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Founded by a dentist to the stars (celebs—they're just like us!), this innovative brand knows just how to shake up your humdrum hygiene habits. Case in point: their Effervescent Breath Crystals, which crackle-'n'-pop in your mouth to deliver four hours of minty freshness.
Like proud parents, we get a little gushy when this brand comes up in conversation (as it increasingly does). Exclusive to Birchbox and developed by a hairstylist, the best-selling line protects hair from the perils of overstyling—and smells amazing doing it.
Aromatherapy, meet apartment therapy. Caldrea's lovingly formulated, beautifully packaged home products deserve to be displayed on your sink ledge and vanity shelf. We love the combination of addictive scents and eco-friendly, plant-based ingredients.
Helmed by a winemaking husband and wife duo, this French skincare brand got its start in the rolling vineyards of Bordeaux. Founded on the science behind grape-seed polyphenols, a clinically proven antioxidant, Caudalie has developed into a full-spectrum skincare line.
First created exclusively for industry insiders in 1979, Color Club creates the most innovative and trendsetting nail shades from classic lacquers to bold holographics. Happily, the brand's trendy polishes are now available to the public, which means you can get the brightest neons and shiniest sparkles sans the pricey salon visit.
After battling severe acne for years, Alison Carton spent a summer at the beach that changed her life—and skin—forever. Her daily swims in the salty seawater cleared up her complexion like nothing else she'd tried. The effects were so transformative that she set out to create her own "ocean in a jar." Five years of trial-and-error later, she concocted a blend of sea salts that's gentle enough for sensitive skin, yet strong enough to banish blemishes. Her skincare system exfoliates and draws out impurities to disrupt the breakout cycle with a mild, all-natural formula. The result? Clear skin without any dryness or irritation.
We love this mineral sunscreen line for its gentle formulas, wearable, non-greasy texture, and insistence on skin-safe ingredients. Free of preservatives, chemical sunscreens, and oils, the doctor-developed line provides amped-up protection against UV rays without irritating sensitive skin. If your complexion is fussy, look no further for your perfect SPF.
Last November, we debuted fashion designer Cynthia Rowley's first-ever makeup collection—and if the reviews are anything to go by, her foray into beauty was a smashing success. This season, the designer strikes again with her Spring Collection, a creamy pastel eye shadow palette, a velvety-smooth eyeliner, and a longwearing lip stain. Color us impressed.
Respect the rhythms of your skin's natural balance and process of renewal with this thoughtfully developed line of products. Dr. Hauschka's holistic approach to skincare health fits into his larger concept of a holistic lifestyle. While this is probably the only skincare line inspired by an early 20th century philosopher, we love it for it's soothing mineral and botanical ingredients like rose petal extract.
Dissatisfied with the army of ineffective products she used day-to-day, Nicole Oden remembered a piece of skincare advice from her grandmother: Get in the ocean, the water will heal it. After doing some digging, the former investment analyst discovered that certain ingredients derived from marine plant life mimic the structure of human skin cells, allowing them to penetrate more deeply. The result is a line of products that battle the signs of aging and refresh skin, leaving your complexion as happy as a clam.
For over 30 years Gilchrist & Soames has provided the world's best hotels and spas with their luxurious bath and body products. Their line of soaps, body butters, and hair care is truly a triple threat, combining rich English formulas with botanical ingredients and unique scents. For spring, we love the seaside-inspired Gilchrist & Soames Spa Therapy Body Lotion and Body Wash.
After spending two years teaching in Italy, yoga instructor Elena Brower wanted to take the country's inspiring aromas home with her. So she blended her own mix of essential oils inspired by the first sultry summer days in Italy. This translated (naturally) into fresh-squeezed citrus, spicy vanilla, and sweet almond. Free of alcohol and parabens, Givescent's formulas help support women worldwide.
This family-owned home fragrance line has been designing its scents in-house since 1975. Which means every candle they create is backed by almost four decades of expertise. In addition to their inspiring scents, we love the brand's elegant glass containers and sturdy boxes for when it's time to put out the flames.
It's hard to resist a father-son founding story, especially when it results in a delicious sipping experience. This family-operated craft brand has been dreaming up inspired tea blends for over three decades. Our favorites this month: the Pomegranate Oolong Tea and the Organic Green Tea with Mint.
This high-performance hair care line draws its inspiration from the unique culture and personality of four arrondissements in Paris, making effortlessly tousled French-girl hair attainable any day. Pump volume, smooth out frizz, and protect your strands with this wide range of 100 percent vegan, sulfate-, gluten- and paraben-free formulas. Stylish and environmentally friendly? Très chic indeed.
As we usher in flip-flop weather, we open ourselves up to a new hygiene pitfall: dirty, sweaty feet. Luckily, mom-on-the-go Ann Malik created this line of portable wipes, designed to keep our tootsies fresh and clean all spring and summer long. These gentle, antibacterial cloths are rich in soothing aloe and Vitamin E, and come in zesty scents like peppermint and grapefruit.
While Birchbox specializes in high-end beauty, now and then we'll add an extra to your box, called a Birchbox Find, which you can purchase at the drugstore. (It's always in addition to your usual samples—never in place of them!) This month we included a new standout from Jergens® in some of your boxes: the BB Body Perfecting Skin Cream, which visibly improves skin imperfections while it hydrates. Since 1901, Jergens® has been the go-to brand for non-greasy, one-step moisturizers. Their no-muss no-fuss standbys keep skin looking soft, smooth, and radiant all year round.
Jouer means "to play" in French, and with that carefree spirit, Christina Zilber created this line of wearable shades for the modern woman on the go. Taking beauty cues from her mother, a 60's-era model who taught her that makeup should enhance your natural beauty, not camouflage it, each product is formulated with true-to-life colors and skin-nourishing botanicals.
High-performance meets highly specialized products in this advanced hair care line developed in France since 1964. Drawing on research at La Recherche Avancée L'Oréal, this salon line has created a high-tech regimen to tackle every mane concern, from thinning, aging strands to dryness and breakage.
In 1966, the French pharmacist Pierre Fabre created the first shampoo using chamomile—formulated specifically for blondes. (We knew they had more fun.) Thankfully, he expanded to create more products for all hair types with papyrus milk, magnolia, and mango butter collections, to name a few.
Born in Russia and transplanted to Paris, this 140-year-old tea brand is impressive for a whole host of reasons (not the least of which: surviving the Russian Revolution). We're smitten with the gorgeous packaging and of course, the rainbow of tasty flavors to choose from.
This Brooklyn-based startup is all about appearances—and we mean that in the best possible way. LAQA & Co. pairs funky, unique packaging with innovative nail and lip products that are surprisingly easy to master. Bonus: All of their designs feature original artwork from emerging artists and graphic designers.
For founder Lynette Lovelace, scent has the power to transform your mood, transport you to a different time and place, and literally bottle memories. Loaded with vitamin-rich botanicals, her bath and body line has scents to suit every state of mind, whether you need to chill out with calming rose and vanilla or escape with coconut, warm sugar, and white orchid. We'll take "all of the above."
Sensitive skin and makeup need to learn to get along. Luckily, this Chicago-born brand swears by hypoallergenic, perfume-free ingredients. What began over 140 years ago in the Windy City has become a globally sought-after makeup and skincare powerhouse. Marcelle's wide range of products has something for women at every age, from richly hued eye shadow quads to glow-inducing BB creams.
Curly girls, pay attention. Miss Jessie's products whip unruly ringlets into shape. Fed up with the lack of options out there, sisters Titi and Miko opened Miss Jessie's Salon in 1997 to cater specifically to girls with curly and ethnic hair. They quickly gained tons of loyal clients and blossomed into a cult hair care line in 2004.
In 1979, father-and-son duo Jheri and Stephen Redding teamed up to start this pioneering hair care line. The beauty industry veterans took a scientific approach to developing luxury products and were among the first to incorporate innovative polymer technology and antioxidants in their formulas. Now, their products are favorites of top stylists around the world.
