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IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) automates the process of collecting, organizing, and identifying patterns in highly distributed, diverse and fast-changing service and application data to identify problems faster and improve IT system performance.
The modern digital business revolution infuses technology in every step of an organization's value chain. This unprecedented use of technology creates a complex challenge for IT Infrastructure and Operations organizations, as it becomes difficult to collect and organize the explosion of data generated by new digital business systems and sources.
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In today's digital business, data is the currency that guides and drives all decisions and actions. Breaking down IT information silos and automatically organizing multi-structured data from diverse, dynamic sources, operational analytics software solutions transform disconnected data points, which lack meaning, into actionable information.
IT Operations Analytics should be applied to the modern IT Infrastructure and Operations environment to:
- Troubleshoot and anticipate problems in the application and service infrastructure through analytics integrated with existing IT Operations Management tools and practices
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The topic of becoming, although it features one major paradox, contains other
paradoxes as well. Not the least of these is the fact that, although becoming is
one of the most important concepts in the Buddha's teachings, there is no fullscale
treatment of it in the English language. This book is an attempt to fill that
The importance of becoming is evident from the role it plays in the four noble
truths, particularly in the second: Suffering and stress are caused by any form of
craving that leads to becoming. Thus the end of suffering must involve the end of
becoming. The central paradox of becoming is also evident in the second noble
truth, where one of the three forms of craving leading to becoming is craving for
non‐becoming—the ending of what has come to be. This poses a practical
challenge for any attempt to put an end to becoming. Many writers have tried to
resolve this paradox by defining non‐becoming in such a way that the desire for
Unbinding (nibbana) would not fall into that category. However, the Buddha
himself taught a strategic resolution to this paradox, in which the four noble
truth—the path to the end of suffering—involves creating a type of becoming
where the mind is so steady and alert that it can simply allow what has come
into being to pass away of its own accord, thus avoiding the twin dangers of
craving for becoming or for non‐becoming.
My first inkling that the resolution of the paradox of becoming was
strategic—and paradoxical itself—rather than simply linguistic came from
reading the following passage in The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee. In this
passage, Ajaan Lee is teaching meditation to a senior scholarly monk in Bangkok.
One day the Somdet said, ... "There's one thing I'm still doubtful about. To
make the mind still and bring it down to its basic resting level (bhavanga): Isn't
this the essence of becoming and birth?"
"That's what concentration is," I told him, "becoming and birth."
"But the Dhamma we're taught to practice is for the sake of doing away with
becoming and birth. So what are we doing giving rise to more becoming and
"If you don't make the mind take on becoming, it won't give rise to
knowledge, because knowledge has to come from becoming if it's going to do
away with becoming."
This book is essentially an attempt to explore in detail the ways in which the
Buddha's own resolution of the paradox of becoming employs the very same
In the course of writing this book, I found it necessary to revisit themes
treated in some of my earlier writings. For instance, the topics of clinging and
Unbinding, treated in The Mind Like Fire Unbound, and kamma and causality,
treated in The Wings to Awakening, had to be covered again to give a full picture
of the causes of becoming along with a sense of the rewards that come when
becoming is overcome. But even though there is some overlap between this book
and those—in terms of points made and passages cited—I am treating these
topics from a different angle, posing different questions and arriving at a
different range of answers. Thus the discussion here, instead of being redundant,
adds new dimensions to what was written in those earlier works.
Many people have read earlier incarnations of the manuscript for this book
and offered valuable suggestions for improving its substance and style. In
addition to the monks here at the monastery, I would like to thank the following
people for their help: Ven. Pasanno Bhikkhu, Ven. Amaro Bhikkhu, Michael
Barber, Peter Clothier, Peter Doobinin, Bok‐Lim Kim, Nate Osgood, Xiao‐Quan
Osgood, Rose St. John, Mary Talbot, Ginger Vathanasombat, Barbara Wright,
and Michael Zoll. Any mistakes, of course, are my own responsibility.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
He who's an Arahant, his work achieved,
Free from taints, in final body clad,
That monk still might use such words as "I."
Still perchance might say: "They call this mine."
Would such a monk be prone to vain conceits?
[The Blessed One:]
Bonds are gone for him without conceits,
All delusion's chains are cast aside:
Truly wise, he's gone beyond such thoughts.
That monk still might use such words as "I,"
Still perchance might say: "They call this mine."
Well aware of common worldly speech,
He would speak conforming to such use.
or better translation
"No knots exist for one with conceit cast off;
For him all knots of conceit are consumed.
When the wise one has transcended the conceived
He might still say 'I speak,'
And he might say 'They speak to me.'
Skillful, knowing the world's parlance,
He uses such terms as mere expressions."
Araham Sutta
One neither fabricates nor mentally fashions for the sake of becoming or un-becoming. This being the case, one is not sustained by anything in the world (does not cling to anything in the world). Unsustained, one is not agitated. Unagitated, one is totally unbound right within. One discerns that 'Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world.'
kowtaaia wrote:Is there really such a thing as 'desire for unbinding'? Surely, longing is in relation to the idea of it.
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Kow,kowtaaia wrote:Is there really such a thing as 'desire for unbinding'? Surely, longing is in relation to the idea of it.
To use Element's quotation above as a backdrop, 'desire for unbinding' is a mental fabrication.
kowtaaia wrote:The point is that 'desire for unbinding' has nothing to do with the actuality of unbinding, only with the idea of it. The mind of desire has no relationship with unbinding.
kowtaaia wrote:The mind of desire has no relationship with unbinding.
"Of those, right view is the forerunner. And how is right view the forerunner? One discerns wrong resolve as wrong resolve, and right resolve as right resolve. And what is wrong resolve? Being resolved on sensuality, on ill will, on harmfulness. This is wrong resolve.
"And what is right resolve? Right resolve, I tell you, is of two sorts: There is right resolve with effluents, siding with merit, resulting in the acquisitions [of becoming]; and there is noble right resolve, without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
"And what is the right resolve that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions? Being resolved on renunciation, on freedom from ill will, on harmlessness. This is the right resolve that has effluents, sides with merit, & results in acquisitions.
And what is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path? The thinking, thought, resolve, mental absorption, mental fixity, directing of awareness & vaca sankhara of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without effluents, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right resolve that is without effluents, transcendent, a factor of the path.
"One tries to abandon wrong resolve & to enter into right resolve: This is one's right effort. One is mindful to abandon wrong resolve & to enter & remain in right resolve: This is one's right mindfulness. Thus these three qualities — right view, right effort & right mindfulness — run & circle around right resolve.
The paradox is when the arahant has seen through the illusion of 'self' and ended craving & attachment, there is still forms of becoming or mental manifestion. However, these becomings are not dukkha because they are free from craving & free from attachment. They are pure undefiled aggregates functioning. The arahant or practitioner (one does not need to be an arahant) understands any thoughts of the mind are merely mental formations, they are sankhara, they are not self.
Drolma wrote:What are undefiled aggregates? I thought that by definition aggregates manifest via ignorance.
I have heard that on one occasion, when the Blessed One was newly Awakened — staying at Uruvela by the banks of the Nerañjara River in the shade of the Bodhi tree, the tree of Awakening — he sat in the shade of the Bodhi tree for seven days in one session, sensitive to the bliss of release. At the end of seven days, after emerging from that concentration, he surveyed the world with the eye of an Awakened One. As he did so, he saw living beings burning with the many fevers and aflame with the many fires born of passion, aversion, and delusion. Then, on realizing the significance of that, he on that occasion exclaimed:
This world is burning.
Afflicted by contact,
it calls disease a "self,"
for by whatever means it construes [anything],
that becomes otherwise from that.
Becoming otherwise,
the world is
held by becoming
afflicted by becoming
and yet delights
in that very becoming.
Where there's delight,
there is fear.
What one fears
is stressful.
This holy life is lived
for the abandoning of becoming.
"Whatever priests or contemplatives say that liberation from becoming is by means of becoming, all of them are not released from becoming, I say.
"And whatever priests or contemplatives say that escape from becoming is by means of non-becoming, all of them have not escaped from becoming, I say.
This stress comes into play
in dependence on all acquisitions.
With the ending of all clinging/sustenance,
there's no stress coming into play.
Look at this world:
Beings, afflicted with thick ignorance,
are unreleased
from delight in what has come to be.
All levels of becoming,
in any way,
are inconstant, stressful, subject to change.
Seeing this — as it has come to be —
with right discernment,
one abandons craving for becoming,
without delighting in non-becoming.
From the total ending of craving
comes fading & cessation without remainder:
For the monk unbound,
through lack of clinging/sustenance,
there's no further becoming.
He has conquered Mara,
won the battle,
gone beyond all becomings —


