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Record Industry Vet Named to Lead Eco Group Rock the Earth
Denver non-profit, Rock the Earth, has announced that they have selected music industry veteran Shawn Kilmurray to serve as its new Executive Director. Together with the support of Rock the Earth's Board of Directors, he will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the organization as well as raising brand profile, diversifying sources of funding and developing strategic alliances. Mr. Kilmurray joins Rock the Earth after nearly two-decades in the recording industry. He has held senior Marketing, Production and Operations roles at Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Music, and is a voting member of numerous industry professional organizations. Active in the music community, Mr. Kilmurray will seek to expand RtE partnerships with artists and other music-related entities. Kilmurray shared "While the record business is currently undergoing tremendous change, a new day has dawned in this country and people recognize what can be accomplished when we work together. My challenge is to create synergistic opportunities to involve artists and the music industry at-large to increase environmental awareness that educates and inspires fans and artists alike to take action and produce quantifiable results on important values-driven environmental issues that directly impact our lives, our children's lives and their children's lives." On the selection of Mr. Kilmurray as Executive Director, John Fleckenstein, Senior Vice President at BMG Label Group notes, "I've had the pleasure of working with Shawn frequently over the years; he's a passionate music guy with deep contacts in the industry. I cannot think of a better fit for Rock the Earth. I have no doubt he'll prove to be a tremendous asset to them." Having crossed paths with each other last summer while actively involved with the Obama campaign, founder Marc Ross looks forward to the future of the organization with Kilmurray as Executive Director. "All of us in Rock the Earth are very excited about the addition of Shawn Kilmurray as our new Executive Director. It is our belief that given his passion for the environment as well as his management experience and deep connections within the music industry, Shawn will be able to elevate Rock the Earth to the next level in our goal to become the pre-eminent environmental advocacy organization working with the music community." Enthusiastic about the opportunity, Kilmurray explains, "I am delighted to be asked to lead the organization at what is a critical time for the global environment. Whether it's climate change, chemicals in our food, water issues, deforestation, air pollution, extinction of species or the lack of government action, few of us truly take ownership and act on these issues, foolishly believing others will do it for us. Music has the power to open the heart and touch the soul. Artists have always been at the forefront of social change so they understand the importance of taking action. My objective is to develop collaborative alliances with those members of the music community dedicated to the pursuit of environmental solutions." Supporting renewable energy, reducing dependency on fossil fuels, sustainability, widespread recycling and increased responsiveness, Shawn Kilmurray and Rock the Earth will continue to promote activism that produces clear-cut results. Bill Sondheim, President of Entertainment and Worldwide Distribution at Gaiam, Inc. reflects on his professional relationship with Kilmurray, "I have known Shawn in various music positions over the last fifteen years. During that time he has consistently demonstrated an ability to balance creative integrity with strong fiscal results. At this critical time when our planet is in peril, I rest easier knowing that he will bring that same passion and intelligence to this worthy cause."
ABOUT ROCK THE EARTH Rock the Earth is a Colorado-based, national public interest environmental organization dedicated to protecting and defending America's natural resources through partnerships with the music industry and the worldwide environmental community. The organization has most recently worked with coalitions to oppose increased drilling on the Roan Plateau and to limit motorized boating through the Grand Canyon. Rock the Earth has also received support from the Educational Foundation of America, musicians Jack Johnson and Incubus' Make Yourself Foundation and the Rex Foundation, allowing it to pursue the defense of important natural areas. For more information, go to www.RockTheEarth.org
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell has declared a state of emergency as the city deals with rising waters.
Heartwell says he expects Grand Rapids' flood walls to contain the water.
The National Weather Service says river crests in West Michigan communities are to start in Ionia and move west into Ottawa County over the next few days.
The weather service updated its latest projections for river flooding on Saturday as smaller streams and rivers drain into the Grand River.
The Grand River is expected to crest in the city at 22.7 feet on Monday.
The flooding will range from moderate to record stage.
The National Weather Service also says the Muskegon, Thornapple, Chippewa and Pine rivers are continuing to flood. Crests already have occurred or will by the end of the weekend with high water over roads in some spots.
Grand Rapids firefighters helped to evacuate apartments and a hotel downtown after 4.5 feet of water surged into the 32-floor building's basement.
Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Sehlmeyer tells MLive.com the water surge on Saturday flooded laundry facilities, trapped cars and caused a full evacuation of the Plaza Towers Apartments and the Courtyard Marriott hotel.
According to Sehlmeyer, people will have to stay out of the building for a few days.
When both the hotel and apartments are full, the building holds about 1,000 people. Sehlmeyer didn't know how many were evacuated on Saturday.
Arrangements are being made to find hotel guests rooms elsewhere.
Building officials have not yet provided details on the flooding.
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Stuck on my work crush
Another long letter ... and a holiday party ...
Hi Meredith,
I started working at my current job over three years ago. When I arrived, I met Sue. The attraction (on my end) was instantaneous. While I don't think it's all that important to this story or advice, I'm a bit older than Sue (I'm in my late 30s, she's in her late 20s). What is probably more relevant is that when we met, we were both in relationships. However, my relationship (of a few years) ended several months ago.
Over the past few years I've had the opportunity to get to know Sue as both a co-worker and a friend. My physical attraction to her has not gone away. She has all the qualities I look for in a partner -- from a great sense of humor to being intelligent, caring, selfless, generous, and kind. We've also shared some similar life experiences, some of which others cannot understand or empathize with.
After a holiday party two years ago, and after having some drinks with no food, both of us left and I asked if she wanted to grab some dinner before heading home. She acted awkward and said she couldn't. I felt it was strange, and after some prodding, I later learned that her bf was not all that high on me and for lack of a better word "forbade" her from hanging out with me outside of work. To this day I've never met him.
Sue and I went the next year with our work routine, and while I at times felt that maybe she had feelings for me, I would often dismiss the notion. So, at last year's holiday party, we again left together since we take the same T line. While the exact manner in which it was brought up is still cloudy, Sue started talking about why she couldn't hang out with me outside of work. While I had been operating under the assumption that it was because of her controlling bf, I learned it was partly because Sue had feelings for me. I was completely floored to learn this, and I know that she regretted letting the cat out of the bag.
Over the past year, I've learned more about her relationship and how unhappy she is. I know most readers would assume that I'm rooting for her relationship to fail so I have a shot with her, but I can honestly say that's not the case. If she was in a healthy, happy relationship, I'd be ecstatic for her as she truly deserves it. But she isn't.
Recently, I started going out on some dates and talked to her about one of the girls. She got weird and when I pressed her on it the next day, she conceded that it made her jealous (though she also said she had no right to be that way and apologized). So, clearly her feelings extend beyond friendship, as well.
Over the years, there have been times where we've come to the conclusion we cannot be friends. For example, she sat me down at lunch awhile back and told me she had to end our friendship because she felt she needed to try and salvage her relationship, and part of that was respecting her bf's wish/order that she not be friends with me. That lasted about three days before she came and told me she couldn't do it. Likewise, I've tried to end the friendship because I couldn't deal with how strong my feelings were. However, as many times as we've tried that route, we keep going back to being friends because I think there's an undeniable bond between us.