Finding the perfect lip balm can make us feel a bit like Goldilocks; some are too sticky while others are just plain grease-tastic. Noya Beauty occupies that ideal middle ground with its line of on-trend balms and lipsticks formulated to please the pickiest of pouts. Made with kosher, all-natural ingredients, each balm is resolutely good for you and also does some good for the world at large. For every lip balm purchased, Noya donates one to the homeless.
A cult favorite brand in the UK for over ten years, Pixi is the British go-to for longwearing makeup that nourishes skin while you wear it. Founded by makeup artist Petra Strand, these covetable shades come packed with skin-smoothing botanicals like aloe and honeysuckle that are gentle enough for sensitive skin. The result is vibrant, all-day color that highlights every woman's natural beauty.
As self-described serial entrepreneurs and concerned parents, Gordon and Courtney Gould set out to create a healthy, simple, and tasty alternative to traditional vitamins with artificial flavors and colors. Each little gummy is jam-packed with a complete day's worth of nutrients, including omega 3 and vitamin D3. Made with eco-friendly and responsibly sourced ingredients, SmartyPants also donates vitamins to children in need for every purchase made. That sounds like a win-win-win to us.
The only beauty brand born out of a real photo studio, the legendary Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles, Their high quality products are a perennial makeup pro favorite. Now you can look photo-shoot ready every day with scene-stealing favorites like their Photo Finish Primer and richly pigmented lipsticks.
Deborah Burnes created her line of products in response to being told countless times by her customers that nothing on earth could improve their problem skin. Her advice? To try the earth itself. She incorporates ingredients like natural clay, charcoal, oats, sea salt, and pistachio oil into her fresh, handmade formulas. Scrumptious ingredients pamper your skin for a truly all-natural glow.
Founder Holly Thaggard created her line of sunscreens with a brilliant idea: Sunscreen should do more than just protect against harmful rays. Antioxidants deliver a second line of defense and help prevent sun-related signs of aging. Luckily for us, she also believes sunscreen should feel nice (no more of the goopy-sticky messes from childhood) and smell yummy.
Since launching in 1994, Votivo's artisan candles have gained a devout following. Unlike your average gift store fare, each hand-wrapped candle features Votivo's signature hand-pressed wax seals. Elegant packaging aside, these chic candles also release lovely, distinctive fragrances. Your nose and eyes will agree: They're the perfect accent to any room in your house.
The Whish line of body products began with a simple, er, wish: Founder Jesse Werner's wife wanted a gentle alternative to the harsh chemicals found in most shaving creams. After discovering an effective European formula (albeit one that smelled like an old English guy), Jesse began developing his own version. Since then, Whish has expanded to include a luscious array of scrubs, lotions, and body washes full of botanicals like acai berries, pomegranates, and blueberries, and completely free of sulfates.
For the skincare-obsessed, no regimen is complete without shea butter. Recognizing this fundamental beauty truth, Georgia native Tammie Umbel joined forces with native African tribes to produce the sought-after substance in its purest, most organic form. Not only does the brand support local African commerce, it has a profoundly positive impact on our skin, as well.
It all started with a jar of moisturizer in a Southern California health food store. Such quaint beginnings! Since then, derma e's line of skincare products has become a must-have for health nuts around the globe. Famous for its science-backed approach to skincare, this all-natural, vegan brand designs topnotch products that tackle everything from acne and aging to hyperpigmentation and scarring.
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Like any small business we here at Fresh Ground watch our pennies pretty closely. While we believe that there are many fine services worth paying for, we also realize that, for the short term, we can get by without many others.
In the past I relied pretty heavily on the ProfNet emails. These are emails sent out several times a day from PR Newswire that contain lists of requests from reporters. Looking for an expert to talk about security policy? Send out request. Need a mom to talk about how to create the perfect 1st birthday while still working a full time job? Send out a request.
But now there's Help A Reporter Out (HARO), as well as Twitter and Facebook. Most reporters who are looking for feedback use these channels for their instant gratification. What's more, they're free. HARO is closest at approximating ProfNet, though I always wonder if Peter Shankman will eventually burn out on it. He works pretty hard at it, mostly on his own.
So I asked my friends. I put out a Tweet asking simply whether ProfNet was worth the hefty ($2650) price tag or if the other tools worked just as well. I heard from plenty of people.
But not from ProfNet.
This is interesting since ProfNet is promoting its social media presence, boasting that they now have 10,000 followers on Twitter. It's not like they're being inundated with information on Twitter. A simple search on the phrase "Profnet" returned a managing sized list, mostly of people retweeting that Profnet is giving away a Snuggie. To get the Snuggie you have to retweet the following, now oft-repeated phrase: "#PR pros: Get your clients quoted in the media. Follow @profnet for updates on what reporters are working on. #profnet"
Maybe it's me, but responding to my question about their value may have been more than a blanket with sleeves. And if I can get the information by following ProfNet on Twitter, why do I need to pay for the email?
Oh, and the answer from my Tweeps was loud and clear: save your money.

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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 10:25 AM
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Ed Schultz on the filibuster vote with guest Bernie Sanders
Like I said, they should have include the talking filibuster with the measures that passed. Ending the filibuster could still have been subject to a high-vote threshold, ideally 55 votes. I'd even accept 60.
Fact is that it would be much better to have Senators defend their obstruction for all Americans to see/hear. Better to put the arguments out in the open, and then let Senators defend their vote.
Also, who were the seven Democrats Senator Sanders mentioned?
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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:05 AM
mother earth (6,002 posts)
1. Reid/McConnell should be ashamed, what a joke, they are quite plainly fucking over all
of us. Another crumb sold as a victory.
Gov't is BROKEN, we simply have status quo, disgusting! OBSTRUCTION, the new normal.
Who are the 7 sell-outs? Let's name them and publicize the list of DINO's.
Seems like the real effort is for all of gov't to do absolutely nothing for the next 4 years...while the taxpayers pay their salaries for this dog & pony show. I think we are all sick to death of this, that's what is bipartisan, mutual disgust.
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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:30 AM
ProSense (116,464 posts)
2. Talking filibuster.
These seven Democrats Senators should explain their opposition to removing the 60-vote threshold.
Response to ProSense (Reply #2)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 05:02 PM
mother earth (6,002 posts)
4. Absolutely! K & R, ProSense. We need to know why they sold us all out. nt
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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 03:53 PM
ProSense (116,464 posts)
3. Kick! n/t
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Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:48 AM
NorthCarolina (11,197 posts)
5. The seven Democrats were
Mark Pryor, Max Baucus, Patrick Leahy, Joe Manchin, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, and of course Harry Reid. Easy google.


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We travel in small groups of around 14-16 people, not only does this minimise our impact on the environment but also makes for a better experience for you. All of our tours are led by an Explore Tour Leader who knows the country they are leading in like the back of their hand. They'll be able to show you the best parts and get right off-the-beaten-track, allowing you to really get under the skin of the country you're visiting.
In the 30 plus years that we've been operating, we've always stuck to the same key principles. These are what make our tours so unique, and what keeps our customers coming back time and time again:
• The Tour Itineraries – We only offer unusual and pioneering itineraries that are meticulously planned, and allow us to get below the skin of the country or area in which we are travelling. They will always have the special 'Explore Twist'.
• It's all about travel – The travel experience must come first. We still believe that the most important element of any Explore tour is where we visit and what we see and do. Accommodation must be clean, comfortable and well located, and transport suitable for the terrain; however we are not a luxury operator and hotel facilities will not drive where we go or stay. We will probably use a 4WD rather than a luxurious air-conditioned bus.
• Service – We ensure the 'Customer Experience' continues to drive everything we do. We are passionate about providing the very best service in the industry prior to travel and on tour.
• Safety – We ensure the safety and wellbeing of our customers, staff and suppliers at all times. Safety is the over-riding factor when making any operational decision.
• Responsible Travel – We travel in only a responsible and sustainable way. We ensure the local people we meet and work with along the way are well looked after and that the environment is cared for and not damaged – this includes offsetting all staff and customer flight emissions.
• Tour Leaders – We continue to provide the very best Tour Leaders in the industry. A good, well trained Tour Leader can turn a good adventure holiday into a fantastic and unforgettable one.