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ICC Hall of Fame inductee Glenn McGrath believes Australia are better equipped to handle their cricketing brain drain now than they were six years ago when a bunch of Test greats all retired at once.
With in-form veteran Mike Hussey about to exit the scene and Ricky Ponting already gone, the Australians will be disturbingly short on experience heading into the big 2013 Ashes campaigns in England and at home.
Back in January 2007, McGrath, Shane Warne and Justin Langer all retired at once as Australia lost the backbone that had made them the best team in the world.
In the ensuing years, Australia dropped down the world rankings and lost two Ashes series.
However McGrath is confident the experience vacuum can be overcome with young players capable of going to another level in time to face England.
"To think that when I retired and in that period we lost six or seven players from the game it has been a rebuilding period," said McGrath.
"With two Ashes series back-to-back it's going to be a big summer but I think they're playing well and they've got a good team.
"Experience is something that is very important and they say you can't buy it on a shelf, nor should you be able to.
"It's an opportunity for young guys coming through but I think Michael Clarke has done a great job as captain and he'll still lead the team.
"There's enough younger guys that have that experience coming through now and it's time for them to step up and be the senior players."
McGrath said the bowling rotation policy Australia have adopted must now be accepted as part of the game.
However, Australia's greatest ever pace bowler warned the system could be misused.
"If that's the way of the future, that's the way of the future. It's no longer a team of 11 or 12 players it's a squad of 20 and that's the way they have to look at it.
"I think in Perth it probably backfired a little bit a little bit with the inexperience there ... but players have to be happy with it and accept it and move on."
McGrath is happily promoting the fifth straight McGrath Foundation Pink Test at the SCG.
The breast cancer foundation has raised over $3.5 million since first linking with the Sydney Test five years ago, and aims to place breast care nurses in hospitals across Australia.
The fundraising concept went international in 2011 in a Test between Australia and South Africa in Johannesburg, and now McGrath is hopeful of England hosting a Pink Test during this year's Ashes.
"To head over to England would be pretty remarkable. I think we're a good chance," he said.
Donations can be made at mcgrathfoundation.com.au.
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Late in 2008, shortly after the market crash, I provided financial advice to a woman as part of a free financial clinic sponsored by the Financial Planning Association.
We were discussing ways to preserve and grow her investments when she mentioned the approach taken by her 85-year-old aunt. The aunt simply buried her savings in coffee cans in her backyard!
Although I'd be amazed to find anyone else following this practice nowadays, I do in fact meet many people who keep most of their savings in cash, using bank CDs, money-market funds and other minimal-risk investments.
Since 2009, the amount of cash that flowed out of equity mutual funds and was invested primarily in stocks has been unprecedented. That's not surprising given the pummeling most 401(k) and other retirement accounts have taken, not to mention the subsequent roller-coaster performance of stocks. Remember 2011?
What risk-averse investors may not realize, however, is that after taking inflation into account, there are very few periods of time when cash outperforms stocks.
The accompanying chart (bottom chart, right) compares the growth of $10,000 invested in cash (30-day Treasury bills) to $10,000 invested in stocks (Standard & Poor's 500 stock index fund) over the five-year period beginning at the market peak in 2007. That time frame represents the second worst period for stock performance since 1932. All amounts are adjusted for inflation. The graph illustrates that both investments performed equally over this period. Note that both would have lost approximately 8 percent in real terms, adjusted for inflation.
Now, examine the same data (top chart, right) over the previous 15-year period. The purchasing power of the equity investment would have grown 40 percent more than that of the cash investment, which declined throughout and beyond the two market downturns. A key reason was that interest rates remained lower than the inflation rate during those periods.
There are two lessons here. The first is that stocks will outperform cash on a real basis over time, especially when inflation is rising. In general, cash cannot keep up with inflation, so if you have not saved enough during your working lifetime to pay for your retirement, leaving your savings in cash will simply not work.
The second is that stocks are not a good place to invest cash that you expect to use within a few years. If you had planned to buy a house in 2009, for example, investing the down payment in stocks during 2008 would have been catastrophic.
Based on that, you should not keep all your money in cash, nor should you invest all of it in stocks. Instead, here's a simple investment strategy you might consider: Invest funds in stocks for goals that are more than five years away, switch to cash when the time horizon shrinks to less than five years.
Even better, there are many asset classes available for investment in addition to stocks and cash, each with its own risk-reward performance and characteristic response to different economic conditions. No asset class can be guaranteed to work for you over time and all the time, and that includes cash.
Los Altos resident Artie Green is a Certified Financial Planner with Cognizant Wealth Advisors. For more information, call 209-4062.


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Personally I was always more of a Count Chocula kind of kid, but there's no denying the nostalgic memories General Mills' cool cereal characters conjure up. Offered at San Diego Comic-Con by Mattel was this attractive Hot Wheels Franken Berry car. Priced at $20, the exclusive cost way more than your typical mass market Hot Wheels purchase, but then again, you weren't really paying for the car, but instead for the fantastic packaging.
Sealed in a white mailer box with the Franken Berry logo stamped on the front, the Hot Wheels exclusive instantly allures you to open it up with the rattling of something inside. No, the car isn't loose in the package. That's the tempting sound of crunchy breakfast cereal!
After pulling back the mailer box you'll find the real Franken Berry package inside - a mini replica of an actual Franken Berry cereal box. That nostalgia is really kickin' in now! Time to find the source of that cereal noise...
After admiring the lively animated box I flipped open the window box panel to reveal, not cereal, but the slick Hot Wheels car: a mini van, no doubt to transport Franken Berry cereal. Further inspection eventually revealed that the cereal noise was coming from below the car in a concealed compartment. I haven't actually opened it up to see if it's the real deal (I've heard it is) because I'd hate to ruin this top notch presentation. Mattel successfully pulled off the thrill of opening a box of yummy morning goodness to get to the prize inside, in this case, a cool collectible Hot Wheels car. Two spoons up, way up.
Review and Photos by Jeff Saylor
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PATIENTS and their families who have experienced treatment and care through the Gwent Frailty Programme, are being asked to tell health watchdogs what they think, as part of a major survey.
The multi-million pound programme, introduced in spring last year, increases the level of care for vulnerable elderly patients in their own homes, keeping them out of hospital where appropriate.
The aim is to shift the balance from hospital to community-based care, through teams of health and social care specialists who respond to referrals to see patients in their homes.
By the end of its first year, at the end of March, the programme had received more than 13,000 referrals across Gwent, with close to 15,000 fewer hospital day beds being used in Gwent.
Gwent Community Health Council (CHC), the independent patients' watchdog, said the programme is being heralded as a model for the rest of Wales to follow, and that people would prefer to be treated at home where safe to do so.
The CHC is making the Frailty Programme its main area of scrutiny this year, and will gather evidence on its effectiveness, and on how it works in each of the five local authority areas in Gwent.
"Within this project we will be looking, in particular, at the contribution of the falls service in supporting people in their home environment, and keeping them out of hospital," said deputy chief officer David Kenny.
The CHC would like feedback - positive and negative - from those with experience of the programme, and of care delivered to the home generally.
The Community Health Council website contains contact details, and from later in the summer will carry questionnaires relating to scrutiny, that can be completed online. Comments can be posted in confidence.