I'm lost as to how to handle this situation. We've tried to pull back from our friendship to more of the typical co-worker scene, but that has not worked for either of us. While I know it's more complicated, sometimes I just see it as a simple equation: she's unhappy, she has feelings for me, I have feelings for her, break up with him and let's see where things lead. But I'm a realist and I don't think that's going to happen (and I guess there's no guarantee that even if she was single that she'd want to date me). Since I wasn't in the happiest of relationships previously, I thought that perhaps dating again would take my mind off my feelings and allow me to move on. However, I end up comparing these new girls to her and I still find myself thinking about her constantly. The prospect of losing her in my life is a miserable one, but since we've tried most options, is the only solution for me to find another job and cut all ties with her?
– PossibleJobSeeker, Waltham
If you're open to finding a new job, apply elsewhere. It sounds like you could use some new scenery in more ways than one.
But if you love your job, don't quit because of her. Just make sure that you're being honest -- with her and yourself. You mention that you ended your relationship a few months ago ... but you've had feelings for Sue for years. Does Sue understand that your feelings are legit?
If Sue does understand how you feel, you need to focus on reality and allow yourself to get annoyed. You say that she has all of the qualities you look for in a partner, but I'd argue that she's missing a few. She's not single, she doesn't sound very self-aware, and she's not supporting your efforts to be happy. When you mentioned dating, she couldn't get behind it. All she did was remind you that she wants you for herself. That's annoying.
My advice is the advice you've already given yourself. Be clear about your intentions, set boundaries, limit the interaction, and date as much as you can. I know you've already tried all of this, but try harder.
I assume that you're about to attend another epic holiday party. When you get home from this year's event, think about how you feel. If you're sad and irritated that you wound up by yourself at the end of the night, focus on those feelings. Use them to help you enforce the rules. Think about what's possible, not what you hope will eventually happen.
Readers? Should the LW get a new job? What about the recent breakup? Should he be honest with her about what he wants? Should the LW be with anyone right now? Should he just let this go? Help.
– Meredith


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An appeals court has overturned the manslaughter conviction of former Detroit Police Officer Larry Nevers, Local 4 reported.
Nevers was sentenced in May 2000 to seven to 15 years in prison for the flashlight beating death of black motorist Malice Green in 1992.
Green and another man were outside a house police believed was a drug house, according to Local First News.
Nevers and his partner, Walter Budzyn, approached Green and began questioning him. After a fight, witnesses told Local First News that Green was beaten by the officers with heavy flashlights.
Green (pictured, right) went into a seizure and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. He was high on cocaine at the time, according to Local First News.
Nevers' defense lawyer, Neil Fink, said his client, who has spent time in prison, has been through hell, and Fink doubts anyone would want to retry Nevers, the station reported.
Stay with ClickOnDetroit.com and Local First News at 5 p.m. for the latest developments on this case.
Previous Stories:
- May 24, 2001: Ex-Officer Nevers Released From Prison
- July 17, 2000: Nevers Ordered Back To Jail
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Spiny O'Norman wrote:In this section the well-instructed disciple is described as becoming disenchanted and dispassionate with the aggregates, then fully released. Doesn't this suggest a cessation of clinging to the aggregates? In other words dukkha arises with clinging to the aggregates and ceases with the cessation of that clinging?
Mental dukkha ceases right there, physical dukkha ceases at parinibbana. What is inconstant does not stop being inconstant just because we don't cling to it.


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Admits he had no clue who the coach was when he agreed to sign with them...
And I'm completely buying it... anybody else?
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Admits he had no clue who the coach was when he agreed to sign with them...
And I'm completely buying it... anybody else?
How is this possible? He's such an idiot.
Thank god he's no longer a Pacer
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
A great pickup for Dolan and the Knicks. I'm happy for them!"We're not struggling," World Peace said. "It's part of life. You know how life is. We had a bad hair day, you know?" World Peace signed with the Knicks in the offseason, passing up an opportunity to stay in Los Angeles with the Clippers, largely because of the lure of winning in New York.
"I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York," World Peace said. "I just wanted to win a championship; I didn't even know who was coaching. I didn't care. It could have been Aunt Jemima. They could have had the syrup coaching. I was coming here regardless. I just wanted to win a championship here."
He wanted to win a championship and chose the Knicks over the Clips?
It's good to see the Knicks and the Nets just plain suck this year. Does either team have their pick in 2014? I don't think they do but I'm not sure. I think the Nuggets have NY's and the Celtics have the Nets pick. It would be great to see them both lose a good pick next year if they both miss the playoffs. I think the Nets have a better chance of getting it together then the Knicks do.
Denver has NY's pick and Atlanta has Brooklyn's pick.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Really? All MWP did was make a syrup joke. Some of you are thick.
Well, no thickness... That's not ALL he did...?
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Mint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Recipe
These minty sandwich cookies were a tradition in my husband's family. When we married, I found the recipe and have continued to carried to make these for the holidays.—Janet White, New Glarus, Wisconsin
Recommended: 35 Cookie Recipes You Need in Your Collection
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 2/3 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup mint chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Additional sugar
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt mint chips and corn syrup; stir until smooth. Add to creamed mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into balls; roll in additional sugar. Place 2-in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until tops are cracked. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Stir in extract. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until spreading consistency. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yield: 46 cookies.
To Make Ahead: Dough can be made 2 days in advance. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in a resealable bag. Store in the refrigerator.
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Rival firms protest $649M award to build new Beaumont hospital
By VIC KOLENC | El Paso Times, Texas | Published: February 14, 2013
EL PASO, Texas — Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners II recently won a $649 million contract to build the new William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss.
However, the joint venture of Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, Md., and McCarthy Building Companies of St. Louis, won't be able to proceed with the contract yet because two other joint ventures are protesting the award, reported John Rodgers. He's the hospital project contracting officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Fort Worth, which awarded the contract and is overseeing the project.
The protests were recently filed with the U.S. Government Accountability Office by a joint venture of Turner Construction of New York, Southland Industries, a California mechanical contractor, and M.C. Dean, a Virginia engineering firm, and another joint venture made up of The Walsh Group, a Chicago contractor, and Vaughn Construction of Houston.
A decision on the protest is expected by May, Rodgers said.
Officials with Clark McCarthy had no comment on its contract award.
The Clark McCarthy bid, one of five bids received for the hospital construction, was less than expected for the biggest piece of the William Beaumont project, Rodgers said.
Almost $960 million was allocated by Congress for the project, which will be made up of eight contract awards. Three contracts were already awarded for $43 million for roads, utilities, a water tower, and other infrastructure for the project.
Army officials last summer estimated the entire cost of the project at more than $1 billion when all construction and hospital equipment are totaled.
Clark McCarthy's $649 million contract is for construction of the 135-bed, four-building hospital complex.