Accommodation on your adventure holiday
On Explore tours the places we stay are every bit as important as the sights we visit and the things we do. Think small, local and family-run rather than huge, global-branded and impersonal. It's always nice to sit down with your hosts over a drink or a meal and to be made welcome like old friends.
What's the accommodation like on tour?
For some people comfortable accommodation is a must, for others discarding day-to-day creature comforts is very much part of the adventure.
So how do we decide where to stay?
• On most of our tours you can expect to stay in en-suite, air-conditioned rooms in good quality, comfortable family run hotels. Occasionally, when we want to get off the beaten tourist trail, we may stay in more basic accommodation.
• Quality of service and standards of cleanliness and safety are more important to us than the hotel facilities; to us a friendly welcome and comfortable bed matter more than TVs and mini-bars.
• We prefer smaller, family run hotels, as they usually offer a warmer welcome and the money we spend is re-invested in the local economy.
• We normally choose hotels that don't insist on half-board or full-board packages: this gives you the flexibility to eat where you want and doesn't tie you to the (often rather bland) hotel restaurant.
• Accommodation choices are based on what's available in the places we want to stay: if that mean's a simple guesthouse, so be it. We choose the accommodation to suit the itinerary, not the other way round.
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With Explore you'll get more variety of accommodation than on conventional tours. Our small group sizes make this possible. And on many tours the accommodation gives a great insight into the destination itself, for example…
• A traditional Tuscan villa with gardens and pool
• Converted monastery cave hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey
• Swiss mountain hut in the shadow of the Matterhorn
• Bedouin-style camp in the heart of Wadi Rum, Jordan
• A Moroccan Kasbah, in the heart of the Atlas Mountains
• Aboard a traditional Egyptian Felucca
• Welcoming village guesthouses in Turkey's Taurus Mountains
• Authentic ryokans in Japan and haciendas in Cuba
• Raft houses in Thailand; stilt houses in Vietnam
• Classic sleeper trains the world over, including the Trans-Siberian Railway
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On Jan 27, James Coglan wrote: > > > (define-syntax parallel-set! > > > (syntax-rules () > > > [(parallel-set! (symbol ...) (value ...)) > > > (set! symbol value) ...])) Just a quick note here: especially if you want to implement your own macro expanded -- using "symbol" as a name for identifiers is a bad idea. It doesn't make the code incorrect, of course, but it indicates some other confusion. (Basically, hygiene means that identifiers are not just symbols.) > > > (parallel-set! (a b c) (1 2 3)) > > > ; a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 > > > > Only one form is allowed in the template portion of `syntax-rules', > > but you have two: (set! symbol value) and ... . > > > > You probably want > > > > (begin (set! symbol value) ...) > > Could someone second this? I thought I saw multi-statement templates > in some examples though I can't remember where. R5RS would seem to > agree with Sam but I'd like to be sure. Thirded. You're getting to an obscure point in the language: `begin' is actually overloaded, and it's doing two things -- it is used to sequence expressions when side effects are involved, and it's also used in macro results to "splice" them into the context that used the macro. This is something that people don't usually notice, but in some cases it can be very confusing, and when you're dealing with syntax you must know about it in many contexts where you need to "flatten" the `begin's in some syntax. Another example where a differece is visible is in Lazy Scheme: `begin' could be just a function for the first role, but it must be a syntax to get the second one too. -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://www.barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!
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Rockler: 2016 election polls, talk come way too soon after 2012 presidential race
Last week, President Barack Obama was re-elected and people were already talking about the 2016 election. Rather than looking at hypotheticals for future, as-of-yet meaningless elections, we need to begin looking at the issues at play now.
Polling already started in New Hampshire and Florida, looking to see who might possibly win. Public Policy Polling is already gathering voters' attitudes toward Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo for the Democrats. Chris Christie and Marco Rubio are among some of the names being polled for the Republicans.
It's simply too soon. The desire to look ahead to four years from now is unproductive and develops a continual campaign and election coverage, where the public only cares about the next election. At some point, the candidates we elect must actually have the opportunity to govern. Continual campaigns will not make our country better.
Republicans who are unhappy with the election outcome are already looking forward four years. But both Democrats and Republicans have an over-inflated sense of what the president can do. Those who are upset about Obama's victory and believe the country is drastically worse off because of it likely have this sense.
This belief is evident in the continual rhetoric about gasoline prices. Those who competed in the Republican primaries tried to blame the president for $4 gas prices. It oversimplifies a complex system where the president is not always directly responsible. Rather than see the more nuanced picture, those who dislike the president will be inclined to buy into similar oversimplifications. Pointing at the president for the country's success or failure is not always easily and clearly done.
It's a similar story for the economy. Romney blamed the president during the election for not doing more to fix the economy. The reality was that the Congress could have done more, too. The public can more easily fixate on holding one individual accountable than a group of 435 congressmen.
Conservatives need to understand that the president's re-election is not the end of the country or American values. Conservative FOX News host Bill O'Reilly blamed the public for Obama's re-election, suggesting a changing culture is to blame. "It's not a traditional America anymore, and there are 50 percent of the voting public who want stuff. They want things. And who is going to give them things? President Obama." Yet had Republicans worked harder with Democrats in the Senate, fewer Americans would be relying on the government for assistance.
Without a doubt, the GOP will need to change before 2016. It can no longer depend on a white majority to win elections. Staking out hardline positions on abortion or immigration will not appeal to the changing, more diverse population. Attracting younger voters who are socially liberal might be a place to start.
The country's fundamental values did not change when George Bush won a second term. Liberals reacted much the same way when he won re-election. Democrats across the country said they'd be leaving the country. Now, those who dislike Obama can start to understand the feeling. Just like Bush was, Obama he will be your president for the next four years — like it or not.
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Members of the Kanawha County Commission may be joining a potential lawsuit against Freedom Industries.
Kanawha County Commissioner Dave Hardy will ask fellow county commissioners Kent Carper and Hoppy Shores to vote on whether to join in on any lawsuit filed against the chemical storage company at a regular county commission meeting next week.
"As guardians of the taxpayers' dollar, I don't think we have any choice," Hardy said Wednesday. "The county has definitely suffered some economic damage from the event."
On Jan. 9, Freedom Industries leaked more than 10,000 gallons of the coal-cleaning chemical Crude MCHM into the Elk River, not far from West Virginia American Water's main water intake. The spill contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people in nine counties, shut down restaurants and cost local governments hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Hardy said just the overtime costs for the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department during the spill and its aftermath come to about $168,000.
On Tuesday, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department's board of directors voted to join the city of Charleston if city officials sue Freedom Industries over losses from the chemical spill. Dr. Rahul Gupta, chief health officer for the health department, said the department would sue to try to recover part of the $200,000 the health department lost because of the spill.
Officials for the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau are also considering joining any potential lawsuit. City officials have not yet taken legal action against the company.
Hardy said county officials will try to recoup their losses from the emergency through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other sources, but he thinks the county should join a lawsuit against the company just to be sure the county is repaid.
"I'm going to propose to the county commission that we join in that suit," Hardy said.
Officials for Freedom Industries filed for bankruptcy following the spill.
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Is Leno Stealing Jokes?
Howard Stern has some pretty strong accusations pointed at Jay Leno. They say that "imitation is the best form of flattery." But that can't be said for the world of professional comedy.I have never really been a fan of Leno…I am a Letterman kinda guy. There couldn't be anything worse than a comic who steals another comics jokes. True there is something to be said for be just plain old funny. I mean there are some peiople that can make any old knock knock joke sound funny. I hate it when I hear other people use a line that I have said or that i have heard somewher else. I almost feel vilated or cheated out of credit for it. If it is true that Leno uses other people's jokes, he should at least have a disclaimer or somehow credit the original comic. Read about the story below from popeater.com


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Gathered below are the top five stories for the week from Sunday August 24, 2003, as ranked by Silicon Strategies' readers, up to and including Saturday August 30. The ranking is based on the number of reader "views" or "hits" on a particular article.
1) SMIC to place $1 billion equipment order for Beijing fab ...Chinese foundry Semiconductor International Manufacturing Corp. (SMIC) is expected to order $1 billion worth of 300-mm tools for its new fab in Beijing alone, according to a report from Susquehanna International Group LLP.