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Keep in mind that there is no Buddhist Theology, and never is it suggested that you must believe a certain way.
The Buddha taught to his listeners, and gave them appropriate responses. I think Thanissaro is dong his best to get through to the people he is teaching. That's his job, right?


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HOUSTON - A new talent show is coming to NBC and you can be a part of it.
Auditions for the show "The Winner Is" will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe on Texas Avenue on Saturday.
You can fill out an application by clicking here and bring it with you to the tryouts between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
All styles of music are welcome. The winner will receive $1 million. In a unique twist, contestants will have the chance to negotiate a deal with their opponent. Before hearing their fate, the contestants can choose to step out of the competition in exchange for a predetermined cash prize or continue on in the game.
Only U.S. citizens can apply and minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
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'Good Evening Mr Bond'
Tonight we hosted our very first James Bond Martini Masterclass. The scene was set with the Martini glasses on chill, the ice ready to be shaken and stirred and our resident mixologist on hand to transport the guests back to 1954, Duke's Bar where Ian Flemming created Casino Royale and the famous Vesper Martini.
It was during the 2006 Casino Royale blockbuster that Daniel Craig really brought the Vesper Martini to the mainstream when he ordered a Dry Martini..."three measures of Gordon's, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice and add a thin slice of lemon peel." Despite his initial precision and following a nasty run-in with the 'baddies' James Bond proceeds to order another martini, but when challenged by the bartender on this occasion to his preference over shaken or stirred, Bond replies "Does it look like I give a damn?
Which leads us to the basis for our Martini Masterclass...Was Bond right not to give a damn??
Although 007 specifies Gordon's in his concoction, we opted for Tanqueray 10...At the time that Flemming invented this drink, Gordon's was a very different gin; now you're better off using something with a little more 'kick'. Vodka was the same way, so we opted for smooth as silk Belvedere. Finally, Lillet, which is a beautiful French Apertif made from a blend of wine, liqueurs, fruits and herbs and has a distinctive orange flavour to it and makes a fruitier alternative to your average vermouth.
Our recipient for the martinis this evening were Australian natives and told of how hard it is to obtain Lillet at home, I even found out that we obtained our very own bottle from Bordeaux! I can't help but think that this makes our little concoction even more of a luxury treat as it something that will be very hard to recreate once you leave our island.
Armed with plenty of 007 knowledge having visited some of the sets of Bond films close to Eriska, watched the dvds in their suite and even taken the boat adventure to see Duart Castle on Mull they were ready for the next phase of their training.
First up, was what we like to call the 'Alternative Vesper Martin', the martini Bond was likely to be served when not giving a damn...three measures of Tanquery 10, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet was controversially stirred with ice and served with a thin slice of orange peel to compliment the Lillet. Our guests took their first tentative sip and remarked on how the orange peel affected the martini flavour.
Finally, we created the Vesper...three measures of Tanqueray 10, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet, shaken over ice and served with a thin slice of lemon peel, a drink to make even the most suavest of killers weak at the knees!
So...was Bond right not to give a damn??
Our guests were divided; one preferred the chilled, clean and bitter taste of the Vesper whereas the other opted for the warming, fruitier alternative. Either way both agreed that it was a
drink not for the faint hearted and suitable for anyone about to start a mission!


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After a wash and optional deep-conditioning treatment, senior- or staff-level stylists blow-dry straight, wavy, or curly hair into a style of choice.
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Hi, I am almost 4 hours debugging in this string,i could not compare this ..it always goes to my else statement but when i try to alert it is "success" but why it did not go to the if statement.please help me on this
Thank you in advance.
if( data == "success")
alert(data + 'problem');
What is the length of data? Is it more than 7 characters?
Yes, more than 7 ...i tried to alert(data.length)...why is it more than 7?it should be 7 characters.
Try console.log instead of alert. data might not be a string.
EDIT: And continue to follow up with paul_wilkins's thought process. Seems there might be some whitespace characters in there. A newline maybe?
I already, tried console.log "success" but it always falls to else statement...I am confuse with this...
is there other way to check if this string contains whitespace or something...?
I tried to use indexOf('\s')>=0 then it alerted..so it means has whitespace,... but i check this where it came from it has no whitespace.
return "success" this is the string,i tried to retype.but it always fall to else statement....
If it comes from a PHP file, does the PHP file end with ?> followed by a newline? Anything after the ?> will be output too.
echo "success";
Whoooo....thank you so much paul_wilkins...you solved my problem...now i know that if we put whitespace on this ?> end tag it will also output.
many regards...:)


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Ok...so in drivers ed what do they teach you about this sign?
"I hope you have a moon roof because your going to need to watch for suicide cattle jumping from the cliffs above for the next five miles"
...and the cow jumped over the moon...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
When they were building Circle Centre, for a time they didn't allow pedestrian traffic on the north side of Washington St. To inform us, there was a yellow diamond sign with a pedestrian walking on it and one of those circles with a slash through it. The only problem was, the top bolt holding the sign had fallen out and the sign had rotated upside down.
It made it appear that the sign was saying "No walking on your heads".
What a tough town.
Off highway 446 near Lake Monroe outside of Bloomington, there is a minor street called "Cemetery Road"
There is (or used to be, 15 years ago) a post with 2 signs on it:
"Cemetery Road"
"Dead End"
Poor cow
"If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy


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Hi, my name is Tami, I'm worried about my cat. When I'm laying in bed and when he's laying in his at the end of my bed, I can hear him breathing. At first I thought it was something else because it sounded like someone else was in the room. Could he just be snoring? He's my first indoor cat I've ever had. When I was holding him today I could him breathing. I don't smoke, I keep my house cool, I clean his litter box everyday, I don't know if that would have anything to do with it. Is it normal for a cat to do that? Should I take him to a vet?
First and foremost, some types of cats are more prone to loud breathing and snoring, especially those with smushed faces. If he seems to be struggling to breathe, gasping for air, or if there is any sort of visible discharge, that would be a cause for concern and a visit to the vet. Find out the scientific name for noisy breathing in cats, and some possible causes, when you
According to PetMD, stertor is a low-pitched, snoring type of sound that usually arises from airway blockage in the throat and the vibration of fluid, or the vibration of tissue that is relaxed or flabby in that area. To minimize this, try to keep your cat cool, quiet, and calm as anxiety, exertion, and pain can lead to increased movement of air into and out of the lungs, potentially worsening the airflow and the wheezing you hear.
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It didn't take long for incoming JC Penney chief Ron Johnson to fire an explosive first shot in his mission to remake the department store chain.
JC Penney isn't merely developing Martha Stewart boutiques for its stores. By acquiring a 17% stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Penney also bought some insurance it needs to have more say in the merchandising, licensing and retail distribution of the Martha Stewart brand.
That makes it difficult to comprehend any scenario in which JC Penney and Macy's can share the Martha Stewart brand.
Costly Diversion
Macy's grip on Martha Stewart housewares and home fashions seems tenuous only five-plus years since Macy's Terry Lundgren orchestrated the blockbuster deal that lured Stewart from Kmart.
An angry Macy's could try to contest the JC Penney deal. Or it could try to justify the expendability of its Martha Stewart program by citing spotty success and the brand's proliferation at retail.
Today's resurgent Macy's probably figures it has cultivated an overall platform strong enough to keep customers Stewart helped attract. But losing the Martha Stewart brand to JC Penney would still sting a Macy's group that poured millions into cultivating the brand's department store relevance. And replacing the brand could become a costly diversion.
To JC Penney, meanwhile, the upside of its Martha Stewart partnership could be huge.
At first glance, Martha Stewart might not seem to be the hippest cornerstone in the plan by Johnson— whose Target and Apple Stores stops were defined by cutting-edge merchandising innovation— to make JC Penney more attractive to young home- and family-starters whose shopping loyalty will be critical to the chain's long-term success. Don't be surprised, though, to discover Stewart actually appeals to the increasingly conservative sensibilities of many of these budding consumers.
Rebuilding A Foundation
Stewart might be just the type of broad-reaching linchpin JC Penney needs to start rebuilding a foundation that can support its traditional shoppers and that all-important next generation.
JC Penney's core middle-America markets are populated by many who aspire to Stewart's contemporary yet homey lifestyle perspective. Meanwhile, she sprinkles in just enough cosmopolitan credibility capable of appetizing the chain's big-market urban/suburban base.
Radical Game-Changer
If Kmart at first seemed to be too much of an old-line discount store for Stewart, and Macy's at first seemed to be too much of a fashion department store for Stewart, then perhaps JC Penney fits just right for Stewart.
Bells and whistles won't recharge JC Penney, and Ron Johnson knows it. His resumé of unconventional ideas has always been grounded in solid merchandising fundamentals that pair consumers and brands by exploiting their interaction on emotional and practical levels.
Martha Stewart might not seem so groundbreaking to all those retail pundits out there expecting Johnson to turn JC Penney inside out. They might, however, one day credit JC Penney's all-in move with Martha Stewart as a radical game-changer for the retailer.
At the root of all of this is the resilience and magnitude of Martha Stewart and her eponymous brand. Stewart's conspiracy conviction at the time her home products were being sold at Kmart hardly smudged her brand's appeal or slowed her empire's growth.
Now she is the compelling centerpiece of an intensifying rivalry between two of the most important department store operators in the country.
The industry eagerly awaits Ron Johnson's next shot. And Terry Lundgren's, too.


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Many people with diabetes have a desire to share blood glucose data with other members of their team. Using a unique wireless glucose meter device, real-time wireless alerts may be automatically sent to a specific team of interested caregivers whom the patient selects. Additionally, trending reports can be automatically delivered to any number of authorized patient caregivers to facilitate more frequent review of glycemic control.
This study is recruiting patients from throughout the USA including Hawaii and Alaska.
|Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
|Behavioral: Automated informatics driven education and social networking Behavioral: Blood Glucose Notifications to Remote Caregivers Behavioral: Frequency of Pattern Management
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Non-Significant Risk Investigational Device Study of the Wireless GlucoMON™ Glucose Meter Accessory and Real-time Blood Glucose Alerts as an Enabling Technology for People Who Team Manage Diabetes
- Blood Sugar Control [ Time Frame: Daily and Quarterly ]
- Patient Satisfaction [ Time Frame: Quarterly ]
- A1c [ Time Frame: Quarterly ]
- Self-Test Frequency of SMBG [ Time Frame: Daily ]
- Standard Deviation of A1c and SMBG [ Time Frame: Daily via MAGE if eligible for analysis ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
GlucoMON-ADMS enabled
Patients who are equipped with the automated technology vs. standard/conventional care
Behavioral: Automated informatics driven education and social networking
The patient uses a self-contained wireless accessory to a standard blood glucose meter. This device manages the meter to ensure accurate time stamps and transmits the data to a centralized data management system. The system is then configured to assess the data and take automated steps to derive relevant diabetes education and/or send reports to a registered and authorized team.
Other Name: The GlucoMON GSM/GPRS Appliance - NSR Investigational DeviceBehavioral: Blood Glucose Notifications to Remote Caregivers
When children with type 1 diabetes are at school they will connect their blood glucose meter to the GlucoMON appliance. The data from the meter is then transmitted to the central system followed by the most recent blood sugar being sent to the primary caregiver's email address(es) as a plain text message. The investigator is interested to better understand the behaviors that accompany the expectation of the message and actions taken subsequent to receipt of the message by the patient-centric team.
Other Name: School Day Diabetes ManagementBehavioral: Frequency of Pattern Management
The behavioral intervention being studied involves the assessment of frequency of self-care in relation to the primary and secondary outcomes including overall blood sugar control and patient satisfaction.
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Detailed Description:
Previous research suggests that using wireless messaging to handle the values from finger-stick blood glucose testing and making the numbers available to both patients and their diabetes health care team may improve the management of diabetes. We would like to test the GlucoMON glucose meter accessory device and the real-time wireless alerts feature which automatically sends to a specific team of interested caregivers whom the patient selects and the effects of real-time alerts in the management of diabetes. We also would like to know whether this procedure can improve the frequency of glucose pattern management as a patient and possibly reduce the costs of care required for frequent interactions between the patient and the diabetes care team.
In this study, we will compare a new wireless device and Internet-based automated data management system to existing methods of sharing data amongst an interested care team. Specifically, the research will answer the question, "How does the real-time alert feature of the GlucoMON device compare to people who regularly initiate telephone calls (notification) to interested members of the care team to report a) that a blood glucose test was performed; b) the numerical value of the blood glucose level; and, c) the time that the blood glucose test was performed?" In addition, the data collected during this study will be used to answer the larger question of whether the automated sharing of patient directed blood sugar information affects diabetes control positively or negatively and to what degree.
The GlucoMON device provided by Diabetech, LP is an automated, wireless blood glucose collection and reporting system that will be used to send encrypted glucose data through a secure Internet connection for review by the patient and the authorized diabetes care team. Preparing and delivering the glucose data in this manner will help the care team to know if the person with diabetes is testing or not and provide them with some level of information regarding current blood glucose control even though they cannot be with the patient.
The most obvious use of this feature of the automated diabetes management system is the delivery of a blood sugar text message to the mother and/or father of a child with type 1 diabetes attempting to provide remote assistance to their son or daughter at school. However, this is only one scenario in which the researchers anticipate patient feedback.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed Consent/Assent Form Completion including signature(s) required prior to final enrollment
- Previously diagnosed with diabetes (any type)
- Participant must be willing to subsidize a portion of the cost of the research by agreeing to a participant fee
Exclusion Criteria:
- Since the study device depends on nationwide wireless network coverage, only those patients who reside within the wireless network coverage area will be allowed to participate in this study. The Investigator will confirm adequate coverage based on zip code prior to enrollment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00322478
|United States, Texas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75201
|Principal Investigator:
|Kevin L McMahon, BS
|Responsible Party:
|Kevin L. McMahon, Principal Investigator, Diabetech
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00322478 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 5, 2006
|Last Updated:
|October 30, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
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Jensen: Skewing the data
February 19, 2013
My, there sure is an uproar over the Google questions. I have to admit I am not fond of it either. But if the money generated enables me to enjoy this fine paper online, I guess I can put up with the few seconds it takes to answer them. I have decided to answer the questions totally opposite of how I feel, thereby skewing their hoped-for data. If you don't like the questions, follow my lead and skew their data.
Steve Jensen, Bennington, Neb.