It will be on a 270-acre site at Loop 375 and Spur 601, on the eastern edge of Fort Bliss, and on the edge of the city's Butterfield Trail golf course.
Clark McCarthy is expected to subcontract much of the construction, Rodgers said. Its contract has goals for hiring a certain percentage of small businesses, he noted.
The hospital is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. It will replace the 145-bed, 41-year-old Beaumont hospital in Northeast El Paso.
Contracts to build parking lots, a helipad, access control points and landscaping will be solicited and awarded over the next three years, Rodgers reported. The parking lot construction contract is expected to be solicited in late summer or early fall and awarded by the end of the year, he said. The landscaping contract isn't scheduled to be awarded until June 2015, he said.
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The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
• April 26, Bryan Keith Baker, 49, Williston, VOP.
• April 25, Jamie Marie Barr, 19, Newberry, violating injunction of protection domestic violence.
• April 22, George Black, 34, Homasassa, VOP. Bond $10,000.
• April 26, Nikia Shonquise Brown, 22, Williston, aggravated battery.
• April 26, Mary Christina Marie Byrd, 29, Bronson, battery. Bond $2,000.
• April 28, Salvador Jose Calvillo, 34, Bronson, aggravated assault, battery.
A long-time celebration was marred Saturday night when shots rang out at Crabfest, killing one and injuring four others.
Barry Barney, 36, died after being shot at Crabfest, which, billed by promoters as a cultural event for the black community, occurs every April on CR 318, east of Williston.
Sheriff Bobby McCallum said the incident erupted at 8:05 p.m. and law enforcement agents were on the scene immediately.
n Victor Alicea-Ortiz, aggravated assault, nolle pros; resisting arrest without violence, 180 days with credit for 166 days, 1 year probation. Must pay civil judgment, jail fund, probation cost.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
The owner of the Bronson Motel has been given 30 days to remedy a problem stemming from the discovery of methamphetamine on the premises, according to officials.
Tanja C. Alston, VOP on aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, revoke and terminate probation, 27 months with credit for 177 days. Must pay civil judgment, jail fund, VOP cost.
n Griagal Connell Barr II, cocaine distribution with 1,000 feet of specified place changed to cocaine sale and cocaine possession with intent to sell changed to cocaine possession, 18 months with credit for 122 days on each, served concurrently.
An earlier report on the Chiefland Citizen website had incorrect information on a baby found at the scene of a meth lab in Bronson.
A medical exam of the child did not find any drugs or alcohol in its blood system.
The information in the March 22 story posted on the website provided by the source was not correct.
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text: On 5 Jan 2013 12:16, "Matthew Brett" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Following on from Nathaniel's explorations of the scalar - array > casting rules, some resources on rank-0 arrays. > > The discussion that Nathaniel tracked down on "rank-0 arrays"; it also > makes reference to casting. The rank-0 arrays seem to have been one > way of solving the problem of maintaining array dtypes other than bool > / float / int: > > http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2002-September/001612.html > > Quoting from an email from Travis in that thread, replying to an email > from Tim Hochberg: > > http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2002-September/001647.html > > <quote> > > Frankly, I have no idea what the implimentation details would be, but > > could we get rid of rank-0 arrays altogether? I have always simply found > > them strange and confusing... What are they really neccesary for > > (besides holding scalar values of different precision that standard > > Pyton scalars)? > > With new coercion rules this becomes a possibility. Arguments against it > are that special rank-0 arrays behave as more consistent numbers with the > rest of Numeric than Python scalars. In other words they have a length > and a shape and one can right N-dimensional code that works the same even > when the result is a scalar. > > Another advantage of having a Numeric scalar is that we can control the > behavior of floating point operations better. > > e.g. > > if only Python scalars were available and sum(a) returned 0, then > > 1 / sum(a) would behave as Python behaves (always raises error). > > while with our own scalars > > 1 / sum(a) could potentially behave however the user wanted. > </quote> > > There seemed then to be some impetus to remove rank-0 arrays and > replace them with Python scalar types with the various numpy > precisions : > > http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2002-September/013983.html > > Travis' recent email hints at something that seems similar, but I > don't understand what he means: > > http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2012-December/064795.html > > <quote> > Don't create array-scalars. Instead, make the data-type object a > meta-type object whose instances are the items returned from NumPy > arrays. There is no need for a separate array-scalar object and in > fact it's confusing to the type-system. I understand that now. I > did not understand that 5 years ago. > </quote> > > Travis - can you expand? Numpy has 3 partially overlapping concepts: A) scalars (what Travis calls "array scalars"): Things like "float64", "int32". These are ordinary Python classes; usually when you subscript an array, what you get back is an instance of one of these classes: In [1]: a = np.array([1, 2, 3]) In [2]: a[0] Out[2]: 1 In [3]: type(a[0]) Out[3]: numpy.int64 Note that even though they are called "array scalars", they have nothing to do with the actual ndarray type -- they are totally separate objects. B) dtypes: These are instances of class np.dtype. For every scalar type, there is a corresponding dtype object; plus you can create new dtype objects for things like record arrays (which correspond to scalars of type "np.void"; I don't really understand how void scalars work in detail): In [8]: int64_dtype = np.dtype(np.int64) In [9]: int64_dtype Out[9]: dtype('int64') In [10]: type(int64_dtype) Out[10]: numpy.dtype In [11]: int64_dtype.type Out[11]: numpy.int64 C) rank-0 arrays: Plain old ndarray objects that happen to have ndim == 0, shape == (). These are arrays which are scalars, but they are not array scalars. Arrays HAVE-A dtype. In [15]: int64_arr = np.array(1) In [16]: int64_arr Out[16]: array(1) In [17]: int64_arr.dtype Out[17]: dtype('int64') ------------ Okay given that background: What Travis was saying in that email was that he thought (A) and (B) should be combined. Instead of having np.float64-the-class and dtype(np.float64)-the-dtype-object, we should make dtype objects actually *be* the scalar classes. (They would still be dtype objects, which means they would be "metaclasses", which is just a fancy way to say, dtype would be a subclass of the Python class "type", and dtype objects would be class objects that had extra functionality.) Those old mailing list threads are debating about (A) versus (C). What we ended up with is what I described above -- we have "rank-0" (0-dimensional) arrays, and we have array scalar objects that are a different set of python types and objects entirely. The actual implementation is totally different -- to the point that we a 35,000 line auto-generated C file implementing arithmetic for scalars, *and* a 10,000 line auto-generated C file implementing arithmetic for arrays (including 0-dim arrays), and these have different functionality and bugs: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/593 However, the actual goal of all this code is to make array scalars and 0-dim arrays entirely indistinguishable. Supposedly they have the same APIs and generally behave exactly the same, modulo bugs (but surely there can't be many of those...), and two things: 1) isinstance(scalar, np.int64) is a sorta-legitimate way to do a type check. But isinstance(zerodim_arr, np.int64) is always false. Instead you have to use issubdtype(zerodim_arr, np.int64). (I mean, obviously, right?) 