2) Applied, ASML linked in consolidation debate ...Financial analysts who follow chip-making equipment vendors have been linking cash-rich Applied Materials Inc. with other companies, including lithography leader ASML Holding NV, according to a Reuters article published Saturday (August 23, 2003).
3) Intel tricks out 90-nm TCP/IP processor ...Intel Corp. has detailed an experimental 90-nanometer custom processor that handles TCP/IP ingress processing at measured data rates up to 9.64-Gbits/second.
4) Odds increase for an IC recovery, says IC Insights ...The semiconductor industry has rolled the dice and the odds on an IC recovery in 2003 have changed for the better, according to market forecaster IC Insights Inc.
5) An Applied, ASML link has strategic overtones ...Silicon Strategies' Peter Clarke looked at the strategic overtones of an Applied-ASML mega-merger in the chip-making equipment sector.
Other top stories for the week of August 24:
Monday August 25:
Intel opens Taiwan R&D center, cautious on recovery ...Intel Corp. CEO Craig Barrett said his company would set up an R&D center in Taipei and set the tone for the week as he kicked off his whistle-stop tour of southeast Asia.
Tuesday August 26:
Heard on the Beat: Intel says 90-nm process is 'healthy' ...Responding to comments from an analyst, Intel Corp. said its 90-nm process technology is on track and "healthy."
U.S. fund close to 'Hynix' bank takeover, says report ...Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), the leader of a consortium of banks and investors that has engaged in controversial debt-for-equity swaps with troubled Korean DRAM maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc., was close to being taken over by Lone Star, a US investment fund, according to a Financial Times report.
Wednesday August 27:
Japan's equipment markets hot in July, says report ...Chip-making equipment sales in Japan nearly doubled in July from a year earlier, up 76 percent to Y61.37 billion (about US$520 million), according to a Dow Jones report that cited the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan as its source.
Thursday August 28:
Chartered sells equipment, know-how for stake in China fab ...Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. has agreed to take a minor equity stake in Chinese foundry CSMC Technologies Corp. as part of a alliance on equipment purchase, technology licensing and operational assistance.
Friday August 29:
Philips' CEO calls for business model change ...Gerard Kleisterlee, chief executive officer of Royal Philips Electronics, called for changes to consumer electronics business models in a keynote speech delivered at the International Funkaustellung (IFA) consumer electronics exhibition.


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In optics, a prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refractlight. The exact angles between the surfaces depend on the application. The traditional geometrical shape is that of a triangular prism with a triangular base and rectangular sides, and in colloquial use "prism" usually refers to this type. Some types of optical prism are not in fact in the shape of geometric prisms. Prisms are typically made out of glass, but can be made from any material that is transparent to the wavelengths for which they are designed.
A prism can be used to break light up into its constituent spectralcolors (the colors of the rainbow). Prisms can also be used to reflect light, or to split light into components with different polarizations.
How prisms work
Light changes speed as it moves from one medium to another (for example, from air into the glass of the prism). This speed change causes the light to be refracted and to enter the new medium at a different angle (Huygens principle). The degree of bending of the light's path depends on the angle that the incident beam of light makes with the surface, and on the ratio between the refractive indices of the two media (Snell's law). The refractive index of many materials (such as glass) varies with the wavelength or color of the light used, a phenomenon known as dispersion. This causes light of different colors to be refracted differently and to leave the prism at different angles, creating an effect similar to arainbow. This can be used to separate a beam of white light into its constituent spectrum of colors. Prisms will generally disperse light over a much larger frequency bandwidth than diffraction gratings, making them useful for broad-spectrum spectroscopy. Furthermore, prisms do not suffer from complications arising from overlapping spectral orders, which all gratings have.
Prisms are sometimes used for the internal reflection at the surfaces rather than for dispersion. If light inside the prism hits one of the surfaces at a sufficiently steep angle, total internal reflection occurs and all of the light is reflected. This makes a prism a useful substitute for a mirror in some situations.
Deviation angle and dispersion
Ray angle deviation and dispersion through a prism can be determined by tracing a sample ray through the element and using Snell's law at each interface. The exact expressions for prism deviation and dispersion are complex, but for small angle of incidence \theta_0 and small angle \alpha they can be approximated to give a simple formula. For the prism shown at right, the indicated angles are given by
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\theta'_0 &\approx \frac{n_0}{n_1} \theta_0 \\ \theta_1 &= \alpha - \theta'_0 \\ \theta'_1 &\approx \frac{n_1}{n_2} \theta_1 \\ \theta_2 &= \theta'_1 - \alpha \end{align}. For a prism in air n_0=n_2 \simeq 1. Defining n=n_1, the deviation angle \delta is given by
- {\delta = \theta_2 + \theta_0 \approx n \theta_1 - \alpha + \theta_0 = n \alpha - n \theta'_0 - \alpha + \theta_0 \approx (n - 1) \alpha}
The dispersion \delta (\lambda) is the wavelength-dependent deviation angle of the prism, so that for a thin prism the dispersion is given by
- \delta (\lambda) \approx [ n (\lambda) - 1 ] \alpha
Prisms and the nature of light
In Isaac Newton's time, it was believed that white light was colorless, and that the prism itself produced the color. Newton's experiments convinced him that all the colors already existed in the light in a heterogeneous fashion, and that "corpuscles" (particles) of light were fanned out because particles with different colors traveled with different speeds through the prism. It was only later that Young and Fresnel combined Newton's particle theory with Huygen's wave theory to show that color is the visible manifestation of light's wavelength.
Newton arrived at his conclusion by passing the red color from one prism through a second prism and found the color unchanged. From this, he concluded that the colors must already be present in the incoming light — thus, the prism did not create colors, but merely separated colors that are already there. He also used a lens and a second prism to recompose the spectrum back into white light. This experiment has become a classic example of the methodology introduced during the scientific revolution. The results of this experiment dramatically transformed the field of metaphysics, leading to John Locke's primary vs secondary quality distinction.
Newton discussed prism dispersion in great detail in his book Opticks. He also introduced the use of more than one prism to control dispersion. Newton's description of his experiments on prism dispersion was qualitative, and is quite readable. A quantitative description ofmultiple-prism dispersion was not needed until multiple prism laser beam expanders were introduced in the 1980s.
In geometry, a cuboid is a solid figure bounded by six faces, forming a convex polyhedron. There are two competing (but incompatible) definitions of a cuboid in the mathematical literature. In the more general definition of a cuboid, the only additional requirement is that these six faces each be a quadrilateral, and that the undirected graph formed by the vertices and edges of the polyhedron should be isomorphic to the graph of a cube. Alternatively, the word "cuboid� is sometimes used to refer to a shape of this type in which each of the faces is a rectangle (and so each pair of adjacent faces meets in a right angle); this more restrictive type of cuboid is also known as a right cuboid, rectangularbox, rectangular hexahedron, right rectangular prism, or rectangular parallelepiped.
General cuboids
By Euler's formula the number of faces (F), vertices (V), and edges (E) of any convex polyhedron are related by the formula "F + V - E" = 2 . In the case of a cuboid this gives 6 + 8 - 12 = 2; that is, like a cube, a cuboid has 6 faces, 8 vertices, and 12 edges.
Along with the rectangular cuboids, any parallelepiped is a cuboid of this type, as is a square frustum (the shape formed by truncation of the apex of a square pyramid).
Rectangular cuboid
In a rectangular cuboid, all angles are right angles, and opposite faces of a cuboid are equal. It is also a right rectangularprism. The term "rectangular or oblong prism" is ambiguous. Also the term rectangularparallelepipedor orthogonal parallelepiped is used.
The square cuboid, square box, or right square prism (also ambiguously called square prism) is a special case of the cuboid in which at least two faces are squares. The cube is a special case of the square cuboid in which all six faces are squares.
If the dimensions of a cuboid are a, b and c, then its volume is abc and its surface area is 2ab + 2bc + 2ac.
The length of the space diagonal is
- d = \sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}.\
Cuboid shapes are often used for boxes, cupboards, rooms, buildings, etc. Cuboids are among those solids that can tessellate 3-dimensional space. The shape is fairly versatile in being able to contain multiple smaller cuboids, e.g. sugar cubes in a box, small boxes in a large box, a cupboard in a room, and rooms in a building.