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Topic: 2 Yr Veteran of Whipple Surgery
My husband Teddy has now completed 2 GOOD years after a Whipple Surgery for Cancer of the Bile Duct Valve. He just turned 75 and still working and playing golf. There is hope out there and along with prayers he will continue to do well. I am posting this to give you some of that hope that there is life after Cancer. He continues to see his Oncologist every 3 months along with MRIs every 6 months. Stay strong and believe!


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Ball State placed four scorers in double figures on their way to a season high point total. Majok Majok led all players with 21 points and eight rebounds, while Jesse Berry poured in 20 points and knocked down a career-best six 3-pointers.
Chris Bond stuffed the stat sheet with 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and five steals, while Jauwan Scaife added 14 points and dished out a career-high seven assists.
Ball State (8-10, 2-4 MAC) found success breaking Miami's full-court press and managed to score both in transition and in its half-court offense, shooting nearly 58 percent from the floor to snap a four-game losing streak in a big way.
On the defensive end, the Cardinals limited Miami (7-11, 2-4 MAC) to one-shot possessions for the majority of the game. Ball State held a dominant 37-17 advantage on the glass, out-rebounding its sixth straight opponent to begin MAC play.
"It was really fulfilling as a coach to see us click on so many different levels," Ball State coach Billy Taylor said in a release. "I thought we were terrific defensively. We did a great job rebounding, collectively going to get the basketball. To have such a huge rebounding margin on the road is uncommon. That allowed us to get out in transition and we were able to play at a pretty fast tempo today."
Through more than 34 minutes of play, Ball State and Miami were locked in a tight game just like all five of the Cardinals' previous league games. But with 5:32 to play and Ball State holding a 58-54 lead, Scaife found Bond for a lay-in that ignited a run to put the game away.
The basket was the first of 12 unanswered points, the first eight of which came from Bond. The last four came from Majok, including a dunk on a pass from Bond, as Ball State extended its lead to 70-54. That 12-0 run, which also featured two Bond steals, came in a span of less than three minutes to put the game out of reach.
"Chris Bond is a guy who is a tremendous on-the-ball defender for us," Taylor said. "He does a great job in the gaps. We were able to get a number of deflections that led to run-outs, and that's big on the road, to find a way to get easy points. We knew we were going to have to continue to score because Miami plays at such a fast tempo."
The Cardinals extended their lead to as many as 22 late in the game on Berry's sixth 3-pointer of the day in the final minute.
It capped a big day for the junior guard, who knocked down four of his treys in the first half. His early shooting helped propel the Cardinals to a 34-29 lead at the break.
Ball State then sank 68 percent of its second-half shots (17 of 25) as it worked the ball into the lane, which was freed up by its successful outside shooting in the first half. The Cardinals finished the game with a 42-30 advantage in the paint.
Three Miami players finished in double figures, led by Will Felder with 14 points. Quinten Rollins scored 12 and Reggie Johnson added 10 for the RedHawks.
Ball State will now return home to host MAC West foe Toledo for a 7 p.m. tipoff Wednesday at Worthen Arena. The Cardinals will play three of their next four at home.


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Just pop that into the bookmark address - name it view source - click the bookmark to see the source of any page!
Sounds cool, Eric. Can you elucidate on the install process a bit? "Just pop that into bookmark address" means nothing to me.
I understand. There are a lot of things that mean nothing to me. Sort of like going about my daily job I guess. Easier to do than to explain the order. Here ya go...
With your iphone or ipad copy and paste that code >> while on the same page you just copied the code bookmark the Sitepoint page >> rename it to "View Source" >> Save and exit >> Now on your iphone/ipad click on your bookmarks icon >> navigate to the folder you bookmarked "View Source" >> Click Edit in top right (on ipad) >> Click "View Source" bookmark you just made >> Click in the box under the name of "View Source" (AKA the URL address) >> Select all and backspace to delete >> paste in your code you copied in first step >> Exit >> load up a page >> and click the "View Source" bookmark you made >> If you did it right it should show the source code for the page.
Lot of steps I guess for a simple thing.
As a side note: You can do the same thing with firebug light.
Thanks for attempting to explain it, Eric. Of course, I can't even work out how to "copy and paste" on this ****ing iPhone, so I haven't gotten too far yet.
Here try this page Ralph. Youll have a better copy paste with this. http://www.visibilityinherit.com/code/iPhone-iPad-view-source-code-bookmarklet.php. Sometimes it's hard to copy with scroll bars. So I got ride of them for iphone/ipad. I just tested it using my sites link and my iphone and it works perfect.
Ha ha, thanks Eric. Worked that time.
I'll tweet it.
Oh good I'm glad it worked for you
This one is even better http://snoopy.allmarkedup.com/
Thanks. Will check it out.
Have decided to try the easy way of implementing it (by doing it via desktop Safari). Now I just have to wait until iCloud updates. Seems to take forever. Does anyone know how to push it along, or why some things update and others never do (like some contacts)? The whole iCloud thing seems flaky at best to me. Sometimes I'll update a contact, and even days later that new info hasn't synched across devices, while other changes synch instantly. Just don't trust it at all. :rolleyes:
Cool I found a way to bring up the iPhone/iPad keyboard while putting that code in a div or pre. Otherwise the keyboard only pops up with form elements. Thats why most people drop it into textarea. That makes it easier to select all.