2) Scalars are always read-only, like regular Python scalars. 0-dim arrays are in general writeable... unless you set them to read-only. I think the only behavioural difference between an array scalar and a read-only 0-dim array is that for read-only 0-dim arrays, in-place operations raise an exception: In [5]: scalar = np.int64(1) # same as 'scalar = scalar + 2', i.e., creates a new object In [6]: scalar += 2 In [7]: scalar Out[7]: 3 In [10]: zerodim = np.array(1) In [11]: zerodim.flags.writeable = False In [12]: zerodim += 2 ValueError: return array is not writeable Also, scalar indexing of ndarrays returns scalar objects. Except when it returns a 0-dim array -- I'm pretty sure this can happen when the moon is right, though I forget the details. ndarray subclasses? custom dtypes? Maybe someone will remember. Q: We could make += work on read-only arrays with, like, a 2 line fix. So wouldn't it be simpler to throw away the tens of thousands of lines of code used to implement scalars, and just use 0-dim arrays everywhere instead? So like, np.array([1, 2, 3])[1] would return a read-only 0-dim array, which acted just like the current scalar objects in basically every way? A: Excellent question! So ndarrays would be similar to Python strings -- indexing an ndarray would return another ndarray, just like indexing a string returns another string? Q: Yeah. I mean, I remember that seemed weird when I first learned Python, but when have you ever felt the Python was really missing a "character" type like C has? A: That's true, I don't think I ever have. Plus if you wanted a "real" float/int/whatever object you could just call float() or int() or use .item(), just like now. Can you think any problems this would cause, though? Q: Well, what about speed? 0-dim arrays are stupidly slow: In [2]: x = 1.5 In [3]: zerodim = np.array(x) In [4]: scalar = zerodim[()] In [5]: timeit x * x 10000000 loops, best of 3: 64.2 ns per loop In [6]: timeit scalar * scalar 1000000 loops, best of 3: 299 ns per loop In [7]: timeit zerodim * zerodim 1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.78 us per loop A: True! Q: So before we could throw away that code, we'd have to make arrays faster? A: Is that an objection? Q: Well, maybe they're already going as fast as they possibly can be? Part of the motivation for having array scalars in the first place was that they could be more optimized. A: It's true, reducing overhead might be hard! For example, with arrays, you have to look up which ufunc inner loop to use. That requires considering all kinds of different casts (like it has to consider, maybe we should cast both arrays to integers and then multiply those?), and this currently takes up about 700 ns all by itself! Q: It takes 700 ns to figure out that to multiply two arrays of doubles you should use the double-multiplication loop? A: Well, we support 24 different dtypes out-of-the-box. Caching all the different combinations so we could skip the ufunc lookup time would create memory overhead of nearly *600 bytes per ufunc!* So instead we re-do it from scratch each time. Q: Uh.... A: C'mon, that's not a question. Q: Right, okay, how about the isinstance() thing. There are probably people relying on isinstance(scalar, np.float64) working (even if this is unwise) -- but if we get rid of scalars, then how could we possibly make isinstance(zerodim_array, np.float64) work? All 0-dim arrays have the same type -- ndarray! A: Well, it turns out that starting in Python 2.6 -- which, coincidentally, is now our minimum required version! -- you can make isinstance() and issubclass() do whatever arbitrary checks you want. Check it out: class MetaEven(type): def __instancecheck__(self, obj): return obj % 2 == 0 class Even(object): __metaclass__ = MetaEven assert not isinstance(1, Even) assert isinstance(2, Even) So we could just decide that isinstance(foo, some_dtype) returns True whenever foo is an array with the given dtype, and define np.float64 to be correct dtype. (Thus also fulfilling Travis's idea of getting rid of the distinction between scalar types and dtypes.) Q: So basically all the dtypes, including the weird ones like 'np.integer' and 'np.number'[1], would use the standard Python abstract base class machinery, and we could throw out all the issubdtype/issubsctype/issctype nonsense, and just use isinstance/issubclass everywhere instead? [1] http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/arrays.scalars.html A: Yeah. Q: Huh. That does sound nice. I don't know. What other problems can you think of with this scheme? -n


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If you have visited the recipe section on our website recently, you may have noticed that we can now include photographs for our recipes. We've been begging for this ability for years and were finally given the tools last month. I don't know about you, but I find a recipe with a photo far more inspiring than one that leaves the final dish to my imagination. In addition to photos, we added some social media sharing tools to make it easier to share a recipe with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers (we included quite a number of other sites, as well). To celebrate these improvements to our site, we're hosting a photography contest!
What to do to enter:
Pick a recipe from our site or one of your favorite original recipes, prepare it and take a digital photo. Email the photo and recipe used to us at Chelsea (at) bobsredmill.com for submission (please use the subject header of "Photo Contest"). If you pick one of our recipes, simply let us know which one. If you use an original recipe, we need a copy to add to our website to be eligible to enter. The key here is don't pick a recipe that you don't want to share. Of course you'll get full credit for the recipe and all photos. Even if you don't win the contest, we'll try to use your photo for the recipe you chose. We're just trying to get as many photos for our recipes as possible. You have until midnight on November 30, 2010 to enter. You can submit up to three photos, however each individual will be eligible for only one spot in the first round of judging (i.e. no one person can win twice).
Your recipes should fall into one of these categories: Breakfast (this includes muffins, granola, etc.), Breads (both yeast-risen and quick), Main Dishes, Soups/Salads/Sides, and Desserts. We'll select a winner from each category for both conventional and gluten free recipes (10 total). Only digital photos will be accepted.
How we will select winners:
Winners will be selected by a committee of Bob's Red Mill employees. We will pick two winners from each category- conventional and gluten free- for a total of 10 photos. These photos will be published here on the blog and be open for public voting for one week. The top conventional and gluten free photo will be awarded the grand prize.
The eight runners up will receive a gift box from Bob's Red Mill valued at $50. Boxes will contain conventional or gluten free Bob's Red Mill products. The grand prize winners will receive a $100 gift card redeemable at bobsredmill.com or the Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Store in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Leave a comment here or email Chelsea (at) bobsredmill.com with questions.
Helpful Hints:
Here are a couple of websites with great advice for food photography.
Photo Jojo! : The Ten Tastiest Food Photography Tips
101 Cookbooks: Food Photography Tips
10 Photography Tips to Make Food Look Tasty
ELIGIBILITY: The Bob's Red Mill Recipe Photo Contest is open only to permanent legal U.S. residents physically residing in the fifty (50) United States of America and the District of Columbia and legal Canadian residents.
Employees of Bob's Red Mill and affiliated entities, and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings and their spouses) and individuals living in the same household as such employees are ineligible. This contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
HOW TO ENTER: The entry period begins on August 2, 2010 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on November 30, 2010 ("Contest Period").
To enter the Contest and qualify for the prizes:
1. Create and submit a digital photograph for any recipe found on Bobsredmill.com/recipes or submit a personal recipe and photograph.
