and examples studied are relevant to the sciences in general, and engineering in particular.
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Bush is Back!
Gavin Rossdale took some time off from his solo work and other projects to release some new music with Bush. The band will have a new album coming out September 13th called 'The Sea of Memories' and is the first album in over a decade. They are planning a tour in the fall. Click to hear the new song. It's called 'The Sound Of Winter'


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Even as about 2,800 members of Arkansas 39th Infantry Brigade train at Camp Shelby, Miss., for deployment to Iraq, other Arkansas Guardsmen responded quickly and effectively to calls for support in the wake of the deadly tornadoes that recently devastated several Arkansas communities, according to Capt. Chris Heathscott, the Arkansas National Guards public information officer.
The 39th includes many area soldiers. The recent tornadoes were a true test of our ability to support the state, and we were able to do so very successfully 24 times, Heathscott said. A Government Accountability Office study released Feb. 1 found that deployment of National Guard soldiers and equipment overseas has reduced the Guards ability to respond to state-led domestic missions.
Thats not what the governors office found in the wake of the tornadoes, however. The Guard was great, said Matt DeCample, spokesman for Gov. Mike Beebe. They were definitely ready. The first request came in from Atkins (Pope County) for search and rescue, and by dawn, Guardsmen from the Fort Smith-Van Buren area were on the scene, he said.
When the governors office found that a burst water main in Clinton (Van Buren County) had crippled firefighting capability, he contacted the Guard, which brought a water buffaloa huge mobile water tankto the site.
The governors keeping a close eye, especially now that the 39th is mobilizing again, said DeCample, but barring an event of massive proportions, such as a New Madrid Fault earthquake, the Arkansas Guard is ready.
The tornado calls included search and rescue, debris removal, generator support, fresh water, aviation support for damage assessment, and they delivered tarps, tents and food, Heathscott said.
The Guard also had as many as 50 soldiers in security missions to prevent looting.
We answered every call and did so successfully, he added.
Heathscott added that statewide, the Guard deployed about 3,000 Guardsmen, including some just returned from Iraq, with moving equipment, generators, water tankers and Black Hawk helicopters when Hurricane Katrina struck.
He noted that the 39th would leave most of its large equipment at home this time for the current deployment, using trucks and other equipment already in place in Iraq. Heathscott disputed accounts that large numbers of Guardsmen with post-traumatic stress syndrome from previous deployments interfered with the 39ths ability to muster enough troops.
The 39th Infantry Brigade, based at Camp Robinson, is about 200 soldiers short of the 3,000 intended for deployment to Iraq, but thats not a show stopper, according to Heathscott.
The Arkansas National Guard has about 10,500 members, 8,500 of them soldiers, the balance airmen.
By the time the Guard subtracts those who have been home from previous mobilizations less than 24 months, those who have not yet had sufficient training, those whose rank is too high and perhaps 1,000 who have been determined not ready from issues ranging from easily corrected dental problems to much more complex issues, you wind up with 2,800 ready for deployment, says Adj. Gen. William D. Wofford.
A recent study found that although National Guardsmen and Reservists account for only about 25 percent of the troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, their soldiers accounted for more than 50 percent of suicides.
The Arkansas National Guard had four suicides in 2006, Heathscott said, one in 2007 and one so far this year. Officials have speculated that returning Army soldiers remain in their units where unusual behavior can be easily noted and where there are resources to deal with problems, while returning Guardsmen go back to their jobs and families, where the access to mental-health help may be more difficult.
Wofford has mandated that all returning Arkansas Guard soldiers must go through a Veterans Administration LifeGuard program that helps identify soldiers with problems and get them help, Heathscott said. Also in Arkansas, soldiers and their spouses can go through the Strong Bonds program available through the Chaplain Service at Camp Robinson. Strong Bonds workshops are set up all over the state.
The brigade returned from its first mission to Iraq in February 2005 following an average deployment of 17 months. The brigade has been training full time since October, according to Maj. Craig Heathscott, public affairs officer for the 39th. At Camp Shelby, they will train in group activities and objectives.