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Not a lot-o-lettersScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
What is the highest known number that can be written with 4 letters?
HintDo not change this type of mound into a peak.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A Peek at the Desk
Dragon Mania continues at the Hatke house as we creep further into Winter.
Lately I've been taking little Zita to her weekly dance class. The dance class is in the same building that houses a little main street coffee shop so I've been using the dance class as an opportunity to get in a little quality sketchbook time. For the artist, sketching is like sleep. It's one of those things that recharges you but is also tempting to skimp on. Of course, like sleep, if you skimp too much your work start to suffer for it.
And now, good news for everyone who ordered Waiting for Toast: The books have arrived, the watercolors are piling up and I'll start sending out books on Friday!
I ordered extra books so if you still want a copy order this week or next and it'll be there in plenty of time for Christmas.
Here's a link to the BOOKSHOP.
18 comments:
- November 30, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- Red Herring Jeff said...
Such an excellent way of putting it! One more level of Super Mario Brothers can get in the way of both. Ha-ha-ha! Looking forward to the new book.
- November 30, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Ben Hatke said...
ANNA! Arrivati i libri ieri! Grazie, grazie tante volte! Molto, molto bella e meraviglioso! Brava, Anna.
- November 30, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Ben Hatke said...
And Jeff, yes. I fear video games because of that! I sleep little enough as it is.
- November 30, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Tim said...
Very nice. I can't wait to be surprised by which watercolor I get.
- November 30, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- Fr Matthew Green said...
Wonderful watercolor dragons! I'd love to see one in my copy of the book...
- November 30, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- j'aime said...
those are awesome! hey, Finn loves turtles. and dragons. could i request a couple for him? reimbursement shall be forthcoming. and so shall we, in a couple of weeks!
- December 2, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Ben Hatke said...
Oh, will we be seeing you soon? That's good news.
As for the dragons, I have one left. I might make a couple more but...
I also might be able to do you one better. I like them as a set and have been thinking of printing them as a set of memory game cards. Each set would have two copies of the original five wizards, 15 dragons and a princess.
- December 2, 2011 at 5:45 PM
- j'aime said...
oh wow. that would be awesome. all of those things are in high standing at our house.
one query: what about the prince?
- December 3, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- Ben Hatke said...
I tried making a knight, but he didn't seem to fit somehow. It's the only one I threw away.
I'll try again maybe.
- December 3, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Tim said...
I was thinking instead of a knight you should do a squire boy, a page boy, or even a stable boy ala The Princess Bride's Wesley but then thought maybe a juggling or fire breathing court jester would be more appropriate for an original Hatke.
- December 3, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Cor Mariae said...
I like the yellow dragon with the smoke best---reminds me of a painting of Smaug by John Howe. :)
- December 5, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- KSJ said...
I got Waiting for Toast today. Thank you very much Ben, the water color and the sketch are great, just like the rest of your book.
- December 5, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Sweet Enemy said...
Awww, sad that I've missed out on this round! Your dragons are perfectly distilled to the best parts.
- December 5, 2011 at 5:46 PM
- Ben Hatke said...
I'm glad to hear the books are arriving!
I'm working on making the dragons (and wizards) into a set called "Memory Dragon" and i'll post about that soon. I'm going to try to have at least a few copies for sale. They al ended up looking good as a set.
Oh and there is one princess card.
More about this soon!
- December 5, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Tim said...
I just got mine but haven't opened it yet as I'm waiting for a lull in the nightly activities in order to appreciate it better.
I would definitely buy decks of Memory Dragon for gifts, etc.
- December 5, 2011 at 6:24 PM
- Zita said...
I just wanted to give you a peek at where some of your art ends up. I have Zita the Spacegirl on my desk at work. I am an engine designer in a very large and conservative company. Your novel warns people that I might not always be so serious. I love your character's courage and gumption. I even borrow it at times. Thanks! Zita
- December 5, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Ben Hatke said...
Aw, thanks Zita!
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Vidalia onion crop losses could be significant because of severe seed stem problems, according to some shippers, but others say it's too soon to tell and are optimistic they'll have a promotable crop.
Early the week of April 15, the Vidalia Onion Committee began hearing reports from growers about widespread damage from seed stems, also known as bolters or flower stalks.
Seed stems, which can be brought on by excessive rain and cold temperatures, result when plants bolt and shoot up stalks with flowers, drying out and hollowing an onion's core. Onions with seed stem cannot be shipped and are typically left in fields.
The Vidalia region endured heavy rains in February and March and unseasonably cold temperatures in late March and early April.
By April 24, shippers like Richard Pazderski, director of business development for Syracuse, Utah-based Utah Onions Inc., were confirming the earlier reports.
"Most are seeing 30-40% with seed stem," he said. "And it could be a little higher. Some of the big shippers are greatly affected."
In a typical year, seed stem losses are in the 2% to 3% range, Pazderski said.
Still, Pazderski said the 2013 Vidalia crop was a promotable crop, as long as shippers and retailers carefully managed their programs.
And some grower-shippers, like Delbert Bland, president of Glennville, Ga.-based Bland Farms, said it was too soon to tell the extent of losses.
"It's across the board — some fields have a lot, some don't have very many," he said April 24. "In a couple of weeks we'll know more."
For the time being, Bland Farms assumes it will have enough Vidalias to at least keep its core customers happy.
"Right now we feel fairly confident we'll be able to supply the needs of our customer base without a problem," Bland said. "But we're not taking orders from people we don't normally do business with."
Kevin Hendrix, vice president of Metter, Ga.-based Hendrix Produce Inc., also was taking a wait-and-see attitude.
"I don't know if anybody has a handle on it yet," Hendrix said April 24. "We don't know what the young onions are going to do."
Hendrix Produce is expecting an up-and-down year, Hendrix said, with volumes heavier some weeks and lighter others.
John Shuman, president of Reidsville, Ga.-based Shuman Produce Inc., said that expected above-average yields could help offset the losses from seed stems.
But those losses will be real.
"It's too soon to tell, but we do feel like there will be significant losses," Shuman said.
Losses will likely affect supplies in June and July, he said. Shuman said this is the first year he can remember seed stem potentially affecting volumes.
On April 23, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported prices of $18-20 for 40-pound cartons of jumbo Vidalias, up from $14-16 last year at the same time.
The 2013 season won't likely last as long, Pazderski said.
"I don't think we'll have full storage going into June, and I don't think (shipments will last) into August," he said.
Regardless of how much product is affected by seed stems, the onions that do make it onto retail shelves will be high-quality, Bland said.
"We're able to put out a consistent product," he said. "We're fairly confident we have a good quality crop."
Pazderski agreed.
"The onions look good," he said. "There's a little sour skin, but nothing out of the ordinary. No more than normal."
The season also was going much more smoothly in its second week, the week of April 22, Pazderski said.
"It was a rough start — it was wet, everybody was trying to get into fields, and a lot was harvested immature," he said. "But now everything looks pretty good."


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Namdrol wrote:5heaps wrote:Namdrol wrote:Emptiness cannot be cognized directly. It has no characteristics, no shape, color, form, duration, etc.
only hinayanists have a problem with saying that negatives cant be cognized explicitly..but even they would say it can be cognized directly, where directly is taken to mean free of conceptuality ie. without conceptual consciousness, needing to rely on a mental image. do you understand what i mean by explicit vs implicit?
One cannot cognize that which lacks characteristics. It's impossible.
if by characteristics you mean shape, color, form, duration, etc, then its no problem to cognize it directly. for, just as empty space for example lacks all of these things and it can be cognized direcly without the use of a conceptual consciousness, so too can emptiness


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Was that Chloes first time with a gun?
I do agree with you assessment of her, though. I hated her and hoped they would kill her off when the bomb went off at CTU a few seasons back. I do think she has come a long way, and I loved her character this season (and I thought it was brilliant the writers had her as head of CTU)
As far as the show, I think they left at the right time. I was really getting tired of 24, and to be perfectly honest I was really hating this past season. I did not think the UN part was bad, I just felt like 24 lost the "it" factor that made it so great.
With that said, once they announced the show was wrapping up I thought the really stepped it up a notch. Granted the writers were prepared for this to be the end (they even said they had been having "series finale" talks throughout the summer, so they were not exactly surprised).


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Andy Murray's slip to eighth in the men's tennis world rankings will not dent his top-end seeding at Wimbledon, according to tournament bosses.
All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) chairman Philip Brook said reigning Wimbledon champion Murray's strong two-year grass court record will keep him among the top seeds.
High-calibre grass exponents like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic can also expect to benefit from Wimbledon's seeding system.
Wimbledon bosses also defended hiking prize money for first-round losers by nearly 15 per cent to £27,000.
Total prize money for Wimbledon has risen by 10.8 per cent from last year to £25million, with the winners of the men's singles and women's singles each taking £1.76million, up from last year's £1.6million.
Brook said current champion Murray is likely to remain among the tournament's top seeds, despite battling for form after persistent back trouble.
"We have a surfaced-based seeding system here at Wimbledon," said Brook.
"So we take the ranking points of each player, and add to that the ranking points they hypothetically received last year on grass, and we add to that 75 per cent of the best-performing tournament in the previous year.
"So to put it into context for Andy Murray, as winner of Queen's last year and winner here last year, and a finalist here in 2012, there will be a significant impact on him.
"There will also be quite a significant impact on Federer and Djokovic; there will be some adjustment."
AELTC chief executive Richard Lewis said any Wimbledon qualifier ranks among the sport's world elite and merits increased reward.
Lewis criticised the idea that players would simply be content to take the increased first-round loser pay cheques over battling to progress in the tournament.
"I slightly take issue with the notion that players will turn up and lose," said Lewis.
"I have to make the point that the players have worked hard to get there, either they have have got into the championships through their ranking, so that's 12 months of play before. Or there are some wild cards.
"So to portray it as £27,000 for turning up and doing nothing, I don't think that's valid.
"The other thing that's worth looking at is the cost of the expenses involved in having a trainer and a coach on the tour.
"I'm not saying they are pleading poverty but they aren't making huge sums of money for world-class sportsmen."
Prize money changes also raise the purse for runners-up and semi-finalists by 10 per cent, and the quarter-finalists by 10.2 per cent.
Wimbledon bosses are busy putting the finishing touches to the planning application to build a roof on court number one.
With the application due to be submitted later this year, the aim is to complete the work in time for the 2019 tournament.
The alterations will add 900 extra seats, taking the capacity to 12,400, and the roof will be built from the same materials as centre court, with the same climate-control systems.
Wimbledon will be played on 17 courts in 2014, while renovations to courts 14 and 15 are completed.
A host of stars complained of injuries due to slippery courts last year, but Wimbledon bosses said there is no need to make alterations.
"I think in hindsight that was more of an anecdotal problem over a couple of days, and only one or two players took issue with it," said CEO Lewis.
"Wimbledon is played on a natural surface and of course the conditions change over the duration of the tournament.
"So we don't feel there are any issues to address on that."