2. Submit recipe and a single photograph of entry to firstname.lastname@example.com via e-mail.
3. If a Bob's Red Mill recipe is not chosen, your recipe must be original—not from a cookbook or website.
4. Each individual may submit up to three photographs period (three of the same recipe or three different recipes- but three photographs total) and the recipe should fall into one of these five categories: Breakfast Item (including muffins, bars, etc.), Main Dish, Soup/Salad/Side Dish, Dessert, Bread.
JUDGING: Each eligible entry in the Contest will be judged by selected Bob's Red Mill employees. Two photographs will be selected for each category- one to represent a gluten free recipe and one to represent a conventional recipe. Ten (10) photographs total will be published on the Bob's Red Mill Blog for public voting. Two photographs (one conventional and one gluten free) will be selected as Grand Prize winners. All runners up will receive a prize box of Bob's Red Mill products (valued at $50 USD). Grand Prize winners will receive a gift card valued at $100 for use at bobsredmill.com or the Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Store in Milwaukie, Oregon.
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Keep your hands comfortable.
If you're looking for an affordable glove that's actually up to the task, the Louis Garneau 1 Calory Gloves fit the bill. They have everything that you need to keep your hands comfortable over rough roads and during long days in the saddle.
The top side of the hand is covered in spandex, which breathes well, conforms to the hand's shape, and wicks away moisture. Underneath, a comfortable and durable Amara palm provides grip. Since hot, clammy hands can lead to blisters and general discomfort, the palm is perforated to promote a positive airflow. The ventilation is most prominent in the recess of the palm — this is Garneau's patented Ergo Air concept, which helps to evacuate moisture. Additionally, 10mm foam inserts reduce hand fatigue from road vibrations, and a soft microfiber thumb acts as a forgiving nose-wiper.
As a nice final touch, the Garneau 1 Calory Gloves have a refinement that we wish came on all half-finger gloves — a puller tab that eases entry and exit.
The Louis Garneau 1 Calory Gloves are available in sizes X-Small to XX-Large and in the colors Black, Charcoal, and Ginger.
Tech Specs
View more Men's Short Finger Cycling Gloves
Size chart
Louis Garneau
|Hand Circumference
(15.2 - 17.8cm)
(17.8 - 20.3cm)
(20.3 - 22.9cm)
(22.9 - 25.4cm)
(25.4 - 27.9cm)
(15.2 - 17.8cm)
(17.8 - 20.3cm)
(20.3 - 22.9cm)
- How to Measure:
- For best results, take measurements over your underwear.
- Gloves:
- Measure around your hand at the widest point excluding the thumb.
Reviews & Community
Great gloves
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Medium
Lightweight, comfortable, and affordable.
Mostly good
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Large
I like the light weight and breathability. Love the gray color (black is too hot, white shows grease.) Bought these to replace my Air Gel 12c which were ripped after a wreck, loved those! but cant find them any longer. The thumb wipe is too small. The border trim stitching is unraveling on the wrist, too tricky to repair against the stretchy back of hand fabric. Looking for another pair.
Nice Gloves
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
Good deal on these & actually most LG stuff is pretty great these days.
If I have one small complaint on these is the terry thumb section is not much in size so for sweaty brow wiping not much but other than that...comfy & good fit true to size
light and breathable for daily rides
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: small
loved the light weight - not for grand fondo rides as theres not that much padding--but good enough for daily 50- 60 mile rides.
Great Gloves
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I bought these for a century ride and my hands were comfortable throughout the entire ride. Fir true to size also.
Slightly Small, Simple and to the Point
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit: Runs small
- Size Bought: Large
These gloves have a lot of padding but you'd never know. The design is kind of plain but it is what it is. The terry cloth on the thumb can be a bit more generous but it's a nice suede-like material and works. Fit is snug. My hand is exactly 9" and the large is just right. Medium would be too small, so I'd say if in doubt size up.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I bought these gloves as a replacement for the LG Zero Calory gloves that I had been using. Unfortunately, although the Zero's had been great glove for use in hot weather, the 1 Calory was a disappointment. The material for the back of the love was changed to some kind of polyester than "pilled" horribly so the whole backside of the gloves are now fuzzy like a wornout teddy bear. The very convenient slip-on design was replaced with Velcro tabs which I hate and find completely unnecessary with modern glove materials. Don't know why LG stopped making the 0 Calory. It was a great glove. Wish I had bought a dozen of them when I had the chance.
Exceeded my expectations!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Medium
We're talking about an 8usd pair of gloves.
They are comfortable enough, more padding would be great for long rides, but again they were 8 bucks.
Great for the price!
great gloves
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I had purchased one pair of these gloves and they turned out to be one size to small do to my big hand they ripped. so I bought a second pair and the fit great and work perfectly.


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My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn't Go Away
Chocolate & Vicodin
My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn't Go Away
Jennette Fulda was riding high on the success of her first book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, until one fateful day in February 2008, when she developed a headache—and it never went away. So she dealt with it the best way she knows how: by writing about it. And eating lots of chocolate.
In Chocolate and Vicodin, Jennette explores her change of identity from "the girl who lost hundreds of pounds" to "the girl who lives with constant pain," and all she's had to endure to try and make the pain stop—from a bevy of expensive, time-consuming tests, which have taught her interesting facts (for example, that an MRI does indeed cost more than a European vacation—and doesn't last nearly as long), to tons of medications prescribed by her doctors to hilarious, sometimes insane advice she's received from her blog readers. While nothing's been able to grant her relief, she has gained a new perspective. Instead of dwelling on the "invisible tiara of nails" she may very well wear for the rest of her life, she's instead learned how to live with the pain, sharing with readers not only how she's managed to get by, but to laugh—and thrive—in spite of it.
- Pocket Books |
- 304 pages |
- February 2011


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Show Me the Money: Looking at the Cost of Research Misconduct Cases
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Join the School of Health and Human Services in the College of Public Affairs for:
Show Me the Money: Looking at the Cost of Research Misconduct Cases
presented by Elizabeth Gammon
assistant professor, Division of Management, Policy and Community Health
University of Texas School of Public Health
While research misconduct in publicly funded medical research increasingly has been the object of discussion, public policy debate, government and institutional action, and scientific research, the costs of research misconduct have been unexamined. Gammon will describe a model to estimate the per-case cost of research misconduct, specifically the costs of fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, in publicly funded medical research.
Using the database of Research Misconduct Findings maintained by the Office of Research Integrity of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Gammon employs the model to estimate costs of research misconduct in publicly funded medical research among faculty from 2000 to 2005.
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Pelosi Floor Speech in Opposition to House Republican Contempt Vote
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House floor today in opposition to House Republicans' contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. Below are the Leader's remarks:
"Thank you Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his extraordinary patriotism, for his commitment to upholding our oath of office – to protect and defend the Constitution – and for recognizing full well the congressional role of oversight of all branches of government. I think we all share that view that Congress has a legitimate role to play in oversight and thus your committee has so much jurisdiction. And I respect that.