A cuboid with integer edges as well as integer face diagonals is called an Euler brick, for example with sides 44, 117 and 240. A perfect cuboid is an Euler brick whose space diagonal is also an integer. It is currently unknown whether a perfect cuboid actually exists.
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Answers:Just so you know, your link led to a complaint page because the system with the example expects a "cookie" which, of course, was only set on your computer. But this example is fairly straightforward, though the term "net" is a little odd. What they are doing is "unfolding" the sides of the prism to calculate the surface area. The four sides ("lateral faces") unfold into one large rectangle, and that leaves the top and bottom ("bases") to be added in. So they calculate the area of the lateral sides (height times the perimeter of the base = 312) and then add the area of the two bases, each being length x width (which gives the 2 * 40). Here's another, equivalent way to look at it: take the three dimensions of the rectangular as x, y, and z. For each pair of measurements, there will be two opposite faces that consist of rectangles with that pair of dimensions. So the area is 2(xy + xz + yz). In the example, x=5, y=8, z=12 (or you can assign them in any other order and it will come out the same). So the surface area is 2 (5*8 + 5*12 + 8*12) = 2 (40 + 60 + 96) = 2 * 196 = 392 Their approach, unfolding the sides and then adding the top and bottom, just collects the areas of the sides in a different order. You're still adding up six rectangles; it's just that they've stuck four of them together in one step.
Answers:There are an infinite number of such. The larger the ends, the shorter the length. For example, if the triangle was 5 by 5 by 5* 2 then the length = 75/(5+5+5* 2) = 4.39334 cm
Answers:Think of a box or a cube. Those are examples of rectangular prisms. There are six faces (the sides of the solid). There are eight vertices (the "corners" of the solid). Answer: 6 faces 8 vertices
Answers:A polygon will have as many sides as you want, at least three, for a triangle, for example. An octagon has 8 sides. Poly = many, gone = angle, octo = 8, in Greek ;-)
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As a child, Caroline enjoyed theater, opera, literature and art which led her to her career as an actress.
While appearing in the play Quartermaine's Terms, Caroline broke her back.
Caroline Lagerfelt attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
As a child in Europe, Caroline learned about America through Seventeen magazine which left her with the impression that girls in the United States stayed up past 11 p.m. and ate hot dogs and angel food cake.
Caroline appeared in the movie Bye Bye, Love with Eliza Dushku and Amber Benson who both had roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Caroline guest starred as Anne, Spike's mother.
In 2002, Caroline starred in a pilot for USA Network's Red Skies as Veronica Pierson, but it was never picket up.
Caroline's work in theater has garnered her the following awards:
• An Outer Critics Circle Award for her role in Lend Me A Tenor directed by Jerry Zaks
• A Drama Desk Nomination for her role in The Constant Wife directed by Sir John Gielgud and Ingrid Bergman
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• Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, Moonlight and Clarence (Roundabout)
• Phaedra Brittanica and The Creditors (Classic Stage Company, directed by Carey Perloff),
• Quartermaine's Terms (directed by Harold Pinter, Obie Award)
• Close of Play, Other Places, and Look Back in Anger (all Manhattan Theatre Club)
• Cloud Nine (Lucille Lortel), and The Workroom (directed by Nicholas Kent)
• Regionally, Mary Stuart (directed by Carey Perloff at Huntington)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Old Globe)
• The Misanthrope (directed by Garland Wright, Guthrie)
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• Night and Day (Theatre Clwyd Wales, with Ralph Fiennes)
• Dog Days (English Vienna Theater)
• Misalliance, The Physicist, The Devil's Disciple, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lloyd George Knew My Father (with Sir Ralph Richardson)
• To Grandmother's House We Go (with Eva LeGalliene)
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• The Jockey Club Stakes
• The Philanthropist
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Caroline's father, Baron Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt was an ambassador for Sweden in Vienna.
Caroline has two sons.
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Caroline Lagerfelt will portray Sister Helena in The New Group's revival of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brody" Off Broadway, fall 2006. Directed by Scott Elliott the cast features Cynthia Nixon in the title role and includes Emily Bicks,Ritchie Coster, Betsy Hogg, Zoe Kazan, John Pankow, Caity Quinn, Matthew Rauch, Sarah Steele and Halley Wegryn Gross.
Caroline:(On her first time being fired from a play) I was absolutely devastated. You feel like you have a big sign across your forehead saying, 'inadequate.'
Caroline:(About preforming on the dinner theater circuit early in her career) We'd wait on tables, shower, rush on stage and act -dreadfully I'm sure. After the show, we'd all have to line up and shake hands with everybody who was leaving, like little performing monkeys. And then -- we each had our own set of tables -- we'd rush to our tables for the tips.
Caroline: I just love the feeling in America that you can do anything you want to do if you really set your mind to it. It sounds corny. But foreigners like me really know that.
Caroline: I remember the first time I was on stage. I played a dog walker. Although I realized how small my role was, I was still elated the minute I walked on stage. From that moment on , I never doubted my desire to become a real actress.


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New York — The archdiocese of New York has dropped its legal demand that the Obama administration provide documents from the White House staff related to the church's lawsuit against the government's insurance mandate for birth control coverage.
Reuters reported that the archdiocese filed a notice with the U.S. District Court on Monday dropping its request for documents from the administration. In February, the archdiocese subpoenaed the records of White House staff, including those of the president, to use in the archdiocese's lawsuit over the contraceptive mandate in the health insurance law.
On April 4, the White House asked the federal court to toss out the request, saying it was inappropriate and a burden on the administration.
Reuters said the archdiocese's notice did not say why the subpoena was being withdrawn.
The archdiocese is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit in New York federal court challenging provisions in the Affordable Care Act that would require employers to include coverage of birth control in employees' health insurance plans.
The Catholic church teaches that artificial birth control is a sin. The church maintains that its entities as well as nonreligious employers whose owners say they oppose contraception for moral reasons should not be required to pay for such coverage.
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Waconia native Hannah Schonhardt is making a splash on the basketball court at the University of Northern Iowa this season. The 2012 Holy Family Catholic High School graduate, who was well-respected in volleyball, basketball, and track and field, is quickly becoming an important member of the Panther women's basketball team during her freshman year.
With her first career start for the Panthers on Dec. 29 against St. Louis, Schonhardt has been featured as one of the team's players to watch and is posting impressive statistics.
Against Southern Illinois on Jan. 31, Schonhardt posted a career-high 15 points, the third time this season she has scored double figures. She also pulled down nine rebounds against the Billikens. With 35 minutes on the court, Schonhardt also logged the most minutes of any team member.
She topped her own career points record Saturday night against Evansville, when Schonhardt netted 23 points. She also grabbed eight boards.
For her performances against Southern Illinois and Evansville, Schonhardt was recognized as the Missouri Valley Conference's Newcomer of the Week. While she is not yet ranked among MVC players (as she has yet to appear in 75 percent of the team's games), Schonhardt's numbers are certainly beginning to rival those on the lists.
Schonhardt has scored 139 points this season, the fourth highest on the team. The six-foot-two forward leads the team in field goal percentage at .462 (49-106), as well three-point percentage (.386, 17-44) and blocked shots (15). She is second in defensive rebounds, having grabbed 75 so far this year.
The UNI Panthers are 11-11 so far this season and are 5-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
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This is a 2 Year Follow up Clinical and Radiographic Analysis of a Novel All Polyethelene Glenoid Component in Standard Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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Two hundred patients will be analyzed both clinically (via validated outcomes measures) and radiographically (via 2 sets of standard radiographs) to determine the survival and degree of bone in growth of a novel all polyethelene glenoid component used in a standard FDA approved shoulder arthroplasty system.
|The Primary Disease Process Being Studied is Shoulder OA and the Effect of an All Polyethelene Glenoid Component on Shoulder Arthroplasty
|Device: Shoulder arthroplasty with anchor peg glenoid
|Phase 4
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Further study details as provided by Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- ASES Scores [ Time Frame: Every 3 months ]Accepted validated clinical outcome measure
- PENN Score [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Accepted validated outcome measure
- Radiographic integration of component [ Time Frame: 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, 2 years ]Two sets of radiographs will be obtained to look for any signs of loosening and for bony integration of the component
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|Experimental: Single arm shoulder arthroplasty
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Exclusion Criteria:Any paient who had a concomitant rotator cuff tear, infection, revision or previous arthroplasty.