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For those of you who may be new to my work, I've already done an article that provides some handy guidelines that you can print out from here A Handy Guide to My Technical Analysis.
What I want to do today is walk through the process of the formula to make money with my work. The formula is Setup + Trigger = Entry and then MANAGE the trade.
The example I'm going to go over is the recent trade setup we had in ConocoPhillips (COP). This was a relatively simple buy setup that included a symmetry (100%) projection of a prior decline, along with a 0.618 retracement of the prior swing which was the Dec. 31 low to the Jan. 4 high.
Now the actual low was made on Jan. 11 at 58.03. This is what I considered a test of the zone, it was close enough for government work -- (within 2 cents of the zone). Once price continued to hold above this area, it was time to go to a lower time frame chart to look for a buy trigger. A TRIGGER is essentially telling you that it is WORTH placing a bet against a key support decision. I like to use a 30-minute chart for a trigger for a swing trade. Let's take a look at that next.
For a buy trigger in COP I wanted to see two things.
First I needed to see a prior swing high taken out on the 30-minute chart indicating a reversal to the upside. It would indicate a reversal since we would be shifting from the negative pattern of lower lows and lower highs on the 30-minute chart INTO the price support decision, to a new pattern of higher highs and higher lows.
Second I wanted to see a moving average crossover to the upside. I use the 8/34 ema crossover on all my intraday charts for this. It does not matter which happens first, it just matters that both conditions are met. On the 30-minute chart I have illustrated the prior swing high that was taken out along with where we first saw the 8 ema cross above the 34 ema. For example, let's say you entered around the 58.45 area. At this point, your initial stop on the trade can be placed either below the low made prior to the buy trigger which was 58.03, OR just below the low end of the price cluster zone which came in at 57.91.
Now we knew that target one for this setup was the 1.272 extension that came in at 60.41. This target was met in Thursday's session. Target 2 is always the 1.618 extension of the same swing into the setup zone and that comes in at 61.06. Target 3 is always the 2.618 extension of that same swing. This comes in at 62.93. We did make the first target in this case, though we don't always make the targets. For this reason, if a trade setup starts to move in our favor, I suggest that you use a trailing stop to manage the trade. Some of you may choose to take some profits at Target 1. This is fine, but try to keep some of your position with a trailing stop just in case COP wants to take you to Target Two or Three!
There are 3 different ways I would trail a stop. I will either use symmetry projections on a lower time frame chart, or place one below a prior swing low on the same lower time frame chart, OR you can use a moving average crossover the other way. I won't use a crossover for a stop however until the market has gone in my favor for a while. Otherwise after an initial entry you can get "scared" out of the trade if you don't initially give it some breathing room.
At this point, since we have met Target 1, I would either trail a stop to just under the 60.13 swing low, or if you want to give it more room, to just below the 59.87 to 60.04 area which is both below two key symmetry projections and a 0.618 retracement back to the recent low.
I hope this description of one of my trade setups help. This is the method to my madness.
On Thursday on Twitter I posted an example of a sell setup in salesforce.com (CRM) that got stopped out Thursday morning. When a zone does NOT hold, you need to take the loss and get out of the trade!! Fibonacci defines your risk!!


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Whenever I suggest we get together with some potential new couple friends, my husband doesn't want to go. What can I do?
Going out with new couple friends is the worst. The interactions just aren't as real as the ones we have with friends we made when we were young. Those are the friends who remember you barfing after the school talent show and who were there when your folks got divorced. You can talk about anything with them, as opposed to your fancy new couple friends who just think you're gross if you bring up puke. All that new couple friends want to talk about is your home or your kids, or maybe restaurants (yawn). If you want to make friends, don't look for couples. You're in a great couple already--enjoy that, and go have a girls' night.
My husband and brother just spent two hours at a party talking about speaker systems. Why is this so interesting?
Guys like us grew up on high-tech toys. Since our first Transformer, we have been conditioned to talk about the many amazing things our toys can do. Now, the robots of our third-grade dreams have transformed (see what I did there?) into cars, gaming systems, and audio equipment. Normally, we just quietly putter away in silence, but if you put two guys in a room together who are into the same kind of toys, all bets are off. You were lucky the conversation only lasted two hours.
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Unexplained Infertility Among Asthmatic and Atopic Patients
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Unexplained infertility is defined as the lack of thec ability to become pregnant during the first year, although the periods of the woman, the semen from the man and the laparoscopic findings are normal. In Denmark do roughly every fifth to seven couple in the fertile age have problems becoming pregnant for a various kind of reasons, of these are 10-15 % unexplained infertile.
Many factors are pointed out as imported. In particularly lifestyle factors such as the diet, smocking, obesity, lack of physic activity and alcohol. The causal connection is yet to be found, but it is assumed that there is a link between infertility and endocrine, neurological and immunological factors.
Asthma and allergy are some of the most common diseases among young people in western world .The development of these diseases are caused by both hereditary factors, and factors that also seem to be important in infertility.
It is clinically observed that many unexplained infertile patients simultaneously suffer from asthma and allergy. Furthermore this group of patients seems harder to treat in terms of becoming pregnant during fertility treatment then healthy not asthmatic and non allergic persons.
There is limited available data about this subject and the data that is already collected does not show a clear tendency.
Hypothesis: Atopic asthma is characterized by a systemic inflammation and can therefore be the reason for infertility among this group of patients.
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The aim of this study is to examine whether female asthmatics and allergic are less fertile then healthy females- whether there is there a link between asthma and infertility. Furthermore if an optimal asthma treatment during fertility treatment reduces time to pregnancy.
|Atopics Unexplained Infertility
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|Unexplained Infertility Among Asthmatic and Atopic Patients
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The newly refurbished Koala hotel is owned by a friendly family who quickly make you feel at home. Nothing is too much trouble, guests soon become friends with the family and come again and again.
Our hotel is located in a peaceful area but not far away from the centre of Kos Town. All rooms are newly refurbished with balcony, air-conditioning, tv, hair-dryer, music, direct dial telephones and electronic keys.
Take a dip in the swimming pool and then off you go to our pretty roof garden.
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Jury selection continued on Tuesday in Solano County Superior Court for a Santa Rosa man facing a retrial on the suspicion he stabbed an ex-lover's mother to death nearly a decade ago.
Kathryn Vitagliano had been making preparations for the following day's Thanksgiving meal in 2003 when she was brutally slain inside the living room of her Fairfield home. Solano County prosecutors suspect that Ricardo Cruz, 36, who had dated one of Vitagliano's daughters, brutally stabbed Vitagliano 13 times and have charged him with murder.
After a three-week trial that ended in September, a Solano County Superior Court jury was left deadlocked and a mistrial was declared.
A key piece of evidence in the circumstantial case was the presence of male DNA found underneath one of Vitagliano's fingernails.
A state Department of Justice DNA expert testified previously that the male DNA was a match for Cruz's genetic profile.
While the state's DNA expert testified that he was provided with "strong evidence" that Cruz's DNA was present underneath Vitagliano's fingernail at the time of her death, Cruz's defense attorney countered that by putting his own DNA expert before the jury.
The defense expert challenged the state's DNA analysis, testifying that there was no way to tell how the DNA got underneath the fingernail and the expert floated a phenomenon called secondary transfer, in which DNA from one person could be transferred to another through contact with another object or person.
Jury selection is set to resume at 9:30 a.m. today. Cruz has pleaded not guilty and re-mains in Solano County Jail custody, with bail set at $1 million.