"I think we all also agree – I think we all very, very much agree that we are very sad and seek justice for the family of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. His loss is a tragedy for all who knew him, for all of us who care about him, and we offer our condolences to his family. So sad.
"But that's not what we're here to debate – what we agree upon. What we're here to debate is something very, very large because it as a major disagreement between the two sides of the aisle here, and I'm sorry to say that, about what our responsibilities are to the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution requires Congress, and the Executive branch, to avoid unnecessary conflict and to seek accommodations that serve both their interests. That's how the Constitution guides us. As Attorney General William French Smith, who served under President Ronald Reagan said: 'the accommodation required is not simply an exchange of concessions, or a test of political strength, it is an obligation of each branch to make a principled effort to acknowledge, and if possible, to meet, the legitimate needs of the other branch.'
"Mr. Speaker, on the floor today, the Republicans in Congress are not taking a principled, making a principled effort to acknowledge, or meet, the legitimate needs of the other branch. What they're doing is exploiting a very unfortunate circumstance for reasons that I cannot even characterize, so I won't. But I will say this without any fear of contradiction: the basic premise that this debate is predicated on today is a false premise. It's factually not true. How many more ways can I say that? And so we have a debate predicated on a false premise, and what can that lead to that has any good outcome?
"It is a situation where we have a Contempt of Congress Resolution against a sitting Cabinet member, which is the first time in the over two hundred year history of our country that this has ever happened. Again, what is the motivation?
"Secondly, this motion is not a principled effort to resolve the issue. If it were, we would not be able to measure in hours and days, not even weeks, the rush, the railroading of a Resolution of Contempt of Congress, that the Republicans passed last week and are bringing this week to the House floor. I say this because I took considerable heat myself when we brought contempt charges against two staff people at the White House, Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers, four and a half years ago. We were asking for some papers. We got nothing, as I said to my friends, 'not even a wrapper off of a piece of gum.' Nothing. Stonewalled. Nothing. And yet our Chairman at the time on the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Conyers, and our House leadership, Mr. Hoyer and others, kept saying, 'find a way, exhaust every remedy so that we do not have to take this action of bringing a contempt charge to the floor of the House.'
"For over two hundred days we tried, we tried, we tried to resolve this situation. And when we could not, we brought it to the floor, to staff people at the White House. In stark contrast to the rush of one week to the next, for an unsubstantiated, not even factual, charge against the Attorney General of the United States. It may just be a coincidence, I don't know, that the Attorney General of the United States, the chief legal officer of our country, has a responsibility to fight voter suppression, which is going on in our country; that he has refused to defend the constitutionality of DOMA, because he doesn't believe it's constitutional; that has major disagreements on immigration, which falls under enforcement of immigration law. It may just be a coincidence that those are part of his responsibilities. Or maybe it isn't. But the fact is that the chief legal officer of our country, and his staff, has to spend enormous energy, psychic, intellectual, and time, dealing with this unprincipled effort on the part of the Republicans. Just when you think you have seen it all. Just when you think they couldn't possibly go any further over the edge, they come up with something like this. It's stunning. It really is. And I don't mean that in meaning it's beautiful. It's stunning, it stops you in your track because you say: 'how far will they go? Have they no limits?' Apparently not.
"And so the temptation is to say: 'let's just ignore the whole thing, to not dignify what they're doing by even being present on the floor when they do this heinous act.' First time in history of our country to bring a contempt against a Cabinet officer. You would think they'd be more careful about what they say, but being careful about what they say is apparently not part of their agenda. And so I know in our Caucus there is a mixed response to this – they're acting politically, we should act politically. We shouldn't vote on this. I want to vote no. I think Members have to make their own decision about that.
"I'm very moved by the efforts of our Congressional Black Caucus to say that they're going to walk out on this. And perhaps that's the best approach for us to take. How else can we impress upon the American people, without scaring them, about what is happening here? What is happening here? What is happening here is shameful. What is happening here is something that we all have an obligation to speak out against. Because I'm telling you, it's Eric Holder today, it's anybody else tomorrow, any charge they can drum up. And the fact is, and has been said, the fact is that the papers they have seen, they know, are exculpatory. That means there is no blame on the Attorney General and they know that. And that's why they don't want to bring those responsible for this before their committee.
"And that's why I commend Chairman Dingell for his leadership in the motion that he will bring to the floor momentarily, a motion of referral. So that we can get to the bottom of this. So that we can see how this happened. So that we can offer some solace to Brian Terry's family. And so that we can have some sense of decency about what should happen on the floor of the House and when it goes – it seems to me the more baseless the charge, the higher up they want to go with the contempt. The less they have to say, that is real, the higher up they want to bring the contempt charge.
"I have always tried to make it a habit of not questioning the motivation of people. They believe what they believe, we believe what we believe, and we act upon our beliefs. It always interested me that in this Congress somebody can bring something to the floor that is not true. But if I were to call someone a mis-representer of that information, my words would be taken down. So, I guess that gives them liberty to say anything because it's in the form of a motion. But let's make sure that we all take responsibility for doing the right thing and not letting there be an abuse of power, an abuse of this floor of the House, an abuse of the time of the Executive branch, an abuse of the time of a member of the Cabinet who has serious responsibilities to our country.
"So, I urge my colleagues to do what they want as far as walking off. I myself had said that I was coming to this floor to vote against this resolution. I thought it was so wrong, that it was no question to take the opportunity to vote no. But listening to the debate, almost unbelievable – not what they're saying is believable – but unbelievable that they would say it. So now, I say to those who have a doubt about how they want to proceed, that instead of doing what I said before, which was just to come and treat this as a resolution before the Congress and express my no, listening to the unconscionable presentation, I want to join my CBC colleagues in boycotting the vote when we have the walkout after we have the debate over Mr. Dingell's [motion].
"We all take our responsibilities seriously here and one of them, first and foremost, is to support and uphold – defend the Constitution of the United States. And that Constitution requires the Congress and the Executive branch, I'll end as I began, to avoid unnecessary conflict and seek accommodation to serve both interests, the Executive branch and the Legislative branch. We're not upholding that aspect of the Constitution here.
"So, I urge my colleagues to vote no, or a no vote, but to seriously reject, and let's hope that this will not be repeated. But I'm telling you, it's Eric Holder one day, you don't know who it is the next because of the frivolousness which they treat a serious responsibility of the House of Representatives. It's appalling."


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What is OpenCores.ORG?
OpenCores is a community that enable engineers to develop open source hardware, with a similar ethos to the free software movement. Currently the emphasis is on digital modules called 'cores' or 'IP Cores'. All activities is centered around the OpenCores web site http://opencores.org
There is no formal affiliation between the people contribute to OpenCores. They are a bunch of people who just happen to be walking in the same direction along a road. This is a dynamic group, people regularly join and leave. The group today contains of both private individuals as well commercial individuals.
What is the purpose of this FAQ?
This FAQ covers all aspects of OpenCores. Use it as the starting point for any FAQ you have. If an aspect of OpenCores maintains their own FAQ, this FAQ will make the appropriate referral.