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Up to 30,000 homes still without electricity
Up to 30,000 homes remained without power last night after one of the worst storms ever to hit Northern Ireland.
An estimated 100,000 premises suffered power cuts over the '24 hours from hell', Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said.
And in Scotland the town of of Cleghorn, South Lanarkshire, was mourning the death of a schoolgirl killed in a coach crash amid "horrendous" weather conditions were last night astounded that the bus had been allowed to travel.
Natasha Paton (17) died as a coach plunged off an icy bridge during a snowstorm and into a river, throwing the girl from the vehicle and coming to rest on top of her.
Northern Ireland Electricity revealed that it had been forced to bring in more than 150 engineers from the Republic and Britain after electricity poles were smashed "like matchsticks" under the weight of the snow. Large areas of counties Tyrone, Londonderry and Antrim were lashed by blizzards, heavy rain and winds on Tuesday night.
NIE said last night: "Damage to the network remains extensive with hundreds of faults still to be dealt with. The worst affected areas remain Omagh, Londonderry, Coleraine and Ballymoney. In those areas restoration of supplies is likely to take days.
"Northern Ireland Electricity has deployed all available resources on fault location and repairs. Around 70 additional fault repair contractors have been brought in from the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.
"Almost 100 other engineers and linesmen will be travelling tonight and will be ready to start work tomorrow morning."
NIE warned that some homes could remain cut off for days, following the ice storm.
"The last time we had an ice storm in Northern Ireland was 10 years ago and it was concentrated in the Downpatrick area. This went right across Northern Ireland so it was on a whole different scale. This was the worst we have ever experienced," spokeswoman Sara McClintock said.
Up to 300 people were rescued from the Glenshane Pass on Tuesday night after snowdrifts of up to a metre deep overwhelmed vehicles. Police, coastguard, mountain rescue crews from Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, plus roads service staff from the Department of Environment launched a joint operation, moving motorists and passengers to a leisure centre in Limavady.
The Met Office issued a further severe weather warning for last night into today, although not as high an alert as the previous 24 hours. Members of the public were warned to take care and consult Traffic Watch for further advice on road conditions.
"Widespread ice is likely to form on untreated roads and pavements, especially where showers have recently fallen," the Met Office said.
A series of roads remained closed last night due to extreme weather conditions, including the A20 at Greyabbey; the A43 Glenariff Road (Waterfoot) and B14 Ballyeomon Road (Cushendall); the B69 Barnailt Road between Claudy and Limavady; the Murley Road between Fivemiletown and Fintona; B47 Glenelly Road between Plumbridge and Draperstown beyond Cranagh village; and Glenedra Road at Altinure towards Draperstown.
Roads Service manager Colin Brown said: "The weather last night across Northern Ireland was unprecedented in my experience.
"Nonetheless, in Roads Service we have been out all night and continue to do so."
Last night, Belfast International Airport said flights are now largely operating to schedule.
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Port de Pollenca Yacht Charter
This bustling coastal town is a favourite destination of both mainstream tourists and luxury yacht charters. The town of Port de Pollenca is teeming with holidaymakers for a greater part of the year, and the number of arrivals of first-time and repeat visitors reaches all time high during the Mediterranean summer months.
Port de Pollenca is located on the north eastern section of the Mallorca coast and is about 6 kilometres off the eastern section of Pollenca town and 2 kilometres from the south eastern section of Cala San Vincent.
Geographically, Port de Pollenca is not really different from the other towns on the island of Mallorca, although it is distinctively more quaint and laidback when compared to the other yacht charter destinations in the island. This is the ideal place to spend a couple of days if you want some respite from the hustle and bustle that prevails in the other tourist centres in the region. Still, there are a slew of exciting activities and famous attractions that would keep you busy for the next couple of weeks if you decide to make a short stop in this idyllic coastal town.
Yacht Charter which includes Port de Pollenca
Port de Pollenca is everything that you would expect from a premier yacht charter holiday resort in the Mediterranean – wonderful landscape, beautiful scenery, verdant vegetation, pristine beaches and rustic and warm atmosphere. Set by a horseshoe-shaped bay with the impressive mountain range of Tramuntana serving as backdrop, a holiday jaunt in this quaint town presents some really jaw-dropping treats and experiences. This is the main reason why this town accounts for the greater number of yacht charter aficionados and mainstream tourists that keep coming back to Spain during the summer months.
Port de Pollenca was originally a Spanish fishing village before it was able to etch its indelible mark in Spain's tourist map. Still, the "old" town is able to retain its old look and tradition. One of the best experiences while in town is the leisurely evening walk along the marina while passing through an array of restaurants and cafes the line its pavement.
Port de Pollenca is the ideal choice for families and couples who are looking for some quiet time and away from the maddening pace that prevails in other yacht charter destinations in the region. The prevailing atmosphere within this idyllic city is in stark contrast to what is normally experienced in other tourist resorts like Palma Nova, Magaluf and Alcudia. Porto de Pollenca is the picture-perfect representation of a typical Spanish resort that boasts of miles of pristine beaches and a natural marina that is teeming with luxury yachts and superyachts.
Popular Attractions and Important Destinations
Port de Pollenca features a vibrant cultural heritage and rich history. It is actually the favourite destination of artists and painters who are looking for some great inspirations for their art pieces. Notable attractions include the Museum of Pollenca, the Museu Marti Visenc and the famed Casa Museu Dionis Bennassar.
Other important historical sites that you should include in your day activities in the city include the old churches as well as the Roman Bridge, which was constructed during the Roman times. In addition to these, the city regularly plays host to several art galleries and exhibitions by known painters and artists.


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Devi Sri Prasad had scored music for more than 50 movies now. But it is no exaggeration to say he had delivered excellent albums to Bunny more than any one else. Arya and Arya-2 have two item numbers Aa ante Amalapuram and Ringa Ringa which created rage in the youth then. And now DSP is all set to recreate the same magic. He had recorded a racy item number for Allu Arjun's upcoming movie, Iddarammayilatho. Puri and Allu is reportedly overwhelmed with the output of the song. The regular shooting of the movie will begin from 19th December in Bangkok.
Amala Paul and Katherine Theressa are the heroines. Puri Jagannadh who earlier delivered a super hit to Bunny in the form of Desamudhuru is the director of this film.. The film is being produced by Bandla Ganesh under Parameswara Arts banner.


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Why the newest Romney viral video on Mormonism shouldn't really bother you
As Hurricane Sandy started to release its stranglehold on news coverage, a 2007 video of Romney angrily defending Mormonism from his 2008 presidential run resurfaced and quietly exploded on the internet over the weekend, picking up over 1.6 million views.
In the video Mitt defends his faith from a line of questioning by Iowa talk radio host Jan Mickelson and insists that, no, he doesn't believe the second coming of Jesus Christ will occur in Missouri, he believes it wil happen in Jerusalem just like mainstream Christians—he just believes that after his return, Jesus' law will reign from two places—Jerusalem and Missouri.
Romney claims the video was the result of a hidden camera. Mickelson says the camera was in plain view. Either way, the video resurfacing a few days before the election is clearly a response by progressives to try to marginalize Romney by making him appear as a weirdo. Wether or not you're a progressive there are plenty of things about Mitt Romney that should bother you—but this video isn't one of them. Here's why:
First, as Mitt says, his Mormon beliefs aren't so disimilar from mainstream Christianity. Once you're talking about believing in resurrection from the dead and that a human man will be showing up soon as a personal delivery from the creator of the universe, isn't arguing over geography kind of splitting hairs? Is it really that much "crazier" that he would appear in Missouri than in Jerusalem? If you're willing to take Obama as a totally "normal" Christian for his espoused beliefs, you're being kind of a dick for calling out Romney on his theology—spaceships, magic underwear and all.