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A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Band, to recover the lost history of klezmer music. For nearly a millennium, this vigorous and soulful music was part of the celebration of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. In the early decades of this century, the music took root in America. Klezmer musicians learned hundreds of tunes by ear and their ears were open to Gypsy, Ukrainian and Greek melodies of the old world, as well as to the new sounds of American jazz. Music born in Eastern Europe lived on in the imaginations of composers for New York's Yiddish theater, men whose tunes entered the mainstream through such unlikely adapters as the Andrew Sisters. Eventually Klezmer went underground as its audience assimilated into mainstream American culture.
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden is about musical process, taking klezmer tunes through transcription and rehearsal into performance. Lively, clever, and often humorous, this film contains rare footage of klezmer's immigrant elder statesmen, now no longer alive - including Dave Tarras, Leon Schwartz, and Ben Gailing. - and their dynamic encounters with the younger musicians who have become Klezmer's leading luminaries - Henry Sapoznik, Hankus Netsky, Michael Alpert, Judy Bressler, and the jazz musician Don Byron are all here in their early days.
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The Marin County Civil Grand Jury is recommending the Board of Supervisors use its authority to uphold access to medical marijuana in the county.
In a new report that borrows its title from the Cheech and Chong movie "Up in Smoke," the grand jury reviews the convoluted history of medical marijuana's legalization in California and recounts the crackdown by federal prosecutors over the past 18 months that has resulted in the closure of an estimated 800 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state.
The grand jury's report notes that while dispensaries once operated in Novato, Kentfield, Sausalito, San Rafael, Fairfax and Corte Madera, all but one have been closed "by the passing of moratoriums and bans by local governments or under the threat of forfeiture by the federal government."
The grand jury says as a result, "safe access for patients who are medically approved to use marijuana is no longer ensured."
The grand jury says the Board of Supervisors — in concert with law enforcement, the county Planning Commission and representatives from the county's Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board — should develop a viable set of ordinances for medical marijuana dispensaries in the unincorporated areas of the county. The grand jury further recommends that the county's Department of Health and Human Services establish standards for edible marijuana sold in Marin County.
The report also includes a disclaimer of sorts: "This report is not to be construed as advocating the use of marijuana for recreational purposes; this is not the grand jury's recommendation."
Scot Candell, a San Rafael lawyer who has represented Marin Holistic Solutions in Corte Madera, Marin's only remaining medical marijuana dispensary, said the grand jury's report "affirms that a well-run collective is a benefit to the community. It's in a community's best interest to work with responsible collectives to give patients access to medicine."
Candell said whether Marin County supervisors take the grand jury's advice will be determined largely by how they think their constituents will react.
"It's 100 percent political," Candell said.
Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian declined to comment, saying he hadn't yet had a chance to read the report.
Supervisor Judy Arnold, the board president, said, "I really congratulate the Marin County grand jury for being compassionate and forward-thinking. I think their suggestions are good."
Arnold said former supervisor Hal Brown, who died of pancreatic cancer a year ago, used medical marijuana to ease his pain. She also noted that when California voters approved the Compassionate Use Act in 1992 legalizing medical marijuana, 73 percent of Marin voters supported the law.
But Arnold added, "I'm not sure what is involved legally. I would want to talk to county planning to see what is involved in creating ordinances."
Supervisor Steve Kinsey said, "I do believe we should provide a structure for some means to deliver safe and reliable medical marijuana for those who are qualified to receive it."
Kinsey said the issue needs to be addressed at the city level as well as the county level. He said Supervisors Susan Adams and Katie Rice were appointed to a committee about eight months ago to study the board's options.
He added, "The federal government has been of no help by their waffling back and forth on whether they want to impose federal restraints on local government and businesses. We need a much clearer federal policy before any meaningful change takes place at the local level."
Marin County Sheriff Robert Doyle said if medical marijuana dispensaries approved by the Board of Supervisors opened in the unincorporated areas of the county, "I wouldn't make it my mission to close them down. I think the board would have to worry more about the federal government. It's still a violation of federal law and the federal government seems to be paying more attention to medical marijuana operations than they did before."
Doyle added, "In some cases, I think the dispensaries are an attractive nuisance." He noted that a gun was fired, although no one was hurt, when a medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Venetia was robbed by three men in April 2012.
In its report, the grand jury stated that in the past three years three major studies, including one by the National Institutes of Health, have concluded that there is no increase in crime in the neighborhoods around dispensaries.
As for the grand jury's recommendation that the county's Department of Health and Human Services establish standards for edible marijuana sold in Marin, Larry Meredith, the department's director, said regulation of food products falls under the jurisdiction of the county's Environmental Health Services division. Rebecca Ng, the division's deputy director, could not be reached for comment.
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These cinnamon rolls contain whole wheat flour and cranberries, but don't make the mistake of dismissing this recipe as a boring and altogether too-healthy breakfast. Because there's plenty of butter, cinnamon, and sugar to make these Cranberry Sauce Cinnamon Rolls a delicious seasonal indulgence.
The nuttiness of the whole wheat flour works beautifully with the sweet-tart cranberry sauce, which make an appearance in the dough, filling, and glaze. Mellow brown sugar continues to soften that tartness, and helps make the filling nice and gooey. As for the glaze? The cranberry sauce helps make it a pretty light pink, and the taste is unapologetically sweet and perfect. These cinnamon rolls just might become a holiday weekend tradition.
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Here is my new site (the beginnings of it at least) http://goo.gl/qIQPO. See the search in the top right corner. In FX at Least the blinking pipe character only shows for me every 5th time or so when the input has focus. I messed with the padding some but thats the only ideas I have for this issue. Anyone run across this problem? Thanks
Works fine for me in each browser.
Huh another weird one. Can anyone else check too please. Make sure you try a couple times. Because for me it works very intermediately.
IE8 - doesn't blinkFirefox 18 - blinks alwaysChrome - blinks intermittently (stops blinking after text has been entered)
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I wasn't asking for reviews but while we're at it. It's not 1200 its more like 1140. The fixed background is 1200 something so has no effect on your precious scrollbar. I put in place a ON/OFF for the animated images for you CPU whiners. And no it does not require JS. Everything works just fine without it.
You're welcome for the blinking feedback.
JavaScript in combination with the graphics seems to be a CPU resource hog. That's life.
The minimum page width requirement is an observation, not a judgement. I hadn't noticed the scrollbar. Should I?
Sorry I dont respond well to negativity. But as you say you were just telling what you observed. So thank for telling me what you see with the pipe. But your observation did prove beneficial. I hadent noticed that yet about the search. So I just removed it when js is off. And yes you should see a scrollbar at 1156px