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If your question id not covered in the FAQ, email us your question (email@example.com). You can also post your question on the forum, please use the "others"-forum for generic questions.
Why do people contribute to OpenCores?
A strong reason to release a core as open source is to get help with the verification. And since the verification is a major part within a development project today (~80-90%), this provides a win-win partnership between the original designer and the end-users.
The open source methodology is the only way we can drive the technology to the next level in a cost efficient way, since we share the huge verification effort with the whole open source community.
Who contributes to OpenCores?
All kinds of people: Students, HW Professionals, SW Professionals, Companies, Hobby engineers, Universities, etc. We need all kinds of people contributing with all kinds of different skills.
Where is OpenCores situated?
The main server is physically located in Sweden, Europe.
History of OpenCores
OpenCores was founded in October 1999, by Damjan Lampret, as an open source community for development and distribution of VHDL/Verilog IP cores (building blocks of Semiconductor chips). OpenCores soon became world wide known by ASIC and FPGA engineers.
Can you help me with my school/college/university project?
In general, no. If you start exploiting opencores to get a school project done, others will rapidly tire of your questions and ignore you. Having said this, many people contribute to opencores in order to teach and learn. You can learn a lot from opencores. This knowledge will make you a better designer and indirectly help with any student projects you may have to do. Valid ways to learn include contributing to an opencores project, or running your own opencores project. Any questions directly related to a school project should be directed towards your supervisor at school.
What language is spoken on the forums/mailing lists?
The official language for the opencores forums/mailing-lists and web site is English. A subset of pages are translated to Chinese.
Is advertising or SPAM allowed on the forum/mailing-lists?
No. OpenCores reserves the right to charge for advertising or SPAM sent to any mailing list.
What design language do you use?
There is no preferred language and each designer uses their language of choice. Keep in mind that a core written in a seldom used language will not be very useful. Most designers use VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog.
What is the preferred System-On-A-Chip (SoC) bus for OpenCores?
The preferred bus is WISHBONE. This is the only commonly used SoC bus which is truly free. Rudolf Usselmann has analysed the advantages of the common SoC busses. His report is available at the "Wishbone"-page. The Wishbone specification is today maintained jointly between Michael Unnebäck and Richard Herveille.
Does OpenCores have any coding and interface guidelines?
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Updated to include a statements from Wells Fargo and SunTrust Bank. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Ten of the nation's largest housing lenders have settled with the Federal Reserve and the Office of Controller of Currency (OCC) for $8.5 billion on improper foreclosure practices between 2009 and 2010. While some lenders like Bank of America ( BAC) and Citigroup ( C) quickly spelled out the price tag of the settlement for investors, other banks involved such as JPMorgan Chase ( JPM) and Wells Fargo ( WFC) were notably slow to offer up details. For investors, the disparity in disclosures between banks involved in the settlement raises the question of why all the secrecy? Bank of America said that the settlement and a $10 billion deal cut with Fannie Mae on faulty mortgage securities Monday will create two separate charges of $2.5 billion and $2.7 billion, which will eliminate most of the bank's expected fourth quarter profit. In press releases, Citigroup and US Bancorp ( USB) said the foreclosure review will shave off $305 million and $80 million in fourth quarter earnings, respectively, as a result of the cash component of the settlement. Citigroup will contribute a further $500 million and US Bancorp $128 million to mortgage assistance and loan modifications as part of the non-cash component of the settlement, they added in Monday morning press releases listed on their websites. For others involved in the settlement, the costs of Monday's deal -- called the independent foreclosure review -- were less apparent to the ordinary investing public. Only after the market close was Wells Fargo able to quantify the costs of the settlement to investors. Wells Fargo said it will pay $766 million for the cash portion of the settlement, in a move that will create a $644 million charge to the company's fourth quarter earnings due on Friday. Wells Fargo added in the statement sent after the market close it will also commit a further $1.2 billion to foreclosure prevention actions, which the lender said has already been provisioned for. "We are pleased that the regulators and servicers came together to reach this settlement, which will bring resolution to more borrowers in an expedited manner," Mike Heid, president of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, said in an e-mailed statement. Metlife ( MET) said in an emailed statement sent to TheStreet that it will take a $37 million pre-tax hit to earnings it characterized as "not material to the company." "MetLife has been fully cooperating with the OCC look back process and has agreed to join the settlement with the major banks. MetLife's portion of the $8.5 billion settlement is $37 million pre-tax and is not material to the company," John Calagna, a MetLife spokesperson, said in an e-mailed statement. JPMorgan, meanwhile, says it will disclose the costs of a settlement in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that hadn't been filed as of Monday's market close. "
We will be filing an 8k," wrote JPMorgan spokesperson Amy Bonitatibus, in an email. "We worked very hard over the last eighteen months fulfilling our obligations under the Independent Foreclosure Review and are pleased to have it now behind us," Bonitatibus added in an emailed statement. In a follow up phone conversation she was unable to confirm whether JPMorgan will submit its filing on Monday. Bloomberg News reports that the cash portion of the settlement may cost JPMorgan $700 million, citing anonymous sources. "We have not announced any associated charge against earnings at this time," Marcey Zwiebel, a spokesperson for PNC Financial, said in an email. "We believe today's agreement provides a benefit to eligible borrowers on a shorter timetable than the original review. Our payment will be proportional to our customers' representation among the 3.8 million eligible borrowers, which is approximately 2 percent," the email added. SunTrust ( STI) - the other publicly traded U.S. lender named in Monday's settlement - declined to disclose its financial costs stemming from the settlement. "We are pleased to have reached this agreement, and believe it represents an important step forward in resolving legacy mortgage issues," Michael McCoy, a SunTrust spokesperson, said in an e-mailed statement.
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Hammurabi First Class
v Classes
Ø The law seems to recognize three, defined as
§ Free born
§ Freed
§ Slave
Ø The Britannica article recognizes three, defined as
§ Amelu: Patrician? Includes artisans
§ Muskinu: Landless man?
§ Ardu: Slave
Ø The Britannica isn't limited to the code—lots of other surviving material.
v Making sense of quantities, prices, etc.
Ø Problems
§ Different units
· Mina
· Shekels
· Gerah
· Gur of corn
· Ka of corn
§ Units of weight used as money
· Mina of gold
· Mina of silver
· Mina of money???
· Mina
· Shekel, Gerah similarly
Ø Solutions:
§ Web search which tells us
· Mina about a pound—surviving weights!
· 60 shekels to the mina
· 20 Gerah to the shekel, at least in Israel
· gur = aprox 300 liters
· sar = 36 square meters
· gold about 12 times the value of silver by weight
§ Internal consistency
· Some wages are given in gur of corn/year, some in gerah/day
¨ So you can calculate a conversion between them
¨ Assuming how many days people work
¨ And from that to shekels
· Hire of oxen, cart and driver is 180 ka of corn/day
¨ Ox for threshing 20 ka
¨ cart alone is 40 ka
¨ so driver is 100 ka/day
Ø if we assume two oxen
Ø and assume that oxen for threshing cost the same rental as oxen to draw a cart—which may be wrong
¨ 60 ka/day if four oxen, other assumptions the same
¨ which should be around 60-100 shekels/year, the ordinary wage rate suggested from other sources
· fines in mina and closely related fines in shekels
¨ striking the body of another
Ø 1 gold mina for freeborn striking body of another free born of equal rank
Ø 10 shekels if freed man strikes the body of another freed man
Ø so shekel must be gold shekel, makes it 1/3 instead of 1/36 the amount.