Second, in the video what Romney actually says is that his anti-choice position on abortion doesn't come from his faith—he says Mormonism actually allows for a live-and-let-live philosophy, and that while it says Mormons shouldn't have abortions others should be able to do what they want. Romney says it's his own political conviction—outside the tenets of his faith—that makes him think abortion should be prohibited.
This is a little surprising because we're used to hearing conservatives argue against abortion because their faith doesn't allow for it. But Romney's stance here isn't such a bad thing—he's actually saying he's able to make political "secular" decisions outside the precepts of his religion. Another way to put this is the separation of church and state. Which is a good thing.
What should bother you about Romney is that outside the influence of his religious beliefs, on purely political grounds, he believes that women should not be able to decide for themselves whether to have abortions. It should bother you that he's stood on every side of every divisive issue confronting America, including the abortion issue. It should bother you that his idea of leadership after Hurricane Sandy was sending stuff to the Red Cross that they didn't want, and collecting it in a photo-op setting.
If you want to find things about Romney that should bother you, there are plenty. But this video doesn't really count, as it basically just boils down to Romney defending himself against the media's xenophobic predilection for focusing on the one thing that makes him an "outsider." If progressives don't like middle America focusing on Obama as exotic and different because of the color of his skin and his heritage, they shouldn't participate in the same behavior by latching on to Romney's Mormonism.
We may have elected the first black president, which is progress, but we're still a long ways off from electing a non-religious president. As long as that's the case, should the particular branch really matter?


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March 14, 2010 1:45 pm
Sometimes a single is just a single, but sometimes it's worth much more.
In the A's-Rangers game last Sept. 15, Oakland's Mark Ellis led off the fourth inning with a single to left. Daric Barton followed with a double to deep center, sending Ellis to third. Next up was Cliff Pennington, whose fly ball to left was too shallow to score Ellis. Adam Kennedy then struck out, and the A's were on the verge of squandering a terrific run-scoring opportunity until Rajai Davis saved the day with a bloop single to right, driving in both runners.
Whose contribution to the rally was most valuable? This question is rather subjective and open to interpretation. Most fans would probably choose Davis because of his clutch two-RBI knock, but it's possible to make cases for others as well. Ellis' single got everything started, and we all know how crucial it is to get the leadoff man aboard. Barton's long drive turned a promising start into a potentially huge inning; it wasn't his fault that the two subsequent batters failed to cash it in.
September 22, 2009 1:39 pm
Popping the hood to dig down into when to let it ride with your rookie hitters, and when to worry.
In my previous article, I modeled the choice between a stable veteran and a promising but unproven rookie as a "multi-armed bandit" problem. To solve it, I devised an algorithm that computes the expected value of each choice and discovered that provisionally starting the rookie usually yields a greater expectation. The intuition behind this result is that it's usually worth investing a few plate appearances in the hopes that a rookie might be highly productive, even if that is improbable according to his PECOTA projection; after all, the veteran can always replace him if the experiment fails. But what constitutes failure? In other words, how long should the rookie be allowed to struggle?
To answer this question, we'll need to go under the hood of the model I described the first time out. In the model, the rookie's productivity is described by a probability distribution on his OBP based on PECOTA's projections. The probability distribution in question is a beta; in order to understand the methodology I am about to describe, we'll need to grasp the basics of this distribution. The beta ranges over the interval [0, 1] and is defined by two positive parameters (α, β). Its mean is α/(α+β); thus, if α goes up, the mean goes up, while if β goes up, the mean goes down. Also, the greater α and β are the more "peaked" the distribution will be around this mean. Let's see how this looks:
September 10, 2009 4:18 pm
Exploring when they should start versus when they should head for farm country.
Willie Mays famously started his career 0-for-12 before hitting a home run off of Warren Spahn. This season, Orioles �ber-stud catcher Matt Wieters has struggled to live up to expectations, posting a feeble .264/.310/.368 line since being called up in May. Talented rookies such as these present a twofold challenge to their teams: first, how to identify when they're ready for promotion, and second, how to react when they fail to produce. These decisions can be driven by subjective considerations, such as a scout or manager's evaluation of the player's poise and confidence. Such things are certainly important, but it's worth investigating what a purely objective mechanism for making these decisions might look like.
So, today we'll try to answer the first question: How do you decide when a prospect's ready? Let's consider the common scenario in which a rookie player is competing with a veteran for the vet's job. The veteran's productivity is typically well established, while the rookie's productivity is not known as precisely. Thus, we're faced with a choice between a so-called sure thing, and an unknown but possibly superior alternative.
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August 23, 2009 10:43 am
Repeated pickoff attempts may be an exercise in tedium, but what are the real costs and benefits to keeping the runner close?
We're all familiar with the chorus of boos that often rains down on a pitcher making repeated throws to first base. To fans, such throws are an annoyance, serving to slow down an already slow game. To pitchers, however, they are a valuable means of curtailing the running game. In his New Historical Baseball Abstract, Bill James proposed a rule he hoped would resolve this conflict: each team should be allowed two unsuccessful throws to the bases each inning, with all subsequent unsuccessful throws counting as balls.
I've always been fond of this suggestion, which is based on the simple and logical idea of assigning a cost to a resource that seemingly has none (or very little). But is this the case? That is, what is the benefit of throwing to first, and what, if any, is the cost? Regarding the first question, James refers to a study by STATS Inc. that found that throwing to first reduces the number and the success rate of stolen bases, and that throwing repeatedly is more effective than throwing once. He provides no details of the study, however, which by now is at least a decade old; it therefore seems worthwhile to revisit the issue.
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August 5, 2009 12:14 pm
Once you've got the pitcher on the ropes, should you swing for the fences or hope the pitcher hangs himself?
Conventional wisdom dictates that a hitter take a pitch on a 3-0 count. The pitcher has thrown three straight balls, so why not make him throw a few strikes in a row? On the other hand, the 3-0 pitch is probably the easiest to hit, as the pitcher has no margin for error and can't afford to try anything fancy. Which is the more compelling argument?
Let's begin with some descriptive analysis: who swings on 3-0 and who doesn't? I looked at all 3-0 counts between 2003 and 2008, excluding intentional walks; below are the 20 players who swung most often (minimum 50 PA).
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On the steps on the side of a house in Woodstock Georgia.
If I take back roads home from my job in Kennesaw, this Geohash spot is only 0.5 miles out of my way. From Google maps, I could see that the spot that the hash is on is in a fenced in back yard. I decided that I would attempt this one instead of driving to the south end of the Atlanta Graticule which I knew was reachable.
I park on the side of the street and walk to the front door. I look at my eTrex 44 feet to go from the front door. I knock on the front door and a few seconds a man comes to the door. He says through the door to go around to the side of the house. As I walk through the wooden gate to the side of the house, I start looking at my eTrex. Just as I get to the first stair that leads up to the door, I see my eTrex go to 0.00 feet.
I continue up the stairs and talk with the home owner about Geohashing and show on the map the point I am trying to reach and tell him that I walked through the spot on my way up the stairs. I ask him if he would mind that I take a picture of my eTrex standing at the bottom of the stairs.
He says "No" and follows me out. He asks if that is all I am going to take a picture of. Not to see creepy or anything, I say "Yes" that is the only thing I am going to take a picture of. I walk to the bottom of the stairs and stop. The eTrex settles on 4.13 feet to go. I take two pictures. I wave to the guy and say "Thanks!" and start to walk off. He says "Your Welcome" and goes back inside.
I then get back in my truck and drive home to Norcross.
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It Vibrates, Too!
Did I mention that my phone has gone from iPhone to full-featured erotic toy? Just recently, it'd become this loud and graphic device, which was bad enough, but now, whoever messed with it turned the vibration function to the max. The result? A bit embarassing...
Let me start at the beginning...
I was at home on Wednesday, minding my own business. The phone was in its protective case, in my right pocket, since I carry it around when I'm at home. It's really the ONLY time I have it with me, because of the porn display on the lock screen and the loud, screaming orgasms that have replaced its ringtone. I was cooking myself dinner when it suddenly started ringing. But it didn't just ring, it vibrated. Not that little standard, wimpy vibration that cell phones have, no siree! This was the REAL vibration, strong and deep and cranked up to ELEVEN! Right next to my very large erection!