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Bullish Continuation Wedge: Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMAS)
The Bullish Continuation Wedge in Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMAS) tells us after a temporary interruption, the prior uptrend is set to continue. A Continuation Wedge (Bullish) represents a temporary interruption to an uptrend, taking the shape of two converging trendlines both slanted downward against the trend. During this time the bears attempt to win over the bulls, but in the end the bulls triumph as the break above the upper trendline signals a continuation of the prior uptrend.
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Washington (CNSNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the White House was not responsible for choosing a basketball arena, as opposed to a church or a smaller auditorium that might be more conducive to a solemn event, for Wednesday's night's memorial service in
Last Sunday, the Arizona Wildcats basketball team played Stanford in the same arena, and this Saturday they will play Arizaon state there.
Gibbs said the White House did not play a role in choosing the venue for the memorial. A university spokesperson told CNSNews.com that the venue was picked after President Barack Obama confirmed he would be attending.
At Thursday's White House briefing, CNSNews.com asked, "What was the reason for choosing the arena as opposed to maybe a church or a smaller venue?"
Gibbs said the venue was chosen by the
"Well, I would point you to the university on that, and I think it's important to understand this was--we were invited to and accepted quite happily the invitation of the university," Gibbs told CNSNews.com.
"I think having that many people there and being able to include people from the community was, again, was and is an important part of that healing process. But in terms of logistics and things like that, I'd point you to the university as they'd probably be better to answer your questions on those sorts of things," he added.
Jennifer Fitzenberger, director of external communications for the university, confirmed the university began planning the event over the weekend, and invited President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to attend.
"It was held at the university and coordinated with city and county officials," Fitzenberger told CNSNews.com. "The venue was decided on after the president accepted."
Earlier in the White House press briefing, Mark Knoller of CBS News asked Gibbs, "What did the president think about the pep rally aspect and tone of the event last night?"
Gibbs responded that it was part of the grieving process.
"Well, look, I'm not a Tucsonian, obviously, but I think that having been there for a day before the president got there, you could understandably feel the weight of what had happened," Gibbs said.
"I think part of the grieving process is celebrating the lives of those that were lost and celebrating the miracles of those that survived. I think you've all probably by now read the transcript from the two members on the plane last night about their personal experience with the congresswoman in her hospital bed. It's an emotional thing to read," he added.
"Again, I think--I will say that the speech--I read the speech several times and thought that there wouldn't be a lot of applause, if any," Gibbs continued. "I think many of us thought that. But I think there was a celebration, again, of the lives of those that have been impacted, not just those that – not just at that grocery store but throughout the country. And I think that if that is part of the healing process, then that's a good thing."
Obama's speech lasted 33 minutes 44 seconds and was interrupted for applause 51 times. The tone of the applause at times included shouts and whistles similar to a political rally.
The speech was compared to earlier speeches given by presidents during a time of national crisis, such as President Ronald Reagan's speech after the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986 and President Bill Clinton's speech after the
Reagan's speech was delivered from the Oval Office and lasted less than three minutes.


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The University of Saskatchewan and Apotex Inc. have renewed their partnership with a $1.6 million donation by the company to the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition. The gift, which is the largest donation in the college's history, will be received over eight years and support college initiatives and activities.
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Analysis of markets: consumer demand, production, exchange, the price system, resource allocation, government intervention. Recommended: B CUSP 123. Offered: AWSp.
Class description
Microeconomics is the study of how prices are determined in various markets for goods and services. Microeconomics studies such things as consumers' decisions regarding what to buy, the pricing policies of different types of firms, and public policies toward businesses that possess "market power."
Student learning goals
The instructor's primary goals are for all students to understand the course material, and to receive the highest possible course grade for their efforts. Toward that end, students should strive to understand thoroughly the subject matter by successfully applying the core theories, concepts, equations, and graphs to numerous real-world scenarios in the form of current published newspaper articles and on the Internet. Successful learning will require active participation, regular attendance, and a willingness to work hard to understand the subject matter. The instructor is willing to work with each and every student to achieve success.
General method of instruction
The instructor will lead class discussions of the course material – with an emphasis on understanding important equations and how to draw relevant graphs. The instructor will also guide students' efforts to apply the subject matter to real-world scenarios of their choosing. As needed, the instructor is willing to work one-on-one with each student.
Recommended preparation
This course will require the use of intermediate algebra, the graphing of functions, and the interpretation of such graphs. Prior completion of B CUSP 123 or a similar course is thereby strongly recommended.
Class assignments and grading
Two or three short written applications assignments – which students are encouraged to revise for improved learning and higher grades; plus a final exam. Collectively, the applications will count for approximately 60% of your course grade. Improvement made throughout the quarter, your extra efforts and revisions, and your meaningful participation in class discussions – collectively these "intangibles" will count for at least 10% of your course grade. The final exam will account for the remainder.
Higher grades will be awarded to those written applications and test answers that clearly demonstrate the student's comprehension of the relevant core material. Time spent on the applications should be regarded as excellent preparation for the final exam.