¨ Strike a woman, she loses the child
Ø 10 shekels if a free born woman
Ø 5 shekels if freed
· fines in mina of gold and closely related fines in mina
¨ Accidental death from injury in a quarrel, free born, 1/2 mina
¨ Putting out the eye of a freed man, 1 gold mina
¨ Suggests that "mina" means gold
¨ Goring ox kills a free born man, 1/2 mina in money
¨ Suggests that that also means gold.
§ Conclusion:
· Mina is always gold unless specified as silver
· Ditto for shekel
Ø Wages?
§ 1 calculation suggests 60-100 shekels/year, but …
§ A boat with displacement of 20 tons only two shekels to build?
§ Hire of a boat about a shekel a week!
§ Serious injury (eye or fracture) of a freed man 60 shekels—fits.
§ Negligently killing a free born man, 30 shekels—too low.
§ Strikes a woman, she loses her child, 5-10 shekels.
§ If she dies, 20-30 shekels
§ Physician heals a fracture, 2-5 shekels, operation 2-10 shekels
· Depending on rank of patient
· Risk of losing his hands if he kills or blinds the patient
· Or having to replace patient if a slave (or half if lost an eye)
Ø Value of life
§ For upper class, eye for an eye for serious offenses
§ Fines start at 1 mina for freed, 1/2 mina for free born woman
v Analyzing the code
Ø Sort it into criminal, tort, property, family, etc.
Ø Try to make sense of each
Ø Recognizing that our classification may not fit theirs very well.
v Criminal
Ø Death penalty for lots of things
§ Ensnare but not proof—some sort of false accusation
§ Bring a capital accusation but not prove it
§ Steal the property of temple or court—or receive the stolen property
· But steal cattle, sheep, ass, pig or goat
¨ from god or court, pay thirty fold
¨ ten fold if a freed man of the king (?)
¨ death if he can't pay
§ merchant who sells stolen property
§ or possessor if he can't prove he bought it from a merchant
§ or putative owner, if he can't prove he owned it!
§ Buying something from someone's son or slave without witness or contract, a thief, capital
§ Stealing a minor son
§ Taking someone else's slave (court or freed man) outside the city gates
§ Harboring such a slave
§ Breaking into a house
§ Caught committing a robbery.
Ø Trial by ordeal—leap into the river.
Ø Accuser gets the fine!
Ø Judge who is culpably wrong pays 12 times the fine, is fired


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In 1AD2, Dietrich plays the winner of Kootenai/Salmon River. Council defeated Deary, 38-28 and now meets Lighthouse.


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Fondaparinux as an Anticoagulant in Haemofiltration in Patients With Acute Kidney Failure.
This study has been terminated.
(Teh Priincipal investigator responsible for the trial no longer employed at the study site.)
Melbourne Health
Information provided by:
Melbourne Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: November 17, 2005
Last updated: April 10, 2017
Last verified: April 2015
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this project is to assess the safety and effectiveness of fondaparinux, a new drug to prevent blood clotting in the continuous dialysis machine used in intensive care patients who have kidney failure.
|Renal Failure
|Drug: Fondaparinux Sodium
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of Fondaparinux as an Anticoagulant in Haemofiltration in Patients With Acute Renal Failure.
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Blood Thinners
Drug Information available for: Fondaparinux Fondaparinux sodiumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Melbourne Health:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The study will evaluate the duration of filter patency using fondaparinux as an anticoagulant in haemofiltration and compare this to the current standard haemofilter anticoagulant, enoxaparin. [ Time Frame: Duration of the haemofilter life ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To assess the incidence of complications, primary bleeding with fondaparinux compared to enoxaparin in this setting. [ Time Frame: Until hospital discharge ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: One
Enoxaparin Sodium (Clexane ) is to be used in the control arm of the study
Drug: Fondaparinux Sodium
The active group of the study will be given fondaparinux 10mg/24 hours for haemofiltration anticoagulation
Other Name: Arixtra
Active Comparator: Two
Fondaparinux will be used as the anticoagulant in the sencond arm of the study
Drug: Fondaparinux Sodium
The active group of the study will be given fondaparinux 10mg/24 hours for haemofiltration anticoagulation
Other Name: Arixtra
Detailed Description:
The study hypothesis is that when used as an anticoagulant in haemofiltration, fondaparinux prolongs the filter life when compared to enoxaparin.
Fondaparinux is the first compound of a new class of synthetic oligosaccharides with antithrombotic effects. It represents the active portion of the natural heparin molecule.
The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in filter life when using fondaparinux or enoxaparin as anticoagulation for haemofiltration.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients (18 years or over) admitted to the ICU and expected to stay for more than 48 hours.
- Patients who require continuous renal replacement therapy.
Patients who consent or if the patient is not competent, the next of kin who consent to inclusion in the study. .
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged less than 18 years of age.
- Patients who are pregnant
- Patients with a contraindication to anticoagulation for pre existing bleeding diathesis
- Patients or next of kin who do not consent to study inclusion. -
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00256100
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00256100
|Australia, Victoria
|The Royal Melbourne Hospital Intensive Care Unit Grattan Street
|Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3050
Sponsors and Collaborators
Melbourne Health
|Principal Investigator:
|John F Cade
|Melbourne Health
More Information
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00256100 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 17, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 10, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Renal Insufficiency
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Cattle feeding margins increased about $15 per head last week, while packer margins declined $7 per head. Feeding margins jumped back above $100 per head, and packer margins remain above $50 per head. The Sterling Profit Quotient gained 43 points for the week, according to estimates developed by Sterling Marketing Inc., Vale, Ore.
"Estimates for feedlot feed costs, breakeven prices, and margins are generated based on the cost of a 775- pound feeder steer, and corn prices (Western Kansas) during the week the cattle were placed on feed," says John Nalivka, Sterling Marketing president.
"The days on feed for those animals and closeout week are then calculated using average data that might be expected for feeding performance, i.e. feed conversion and ADG. Breakevens and margins will vary according to differences in the cost of cattle, cost of feed, and feeding performance," Nalivka says.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker is calculated using actual weekly prices for Choice fed steers, feeder steers, feed costs, boxed beef-cutout prices, hide and offal values, and other factors that influence profit margins.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker for the week ending Feb. 5:
- Average feedyard margins: $113.94 per head.
- Average packer margins: $51.07 per head.
- Sterling Profit Quotient: 356.7.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker is produced by Sterling Marketing Inc. and John Nalivka, president, Vale, Ore., and is published weekly by Drovers/CattleNetwork.