And just like that, before I had time to dig it out of my pocket, I was on my knees, having... um... the time of my life, I guess.
And with each loooong, powerful vibration, I came. I had NO IDEA who was calling, but it was almost a minute before he or she gave up. (Turns out it was Mandy, but I only found that out later.)
Of course, that wasn't the end of it. Last night, we had a videogames party at my place, with Jennifer and Jed, Roseanne and Brooke, and Mandy. I'd hid the phone (wrapped in cloth) in a deep drawer, so no one would hear it, of course. The party went without a hitch and everybody had a great time. By midnight, only Brooke and Roseanne were left. On a whim, I decided to check if I had any messages, and discovered my phone gone! Shite! I raced to my regular phone (yeah, I'm antiquated that way, I have a land line!) and dialed it up. It rang!
And from Brooke's crotch came a LOUD vibration, and sounds of screaming female ecstasy. Sounds which were quickly echoed by Brooke's own moans. She flung her hands at her crotch, realizing this was a BAD idea, but she was quickly too far gone to fish the thing out by herself. She was soon on her back, having squirming orgasms, and I watched (mouth agape) for four or five rings before it dawned on me to hang up.
Roseanne's only comment was something like "I just love to see that girl cum." Quickly followed by a muttered "Gotta get me one of those."


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AUSTIN, TX – OnRamp Access, a regional ISP, Co-location provider and web development company announces that it is now offering 24-hour technical staffing to provide full-time management of its newly acquired Data Center, effective immediately. With the move, the company also announces immediate, 24/7 physical access and system administration services for authorized Co-location and managed server customers.
"The enhanced resources in our new facility have made our co-location offering attractive to a whole new customer base," said OnRamp Access President Chad Kissinger. "Not only are they requiring more redundancy, more bandwidth and more space, they're requiring more hands-on services. Their applications are mission critical and 30-minute lead time for our guy to meet them at the Data Center in the middle of the night wasn't good enough. They want smart people who are physically here all the time that know how to restart servers, replace drives and generally troubleshoot their problems until they can get here."
Kissinger said this is one of several ongoing added value services that OnRamp is making in to ensure that customer service and attention is on par with the top-of-the-line resources that reside in its newly acquired data center. The company signed an option for a long-term lease for the new facility in March 2003 and by moving in, basically inherited the $3.5 million of data center enhancements which include a 750 Kilowatt generator, (3) twenty-ton Liebert A/C units, 500 KVA Liebert UPS, pre-action fire suppression system, National Laboratories UL listed lightening protection system and redundant fiber delivery from both neighboring Time Warner Telecom and several other CLECS using either their own or SBC's fiber.
"This place was built to handle 911 calls," he said. "It's an incredible environment for maximizing network uptime and redundancy. But every IT guy out there has at some point, encountered Murphy's Law and we want to make sure every tool is available to help them when and if something does happen."


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Although I am a fanatical football fan, I had a lukewarm reaction when I saw that funding was approved for the Minnesota Vikings stadium.
I believe the Vikings would have left the Twin Cities if Zygi Wilf did not get his new stadium.
However, I'm upset that a government and the people it represents can be held hostage by implied threats from fans, the team and certain politicians.
The most annoying part of this whole situation for me has been the process. I was looking through the Anoka County Union's archives the other day for background research on another story and
I saw a photo of Wilf standing by then Anoka County Commissioner Margaret Langfeld and Tom Ryan, mayor of Blaine.
The headline of this July 28, 2006 story was titled "Parties reaffirm their intent for Vikes' stadium in Blaine."
The article stated that the 2006 state Legislature passed legislation directing Anoka County and the Vikings to prepare a stadium proposal for the 2007 session.
It took almost six years from that day until a new stadium was approved for the city of Minneapolis.
The Vikings should have been more realistic to understand that it would take some time for legislators to stomach a stadium bill and could have waited a few more years, especially once the economic recession began.
The state Legislature could have just voted down proposals and told the Vikings to try again rather than just taking no action. Minneapolis should have jumped in the stadium race sooner.
I personally think there should have been a statewide sales tax increase instead of this electronic pull tab venture.
Many nonprofits that have charitable gambling locations are already struggling. Now there will be even more competition for limited dollars.
We are also targeting gamblers to pay our debts for the stadium. That idea does not sit well with me.
Nobody wants a tax increase, but we will be on the hook somehow if this electronic gambling idea does not work out.
The whole state benefits from having the Minnesota Vikings in some way, so a very minimal statewide sales tax increase would have been justified in my mind.
Minneapolis should have allowed the people to vote on the local sales tax issue.
Some have said this would have led to the defeat of the new stadium proposal. Perhaps it would have, but a vote would have been the best way to find out if there is true support of this proposal.
Perhaps Wilf would have delayed any move or sale to another party for a year or two to give the state Legislature another chance to change its mind after the 2012 election, but I think it would have been inevitable.
While I obviously have no inside knowledge of what Wilf would have done had the Legislature denied the stadium bill again, history has shown that the NFL is more than willing to uproot historic franchises if more money could be made elsewhere.
In many cases, an expansion team came to a city that lost a team.
The Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis. Baltimore eventually received the Cleveland Browns franchise and changed the name to the Baltimore Ravens.
Cleveland now has a team called the Browns, but there was a three-season gap between 1996 and 1998 when it did not have a team.
Not long after losing the team to Baltimore, plans were developed to build a new stadium in Cleveland.
There used to be two St. Louis Cardinals teams, but the professional football team moved to Arizona.
Now there is the St. Louis Rams. Houston lost the Oilers to Tennessee, which was later renamed the Tennessee Titans. The Houston Texans is another expansion team.
If the Vikings had left for Los Angeles or another city, I would not have doubted that some other elected officials down the road would feel compelled to get another team.


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Case Conclusion Date: 05.07.2010
Practice Area: Speeding and traffic ticket
Outcome: Prevailed - Reversed on RALJ appeal.
Description: Sharon Elefant's motorcycle hit a parked car and she was subsequently charged with an infraction under the Seattle Municipal Code. She contested the infraction at a contested hearing in the Seattle Municipal Court, Elefant moved to dismiss for the court's failure to set her prehearing conference within the time limitation set out under court rule. The Municipal Court denied the motion, the case proceeded to hearing over objection and without Elefant being available to testify, and the court found Elefant committed the infraction. Elefant appealed the denial of the motion to dismiss. The Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County held that the Municipal Court of Seattle erred when it set respondent's prehearing conference outside the time limitation set out in the court rule, and the Municipal Court failed to sustain the objection on the record when the Municipal Court failed to give respondent written notice of a time limitation for the objection. The Superior Court reversed the Municipal Court and remanded the cause to the Municipal Court for proceedings consistent with this order.


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void volume()
private:, and provide some constructors. Don't fall into the bad practice of providing a get / set function for each member variable. You probably won't need any of them
Box::volume() function expects to take a double as an argument, but the argument never gets used. The body of the function is essentially just an assignment operation performed on 'v', which is a member of the Box class.
myBox1.volume(), simply access
|first question why di you create int argc, and char* argv[]
int main() as you did, as the compiler will fill in the blanks. At this point you do not have to worry about these things, as you said that you are a beginner.
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|From: Brecht Van Laethem (brvlaeth at vub.ac.be)
Date: Tue Oct 13 10:32:37 EDT 2009
I know scheme for offline use but now we have to program an online version of the boardgame Stratego (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratego) in Scheme as a task for school. Which library should I use best for this? You must be able to select a pawn (this will probably be a jpeg or gif) and remove it to another square on the gameboard (this will probably be an array of pictures) I've read the library Continue (http://docs.plt-scheme.org/continue/index.html). It shows how you can make an online blog with scheme. Is this a suitable library for an online game? I can't find how you can put an image on a specific position on the screen. I've noticed that there is also another library: Web (http://docs.plt-scheme.org/web-server/index.html). This library seems more complex then the Continue library. I've with this library the same problem: I can't find how you can use images. What's the easiest way to select a pawn? A button with a picture above it so you can't see the button? With friendly regards, Brecht
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